ALUMNI NEWS

from Patches Fall 2021

ADVANCEMENT NEWS

What You’re Saying

DOSSIE CAVALLUCCI

posted an update. Classmates from the Dental Assisting program, Class of 1980, met on campus for a minireunion. Left to right are Elyse Miller Frantz, Debbie Wilkinson Middendorf, MaryJo Phillips Scholes, Tina Newton Boylan, Dossie Cavallucci.

@ Brianna Riley Culbreath

ROCHELLE GRIFFIN CULBREATH via Facebook So proud of my daughter who is doing exceptional things! She is on her way to Harcum College! #ProudMom

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Use the #HARCUM and #HARCUMCOLLEGE hashtags to connect with us on social media! MARGARET CROWN-WEIL

posted an update. A reunion for a few of us from Harcum 1986. It’s like it was yesterday. ♥

ASHLEY GIRADI is with AMBER

KEALEY via Facebook Congratulations to one of my best friends today she graduated from Harcum College for occupational therapist assistant. It definitely wasn’t an easy road but with all the studying and sweat and tears and countless phone calls with frustration you did it. I never had a doubt in my mind you couldn’t. Also all while trying to help plan my wedding with me. Kathleen Sophie, Tommy, and I are so proud of you and can’t wait to see what the future holds for you. We love you

GODCHILD SHARES TREASURED PHOTOS FROM ALUMNA’S 1922 YEARBOOK Harcum College was in its infancy in 1922 when Phyllis Hollinrake was elected Class President of the Harcum School, then a boarding and day school for girls, offering college preparatory, general academic, music, and art courses. Originally from Toronto, Hollinrake came to Harcum from another preparatory institution for school-age girls in Toronto called Branksome Hall. Because of Edith Harcum’s training and career as a concert pianist, the reputation of the Harcum School far exceeded the Main Line.

This past August, Phyllis Hollinrake’s godchild Lili sent the College treasured images of her godmother from Harcum’s yearbook Purple Patches, the namesake of today’s college magazine.

In Memoriam

CORDELIA TUCKER RAMSAUR Class of 1942

ELIZABETH WILLIAMS MCDONALD ANDERSON Class of 1947

KATHERINE G. O’DONNELL Class of 1965

MARILYN HERBERT BUTLER Class of 1976

AUDREY A. HILTON LANGHORNE Class of 1986

CONSTANCE PAPARARO DUNGAN Class of 1992

Marvin Levitties: Fashion Programs Founder; Devoted Trustee Marvin Levitties, a long-serving and beloved trustee and the founding director of the Fashion Programs at Harcum College, passed away on May 17 at age 97. He was a legendary figure in the annals of Harcum College history.

He served Harcum in many different capacities over the years including professor, program director, trustee, and chairman of the board of trustees, and was very highly regarded by alumni of the Fashion Merchandising and Design programs he taught, many of whom have launched highly successful careers in those fields.

He also created the College’s first Travel & Tourism program. He was also instrumental in bringing medical programs to Harcum and established the Jean S. Levitties Scholarship at Harcum, in memory of his late wife.

Bear Pride

Alum Wins Olympic Medal

The Harcum Men’s Basketball program has notched another first. Besides being nationally ranked in the NJCAA, appearing at the D-I National Championships, and making it to the Final Four, our winningest athletic program now boasts an Olympic medalist.

Playing for Serbia, Mihailo Vasić ’16 and five teammates racked up seven consecutive wins in pool play beginning July 24, falling to the Russian Olympic Committee in the semi-final round. Hours later, the 28-year-old former Harcum Bear scored the game-ending basket to drop Belgium, 21-10, to secure the bronze.

“Mihailo has had terrific success playing on the 3x3 professional circuit and now in the Olympics,” said Drew Kelly, Athletics Director and Head Coach of Men’s Basketball.

“Vaske,” as he is nicknamed on Facebook, first caught Harcum recruiters’ attention while playing at Lee Academy in Maine, ranking as the fifth-leading prep basketball player from the Class of 2014 in the entire Pine Tree State.

At Harcum, he was an “excellent” student, according to Tracie Kennedy, Director of the General Studies program. “Earned a B+ or better in almost all of his classes. Polite, respectful, a little shy, as I remember.”

Science professor Dr. Alexandra Hilosky remembers Vasić fondly. “I remember him as a hardworking and bright student. I am not a bit surprised that he is an olympic winner,” she said.

After graduating from Harcum, he played for the University of New Haven, graduating with a degree in psychology in 2018. According the the Tokyo Olympics website, he began playing 3x3 in 2016. He joined the Liman 3x3 club team in 2017, and was named the MVP of the final tournament of the Serbian national 3x3 championships in 2018.

The Tokyo Olympics marked the first-ever contests in 3x3 basketball played in the history of the games. It is gaining popularity in the United States as well as in Europe. Because it is played on half of a normal basketball court, it is ideal in urban environments. The shot clock is only 12 seconds, far less than the 30 seconds in college basketball. It’s an extremely fast game that hardly stops, not even after fouls or made baskets. The first team to reach 21 points or whoever is leading after 10 minutes wins.

To be great at 3x3, players must have mastered a range of basketball skills, which is why Vasić excels at the game. The 6’6” forward can do it all—dribble, shoot, rebound, and defend.

“It was an honor to play and represent my country at the world’s biggest sporting event,” Vasić wrote to his Facebook fans. “Thanks everyone for support and kind words.”

“The first Harcum alum to win an Olympic medal,” Kelly said.“That’s quite an impressive accomplishment.”

To echo the sentiment of another Facebook fan, “Čestitamo (congratulations), Mihailo. The next one is in Paris.”

Follow Vasić and the Liman 3x3 club at www. facebook.com/liman3x3 or on Instagram @liman3x3.

MURALS MOSAIC

2020–2021

As a companion project to the restoration of the historic murals, the College asked the Harcum community to create some art in response to the events, trends, and influencers today, using 10 x 10 inch canvas squares. Here are some of the submissions received for the Murals Mosaic Project. To view all the submissions online, visit www.harcum.edu/mosaic