Patches Summer 2017

patches THE MAGAZINE OF HARCUM COLLEGE // SUMMER 2017

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In This Issue: Student Success Center Project // A Graveside Tribute // April in Paris with an Alumna

SUMMER ISSUE 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’ opinions of the college, and to cultivate our commitment towards creating a “college of possibilities” higher educational environment.

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Design majors Caroline Metzger (Interior Design), Brielle Pierce (Fashion Merchandising), and Nasir Salahudin (Fashion Design) showcase coursework from the Spring Design shows. Cover photo by K.S.N. Images

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FEATURES

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President’s Message

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Community News

Harcum’s three Design majors prepare students well for

success in their fields.

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Campus Events

BY GALE MARTIN

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Commencement

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DESIGN & CONQUER

ANIMAL ASSISTED THERAPY: AN ONLINE INTERNATIONAL SUCCESS

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Faculty & Staff News

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Athletics

AAT provides a true bond in a busy world with excessive

connections.

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Alumni News

BY ANDERS BACK

24 BEAR PRIDE Two alumna brave daunting health issues to graduate at

the top of their class.

ANNUAL FASHION SHOW 2017

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Interior Design graduates (clockwise): Samantha Denaro, Darija Jurisic, Farida Capellan, Mallory Frank, Mila Lee, Hannah Kenny. Betsy Grossman is pictured on page 24.

INTERIOR DESIGN PORTFOLIO SHOW 2017

BOARD OF TRUSTEES Theodore A. Rosen, Chairman Alexander Klein, Vice-Chair Louise A. Strauss, Vice-Chair Denis C. Boyle, Treasurer Karl A. Thallner, Jr., Secretary

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 to assure that every student is valued and supported.

Jon Jay DeTemple, Ph.D., President Denise McGregor Armbrister Beatrice C. Durham Blackman ’55 Samuel P. Cimino, DDS Daniel Hirschfeld David M. Jacobson, CPA Colena Johnson-Kemp, DVM Marvin B. Levitties Iván R. Lugo, DMD, MBA Dennis S. Marlo J. Michael McNamara Carolyn Saligman, Ph.D. Dean M. Schwartz Susan Zeller-Kent ’72

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The editorial board reserves the right to edit and select content for Patches that adheres to Harcum College’s commitment to maintaining the high standard of integrity that has always been characteristic of the college.

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

Patches Staff EDITOR/WRITER Gale Martin Director of Communications & Marketing CONTRIBUTORS Anders 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 Lilian Crooks Graphic Designer PHOTOGRAPHY Anders Back Amy Shumoski Haley Richter Heather Cronan K.S.N. Images 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 HARCUM COLLEGE

Barbara “Annie” Fitzpatrick poses with me on Commencement Day 2017. Annie got a second lease on life and used it to finish her studies at Harcum in Animal Center Management.

Spring may be the most fulfilling time of the year at Harcum because it is the time we customarily honor our graduates. Two other spring traditions are highlighted in this Design issue of Patches. During the Annual Fashion Show and Interior Design Portfolio Show, dozens of students showcase everything they’ve learned, under the tutelage of our dedicated Design faculty.

Spring 2017 also marks my ten-year anniversary presiding at Harcum. Each year has had surprises and challenges—some I could not have anticipated. While researching the Harcum history book, author Anders R. Back learned that founder Edith Hatcher Harcum was buried in an unmarked grave. I decided we should properly commemorate Edith’s final resting place during a road trip to Richmond, Virginia, featured on page 5.

I continue to be inspired by the determination and grit Harcum students exhibit on their educational journeys. Interior Design graduate Betsy Grossman finished her studies with a 4.0 despite suffering from a debilitating illness throughout her academic career. Another Animal Center Management student, Barbara “Annie” FitzPatrick, finished her studies at the top of her program after getting a second chance in life (p.24).

You may be surprised to read about Animal Assisted Therapy, an online program that attracts students from all over the globe, who learn to use animals in the human healing process.

This issue is filled with inspirational stories that constitute only a portion of the good things happening at Harcum day in and day out. It is a privilege to share our traditions with you and to have served the Harcum tradition since 2007.

All Best Wishes,

Jon Jay DeTemple, Ph.D.

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COMMUNITY NEWS

New Certificate Program in Medical Billing and Coding Academic Affairs has announced new certificate programs in Medical Billing and Coding. Medical Billing is enrolling students for a Fall 2017 start, with the option of taking day or evening classes.

According to the United Bureau of Labor Statistics, the demand for Medical Billers and Coders is expected to grow by 22% from 2012 to 2022, a rate of growth, much higher than is expected in most other occupations. The Medical Billing program will require taking two courses a semester for two semesters. Upon successful completion, students may take a certification exam through the American Medical Billing Association, to earn a Certified Medical Reinbursement Specialist (CMRS) designation. The examination is included as part of the coursework for this program if taken as a credit certificate. The courses will be taught by Donna Firn, CPC,CMRS, CRCS-I, CMA (AAMA), who has 10 years of experience teaching Medical Billing and Medical Assisting. Firn has served as a contributing editor, and a review editor, for several medical billing and medical assisting textbooks.

Medical Coding is scheduled to begin in 2018.

More information, including specific courses and program fee, is available at Harcum.edu/ medicalbilling.

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The Admissions Team Scholarship Patrol was ready to hit the road on April 12 with all their goodies for 50 scholarship winners. Team members from left to right are Krystal Gaither, Karey Bowen, Lucia Neuber, Priscilla Marino, and Rachel Bowen, Executive Director of Enrollment Management.

‘Scholarship Patrol’ makes house calls with $5K Prizes Fifty area high school seniors received Harcum Acceptance letters and a unique notification about being awarded $5,000 Harcum Success Scholarships. They were treated to “Scholarship Prize Patrol” style visits from the Harcum Admissions Team leading up to the April Open House.

Bearing balloons, gifts, Harcum Accepted frames, and sometimes wielding an oversized check, they visited dozens of homes in the Philadelphia region to pleasantly surprise each winner.

The Admissions team sought to do something special for qualifying prospective students to make them feel appreciated. Rachel Bowen, Executive Director of Enrollment, said, “We wanted to make these students feel special about their acceptance to Harcum and about the scholarship they’ve competed for and earned.”

Since the “Prize Patrol” team arrives unannounced, the recipient isn’t always home to receive their scholarship notifications. Despite the varied schedules of high school seniors, Harcum Admissions officers have completed successful visits to students interested in studying in a variety of fields, including Law & Justice, Interior Design, Business Management, and Human Services. Reporter Paul Kurtz of KWY News Radio even did a ride-along to document the newsworthy initiative.

COMMUNITY NEWS

Edith Harcum receives grave marker during Richmond trip A memorial grave marker for the late Edith Hatcher Harcum (1878-1958) was dedicated at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond, Virginia, on June 7,

by President Jon Jay DeTemple and other Harcum administrators. They were joined by Fred Anderson, the Executive Director of the Virginia Baptist Historical Society, possibly the only living expert on the life and career of Dr. William Hatcher.

“This effort to memorialize Mrs. Harcum’s resting place was the right thing to do,” President DeTemple said.

The founder of Harcum College passed away and was laid to rest in December 1958, in Hollywood next to her husband Octavius, who

died from injuries suffered in a car accident in 1920. She was a native of Richmond where her father Dr. William Hatcher was minister of Grace Street Baptist Church and one of the best-known sermonizers of his faith.

A 2016 search of the area

by Harcum history book author and researcher Anders Back and Anderson revealed no grave marker for Edith Harcum.

A review of the Hollywood cemetery log shows the burial of both Octavius Marvin Harcum on August 14, 1920, and Edith H. Harcum on December 26, 1958. Both are marked as buried in Lot 219 in the Pavilion section. Octavius has a simple horizontal stone marker. Edith Harcum’s parents are also buried in Hollywood.

“Freddie” Curtis, Abria Myers, Julian Crooks

Myers wins Levitties Award For the last several years, a top Fashion Design student has received a $500 scholarship called the Levitties Award, named for the founder of the Fashion Program at Harcum, Marvin Levitties, and given to a member of the graduating class with a 3.0 or better. The 2017 Levitties Award was given to Abria Myers.

Fashion professor Julian Crooks told a small group assembled in the Kevin D. Marlo Little Theatre that Myers is one of the most thoughtful design students she has ever had.

“Wait until you see her collection [at the fashion show],” Crooks added.

The scholarship was created by former board member Lisa Yang, who wanted to honor Levitties’ record of success as program founder and influential professor and mentor. Many of Levitties’ former students have gone onto achieve success, notably Barbara Boswell Brunner ’77, who founded numerous high end retail stores in several states. Levitties is currently a longtime member of the Board of Trustees.

Myers used the cash award to purchase supplies and textiles for the Fashion Show, for which she won Best of Show.

From left to right: Nathan Taylor, Gale Martin, Anders Back, President Jon Jay DeTemple, Katherine Oros, and Fred Anderson.

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COMMUNITY NEWS

The most recent furniture plans for Rooms 101 and 103 accomodate a range of learning environments.

New Student Success Center will enhance learning Design concepts for a new research-based student success center at Harcum College were shared with project organizers this past spring. The high conceptfor the multi-use/multi-purpose learning is that learning outcomes can be enhanced by creating effective and highly functional learning spaces.

This learning space philosophy is one embraced by Harcum’s partner in the project, Herman Miller, a leading national furnishings company that supports earth-and people-centered design.

Currently, the space in Rooms 101 and 103 of the Academic Center houses programs to support academic achievement, such as SSS and ESC, but with enhanced design to optimize learning, the area was envisioned to support other functions identified and prioritized by project principals, aided by an interdisciplinary team of students, faculty, and staff.

Once complete, the space will be able to accommodate diverse functions such as one-on-one tutoring, group learning, individual study, and even relaxation and casual conversation. The project includes a research component to be administered by Herman Miller specialists pre and post-installation, to test whether Harcum students have benefited from their enhanced learning space and whether any further adjustments may be needed to create an optimal learning environment.

“This type of work speaks to the Strategic Plan,” President DeTemple said. “It is elemental to retention and student success goals.”

Herman Miller first made a visit to campus in Fall of 2016 to explore current uses and services provided in Rooms 101 and 103. After delivering and tweaking some early design concepts, Herman Miller came to campus in April of 2017 for the next phase of the project. Besides gathering empirical research on the

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usage of the space, they administered a pre-design survey to students, which will be given again after space has been redesigned for optimal use and new furniture has been installed.

Project principals Heidi Techner, Interior Design; Koyuki Yip, Academic Support Services; and Dave Weaver, Educational Success Center visited the Herman Miller Showroom in Willow Grove. “All the design elements that were taken into consideration came to life, as I was able to see, sit, and touch the furniture,” Yip explained. “As a team, we aimed for an interactive space that could support all of our services—and after visiting the showroom, I became invested in the mission of the space … furniture that could move around and be taken apart and giving staff and students the permission to reconfigure the room on a daily or weekly basis.”

The research is expected to show whether Harcum students are benefitting from the changes made to their physical learning space and whether any further adjustments may be needed to create an optimal learning environment.

The plan is to have the new Student Success Center up and running in August.

Project principals Koyuki Yip and David Weaver visited the Herman Miller store in Willow Grove to review furniture options. Heidi Techner spearheaded the project.

CAMPUS EVENTS

Dr. Stephen Treat presented twice to the campus community on April 11 on the topic of “Conflict Management.”

Lecture Series offers counsel for mind and body A panel discussion called “Food for Thought” and a guest lecture on “Conflict Management” rounded out the 201617 Free Lecture Series at Harcum College on the theme of The Science of Success.

TV news personality Pat Ciarrocchi led an expert panel through the fact-filled presentation “Food For Thought” on February 28 in the Strauss Family Rotunda. Guests received lots of good information to chew on. Each of four panelists offered a diverse viewpoint but all agreed that people need to build a healthier relationship with healthier foods. Margi Wallace, Executive Assistant to the President, who is also a certified health coach, proposed and produced the event.

A presentation by Dr. Stephen Treat on April 11 offered tips and techniques for not only resolving conflict but not getting into conflicts in the first place. Treat, CEO Emeritus of the Council for Relationships in Philadelphia, met with the largest group yet for the four-part series.

He addressed self-concept, power and authority, process and content, and personalization. Treat also said that Harcum College is doing incredible work by preparing students to succeed in the world and emphasized that the more Harcum can do to help students feel successful, the more success they will enjoy in life.

Since its inception in 2015, the Lecture Series has been chaired by Gale Martin, Director of Communications and Marketing, who said the speaker events have been a platform to propel the College into the annals of thought leadership. To date, nearly 1,000 people have attended the series and related student symposia offered by its prestigious presenters.

PTK President Drew Smyth received a special award at Commencement 2017, the President’s Award.

Honor Society welcomes 60+ new members Representing a range of majors from Veterinary Technology to EFDA to Nursing, more than sixty students from the Bryn Mawr Campus and Partnership Sites of Harcum College were inducted into the Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) Honor Society on Saturday, April 29 at 2 p.m.

Phi Theta Kappa is the society for student scholars representing two-year institutions.

Theresa Groody, Director of Professional Studies and Advisor to PTK, hosted the event and led the class through the induction including recitation of the oath and the ceremonial candle lighting.

Students in PTK must have a GPA of 3.5 or better. Groody pointed out that membership in PTK has yielded numerous significant scholarships for Harcum grads who go on to complete a bachelor’s degree, often amounting to $10,000 or more per year at area schools such as Chestnut Hill and Drexel University.

Student Speaker Drew Smyth, Animal Center Management, Class of 2017 and PTK Chapter President represented Harcum at the national PTK conference this spring and encouraged Harcum to send next year’s president to the event since it constitutes an important opportunity for personal growth and to expand one’s network.

A reception in Klein Hall followed the ceremony, which was enjoyed by many family members and friends in attendance.

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CAMPUS EVENTS

Largest graduating class awarded degrees from Harcum

Team shot: Three Women’s Basketball graduating seniors

One honorary degree, two faculty awards, and five student awards were presented before an audience of over 1,500 family and friends of the Class of 2017 at Harcum College’s 101st Commencement on May 13, with President Jon Jay DeTemple officiating. Not even a few inches of rain could dampen spirits inside the enormous white tent pitched on the Great Lawn of the Academic Center at Harcum’s Bryn Mawr Campus.

Speaker Carolina Cabrera DiGiorgio, President and CEO, Congreso de Latinos Unidos, Inc., received the honorary degree of Doctor of Social Innovation. Receiving the Lindback Award for Distinguished Teaching was Director of the Educational Success Center Owen Binczewski.

The Philip Klein Memorial Award, named for the former Harcum College president and board chairman was presented

by Harcum Trustee Alexander Klein to the Coordinator for Early Childhood Education Pam Singleton.

Receiving Harcum’s Academic Excellence Award for maintaining a 4.0 grade point average were Interior Design major Beth Anne Grossman and Radiologic Technology major Erica Lynn Gregory.

The Student Leadership Award was presented to Animal Center Management major Ashley Ryan. The Harcum Award was given to Business Management major Steve Bleeker, a native of the Netherlands. Drew Smyth of Schwenksville, PA, an Animal Center Management major at Harcum, received the President’s Award.

Student Life hosts Student Recognition ceremony Harcum student leaders and achievers, representing a range of academic and extracurricular programs, were recognized Thursday, April 20, at the 2017 Student Recognition Awards held at Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church. Student Life organized the event around a superhero theme. The guest speaker was Dr. Kenneth D. Waters, Associate Researcher and faculty member for the Center for Transformative Teaching & Learning, and a one-time adjunct for Harcum College. The event was hosted by Dean of Student Life Urick Lewis, who donned a Harcum purple superhero cape (but no tights).

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CAMPUS EVENTS

Ariell Johnson, owner of Amalgam Comics, and Dayna Murphy of Starbucks shared their business experience with Coffee Chat moderator Jim Miller.

Inaugural Coffee Chat with #GirlBosses inspires The first African-American businesswoman to own a comic store on the East Coast and a regional district manager for Starbucks provided a unique afternoon presentation April 25 called “Coffee Chat with #GirlBosses” in the Trout Library.

The program was the inaugural event in the Women In Business and Leadership Symposium, part of the new Academic Internship initiative at Harcum College sponsored by Academic Affairs and hosted by Jim Miller, Academic Internship Director.

Ariell Johnson and Dayna Murphy discussed their paths to business ownership and business leadership, sharing the rewards and challenges experienced throughout their professional journeys. Johnson regaled the students and staff assembled in the Strauss Family Rotunda, recounting how and why she opened Amalgam Comics & Coffee Shop at 2578 Frankford Avenue in Kensington in December 2015. She chose her location on Frankford Avenue in Kensington with great care, in order to build genuine community. Murphy, a former restaurant owner, sold her properties and took time off from work to start a family, then joined Starbucks as a manager. She was recommended for the professional development program called the “Key Talent Program” and now oversees 12 stores in the Philadelphia region, focusing on developing and mentoring new employees.

“Our inaugural Women In Business and Leadership Symposium event was a success and we plan to expand the symposium series this Fall. Thanks to all of the players that worked so hard to make this a great afternoon for our students and staff,” Miller said.

The Nursing Pinning ceremony is both celebratory and honorary and involves repeating a solemn oath to the profession.

Pinnings celebrate success of Allied Health Programs The Nursing, Radiologic Technology, OTA, and PTA programs all held pinnings at the conclusion of the semester to recognize graduates and honor outstanding students. Of the 33 graduates of the PTA program, Adedolapo Oyefeso, Mary Melville, Janey Roope, Justin Brunkel, Cat Cargen, and Christopher McKinley received special recognition for their academic, personal, and professional accomplishments during their academic experience at Harcum. The keynote speaker was Ryan Mullin ’03, owner of Advance Physical & Aquatic Therapy.

The annual graduate pinning ceremony for the Nursing Department was held on Tuesday, May 9 in the Kevin D. Marlo Little Theatre. The Harcum College Award for Overall Excellence in Nursing was presented to Tiffany Stollsteimer. The Huntsman Nursing Award for Clinical Excellence was presented to Sonya Sharpe.

The Radiologic Technology program pinned 13 students on Thursday, May 11 in Klein Hall. Award winners included Erica Lynn Gregory, Academic Excellence Award; Samantha Dunn Vitet, Clinical Excellence Award; Warren R. Crawford, Clinical Excellence Award; Pamela J. Lewchick, Clinical Excellence Award; and Kendal R. Dankanich, Leadership Award. The class was encouraged to be lifelong learners and to always be caring and empathetic to each patient they encounter. Most graduates in these Allied Health fields will obtain employment in their field upon successful completion of their certification/ licensure examinations.

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Design & Conquer Harcum’s Design majors bring beauty to life while elevating life skills.

BY GALE MARTIN

The Annual Fashion Show in Klein Hall is a hot ticket and customarily sells out.

Nasir Salahudin won best Junior Collection.

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hose not designers by nature or training commonly believe design is important because it helps bring beauty into others’ lives. While the introduction of aesthetics can and does influence anyone’s quality of life, aesthetics is just one beautiful thing about design and why Harcum teaches it. Thoughtful design brings order to life, too, while helping designers cultivate empathy and silence harsh inner critics.

Harcum students prove their mettle, year in and year out, when they share their work with the Harcum community at events like the Interior Design Portfolio Show and the Annual Fashion Show. Each event is packed or sold out. Patrons often view them much like art patrons do gallery displays, especially the Interior Design show. Design can be artful. However, designing is more than creating art.

In today’s society, where people move too fast, react too quickly, and spin through daily tasks in a seeming blur, Harcum designers learn to deliberate, to be problemsolvers. They create design solutions that are functional and responsible and capable of introducing order, not just for order’s

Designing is more than creating art. sake but because order and organization can provide value to those around them.

In Malcolm Gladwell’s bestselling book The Tipping Point, he asserts that disorder actually leads to crime. If the converse is true, that order leads to harmony, then generations of Harcum students have mastered concrete techniques and methods to increase harmony, conquering disorder and dysfunction, one design at a time.

“We are extremely proud of our graduates,” said Heidi Techner, Program Director of Interior Design. “We are confident that they will, through the practice of design, improve the lives of others.”

DESIGN & CONQUER

Today’s most effective designers evidence their concern for nature, human welfare, and human values in their design solutions.

Jim Miller's Design IV students presented their "Rittenhouse Residence" projects at the Baker Furniture showroom in Center City.

A HUMANISTIC DISCIPLINE

“I’d love to see our students engage in an annual community service project,” said Techner, “to experience how the practice of Interior Design makes a difference in the community.”

Harcum’s Interior Design Program also provides useful instruction and opportunities to master computer programs that meet the current needs of the industry including CAD, Sketch-UP, and Photoshop.

Harcum’s Interior Design Program is ideally conceived and organized to teach students to both plan and create interior spaces that are fully functional and also innovative—in as little as two years. In this program, critical thinking is as important a strength to cultivate as creative exploration and the development of technical skills.

Interior Design is an ideal profession for those with problem-solving ability. Today’s most effective designers evidence their concern for nature, human welfare, and human values in their design solutions.

This past spring, the Design IV class taught by Jim Miller took on a service project that reflected an admirable commitment to human welfare and human values. The students created options to convert a ranch home in Malvern, Pennsylvania, to meet the needs of a woman who suffered brain trauma twenty-some years ago. Her family had purchased the house and wanted to do a complete renovation to meet their sister’s current needs and those in the future.

Harcum students worked in two teams, visited the property, gathered program information, and measured the existing floor plan in preparation for their design work.

The family came in from St. Louis for the presentation and plans to use the students’ designs for the renovation.

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Working with REMED, Harcum Design IV students redesigned a home for a woman with a brain injury.

DESIGN & CONQUER

FINDING BEAUTY

STUDYING THE PAST TO SUCCEED IN THE FUTURE During Spring Semester, Fashion Design students learned the art of felting, an age-old process of separating, tangling, and relocking animal fibers found in items such as wool. Back in the Stone Age, animal fleece provided the best source of warmth.

Defining beauty in the fashion industry is a loaded topic, according to Julian Crooks, Assistant Director in the Fashion Programs. “The standards of beauty are subjective, from culture to culture and time period to time period,” she said. And while the industry is weighted to exploit insecurities about beauty, i.e., “Will I be more beautiful if I buy this?”, Crooks says that the fashion faculty members encourage students to explore what their concept of beauty is—the meaning and the reason.

She believes her students become more empathetic through Harcum’s program too, wanting to make clothes that make women feel more beautiful. That is one of the impetuses behind this year’s plus-size collection unveiled at the fashion show.

The very first fashion designers taught themselves how to work the fleece to transform it into clothing.

Program Director Winifred “Freddie” Curtis distributed clumps of animal fur and special brushes to tear down the animal fibers before they could be woven back together. Curtis, who is an expert felter, handled the materials with aplomb, and her example inspired.

Two months later, for the Annual Fashion Show on April 28, Fashion Design students had to make clothing from Tyvek, a man-made material formed from polyethylene that is used to insulate houses. Having studied how millennia of people made clothing from found materials, they had developed the foundation to take on this design challenge with fiercely creative results. No fabric? No problem!

Designing a garment for production is a thoughtful, ordered process because it involves anticipating the needs of many others also involved in the process, from pattern making to sewing to shipping. Harcum students learn all steps in the production process, so they can design for success in today’s marketplace.

Judy Battle’s plus-size collection was based on architecture.

Besides fashion history, they learn principles of design and construction, flat pattern techniques, fabric selection for function, and studies in retail management.

Again, many of the fundamentals of the profession can be mastered in two years, when students are willing to work hard.

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DESIGN PROGRAMS

CONQUERING THE INNER CRITIC Those new to the study of design can be plagued by critical inner voices that can cause them to feel insecure about their work. Realizing that we all have inner critics, being aware of this, is the first step toward silencing that voice that hampers original creative expression.

Design faculty ensure students have as many opportunities as possible to showcase their work, too, by inviting industry professionals to campus events.

Based on the collections showcased at the 2014 Annual Fashion Show, two designers from the Class of 2014, Arisabel Vasquez and Marquise Elmore, were offered sponsorships to show collections during Atlantic City Fashion Week.

In recent years, Harcum Interior Design majors have competed with students from four-year programs with impressive outcomes: Alexis Pew ’10 placed second out of 60 participants in the 2009 Annual Kling/ Stubbins Design Charrette Competition. In 2011, Lauren Manorek ’12 placed third, and Senior Interior Design major Tara Lyn Focht ’14 won second place in the Annual ASID (American Society of Interior Design) Student Portfolio Competition in April 2014. Tthis past fall Hannah Kenny ‘17 and senior Caroline Metzger tied for Honorable Mention.

Techner recalled that one of her proudest moments was learning that a student had just won the Kling/ Stubbins (now called Jacobs) Competition. Curtis fondly remembered a Fashion Group International competition to design a denim jacket during which her Harcum student won first place.

“Truthfully, I feel extremely proud every time students embrace the process of design and give it their best shot,” Techner said.

FINDING BALANCE Psychologist Robert Bilder has said, “Creativity is at the edge of chaos.” Julian Crooks also believes creativity is a chaotic process.

“A lump of clay has a lot of potential, but that’s all it is.” She also likened the stunning work that fashion merchandisers do with retail windows to taking that lump of clay and turning it into a sculpture. Fashion design, she emphasized, is also a field that requires one to be very organized. “You can’t be losing pattern pieces or swaths of fabric.”

The celebrated international fashion designer Masha Ma has said, “The trick is to embrace the chaos and try to find a balance.”

“A lump of clay has a lot of potential, but that’s all it is.”

Harcum boasts many alums who have embraced the chaos inherent in learning to design as students and found balance by bringing beauty into people’s lives in practical ways. Generations of fashion and interior designers have been featured in Patches over the years. The stories of several young talents are featured on a testimonials page at Harcum.edu.

The Harcum Design Faculty and Design Program curriculum help students harness their creativity and direct it toward a useful, beautiful end, year in and year out. Like bright butterflies, each graduating class is released into the world, emerging more confident in their talent and career paths, and more ready to take on the worlds of fashion design, fashion merchandising, and interior design. ■

Students in the 3D Art Class created wearable art from Tyvek, a building material.

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FACULTY & STAFF NEWS

Anders Back, Harcum’s Director of Internal Communications and Publications, has been appointed to the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Commission on Communications and Marketing for a three-year term. Back just completed a two-year term as president of CUPRAP. Both CASE and CUPRAP are dedicated to the education and support of their members as they practice the daily art of effective and honest discourse, ensuring through training and practice that they are highly effective communicators for their respective universities, colleges, and schools.

Patricia Benson, Vice President of Finance and Operations, has earned an Ed.D. from Wilmington University, a private, non-profit doctoral research institution located in New Castle, Delaware.

Dr. Benson successfully defended her dissertation, Leadership Styles of Chief Financial Officers in Higher Education in the MidAtlantic Region on April 4, 2017. Her capstone degree explored the leadership styles of Chief Financial Officers in higher education settings which included transactional, transformational, and laissez faire leadership behaviors.

Katelynn Ennis ’15 was appointed to the Animal Center Management faculty. She received her Veterinary Technology degree from Harcum where she was active in the Student Government Association (SGA) and her Bachelor of Science in Health Sciences from Saint Joseph’s University where she was a member of the American Institute of Biological Sciences (A.I.B.S.). She worked with endangered animals (Amazon River Turtles) in an undergradyate biodiversity research lab focusing on conservation and animal behavior research.

Dr. Zakia Y. Gates, adjunct faculty member of the Early Childhood Education Program, was a presenter at the 38th Ethnography in Education Research Forum at the University of Pennsylvania Graduate School of Education on Friday, February 24. Gates along with two other professors from Cabrini University (Dr. Angela Campbell and Dr. Ron Whitaker) presented their research titled “Incorporating CRP (Culturally Relevant Pedagogy) in Teaching Math to Black Students in Urban Schools”. Gates’ portion of the presentation covered the theoretical framework of the study. The entire study was sent as a proposal for publication.

Dr. Joanne Ricevuto Thames, Program Director of the Early Childhood Department, was awarded an Ed.D. in Higher Education Leadership from Widener University, a private institution offering numerous doctoral tracks in Education.

Her research study was about Harcum College’s adjunct faculty, which she defended on March 3. As a result of her doctoral dissertation, Dr. Thames will be co-authoring an article for publication in an educational journal.

Montea Roundtree has been promoted to Campus Safety Supervisor. He has instituted numerous improvements such as having Campus Safety Officers document pertinent information in a “pass down log” from shift to shift. Additionally, he has identified vendors to be used as training partners to provide targeted security training to new hire and veteran officers. He has also developed a process for extracting student ID photos from our access control database for use by other authorized staff within the Student Life department.

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FACULTY & STAFF NEWS

Annual End of Year Luncheon: Employee Recognition Event Dozens of employees were recognized during the annual awards luncheon on Tuesday, May 9. Marifa Winfree, Administrative Assistant in the Finance Office, was named Employee of the Year.

Owen Binczewski, Director of the Educational Success Center, earned the Lindback Award and Pam Singleton, Coordinator of the Partnership Site Early Childhood Education program, earned the Philip Klein Award. Celebrating twenty-five years of service was Jo-Anne Perkinson, General Studies Associate Professor.

Special recognition was given to Dr. Jon Jay DeTemple, who has served the College for ten years. Trustees Bea Blackman ‘55, Sam Cimino, and Alex Klein presented him with a custom, framed basketball jersey.

Jo-Anne Perkinson, General Studies Associate Professor, was recognized with a rocking chair for 25 years of service. Celebrating 20 years of service were Joann Mirigliano, Support Services Manager in Admissions, and Winifred Curtis, Director of Fashion Programs.

25-year honoree Jo-Anne Perkinson

Klein Awardee Pam Singleton (seated) with Alex Klein and Kathleen Davis

Lindback winner Owen Binczewski with Julia Ingersoll

Employee of the Year Marifa Winfree with Dr. Jon Jay DeTemple and William Knight

20-year honorees Joann Mirigliano and Winifred Curtis

The Lab Science Department has adopted the Mitzvah Circle Foundation as its annual volunteer mission, which was held on Wednesday, March 29. Mitzvah Circle Foundation is an organization which serves the needs of people in crisis residing in the greater Philadelphia area by sending clothing and toiletries. Most of Mitzvah Circle clients are below poverty level and reside in singleparent households. Volunteers assist by sorting clothing donations and packing items to be sent to disadvantaged families. #HarcumHelps Lab Sciences faculty from (left to right) are: Kristy Matulevich, Elaine Johnston, Karen Gatewood, and Donna Broderick.

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Style Spotlight shines on Harcum’s best-dressed When discussing Humans of New York (HONY) his popular blog about people he photographed on the streets of New York and later around the world, creator Brandon Stanton says when he started he was all in. “Don’t wait around for the perfect idea… You cannot wait for the perfect idea before you begin.”

Julian Crooks, Assistant Program Director for Fashion Programs, has been observing Harcum community members with fashion style. She is also a fan of HONY. So she decided to follow Stanton’s advice and began talking to and taking images of Harcum’s most fashion-conscious faculty and staff. As had Stanton, she got quotes from her subjects about how and why they developed their unique fashion sense. This led to the regular feature “Style Spotlight” in eHarcum, the College’s online newsletter.

Of course Style Spotlight’s audience is a bit smaller than the online phenomenon that is HONY which has 25 million followers.

But it’s still a popular feature in eHarcum which reaches about 1,800 potential readers weekly, and Crooks’ profiles get frequent mentions on Facebook.

She regularly assigned her FSH 104 Fashion Design and Fashion Drawing students to conduct “seen on the street” fashion interviews in Philadelphia, inspired in part by the work of the late Bill Cunningham, The New York Times fashion photographer who spent 40 years capturing New Yorkers’ style on the streets of Manhattan.

She met many potential subjects when she was curating “What We Wore—100 Years of Fashion” Harcum’s Centennial exhibition on women’s fashions since the College’s founding. When she decided to turn her own style commentary on the Harcum community, she chose a more personal approach. “I wanted to take a curatorial approach to the profiles,” Crooks said. “I wanted to find individuals whose clothing is characterized by mood and color, to find their secret, the process they went through to buy, select, and wear their personal style.” As she put it in her introduction to Style Spotlight “this monthly segment will feature those people on campus that make you turn your head—the trendsetters and stylemakers that enrich our community and brighten our days with their cool fashion choices.”

In July 2016, she published the first of her Style Spotlights in eHarcum. Her first subject was Human Services Program Director and “absolute style icon” Carole Champlin. “Carole fascinated me, because she was so thorough in her preparation and search for clothes that reflected her style.” Other subjects included Dean of Student Life Urick Lewis (“his style is very intuitive”), Director of Career and Transfer Services Danyele Dove, Financial Aid Administrative Assistant Barbara Coppola, and Adjunct Faculty Member Camille Avent.

Will she continue the profiles? “As long as there are Harcum people with style, I’m ready to find out how and why they did it.”

Danyele Dove is always fashionable, something she learned from her father.

Barbara Coppola is a fashion statement daily, from tip to toe.

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ATHLETICS

Coach Drew Kelly with Ryan Bogan ’07

300 Wins for Coach Kelly and Harcum Program Harcum Men’s Basketball and Coach Drew Kelly won their 300th game together on Saturday February 11, against Raritan Valley, downing them 130-90.

Harcum’s 300th win came in 12 short seasons since their first season in 2005-06, a record pace for any level of basketball, averaging just over 25 wins per year. About this milestone, Kelly said, “Our program would like to thank all players, coaches, families, faculty and staff, trustees, and President DeTemple for all they have done to support Men’s Basketball here at Harcum. I would also like to give a special thank you to my wife Meg for everything she has done to help in the success of our program. We hope everyone takes as much pride in the success of this program as we do.”

A special guest was in attendance for the big day—Ryan Bogan ‘07. Bogan played during the very first season of Men’s Basketball at Harcum. He was our first male athlete to transfer to a NCAA DI school, Longwood University. He was also our first athlete to score 1,000+ points.

Men’s Basketball Nabs Another Regular Season Title The Men’s Basketball Team captured a fourth consecutive Region XV regular season title, winning 22 games and extending their consecutive 20-win season streak to 12 years. Sophomore Steve Bleeker was a two-time recipient of the NJCAA student-athlete award, becoming just the second Harcum athlete from any sport to win the honor twice.

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Women Capture Region 19 Championship The Women’s Basketball Team finished their stellar season with a 25-8 overall record, capturing the fifth Region 19 championship in school history with an 86-64 win over Essex County College in the championship game. It was the most wins in a season for the program since 2010-11, and the Bears finished the year ranked #20 in the final NJCAA Division II women’s basketball poll.

Individual accolades went to sophomore Lauren Chambers, who won Region 19 Tournament MVP, and freshmen Jayana Ervin and Shenice Gresham, who were both named to the All-Region 19 first team.

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Gantz joins NJCAA National All-Stars

Luigi Laporal with Drew Kelly

Sophomore point guard Milik Gantz was selected to participate in the NJCAA Men’s Basketball Coaches’ Association National All-Star Game on Saturday, April 29 at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Gantz, a two-year starter for the Bears, averaged 13.0 points per game, 6.4 rebounds per game, and 6.1 assists per game during his sophomore campaign. He finished his career with 384 career assists, making him Harcum’s all-time assists leader. He also finished his career with 711 points (10th), 378 rebounds (7th), and 122 steals (5th), while guiding Harcum to 50 wins and district championship in 2016.

Gantz is the fourth Harcum player to be selected for the national all-star game, joining Ivan CruzUceda, Leo Vincent, and Elliott Smith.

Lauren Chambers with Drew Kelly

Athletics Banquet Recognizes Community of Athletes Athletes, coaches, and staffers packed the Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church on April 25, for the Annual Athletics Banquet. The coaches conferred ribbons, plaques, flowers, wisdom, and praise on their players and teams. All the varsity teams made the playoffs in 2016-17, and Track & Field athletes competed nationally. Numerous school records were set.

Sophomore Lauren Chambers (Women’s Basketball) and Sophomore Luigi Laporal (Men’s Basketball) received Varsity Athlete honors. President DeTemple complimented the athletes and coaches for a year of hard and meaningful work as student-athletes. Aidan Peterson, son of Web Master Amy Shumoski, who also regularly performed the National Anthem for Harcum, received a special acknowledgment from Head Coach Brittany Clark ’10/’11 for being a loyal fan of the Women’s Basketball Team. The event was emceed by Athletics Director and Men’s Basketball Head Coach Drew Kelly.

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ALUMNI NEWS & CLASS NOTES

ALUMNI & CLASS NEWS

Dorothea “Dossie” O’Connor Cavalucci ’80 ’93 and Karen Naylor ’92 represented the Harcum College Alumni Association (HCAA) Board of Directors at the Annual Dental Hygiene Colleague Recognition Ceremony where the members of the Class of 2017 were recognized as new members of the Dental Hygiene professional community.

Dossie and Karen congratulated each graduate and presented them with a gift from the HCAA. Ali Johnson Naylor ’98 and her husband opened Hawstone Hollow Winery in Lewistown, PA. They specialize in fruit and honey wines. Learn more at www. hawstonehollowwinery.com or like them on Facebook.

Tracy Johnson ’04, Vice President of the Harcum College Alumni Association, represented the HCAA Board at the annual Phi Theta Kappa induction ceremony on April 29, 2017. Tracy also gave the Alumni Salute at the 2017 Commencement ceremony.

Abby Polek, BA, CVT ’04 published an article in the Pennsylvania Veterinary Medical Association’s magazine Keystone entitled “The Role of Veterinary Technicians in Promoting Preventative Care to Clients.”

Jillian Lydon ’15 with Terri Groody, Director of Professional Studies

Jillian Lydon ’15, Class Agent, represented the HCAA at the annual Dental Expo on March 4, 2017. More than 80 alumni participated in this annual continuing education event.

More than 60 guests attended the Occupational Therapy Assisting Alumni Reception held on March 31, 2017 at The Fieldhouse in Philadelphia. The reception was held in conjunction with the American Occupational Therapy Association Annual Conference and Centennial Celebration held in Philadelphia which drew nearly 13,000 Occupational Therapy professionals from all over the United States. Ben Franklin even stopped by to meet Harcum alumni.

Michael Gerg, Program Director – OTA, Ben Franklin, and Dr. Jon Jay DeTemple

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Right to left: Elise Galbo (student), Priscilla Huff ’15, Dorothy Holz (student)

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April in Paris . . . with an ’88 Alumna

BY AMY SHUMOSKI Every year our graduates join a network of alumni from around the world. When I started planning a vacation to Europe, I recalled reading about a Harcum alumna who operated a tour company in Paris. With help from the Advancement Office, I connected with Karen Reb Rudel ’88, the proprietor of Sight Seeker’s Delight.

Rudel grew up in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and dreamed of being a comedian, musician, or both. She majored in Performing Arts at Harcum and studied under Sally Brash--a very nurturing teacher and went on to the theater program at Temple University. When showing her parents around Paris in 2004, her mother remarked that she would make a great tour guide. That was her lightbulb moment.

From there she started her business.

With just 5,000 euros and no business experience, she launched a tour company out of a youth hostel. Sight Seeker’s Delight quickly became top rated and for a year remained number one on TripAdvisor. Rudel says, “My success came in figuring out how to make my business stand apart. I offer experiences that tourists can’t get anywhere else.”

Another perk for customers is the convenience to set the start time of their tour. This breaks her from the norm of most tour companies and really makes Rudel’s customers feel like they are getting something special.

The company operates 10 tours each season and Rudel personally trains 5-10 guides each season. She tells them the number one goal is to cater to educating tourists and giving them something unique to remember when they return home.

Karen’s team of employees made my family feel like Paris was a second home. Our tour guide, Erin, met us outside the Notre Dame Cathedral. She was a lively young woman and clearly loved her job. She whisked us through Paris, all the while keeping everyone in the group fully engaged with interesting facts and stories and historical tidbits of information.

A short walk led us to the Eiffel Tower, a bucket list item we were thrilled to check off. We ended the day with a sunset cruise along the Seine. There’s nothing more magical than seeing a beautiful city by moonlight.

It’s easy to see why Karen has chosen to make Paris her home. Her talented staff will have you wishing it were your home too. If you’re lucky enough to find yourself in this gorgeous city, please take the time to schedule a tour with Sight Seeker’s Delight (www.sightseekersdelight.com). Mention Harcum when booking, and you’ll get the friends and family discount.

In Memoriam

Karen Reb Rudel ’88 in front of the world-famous Moulin Rouge

The purple flowers at the foot of the Eiffel Tower looked like Harcum.

Teddy Getty Gaston Class of 1929

Claudette (Cohen) Brockman Class of 1963

Jeannette Miller (Dunn) Purrington Class of 1937

Kathy Jo (Weidman) Masten Class of 1980

Mary Lois (Melvin) Lawson Class of 1949

Mary E. (Bower) Gavitt Class of 1983

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Charlene Scott completed the AAT course this semester in order to employ “Jules” in her therapy practice.

ANIMAL ASSISTED THERAPY AT HARCUM: A WORLDWIDE ONLINE SUCCESS STORY

BY ANDERS BACK Animal-assisted therapy (AAT) is a relatively newer field for academic study. Harcum’s Continuing Education Division tapped into what was considered an emerging trend in 2006, when it offered the first noncredit online AAT program, taught by local educator, author, and journalist Phil Arkow. However, AAT is deeply rooted in the centuries-old partnership of humans with animals used for work and companionship.

Animals imbued with special powers Native Americans believed that spirits took animal form and interacted with humans in a myriad of ways. Though they were hunted and their fur and bones used for food, clothing, and as domestic and military tools, animals were thought to control many aspects of life and death. Domesticated animals were the foundations of ancient civilizations, still critical to economies right up to the 20th century, while as pets and partners in human endeavors they acquired a new role.

Sigmund Freud kept his Chow dog Jofi in his office during psychotherapy sessions and found that the presence of his dog made patients, particularly adolescents and children, more willing to talk openly. Anecdotal evidence of this kind

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grew until by the 1960’s child psychologist Boris Levinson was able to make a formal presentation to the American Psychological Association about his observations of the value of dogs being present when treating troubled children, a breakthrough in the acceptance and use of therapy animals.

In the view of many therapeutic professionals, “the use of animals in therapy sessions has been shown to increase communication, teach responsibility and respect, and, in the case of equine therapy, increase one’s muscle strength and development. AAT increases communication because the mere presence of an animal creates, in most people’s minds, an environment of comfort and safety,” Elisabeth Grado wrote in a 2011 article in Exceptional Parent.

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“In 2009, the National Pet Owner’s Survey revealed that approximately 62% of American households have at least one pet; thus, the likelihood of someone responding positively to the presence of an animal is high. What makes AAT unique is its incorporation of a specific curriculum tailored to every patient. Therapists define a specific set of goals that the patient works to accomplish with the assistance of the animal,” Grado noted.

Tapping into the human-animal bond Despite offering Harcum’s first online class more than a decade ago, Phil Arkow says the field of AAT is simply in the beginning steps many disciplines go through as they grow in acceptance and understanding. If communication is the key to successful therapy, “a dog is a conversation waiting to happen,” as Arkow puts it.

Arkow’s own path to AAT began when he was growing up in the Philadelphia area. He always liked animals and when his sister’s boyfriend bought her a poodle named “Toulouse,” the boy and dog bonded. Eventually Toulouse became Arkow’s pet and went with him to college. Arkow then became a newspaper reporter, eventually moving to Colorado. In 1973 he began volunteering and then working at the Humane Society of The Pike’s Peak Region in Colorado Springs. To spread the word about their activities, a second-hand van called the Petmobile was dispatched with Arkow to nursing homes carrying a batch of puppies.

“It was magic,” he recalled. “They just loved seeing the puppies and interacting with them.” Arkow expanded these popular visits to include hospitals, rehabilitation centers, and prisons. Eventually he made over 2,000 such visits in the region—an unusual opportunity to see the humananimal bond first hand.

It was also transformational for Arkow. Arkow decided he had to share his experience with a wider audience and in 1977, he wrote the first edition of his book AnimalAssisted Therapy & Activities, which is now in its 10th edition. It was clear that AAT had become his vocation. He returned to the Philadelphia area in 1994 and approached Camden County College about teaching an AAT course there as a certificate, and eventually at Harcum.

AAT at HC

Phil Arkow

Harcum’s online course was first offered in the Spring 2006 semester, and the program grew steadily. The 10-week course is currently offered

through Continuing and Professional Studies headed by Theresa Groody, in three yearly sessions of 20 students.

The program has over 200 graduates ages 18 to 65 from 25 countries from Abu Dhabi to New Zealand, primarily women.

Arkow breaks his students into three general groups. About a third are people seeking an academic major and think animal-related work is a possibility. Another third are people in the workforce or retired and want meaningful part-time work. The remaining third are professional caregivers or therapists who want to add the therapeutic impact of the human-animal bond to their professional work.

Using their Harcum training In that third group is Cheryl Donnelly, a student health and wellness nurse at Swarthmore College.

This office has four nurse practitioners and three RN’s, including Donnelly, and has recently shifted from a medical model to a wellness model. They “Izzy” works with decided to explore AAT as Swarthmore College part of the wellness focus students. using her 11-month-old standard poodle named Izzy as a therapy animal. When training is complete, she’ll have Izzy work in her office regularly.

Charlene Scott, a psychotherapist and clinical director in Mindful Therapy Center, a group practice with twelve other therapists in Marlton, New Jersey just completed the course in the Spring 2017 semester.

“I found Phil to be very down to earth and approachable,” she said. Scott had always wanted to add AAT to her practice which includes children, senior citizens, and many members of the military and first responders. Three years ago she got “Jules,” a Golden Retriever. This summer Scott plans to work Jules into her practice gradually, studying the effect the dog has on her patient relationships.

In a New York Times Magazine article, Ilona Szwarc wrote, “[Animal assisted] therapists speculate that their benefits actually derive from shutting down for a time some of our brain’s higher and sometimes cacophonous cognitive functions.” In other words, AAT provides a true bond in a world that offers excessive connections but needs more authentic interaction. ■

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BEAR PRIDE

Grads Surmount Daunting Odds and Finish Well at Harcum Two of Harcum’s newest alumna braved the most daunting circumstances to finish their studies at Harcum, each at the top of her class.

It has always been Beth “Betsy” Grossman’s dream to become an Interior Designer. Despite battling a hidden disability called Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) and suffering major injuries and surgeries during her studies, the non-traditional, 47-year-old graduated from Harcum College with a 4.0, receiving an Academic Award for Excellence.

Between a walking accident in May of 2015, and then being rear-ended by a drunk driver in July of the same year, she has had three major surgeries, with three to six months of recovery for each, including both ankles completely reconstructed, while attending Harcum. She had to use a knee scooter for nearly half of her time—all classes are at the Bryn Mawr Campus—none online in the Interior Design major. Still she plunged ahead to fulfill a childhood dream to become an interior designer.

Grossman worked for 20 years in the securities industry and attended three other universities. This is her first college degree.

“Harcum is the only place that ever felt like home,” Grossman said.

When Barbara “Annie” Fitzpatrick crossed the Commencement stage on May 13, she felt lucky to be alive. Unknowingly, she suffered from a condition called Long QT. Long QT is the same condition that takes many athletes’ lives, causing cardiac arrest and death in seemingly healthy persons if undetected.

While a student in the Animal Center Management program, she collapsed in a Wawa parking lot in February of 2016. Two Lower Merion police officers, Jeff Sullivan and Robert Whitt, revived her with an AED, and a long recovery ensued.

For weeks after she collapsed, doing the simplest things, things she used to take for granted, became difficult: taking the stairs, even getting out of bed or getting dressed, was taxing for her.

She had to undergo cardiac rehab to regain her health. Her memory was also affected but continued to improve with time.

Fitzpatrick completed her coursework with a 3.8. She was very grateful to her Harcum faculty and staff, particularly Linward Robinson and the Financial Aid Department, for the kindness and help extended to her that enabled her to finish her studies.

Since it is easily diagnosed with an EKG, Annie and her mother Heather Cronan have begun organizing testing in area high schools.

She has also embarked on a mission of advocacy, to encourage the installation of AEDs in schools and other public places.

Surely, the extraordinary examples of these two alumna can inspire anyone to persist in obtaining one of life’s most meaningful and useful credentials—a college degree.

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Betsy, pictured with her family at the Interior Design Portfolio Show: From left to right, Joslyn (age 8), Jayna (age 10), Betsy, and husband Robert.

Barbara “Annie” FitzPatrick does extensive outreach to ensure young people are tested for Long QT and to help organizations understand the importance of having defibrillators.

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Golfers Came to Play at Annual Fundraiser

Eighty golfers came to play at the 17th Annual Kevin D. Marlo Golf & Tennis Classic held May 22 at the Llanerch Country Club in Havertown, Pennsylvania.

Over 100 guests attended the Awards Dinner where sponsors were recognized and awards given to outstanding golfers.

The Golf & Tennis Classic has raised $500,000 for student scholarships since its inception in 2000.

“It is such a pleasure,” said Tom Giamoni, Golf Committee Chair and Trustee Emeritus, “to help plan an event that creates opportunity for students and such goodwill for Harcum College.”

ON MAY 22

Upper right: Tracy Johnson ‘04 with 2017 Putting Champion, Dr. Phil Giarraputo, Harcum’s Supervising Dentist.

Right: Dr. Jon Jay DeTemple with Trustee Mike McNamara. Far right: Katelyn Bollinger ‘18, Vet Tech, Marlo Scholarship Recipient and (right) Amber Martin ‘18, OTA ,Marlo Scholarship Recipient, both of whom served as event volunteers. Lower left: Golf Committee Chair Tom Giamoni eyes up a shot. Right: All the tennis contestants were in high spirits despite the rain-out. Lower far right: Hatcher cheers on a golf duo.

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