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Geneva Magazine - Spring 2018

Core Values Edition - Discover how Pro Christo Et Patria is lived out in the Geneva community.

GENEVA
MAGAZINE

SPRING 2018

Core Values Edition

Pro Christo et Patria Lived Out
in the Geneva Community

FROM THE PRESIDENT

CALVIN L. TROUP

The recently minted Geneva College class of 2018

cannot anticipate what our world will be like in 2053
any more than my 35th anniversary class of 1983
anticipated all that has happened in our lives since then.
We enjoy and endure many realities unimaginable in
1983; and in the decades yet to come we expect joys
and sorrows, worries and wonders.Taken together,
our lives in this age are marked by uncertainty. As the
Proverb teaches us,“you do not know what a day will
bring forth.”

We may sense that we live in an age of confusion, Finally, at Geneva we are duty-bound to invite today’s
instability and fragmentation. It is difficult to anticipate students into the depths of Christ’s wisdom and
what we cannot predict, knowing the truth of the old knowledge—a heritage we have received and work
insurance slogan,“Life comes at you fast!” The speed of to entrust to the next generation—through the core
life in uncertain times can unnerve us even when we curriculum, major courses of study, co-curricular
are prepared. activities and campus life.

At Geneva, we continue to work according to the When we equip students for lives of faithful and fruitful
premise that human life necessarily involves uncertainty, service to God and neighbor, we want them to excel
contingency and changing conditions not of our own in their next steps after graduation. But the deeper
making. Such conditions render a Geneva education value of a Geneva education is not aimed at immediate
essential—a good major may prepare a student for a conditions.The quality education Geneva provides
given job or profession, but education involves much equips us faithfully and fruitfully to navigate the realities
more. Practical wisdom from the core of a Geneva we could not anticipate, predict or expect, and to do so
education equips students with reliable coordinates to all pro Christo et patria under the word of Christ.
navigate life through changing seasons and conditions.
deliberate, courageous ways.
So, how do we prepare for the unexpected?
Calvin L.Troup
First, we know that Christ Himself has called us into President
being precisely to live here and now under current
conditions.We may be surprised by a new circumstance,
but Jesus is not. Second, Christ prepares us for each
moment.As the teacher in whom all the treasures
of wisdom and knowledge are hidden, He provides
wisdom for every situation into which we walk. And
the Lord walks with us. He has prepared good works
in advance so that we can stand and act faithfully even
through moments of uncertainty, difficulty and trouble.

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EDITOR DAN DIETER
DESIGNER BEN LICHIUS
EDITORIAL REVIEW BOARD
DR. MARVIN DEWEY
JOLYNN FREY
BRIAN JENSEN ‘10 MAHE
CHERYL JOHNSTON
DAVE LAYTON ‘88
DR. RICHARD TALBERT
DR. CALVIN L. TROUP ‘83
VAN ZANIC ‘93

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS
OLIVIA FORTON ‘19
JACOB YARNELL ‘19
JOCELYN ENGLEHART ‘18
GREGORY BEACHAUM JR. ‘18

CONTRIBUTING
PHOTOGRAPHERS
CHRISTY MARTIN ‘16
KRISTIE LANG
OLIVIA FORTON ‘19
ABIGAIL BANKES ‘19
RACHEL STEVENSON ‘19
GREG MEILANDER ‘19
MEGAN SCHOENEWEIS ‘19

1 From the President 15 Core Values: Engage Culture Faithfully 26 Faculty News & Alumni

3 Commencement 2018 17 Core Values: Inspire Vibrant Hospitality 27 Aficionados: Honoring Christ
Dr. R. Albert Mohler Jr.: Excellence in 19 Geneva College Strategic Plan through the Arts
21 Core Values: Honor One Another
5 All Things 23 Campus News 29 Bartoletta Runs to Geneva’s
9 Affirming God’s Plan for Geneva, First-Ever National Championship

Core Values: Serve with Grace 31 Athletic News
11 Core Values: Pursue Godly Wisdom
33 In Memoriam

13 Core Values: Foster Academic Strength 25 Guests at Geneva: Laura Pettler, 35 Class Notes
Iain Duguid, Timothy Mooney

Please send feedback to [email protected] or Geneva Magazine, Geneva College, 3200 College Ave., Beaver Falls, PA 15010.

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Excellence
in all Things

AND

All Things To God’s Glory

A Challenge to the 2018 Graduates of Geneva College

by Dr. R. Albert Mohler Jr.

It is a wonderful joy and privilege for me to be here in a school like Geneva College is represented in the
at Geneva College for this commencement.To the fact that we can use the language that many colleges
class of 2018, my heartiest congratulations. I want to nearby would be embarrassed to use. But this faculty
encourage you to enjoy this moment to the fullest. has loved these students. And what you see here today
President Troup, faculty, trustees, corporators, students, is the product of students who were loved by parents
graduates and parents, I greet you in the name of Jesus and grandparents and others who are here. Ultimately,
Christ. I’m very thankful to be delivering this address to we are here because of the love of God, demonstrated
a school which has already spoken of its commitment to us in Christ.
to the lordship of Christ, and it’s already spoken of love.
It was Augustine, the greatest of the church fathers, What is represented here in this occasion is a long
who reminded us that teaching, true teaching, true line of faithfulness in this school that goes back to
education, requires love.The teacher’s love of God Covenanters in 1848 and continues in a succession.
first, and then, the teacher’s love of the subject matter, A very long line of faithfulness, which, preceding
and the teacher’s love of the students.Teaching is a those who established this college, goes back to the
reciprocity of love. apostles and the patriarchs and prophets. A long
line of Christian teaching, a distinguished line that
One of the biggest lessons, and honestly, one of the is represented by schools that, without hesitation,
greatest surprises to me as president of an institution equivocation or embarrassment, hold to the whole
after 25 years, is how emotional graduation is for me counsel of God.True education is that which is based
and for my wife.We grow to love those whom we upon that faith once and for all delivered to the saints.
teach.A great privilege in stewardship that is invested Thus, I’m thankful to be here, at a school that is proud
to be a part of that succession of faithfulness and an
SPEAKER education that prepares for a long life of service.

Dr. R.Albert Mohler Jr. I can distantly remember being 22. Now I look back
and recognize what is represented in an occasion like
• President, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary this, and the conclusion of especially a baccalaureate
• Host, The Briefing and Thinking in Public podcasts period of study, is the beginning of a long life of service.
• Social critic, blogger, authority on contemporary issues for And we pray for every one of these graduates a long life

Christians
• Author of several books, including We Cannot Be Silent (Thomas

Nelson)

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of service and, more importantly than the length, a life of God. It seems to us a safe way to end the solas, the
of service to the glory of God.That’s what we celebrate same way “amen” seems to be a safe way to end a
here today.These graduates are more prepared to show prayer. But that’s not what that final sola represented.
the glory of God in the world, more ready to serve It was thrown in the face of those who denied that
Christ in the world, than had they not spent these all things were to be done to the glory of God. It was
precious years here at Geneva College. asserted in a context in which there were others who
claimed that their glory was the right glory. And the
“ These graduates are more reformers rightly retorted, it’s to the glory of God alone.
prepared to show the glory We live lives, exist, every atom and molecule of our
being, solely for the glory of God.
of God in the world, more
That does require a definition, doesn’t it? Christians
ready to serve Christ in the sometimes use words because they are so familiar to
us, without thinking of a definition, but we have to
world, than had they not define the word “glory.” Let me just give you a summary:
The glory of God is His eternal reality and the external
spent these precious years manifestation of that reality. In other words, God is
perfect. He’s infinite. He’s never more glorious in
here at Geneva College.” Himself at any time any more than He is at any point
less holy and more holy, or less powerful and more
The mission of this college begins with the most powerful. He’s omnipotent; He’s infinitely holy; He’s
important words that any Christian institution can infinitely glorious. But in the scripture, we are also
express.And that is “To glorify God by…” I’m so reminded that His glory is the external manifestation,
glad that you know that that is right in your mission it’s what the world sees of God. It’s how God’s “God-
statement,“to glorify God by…”And everything that ness,” His attributes, His being, His character are
follows, and most importantly, education follows from reflected in the world.When we are glorifying God, it
the fact that the founding purpose, the animating doesn’t mean we are adding anything to our Creator. It
desire, the faithfulness to Christ that is represented by means, rather, that we are making Him known.What we
this school is that it serves to the glory of God. are trying to do in our lives as Christians, what we are
called to do, must do, is to show God’s glory in such a
I want us to think of a text, 1 Corinthians 10:31. way that the world sees God’s glory in us. And in what
“Whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all we do, in what we say, in how we think, in how we
to the glory of God.” Now I’m sure, as Christians, you’re live, in such a way that without that manifestation, God
familiar with that verse. It sounds far more innocuous, would not be so clearly known and honored.
tame and safe than it is. It’s in the context of Paul
writing about whether certain foods and drinks should This is an odd thing.That the sovereign, omnipotent
be received by Christians, under what circumstances God, who needs nothing, would desire and design that
and to what testimony. But the summary line here is His glory would be demonstrated in we poor sinners.
far more explosive and radical than it first appears.“So Isn’t it odd to think that God would entrust that to
whether you eat or drink,” but the next words are so us? I mean, look at you. Look at me. Look at us.We are
very important,“or whatever you do, do all to the glory those to whom on planet Earth in the great design of
of God.” So, judged by Biblical truth for the Christian, all God, Christ and the gospel, He has entrusted to us, and
things should be done for the glory of God. All things assigned to us to reflect his glory. All of creation, of
must be done for the glory of God. That’s the radical course, demonstrates God’s glory. In the dog-ness of
nature of what it means to be a Christian. We exist and the dog, in the giraffe-ness of the giraffe, there is the
have been created for only one purpose, which is to glory of God, but they are not aware of it. The hills
demonstrate God’s glory. and the valleys and the oceans and the streams reflect
the glory of God, but not consciously. And even other
The final of the solas, so well known and rightly creatures, the crawling and the creeping things, the
honored, is Soli Deo Gloria – All things to the glory flying and the walking things, they reflect the glory
of God, but they know not. But we alone bear God’s
image, the one in whom God declared the knowledge
of Himself. To be made in God’s image is to be the
only creature who consciously may glorify God. It’s an
enormous responsibility in stewardship invested in us.

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The biblical worldview reminds us that sin is best In the Reformation that “doing” was redefined not

defined as robbing God of His glory. In Romans chapter merely as a job, but as a calling, a vocation.And

1, Paul speaks to the very essence of sin as refusing to that means to God’s glory. It’s not just that you find

acknowledge God as God. So, as we understand even something to do, it’s that God calls you, made you,

what took place in the garden, and we understand the prepares you, enables you, gifts you, to do something

entire trajectory and reality of

sin, as we look in the mirror, we

understand that the basic urge

behind human sinfulness is the

desire to glorify ourselves rather

than God.And that’s a trap from

which we cannot escape, which

makes the Gospel of Jesus Christ

so infinitely precious, because

even as “for God so loved the

world, that he gave his only son,

that whosoever shall believe in

him shall not perish but have

everlasting life,” glory robbers and

glory thieves are redeemed by the

blood of the lamb to glorify God

as those who have been bought

“with a price. What we are trying to do in our lives as
Christians, what we are called to do, must
And thus, I speak as a Christian
to Christians, and I speak as a
Christian, especially to those who
are graduating in the 2018 class
of Geneva College. The hopes do, is to show God’s glory in such a way that
and dreams of your families who

brought you here, or those who

sustained you or taught you the world sees God’s glory in us.”
here are all reflected in the fact

that what we want more than

anything else is to see God’s glory

in you, in whatever you do, as you do what God has which only you can do and which only you can

called you to do, to his glory. do in a certain time and place, to God’s glory.This
understanding, based on the Reformation, which is so

What exactly is that going to look like? One of the great deeply Biblical, reminds us that this applies to every
advances in the Reformation was the understanding of realm of human work, to every discipline of human

the fact that there are no mere jobs.Whatever you do, knowledge. It means that we are to be God-ward and

do to the glory of God.You’ve been asked what you’re God-honoring.This is a transformation of values.You

going to do all your life. It’s amazing how young we talk about confusing the world. The decisions we make,

begin to ask children,“What do you want to do when the priorities by which we live, the truths that bind us,
you grow up?” By the way, I’ve never gone up to a five- the witness that we give to the world, the excellence

year-old and said,“What do you want to do when you we demonstrate in all we do, living our lives to the

grow up?” and they say,“I want to quickly retire and play glory of God, nothing so confuses the world as that -
golf.” No, they want to do something; they’re excited the fact that we live by a different set of priorities; the

about doing something; they’re already looking to fulfill fact that we live with eternity in view, not merely the

a role as a part of the image of God. As we see even in short term and the temporal; the fact that we live lives
Genesis chapter 1 in the mandate given to humanity, knowing that we are living sacrifices to the Lord Jesus

in our hearts is a desire to do something. You have Christ. Nothing more refutes the wisdom of the world

been the recipients of an education to prepare you to and confuses the world. That frame of eternity means
do something. You have been taking tests and writing everything. It means our lives matter. Not only in this

papers and reading books and engaging in discussions life but in the life to come. Whether you served long or

and sitting in class to prepare you to do something. you served a shorter amount of time in your vocational

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lives, in your professional lives, even in your earthly with excellence.What we’re called to is a life spent
lives, the reality is that only in the span of eternity does in finding and showing and seeking God’s pleasure in
any of it matter. everything right and honorable and excellent.

I honestly haven’t a clue what I would say at a secular You are here in the company of friends. And my guess
graduation service, which is probably why I’ve never is that some of you are leaving closer friends than
been invited to speak at one. I’d have no idea what to others. Normally, a commencement like this is followed
say! Go do the best you can, it’s not going to matter in by an entire series of weddings. My guess is that is
the end? Go and build something magnificent, some happening, and that too is to the glory of God. But you
idiot’s going to come in and tear it down? Go make a
fortune, your grandchildren are going to throw it away? “ What we’re called to is
It’s just hard for me to know how I would be able to live a life spent in finding and
my life in any meaningful way if I thought it depended showing and seeking God’s
on me being able to preserve all that I am and all that I pleasure in everything
have done forever, because I can’t. But God can. right and honorable and
excellent. ”
I am indebted, by the way, to this college. My wife, Mary,
graduated from Westminster Academy in Ft. Lauderdale, will have friends, and you have established friendships
Florida, and many of her teachers had been taught at and relationships in this class that will last for the rest
Geneva College. Into my life, and into the life of our of your life. You are a family, a community. Together
children, was teaching received here at Geneva College you will proceed through life and will always be a part
in a long tradition of Christian teaching and excellence of the class of 2018. You are right now, freshly minted
in Christian teaching. It has come, even to me. And that and young. You will be, when you come back, Lord
school was part of a church in Ft. Lauderdale that has willing, for the 50th anniversary of the class of 2018,
loomed large in my life, a Presbyterian church, of which I promise you, you won’t look better, but amazingly
I am sort of an adopted son. The pastor of whom, enough, according to the worldview of scripture,
during my years of my childhood and youth, was Dr. D. you can look more beautiful because of what you
James Kennedy, who was a very generous mentor in my have done during those years to the glory of God
life. I was inspired during his ministry by words that are in excellence. Building a culture, doing good work,
engraved into the side of the Coral Ridge Presbyterian raising children in the nurturing and admonition of
Church –“Excellence in all things, and all things to the Lord, building up the local church, being father to
God’s glory.” That’s a perfect summary of what it means the fatherless, brother to the brotherless, sister to the
to live a life dedicated to the glory of God. Not in many sisterless - all things to the glory of God.
things, not in most things, not in some things, but in all
things, to the glory of God. Excellence in all things, and all things to God’s glory.
If that is your pledge and your frame, you will change
In Philippians, we are reminded that Paul wrote that we the world as you go, and it will be to the glory of God
are to live and to know and to do and to decide and to alone. Congratulations, God bless you. G
think so that we may approve what is excellent, and so
be pure and blameless on the day of Christ. Excellence, 8
now that was a Greek virtue, but Paul doesn’t mean
excellence merely in the sense of a Greek virtue. He
means excellence in the frame of eternity, excellence
in such a way that we’re living life to the glory of God.
It’s excellence in the home, in marriage, in parenting,
in the things the world will never see, in justice, in
righteousness, in culture, and it’s excellence in every
dimension of what we do.While the secular world
has to define excellence in the passing frame of the
temporal, we have to define excellence in the lasting
frame of eternity. You are better equipped to do that
now than you were four years ago. Some of the most
crucial life you have spent on this campus, amongst
these friends, with this faculty, in this community
of learning was in order that you may do all things
to the glory of God. And that you may do all things

Affirming God’s Plan for

GENEVA COLLEGE

2018-2023 Strategic Plan

With representatives of numerous constituencies across campus and beyond,
Geneva College set about developing a five-year strategic plan in spring 2017.
The committee prayerfully listened for God’s calling on the future of the college
as their committees and sub-committees sought input from leadership, faculty
and staff. They reported their results to the leaders in the President’s Cabinet,
who presented the plan to and received approval from the Geneva College
Board of Trustees in November 2017.This plan (summary available on page 19-
20) affirms the purpose, mission, foundational concepts and core values of the
college; establishes objectives; and describes how to inspire, direct, implement
and measure the work of the college and its employees.

This special section of Geneva Magazine highlights ways the core values come
to life in the Geneva community.

Serve with Grace
Elaine Hockenberger

BY DR. RICHARD TALBERT

I“ remember walking across the Geneva campus for That plan did not work out. A new dean decided the program

the first time in 1985 with (then department chair) Harry should stay,and Dr.Hockenberger should stay,too. She would
Farra.I remember thinking,‘this is a good place.’”Dr. go on to steward Geneva’s Speech Pathology program (now
Elaine Hockenberger was hired to phase out the Speech Communication Disorders) for more than 30 years.
Pathology program.All she had to do was teach the

approximately 12 remaining students until they graduated. The program moved to multiple buildings before

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settling in Downie House on the northern edge of sure you want to see my grades from that class,” Rev.

campus.The small house certainly did not have the Noble jokes.“But in all seriousness, she became a great

look of a traditional academic building, but “Dr. H,” as mentor and friend.”

she is affectionately called by students, turned it into a Communication Department Chair Susan Layton ’88 was
home for hundreds of speech pathology students. also a student under Dr. Hockenberger.“Elaine’s wisdom

“I so enjoyed being at Downie House and having such built the excellent Communication Disorders program,

good relationships with “ I was able to see the but her heart impacted all
not only my classmates, of her students,” Professor
but with Dr. H and Mrs. excitement in [students’] eyes Layton says.“I thank God for
Layton, as well,” notes the joy and laughter He has
Andrea Jensen ’15. “They given me through Elaine.

set the framework for our She has been a mentor, a

educations and future when they saw the fruits of confidante and a true friend.
She will be missed in this
career paths.”
“Dr.H is a woman of the their labors in the clinic room department!”
Likewise, Dr. Hockenberger
Lord who taught me the
importance of empathy and the effect their work can will miss Geneva.“It’s hard
to imagine not unlocking the
and respect for my clients have on someone’s life.” door at Downie House and
as they are children preparing for class. I will

created by God,” adds miss the students walking in

Amy Spangenberg ’14.“During class, outside of class the front door and hearing their conversations about

and during the graduate school application process, Dr. class or friends or weekend plans. I will miss being
H rejoiced with and prayed for her students.”
‘Dr. H.’ I will miss sitting among an amazing group of

“She only wanted to see us succeed in something that colleagues for yet another faculty meeting. I will miss
we were called to do,” says Arielle Kean ’12. “No matter being a part of my Geneva family. I have such special
the situation, she was able to provide encouragement, memories of such special people. It has been such a
scripture and prayer. She went above and beyond her privilege. Thank you Geneva College!”

duties. Every student who entered her classroom was She looks forward to spending her time with

challenged, but most importantly, encouraged to look grandchildren, family, friends and church, traveling and

beyond their worldly doubts and follow the path Christ playing pickle ball.“I look forward to seeing what the

has beautifully created.” Lord has in store for me.”

“I have been blessed beyond measure during my tenure In a fitting tribute, as Dr. H moves to the next chapter
here,” says Dr. Hockenberger.“I was able to make the of her life, one of her former students will replace
transition from a clinic room to a classroom. I was able her. Kim Arata ’09 will join the Communication
to share my passion for working with individuals with Department this fall. She says,“I don’t think anyone
communication disorders with my students. I was able can ‘replace’ Dr. H.What I can do is carry on the values
to see the excitement in their eyes when they saw the and passion for Christ and the field of speech-language
fruits of their labors in the clinic room and the effect pathology that she instilled in me during my time as
their work can have on someone’s life.” student at Geneva. I can help uphold the integrity and
heart of the Communication Disorders program by
Dr. Hockenberger’s tenure was so successful she even continuing to strive for academic excellence and faith-
saw two of her students join her in the Communication integrated learning.” G
Department. Rev. Dr. Rich Noble ’89 once sat in
her classroom but now teaches as an adjunct in the Dr. Richard Talbert is an Associate Professor of Communication.
department.“Elaine was a challenging professor. I’m not He oversees the Integrated Media emphasis and his office is in the
Integrated Media Center.

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heels, knees pointed out. He squinted
up at the sky and started to howl.

I feel you, kid.

This spring is four years since I
graduated from Geneva and said
goodbye to Dr. Shirley (Langford
’74) Kilpatrick,“Dr. K” to her
students. One of my first classes
with her was on the ancient British
poem Beowulf. She began by
crying “Hwaet!”—Old English for
“listen up!” Everyone in the room
immediately straightened their
spines. Her grading made us sit up,
too. To be honest, Dr. K inspired a

bit of fear. But it was more awe
than fright.

As another professor once put

it to me, Dr. K strenuously

preserved the life of the

mind.And that energetic

life does not end in her

mind—she put flesh and

bone onto ideas, and a

beautiful body it made. She

Pursue Godly Wisdom handled things reverently,
noticing God in the
works we read, the prayer

by Judith Dinsmore ‘14 requests we offered, the
papers we turned in. Often,

her classes began with

Steubenville Pike winds, Pittsburgh style, from an a liturgy that linked the
conversation to come with worship. Once, when finals

intersection with I-79 down to Chartiers Creek and were imminent, she brought Milano cookies into class

across the Thornburg Bridge.Take a right after the and served us, one by one.

bridge, follow the backbone road up along the ridge, Class by class, my wonder grew. When I served as her
and my place isn’t far. teaching assistant, I was floored by the time and thought
she put into each class, whether thanked or not. Her
Unless you’re walking.

Yesterday I trekked the ridge while pushing a stroller, way was slow; she never appeared to hurry. Carefully,
convinced it was a shortcut on my way home from the she was tending and training, giving her life to prod
community garden. Cars zipped by while I strained ours to grow. She nurtured, not with disdain, but delight.
up an incline so steep, my son’s belly slid down to his (What made her students worthy of that!)

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Few fresh graduates are

known for their wisdom,

me included. Nor is

wisdom often praised.

Far more common is a

call to action, a call to

criticize, deconstruct,

or at least be outraged.

As family, government

and church are shown to

indeed be weak things,

outrage is confused with

virtue.We are accepted

in culture’s sight for the

measure of our scythe,

not the breadth of our

understanding. Like babies,

we howl and fuss at every

bump along the way.

surprises left. But the good? That is infinite and infinitely

Yet wisdom calls in the marketplace and cries aloud in new. That is worth one’s wonder and cultivation.

the streets today, as she has always done. By noticing God in the details, reverencing His
I garden at a community plot in the local park right handiwork and fearing His name, Dr. K led a pursuit of

along Steubenville Pike.Together, we work and godly wisdom. I’m now trying to listen up.

watch:Arugula, with its horseradish bite. Peppers and

tomatoes in late harvest. Ground cherries, nestling I work from home as managing editor of New Horizons

low in their paper shells. Nasturtium, with bright magazine, laptop perched on my kitchen table amid

edible blossoms and explosive peppery seedpods. Cheerios and coffee mugs, endeavoring to capture

“Asparagus like dinosaur Being outraged over evil glimpses of the goodness of
is a waste of time if it results God in written form before
tails reaching straight up toting my son to play dates
through the earth. and then sneaking in a batch
of granola before bed.
Who can I feed with
outrage? What can I in a fear or a dismissal Perhaps, like age, wisdom
build with anger? What

good does it do my son of mankind. ” doesn’t come faster for the
if I expose institutional pursuing but for the enjoying.

error and abandon the Taste and see that the Lord

institution, only to find the same error in my own is good, as the psalmist says. I am bold to say that Dr. K

heart? never chased wisdom, as one chases something out of

one’s grasp. Yet it settled on her nevertheless, a mantle

Such a pursuit is vain. Being outraged over evil is to warm her shoulders. I wish for the same. G

a waste of time if it results in a fear or a dismissal

of mankind. Evil, after all, has been our constant Judith M. (Campbell ’14) Dinsmore lives and works in Pittsburgh,
companion these few millennia. It should have few PA, with her husband, Nathan ‘13, and eight-month-old son, Jack.

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Foster Academic
Strength

Chemistry Educates by
Elements and Bonds

BY DANI FITZGER ALD ‘16

G“ od writes a different story in each person’s life,” says program would be impossible without the intellect,
willingness and perseverance of Geneva students.
Dr. John Stahl, chemistry professor at Geneva. Dr. Stahl’s
love for chemistry started when his aunt gave him a “Having good students in our program helps raise
book of science experiments for his eighth birthday. the level of academic strength and the academic
atmosphere,” he says, noting that academic excellence is
“I was hooked,” he says.“It was when I attended Geneva contagious.
myself as a freshman that my love of chemistry really
blossomed under the teaching of Dr. Roy Adams and Dr. Dr. Stahl hopes Geneva’s scholarships, such as the Dr.
David Badger and other faculty.” Roy M. and Madelyn W.Adams Endowed Chemical
Sciences Scholarship, which was established in 2016,
After acquiring his PhD from Penn State University and will let capable students attend the college regardless of
working elsewhere for a time, Dr. Stahl felt a calling to financial situation.
return to Geneva and teach at the college level.“God
made it clear that this was His plan,” he says.“So, I joined “The Roy and Madge Adams Scholarship can give that
the faculty here in 1985. I have not regretted it – this is a extra incentive and help to a few interested and capable
wonderful community to be part of.” students to attend Geneva and study chemistry with us,”
he says.
In over 30 years of teaching, Dr. Stahl has watched
technology develop and change, and students come in Geneva has prepared hundreds of graduates in
and out of the chemistry department and go on to thrive biochemistry, chemistry or chemical engineering
in their respective fields. Although much has changed, through the years. Many students have earned PhD’s in
the faculty’s care for their students has been a constant. chemistry and chemistry-related fields and gone on to
teach, create and serve.
The Chemistry Department’s academic rigor as an ACS-
approved program continues on through the dedication Jon Neiswinger ‘07 married his college sweetheart and
and hard work of the faculty, but the success of the

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earned a PhD in Immunology. He’s currently a college “ The best education
professor, Stahl says, and Susan Wilderman ‘06 helped happens in an
build the chemistry club’s best ever homecoming float. environment where
She went on to a master’s degree in environmental Christian love and caring
science and serves the Lord and her students at a
Christian school in New England. Sam Shouse ‘12 are the foundation.”
and Cally (Cooper) Shouse ‘13 were the first of five
Chemistry Department marriages over the past ten years, students and teachers and also because professors
and they are doing excellent work in their careers. purposefully care about their students. “The best
education happens in an environment where Christian
“I could go on and on,” he says, noting that many love and caring are the foundation,” according to Dr.
chemistry alumni come to mind when he thinks about Stahl.
successful graduates.“It is hard to pick out just a few.” Third, students get practical experience through
research and design projects, which allows them to
Although Dr. Stahl says he enjoys hearing how
professionally successful his students have become, he apply chemical principles they’ve learned in class to the
says that hearing about the Lord’s provision in their lives real world. “Research teaches our students how to think
trumps it all. on their own at a higher level and also how to solve
problems. It is a great way to develop scientific maturity,”
“It’s great to hear he says, noting that the faculty have even been able to
about job and career present some of the student’s work during regional
developments and chemistry meetings. G
all of the interesting
chemistry they are Dani Fitzgerald studied writing at Geneva College and worked
doing,” he says,“but it’s for the college’s student-organized newspaper. She is a reporter
also great to hear about for the Ellwood City Ledger and Beaver County Times and also
their families and their teaches English as a second language to Chinese students online.
church involvements
and mission trips, and
about how God has
been faithful in their
lives.”

Geneva’s Chemistry
program offers a
dynamic approach to
educating students
to promote academic
strength in three ways. First, the department’s
curriculum follows the guidelines established by the
American Chemical Society’s Committee on Professional
Training, and the program has been approved by that
committee since 1958.

“This means that our courses contain the subject matter
that is important for a good foundation of knowledge in
the chemical science,” Dr. Stahl explains.

Second, the student-professor relationship is strong
because small class sizes allow intimacy between

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Engage Culture Faithfully
Rev. Richard Wingfield, D. Min

BY DANI FITZGER ALD ‘16

He felt God’s call in the 1970s but tried to ignore a church in Western Pennsylvania. Rev. Wingfield’s

it. Even after moving to Texas, Rev. Dr. Richard return to the area allowed him to begin studies

Wingfield heard it wherever he went. at the Center for Urban Biblical Ministry (CUBM),

Now, 36 years later, Rev. Wingfield is senior pastor of Geneva’s partner in engaging urban culture through
Unity Baptist Church in Braddock, married with three education and credentialing of church ministers and
children and three grandchildren, and still refers back lay leaders.With the credits he previously earned at
to notes from his past ministry classes taught by Drs. Geneva, he became the first graduate of the CUBM
Dean Smith and Byron Curtis. program in 1995, and he also received a Bachelor of
Science degree as a member of the first cohort in the

“I started at Geneva in 1978 as a pre-med major,” Community Ministry major at Geneva.

“Rev. Wingfield recalls,“but I Jack [White] brought Rev.Wingfield’s decision to
leadership to the CUBM finish his studies at Geneva
dropped out of school and had a two-fold purpose.
moved to Texas.” “First, to be equipped to do
There, Rev. Wingfield could effective ministry in the 21st
century,” he explains.“Second,
not resist the call to ministry program. His influence was to be adequately
and became a licensed and credentialed to teach at a
seminary that would allow
ordained minister from Sunset was tremendous for not me to use my gifts.”

Baptist Church. He first left

Texas and a couple years just me but for Geneva...”
later received a call to pastor

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He was heavily influenced by Geneva’s professors. For 20 years, the Center for Urban Biblical
Ministry (CUBM) has partnered with Geneva
“First, was Mark Porter, who was the primary College to provide an education specifically suited
instructor for the program. His input was thought for students heeding Christ’s call to proclaim and
provoking,” he says.“Second, Dean Smith and Byron live the Gospel in their communities.
Curtis really stimulated my thinking in relation to
community ministry.Third, one of the people that has While the college campus is geographically
really influenced my life over the years from when I separate from CUBM headquarters, which
first stepped foot on campus until this moment was is housed within the Reformed Presbyterian
Jack White.” Theological Seminary in Pittsburgh’s Point Breeze
neighborhood, they are connected closely by their
Rev. Wingfield maintained friendships with his professors, respective organizational aims. Both Geneva and
each one bringing something unique to the table. CUBM begin with a vision to equip students to
further Christ’s kingdom and transform society for
“Jack brought leadership to the CUBM program. His the glory of God by preparing them to serve in
influence was tremendous for not just me but for the ministry to which they’re called.
Geneva and the CUBM program,” he says.“I really
like Dean’s perspective on New Testament church The partnership with CUBM enables Geneva to
and evangelism.Those really struck a chord with me. engage in a special way in the city of Pittsburgh
And Byron and his historical perspective—it’s just and beyond by equipping urban Christian leaders
tremendous.” in western Pennsylvania for the challenges of
modern urban ministry and work. CUBM offers
Preaching encompasses Geneva associate degrees in Christian Ministry,
not just what the Bible says, Human Services and Leadership. Many CUBM
students continue their Geneva education to earn
but how you bring a bachelor’s degree at the College Hill campus
the Bible to bear on of Geneva College in Beaver Falls. For more
information about CUBM, visit CUBM.org.
life experiences.”

Rev.Wingfield went on to earn his Masters in Divinity
and Doctorate in Ministry from Pittsburgh Theological
Seminary. He currently teaches part-time for CUBM and
Geneva’s Adult Degree Program.

He feels the Lord has gifted him with unique
experiences and opportunities to serve in our culture
through teaching the scripture and in daily living.

He adds,“Preaching encompasses not just what the
Bible says, but how you bring the Bible to bear on life
experiences.” G

Inspire Vibrant Hospitality
An Invitation to a Feast

BY DANIEL DIETER

When the Geneva community gathers over a meal Chicken Scaloppini with roasted tomatoes, artichokes
and peppers; Herb Roasted Prime Rib; Grilled
these days, they swallow hospitality bite by bite, Portabella with sauteed red peppers, spinach and
cooked up by Pioneer’s Executive Chef Tom Schlotter. risotto; and Asiago Chicken Farfalle.
Meals at Alexander Dining Hall and the many banquets
on campus are made with the diners in mind – colorful, “Vibrant hospitality makes me think of exciting
nutritious, creative food served in a welcoming presentation – a ‘wow’ factor,” he says.“I take pride in
atmosphere.
adding some pizazz
Chef Tom has been to everything from
busy updating the simplest meal to a
existing recipes with presidential dinner or
more handmade, outside function with
homemade ingredients guests. My staff, Jim
and making Geneva (Nescot), Pam (Veon),
guests happy with an Clayton (Cappellanti),
enhanced menu that and I like to go all
includes dishes like out for banquets.The

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whole staff cares about each dinner and wants to make station, meat-filled steamed buns, adding pad thai to
every meal something special.” the noodle bar and introducing Korean and Indian
selections. He sees mealtime as an extension of the
Hospitality is also a matter of efficiency, and Chef education available in Geneva classrooms and invites
Tom’s new systems of working are delighting hungry the Geneva community to the feast. G
guests. New plating options improve service.

“For our banquets, we got metal lids so now we can
prepare up to 50 plates in advance and keep them
warm, which means guests get hot, fresh meals
quickly,” he says.

Sunday evenings get special attention for students
and guests with themed dinners like breakfast for
dinner or Italian night. In its second year, Chef
Tom will introduce an expanded approach to make
everyone feel right at home. He calls it “Sunday dinner
at grandma’s house,” suggesting with a smile that the
meal end with cherry pie.

While Chef Tom has been focused day-to-day on
improving the quality of meals, he’s also been
noodling in his head about expanding the menu,
making each food station a destination. He hopes to
increase the variety of world cuisine with a habanero

Your Legacy, Their Education

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

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 incoming students beginning Fall 2018

For questions about the Legacy Grant,
contact your admissions counselor at

LegacyGrant724-847-6500.
GENEVA COLLEGE’s

GENEVA COLLEGE

MISSION STRATEGIC

Geneva College is a 1. Christian Fa
Christ-centered academic
community that provides a Integrate Christia
comprehensive education to equip reputation fo
students for faithful and fruitful
service to God and neighbor. 2. Spirited Community

PURPOSE Nurture an inviting and
spirited community, committed
To develop, provide and maintain a to the mission and core values
Christian institution of higher
4. Financial Health
education emphasizing the liberal
arts and certain professional fields Grow net revenue to
within the context of a Biblical view achieve a 3% operating
of life and the world as expressed in margin by 2022-2023
the Westminster Standards and the
testimony of the Reformed Presbyterian FOUNDATIONA
Church of North America, open to men
and women of any race and faith.

I. God is the source of all truth. IV. The purpose of Christi
students to better kno
II. Education rests upon the historic Christian His creation.
faith contained in the Scriptures.
V. Faculty members shou
III. The Christian view of God, Mankind and the excellence of their pa
Universe is the basis for Christian education. consistent biblical wo

STRATEGIC PLAN

OBJECTIVES VISION

aith & Learning Geneva College will inspire
students to integrate faith in
n faith and earn a Christ into all aspects of life in
or excellence the real world, and to serve
faithfully within their callings for
3. Christian Calling
Christ and Country.
Build Christian calling and
vocation into the fabric of CORE VALUES
s co-curricular life
With Christ as King and under
5. Independent Funding scripture, we:

Cultivate methodologies that 1. Serve with grace
will enable a reduction in 2. Pursue godly wisdom
government funding of 3. Foster academic strength
the college 4. Engage culture faithfully
5. Inspire vibrant hospitality
AL CONCEPTS 6. Honor one another

ian education is for VI. Students should be aware of God’s call on
ow God, themselves and their lives and education as an opportunity
to prepare for their life’s work.
uld pursue academic
rticular disciplines within a VII. The curriculum should lead students to grasp
rld and life view. the foundations of learning so they can live a
life glorifying to God.

A Christian author once said,“True honor is an

outflow from a heart that fears God.” That explains
the honor that flows so easily and richly from Connie
Erwin, RN, BC, who’s been Geneva’s full-time beloved
nurse for 28 years (36 if you include her part-time
clinical work). She lives out the school’s core value of
honoring one another with the belief that it’s a blessing
to be able to honor others.

She says,“I take the word honor to be looking at the
value, the preciousness of the person in a way that may
not be evident at first.” Her favorite verse is Romans
12:10, “Be devoted to one another in love. Honor one
another above yourselves.”

Honor One Another
Nurse Connie

BY CHERYL JOHNSTON

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She’s done that for decades at Geneva. As the college Nurse Connie, as she will ever be known to the Geneva
nurse, her responsibility is to take care of the body. That community, will miss Geneva.“This has been a special
includes wounds, colds, flus, broken bones, infections, place to work. I’ve worked at a non-Christian facility, and
chronic health conditions and much, much more. coming here was a really impactful change. I couldn’t
However, she says she never sees the students, treats believe how nice and kind the people are. I felt valued and
them and lets them go without finding out more about cared about. It wasn’t the traditional work setting I was
them. She decided early on to look at each student as used to being in, where employees were competitive and
the unique, individual person of God that he or she is. not necessarily kind to each other. I’ve had the privilege of
working with wonderful, God-fearing people.”
“I would always find out more, ask them what was
going on. I would try to remember, or even take Nurse Connie faced her own health challenge, breast
notes, and the next time I saw that student I would cancer, in 2001. She had surgery, chemotherapy and
be able to ask about their situation.‘Are you doing radiation beginning on Memorial Day through the fall
better with that?’ Or,‘How’s your mom?’ They knew semester.Within two years, she required more surgery,
they mattered to me. They felt trusted, loved and which she had over Christmas break.Through it all, she
honored. I was able to speak into someone’s life then. never missed a day of work.“Don’t be too impressed,” she
I worked hard at growing that.” says.“I think it was my defense mechanism. If you go to
work every day, you’re not that sick.”
With students, Nurse Connie continues, you can’t look
at everything at face value. What they present may Through the experience, she learned what it’s like to
not be what’s really going on. Sometimes it would take accept care from others. She explains,“It’s hard to be on
several visits to discern what the real problem was. the receiving end. A wise person told me,‘If you don’t
let others care for you, you block their blessing. Let them
She recalls the situation when a particular student was have the blessing you have when you care for others.’”
sobbing hysterically and hyperventilating. She told the
student she was there to make her day better. How could Has she been honored by others at Geneva? “I don’t
she help? It ended up being a problem about a grade make it easy,” she answers.“I don’t like attention. I’ve
on a test. Connie talked her through it, prayed with the been well respected and appreciated. Sometimes we
student and helped prepare her emotionally for the next get awards in Student Development. I got the Service
test. The student was tremendously grateful to Connie, Award, and Brian Jensen [Vice President of Enrollment
but Connie shares her own reality: “I am blessed – and and Student Development] said that from now on it will
that student, all the students are a blessing.” be called the Connie Erwin Service Award. That means
a lot to me. Most importantly, people have allowed and
And so she stayed at Geneva for much longer than she enabled me to continue to do my job, to honor people –
ever dreamed. Nurse Connie retired from the Geneva and that means more than anything.”
infirmary at the end of May 2018.
Nurse Connie says sometimes it seems tough to honor
A mom of two grown daughters and grandmother some people. That’s when she tries to look at them as
of six, she’s looking forward to baking cookies and Jesus would. He saw us all as sinners, loved us, and died
getting the little ones off the bus once in a while. Her for us. Honor one another above yourselves. G
own parents are in need of care. She’ll volunteer in
hospital ministry and visitation.

Connie and her husband of 40 years, Dave, are going
to increase their involvement in disaster relief. Before
retirement, they volunteered locally, but now they
will be able to travel to disaster sites in their newly
purchased truck camper and serve with SMAT (State
Medical Assistant Team) or FEMA (Federal Emergency
Management Agency).

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CAMPUS NEWS

Geneva Alumnus Bequeaths $1.85 Million for Ellwood City
Endowed Scholarship

Geneva College received a $1.85 million endowment from the estate of Fred A. Jackson Jr. ’48. Through
the gracious giving of Mr. Jackson, the endowed scholarship will fund education costs for graduates of the
Ellwood City (PA) Area School District. Geneva students who qualify will receive automatic consideration for the
scholarship as part of their financial assistance package; no application is necessary.

Photo: Callie Spaulding Nick Edinger – Graduate M.A. in Counseling
and Marathon Runner

Nick Edinger ‘13, ’18, had a pretty exciting month of May. He graduated with
his Master’s in Counseling from Geneva and finished in 8th place in the Pittsburgh
Marathon with a time of 2:18:32, fast enough to qualify him for the 2020 U.S.
Olympic Trials. He was the second fastest American in the marathon. Edinger is a
former part-time cross country coach at Geneva.

“Qualifying is an absolute dream come true,” he says. “I am so grateful for the
support my wife, Coach [Brian] Yowler, and so many other friends and family
members have provided. I know this is a blessing that God has given me and I feel
fulfilled knowing that I am utilizing the talents he has given me.”

Pittsburgh Steelers GM, The March Matchness giving challenge results are in!
Kevin Colbert Speaks at Geneva
643 $212Ov,er000 $160,000
In a talk ranging from football to faith, Pittsburgh
Steelers General Manager Kevin Colbert spoke to Generous Donors Raised by Alumni, Matched by the
the Geneva Business Club and to student-athletes
at the Athletics Banquet on Monday, April 30. Friends and Students Geneva College Trustees
Colbert gave students an inside look at the Steelers’
2018 draft, talked about mentoring young players & Advancement Board
and described the challenges of leading a high-
profile sports organization. Colbert, whose wife is $372,000The Grand Total Raised...
a Beaver Falls native, holds the highest executive +
position in the organization and has been with the Thank You!
Steelers since 2000. Geneva.edu/give

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CAMPUS NEWS

Metheny Fieldhouse Foyer
Renovation Completed

Through the generosity of the Dan Frasier family and friends,
the fieldhouse foyer recently received a facelift. New
woodwork, wall mural, lighting and posters of current student-
athletes were installed. The project honors one of the greats
in the Geneva College Athletics Hall of Fame, Dan Frasier,
who was a student-athlete as well as the head coach of both
the Golden Tornadoes’ football and baseball programs during
the 60s and 70s. The Dan Frasier Project communicates the
heritage and quality of Geneva athletics to everyone who
enters Metheny Fieldhouse.

“Expanding Our Edge” Work Gets Religious Liberty
Underway (Supreme Court Case)
Update
Workers began removing the artificial turf on Reeves Field on April
30 to kick off the implementation phase of the Expanding Our Edge In March, Alliance Defending
Project. The turf replacement will enhance safety for student-athletes Freedom (ADF) filed in the U.S. Third
and expand the field to regulation size to enable Geneva to host Circuit Court in Pittsburgh asking
NCAA national soccer tournament games. The new turf will be fully for an injunction in Geneva’s case
installed for the fall athletic and marching band season. against the U.S. Department of Health
& Human Services on the regulation
Dedication of the field and recognition of donor participation will requiring provision of abortifacient
take place before and at halftime of the first home football game of drugs through institutional health care
the 2018 season on September 8. Commitments reached $754,000 benefits. The filing in federal district
toward the $850,000 goal on April 30, 2018. Fundraising efforts will court included a motion for permanent
continue with alumni and friends through June. injunction and declaratory relief; a
memorandum of law supporting the
The project also consists of significant improvements for the south motion; a proposed order on the
campus athletic complex from Reeves Field to the south end of campus motion and a proposed judgment.
near the Eastvale Bridge. This revitalization includes new fencing, ADF anticipates a favorable outcome.
lighting and sidewalks and may begin as early as 2019. To give
toward or add to your commitment, go to Geneva.edu/give/reeves.

New Majors
Approved

The Board of Trustees approved three
new undergraduate majors and one
new graduate major:

• B.S. Business Management
• B.S. Marketing
• Computer Science /

Cybersecurity 3+1 B.S./M.S.
• M.S. Cybersecurity
These programs are accepting
students to begin in fall 2018 –
Geneva.edu/majors.

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COMING

FA L L

2018

Pettler Brings Heat to Cold Case
Epidemic

DR. ADAM SEAGRAVE Geneva College alumna Dr. Laura Pettler hunts killers
SEPTEMBER for a living. She is an expert forensic criminologist,
specializing in crime scene staging, who has appeared
THURSDAY FRIDAY on numerous crime-oriented television programs,
including regular appearances on the Dr. Oz Show. On
20 21 February 15, Pettler spoke about her passion for solving cold cases to the Geneva community.

Pettler returns to campus this summer as a leader for two crime scene investigation (CSI)
camps. On June 25-29, she will lead “So You Want to be a CSI?” camp for middle
school and high school age kids. For adults, she will lead “True Crime Camp” on June
30. Campers will learn the fundamentals of being a Crime Scene Investigator. For more
information, visit Geneva.edu/academics/crossroads/summer-camps.

Duguid Speaks of Jesus in the
Old Testament

Rev. Dr. Iain Duguid, Professor of Old Testament at
Westminster Theological Seminary, spoke to the Geneva
community on March 21 about Jesus within the Old
Testament. Rev. Duguid warned against limiting the use
of the Old Testament to simply moral guidance or faithful

DR. XUEYING WANG service lessons.

OCTOBER Rev. Duguid concluded by stating no amount of preached morals or ways of living could ever
match the pure, saving love found through the death and resurrection of Jesus in the abolition
F R IDAY of our sins in fulfillment of the scriptures. You can listen to Rev. Duguid’s and other chapel
messages at Geneva.edu/chapel.
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Mooney’s Breakneck Hamlet
is the Thing

At breathless pace, writer, producer and performer

Timothy Mooney vicariously suffered Hamlet’s slings

and arrows of outrageous fortune at Geneva’s John

White Chapel on April 19. Mooney’s specialty is one-

man performance and in staging Breakneck Hamlet at

Geneva, he captured the essence of the work and the audience’s rapt attention, condensing

MARK CHARLES the original four-hour play into one, non-stop hour. His rendition included dramatic
NOVEMBER exposition, recitation of major soliloquies, descriptions of historical context and physicality
of the key players during the tumultuous events in the Danish kingdom.
FRIDAY SATURDAY
The following morning, Mooney delivered The Greatest Speech of All Time for the Geneva
9 10 community in Skye Lounge. The performance recalled excerpts from ten of the greatest
speeches by the greatest speakers in history, including Socrates, Frederick Douglass,
Learn More at

Geneva.edu/gvals Winston Churchill and others.

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Faculty News Alumni

JAMES K. MATTA, ED.D, LPC, NCC, Associate Professor 2018 LIFE G AWARD WINNERS NAMED AT
in Geneva’s ACREP-accredited M.A. in Counseling COMMENCEMENT
program and Director of the Mental Health Track,
rises to the position of President of the American The “Life G” Award, Geneva’s highest alumni honor,
Association of State Counseling Boards (AASCB) is presented each year to a graduate for service
on July 1, 2018. Matta is the first Pennsylvanian to above self, one who embodies the principles for which
serve as President of the AASCB, which is tasked with Geneva College stands, and whose efforts on behalf
overseeing registration, licensure and certification of of the College, the community, and the nation have
counselors throughout the United States. been exemplary. Brief biographies of the 2018 Life G
Award Winners are below, and extended versions are
Matta says, “I believe that my years of service in the available at Geneva.edu/lifeG-bios.
counseling profession as a clinician and researcher as
well as my academic breadth of knowledge, diverse MADELYN (MADGE)
background and broad expertise can be used to WOODS ‘44 ADAMS has
help steer a course that will continue to strengthen served Geneva College
our professional identity as licensed professional directly or indirectly for
counselors.” more than 70 years.
Geneva has been a major
Dr. Matta recently completed a presidential term on part of Madge’s life –
the state board of LPCs after twice being nominated from her own education,
by governors of Pennsylvania, Edward Rendell in to serving the education
2008 and Tom Corbett in 2012. of others. All four sons
graduated from Geneva
College – Melville,
Renwick, Jonathan and Joel. Three grandchildren have
also graduated from Geneva. More recently, Madge
established a chemistry scholarship to honor her late
husband, Dr. Roy M. Adams.

DR. DARYL F. SAS, Professor of Biology, co-authored ROBERT N. PEIRCE JR.
“CRISPR – Cas9: The Latest Fashion in Designer ‘59 was editor and
Babies” with Hannah Martin ’14, which was writer for The Geneva
published in Ethics & Medicine International Journal of Cabinet and held other
Bioethics, Summer 2017. campus jobs to help pay
for his education. Bob’s
DR. RALPH ANCIL, Professor Emeritus of Economics, scholarships and campus
published an essay in The Imaginative Conservative jobs at Geneva made
on art and history and had his research published it possible to major in
in the proceedings from the Pennsylvania Economic business. His gratefulness
Association annual conference. His work, “An for the generosity he has
Alternative Method to Find Optimal Solutions to the received motivates him to
Cubic Cost Function,” continues development of a pass that on to others.
method for calculating output.
Bob sponsors a grant/loan program at Geneva and
Duquesne and has established a program in Liberia with
the Pittsburgh-based Brother’s Brother Foundation. He
and his wife started the Bob and Joan Peirce Center for
Structured Reading Teacher Training at Robert Morris
University, which trains teachers to tutor dyslexic students.

Bob is Partner for Robert Pierce & Associates, P.C.
Attorneys at Law.

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Af icionados
Honoring Christ Through the Arts

Hall of Fame Faculty include: Stu Lee, David Carson, David Harvey,
BY JOCELYN ENGLEHART ‘18 Betty Douglas, Ann Paton, Gene Sullivan, Bill
Russell, Chick O’Data, Harry Farra and many
On May 6, 2018, Donald Kephart, Chair of the others.
Department of Music, was inducted into The Beaver
Valley Musicians’ Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony He remembers fondly some favorite moments
took place at the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center such as the band’s first performance under his
in Midland, PA. Kephart joined other inductees in the direction. Geneva was playing Duquesne University
class of 2018 such as Jim Pugliano, a member of The at Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh in 1983. Coach
Jaggerz, Louis Cortelezzi, the composer of “Pokemon” had recently rebuilt the Geneva Marching Band, which
music, and Mike Palmer, tour drummer for Garth consisted of 50 members, including 24 freshmen,
Brooks, to name a few. Kephart was honored with a sporting their uniforms of black pants and “Bumble
plaque displayed in the Hall of Fame. Bee” sweaters, as they were fondly called. “None of
us knew what to expect when we marched through
Affectionately called “Coach” by his students, Kephart the tunnel entrance on to the field. As the band came
is currently completing his 35th year at Geneva marching out of the tunnel and into the sun, the Geneva
College. A lot of things have changed on campus fans instantly rose to their feet and cheered as if there
throughout his tenure. He remembers the days of were ten times the 3,000 in attendance. It was a great
rotary phones, the stadium with its grass field and emotional experience for the band and a wonderful
small wooden press box and Howdy’s Barbershop, welcome into the Geneva community for me.”
which sat on the corner where the Bagpiper Theater
stands today. Some things, such as Johnston Gym, He also recounts the joys and sorrows of a well-spent
don’t change and remain a fixture as the band’s life. He fondly recalls the large sheet, hung by Ruth Vos
practice space. from the Alumni Hall porch, which read “It’s A Boy!” to
announce the news of his first child’s birth. The smiles
Coach says Geneva’s administration, faculty, staff and of joy from children over the years who came out to see
students are what make the college a special place to the band parade on College Hill during band camp are
work. Some of his first mentors and friends who have happy remembrances. He also remembers counseling
influenced and encouraged him throughout the years a student with a diagnosis of Leukemia asking for his
help in telling the news to family and Homecoming
2004 when Charles McBurney attended his last alumni
band event at the age of 90. He attended numerous
weddings over the years of couples whose relationship
started at a band camp. “And now I have had several
of their children in the band,” he says.

Induction into the Beaver Valley Musicians’ Hall of
Fame is a great honor, but Coach’s desire has always
been to reflect the love of Christ in his life and music
ministry. He has strived to especially embody “Serving
with Grace” to his students, fellow brothers and sisters
in Christ, and in all aspects of his life.

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opportunity to pursue a valuable
education in Engineering that
will allow me to go out and
make difference in the world.”
- Josh Brenize ’18
GFenunedva
Your generosity is so
greatly appreciated.

Alumni like you help students have their eyes
opened and their hopes and dreams awakened
through a Christ-centered education.Your financial
support to Geneva helps future engineers like Josh
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.

Every area of life at Geneva is greatly impacted by
this fund. 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
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Bartoletta Runs to Geneva’s
First-Ever National Championship

BY CHRIS MATHEWS ‘00

Nicole Bartoletta stared down the track, waiting As Bartoletta slowed down and came to the padded
wall at the end of the track, she punched the pad with
for the gun to sound. History was waiting 60 meters her fist, fearing she had let it slip away at the end. She
away. In her way were five hurdles, not to mention turned around and looked at the board, anxious for
three competitors to her left and four more to her right, what she would see. As she stared, she waited for the
including the runner that had put up a faster time than judges to determine the winner.
Bartoletta coming into the national championship. A year
earlier, Bartoletta had finished ninth at the national meet, Growing up, Bartoletta always enjoyed running. One
and with the last race of her indoor collegiate career set day in fifth grade, she and several of her classmates
to begin at any moment, she was ready to let out a year’s
worth of motivation and were running behind
preparation. the bleachers during
recess. She was just
At the sound of the gun, playing with her
Bartoletta exploded out friends, but several of
of the blocks, racing the boys wanted to
towards the first hurdle. race, challenging her
As she cleared each of to individual races. It
the first three hurdles, didn’t take long for
Bartoletta began to the boys to realize
stretch out a small lead. their mistake. Each
However, her main of the boys came in
competition just to her second place, and for
right, Aspen McMillian the first time in her
from Rowan College, life, Bartoletta thought to herself that there might be
began to close the gap. By the time they finished the fifth something more to her talent than she realized.
and final hurdle, McMillian had almost drawn even, and they
both sprinted towards the finish line, leaning in as the race In high school, Bartoletta ran at Central Valley, only
ended. The result was too close to call. miles from Geneva, and while she did well, by the time

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her senior year came around, she had not attracted the motivation to work even harder in the offseason in order
attention of many college recruiters. In fact, as she to get back to nationals and finish what she started.”
went through her senior season, she wasn’t sure she
was going to pursue running in college. For a while, Bartoletta dominated her senior season. She broke her
she figured she might just head to the University of own school record, which also was the PAC record,
Pittsburgh and hang up her spikes. multiple times during the indoor season. Her time kept
her among the top three runners all season in NCAA
However, Geneva Head Coach Phil Thompson saw the Division III as she kept her eyes firmly on the national
potential in Bartoletta early on. He convinced her to meet.
come to Geneva and join the track and field program.
“Coach Thompson always told me how successful I “When N icole fell last year,
could become, but I’m not sure I really believed him,”
Bartoletta recalls. “Even in high school I didn’t have she could have really let it get
the kind of success he kept telling me I could have in
college.” her down. Instead she used it

Bartoletta trusted Coach Thompson, and she packed up as motivation to work even
her stuff and began her college career at Geneva. Her
freshman year on the track was admittedly a bit rough. harder in the offseason...”
Her times actually got slightly slower, and her success
was fairly minimal. “I was frustrated that it didn’t go Beyond track, though, Bartoletta is grateful to have
better, but I didn’t want to give up,” said Bartoletta. spent the past four years at Geneva. Geneva’s focus on
“However, I wasn’t seeing what Coach was seeing at faith was important to her to. “That definitely had an
that point.” impact in my decision to come here,” Bartoletta recalls.
“And since coming here, my faith has grown a lot
As her sophomore year ended, though, improvement stronger just from the people that I have surrounded
started to show. Bartoletta finished second in the 60
meter hurdles at the Presidents’ myself with, my teammates, my
Athletic Conference (PAC) professors, and the community
Championship meet, and it set the here at Geneva, which really
stage for a breakout junior year. focuses on faith.”

It was that season when records So Bartoletta had been waiting
started to fall. She broke both for this moment at the National
the Geneva indoor and outdoor Championships for almost a
hurdles record. She became the year, and as she finished the
PAC champion in the hurdles final race at the indoor national
at both the indoor and outdoor meet, she would have to wait
meet, and she qualified for the some more. She stood and
national meet for both seasons. stared at the board, waiting for
At the indoor national meet, the winner to be announced.
she finished just outside the While it ended up taking about
top eight, which would have 30 seconds for the final results
qualified her for All-American status, and at the outdoor to appear, it felt a lot longer to Bartoletta.
meet, she clipped a hurdle in the preliminary race and
failed to qualify for the final. Finally, the scoreboard flashed, and Bartoletta’s name
appeared at the top of the board. Her time was listed
The disappointment from that fall at the outdoor at 8.71 seconds. McMillian’s time read 8.72 seconds. In
national meet was heavy. It was only the second time actuality, Bartoletta’s time was 8.707, while McMillian’s
in her collegiate career she had clipped a hurdle, and it was 8.715. Just .008 seconds separated the two, but
came at the worst possible time. Nicole Bartoletta accomplished what she came to do.
Four years after wondering if she wanted to even run in
“When Nicole fell last year, she could have really let it get college, she was now a national champion. G
her down,” said Coach Thompson. “Instead she used it as
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Nicole Bartoletta ATHLETIC NEWS

BY CHRIS MATHEWS ‘00

Celebrating Athletic Excellence

TEN HIGHLIGHTS FROM 2017-2018

1. National Champion – Senior Nicole Bartoletta became Geneva
College’s first national champion when she won the 60 meter
hurdles by .008 seconds at the NCAA Division III indoor national
championship in Alabama. Bartoletta already held the school and
Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) records in the hurdles, and
she is currently ranked as one of the top runners in the 100 meter
hurdles headed into the outdoor national championship in late May in
Wisconsin.

Men’s Track & Field 2. PAC Championships – The men’s track and field program became
the first Geneva program to capture multiple PAC championships when
it won the indoor and outdoor championships this season. Including
last year’s outdoor PAC championship, the Golden Tornadoes have
now won three straight conference championships, and with the core
of the team returning again next year, Geneva will be looking to add
more hardware to its trophy case.

3. PAC Players of the Year – Geneva boasted three players that
were named as the best at their sport in the conference. Bartoletta
was named the PAC Track Athlete of the Year in both the indoor
and outdoor season. Senior Kailee Loose was named as the PAC
Field Athlete of the Year during the indoor season, and senior Gib
McCracken was named the men’s soccer PAC Player of the Year, the
first time a Geneva soccer player has received that award.

Jimmy Leichliter Callie Ford 4. Overtime Playoff Winners – Geneva had two dramatic overtime
playoff victories this year. Men’s soccer defeated Grove City in the
semifinals of the PAC playoffs in the fall when sophomore Michael
Pohlod scored with just over a minute remaining in overtime to send
Geneva to the conference championship game for the third straight
season. Men’s basketball also had a dramatic overtime victory in the
playoffs. In the first round of the PAC tournament, Geneva traveled
to Saint Vincent to take on the higher seeded Bearcats. Senior Jimmy
Leichliter scored a career-high 33 points, and junior Eric McGee made
a contested layup with one second remaining in overtime to stun Saint
Vincent and give Geneva the upset victory.

5. One Thousand Point Scorers – In the first game of the men’s
basketball season, Leichliter surpassed 1,000 career points against
Valley Forge. Leichliter would go on to amass 1,450 points in his
career, 13th highest in Geneva history. For the women, junior Callie
Ford hit the 1,000 point mark late in the season against Thomas More.
She is only the sixth woman in Geneva history to hit 1,000 points in
her junior season, and she is on pace to finish in the top five all-time.

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6. Coaching Milestones – Three coaches passed milestones this Coach Phil Thompson
past year. Men’s basketball Head Coach Jeff Santarsiero passed
Geneva Hall of Fame Coach Cliff Aultmann early in the year with
his 292nd win, giving him the most wins of any coach in Geneva
history. Later in the season, Santarsiero surpassed 300 wins.
Softball Head Coach Van Zanic, already Geneva’s all-time leader
in wins, hit career win 400 with a victory over Bethany. Lastly,
men’s soccer Head Coach Gary Dunda surpassed 100 victories
with a win over Alfred State on Senior Day.

7. Coaches of the Year – Two Geneva coaches were recognized by Coach Mandee Craft and Men’s Tennis
the PAC for the work they put in with their programs. Track and field
Head Coach Phil Thompson was named the men’s Coach of the Year
for both the indoor and outdoor seasons after his squad won back-to-
back championships. Men’s tennis Head Coach Mandee Craft was
also recognized as the Coach of the Year for the work she has done
over the last three years in building the men’s tennis program from
scratch into a competitive program within the PAC.

8. All-Conference Awards – Fifty-one Golden Tornadoes were
honored as all-conference performers by the PAC across 16 varsity
sports.

9. Addition of Two New Sports – Geneva announced the addition
of two new varsity sports. Men’s volleyball will start competition in
the spring of 2019, and women’s golf will start in the fall of 2019.

10. Facilities Improvements – In the spring, Geneva finished Men’s Volleyball
remodeling the entrance and first floor of the Metheny Fieldhouse
Lobby, adding new flooring, lighting, woodworking, and pictures
of Geneva student-athletes on the walls. In May, work began to
remove, widen, and install new turf on Reeves Field for use by the
football and soccer teams, to be ready for the fall sports season.

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Geneva Headlines the PAC Fall Academic Honor Roll

When the Presidents’ Athletic Conference (PAC) announced its
Fall Academic Honor Roll in January, Geneva College was once
again at the top of the list. This year 69 student-athletes from
Geneva made the list, an increase from last year when Geneva
led the conference with 66 student-athletes on the honor roll.

To make the honor roll, a student-athlete must have earned at
least a 3.6 grade-point average (GPA) or higher during the
semester of competition. For Geneva, fall sports include men’s
and women’s cross country, football, men’s and women’s soccer,
women’s tennis and women’s volleyball.

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IN MEMORIAM

40s _______________________________________ Ann R. (Hasho ’56) Dec on November 6, 2017
James F. Tress ’56 on November 11, 2017
Esther R. (McCarriher ‘41) Wood on April 23, 2018 Mervin L. Wilson ’56 on October 20, 2017
Lenora (Giammatteo ’43) Osso on November 25, 2017 Leonard R. Clarke ‘57 on March 15, 2018
Mary D. (Broadhurst ‘43) Rhea on March 6, 2018 Paul M. Hergenrother ’57 on November 14, 2017
Jean M. (Cunningham ‘43) Wick on February 10, 2018 Robert G. Varkonyi ’57 on April 25, 2018
Margaret (Ransom ’45) North on November 13, 2017 James E. Barr ’58 on October 31, 2017
Dr. Esther Jane Carrier ‘46 on February 28, 2018 Mauro Chiaverini ’58 on February 4, 2018
Vincent L. Rocereto ‘46 on February 11, 2018 Louis T. Deverka ’58 on August 27, 2017
Robert H. Gillespie ‘48 on March 11, 2018 Dr. Jack J. Klein ‘58 on March 10, 2018
Eleanore J. (Otto ’48) Lipp on November 9, 2017 Charles M. McNeal ’58 on August 4, 2017
Rebecca J. Blair ’49 on January 16, 2018 Charles M. Reader ‘58 on February 3, 2018
Kathleen “Katie” M. (Freed ’49) Claypool on Dec 15, 2017 Robert S. Gregos ’59 on October 20, 2017
Edward S. Newman ‘49 on February 26, 2018 Donald A. Schena ’59 on November 15, 2017
Sara L. (Perkins ‘49) Sheline on February 25, 2018
Eugene D. Springer ’49 on November 17, 2017 60s _______________________________________

50s _______________________________________ Joseph S. Kulcyk ‘60 on March 14, 2018
James C. Meli ’60 on October 24, 2017
Frederic L. Cook ‘50 on October 25, 2017 James N. Shaw ‘60 on February 9, 2018
Evelyn (Jones ‘50) Gandy on April 5, 2018 F. L. Paul Bisnette ‘61 on July 11, 2016
Clarence J. Glovier ’50 on January 24, 2018 John A. Bott ’61 on November 29, 2017
Dr. Louis M. Singleton ’51 on January 23, 2018
Mary Elizabeth (Mecklem ’51) Zapsic on Oct. 26, 2017 Joseph C. Hammond Jr. ’61 on February 3, 2018
James W. Baker ’52 on December 31, 2017 James W. Wilson ’62 on May 9, 2018
Dr. Robert E. McMillen ‘52 on April 14, 2018 Russell W. Couch ‘63 on March 22, 2018
Harry “Richard” Balph ‘53 on February 8, 2018 Donald R. Elliott ’63 on February 9, 2018
Dorothy J. (McNally ’64) Baker on December 9, 2017
George W. Fielding ‘53 on March 30, 2018 John K. Majors ’64 on January 26, 2018
John “Jack” R. Oakes ’53 on February 1, 2018 John E. Naugle ‘64 on March 26, 2018
Eugene R. Rotonto ’53 on November 27, 2017 David W. Charron ’65 on January 1, 2018
Olivemae (Herdt ‘53) Woodworth on March 4, 2018 Donald E. Hesh ‘65 on February 28, 2018
Ethel M. (Elliott ‘54) Pasma on March 12, 2018 Richard D. Partington ‘66 on April 21, 2018
Marilyn C. VanDyke ‘54 on March 27, 2018 Jean E. (Ifft ’66) Smith on December 9, 2017
David S. Houck ’55 on December 23, 2017 Elaine M. (Bell ’66) Tweed on December 31, 2017
Dr. Marion L. McFarland ‘55 on March 28, 2018 Ronald D. Elkin ’67 on December 14, 2017
Albert W. Poholsky ’55 on January 7, 2018

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Katharine M. (Smith ‘67) Fyfe on April 1, 2018 80s _______________________________________
Howard R. Herman ’67 on January 17, 2018
Dr. Edwin M. Moyo ’67 on October 25, 2017 Mary Beth Dunning ‘82 on February 14, 2018
Nancy A. (Carson ’68) Brown on January 22, 2018 Grant W. Peters ’83 on January 24, 2018
Rev. A. Allen Bryan ‘68 on January 28, 2018 Paul H. Trask ‘83 on April 16, 2018
Mary M. (Bentley ‘68) Frey on February 15, 2018 L. Hope Mangum ‘84 on April 12, 2018
William R. Soldressen ‘68 on March 5, 2018
Dr. David R. Cunningham ‘69 on March 6, 2018 90s _______________________________________
J. Richard Hanna ’69 on December 30, 2017
Edwin J. Hunter ‘69 on April 19, 2018 Dana (Long ’92) McQueen on January 4, 2018
Joseph A. Morabito ’69 on November 23, 2017 Karen M. Labor ‘93 (DCP #008) on February 20, 2018
Mary Ann (Hage ‘69) Pardue on April 14, 2018 William F. Wenning III ’93 on December 4, 2017
James M. Shuty Sr. ’69 on November 11, 2017 Lee E. Engles ‘98 (DCP #052) on March 15, 2018
Georgia A. Anderson ’99 MSOL on October 27, 2017
70s _______________________________________
00s _______________________________________
Lawrence W. “Larry” Bagby Jr. ‘70 on Sept. 17, 2017
Dr. James A. Crozier Sr. ’70 on October 19, 2017 Scott W. Michael ‘00, ‘03 MSOL on March 3, 2018
Dean E. Lewis ‘70 on March 7, 2018 Jeremy C. Tubbs ’01 on October 7, 2017
Edward B. Moyo ‘70 on March 7, 2018 Abby R. Flockerzi ‘03 MSOL on March 9, 2018
K. Paul Gacesa ’71 on December 23, 2017
R. Sue Shirey ‘71 on February 8, 2018 Friends ___________________________________
Jayne M. Cable ’72 on December 30, 2017
John T. Milnes ‘72 on March 3, 2018 Gisele D. Connor on October 27, 2017
Elmetta L. (James ’72) Mobley on December 28, 2017 Dr. Arthur F. Fleser on March 27, 2018
Mary Ellen (Bentley ’72) Zetz on March 23, 2018 Dr. Ronald Galbreath on December 9, 2017
Robert W. Albright ‘73 on February 19, 2018 Geraldine B. Jones on November 23, 2017
Eugene M. Metelsky ’73 on January 28, 2018 Rev. Dr. Bernie M. Manning on October 27, 2017
Margaret “Peggy” K. Toy ’73 on November 4, 2017 Louis E. Ottey on October 25, 2017
Marlene A. (Hofmann ’74) Holland on February 9, 2018 Milton J. Scott on November 9, 2017
Timothy E. Roe ‘75 on January 26, 2018 Jeffrey M. Stephens on November 21, 2017
M. Kimberly (Shaw ’75) Ware on April 23, 2018 Frank P. Tronzo on May 3, 2018
Dr. Lucille M. Watterson ’75 on December 26, 2017 Robert W. Reith on February 24, 2018
Nancy J. (Yovich ’77) Jackson on April 30, 2018
David S. DeWall ‘78 on July 21, 2017 Heritage SocietyDenotes members of the ,
Steven M. Ropke ’78 on November 3, 2017
Ann (Mason ’79) Boyer on November 2, 2017 which recognizes the valuable contributions of

alumni and friends who include Geneva in their estate and/

or financial plans by gifts made through annuities, charitable

trusts, gifts of life estates, undivided partial interests in real

estate or life insurance, and gifts made through their will. To

learn more, visit Geneva.edu/planned-giving/heritage-society.

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CLASS NOTES

Class Notes are available on Bruce ‘71 and Carol (Chudik ‘72) an Assistant Research Professor. Dr.
Geneva.edu. Visit the site to Bouwens will serve as the Scientific
learn about fellow classmates, Mawhinney are now both retired. Bruce Director for the Complex Adaptive
and submit an update so they retired on December 31, 2017 and Systems Laboratory and will be
can remain connected with you. is now Pastor Emeritus of Wheatland performing research in the area of
Presbyterian Church in Lancaster, PA. big data analytics. She will also
Carol is retired from teaching in the be teaching courses for the IEMS
department.
50s School District of Lancaster where
Rev. Robert McFarland ’55 wrote and she had served as Dean of Students Rev. Lori A. Holstein ’86 began serving
published the book “Papa Got It Right!” at Wickersham Elementary School in First Christian Church of Lehigh Acres
detailing the life of his grandfather, Lancaster. in January 2016.

James Calvin McFarland, and father, Dr. Darla Twale ’73 had her 5th book Robert Bowers ’87 was promoted to
Rev. A.J. McFarland, as well as the released by Routledge publishers in Chief Claims Officer and National
Customer Service Leader at Westfield
history and family life of the Reformed October 2017, entitled “Understanding Insurance where has been employed
for 22 years. Rob serves on the board
Presbyterian Church. and Preventing Faculty-on-Faculty of Akron Canton Regional Foodbank
as Chair of the HR committee. He also
Bullying: A Psycho-Social-Organizational serves at Christ Community Chapel in
Hudson, OH in Financial Ministries and
Rev. Theodore Bowers ’59 was awarded Approach.” CLM. Rob and wife Cindy are pleased
to announce the engagement of their
a Distinguished Alumni Award from Dr. Terry Norris ‘74 is a member of the son Jack to Micaela Murano, with
American College of Dentists, an ethical wedding date of June 2018.
Winebrenner Theological Seminary and leadership arm of dentistry. He was
in 2016 in addition to his other recently informed he would be the next Rebecka Weliczko-Barta ‘88 just
accolades, Navy Commendation for regent (trustee) over a five-state, plus celebrated her one year wedding
exemplary Ministry in Saudi Arabia and Ontario, area. Terry will perform the anniversary with Stephen Barta, of
Kuwait and Chapel of Four Chaplains Plant City, FL (half way between Tampa
and Orlando), where they reside.
Bronze Medallion Award for National invocation and benediction at the ACD She also celebrated her one year
& International Ministry. Ted recently anniversary with United Health Group,
convocation this fall. working as a Virtual (Remote) Care
published a book entitled “Islam: Worker. She is currently working on her
BS in Nursing to add to her Geneva
What You Should Know.” He and wife 80s College BS in Civil Engineering.

Lowanda reside in East Berlin, PA. Rev. Larry Oldaker ’80 resigned as Rebecka Johnson ‘88 is a software
engineer for Erie Insurance Group. She
Regional Home Missionary of the resides in Erie, PA.

60s Presbytery of Ohio (OPC) in June 2016 Gary Coles ’89 resides in McKeesport, PA.
Domenico Sciaretta ’68 is the President and became the Organizing Pastor of
of DPS Consulting. He and wife Patricia Grace Fellowship OPC Mission in Huron,
OH. Rev. Oldaker has been involved in
reside in North Lima, OH.
the start of 12 new churches during his

70s 33 years of pastoral ministry.

Louis Ramunno ’70 has retired after
serving as Superintendent of Schools Dr. Carlton “Worth” Wilson III ‘80 and
for many districts in Northeast Ohio. wife Susan reside in South Cle Elum, WA.

His wife Kerry (Kowalski ‘71) has also Melanie (Graham) Barker ’81, ’07 MSOL

retired after teaching in elementary is a French and English teacher at Beaver

schools and at Kent State University.
They have relocated to North Olmsted, Area High School in Beaver, PA where
she resides.
OH to be near their grandchildren.

George ’71 and Kathy (Walck ’72) Robert Jones ’83 is the Sr. VP of 90s
Advancement at Western Seminary in David Fabricatore ’90 was promoted
Thompson are happy to announce Portland, OR. He and his wife Marcia to a new position: Global Electric /
the birth of their second grandchild, reside in Happy Valley, OR. Hybrid Vehicle Commodity Manager
Mason William Cherico, born on at Ford Motor Company. David and
December 19. He joins his big brother, his wife Michelle (Droz ’90) reside in
Cooper. The proud parents are Heather Canton, MI.
and Jason Cherico. They reside in
Manchester, CT. Wendy (Schwedler ‘91) Allman began
a new position as Director of Home
*To get a Geneva onesie for your baby, see page 37! Dr. Christina (Pinon ‘84) Bouwens has & Community Based Services for
been appointed to the Department of Northern Area Multi Service Center in
Industrial Engineering and Management Sharpsburg, PA where she oversees
Sciences (IEMS) in the College of four senior centers and the Meals on
Engineering and Computer Science Wheels program.
at the University of Central Florida as
Rev. Theodore Lai ‘94 is the Pastor at
Chinese Zion Baptist Church in Los
Angeles, CA. He and wife Vanessa
reside in Alhambra, CA.

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CLASS NOTES

Samuel ’94, M.A. ’98 and Tannis Ben Becze ‘00 has been named the Jamie Salamanca ‘06 MSOL is the
(Brown M.A. ’97) Blair, along with their Director of Advancement at Our Lady Director of Sales at Sunrise at North Hills
children, participated in a mission trip of the Sacred Heart High School in Assisted Living Community.
with their church to the Matagalpa Coraopolis, PA.
region of Nicaragua through Agros Jeremiah Wilson ’08 married Anastasia
International. Agros helps those in CMSgt Jeffery Barnes ’01, ’07 MSOL Ealey on November 18, 2017 at Rose
extreme poverty become self-reliant was promoted to Chief Master Sergeant Point RPCNA in New Castle, PA. The
through sustainable agriculture, on December 1, 2017, joining the couple resides in Hermitage, PA.
education, health programs and top 1% of the Air Force enlisted force.
community development. Samuel He is the 459th Logistics Readiness Andrew Stopchick ‘08, ‘09 MBA is
continues to work with Bridges Squadron superintendent at Joint Base currently serving as a Lieutenant in the
Hospice in Pittsburgh as Chaplain and Andrews, MD, overseeing the training US Navy abroad. He is the Antiterrorism
Bereavement Coordinator. Tannis works and readiness of 55 airmen in four Officer and the Port Services Officer
for UPMC Community Care Behavioral separate functions: supply, fuels, vehicle on the base. Andrew will go back to
Health. management and logistics plans. Newport, RI, in August 2018 to continue
schooling for his next job, which will
Becky (Roosa ’97) Linskey and husband begin in July 2019.
James reside in Jefferson Twp, PA.
David Jackson ‘09 and wife Abby
Jon Elvin ’98 has joined the advisory reside in Coraopolis, PA with their two
board of the Association of Certified daughters, Lucy and Felicity. David is an
Financial Crime Specialists (ACFCS). Engineer II at Michael Baker International
Jon is a financial crime prevention in Moon Twp, PA.
and anti-money laundering expert and
currently leads the Bank Secrecy Act 10s
(BSA), Anti-Money Laundering (AML)
and Sanctions Department for PNC James Bird ‘10 MSOL is the President &
Bank. CEO of Villa Maria Residential Services.

David Solivan ’99 has been the Director Mark Harley ’01 is employed at Fox Dr. Kristina Huggins ’11 graduated
of Student Development at Esperanza Rothschild, LLP, and recently joined from The Chicago School of
Academy Charter School for over 20 as a partner in the firm’s immigration Professional Psychology in August
years, a 6-12 school serving 1,400 practice group. Mark and his wife 2017 with a Doctorate in Clinical
students in North Philadelphia. He has Kelley have two children and reside in Forensic Psychology. She is currently
also been serving 25 years at New Life Cranberry Township, PA. completing her postdoctoral residency
Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia. in Phoenix, AZ where she does therapy
David and wife Aimee have been John Mackie ’03 MSOL, a Senior Vice and psychological evaluations at a
married 42 years and have two President at Hefren-Tillotson, Inc., one community mental health center.
children and two grandchildren. David of Western Pennsylvania’s largest
credits the CUTS program and Geneva investment advisory and financial Erin Bruker ’12 received her MBA
College for preparing him to serve the planning firms, has been named a from Shippensburg University and is a
Latino community in Philadelphia. 2017 40 Under 40 Honoree by the business analyst at Phoenix Contact.
Pittsburgh Urban Magnet Project She resides in Harrisburg, PA.
Shawn ‘99 and Laura (Speck ‘00) King (PUMP) and Pittsburgh Magazine.
recently welcomed their fourth child, Courtney (Sechler ’12) Martin recently
Juniper. The King family resides in Conor Dawley ’04 has a new position received the “Outstanding Career
Granville, OH. with Highmark Caring Place. Services Award” from the Ohio-Michigan
Association of Career Colleges and
00s Joshua ’05 and Natalie (Vidnovic ’05) Schools.
Joanna (Stocker ’00) Ledoux and announce the birth of their sons, Jonah
husband Martin reside in Durham, NH. Paul, born on September 1, 2014 Nick ’12 and Rachel (Kuegler ’12)
and Asher Frederick, born on May Greenfield were married on July 1, 2017
19, 2017. The boys join big brother in Lowell, MI. They currently reside in
Samuel. The Janov family resides in Hartsville, SC where Nick works as a
North Huntingdon, PA. Chemist for Sonoco Products and Rachel
is a Physician Assistant at an ENT and
Allergy practice.

Benuel Post ’12 is an Area Coordinator
at Sewanee: The University of the South
in Sewanee, TN. He holds a M.A. in
Higher Education & Student Development
from Taylor University.

Maura (McLaughlin ‘12) Coté married Jeff
Coté on February 2, 2018.

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Faith Hemminger ‘12 received a graduate CLASS NOTES
degree in Curriculum and Instruction
from Saint Vincent College in 2016. She King School of Law. He passed the bar exam and was sworn into the
resides in Rockwood, PA. Maryland State Bar Association in 2017.

Katelyn (Slagle ’13) married Zachary Amie (Speers ‘15) Watroba and her husband John welcomed their daughter
Miller ’14 on July 25, 2015. Katelyn is Lillian Noelle Watroba into the world on December 10, 2017.
a math teacher at Prestonwood Christian
Academy in Plano, TX. The couple Daniel ‘16 and Samantha (Jensen ‘16) White were married on June 3,
resides in Richardson, TX. 2017 and reside in Stroudsburg, PA.

Jake Terpstra ’13 married wife Laurie on Mikayla Covington ’16 received a graduate degree from Duquesne
October 14, 2017. The couple resides in University. She will begin doctoral classes at Duquesne in the fall.
Indianapolis, IN.
Zach Sheldon ’16 received a graduate degree from Baylor University. He will
Luke ’13 and Julie (McCracken ’13) begin doctoral classes at Texas A&M in the fall.
Brown welcomed their first child, Grace,
on August 30, 2017. A group of alumni and
friends enjoyed a nine-night
Craig Bennett ‘13 resides in Washington, Canada/New England Fall
PA. Foliage Cruise in October
2017. Pictured are:
Ian ’14 and Sarah (Abbott ’15)
MacKenzie welcomed their first child, Back Row: Dr. Ken Hartman
Catherine Rose MacKenzie, on ’63, Dee (Southworth ’69 )
September 8, 2017. Hartman, Rick O’Brien

Jessica Driscoll-Owens ’14 married 2nd from back: Janell Brock,
husband Jacob on September 3, 2017. Nancy (Schwickrath ’00)
She is the Communications & Community O’Brien
Relations Coordinator for Beatitude
House in Youngstown, OH. Her husband 3rd from back: Dave Jordan,
Jacob is an EMT. They compete in Lois (Ramsey ’59) Gross, Dan
Frisbee competitions with their Australian Russell
cattle dog, Josie. Jessica, Jacob and Josie
reside in Austintown, OH. 4th from back: Patricia (Brock
’87) Jordan, Joyce Lynn ’61,
Clayton LaPosta ’14 and Leslie Shipman ’15 Pam (Lyttle ’85) Russell
are engaged to be married on
January 13, 2018. They will reside in 5th from back: Louise
Washington, PA. Marshall ’59, Rev. Ralph
Joseph ’60, Patricia Mason,
Benjamin Goodrich ‘14 and wife Susan Dr. Rick Mason ’73
welcomed their son Matthew Joseph on
February 2, 2018. 6th from back: Carolyn
(Metcalfe ’62) Mollenkopf,
Josh Carback ‘14 graduated from The Louise (Edgar ’66) Copeland
University of Maryland Francis Carey
37 GENEVA MAGAZINE Front: Joday Joseph, Dr. Bob
Copeland ’66

Not pictured: Dr. Dean
Smith ’65, Nancy Smith ’66,
Dr. Jack Delivuk ’69, Deb
Delivuk

Photos appear after the corresponding class note. Alumni Baby
Onesies
Class Notes Information
To share your news, visit Let the alumni office
Geneva.edu/class_notes and click ([email protected])
on “Update Form.” High-resolution know the name and
pictures of at least three megapixels in birthdate of your new
size may be submitted in JPEG format. baby, along with your
current address, and
Inclusion of all items in Class Notes is we’ll send you and your
at the discretion of Geneva College,
in accordance with the community newborn a Golden
standards of the institution. Tornadoes onesie
(size: 12 months).

THE BENEFITS OF A CHARITABLE BEQUEST

A Wonderful Way for You to Help Further the Work of Geneva College

BEQUEST BENEFITS HOW TO MAKE A BEQUEST

A charitable bequest is an easy way for you to help A bequest is one of the easiest gifts you can
us in our work. Here are some of the benefits of make to significantly impact the mission of
bequest giving: Geneva. Your estate planning attorney can
• It costs you nothing today to make a bequest include a provision in your will that leaves a
lasting gift to Geneva College. Your bequest
• A bequest is free of federal estate tax could be a gift of specific assets (such as a
vehicle, artwork or coin collection), a dollar
• Your bequest can be changed down the road amount ($10,000, $25,000 or $100,000) or
a percentage of your estate (3%, 10% or even
• You can still benefit your heirs with specific gifts 25%). A bequest can also be made from the
residue of your estate or what is left after all gifts
• A bequest may produce estate tax savings have been made to your heirs.

• You can leave a legacy through a bequest

BENEFITS OF AN IRA BEQUEST

One type of bequest to consider is a bequest
from your IRA. If you leave your IRA to your
children, your heirs could face a significant
tax. Talk with your estate planner about the
types of assets to leave to your family that can
produce little or no tax. Then consider making
a bequest of your IRA to Geneva College. We
will receive the full proceeds free of tax and
can use this gift to help further our mission.

Please contact your plan custodian to
designate Geneva College as a beneficiary
of your IRA.

IRA GENEVA
COLLEGE

Please contact us to request sample language that
your attorney may use in drafting a bequest to
Geneva College. Sample bequest language is also
available on our website.

Geneva.giftlegacy.com

Contact Cliff McNary at [email protected] for more
information and to ask for your FREE Wills Kit!

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Alumni are an important example to prospective students
of the strength and quality of a Geneva education.
College-bound high school students will often look to
people like you for good counsel on their decision about
which institution to attend.

Would you be willing to refer prospective students using
a simple electronic form? All you need is the student’s
first name, last name and email address. The prospective
student will receive an email from Geneva with important
information and an invitation to learn more about what
you already know – Geneva College is a unique brand of
life-changing, Christ-centric education.

visit Geneva.edu/alumni-referral


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