Volume 28, No. 31
May 2, 1997
Scott A. Miller
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NEWS
Consumer Ed Expert to Address Grads
Mansfield University will award approximately 290 bachelor's degrees and 33 master's degree at its 132nd Spring Commencement Saturday, May 10, at 11 a.m. on Karl Van Norman Field.
Dr. Nancy Porter, a 1974 Mansfield graduate who earned a master's degree at MU in 1985, will provide the address.
A native of Athens, PA, Porter is an associate professor and family resource management specialist with the Clemson University Cooperative Extension Service in South Carolina. Her primary areas of expertise are family financial management and consumer education.
Prior to joining the faculty at Clemson, Porter taught at Delta State University in Mississippi and in the Towanda Area School District.
Porter has authored numerous articles for scholarly journals as well as the popular press. She regularly makes television guest appearances associated with her work in South Carolina. She is a member of the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences, the Association of Financial Counseling and Planning Education, Kappa Omicron NU, Phi Kappa Phi and Epsilon Sigma Phi.
She and her husband, Tom, reside in Six Mile, SC, with their two sons, Michael and Robert.
Biology students dominate CPUB awards
MU students won four of six awards presented at the conference of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania University Biologists (CPUB), held recently at East Stroudsburg. The CPUB comprises the biology departments of all 14 universities in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education.
Fifteen biology students attended the conference with biology professor Robert Maris.
"All of our student presenters performed extremely well," he said. "On a grading scale, with a maximum of 35 points, the lowest score for any of our students was 28. Most of the other scores ranged from 15-18. Needless to say, we are extremely proud of them all."
Among the student winners were Jennifer Bigley of Gibsonia, PA, who took second place in the Undergraduate Oral category.
Mansfield students dominated the Undergraduate Poster competition. Amy Wanner of Nelson and Melissa Tyson of Reading took first place. Thomas Culkins of Troy won second place and Kristine Sexauer of Wellsboro won third place.
Rotary honors longtime university benefactor
Marion Jones of Blossburg was presented a special Paul Harris Fellowship on April 26 by Rotary International District 7350 at the Youth Exchange Luncheon during the district's annual conference in Corning.
Jones is the wife of the late Bob Jones, for whom the fifth floor of North Hall is named, and mother of MU Trustee Carol Tama.
The Jones family are long-time benefactors of the university and their leadership and generosity were instrumental in North Hall's restoration.
To be declared a Paul Harris Fellow is Rotary International's highest honor. Jones was honored for her family's years of dedication and service to Youth Exchange and young people who go from and who come to the Northern Tier in the program.
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Susan Laib, music, graduated "in absentia" on Friday, April 25, from Florida State University with the doctor of music degree. She recently completed her doctoral treatise, "An Annotated Bibliography of Original Works for Solo Oboe with Wind Accompaniment and an Appendix of Arranged Works." The intent of the project was to find as many original works for solo oboe with wind accompaniment as possible and to provide a practical reference source of works for this instrumentation. Laib identified 133 original works, of which 59 were located and annotated. The bibliography also has 93 listings of arranged works. Oboists from around the globe have been waiting with baited breath for this project to be completed. The DM dissertation from Florida State includes five solo recitals performed on the FSU campus, as well as the treatise.
Ed Washington, English, presented a paper at the 25th Annual Meeting of the Shakespeare Association of America, held in Washington, D.C., March 26-29. The paper was entitled, "Disreputability and Unpopularity: Rethinking Aaron's Sexual Role in Titus Andronicus."
Ron Remy, education, was recently presented with the "Shaping Tomorrow's Leaders Through Involvement Award" by the Student Activities Office. Remy has served as the office's unofficial tour guide for trips to Washington, D.C., over the last four years. The Student Activities Office also cited his involvement in Civil War re-enactments. Remy received the award at the Student Service Recognition Banquet April 21.
Twenty-one members of the Student Nurses Association traveled to New York April 24-25 to observe nurses in Mt. Sinai Medical Center's intensive care units including cardiac, neurology, neonatal, emergency room, obstetrics, and others. In their free time students visited the many sights in New York City.
Members of MU's Telephone Survey Research class, taught by Richard Feil, psychology and Gale Largey, sociology, attended a press conference in the Capitol Rotunda, Harrisburg, given by the Joint Legislative Conservation Committee focusing on the data collected by the class this semester. Secretary of Environmental Protection James Seip and Lt. Gov. Mark Schweiker publicly praised the Mansfield Public Mind Survey and asked the students to stand to be recognized. The group then met with Senator Madigan to brief him on the entire survey. Finally, the students were hosted at lunch by the Pennsylvania State Education Association. Those making the April 14 trip Were: Daffany Beckenbaugh, Loretta Bess, Stacy Bosher, Jared Cooney, Leslie Dolph, Scott Fedorowicz, Rose Marie Garibell, Jeffrey Gunther, James Ludwig, Whitney Roberts, Karyn Ryan, Katrina Sexton, Theo Soufflas and Nicole Terpolilli.
The softball team ended its 1997 season by splitting a doubleheader with West Chester. Jen Radicchi's RBI single in the bottom of the seventh gave the Mountaineers a 6-5 win in the nightcap while West Chester won the opener 10-2. Missy Tyson went 2-3 with a double and also threw a complete game in the nightcap. The Mountaineers end the season with a 10-26 overall and a 7-17 PSAC mark.
David Coyle remained undefeated in the 400 meters in collegiate competition with a first place finish at the Millersville Metrics on Saturday. Coyle broke the tape with a time of 49.05, well ahead of second place finisher Marc Augustine of IUP (49.45). Senior Dana Vosburgh finished four in the 800 meters with a time of 1:56.17. Mansfield finished 14th in the 18-team meet.
Scot Wilcox hit two home runs, including a grand slam, to lead Mansfield to a 8-3 win over East Stroudsburg in the nightcap of a PSAC East doubleheader. However, East Stroudsburg won the opener 5-3 to throw MU into a second-place tie with Bloomsburg, a game and a half behind Kutztown. MU closes out the PSAC season when it hosts Shippensburg in a triple header Saturday, May 3, at 1 p.m.