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Topic List:

Criminal Justice:

Criminal Justice legal matters
FBI
Crisis Management
Crisis Communications
Hostage Negotiation
School Violence
Workplace Violence
Crowd Control
Firearms
Non-Lethal Weapons
Defensive Tactics
Civil Rights Issues
Undercover Investigations
Surveillance: Ground, aerial & electronic
Crime Prevention
Personal Safety
Crisis Management
Disasters
Multicultural Issues in Criminal Justice

Education

Early Childhood Writing

History & Elections:

U.S. President history (both biographical and political)
Voting patterns
First Ladies
Big Band Era history

Law:

Business Law
Communication Law

Media & Technology:

Media Advocacy
New Media Technology

Nursing:

Transcultural Nursing
School Nursing
Nursing History
Women’s Health
School Nursing
Healing with music

Psychology:

Forensic Psychology
Mental Health concerns
Trauma issues
Research and Evaluation
Child Development
Atypical Development
Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Child Care
School Readiness
Child Discipline

Religion:

Religious questions and controversies
Roman Catholicism Issues
Bible questions
Christian and Catholic views on social
Christian and Catholic views on political
Christian and Catholic views on economy
Higher Education questions

Engaging, dynamic faculty members are the heart of Alvernia University.

Our professors are accomplished scholars, experts in their fields, and supportive mentors who are committed foremost to their students’ success. More than two-thirds of them hold the highest degree available in their field. Outside of the classroom many regularly publish books and articles, present scholarly works at national and international conferences, and serve as field experts to the mass media — through newspaper, broadcast, and online outlets. It's no wonder that our students appreciate small class sizes (14:1 student to faculty ratio), personal attention, and breath of academic programs offered — relevant in today's world.

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Claire Murphy, MD

Director of Health Services

Donna Yarri, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Theology

Joseph Kremer, M.Ed.

Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Thomas Bierowski, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of English

Gerald Vigna, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Theology

Peter Rampson

Assistant Professor of Graphic Art

Kathy McCord, Ed.D.

Assistant Professor, Education Department

Edgar Hartung, J.D.

Associate Professor of Criminal Justice

Elizabeth Kirk Matteo, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Polly Mathys

Assistant Professor of Computer and Information Studies

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Alvernia University is regularly featured in a variety of print, broadcast, and online media outlets. Faculty members are asked for expert commentary; students are asked for opinions and featured for work they are doing at the University and in the community. Important campus events and athletic progress are also often the subject of feature articles.

ARCHIVE

MARCH

Reading to help Alvernia with dorm project Reading Eagle 3-27-12

Alvernia University students help raise $4,000 to fight pediatric cancer BCTV.org 3-26-12

Should police record interrogations? Reading Eagle 3-26-12

Alvernia students take campus walk for cure Reading Eagle 3-26-12

Zeigler expecting to lift Knights Reading Eagle 3-26-12

Some careers are really working Reading Eagle 3-26-12

Alvernia students fight childhood cancer with talk WFMZ 3-25-12

Seminar looks at poverty's causes, toll Reading Eagle 3-24-12

Fall of middle class one factor in poverty's rise Reading Eagle 3-24-12

The war against synthetic drugs WFMZ 3-22-12

Workshop targets synthetic drugs Reading Eagle 3-23-12

Dr. Tom, a Kerouac expert, at the Wise Owl in West Reading BCTV.org 3-16-12

Forum on designer drugs set at Alvernia Reading Eagle 3-10-12

John Smith column 3/10/12: What does it mean to be spiritual but not religious? Reading Eagle 3-10-12

At your service: Bridge of Hope Reading Eagle 3-10-12

Group of local residents hopes Whole Foods will place store in Berks Reading Eagle 3-8-12

Students get head start at Alvernia college fair Reading Eagle 3-7-12

University plays host to 20th annual college fair WFMZ 3-6-12

Boone keys win at both ends of floor for Alvernia Centre Daily Times 3-6-12

Person of the week: Jessica Marchetti Reading Eagle 3-6-12

Hundreds of GOP delegates up for grabs on Super Tuesday WFMZ 3-6-12

Council has concerns about proposed Angelica Park lease Reading Eagle 3-6-12

Does Stock Market Pick President? Reading Eagle and Hispanic Business 3-5-12

Alvernia wins ECAC South title Reading Eagle 3-5-12

City in talks with Alvernia, conservancy to lease Angelica Park Reading Eagle 3-5-12

Crusaders win, advance to ECAC final Reading Eagle 3-4-12

Williams Valley student wins spelling bee Republican Herald 3-4-12

Rinehimer's Rams hope to keep making history Pottstown Mercury 3-3-12

Week in Review: John Updike lecture and Mayor Visit WEEU 3-2-12

Wilkes’ season ends in ECAC defeat to Alvernia Wilkes Barre Times Leader 3-1-12

Crusaders win, extend season Reading Eagle 3-1-12

FEBRUARY

Spencer meets with Alvernia students Reading Eagle 2-29-12

To stand out in a crowd, applicants need to develop presence on all fronts Reading Eagle 2-28-12

Hats off for cancer at Alvernia University photos BCTV.org 2-28-12

Person of the Week: Jennifer Wennerholt Reading Eagle 2-28-12

Inside the Beltway: The Santorum Surprise Washington Times 2-27-12

For pageant winners, crown not biggest prize Reading Eagle 2-27-12

Keiser elected REIA president Reading Eagle 2-26-12

Jew, Muslim, Catholic talk about role of women as they have experienced it in their religions Reading Eagle 2-25-12

About A Common Heart Reading Eagle 2-25-12

Meet the roundtable participants Republican Herald 2-24-12

Expert to speak at Alvernia on cutting clutter Reading Eagle 2-24-12

Children paint African masks at Alvernia Reading Eagle 2-24-12

Financial Literacy: Jason Deitz Talks About the FL Program at Alvernia University Nelnet Blog 2-23-12

Deconstructing Campaign TV Ads BCTV 2-22-12

Person of the Week: Nicholas A. Armour Reading Eagle 2-21-12

Lyco drops season finale Williamsport Sun Gazette 2-19-12

Berks Women in Crisis will offer seminar on domestic and sexual violence BCTV.org 2-19-12

Crusaders win but fall short of playoff berth Reading Eagle 2-19-12

Parents get school in financial aid Reading Eagle 2-19-12

Making the Grade: Alvernia University’s Francis Hall Expansion Earns High Marks Landscape Online 2-18-12

Playoff scenarios aplenty for Lions, Crusaders today Reading Eagle 2-18-12

Paintball exercise prepares ROTC cadets for real-life combat situations Lehigh Valley Live 2-15-12

Alvernia University students, Girl Scouts collect hundreds of hats for kids with cancer BCTV.org 2-15-12

Crusaders can't come all the way back Reading Eagle 2-15-12

Hats tossed for a good cause WFMZ 2-14-12

Alvernia fans tip their hats, then donate them for kids Reading Eagle 2-15-12

Homeland security schools and colleges in Pennsylvania CJ College Guide 2-14-12

Preparing police for difficult calls Reading Eagle 2-14-12 

Alvernia event to help with college financial aid forms Reading Eagle 2-14-12 

Person of the Week: Allyss K. Reinsel Reading Eagle 2-14-12 

Thompson's big finish fuels Crusaders' rally Reading Eagle 2-12-12 

Everyone wins at fundraiser for retired nuns Reading Eagle 2-12-12 

Seven to be inducted into Berks baseball hall Reading Eagle 2-12-12

Examining death through the eyes of those who had suffered near-death... Reading Eagle 2-10-12

Will Santorum's recent surge carry him to nomination? WFMZ 2-9-12

Altermose reaches 1,000 points as Alvernia rolls over Albright Reading Eagle 2-9-12

Margin of error slim for Albright basketball Reading Eagle 2-8-12

Seniors at 2 local colleges eye future Reading Eagle 2-7-12

Thompson's 30 fuel Crusaders Reading Eagle 2-5-12

Alice Orlando, Sacred Heart School, West Reading Reading Eagle 2-6-12

Boyertown Jr. High School West team tops in math contest Reading Eagle 2-6-12

Republican presidential race far from over WFMZ 2-5-12

Poetry, dance, song mark Black History Month celebration Reading Eagle 2-5-12

Course at Alvernia's Seniors College examines how marriage has evolved Reading Eagle 2-4-12

Artist discusses his craft with youths at Alvernia event Reading Eagle 2-4-12

ACOR celebrates Black History Month Reading Eagle Weekender 2-2-12

Alvernia rallies past Arcadia Reading Eagle 2-2-12

Exeter will induct 6 into Hall Reading Eagle 2-2-12

Events celebrate start of Black History Month WFMZ 2-1-12

Black History Month events in Berks County begin today BCTV 2-1-12

Environmental panel looking to fill vacancies Reading Eagle 2-1-12

JANUARY

Alvernia men, women post wins Reading Eagle 1-31-12

Near-death experiences topic of Circle of Life Coalition talk Reading Eagle 1-30-12

Dan Kelly's Korner: These sisters anything but retiring Reading Eagle 1-30-12

Chris Trickett, technology and engineering, Wilson High Reading Eagle 1-30-12

At your service: Leadership Berks Reading Eagle 1-28-12

Helping dollars make sense Reading Eagle 1-27-12

Finding Funding Reading Eagle 1-27-12

Resources for financial aid Reading Eagle 1-27-12

Expanding the family business: Vincenzo's Ristorante Reading Eagle 1-23-12

Third candidate enters Nutley BOE race North Jersey News 1-25-12

Dr. Kevin Godfrey to speak on reconciliation and Newman Gerber Institute 1-25-12

York Catholic principal moving on York Daily Record 1-24-12

Alvernia benefactors get philanthropy prize Reading Eagle 1-24-12

Boone's play keys Alvernia's hot start Centre Daily Times 1-24-12

Approaching the State of the Union Philly Burbs, the Intelligencer 1-24-12

Alvernia's Lutz 2012 King of Baseballtown WFMZ 1-23-12

Sober reality: War dehumanizes Lancaster Online 1-22-12

Recycling your gadget guilt Reading Eagle, McClatchy-Tribune, MSP News, TMCnet 1-21-1

Websites dark to protest anti-piracy measures Reading Eagle 1-19-12

Crusaders get the message Reading Eagle 1-19-12

Defense lifts Crusaders over Lions Reading Eagle 1-19-12

Reading greenhouse bursts with plants and volunteerism on MLK Jr. Day BCTV 1-18-12

Alvernia professors write new approach to strategic planning Reading Eagle Business Weekly 1-17-12

Alvernia to host MLK celebration Republican Herald 1-18-12

Crusaders, Lions ready for intriguing matchup Reading Eagle 1-18-12

Many mark MLK Jr. Day by performing community service WFMZ 1-16-12

A dose of good news Mr. Met Blog 1-11-12

Vargus shoots Alvernia to win Reading Eagle 1-12-12

NRHA welcomes 2012 fellows Rural Health Voices 1-10-12

Crusaders roll to seventh straight Reading Eagle 1-8-12

Alvernia coach Lutz to be crowned King of Baseballtown Pottstown Mercury 1-6-12

Altemose's double-double lifts Alvernia Reading Eagle 1-8-12

Documentary about young girls in the sex trade will be shown for free in Berks County BCTV.org 1-6-12

Very young girls documentary Examiner 1-5-12

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Faculty Expert List:

Criminal Justice:

Edgar J. Hartung, M.A., JD

Education

Kathleen Muzevich, Ed.D.

History & Elections:

Tim H. Blessing, Ph.D.

Law:

Mary Ellen Wells, JD, LLM

Media & Technology:

Caroline Fitzpatrick, Ph.D.

Nursing:

Theresa Adams, RN, MSN, CSN
Deborah Greenawald, Ph.D., RN

Psychology:

Peggy Bowen-Hartung, Ph.D., CTS
Erin Way, Ph.D.

Religion:

Gerald Vigna, Ph.D.

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Have a topic that needs an expert's comment? Alvernia professors are experts in their fields. Browse the topic list below or search for a professor by name.

Topic List:

Criminal Justice:

Criminal Justice legal matters
FBI
Crisis Management
Crisis Communications
Hostage Negotiation
School Violence
Workplace Violence
Crowd Control
Firearms
Non-Lethal Weapons
Defensive Tactics
Civil Rights Issues
Undercover Investigations
Surveillance: Ground, aerial & electronic
Crime Prevention
Personal Safety
Crisis Management
Disasters
Multicultural Issues in Criminal Justice

Education

Early Childhood Writing Assessment

History & Elections:

U.S. President history (both biographical and political)
Voting patterns
First Ladies
Big Band Era history

Law:

Business Law
Communication Law

Media & Technology:

Media Advocacy
New Media Technology

Nursing:

Transcultural Nursing
School Nursing
Nursing History
Women’s Health
School Nursing
Healing with music

Psychology:

Forensic Psychology
Mental Health concerns
Trauma issues
Research and Evaluation
Child Development
Atypical Development
Prenatal Alcohol Exposure
Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Child Care
School Readiness
Child Discipline

Religion:

Religious questions and controversies
Roman Catholicism Issues
Bible questions
Christian and Catholic views on social
Christian and Catholic views on political
Christian and Catholic views on economy
Higher Education questions

Franciscan Learning Community

Following more than 18 months of study, reflection, and meetings the Franciscan Learning Community (FLC) has completed its work and submitted a final report to President Flynn, including a set of recommendations for Mission Education and Mission Integration.

“The Franciscan Learning Community has provided invaluable service to the university community,” notes Flynn. “Besides raising our consciousness about our distinctive heritage, they have explored a range of promising ways for Alvernia to be more intentional about articulating and living our Franciscan identity and ensuring that it is central to our campus experience. On behalf of all of us, I wish to thank Sister Margaret Dougherty for serving as convener and the many members of the group for their dedication and active participation. Their recommendations have the potential to make a major, positive impact on Alvernia.”

The FLC circulated earlier drafts of their document and invited feedback widely in addition to holding a series of small group meetings with faculty, staff, and students.  To help shape an implementation plan, the President has asked Provost Shirley Williams and Vice President Joe Cicala to discuss the report with the individuals already responsible for all related work, to review the programs and activities currently in place, and recommend the action steps and most effective leadership model to move forward on the FLC’s recommendations.

Facilities plans address campus needs

As Alvernia continues to grow and expand both residentially and academically, careful consideration of office, storage, and other needs are also being taken into account. With this in mind, a new flexible-space facility has been leased on nearby Morgantown Road.

Close to campus — just south of Angelica Park, and adjacent to the Plateau Cuisine Restaurant (formerly the Alpenhof) — the convenient facility may be used to accommodate a multitude of functions. Initially, the building will house Alvernia’s Finance and Administration Offices, which are expected to move there in early June.

“Not all offices and facilities need to be on our main campus,” explains Doug Smith, vice president for finance & administration. “Offices like the finance and certain facilities departments can operate effectively off-site, allowing essential on-campus space to be utilized for academics and faculty.”

Initially Alvernia is leasing 7,200 sq. ft. on Morgantown Road and additional space there is under evaluation to determine how it might support university needs. After finance and administration offices are relocated from Francis Hall, others will be moved into the space. According to Doug, once those plans are finalized, they will be communicated to faculty and staff.

Health Insurance Renewal Plans Announced

Despite rising health care costs nationwide, Alvernia will continue its practice of absorbing most of those increases so that impact to employees will be reduced. In addition, a new program is being offered that eliminates any cost increase to employees.

This past year, Alvernia experienced a high level of medical claims against our insurance plans. When our institutional claims experience is combined with cost increases calculated by our insurance carrier Aetna, Alvernia’s health insurance costs will rise more than 20 percent in the next year beginning in July. Of that increase, the university is picking up 90 percent of those costs, with employees being asked to share the remaining 10 percent of the cost increase.

As a result, additional costs to employees will range from $5.73 per pay ($149 a year) for single coverage in the QPOS plan, to $16 per pay ($418 annually) for the Family POS Choice plan.

For those employees who seek to avoid any increase in their payroll deductions, an alternative QPOS plan is being offered at the same payroll deduction paid this year. For this plan, an office visit co-pay will be $30 vs. $20; the annual deductible will be $300 vs. $200 and a hospital stay deductible will cost $200.

Employees can learn more about these options and the changes outlined above during the Benefits Open Enrollment meetings that are being held at the Upland Center, Room #227 during the times below:

Thursday, 5/19 @ 10am
Monday, 5/23 @ 9am & 1pm
Tuesday, 5/24 @ 8:30am & 10:30am
Wednesday, 5/25 @ 9:30am & 11am
Tuesday, 5/31 @ 9am & 11am
Thursday, 6/2 @ 8:30am & 10:30am
Monday, 6/6 @ 9am & 11am

This year's Open Enrollment meetings will consist of information regarding the Aetna Health Insurance Plans, Highmark Vision Plan, Guardian Dental Plan and an overview of all other benefits offered by Alvernia. All eligible employees will be asked to complete new enrollment forms for medical, dental and vision coverage to update records.   If you have not yet signed up for a meeting, email Amanda Frankhouser in HR at amanda.frankhouser@alvernia.edu by May 6 with your two preferred meeting dates and times. 

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Freshmen Arrive For Orientation

On Thursday, Alvernia welcomed the incoming class of 2015 as first year students moved into residence halls for Orientation Weekend. The class is the most academically talented and diverse in the university’s history, with nearly 30 percent hailing from out of state locations. In addition, interest in living on campus has never been greater, with more freshmen living in residence halls than ever before and more students living on campus than ever in the past...more than 800.
 
To help address the increased interest in living on campus, and more comfortably accommodate all students, a few dozen upper class students will be living in the Candlewood Suites in West Reading for the year. “Our growing reputation and improvements in academic, residential, recreational experiences and facilities are fueling the increase in student demand for campus housing,” said Joseph J. Cicala, vice president for university life and dean of students.
 
Plans that are moving toward approval by the Board of Trustees next month call for constructing Founders Village units III and IV that will add room for another 185 to live on campus beginning in fall 2012. The new units will be divided between additional apartments for upperclassmen and innovative suites ideal for small learning communities. An attached wing to one of the residences will provide a large fitness center, a dance and aerobics studio, a gracious campus living room able to accommodate up to 110 for programs, and a range of offices and work spaces for student organizations and clubs and for University Life staff.

Click here for photos from Thursday's move-in.

Construction Update

Construction has already begun on our new residences, Founders Village 3-4, and the attached new wing for student services and recreation. Below are updates on key activities and changes.

Circulation and Parking
At this point in time there are no plans to close any roads during the course of the project. The parking plan will remain as it is today for the rest of the academic year. Construction parking will be at the west end of the PEC near the storage building. Construction staging will be next to the east detention pond, inside the fenced-off parking area and at the construction parking area.

Demolition of the Center for Student Life (CSL) will begin the first week of November to allow topsoil striping and excavation to begin for Building 4 and the new student services/recreation wing. Also, during the first week of November, the second phase of the construction fence will be installed. The newly paved temporary walk next to the PEC will be the main exterior access point to campus from Lot I.

In addition, footings and foundation work has begun for Building 3.

Computer Access
A “distributed model” will substitute for the CSL computer lab. Computers and printers are being added to the Veronica Hall lobby and to several other “study boxes” located in residence halls, including Anthony 112, Clare 268, and Judge 401. CSL lab computers will also be added to various locations in the Upland Center, and at least 13 computers will be added to the popular Learning Commons in the Franco Library.
 
Several staff members have moved to new locations:
The Office of the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences (Dr. James Foster, and Eleanor Logan) moved from BH 156 to FH 405-410.
 
Student Activities (Abby Swatchick, Robyn Schultz, Nick Yando, and Nick Adams) have moved to BH 156.
 
Campus Ministry has moved to FH, as has University Life Operations Coordinator Sandy Kroenig. (Fr. Kevin Queally to FH 218 B; Sandy Kroenig to FH 218 A; Jo Pressimone, Aaron Malnick, Sr. Christen Shukwit, Sr. Florence Kruczek, Bryan Otruba, and Intern Nikki Dietrich to FH 200 A-D.)
 
Multicultural Initiatives (Mary Lozada and Aida Garman) has moved to the temporary VP for University Life office suite on the second floor of Veronica Hall.
 
Student Government Association, Student Campus Ministers, as well as student workers for Student Activities and Multicultural Initiatives have moved to Judge Hall Lounge, with a new exterior entrance near the JH south entrance.

Phase 1 Map (Click for a zoomable version)

Phase 2 Map - Beginning the weekend of November (Click for a zoomable version)

Student leaders selected as NASPA Fellows

Student leaders Marissa DeLucia and Cristina Urena have been selected as NASPA (Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education) Undergraduate Fellows. Each is interested in pursuing a career in student affairs, and the fellowship program will help them learn more about and gain experience in the field through campus-based and national activities, including in-depth campus learning projects directed by their mentors and participation in NASPA’s annual conference in March, 2012.

Abby Swatchick, assistant dean of students and director of student activities, serves as Marissa’s mentor, while Dr. Joseph J. Cicala, vice president for university life and dean of students, serves as Cristina’s mentor. Dr. Cicala also serves as a member of NASPA’s Professional Standards Division and its Region II Advisory Board.

Visit the NASPA website

Find out more about the Undergraduate Fellows Program

Teaching & Learning Projects — Summer 2012

Plans are in place to update important teaching and learning spaces across campus this summer in the Franco Library, Bernardine Hall, and Francis Hall. These projects are funded through the capital campaign, and represent this year's priorities from the Teaching and Learning Plan, launched in 2009.

Franco Library
The popular Learning Commons will be expanded by further reduction of stacks on the first floor, allowing for additional group study areas (including enclosed study rooms), work stations, computers, and individual study opportunities. The creating of “offsite” library storage (primarily periodicals & journals) at 951 Morgantown Road will make many of these important improvements possible.

Bernardine Hall
Furniture, technology, carpet and paint updates to four classrooms in Bernardine's North Wing (on the second floor) will be completed this summer. Plans are also in development for substantial upgrades to the Bernardine 100 level (first floor).

Francis Hall
Classrooms in Francis Hall will begin to be updated with better technology and new furniture, carpet and paint.
 

Park illegally, get the "Boot."

Minor, but important changes will go into effect at the beginning of this semester in order to accommodate new residence halls, help make parking more easily accessible and understandable, and address consistent parking violations across campus. 

Parking assignments for the south parking lot (Lot I) have been modified to accommodate residents of all four Founders Village residence halls. Residents of Judge Hall will now be assigned to park in Lot B (above the Student Center). 

Please be respectful to our neighbors. If you must park on neighborhood streets, please do not block driveways or mailboxes.  

All vehicles parked on Alvernia’s campus must be registered with Public Safety and display a current parking permit. Failure to register your vehicle with Public Safety before September 28, 2012 will result in doubled parking ticket fines ($50) and the potential of the vehicle being immobilized (“Booted”).  Cars may also be immobilized (“Booted”) for failure to pay parking tickets, parking in unauthorized spaces, and unsafe or obstructive parking.

If unable to determine the owner of an unregistered vehicle, Public Safety may immobilize or tow vehicles at the expense of the owner.

If immobilized, do not attempt to remove a boot or drive your vehicle. Damage from doing so will be at the expense of the owner. There is a $50 fee to remove a boot. 

In addition to receiving elevated fines, habitual parking violators may lose parking privileges and may be referred to Community Standards for disciplinary action. Please visit Public Safety on the 2nd floor of the Student Center for additional information.

Alvernia to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Vatican II

Oct. 11 will mark the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council’s opening that began in 1962, and organizations around the world are planning to commemorate the historic event. Between 1962-1965 the Council debated and decided upon how to move the message and meaning of the Catholic Church more deeply into the lives of its members. The major areas of focus over that time included relationships within the Church, liturgical renewal, ecumenical dialogue, especially with Judaism, and the relationship of the Church to the modern world. The Council left an important legacy with respect to the Church’s human and divine origins, and to itself as "The People of God" on a human and a religious pilgrimage.

In conjunction with this world-wide commemoration, Alvernia is preparing a series of lectures that will provide opportunities to learn more about this important Council and to celebrate the significance of its work in the life of the Church. The Founders Day lecture on Sept. 11, featuring Rabbi Howard Hirsch, will launch the Vatican II series and also inaugurate a new initiative in interfaith dialogue. Rabbi Hirsch will share with us his perspective on the impact of Vatican II on Jewish-Christian relationships.

The goal of the events is to shed light on the Council and how its actions 50 years ago continues to affect the mission of the university today. Events planned for the next five semesters will center on several of the topics discussed at the Council; tentatively, the sequence will be: Ecumenism, non-Christian religions (2012-13), Religious Liberty (Spring 2014) Apostolate of the Laity (Fall 2014) Church in the Modern World (Spring 2015), the legacy of the Council (Fall, 2015).

What Does $1-Trillion in Student Debt Really Mean? Maybe Not That Much

By Beckie Supiano — May 14, 2012
THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION

Student-loan debt is having a moment in the spotlight. An interest-rate hike planned for July 1 has become a hot political issue. New graduates, the majority carrying loans, are entering a still-weak job market. Through it all, nearly every public analysis on education debt now cites the same statistic: The total amount of outstanding student-loan debt is more than $1-trillion.

That milestone made headlines in The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, tabloids, and blogs; it was on CBS and NPR. Pundits and interest groups have used the number to raise eyebrows about the high volume of education debt, sometimes suggesting a crisis.

A trillion is a big, round number. It has some shock value. But what does crossing the $1-trillion mark really tell us? For one thing, that more people are going to college—and graduate school. The sum is an estimate of all outstanding education debt: private and federal student loans for undergraduates, parents, and graduate and professional-school students. And greater educational attainment is a goal the Obama administration and many nonprofit groups are pushing.

At the same time, in the wake of severe state budget cuts, tuition is rising, and students and their families are footing a larger share of the bill. A greater percentage of bachelor's-degree recipients have borrowed, and the average amount of debt per borrower has also risen. About two-thirds of graduates of public and private nonprofit colleges have loans, with the borrowers' average debt about $25,000, according to the most recent analysis, of the Class of 2010, by the Project on Student Debt. (The average debt for the Class of 2004 was under $19,000, according to the federal government, which counts somewhat differently.)

Total outstanding student-loan debt—even $1-trillion of it—may not have broad economic implications. It's still too small a sum to derail the economy, at least for now, says Mark Kantrowitz. He runs a well-known consumer Web site, FinAid, that displays a Student Loan Debt Clock, perpetually ticking up. But the clock is "intended for entertainment purposes only," the site says.

The student-loan market can't be viewed like the housing market, says Mr. Kantrowitz. No one speculates on the value of an education, artificially inflating its price.
Total annual student-loan payments, which come to $60- or $70-billion, now represent only about 0.4 percent of GDP, Mr. Kantrowitz says. And should a day come when the federal government—which makes most student loans—is too hard up to offer them, that will be the least of the nation's worries.Besides, education debt is "good debt," says Anthony P. Carnevale, director of Georgetown University's Center on Education and the Workforce. "This is exactly the kind of debt a society wants."

A homeowner might find himself underwater on a mortgage, but an education doesn't lose value. And the government's new "gainful employment" rules, which attempt to prevent borrowers from ending up with worthless degrees, should make student debt an even better bet, Mr. Carnevale says.

Still, student loans have been called the next bubble. That doesn't faze Judith Scott-Clayton, an assistant professor of economics and education at Columbia University's Teachers College. It is "not something that keeps me up at night," she says.

Parallels with the housing market, she says, are unconvincing. But rising debt levels could affect graduates' pursuits, potentially deterring them from careers in public service. The government does offer income-based repayment programs, but few borrowers take advantage of them, she says, a fact that puzzles economists.

The $1-trillion total, which varies depending on where data come from and how interest is counted, didn't hit 13 digits suddenly. It has been climbing for years, and there's little reason to think it will stop now. So today's tally doesn't necessarily matter, says Robert A. Sevier, senior vice president for strategy at the higher-education marketing company Stamats. "It's the trend line that's terrifying."

But pointing to an impressive number can be helpful to groups that want to raise awareness about student debt and what they see as its repercussions. "It represents the impact to the economy as a whole, not just to individuals," says Jen Mishory, deputy director of Young Invincibles, an advocacy group that has called itself the AARP for young people. Debt delays some recent graduates from buying homes or starting a family, she says, decisions that affect the economy. (The group conducted a poll last fall of about 900 people ages 18 to 34, finding that almost half had delayed purchasing a home, but because of the "current economy" in general, not student loans specifically.)

Meanwhile, the total student-loan debt now has enough zeros to get the attention of policy makers, who are used to thinking in trillions, says Andy MacCracken, associate director of the National Campus Leadership Council, a new student advocacy group. But students themselves are more concerned with the numbers that bear on them directly: how much they have borrowed, what their monthly payments are, and whether they can afford to make them.

Individual calculations, of course, have more impact on students and colleges. And the total amount of debt isn't inherently bad. "If it can be paid off the way it's supposed to be, it's not a problem," says Kathy Dawley, president of Maguire Associates, a higher-education consulting firm. What matters is who has borrowed, and if they can pay it back. (Article has been edited for length.)

State of the University Address

August 21, 2012

John Wanner — Member, Board of Trustees and Chair, Alumni Council

Good morning. I’m John Wanner, a member of the University board of trustees and chair of the Alumni council. On behalf of Board of Trustees Chair Joanne Judge and the entire board, it’s my pleasure to welcome you this morning. I was very excited when asked to address to this group. It gives me the chance to share some personal thoughts as a graduate. While I grew up in Reading, I haven't lived here since I graduated in 1982. That makes it difficult to frequent the campus; in fact, my time here is mostly limited to certain events and meetings. But each time I get back to campus, I'm struck by the incredible changes that have occurred. Of course 30 years is a long time, longer than it seems to me. And while change is inevitable, I could never have imagined the advances that have taken place here.  

And I’m not just talking about the physical campus itself, which is impressive, but every aspect of Alvernia. The physical campus is a reflection of the many advances the University has experienced in: student population, the expanding degrees offered, the number and credentials of faculty, as well as the services and support available on campus. I'm still getting use to saying "university" instead of "college."  

Alvernia has grown and advanced in every way that I can think of. And that doesn’t happen by accident, it’s because of people. And you are the people. All of you are responsible for the success Alvernia has experienced and will experience, the Bernardine sisters who founded Alvernia, President Flynn and his cabinet, the faculty, and every member of the staff that makes the University run.  

Please know that the board of trustees understands that. And rest assured that your hard work and dedication does not go unnoticed. It gives me a tremendous sense of pride to see what you have accomplished on behalf of my alma mater. Thank you for the marvelous work that you do.   

The trustees at Alvernia are highly engaged. That is an important point to make given some of the recent scandals involving other Universities in Pennsylvania. In those cases, the role of their boards has come into question. I'm not going to get into the details of those other situations, but I want to let you know that the lesson to be learned is that Trustees can't be a rubber stamp or just passively exist. The Alvernia trustees are as active and outspoken as any board of volunteers I have ever been around. It's also important to let you know that Dr. Flynn and his cabinet do an excellent job of keeping the trustees informed. They do so early and often when anything out of the ordinary takes place. Communications or lack thereof, appears to be a common failing at those other institutions. At Alvernia, communications to the Board is clearly strength, and I credit that to Dr. Flynn and his staff.   

Maybe it goes without saying, but I'll say it anyway, the board is very supportive of the leadership demonstrated by staff and faculty alike. The commitment to strengthen academic excellence through investments in our faculty, programs, and in the learning and living environment of students is evident in many initiatives including the faculty excellence grants program and our continuing development of campus facilities.  

At every meeting, we review our strategic and master plans to measure our progress. For the most part, we are right on track or better off than anticipated. That doesn't mean that we haven't hit bumps in the road. There are a lot of external influences that make this a difficult time for any institution of higher education. Alvernia is no exception, and we have our own unique issues to grapple with. Every venture encounters headwinds and challenges to overcome. Despite that we continue to improve in many areas. We are particularly happy with our recruitment of freshmen and the success in the campaign. The Board is optimistic. Personally, I feel that it is very hard to fail when surrounded by hard working, dedicated people.   

Likewise, the Alumni Council is optimistic. Last year we identified a number of areas that the Council believed would help us create greater engagement with Alvernia graduates. In particular, there is a great desire to provide more opportunities for alumni to interact with both faculty and current students. The alumni office already offers a wide range of activities but we intend to add more including a local Habitat for Humanities project where alumni, students, faculty and staff can participate together.  

We also have a desire to establish a more tangible presence on campus. You heard earlier that an Alumni House is in the works. One of the properties that the university acquired on the corner of Greenway and St. Bernardine Street will become a focal point for alumni and generate more visibility. Essentially, we are trying to get current students to become more familiar with the concept of alumni. If we can begin to engage them now, we believe that their bond to the university will be easier to maintain after they graduate.   

There still is a lot of work to do in a number of areas. It's vitally important that we make additional inroads in electronic forums for alumni to use to stay connected with each other and the university. A fair amount of effort is going into building our presence via social media and recent changes have been made to our main portal with this in mind. The continued development and our effective use of these tools will most likely be the key to our success. 

Overall, it's an exciting time for these efforts. This spring the graduating class was larger than the sum of graduates during my four years at Alvernia. From an Alumni perspective, that bodes very well for us. As our numbers grow, so does the opportunity to reach out to these graduates and ask them to support efforts intended to benefit the students that follow them. Alvernia may not have the long history and tradition of some of our competitors. Instead we have the opportunity to start new traditions consistent with our mission. That prospect is more appealing to me than simply maintaining what was already there. I suspect that all of us here this morning share that perspective. 

Again, thank you for your commitment to Alvernia University.

Alvernia University
STATE OF THE UNIVERSITY 2012
August 21, 2012

Remarks from
President Thomas F. Flynn

Good morning. Well fed by our fine food service team and energized by the company of good colleagues, both those familiar and new to us, we gather once again as a university community at the beginning of another academic year.  

This morning, I will, as usual, report on the progress of the university, highlight areas of needed improvement and potential opportunity, and look ahead with anticipation and confidence at the year ahead. We will take time to celebrate a few of our many recent accomplishments. Fortunately, we now enjoy regular news updates on the website and through the Alvernia Voice, including my periodic newsletters. 

Our goals continue to be shaped by the strategic and campus master plans. Recall that this year concludes Phase I of implementation, begun in 2008, and that we now have an updated plan for Phase II, stretching from 2013-2018. Last August, I focused on the long-term future, and we reviewed the plan at January’s divisional meetings, following the Board’s approval in December. Today, we will focus on the coming year.

In the current economic and political climate, no report on the “state” of an academic institution can ignore the turbulent external environment and the prevailing, often hostile, criticism of higher education. Earlier this month, I sent faculty members articles addressing some of these themes. These materials, along with copies of the University plan and this year’s goals, will be posted on our website next week along with this address. So, today and in the coming year, I ask us all to reflect on how Alvernia should effectively react to and proactively anticipate some unprecedented challenges. And at my conclusion, I will ask each of you to consider how you personally can help strengthen the quality of our students’ educational experience at Alvernia. For whatever the circumstances, internally or externally, it is, after all, all about our students! 

I hope that all of us — even members of our Facilities crew and others for whom summer is a hectic time — found opportunities for relaxed time with families and friends. As you know from my summer newsletter, I was fortunate to participate in a stimulating seminar for Catholic higher education leaders at the Vatican.  The experience deepened my understanding of global issues and my appreciation for the unique contributions of American Catholic universities. Regrettably, while the weather was even hotter than during the Flynns’ Delaware beach week, the dress code was rather more formal.   

Throughout the summer, conscious of beginning my eighth year at Alvernia, I often reflected back to conversations with my predecessor, Larry Mazzeno. Last May, when Helen and I hosted Larry and Cindy at Cedar Hill and on campus, friends and former colleagues gathered at our choral and band concert to celebrate the progress of the arts at Alvernia and to express gratitude for Larry’s pioneering work in that regard. It was enjoyable for us to recall the bright hopes he and I had for this special place back in 2005 as he retired and I arrived. It was also gratifying to hear his enthusiasm about the Francis Hall renovations and the University’s amazing progress. I reminded him of his ominous warning, a few years ago, that before long I would have been at Alvernia as long as he. Right he was. So the start of this year makes me especially appreciative of the solid foundation that Larry and others, including long-time faculty and staff here today, built in the late 1990s and early years of the past decade. As I look around the room today, I am mindful yet again of the valuable contributions made by faculty, staff, administrators, alumni, and trustees. As president, let me thank you, individually and collectively, for all you do for our students. Fortunately for us, they are well worth our best efforts! 

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How many here this morning were at Alvernia 15 years ago in August 1997? I know that those here then recall a line from President Mazzeno’s initial address to this community. It has been quoted to me often: “Change or Die.” 

Alvernia is a quite different, much stronger, institution than it was fifteen years ago. We are no longer, to paraphrase another Mazzeno maxim, only one or two bad freshman classes away from disaster! In fact, freshman recruitment is without question one of our most dramatic recent success stories. Like all similar schools, we have improvements to be made, opportunities to strengthen quality, and only modest resources. Yet even the most hardened cynic would acknowledge what is now a far better known story in private higher education: Alvernia’s progress in the last 10-15 years is remarkable. 

There is still today, however, an imperative for change and improvement. Far more than in 1997, it is prompted less by our own circumstances then by the external trends confronting higher education. Described by commentators as collectively causing the “disruption of higher education,” they demand creative, entrepreneurial approaches as well as effective strategies of adaptation. 

Let me first identify some of these trends and attitudes. Most prevalent in the media is harsh criticism of the cost of college and undisguised skepticism about the quality and value of a degree. The high level of student debt has become a public policy issue, and there is rising pressure for schools to demonstrate that their students are immediately employable, all this within the worst economy in several generations. Accountability is the new mantra, and schools must publically report extensive data, most of it focused on outcomes. Fewer and fewer people, inside and especially outside of higher education, remain committed to the enduring value of a liberal arts education and the civic purpose of the university. The traditional model centered on full-time faculty and the residential experience attracts only a tiny minority of today’s students and is often dismissed as a high-priced luxury for the affluent. Higher education is, for many, just another commodity to be purchased--preferably at a low cost, with maximum convenience, and with the tangible result of a good job. Knowledge is now available in free, on-line course packages without requiring enrollment in a university. Federal and state lawmakers, liberals and conservatives alike, are eager to mandate and regulate, but far less eager to fund student financial aid. 

Except for the explosion of on-line education offered by elite schools like MIT and Harvard, little of this is new, though the trends are more widespread and the criticism is more prevalent. There is, to be sure, much hypocrisy in this criticism and ample ignorance. The reduction of higher education to job training and the marginalization of the humanities and other liberal arts and sciences are offensive to me; but such attitudes are also short-sighted and, at their worst, undermine our democracy which depends on a broadly educated, humane, and compassionate citizenry dedicated to the common good. 

Yet we in higher education have brought some of this on ourselves by our failure to justify spiraling cost increases for our students and to demonstrate the value-added dimension of the collegiate experience. And these trends are, as the cliché goes, “the new normal.” We ignore them at our peril. Indeed, they have already had an impact on Alvernia and will continue to do so. Some of them are provocative in the best sense. There is helpful learning to be done and corresponding actions to be taken.

So here at Alvernia we must, when necessary, adapt and adopt best practices of peers; we must, when opportunity arises, innovate and move boldly; we must, where essential, preserve what is fundamental to our mission; and we must, always, seek to enhance the distinctive value of an Alvernia education.  

This morning, let us look with collective pride at how we have strengthened the institution during challenging times. We are well poised to adopt additional “strategies of adaptation” to enhance our mission and competitive position. Let me first review our progress before turning to areas where we need to do far better and/or do differently. 

Fifteen years later than August 1997, we are still a relatively small, high-touch institution, but we are no longer an imperiled, tiny, land-locked college. Part of our strong foundation lies in bold decisions made over a decade ago: first, to emphasize adult and graduate education, not only in Reading but in other locations such as Philadelphia and Pottsville; and second, to begin simultaneously to build a residential campus. Today, we are a university. We have a genuinely comprehensive mission, including adults and recent high school graduates, graduate as well as undergraduate students, in multiple locations; we have made enormous progress in establishing a vibrant residential experience for a large majority of our younger students. In 1997, we had only a few hundred adult students, all undergraduates, and only 250 living on campus. Today, working adults account for almost half of our total enrollment; 900 students now live on campus, with 1,000 expected next fall.  

Without dramatic enrollment growth between 2000 and 2005, much of it in adult students, Alvernia could not have made the subsequent investments in faculty, programs, and facilities. Without the investment in a residential campus, we would have been unable to enhance Alvernia’s competitive position and reputation as reflected by increased out-of-state enrollment and an improved academic profile. 

A comprehensive and complex mission poses inevitable challenges: there are multiple, often competing, demands on resources; it is far more difficult to ensure consistently high quality; faculty and staff are stretched thin and pulled in more directions. Yet it is unarguable that the expansion of academic programs and student populations has been essential to our viability as an institution. Without it, some version of the dire Mazzeno maxim would be true today. Like it or not, the issue is not if we grow and expand, but rather how do we do so best. 

None of this progress would have been possible had we not acted decisively in recent years to expand our horizon beyond Greater Reading and our campus beyond the hill known, in bygone days, as Mount Alvernia. An aggressive student recruitment program has established us as a regional not a local institution. Parallel initial efforts have been made with athletic scheduling and with alumni chapters in locations like Washington, DC and Tampa. Events such as the Updike Conference and the Blessing Exhibit and awards by the Carnegie Foundation and others for our leadership in community engagement have brought national recognition, as do our individual professional accomplishments and reputations. 

Beyond their exceptional work on such special projects and our publications, the marketing staff has expanded our visibility through cost-effective upgrades of our website by updating the home page design and other materials and adding a new virtual tour and 30 videos that promote our people and programs. Also launched this past year were an Alvernia blog that features posts from faculty and students and a dramatically increased presence in social media and in on-line marketing programs. 

With the addition of Judge Hall and the much-needed O’Pake Science Center, it became clear as we launched our strategic planning process in 2006 that we had little space on main campus for necessary new facilities. The purchase and renovation of the Upland Center has provided high-end instructional spaces, a home for graduate and adult students, and a welcome incentive for a few motivated and fit faculty members to combine business with daily exercise! Our off-campus fields support our athletic program by offsetting the disadvantage of having only a single on-campus field. The administrative services building on the Morgantown Road has freed up campus office space for faculty and student-related staff and provided essential archival and storage space. Creative partnerships with the City of Reading for Angelica Park have transformed the entry to campus, made possible first-rate baseball and softball facilities and an exciting environmental initiative, and facilitated the development of a residential campus.

Recent alumni joke that they can barely recall when the campus quad was a parking lot; Founders Village and the new Campus Commons will soon be equally familiar landmarks. (You will be pleased to hear that the two new residences were ready on time for the return of our student leaders, and that the Commons is on schedule to open early in 2013. 

Beyond new academic buildings and student residences, we have strengthened the learning and living environment through an extensive renovation program, guided by the Teaching and Learning and Residential Plans. Both the Philadelphia and Schuylkill Centers have received major overhauls. This summer, a new lab was created in Bernardine Hall to support our popular OT Program. Another floor of classrooms was upgraded. Though the project was not part of the strategic plan or capital campaign, we have allocated funds to renovate Bernardine Hall entirely, with the final stage scheduled for completion next summer. 

Building on earlier innovations by the library staff, the main floor of the library has been transformed into a contemporary learning commons. Also completed were renovations of the Townhouses and long-overdue improvements to Veronica Hall. Congratulations to those faculty and academic and residence life staff responsible for the planning and to our indefatigable facilities crew who made this all possible.

Many improvements are unseen but equally welcome. Our technology staff members are unsung heroes in this regard. With the introduction of a separate internet service provider for our residential network, we have doubled the ResNet bandwidth capacity; ensured equal access for all resident students; freed space for data in our Administrative Network; and increased the speed of usage (welcome news for those very few among us prone to impatience!). Improved connections from the Reading campus to all remote locations will be completed soon. Communication with students through the University Portal, myAlvernia, is expanding, and other areas of the university are now invited by IT to develop their portals. Faculty officers, deans, and the provost intend to launch the Faculty portal this fall. 

Faculty, Finances, and Mission are three other important factors that explain the stronger position of Alvernia in 2012. At a time of retrenchment and reduction of full-time faculty at many schools, Alvernia has chosen to expand the faculty. With over 50% of current faculty hired in the last seven years, the faculty has grown from 46 in 1997 and 75 in 2005 to 102 as of this fall. Once more, we have a large group of talented new faculty. Publications now regularly feature faculty achievements, and each year there is more and more to celebrate. But let us always remember that the faculty members, like our staff, makes their most significant contributions by pursuing excellence daily, especially in their contacts, formal and informal, with our students. 

Our financial condition is sound, despite the modest size of the budget and endowment. Key to our success has been conservative budgeting, growth of net tuition revenue, strategic targeting of new operating expenses, and unprecedented fundraising through the capital campaign. We are making steady progress with resource development, even as we strive to build a fundraising tradition during a time of economic uncertainty. More on all that later! 

Our renewed emphasis on our Franciscan identity is at the heart of all we do. Our progress is gratifying, notably the work of the Franciscan Learning Community now led by Sister Roberta and her Mission Integration and Education Team. This year, supported by the Assisi Fund established last year, we will send our first three faculty and staff pilgrims to Assisi. Many in this room, myself included, explain our delight in working at Alvernia by citing the culture shaped and still embodied by the Sisters but also embodied, as it must be, by lay women and men on the faculty, the staff and administration, and our Board of Trustees. But let’s make no mistake: our Franciscan identity, rooted in the Catholic and liberal arts traditions, is also essential for pragmatic reasons: it is the most distinct difference between Alvernia and the myriad small institutions with whom we compete. It must permeate the curriculum and co-curriculum and campus culture in appropriate, visible ways. We have great additional opportunities in that regard. 

This year’s Founder’s Day lecture on Sept. 11, featuring Rabbi Howard Hirsch, will help launch two mission-centered initiatives. Rabbi Hirsch will share with us his perspective on the impact of Vatican II on Jewish-Christian relationships. His talk will both inaugurate a new initiative in interfaith dialogue and also launch our 50th anniversary celebration of the second Vatican Council. 

Over the next three years, Alvernia will reflect on the legacy of Vatican II, held between 1962-1965, with programs that address the landmark documents on ecumenism, non-Christian religions, religious liberty, the apostolate of the laity, and the church in the modern world. The Council was a momentous event in the history of the Catholic Church but, as we all know, had enormous impact on women and men of many faiths.

Let me sum up our overall progress. A joint educational emphasis on both adult and recent high school students; the development of an attractive residential campus; the decision to be a regional institution; the improvement of the teaching and learning environment; the growth of the faculty; the strengthening of finances and increase in resources; the central emphasis on mission and identity; the emphasis on celebrating the Alvernia story, far and wide, as well as closer to home . . . all have been important to our vitality today.  

Let me end this necessarily selective review of the University’s overall “state” by highlighting a few more accomplishments from the past year. 

This past year we received final state approval of university status granted provisionally in 2008 and affirmation from Middle States of the faculty’s excellent work in developing an assessment program. Among other programmatic highlights, the Reading Hospital partnership was successfully launched, a new Health Sciences major was approved, and a series of non-credit offerings received rave reviews. A new relationship with Stevens & Lee to deliver online training in Accounting, Finance and Marketing featured Scott Ballantyne; a program on ethics for the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants featured Bongrae Seok and Travis Berger; and the Seniors College introduced its first summer offerings. And there are six students who quite literally wrote their own Alvernia history last year as the University graduated our first PhDs. Congratulations to the six new doctors, their faculty mentors, and to program director, Tufan Tiglioglu. 

This past year, besides the new Assisi Fund to fund mission initiatives, we also established an Innovation Fund to encourage and support creative ideas developed by teams to improve Alvernia. There were a large number of initial proposals, and 7 promising ones were funded. All projects will be completed by late September. 

Just a few years ago a Compensation Philosophy was approved by the faculty, administration, and board that are committed to external competitiveness with our approved peer group, while affirming the collegial values appropriate for a Franciscan institution. Formal studies of faculty (2010) and staff (2011) salaries and benefits (2011) were conducted by Mosteller Associates. Employee benefits were evaluated as “highly competitive” overall; national comparisons have subsequently confirmed the high quality of employee benefits, and health care coverage has been sustained for the coming year without increased cost for employees. Salaries, on the other hand, needed improvement.

As announced in my summer newsletter, we have fully implemented all recommended salary adjustments as of July 1, totaling $450,000 in additional annual base salaries. Approximately 60% of faculty and 33% of staff and administrators now have salaries above their targeted ranges. Consistent with the Compensation Philosophy, we will redo the compensation peer study later this fall to reassess our competitive position. 

The Trustees and I are especially pleased that this investment has been made during a time when many organizations have retrenched and despite Alvernia’s major budget challenges. Notwithstanding the significant shortfall in revenue from graduate and adult education during 2011-2012, preliminary year-end results indicate that we met and, in some cases, exceeded our financial goals. Strong freshman enrollment, conservative budgeting, and careful contingency planning were the key positive factors.

Earlier I alluded to the excellent work we have come to rely on from our undergraduate enrollment management team. And they are a team, led by Stacey Adams-Perry and including colleagues in admissions, financial planning, and marketing. Despite their first significant staff turnover in several years, the team has had another record breaking year, including an all-time high of 425 full-time freshmen; increased diversity to over 20% of the class, and the largest ever number and percentage of out-of-state students. Congratulations to one and all. 

We also have a record residential enrollment and accompanying improvements in campus life. The new Residence Life Plan emphasizes theme housing, living-learning communities for new or returning students. With excellent work by residence life staff and student leaders, and the support of faculty and staff advisors, over 25% of this year’s residents are involved in these communities. International education, including study abroad offerings, is another new institutional emphasis, led by Vice President Joe Cicala, building on earlier efforts by individual faculty and staff. The first of several creative partnerships provides 8 programs throughout Europe and in Australia and South Africa. A program in the Dominican Republic coordinated with the Bernardine Sisters is among several under development. Faculty travel courses will also be expanded and better supported. And besides their intrinsic beauty, the renovations of Francis Hall could not have been more timely in supporting the Arts at Alvernia Series and dramatic improvements in our visual and performing arts programs. 

2011-12 was undoubtedly the best overall year in the history of Alvernia Athletics. Congratulations to our fine athletic leadership team led by Bill Stiles and including our Faculty Athletic Representative, Polly Mathys. Softball and men's and women’s golf each won Conference Championships, while men's basketball and women's lacrosse took home ECAC titles. Alvernia hosted two ECAC Final Fours for men’s soccer and field hockey, with both of our teams advancing to the conference finals. The track & field program had three individual conference champions and sent Melissa Fellenbaum and Brian Nerney to the NCAA Championships, while baseball earned its fourth consecutive berth in the NCAA Division III Baseball Tournament.  

It is no surprise that Alvernia had five MAC Coaches of the Year (Casey Moore – men’s soccer, Laura Gingrich – field hockey, Tom O’Connell – women’s golf, Jon King – men’s golf, and Yogi Lutz – baseball) and five conference players of the year (Eric Franks – men’s soccer, Katie Fitzharris – women’s golf, and 3 in baseball — Andrew Kirk, Richie Ricciardi, and Chris Ray.

We are all proud that every varsity and club team participates in at least one community service project annually. And our athletes excel in the classroom as well, with 85 students earning Conference All-Academic Honors and the highest cumulative GPA in recent history.

One team deserves special recognition. Besides playing in the conference championship game, the women’s field hockey team was honored for the eighth consecutive season by the NCAA for academic excellence. This year they outdid themselves: they joined student-athletes at Vassar, Wesleyan, Clark, and Johns Hopkins as one of the top five academic teams nationally in Division III. Congratulations to Coach Laura Gingrich and, of course, to the players.  

For the sixth consecutive year, Alvernia was named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll (this year, with distinction). Students posted a record 14,014 hours of service, the Alvernia READS program distributed 3,000 books to local children, students volunteered at the South Reading Youth Initiative more than 618 times, and more than 60 participated in 7 Alternative Breaks. Last fall, the service component connected to the common reading, Strength in What Remains was the most highly rated Orientation activity. Programming around this year’s common reading, Amazing Grace, began during summer’s Connections Days and will culminate in October with the visit of author, Jonathan Kozol. 

The Holleran Center hosted its seventh annual Creativity Camp this summer, led by Allison Kren. And the Center teamed up with Carpenter Technologies to provide a free science camp for 100 Berks County middle-school students. Seven Carpenter engineers joined Steve Campion, Rose Chinni and John Gieringer as instructors, with Alvernia students serving as peer leaders: Brandi Loga, Chelsea Keip, Erin Quinn, Kacie Tokarski, Alexandra Aloia, Jill Pate, and Elizabeth Magee. With Dave Myers now on board, we can anticipate similar energy from our new O’Pake Institute for Leadership, Ethics, and Public Service. 

We are a generous community indeed, and our community-mindedness sets a fine example for our students. 

The Berks County United Way recognized Alvernia once again with the Carl E. LeVan Award for a non-profit that demonstrates outstanding dedication to the United Way and to the community. Led by Tom Minick and a terrific committee, Alvernia employees contributed a record of over $28,000. Will members of the committee stand and be recognized. 

And last, but far from least, there is good news about Alvernia’s own Values and Vision Campaign, the first comprehensive campaign in our history. This is not the time for all-out celebration; our campaign is due to run at least one more year. And we have much work left to do. Still, remembering how ambitious this effort is, and how challenging has been the economic climate, don’t you think that, since this summer we exceeded our initial goal of $27M, we should ask Mike Pressimone and the entire Advancement staff to stand and be recognized. We still have funds to raise: for Francis Hall renovations, the new Campus Commons, and the Faculty Excellence program. And projects are emerging for future fundraising several years down the road. But as the slogan goes, we have come a long way, baby, in a very short time! 

There is some additional news related to the campaign that deserves some unabashed celebration since it says much about the Alvernia family. You may remember that the Values and Vision Campaign included a goal for faculty and staff. That campaign--ably led by Joan Lewis, Scott Ballantyne, Kevin Godfrey, and a team of volunteers--sought to raise $750,000 from the campus community. I am happy to report that together we have responded most generously and to date have committed $962,822! Let’s thank and congratulate our fine committee and each other too! 

Besides cash gifts and pledges, members of the community have also made significant deferred gifts by remembering the University in their wills, through gift annuities, or through life insurance. And there is more good news: many faculty and staff have joined us since the campaign began. You and all others still have the coming year to join up. Just contact Mike Pressimone or one of his merry band. Here we go past $1M!!

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Not everything, of course, is equally rosy. If it were, life and work would be all too easy! 

Let me focus on the two problematic areas that must be urgently addressed: the decline in adult, especially graduate, enrollment and our sub-par results in undergraduate retention. Both trends are disappointing and also are creating great financial hardship. 

As always, the coming year’s budget was built on strong undergraduate new student recruitment, slight improvements in undergraduate retention and adult education enrollments, and a modest increase in tuition and fees. As of today, freshman enrollment is ahead of goal, but graduate enrollment and undergraduate retention are behind goal.

Beginning around 2000, and for the next decade, Alvernia depended on sizable net revenue growth annually from adult education programs. Indeed, this enrollment growth was the most significant source of funds available for academic and other investments in the traditional undergraduate program. As noted earlier, last year this area had a large revenue shortfall; this year: it is again behind budget. Undergraduate adult enrollment is a bit ahead of goal, but graduate enrollment has fallen off again. 

Wide-ranging changes are urgently needed if Alvernia is again to achieve highly favorable results. New leadership, new programs, new student markets, increased use of on-line instruction, more effective enrollment management are all essential—as well as rigorous academic oversight and the support of faculty and staff across campus. In some cases, we simply (if not easily) need to adopt practices that are virtually universal among our competitors, such as accelerated course and degree formats and far better funding of marketing efforts. Excellent initial steps have recently been taken, under the leadership of Interim Dean Daria La Torre, with strong support from Provost Williams and Vice Presidents Drexler and McCloskey. Beyond our own good reasons for improvement, the external trends mentioned earlier provide ample incentive. 

Retention results continue to be disappointing, despite improvement in the academic profile of new students and major improvements in the learning and living environment. There is some very promising news: final figures are yet a week away, but as of this morning, freshman retention has risen more than three percent. This is a credit to the teamwork of the many staff and faculty, coordinated by Claire Berardini, devoted to improving the first-year experience. There has been, however, an unexpected decline of other returning students. One happy reason for this is that a larger number graduated ahead of schedule. Yet far higher- than-expected attrition has occurred among transfer students and among certain majors, even including rising seniors. Clearly, we need far greater focus in both colleges on transfer students and upperclassmen who appear to be at risk, even as we further strengthen the quality of the first-year experience. New action steps are being implemented, guided in part by superb data analysis by our institutional research guru, Evelina Panayotova. Provost Williams and Vice Presidents Cicala and McCloskey are determined to mobilize a campus-wide effort. 

Despite these setbacks, this year’s budget still includes essential investments in faculty positions and increased employee compensation. But make no mistake: these declines in enrollment and related tuition revenue will require us again this year to control expenses with special care. Budget cuts and holdbacks put in place last year in many non-academic budget lines must be continued and expanded in 2012-2013. 

Put simply, as we go forward, we need far more adult students; and we need to retain (and graduate) far more of the freshmen whom we already successfully enroll. These are among the key goals for the coming year, along with some wonderful opportunities in areas of current strength and possibility. 

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So let me turn, before concluding, to an overview of our most important work for the year ahead, recognizing that there are other projects as well as the routine of daily work to keep us occupied! 

GUIDING THEMES and GOALS FOR 2012-13 
Enhance Enrollment Revenue
Enhance Educational Quality
Enhance External Support and Reputation


STRENGTHEN GRADUATE AND ADULT EDUCATION 
IMPROVE UNDERGRADUATE RETENTION 
STRENGTHEN GENERAL EDUCATION (and Related Graduation Requirements) 
EXPAND MARKETING FOR ENROLLMENT AND ACADEMIC REPUTATION
EXCEED (FURTHER!) “VALUES AND VISION CAMPAIGN GOAL 

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INCREASE SUPPORT FOR STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND SUCCESS
EXPAND GLOBAL AND CROSS-CULTURAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
EXPAND REGIONAL “FOOTPRINT” (RECRUITMENT, PROGRAM DELIVERY, ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT, AND REPUTATION)
ENHANCE COMMUNITY AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT 
ENHANCE MISSION AND FRANCISCAN IDENTITY

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This morning we examined briefly the turbulent external environment that is posing unprecedented challenges to higher education, especially smaller private institutions like Alvernia. We have reviewed some of the many ways we have intentionally invested in our students and in our future. And we’ve tested our memory with some song lyrics!

Our progress has been inspired by our mission and our high expectations. We have been guided by careful planning and propelled forward by bold decisions and excellent teamwork by countless individuals. There is much to celebrate as we look back to the past academic year and begin a new one. But, yes, there is cause for concern and need for urgent improvements in key areas. And, yes, we will need to respond directly and, at times, rapidly if we are to thrive, not merely survive, in a highly competitive marketplace.

As each of us reviews the coming year’s goals, especially as we contemplate the University’s challenges, let us be mindful of our own talents, appreciative of our colleagues, proud of our commitment to the highest standards of professional excellence and to the growth and development of our students. Let each of us also be mindful, if humbly, of the diverse ways we faithfully serve Alvernia. And let us be confident that each of us has an important role to play in strengthening this special place. 

What can we do? From the faculty and staff who serve and inspire our freshmen or our graduate students or our Seniors (young and not so young); to coaches, artistic directors, and administrators who engage students outside the classroom; to mentors and supervisors of field placements, work study assignments, or doctoral dissertations; to faculty and deans who develop new programs and those who help recruit new students; to office staff, both highly visible and behind the scenes, who serve students . . . and indeed all of us; to the many who make our countless events successful and our campus clean and beautiful. Each and every one of us individually can make a difference, perhaps in different ways than before.

But together, we can make an even larger difference. We can, as we challenge our students and our graduates, do well and do good. 

So let us go forward full of passion and promise and positive attitude. Let us also revise and update the Mazzeno maxim: “Change and Thrive!” 

The coming year will be challenging, exciting, and busy. Nothing new there. I thank you in advance for your best effort and spirited commitment to Alvernia and our students. I pledge mine in return. Here’s to another fine year.

Kenhorst Borough Road Work

Kenhorst Borough’s 2012 Road Paving Project will take place the week of September 24th-September 28th weather permitting. The road work includes milling and paving the following areas:

• Upland Avenue from New Holland Road to Jackson Street - Access to Upland Avenue from New Holland Rd, Jackson, Commonwealth and Broadway will be blocked.

 
In addition, the following three intersections will be paved:

• Broadway Blvd at Tyrone
• Milford Ave at Cortland
• Milford Ave at Lacrosse

 
The work is expected to be completed within three days - milling the first day, paving the next day and the third day for sealing/line striping.
 
The Contractor will leave a lane open during the work on Upland for emergency vehicles and Upland Avenue residents to access their properties.

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Alvernia University in the news — 2011

DECEMBER

Lessons from Penn State offer a moral wake-up call Morning Call 12-31-11

The art of protest: Area residents recall issues that moved them to take action Reading Eagle 12-29-11

Early run leads Alvernia past Mary Washington D3Hoops 12-29-11

Michelle Bainbridge, Outstanding Young Woman program Reading Eagle 12-28-11

Local fifth-grader's anti-flu artwork hits the road Reading Eagle 12-27-11

Hate to wait? Join the crowd Reading Eagle 12-21-11

Coverage leads to role in hostage simulation Reading Eagle 12-20-11

Counseling priest receives honorary degree Reading Eagle 12-19-11

Do's and don'ts of online shopping Reading Eagle 12-16-11

City of God Reading Eagle 12-17-11

RCT's "Nunsense" is a habit you don't want to kick Pottstown Mercury 12-16-11

Enola woman makes Miss Pennsylvania semifinals Penn Live 12-15-11

Car crash injuries no roadblock to university degree Reading Eagle 12-15-11

Olivia Damore follows in mother's 'Nunsense' footsteps Reading Eagle 12-15-11

Drivers react to NTSB recommendations WFMZ 12-14-11

Three new members take their seats on the Exeter School Board Berks-Mont News 12-13-11

In our schools: Kate Gallagher, Southern Middle School Reading Eagle 12-12-11

Nanny's shoppe to close in VF Reading Eagle 12-10-11

Alvernia graduates Reading Eagle 12-11-11

Join in the fun at 'Nunsense' in Reading Pottstown Mercury 12-10-11

Alvernia students' hostage drill real enough Reading Eagle 12-10-11

John Smith column: Class at Alvernia ponders future of the church Reading Eagle 12-10-11

Christine Folk, executive director, Mary's Shelter Reading Eagle 12-7-11

NOVEMBER

Person of the week: Caitlin E. Sine Reading Eagle 11-1-11

Editorial: There is a coorelations between reading and prosperity Middle East North African Financial Network – McClatchy 11-1-11

COR Tennis and the Alvernia University Tennis Jam part III YouTube 11-1-11

Pilates with a punch Reading Eagle 11-3-11

Royerford Rsident to speak at PurpleStride Philadelphia Limerick Patch 11-3-11

Destination Greater Reading celebrates community Reading Eagle 11-4-44

Targeting Mormon faith should be off-limits in election, statement says Catholic Review 11-5-11

Harry Potter at Alvernia University BCTV.org 11-8-11

Angelica Park has an easier way to play golf BCTV.org 11-8-11

Get a scholarly look at social media at RACC forum BCTV.org 11-9-11

Alvernia University continues campus upgrades Stackhouse Bensinger 11-11-11

In our schools: Danelle Parisi, Sacred Heart School, West Reading Reading Eagle 11-14-11

Not much social in social media, panelists agree Reading Eagle 11-15-11

Person of the week: Marianne M. Sharon Reading Eagle 11-15-11

Drive aims to give Thanksgiving dinners to 3,000 Reading Eagle 11-16-11

High school seniors, disabled adults attend CareerLink job fair Citizens Voice 11-18-11

WEEU Week in Review: Polly Mathys Turkey Drive interview WEEU 11-18-11

ROTC conducts field training at Lehigh Lehigh Valley Live 11-18-11

Berks Catholic High School Pro Urbe YouTube 11-19-11

Experts offer insights into minds of predators Reading Eagle 11-20-11

In our schools: Anastasia Lawrence, AP science teacher, Exeter High Reading Eagle 11-21-11

Faculty member receives distinguished alumni award from Alvernia University Berks Catholic.org 11-21-11 

Students share love of reading with younger children WFMZ 11-22-11

SF grad Talley takes over reigns at OJR Times Herald 11-25-11

Flint’s downtown has long road back to prosperity Reading Eagle 11-28-11

Faces in the news: Allison Kren, Alvernia University READS program manager Reading Eagle 11-30-11

Seniors should ‘make all the difference’ for Alvernia Reading Eagle 11-30-11

Crusaders hop Boone makes speedy recovery Reading Eagle 11-30-11

Seafood Shanty going with the flow Reading Eagle 11-30-11

OCTOBER 

Reading Reads and writes, and celebrates the literary Reading Eagle 10-1-11

Area churches plan blessing-of-animals services Reading Eagle 10-1-11

Cutting the Cord: Parents walk fine line between keeping children safe and hovering too much Reading Eagle 10-2-11

John Forester: Redrawing lines can be fair or foul Reading Eagle 10-2-11

Like to read? Literary events abound in Berks this month BCTV 10-2-11

Composer expands repertoire for double bass Reading Eagle 10-3-11

Alvernia University starts sixth year of after-school program for Reading children BCTV 10-3-11

NJ governor avoids public talk about possible run for president WFMZ 10-3-11

Where faithful pets are blessed Reading Eagle 10-4-11

'Growing up Castro' surreal for Fidel's daughter Reading Eagle 10-4-11

Christie: Decision not to run for president remains the right one WFMZ 10-4-11

Greater Reading Chamber of Commerce & Industry recognizes Rising Stars Reading Eagle 10-7-11

Clergy to address future of American churches during course at Alvernia University Seniors College Reading Eagle 10-8-11

About 'The Future of American Churches: Signs of Promise and Reasons for Concern' Reading Eagle 10-8-11

'Bagels, Bach and Beyond' in its sixth season Pottstown Mercury 10-10-11

Reading mayoral candidates square off on issues Reading Eagle 10-12-11

2 officers patrol in Manheim Intelligencer Journal 10-12-11

State College students facing debt burden Reading Eagle 10-13-11

‘Bagels, Bach and Beyond’ in its sixth season Pottstown Mercury 10-13-11

Five are honored during ceremonies at Alvernia dinner Reading Eagle 10-14-11

Finding Inspiration for Peace Morning Call 10-14-11

Act 47 could cost city 10 police positions Reading Eagle 10-16-11

Alvernia inducts four into Hall Reading Eagle 10-18-11

Students, sheriff read books, talk safety to kids after school Reading Eagle 10-20-11

Students hear about careers in the fine arts at Alvernia University BCTV 10-20-11 

Poverty in Reading provides a dim future for students BCTV 10-20-11

Book tells story of Jewish immigrants in Berks Reading Eagle 10-22-11

Excluding Reading from sports list more than minor mistake Reading Eagle 10-23-11

Literary Festival is alive and well Berks Mont 10-27-11

Wyomissing tech firm purchases Michigan site Reading Eagle 10-28-11

Alvernia lecture's focus is interfaith relations Reading Eagle 10-29-11

Injured student finds that Alvernia University classmates demonstrate Franciscan ideals BCTV 10-28-11

Berks County colleges reach out to young Latinos Reading Eagle 10-31-11

In Our Schools: David Mostow Reading Eagle 10-31-11

SEPTEMBER 2011

OTF selects Elm Street coordinator Berks Mont News 9-2-11

Fashion forward: From castoff to runway, Goodwill's style captivates Reading Eagle 9-6-11

Hitting the financial books at Alvernia Reading Eagle 9-8-11

Alvernia, Kenhorst near agreement on pool land Reading Eagle 9-9-11

9/11, 10 years after: How we’ve changed Reading Eagle 9-9-11

Witness to History: Up-close look at terrorism Reading Eagle 9-9-11

Alvernia marks 9/11 death of N.Y. fire service chaplain Reading Eagle 9-12-11

Neighbors in the News: first book Republican Herald 9-18-11

Local financial experts outline options for the recently or long-term jobless Reading Eagle 9-18-11

Federal money helps university strengthen nursing program WFMZ 9-19-11

Dan Kelly's Korner: Veteran detective reluctantly retires Reading Eagle 9-19-11

Federal grant boosts Alvernia nursing program Reading Eagle 9-20-11

Person of the week: Kerry M. Boyle Reading Eagle 9-20-11

Alvernia unveils newly renovated building WFMZ 9-21-11

Community service a valuable part of college education Reading Eagle 9-22-11

Advise for the unemployed Hispanic Business 9-22-11

Alvernia's improved, but still hallowed, Francis Hall Reading Eagle 9-24-11

Campus minister to kick off Spirt on Tap Reading Eagle 9-24-11

 What kids should know about family finances — Actually, many of the same things adults need to understand Reading Eagle 9-25-11

Fidel Castro's exiled daughter to speak at Penn State Berks, Alvernia Reading Eagle 9-26-11

In our schools: Michael Stoudt, Colebrookdale Elementary principal Reading Eagle 9-26-11

MSU ranks low in community service Reflector 9-30-11

AUGUST 2011

“Farm report: Zach slated for Triple-A” ESPN 8-15-11

“When crisis strikes on a college campus” Reading Eagle 8-16-11

"LPGA Foundation announces 2011 Scholarship Winners” Sports Campus 8-18-11

“New technology offers a way to save for college students” WFMZ 8-18-11

“43 ex-Weiser drivers will be behind wheel” Reading Eagle 8-19-11

“Neags share their good fortune to the benefit of Berks” Reading Eagle 8-19-11

“Colleges and high schools offer some counseling for credit card using students” Republican & Herald 8-21-11

“Colleges and high schools offer some counseling for credit card using students” Loperkoran 8-21-11

“Report: Catty’s Anthony Recker gets callup to big league A’s; will be in New York to face Yanks on Tuesday” Morning Call 8-22-11

“Anthony Recker summoned to join Oakland Athletics for series against New York Yankees” Lehigh Valley Live 8-22-11

“Construction soars in Reading” BCTV 8-22-11

“Person of the week: Gina C. Dierolf” Reading Eagle 8-23-11

“Catholic institutions oppose contraception-coverage rules” Reading Eagle 8-23-11

“Catty’s Recker getting his major league chance with Oakland” Morning Call 8-23-11

“Anthony Recker called up to play for the A's” WFMZ 8-23-11

“Alvernia grad Recker gets call to catch for Athletics” Reading Eagle 8-24-11

“For Alvernia freshman, first class is community service” Reading Eagle 8-27-11

“University's freshmen spruce up area before classes start — Program provides students with the chance to bond” WFMZ 8-27-11

“Person of the week: Eric R. Soltysik” Reading Eagle 8-30-11

“Jay Worrall is the new director of Alvernia's Holleran Center for Community Engagement” BCTV 8-24-11

“Zerbe named Mid-Atlantic Pro of the Year” Go Mac 8-1-11

“Scouts honor 6 community leaders” Reading Eagle 8-2-11

JULY 2011

“Alvernia day camp encourages kids to set goals” Reading Eagle 7-1-11

“Ocean City’s Stephenson picks college over pro baseball” Atlantic City Press 7-1-11

“Alvernia recruit turns down Phillies” Reading Eagle 7-2-11

“The story behind Thomas Jefferson's refashioned Bible” Reading Eagle 7-2-11

“About the Barbary Treaties” Reading Eagle 7-2-11

“Christian credentials of Revolutionary leaders scrutinized” Reading Eagle 7-2-11

“Reading United Super 20 men's soccer team clinches place at finals” BCTV 7-5-11

“Children from Reading consider superheroism at Alvernia camp” BCTV 7-5-11

“Reporter’s Notebook: Kids make for tough interviews” Reading Eagle 7-5-11

“Updike memorial placed in Plowville by family, friends” Reading Eagle 7-9-11

“Mets prospect Lutz back on field and planning to stay” New York Post 7-9-11

“Alvernia center getting new director” Reading Eagle 7-11-11

“Children Attend University’s 3rd Annual Creativity Camp” WFMZ 7-11-11

“Debt Limmit Approaches; Dems, GOP Still At Odds” WFMZ 7-11-11

“Lutz back on field and planning to stay” American Chronicle 7-12-11

“Catasauqua’s Recker has the numbers” Morning Call 7-13-11

“Clemens Caps off Senior Season with Carpenter Cup Run” Landsdale Patch 7-17-11

“Two short takes: Domestic violence and infant homicide” Fathers & Families 7-17-11

“Children from Reading consider superheroism at Alvernia camp” BCTV 7-20-11

“Hawk Mountain, Camden Aquarium just part of fun for Reading children in camp” BCTV 7-20-11

“4 New Members Added to Reading Baseball Hall of Fame” WFMZ 7-21-11

“Catcher Recker provides power for River Cats” Sacramento Bee 7-22-11

“Financial Literacy in the New Regulatory ‘Normal’” University Business 7-22-11

“A mission to heal” Reading Eagle 7-23-11

“Cancer victim remembered at bone marrow drive” TMCnet 7-24-11

“Alvernia: Adding football not feasible at present time” WFMZ 7-27-11

“Fate of reserve center still undecided” Reading Eagle 7-27-11

“Kenhorst advances measure to limit student housing” Reading Eagle 7-28-11

“'Putnam County Spelling Bee' opens next week at Reading Civic Theatre” Pottstown Mercury 7-30-11

JUNE 2011

“Acclaimed cabaret singer to perform at Zion Blue Mt." BerksMont News 6-1-11

“Three community leaders are elected to the Reading Hospital Board” BCTV 6-2-11

“Berks Encore honors colleges in county” Reading Eagle 6-3-11

“Berks shows its support for seniors” Reading Eagle 6-3-11

“Reading Hospital board elects 3 new members” Reading Eagle 6-3-11

“Parking permits near Alvernia under consideration” Reading Eagle 6-3-11

“John Smith column: Professor not convinced God gene exists” Reading Eagle 6-4-11

“Some schools find benefits in outsourcing graduation” Reading Eagle 6-4-11

“In Our Schools: Dorothea H. Miller, principal, 13th and Union Elementary” Reading Eagle 6-6-11

“Charles R. Broad, executive director, Reading DID” Reading Eagle 6-8-11

“Students Bid Farewell To High School On Emotional Last Day” WFMZ 6-8-11

“Central Catholic graduates final senior class” Reading Eagle 6-9-11

“Ocean City's Kolya Stephenson makes lasting impression on Phillies, becoming final pick of MLB draft” Press of Atlantic City 6-9-11

“Ocean City's Kolya Stephenson makes lasting impression on Phillies, becoming final pick of MLB draft” Sports Technology 6-9-11

“Phillies’ final pick was a Video Dan-dy” Delco Times 6-9-11

“’Better late than never’ is how the cliché goes" Atlantic City Central 6-10-11

“Leadership Berks graduates class of 2011” Reading Eagle 6-10-11

“Phillies surprise video production manager by selecting son in draft” Trentonian 6-10-11

“Phillies surprise video production manager by selecting son in draft” Pottstown Mercury 6-10-11

“Phils surprise veteran employee” Daily Local News 6-10-11

“Nursing Program Partners with Alvernia College” Advance for Nurses 6-11-11

“Local Professor Describes Significance Behind President's Visit To Puerto Rico” WFMZ 6-14-11 [Blessing]

“Service Learning: The Conundrum of the Controversial College Course Component” Psychology Today 6-14-11 [Ruiz, Warchal]

“26 to graduate from Reading Police Academy”  Reading Eagle 6-17-11

“Creativity Camp Creates Positive Environment For Kids” WFMZ 6-20-11

“Cancer victim remembered at bone marrow drive” Reading Eagle 6-24-11

“Advice aplenty fro Class of ’11” Reading Eagle 6-24-11

“MLB Scouts hold open tryouts in Reading” WFMZ 6-28-11

MAY 2011

“Race at Alvernia raises $20,000 for Keystone Wounded Warriors” Reading Eagle 5-2-11 

“Lecturer details Holocaust historians” Reading Eagle 5-2-11

“Reading Research Alliance a Victory for Nurses” Nurse.com 5-2-11

“Ground Zero Volunteers React To Death Of Osama Bin Laden” WFMZ 5-2-11

“Local Muslims support mission, hope for healing” Reading Eagle 5-3-11

“US Undecided Over Whether To Offer Proof Of Bin Laden's Death” WFMZ 5-2-11

“Reading failed to file W-2 tax forms with state” Reading Eagle 5-5-11

“City files long overdue tax forms with state” WFMZ 5-5-11

“MAC to expand” Reading Eagle 5-6-11

“Hispanic Center honors ‘Amigo,’ hometown heroes” Reading Eagle 5-7-11

“Reading Hospital and Alvernia University launch dual-enrollment program for nurses” BCTV 5-10-11

“Hospital School, University form partnership for nursing students” WFMZ 5-10-11

“Reading Hospital partners with Alvernia University” Eastern Penn Business Journal 5-10-11

“Bulletin board: Seminar to focus on helping kids cope with loss of pet” Reading Eagle 5-11-11

“Berks college postseason awards” Reading Eagle 5-11-11

“Partnering for better health care” Reading Eagle 5-11-11 

“Bulletin Board: Easter Seals schedules walk for Alvernia track” Reading Eagle 5-13-11

“Alvernia senior buckled down and graduates today” Reading Eagle 5-14-11

“Two Democrats battle it out in primary for Berks sheriff bid” Pottstown Mercury 5-14-11

“Alvernia award winners” Reading Eagle 5-15-11

“Wood seniors celebrate the past while looking toward the future” Warminster Patch 5-15-11

“Local Alvernia graduates” Lebanon Daily News 5-15-11

“Reading Research Alliance a Victory for Nurses” Nurse.com 5-16-11

“Late Air Force vet to get Alvernia service award” Reading Eagle 5-16-11

“Groups offer support to those who have experienced loss of a baby”  Reading Eagle 5-17-11

“Alvernia faces Hopkins in NCAA Mid-Atlantic” Reading Eagle 5-18-11

“Billings tops Maddona in Berks County sheriff’s race” Pottstown Mercury 5-18-11

“Webcasting graduation for military families” Blog 5-18-11

“Alvernia presents community service award” Reading Eagle 5-19-11

“Berks County hospital, university team up for nursing program” WITF 5-20-11

“Alvernia rallies to defeat Rowan” Reading Eagle 5-21-11 [baseball]

“Ashland artists show off talents” Republican Herald 5-21-11

“College Corner” Pottstown Mercury 5-21-11 [baseball]

“Viewpoint: Liberal arts education provides work skills, life values” Reading Eagle 5-22-11

“Alvernia win away from title” Reading Eagle 5-22-11

“Misericordia knocked out of Mid-Atlantic tournament” Wilkes Barre Times Leader 5-22-11 [baseball]

“Mercury staffers win awards” Pottstown Mercury 5-22-11 [alum]

“Kean set for championship matchup with Alvernia today”  MyCentralJersey.com 5-22-11 [baseball]

“Alvernia swept away by Kean” Reading Eagle 5-23-11 [baseball]

“Eco-Adventure Camp holds open house at Alvernia” Reading Eagle 5-23-11

“Giving their harts, and soles, for Easter Seals” Reading Eagle 5-23-11

“Research “A” Team” Advance for Nurses Magazine 5-23-11

“Berks postseason awards” Reading Eagle 5-25-11 [spring sports]

“Jay W. Worrall, Habitat for Humanity director” Reading Eagle 5-25-11 [alum]

“Business log: Northeast Berks Chamber picks new chief” Reading Eagle 5-25-11

“1,500 pay tribute to Sen. Michael O’Pake at Alvernia University” A.D. Times 5-26-11

“Alvernia creates O’Pake Institute of Ethics, Leadership, and Public Service” A.D. Times 5-26-11

“Kiss-A-Pig contest raises more than $150,000 for Olivet Boys & Girls” Reading Eagle 5-27-11 

“College Corner” Vineland Daily 5-28-11 [baseball]

“Co-President of Pax Christi International was awarded an honorary degree at Alvernia University” Pax Christi International 5-30-11

APRIL 2011

“Leadership Berks at Alvernia University” and “Celebrating the Life of State Sen. Mike O’Pake” Berks County Living April 2011

“Residents Get Tips On How To Identify Sex Trafficking” Reading Eagle 4-1-11

“The Women of Islam course being offered at Alvernia” Reading Eagle 4-2-11

“Building bridges of understanding: Erich Scherfen, a convert to Islam, and his wife, Rubina Tareen, a Pakistani native, strive to promote understanding locally between the American Muslim community and people of other faiths.” Reading Eagle 4-2-11

“Neighborhood children regarded Peggy Horrigan as mom” Reading Eagle 4-2-11

“Families get a little taste of eco-camp” Reading Eagle 4-4-11

“Nurse doubts health of state bill” Reading Eagle 4-4-11

“Certifiable” Reading Eagle 4-4-11

“Service Learning: New Ethical Goals and Challenges for Universities” Psychology Today 4-4-11

“Person of the week: Kate M. Roesch” Reading Eagle 4-5-11

“Non-Latinos need more understanding of Latinos, professor says” BCTV 4-5-11

“Alvernia to celebrate life of Sen. Mike O’Pake” Berks Mont News 4-5-11

“Alvernia gets $1.5 million bequest from O'Pake” Reading Eagle 4-7-11

“Alvernia University’s social media scavenger hunt promises prizes, opportunity for growth” Keystone Edge 4-6-11

“Alvernia to Create Institute with $1.5 Million Gift from Late Lawmaker” WFMZ 4-7-11

“Alvernia Celebrates Life of Late Pa. Senator” WFMZ 4-8-11

“Alvernia U announces $1.5M gift from late lawmaker” Over the AP wire coverage:
    CBS 21, Public Opinion, Times Leader, ABC 27, Evening Sun, WFMJ, Centre Daily Times, Victoria Advocate, Vindy, London Times, etc.

“Unlocking the mysteries of mysticism” Reading Eagle 4-9-11 [Seniors College]

“Mysticism: Discovering the Secret Paths to God” Reading Eagle 4-9-11

“O’Pake at tribute in spirit” Reading Eagle 4-9-11

“Eaten any good books lately?” Reading Eagle 4-10-11

“School districts may ask nonprofits for help” Reading Eagle 4-10-11

“Alvernia on Top of MAC Commonwealth” WFMZ 4-13-11

“Non-Latinos need more understanding of Latinos, professor says” HispanicTrending 4-13-11

“Kenhorst loses round with Alvernia over stadium lights” Reading Eagle 4-14-11

“John Forester: It's time to bury rumor about O'Pake's estate” Reading Eagle 4-17-11 48

“Ron Devlin: Buffalo Bill’s show in Reading many times” Reading Eagle 4-18-11 [Seniors College]

“Person of the Week: Amy M. Ostrowski” Reading Eagle 4-19-11

“Alvernia students dampened but devoted for Earth Day” Reading Eagle 4-20-11

“Fire Chief tells board about grants” Reading Eagle 4-20-11

“Pedaling program could help Alvernia get greener” Reading Eagle 4-20-11

“Jim Boscov Named Vice Chairman of Boscov’s” Twice.com 4-20-11

“At Your Service: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Berks County” Reading Eagle 4-23-11

“9-1-1 Industry Alliance Names George Rice as Executive Director” Yahoo Finance 4-27-11

“Exeter businessman experiences growing panes” Reading Eagle 4-27-11

“Local Business Report: Jim Boscov named vice chairman of family business” Daily Journal 4-30-11

MARCH 2011

“Alvernia faces difficult opener” Reading Eagle 3-1-11

“Cory Boone’s big play helps Alvernia net league title” Centre Daily 3-1-11

“Muhlenberg, DeSales, Del Val, And Alvernia In NCAA Field” WFMZ 3-1-11

“Northeast Berks Chamber welcomes new assistant to executive director” Berks Mont News 3-1-11

“Northeast Berks Chamber welcomes new assistant to executive director” Pottstown Mercury 3-1-11

“R-MC men and women hit the road for NCAAs”  NBC 12

“Va. Wesleyan chosen as D-III men's early-round host; Randolph-Macon to meet Alvernia; Eastern Mennonite, Ferrum left out” Daily Press 3-1-11

“Person of the week: Heather A. Shainline” Reading Eagle 3-1-11

“Alvernia’s Nerny ready for Randolph-Macon” Reading Eagle 3-4-11

“Study: Reading could bounce back” WFMZ 3-4-11

“Suicide topic of mental health seminar” Reading Eagle 3-4-11

“Egyptians in Berks optimistic about future U.S. relations” Reading Eagle 3-4-11

“56th Republican-Herald Spelling Bee set for Saturday” Republican Herald 3-4-11

“NCAA D-III Men’s Tournament: R-MC Survives Scare From Alvernia 62-59” Mechanicsville Local 3-4-11

“Alvernia falls in overtime” Reading Eagle 3-5-11

“Local foundation donates handcycle” Reading Eagle 3-5-11

“Folksinger Josée Vachon performs for, with Reading children” BCTV 3-6-11

“Alvernia is beaten by Catholic” Reading Eagle 3-6-11

“2010 Berks vote big swing to right” Reading Eagle 3-7-11

“Men’s basketball commonwealth player of the week” Go MAC 3-7-11 [Tad Gillis]

“Incumbent, challenger join Nutley BOE race” NorthJersey.com 3-7-11

“Recapping a season to remember” Reading Eagle 3-9-11

“Faces in the News: Dr. Edward B. Michalik Jr., county mental health/mental retardation administrator” Reading Eagle 3-9-11

“How do Reading’s negative labels affect residents?” BCTV 3-10-11

“Erin Negley: Red tape cut by O'Pake staff fills 83 boxes” Reading Eagle 3-11-11

“Tribute to Mike O’Pake” BCCF.org 3-11-11

“Winter seasons close for locals” Republican Herald 3-14-11

“O’Pake set the bar, now voters must pick his successor” Reading Eagle 3-14-11

“Person of the Week: Danielle L. Cortes”  Reading Eagle 3-15-11

“Members in the Spotlight” Schuylkill Chamber Newsletter 3-16-11

“Speed of information allows markets to react more quickly to news” Reading Eagle 3-20-11

“Viewpoint: Cutting education is the wrong kind of March madness” Reading Eagle 3-20-11

“Dan Kelly's Korner: Alvernia team makes a move” Reading Eagle 3-21-11

“Beating the odds: Perseverance, passion for game put Zach Lutz within reach of his dream”
Reading Eagle 3-24-11

“Zumba event in Reading to aid girl battling cancer” Reading Eagle 3-24-11

“University salutes pair by renaming buildings in their honor” WFMZ 3-25-11

“Founders Village Dedicated” Noodls 3-25-11

“Dorm names ‘reminder’ of Alvernia’s mission” Reading Eagle 3-26-11

“Course to focus on America’s religious journey” Reading Eagle 3-26-11

“Speaker explains immigrations affect” WFMZ 3-28-11

“Nativity grad nets hoops honors” Republican Herald 3-28-11

“President Explains U.S. Involvement In Libya” WFMZ 3-28-11 [Tim Blessing]

“Reading School District's outreach committee is hard at work” BCTV 3-29-11

“Speaker says Latino doesn’t equal criminal” Reading Eagle 3-29-11

“Documentary To Focus On Violent Gang With Ties To Reading” WFMZ 3-29-11 [Hartung, Bowen]

“Albright, Alvernia teachers part of film on gangs” Reading Eagle 3-30-11

FEBRUARY 2011

“Lightening the Private Load of Grief” About Families Magazine February 2011 [Judy Warchal, expert citation]

“Editorial: Too soon to be upset about proposal to expand athletics” Reading Eagle 2-1-11

“Bulletin Board: Coalition to present grief recovery seminar at Alvernia”  Reading Eagle 2-2-11

“Basketball standouts”  Center Daily 2-2-11

“10 things that will cost more this year” Reading Eagle 2-2-11, GoErie.com and AARP Magazine

“DNP Smart Center Scholars” Frances Payne School of Nursing 2-2-11 [Cindy Rothenberger, nursing]

“Letter to the Editor: Not everyone is impacted” Reading Eagle 2-3-11

“Another meeting upcoming on Alvernia’s field” Reading Eagle 2-4-11

“Libraries Looking For New Ways To Keep Doors Open” WFMZ 2-4-11

“Battle over light and noise doesn't need to divide Kenhorst and Alvernia University” BCTV 2-5-11

“Changes proposed for library system” Reading Eagle 2-5-11 [Flynn, Rightmire]

Related:
    “Recommendations”

    “Traveling team examined systems in 4 other counties”

    “Process included polls, interviews”

    “Officials react positively to task force report”

    “County control of Reading system needs court approval”

“One in faith: A Common Heart” Reading Eagle, 2-5-11[J. Pressimone, Elmarzouky]

    Related: “More about an inter-religious dialogue”

“Local religion digest 2/5/11: Area educator to discuss church communication” Reading Eagle 2-5-11 [Siburt, adjunct]

“O'Pake collection to Alvernia; $2 million to alma mater” Reading Eagle 2-6-11

“Legislator leaves gifts to Alvernia, St. Joseph's” Philadelphia Inquirer 2-7-11

“Even In Death, Pennsylvania Senator Mike O’Pake Gives To Back The Community” Roy’s Rants — For Your Information [Blog] 2-6-11

“Catholic Colleges and Universities in Pennsylvania: Part One: Best Catholic Schools in PA” Associated Content (Yahoo) 2-7-11

“Late Sen. Leaves Memorabilia To Alvernia University” WFMZ 2-8-11

“Catholics can now use App to confess sins” WFMZ 2-9-11 [interview w/students]

“Friends find novel way to share books with others” Reading Eagle 2-9-11 [alum]

“Swiggett's absence forces Crusaders to adjust” Reading Eagle 2-9-11

“BB: For Colored Girls presentation" Reading Eagle 2-9-11

“Delay puts dimmer on Alvernia lights issue” Reading Eagle 2-11-11

“BB: Alvernia University speaker to tell of life with Tourette’s” Reading Eagle 2-11-11

“After student's death, sadness, strength at Oley Valley High” Reading Eagle 2-11-11

“Oley student killed in Route 73 crash” Berks Mont News 2-11-11

“Lincoln speaks: Through university professor who specializes in presidency, Honest Abe discusses our times” Reading Eagle 2-12-11

“Alvernia president joining 2 boards” Reading Eagle 2-12-11

“How professionals handle their own money” Reading Eagle 2-12-11

“Alvernia battles its way to win” Reading Eagle 2-13-11

“NCAA Rundown” WFMZ 2-13-11

“Scope of O'Pake's documents is difficult to comprehend” Reading Eagle 2-13-11

“Iceberg! Iceberg! shouts the captain. ‘Change course quick!’” Eastern Penn Business Journal 2-14-11 [Book review of Planning in Reverse, by Ballantyne, Wells, and Berrett.]

“Daily Planner: Monday” [Meet the Author event] Reading Eagle 2-14-11

“Alvernia wants it, Albright needs it as playoffs near” Reading Eagle 2-15-11

“Security increased for rivalry rematch” Reading Eagle 2-15-11

“A true Senior Night for Alvernia” Reading Eagle 2-16-11

“Fight breaks out at KU hockey game” The Keystone 2-16-11

“Alvernia president named to ACCU and AFCU board of directors” A.D. Times 2-17-11

“City Tennis Jam slated Sunday” Reading Eagle 2-19-11

“John Smith column 2/19/11: Three faiths share interest in Abraham's sacrifice” Reading Eagle 2-19-11

“Game, Set, Match!” WFMZ 2-20-11

“Coming home to give back to Berks” Reading Eagle 2-20-11

    Related: “Home, wider world both hold allure for young black professionals”

“Sports Shorts” Reading Eagle 2-20-11

“Wyomissing team wins regional math competition” Reading Eagle 2-22-11

“Reporter’s Notebook: O'Pake's absence will be noticeable” Reading Eagle 2-22-11

“Truth helps: Boone happy at Alvernia” Reading Eagle 2-23-11

“Bulletin Board: Panel to discuss what's next for Egypt” Reading Eagle 2-23-11

“Wyomissing arts institute gets award for its after-school opportunities” BCTV 2-23-11

“Role players key to Alvernia’s win” Reading Eagle 2-24-11

“Shameful: Anti-Donyell jeers are way out of bounds” Reading Eagle 2-25-11

“Commonwealth final: Alvernia vs. Lebanon Valley” Reading Eagle 2-26-11

“Junior Achievement chapter begins new era” Reading Eagle 2-26-11

“Catholic hierarchy believes confession can help faithful get to better spiritual place” Reading Eagle 2-26-11

“Alvernia basketball short” Penn Live 2-26-11

“Campus News: Deans List” Intelligencer Journal/Lancaster New Era 2-26-11 [Alexandra Valazquez]

“Boone leads Alvernia to title” Reading Eagle 2-27-11

“Local stars net conference honors” Republican Herald 2-28-11

“Egyptians in Berks watched as homeland in turmoil” Reading Eagle 2-28-11

"R-M basketball teams get their NCAA match-ups” Mechanicsville Local 2-28-11

JANUARY 2011

“Financial resolutions 2011: Let’s get serious about money” Reading Eagle 1-1-11

“People’s politician Michael A. O’Pake remembered” Reading Eagle 1-1-11

“Alvernia squanders late lead in loss against Gettysburg”   Reading Eagle 1-6-11

“Crusaders’ bags get to Phoenix; Crusaders don’t” Reading Eagle 1-7-11

“Local religion digest" Reading Eagle 1/8/11

“Mary Young: Funeral service for O’Pake uplifting” Reading Eagle 1-8-11

“Alvernia Puts Together Offense And Defense Nicely In Win Over Etown”   ETown Web 1-8-11

“Boone makes big difference for Alvernia” Reading Eagle 1-9-11 [SUN]

“Alvernia’s ininside game stands tall in lopsided victory over E-town” Reading Eagle 1-9-11 [SUN]

“Red Cross volunteer to discuss Haitian quake” Reading Eagle 1-10-11

“Haiti tragedy still inspires compassion here” Reading Eagle 1-12-11

“For members of church group that survived quake, efforts to help continue” Reading Eagle 1-12-11

“Pope Certifies Miracle Needed For John Paul’s Beatification” WFMZ 1-14-11

“Consultant praises Berks County juvenile system” Reading Eagle 1-15-11

“Community service theme for MLK Day events”  Reading Eagle 1-15-11

“John Smith column 1/15/11: Readings capture O'Pake's life of faithful service”  Reading Eagle

“Swiggett’s ‘best’ carries Crusaders” Reading Eagle 1-15-11

“Area grads come up big on hardwood” Republican Herald 1-17-11

“2010/2011 Series: Economic Prosperity in the Next Decade” Presidentialperspectives.org 1-17-11 [Chapter 5: Values and Vision]

“Living Out Dr. Martin Luther King’s Dream of Unity” WFMZ 1-17-11

“Reading KIZ receives grant” Eastern Penn Business Journal 1-17-11

“Grant will help connect academic talent with business problem-solvers in Berks County” BCTV 1-18-11

“Serving as a way of remembering” Reading Eagle 1-18-11

“Alvernia may add a football program” WFMZ 1-18-11

“Business log: Greater Reading zone awarded $50,000” Reading Eagle 1-18-11

“Alvernia to consider adding football” Reading Eagle 1-19-11

“Kenhorst residents not in favor of a football team at Alvernia” Reading Eagle 1-19-11

“Fall into Berkshire Mall fountain a YouTube hit” Reading Eagle 1-19-11

“Swiggett’s scoring, Alvernia’s ‘D’ too much for Pride” Reading Eagle 1-20-11

“Collapse costs Calabria No. 400” Reading Eagle 1-20-11

“Café changes name, will soon roast own coffee” Bennington Banner 1-20-11 [Murgido]

“Daily Planner: Friday” Reading Eagle 1-21-11 [Vitalij Kuprij concert]

“Multiple milestones met across area” WFMZ 1-22-11

“Lyco women struggle from floor in loss” Sun Gazette 1-22-11

“Alvernia's Calabria earns 400th victory” Reading Eagle 1-23-11

“Late layup, tough defense help Crusaders get win” Reading Eagle 1-23-11

“Berks Democrats choose Schwank to run for O’Pake’s seat” Pottstown Mercury 1-22-11

“Berks Republicans tab Medaglia for O'Pake seat” Pottstown Mercury 1-23-11

“General Person of the Day: Tom Flynn, Alvernia President” Go MAC Sports 1-25-11

“Bulletin Board: Workshop to help in filling out college aid forms” Reading Eagle 1-25-11

“One neighbor favors football at Alvernia” Reading Eagle 1-26-11 [Letter to the Editor]

“It's Schwank vs. Medaglia for the 11th District Senate seat” Berks-Mont 1-25-11

“Schwank vs. Medaglia in special election” Berks-Mont 1-26-11

“Berks County foundation distributes more than $444,000 in scholarships in 2010” BCTV 1-26-11

“Letter to the Editor: One neighbor favors football at Alvernia” Reading Eagle 1-26-11

“Meet the director” Ringgold Band.com 1-27-11 [Adjunct: Jim Seidel]

“Café changes name, will soon roast own coffee” Bennington Banner 1-28-11 (Vermont) [Dom Margido, alum, past adjunct, 2010 alumni award winner]

“Letter to the Editor: Play football off campus” Reading Eagle 1-29-11

“Miller leads Reading Hall of Fame's Class of 2011” Reading Eagle 1-30-11

“Letter to the Editor: Find another place to play football” Reading Eagle 1-30-11

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Office of Marketing and Communications

 

 

 

 

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Carey Manzolillo

Communications Specialist
Upland Center - 211
carey.manzolillo@alvernia.edu
(610) 796-8281

 

 

Contact Carey for:

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