Geneva Magazine Winter 2018

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Integrating Faith in Christ Into All Aspects of Life Genna Frederick ‘12 Shares Her Story

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As we worked last year to identify Geneva’s core

values, we focused on two crucial aspects of the Gospel for people who love Christ and His word - Heritage and Hope.

First, we considered Heritage. You don’t just make up core values; you don’t go find a book with a list of core values and pick some that sound good. Good core values have deep, healthy roots in previous generations, even if not every value is currently in full bloom. Many godly people were trying to work out what it means to be Christians in education through the years. Our core values come from this heritage; a personal inheritance of great value passed down to us from faithful predecessors who walked and lived our core values into existence through action.

Scripture reminds us how a rich heritage is passed down; people take great care to entrust good words, good work and wealth to descendants. We remember God’s faithful work in previous generations that we, as His stewards, are called to give to people yet unborn.

Therefore, we meditated on the valuable gift entrusted to us; a good heritage to be tended and invested well today for Geneva people yet to come.

Second, we considered Hope. Core values establish a reasonable hope, directing our purposes and actions toward what people like us can actually aspire to accomplish in the name of Christ.Where our core values need to grow in our own time, we look to our heritage and cultivate them anew in hope.Where we have tended our core values well, hope encourages further growth and development.We have a responsibility to pour our lives into people from one generation to the next.

Clearly, God does this work through families. And he has long since called Geneva College to participate through the ministry of higher education. Students need faithful teachers who, in league with parents, will love them enough to guide them toward the Lord’s paths—toward godly wisdom in every legitimate human endeavor.

Having a firm hope in the Lord Jesus Christ, Geneva professors invite students to embrace the good heritage we hold in trust at the college and to build up that heritage for our heirs.That’s the good heritage and rich hope in Christ to which our core values point.

The heritage for which we ultimately long is a heritage given to us by Christ, the teacher. He teaches, and He teaches, and He teaches, remaining forever the only teacher who can teach us from the inside out. Every other teacher is like Charlie Brown’s teacher, at least once in a while…“wha-wah wha-wah, wha-wah-wah,” stuck on the outside. But Christ speaks within our 1

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souls,“You teach me truth in the secret heart,” says the psalmist. That’s a heritage we can receive together; we’re heirs of the gospel of truth in Christ in all its fullness.

The glory of the gospel places responsibility on us to participate in giving people the hope of Christ.

Our students come to Geneva and we think,“Oh my word.

Look at the way the world is! Wouldn’t it be difficult to have to be a college student today?” Except for this fact: God purposed for our current students to be born into this time.

God called them into existence from before the foundation of the world to be 18 years old now! And the culture that they’re coming into now is not a surprise to Him; it’s not a mistake.

And He’s in control of it all.

And so, our core values are recent statements of things given to us by the Lord long ago—from Him and from previous generations who lived and worked here wholeheartedly. Now it’s our watch. Our job is to make Geneva a better, stronger, healthier school, but we do so not merely to add value to our degrees; although, as Geneva becomes stronger, our degrees and our heritage become stronger. But more important, we want to pass on this heritage with the hope that’s in Christ, the hope He gives us to face each day, no matter what’s happening in the culture, no matter what’s happening in the world, no matter what our role or our current condition. Because the steadfast love of Christ is the source of our hope to be faithful before Him. That’s what we want to participate in at Geneva. And that’s what produces such good fruit in our alumni and in our faculty and staff—the people who together are tending that heritage and passing such a great gift along to the coming generations in hope.

Calvin L.Troup, President

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WINTER 2018 Geneva Magazine is published two times per year for Geneva College alumni, donors, students and parents. It showcases the college and its constituents as they strive to fulfill the college’s mission. Opinions expressed in Geneva Magazine are those of its contributors and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the editorial review board or the official position of the college.

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EDITORIAL REVIEW BOARD DR. MARVIN DEWEY CHERYL JOHNSTON DAVE LAYTON ‘88 KELLY SANZARI, MA DR. RICHARD TALBERT DR. CALVIN L. TROUP ‘83 VAN ZANIC ‘93 CONTRIBUTING WRITERS OLIVIA FORTON ‘19 JACOB YARNELL ‘19 EMILY WALKER ‘20 JESSICA WILSON ‘21 CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS CHRISTY MARTIN ‘16 ABIGAIL BANKES ‘19 ALAINA COTTAGE ‘22 OLIVIA FORTON ‘19 GREG MEILANDER ‘19 MEGAN SCHOENEWEIS ‘19

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From the President

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Dwight Wagner: Making an Investment in First Impressions

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Geneva Adds Two New Sport Programs

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Alumni Award Recipients

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Genna Frederick: Integrating Faith in Christ Into All Aspects of Life

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Athletic News

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Emma Lamberton: Geneva’s First Fulbright Scholar

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Campus News

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In Memoriam

2018 GVALS Speakers

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Aficionados: Honoring Christ through the Arts

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Class Notes

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MECOMING Save the Date

Reunion years:

SEPTEMBER 27-28, 2019

1959, 1969,1974, 1979, 1984, 1989, 1994, 1999, 2004, 2009, 2014

2018 Alumni Award Recipients The Geneva College Alumni Association honored five alumni with 2018 Alumni Awards at a banquet on Friday, October 5, 2018.

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Young Alumni Award Bethany G. (Kiehl) Williams ’13 Bethany Williams is the Director of the Department of Community Development for the City of Beaver Falls. She also works as Administrator of the Beaver County Regional Council of Governments, Community Relations Coordinator for Portage Learning, and Board Member for the Beaver County Partnership for Community and Economic Growth.

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Alumni Award Joshua R. Woolley ’03 Joshua Woolley, PhD, is a bioengineer and researcher specializing in the design and operation of medical devices that provide long-term circulatory support for children and adults in end-stage heart failure. He is Director of Clinical Affairs at NuPulseCV, an artificial heart start-up company.

Alumni Award Jeffrey Mathews ’80 Jeff Mathews is an engineer and businessman, Founder of Old World Cutting Boards of Mooresville, NC, which makes wooden cutting boards for brands from Ritz Carlton to Disneyland and the NFL. His service work includes helping Charlotte (NC) Rescue Mission, the Rotary and others.

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Distinguished Service Award James D. Evans ’68 James D. Evans, PhD, is past President and Professor Emeritus at Lindenwood University in St. Charles, MO, where he served for 40 years.

He and wife Lois, whom he met at Geneva, are very involved with their church, St. Paul’s United Methodist Church of Ocala, FL, helping with a program to feed the homeless.

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‘71 Linda R. (Breuninger) Marshall ’71 (Accepted by Gary Marshall)

Linda Marshall, MD, was a Pediatrician in her home town of Coatesville, PA who accomplished 16 short term mission trips to the Caribbean and Latin America.

Marshall passed away on Sunday, August 12, 2018 in Jacksonville, FL. Her husband, Gary Marshall accepted the award on her behalf. She was so very honored to be selected for the Distinguished Service Award.

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50/60-Year Reunion The classes of 1958 and 1968 celebrated a joint 50/60-year reunion during Homecoming & Family Weekend in October. Forty-two people attended, including those pictured below:

Front Row: Mary (Gleghorn ’68) Mikesell, Margo (Taylor ’68) Kessler, Ruth (Workley ’68) Marshall, Joanne (Luther ’68) Martin, Judy (Hays ’68) Noack Second Row: William Mikesell, Andy Sopirak ‘68, Dwight Wagner ‘68, Jim Evans ‘68, William Moser ’68 Back Row: Jim Teapole ’68, Don Villella ’68, Don McBurney ’68, Roger Robb ’68

Dr. Norman ‘47 and Beverly (Hanson ’70) Carson attended the reunion, and Norm recited a poem he had written, reprinted here by permission.

Such a time as this At such a time as this When we gather to remember Times past filled with bliss And lingering rooms of laughter, We ask ourselves, was this the way We really lived when all of life we faced?

Or have we in our mind the sad events erased?

No matter now. The purpose of reunion Is that of satisfied communion— In happy memory; in pleasant joy, Returning our thoughts upon that day When we first set out on Life’s promised, glorious way.

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Emma Lamberton ’16:

Geneva’s Fulbright Scholar Teacher

By Matthew Lines ‘19

The news came to her in an Austrian airport: in a month, she would uproot her

life and be a Fulbright Scholar serving abroad in Mongolia as Geneva’s first Fulbright Scholar Teacher.

“I knew that it was a door that God opened for me, and that I should go for it,” says Emma Lamberton, who graduated from Geneva with a double-major in Writing and Music in 2016.“I don’t know where I’m going, but I know that God keeps p opening p very specific doors, and every time I go through them, I come out on the other side a much fuller and stronger person.”

A note in he her mailbox from Dr. Jeffrey Cole, Director of the Crossroads Office Professor of history, about the Fulbright Scholar program in her senior and Professo year piqued her interest.The pair went through three rounds of editing on her application essays, with Lamberton affirming she would not have been able to without Cole’s support. apply witho

I knew that it was a door that God opened for me, and that I should go for it.” prestigious Fulbright program is described as “the flagship The p international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. intern government,” according to the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. gove Of the th three different kinds of Fulbright Scholarships, Lamberton opted for the English Teaching Assistant (ETA) role.The Fulbright acceptance rate into the program is estimated at around only 20%. rat Lamberton deferred her acceptance into the University of Pittsburgh’s La Master’s Program and chose to go to Mongolia out of the nearly seventy M countries participating in the ETA program co Assigned to Otgontenger University in the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar, A La Lamberton took the plunge after a period of training. She taught on the fo fourth floor of the school and lived on the fifth floor in community with other fo foreign teachers, an added benefit “when it was minus 35 degrees outside.”

Th Though her role as an English Teaching Assistant normally dictated a fel fellow Mongolian teacher be present with her, Lamberton taught alone he her first semester.

“Te “Teaching English when I didn’t understand Mongolian was really cha challenging, ” says Lamberton.

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In addition to the part-time teaching role, the rest of a Fulbright Scholar’s responsibility is cultural activity, representing American conduct and values abroad.This soft diplomacy applied not just to her national identity, but also her Christian belief.

“Mongolia is very strict on its missionary visas, so I was able to go as a Christian person and engage with people in academic settings about Christianity,” explains Lamberton. The Mongolian’s culture of asking blunt, probing questions afforded her opportunities to talk freely about the Gospel.

Dr. Cole says,“Emma had the right combination of academic preparation (including a semester at Geneva’s campus in Rome), real-world experience, intelligence, creativity, and drive for this endeavor. In applying for the Fulbright, she took a leap of faith by selecting a part of the world that few would consider. In Mongolia, she served not only as an effective ambassador for America, but also for Christ’s Kingdom and Geneva College. It is my hope that many more Geneva students will follow in her

footsteps and take advantage of the opportunities offered by the U.S. government through the Fulbright program.”

Lamberton affirms feeling “absolutely prepared” for the experience by her network of support from Geneva, critical thinking developed in classes and the First Year Honor’s Program, and study abroad in Rome.

After a successful year in Mongolia, Lamberton is now in her first semester at the University of Pittsburgh working toward a Master of International Development degree with a major in Governance and International Public Management. She hopes to continue research she began in Mongolia on the meaning of identity through Soviet change in their country.

“My hope for Mongolia is that the culture develops a true understanding of their own identity that is not founded off of foreign influence,” Lamberton says.“And as a Christian, I hope that identity can have truth.” G Matthew Lines is a senior Political Science major from Chester Springs, PA. He loves writing and is prayerfully discerning a call to the Anglican priesthood.

Student Secures Job from Internship

By Emily Walker ‘20

Soon-to-be graduate Mitchel Hall ‘18 feels equipped

to provide cybersecurity expertise in his professional life. His summer internship experience at Covestro, the former Bayer Material Science division, convinced him he can do well in the work world.

There, he engaged in detailed data analytics and focused on vulnerability scan scripting. He worked on an analysis of phishing emails to make corporate emails more secure. He excelled in his work and was tasked with helping and guiding other interns in the office.

After his summer internship concluded, he was hired again at Covestro to work part-time until his graduation in December 2018 with a Computer Science degree and minor in Cybersecurity.

“My time at Geneva has prepared me extremely well for the business world.The technical knowledge I have acquired has enabled me to learn quickly and work efficiently to immediately impact my business area,” Hall says.

He also praises Computer Science professors Paul Poteete and Dr. Gordon Richards, who guided him in his specific area of study in cybersecurity. He says, “They are excellent teachers, and I encounter things every day that remind me of something they originally taught me. I knew Geneva would provide me with

professors I can trust, which has proven to be true… they have helped me pursue and achieve my career goals.”

Hall’s position at Covestro marks his second summer internship since attending Geneva.The Career Development Center on campus helped him improve his resume and brush up on his interviewing skills.

Long-term, Hall, who is a fourth-generation Geneva student, plans to use his classroom and internship experience in incident response and malware analysis, which would provide him with more technical experience to further his professional goals. G 8

Catherine Sapp ADP ’04: Called to Public Service

By Dani (Fitzgerald ’14) Brown

PA, and owner of Children’s Christian Group Home Daycare, credits Geneva’s Human Resources Adult Degree Program for giving her the skills she needed to run her daycare business, such as managing, budgeting and hiring employees. She never realized how a Christian education would help her serve in another way: politics.

“I never saw myself in politics,” she says.“But that’s exactly where God took me.”

Sapp became a Penn Hills council member in 2016 and soon after was elected Deputy Mayor. In her position, she has a unique opportunity to share the gospel.

“It’s an opportunity to not beat people over the head with Jesus, but let my light so shine,” she says, noting that before she makes an important decision, she needs to pray about it first.

Sapp, a wife, mother of four and grandmother of three, moved from the Hill District of Pittsburgh in 1993 to Penn Hills, a suburban neighborhood on the outskirts of the city, and felt a call to give back to her community.

“I’m very community oriented,” she says.“I really wanted to give back to my local community. I prayed about it and asked,‘God, if it’s in your will, open the door that I might be able to minister here.’”

Sapp is the first African-American woman to be elected Deputy Mayor of Penn Hills and is humbled the Lord decided to use her as a political leader. She is 9

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particularly passionate about serving youth, and she is able to inspire younger girls – particularly young girls in the African-American community – to dream big.

“It’s an honor to be able to give other females hope and inspiration if that is their desire,” she says.“Because it can happen for those girls who have dreams of being in politics.”

Initially, Sapp didn’t know how God would use her education at Geneva, but in time it became clear she could use it to serve her community.

“I thought maybe it was for the daycare center and the small staff I have and it was. But it’s definitely for what I’m doing now,” she says.“Everything I learned at Geneva in my human resource program and all my classes, it has all played a major part in my life.”

Sapp calls Christian education,“God’s blueprint for business.”

“There’s nothing like a Christian education. That’s God’s plan and that’s what he intended,” she says.

“If anyone is undecided about continuing their education, I would highly recommend Geneva College. The education is so good and the staff and faculty were so great.” G

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Catherine Sapp ‘04, Deputy Mayor of Penn Hills,

Dani Fitzgerald studied writing at Geneva College and worked for the college’s student-organized newspaper. She is a reporter for the Ellwood City Ledger and Beaver County Times and also teaches English as a second language to Chinese students online.

Faculty Publications DANIEL J. CROSS, PHD, Associate Professor of Applied Math and Physics

published an article, “Every Isochronous Potential is Shear-Equivalent to a Harmonic Potential,” in the American Journal of Physics 86, 198 (2018).

My research focuses on the beautiful relationship that exists between mathematics and physics. This work is related to the physical problem of designing a pendulum clock that keeps the same time regardless of how large or small the pendulum swings. While some solutions to this problem were known, I was able to determine all the solutions that exist and show that they are related to each other in a simple way. Specifically, I established that there is a unique symmetrical solution that functions as a seed or kernel for obtaining every possible solution to the problem. My result has immediate corollaries for the solutions to certain closely related problems, such as finding a curved path that a ball will roll down in the least time. These results were obtained by modeling the physical situation mathematically and examining how that model “behaves.” I think that our ability as humans to make and analyze these models and learn about the real world by doing so demonstrates the wisdom of the God who made both our minds and this world.

ELIZABETH G. BELCASTSRO, PHD, and KAREN SCHMALZ, PHD, Education Department

“Making the Connection: Linking Theory and Practice in a Special Education Internship Program,” Educational Practice & Reform (Vol. 3) BYRON CURTIS, PHD, Biblical Studies Department

“Calvin: Interpreter of the Prophets, Unio Cum Christo,” International Journal of Reformed Theology and Life, Vol. 3, No. 2, October 2017

ADEL AIKEN, DED, Education Department

“Finding Virtue in Children’s Books,” Teachers of Vision, Winter 2018

TONY SADAR, Environmental Science

“Waking up to temperature inversions: When cool air near the ground is trapped beneath a layer of warmer air, pollution can reach unhealthful levels,” Physics Today 71(10) (October 2018): 74-75. DOI: 10.1063/ PT.3.4051 10

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2019 Dr. Adam Seagrave Addresses Citizenship David Payne JANUARY FRI SAT

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Steve Stockman FEBRUARY THU FRI

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Geneva welcomed Dr. Adam Seagrave of Arizona State University to speak in observation of Constitution Day. Seagrave spoke of what it means to be a citizen and how citizenship has been damaged because of sin. In his speech, Seagrave prescribed turning to God for guidance towards citizenship and taking positive political action.

Dr. Yueying Wang Talks on Moral Compass Dr. Yueying Wang of Loyola University in Chicago spoke at Geneva College. Wang urged paying attention to one’s inner moral compass in our everyday lives. She also spoke to the ways in which our Christian morals and interpersonal relationships have the power to shape the positive morals of others.

Christopher Yuan FEBRUARY WEDNESDAY

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Nicole Bromley Imparts Awareness of Sexual Violence Nicole Braddock Bromley, author and national spokesperson on sexual abuse, harassment and assault, spoke to students at Upper Room.

She shared her personal story of overcoming childhood abuse to inspire others and bring awareness to the problem of sexual violence. She is the founder and CEO of OneVOICE enterprises, which aims to stop child sex trafďŹ cking worldwide.

GM: What did you learn about the relationship between Tolkien and Lewis during your research for the play?

DP: Tolkien and Lewis had a friendship with some bumps in the road along the way, and there was a time of mild estrangement. They were never enemies, but they came to a point where they weren’t as close to each other as they used to be. At the end, Tolkien saw his relationship with Lewis as still one of the most important of his life.

They did still have this deep affection for one another.

That was great to see. I had read what Tolkien wrote about Lewis after his death… It was so clear that he still had this great affection for him.

GM: You’re returning to Geneva College after staging your one-man play An Evening with C.S. Lewis last year.

How do you feel about coming back to Geneva?

Tolkien & Lewis: Wardrobes & Rings Question & Answer with David Payne, actor and author of the play Tolkien & Lewis: Wardrobes & Rings, which will be staged at Geneva College on January 25 - 26, 2019.

DP: Regarding our last visit to Geneva College, we really enjoyed it. We enjoyed the area. We enjoyed the folks that put it on. We enjoyed the whole experience; it was great fun. When we were asked to go back, we didn’t have to think twice about saying “yes.”

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Geneva Magazine: What is the play about?

David Payne: There were meetings between the two, which we don’t know much about, but the play is from research based on the result of correspondence [J.R.R.] Tolkien and [C.S.] Lewis had with each other at the end of their lives. It’s really a celebration of friendship. And they deal with some of the issues that caused troubles in the past, and they are honest about that. They talk about some of the things that motivated their writing, primarily how they inspired one another in many ways. It delves into the friendship and the depth of that friendship.

GM: When and why did you write it?

DP: I wrote it four years ago and began staging it about two years ago with continual refinements. I was asked to write a Tolkien play but did not have the inspiration. Then some promoter mentioned having it set at the end of [Tolkien’s and Lewis’] lives, sort of like they were reminiscing. Lewis had a heart attack just before he died, and I thought this would be a great place to set the play. Let’s set it right after Lewis’ heart attack, and Tolkien thinks there is not much time left. A chance to reinvigorate the friendship before Lewis, perhaps, passes on.

STARRING: DAVID PAYNE, GREGORY WELSCH & KRYSTIN LARSEN

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Making an Investment in First Impressions Dwight Wagner ‘68 Sets the Standard

By Cheryl Johnston used for the South Campus Project, slated for completion in summer ’19, providing increased lighting, attractive fencing and widened sidewalks leading into the City of Beaver Falls.The balance of the donation will support projects that provide for an improvement in aesthetics of campus and livability for students.

“I pray my gift will be the beginning of funds that, allocated to improving the ‘first impression’ of the physical campus, will encourage others to do the same,” he says.

His education at Geneva had a tremendous impact on the entrepreneur. He remembers, “I enjoyed all my business professors – Drs. Lee, Kuriger and Mitchell – but my night school classes with Robert Armstrong and Beaver County adult businessmen were my favorite because we discussed real life situations and issues.”

Dwight Wagner, ’68 of Lancaster, PA, the founder and CEO of U.S. Commercial Realty, knows the importance and value of property curb appeal.

Someone once told him,“You don’t get a second chance at making a first impression,” and he never forgot the wisdom of the statement.

So, when he visited the Geneva campus for the first time since graduation about eight years ago, he was concerned that the first impression of the institution wasn’t as sparkling as it could be. Deferred maintenance had taken a toll on what had always been an attractive campus design.

Anyone who knows Dwight, maybe even remembering that as Class Student Senate Representative he brought The Beach Boys to campus, knows he has a can-do attitude. He doesn’t just see problems; he eliminates obstacles that get in his path.

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That’s when, he explains,“I think I discovered my business entrepreneurial spirit. I started with a 20-hour per week campus job my freshman year, cleaning Memorial Hallway floors and trash clean-up. When the Student Center opened my sophomore year, I landed one of the student manager slots in the Program Office and the Recreation Center.”

Between learning in the classroom and solid honest work, Dwight Wagner’s most important lessons were underway.

While Dwight initially accepted a position in the insurance industry upon graduation, being drafted into the service and then getting ill with meningitis meant going home on medical leave. He worked briefly with his dad in the farm real estate business, which he found to be exciting.“Looking back,” he says,“I know it was simply God’s plan for me.”

The plan included many blessings, including a successful career in the commercial real estate business and marriage to his wife Kae, and five children and 13 grandchildren. Dwight and Kae are avid supporters of LCBC (Lives Changed by Christ) Church, which has grown to include over 17,000 people attending each weekend on 14 campuses.

And he never forgot Geneva. He returned and became an active member of the Geneva College Advancement Board, an alumni-led fundraising team established by the Board of Trustees in 2012. He received a 2014 Distinguished Service Award from Geneva.

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Looking back, I know it was simply God’s plan for me.”

And if he could talk to other alumni in person, he would have some thoughts to share.“I was taught as a young student to give back to God, but really challenged nearly 30 years ago to tithe my gross income, then give beyond that to Christian organizations and institutions like Geneva. I started with just 1% of my gross income per year and grew my giving each year until I reached 20%. It has been amazing; the more I give, the more I am blessed

by God.” Everyone’s in a different situation, he knows. But he has this quiet challenge about giving back.“Try it – you’ll enjoy it and receive enormous satisfaction from it!” G

Expanding Our Edge 2.0 Built in 1925, Reeves Field is a centerpiece of campus activity and remains one of the finest outdoor performance facilities among NCAA Division III institutions. Installing new Astro-Turf© this summer helped meet NCAA requirements for hosting playoff soccer games and provides a safer, high-quality, durable surface for athletics, marching band, intramurals, and the surrounding community. Thanks to the contributions of many who share Geneva’s mission, students and visitors will continue to enjoy Reeves Field for years to come.

The South Campus Project is the next focus of revitalization. The goal is to significantly improve the appearance of the area around the Merriman Athletic Complex and Conrady Softball Field at the southern end of the college property bordering the City of Beaver Falls. The beautification plan calls for changes to create a more welcoming impression. The donationsupported work will make the southern end of campus an inviting space for people of both the Geneva and Beaver Falls communities.

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Jonathan Donath ‘17, Product Specialist at Ellwood City Forge Group, poses with the donated 3D printer.

Engineering Students Have 3D Printer Geneva Engineering students have access to a stateof-art 3D printer, compliments of Ellwood City Forge, a division of Ellwood Group, Inc. The company donated $10,000 to purchase the printer, which gives students hands-on experience with cutting edge manufacturing modeling and design concepts. The machine can create physical objects from a three-dimensional digital model in a process of laying down many thin layers of material in succession.

Ellwood has a national scale with 29 different locations for steelmaking, forging, machining, distribution, cladding and fabricating, and casting, but it remains heavily invested in the Western Pennsylvania area near Beaver Falls. With a commitment to help its local communities thrive and grow, Ellwood hopes its investment in the students of Geneva will produce the next generation of employees, engineers and metallurgists. The Ellwood donation to Geneva aligns with its motto of “Work hard. Care harder.”

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Paul W. Haynie ‘70 and wife Elaine of Cranberry Township, PA established The Paul W. and Elaine J. Haynie Endowed Scholarship at Geneva College in honor of Dr. Stewart M. Lee. Mr. Haynie passed away in June 2017, and Geneva gratefully accepted an estate gift of $442,000. Haynie was born on November 27, 1928 and enjoyed a 41-year career in banking that started when he was just 17 years old.

He was also a Korean War veteran. In 1970, after 17 years of night school, Haynie earned his Business Administration degree at Geneva College, where Dr. Lee acted as his professor, mentor, advisor and friend.

He was a frequent volunteer with Geneva’s Institutional Advancement Office and received the Distinguished Service Award in 2005. The Haynie Endowed Scholarship is intended to encourage students to live up to Geneva’s standards and to become servant leaders choosing Christ as their cornerstone.

Alumni Speaker Series Started Geneva has begun The Alumni Speaker Series designed to introduce current students to the great work that our alumni are doing post-graduation and create opportunities for networking. David Howell ‘82, President of Americas Region at Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, and Dean of Student Development, Jamie Swank ‘01 JD, were the first alumni speakers this year. Two or three additional speakers are expected on campus in the spring.

Partnering with the Career Development Center is Kelly Sanzari, Director of Alumni Relations, who explains, “It’s my goal to increase the number of opportunities for alumni to return to campus and connect with students, and we look forward to welcoming many more back in the coming months and years.”

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Dow Corning Building Named to Honor Anna M. Coleman ‘33 The Dow Chemical Co. of Midland, MI, renamed a building in their Heritage Dow Corning headquarters in honor of Anna Mary Coleman, 1933 Geneva graduate and Ph.D. chemist.

Coleman led the company through the first digitalization of research information for silicone chemistry, a vision that was instrumental for global expansion. Coleman, who passed away in 2011, worked for Dow Corning from 1950 to 1978. She received Geneva’s Distinguished Service Award in 1963. Coleman was the aunt of past Board of Trustees member and Interim President, Dr. William Edgar, and current Board of Trustees member, John Edgar, who attended the dedication of the Anna Coleman Research Building in June 2018.

The Dan Frasier Project The Dan Frasier Project aimed to renovate the Metheny Fieldhouse lobby to create a bright, welcoming entrance. The project was completed this fall, communicating the heritage and quality of Geneva College athletics through architecture. The Fieldhouse is a multi-purpose center serving as a space for a wide array of purposes and events, including athletics, administration, campus chapel, musical concerts, intramural athletics, commencement ceremonies and visit tours.

Dan Frasier ‘64 served Geneva athletics in the late 1960s and early 1970s as both a player and coach. He’s ranked among Geneva’s all-time top 100 players for football and served as head coach of the baseball and football teams. His faithful service was a foundation for Geneva athletics, setting a standard for recruiting excellence that continues today.

Dan’s wife, Elaine Frasier says, “He influenced so many lives while he was at Geneva, and knowing current and future student athletes will benefit in a similar way for years to come is the most lasting tribute that I can think of to honor Dan’s memory.”

Your Legacy, Their Education The vision of Geneva College is to inspire students to integrate faith in Christ into all aspects of life in the real world and to serve faithfully within their callings for Christ and country. Geneva has been educating students in this way for 170 years. To celebrate the lives that have been transformed and the importance of our legacy families, we are pleased to offer a legacy grant to all students who have a parent or grandparent who graduated from Geneva.

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a $4,000 Grant ($1,000/year) awarded in addition to all other scholarships and grants given by the college • awarded to all new, eligible incoming students beginning fall 2018 For questions about the Legacy Grant, contact an admissions counselor at 724-847-6500.

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Integrating Faith in Christ Into All Aspects of Life

By Daniel Dieter

Deduction is detective work. It’s the systematic process

of gathering individual facts and synthesizing them into a comprehensive conclusion about a particular phenomenon.

It’s the kind of work an engineer does, as well, in employing knowledge to understand the relationships between various kno forces. It’s also the type of process some Christians go through forc in coming c to a realization about their identity in Christ and their purpose and calling in life. pur These types of deduction define the life of Genna Frederick ’12.

The Gen Genna is the Technical & Process Manager for medical products at sp specialty metals manufacturer, Metalwerks, Inc., based in Aliq Aliquippa, PA.There she leads a team in producing metal from raw materials used for medical product implants such as joint rep replacements and reconstructive plates for people who have had cata catastrophic bone fractures. Daily she calls on what she learned at G Geneva of manufacturing and material science, physics and che chemistry to develop new processes or investigate a defect in a pro product and figuring out how it came to be.

“You’re pulling from your knowledge of how these things work, how physics works, ruling these out one at a time, so you can make an educated guess,” she explains.“So much of what I learned I’m able to draw from. And learning the fundamentals of chemistry and physics works into understanding the forces that are at play in all of these p processes.”

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I was asked questions at Geneva that I never knew I would need the answers for.”

Gen Genna’s path to Geneva was not an easy one. She started in the eng engineering program at a large public university. Then she suffered thro through the death of her sister. It was a dark time for Genna and a brea breaking point. In her grief, she felt vulnerable. She needed safety and support, a place for healing and help in finding hope in the right thin things. She decided to transfer from her school, and on advice from her Geneva alumni brother and sister in-law, Ken ‘08 and Amanda (Cal (Caler ‘09), she came to Geneva. What she found was a small, Chr Christian community that provided the safe learning environment she needed and a chance to grapple with the issues of life.

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“I was asked questions at Geneva that I never knew I would need the answers for,” she says, giving credit to Geneva’s Humanities and Core Curriculum for helping her dig into the deep topics of life.Wrestling with difficult questions like,“What is freedom?” and “What does it mean to be human?,” were a chance for her to understand who she was and her place in God’s plan.

She began to see the nature in which God created her and how to use her gifts and everything God has given, including her career. As she worked toward answers to these questions, they became her core beliefs.

“Those core beliefs became anchors that I was able to hold onto during that time and throughout the years,” Genna recalls. “Decisions became a lot easier than if those things hadn’t already been settled in my heart. I am so thankful for the time I was given at Geneva to work through those issues.”

Genna’s first Humanities assignment at Geneva was a paper about death.When she learned about it, she sought out the professor to explain her situation. Genna says, the professor thanked her for telling her the story and then hugged her. It was the first time she remembers anyone thanking her for informing them of the news of the grief with which she was dealing. After the class under a steady rain, Genna crouched by a bench, alone and crying. A stranger stopped and prayed quietly for her. Then the stranger asked her to go to lunch. The clues were mounting; she reasoned that this was the type of community she’d hoped to find.

Trading the big school for the smaller school brought changes. Genna went from being in large engineering classes of 100 or more students with just a few women to being in smaller ones at Geneva where up to half of the class was women. Her experience at Geneva was fulfilling, both from feeling prepared for a career and vocation and in getting needed social and spiritual support, especially from highly trained, Christian professors.

“One of my favorite professors was Dr. (David) Shaw. I took a Heat Transfer course with him, and it blew my mind,” she recalls.“The way he taught really got me thinking… He helped transform the way I looked at the subject matter.”

“If you’re just focusing on your career, you’re not focusing on enough,” she advises.“Don’t do yourself the disservice of thinking that taking more courses geared toward your specific major rather than a core curriculum will better prepare you for your job. The world needs more from you than that.”

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If you’re just focusing on your career, you’re not focusing on enough.

The world needs more from you than that.”

Her life is about something bigger than her career or herself. Being at Geneva changed Genna’s attitude about life, vocation and identity. She understands now that she is called to contribute more to her industry than just her company’s product.

Genna says,“It’s a completely different way of looking at life when your focus is being a follower of Christ not just an engineer. It changes everything. Every job or career is a ministry.You need to minister in your vocation. It’s about being a steward of what God has given you.”

She was active in extracurricular activities, Ulitmate Frisbee, rugby and Pisgah. She developed friendships with her engineering cohorts and with students from many other disciplines. And she led Quest Trips to Washington DC during spring breaks as part of GC Student Leadership.

“I can honestly say, there was no time in my life when there were more passionate and compassionate Christian leaders pouring into me than my time at Geneva,” she says. G

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Genna’s professors had a profound influence, from her approach to her engineering studies to her pursuit of a higher calling through the knowledge and skills she was attaining. It even changed how she looked at her own identity.

After putting the pieces of her life and experiences together, along with answers to questions she found at Geneva, she deduced an important conclusion about her career: it is not all about career, but a career and a job are important ways to serve.

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Geneva Couple Works with Deaf Bible Translation Teams

By Jessica Driscoll ‘14

You may have heard the phrase “God doesn’t call the equipped - he equips the called.”

This was certainly the case for Carolyn (McMahon ‘13) and Dan Rehder ‘13, who met at Geneva College.

As recent college graduates and newlyweds, Carolyn and Dan were exploring career opportunities and further education, but neither of them seemed destined for Christian missions and certainly not for overseas sign language translation work with the Deaf. But that’s where God called them.

God arranged unmistakable experiences to call the Rehders into missions while they were living in North Dakota. Dan was working as a paramedic and Carolyn was taking classes. They found themselves meeting missionary after missionary, learning much about this type of life’s work. Then, through a Wycliffe Bible

Translation recruiter, they learned about a major need for sign language translations of the Bible; only 2% of the 70 million Deaf worldwide have been introduced to the Gospel and less than 5% have some scriptures in their heart language.

“Sign language was never a thought for either of us,” says Carolyn.“Dan hadn’t really even seen sign language before.”

Without any prior experience with the Deaf population, it seemed unlikely the Rehders would be working with Deaf Bible translation teams.Then God led them to befriend an Ethiopian deaf man who works in Bible translation.The couple went from feeling,“This could possibly happen” to,“Okay, this is definitely God saying we need to do this.”

They answered the call to become missionaries in November 2015 with Wycliffe Bible Translators.This decision involved raising their own support.

“We’re introverts,” Carolyn says.“Standing up in front of big congregations and giving big presentations is not really our thing, but just talking to people and explaining why we’re doing this and why it’s important – we can do that.”

The relational aspect of missionary work became clearer as they raised support, and with the involvement of many individuals in their mission, it went from an ma intimidating prospect to a huge blessing. in A After more than a year of preparation, they moved to O Oradea in western Romania for orientation and training w with the Global Sign Languages Team.

A Although Carolyn and Dan learned the basics of Ethiopian Sign Language, they had to start over again upon moving to Romania in February 2017.

Now they were learning both Romanian and LSR - Romanian Sign Language, two completely unrelated languages. A word-for-word translation seems like a simple solution to some, but Carolyn and Dan have found that not to be the case.

D Dan explains,“Sign languages don’t really relate to the sp spoken languages. Even though geographically they occ occur in the same area, there is not very much relation between the two languages.That’s one reason why, doing betw

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Bible translation, you can’t just take the Romanian Bible and word-for-word use the sign for each word, because they are different languages.”

Carolyn says,“For sign languages, the main way that they learn is through telling stories.”

A sign language Bible is a video that shows the translated message of scripture in a sign language. Often translation teams start with chronological narrative passages that teach about who God is, the need for Jesus and what Jesus did and taught in the Gospels.Translation requires not just language skills, but also technical skills and teamwork with consultants who are Bible scholars and local community experts to make the translation clear, accurate, natural and acceptable.

Today, those in the Deaf community need a translation of the Bible in the language they understand best, their sign language. Because of the lack of aural language stimuli as an infant, a deaf person learns to think visually.When a deaf person learns a spoken language, often much later, it is processed in the part of the brain used for second language. Typically, even a well-educated person can only advance to about a third-grade reading level in a second language. Most Bibles are written at a sixth-grade reading level or higher.Therefore, a sign language Bible can help the Deaf understand God in a whole new way in their first language.

Having completed their initial training and orientation, Carolyn and Dan, along with their 15-month old son Felix, have been called to be based out of Bogotá, Colombia to work on sign language Bible translation long-term.They are currently learning Spanish in Central America and will be learning Colombian Sign Language when they move to Bogotá, Colombia in early 2019.

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Learn more about Carolyn and Dan’s mission at wycliffe.org/partner/DanielCarolyn G Jessica Driscoll-Owens ’14 has a B.A. in Communication from Geneva College. She currently specializes in grant writing and public relations management for Beatitude House in Youngstown, Ohio.

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CAMPUS NEWS arts, business and engineering, and a one-year prenursing track.

The program’s intent is to offer quality, Christian higher education at costs that rival local community colleges, enabling more students in New Jersey to access Christian education beyond their senior year of high school without incurring significant debt.

The Geneva satellite campus must first gain approval of the State of New Jersey and the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, which accredits both institutions.

Geneva Signs Agreement for N J Satellite Campus Geneva is planning to open Geneva College Eastern Campus in the fall of 2020. This is the result of a Memorandum of Understanding between Geneva and Eastern Christian High School in North Haledon, New Jersey. This agreement is based on a program to provide associate degrees in liberal

Geneva intends to provide the courses on the satellite campus through three means of delivery: online courses; Geneva faculty on the premises; and utilization of area faculty.

Eastern Christian was founded in 1892 to serve the children of Christian families in Northern New Jersey.

Today, Eastern Christian serves over 800 students from nearly 600 families and 200 Christian churches in the New York Metropolitan area.

Wintermute ‘19 Goes to Washington Geneva College Student Body and Senior Class President, Paige Wintermute ’19, has cultivated her leadership skills during her entire college career.

She received an opportunity recently to continue her development when she and fellow student Hollie Gfroerer ‘20 attended the National Student Government Summit in Washington, DC, as Geneva College Student Government (GCSG) representatives.

The Summit is the largest student government conference in the nation and is organized by the American Student Government Association to focus on Student Government training, research and consulting.

Wintermute is excited to put her expanded leadership skills into practice at Geneva and to share what she learned in DC with the rest of the GCSG. Her takeaways from the conference were a renewed realization of the value of affirming and empowering others in their work, the importance of problemsolving, keeping a positive outlook and making manageable improvements.

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as a Resident Assistant, Resident Life Assistant, and member of the Senior Class Committee. She is appreciative of the leadership opportunities and training Geneva provides.

“I’m excited to finish the year by making subtle but impactful changes to leave as part of my legacy in the GCSG,” Wintermute says.

According to Wintermute, leadership at Geneva means facing challenges, planning key events, exercising professionalism, organizing and leading meetings, delegating tasks, practicing public speaking, showing grace, developing a listening ear, thinking critically and inspiring others to work with excellence. These activities have played an integral role in making her the leader she is today.

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New Faculty and Staff Christen Adels ‘96, MBA Valedictorian of Geneva’s 1996 graduating class, Christen Adels returns to Geneva as a professor and Chair of the Business Department. After receiving her law degree and MBA from the University of Pittsburgh, she has continued her education, expecting to graduate with her juris doctorate from Fox School of Business at Temple University in 2019.

In addition to teaching and advising students, Adels will oversee administration for the Department of Business, Accounting and Sport Management, including leading and managing the department, overseeing proper departmental accreditation, directing the Masters of Business Administration (MBA) Program, and recruiting department faculty and students. Adels is also a Certified Public Accountant and Attorney for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Lori Koehler, DNP, MSN, BSN Lori Koehler, the new and first director of the nursing program at Geneva College, graduated with her Doctor of Nursing Practice from Kaplan University in October of 2016. Prior to this she received her Bachelors of Science in Nursing from De Sales University and her Masters of Science in Nursing from Walden University. She has qualifications in nursing administration, teaching nursing specific labs, and over 20 years of field practice. Her many experiences have prepared her well to teach in and grow Geneva’s nursing program.

Kim Arata ‘09 CCC-SLP Kim Arata ’09 joined the Communication Disorders faculty this fall, replacing her professor during her undergraduate years at Geneva, Elaine Hockenberger. Arata’s graduate degree in Speech Pathology was earned at Ball State University.

Julie (Metzger ’88) Hines, MBA, CPA Geneva alumna Julie Hines was hired full-time to teach Financial Accounting courses in Geneva’s Business Department this fall after teaching part time for more than a year.

Along with her Geneva BSBA with Accounting concentration, Hines has an MBA in Finance from St. Joseph University, her CPA and professional experience in a range of accounting specialties with companies like Air Products and Chemical, Deloitte, and PPG. Her higher education teaching experience includes her work at Geneva and continuing education teaching at Community College of Allegheny County and Penn State Beaver.

Originally from Rochester, PA, Hines has committed service to several non-profit organizations like the Girl Scouts of America and Autism Speaks, as well as to Dutilh Church near her home in Cranberry Township.

She is married to David and they have four daughters.

Melinda Stephens ‘93, PHD Melinda Stephens, PhD, was recently promoted to the position of Provost. She was the Vice-President of Academic Affairs and serves on the faculty in the Chemistry Department.

Stephens graduated as valedictorian from Geneva in 1993 with a Bachelor of Chemistry. She continued her education at The University of Pittsburgh, where she completed her doctorate in Analytical Chemistry (1998). She has also been a member of both the Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy since 2001, and the Society for Analytical Chemistry of Pittsburgh since 1994, serving as the chair in 2016-2017.

While at Geneva, she has received many awards, including the Paul H. Gilmore Humanities Award for outstanding work in humanities (1991), the Geneva College Trustee Scholarship for outstanding academic performance (1992), and the Society for Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh Analytical College Chemistry Award (1993). In addition to her work at Geneva, Stephens is a wife, mother of four boys and a member of Pathway Church.

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CAMPUS NEWS Jamie Swank ‘01, MAHE ‘03, JD Geneva’s new Dean of Student Development, Jamie Swank ’01, MAHE ’03, has already become an integral and positive force on campus. In her role, she is responsible for student engagement, well-being and persistence. She earned a bachelor’s in Speech Communication and master’s in Higher Education from Geneva and her law degree at the University of Pittsburgh. Her return to Geneva follows director roles at Impact 360 Institute and Grove City College.

Beth Carlson, PA-C Geneva welcomes Beth Carlson as the new Director of Health Services. She received her B.A. in Medical Technology from Thiel College and a Certification in Medical Technology from Harrisburg Hospital School of Medical Technology. She then earned a Masters of Physician Assistant Studies from Chatham University and has worked in the field as a PA (Physician Assistant) and college instructor.

Kelli McKee Kelli McKee joined the Geneva community as the Director of Development. She has worked in college level management for more than eighteen years with Westminster College, Slippery Rock University and the University of Pittsburgh, where she earned her B.A. She comes to Geneva from her role of Senior Advancement Officer with Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh.

Kelly Sanzari, MA Kelly Sanzari is the Director of Alumni Relations tasked with increasing alumni involvement through regional events, Homecoming, admissions and career development volunteer opportunities. She earned her master’s in Higher Education from Slippery Rock University and her bachelor’s of Business Administration from Thiel College, where she served as alumni director for more than two years.

Most recently, she worked in fundraising for the Alzheimer’s Association.

Geneva’s Core Values in Video The Core Values of Geneva College are based on the Holy Bible and weave through the fabric of the institution’s identity. As members of the Geneva community, we strive to live out the Core Values in how we treat each other every day. To find out more about Geneva’s Core Values, our heritage and our investment in the next generation, watch the video at

https://tinyurl.com/GenevaCoreValues

New Song 20-Year Reunion This past summer, five of the nine members of the 1998 New Song ensemble reunited to celebrate 20 years. Left to right are Josh Wilsey ‘99, Stephanie (Vesolich ‘00) Wilsey, Jennifer (Weir ‘00) George, Debbie (Garrison ‘01) Morris, Jonathan Fales ‘01, and Louise Copeland ‘66, Director.

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Aficionados Honoring Christ Through the Arts

for more than 170 years, and New Song embodies these traditions by beautifully singing these Psalms among their repertoire. At the Getty Music Conference, they performed three sets of music from the Psalter at the Crown & Covenant Publishers’ exhibit booth. They were also invited to one of the performance stages for a lengthy performance, which was originally scheduled for just two songs.

New Song Performs At Getty Conference On Psalm Singing

“They kept saying, ‘Sing, sing more,’” Communication and Music major Annie Dawson ’20 says. “It was very cool to be around people who were thinking about how to lead their congregations in praising the Lord. It was a really neat place to be.”

BY JOCELYN ENGLEH A RT ‘18

New Song, a Geneva College student musical ministry group, had an exciting fall, as it headed to Music City, Nashville, TN, for the Getty Music Worship Conference – Sing! in September. Modern hymn writers Keith and Kristyn Getty, widely known for compositions such as “In Christ Alone” and “The Lord is My Salvation,” founded the Sing! Conference in 2017 to gather pastors, musicians and leaders to encourage and deepen congregational worship.

The focus on Psalm singing provided an opportunity for Geneva’s music ministry to preserve and promote the practice as they were able to bring the Psalter alive to visitors. A request to sing two specific Psalms from a husband and wife who had lost all six of their children in a car accident became a chance to minister to the couple who’d held on to those songs to deal with their grief.

The 2018 Conference attracted 7,000 attendees with a focus on Psalm singing. The congregational singing of the Psalms has been a Geneva College tradition

Dawson says, “Wow, what we are doing is really important, a real encouragement, and we’re singing the lifeblood of the Christian.”

Coach’s Final Alumni Band Reunion The biannual band reunion was held for the 15th and final time under “Coach” Don Kephart, who is retiring after 35 years as band director. Alumni band members numbering 215 plus guests travelled from 23 different states and the District of Columbia to attend. One flautist flew in from London to take part, and representation spanned the decades with one musician from the class of ’58. The Alumni Band joined the Geneva College Marching Band for a Homecoming halftime show of four rousing songs for the ages on October 6, 2018.

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Geneva Adds Two New Sport Programs

By Chris Mathews ‘00

The Geneva College Athletic Department is looking forward to the

ad addition of two new sports in the upcoming year, men’s volleyball and w women’s golf. These sports will increase the number of Geneva’s aathletic programs to 18 varsity sports and give student-athletes more o opportunities to continue their athletic careers at the collegiate level w while preparing for their career vocations.

dd Adding men’s volleyball was a natural fit for Geneva. The athletic department announced in January 2018 it would be adding the sport to the varsity level after a successful run as a club team, and the program is preparing for its first season of play as a member of the Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference (AMCC) starting this January.

It didn’t take long for Geneva to announce its first head coach as Curt Conser, a very familiar face to the Geneva College community. Conser spent 16 years coaching the women’s volleyball program, alongside current head women’s coach Wendy Smith. Those years included some of Geneva’s strongest seasons, including Geneva’s only Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) ch championship in 2011. Conser returns to Geneva after two years as Director of the Infinity Volleyball Club in his hometown of Salem, OH. G "Geneva College Varsity Men's Volleyball has been a dream of mine for years," Con Conser says. "I'm honored to be the person chosen to lead Geneva men's volle volleyball into this new era. I look forward to quickly building a competitive team team, helping an ambitious group of young men reach their goals on and off the court."

Ge Geneva’s club team qualified for the National Collegiate Club Championship To Tournament in St. Louis, MO. Competing in the 1-AAA Division, Geneva adv advanced to the semifinals, losing to eventual champion Gonzaga University.

Alon Along the way, Geneva defeated Division I club programs from universities like Georgia, Kansas, Ohio, Miami (FL) and Alabama.

Ge Geneva will also expand its women’s varsity programs to include women’s go golf, with competition scheduled to begin in fall 2019 as a member of the PA PAC and on its home course at Connoquenessing Country Club.

An Andrew Fee ‘17 is Geneva’s first women’s golf coach, and he is already re recruiting for the foundation of the program.

Fe Fee is another familiar face, joining the Athletic Department in 2013 and currently serving as the Director of Athletic Operations and Associate Head Softball Coach. He has prior experience coaching golf at the high sschool level, and he is the recruiting director for athletics. He was also an impor important figure administratively as Geneva made preparations to add the sport.

"I am extremely blessed with this opportunity to lead the newly established wome women's golf program at Geneva College," Fee says. "It is my hope we can effect effectively use our women's golf program to accomplish our college mission. I have aalready had many conversations with potential golfers, so it is exciting to think about the future successes of this program." G 26

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Celebrating Athletic Excellence MEN’S SOCCER

Liam O’Halloran

The men’s soccer team integrated several young players in 2018 after the loss of a strong senior class in 2017. Despite finishing with a winning record at 8-7-2, the program narrowly missed qualifying for the Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) playoffs for the first time since officially joining the conference in 2011.

Senior Liam O’Halloran led with a team-high seven assists and freshman Alex Yoder scored a team-high six goals. Both finished the season with 13 points. O’Halloran was named a 1st Team All-PAC selection, the third straight season he has received all-conference recognition. Yoder was named a 2nd Team All-PAC selection.

Junior Jake Broadwick was also named a 2nd Team All-PAC selection after finishing with 12 points on the season. Junior Devaughn Johns was included as 2nd Team All-PAC, as well. Johns scored four goals, and his last-minute header to defeat eventual PAC champion Westminster was one of the highlights of the season.

Megan Schoeneweis

WOMEN’S SOCCER The women’s soccer team put together one of its strongest seasons since joining the PAC, finishing 9-8 overall, including 5-3 in the PAC. The season came down to the final regular season match of the year at Chatham, where Geneva lost a close 1-0 decision that kept them out of the PAC Playoffs.

Senior Megan Schoeneweis led the PAC in points per game, finishing with an average of 1.53 points on the strength of eight goals and ten assists. Schoeneweis was named to the 1st Team All-PAC after the season. Sophomore Erin Houser wasn’t far behind, scoring 10 goals and two assists, placing her sixth in the conference in points per game, and she was named as a 2nd Team All-PAC selection.

Junior goalkeeper Dani Lincoln finished tied for the conference lead in shutouts with seven.

VOLLEYBALL The women’s volleyball team put together another strong season under the direction of Head Coach Wendy Smith. The Golden Tornadoes advanced to the conference semifinals before eventually dropping a hard-fought five-set match to top-seeded Westminster in the playoffs.

Senior Sydney McNulty and sophomore Daphne Hunsinger led the way for the Golden Tornadoes. Both were named 1st Team All-PAC selections. McNulty led the conference in service aces with 77, and she finished third in the conference with 356 kills. Hunsinger was second in the conference with 915 assists, while also finishing third with 56 service aces. Hunsinger led the conference with six tripledoubles, fifth most in NCAA Division III. Sydney McNulty

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Also receiving conference recognition as Honorable Mention selections were senior Allyssa Kerr, who finished third on the team with 218 kills,

and freshman Kayla Coughlin, who led the team, and was ninth in the conference, with 478 digs.

Trewon Marshall

With the strong season, the women’s team qualified for the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) Division II national tournament in South Carolina.

FOOTBALL The 2018 football season was marked by several close losses. The Golden Tornadoes were in every football game, but struggled to come up with the key plays late to secure the victory.

Despite the record, the play of senior running back Trewon Marshall highlighted the season. Marshall was a preseason AllAmerican, and his performance on the field did not disappoint.

Marshall broke the Geneva College all-time rushing record and gained over 4,000 career yards. Marshall broke the record in a game against Grove City, in which he recorded both a career-high and the second highest single-game rushing total in Geneva history with 285 yards while scoring four touchdowns.

Defensively, Geneva was led by a strong trio of linebackers.

Junior Tyler Cann led the team in both tackles and interceptions, while junior Torrin Sallis and sophomore Casey Nau weren’t far behind in stops.

Rachael Letterman

TENNIS The women’s tennis team finished the season 8-7 overall, 4-3 in the PAC. Seeded #4 heading into the PAC playoffs, The Golden Tornadoes defeated Saint Vincent in the first round, before losing in the semifinals to eventual champion Grove City.

Junior Rachael Letterman was named a 1st Team All-PAC selection after she led the team in #1 singles most of the year. Senior Katherine Deitrick was named to the 2nd Team All PAC for her play in #2 singles, while Letterman and Deitrick were also named to the 2nd Team for their play in #1 doubles. Junior Jana Newberry was named an Honorable Mention All-PAC selection for her play in #6 singles.

Josh Duffie

CROSS COUNTRY Head Coach Brian Yowler’s cross-country teams saw continued improvement in 2018. Leading the men to a fourth place finish at the PAC Championship was senior Josh Duffie, who firmly placed himself on the Geneva record list. Duffie became the first Geneva men’s runner to break 26 minutes in the 8K three times in his career. He was named a 1st Team All-PAC selection after finishing second at the PAC Championships. Senior Andrew Domencic was named a 2nd Team All-PAC selection, while sophomore Josiah Mansell was named an Honorable Mention selection.

Jessie Taylor

The women welcomed a strong group of freshmen to a solid group of upperclassmen, and that led to a third place finish at the PAC Championship. Freshman Jessie Taylor led the team all year and was named a 1st Team All-PAC selection after finishing seventh at the conference meet. Freshman Elly McGillivray and junior Jennifer Simmons were named to the 2nd Team All PAC after finishing ninth and tenth, respectively, while junior Emily Ethridge was named an Honorable Mention selection.

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IN MEMORIAM 30s _______________________________________ Ethel C. (Park ‘37) Metcalfe on September 24, 2018 40s _______________________________________

A. Frederick Kroen ‘54 on October 7, 2018 Jacqueline M. Woznicki ‘55 on June 17, 2018 William G. Thompson Jr. ‘55 on June 25, 2018

Margaret “Birdie” (Lee ‘42) Boyce on October 8, 2018

John J. Monza ‘55 on July 14, 2018

John C. Wilson ‘43 on July 12, 2018

Dr. John J. Fassinger ‘55 on October 7, 2018

Madelyn “Madge” (Woods ‘44) Adams on August 15, 2018

Frank V. Pishioneri ‘56 on October 28, 2018

George E. Tannehill ‘46 on July 11, 2018

Thomas F. Gorgas ‘56 on May 12, 2018

Marilois (McFarland ‘47) George on October 22, 2018

Harold L. Berkoben Jr. ‘56 on May 23, 2018

Fred B. McCormick ‘47 on August 17, 2018

Senator Gerald J. LaValle ‘56 on September 12, 2018

Dr. James L. Bowers ‘48 on May 25, 2018

Donald O. Tarazano ‘57 on April 27, 2018

Dr. Richard O. Davis ‘48 on August 11, 2018

Ann W. (Kennedy ‘57) Hanlon on May 28, 2018

William T. Haddad ‘48 on August 11, 2018

Christakis “Chris” M. Counnas ’58 on July 23, 2018

George E. Murphy ‘48 on September 7, 2018

Charles M. McNeal ‘58 on August 4, 2017

Paul J. Braun ‘49 on May 27, 2018

Richard A. Horst ‘58 on June 4, 2018

Naomi L. (Davis ‘49) Strayer on June 25, 2018

Paul D. Steele ‘58 on December 11, 2016

Jerold “Jerry” Panas ‘49 on July 14, 2018

Samuel C. Mullin ‘59 on March 22, 2018

Arthur M. Goettman ‘49 on July 27, 2018

Marilyn R. Williams ‘59 on June 4, 2018

Donna Lee (Courtney ‘49) Cook on August 10, 2018

Dr. Gary L. Statton ‘59 on August 24, 2018

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Rev. Stanley J. Lemon ‘54 on September 7, 2017

Albert C. Mignanelli ‘59 on August 24, 2018

Joseph T. Facciolo ’50 on September 24, 2018

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Rev. John A. Fitzstevens Jr. ‘50 on February 11, 2018

Gregory A. Slatniske ‘60 on May 10, 2018

Joseph R. Houk Sr. ‘51 on July 2, 2018

Melvin T. Cook ‘60 on May 25, 2018

C. Dean Strosnider ‘51 on October 13, 2018

Thomas H. Challis Jr. ‘60 on July 6, 2018

Joan (Boden ‘52) Smith on November 28, 2017

John W. Lowe ‘60 on August 9, 2018

John A. Folino ‘53 on June 6, 2018

George R. McCalla Jr. ‘61 on May 13, 2018

Geraldine M. (Desalle ‘53) Evanko on September 4, 2018

Richard E. Grimm ‘61 on August 28, 2018

Barbara (Smith ‘53) Scovell on August 19, 2018

Andrew A. Mignanelli ‘62 on June 7, 2018

Theodore M. Manis ‘53 on October 10, 2018

Dr. James E. Rush ‘63 on May 22, 2018

Rev. Frank E. Wright ’53 on July 26, 2018

Earl “Ray” Beringer ‘63 on July 26, 2018

Yvonne J. (Lathom ‘54) Bieberbach on November 4, 2017

Marilyn L. (Harrington ‘63) Russell on August 6, 2018

Louis J. Koutoulakis ‘54 on November 1, 2018

Robert E. Adams ‘63 on September 6, 2018

Paul D. Brockett Jr. ‘54 on October 31, 2018

Emil “Lenny” Luongo ‘63 on October 16, 2018

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IN MEMORIAM Robert F. Fortney ‘64 on April 29, 2018

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Ruth Ann (Michic ‘64) Dewhirst on October 9, 2018

Mark R. Fehr ‘01 MSOL on September 25, 2018

Clair D. Maxwell ‘65 on September 27, 2018 James J. Barkich ‘66 on April 9, 2018 L. Melvin Hogsett ‘67 on May 4, 2018

Reginald “Reggie” Allen Sr. ‘02 (DCP #098) on June 24, 2018

Dale P. Williams ‘69 on April 18, 2018

Sherry D. Williams ’04 (DCP #015), ’06 MSOL on August 24, 2018

Marjorie R. Dysert ‘69 on July 25, 2018

Lindsey R. (Baker ‘06) Whitney on August 24, 2018

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Clark S. Duncan ‘70 on October 20, 2018

Karl Boak on October 22, 2018

Cynthia L. Pertile ‘71 on May 25, 2018 Dr. Linda (Breuninger ‘71) Marshall on August 12, 2018

Ellen Smyth on October 25, 2017 Bernie Manning on October 27, 2017

Michael D. Tabon ‘72 on June 20, 2018

Rhoda Holbein on June 20, 2018

Joyce R. (Mitsch ‘72) Boudreau on September 16, 2018

Helen Dukes on August 5, 2018

Eric J. Black ‘73 on August 18, 2018

Orlena Boyle on August 18, 2018

Dawn (Carroll ‘73) Contrucci on September 29, 2018

Cleveland Jones on September 1, 2018

Joseph R. Farelli ‘74 on July 24, 2018

James Rarick on October 7, 2018

Deborah (Mahr ‘74) Barnett on May 2, 2018

Donna Douglas on September 28, 2018

John Lightner ‘76 on July 1, 2018 Nancy J. (Yovich ‘77) Jackson on April 30, 2018 Herbert S. Skuba ‘78 on May 27, 2018

Denotes members of the

George R. Curry ‘78 on June 17, 2018

Heritage Society,

Douglas C. Haller ‘78 on July 23, 2018 Franklin D. Martz ‘79 on June 1, 2018 80s _______________________________________ Nancy “Kathy” O’Connor ‘84 on June 17, 2018 Matthew J. Galbraith ‘88 on September 7, 2018 90s _______________________________________ Daniel T. Bertram ‘92 on April 24, 2018

which recognizes the valuable contributions of alumni and friends who include Geneva in their estate and/or financial plans by gifts made through annuities, charitable trusts, gifts of life estates, undivided partial interests in real estate or life insurance, and gifts made through their

Carrie J. (Breckenridge ‘95) Pearson on April 30, 2018

will. To learn more, visit

Jason P. Austin ‘98 on August 10, 2018

Geneva.giftlegacy.com

Robert M. Livingston ‘99, ‘02 MSOL on August 21, 2018

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50s Dr. Thayer Miller ‘51 and his wife Lindaflor observed the 40th anniversary of their marriage in Manila where she was a nationally known beauty pageant winner, model and movie actress in the 1970s. They have three adult sons Thor, Kent and Leif. Thayer, former senior officer on a world cruise ship, was a shipping consultant in the Philippines when he met his wife. The couple founded three evangelical churches in Cebu and Leyte provinces. He is also a licensed chief broadcast engineer and Amateur Extra Class radio operator (N3TM). He began his career at sea as chief radio officer in the Panamanian merchant fleet and eventually served as first mate and captain.

James Warden ‘73 is enjoying retirement after serving as a teacher/administrator for Christian schools in Ontario, Canada and Iowa. He resides in beautiful Pella, Iowa with his wife, Janis. They have been blessed with six children.

Deborah (Mahr ‘74) Barnett and husband William reside in Bentonville, VA. Rebecca (Bainer ‘76) Jones is retired and resides in Cape Coral, FL. Eric ‘76 and Pamela (Garvin ‘76) Grabman have two grown children and reside in Boardman, OH. Eric is a Farm Inspector/ Fieldman at Marburger Dairy Farm.

Norman Yacko ‘76 works for the Philadelphia Eagles and celebrated their 2018 Superbowl win.

David Hutton ‘78 was recently promoted to Vice President of Strategic Accounts for Siemens Medical Solutions. He has been employed by Siemens for 31 years and continues to reside in Wilmington, DE with wife Donna (Byers ‘78).

Marilyn (Henze ‘78) Deans and husband Kenneth have two children, Nathan and Anna, and reside in Davidsonville, MD. Bruce Axon ‘79 retired July 1, 2018 from Consumers Energy as a Senior Financial Analyst where he has worked for 38 1/2 years. Bruce has lived in Jackson, MI since 1980 and has been married to his wife Becky for 35 years. They have six children and are expecting their fifth grandchild in June.

Bruce Rhodes ‘79 is a Principal at Everett Public Schools. He resides in Brier, WA. Thomas Gault ‘79, PhD is now an associate professor in the English Language Center of Shantou University, in Shantou, Guangdong Province, China.

Rev. John Foester ‘53 was named a Distinguished Alumni from Pittsburgh Theological Seminary for his service to the church.

Charles Shaffer ‘58 resides in Gainesville, FL. 60s Stanley Wood ‘63 and his wife Donna celebrated their golden wedding anniversary with a party given by their children.

Michael Matvey Jr. ‘68 retired in 2010.

He and wife Lura reside in Orlando, FL. 70s Rick Cox ‘72 and his wife Sue are professional chainsaw artists who travel around the United States carving at different events.

Dr. Jeanne (Dill ‘72) Svobodny is an Elementary Principal at Dover-Eyota Public School. She recently wrote the book “It’s Too Soon To Quit, A Story of Hope.” Jeanne and her husband Mike reside in Winona, MN. 31

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Rev. Rebecca (Mahr ‘77) Cartus is the owner of Motor Mouth Mahr Speaking Services www.momomahrspeaks.com and is a Certified Conflict Mediator, 2018 The Association for Conflict Resolution. She and husband John have two daughters and reside in Sewickley, PA.

Timothy Davies ‘79 is the Administration and Operations Director for University Communications and Marketing at Kent State University. He and his wife, Joyce (Miller ‘79) live in Stow, OH. Joyce retired from Ohio University in 2015 with 30 years of service to public universities throughout Ohio.

80s Jack Stambaugh ‘81 was named the Chief Marketing Officer at CTB, Inc. in September 2018.

Michael Plank ‘77 married Marsha Kampes in April 2017. They reside in Havre de Grace, MD and have three adult children, April (37), Emily (34) and Nick (23), as well as one grandson, Carter. Mike is employed as the Director of Clinical Engineering by the University of Maryland Medical Center, where he has served for the past 13 years.

Dr. Susan (Buffington ‘78) Griffith and husband Larry reside in Greenwood, IN. Marilyn (Williams ‘78) Wilt is an Emotional Support Teacher at Rose Tree Media School District. She and husband Robert reside in Media, PA. Elizabeth “Lisa” (Ochocki ‘78) Tobin and husband Bill reside in Wyomissing, PA.

Karen-Susanne (Budnick ‘82) Whitlock works for the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals and attends Regent University’s TESOL online graduate program. She became a grandmother for the first time in January 2018.

CLASS NOTES Alan ‘82 and Arlene (Osman ‘82) Fiebig were published in April of 2017 by Ulysses Press after 7 years of living off-grid. They were contracted by the publisher to document their experiences in building and living off-grid with their solar electric power system. “Prepper’s Total Grid Failure Handbook: Alternative Power, Energy Storage, Low Voltage Appliances and Other Lifesaving Strategies for Self-Sufficient Living” Philip Malebranche ’82 has been named to the board of directors of Care for the Homeless, a New York City nonprofit that provides quality, client-centered health care, human services, and shelter to individuals and families; and advocates for policies that would ameliorate, prevent and end homelessness.

Christopher Fox ‘89 is a Project Manager/Systems Coordinator for MJM Innovations, a company that contracts with various State and Federal Government Agencies to deliver transportation and meal assistance for the senior population. Christopher resides in Essex, MD. 90s Philip Isett ‘90, ‘02 MSOL recently became a Senior Change Management Partner with Fulton Financial Corporation, headquartered in Lancaster, PA.

Dr. James Vaughn ‘83 was elected to be the President and CEO of Philpott Solutions Group. Jim and his family reside in Hudson, OH. Joyce (McBurney ‘83) DeFont and husband Michael celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary on October 11, 2011. Joyce is an adjunct instructor at Mount Saint Mary College in the physical education department. She is also teaching American Red Cross courses at a local high school and runs the pool at the local YMCA summer camp.

Sgt. Tom Carver ‘85 has retired from the Delaware State Police after 23 years of service. Tom has accepted a position as a safety compliance officer with Krapf Transportation, working in the company’s Rover commuter bus and para-transit division in Downingtown, PA. Rev. Doug ‘85 and Mrs. Amy (Cyphers ‘85) Comin have two sons, Benjamin and Samuel, and reside in Latrobe, PA where Doug is a Financial Advisor at Prudential.

Becky (Douthitt ‘87) Saymansky and husband Gary reside in Darlington, PA. Mark Cowley ‘87 accepted a new position with the Naval Facilities Engineering Command as the Regional Petroleum Engineer for the Navy and US Marines Corps for the geographic areas of the Mid Atlantic (Maine to Georgia) and Washington DC. Scott Werner ‘88 recently completed 10 years in his current position as Scheduler for First Transit in Lawnside, NJ. He and wife Esfir reside in Philadelphia, PA.

David Fabricatore ‘90 was promoted to Global EV Hybrid Commodity Manager at Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, MI. David will be responsible for the serviceability strategy of future electric and hybrid vehicle components engineered by Ford.

Derek Koziol ‘93 is the Director, Life Sciences for Information Services Group. He and his wife have two children and reside in Bedford, NH. Melanie (Wuenstel ‘98) Maxwell and husband Kevin have two children, Ewan and Anna, and reside in Bethel Park, PA.

Michelle (Rosensteel ’05) Kibel and husband Dan welcomed son Asher Thomas, born July 5, 2018.

Robert O’Neill ‘05 MSOL was recently named the chief of Butler police.

Laura (Wandling ‘05) Delgado and husband Jacob welcomed daughter Ava James on January 8, 2018.

Noah Finley ‘08 graduated from Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) with a master’s degree in international relations. He specialized in international economics and the Middle East. He currently works for the Illinois Senate Republican Caucus.

Randy Wells ‘08 is currently managing a geospatial information systems (GIS) team for an engineering firm that supports electric transmission companies. He is also a staff sergeant in the Ohio Army National Guard as a Geospatial Engineer conducting terrain mapping, data management and analysis. Randy and his wife Abby have two children and serve at their church in the children’s ministry and setup crew.

Julia Bavuso ‘08 assumed a permanent role as staff nurse on Beach Ward at Evelina London Children’s Hospital caring for children with renal and urological conditions.

Kelly (DeChambeau ‘08) King and husband Jonathan welcomed daughter Pearl Ivy King on July 14, 2016. The King family resides in Philadelphia, PA. Stacy (Beagle ‘08) Pucci married Joshua Pucci.

00s Mary (Pranno ‘00) Fincham and husband Chris have seven children and reside in Newberry, SC.

Ashleigh (Jones ‘08) Warwick is a teacher at Montgomery County Public Schools. She and husband Todd have four children and reside in Ijamsville, MD.

Amy (Irons ‘04) Deibler works as a pathologists’ assistant in Maryland.

She married her husband, a mortician, in 2007. She is working on a book titled “Death, it’s a Living: A Guide to Postmortem Professions.” Her hair has stayed blonde for the past 5 years.

Dr. Elisabeth (Eriksson ’09) Jacobson and husband Eli welcomed baby Joseph Thor to the world in late May 2018.

Jessica (Young ‘04) and Jeremy Brown ‘02 have five children, Tobey, Evangeline, Jude, Margaret and Jonas, and reside in Pittsburgh, PA.

Tristan ‘09 and Robyn (Weber ‘09) Moran announce the birth of their first child, Lillian Ann Moran, born on May 14, 2018.

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CLASS NOTES Thomas Meyer ’09 resides in Sagamore Hills, OH. 10s Travis Polley ‘10 and wife Sara welcomed their son Lucas Earl Polley on July 3, 2018.

Adam Gray ‘11 and his wife have two sons, Henry and Oliver.

Anne (McEllhenney ‘15) and Jonathan Robel ‘15 welcomed their second son, Avi Daniel, on September 11, 2018. He joins big brother Eli Luke, 3. The Robels reside in Pittsburgh, PA. Joseph ‘16 and Bethany (Cousino ‘16) Zgorzynski were united in marriage on July 14, 2018. They reside in High Bridge, NJ.

Ryan Bruckner ‘12 and his wife Amy welcomed their son Harrison “Sonny” Bruckner on April 18, 2018. He joins big sisters Lola and Winnie. The Bruckners reside in Washington, PA.

Dayna (Hicks ‘16) and Bryan Butler ‘15 were married on June 9, 2018. The couple resides in Bethlehem, PA.

Scott ‘12 and Brenna (Unrath ‘13) Moreland welcomed son Kuyper Scott Moreland on January 26, 2018.

Kaitlyn Orme ‘17 joined the SCBWI (Society for Children’s Books Writers and Illustrators). She is starting a Masters of English at Liberty University in Spring of 2019.

Jonathan ‘14 and Mary (Kinch ‘14) Cerha welcomed their second son, Micah, on March 13, 2018. He joins big brother Samuel, born in 2016.

Josiah Hoefler ‘17 resides in Butler, PA.

Angie Dombach ‘17 resides in Manheim, PA. Abigail (Davis ‘17) Kerecz married Nick Kerecz on September 2, 2018. The couple resides in North Royalton, OH where Abigail is an Accounting and Finance Associate at RVshare LLC.

Elliott ‘14 and Amanda (Weaver ‘14) Neese welcomed their daughter Mackenzie Mae on March 25, 2017.

The Neese family resides in Akron, PA. Kati (Campbell ‘14) Dey married Dylan Dey on May 19, 2018. Kati is the Marketing and Events Specialist for the Lawrence County Regional Chamber of Commerce. The couple resides in Darlington, PA. Darren ‘15 and Kimberly (Hadden ‘16) Tryon were married May 21, 2016.

Kimberly is a Field Staff Missionary for Campus Crusade for Christ. The Tryons reside in Evans City, PA. Kathryn (Johnson ‘15) Bloom completed her Masters degree in History, with a concentration in Museum Studies, at Appalachian State University in May, 2018. She will hold a seasonal Museum Technician position at Ocmulgee National Monument in Macom, GA and hopes to continue her career with the National Park Service cultural resources.

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Abby (Crouse ‘18) Conrad and Christian Conrad were married on July 28, 2018.

The couple resides in Frisco, TX.

Kayla (Barber ‘17) Cekella and Colter Cekella were married on June 9, 2018 at Soergel Hollow Farms in Evans City, PA. The couple resides in Belle Vernon, PA.

Katherine Yoder ‘18 resides in Hopewell, VA. Ethan ‘18 and Hannah (Kelly ‘18) Stahl were married on May 11, 2018. The couple resides in Houston, TX. Sarah Stover ‘18 is currently working at Highlands Hospital’s Regional Center for Autism as a Classroom Behavioral Therapist, working one-on-one or oneon-two with students on the spectrum, ranging from less profoundly affected to very profoundly affected. She resides in Scottdale, PA. Linda Fowler ‘18 recently moved to Georgia to be closer to family.

Natalie Fiedler ‘18 is working for Amazon.

Daniel Mancini ‘18 is a counselor at Pittsburgh Mercy.

Brendan Hamilton ‘18 started a new job at Nephron Pharmaceuticals as a Research and Development Chemist.

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