THE MAGAZINE OF HARCUM COLLEGE • FALL 2022
Now at the helm of Harcum College for 15 years, Dr. DeTemple has served with humility, a sincere regard for humanity, and abiding hope.
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First Lady Margi Tucker DeTemple conducted in-depth research regarding Harcum's Victorian-era buildings, connecting the College's origins to early town history.
IMMERSIVE SUMMER FOR UPWARD BOUND
PRESERVING HARCUM HISTORY
NOT EVEN DRIVING RAIN could dampen the spirits of Harcum graduates, celebrating their commencement on Saturday, May 7, at 11 a.m. on the Great Lawn of the Academic Center, the first such traditional ceremony since 2019. Retiring Veterinary Nursing Program Veterinarian Dr. Craig Wooters gave the Commencement Address. The most prestigious student award, the President’s Award, was given to Louis Bleechmore, a native of Australia, a leader on the Men’s Basketball Team, and a winner of a 2022 AllAcademic Award from the NJCAA for his 3.79 GPA.
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Upward Bound welcomed dozens of high school students for a six-week program increasing access and readiness for college.
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Alexander Klein, Chairman Denis C. Boyle, Vice-Chair Louise A. Strauss, Vice-Chair Karl A. Thallner, Jr., Secretary David M. Jacobson, CPA, Treasurer Jon Jay DeTemple, Ph.D., President
J. Michael McNamara Ben Post, J.D. Carmen Rivé Theodore A. Rosen
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AT A FIRST GLANCE, this Patches appears similar to recent issues, but this magazine is special. It marks our efforts to return to the quality of life on campus that we treasured before the pandemic’s disruption.
We introduced some new events, too, one that even I was not expecting to attend one year ago. First Lady Margi Tucker DeTemple emerged from an intensive two-year research project with a multi-media lecture series presentation for the Harcum community and guests called “The Harcum Mile,” which is featured in this issue. Hers was a significant endeavor that expanded our archives, enriched connections with neighbors and alumni, and truly made Harcum matter.
From the President JAY DETEMPLE, PH.D.,
Until next time,
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We also brought friends, donors, and the Harcum community together in Klein Hall, resuming the annual Circle of Excellence dinner and awards, well showcased with photos in the Advancement News.
I am immensely proud of the graduates appearing in this magazine. They completed their studies despite the challenges introduced by COVID-19. I am grateful to the faculty and staff whose work helped our students persevere. In the face of adversity, I take heart in knowing we all emerged stronger for the effort—as individuals, as programs, and as a community— because effort is what unlocks our potential.
We returned to an in-person Commencement this spring, the first in three years, hosting 1,300 graduates and guests. We celebrated our capstone events in person—the Interior Design Portfolio Show, the Student Fashion Exhibition, the Athletics Banquet, the Student Recognition event, and ceremonial pinnings for health sciences graduates.
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And in early summer, the Harcum College Upward Bound (HCub) program returned to residency on the Bryn Mawr Campus with a jam-packed schedule from move-in to the day they departed six weeks later. Their summer experience included hands-on workshops led by our program directors, also captured in this issue.
Carmen Rivé is the newest member of the Board of Trustees. She is a principal and department head in
WELCOMING NEW TRUSTEE
The Admissions Team surprised a graduating senior at Community Academy of Philadelphia in Northeast Philly on June 7 during Commencement rehearsal with a $10,000 scholarship to study Animal Center Management.
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Academic Affairs inaugurated the first annual Summer Curriculum Camp on May 16 in Room 101 of the Academic Center. “Camp” consisted of a threeday intensive workshop to review the select set of courses comprising a given area of study to determine whether the courses offered align with the goals articulated and will lead to the program’s stated outcomes. Their work included examining the Behavioral Health Science, Business, Criminal Justice, Graphic Design, and Human Services programs. The camp was run by two veteran College administrators Dave Weaver and Terri Groody
CURRICULUM
Philly Student Surprised with Bear-Nanza Scholarship
Vanguard Retirement Plan Client Services, where she leads a team of relationship executives who manage and oversee partnerships with Vanguard’s largest full-service recordkeeping clients. Before her current role, Carmen spent seven years as head of Primary Flagship Services in Vanguard Retail Investor Group. She started her professional career as a certified public accountant at Price Waterhouse LLP. After four years as a CPA, she began her Vanguard career in 1995. She earned a B.S.A. from Saint Joseph’s University, and she holds FINRA Series 6, 7, 24, and 63 licenses.
PICTURED: Admissions representatives Krystal Popiel (left) and Tyler Gangi (right) helped Hatcher surprise Dineyshka Alvarez Santos with a big check.
CAMP SUCCEEDS
School officials invited Dineyshka Alvarez Santos onto the stage where she met Harcum representatives, who presented her with a big check, balloons, and a gift bag. Last spring, Admissions announced that one lucky attendee to the April 23 Open House called “Bear-Nanza” would be selected at random for scholarship, and Santos was the big winner. Hatcher the Bear, the school mascot, was on hand to celebrate along with Santos’ parents, who were also in on the surprise and did an excellent job keeping the award a secret. While the surprise award rendered Santos speechless, her classmates wildly cheered her on.
Two sites that partner with Harcum College to offer degree programs in community neighborhoods slated events to recognize their newest graduates: Harcum at Coatesville
Grace Trinity’s celebration of graduates took place on Monday, May 9th at 5:30 pm. The program included felicitation and thanksgiving inside the church, followed by prayers at the beginning and the end of the event, but the messages were mostly commending students. Loniesha Landi '20 was the featured speaker. The commendatory message was given by Executive Director Rev. Dr. Chandra Soans. Graduates and their families gathered for food and fun, with Jennavieve Cappiabanchi ’22 providing face-painting. Site coordinator Dr. Mrinalini Sebastian reported that five Harcum graduates work as teachers at Grace-Trinity Academy, their affiliated pre-school.
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and Harcum at Grace Trinity. The Coatesville event shone a spotlight on each newly minted alum on Saturday, May 14, with dozens of family members and friends in attendance.
A Coatesville graduate.
PARTNERSHIP SITES CELEBRATE GRADS
JOINS FASHION FACULTY
Gilad Jacobs, grandson of former Harcum president Norma Furst (serving from 1983 to 1992), stopped by Harcum in June to donate equipment to the Athletics Department that his family company “Normatec” developed and sells. The boots are state of the art gear, designed for athletic recovery. Air is pumped into each boot, which then offers a patented massaging action to increase blood flow. Jacobs said that they have sold hundreds of thousands of units, many of which are used by the premier professional athletes of our day to recover faster, including Steph Curry and LeBron James. To conclude his visit, Jacobs and President Jon Jay DeTemple posed with the official portrait of Norma Furst outside the President’s Office.
FORMER PRESIDENT NORMA FURST’S GRANDSON VISITS COLLEGE
Philadelphia-based fashion designer Prajjé Oscar, a sea son 19 contestant on Bravo’s hit show “Project Runway,” is joining the Fashion Programs as an adjunct faculty member in Fall of 2022. The Haitian-born designer is a graduate of the Massachusetts College of Art in Boston. Prior to his appointment to the faculty, he has been deeply connected to fashion students, conducting muslin critiques and doing final critiques of the clothing lines. He is perhaps best known for his glamorous evening dresses and luxurious fabrics.
Margi Tucker DeTemple offered an architectural and historical presentation linking Harcum’s earlier years to Bryn Mawr’s beginnings called “The Harcum Mile (1869–1969): The Places and People Who Lived There” on April 7 in the Strauss Family Rotunda. The event showcased several years’ worth of research and architectural sleuthing Mrs. DeTemple began during the pandemic. More information on “The Harcum Mile” project is featured in this issue (page 12). More than 80 guests attended the free public event. A “Harcum Mile” documentary-style video is being produced to capture the research and is expected to be released before 2023.
EMPLOYER PANEL VET NURSING STUDENTS
RETURNS WITH UNIQUE PRESENTATION
Campus Events
New Format for Open House Succeeds
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"The Harcum Mile," presented April 7.
Harcum’s popular mascot inspired a “beary” new direction for the annual spring open house. The inaugural “Bear-Nanza” event brought 109 prospective students and 157 guests to the Bryn Mawr Campus for personal tours of the Dental Clinic, the Veterinary Services Building, OMGC, or the Art & Design Center and the chance to meet program directors. Guests received little stuffed bears as well as other branded bear paraphernalia. All attendees who had also made a deposit were registered for a $10,000 scholarship for Fall 2022.
A special event on April 14 brought together potential employers and Veterinary Nursing students. Organized by Program Director Kathy Koar and Career Services, representatives working in Harcum’s Veterinary Partner practices participated in a thoughtful panel discussion, then met with all students, reviewing their resumes while giving students a chance to practice their interviewing skills. Currently the Veterinary Nursing program partners with 20 practices who contribute scholarship dollars to students who have completed their coursework and are soon beginning practicums at the University of Pennsylvania Veterinary Hospital.
Heidi Techner said that her students’ portfolios are
Nine second-year Interior Design majors (Beth Allen, Maureen Rafferty, Leah Kromenacker, Kelly Phipps, Cassandra Coughlan, Valerie McIntyre, Sheila Hudson, Jennifer Supplee, and Alexandra Levy) showcased their work on Wednesday, April 20, on the first floor of the Art & Design Center. The event displayed their best projects on the walls and drawing desks, which many guests spent a considerable amount of timeProgramviewing.Director
a true value-add for Harcum’s program, contributing to their strong employment outcomes post graduation. All 2022 Interior Design graduates were already working in the field by early July 2022.
GRADUATING INTERIOR DESIGNERS DISPLAY EXPERTISE
“This courageous group of students,” Techner said, “spent much of their class time on Zoom, and dealt with the ever-changing challenges that accompanied COVID-19. In spite of it all, they connected to their highest intuition and wisdom, came together as a community, and managed to rise above the challenges.”
Upstairs in the atrium, first-year Merchandisers and Designers turned the room into a mini-market week, with pop-up shop displays and design tableaux. A dramatic new Fashion Exhibition video available on Harcum’s YouTube channel screened in the Photography classroom. Merchandising students debuted a collaborative project—a Harcum Fashion Department magazine. Producers Kevin Parker and Kerry Scott invited Diana Cornejo to show her line during Philly Fashion Week in September.
HEALTH SCIENCES PROGRAMS CELEBRATE WITH PINNINGS
SPRING FASHION EXHIBITION A STUNNING SHOWCASE
From Nursing to Radiologic Technology to Occupational Therapy Assisting and Physical Therapist Assistant programs, in-person pinning ceremonies to recognize graduates who completed their programs. New to spring celebrations this year included a recognition event for the Laboratory Sciences graduates in Medical Laboratory Technology and Histotechnology organized by Program Director Donna Broderick. Students shared Case Study Capstone Presentations in addition to being recognized with a pinning ceremony in the Lab Science Suite at OMGC on Monday, April 18. Their presentations to faculty and peers focused on patient symptoms, laboratory diagnostic testing, treatment, and prognosis.
The Fashion Programs majors shared their work at a special exhibition spanning several floors of the Art & Design Center on Friday, April 22. Senior Designers displayed their collections in the Photo Studio, with installations showcasing Hollywood inspired evening gowns, dark fairy tales, fishing inspired streetwear, back-to-school plaids and hand painted dresses for a summer night.
PICTURED: The Interior Design Portfolio Show (upper left); Diana Cornejo and her clothing line (left).
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Alongside our award recipients, more than 150 loyal and generous donors and volunteers attended to honor Harcum’s tradition of excellence. We welcome nominations for outstanding alumni awards and look forward to seeing you at the next Circle of Excellence Dinner on October 7, 2022. For more information, call Institutional Advancement at 610-526-6060.OnbehalfofHarcum
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Advancement
June Berman Olster ’73, recipient of the Outstanding Alumna Award, was recognized for her nearly two decades of work as an early childhood education professional. Drew Smyth ’17, recipient of the Outstanding Young Alumna Award, currently serves as Secretary of the Harcum College Alumni Association and owns and operates Miss Drew’s Doggy Daycare in Spring City, Pennsylvania.
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College, Institutional Advancement thanks our alumni, trustees, faculty, staff, and friends for your enthusiastic and generous support.
Tom Giamoni, the Circle of Excellence Distinguished Honoree, was recognized for his generosity and 20 years of leadership as the Chair of the Kevin D. Marlo Golf and Tennis Classic Scholarship Fundraiser. As chair, he helped Harcum raise more than $1M to provide scholarships to students with merit and need.
Brooke Walker Vice President of Institutional Advancement
ON MARCH 25, we gathered in Klein Hall at the annual Circle of Excellence Dinner for a momentous celebration. Formerly known as the President’s Dinner, the Circle of Excellence commemorates Harcum’s best—our distinguished alumni and one of our most generous benefactors. This year, the College honored our outstanding alumni, June Berman Olster ’73 and Drew Smyth ’17 and distinguished honoree Thomas (Tom) Giamoni, trustee emeritus.
1. Harcum Student Government Officers Kadidiah Kallo ’22, Paige Robinson ’22 2. Tom Giamoni, Circle of Excellence Distinguished Honoree, center, with family and friends 3. Jiten P. Gohel, DMD, Media Dental Associates 4. President Jon Jay DeTemple and Margi DeTemple; Alex Klein, Chair, Board of Trustees, and Joanne Klein; Ted Rosen, Trustee, and Toni Rosen; Dan Hirschfeld, Trustee, and Stephanie Hirschfeld 5. Gale Martin, Harcum Communications and Marketing, Barbara Bosha, Trustee 6. Barbara Coppola, Harcum Financial Aid, and Joe Coppola 7. Tom Giamoni, Circle of Excellence Distinguished Honoree with President 8. Tracy Johnson-Rockmore ’04, President of HCAA, Tom Giamoni, Drew Smyth ’17, June Olster ’73, and President Jon Jay DeTemple PATCHES 9 2 3 5 6 8
ABOVE: Harcum College Board of Trustees (L-R): Jon Jay DeTemple, President; Tracy Johnson-Rockmore ’04; Barbara Bosha; Ellen Farber '12; Alex Klein, Chair; Dennis Marlo; Kent Griswold; David Jacobson; Ted Rosen; Sam Cimino; Denis Boyle; J. Michael McNamara; and Tom Giamoni, Chair, Kevin D. Marlo Golf and Tennis Classic Committee.
PICTURED (L-R): Kevin D. Marlo Scholarship Recipients Jessica Sondermann ’24, Evens Edme ’23, Katelyn Yurkovich ’22, Gabrielle Bonewicz ’22.
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This year’s scholarship fundraiser raised $100,000 for students. J. Michael McNamara, Harcum Trustee and CEO of Impact Health, was the 2022 Presenting Sponsor. The Office of Insitutional Advancement appreciates everyone who came out to support this annual tradition, an ideal blend of fun and philanthropy.
Kevin D. Marlo Golf and Tennis Classic
Grants & Scholarships
Toby Pitluck '72
Samuel P. and Patricia A. Cimino Scholarship* Kimberly S. Cullen Memorial Scholarship Ellen B. Farber Next Generation Scholarship
$711,313 Alumni, Trustees, Friends, Fac/Staff
FISCAL YEAR 2022 NEW SCHOLARSHIPS
$932,254 Student Scholarship Support
“Each gift, no matter the size,” said Brooke Walker, Vice President of Institutional Advancement, “is a vote of confidence in Harcum.”
Giving By Donor Type
$1,000,495 Funding Purpose
DONORS CONTRIBUTED MORE THAN $1,000,000 this past fiscal year (July 1, 2021–June 30, 2022). The support came from private foundations, alumni, friends, trustees, faculty, and staff with gifts ranging from $19.15 to $192,000.
Hilary Strauss Scholarship* Helen Thelen Nursing Scholarship* Vet Partners Scholarship
Dr. Craig Wooters Scholarship*
In fiscal year 2022, generous donors permanently endowed six new scholarships with a gift or pledge of $50,000 or more. Additionally, a number of donors and foundations provided term scholarship awards of $10,000 or more. Endowed scholarships are marked with an (*).
Independence Blue Cross Foundation Nurses for Tomorrow Maureen M. Kennedy Scholarship* M. Michael and Constance McNamara Scholarship* W.W. Smith Charitable Trust Scholarship
$289,182 Foundations
Kevin D. Marlo Scholarship
Ione A. Strauss Scholarship* Windmill Foundation Scholarship
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$68,241 Other (Equipment, Youth Courts, Library, Etc.)
Dr. Jiten P. Gohel Media Dental Associates Scholarship* Ellen B. Farber Opportunity Fund
Griswold Family Scholarship* Harcum Fund Scholarship
Huston Foundation Scholarship
Devin M. Gold Scholarship* Marilyn and Arthur Klein Scholarship* Jean S. Levitties Scholarship*
Antonia Cavallucci Educational Scholarship Centennial Scholarship
The Marlo Family Scholarship* Charlotte Newton Sheppard Scholarship
We continue to support our students with previously named scholarships:
Preserving
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A First Lady’s Quest to Honor Harcum’s Origins
Harcum History
Top: Construction along the Harcum Mile to build the Academic Center, 1968. Center: A rendering of the rear entrance to Melville Hall, prior to extensive renovation discovered in a 1917 yearbook.
Walls with something to say
Eleanor Roosevelt is famously credited for turning the role of First Lady of the United States into a highly energetic pursuit—a model embraced by subsequent first ladies from Nancy Reagan (“Just Say No”) to Michelle Obama ("Let’s Move”).
Photo credit: Library Company of Philadelphia
The expression “if these walls could talk” aptly describes how Mrs. DeTemple’s research interests sprang from a desire to explore the history of the President’s House, her primary residence.
Historically, some of our nation’s First Ladies are held in high regard for courageously using the national platform afforded them. For instance, Dolly Madison rushed many national treasures to safety before the British forces could destroy the White House during the War of 1812.
Her forensic research project, still ongoing, uncovered the origins of the town of Bryn Mawr, circa 1869, and married the town’s development with Harcum College history and architecture called, “The Harcum Mile 1869–1969: The Places and People Who Lived There.”
As the pandemic persisted, the project grew to include all the Victorian buildings on The Harcum Mile, past and present, demolished or still intact.
A job worth doing Mrs. DeTemple’s labors required nothing less than a Welsh Hill’s worth of reading. She scoured atlas maps of the Pennsylvania Railroad for the Main Line. These highly decorative items are nothing like what people use today. They provided property lines, owners' names, locations, buildings on prop-
Middle: the land that would become The Harcum Mile, by Frederick Gutkunst. The building on the left was the Cottage, which would become Edith Harcum’s residence and later home to Philip and Esther Klein.
long PowerPoint of her findings, linking Harcum’s period architecture with Bryn Mawr’s earliest years.
If
a college president’s life is busy, then so is his or her partner’s. Consider all the events that First Spouses routinely attend besides Commencement: sporting contests, ribbon cuttings, initiations, speaking engagements, inaugurations, and fundraising and friendraising dinners, to name a few.
Harcum’s First Lady Margi Tucker DeTemple has had a lifelong passion for history and architecture. The COVID-19 pandemic gave her an unexpected hiatus from her career as a licensed Realtor® and many College engagements to pursue a noble cause: ensure Harcum’s history was preserved and that its connections with the town of Bryn Mawr (Welsh for “Great Hill”) shone a bright light on the College.
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Above: Dr. and Mrs. Jon Jay DeTemple in the President’s House, the project's starting point.
She read books cover to cover on the history of Bryn Mawr and about renowned Philadelphia and Main Line Quaker architect, Addison Hutton.
However, the scope of the research continued broadening to address it. Ironically, as devastating as the pandemic was, it offered a silver lining to Ms. Sutton who now had more time to archive records, boxes of them. With each year the pandemic lin gered, more materials were obtained.
Sheearlier."usedGoogle to locate grave records, photographs, obituaries, and old newspaper articles. She also reviewed Harcum College yearbooks, more photographs and memorabilia from the College archives, and the 2016 Centennial history written by Anders Back.
built on the Harcum Mile were razed. Lacking interior photos, we can’t know the layout or interior architectural details of them,” Mrs. DeTemple said.
For Roxanne Sutton’s part, her research expanded from an examination of the president’s residence to investigate the history of all the buildings on campus and the acquisition of Harcum College prop-
While Mrs. DeTemple’s research involved tedious work, at times, it often didn’t feel like work.
“This project was like solving a mystery,” Mrs. DeTemple said.
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She also relied on today’s digital tools including a Main Line Memories Group on Facebook, finding a local resident who attended the Miss Wharton School once located in the President’s House.
erties, dimensions, materials used for the frames of houses and barns, bridges, roads, and road patterns, and were updated roughly every six years.
Edith Hatcher Harcum, 1879–1958
“Mr. Hutton, who has been attributed to building Harcum’s President’s house, lived across the street from the first family to live there,” Mrs. DeTemple said. She grew up in Bryn Mawr and graduated from Friends School Haverford, where the Huttons worshiped. “Perhaps I sat in the same pew as the Huttons when they attended Quaker Meeting 100 years
“We are still welcoming photos, memorabilia, diaries, yearbooks, anything from 1915 to 1969,” Mrs. DeTemple said. “Nothing is insignificant.”
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erty, using historical atlases, local archive collections, and the College moreresearchencounteredresourcesOften,books,Photography,archives.year-&silverliningsthelackofMargiDeTempleduringherledtouncoveringdocumentation.“EightoftheVictorianhouses
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Above: Roxanne Sutton, librarian and archivist, Trout Library. Above right: Margi DeTemple reviewing the photos needed for the day’s shoot with Photography students, Bedford Hall.
To have quality photographs of the houses still standing today, Mrs. DeTemple accompanied by Photography Program Director Drew Simcox and several Photography majors took interior and exte rior photos of standing build ings, so that 100 years from now, the spaces inside Melville Hall, Bedford Hall, and the President’s House will be documented.
Join us for an Alumni Brunch, Saturday, October 8, learn more about The Harcum Mile, and share your memories, hosted by Margi Tucker DeTemple. Register at www.harcum.edu/homecoming
The President’s Office, as it looked circa 1919, versus 2022.
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Surprises along the way
Ms. Sutton added. “We have also contributed to the collective history of our wider community at the same time.”
Likewise, a clearer view of Harcum College’s influence on the town of Bryn Mawr emerged because of the important work done by Margi Tucker DeTemple and Roxanne Sutton to showcase and interconnect the two.
Kathleen Droescher McCoy, 1944 yearbook photo
“I was a geography major during my undergraduate studies, so this project brought me back to my academic roots,” Ms. Sutton said.
During her alumnae interviews, she spoke with Kathleen Droescher McCoy, Class of 1944, and learned that she had painted two presidential portraits in the gallery outside the President’s Office, signed with her married name Kathleen Buffum.
Ms. Sutton was most surprised to find an image of Melville Hall before its 1919 expansion, noting the only photos seen to date were those of Melville significantly expanded. “It was an exciting day when Margi DeTemple found the tiny two-inch painting of Melville Hall in a 1917 yearbook.”
over the telephone or meeting in person. In this way, she identi fied more individuals in archival photos and learned many details about Harcum into the late sixties, including the residence halls, and the historic uses of Melville Hall.
“I realized I can make a valuable contribution as the wife of a president, especially with the alumnae,” Mrs. DeTemple said. “Whenever I interview them, they thank me for taking them down memory lane because they loved Harcum very much.”
Mrs. DeTemple believes both she and Roxanne Sutton worked to their strengths. “She did more historical research using the census and county deeds. I studied maps and photos, trying to crack the mysteries,” she said. “After a while, a picture of the neighborhood came into view, a small town with very influential people.”
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Upward Bound’s National Origins
Upward Bound’s main goal is to increase the rate at which participants complete secondary education and enroll in and graduate from postsecondary institutions such as colleges and universities.
It emerged in the mid-sixties as a summer pilot program on 17 college campuses funded by the United States Department of Education (Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965) in response to the Johnson administration’s War on Poverty.
Philadelphia-area high school students participating in the Upward Bound program returned to a summer residency on the Bryn Mawr Campus. To mark their celebrated arrival, organizers as well as Harcum College faculty and program directors pulled out all the stops and arranged a highly immersive and interactive experience, one that the college-bound Cubs, as they are affectionately nicknamed, are bound to remember.
2022 Upward Bound participants were welcomed to campus with a barbecue picnic on Sunday, June 26; Parents and family members help the Cubs move into the Pennswood Residence Hall, marking their first time on campus since the 2019 residency.
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From an introduction to the health sciences to fashion upcycling to graphic design, Upward Bound participants received valuable exposure to different college major and career options, a critically important component to the success of the Upward Bound program.
All participants must have a need for academic support and two-thirds are to come from lowincome families (defined as income less than 150 percent of poverty level) where neither parent has attained a baccalaureate degree, in other words, “potential first-generation college students.”
To help students build the skills necessary to succeed in a college setting, academic and personal coaching, standardized test support, scholarship and financial literacy training, and career exposure are offered on a weekly basis throughout the school year.
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The program helps address a profound deficit in Philadelphia, which has one of the lowest college-degree completion rates in the nation.
Pictured: One of the Cubs drapes her upcycled creation on a mannequin; the Cubs pose for a professional fashion shoot with their upcycled outfits.
doing the things they are supposed to do including getting good grades and making honor roll, students who come into the HCub program in the 9th grade will have been the beneficiaries of significant resources by the time they graduate high school.
Since Upward Bound’s earliest years at Harcum, and with the acquisition of successive grant awards, it has grown to provide 80 students in the Philadelphia region with intensive year-round college-access programming.
“Eight out of ten go on to college from the Harcum Upward Bound program,” Walker said, “and seven of those 10 are now graduating from college.”
HCub works alongside multiple agencies such as BEST Academies; Capture Greatness; target schools such as Bartram, Sayre, and Fels High Schools; and very importantly, the Philadelphia Youth Network (PYN), which has resulted in a stronger college access pipeline.
Upward Bound (HCub) at Harcum
“It is not because students aren’t interested in completing a college education. It’s because a lot of barriers stand in their way,” said Liz Walker, director of Harcum’s Upward Bound program since 2009.
Upward Bound costs about $4,800 per student/per year. Between the investment in services and income for
Since 1970, Harcum’s College’s Upward Bound (HCub) program has brought the opportunity of higher education to Philadelphia’s underrepresented students and to at-risk high schools. The program helps address a profound deficit in Philadelphia, which has one of the lowest college-degree completion rates in the nation. Additionally, only three out of every 10 Philly students has gone to college.
She noted that two of the Residential Team members working with this summer’s participants are alumni of the program. Nafisah Confix, Class of 2019, is currently a resident assistant at Shippensburg University. Mya Hill, Class of 2020, who also manages the Harcum College Upward Bound Instagram page is currently a sophomore at West Chester University.
Since they have come to campus, she has observed them developing new friendship circles, allowing them to develop the confidence and trust levels to more fully engage in all the activities planned for them to expose them to unique career pathways.
Then they modeled their outfits for a haute couture
Scholarships and Other Funding Strategies
The following week they headed to the Art & Design Center for immersive workshops in fashion upcycling and graphic design. The Fashion workshop divided them into groups of five, each receiving bags of second-hand clothing donated by the Bryn Mawr Thrift Shop. They were all presented with a challenge à la “Project Runway,” the popular reality show that focuses on fashion design. The groups were charged with upcyling an outfit, or making something wearable and fresh from cast-off clothes.
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PYN funds also allowed Upward Bound to pay 2022 graduates to participate in a summer college readiness program called Achieve! There, they earned up to $1,000 while focusing on getting a head start to college and developing the skills they will need to succeed in postsecondary setting.
For six weeks (late June–August), 25 high school students resided on Bryn Mawr campus for a simulated college experience to learn what college and living on a college campus are all about.
An Immersive Summer in Bryn Mawr
Walker noted that current Harcum Upward Bound participants have experienced significant loss over the last three years, owing to the pandemic and its sweeping aftereffects. Several had to relocate to new neighborhoods and schools and lost their social circles and friends, which resulted in increased anxiety and a reticence to speak out in group settings.
Students earned up to $1,000 for the summer to focus on developing social and academic skills and community service initiatives and set them on the Upward Bound track.
But far and away, HCub’s primary goal, according to Walker, is to ensure students have the funds to cover their college fees. A weekly Scholarship Club offers intensive coaching to make sure students are applying for scholarships while budgeting classes help the family compare costs of multiple colleges. In fact, 80% of students who enroll in the scholarship club go to college debt free.
They received two introductory lessons to Harcum’s health sciences programs including a primer in the elements of a kitten wellness exam taught by Veterinary Nursing Program Director Kathy Koar and a hands-on introductory workshop to the Physical Therapist Assistant program, led by Program Director Dr. Jacki Kopack.
fashion photo shoot, also in the Art & Design Center, with all the special effects available in the photography studio set up in the green room.
Such immersive projects helped reinforce one of the emphases of the HCub program, building friendships through shared experience and feeling like part of a larger Upward Bound family.
With positive outcomes like these, it is no surprise that the federal grant funding for the Harcum College Upward Bound program was renewed for 2022–2027, which means five more years to expand access to a college or university education for hundreds more potential first-generation college students in the Philadelphia region.
The HCubs did a timed single-leg stance, one measure of physical fitness, during their PTA workshop.
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PAULA LEHRBERGER joined the Financial Aid team as Assistant Vice President on May 24. She was the Director of Financial Aid at Widener University and recently served on the NCAA D-III financial aid committee.
THERESA GROODY, Professional Studies, was featured on the Dental Assistant Nation podcast, discussing trends in dental assistant education and the next generation of the dental assisting profession.
LAUREN A. FORRY, assistant pro fessor of English, published a new crime novel, The Launch Party, signed by Zaffre Books, an imprint of Bonnier Books UK for publication in June 2023.
Thank A Teacher
DARIO BELLOT, Harcum’s head of finance, was featured in the Latino weekly Impacto, regarding founding Argentinos en Philadelphia, a group with 5,000 members.
ASHLEY HERR-PERRIN, Human Services, presented at the Teaching Family Prevention Science 2022 Annual Conference-Supporting the Holistic Student on June 14 on “Trauma-Informed Educational Practices and Family Science,” hosted by the Family Science Association.
EMPLOYEES AND GUESTS gathered in Klein Hall on May 3, for the End of Year Employee Luncheon. President Jon Jay DeTemple recognized oneyear employees to 35-year veteran Dossie Cavallucci, Program Director for Dental Assisting and EFDA. Kelly Quigley, I.T., was named Employee of the Year. Christine Carlson, ECE, was named the Philip Klein Faculty Award winner for Excellence in Teaching.
Dossie Cavallucci
DR. JOANNE RICEVUTO published an article in Faculty Focus, “Benefits to Beginning Class with a Visible Agenda” and co-authored the book Engaging Virtual Environments, a pursuit resulting from the pivot to remote learning modes during the pandemic.
JULIAN CROOKS, Fashion Design and Fashion Merchandising, testified to the Philadelphia City Council for the Philadelphia Fashion & Garment Industry Task Force on June 16, along with Fashion faculty Camille Avent, Prajjé Oscar, and Angela Edmunds
Faculty were acknowledged for their dedication at a “Thank A Teacher” reception in the Little Theatre on April 28. Students sent letters of gratitude to any teacher who made an impact, resulting in 129 letters for 76 teachers.
Christine Carlson
Kelly Quigley
Faculty & Staff News
Drew Kelly has moved on from Harcum to become an assistant coach at Northern Illinois University.
Winter Roundup
The Harcum Bears won the NJCAA Region 15/19 Championship, the East District Championship, and headed to the NJCAA National Tournament as the 13th seed. At Nationals, they advanced to the Elite Eight, finishing the season with a 32–3 record. Yazid Powell joined the 1,000 point club. Mo hamed Wague was named to the NJCAA DI Men’s Basketball Tournament All-Tournament Team and also the NCJAA
DI All-American First Team. Tre Dinkins was named to the Third Team.
Drew Kelly, founder of the Men’s Basketball program at Harcum and longtime Athletics Director, accepted a position at Northern Illinois University (NIU) as an assistant coach. NIU is one of two public universities in Illinois that competes D-I in theMikeNCAA.Jensen, a sports writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer said, “Drew built something that simply hadn’t existed locally before, a top JUCO division national program full of D-I prospects.”
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MEN’S BASKETBALL HAS BANNER SEASON
“Besides transforming Harcum into a national junior college powerhouse in men’s basketball,” President Jon Jay DeTemple said, “Drew Kelly’s contributions to Harcum during his 17 years of service included creating dozens and dozens of opportunities for Harcum players to be seen and recruited by NCAA D-I institutions, enabling our student-athlete graduates to complete a bachelor’s degree with scholarship assistance.”
The Bears’ Den, home of Harcum athletics, features the Wall of Fame, showcasing all the Men’s Basketball program grads who since the program’s inception advanced to D-I schools on scholarship to complete bachelor’s degrees.
Recognizing the Kelly Legacy
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Six 2022 players signed commitments to NCAA Division I schools for 2022–23: Philly’s own Derrius Ward is headed to The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley; Chester native Tre Dinkins is going to Canisius College; the newest member of the thousand-point club Yazid Powell is going to University of Buffalo; big man Mohamed Wague signed with
Kelly concludes his time at Harcum with a 429–102 record. John Ball was named new Head Men’s Basketball Coach, and J.J. DeTemple assumes the role of Athletics Director.
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The National Junior College Athletics Association (NJCAA) recognized 22 Harcum College players with AllAcademic Student-Athlete Awards for earning top-tier GPAs while also playing a varsity sport during the 2021–22 academic year.
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Twelve Harcum athletes finished with a GPA of 3.60-3.79: Anyang Atem (Men’s Basketball) from Wunrok, South Sudan; Peta-gay Dixon (Women’s Soccer) from Freeman’s Hall, Jamaica; Anna Panella (Women’s Soccer) from Barcelona,
West Virginia University; Australian Louis Bleechmore is headed to St. Joseph’s University on the Main Line, and Abdul Shanunu will be attending Delaware State.
Spain; Santiago Rodriguez (Men’s Soccer) from Mercedes Uruguay; Ned Lewis (Men’s Soccer) from Sevenoaks, England; Santiago Linares (Men’s Soccer) from Lima, Peru; Finlay O’Shea (Men’s Soccer) from Kent, England; Daniel Robolledo (Men’s Soccer) from Cali, Colombia; Abdul Shanunu (Men’s Basketball) from Accra, Ghana; George Stephenson (Men’s Soccer) from London, England; Khayden Stewart (Men’s Basketball) from Durham, Ontario, Canada; and Rhys Williams (Men’s Soccer) from Reading, England.
PICTURED: Soccer players Katelyn Yurkovich and Beau Landau both earned perfect 4.0’s; When Men's Basketball won the East District Championship on March 4, they locked in a berth at the national championships in Hutchinson, Kansas; The Women's Baskteball Team.
Two Harcum athletes finished with a GPA of 4.00: Katelyn Yurkovich (Women’s Soccer) from Middletown, Delaware and Beau Landau (Men’s Soccer) from Kent, England.
Eight Harcum athletes finished with a GPA of 3.80-3.99: BleechmoreLouis (Men’s Basketball) from Australia;Sydney,Luke Charles (Men’s Soccer) from California, Trinidad & Tobago; Samantha Lachette (Volleyball) from Aldan, PA; Leandro Louro da Silva, ( Men’s Soccer) from Hamburg, Germany; Tobias Chileff (Men’s Soccer) from Conchilla, Uruguay; Pedro Menezes (Men’s Soccer) from Portugal; Michel-Paul Weber (Men’s Soccer) from Germany; and Kayla Williams (Women’s Basketball) from Brooklyn, New York.
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WOMEN’S
The regular season ended with a record of 17–11. The team advanced to a semi-final playoff round for the first time in five seasons.
BRITTNEY SYKES ’21 continued her education at Drexel University where she is majoring in Criminology and Justice Studies. She has had the opportunity to volunteer for the Abolitionist Law Center and interned with the youth organization Frontline Dads that focuses on the issue of gun violence and implements transformative programming to empower those to assume leadership roles within their community.
Alumni News
JAMILLAH D. (ADAMSON) DUTTON ’02 is married, has two wonderful sons, and lives in Philadelphia, PA. She earned a Bachelor’s of Science from Chestnut Hill College in Early Childhood Education and Master of Science in Early Childhood Studies with a concentration in Public Policy from Walden University. She currently works at The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) as a Staff Assessor.
ANGELA V. EVANS ’18 graduated Summa Cum Laude this year from Lancaster Bible College. She earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Human Services.
VICTORIA NERELLI ’19 welcomed a beautiful baby girl named Savannah in late 2020, adopted a new cat named Delta, and is now planning to go back to school sometime next year to become a vet tech.
Mark Your Calendar
ASTRIDA CURIS ’11 had a baby in December 2021, and started a dental staffing agency called Core Dental Staffing.
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KATHLEEN A. PIPERNO ’84 published her first novel, Fearless in Heels, wherein she shared her story of domestic violence after a 30-year silence. In her 25th year practicing law, she has become renowned for her advocacy in the courtroom for victims.
Founders’ Day Thursday, September 29, 2022 Harcum’s Day of Giving Circle of Excellence Dinner and Awards Friday, October 7, 2022 Harcum Homecoming Saturday, October 8, www.harcum.edu/homecoming2022 Dental Implant Basics CE Saturday, October 8, 2022 Speaker: Lynn Pencek, RDH, MS Fall Open House* Saturday, November 19, 2022 Power of Possibilities Friday, February 24, 2023 Scholarship Reception Annual Dental Expo Saturday, March 4, 2023 Commencement Saturday, May 13, 2023 Kevin D. Marlo Golf & Tennis Classic* June 5, Scholarship2023Fundraiser at Llanerch Country Club (*) Volunteers welcome. For questions or to volunteer, call Institutional Advancement at 610-526-6060 or email advancement@harcum.edu
JOHN SENAT ’15 is on his way to earning his Doctorate of Dental Medicine at Augusta University. He is expected to graduate in 2025. He is pictured with Harcum classmate, and now faculty member, Jillian Lydon ’15.
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In Memoriam
Class of 1976
CRAIG WOOTERS, DVM: HARCUM LEGEND
Alumni and friends honored Dr. Craig Wooters with an endowed scholarship for Vet Nursing students. The signing ceremony took place at his retirement reception, surrounded by alumni, colleagues and friends, following the May 7 Commencement.
Class of 1975
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JANE EDWARDS (HURLBUT) KELSO Class of 1956
Remembering Karin Takiff Trustee Emerita
ANNE MOORE MILLER Class of 1965
JAN L. WISMER STOUFFER
GREETINGS FROM THE INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT TEAM! Pictured (Top L-R): Jim Miller, Alumni Relations and Academic Affairs; Saher Khan, Development Coordinator; Maureen Cislo, Director of Development; Brooke Walker, VP of Institutional Advancement.
MARY ELIZABETH HILSMAN SMITH Class of 1956
Karin Takiff of Philadelphia, retired senior vice president of health-care banking at PNC Financial Services, and former administrative director of the Philadelphia District Attorney’s domestic abuse unit passed away on Thursday, June 9, of metastatic breast cancer at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. She was 73 years old. She served on the Board of Trustees at Harcum College from 2000–2016. She was also a prize-winning dog owner of West Highland white terriers, who won many ribbons over the years from the Westminster Kennel Club.
I had great teachers in school. There were a lot of engineers who worked at the factory where my parents worked. The wives of the engineers often ended up being our teachers. My high school has an active alumni association. I go back for my high school reunion weekend nearly every year.
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felt like something I was supposed to do. I was elected class president in 9th grade and every year after that. I always had opportunities to lead.
Coming out of the pandemic, what are your current priorities? My top priority is to get enrollment back up. We’re not a grant-funded institution; we rely on tuition to pay our bills. The pandemic hurt us. When I came in 2007, the college was struggling, and I got the college back on its feet. Before the pandemic we were doing quite well. Postpandemic, we’re back to figuring out how we get more students into our classrooms.
What jobs did you have growing up? I was a paperboy for the Binghamton Press. I also cut grass in the summer and shoveled snow in the winter. In my senior year, I was a milkman delivering bottled milk to houses in Sidney six days a week.
PRESIDENT JON JAY DETEMPLE observed his 15th anniversary at the helm of Harcum College in 2022. While readers may know of his accomplishments, many of which have been featured in Patches over the years, in celebration of this significant milestone in higher education leadership, a uniquely personal interview that appeared in VISTA.TODAY on June 9, 2022, conducted by Ken Knickerbocker, has been excerpted for this issue.
What gives you hope, Jon Jay? People give me hope. I believe in people and think people are intrinsically good. Nobody has a straight path. I always hope I can find my way and do better than I did yesterday.
Where were you born, and where did you grow up? I was born in Sidney, a few miles east of Binghamton in Upstate New York, the oldest of three children. We lived in what was then government housing until I was a sophomore in high school. My parents both worked in the Magneto factory in town. My father was a toolmaker, and my mother was an assembly line worker.
Finally, what was the best piece of advice you ever received? Something that Winston Churchill said about never, never giving up has been the motto for my life. I have a little medal on my desk that says “never give up” to remind me.
What did your peers see in you? It’s hard to say. I’m not a loud or overbearing person. I tried to always consider everyone in any decision I made. Some people, when they get to the top spot, get wrapped up in the trappings of leadership and fail at some point. I don’t care about any of that. I know everybody and try to keep everyone’s needs in mind whenever I make a decision.
What life lessons did you take from your experience on the football field? I don’t know where the sense comes from; I’ve always wanted to run something. It just
Everyone took care of each other, and all of us kids were accountable to our parents and every adult. There were a lot of kids who lived in the same complex as we did. Most days, I was out the door to play with my friends.
Did you play any sports growing up? I played football, basketball, and baseball. Of the three sports, football was my favorite. I was the quarterback. My coach used football to get me into college. Several schools, including Cornell, Colgate, and RPI, recruited me.
Last spring, First Lady Margi Tucker DeTemple explored the founding and development of Harcum College and Bryn Mawr town history and architecture at early points of intersection and spanning a century. She presented her findings in a special program called “The Harcum Mile 1869–1969: The Places and People Who Lived There.”
The Harcum Mile
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Visit harcum.edu/hmvideo to sign up for the mailing list for updates on the video’s release and for other interesting discoveries as the project continues.
Victorian buildings have stories to tell. Through an immersive two-year research endeavor, Mrs. DeTemple aided by archivist Roxanne Sutton has learned those stories, and will share them in a new professionally produced video (Roland Boyden Videography) filled with footage and historic and new photography to illuminate these observations, findings, and connections.
750 Montgomery Avenue Bryn Mawr, PA www.harcum.edu19010 ALUMNI REUNION BRUNCH, GOLDEN BEARS RECOGNITION, CONTINUING EDUCATION, BEAR FEST, ALUMNI BASKETBALL GAMES, HAPPY HOUR, AND MORE! HOMECOMING OCTOBER 8 To register, visit www.harcum.edu/homecoming or call Institutional Advancement at 610-526-6060 2022 NONPROFIT ORG US POSTAGE PAID PHILADELPHIA, PA PERMIT NO BOUNDPRESORTED138PRINTEDMATTERUSPOSTAGEPAIDPHILADELPHIA,PAPERMITNO138PRIORITYMAILUSPOSTAGE PAID PHILADELPHIA, PA PERMIT NO 138
