The Haven Magazine Spring 2018
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News & notes<br />
Robert M. Pignatello Named<br />
President of Lock <strong>Haven</strong> University<br />
<strong>The</strong> Board of<br />
Governors of<br />
Pennsylvania’s<br />
State System of<br />
Higher Education<br />
unanimously selected<br />
Robert M. Pignatello<br />
to be the next<br />
president of Lock<br />
<strong>Haven</strong> University, effective July 1.<br />
Pignatello has more than 20 years of<br />
experience as a college senior executive<br />
and administrator. He said he is<br />
honored to have been selected to serve<br />
as Lock <strong>Haven</strong>’s next president and<br />
looks forward to assuming the role.<br />
“Lock <strong>Haven</strong> is a truly remarkable<br />
institution, and we have an exciting<br />
future before us. Together, we will<br />
<strong>The</strong> Texas Restaurant<br />
to Celebrate 100th<br />
Anniversary<br />
On August 8, the Texas<br />
Restaurant will celebrate its<br />
100th anniversary as a dining<br />
staple in the Lock <strong>Haven</strong><br />
community.<br />
<strong>The</strong> restaurant was founded<br />
by George Pappas in 1918.<br />
In 1961 it was purchased by<br />
Nick Klaras and Peter Anastos.<br />
Peter’s son, Phil Anastos, took<br />
over ownership in 1991.<br />
LHU Students have always<br />
played a big role in the Texas’s<br />
history and success. Known<br />
in part for its hot dogs, gravy<br />
fries, and breakfast, the Texas’<br />
iconic hot dog, “<strong>The</strong> Growler,”<br />
was named by LHU students in<br />
the ’60s.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Anastos family has been<br />
supporters of LHU athletics<br />
throughout the years and also<br />
acknowledge that the LHU<br />
community has helped support<br />
the restaurant. “It’s been a<br />
great marriage between us and<br />
LHU,” Anastos said.<br />
With its full menu of<br />
great food and focus on<br />
community involvement,<br />
the Texas’s reputation<br />
spans far and wide, even<br />
as far as Europe.<br />
“Just recently I had a<br />
grandfather in here that<br />
told me his grandson was<br />
over in Germany, in the<br />
confront the challenges that lie ahead<br />
and convert them into opportunities<br />
to even better serve our students and<br />
our region,” Pignatello said. “I greatly<br />
anticipate working closely with the<br />
council of trustees, students, faculty,<br />
alumni, local leaders, and system<br />
officials on fulfilling our vital mission.<br />
I am immensely proud to be a Bald<br />
Eagle and to join the Lock <strong>Haven</strong><br />
community.”<br />
Pignatello has a Bachelor’s Degree<br />
in Political Science and Public<br />
Administration from Montclair State<br />
University, Montclair, New Jersey,<br />
and a Master of Public Administration<br />
from Rutgers University. He expects to<br />
complete work this year on a Doctor of<br />
Education degree in Higher Education<br />
Leadership and Management at St.<br />
Peter’s University, Englewood Cliffs,<br />
New Jersey.<br />
service, and they were talking<br />
among each other and a guy<br />
there asked him about the Texas,”<br />
Anastos said. “So somehow the<br />
name made it over to Germany.”<br />
“We try to do a lot for the<br />
community, but the reputation<br />
was really built before me. I’ve<br />
tried to continue it and keep it<br />
strong.”<br />
LHU Ranks First Among<br />
PASSHE Schools For<br />
Performance Funding<br />
Lock <strong>Haven</strong> University has<br />
ranked first among <strong>The</strong><br />
Pennsylvania’s State System<br />
of Higher Education (PASSHE)<br />
universities for performance<br />
in the 2017-<strong>2018</strong> academic<br />
year. <strong>The</strong> Performance Funding<br />
Program is designed to measure<br />
the outcomes of each university<br />
in the areas of student success,<br />
comprehensive access to<br />
opportunity, and stewardship<br />
of PASSHE and Commonwealth<br />
resources.<br />
<strong>The</strong> assessment is based on<br />
institutional performance<br />
and peer comparisons on 10<br />
measures that align with the<br />
themes of success, access, and<br />
stewardship. <strong>The</strong> measures<br />
are divided between five<br />
mandatory measures and five<br />
optional measures selected by<br />
each institution. All indicators<br />
of university performance are<br />
measured according to their<br />
progress toward institutionspecific<br />
goals and against<br />
external comparisons based on<br />
similar universities.<br />
While LHU tied for first in the<br />
2016-2017 cycle, this year’s<br />
awards see LHU in first place for<br />
performance funding, having<br />
earned the most points out of<br />
all 14 universities for meeting<br />
performance expectations. <strong>The</strong><br />
achievement will provide LHU a<br />
total of $2,592,046 in funding.<br />
22 SPRING <strong>2018</strong> THE HAVEN LOCK HAVEN UNIVERSITY