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Features 28 / Bringing Penn State to the World University’s online World Campus continues to see growth in enrollment from across the globe thanks largely to working adults and military personnel and veterans. And now the school is committed to see its second largest campus nearly quadruple in size — making Penn State a truly worldwide university • by Jenna Spinelle
36 / A New Class Begins The latest group of first-year students — more than 15,000 strong — have already started their college careers at Penn State. Each brings their own experiences, talents, and skills — and reasons for attending and being a part of one of the country’s major universities • by Aimee Morgan
28 44 / Penn State’s Iron Man As the Nittany Lions’ strength-and-conditioning coach, Craig Fitzgerald has brought a no-holdsbarred attitude to how the team trains — and to what lengths he’ll go to get players ready to play on game day • by David Pencek
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Class of Coaches
Penn State has assembled a collection of team leaders worthy of honor Quick, whom do you think of when you see the words “Big Ten Coach of the Year?” Given the time of year we’re in now and the fact that many of you may be reading this while tailgating outside Beaver Stadium, Bill O’Brien is likely the first name to cross your mind. And the Nittany Lion head football coach, now in his second season, did indeed win Big Ten Coach of the Year honors last season — along with some national coach of the year awards, too. But so did men’s soccer coach Bob Warming. And field hockey coach Char Morett. And women’s soccer coach Erica Walsh. And women’s volleyball coach Russ Rose. And those four did something that Bill O’Brien didn’t do — each won the 2012 Big Ten championship in their respective fall sports. By the way, wrestling coach Cael Sanderson, women’s basketball coach Coquese Washington, and track and field coach Beth AlfordSullivan also won Big Ten Coach of the Year honors in their respective sports last season, and men’s lacrosse coach Jeff Tambroni won the award in the CAA, and men’s volleyball coach Mark Pavlik won it in the EIVA. Penn State’s athletic administration has received its fair share of criticism since, well, since everything changed around here in November 2011. From the handling of the current situation facing the university to ticket policies and pricing, there are certainly plenty of areas one could have issues with when it comes to decisions made by administrators in the Bryce Jordan Center.
But few could argue that one thing Penn State athletic officials, both current and past, seem to have gotten right is bringing in and keeping a remarkable collection of head coaches. Even with the latest hirings — for baseball, softball, and men’s and women’s swimming and diving (which you can read about in Town&Gown’s “People in the Community” section on page 12) — Penn State seems to have found coaches who can bring winning attitudes and traditions to their teams. Besides the success many of the Penn State coaches are having, what makes this group special are their unique personalities (these coaches won’t put you to sleep during their press conferences and they don’t take themselves too seriously like other coaches at some other schools), the passion they have for their sports and for Penn State, and, most importantly, the fact that the majority of players they attract become involved in this community during their time here and will leave with college degrees in their hands. So while much of our attention will gravitate toward Beaver Stadium and finding out how the 2013 Nittany Lion football team does this fall, occasionally keep an eye on what’s happening at Jeffrey Field or Rec Hall or the Field Hockey Complex. Each has some award-winning stories there, too. David Pencek Editorial Director dpenc@barashmedia.com
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The Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts is the No. 1 festival in the country according to one poll.
PSU’s Mooofins take title At this summer’s American Dairy Science Association meeting in Indianapolis, Penn State’s food science product-development team won first place in the Dairy Research Institute’s New Product Competition for its Mooofins. The challenge for teams was to create foods that were high-protein, dairy-based products, containing at least 51-percent dairy ingredients, for morning meals. The Penn State team created quiche-like muffins that “reinvent” an underutilized dairy product — cottage cheese. Cottage cheese curds are dispersed throughout the Mooofin base and paired with flavors such as blueberry sausage, maple bacon, and bell-pepper mushroom. Team advisor Daniel Azzara said in a press release that he and the seven students, including Andrew Elder, a junior from Bellefonte, and Kelsey Rogers, a senior from Howard, would like to see what it takes to commercialize the product. “We will use the success of Mooofins to explore proprietary issues, seek out possible business partners, expand consumer testing, and set up a business plan leading potentially to launching the product,” he said. Arts Festival tops list Sunshine Artist magazine recently ranked the Sidewalk Sale and Exhibition of the Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts first on the list of 100 Best Fine Art and Design Shows. The poll is based on sales totals by exhibitors at festivals during 2012. The Arts Festival has ranked in the top five since 2009, but this marks the first time it ranked first in the annual poll. “We’re thrilled to learn that we ranked atop a
list of some of the best festivals in the country, particularly when our exhibiting artists have nominated us,” Arts Festival board president Katherine Allen said in a released statement. “We especially need to thank our loyal audiences that makes this ranking possible.” The remaining top-five shows were One of a Kind Show & Sale in Chicago, La Quinta Arts Festival in La Quinta, California, Art on the Square in Belleville, Illinois, and Cherry Creek Arts Festival in Denver.
Council approves plan for downtown In August, the State College Borough Council approved the Downtown Master Plan, which represents a 20-year vision for Downtown State College. The council approved the plan by a 5-2 vote. The plan is organized around five themes: marketing the district, navigating the district, connecting the district, living in the district, and managing the district. These themes address a range of community-identified issues, including improvements to traffic and pedestrian infrastructure, parking management, a marketing strategy for downtown businesses, future development opportunities, and expansion of activities downtown that are geared toward local residents. The plan also includes a new slogan, “The Best Times of Your Life,” and would allow for new signs to be posted downtown to direct visitors to downtown attractions. For more information about the plan, visit www.statecollegepa.us/downtownplan. T&G
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Penn State hired three new head coaches over the summer — Rob Cooper (baseball), Amanda Lehotak (softball), and Tim Murphy (men’s and women’s swimming and diving). Cooper replaces Robbie Wine, Rob Cooper who resigned after nine seasons. Cooper spent the past nine seasons as head coach at Wright State. He had a 286-230 record and led the Raiders to two Horizon League titles and three titles in the Horizon League Tournament. He also took the Raiders to three NCAA Tournaments. He also is currently head coach Amanda Lehotak for USA Baseball’s 18U National Team. Before taking over at
Wright State, Cooper had served as hitting coach, recruiting coordinator, and bench coach for Oral Roberts University. In late July, Lehotak was named the new head softball coach, replacing Robin Petrini, who had resigned after the 2013 season. Lehotak had been the head Tim Murphy coach for Texas-San Antonio’s softball team the past two seasons. She led the Roadrunners to a 27-26 record last season, giving the program just its second winning record in the last seven years. Prior to that, she had been the head coach at Jacksonville University for five seasons. In 2011, she led the Dolphins to a 44-16 record and their first NCAA Tournament appearance. Murphy replaces John Hargis, who resigned to become associate head coach at his alma mater, Auburn. Murphy had been the head men’s swimming coach at Harvard the past 15 seasons. He led the Crimson to a 122-11 dual-meet record and six Eastern Intercollegiate Swimming League titles. While Murphy coached at Harvard, 14 different Crimson swimmers won first-team All-American honors.
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Alicia Lai, a senior at State College Area High School, recently had two poems published in the 2013 edition of The Apprentice Writer, a literary magazine published by the Writers’ Institute at Susquehanna University. Lai is the recipient of the National Poetry Quarterly Prize and a scholarship from Kenyon Review’s Patricia Grodd Poetry Prize. She placed first in the 2012 Penn State International Writing Contest. She also is the founder and editor-in-chief of The Postscript Journal, a national literary magazine for high school and college students. T&G
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Q&A with Geri Reeve, breastcancer survivor and event founder for the Geri Reeve Open Golf Tournament By Sarah Harteis A special day of celebrating breastcancer survivors takes place September 9 at the 20th Annual Geri Reeve Open Golf Tournament. Hosted by the Penn State Blue and White Golf Courses, the tournament benefits the Centre County Breast Cancer Coalition and the local chapter of the American Cancer Society. Last year, the tournament raised $24,475, bringing the total raised since the event began to $287,021. Geri Reeve, for whom the tournament is named and honors, is a two-time breast-cancer survivor and has been free of cancer for 20 years. She describes her journey as “a bad experience turned into something amazing,” as she is now able to help people take the measures needed for early detection. She took some time to share her story and her thoughts with Town&Gown. T&G: How did you initially come up with the idea for a golf tournament to benefit the cause? Reeve: It initially started because four of my friends got together and wanted to do something in my honor. The reason for a golf tournament was because I was on chemotherapy and I’d go out to my two golf leagues to hit golf balls. The girls in the leagues would pick me up in a golf cart and
take me around the course. So, they decided to start a golf tournament in my honor. T&G: In what ways can the community help to make your event successful? Reeve: We’re always looking for monetary sponsors, sponsors for services at the tournament, and lots of lady golfers. We currently have volunteers on a waiting list to volunteer for the tournament. It’s just amazing! T&G: What is your overall mission for the event? Reeve: Early detection and awareness of the disease are what we try to promote. Yes, we want to raise money, but we absolutely promote awareness. I know we have saved women because they did not have the money to buy a mammogram. Had they not had a biopsy, who knows what would’ve happened? This tournament is more to bring together a group of women because all of us know someone who has been affected by breast cancer. It’s a day we can celebrate our breast-cancer survivors. T&G: What advice would you like to give to women in regard to breast-cancer awareness? Reeve: You have to get mammograms and do self-exams. It doesn’t matter what age you are. I had it at 28. We had a 19-year-old that needed a mammogram because of lack of funds. You have to take care of yourself. T&G: In the past 20 years, the tournament has grown tremendously. What vision do you have for the event in the upcoming years? Reeve: I think that we’re going to continue providing the services we do now, and possibly include additional services. There is a need and there are a lot of women who don’t have insurance and are afraid to go get checked because they can’t pay. With the money and services we can provide through the Breast Cancer Coalition, it’s made a big difference. Just recently we had one lady who had two mammograms and now is going for a biopsy — and we’re able to pay all of her expenses. It’s fantastic! It’s what this tournament is all about. T&G
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Looking Back Centre County history through the pages of Town&Gown SEPTEMBER 1976 The battle for the name State College took place in 1954, and “I Know It’s the State College, But What’s the Name of the Town?” recounted the debate that took place after the Pennsylvania State College became the Pennsylvania State University. Mount Nittany became the popular alternative choice, but when it was time to vote, keeping the name State College won by a vote of 2,433 to 1,476. 1997 The Centre County Youth Service Bureau celebrated its 30th anniversary and Town&Gown took a look at the organization in “Serving Centre County’s Youth.” At the time, the organization had a full- and part-time staff of 50, 10 Americorp members, and 250 volunteers. It served 2,000 children per year. “What we try to do is strengthen children, youth, and families to help them become better decision makers and overcome problems that their families face,” said executive director Norma Keller. 2011 “New Attitude” profiled Penn State’s new head men’s basketball coach Patrick Chambers. Chambers joked how he would one day write a book titled I Never Thought … because so many people had told him they never thought he ’d be a p l ay er, nev er thought he’d get into one school or another, never thought he’d become a successful coach. His brother, Paul, said, “I think he’s going to do great things. Obviously it’s going to be tough the first couple years. But I think he’s the right guy for the job.” T&G 16 - Town&Gown September 2013
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If you “like” Mary Chapin Carpenter’s page on Facebook, you’ve seen the photos. Carpenter, her smartphone extended forward, faces the mirror sporting a toothy smile and twinkling eyes. To her side, often over her shoulder, leans Shawn Colvin, whose smile is typically tight-lipped and self-conscious. Several times a year, the two tour together, these singer-songwriters and old friends. The nightly dressing-room photos hint at the personalities of women who have experienced the myriad highs and inevitable lows of life and celebrity. But in these moments of spontaneous self-expression, when a camera phone transforms fiftysomething women into teenagers, we also glimpse the affection that draws these singular talents to one another. Carpenter and Colvin share the stage as an acoustic duo October 19 at Eisenhower Auditorium. The concert features material spanning their folkpop-country catalogues, plus some of their favorite songs by other artists. Nominated for 15 Grammy Awards and winner of five, Carpenter has recorded a dozen albums and sold more than 13 million records. She’s had a tough run in recent years, though. Her marriage ended, her father died, and illness reminded her that mortal days are fleeting. On Ashes and Roses, her most recent and perhaps best album, she demonstrates her genius for crafting stories that touch the heart and stir the soul. The troubadour transcends her time of personal travail to find solace and even hope. “She has the ideal voice for conveying … intimate reflections: a steady pop-country contralto with which she confides her deepest feelings with an unfailing honesty,” writes a New York Times critic. “You often feel as if she were sitting beside you in a bar, exchanging life stories into the wee small hours. Devoid of self-pity and self-dramatization, her singing conveys the mixture of resilience, fatalism, appreciation, and sorrow felt by a solitary … woman who has abandoned her quest for romantic love but retains aching memories of unrecoverable passion.” Colvin’s earned three Grammys, including two for the hit single “Sunny Came Home,” and been nominated for another seven. She’s released 10 albums,
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appeared on countless TV and radio programs, and had her songs featured in major motion pictures. Her newest album, All Fall Down, was recorded in Nashville and produced by the much-admired Buddy Miller. The album’s release coincided with the publication of her memoir, Diamond in the Rough, which shares the story of a woman honing her artistry, finding her voice, and making herself whole. The journey has been anything but smooth. Through the years Colvin has grappled with anorexia, depression, addiction, career crises, motherhood, and men. “I’d like to think I’ve overcome,” she told a reporter for the New York Times. “I was not a person that was supposed to survive New York City, that was ever going to write my own songs or have children. I was going to have my bar gigs, make my $50 a night, and self-medicate. And it turned out a lot better than that.” The women, both survivors, liken their performances to living-room jam sessions. T&G Don and Mary Ellen Fisher sponsor the concert. Big Froggy 101 is the media sponsor. For information or tickets, visit www.cpa.psu.edu or phone (814) 863-0255. John Mark Rafacz is the editorial manager of the Center for the Performing Arts at Penn State.
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Stay Connected, Stay Healthy PSU study shows college students who remain in close contact with their parents tend to eat better, exercise more By Adaire Robinson Contributed photo
Going away from home to college is a major landmark in a young adult’s life. For many students, this is a time when they experience an independence they have never had. Although this new independence may be thrilling to first-year students, the importance for them to communicate with their parents is more significant than they and their parents think. According to research done at Penn State, college students have a better diet and exercise schedule when they communicate with their parents while they are at school. Beginning in 2007, the Prevention Research Center for the Promotion of Human Development at Penn State studied 746 first-year students at a large university in the US from when each began their freshman year through seven semesters of their college career. The results of the study, published in the Journal of Adolescent Health, found on days students communicated with their parents for 30 minutes or more, they consumed fruits and vegetables an additional 14 percent more times and were 50 percent more likely to take part in 30 minutes or more of physical activity. “It’s interesting that [student-parent communication] does seem to be contributing to these improved health behaviors,” says Meg Small, a research associate at the center and one of the investigators for the study. “I wasn’t surprised that I saw the association between the communication and the health behavior, but I’m fascinated as to why.” What the study didn’t document, says Small, was the nature of the conversations
Kali Fleckenstein (center) talks with her mom, Carrie (right), two to three times a day. Carrie also will send Kali funny photos from home of Kali’s three younger siblings, including sister Katrina (left).
students were having with their parents. “The gaps, and what we don’t understand — where the next study needs to come in — is what is causing this association,” she says. “I’m really interested in is if [the communication] is a direct effect. Is it something that the parents are saying directly like: ‘Remember it’s your health, you need to eat well?’ Or is it an indirect effect where the student is feeling like somebody cares about them?” For the study, each student would complete a Web-based, baseline survey asking about their health practices and academic work
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each semester. The student would complete the survey in the fall semester anywhere from September through late October, and in the spring semester after spring break. Once each semester survey had been completed, each student would complete a five-minute daily survey for 14 consecutive days. Each survey would ask questions regarding communication with their parents, food consumption, and exercise. The researchers did not compare a student’s survey data to other students’ surveys data. The researchers compared a student’s diet and exercise regime on days when he or she communicated with their parents to days when he or she didn’t communicate with their parents. Kali Fleckenstein, a senior at Penn State from near Allentown, and her mother, Carrie, communicate with each other two to three times a day, and each conversation is at least 15 minutes. Their conversation topics can include family, school, work, the future, and personal relationships. “My mom will call to see how my day is going and will also let me know how everyone is doing at home,” Kali says. “She encourages me to lead a healthy lifestyle but does not make me feel pressured to eat or exercise a certain way.” If the Fleckensteins aren’t communicating over the phone, they will text multiple times during the day. Carrie texts, “Have a good day” to Kali, or asks how her day is going just to make sure she is all right. Also, if Kali is feeling homesick, Carrie will send funny pictures of Kali’s three younger siblings and pets at home.
“I love talking to my daughter and the special bond that we share,” Carrie says. “She has the same sense of humor that I do, and she makes me laugh.” Small says that it is important for the first few months of a new college student’s time away from home to follow a routine similar to a routine at home. The healthy behaviors and routines established at home should be extended to when a student is at school, she says. Instead of parents directly telling their child in college how to go about time management, parents should provide support and encouragement for the student’s own skills rather than providing directives or doing things for the student. “There has to be this healthy separation and dependence from the student,” Small says. “The parents have a lot of influence, and we want them to maintain that influence, but just exert it in a way that helps kids build their skills and motivates them to take those healthy actions.” Because of her constant communication with her daughter, Carrie Fleckenstein doesn’t feel the need to stress to her daughter to eat healthy and exercise. She says Kali needs to vent sometimes, and when they talk, her daughter can let it all out. Carrie knows that Kali feels better after talking to her. “My mom always keeps me grounded if I am being irrational about my stresses and worries,” Kali says. “She reminds me to keep things in perspective and not sweat the small things.” Carrie also demonstrates to Kali, by example, how to be healthy while balancing many other activities. Carrie tries to exercise at least three to four days a week, and she just
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completed her first 5K run. Eating healthy and exercising has always been a part of their family’s lifestyle, Carrie says. If Kali feels like she has too much on her plate with classes and her extracurricular activities, Carrie doesn’t instruct her on how to go about her time management, but instead just listens. “She always tells me to relax and take it easy,” Kali says. “She is very encouraging when I am feeling stressed out, which keeps me healthy and sane.” Small’s favorite part about the research was to see how much of an impact routine behaviors that people sometimes don’t think about, such as communicating with one’s parents on a regular basis, contribute to a person’s well-being. “As we learn more and more, we need to apply it to our daily lives. It’s not enough just to research,” she says. “What makes a difference? How do we help people live the best possible lives they can and have the highest level of health?” T&G
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Catching Fire Nittany Lion receiver Allen Robinson looks to put more heat on opposing defenses after last year’s record-setting breakout season
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World University’s online World Campus continues to see growth in enrollment from across the globe thanks largely to working adults and military personnel and veterans. And now the school is committed to see its second largest campus nearly quadruple in size — making Penn State a truly worldwide university
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Karen Helbling is the 11th person in her family to attend Penn State — although her Penn State experience is quite different than any of the experiences the previous 10 family members had. As vice president of project management at a marketing company in Atlanta, she knew that the only way for her to continue the Penn State tradition in her family was to “attend” the university online. Helbling is enrolled in the iMBA through Penn State’s World Campus, and is set to graduate in the spring. She says she was skeptical of the online experience at first, but quickly felt connected to faculty, academic advisers, and her fellow students. “The World Campus exceeded my expectations providing students ways to connect with the university both on campus and off,” she says. “I’ve really been impressed by their ability to create a learning community at a distance and make the courses just as rigorous as what I would take on campus.” World Campus launched in January 1998 with 41 students in five majors. By 2012, it had reached 12,000 students, making it Penn State’s second largest campus, and the university is seen as a national leader when it comes to online education. World Campus has had students from every state, the District of Columbia, three territories, and 72 countries. It offers 90 graduate, undergraduate, and professional-education programs. Much like Penn State’s other campuses, degrees are managed by the university’s academic colleges to ensure that the quality of faculty and course-
Although she lives in Atlanta, Helbling was able to become the 11th person in her family to attend Penn State thanks to World Campus.
work remains the same no matter whether a course is taken online or in person. Students such as Helbling are drawn to the World Campus because it provides them with opportunities to earn a Penn State education from a distance — something they feel is an advantage over for-profit competitors such as the University of Phoenix. World Campus faculty and staff do their best to make those students feel like part of the Penn State community, even though they may never set foot onto campus. With more and more students, particularly working adults, looking to online education, the campus must continue to meet the ever-changing demand while adhering to the policies and procedures that make Penn State a reputable institution. In April, Penn State president Rodney Erickson announced a new goal of growing World Campus enrollments to 45,000 in the next decade. The goal came with a $20 million commitment to support new programs and additional faculty and staff to grow current offerings. Hitting that enrollment target would put World Campus in close competition with University Park as Penn State’s largest campus. Craig Weidemann is Penn State’s vice president for Outreach and vice provost for online education. In that role, he is responsible for overseeing progress toward that enrollment goal. Weidemann succeeds Wayne Smutz, who served as World Campus executive director from 2009 until this past July, when he accepted a position at UCLA. Though the enrollment announcement is only a few months old, Weidemann says leadership has already begun working closely with Penn State’s academic colleges to expand programs that are in high demand and add new degrees and certificates as the market demands. “Our programs are embedded within Penn State’s academic colleges and campuses, within the traditional academy,” he says. “We have a number of programs that are in high
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In August, Weidemann was promoted to oversee online education at Penn State. He’s been charged to lead World Campus to an enrollment of 45,000 students within the next decade.
demand, and we have met with deans and faculty leaders for each program to identify other programs we have that we can continue to grow.” He says the World Campus also hopes to expand its presence in California, Texas, Florida, and other states that are experiencing population growth, as well as internationally. Plans are already underway to open an administrative office in San Diego, which has a large concentration of military students and potential adult learners. World Campus program managers and instructional designers work with faculty to help them adapt classroom courses for the online environment, and develop ways to facilitate student engagement in an environment where students will never meet face to face. Helbling says online learning is much more self-directed than a traditional classroom environment, and it can sometimes be tough to fit her coursework in with her responsibilities at work. “You have to be committed to getting your stuff done on time,” she says. “You’re not going to necessarily have a professor breathing down your neck reminding you to turn in your assignments.”
However, she says faculty are aware of the scheduling challenges working adults can face, and are often willing to work with her if she needs extra time to complete an assignment or needs to reschedule an exam time. She also takes comfort in the fact that what she’s learning is directly applicable to her job and will eventually help her advance in the business world. “Every single course I’ve gone through I’ve been able to apply concepts directly to what it is that I’m doing,” she says. “It reinforces those ideas through experiential learning.“ Rich Carlson, director of undergraduate studies in the psychology department, was one of the faculty members involved with launching the bachelor’s degree in psychology online five years ago. Online courses tend to be more writing intensive than those taken in a residential environment, he says. “We utilize things like online group work and discussion forums to substitute for some of the things that you might do within the classroom,” he says. “A 200-level class, for example, is taught in big auditorium-type classrooms on campus and relies heavily on multiple-choice tests. Online, there’s much more writing involved in those classes …
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their students to help maintain consistent engagement. Carlson says classes are now available to help other faculty get ready to teach online learners, and he has seen other senior faculty mentor new instructors in the department. Although he’s stationed in State College, Daugenbaugh is “We’ve developed a still enrolled in World Campus because it offers a better fit real community of peofor his schedule. He’s scheduled to complete his degree in ple who teach online business in spring 2014. for us,” he says. “Some teach some courses online and some on campus, and we’re at a point things like reaction papers and online discussions now where some of the more experienced ones help replace the back and forth a student would are serving as mentors to younger ones.” have with an instructor in the classroom.” Another challenge to teaching at a dis • • • tance is helping students feel connected to faculty members, Carlson says. To combat this, About 16 percent of the World Campus some professors hold virtual office hours over student body is made up of veterans and Skype, while others send weekly e-mails to
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active-duty service members. The number of military and veteran students has increased 120 percent since 2009-10. Benefits such as the Post 9/11 GI Bill are making higher education available to a new generation of students, and World Campus is prepared to serve them with a staff of admissions counselors and academic advisers dedicated to serving the military population. Genevieve “Ginny” Newman is assistant director of defense-sector education at World Campus and supervises the staff members that work with military students. Many of those staff are veterans themselves, she says, and have an appreciation for the challenges that population can face when entering the higher-education arena. “They provide support to students that basically covers them soup to nuts — from assistance with admissions and transferring credits to advising,” she says. “Having people who understand things like GI Bill benefits and tuition assistance and who can talk the same language helps them feel comfortable and think of Penn State as a good fit.”
She says staff members also are trained to recognize symptoms of post-traumatic stress and other common illnesses veterans face, so they can help them request appropriate accommodations at Penn State. “A third of people leaving the service have a traumatic brain injury,” she says. “We provide training to our staff so they recognize the triggers of those things, so we can get them pointed in the right direction when we may have a student who needs some extra time on testing or other services.” John Daugenbaugh was a mechanic in the Army and started his business degree at University of Nebraska-Lincoln while stationed there. The Howard native found World Campus after he was assigned to two years as a recruiter in State College. While the University Park campus was in his backyard, he chose World Campus because online courses were a better fit for his schedule. “I couldn’t be a traditional student
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Newman, assistant director of defense-sector education at World Campus, works to help military students enroll in World Campus, and transition to the civilian sector.
because of time constraints,” he says. “Part of me sometimes feels like I’m missing out getting brick-and-mortar experience, but the World Campus staff treats us really well.” Once students are enrolled, they tend to perform well in classes, Newman says, thanks in part to the focus they developed in the military and the need to complete a degree and be marketable as civilians. Academic advisers report that military students tend to have higher grade-point averages and complete degree programs quicker than other students. “They gave four years of their life serving in the military so they can get a good education, so they’re not going to throw that away,” Newman says. “They bring a really different perspective to the classroom experience, and it’s enriching for everyone.” Daugenbaugh will complete his degree in the spring of 2014 and hopes to land a finance position in the civilian sector once his military service is up. “I’ve been working as a mechanic and now as a recruiter, and with my degree I’m hoping I might be more marketable in the civilian world,” he says.
“I like finance, and my dream would be to work for the Securities and Exchange Commission.”
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In order to help World Campus students feel like part of the Penn State community, staff plans activities around All-University Day each football season and encourages students to come to campus for their graduation ceremony. Students also are able to join the Penn State Alumni Association, participate in a virtual version of Penn State’s Dance Marathon, and join clubs specifically for World Campus students. “World Campus students are twice as likely to join the Alumni Association as other Penn State students,” Weidemann says. “That shows there are people out there who want to be part of the Penn State community without ever stepping foot on campus, and we’re trying to find those initiatives to help connect those students to the university community.” Stephen Verigood joined the Blue & White Society and connected with classmates on social media while taking World Campus classes from his home in Yankton, South Dakota.
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World Campus students Paul Ruelos (left) and Patrick Sandico carry the World Campus banner onto the Beaver Stadium field at halftime during the 2012 All-University Day football game.
”I have been able to establish great friendships with a few coursemates on Facebook based on our chats through ANGEL and working together on team assignments,” he says. “Also, I attend Penn State games in Minnesota when I can, and I feel just as part of Penn State as those that attend the university. You have to allow yourself to feel part of
it, to feel part of that Penn State heritage.” The World Campus will celebrate its 15th anniversary with a recognition event for its students at this year’s All-University Day football game September 21 against Kent State. Events also are in the works for World Campus faculty and staff, as well as the broader Penn State community. Weidemann says the celebrations will be a time to recognize those who have contributed to the success of the World Campus over the past 15 years. “When the World Campus first started, people were using 56k modems and there was lot of resistance about technology and putting course content online,” he says. “Hundreds of thousands of people have worked very hard to get us where we are … it really has been a collective success.” T&G
Jenna Spinelle is a freelance writer in State College. She works in Penn State’s Undergraduate Admissions Office and is an adjunct lecturer in the College of Communications.
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A New Class
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Begins The latest group of firstyear students — more than 15,000 strong — have already started their college careers at Penn State. Each brings their own experiences, talents, and skills — and reasons for attending and being a part of one of the country’s major universities
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Fall classes have already begun at Penn State, and, with them, more than 15,000 first-year students are starting their academic journeys at the university — close to 8,000 of them will be at University Park, with the rest at one of Penn State’s commonwealth campuses. “We have an outstanding incoming class this year, with at least 20 valedictorians, 22 presidents of their senior class, and dozens of others who served as class officers in their high schools,” says Lisa Powers, director for the department of public information for Penn State. She says the incoming students also include world-class athletes, including an international curling competitor, young champion in horseback riding, tae kwon dofederation black belt, junior Olympian in gymnastics, All-American swimmer, a student who climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, and an inductee in the PA Sports Hall of Fame for soccer. A few of those 15,000 new students discussed their hopes, fears, and expectations as they begin their college careers at Penn State.
Parra plans to major in speech pathology and hopes to help children who are deaf after she graduates.
Freshmen will have a chance to cheer on the Nittany Lions for the first time as Penn State students. • • • “I decided to go with Penn State due to its high academic standards, the wide variety of graduates all over the United States, and the great community that Penn State is,” says Maria Alejandro Parra. Parra, 19, grew up in Bogota, Colombia, before moving to State College prior to her senior year in high school. She has been interested in helping people who are deaf since her grandpa lost his voice due to cancer. “I have always wondered how [my grandpa] would communicate — how people with speech impairments can communicate,” she says. “It is a goal of mine to make sure that people can communicate well, and that no one is left without a ‘voice.’ It would be a dream of mine to work with deaf kids.” That’s a main reason why she will be attending Penn State this fall, majoring in speech pathology, with a minor in psychology. As much as she loves her hometown of
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While she is from State College, Stevenson is excited to see her hometown in a “different light" as a student at Penn State.
Bogota, she “feels at home” in State College. “I came to State College entering my senior year at State College Area High School and fell in love with the town and the people in it,” she says. “Plus, on top of that, Penn State is an amazing school with so many wonderful opportunities and resources to offer.” She says that while the cost to attend Penn State is a concern, the university seemed like the best choice for her to achieve her goals. She explains that she has many of the fears that any freshman may have — finding classes, how to handle studying, working, finding a balance, and how to pay for college. “Every new stage of life brings its excitements and fears, and college is no different,” she says. “However, I am extremely excited to start out my Penn State career, and grow and find myself within the Penn State community. Overall, I am full of energy and excitement.” She already has a connection to Penn State as her brother is working toward his PhD here. “I chose to come here so I could be with him and have family around,” she says.
She has already developed other connections to the State College community, including participating in a tango class at Webster’s Café. She says the class reminds her of home. “Being from Colombia, dancing is very much integrated into my culture. So, naturally, salsa, merengue, bachata, are part of our everyday life,” she says. “But, I had never tried tango, so I thought that it would be a fun challenge to take on. … It’s a lot of fun, with great opportunities to meet new people.” • • • Similar to Parra, Alejandro Caraco, 18, grew up in another country and has a brother attending Penn State. Originally from Mexico City, Mexico, Caraco will be attending Penn State this fall. “I decided to come to Penn State because it has good academics and I already had a feel for [what] it was going to be like because my brother is also a student here,” he says. “I had no hesitations whatsoever.” Caraco says he is looking forward to
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watching the Penn State football team and working to help the largest student-run philanthropy in the world, THON. He hopes to major in mechanical engineering, and says he is anxious for his courses. “I don’t think I have that many concerns, to be honest, but the rigor of my courses is definitely one of them,” he says. Caraco enjoys hanging out with his friends, and hopes to enroll in as many clubs as he can this fall. He says, “I can’t say I’m nervous, but am definitely excited [to start school].”
Farnsworth will be a member of the Penn State women’s swimming and diving team this season.
• • • Anna Stevenson, 18, from State College, is anxious to start her college career at Penn State and “follow in my mom, dad, and sister’s footsteps.” She says she was born and raised in a Penn State family. She attended football and basketball games when she was younger, and has always been involved with the Penn State community.
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“I’ve always seen the student section [at football games] dressed in white and making the stadium shake,” she says. “This honestly brings me chills every time I see it, and it’s almost surreal I get to be a part of it this year.” She seems ready to be a part of many Penn State offerings as she is hoping to rush a sorority, join sailing club, and try out for the club lacrosse team. She hopes to major in advertising and public relations, and, although excited, she is concerned about the workload and the hours required for studying. “Hearing all the students in the past talk about the long hours is intimidating, but obviously doable because they’ve made it this far — so I figure, so can I,” she says. She says she belongs at Penn State and is hoping her college experience will differ from her high school life in State College. “I am extremely excited to start my life as a college student and just see State College in a completely different light,” she says, “and be part of what seems like a whole different student community.”
• • • The community won’t be entirely different for Stevenson. Anna Farnsworth, 18, of State College has known Stevenson throughout grade school, and also is an active member of the State College community. She also has a passion for swimming. “Ever since I was a little girl I dreamed of playing a sport in college. I tried a lot of different sports, but then once I entered high school I fully committed my athletic time to swimming,” she says. The commitment paid off as Farnsworth is a new member of the Penn State women’s swimming and diving team. “I decided that with an already renowned reputation in education, that being a student-athlete for Penn State was the perfect choice for me,” she says. “I am so excited and honored to be a part of their team in the fall.” Besides swimming, she’s also had a passion
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The goal for all freshmen is to cap their Penn State careers by graduating and earning a degree.
for health and the human body. At State High, she took an anatomy and physiology course that was offered, which sparked her interest in nutritional sciences. She plans to major in nutritional sciences at Penn State. “I was very active as a kid and I think that led to my interest about how critical healthy nutrition is for an athlete,” she says. “This
then led to a special interest on how the body reacts and efficiently functions, to certain foods, and just an overall curiosity about how the human body works.” She says Penn State has some of the most prestigious research opportunities and projects when it comes to the nutritional sciences. “With an interest in nutrition, I was hoping to get into some sort of food-science-based research. Maybe how foods chemically react differently with the body, or something along those lines,” she says. She is most looking forward to, and partially anxious about, her independence in college, and all of the new people she will meet. “I love to try new things,” she says, “and being able to start a whole new experience with a whole new group of people at a university as great as Penn State is a dream come true.” T&G Aimee Morgan is a freelance writer in State College. She enjoys sharing the beauty of the town with friends, family, and her two dogs, Willy and Danny.
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Penn State’s Iron Man As the Nittany Lions’ strength-and-conditioning coach, Craig Fitzgerald has brought a no-holdsbarred attitude to how the team trains — and to what lengths he’ll go to get players ready to play on game day
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Perhaps one of the more indelible images from Penn State’s 2012 football season didn’t come from quarterback Matt McGloin or wide receiver Allen Robinson or linebacker Michael Mauti — or any player for that matter. It came from then first-year strengthand-conditioning coach Craig Fitzgerald. Ever since he arrived at Penn State in January 2012, when Bill O’Brien, a few weeks after becoming the Nittany Lions’ head coach, hired him away from South Carolina, Fitzgerald had quickly become a popular figure of the program. He overhauled the
Prior to games, wearing his T-shirt (regardless of the weather) with “Iron Lion” etched on the front and “Dominator” on the back, he’s as fired up as the players as he leads them in pregame stretches. So far, nothing, however, has compared to what he did in West Lafayette, Indiana, before Penn State played Purdue last season. It was a 38-degree day in early November, and the Lions were coming off an emotional loss to Ohio State a week earlier. “Things were kind of ho-hum,” Fitzgerald, 40, says as he sits in probably his favorite Steve Tressler/Vista Professional Studios (4)
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Lions’ weight room — out are the machines the players had used for years, in are free weights and power racks and dumbbells, and workouts with music, chosen by players, blaring throughout the room. He has players using sledgehammers on monster-truck tires, and competing in “The Tug,” which has two players each grabbing an opposing handle on a big blue disc and trying to drag the disc — and the other player — across a line. He has created a highly intense, passionate, and fun atmosphere surrounding the players’ strength training and conditioning.
place to be — the weight room in the Lasch Football Building. “It felt like we had two seasons packed into one the previous week. I looked at the guys and tried to get them going. … I just cut loose.” Fitzgerald, who was wearing his T-shirt and shorts on the raw day, tore off his shirt, dove to the ground, and pushed himself back up. He then was hit from behind by Mauti as the players rallied around him while he was yelling and holding his fist up. “I realized what it was like to be hit by an All-American,” he says. “We’re always
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looking for stuff to get guys going. No holds are ever barred. … That probably signifies what we’re all about.” And what did his wife of 16 years, Mary, think of him when she saw it on TV? Fitzgerald remembers, “She said, ‘The TV crew must have played some tricks because you don’t look that jacked up. You look a lot worse in person.’ I said, ‘Nobody else needs to know that.’ ” What most people do know is that Fitzgerald, for all his antics — and, in part, because of them — is one of the best Contributed photo
Penn State’s weight room is now filled with free weights that have made a big difference in helping the team, according to players.
to Coach Fitzgerald and his staff for the program they have us on and the intensity they bring to the workouts. I feel a lot stronger playing up there right now, and, as I feel stronger, I feel a lot more confident.” Penn State also is showing more confidence in Fitzgerald — in January, he was charged with overseeing the strengthand-conditioning programs for all the sports in the athletic department. He held a similar position at Harvard from 2005 to 2009 when he oversaw strength training for the school’s 41 sports.
Fitzgerald with his wife, Mary, and three sons (from left) Joe, Luke, and Mac, and also the family dog, Pride.
in his field, and the players he trains buy wholeheartedly into him and his system. “Going from machines to free weights definitely makes a difference,” All-Big Ten guard John Urschel says. “You do a lot more lifts with stability involved. It carries over to the field and guys are moving their feet better and are more explosive.” Senior offensive lineman Eric Shrive adds, “I’m much stronger than I’ve ever been right now. That’s a credit to Coach Fitzgerald and his crew. We work hard in the weight room, but we have fun doing it. It’s just a testament
His main focus, however, will remain on the football program, but he is excited about helping all the Penn State teams. “Other coaches were real impressed with what he was doing in football, so [athletic director] Dave Joyner approached me [about having Fitzgerald oversee the rest of the programs],” O’Brien says. “I think he’s made a big difference in this athletic department.” Fitzgerald’s previous employer knows all about how good he is and how he can make a difference for programs. When it was announced that he was leaving South
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Fitzgerald enjoys watching players compete in the Tug during earlymorning workouts.
Carolina, one blog that covers the Gamecocks (Leftoverhotdog.com) wrote, “… this is a huge loss for South Carolina and the biggest coaching loss of the off-season for the Gamecocks. … Fitzgerald helped to get the [South Carolina] program where it is today by taking young freshmen and helping to mold their bodies into
what it takes to win 11 games. Coach Fitz was one that never got a lot of credit but he dealt with every member of the team, unlike a position coach. Coach Fitz was their motivator and helped the football team reach their potential as a person first, then as a unit. Think of the program before Fitz. Now you get my point?”
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Fitzgerald’s main reason for coming to Penn State was O’Brien (left), whom he’s known since 2003 when both were at Maryland.
While coming to Penn State represented a sort of homecoming for the Philadelphiaborn Fitzgerald, the opportunity to work again with O’Brien was the main reason he left South Carolina head coach Steve Spurrier and moved north. Fitzgerald and O’Brien had spent two seasons together (2003 and 2004) at Maryland under head coach Ralph Friedgen — Fitzgerald, who graduated from Maryland, was the assistant director of strength and conditioning under his mentor, Dwight Galt, while O’Brien was the running backs coach. During those two years the two connected both professionally and personally. O’Brien also showed he had the makings of a head coach as he didn’t just focus on the running backs he coached, but he also wanted to know as much about the program as a whole, including the players’ weight training and conditioning. O’Brien left after the 2004 season to become the offensive coordinator for Duke and then head coach Ted Roof. But he and Fitzgerald talked all the time over the next several years — and career moves — and they knew that when (not if) O’Brien became a head coach, one of his first calls would be to Fitzgerald.
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“I pretty much knew when I watched him work at Maryland that when I got a job he would be the first choice for a strength coach,” O’Brien says. “I really believe in the way, especially in college, the way he approached it with enthusiasm and energy and positive energy and toughness, just things he believed in.” Those things have been with Fitzgerald his whole life. His father had been a college athlete and his older brother and sister played multiple sports. It was a family who enjoyed being active — and Fitzgerald loved everything about it. “I always loved the physical aspect of physical improvement and physical preparedness,” he says. “When I was a little kid, I loved doing push-ups and sit-ups and running. … We might be in the basement having a jump-rope contest or a push-up contest or at the track running. I always loved it.” That love and competitive spirit continued during his high school days at LaSalle College High, which he attended with former Penn State offensive tackle Keith Conlin and current Penn State defensive coordinator John Butler. He then decided to attend Maryland and walk on to the football team.
While playing for the Terrapins he trained under Galt, who was the head strength coach for the entire Maryland athletic department. Galt became impressed with Fitzgerald’s work ethic and how he eventually earned a scholarship. “He was a huge success story,” says Galt, who is now the head strength coach at Vanderbilt. “It was a joy for me to train him. He did everything we asked of him. He was a great leader — he led by example and with that strong personality of his.” Three years after Fitzgerald graduated, Galt hired him to become his assistant. And while it may have started out as a mentor-protégé relationship, the two became as close as brothers, and they continue to bounce training ideas off of each other. Besides being the place where he met his mentor in Galt and his current boss in O’Brien, Maryland also was where Fitzgerald met his future wife. The two have three sons — Mac (6), Joe (4), and Luke (2). According to Mary Fitzgerald, Craig can be as active at home with the kids as he is with the Penn State players at his job. He takes his sons out to the backyard to play or goes
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on walks with them or helps them with their T-ball practice. She adds that she’s not surprised by anything Craig does to fire up players, or that players respond to him the way they do. “That’s just him — he’s high energy and spontaneous,” she says. “He has such passion when he’s out there. … I’m glad he still has that in him.” A typical day for Fitzgerald begins at 3 a.m. when he wakes up. He’s usually at the Lasch Building a little before 4 a.m. to do his own workouts. He then meets with his staff before players start arriving for their training. “It’s not a job to me,” he says. “ I have a lucky-to-be-here attitude. When I get up in the morning, I get to be a strength coach, and I train guys who want to be great, who want to push. They want to be the best players they can be. If you’re a stick in the mud, you’re in the wrong profession.” After spending five seasons under Galt at Maryland, Fitzgerald was ready to be the head man for a program. He was hired as the director of strength and conditioning at Harvard in 2005 and spent the next four
years at the Ivy League school before going to work for Spurrier and South Carolina. He helped turn the Gamecock program from one mired in mediocrity to one that won 11 games in 2011 and was becoming a factor in the SEC title race. He and his family enjoyed living in the south, but then came early January 2012 and O’Brien taking the job few would take — becoming the head coach at Penn State following the Jerry Sandusky scandal. Fitzgerald knew he’d be getting the call, and he knew what he would say. “Here’s Penn State, and Billy’s going into this situation. I wanted to get in there and fight with him,” he says. “After 10 years of saying, ‘Yeah, yeah, I’ll come with you when you get that head job,’ I didn’t want to say, ‘You know, I’m in a good situation now.’ We sealed the deal 10 years before.” Fitzgerald brought his training playbook that he had developed throughout his career. He calls it “explosive training,” and the players do full-body movements. He became impressed at how quickly the Penn State players, who had been through
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their version of hell the past few months because of the scandal, took to the new system. And the players also seemed to take to the new attitude and competiveness, such as the Tug, that came with the training. “In the end, you’re going to get more out of these guys if you put another guy at the other end of the Tug than if you tell them, ‘Hey, can you pull on this machine hard?’ ” Fitzgerald says. “If you tell them, ‘Pull this Tug as hard as you can versus another guy and we’ll see who pulls who across the line.’ You’re going to get everything they got because everybody is watching and you have the adrenaline going. It preps them for big games in front of 110,000 people. If you can go in front of your teammates and do your very best, you’re ready to go into any type of venue.” Back in SEC country, Fitzgerald’s mentor and friend has been impressed with what he has seen happening in Happy Valley. “What Fitz did was the single hardest thing to do for a strength-and-conditioning coach,” Galt says. “He had an extreme challenge coming in, and he totally revamped the program. … He did a masterful job.”
His job now, as he says, is to take everything to the next level for the program — and that includes helping Penn State players reach the next level, the NFL. Fitzgerald and his staff spend time during the course of a year training players specifically on the tests they’ll have to do for NFL scouts. It helped players such as Gerald Hodges, drafted by the Minnesota Vikings, and Jordan Hill, drafted by the Seattle Seahawks, this past winter and spring. With his new role of overseeing the entire athletic department, Fitzgerald’s also looking to upgrade the training facilities for each of the Penn State teams. “We’re on the cusp of something special in terms of strength and conditioning,” he says as he sits surrounded by the iron and steel of the weight room. “Nothing. Not one thing. Couldn’t imagine,” he says when asked if he ever considered doing anything else. “This is not a job where you say, ‘Hey, I want to be a strength coach.’ This is a job where you can’t see yourself doing anything but being a strength coach.” T&G
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100 Years of State College Tradition
The State College Choral Society extends congratulations to Koch Funeral Home for 100 years of service to the community. The Society is proud to announce exciting plans for our 65th anniversary season as the premier community choral group. We are pleased to have Koch Funeral Home as our Corporate Sponsor for our December 14 concert. Saturday, October 5, 2013 7:30 p.m. , Eisenhower Auditorium Collaboration with Nittany Valley Symphony Ninth Symphony, Beethoven Schicksalslied, Brahms Saturday, December 14, 2013 7:30 p.m., Pasquerilla Spiritual Center December Colors with Centre Brass
Sunday, December 15, 2013 4:00 p.m., St. James the Greater Catholic Church Charles Town, WV December Colors with Centre Brass Saturday, May 10, 2014 7:00 p.m. , Pasquerilla Spiritual Center St. John Passion, Bach
P.O. Box 675, State College, PA 16804 For tickets, call (814) 404-9223 or visit www.scchoralsociety.org
Congratulations to Koch Funeral Home on 100 years of compassionate service to our community. Koch Funeral Home is respected by many who have trusted its devotion to honoring our loved ones with the utmost compassion and reverence. One hundred years of experience in helping families through grief is a legacy rich in tradition, understanding, and caring. TIDES is honored and grateful to partner with Koch Funeral Home in its future commitment to serving the needs of the community. Founded in 2003, TIDES is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing support for grieving children, teens, and the people who love them, and is funded through charitable donations from individuals, corporations, foundations, and community service organizations, such as Koch Funeral Home. There are no fees for participation in the TIDES program. Thank you, Koch Funeral Home, for supporting TIDES’ core purpose of assisting grieving children and teens as they rediscover meaning in their lives.
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Thank you, Koch Funeral Home, for taking care of our families when they need it most. For 100 years, your compassionate, professional service has been a cornerstone of our community. Congratulations on your milestone anniversary!
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About This Commemorative Section Just 18 months after Glenn Fleming joined Koch Funeral Home as one of its owners, the Barash family met him during the most horrible loss in our lifetime — the passing of Sy Barash, my first husband and the father of our children, Carol (then age 16) and Nan (13), after his two and a half year battle against lung cancer. Koch Funeral Home and this remarkable community rallied to our rescue. We were stunned and lost in a maze of emotions and fears. Glenn literally and figuratively held our hands through the process. He respected and honored our need to follow the Jewish traditions, and gave us more personal support than we ever imagined possible. Our community was much smaller then. No fancy municipal building, Bryce Jordan Center, The Towers, Smeal College of Business … and Koch’s Funeral Home was at the corner of College and Burrowes, where the Lion Line now conducts its fundraising. Thirty-eight years later, at the beginning of my 81st year, I feel privileged to have been able
to be a part of the team who helped create this special section celebrating the 100th anniversary of Koch Funeral Home and the folks who have made it what it is today. Even more fortunate, I’m honored to help Glenn and his colleagues decide on significant gifts to the community to celebrate and leave a lasting legacy. Between now and December 31, Koch Funeral Home owner F. Glenn Fleming and business partner Thomas F. Brown will match up to $50,000 in gifts to Tides, a supportive nonprofit organization devoted to children who have lost siblings or parents. Young but strong, Tides has established its capacity to help make miracles happen. A part of the match already has been committed based on revenue from advertising in this section. Partnering with the State College Choral Society, Koch Funeral Home also will sponsor the holiday concert “December Colors” on December 14 in the Pasquerilla Spiritual Center, with part of the proceeds benefiting Tides. Koch Funeral Home epitomizes what happens when a tradition of caring and a legacy of service meet. In reality, if you live in State College long enough, at some point, Koch Funeral Home becomes a friend of yours for life. We at Town&Gown collectively salute and thank them on this 100th anniversary landmark.
Mimi U. Barash Coppersmith
Koch Funeral Home • www.kochfuneralhome.com • 2401 S. Atherton St. • (814) 237-2712
Centre LifeLink EMS
Until 1941, State College’s ambulance service consisted of Hubert Koch’s hearse. When a physician ordered the “ambulance,” he had to ride along, since the funeral home didn’t have paramedics. On May 5, 1941, members of the borough’s fire company founded the Alpha Ambulance Club, named Hubert Koch president, and borrowed money to buy its first ambulance, a 1941 Cadillac equipped with supplies donated by State College businesses. Every fireman went door to door selling ambulance memberships to cover expenses. Now operating seven ambulances out of three stations, the Alpha Ambulance Club grew into Centre LifeLink EMS, one of only seven PA ambulance services accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Ambulance Services. Paid and volunteer EMTs and paramedics provide emergency service 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Last year, Centre LifeLink crews responded to 5,798 ambulance calls. Since the nonprofit organization receives no tax dollars, member subscriptions continue to be a vital funding source. Hubie Koch is third from the right in this photo of the 1942 ambulance crew.
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Proud to Serve Ray Burial Vault Company was founded in 1942 by Carl Ivan Ray Sr. in an old garage on Muncy Street in Tyrone. More than 50 years ago, the company began serving Koch Funeral Home and its clients, first with the standard top seal vault and later with the Eagle vault. In 1964, Carl’s son, Carl I. Ray Jr., took over the family business, eventually passing it on to his sons, James and Matthew B., in 1991. Through three generations, Ray Burial and Koch Funeral Home have enjoyed a working relationship based on friendship and trust. We look forward to serving Koch Funeral Home for many more years to come.
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Koch Funeral Home 100 Years of Dignified, Caring Service
opened the newly named Koch Funeral Home in their own home on the southwest corner of South Burrowes Street and West College Avenue in 1913. For $500, Harry bought two horses, Dick and Doc, who pulled the funeral home’s carriages. Harry’s first funeral was for Ambrose McKivison, age 18, on April 27, 1913. Funeral services in those days usually were in family homes, with interment in nearby plots and church cemeteries, so Harry spent a lot of time traveling throughout Centre County.
Although Koch Funeral Home is celebrating its 100th anniversary, the business traces its roots back to 1878, when John G. Heberling established a funeral home and furniture store in Pine Grove Mills. Upon his death, his son, J. Benton Heberling, took over the family business and then moved it to State College in 1905. Benton sold Heberling Funeral Home in 1912, and Harry Koch a 34-year-old farmer, took over one year later. Harry Koch and his wife, Margaret Campbell Koch, The College Hotel in 1912, the year before Koch Funeral Home opened When a family wanted to hold a viewing at the funeral home, the Kochs would move all their belongings from the first floor of their home upstairs so the viewing could take place downstairs.
The Early Days
The Koch home at College and Burrowes served as the funeral home until 1935.
When Harry Koch started his business a century ago, the Borough of State College had less than 2,000 residents. Streets were still dirt, and homes had just begun to add electric lights. The College Hotel (now Hotel State College and the Corner Room) boasted a bowling alley and barber shop in its basement. In 1914 the
on a Dodge chassis so it could be used without Dick and Doc.
Serving a Growing Community
Harry Koch with Dick and Doc
Harry shows off his motorized vehicle in 1922.
Growth for both State College and Koch Funeral Home continued. By the early 1930s, the borough’s population was approaching 5,000 residents. Each of the first three years of the decade saw the borough annexing land to grow its borders, including Manor Hills, northern College Heights, and the Lytle Addition. The Nittany Lion Inn opened in 1931; the grandopening menu featured a Nittany Lion sculpted from Penn State ice cream. With the nationwide legalization of beer in 1933, the Green Room Restaurant (now the Rathskeller) received the borough’s first tavern license. Other changes brought by the motor vehicle were becoming apparent. No longer did people live in big family houses that could accommodate many visitors for a funeral, and not everyone had a church or family plot close by. In 1935 Harry Koch, in partnership with his son Hubert (a 1930 graduate of Penn State), answered the need by building a brick colonial addition on South Burrowes Street next to their family home. The growing business moved out of the house and into the new building. In 1946, Hubert took over the family business, with the help of his sister, Esther Koch Shaw. One year later, he built a small chapel next to the funeral home to accommodate the needs of
Pastime Theatre brought movies to town in the building that is now M&T Bank. State College was growing and advancing. By 1918, the advent of motor vehicles meant Harry needed to add a hearse with more horsepower than Dick and Doc could provide. “I barely got started with horsedrawn equipment when I had to start over again with motor vehicles,” Harry used to say. But he knew that change was essential to serve the community properly. Boalsburg blacksmith Al Gingrich adapted a new, stripped-down Model T for use as a hearse. Still, Harry didn’t want to just write off the expensive horse-drawn model. In 1922 he had Gingrich mount it The brick funeral home (left) and the 1947 chapel
the growing community for convenient funeral services. Those post-World War II years brought boom times to State College as returning soldiers enrolled at Penn State under the GI Bill of Rights. Students scrambled for housing, and 350 surplus government trailers became married student housing, known as Windcrest. Al Hawbaker built more than 80 homes in the South Allen Street and Lytle Avenue area, and New York-based Shapiro Construction built the 40 brick duplexes that still line South Atherton Street. Two Penn State alumni opened The Tavern in 1948. In 1950, Hubert Koch moved his family into a new home on Nimitz Avenue, and funeral director Carroll “Gus� Ekdahl moved into the Koch house next door to the funeral home. With added staff, the Kochs continued to operate their business with the philosophy of neighbor helping neighbor, extending their
service t h r o u g h o u t t h e g r o w i n g Centre Region.
Handing Over the Reins By the early 1970s, the Borough of State College had more than 32,000 residents, and new neighborhoods were springing up in the surrounding townships. Interstate 80 opened in 1970, bringing easier access to the region. In 1972, the Mountainview Unit (now Mount Nittany Health System) of the Bellefontebased Centre County Hospital opened just east of Beaver Stadium. In 1974, the Alpha Fire Company celebrated its 75th anniversary and moved into its current building at South Atherton Street and Beaver Avenue. In 1973 F. Glenn Fleming began directing the funeral home after Hubert Koch retired (he passed away in December 1974 at age 68). Fleming continued to work with Kenneth J. DeVeny and Gus Ekdahl as funeral directors
Congratulations to Koch Funeral Home on your 100th anniversary and their 40th anniversary as a CBICC member! As a longtime member of the Chamber of Business & Industry of Centre County, you help promote healthy business growth while maintaining the quality of life in Centre County.
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and with Esther Koch Shaw, who was secretaryreceptionist until her early 90s (she passed away in 2007 at age 96). A native of Forest Hills, Fleming had attended the Virginia Military Institute, the University of Pittsburgh, and
the Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science. He spent 10 years working at a Hollidaysburg funeral home and then at Hershey Medical Center before taking the helm at Koch. By the late 1970s, Koch Funeral Home needed more space for visitations, and more parking than downtown streets allowed. On February 15, 1978, Koch broke ground for a new South Atherton Street funeral home, located on four acres of land purchased from Meyer Dairy Farm. Joseph Teplica of Bellefonte was the architect, and the contractor was RNR Construction Co. This new facility — still serving Koch clients today — features three visitation rooms that also can act as chapels, plus plenty of on-site parking.
Across the Generations (From left) F. Glenn Fleming, Ethel Koch (Hubert's widow), architect Joseph Teplica, and Esther Koch at the groundbreaking for the new building in 1978
Harper’s is proud to be part of the State College community since 1926 — operating at the same location, always offering finer men’s clothing, custom clothing, and free alterations. From our third generation of family retailers, we congratulate Koch Funeral Home on its 100th anniversary. www.harpersshopformen.com 114 W. College Ave. (814) 237-8900
Today, the Borough of State College has grown into the downtown anchor for the Centre Region, with 42,034 residents in the borough and 92,687 in the borough and surrounding townships combined. Since 1973, F. Glenn
Thank you, Koch Funeral Home, for 100 years of serving our community!
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A Growing Community
As the Borough of State College grew over the years, Koch Funeral Home expanded to accommodate the needs of residents in the borough and surrounding areas. Date 1910 1920 1930 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010
Borough Population 1,425 2,405 4,450 6,226 17,227 22,409 32,833 36,130 38,923 38,420 42,034
Wishing Koch Funeral Home the best during your centennial year… and for the century to come. 2601 Gateway Drive, Suite 100 State College, PA 16801-3213 (814) 231-1310 Fax (814) 231-0753
Fleming and his caring and professional staff have continued the Koch family tradition, which this year marks one century of helping neighbors throughout the area. The full-service funeral home offers a complete range of options to meet the needs of individual families, including a crematory on the premises, as well as assistance and information regarding funeral planning, educational materials and programs, bereavement support groups, and pre-need planning. In 2012, Koch Funeral Home served more than 260 families — 10 times the 26 families who used the funeral home’s services back in 1913. Among the families served last year was the Paterno family, following the death on January 22 of Penn State football coach Joe Paterno. Koch Funeral Home had served the Paterno family prior to the passing of the coach, who was a long-time acquaintance of Fleming’s. The Paterno family later noted, “Our family cannot say enough about the caring and compassionate
Best wishes to Koch Funeral Home as you celebrate 100 years of serving the community Frank & Elaine Musser Frank D. Musser Excavating Proud to be part of the Koch Funeral Home family since 1987 Petersburg, PA (814) 667-2581 (814) 880-0223
manner that Koch Funeral Home showed us during Joe’s viewing and funeral. They exceeded expectations during a challenging and difficult time.” Pine Grove Mills native Wanda (Gauthier) Givier (daughter of Indian Glenn Fleming Joe), now of Belleville, says, “As far back as I can remember, our family has trusted Koch’s to lovingly take care of family members at the time of death. I was 10 years old when my grandfather, Roy Barto, passed away. Since then, Koch’s has taken care of three generations of my family, the latest being my sister in April of this year. In her circumstance, they all went over and above what was required, and we truly appreciate their concern and understanding.”
“Our family cannot say enough about the caring and compassionate manner that Koch Funeral Home showed us during Joe’s viewing and funeral. They exceeded expectations during a challenging and difficult time.” — The Paterno family In congratulating Koch Funeral Home on its 100th anniversary, John Eirkson, executive director of the Pennsylvania Funeral Directors Association, says, “Koch Funeral Home, as well as Glenn Fleming, have been known for their commitment to professionalism and quality service. The funeral home and the staff have consistently been leaders in the community as well as the funeral service profession in Pennsylvania.” Fleming is the 132nd president of the association; in 2014, he will mark half a century as a licensed funeral director. Under his longtime direction, Koch Funeral Home will enter its second century of carrying out its tradition of caring and its legacy of service. T&G
Funeral Pre-Planning
Koch Funeral Home advocates pre-planning your funeral now to help your loved ones later. Pre-planning gives you: • Peace of mind. Pre-planning relieves the pressure of decision-making at a time of grief and emotional stress. • Personal choice. Pre-planning allows you to make practical, detailed decisions that reflect your standards, lifestyle, taste, and budget and assures you and your family that the choices you make will be carried out as planned. • Lower costs. When you finalize your plan, you do not have to set aside funds, but doing so protects you against escalating funeral costs. By locking in today’s funeral costs and ensuring that necessary funds are set aside, you relieve yourself of worry and your survivors of an unexpected expense.
We applaud Koch Funeral Home for a century of service to our community. Many thanks for your generous support over the years.
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Presidential Visits
Some funerals are more complicated than others. When the president of the United States attends, arrangements must be precise. Koch Funeral Home has handled presidential visits twice over the years. The first was on July 13, 1954, when President Dwight D. Eisenhower attended the funeral of his sister-in-law, Helen Eakin Eisenhower. The late Mrs. Eisenhower was the wife of then-Penn State President Milton Eisenhower, brother of the U.S. president. Although she had been ill for some time, her death on July 10 at the age of 49 still had been unexpected. President Eisenhower and First Lady Mamie Eisenhower flew into Martinsburg Airport the day of the funeral on the presidential plane Columbine, accompanied by a press plane.
Since 1922, Woodring’s Floral Gardens has been serving the floral needs of Central Pennsylvania, from fresh flowers to arrangements to green plants. We’re proud of our long-term relationship with Koch Funeral Home and look forward to the next 100 years. Congratulations on your anniversary! www.woodringsfloral.com 145 S. Allen St., State College 125 S. Allegheny St., Bellefonte (800) 62-ROSES
Koch arranged for sedans to transport the president, first lady, and Secret Service agents from the airport to State College. Later, townspeople lined the streets to watch the funeral procession pass by on its way from St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church to the cemetery, in recognition of both Penn State’s beloved first lady and the nation’s president. Almost 20 years later, on July 5, 1973, President Richard M. Nixon traveled to State College to attend the funeral of his uncle, Leland Warren Nixon. Widely known as the “potato wizard of Pennsylvania,” Leland Nixon was a potato farmer and former professor of plant pathology at Penn State. President Nixon flew to State College by helicopter shortly before the service, and Koch Funeral Home arranged his transportation in town. T&G
Preserving Local History
Hubert Koch was an avid amateur photographer and collected historic photos of
State College, Penn State, and the surrounding area. Clients often entrusted him with old photos they found in loved ones’ attics. Hubert hung the historic photos in the old funeral home, and Fleming continued the tradition when he built the new funeral home. In 1990, the Centre County Historical Society presented Ethel Noll Koch and F. Glenn Fleming with the Award for Excellence in Preserving Centre County History in recognition of their preservation and presentation of the Hubert C. Koch Photograph Collection. T&G
Hubert Koch (left) and the Penn State Alumni Association’s Ross Lehman with historic photos
Family owned and operated since 1927, Balfurd has grown into a fullservice fabric care provider, including dry cleaning, healthcare and linen rental, and specialty services. Now a fourth-generation business, we’re proud to serve central and western Pennsylvania, offering high-quality service with a personal touch.
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A Tradition of Community Service December 14 concert to benefit Tides
State College Choral Society
For the past century, Koch Funeral Home has served the community not just through its business activities but also through contributions of time, leadership, and funds to worthy nonprofit organizations. Glenn Fleming proudly carries on this tradition of neighbor helping neighbor. “Glenn Fleming has been a long-time supporter of State High’s All Night Party,” says Joy Vincent-Killian, 2013 fundraising chair for the event. “Each year, Koch Funeral Home’s generous financial donation, together with those of other parents and alumni, helps keep over 500 teens safe at the after-prom sober event. As a local businessman, Glenn knows how important it is to give to local events.” The Salvation Army of Centre County is another beneficiary of that goodwill. “Koch Funeral Home and Glenn have been strong supporters for the annual Hope Endures Dinner, which is one of the main fundraisers for the organization,” says Jack Heckendorn, Salvation Army advisory board member. “Glenn and his wife, Margie, are very involved in the community and have attended the annual dinner on numerous occasions in an effort to support our organization making a difference.” Fleming is a longtime
volunteer with the Pennsylvania Centre Orchestra, having served as a board member and president. “I know that the PCO has a special place in Glenn’s heart, for he loves classical music,” says Patricia Stutzman-Roeber, past president. “But it is not just for himself that he supported the orchestra with his time. … Nor is it why he continues to support the PCO generously, attending concerts and functions and delighting them with donations, but because Glenn believes that the quality of life for everyone is enhanced by this organization and that he has an obligation to help when and where he can.” A longtime State College Kiwanis Club member, Fleming has held various board positions and was the Holiday Basketball Tournament chairman for 17 years. He received the George F. Hixon Award, Kiwanis International Foundation’s highest honor, for demonstrating strong support and service to the community. He also has received Easter Seals’ Brace for an Ace Award for volunteer service on behalf of people with disabilities and Pennsylvania Centre Orchestra’s Amadeus Award for his many years of leadership. This year, Koch Funeral Home is celebrating its 100th anniversary by sponsoring a holiday concert. The State College Choral Society is teaming up with the Centre Brass Quintet for “December Colors,” a concert planned for December 14 at 7:30 p.m. in Penn State’s Pasquerilla Spiritual Center. Tickets are $20 for adults and $10 for students, and are available at www.scchoralsociety.org. A portion of the proceeds will benefit Tides, a nonprofit support group for grieving children and the people who love them. The support for Tides is part of a larger contribution Koch Funeral Home owner F. Glenn Fleming and business partner Thomas F. Brown are making to the organization this year. As a 100th anniversary gift, the partners are matching up to $50,000 in contributions to Tides from the community. “We’ve been involved with Tides from the beginning,” Fleming says. “It’s a much-needed organization in our community. Children who have had a death in the family can carry on through life knowing the camaraderie of others who have experienced such loss.” T&G
Frost & Conn, Inc.
Just a dozen years after Harry Koch began his business, John Taylor opened an insurance agency in Centre County in 1925. Later, Penn State alumnus P.A. “Jack” Frost bought and grew the agency, eventually passing it on to the next generations. In 1994, the P.A. Frost agency, owned by Rod Fletcher, and Conn Insurance, owned by Burt Conn and Robert Medsger, joined to become Frost&Conn. Today, almost 90 years after signing its first customer, Frost & Conn continues to offer insurance and financial services with an emphasis on personal service. Congratulations to Koch Funeral Home on your 100th anniversary from a fellow longtime Centre County business!
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Best wishes to Koch Funeral Home as you celebrate 100 years of serving the community!
Special Thanks
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from one local business to another... Our family has personally experienced the compassionate and professional service of the people at Koch Funeral Home. They help you gain some wisdom and comfort at a time when you need to move forward.
Gary Vratarich and J.R. Vratarich
At some point in our lives, most local families will have a need for Koch's services. It's a need no one likes to think about, but it is comforting to know and we are all fortunate to have Glenn Fleming and his Staff when we need them. Thank you again, we appreciate all you do for our community.
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WPSU’s Fall Membership Campaign continues on Sunday, September 1, with performances of rock, pop, country, and Broadway favorites. On Labor Day, Monday, September 2, WPSU delivers the first season of the awardwinning Call the Midwife—Britain’s highest-rated new series ever. Call the Midwife is a fascinating portrayal of birth, life, death, and a community on the brink of huge social change, offering a gripping insight into a world that is so drastically different from how we live now. The fundraising campaign will continue through midSeptember and includes a special opportunity to receive tickets for Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s November 15th concert at the Bryce Jordan Center. In support of your public television station, TSO is making great seats available as a thank you for your gift of support. Check your local listings for Trans-Siberian Orchestra: The Birth of Rock Theater air dates to make your contribution.
JAZZ@thePalmer
David Stambler and Friends will take the stage in Palmer Lipcon Auditorium at the Palmer Museum of Art on Thursday, September 26, at 7:30 p.m. Seating is limited for this free concert; for ticket information, visit wpsu.org/ jazzatthepalmer. This concert series is being recorded and will be broadcast beginning in January 2014 as part of the WPSU-FM Jazz program, Fridays at 10 p.m.
WPSU INTERNATIONAL WINE FESTIVAL Sunday, September 29, 1:30–5 p.m.
The WPSU International Wine Festival will showcase the wine regions of Italy in addition to offering tastings of wines from around the world and across Pennsylvania. The indoor market venue provides an afternoon of live music, food, and a silent auction. Guests can purchase their favorite wines at the on-site Fine Wine & Good Spirits store. To purchase your tickets for the Grand Tasting, visit: wpsu.org/winefestival.
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The Ties That Bind Discovering the culture that connects Penn Staters
By Lee Stout
With the arrival of fall semester and the influx of thousands of new students to Penn State, I’ve been pondering what binds us together as “Penn Staters,” besides being a student, alum, staff, or faculty member. When we cheer, “We are … Penn State!” what do we mean? When we recall all the controversy about a purported “dysfunctional culture” that we’ve lived with over the last two years, this is not just an arcane exercise. Looking back at our history, I see three eras of student spirit: the nineteenth century, the first half of the twentieth, and of the last 50 years or so. In those three eras we had first the traditional scraps and battles between the freshmen and sophomores that created a class identification and loyalty to old Penn State. Gradually, between, say, 1890 and 1910, the physical battles were replaced by freshman customs, the one-on-one initiation of new students into the life and lore of the Penn State student. Since the late 1960s, we have passed from a period of cynicism about “school spirit” to a renewed desire for connection and service among undergraduates. The boisterous behavior of the college’s first halfcentury would not be tolerated today by either the administration or the police. Similarly, the customs system of the 1890s to the early 1960s would likely be rejected by modern students as unfair harassment, if not unwelcomed hazing. Carried to extremes, both student-life staff and police also would step in and banish such behavior. Clearly our expectations for the college-life experience have changed along with our sensibilities. While we seem to have moved on from the traditional rites of initiation for students, there are still many experiences that students revel in and, later, as alumni, recall with nostalgia. First are the friendships developed through living arrangements, along with the experiences of favorite eating and drinking places. Then there are the trials and
Top, a pushball scrap takes place in the early 1900s on Old Beaver Field, which is the present location of the parking lot behind Osmond Laboratory. In the 1950s, freshmen had to wear dinks on their heads.
triumphs of academic work — long nights spent on projects and papers, often working in teams to achieve academic goals. For many students, these kinds of experiences are matched by the extracurriculum, whether you’re on deadline for tomorrow’s Daily Collegian, working to make your Greek group successful, or going all out to top last year’s THON total. Walking the campus and town, we see reminders of campus traditions and history. The buildings associated with our classes and majors become second homes for us, and the landmarks — Old Main, the Lion Shrine, the Creamery, Pattee and Paterno libraries, the HUB, and Beaver Stadium — all implant memories, as do the streetscapes and iconic places in town. Whether your most memorable experience is dancing at THON, tailgating at the stadium, or receiving a “welldone” from your professor for successfully presenting
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your semester project, each is a part of college life at Penn State that you take away with you. At the same time, few students realize how this has all changed to become what they know today. Most are blissfully unaware of the history of their own institution. The names on buildings — people such as Pattee, Pond, Atherton, Sparks, Beaver, and Boucke, who were legends for Penn State students of times past — are mysteries today. The daily life of the past, with only a fraction of today’s student numbers, is unimaginable today. That time of geographic isolation, when it was almost impossible to leave campus during the semester for lack of transportation connections, is just as mindboggling as when your only communication with your parents was by an occasional letter or rare phone call. The students of yesteryear were often the first of their families to attend college. They came with almost no idea of what might be in store for them — they expected only to work hard and hopefully earn a better life than their parents had had before them. This was not an elite institution — there were no fancy buildings with rich furnishings. Most students came from middle- and working-class homes, comparatively few would go on to graduate or professional schools. Penn State was preparing them for their life’s work. It also instilled habits and tastes to match their collegiate experience. This was the “Hello! campus” — students were taught to extend the hand of friendship to every other Penn State student. This little college in the mountains was a place for striving, for bettering yourself and society as well. Our popular culture image of slacker students who avoid difficult classes and only want to party is hard to overcome, but today’s Penn State is at a unique juncture. As Fred Lewis Pattee said, it can be “just another great university,” emphasizing mass instruction, massive research programs, and judging itself by ratings that mean little for students in the long run. Or it can learn from the tribulations of the last two years and see education as leading out from ourselves. If we successfully teach students to critically analyze information, transform it into knowledge, and communicate it to the larger world, then we will be taking our service mission seriously. Ultimately, instilling a culture of moderation, honor, and justice may be our greatest contribution. T&G
Lee Stout is Librarian Emeritus, Special Collections for Penn State.
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Bob White’s game-day routine is a lot longer now than when he was co-captain of Penn State’s 1986 national championship football team. As the Nittany Lion Club’s director of club seats, suites, and stadium private events, he arrives at Beaver Stadium five hours before a home-game kickoff and is on the job until four or five hours after the clock runs out. And he loves it. “My favorite part of the job is interacting with people and serving the customers, keeping things on an even keel,” he says. Originally from central Florida, White moved to western PA in 1979 and was heavily recruited by college football teams across the country. He chose Penn State, playing defensive tackle and earning a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice. After college, he played pro ball for San Francisco and Cleveland before returning to Penn State in 1989, working in admissions, coaching, and legislative affairs and earning a master’s in counselor education. In 2001, with 4,000 club seats and 60 suites being added to Beaver Stadium, he took on his current role. “People ask, ‘What do you do during the off season?’ ” White says, noting that game days are just part of his job. He also oversees private events at the stadium, from wedding receptions to award banquets to conferences — 121 private events in 2012 alone. “There’s a lot more going on here than just football.” The Penn State Bookstore thanks Bob White and all faculty and staff who carry out the university’s mission every day.
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Hometown Return State High grad is now a young singing star, and her performance with PCO highlights a full slate of classical music this fall By David Pencek
For Sarah Shafer, the least favorite part of being a classical singer is the traveling and living out of a suitcase on occasion. “I tend to be a home person. I like to be settled somewhere,” the 24-year-old soprano says. “But the music experiences are too good to pass up now. I feel I need to go. Of course, I’m so happy when I’m at a place — it’s all worth it!” Shafer, who grew up in State College and graduated from State High in 2006, is one of the rising young stars in classical singing. She is entering her final year at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and has already performed with, among others, the San Francisco Opera, Opera Memphis, the Louisiana Symphony Orchestra, and the Quad City Symphony Orchestra, and at the Glyndebourne Festival in England. And she still performs in her hometown occasionally, including a September 29 concert with the Pennsylvania Centre Orchestra that kicks off the orchestra’s 2013-14 season titled Viva Vivaldi! The opening concert, “Fall,” will be performed in Esber Recital Hall, and besides Shafer it features violinist Hanna Lin, who is one of the winners of the orchestra’s Vivaldi competition.
“I’m thrilled to sing here,” Shafer says during a recent visit home. “It’s very fulfilling. After doing a lot of work and training, it’s nice to come back and share with friends and family at home.” Her home is actually preparing for another fall filled with classical Shafer returns home music. Six days to perform with the after Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Centre Centre Orchestra Orchestra September 29. opens its season, Nittany Valley Symphony begins its 2013-14 schedule, titled Symphonic Escapades, with a collaborative effort with the State College Choral Society, which embarks on its 65th anniversary season. The two will come together October 5 in Eisenhower Auditorium to perform Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, something the symphony hasn’t performed since 2001. In addition, the symphony and choral society will perform Brahms’s Schicksalslied. “I wanted to do another collaboration with the State College Choral Society, and what better way to open a season than with Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony,” Nittany Valley Symphony music director and conductor Michael Jinbo says. “It’s been 12 years since we last performed it, so it was about time!” Choral society music director Russell Shelley says each season he tries to schedule at least one collaborative concert with another local music organization. He adds that it’s fitting that the choral society is beginning its season collaborating on “such a monumental work.”
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In December, the choral society has another collaborative effort scheduled as it performs its “December Colors” concert with Centre Brass Quintet. The concert also benefits t h e l o c a l Ti d e s program, which helps children who have lost
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features an array of Penn State bands, choirs, orchestras, chamber ensembles, and soloists. One member of the School of Music’s faculty happens to be Shafer’s dad, Tim, who teaches piano. Ted Christopher Her mom, Lou Ann, is the founder and director of the Nittany Valley Children’s Choir. And Shafer’s two younger sisters play trombone and French horn. “We always had music in the house,” Shafer says. “That’s still the case.” Shafer began taking voice lessons when she was 14. Her first, and only, performance on stage at State High was when she was Mabel in the school’s production of The Pirates of Penzance. Because of her dad, she also knew how to play piano, and she could have taken her career in either direction. Then she auditioned for and was accepted into the Curtis Institute. Her career path was set, even if she had doubts about
her vocal skills. “I felt like the worst singer there for three years,” she says. “But everybody has a different j o u r n e y. I t ’s r e a l l y about developing your instrument — your voice — to what your intentions are. Amanda Silliker “Curtis helps you grow by leaps and bounds simply by having you perform. Ever since I’ve gone there, it’s been about getting up and doing it.” Some of the highlights for Shafer so far have been performing The Barber of Seville, and performing the role of Mary Lennox in the San Francisco Opera’s production of The Secret Garden. For the latter, a reviewer wrote in the San Francisco Examiner, “One of the opera’s great strengths came in the casting of the primary role, 10-year-old Mary. Sarah Shafer, a Curtis Institute graduate student with a notable career, has a powerful and lyrical voice, [and] great projection and diction.” Shafer has received many rave reviews for her
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Kaminski Fr. Matt McGloin Legends .200 69 Alex Todd 88 Tyrone OL TE Fr. 12 Stephon Valle, 6-1, 190, So. Smith 30 pts. (5 TD) Fr. Right Cornerba W-L 70 Jacob Nebraska 89 Garry Gilliam 7 Brian Williams, % DT DT So. Jesse James Bailey ck 3 Da’Quan Morris, 5-8, 186, Sr. Fr. W-L 71 Bill Ivan 24 pts. (4 TD) 5-1 6-0, JESSE Davis, 5-10, 90 Sean Stanley OL 22 Kenny Michigan % TE Jr. SCORING .833 Fr. Mullen, 5-10, 185, So. 161, Fr. Stephen Houston 72 Michael OT 8-2 91 DaQuan JAMES 180, So. 5-1 DE Sr. So. 74 pts. (12 Northwestern .800 .833 73 Bernard Mitsch Jones DT 10 Malcolm Free Safety TD) Mitch Ewald 93 James Terry Fr. 7-3 DT Jr. 3-3 SPECIAL TEAMS 74 Charlie Taylor Willis, 5-11, 72 pts. (12 Minnesota .700 OL .500 23 Ryan Keiser, 94 Evan Schwan FG, 36 PAT) So. 209, Jr. DT Sr. Shane Wynn 75 NicholasChapman 7-3 CAMERON 2-4 OT 6-1, Michigan State 36 pts. 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Jr. 267-428-8 Placekicker RUSHING/GAME INDIANA Long Snapper 82 Caleb PASSING/GAME 97 Sam Ficken, Indiana at Penn 91 Matt Dooley, LS Cornett Jamie Van Fr. 3.8 DE Fr. 244.0 410.1 6-3, 172, So. 83 Ted Bolser 293.2 Fleet RUSHING/ATT. WR 82 Sean Barrett, 6-4, 257, So. Iowa at Michigan,State, noon TOTAL/GAME Fr. Mike Wallace 199-346-7 LB Sr. 84 Jamonne 6-6, 200, Fr. noon TE 5.2 5.3 431.4 Punter Jr. Northwestern PASSING CB Jr. 45 Alex Butterwo 85 Charles Chester TOTAL/ATT. WR at Michigan 207.0 Love III Jr. 179-292-5 rth, 5-10, 206, State, noon 28.0 39 Erich Toth, Holder Minnesota at 86 Paul Phillips 5.6 PASSING/GAME TE SCORING/GAME Nebraska, 3:30 Jr. Sr. 87 Leneil 2 Cameron 6-3, 190, Fr. 344.9 Ohio State at p.m. Kick TE 201.8 Himes 31.2 So. Coffman, TOTAL/GAME 15 Alex Kenney, Returner Wisconsin, 3:30 88 Anthony 6-2, 191, So. DT Purdue at Illinois, p.m. Corsaro 4.8 So. 445.8 39 Jesse Della 6-0, 192, So. 89 Mike Carter Kick TOTAL/ATT. 3:30 TE Return p.m. 1 Shane Wynn, Fr. Valle, 6-1, 90 Garrett 18.6 190, So. 5.8 FB 5-7, 157, So. Libertowsk SCORING/GAME Jr. 6 Tevin Coleman, LAST WEEK 91 Matt Dooley i Punt DE Fr. 6-1, 200, Fr. 37 Evan Lewis, Returner 32.2 92 Justin Michigan 38, LS Rayside So. Northwestern 39 Jesse Della 5-10, 174, Sr. Punt Return 93 Nick Campos DE 14 Nick Stoner, 31 (OT) Purdue 27, Iowa Valle, 6-1, Jr. 93 Ralphael 6-1, 173, So. 190, So. P 1 Shane Green Wisconsin 62, 24 Fr. Wynn, 5-7, 94 Javon Indiana 14 DT 157, So. Cornley Fr. Minnesota 17, 95 Bobby DE Richardson Illinois 3 Jr. 96 John Laihinen Nebraska 32, DE So. Penn State 97 Larry 23 DE Black Jr. So.
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Shafer performs the role of Mary Lennox in the San Francisco Opera’s production of The Secret Garden.
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Mount Nittany Medical Center Golf Classic has raised more than $1,810,256 to help advance healthcare in the region. On August 17, the 23rd Annual Mount Nittany Medical Center Golf Classic raised $132,000 with all proceeds supporting the Medical Center’s bronchial thermoplasty service, a new technology for treating patients with severe asthma. The Foundation for Mount Nittany Medical Center thanks all sponsors, golfers, and volunteers for their support.
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Academics 2 – PSU, Labor Day Holiday, no class. 2 – State College Area School District, Labor Day Holiday, no school k-12.
Children & Families 7, 14, 21, 28 – Saturday Stories Alive!, Schlow Centre Region Library, S.C., 11 a.m., www.schlowlibrary.org. 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 24, 30 – Baby & Me Storytime, Schlow Centre Region Library, S.C., 9:30 a.m., www.schlowlibrary.org. 9, 10, 16, 17, 23, 24, 30 – Tales for Twos, Schlow Centre Region Library, S.C., 10:30 a.m., www.schlowlibrary.org. 9, 12, 16, 19, 23, 26, 30 – Music Together free trial class for children 0-5 and a parent, Oakwood Presbyterian Church, S.C., 9:30 a.m. or 10:45 a.m., 466-3414. 10, 14, 17, 21, 24, 28 – Music Together free trial class for children 0-5 and a parent, Houserville United Methodist Church, S.C., 9:30 a.m. or 10:45 a.m. Tues., 10:30 a.m. Sat., 466-3414. 11, 18, 25 – 3s, 4s, & 5s Storytime, Schlow Centre Region Library, S.C., 9:30 a.m., www.schlowlibrary.org. 11, 18, 25 – Everybody Storytime, Schlow Centre Region Library, S.C., 10:30 a.m., www.schlowlibrary.org. 15 – Lions & Tigers & Books, Oh My!, Schlow Centre Region Library, S.C., 2 p.m., www.schlowlibrary.org. 17 – Pajama Party, Schlow Centre Region Library, S.C., 7 p.m., www.schlowlibrary.org.
Majora Carter kicks off the Penn State Forum Series September 5 at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel.
22 – Talk Like a Pirate Celebration, Schlow Centre Region Library, S.C., www.schlowlibrary.org. 29 – Hispanic Heritage Celebration, Schlow Centre Region Library, S.C., 2 p.m., www.schlowlibrary.org.
Classes & Lectures 3, 17 – “A Joint Venture,” a free class on hip and knee replacements, Mount Nittany Medical Center, S.C., 11 a.m. Sept. 3, 7 p.m. Sept. 17, 278-4810. 4 – Central PA Civil War Round Table: “Pickett’s Charge” by Dr. Carol Reardon, PA Military Museum, Boalsburg, 7 p.m., 861-0770. 4 – The Happiest Baby on the Block Class, CEA of State College, S.C., 7 p.m., www.ceaofstatecollege.org or 237-4232. 5 – Penn State Forum Series: Majora Carter, Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, PSU, 11:30 a.m., pennstateforum.psu.edu. 5 – Lunch and Learn: Housing Programs, State College Borough Building, S.C., noon, www.statecollegepa.us. 7 – Huddle with the Faculty: “Evan Pugh and George Atherton: Penn State’s George Washington and Abraham Lincoln,” by Roger Williams, Nittany Lion Inn, PSU, 9 a.m., alumni.psu.edu. 9 – Uncanny Lecture: Christa Assad, Palmer Museum of Art, PSU, 4:30 p.m., www.palmermuseum.psu.edu. 10 – Uncanny Lecture: Judith Bernstein, Palmer Museum of Art, PSU, 4:30 p.m., www.palmermuseum.psu.edu. 12 – 2013 Community Education Forum: Innovation Ecosystem, State College Municipal Building, S.C., 3 p.m., www.statecollegepa.us. 13 – Penn State Forum Series: Pedro Noguera, Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, PSU, 11:30 a.m., pennstateforum.psu.edu. 14 – Huddle with the Faculty: “Can Satire Save Democracy? The Story of Stephen Colbert,” by Sophia McClennen, Nittany Lion Inn, PSU, 9 a.m., alumni.psu.edu. 15 – History Talk: “Flying the Mail in Centre County, 1918-1949,” by Kitty Winderly, Centre Furnace Mansion, S.C., 2 p.m., www.centrecountyhistory.org. 15 – Family Medicine Seminar: Treatment of Chronic Craniofacial Pain, Mount Nittany Medical Center, S.C., 6:30 p.m., 234-6738. 18 – The Art of Music: “The Three Baritones,” by Ted Christopher, Raymond Sage, and Norman Spivey, Palmer Museum of Art, PSU, 12:10 p.m., www.palmermuseum.psu.edu. 18 – “Between Gesture and the Void,” by Mark Sheinkman Palmer Museum of Art, PSU, 4:30 p.m., www.palmermuseum.psu.edu. 19 – Family Medicine Seminar: Best Practices in the Management of Type 2 DM, Mount Nittany Medical Center, S.C., 6:30 p.m., 234-6738.
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19 – Introduction to the Ovulation Method of Natural Family Planning, Schlow Centre Region Library, S.C., 7 p.m., fertility.appreciation@ gmail.com. 20 – Gallery Talk: “Uncanny Congruencies,” by Joyce Robinson, Palmer Museum of Art, PSU, 12:10 p.m., www.palmermuseum.psu.edu. 21 – Huddle with the Faculty: “Polar Ice: An Update on the State of Antarctica and Greenland,” by Sridhar Anandakrishnan, Nittany Lion Inn, PSU, 9 a.m., alumni.psu.edu. 24 – Science Pub presented by Discovery Space & the State Theatre: Lunar Lion, State Theatre, S.C., 7 p.m., www.thestatetheatre.org. 26 – The CCPCH Brown Bag Lunch Series: Substance Abuse, St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, S.C., noon, 231-6891. 27 – Gallery Talk: “American Block and Burin: Wood Engravings from the Permanent Collection,” by Patrick McGrady, Palmer Museum of Art, PSU, 12:10 p.m., www.palmermuseum.psu.edu. 27-29 – Center for Alternatives in Community Justice presents 24-Hour Basic Mediation Training, Lewis Katz Building, PSU, 9 a.m., 234-1059.
Club Events 4, 11, 18, 25 – S.C. Sunrise Rotary Club mtg., Hotel State College, S.C., 7:15 a.m., kfragola@psualum.com.
4, 18 – Outreach Toastmasters Meeting, The 329 Bldg. Room 413, PSU, noon, kbs131@psu.edu. 5 – 148th PA Volunteer Infantry Civil War Reenactment Group mtg., Hoss’s Steak and Sea House, S.C., 7:30 p.m., 861-0770. 5, 12, 19, 26 – S.C. Downtown Rotary mtg., Damon’s Grill & Sports Bar, S.C., noon, http://centrecounty.org/rotary/club/. 10 – Women’s Mid Day Connection Luncheon, Mountain View Country Club, Boalsburg, 11:45 a.m., 355-7615. 11 – Women’s Welcome Club of S.C., Oakwood Presbyterian Church, S.C., 7 p.m., www.womenswelcomeclub.org. 25 – Applique Club, Schlow Centre Region Library, S.C., 6 p.m., 237-0167. 25 – State College Bird Club Meeting, Foxdale Village Meeting Room, S.C., 7 p.m.
Community Associations & Development 5 – CBICC Business After Hours hosted by Hearthside Rehabilitation, 450 Waupelani Dr., S.C., 5:30 p.m., 234-1829 or www.cbicc.org. 9-13 – Centre County TRIAD meeting: Police Academy, State College Borough Building, S.C., 10 a.m., 237-8932 or 237-3130. 17 – Spring Creek Watershed Association mtg., Patton Township Mun. Bldg., 7:30 a.m., www.springcreekwatershed.org.
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Exhibits Ongoing-December 8 – American Block and Burin: Wood Engravings from the Permanent Collection, Palmer Museum of Art, PSU, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Tues.-Sat., noon-4 p.m. Sun., www.palmermuseum.psu.edu. 3-December 15 – Recent Acquisitions, Palmer Museum of Art, PSU, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Tues.-Sat., noon-4 p.m. Sun., www.palmermuseum.psu.edu. 10-December 15 – Uncanny Congruencies, Palmer Museum of Art, PSU, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Tues.-Sat., noon-4 p.m. Sun., www.palmermuseum.psu.edu. 11-December 8 – Crossing Borders: A Conversation, HUB Gallery, PSU, studentaffairs.psu.edu/hub/artgalleries/. 17-December 1 – Joanne Landis, Art Alley, HUB-Robeson Center, PSU, studentaffairs.psu .edu/hub/artgalleries/. 25-December 31 – Eat Well, Play Well, Discovery Space of Central PA, S.C., www.mydiscoveryspace.org.
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Health Care For schedule of blood drives visit www.cccredcross.org or www.givelife.org. 6 – Alzheimer’s/Dementia Support Group, Mount Nittany Dining Room at the Inn at Brookline, S.C., 1 p.m., 234-3141. 8 – Ostomy Support Group, Mount Nittany Medical Center, S.C., 2 p.m., 234-6195. 9 – Breast Cancer Support Group, Mount Nittany Medical Center, S.C., 5:30 p.m., 231-7005. 10 – Alzheimer’s/Dementia Support Group, Mount Nittany Dining Room at the Inn at Brookline, S.C., 6:30 p.m., 234-3141. 10 – Brain Injury Support Group, HealthSouth Nittany Valley Rehab Hospital, Pleasant Gap, 7 p.m., 359-3421. 11 – Diabetes Support Group, Centre Region Senior Center, S.C., 10:15 a.m., 231-7095. 11 – Fertility Issues and Loss Support Group, Choices (2214 N. Atherton St.), S.C., 6:30 p.m., www.heartofcpa.org. Red Cross Honor Roll of Milestone Blood Donors
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12 – Diabetes Support Group, Mount Nittany Medical Center, S.C., 6 p.m., 231-3076. 16 – Cancer Survivor Support Group, Centre County United Way, S.C., 11:30 a.m., www.cancersurvive.org. 17 – Multiple Sclerosis Support Group, HealthSouth Nittany Valley Rehab Hospital, Outpatient Entrance, Pleasant Gap, 6 p.m., 359-3421. 19 – Better Breathers Support Group, HealthSouth Nittany Valley Rehab Hospital, Pleasant Gap, 2 p.m., 359-3421. 19 – The free “Parents-to-Be: The HEIR & Parents Hospital Tour for Expectant Parents,” Mount Nittany Medical Center, S.C., 6:30 p.m., 231-3132. 23 – Heart Failure Support Group, HealthSouth Nittany Valley Rehab Hospital, Pleasant Gap, 4 p.m., 359-3421. 24 – Stroke Support Group, HealthSouth Nittany Valley Rehab Hospital, Pleasant Gap, 4 p.m., 359-3421.
Music 6 – Music on the Mountain, Tussey Mountain, Boalsburg, 4 p.m., www.tusseymountain.com. 7 – PSU School of Music: Graduate Recognition Recital, Esber Recital Hall, PSU, 8 p.m., 863-1118.
8 – PSU School of Music: Davis Brooks, violin, Esber Recital Hall, PSU, 2 p.m., music.psu.edu. 8 – PSU School of Music: Steven Smith, piano, Esber Recital Hall, PSU, 8 p.m., music.psu.edu.
Anda Union performs The Wind Horse September 24 at Eisenhower Auditorium. 19 – Judy Collins, State Theatre, S.C., 8 p.m., www.thestatetheatre.org. 21 – PSU School of Music: Rob Nairn, double bass, Esber Recital Hall, PSU, 8 p.m., music.psu.edu. 22 – PSU School of Music: Tim Hurtz, oboe, Esber Recital Hall, PSU, 3 p.m., music.psu.edu. 24 – Anda Union: The Wind Horse, Eisenhower Auditorium, PSU, 7:30 p.m., www.cpa.psu.edu.
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26 – Jazz at the Palmer: David Stambler and Friends, Palmer Museum of Art, PSU, 7:30 p.m., www.palmermuseum.psu.edu. 27 – PSU School of Music: The Three Baritones, Esber Recital Hall, PSU, 5 p.m., music.psu.edu. 28 – Acoustic Brew Concert Series: Lindsay Lou and the Flatbellys, WPSU Studios, PSU, 7:30 p.m., www.acousticbrew.org. 29 – Pennsylvania Centre Orchestra presents “Fall," Esber Recital Hall, PSU, 3 p.m., www.centreorchestra.org.
Special Events 1 – Mountain Rocks, Tussey Mountain, Boalsburg, 6 p.m., www.bestwickfoundation.org. 3, 10, 17, 24 – Boalsburg Farmers’ Market, PA Military Museum, Boalsburg, 2 p.m., www.boalsburgfarmersmarket.com. 3, 10, 17, 24 – State College Tuesday Farmers’ Market, Locust Lane, S.C., 11:30 a.m., www.statecollegefarmers.com. 4, 11, 18, 25 – Lemont Farmers’ Market, Lemont, 2 p.m., www.lemontvillage.org. 5-8 – Nittany Antique Machinery 39th Annual Fall Show, Penn’s Cave, Centre Hall, all day, www.nittanyantique.org. 6, 13, 20, 27 – State College Farmer’s Market, Locust Lane, S.C., 11:30 a.m., www.statecollegefarmers.com.
7, 14, 21, 28 – Bellefonte Farmers’ Market, Gamble Mill, Bellefonte, 8 a.m., www.buylocalpa.org. 7, 14, 21, 28 – Millheim Farmers’ Market, American Legion Pavilion, Millheim, 9 a.m., www.oldgreggschool.com. 7, 14, 21, 28 – North Atherton Farmers’ Market, Home Depot, S.C., 10 a.m., www.nathertonmarket.com. 8 – State College Elks Charity Golf Tournament, Mountain View Country Club, Boalsburg, 1 p.m., dww2@psu.edu. 9 – Geri Reeve Open Golf Tournament, Penn State Golf Courses, PSU, 8:30 a.m., www.gerireeveopen.com. 11 – Second Annual Boalsburg Farmers Market Plow to Plate Harvest Dinner, Mount Nittany Winery, Centre Hall, 5 p.m., www.boalsburgfarmersmarket.com. 14 – Gourmet Granary Candlelight Dinner, Thompson Granary, Lemont, 6:30 p.m., www.lemontvillage.org. 17-19 – Penn State’s Fall Career Fair, BJC, PSU, 11 a.m., www.bjc.psu.edu. 21 – The State College Elks Lodge Soccer Shoot, Mount Nittany Middle School, Boalsburg, dan.aiello@lpl.com. 23 – Centre County United Way Golf Tournament, Penn State Golf Courses, PSU, 1 p.m., 238-8283. 24 – Architectural Engineering Career Fair, BJC, PSU, 10 a.m., www.bjc.psu.edu.
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26 – Life in Color, Tussey Mountain, Boalsburg, 5 p.m., tusseymountain.com. 28 – Light Step, Right Step Festival, Downtown State College, 10 a.m., www.statecollegepa.us. 28 – Patton Township Safety Fair, Wegmans/ Target Parking Lot, S.C., 237-2822. 28 – OktoberFest, Tussey Mountain, Boalsburg, 5 p.m., tusseymountain.com. 28 – Applefest and Car Show, Milesburg Museum and Historical Society, Milesburg. 28-29 – Hardcore Mudd Run, Mid-State Regional Airport, Philipsburg, www.hardcoremuddrun.com. 29 – WPSU International Wine Festival, Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, PSU, 1 p.m., wpsu.org.
Sports For tickets to Penn State sporting events, visit www.gopsusports.com or call (814) 865-5555. For area high school sporting events, call your local high school. 1 – Mount Nittany Marathon, Medlar Field at Lubrano Park, PSU, 8 a.m. 1 – PSU/LaSalle, women’s soccer, Jeffrey Field, PSU, 1 p.m. 1 – PSU/Central Connecticut, men’s soccer, Jeffrey Field, PSU, 7 p.m.
1-2 – Lady Lion Open, women’s golf, PSU Golf Courses, PSU, all day. 6 – PSU/Temple, field hockey, PSU Field Hockey Complex, PSU, 6 p.m. 6 – PSU/Boston University, women’s soccer, Jeffrey Field, PSU, 7 p.m. 7 – PSU/Eastern Michigan, football, Beaver Stadium, PSU, noon. 8 – PSU/Connecticut, field hockey, PSU Field Hockey Complex, PSU, noon. 13 – Harry Groves Spiked Shoe Invitational, men’s & women’s cross country, Blue & White Courses, PSU, TBA. 13 – PSU/California, men’s soccer, Jeffrey Field, PSU, 7 p.m. 14 – PSU/Central Florida, football, Beaver Stadium, PSU, 6 p.m. 17 – PSU/Robert Morris, men’s soccer, Jeffrey Field, PSU, 7 p.m. 20 – PSU/Delaware, field hockey, PSU Field Hockey Complex, PSU, 5 p.m. 20 – PSU/Northwestern, women’s soccer, Jeffrey Field, PSU, 7 p.m. 20 – PSU/Albany, women’s volleyball, Rec Hall, PSU, 7 p.m. 21 – PSU/Eastern Kentucky, women’s volleyball, Rec Hall, PSU, 10 a.m. 21 – PSU/Yale, women’s volleyball, Rec Hall, PSU, 8 p.m. 21 – PSU/Kent State, football, Beaver Stadium, PSU, TBA.
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22 – PSU/Duquesne, men’s soccer, Jeffrey Field, PSU, 1 p.m. 27 – PSU/Purdue, women’s soccer, Jeffrey Field, PSU, 7 p.m. 27 – PSU/Michigan State, women’s volleyball, Rec Hall, PSU, 7 p.m. 27-29 – Nittany Lion Invitational, women’s golf, PSU Golf Courses, PSU, all day. 28 – PSU/Michigan, women’s volleyball, Rec Hall, PSU, 7 p.m. 29 – PSU/Indiana, women’s soccer, Jeffrey Field, PSU, noon. 29 – PSU/Wisconsin, men’s soccer, Jeffrey Field, PSU, 2:30 p.m.
Theater 6-7, 13-14 – State College Community Theatre presents Beyond Therapy, Mount Nittany Middle School Auditorium, S.C., 8 p.m. Fri., 2 & 8 p.m. Sat., www.scctonline.org. 11 – The New Normal: A Spiritual Response in Words and Music, State Theatre, S.C., 7:30 p.m., www.thestatetheatre.org. 12 – Momix presents Botanica, Eisenhower Auditorium, PSU, 7:30 p.m., www.cpa.psu.edu. 12 – The United States of Autism, State Theatre, S.C., 7:30 p.m., www.thestatetheatre.org.
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15 – Greats at the State Film Series: Annie Hall, State Theatre, S.C., 3 p.m., www.thestatetheatre.org. 17 – National Theatre Live presents The Audience, State Theatre, S.C., 7 p.m., www.thestatetheatre.org. 19-20 – Happy Pink Girl Sings!, State Theatre, S.C., 8 p.m., www.thestatetheatre.org. 20-21, 27-28 – State College Community Theatre presents August: Osage County, Mount Nittany Middle School Auditorium, S.C., 8 p.m. Fri., 2 & 8 p.m. Sat., www.scctonline.org. 22 – Evocateur: The Morton Downey Jr. Movie, State Theatre, S.C., 4 & 7:30 p.m., www.thestatetheatre.org. 26 – National Theatre Live presents Othello, State Theatre, S.C., 7 p.m., www.thestatetheatre.org. 27 – Cirque Eloize presents Cirkopolis, Eisenhower Auditorium, PSU, 7:30 p.m., www.cpa.psu.edu. 29 – Contemporary Play Reading Series: 4000 Miles, State Theatre, S.C., 7:30 p.m., www.thestatetheatre.org. T&G
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International Flavor will be able to casually wander from table to table to taste the wines offered from each participant — at your own pace, following your own agenda, and as often as you like. The floor plan and By Lucy Rogers layout for the event allows for easy traffic flow, and there are areas set up where guests can sit, relax, and enjoy themselves at the “indoor garden.” Food is available and there also are opportunities to bid on a variety of unique and premium wines and other items through a silent auction. All proceeds from the event benefit WPSU. As in the past, there will be 200 to 300 wines poured, representing many The floor plan and layout for WPSU’s International Wine Festival allows for of the world’s most easy traffic flow. famous wine-producing regions, which will therefore include The fifth annual WPSU International Wine many imported wines. Festival is scheduled to take place on Sunday, “There seems to be an impression that exSeptember 29, from 1:30 to 5 p.m., at the Penn ists among the public that we are only offering Stater Conference Center Hotel. And it promises Pennsylvania-produced wines,” says veteran to be as big and as varied as it has been in the past. wine-festival planning-committee member Phil For those of you unfamiliar with the event, it Jensen. “We want to make sure that everyone is the kind of tasting experience usually reserved knows that wines from all over the world will for industry insiders that gives wine vendors, imbe available for tasting, with a focus this year on porters, and distributors an opportunity to showinternational wines.” case their wine portfolios to restaurants, bars, There also will be a featured wine-and-food and retailers. The beauty of the event is that the pairing seminar titled, “A Taste of Italy,” that will WPSU wine festival is open to the general pubbe led by Steve Pollack, buyer for the Pennsyllic (21 years and older). Those of us who love vania Liquor Control Board’s Chairman Selecto drink wine — or those simply curious about tion® wine program. If you are interested in wine — are being provided a great opportunity attending this seminar, I hope you have already to find new wines, develop our palates, and learn purchased tickets as it is currently sold out. about wine — all in a forum that allows us to ask Those who don’t make it to the seminar will be questions of industry experts face to face. able to chat with Pollack afterward at the ChairFor the price of admission ($65), attendees
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be able to click on a link that will list many of the wines that are being poured the day of the event. This can be useful in helping you prioritize your tasting and planning your afternoon to make sure you are able to taste the majority of wines on your wish list. The PLCB Wine Store will again be on site at the Penn Stater, and the majority of the wines being poured will be availBetween 200 and 300 wines will be available to try at the festival. able for purchase on your man’s Selection table. way out of the tasting, making it easy for The festival is a great opportunity to learn, attendees to bring home what they discover regardless of your level of wine knowledge in the afternoon. and/or expertise. Beginners can learn what Whatever your motivation, don’t miss an grape varieties appeal to them, and learn opportunity to experience what promises to which producers make their preferred styles. be an outstanding afternoon of wine tasting. An opportunity to compare and contrast wines on such a large scale is one of the great perks of this kind of event. And as I always recommend, taking notes on what you taste — making sure to include information on what you liked or didn’t like and why — can really help you figure out what wines to look for in the store in the While this year’s festival focuses on international wines, Happy Valley future. For the more ex- Winery is one of the local wineries that will be featured. perienced wine drinker, the opportunity ex- The event stands on its own merits — the fact ists to expand horizons by tasting more un- that the funds raised support WPSU is a woncommon varietals, investigating wines from derful bonus. T&G varying countries, and seeing what is new and where trends in wine are. To even re-create For more information about WPSU’s Internasuch an environment on one’s own would be tional Wine Festival and to purchase tickets, visit virtually impossible, and would cost a tremen- wpsu.org. dous amount of money, so I encourage you to Lucy Rogers teaches wine classes and offers pritake advantage of this opportunity. vate wine tastings through Wines by the Class. She At the Web site for the event, you will also is the event coordinator for Zola Catering. 96 - Town&Gown September 2013
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g Ni Hao offers more than 30 different varieties of sushi. Ni Hao, meaning Welcome and Hello in Chinese, is State College’s ultimate buffet-dining restaurant, inviting customers to experience different cuisines from China, Japan, and Korea all under one roof, and for one reasonable price. Located at 289 Northland Center, the one-stop Asian-cuisine restaurant features three hot bars of premade food, two sushi bars, hibachi, wok, and grill stations, plus endless desserts and ice cream.
Customers can select fresh vegetables, noodles, meats, and seafood from the ingredients bar, and then have it cooked to order by a professional chef in the restaurant’s open kitchen. “You can watch as your dish is being cooked right in front of you, or you can come back to get your dish after it is prepared,” says general manager Derrick Chan. “In addition, there are appetizers, dim sum, and over 30 different varieties
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of sushi to try as well.” Co-owner Endi Lu and his brother, Gary, came to the United States with their parents in the 1990s from Hong Kong. Settling in Central Pennsylvania, the family has been in the food business for more than 20 years. Since opening Ni Hao in January, the most popular features of the buffet are the two sushi bars and the hibachi station. “People like to customize their own dishes with our fresh ingredients, and sushi at other restaurants can be very expensive — here we offer a large selection and it is all included in the buffet price,” explains Chan. “We also cater to people with a gluten-free diet where we steam your food in the wok with our white sauce — but you have to let us know when you come in.” For birthday parties, company meetings, or wedding rehearsals, Ni Hao has four private rooms available at no extra charge for parties up to 50 people. Catering also is available upon request with special discounts and customized menus. For more information on Ni Hao, visit www.nihao statecollege.com or check out its Facebook page. For a special offer from Ni Hao, visit www.townandgown.com. T&G
> Featured Selections < Lunch: Monday-Saturday: 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. ($9.99, adult) Dinner: Monday-Thursday: 4-10 p.m. ($15.99, adult) Friday-Saturday: 4-10:30 p.m. ($16.99, adult) Sunday: 11 a.m.-10 p.m. ($15.99, adult) Children ages 3 and under eat free. Children ages 4-6, lunch, $3.99; dinner, $6.99. Children ages 7-10, lunch, $5.99; dinner, $9.99. All dishes are available for take-out or order off the menu. Take-out lunch, $6.99 per pound. Take-out dinner, $8.99 per pound.
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The Dining Room at the Nittany Lion Inn, 200 W. Park Ave., 865-8590. Fine continental cuisine in a relaxed, gracious atmosphere. Casual attire acceptable. Private dining rooms available. AE, D, DC, MAC, MC, V. Full bar.
The Autoport, 1405 S. Atherton St., 237-7666, www.theautoport.com. The all new Autoport offers exceptional dining featuring local produce and an extensive wine list. Tapas menu and special events every week. Catering and private events available. Live music. AE, D, DC, MAC, MC, V. Full bar.
Down Under Steakhouse at Toftrees, One Country Club Lane, 234-8000, www.toftrees.com. A casual restaurant with unique dining featuring hearty appetizers, delicious entrees, fresh sandwiches and salads in a comfortable scenic atmosphere. Outdoor seating available. AE, D, DC, MAC, MC, V. Full bar.
bar bleu, 114. S Garner St., 237-0374, bar-bleu.com. Socializing and sports viewing awaits at bar bleu. Don’t miss a minute of the action on 22 true 1080i HDMI high-definition flat-screen monitors displaying the night’s college and pro matchups. The bar serves up 16 draft beers in addition to crafted cocktails, including the “Fishbowl,” concocted in its own 43-ounce tank! Pub fare featuring authentic Kansas City-style barbecue is smoked daily on-site. AE, D, DC, ID+, MC, V. Full bar.
Duffy’s Boalsburg Tavern, On the Diamond, Boalsburg, 466-6241. The Boalsburg Tavern offers a fine, intimate setting reminiscent of Colonial times. Dining for all occasions with formal and casual menus, daily dinner features, specials, and plenty of free parking. AE, MC, V. Full bar.
Carnegie House, corner of Cricklewood Dr. and Toftrees Ave., 234-2424. An exquisite boutique hotel offering fine dining in a relaxed yet gracious atmosphere. Serving lunch and dinner. Prix Fixe menu and à la carte menu selections now available. AAA Four Diamond Award recipient for lodging and fine dining. Reservations suggested. AE, MC, D, V. Full bar. Cozy Thai Bistro, 232 S. Allen St., 237-0139. A true authentic Thai restaurant offering casual and yet “cozy” family-friendly dining experience. Menu features wide selections of exotic Thai cuisine, both lunch and dinner (take-out available). BYO (wines & beer) is welcome after 5 p.m. AE, D, DC, MAC, MC, V. Damon’s Grill & Sports Bar, 1031 E. College Ave., 237-6300, damons.com. Just seconds from Beaver Stadium, locally owned and operated, Damon’s is the premiere place to watch sports and enjoy our extensive menu. Ribs, wings, burgers, steaks, apps, salads, and so much more. AE, D, MAC, MC, V, Full bar. The Deli Restaurant, 113 Hiester St., 237-5710, TheDeliRestaurant.com. Since 1973, The Deli has served up New York-style deli favorites on an American menu offering everything from comfort food to pub favorites, all made from scratch. Soups, breads, sauces, and awardwinning desserts are homemade here early in the morning folks. Look for its rotating menu of food-themed festivals throughout the year. AE, D, DC, LC, MC, V. Full bar.
Faccia Luna Pizzeria, 1229 S. Atherton St., 234-9000, www.faccialuna.com. A true neighborhood hangout, famous for authentic New York-style wood-fired pizzas and fresh, homemade It.alian cuisine. Seafood specialties, sumptuous salads, divine desserts, great service, and full bar. Outside seating available. Sorry, reservations not accepted. Dine-in, Take-out. MC/V. Galanga, 454 E. College Ave. 237-1718. Another great addition to Cozy Thai Bistro. Galanga by Cozy Thai offers a unique authentic Thai food featuring Northeastern Thai style cuisine. Vegetarian menu selection available. BYO (wines and beer) is welcome after 5 p.m. AE, D, DC, MAC, MC, V.
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Gamble Mill Restaurant & Microbrewery, 160 Dunlop St., Bellefonte; 355-7764. A true piece of Americana, dine and enjoy our in-house craft beers in a historic mill. Experience bold American flavors by exploring our casual pub menu or fine dining options. Six to seven beers of our craft beers on tap. Brewers Club, Growlers, outdoor seating, large private functions, catering. Lunch 11:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Mon.-Sat. Dinner 5-9/10 p.m. Mon.-Sat. “Chalk Board Sunday’s” 4-8 p.m. All credit cards accepted. The Gardens Restaurant at The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel, 215 Innovation Blvd., Innovation Park, 863-5090. Dining is a treat for breakfast, lunch and dinner in The Gardens Restaurant, where sumptuous buffets and à la carte dining are our specialties. AE, CB, D, DC, MC, V. Full bar, beer. The Greek, 102 E. Clinton Ave., 308-8822, www.thegreekrestaurant.net. The Greek Restaurant is located behind Original Waffle Shop on North Atherton Street. Visit our Greek tavern and enjoy authentic Greek cuisine. Full service, BYOB. D, MC, V.
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Herwig’s Austrian Bistro, where bacon is an herb, 132 W. College Ave., herwigsaus trianbistro.com, 272-0738. Located next to the State Theatre. Austrian Home Cooking. Ranked #1 Ethnic Restaurant 5 years in a row. Eat-in, Take-Out, Catering, Franchising. BYO after 5 p.m., D, MC, V. Hi-Way Pizza, 1688 North Atherton St., 237-0375, HiWayPizza.com. The State College tradition for nearly 50 years, nobody does it better than Hi-Way! Offering more than 29 varieties of hand-spun pizzas made from scratch offer an endless combination of toppings. Its vodka “flaky” crust and red stuffed pizzas are simply a must have. Hi-Way’s menu rounds out with pasta dishes, calzones, grinders, salads, and other Italian specialties. Eat-in, Takeout, or Hi-Way delivery. AE, D, DC, LC, MC, V. Full bar. India Pavilion, 222 E. Calder Way, 237-3400. Large selection of vegetarian and nonvegetarian dishes from northern India. Lunch buffet offered daily. We offer catering for groups and private parties. AE, (call ahead.) D, MC, V.
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Inferno Brick Oven & Bar, 340 E. College Ave., 237-5718, InfernoBrickOvenBar.com. With a casual yet sophisticated atmosphere, Inferno is a place to see and be seen. A full-service bar boasts a unique specialty wine, beer, and cocktail menu. Foodies — Inferno offers a contemporary Neapolitan brick-oven experience featuring a focused menu of artisan pizzas and other modern-Italian plates. Lunch and dinner service transitions into night as a boutique nightclub with dance-floor lighting, club sound system, and the area’s most talented resident DJs. AE, D, MAC, MC, V. Full bar.
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Mario’s Italian Restaurant, 1272 North Atherton St., 234-4273, MariosItalianStateCollege.com. Fresh specialty dishes, pasta, sauces, hand-tossed pizzas, and rotisserie wood-grilled chicken all made from scratch are just a few reasons why Mario’s is authentically Italian! At the heart of it all is a specialty wood-fired pizza oven and rotisserie that imparts rustic flavors that can’t be beat! Mario’s loves wine, honored with six consecutive Wine Spectator awards and a wine list of more than 550 Italian selections. Mario’s even pours 12 rotating specialty bottles on its WineStation® state-of-the-art preservation system. Reservations and Walk-Ins welcome. AE, D, DC, LC, MC, V. Full bar. Otto’s Pub & Brewery, 2235 N. Atherton Street, 867-6886, www.ottospubandbrewery.com. Our new location provides plenty of parking, great ales and lagers, full service bar, signature dishes made with local products in a family-friendly, casual atmosphere. AE, D, DC, LC MC, V, Full bar. The Tavern Restaurant, 220 E. College Ave., 238-6116. A unique gallery-in-a-restaurant preserving PA’s and Penn State’s past. Dinner at The Tavern is a Penn State tradition. Major credit cards accepted. Full bar. Whiskers at the Nittany Lion Inn, 200 W. Park Ave., 865-8580. Casual dining featuring soups, salads, sandwiches and University Creamery ice cream. Major credit cards accepted. Full bar. Zola New World Bistro, 324 W. College Ave., 237-8474. Zola combines comfortable, modern décor with exceptional service. Innovative, creative cuisine from seasonal menus served for lunch and dinner. Extensive award-winning wine list. Jazz and oysters in the bar on Fridays. Catering. AE, D, MC, V. Full bar.
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Good Food Fast HUB Dining, HUB-Robeson Center, on campus, 865-7623. A Penn State tradition open to all! Eleven restaurants stocked with extraordinary variety: Starbucks, Chick-fil-A, Higher Grounds, HUB Subs, Mixed Greens, Burger King, Panda Express, Piccalilli’s, Sbarro, Sushi by Panda, Wild Cactus, and more! V, MC, LC. Meyer Dairy, 2390 S. Atherton Street, 237-1849. A State College Classic! Meyer Dairy is the perfect choice for a quick, homemade lunch with fresh soups and sandwiches or treat yourself to your favorite flavor of ice cream or sundae at our ice cream parlor. Fresh milk from our own dairy cows (we do not inject our cows with BST), eggs, cheese, ice cream cakes, baked goods, and more! Plus, Meyer Dairy is the best place to pick up your Town&Gown magazine each month! A true neighborhood hangout highly regarded for its popular and authentic New York-style wood-fired pizza and commitment to quality. Award-winning pizza. and Italian cuisine homemade with only the best and freshest ingredients.
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8th Annual Reverse Car Drawing 2013 Benefiting The Bestwick Foundation and Penn State Coaches vs. Cancer Come out and enjoy an evening of fabulous food, drinks and entertainment with the chance to win a Lincoln MKZ or a Ford Boss 302
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Only 400 tickets will be sold • Admission for you and one guest • Chance to win car or cash prize • Live Entertainment • Elegant Food and Drinks Confirmation of your ticket purchase will be sent to you. Attendance not necessary to WIN! A copy of the Bestwick Foundation’s official registration and financial information may be obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of State by calling 1-800-732-0999. Registration does not imply endorsement. Winners must be at least 18 years old. The winner is required by law to pay to The Bestwick Foundation both Federal and State income tax withholding before the prize can be awarded. The Federal withholding tax rate is 25% and is applied to the fair market value of the prize. The fair market value of the physical prize is $43,000 or a $25,000 cash award. The State withholding rate depends on the winner’s legal residence. The amount of your contribution that is tax deductible is the amount you paid that exceeds the value of goods or services that we provided to you in return. We estimate the value of goods and services to be $225 per person. Any taxes are the responsibility of the winner. Drawing held under the authority of Small Games license #3838 special raffle permit #429
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Bringing People Together David Nevins continues to look for ways to make positive changes at home and beyond
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After the Jerry Sandusky scandal hit, and with the release of the Freeh Report and the NCAA’s unprecedented sanctions against Penn State, those who worked and lived in Centre County began to think of how the region could come together, and also show the rest of the country what State College, Penn State, and the rest of the area are really about. David Nevins, president of Nevins Real Estate Management, grew up on Long Island but has lived in State College most of his life. He graduated from Penn Town&Gown founder Mimi Barash Coppersmith (left) talks with David State with a bachelor’s Nevins at the Waffle Shop in State College. degree in economics, and from the Wharton Mimi: We nodded and said Hello to one anSchool at the University of Pennsylvania with other, but our paths were never in the same an MBA in finance. When he saw what was place at the same time — so, welcome! In addihappening to his beloved home he helped form tion to being a businessperson, you surfaced as a the “Together We Are One” campaign, which is a public figure here in the last year or so because call to action and an invitation to the entire nation to of your concern of the impact and damage po“hear our story and visit our community and camtential of the Jerry Sandusky scandal. This day pus.” that we’re talking, the morning headline is that The campaign is just a part of Nevins’s serthe Paterno family has sued the NCAA. How vice to the community and beyond. Last fall, would you like to react to that? he made the largest private gift in the history David: Well, I personally feel there are many, of Penn State’s Smeal College of Business to many imperfections and inaccuracies in the support scholarships for minority students. He’s Freeh Report. also on the executive board of the “No Labels” Mimi: I concur. movement that is dedicated to a process of govDavid: And I personally think, like so often ernance based on civility and critical thinking happens in the world today, that there was a and to “stop fighting and start fixing.” rush to judgment by the media, by the public N e v i n s s a t d o w n w i t h To w n & G o w n at large, and, in this case, by the NCAA. That founder Mimi Barash Coppersmith at the Waffle having been said, I think there are different Shop in State College to talk about his passion ways to approach how we as a town and as a for helping Happy Valley and people in need. university deal with the situation to determine Mimi: Well, David Nevins I think I’ve known what is the most productive way to address the you since the 1970s, from a distance I think. many components of a complex situation. On David: Yes.
a personal level, I certainly wouldn’t oppose anybody who has an interest in challenging the Freeh Report, or trying to restore Joe Paterno’s legacy in any way they wish. The only thing that I would like, especially now that the elections of the new trustees have occurred, is for Penn Staters to stop attacking other Penn Staters. I think one can challenge the Freeh Report, one can challenge how Paterno was treated, but it’s now time to do so without criticizing other Penn Staters. Mimi: What do you think will happen with that suit? David: It’s too early for me to even speculate. I think the true test of this university and the town and the alumni is, as so often happens in life, how this university and the individuals of this town and the alumni react to this difficult situation. And I think if we as a community act properly and never lose sight of the real victims, the children, we can prove to the world that we are defined by so much more than this incident — that this is an incredible place to live, to go to school, to raise a family — and if we do so with the correct respect for the victims and with the proper balance we will not only
get back to normal, but will emerge stronger. I think, ultimately, within a shorter period of time than most people think. Mimi: How do you feel the Together We Are One campaign should reenter its place, reinvent itself as we speak? David: I think Together We Are One is focused on doing everything we can to bring Penn Staters together with the understanding that many of us have different perspectives. Thus the challenge is how can we as a community come together and still allow those with different perspectives to express themselves and to challenge issues like the Freeh Report, that some feel should be challenged, but to do so in a respectful manner to other Penn Staters and without ever forgetting the victims. Mimi: Can you challenge anything in a respectful manner? Can you organize people on a single path on such a controversial issue? Is it realistic? David: Time will tell. I can say this, that when you saw the passion at the stadium last year after that last game, now there’s an entire community that did come together. We need to concentrate on re-creating that feeling.
Looking for Heroes They provide a helping hand, go the extra mile to improve our towns, have overcome adversity, or simply done something you thought deserved recognition. Town&Gown is now accepting nominations for people to profile in our Happy Valley Heroes Issue in December. E-mail your suggestions to editorial director David Pencek at dpenc@barashmedia.com.
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Mimi: I think that it is interesting to note that [head football coach] Bill O’Brien is a public figure almost to the extent that Joe was. He motivated a group of young men to do the impossible. David: He certainly did. Mimi: And now he is in his second year. David: I think we can all learn something from Coach O’Brien. I think he struck the right balance between respecting Coach Paterno and the legacy of Coach Paterno, but at the same time realized that this is a new year, a new era, and we have to move on. So I think the respect he is showing for the past, while at the same time addressing the future, is a balance we must all find. Mimi: I can’t help but compare it to the arrival of Coquese Washington for Lady Lion basketball. She has moved that program forward with gutsy kids and done more than would have been predicted in much the same way, but it doesn’t have as much visibility. What is your feeling about the reaction of the students at Penn State to the situation? David: I am interacting with many more students lately because of what I am doing with Penn State in terms of the Smeal College of
Business. I’m finding that many, many students are feeling so much better about Penn State than they did a year ago. Frankly, they want to move on. Mimi: If I could just try to get a little more on the Together We Are One, what do you think they may do at this point and time? David: Well, for the fall, all those affiliated with Penn State need to stress that we have come a long way in the last year. Things have gotten a lot better, due in no small part to everybody’s positive attitude, to an awareness of the harm caused to many innocent victims, and to a willingness to rally around the university and the football team and the community. There was a lot of fear that this would have a devastating effect on business. There was a lot of fear that our community would never be the same emotionally. It seems like, so far, we are handling this pretty well. So part of our message is: let’s build on the successes of the last year. Keep the momentum going. With respect to economics, a lot has to do with attitude. So I think if we have a positive attitude about our town, our community, and it will help tourism, it will help bring new businesses to town, it will help the
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Architecture of the Body, Anatomy of Gender, and the Art of Surgical Pleasure
Home(town) Security Speaker: Majora Carter, Urban Revitalization Strategist Date: September 5, 2013 Location: President’s Hall, The Penn Stater
Education, Racial Inequality, and the Future of American Democracy Speaker: Pedro Noguera, Peter L. Agnew Professor of Education at the NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Development Date: September 13, 2013 Location: President’s Hall, The Penn Stater
The Life and Work of Andrew Wyeth Speaker: Victoria Browning Wyeth, Lecturer on the Art of the Wyeth Family Date: October 4, 2013 Location: President’s Hall, The Penn Stater
The Digital Revolution: Transforming Higher Education Speaker: Joel Myers, Founder & President, AccuWeather Inc. Date: October 25, 2013 Location: Ballroom, The Nittany Lion Inn War and Peace: Too Much of the Former, Not Enough of the Latter Speaker: Joseph Galloway, Bestselling Author; Noted Journalist Date: November 19, 2013 Location: Ballroom, The Nittany Lion Inn
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Speaker: David Teplica, MD, MFA, Plastic Surgeon and Photographer Date: January 23, 2014 Location: Ballroom, The Nittany Lion Inn
50th Anniversary of the Freedom Riders Speaker: Bob Zellner, Prominent Civil Rights Activist and Freedom Rider Date: February 4, 2014 Location: President’s Hall, The Penn Stater
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The End: Authorship, Nostalgia, and the Beatles Speaker: Kenneth A. Womack, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at Penn State Altoona; 2013-14 Penn State Laureate Date: March 6, 2014 Location: President’s Hall, The Penn Stater
Memories of a Child Survivor of the Holocaust Speaker: Inge Auerbacher, Holocaust Survivor and Author Date: April 2, 2014 Location: President’s Hall, The Penn Stater
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university in recruiting students. Mimi: I see you as a citizen who is paying back in a lot of ways, and has provided at least some of the leadership for Together We Are One, if not the original idea. And most recently I was at the Mount Nittany Society Dinner and shared your pride — you stood up there and you’ve taken your success and translated it to public good. You’ve chosen, if I have it straight, to set up endowments that will help those who need it most, and to encourage diversity within the Smeal College of Business. That’s a lofty goal and a great payback. What made you do it? David: Well it’s a combination of things. I think what happened to Penn State last year made me feel that, now more than ever, we need people to step up to the plate for our university — not run away from a difficult problem. I thought the timing was important and that was a factor. I love this town. This community is a part of my soul. It defines a lot of who I am. I have a lot of amazing friends and a lifetime of experiences here and have built a life — basically a life in this great community. When I speak of the community, I speak of the students, of the alumni,
of the 150,000 people who live in the Centre Region. And I encompass all of those groups. I was a student, I have lived my whole life here, and I am an alumnus, so I felt it was time to step up to the plate. As far as this particular venue of creating a diversity endowment, maybe it has to do with my roots — my grandparents were immigrants from Russia. My father was the first to go to college and become successful, so I always believed that those people who are less fortunate, must be given the equality of opportunity that I was afforded, and that should be one of the things this country should never forget. But, to some extent, things now are not the way they were. Penn State’s not inexpensive anymore. There are many very smart, talented young people who just don’t have the financial resources to attend Penn State, so the cost factor combined with my belief that the diversity of cultures is one thing that makes this country great. … I think the orientation of my concern for those who come from a humble background is maybe a part of my culture because my grandparents came to America with nothing, just the shirt on their backs.
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Mimi: I want to totally shift gears because I don’t want to skip it, tell me about this national organization. How does it work? And is it working? David: I think it’s working far beyond my expectations. It’s called “No Labels,” and it’s really based on a very simple proposition. No Labels started about three years ago, not by me, but by some Washington insiders, people who were participants in the Clinton administration and the George H.W. Bush administration who just became frustrated with the lack of civility in our political system — the gridlock, the dysfunction, the inability to get anything done, the putting of the political party, whether it’s the Democrats or the Republicans, before our country, the constant election-cycle mentality. So No Labels was started with that concept — we have to do something to eliminate the dysfunction and create a better dialogue so our government can function and our country can prosper. And it started out with some really bright people. To make a long story short, we quickly went from just a philosophy to establishing a “Make Congress Work” plan, which is comprised of 12 specific ways of improving the process of
government. We’re less focused on taking up the most heated issues. That’s not to say that within No Labels there aren’t those who are very passionate on specific issues. There are supporters of No Labels who have a totally different position on certain issues than I do. You can have different opinions, different positions on let’s say gun control. You can have different opinions even on a contentious issue like abortion, but you can still work together, treat each other in a civil manner, and have a dialogue. So what started off as a casual involvement when I sent them $100, there were just 20,000 supporters at the time, has grown phenomenally. We now have 750,000 supporters nationally. … We have created a group of members of Congress, now 82, who are willing to go against the party leadership and meet with us together on a bimonthly basis. This is truly unprecedented. We call them “Problem Solvers” — roughly half Democrats and half Republicans who all came to the same realization that there are many disagreements that we have, but many things that we can agree on, and, if we meet together and we establish a personal relationship, we’re much more likely to be able to solve our problems.
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Building trust is a huge part of the process. Mimi: You’re also always a person who wants to get better. I get that feeling. You’re not standing still either. Even though you are not a youngster, you’re not an oldster either. You’re a person who has greater expectations wherever you go. I believe we can constantly improve as individuals. And I think we can constantly improve as a country. We can constantly improve as a university. David: And as Penn Staters, as citizens of Centre County, and as Americans. No matter how old I am, that’s what I strive for. And it’s healthy. It gives one the zest for living and growing. Mimi: And lucky for you, you’re able to put your money where your mouth is. David: That helps. Mimi: And that’s one of the better uses of the treasure that we earn — investing it in things that are perceived to be impossible, or unachievable, yet there you are, in the starting lineup. It sounds like doing something that could have immense impact on our capacity to grow as a nation.
David: Well, I hope so. I will tell you this little story: When No Labels first started — I mean now we have at least 750,000 supporters, we have 82 members of Congress in our coalition — but when we first started, we were nothing but an idea, and I was talking about the movement all the time with my friends in State College and within my Florida community, and I went to clubs and organizations to speak about No Labels. And so many of my friends said, “I think what you’re doing is great. It makes a lot of sense but you can never change anything.” Mimi: Oh, well that’s not true. David: And I had this simple response: “I’m not so naïve to know with certainty that what I’m doing is going to change anything. I am hopeful that I will, I can’t say for sure. But one thing that I can say with 100 percent certainty is this: if no one ever tries, change will never happen.” Mimi: I think it’s a wonderful line on which to end, and for me, this has been a fabulous exchange. David: Thank you. I appreciate that. T&G
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State College Photo Club’s Winning Photos
The State College Photo Club provides photo enthusiasts with the opportunity to share their passion for photography with others and to provide an environment for learning and developing new skills. The club welcomes individuals from amateurs to professionals. One of the club’s activities is to hold a monthly competition. Town&Gown is pleased to present the winning images from the club’s competition. Shown this month are the first-place winners from the judged June meeting competition.
June Meeting First Place: Theme “Construction”
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“All Together Now” by David Wycoff
“This photo was taken, with permission, at a barn raising, near Milroy. There was a festive air that day, and all enjoyed displaying their skills and abilities. Days before, the individual sections were assembled and placed in the exact location needed. It was a pleasure to observe this wonderful spirit of cooperation.”
June Meeting First Place: Open Category “Dried Amaryllis” by Linda Hale
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“My amaryllis refused to bloom for the Christmas holidays, saving itself for Easter. Then I failed to capture it in bloom, so decided to do so after it dried. I used a bright studio light against a black background so I could open the105mm macro lens to f32. This allowed me to capture detail throughout the subject. I then blended a black-and-white version with the original color, one revealing just a bit of the pink and purples of the pink bloom.”
A copy of either of these photos may be obtained with a $75 contribution to the Salvation Army of Centre County. Contact Captain Charles Niedermeyer at (814) 861-1785. You can select any size up to 11 inches wide. The State College Photo Club meets on the third Monday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at Foxdale Village Auditorium. Guests and new members are always welcome.
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Ongoing Service Veteran and Penn State alum continues to serve by assisting today’s veterans at PSU By Allison Giannotti
“There is no stereotypical veteran,” says Ted Timmerman, associate director and outreach coordinator of Penn State’s Office of Veterans Programs. After proudly showing a picture of his new grandson, he relaxes into his swivel chair. At an early age he was exposed to the satisfaction one gets with a life of service. His mother had been a registered nurse while his father became a New York City police officer after serving in the Navy during the Korean War. Consequently, Timmerman’s transition to military service was innate. “It was because of my dad, but not because my dad was in the Navy,” Timmerman, 59, says. “Things were a little different back then, and the way we were raised — I was the oldest of six boys — was ‘You live in a great country and you owe something back to that country.’ So military service was just a natural.” He attended Penn State majoring in law enforcement and corrections, while enrolled in the Marine option of the Naval ROTC program. He graduated from Penn State in 1976. “The day I graduated I was commissioned to second lieutenant in the Marine Corps, then went on active duty for the next 22 and a half years,” he says. During those two decades he spent time in the Mediterranean, Norway, the Caribbean, Korea, Japan, Peru, Spain, and Tinian, a small Pacific island where the atomic bombs had been stored before being dropped on Japan at the end of World War II. He says he liked serving, and he and his wife, Teresa, whom he met at Penn State while both were students, “enjoyed the constant moving, seeing new places, and doing different things. We were having a good time.” For the past 15 years he has served in his current role at Penn State. In conjunction with five other full-time employees, Timmerman provides outreach to veterans in the form of counseling, work-study programs, certifying veterans’ G.I. Bill benefits, and advocating for
Ted Timmerman (right) with his wife, Teresa
What is your favorite movie? “High Noon. My favorite movies are westerns and I think High Noon tells us a lot about human nature besides being a great story.” Who inspires you? “The current population of veterans have made sufficient sacrifices to provide all the motivation I need. It is a pleasure to work with them, and no additional inspiration is necessary. It’s not hard to get up for this job.” What do you do to de-stress? “My vice is reading. I enjoy reading history and historical fiction, and my favorite book is Northwest Passage by Kenneth Roberts.” veterans issues on campus. “I think it’s one of the more robust veterans programs,” he says. “Most of our professional staff are veterans and they really understand the need of the returning veterans, and that’s what sets us apart.” With a wide range of experiences, maturity, and leadership, veterans are a valuable asset to the university and bring varying levels of enrichment. However, in order for veterans to flourish in civilian life, each must be thought of and treated as an individual, which is the mission of Penn State’s Office of Veterans Programs. “People tend to think of veterans as this one particular type of individual, and they aren’t like that — you can’t put veterans in a box and say, ‘Well they’re all going to act this way’,” Timmerman says. “They’re usually excellent students because they’ve seen the other side of life, and until you’ve lived in another country and have experienced that yourself, you don’t understand — and most of these veterans have.” T&G
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