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NEWS ON CAMPUS Faculty Update Isabel Balsamo, McGowan Hispanic Outreach coordinator, Tish Last, director of corporate, foundations & government relations, and Michelle Schmude, director of admission, presented “Enabling Student Success through Mentoring, Tutoring, and Preparing” at the Governor’s Conference on Higher Education: Pathways to College Success. Dr. Bridget Costello, assistant professor of sociology, presented a paper titled “Cultural influences on individual health strategies: landscapes and landmarks” at the annual meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society. Marybeth Sanchez ’09 presented a poster titled “Tattooing: a practice that runs deeper than skin.” Dr. James P. Dolhon, professor of speech communication, recently presented, “Owning Your I.P.P.E.E.’s: IntraPersonal Patterns for Processing & Expressing Experience,” at the 38th Annual Conference of The International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning, in Las Vegas, Nev. Dr. Robin Field, assistant professor of English, presented the paper “Traumatic Past and Ethereal Present in Jana Monji’s ‘Kim’” at the Northeastern Modern Language Association meeting in Boston. She also presented a paper entitled “Familial Borderlands: Writing the Second Generation in America” at the conference “Migration, Border, and the Nation-State,” sponsored by the United States Association of Commonwealth Language and Literature, held at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. Dr. Bernard Healey, director of the health care administration graduate program, published his book, Introduction to Occupational Health in Public Health Practice by Jossey Bass. Dr. Healey and Bob Zimmerman, adjunct professor, health care administration program, also co-wrote the book The New World of Health Promotion: New Program Development, Implementation, and Evaluation. The book, published by Jones and Bartlett Publishers, features a forward by Georges C. Benjamin, executive director, American Public Health Association. Professor of Philosophy Dr. William Irwin’s article “Prufrock’s Question and Roquentin’s Answer” has been published in the current issue of Philosophy and Literature, the most highly selective journal in the field with only a five percent acceptance rate. Dr. Jonathan Malesic, assistant professor of theology, published his book, Secret Faith in the Public Square: An Argument for the Concealment of Christian Identity, by Brazos Press, a division of Baker Publishing Group. Dr. Jean P. O’Brien, professor of psychology, and Dr. Jennifer McClinton-Temple, associate professor of English, presented a workshop on “Using Assessment to Foster Student Achievement of Essential Student Outcomes” at a recent conference of the American Association of Colleges and Universities held in Baltimore, Md. Dr. Noreen O’Connor, assistant professor of English, published an article, entitled “Envisioning a New Parent Track in Academia” in On Campus With Women, a publication of the Association of American Colleges and Universities. She also recently presented the paper “Literary Cubism in The Sound and the Fury and As I Lay Dying” at the recent Northeastern Modern Language Association meeting in Boston. Dr. Amy Parsons, professor of marketing, and Elzbieta Lepkowska-White of Skidmore College published an article, titled “Group Projects Using Clients Versus Not Using Clients: Do Students Perceive Any Differences?” in the Journal of Marketing Education. Dr. Terrence Mech, Director, D. Leonard Corgan Library, conducted the workshop “Continuing Information Literacy for Everyone: Enhancing the General Education Experience Through Faculty-Librarian Collaboration” for the faculty of Bennett College in Greensboro, N.C. The King’s College WorldPoints Credit Card Rewards you can really get into. A check for $250. A flight across the country or anywhere in the world. A big-screen TV. If you can dream it, the new King’s College Platinum Plus ® MasterCard ® credit card with WorldPoints rewards can make it happen. We couldn’t be more proud to offer you this exciting new credit card rewards program at competitive rates. The NO ANNUAL FEE card has everything you’d want in a card and much more! What’s more, the card that rewards you supports our organization. Each time you make a purchase with your credit card, a contribution is made to King’s College at no additional cost to you. Learn more—call the Alumni Office 570-208-5879 or visit http://departments.kings.edu/alumni/benefits.htm 12 Pride ✦ Fall 2009
Faces of King’s Jacintha Burke Adeline Sobol Krupinski wanted her children to be special, so she carefully selected each name. She decided to call her second daughter, Jacintha, after one of the three shepherd children who witnessed the apparitions of the Blessed Virgin Mary in the small village of Fatima, Portugal, in 1917. Jacintha (Krupinski) Burke was raised in Scranton. Throughout college, she sold shoes at Sears in the Viewmont Mall until being promoted to cashier. Beside a steady income to pay tuition, the experience proved profitable in her personal life; she met her future husband, Bill, who was also employed by the retailer. After graduating from Marywood University with a bachelor’s degree in elementary education, Jacintha was a substitute teacher before returning to the university for a master’s degree in reading comprehension. She credits a mentor, Sister Eamon O’Neill, a former professor at Marywood, with encouraging her to change professions. Sr. O’Neill thought she would work well with the college population and helped her during her job search following graduation. Preparation met opportunity when Jacintha saw an advertisement to teach a reading course at King’s. The part-time hours worked well with her new responsibilities at home; she and Bill were the proud parents of their first son, Jonathan. Jacintha later worked in a number of other part-time capacities at King’s, including as an academic advisor for firstyear students, teaching in the College’s summer program, and as a learning specialist for Act 101. Around the time her second son, Christopher, stepped on the bus for his first day of kindergarten, Jacintha was offered a fulltime position, which later became her current post as director of the Academic Skills Center. Before federal law and policy was established, physical and learning disabilities were considered taboo; many students pursuing higher education were encouraged not to disclose such information. In 1990, public perception had changed and colleges and universities across the nation were focused on meeting the standards designated in the Americans with Disabilities Act. Jacintha teamed with the late Dr. Donald Farmer, former vice president of academic affairs, to develop services at King’s that recognized the rights of all individuals with disabilities to have equal access to a quality education. “Dr. Farmer was very encouraging and supportive on the issue of disabilities,” Jacintha said. “He was always looking forward, and constantly challenged me to improve the services we provided here.” Today, Jacintha supervises the Academic Skills Center, which offers academic support services to all students, including the tutoring program, learning workshops and the writing center. “My day is unpredictable. I can never foresee what student need or crisis will walk through my door,” said Jacintha. “In the process of helping a student resolve an issue or master a skill, I identify a new resource or deepen my understanding of the individual’s needs. That means I am better equipped. Ultimately, I am as much the learner as the advisor or counselor.” Jacintha and Bill are at a comfortable point in their lives. With two grown children, they now have time to travel. As members of the Genealogical Research Society of Northeastern Pennsylvania, the couple decided to trace the Burke family roots through Ireland. Jacintha and her husband recently spent 10 days on the Emerald Isle, traveling the lush green landscape in Dublin and Waterford, and stopping to visit landmarks, such as Blarney Castle and the Book of Kells at Trinity College. The highlight of the trip came in Sligo, a drive-by town on the west coast of Ireland, known for inspiring the works of poet William Butler Yeats. While staying at Rosses Point on Sligo Bay, the Burke’s discovered that only Bill’s great-great grandfather was born there and the rest of his family was from Mayo. They believe their ancestors stopped at the port-town of Sligo to prepare for the journey to America. Considered by colleagues to be compassionate and reserved, Jacintha breaks free from the mold through her musical interests. She confesses to listening to the Goo Goo Dolls and Counting Crows, while still finding time for classic rock-n-roll, like The Beatles and Bee Gees. “Most people don’t know it about me, but I’m an aggressive driver,” said Jacintha with a wry smile. “Music fits my mood. After 25 years traveling down (Interstate) 81, sometimes rock-nroll fits the mood. Sometimes you want to beep.” Pride ✦ Fall 2009 13
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