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2014-2015

President’s Report

2014

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July 7: Juniata joins 10 other Pennsylvania colleges to form the Pennsylvania Consortium for the Liberal Arts, funded by an $800,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The ambitious grant is designed to help each institution create new cost efficiencies, improve the quality of academic and co-curricular programs, and enhance inter-institutional knowledge and collaboration.

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Grace Braxton Huntingdon, Pa.

Amber Boring ’18 Altoona, Pa.

J.D. Cavrich Professional Photographer Hollidaysburg, Pa.

Haley Chandler ’16 Westhampton, Mass.

Laura Hess ’11 Huntingdon, Pa.

Jason Jones Professional Photographer Toronto, Canada

Jennifer Jones Former Sports Information Director Birmingham, Ala.

Contributors

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Cover photo: J.D. Cavrich

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Jacob Gordon ’10 Reference and Instruction Librarian Huntingdon, Pa.

Rick Hamilton Professional Photographer Huntingdon, Pa.

Candice Hersh Associate Director of Marketing Huntingdon, Pa.

Thomas Jordan ’14 Bethesda, Md.

Klarissa Juliano ’18 Kittredge, Colo.

Christina Miller ’01 Assistant Director of Alumni Relations Tyrone, Pa.

Christine Reilly ’18 Nashua, N.H. 2014–2015 President’s Report |

Gordon Dimmig ’17 Elizabethtown, Pa.

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James A. Troha, Ph.D. President 814-641-3101 trohaj@juniata.edu @juniataprztroha

“Juniata’s fiercely loyal community has contributed— directly or by example—to the formation of our forward-leaning vision for the future.”

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—President Jim Troha

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COURAGE TO ACT THE PLAN FOR JUNIATA COLLEGE

July 14: Juniata scores a mention as one of the Chronicle of Higher Education’s “Great Colleges to Work For” survey for the sixth year in a row. Inclusion in polls such as these increases Juniata’s national standing.

Dear Friends, This past year is forever etched into my memory as I recall working so intensely with our students, the College faculty, Trustees, administrators and staff, and dedicated members of the Huntingdon community to brainstorm, formulate, and deliver Juniata’s new strategic plan.

The plan’s title, “Courage to Act,” is apt in that this ambitious document is not a to-do list of goals but rather a fierce self-examination that poses two essential questions. First, what does Juniata stand for? Second, where is Juniata headed in the future?

As we go forward from this year, the College will be guided by the intrinsic values revealed in the strategic plan. In the President’s Report this year, we’ve included a shortened, but no less aspirational version of the plan that folds out and is easily used as a reference guide or talking points when you are deep in conversation with a prospective student.

What also is revealed in this year’s President’s Report is an uncanny foreshadowing of the five pillars the College has chosen to support its vision for the future: Scholarship, Community, Distinctiveness, Resources, and Presence.

Inside these pages we celebrate more than 15 students who received academic scholarships, research appointments, or athletic accomplishments, continually redefining what it means to be a 21st century scholar.

There are celebrations of grants providing the resources to fund such ambitious goals as a revamping of our curriculum, establishing a consortium of 11 Pennsylvania colleges intent on redefining the liberal arts experience, and endowing scholarships for first-generation students.

The dazzling photos you see (many of them taken by our talented student photographers) document Juniata’s dedication to establishing community ties. Just a few examples are a visit to a General Electric research facility, a collaborative ceramic art project at Huntingdon Area High School, Eagles quarterback Ward Udinski ’15 receiving honors for his

community service, and communities in Pittsburgh, Waynesboro, Altoona, Huntingdon and the campus coming together to help a student in need, Shaquill Smith ’18.

The President’s Report also honors students such as Dylan Miller ’15, who spent the entire academic year living in a hut in the woods, proving that the College delivers a distinctive educational experience. In addition, there are expert endorsements such as U.S. News & World Report’s inclusion of Juniata as an “A+ School for B Students” and ratings from Forbes.com and Kiplinger’s Guide to Personal Finance that celebrate Juniata’s dedication to service and affordability. Endorsements like these make it quite clear the College’s national presence is increasing. Not to mention such athletic successes as championship runs deep into the NCAA tournaments in field hockey and tennis.

Inspired by story after story, year after year, members of Juniata’s fiercely loyal communities have all contributed—directly or by example—to the formation of our forward-leaning vision for the future. I’d like to take this space to thank everyone who contributed to the conceptualization of the strategic plan and, more overtly, to the success of Juniata.

As we take the first steps in fulfilling the recommendations of the strategic plan, I know we will find the courage to act as we face and achieve each and every goal we have challenged ourselves to accomplish.

There is no glory in resting on our laurels. A great College can only become better by setting lofty goals and acting on them.

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President’s Letter

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Photos: Candice Hersh

Aug. 1: Chemist Richard Hark and art historian Jennifer Streb ’93 put local connections to work by collaborating with technicians at the General Electric Customer Solutions Center in Lewistown, Pa., to analyze artworks from the Juniata College Museum of Art.

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Art Historian Jennifer Streb ’93, at left, supports a painting as chemist Richard Hark discusses how to “image” the artwork with Richard Kochakian, technical support manager for computed radiography digital imaging systems, at the GE facility.

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Photo: Jacob Gordon ’10

Sept. 1: Juniata was named an “A+ School for B Students” by U.S. News & World Report. That’s “B” high school students—it’s a good thing, and an effective way to market Juniata’s strengths.

Aug. 19: Juniata researchers Richard Hark, Gina Lamendella, and Jacob Gordon ’10, research librarian, find a new wrinkle in Beeghly Library’s “human skin book” legend; it’s actually sheepskin. #sheepishatBeeghly

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Sept. 15: National rankings are just one way to rate a college choice. Last year, Juniata jumped ahead 45 slots in the prestigious Forbes.com College Rankings, placing 133rd out of more than 3,500 institutions.

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Sept. 17: Spin doctors find nirvana as Juniata opens its nine-hole disc golf course behind Brumbaugh Academic Center. Disc golf provides students an opportunity to relax, helping Juniata achieve wellness goals.

Photo: Gordon Dimmig ’17

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The object of disc golf is to float the Frisbee to land within a chain basket “hole” in the fewest throws.

It’s harder than it appears.

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Sept. 21: Dylan Miller ’15, starts building his “cabin in the woods” to live rough near the College for the entire academic year. His story eventually is documented in more than 300 national media outlets.

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The Mellon Foundation is giving the College an opportunity to study how we teach students, as politics professor Emil Nagengast demonstrates here.

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Photo: Gordon Dimmig ’17

Sept. 29: Juniata receives $100,000 grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation to examine the College’s general education curriculum. Over the next few years, the College will assess its general education curriculum and, as needed, redefine how it educates students.

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Oct. 1: Candy Chang’s “Before I Die” project, which was part of a Juniata Presents community event, inspires massive public communication response on campus by allowing students to post thoughts on things they’d like to do “before they die.”

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Photo: Klarissa Juliano ’18

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Oct. 6: Juniata ceramics students and artist Bethany Benson, associate professor of art, help Huntingdon Area High School create a public art ceramic mural, using HAHS students to create tiles and Juniata art students to design the mural.

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Oct. 15: The College publishes The Stottlemyer Collection, a catalog of most of the works in Juniata College Museum of Art’s permanent collection. The book is a comprehensive guide to one of the community’s greatest artistic resources. More than 20 students, faculty and alumni worked on the project, including Mori Hitchcock ’16, left, who helped edit the book.

Photo: Courtesy Gordon Dimmig ’17

Oct. 20: Gordon Dimmig ’17, of Elizabethtown, Pa., has a photo accepted for an exhibition at the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum of Natural History. Gordon has worked as a photographer for the College’s marketing department since arriving on campus and has taken a wide variety of the photos in this publication.

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Photo: Thomas Jordan ’14

Photo: Rick Hamilton

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The Juniata Scholarship Fund raises money to award scholarships to academically qualified students who demonstrate great financial need. As we continue to welcome large classes to Juniata, we know that the impact of these awards will continue to be felt.

The President’s Circle totaled 188, a special designation for those who make a leadership gift to JSF equal to or greater than one average student award ($2,500).

Together, we really are changing lives, one scholarship at a time.

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$1,069,447 $1,069,447 447

$1,031,982 $1,031,982 434

$1,075,987 $1,075,987

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$1,253,021 $1,253,021

Leadership Giving By Society

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This year we welcomed 846 members to the Juniata Societies. Membership is offered to those who commit $1,000 or more to the College in the fiscal year, with members enjoying benefits specific to their society.

Investing in Juniata’s mission at this level helps to elevate us to a higher level of achievement and recognition. For more information on society membership, please visit www.juniata.edu/gifts/societies.

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$1,084,201 $1,084,201

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Overall Gifts

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Brumbaugh Society ($10,000+) . . . . 126 . . . . . $3,805,043 . . . . 116

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Ellis ($5,000 - $9,999) . . . . . 80 . . . . . . $287,731 . . . . . 50

Quinter ($1,000 - $4,999) . . . . 640 . . . . . . $643,263 . . . . 167 JSF Indicates number of scholarships funded by each society.

Overall Giving

12000000 12000000 10000000 10000000 8000000 Heritage Circle 8000000 Heritage Circle members invest in the future of Juniata 6000000 through planned giving. “Planned giving” simply means 6000000 that individuals make gifts to the College that require some 4000000 planning before they are made. Because such gifts involve 4000000 accumulated assets distributed over time or through one’s 2000000 will, they empower people to make leadership gifts beyond what they might think possible.

2000000 0 Planned Gifts for 2014-2015 0

Estate gifts received (16) . . . . . . $2,144,053

Life Income Agreements (1) . . . . . . . . . $10,000

New estate commitments (10) . . . . . . $2,502,072

Total Heritage Circle Members 303

Some planned gifts provide valuable tax benefits or income, and individuals can use a variety of assets—investments, real estate, artwork, and more—to establish them. Planned giving tools include bequests, trusts, and contracts between a donor and the College. Such commitments are among the most powerful tools for individuals to benefit themselves, their families, and Juniata.

$10,672,267 $7,618,965

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$7,618,965 $7,737,624

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Research & Gov. Grants (9%) $642,461 Foundations, Corporations & Business (23%) $1,573,643

Friends and Church of the Brethren (10%) $677,132 Parents (2%) $157,628 Alumni (56%) $3,876,080 2015 total = $6,926,944

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Total $4,656,125

Illustrations to the left show a record-breaking year for JSF and a healthy number of deferred gift commitments.

Juniata has undertaken a number of capital and endowment fundraising initiatives in recent years in preparation for its next comprehensive campaign; continues to benefit from dedicated, loyal donors among its alumni, parents and friends; and reached record totals in 50th-year reunion giving by the class of ’65 in fiscal year 2014-15. The chart below includes actual dollars received by the College. Our gratitude to all who gave to Juniata last year and every year! $10,672,267

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Oct. 31: The Juniata College Peace Chapel, designed by celebrated architect/artist Maya Lin, was the site of a commemorative ceremony honoring its 25th anniversary. Members of the Huntingdon and Juniata communities hiked to the chapel site and heard a stirring recitation of the words of Elizabeth Evans Baker, whose vision for the Peace Chapel brought the structure to the College. In addition, President James A. Troha, President Emeritus Bob Neff, Grace Fala, professor of communication, and Andy Murray, professor emeritus of peace and conflict studies, all spoke at the ceremony.

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Photo: Jennifer Jones

Nov. 8: Caroline Gillich, Juniata’s field hockey head coach, reached her 200th career NCAA win. Gillich has consistently recruited top field hockey athletes by stressing Juniata’s “family” atmosphere.

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Photo: Thomas Jordan ’14

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Nov. 3: Juniata alumna Khara Koffel ’00, associate professor of art at MacMurray College, receives a solo show at the Juniata College Museum of Art. Koffel returned to Juniata to talk about her art at the museum’s opening reception.

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Alumni Council 2015-2016 Ashley R. Appleman ’07 Annette (Reeder) Bair ’93 Christopher E. Bair ’92 Christie R. Brown ’92 Nicole C. Close ’92 Bonnie (Wineland) Crawford ’64 Frances C. Fiorino ’78 Shane R. Gallagher ’10 Timothy P. Gill Jr. ’08 Tracy (Stough) Grajewski ’86 Marissa L. Gunn ’05 Stephanie L. Haines ’92

Elise A. Mihranian ’14 Brenton J. Mitchell ’06 John Noble ’61 Heather (Lecrone) Ott ’09 Jigar J. Patel ’08 William A. Rys ’96 Gregory K. Schmidt ’77 Diane (Morrow) Snider ’79 Michael D. Valdiserri ’81 Jennifer D. Wade ’88 Roxann (Binner) Yon ’84

Alumni Council Officers Christie R. Brown ’92, President Yardley, Pa., Director of Development, New Dramatists Annette (Reeder) Bair ’93, Vice President Palmyra, Pa., Finance Manager, TE Connectivity Christopher E. Bair ’92, Past President Palmyra, Pa., Director, Deloitte Consulting LLP For a complete list of the 2015-2016 Alumni Council members’ contact information, please visit the member profiles at www.juniata.edu/alumnicouncil.

Alumni Council Strategic Plan

New Council Members

Shane R. Gallagher ’10 Member-at-Large

Timothy P. Gill Jr. ’08 Member-at-Large

Tracy (Stough) Grajewski ’86 Alumni Trustee

Stephanie L. Haines ’92 Member-at-Large

With Juniata’s new strategic plan in mind, and with a renewed commitment to supporting the College’s mission and goals, the Alumni Council approved a new strategic plan at its June 2015 meeting.

The plan will guide the work of the Council and its outreach to the alumni body at large over the next five years. All alumni are invited to join the Council in its efforts to make an impact on three essential areas: ▷ PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS: Choosing Juniata ▷ CURRENT STUDENTS: Connections to Careers ▷ ALUMNI: Giving Back Through Strategic Support

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Elise A. Mihranian ‘14 Member-at-Large

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Gregory K. Schmidt ‘77 Member-at-Large

Diane (Morrow) Snider ’79 Member-at-Large

Roxann (Binner) Yon ’84 Member-at-Large

To view the plan in full, visit www.juniata.edu/alumni/stratplan15.pdf.

Photo: Candice Hersh

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Front row (l-r): Shane R. Gallagher ’10, Bonnie (Wineland) Crawford ’64, Heather (Lecrone) Ott ’09, Jennifer D. Wade ’88, Diane (Morrow) Snider ’79, Annette (Reeder) Bair ’93; second row: John Noble ’61, Roxann (Binner) Yon ’84, Frances C. Fiorino ’78, Christie R. Brown ’92, Nicole C. Close ’92, Ashley R. Appleman ’07; third row: Jigar J. Patel ’08, William A. Rys ’96, Michael D. Valdiserri ’81, Christopher E. Bair ’92. Missing from photo: Timothy P. Gill Jr. ’08, Tracy (Stough) Grajewski ’86, Marissa L. Gunn ’05, Stephanie L. Haines ’92, Elise A. Mihranian ’14, Brenton J. Mitchell ’06, Gregory K. Schmidt ’77.

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Many ranking and funding agencies use alumni participation percentages in their formulae for determining which schools will (and will not) receive awards and recognition. Competition is keen, and Juniata’s past strong participation helped us to stand out from the crowd. We offer our deep appreciation both to those who are loyal in making an annual gift, and to those who came on board this year for the first time. Your potential impact is far greater than the gift alone.

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Dec. 15: Juniata’s Community Service program is recognized by the President’s Honor Roll for community service.

Juniata’s ambitious community service program has been honored by the White House almost every year.

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Dec. 23: The College’s national ranking rose two steps to 79th in the influential Kiplinger’s Personal Finance College Rankings poll, which ranks the most affordable colleges and universities. Affordability is becoming a national issue for all colleges and universities, and Juniata has always been able to showcase its value on a national scale.

Photo: Laura Hess ’11

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Nov. 15: Juniata College advances to the “Sweet 16” in the Division III NCAA Field Hockey Tournament, marking the furthest NCAA advancement ever for the team. The team has consistently been one of the top teams in the Landmark Conference.

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ince 2009, change has dominated the conversation at Juniata.

Beginning with a global economic crisis and moving through accreditation and master plan processes and leadership transitions, Juniata has engaged in a sustained consideration of its future.

Juniata has long existed as an educational crucible accessible to those with the potential and drive to succeed, grounded in values of peace, simplicity, community, and service. What will distinguish Juniata among our competitors, and ensure the long viability of our enterprise, will be a clarity of focus on that historic promise and its contemporary expression.

This plan will evaluate and strengthen areas key to distinguishing the College, including our general curriculum, the interplay between curricular and co-curricular life, how we engage technology, and our reputation. We will use those findings to strengthen key areas: • the scholarship inherent in our academic offerings, the flexibility of our signature Program of Emphasis system, and our experience-driven approach to inspiring learners; • the community and its mix of challenge and support, commitment to inclusion, respect for peace and service, and focus on wellness; • the distinctiveness of our location, academic offerings, and mission; • our resources and the ways they enable focus on our mission and vision; • and our presence as a college of high academic standards and performance transitioning from regional to international in reach, recruiting, and impact.

More at www.juniata.edu/strategicplan and in the following pages

Juniata’s mission is to provide an engaging personalized

educational experience empowering our students to develop Faculty Support Juniata will provide faculty with professional development opportunities needed to sustain and evolve a viable curriculum in a knowledge-driven society.

Teaching and Learning Environment Juniata will assess the environment in which it delivers a competitive and salient education, completing a specific assessment of learning spaces and the qualities they possess that help or hinder learning and collaboration.

Juniata’s community has long been described as welcoming, but as it has grown and diversified along many measures, our historic welcoming impulses have to adapt as contemporary students arrive with different strengths, ideas, challenges, and needs.

We are mindful of the many environments in which learning occurs at a residential college set in a distinctive environment. Juniata’s many cocurricular opportunities—including athletics, student government and advocacy, scores of academic and interest clubs, service and campus leadership, community engagement and service, arts and cultural opportunities, and residential living itself—are credited by generations of alumni with helping them grow.

Juniata’s most distinctive asset is its people and community. A student-first approach is not merely a tagline but the lived experience for most everyone at Juniata. Students and their families become part of the Juniata fabric as prospective students, and they continue as engaged alumni for a lifetime.

STRATEGIC PRIORITY #2: Juniata College will grow, nurture and support an inclusive, engaged, and vibrant community.

COMMUNITY

KEY INITIATIVES: Student Outcomes Juniata initially will evaluate present curriculum and, based on assessment, develop clear student outcome expectations designed to foster the skills, knowledge, and values the College deems necessary for a college graduate in the coming decade.

Juniata will ensure students can expect a challenging, experience-driven liberal arts education that respects their individual ability to contribute to the learning goals of the community.

We will improve academic rigor by strengthening the curriculum, emphasizing clearly articulated learning outcomes to ensure an interdisciplinary and experiential educational experience, and enhancing flexibility. This initiative also will include developing assessment strategies and support for learning technologies.

Academic rigor was noted as our greatest strength by survey participants. Our accreditation effort, our academic indicators and outcomes (here indicating graduate and professional school placement rates, employment rates, and similar measures) place us among a competitive group of the strongest liberal arts colleges in our region and, increasingly, nationally.

STRATEGIC PRIORITY #1: Juniata College will foster an environment that encourages and rewards intellectual rigor.

SCHOLARSHIP

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p the skills, knowledge and values that lead to a fulfilling life Internationalization Juniata will strengthen international opportunities, programs, and skills in its community, with a goal of achieving a rate of 50 percent of students studying abroad for long-term credit-bearing periods, and with higher percentages engaged in study away for shorter terms, cementing internationalism as a signature part of its offering to students.

residential life activities and educational opportunities that encourage dialogue, develop competencies, and foster interaction around diversity.

KEY INITIATIVES: Geography Juniata will enhance and highlight the advantages of our geographical location, a key step for which will be a comprehensive assessment of our brand in the higher education marketplace. We will also work to strengthen awareness and connection to regional assets for outdoor recreation, business, and networks.

Character of Community Juniata will strengthen and make more distinctive the challenging and supportive character of our community.

Recent surveys have highlighted the College’s combination of challenge and support as distinct, as well as the Program of Emphasis and the two-adviser system.

Juniata will enhance its use of distinctive assets, including the POE and the advising system, in addition to community traditions and other attributes.

Wellness Juniata will create an environment that inspires our students, faculty, staff, and alumni to sustain a healthy and balanced lifestyle. We believe that our setting and attributes of our service and community-oriented campus can enhance the likelihood of students adopting wellness habits.

Juniata will expand the conception of our wellness programming to include intellect, physical health, emotional balance, social fluency, and mindfulness.

From there, Juniata will develop means for students to access recreational and service opportunities in our distinct region.

Campus Physical Environment Juniata will enhance and provide for the sustainability of the physical beauty and usefulness of our campus.

New capital improvements will be designed with an eye toward intentional curricular and co-curricular goals, with sustainable practices a given in the campus environment.

Juniata will pursue initiatives to enhance and highlight the advantages of our geographical location, strengthen and make more distinct the challenging and supportive character of our community, and ensure the sustainability and flexibility of our physical spaces to best serve the learning and professional objectives of our community constituents. The main highlight of this overall strategic priority will be developing a comprehensive plan to connect and utilize the Juniata-Huntingdon connection.

STRATEGIC PRIORITY #3: Juniata College will deepen and enrich the unique characteristics that make the College an extraordinary place.

DISTINCTIVENESS

Diversity Juniata will create a campus community of inclusiveness from the classroom to the residence hall room to the conference room by evaluating the effectiveness of its programs that help ensure diverse employee candidate pools, developing academic, employee, and

KEY INITIATIVES: Student Residential Experience Juniata will provide a residential experience that encourages considerations of community and service, promotes intellectual challenge, and facilitates personal and academic growth and empowerment.

RESOURCES

PRESENCE

STRATEGIC PRIORITY #4: Juniata College will strengthen its financial position.

STRATEGIC PRIORITY #5: Juniata College will increase its national and international reach and reputation.

Juniata’s financial position has supported a period of growth. However, we know from data that our resources are leaner than those of many of our peers. We have tended to “do more with less,” and the campus as a whole has shown concern regarding the sustainability of such an approach. We will pursue initiatives to strengthen our financial position, ensure accessibility to talented students from challenging financial situations, and diversify our revenue streams.

KEY INITIATIVES: Financial Juniata will strengthen its financial position to provide greater security and flexibility with which to deliver on its mission. To do so, we will consider pricing strategy and cost structures. At the same time, Juniata will pursue a comprehensive fundraising campaign to support significant endowment growth and capital investment.

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tudying our foundational attributes and using what we learn to guide future philanthropic investment and resource deployment will continue to distinguish Juniata, because we will bolster that which distinguishes us now.

This strategic plan places the College on a clear path.

Our historic values of peace, community, service, and simplicity have resulted in a liberal arts college committed to learning through experience, service to our region and the world, global awareness and an enviable international focus, and a community of supportive alumni and friends that go to great lengths to share our story and to bring new students to this place. This plan’s vision draws on those strengths and is a manifestation of our historic values: to ensure that Juniata is known as a place that inspires citizens of consequence to understand the world in which they act.

Diversify Revenue Juniata will diversify its revenue sources. With nascent online programs, summer instructional programs and camps, and other revenue lines to consider, the College will capitalize on or enhance revenue possibilities. A campaign also has the potential to increase unrestricted assets.

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One of Juniata’s main challenges is its name recognition outside of central Pennsylvania. Surveys identified it as the single greatest weakness with which the College struggles. Success on this initiative will mean that graduates can expect people of influence to know or quickly understand the value of where they earned their education.

KEY INITIATIVES: Awareness Juniata will develop and execute means to advance its national and international presence.

A significant brand study will be the basis for enhancing reputation and recognition. Additionally, planned increase in presence in our region and community will ensure people know our story.

COURAGE TO ACT: The Plan for Juniata College will solidify our place and presence in the higher education landscape, and position us to better serve students, employees, alumni and the Huntingdon community, for another century.

Juniata College is one of 40 colleges profiled in Colleges That Change Lives

of service and ethical leadership in the global community.

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2015

Jan. 6: Eagles quarterback Ward Udinski ’15, is named to the Allstate/American Football Coaches Association Goodworks Team, along with 21 other players from all NCAA divisions. Ward, No. 12, was honored for his volunteer work with the Lenape Valley Youth Organization.

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Jan. 7: Juniata quarterback Ward Udinski ’15 is named Third Team All-American by USA College Football. He also was elected Player of the Year for the Centennial Conference. Athletic awards show that students can participate in sports while excelling at academic and community responsibilities.

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Jan. 30: Juniata freshman basketball player Shaquill Smith ’18 is honored and aided by a benefit game at the “Shaq the House” event, which sought to defray medical expenses incurred when he contracted bacterial meningitis. Shaq’s medical emergency brought together communities from across Pennsylvania to honor the courage of a young athlete.

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Photo: Gordon Dimmig ’17

Jan. 19: Actress Lois Moses presents “Celebrating the Dream” as part of Juniata’s Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation. Each year, Juniata’s convocation event celebrates and reflects on the College’s increasingly diverse and inclusive community.

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“Our lab functions like a graduate lab in that we all have our own project in which we become a mini-expert. We make our own decisions. I think students here help professors just as much as professors help students. It’s really cool when you get to the point where professors are learning from you as well.”

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—Abigail Rosenberger ’16, Duncannon, Pa.

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Feb. 20: Abigail Rosenberger ’16, of Duncannon, Pa., receives Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Exceptional Research Opportunity Award to work in a lab at the University of Maryland’s Center for Vaccine Development.

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Feb: 23: Juniata’s Kelsey Livoti ’15, of Altoona, Pa., reaches 1,000-point milestone for women’s basketball. She joined her coach, Danny Young-Uhrich ’00, and assistant coach, Kate McDonald ’14, on the all-time scorer’s list.

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Feb. 25: Daniella Rodriguez ’16, of Albuquerque, N.M., worked in a lab at Johns Hopkins University as part of her HHMI Institute’s Exceptional Research Opportunity Award fellowship.

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“It’s pretty incredible that we not only get the guidance of the faculty, but the opportunity to use equipment that other students rarely get to see until graduate school. It’s honestly awesome to learn about techniques and theories—the perfect combination of kinesthetic, visual, and auditory learning.”

—Daniella Rodriguez ’16, Albuquerque, N.M.

“Juniata is a small school with endless opportunities; you just have to have the drive and motivation to pursue them. I would not change my decision to come here, not even if Harvard or Stanford offered me a full ride. I don’t fit in there. I belong with the Juniata community.”

March 15: Sam Gary ’17, of Rockwood, Pa., received an Amgen Scholarship to perform research at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo.

—Sam Gary ’17, Rockwood, Pa. 2014–2015 President’s Report |

Photos: Amber Boring ’18

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March 17: Nate AndersonStahl ’16, of Camp Hill, Pa., was awarded the Andrew Mutch Scholarship from the St. Andrews Society to study abroad for the 2015-2016 academic year at the University of St. Andrews.

“Juniata has made a commitment to the liberal arts, and study abroad is an important component to an education with breadth.

Education should always be seen as a lifelong endeavor. It’s never static.”

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Photo: Klarissa Juliano ’18

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—Nathan Anderson-Stahl ’16, Camp Hill, Pa.

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April 5: Photos of Juniata student Freedom Marchers from 1965, taken by Harvard University student photographer Glen Pearcy, are donated to Library of Congress.

Archivist Guha Shankar asks Juniata alumni for “crowdsource identifications” of the students in the photos and alumni Chuck Lytle ’68 and Harriet (Richardson) Michel ’65 provided identifications. In addition, Juniata hosted a special screening of the movie Selma at the Huntingdon Cinemas Clifton 5 to honor the 50th anniversary of the Selma march.

Glen Pearcy’s photographs courtesy of the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Photo: Jennifer Jones

March 23: Tori Buser ’15, a field hockey player from Allentown, Pa., was named a Gladiator Custom Mouthguards Scholar of Distinction by the National Field Hockey Coaches Association. Buser also was nominated at the end of July for 2015 NCAA Woman of the Year as the Landmark Conference representative.

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Grants

Juniata College Board Of Trustees 2015-2016

For fiscal year 2015, Juniata submitted 51 new proposals and received 28 new awards for a total of $1,367,468. During the same period, we received a total of $1,387,132 in cash grants and contracts in operation (includes some multipleyear grants awarded in past fiscal years), from the following general sources:

Officers of the Board Robert N. McDowell ’67, Chair, Huntingdon, Pa., Partner, CHM Partners International LLC Timothy D. Statton ’72, Vice Chair, Sonoma, Calif., Retired President, Bechtel Telecommunications Carol J. Ellis ’71, Secretary, Palm Coast, Fla., Retired, Manager ExxonMobil Gail M. Habecker ’76, Treasurer, West Conshohocken, Pa., Fixed Term Bond Manager, PMG Advisors

Executive Committee

11.8% PA State Govt. $163,781 43.7% Private Foundations $606,732

34.8% U.S. Govt. sources $482,812

6% Corporations $83,699

3.6% Other $50,107

Robert N. McDowell ’67, Chair Timothy D. Statton ’72, Vice Chair Carol J. Ellis ’71, Secretary Gail M. Habecker ’76, Treasurer David C. Beachley ’77 Carl D. Glaeser ’77 Steven J. Holsinger ’76 Fred C. Mason Jr. ’73 Linda W. McKonly ’73 Bruce L. Moyer ’74 Gayle W. Pollock ’68 Charles W. Wise III David P. Andrews ’74, at large James A. Troha, ex officio

Board of Trustees Representatives Faculty Representatives:

Karen J. Rosell (Term ends 2016) Norris Z. Muth (Term ends 2017)

$2,064,848

Student Representatives: Lauren E. Lesser ’16 Tesia O. Lewis ’18

$1,382,461

$1,367,468

Committee on Advancement and Marketing David C. Beachley ’77, Chair Eric C. Jensen ’77, Vice Chair Nicole C. Close ’92 (A) Jayne K. Donahue ’75 David J. Fahey ’81 William P. Hayes Elaine V. Jones ’76 Henry F. Siedzikowski ’75

Faculty Representatives:

Dan Dries (2016) Henry Thurston-Griswold (2017)

Student Representatives: Kirstin A. McKenzie ’16 Blair R. Altland ’18

Audit Committee Steven J. Holsinger ’76, Chair Jayne K. Donahue ’75 Carol J. Ellis ’71 Gail M. Habecker ’76

Faculty Representative:

Kathy R. Baughman (2017)

Student Representative: Anna E. Small ’17

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$1,148,404

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(A) Alumni Trustee (C) Church Trustee

COURAGE TO ACT THE PLAN FOR JUNIATA COLLEGE

April 25: Juniata’s Board of Trustees approve the College’s Strategic Plan.

Committee on Enrollment and Retention

Fred C. Mason Jr. ’73, Chair Christoph Schwemmlein ’84, Vice Chair Carl D. Glaeser ’77 Jodie M. Gray ’88 Gail M. Habecker ’76 Barry J. Halbritter ’65 Nathan Hevrony Steven J. Holsinger ’76 Mary M. White ’73

Bruce L. Moyer ’74, Chair Carol J. Ellis ’71, Vice Chair Patrick Chang-Lo Tracy L. Grajewski ’86 (A) John T. Hill II Richard E. Paulhamus ’70 Gary A. Raymond Timothy D. Statton ’72

Faculty Representatives:

Kathleen M. Jones (2016) Wei-Chung Wang (2017)

Dominick F. Peruso Jr. (2016) Bethany Benson (2017)

Suzanne Jlelaty ’16 Kelly A. Reynolds ’17

Benjamin L. Fowler ’16 Ryan M. Shelton ’16

Carl D. Glaeser ’77, Chair Nathan Hevrony, Vice Chair Patrick Chang-Lo Gail M. Habecker ’76 John T. Hill II Elaine V. Jones ’76

Charles W. Wise III, Chair George P. Valko ’75, Vice Chair David P. Andrews ’74 Bruce Davis ’65 Ethan J. Gibbel ’02 (C) Linda W. McKonly ‘73 John A. Nagl Gayle W. Pollock ’68 William A. Rys ’96 (A)

Student Representatives: Madeline K. Bennetti ’17 B. Reese Fisher ’16

Bob McDowell ’67, Chair of the Board of Trustees

David Fahey ’81

Faculty Representative: Henry Escuadro (2017)

Student Representative: Ryan S. Tritsch ’16

Tracy Grajewski ’86

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Regina Lamendella (2016) Kathleen R. Biddle (2017)

New Trustees

Committee on Investments

Committee on Education and Student Life

Faculty Representatives:

Timothy D. Statton ’72, Chair Carl D. Glaeser ’77 John T. Hill II Gayle W. Pollock ’68 Mary M. White ’73 Charles W. Wise III Robert N. McDowell ’67, ex officio James A. Troha, ex officio

Faculty Representatives: Student Representatives:

Student Representatives:

Committee on Trustees

Photo: J.D. Cavrich

Committee on Business Affairs

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Photo: Jason Jones

April 7: Cartoonist Jay Hosler, also professor of biology at Juniata, released his latest book, Last of the Sandwalkers, to positive reviews in the New York Times, Publisher’s Weekly, and more than a dozen influential blogs.

April 16: Ward Udinski ’15, quarterback for the Juniata football team, signed with the Munich Cowboys, a European football team with the German Football League. Udinski, now a sales strategy analyst for Johnson & Johnson, was allowed to take leave from his job to play.

Photo: courtesy Juniata Athletic Department

April 21: Joe Bortak ’15, of Jeannette, Pa., was named First Team All-America by the American Volleyball Coaches Association.

Paul Kuhn ’15 and Chad Albert ’16, were named to the Second Team.

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Photo: J.D. Cavrich

May 2: Juniata’s men’s tennis team wins first Landmark Conference championship.

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May 4: Kati Csoman, longtime assistant dean at the Center for International Education, was named dean of international programs.

Csoman has been the driving force behind many of the College’s most innovative international programs.

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May 5: Polly Walker, assistant professor of peace and conflict studies since 2011, was named director of the Baker Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies. Her expertise in using art and theatre as tools for conflict resolution complements Juniata’s emergence in these artistic fields.

May 7: Biologist Vince Buonaccorsi (in green) and mathematician Ben Sunderland (second from left) receive the Beachley Awards for Distinguished Service and Teaching respectively, and Kathy Baughman, (center) professor of accounting business and economics, received the Gibbel Award for Distinguished Teaching.

Photo: Amber Boring ’18

May 7: Dean Polisena ’17, of Adelaide, Australia, was named Landmark Conference Player of the Year for men’s tennis.

Polisena is one of several international athletes who excel on Juniata’s tennis teams.

Photos: courtesy Juniata Athletic Department

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May 8: Juniata’s men’s tennis team advances to the second round of the NCAA Tournament, the best showing ever for the team. Head coach Jason Cohen was named Landmark Conference Coach of the Year.

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May 8: Katie Shelledy ’17, of Milwaukee, Wis., received the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Ernest F. Hollings Undergraduate Scholarship, one of 100 undergraduates awarded the scholarship nationwide.

“If you take initiative at Juniata, the biology faculty will take you leagues beyond what you imagined. This is the first time I’ve had a mentor who expected more from me than I’ve expected from myself.”

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Photo: Christine Reilly ’18

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—Katie Shelledy ’17, Milwaukee, Wis.

—Megan Vanaman ’15, Wilmington, Del.

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“The professors at Juniata want us to be successful and they often know ways we can pursue that success, perhaps in ways we hadn’t thought of. The Fulbright will be very helpful to my teaching career, because the Czech Republic has a very different educational system, and I can bring some of those ideas back to my own classroom.”

Photo: Amber Boring ’18

May 10: Megan Vanaman ’15, of Wilmington, Del., is awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to teach English in the Czech Republic.

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May 11: The William Randolph Hearst Foundation awards Juniata a $75,000 grant to fund scholarships for firstgeneration college students.

The College will be able to award $4,800 to four firstgeneration students for the next four years.

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Mike Keating, director of corporate and foundation support, oversees the College’s efforts in securing grant funding and helps faculty apply for grants to fund scholarship and research.

“The faculty and staff at Juniata don’t mentor and spend an evening talking about the intersection between work and family over the dinner table because they feel obligated. They engage in these experiences because they love what they do and they genuinely want to connect with students.”

—Mackenzie Coulter-Kern ’14, North Manchester, Ind.

“I’ve always been interested in international affairs and the opportunity to immerse myself in Russian culture helps teach poise, diplomacy, and cross-cultural communication—all of which will remain useful forever.”

—Molly Adler ’15, Alexandria, Va.

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Photo: Gordon Dimmig ’17

Photo: Rick Hamilton

May 12: Mackenzie Coulter-Kern ’14 receives a Fulbright Fellowship to teach English in Mexico.

May 13: Molly Adler ’15, of Alexandria, Va., was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship to teach English in Russia in the 2015-2016 academic year.

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May 14: Marlene Matula ’17, of Salix, Pa., received a David A. Boren Scholarship to study abroad this year in Shanghai, China. Marlene also has a semester internship with the U.S. Department of State during the 2015-2016 academic year.

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Photo: J.D. Cavrich Christoph Schwemmlein ’84 receives congratulations on his honorary degree from Jim Lakso, provost emeritus and fellow honorary degree recipient.

Photo: J.D. Cavrich

“I was very thankful for the professors who were willing to help me edit and revise my essays to make sure I was applying with my best foot forward.

All of their help and support made winning an internship with the State Department and the Boren Scholarship possible.”

May 16: German businessman Christoph Schwemmlein ’84, managing director of Klöcker Brothers, a manufacturing company producing parts for the textile industry, delivers the Commencement address to 343 undergraduates.

—Marlene Matula ’17, Salix, Pa.

May 16: James Lakso, provost emeritus at Juniata, Christoph Schwemmlein ’84, and Raymond Figura, dean of business administration at Westfälische Hochschule (University of Applied Science), Bocholt campus, in Bocholt Germany, received honorary doctor of humane letters degrees.

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Photo: Haley Chandler ’16

From left, Jim Lakso, Christoph Schwemmlein ’84, and Raymond Figura.

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Photo: Jason Jones

May 28: Cathy Stenson, professor of mathematics, received the 2015 Distinguished Faculty Mentor Award from a regional arm of the Mathematical Association of America. Faculty awards also give Juniata much-needed exposure beyond central Pennsylvania.

Photo: Candice Hersh

May 22: Anvy Tran ’17, of Boston, Mass., received a Benjamin Gilman Scholarship to study abroad in Guanajuato, Mexico.

Gilman Scholarships offer grants for students of limited financial means to study abroad.

Photos: courtesy Juniata Athletics Department

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June 11: Long jumper Alissa Sellers ’16, of Huntingdon, Pa., and high jumper Katelyn Fisher ’17, of Rochester, N.Y., flew to first-place finishes at the Landmark Conference track and field championships.

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How did you get involved with your Reunion Committee?

The Class of 1970 is a very nice, very special group of people who had the experience of attending an exceptional small college at a unique time in our country’s history. I was a class officer and continued to have strong, positive feelings about the Juniata connection and stayed in touch with my college friends. Getting involved in our class reunions was a “no brainer.”

How many years have you participated in your Reunion Committee?

I was minimally involved in early reunions, but in 1998, classmate Marsha Hartman ’70 and I talked about ways to make our reunions even more fun. So, we worked together to form a reunion committee of 20-plus classmates from a variety of groups from our college days.

That did it—the committee’s talents and enthusiasm have made our reunions even more special since 2000. Although I’ve been the reunion committee chair since then, the Class of 1970 reunion’s success is about that wonderful group. The committee makes an effort to get classmates to come to the reunion by contacting all classmates by phone and email. We plan the get together with music from our college days, good food and drink, and a Saturday night program that makes

Volunteer Support 2014-2015

Photo: Candice Hersh

Candace (Wamsley) deCsipkes ’70 Class of 1970 Reunion Committee Chair

Class of 1970 at 45th reunion, June 2015.

us laugh. It’s quite a party thanks to the committee. Most importantly, we’re adamant about making sure there’s lots of time to just visit with classmates.

What is the most rewarding aspect of volunteering for and attending your reunions?

The reunions have proven to be a means of reconnecting and $8,212,313 reminiscing with old friends and forming new$8,013,550 friendships. Many folks $7,315,933 who weren’t “friends” during college now stay in touch with each other.

We really like each other! That’s the most rewarding part of working on $7,356,229 the reunions—the friendships. As we get older and begin to lose some of those treasured friends, the reunions become even more special.

The reunions are a celebration of each other and our time at Juniata.

Because volunteer activity is self-reported, actual numbers are higher than shown below.

To help with more accurate reporting in the future, please submit your volunteerism annually via e-mail to alumni@juniata.edu, or visit www.juniata.edu/alumni.

Juniata Admission Ambassadors

392

Affinity Programs

299

Fundraising/Class Fund Agents/Class Committees

189 183

Reunion Committees Juniata Career Team/Career Day

111

Parents Council/Parent Programs Regional Programs

76

International/Friendship Families

63

Trustees Guest Lecturers/Faculty Support

28 28 27 25

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52

Alumni Weekend Alumni Council

12

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Hours 17,330

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Student Alumni Association

Church College Relations Council

95 91

Historical Figures 22,029

21,301

18,612

Volunteers Note: This chart indicates the number of volunteers for each category, which may include overlap. For totals, please see the historical figures graph.

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Photo: Gordon Dimmig ’17

Parents Council 2015-2016 Polly Alexander P’17 Tim Alexander P’17 Linda Baker ’79 P’16 Bridget Berich ’86 P’16 Glenn Carnicelli P’16 Kim Hayden P’16, P’18 Bill Messersmith ’79 P’16 Kevin Ogle P’16 Debbie Reynolds P’17 Mike Reynolds P’17 Carol Ann Siciliano P’16 Bob Sinclair P’16 Ruth (Semar) Sinclair ’85 P’16 Cheryl Twardowski P’16 Mike Twardowski P’16

Career Day Photo: Amber Boring ’18

President’s Picnic

Photo: Christina Miller ’01

Central PA Juniata Club “Power Packs” Volunteer Project.

Photo: Grace Braxton

Homecoming and Family Weekend

The Parents Council creates opportunities for parents to become involved in College activities, such as Homecoming and Family Weekend, regional events that appeal to parents and their children, Parents Pride Scholarship Program, and Career Day. To get involved, contact Katie (Padamonsky) Dickey ’97 at 814-641-3447 or parentsprogram@juniata.edu.

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The Juniata Parents Council works with the College to support its programs and, ultimately, its students. The Council’s purpose is to involve parents who will help spread the word to other parents and students about Juniata, engage other parents in issues related to student success, and mentor students as they prepare for and embark on professional lives. This group formed in April 2009 and represents parents from various geographic regions, campus affiliations, and class years. The Council serves as a liaison between the College and the greater parent population.

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Each year the incoming freshman class takes part in a welcoming ceremony that is equal parts ritual, recitation, and fun as they bond as a class. Pictured here is the Class of 2019, who heard presentations

by Juniata’s president, provost, dean of students, and vice president of enrollment, followed by a quick lesson on singing the alma mater by Russ Shelley, professor of music. The class then receives a Class of 2019 pin and moves to the quad to sing the alma mater one more time by candlelight.

Photo: Christine Reilly ’18

Office of College Advancement 1700 Moore Street Huntingdon, PA 16652-2196 www.juniata.edu