Patches: Fall 2019

THE MAGAZINE OF HARCUM COLLEGE

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THE MAGAZINE OF HARCUM COLLEGE • FALL 2019

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

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COMMUNITY NEWS

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HARCUM HELPS

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CAMPUS EVENTS

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ADVANCEMENT NEWS

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GRANTS & AWARDS

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FACULTY & STAFF NEWS

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SPORTS ROUNDUP

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ALUMNI NEWS

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ALL IN THE HARCUM FAMILY The family connections among alumni, students, and employees make Harcum a special place.

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WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

Catching up with three outstanding student-athletes representing three varsity sports.

24 SCENES FROM HOMECOMING 2019, October 12, Bryn Mawr campus.

BEAR PRIDE: SEVEC DEJESUS

A basketball player who was born deaf inspires his teammates and coaches.

This Issue PATCHES STAFF Executive Editor John Hayden Editor Gale Martin Contributors David Campbell John Hayden Drew Kelly Melissa Samango Amy Shumoski Kristin Schwoebel Bernadette Walsh Art Direction & Design Lilian Crooks

All in the Harcum Family PAGE 10

The Harcum Family includes actual family members like the Bowen cousins, Rachel and Karey.

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Photography Jackie Pursell A’17 Amy Shumoski K.S.N. Images BOARD OF TRUSTEES Alexander Klein, Chairman Dennis S. Marlo, Vice-Chair Karl A. Thallner, Jr., Vice-Chair Louise A. Strauss, Secretary Denis C. Boyle, Treasurer Jon Jay DeTemple, Ph.D., President Samuel P. Cimino, DDS Kevin Dow, MBA Ellen Farber ’12 David M. Jacobson, CPA Tracey Johnson ’04 Marvin B. Levitties Marcia Sachs Littell ’55, Ed.D. R. Ivan Lugo, DMD, MBA J. Michael McNamara Theodore A. Rosen Carolyn Saligman, Ph.D.

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

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From the President

As our students are deeply educated toward career-ready majors, they develop close and enduring relationships with their instructors.

AS THE WORLD GRAVITATES toward high-tech, depersonalized interactions, small colleges like Harcum become increasingly valued.

So many graduates, students, and staff appreciate the family atmosphere at Harcum. As students are deeply educated toward career-ready majors, they develop close and enduring relationships with their instructors—a highly desirable outcome of small class sizes and an intimate ratio of faculty to students.

That’s why the feature story in this issue is devoted to our big Harcum Family—family members who are alumni, family members who are employees, and even students who are siblings or twins.

Year in and year out, a new crop of student-athletes are warmly welcomed into the Harcum fold. The feature “Where Are They Now” catches up with a few standouts over the last several years who are fondly remembered.

Bear Pride tells the story of a proud graduate who never let a congenital hearing impairment get in the way of playing D-I varsity basketball.

Another advantage of a college like Harcum is the nimbleness its size affords. Small private institutions can

move quickly when the occasion arises, which was certainly the case this summer. Harcum added two programs last fall—Photography and Graphic Design—when the Antonelli Institute closed its doors. We planned to add a new Art & Design major, provided we could find the space for it.

An unprecedented opportunity became available with the occupancy of an award-winning building this summer at 270 S. Bryn Mawr Avenue.

We seized the chance to expand our footprint without taking away from the greenspace of Bryn Mawr campus or thrusting the college into a consuming capital campaign, opening the Harcum College Art & Design Center in time for fall classes.

Family. Connectedness. Possibilities. All hallmarks of Harcum College and the value of a Harcum education.

All best wishes,

JON JAY DETEMPLE, PH.D.

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Community News

PANELISTS for the “Digital Success” lecture (l-r) included faculty members Don Miksit (Marketing) and Ed Zawora (Graphic Design).

health) majors a practical, real-world experience. Miller said that the internship program has grown to include year-round placements.

RECEPTION FOR INTERNS AND COOPERATING EMPLOYERS An afternoon reception on May 2 gathered Spring Semester Academic Interns and cooperating employers in the Strauss Family Rotunda of the Trout Library for a celebration of accomplishment and collaboration. Representatives from the Wagsworth Manor Pet Hotel and the Bryn Mawr Hospital Thrift Shop met with College officials.

Harcum students presented their final papers about what they accomplished and learned during their internships.

The Academic Internship Program directed by Jim Miller was conceived to give students in eleven (non-allied

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2019 NURSING GRADS BOAST PERFECT PASS RATES For the third consecutive year, 100 percent of Nursing Program graduates from 2017, 2018, and now 2019 have passed the NCLEX-RN (National Council Licensure Exam) examination on the first attempt. The NCLEX is used to determine if a candidate is ready to become licensed as an entry-level nurse.

By comparison, the national pass rate for first time test takers is 87.30%.

Fran Schuda, Nursing Program Director, credits the program’s success to the development and implementation of a new curriculum that reflects contemporary nursing practices. “The curriculum emphasizes proficiencies in the clinical practice, reasoning, and judgment areas,” Schuda explained.

“This is definitely the result of a lot of hard work and attention to each student,” said Harcum President Jon Jay DeTemple.

SPRING LECTURE RAISES DIGITAL I.Q.’S Nearly 70 guests attended the Spring Lecture Series event on April 4 called “Success in a Digital World: How to Make a (Good) Living” examining the connection between digital technology and business success in today’s tech-forward economy.

Expertise from website development to graphic design to digital marketing and analytics was represented by panelists Don Miksit, Chief Operating Officer & Media Director of M Shop 360 andBusiness Instructor at Harcum College; Ed Zawora, Program Director of Graphic Design at Harcum College; Barbara Bosha, Founder & President of Bosha Design+Communications (BD+C); and Emily Desimone, Digital Media Analyst at the Aloysius, Butler & Clark (AB&C) Agency. The event was moderated by Gale Martin, Director of Marketing & Communications.

Guests’ major takeaways included “data fuels all business” and “digital is here for good and only growing in importance.”

Pictured left: Academic Intern Moesha Morales ’19, who worked in the Marketing Department at Consilio, was also awarded a $5,000 scholarship from the Philly Ad Club.

Art & Design Center Opens for Fall Start The Harcum College Art & Design Center opened its doors to the next generation of artists and designers in time for the new school year. The center allows Harcum to bolster its historic strengths in art and design instruction by consolidating all related degree programs in one larger space while accommodating for the growth of new and recently adopted degree programs.

Harcum has leased the former American College building, an award-winning building, at 270 S. Bryn Mawr Avenue, roughly seven-tenths of a mile from the larger campus.

The Center also houses Harcum’s Partnership Site offices.

“The Art & Design Center offers the ideal learning environment for Graphic Design and Photography, two Antonelli programs now offered through Harcum,” said John Hayden, Vice President of Institutional Advancement at Harcum and former president of the Antonelli Institute.

An October 7 ribbon cutting and grand opening included building tours was well attended. More information will be available in the next issue of Patches, featuring more photos and stories from Harcum’s newest instructional space.

CAVALLUCCI FAMILY ESTABLISHES EDUCATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP FUND A new merit-based scholarship has been established by the Cavallucci family in honor of their mother Antonia. The Antonia Cavallucci Scholarship specifically helps Dental Assisting/EFDA students with the cost of their education. Dorothea “Dossie” Cavallucci ’80, 93’ has been the long-

standing Program Director for Dental Assisting and EFDA. The scholarship was created expressly for first-generation college students to encourage and reward academic excellence and ties into the Cavallucci Family story. Antonia Cavallucci and her husband, F. Albert, immigrated to the United States from Italy as teens. To provide for their family, they worked hard in clothing manufacturing. While neither she nor her husband attended high school or college, Antonia felt strongly that her children should have college degrees.

More than a named scholarship, the fund established by the Cavallucci family also demonstrates the enduring value of a charitable gift during students’ formative college years, when they are shaping their own vision of their lives and legacies.

Memorial scholarships are a meaningful way to honor those who came before us while paying it forward. Gifts to the Cavallucci Scholarship Fund can be made at www.harcum.edu/supportharcum

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Harcum Helps NEW COORDINATOR FOR #HARCUMHELPS Owing to the success of the 100 Acts of Service Centennial project, the College sought to carry on a service tradition with a renaming to #HarcumHelps.

Since 2016, #HarcumHelps has underscored the core value of community service by asking each academic and administrative department to sponsor or participate in an act of service, at least once yearly. The service can reach out to the entire campus such as a food or clothing drive or be a task(s) done by your select team such as a community garden clean-up.

Kristin Schwoebel, Assistant Director for Advancement Programs, is now coordinating the chronicling of the #HarcumHelps program by collecting and sharing service initiatives with the community. In this new capacity, she will also encourage alumni participation by coordinating two acts of service yearly for the Institutional Advancement staff and graduates. All are welcome to participate.

PORTABLE DENTAL CLINIC INVOLVES STAFF AND ALUMS A contingent of Harcum College alumni, students, and faculty volunteers participated in a two-day statewide dental event—Missions of Mercy (MOM-n-PA)—on June 7–8.

Each year MOM-n-PA offers free dental services to the underserved

College EFDA graduate, Adjunct DA/ EFDA Lab instructor, and Restorative Lead Assistant for MOM-n-PA said, “Next year will probably be the largest MOM-n-PA event to date. These missions give hope to so many. In two days we change the lives of thousands.

That in itself is astounding.

throughout Pennsylvania. This year’s mission filled the Mohegan Sun Arena in Wilkes-Barre, transforming the space into a 120 portable-chair treatment area. Patients lined up the night before for relief from tooth pain and free cleanings. Over the two days, volunteers served 1,650 patients, treating their 10,000th patient in this, their seventh year.

Theresa Groody, Harcum College Director of Continuing and Professional Studies and EFDA Adjunct Faculty said, “Seeing the students participate in their first mission encourages me they will continue. Even more gratifying is reconnecting with our alumni and working together as colleagues and friends.”

For alumna Jillian Lydon ’15, Junior Clinic Coordinator and Instructor for Harcum’s Dental Hygiene Department, this year was her third mission. “One of my favorite things about MOM-n-PA is the sincere gratitude that all of the patients have toward the volunteers,” she said.

Maureen Reese ’07, Harcum

STUDENTS’ FOOD PANTRY ADDRESSES FOOD INSECURITY Research indicates that nearly half of students attending two-year institutions are at risk of food insecurity, or lack the necessary food for an active, healthy life. Student Support Services (SSS) and Phi Theta Kappa (PTK), Harcum’s student honor society, introduced an on-campus food pantry.

Located in the Student Success Center (Academic Center, Room 101), the pantry is providing food for students who face food insecurity, and a learning opportunity for PTK students by managing a community service project.

PTK advisor Theresa Groody reports that the pantry resumed operations for fall semester and is accepting donations of microwaveable meals, snacks, single cereal boxes, nuts, individual drinks, and personal hygiene products. A collection bin is located inside the Student Success Center.

Are you a student, faculty, staff, or alum doing Community Service with another person or in a small group in your community? Harcum wants to hear about your work so we can feature you in #HarcumHelps. Send a brief blurb about your service and a photo of your team to ashumoski@harcum.edu.

Visit HARCUM.EDU/HARCUMHELPS for more stories!

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Campus Events

THE PORTFOLIO SHOW featured the work of Interior Design majors.

2019 COMMENCEMENT USHERS IN HUNDREDS TO ALUMNI RANKS More than 300 graduates picked up their diplomas at the 103rd Commencement, Saturday, May 11, held on the Great Lawn of the Academic Center in Bryn Mawr. Because the event combines Winter 2018 and Spring 2019 graduates, 410 students were eligible to participate. Many graduates from the Partnership Sites program took part in the ceremonies.

It was Harcum’s first graduation with Alexander Klein presiding as Chairman of the Board of Trustees. He is the grandson of former president, the late Philip Klein, and represents the third generation of Klein leadership at Harcum. As is customary, Klein awarded the Philip Klein Excellence in Teaching Award, which this year recognized Kathleen Hofmann ’86, Dental Assisting/ EFDA Instructor & Clinical Coordinator.

Commencement Speaker Corinne O’Connell, CEO of Habitat for Humanity Philadelphia, spoke with conviction about the need for everyone having the right to a decent place to live. Four students received top awards for leadership, service, and academic excellence.

DESIGNS FILL LITTLE THEATRE Moveable walls and the venue’s actual walls and tables were filled with renderings, fabrics, and colorful boards for the Interior Design Portfolio Show on Thursday, April 25. Six graduating seniors work was featured while including samples of first-year students’ work.

FASHION SHOW BOASTS DOUBLE RUNWAY Nearly 250 people attended the annual student Fashion Show on Friday, April 26. To conclude the evening, the following student winners were announced: Ashley Bernadel, Best Senior Collection; Kendra Kennedy, Best Junior Collection; and Danielle Rice ’19, Best In Show. Atlantic City Fashion Week invited Rice and Neneh Jalloh ’19 to show collections in their fall show.

NENEH JALLOH ’19, left, designed her fabrics and patterns.

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Advancement News Record-Setting Year for Golf & Tennis Classic It was another picturesque day on the links on May 20, 2019, at Llanerch Country Club in Havertown, Pennsylvania, for the 19th Annual Kevin D. Marlo Golf & Tennis Classic. A total of 80 golfers, 20 tennis players, and roughly 130 dinner guests participated in the event. With support from sponsors, more than $45,000 was added to the Kevin D. Marlo Scholarship Fund. Since its inception, the fund has raised over $600,000 for student scholarships.

The Online Auction included many popular items most of which were on display throughout the day: custom designed VANS by Paul Miller A’15 Designs, a pet portrait by Harcum’s Graphic Designer Lilian Crooks, Phillies tickets, and signed sports memorabilia among many other

things, raising a record-setting $7,100!

The awards dinner featured Marlo scholars, Yuylanne Dempsey ’20 and Priscilla Fiorda ’19, speaking about the importance of the scholarship fund. Dempsey, who is currently majoring in Allied Health, said, “I am extremely grateful for the opportunity that the scholarship has given me. It has helped positively impact my academic, career, and personal future in many ways. Thank you to everyone who contributes to this organization allowing myself, and so many others, to have one less worry.” Dempsey plans to continue at Harcum in the nursing program and specialize in dermatology once she graduates.

FOUNDERS’ DAY 2019 RETURNS WITH SPECIAL EVENT FOR FACULTY AND STAFF The second Annual Founders’ Day held on Tuesday, October 1, 2019, honored the first day Harcum opened its doors for classes in 2015. Harcum’s second annual Founders’ Day marked an entire day of giving to benefit the Harcum Fund to support student scholarships and other areas of critical need.

This year’s Founders’ Day blew past its goal of 250 donors for its 104th year. This year, organizers increased participation to 369 donors, continuing to celebrate Harcum’s past, invest in its present, and build on its future. Since participation is the primary goal, so all gifts matter, large or small.

A new event for Faculty and Staff called Founders’ Day Eve, held on September 30, welcomed employees to Bedford Hall for light refreshments.

A series of videos and a social media marketing campaign debuted two weeks out from the event. More information is available on the college website at HARCUM.EDU/FOUNDERSDAY.

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Grants & Awards GRANT PROVIDES PATIENT SIMULATOR FOR NURSING Harcum College received a $40,000 grant from The McLean Contributionship for “Nursing Anne,” a computerized, full-body adult patient simulator.

Integrated with software, Nursing Anne teaches allied health students via realistic patient care scenarios. They learn fundamental skills, including how to treat wounds, assess IVs, care for a tracheostomy, and administer post-surgical mastectomy care.

The Simulation Laboratory houses Nursing Anne and other lifelike simulators. In the lab, students gain exposure to situations they may encounter during clinical experiences with real patients in area health care settings.

The McLean Contributionship currently focuses its grantmaking activities

in the Greater Philadelphia area, favoring capital projects which enhance the lives of those living there.

SMITH SCHOLARS PROGRAM CONTINUES The W.W. Smith Charitable Trust is continuing the Smith Scholars Program at Harcum College for the third year in a row.

The Trust granted $40,000 to help full-time students in good academic standing with demonstrated need pay for tuition, room, board, and books for the 2019–20 academic year. Smith Scholars must reside in either Montgomery, Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and Philadelphia counties or the City of Camden, New Jersey.

Overall, the Trust’s scholarship gifts to Harcum College total $95,000.

The W.W. Smith Charitable Trust

Christina Rossi ’19, Smith Scholar

is a private foundation established by William Wikoff Smith in 1977. The Trust makes grants in the Greater Philadelphia region to support basic needs, college scholarships, maritime heritage preservation, and medical research primarily in heart disease, cancer and AIDS. FUNDING FOR DENTAL HYGIENE EQUIPMENT Since the Harcum College Dental Hygiene Clinic opened its doors over 15 years ago, there have been significant advances in dental imaging technology. The Delta Dental Community Care Foundation recently awarded Harcum an “Access to Care” grant to upgrade its equipment.

The $14,000 award funds the purchase of a compact tooth decay detection device called the DEXIS CariVu, a portable intraoral camera, and a digital sensor for children and patients with smaller mouths.

“Our Clinic provides affordable, comprehensive care to more than 1,000 children and adults a year. The new tools bolster our ability to detect and manage dental issues in our patients,” said Dental Hygiene Program Director Jean Byrnes-Ziegler. “We thank the Delta Dental Community Care Foundation for their support.”

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or many, family is a priceless gift in our lives. When family dynamics include affection, respect, and unconditional love, a family is perhaps the best space to learn and thrive and to become everything our talents, upbringing, and education will allow.

For more than 100 years, families have been sending Harcum College their loved ones.

When Harcum was founded in 1915, a principle called en loco parentis was customarily followed. It meant that college officials would act in students’ best interest “in the place of a parent.” It was common practice until the 1960s.

While en loco parentis is a thing of the past, the spirit of family still abounds. The small class sizes, the level of individual attention from faculty and staff, and the feeling that students are names and not numbers all contribute to Harcum’s family atmosphere, amplified by the generations of family members Harcum has attracted. Parents and children, aunts and nieces, pairs of siblings—sometimes three and four brothers or sisters—and twins, seemingly lots of twins. Three Harcum legacy families had rich stories to share with Patches readers.

Qiana Cressman and her mother Judy Oliver are both Harcum graduates from Allied Health programs.

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“I made great friends.

I came away with a friend I’ve had for two decades.”

QIANA CRESSMAN

Left: Emerge Woman is a print and digital magazine for women of color launched by Qiana Cressman in 2018.

Below: Cressman’s graduation tassel, saved by mother Judy.

QIANA CRESSMAN ’98 & JUDY OLIVER ’02 Typically, a “legacy” student is one whose parents attended and/or graduated from the same institution. The story of Qiana Cressman and mother Judy Oliver is a legacy story of a sort, one turned upside down and sweetly sideways.

In high school, Cressman excelled in the sciences. She was undecided about which area she wanted to study at the college level—Physical Therapist Assisting or Lab Sciences, but she knew a two-year degree would work for her purposes.

Harcum College seemed like the right place for her from the moment she stepped on campus. She knew she didn’t want to be too far from her mother (whom she is “exceedingly close to” today). She made a lifelong friend on the first day of orientation in, of all places, a College restroom.

She and Malika Bey ’98 made an immediate connection and decided to room together.

Ultimately, Cressman majored in

Clinical Laboratory Science. While a full-time resident student, she was a student ambassador, a member of the Ebony Club, and served as a peer mentor briefly.

She has fond memories of her Harcum days. “I made great friends.

I came away with a friend I’ve had for two decades,” she said.

“I loved my professors.” Dr. Donna Broderick and Dr. Alexandra Hilosky were two of her favorites, and she met with them both when she came to campus last month.

In finding some post-graduation employment, she got a little unexpected help from her mother. Her mother sent out her resume for her to numerous companies, which Cressman realized when an employer wanted to interview her shortly after she returned from vacation. While her two-year degree sufficiently prepared her to work in her field, Cressman also happens to be driven to achieve and advance.

She went on to obtain a B.S. in Management from Shorter Univer-

sity and is currently the Director of Donor Recruitment and Development at Miller-Keystone Blood Center. She has been an international motivational speaker and credits Harcum for providing her with traveling and networking experiences, transferable to the professional realm. Though she never pursued communications as a career, she is an excellent speaker and writer and was inspired to create a publication in February of 2018 called Emerge, which is a showcase for the power

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Qiana Cressman met with a favorite professor Donna Broderick on a recent visit to campus. of a story and gives accomplished women the chance to write their own narrative.

Mother Judy Oliver followed in her daughter’s footsteps, obtaining her associate’s degree in Physical Therapist Assisting four years later. Oliver had worked in the physical therapy field at Novacare, when two colleagues encouraged her to go on for a degree.

As a wife of a policeman and mother of three daughters, going back to school as a non-traditional student posed its challenges. She said her Harcum experience was “excellent,” citing the small classes and personal attention. Her professors taught her how to care and how to treat patients.

She also said it was hard work.

“At one point, I was going to stop out. I didn’t think I was going to make it,” Oliver said. “I had cried while driving all the way up Montgomery Avenue.” She was getting ready to go out on clinicals, feeling a lot of pressure. “I

Her professors taught her how to care for and treat patients.

She also said it was hard work.

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went into the restroom and took a deep breath, closed the door, clutching the doorknob the whole time.”

She didn’t realize one of her professors overhead her concerns. She gave Oliver a pep talk and told her everyone in her program loved her, that she could do anything she set her mind to do.

Oliver said she learned how to do research at Harcum.

“You learn everything—head to toe.” She became her husband’s advocate before he passed away in 2015, using much of what she learned at Harcum in her subsequent career to help him receive the care he needed. She still refers to her Harcum books, in support of the residents she cares for at the Green Leaf Nursing Home where she works.

“Qiana and I talk things over. She is such a support to me. You would think she’s the mother.”

Oliver remembered a time when she sent Qiana off to school in a little white dress, a yellow trench coat, and polished white shoes, with the expectation she would look as neat and tidy when she returned home. “I treated her like she was a little adult.”

“My mother raised me to be responsible,” Cressman said, who, like her husband, is also a non-denominational Christian minister. For her part, Oliver is extremely proud of her daughter and what she has accomplished, sharing copies of three recent issues of Emerge and a news feature on her daughter with her former professors.

“She has always been my biggest champion,” Cressman said, graciously accepting her mother’s admiration for her accomplishments as a motivational speaker and educator, as a magazine publisher, and as a seasoned administrator at a regional blood center.

Oliver mentioned that she’d like to go back to school full time, perhaps to become a doctor. Like daughter, like mother.

KAREN NAYLOR ’92 & LOREN DENISON ’02 Karen (Buchmann) Naylor and her niece Loren (Buchmann) Denison have a lot in common besides being blood relatives. They were the first two women in their family to complete any college education. For each, Harcum marked the beginning of their educational journey. They both went on to obtain master’s degrees.

Each is a working mother. They both have winning smiles. And they each shared that Harcum’s family atmosphere gave them both something to smile about.

Karen Naylor came to Harcum in 1990 as a member of the first class of Dental Hygiene students. She had decided to go back to school but had concerns about taking on a full-time program with two small children.

Program Director Jean ByrnesZiegler encouraged her to enroll and assured her she would do well.

Naylor went on to West Chester University to earn a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in Public Health, with an emphasis on holistic medicine. At the time, she was

working for Dr. Sam Cimino, who is retired from dentistry, but serves on the College’s Board of Trustees and the Dental Advisory Board.

“As the mother of two and a non-traditional student, Harcum was the perfect fit,” she said. “The faculty were dedicated and committed to the success of the students and this new program.”

She feels strongly that ByrnesZiegler, Dossie Cavallucci ’80, ’93, and Robin Sylvis were among the faculty leading by example, inspiring

“As the mother of two and a non-traditional student, Harcum was the perfect fit

Karen Naylor ’92 and Lauren Denison ’02.

for me.” KAREN NAYLOR Harcum boasts many pairs of twins in its student and alumni ranks.

Fraternal twins Daria ’17 and Anastasija Jurišic played Volleyball. Anastasija Jurišic made the EPAC All-Conference First Team in 2015. Daria Jurišic was an interior design major who modeled for the fashion show.

Twins Mark and Morgan Mosley served as flagbearers for the 2014 Commencement. They received SGA leadership awards in 2015 and ran Track & Field/Cross Country.

Serbian identical twins Nina and Kristina Aleksic, Class of 2018, also played Harcum Volleyball. Only those who knew them really well could tell them apart.

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rience. Naylor currently works with two former classmates, Susan Doebling ’92 and Tanya Williams ’89, ’92, both of whom are adjunct faculty. Denison still keeps up with friends she made here.

Denison is currently employed at Associates in Anesthesia, which serves the Crozer-Chester health system. She has two children Juliette, who is four-and-a-half, and Jaxon, who is two-and-a-half. Like her mother and her great aunt, Juliette is driven to make her mark on the world and already knows she wants to be a ballerina.

her to further her career in dental hygiene.

“Harcum provided me with an excellent beginning and then a rewarding career,” Naylor said, who joined Harcum in 2002. Ten years later, she received the Philip Klein Memorial Award for excellence in teaching, the highest honor conferred on a sitting faculty member.

Harcum welcomes another Buchmann The same year Naylor came on the faculty, her niece Loren was graduating with honors from the Physical Therapist Assistant program. Denison came to Harcum because of the attractive student-to-teacher ratio and because tuition was reasonable. She remembers studying with her friends before their practical exams and practicing their skills on each other.

For Denison, receiving her A.S. from Harcum created an opportunity for her to see other professions in medical settings. While she was out on a clinical rotation, she observed a physician assistant helping the surgeon. She had already been accepted to University of the Sciences master’s program in physical therapy, but she was intrigued by the prospect of a future as a physician assistant. After speaking at length with someone working in the field, she decided that was her calling. She changed her major to PA, using her PTA degree from Harcum to do per diem work on weekends, to help put herself through PA school.

For aunt and niece, a Harcum education was a practical decision that evolved into a personal transformative expe-

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EBONY FOWLKES ’07 & RASHAD FOWLKES ’14 Brother Rashad ’14 and sister Ebony Fowlkes ’07 are about as similar in temperament as siblings can be. Ebony was a standout basketball player at West University City High School in Philadelphia and was recruited for Harcum’s first Women’s Basketball team, who went 27-1 in 2006, winning the Region 19 championship. In Fall of 2006, she became a Resident Advisor or R.A. in the residence halls, which opened up a path for her to work for Harcum in Residence Life in 2007. She has been working here ever since.

She was a recipient of the Young Alumni Award in 2014.

She has held several offices in Harcum’s Alumni Board and currently serves as vice president.

Rashad Fowlkes, who was a Law & Justice major, was a member of the Student Government Association in 2012, serving as the Commuter Representative.

“Rashad has always been very responsible,” she said.

“I always admired his drive. Right after high school, he got his college education. Now, he is married with two children.” In fact, he’s been married for four years.

His daughter is three, and he has an infant son only seven-months-old.

Getting her brother hooked on Harcum As Rashad tells it, Ebony sold him on Harcum. She would bring him to events on campus, like her basketball games and every other event he could attend. He chose Harcum because he thought the area was beautiful but still close to home.

Ebony said she and Rashad have always been close.

Though they have eight other siblings, only she and Rashad share the same father. They still have family gatherings about once a month in Lancaster.

He said Harcum didn’t bring him and his sister closer

As Rashad tells it, Ebony

Family Connections

sold him on Harcum. because they always had a special bond. “It just gave us more time to spend with each other in our busy lives,” he said. His fondest memories of Harcum include working out with J.J. DeTemple, the president’s son, and “being able to bother my sister whenever I wanted to.”

Ebony says he was never a bother, not for one minute. She never had to supervise him because he was always accountable and duty-bound.

She did, however, have a unique opportunity to mentor him, serving as Associate Director of Residence Life. “He saw what I was doing, and he wanted to follow.”

It’s been five years since her brother left Harcum and the special time it created between them, but Ebony still loves what she does. “I get excited for each new incoming class.

I teach them life skills, to help take them as far as they can go. Each year is different. I never know what type of crowd is coming in.” One thing she does know is that the time Rashad spent at Harcum was special for both of them.

RaMonda Crosby, her daughter Jamiah Douglas, and goddaughter Shardai Bright. RaMonda is a Senior Accountant and both young women are graduating in December.

Drew and Meg Kelly are husband and wife. Drew is the Associate Vice President of Athletics and Head Men’s Basketball coach, and Meg is the Assistant Registrar.

Rachel and Karey Bowen are first cousins. Rachel is the Vice President of Enrollment Management and Karey is a Senior Admissions Counselor. You can find them both on the first floor of Melville Hall in the Admissions Department.

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Catching up with three outstanding varsity athletes who made their mark at Harcum College.

Shevon Thompson ’14 has made it. The Harcum alumnus has a Wikipedia page.

“It was awesome,” Thompson said of his one season donning the Bears’ purple and white. “Me and my teammates had a lot of fun. We came in every day and we fought. We practiced hard. We connected as a team. We did everything as a team. From the first practice, we had one goal. The goal was to win a championship.”

The 2013–14 Harcum men’s basketball team nearly did, too, going as far as the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) national semifinals in Hutchinson, Kansas. Head coach Drew Kelly’s Bears went 32–4.

Thompson averaged 9.7 points per game. His 414 boards and 11.2 rebounds per game during Harcum’s historic run remain Bear records.

“I really worked my butt off to get those numbers,” Thompson said.

Thompson started his post-Harcum journey at Midland College (Texas) and ended it at George Mason University (Fairfax, Virginia). The 7-footer from Jamaica averaged a double-double (11.2 points and 11.0 rebounds) over two seasons for the Patriots.

Thompson’s production didn’t go unnoticed. He was selected in the second round of the 2016 NBA Development League (now the NBA G League) draft by the Erie BayHawks, an affiliate of the Orlando Magic. He has also suited up for the G League’s Raptors 905 (Toronto Raptors) and Wisconsin Herd (Milwaukee Bucks).

“It is a great league,” Thompson said. “It’s awesome. You get to play against great guys. You get to travel all over the country and play, so that’s really awesome about it. You have the opportunity to play in the NBA and you have other NBA teams watching you, also. I think it’s a great league.”

In March, Thompson decided to return overseas (he played in Turkey from August to November 2018)

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and ink with Filou Oostende of the EuroMillions Basketball League in Belgium. On June 13, Thompson helped Filou Oostende capture its eighth straight league title and 20th overall in the program’s 49-year history.

“Winning really gets you to where you want to go,” Thompson said. “I feel like if I continue to win, that can take me to a lot of places.

“My goal is to win a championship at the highest level.

That’s my goal.”

Thompson credits his time spent in Bryn Mawr learning under Kelly, former associate head coach Doug Thibault, and company for his rapid development. “We had a lot of fun times, a lot of memories,” Thompson said during a recent phone interview from New York City.

While his future is unwritten, Thompson won’t deny the NBA is the dream. “All I can do is control what I can control,” he said. “I’m going to keep on trying to get better and trying to push myself to get there.”

Academics, first and foremost, are what seem to drive Brittany Clark ’10, ’11.

Harcum’s very successful women’s basketball coach from 2015 to 2018—she compiled a record of 68-33—was asked recently for her fondest memory skippering the Bears for three seasons. The moment she chose? Learning that her 2017–18 squad had been named to the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) academic honor roll for earning the third highest cumulative GPA in the country for all National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) divisions.

“That was probably the coolest moment for me,” Clark said, “because it came out in late June or early July and I was leaving in August ... that was just a nice way to end it, I guess ... either that or qualifying for nationals [in 2018].”

The Harcum women have advanced to nationals twice.

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2010–11. Clark received her associate degree in sports management from Harcum later that year and moved on to the College of Coastal Georgia (Brunswick), graduating magna cum laude in psychology in 2013.

Clark returned to Harcum with a desire to become a physical therapist, having torn the ACL in her right knee at Harcum and the ACL in her left at Coastal Georgia. At the same time, she was working in the college’s admissions department and assisting the women’s team. Two years later, Clark was promoted to head coach.

“I was lucky to be in the right place at the right time,” she said. When her 2017–18 team reached nationals, Clark’s checklist was complete.

Clark is still unsure of her future.

She’s presently a graduate assistant for Virginia Tech University women’s hoops and is working toward her master’s in education in curriculum and instruction with an emphasis on instructional technology. Clark’s brother, Tim, is the team’s director of basketball operations.

“We’re able to really get front-row experience at this level, which is very beneficial to me for whatever I do moving forward,” said Brittany Clark, whose father, Tom, continues to coach basketball for Trinity College of Florida. “I don’t know if my end goal necessarily is to be a Power 5 head coach, but I’m pretty lucky that I get to spend two years witnessing what it’s like to be one.”

Lauren Fura ’16 is a fighter with persuasive skils.

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“ IF THERE IS A CHALLENGE, YOU’RE GOING TO FIGHT.” try to cross the Schuylkill Expressway during rush hour, it’s a Bear of the Harcum sort, alumna Lauren Fura.

Now working as a dental hygienist for Roland & Wetmore Dental Associates in Reading, Fura has a second career as a motivational speaker, if she so chooses.

“I always say, ‘Don’t ever go through your life without learning a lesson or taking a risk,” Fura said, pausing, “as soon as you stop learning, you die. You have to keep your mind fresh.”

“A blessing” is how Fura describes her days (she enrolled in 2013) at Harcum.

When she arrived on campus, Fura didn’t expect to continue with soccer, the sport she played—and played well—at Reading’s Holy Name High School. But a little prodding from staff and students early on at her new home put Fura back on the soccer pitch and on the front line as one of the Bears’ top strikers.

It “was one of the best decisions I made,” Fura said, proudly.

“You have to be very disciplined to wake up early and go to practice, eat healthy, be a teammate on and off

the field, be a good friend on and off the field. I think when you graduate and go out into the workforce, it’s important that they know you’re an athlete because that tells them that you’re disciplined, you work hard, you’re not afraid of a challenge. If there is a challenge, you’re going to fight. It was an amazing experience for me, and it opened a lot of doors.”

Fura still wakes up early: 5 a.m.

She hits the gym before work. Work got a lot more interesting in July when Fura’s brother, Lee, joined the practice as a dentist. Both siblings were patients at Roland & Wetmore growing up.

“This is exactly where I want to be,” Lauren Fura said. “I’m very happy with my life. I have a great family. I got a dog, which was something I was pushing for.”

Three years ago, Fura was tasked with inspiring fellow graduates. As the vice president of the Harcum Student Government Association, she delivered a beautiful commencement speech. Better yet, Fura picked up her associate degree in dental hygiene, capping an unforgettable stage of her life.

Faculty & Staff News

CHAIRMAN Alex Klein recognizes Kathleen Hofmann.

1. KATHLEEN HOFMANN ‘86, EFDA, received the 2019 Philip Klein Memorial Award for Excellence in Teaching and was recognized at the Annual Employee Luncheon and at Commencement.

GALE MARTIN, Director of Communications & Marketing, passed Digital Marketing Institute’s certifying exam for digital marketing professionals in July, earning the credential Certified Digital Marketing Professional (CDMP).

KRISTIN SCHWOEBEL, Institutional Advancement, was named 2019 Employee of the Year at the Annual Employee Luncheon.

KELLY QUIGLEY was a recipient of the Power Campus User Group Scholarship and attended Ellucian Live in New Orleans.

JACLYN MASON, J.D. is the new program director for Criminal Justice. Mason holds a B.A. in Biology from Brown University and graduated cum laude from Villanova University School of Law. DONNA BRODERICK received an Ed.D in Higher Education Leadership frvom Gwynedd Mercy University in May. She was also selected to present her dissertation topic at the upcoming Middle States Annual Conference in December.

KATELYN HOLDEN joined the Radiologic Technology department as a clinical instructor. She studied radiologic science at Holy Family University and graduated with an associate’s degree in 2015.

KRISTY MEYER, Occupational Therapy Assisting, earned a Master’s of Science in Occupational Therapy from Mary Mount University and was accepted into their PostProfessional Doctorate in Occupational Therapy (OTD).

BARBARA COPPOLA, Financial Aid Administrative Assistant, was awarded February Employee of the Month by CBS Philly and Martin Law. FRANCES “FRAN” SALVACION is the new Development Associate for Institutional Advancement. Her office is in Bedford Hall. She holds a B.S. in Psychology and an M.S. in Human Resource Development. “I am so fortunate to have the opportunity to work with an awesome team, and many wonderful colleagues around the campus,” she said.

LILIAN CROOKS, Graphic Designer in the Communications & Marketing department, designed the cover of She Loves You (Yeah, Yeah, Yeah), a book based on a teenage girl’s love of The Beatles.

RACHEL BOWEN was promoted to Vice President of Enrollment Managment.

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Sports Roundup WINTER SPORTS WRAP-UPS The Women’s Basketball Team ended the 2018–19 season 20-8. Sophomore Guard Victoria Brown earned First Team All-Region and Sophomore Guard Ke’Airah Massiah earned Second Team All-Region in Region 19 Division II. The team excelled in the classroom, finishing with a 3.46 GPA. The Men’s Basketball Team ended the season 24-8, notching their 14th consecutive 20-win season. The NJCAA named Valdir Manuel a 2nd team All-American, one of just four freshmen from around the country to make the 1st or 2nd team. The men’s basketball team also excelled in the classroom, finishing the 2018-19 academic year with a 3.13 team GPA and six players on the Dean’s List.

TWO PLAYERS SELECTED FOR ELITE SUMMER TOURNEY Dom London and Valdir Manuel competed in JA45 (JUCO Advocate), an invitation-only summer tournament. The best Junior College basketball players from across the country played each other in six regulation games at Eastern Florida State College on July 11-12. London had a 27-point game, shooting 6-for-8 from 3 point range, and Manuel had a game high 18-points. Both players were scouted by 143 D-I schools attending the event.

SPRING ATHLETIC AWARDS BANQUET Two sophomore basketball players received prestigious Varsity Awards at the Annual Athletic Awards Banquet, Tuesday, April 23 at Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church.

Associate Vice President of Athletics Drew Kelly recognized Victoria Brown and Michael Okafor for best representing the ideals of sportsmanship, leadership, and service, and for excelling both athletically and academically. Brown received a full scholarship to NCAA Division II Glenville State University, while Okafor received a full scholarship to NCAA Division I Manhattan College.

ATHLETES RECEIVE NJCAA ACADEMIC AWARDS Student-athletes representing five varsity sports were recognized for earning top-tier GPAs (3.6 or better) from the NJCAA. Jennifer Conn, Women’s Soccer, earned a perfect 4.0 in the 2018-19 academic year.

FALL SPORTS OFF AND RUNNING The Fall Sports regular season opened on August 24 and runs through the third week in October, with Men’s Soccer, Women’s Soccer, Volleyball, and Cross Country competing.

Harcum will once again host the Region XIX Men’s Soccer Championship on Saturday, November 2.

MEN’S BASKETBALL EARNS NJCAA RANKING The 2019-2020 Men’s Basketball Team earned a ranking of 19 in the NJCAA’s pre-season poll.

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Alumni News What You’re Saying

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Alumni News

IN 1970 Eve (Goldstein) Colton In graduated from Harcum with a degree in Early Childhood Education. While working in Boston, she decided to visit her brother who was living and working in Hawaii. What she didn’t expect from her visit was the decision to move to the island and make a new life for herself—which she did in 1983.

Throughout her career, she’s used lessons learned at Harcum to pursue different areas of employment.

She’s worked as an account executive for both a radio station and a printing company, managed annual giving and events at the Battleship Missouri Memorial, established her own concierge service, and currently works with the Department of Education focusing on children with special needs.

I met with Eve this summer when I was in Honolulu with my son Aidan Peterson who was attending the

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Pacific Music Institute.

Eve and her husband Tim were very gracious hosts. From the moment I contacted her to say someone from Harcum would be in her area, she was extremely welcoming. Their guided and personal tour of Oahu was the highlight of our trip, something we’ll remember for years to come.

To Eve and her husband, aloha is not just a word of greeting, farewell, or salutation...it’s a way of life. Aloha means mutual regard and affection and extends warmth and caring, with no expectation of anything in return.

Thanks to social media platforms like Facebook, Eve has remained connected with her Harcum friends from the Class of 1970. With everyone scattered across the country, they’ve not had an official reunion yet, but are happy to still be in touch.

Eve (Goldstein) Colton In ’70 and husband Tim In hosted Harcum staff member Amy Shumoski, author of this essay, and her son Aidan during their summer trip to Hawaii.

In Memoriam Carolyn B. “Bonnie” Killian Class of 1943 HARCUM NIGHT AT THE PHILLIES Close to 50 alumni, students, employees, and friends enjoyed “Harcum Night at the Phillies” on June 25. The evening began with a tailgate party complete with games and food, followed by an electrifying, come-from-behind 7–5 win against the Mets. The Phillies earned five runs in the bottom of the sixth, for which the Mets had no answer. This is an annual event that continues to attract new people each year.

Alice (Ernst Graham) Lippincott Class of 1947 Nan Simonson Towne Class of 1947 Mary Renz Anderson Class of 1972 Karen J. (Kinard) Dodson Class of 1977 Ella Best Audenreid Partnership Site, Human Services Class of 2016 MARY FRIDAY HONORED BY ALUMS The Alumni Office coordinated a retirement party for Mary Friday on Wednesday, June 19. Over 75 Veterinary Nursing graduates and colleagues turned out, including former program director Nadine Hackman. Friday retired from Harcum after 30 years of service and is widely considered a treasure by students and faculty.

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Bear Pride GOOD, SOLID PLAYER. HARD WORKER ON THE BASKETBALL COURT. These are accolades Harcum coaches lauded on 2019 graduate Sevec DeJesus, a 5’9” guard from Cary, North Carolina, first scouted by Coach Barry Uzzell.

While “hard-working” and “solid player” can be attributed to many players on Harcum’s varsity roster, DeJesus is not like any other men’s basketball player before or since.

Sevec DeJesus was born deaf.

In spite of this impairment, he played varsity ball at the Division-I level. Players are routinely roughed up in practice games and during competitive play—it is the nature of the sport. DeJesus’ cochlear implant once got knocked off his head and skittered across the gym floor.

He’s used an implant since age two. Without it, he cannot hear voices—only extremely loud sounds.

It is remarkable that he excels at a game where communication is everything—on the court, in practice, in the huddle. In an instant, DeJesus must distinguish whistles and play calls from crowd cheers, public address announcements, horns, and buzzers.

DeJesus is the only player to date to start on junior varsity and move up to varsity status.

“In December of 2017, we had a rash of injuries,” Coach Drew Kelly explained. “Sevec was one of the stronger players on the JV team. He stood out, he hustled, he was attentive.

Coach C.J. Scott gave him a great recommendation. After a week of practice, it was clear that Sevec was helping us. So, I rewarded him with a varsity uniform.”

How did DeJesus win Coach Kelly’s confidence and his teammates’ trust?

“Basketball practice is like a class,” explained Kelly.

“Players get volumes and volumes of information from us.

The system we run is based on communication.” DeJesus listened. He learned to process a seamless flow of instructions.

“Sevec learned a mental approach, a positive approach, one that makes coaches want a player like Sevec on the team.” Kelly added that other varsity players learned from player brought up from JV. And that DeJesus was working harder than they were.

“He brought it every single day,” he added.

Teammate Dom London, a rising star this season, believes Sevec never let his deafness hold him back. “He made more eye contact than any other player because he had to see more than hear.”

London said it took time to acclimate to DeJesus’ impairment because he relied on lip reading—DeJesus needed to see his teammates’ faces. “But we were all willing to learn.

We all accepted him, no matter what,” London added.

“One of the great things about young people today is that they are more inclusive,” Kelly said with pride.

A fond memory for DeJesus is his first New York trip, when he really got to know the varsity players, be part of a D-I JUCO team, and be on the court. Second semester of his freshman year, he moved into Klein Hall with the varsity players, where he made lots of friends. He still keeps in touch with them.

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“He brought it every single day.”

Next year, he will red shirt at D-I Rider University, practicing with the team. He hopes to play the following year.

“He made varsity because he deserved it,” Kelly concluded. “He never used his impairment as an excuse. I treated him like any other player.”

All reasons why DeJesus is moving on from Harcum, confident in himself and his game.

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