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Mentors
BA Harrington at work on “Hope” Chest, a sculptural piece that references 18thcentury Pennsylvania German wedding chests
Solo Suite
A solo exhibition called Suite Américaine at the Asheville, North Carolina, Center for Craft will conclude the 18-month center fellowship of IUP art faculty member BA Harrington. Opening in June, it will reference historical American furniture designed and built specifically for women’s use. Harrington reinterprets the objects as proto-feminist forms.
The director of IUP’s Wood Center, Harrington was also part of a December Zoom event with Mary Savig, curator of Craft at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. Their conversation was part of In the Making, a series produced by Boston’s North Bennet Street School. A recording of the conversation is available on the school’s website.
Long Gone
Paleontologist and IUP biology faculty member Shundong Bi and his collaborators recently made a one-ofa-kind find in southern China’s Jiangxi Province. Some 70 million years ago, an oviraptorosaur, a bird-like dinosaur, was sitting atop a nest of eggs with babies inside. Disaster struck, and the dinosaur and her babies were not seen again until Bi and his group discovered their fossils in Cretaceous Period rocks. Details subsequently appeared in Science Bulletin.
According to Matthew Lamanna of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, “This kind of discovery [eggs with embryos inside] is the rarest of the rare in dinosaurs. This dinosaur was a caring parent that ultimately gave its life while nurturing its young.”
COURTESY OF BA HARRINGTON
Colorful Life
Ned Wert spent four years as an IUP art student, graduating in 1958. It wasn’t long before he returned and spent 20 years as an Art Department faculty member. In January, IUP’s University Museum unveiled an exhibition of the professor emeritus’s paintings that was due to continue through March 20.
Paintings displayed are from the artist’s personal collection and the University Museum’s permanent collection, in addition to others on loan from private collections. A video interview with the artist is also included. Information about this and other museum events is available from Audrey Swartz at 724-357-2530 or museum-info@iup.edu.
Faculty Deaths
The following former faculty members died in recent months:
Tim Austin, a professor emeritus who retired from the Criminology and Criminal Justice Department in 2018 after more than 33 years of service, died September 18, 2020.
Charles “Chuck” Battaglini M’69, a professor emeritus who retired from the Art Department in 1994 after more than 25 years of service, died December 21, 2020.
Susan Cravener Fello ’72, M’77, D’92, a professor emerita who retired from the Professional Studies in Education Department in 2017 after 20 years of service, died October 2, 2020.
Jerry Fiddler, a professor emeritus who retired from the Special Education and Clinical Services Department in 1998 after more than 28 years of service, died January 12, 2021.
Ed Fry, a professor emeritus who retired from the Music Department in 2009 after 43 years of service, died October 3, 2020. A 2010 inductee into the IUP Athletic Hall of Fame, he was a longtime coach of the men’s and women’s track and field and cross country programs. In 2008, one of his former runners, YouTube cofounder Chad Hurley ’99, made a million-dollar gift to name the Kovalchick Complex arena in Fry’s honor.
Walter Gallati, a professor emeritus who retired as chair of the Biology Department in 1990 after 33 years of service, died October 12, 2020.
Janice Holmes, a professor emerita who retired from the Nursing and Allied Health Professions Department in 2015 after more than 18 years of service, died January 7, 2021.
Thomas Lacey ’58, a faculty member who retired from the Art Department in 1998, died December 24, 2019.
Lynn Lockrow, a former Theater Department chair and a faculty member from 1978 to 1985, died January 3, 2021.
Robert McClay, a professor emeritus who retired from the Safety Sciences Department in 1998 after 26 years of service, died January 24, 2021.
Edward Mileff, a professor who retired from the Health and Physical Education Department in 1991 after nearly 21 years of service, died August 3, 2020.
Vincent Miller, a professor emeritus who retired from the Geography and Regional Planning Department in 1998 after more than 36 years of service, died August 31, 2020.
Gerald Ready, who taught in the German Department in the 1990s, died December 30, 2020.
John Sitton, a professor emeritus who retired from the Political Science Department in 2015 after 28 years of service, died October 14, 2020.
Virginia Szwarc, a faculty member who retired from the Nursing and Allied Health Professions Department in 1998 after 26 years of service, died October 29, 2020.
Jacob “Jim” Voelker, a professor in the German Department and former chair who retired in 1999 after 29 years of service, died December 13, 2020.
Scientific Study
When Kopchick Hall, IUP’s new science complex, opens in a few years, one of its rooms will carry a nautical name. In calling her gift the Admiral’s Study, retired Rear Admiral CJ Jaynes ’79, M’82 honored the 33 years she spent in the US Navy.
As a tutoring room, the Admiral’s Study will be a place for students “to go and study, away from distractions,” Jaynes said. “While I was at IUP, I did my best studying away from the dorms. I was always looking for a place where I could concentrate.” The room will also afford space for students to work together or with faculty members on group projects.
A mathematics major at IUP, Jaynes was the first woman ever to achieve Aviation Maintenance flag rank. When she left the Navy in 2016, she was program executive officer for Air Antisubmarine Warfare, Assault, and Special Mission Programs.
“My math professors at IUP were incredible,” Jaynes said. “Merle Stilwell, Bill Smith, Mel Woodard, and Marlin Hartman stand out as caring and compassionate professors. Dr. Stilwell allowed me to do an independent study in Advanced Calculus with him so that I could graduate with my master’s degree before leaving for the Navy. If it weren’t for him, I would have left IUP one class short, since there were no other classes available for me to take. I have never forgotten that and am forever grateful to him.”
Jaynes later earned an MBA from Norwich University, completed the Naval War College Command and Staff program, and earned systems engineering certification from California Institute of Technology. Today, she is an executive technical advisor for Raytheon Technologies, Intelligence & Space and is owner of CJ Jaynes Consulting in Leonardtown, Maryland.
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INTO THE FOLD
Before the holidays, the Department of Art and Design opened a pop-up store in downtown Indiana that featured laser-cut paper art designed by students. The effort raised $1,555 for IUP’s Student Assistance Fund.
