Spring 1995 - Lock Haven University

TI IF 100.. HAVloN UNIVERSITY
PERSPECTIVE
Perspective IS produced three times a year by the
LJivi sion of University Advancement for alumni, parents
and friends of Lock Haven Un iversity
THE LOCK HAVEN UNIVERSITY
Dr. Cra ig Dean Willis
President
Jerry L. Updegraff
Vice President for UniverSity Advancement
Luanne rvi. Lawn!flce
Perspective Ed itur
Director of Public RelJ tlons
Patrick A. Donghla
Director of Sports Information
James C Reeser
Director of Alumni! External Relations
Lynn J Lytle
Director of Development and the LHU Foundation
Contributing Writers
Patrick Don ghia
Michell eHitl
Tracy Hower
Aaron Russell
Design
Bridgestreet Marketing
Printing
Reed Hann Litho
Historical Photographs
Compliments of the LHU Archives
The Lock Haven University
Alumni Executive Committee
President
Joseph D. Buckley, '80
President Elect
Thomas M. Ryan, '73
Past President
James M. Marzo, '63
Treasurer
Paul M. Wallson, '70
Secretary
Ruth E. Fleming, '55
Elected Members
Harol d M Adams, 55
Carmen Brown Bantill, '71
Thom as E. Ellin!l,66
J Patrick Gucn iero, '84
Ruth M. Holmes, '31
Ronald H. Jury, '72
Charles A. Leon ard, ' 73
Carol Day Liddick, '79
Donna J Long, '76
Edward F. McCloskey, '48
Richard Rhoades, '67
Ned N. Sweitzer, '40
Mali Class Notes infor mation and comments to Luanne
Lawrence, Director of Public Relations, LHU , 120 Akeley
Hall, Lock Haven, PA 17745. The Alumni Office can be
reached at 1717) 893-2021. Now, send information to
LHU through EMAIL-Ihualum@eagle.lhup.edu .
Lock Haven University is part of the State System
of Higher Education. The University is an equal
opportunity and affirmative action employer.
Cover Story
For LHU senior Tim Burdick,
writing has given him the
opportunity to express
himself and his inner-most
feelings After two international
experiences, he began
to open his heart through his
pen This edition of
Perspective focuses on
several individuals wh o
either have developed
careers from self exp ressi on
or who want to help others
learn to put forth their true
feelings Several of these
individuals spend their lives working toward their passions and have chosen
to step out of the realm of traditional occupations Tim hopes that graduate
school will catapult him onto a career in teaching in which he can continue
to grow in his own writing and help other students understand the value of
self expression
Education faculty sets Clinton County
technology record
Dr Gerald Cierpilowski, LHU chair,
department of elementary and secondary
education, offered a peak
at the classroom of the future as
he became the first teacher in
Clinton County to teach a class in
another state via the Internet.
Cierpilowskl established a connection
with Battleground Middle
School in Battleground, IN, and
together with his wife's aunt,
Caroline Sadeak, a holocaust survivor,
taught severa l middle school classes about the events surrounding her
Journey from a small farming village on the border of Poland to a work camp
in Siberia. The students had read the book, The Endless Steppe: Growing
Up in Siberia by Esther Rudomin Hautzig, and compared and contrasted the
author's experience with that of Mrs. Sadeak's life Chatting in "real time, "
students asked questions through the computer keyboard which were directly
sent to the screen in front of Dr. Cierpilowski and Mrs Sadeak. They in turn
responded immediately to the students' questions, many of which focu sed on
concern for family, possessions, safety, work and treatment. All students had
a terminal from which they viewed the conversation, and questions were
typed on the teacher's keyboard The class was part of Purdue University's
research project documenting survivors of the holocaust Purdue University
also provided the technological support to the Indiana Middle School.