ALUMNAE REUNION WEEKEND
MAY 20-22, 2005

By now you should have received a copy of the Alumnae Reunion Weekend booklet that includes a complete schedule and detailed descriptions of events along with a registration form. If you did not receive a copy, please contact the Alumnae Office at 610-606-4609. In addition, you can also register for Alumnae Reunion Weekend online by going to www.cedarcrest.edu/reunion

Still need to make travel plans? The email address of Ann Puschak ’81 at Mittl Travel listed in the Alumnae Reunion Weekend brochure is incorrect. Please contact Ann at 1-800-826-4885 or at ann@mittltravel.com. Ann contacted various airlines and was able to get special College Reunion rates with 10% off airfares just for us! So give her a call or email and come back to campus for Alumnae Reunion Weekend!

GOING, GOING, GONE ONLINE!

The Cedar Crest College Alumnae Association Online Spring Auction is well underway at www.cccalumnaeacution
.cmarket.com. We have over 200 items to bid on and new items are added as they are received. It’s never too late to donate an item, or to make a cash donation, or to refer your friends and family to the auction website. But it will be too late to bid after May 9 when the auction closes, so bid often and keep checking so that you don’t miss out on a wonderful opportunity to get some great items and help your alma mater. Weekly emails are sent out about the auction announcing new items and special deals. The emails come from cccalumnaeauction
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HIP HOP BEATS, RHYTHM AND JAM TURN CEDAR CREST STAGE INTO AN URBAN EXTRAVAGANZA

Russell Simmons’s revolutionary Broadway performances of “Def Poetry Jam” inspired a bold and original theatrical event entitled “Slam/Jam: Wanna Hear a Poem” presented by the Cedar Crest Stage Company that ran April 14-16 in the Samuels Theatre in the Tompkins College Center. The show was directed by Linda Fechnay Baas ’72. “Slam/Jam: Wanna Hear a Poem” showcased the talents and original works of poetry, prose, beats, dance and hip hop rhymes of Cedar Crest students and Allentown youth. “Slam/Jam” also featured performances by Cedar Crest’s step team, Earthquake.

CEDAR CREST COLLEGE'S 23rd ANNUAL BIOLOGY OLYMPICS RECOGNIZES OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN BIOLOGY

On Friday, April 15, 2005, students from 10 local area high schools "went for the gold" - in the science lab at Cedar Crest College's 23rd Annual Biology Olympics. Each year the Biology Olympics challenges high school students to demonstrate their knowledge of biology while simultaneously encouraging interest in all the sciences. The Biology Olympics at Cedar Crest is one of many events at Cedar Crest designed to encourage middle school and high school students to excel in math and science. New for this year, the Biology Olympics received support from some of the biggest names in the business of science and education. Companies like Hewlett Packard, Invitrogen, VWR, Promega and Prentice Hall made special donations, including microscopes, digital cameras, stop watches, clock radios and biology dictionaries, for the teachers and students participating this year.

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CEDAR CREST COLLEGE COMING EVENTS IN MAY

May 1, 3:00 p.m. - All College Spring Concert, Location: Alumnae Auditorium; Admission: Free

May 4 - 5, 2005 - 2nd Annual Health and Wellness Conference, Location: Cedar Crest College (locations vary for each event); Admission: Free. Trustee Alex Rae-Grant, M.D. will give the keynote speech. In addition there will be research presentations by students and faculty. Information: Contact the College Relations Office at 610-740-3790.

May 20, 8:00 p.m. - Dance: Alumnae Dance Concert, Location: Samuels Theatre; Admission: $10.
The dance concert features choreography by Cedar Crest College alumnae. A Meet the Cast Party Wine and Cheese party will follow the Dance Concert in the Dance Studio in Steinbright Hall.

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DR. CAROL PULHAM APPOINTED PROVOST OF CEDAR CREST COLLEGE

Dr. Carol Christie Pulham ’76 was appointed Provost, chief academic officer, of Cedar Crest College. Dr. Pulham joined the Cedar Crest College faculty in 1983. She was Assistant Professor of English from 1986 until 1992 when she was named Associate Professor of English. Since that time she has held numerous positions including Director of Academic Advising, Chair of the English Department, Chair of the Humanities Department and Co-Chair of the Middle States Self-Study. Dr. Pulham was promoted to Associate Provost in 2003 and most recently served the College as Acting Provost. Dr. Pulham received her B.A. in English and music from Cedar Crest, ranking first in her class. She also obtained certification to teach English secondary education. She received her M.A. and Ph.D. in English from Lehigh University. Pulham comes from a family of educators. Her mother, brother and sister are all teachers and her father was the first teacher of the legal research course in the paralegal program at Cedar Crest. Carol’s mother, Betty Jane Jenkins Christie ’47, and sister, Jane Christie Gibson ’79, are also Cedar Crest College alumnae, and her daughter, Emily, is completing her freshman year at Cedar Crest.

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MARIE WILDE APPOINTED ASSOCIATE PROVOST OF CEDAR CREST COLLEGE

On March 18, 2005 Marie Wilde was appointed Associate Provost of Cedar Crest College, a post she has held for the past year in an acting capacity. Prior to this appointment, she was Chair of the Mathematical and Information Sciences Department. From 2000 to 2002 Wilde chaired the Business Department. In 1995 she was the winner of the Alumnae Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching, and in 1997 she received the Advisor of the Year Award. In addition to serving on nearly every College committee, Marie has enhanced the College's academic programs with her work in curriculum development. She designed and developed the courses for the Computer Science program; she also designed the Information Systems program; she led the Business Department faculty in the redesign of its major program; and, with Norm Lippincott, she designed the new major and minor in Computer Information Systems.

EDWARD MEELL APPOINTED TO EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE OF CEDAR CREST COLLEGE

The Cedar Crest College Board of Trustees announced at its Winter meeting the appointment of Trustee Edward J. Meell of Washington Crossing, PA to the College’s Executive Committee and as a member of the steering committee for the upcoming Campaign for Cedar Crest College. Meell has more than 40 years of experience in education through various roles: as a teacher, publisher and education market consultant. He is the founder and chairman of Media Management Services, Inc., in Newtown, PA, a successful education market consulting business that provides market insight, consulting and business planning services for a diverse group of both for-profit and not-for-profit clients including CBS, AOL Time Warner, The Walt Disney Company, The College Board, The New York Times, Parade Magazine and the National Endowment for the Humanities.

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DAVID M. JAINDL APPOINTED TO CEDAR CREST COLLEGE BOARD OF TRUSTEES

At its winter board meeting the Cedar Crest College Trustees announced the appointment of David M. Jaindl to the board. Jaindl is president of Jaindl Land Company, the leading Lehigh Valley land development company for residential, commercial and industrial properties. From design to development, Jaindl Land Company has 47 ongoing projects in Lehigh and Northampton Counties. Today Jaindl Farms and Jaindl Land Company are managing approximately 12,000 acres in a three-county area. He is also owner and president of Jaindl Farms LLC, Schantz Orchards LLC, Jaindl Turkey Sales, Inc. and Jaindl Processing LLC.

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JULIE FOUDY AND DONNA LOPIANO FEATURED PRESENTERS AT CEDAR CREST’S SPIRIT OF WOMEN IN SPORTS EVENT

Olympic and world-cup soccer champion, Julie Foudy along with Donna Lopiano, former All-American softball player and executive director of the Women's Sports Foundation, joined the roster of speakers at the 2nd Annual Spirit of Women in Sports Event at Cedar Crest College held on Monday, April 11.
 

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CEDAR CREST STUDENTS ORGANIZE RALLY AND MARCH TO PROTEST INJUSTICE AGAINST WOMEN

On April 21, 2005, students and community members marched on the campus of Cedar Crest College to protest injustices against women for Take Back the Night (TBTN). The event included speakers from Turning Point and the Crime Victims Council, local agencies that aid and empower victims of crime and violence, personal accounts, music and a silent march. Take Back the Night rallies and marches began in England as a protest against the fear that women encountered walking the streets at night. The first Take Back the Night in the United States occurred in San Francisco in 1978.

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PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING POET, JORIE GRAHAM, READ HER WORKS AT CEDAR CREST COLLEGE

In celebration of April as National Poetry Month, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Poet, Jorie Graham, presented a reading of her poetry on Monday, April 25 in the Samuels Theatre of the Tompkins College Center of Cedar Crest College. Heralded for her unique style and voice, Graham won the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry in 1996 for “The Dream of the Unified Field: Selected Poems 1974-1994.” Her latest volume, “Overlord: Poems,” which has been described as her most personal work to date, was released on March 1 by the Ecco Press label of Harper Collins.


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CULTURE CARE PRACTICES OF ELDERLY PUERTO RICANS: AN ETHNONURSING STUDY BY DR. ROSEMARY FLISZAR '83

Dr. Fliszar, Assistant Professor of Nursing at Cedar Crest College conducted a qualitative study to record the health care practices, expressions, and beliefs, as well as the meaning of care to elderly Puerto Rican peoples - both male and female - residing in the urban community of Allentown. Themes derived from the study describe the perceptions of the informants related to the caring and non-caring behaviors of professional nurses. Dr. Fliszar developed this information for her dissertation as a PhD candidate at Duquesne, successfully defending her proposal in June of 2002 to complete her research.

 

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