The Collegian – May 2, 2014

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The An exclusive farewell from the College’s eighth president. Pg. 12 Saturday, May 3, 2014

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Presidential search nears its end

Vol. 74, No. 19

‘Finals are WHEN?’

Field narrowed to five Jacob Sziráky Staff Writer

The presidential search committee has narrowed the field of candidates for Grove City College’s top job to five. Committee chairman David Rathburn ’79 made the announcement in an April campus-wide email. The task force has been working toward its goal since the news of the retirement of Dr. Richard Jewell ’67 was announced in August. The search committee began with about 75 candidates. The number was narrowed down to 11 candidates who were scheduled to have face-to-face interviews with members of the search committee. The remaining five candidates have been interviewed repeatedly. Each interview contained important questions about the applicants’ views on collegiate level education and their opinions on faith and its integration

with collegiate level learning. The interviewers paid special interest to the candidates’ views on the College and what they would do to keep it going and make it thrive. They were also asked questions about how their personal faith would affect their work at the College. Despite the great qualifications the applicants have, Rathburn said that the task force is early in regard to the search for the newest president. “We are in agreement that we should take time now to reflect on what we learned from these five candidates, listen carefully to ensure that we can discern God’s will in this process,” Rathburn said. He went on to say that the committee will not let a deadline affect its final decision. The task force has determined to take its time before it makes its recommendation to the College’s Board of Trustees which will vote on its selection.

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Finals may be just around the corner, but there’s plenty of time for stress later. Above, senior Mary Pochatko performs in the One Act Festival, concluding with afternoon performances at 12:30 and 3 p.m. More on pg. 11.

The First Lady of GCC Claire E. Healey Editor-in-Chief

Glamorous. This is the first word that comes to mind to describe the impeccably dressed woman with an exceedingly charming personality who is all at once an accomplished banker, a savvy traveler, an avid horsewoman and the wife of Grove City College’s retiring president. Mrs. Dayl Jewell plays a large role in representing the College, but her roles as a high-ranking manager at PNC Bank and as mother to the Jewells’ daughter Jessica were the biggest parts of her life long before she became the College’s “First Lady.” Mrs. Jewell met Dr. Jewell while she was attending Geneva College and he was at Grove City College. Dr. Jewell’s twin brother also attended Geneva, and Mrs. Jewell was a majorette with his wife. “Dick came down to visit his twin brother, and I just happened to be standing there, and we were introduced, and the rest is history,” she said. “Our second date was to Grove City’s homecoming.” When the Jewells married

after college, they spent time in Seattle, WA while Dr. Jewell served in the Army’s Third Armored Calvary Regiment in between his law school years. After his service, they went to Michigan where Dr. Jewell finished his law degree. Upon returning to Pittsburgh, Mrs. Jewell worked for PNC Bank, where she rose through the ranks to finally become vice president and district manager in Pittsburgh. “I’m still pulling glass out of my head from the glass ceiling,” Jewell said. After having their daughter, Jessica, the Jewells found a nanny to care for her full-time so that Mrs. Jewell could continue the career she loved. She was the first and only female executive at the bank who had a baby while at the bank and continued to work at her career. She went as high as a woman could go at that time. “I could never not be at a meeting or not be at work because of her,” she said. However, Mrs. Jewell spent much of her time outside of work with Jessica. She bought a horse when her daughter was 11, and together they spent many weekends at horse shows.

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Mrs. Jewell grew up with horses and has always enjoyed working with them. She hopes to buy another horse after Dr. Jewell’s retirement. “When I was young, I would jump on these horses and they would buck me off and throw me over their head and jump over me and I’d never think anything of it,” she said. However, she hopes her next horse will have a calmer temperament and perhaps have trail training. Mrs. Jewell spends a lot of her time on College business with Dr. Jewell, including trips to see College donors and alumni and entertaining similar guests that often stay at the Jewells’ home. She noted that the three guest bedrooms on the second floor of their house are often filled. A recent weekend is an example of the Jewells’ hectic schedule. On one Saturday, they attended an event in Pittsburgh, then left for Mount Vernon, VA the next day for a dinner at 5 p.m. They then left Mount Vernon and returned to Grove City at 3 a.m. so Dr. Jewell could give a speech at 8 a.m. Afterward, they went to Harrisburg so Dr. Jewell could present an award. Traveling is also one of Mrs. Jewell’s great joys. Throughout their careers, the Jewells were able to go on vacations through their companies as well as take their own personal vacations. A few of her highlights of her trips included elephant riding in Thailand, walking a trail barefoot in Appenzell, Switzerland and visiting art professor Mr. Calaboyias’s villa on an island in Greece. After Dr. Jewell’s retirement, Mrs. Jewell hopes to spend even

more time with her two granddaughters. She still treasures a close relationship with Jessica, to whom she has enjoyed giving advice and teaching life lessons over the years. “That’s why it’s so great for women to be mentors to other women.You are whether you realize it or not,” she said. Mrs. Jewell also has a unique tradition which she celebrates every year with her family – she hosts an annual cemetery party before Labor Day. One of her ancestors was a founder of St. John’s United Evangelical Protestant “Burry’s” Church about an hour from the College, and many of her other relatives are buried there. She and her family gather there to put flowers on the graves of their relatives and to have a cake for her 93-yearold aunt, whose birthday is always around the time of the party. Mrs. Jewell admitted that it is the people involved with the College that she will miss the most after Dr. Jewell’s retirement. “The students, the people that we meet all across the country, parents... graduation, homecoming, all of the traditional events that everyone looks forward to,” she said. She is extremely thankful for the people she has met and the friends she has made throughout her involvement with the College. “You live so many different lives during one lifetime, and you meet friends that are needed in your life at that time,” Jewell said. “I meet people, and it’s like gathering pearls… on a pearl necklace.”

College Republicans return Louis Petolicchio Staff Writer

The Grove City College chapter of the College Republicans celebrated its return on April 24, 2014, by holding its first public event since its suspension in November 2012. While the organization has technically been active since February of this year, this was its first event since its reinstatement. Held in Sticht Auditorium in the Hall of Arts and Letters at 7 p.m., the event was a forum for local political candidates. “The candidate forum we had was for the three Republican candidates for the 8th Legislative District for the House of Representatives in the PA General Assembly,” current student chairman, senior Alexander Dimitri, said. Dimitri went on to explain that the incumbent state representative, Dick Stevenson, is retiring, making it an open election. The three Republican candidates are Tedd Nesbit, Jeffery Black and Herman Bauer. Since there is no Democrat candidate, the winner of the primary election will most likely win the general election as well, raising the stakes for their respective current campaigns. According the College Republicans’ faculty advisor, Dr. Michael Coulter ’91, professor of political science, the people in attendance were mostly members of the community surrounding the College. The candidates spoke about topREPUBLICANS 2

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