Class Notes
Donna Dingle ’73
Cheers for Diversity as First Black Millersville Cheerleader Back in 1970, Donna Victoria Dingle of Narbeth, Pa., made history when she became the first black cheerleader on Millersville’s junior varsity squad. The 1973 graduate with a degree in education grew up in Ardmore, Pa., and decided on a whim to try out for the cheerleading squad, even though she had not been a cheerleader in high school. “There were three black students trying out, and I thought, why not?” Dingle must have rocked those splits and cartwheels. She made the squad. “I felt accepted by the other girls, a part of the team,” says Dingle. “We had TAMMY LEIDICH ’95, Mount Joy, promoted to manager of online learning content at TE Connectivity CHRISTEN COSCIA ’96, Lancaster, co-authored book chapter, Teaching Mindfulness to Kids and Teens MATTHEW BONO ’97, Lancaster, principal at the Walz Group
a great time together cheering at basketball and football games. We didn’t do some of the crazy acrobatic stuff they do today. And I still have my megaphone with my name on it.” As Dingle recalls, “I felt like a groundbreaker because in the ’60s and ’70s, we were in the midst of the civil rights movement, looking for equality and respect for all people. Being the first black cheerleader at The 'Ville made me feel proud and honored to be representing, not only Millersville State College, but my fellow students of color.”
GEORGE (ANDREW) MESCHTER ’99, Collegeville, published Gentlemen Gloucester First Philadelphia Calvary
NED BUSHONG ’99, Lancaster, received the North Museum Board of Directors’ Prize for Excellence at the Science and Engineering Fair
KIM GRAHAM-PFEFFER ’97, Philadelphia, director of financial services at Thomas Jefferson University
2000s
DR. JEFFREY LEHMAN ’97, Columbus, Ohio,
MIKE CHICK ’00, Arlington, Va., competed in
senior vice president for strategy and analytics, Citizens Financial
8th season of NBC’s American Ninja Warrior
BRYAN SANGUINITO ’97, Ephrata, elected president of the eastern region on the Pennsylvania State Education Association
Lancaster Mennonite School
DR. BENJAMIN STILES ‘97, ‘05M, Strasburg,
LEW MARTIN ’00, New Holland, teaches algebra at JAIME (MARCUS) ZUCKER ’00, Bensalem, voted 2015 Buck’s Happening Mover & Shaker NATHAN CLAYCOMB ’01, Lancaster, earned his
Ed.D. Degree in Educational Leadership at Immaculata University
Certified Travel Industry Specialist designation
ABRAHAM BRESLIN ’98, Willow Street, senior director of labor relations with Rite Aid
opened Screamin’ Hill Brewery
DR. GARY LEWANDOWSKI ’98, Holmdel, N.J., wrote the textbook, Discovering the Science Within
AMANDA SIMS ’98, Stillwater, Okla., prayer team pastor with Life.Church in Edmond, Okla. BRENDA BARE ’99, Lancaster, director of
JENNIFER (BATES) COLE ’01, Cream Ridge, N.J., THERESA KATALINAS ’01, Willow Grove, director of community relations and marketing, Jon Waxman’s Lee’s Hoagie House
DAVID MORRIS ’01, Middletown, M.B.A. from the University of Delaware
curriculum for Lancaster Mennonite School
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NIKOLE HOLLINS ’02, ’04M, Harrisburg, Ph.D. in school psychology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania FREDERICK KERNER ’02, Morrisville, elected president of Morrisville’s Borough Council ANTOINE WRIGHT ’02, Aldan, UX designer for the Allegis Group
JAMES LAMB ’03, Reading, Pennsylvania State Education Association’s Southern Region President HANNAH MEESON ’03, Gettysburg, authored Just Whistle, with song lyrics from Erick Macek ’02 JUSTIN BAYLOR ’04, Windermere, Fla., dean at Bay Meadows Elementary School CHRISTOPHER BOURLAND ’04, King of Prussia, awarded as Member of Appraisal Institute MELINDA MEYERS ’04, Mount Joy, community engagement and grants manager of the Lancaster Symphony Orchestra BRYAN BEHRENHAUSEN ’05, Chapel Hill, N.C., Ph.D. in communication, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill STEPHEN BIGOSKI ’05, Lansdale, senior vendor liaison at Ferrandino & Son, Inc.