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10 I CENTENNIAL GALA 12 I ATHLETICS: A SPRINGBOARD TO SUCCESS 20 I ALUMNI COMMITMENT TO SERVICE 24 I VET TECH STUDENTS NURSE NAVY MASCOT

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Hannah Buckley ’14 cares for a capuchin monkey. Her story “Out to Africa” is part of our Alumni Commitment to Service feature, on page 20.

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{DEPARTMENTS} 3 President’s Letter 4 Community News 5 MSCHE Accreditation 7 Event News

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HARCUM ATHLETICS: A SPRINGBOARD TO SUCCESS

10 Centennial Gala

Athletics Director Drew Kelly has built a program to support student growth and academic accomplishment.

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BY GALE MARTIN

8 Centennial News

17 Athletics 18 Faculty & Staff News 22 Alumni News

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ALUMNI COMMITMENT TO SERVICE Shining a spotlight on Harcum alumni who focus their education towards service

BY ANDERS BACK AND AMY SHUMOSKI

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BEAR PRIDE: VET TECH STUDENTS NURSE NAVY MASCOT BACK TO HEALTH

BY ANDERS BACK

ON THE COVER: Standout athletes prove that you can succeed at both academics and athletics: Teaghen Vogelsang, Volleyball; Alize Graham, Track; Jackie Henry, Women’s Soccer; Maya Mosley, Women’s Basketball; The Men’s 2015–2016 Basketball Team; and Aleksa Radosavljevik, Men’s Soccer.

Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission is prohibited. The comments and opinions expressed in this magazine do not necessarily reflect those of Harcum College. 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.

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Harcum College celebrated its 100th anniversary in grand style on Saturday, October 10 with a Centennial Gala held at the Please Touch Museum in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.

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 assure that every student is valued and supported.

HARCUM COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Theodore A. Rosen Chairman

Michael J. Buongiorno Treasurer

Louise A. Strauss Vice-Chair

Karl A. Thallner Secretary

Alexander Klein Vice-Chair

Jon Jay DeTemple, Ph.D. President

Beatrice C. Blackman ’55 Denis C. Boyle Samuel P. Cimino, DDS Daniel Hirschfeld Colena Johnson-Kemp, DVM Marvin B. Levitties Dennis S. Marlo

Denise McGregor Armbrister J. Michael McNamara Carolyn Saligman, Ph.D. Dean M. Schwartz Karin B. Takiff Susan Zeller-Kent ’72

PRESIDENT’S LETTER

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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 Bridget Goldhahn Creative Director PHOTOGRAPHY K.S.N. Images Anders Back Bridget Goldhahn Amy Shumoski

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

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

Patches Magazine is published biannually by the Office of Communications & Marketing at Harcum College in Bryn Mawr, PA. Please send address changes and class notes to the Office of College Advancement located at 750 Montgomery Avenue in Bryn Mawr, PA 19010; by email: alumni@harcum.edu; or by calling 610-526-6060. © 2015 HARCUM COLLEGE

What an extraordinary year we’ve just concluded at Harcum College!

The enthusiasm for our Centennial was evident in the planning and implementation of all our special events and programs. It was an affirmation that our community is vibrant and deeply committed to Harcum’s success. You are invited to read more about these events on page eight, which includes numerous photos from the spectacular Centennial Gala.

A perennial source of celebration at Harcum College is our highly successful Athletic Program, the central feature in this issue. In 11 short years, athletics has grown from one lone sport to eleven programs in 2016, with plans for more on the horizon. Harcum has a winning, studentcentered approach to athletics that has given many talented studentathletes opportunities they might never have had elsewhere. At Harcum, Athletics is about more than just winning. Nonetheless, win we do, consistently. This past fall, Volleyball headed to the National Tournament in Arizona for the first time in that program’s history, with a record of 25–7.

Both Men’s and Women’s Basketball Teams finished the season with more than 20 wins, the men for the eleventh consecutive season. Both headed to playoffs and earned national rankings.

Even when our students are not on the field or court, they have the education and skills to impact other beloved athletic traditions. Case in point, our Vet Tech students nursed the famous Navy goat back to health, a feat which is detailed in the Bear Pride column this month.

While Harcum students, faculty, staff, and alumni exceeded the goal of completing 100 Acts of Service in our Centennial year—an accomplishment of which I am exceedingly proud—other alumnae volunteered their expertise to save human and animal life and document real-life heroes, all around the globe. You can read about three exemplary Harcum grads beginning on page 20.

Harcum will remain steadfastly grateful for all your talents, gifts, service, and life energy shared with others in and beyond our community during our 100th year. While there is more work to do, celebrating with many of you in so many ways was an honor I will always cherish.

All Best Wishes,

The President invited students of the Student Government Association (SGA) to attend the Gala, including Lauren Fura (left) and Farida Capellan.

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Jon Jay DeTemple, Ph.D.

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Volunteer Efforts of Partnership Site Students Feted Two Partnership Site students were selected as GameChangers

by KYW Newsradio 1060AM and CBS Philly and were honored with news coverage during Black History Month.

In the eyes of the selection committee, Ella Best of Audenried and Tracey Fisher of E3 West have “changed the game” for the African-American community in the Greater Philadelphia area, using their volunteer efforts and community influence to make a significant, positive change for people of color in the previous twelve months.

Best founded “Don’t Shoot—I Want a Future” for non-violence advocacy and for helping to save a Philadelphia police officer run over by a suspect in South Philadelphia.

Fisher founded “Gateway II Reentry,” a program for transforming his own life and other

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS

Chinese Leaders Value I-LEAD/Harcum Model

David Castro taught Chinese fellows about the Partnership Site program to reach increasing numbers of Chinese who lack access to higher education.

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returning citizens, after years in federal prison.

Best and Fisher were honored with a special reception on February 24, 2016 hosted by CBS Philly and KYW Newsradio.

Photo Credit: Cherri Gregg for KYW Newsradio.

The world’s most populous country wants to replicate an educational partnership created by Harcum College and the Institute for Leadership Education, Advancement, and Development, Inc. (I-LEAD, Inc.,) to reach increasing numbers of Chinese who lack access to higher education.

“Students at our Partnership Sites are receiving a unique and often invaluable chance to go to college that they would not have had otherwise,” said Harcum President Jon Jay DeTemple.

Chinese fellows saw the unique potential of this model succeeding on the other side of the world when they met I-LEAD President and CEO David Castro at Harvard University this summer, where he served on the faculty of the SEED program

organized through Harvard Seed for Social Innovation.

He quickly befriended young Chinese leaders, that nation’s best and brightest social entrepreneurs, who want to strengthen China by increasing access to higher education.

“Our model to strengthen leadership and create breakthrough learning via innovative curriculum and access to higher education absolutely has the potential to work for them,” Castro said.

Today, Harcum and I-LEAD operate 11 educational sites in partnership, enrolling 654 students as of Fall 2015, who receive associate’s degrees in challenged and underserved neighborhoods in the Philadelphia region.

Scan to learn more about David Castro’s teaching assignment.

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MIDDLE STATES ACCREDITATION

Spring Visit Following two years of writing, researching, and careful review beginning with work teams and concluding with senior officials, a final version of Harcum’s SelfStudy report has been submitted to the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) site visit team and commission by midFebruary.

On April 4–6, Harcum will host the MSCHE peer review site visit

team led by Dr. Bassam Deeb, President of Trocaire College located in Buffalo, New York.

During that time, the visiting team meet with faculty, staff, trustees, and students, as well as thoroughly reviewing procedures regarding how Harcum operates and how it meets standards of accreditation.

Before the team leaves campus, they will present their findings and recommendations to Harcum’s administration.

MSCHE Academic Liaison Officer (ALO) Donna Broderick learned a lot about Harcum during this process. “As ALO, I have gained a birds-eye view of daily and long-

STRATEGIC PLANNING

New Plan Propels College into 2018 Under the oversight of Tim Ely, the Executive Director of Strategic Planning and Institutional Research, Harcum has embraced a dynamic strategic planning model that enables the College to be more responsive to changes in higher education and to allocate institutional resources in alignment with the Strategic Plan.

Harcum College’s Strategic Plan 2015– 2018 includes new goals, new actions, and carry-over actions from the previous version and has advanced through proper governance channels by means of review and consensus by the Board of Trustees, The President’s Cabinet, the Faculty Administration Committee, Faculty Senate, and the Student Government Association.

The newer plan builds on the 2013–2016 iteration by adding two new goals for Enrollment and Student Life.

“I work directly with President Jon Jay DeTemple in overseeing the strategic plan and its ongoing development,” said Ely. “This work enables Harcum College to support and assess its mission and strategic initiatives in a thoughtful, structured manner.”

term operations and planning at Harcum. Through this process I have gained deep respect for our senior administration, specifically their dedication to shepherding Harcum to reach its first 100 years and beyond.”

The community can expect accreditation status to be officially conferred by June of 2016 and a report presented to the Harcum community during Fall start-up activites.

To learn more about MSCHE, visit the Harcum website.

What Students Need to Know About Accreditation

by Coulter Crooks, Class of 2016

This year Harcum College is crossing an important milestone. Students are doubtlessly already aware that 2015 was our centennial, but there’s a second milestone coming up. More prosaic, but no less important.

Every ten years, the college is reviewed for a process called accreditation, and 2016 happens to be that year. So you might be wondering: what is accreditation and what does it have to do with me?

Accreditation is a process of peer review, in which colleges are vetted by other similar institutions. This process is a crucial part of how schools and colleges are made into official, accountable schools.

When the site visit team comes to campus, they may want to know what our experience has been as students.

Donna Broderick, the Academic Liaison Officer to MSCHE, explained in greater depth what Harcum students can do: “Know our core values, which are excellence, civility, empowerment, integrity, and diversity.”

So Harcum students, do you know Harcum’s core values? If not, you have a new homework assignment.

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2,603.5 Hours of Service The Harcum College community set a goal to perform 100 Acts of Service in 2015 as a way to give back. From the Bryn Mawr Food Pantry to area hospitals to women’s shelters, more than 100 area non-profits were aided with service and contributions of goods totaling 2,603.5 hours of volunteer service by students, alumni, and employees brandishing purple tie-dyed t-shirts in Harcum’s centennial year.

“What an extraordinary outpouring of care and concern for others!” said Harcum President Jon Jay DeTemple, who himself performed an Act of Service with his Cabinet at Cradles to Crayons in Conshohocken earlier this year. “I am deeply moved by the way our community has embraced this project.”

Some volunteers served Main Line organizations. Nearly as often, employees or students have organized acts of service in their hometowns. “It’s very exciting to have not only reached but surpassed our goal,” said Claudine Vita, Acts of Service Committee Chair. “The Harcum community has so much heart to serve that we are continuing service projects in 2016.”

More information about service projects for 2016 is available at Harcum.edu/harcumhelps

Philadelphia Futures posted this group photo on Twitter with this message: Thank you @HarcumCollege for hosting #PhillyFutures high school students for a tour today!

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Philadelphia Futures Comes to Campus A group of 40 high school seniors from Philadelphia’s Northeast High School, Central High School, and George Washington Carver High School visited Harcum on November 11 to learn more about majors and career options as part of a Philadelphia Futures’ outreach program coordinated by Enrollment Management. The group toured the campus and heard presentations from Admissions counselors and Business Program Director Mike Prushan.

Philadelphia Futures is a nonprofit organization that provides Philadelphia’s low-income, firstgeneration-to-college students with the tools, resources, and opportunities necessary for admission to and success in college.

Vet Tech Students Help Animals in Need Students in the Veterinary Technology program organized a t-shirt and sweatshirt sale to raise $1,000 for Red Paw Emergency Relief. Red Paw works with the American Red Cross and other disaster relief, social service, and animal welfare organizations to provide emergency transport, shelter, and veterinary care to animals involved in residential fires and other disasters.

Lori Albright, COO and founder of Red Paw, visited the Harcum campus on September 22, to speak to Vet Tech students about their service. The class used this opportunity to present Albright with a fundraising check.

On November 18, a Canine Blood Drive was coordinated by Vet Tech student Jessica Hansen.

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Alicia Preston (center) presents a check to Lori Albright (left) of Red Paw and Jen Leary.

Penn Vet’s Animal Bloodmobile, which attracted seven canine volunteers. All the dogs were very cooperative and two were a match, so two pints of blood were collected to treat animals at the University of Pennsylvania’s Ryan Veterinary Hospital, which is a clinical site for Harcum’s Vet Tech students.

Hansen said that she enjoyed organizing the event “because I want to help sick and hurting animals.”

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HOMECOMING p Malacia Clark-Nedd, Ms. Freshman; Josh Hampton-Morris, Mr. Harcum; Tiara Garnett, Ms. Harcum

2015 Bear Fest Student Life organized BearFest 2015 featuring food trucks, make-it-take-it crafts, and other standholders to sell items like Harcum’s signature Scentennial Fragrance collection.

The capstone to Homecoming festivities occurred later that evening at the Centennial Gala held at the Please Touch Museum. More on the gala appears on page 10.

qParticipants learned to paint on water and transfer their designs to silk in an Ebru Makers class held on November 21 and taught by Richard Aldorasi.

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Todd Kelly’s start-up was recognized

by President Obama

New Entrepreneur Club Brings Blue-Ribbon Speakers to Campus A series of presentations featuring area entrepreneurs was introduced this fall by Business Programs Director Michael Prushan. Team Clean, Inc. President and 2013 Harcum Commencement speaker Donna Allie met with 30 students, faculty, and staff on November 4 to share how she grew her home-cleaning business into the largest minority owned business in the region. Todd Kelly the owner of Better Together Bakery discussed the importance of maintaining a source of “outside” income to pay current bills while starting an entrepreneurial venture to make American treats (like brownies) taste better with natural ingredients.

Harcum Taps into DIY Trend with Makers Series The Do-It-Yourself movement has inspired a series of courses curated by Harcum’s Continuing Studies in Design program. Two fall workshops allowed participants to dabble into art forms from other cultures by learning the art of Shibori or Japanese cloth dyeing techniques and also by creating silk scarves using Ebru, the Turkish art of marbling. Makers Series courses last several hours and can be purchased individually at $100 or less.

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100 YEARS OF ART

100 Years of Art ribbion winners from left to right: Jane McGovern, Sandi Neiman Lovitz, Monique Kendikian-Sarkesian, Linnie Greenberg, Newton Malerman, Jennifer Gordon, and Heidi Techner, chair.

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Main Line Artist Takes First in Juried Art Show 100 Years of Art, a juried gallery show featuring more than 60 pieces, representing a range of mediums and submitted by alumni, staff, students, and friends of Harcum filled the Kevin D. Marlo Little Theatre this fall from September 17 through October 22. Ardmore artist Linnie Greenberg was awarded First Place for her piece Neverland, fashioned from hand-painted pieces of paper and ephemera. Greenberg won a $500 cash prize and her own gallery show at Harcum in 2016.

A photograph by another Ardmore resident Jennifer Gordon received Second Place. Gordon

won a $400 cash prize for Study of the Race.

Two Third Place awards were conferred on Tony the Banana Man at the Italian Market by Jane McGovern of Media and Longwood Waterlilies Tryptych by Monique Kendikian-Sarkesian of Malvern.

They split a $300 cash prize. Newton Malerman’s Tikun Olam (Jenkintown) and Sandi Neiman Lovitz’s (Havertown) Silk of the Spark both won Honorable Mentions.

The “100 Years of Art” Centennial Committee was chaired by Heidi Techner, Program Director for Interior Design, and attracted more than 90 submissions. The show was judged by Eliza Auth and Nancy Bea Miller.

BEARS & SQUARES

Art Engagement Project Exceeds Fundraising Goal A crowd-sourced art engagement project called Bears & Squares yielded 90 original 10” x 10” decorated squares and 21 signature bears, each 11 inches high, which previewed on September 10 in the Kevin D. Marlo Little Theatre. They were then auctioned online to support the Harcum Centennial Scholarship Fund. Artists from the Philadelphia community, the Harcum community, and the local community all submitted

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inspired pieces, which netted more than $3,000 for scholarships.

Philadelphia art teacher Melvina Quillen designed the Centennial Bear prototype. Harcum’s Creative Director Bridget Goldhahn and her partner Rory Middleton created the mold and poured 21 plaster bears, which artists transformed into distinctive works of art. “Henna Bear” by Philadelphia artist Heather Vaughn was the most soughtafter bear and brought in $350. Fashion Design major Nicholas Bonar’s Square “Sole of Harcum” fetched the highest bid at $102.

Bears & Squares now adorn many offices around campus including the Trout Library, the Registrar’s Office, the Melville Hall reception area, and the President’s Office.

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Former First Lady Katherine Trout, viewing the fashion exhibit, which continued through November 20.

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Fashions from the 2000’s included a red lace dress designed by Anthony Cathey.

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What We Wore: 100 Years of Fashion Exhibition A new multi-media exhibition opened with a gallery talk in the Strauss Family Rotunda on the morning of Homecoming, Saturday, October 10. WHAT WE WORE: 100 Years of Fashion featured photos, articles of clothing, and artifacts showing what Harcum College students actually wore through the decades since its founding in 1915, curated by Julian Crooks, Fashion Design professor, with exhibit narrative provided by Mimi Burstein, Librarian.

100 Faces of Harcum Framed Portrait Show Concludes Centennial Exhibitions A portrait display depicting nearly 100 Faces of Harcum from less than one-year-old to 100-yearsold was displayed in the Charles H. Trout Library during December. Employees, friends, families, students, and alumni participated and shared meaningful reflections about their individual ages. The event was organized and curated by Amy Shumoski, Web Manager.

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Eli Burstein, age 97, father of Harcum librarian Mimi Burstein.

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The Gala gathered trustees, sponsors, faculty, and staff for the evening in community. Seated from left to right are Dr. Michael Gerg and Catherine RinehartLutz, Dorae and Greg Sudell, and Denise Prushan. Standing are Jessica Lewis and Dean Urick Lewis, Denise and Clarence Armbrister and Professor Mike Prushan. The Please Touch Museum’s famous torch (right) made from found materials was framed by projections of stars.

CENTENNIAL GALA

Harcum Centennial Gala Brings College Community Together for Perfect Fall Evening Toni and Ted Rosen received an engraved glass chalice for chairing Harcum’s Centennial.

Winifred “Freddie” Curtis, Karen and George Naylor, and Juliet DeTemple posed for the photographer.

Lou Harris and Jillian Lydon Harris with Lauren Fura

—Formal Event Also Recognizes Volunteer Leadership— Harcum College celebrated its 100th anniversary in grand style on Saturday, October 10 at the Please Touch Museum in Fairmount Park. More than 240 faculty, staff, alumni, donors, trustees, and administrators turned out for a festive gala including cocktails and carousel rides, an elegant dinner, and dancing under a star-lit purple canopy.

The event was hosted by President Jon Jay DeTemple and Harcum Board Chairman Ted Rosen and organized by the Office of College Advancement, led by Dr. Susan E. Barrett, Vice President of Advancement.

Festivities included recognition of trustee leadership: Toni and Ted Rosen, Centennial Chairs; Dennis and Karen Marlo, Gala Chairs; Dean and Michelle Schwartz, Sponsorhip Chairs; and Dr. Carolyn Saligman, Scholarship Chair, who announced that more than $400,000 in gifts and pledges had been raised to date for student scholarships via ticket sales, event sponsorships, table sponsorships, and philanthropic gifts.

The hosts also recognized Harcum faculty and staff for implementing Centennial events including Julian Crooks, curator of WHAT WE WORE: 100 Years of Fashion; Bridget Goldhahn, Graphic Designer for the Centennial; Dr. Alexandra Hilosky, Creator of the Scentennial Fragrance Collection; Gale Martin, Chair of the Centennial Implementation Group; Amy Shumoski, chair of the 100 Portraits project and an integral member of the 100 Years of Art Committee; Heidi Techner, Chair of the 100 Years of Art Gallery Show; and Claudine Vita, Chair of 100 Acts of Service.

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New Association Created A new association for alumni has been created. Membership in the Harcum College Alumni Association (HCAA) is open to any degree or certificate holder from the College.

The HCAA led by the National Alumni Board of Directors, under the direction of President Susan Zeller-Kent ’72, has approved by-laws as well as established five working committees: Executive Committee, Nominating Committee, Alumni Ambassador Committee, Outreach Committee and Awards and Honors Committee.

“These committees will partner with College departments to strengthen the connection between matriculating

students and new alumni,” Zeller-Kent explained, “as well as develop a stronger outreach to alumni.”

Two additional members will join Zeller-Kent on the Executive Committee: Tracy Johnson ’04 (Vice President) and Ebony Fowlkes ’07 (Secretary).

The Board of Directors supported Harcum’s 100 Acts of Service by collecting toiletries for the PathWays PA Basic Center Program, located in West Philadelphia, which provides runaway prevention and intervention services for teen girls.

#GIVINGTUESDAY Attracts Digital Donors Harcum launched its first Giving Tuesday campaign on December 1, a global day dedicated to giving back that directly and purposefully follows two of the biggest shopping days of the year: Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Giving Tuesday has one common purpose: to celebrate generosity and to give. People from around the world came together to support worthy causes via digital media. Harcum’s Advancement Team used email blasts and Facebook posts to promote and implement the campaign, working in tandem with Communications & Marketing. As a result, the College courted some new donors and raised $2,480.

Kevin D. Marlo Golf Classic Slated for Llanarch Plan to spend a fun-filled day at the 2016 Kevin D. Marlo Golf Classic, which will take place on Monday, May 23. This year, the tourney will be held at Llanarch Country Club in Havertown. The event begins with registration at 10:30 a.m. and a shotgun start at noon with a cocktail reception and dinner to conclude. Numerous sponsorship opportunities are available from Lunch Sponsor to Cart Sponsor to Hole Sponsor. Proceeds benefit the Kevin D. Marlo Scholarship Fund. See more information on the back cover.

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Pictured: Melissa Samango, director of alumni relations and individual giving and Tracy Johnson ’04, VP, HCAA Board of Directors pack up donations to deliver to PathWays PA.

Giamoni Named Trustee Emeritus Tom Giamoni was named Trustee Emeritus in 2015.

He served on the Board of Trustees for 15 years and recently retired from Bryn Mawr Trust Company where he served as Vice President, was named Trustee Emeritus in 2015.

“He faithfully served the board, and wanted to continue his leadership of the Kevin D. Marlo Golf Classic,” President Jon Jay DeTemple said. “Conferring emeritus status seemed like the ideal way to recognize his efforts.”

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A Springboard \to Success

by Gale Martin With an all-time coaching record of 278–66 and a winning percentage of .808, one might think W’s matter most to Harcum’s winningest coach Drew Kelly. No doubt winning is a critical factor in any athletics program. Given a preference, who doesn’t want to be part of a successful program? However, Kelly, who is also the Athletics Director, defines winning in a manner that sets him apart from many of his peers. His philosophy has helped Harcum grow from 12 student-athletes in 2005 to nearly 100 student-athletes in 2015.

“To me, there is nothing like the feeling of helping a player mature, finish his associate’s degree, get recruited by a four-year school, and have a shot at getting a bachelor’s,” Kelly said. “The crux of our value proposition is that we help players get better and earn their degrees. Seeing players use Harcum as a springboard to be successful is winning.”

As proof of Kelly’s different way of winning, he cited some stats. “In 2009–10, we were ranked number one nationally in NJCAA Men’s Basketball with a record of 26–3. Harcum was the only team in the top five that had an Academic All-American. And the only team in top 25 that had two Academic All-Americans,” Kelly explained. “Some people assume these men are just here to play basketball.” His eyes suddenly flash with energy, fueled by equal parts determination and frustration. “The data refutes that. Our retention rate is stronger than the overall school’s. In 2014, Men’s Basketball had a 100% graduation rate.”

Anthony Wright, a 6’6” guard from Harrisburg, is a co-captain of the 2015–16 Men’s Basketball Team.

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Building a Program When Kelly came to Harcum in 2004 to start a Men’s Basketball program, the College had just entered its first season playing in the NJCAA—Women’s Basketball, Division II. The following year, he had an opportunity to take over as athletics director, a move which would allow him to build an athletics program from the ground up. “Right from the beginning, I knew athletics was going to be taken more seriously here.”

He had a vision to grow enrollment and attract more students to help the Bryn Mawr campus become more vibrant. He had and still has a no-frills plan.

With the addition of Men’s Basketball and Kelly’s installation as both Athletics Director and Head Coach, Kelly had little doubt that Harcum’s athletic footprint would grow. En route to Harcum, he had been head basketball coach at Bucks County Community College and had coached at four other schools including Haverford College and the College of New Jersey.

Getting those early players to trust that Kelly knew what he was doing without a track record of success and without alumni testimonials was one of his first challenges. During 2004, when he was recruiting for the 2005–06 basketball season, there was no team he could point to with pride. He had to sell potential players on his idea of what a Harcum team could be and what Harcum could do for them.

When student-athletes are picking a school, they are essentially picking a coaching staff.

According to Kelly, when student-athletes are picking a school, they are essentially picking a

coaching staff. It certainly helps to have the track record to back up the solid coaching claims. In the early days, the team played in Klein Gymnasium— not at some gargantuan or splashy facility like those at some of his previous coaching posts. Kelly remembers taking one particular prospect on a campus tour. “While I was walking him to the car, this kid says, ‘Coach, you never showed me the gym.’

And I said, ‘If you pick a school based on what the gym looks like, you have picked the wrong school.’”

Besides using a tired facility and having no track record, Kelly had another obstacle. There were no men studying on Harcum’s Bryn Mawr campus. When he’d go on a recruiting visit to local high schools only blocks away, potential players would joke, “You want us to play for Harcum? Aren’t you a girls’ school?”

OUR ATHLETES WORK HARD. NJCAA REGULATIONS ARE STRICT. Once Kelly’s athletes showed up, they began to transform Harcum, generating some cultural aftershocks on campus and in the classroom, too.

After being a college for women for 89 years, male jocks, many towering over six feet tall, instantly became part of the campus fabric. He recalls that not everyone was comfortable with the sea change.

Some misinformation got back to him about what it meant to play sports at the junior college level, that it was some kind of cake walk academically, a misperception that got Kelly’s Irish up.

“Our athletes work hard. NJCAA regulations are strict. Student-athletes must pass 12 credits a semester and must maintain a C average. They have to make academic progress toward a degree.

If students don’t study, they can’t play,” Kelly said, adding that he hasn’t lost a player for academic reasons since 2007.

Harcum played the first three seasons of Men’s Basketball in Division II, but Kelly decided to take the competition up a notch and compete thereafter in the NJCAA’s Division I—the only team in the MidAtlantic to do so. “It is good to be unique, to be contrarian,” Kelly said, in support of his bold decision.

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Athletes Achieve Success in the Classroom

By Amy Shumoski Being a student athlete is no small feat.

Juggling early morning practice, school work, and often a part-time job, can be overwhelming. Want some tips on how to manage this juggling act? Ask any of the athletes on the Women’s Soccer Team.

For three years in a row, the Women’s Soccer Team has been recognized by the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) for their collective academic achievement. As a team, the women ranked sixth nationally for the highest GPA in 2014-15. The Academic Award is given to those teams whose GPA is above 3.0. The Lady Bears just keep getting better each year: 2012-13 (3.2 GPA), 2013-14 (3.33 GPA), 2014-15 (3.41 GPA).

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For three years in a row, the Women’s Soccer Team has been recognized by the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) for their collective academic achievement: 2012–13 (3.2 GPA), 2013–14 (3.33 GPA), and 2014–15 (3.41 GPA).

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He took a lot of flak from other NJCAA coaches who told him Harcum was not going to be able to compete with other D-I teams. “I got some pretty sarcastic ‘good lucks,’” he recalls. “Totally sarcastic.”

Harcum shot up to first place in an NJCAA national poll in 2010 while playing their second year in Division I, ending all speculation that they somehow couldn’t cut it there. They didn’t advance to the national stage that year because they didn’t win districts, but it wouldn’t take long before they would.

“If you don’t have new goals, you are in serious trouble,” Kelly said.

Kelly stuck to his vision to grow and improve the Harcum athletics program. After adding Volleyball in 2005, he brought Track & Field on board in 2007—indoor and outdoor. Women’s Soccer was added in 2010. The following semester, Women’s Basketball Team went to NJCAA Nationals and made the Elite Eight—the first team representing Harcum to earn a national berth.

In 2014, Men’s Basketball enjoyed a glittering season.

The team finished the season with a 29–3 overall record, earning a 4th place ranking nationally and received an at-large bid to the NJCAA Men’s Division I National Tournament in Hutchinson, Kansas where they finished in the top four.

From an athletic standpoint that was a breakthrough year for us.

Kelly said, “That was a breakthrough year for us. We were one of the smallest schools there, and we proved to everyone that we can go toe-to-toe with the best.”

“Hutch,” as insiders call Hutchinson, was a special trip for Kelly and his players. Kelly recalled taking his team out for fast food after they lost in the semi-finals to Indian Hills. A woman in her 60s walked in. It turns out that her mom graduated from Harcum. The older woman had no idea that Harcum was in town, or that it even had a basketball team.

“The next day, she came to our consolation game and sat behind the bench. It was the coolest thing to see how much the experience meant to her.

And the guys ate it up.”

Harcum’s head coaches are (left to right) seated Samantha Farlow, Women’s Soccer; Matthew McWilliams, Men’s Soccer. Behind them are Brittany Clark, Women’s Basketball; Barry Uzell, Track and Field; Jenn McKeighan, Volleyball; and Drew Kelly, Men’s Basketball.

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From the Balkans to the Main Line

Harcum was the perfect fit for Darija (left) and Ana Jurisic of Belgrade.

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Serbian Sisters Find Opportunity at Harcum College While growing up in Belgrade, sisters Anastasija and Darija Jurisic began playing club volleyball at age nine. When it came time to go to college, they wanted a school in the United States where they could both study and play their favorite sport together.

“Ana,” as her friends call her, was academically ready to start college as a freshman. But Darija would be served best by Harcum’s ESL program. According to their college search agent, only one institution would be able to meet all their needs and wants— Harcum. “[It] was our first experience in America. We didn’t know a thing about being at a college or about American culture,” Ana said.

Despite the culture and language barriers, to say they acclimated to Harcum quickly is an understatement. Ana won Tournament MVP at the

2014 Region XIX Volleyball Championship. Darija modeled for the Annual Fashion Show.

This year, Ana, a captain of the Volleyball Team, won the NJCAA’s Region XIX Player of the Year. Together with the rest of the team, she and Darija helped bring home another Regional Championship, score a first-ever District Championship, and make athletics history by earning a berth at the NJCAA National Volleyball Championships in November.

Ana was quick to credit her coaches for her success at Harcum on and off the court.

“They want us to be successful.

They want us to go further. Before

More Growth Means More Milestones In Fall of 2014, Harcum introduced Men’s Soccer, coached by Temple University standout Matthew McWilliams.

And the accolades for Harcum athletes kept coming.

The Track & Field program coached by North Carolina State Champion Barry Uzzell has sent athletes to national meets in several seasons, including Allen Dooms ’09, who just qualified for the 2016 Olympic Trials in the 100-meter. To cap their inaugural season, Men’s Soccer advanced to Region XIX playoffs. The Women’s Soccer Team coached

by Samantha Farlow, who also made her mark at Temple, made the playoffs in 2014. Her teams have consistently received academic achievement awards. In 2015, they were ranked 6th nationally with a collective 3.41 GPA. In Fall of 2015, the Women’s Volleyball Team under the leadership of Head Coach Jenn McKeighan went all the way to the NJCAA National Tournament in Arizona—a first-time feat for that program.

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practice, they ask how school is going.”

Darija’s success in the ESL program allowed her to become an Interior Design major this year.

Ana will graduate this May with a degree in General Studies.

She plans to transfer to a fouryear school to major in Political Science.

For Darija, who sometimes deeply feels the 4,593 miles separating Belgrade and Bryn Mawr, having to focus on the court helped her from feeling as homesick. Ana’s Harcum experience, including playing in a national volleyball tournament, has taught her a great deal. “I learned how to work with a team.

I learned a lot about people and how to work under pressure and defeat pressure.”

Darija emerged from nationals feeling like a winner. “We’d already made history. How could you not feel great about that?”

“Harcum is the best I’ve ever worked at in terms of personnel, and I’ve worked at five colleges,” Kelly said. “We are honest, hard-working, downto-earth people who help players get better, earn their degrees, and get to four-year schools. We are involved in all aspects of our student-athletes’ lives.”

Women’s Head Basketball Coach Brittany Clark ‘10/’11 feels deeply committed to her players’ success. “One of my main goals is that they trust me.

They know I am doing everything I can to help them be successful.”

Harcum has become the envy of the East.

Harcum is not only succeeding. According to Kelly, Harcum has become the envy of the East. “When we go out to other schools, the look on the players’ faces says, ‘I wish I went to Harcum.’ Ten years ago, when I wore my Harcum jacket, no one knew who I was. Now our reputation precedes us. College coaches are coming here to recruit our players.”

“Men’s basketball is our marquee sport,” said President Jon Jay DeTemple. “People come here not only to play men’s basketball but because we have men’s basketball.”

Aleksa Radosavljevik, Sophomore Goal Keeper

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The Quest Continues Kelly remembers saying that coaching on a court that says “HARCUM” on it was once his dream. Now that he has carved out a home court for Men’s and Women’s Basketball in the Our Mother of Good Counsel (OMGC) gymnasium with the letters H-A-RC-U-M brandishing each end, he is pursuing other dreams. “We have a plan for a soccer field. It would improve the campus’s appearance and bring sports back on campus,” Kelly said, adding that those things are important to selling the school. “Someday we could have baseball, softball, and wrestling.

There are lots of possibilities. Unless you have a plan, it will never happen.” In the last six years, Harcum has sent teams in three different sports to National Finals.

So, Kelly has bigger plans but also a winning philosophy that guides his work every day, as a coach and an athletics director.

“We want to make things better every year for our teams,” Kelly said.

If Kelly sounds like a campus leader whose work lifts up the College’s tagline, “The College of Possibilities,” it’s because he strives to do just that. “In exchange for playing sports, we gave a bunch of young people a chance to go to college which they never would have had. These athletes learn about

A Tale of Two Coaches: Brittany Clark & C.J. Scott During Harcum’s second year playing Division I Men’s Basketball, star player Charles “C.J.” Scott ’09/’10 helped his team get their first-ever #1 ranking in an NJCAA national poll. Harcum had to win the district match to advance to the national tournament in 2010, a milestone they could not notch that year. Regardless, the Delaware native received a full scholarship to NCAA Division I Louisiana Tech to complete his bachelor’s degree.

Fast forward to 2016. Scott is back at Harcum, hoping to get to the NJCAA national tournament.

This time, as an assistant to Coach Kelly. In his new position, Scott gets to play basketball every day. “I don’t even feel like it’s a job.”

Harcum star player Brittany Clark ’10/’11 helped propel the

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Kennedy cited Kevon Davis ’08 as a shining example of the success of Harcum’s athletic program. Davis (shown center) is now Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach at Casper College in Casper, Wyoming.

leadership and accountability that they will use the rest of their lives,” he said with conviction. “What we are doing is relevant and applicable and fits right in with the mission of the college.”

And what about 2015–16 Men’s Team and their prospects for getting to the NJCAA National Championships?

A sliver of a smile crosses Kelly’s face. “We have great players this year. I am around them every day.

They are fun, and they work really hard. I am happy to report we’re going back to Hutch next month.”

Women’s Basketball Team on to the National Championships and the Elite Eight. A Harcum President’s Award recipient, she then earned her bachelor’s on an athletic scholarship from the College of Coastal Georgia. After graduation, Clark returned to

Harcum to work as an admissions counselor and assistant basketball coach. “It felt like I never even left,” she said, “it is such a family environment.”

Fast forward to Fall of 2015.

Clark is named Head Women’s Basketball Coach.

While student-athletes at Harcum, both played guard.

Both had a red-shirt year due to torn ACLs, which allowed each of them to obtain dual degrees from Harcum. Both majored in Sports Management and Business Management. Both alums were the first to be named Academic All-Americans at Harcum and earned top grades throughout their entire academic careers.

Each coach’s desire to do their best at everything shines through in their coaching. Clark firmly believes that because several of her players are far from home, that the more she shows that she cares, the better they will play for her. For Scott’s part, he wants his players to believe that they can leave Harcum as good athletes, as cool guys, and as good students.

Both have very fond feelings for the College. “I never thought I would experience the sense of community I have,” Scott said.

“Ten years later, Harcum has influenced my life so much.”

Clark agrees. “Harcum has given me the chance to grow into my own person.”

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September ‘Goalfest’ Highlights Women’s Soccer Season

WOMEN’S VOLLEYBALL

Volleyball Team Goes to Nationals in Arizona After defeating Lackawanna to repeat as Region XIX champions and advancing as District champions in a shut out of the Community College of Rhode Island in 2015, the Volleyball Team qualified for the NJCAA Division II National Championships in Phoenix—the volleyball program’s first-ever trip to a national tournament.

Anastasija Jurisic was named Region XIX Player of the Year. After the players returned home from Arizona, they were recognized by the President and the College Board of Trustees for their

exceptional season.

Coach Jenn McKeighan said the entire experience made for a banner year for her and the team and that the players were extremely coachable and goodhearted, which led to a season of solid play.

MEN’S SOCCER

Team Advances to Region XIX Semifinals The Harcum Men’s Soccer Team, now in its second year, earned a berth at the Region XIX Semifinals on October 24, but did not advance, finishing 6–9 on the season. Coach Matt MacWilliams said, “It’s been a very exciting journey starting the first ever men’s soccer team two years ago. It’s going to be hard losing the seniors as they were a huge reason we made it to finals in 2014 and the semifinals last season. I look forward

to 2016 with plenty of new faces joining the very talented Uros Momic, Richard Ochefije, Alla Tesfu, Alistair Hughes, and Jeff Charles.”

This season, Harcum fought hard for a postseason berth when they hosted Essex County College in a key Region XIX match up on September 29, but came up one goal short after a double overtime match.

Certainly, one of the highlights of fall play was the 10–0 shutout of Lackawanna on September 23—a regular goalfest. The Women’s Soccer Team finished 6–8 on the season. Head Coach Samantha Farlow said, “This past season, our team faced many season ending injuries.

I am proud of the girls for fighting and competing through every minute of every match under the circumstances. We are looking forward to fall, combining a talented group of incoming freshman with our experienced returning players.”

Men’s and Women’s 2015–16 Basketball Teams Off to Playoffs The Men’s Team coached by Drew Kelly concluded a sensational 25–4 regular season and have been climbing the NJCAA’s D-I roster of nationally ranked teams. A highlight of the season was the win notched against Monroe College, 82–78, delivering the Bears as Region 15 Champions on Feb. 28.

The Women’s Team coached by Brittany Clark ’10/’11 is 22–8 on the season, earning important and exciting victories against Manor, Chesapeake, and Lackawanna. Maya Mosley became the third woman in school history to score 1,000 points.

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Lauren Forry, an English and Reading instructor, is set to have her first novel published. Abigale Hall is a psychological thriller set in Britain in 1947. The novel will be published by Black & White Publishing, a Scottish-based publisher, and is scheduled to be released in print and e-book in Spring 2016. As of right now, this is a UK release date only, and the US release date is yet to come, but the print book will be available to anyone through Amazon’s UK website (amazon.co.uk).

Sotiria Koui, Associate Professor in the English Language Academy, attended the United Nations Educator’s Conference on Peace and Human Rights on Wednesday, November 4, 2015.

The conference took place at Chestnut Hill College, but

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attendees were connected live with the United Nations in New York, Mexico, and France.

The main purpose of this conference was for educators to exchange ideas on how they can promote human rights and global education in their classrooms.

“I was invited as an educator of English as a foreign language and I talked about how to promote cultural empathy and respect in a multicultural class,” remarked Koui.

On November 5, at the request of the Pennsylvania Bureau of Career and Technical Education, Perkins Grant Coordinator, Valjean Wright, presented at the 24th Annual Integrated Learning Conference at Penn State. She spoke to the importance of “Creating SOAR Partnerships”

between technical high schools and colleges that offer aligning programs in career and technical education, through recruitment efforts and the awarding of statewide articulation credits.

She offered strategies that encouraged communication and cooperation between colleges and their secondary sendingschool partners.

Donna Broderick, in her role as Laboratory Science Program Director, is completing a second term as a member of the International Commission on Health Professions (ICHP). ICHP is the umbrella organization that oversees the Commission on Graduates from Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS) and VisaScreen, a comprehensive screening program for health care

professionals seeking an occupational visa to work in the United States. Broderick is involved with the review and approval of standards to ensure that Visa applicants meet professional requirements, as well as assessment of learning outcomes and competencies.

Currently, the committee is developing a tool to allow for the evaluation of each candidate’s general, professional, and clinical education as well as knowledge, skills, and competencies needed to enter professional practice.

Dr. Philip Giarraputo, the supervising dentist in Cohen Dental Center, has been a dental licensure examiner for the Commission on Dental Competency

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Assessments (CDCA) for 20 years.

From January 14–17, he attended the CDCA’s annual meeting in Orlando, Florida that brings together 400 members from across the country to discuss policy updates, testing data, membership information, as well as conduct elections and professional development. In 2016, he will be examining students at two dental schools on the East Coast.

Dan Stabb, Director of the Center for International Programs/English Language Academy, co-presented at the 2015 NAFSA Regional Conference in Alexandria, VA on November 12. The presentation, titled “Improving Mental Health Awareness Among International Students,” was designed to help educate international student advi-

sors about mental health issues and how best to advise their students. Dan presented alongside Victoria Troupe from InternationalStudentInsurance. com and John Gradel from Lock Haven University.

Steve Pipitone, Director of Online Education, was selected by MSCHE to serve as a Federal Regulations Compliance Reviewer for three New York colleges.

This is Steve’s first appointment as a Compliance Reviewer, and he is looking forward to the new experience.

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

New Executive Assistant to the President Margaret Wallace was appointed the new Executive Assistant to President Jon Jay DeTemple. Though her given name is Margaret, she prefers to be called Margi, pronounced MARG-ee.

She comes to Harcum most recently from Arcadia University, where she was the Director for the Center for Summer Learning and the King of Prussia Campus for the School of Continuing Studies. She also served as the assistant director for Arcadia Online, working with faculty and online instructional designers to build fully online and blended programs.

Besides general administrative duties, she also serves as a liaison from the President’s Office to the Board of Trustees— preparing executive communiqués and meeting minutes while keeping trustees apprised of events and programs.

Dr. Jon Jay DeTemple was nominated and ratified by the Sidney Central School as an inductee of the SCSAA Wall of Fame for Distinguished Alumni and Educators at the Board’s Annual meeting January 16, 2016. He will be inducted in Sidney, NY, on July 17.

He is now a dual inductee into both the Sidney Central Sports Hall of Fame and the Wall of Fame. He received letters of support for his nomination including a community leader, Main Line Chamber President and CEO Bernard Dagenais, who said, “[Dr. DeTemple’s] leadership emphasizes the strengths of diversity and the importance of community involvement in an effective way.”

PROMOTIONS Steve Pipitone Karey Bowen Robyn Gleason Bridget Goldhahn

Director of Online Education/Professor Senior Admissions Counselor Assistant Director, Disability Services Creative Director, Communications & Marketing

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Alumni Commitment to Service

By Anders Back and Amy Shumoski Harcum graduates are known for dedicating time to making their workplaces, professions, and communities better through personal acts of service. The following stories illustrate the unique ways Harcum graduates have committed themselves to service.

Carole Downing (wearing the blue scrubs) says that patients must walk for a day through the mountains to obtain health care.

Hannah Buckley ’14

Out to Africa Growing up in Havertown, Hannah Buckley’s experience with animals consisted of one bad tempered housecat and the Philadelphia Zoo. To find herself 7,500 miles from home in Southern Africa required more—a Harcum education.

Since August 2014, she has been traveling the world, helping both wild and domestic animals.

Buckley hadn’t intended to care for animals at all, having chosen Interior Design elsewhere. She quickly discovered she had little interest in design, and with her parents’ support, took a job at the Francisvale Home for Smaller Animals in Radnor.

There colleagues told her about Harcum’s Veterinary Technology program. She reviewed the curriculum, also noticing the reasonable tuition.

She did her first practicum in deep snow at the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center. “New Bolton was eye-opening,” Buckley recalled. “I was cold and the work was hard, but I discovered I loved caring for large animals.”

This discovery eventually led her to South America and Africa to care for some of the most endangered species on the planet.

Buckley became a volunteer at ALERT in Zimbabwe, a four-stage rehabilitation and release program to increase the number of wild lions in Africa, estimated at 32,000. She took young lions for walks in the bush to acclimate them to the wild. She

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also prepared them raw meats and cleaned their cages. She made meat-filled animal “dummies” to help the lions learn to become predators and swept the surrounds for poachers’ traps.

Later she travelled to Bolivia as a volunteer for Inti Wara Yassi, which helps animals rescued from illegal markets, circuses, and fairs and rehabilitates them for release.

Buckley is back in Havertown. Although her partner “hates to fly,” she can’t imagine not going abroad again to help animals in need.

Carole Downing ’87, ’05

Nursing Grad Aids Ethiopians Few inhabited places in Africa are more isolated than Bora, a village located at 10,000 feet in Central Ethiopia.

Harcum nursing alumna Carole Downing ’87, ’05 and her husband Luc Filiault found that out two years ago, when they made the 2,000 foot climb to Bora with other medical volunteers from the nonprofit Health Gives Hope (HGH).

In Bora, some 8,000 people live with few roads, minimal infrastructure, and no running water. The volunteers from HGH provide the only healthcare available twice a year.

Most of the population are farmers and herders, chronically dehydrated and suffering from parasitic infections due to diet and bad water.

Downing called on all the training she had received at Harcum in Bora. “Harcum really changed my life—it started me on my journey.”

The first college graduate in her family, the West Chester native attended Harcum in the 1980’s and earned a degree in therapeutic recreation, later enrolling in the new nursing program launching in 2003. “It was so worth it,” she recalls.

Nursing helped bring into focus her love of oneon-one contact with patients. It prepared her for demanding positions at a nursing home and later as a manager of a dementia unit.

Her uncle told her about HGH, founded in 2009.

Downing and her husband made their first trek in 2014. She did patient intake, and Luc built a latrine.

They stayed in a hut sealed at night to prevent hyenas and other predators from stealing food. Their sleeping bags rested on piles of hay. Their meals were healthy grains, vegetables, and bottled water.

“Volunteers need to understand that life is very basic in Bora,” she said.

In 2015, she and Filiault made another trip with 11 medical professionals, seeing between 75 and 100 patients a day. Her team cured a baby of pertussis and saved the life of another woman.

The people around Bora work outside all day, all year long. Children were showing early signs of cataracts. On her second trip she brought 50 pairs of sunglasses. “It was wonderful to see people for the first time using these tinted glasses we take for granted.”

Regardless of what those in “first world” nations might think of Bora, Downing found a safe haven of people who are gentle, generous, and grateful for the volunteers. She is already planning her 2016 trip.

Jennifer Barbaro ’90

Showcasing the World Through Photography & Film

In Zimbabwe, Hannah Buckley took young lions for walks to acclimate them to living in the wild.

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Jennifer Barbaro’s photos of Peru captivated “100 Years of Art” visitors because of their raw and pure emotion.

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Jennifer Barbaro ’90 is an award-winning filmmaker, photographer, and artist. She traveled to Harcum from Florida to show her work in the Centennial exhibition “100 Years of Art” in 2015. Over the last two decades, she has traveled to more than 30 countries and five continents to explore self-identity, gender roles, and cultural preservation in the modern world.

Her photography awards include a first place at the Miami Fotomission Marathon and recent ribbons at the Audubon

Society. Her non-profit, The Barbaro-Gould Foundation, facilitates the global cultural exchange of art, music, literature, and film.

As the founder and CEO of HBNB Productions, Inc., her most recent directing endeavor is the film, Racing to Rio, which features Paralympic sailor, Brad Kendell, on his journey to the 2016 games in Rio de Janeiro.

Barbaro has fond memories of college.

“Harcum was large enough to offer a university experience, while intimate enough [to] build many relationships I maintain today.”

When asked whether any particular teaches were influential, she said, “Martin Ranft truly helped form the person I am today.”

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t Design Panelists included (left to right) Lauren Handel, Amy Copeland ’86, and Lynne Templeton ’83.

Amy Copeland ’86

Alumnae Luminous as Lecturers The Fall Lectures offered for the Centennial glittered with alumnae, sharing their wisdom and enthusiasm several times over.

Heather Rodale ’72 presented an interactive session called “Healing Through The Arts” on September 17. More than 80 students, trustees, employees, and community members engaged in Rodale’s poignant life story about pHeather Rodale ’72 contracting skin cancer and how the arts helped her obtain emotional peace.

When asked about Rodale’s presentation, one Harcum student said, “I thought the artwork was wonderful and the implementation of it in healing is awesome.”

The following month Interior Designer Lynne Templeton ’83, Fashion Designer Amy Copeland ’86, and Fashion Merchandiser Lauren Handel took part in a panel discussion called “Design with the Earth in Mind” that was moderated by adjunct faculty member Jim Miller.

Attendees said that they appreciated the reminder to become more aware of where their clothes and home goods come from, rating the panel “Excellent” for presenting “real information” and offering a “good Q&A.”

IN MEMORIAM Janet (Ruland) Robbins ’44 November 18, 2015 Jean (Herrick) van Waveren ’47 October 5, 2015 Elizabeth Ann Altemus ’49 November 22, 2015

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Brenda Ruth (Grapin) Freedman ’68 August 10, 2015 Robert Bonds ’73 October 29, 2015 Jean (Welliver) Patton ’73 December 15, 2015

Resourceful Grad Dubbed MacGyver of Design The TV character MacGyver was best known for solving complex problems with ordinary objects.

It’s no surprise that Amy Copeland ’86 earned the nickname “MacGyver” for turning blank canvases into a masterpieces.

Since graduating with honors from the Fashion Design program, she has spent over three decades creating, designing, and constructing fashions, home furnishings, and costumes. This past year, she was an integral part of Harcum’s Centennial, crafting two bears and a square for the online auction and serving as a panelist in the Lecture Series, where she brought a breadth of industry experience to the table.

Copeland attributes the great start she received at Harcum and being able to work closely with her program director as key to her success.

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CLASS NOTES

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Merrie Kristol Forstein ’63: The day my class of 1963 graduated, the bulldozers came to knock down the cute little cottage that President Philip Klein and his wife stayed in. The new Klein Hall was the beginning of a new generation of Harcum girls, and things haven’t slowed down since. Wishing Harcum staff, students, and alumni the best of good health, success, and joy as things keep changing for the better. I am still teaching and still using the tools I learned as a Nursery School Education student at Harcum between 1961 and my graduation in 1963. My education there was invaluable. I laugh at myself when I hear myself call a little girl I don’t know “Missy” — which is what our Philip Klein called so many of us when he was president of Harcum.

Happy Birthday, Harcum.

1969

Art Show March 7-30, 2016 at the Baum School of Art in Allentown, PA. The Reception, Awards Ceremony and Silent Auction will take place on March 30, 2016, 5:30-8pm. For more information visit HTTA. org/art-show.

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Rosalie D’Amico ’73 is now retired after teaching for 36 years and lives in Long Beach Island, NJ.

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J. Craig Wicker ’75 is starting his 35th year as a Certified Veterinary Technician at his veterinary practice, Four Springs Veterinary Clinic, with his wife Susan Wicker, VMD University of Pennsylvania Class of 1977.

1976

Althea “Peachie” Green ’76 is looking to communicate with anyone from the class of 1976. Contact the Office of College Advancement at 610.526.6060 or alumni@ harcum.edu to get in touch.

Diane Greene ’69 currently works in private practice as a psychoanalyst and is also an artist. Diane’s work is being shown in Mamaroneck, NY at MAG of Mixed Media.

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e Julie Steere Sheehan ’76:

The mother of Marci Peller Bakke ’71, Lucille Peller, passed away on May 27 in Las Vegas where they have lived for the past eleven and one-half years. She was 92-years-old.

Happy Centennial Harcum— where it all started with JP O’Donnell West, Christine Phinney Schwartz, and Alison Hildebrand - Class of ‘76!

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Heather Rodale ’72’s nonprofit, Healing Through the Arts, is hosting the 6th Annual Hope and Healing Juried

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Karen Himmelsbach Duktig ’80 is now retired from biomedical research and has started a new career as a pet sitter.

After working briefly as an Animal Health Technician, Sandra O’Shea Maher ’81 went on to get her

B.S. degree in Medical Technology from the University of Bridgeport in Connecticut.

She married Stephen Maher in 1989, has two sons Kevin and Ryan, and worked in human health care for 29 years.

Recently, she accepted a position with IDEXX as a Medical Technologist in a satellite laboratory in New Haven, CT. She writes, “I am thrilled to be back working in the field of animal health care once again.”

1984

Diane Kresz Campbell ’84: “After 15 years of coaching tennis at my high school alma mater I have retired. I am looking for my old friends from Harcum Melissa Hettinger, Lori McNulty, Mary Kay Wenders, and Terry Johnson.”

1988

Thank you to Yuki Yamada Dougherty ’88 who submitted this photo from Commencement in 1988.

From left Chiaki, Yuki Yamada Dougherty, Miyoko Segawa, Hiroko Koguchi, Mitsuko Kawabata and Chie Asayama.

1990

Clarinda Koenig ’90 writes, “I remain grateful for the knowledge I gained and the support I received at Harcum.”

2004

Congratulations to Tracy Johnson ’04 who was recently elected Vice President of the Harcum College Alumni Association (HCAA) Board of Directors. Johnson was recently a keynote speaker at the Learning Disability

Conference in St.Croix, Virgin Islands.

2007

Congratulations to Ebony Fowlkes ’07- Animal Center Management and Devin McDonald ’07- Liberal Studies, who were recently selected to serve as members of the Harcum College Alumni Association (HCAA) Board of Directors. Ebony will serve as the HCAA Board Secretary.

2009

Since graduation, Brittany Monday Harris ’09 has gotten married, bought a house, started two new jobs, graduated with her BSN from Drexel and is currently working on her MSN-ACNP at Thomas Jefferson University College of Nursing. Brittany currently works as a Heart Transplant and LVAD Nurse coordinator at Thomas Jefferson University.

Brittany writes, “I am beyond thankful that I became a nurse and never stopped pursuing my dream of being a NP.”

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Diana Bey Hallman ’13 “Congratulations Harcum on your hundredth class.

Congratulations, Class of 2015. May God Bless you all.

Grace and Peace.

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Musa Kamara ’15: “100 years totally grand! I’m the Class of 2015 Nursing Program. First year in my middle school was its 100th year anniversary, my first year in Lansing, MI was the city’s 100th year anniversary, and now I’m graduating and it’s the school’s 100th year anniversary. A sign of many more hundreds of years to come! Thank you, God, for Harcum!”

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Harcum Vet Tech Students Tend Famous Mascot

by Anders Back It didn’t take luck to bet on who would win the 116th Army-Navy Game on December 12, 2015. Any Tom or Bill could have covered it. Navy had won the last thirteen games.

But Navy’s luck nearly—and literally—ran out shortly before the game. It took Harcum Vet Tech students and University of Pennsylvania veterinarians at Penn’s New Bolton Center in Chester County to heal Bill (Bill the Goat that is)—Navy’s lucky hollowhorned football mascot.

There are actually two mascot goats—Bill 35 and Bill 36. In an article in the Penn Vet newsletter, New Bolton’s Louisa Shepard wrote that the pair are “continuing a colorful tradition dating back to the fourth Army-Navy game in 1883.”

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Students in Harcum’s large animal practicum advanced nursing class were on duty in November 2015 when Bill 36 was brought in to the New Bolton Center just weeks before the big game with nausea and labored breathing.

He was tentatively diagnosed by the Penn veterinarians as suffering from poisoning caused by ingesting azalea flowers, one of the few natural plants toxic to the iron digestion of a goat. With the big game rapidly approaching the medical team quickly went into action.

Shepard wrote, “Awaiting them at 3:00 am was Dr. Holly Roessner, an intern, supervised by Dr. Louise Southwood, a surgeon and Emergency and Critical Care specialist. During the questioning [of the caretakers], we discovered that Bill 36 could have possibly ingested azalea leaves, which are toxic to goats,” Roessner said, because the caretakers have an azalea bush at their house.

While under examination, Bill 36 went from quiet to lethargic and vomited several times. IV

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restore Bill 36 to health just in time for the annual Army-Navy Game. fluids were started immediately.

Blood tests showed electrolyte abnormalities and acidosis, consistent with azalea poisoning.”

They treated Bill with activated charcoal, which absorbs the toxins. He recovered quickly.

Harcum’s Assistant Program Director Alicia Preston and students Sarah Fitzsimons, Taylor Dolan, Valerie Landis and Samantha Bacon all had a chance to meet Bill 36 and share in his care at New Bolton under the supervision of the Penn veterinarians.

All the medical personnel at New Bolton were sworn to secrecy until after the game, due to the possibility for pre-game “hijinks” with the Navy mascots, perpetrated by West Point Army cadets.

Photos courtesy of University of Pennsylvania New Bolton Center and the U.S. Naval Academy.

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