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Student Life: Caring for the Whole Person and dedicated to the needs of all students In This Issue: Harcum’s Centennial Wins Two Awards New History of Harcum Released Tribute Garden Dedicated

HARCUM STARS Area veterinary practices name Harcum-trained vet techs as star employees.

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Several departments worked in tandem to plan a successful Homecoming celebration spanning October 7 and 8.

1. Alumni and other health professionals returned to campus for continuing education units on selected health topics. These sessions a e organized by the Department of Continuing & Professional Studies.

2. SGA members raised funds with concession sales at the alumni basketball games.

3. Continuing Studies offerings typically include sessions for dental hygienist ’ professional development.

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4. Khyheim Freeman and Tiffany Wright were crowned Mr. and Ms. Harcum on October 7.

5. Jayana Ervin enjoyed a game of inflatable Twister.

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en’s Alumni Basketball game reunited former players in a first-e er contest organized just for Homecoming.

7. Trustee Suzy Zeller-Kent ’72 receives a signed copy of the Harcum history book from author Anders R. Back.

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4 Community News 5 Tribute Garden for Sachi Mallach 7 Campus Events 9 Advancement News 16 Faculty & Staff News 18 Athletics 22 Alumni News

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CENTENNIAL FOLLOW-UP Harcum’s Centennial efforts are lauded and a new College history

by Anders R. Back debuts.

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STUDENT LIFE AT HARCUM No matter what kind of student, Student Life offices strive to p ovide a happy, healthy, safe, and successful student experience.

BY GALE MARTIN

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BEAR PRIDE Harcum-trained Vet Techs are selected as Harcum Stars by area Veterinary partners.

ON THE COVER: Harcum’s Bryn Mawr Campus is radiant in a freshly fallen blanket of snow.

PHOTO BY K.S.N. IMAGES

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Congratulations to Harcum Students, Faculty, Staff, Alumni, and Friends!

Because of the entire Harcum Community’s dedication to completing more than 100 Acts of Service in 2015, the College received a 2016 Main Line Gives Back Award from the Main Line Chamber of Commerce on November 3. Featured below is the Student Life team volunteering at the Main Line Run, on September 11, 2016, raising scholarship funds for local fi e fighters on the 1 th anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. Harcum participants took on the moniker of Team KDM in honor of Kevin D. Marlo, son of Trustee Dennis Marlo, for whom the Little Theat e is named, who lost his life during the 9/11 attacks.

The tudent Life Team served as set-up staff and race marshals (15 Women’s Basketball Team members, six SGA members, seven Resident Assistants) as well as participating in the race itself (four Track & Cross Country runners, four staff members).

MISSION STATEMENT Harcum College provides its students with an opportunity for outstanding academic, career, and life preparation.

We teach, mentor, and prepare students for success, excellence, civility, empowerment, integrity, community service, and respect for diversity, assuring that every student is valued and supported.

HARCUM COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Theodore A. Rosen Chairman

Denis C. Boyle Treasurer

Louise A. Strauss Vice-Chair

Karl A. Thallner Secretary

Alexander Klein Vice-Chair

Jon Jay DeTemple, Ph.D. President

Denise McGregor Armbrister Beatrice C. Blackman ’55 Samuel P. Cimino, DDS Daniel Hirschfeld Colena Johnson-Kemp, DVM

Marvin B. Levitties Dennis S. Marlo Carolyn Saligman, Ph.D. Dean M. Schwartz Susan Zeller-Kent ’72

PRESIDENT’S LETTER

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EDITOR/WRITER Gale Martin Director of Communications & Marketing CONTRIBUTORS Anders R. Back Director of Internal Communications & Publications Drew Kelly Director of Athletics Amy Shumoski Web Manager CLASS NEWS EDITOR Melissa Samango Director of Alumni Relations ART DIRECTION/DESIGN Bosha Design + Communications PHOTOGRAPHY K.S.N. Images Anders Back Amy Shumoski

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

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

Patches Magazine is published biannually by the Office of Communications & Marketing at Harcum College in Bryn Mawr, PA. Please send address changes and class notes to the Office of College Advancement located at 750 Montgomery Avenue in Bryn Mawr, PA 19010; by email: alumni@harcum.edu; or by calling 610-526-6060. © 2017

The general election has come and gone, leaving some unce tain and anxious about what the future holds for them and their families. I believe that the new year offers p omise and opportunity at Harcum because of the paramount need for education. Whatever changes befall us, one truth remains constant. It is through education that we are all raised up. A Harcum education can provide for a better future as well as a greater understanding and appreciation of our diffe ences and how valuable this can be for all of us.

At Harcum, our core values include civility, integrity, and respect for diversity. We teach these values, model them, and the pages of this magazine can attest to the fact that we live them every day. Harcum students are learning to help, to heal, and to lead, guided by devoted faculty and staff. We couldn’t be more proud of the Main Line Chamber’s recognition of our “100 Acts of Service” Centennial initiative with a Main Line Gives Back Award, validating our commitment to civic and community responsibility.

One of the departments that embraces the challenges of modeling and living our core values is Student Life. Comprising six diffe ent offices dedicated to eating and preserving the Harcum experience for everyone on campus, this team works tirelessly and without fanfare. Tha ’s why we are shining the light on this campus division so you can learn more about everything they are doing, seen and unseen, to make Harcum what it is— a vibrant, meaningful experience beyond the classroom.

At the same time, we have the unique privilege to share the successes of our alumni in this issue. Two outstanding women were honored at the President’s Dinner this fall: Fashion Design major Amy Copeland ’86 and Veterinary Technology major Elisa Rogers ’95. You can read more about these accomplished alumnae on page 9.

We are also Harcum proud of our Vet Tech students and alumni who have been recognized as Harcum Stars by their employers for the exemplary work in the field. They e aptly featured in the Bear Pride column on page 24. We greatly appreciate the support of our Veterinary Practice Partners, whose investment helps prepare the next generation of vet tech professionals.

With your help and continued support, Harcum will continue to empower us all to learn, grow, and be successful as professionals and citizens of this magnificent count y.

All Best Wishes for Health and Prosperity in the New Year,

HARCUM COLLEGE

Jon Jay DeTemple, Ph.D.

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Harcum’s Centennial celebration recognized internationally and regionally t The Harcum community donated 2,900 person/hours of volunteer work to complete 100+ Acts of Service in 2015.

“Harcum had very clear objectives and clear evidence of reaching the goals,” CASE judges said. “Some of these celebratory events were things we had never seen before (like the signature scents) [and] really aligned with the college’s personality.”

Harcum’s College year-long Centennial celebration received a Circle of Excellence Award from the The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), a prestigious international organization headquartered in Washington, D.C.

CASE lauded Harcum’s juried gallery show “100 Years of Art,” a crowd-sourced fundraiser called Bears & Squares, a free lecture series, the Centennial fragrance collection, and a community/ civic engagement initiative “100 Acts of Service.”

History Book commemorates Harcum’s first hund ed years An 80-page history of Harcum College containing dozens of color and archival photos was launched during Homecoming Weekend, October 8.

Harcum College: A Centennial History was written by Anders Back, Director of Internal Communications and Publications, and published by Donning Company Publishers. It is the firs full-length publication to document the private Main Line institution’s first hund ed years. Harcum College was founded in 1915 by Edith Hatcher Harcum, a woman ahead of her time.

The book ch onicles three significant phases in the 100- ear history of the private college: “Beginnings;” “The Klein Years,” recognizing the significant leadership of the Klein family; and

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The ain Line Chamber of Commerce also recognized Harcum’s “100 Acts of Service” with a Main Line Gives Back Award on November 3. While accepting the award on behalf of the College, President Jon Jay DeTemple explained that Community Service is one of the College’s core values and that part of a Harcum education includes cultivating a commitment to service to both benefit se vice-oriented companies and communities.

t Harcum History author Anders R. Back signs a copy for trustee Alex Klein, whose family was integral to Harcum’s rebirth and renaissance in the 1950s–60s.

“The 70s and Beyond.” Harcum selected an environmentally sound cover created by Ecological Fibers for the hardbound volume. Each book comes with a full-color dust jacket and is available for purchase online at harcum.edu/historybook.

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DEGREE COMPLETION PROGRAM

New partnership allows for bachelor’s degree completion programs at Harcum Harcum graduates can now complete a bachelor’s degree at the Bryn Mawr campus in partnership with Peirce College.

Harcum College has partnered with Peirce College to offer bachelor degree completion programs at the Bryn Mawr campus as early as January 2017.

Peirce College at Harcum is a distinctive partnership offering graduating seniors and alumni a direct path to a bachelor’s degree. Peirce College is a fully accredited, non-profit

institution that specializes in serving adult learners with career-focused degrees.

Harcum graduates can now earn either a Bachelor of Science in Healthcare Administration or a Bachelor of Science in Integrated Leadership from Peirce College, while attending classes at Harcum.

“This is a alue-add opportunity for Harcum graduates,” said President Jon Jay DeTemple. “No longer must they leave Harcum in pursuit of a bachelor’s degree. Now they can complete that important credential here at the campus they know and with friends and faculty they appreciate.”

Tribute Garden will honor late fundraiser Mallach passed away on July 1, 2015, at age 42, following a fi e-year battle with cancer.

As a tribute to his late wife, Dan Mallach a landscape architect, collaborated with members of the Harcum community on the design of an outdoor space filled with seating and landscaping, for contemplation as well as conversation.

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A fall groundbreaking in front of Bedford Hall commemorated an outdoor tribute garden honoring Sachi Mallach.

An enduring memorial to honor the spirit of the late Sachiko “Sachi” Mallach, former Vice President of Advancement at Harcum College, broke

ground at the Bryn Mawr Campus on the front lawn of Bedford Hall on October 7, preceding the President’s Annual Dinner.

As the College’s chief advancement offic , Sachi Mallach was instrumental in raising significant funds for capital improvements to the Kevin D. Marlo Little Theat e and the Charles H. Trout Library. Her professional life was characterized by making a diffe ence through action.

The College is accepting gifts to the memorial, which will help beautify the campus as well as support the educational mission of the College. Overfl w funds will be allocated towards the Harcum Scholarship Fund at harcum.edu/garden.

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PennVet Partnership results in new certificate p ogram for expertise with Working Dogs Working dogs have become important allies in search & rescue missions, detection of explosives and narcotics, and criminal apprehensions. Working dogs can also be trained to serve as Diabetic Alert Dogs and for ovarian cancer detection.

Harcum College, in partnership with PennVet, has introduced a new certificate p ogram for any adult with a serious interest in learning about and handling working dogs. Prior experience in the fields of Veterinary Technology (animal nursing) is not required to obtain this certificate VET222 and VET223 represent a certificate p ogram offe ed jointly by the Veterinary Technology Program of Harcum College and the University of Pennsylvania’s PennVet Working Dog Center. This 10-c edit experience provides a strong foundation of knowledge about our canine friends, and the opportunity to work with the dogs and trainers of the PennVet Working Dog Center.

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Successful completion of VET222 give students the opportunity to apply to and be considered for the VET223 clinical experience with PennVet. More specific information about the p ogram is available at harcum.edu/caninecare.

College wins selective case study from Herman Miller Manufacturer Herman Miller, who furnished Trout Library, will design a space conducive to multiple learning uses in the Academic Center, Room 101. t

An interdisciplinary team organized by Heidi Techner, Program Director of Interior Design, met with consultants and executives from Herman Miller and Premier Office to discus the functional areas and services planned for Academic Center Room 101.

Herman Miller, a leading national furnishings company that supports earth- and people-centered design, has selected Harcum for a highly selective case study related to learning space and student learning outcomes. The study will in olve creating a research-based academic success center for many of the programs that support our students’ academic achievement, such as Student Support Services and Educational Success Center.

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“From the design perspective, this is a really unprecedented opportunity,” Techner said. “Even in the design world, we often don’t have the chance to have meaningful conversation around design.”

Herman Miller will then create a plan for the space to be revamped in Summer 2017. The study also includes an evaluation to determine the effecti eness of the renovation.

CAMPUS EVENTS For more info visit HARCUM.EDU

Hatcher helps ’04 alumnus brighten fi e-stricken family’s holiday Santa Joe wanted to do whatever he could to grant the boy’s holiday wish. Th ough the power of social media, Harcum got word of Santa Joe’s effo ts and decided to pitch in. Hatcher, the Harcum mascot, rallied the campus and collected donations for all the family members – even the family’s pets.

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Gruszka’s SUV with gifts for a local family who

lost everything in a house fi e.

Joe Gruszka ’04 is a graduate of the Dental Hygiene Program and a former faculty member. These days, the elaware Valley may know him better as “Santa Joe.” While portraying Santa at a holiday party, he was approached by a small boy who told him about a family whose home was destroyed by a fi e. The b y asked Santa Joe to help that family have a happy Christmas.

Several College departments collected items for the families: Communications & Marketing, College Advancement, IT Services, President’s Office, tudent Life, Dental Hygiene Program, Interior Design Program, Continuing & Professional Studies, Women’s Basketball Team, and College vendor Ken Allen Uniforms.

“Families stick together and Harcum is part of my family. It seemed natural and fitting that my colleagues and I would support Santa Joe and this family,” remarked Amy Shumoski, Harcum’s Web Manager who spearheaded the donation drive on campus.

Santa Joe surprised the family with an early Christmas delivery of Harcum’s gifts on December 18.

2016 Wall of Fame honoree

p Dr. DeTemple receiving the award from his

nominator Douglas Sheldon.

p College athletes ran a basketball hoop booth for area youngsters at Bryn Mawr Day 2016.

President Jon Jay DeTemple was inducted into the Sidney Central School Alumni Association Wall of Fame on Sunday, July 17, in Sidney, New York.

Harcum Hoops supports Bryn Mawr Day

In Dr. DeTemple’s acceptance speech he credited several Sidney teachers and a football coach whose encouragement and support went above and beyond during his school years.

He also spoke about the intrinsic rewards of giving back.

The Men’s and Women’s Basketball Teams, along with Women’s Head Coach Brittany Clark, and Hatcher, welcomed visitors on Saturday, September 10. Young people enjoyed a free throw contest with our athletes in hopes of winning a Harcum-themed prize. Even though the day was a scorcher, there was a great turn out and everyone had fun.

Sidney Central’s Alumni Weekend is a three-day event packed with festivities including a golf tournament, a pancake breakfast, a barbecue, and several socials.

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2016 LECTURE SERIES

New Lecture Series explores The Science of uccess t Reb Rebele’s presentation on “Meaningful Work” opened the 2016 Lecture Series

Harcum’s 2016 Lecture Series “The Science of Success” kicked off on Tuesday, September 20, with University of Pennsylvania faculty member and Wharton School researcher Robert “Reb” Rebele speaking on “The Meaning of Meaningful Work.”

Rebele used examples from his research and consulting work as well as his own career at the U.S. Mint and Kaplan to explain how individuals can make their careers and work experience more meaningful by examining and defining personal goals

He also showed how organizations can choose to focus on employee success and encourage community values to improve productivity and other outcomes.

The next e ent in the series was devoted to Emotional Intelligence and featured a presentation by Heather Uczynski on November 15. She gave cogent examples of how properly utilized emotional intelligence (E.Q.) is as important on the job as specific skills and expe tise because it enables employees to work together more effecti ely.

On Tuesday, February 28 at 4 p.m., an expert panel moderated

by Pat Ciarocchi will examine food choices and dietary trends to help you feel more energetic and, ultimately, experience a greater sense of well being at work and at home. The final ent in the series takes place on Tuesday, April 11, when Dr. Steve Treat explores “Managing Conflict.”

Juried show winner mounts whimsical exhibition Harcum College hosted a three-week-long mixedmedia exhibition of fun fine a t, beginning Friday, September 16, 2016, in the Kevin D. Marlo Little Theat e. The galle y show featured the work of Linnie Greenberg of Ardmore, the first-pri e winner of the Centennial Juried Show in 2015. Greenberg won her own exhibition as part of last year’s prize, which also included a $500 cash award.

The sh w called Wild and Wacky: An Exhibit of Fun Art featured a multitude of original art, prints, and colorful papier-mâché puppets created by Greenberg and two friends Ajax and Artemis, whose work combined for a robustly whimsical display.

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College trustees and senior administrators were treated to a private reception on closing night, Monday, October 10, which included a meet-andgreet with the visual artists and book signings of the new College history book by author Anders R. Back.

ADVANCEMENT NEWS For more info visit HARCUM.EDU

Tennis, anyone? Annual Golf event adds tennis to offerin Harcum’s annual golf outing has a new partner sport for the day to appeal to those whose best game might not be played on the links. It is widely known that Llanerch is a top notch track that ranks among the finest golf courses in Philadelphia. However, they also have seven tennis courts, four hard-surface and three clay, offering pla ers the possibility to practice on diffe ent surfaces.

The 2017 Kevin D. Marlo Golf and Tennis Classic is slated for Monday, May 22.

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Two alumnae honored at President’s Dinner t Joining the 2016 alumnae winners are from left to right Tracy Johnson ‘04, Elisa Rogers ‘95, President DeTemple, Amy Copeland ‘86, and Suzie Zeller-Kent ‘72.

Women representing two diffe ent majors from diffe ent decades each received Outstanding Alumni Awards at the President’s Dinner on Friday, October 7.

Since Amy Copeland graduated with honors from Harcum’s Fashion Design Program in 1986, she has spent over three decades creating, designing, and constructing fashions, home furnishings, and costumes. For Harcum’s Centennial Celebration, she crafted two bears and a square for the “Bears and Squares” online auction and served as a panelist during the “Design with the Earth in Mind” program. Her work was recognized with an International Designer Award from the International Association of Clothing designers, the Wellman Inc. Award for Environmental Excellence, and the Frank Agostino Evening Wear Award for Excellence in Design and Execution.

Elisa Rogers ’95 has dedicated her life to promoting the field of eterinary technology. More importantly, she has mentored every student who comes through Harcum’s veterinary technology program as the Small Animal Practicum Supervisor at the University of Pennsylvania Ryan. She is the former Supervisor of Nursing in the Emergency Department at Penn Vet and currently the Director of Nursing at Hope Veterinary Specialists.

participate in or sponsor golf, the Office o Advancement now offers a Tennis Sponsor category, individual tennis tickets, and tennis for groups of two or more. Other returning elements include the cocktail reception and dinner and the ever-popular online auction offering gift ca ds, time at vacation homes, tickets to sporting events, concerts, and other unique gifts or experiences for bidding.

Donations for the online auction will be accepted through April 27. Visit Harcum.edu/ golfclassic to download a donation form.

Harcum observes #GivingTuesday and AmazonSmile via social media Beginning November 4, the Office o Advancement began posting #GivingTuesday photos and testimonials of current students and Harcum alumni to encourage friends and donors to think about making a gift to Harcum on Tuesday, November 29, 2016. “We were successful last year in appealing to alumna and staff, our first ear participating in the global effo t,” said Melissa Samango, Director of Alumni Relations. “We’d like to build on our awareness and success we experienced last year. With any luck, people will be motivated to both give and spend to benefit arcum students.”

For the rest of the holiday season, online shoppers with a connection to the College were encouraged to donate to Harcum through Amazon Smile.

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FEATURE STORY STUDENT LIFE

Student Life’s Job #1: Caring for the Whole Student

By Gale Martin

No matter what kind of student—traditional, adult, resident, or commuter.

No matter what the student need—an immunization, a job interview, transfer options to a four-year school, or just some good ol’ TLC, one department at Harcum dedicates itself to meeting the needs of whole students from head to toe, year round.

Need a back massage during finals? ow about a chance to blow off some steam y diving into a giant, padded obstacle course? Or ice skating inside Klein Hall? How about getting to the polls to vote in the 2016 General Election and watching the election returns with friends nearby?

The e are many extra special things about the Harcum experience. But one of the most special, helpful, useful, necessary, impactful campus departments is Student Life.

The arious offices of tudent Life allow for care and consideration of the whole student: their safety; their health and wellness; their happiness; their need to develop as leaders; their need for arts, culture, entertainment, and just plain fun.

Their each is so broad and their impact is so deeply felt that many people may not realize everything that successful Student Life effo ts can encompass:

Campus Activities The initiatives sponsored and planned by Campus Activities resonate across departments and across the campus. Besides residential and commuter students, large scale events such as picnics and BearFest at Homecoming are readily enjoyed by faculty, staff, and alumni, to .

The purpose of their p ogramming is several fold. Foremost is the development and growth of Harcum students in ways that complement their

academic experience. Often this includes plays, trips, and service projects to immerse students in both culture and cultural diversity. The students themselves play an active role in the selection of fall and spring offerings th ough participation in the Campus Activities Board.

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Campus Activities Coordinates the Following Special Events Annually: -Art Shows -Blood Drives -Campus Activity Board Dances -Commencement -Commuter Thursdays -Extra Special Activities (“Painting with a Twist”) -Guest Speakers -Homecoming -Impact Week -Movie Nights -New Student Orientations (Bryn Mawr) -Off Campus Trips -Stressbuster Clinics -Student Picnics -Thanksgiving Luncheon -Welcome Week u

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p Homecoming BearFest included stress-busting stations like this bouncy inflatable, perfect for getting your flip on.

Campus Activities Director Laurie Plaza says she genuinely loves creating new and exciting experiences for students and guests.

“Nothing makes me happier than that moment when a student walks into one of our events, and I see the look of excitement on his or her face,” she said. “I also love hearing stories about students who met at one of our events and then became friends.”

He has also organized an Emergency Response Team for whom he has arranged specialized training and table-top planning scenarios to ensure Harcum is the best prepared it can be for emergency situations.

Career and Transfer Services It is critically important for a college committed to preparing students for “dignified, emunerative, socially useful work,” as Harcum foundress Edith Hatcher Harcum once said, that Career and Transfer Services be a vital campus department.

Under the leadership of Director Danyele Dove, the Career and Transfer team seeks to empower, educate, and train students to be proactive in their employment searches or desire to continue studying toward a bachelor’s degree at a four-year institution.

She and her staff a e committed to the ideal that engaging socially and participating in extra-curricular activities, while also pursuing an education, is an important piece of the whole college experience.

Campus Safety

p ​Director of Counseling Services Kathy Anthony introduces her department to new students during “What’s the 411?,” a short-form orientation program.

p ​​During Welcome Week every guest received a retro “snap” bracelet, a teen fad during the late 80s and early 90s.

Campus Safety offers an integrated safety and security program that envelops the College and its students 24/7, seven days a week. Everyone on campus benefits from the safety measures in place to protect people and property.

They offer c eer fairs, transfer expos, and a range of workshops to prepare students for the job hunt or the job interview.

The irector of Campus Safety Rick San Filippo believes it is important to keep current with the technology available to help ensure that academic buildings, residence halls, and campus grounds are safe for all occupants, to the best of Harcum’s ability.

San Filippo takes part in a networking group of directors in the Philadelphia region.

This depa tment has also kept up with career planning and job hunting trends, specifically by making a new online platform available to students and alumni called Purple Briefcase. This interacti e platform provides tools connected through a social media platform to help Harcum students compete in today’s job market.

“This organization of campus safety professionals meets to discuss state-of-the-art opportunities and best practices within our field ” said San Filippo. “It’s an invaluable chance to benchmark what Harcum is doing compared to peer institutions.”

“Purple Briefcase is essential for what we do,” Dove said. “It not only provides students with tools and resources for career development, but it also allows us to track and manage student activities so that we can develop career programming based on student needs and interests.”

The specific c eer preparation tools include a smartphone app, a video interview feature, and 400+ custom made short-form videos on topics from resume writing to interviewing.

Counseling Services As Director of Counseling, Kathy Anthony offers individual counseling sessions as well as group sessions and workshops for students. The college ears can be stressful (Continued on p.14)

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t ​New Student Orientation offered each winter and spring is a critical event with fun and informative sessions to help new and transfer students succeed in their new academic environment.

FEATURE STORY

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Activities The day p eceding a multi-venue New Student Orientation is crammed with tasks to complete in time for the event, which will bring 130 new students and 70 guests in less than 24 hours. The e ening before, Campus Activities Director Laurie Plaza labored until 9 p.m. doing printing, packing, and arranging signage. She also made a lastminute decision to move to a rain plan, based on the weather report. Plaza and other student life staffers meet in the second floor confe ence room bright and early on June 22, to complete preparations.

9:30 a.m. – Plaza and the team are packing gift bags today. All hands around the table are stuffing purple bags.

agile hands keep stuffing while she an ers the interviewer’s questions.

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Interviewer: “What is the theme?”

Plaza: “Harcum is really the theme. We made little shirts for little bears that will be on display—one for each academic program.”

9:45 a.m. – Plaza announces that parents will have to be in the library and that after the bags are stuffed e eryone

should migrate to the library to preset the Rotunda.

9:55 a.m. – Maria Ramirez starts searching for more boxes to handle the growing number of purple bags. As to

where the boxes have come from, “We always have deliveries,” Ramirez says, “and I have become a collector of good boxes. I feel like a box and a bag hoarder.”

10:15 a.m. – One of the stuffers calls out, “I am one pen sh .”

Plaza responds: “I got really excited. Yay, we’re almost done. But we are not.”

10:25 a.m. – Bags continue to be stuffed and packed. laza runs down the schedule in view of the rain plan. “All ice breakers will be run inside around the Academic Center,” she says. “We will practice with student leaders today.

Harcum in a Flash is now in the library. We can put food on top of the bookshelves.”

10:35 a.m. – Plaza announces that signage still needs to be figu ed out and that lunch will be ready in Klein Hall by noon. “We now need more hands to set up Harcum in a Flash,” she adds.

10:45 a.m. – Someone says, “So we need mic’s in 104 for the panel.”

10:50 a.m. – Plaza makes a note to set up Room 104, and continues relaying the tasks yet to be done. “Let’s maximize who we have. Someone needs to put up signs inside. Parking signs need to go outside. We must set up ‘What’s the 4-1-1?’ We’ll divvy it up when we get there.”

10:55 a.m. – Staffers begin a silent e odus from the Student Life Conference Room, carrying box after box to cars waiting outside Klein, to be packed up for transport to the library.

Interviewer silently observes: They a e a well-oiled machine.

The next time the inte viewer visits the rotunda, little bears in custom t-shirts waving academic program pennants are displayed on each table. Plaza has collected the student leaders and is giving them detailed instructions regarding the ice breakers they will lead: a beach ball game and an oversized Jenga game all created to help new students get to know one another and feel more comfortable.

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p ​​Harcum’s student leaders are critical to the success of NSO’s and Open Houses and share a little about themselves at every event they serve.

because of end of semester obligations and final exams, p eparations for important licensing exams, and the day-to-day stressors of living away from home and transitioning to College life as well as situations that arise from living with a roommate.

Services Valerie Aronov-Schwartz has already added an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) to elville Hall and trained volunteers in the use of the device.

A registered nurse, Aronov-Schwartz passed the Nurse Practitioner licensing exam last month.

“Not only do we meet students where they are, we also have a program in place to respond to concerning behaviors before they spiral out of control,” explained Anthony.

“We’ve put an ACT(ion) team in place and an online referral form, which allows us to connect the individual with the appropriate supports within the Harcum Community and the surrounding community.”

Residence Life

Typically students need behavioral health services stemming from a range of issues such as relationships, culture shock, anxiety and loneliness, anger management, and interpersonal problems. p The Residence Life staff and student RAs are also responsible for Harcum’s international student population. Whether studying in an academic program or ESL, foreign students are made to feel welcome and at home here, too.

Student Health Center This depa tment helps students when they are ill or injured and also strives to prevent illness and injury by offering immunizations and proactive health instruction. The n w Director of Health

SGA Builds Character

The esidence Life Staff stri es to promote living and learning opportunities for individual growth and development. Equal to that aim is to infuse students with a healthy sense of community spirit and responsibility not only for themselves, but for those living around them.

The esidence Life Assistants or RAs are students and community builders within Harcum’s residence halls. Each Resident Assistant is responsible for directing the programming and community enhancement incentives in their respective residence halls.

Each spring, Director Jameel Tucker and the Residence Life staff ecognize the service provided by RAs during the Student Life Awards in categories such as “RA of Th Year,” the “Above And Beyond Award,” the “Motivation Award, “and the “Most Creative Award.”

Under the auspices of Student Life, the Student Government Association (SGA) coordinates awareness events and service projects, including: - Revamped Recycling Initiative: 2015–16 - “Speak Up Speak Out” (forum for students to discuss items affecting them): 2016 - Main Line Run (assisted as “race marshals”): 2016 - Vote PA Initiative: 2016 - International Edu. Week (assisted ELA department): 2016 - Waste Less Week (assisted Sodexo with Initiative): 2016 - Title IX (Take Back the Night): 2017

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While Student Life offers a number of essential se vices, it is the ethos of the department to deliver to the nth degree, to delight resident and commuter students. Whether they are helping, comforting, caring for, or inspiring students, the Student Life team strives to make a diffe ence, exemplifying Harcum’s core values to a person, across the team.

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Changing Student Life

by Anders R. Back

Dean of Student Life Urick Lewis directs a comprehensive effort to help students overcome challenges and be successful.

Ensuring student success is at the core of every college’s institutional mission and achieving it means they must reach out to students far beyond the classroom.

Stakes are high. The ational College Health Survey found in 2013 that a third of U.S. college students struggle with depression and nearly half experience extreme anxiety. Requests for appointments at campus counseling services are increasing annually. Many students are struggling and addressing their needs requires a wide range of readily available services.

At Harcum, Dean of Student Life Urick Lewis directs a comprehensive effo t to help students overcome challenges and be successful. He oversees six key functions that have been reorganized in recent years to better meet student needs. These include esidence life, career & transfer, counseling, campus activities, student health, and campus safety. Five professional staff members, eight residence life assistants, the campus safety officers, and student olunteers all work to try to create a safe and engaging life outside the classroom for resident students and commuters alike.

“In just the spring 2016 semester alone we had about 45 cases that required intervention of our campus ACT team,” Lewis reports. The Assessmen and Care Team (ACT) was formed in 2014 to provide a comprehensive response to student concerns — identify low-risk behaviors, note concerns by Harcum community members, collect information, and address issues with students before escalation occurs. ACT has representatives from campus safety, counseling, student health and residence life. A form on the Harcum website allows all members of the community to file eports of student behavior of concern.

His biggest challenge? The e’s increasing demands from federal and state authorities for statistical information about student safety and outcomes. The federal Clery Act and Pennsylvania’s College and University Security Information Act 73 both require crime and accident information in multiple categories. Legislation requiring additional data is on the horizon.

Thinking of his wn college years, Lewis said residence life was traditionally “like leather seats in a car,” something that institutions with sufficient esources

would do as an appealing sideline unconnected with the rest of the mission.

“Administrators were in that ivory tower and students had to go to them with ideas and concerns. We just can’t make that assumption anymore. It’s our ongoing challenge — how to reach out?”

With a gradual reduction in Harcum resident students from approximately 300 in 2009-10 to around 200 today, the work of the residence assistants (RA’s) in the residence halls, campus safety, and campus activities has expanded beyond simply enforcing rules and holding indoor socials.

Instead, they’re providing alternatives to weekend partying with smaller activities such as outdoor movie nights, off campus trips, unusual events (the Human Snow Globe!), and more personalized services such as individual swipe cards for building access, more closed-circuit cameras for safety, targeted events such as Commuter Thursdays, and the popular Stress Buster Clinic prior to finals and, in a frank recognition of where society is today, active shooter response training for the campus community.

“Fortunately, because of our size Harcum has long had a family environment and that helps a lot,” Lewis said.

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Dr. D’Alessio Honored at Retirement

p ​Dr. Edward D’Alessio receives a framed resolution for his service to Harcum College on October 10 from two former Board Chairs, Denis Boyle (left) and Dennis Marlo, with D’Alessio’s wife Rose, looking on.

Dr. Edward D’Alessio, Harcum’s Director of External Affairs and Provost Emeritus, retired on May 20 and was honored at a reception in the Levitties Board Room attended by many staff and faculty who came to wish him well at the conclusion of his thirteen years at Harcum. He was a Cabinet member under President Trout and President DeTemple and served as a member of the grants committee, as chair of the Middle States Self-Study Design Working Group on Leadership and Governance, and worked closely with local, state, and federal officials to obtain grants an other support for Harcum.

Law & Justice Program Director for Partnership Sites.

Richard “Rick” Austin has been appointed to a new position as

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Austin has seen both sides of community issues as an Urban League of Philadelphia case manager, Philadelphia police offic , and as a college faculty member and administrator at ITT Tech. Since

he understands educational and local dynamics in Philadelphia neighborhoods, and in areas such as Chester and Coatesville, his responsibilities include seamlessly connecting the Partnership Sites to the Bryn Mawr program.

Gale Martin, Director of Communications & Marketing, had her comic opera-themed novel DON JUAN IN HANKEY, PA, reedited and republished

by Northampton House Press (2016).

In November it was named a runner up in the 2016 Shelf Unbound Best Indie Book Competition.

Alice Pakhtigian is the new Reference Librarian in the Trout Library. She defines her work in terms of student success.

“My overall goal is to help the students get the information

they need to do well academically, but my immediate goal is to teach the students how to retrieve information from legitimate sources, and to be able to properly evaluate the sources.” With a B.A. in Psychology from Arcadia University and M.L.I.S. (Master’s in Library and Information Science) and M.O.L. (Master’s in Organizational Leadership) degrees from, respectively, Drexel University and Cairn University, the Delaware County native is ideally prepared for her role in Harcum’s research process.

Stephen Pipitone was elected President of the Faculty Senate in May, 2016. He will serve a two academic-year term (2016-2017 and 2017-2018). He is also the Director of Online Education.

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Alicia Preston (left), Assistant Director of Veterinary Technology, was named an All Star Specialty Foster by the

In Washington, D.C. on May 20, the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) bestowed the President’s Volunteer Service Award (PVSA) on Brian Sprowal, adjunct professor, and 61 men from several of America’s most resilient cities – Baltimore, Detroit, Miami, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, and Akron, Ohio. PVSAs were awarded by CNCS during

Red Paw Emergency Relief Team for animals. After Duchess the cat was severely burned and displaced in a home fi e, Preston took Duchess into her home while her family recuperated from hospital stays, burn treatments, and surgeries. Because of Preston’s care, Duchess was able to be reunited with her family for the holidays.

a White House briefing on expanding opportunity hosted by the My Brother’s Keeper Task Force.

The resident’s Volunteer Service Award recognizes, celebrates, and holds up as role models, Americans making a positive impact as engaged and deeply committed volunteers.

Bernadette Walsh has been appointed as the Director of Foundations

Annual Employee Luncheon

Dr. DeTemple congratulates employee of the year William Knight. t

The annual empl yee recognition luncheon was held on Tuesday, May 10. Dr. DeTemple acknowledged the successes of the year and recognized employees who have reached years of service milestones.

New employees were also introduced. The empl yee of the year honor was awarded to William Knight. The hilip Klein Award was presented to Kathleen Davis. Carole Champlin received the new golden bear bookends in recognition of her 40 years of service. Congratulations to everyone on another successful year! and Grants in the Office of Colleg Advancement. She holds a B.A. degree in communications from Notre Dame College of Ohio, a J.D. degree from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, and a LL.M (Master of Laws) in taxation from Temple University’s School of Law. Her responsibilities include finding and sustaining giving from a variety of public and private sources so that the College can continue to support student scholarships, fund academic programs

and infrastructure, build endowment, and manage relationships with those who support Harcum.

Barbara Yalof, along with Barry Chametzky, published an article in the journal Online Journal of Distance Education and e-Learning. The

title of the article is “Mentoring Online Doctoral Students through a Community of Practice Model”.

The a ticle discusses how the authors set up and participated in a Community of Practice (CoP) for online students in order to increase retention and academic achievement. This is the third article published by Yalof on the topic of attrition and retention from online programs. community involvement in an effecti e way.”

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ATHLETIC NEWS WOMEN’S SOCCER

VOLLEYBALL

Cinderella run culminates in Region 19 title

New season means new coach for Volleyball

The arcum College Women’s Soccer Team completed an unprecedented run through the Region 19 tournament with a 1–0 victory over Sussex County College to capture the program’s first e er Region 19 championship. Freshman Deana Rivello scored the game’s only goal early in the first hal , and Harcum’s defense, fueled by several saves from goalkeeper Mureka Howard, held off ussex for the remainder of the game.

Coached by Samantha Farlow, Harcum came into the tournament seeded fifth, and won th ee games in six days over fourth-seeded Essex, the number one seed Mercer, and second seeded Sussex, all three of whom had defeated the Bears during the regular season. It was Harcum’s first e er appearance in the Region 19 championship game. The win improved the Bears to 11–7–1 on the season, with the 11 wins establishing a new single season school record.

The arcum Volleyball Team, under the leadership of new Head Coach Crystal Fusaro, concluded its regular season on Saturday, October 22 with a 14–8 overall record and a second place finish in the egion standings.

The team was the unner-up in both the 2016 Regional and District Championships.

MEN’S TRACK

Fall Cross Country Team traverses tri-state region

MEN’S SOCCER

Men’s Soccer sets school record with 11th win t Sophomore Uros Momic from Belgrade, Serbia, was named Region XIX Player of the Year. Momic was also selected for the NJCAA Region 19 DI All-Region First Team, along with teammates Chris Campbell, Shane Holmes, and Richard Ochefije. Jack Burrows was selected Second Team.

In the regular season finale, the arcum College Men’s Soccer Team scored a convincing win over visiting Manor College, 9–0, as the Bears won their 11th game of the season to set a new school record for wins in a single season. The ears finished 11–5 verall, 3–2 in Region XIX play, and secured the third seed in the Region XIX men’s soccer tournament. It was the Bears first season under ead Coach Alex Graver. Uros Momic was named Region XIX Player of the Year and made third team All-American.

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p ​The Track and Field Team competed in Cross Country meets throughout the Philadelphia region in Fall 2016.

The ross Country Team’s season began at the Delaware Valley Invitational in Lancaster, PA on September 17.

Harcum runners then competed in several meets in the PA/NJ area, including the Osprey Open at Stockton College in NJ on September 24, and the Belmont Plateau in Philadelphia. The Cougar Chase ended the season in Reading, PA, on October 15. “We competed in NJCAA Region 19 on October 22,” said Coach Uzell, “but fell short of top ten finishers due to injuries. We’re looking ahead to next year when most of our runners should be back.”

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MEN’S BASKETBALL

Men’s Basketball off to an 11–5 start

OMGC Gym is home court

p 31 Pennswood Road, Bryn Mawr p ​​The 2016-17 Men’s Basketball Team has a winning record thus far. Under Head Coach Drew Kelly, Harcum has won at least 20 games in every season since the program began in 2005.

Men’s hoops began their season with gusto, including a commanding “W” over Harford in their first home game of the 2016-17 season (99–89), November 6. Numerous symbolic wins followed—on the road over John A. Logan College (101–96) and another on November 11, a one-point nail biter over College of Central Florida (89–70) on December 3.

Perhaps no win was more gratifying than the defeat of Monroe, a longtime rival, at home on December in overtime (93–89), with six Harcum players reaching double figu es. Their egular season continues through February 18.

Harcum introduces JV Men’s Basketball

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Women’s Basketball Team steps out with impressive 11–5 record

p ​​The Women’s Basketball Team is under the leadership of former player Brittany Clark, now in her second season as Head Coach.

The Women’s Team found their stride with a string of wins at home and on the road, beginning November 8 with a big win over Delaware Tech (92–45). Several blowouts followed, resulting in a six-game winning streak. The team is coached by Brittany Clark ’10/’11.

Freshman earns All-Tournament honors To help more men have a chance to play competitive basketball, Harcum has started a Junior Varsity Men’s Basketball Team, coached by Steve Hobbs. The team practices egularly and played their first scheduled game on ovember 21. “Guys are dong a good job working hard. We are getting better,” said Coach Hobbs, whose next game is January 21. “It has been a great experience for me. I’m really looking forward to seeing the progress with this current group of guys, and moving forward with the JV program.”

Jayana Ervin, a first- ear student, earned AllTournament Team at the Monroe College Invitational.

Ervin is averaging 15.4 points per game, 7.6 rebounds, and is currently fourth in the nation in steals, averaging 5.4 steals a game. She is a Business major and also a Student Ambassador.

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Message from the Harcum College Alumni Association Board of Directors Dear Alumni, As current President of the Harcum College Alumni Association (HCAA) National Alumni Board of Directors (NAB), this update will provide you with highlights regarding a few of the major projects we have been working on over the past year and share our plans for the future.

We have reorganized the Board of Directors, developed and adopted new bylaws, added additional proactive Board members, established a full Executive Board, and created committees with clearly defined goals equiring strong leadership roles. As we continue to grow our organization, we will focus additional resources on alumni communication and engagement.

We are currently building programming that will support our mission and help the growth of our organization. This ear, we plan to focus our effo ts in the following areas: • The evin D. Marlo Golf and Tennis Classic – We will continue the leadership role of the HCAA Board in implementing the annual online auction held in conjunction with the Golf Classic. In addition to increasing auction items and visibility, our focus will be to increase alumni attendance and engage additional alumni volunteers.

• Class & Program Agents – This ear, we will formalize a “Class and Program Agent Initiative.” Th ough this initiative, we will engage alumni volunteers to connect with their friends, colleagues, and classmates. These olunteers will serve as communication links between the College and our Alumni Association.

• Alumni / Student Mentoring – In partnership with the Office of C eer Services, we will launch a mentoring program linking Harcum alumni with current students. The purpose of this program is for alumni to use their professional experiences to help guide students as they build their own professional futures.

Harcum College Alumni Association (HCAA) Mission Statement The mission of the HCAA is to support the mission and promote the interests of Harcum College; establish mutually beneficial relations between the College and its alumni; maintain among its former students a spirit of communication, fellowship and service; and support activities that stimulate the growth and sustainability of the College.

2016-17 Harcum College Alumni Association Board of Directors Susan Zeller-Kent ’72 President Tracy Johnson ’04 Vice-President Ebony Fowlkes ’07 Secretary Dorothea O’Connor Cavallucci ’80 / ’93 Jeanne Lawler Frank ’82 Mary Harcum ’81 Christine Marlo-Triemstra ’00

We are confident that the ambitious goals e have set for this year will be accomplished through the continued growth and involvement of our alumni. With a multitude of options for participation, we look forward to alumni reaching out and contacting the HCAA at alumni@harcum.edu.

Devin McDonald ’07

Please remember, the strength of Harcum’s legacy and future depends upon the commitment and involvement of our alumni and friends. For those who have maintained strong connections to Harcum over the years, thank you for your continued support! For those who will be joining the HCAA for the first time, e can assure you your engagement will become a rewarding and long-lasting relationship.

Linda Ogus-Blum ’64

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Karen Naylor ’92 Mary Ann Skelton Oaks ’52

Lynda Wolf-Brotemarkle ’67 Susan Steinberg Zises Green ’64

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CLASS NOTES Joy Schulman Lisak ’74 is enjoying life in South Florida. She notes that one of the advantages of living there is that she gets to see many classmates who come to the area for business or vacation.

In October, she and her husband met up with her freshman roommate Mindy Heilweil Teich ’74 for dinner. In March, Joy enjoyed dinner with Sue Eaddy ’74 and her husband during their layover at Ft. Lauderdale airport. Gail Weber Moran ’74 visited while vacationing in March and Sheryl Bornheim Rockwell ’74 visited while on a business trip.

Lisak and Moran had not seen each other since 1975! They ecognized each other right away and spent a lot of time going through pictures and reminiscing over their two years in Pennswood Hall.

LET US TELL YOUR STORY! Send your alumni story to Melissa Samango, Director of Alumni Relations at: msamango@harcum.edu or to Gale Martin, Director of Marketing and Communications at: gmartin@harcum.edu.

Dorothea “Dossie” O’Connor Cavallucci ’80/ ’93 represented the Harcum College Alumni Association (HCAA) Board of Directors at the annual Dental Hygiene Colleague Recognition Ceremony where graduating seniors are recognized as new members of the Dental Hygiene professional community. Cavallucci congratulated each graduate and presented them with a gift from the HCAA.

p Pictured: Dossie Cavallucci ’80,’93 joins Dental Hygiene Program Director Jean Byrnes-Zeigler in congratulating the 2016 Dental Hygiene graduates.

Cathie Putnam ’86 joined fellow alumni, staff, sponsors and friends of the College in volunteering for the 16th Annual Kevin D. Marlo Golf Classic held on May 22, 2016, at Llanerch Country Club in Havertown, PA.

p Pictured: Katelyn Bollinger ’17 – 2015-16 Marlo Scholar; Karen Marlo; Dossie Cavallucci ’80/’93; Cathie Putnam ’86; Terri Groody; Director of Continuing and Professional Studies.

On May 20, 2016, Tracy Johnson ’04 served as the Mistress of Ceremonies for the Saints Tabernacle Day School Junior Debutante’s Ball held in Philadelphia.

In April, Johnson represented the HCAA Board of Directors at the annual Phi Theta Kappa induction ceremony.

As a member of Phi Theta Kappa herself, Johnson shared her experiences with students and encouraged them to stay connected to Harcum.

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Mark Brown-Barnes ’06 served as this year’s featured speaker for the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society Induction held in April.

p Pictured: Brianna McCall ’16 – Student Speaker, Tracy Johnson ’04, Mark Brown-Barnes ’06

Johnson was a featured speaker at the Say Dyslexia Rally on July 11, 2016, in Washington, D.C. The goal of the rally was to bring dyslexia awareness from local schools to our nation’s capital.

p Several alumni were on hand to support the 16th Annual Kevin D. Marlo Golf Classic. Pictured: Sheneaka Wright ’13, Cathie Putnam ’86, Tracy Johnson ’04 – Vice President, HCAA Board of Directors, Linda Ogus-Blum ’64 – Member, HCAA Board of Directors, Christine Marlo-Triemstra ’00 – Member HCAA Board of Director and Ebony Fowlkes ’07 – Secretary, HCAA Board of Directors.

The marriage celebration of Bryan Horst and Hannah Kalend ’15 took place on Sat., August 20, 2016 at Indiantown Mennonite Church, Ephrata, PA. The eception followed in the barn at Landis Valley Museum, Lancaster. Horst is a 2010 graduate of Garden Spot High School and works at New Holland Church Furniture, New Holland. Kalend is a 2013 graduate of Manheim Township High School, and a 2015 graduate of Harcum College. She is employed

by Lincoln Highway Vet Clinic, as a Certified Vet Tech. After their honeymoon to Jamaica, the couple now live in Akron, PA.

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ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: Christine Honer ’10

By Anders R. Back

In the mid-2000’s Christine Honer ’10 was happily styling hair at the John Phillips Hair Studio when she realized she really wanted to teach.

The elaware County native often heard from her grandmother the story of Christine’s uncle who died of the effects of uchenne muscular dystrophy when still a child. The stories of the kindness of the hospital staff who ca ed for her uncle helped her decide her major and her new career direction.

She began her move from a settled job to an opportunity that was both challenging and exciting.

After graduating from Harcum, she worked as an x-ray technician at Riddle Memorial Hospital where she had done her clinical work for her degree. She later cross trained for interventional radiology and became an interventional radiologic technologist.

Currently she is working on an online bachelor’s degree from Southern New Hampshire University.

She joined Harcum in July 2016 as a clinical instructor in the Radiology Program.

Christine, a board certified Radiologic Technologist or “Rad Tech” (as they are known), perform a variety of medical imaging exams and administer radiation therapy treatments. They take pictu es of a patient’s body for radiologists who interpret the images.

Radiologic technologists can specialize in a particular exam protocol such as mammography or bone densitometry.

The U.S. epartment of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts employment growth of about 9 percent between 2014 and 2024 for this profession and the Bureau estimates 17,200 new positions will need to be filled “Harcum has given me the tools and education to succeed,” Honer said. “This College helped build my confidence and put me on the right path in my career. I owe all my success to Harcum and its amazing staff and facult .”

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Alumna Beatrice Blackman ’55 publishes her mother’s memoir A previously unpublished 1944 memoir by Edith Foote Carpenter providing a vivid first-hand po trait of growing up in Brooklyn, NY in the Victorian era has been published by her daughter, Harcum trustee Beatrice C. Durham Blackman ’55.

The e Was A little Girl: Memoirs of Growing Up in Victorian Brooklyn by Edith Foote Carpenter was recently published in paperback by Outskirts Press (October 2016). Blackman wrote the preface and coordinated the book’s publication that includes 17 turn-of-the-20th century pictures.

The book explo es in detail the life of Edith Carpenter while growing up in Brooklyn with her mother, three brothers and two older sisters and how the family adapted and survived the loss of Edith’s father three days before she was born. The daily activities of a Victorian family closely reliant on each other are rendered with tenderness and good humor.

Edith Foote Carpenter was the Little Girl of the title who wrote most of her reminiscences on a portable typewriter during the latter part of World War II while recuperating from a fall necessitating eight weeks of hospitalization. Her life-long love affair with books was her inspiration to c eate numerous short stories and articles beginning when a student at Erasmus Hall in Brooklyn, NY. In adulthood, she joined many local writing groups and attended Philadelphia, PA Writer’s Conference and

IN MEMORIAM Marjorie Ann (Hanson) Peterson Class of 1946 Toby Ponnock Class of 1956 Kathleen M. Mullaney Class of 2007

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the Suffield, C Writer’s Conference, where her effo ts were praised by poet and critic Louis Untermeyer and novelist Shirley Jackson.

The mother of th ee little girls of her own, she would often delight them with original bedtime stories. A soprano soloist at Trinity Church in Swarthmore, PA her Songs of my Years, a collection of some of her poetry was published

by Dorrance & Company in 1967. Her final 30 ears were lived on Philadelphia’s Main Line.

Edith Carpenter would visit with Harcum College President Philip Klein and his wife Esther in the 1950’s when the Kleins entertained students at tea in their residence known as “The Cottag ” next to Melville Hall on Harcum’s Bryn Mawr campus.

More information on the book can be found at www. outskirtspress.com/therewasalittlegirl.

Harcum mourns passing of Hilary Strauss, longtime trustee Hilary Strauss, a devoted public servant and past chairman of the board and 25-year trustee of Harcum College, passed away on Friday, April 29 at Lankenau Medical Center, suffering f om heart failure. He was 88-years-old.

A standout athlete, Army veteran, and Harvard University graduate, Strauss went into business for himself, founding Ceilings Inc., a Norristown firm. Late , he founded Acoustical Associates.

He is survived by his wife Ione and a daughter Louise Strauss, who has followed in her father’s footsteps and currently serves as Vice-Chair on the Harcum Board of Trustees. Louise Strauss has been active in Harcum’s Centennial planning and Middle States Self-Study process.

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Vet Techs shine as Harcum Stars

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Several veterinary practices in Greater Philadelphia are supporting Harcum students and alumni through a unique arrangement that provides scholarship support to current students. A number of these practices are also recognizing exemplary Harcum-trained techs in their employ by designating them as Harcum Stars.

pCrissy Pettine ’10

pHolly (Gross) Gambs ’14

pEva Misetic

pAmy (Shinn) Meenan ’99

pDenise Wyse ’02

pCarlin Johnson

The foll wing practices are Harcum’s Veterinary Partners, who have made scholarship funds available to full- or part-time students based on academic achievement, need, and service to the profession of veterinary medicine: Haverford Animal Hospital; Hope Veterinary Specialists of Malvern; Malvern Veterinary Hospital; Metropolitan Veterinary Associates of Valley Forge; the Pennsylvania SPCA of Philadelphia; Stoney Creek Veterinary Hospital of Morton, PA; Valley Veterinary Hospital of Phoenixville; the Veterinary Referral Center (VRC) of Malvern; and the Veterinary Specialty and Emergency Center (VSEC) of Levittown, PA.

Program Director Kathy Koar Wisniewski wanted to create an opportunity to increase the financial assistance available to her students.

Since many of them are employed in the region and considered highly desirable because of the strength of Harcum’s Vet Tech program, she reached out to practices who hire Harcum grads about contributing scholarship funds.

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“I hear from countless veterinarians who want to hire our graduates. I also see how difficult it is for students to deal wi the cost of tuition as they complete the PennVet Practicum,” Wisniewski said.

“Th ough this Partnership Program, we

were able to give deserving students a total of $9,000 in tuition assistance and hope to double that in 2017.”

Six of these partners have also selected Harcum alumni and current students from among their ranks as Harcum Stars.

Congratulations to the following Harcum Stars for outstanding professional service in the field of veterinary technology: Crissy Pettine ’10, Holly (Gross) Gambs ’14, Eva Misetic, Amy (Shinn) Meenan ’99, Denise Wyse ’02, and Carlin Johnson.

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Monday, May 22, 2017 Join us for a day of golf, tennis, and networking at the beautiful Llanerch Country Club in Havertown, PA. Experience LLanerch’s top-notch course that ranks among the finest in the Philadelphia egion while enjoying great food, cocktails, and some friendly competition (and prizes).

Named in memory of Kevin D. Marlo, the Golf and Tennis Classic benefits scholarships for students of distinction at Ha cum College.

Llanerch Country Club in Havertown, PA Online Auction: May 8–26, 2017

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