2019 Juniata College Fall Magazine

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Now Every Course Counts More Empathetic Medicine Short-Term Trips With Long-Term Effects

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Class Gift Honors Past, Present, and Prepares for Future As part of BELIEVE: The Campaign for Juniata College, Beeghly Library will be transformed into a place where engagement, interdisciplinary learning, well-being, and citizenship come together. With that vision in mind, the current library will undergo a dramatic change to become Statton Learning Commons.

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In celebration of the 50th reunion of the Class of 1969, Janine (Everhart) Katonah, left, and Bonnie (Cave) Maechler presented their class’ gift to President James A. Troha at a gathering during Alumni Weekend.

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gift is the largest from any class to any single project in the College’s history. In recognition of their gift, the College will name the Class of 1969 Academic Resource Suite in Statton Learning Commons in their honor.

The Class of 1969 did much more than help Juniata College fund a new building. We believe our campus library serves as a crucible where intelligence and curiosity meet opportunity through collaboration. Members of the Class of 1969 recognized that our physical buildings and spaces must meet that promise to our students. One of Juniata’s longstanding traditions, and one that is a point of great pride, is the partnership between our students and faculty. With help from these dedicated alumni, the new learning commons will underscore this valuable pedagogical practice for countless new learners.

“Working with people is one of the most important skills to have,” says Rohan Bandekar, a sophomore whose Program of Emphasis is entrepreneurship, of the planned learning commons. “Having a place that fosters that attribute within our learning community is not just essential to becoming a better professional, it is essential to becoming a better citizen.”

As the library is a hub of learning on any college campus for both students and faculty, Statton Learning Commons will be poised to influence everyone who

participates in the learning enterprise at Juniata. This new facility will house, the people who help students shape and understand their educational options: advisers and advising resources, peer study tables and coaching, student engagement personnel, a center for undergraduate research, career services, and more.

Harnessing students’ spirit of inquiry and cooperation, the new learning commons will create an environment where collaborative learning flourishes, resources for student success will be accessible and information across various media will be delivered. The Class of 1969 embraced this mission by raising funds above and beyond the learning commons project to support other areas of needs like the Juniata Scholarship Fund, various scholarship endowments, program endowments, study abroad opportunities, the Academic Excellence Fund, and Juniata Athletics.

Gifts from alumni, friends, parents, and corporations are paramount to Juniata’s continued success. The philanthropic investment provided by generous donors help us deliver on our core principles, while enhancing our ability to improve.

Those interested in learning more about the Statton Learning Commons project are encouraged to reach out to a member of the Advancement team at 814-641-3110, or visit believe.juniata.edu.

PHOTO: NATE THOMPSON ’05

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The library on any college campus is the center from which students and faculty draw information to build knowledge. As we look to Juniata’s future, Statton Learning Commons will provide information in a variety of forms, host spaces that will nurture ideas, that teach our community how to learn in new modalities, and ignite a spirit of curiosity within our campus culture.

That vision resonates with members of the Class of 1969. Many of them recall toting boxes of books into the still-new Beeghly Library while they were students.

Their shared experiences of teaching and learning led them to a place where they understood the importance of investing their 50th reunion class gift to help carry our library into the future.

“In 1965, when Beeghly Library was brand new, it was extremely important to us as students. We studied in the library and it was integral to our success,” says John Batchelor ’69 trustee and member of the 1969 Class Reunion Committee and Legacy Gift Committee. “Now, students learn so differently, and I believe the concept of individualized liberal arts learning environment.”

In total, the Class of 1969 raised $2,845,469. This is the third largest gift ever given by a 50th reunion class, with a surprising $367,013 gift of cash pledges, directed towards the construction of the new learning commons. That cash

PRESIDENT’S NOTE Dear Friends,

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Giving is at the heart of what it means to be a Juniatian. No matter what their gift—influence, expertise, or financial support—the people of Juniata go out of their way to support one another, their communities, and those who come after them. This paradigm of philanthropy is evident in every page contained within this combined issue of Juniata magazine and the 2018-2019 President’s Report.

James A. Troha

From the generous gift given by the members trohaj@juniata.edu of the Class of 1969, which will provide needed @juniataprztroha financial support toward renovating Beeghly Library into Statton Learning Commons, to the outstanding faculty members who instill a lifelong love of learning in those they teach, the impact of the College continues to spread through the outstanding influence of its people.

Through the extraordinary progress of BELIEVE: The Campaign for Juniata, the power of investing in the student experience is apparent in the dividends paid forward for the future. Our students volunteer on campus, in the local community, in their hometown, and throughout the world as they participate in service learning trips abroad. Cultivation of this love of giving shines through in the alumni gift statistics featured in the annual report. We also share information about the highest scholarly outcomes for our students and what our community has made possible.

Veronica Cosmopolis ’20 traveled to Juniata from her home in Lima, Peru, and completed an internship in Madrid, Spain, where she gained experience working in an art gallery.

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Shared experiences on campus and the camaraderie which extends well beyond time and distance result in a sense of common purpose— not to mention the broad smiles featured in photographs of unexpected sightings of Juniatians in ordinary and extraordinary settings. Thank you for your continued commitment and support of YOUR Juniata.

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Often called “Mountain Day of the Mind,” Juniata’s Liberal Arts Symposium highlighted the best of student research, project development, and performances, wrapping up the spring semester with a celebration to remember.

Photo by Sarah Anne Wharton ’06

Students, faculty, and staff gathered at the L.A. Beeghly Library for a tasteful installment of the Spring Archival talk series, “1 Item, 1 Hour,” featuring historic recipes.

—Photo by Karis Cornelius ’20

Can we build it? Yes, we can! Ashley Weiand ’19, left, and Laura Schumacher ’21 traveled to Stone Mountain, Ga., over spring break to volunteer with Habitat for Humanity.

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The fall semester wrapped up with a celebration of December graduates in Ellis Ballroom, where attendees gathered to look back on the accomplishments of this class.

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An array of career fields was featured during Juniata College’s Career Day in February as students and prospective employers filled Kennedy Sports & Recreation Center.

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Taylor Hallabuk ’20, center, left, won first place at the 109th Bailey Oratorical Contest which was inspired by the 1950s radio series, “This I Believe.”

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On the cover: An Asian elephant enjoyed a “spa day” courtesy of a group of Juniata students who visited the Green Hill Valley Elephant Camp with Re-Plantation during a study abroad trip to Myanmar over their winter break. Below, Isabella Weber ’20 was among those who studied religion and architecture at the Tripitaka tablets at Kuthodaw Pagoda in Myanmar.

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Campus News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inside Front Cover President’s Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

COVER PHOTO: JINGXIA YANG BACKGROUND PHOTO: ALEX ZEGARELLI ’19

Best of Sports Photography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Now Every Course Counts More . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Juniata’s dramatic revision of its general education curriculum goes deeper than simply revisiting the traditional model. The focus is on considering the way students learn, not only right now in the classroom, but as they go on to lead fulfilling lives.

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The healthcare professionals of tomorrow are prepared with concern and service at the forefront of their minds at the College. Faculty members actively counter a lack of empathy observed in many medical school graduates by directly addressing the phenomenon with their students.

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Short-term study abroad programs offer long-standing rewards as a part of Juniata’s established reputation for an individualized approach to education. By combining a semester-long course prior to spending time abroad, the opportunity is made both feasible and affordable.

President’s Report 2018-2019 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Faculty Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Faculty Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Alumni Feature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

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Class Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Q&A: Erica (Rhodes) Hayden ’07 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 Q&A: Erica Vinson-Ondecko ’07 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

36th European International Reunion . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Remembering Bill Alexander ’66 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 Remembering Dave Aurand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 I met a Juniata Alum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Inside Back Cover

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Juniata’s esports team more than proved their mettle in their inaugural season, taking second place in the first-ever Landmark Conference League of Legends Championship at Elizabethtown College at the end of March.

The team ultimately fell to Drew University in the final round.

“This year’s League of Legends team created a great foundation and much momentum for future years in the inaugural Landmark Conference season with a winloss record of 4-and-1 and placing second in post-season play,” says Erin Paschal, assistant dean of students - campus life.

“The team was strategic, team-oriented, communicative, and daring in their play, and it showed in their success.”

Esports refers to interactive, competitive video gaming, through multiplayer formats on web platforms and often with professional competitors.

Alexander Kurtz, esports head coach and program director, has high hopes for the coming season.

“Our first goal as a team is obviously to win,” Kurtz says. “It would be nice to take down Drew after losing to them in the Landmark Conference Championship last season and then qualify for the Collegiate Championship tournament.”

The College competed in the Landmark Conference’s inaugural esports season against Goucher College, Catholic University, Drew University, Elizabethtown College, and Moravian College. Conference members play “League of Legends,” a strategic multiplayer online battle arena video game. Teams play remotely with five players per team.

The League of Legends conference championship represented the first

Juniata’s espor ts team is prepared for a new season of competition after takin g second place in the first-ever Landmark Conference League of Lege nds Championship at Elizabethtown College.

conference-wide esports tournament for a Division III-level athletic conference in the United States.

“Winning is only one element to being successful in esports, however.

I want to establish a brand here at Juniata that is unique to the collegiate atmosphere,” he says. “The most successful professional organizations use a contentdriven philosophy when it comes to the creation of their brand but, at the college level, most teams lose that sense of fan interaction and brand power due to being tunneled on results.”

Kurtz aspires to emulate philosophies practiced by organizations like 100 Thieves, FaZe Clan, and OpTic Gaming, which he describes as having created some of the most well-known personalities in esports.

“It would not only put us on the esports map, but it would create something that has never been done at the college level and set up players for success in the industry, even after their playing days are over,” says Kurtz. “If I can do those things this year, we will have a strong foundation to work with.”

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Esports Team Wired for Wins After Inaugural Season

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ized with the Robert V. Hogg Award for Excellence Kimberly Roth, professor of mathematics, was recogn her excellence and growth in teaching. both d honore which cs, in Teaching Introductory Statisti

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Success Adds Up: Mathematics Professor Honored for Teaching Statistics

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In spring 2019, Kimberly Roth, professor of mathematics at Juniata, was presented with the Robert V. Hogg Award for Excellence in Teaching Introductory Statistics from the Special Interest Group of the Mathematical Association of America (SIGMAA) on Statistics Education.

The award is named in honor of American statistician Robert V. Hogg, who died in 2014, and is presented in recognition of an individual who has been teaching introductory statistics at the college level for between three and 15 years and who has shown both excellence and growth in teaching during that time.

Roth was nominated for this award by several of her students and colleagues including Carolyn Cuff, professor of mathematics at Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pa.

“Although she had stated in her Wheeling Jesuit (University) interview that she was not willing to teach statistics, she did attend the Project NExT workshop on teaching introductory statistics during MathFest in 2003,” Cuff wrote in her nomination letter. “And a spark was lit.”

As an undergraduate, Roth earned her bachelor’s degree with a major in mathematics and a minor in computer science from Oberlin College in 1996. She completed her Ph.D. in mathematics from Penn State University in 2002.

Cuff added that Roth had expressed her willingness to learn statistics and how to teach the subject early on.

“When she moved to Juniata, she was replacing an applied mathematician who, among other courses, taught statistics,” says Cuff. “Kim worked hard to fill her statistical knowledge gaps.”

Roth began teaching at Juniata in 2006 and began pursuit of a master’s degree in applied statistics at Pennsylvania State University in 2008–all while teaching a full course load. She earned that degree in 2016, the same year she attained the rank of professor at the College.

Roth’s teaching philosophy centers on her commitment to partnering with her students and continuing to expand her instruction methods.

“Teaching remains a reflective process for me. I will continue to evolve to meet the needs of my students and to increase

what the students learn about statistics in my courses,” Roth writes. “The statistics education community has been helpful in this process and I continue to gain ideas from it and share what works for me to it.”

While teaching at the College, Roth has developed several courses in statistics, mathematics and data science, and she has participated in and designed several research projects focused on the scholarship of teaching and learning. She was also instrumental in the development of the data science secondary emphasis and is currently in the process of developing a data science program of emphasis.

Roth is a member of the Association for Women in Mathematics, National Association of Mathematicians, and Pi Mu Epsilon, a math honor society.

—­Julia Newman ’21, student writer

Decolonizing Minds With TEDx: Juniata Student Speaks for Justice

“Colonialism affects us in different ways. As someone who has moved from America to India and then back to America, I realized that there were a lot of things about myself that I hated because of my Indian culture. This idea of a colonial mentality stops people of color from expressing their true cultural form or how they want to live because of how they fear being perceived as less than or being the butt of the joke,” she says. “Once we know this exists, the best way we can move forward is by promoting intersectionality and by promoting a space where everyone can be themselves, and you’re not judged by the color your skin or social constructs of race.”

She credits a medical anthropology course at Juniata with sparking her interest in these issues.

“It taught me how to look at a patient’s story and not just their symptoms,” says Polavarapu. “Applying this to myself, I could backtrack and see how a lot of my family’s personal history affected my mental health and how many of their problems stemmed from the United Kingdom’s colonization of India.

So, a lot of my own anxiety could be traced back to that.”

Soumya Polavarapu ’19

Having spent part of her childhood in India, Polavarapu has seen firsthand what life outside of the first world looks like.

“I still have this image stuck in my head from when I lived there. There was this kid, maybe 8 years old, who was holding his younger brother in his arms and they were begging on the side of the street,” she says. “I don’t agree with a lot of social movements because I don’t think they’re intersectional enough.

They’re advocating for just one group of people when we should be advocating for everyone. I think that movements, instead of advocating for things like gender-neutral bathrooms, would be better served directing their energy towards giving aid to oppressed women and other marginalized people in developing world countries.”

With such impassioned convictions and the intelligence and courage to give them voice, her purpose on stage was to change hearts and minds.

“We’re not free until all of us are free,” Polavarapu says.

—­Nathan Woods ’19, student writer

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Soumya Polavarapu ’19 of Bridgewater, N.J., delivered a TEDx talk, “Decolonize Your Mind,” at the University of Glasgow on March 2 while studying at the University as an Andrew Mutch Scholar during the 2018-2019 academic year.

TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) is a prestigious, nonprofit organization founded “to make great ideas accessible and spark conversation.”

The organization hosts events covering a variety of topics around the world each year.

To be selected as a speaker at a TEDx event requires competition against other prospective speakers.

“I heard about the auditions on the last day you could register, and I thought, ‘I need to go for this,’” Polavarapu says. “Soon after that, I was on stage. I was nervous beforehand, but obviously my message resonated with people.”

She was selected by the audience as one of two speakers to present at Glasgow’s TEDx event.

In her speech, Polavarapu addressed the lingering, ill effects of colonization on the minds of many historically marginalized minorities as well as the need to tackle problems in the developing world.

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Be Who You Are: Emmy-Winning Alumnus Gives Advice as 329 Receive Degrees The members of Juniata’s Class of 2019 were offered words of wisdom during the 141st commencement ceremony May 18 as they gathered on the campus quad one final time as students.

A total of 329 graduates received their degrees, with nine students completing master’s degrees, 92 earning bachelor of arts degrees, and 229 presented with their bachelor of science degrees.

“You are about to embark on a new journey. There are a lot of people in your lives who have changed who you are, who you have been, and how you have taken this journey,” said President James A. Troha. “The fact of the matter is that when you wake up tomorrow, d with an honorary Har riet Kaylor was presente Retired longtime educator k at Juniata and wor her of ree in recognition doctor of humane letters deg in the community.

Michael Trim ’76, an award-winni ng cinematographer, urged the members of the Class of 2019 to pursue their passions during his commenceme nt address.

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the onus is on you. You will have the academic degree and the innate intelligence to be successful out there, but it will be your character, your good judgement, and your attitude that makes a difference for you and those around you.”

Troha reminded the soon-to-be graduates that the choice to keep growing and learning is theirs alone.

“These are attributes you get to shape every day you wake up and your feet hit the ground. The choice is yours,” he said. “Talent you may be born with, but character is something you shape every day.”

Sharing a quote from the film, Dead Poet’s Society, Troha urged graduates to make their lives extraordinary.

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Haley Walker ’19

Class of 2019 president Haley Walker addressed her fellow graduates, celebrating the common bond they share through their experiences at the College.

Honorary doctor of humane letters degrees were bestowed upon retired educator Harriet Kaylor and Emmy Award-winning cinematographer and 1976 Juniata graduate Michael Trim, who delivered the commencement address.

“She is that force in that moral universe that has moved us closer to justice,” said Professor of Sociology Daniel Welliver ’79 of Kaylor. “She is a teacher for all who encounter her.”

Trim began his academic career in 1972 at the College, planning to work in the field of medicine, but quickly realized his interests lay in other areas.

“Sometimes it takes a while for your passion to find you, but when it does, it pulls you along,” Trim said. “The more I thought about it, the more I realized I should be doing what I enjoyed.”

Turning his attention to a future in keeping with his creative pursuits, Trim changed his Program of Emphasis to focus on filmmaking.

“I still had no idea what I was going to do when I graduated,” he said, adding that he traveled the country with friends before taking a job as a bike messenger, which ultimately allowed him to secure a position at a studio.

Trim began his work in film and television serving as a production assistant for a commercial production company. Working his way up to become a gaffer on films such as Angel Heart and Mississippi Burning, he would later work on commercials for Nike, Coke, and Verizon as a director of photography.

Trim has worked on television shows including Weeds and Parks and Recreation.

Through his work on Weeds, actress MaryLouise Parker sparked his first foray into directing. Trim directed the pilot episode, as well as several subsequent episodes, of Orange is the New Black.

“I’ve loved and enjoyed every part of my career trajectory,” said Trim.

Over the course of his career, Trim earned many accolades for his contributions to film and television.

Trim concluded his remarks with a quote from the Marvel film, Thor.

“Don’t be who you’re supposed to be, be who you are,” he said. “You have an incredible opportunity to let that passion find you. Enjoy every minute.”

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Honoring Achievements: 5 Alumni Recognized With Awards As part of its 2019 Alumni Weekend festivities, Juniata College presented four awards to five distinguished alumni June 8, 2019.

We’re proud of their accomplishments and wanted to share how they felt Juniata has played a role in their success.

Photos by Nate Thompson ’05

Alumni Achievement Award

Dr. Heng F. Lim ’59

Following his graduation from Juniata, Dr. Lim attended Temple University School of Medicine, completed an internship and a residency at Polyclinic Medical Center in Harrisburg, Pa., and completed a residency as chief medical resident at Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pa. He also fulfilled a cardiology fellowship at Hahnemann Medical College in Philadelphia, Pa., where he conducted research before also completing an additional clinical fellowship as chief cardiology fellow at Hahnemann.

He has earned hospital appointments at Harrisburg Hospital, Harrisburg, Pa., Holy Spirit Hospital, Camp Hill, Pa., Community General Osteopathic Hospital, Harrisburg, Pa., Fulton County Medical Center, McConnellsburg, Pa., and Carlisle Hospital, Carlisle, Pa. Dr. Lim also served as a major in the United States Army Medical Corps, where he was chief of cardiology at Martin Army Hospital at Fort Benning, Ga., and a consultant in cardiology for the southeastern region of the Army Medical Corps.

Over the course of his career, Dr. Lim has been named a fellow of the American College of Physicians, a fellow of the American College of Cardiology, a fellow of the American College of Chest Physicians and a fellow of the Council of Clinical Cardiology of the American Heart Association. He is a member of the American Medical Association, the Pennsylvania Medical Society, the Dauphin County Medical Society, and the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology. The American Health Council, a global network of physicians and health scientists, named Dr. Lim one of America’s “Best in Medicine.”

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Dr. Heng F. Lim ’59

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“The most memorable experience I had at Juniata was the freshman chemistry course.

To surmount the extremely challenging course material, I had to learn to use the ‘survival’ code: Persistence, Perseverance and Patience. (Juniata) provided an environment conducive to a student to be innovative and creative to resolve an important issue pertinent to his or her growth and development.”

Watch Heng's speech on YouTube: tinyurl.com/JCHengLim

“What would the world look like if each time we told a young person we believe in their potential, we instead told them we believe in their power? At Juniata, I learned that our greatest teachers see our power, not our potential. In this way, they empower us to step into our true purpose.”

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Young Alumni Achievement Award

Ibada A. Wadud ’07

After completing her bachelor’s degree in global justice and human rights at Juniata, Wadud pursued training as an artistin-residence with the University of Ideas. Funded through the philanthropic arm of Italian menswear brand Ermenegildo Zegna, her residency allowed Wadud to explore sustainable manufacturing at Zegna, Gucci, and Fendi in Italy. She studied sustainable design at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and completed the executive education program at the Institute for Design and Public Policy at the Rhode Island School of Design.

Wadud now serves as an emerging philanthropist at the Women’s Prison Association in New York City. She founded LULAH, a luxury handbag brand that provides training and employment to women with criminal legal histories.

Wadud was previously employed as the manager of corporate social responsibility at Kate Spade & Company, where she oversaw the production of on purpose, a handbag collection made in Rwanda that provides vocational training to factory employees. She founded Run by Rural, a heritage label that connects marginalized artisans in Peru to the retail marketplace in the U.S., which has been featured in Southern Living Magazine and was recognized by then-Secretary of State John Kerry.

Wadud was named a fellow in the Aspen Institute’s Alliance for Artisan Enterprise, worked with the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage and served as a language assistant and cultural ambassador to the Spanish Ministry of Education in Seville, Spain.

William E. Swigart Jr. ’37 Alumni Humanitarian Award

Robert W. Pierson ’61

After earning an advanced degree in biochemistry and several post-doctoral appointments, Pierson attended a two-year masters program in regional planning. Until 1993, he worked as an environmental planner for several engineering and planning consulting firms. When his interest in locally produced food sharpened, he worked for The Food Trust as director of community markets and later for Penn State Cooperative Extension as a community development educator. He co-founded Common Market, a distribution center for locally-produced foods in 2004; the organization now has distribution facilities in Philadelphia, Atlanta, Georgia, and Houston, Texas.

He also founded Farm to City, a business which Pierson owns and directs. Farm to City operates 14 outdoor producer-only farmers’ markets providing retail and wholesale opportunities to more than 180 local farmers and food artisans annually.

In addition to the markets operated by Farm to City, Pierson has assisted five other communities in planning and launching weekly farmers’ markets.

Throughout his career as a food and farm advocate, he has also served on numerous boards of trustees and was named to the Mayor’s Food Policy Advisory Council. He created and administered a recycling partnership for 16 communities to recycle materials not yet collected in the City’s curbside recycling program, which resulted in these communities earning more than $1 million for local projects from trash collection savings and the sale of recycled materials.

Pierson has authored numerous publications on food and the local environment, and co-authored a peer-reviewed scientific journal article with a Nobel Laureate.

Robert W. Pierson ’61

“I have many memories from being at Juniata.

I took learning more seriously than I did in high school because I had to keep up with my classmates. I learned the responsibility of science to inform decisions within a liberal society. That is what democracy is about. That’s what freedom is about.”

Watch Robert 's speech on YouTube: tinyurl.com/JCRobertPierson

“We’ve got the easiest job in the world as alumni representatives.

If we are giving service to the College, it is because it’s such an easy thing to recommend and to be proud of.”

—Randy Kochel ’79

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Harold B. Brumbaugh ’33 Alumni Service Award

Dr. Randy L. Kochel ’79 and Pamela (Green) Kochel ’80 Randy L. Kochel and Pamela Green Kochel were presented with the Harold B. Brumbaugh Alumni Service Award, which honors alumni who have given of their time to projects or functions to advance Juniata College.

While building careers in medicine and teaching respectively, Randy and Pam have maintained a relationship with the College.

As Juniata Admission Ambassadors, the couple has successfully recruited more than 25 students. They also supported their sons, Christopher ’06 and Tyler ’09, who chose Juniata and thrived.

Randy has mentored Juniata health professions students on campus and at his family practice in addition to serving on the Alumni Council from 2006-2009. In recognition of this, he was presented with the Health Professions Alumni Appreciation Award in 2006.

The Kochels have given of themselves as loyal society donors, supporting international study, the arts, and student affordability.

Randy has travelled internationally and domestically with the Concert Choir on four tours and has provided leadership for the Choir Affinity Group as well as serving as co-chair of the 75th Anniversary Choir Reunion in 2007.

The Kochels have cultivated the Juniata network in the Central Pennsylvania (CPA) region through their attendance at, organization of, and hosting events for alumni, parents, students, and friends of the College. Pam continued her service as secretary of the organization, an office which has been held by just two other alumni since the club’s founding nearly a century ago.

Do you know someone who is deserving of a Juniata Alumni Award?

Help the Alumni Council’s Awards and Nominations Committee by submitting a nomination for one of the following: Harold B. Brumbaugh ’33 Alumni Service Award • Alumni Achievement Award Young Alumni Achievement Award • William E. Swigart Jr. ’37 Alumni Humanitarian Award 2019 Fall |

For nominations and more information: www.juniata.edu/awards

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The 2019 Faculty Awards

Every spring, three Juniata faculty members are honored with distinguished teaching and service awards during the College’s Spring Awards Convocation.

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James Tuten, professor of history, was named as the recipient of the 52nd annual Beachley Award for Distinguished Teaching.

Prior to introducing Tuten, Troha described one of the qualities that set him apart, “His eye for the telling detail draws students in and he is able to use the interest he generates to get students thinking deeply about the topics he covers.”

Tuten specializes in the history of the southern United States. His teaching interests include the Civil War and Reconstruction, the New South and the History of Food.

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Tuten’s research on Atlantic Coast rice culture from the Civil War until the industry collapsed in the 1920s culminated in the book Lowcountry Time and Tide: The Fall of the Rice Kingdom, which was published by USC Press in 2010.

Tuten is the Fulbright Program adviser for Juniata. He served as director of the Lakso Center for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in 2013-2014. He is the founder of an H-Net discussion list on the history and culture of South Carolina, H-SC. From 20002006 he served as Juniata’s Assistant Provost.

the neuropsychologist for the local Brainsteps Team with Tuscarora Intermediate Unit 11.

Ursula Williams, assistant professor of chemistry, received the Henry and Joan Gibbel Award for Distinguished Teaching, an award reserved for faculty members with fewer than six years of service.

“True to the award, she has been described as a consummate educator, colleague adviser and mentor, who places the needs of her students above all else,” says Troha.

Williams earned her doctoral degree at the University of Pennsylvania.

She earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry and English in 2009 from Union College in Schenectady, N.Y. Her research interests include the coordination chemistry of the transition metal and rare earth elements.

The primary focus of her graduate research was the synthesis and characterization of tetravalent cerium coordination compounds.

Her current research explores the effects of coordination environment on the redox behavior of first row transition metal complexes.

Williams has published research findings in several professional journals including Nature Chemistry, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Inorganic Chemistry, and Dalton Transactions, and she is a member of the American Chemical Society.

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, es Tuten, professor of history professor of education, Jam From left: Kathleen Biddle, y. stant professor of chemistr and Ursula Williams, assi

Kathleen Biddle, professor of education, was honored as the 30th recipient of the Beachley Award for Distinguished Academic Service.

Biddle is a licensed psychologist and developmental neuropsychologist who specializes in assessment and intervention for children with reading and other learning disabilities and acquired brain injuries.

She serves as director of the Rural Outreach and Reading Clinic (ROAR). This after-school program provides elementary students with free reading instruction two afternoons each week from September through May. “Her commitment and dedication to the ROAR program reflects and addresses her passion for literacy and language development,” says President James A. Troha.

“Not only do the children benefit, but this serves as valuable experience for Juniata students as they learn evidence-based reading interventions and progressmonitoring practices.”

Biddle is a member of the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading, the International Dyslexia Association, the Pennsylvania Branch of International Dyslexia Association, the Learning Disabilities Association and the Council for Exceptional Children, as well as the Pennsylvania Psychological Association. Biddle serves as

The Best of

JUNIATA SPORTS PHOTOGRAPHY PHOTOS: J.D. CAVRICH

Marcus Hall ’21, York, Pa., goes up for a contested layup against Moravian in Landmark Conference action.

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Kevin Duffy ’22, Carlisle, Pa., puts down one of his 211 kills during the 2019 season.

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Owen Grafe ’19, Newton, Mass., returns a ball against Landmark Conference opponent, Elizabethtown.

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Cassie Mock ’22, Martinsburg, Pa., goes up for a shot against Susquehanna during a Landmark Conference game.

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Ryan McClain ’21, Hughesville, Pa., goes up to bat against Drew during a Landmark Conference series game.

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Brenden Gardner ’21, Muncy, Pa., takes third in the 400m hurdles at the Juniata Invitational.

Alexis Barge ’22, Lititz, Pa., and her teammates claim third place in the 4x400m relay at the Juniata Invitational.

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Talia Bertrando ’22, Lititz, Pa., goes in for one of her 104 shots during the 2019 season against King’s (Pa.)

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Rising to the top of their game Five inducted into Juniata’s Hall of Fame On April 5, 2019, the College celebrated its 2019 Sports Hall of Fame induction, honoring the achievements of five Juniata athletes.

Brandy (Preslovich) Urbanik ’02 Brandy was a two-sport standout athlete at Juniata as she played four years of basketball and softball and excelled at both. In basketball, she is fifth alltime in scoring, seventh alltime in rebounds, 10th alltime in blocked shots, and seventh in steals. She won MAC Rookie of the Year and twice made the All Middle Atlantic Conference (MAC) first team. Brandy ranked first in batting average, doubles, hits, and RBI. She received the Charles Bargerstock award, which is presented to the female who made the greatest contribution to athletics.

Ricky Ziegler ’05 Ricky was a four-year member of the men’s volleyball team. He was named American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) DIII Men’s National Player of the Year in 2005 and was named an AVCA Division III All-American in 2004 and 2005. Ricky was a

part of two Molten National Championship teams in 2003 and 2004. His 10 block assists at Springfield are tied for the third most in a single match. He was named to the All-East/ All-EIVA first team in 2004 and 2005. He was named an Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association DIII All-Star first teamer in 2004 and 2005.

Brian V. Cannon ’08 Brian was a four-year member of the men’s basketball team. He scored the sixth most points in program history and tallied the third most points in a single season in program history. He made the AllMAC first team in 20062007 and the All-Landmark Conference first team in 2007-2008. Brian was named to the D3hoops. com All-Region secondteam in 2007-2008, the only all-region selection in program history. He led the team to their first playoff

win in program history and to two straight trips to the conference championship.

Jay Enoch ’08 Jay was a four-year member of the baseball team and he appears in the Juniata record books 59 different times. He ranks first in single season records for strikeouts per nine innings, earned run average, wins, shutouts, complete games, and strikeouts and in career records for wins, starts, complete games, shutouts, and strikeouts.

He was the MAC Rookie of the Year, twice named Conference Pitcher of the Year. He made the ABCA Mid-Atlantic All-Region first team in 2008 and was an ECAC South Region All-Star first teamer. Jay was awarded the Stanford Mickle Award, which is presented to the graduating male who made the greatest contribution to athletics.

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Kira McKay-Troutman ’05 Kira was a four-year member of the track team.

She was a three-time National Collegiate Athletic Association qualifier in the javelin in 2002, 2003, and 2004, and was an All-American in 2002.

She scored 64 points at the Outdoor MAC Track & Field Championships which ranks fourth since 1993. She ranks second in the javelin and heptathlon. She was a three-time MAC champion, for javelin in 2004 and 2005 and heptathlon in 2002. She was also a three-year member of the women’s soccer team. She ranks third in the school record books in single-season save percentage, eighth in saves in a single season, and is sixth in career saves.

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Sarah Worley ’00, associate professor of communication and director of community-engaged teaching and learning, encourages students to embrace learning that transcends the classroom.

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Now Every Course Counts More—Toward Life After College Juniata rolls out a dramatically new Curriculum PHOTOGRAPHY BY: JASON JONES (unless noted)

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hile many schools are revisiting their curricular model

these days, Juniata saw an opportunity to do something more. For Juniata, the process has gone further than

updating General Education coursework, it’s been about deeply considering the way students learn, right now and as they go on to lead fulfilling lives. There’s more to that than prescriptive classes, because the way people learn and work—and prepare themselves intellectually—has changed, too.

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EVERY COURSE COUNTS

A pressing challenge for students of today is to understand how to make sense of an onslaught of information, often from contradictory points of view, and to be able to engage with people they may or may never meet, and cultivate a critical eye.

Students often see Gen Ed as courses they have to check off the list before their real education begins. Juniata has never wanted that to be the case. Even in the days of Juniata’s “FISHN*” Gen Ed requirements and earlier, the goal of the College has always been to make each course relevant and worthwhile, and this new approach will enrich that effort.

No college course should merely be a box to check. Each should make a significant contribution to readying students’ hearts and minds for a lifetime of change and growth. It starts with confronting big questions: How will I choose to live my life? How will I choose to act in the world? How and with what tools will I understand the world?

With those questions in mind, Juniata set out to transform the College’s curricular model. The new Juniata College Curriculum passed overwhelmingly May 9, 2018, when it was put to a faculty vote (no small achievement). The new plan took effect in August. Here’s a look back at how the College blazed a new academic trail into the future for students and faculty alike.

“The Curriculum we started with was more ‘check-boxy.’

There wasn’t as clear of a reason why you had to take a course, you just had to do it.

Now, you can’t take

want for “We asked ourselves, ‘What is it we e?’ And Juniata students in this day and ag at was we did that in a blank-slate way th ents, divorced from our current requirem which allowed us to think big.”

—Phil Dunwoody PROFESSOR OF PSYCHOLOGY

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just any class, you have to take one that fits into your Program of Emphasis.”

—Isabella “Izzy” Bennett ’20 POLITICS AND NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATION BALTIMORE, MD.

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Along with a committee composed of 12 faculty members, Lauren Bowen, provost and professor of politics, set ambitious objectives for the new Curriculum, which includes preparing students to engage, adapt, and collaborate when they enter the professional world.

The Need for Change

Crucial to this work has been the awarding of three Andrew J. Mellon Foundation grants in 2014, 2017, and 2018, worth a combined $650,000, which funded the assessment, planning, and implementation necessary to revise the curriculum. An initial assessment of the existing model turned up multiple reasons a revision was in order, including the fact that it had far outlived the tenure of the faculty who developed it.

“The old curricular model predated the vast majority of faculty now teaching at Juniata,” says Phil Dunwoody, professor of psychology, director of assessment, and co-chair of the curriculum committee.

“So we were teaching to a model we never contributed to. The new Curriculum gives us a sense of ownership.”

And so Lauren Bowen, Juniata College provost and professor of politics, formed a committee of 12 faculty in February 2017. The committee set some ambitious objectives for the new curriculum to achieve, in light of the way life and work have changed. Juniata graduates need to enter the world having already learned how to engage with the unfamiliar, to understand how to adapt to fast-changing challenges, to collaborate in new ways—and to understand how learning itself works.

Later, the committee added students to the mix, including Isabella “Izzy” Bennett ’20. Bennett helped by getting feedback from students about what was being planned.

“We ran about 10 workshops with students,” Bennett says. “And then I took that back to the committee meetings and shared what the students’ concerns were.”

‘This Makes Juniata More Juniata’

Student feedback affirmed that the committee was on the right track.

“One of our students from our focus groups said, ‘This makes Juniata more Juniata,’” says Katy Johanesen, an assistant professor of geology who served on the Curriculum committee. “While the mechanics and names have changed, the school has not. The faculty is still affirming the liberal arts. It’s now better at supporting interdisciplinary connections.”

“The curriculum structure may be very new, but it’s a fulfillment of our unique identity as an institution. This is exactly what Juniata would do, because it’s who we’ve always been. We want to honor that tradition of responding to the need for change. To be timely. To continually ask ourselves, ‘How to prepare students for a world of work, but also for a life of meaning?’”

The Juniata College Curriculum Takes Shape

At its heart, the Curriculum is designed to equip students with useful knowledge and intellectual dexterity that they will take with them into their life’s work. This new approach will strengthen students’ ability to discern what knowledge means—and what they believe. To engage with unfamiliar situations and people, ask better questions, and to connect the dots among disparate disciplines that reinforce one another in surprising ways.

“We asked ourselves, ‘What is it we want for Juniata students in this day and age?’” Dunwoody says. “And we did that in a blank-slate way that was divorced from our current requirements, which allowed us to think big.”

Case in point, a course titled “Mars” that studies the Red Planet from both scientific and philosophical standpoints.

Are we alone in the universe? If earth became uninhabitable, where would we go? What about this planet has sustained our collective curiosity? Is it possible to colonize Mars this century, why would we want to, and do we have the right?

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“Mars” reflects how the new Curriculum approaches topics from multiple points of view—to fire up students’ brains from different angles. Built into the coursework is the idea that the school must make clear to students why they’re taking this course—something Dunwoody says they achieved by ensuring a “transparency of purpose.”

“We want to be clear with students, if we have a course requirement, why we had that requirement,” Dunwoody says. “It has to make sense.”

Students agree.

“The curriculum we started with was more ‘check-boxy’,” Bennett says. “There

wasn’t a clear reason why you had to take a course, you just had to do it. Now, you can’t take just any class, you have to take one that fits into your Program of Emphasis (POE).”

Speaking of the POE, that remains the centerpiece of every Juniata student’s education. As always, the POE focuses on specific areas in which students earn their degree. The Curriculum complements the POE by providing context and by causing students to reflect more critically on their work.

Now, first-year students will write a paper about their values and goals. As they progress through the Curriculum, they will be questioned ever more deeply

about what they believe, their ethics, their perspective—how they know what they know. This will be honed over all four years. Then, as seniors, they complete a capstone project in which they look back over their entire time at Juniata.

Leading up to the capstone project, the Curriculum also includes an online portfolio for each student to maintain, which houses their signature work and chronicles their growth throughout their years at Juniata. The portfolio is a manifestation of the authorship students have over the story of themselves that they write while at Juniata—and can continue to serve as a showcase of their accomplishments as they begin their

Katy Johanesen, assistan t professor of geolog y, was one of the faculty member who served on the commit s tee tasked with designing the new Cur riculum.

“While the mechanics and names have changed, the school has not. The faculty is still affirming the liberal arts. It’s now better at supporting interdisciplinary connections.”

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“This Curriculum prepares students for a dynamic career. It’s designed to make them nimbler in today’s workplace. To adapt to change and to equip students with highly prized skills, from communicating to delivering presentations.”

—Lauren Bowen PROVOST

Student foc us group par ticipants appreciated tha t the Curriculum complements the Program of Empha sis.

Designed to equip students with useful knowledge and intellectual dexterity, the Curriculum will strengthen students’ ability to discern what knowledge means.

And those advances will be evident to future employers, too.

“This Curriculum prepares students for a dynamic career,” Bowen says. “It’s designed to make them nimbler in today’s workplace. To adapt to change and to equip students with highly prized skills, from communicating to delivering presentations.”

Engagement Is Front and Center

The Juniata Curriculum requires students to pursue engaging learning experiences in local communities through service, internships, or short projects—and to chronicle and reflect on those experiences.

In fact, every student will meet some type of engagement requirement.

“Experiences matter,” Bowen says.

“We’re here to see that students situate themselves in the world in which they live.

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professional lives. Students can curate their portfolio and choose what’s visible to whom, and share it with potential graduate schools or employers.

“Each course requires students to submit a signature assignment to demonstrate progress on those outcomes,” Johanesen says. “Those will go into their portfolio. We’ll be able to grade them, but we can look at people’s progress from one year to the next, to see the change in students’ abilities over time.”

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fessor of de Roberts, associate pro Fac ulty members like Wa ere they wh ce pla the t tha ize ts recogn philosophy, and studen tters. meet and collaborate ma

To provide students agency, so that they act in the world, they’re not acted upon by the world. The local and global engagement requirements help to get them there.”

Bennett, who recently completed a study abroad program in Cork, Ireland, echoes that value of engaging with the world.

“Engagement gives you a perspective beyond the college world,” Bennett says.

“It’s really important for students to get that before they leave college. It can help you decide what you want to do afterward.”

Highlights of the Juniata Curriculum

Juniata’s Curriculum enc ourages faculty including Li She n, assistant professor of marketing, to lead students in exploring common top ics from the perspective of two discip lines.

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Centered on interdisciplinary inquiry and community engagement, the new Curriculum tackles why and how knowledge is created, evaluated, and used, and incorporates learning experiences outside the classroom. Here are some highlights.

First-Year Experience courses introduce students to the importance of reflecting on their values, beliefs, knowledge, and experiences as they transition into campus life. With heady titles like “The Good Life,” “Truth, Relativism, & Meaning,” and “Water Wars,” students contemplate what’s important to them, question their assumptions, zero in on moral dilemmas, and shape their powers of reasoning. “One of the things we built into it was the clear goal of having a more supportive first-year experience,” Dunwoody notes.

Ways of Knowing courses help students consider the world from different vantage points. “Students will look at how people in different fields know things, how they reason, collect evidence, create knowledge,” Johanesen says. “Ways of Knowing courses investigate how, for instance, a scientist is able to determine truth. So when you approach people in a given field, you know what questions to ask and you understand the answers.”

A Connections course presents a common topic from the perspective of two disciplines—co-taught by faculty who merge their different worlds in a way that expands students’ minds. “One feature everyone liked about our old model was the interdisciplinary colloquium and how it fosters a meeting of minds—taught by two faculty,” Johanesen says. “We’ve maintained that course in spirit and brought it into the new Curriculum.”

The Self and the World courses are designed to look less at disciplines

Through the Curriculum, students will be prepared for the workplace and the world, poised to make a powerful and meaningful effect on those around them.

PHOTO: SARAH ANNE WHARTON ’06

and more at values, and in so doing, supporting students in finding their place in the world and understanding how to interact–respectfully–with people who are not the same as them. It fosters a sense of equal partnership with the people they’re serving. All of those components are related to the fact that we ask people to think about their place within the world, their community, family, and social structures. Not just as a thought experiment, but as a way to make decisions.

The Path Forward

partnership with faculty. What we hear all the time from alumni is that mentoring by faculty was what really made the experience rich, and this new Curriculum will only strengthen that aspect,” says Bowen.

Faculty, students, and the place where they meet and collaborate matters.

A curriculum that doesn’t serve that core value would never succeed at Juniata.

What will ultimate success look like?

“We’ll know this is working by the intellectual energy and questions students ask,” Bowen says. “By seeing students explore more outside their main interests.

By looking at what they view as their signature work, the dynamism of those portfolios will be a marker of success.”

Of course, the ultimate marker of success will be to see what kind of citizens those students become.

“The tradition of the liberal arts is citizenship,” Dunwoody says. “What do citizens need to carry out their duties in society today? Our Curriculum is our answer to that question.” >J< —­Jonathan Everitt is a freelance writer and Cognitive Marketing associate.

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When Johanesen and Dunwoody attended the Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) conference in February 2019 in San Francisco, they presented the Juniata College Curriculum to an audience of national colleagues who were wowed by their work—and on the College’s unique approach to an undertaking many colleges are tackling today.

“The way we went about the revision was special because of the strong tradition of consensus-building on campus,” Johanesen says. “There was a lot of faculty

input and control, more than some schools might do. The community has to be part of the equation for it to be successful here. It has to have buy-in from the faculty. And that makes it a better curriculum because people believe in it.”

That goes for students, too. In fact, Johanesen and Dunwoody weren’t alone in their presentation to the AAC&U: they invited Juniata student Erik Rasmussen ’19, who had served on the curriculum committee, to speak.

“Having Erik at the conference blew people away because it showed the audience that the students are an important part of the process,” Johanesen says.

But Rasmussen’s inclusion at the event is standard operating procedure at Juniata. Which is why the new Curriculum had to be worthy of the mentorship that faculty have always offered to students. All feel that was accomplished.

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enjamin Franklin once said there are two certainties: death and

taxes. It can be argued there is a third inevitability: at some point in everyoneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s life, there will be a need to seek medical attention. Most

of the time, these situations arise when a person is in dire straits: not feeling

well, an emergency, orâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;more frighteninglyâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;when the end of life is near.

These worrisome circumstances are even more dismal if patients are not met with compassion and understanding from the medical professionals who treat them.

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Juniata has long been preparing students to pursue healthcare with concern

and service at the forefront of their minds. Faculty recognize the need for students to safeguard their compassion so they will continue to emanate it through their professional training and their careers.

“There’s a lot of research showing students enter medical school as highly empathetic individuals; and something about that rigorous process, they leave with less empathy than when they started,” says Dr. Mandy Siglin, former director of the health professions program. “We don’t want to send them out into the world with a lost level of empathy.”

Faculty try to counter an impending loss of empathy before it begins by talking with their students about this phenomenon.

“There are a couple of ways that we directly address this. We talk to students about the challenges of being in healthcare. We address those primary concerns early on and acknowledge this is currently happening,” says Dr. Siglin. “We go through and make sure they maintain that level of empathy and tell them to be aware of maintaining it.”

“... the idea was that research is never done in isolation, or a broader application of that is if you are not in a scientific profession you should not remain ignorant of science and vice versa.”

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Faculty, including Daniel Dries, assistant professor of chemistry, work closely with their students to instill the importance of empathy in all spheres of healthcare.

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Integrative classes between seemingly unrelated disciplines also facilitate a profound sympathy for the plight of others.

“We have an all-encompassing healthcare curriculum throughout Juniata,” Dr. Siglin says. “With healthcare, history, philosophy, and communications, students learn what I would say is the human side of healthcare.”

That includes classes taught in conjunction with another field or professor. Daniel Dries, assistant professor of chemistry, and Jim Roney, I. Harvey Brumbaugh Professor of Russian and International Studies, co-taught a class demonstrating that no discipline or idea stands alone, but instead every element has far reaching consequences.

“We first started to co-teach a class from lab to world,” says Dries. “It was a freshman seminar and the idea was that research is never done in isolation, or a broader application of that is if you are not in a scientific profession you should not remain ignorant of science and vice versa.”

It was Dries’ hope that the class would be half full of science majors and half full of non-science majors. Two modules to the class were genomics and infectious disease.

“The idea was to talk about the extent of science and the ethical, philosophical, arts, humanities, and social studies that go into genetics,” Dries says.

Another class he recently taught tackled issues about water and gave students a deeper understanding about how subjects ranging from health, the economy, social studies, and science—to name a few—are intertwined.

“It was called ‘Water Wars’ and was about access to water and how that impacts people in communities, the economy, and the globe,” says Dries. “We started talking about water rights and whether water access is a human right. Also about the commodification and privatization of water and what that does to communities.”

His class watched the Spanish film, Even the Rain, about the water shortage in Bolivia.

They shared articles and asked students to talk about them.

“Such as how there are still lead pipes in many schools around the country, and about the global monitoring of water shortage areas, and areas that may cause political conflict,” he says. “We talked about a big, multinational company siphoning water out of an area where indigenous people don’t have access to clean water and we talked about how we may run out of freshwater by 2050.”

Classes such as “Water Wars” provide a global perspective where thoughtful questions are posed. This imparts on students a greater appreciation of their impact on others.

“With healthcare, history, philosophy, and communications, students learn what I would say is the human side of healthcare.”

—Dr. Mandy Siglin FORMER DIRECTOR OF THE HEALTH PROFESSIONS PROGRAM

Dr. Clay Cooper ’13 of Hummelstown, Pa., recognized this universalness and the importance of inclusiveness and applied it to his studies. He graduated with a biology, Spanish and Hispanic studies degree.

“The reason I learned Spanish is for those who become sick who are in the healthcare system,” says Dr. Cooper. “It can be intimidating to have things explained by English providers. All of the uncertainties and what ifs of being a patient and trying to navigate the system when something is critical or urgent and not understanding– that would be extremely difficult.”

He recently studied at the Pennsylvania State University earning M.D. and M.B.A. degrees. He is now at Duke University studying family medicine and uses his second language to help alleviate the worry of the people who he is treating.

“I’m able to walk into a room and talk to them in their native language, put them at ease, and help them understand what is going on with their case,” he says. “I can see it on their faces that they are more at ease knowing they will be taken care of by someone who understands them verbally and their culture, too.”

He says he uses Spanish every day at the medical clinic in the hospital where he is a resident.

“I rotate to different areas of the hospital—such as the nursery—and talk to multiple Spanish-speaking families each day. Sometimes they have no family members around and I spend time with them and talk to them. Sometimes it’s about what it is like to be a parent who now has to care for that newborn in their arms,” says Dr. Cooper. “It’s very rewarding

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Integrative classes between seemingly unrelated disciplines also facilitate a profound sympathy for the plight of others.

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to work with people who might not have gotten the best care otherwise if they had to go through an interpreter.”

He is able to positively impact patients daily by providing them with something basic, but necessary, treating them in the language they know and understand.

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Soumya Polavarapu ’19 from Bridgewater, N.J., a first-generation college student, also wants to be a catalyst for change in the healthcare industry. She graduated with a biochemistry degree with an emphasis in art history and is anticipating being as impactful as Dr. Cooper in her profession, but with a public health twist.

Polavarapu acquired a profound interest in public health through her studies at Juniata. She credits Juniata for opening her eyes to the human side of medicine.

“My experience at Juniata made me more passionate about medical humanities and the problems in healthcare. Is it lack of care or lack of access to care?,” she says.

“Why is it so hard for people to access care? I came to Juniata just to do research and to go to medical school and then the professors exposed us to other things.

I found my true passion for medical humanities.”

Her newfound passion and strong academic work led to her receiving the Andrew Mutch Scholarship from the St. Andrews Society of Philadelphia. The award enabled her to spend her senior year at the University of Glasgow in Scotland where she studied healthcare systems of different parts of the world.

“I intended to understand global healthcare problems and how history impacted current policies,” says Polavarapu.

Polavarapu was also involved in a “Day on the Hill” where students go to Washington, D.C., to voice healthcare opinions. She is now enrolled in medical school at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine and wants to pursue a master’s degree in public health.

She aspires to continue to understand the plight of others and be a change maker in healthcare.

“I hope to join Doctors Without Borders and I want to work in public health and healthcare policy,” Polavarapu says.

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“I’m able to walk into a room and talk to them in their native language, put them at ease, and help them understand what is going on with their case. I can see on their faces they are more at ease knowing they will be taken care of by someone who understands them verbally and their culture, too.”

—Dr. Clay Cooper ’13

“I hope to work in hospital healthcare administration and the government to reform healthcare. All should have access; I want to help remove the barriers.”

Many physicians feel similarly stifled in medicine due to the obstacles they face in patient care. Dr. James Madara ’71, works to eliminate the dichotomy that physicians encounter between their desire to care for patients and the pull of monotonous clerical tasks.

Dr. Madara, who now lives in Chicago, Ill., is the executive vice president and chief executive officer of the American Medical Association. Before his current role, he served students and patients while in teaching and leadership roles at Harvard Medical School, the Emory University School of Medicine, and at the University of Chicago.

He is proud of the students he taught and mentored through the years. Many now hold executive level positions at prestigious institutions such as Harvard University, Loyola University, the University of Colorado and the University of Michigan—to name a few.

While Dr. Madara spent much of his career focusing on preparing the next generation of doctors for care and research, he has switched gears and now concentrates on improving the health of our nation.

“Physicians are a big piece of that,” he says. “We need to focus on where we think true healthcare is—around the patient— and then work out from there.”

He has been awarded countless honors and achievements during his remarkable career. He gives credit to his start at Juniata for exposing him to a new way of thinking.

“Juniata taught me to think differently. The small classes gave you the ability to know other people in your class and the faculty, which is really great,” says Dr. Madara. “It gave you a different orientation toward thinking about what you want and what you can do.”

To think about who you are is something Juniata thoughtfully instills in its students. Faculty nurture that intention and provide health profession students with the resources and encouragement to

“Why is it so hard for people to access care?

I came to Juniata just to do research and to go to medical school and then the professors exposed us to other things. I found my true passion for medical humanities.”

—Soumya Polavarapu ’19 BRIDGEWATER, N.J.

affect health and well-being. Some doctors may not link all of those things.”

Dr. Cooper praises Juniata for giving him the tools to be able to think independently and compassionately to treat another culture and help put those patients at ease.

“I definitely feel that my training at Juniata was more rigorous and independent than other classmates at other schools,” says Dr. Cooper. “And the Spanish department was really great.

A lot of pre-health students minor in Spanish because of the need for Spanish speaking health professionals. I started

out in medical Spanish and it evolved into cultural differences and the approaches to healthcare. I think that helped me to become more culturally competent and able to provide better care for patients, too.”

Polavarapu agreed that Juniata was the agent to help open her eyes to the world and people around her who need support.

“Juniata pointed me in the right direction,” she says. “Juniata watered me and I bloomed into this person who will help others.” >J< —­Amanda Drumm is a freelance writer from Altoona, Pa.

“Juniata taught me to think differently. The small classes gave you the ability to know other people in your class and the faculty, which is really great. It gave you a different orientation toward thinking about what you want and what you can do.”

—Dr. James Madara ’71 EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION 2019 Fall |

PHOTOS (LEFT): CLAY COOPER ’13, (RIGHT TOP) AMBER BORING ’18, (BOTTOM) J.D. CAVRICH

go out into the medical field and have a greater impact.

“Often diagnoses are made with a lot of assumptions, but there is a power dynamic there because you are my doctor,” Dries says. “We want students to listen to what patients do and don’t say. They may be embarrassed to tell you they do not have the money for that or there is an uncomfortable situation at home and I can’t do this. It’s important to think about limitations on healthcare and extra stressors—such as finances and time management—and how those things also

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Short-Term Trips with Long-Term Effects Juniata Students Continue Studies Abroad Over Winter Break

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uniata has established a reputation for an individualized approach to education, as well as for making studying abroad feasible and affordable for its students. So, it should come as no surprise that the College offers short-term programs for students to take a semesterlong course followed by a couple of weeks abroad.

Following the end of the fall 2018 semester, students set off to Chile, Myanmar, The Gambia, Rwanda, and the Dominican Republic.

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Hiking through the Rainbow Valley (Valle de Arcoiris), located in the Atacama Desert in Chile, Juniata students learned that the valley got its name from the colors which emanate from the richness and concentrations of clay, salts, and minerals.

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Short-Term Trips

Grace Backes ’20 selected a short-term trip to The Gambia in an effort to explore a culture different than her own.

“I chose The Gambia because I knew that if I was going to go somewhere, it would have to be very different from home so that I could get the full culture-shock experience,” Grace says.

Each faculty-led exploration and its associated semester-long course have specific learning and immersion goals.

“(The programs) give students and faculty the opportunity to develop an academic understanding of the culture or cultures to be visited and to handle logistical preparation, including considerations of navigating intercultural experiences,” says Kati Csoman, dean of international education.

Even though students only spend a few weeks abroad within these programs, the academic, personal, and developmental effects can be life-changing.

“Especially in the courses abroad during which faculty leaders are present, students have ample opportunity for reflection,” Kati says. “The process of reflection helps students to process and evaluate the experiences at a deeper cognitive and emotional level.”

Short-term trips can have long-term effects.

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Kaitlyn Granger ’21 studied in Rwanda and shares her experience interacting with a recovery organization made up of women who are victims of the Rwandan Genocide.

Students from the College helped the women to plant flowers to be placed on mass graves.

“We spent the entire day together, worked together, and laughed together.

One of my favorite moments from that day was when the women asked us how our respective countries teach about conflict resolution strategies,” says Kaitlyn. “Seeing how we’re learning to resolve conflict in a way that is not violent and does not lead to other genocides was really empowering for the other students and me, and the women seemed moved by it, too.”

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Grace Backes ’20 spent some time playing “Slap Dilly Oso,” a game the girls at Starfish International taught some of the Juniata students who traveled to The Gambia over winter break.

PHOTO BY ALYSSA SHEDLOCK ’20

Alyssa Shedlock ’20 helped her hosts with the dishes after enjoying a meal of benachin, a rice dish, while taking part in a study abroad trip to The Gambia in January.

PHOTO COURTESY ALYSSA SHEDLOCK ’20

As part of a study of “Post Conflict Peacebuilding and Impact on Wildlife Conservation,” from the left, Deon Mendez ’22, Uma Ramakrishnan, professor of environmental science and studies, Andrew Yeich ’20 and Perry Willig ’21, joined students from the University of Kigali to trap small mammals on a tea plantation.

PHOTO BY KAITLYN GRANGER ’21

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Juniata students, from the left, Mina Wilt ’20, Tra Bui ’21, Zach Roman ’20, Suzy Badorf England ’20, Maria McFarland ’20, Morgan Instone ’20, Megan Preso ’20 and Laura Goldstein ’20 painted a circle to resemble the Juniata basketball court along with drawings of the Guanin people while visiting the Dominican Republic in January.

PHOTO BY RACHEL MCCLOSKEY ’17

While studying abroad in the Dominican Republic, Juniatians, from the left, Raymond Chen ’17, Zach Roman ’20, Suraia Silveira ’20, Laura Schumacher ’21, Zach St. Clair ’20, and Tra Bui ’21 cleaned up an old garden to plant new fruits and vegetables for the Guanin community.

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PHOTO BY MARITA GILBERT

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Short-Term Trips

Maggie Peck ’21, left, Isabella Miller ’21, center, and Alanna Leidig ’21 explored a portion of the Valle de la Muerte (Death Valley) in the Atacama Desert in Chile by bike.

PHOTO BY ANNA RICHEY ’21

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Students and faculty members visited a local factory located outside Yangon, Myanmar, which is owned by the family of Theresa Oo â&#x20AC;&#x2122;19. The group learned about the economy of the country and the difficulties facing small businesses as they enjoyed a traditional Burmese meal with their hosts.

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Short-Term Trips

Taylor Knoble ’20 traveled to and through Chile with the goal of learning as much as possible.

“The attitudes and ways of life in Latin America are so different from our way of life,” Taylor says. “Everything is so different, which you can read in an article, but it’s hard to really understand it unless you’ve actually experienced it.”

Elementary students in Myanmar welcomed a break from the classroom as they befriended a group of Juniata students who were studying the culture and religion of their nation during a January study abroad trip.

PHOTO BY JINGXIA YANG

A group of Juniata students were introduced to students in a classroom taught by Cody Cooper ’16, who is serving in the Peace Corps in Myanmar during a visit to their school over winter break.

PHOTO BY JINGXIA YANG

Suraia Silveira ’20 studied in the Dominican Republic, where she built a basketball court, a park, and a barbershop, planted vegetables and fruit in a garden, and helped teach children in the La Piedra community.

“The most fulfilling part of this trip was learning from my host family and the community, especially because it is such a low-income area, but the people in La Piedra use everything they have and they appreciate it, too,” says Suraia.

Many of the students who participated in a short-term study abroad program may not have had the opportunity without financial assistance provided by the College and alumni. Some of the funding available is through Eagles Abroad Scholarships, the Thomas R. Kepple Jr. International Opportunities Endowment, and the Nyce Scholarship, endowed by Frances (Clemens) Nyce ’46 and William P. Nyce ’48.

“Juniata provided me with a scholarship for the trip, which helped me a lot financially because if I didn’t get the scholarship, it would have been extremely difficult for me to pay the full amount,” says Suraia. “For that, I’m glad that Juniata was able to support my dreams.”

Kaitlyn received funding through the Baker Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies which she credits with helping her to “get a different kind of enrichment in my field.”

The College will continue to promote short-term, faculty-led study abroad programs, much like those that were facilitated this past January, in the future.

“Juniata is committed to sustaining and growing short-term courses abroad and this is most evident in the new general education component that includes a Global Engagement requirement,” says Kati. >J< —Taylor Smallwood ’19, Juniata Associate for Media Relations and Rachel DesFosses ’21, student writer

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The Presidentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Report 2018-2019

WELCOME CL | Juniata

PHOTO: BARRY & MELODY GRUBB PHOTOGRAPHY

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Top 10% 1 in 3 ranked in the top 10% of their high school class.

32% were recommended by you and received the Juniata Community Scholarship.

148 Division III Athletes

SAT 50% between 1140-1320 The highest in our history.

Most sought after

Programs

14%

Health Professions Environmental Science 12%

Accounting, Business, & Economics 11%

LASS OF 2023 Fourth largest in Juniata’s history and a record number of 41 international students from 13 countries on four continents.

“We continue to serve students with a wide range of life experiences, and to create a learning environment that better represents the world our graduates are going to live and work in, with 76 students from underrepresented populations (our highest total), and 34% of our students identifying —Jason Moran VICE PRESIDENT FOR ENROLLMENT

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as first-generation college students.”

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2019-2020 Board of Trustees Timothy D. Statton ’72, Chair Mary M. White ’73, Vice Chair Gail M. Habecker ’76, Treasurer Carol J. Ellis ’71, Secretary Christopher E. Bair ’92 John L. Batchelor ’69 David C. Beachley ’77 Patrick Chang-Lo Bruce Davis ’65 Randall C. Deike ’88 Jayne K. Donahue ’75 Carol J. Ellis ’71 Richard J. Endres Jr. David J. Fahey ’81 Sarah Young Fisher ’75 Carl D. Glaeser ’77 Jodie E. Monger Gray ’88 Gail M. Habecker ’76 Barry J. Halbritter ’65 William P. Hayes Steven J. Hess ’91 Nathan Hevrony Steven J. Holsinger ’76 Eric C. Jensen ’77 Elaine V. Jones ’76 Michael J. Klag ’74 Richard A. Laabs Fred C. Mason Jr. ’73 Robert N. McDowell ’67 Bruce L. Moyer ’74 Richard E. Paulhamus ’70 Carol A. Pletcher ’66 Gayle W. Pollock ’68 Henry F. Siedzikowski ’75 Timothy D. Statton ’72 Daniel K. Sunderland ’88 George P. Valko ’75 Mary M. White ’73 Charles W. Wise III Friedhelm H. Wulczyn ’75

Money.com’s 2019 Best Colleges For Your Money Juniata College Rank: 114

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(up 165 from 2018)

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2019-2020 Alumni Council Front (left): Marion (Kercher) Oliver ’64; Marty (Utts) Jones ’67; Steph (Claar) Krug ’03; Esther (Phillips) Clark ’72; Sarah (Young) Fisher ’75, Alumni Trustee; Row 2 (left): Ryan Hollister ’08; Roxann (Binner) Yon ’84; President; Jigar Patel ’08, Past President; Val Deraville ’12; Russ Miller ’90; Row 3 (left): Danielle (Rupp) Gladfelter ’87; JoJo Harris ’10; Doug Eadline ’79; Christopher Bair ’92, Alumni Trustee; Jack Follweiler ’82; Paul Berry ’05; Back (left): Keith Jones ’75; Mike Ford ’82, Vice President; Mike Kenawell ’99; Joy Hadley ’84.

Not pictured: Lee Abramovitz ’89; John Batchelor ’69, Alumni Trustee; David Christopher ’96; Adena (Delozier) Mertz ’16; Rounida Shwaish ’15; Isaiah Slutter ’15.

Juniata College Alumni We are 16,174 strong...

We live in all 50 states and three territories/districts.

Outside Pennsylvania, the state with the greatest number of us is Maryland.

Volunteer Support

Faculty Promotions

1,027

Volunteers

gave

20,478

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William Ames

Super Internship Fund

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GRADUATE PROGRAMS 20000 Accounting Bioinformatics 15000 Business Administration Data Science 10000 Organizational Leadership

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Bethany Benson-Burns Professor of Art

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Around the World

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Daniel Dries

Associate Professor of Chemistry

...and, growing.

We live in 66 countries, spanning six continents.

Norris Muth

Professor of Biology

Matthew Powell

Professor of Geology

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Outside the U.S., the country with the greatest number of us is Germany.

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Andy Meci ’19 has earned a Fulbright Fellowship to conduct epidemiological research in France at Réseau Sentinelles, an organization that works on providing clinical surveillance.

He will lead a research project focused on finding a way to provide surveillance on Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV). This virus is the most common cause of respiratory infections in children and elderly individuals.

Sam Wherley ’19 has received a Fulbright Fellowship which will allow him to teach in Spain for the 2019-2020 academic year. Funded through the fellowship, Wherley will be located in Madrid and Segovia, teaching English at IE University where the majority of his work will be within the institution’s writing center.

PHOTO: SARAH ROHRER ’20

PHOTO: XIANGHAN WANG ’19

Audrey Kulberg ’21 was awarded a Finnegan Fellowship from the James A. Finnegan Foundation. The award enabled her to participate in a 10-week, paid internship with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.

Fellowship recipients were chosen by a panel of distinguished judges, under supervision of the Board of the Finnegan Foundation.

PHOTO: SARAH ROHRER ’20

PHOTO: XIANGHAN WANG ’19

Annaleigh Baremore ’19 won a Fulbright English Teaching Award to live and work in Colombia from August 2019 through May 2020. She will teach English at a university in Bogotá, Colombia, and along with teaching, she will design an extracurricular project for her community of residence.

After completing her Fulbright Fellowship, Baremore plans to continue her work in international sustainability.

PHOTO: SARAH ROHRER ’20

PHOTO: SARAH ROHRER ’20

MAJOR AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS

April Wells ’20 has been named a Newman Civic Fellow by Campus Compact, a Boston-based non-profit organization working to advance the public purposes of higher education. Wells is one of 262 students across the U.S. who will make up the organization’s 2019 cohort of fellows. The Newman Civic Fellowship, named for Campus Compact co-founder Frank Newman, is a oneyear experience emphasizing personal, professional, and civic growth.

Kenia Pochette ’21 was accepted into the Summer Health Professions Education Program. Through the fiveweek program, Pochette shadowed doctors in clinics, participated in workshops, and attended classes at the University of Health Sciences (WesternU) in Pomona, Calif. She studies linguistics, Spanish, and French with a secondary emphasis in chemistry. She plans on becoming a pediatrician or pediatric surgeon.

PHOTO: COURTESY ROXANNE JEFFERS ’20

Sierra Waite ’21 was awarded a place on the Fulbright Summer Institute, “Future Leaders in a Global Age,” and traveled to the United Kingdom, where she studied at the University of Westminster. Waite attended workshops designed to examine and challenge participants’ approaches to intercultural competencies needed in the professional world of the 21st Century as well as leadership effectiveness and development.

PHOTO: CANDICE HERSH

Suraia Silveira ’20 was the first student to earn a National Society of Leadership and Success Dream Support Grant. The $2,500 grant enabled Silveira to travel to and support the Guanin Center Foundation, a Dominican nonprofit charitable organization, as they developed a community park in La Piedra, a small underserved community of about 5,000 residents.

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Four Juniata students earned Benjamin Gilman Scholarships: Roxanne Jeffers ’20 (pictured), who studied in Mexico; Zakira Watts ’20, who studied in New Zealand; Sky Vance ’20, who studied in the Czech Republic; and Caitlin Binner ’20, who studied in Spain. Named for Benjamin Gilman, a Republican U.S. Representative from New York, the program offers grants for undergraduate students of limited financial means to study abroad, encouraging awardees to choose nontraditional destinations.

PHOTO: SARAH ROHRER ’20

PHOTO: XIANGHAN WANG ’19

Josh Brycki ’21 won a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and was selected from a field of 1,223 students from hundreds of colleges and universities nationwide. This year, 492 scholarships were awarded based on academic merit in math, science, and engineering. The scholarship will assist Brycki with tuition for both junior and senior year of his undergraduate career, during which he will continue his studies in biology.

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2018-2019 IMPACT For the third consecutive year, our alumni, parents, and friends have provided gifts in support of the College which have broken previous fundraising results.

Their generosity expresses the value they place in Juniata and supports the realization of the goals set forth in the strategic plan, Courage to Act.

Scholarship: Research opportunities are integral in providing students with real-life applications to add to the academic enterprise and support their future endeavors.

The Elaine ’76 and Keith ’75 Jones Student Learning and Research Program Fund has been created to support undergraduate students, who will be known as “Jones Research Scholars,” in conducting valuable research.

Community: For more than 50 years, the Beeghly Library has been a hub of learning both within the campus and the wider Huntingdon community. Alumni gifts and grant funding will support the creation of Statton Learning Commons, a facility which will instill the spirit of inquiry and curiosity at the heart of Juniata’s learning environment.

Resources: BELIEVE: The Campaign for Juniata College was publicly launched in the fall of 2018, although the seven-year campaign officially began in 2014.

With a goal of raising $115 million to be reinvested in the campus and Huntingdon communities, momentum continues to build, having surpassed $99 million.

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Distinctiveness: Students beginning their college careers during the fall 2019 semester will be the first to embark on the Juniata Curriculum, a sweeping reinvention of the College’s general education curriculum. The Curriculum takes into consideration the way students learn, both in the present and as they go on to lead fulfilling lives after graduation.

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Presence: As evidenced in the pages of the current issue of Juniata magazine, Juniata’s faculty, students, and alumni continue to further Juniata’s reach, establishing a presence in nearly every field and on nearly every continent.

Overall Gift Commitments in millions

$21.4

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Every gift counts!

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Impact on People, Place, and Effect

41 proposals were submitted for a total of $10,291,000. Juniata was awarded 31 proposals for a total of $1,792,720 (some submitted in the prior fiscal year).

in millions

State Government Sources (23%)

$10.1

Infrastructure

Private Corporations (6%)

$14.2

Endowment - Faculty $6.0 Endowment - Students

Other international and higher education institutions (3%)

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$26.4

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Federal Government Sources (32%)

Annual Giving

Private Foundations (36%)

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FACULTY FEATURE

Leaving the Corporate World for Academia How a Professor Discovered Her Calling at Juniata

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Kathy Baughman, the Swigart Associates Supported Associate Professor of Business & Economics, utilizes her years of experience as a certified public accountant and as a corporate vice president to give her students real-world examples in her classroom.

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“Anytime I’ve asked for assistance at Juniata, I’ve received it,” she says, noting that what she loves most about Juniata is the focus on student success and sense of community among faculty and staff.

She says that collaboration and support is key to working cohesively not just as a department but also as a college.

“It aligns you,” she explains. “If you put students first, like we do here, then it’s common sense that other faculty members will help me be a better teacher. They want me to do well so that our students can do well too.”

Kathy has indeed become a great teacher, giving her students hands-on learning opportunities, such as role-playing, experimental exercises, and even a simulated fraud investigation in Forensic Accounting. She also played an instrumental role in developing and launching the Healthcare Administration Program of Emphasis (POE) now available at Juniata. With numerous students transferring from biology and pre-med to business, the program seemed like a natural fit.

“These students like the medical industry, but they’re struggling with their role because they’re not really seeing themselves as doctors anymore,” Kathy explains. “They can still be in that industry but maybe envision themselves in a different way.”

Thanks to Kathy and the rest of the team who brought this new POE to life, these students can find their place.

Of course, we’d be remiss not to mention that, much like our students and alumni, Kathy says she’s always having a good time when she’s on campus.

“It’s fun,” she says, smiling. “Can you imagine a place more fun?

I can’t think of a single bad day at work.” >J<

—­Leah Grubb ’14 is a freelance writer from Huntingdon, Pennsylvania.

“The ‘let me help you out’ approach showed me the Juniata spirit that our students feel. It’s there for faculty as well. I don’t know if I would have been successful without that support.”

—Kathy Baughman

SWIGART ASSOCIATES SUPPORTED ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF BUSINESS & ECONOMICS

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n the corporate world, Kathy Baughman, the Swigart Associates Supported Associate Professor of Business & Economics at Juniata, became accustomed to working long hours to meet hard deadlines. When she transitioned to academia, she could’ve expected an easy-going schedule. But, Kathy would be among the first to correct you on this assumption.

After years of working as a certified public accountant with several large firms and an eight-year term as the vice president of finance for Paradise Datacom LLC in State College, Pennsylvania, Kathy recognized that her real passion lies in helping others develop their skills.

“I enjoyed my time at Paradise Datacom, but I thought ‘what do I really like about my job?’ and what I liked was mentoring the people working for me and helping them develop,” Kathy says. “So, my husband said ‘if you really like that, you should look into how you can do it.’”

It wasn’t long after that Kathy spotted an ad in the newspaper for a replacement to teach at Juniata while Dominick Peruso, professor of accounting, business & economics and chair of Accounting, Business & Economics, was on sabbatical. Soon enough, she landed the gig and, much like our students, embarked upon her own journey of self-discovery.

“I showed up in the classroom and never worked so hard in my life as I did that first semester of teaching,” she recalls, laughing.

“I had done a couple seminars but hadn’t taught full classes or a full college curriculum. I liked it, but it was a lot of work.”

In fact, Kathy was up late most nights preparing for classes—so much so that her husband asked her if she was sure she wanted to teach.

The transition from the corporate world to academia is a notoriously tough one. And yet, Kathy found her home and discovered her calling at Juniata—and she says she couldn’t have done it without her department.

“I was really fortunate,” she says. “Our whole department was helpful in guiding me through questions I had when I was teaching. You could not ask for a more supportive department for someone coming from the corporate world into academia, and that’s the Juniata way. The ‘let me help you out’ approach showed me the Juniata spirit that our students feel. It’s there for faculty as well. I don’t know if I would have been successful without that support.”

Kathy’s corporate experience is an asset in the classroom.

“I’m able to give my students real world examples of what’s in the textbook,” she explains. “I try to put as much of that into my teaching as I can.”

Kathy continues to find ways to improve her students’ experiences in the classroom. Most of her research focuses on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.

“I want to learn how to be the best business professor I can and teach students what they need to know in order to be successful,” she said.

In 2015, Juniata recognized Kathy for her outstanding teaching ability, scholarship, and notable contributions to the academic program by presenting her with the Gibbel Award for Distinguished Teaching. She counts that among her greatest achievements, but she humbly credits much of her success to the outstanding team she’s part of at Juniata.

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FACULTY/STAFF NOTES Matthew Damschroder, vice president for student life and dean of students, Holly Hayer, associate professor of Spanish, and Kati Csoman, dean of international education, presented at the Association of American Colleges & Universities Global Engagement Conference in October. The program was Intentional Learning Spaces: Living and Learning Communities.

James J. “Jack” Barlow, Charles A. Dana Professor of Politics, served as an election night commentator on WTAJ during the election.

Kathy Baughman, Swigart Associates Supported Associate Professor of Business & Economics, completed the requirements for the AICPA (American Institute of Certified Public Accountants) Blockchain Fundamentals for Accounting and Finance Professionals Certificate.

Hannah Bellwoar, associate professor of English, published Resistance in Saisei and Creating an Interactive Fiction Adventure: A Critical Essay on Resistance in Saisei, with Miranda Suarez ’18 in OneShot: A Journal of Critical Games & Play in March 2019 and “Salient Practices of Mentoring Undergraduate Research [in Writing]” with Eric Hall and Sophia Abbott on the Center for Engaged Learning at Elon University’s blog in May 2019. She also presented “Opportunities for Social Justice Oriented Undergraduate Research in Professional Writing at a Small Liberal Arts College,” at the Association for Rhetoric and Writing Studies Conference in Austin, Texas, in October 2018 and “Tracing Literate Activity of Undergraduate Student Researchers Collaborating, Writing, and Publishing with Faculty,” at the Conference on College Composition and Communication in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in March 2019.

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Bethany Benson-Burns, associate professor of art and chair of the art department, Robert Boryk, instructor of art and art history, Michael Iemolo ’19, and Tyler Phillips ’19 presented their artwork in Keystone Clay: West in March

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2019, the second of two exhibitions showcasing the ceramic programs at Pennsylvania colleges and universities.

Kathleen Biddle, professor of education, accepted an invitation to join the editorial board of the journal Social Neuroscience last fall.

Jonathan Burns, instructor in international studies, published a book review March 18, 2019, in North American Archaeologist, for the publication First Pennsylvanians: The Archaeology of Native Americans in Pennsylvania by Kurt W. Carr and Roger W. Moeller. Burns was installed for a two-year term as president of the Society for Pennsylvania Archaeology at the 90th annual meeting. He was also the invited presenter at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology and shared Archaeology Field School Meets Transportation Data Recovery: An Alternative Mitigation at the James W. Hatch Site in Centre County, Pennsylvania.

Stacia Fleegal, Baker Institute assistant, published a chapbook of prose poetry, Dear Hollow, with Dancing Girl Press, a small independent press in Chicago, Illinois, as well as five individual poems and one essay in various literary magazines. She was also a featured panelist on the BBC’s podcast, The Food Chain, after a producer discovered an essay written by Fleegal on the challenges of breastfeeding a micro-preemie which had been published last spring in a small magazine. The podcast aired on the BBC March 21. Fleegal served as vice president of the board of Huntingdon House, a local agency with a mission to provide support to victims and survivors of domestic violence while working toward the elimination of domestic violence through education and advocacy within the community.

Marita Gilbert, dean of institutional equity and inclusive excellence, was invited to serve as an advisory council member and on the committee, Sustaining Underrepresented Faculty, for the Booth Ferris Foundation Grant 2019 and as a planning committee member for the Association of American Colleges and Universities’ “2019 Diversity, Equity, and Student Success” conference, 2018–2019.

Doug Glazier, professor of biology, was selected to be a member of the advisory board of the Journal of Comparative Physiology B, which is approaching its 100th anniversary.

Christian Heasley, residential life coordinator, presented his research on the moral development of college students (specifically a cross-section study from 1997–2017) at the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators conference in Los Angeles, California, in March.

George Merovich, associate professor of environmental sciences, published “Demographic Characteristics of an Avian Predator in Response to its Aquatic Prey in Watersheds Impacted by Shale Gas Development” in PLOS One, a publication by the Public Library of Science, and “Variation in DNA Methylation is Associated With Migratory Phenotypes of Lake Sturgeon in the St. Clair River” in the Journal of Fish Biology. He was also invited to speak on the impact of shale gas development on stream benthic macroinvertebrates and water quality in West Virginia at the 25th annual Wildlife Society Conference in October in Cleveland, Ohio, and was a presenter at the 2019 Joint Technical Meeting of the Pennsylvania Chapter of the Wildlife Society and the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Fisheries Society in February in State College.

Conference in Cincinnati, Ohio. With Kristin Camenga, associate professor of mathematics, she presented “Effective Practice and Feedback Methods in Calculus I,” in the Mathematical Association of America Contributed Paper Session on The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Collegiate Mathematics at the Joint Mathematics Meeting in Baltimore, Maryland, in January. Roth was awarded the Robert V. Hogg Award for Excellence in Teaching Introductory Statistics from the Special Interest Group of the Mathematical Association of America in Statistics Education.

Jessie Sullivan, technical director, was invited to give a presentation, Risk Management for Performance and Studio Arts: Developing a Process to Identify, Assess, and Address Risk in a Performance or Studio Art Setting Specific to Your Venue or Event, at the United States Institute of

Theatre Technology National Conference in March. Additionally, she was selected to provide Entertainment Technician Certification Program Renewal Credits and American Institute of Architects continued education credits.

Belle Tuten, Charles A. Dana Professor of History, presented Touch and Smell in Medieval Healing: Two Recipes From the 15th Century to the meeting of the Southern Association for the History of Medicine and Science in Charlottesville, Virginia, March 15, 2019.

Jamie White, William I. and Zella B. Book Professor of Physics, spent the past academic year conducting research at the University of Melbourne, where he holds an honorary appointment as a Fellow of the Faculty of Science in the School of Physics.

Kimberly Roth, professor of mathematics, participated in the Math and the Microbiome workshop at the Mathematical Biology Institute at Ohio State University in October and was a part of the team that won a Microbiome Innovation Award for a project on organization of inter-kingdom microbial communities. She also attended the Women in Statistics and Data Science 2019 Fall |

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Christopher Grant, assistant professor of biological research, was invited to present “Science and Fiction from Fracking,” at the Bellefonte Art Museum with his wife, Kimi Grant, lecturer in college writing seminar. The talk tied his research on fracking with her recently-released book, Fallen Mountains. He also received two grants, $11,000 from the R.K. Mellon Foundation to assess 40 streams for the presence of brook trout and $14,500 from the Foundation for Pennsylvania Watersheds to study agrochemical and antibiotic concentrations in the Standing Stone Creek Watershed.

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ALUMNI FEATURE

All for One: Alumna

Leads Team Partnering with NIH Study

By April Feagley assistant director of communication

From Juniata to Mexico and from Washington, D.C., to Pittsburgh, Jennifer Jones ’07 has built upon her experiences to establish a successful career in the field of health communication.

“One size fits all” is a concept that works only passably for apparel and not at all for education or healthcare. For Jennifer Jones ’07 of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, a customized education has led to a career in public health which has her working as a driving force for individualized medical approaches.

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Now the executive director for the National Library of Medicine Training and Education Center (TEC), supporting the All of Us Research Program, Jen grew up in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, and selected Juniata to be relatively close to home while pursuing her undergraduate degree.

“I came to Juniata at the age of 18 with aspirations to be a physician assistant,” Jen says. “I recognized that a lot of time and energy would be needed for a pre-med POE and decided to shift after my first semester.”

Consulting with academic support services, Jen worked with advisers to develop a curriculum that would incorporate her interests and her strengths.

“Health communication was a good middle area for me. I was able to take biology classes and sciences and it introduced me to the world of communication, which I really love,” she says. “Spanish was my secondary emphasis.”

Jen spent the fall semester of her junior year studying in Puebla, Mexico.

“I lived on campus in Mexico. It was great to interact and be immersed in the culture and language,” says Jen, who added that she traveled to Guatemala as part of an educational and medical outreach trip with the Stone Church of the Brethren, adjacent to campus. “It gave me so many more opportunities to travel and use the language.”

Jen credits the College’s commitment to partnering with students with putting her on the path to success.

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“I am so thankful. I think if I had gone anywhere else and realized that the hard-core science program wasn’t for me, I would have been lost,” she says. “The communication faculty were great mentors to me. I still keep in touch with them today.”

A pivotal experience during her college years was an internship with the marketing department at J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital.

“That experience led to me getting an internship with the Association of Schools and Programs of Public Health (ASPPH) in Washington, D.C.,” Jen says.

At ASPPH, she was introduced to the concept of public health, defined as “The art and science of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health through the organized efforts of society.”

“I was able to come into my own using everything I’d learned at Juniata,” she says. “I knew I wanted to work in the health field and public health was a whole new world, where I didn’t have to practice medicine to make a positive impact to improve health.”

After a 10-week internship which culminated in a full-time staff position, Jones attended the University of Pittsburgh for graduate school, where she earned her master’s degree in public health, a certificate in community-based participatory research, and a certificate in evaluation of public health programs.

“I like to say that typically you go to the doctor, once a year for 20 minutes of one-on-one time, and everything else is public health,” Jen explains.

When the opportunity to serve as executive director and to work on the ground-breaking All of Us Research Program came about, Jen saw it as the natural next step in her career. A national effort directed by the National Institutes of Health, the program is a precision medicine initiative designed to speed up research and breakthroughs.

“I was already so passionate about what the All of Us program stood for, bringing community inclusion into public health, along with social demographics,” she says. “This program treats participants as partners by giving them the program data. That’s not typical in clinical trials.

This study is changing the way research is being done.”

“The Pennsylvania program is set up under the national program, with a lot of individual awardees and great partners including hospitals, academic institutions, federallyqualified health centers, and community-based organizations and libraries,” says Jen. “A lot of people recognize this is a great way to do research.”

“I am so thankful. I think if I had gone anywhere else and realized that the hard-core science program wasn’t for me, I would have been lost. The communications faculty were great mentors to me.

I still keep in touch with them today.”

—Jennifer Jones ’07

The goal of All of Us is to create a 1,000,000-person diverse cohort. The goal of Jen’s program is to provide interactive educational training and engagement deliverables for and about the program.

“To get this cohort, you have to meet people where they are.

You have to create awareness and you have to educate,” she says. “With this information, doctors will be able to treat people based on all of the things that make them unique versus one size fits all.”

The joining of individual voices and experiences for the betterment of the community is something Jen came to know and appreciate during her time at Juniata.

“Everything at Juniata is about looking at people individually,” Jen says. “It was my time at Juniata that led me to public health. That was really the foundation for my career and I hope to continue to connect the dots and keep on adding to it. >J< 2019 Fall |

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As the executive director for the National Library of Medicine Training and Education Center (TEC), Jennifer Jones ’07 is working to support the landmark All of Us Research Program, the largest public health project of its kind.

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class notes

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1975

was recognized by the University of Indianapolis with the creation of The Gene and Joanne Sease Institute, an innovative model that meets the growing need to develop regionally-based high-skill talent. The Sease Institute answers the call for institutions of higher education to be nimble and flexible by offering customized programs tied to relevant, workforce-related content. Gene was president and chancellor of the University from 1970 to 1988.

was inducted into the Pennsylvania Scholastic Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame May 25, 2019. John, the 10th winningest coach in Pennsylvania scholastic history with 323 victories spread over 38 seasons, retired as Bellwood-Antis football coach and athletic director. He spent his entire head-coaching career in Bellwood, Pa., from 1980 through the 2017 season. He was offered induction in past years, but felt it should happen at retirement.

was elected to serve as chair of the Larimer County Environmental and Science Advisory Board in Colorado. As chair of the board, Jim will provide guidance to elected officials and county staff.

Gene E. Sease

1958

Jay R. Muir

was presented the Wanda Meyash Outstanding Citizen Award by Huntingdon Borough Mayor Dave Wessels this past January. Jay was recognized for his service to the community, including his involvement in the water and sewer authority, the zoning hearing board, the Huntingdon Area School District, Huntingdon County Business and Industry, and the transportation infrastructure committee, all while running his own accounting business for almost three decades.

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1972

Ronald A. McAlpine

1976

Cathy L. Dickey

attended her niece’s graduation at Juniata College’s 141st Commencement weekend.

Pictured from left to right, on the Founders Hall porch, are three generations of Juniatians: Cathy Dickey ’76, niece Whitney Miller ’19, and father Jack Dickey ’52.

was elected for a third consecutive term as Board Chair at Calais Regional Hospital at the board’s annual April meeting. The Calais, Maine, facility is a Critical Access Hospital providing important healthcare services to rural Washington County and is a vital part of the economy in the region. Ron is retired from Volvo Construction.

1973

was inducted into the Huntingdon County Sports Hall of Fame (HCSHOF) in the Class of 2019 at a banquet June 8. He was recognized for his participation and success in football and basketball from high school with the Bearcats to post-college with the Pittsburgh Ironmen and the Pittsburgh Panthers.

Robert N. McDowell

and wife Ruth (Bartleson) McDowell ’68 recently vacationed in Arizona and California.

While in La Quinta, the couple spent four days with fellow Juniatians, including Alan Ringgold ’67, Marcia (Bombaugh) Ringgold ’68, Timothy Statton ’72, Kathryn (Stavru) Statton ’72, David Gould ’67, Kirsten (Miller) Gould ’67, Carol (Davis) Russell ’68, and John Russell ’68. The group of friends are pictured at the Statton residence at an open house event.

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James M. Gerek

Gary J. Shope

1967

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John R. Hayes

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Bruce R. Erb

graduated from the Academy for Excellence in County Government, a training program of the County Commissioners Association of Pennsylvania. Bruce currently serves as a Blair County commissioner.

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1979

Susan E. Kane

received a Ph.D. in educational psychology from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY) in May 2018.

After graduation from CUNY, she obtained the position of assistant director of Academic Support Services and Advertisement at the Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, N.Y., where she works with students from the schools of medicine, nursing, public health, and other health-related occupations who are having academic difficulties.

1980

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Cecil T. Jackson

was named 2018 All-Area Boys Cross Country Coach of the Year for his team’s many successes throughout the season.

1981

Joseph E. Schall

was chosen among over 14,000 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention employees for the October Employee of the Month for his contribution to the agency’s Mining Program Strategic Plan. Additionally, he was featured in the September/October issue of the Penn Stater magazine regarding his hobby of playing and repairing pinball machines.

These members of the Class of ’69 gathered for a group photo during their 50-year class reunion during Alumni Weekend in June 2019.

Row 1 (l-r): Bobbie (Jacobus) Covert, Beverly (Field) Hirseman, Phyllis (Davis) Shadle, Shari (Kniseley) Ewing, Jill (Dundore) Hayes, Kathy (Wiggins) Blackburn, Linda (Lehman) Milliken, Denny Creter, Dave Newcomer, Chuck Locke Row 2 (l-r): Ed Hilbert, John Batchelor, Lynn (Rumberger) Dankanich, Susan (Detar) Dziuk, Bonnie (Cave) Maechler, Janine (Everhart) Katonah, Rietta Klair, Sharon (Cramer) Manno, Mary Ellen (Franck) Herbster, Becky (Fraley) McMenimen, Cheryl Zwick, Virginia (Schreffler) Wimberley Row 3 (l-r): Bob Gomperts, Donna (Heckman) Stapleton, Pat (Burkhart) Eisenhart, Carolyn Bugel, John Long, Don Miller, Bob Baker, Glenn Aston-Reese, Ken Malas, Donna (Kent) Berg, Connie (Swanberg) Wheeler, Frank Dankanich Row 4 (l-r): Paul Goydan, Ron Duncan, George Anderson, Tom Creitz, Jake Hershey, Rob Good, Alan Hoover, John Neely, Tom Wallack, Alan Herbster, Denny Berry, Lance Shomo, Cliff Berg, Steve Wheeler, Steve Carroll, Robert Chandler

1990

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Peter G. Koval

1982

was elected to serve as the chair for the executive committee of the Board of Pharmacy Specialties (BPS). The BPS oversees the certification of 12 specialties and currently certifies more than 36,000 pharmacists in the U.S.

Michael J. Ford

earned a master’s of divinity degree from Eastern Mennonite University in Harrisonburg, Va.

Cynthia J. (Rohm) Lewis

teaches at New Oxford Elementary School in New Oxford, Pa., alongside Matthew Osmun ’96 and Michele Palmer-Colvin ’03.

1991

Scott M. Beatty

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Jay M. Moreau

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was appointed CEO of U.S. Aggregates and Construction Materials operations at LafargeHolcim, a global leader in building materials and solutions. Jay was previously employed at Martin Marietta, serving in various roles such as regional vice president, general manager, division president, and senior vice president of operations services.

celebrated several graphic novel milestones with the publication of Star Wars Adventures: Destroyer Down, a top-selling comics title of 2017. Additionally, his best-selling Robin: Year One—The Deluxe Edition saw print in 2018, followed shortly after in early 2019 by awardwinning Batgirl: Year One—The Deluxe Edition.

Both Robin and Batgirl stories, as well as Scott’s other DC Comics’ stories, are currently free to subscribers of DC’s digital streaming service: www.DCUniverse.com.

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Juniata Alum Takes on ‘Troublesome Women’ Erica (Rhodes) Hayden ’07 recently published a book, Troublesome Women: Gender, Crime, and Punishment in Antebellum Pennsylvania. Hayden relates the experiences of female criminals in Pennsylvania between the years of 1820 and 1860, as well as exploring the challenges of maintaining agency over their lives and bodies, issues of race and social class in prisons, and how female experiences differed from that of male inmates. Her completed work is the culmination of five years of extensive research and writing.

Q: When did you first become interested in women’s history, specifically regarding crime and punishment in the antebellum period?

A: While interning at the Huntingdon County Historical Society, I found a noose in one of the boxes and that spurred me on to think about why they kept something like this. What does that say about the community and views on capital punishment and crime? My senior thesis at Juniata was on capital punishment and society’s reactions to it. As a graduate student, my interest expanded to include women and crime and the broader topic of women’s experiences committing crimes and the ensuing trials, but also being in prison and their experiences in prison.

1995

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Ryan P. Ames

was promoted to associate at Dewberry in Raleigh, N.C. Ryan is a process design leader in water practices. He specializes in water chemistry, water and wastewater treatment plant design, and process evaluation and optimization for public and private sector clients.

1999

Kesha A. Baptiste-Roberts

was awarded tenure and promoted to associate professor at Morgan State University in Baltimore, Md.

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Catherine M. (DeJohn) Gardner

received a grant from Fund for Teachers to travel to Alaska for a wildlife tour to demonstrate the work of scientists and to move ecology education to a model that supports Next Generation Science Standards. The tour included camping in the Kenai National Wildlife Refuge and Denali National Park, canoeing in the Tangle Lakes, hiking in an ice field trail, sea kayaking in Kenai Fjords National Park, and taking a helicopter tour that landed on Godwin Glacier. Katie is a teacher at the New Milford Public School in Connecticut.

Q: What surprised you most during your research?

A: As they were imprisoned in fairly small numbers, some prisons did not hire a matron to watch these women until 30 years after they’d opened. There were many coded discussions about how these women would now be protected.

What happened during those 30 years? This unveiling of life behind prison walls for women was surprising and sad in a lot of ways.

Q: What was the most difficult part of your research?

A: Figuring out where the records are located. I wanted to look at women’s experiences in both urban and rural areas. It was much easier to find records in urban areas because they have bigger archives and libraries, but in the rural areas it was a matter of tracking down local historical societies and courthouses.

I spent a lot of time making calls, and in musty rooms where records were kept.

I looked at over 6,000 cases. A lot of it was just a brief court record or a prison docket. Once you have the data, you then have to figure out what it says about —Jill Palmer ’21, student writer women’s experiences, and how to craft a story from it.

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Dusty R. Haverly

transitioned from his private practice to OAA Orthopaedic Specialists, where he serves as a physician. In this role, Dusty practices office podiatry, wound care, fracture care, and pediatric and geriatric podiatry. Outside of his medical career, he trains for and participates in marathons and triathlons. To date, he has finished four independent marathons and one Ironman triathlon distance race, which took place in July 2018 at Lake Placid. Dusty is currently training for future Ironman events.

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2002

2010

serves as a technical trainer at Confluent in Palo Alto, Calif. He frequently travels to customer sites to conduct trainings on Apache Kafka event streaming software, and works remotely for the remainder of his time.

now serves as parent coordinator for the New York City Department of Education. She resides in Bronx, N.Y.

Douglas J. Hogan

2011

Kenneth M. Goodfellow

Adam L. Nelson

visited the College Feb. 7, 2018, to deliver a speech on the Rohingya Refugee Crisis in Myanmar and Bangladesh. Adam currently serves as a senior program manager for the National Democratic Institute where he works for their Asia team that focuses on China, Myanmar, Bangladesh, and Sri Lanka.

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Johnniersi D. Harris

2006

Heather M. Hassel-Finnegan

was promoted to executive director at The Community’s Foundation, an organization that helped to fund her undergraduate studies at Juniata.

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Ryan E. Hileman

has been appointed as the head football coach at Williamsburg High School. He coached the Blue Pirates’ junior high team last season.

Susan R. (Neiley) Kilmer

was awarded the Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools (PARSS) Teacher of the Year award at the PARSS conference in Boalsburg, Pa. Sue is an elementary life skills support teacher in the Wyalusing Area School District.

Elena A. Long

was selected by Business Equality Pride Magazine as one of its 40 LGBT Leaders Under 40, Class of 2019. She was recognized for her efforts in founding lgbt+physicists, working with the American Physical Society to organize the LGBT Climate in Physics Report, and more.

Michael U. Knill II

became the athletic director for Central Penn College in Summerdale, Pa. He currently works as a personal trainer and physical therapist assistant.

2008

Troy D. Crumrine

returned to Juniata College during Autism Acceptance Week to speak to the campus community about his experience living with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and becoming a paralegal with the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. Troy’s story can be found at: www.the-art-of-autism.com/ troy-overcoming-the-odds-attorney-withaspbergers/.

Travis R. Paul

Rebecca E. (Shoaf) Kozak

returned to the College to speak to the campus community about the work she does at the Latinas y Niño’s Women’s Residential Treatment Facility in Boston, Mass.

As clinical director, Becca helps women—many of whom are in recovery from substance abuse, are survivors of violence, have experienced chronic childhood trauma, or have been homeless for long periods of time.

Shane R. Thomas

achieved a long-term goal by becoming the high school head football coach for Huntingdon Bearcats. He previously served as assistant coach and head junior high coach at Juniata Valley for the past seven years.

2012

Elura L. Fink

now serves as business development manager at Evotec, a drug discovery alliance and development partnership company.

Michael B. Lackey

accepted a new position as defensive coordinator for the Warriors football program at East Stroudsburg University. Mike was part of ESU’s coaching staff for the 2012 and 2013 seasons, and most recently, he served this past year as a defensive line graduate assistant for the University of Missouri in Columbia, Mo.

2013

Zachary A. Boyd and Derek R. Heath

were both promoted to supervisor at Boyer & Ritter, one of Central Pennsylvania’s largest regional accounting firms. Zachary is a CPA who provides auditing, accounting, and tax services, and Derek is an accountant who specializes in working with businesses and not-for-profit organizations and personal income tax. Additionally, they both support the firm’s Government Services, Internal Audit, and Business Services groups.

2009

Kristin N. Musselman

accepted a new position as elementary principal at the Tyrone Area School District. She previously served as elementary assistant principal in the Huntingdon Area School District.

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visited campus in April to deliver a presentation for the Juniata Associates Spring Professional Development Workshop. Travis spoke about project management and goal setting, pulling on experiences from various positions at PPG Industries, Inc. throughout his career.

finished among the top 50 male runners in the 123rd Boston Marathon April 15, 2019. He finished the race in two hours and 26 minutes, making him the first Pennsylvanian runner to cross the finish line. Kenny participated in the Boston Marathon in 2016 and 2018 as well.

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Former Eagle Once Told ‘Girls Can’t Play Football.’

Now, She’s a Coach!

When Erica Vinson-Ondecko ’07 first took the field as a kicker on Juniata College’s football team in 2003, she was the eighth woman in the history of the game to play for a college team. Today, Vinson-Ondecko coaches kickers and punters at Waynesboro Area High School in Waynesboro, Pa. After being accepted for an apprenticeship under the direction of Baltimore Ravens kicking coach Randy Brown in 2018, she was asked to return again in 2019. Vinson-Ondecko has been included on the NFL’s list of women coaches.

2014

Corey B. Lacey

accepted a new position as Social Media Coordinator at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City.

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Drew V. Eline

is pursuing an M.S. in Fish and Wildlife Biology and Management at SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry. She researches the New England cottontail, the only native cottontail east of the Hudson River that is a species of concern in New York, having experienced significant declines in the last century due to habitat loss, fragmentation, and the introduction of a non-native competitor—the eastern cottontail. Her research focuses on improving habitat for this imperiled species while discouraging their introduced competitor by assessing resource selection, survival, and behavior.

Q: What attracted you to the game?

A: When I was going into ninth grade, I was torn between sports. I ended up choosing football. At the time, I had no idea how rare it was for a girl to play football, I just saw my buddies playing and how hard it was for them and I wanted to test myself that same way. The second thing that drew me to the game was my love for kicking.

I had played soccer since the age of 4, and I remember constantly kicking things.

I would juggle a soccer ball on my way to and from the bus stop. If I were playing tennis or volleyball, it would be with my feet. For me, it was a completely natural transition to play a sport where I could kick something 24/7.

Q: What types of responses have you experienced?

A: I could literally write a book with all of the different responses I’ve gotten! As a player, there was so much confusion! When I was getting recruited to play college ball, I had college coaches call my house and ask for “Eric” instead of for “Erica.”

Now as a coach, people always think I’m the athletic trainer. There were also some less positive responses, mostly negative comments, when I was a player. During a game, a player tackled me after the play was dead and said “Welcome to football, this isn’t figure skating.” I’ve also been told, “Girls can’t play football,” “Kickers aren’t real football players,” and “You only made the team because you’re a girl.” Although those negative comments are hard to forget, my career has been filled with so many more positive responses. As a player, after my teammates got to know me, they were like my brothers. When I first spoke with Randy Brown, he said, “You’re part of the fraternity, we need to look out for each other.”

Q: What advice do you have for young female athletes?

A: You can accomplish so much more than you may think is possible. If you’re a woman in a male-dominated sport, profession, or subject area, it’s harder for us, which doesn’t make it ok. This added pressure makes us work harder and prepare more than many of our male counterparts. I promise you, if you are doing what you love, the good will always outweigh the bad. And in the end, you’re making it more accessible for the next little girl or young women to follow her dreams.

—April Feagley, assistant director of communication

2017

Ashlynn N. Cobb

accepted the position of resident director for the National Security Language Initiative for Youth Russian Language Program for American Councils for International Education.

Amy E. Orner

accepted a new position as school programs educator at The Phillips Collection, an art museum in Washington, D.C.

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Marriages Cynthia M. Duick ’85

married Gary “Whit” Baker Oct. 10, 2018, in Delray Beach, Fla. The couple resides in Boca Raton with their dog, Shasta.

Susan M. Heckman ’96

married Matthew Kolb July 1, 2018. Sue and Matt, along with daughter Chloe and son Noah, reside in Mountville, Pa.

Jamie L. Craige ’09

married Zack Simon in November 2018. The couple resides in Cherry Hill, N.J.

Colt W. Thomas ’09

married Sarah Hazlett in Costa Rica March 15, 2019. Juniata alumni and faculty in attendance were: Ryan Obeldobel ’09, Mandy (Tennis) Obeldobel ’08, Kristin (Rodkey) Thomas ’12, Tyler Thomas ’12, bride Sarah Hazlett, groom Colt Thomas ’09, Bill Thomas, Carly Thomas ’10, and Tessa Thomas ’14.

Elainea D. Hess ’16

married John Neville July 8, 2017. The couple lives in Warriors Mark, Pa.

Shalen M. Perehinec ’16

married Ryan Steinbugl Dec. 1, 2018, at St. John’s Catholic Church in Altoona, Pa. Juniata alumni in attendance included (l-r): Anastasia Ardasheva ’17, Stéphanie van de Laarschot ’17, Alexandra Schmidt ’16, Morgan Horell ’17, James Hemminger ’16, Lauren Lesser ’16, bride Shalen (Perehinec) Steinbugl ’16, Kirstin (McKenzie) Reed ’16, Adena (Delozier) Mertz ’16, Christopher Sinisi ’16, Megan Myers ’16, Natalie Biesecker ’17, Joseph Bortak ’15, and Brenda (Storm) Jones ’02.

Gabriel L. Skelley ’16

and Emily McCloskey were united in marriage Aug. 18, 2018, at Diamond Lane Farm in Roaring Spring, Pa. The couple resides in Altoona, Pa.

Felicia C. Roppelt ’17 and Kelvin F. Abrashoff ’16

Jaclyn N. Johnson ’11

married Christopher Dietze Oct. 5, 2018, at Heron Hill Winery in Hammondsport, N.Y. Jacqui and Chris reside in Altoona, Pa.

were married April 28, 2019. Juniatians in attendance were (l-r): Matt Lehr ’17 g’18, James Dougherty ’17, Kelly Reynolds ’17, Hank Coyne ’17 g’18, Stephanie Meyers ’09, Tanner Martz ’18, Taylor Smallwood ’19, Danny Young-Uhrich ’00, groom Kelvin Abrashoff ’16, bride Felicia (Roppelt) Abrashoff ’17, Rachel Willis ’18, Ali Weyant ’18, Christina Estright ’17, Lydia Gorba ’14, Anthony Downey ’17, Matthew Brumbaugh ’16, Catherine Brumbaugh ’16, and Frank Marin ’16. Not pictured: Kathleen Biddle.

Jamey T. Brumbaugh ’18

married Nicole Carrieri July 28, 2018, at the Park Hills Golf Club in Altoona, Pa. Jamey and Nicole reside in Pittsburgh, Pa.

Raneasha A. Bittner ’12

and Ryan Duffy were married Dec. 1, 2018, in Altoona, Pa. Many Juniatians were in attendance to celebrate their love!

Kaitlyn A. Gundersen ’12 and David T. Thorpe ’12 were married Oct. 6, 2018, in Honesdale, Pa.

Meghan M. Decker ’14 and Kyle D. Clemmer ’13

were united in marriage Oct. 14, 2017. The couple resides in Lancaster, Pa.

Alexandra M. Zerjav ’15

and Christopher Biedka were married Aug. 18, 2018. Lexi and Chris reside in Pittsburgh, Pa.

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Births and Adoptions J. Clark Feiser ’68

and wife Phyllis adopted a six-year-old girl, Ashlee Renee, who is in first grade at Adams County Christian School in Natchez, Miss.

Tony M. Howell ’94

and husband Ron Fisher adopted Sofia Sage Fisher-Howell, born Aug. 23, 2018.

Matthew L. Bochman ’03

and wife Julia are proud to announce the birth of their twins, Thomas Theodore and Evelyn Rose, Sept. 6, 2018. The family resides in Bloomington, Ind.

Megan L. (Carpenter) DeWitt ’07

and husband Benjamin are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter, Violet Frances, Dec. 31, 2018. Baby Violet was welcomed home by big sister Cora.

Robert W. Patty ’07

and wife Lindsay welcomed their son, Reid William, Aug. 23, 2018.

Baby Reid and Lindsay now share a birthday!

Katie A. (Rhoads) Weber ’08 and John E. Weber ’07 welcomed their daughter, Gracie James, May 29, 2019.

Heather L. (Lecrone) Ott ’09 and Dane A. Ott ’09 welcomed their daughter, Aubrey Skye, to the world Sept. 18, 2018.

Danielle L. (Rohar) Van Hook ’09

and husband Travis are pleased to announce the birth of twin boys, Theo Kai and Amos Ace, Feb. 6, 2019.

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Obituaries Thelma E. (Smith) Scott ’38

May 12, 2019—Thelma, affectionately known as “Smitty,” was 102 at the time of her passing.

She was a longtime resident of Cross Keys Village in New Oxford, Pa., and enjoyed sewing, quilting, reading, and photography.

Smitty was a member of the Juniata College Alumni Council from 1988 through 1991, volunteered with her reunion committee, and helped with Juniata regional events. She was preceded in death by husband Charles and sister Catherine (Smith) Bramble ’34.

Margaret S. (Zerby) Tremel ’40

Jan. 3, 2019—Margaret taught home economics and kindergarten in the Shade Central City School District, and was involved with the St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Buckstown, where she taught Sunday school for many years and served as council president. She was also active in organizations like WELCA, Order of the Eastern Star, and Central City Senior Citizens. Her passions included participating in church activities, sewing, reading, playing bridge, traveling, spending time with her family, and visiting Cook Forest in Pennsylvania yearly. Margaret is survived by daughter Margaret and three grandchildren.

Isabelle D. (Austin) Jones ’41

Apr. 16, 2019—Isabelle was a talented piano and organ teacher in the Warrenton, Va., community, and she served as the organist at the Warrenton Presbyterian Church for 28 years and the accompanist for the Warrenton Chorale for 25 years. Isabelle was preceded in death by husband Herschel. Surviving are daughters Deborah, Melanie, and Janet, son David, and seven grandchildren.

Gene (Lane) Hoffman ’42

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Jan. 10, 2019—Gene was a schoolteacher in many places around the country and the world: Massachusetts, Arizona, Bermuda, Texas, Huntingdon, and even China. In addition to school teaching, she taught Sunday school and Bible studies at the Calvary Independent Baptist Church.

She enjoyed riding horses, riding her motorcycle, and playing violin, which she did at many locations like church and the Standing Stone Senior Center. Gene was preceded in death by husband Dennis and daughter Linda. She is survived by daughters Cindy and Harriet, son D. Mark Hoffman ’69, and nine grandchildren, including Heidi (McCracken) Stewart ’04.

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Jean E. (Hallman) Iltis ’42

April 8, 2019—While her children were young, Jean was a homemaker who loved to cook and bake, which her family loved as well. After her children were grown, Jean had a career as a bank teller at the Philadelphia National Bank in Pottstown, Pa., before she retired to Florida with her husband and settled in the Foxwood Community in Englewood, Fla. There, she loved participating in the Fox Belles dance troupe, playing bridge and tennis, and swimming.

Jean was preceded in death by husband Pete, sons Pete and Jeff, and brother James Hallman ’41. She is survived by son Steve, daughter Dorothy, and nine grandchildren.

Robert L. Parsons ’43

Feb. 22, 2019—Robert began his career with Alcoa in New Kensington, eventually becoming their first environmental manager.

After 40 years with the company, he began working for Automated Office Solutions, from which he retired from last year as their vice president. Surviving are his wife Dorothy, daughter Kathryn, sons Robert, Scott, and Donald, and seven granddaughters.

Sara Jane (James) Barru ’45

Dec. 22, 2018—Sara was active in the Scarsdale, N.Y., community, volunteering as a den mother, participating as a leader in the League of Women Voters, and serving as vice president of the local junior high school’s dance ensemble and president of the PTA. She received a master’s of science degree in nutrition from Columbia University, and following graduation, she worked for the American Health Foundation. After moving to Colorado, Sara worked as a dietician for St. Mary’s Hospital and an inspector of nursing home conditions. She was an advocate for social justice and marginalized communities throughout her life, and spent her final years giving lectures through the United Nations support organization. She had a passion for the causes she supported, for the arts, and for traveling, which she did throughout Mexico and South America, Europe, Russia, China, Japan, India, Australia, and New Zealand. Jane was preceded in death by husband Paul. She is survived by son Jeffrey, daughters Deborah and Lisa, and three grandchildren.

Dorothy F. (Essick) Shoemaker ’46

March 8, 2019—Alongside her husband, Dottie Faith was dedicated to the church communities in various cities in Indiana, Missouri, Pennsylvania, and Ohio, where they served as pastors, until they retired and settled

in Piqua, Ohio. Dottie Faith continued to serve this community by teaching children’s Sunday school and vacation Bible school, volunteering at the Brethren Retirement Center, repairing used clothing from the Bonanza Church Women United thrift shop, and singing in the church choir. Dottie Faith was preceded in death by husband W. Warren Shoemaker ’46, and surviving are daughter Kitty, sons Wayne and Timothy, and seven grandchildren.

Mary A. (Brumbaugh) Kinsey ’48

March 1, 2019—Mary was an elementary school teacher for over 25 years. She was preceded in death by husbands Elroy and W. Forest, and she is survived by sons Dean and Dale, daughters Sara and Susan, and 13 grandchildren.

Robert H. Saylor ’49

May 7, 2019—Robert served in the U.S. Army during both World War I and the Korean War, during which he was a paratrooper with the 11th Airborne Division. He retired in 1974 as colonel after 32 years of military service. He also earned a master’s degree in education and a doctorate degree of education from the Penn State University. Throughout his 32-year education career, he taught at Houstontown High School, Bloomsburg School District, Wittenburg University, the Virginia Military Institute, Penn State University, and Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where he retired from and earned professor emeritus status. Robert was a member of the Phi Delta Kappa, 11th Airborne Division Association, Reserve Officers Association, Military Officers Association of America, VFW Post 7689, American Legion Post 147, and the Tire Hill Church of the Brethren. He is survived by wife Delores, son Linford, daughters Elizabeth and Joan, and five grandchildren.

Joy D. (Douglass) Crosby ’50

Feb. 24, 2019—Joy lived in Cayuta, N.Y., for much of her life after graduation, where she helped her husband type his stories for publishing, gardened, read many books, and served as church librarian at St. Mathews Episcopal Church. For the last decade, she lived in Walworth, N.Y., where she was active in Grace Episcopal Church and spent time with her family. Joy’s husband, Harry Crosby Jr. ’49, preceded her in death, and she is survived by daughter Mary Crosby ’80, son John, and six grandchildren.

Alan M. Fletcher ’50

April 6, 2019—Throughout his professional career, Alan wore many hats. He served as a faculty member at the Stony Brook School, Cornell University, and the University of Georgia, as well as editor to publications including the Cornell University Press and “The Sunday School Times,” to name a few.

Additionally, until his retirement, he served as the head of communication for the International Service for National Agricultural Research in the Netherlands.

After retirement, he was a writing and editorial consultant to international agricultural research centers in the Philippines, Taiwan, West Africa, and Europe. He even served briefly as a field biologist for the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission and a speaker at aquarium society meetings and conventions, having a passion for nature. Alan was predeceased by brother Philip Fletcher ’48, and is survived by wife Julia (Emigh) Fletcher ’49, daughters Anne, Carol (Fletcher) Daniels ’78, Cynthia, and Lois, and 10 grandchildren.

James K. Hershberger ’50

March 20, 2019—Jim served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II as a medic in the Philippines. Following his term, he worked as a dairy and beef farmer, and he owned and operated Hershberger Chev-Olds Inc. with his wife in Martinsburg, Pa. He was a member of Martinsburg Memorial Church of the Brethren, the Gideon’s International Bible Ministry, Keystone Corvair Club, Martinsburg Booster Association, and the Morrisons Cove Rotary Club. Jim enjoyed spending time with his family, boating, flying his Piper Cherokee 180, and checking out classic cars. He was preceded in death by father James Hershberger, Class of 1914, and brother Rex Hershberger ’50. Jim is survived by wife Doris, son Randy, daughters Cindy and Renee, and nine grandchildren, including Nikki (Krider) Kirkhart ’95 and Lance Wareham ’05.

Miriam L. (Hershberger) Hoover ’50

May 7, 2018—Howard was preceded in death by brother W. Newton Long Jr. ’40, and is survived by daughters Amanda and Rebecca (Long) Tennyson ’75, son Michael Long ’77, and granddaughter Hannah Shultz ’14.

Gretta M. (Day) Manning ’50

Oct. 31, 2018—Gretta worked in various fields throughout her career, including a position as a phlebotomist at the J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital and the Huntingdon office of the Area Agency on Aging. She was active in the community, serving as a member of St. John’s Episcopal Church in Huntingdon (where she also served on the Vestry) and a board member with Habitat for Humanity.

She loved to spend her time with her children and grandchildren, reading, talking on the phone with her friends, and shopping. Gretta was preceded in death by husband Charles, daughters Alice and Pamela Jo, and brother Raymond Day Sr. ’45. She is survived by son Cameron and five grandchildren.

John E. Winter ’50

Jan. 8, 2019—John earned a master’s degree from Villanova University and a doctorate of philosophy degree from Temple University.

He also attended Lancaster Seminary and served two parishes. Throughout his career, John taught at three universities including Millersville University, where he was professor of philosophy emeritus. He also guest lectured at many universities, including the University of Vienna in Austria. He was a member of the United Church of Christ, the American Philosophical Association, and the American Association of University Professors. John was preceded in death by wife Jean, and is survived by wife Elva, sons Leif and Arn, daughters Jeannine, Val, and Alicia, and 12 grandchildren.

Thomas J. Green Jr. ’52

Nov. 25, 2018—Thomas served in the U.S. Army, completed Officer’s Training School at Fort Belvoir, and served in Korea for 16 months. After his enlistment, he worked for the New Jersey Bell Telephone Company and then was recruited by Products Research Chemical Corporation. He and his family relocated several times, living in Canada, California, and eventually Surf City, N.J. Thomas was a member of the St. Francis Church, where he also was an usher for three decades. He enjoyed being a member of the Surf City Yacht Club, taking sailing trips to the Chesapeake Bay and the Caribbean, and going on golf outings throughout the U.S. He was preceded in death by daughter Frances,

and is survived by wife Theresa, son Thomas, daughters Nancy, Kathryn, Mary Jane, and Colleen, as well as eight grandchildren.

Mary Lou (McKee) Landes ’52

Feb. 18, 2019—Mary Lou resided in Escondido, Calif. She was preceded in death by husband Robert Landes ’54.

Miriam V. (Barnes) O’Leary ’52

Apr. 13, 2019—Miriam served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and after graduation from the College, she worked at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, Md., where she worked on research regarding environmental impacts on cancer and developed diets for health patients. Later, she earned a master’s degree in education in San Diego, Calif., where she also taught in elementary schools and worked for the California Veterans Job Service at the California State Employment Agency. After retirement, Miriam continued to volunteer at local schools, churches, and organizations, especially those that helped underrepresented and needy populations. She was a 20-year member of the Adams County Chapter Manor of Maske and a member of the Hanover Digges Choice Chapter Daughter of the American Colonists. She was predeceased by husband Henry, and she is survived by daughters Patricia and Colleen, sons Jeff and Shawn, and eight grandchildren.

Barbara A. (Smith) Stayer ’52

Jan. 24, 2019—Barbara retired from the former Penn Central National Bank in Huntingdon, where she resided. She was a member of the Abbey Reformed United Church of Christ, where she sang in the church choir. Her other passions included painting and music. Surviving are husband John Stayer ’50, son Clyde, daughter Sue, and two grandchildren.

Nancy L. (Shiffler) Bratton ’53

Dec. 16, 2018—Nancy resided in Allentown, Pa. She is survived by husband Frederic Bratton ’52, daughters Carol, Cynthia, and Jennifer, sons Donald and Kenneth, and 10 grandchildren.

Nancy E. (Rogers) Shanahan ’53

Nov. 26, 2018—Nancy received a doctor of medicine degree from the Women’s Medical College of Pennsylvania and completed an internship and a residency at Philadelphia Greater Hospital. Throughout her career, she worked at her own medical practice in Lansdale, Pa., and also worked as a physician for many years at West Park Hospital in Bala Cynwyd. Later, Nancy continued her 2019 Fall |

Feb. 5, 2019—Miriam was a homemaker who was a lifelong member of Martinsburg Memorial Church of the Brethren. She assisted with businesses in the family, including her father’s car dealership, Hershberger’s Garage, and her husband’s company, Hoover’s Used Cars in East Freedom, Pa. Her hobbies included traveling, riding horses, and attending auto auctions.

Miriam was preceded in death by husband George. She is survived by daughters Sara Beth, Vicki, and Cindy, son Joseph, and nine grandchildren.

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education, receiving a degree in physical medication and rehabilitation from Temple University. Afterward, she worked as the medical director at St. Mary Hospital Rehabilitation Unit and as a consultant at Beechwood NeuroRehab Center in Langhorne, Pa. Outside her career, she was an active member at the Neshaminy Warwick Presbyterian Church in Warwick and loved spending time with her friends and family in Sea Isle City. Nancy was preceded in death by husband Neil, and is survived by daughters Heather and Martha, sons Timothy, Neil and Peter, and 13 grandchildren.

Naomi J. (Kulp) Keeney ’54

April 5, 2019—Naomi was born in Lassa, Nigeria, West Africa, to missionary parents Christina and H. Stover Kulp, Class of 1918.

Throughout her adult life, she was actively involved at Harrisburg First Church of the Brethren, chiefly working with children and youth. She had been a first grade teacher and a medical secretary for her husband’s family practice. Naomi was most recently a resident of Londonderry Village, Palmyra, Pa. She is survived by son G. Martin Keeney ’83, daughter Ruth, and five grandchildren. She was preceded in death by husband Galen Keeney ’52 and brother Philip Kulp ’52.

Robert P. Landes ’54

Sept. 27, 2018—Robert resided in Escondido, Calif. He was survived by wife, Mary Lou (McKee) Landes ’52, until her death in February 2019. Robert was preceded in death by brother Herbert Landes ’42. He is survived by brother G. Lawrence Landes ’59.

Lawrence R. Wright ’54

March 10, 2019—Lawrence was a resident of Canonsburg, Pa. He served as a management employee of Ford and Chrysler Motors for many years, and enjoyed golfing, boating, and playing bridge. He was preceded in death by wife Jean (Baker) Wright ’55, and is survived by sons Thomas and Davis, as well as four grandchildren.

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May 6, 2019—John earned a master’s degree from Bowling Green University in Ohio. He taught at Abington High School and then Elizabethtown College for 31 years. He was also active in his church community, playing on its softball team, ushering, participating in its men’s group, helping youth groups, participating in district youth conferences, and serving as an offering counter. John loved to be outdoors, and he enjoyed hunting, fishing, traveling, and gardening. He also

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enjoyed following sports including Penn State football, Elizabethtown College sports, Philadelphia Phillies baseball, professional football, and his daughters’ sports. John was preceded in death by wife Nancy. Surviving are daughters Pamela and Susan, son Brian, a grandson, and brother Donald Koontz ’54.

of Pennsylvania Blue Shield. Outside of his medical career, Everett enjoyed supporting the arts and practicing photography. He is survived by wife Joyce, sons Everett III, Eric Scott Jr., and Robert, as well as six grandchildren.

Eloise (Holsinger) Mills ’57

Jan. 27, 2019—Rebecca resided in Watsontown, worked as a teacher in Huntingdon County, and was a member of Holy Spirit Lutheran Church. She liked gardening and enjoyed reading. Rebecca is survived by daughter Susan, son Edward, and seven grandchildren.

April 19, 2019—Eloise, of Mahopac, N.Y., was a passionate educator with a master’s degree from SUNY New Paltz. She taught in various New York schools until her retirement in 2000. Her friends knew her as “Squeegee.”

Eloise was a deacon at Cornwall-on-Hudson Presbyterian Church. At First Presbyterian Church, Yorktown Heights, she was an elder and served on committees of Presbytery, co-moderating Presbyterian Women. Other interests included Tres Dias, Constitution Island gardening, Heritage Hills Tennis, supporting women’s education, preparing a monthly meal for the Salvation Army, and a women’s investing club. Surviving are husband Richard Mills, son Keith, daughter Lesley, sister Kathy and brother Merle, along with a number of grandchildren. She was preceded in death by sister Ivy.

Arnold H. Mower ’57

Jan. 19, 2019—Arnold was a resident of Loudon, Tenn., and he is survived by wife Chizuru.

Everett F. Oesterling Jr. ’57

March 15, 2019—Everett earned a doctor of medicine degree from Jefferson Medical College, where he also completed his residency in pathology. He practiced medicine at Altoona Hospital, where he served as associate pathologist, supervisor of pathology residents, and founder and director of their first-ever department of nuclear medicine. It was at Altoona Hospital that he introduced the fourth gamma camera in the state of Pennsylvania. While in the Altoona area, he also founded the Medical Explorers program.

Later, he went to Indiana Hospital and served as director of the laboratory, pathologist, and founder and first director of the nuclear medicine department. While in Indiana, he later served as county coroner and a part-time professor in the schools of medical and safety sciences at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He later worked in Pittsburgh, serving Ohio Valley Passavant and St. John’s Hospitals, becoming director of their nuclear medicine programs, and becoming a founding member of the American Society of Nuclear Cardiology and the nuclear medicine consultant to the Medical Affairs Committee

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Lois A. (Davis) Chamberlin ’58

March 9, 2019—Lois received a master’s degree in education from Penn State University, and served as a teacher of all ages through high school as well as a special needs tutor for students with academic and learning disabilities. Lois had a passion for the mountains, traveling and camping in various locations in the U.S. and Canada. She also loved to sing, and she did so in her church choir, in groups like the Wadsworth Community Chorus and the Connecticut Choral Society, and in duets around the campfire. She was also an advocate for peace, which she displayed through her participation in protests, in her local church peace group, in singing petitions, and in making frequent phone calls to Washington, D.C. Lois is survived by husband Ronald Chamberlin ’57, sons David, Steven, and Christopher, and three grandchildren.

Joel Cohen ’58

Dec. 4, 2018—When he was young, Joel was a Golden Gloves boxer and fought in venues around Altoona, Pa. He served in the U.S. Army for two separate terms, and later was the proprietor of the Young Men’s Shop in Altoona and State College, which he operated with his wife for five decades before retiring and moving to Sacramento, Calif.

Joel had a passion for cars, wine, tennis, art, fashion, sports, and fine food. He is survived by wife Susan, son Brian, daughter Sari, and three grandchildren.

Irene R. (Miller) Dale ’58

April 12, 2019—Irene enjoyed caring for her historic home in Chesterfield, N.J., and was active in her church and community.

Along with her husband John, Irene was also very involved in alumni activities and fundraising for the College. Their gifts allowed for the building of Dale Hall, Kepple Hall, the renovation of Founders Hall, the

establishment of the Information Technology program and two endowed scholarships. Irene traveled the world with her husband and they visited every continent. She loved reading and was an enthusiastic hockey fan. She is survived by husband John Dale ’54, daughters Denise, Deborah, and Valerie, and seven grandchildren, including Emily White ’15.

Janet L. (Binkley) Ingersoll ’58

Dec. 8, 2016—Janet was a resident of York, Pa. She was preceded in death by father and former Juniata professor Harold Binkley, as well as brother D. Keith Binkley ’51. Janet is survived by brother Roderick Binkley ’54.

Anthony J. Quarantillo Jr. ’58

Jan. 10, 2019—Anthony attended Officer Candidate School and graduated as an officer in the U.S. Navy. He then began what would be a 46-year teaching career in the Niagara Falls School District, where he also served in leadership positions to help develop the curriculum and the quality of the educational process. He also enjoyed mentoring students and horseracing. Anthony is survived by wife Helaine, daughters Natalie, Kristin, and Maureen, son Nicklas, and five grandchildren.

Donald M. Gross ’59

Nov. 19, 2018—Donald served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War for two years.

Following graduation from the College, he was employed by The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company in Pittsburgh, Buffalo, and Syracuse, for whom he managed grocery warehouses before his employment with Fox Groceries in West Virginia. Upon retirement, he volunteered as a driver for In Touch and Concerned and for Morgantown Meals on Wheels. Donald was preceded in death by brother Charles Gross ’55, and surviving are wife Suzanne, sons John and Robert, daughter Suzanne, sister Sue (Gross) Fee ’62, and five grandchildren.

Martha A. (Stayer) Alfano ’61

April 26, 2019—Martha lived in France, teaching home economics to military families, before moving back to New Jersey to raise her children. She valued religion, honesty, friendship, and managing money. As the granddaughter of the founder and president of Denver National Bank (later sold to Fulton Bank), she was involved in the Fulton Bank shareholder meetings. She had a passion for her hometown of Denver, Juniata College, and the Jersey Shore. Martha was preceded in death by father Raymond Stayer ’22. She is survived by husband Tony, sons Joseph, John, and Thomas, daughter Gabrielle, eight grandchildren, and brother James Stayer ’57.

Ronald B. Clippinger ’61

Feb. 1, 2019—After graduation from the Dickinson School of Law, Ron began a career in accounting at Reeves Hoffman Division and then later operated the B. Clippinger Tax Service in Carlisle and Clippinger & Associates in Shippensburg. He was active at his church, the Grace Baptist Church, where he served as a Sunday school teacher, deacon, elder, and school board member and president of its Christian school for many years. Active in his community, he also served as Carlisle Borough Councilman, Buddy League coach, soccer referee, owner of the Ole Fishing Station, treasurer for the Christian Bow Hunter’s Association, member of Triple Trophy Camp, and board member for Camp Susque. Ron is survived by sons Gregory, Timothy, and Theodore, daughters Tracy and Tricia, and 13 grandchildren.

Judith A. (Clark) Gillette ’61

Jan. 31, 2019—Judith wore many hats throughout her career, teaching school children, running an advertising company, and starting a home elder care business to help local elderly people with at-home needs.

She moved to Tucson, Ariz., in 2012 where she enjoyed photographing succulent plants and hummingbirds in her backyard. Judith is survived by husband Lee, daughter Clark, and two grandchildren.

Robert H. Hoellein Jr. ’64

Feb. 28, 2019—Robert earned a master’s degree from West Virginia University and a doctorate of philosophy degree in school psychology from the Ohio State University.

He worked as a school psychologist in southeastern Ohio for 10 years. Later, he served as a professor in the department of educational and school psychology at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, where he also served as the director of the Child Study Center, chairperson of the department and earned professor emeritus status at his retirement in 2003. Additionally, he was a charter member of the National Association of School Psychologists and the Association of School Psychologists of Pennsylvania, as well as a member and president of the executive board of ASPA. Robert was preceded in death by wife Patricia.

Marvin H. Simmons ’64

Feb. 13, 2019—After graduating from Juniata, Marvin studied at the Rhode Island School of Design, and received a master’s of fine arts degree from Yale University. He was known internationally as a graphic designer and illustrator for the work he produced during

his 36-year career at Lehigh University, with work additionally exhibited at Hiroshima, Japan, and the Corcoran Gallery in Washington, D.C. He loved dogs, birds and raised chickens in the backyard. Surviving are his wife Barbara of 52 years, son Todd, daughters Lauren and Elizabeth, his identical twin brother Melvin Simmons ’64, sister Anne, and two grandchildren.

Sheldon W. Winegardner ’64

May 25, 2019—Sheldon retired from New Holland in Belleville, Pa., with 45 years of service. Sheldon was a member of White Memorial Congregational Church in Milroy, later attended St. John’s Evangelical Lutheran Church in Belleville, and had been active in Belleville youth activities. He loved and spoiled his dogs and other dogs as well. He was preceded in death by two wives, Janet and Sharon. Sheldon is survived by sons John, Mark, and Patrick, daughters Susan, Elaine, Tina, and Bobby Jo, and 15 grandchildren.

James F. Mayhew ’65

Feb. 4, 2019—James was also a graduate of the New Jersey College of Medicine and Dentistry, and served in the U.S. Navy as a commander during the Vietnam War at the Bethesda Naval Hospital in Bethesda, Md. He spent most of his professional career working in academic medicine as a pediatric anesthesiologist. As a team member of Operation Smile, he conducted surgeries on children with cleft lips and palates in China and Romania. Surviving James are wife Ruth, sons Matthew and Mark, daughters Mollie and Katherine, and 12 grandchildren.

Larry C. Stoner ’65

Jan. 3, 2019—Larry held a doctorate degree in zoology from Syracuse University.

Throughout his career, he served as a postdoctoral researcher at the National Institutes of Health and a professor and interim department chair at the Upstate Medical Center in the physiology department.

He also enjoyed woodworking, displaying his pieces around his home, his church, the Jamesville Community Museum, and the Jamesville Town Square. He was also passionate about traveling to places like Alaska and Glacier National Park as well as serving his church, the Jamesville Community church. Surviving Larry are wife Louise, sons Michael and Christopher, and four grandchildren.

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Curtis W. Brunt Jr. ’66

Nov. 9, 2018—Curtis earned a master’s degree in business from Webster University in St. Louis, Mo., and served in the U.S. Air Force for two decades, achieving the rank of Major.

During his service, he and his family lived in locations across the U.S. and in Italy, eventually moving to Colorado Springs, Colo., where he served as vice president in the Academy Research and Development Institute. For the last 12 years, Curtis lived in Lewisburg, Pa. He is survived by daughter Tamara, son Christopher, and six grandchildren.

Dec. 13, 2018—Bill was born in Huntingdon to the late William E. Swigart Jr. ’37 and wife Helen. He served in the United States Army for several years, and earned his paratrooper wings while assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, based in Fort Bragg, N.C. He spent most of his adult life in the Providence, R.I., area, and was the director of continuing education at Rhode Island College for more than 30 years. Bill moved to Apex, N.C., about a year before his passing so he could be cared for by his son. He is survived by sons James and William IV, three grandchildren, sisters Anne and Susan, and brother Jeffrey.

John R. Clough ’68

Rodney L. Lingenfelter ’69

March 3, 2019—John, a resident of Greenville, Pa., formerly a long time resident of Unity, N.H., was a finance director in Randolph, Vt., for many years. He also owned and managed Westwind Antiques with his wife for over 15 years. John enjoyed spending time outdoors. He liked hiking, fishing, and tending to his garden. John also liked giving back to the community through the Boys and Girls Club and Dauphin Mental Health Services. In his spare time, John liked to write poetry and, with help from his family, eventually had some of his poems published.

John is survived by wife Dora, son John Christopher, brothers Arthur and Dave, and sister Joan.

Apr. 17, 2019—Rodney served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War at Fort Meade, and then worked as a controller at Windless in Altoona for 25 years. Later, he was the pastor at Johnstown Grace Brethren Church for seven years and then at the Grace Fellowship Church in Altoona for 19 years while also holding various leadership positions in the West Penn District, including Camp Mantowagan.

Rodney was preceded in death by wife Mary (Diehl) Lingenfelter ’71, brother C. Wesley Lingenfelter ’55, and granddaughter Mia. He is survived by wife Janet, adult children Michelle, Corrie, Mark, and Spencer, and five grandchildren.

Donald L. Maxson ’68

Marian L. (Beck) Mitsak ’70

April 23, 2019—Lloyd worked for many years in the furniture industry. He was a cost accountant for Dupont in Delaware, worked in product development for Congoleum in New Brunswick, N.J., and Mersman Furniture in Celina, Ohio. Lloyd was VP of Magnussen Furniture USA Division, and assisted in product development for Singer

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William J. Williams III ’68

Nov. 28, 2018—Bill served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, and earned a master’s degree in hospital administration from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Mich. He served as the executive director of a network of community health centers in Rhode Island before moving to New York, where he served as director of the Bureau of Ambulatory Care at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, director of the New York State Employee Health Service at the Department of Civil Service. After retiring in 2001, Bill traveled the world, visiting 106 countries on all seven continents. He also enjoyed spending time with family and friends and following the Pittsburgh Steelers. Bill is survived by wife Christine, daughters Wendy, Rebecca, and Jessica, son, Douglas, and five grandchildren.

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and Bush Industries. He also spent time as a Sales Manager for Bassett Mirror Company, and was most recently Vice President for Art Trends International. Lloyd was an avid HAM Radio enthusiast, had a passion for electronics, and had an unconditional love for his family and animals. He is survived by wife Rita, children Michele, Corie, Kristen, and Christopher, five grandchildren, and sister Mary.

Dec. 16, 2018—Marian worked as a paraeducator for Baltimore County Public Schools and loved to take fitness walks and spend time with her grandchildren.

She is survived by husband John, daughters Megan and Anna, son Stephen, and three grandchildren.

Paul L. Brubaker ’71

March 14, 2019—Paul spent most of his professional career in production management, contributing to Brubaker’s Chocolates, House of Bauer, Gardner’s Candies, and Price Chocolates. Outside of work, he loved being outdoors, fly-fishing, studying hatches, hiking, animal watching, camping, and gardening, to name just a few.

He also enjoyed learning and reading about a multitude of subjects: astronomy, history, geology, aviation, computer science, and music. Surviving Paul are wife Lynn Ann, son Matt, daughter Ann, and four grandchildren.

Vicki (Park) O’Connor ’72

Oct. 12, 2018—Vicki was a resident of Bellefonte who loved to read, cross-stitch, and spend time with her grandchildren, specifically in the Outer Banks. She is survived by daughters Patricia, Allison, and Karen, and three grandchildren.

Diane K. Bates ’73

May 10, 2019—Diane was a was a longtime resident of West Chester, Pa. She had a long and distinguished career as a Special Education teacher. She was president of the William Penn Education Association and, beginning in 1977, spent most of her career teaching at Pennwood High School (formerly Lansdowne-Aldan). She loved her students and dedicated most of her life to children with special needs. Diane was an avid reader, seasoned traveler, and a lover of literature, theater, art, and animals. She earned a Master Floral Arrangement Artist certification at Longwood Gardens. Diane is survived by sister Mary.

Kevin R. Bowers ’74

Nov. 1, 2018—Kevin received a master of Divinity from McCormick Theological Seminary in Chicago, Ill., and he retired as pastor at the Presbyterian Church in Milford, Del. He also had a passion for camping, gardening, and studying history. Kevin is survived by wife Donna, son Dave, daughter Jennifer, and two grandchildren.

Brian L. Clemens ’74

Nov. 15, 2018—Brian served in the U.S. Army and earned a master’s degree of business administration from the University of Oklahoma in Norman, Okla. Throughout his career, he worked as chief financial officer of Shawnee Regional Hospital, CEO of North Arkansas Regional Medical Center, CEO of Midwest City Regional

Hospital, and CEO of HPI Community Hospital. For his work, he was honored as Oklahoma’s Most Admired CEOs in 2015 by The Journal Record. Additionally, Brian served as a member of the Mid-America Christian University Board of Directors, a member of the board for U. S. Grant High School’s Health Academy program, a member of the South Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce, and president of the Midwest City Chamber of Commerce. Brian is survived by wife Janis, daughter Kristi, and son Chas.

Wayne A. Mundis ’74

Apr. 22, 2019—Wayne earned a degree from the Pennsylvania School of Optometry in Elkins Park, Pa., and served in the U.S. Army and Army Reserves. He was also a member of the Aldersgate United Methodist Church where he volunteered for the men’s Bible Study program and directed the Beech Tree Spiritual Players. Wayne spent his free time reading, serving the Red Lion Rotary Club, and volunteering at the York Little Theatre.

He is survived by wife Colleen (McClure) Mundis ’74 and daughter Andrea (Mundis) Stephenson ’03.

Gerard D. Rumberger ’74

April 7, 2019—Jerry was born in Pittsburgh, Pa., attended dental school at the University of Florida, and opened a dental practice in 1979 in Vero Beach, Fla., which flourished for 40 years. He was active in the Kiwanis Club and more recently as a member of Sunrise Rotary. In recent years, he put together a band of local dentists who traveled to the Dominican Republic to provide free dentistry to rural communities. He played guitar and loved music and the outdoors.

Jerry is survived by wife Sharen, daughters Jennifer, Lindsay, Nancy and Sarah, son Joseph, five siblings, and four grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by father Wilson Rumberger ’41, daughter Kimberly, and brother Joe.

Donald F. Brosius ’76

Dec. 21, 2018—Don, of Bexley, Ohio, was born and raised in Ebensburg, Pa. He was an accomplished attorney, caring husband, and dedicated father. A principal of the firm Brosius, Johnson, and Griggs LLC, he presented lectures to legal professionals and wrote numerous articles for different publications related to topics affecting public entities, which he represented for over 35 years. Don was a former assistant scoutmaster

of Troop 166 and recipient of the Silver Beaver Award. He is survived by wife Michele, sons Samuel and Michael, mother Shirley, and sisters Lori and Tammy.

Petra C. (Theodos) Knox ’76

Jan. 1, 2019—Petra received a master’s degree from Villanova University, and most recently worked at Montclair State University in New Jersey in the Ph.D. counselor education program in the College of Education and Human Services and in the Provost’s Office. Following, she held positions as admissions officer and admissions director at the New Jersey Institute of Technology and Kean University in Union, N.J. She was also active in the community, serving as member of the parish council, president of Philoptochos, member of Daughters of Penelope at St. Andrew Greek Orthodox Church, and volunteer at the Faith Kitchen in Dover, N.J., and the soup kitchen in Morristown, N.J. Petra was preceded in death by husband Dana.

Stephen C. Nishiyama ’76

Mar. 2, 2019—Stephen received a teaching certification from Trinity College in Hartford, Conn., and was employed as a financial consultant for many years at Aetna Insurance.

He enjoyed spending time with his family and friends and taking photographs of memories together, watching the Super Bowl, taking fishing trips, and cheering for his favorite baseball team, the Philadelphia Phillies.

Stephen is survived by wife Donna and brother Craig Nishiyama ’72.

Sara M. Carn ’78

Nov. 27, 2018—Sara received a registered nursing degree in 1993 from Mount Aloysius College in Cresson, Pa., and a bachelor of science degree in nursing a few years later.

She served as a worker’s compensation claim examiner for the U.S. Department of Labor after working in the circulation department of the Altoona Mirror and a registered nurse on the Transitional Care Unit at Bon Secours Holy Family Hospital. Sara volunteered with many organizations, including Big Brothers Big Sisters and Monica’s Heart Greyhound Rescue. She enjoyed caring for animals, following NASCAR and the Pittsburgh Pirates, and collecting cookbooks. Sara was preceded in death by father Donald Carn ’50.

Donald L. Dodson ’78

May 14, 2019—Donald received his medical degree from Penn State University College of Medicine in 1982. He completed a residency in anesthesia and a fellowship in cardiac anesthesia in 1986. For 33 years, he was a practicing member of the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care at St. Luke’s University Hospital in Bethlehem, Pa. He is survived by wife Maryellen, daughters Elizabeth Dodson ’06, Sarah, and Margaret, four grandchildren, brother Steven Dodson ’83 and sister Julie (Dodson) Agnew ’90.

Laurence J. Ferrett ’78

Jan. 20, 2019—Laurence was active in his community at Old Forge, Pa. He coached youth sports teams, helped start the Old Forge Youth Basketball League, spent 12 years on the Old Forge School Board where he served four years as board president, and was a member of the St. Ann Basilica Parish in Scranton. His passions included following sports teams like the New York Yankees and Giants, spending time with and cooking for his family, and caring for animals and his pets.

Laurence is survived by wife Marilyn, son Dustin, and daughters Lauren and Ashley.

Richard H. Jager ’78

Nov. 19, 2018—Richard loved to ride bikes, take runs, and go skiing. He loved all things physical, so much so that he built a tandem bike for his son to ride with him. He also enjoyed spending time with his family.

Richard is survived by wife Sheila, son Philip, and two grandsons.

Ricky L. Mackey ’79

Dec. 9, 2018—Before returning to Edenville, Pa., to help with his family’s orchard business, Ricky was employed by the Harrisburg School System and the Endicott Shoe Company. He loved to cook, and did so for over three decades at the Foot of the Mountain Restaurant in Mercersburg, Pa., where he was a supervisor and grill cook. Ricky was also known for telling stories, watching old movies, being good at trivia, singing old classics, and making and sharing homemade treats with his friends and coworkers. He was preceded in death by his parents, brother Kenneth, and sister Doris. He is survived by brother Theodore and sister Karen.

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John R. Robinson ’81

Apr. 17, 2019—John received a master’s degree from Shippensburg University.

Throughout his information technology and systems security career, he worked for Presearch Incorporated, MCI Telecommunications, WorldCom, Electronic Data Systems, Lockheed Martin, and Leidos Innovations Corporation. John enjoyed attending family gatherings, playing golf, working on home improvement projects, and grilling and smoking meat on his deck. He was a member of St. Francis De Sales Catholic Church in Purcellville, Va. John is survived by wife Suzanne, daughters Molly and Grace, and sons Andrew and Nicholas.

Andrea D. Anfiteatro ’89

Feb. 23, 2019—Andrea received a master’s degree in forensic psychology from John Jay University in New York, N.Y. She is survived by fiancé Jody and sons Jake and Jared.

Douglas E. Kenney ’89

Jan. 5, 2019—Doug was an adjuster for many insurance companies throughout his career.

He also served as a DJ for the WJHT radio station in Johnstown when it was known as “Glu-92.” Doug was also active in the church community, serving as a deacon in The Church at Riverside in Maryland. His passions included golfing, drinking good coffee, taking nature hikes, attending car shows, working on cars, and playing guitar.

He is survived by wife Heather-Lynne (Dieterly) Kenney ’90, and sons Kyle and Clay.

Jane C. (Maehl) Shuster ’89

April 7, 2019—Jane grew up in Summit, N.J., received a master’s degree at Marywood University and was a social worker in Bucks County, Pa. She was a very active member of Ascension Lutheran Church in Newtown.

She served as president of the Congregation and also enjoyed singing in the choir. She is survived by husband Clark, father Don, and brothers Ken and Tom. She was preceded in death by mother Ruth.

Maria P. Tweardy ’89

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Dec. 1, 2018—Maria was a resident of Wilmington, Del. After she worked in marketing in the financial and non-profit sectors, she founded a fine gemstone design business. She is survived by mother Hedwig, sisters Claudia (Tweardy) Serfass ’83 and Bettina (Tweardy) Riveros ’85, as well as brother Milan Tweardy ’82.

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Kevin W. Frysinger ’93

Feb. 8, 2019—Kevin was preceded in death by mother Doris (Fluke) Frysinger ’65, and is survived by father Roy.

Kathleen D. (Barkley) Brinkmeier ’98

Feb. 23, 2019—Kathleen received a degree in theology from the Brethren Academy for Ministerial Leadership in Richmond, Ind. and served many churches in Illinois and Ohio, as well as organizations and camps in Honduras and Africa, where she completed mission trips. Additionally, she served through the Way of Christ Ministries Outreach. Kathleen was a talented pianist, organist, and singer, so she also performed at the same churches she served. She was preceded in death by son Tracy, and is survived by husband Kyle, sons Theodore and Mike, daughters Kari and Sabrina, and eight grandchildren.

Taylor A. Harpster ’14

Dec. 26, 2018—Taylor also studied at Lock Haven University, from which she graduated with a degree in accounting. She was an active athlete, playing softball, volleyball, and basketball throughout high school and college and winning Athlete of the Week many times. Taylor was an employee of Harpsters of Philipsburg and a member of the Tri County Church in Clearfield, the Philipsburg BPO Elks Lodge No. 1173, Osceola Mills Lithuanian, and the Clearfield Moose. She enjoyed following Penn State teams, the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the St. Louis Cardinals. Taylor is survived by mother Bobbi Ann and father John.

Employees and Friends Theodore D. Lockwood

Jan. 21, 2019—Ted served in the U.S. Army 10th Mountain Division during World War II, for which he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal. After his military service, he received a bachelor of arts degree from Trinity College in Hartford, Conn. Ted also earned a master’s degree and doctor of philosophy degree from Princeton University. His teaching career led him to Trinity College, Dartmouth University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Juniata College (from 1953-1955). Transitioning from teaching into administration, he served at Concord College in Athens, W.V., and Union College in Schenectady, N.Y., where he was the dean of

students and provost. Ted returned to Trinity College, where he served as president for 13 years before retirement. After retiring from Trinity, he served as president of the sixth United World College in the U.S. for over a decade before completing his career in education. After his retirement, he lived in Mexico and New England, where he volunteered in the community, served on the board of the Helen Day Art Center, played tennis, practiced writing, painted, and advised and served on various boards including the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation. Ted was predeceased by wife Elizabeth and son Richard, and he is survived by wife Lu, daughters Tamara, Mavis, and Serena, sons Nicholas and Michael, and several grandchildren.

Mary R. Miller

Nov. 5, 2018—Mary earned a master’s degree in curriculum and supervision from Columbia University in New York, N.Y. She taught in elementary schools in Media, Pa., and Wrightstown, N.J., before teaching first grade at Brady Henderson Elementary School in Mill Creek, Pa. Later, she served as a reading specialist at Huntingdon Area Middle School and an elementary education instructor for nine years at Juniata College. Mary was active in the Huntingdon Presbyterian Church, serving as a Sunday school teacher, an elder, a member of several committees, a Synod school teacher, and a council member. Being passionate about the church and about traveling, she joined a group from The Partnership in Youth Mission to Sitka, Alaska, as a youth advisor. She was active in many local organizations, too, including the Standing Stone Garden Club, the PA State Landscape consultants, Delta Kappa Gamma, and the Huntingdon Borough Tree Commission. Mary was preceded in death by husband Donald and daughter Kathleen. She is survived by daughters Susan and Cynthia, son Rodney, and five grandchildren.

IN MEMORIAM

Remembering William R. “Bill” Alexander ’66 I first met Bill Alexander at the annual meeting of the American Economics Association in New York City in December 1969. He was there with his mentor, colleague, and friend, Ron Cherry, to interview candidates for a position in the economics department to replace Tom Nolan, who was taking a one-year position as the interim registrar. This was the start of a 50-year friendship for me.

Bill’s parents, Frank and Doris (McKenzie), graduated from Juniata in 1938. He started as a freshman from McConnellsburg, Fulton County, in the fall of 1962 and graduated in 1966. He married the love of his life, Susan Andrews ’68, in June 1968. More than anything, he cherished the time he spent with Sue and his sons, Scott and wife, Valerie and Todd and wife, Hillary, and his six grandchildren in the place he loved above all else, Fulton County.

William R. “Bill” Alexander ’66

He received a master’s degree in economics from the University of Minnesota and spent his entire working life at Juniata as the director of institutional research (1972), business manager (1976) and vice president of finance and operations (1983). He retired in 2010 after working as a trusted advisor for Presidents Calvert Ellis, John Stauffer, Fred Binder, Bob Neff, and Tom Kepple. A lot changed in the physical plant at Juniata between 1966–2010 and Bill’s fingerprints are all over most of those changes. He was also active in the Huntingdon community, serving as the treasurer of the Huntingdon Little League, as a member of the board of directors of the Mutual Benefit Insurance Co. and as a board member on the Huntingdon County Foundation.

In his role as chief financial officer, Bill was often the person who had to say “no” to some good ideas.

He often said that the biggest problem at Juniata was that we had way more good ideas than we had money. While he was in a role where he had to say no, he always advocated for those programs that were the biggest benefit to students. He was the rarest of all college administrators … a student centered chief financial officer. He was also a great friend and we will miss him.

—Jim Lakso, professor of economics and business administration, emeritus

William Robert “Bill” Alexander of Huntingdon, passed away February 1, 2019, at the age of 74, following a difficult but short bout with cancer. To those who knew him well, his loss will be immeasurable.

He is survived by Sue, his wife of 50 years; twin sons B. Todd and wife, Hillary, and J. Scott, and wife, Val, of McConnellsburg; and six grandchildren who brought him unparalleled joy, Olivia, Henry, Reese, Clinton, Eston, and Hayes.

He was preceded in death by his parents, J. Frank Alexander and Doris (McKenzie) Alexander. Bill was born October 9, 1944, and raised in McConnellsburg; graduating from McConnellsburg High School in 1962.

He graduated from Juniata College in 1966 with a degree in economics, and earned a master’s degree in economics from the University of Minnesota in 1972. His entire professional career was dedicated to his beloved Juniata College, where he taught economics alongside his mentor and friend, Ron Cherry, before being convinced to utilize his talents as the College’s business manager, a position that led him to become, and later retire as, Juniata’s vice president for finance and operations. Bill was known as a tough but fair boss with high expectations. He led by example, logging countless 12-hour days on campus, and was instrumental in keeping Juniata on solid fiscal ground for more than four decades, never losing sight of, and often reminding others, that the students of Juniata were her most important resource and the reason faculty and staff were there.

He was known for his equitable treatment of all and was fond of noting, “Everyone knows something you don’t, and you should respect them for it.”

He was community minded and he valued his long tenure as the treasurer of the Huntingdon Little League, his service to the Huntingdon Rotary Club and his service to the boards of Mutual Benefit Insurance and the Huntingdon County Foundation.

Though he resided in Huntingdon for more than 50 years, all who knew him knew his home was Fulton County. Immensely proud of the place, and its people, he was a supporter of many local causes and charities and took great pleasure in introducing others to the history, land and people of Fulton County. Bill enjoyed history, good food, good restaurants, country music, baseball, reading, Subarus, red wine and the analysis of each; which often led to a spreadsheet and a long conversation in which he would make recommendations or attempt to bring you around to his way of thinking.

Throughout his life, he was known to be a bit of a control enthusiast and he chose to die the way he lived, on his own terms. He spent his final days at his family cabin in the Narrows north of Knobsville, seated by the fire, with a glass of red wine, listening to the music of Merle Haggard, surrounded by people he loved.

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IN MEMORIAM

Remembering Dave Aurand I’ve wanted to be like Dave Aurand my entire life. Even before I met Dave, I wanted to be like him. I work hard at being dependable and being someone that people can count on. I’m sure I fail at least as many times as I succeed. But I try hard at it. My friend Dave was that person. Perfectly. Effortlessly.

He was the definition of dependable. He was the commander of “you can count on me.”

When all around him was in chaos, Dave was cool. When he worked with Conferences and Events, Facilities, and during his time in Athletics, he was that one person whose name was spoken when things needed to get done. When something was broken….Where’s Dave? When a task needed to be done and there was no time to do it……Dave’s on it! When a room full of people would be talking all over each other trying to solve what they thought was an impossible issue, there would be Dave with that smile on his face saying loudly without saying a word, “Don’t worry, I already know how to solve the problem and I’ll take care of it.” That was my friend Dave. Who wouldn’t want to work with that kind of wonderful person? Tireless and committed to excellence.

Dave Aurand

My wife and I were walking back to the car after the funeral home visitation and it was raining. I mentioned that is wasn’t the tears of the angels, but probably their perspiration as a result of trying to keep up with my friend Dave.

Beyond his life at work, I so greatly admired his love of family. He would always beam when talking about his wife Lisa, his daughters Keri and Katelyn, and his grandson Aiden. He loved and admired his parents and found purpose through this love of family. Dave had this amazing ability to make you feel like you were a part of that family. And that is truly a gift.

There are many names that I have been called in my lifetime. The ones that bring me most joy are dad, husband, son, brother, and friend. Imagine, what an honor it has been to be asked by so many people whether Dave and I were brothers. Some even asked if we were twins. I am thankful that we found humor and mutual respect in those comparisons. Friends we certainly were!

I choose not to be sad at what will not be or what Dave and I will not do. I choose not to be angry at what I can’t control. I instead choose to be thankful of the time that I knew Dave and of the things we enjoyed together, I choose to smile when I think of him, and I choose to think good thoughts when I see his family.

That is what my friend Dave would want me to do.

Heaven has gained an amazing angel, and we have amazing memories.

May God bless the Aurand family and shower them with the warmth of His grace and love.

—Scott McKenzie, associate athletic director for athletic operations

David Brayton Aurand, 59, of Huntingdon, went to be with the Lord unexpectedly Friday, March 15, 2019, at J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital, Huntingdon.

Mr. Aurand was a 1977 graduate of Huntingdon Area High School, where he was a captain of the boys’ basketball team and participated in the track and field programs.

Born September 2, 1959, in Huntingdon, he was the son of Ted and Ann Aurand of Huntingdon. He was united in marriage to the former Lisa M. Irvin June 6, 1986, in Virginia. Mrs. Aurand survives at their home.

He was employed by Juniata College Athletics as the athletics equipment supervisor. Mr. Aurand owned and operated his own detailing business, Washbucket Detailing.

Mr. Aurand is survived by two daughters, Keri N. Aurand and Katelyn M. Aurand, both of Huntingdon; and a grandson, Aiden Patrick Colton.

Mr. Aurand loved attending the Saturday night dirt track racing at Hesston Speedway as a pit crew member of the Swanger and Shoemaker race teams.

He enjoyed attending all Juniata sports events and was a die-hard Pitt fan.

Mr. Aurand loved going on vacations to the beach with his family and will be remembered as a loving, caring, and dedicated husband, father, and grandfather who loved spending time with his family, especially his grandson, Aiden.

He was preceded in death by his grandmother, Della E. Aurand.

Mr. Aurand was a member of 15th Street United Methodist Church, Huntingdon.

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Throughout his life, he coached soccer and basketball through the Huntingdon Community Center youth programs. Mr. Aurand was also a former member of the former Huntingdon (Hookies) Fire Company.

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I Met a Juniata Alum

in the Most Unusual Place...

“I attended my son’s graduation from Marine Corps Boot Camp on Parris Island in South Carolina where I saw a young woman wearing a Juniata sweatshirt. It was Tanika Murphy ’20, who was there to support her brother!”

—Elise (Craner) Stopper ’92

“I was standing in line waiting for food at American University in Washington, D.C., and I ran into Nicholas Talisman ’12!”

—Chelsea Wilson ’13

Amber Boring ’18 and Matthew Lear ’13 attended a wedding in Mexico. While chatting with two other attendees, Ryan RobertsWalstrom ’04 and Justin Walstrom ’07, the group discovered they were all Juniata alumni.

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Alex Metcalf ’01 and wife Libby were recently in Washington, DC, for work when they ran into a Juniata alumnus. Nate Kohl Wyatt ’17 works for Jon Tester, U.S. Senator for Montana. “We were visiting Tester to talk wildfire and natural resources, and were pleasantly surprised when Nate told us he went to Juniata!”

Tell us about any unusual or surprising places or circumstances where you met a Juniatian and we will include it in an upcoming issue of the Juniata Magazine. Please send your story and photos to: Alumni Relations Office Juniata College 1700 Moore Street Huntingdon, PA 16652 Email: alumni@juniata.edu

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