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Brian Corvino '02 discusses goals and
new initiatives with other alumni at
the May meeting of the Alumni Board.
ALUMNIBOOKSHELF
New Initiatives Outlined by
Board President Corvino
Alumni will play a vital role in the future of
Moravian College, and your participation is
needed. “As a community, we are currently
experiencing a period in which transformational
change surrounds us,” said Brian
Corvino ’02, elected Alumni Board president
in May. “Now, more than at any other
time in our history, Moravian College needs
your time, talents, and financial resources.”
Corvino outlined the Alumni Association’s
mission, goals, and new initiatives in a letter
posted on the Alumni Association pages of
the College website at www.moravian.edu.
In the year ahead, the Association will
build upon the alumni traditions supported
over the past few years and will develop
new initiatives identified through strategic
planning. The new initiatives call for alumni
In Racing Odysseus, a College President Becomes a Freshman Again
(University of California Press), former Moravian College president
(1986-1997) Roger “Rusty” Martin shares the story of his six-month
experience as a 61-year-old freshman at St. John’s College. Defying
a 2000 diagnosis of terminal cancer, Martin took a 2004 sabbatical
from Randolph-Macon College, where he was president, to enroll in
St. John’s, the Great Books school in Maryland. Reading Homer and
other classical authors, rowing on the college crew team, and living
life as a freshman provided Martin with new insight regarding his personal
journey and the value of the liberal arts in America today. Alumni of all eras
will appreciate the book’s life lessons. Called “an extraordinary memoir” by the
Times Literary Supplement.
involvement in three key areas: 1) admissions
(attracting the next generation of
alumni); 2) career preparation (helping new
alumni prepare for a meaningful career);
and 3) development (ensuring that the College
has the resources to continue to offer
students access to the highest educational
experience possible).
“I encourage you to please reach out to
any member of the Alumni Relations Office
or Alumni Board, as we all look forward to
discussing with you how you can become
engaged in ways that are meaningful to you
and to our shared Moravian community,”
said Corvino in his letter to alumni.
Other newly elected Alumni Executive
Board members are Alyson L. Remsing
’03, secretary; Richard Subber ’69, ’95,
treasurer; and Kelly McLean Rindock ’03,
president elect. Read their bios and those
of the entire Board on the Alumni Association
pages of the College website, www.
moravian.edu.
Snyder '80
Honored for
Physics
John Snyder ’80,
senior lecturer in
the School of Engineering
at Cardiff
University, Wales, has been named a Fellow
of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics
Engineers for his “contributions to synthesis
and characterization of magnetic bulk
and thin film materials.” According to IEEE,
the grade of Fellow is “conferred upon a
person with an extraordinary record of
accomplishments in any of the IEEE fields
of interest.” The number of fellows selected
each year is less than 1/10 of 1% of the
Institute’s total membership. “I got my start
in magnetic materials research through the
Moravian College Honors Program and my
advisor, professor Joseph Powlette ’60 of
the Physics Department,” said Dr. Snyder.
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