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ou may have looked at the cover ofthis issue and wondered, “What iscomputational thinking and what

does it have to do with Keuka College?”

If you did, then the cover achieved our goalof piquing your interest in computationalthinking and, we hope, an importantdocument that will chart the College’scourse for the next 10 years.

In the last issue, I talked about the College-wide effort under way to craft our nextLong Range Strategic Plan (LRSP). I ampleased to inform you that we completed a final draft of Empowering Excellence(E2), 2013-2023, and the four majorinstitutional goals and corresponding 18 initiatives were unanimously approvedby the Board of Trustees March 2.

The goals are:

A. Foster Highly Engaged Students,Employees, and Alumni who have a dynamic impact on student development,diversity, the work environment, athleticperformance, and alumni participation.

B. Deliver Innovative and ExcellentAcademics to ensure that the foundation ofthe College, its high-impact curriculum, willreflect an unparalleled integration of theliberal arts, digital technology, experientiallearning, and professional practice.

C. Provide a 21st-Century GlobalLearning Environment that will offer ahallmark learning experience to a globalmarket, within a virtual environment and at avibrant home campus that boasts arts, culture,athletics, and community partnerships.

D. Achieve Financial Sustainabilitywithin a Mission-Driven Culture thatwill allow the nimble, entrepreneurialCollege to position itself within existingand future markets.

E2 emphasizes the need for Keuka to becomemore distinctive and to increase itsreputation and prestige. While incorporatingsome “big ideas” for our College, this plan isfirmly anchored in the belief that Keukamust remain true to its roots and honor thevalues that made it possible to be where weare today, more than a century of operationsin the books. We also recognized how theCollege has been enriched and fortified by itsAccelerated Studies for Adults Program(ASAP), Wertman Office of Distance Learning(WODE), and international incursions.

The plan is more than a strategy to improvethe existing Keuka College; it builds on ourinstitutional strengths by employing newideas to ensure a transformative collegeexperience that best prepares our graduatesfor responsible leadership and citizenship.The focus is not just on how we can bebetter, but how can our graduates, across all delivery modes and formats, becomeexemplary in all they do in this modernworld dominated by digital information.

The plan builds on the strong teachingmethodologies that are at the heart of ourstudent-centered vision of excellence, witha liberal arts-based curriculum in thetraditional sense, but employment-focusedin a modern sense. We want Keuka Collegeto be the “College of First Choice,” with a revitalized faculty and staff; new profilefor traditional, adult, and internationalstudents; and highly engaged alumni andlocal community members. We envision acollege characterized by increased visibility,intensified vitality, and sustainable fiscalhealth that is listed at the Top of Our Peercolleges, which we listed in our last issue.

E2 represents a learning experiencerebranded by a progressive core curriculum,with computational thinking across theboard. I am passionate about computationalthinking and believe it will impact ourCollege in dramatic ways. However, there is not enough space here for me to do thatso I gave that job to our editor, who did agood job of explaining what computationalthinking is and where the College wants to do with it in the next 10 years.

Now that the Board has approved thestrategic plan, we will take it “on the road”this spring to begin seeding the need forfunding and investments to support ourgoals and aspirations. A schedule has beendeveloped to take us to California (southand north), Florida (east and west), as wellas the mid-Atlantic region (Washington,D.C., New York City, Boston, andPhiladelphia) and, of course, Upstate NewYork, including Binghamton, Syracuse,Rochester and Buffalo.

I look forward to seeing you and hearingyour comments on the strategic plan.

YPUBLISHER

Dr. Gary SmithVice President for EnrollmentManagement, Marketing, andInternational Relations

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8 Computing for Everyone

Computational thinking is not just about computing. In fact, theeducational benefits of thinkingcomputationaly are so pervasiveKeuka College plans to integrate it throughout the curriculum.

16 Social Responsibilityin Southeast Asia

Thanks to the efforts of facultymembers Lynn Lannon ’69 andPaul McAfee, students pursuingKeuka degrees in Hanoi and HoChi Minh City, Vietnam, developeda passion for community service.

20 Title IX Trailblazer

Title IX, the landmark legislationthat brought equality to collegesports, has impacted KeukaCollege in many ways. Keuka isn’tunique in that regard, but theCollege can claim one of Title IX’sarchitects as one of its own.

2 l Updates

5 l Academia

22 l Sports

24 l Grads & Fams

26 l Giving

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Keuka College will be the site of asummer music camp conducted bythe Eastman School of Music at theUniversity of Rochester.

“Not only will some of the finestyoung musicians study on ourcampus, but they and their facultywill present two performances thatwill be open to the public,” saidCollege President Dr. Jorge L. Díaz-Herrera.

The camp, designed for middle andhigh school students, will run July14-26. It will feature a range ofclasses, such as theory, eurhythmics,technology, and improvisation, aswell as master classes, small andlarge ensembles, and individualinstruction in jazz, strings, voice, andguitar. Each program will be led by

distinguished faculty from theEastman School of Music andEastman Community Music School.

A small ensembles concert isscheduled Thursday, July 25, and a large ensembles performance thefollowing day. Both are free andopen to the public and begin at 3 p.m. in Norton Chapel.

For more information, go towww.esm.rochester.edu/keuka

College, Eastman School of Music Join Forces

After shattering Keuka’s schoolrecord for goals in a career and asingle season, Nicole Sharick ’13became the first women’s soccerplayer in school history to earn All-Region honors from the NationalSoccer Coaches Association ofAmerica (NSCAA).

Sharick, a first-team All-NorthEastern Athletic Conference(NEAC) forward, led the conferencewith 22 goals and 49 points to earnthird-team All-East Region honors.Her career total of 56 shatteredNicole Bondellio’s ’07 previousrecord by six goals, and Sharickequaled Bondellio’s record for career points (139).

Sharick finished the season secondin the country among Division IIIplayers in goals per game (1.47),recording nine multi-goal gameswhile leading Keuka (8-7, 8-4NEAC) to the No. 6 seed in theNEAC postseason tournament.

Sharick wasn’t the only soccerplayer to garner All-Region honors.Nate Smith ’13 was named third-team All-East region, Keuka’s fourthAll-Region selection in the last threeyears. Smith, who also earned All-Region in 2011, is joined byBrian Cunliffe ’11 and Jack Reece’11, who were named third-team All-Region in 2010.

Smith led the Storm in scoring (10goals) and points (25) while tying for theteam lead in assists (5). Smith, a first-team All-NEAC midfielder, finishedhis Keuka career ninth all-time ingoals scored (25) and points (61).

For the latest stories, schedules and results from Keuka athletics,visit www.KeukaStorm.com,www.Facebook.com/KeukaStorm,and on Twitter @KeukaAthletics.

Live stats are offered from selectedhome games and can be viewed atwww.KeukaStorm.com/live-stats.

Soccer Standouts Honored Nicole Sharick

Images courtesy of Eastman School of Music

Just prior to going to press welearned that Esther Yoder '60 willdeliver the address and receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree at the May 26commencement.

Yoder was a longtime member of the Board of Trustees and formerchair. One of only six people inKeuka history to receive theprestigious Norton-BlyleyPresidential Medallion, shechaired the Shaping the Future:One Graduate at a Timecampaign, the most prolific fund-raising drive in Keuka history.

At about the same time the Collegeannounced that Dr. AndrewDelbanco, Levi Professor in theHumanities and director ofAmerican Studies at ColombiaUniversity, will deliver the 25th Carl and Fanny Froibolin LectureMay 3. He received the 2011National Humanities Medal.

This Just In...

Two Rochester businessmen are the newest members of the KeukaCollege Board of Trustees.

Alan R. Ziegler, president and COO of Futures Funding Corp. andMartin F. Palumbos, founder of thefinancial services firm PS&E Planto Prosper, were introduced at therecent fall Board meeting.

Ziegler is past president of the local and national chapter of theSociety of FSP (Financial ServiceProfessionals) and is past presidentof the Estate Planning Council ofRochester and Highland HospitalFoundation, as well as past chair of the Episcopal Senior LifeCommittee.

He is a member of the RochesterArea Community FoundationAdvancement Committee, founderand president of the Rochester AreaBusiness Ethics Foundation, andchair of the Brighton SchoolsAlumni Association’s Hall of Fame

Committee. He is also a member of Spiritus Christi Church andGenesee Valley Club.

Palumbos, a registeredrepresentative of Lincoln FinancialAdvisors Corp., formerly taught fifth grade in the Rochester CitySchool District. He also worked for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester, where he helpedestablish youth ministry programsin parishes in the 12-county diocese region.

Palumbos is a member of theRochester Area Business EthicsFoundation, and is foundingchairman of the Rochester BusinessEthics Award (ETHIE). He is vicechair of the Catholic Family Center(CFC) Board and chairs theFundraising and MarketingCommittee. He is also a member ofthe United Way of RochesterProfessional Advisory Council.

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Despite being placed in the largerand more competitive master’suniversities category, Keuka Collegehas again earned high marks for itscommitment to community serviceby Washington Monthly.

A year ago, Keuka was ranked No. 8 out of 309 baccalaureatecolleges in the Washington MonthlyCollege Guide and Rankings. In theservice metric, Keuka was rankedNo. 1 in the country in terms of “community service participationand hours served.”

This year, competing against 682master’s universities, Keuka wasNo. 6 in that same metric whileearning a No. 73 overall ranking.

“A No. 6 ranking in the servicemetric and top 11 percent overallranking are impressive,” saidCollege President Dr. Jorge L. Díaz-Herrera, “especially when you consider that this year wecompeted against more than twiceas many schools, most with largerenrollments and a longer history ofoffering master’s degree programs.”

The president also stated that Keuka “is at the top” of its peer schools thatwere ranked by the magazine.

He said Keuka “advanced to a newcategory by choice in order to promoteexcellence at a new level thathighlights the growth and expansionin its academic and social mission.”

The More Things Change, theMore They Remain the Same

For more on the WashingtonMonthly College Guide andRankings, go to:http://bit.ly/NWiZUN

Fueling New York’s Economic Engine

Independent colleges and universities in New York state contributed $63.2 billion to the state’s economy in 2011,an increase of $8.9 billion (16.4 percent) since 2009 and an uptick of $15.7 billion (33.1 percent) from 2007.

Keuka College’s total economic impact in 2011 was $89,167,461, according to the Rochester-based Center forGovernment Research, which conducted the study.

Ziegler, Palumbos Join Board

Martin F. Palumbos Alan R. Ziegler

Nearly 2,700 Chinese students arepursuing Keuka degrees at fouruniversities in China and another600-plus Vietnamese students aredoing likewise at two universities in Vietnam.

However, that isn’t the extent of theCollege’s international influence.Keuka has developed numerousinternational partnerships withseveral goals in mind.

“We seek to provide studyopportunities on our home campusfor international students that also

provide our domestic students withexposure to diverse cultures andpeople,” said Dr. Gary Smith, vicepresident for enrollmentmanagement, marketing andinternational relations. “We alsoseek to create joint and dualdegree programs that allowinternational students to completea Keuka degree in part or in wholein their home country with ourpartner institutions.”

International partnerships,according to Smith, provide FieldPeriod and study abroadopportunities for our home campusstudents and “may facilitate facultyand staff exchange as well as jointresearch opportunities andscholarly exchange.”

International partnerships takemany forms, but most will beformalized with the creation of aMemorandum of Understanding,or MOU. At right is a partial list ofKeuka’s international partners, mostof which have a formal MOU in place.

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Polisseni Honored for Civic, Charitable ContributionsWanda Polisseni, a member of the Board of Trustees, and her threechildren were honored for more than two decades of civic and charitablecontributions to the Greater Rochester community last fall.

The Polisseni family received the Genesee Valley Chapter of the Associationof Fundraising Professionals Outstanding Philanthropist award.

The award is given to a private or family foundation that hasdemonstrated a record of generosity through direct financial supportand motivation of individuals and/or organizations to play leading rolesin supporting the needs and priorities of the community.

Wanda, Gary, Valerie, and Greg have supported the National Center forMissing & Exploited Children and the Bivona Child Advocacy Center forthe past 10 years. In 2003, they founded the Polisseni Law EnforcementTraining Center to provide space for training law enforcement officersand first responders on how to manage crimes against children.

Other organizations that have benefitted from the family’s generosityinclude Special Olympics of Monroe County, F.F. Thompson Hospital,Lollypop Farm, and the Finger Lakes Thoroughbred Adoption Program.

• Australia Southern Cross University, Gold Coast (mutual exchange).• Canada Humber College, Toronto (home campus recruitment).• Cayman IslandsUniversity College of the Cayman Islands, Georgetown (mutual exchange).

• China Jimei University, Xiamen (dual degree program, student exchange); Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin (dual degree program, student exchange); Wenzhou University, Wenzhou (dual degree program, student exchange); and Yunnan University of Finance and Economics, Kunming (dual degree program, student exchange).

• Dominican Republic Instituto Tecnológico de Santo Domingo (INTEC) Santo Domingo (mutual exchange).• Guatemala Escuela Superior Internacional (ESI), Guatemala City (mutual exchange).• Lebanon American University of Science and Technology, Beirut (home campus recruitment).

•Malaysia HELP University, Kuala Lumpur (mutual exchange); University Utara, Sintok (home campus recruitment, study abroad, faculty and staff exchange).• Philippines De La Salle University, Manila (mutual exchange).• Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabian Cultural Mission, Washington (home campus recruitment).• South Africa numerous high Schools (home campus recruitment).• Sweden Study Outside Sweden, Umestan (home campus recruitment). • Thailand Assumption University, Bangkok (mutual exchange).• Vietnam International School, Vietnam National University, Hanoi (dual degree program, home campus recruitment, faculty and staff exchange); University of Science, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh City (dual degree program, home campus recruitment, faculty and staff exchange); and University of Economics, University of Danang, Danang (dual degree program, home campus recruitment, faculty and staff exchange).

International Partnerships Offer Many Benefits

Tianjin University

Wenzhou University

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academia

With a variety of backgrounds inthe social work field, four KeukaCollege graduates– Amy Hickey’10, Nate Studgeon ’09, AlisonPeretti ’08, and Cristina Colombo’05 – returned to campus duringthe fall semester to shareexperiences working on the job intheir respective agencies.

According toStephanie Craig,chair of theDivision of SocialWork, the alumni“bring a richness

to the class, and encourage currentstudents to get the most out oftheir Field Period internships as they make their way towardgraduate school and the working world.”

Each student writes a follow-upessay after an alumni speakervisits and most responses mentionhow students’ eyes were opened tothe world of social work, Craig said.

Studgeon, like the other threealumni, earned his Master ofSocial Work degree aftergraduating from Keuka. Herecently landed his “dream job”working with the Department ofVeterans Affairs in Corning and is

considering whether or not topursue a doctorate.

“The nice thing about social work isthe flexibility,” Studgeon said. “Youcan do a different type of socialwork or social work within adifferent program.”

Peretti is a counselor and groupfacilitator in PersonalizedRecovery Oriented Services(PROS) through Genesee MentalHealth Services in Rochester.Peretti also fills in as a psychiatricassignment officer on a per diembasis in the psychiatric emergencyroom at Rochester GeneralHospital. Her primary specialty isworking with people who arechronically suicidal.

Colombo is a social worker for theNew York State Office of MentalHealth and works with the“mandated” population insideElmira Prison, a maximum-securityfacility housing those sentenced to10 or more years of prison for theircrimes. Her duties includeassessing 30-50 inmates a day formental health stability, suicide risk,medication needs and more.

“Sometimes, as a social worker, youhave to tell” people things theydon’t want to hear, but you can do

so with compassion, respect andhonesty, ” she said.

Hickey is the newly appointedexecutive director of the Center ofthe Finger Lakes Inc. in Geneva.She has organized severalcommunity events, fundraisersand facilitated education anddiversity training to increaseawareness and acceptance of theLGBT community. Hickey ispreparing to launch a poster andsocial media campaign "pilot"known as I’m OUTstanding … inthe Geneva community and isdeveloping a “train the trainer”program to launch in April 2013.

S O C I A L W O R K

Alumni Share Experiences

Alison Peretti Amy Hickey Nate Studgeon Cristina Colombo

“Sometimes, as a socialworker, you have to tell peoplethings they don’t want tohear, but you can do so withcompassion, respect and honesty.” --Cristina Colombo

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The Collegereceived approvalfrom the New YorkState Departmentof Education tooffer a major inchild and familystudies (CFS)beginning in the2013 fall semester.

Like CFS programs at othercolleges and universities, Keuka’swill be interdisciplinary in nature,which makes it a perfect matchwith the College’s curriculum,according to Professor of PsychologyDrew Arnold.

“Given our strong sequence ofdevelopmental psychology courses,as well as existing courses insociology, social work, education,and criminology/criminal justice,Keuka is well positioned to offer astrong, comprehensive major inCFS,” said Arnold.

Those courses, plus others thatfocus on contemporary family andfamily development issues, providea program that “is comparable to, orexceeds, the range and quality ofcourses offered in other CFSprograms,” he said.

The curriculum is just one reasonwhy CFS is “a natural fit” forKeuka, said Arnold, who added thatfaculty expertise is “strong” in thisarea, particularly among those whoteach developmental psychology.

Students who earn a bachelor’s degreein CFS from Keuka will be preparedto pursue careers in child protectionservices, human services, parenteducation and training, and daycare.

“They will also be prepared topursue graduate degrees in CFSand thus have the opportunity forcareers in counseling, familytherapy, child therapy, andresearch,” explained Arnold.

B A S S

New Major on the Books

Dr. Sun Zhe, a faculty member atTsinghua University in Beijing,China, has rubbed elbows with suchAmerican political icons as JimmyCarter and George Bush (H and W).

In fact, the Bushes invited him tostay at their family homes inKennebunkport, Maine, andCrawford, Texas.

Sun Zhe is one of Matt McFetridge’s’12 professors, which gives you an idea of the kind of teachingtalent he has been exposed to as a graduate student in theinternational relations program at Tsinghua.

“I’m studying with some of theforemost scholars on U.S.-Chinarelations,” said McFetride, a politicalscience and history major at Keuka.

According to McFetridge, Sun Zhewas present at the 1989 TiananmenSquare protests, and after seeingwhat happened, chose to study atColumbia University. Firstpublished at age 25, Sun Zherecently edited a work titledAncient Chinese Thought, ModernChinese Power, for the chair ofTsinghua’s Department ofInternational Relations.

The book, said McFetridge,discusses the fundamental Chinese

philosophy still intertwined with allChinese foreign policy, and wasreviewed by Henry Kissinger.

“He has great stories to tell. SomeAmerican politicians gave him thenickname ‘Sunny.’ He’s a pretty funny,but incredibly intelligent man,” saidMcFetridge, who is hopeful that SunZhe will become his adviser.

This isn’t McFetridge’s firstacademic experience in China. In2010, he spent the fall semester asan exchange student at YunnanUniversity of Finance andEconomics (YUFE) in Kunming, oneof Keuka’s partner universities.

And while Tsinghua is known as the “Harvard” of China, McFetride iskeeping up quite nicely, thanks towhat he learned at Keuka. Hecompleted an independent studyunder Associate Professor of HistoryChris Leahy in fall 2011, writing athesis paper on China’s impressionsof U.S. foreign policy during 18years of the Cold War. Four of thebooks incorporated in his Keukastudy were required reading for onehis first courses at Tsinghua.

“That master’s class,” saidMcFetridge,” was an awesomeextension of what my thesis was for Professor Leahy.”

Keuka Prepared Him Well for the “Harvard” of China

Drew Arnold

In addition to studying, McFetridge has made new friends and soaked up the Chinese culture.

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Professor of English Robert Darling,an accomplished poet in his ownright, knows talent when he sees itand he knew early on that AustinMacRae ’01 was the real deal.

“From the time he was a student, his talent was obvious and he hadsomething special,” recalledDarling. “It was a pleasure to havehim as a student, and now I counthim as a friend.”

The friends reunited last fall whenMacRae returnd to his alma materto celebrate the release of, and readfrom, his new collection of poems,The Organ Builder. His performancewas part of the Spotlight Series, aDivision of Humanities and FineArts-sponsored forum for poets,authors, and musicians to sharetheir talents with the College andsurrounding community.

“My father and brother are bothwoodworkers, and many of thepoems in The Organ Builder focuson the craft of working with wood.My brother is a luthier, and hisinstruments have inspired severalpoems as well,” said McRae, anadjunct instructor of English at Tompkins Cortland Community College.

MacRae chose Keuka because of itssize and close-knit environment.

“I loved the class size and personal

relationships that develop betweenstudents and professors,” saidMacRae. “Someone told me early onthat professors sometimes invitestudents home for dinner, whichsounded delightful to me. Morethan 10 years later, I still visit BobDarling, and we've had somemarvelous dinners together.”

MacRae says Darling “wassupportive of my work from thestart, and he gave me a solideducation in poetic tradition,something that many poets don'treceive. I'm lucky to have had himas a professor and to have him as afriend and mentor.”

Riding the wave of The OrganBuilder’s success, MacRae isworking on a new manuscript,tentatively titled Surveyor.

H U M A N I T I E S A N D F I N E A R T S

The Return of the Prodigal Poet

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Wilczek Publishes Third Novel

Stan Wilczek Jr., the former nuclear engineer and assistantprofessor of organizational management in the AcceleratedStudies for Adults Program, published his third novel last fall.

Following The Kept Secret (2006) and The Soma Man (2008),Death’s Revenge has been described as “a tightly plottedUpstate New York thriller” crafted around “lust, money, andgreed that will take you on an emotional rollercoaster ride ofyour life.” For more, go to stanwilczekjr.com.

Austin MacRae ‘01 reunited with Bob Darling last fall.

Ghosting with Gusto

In what Division of Humanities andFine Arts Chair Doug Richards labelsa “win-win,” ASL-English Interpreting(EI) Instructor Brian Cerney’sstudents have the opportunity to “ghost interpret” college-level coursesfor non-ASL professors.

So far, some 20 faculty members intraditional courses have permitted atrio of ASL-EI students to sign theircourse lectures, switching every 15-18 minutes. Since no deaf student isdependent on the interpretation,ghost interpreting becomes practicewithout risk, Cerney said

Ghost interpreting provides ASL-EIstudents “invaluable practicalexperience in live/real world signing,and as a side benefit exposes a widerange of Keuka students to ASLsigning –a win-win,” said Richards,professor of English.

Students have ghost-signed in suchcourses as organic chemistry,anatomy, English literature, andoccupational therapy, and at specialevents and church services.

According to Cerney, students arenot allowed to practice interpretingin a course he or she is registeredfor credit.

Who knows how different the worldmight be if the scientist who penned thetheory of relativity had one of today’spowerful computers at his disposal?Imagine pairing Einstein with one of the late Steve Jobs’ brainchildren.

Jobs, founder, chairman and CEO ofApple Inc., is arguably the mostinfluential computational thinker of alltime and inarguably the most successful.

“Steve Jobs was not a computer scientist,” said Dr. Tim Sellers, associatevice president of academic affairs. “Hehad an understanding of computerscience and was passionate aboutpsychology and art. What has madeApple so popular? It is aestheticallyappealing. In terms of computation,Windows is just as good, but it wasn’tbuilt on elegance and art like Apple.”

Jobs once took a calligraphy course and“realized the power of letters,” addedSellers. “Apple came out with its ownfonts and that changed everything.”

College President Dr. Jorge L.Díaz-Herrera, who came to Keuka afterserving as dean of the B. Thomas

Golisano College of Computing andInformation Sciences at RIT, is convincedcomputational thinking will be agame-changer at Keuka.

“The ability to define and solve complex,open-ended problems is paramount,”explained the president, who holdsmaster’s and doctoral degrees incomputing studies from LancasterUniversity in the United Kingdom, “and this is what computational thinkingaffords and why we are committed to it.”

So committed, in fact, that integratingcomputational thinking across thecurriculum is one of the strategicinitiatives listed under Goal B (DeliverInnovative and Excellent Academics) in Empowering Excellence (E2), 2013-2023, the new strategic plan.

To achieve Goal B, the “foundation of theCollege’s high-impact curriculum will bean unparalleled commitment to theintegration of, and excellence in, the liberalarts, digital technology, experientiallearning, and professional practice.”

“We dub this effort DigitalLearning@Keuka,”said the president, “which will result ingraduates who, along with understandingthe basic canon of our civilization as wellas their place in the world, understandhow to explore and communicate theirideas using modern tools throughinteractive visual communication, datamanipulation and analytics, and evenmaking a website or mobile app.”

The ability todefine and solvecomplex,open-endedproblems isparamount, andthis is whatcomputationalthinking affordsand why we arecommitted to it.

college president dr. jorge l. díaz-herrera

Einstein may have captured the essence of computationalthinking—the phrase creating a good deal of buzz after itsprominent reference in theCollege’s newly-minted strategicplan—some 50 years ago.

“More information with more value is being generated, andthis has become the raw material from which understandingand decisions are happening,” said the president. “Informationis the lifeblood of modern times and society is increasinglydependent on information and communication technologies.”

Information and communication technologies “touch everyaspect of human endeavor,” said the president, “ranging fromthe most theoretically minded to the most expressivemanifestation of human creation. They transformentertainment and the arts by providing new forms ofexpression and lead to emergent businesses, behavioral, and industrial intelligence.”

While the computer revolution brought substantial changes to way we live and work, Díaz-Herrera contends that mostpeople do not “completely understand” the real impact of therevolution and cannot begin to comprehend “the possibilitiesand what is yet to come.

“Remember the idea of Internet Appliances? This is now beinglabeled The Internet of Things, a term used to describe theInternet that reaches out into the physical world allowing foreverything to be connected to the web. It is expected that in a few years, there will be 100 billion things interconnectedthrough the Internet, exchanging unimaginable quantities of data and even generating new behaviors from ordinaryobjects that become smart, interconnected things. This is,potentially, the next big technological revolution.”

The president said “a universal problem for the citizens of this century is how to get access to information about theworld and how to acquire skills to articulate and organizethat information. Creating informed citizens rests on theshoulders of our institutions of higher learning.”

But one must place that definition within the context ofCarnegie Mellon, where the computer science department is thelargest of six academic units within the university’s School of Computer Science. Carnegie Mellon is consistently rankedamong the world’s premier institutions for computer scienceresearch and education and also includes leading programs inrobotics, human-computer interaction, software research,language technologies, and machine learning. The universityboasts a Center for Computational Thinking, made possible by a $1.5 million grant from Microsoft.

Keuka’s Long Range Strategic Plan does not call for theestablishment of a computational thinking center.

“Nor do we have plans, at this time, to develop a school ofcomputing or even a computer science degree program,” said Díaz-Herrera. “At Keuka, computational thinking does not mean givingevery student a new iPad, forcing everyone to use technology, normaking all classes online and all interactions virtual.”

Said Sellers: “We don’t want to become the next Carnegie Mellon.”

So where is the College going with computational thinking? A hint can be found in Díaz-Herrera’s definition:

“Computational thinking involves using the capabilities of thehuman brain and the capabilities of a computer brain torepresent and solve problems and accomplish tasks. It not onlyfurther develops critical thinking skills, but when combinedwith powerful digital tools, it expands our uniquely humanintellectual capability.”

Another hint comes from something Jobs said years ago:

“It’s in Apple’s DNA that technology alone is not enough. It’stechnology married with the liberal arts, married with thehumanities that yields us the result that makes our heart think.”

That’s where Keuka is going with computational thinking.

A World Full of Information What is ComputationalThinking?It wasn’t that long ago that computers were primarily

used as glorified word processors and calculatingmachines. Today, digital tools are pervasive andubiquitous. The most palpable examples: the Internetand the web, and the new multimodal, mobileconnecting devices.

In a 2010 paper titled “Computational Thinking: Whatand Why?” Jeannette Wing, former head of the computerscience department at Carnegie Mellon University andcurrent vice president and head of Microsoft ResearchInternational, defined computational thinking as “thethought processes involved in formulating problems andtheir solutions so that the solutions are represented in aform that can be effectively carried out by aninformation-processing agent.”

THE INTERNET OF THINGS

“Right now are students are playing the video game,” said Sellers. “We want them to developthe video game.”

According to Professor of Psychology Dr. Mike Rogoff, computational thinking is part ofmodern-day critical thinking and he believes “we will see this technology used more andmore across every field. If we have the technology, why not use it? I want to optimizelearning for our students and technology can make that happen.”

Regarding his discipline, Rogoff said “the general characteristics of computational thinkingcan help students consider the various aspects involved in dealing with the real-life problemof raising a competent child.”

In fact, in his Infancy and Early Childhood course, Rogoff employs My Virtual Child, aninteractive, web-based simulation. Applying what they learned in class, students “raise” achild from birth to age 18 and monitor the effect of their parenting decisions over time.

“Children are named and each receives a virtual birth certificate,” said Rogoff. “The programsimulates a child that you can get to know and make decisions about. The cyber child actssimilarly to an actual child at the same age and stage in life, and just like in real life, certainunplanned events are presented to the students.”

According to Rogoff, many students wonder how they will know if they have given the ‘right’response to the questions posed to them as parents. “The goal of the program is to convey the broad sweep of child development from the point of view of a parent observing a child,” he explained. “This is done by showing ‘snapshots’ of a child's typical behavior over a period of time. The child gradually changes in response to parenting choices, innate temperamental or personality characteristics, random environmental events, and general developmental principles.”

Rogoff believes the My Virtual Child program is “an example of the successful application oftechnology and has helped fulfill important learning goals within our Infancy and EarlyChildhood course. The virtual child program provides several opportunities for recursivethinking because students return to challenges and issues at various parts in the program.”

As Rogoff’s use of My Virtual Child proves, the College isn’t starting from scratch as it seeksto integrate digital learning across the curriculum.

“I’d say we’re dabbling in it; dipping our toes in, in specific ways,” said Sellers.

“Dabbling” in Computational Thinking

Díaz-Herrera foresees a Keuka College where students will think computationally by moving technology projects beyond merely using tools and information toward creating tools and information.

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That is precisely the path Keuka plans to take as it moves from dabbling incomputational thinking to integrating it into the curriculum.

In essence, Keuka will, as Wing penned, “bend computation” to fit its needs.

“Computer scientists,” said Sellers, “can code like you can’t believe but they are nottrained to think creatively and critically. They don’t subscribe to the liberal artstradition of asking questions, being curious, and pulling things together.”

According to Sellers, Keuka aims to “give those people who think creatively andcritically enough computation skills so they can explore what they want to explore.

“We’re not telling our students, ‘You like psychology, but we do computationalthinking, so forget psychology,’” explained Sellers. “We’re not supplanting majors;we’re enhancing majors. We will allow students to take what they’re passionateabout and go further. We’ll teach them how to use computation and the power ofdata to change the world if they want, whether in art, history, whatever disciplinethey are passionate about.”

Sellers is convinced that computational thinking will enhance collaboration atKeuka College by being the thread that leverages the power of various disciplines.

“Computational thinking is a tool that helps you put things together,” he said. “You’re not just taking a collection of classes; you’re creating things that have neverexisted and solved problems that have never been solved.”

Sellers, who is also a member of the biology faculty, is no stranger to the power of collaboration.

“Long gone are the days when we have a biology problem and only wanted biologiststo be involved in finding the solution,” he explained. “I call this the Power of theNaïve. I get so far with a problem and instead of going to someone with a greatbiology mind for help, I go to someone who didn’t know the first thing about it. Moreoften than not, he or she helps uncover the solution.”

As the College fully embraces computational thinking, student collaboration willbecome more frequent and fruitful, according to Sellers. For example, he envisionsKeuka occupational therapy students creating their own app—rather than purchasingone—to help treat a patient who is trying to return to work after an accident.

The OT students, explained Sellers, could bring in art students to help with thedesign of the app and because other OTs are probably facing similar issues, bring inmarketing students to help market the app.

That example fortifies the connection Sellers sees between computational thinkingand Keuka’s historical commitment to experiential learning.

“I see computational thinking as an expansion of our experiential learning focus,” he said. “Students don’t have to wait to get on-the-job training; put off solving real problems untilthey are employed. By combining their computational thinking skills with those theyacquire in the classroom and Field Period, they can find solutions to problems now.”

Computing for Everyone

Dr. Carolyn M. Klinge ’79, who has madeimportant contributions to understandingbreast cancer, believes computational thinkingis an essential, fundamental skill used inbiomedical research.

Klinge is professor of biochemistry andmolecular biology at the University ofLouisville School of Medicine. Her research,which aims to understand estrogen action inbreast and lung cancer with a particular focuson endocrine-resistant disease, has beenfunded by such national organizations as theSusan G. Komen for the Cure Breast CancerResearch Foundation.

She said graduate students in her lab usecomputational thinking skills daily in planning andcarrying out experiments and interpreting data.

“In my lab, we have taken a process-orientedapproach with which we collect data fromonline gene expression database profiles to aidin our interpretation of our experimentalresults examining the effect of estrogens andantiestrogens on genes critical to breastcancer cell proliferation and integration ofnuclear-mitochondrial signaling,” she said.

She also indicated that algorithms(step-by-step procedures used to solveproblems or accomplish some end, especiallyby a computer) are used frequently in her lab.

Klinge has hosted 10 Keuka Field Periodstudents in her lab and has mentored sevenPh.D. students, 17 post-doctoral fellows, andnumerous undergraduate and medicalstudents. Many of these are now making theirown contributions to biomedical research.

“The inclusion of computational thinking as acore component of a Keuka education willenhance the ability of Keuka graduates toobtain jobs and get graduate fellowships inbioinformatics and related fields,” said Klinge,a member of the Board of Trustees and itsLong Range Strategic Planning Committee.

ThinkingComputationally

Daily

In a piece titled “The New Liberal Arts,” Michael Staton, founder andchief evangelist of Inigral Inc., declared that 21st-century skills... “need to be understood not as a way to turn philosophy majors intogeeks, but into telling the world that a philosophy major can be opento and comfortable with, daresay even take advantage of and thrivein, a technologically changing world.”

DigitalLearning@Keuka

Information is exploding. The worldwill be won by those who can use thatinformation well. tim sellers

“Steve Jobs said, ‘Everybody in the country should learn howto program a computer because it teaches you to think,’” saidthe president. “We must ensure that all of our graduates havethe opportunity to develop and apply core computationalknowledge and skills.”

“Information is exploding,” said Sellers. “The world will be wonby those who can use that information well.”

And that leads to the age-old question (with a technology twist)asked by parents deciding what college to send their son ordaughter: “Will understanding all this digital stuff help mychild get a job?”

Said Jobs: “If they can’t, they’ll just understand the globalcontext of their own unemployment.”

Educators at all levels are taking heed. Case in point:GoGoogle has launched a group within its education divisioncalled Exploring Computational Thinking, which providesresources for K-12 students.

In additional to myriad opportunities presented by themarriage of computational thinking and experiential learning,there are other reasons why Keuka appears to be an ideal placefor students to continue to think computationally aftergraduating from the GoGoogle program.

“Teaching-focused colleges have significant advantages overresearch universities in pursuing digital humanities,” wroteWilliam Pannapecker, associate professor of English at HopeCollege who actually prefers the more inclusive term ‘digitalliberal arts’ to ‘digital humanities.’ “They usually have morecollegiality across disciplines and divisions, and between facultyand staff members. Some liberal arts colleges even have aculture of faculty-student collaborative research, whichtranslates perfectly into the project-building methods of the digital humanities.”

Sound like any place you know?

--Doug Lippincott

Not a ChoiceDíaz-Herrera argues that if Keuka is to become an effective institution of higher learning in this “centuryof information,” it must provide computational thinking proficiency to all its students.

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VIETNAMTaking Root in

Spirit of Service

Lynn Lannon

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Lannon and McAfee teach classes in international business—Lannon and McAfee at Vietnam National University –International School (ISVNU) in Hanoi and McAfee at VietnamNational University—Ho Chi Minh City (HCMUS) as well. Bothteachers integrated community service into their classes lastsummer and fall.

And that’s news, because while community service has becomeingrained in the fabric of campus life in Keuka Park, it’s not socommon on college campuses in Vietnam. According to Lannon,social responsibility and experiential learning are beingintroduced to Keuka students at ISVNU not only because theyhave been part and parcel of the Keuka experience since openingday in 1890 but because “stakeholders’ expectations in today’sworld are that companies will be good corporate citizens and giveback to the communities where they operate.”

Her class, Experiential Learning FP 401, was conceived to providemore hands-on, practical experience and teach skills such asteamwork and flexibility in working with outside organizations.Lannon set the class up as a business, named Invincible Youth Co.(IYC) by the students, specializing in events for not-for-profitorganizations. Lannon served as CEO, while students made upfive functional teams – marketing, human resources, finance,logistics, and technology (documentation). Each team hadopenings for two student directors, who had to apply for theleadership posts and hire their teams, and could earn “salaries:”up to an additional 10 points on their course grade.

Keuka’s home campus has earned a spot on the President’s HigherEducation Community Service HonorRoll for seven straight years and othernational organizations have recognizedthe College for its commitment to social responsibility.

Meanwhile, the spirit of service istaking root at Keuka’s partner schoolsin Vietnam, thanks to the efforts ofinstructors Lynn Lannon ’69 and Paul McAfee.

Lynn Lannonand Paul McAfee

with students in Hanoi

Paul McAfee

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IYC projects included Invincible Green, where students cleanedseven classrooms and four hallways, and placed recycle bins andpotted plants at ISVNU; Future Orientation, a recruiting fair atXuan Dinh High School; Invincible Love, held at Hau CaoChildren's Village Orphanage; and Great Love, held at Nhan AiNursing Home. Lannon’s students raised more than 18 millionVND (more than $860 U.S.) for their projects, secured sponsors,managed budgets and logistics, and created programs.

“These students were outstanding ambassadors for ISVNU andKeuka College,” Lannon said. “I was extremely proud of theircompassion and professionalism.”

Meanwhile, students in McAfee’s three Business Leadership andOperations & Production Management classes in Hanoi split intoteams responsible for marketing and sales, manufacturing, andfinance. Each class manufactured and sold products, with theprofits allocated to the Hoa Binh Centre orphanage. In Ho ChiMinh City, students in McAfee’s four International Businessclasses formed small businesses to produce and export productsfrom Vietnam. Those profits were targeted at the Children’s House District 8 orphanage.

According to McAfee, it was easier for students to offer smallitems for sale and let potential buyers know the profits would go to an orphanage rather than asking for donations directly.McAfee’s teams chose to sell small items, such as pre-cut fruits for snacking or handmade accessories such as bracelets, to raisefunds. This plan reflects the culture in Hanoi, where manyfamilies and individuals sell small items, food or drink from tables set up along a sidewalk, said McAfee.

“You see these everywhere,” McAfee said, describing a societyfocused around providing a product or service for almost any want.

In all, $828 U.S. (₫17,291,000 VND) was raised for Children’sHouse District 8 orphanage, and students purchased five bicycles,jeans, shirts, milk, and food for the children. In Hanoi, McAfee’s

business leadership classes raised a combined $481 U.S.(₫10,000,000 VND) which went toward bookshelves, fans and acollection of teaching tools such as alphabet blocks and books forthe Hoa Binh orphanage. In addition, the operations productionmanagement class teams in Hanoi purchased a large plastic slide,chairs, tables, rocking horses, books, and learning tools with the$358 U.S. (₫7,449,000 VND) they raised. While some students focused on raising funds, others visited theorphanages to teach simple learning skills or play games with thechildren. Some even cleaned and cooked on-site to assistorphanage staff.

Of his nearly 180 students in Hanoi, McAfee estimated fewer than10 had any community service experience before and no more than a couple had visited an orphanage. The students, said McAfee, “discovered how good they had it and how little those children had.”

Visits to the orphanages were initially met with concern that thenew visitors might be a burden, until administrators realized thestudents were there to help.

“They had to learn to trust us and we had to learn to work in a way that was compatible with their resources,” McAfee said.

Some students were dramatically impacted by interacting withthe orphan children, said McAfee, describing what one student,who seemed rather aloof in class, ultimately told his fellowclassmates during his team’s final class presentation: “‘Before thisproject, I had no interest in being part of the class or this project,

“These students were outstandingambassadors for ISVNU and Keuka College.”

“These are memories I will save for the rest

of my life.”--Xuan Thanh Cao

--Lynn Lannon

but a friend of mine and I went to visit the orphanage and we sawa 12-year-old boy the size of a 6-year-old and realized how muchwe could do to help.’”

According to McAfee, the student was chosen to help deliverT-shirts and other items and as McAfee watched him play withthe children “he was one big smile the whole time and he hadn’tsmiled [at all] in class.”

Lannon said the impact on students who worked on the four InvincibleYouth Company (IYC) projects was transformational as well.

Chu Thanh Hien served as director of finance for Great Love, theservice project for Nhan Ai Nursing home. Prior to attendingISVNU, she believed she had only one career choice – accounting –but after completing the nursing home project, “I realized that Iwould like to stick to charity work and keep doing communityservice projects. This was my favorite project because I respect olderpeople, like my grandparents. This was a meaningful project to me.”

While Phan Thi Thu Trang worked on all four projects, Great Love was her favorite, too.

“I had many feelings when I saw the smiles on all of the residents’faces,” said Trang, who served as IYC’s human resourcesco-director. “And I was really touched when we sang HappyBirthday. When I said ‘goodbye’ to the residents, they held my

hands, and asked me when we would come back.”

Trang’s fellow co-director was Xuan Thanh Cao, who said the GreatLove project was the first time she ever visited a nursing home.

According to Lannon, “when [students] reflected on their work,they talked about how meeting and helping the residents of NhanAi expanded their love for their grandparents. And they wroteabout how fortunate they felt after they spent time with thechildren at Ha Cau who have no parents.”

For Cao, managing people and delegating tasks in her humanresources role was more challenging than she first expected. Butas the team met and strengths and weaknesses of each classmatewere recognized, “we were more careful assigning tasks in thenext projects. I think that was a huge success.

“I think social responsibility will help me in [the] future, and Ithink many corporations today have a lack of responsibility withsociety,” she added. “But IYC gave me experience in planning,preparing, and doing projects to help others. So, I am reallyhappy.”

According to McAfee, exposing Keuka’s international students tohands-on community service “will help their academic experiencebe more meaningful and I think they’ll learn better and faster.”

That is what has happened in Keuka Park since Day One.

For more details and photos about the orphanage projectsconducted by McAfee’s classes, visit: http://bit.ly/10bKLab

To see the video created by Lannon’s students to showcase theirIYC projects, visit: http://bit.ly/13dRVcH. You can also find it atFacebook.com/Invincible Youth Company.

-- Rachel E. Dewey and Gretchen Parsells

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“I realized that I would like to stick to charitywork and keep doing community service projects.Great Love was my favorite project because I respect older people, like my grandparents. This was a meaningful project to me.”--Chu Thanh Hien

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orty years ago, the college athletics landscape was vastly differentthan it is today.

From the coaches to the student-athletes to the administrators, menhad all the opportunities to succeed in athletics while women sat onthe sidelines, missing out on the chance to compete at the highest level in their favorite sports.

That all changed in 1972, thanks in part to the work of Madge Phillips ’47.

On June 23 of that year, landmark federal legislation known as Title IXwas signed into law. Phillips helped draft the initial standards for TitleIX, which requires women be provided an equitable opportunity toparticipate in sports as men.

“Because of Title IX, everyone across the country, from athletes toparents and coaches, realized that women should have the sameathletic opportunities as men and that the college sports scene wasdrastically changing,” said Phillips, who was inducted into the KeukaCollege Athletics Hall of Fame in 2008. “We paved the way for womento compete not only in athletics, but many other aspects of life wherethey were held back strictly because they were women.”

With that one piece of legislation, college athletics started on a path ofequality. Instead of classifying women’s athletics programs under theinstitution’s physical education department (as had been the case atnearly all schools before Title IX), women’s athletics would take theirplace alongside the men’s teams under rule of the athletic department.

When Phillips, a sociology major from Du Bois, Pa., was a student atKeuka, there was no such thing as March Madness to crown the topwomen’s basketball team in the country. Nor were there nationaltournaments to determine the best soccer, volleyball or lacrosse squads in the country.

Instead, the different classes would put together their best teams andgo head-to-head with the other classes to figure out which group ruledthe playing fields on campus. If they were good enough, women teamscould earn a state title, but only men’s teams had the opportunity tocompete for national championships.

“No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance…”

Bringing Equality to CollEgE athlEtiCsMadge Phillips ’47 was One of the Architects of Title IX

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Title IX impacted Keuka athletics in manyways, not only leveling the playing field for women athletes, but spurring changes in uniforms, facilities, and the way games were played.

This inequality went against the core values of sports, which areall about figuring out who has the best team, the best players, the best coach and the best program.

Phillips earned a master’s degree (Wellesley College) anddoctorate (University of Iowa) and carved a distinguished careerin teaching and administration at the University of Tennessee,University of Nebraska, Washington State University, Universityof California—Santa Barbara, and Grinnell College.

Phillips, who at the time the law was passed was working at theUniversity of Nebraska, was well ahead of her time when it came togender equality in sports. In the years after graduating from Keuka,she devoted her life to researching the inequalities women faced —not just on the playing fields, but in the classroom and workplace.

She served two organizations — the Division for Girls’ andWomen’s Sports (DGWS) and the National Association forPhysical Education for College Women — that strived to level the playing field among the sexes.

As chairman of the DGWS Philosophy and Standards and Researchcommittees, Phillips penned research papers detailing theeducational benefits of sports for women. Her work placed moreemphasis on the student part of the term “student-athlete,” whilestressing both classroom and on-field success.

These research sentiments went against the day’s prevalentthoughts on the role women played in society. At the time, Phillipssaid many people, including those in academia, were under themistaken belief that due to their menstrual cycle, women wereill-equipped to handle the rigors of competitive sports.

Pouring herself into her research work studying the sociology ofsports, Phillips did her part to debunk those theories while gettingher papers published in myriad journals.

As social and cultural changes swept through the country in the 1960sand early 1970s, Phillips’ research earned her widespread recognition,and her theories of gender equality are evident in the Title IX legislation.

“My particular role with Title IX was providing leadership in thephilosophy of the educational role of collegiate athletics forwomen, and many of those values I picked up when I was atKeuka,” said Phillips, who competed in basketball, crew, softball,

tennis, and volleyball and served as vice president, secretary andmember of the board of the Girls Athletic Association.

“At Keuka, my sports and my courses helped me identify what was important in life. A good life was one that included physical,social, intellectual and spiritual activities and I embodied thatphilosophy in my research. After I was published, manyorganizations wanted me to write for them and eventually my research made its way into the Title IX legislation.”

“Madge is incredibly bright and I admire her intellect,” said Ellie Lemaire, Phillips’ friend who also worked to make Title IX the law of the land.

“She was one of the early women who really had the visionnecessary to make Title IX happen,” added Lemaire, whose careerin higher education included serving as women’s athletic directorand senior associate director of athletics at the University ofRhode Island. “Her research papers helped to change a lot ofpeople’s minds when it came to what a woman could do, especiallyin athletics. She also valued the educational values of athletics,something that gets lost in today’s win-at-all-costs philosophy.”

In 1975 while at Tennessee, Phillips pushed to have the women’sathletics programs move from under the watch of the men’s athleticdepartment to a newly-created athletic department for the women’steams. Phillips said the switch allowed the women’s athleticsprogram to be on the same plane as the men while ensuring equalopportunities and funding for both the men’s and women’s programs.

Legendary women’s basketball coach Pat Summitt was on Phillips’teaching staff during her tenure as director of the School ofHealth, Physical Education and Recreation at Tennessee andPhillips encouraged her to go into coaching.

A loyal Keuka alumna, Phillips established the Madge PhillipsScholarship Fund, Madge Phillips Art Collection, and is a memberof the President’s Circle and Johnson Heritage Society. She servedon the Board of Trustees and received the Alumni Association’sProfessional Achievement Award.

-- John Boccacino

My PArTIculAr rOle wITh TITle IX wAs PrOvIdIngleAdershIP In The PhIlOsOPhy Of The educATIOnAl rOle Of cOllegIATe AThleTIcs fOr wOMen, And MAny Of ThOsevAlues I PIcKed uP when I wAs AT KeuKA.“ --Madge Phillips

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sports

Keuka College playingSyracuse University—muchless defeating the Orange—in any sport seemsunfathomable.

Syracuse is a prestigious Division Iinstitution that has won NCAA nationalchampionships in football, men’sbasketball and men’s lacrosse whileproducing a slew of first-round NBA and NFL draft picks.

Keuka is an intimate Division IIIinstitution that routinely contends forconference championships and NCAAberths that has produced one basketballplayer (Antoine Hyman) who made it toan NBA training camp and carved asuccessful pro career in Europe and Asia.

One institution harbors nearly 21,000undergraduate and graduate studentswhile the other has a total enrollmentjust under 2,000.

Yet 35 years ago these vastly differentinstitutions of higher education squaredoff on the basketball court in the last offour meetings. And once the final secondshad ticked off the clock inside therenowned Manley Field House onSaturday night, Feb. 4, 1978, the Keukawomen’s team delivered a shot heardaround both Central New York and thecollege athletics landscape.

Against the previously undefeated and state power from the Salt City, theLakesiders (that was the nickname back then) from Keuka handed theOrangewomen a 65-64 loss.

How much of a shocker was this? Itranked right up there with David kickingGoliath’s butt.

What made the win even sweeter forHead Coach Harold Gray and his team:Keuka dropped all three prior meetingsdespite holding a halftime advantage ineach game against Syracuse.

“That was a huge win. At the time,women’s basketball was in its infancy as far as national recognition wasconcerned,” Gray said while reminiscing about the monumental victory.

“Beating Syracuse was great at the time, butthen you look back on it 35 years later andyou go, ‘Oh my goodness, we just beat abigger school with national recognition!’ Nowit’s just mind-boggling to think of Keukaplaying Syracuse, much less beating them.”

THE NIGHTKEUKABEATSYRACUSE

DAVID AND GOLIATH 2:

Co-captains Shari Blaine(left) and Cindy Skovrinskihelped small-collegeKeuka upset big-timeSyracuse 35 years ago.

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Although these schools were on oppositeends of the enrollment spectrum, acompetitive rivalry had existed betweenSyracuse and Keuka, dating to the 1975season when the ’Cuse eeked out a 45-41win over Keuka inside the Weed Physical Arts Center.

Keuka brought an 0-3 all-time record vs.Syracuse into that fateful contest, butboth Syracuse and Keuka were annualparticipants in the New York StateAssociation of Intercollegiate Athletics forWomen’s (NYSAIAW) Division IItournament. The AIAW conducted anational tournament as well; NCAAMarch Madness for the fairer sex wasstill a few years away.

In the three previous head-to-headmatchups, Syracuse had emergedvictorious, but only by a combined 11 points.

Gray’s 1978 team did what his priorsquads had done against the Orange: jumpout to an early lead. In fact, the Lakesidersheld a 35-26 halftime lead inside ManleyField House.

That edge swelled to 47-36 with 14:20remaining before the Orangewomen ranoff 11 straight points during a span of3:05 to knot the score at 47-all.

After Syracuse surged ahead 57-52 with7:23 remaining, the game morphed into aback-and-forth affair the rest of the way.The lead changed hands four times overthe final three minutes.

Syracuse took a 64-61 lead with just 48seconds remaining, and it appeared Grayand his Lakesiders might be doomed toanother close-but-no-cigar outcomeagainst the Orangewomen, until Cindy

Skovrinski ’79 and Mussenden answeredwith clutch baskets for Keuka.

Skovrinski, who scored eight points with15 rebounds, sliced the Orangewomen’slead to 64-63 on a layup with 19 secondsleft, then Mussenden buried a 15-footjumper with nine seconds remaining for aone-point Keuka lead.

The Lakesiders had one last hurdle to clearbefore celebrating one of the biggest wins inschool history: clinging to their one-pointlead, Syracuse’s Pat McEachern launchedan 18-foot jumper from the corner thatglanced off the front rim and into the handsof Skovrinski to seal the victory.

“Once Cindy got that last defensiverebound, she hugged that ball so tight,”said Gray. “The players on the benchthen stormed out and piled on top of herout on the foul circle and that was agreat moment. We went out to dinner tocelebrate. Everyone was psyched and wementioned we’d just beaten Syracuse andpeople in the restaurant looked at us asif we were obviously kidding.”

What made the win even more improbablewas that Keuka knocked off 7-0 Syracusewith its star player’s court time limiteddue to foul trouble.

Madeline Ross ’78, the school’s first 1,000-point scorer and member of the College’sfirst-ever Athletics Hall of Fame class , washeld to just four points. Ross was enshrinedin 2006; Gray followed a year later.

“If someone ahead of time told me we’d goout and get four points from Madeline Rossand we’d still beat Syracuse… that’s likeLeBron James scoring five points and theMiami Heat still getting the win,” said Gray,who served as vice president for studentaffairs in addition to coaching hoops.

“We needed others to make up thatscoring difference, and our guards playedreally well. We had 31 points from ourguards against that good zone defenseSyracuse played.”

Maureen Mussenden ’78 scored 15 pointswhile Shari Blaine ’79 and Denise Doris ’78each contributed 14 points. Doris limitedMartha Mogish, Syracuse’s primary scoring

threat, to 10 points and eight rebounds, farbelow her season averages.

Valerie Nichols ’80 added eight pointsand 19 rebounds for Keuka, whichimproved to 5-0 with the win.

It was fitting that Gray’s 1978 squadbecame the first and only Keuka team todefeat the Orange, as the three-year rivalryended after the Lakesiders pulled off theremarkable upset.

Gray, the first women’s basketball coachin Keuka’s history, would lead theLakesiders to a 58-51 record in eightseasons, including an appearance in the1977 New York State Division IIchampionship, where Keuka claimed theconsolation championship after a 63-58win over New York Technical.

The win over Syracuse was one of the lastfor the 1977-78 team. The Lakesiders lostsix of their last eight games en route to a 7-6 finish.

Nonetheless, “that win really helped tolaunch Keuka women’s basketball,” saidGray. “The program had been buildingand when we brought in Madeline,Denise and Maureen all in the same year, the program took off.”

-- John Boccacino

“Once Cindy got thatlast defensiverebound, she huggedthat ball so tight.”--Harold Gray

Madeline Ross

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KM: What have you done sincegraduating from Keuka?

JH: Immediately after Keuka, I startedlaw school at Albany Law, thentransferred to the University at BuffaloLaw School to complete my JurisDoctor degree. I completed the barexam, and was hired by Davidson & O’Mara, a law firm in Elmira thatpractices primarily in civil litigation.

KM: Since graduating, how haveyou stayed connected to theCollege?

JH: I’ve stayed connectedpredominantly through the AlumniAssociation Executive Council and theOffice of Alumni and Family Relations..Two years ago, I became a classrepresentative and then vice presidentof finance. As part of the Council, I havetaken part in various alumni activitiescosponsored by the Alumni Associationand Office of Alumni and FamilyRelations—for example, the RisingStars event for seniors. I’ve attendedReunion and kept in contact with somestaff members and former professors.

KM: What things did you learn atKeuka that have been mostbeneficial to you as a lawyer?

JH: The most beneficial thing for mewas the verbal presentationrequirements in almost all of myclasses. Creating a project, thenpresenting it in front of a class helpedme develop my public speaking skillstremendously. I was never reluctant tospeak publicaly, but as a freshman andsophomore, I wasn’t completelycomfortable with it either. However,after four years of presentations, I feltpretty good about how I portrayedmyself as a speaker. Now, as a litigationattorney, public speaking is a huge partof my job, and I’m glad I developed thatskill early on.

KM: How well did Keuka prepareyou for law school?

JH: Well, that’s a bit of a trick question.The only legal class I took while atKeuka was Business Law, so in terms oflegal training, I didn’t have a lot goinginto law school. However, in terms ofplanning, time management, andorganization, I was highly prepared.Keuka encourages students to be activein extracurricular activities, whilebalancing a full credit load. Learningthat balance before law school helpedme immensely, and continues to helpme in my career.

KM: Was there a faculty member(s)who had a particularly powerfulimpact on you?

JH: In relation to the legal field, I would say Dawn Grosso (assistantprofessor of business and management).I had a slight interest in law going into college because mygrandfather is an attorney, but I wasmore interested in a business degreeand getting my MBA. Then, I tookBusiness Law with Professor [Dawn]Grosso, did a ‘180,’ and decided that Iwanted to be a lawyer. Throughout mycareer in college, though, Neil Siebenhar(retired associate professor ofmanagement) had the most powerfulimpact on me. He was my adviser, chairof the Division of Business andManagement, and adviser for theStudents in Free Enterprise (SIFE)team (now Enactus) during my fouryears at Keuka. He was a successfulbusinessman and had a way of bringinghis experience to the classroom andimparting his knowledge to students. I learned a lot about business, analyticalthinking, and most importantly, what ittakes to be successful.

JEREMY HOURIHAN SET TO TAKE ALUMNIASSOCIATION REINS IN JUNE

grads& fams

Editor’s Note: In June, Jeremy Hourihan ’08 will become the first male president of the Keuka College Alumni Association.In this interview, Hourihan talks about the path he followed sincegraduation, how his Keuka education impacted his career, what itmeans to be the first man to lead the Alumni Association, and whatrole alumni should play in the life of the College.

KM: What Field Periods had themost impact?

JH: The three where I traveled abroad.I was fortunate enough to be able totake a trip to Germany with Dr.[Sander] Diamond’s (professor ofhistory) group, a backpacking tripthrough Europe with three friends, and a trip to China with five fellowmembers of the SIFE team. The impactthat those experiences had on my life isalmost immeasurable. They may nothave developed my career in a literalsense as most Field Periods do, but theycertainly advanced my development as an individual.

KM: What does it mean to you to bethe first male president of theAlumni Association?

JH: First, I am honored and humbled.When I realized I’d be the first, I waskind of shocked. But, after consideringthe history of the College and itsrelatively recent transformation into a co-ed school, I see it as more of anatural progression that positions likethis will begin to be split among thesexes. About 80 percent of KeukaCollege alumni are women. As youwould guess, that suggests that theAlumni Association will be made uppredominantly of women. I’m pleased tobe the first male president, and I hopethe trend will continue on the AlumniExecutive Council until we have a50/50 split among members.

KM: What role do you see theAlumni Association playing in the life of the College in the years ahead?

JH: The Alumni Association plays, andwill play, an important role in thedevelopment and growth of the College.Currently, there are nearly 11,000alumni of Keuka College, located inabout 26 countries around the world.That makes the alumni the largestconstituent of Keuka College by far. As the largest constituent, we have aninherent responsibility to support ouralma mater in any way we can. It’s thejob of the Alumni Association to be therepresentative of the alumni, and to bethe mediary between the alumni andthe College. We need to make sure wetransmit the wishes and needs of theCollege to the alumni, while alsokeeping the College informed of whatthe alumni are capable of doing. If weare able to align the needs of theCollege with the capabilities of thealumni, then development is inevitable.My hope is that, within the next fewyears, we can substantially increase the participation of alumni in Collegeactivities, and the percentage of alumnigiving to Keuka College—especiallyyounger alumni.

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The Executive Council, governing body of the Alumni Association.

Where there's a Will, there's a WayeThe College's town-gown connections were enhanced last fall whenExecutive Director of Alumni and Family Relations Kathy Wayewas unanimously selected to serve as vice chair of the Yates CountyChamber of Commerce.

Waye has compiled an impressive record of community service,earning the Rotary Club of Penn Yan's Service Above Self Award in2011 and the Yates County Chamber of Commerce's RobertMaxwell Memorial Director of the Year Award in 2012.

“The Alumni Association plays,and will play, an important rolein the development and growthof the College.” --Jeremy Hourihan

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giving

I had grown up as an only childand immediately I had aroommate, who actually becameas close as a sister. We wereroommates all four years andremained like sisters until herdeath three years ago.

In addition to a special roommate,I was fortunate to have professorswho really cared. As a seniorchemistry major, Dr. MarionLougee invited a chemistryprofessor from the University ofRochester to come to the campus togive me an oral exam, because shefelt this was good experience inpreparation for future chemistrydegrees. Since I didn't know untilthe day of the exam what topic theprofessor would pick to quiz me, Ispent hours reviewing the variouschemistry courses I had taken overthe four years because I wanted tolive up to Dr. Lougee's expectationsof my ability.

During my sophomore year, I did acommunity service project that

opened my eyes to all theopportunities and the need toserve in your local community.

My student teacher experiencesprepared me for my 33 yearsteaching high school chemistry. Ifound that the preparation I hadat Keuka prepared me to be verycompetitive with graduatestudents at University ofRochester, Ohio State, BrownUniversity, and the University of California-Berkeley.

It's such a pleasure to walkaround the campus today and seethe renovated Ball Hall,Harrington and Hegeman, whichwere the three main buildingswhen I was a student.

However, as a Keuka graduate, Iam very disappointed when I readthrough the Honor Roll of Donors.Do you realize the low percentageof graduates supporting the KeukaFund? In the past, the College hasbeen in a position to apply forgrants and often has received thesegrants. However, nowadays severalgrants are not even available to theCollege since foundations are not infavor of supporting institutionsthat do not have a strong record of alumni giving.

Washington Monthly magazineranked Keuka College No. 5 incommitment to community serviceagainst 682 master's universitieswhile earning a No. 73 overallranking. Wouldn't it be great ifKeuka College was ranked No. 1 inpercentage of alumni giving? Howis this going to happen? Byeveryone giving, and that meansevery class from the 1930s to 2012,whether you were an international,ASAP or traditional student.

I know recent graduates oftenhave loans to repay but it wouldbe a huge help to the College ifyou would just give a smallamount those first few years andincrease your gifts as yourcircumstances improved. RogerWard ’03, M ’05, M ’11 and I areco-chairs of the Keuka Fund thisyear and we are challenging everygraduate to make sure his or hername appears on the Honor Roll.As Keuka alumni we have theopportunity to make a difference.Just imagine if all 10,000 alumnicontributed to the Keuka Fund.The College has been working ona Long Range Strategic Plan totake Keuka College into thefuture. For Keuka to not justremain status quo, we all have todig in our pockets to keep Keukamoving in a forward,transformational direction.

Have you stopped to think how yourlife changed as a result of your timeat Keuka? I am certain the coursesyou took to prepare you for a career,your Field Period experiences, andthe friends you made impacted yourlife in countless ways.

I hope everyone will consider a gift this year and, if possible,increase your gift.

Let’s push Keuka College into a No. 1 position. Together, we can do it.

Keuka College: A Life-Changing ExperienceBy Kay Meisch ’58

The day I stepped onthe Keuka Collegecampus 59 years ago,my life changed.

Kay and John Meisch

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classN O T E S

30sMargaret Mohn ’31 turned 103 Oct.21, 2012. She is healthy, walks all thetime, and dances.

40sBetty Lovell Miles ’43 did not hear ofAlpha I disease until her son and oldestdaughter were diagnosed. “Then,” saidBetty, “a miracle happened” Nov. 9, 2011,when her son, Bruce, had a double-lungtransplant in Baltimore, Md. “He wasdoing so well that seven family membersdid an Alaskan cruise and an Alpha IConference in Seattle, Wash., in June2012.” Her daughter, age 67, is onoxygen and infusions once a week. As faras Betty is concerned, she recentlywelcomed her 11th great-grandchild.Her daughter, Dolores, and husband,Burl, will spend time with her in thewinter in Englewood, Fla. LoisWashburn Corey ’46 is doing well. She turned 88 Aug. 24.

50sLoraine Sackett Sammis ’50moved toHorizons (Canandaigua) in Augustbecause she needed more care. Herhusband, Roy, died Oct. 14, 2010. InSeptember, Joyce Roscoe Sheffield ’50and Marjie Nichols Morris ’72 foundthemselves at the same table at thewedding reception of mutual friends inthe north Jersey beach shore area. It wasthe first time they met. “Keuka grads arevery classy and a pleasure to meetanywhere,” reported Marjie. Joyce Love

Fudge ’51 remembers when she lived inNew York state and "we had local Keukameetings every few months. It was goodto get together. I was wondering if thereare any such groups anymore. I doubtthat there are many graduates in thisarea of New Hampshire; if there are itmight be fun to get together. Just athought but I would be willing to start agroup should there be anyone interested.”When Suzanne Decker Merrill ’51 Ithinks of Keuka, she recalls heraffiliations at hospitals around the FingerLakes. "It brings me to thoughts of my

grandsons starting college," she said."One is taking biology at a communitycollege in New Jersey and plans to go intopre-med. My other grandson is takingcivil engineering at Western MichiganUniversity. I feel blessed that I am stillhere and able to help them with theirtuition." Dorisanne Weimert Osborn’51 has been busy getting the class letterout and "has much news of mygranddaughter’s travels. Ema completedher year of teaching math and English in

Busan, South Korea, and spent themonth of November going from Hanoi innorthern Vietnam to Saigon in southernVietnam and loving the people and thescenery. Then she traveled to Cambodiawhere she became aware of the povertyand the needs of the people. She spentearly December in Thailand and a month of working her way across India.She’ll meet her parents in Paris inmid-January. Through her blogs andphotos, I feel as though I’ve also had thetrip of a lifetime." Betsy Black Powell’51 reports that it has been "lots of fun forme to be a scribe for our Class of ’51."Those on her list "have been great aboutgetting info to me and I thank you formaking my job so easy. We made no tripsthis year to visit our friends from Keuka– hopefully next year – but had manygood times with our Iowa, Colorado andArkansas families. Like many of myclassmates who have weddinganniversary in the high digits, wecelebrated our 60th with family at ourhome on the lake in Arkansas. We cherishthe fact that we are still able to enjoy ourlife, even if it is slower with a few moreaches and pains." Jan Mosher White’51 said her life is "pretty routine withlots on the schedule. I am very happy inmy new marriage and I now have threegrandchildren in this area. My seconddaughter just bought her sister’s househere on the lake while her sister builds anew house down the street. Gradually, weare becoming a South Carolina family."Carolyn Hitchcock ’55 reports that shehad lunch with classmates Peg Craige,Jean Steinfeldt and Marge Harris inSeptember in Havre de Grace, Md.

Margaret Mohn ‘31

Nancy Riker ’69 (right) and LindaVollbracht Bauch ’67 (left) hostedsome of Keuka's Vietnamese studentsfor a dinner Aug. 9 in Washington,D.C., where the students wereconducting summer Field Periods.Riker also traveled to Upstate NewYork in October and visited Linda

Schmidt Hamilton ’69 and husband Dan in East Aurora. She then traveled toCanandaigua Lake and had dinner with Carol “Rocky” VanHorn ’69 and husbandSky. She spent a day on campus and went to class with three Vietnamese students she met in Washington.

Joyce Roscoe Sheffield ‘50 and MarjieNichols Morris ‘72 (left)

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60sBarbara E. Erlick ’60 had lunch withclassmates Nancy Richards andShirley Clark Morris last summer.Wilma Brewer ’61 received a bottle of white wine (Keuka Spring) from herdaughter and reports “we had a happyThanksgiving.” Jacqueline PrinsRhind ’61 has relocated to SouthBurlington, Vt., to be closer to childrenand grandchildren and looks forward to“a new relationship where we canparticipate in home schooling, pianoconcerts, ball games, and busy family lifeas well as new friends in a new area.We’ll have to learn Vermont history afterliving in New York state all our lives andin our home for 45 years.” Sharon CarrGullo ’65, pediatric/psychiatric nursepractitioner at Canandaigua LakeCounseling Services, received the 2012Canandaigua ATHENA Award. ForSarah McAfee ’67, 2012 started off witha month in the Middle East—Ethiopia,then Israel, “two very different, yetwonderful adventures,” she said. Thesecond half of 2012 found her recoveringfrom major surgery. She is glad thesurgery is behind her and she is excitedthat a full recovery is coming. Sarah hasa 3-plus week adventure in Ireland andScotland this year. She states that“retirement is grand” and is sorry shemissed the Class of 1967’s 45th reunionin 2012. Marilyn Hegarty Gardner ’67attended her 45th reunion in June. Shewrites: “My daughter Carolyn and I hadsuch fun at the reunion. Our class is sowelcoming that she (Carolyn) truly feltlike one of us. Isn’t it wonderful to bethoughtful and silly with old friends, as ifwe were 21 again! We truly enjoyed andappreciated all the work that the staff,planners, volunteers, and others put intothe successful venture.” Diane O’Brien’67 and husband Steve are living onVasilevsky Island in St. Petersburg,Russia, while he teaches at theTheodosius Dobzhansky Center forGenome Bioinformatics at St. PetersburgState University. They are “minutesaway” from the Hermitage, the RussianMuseum, glittering spires, golden ‘onion’domes, and grand old palaces andbuildings. “It is definitely a wonderfulcultural experience to visit this beautifulEuropean city. The White Nights season,

which occurs in summer, is particularlyfascinating. Winter is a bit cold!” Dianereports that she “enjoyed visiting witheveryone at our fun-filled reunion andmany thanks to everyone in our class whomade it so very special. I hope to seeeveryone at our 50th!” Katrina CleggArchbold ’68 and husband Doug, weredelighted to have "Nan" AveryMcEntire ’68, Leigh JohnsonFleckenstein ’68, and Karen Grimm’68 visit them in Greeneville, Tenn., forseveral days in May 2012. They touredmany gardens, attended a storytellingconcert, lunched at unique restaurants,and shopped for antiques and othertreasures in Tennessee's two oldesttowns. “In the evenings, while Dougprepared dinner, we drank martinis,cosmos, and fine wines and came up withbrilliant ideas for our 45th reunion,” saidKatrina. “If anyone remembers what theywere, please contact Elaine or Sheila.”

70sSusan Grinnell ’70 enjoys visiting theAdirondacks. Barbara Hart Van Horn’70 plans to retire from Penn StateUniversity in June and welcomed herfirst grandchild—a girl—in January

2012. Susan “Sue” H. Walton’s ’71husband, Scott, was elected vice presidentof the American Ethical Union Board ofDirectors for 2012-2013. The AEU is anumbrella organization consisting of23-plus American ethical culture andethical humanist religious societies.Susan was re-elected to the EthicalHumanist Society Board of Trustees andserves as secretary. Scott and Susancelebrated 30 years of marriage Nov. 12,2012. Suzanne Schlicht Aquilina ’72received her doctorate in nursing practicefrom Carlow University in Pittsburgh, Pa.Melissa Moore Brown’s ’72 daughter,Heather, married Joe Krengel at NicolletIsland in Minneapolis June 30, 2012.Rev. Elizabeth “Betsy” ConklinBueschel ’65 officiated the wedding.Betsy previously officiated the marriageof Melissa's other daughter, Heidi, to AlexLieske at Daufuskie Island, S.C., in 2008.“The Brown family remains indebted to,and thankful for, Betsy's ministry andongoing great friendship,” writes Dr.Brown. Carolyn Lane Myrick ’72, whoretired in 2006, became an annuitant forPennsylvania and worked for thePennsylvania State Child Abuse Hotlinethrough 2012. She has one grandchild, a10-year-old boy who is “the light of mylife.” She travels with friends and familyand enjoys decorative painting. Shespends summers caring for 4 to 5children. Carolyn would like to hear fromclassmates via Facebook. Sharon ForthSevier ’72 is president of the AmericanSchool Counselor Association. JoannYanovick Stevens ’72 earned a MSNand a gerontological nurse practitionercertificate from the University ofMassachusetts-Lowell. Her career hasincluded stops in an emergencydepartment and teaching on the collegelevel. She has two children: a son inMaine and a daughter who teaches inFlorida. She serves as a volunteer at her

Left to right: Cheryl Beach Unice ‘72, SondraStevens ‘72, and Marjie Nichols Morris ‘72at the Tabard Inn in Washington, D.C.

class notes

The 14th Annual Keuka College Golf Classic,which benefits the Deb Manahan Golf ClassicScholarship, is scheduled Monday, July 15, atLakeside Country Club in Penn Yan. All alumni,faculty, staff, families, and friends are invited totee it up. For more information, contact the Officeof Alumni and Family Relations at (315) 279-5238 or spevents@keuka.edu.

Drive for Show, Putt for Students

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church’s thrift shop and spends “a coupleof months” each year in Florida. She“manages to run into” Sandy TaggartSchniepp ’72 every once in awhile. InSeptember, Sondra Stevens ’72, CherylBeach Unice ’72, and Marjie NicholsMorris ’72 met for dinner at the TabardInn in Washington, D.C. All threeattended the 40th reunion last June andhope to see many more classmates for No.45 in 2017. Jackie Neil Gavette ’73recently retired from Walmart after 21years. Her husband, Ron, plans to retirein May. Their son, Corey, was married in2011 and has a 2-year-old son and an8-year-old adopted son. Four 73ers—Dotti Roney Jansen, Pat Love,Roberta Tozier, and Ellen CharlesChirco—along with Ayuko Sakurai ’14,were docents at the Lucina for the“Living with History Tour,” hosted by theYates County Genealogical Society. Dotticontinues to work at Hermann J. WiemerWinery on Seneca Lake and with herhusband in their antique business. Sheencourages all her classmates to considerattending the reunion in June. “It is our40th and we are not getting any younger,”she writes. “Wouldn’t it be wonderful toreconnect after so many years?” She has a

large home in Penn Yan with two guestrooms in case any of her classmates needa place to stay. Contact her at (315)694-7340 or dottijansen@rochester.rr.com.Sherry O’Donnel Morse ’74 is afirst-time grandmother. Evelyn MarieMorse was born in August 2012. After 11years in Las Vegas, Susan Rechteger-

Craw ’77 “fell in love, sold my house,then moved to the California CentralCoast in May 2012. Laurie and I flewback to Rochester and were married bythe mayor of Canandaigua Sept. 14, 2012.Laurie fell in love with the Finger Lakesregion, so we are in the process of buyinga house in Fairport, very near myparents, sister, and brothers. Can’t wait toshow her all around, especially Keuka!”

80sDeborah Bean Davis’ ’80 husband,Gary, lost his battle against leukemia in2009. Deborah was named nurseEducation of a Level III NICU atHahnemann University Hospital inPhiladelphia, Pa. She is enrolled in thepediatric nurse practitioner program atVillanova University. Bonnie Clancy ’89retired and became a master gardener in

Thanks to our class scribes, whocontinue to make significantcontributions to our class notessection:• ’51 Elizabeth Black Powell: gardsacre@att.net

• ’51 Jean Carpenter States: dnjstat@juno.com

• ’51 Winifred Bronson Swormstedt: dsworm@aol.com

• ’55 Barbara Caldwell Lidestri: b35lid@stny.rr.com

• ’56 Peteranne Baker Joel: pjoel@physiology.med.uvm.edu

• ’57 Patricia Zimmerman English: penglish36@verizon.net

• ’62 Susan Geer Kitchen: skitchen1@fuse.net

• ’63 Suzanne Norton Winslow: dwinslow@frontiernet.net

• ’67 Linda Hart Eaton: jleaton@mgwnet.com

• ’67 Marilyn Hegarty Gardner: (757) 877-2263

• ’70 Marcia Oaks McCarthy: kmccart1@rochester.rr.com

• ’70 Constance Weigel Shelanskey:Connie@wfdo2.com

• ’71 Carolee Sherwood Angell:carolee.angell@gmail.com

• ’71 Noreen Reynolds Bailey:

keukahomeland@yahoo.com • ’72 Diana Whitcomb Schnettler: dschnettler@twcny.rr.com

• ’73 Dotti Roney Jansen: dottijansen@rochester.rr.com

• ’74 Marguerite Cahn Durbin: mdurbin52@gmail.com

• ’75 Sharon Briggs Fredericks: SharonF374@aol.com

• ’76 Laura McMullen: mcmlauren@gmail.com

• ’77 Sue Newell Reilly: suenewellreilly@comcast.net

• ’78 Lisa Whitney Francis Dalifran:78@gmail.com

• ’79 Sarah Andrews: Keuka79@juno.com

• ’80 Susan Rand Boutwell: Susan.J.Boutwell@dartmouth.edu

• ’95 Heidi Rose Marine: marine_heidi@yahoo.com

• ’07 Alissa Dougherty: alissadougherty@gmail.com

• ’09 Kathryn Speckin: kspeckin@gmail.com

• ’10 Chelsea Bango: cbango22@gmail.com

If you would like to join the ranks andgather class notes information fromyour classmates, contact me atdlippinc@keuka.edu. – Editor

Class Scribes

Michelle Cravetz ’75 wonthe PHN CreativeAchievement Award fromthe American PublicHealth Association’s(APHA) Public HealthNursing Section Oct. 30at the APHA 140th annualmeeting in SanFrancisco, Calif.

Susan Rechteger-Craw ‘77 (left) and Laurie Rechteger

South Florida. She will continue toimplement OT principles in all of hervolunteer activities. She invites emailfrom all Keukonians.

90sTodd Christensen ’94 received hisMaster of Divinity degree from EasternMennonite Seminary in Harrisonburg,Va., in April 2012.

Todd Buchko ’95 wasnamed general manager ofWonderWorks, a scientificamusement park for themind, at Destiny USA.

Buchko is the lead scientist at theattraction and his responsibilities includeoverseeing all staff, building operations,and developing relationships with thecommunity. Brian Koch ’95 waspromoted to senior safety and healthinspector at the Buffalo District of theNew York State Department of Labor,Division of Safety and Health, Industry

Inspection Bureau. Denise EnosQuasius ’96 was promoted to associateproduct manager-kitchen faucets atKohler Co. Formerly, she was seniormarket analyst in channel marketing.Michelle Pedersen Robbins ’99 is thenew director of development for theSeneca Falls Library.

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class notes

marriagesSusan Rechteger-Craw ‘77 to LaurieRechteger, Sept. 14, 2012

Elaine Ruigrok ’88 to Richard Ojeda,July 20, 2012

Diane Ruigrok ’93 to James Harvey,July 1, 2012

Jill Case ’02 to Darrell Whitbeck ’02,June 30, 2012

Victoria Shumway ’08 to Donald Moss’07, March 31, 2012

Neil Fralick ’07 and Ashley Aman Fralick ’07, Owen Neil, Jan. 27, 2012.

Jeffrey Bellows ’94 and Joseph Vitterito adopted a baby boy, Elias Joseph Bellows Vitterito, April 4, 2012.

Katie Noonan ’05 and Peter Bay, Annabella Victoria, July 25, 2012.

bir

ths

Bret ’01 and StefanieBystricky welcomed twinsons, Logan (top) andLandon, Aug. 14, 2012.

Colleen ’02 and Jeremy Clark ’02, Avery Parker, Oct. 24, 2012. Avery joins bigsister Riley.

Samantha Peacock, a resident of Phelps and senior at Midlakes High School, was theNovember recipient of the Community Achievement Award. Peacock will receive a $68,000scholarship ($17,000 annually) in recognition of her strong academic and community servicerecord. She was nominated by Chris Tillman ’97, a school counselor at Midlakes.

00sDr. Krista Robinson Rigg ’02 isassistant professor of biochemistry atAlabama College of Osteopathic Medicinein Dothan. The four-year medical college,which will open in August 2013, isaffiliated with Southeast AlabamaMedical Center, a 420-bed regionalmedical center. Courtney Taylor ’04 is aphysical education and health educationteacher at Pioneer High School. MelissaMuha ’05, a family nurse practitioner,joined the staff of Boonville Family Care.Sarah Richardson ’05 is now theassistant director of student activities atLasell College in Newton, Mass.Katherine Kolb ’06 teaches fifth gradescience and English at Berean Academyin Sierra Vista, Ariz. Apryl Poch ’06 ispursuing her Ph.D. in special educationat the University of Missouri. NancyAgan ’07 M ’10 received CorningCommunity College’s (CCC) Ann MarieRossi Alumni-Employee Award. Theaward recognizes a CCC employee who isalso a graduate and who has exhibited anongoing commitment to the institution.Agan, a 1983 CCC graduate, is director ofstudent activities. Kathleen McDonnellM ’07 is a parole revocation specialist forthe New York State Department ofCorrections and Community Supervision.Vincent Pulcini M ’07 is a seniordeportation officer at the Department ofHomeland Security’s Buffalo Division. Hereceived the 2010 Excellence inGovernment Award. Brian Di Salvo M’07 is a sergeant with the RochesterPolice Department. Christopher Austin’08 is a customer operations manager forTops Markets. Cassandra Harrington’08 works in marketing and tourismpromotion for the Seneca CountyChamber of Commerce. JasonHarrington ’08 opened his own lawpractice in Manhattan. He focuses onintellectual property, immigration,

entertainment and family law. GabrielleLiddy M ’08 is chief deputy forcorrections for the Oneida CountySheriff ’s Office. Patricia DeNardo ’09accepted an associate chiropracticposition at Chiro 1st Chiropractic Clinicin Annapolis, Md. Joseph Hallowell ’09is in his second-year as coach of theGreece Thunders (combined of playersfrom both the Odyssey and GreeceAthena high schools). He is also a billingcoordinator at Nixon Peabody LLP, acorporate law firm in Rochester. StacyJohnson M ’09 is director of athletics atCorning Community College. She wasselected NJCAA Region III AthleticDirector of the Year in 2012.

10sKaitlin Fabel ’10 is a preschool specialeducation teacher at Dysart UnifiedSchool District in Surprise, Ariz. MichaelMarsh ’11, a financial adviser, opened anEdward Jones office in Batavia, N.Y.Marcus Gillespie ’10 took part inPsychology Graduate Night held oncampus in November. He earned hisMaster of Arts in psychology from

Medaille College. James Noble ’09, M’11 was appointed interim chief of policeof the Avon Police Department. AlissaJefferson Viscome M ’11 joined OswegoIndustries Inc., a nonprofit organization.She is responsible for directing,administering and managing programs,services and training. KatelynBarnhart ’12, a Ph.D. student at EmoryUniversity, is an author of a paperpublished in the winter 2012 issue ofPloS ONE. She conducted research inCarolyn Klinge’s ’79 lab at theUniversity of Louisville School ofMedicine as part of a Field Period. EileenCarr M ’12 is pursuing a Doctor ofEducation degree at Grand CanyonUniversity in Arizona. Glenn Grana M’12 is a certified crime analyst and is atactical crime analyst for the MonroeCounty Crime Analysis Center. ColleenJohnson M ’12 is inmate recordscoordinator II at Auburn CorrectionalFacility and supervises a six-memberstaff. Marie LaBrie ’12 took part inPsychology Graduate Night held oncampus in November. She is a student inthe Master of Arts in Psychology- clinicalresearch program at SUNY Brockport.

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Alumni DirectoryThe Alumni Association and Office of Alumni and Family Relations will launch the 2013 Alumni Directory Project thissummer. Beginning in July, Publishing Concepts Inc. (PCI) will contact you via mail, email, and some phone calls torequest that you update your information. PCI is our partner and we want you to know their request for information islegitimate. Our last directory was published in 2003, and we had an excellent response from alumni. Our goal is todevelop a resource for you to remain connected with former friends, classmates, and associates and accurately presentyour information in the directory. It also helps the College update its alumni records.

Emily Credit '11 (left) is a second-year student at the University of Tennessee College of Veterinary Medicine.

in memoriam

Dr. Donald L. Stork, trustee emeritus,June 14, 2012

Luella Walker Corbit ’37, July 17, 2012

Mary Fredenburgh Fleming '39, June 24, 2012

Alice Bucharski Manzari ’39, June 29, 2012

Elizabeth Muehe Williams ’43, Aug. 6, 2012

Edith Balcom Albertson ’47, June 19, 2012

Cara Duphney Redner ’48, June 27, 2012

Roger Carlson, husband of Marilyn SnyderCarlson ’54, Feb. 15, 2012

Barbara Sloat Deer ’55, Oct. 4, 2012

Elsie Lamb Webster ’56, Aug. 13, 2012

Nadyne Fowler Donk ’56, Oct. 8, 2012

Grace Doyle Farnsworth ’57, Oct. 1, 2012

Carol Root Smith ’58, June 20, 2012

Peter Curran, husband of Patricia SchaiMackey ’60 Sept. 24, 2012

Martha Jennings Allen ’60, July 30, 2012

Sharrell MacDougall Walker ’64, June 13, 2012

Janice Beerman ‘68, April 26, 2012

Harry Roesch, husband of Nancy Riker ’69March 16, 2012

Lena Sorensen ’70, August 17, 2012

Deborah Zeh ’77, Aug. 1, 2012

Cynthia Garcia ’80, Sept. 24, 2012

Stefenie Landry ’93, June 25, 2012

Anastasia McManus ’14, July 29, 2012

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class notes

Georgiana H.Sheldon Sharp’45, who brokebarriers for equalopportunities for women ingovernment,politics andprivate business inthe Washington,D.C. area, diedJuly 17, 2012.

She was deputy director of the Defense CivilPreparedness Agency from 1969 to 1975 and moved to the Office of Foreign DisasterRelief, serving as director of the Agency forInternational Development. She also servedas acting chairman and vice chairman of theUnited States Civil Service Commission andwas the first woman commissioner of theFederal Energy Regulation Commission.

It all begins Friday, June 7, andcontinues through Sunday, June 9,and is certain to be filled with fun,laughter, and the making of newKeuka memories.

Classes ending in “3” and “8” willcelebrate special reunions;however, the entire Keuka family,regardless of class year, is invited toreturn and bring their families.

The reunion registration brochurewill be posted on line athttp://alumni.keuka.edu in April. Forthose who do not have access to the

Internet or would like a hard copy ofthe brochure sent to them, contactthe Office of Alumni and FamilyRelations at alumni@keuka.edu or(315) 279-5238.

Ralph Wilkes,retired businessmanager, diedOct. 4, 2012 atage 100.

Wilkes wascredited withhelping many

students clear financial hurdles inorder to earn their degrees. He didnot want finances to be a reason whya student could not stay at Keuka.

Wilkes, who received anundergraduate degree from Cornelland a master’s from Syracuse, was avocational agriculture teacher andprincipal in Central New York beforecoming to Keuka College in 1950 toteach economics and education. He

became business manager in 1954and retired 20 years later. Wilkesreceived an honorary Doctor ofHumane Letter degree in 1997.

He is survived by his daughter,Judith (Charles) Morgan, ofBaltimore, Md.; four grandchildren;seven great-grandchildren; and asister, Alice Wise of Canandaigua.He was predeceased by two wives,Eleanor (Judd) Wilkes (who servedas director of alumni affairs) andEvelyn Wilkes; and a son, William J.Wilkes.

Memorial contributions may bemade to the College or Finger LakesMuseum, P.O. Box 96, Keuka Park,N.Y. 14478.

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