- DeSales University

DeSales University
Magazine
DeSales Dedicates New Statues of St. Francis
de Sales and St. Jane de Chantal
Serving with Pride and Honor: Alumni Called
to Post-Collegiate Military Service
Homecoming Weekend 2012 Schedule
Brian Fuller ’92: A Guy to Have on Your Side
Summer 2012
letter from the president
DeSales University and the Healthcare
Mandate from the Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS)
Since the beginning of the institution, both Allentown
College of St. Francis de Sales (1965-2000) and DeSales
University (2001- ) have provided generous healthcare
benefits for all full-time employees. We have done this
because we believe that it is the right thing to do.
Three years ago, DeSales University became a founding member of the LVAIC (Lehigh Valley Association of
Independent Colleges) Healthcare Consortium, along
with Muhlenberg and Moravian colleges. This healthcare
consortium has been very successful in managing healthcare costs and has allowed the University to offer manageable cost increases over the three-year period, with a 0% cost increase for the
current year for healthcare coverage.
We offer two different plan designs. The University pays for approximately 82%
of the total cost of healthcare for our employees. Healthcare coverage costs the
University approximately $17,000 for a family and $7,500 for a single person.
The University has budgeted $2.9 million for healthcare coverage for fiscal 2013.
Currently, 286 of our 350 employees use the University’s healthcare plan.
Summer 2012
Editor
Laura R. Zielinski
Contributing Writers
Bob Campbell
Verna Fisher ’03
Andrew Ritter ’12
B.J. Spigelmyer ’99
Photographers
Amy Hertzog ’10
Pat Jacoby ’13
Samantha Troeller ’13
Phil Stein
Rob Upton
Printing
Alcom Printing Group, Inc.
On the Cover:
DeSales dedicated new
statues honoring the
University’s spiritual
patrons—St. Francis de
Sales and St. Jane de
Chantal. See more photos
and details on page 5.
The LVAIC Healthcare Consortium is considered a “self-funded” healthcare plan
because we directly pay approximately 75% of claims presented to the plan, with the
additional 25% of claims paid by stop loss insurance.Therefore, the “concession” to
HHS mandates that the “insurer” pay for contraception, sterilization, and abortion
inducing drugs makes no real concessions, since essentially we are the insurer.
As with many religious communities in America, we are very concerned with
the notion that the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services
can determine the content of the healthcare coverage that we must offer to our
employees. This is an intrusion into the inner workings of a private (and in our
case religious) institution that constitutes possible grave dangers. Religions began
caring for people before governments were formed. In many cases, religions
know more about the life and health issues of human beings and what constitutes
a healthy life than government bureaucrats will ever know.
Now that the power of Congress to mandate healthcare issues has been affirmed
by the Supreme Court of the United States, many religious institutions will simply
ignore the mandate. We will state that the mandate is an infringement of our first
amendment rights to religious freedom and liberty of conscience. Courts will then
become engaged in a different issue—can Congress mandate items that violate the
consciences and religious convictions of citizens. Eventually, various state appeals
courts will rule on this issue. This new issue will eventually reach the Supreme
Court. Notice—we are talking about a lengthy process. My guess is years! During
all this time, DeSales will continue to offer our regular healthcare program.
President
Fr. Bernard F. O’Connor, OSFS
Vice President for Institutional
Advancement
Thomas L. Campbell
Executive Director of Communications
Tom McNamara ’92
To paraphrase St. Thomas More, we seek to be the king’s good servants, but
God’s first!
Bernard F. O’Connor
President
2
The DeSales University Magazine is published twice a year
by the Institutional Advancement Office for the alumni
and friends of the University. Comments and suggestions
are welcome. Please address all correspondence to Laura
Zielinski, editor, DeSales University Magazine, DeSales
University, 2755 Station Avenue, Center Valley, PA 18034.
Phone: 610.282.1100, ext. 1359; fax 610.282.2059; or
e-mail [email protected].
Contents
Plus:
4 In the News
8 Athletics
10 Serving with Pride and Honor
Three vignettes about alumni Julie Glover ’05 M’07, Fr. Timothy Hogan
OSFS ’78, and Elizabeth (Pfister) Poindexter ’07, who joined the United
States Armed Forces following their graduations from DeSales.
17 Brian Fuller ’92: A Guy to Have on Your Side
Criminal justice alum makes waves in the sometimes high-adrenaline career
of parole officer for the state of New York.
View the line up of
events for Homecoming
2012 on pages 13-16.
19 Message From the Alumni Office
19 Class Notes
28 Alumni and Parent Events September 2012 - March 2013
What kind of legacy
will you leave?
W
e all hope for significance. For many of us, significance
comes through creating a legacy during our lives—
something for which we’ll be remembered in the future. A
bequest is perhaps the easiest and most tangible way to leave
a lasting legacy to the people and organizations that mean
the most to us.
A bequest is a gift made through your will or trust. There are
several ways to make a bequest:
• Specific dollar amount
• Percentage of your estate
• Specific asset
• Residue of your estate
For more information on how to create a lasting legacy
through a bequest, visit desales.giftlegacy.com, call
610.282.4604, or e-mail [email protected].
3
in the news
Dr. Arthur L. Scott to Graduates: “Kindness Comes from Within”
Dr. Arthur L. Scott, president of Northampton Community
College, delivered the commencement address and was awarded
an honorary doctor of humane letters degree.
early to be thinking about your legacy, that is something you
think about when you are about to retire like me,” he said. “But
I ask that you reflect a moment on when you felt the most satisfied or when you were the most proud of something. I suspect
that your thoughts will include times when you have assisted
someone—when you have helped someone along the way. I
urge you to leave a trail of individuals who remember you and
thank you for all the help you gave them, for the kindness you
displayed—what a great legacy that would be.”
In his address, Dr. Scott urged the graduates to leave the world
better then they found it and to be kind. “I know it is much too
To read Dr. Scott’s full commencement remarks, visit www.
desales.edu/home/news.
On a clear day, DeSales held its 44th May commencement exercises on the campus mall between McShea Student Center and
Trexler Library. More than 400 students, including undergraduates, gradautes, and ACCESS students, earned their degrees at
the May 19, 2012, ceremony.
The University Expands Student Exchange Agreements in
Murcia, Spain, Athens, Greece, and Limerick, Ireland
This summer, DeSales expanded its student exchange programs
by signing official exchange agreements with Universidad
Catolica San Antonio di Murcia in Murcia, Spain, The American College of Greece Deree in Athens, Greece, and with Mary
Immaculate College in Limerick, Ireland.
The agreement with the Universidad Catolica San Antonio
di Murcia allows for both institutions to exchange students
for study abroad for one or two semesters and the possibility of faculty and staff exchanges in the future. With this
agreement, the two institutions may begin summer intensive
language programs in Spanish and English respectively, and
the possibility exists for international athletic competition
with the DeSales University men’s and women’s basketball
and soccer teams.
The exchange agreement with The American College of Greece
Deree allows for both institutions to exchange students for study
abroad for one or two semesters, and the possibility of faculty and
staff exchanges in the future.
With the partnership with Mary Immaculate College, both
institutions agree to exchange students each semester for study
abroad and will explore the possibility of faculty and staff exchanges in the future. Additionally, there is an opportunity for
varsity athletic programs to travel to Limerick for international
competitions.
All of the agreements are effective immediately andthe institutions
expect to being exchanging students over the next two semesters.
Fr. Bernard O’Connor signed an official exchange agreement
with Dr. David G. Horner, president of The American College of
Greece Deree. Also present for this signing and for the signings with
the Universidad Catolica San Antonio di Murcia in Murica, Spain,
and Mary Immaculate College in Limerick, Ireland, were Dr. Gerard
Joyce ’91, vice president for student life, Dr. Brian Kane, professor of
theology and the Fr. John F. Harvey, OSFS, Chair in Moral Theology,
and Brian MacDonald ’04 M’09, director of international learning.
4
DeSales Dedicates New Statues of Spiritual
Patrons
In June, the DeSales University community dedicated the new bronze
statues of St. Francis de Sales and St. Jane de Chantal. The statues are
strategically placed in the heart of campus, beautifying the new reflection plazas between Dooling and Conmy Halls.
Designed by local artist Ben Marcune, these statues of the University’s
spiritual patrons represent the values that DeSales University cherishes.
“They add so much beauty to the University,” said Marc Albanese, associate vice president of campus environment at DeSales. “The plazas and
the statues allow people to really connect to the campus and remind
themselves what it means to be a Catholic.”
5
in the news
Students Coached by
Broadway Star
On June 28, Broadway star Dee
Roscioli ’99 (right) conducted a
master vocal class for DeSales student
interns at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare
Festival. Three students performed one
number. Roscioli coached the acting
and Nancy Moser Collins, Roscioli’s
vocal coach, gave vocal coaching.
Collins is shown in the left photo with
Leah Poyo ’13. Roscioli starred at PSF
this summer as Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney
Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
Roscioli holds the distinction of having
played Elphaba in Wicked in more
performances than any other actress.
(Photos by Amy Hertzog ’10)
6
Alumnus John Weiland ’77 Receives Horatio Alger Award
John Weiland ’77 was recently honored with the prestigious Horatio
Alger Award, reserved for citizens who walk as living embodiments
of the American Dream. His early life was dominated by family hardship and fiscal austerity, but through effort and fortitude, he graduated from college and today stands as the president, chief operating
officer, and director of C.R. Bard, Inc., a S&P 500 company with
1,100 employees.The polarity between his past and present is a testament to the real possibilities of this country and the human spirit.
The third of four children, John grew up in a row home in inner
city Philadelphia. His father owned a modest floral business and
his mother was a nurse who, tragically, passed away from a cerebral
aneurism in 1965 when John was only ten years old. It was a turning point for John that demanded maturity and responsibility.
John had already started working at his father’s greenhouse, but
the Weiland children had to take up more home chores and were
responsible for their own clothing and school supplies. To pay for
his expenses, John took two more jobs as a paperboy and a grocery deliveryboy for the neighborhood supermarket.
Even with his work schedule, John maintained a bullish academic
drive, particularly excelling in math and science. His greatest ambition was to attend medical school. He decided to attend DeSales
University, where his high marks earned him a partial scholarship,
but he still needed to pay $1,000 in tuition. Determined, John
worked mornings, nights, and weekends to cover his fees, and he
still found time to participate in varsity baseball, golf, and soccer.
on how good they are
and what they’re contributing to an organization.
I’ve never seen a company who didn’t know
who the winners were.”
In 1987, John was honored to serve as a White
House Fellow under
the Reagan administration. The White House
Fellowship program is a
prestigious non-partisan
program where selected
individuals work as a
full-time paid fellows to
senior White House staff,
cabinet secretaries, and
other top-government
positions. Only ten out
of thousands of applicants
are selected each year.
John Weiland ’77 (right), president, COO, and
director of C.R. Bard, Inc., with Anthony Welters,
executive vice president of the UnitedHealth
Group, at the Horatio Alger Award dinner.
Following his tenure at the White House, John returned to Baxter
Healthcare but left soon after to join Pharmacia Diagnostics as the
CEO. He left the company two years later due to various licensing
conflicts but did not regret leaving his safer position at Baxter.
“I enjoyed the sports,” John laughs. “[My advisor] told me, ‘John,
you gotta quit the sports if you want to go to med school.’ I didn’t
want to quit, and I couldn’t afford to lose jobs.” John was eventually inducted into the DeSales Athletic Hall of Fame.
“I could have stayed at Baxter. I was in the top tier of senior executives in terms of potential. But there’s a lot more to the world,”
he says.
John graduated with a bachelor’s degree in biology and a minor in
business, and he opted to pursue a business career in place of medical school. He joined Baxter Healthcare (then American Hospital
Supply Corporation) as a sales representative, and for the first time
since he was eight years old, he had a singular, lucrative job.
After serving as senior vice president of DENTSPLY for five years,
John joined C.R. Bard, working his way from group vice president
to his current role as president, chief operating officer, and director.
Despite his successes, he is continually aware of his early struggles, and
he works to give back to his community.With his wife, John founded
the John H. and Katerine J.Weiland Foundation, which gives scholarships to children to provide greater opportunity for their success.
“I bought my first home two years after college for $43,000,” he
says proudly.
John quickly scaled the corporate ladder—within three years he
held a management position and within six years he rose to area
vice president.
“There is no limit to what a person can accomplish if they don’t
worry about who gets the credit,” says John. “Too many people focus
“I think humanity is an important trait to have in your life,” he says.
Even reflecting back on his tumultuous childhood, John has
trouble painting grey skies. “The amazing part is at one point, just
a few months ago, someone asked me to come up with hardships
in life, and all I could come up with were blessings.”
7
athletics
Kenny Ridge ’12 Earns NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship
and marketing. He was a three-year standout at second base on
the baseball team, earning multiple honors during his senior year,
including All-Freedom Conference First-Team, ABCA All-Region
Third-Team, and Capital One Academic All-District First-Team.
Kenny Ridge ’12 of the DeSales baseball
team has been awarded an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship as announced by the
NCAA. His scholarship is just one of 29
handed out to male student-athletes on a
spring sports team across all divisions.
The NCAA awards up to 174 postgraduate scholarships annually—87 for men
and 87 for women. The scholarships are
awarded to student-athletes who excel academically and athletically and who are in their final year of intercollegiate athletics
competition. The one-time grants of $7,500 each are awarded for
each sport season, with 29 scholarships available for men and 29
scholarships available for women each season. The scholarships are
one-time, non-renewable grants.
Ridge graduated from DeSales with a 3.75 cumulative grade point
average this past spring as a double major in sports management
Ridge finished the season batting .368 and ranked second on
the team in hits (60) and runs scored (38), while ranking third in
doubles (9) and RBIs (26). He also tied for the team lead with 20
stolen bases and had a .953 fielding percentage at second base with
just 11 errors in 232 chances and 28 double plays. Ridge finished
his career with 110 hits, 83 runs scored, and 39 stolen bases in just
three years of playing.
He is enrolled in Villanova University law school pursuing a law
degree with a focus on sport and entertainment law.
Ridge is just the fourth student-athlete in DeSales University history to earn an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship. Previous recipients include George Bilicic Jr. ’85 (men’s basketball),Vic Longo ’00
(men’s cross country), and Andrew Ferretti ’10 (men’s cross country).
Home and Freedom Conference Games for Bulldogs’ Fall Sports
For the full team schedules, including tournaments and non-conference games, visit www.athletics.desales.edu.
Volleyball
9/12 at King’s College*
7:00 p.m.
9/18 Manhattanville College*
7:00 p.m.
9/26 at Misericordia University*
7:00 p.m.
10/2 Wilkes University*
7:00 p.m.
10/3 PSU-Berks
7:00 p.m.
10/10 at FDU-Florham*
7:00 p.m.
10/16 at Delaware Valley College*
7:00 p.m.
10/18 Moravian College
7:00 p.m.
10/24Eastern University*
7:00 p.m.
10/31 Freedom Conference Semifinals
TBA
11/3 Freedom Conference Championship
TBA
Field Hockey
9/1 Moravian College
12:00 p.m.
9/5Albright College
4:00 p.m.
9/8 Ramapo College
2:30 p.m.
9/18 Cedar Crest College
4:00 p.m.
9/22 at FDU-Florham*
TBA
9/29 Delaware Valley College*
12:00 p.m.
10/2Immaculata University
4:00 p.m.
10/6 at Eastern University*
11:30 a.m.
10/9York College (PA)
4:00 p.m.
10/13 Manhattanville College*
2:30 p.m.
10/16 at Misericordia University*
TBA
10/20 Wilkes University*
12:00 p.m.
10/23 at King’s College*
4:00 p.m.
10/31 Freedom Conference Semifinals
TBA
11/3 Freedom Conference Championship
TBA
8
Men’s Soccer
8/31 SUNY-Cortland
9/1Elizabethtown College
9/12 Cabrini College
9/18 Muhlenberg College
9/26Albright College
9/29Eastern University*
10/6King’s College*
10/9 at Wilkes University*
10/13 Misericordia University*
10/17 Manhattanville College*
10/20 at Delaware Valley College*
10/27 at FDU-Florham*
10/30 Freedom Conference Semifinals
11/3 Freedom Conference Championship
3:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m.
3:00 p.m.
3:00 p.m.
TBA
3:00 p.m.
3:00 p.m.
2:30 p.m.
1:00 p.m.
TBA
TBA
Women’s Soccer
8/31Immaculata University
5:00 p.m.
9/5 Cedar Crest College
4:00 p.m.
9/15Drew University
1:00 p.m.
9/29Eastern University*
12:30 p.m.
10/6King’s College*
12:30 p.m.
10/10 at Wilkes University*
TBA
10/13 Misericordia University*
12:30 p.m.
10/16 Manhattanville College*
3:00 p.m.
10/20 at Delaware Valley College*
12:00 p.m.
10/27 FDU-Florham*
1:00 p.m.
10/29 Goucher College
3:00 p.m.
10/31 Freedom Conference Semifinals
TBA
11/3 Freedom Conference Championship
TBA
Men’s Cross Country (entire schedule)
8/31 at Lehigh U. Invitational
5:30 p.m.
9/15 at SUNY-Oneonta Airfield Invitational 11:00 a.m.
9/22TBD
TBA
9/28 at Paul Short Invitational @ Lehigh U. 12:00 p.m.
10/13DeSales U. Invitational
10:00 a.m.
10/20 at CTC Championships
TBA
10/27 at MAC Championships
11:00 a.m.
@ Misericordia U.
11/10 at NCAA DIII Mid-East Regional 11:00 a.m.
Championships
11/17 at NCAA DIII National Championships
TBA
Men’s Cross Country (entire schedule)
8/31 at Lehigh U. Invitational
4:00 p.m.
9/1 at Sea Gull Opener @ Salisbury U.
10:00 a.m.
9/28 at Paul Short Invitational @ Lehigh U. 11:00 p.m.
10/13DeSales U. Invitational
10:30 a.m.
10/20 at CTC Championships@Rowan U.
TBA
10/27 at MAC Championships
11:00 a.m.
@ Misericordia U.
11/10 at NCAA DIII Mid-East Regional 11:00 a.m.
@ Big Spring High School
11/17 at NCAA DIII National Championships
TBA
*Freedom Conference games; Home matches in bold
Five Minutes With
a Bulldog
Cara Guth ’14
Cross Country and Track & Field
Major:
Physician assistant studies
What are you interested in doing after you graduate?
I’d like to work as a physician assistant in the field of Orthopedics or Sports Medicine. I also plan to continue running
after college and to train for my first marathon.
Do you have special pre-meet preparations?
Before meets I usually get really nervous so I try to focus
by listening to music that calms me down. Like many runners, I irrationally like to attribute some of my success to
my racing attire, and so I wear the same outfit for every
meet…from hair tie to socks. Before every cross race, our
team says a prayer, and then we all try to trust in our summer miles and hope for the best.
What’s your favorite aspect of being a student athlete?
As a student athlete, I love that I have my team to turn to
when I need some support. I’m blessed to have found such
an amazing group of friends in my teammates. Despite the
difficult and sometimes frustrating practices, running has always been a great stress reliever and helps me clear my mind
when the academic side of my life becomes overwhelming.
With my academics, all of my focus is on myself and my
own success, so it’s good to have another aspect of my life
where I have to think not only of what it takes for me to
succeed but of what it takes to achieve success for my team as
a whole. I’ve found that one of the greatest rewards in life is
to be a part of something bigger than yourself.
What is your personal DeSales University sports highlight?
My highlight during my time on the sports teams at DeSales
was when we placed second as a team at our cross country
CTCs meet. I had my best 5K time of the season, and our
team was not expected to place as high as we did. I just remember everyone being really excited, and it felt really good
to know our hard work had paid off in a championship meet.
You’re on both the cross country and track & field team
and compete nearly year round. How difficult is it to juggle
two sports and your schoolwork?
Competing in a sport alongside my studies is challenging at
times, but it keeps me focused, and I find I am always learn-
ing something new, whether it’s in the classroom or out on the
track. Doing cross country and track also helps me manage my
time better.
What’s it like going to school and competing in the same sport
as your twin brother?
When Ryan decided to come to DeSales as well, I didn’t know
what to expect. It’s been a fun experience, though, and I’m glad
it worked out the way it did. Competing in the same sport is not
strange for us because we’d done so throughout high school. Now
we’re still around to support each other, and I don’t have to work
to keep in touch or watch his meets. Besides, every time I lose my
car keys, he’s always there with a spare.
9
Serving with Pride and Honor
by Andrew Ritter ’12
DeSales alumni across the country and around the world serve their families and communities every day. For some, that calling to serve has led them
to post-collegiate careers in the U.S. armed forces. DeSales has more than 65 alumni currently serving in all branches of the military. Below are three
vignettes about alumni who have recently or are currently protecting the freedoms we enjoy.
Julie Glover ’05 M’07: Physician Assistant in the U.S. Air Force
Captain Julie Glover has only been an active duty officer for four
years, but already her Air Force career has been noteworthy. In
2010, Glover was recognized with the Air Combat Command
Jesse Edwards United States Air Force Company Grade Physician
Assistant of the Year award, which is as impressive as it sounds. Still,
the young physician assistant has found the experience humbling:
“I’m not the only hard-working Air Force PA out there. We all do
excellent work in taking care of our patients, both in garrison and
in theater,” Glover says. “So to be chosen from at least 40 other PAs
in Air Combat Command (ACC), who are certainly as qualified as I
am, was humbling and awesome. I was, and still am, very grateful.”
Glover’s latest award is merely the most recent in a history of accolades. In April 2010 she was honored as Tuskegee Airman of the
Month while serving in Iraq, and she received the Company Grade
Officer of the Quarter in 2009 while stationed in North Carolina.
10
master’s of physician assistant
studies two years later.
“DeSales has a great science
and PA program. Though
graduate school was the hardest two years of my life, I’m
incredibly grateful for whom I
met and what I learned along
the way,” Glover says. “I cannot
thank my teachers and mentors enough—they helped to
guide me and encourage me along, especially when all I wanted to
do was give up at times.”
After earning her master’s degree, Glover attended Commissioned
Officer Training (COT) for about five weeks.
Long before her tenure at DeSales University, Glover knew she
wanted to serve in the U.S. Air Force. “I’m an Air Force brat; my
parents and my uncle all served 20 years in the USAF. I felt a calling to it since I was about eight years old; it was a dream.”
“Think of COT as mini-basic training for professionals—doctors, PAs, nurse practitioners, lawyers, dentists—who are entering
the Air Force after their respective graduate schools. Wearing the
uniform properly,” she clarifies.
The pursuit of her dream led her to DeSales University, where she
earned her bachelor’s degree in medical studies in 2005 and her
Glover’s commission brought her to Seymour Johnson Air Force
Base in Goldsboro, N.C. As a PA, she regularly provides direct
medical care to active duty members and their families as well as
retirees. Her duties include routine physicals as well as diagnosing and treating patients’ various medical conditions. Glover sees
about 17-23 patients a day, with maladies ranging from acute
injuries to chronic illnesses. The fusion of her medical training and
military life was a natural progression for her.
“I love medicine, taking care of people, and fixing problems. Being able to incorporate all of that, to take care of the people who
protect us all over the world, especially in the war in Iraq and
Afghanistan—there really aren’t many words.”
And Glover’s best times are still ahead of her.
“I’ve enjoyed my time in small-town Goldsboro, but I’m extremely excited to start the next chapter in my Air Force career.
I’m off to Aviano Air Base in Italy for the next three years, ready
to travel!”
Fr. Timothy Hogan ’78: Retired Naval Lieutenant Commander and Serving Priest
Fr. Timothy Hogan is a recently retired Navy Lieutenant Commander and priest—a double-threat authority figure.Yet he
doesn’t speak with the expected boom of a patriotic man of
God. Hogan is remarkably frank and earnest, with conversational
anecdotes that are lively and loaded. He isn’t boastful, but simply
well-traveled: a living hybrid of faith and derring-do.
Immediately after graduating high school in 1969, Hogan enlisted
in the U.S. Navy, serving his country as a hospital corpsman.
During his first tenure in the Navy, he was stationed at the Naval
Hospital in Jacksonville, Fla., and then at the Marine Corps base
in Camp Lejeune, N.C. After his four years of service, Hogan
entered the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales as a Postulant (or candidate). Within the year he transferred to DeSales University, and
by his junior year, he was a professed member of the Oblate order,
graduating two years later with a bachelor’s degree in history.
Hogan’s time with the Oblates encouraged him to pursue his faith
further, continuing his theological education with the Archdiocese
of Detroit at St. John Provincial Seminary in Michigan, where
he earned his master’s of divinity and was ordained in 1982. He
served in parish ministry in the Archdiocese of Detroit until he
was recalled to active duty in 1991.
Still—more than 18 years after leaving the Navy as a hospital
corpsman—Hogan felt compelled to return to active duty. He
resumed his Naval career, this time as a Navy chaplain, and found
his faith an incredible boon to his resurrected military service.
“In times of struggle you learn of a deeper awareness of the strength
within that stays in reserve until you need it,” Hogan says. “When
you think you can’t go any further, there’s a grace inside, a grace
that allows you to continue forward. And that’s the grace of God.”
Hogan’s deployments were much more exotic during his second bout with the Navy. He served as chaplain in Naples, Italy.
Stationed in Virginia, he had two deployments to the Mediterranean and one deployment to South America and West Africa,
then transferred to serve as the coordinating chaplain in Okinawa,
Japan. He also deployed to
Afghanistan for Operation
Enduring Freedom as command chaplain on the USS
Bataan LHD5 and two tours
(20 cumulative months) with
Operation Iraqi Freedom in
Iraq with the Marine forces
based at Camp Lejeune.
Eventually his career came
full circle. The last year of his
Naval career, Hogan was once
again stationed at the Catholic
Chapel, Camp Lejeune, where he had first been stationed only
two years out of high school.
He views his time spent with the Navy as invaluable: “It gives you
a greater perspective on life. Things that used to be bothersome
are not anymore. Is it all that bothersome if rockets aren’t coming
at you?” he quips.
Hogan not only gained perspective, but he earned worldly wisdom.
During the United Nations’ embargo of Haiti in the mid-90s,
Hogan served 4 months with a Combined Joint Task Force embarking on various ships including a Coast Guard Cutter tasked
with the embargo’s enforcement. After the Haitian coup d’état of
1991, the country was thrown into political and economic chaos,
resulting in extreme poverty and starvation.
“We encountered a boatload of Haitian refugees, their boat was
going to sink…they were not sea-worthy, but they were not going
to come peacefully,” Hogan recalls. “They were threatening to
throw their children into the sea, saying they would rather have
them die here than return to Haiti.”
He paused. “The captain asked me if I would give negotiating a
try—I had an interpreter. There were a few infants onboard the
Haitian boat.”
11
alumni feature
One infant had taken very ill, a borderline case at best, cradled in
the arms of his young mother. Hogan eventually convinced the
woman to hand him the baby, to be taken to the U.S. for emergency medical treatment. Holding the child, Hogan pleaded with
the mother: “You have to come with him.” She shook her head
vehemently, refusing to come aboard the foreign vessel.
The child and his mother were granted amnesty, both receiving
medical treatment and U.S. citizenship, saving their lives on multiple levels. But the remainder of the refugees—those salvaged from
the sinking boat—were sent back to Haiti, in accordance with
U.N. deportation laws. When they arrived back in their homeland,
goons and thugs waited for them.
“You are his mother, he is very sick,” Hogan implored.
“I don’t have a very high opinion of the United Nations,” Hogan says.
The mother shook her head again, now demanding the child back.
“No, you cannot take him,” Hogan said, “He will die.”
When asked how he rectifies these conflicting ideals: his mandate
to ease human suffering as a man of God and his duty to operate
within the letter of the law as an officer, Hogan says: “Ultimately,
the reconciliation is that you do the best you can in the situation
you’re in. I do what I can both as a priest and as a human being.”
The infant’s mother came aboard, as Hogan explains, “…and that
broke the chain. After her, they all started coming.”
Elizabeth (Pfister) Poindexter ’07: Army Nurse
Liz Poindexter is used to early
risings and sudden alertness—
they’re the rigors of Army life.
Until recently, Poindexter was
stationed in Germany, but she’s
traveled back to the U.S. to Fort
Sam Houston, Tex. Now she’s
enrolled in a captain’s career
course, which focuses on the
leadership philosophy of officers.
The base in San Antonio is also
where she underwent basic
training after graduation. From the onset of her military career,
Poindexter was confident her education at DeSales University
would be an asset.
“DeSales University really prepared me clinically as a nurse. Some
of the other nurses entering clinical in the Army have never spent
time with actual patients. DeSales really prepares nurses very well
to help assimilate students into the nursing culture.”
When she joined, Poindexter was assigned into the US Army
Medical Department, where her first assignment brought her to
Walter Reed Army Medical Center—the central Army medical
center for most of the past century. “The original Walter Reed,”
Poindexter clarifies, referring to the medical center’s recent relocation to Bethesda, Md., from Washington D.C. During her tenure
outside of the nation’s capital, Poindexter served in the neurology
and neurosurgery ward.
While she enjoyed her time at Walter Reed, Poindexter’s first
choice was to be stationed overseas in Germany, but she was denied. “Typically they don’t put first-time, single nurses over there,”
12
Poindexter explains. She pauses, “But in the military if they tell
you no, you just keep asking.”
Poindexter’s persistence paid off. In 2010 she was stationed in
Germany, caring for both civilian and combat injuries at Landstuhl
Regional Medical Center and the 212th Combat Support Hospital. The latter primarily serves as a humanitarian aid to countries
in Europe, Africa, and select portions of the Middle East, while
the former acts as a transitional care facility for soldiers injured in
combat who will be shipped back home.
The desire to work abroad and travel is rooted in Poindexter’s
college years at DeSales University. During her time as a nursing student, Poindexter participated in service trips to Peru (on
three separate occasions), South Africa, Houston, Tex., and North
Carolina. “DeSales offers a lot of extracurricular opportunities that
really rounded me out well to become a more conscious global
citizen,” she says. Her time spent overseas gaining new perspective
and helping others partially fueled her decision to join the Army.
“I wasn’t excited to go to a civilian hospital,” Poindexter says. “I had
so many rich travel experiences with DeSales—I wanted something
more and to be a part of something greater than myself.”
In her first years of military service, Poindexter remembers that when
civilians would thank her for serving, she wouldn’t know how to respond. Now five years in, she has a clearer understanding of her role.
“There’s a real sense of patriotism in the Army. I really feel like I’m
serving the American people. I truly understand now what citizens
mean when they say ‘Thank you for your service’ and the pride
and honor that comes with that effort.”
Friday Schedule
10:30 a.m. Alumni Golf Tournament
Whitetail Golf Course
6:00 p.m. Athletic Hall of Fame Dinner
DeSales University Center
6:30 p.m. Nursing Alumni Reception
DeSales University Center
Business Alumni Reception
DeSales University Center
Math/Computer Science
Alumni Reception
DeSales University Center
9:00 p.m. Alumni/Student Bonfire
Billera Hall Rear Parking Lot
Register at www.desales.edu/homecoming
Register at www.desa
ales.edu/homecoming
Saturday Schedule
10:00 a.m. DSU Beautification Service
Project (until 12:00 p.m.)
Meet at DeSales University Center
Alumni Games: men’s soccer,
lacrosse, and cross country
Various fields
12:00 p.m. Alumni Games Luncheon
Alumni Courts, Billera Hall
Class Agent Meeting & Luncheon
DeSales University Center
Field Hockey vs. Del. Val. College
Field Hockey Field
12:30 p.m. Women’s Soccer vs. Eastern U.
Soccer Stadium
1:30 p.m. Outdoor Tailgating (until 6:00 p.m.)
Billera Hall parking lot by the tennis
courts
Alumni Business Village Tent
Outdoor tent by soccer stadium
Kids Tent (until 5:30 p.m.)
Outdoor tent by soccer stadium
Children’s Hayrides to the
Pumpkin Patch (until 5:30 p.m.)
Meet at the outdoor tent by the
soccer stadium
3:00 p.m. BBQ & Beer (until 5:00 p.m.)
Outdoor tent by soccer stadium
The Red White & Blue National
Anthem for Kids
Soccer Stadium
Men’s Soccer vs. Eastern U.
Soccer Stadium
5:00 p.m. Prayer Service for the Class of ’07
Connelly Chapel
5:30 p.m. Alumni Mass
Connelly Chapel
6:30 p.m. The Alumni Party (until 10:30 p.m.)
DeSales University Center
16
Register at www.desales.edu/homecoming
alumni focus
Brian Fuller ’92: A Guy to Have on Your Side
by Verna Fisher ’03
Standing in front of apartment 9, the crew four-deep steadied at
the door, Brian Fuller ’92 slowly looks over his shoulder giving
the team the “ready” nod. In a blur of precision they are through
the door taking down the felon.
While this may sound like a scene from Law and Order, it’s just another day for criminal justice grad Brian Fuller, a New York state
parole officer. With nearly two decades of this work under his belt,
he easily sizes up situations and, as the front line guy, he can help
manage the action going down. Brian says he “takes pride when a
raid is successful and no one is hurt.”
His case load, 99% men, is with felons who have spent at least one
year in prison for murder, assault, drug dealing, robbery, and crime
with a fire arm. They are potentially dangerous people that Brian
may need to track down if they choose not to follow the rules of
parole:
Sometimes felons go AWOL and become fugitives. Then Brian
has to execute recovery—and raids if necessary—that can become
physical. He explains, “Physical altercations happen about once a
month, and often include taking guns or knives away from felons
or hog tying them if they start wrestling with me.” It might sound
extreme, but these are dangerous people.
Paying his dues over a more than 17-year career has meant being
shot at, cut, and dragged down the street by a moving car. Early in
his career in Palm Beach County, Fla., Brian went after a fugitive:
“It was an old Ford Futura,” he says, “and the perp jumped in the
car with his mother at the wheel and she started pulling away. I
was in my early twenties and pretty reckless, and I ran after the
car, grabbed onto the window, and started getting dragged down
the road. It was crazy, but I managed to get the bad guy out the
window while his mother was driving.”
2. Report weekly to parole officer. (Parolees have curfews and
other particulars sensitive to their cases.)
Brian’s the kind of guy to have by your side, and no one knows
that better than Kevin Lubinsky ’92, Brian’s best friend during
his DeSales days. “We clicked right away,” Kevin says. “Brian and
I liked the same kind of music; we were both from the sticks and
we liked to have fun.”
3. Agree to searches. (As an agreement to reduced prison
sentences, felons are put on parole but give up many rights.
At any time a parole officer can search the felon’s person or
home as part of that agreement.)
Fun with these roommates sometimes took on a life of its own.
“We had this housemate that went to New York City on a bus
rather than driving because he had concerns about vandalism,”
Kevin remembers. “I’m not saying we did anything, but he sure
1. Report to parole officer within 24 hours of release from
prison.
17
alumni feature
was surprised when he returned to see his new Plymouth Sundance up on cement blocks.”
ment pushing on the screen. Brian and I take one look at each other
and we’re up and across the street without saying a word.”
“Yeah,” Brian adds, “and waiting on the front door was my hunting knife stabbed through a mysterious treasure map with clues
around campus to locate the four missing tires.”
Kevin, a fire fighter, put his skills together with his friend’s to
determine which apartment it was. In the meantime, the bartender called the police while the father of the baby yelled at the
guys that it was none of their business and slammed the door. But
something smelled funny. Brian got to the cops and let them know
that “Daddy” was high on crack. The door got busted, the father
got cuffed, the baby was safe, and Brian got to his best friend’s
wedding reception.
Pranks aside, time at DeSales was good to Brian. His entire life
would be different if John Dickson, an admissions recruiter at the
time, hadn’t reached out to him and mentioned several academic
scholarships Brian qualified for. Brian was about to enlist in the
U.S. Army to become a foreign language interpreter, but Dickson
encouraged Brian to give college a shot. Four years later, Brian
snagged the Criminal Justice Award for highest GPA at graduation.
Brian says he took many life lessons away from DeSales. “Dr. Sam
Martineau said, ‘For every one thing you learn in a book, you
better learn two things outside the classroom.’ I use that with the
P.O.s I train.”
A sociology class trip with Fr. James Finnegan, OSFS, to Northampton County Prison in Easton, Pa., was an eye-opening experience,
too. When those jail doors locked behind the class, a sound Brian
says he still remembers, he knew he didn’t ever want to be behind
them. That course also prepared him to present cases in court clearly
and intelligently.
In his senior year, Brian missed more than a month of classes due
to mono and a family funeral. When he returned, his professors
and Maggie Price—his favorite learning specialist—put in plenty
of overtime and helped him get caught up so he could graduate
with his class.
Their dedication inspired Brian. According to Kevin, “Brian was
always willing to go that extra yard for a friend. He’s the guy you
regret losing touch with when life gets in the way.” It certainly
wasn’t a surprise when he heard his buddy went out of his way as
a 9/11 responder.
“I was in the Manhattan office that day and heard the fire trucks
stuck in traffic.” Brian remembers. “We knew the towers were hit,
but didn’t know it was terrorist-related. I just took off by foot. I
went into the lobby [of the Twin Towers] twice getting people out
before the NY Fire Department put a stop order in.” Brian didn’t
think about the danger, he just did what he could to help.
Like the time when he was in Kevin’s wedding. “Between the wedding and reception, the wedding party went to my favorite watering hole,” said Kevin. “This was a Scottish wedding and all the guys
were in kilts. This waitress comes up to Brian and me and points to
a toddler across the street sitting in a windowsill in a high rise apart-
18
Brian attributes his boldness to two things: DeSales and South
Florida. DeSales, he says “allowed me to screw up in a safe environment, to mature, to develop a strong work ethic, and stay out of the
saw mills.” (In his small hometown in Sullivan County, Pa., saw mills
were the only promise of employment.) In Florida, Brian landed
his first position as a parole officer. “It was the best training ever. I
was young and feeling like I was Sonny Crockett from Miami Vice. I
really learned how to be sharp and on my toes.”
Those skills followed him when he moved north. Not too long
ago, he was on a raid and pulled a felon out of a wall. Brian
tracked the guy to the concrete basement where there was an 18
inch gap between the concrete and the paneling. He says, “I saw
his feet, and I reached in and pulled him out.”
He’s a tough parole officer, but Brian lays out the rules for each
person he deals with. One aspect of his job is monitoring the
felon’s probation progress and reporting it to the State of New
York. If any of his parolees wants a second chance at life, Brian is
more than willing to help. But if one of them wants to jump back
into his old ways or worse, that’s a different story.
Still, Brian remembers his roots as a polite country boy. When he’s
in a custodial situation, he has to cuff, search, and transport the
felon from prison to court. Brian always thanks the person for being a gentleman if the guy didn’t give him a hard time. It’s a simple
gesture, but one that’s appreciated during a stressful time.
Job stress comes with the territory in Brian’s line of work. He’s
not a Pilates or yoga kind of guy, but he credits his wife, whom he
met in 1995, with helping him deal with the stress. “She listens to
me and understands what I go through. She’s seen me come home
bloodied and banged up. My wife really is the best” he says. Brian
also has two little girls under the age of 4 who contribute to destressing him from a rough day of work.
Regardless of the stress and dangers he says, “If you’re not afraid of
this job, it allows you to do so many interesting things.”
Dear Alumni
Message from the Alumni Office
I’m proud to say that the DeSales University
alumni network is growing stronger every
day. The official DeSales LinkedIn alumni
page has more than 1,200 members and
our Facebook page (www. facebook.com/
desalesalumni) now has almost 1,400 fans
and continues to grow. Whether you’re a
job seeker or a current student, retired or
transitioning to a new career, or just want to
stay connected with DSU and other alums,
the DeSales alumni network is the best place
to make connections.
This upcoming year, we’re delighted to
offer you more alumni events than ever
before. The Presidential Tour continues to
make stops at key cities around the country, and this year we have many,
many more options for you (the full tour is printed on the back cover). We
are also again hosting our tried-and-true fun events as well as some new
events that we hope you’ll enjoy. Take a look at the events calendar and save
the dates for those events you’re most interested in. We will, of course, get
more information to you as the dates approach.
Lastly, I would like to thank all of you who helped make the alumni directory a success! By updating your information, you created a stronger alumni
network and allowed fellow classmates to keep in touch.
If you ever have any questions, please contact me at [email protected]
or 610.282.1100, ext. 1694.
Michael Moyer ’95 opened an American-made bicycle business—Maxatawny
Village Industrial Bicycles—featuring
the Worksman brand from Ozone
Park, New York. Customers design
the bicycle, tricyle, trailer, or vending
cart and Worksman Cycles builds it.
Michael assembles, delivers, services,
and repairs bicycles as well. The business, located in Allentown, Pa., also has
cruising bicycles, folding tricycles, and
beach rental bikes.
Award by the Schuylkill County Conservation District for public service. As
a volunteer hike leader, John is active in
planning and leading conservation district
hikes into the wilderness of Schuylkill and
the surrounding counties, and as an avid
outdoorsman, he is familiar with many trails
and wilderness areas. In Schuylkill County’s
bicentennial year (2011), John authored
numerous articles on the early history of
the county. The articles were published in
several local publications.
Sincerely,
• 1973
Joe Janci continues to be a musician in addiDug Salley ’07
Director of Alumni Relations
• 1969
Steve Opresko and his wife Kathryn proudly
announce the birth of their first granddaughter, Cameron Stephania, born to their son
Stephen Opresko ’93 and his wife Patricia (Vargo) Opresko ’94. Steve recently
retired from RCA/Thomson where he was
international process engineering manager
with global responsibilities. He has 23 United
States patents, numerous foreign patents, and
7 papers published in technical journals.
The Hon. John Domalakes of the Court
of Common Pleas of Schuylkill County was
presented with the Conservation Service
tion to working in case management. He has
completed two indie CDs and is working on
his third. They are mostly original material.
Joe says he also performs occasionally.
• 1974
In September, Steve McKee plans to tip off
Centaur Seasons, a “memory blog” about the
school’s early basketball teams. Steve will concentrate on the seasons 1967-68, the first year
there was an organized squad, through 197374, his senior year. Conveniently, those seven
Centaur seasons coincide with the years when
19
class notes
the Atrium in DeSales Hall (now Dooling)
was the heartbeat of the campus, a symbol of
the school in a first iteration. The centerpiece of the blog will begin on November
30, when Steve starts posting day by day the
diary he kept of the 1972-73 season, exactly
40 years ago. Centaur Seasons is part of www.
steve-mckee.com and can be accessed by
searching centaur seasons and mckee. Steve
can be reached at [email protected].
He would love to hear from other alums.
• 1975
Deborah (Jason) Townsend has been teaching for 35 years and will retire in 2 years.
Deborah’s youngest son, Alex, will be getting
married in August, and she has one grandchild, Valin, who will be two in July. Sadly,
Deborah’s oldest son, Alvin, was killed by
a careless driver four years ago. She has two
other children, Allan and Alysia. Allan works
in the health profession and Alysia works at a
school for children with special needs.
• 1976
Joseph Farina MD is the team neurologist
for the University of Southern Mississippi.
The Golden Eagles won the 2011 Conference USA football championship, broadcast
on ABC Sports. USM then defeated the
University of Nevada in the Hawaii Bowl.
Joseph also serves the sports medicine needs
for the men’s and women’s basketball,
baseball, and soccer teams. He is in private
practice in Hattiesburg and McComb, Miss.
• 1978
Fr. Timothy Hogan retired from the U.S.
Navy after 30 years of service as a hospital
corpsman then as a chaplain. In 2007, he
began serving as pastor of Holy Family Parish
in Novi, Mich. In 2011, Fr. Hogan was appointed vicar for clergy and consecrated life
for the Archdiocese of Detroit.
• 1981
Dr. Robert Hickey was named one of
Pittsburgh Magazine’s Best Doctors of 2012
in pediatrics. Robert works at the Children’s
Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC in the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine.
• 1984
Kathleen (Closkey) Rasley ’02 married
Dennis Rasley Jr. ’03 on October 1,
2011, at St. James Church in Basking
Ridge, N.J. A reception followed at
Somerset Hills Hotel. DeSales alumni
and staff in the bridal party included
Phil Yetter ’07, Marc Albanese M’06,
Michael Pochron, and Andrew Moyer.
DSU alumni in attendance included Jennifer Shankweiler ’09, Tom Lelyo ’08
and Natalie (Antrim) Lelyo ’08, Lori
Blake ’00, Elizabeth (Kimmel) Christensen ’03, Daniel Krimmel ’00.
20
After spending 20 years in the Navy and then
another 10 years as a stay-at-home mom, Deirdre Ryan re-entered the work force three years
ago as a teacher. She teaches 5th grade reading
at an inner city school in Pensacola, Fla.
Chis Dougherty is the CEO of Covenant
Children’s Hospital and Lakeside Campus
in Lubbock, Tex.. Chris oversees planning,
administration, coordination, and evaluation
of operations for the children’s hospital and
Lakeside Campus.
• 1988
Teri Trbuza Haddad M’98 won a 2011 MidAtlantic Emmy for her work on an education-
On July 2, 2011, Theresa (Cermanski) Westwood ’03 married Robert
Westwood at St. Matthew Parish
Church in Conshohocken, Pa. Following the ceremony, a reception was
held at Normandy Farms Hotel and
Conference Center in Blue Bell, Pa.
The couple honeymooned in Hawaii.
Sarah Penning ’03 was a bridesmaid.
Other alumni in attendance included
Amanda Keith ’04 and Fernando
Francisco ’02. Theresa is a legal analyst
at Vanguard, teaches ballet and modern
dance at two area dance studios, and
continues to dance professionally in her
free time. She also serves on the board
of a Philadelphia-based non-profit,
Philadelphia Dance Projects.
al video—“Not Behind the Wheel”—aimed
at teens about texting while driving. Teri
produced the video and Brandon Pousley
’10 was the editor. The video was produced
through Teri’s company eMediaWorks.
• 1989
Rose “Ro” (Smith) Kenyon, her husband
Greg, and their 2-year-old daughter Sarah
recently relocated to Springboro, Ohio,
from Houston, Tex. Ro is an attorney with
LexisNexis.
Dawn (Smith) Nair graduated in May
2011 with a doctorate of nursing practice
degree (DNP) from Case Western Reserve
University, Ohio.
• 1993
Greg Salamone has been married since
2004 and has two daughters—Evelyn, 4,
and Ella, 1. Greg says he sings in a band
called 3 Ditty.
Cecy (Galdamez)
Robson, represented
by Nicole Resciniti
of The Seymour
Agency, has just
received a threebook offer from the
Penguin Group.
Book 1 of the Weird
Girls series will be released under Penguin’s
Signet Eclipse Imprint in January or February
of 2013. Cecy thanks her wonderful husband,
Jamie, and her first Weird Girls fans and fellow
DeSales University alumnae Maria Hanley
’92, Elizabeth Kearney ’93, Valerie
(McMullen) Secker ’94, and Crissy
(McMullen) Roth ’94, for their unwavering
love and support. For more information visit
www.cecyrobson.com.
• 1994
John Reing was appointed senior vice
president of human resources at SRA International, Inc. In this role, John provides
strategic direction for employee relations,
work/life balance programs, compensation and benefits, recruiting, training, and
development, as well as SRA CARES, the
company’s philanthropic community outreach program.
• 1995
Kelly O’Donnell and Gus Schulenburg’s
’98 Flux Theatre Ensemble’s production of
Ajax in Iraq was reviewed in The New York
Times and they also won the Caffe Cino
Fellowship Award—an annual award given
to an Independent Theatre company that
“consistently produces outstanding work.”
• 1996
Michael and Anne (Sodl) Esser and their
4-year-old daughter Kathryn celebrated the
birth of their second daughter, Sara Marie,
Elena (Amato) Constantinidis ’98 married Nicholas Constantinidis in a two-church
ceremony on May 12, 2012. They were first wed at Sacred Heart Roman Catholic
Church in Lyndhurst, N.J., followed by another ceremony at St. George Greek Orthodox Church in Clifton N.J. The reception was held at Frank Pombo’s Bethwood
Banquet Hall in Totowa, N.J. Kelly Magee ’98 was in the bridal party. The day was
beautiful for their wedding celebration. The DSU bulldog was also present—held in the
photo by Elena and Kelly.
on July 26, 2010.
Anne says both girls
are growing very
fast. Anne and
Michael enjoy
visiting DeSales to
attend Act 1 and
Pennsylvania
Shakespeare Festival
productions with Kathryn, who is looking
forward to attending DeSales in a few years!
• 1997
Cathy (King) Penyak M’11 has been
promoted to vice president of finance and
human resources at Kramer Electronics USA,
Inc. Cathy joined Kramer in 2007 as controller with an extensive background in finance
and accounting. In her new position, she
is responsible for finance, including the accounting, operations, inventory control, and
human resources.
Shawn Seasongood joined the New York
City office of Protiviti Inc., a global consulting firm, as a managing director in the
financial services industry practice.
Giovanna DiCarlo and Dorota GasienicaKozak ’97 were featured in Lehigh Valley
Women—a bi-monthly publication. The
article highlighted the women’s business
successes. Giovanna owns GIO Italian Grill
in Macungie, Pa., and Dorota is a partner at
King, Spry, Herman, Freund, & Faul, LLC
and a specialist in adoption, estate planning,
and family law.
After 15 years in the athletics department
at Philadelphia University, Brad Koch has
accepted the position of director of athletics and recreation at Cabrini College. He
began his new position August 1. Brad’s wife
Kimberly is a teacher in the Central Bucks
School District. They have two children—
Caleb, 3, and Rachel, 1.
• 1998
On October 22,
2010, Lori Brotzman
Walker and her
husband, Les, welcomed a daughter,
Sarah Elizabeth.
Sarah weighed 7 lbs.
and measured 19
inches long. She
joined big sister
Kaitlyn Eileen, 9, and
big brothers Adam
James, 8, and Chase Matthew, 5. The Walkers
live in Bethlehem, Pa.
21
class notes
• 1999
Carolyn Dennis Johnson is pursuing her
MBA, with a concentration in human
resource management, at DeSales. Her anticipated completion date is June 2015.
This summer, Dee Roscioli received ravereviews for her turn as Mrs. Lovatt in the
Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival’s production of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of
Fleet Street. The play ran from June 13 to
July 1.
Heather Krause, a teaching artist with the
Walnut Street Theatre, staged a production
of Hamlet with young actors from the HMS
School for Children with Cerebral Palsy.
Alexie Gilmore appears in Bobcat Goldthwait’s latest film God Bless America.
• 2000
Christopher and
Beth (Rischow)
Fath welcomed
their first child,
Paige Elizabeth, on
November 29,
2011. Paige
weighed 6 lbs., 9
oz., and measured
20 inches long.
Staci Warsaw M’00 has been appointed
vice president of transitional services for the
Madlyn and Leonard Abramson Center for
Jewish Life. In her position, Staci is responsible for the daily operations of the Abramson
Center’s Birnhak Transitional Care Program
for short-term rehabilitative care.
Andy Theodorou’s non-profit theatre company Royal Family Productions premiered
Gary Duggan’s Dedalus Lounge, starring
Anthony Rapp (Rent) and Dee Roscioli ’99.
The play received a very positive write up in
The New York Times.
Andrew Le M’04 joined Silberline Manufacturing Co., Inc., as the firm’s controller.
Silberline is the global supplier of effect
pigments.
22
• 2001
Audra (Hoffman)
Kahr and her
husband Jason
welcomed their first
child, Joshua Joseph,
on June 1, 2011.
Joshua weighed
8 lbs., 5 oz., and
measured 21 inches.
Audra is the chief financial officer at Cedar
Crest College in Allentown, Pa.
Amy Goffinet was recognized this year as
the Warren County Community College
Golden Eagle. The award recognized Amy
for going above and beyond her call of duty
as an adjunct professor of criminal justice at
the college.
• 2002
Chris Lehman is the senior vice president of
development for Cheri Sundae Productions.
In this role, he has helped create television
hit shows such as When Vacations Attack,
Pranked, Got Home Alive, and Bad Dog! He
continues to develop new series for air and
is very excited for many of the company’s
upcoming pilots.
Fred Zahradnik M’02 has been hired by
Altitude Marketing as manager of search
marketing. Fred’s responsibilities include
search marketing and SEO research, keyword
analysis and reporting, and search strategy
evaluation and development. He is a 14year veteran of the online marketing and
e-business fields, and he founded NetCrafter
Solutions, an internet search engine marketing firm and a strategic partner of Altitude
Marketing. He has passed Google’s rigorous
AdWords Certification exams.
Karin Hipp M’02 has joined the staff of the
Wilmington Dermatology Center as a physician assistant. Karin was formally trained in
dermatology at Johns Hopkins University.
• 2003
Michael Romascavage began his career at
the Governors Office of Administration in
Aaron Kopishke ’09 and Victoria (Bonito ’09 married in May 2011. Alumni
in attendance included: Chris Poyourow ’09 (groomsman), Aly Docherty
’09, Chris McGinnis ’10, Mike Troncone ’08 (groomsman), Chris Brockway ’09, Matt Hannagan ’10, Kelly
Orenshaw ’09, Angela Crescenti ’10
(bridesmaid), Kristine Bonaventura
’09 (maid of honor), Julia Stroup ’10,
Kelly Schuster ’10, Julia Poiesz ’08,
Victoria Fragnito ’10, Letitia Munson
’10 (grooms-maid), and Rachel Haage
’10. Victoria recently performed as
Viola in Twelfth Night and a puppeteer/shadow-play ensemble member
in Titus Andronicus at the Philadelphia
Shakespeare Theatre. This summer, she
played Hermia in REV Theatre Company’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream in
both Scranton and Philadelphia.
Harrisburg, Pa. He worked for Governor
Rendell for a year and then transferred to the
Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare.
Michael was then promoted and transferred
to the State Correctional Institution in
Graterford, Pa. He is now the labor relations
coordinator. After completing undergraduate
degree at DeSales, Michael went on to earn
his master’s degree in public administration
from Kutztown University.
Since graduating, Verna Fisher has worked
as a successful freelance writer and has written
more than 100 articles for lifestyle magazines,
trade publications, and online publications.
She’s also worked in business writing, where
she’s conducted research, wrote online
surveys, radio spots, website content, press
releases, brochures, catalog descriptions, and
higher education learning tools. Verna is also
a nine-book author (Nomad Press). In August
2012, she began work with Pace University
(New York) on a master’s in publishing.
Christy (Kennedy) Kistler ’03 married
Timothy Kistler on October 22, 2011,
in Schuylkill County, Pa. Alumni in
attendance included bridesmaid Jessica
Sgro ’03, bridesmaid Bridgit (Olney)
Devine ’02, and Joe Devine ’02 Christy works for KidsPeace at their Berks
Campus in Temple, Pa., as a mental
health worker. Along with her new role
as wife, Christy has taken on the role of
stepmom to two little boys, Landon, 6,
and Maddon, 4.
John Przyuski and
Trisha (Sullivan)
Przyuski ’03
welcomed their
second child, a baby
girl, on April 5, 2012.
Grace Elizabeth
weighed 7 lb.,
10 oz., and measured
20 inches long.
Jonah Kuehner is a script coordinator for
Good Luck Charlie on the Disney Channel.
Amy Casagrande was inducted into the
Wyoming Area Kiwanis Club. Amy is a
pharmaceutical sales representative for Inventive Health.
Jimmy Brooks is the production coordinator
for the sitcom Hot in Cleveland.
Jen (Kline) Gefvert ’05 married Nate Gefvert ’07 on April 28, 2012. DeSales alumni in
the wedding party included bridesmaids Melissa Bates ’05, Nicole Sutton ’05, and Sarah
(Stashefski) Boyle ’05, and groomsmen John Gawronski ’06, Phil Contrino ’07, Sean
Kane ’07, and Joe Gawalis ’07. Other alumni in attendance included Rachel (Coughlin)
Foose ’07, George Kline ’00, Ryan Boyle ’04, Liz Mulicka ’09 M’13, Tom Knudsen ’07,
Emily Mulicka ’11, Chaz Mulicka ’12, Mallory Andrayko ’11, Angie Bollinger ’07, Ryan
Salandria ’05, John Gawronski ’06, and Mike Benton. The couple lives in Bethlehem, Pa.
• 2004
Charles Merrill married Amanda Hansen
on November 19, 2011, in Milford, N.J.
DeSales alumni in attendance included Bryan
McGuire ’04, Jon Fehringer ’04, and Phil
Immediato ’04.
Jon Slabek and his
wife Emily (Romendio) Slabek ‘08
joyfully welcomed
their daughter,
Gabrielle Nora, on
November 22, 2011.
Gabrielle is the niece
of Mary Colleen
Romendio ’15.
Nichole (Robinson) Merrick married her
husband Richard on September 18, 2009.
On September 18, 2011, the couple welcomed their daughter Ava Rose.
Gretchen (Santa) Lett M’11 and her husband Andrew welcomed a baby girl, Erika
Marie, on November 20, 2011.
Brianna (Smith)
Zarenkiewicz
’04 M’06 married Dan Zarenkiewicz ’05 on
April 14, 2012.
The couple lives in Bridgewater, N.J.
• 2005
Heather Shock Gallagher is a development
associate at the Ensemble Studio Theatre in
New York.
John Evans M’05 has been appointed
president of Orleans Homes’ Northeast
division, overseeing day-to-day operations
of the company’s 15 communities in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York. He is
also responsible for growing the company in
23
class notes
Delaware Valley, Lehigh Valley, and central
New Jersey.
Dara (Dick) Dugan is teaching and performing as a free lance dancer in New York City.
She was featured in the February 2012 issue
of Dance Studio Life Magazine with an interview and a photo from a performance with
Kat Wildish, a New York City master ballet
and pointe technique teacher.
David Button is in his fifth year as company
manager of the Clear Space Theatre Company in Rehoboth Beach, Del. He is also a
member of the professional acting company
this season and was featured as Freddy in My
Fair Lady, Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors,
and the Emcee in Cabaret. He directed Annie
for the company’s summer repertory season
and taught acting in the after-school program
Broadway Bound.
• 2006
Devon (Martinez) Diaz graduated from the
U.S. Army’s Captain Career Course in May.
Michael Kovach
earned his MBA
from Temple
University Fox
School of Business.
Michael is an
investment banking
senior associate at
Goldman Sachs in
Philadelphia.
Lisa Marsilio M’06 was appointed executive
director of Good Shepherd Penn Partners,
headquartered in Philadelphia. In her new
role, Lisa oversees the growth of Good Shep-
Cat Logan ’08 played Thea and Chris
Brossman ’09 was in the ensemble
in the recent Mazeppa Productions
production of Spring Awakening in
Philadelphia. It was a virtual reunion
of DSU alumni—Julia Poiesz ’08 was
the costume designer, Kelly Orenshaw
’09 was the stage manager and Aly Docherty ’09 was the lighting designer.
24
Andrea (Angstadt) Gori ’09 and Adam Gori ’09 were married November 5, 2011, in
Trexlertown, Pa. Alumni in attendance included Kimberly Davidow ’09, Matthew Smart
’09, Manny Munoz ’09, Patrick Brophy ’09, Michael Gallagher ’09, Kevin Lee ’09,
Nick Razler ’08, Brendan Whitfield ’09, Theodore Lamparski ’09, Mike Neff ’09,
Lauren Greene ’09, Bridgette McGinnis ’09, Evan Vessillo ’09, Nick Pileggi ’11,
Maria Martino ’09, Liz (Vilasi) Sweet ’09, and Erica (Focht) Simmons ’09.
herd Penn Partners alongside its inpatient and
outpatient post-acute network.
Marnie Schulenburg appeared in the Second Stage Company’s (New York) production of Paula Vogel’s Pulitzer Prize-winning
play How I Learned to Drive with Tony
Award-winning actor Norbert Leo Butz.
Steven Bost’s play that originated as his
senior project at DSU received a full production in Queens in July 2012 through One the
Square Productions. The production features
Michael Swartz ’06, and Marnie Schulenberg ’06 appeared in a development reading
of the play in NYC.
• 2007
Sarah Polk is in the running for the top
prize of a prestigious cosmetology apprenticeship in New York City with celebrity
stylist and former television star Nick Arrojo,
along with a $10,000 cash prize for related
expenses. Sarah works during the day in
public media and as a corporate underwriting
assistant at WVIA-TV. During the evening,
she is studying toward earning certification
and eventually a license in cosmetology.
Nicole (Korovich) Warner married Phil Warner on July 3, 2011, in the Poconos. Rebecca
White ’07 was a maid of honor. Nicole is a
chemistry teacher at Easton Area High School.
Jeff Dietzler and Beth Stives Dietzler ’07
welcomed a son, Christopher Stanley, on
March 21, 2012.
On July 20, 2012, at DeSales University,
surrounded by his family, friends, and Oblate
brothers, Brian Zumbrum, OSFS, professed
his perpetual vows as an Oblate of St. Francis
de Sales. In attendance were Janna (Fell-
Lexy Antoni ’03 married Rob Guenther on December 30, 2011, and they
celebrated their wedding reception at the
DeSales University Center. More than a
dozen DeSales alumni attended, including matron of honor Yvette Antoni ’01,
bridesmaid Lauren Colarette ’03 M’08,
and groomsman Chris Antoni ’08.
meth) Kerr ’07, Peter Kerr ’07, Jenilee
Raia ’07, Paul Webster ’07, Lauren Greene
’09, Robert Killion, OSFS ’09, Ernie Justice
’07, Mary (Long) Wayock ’07, Matthew
Wayock ’07, Ricky Malo ’11, and Jaime
Gerhart. This next year will mark a series of
big events on Brian’s journey. He will finish his master’s of divinity degree from the
Washington Theological Union in Fall 2012.
He anticipates his ordination to the deaconate
in winter of 2013, and he eagerly awaits his
ordination to the priesthood in the summer of
2013. Brian lives in Washington DC.
Lauren Fanslau has been accepted into the
Master of Arts program in theatre at Villanova University.
Amanda Fabrizio is pursuing her MEd in
educational leadership with a concentration
in higher education at Lehigh University.
She is also one of the advisors to the DeSales
University Rotaract Club and became president of the Rotary Club of Saucon/Center
Valley in July 2012.
• 2008
Since graduation, Amanda Horton has lost
a significant amount of weight, which led
her to a new career as a personal fitness pro-
fessional. In March 2011, Amanda graduated
from the World Instructors Training School
personal trainer certificate program. While
she is looking for a place to start her career,
she has a few private clients that she trains at
their homes, which allows them to feel confident and focused on their training goals
without the pressure or expense of going
to a gym. Amanda has also been appointed
esquire for the Benevolent and Protective
Order of Elks Lodge 1698 of Point Pleasant,
N.J. This is a national Christian charitable
organization that has a special connection
to veterans, special needs children, and the
community.
In January 2012, Casey Opdyke earned her
master’s of occupational therapy degree from
the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. She passed the National Board for Certification in Occupational Therapy exam and
accepted a position as an OTR/L with HCR
ManorCare in Allentown, Pa., where she
works with residents to help them achieve a
greater degree of independence.
Lisa Marmelo is engaged, and she and her
fiance plan to marry in October 2012.
• 2009
On September 3, 2011, Ryan Knappenberger married Becky Schemel at St. Jane de
Chantal Catholic Church in Easton, Pa. The
couple moved into a new home in NorthWhitehall Township, Pa.
Jeremy Sabol is a sales consultant at FaulknerCiocca Dealerships in Quakertown, Pa. He
specializes in Hyundais and can also sell Ford,
Chevy, and Volkswagon vehicles.
Victoria Kroll has been working in entertainment at Walt Disney World since graduating. She is also the resident choreographer
for Magic Curtain Productions, Orlando,
Fla., and recently won the Broadway Slam
Choreography award at the MTI Junior Theatre Festival in Atlanta, Ga. Last November,
Victoria was admitted, by exam, to the Florida
Dance Masters. She continues to teach dance
at several Orlando area dance studios.
Daniel Bullen ’10 and Antonette Ciccone ’10 became engaged on October
28, 2011, with an engagement celebration in Walt Disney World, Fla. Engagement photos were shot at DeSales
University. Dan and Antonette met at
DeSales during their freshman year and
have been together ever since. They
are planning a June 2013 wedding at
DeSales. Antonette has worked at ADP
in their insurance department as an account executive for two years, and Dan
works for Paychex as a payroll specialist
in their Allentown, Pa., office.
Andrew Marshall and Stephen Thompson’s
’09 food-inspired streetwear brand, Pyknic,
introduced their Spring 2012 collection,
which consists of eight new t-shirts, a reprint
of their staple “Young & Hungry” t-shirt, and
the “Creatures” snapback hat.
Ashley Grube is engaged to Matthew Fogarty. They are planning an October wedding.
Bob Killion has joined the Oblates of St.
Francis de Sales. He is currently living in
Washington, D.C., studying theology in the
master’s of divinity program at Washington
Theological Union. He has assisted in the
production of several small videos for the
Oblate website.
Christina Lowe is living in Astoria, N.Y.,
and has worked at Frankel Green Theatre
Management for the past year. She’s been
employed at several offices throughout
NYC, including two talent agencies—TalentWorks and CESD. She also served a fivemonth internship with Jujamcyn Theatres,
working in their management department.
25
class notes
Erica (Focht) Simmons ’09 married Justin
Simmons on December, 3, 2011, at Calvary
Bible Fellowship Church in Coopersburg,
Pa. Erica’s matron of honor was Elizabeth
(Vilasi) Sweet ’09 and Maria Martino ’09
was a bridesmaid. Other alumni in attendance included Kelly (Goss) Wolfenden
’08, Bryce Wolfenden ’09, Lauren Greene
’09, Matthew Smart ’09, Brendan Whitfield ’09, Andrea (Angstadt) Gori ’09,
and Adam Gori ’09. Erica is an RN in the
Cardiac Intensive Care Unit at Lehigh Valley
Health Network. Erica and Justin live in Upper Saucon Township, Pa.
James Kish is a full-time registered nurse
in the emergency room at Lehigh Valley
Hospital-Cedar Crest. He is also a prehospital registered nurse with the Cetronia
Ambulance Corps and a lieutenant in the
Woodlawn Fire Company.
Ryan Boyle ’04 and Sarah (Stashefski) Boyle ’05 were married on June 18, 2011,
by Fr. Robert Mulligan, OSFS, ’79 in Connelly Chapel at DeSales. Alumni attendants
included Jen Kline ’05, Kressa Dowling ’13, Patrick Boyle ’99, John Dowling ’08,
Matt Curtolo ’04, James Monahan ’04, Melissa Bates ’05, Nate Gefvert ’07, Andrew Zodda ’05, Andrew Krohn ’05, Amy (Yanoshik) Lewandowski ’90, Jen (Boyle)
Rehnert ’97, Maureen Lawler ’05, Scott Littlefield ’04, Nick Suhocki ’04, Ryan
Beller ’04, Amanda (Bartkus) Strobl ’03, Chris Strobl ’03, Scott Bartkus M’04, and
Chris Rehnert.
Kim Medei has been promoted to senior in
the audit and accounting services practice of
ParenteBeard LLC’s Allentown, Pa., office.
Jessica Novitsky ’09 is engaged to Daniel
Edmonds. They are planning an October
wedding. Jessica works for Pinnacle Home
Health in Pottsville, Pa., and Daniel is the
owner of Pleasant Valley Landscaping in
Orwigsburg, Pa.
Matt Nye’s film Post-Grad Lamentate won
the People’s choice at Talenthouse in February 2012.
Lindsay Pierzga has been living in Fayetteville, Ark., working at Walmart, Inc.,
as a merchandise specialist for joint business
planning. In March, she was awarded the
In May 2012,
Joseph Paugh
’11, Justin
Campanelli
’11, Jennifer
Mellon ’10,
and Phil Mander ’11 entered as a
team into a Tough Mudder endurance
challenge.
26
2011 Merchandising Associate of the Year
for Sam’s Club for outstanding job performance. In June, Lindsay moved back to
Pennsylvania to be closer to her family and
boyfriend and to pursue a career in event
planning.
• 2010
Katherine Ricker
welcomed her first
child, Sage Victoria,
on July 9, 2011.
Sage weighed 8 lbs.,
2 oz., and measured
20 inches long.
Brandon Pousley has been accepted into the
technology, innovation, and education program
at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
His attendance is made possible in part by an
Action for Children’s Television fellowship.
Patrick Target Jr. is the volunteer coordinator at Harlem RBI, a nonprofit in East
Harlem that helps inner-city youth realize
their potential through baseball, softball, and
academic programs.
Amanda (Miller) Frangoulis recently
played Meg March in Little Women with the
Dramateurs at the Barn in Jefferson, Pa.
Alycia Kunkle was featured in The Ladies
Man at the professional Equity Centenary
Stage Company in Hackettstown, N.J., last
winter. She was an artistic intern at Centenary Stage Company for the 2011-12 season,
and she lives in Leighton, Pa.
Monica Zukowski was featured on the ABC
television network performing in the Walt
Disney World Christmas Day Parade.
Andrea Lanzetti performed in the world
premiere of In and Out with the MarieChristine Giordano Dance in June 2012.
John Reshetar is performing as an actor/
musician at the Pennsylvania Renaissance
Faire in the summer 2012. This is his second
year working at the Faire. He also appeared
in the Gretna Theatre’s production of Agatha Christie’s A Murder is Announced while
completing a contract with the Storybook
Musical Theatre performing in The Wizard
of Oz in July and August 2012.
In February, Doug DeGirolamo co-starred
in Deathtrap at the Thibodaux Playhouse
in Thibodaux, La. Doug played the role
of Anderson in his third production at the
playhouse.
Nicole Murray spent her first year after graduation working in the Central Florida region
at both Full Sail University and Disney.
Adonoi Mays ’07 married Eric Nixon
on May 27, 2012, in Germantown, Md.
Alumni in attendance included Yamelisa
Jimenez-Pereyra ’07, Shayna Cieply
’07, ’08, and Amanda Fabrizio ’07.
• 2011
Jeff McGrail is teaching at Nativity Preparatory School in Wilmington, Del., through
Notre Dame Mission Volunteers, AmeriCorps.
Kristin Ranke is dancing with the Holland
America cruise lines traveling from Florida
to San Diego and then three months up
through Vancouver and Alaska.
Chris Morganelli owns CMorganelli Designs
(CMD for short). He designs and develops
professional, custom websites for law firms,
political campaigns, businesses, and non-profit
clientele. In the start of 2012, Chris moved
the business into an office in Easton, Pa.
Shaina Dymond was as a full-time AmeriCorps volunteer working in the Office of
Service and Social Justice at DeSales.
Jennifer Starr Foley played Helena in
Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream
at the Delaware Shakespeare Festival this
summer. The play ran from July 13-28 at
Rockford Park in Wilmington, Del.
In February 2012, Diana Koch was promoted to marketing manager at Rascal’s Food
and Fun in Allentown, Pa.
Anthony Connell had a lead role in the New
Candlelight Theatre’s production of Miss Saigon, which ran from January 26 - March 11.
Anthony played the role of Chris.
• 2012
Cordie Lacey M’12 was selected by the
National Association of Professional Women
VIP Division as 2012/2013 Professional
Woman of the Year for outstanding leadership and commitment within her profession.
In Memoriam
Stephen Balshi
Jacob Burkett ’98
Gennaro Caliendo
Marjorie Cauley
Mary Dailey
Paul Dougherty M’95
Joseph Duld P’10
Walter Gutekunst ’72
Paul Kacsur
Anne Keer P’86, P’91, GP’09, GP’12
David Klee
Michael Kuchera ’80
David Lehman
J. Richard Leone
Michael Manoway
Christine May ’05
Lawson Neff P’89
Bernard Rafferty M’11
Charles Svetec Jr. M’99, P’12
This summer, Jacob Dresch was a member
of the actor’s company for the Texas Shakespeare Festival. He portrayed Ford in The
Merry Wives of Windsor, Claudio in Measure
for Measure, and Eddie in Blood Brothers.
Get Your Class Note in the Next DeSales Magazine
Have you recently moved, changed jobs, received a promotion, married, welcomed a child or grandchild, and/or received an honor
or award in your profession or community? Do you have any interesting news to relay to us about other DeSales University alumni?
Visit www.desales.edu/alumniupdate to update:
• Your information
• Submit class notes and photos.
Class notes are entered in the field at the bottom of the form.
Please make sure photos are high resolution. We accept digital photos as well
as prints. Digital photos must be in JPG or TIF formats, as close to the original
print size as possible (larger is better) and at a minimum resolution of 300 dpi.
Questions about photos? Call 610.282.1100, ext. 1359.
It’s especially important to let us know your new address if you’ve moved.
In addition to submitted information, DeSales receives press releases from businesses
and organizations and other news alerts announcing alumni achievements. These items
are edited and placed in class notes.
27
2755 Station Avenue
Center Valley PA 18034-9568
Address Service Requested
Alumni and Parent Events* September 2012 - March 2013
For more alumni information, call Dug Salley at 610.282.1100, ext 1694, or e-mail [email protected]. For more parent information, call Adam
Tucker at 610.282.1100, ext. 1789, or e-mail [email protected].
September
Homecoming 2012 (details on pages 13-16)
September 28 - 29
October
Presidential Tour - Delaware
Thursday, October 11
Alumni Lehigh Valley Wine Tour
Saturday, October 13
Lehigh Valley, Pa.
Parents/Family Weekend
October 19 -20
DeSales University Campus
Presidential Tour - Chicago, Il.
Date TBA
November
Alumni NYC Hudson River Cruise
Date TBA
New York City
Presidential Tour - Washington, D.C.
Thursday, November 15
December
Scholarship Dinner & Gaudeamus
Monday, December 3
DeSales University Campus
Parents Wine, Cheese, & Gaudeamus
Friday, December 7
DeSales University Campus
Presidential Tour - Bethlehem, Pa.
Wednesday, December 12
January
Presidential Tour - Florida
Stops in Tampa, Sarasota, Miami, and
Orlando. Dates and restaurants TBA
Presidential Tour - Georgia, South
Carolina, and North Carolina
Stops in Atlanta and the Carolinas. Dates
and restaurants TBA
Parents Association Appreciation Day
Saturday, January 26
DeSales University Campus
Furphy Lecture
TBA
*Events subject to change. Look for more information and details in the mail and through e-mail.
February
New Graduates Career Networking
Wednesday, February 6
Wine and Food Tasting Reception
for Donors
Thursday, February 14
DeSales University Campus
Presidential Tour - Pennsylvania
February 19 - 21
Stops in York, Harrisburg/Cumberland
County, and Reading, Pa.
March
DeSales University Dinner Dance
Saturday, March 16
DeSales University Campus
Presidential Tour - Lehigh Valley Sands
Casino
Thursday, March 28