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Tim Statton and Kathy Stavru Statton both graduated from Juniata in 1972, earning bachelor’s degrees in business and economics and sociology respectively. The couple has been active as volunteers for the college. Tim has been a Juniata trustee since 1998 and Kathy, has served as a reunion volunteer, Juniata Admission Ambassador and worked for the Juniata Fund. Tim Statton recently returned to campus as an “executive-in-residence” in the college’s business department in 2011. Statton joined the Bechtel Corporation shortly after graduating from Juniata. For further information on Tim’s biography, see the Commencement story on Page 17. Kathy Statton helped start the Bechtel Community Network, an “Intranet” Bechtel website that helped Bechtel families facing moves to research schools, doctors, culture and other factors across the globe. Kathy visited many jobsites and coordinated with other companies to support this initiative. Bechtel made the program an official part of the company in 2001.
Tim and Kathy
Statton, class of
’72
Michael Henderson Associate Professor of French
Juniata
Photo: Candice D. Hersh
Beachley Award for Distinguished Academic Service
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Anyone who has attended a screening of the International Studies Cinema Festival or taken my French Cinema course knows that I love cinema, and everything that word implies. Cinema means something fundamentally different to me than movies. Cinema, like good literature, compels you to confront the world, not distract you from it. I love works of cinema that stand up to, or even require, multiple viewings without lending themselves to easy interpretation. Here are five works of French cinema that have had a profound impact on how I view the world.