ROCK Athletics ROCK FILE ROCK FILE Harmony House earns LEED Silver Certification
The Harmony House, Slippery Rock University’s energy efficient classroom and office building for sustainability education and research, has been awarded LEED Silver Certification. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is a national program operated by the U.S. Green Building Council that recognizes design, construction, operation and maintenance of high-performance green buildings. The Harmony House provides an anchor for SRU’s 83-acre Robert A. Macoskey Center for Sustainable Systems Education and Research.
Donna Couillard Getreuer, ’74
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Hobbies: Traveling. Through work and pleasure over the years, I’ve visited 48 states and 44 countries and am racking up lots of frequent flyer miles. My husband and I also do volunteer work for medical/dental care for the uninsured and for cancer research. We are expanding to our first international care mission this fall with a trip to Guatemala. And you can find me walking, biking, hiking, reading, or my new passion – snowshoeing – whenever I have a chance.
White has become the color of fan pride at SRU. Hundreds of students wore “White Out IUP” T-shirts when the rival state system school played The Rock in Mihalik-Thompson Stadium this fall. More than 2,000 T-shirts were sold at the SGA Bookstore before the game. Fans were not disappointed as SRU beat IUP 20-6.
WRITE ON: Brandon Cestrone, a history graduate student from West Middlesex, signs the “Freedom of Speech Wall” erected by students in the Quad. The SRU chapter of Young Americans for Liberty organized the event to raise awareness of the U.S. Constitution and Americans’ speech rights. More than 200 students signed the wall.
Home: Stamford, Conn. Profession: Director of market development, business marketing for Elekta, Inc., the global human care company pioneering significant innovations and clinical solutions for treating cancer and brain disorders.
Great Accomplishments: I started my career in physical education at Slippery Rock University, but after graduation went to nursing school in Philadelphia. Slippery Rock didn’t have a nursing program at the time. I later got my master’s degree in nursing at Yale. My specialty has always been oncology, and my clinical days included everything from critical care to inpatient cancer care to hospice care. I moved from the bedside to the business world in the early 1990’s, and have since been working for oncology software and medical device companies. I feel the work that I do in medical informatics has contributed to the broader community of cancer patients and families. I am also a cancer survivor, so have been on both sides of the care continuum. And through all of this, my wonderful family has been with me every step of the way. Why I give: I worked throughout my years at Slippery Rock University, and I understand how hard it can be to be a full-time student and also struggle to meet tuition and living expenses. By merging nursing and informatics into a single scholarship, I can give back to Slippery Rock University by encouraging future generations to pursue these critical areas where much more work remains to be done. www.SRU.edu 77 www.SRU.edu www.SRU.edu