Geneva Magazine Winter 2018

GENEVA WINTER 2018
MAGAZINE

Integrating Faith in Christ
Into All Aspects of Life

Genna Frederick ‘12 Shares Her Story

FROM THE PRESIDENT

CALVIN L. TROUP

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 souls,“You teach me truth in the secret heart,” says the
up core values; you don’t go find a book with a list of psalmist. That’s a heritage we can receive together; we’re
core values and pick some that sound good. Good core heirs of the gospel of truth in Christ in all its fullness.
values have deep, healthy roots in previous generations, The glory of the gospel places responsibility on us to
even if not every value is currently in full bloom. Many participate in giving people the hope of Christ.
godly people were trying to work out what it means to
be Christians in education through the years. Our core Our students come to Geneva and we think,“Oh my word.
values come from this heritage; a personal inheritance Look at the way the world is! Wouldn’t it be difficult to have
of great value passed down to us from faithful to be a college student today?”Except for this fact: God
predecessors who walked and lived our core values into purposed for our current students to be born into this time.
existence through action. God called them into existence from before the foundation
of the world to be 18 years old now! And the culture that
Scripture reminds us how a rich heritage is passed they’re coming into now is not a surprise to Him; it’s not a
down; people take great care to entrust good words, mistake.
good work and wealth to descendants.We remember
God’s faithful work in previous generations that we, as And He’s in control of it all.
His stewards, are called to give to people yet unborn.
Therefore, we meditated on the valuable gift entrusted And so, our core values are recent statements of things
to us; a good heritage to be tended and invested well given to us by the Lord long ago—from Him and from
today for Geneva people yet to come. previous generations who lived and worked here
wholeheartedly. Now it’s our watch. Our job is to make
Second, we considered Hope. Core values establish a Geneva a better, stronger, healthier school, but we do
reasonable hope, directing our purposes and actions so not merely to add value to our degrees; although, as
toward what people like us can actually aspire to Geneva becomes stronger, our degrees and our heritage
accomplish in the name of Christ.Where our core values become stronger. But more important, we want to pass on
need to grow in our own time, we look to our heritage this heritage with the hope that’s in Christ, the hope He
and cultivate them anew in hope.Where we have tended gives us to face each day, no matter what’s happening in
our core values well, hope encourages further growth the culture, no matter what’s happening in the world, no
and development.We have a responsibility to pour our matter what our role or our current condition. Because
lives into people from one generation to the next. the steadfast love of Christ is the source of our hope to be
faithful before Him. That’s what we want to participate in
Clearly, God does this work through families.And he has at Geneva. And that’s what produces such good fruit in
long since called Geneva College to participate through our alumni and in our faculty and staff—the people who
the ministry of higher education. Students need faithful together are tending that heritage and passing such a great
teachers who, in league with parents, will love them gift along to the coming generations in hope.
enough to guide them toward the Lord’s paths—toward
godly wisdom in every legitimate human endeavor. Calvin L.Troup, President
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

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DESIGNER BEN LICHIUS

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

1 From the President 13 Dwight Wagner: Making an Investment 26 Geneva Adds Two New Sport
in First Impressions Programs
5 Alumni Award Recipients
17 Genna Frederick: Integrating Faith in 27 Athletic News
7 Emma Lamberton: Geneva’s First Christ Into All Aspects of Life
Fulbright Scholar 29 In Memoriam
21 Campus News
11 2018 GVALS Speakers
24 Aficionados: Honoring Christ 31 Class Notes
through the Arts

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2018 H O M

MECOMING

Save the Date Reunion years:

SEPTEMBER 1959, 1969,1974,
27-28, 2019 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.

‘13 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.

‘03 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.

‘80 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.

‘68 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.

‘71 Distinguished Service Award
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.

Dr. Norman Carson ‘47
Professor Emeritus, Department of English

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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 opening 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 her mailbox from Dr. Jeffrey Cole, Director of the Crossroads Office
and Professor of history, about the Fulbright Scholar program in her senior
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
apply without Cole’s support.

I knew that it was a door
that God opened for me,
and that I should go for it.”

The prestigious Fulbright program is described as “the flagship
international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S.
government,” according to the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs.
Of the 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%.

Lamberton deferred her acceptance into the University of Pittsburgh’s
Master’s Program and chose to go to Mongolia out of the nearly seventy
countries participating in the ETA program

Assigned to Otgontenger University in the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar,
Lamberton took the plunge after a period of training.She taught on the
fourth floor of the school and lived on the fifth floor in community with other
foreign teachers,an added benefit“when it was minus 35 degrees outside.”

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

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

By her second semester,she had a gifted teacher assigned to help her in the
classroom,and the two flourished together.

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In addition to the part-time teaching role, the rest of footsteps and take advantage of the opportunities offered
a Fulbright Scholar’s responsibility is cultural activity, by the U.S. government through the Fulbright program.”
representing American conduct and values abroad.This
soft diplomacy applied not just to her national identity, but Lamberton affirms feeling“absolutely prepared”for the
also her Christian belief. experience by her network of support from Geneva,
critical thinking developed in classes and the First Year
“Mongolia is very strict on its missionary visas, so I Honor’s Program, and study abroad in Rome.
was able to go as a Christian person and engage with
people in academic settings about Christianity,”explains After a successful year in Mongolia, Lamberton is now in
Lamberton. The Mongolian’s culture of asking blunt, her first semester at the University of Pittsburgh working
probing questions afforded her opportunities to talk freely toward a Master of International Development degree
about the Gospel. with a major in Governance and International Public
Management. She hopes to continue research she began
Dr. Cole says,“Emma had the right combination of in Mongolia on the meaning of identity through Soviet
academic preparation (including a semester at Geneva’s change in their country.
campus in Rome), real-world experience, intelligence,
creativity, and drive for this endeavor. In applying for “My hope for Mongolia is that the culture develops a true
the Fulbright, she took a leap of faith by selecting a part understanding of their own identity that is not founded
of the world that few would consider. In Mongolia, she off of foreign influence,”Lamberton says.“And as a
served not only as an effective ambassador for America, Christian, I hope that identity can have truth.” G
but also for Christ’s Kingdom and Geneva College. It is my
hope that many more Geneva students will follow in her 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 professors I can trust, which has proven to be true…
focused on vulnerability scan scripting. He worked on they have helped me pursue and achieve my career
an analysis of phishing emails to make corporate emails goals.”
more secure. He excelled in his work and was tasked
with helping and guiding other interns in the office. Hall’s position at Covestro marks his second summer
After his summer internship concluded, he was hired internship since attending Geneva.The Career
again at Covestro to work part-time until his graduation Development Center on campus helped him improve
in December 2018 with a Computer Science degree his resume and brush up on his interviewing skills.
and minor in Cybersecurity.
Long-term, Hall, who is a fourth-generation Geneva
“My time at Geneva has prepared me extremely well student, plans to use his classroom and internship
for the business world.The technical knowledge I have experience in incident response and malware analysis,
acquired has enabled me to learn quickly and work which would provide him with more technical
efficiently to immediately impact my business area,” experience to further his professional goals. G
Hall says.
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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

Catherine Sapp ADP ’04:

Called to Public Service

By Dani (Fitzgerald ’14) Brown

Catherine Sapp ‘04, Deputy Mayor of Penn Hills, AUTHORparticularly passionate about serving youth, and she is
able to inspire younger girls – particularly young girls
PA, and owner of Children’s Christian Group Home in the African-American community – to dream big.
Daycare, credits Geneva’s Human Resources Adult
Degree Program for giving her the skills she needed to “It’s an honor to be able to give other females hope
run her daycare business, such as managing, budgeting and inspiration if that is their desire,” she says.“Because
and hiring employees. She never realized how a it can happen for those girls who have dreams of being
Christian education would help her serve in another in politics.”
way: politics.
Initially, Sapp didn’t know how God would use her
“I never saw myself in politics,” she says.“But that’s education at Geneva, but in time it became clear she
exactly where God took me.” could use it to serve her community.

Sapp became a Penn Hills council member in 2016 and “I thought maybe it was for the daycare center and
soon after was elected Deputy Mayor. In her position, the small staff I have and it was. But it’s definitely for
she has a unique opportunity to share the gospel. what I’m doing now,” she says.“Everything I learned
at Geneva in my human resource program and all my
“It’s an opportunity to not beat people over the head classes, it has all played a major part in my life.”
with Jesus, but let my light so shine,” she says, noting
that before she makes an important decision, she needs Sapp calls Christian education,“God’s blueprint for
to pray about it first. business.”

Sapp, a wife, mother of four and grandmother of three, “There’s nothing like a Christian education.That’s
moved from the Hill District of Pittsburgh in 1993 to God’s plan and that’s what he intended,” she says.
Penn Hills, a suburban neighborhood on the outskirts “If anyone is undecided about continuing their
of the city, and felt a call to give back to her community. education, I would highly recommend Geneva
College.The education is so good and the staff and
“I’m very community oriented,” she says.“I really faculty were so great.” G
wanted to give back to my local community. I prayed
about it and asked,‘God, if it’s in your will, open the Dani Fitzgerald studied writing at Geneva College and
door that I might be able to minister here.’” worked for the college’s student-organized newspaper. She is
a reporter for the Ellwood City Ledger and Beaver County
Sapp is the first African-American woman to be Times and also teaches English as a second language to
elected Deputy Mayor of Penn Hills and is humbled Chinese students online.
the Lord decided to use her as a political leader. She is

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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

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COMING Dr. Adam Seagrave
Addresses Citizenship
SPRING
Geneva welcomed Dr. Adam
2019 Seagrave of Arizona State
University to speak in observation
David Payne of Constitution Day. Seagrave spoke
JANUARY of what it means to be a citizen and
FRI SAT how citizenship has been damaged
because of sin. In his speech,
25 26 Seagrave prescribed turning to God
for guidance towards citizenship and
Steve Stockman taking positive political action.
FEBRUARY
THU FRI Dr. Yueying Wang Talks
on Moral Compass
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Dr. Yueying Wang of Loyola
Christopher Yuan University in Chicago spoke at
FEBRUARY Geneva College. Wang urged
WEDNESDAY paying attention to one’s inner moral
compass in our everyday lives. She
27 also spoke to the ways in which our
Christian morals and interpersonal
Kevin Vanhoozer relationships have the power to shape
MARCH the positive morals of others.

WEDNESDAY Nicole Bromley
Imparts Awareness of
20 Sexual Violence

Learn More at Nicole Braddock Bromley, author
Geneva.edu/gvals and national spokesperson on sexual
abuse, harassment and assault,
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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 trafficking worldwide.

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

Question & Answer with David Payne, actor and DP: Tolkien and Lewis had a friendship with some bumps
author of the play Tolkien & Lewis: Wardrobes & in the road along the way, and there was a time of mild
Rings, which will be staged at Geneva College on estrangement. They were never enemies, but they came
January 25 - 26, 2019. to a point where they weren’t as close to each other as
they used to be. At the end, Tolkien saw his relationship
Geneva Magazine: What is the play about? with Lewis as still one of the most important of his life.
They did still have this deep affection for one another.
David Payne: There were meetings between That was great to see. I had read what Tolkien wrote
the two, which we don’t know much about, but about Lewis after his death… It was so clear that he still
the play is from research based on the result of had this great affection for him.
correspondence [J.R.R.] Tolkien and [C.S.] Lewis
had with each other at the end of their lives. It’s GM: You’re returning to Geneva College after staging
really a celebration of friendship. And they deal your one-man play An Evening with C.S. Lewis last year.
with some of the issues that caused troubles in How do you feel about coming back to Geneva?
the past, and they are honest about that. They
talk about some of the things that motivated their DP: Regarding our last visit to Geneva College, we really
writing, primarily how they inspired one another enjoyed it. We enjoyed the area. We enjoyed the folks
in many ways. It delves into the friendship and the that put it on. We enjoyed the whole experience; it was
depth of that friendship. great fun. When we were asked to go back, we didn’t
have to think twice about saying “yes.”
GM: When and why did you write it?
GEN EVA VI S I T I N G A RT I S T & L EC T U R E S ER I ES PR ESEN T S
DP: I wrote it four years ago and began staging it
about two years ago with continual refinements. I STARRING: DAVID PAYNE, GREGORY WELSCH & KRYSTIN LARSEN
was asked to write a Tolkien play but did not have
the inspiration. Then some promoter mentioned 7pm Friday Jan. 25th &
having it set at the end of [Tolkien’s and Lewis’] 7pm Saturday Jan. 26th
lives, sort of like they were reminiscing. Lewis had
a heart attack just before he died, and I thought I N JOHN W HI TE C HAP EL, G EN EVA C O L L E GE
this would be a great place to set the play. Let’s
set it right after Lewis’ heart attack, and Tolkien TICKETS AVAILABLE DEC. 3 ONLINE
thinks there is not much time left. A chance to
reinvigorate the friendship before Lewis, perhaps, G ENEVA.EDU/ G VA L S
passes on.

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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 That’s when, he explains,“I think I
discovered my business entrepreneurial
and CEO of U.S. Commercial Realty, knows the spirit. I started with a 20-hour per week
importance and value of property curb appeal. campus job my freshman year, cleaning Memorial
Someone once told him,“You don’t get a second Hallway floors and trash clean-up.When the Student
chance at making a first impression,” and he never Center opened my sophomore year, I landed one of the
forgot the wisdom of the statement. student manager slots in the Program Office and the
Recreation Center.”
So, when he visited the Geneva campus for the
first time since graduation about eight years ago, Between learning in the classroom and solid honest work,
he was concerned that the first impression of the Dwight Wagner’s most important lessons were underway.
institution wasn’t as sparkling as it could be. Deferred
maintenance had taken a toll on what had always been While Dwight initially accepted a position in the
an attractive campus design. insurance industry upon graduation, being drafted into
the service and then getting ill with meningitis meant
Anyone who knows Dwight, maybe even remembering going home on medical leave. He worked briefly with
that as Class Student Senate Representative he brought his dad in the farm real estate business, which he found
The Beach Boys to campus, knows he has a can-do to be exciting.“Looking back,” he says,“I know it was
attitude. He doesn’t just see problems; he eliminates simply God’s plan for me.”
obstacles that get in his path.
The plan included many blessings, including a
Dwight made a generous commitment of $1 million successful career in the commercial real estate business
to cover expenses related to the beautification and and marriage to his wife Kae, and five children and 13
enhancement of Geneva’s campus.The gift will be grandchildren. Dwight and Kae are avid supporters of
LCBC (Lives Changed by Christ) Church, which has
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weekend on 14 campuses.

And he never forgot Geneva. He returned and became Expanding Our Edge 2.0
an active member of the Geneva College Advancement
Board, an alumni-led fundraising team established by Built in 1925, Reeves Field is a centerpiece of
the Board of Trustees in 2012. He received a 2014 campus activity and remains one of the finest
Distinguished Service Award from Geneva. outdoor performance facilities among NCAA
Division III institutions. Installing new Astro-Turf©
“ Looking back, this summer helped meet NCAA requirements
I know it was simply for hosting playoff soccer games and provides
a safer, high-quality, durable surface for
God’s plan for me.” athletics, marching band, intramurals, and
the surrounding community. Thanks to the
And if he could talk to other alumni in person, he would contributions of many who share Geneva’s
have some thoughts to share.“I was taught as a young mission, students and visitors will continue to
student to give back to God, but really challenged nearly enjoy Reeves Field for years to come.
30 years ago to tithe my gross income, then give beyond
that to Christian organizations and institutions like The South Campus Project is the next focus
Geneva. I started with just 1% of my gross income per of revitalization. The goal is to significantly
year and grew my giving each year until I reached 20%. It improve the appearance of the area around
has been amazing; the more I give, the more I am blessed the Merriman Athletic Complex and Conrady
by God.” Softball Field at the southern end of the college
property bordering the City of Beaver Falls. The
Everyone’s in a different situation, he knows. But he has beautification plan calls for changes to create
this quiet challenge about giving back.“Try it – you’ll a more welcoming impression. The donation-
enjoy it and receive enormous satisfaction from it!” G supported 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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ALUMNI

Haynie Endowed Scholarship

Jonathan Donath ‘17, Product Specialist at Ellwood City Forge Paul W. Haynie ‘70 and wife Elaine of Cranberry
Group, poses with the donated 3D printer. Township, PA established The Paul W. and Elaine
J. Haynie Endowed Scholarship at Geneva College
Engineering Students Have in honor of Dr. Stewart M. Lee. Mr. Haynie passed
3D Printer away in June 2017, and Geneva gratefully accepted
an estate gift of $442,000. Haynie was born on
Geneva Engineering students have access to a state- November 27, 1928 and enjoyed a 41-year career
of-art 3D printer, compliments of Ellwood City Forge, a in banking that started when he was just 17 years old.
division of Ellwood Group, Inc. The company donated He was also a Korean War veteran. In 1970, after
$10,000 to purchase the printer, which gives students 17 years of night school, Haynie earned his Business
hands-on experience with cutting edge manufacturing Administration degree at Geneva College, where Dr.
modeling and design concepts. The machine can Lee acted as his professor, mentor, advisor and friend.
create physical objects from a three-dimensional He was a frequent volunteer with Geneva’s Institutional
digital model in a process of laying down many thin Advancement Office and received the Distinguished
layers of material in succession. Service Award in 2005. The Haynie Endowed
Scholarship is intended to encourage students to live up
Ellwood has a national scale with 29 different to Geneva’s standards and to become servant leaders
locations for steelmaking, forging, machining, choosing Christ as their cornerstone.
distribution, cladding and fabricating, and casting,
but it remains heavily invested in the Western Alumni Speaker Series Started
Pennsylvania area near Beaver Falls. With a
commitment to help its local communities thrive and Geneva has begun The Alumni Speaker Series
grow, Ellwood hopes its investment in the students designed to introduce current students to the great
of Geneva will produce the next generation of work that our alumni are doing post-graduation and
employees, engineers and metallurgists. The Ellwood create opportunities for networking. David Howell
donation to Geneva aligns with its motto of “Work ‘82, President of Americas Region at Westinghouse
hard. Care harder.” Electric Company LLC, and Dean of Student
Development, Jamie Swank ‘01 JD, were the first
15 GENEVA MAGAZINE 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.”

ALUMNI

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 16

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.

The Legacy Grant is:

• 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.

LegacyGrantGENEVA COLLEGE’s

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
forces. It’s also the type of process some Christians go through
in coming to a realization about their identity in Christ and their
purpose and calling in life.

These types of deduction define the life of Genna Frederick ’12.

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

“ I was asked questions at
Geneva that I never knew I

would need the answers for.”

Genna’s path to Geneva was not an easy one.She started in the
engineering program at a large public university. Then she suffered
through the death of her sister.It was a dark time for Genna and a
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
things.She decided to transfer from her school,and on advice from
her Geneva alumni brother and sister in-law,Ken‘08 and Amanda
(Caler‘09), she came to Geneva. What she found was a small,
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 “If you’re just focusing on your career, you’re not
would need the answers for,” she says, giving credit to focusing on enough,” she advises.“Don’t do yourself the
Geneva’s Humanities and Core Curriculum for helping disservice of thinking that taking more courses geared
her dig into the deep topics of life.Wrestling with toward your specific major rather than a core curriculum
difficult questions like,“What is freedom?” and “What will better prepare you for your job. The world needs
does it mean to be human?,” were a chance for her to more from you than that.”
understand who she was and her place in God’s plan.
She began to see the nature in which God created her “ If you’re just focusing
and how to use her gifts and everything God has given, on your career, you’re not
including her career. As she worked toward answers to
these questions, they became her core beliefs. focusing on enough.

“Those core beliefs became anchors that I was able to The world needs more from
hold onto during that time and throughout the years,”
Genna recalls. “Decisions became a lot easier than if you than that.”
those things hadn’t already been settled in my heart. I
am so thankful for the time I was given at Geneva to Her life is about something bigger than her career or
work through those issues.” herself. Being at Geneva changed Genna’s attitude about
life, vocation and identity. She understands now that she
Genna’s first Humanities assignment at Geneva was is called to contribute more to her industry than just her
a paper about death.When she learned about it, she company’s product.
sought out the professor to explain her situation. Genna
says, the professor thanked her for telling her the story Genna says,“It’s a completely different way of looking at
and then hugged her. It was the first time she remembers life when your focus is being a follower of Christ not just
anyone thanking her for informing them of the news an engineer. It changes everything. Every job or career
of the grief with which she was dealing. After the class is a ministry.You need to minister in your vocation. It’s
under a steady rain, Genna crouched by a bench, alone about being a steward of what God has given you.”
and crying. A stranger stopped and prayed quietly for
her. Then the stranger asked her to go to lunch. The She was active in extracurricular activities, Ulitmate
clues were mounting; she reasoned that this was the Frisbee, rugby and Pisgah. She developed friendships
type of community she’d hoped to find. with her engineering cohorts and with students from
many other disciplines. And she led Quest Trips to
Trading the big school for the smaller school brought Washington DC during spring breaks as part of GC
changes. Genna went from being in large engineering Student Leadership.
classes of 100 or more students with just a few women to
being in smaller ones at Geneva where up to half of the “I can honestly say, there was no time in my life when
class was women. Her experience at Geneva was fulfilling, there were more passionate and compassionate
both from feeling prepared for a career and vocation and Christian leaders pouring into me than my time at
in getting needed social and spiritual support, especially Geneva,” she says. G
from highly trained, Christian professors.
Watch the video...
“One of my favorite professors was Dr. (David) Shaw. I
took a Heat Transfer course with him, and it blew my Genna Frederick ’12 is featured in Geneva’s latest
mind,” she recalls.“The way he taught really got me television commercial, airing soon on broadcast and
thinking… He helped transform the way I looked at the
subject matter.” cable channels. To view the 30-second spot, visit:
www.youtube.com/genevacollege
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 Translation recruiter, they learned about a major need
for sign language translations of the Bible; only 2% of the
You may have heard the phrase “God doesn’t call the 70 million Deaf worldwide have been introduced to the
Gospel and less than 5% have some scriptures in their
equipped - he equips the called.” heart language.

This was certainly the case for Carolyn (McMahon ‘13) “Sign language was never a thought for either of us,”says
and Dan Rehder ‘13, who met at Geneva College. Carolyn.“Dan hadn’t really even seen sign language before.”

As recent college graduates and newlyweds, Carolyn and Without any prior experience with the Deaf
Dan were exploring career opportunities and further population, it seemed unlikely the Rehders would be
education, but neither of them seemed destined for working with Deaf Bible translation teams.Then God
Christian missions and certainly not for overseas sign led them to befriend an Ethiopian deaf man who works
language translation work with the Deaf. But that’s in Bible translation.The couple went from feeling,“This
where God called them. could possibly happen” to,“Okay, this is definitely God
saying we need to do this.”
God arranged unmistakable experiences to call the
Rehders into missions while they were living in North They answered the call to become missionaries in
Dakota. Dan was working as a paramedic and Carolyn November 2015 with Wycliffe Bible Translators.This
was taking classes. They found themselves meeting decision involved raising their own support.
missionary after missionary, learning much about this
type of life’s work. Then, through a Wycliffe Bible

“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
intimidating prospect to a huge blessing.

After more than a year of preparation,they moved to
Oradea in western Romania for orientation and training
with the Global Sign LanguagesTeam.

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.

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

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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 ofAUTHORCOLLECTION
the Bible in the language they understand best, their sign
language. Because of the lack of aural language stimuli as A gift from the
an infant, a deaf person learns to think visually.When a Gerstner family
deaf person learns a spoken language, often much later,
it is processed in the part of the brain used for second DEDICATION AT
language. Typically, even a well-educated person can COMMENCEMENT WEEKEND
only advance to about a third-grade reading level in a
second language. Most Bibles are written at a sixth-grade 2019
reading level or higher.Therefore, a sign language Bible
can help the Deaf understand God in a whole new way GENEVA COLLEGE
in their first language.
Geneva.edu/gerstner
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.

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.

CAMPUS NEWS

Geneva Signs Agreement for arts, business and engineering, and a one-year pre-
N J Satellite Campus nursing track.

Geneva is planning to open Geneva College The program’s intent is to offer quality, Christian
Eastern Campus in the fall of 2020. This is the higher education at costs that rival local community
result of a Memorandum of Understanding between colleges, enabling more students in New Jersey to
Geneva and Eastern Christian High School in North access Christian education beyond their senior year
Haledon, New Jersey. This agreement is based on of high school without incurring significant debt.
a program to provide associate degrees in liberal
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 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 as a Resident Assistant, Resident Life Assistant,
Washington and member of the Senior Class Committee. She
is appreciative of the leadership opportunities and
Geneva College Student Body and Senior Class training Geneva provides.
President, Paige Wintermute ’19, has cultivated her
leadership skills during her entire college career. “I’m excited to finish the year by making subtle but
She received an opportunity recently to continue impactful changes to leave as part of my legacy in the
her development when she and fellow student GCSG,” Wintermute says.
Hollie Gfroerer ‘20 attended the National Student
Government Summit in Washington, DC, as Geneva According to Wintermute, leadership at Geneva
College Student Government (GCSG) representatives. means facing challenges, planning key events,
exercising professionalism, organizing and leading
The Summit is the largest student government meetings, delegating tasks, practicing public
conference in the nation and is organized by the speaking, showing grace, developing a listening ear,
American Student Government Association to focus on thinking critically and inspiring others to work with
Student Government training, research and consulting. excellence. These activities have played an integral
role in making her the leader she is today.
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 problem-
solving, keeping a positive outlook and making
manageable improvements.

In addition to her position as President, she serves

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CAMPUS NEWS

New Faculty and Staff

Christen Adels ‘96, MBA Julie (Metzger ’88) Hines,
MBA, CPA
Valedictorian of Geneva’s 1996
graduating class, Christen Adels Geneva alumna Julie Hines
returns to Geneva as a professor was hired full-time to teach
and Chair of the Business Financial Accounting courses in
Department. After receiving Geneva’s Business Department
her law degree and MBA from this fall after teaching part
the University of Pittsburgh, she time for more than a year.
has continued her education, Along with her Geneva BSBA
expecting to graduate with her juris doctorate from with Accounting concentration, Hines has an MBA
Fox School of Business at Temple University in 2019. in Finance from St. Joseph University, her CPA and
In addition to teaching and advising students, Adels professional experience in a range of accounting
will oversee administration for the Department of specialties with companies like Air Products and
Business, Accounting and Sport Management, Chemical, Deloitte, and PPG. Her higher education
including leading and managing the department, teaching experience includes her work at Geneva
overseeing proper departmental accreditation, and continuing education teaching at Community
directing the Masters of Business Administration College of Allegheny County and Penn State Beaver.
(MBA) Program, and recruiting department faculty and Originally from Rochester, PA, Hines has committed
students. Adels is also a Certified Public Accountant service to several non-profit organizations like the Girl
and Attorney for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 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.

Lori Koehler, DNP, MSN, BSN Melinda Stephens ‘93, PHD

Lori Koehler, the new and first Melinda Stephens, PhD, was
director of the nursing program recently promoted to the
at Geneva College, graduated position of Provost. She was
with her Doctor of Nursing the Vice-President of Academic
Practice from Kaplan University Affairs and serves on the faculty
in October of 2016. Prior to in the Chemistry Department.
this she received her Bachelors Stephens graduated as
of Science in Nursing from De valedictorian from Geneva in
Sales University and her Masters of Science in Nursing 1993 with a Bachelor of Chemistry. She continued
from Walden University. She has qualifications in her education at The University of Pittsburgh, where
nursing administration, teaching nursing specific she completed her doctorate in Analytical Chemistry
labs, and over 20 years of field practice. Her many (1998). She has also been a member of both the
experiences have prepared her well to teach in and Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry
grow Geneva’s nursing program. and Applied Spectroscopy since 2001, and the
Society for Analytical Chemistry of Pittsburgh
Kim Arata ‘09 CCC-SLP since 1994, serving as the chair in 2016-2017.
While at Geneva, she has received many awards,
Kim Arata ’09 joined the including the Paul H. Gilmore Humanities Award
Communication Disorders faculty for outstanding work in humanities (1991), the
this fall, replacing her professor Geneva College Trustee Scholarship for outstanding
during her undergraduate academic performance (1992), and the Society for
years at Geneva, Elaine Analytical Chemists of Pittsburgh Analytical College
Hockenberger. Arata’s graduate Chemistry Award (1993). In addition to her work at
degree in Speech Pathology was Geneva, Stephens is a wife, mother of four boys and
earned at Ball State University. a member of Pathway Church.

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CAMPUS NEWS

Jamie Swank ‘01, MAHE ‘03, JD Kelli McKee

Geneva’s new Dean of Student Kelli McKee joined the Geneva
Development, Jamie Swank community as the Director of
’01, MAHE ’03, has already Development. She has worked
become an integral and positive in college level management
force on campus. In her role, for more than eighteen years
she is responsible for student with Westminster College,
engagement, well-being and Slippery Rock University and the
persistence. She earned a University of Pittsburgh, where
bachelor’s in Speech Communication and master’s in she earned her B.A. She comes to Geneva from her
Higher Education from Geneva and her law degree role of Senior Advancement Officer with Carnegie
at the University of Pittsburgh. Her return to Geneva Museums of Pittsburgh.
follows director roles at Impact 360 Institute and
Grove City College. Kelly Sanzari, MA

Beth Carlson, PA-C Kelly Sanzari is the Director of
Alumni Relations tasked with
Geneva welcomes Beth Carlson increasing alumni involvement
as the new Director of Health through regional events,
Services. She received her Homecoming, admissions and
B.A. in Medical Technology career development volunteer
from Thiel College and a opportunities. She earned her
Certification in Medical master’s in Higher Education
Technology from Harrisburg from Slippery Rock University and her bachelor’s of
Hospital School of Medical Business Administration from Thiel College, where she
Technology. She then earned a Masters of Physician served as alumni director for more than two years.
Assistant Studies from Chatham University and has Most recently, she worked in fundraising for the
worked in the field as a PA (Physician Assistant) and Alzheimer’s Association.
college instructor.

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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Af icionados
Honoring Christ Through the Arts

New Song Performs At Getty for more than 170 years, and New
Conference On Psalm Singing Song embodies these traditions
by beautifully singing these Psalms
BY JOCELYN ENGLEHART ‘18 among their repertoire. At the Getty
Music Conference, they performed
New Song, a Geneva College student musical three sets of music from the Psalter at
ministry group, had an exciting fall, as it headed the Crown & Covenant Publishers’ exhibit
to Music City, Nashville, TN, for the Getty Music booth. They were also invited to one of
Worship Conference – Sing! in September. Modern the performance stages for a lengthy
hymn writers Keith and Kristyn Getty, widely known performance, which was originally
for compositions such as “In Christ Alone” and “The scheduled for just two songs.
Lord is My Salvation,” founded the Sing! Conference
in 2017 to gather pastors, musicians and leaders to “They kept saying, ‘Sing, sing more,’” Communication
encourage and deepen congregational worship. and Music major Annie Dawson ’20 says. “It was
very cool to be around people who were thinking
The 2018 Conference attracted 7,000 attendees with about how to lead their congregations in praising the
a focus on Psalm singing. The congregational singing Lord. It was a really neat place to be.”
of the Psalms has been a Geneva College tradition
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.

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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“ My studies at Geneva College have
advanced my professional skills.
Alongside a rigorous major, I also have
been taught a variety of competencies
that will continue to be relevant long
after I have graduated.”
- Matthew C. Hoffman, Junior, Missions Major
GFenunedva
Your generosity is so
greatly appreciated.

Alumni like you help open students’ eyes and
awaken their hopes and dreams through a Christ-
centered education. Your financial support to
Geneva helps future students like Matthew prepare
to enter classrooms with the Gospel truth, reaching
out to another generation for God’s glory.

The Geneva Fund is essential to equip students to
faithfully serve both God and neighbor by spreading
the Good News wherever they go.

This fund impacts every area of life at Geneva. Your
gift to the Geneva Fund prepares students for a
wide-range of vocations.

Almost all students at Geneva receive some form
of financial aid, which makes a Christ-centered
education possible. Reach those who need it most
through scholarships funded by your generous gifts
to Geneva.

Geneva.edu/give

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Geneva Adds Two New Sport Programs

By Chris Mathews ‘00

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

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)
championship in 2011. Conser returns to Geneva after two years as Director of
the Infinity Volleyball Club in his hometown of Salem, OH.

"Geneva College Varsity Men's Volleyball has been a dream of mine for years,"
Conser says. "I'm honored to be the person chosen to lead Geneva men's
volleyball into this new era. I look forward to quickly building a competitive
team, helping an ambitious group of young men reach their goals on and off
the court."

Geneva’s club team qualified for the National Collegiate Club Championship
Tournament in St. Louis, MO. Competing in the 1-AAA Division, Geneva
advanced to the semifinals, losing to eventual champion Gonzaga University.
Along the way, Geneva defeated Division I club programs from universities
like Georgia, Kansas, Ohio, Miami (FL) and Alabama.

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

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

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
school level, and he is the recruiting director for athletics. He was also an

important figure administratively as Geneva made preparations to add the sport.

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

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ATHLETIC NEWS

BY CHRIS MATHEWS ‘00

Celebrating Athletic Excellence

Liam O’Halloran Daphne Hunsinger MEN’S SOCCER
Megan Schoeneweis
The men’s soccer team integrated several young players in 2018
Sydney McNulty 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.

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 triple-
doubles, fifth most in NCAA Division III.

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

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and freshman Kayla Coughlin, who led the team, and was ninth in Trewon Marshall
the conference, with 478 digs.
Rachael Letterman
With the strong season, the women’s team qualified for the Josh Duffie
National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA) Division II Jessie Taylor
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 All-
American, 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.

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.

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.

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 _______________________________________ Rev. Stanley J. Lemon ‘54 on September 7, 2017
A. Frederick Kroen ‘54 on October 7, 2018
Ethel C. (Park ‘37) Metcalfe on September 24, 2018 Jacqueline M. Woznicki ‘55 on June 17, 2018
William G. Thompson Jr. ‘55 on June 25, 2018
40s _______________________________________ John J. Monza ‘55 on July 14, 2018
Dr. John J. Fassinger ‘55 on October 7, 2018
Margaret “Birdie” (Lee ‘42) Boyce on October 8, 2018 Frank V. Pishioneri ‘56 on October 28, 2018
John C. Wilson ‘43 on July 12, 2018 Thomas F. Gorgas ‘56 on May 12, 2018
Madelyn “Madge” (Woods ‘44) Adams on August 15, 2018 Harold L. Berkoben Jr. ‘56 on May 23, 2018
Senator Gerald J. LaValle ‘56 on September 12, 2018
George E. Tannehill ‘46 on July 11, 2018 Donald O. Tarazano ‘57 on April 27, 2018
Marilois (McFarland ‘47) George on October 22, 2018 Ann W. (Kennedy ‘57) Hanlon on May 28, 2018
Fred B. McCormick ‘47 on August 17, 2018 Christakis “Chris” M. Counnas ’58 on July 23, 2018
Charles M. McNeal ‘58 on August 4, 2017
Dr. James L. Bowers ‘48 on May 25, 2018 Richard A. Horst ‘58 on June 4, 2018
Dr. Richard O. Davis ‘48 on August 11, 2018 Paul D. Steele ‘58 on December 11, 2016
William T. Haddad ‘48 on August 11, 2018 Samuel C. Mullin ‘59 on March 22, 2018
George E. Murphy ‘48 on September 7, 2018 Marilyn R. Williams ‘59 on June 4, 2018
Paul J. Braun ‘49 on May 27, 2018 Dr. Gary L. Statton ‘59 on August 24, 2018
Naomi L. (Davis ‘49) Strayer on June 25, 2018 Albert C. Mignanelli ‘59 on August 24, 2018
Jerold “Jerry” Panas ‘49 on July 14, 2018
Arthur M. Goettman ‘49 on July 27, 2018 60s _______________________________________
Donna Lee (Courtney ‘49) Cook on August 10, 2018
Gregory A. Slatniske ‘60 on May 10, 2018
50s _______________________________________ Melvin T. Cook ‘60 on May 25, 2018
Thomas H. Challis Jr. ‘60 on July 6, 2018
Joseph T. Facciolo ’50 on September 24, 2018 John W. Lowe ‘60 on August 9, 2018
Rev. John A. Fitzstevens Jr. ‘50 on February 11, 2018 George R. McCalla Jr. ‘61 on May 13, 2018
Joseph R. Houk Sr. ‘51 on July 2, 2018 Richard E. Grimm ‘61 on August 28, 2018
C. Dean Strosnider ‘51 on October 13, 2018 Andrew A. Mignanelli ‘62 on June 7, 2018
Joan (Boden ‘52) Smith on November 28, 2017 Dr. James E. Rush ‘63 on May 22, 2018
John A. Folino ‘53 on June 6, 2018 Earl “Ray” Beringer ‘63 on July 26, 2018
Geraldine M. (Desalle ‘53) Evanko on September 4, 2018 Marilyn L. (Harrington ‘63) Russell on August 6, 2018
Barbara (Smith ‘53) Scovell on August 19, 2018 Robert E. Adams ‘63 on September 6, 2018
Theodore M. Manis ‘53 on October 10, 2018 Emil “Lenny” Luongo ‘63 on October 16, 2018
Rev. Frank E. Wright ’53 on July 26, 2018
Yvonne J. (Lathom ‘54) Bieberbach on November 4, 2017
Louis J. Koutoulakis ‘54 on November 1, 2018
Paul D. Brockett Jr. ‘54 on October 31, 2018

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IN MEMORIAM

Robert F. Fortney ‘64 on April 29, 2018 00s _______________________________________
Ruth Ann (Michic ‘64) Dewhirst on October 9, 2018
Clair D. Maxwell ‘65 on September 27, 2018 Mark R. Fehr ‘01 MSOL on September 25, 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
Dale P. Williams ‘69 on April 18, 2018 June 24, 2018
Marjorie R. Dysert ‘69 on July 25, 2018
Sherry D. Williams ’04 (DCP #015), ’06 MSOL
on August 24, 2018
Lindsey R. (Baker ‘06) Whitney on August 24, 2018

70s _______________________________________ Friends ___________________________________
Karl Boak on October 22, 2018
Clark S. Duncan ‘70 on October 20, 2018
Cynthia L. Pertile ‘71 on May 25, 2018 Ellen Smyth on October 25, 2017
Bernie Manning on October 27, 2017
Dr. Linda (Breuninger ‘71) Marshall on August 12, 2018 Rhoda Holbein on June 20, 2018
Michael D. Tabon ‘72 on June 20, 2018 Helen Dukes on August 5, 2018
Joyce R. (Mitsch ‘72) Boudreau on September 16, 2018 Orlena Boyle on August 18, 2018
Eric J. Black ‘73 on August 18, 2018 Cleveland Jones on September 1, 2018
Dawn (Carroll ‘73) Contrucci on September 29, 2018 James Rarick on October 7, 2018
Joseph R. Farelli ‘74 on July 24, 2018 Donna Douglas on September 28, 2018
Deborah (Mahr ‘74) Barnett on May 2, 2018
John Lightner ‘76 on July 1, 2018 Denotes members of the
Nancy J. (Yovich ‘77) Jackson on April 30, 2018
Herbert S. Skuba ‘78 on May 27, 2018 Heritage Society,
George R. Curry ‘78 on June 17, 2018
Douglas C. Haller ‘78 on July 23, 2018 which recognizes the valuable contributions of
Franklin D. Martz ‘79 on June 1, 2018 alumni and friends who include Geneva in their
estate and/or financial plans by gifts made
80s _______________________________________ through annuities, charitable trusts, gifts of life
estates, undivided partial interests in real estate
Nancy “Kathy” O’Connor ‘84 on June 17, 2018 or life insurance, and gifts made through their
Matthew J. Galbraith ‘88 on September 7, 2018 will. To learn more, visit

90s _______________________________________ Geneva.giftlegacy.com

Daniel T. Bertram ‘92 on April 24, 2018
Carrie J. (Breckenridge ‘95) Pearson on April 30, 2018
Jason P. Austin ‘98 on August 10, 2018
Robert M. Livingston ‘99, ‘02 MSOL on August 21, 2018

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Class Notes are available on CLASS NOTES David Hutton ‘78 was recently
promoted to Vice President of Strategic
Geneva.edu. Visit the site to James Warden ‘73 is enjoying retirement Accounts for Siemens Medical
after serving as a teacher/administrator Solutions. He has been employed by
learn about fellow classmates, for Christian schools in Ontario, Canada Siemens for 31 years and continues
and Iowa. He resides in beautiful Pella, to reside in Wilmington, DE with wife
and submit an update so they Iowa with his wife, Janis. They have been Donna (Byers ‘78).
blessed with six children.
can remain connected with you. Marilyn (Henze ‘78) Deans and
Deborah (Mahr ‘74) Barnett and husband husband Kenneth have two children,
50s William reside in Bentonville, VA. Nathan and Anna, and reside in
Dr. Thayer Miller ‘51 and his wife Davidsonville, MD.
Lindaflor observed the 40th anniversary Rebecca (Bainer ‘76) Jones is retired and
of their marriage in Manila where she resides in Cape Coral, FL. Bruce Axon ‘79 retired July 1, 2018
was a nationally known beauty pageant from Consumers Energy as a Senior
winner, model and movie actress in the Eric ‘76 and Pamela (Garvin ‘76) Grabman Financial Analyst where he has worked
1970s. They have three adult sons Thor, have two grown children and reside in for 38 1/2 years. Bruce has lived
Kent and Leif. Thayer, former senior Boardman, OH. Eric is a Farm Inspector/ in Jackson, MI since 1980 and has
officer on a world cruise ship, was a Fieldman at Marburger Dairy Farm. been married to his wife Becky for 35
shipping consultant in the Philippines years. They have six children and are
when he met his wife. The couple Norman Yacko ‘76 works for the expecting their fifth grandchild in June.
founded three evangelical churches in Philadelphia Eagles and celebrated their
Cebu and Leyte provinces. He is also a 2018 Superbowl win. Bruce Rhodes ‘79 is a Principal at
licensed chief broadcast engineer and Everett Public Schools. He resides in
Amateur Extra Class radio operator Brier, WA.
(N3TM). He began his career at sea as
chief radio officer in the Panamanian
merchant fleet and eventually served as
first mate and captain.

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 Rev. Rebecca (Mahr ‘77) Cartus is the Timothy Davies ‘79 is the Administration
Distinguished Alumni from Pittsburgh owner of Motor Mouth Mahr Speaking and Operations Director for University
Theological Seminary for his service to Services www.momomahrspeaks.com and Communications and Marketing at
the church. is a Certified Conflict Mediator, 2018 The Kent State University. He and his wife,
Association for Conflict Resolution. She Joyce (Miller ‘79) live in Stow, OH.
Charles Shaffer ‘58 resides in and husband John have two daughters Joyce retired from Ohio University in
Gainesville, FL. and reside in Sewickley, PA. 2015 with 30 years of service to public
universities throughout Ohio.
60s Michael Plank ‘77 married Marsha
Stanley Wood ‘63 and his wife Donna Kampes in April 2017. They reside in 80s
celebrated their golden wedding Havre de Grace, MD and have three Jack Stambaugh ‘81 was named the
anniversary with a party given by their adult children, April (37), Emily (34) Chief Marketing Officer at CTB, Inc. in
children. and Nick (23), as well as one grandson, September 2018.
Carter. Mike is employed as the Director
Michael Matvey Jr. ‘68 retired in 2010. of Clinical Engineering by the University Karen-Susanne (Budnick ‘82)
He and wife Lura reside in Orlando, FL. of Maryland Medical Center, where he Whitlock works for the Alliance of
has served for the past 13 years. Confessing Evangelicals and attends
70s Regent University’s TESOL online
Rick Cox ‘72 and his wife Sue are Dr. Susan (Buffington ‘78) Griffith and graduate program. She became
professional chainsaw artists who travel husband Larry reside in Greenwood, IN. a grandmother for the first time in
around the United States carving at January 2018.
different events. Marilyn (Williams ‘78) Wilt is an
Emotional Support Teacher at Rose Tree
Dr. Jeanne (Dill ‘72) Svobodny is an Media School District. She and husband
Elementary Principal at Dover-Eyota Robert reside in Media, PA.
Public School. She recently wrote the
book “It’s Too Soon To Quit, A Story of Elizabeth “Lisa” (Ochocki ‘78) Tobin and
Hope.” Jeanne and her husband Mike husband Bill reside in Wyomissing, PA.
reside in Winona, MN.

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CLASS NOTES

Alan ‘82 and Arlene (Osman ‘82) Fiebig Christopher Fox ‘89 is a Project Michelle (Rosensteel ’05) Kibel and
were published in April of 2017 by Manager/Systems Coordinator for husband Dan welcomed son Asher
Ulysses Press after 7 years of living MJM Innovations, a company that Thomas, born July 5, 2018.
off-grid. They were contracted by the contracts with various State and Federal
publisher to document their experiences Government Agencies to deliver Robert O’Neill ‘05 MSOL was recently
in building and living off-grid with their transportation and meal assistance named the chief of Butler police.
solar electric power system. “Prepper’s for the senior population. Christopher
Total Grid Failure Handbook: Alternative resides in Essex, MD. Laura (Wandling ‘05) Delgado and
Power, Energy Storage, Low Voltage husband Jacob welcomed daughter Ava
Appliances and Other Lifesaving 90s James on January 8, 2018.
Strategies for Self-Sufficient Living” Philip Isett ‘90, ‘02 MSOL recently
became a Senior Change Management Noah Finley ‘08 graduated from
Philip Malebranche ’82 has been named Partner with Fulton Financial Johns Hopkins School of Advanced
to the board of directors of Care for the Corporation, headquartered in International Studies (SAIS) with
Homeless, a New York City nonprofit that Lancaster, PA. a master’s degree in international
provides quality, client-centered health relations. He specialized in international
care, human services, and shelter to David Fabricatore ‘90 was promoted to economics and the Middle East. He
individuals and families; and advocates Global EV Hybrid Commodity Manager currently works for the Illinois Senate
for policies that would ameliorate, at Ford Motor Company, Dearborn, Republican Caucus.
prevent and end homelessness. MI. David will be responsible for
the serviceability strategy of future Randy Wells ‘08 is currently managing
Dr. James Vaughn ‘83 was elected to electric and hybrid vehicle components a geospatial information systems (GIS)
be the President and CEO of Philpott engineered by Ford. team for an engineering firm that supports
Solutions Group. Jim and his family electric transmission companies. He is
reside in Hudson, OH. Derek Koziol ‘93 is the Director, Life also a staff sergeant in the Ohio Army
Sciences for Information Services National Guard as a Geospatial Engineer
Joyce (McBurney ‘83) DeFont and Group. He and his wife have two conducting terrain mapping, data
husband Michael celebrated their 25th children and reside in Bedford, NH. management and analysis. Randy and his
wedding anniversary on October 11, wife Abby have two children and serve at
2011. Joyce is an adjunct instructor at Melanie (Wuenstel ‘98) Maxwell and their church in the children’s ministry and
Mount Saint Mary College in the physical husband Kevin have two children, setup crew.
education department. She is also Ewan and Anna, and reside in Bethel
teaching American Red Cross courses at Park, PA. Julia Bavuso ‘08 assumed a permanent
a local high school and runs the pool at role as staff nurse on Beach Ward at
the local YMCA summer camp. 00s Evelina London Children’s Hospital
Mary (Pranno ‘00) Fincham and caring for children with renal and
Sgt. Tom Carver ‘85 has retired from the husband Chris have seven children and urological conditions.
Delaware State Police after 23 years of reside in Newberry, SC.
service. Tom has accepted a position as Kelly (DeChambeau ‘08) King and
a safety compliance officer with Krapf Amy (Irons ‘04) Deibler works as a husband Jonathan welcomed daughter
Transportation, working in the company’s pathologists’ assistant in Maryland. Pearl Ivy King on July 14, 2016. The
Rover commuter bus and para-transit She married her husband, a mortician, King family resides in Philadelphia, PA.
division in Downingtown, PA. in 2007. She is working on a book
titled “Death, it’s a Living: A Guide to Stacy (Beagle ‘08) Pucci married Joshua
Rev. Doug ‘85 and Mrs. Amy (Cyphers Postmortem Professions.” Her hair has Pucci.
‘85) Comin have two sons, Benjamin and stayed blonde for the past 5 years.
Samuel, and reside in Latrobe, PA where Ashleigh (Jones ‘08) Warwick is a teacher
Doug is a Financial Advisor at Prudential. Jessica (Young ‘04) and Jeremy at Montgomery County Public Schools. She
Brown ‘02 have five children, Tobey, and husband Todd have four children and
Becky (Douthitt ‘87) Saymansky and Evangeline, Jude, Margaret and Jonas, reside in Ijamsville, MD.
husband Gary reside in Darlington, PA. and reside in Pittsburgh, PA.
Dr. Elisabeth (Eriksson ’09) Jacobson and
Mark Cowley ‘87 accepted a new husband Eli welcomed baby Joseph Thor
position with the Naval Facilities to the world in late May 2018.
Engineering Command as the Regional
Petroleum Engineer for the Navy and Tristan ‘09 and Robyn (Weber ‘09) Moran
US Marines Corps for the geographic announce the birth of their first child, Lillian
areas of the Mid Atlantic (Maine to Ann Moran, born on May 14, 2018.
Georgia) and Washington DC. The Moran family resides in Overland
Park, KS. Dr. Robyn Moran completed
Scott Werner ‘88 recently completed her Internal Medicine Residency on June
10 years in his current position as 30, 2018 and will begin a Rheumatology
Scheduler for First Transit in Lawnside, Fellowship at the University of Kansas
NJ. He and wife Esfir reside in Medical Center in Kansas City, KS.
Philadelphia, PA.

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Thomas Meyer ’09 resides in Sagamore CLASS NOTES Abby (Crouse ‘18) Conrad and Christian
Hills, OH. Conrad were married on July 28, 2018.
Anne (McEllhenney ‘15) and Jonathan The couple resides in Frisco, TX.
10s Robel ‘15 welcomed their second son,
Travis Polley ‘10 and wife Sara Avi Daniel, on September 11, 2018. He
welcomed their son Lucas Earl Polley on joins big brother Eli Luke, 3. The Robels
July 3, 2018. reside in Pittsburgh, PA.

Adam Gray ‘11 and his wife have two Joseph ‘16 and Bethany (Cousino ‘16)
sons, Henry and Oliver. Zgorzynski were united in marriage
on July 14, 2018. They reside in High
Bridge, NJ.

Ryan Bruckner ‘12 and his wife Amy Dayna (Hicks ‘16) and Bryan Butler ‘15 Katherine Yoder ‘18 resides in Hopewell,
welcomed their son Harrison “Sonny” were married on June 9, 2018. The VA.
Bruckner on April 18, 2018. He couple resides in Bethlehem, PA.
joins big sisters Lola and Winnie. The Ethan ‘18 and Hannah (Kelly ‘18) Stahl
Bruckners reside in Washington, PA. Josiah Hoefler ‘17 resides in Butler, PA. were married on May 11, 2018. The
couple resides in Houston, TX.
Scott ‘12 and Brenna (Unrath ‘13) Kaitlyn Orme ‘17 joined the SCBWI
Moreland welcomed son Kuyper Scott (Society for Children’s Books Writers and Sarah Stover ‘18 is currently working at
Moreland on January 26, 2018. Illustrators). She is starting a Masters of Highlands Hospital’s Regional Center
English at Liberty University in Spring of for Autism as a Classroom Behavioral
Jonathan ‘14 and Mary (Kinch ‘14) 2019. Therapist, working one-on-one or one-
Cerha welcomed their second son, on-two with students on the spectrum,
Micah, on March 13, 2018. He joins Angie Dombach ‘17 resides in Manheim, ranging from less profoundly affected to
big brother Samuel, born in 2016. PA. very profoundly affected. She resides in
Scottdale, PA.
Abigail (Davis ‘17) Kerecz married Nick
Kerecz on September 2, 2018. The Linda Fowler ‘18 recently moved to
couple resides in North Royalton, OH Georgia to be closer to family.
where Abigail is an Accounting and
Finance Associate at RVshare LLC.

Elliott ‘14 and Amanda (Weaver Kayla (Barber ‘17) Cekella and Colter Natalie Fiedler ‘18 is working for
‘14) Neese welcomed their daughter Cekella were married on June 9, 2018 Amazon.
Mackenzie Mae on March 25, 2017. at Soergel Hollow Farms in Evans City,
The Neese family resides in Akron, PA. PA. The couple resides in Belle Vernon, Daniel Mancini ‘18 is a counselor at
PA. Pittsburgh Mercy.

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

Kati (Campbell ‘14) Dey married Dylan Photos appear after the corresponding class note. Alumni Baby
Dey on May 19, 2018. Kati is the Onesies
Marketing and Events Specialist for the Class Notes Information
Lawrence County Regional Chamber Let the alumni office
of Commerce. The couple resides in To share your news, visit ([email protected])
Darlington, PA. geneva.edu/alumni/connect and know the name and
click on “Alumni Update Form.” High- birthdate of your new
Darren ‘15 and Kimberly (Hadden ‘16) resolution pictures of at least three baby, along with your
Tryon were married May 21, 2016. megapixels in size may be submitted current address, and
Kimberly is a Field Staff Missionary for in JPEG format. we’ll send you and your
Campus Crusade for Christ. The Tryons
reside in Evans City, PA. Inclusion of all items in Class Notes is newborn a Golden
at the discretion of Geneva College, Tornadoes onesie
Kathryn (Johnson ‘15) Bloom in accordance with the community (size: 12 months).
completed her Masters degree in standards of the institution.
History, with a concentration in
Museum Studies, at Appalachian State Geneva.edu/alumni/connect
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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