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To the Graduating Class of 1997:
You are graduating from Wilkes University at a time
of enormous opportunity and sobering challenges. As you
now embark upon your careers or continue in graduate or
professional school, I am confident you will find that
Wilkes has prepared you well for personal and professional
success. I hope you will become active with Wilkes alumni
around the country and find ways to come back often to
campus and be involved in building and strengthening
your alma mater to serve future generations of students
and in making it ever better known as an institution of
higher learning. Jane and I wish you every success as you
embark upon life's adventures and hope that in your
pursuit of happiness and success you will have a lot of fun
along the way.

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�BELOW AND LEFT : During moving-in day across
campus, parents were very helpful with arranging and
moving items to make the dorm rooms feel just like home.

80 West River Street
Left To Right Row 1 - Mirian Coffey, Tara Trivelpiece,
Vannessa Vignetti, Cynthia Carlson, Nicole DePew Row
2 - Kirk Leslie, Renea Girardi, Danielle Yeakel, Melissa
Just, Bella Shvartsman, Heather Tahan, Ann Wotring
Row 3 - Annelle Dunn, Alicia Cymbala, Jodi Keresmar,
Holly Filion, Sarah Benincasa, Sarah E. Karlavage,
Stacey Janos, Natalie Miller (RA) Row 4 - Michael Rosh
(RA). John Feeney, Ronald Davis, Adam Czeponis , Brian
Lubenow, Jason Marie, Ryan Bass, Brandon Solt, Mike
Peckally Missing: Megan Filipone, Stacey Geiger,
Angelica Mascia, John Mayernick, Mike Mecir, Jennifer
Morrel, Craig Morris, Mike Petherick, Rob Shuder,
Allison Toraleman, Trisha Tyler, Andy Yenser

92 South River E
Left to Right Row 1 - Heather Erne
Toni Oden, Ann Layden, Kendra D
Kari Sue Smith, Kimberly Kutch R
Mirabelli, Kara Jones, Cassie Hei1
Chris Stucker, Beth Lo Piccolo, Je1
Adrienne Sheasley (RA) Missing: 1\
Faux, Laura Gantz, Jamie Papaliti

�Nicholas Adler, 1st yr.
Harris Ahmed, 1st yr.

Tariq Aman, 2nd yr.
Glenn Aston, 1st yr.

Michael Beachem, 3rd yr.
Amy Blake, 3rd yr.

Carrie Bohenick, 3rd yr.
Brian Bryk, 1st yr.

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)ffey, Tara Trivelpiece,
·Ison, Nicole DePew Row
)anielle Yeakel, Melissa
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'. ymbala, Jodi Keresmar,
Sarah E. Karlavage,
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is, Adam Czeponis, Brian
,ass, Brandon Solt, Mike
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ck, Mike Mecir, Jennifer
terick, Rob Shuder,

Catlin Hall

Cheasapeake Hall

92 South River Street

68-70 West Northampton Street

Left lo Right Row 1 - Heather Ernest, Renata Vranicar,
Toni Oden, Ann Layden, Kendra Dolan, Ritu Chandel,
Kari Sue Smith, Kimberly Kutch Row 2 - Pam
Mirabelli, Kara Jones , Cassie Heim Linda Chong,
Chris Stucker, Beth Lo Piccolo, Jennifer McDonnell,
Adrienne Sheasley (RA) Missing: Melanie Bell, Janet
Faux, Laura Gantz, Jamie Papalitis, April Shurtleff

Left to Right Row 1 - Kerri Kissell, Liz O'Neill, Michele Peter,
Christine Gaydos (RA), Angela Parrotta, Leah Crecenzo, Jessica
Kiasny Row 2 - Meagan Hunter, Dolly Chaudhari, Doreen
Fanton, Kristen Harry, Tracy Malinowski, Amy Webb, Mariel
Betron Missing: Jeanette Beierle, Melinda Fugowski, Kathy
Kent, Gina Kim, Doreen Klimek, Laurie Labbe, Samantha
Smart

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�LEFT: Many students signed up for absentee ballots to
participate in the 1996 Presidential election. Jane ElmesCrahall, a member of the Wilkes faculty and the local League
of Woman Voters, assists students with the paperwork.
BELOW: The bookstore was the first stop for many
students during the first few days of each semester.

72-74 West Northampton Street

ABOVE: Mariel Betran and Phil Torres at the MSC/
BACCHUS Halloween Dance.

Left to Right Row 1 - Jack Craft, Rob Bozzonetti, PoNien Lin, Ray Hebden Row 2 - Brian McGrane, Harris
Ahmad, Frankie Tomaszewski, Brain Manger-Banger,
David S. Kish Row 3 - Lubomir Hand], Brad M.
Kreschollek, Keith Previc, Derek A. Errichetti, Mike
Fras, Joseph Scordino III, J.J. Fadden (RA) Missing:
John Burdyn, Mike Czence, Greg Davis, Jamie Golden,
Anthony Petrone, Mark Shiner, James Wall

56 West River
Left to Right Row 1 - Laura Jurga
Kim Prizniak, Ann Blasick Row 2
Kutler (RA) Missing: Danielle Alb
Heather Howell, Kristi Schutz

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Desiree Carr, 2nd yr.
Andrew Cordell, 2nd yr.

Amie D'Angelo, 3rd yr.
Nicole Delpriore , 1st yr.

Sharon Demery, 1st yr.
Mary Dymond, 3rd yr.

Marc Eakin, 2nd yr.
Amy Ellis, 1st yr.

fall
.pton Street
~ob Bozzonetti, Poian McGrane, Harris
ain Manger-Banger,
andl, Brad M.
\.. Errichetti, Mike
dden (RA) Missing:
Davis, Jamie Golden,
1mes Wall

Doane Hall

Fortinsky 22 7-228

56 West River Street

South Franklin Street
Left to Right Row 1 - Christine Anderson, Jill Fasciana,

Left to Right Row 1 - Laura Jurgatis, Tessa LaLonde ,
Kim Prizniak, Ann Blasick Row 2 - Amy Michel, Jennifer
Kutler (RA) Missing: Danielle Albright, Kristine Caro,
Heather Howell, Kristi Schutz

Joey Hill, Tara Wilson, Amy Blake Row 2 - Jim Warner,
Bernie Kovacs, Dave Gangaware (RA). Dave Zula,
Wayne Meckley, John Fox, Jon Laudenslager Missing:
Brandon Carlin, Dan Guy, Jen Harmonsky, Valerie
Jones, Jason Kawell, Michael McCooey, Marie Mican,
Amy Sosick, Zues the cat

�LEFT: Friends gather for a group photo at the
Homecoming Dinner Dance.
Below: Darren Hack, Assistant Coordinator of RLO
(Left) and Doug Lane, Coordinator of RLO (Right) with wives
Billie Joe and Dorothy. Both couples were given a party by
the Resident Life Staff in honor of their recent marriages.

Fortinsky Hall 229
South Franklin Street
Left to Right Row 1 - Kevin Keegan, Bill Pastewait,
Andrew Clark, Matthew Minielly, Steven Rector (RA),
Brian Birmingham Missing: Steve Alexson, Scott
Cleveland, Bill Galagher, Matt Jagusak, Scott Kinane,
Bill Layo, Jeff Moisey, Aaron Sherburne, Matthew
Sovcic, Mark Wallace, Larry Zeller

McClin tock Hall
44 South River Street
Left to Right Row 1 - Michael J. Haggerty, Paul
Caffarelli, Rick Tym (RA), Robert Costello, Tony Kakiel
Row 2 - Colby J. Shocker, Bob Banko, Ryan Costello,
Marc Baron, Todd Cottrell, Jamie Shambaugh Missing:
Nicholas Adler, Matthew Connor, Daniel Craig, Timothy
Kromer, Albert Ganter, Jeremy Gerber, Michael
Gundersdorf, Joe Wargo, Jason Williams, Darren
Williams

Rifkin H
80 South Rive
LeJt to Right Row 1 - Gary Spea1
(RA), Brandon Berretta, Pree ti P
John Todd Row 2 - Rebecca Hai
Yurcho, Elise Nelsen, Carrie Mol
3 - Aaron Wuster, Dana Sacmar:
Fusaro, Jennifer Bartels, Kerry l
David Michaels Missing: C.J. B,
Laura Chowanec, Sean Higginsc
Koneru, Todd Monheit, Bob Piet
Joe Sincovic, Chris Sung, John

�Mark Featherstone, 1st yr.
Kenneth Geary, 1st yr.

Anthony Gennaro, 1st yr.
Steven Glasson, 3rd. yr

Jiayi Guo, 3rd yr.
Amy Gutowski, 3rd yr.

Ted Hall, 1st yr.
Carol Hudak, 1st yr.

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ver Street
J. Haggerty, Paul
ert Costello, Tony Kakiel
b Banko, Ryan Costello,
.mie Shambaugh Missing:
10r, Daniel Craig, Timothy
y Gerber, Michael
m Williams, Darren

Rifkin Hall
80 South River Street
Lejl to Right Row 1 - Gary Spears, Paula VanFossen

(RA), Brandon Berretta, Preeti Patel, Carrie Bohenick,
John Todd Row 2 - Rebecca Hather, Ime 0. Etim, Leah
Yurcho, Elise Nelsen, Carrie Mohila, Kara Malitsky Row
3 - Aaron Wuster, Dana Sacman, Janie Masi, Craig
Fu aro, Jennifer Bartels, Kerry Pallien, Marcie Herman,
David Michaels Missing: C.J. Baker, Kelly Casterline,
Laura Chowanec, Sean Higginson, Asif Ilyas, Robert
Koneru, Todd Monheit, Bob Pietrowski, Brett Sachse,
Joe Sincovic, Chris Sung, John Uscilowicz

Ross Hall
251 South River Street
Left to Right Row 1 - Patrick McDonough, Christopher
Thompson, Matthew Novak, Marc Eakin, Tariq Aman,
Michael Beachem (RA) Row 2 - Scott VanValkenburgh,
Douglas Dolfi, Benjamin Ewing, Daniel Heflin, Jeremy
Baker Row 3 - Matthew Sumski, Quinn Henry Kirk
Missing: Leo Demorat, Larue Stackhouse

�I'm 'JllaI a S{ob ···

I'm a 'Donn Student!

There should be a support group for college
dorm students who return home for the first time and their
slogan should be: ''I' m not a slob, I'm a dorm student. "
When my mother dropped me off at my dormitory for the
first time she said to me, "study hard , learn to be
independent and take care of yourself." Then she looked
around at that tiny four by four cubicle that I would call
home for the next eight months, sighed and said," You ' re
gonna miss me . "College is different," she warned, " it's a
completely different world. " Then she kissed me goodbye and called me everyday for the next eight weeks.
While I was there, I considered my mother' s
advice. She was more that right when she said college
was a different world, in fact what it was a different
culture. I spent my entire freshman year learning the rules
and regulation s that were all-essential for survival in a
dorm room. When I returned home in May it was safe to
say that my mother and I both suffered from culture
shock.
I had been home for nearly three minutes when
my mother con idered sending me away to the furthest
boarding school in America. I dropped my luggage on the
kitchen floor, sighed deeply and boldly announced my
presence. "Mom, I declared, 'Tm home ." My mother
stepped into the kitchen to greet me and I thought she
might kneel over right there in front of my eyes. Never in
my entire life had I seen a human being turn green.
"What, do you live in a barn?" she asked.
"No, I live in a dorm" I answered. " And I'm
home for the summer. Aren't your happy?" I think it was
then when the culture shock hit her the hardest. She said
eight words to me after that, in fact those were the only
eight words she said anymore. She just sat in the kitchen
rocking back and forth with her eyes fixed on what I had
brought home and for hours just kept repeating over and
over again: "My house, my beautiful clean house, what
have you done?" Apparently she didn't agree with the
"dormean" way of packing. In her culture folding and
organization are essential, but in my culture everyone
packs a though they are evacuating the city due to a
natural disaster. As with any unfamiliar culture, my
mother was simply ignorant toward my new ways. So for
the next eight hours, occasionally checking her pulse , I
carefully explained to her how I did, pack appropriately.
"You see, ma, " I began, "In that box,"(I pointed
to a disorganized crate in the corner) "are my toiletries two rolls of toilet paper, three packages of coffee filters ,
an old pair of sneakers, 14 samples of generic hotel
shampoo and conditioner, four boxes of generic bandages
and a pair of elbow pads. " As I pulled each item out, I
explained their purpose. " In my culture, coffee filters are
the next best thing to toilet paper and the sneakers are a
great way to avoid any foot fungus that may develop while
taking a shower. As for the elbow pads, our showers
allow for very little movement. " I stretched my arms far
into the air to prove my point. " You don't realize it Mom ,
but a roomy shower is considered quite a luxury among
dorm students." Anyway, I bent my elbow back and
twisted my left leg to expose my bruises. "These are
shower wounds. The elbow pads make washing my hair
and shaving my legs a lot less hazardous and the
bandages, well they ' re self-explanatory."
I pointed to another crate. "In that crate are my
kitchen needs." I dumped it's contents on the floor. It
contained any and every kind of packaged, frozen, or
canned food ever chemically processed by man. Packages
of Ramen noodles, cans of Cheese-Wiz, Pez dispensers,
Spam and spray on butter spilled on to my mother' s
kitchen floor. There were only two other things left in the

crate after I dumped it out - an economy size gallon
of Pepto-Bismol and an overstuffed folder with
menus to every fast food take-out joint in the area.
My mother's condition worsened.
Next I emptied the crate with my laundry
needs. "In this crate I have one bottle of liquid
detergent , a dust buster , a roll of fabric softe ner, and
a large piece of cardboard . Where I live washer and
dryers are sometimes hard to get, so when my clothes
are dirty I simply sniff them, run the dust bu ster over
them, rub them down with a piece of fabric softener,
and then press then on this piece of cardboard so that
they are not too wrinkled. It's really very
convenient," I explained.
With each crate I emptied my mother
developed a new symptom. By the time I was
finished not only was she a deeper shade of green but
she also developed an eye twitching, a strange rash
that ran from her chin to her chest and a very
unhealthy grunting noise that occurred every ten
seconds or so. Cleaning up and reorganizing these
crates was the most traumatizing for her. She grunted
a few times and pointed toward the vacuum and [
assume that is what she wanted me to do. So I
carefully explained to her how "my people" don ' t
vacuum until either our shoes stick to the rug
disabling us from any sort of movement or until the
bugs crawl out from beneath the bed and introduce
themselves to us. It took me seven hours to make her
" beautiful clean house" beautiful again. My mother's

Slocum Hall
262-264 South River Street
Left to Right Row 1 - David DeCicco, Brian Humph,
Shawn Smith (RA), Matthew Greenzweig, Robert Waite
Row 2 - Stephen Carne , Curtis Kroesen, Jason
Ruscavage, Mario Saullo, Jason Brocious Missing:
Nathan Laidacker, Aaron Wilk

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Sterling
72 South Riv
Left to Right Row 1 - Shawn Ha
Shannon , Vince Pretopapa Ro,
Schreiber, Jason Lenko, Dan M
Saagar Patel Row 3 - Xu Dongc
Klimek, Brian Ewasko, Matt Eg
Mender, Joe Gromelski, Rich Q
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symptoms started to disappear right around the sixth
hour and I was happy to see her cheeks rosy again.
My mother and I had our differences that
summer. I did things my way and she did things the
"nght" way. By the middle of the summer I was
ready to start my support group. I could just see us a bunch of college dorm students sitting in a big
circle at one o'clock in the morning explaining to
each other how are parents think we are slobs and
can't wait for us to return to school. I would be at the
head of the group and we would all be wearing our
tee-shirts that say: "I'm not a slob, I'm a dorm
student." We would greet new comers with a friendly
supportive "Hello." Members would say things like:
"Hello, my name is Ted - I'm a first year student and
last night my mother criticized me because I used
Windex to wash the dishes. Then he would break
down and we would all share our stories. Right
around three o'clock we would order pizza and make
a community jug of ice tea form which we would all
drink. But most of all we would have a common
bond. We all went to college and learned to take care
of ourselves and to be independent. It may not be our
parents way but we learned to do it alone. Maybe
someday we will be more "civilized" but until then, I
proudly wear my tee-shirt that reads: I'm not a slob
l'm a dorm student. "

'By f}Jiana f}Javis '99

Sterling Hall
72 South River Street
Left to Right Row 1 - Shawn Harden, Dan Lavelle, Chris
Shannon , Vince Pretopapa Row 2 - Brian Howard, Mike
Schreiber, Jason Lenko, Dan McConnell, Josh Hite,
Saagar Patel Row 3 - Xu Dongdong, Paul Weber, Paul
Klimek, Brian Ewasko, Matt Egger, Mike Wiggins, Matt
Mender, Joe Gromelski, Rich Quigley (RA) Missing: Eric
Garect, Brian Mengel, Brian Smith, Andrew Snyder

Quinn Kirk, 2nd yr.
Michael Koch, 2nd yr.

Matthew Kuntz, 1st yr.
Jennifer Kutler, 2nd yr.

Jessica Kwasny, 1st yr.
Daniel Lavelle , 3rd yr.

James Malin, 1st yr.
Chris Malocheski, 1st yr.

Sullivan Hall
271-273 South River Street
Left to Right Row 1 - Jennifer Walker, Cara Durso, Erica L.
Trowbridge, Heather Bonner (RA), Jessica Murry (RA), Amy
Gutowski Row 2 - Lisa Werkheiser, Karen Gillian, Vanessa
Scheffner, Glenda Race, Heidi VanEssendelft, Danielle
Huyck Row 3 - Melany Kalmanowicz, Kerianne Geist,
Jennifer Belardi, Mary Rose Dymond, Sharon Demery,
Jessica Ladd, Linda Ward Missing: Andria Blagiotti, Jaime
Brazne, Sara Foster, Laura Gerard, Sarah Kraus, Theresa
Lencovich,Tracey Macmillian, Coleen McKinnon, Jane
Krouze, Allison Pikulski, Tara Rusnok, Alissa Shofkom,
Melissa Spart, Shelly Vagnarelli, Emily VanLente, Julie
Werkheiser

�LEFT: Students enjoy the Macarena dance at the AllCollege Mixer Halloween Dance at the Kirby Center.
BELOW: Amy Mazur and Mary Hession hold their
annual Information Night to give people a chance to know
what their office does and the opportunities available to
students.

36 West River Street
Left to Right Row 1 - Trisha Meyers, Jessica Fernandez,
Kristen Cookus (RA), Bhavika Patel, Lisa Tomcykoski,
Amy Beardworth Row 2 - Liz Burchill, Stephanie Huber,
Lisa Tinney, Katie Barnhart
ABOVE: Linda and Cassie take a moment off from the
helping at the Circle K Haunted House to have a picture
taken. The traditional site of the haunted house, Dennison
Hall was no longer safe to use, but the Circle K'ers didn't let
that stop their annual event. The new Chamber building was
volunteered for the Circle K groups to use, as part of the
"college town" community effort.

40 West River S
Left to Right Row 1 - Daily E. Jose
Tammy Hall (RA) Gena Stone, Can
Nepa Missing: Jennifer Adam, Ma:
Durso, Jennifer John, Lisa Kelly, f
McDermott, Melinda Mondel , Corr:
Vacca, Kendra Vreeland, Heather

�Jeremiah McPeek, 1st yr.
Megan Merrick, 2nd yr.

Christy Mihalka, 1st yr.
Jennifer Moss, 1st yr.

Bhavika Patel, 1st yr.
Sharli Patel, 1st yr.

Raymond Petkevis, 1st yr.
Anthony Petrone, 3rd. yr

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est River Street

40 West River Street

98 South River Street

Left to Right Row 1 - Daily E. Joseph, Marissa Rovnack,
Tammy Hall (RAJ Gena Stone, Carrie Hatton, Carrie
Nepa Missing: Jennifer Adam, Mary Agrapides, Brenda
Durso, Jennifer John, Lisa Kelly, Kelly McDermott, Keri
McDermott, Melinda Mondel, Corrina Sowers, Kathleen
Vacca, Kendra Vreeland, Heather Webb

Left to Right Row 1 - Stephanie Follmer, Amy Smith,
Maria Shahda Row 2 - Kimberly Courtney, Jennifer Lee
Peterson, Nicole Sisson Row 3 - Lisa McClintock, Lisa
Blanchard, Lisa Johnson, Christina Poff (RAJ, Jennifer
Anderson, Sarah Friederich, Nicole Haentjens, Crissy
Krystopa, Meghan LaVigna, Lori Perch, Tara "Autumn"
Perkins, Lisa Rink, Kim Stroup, Beth Witkowski

risha Meyers, Jessica Fernandez,
3havika Patel, Lisa Tomcykoski,
2 - Liz Burchill, Stephanie Huber,
·nhart

�At the end of exams most
students go home and relax, or
maybe they pick some summer
courses, or even a summer job. I
took a different route this past
summer. After final exams were
over, I got ready to compete at the
Miss New Jersey Scholarship
Pageant (a Miss America
Preliminary.) On May 26, I made
my venture to Ocean City, New
Jersey, "The Home of the Miss New
Jersey Scholarship Pageant". I
stayed in Ocean City for the week.
While there, I was in the Miss New
Jersey Parade representing the
northern part of the state as, Miss Northern Lights.
Throughout the week there were many vigorous rehearsals,
interviews, and preliminary competitions. I won a
preliminary award in the swimsuit competition. Then all
the hard work paid off on June Lst, when I was called for
Top Ten, and then Top Five! From that moment on I was in
seventh heaven . After they called fourth runner up, third
runner up, and second runner up, l found myself standing
with only one other girl. Then the announcer said, "And
the First Runner-up is Miss Hu ...", and when they began
the name of her title I knew they weren ' t saying Northern
Lights!!! I was crowned the new Miss New Jersey! At that
moment I realized that this year I would not be watching
the Miss America pageant, instead I was going to be in it.
In becoming Miss New Jersey I won a lot of
prizes including: The use of a 1996 Ford Taurus, and the
use of a I 997 Ford Contuor (when the '97's came out),
scholarship money, and jewelry. The rest of my summer
was not spent in summer classes, or working, or even going
to the shore with my friends. Instead my summer was used
to prepare myself for my depa1ture to Miss America on
August 28th. Throughout my summer, I made numerous
appearances, participated in parades , was a guest for a local
radio station, was flown down to Tennessee to get "headshots" photographed, and I even found a spare moment to
come to Wilkes University to speak to the incoming
freshman. It was definitely a summer to remember! [t was
when I became Miss New Jersey, when I realized how
much support I really had. After I returned from my
crowning moment in Ocean City, my town proclaimed that
June L6th through the 23rd was now "Melanie Bell Week".
To kick off this week, they held an old fashioned parade in
my honor in which I rode on a horse and buggy. At the end
of the parade, they presented me with the key to my town
of Vernon, and a number of resolutions from both my town,
and my county. At the end of the week, my mayor held a
reception, where the towns people donated money to me to
defer the costs of my wardrobe. When you enter the town
of Vernon now, you are welcomed by a sign that not only
says, "Welcome to the Township of Vernon," but it also
says, "The home of Melanie Bell, Miss New Jersey 19961997." One more thing happened that summer that l felt to
be unbelievable. I was given a joint resolution from the
Assembly and the Senate. To receive this reward I went to
the State House, and I was able to speak to both houses,

and was able to speak to New Jersey's Governor,
Christine Todd Whitman.
The time soon came when I found myself
preparing to leave for Orlando, Florida where I would
meet the rest of the contestants. While in Florida T
was able to ride all the rides, eat all the food and not
have to worry about the competition. We were only in
Florida for three days, which was spent getting to
know everyone, and relaxing. We soon left Florida
on our track to Atlantic City in a chartered jet, only
flying the contestants and their traveling companions.
We had the whole plane to ourselves. From the
moment we landed the minutes , hours , and days flew
by. They were filled with lengthy rehearsals,
interviews, and preliminary competitions. Although I
was not amongst the top ten, I can not say I was angry
with all that happened. I guess that was because I was
treated like royalty for three weeks, I was able to say
my name and school on national television , and met
some of the best friends a girl could meet. In fact, [
am still in touch with many of them . You meet 49
other women with the same ideals, the same dream, it
would be amazing if you left there without becoming
friends with aJJ or most of the girls.
On Sunday, September 15th I returned to
Wilkes ready to dive into my studies as a normal
college student. However, from that day on was
nothing like normal college students life. I was

Evans Hall 1st
West Northampton Street Wing
Left to Right Row 1 - Niral Shah, Michael Koch, Carol
Hudak, Ryan Neward, David Clancy (RAJ. Kirk Ralph
Cooper, Kevin Baker, Jessica Aikey Row 2 - Jeff Reichl,
Sharli Patel, Kathleen Terrenoire, Bill Roth, Phil
Tochelli, Chris Rehman, Tim Reilly Missing: Colleen
O'Donnell

running from an appear;
school to an appearance
the first semester with a
semester. I did not thinl
do both this semester, b,
Jersey. In this tour I vis
speak to them on the tor
the crisis of separation a
to these kids. With this
days. But being a deten
sc hool. I am the first M
school during her year o
of the best choices I eve
have the best of both wo
college life.
My year is 1101
over twenty schools and
Jersey, I have appeared ,
Passport to New Jersey J
as an honorary chairpers
Society, I will soon find
again, but this time to lei
It has been a year that I ,
of 1996-1997, when I reJ
university at the Miss Ar

Evans Ha

South River S·

Left to Right Row 1 - Marisa Ne
Henninger, Duane Ritter, Davie
Peleschak, John Conte Row 2 •
Hagop Minassian, Vanessa Sch
Tingley, Jess Sinkovich Missin
Alyse Baumann, Jacob Beverid
Kristopher Jaggars, Patrick Ke,
Dora Lam, Drew Marko, Amy N
Jennifer Topa, Nicole Weiss

�Governor,
found myself
I would
: in Florida l
! food and not
We were only in
1t getting to
n left Florida
ered jet, only
ilg companions.
From the
, and days flew
~arsals,
Jns. Although I
say I was angry
as because l was
was able to say
ision, and met
1eet. In fact, I
You meet 49
! same dream, it
thout becoming
1 where

a I returned to
is a normal
lay on was
ife. I was

I 1st
. Street Wing
, Michael Koch, Carol
mcy (RA), Kirk Ralph
rey Row 2 - Jeff Reichl,
~. Bill Roth, Phil
illy Missing: Colleen

running from an appearance to school, and from
school to an appearance. I was able to make through
the first semester with a 4.0. But then came the second
semester. I did not think that I was going to be able to
do both this semester, because I began my tour of New
Jersey. In this tour I visit a number of schools and
speak to them on the topic of Children and Teens in
the crisis of separation and loss, and our responsibility
to these kids. With this tour I would miss many school
days. But being a determined person , I stayed in
school. I am the first Miss New Jersey to remain in
school during her year of service. I believe it was one
of the best choices I ever made. I was now able to
have the best of both worlds: Miss New Jersey, and
college life.
My year is now coming to a close, I spoke to
over twenty schools and universities throughout New
Jersey, I have appeared as the spokesperson for the
Passport to New Jersey program, and I have appeared
as an honorary chairperson for the American Cancer
Society, Twill soon find myself down in Ocean City
again, but this time to let another girl fulfill her dream.
It has been a year that J will always cherish, the year
of 1996-1997, when I represented my state and my
university at the Miss America Scholarship Pageant.

13y 'Me[ani.e 13e[[ '98
'Miss 'J\[fw Jersey 1996

Ngo Phuong, 1st yr.
Keith Previc, 2nd yr.

Rich Quigley, 3rd yr.
Michael Rosh, 3rd yr.

Robert Savakinas, 1st yr.
Venessa Scheffner, 1st yr.

Mary Scheib, 3rd yr.
Niral Shah, 1st yr.

Evans Hall 2nd

Evans Hall 2nd

South River Street Wing

West Northampton Street Wing

Left to Right Row 1 - Marisa Nebesky, Shanna
Henninger, Duane Ritter, David Brinckman, Matthew
Peleschak, John Conte Row 2 - Jeff Zapotoczny (RA),
Hagop Minassian, Vanessa Scheib, Sarah Reedy, Jenn
Tingley, Jess Sinkovich Missing: Despina Athanasiadis,
Alyse Baumann, Jacob Beveridge, Kristina Fish,
Kristopher Jaggars, Patrick Keane, Stephanie Haines,
Dora Lam, Drew Marko, Amy Nebesky, Michelle Raabe,
Jennifer Topa, Nicole Weiss

Left to Right Row 1 - Kevin Schonewolf, Mandeep Gill,
Jason Sheakoski, Will Taylor, Rebecca Mason, Natalie
Bilinski, Melissa Rasnick (RA) Row 2 - Lucas Race,
Jeffrey Harrison, Bonnie McClennen, Tara Boyce, Chris
Rebels, Dave Rink, Jim Hegmann Missing: Jessica
Bierbower, Jessica Crowley, Suzanne Fisher, Paula
Gentilman, Heather Hurley, Kristy Kramer, Michele
Miller, Atsuko Ono, Melissa Pammer, Mistry Puja, Noelle
Puza, Dan Rickard, Jill Ronkowski, Mike Wassel

�LEFT: Quinn Kirk and Stephanie Follmer enjoying the
attention they recieved with their Halloween custome idea.
BELOW: These students were able to sit in the front
row at the Billy Joel concert in October because they slept
overnight in Stark lobby to make sure they were the first to
get tickets. Talk about true fans!!!

I

1

Evans Hall 3rd

Evans Hall 3rd

West Northampton Street Wing

South River Street Wing

Left to Right Row 1 - Wendy Spurr, Tricia Petrucelli
(Alternate RA), Phil Torres, Amy Satterlee, Colleen
Pastewait, Kimberly Gross Row 2 - Shishnang Wang,
Jiayi Guo, Stephen Morrissey, George Milevich, Denis
Goubski, R.J. George, Carrie Wilkes (RA) Missing: Steve
Batory, Nicole Capobianco.Angela Collins, Gloria
Danisavich, Diana Davis, Lisa Dente, Dawn Fasulo,
Dennis Fox, Melinda Fugowski, Bonnie Hepplewhite,
David Jenkins, Stacey Mensch, Phong Ngo, Kristen
Pigos, John Rosinski,

Left to Right Row 1 - Robert J. Morcom, Jason Nemec,
Michael P. Kaschak (RA). Jeremy Nightingale Row 2 Nicole Hinkle, Jennifer Pheiff, Stacey Miller, Susan M.
George Missing: Susan Butler, Christina Cooney, Jenni
Costa, Tim Doyle, Diane Eldred, Chad Fabian, Hollie
Fields, Damon Heller, Mauranita Miller, Michelle Moffit,
Jaclyn Mondel, Jillian Perry, Katie Saluaggio, Julie
Sawka, Jeremy Shelton, Melece Sliminski. Mary Grace
Tambasco, Rich Utria, Adam Wojtowicz

Evans Ha11
West Northampton
Left to Right Row 1 - Amy Ellis,
Alman, Donna Talarico, Rebecc.
Craig Panichella, Jeremy Hoagla
Chris Edwards Row 3 - Tanner ~
Metzger, Beth Rogan, Bill Miller,
Christian Favata Missing: Kinda
Bowman, Donald Doebler, Rand)
Laibinis, Rebecca Landis, Debra

�Colby Shocker, 2nd yr.
Daniel Siani, 3rd yr.

Cynthia Sieto, 3rd yr.
Christine Skirl, 1st yr.

Kari Smith, 1st yr.
Patrick Smith, 1st yr.

Donna Talarico, 1st yr.
Lisa Tomcykoski, 2nd yr.

l

rd
t Wing
Jason Nemec,
;htingale R ow 2 r Miller, Susan M.
;tina Cooney, Jenni
td Fabian, Hollie
ler, Michelle Moffit,
aluaggio, Julie
tinski, Mary Grace
'icz
)ill,

Evans Hall 4th
West Northampton Street Wing
Left to Right Row 1 - Amy Ellis, Michael Donahue, Matt
Alman, Donna Talarico, Rebecca A. Baker (RA) Row 2 Craig Panichella, Jeremy Hoagland, Brad Panichella,
Chris Edwards Row 3 - Tanner Spadafore, Nicole
Metzger, Beth Rogan, Bill Miller, Adam Wojtowicz,
Christian Favata Miss i n g: Kindah Al-Khalidi, Rachel
Bowman, Donald Doebler, Randy Engleman, Marissa
Laibinis, Rebecca Landis, Debra Miceli, Donald Miller,

Evans 4th
South River Street Wing
Left to Right Row 1 - Ray Petkevis, Tim Popovich, Jamie
Derhammer, Deena Guadagno, Erin Scatton, Amy
Mazikewich Row 2 - Jennifer Moss, Sara Clause, Becky
Souchik, Hilary Surak, Jamie Ferrandoz, Mike Cherill,
Dierdre M. Gurry Row 3 - Rich Potts, Sarah Reed,
Heather Stevens, Jackie Wilson, Fred Diehl (RA),
Gretchen Schlagnhaufer, Patrick Downs
Missing: Lauren Castelli, Kyle Reed, Jeff Szymona,
Lauren Taylor, Chris Tobias, Rich Williams

�Excuses, Excuses, Excuses!
I think the most ludicrous excuse I ever came up
with was during the Persian Gulf war. I was in eighth
grade and I told the vice principle I was late for school
because I was chased by a pack of crazed Arabian
terrorists. That same year I also told my math teacher I was
failing because the lobotomy I had as a child cost me the
mathematical portion of my brain. By the time I reached
high school my excuses became more elaborate. When
anxiety overwhelmed me [ hyperventilated during the
HSPT (High School Proficiency Test) I blamed it on
chronic asthma triggered by the lead particles in the
number two pencils everyone was forced to use . But when
I refused to change for gym class claiming that my house
was invaded by angry skunks and my clothes retained their
putrid odor I knew God had given me a special gift. It was
the gift of excuse giving and it was safe to say that this gift
had gotten me through six years of elementary school, two
years of junior high and four years of high school. I
thought I was ready for college.
The first week of school I strolled into my nine
o'clock class ten minutes late. The professor stopped his
lecture and said to me, "Let me guess - crazed Arabian
terrorists?" It was then when I knew college wasn't going
to be as easy as I thought. I might actually have to do
something.
I tried everything to avoid the exams and term
papers that were assigned to all college students. I learned
quickly that the ''I'm too sick to go to class today" bit
didn't work in a fo ur year university. I dreaded going to
class and still do. The lecture always seems to push me
into a temporary coma. Before I took History I didn't think
it was possible not to blink for an entire hour and fifteen
minutes straight. I can actuall y feel myself slipping away
as the professor speaks. First I lose feeling in all of my
limbs, then my mouth drops, my eyes open wide and my
eyebrows crinkle into a puzzled frown , sort of like the
expression my grandmother makes when I try to explain
compact discs . I usually hold my pen in my hands as
though I'm taking copious notes and actually understand
what he's sayi ng and why he would take the time to say it.
A fell ow classmate once told me that the professor actually
spoke to me while I was in one of these trances but all I did
was grunt.
Once I realized that there was no excuse for not
doing my work I dedicated all of my time to postponing my
work. In other words I became a hard core procrastinator.
It was like an addiction I couldn't control and it started
with those fo ur tiny words , "I'll do it later." I found
millions of reasons why I couldn't do my work at that
particular moment. I would actually rather sit on the
bathroom floor and count the tile blocks than do my work.
There are 62 to be exact. One time I spread a think layer of
Elmer's glue over both my hands until I managed to peel
off the perfect set of latex gloves.
Until one day it finally caught up to me. I had
managed to put off studying for my history test until 2:00
am the night before and had an entire box of latex gloves to
show for it. It wasn ' t until I got my test back when I
realized [ was failing miserably. I had managed to get a
43 .5% not even half the answers correct on my test. I
couldn' t believe it. I tried reasoning with my professor and
even lied and said that l suffered from "sporadic amnesia".

A condition I obtained from a childhood head trauma.
He just nodded and said "that's too bad." Ashamed of
my failure I left my dorm room, doomed to a life of
cardboard boxes and cat food. I found myself walking
aimlessly through the city searching for the most
comfortable bench to sleep on for the next fifty years
of my life. I strolled into a local connivance store and
purchased a pack of cigarettes thinking I would turn to
a life of drugs. As I walked the streets I saw
businessmen in business suits and wondered how
many 43.5%'s they had gotten in their lives. I saw a
bitter old man with a can in his hand and wondered
what his excuse might be. I had lost all hope and
worst of all I was out of excuses. I needed to talk to
someone who could answer all of my questions and
tell me everything would be O .K. Then somewhere
between that connivance store and my dorm room I
met Sally. A lonely old women sitting on a bench with
a shopping cart filled with her belongings and a paper
bag from which she would swig. l sat next to her and
had a smoke.
She introduced herself and offered me some
unhealthy meat that she was eating out of a round flat
can labeled "Frisky Whiskers"
"No thanks," I said
"It's not my fault ya know," she began.
"Excuse me?"

Butler Hall - Pickering
West South &amp; South River Streets
Left to Right Row l - Dan Gilroy, Brian Mackowski, Dan
Moretski (RA), Jack Mackowski, John Siekonic Row 2 Matthew Kuntz, Dan Classey, Eugene Tomassoni,
Richard Poncek, Anthony DaRe, Andreww Cordell
Missing: Pat Boyle, Pete Chedder, Ray Miscavage

"I know what yo
I'm lazy and that's why I 1
Now I hadn 't sai
Sally but she was pretty en
continue.
"It's not my faull
fault my husband left me ...
drink."
"Well then whos,
Then in a low m&lt;
"Psychotic alien tribes."
"Excuse me?"
She bounced up :
alien tribes chased me to w
late!!! My boss didn't belie
calmed herself and sat bad
At that moment ii
me of someone. Someone :
my watch, it was still early
stomped out my cigarette ai
It was time to kick the drug
"Where ya goin'?
"I have work to d

Diaz Hall - Piel
West South &amp; South R
Left to Right Row l - Dan Longhon
Vovakes, Scott Schifter, Neil R. Rin
Banas, Joel Eberts Row 3 - Ernald
Steinmetz, Chris Jarzyk, John Finl
Sarraf, David Peer, Nathan Milner,
Rick Seipp (RA) Missing: Doug Esp
Johanson, Benjamin Lazor, Tim Le:
Renninger, Chris Roma, Tulio Sant
Douglas Snyder, David Wenrich

�~es!
Jod head trauma.
ad." Ashamed of
ned to a life of
td myself walking
for the most
: next fifty years
:1ivance store and
:1g I would tum to
ts I saw
mdered how
tr lives. I saw a
and wondered
all hope and
eeded to talk to
, questions and
1en somewhere
y dorm room I
.g on a bench with
~ings and a paper
1t next to her and
offered me some
ut of a round flat

"I know what you are thinking - you think
I'm lazy and that's why I live on the street."
Now I hadn't said any of these things to
Sally but she was pretty entertaining so I let her
continue.
"It's not my fault I lost my job, it's not my
fault my husband left me ... It's not even my fault I
drink."
"Well then whose fault is it?" I asked.
Then in a low monotone voice she said,
"Psychotic alien tribes."
"Excuse me?"
She bounced up and screamed, "Psychotic
alien tribes chased me to work everyday and made me
late!!! My boss didn't believe me and fired me!!!" She
calmed herself and sat back down.
At that moment it hit me - Sally reminded
me of someone. Someone I didn't like. I glanced at
my watch, it was still early but I was wasting time. I
stomped out my cigarette and threw the pack to Sally.
It was time to kick the drug habit.
"Where ya goin'?" she asked

Dinh Trang, 1st yr.
Jud ith Vand e l, 3rd yr.

Oliva Vogt, 3rd yr.
Shisuang Wang, 1st yr.

Nicole Weiss, 1st yr.

"I have work to do," I told her, "right now."
" she began.

ickering

'By Viana rJJavis '99

1

River S treets
Brian Mackowski, Dan
John Siekonic Row 2 1gene Tomassoni,
Andreww Cordell
r, Ray Miscavage

Diaz Hall - Pickering

Dirksen Hall - Pickering

West South &amp; South River Streets
Left to Right Row 1 - Dan Longhone Row 2 - John
Vovakes, Scott Schifter, Neil R. Rine, Randy Yerger, Rob
Banas, Joel Eberts Row 3 - Ernald I. Santos, Scott
Steinmetz, Chris Jarzyk, John Finlayson, Fawaz AlSarraf, David Peer, Nathan Milner, Adam R. Hoagland,
Rick Seipp (RA) Missing: Doug Esposito, Rich Hall , Greg
Johanson, Benjamin Lazor, Tim Lesse, Jason
Renninger, Chris Roma, Tulio Santiago, Gary Schneiber,
Douglas Snyder, David Wenrich

West South &amp; South River Streets
Left to R ig h t Row 1 - Anthony Martone, Scott Helwig, Eric
Silkowski, August Mitschike (RA), Dominic M. Sergi,
Jeffrey Ralston, Alex Yearick Row 2 - Mark Feather stone,
Bob Spangler, Chris Bergeron, Brian McHale, Carmen
Dente, Ronald Rosavia, Dan McKenna Missing: J ames
Connor, Jason Howay, Mike Min ielli, Heath Neid erer
Joseph Sankus, Jackson Vutnoski, Jamie Williams, John
Williams, Jamie Zulkowski

�LEFT: Tony and Ime, at a holiday festivity in
Rumours.
BELOW: Members of the Misericordia College and
Wilkes University BACCHUS mixed mocktails for the
attendees of the MSC Halloween dance.

Priapus Hall - Pickering

ABOVE: First year students, Bella and George at the
All-college mixer at the Kirby Center.

West South &amp; South River Streets
Left to Right Row 1 - Andy Lesh (RA), Michael
Aleman, Matt Olenick, Joe Porto, Chris Dickinson,
Brian Verhoeven, Gregory Kahn, Scott Komalski
Row 2 - Nick D'Amico, Jamie Connell, Nate Flute,
Brad Baver, Mike Hankins, Jason Householder
Row 3 - Jason England, Chuch Wazel, Scott Veith,
Pete Richards, Larry Lewis, Sheb Shumar
Missing: Ryan Alston, Bryn Bailey, Ron Filts,
Walter Hall, Brian Karp, Mike Libonate, Jeremy
McPeek, Joe Merenda, Tony Petrolonis, Jason
Phillips, Corey Reader, Paul Sawaryski

Roos
West Sc
Left to Right Re
Golightly, Step
Tallman, Matt
Bryan D. Myco
Wukitch, Jarra

�BELOW: Friends socializing at a Rumours event.

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ng
treets
Michael
•is Dickinson,
:t Komalski
.1, Nate Flute,
,useholder
~l. Scott Veith,
umar
ton Filts,
:1.te, Jeremy
1is, Jason
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-

Roosevelt Hall - Pickering
West South &amp; South River Streets
Left to Right Row 1 - Nathan Lipton, Steven
Golightly, Stephen Toth, T.J. McDonald, Jason
Tallman, Matt Eldred Row 2 - Henry Kinsey,
Bryan D. Mycoff, Brian Kaschak (RA), Brian
Wukitch, Jarrad Max, Matt Jagusak

Warner Hall- Pickering
West South &amp; South River Streets
Left to Right Row 1 - Cory Neiss, Gun Ung Jung,
Joey Atkins, Jason Nocella (RA) Row 2 - Andrew
Klajman, Jason Kohut, Greg Derderian, Justin
Andrew, Malverne Innis, Lester E. Jones Row 3 Marlow Dotts, Charlie Herling, Chris Klopp, Dave
Reinert, T.J. Gennaro, Floyd Allen, Richard Dow
Row 4 - Dustin A. Daniels, Jeffrey Nason, Steve
Olufsen, Jeff Ziskowski, Jim Malin, Shan Reeves
Missing: Joe Bowen, Darrell Decker, John
Hadesty, John Maroney, Sean Quinn

�A Message from the
Residence Life Office
May 3, 1997

Thel

To the resident assistant staff:
The 1996-1997 academic year has come to an end and the Residence Life office would
like to reflect on another outstanding year. All thirty two of you have worked extreemly hard in
creating and atmosphere that has enhanced both academic achievement and social development
in the residence halls.
On behalf of the Residence Life professional staff we would like to say thank you for
your dedicated service throughout the year. To those Resident Assistants who have graduated,
congratulations and best of luck in all your future endeavors.
Sincerely,
Doug, Darren, Tim, Michele, Rita

Row
VanFossen
Jessica M
Douglas La
Assistant.
Michael
Lesh, Sha
Mitshke,
Michael R
Hack - Assi
Minielly,

�The 1996-1997 Residence Life Office Staff
e office would
:treemly hard in
al development

hank you for
ave graduated,

Wilkes University Residence Life Office - Left to Right
Row 1 -Tammy Hall, Jennifer Kutler, Christina Poff, Paula Lynn
VanFossen, Kristen Cookus, Rebecca Baker, Natalie Miller, Heather Bonner,
Jessica Murry, Christine Gaydos, Melissa Rasnick, Carrie Wilkes Row 2 Douglas Lane - Director of Residence Life, Michele Benolken - Lead Resident
Assistant, Fredrick Diehl, David Clancy, Brian Kaschak, Jeff Zapotoczny,
Michael Beachem, Adrienne Sheasley Row 3 - Richard Quigley, Andrew
Lesh, Shawn Smith, Michael Kaschak, Steven Rector, Richard Seipp, August
Mitshke, J.J. Fadden, Richard Tyro, David Gangaware, Daniel Moretski,
Michael Rosh, Jason Nocella, Timothy Stank - Resident Director, Darren
Hack - Assistant Director of Residence Life Missing: Robert Banko, Matthew
Minielly. Colby Shocker, Tricia Petrucelli - Alternate Resident Assistant

�Senior Class Gift Committee

Senior Class Gift Committee
Left to Right
Row 1 - Chrissy Pavalkis (Senior Class President), Bill Goldworthy (Alumni
Association President), Jennifer Bullock (Assistant Director of Alumni) Caryn
Cheyfitz (Assistant Director of Annual Giving), Sandy Piccone (Annual Fund
Campaign Chair) Row 2 - Marie Mican, Jessica Bierbower, Tania Karpinich (Senior
Class Gift Committee Co-Chair), Amy Webb, Michael Beachem Row 3 -Tawnya
Rabuck (Senior Class Gift Committee Co-Chair), Paula Van Fossen, Michael Noone
Row 4 - Anne Marie Blascik, Bradley Kreschollek, Paul Bracken

The goal of the Senior Class Gift Committee was to raise $10,000
to purchase banners which would be hung from lamp posts on and
along the campus. The committee was guided by the University's
Development and Alumni Offices. "The banners serve as a way for
students to leave their mark on campus," said Caryn Cheyfitz,
assistant director of Annual Giving.

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for

�Communications
Honor Society
Left to Right
Row 1 - Christine
Tondrick, Colleen
Herron Row 2 Michael Beachem
(President),
Regina Frappolli,
Michael Noone
Missing: Dr.
Bradford Kinney
(Adviser), Bernie
Seeman (Vice
President) , Aaron
Stoker (Treasurer)
Joy Ann
Zimmerman
(Secretary)

Lambda Pi ETA

Psi

onor
History Honor
Society
Left to Right
Row 1 - Glenda
Race, Natalie
Weber, Erin
Johnson

Phi Alpha Theta

Sig1

�Psi Chi

Psychology
Honor Society

Left to Right
Row 1 - Marie
Sumski
(President),
Cynthia Sieto
(Treasurer)

Societies
Sigma Tau Delta

English Honor
Society

Left to Right
Row 1 - Heather
Bonner, Bernie
Kovacs Row 2 Jennifer John,
Colleen Herron,
Nicole Smith,
Tania Karpinich
(President)
Missing: Dr.
Darin E. Fields
(Adviser), Alicia
Lindgren (Adviser)

�Jean Adams
Paul Adams
Mark Allen
Jeffrey Alves

Robert
Armstrong
Thomas Baldino
Rita Balestrini
Milica
Barj aktarovic

Sue Basham
Ashim Basu
Bonnie Bedford
Sandra Beynon

Paola Bianco
Tom Bigler
Barbara Bloss
Scott Bodfish

Robert
Bohlander
Carol Bosack
Sharon Bowar

FJ.

�President
Breiseth
Carl Brigido
Frank Brennan
Kenneth Broadt

Maureen
Bronson
Dale Bruns
Edwin Brush
Bruce Bunnick

Maureen Burke
Jerome
Campbell
Robert Capin
Deborah Carey

Richard
Chapline
Carl Charnetski
Cynthia
Chisarick
Vasu Choudhry

FACULTY

�Kelly Clisham
Gerald Cookus
Harold Cox
C. Mark Davis

Nancy Davis
Joe Dawson
James
DeCosmo
Bruce Deeble

Carol Dippre
Eugene
Domralski
Suzanne
Druffner
Gerry DuBoice

Michael Dziak
Jane
Elmes-Crahall
Theodore Engel
Michael
Fasulka

Owen Faut
Darin Fields
Claire Fox

�Richard Fuller
Glenn Gambini
Michael Garr
Gary
Giamartino

John Gilmer
Bernard
Graham
Stanley Grand
Chris top her
Greco

Alan Greene
Edward
Gregorek
Russ
Griner-Johnson
Al Groh

Darren Hack
Sid Halsor
Kenneth
Hanadel
Mike Hardik

FACULTY
~=~~~~~================================================================================================================================================================================~--~===========~.

�John Harrison
Wilbur Hayes
Patricia
Heaman
Robert Heaman

Mary Hession
Ronald Hines
Herman Horwitz
Thomas
Hrynkiw

Ruth Hughes
Dennis
Hupalchick
Harvey Jacobs
Barbara
Jamelli-Sefchik

John Janecek
William
Johnston
Karen Jones
S. Kalim

Valerie Kalter
Walter
Karpinich
Arthur Kibbe

�Brian Kijowski
Ken Klemow
Belinda King
Bradford
Kinney

Frederick
Krohle
Mary
Kropiewnicki
Dolores Kruler
Dorothy Lane

Doug Lane
Craig Latshaw
David Latzko

J. Michael
Lennon

Ming Lew
Quincy Lewis
Anne Y. F. Lin
Anthony Liuzzo

FACULTY

�Barbara Loftus
Rachael
Lohman
Glenn Lupole
Douglas Lynch

Mary Mack
Joseph Mangan
Roger Maxwell
Amy Mazur

Tom McGuire
Kevin McHale
Samuel Merrill
James
Merryman

Gay Meyers
Gina Morrison
Prahlad Murthy
Barbara
Nanstay

Dana Nolfe
Michael Nolfe
Umid Nejib

Fi

�Risa Padden
David Palmer
Andita
Parker-Lloyd
Linda Paul

Bryce Payne
Michael Penn
Michael
Peregrim
Youyu Phillips

Kenneth
Pidcock
Daniel Pindzola
Diane Polachek
Howard Price

George Ralston
Steve Ramos
Brian Redmond
Bruce Reiprich

FACULTY

�Judith
Reishtein
Marianne Rexer
Joe Roback
James
Rodechko

Robert Saffian
Joe Sal
David Sawyers
Robert Schell

Dorthy
Schlingman
Helen Scott
Patricia Serine
Robert Seely

Dot Sheard
Patricia Siplon
Elaine Slabinski
Margaret
Slusser

William Smith
Kyle Snow
T. Hyagarajan
Srinivasan

�Timothy Stank
Matthew Stein
Rebecca
Steinberger
Pamela
Stepanovich

Paul
Stepanovich
Henry Steuben
James Stewart
Paul Strunk

Judith Sullivan
Wagiha Taylor
Sharon Telban
Bruce Thens

Tom Thomas
Stephen
Tillman
Jennifer
Trapane
Lester Turoczi

FACULTY

�Bob Tuttle
Heidi Van
Essendelft
Thomas Walski
Marian Watkins

Margaret
Webster
Nancy Wolicki
Cheryl Woloski
Bing Wong

Edward Wood
Maureen Wright
Albert Yeeko
James Yoho

Carol Zack
Jean Zampetti
Debra Zehner
Alan Zellner

Anne Zendian
John Zikoski
Jeffrey Alves
Levere Hostler

�Above: New Vtce President Paul Strunk and President
Breiseth in front ofWeckesser Hall.

FACULTY

�FUN, FUN, FUN

�Clubs

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�.......... CLUB DAY. .......... .
In an effort to initiate incoming Freshman into
the world of extracurricular activity on campus clubs
enticed non-members towards their own particular
booths with candy, jugglers, pendulums of doom and
other assorted oddities. There students learned a little
bit about all the clubs on campus, i.e. what they do, how
one joins, and what being a member entails. Set on the
sidewalk in front of Kirby and Chase Halls, students
thronged to the stands on the cool September afternoon
and learned a bit about all the interesting activities on
campus.

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reshman into
:ampus clubs
1 particular
of doom and
learned a little
Lat they do, how
1ils. Set on the
.lls, students
mber afternoon
; activities on

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As every college student knows, there is
nothing as horrific as a suprise visit from parents;
their horrified looks as they see the landfill that is
your dorm room, their stunned gasps as they notice
the leaning tower of Pizza boxes in the corner of your
room, their shocked shrieks as they realize you've
been wearing the same pants since last Thursday and
haven't done your laundry in three weeks.
Well, Parent's weekend fixes all that. Now,
instead of destroying your parents' faith in you when

they see your room, you now have a set date to
have everything cleaned by. Now you can not only
clean the room, but you can impress your parents
at the same time. Parents Weekend allows parents
to get involved in their children's lives. For two
days parents can meet friends they've only heard
about, see where classes are held, and maybe even
meet a prof or two. Parents Weekend allows
students to let their parents in on their lives at
school as well as doing the reverse for the parents.
Parents Weekend allows parents to see college life
as it really is .... well, sorta ... just don't look under
the beds ...

�Wilkes U. Air Hockey:
Team ChamJ&gt;s ! ! ! !
This year Wilkes
University once again
ground its enemies to
dust on the air cooled
linoleum like surface
of that battle field
of battle fields,
the air hockey
table. Led by
Freshman Jason Kauwell
the Wilkes' Colonels was an
unstopable machine, a whirling
dervish of plasctic padels and little
yellow pucks, a barbarian horde comparable
only to the legendary 1976 air Hockey triple A
champs, the
Fighting Pods of
Miskatonic U, or
the mad,
blood thirsty
marauders
under the
~ lead of
Attila the
.....
Hun.

season, the
Wilkes University
Air Hockey team kicked
butt on a scale of biblical
proportions and is planning to
open "a up whole 'nother can of
whoop-ass" next season.

Once again Wilkes University was
host to a revel of infamous reputation
and Sparticus scale dimensions. Winter
Weekend, that weekend of
weekends returned to swoop
down upon us like a
drunken bird of prey
scaring the
living daylights out of
the weak and sickly
while providing a much
needed thrill for the
heartier of the breed that is
known as the "collepestudent".
Three feast
days were set
aside to honor
the Gods of
Anheuser-Busch
and much feasting
was had. The
people did feast
upon barleys and
hops and did drink
many a liquid lunch ... .
And breakfast ... .
and dinnner ... .
and
afternoon
snack .... And
the Gods did
smile and the
people did laugh and all seemed
right with the world. But all was
not!!!
The Gods did demand that the
mortals did perform for them and the
mortals did say ,"Sounds good to us,"
and the Gods did say, "Okay," and the
people did dance and sing and play

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volley ball and foolish
while wallowing in the
a beer, Cluck-U nouri~
hangover.The Gods die
did say, "Boy, those gt
plastered, "and the Goe
the people did feast ar
time and once again fc
was right with the wor

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mous reputation
limensions. Winter
hat weekend of
turned to swoop
)n us like a
Lken bird of prey
.ring the
ng daylights out of
weak and sickly
providing a much
i thrill for the
· of the breed that is
, the "colleue-

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vorld. But all was

demand that the
1 for them and the
Junds good to us,"
ay, "Okay," and the
1d sing and play

volley ball and foolish games
while wallowing in the bowels of
a beer, Cluck-U nourished
hangover.The Gods did see this and
did say, "Boy, those guys are pretty
plastered, "and the Gods did smile and
the people did feast and have a merry old
time and once again for three days all
was right with the world ....

�Back to the Slave Pens wz
Another Year of Dorm Life at
It stands, a hellish nightmare to some, a
sign of the mercy God shows to others.
Pickering Hall... Where the freshmen go ... But
this year things were different: cable, working
heat, phones in every room. Pickering Hall
ceased to be the Hell hole of campus and
became just another dorm ... Though there are
still stories about those giant flesh eating
cockroaches that dwell in the sub-basement...

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This year a new dorm opened its doors to
Wilkes students. Fortinsky Hall a.k.a. The Fort,
formerly faculty offices, has become home to two
sets of students. Fortinsky 227 was opened to the
male population of campus, and Fortinsky 225, the
apartment style half, was opened up to both
genders.
The building, though needing a little fine
tuning, was in tip top shape when students
returned from Summer break. Fortinsky Hall has
quickly become one of the most sought after
residence halls by students returning to Wilkes and
in most estimates will probably become an even
more prized comodity as whole apartments
graduate at the same time. Let the mad dash to
register for the lottery begin!

�The Year of the Ox
Celebrated at Wilkes

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As a university that has always
celebrated multi-culturalism, Wilkes held
an celebration of Chinese new year,
welcoming in the year of the Ox. Not only
did this allow students to gain a glimpse
behind the intricate culture of some
.
students, but it also allowed students to
have a good time.

Blood. Lots a'
Wilkes Univers:
help enrich its surro
volunteer service om
hosting a blood driv&lt;
spirit of giving, resp&lt;
by donating a pinto:
Blood banks. Well, 1
was probabaly a dra

�RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE - -

"GIVING THE GIFT OF LIFE"

Blood. Lots a' blood.
Wilkes University, in its continual attempt to
help enrich its surrounding community through
volunteer service once again helped the Red Cross by
hosting a blood drive on Campus. Students, in the
spirit of giving, responded to call to help perserve life
by donating a pint or two of blood to the Red Cross
Blood banks. Well, that and the free OJ and cookies
was probabaly a draw too.

�Boot Camp for
Land Lords
You know wha·
Kabuki isn't Kabuki ,
makeup.
Well, I heard th
say.

"Get off my obstacle course! You don't
derseve to be on my obstacle course!"
Welcome to the pre season training for RA's
those cruel tyrants we all know and love. If
only it could be as grueling as we all wish it
was. Not so.
Everyone enjoyed themselves this year
warming up for the season to come, dreading
playing the Packers at home or being benched
for being late to pracitice. Our beloved RA's
enjoyed a few days of learning the ropes such
as how to deal with that kid three doors down
who brushes his teeth over the water fountain
or that girl in 123 who spends six hours in the
bathroom every morning. Still, everyone had a
blast and took something away from the
experienece.

This year's annt
held in Rumours, wa
successful EVER! ThE
Marts was packed wi1
humanity, some wear
Japanese garb, other d
casually. The night w,
ever taste of Japanese
possible, real JapanesE
dancing, and even toy
children who attendee
This year's Japa1
off without a hitch anc
was had by all.

�Jagan Night
at W ilke
You know what they say.
Kabuki isn't Kabuki without the
makeup.
Well, I heard that's what they
say.
This year's annual Japan Night,
held in Rumours, was of the most
successful EVER! The basement of
Marts was packed with a mass of
humanity, some wearing traditional
Japanese garb, other dressed more
casually. The night was filled with
ever taste of Japanese culture
possible, real Japanese cuisine,
dancing, and even toys for the
children who attended the event.
This year's Japan Night went
off without a hitch and a good time
was had by all.

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�"Our Disclaim.er"
Here at Amnicola we like to think we take
our jobs seriously ..... Well, maybe not... Actually we
like to goof off as much as possible making sure to
poke fun at just about everyone including ourselves.
So if you are in anyway offfened by one of our
verbal jabs, don't take it personally. We're just
foolin' around! We kid cause we care.
So with that in mind we dedicate this page to
Jerry Brown. Why? Cause we just found a picture
of him in the old photo bin. Enjoy the rest of the
book. This commerical message brought to you by
your friends up on the thrid floor of Chase Hall,
they don't let us out much ... Anymore ...

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No animals were harmed in the production of this year book. All characters,
people, places, things, and ideas are fictional. Promotional offer void in
Tennesse. Employees and their respective friends and families, are
ineligible to participate. Odds of winning varies, pending on whatever
constest you decide to enter. Cash redemption value 1/100 of a cent.
Contains enriched wheat flour, dumpy Asian guy, tall skinny, Italian, lots of
animal crackers. Special thanks to our friends, family, house hold pets,
religious icons, and of course, MARK HAMILL, man, myth, legend!

�Born on the Bayou
Wilkes Gives the Green Way a Facelift

Wilkes University in its never ending attempt to increase the aestetic beauty of
campus began reconstruction of the "Green Way" which someday soon will stretch
from where the John Wilkes statue now stands to the edge of the Evan's parking lot.
This facelift had several unseen side affects, the least of which was a mud bog fit to
house Swamp Thing. The large "Mud Way," as students soon took to calling it, also
began to exude an pungent aroma similair to that of the Louisiana bayou sans the smell
of cajun fried cat fish. The end product; however, was near in sight for as soon as the
snow melted and the mud dried, the "Green Way" actually started to become green.
Construction workers worked to restore the grass that had existed the year prior and
did a suprisingly good job, the only catch, most students were not here to see it. In the
year to come however, the "Green Way" restored to beauty will more than likely be
useful for such events as Club Day and/ or the Blockparty. Though we did suffer
through a year of mud, slime and the mellow stink of stagnant ex-snow, the "Green
Way" is well on its way to being useful to all students in the years to come.

�Back to School Means one thing

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Facelift

, aestetic beauty of
soon will stretch
van's parking lot.
a mud bog fit to
: to calling it, also
Jayou sans the smell
: for as soon as the
to become green.
he year prior and
lere to see it. In the
re than likely be
L we did suffer
10w, the "Green
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***Polka***

When the students of Wilkes start
to pour back into Campus like Lemmings
towards the Nordic sea coast, it means
only one thing ... it's time to Polka!
This year's welcome back mixer
was held in the belly of the Arnaud C.
Marts Center in the Rumours Night Club
and demonstrated one fact, there's
nothing Wilkes students like more than
to party.
However, there was nay a keg or
case in sight all the students had a fine
time, chatting with old friends, making
new aquantaces and whole heartedly
goofing off after a summer of only halfheartedly goofing off. The Wilkes
Welcome Back Mixer was, as it is every
year, a rip roaring sucess.

�Gambling.
Sin.
Two things that taste great
together.
Like numerous Native
American reservations across the
country Wilkes University did the
unspeakable, it legalized
gambling ... well, sort of ....
This year Wilkes University
sponsored another infamous Casino
Night where the students could sip
soda, relax and scream such
mantras as "Yes, Boxcars!" "Blow
on 'em for luck," "Come on, my
watch for twenty in chips!"
"@#$#&amp;$# #$%@&amp;!" and "Pay up
the twenty plus intrest or we break
your legs ... slowly.... "
Actually things did not get
so out of hand. The gambling was
merely for prizes such as stereos,
dorm refrigerators and other, minor

Hell Raising at Wilkes
prizes. Also no loan sharks were present and no
one in the room looked like Joe Pesci. This
allowed Wilkes students to enjoy a fun night of
gambling and not loosing a red cent.
Like years past, Wilkes' Casino Night was
a gala event filled with laughter, music, and a
whole lotta gambling; truly one of the highlights
of the year on campus events.
Who knows ...
Maybe next year we'll get to play the
ponies too.

�;ambling.
in.

wo things that taste great
'.ke numerous Native
n reservations across the
Wilkes University did the
1ble, it legalized
; ... well, sort of.. ..
Lis year Wilkes University
d another infamous Casino
tere the students could sip
x and scream such
LS "Yes, Boxcars!" "Blow
r luck," "Come on, my
twenty in chips!"
t #$%@&amp;!" and "Pay up
vplus intrest or we break
.. slowly .... "
:ually things did not get
Land. The gambling was
· prizes such as stereos,
gerators and other, minor

Vilkes

a new pair of shoes!!!!!

�Like Marlon Brando,

but bi~ _-er!!!!
Wilkes Mardi Gras has Populace Pri:m.ed to Burst

Fat Tuesday ... The feast before the famine ... Two words ... "Lotsa food!"
Wilkes, in an annual act of charity to its starving students, invited a number of catere
to push their wares upon the ravenous masses of Wilkes students in order to give the
cafeteria a better grip on what the students of Wilkes exactly want to eat.
Food varied from stir fry to pizza to chicken on a stick. Flavored coffee floated
through the throngs of humanity along side maccaroni and cheese and fried fish. Student
"ooohed and ahhhhed" at the plethora of tasty food that was literallty pushed on them by
vendors hungry to make the crowd happy and a few sizes bigger at the waist.
Mardi Gras, an event all on campus students wait for each year, proves that if there'
one thing students love, it's food, and lots of it.

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vited a number of caterer
n order to give the
to eat.
Jred coffee floated
and fried fish. Students
llty pushed on them by
.t the waist.
~ar, proves that if there's

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Big pants. Big, baggy pants. Big baggy
pants and body piercings. That's what you
would have seen if you had attended this years
collegate battle of the bands.
Public Square was shaken by the furious
bass riffs and thundering drum beats of bands
from Kings to Wilkes to Misercordia.
Although, the Wilkes contingent, Bedford, put
up a good fight they came up short. Funny,
considering they have a seven-inch and cassette
EP in the stores.

�On Feburary 2f
1997, a chanting, pos
waving mass of upse
oncerned students
marched on the Dorth
Dickson Darte Cente
protest the tuition hi~
oon to be instated by
Board of Trustees.
While the event
publicized by flyers a
ampus and word of
mouth, only a good th
dozen students turnec
for the event, trying U
b t to convince the B
of Trustees not to rai
tution by such an extJ
mount.
The event was
covered by two out of ·
lo al TV newstations a
one local radio station
w II. This fact, along
th students' incessan

CAN'T TRUSS IT!!!
NO! NO! NO! NO!
CAN'T TRUSS IT!!!

STUDENTS FIGHT
TUITION HIKE TO
NO AVAIL

�On Feburary 28,
1997, a chanting, poster
waving mass of upset,
concerned students
marched on the Dorthy
Dickson Darte Center to
protest the tuition hike
soon to be instated by the
Board of Trustees.
While the event was
publicized by flyers around
campus and word of
mouth, only a good three
dozen students turned out
for the event, trying their
best to convince the Board
of Trustees not to raise
tution by such an extreme
amount.
The event was
covered by two out of three
local TV newstations and
one local radio station as
well. This fact, along with
the students' incessant

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chanting and sign
waving prompted the
Board to allow the
students in, not to
address the Board on
a whole, but to "talk"
with individual
memebers. This
however did nothing to
stop the Board from
hiking tution by 14.45
percent.
But on the
bright side ...

�Hey! We got a beer tent!!!!

Woooohoooo!

Wilkes' Annual Blockparty is a Success

�Johoooo!
:ess

How often do you get to see full grown
men dressed in large air filled sumo costumes
slam into each other while a crowd of surly, half
drunk college students hoot and jeer in the
background while at the same time listening to
one of many local bands fill the air with a
cacophony of rhythm?
Not often.
At the Wilkes Second Annual Block Party,
however, sights such as this are seen hour after
hour as the party trudges on through the day, a
behemoth of college students, rock n'roll, food
vendors and even a beer tent. It's the closest
thing you'll get to Carnival this north of Mexico.
This year the block party was held at
Ralston Field as opposed to the Green Way
between Stark and COB due to the
reconstruction of the Green Way. Though this
did affect the turn out for the event, people still
showed up in droves to eat drink and make
merry.

�Mulitcultural Awareness Week
At Wilkes

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This year Wilkes
University, in its on going efforts
to heighten the public's
awareness of cultural diversity,
sponsored a much attended,
highly anticipated, week of
multicultural awareness.
The events held during this
week demonstarted that men
and women of all races, creeds,
and colors could come together
to become more sensitive to the
beliefs and needs of other
groups. These events, held every
year, help not only Wilkes
Students, but the community as
well.

�Week
Wilkes
is year Wilkes
ty, in its on going efforts
:en the public's
ss of cultural diversity,
'.d a much attended,
1ticipated, week of
:ural awareness.
~ events held during this
nonstarted that men
ten of all races, creeds,
:s could come together
e more sensitive to the
d needs of other
nese events, held every
) not only Wilkes
but the community as

�Monster Mosh
What masks?

All Hallow' s Eve, a time for the ghosts
and specters to ride with pale Hecate's crew
cross the sky and a time for mere mortals to

GET DOWN!!!
Once again, Wilkes University
students were always ready for a good time
and poured into the Marts Center looking as
macabre as fiends of the lower realms and as
hungery for a party as a vampire is for fresh
blood.
Wilkes University, it could be said,
hosted a party that woke the very dead.

�Dinner with
The Lords of Lords

In a stroke of fate too a large for ~my
mortal to fully comprehend, both the director
and assistant director of Residence Life got
married in the same year. That's right ladies,
both Darren Hack and Doug Lane are both out of
circulation for good.
To commemorate this amazing spin on the
wheel of fortune as well as thank both men for
their service to Wilkes, a party was held to honor
the duo and the brides, for when the stars align a
party must ensue.

�Trick 'r' Treat
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You
This year Wilkes University
Volunteer Services once again
sponsored a Halloween Party for local
underprivelged children. Candy, as
one could imagine, was abundant, as
were children in the garb of ghosts,
ghouls, witches, and dare I mention
them .... Power Rangers. Games also
abounded from bobbing for apples to
musical chairs.

�Bwah-ha-ha

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You Laugh, You Lose .....
Ever try not to
laugh while someone
in front of you cracks
jokes that would
make Al Gore
actually act
animated? Well, that
was the scene at the
Wilkes Sponsored
Game Show, "You
Laugh, You Lose".
Students
packed Rumors to try
to win a few bucks or
maybe even a door
prize by trying not to
burst into fits of belly
aching, side splitting,
booming laughter.
As one can
imagine, a good time
was had by all, not
only due to the fact
that the host himself
was outrageously
funny, but watching
one's fellow
classmates turn red
faced trying to
contain their laughter
was treat enough.

�The Wilkes University
Programming Board consistently
displays a knack for drawing
some of the biggest names in
show biz, and they don't come
much bigger than the piano
man himself, Billy Joel. Now in
the lecture circuit phase of his
career, Joel regaled those in
attendance with stories of his
younger days, fielded questions
from the audience, and, of course,
played several songs from his
impressive repetoire.
Although some students may
have hoped for a more traditional
concert, few were disappointed
by the end of the show. Perhaps
it was put best by Sophomore,
Keith Previc when he said, "Hey,
this is Billy Joel were talking
about! As long as he's not doing
a mime act, it'll be one heck of a
performance."

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�Community
Service Fair
Isn't it thne for you to lend a helping hand?
Ever\1 fall ott campMs tl1ere is a fair tl1at few
people trnt, to ttotice. lt is tl1e CommMttit\,f Service
fair.
This past September. dMbs attt, commMttit\,f
orgattizatiotts, itt coort,ittatiott witl1 VolMttteer
Services. came togctl1cr ott Cl1ase laWtt to attempt to get tl1e srut,rnts of Wilkes Vttivcrsit\,f
ittvolvet, witl1 l1dpittg tl1e Wilkes-Barre commMttit\,f. Some of these orgattizatiotts ittclMt,ct, tl1c
Americatt Cattccr Sockhf. tl1e Vttitct, W a\1, attt,
tl1c YMCA.
The CommMttit\,f Service fair was a sMccess. bMt
tl1ere coMlt, alwa'1s be more srut,rnts ittvolvct, itt
commMttit\,f service. There arc matt\1 groMps tl1at
ttcct, tl1e hdp of srut,rnts who care attt, volMttteerittg '10Mr time alwa\1S makes tl1e dt\.f view college
srut,rnts as tl1e wortl1wl1ile people tl1C'1 arc. So.
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Cam72us Living
Campus Living
Campus Living
Campus Living
Campus Living
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Campus Living
Campus Living
Campus Living
Campus Living
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��If one could come up with one word for
what life on a college campus is not there is no
doubt that that word would be dull.
Most students, on their own for the first
time in their lives, find it a bit hard to adjust at
first but, as time passes and the faces and places
around campus become more familiar, life becomes easier, and much more exciting. Parties,
dances, sporting events, and special events like
Winter Weekend and the Homecoming Dance all
help make campus life a hot bed of activity, a
veritable whirlwind of action. It's hard not to
find something to do on a Friday night. There are
free movies, concerts and plays at the Darte Center and parties lie just around the corner. Life is
as fast paced as one wants to make it.

�This year, the Wilkes campus grew by
leaps and bounds. The connotation of the
word "Pickering" was reworked. Fortinsky
Hall threw its arms open wide to recieve its
first live - in occupants in years, and a new
phone system was installed making sure
every dorm room had a phone line as well as
the possibility for cable television if desired.

�Campus life was far from dull. The tuition hike caused students to reevaluate what
they expected from Wilkes and what they were receiving. The freshman class was the larg
in years as was the portion of it residing on campus. New faces abounded. Every event on
campus seemed to be filled by standing room only crowds.
We at Amnicola hope you enjoy these glimpses of your friends, be they old or new, or
even yourself.
Trust us when we say this. We took the pictures. Campus-dwellers know how to ha\
a good time.

�lents to reevaluate what
,hman class was the largest
Jounded. Every event on
is, be they old or new, or
wellers know how to have

�����Slocum,
Sullivan &amp;
Ross Hall
Picnic

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Amnicola - University Yearbook
Left to Right
Row 1 - Alicia Cymbala, James Warner (Principle
Editor), Marcie Herman (Editor), Sarah Karlavage
(Business Editor)
Row 2 - Michael Koch, Michael Beachem
(Photography Editor}, Bernie Kovacs (Principle
Editor), Colby Shocker Missing: Darin Fields
(Adviser)

Beacon - University Newspaper
Left to Right
Row 1 - Michael Noone, Regina Frappolli (Editor),
Michael Beachem
Row 2 - Dave Parfitt, Toni Oden, Colleen Herron,
Glenda Race, Christine Tondrick Missing:
Christine Gaydos, Dana Alexander Nolfe (Adviser}

�W.C.L.H. - University Radio
Left to Right
Row 1 - Phill Price, Bernie Kovacs, Dan Guy,
Brian Berhovan Row 2 - Jim Warner (Station
Manager}, Douglas Dolfi, Dan Bishop, Jess Kwasny
Row 3 - Tessa LaLonde, Erin Buckey, Josh Pesta
Row 4 - Chad Riggola, Jane Jesse, Malika, Marcie
Herman Missing: David Bradbury (Adviser), Kevin
Keegan, Donna Talarico, Heidi VanEssendelft

Wilkes Today - University Television
Left to Right
Row 1 - Aldith Campbell, Heidi VanEssendelft
(President), Tulip Rahman, Amy Ellis, Donna
Talarico, Tracie Vacula Row 2 - Vince LaSorsa, Lori
Kaschak, Yuro S., Erin Buckey, Douglas Snyder,
Nicole Weiss, Lester Jones Row 3 - Aaron Stoker,
Jason Evans, Will Taylor, Bernard Seeman, Jake
Beveridge, Carl Brigido (Adviser}, Mariel Betron,
Jason Keown, Michael Beachem (Vice President)
Missing: Nick Adler, Jessica Aikey, Paul Chimock,
Kerri Gosling, Jennifer John, Tom Lavan, Emily
Mika, Jennifer Morrell, Craig Panichella, Kathy
Schmucker, Carrie Shone, Mike Sobolewski

�Commuttlt1( Setzvlce Clu6s

AIDS Awareness Committee

Left to Right
Row 1 - Emily Van Lente (Vice President), Desiree
Carr
Row 2 - Beth Ann Witkowski (Secretary), Alissa
Shofkom (Public Relations), Julie Werheiser
(President), Scott Sobocinski (Treasurer)

BACCHUS

Left to Right
Row 1 - Phil Tochelli (Secretary), Mike Koch
(President)
Missing: Marisa Nebesky (Vice-President), Denis
Goubski (Treasurer), Mark Sowcik (Adviser), Mary
Hession (Adviser), Mark Allen (Adviser)

�Best Buddies

Left to Right
Row 1 - Heather Byrnes, Cynthia Sieto , Desiree
Carr Row 2 -Alison Nowak, Marie E. Sumski,
Jennifer Kutz

C.A.R.V.E.
Left to Right
Row 1 - Julie Werkheiser, Phillip Price, Scott
Sobocinski, Beth Ann Witkowski Missing: Dr. Linda
Paul (Adviser)

�Circle K
Left to Right
Row 1 - Don Armstrong (Wilkes-Barre Kiwanis
President), Amy Mazur (Adviser), Jennifer
McDonnell, Janet Faux (Secretary), Kimberly
Kutch (Treasurer), Kathleen Terrenoire (Vice
President), Cassie Heim, Preeti Patel, Beth Fedor,
Carrie Bohenick, Michael Rosh (President)
Row 2 - Jamie L. Pupalitis, Chris Sung, Jeremy
Nightingale , Marc Eakin, Robert Bartorillo, Kelly
Shaup (Circle K District Treasurer), Dora Lam

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International Assen. Business Communicators
Left to Right
Row 1 - Keith Pacyna, Michael Beachem
Row 2 - Jaime Barbaci, Jessica Bierbower, Paula
Gentilman Missing: Kalen Churcher (President 1st semester), Melissa Matuskewicz (President 2nd semester)

To the entire class
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next few years as s
made this one.

Sincerely;

�Matthew Sowcik tabovel
It had been an exciting year with many changes
such as new friends, new teachers and most
importantly new outlooks on life. Through the
good and the bad we have all come so far in just
a few months, and the roads that pave our future
seem that much clearer because of it.

We all started out at orientation not knowing
what this year had in store for us, now most of us
could fill the shoes of the orientation leaders who
gave us our first glimpse of Wilkes University.
We walked onto campus believing it was as big
as the city, but we left knowing that it was more
like a family. Classmates we have met over the
year have slowly found their own special place in
our hearts as friends.

Inter-Residence Hall Council

Left to Right
Row 1 - Donna Talarico, Marc Eakin, Amy
Gutowski, Michael Rosh (Corresponding
Secretary). Amy Blake (Treasurer)
Row 2 - Quinn Kirk, Kristy Kramer, Alyse
Baumann, Amy Ellis , Beth Ann Witkowski
(Recording Secretary). Jill Fasciana
(Parlimentarian), Bob Koneru

I am writing to congratulate the class of 2000 on
their remarkable job in 1996~1997. We showed
each and every person on the Wilkes campus that
we belonged and were ready to contribute to the
outstanding achievements that Wilkes University
had accomplished over the years. While other
first year classes stood aside and let things
happen our class dove right in and got involved.
We took part in a good deal of fund raising, put
together an auction, and contributed to a number
of community services.
To the entire class of 2000, congratulations for
all the hard work you put into this school year.
Continue to give everything you can, making the
next few years as successful as each of you have
made this one.

Sincerely;
Matthew Sowcik •oo
First Year Class President

Manuscript Society

Left to Right
Row 1 - Heather Bonner, Bernie Kovacs Row 2 Phillip Price, Tania Karpinich, Nicole Smith

�Multicultural Student Coalition
Left to Right
Row 1 - Ellen Cooney (Treasurer), Beverly Olds
(President), Alsarraf Fawaz (Vice President),
Michael Beachem (Publicity Chair), Gina Z.
Morrison (Adviser)
Row 2 - James R. Cronauer, Shiro Wang, Jingmmg
B. Zhang, Glenda Race, Dongdong Xu, Shishuang
Wang, Yonying He, Zhihua Miao Missing: Aldith
Campell (Secretary), Lester Jones

Off Campus Council
Left to Right
Row 1 - Lea Ann Dewey, Kerry Gregory
Row 2 - Betsy Snyder, Melinda Sorber, C.J.
Copley, Michele Morgan

�Programming Board

Left to Right
Row 1 - Leah Yurcho (Novelty Co-chair), Jen
Anderson(Novelty Co-chair), Jennifer Kutler
(Publicity Chair). Ann Wotring
Row 2 - Michael J. Nolfe (Adviser), Stacy Geiger,
Jessica Bierbower (President), Christopher
Thompson, Colby Shocker (Concert Chair)
Missing: Peter Stover (Technical Chair}, Heather
Tahan (Entertainment Chair)

Student Community Service Council

Left to Right
Row 1 - Amy Mazur (Adviser}, Christina Poff,
Carrie Bohenick
Row 2 - Alyse Baumann, Amy Blake Missing:
Randy Engelman

�Academic 01~a11Lzatlo1ts

A.S.H.R.A.E.
Left to Right
Row 1 - Atsunko Ono, Andrew Solinski
(Treasurer), Michael J. Rosh, Jennifer Birmer
Row 2 - Eric Gorka, Nick Marco (Vice President),
David Leutowski (Secretary), Chris Kutish, Robert
Frederick (President), Dr. Jamal Ghorieshi
(Adviser)

A.S.M.E.
Left to Right
Row 1 - Deirdre M. Gurry, Ronald Cappellini
(Treasurer), Ann Blasick (Secretary). Marc
Fontinell (Vice President)
Row 2 - Brian Smith (Recruitment), Lubomir
Hand}, John Todd, Brad Michael Kreschollek
(President). Rob Hampshire Missing: Dr. Perwez
Kalim

�Biology Club
Left to Right
Row 1 - Jane Jesse (Secretary). Emily Van Lente,
Julie Weikheiser (President), Sean Younker Row 2
- Shannon Stair, Alissa Shofkom, Malika Mohseni
(Treasurer). Amy O'Boyle (Vice President)

A.S.P. - Pharmacy Association

Left to Right
Row 1 - Stephanie Haines, Wendy Spurr, Brian
Birmingham, Jeanette Uhl, Linda Chong, Jessica
Murry Row 2 - Shanna Henninger, Arthur H.
Kibbe (Adviser), Alyse Baumann (President),
Charlotte Puglia (Vice President), Bob Gershey
(Secretary), Scott Bolesta Row 3 - Ann Wotring,
Rick Seipp, Stacy Geiger, Kara Malitsky, Kimberly
Mallis, Kerry Pallien Stephanie Huber, Susan
George, Melissa Pammer, Ray Wascavage, Kevin
Silinskie

�Chemistry Club
Left to Right
Row 1 - Matthew Connor, Elise Nelsen, Ed Gawlas

Lisa F. T
Education Club
Left to Right
Row 1 - Marissa Zambie, Heather Bonner, Glenda

Race

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Lisa F. Tomcykosl
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�Engineering Club

Clockwise from Top
Row 1 - Lubomir Handl, Deirdre M. Gurry, Brian
Smith, Ann Blasick, Ronald Cappellini, Paula Van
Fossen

Lisa F. Tomcykoski

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rt has been a really productive year. We had a
great time at the Winter Weekend activities, and
hopefully next year will be even more of a blast.
The Block Party once again was a huge success,
a special thanks to C. J. Copley on making both
memorable events for students. Rumours was
yet another successful event, good job Lisa
McClintock on your work with that!
Next year, will hopefully be even better. With
our new executive board we are ready to roll!
Good luck to next year's Juniors.
Lisa F. Tomcykoski '99
Sophomore Class President

Geo-Environmental Organization

Left to Right
Row 1 - Jason Marie, Mike Penn (Adviser)
Row 2 - Brian Lubenow, Matt Kuntz, Robert
Frederick

�History Club
Left to Right
Row 1 - Glenda Race , Tara D'Apolito (Treasurer),
Stephen Hedden, Erin Johnson, Natalie Weber
(President) Missing: Dennis P. Hupchick, Brian
Kaschak (Vice President), Diane Sotack (Secretary)

Math/Computer Science Club

Left to Right
Row 1 - Jennifer Escarge, Eric Werner Row 2 - Ed
Gawlas, Steve Alexson, Joy Zimmerman, Beth
Fedor

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�Nursing Student Organization

Left to Right
Row 1 - Heather Hahn (President), Doreen Cole
(Vice President), Cheryl Sweet, Tara Keegan Row 2
- Robert Banko (President-elect), Sharon Harris,
Kathleen Kent, Anne Zendian, Joe Fleese
(Treasurer) Missing: Anne Marie Bolesta
(Secretary), Anne Zendian (Adviser)

Pharmacy Club
Left to Right
Row 1 - Kelly West (Secretary), Rick Seipp
(President), Kristy Kramer (Vice President), Jeff
Reichl Row 2 - Ray Wascavage, Shanna
Henninger, Stephanie Haines, Maria Shahda,
Jessica Crowley, Ann Wotring, Stacy Geiger,
William P. Johnston (Adviser)

�Physics Club

Left to Right
Row 1 - Laura Rhodes, Matthew Conner, Elise
Nelsen (President), Ed Gawlas

Pre-Law Society

Left to Right
Row 1 - Timothy M. Straub, John Poplaski,
Michael Noone

�Pre-Med Society

Left Right
Row 1 - Melanie Skrocki, David Reel (President), Amy

O'Boyle
Row 2 - John UsciloWicz, John Kearney (Vice

President), Scott Schonewolf (Secretary), Chris Sung
(Treasurer)
Missing: Michael Steele (Adviser), Terese Wignot

Psychology Club

Left to Right
Row 1 - Cynthia Sieto, Marc Eakin, Regina Frappolli

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Left to Right
Row 1 - J.J. Murphy, Paul Klimek, John Bartoli,
Jeff Kotz Row 2 - Kathy Kent, Doreen Fanton,
Silviw Panackova, Lou Marnell, Deirdre Gurry,
Christine Anderson, Kelly Pica

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This year the junior class took part in several of
Student Government's activities despite our busy
schedules. During the fall semester, we headed
up Homecoming half*time, when we agreed that
stylish pick-up tru&lt;:"ks would replace the
traditional convertible. rm sure there were a
few odd stares, but it was a nice change.
That same week. we all got together to make
candy for the traditional food tasting, "A Taste of
Wilkes.•· Our class decided to make ••Buckeye
candy" the night before, and some sat at the
event to represent our class. Our candy was a
success according to the empty pans that we took
back home.

Then in November some of us helped make
Casino night a blast! The grand prize, a New
York City weekend, was won by a fellow junior
class member Suzanne Viola.

To end the semester the junior class donated gifts
to the REACH children at their annual Christmas
party. Some of us went to the party, played with
the children and even got our pictures taken with
Santa!

R.O.T.C.

Bravo Flight
Left to Right
Rob Gore, Coleen Pastewait, Steve Guinter, Nathan
Laidacker, Deirdre Gurry (Flight Commander)

To kick off the Spring semester. some of the
junior class assisted in the Pre-Grune Party
before the men's basketball game with Scranton.
The event was sponsored by student government.
student alumni, and the Alumni Association. It
was a first time event and a success!
Winter Weekend was in February, Jason Nocella.

who was a junior class representative and later
elected to fill the vacant student government
vice-president position, heJped head the event
Some of us helped out, but most of us just took
part in the fun of the weekend!

In the middle of March, some of us went to
Stanton Lanes for the Annual Bowl-a-thon for
Big Brothers and Big Sisters. We had a ball (no
pun intended!)

R.O.T.C.

Alpha Flight
Left to Right
Row 1 - Kathy Kent (Flight Commander), Daily
Joseph, Jane Kroouze
Row 2 - Joe Gorney, David Arvonia, Brian Ewasko,
Jennifer Birch

These few, hard working students who dedicated
their time and creativity make our school events
possible. Active members are the key to a closeknit, working Student Govemment as well as
student body.

Jeanette Snyder '98
Junior Class President
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�S.W.E.
Left to Right
Row 1 - Atsuko Ono Row 2 - Jennifer Birmer.
Paula VanFossen (President), Deirdre Gurry, Ann
Blasick (Vice President) Missing: Dr. Vashundhra
Choudry (Adviser), Lan Pham (Secretary), Tawnya
Rabuck (Treasurer)

Sociology Club
Left to Right
Row 1 - Melanie Draus, James L. Shander
Row 2 - Mary Jo Kosisher (Treasurer), Marc Eakin
(President), Marcie Herman (Secretary) Missing:
Amy Michel (Vice President), John Natzke (Adviser)

�Womyn 's Studies Student Organization
Left to Right
Row 1 -Tara D'Apolito, Beverly Olds, Erin

Johnson

Letterwomen Society
Left to Right
Row 1 - Beth LoPiccolo, Shannon O'Neil (Vice

President), Melissa Rasnick, Angela Collins, Liz
O'Neil, Doris Saracino (Adviser), Jaime
Derhammer Row 2 - Katie Watkins, Sarah Kovacs,
Rebecca Baker, Liz Burchill, Kerianne Geist,
Shanna Henninger, Lisa Werkheiser Row 3 - Jill
Ronkowski, Natalie Miller, Christy Palilonis,
Heather Evanish, Alison Quick, Carrie Chipeoo,
Amy Webb (President), Tracy Zaykoski, Lee Ann
Azarewicz (Treasurer), Meghan Haddad, Carrie
Wilkes (Recording Secretary), Melany Kalmanowicz
Missing: Kristen Cookus (Correspond. Secretary)

�Intramural - Crew Club

Left to Right
Row 1 - Michael Cook, Bob Savakinas (Secretary),
Tanner Spadafore, Gregory Kahn, Marc Eakin Row
2 - Nicole Metzger, Christy Mihalka (Vice
President), Kendra Dolan, Bonnie McClennan
(Treasurer), Ann Wotring (President) Row 3 Vanessa Scheffner, Laura Gerard, Thom Mayka,
Andrew Cordell, Brandon Baretta, Beth Ann
Witkowski, Dr. Gerald Reisinger (Coach)

Intramural - Basketball Club

Left to Right
Row 1 - Dan Moretski, Neil Rein, Joe Sinkovich,
Joel O'Donnell, Richard "Mongo" Hall
Row 2 - Phil Tochelli, Jeff Nason, Mike
Gundersdorf, Daman "Boo" Perry, Coach Dave
Noceto, Tulio Santiago, Coach Aaron Menapace,
Jamie Golden, Gary Spears, Pat Downs

�Intramural - Basketball Club
Left to Right
Row 1 - Nick Sergi, Niel Rien, Steve Toth, Matt
Minielli, Randy Yeager, Jason Majerous, Chuck
Wetzel Row 2 - Brian, -, -, Ron Rosonia, T.J.
McDonald, Dave, -, Joe Ruddy, Scott Kinane,
Dan Longhore, Scott Majerous, - , Adam Ytovich,
Jeremy Hoagland

Intramural - Volleyball Club
Left to Right
Row 1 - Scott VanValkenburgh, John Uscilowicz
Row 2 - Richard Pencek, Chad Pindar, Jeremy
Baker, Gus Wellings Missing: Blair Bowman, Jim
Calciano, Darren Gates, Jason Iaccio, Kirk Leslie,
Lori Perch

�Intramural - Basketball Club
Left to Right
Row 1 - Nick Sergi, Niel Rien, Steve Toth, Matt
Minielli, Randy Yeager, Jason Majerous, Chuck
Wetzel Row 2 - Brian , - , - , Ron Rosonia, T.J.
McDonald, Dave, - , Joe Ruddy, Scott Kinane,
Dan Longhore, Scott Majerous, -, Adam Ytovich,
Jere my Hoagland

Intramural - Volleyball Club
Left to Right
Row 1 - Scott VanValkenburgh, John Uscilowicz
Row 2 - Richard Pencek, Chad Pindar, Jere my
Baker, Gus Wellings Missing: Blair Bowman, Jim
Calciano, Darren Gates, Jason Iaccio, Kirk Leslie,
Lori Perch

�Below - Paula with her mother and
an Ambassador during her tour of
Wilkes University in 1992. Notice
the high school uniform.

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Class of 1997
Left to Right
Row 1 - Linda Ward, Ann Blasick, Paula Van
Fossen, Christina Poff Missing: Chrisine Pavalkis
(President)

Class of 1998
Left to Right
Row 1 - Jason Nocella, Jeanette Snyder
(President), Bob Koneru, Amy Blake, Chris Sung
Row 2 - Melinda Sorber, Brandon Baretta, Amy
Gutowski. Michael Rosh, Alyse Baumann, Michael
Beachem, Jill Fasciana

I have spent the last four years being an
active member of student government. It
has not only taught me great deal about
responsibility, time management and
leadership - all right, well blah, blah, blah, l
won't talk about all that good stuff that may
seem trite and uninteresting. I will say this,
my experience as president has taught me a
great deal. I am not referring to all that time
management stuff, but more about people
and who we are here at Wilkes. Student
government is responsible for all the terrific
activities that many of you partake in, such
as homecoming and the weekend of clean
family fun - Winter Weekend. We also
give money to clubs to take various trips
such as conferences and museums. But that
is not all that we do. Granted, student
government isn't out to shake the world instead we like to stand up simply for what
we believed we deserve and we try to make
changes happen on campus.
To put it all in perspective, having turkey
melts at the cafe and SUB was just as
important to some of you as keeping the
bookstore on campus. Phone service was
not up to par, so we contacted the
appropriate people. Also many were
initially unsatisfied with maintenance and
we expressed our concerns to them. You
needed library and computer hours extended
which we acquired; and most of you were
concerned over the significant tuition
increase. What I found to be so
commendable about the student body was

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the fact that many students chose to be
professional in getting the facts straight
about the tuition increase. You attended the
forum student government provided with
President Breiseth. Also, some of you
decided to picket against the increase - a
pure indication that you have learned what
the university has taught you to do as
individuals by standing up for your beliefs.
I leave my position as president, not in a sad
state of mind, but enthusiastically, knowing
that we as student government members
have made a difference in all aspects of
university life this past year. This year
proved that no task is too trivial for student
government to help accomplish. People
have different needs, some seemly more
important than others. But as we realize,
they really aren't When it came down to it,
the concern over juice at dinner was just as
important as parking permit applications and
improving the mid-semester grade reports.
We tried to accommodate every need great
or small.
Our theme for orientation this past summer
was 'light the torch' - which was an exiting
time - with the biggest class yet to enter
Wilkes. Well, now I am passing the torch on
to brighten future ahead. Wilkes is growing
and expanding day by day which provides
us with the wonderful opportunity for us to
grow and change too. Thanks for all the
terrific memories and one last time meeting adjourned. - Paula L. Van Fossen

Class of 1999
Left to Right
Row 1 - Lisa F. Tomcykoski (President), Heath er
Tahan, Lisa K. McClintock, Steph anie A. Follmer
Row 2 - Quinn Kirk, Kristy Kram er, Beth Ann
Witkowski, Tricia M. Petrucelli, Jeff Moisey

Class of 2000
Left to Right
Row 1 - Brian Bryk, Matthew Sowcik (President)
Row 2 - Amy Ellis, Colleen Pastewait, Donna
Talarico

�Student 'Jovetznment

Student Government Executive Board
Left to Right
Row 1 - Jill Fasciana (Recording Secretary),
Amy Blake (Treasurer), Paula Van Fossen
(President), Ann Blasick (Corresponding
Secretary), CJ Copley (OCC President),
Jason Nocella (Vice President)

Student Government - "Lean ... Leading the Way"
Left to Right
Row 1 - Brian Bryk, Melinda Sorber, Quinn Kirk, Amy
Blake, Michael Beachem, Jason Nocella Row 2 Michael Rosh, Ann Blasick, Chrisina Poff, Paula Van
Fossen, Kristy Kramer, Brandon Baretta, Linda Ward,
Jeff Moisey Row 3 - Heather Tahan, Amy Ellis, Tricia
M. Petrucelli, Beth Ann Witkowski, Donna Talarico,
Jeanette Snyder, Bob Koneru Row 4 - Stephanie
Follmer, Matthew Sowcik, Allyse Baumann, Colleen
Pastewait, Amy Gutowski, Lisa Tomcykoski, Jill
Fasciana, Chris Sung, Lisa McClintock

Clubs and Organizations
Not Photographed
Accounting and Business
Club
A.C.D.A.
ALLY
Amnesty International
Art and Design Association
Astronomy Club
Campus Interfaith
Communications Club
Commuter Council
Cue 'n Curtain
Debate Union
Economics Student
Association
International Club
International Studies Club
Junior Achievement
MBA Student's Association
Master's of Health
Administration
Political Science Club
Ski Club
Student Health Advisory
Committee
University Scholars
W.O.R.L.D.
To appear in the next
edition of Amnicola, please
be sure to have your
organization photographed
during Club Photo Nights.

�Sports

and Organizations
ot Photographed

nting and Business
Club
A.C.D.A.
ALLY

esty International
d Design Association
stronomy Club
ampus Interfaith
munications Club
Cue 'n Curtain
Debate Union
economics Student
Association
nternational Club
national Studies Club
unior Achievement
Student's Association
Master's of Health
Administration
litical Science Club
Ski Club
dent Health Advisory
Committee
:University Scholars
W.O.R.L.D.
o appear in the next
ion of Amnicola, please
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anization photographed
. g Club Photo Nights.

�Season Highlights: This year's installment of Colonels football was
definitely power-packed. Leading the team to an outstanding record of 8
wins and 2 losses were quaterback Boo Perry with over 2000 yards passin
Mike Hankins with 1215 yards rushing, and Mike Gundersdorf with 1066
yards receiving. An extra bonus for the team included a 13-0 shutout of
our rivals at King's College.

1st Row (L to R)-- Tulio Santiago, Dan Gilroy, Dave Michaels, Jason Nocella, J.J. Fadden, Walter Hall, Damon Perry,
Aaron Wilk, Mike Gundersorf, Matt Rodarmel, Jason, Majiros, Mark Wallace, Joe Vilcheck, Wayne Meckley, Ryan Alt
2nd Row- - Joe Atkins, Marlow Dotts, Fred Diehl, John Mayernick, Layne Rarig, Harvey Fetterolf, Joe Sinkovich, Jamie
Golden, Brian Manger, Mike Getchey, Andy Snyder, Augie Mitschke, Joe Ruddy, Jim Poepperling, Tom Stavitski
3rd Row-- Andy Coolidge, Chris Shannon, Mike Czwncz, Andy Yenser, Eric Garecht, Fran Giovinazzo, Frank Tomasw
Dave Kish, Tony Petrolonis, John Mackowski, Tim Doyle, Andy Solinski, Joe Wargo, Jason Weaver, Gary Spears, John
Siekonic, Neil Rine
4th Row-- Randy Yerger, Scott Shifter, Josh Burgess, Pete Cheddar, Tony DaRe, Jeff Gray, Chuck Wetzel, Bill Miller,
Charles Herling, Jeremy Hoagland, Richard Dow, Kareem Brown, Nick Sergi, Jason Phillips, John Williams
5th Row-- Matt Olenick, Jason Renniger, Sean Quinn, John Rosinski, John Vovakes, Josh Lauver, Larry Zellars, Brand
Carlin, Bryan Mycoff, Don Hindmarsh, Tom Loftus, Darren Bernardi, Joe Umbra, Joe Lardinelli, Scott Kinane
6th Row-- Jeff Ziskowski, Shan Reeves, Doug Snyder, Alex Yearick, Brian McHale, Jamie Zulkowski, Jon Hadesty, Sear.
Geddis, Jamie Connell, Mike Hankins, Pat Downs, Ryan Bass, Jeff Ralston
7th Row-- Dan Natitus, Tyrone Fitts, Floyd Allen, Jamie Williams, Jerome Richardson, Chris Roma, Joe Sankus, Jeff
Rakus, Jason Berresford, Malverne Innis, T.J. McDonald, Kirk Cooper, Ron Rosania, Ryan Neuhard, Brad Baver
8th Row-- Kevin O'Boyle, Chris Cunningham, Shelby Yeager, Ben McKeown, Jake Winslow, Aaron Menapace, Head Cc Middle: Jason Weaver h
Frank Sheptock, Ron Miller, Roy Alexander, Bob Barberi, John Monfiletto, Dave Shuga, Jim Tuffy, Joel O'Donnell, Vin Juniata. Bottom: Welco
Pretopapa

�.s football was
,tanding record of 8
2r 2000 yards passing,
ndersdorf with 1066
d a 13-0 shutout of

-

~

Left: Chris "Stump" Shannon contemplates the
meaning of life.
Above: Coach Sheptock voices his opinion of the
previous call.

1996 SCOREBOARD
Date Opponent H/ A/N Wilkes/Opp. W /L

len, Walter Hall, Damon Perry,
1.eck, Wayne Meckley, Ryan Alston
y Fetterolf, Joe Sinkovich, Jamie
=&gt;oepperling, Tom Stavitski
'ran Giovinazzo, Frank Tomaszewski,
ason Weaver, Gary Spears, John
}ray, Chuck Wetzel, Bill Miller,
hillips, John Williams
Josh Lauver, Larry Zellars, Brandon
Lardinelli, Scott K.inane
mie Zulkowski, Jon Hadesty, Sean
, Chris Roma, Joe Sankus, Jeff
~-~~=~
wRyan Neuhard, Brad Baver
1.slow, Aaron Menapace, Head Coach Middle: Jason Weaver holds the line against
~a. Jim Tuffy, Joel O'Donnell, Vince Juniata. Bottom: Welcome to the crunch zone.

9/14

Widener

H

47 I 21

w

9/21

Susquehanna

H

21 I 14

w

9/28 FDU-Madison

A

37 I 13

w

10/5

Albright

A

27 I 41

L

10/12

Juniata

H

28 I 27

w

10/19

King's

A

13 Io

w

10/26 Montclair St.

H

14 I 10

w

11/2

Del. Valley

H

47 I 7

w

11/9

Moravian

H

20 I 12

w

11/16

Lycoming

A

13 I 21

L

�Season Highlights: The 1996 Lady
Colonels field hockey team amazed
the league with excellent play
throughout the season (13-7), a bold
attempt at the MAC playoffs, and a
heart-stopping ECAC championship
victory over Gettysburg. The team
was lead by a powerful offense including Carrie Chipego, Tonya
Masenheimer, and Christy Palilonis,
and a tough defense spearheaded by
goalie Tracy Engle.

1st,Row (L to I{)-;- Carrie Chipego, Melany Kalmanowicz, Jennifer Moss, Pam Truszkowski, Tracy
./
._Engle, Lee Meyers, Tonya Masenheimer, Christy Palilonis
' 2nd Row-- Head Coach Addy Malatesta, Heather Stevens, Alicia Cymbala, Jessica Azarewicz, Alisot
Quick, Heather Evanish, Shannon Crake, Jeanette Uhl, Missy Brown
3rd Row-- Assi~tant Coach Sue Richardson, Sarah Clause, Sarah Reed, Lisa Werkhiser, Adrianne Middle: Christy Palilonis attei
Gushka, Noell Brooks, Suzanne Fisher, Laura Gantz, Assistant Coach Mary Jo Hromchak
ball. Bottom: Sarah Reed att

�Far Left: Suzanne Fisher clears the ball out of the
backfield. Above : Carrie Chipego and Tonya
Masenheimer stir up some action near the goal cage.

1996 SCOREBOARD

, Pam Truszkowski, Tracy
Lla, Jessica Azarewicz, Alison
., Lisa Werkhiser, Adrianne
Mary Jo Hromchak

Opponent
Misericordia
Juniata
Albright
St. Lawrence
William Smith
Bloomsburg
FDU-Madison
King's
Scranton
Lebanon Vall.
Susquehannna
Gettysburg
Delaware Vall.
Moravian
Cortland St.
Elizabethtown
./
Drew
Lebanon Vall.
Notre Dame
Middle: Christy Palilonis attempts to steal the
Gettysburg
ball. Bottom: Sarah Reed attacks in the midfield.

H/A/N Wilkes/Opp. W /L
A
1/3
L
A
w
3/1
w
H
7/0
w
N
2/1
A
L
0I l
A
1/3
L
w
H
2/0
w
A
2/1
w
H
1/0
· ·1 I 2
A(OT)
L
w
A
5/0
w
H
1/ 0
w
H(OT)
2/1
w
H
5/3
A
L
0I l
w
H
5/2
A
L
0I l
L
H/MAC
0I l
3/0
H/ECAC
w
w
H/ECAC
3/2

�Season Highlights: Like many of the
other Wilkes teams this fall, the
mens' soccer team showed great
improvement since last year, achieving a 0.500 record of 9 wins, 9 losses
and 1 tie. Such a record was formed
in games like their double-overtime
win against Elmira. The leading
goal-scorers for the Colonels were
Brian Wukitch, Dave Reinert, and
Rob Rolland; Ray Bickert led the defense with 82 saves and 2 shutouts.

1st Row (L to R)-- Laura Wingert, James Lacy, Rob Rolland, Jarrad Max, Matt Jagusak, Eric
Silkowski, John Maroney, Chris Rehmann, Brian Wukitch, Drew Klajman, Brian Smith
2nd Row-- Head Coach Phil Wingert, Dave Reinert, Don Classey, Jason Cadwallader, Ray Bickert,
Heath Neiderer, Matt Sowcik, Scott Helwig, Scott Kowalski, Tim Seymour, Jeff Nason, Ed Lukow kt,
Chuck Dunn, Assistant Coach Paul Jellen, Assistant Coach Don Shaw
.mpressive footwork. Bott&lt;
Missing at time of photo: Tom Murray
1oes toe-to-toe with the go:

�Far Left: Tim Seymour: a shining example of a
Wilkes defender.
Left: Jason Cadwallader and James Lacy
congratulate teammate Brian Wukitch on another
goal.
Above: Ed Lukowski races an opponent to the ball.

1996 SCOREBOARD

ttt Jagusak, Eric
3rian Smith
.wallader, Ray Bickert,
eff Nason, Ed Lukowski,

Middle: Jarrad Max demonstrates some
impressive footwork. Bottom: Brian Wukitch
goes toe-to-toe with the goalie.

Opponent
H/ A/N Wilkes/Opp. W /L/T
Misericordia
H
L
1I2
Wesley
H
L
1/4
Bloomsburg
H
L
2/6
Dickinson
A
L
2/3
A
w
Lycoming
3/2
Moravian
H
L
0/2
H (2OT)
Elmira
w
5/2
FDU-Madison
H
w
6/2
Lebanon Vall.
H
w
3Il
Misericordia
A
w
1 Io
H
Susquehannna
w
2/1
Wm. Patterson
A
L
3/8
Drew
H
w
1 Io
H
King's
w
3/0
A (2OT)
T
Baptist Bible
3/3
Scranton
A
L
1/ 2
Albright
A
L
0Il
Delaware Vall.
A
w
3/2
Elizabethtown H/MAC
L
0/5

�Season Highlights: Throughout the
entire 1996 season, the Wilkes Colonels volleyball team carried with
them a strong spirit that developed
both through hard-fought victories
and discouraging losses to present
a winning record of 9-7 overall with
a MAC record of 3-1. The experience and skill of the team definitely
showed again this year, and the
team will probably increase their
success next year since most of the
team will be returning.

1st Row (L to R)-- Kelly Kozerski, Jamie Howell, Melissa Pammer, Adrianne Grube, Angie Perotta
2nd Row-- Head Coach Maria Haslin, Katie Barnhart, Carrie Wilkes, Rebecca Baker, Heather Bonner
Samantha Smart, Shanna Henninger

Middle: Melissa Pammi
after a point. Bottom:
pike.

�Far Left: Rebecca Baker delivers a powerful punch to the
opposition.
Left: Samantha Smart offers up another deadly serve.
Above: The Lady Colonels celebrate a win by doing a cheer
for the crowd.

1996 SCOREBOARD

nne Grube, Angie Perotta
becca Baker, Heather Bonner,

Middle: Melissa Pammer and teammates smile
after a point. Bottom: Angie Perotta leaps for a
spike.

Opponent
Baptist Bible
St. Joe's-NY
Misericordia
Baptist Bible
Dickinson
Elizabethtown
Delaware Vall.
Scranton
Pitt-Johnstown
Lebanon Vall.
Marywood
FDU-Madison
Moravian
Baptist Bible
Albright
King's
Misericordia
Lycoming
Muhlenberg
Susquehanna

H/A/N Wilkes/Opp. W /L
N
2/0
w
w
N
2/0
N
1/2
L
w
N
2/1
w
H
3/0
H
0/3
L
w
A
3/2
H
L
1/3
N
0/2
L
A
0/2
L
H
3/0
w
w
A
3/2
A
0/3
L
A
L
1I 3
w
H
3/0
H
3/0
w
H
w
3I 1
A
L
1I 3
A
1/3
L
A
0/3
L

�Season Highlights: Although the
womens' tennis team did not produce an amazing record for their
1996 season (finishing 0-9), they
definitely showed courage and in
some cases that they could win
some individual and doubles
matches. It's difficult to have a
winning record when the team
only has six players to play both
singles and doubles matches.

Top: Nicole Weiss hits a backhand.
Above: Beth Buckland rips a forehand across the
net.
Left: Natalie Miller executes another perfect serve

Above: Chris Mayeski
forehand to her oppor

�Left: Natalie Miller waits for the serve.
Above: Beth Buckland volleys the ball to her
opponent.

1996 SCOREBOARD
Date Opponent H/ A/N Wilkes/Opp. W /L

; a backhand.
j rips a forehand across the
ecutes another perfect serve.

Above: Chris Mayeski delivers a powerful
forehand to her opponent.

9/14

Moravian

H

0/9

L

9/18

Susquehanna

A

0/9

L

9/21

King's

A

0/9

L

9/24

Albright

H

0/5

L

9/26

Scranton

H

0/9

L

9/28 Lebanon Vall.

H

0/9

L

10/1

Marywood

H

2/7

L

10/3

Lycoming

H

0/9

L

10/5

Drew

1/ 8

L

�Season Highlights: The 1996 Lady
Colonels soccer team played with
experience and a lot of heart, but
unfortunately they were only able to
defeat 3 of their opponents and tie 2
(losing 14). But their efforts were not
all in vain; most of their games
resulted in a loss by only one or two
goals and they fought Beaver College
into an overtime tie to end the season.
Leading scorers for the Lady Colonels
included Laurie Labbe, Meghan
Haddad, Alyson Joralemon, and Jen
Cotter. Goalie Denise Schembari led
the defense with 223 saves.

1st Row (L to R)-- Alisa Merolli, Malika Mohseni, Holly Blizzard, Sarah Kraus, Denise Schembari,
Missy Rasnick, Mari Jo Watchilla, Laurene Kocylowski, Kendra Vreeland, Laurie Labbe
2nd Row-- Assistant Coach Renee Casterline, Stacy Geiger, Lisa Niewinski, Jen Cotter, Megan
Haddad, Alyson Joralemon, Shannon Stair, Mary Heffers, Stacy Miller, Kristine Caro, Head Coach
Kevin Vrabel

Middle: Meghan Haddad ati
ball. Bottom: Laurie Labbe
loose ball as teammate Kris

�Far left: Laurie Labbe sets up a play from the
corner.
Left: Alyson Joralemon mows down an opponent in
the midfield.
Above: Marci Beyer races down the sideline toward
the goal.

1996 SCOREBOARD

, Denise Schembari,
.1rie Labbe
en Cotter, Megan
ne Caro , Head Coach

Middle: Meghan Haddad attempts to clear the
ball. Bottom: Laurie Labbe chases after a
loose ball as teammate Kristine Caro looks on.

Opponent H/ A/N Wilkes/Opp. W /L/T
Brockport
A
0/5
L
Misericordia N(OT)
L
1/2
King's
1/2
L
A
1/3
L
Muhlenberg
H
Drew
H
0/3
L
w
Susquehanna
A
1/0
0/1
L
Lycoming
A
L
Albright
A
1/5
Baptist Bible
A
L
0/2
0/2
L
St. Joe's-NY
N
w
Mt. St. Vincent
5/1
N
Delaware Vall.
H
L
2/6
Misericordia
H
1/3
L
FDU-Madison
T
A
2/2
L
Scranton
A
0/2
Moravian
L
H
2/3
Elizabethtown
A
0/7
L
w
H
Juniata
3Il
Beaver
H
2/2
T

......._

_

_,.~~~~~~~

I

�w
Season High lights: The Wilkes Colonels'
Cheerleading squads and fans definitely
had a lot to cheer about during the fall and
winter seasons. The sports events that
occurred throughout the year were packed
with ecstatic students, faculty, friends, and
family that screamed and roared for the
Colonels to win. This excitement was not
only generated by the crowd, but also by
the spirited and energetic cheerleading
squads. When the Colonels' seem to be in
a tough spot and the fans begin to lose
faith, the cheerleaders always seem to
know how to get the crowd back into the
game. We would like to thank these
young men and women for giving up
their time to support our school's teams in
both victory and defeat. Both the fall and
winter squads increased their numbers
since last year, and hopefully next year
they will receive even more help in
cheering on our Wilkes Colonels' sports
teams.

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(Pictures Below)
Left: Missy Rasnick ge
Middle: The girls give {
Right: The Colonels de
this human pyramid.

Top: Diedre Gurry represents the
Wilkes Colonel as she rides Lisa
McClintock's decorated horse.
Bottom: The anonymous mass of
Wilkes University fans supports the
football team every Saturday
afternoon.

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T
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Above: The smiling Colonels' cheerleading squad shows
us that Wilkes is number 1 !
[Pictures Below}
Left: Missy Rasnick gets funky during a Wilkes Basketball game.
Middle: The girls give Quinn Kirk a little shake to see if he's really awake up there.
Right: The Colonels demonstrated complex constructions throughout the season like
this human pyramid.

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es Lisa
orse.
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�Season Highlights: The Lady Colonels made a well
sought out attack on the net during the 1996-97 season.
Despite a loss to the Scranton Royals, 78- 49, the
Colonels season couldn't be dampened. Overall, the
Lady Colonels finished their regular season, winning 11
out of their 17 games after a 1-6 start, losing for the
third consecutive year to Elizabethtown in the Mid
Atlantic Conference (MAC) playoff opener. Looking
back at an impressive season where Wilkes proved
victorious over King's as well as Susquehanna. Led by
junior Rebecca Baker, averaging a team-high 16.2
points per game and 10.8 rebounds. Freshman forward
Katie Watkins was second with 11.6 while forward Lee
Ann Azarewicz, the teams lone senior, was third with
9.9. Emerging as a three point threat, averaging 8.2
points per game was freshman guard Jill Ronkowski.

1st Row (L to R)-- Katie Watkins, Angela Collins, Kristen Cookus, Natalie Miller, Stacy Janos, Nicole
Del Priore, Beth LoPiccolo, Jill Ronkowski
2nd Row-- Head Coach Karen Haag, Assistant Coach Shawn McLaughlin, Liz Burchill, Sarah Kovac Middle: Lee Ann Azarewic
Steph Huber, Rebecca Baker, Danielle Benson, Lee Ann Azarewicz, Tracy Zaykoski, Assistant Coacr take it to the floor. Botton
Renee Casterline
prepares her team for the

I

�Far Left: Freshman Katie Watkinstakes a shot.
Left: Jill Ronkowski jumps for the rebound.
Above: Rebecca Baker takes the role of the defender.

1996 SCOREBOARD

~

:mer, Stacy Janos, Nicole

SJ (

,iz Burchill, Sarah Kovacs , Middle: Lee Ann Azarewicz and Tracy Zaykoski
aykoski, Assistant Coach take it to the floor. Bottom: Coach Karen Haag
prepares her team for the game.

Date Opponent
H/A/N Wilkes/Opp.
11/22 Potsdam St.
N
52 I 64
11/23 Gallaudett
N
70 I 79
Lycoming
H
61 / 72
12/3
Ithaca
A
61 / 77
12/5
N
12/7 Centenary
68 I 60
A
47 / 59
12/8 Mt. St. Mary's
H
1/10 Wm. Patterson
61/ 70
Albright
H
73 I 49
1/13
A(OT)
King's
76 I 75
1/16
Drew
H
72 I 65
1/18
A
88 / 74
1/23 Marywood
H
Scranton
42 / 62
1/25
A
Lycoming
61 / 71
1/28
A
100 I 51
1/30 Baptist Bible
2/1 FDU-Madison
H
70 I 58
A
68 I 75
2/4 Misericordia
Del. Valley
A
72 I 84
2/6
Moravian
H(OT)
79 I 64
2/8
King's
H
63 I 57
2/11
A
56 I 65
2/13 FDU-Madison
Drew
A
2/15
69 I 58
H
68 I 67
2/17 Susquehanna
H
2/19 Del. Valley
68 I 48
Scranton
A
49 / 78
2/22
2/25 Elizabethtown A(MAC)
61 / 69

W/L
L
L
L
L

w
L
L

w
w
w
w
L
L

w
w
L
L

w
w
L

w
w
w
L
L

�Season Highlights: Wilkes University grapplers
return to NCAA Division III as of the start of the 199697 season. Since the 1970's, Wilkes has competed at the
NCAA Division I level, but due to widening gaps
between the two, Wilkes decided to make the change,
now having all 13 varsity sports under the same
banner. "As Division III students-athletes, the
wrestlers will be afforded the same opportunities to be
successful on a team and individual level just as they
would be in Division I," said Wilkes head wrestling
coach Al Zelner. Wilkes wrestling, while a member of
the MAC, were a conference power proving victorious
for 14 MAC crowns; including seven straight from
1968 to 1975 under Coach John Reese. Wilkes also
captured the first NCAA Division III Wrestling
Championship in 1974 and produced 12 AllAmericans in two years of Division III competition.

IC

oes to th

1st Row (L to R)-- Chris Rebels, Don Morgan, John Conte, Jaime Fernandez, Brad Panichella, Chri
Edwards
2nd Row-- Mike Petherick, Joey Hill, Jon Laudenslager, R.J. George, Duane Ritter, Craig Panichella.
Matt Allman
'vtidd]e: Looking for the win,
3rd Row-- Manager Christine Chiodo, Assistant Coach Vern Zellner, Head Coach Al Zellner, Joe
~ Id on his opponent. Bott01
Shunnara, Phil Torres, Lubomir Handl, Kevin Baker, Mike Morellino, John Fox, Assistant Coach
. is rival's face to the mat.
Aaron Wurster, Manager Chrissy Pavalkis

�/
Far Left: Kevin Baker grapples for the win. Left: Head Coach
Al Zellner prepares Brad Panichella for his 134-pound bout.
Above: Freshman Mike Morellino looks for an opening to
take his opponent to the mat.

1996 SCOREBOARD
Opponent

· Ritter, Craig Panichella,

oach Al Zellner, Joe
~ox, Assistant Coach

hddle: Looking for the win, Duane Ritter gets a secure
ldon his opponent. Bottom: Jon Laudenslager pushes
1

,rival's face to the mat.

Navy
Kutztown
Hofstra
Slippery Rock
Pitt
Clarion
Rutgers
Army
James Madison
Columbia
Millersville
Boston College
F&amp;M
Cheyney
Seton Hall
Buffalo
Pitt-Johnstown
Boston U.
Syracuse
Drexel
E. Stroudsburg
Old Dominion
Howard
Norfolk St.

HI A/N Wilkes/Opp. W /L
A
H
A
A
N
A
N
A
N
A
A
N
A
H
H
H
A
H
H
H
A
A
N
N

0 /48
28 I 17
12 / 45
9 I 43
15 / 34
o I 49
7 I 37
7 I 45
18 / 25
o I 53
0 I 51
24 I 18
24 I 27
34 / 18
6 I 31
o I 54

o I so
16 / 31
12 / 27
4 / 48
9 I 38
9 I 37
24 I 30
27 /21

L

w
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L

w
L

w
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L
L

w

�Season Highlights: Wilkes Men's Basketball
team continued to light up the courts, torching
the net throughout the 1996-97 season.
Junior Mike Barrouk was the leading scorer
with an average of 16.9 points per game. Upand-coming freshman, Dave Jannuzzi,
averaged 15.7 points per game and earned the
title of Rookie of the Year for the Mid-Atlantic
Conference.
The Colonels ended the regular season 19-4
overall, and 11-1 in the Freedom League.
The hoopsters entered the Mid Atlantic
Conference Championship with a 67-50 win
over Moravian College, completing the season
20-6.

1st Row (L to R)-- Jay Williams, Steve Olufsen, Mike Barrouk, Scott Cleveland, Matt Conway, Chad
Fabian, Terry Martin, Dave Jannuzzi
2nd Row-- Assistant Coach Tony Modrovsky, Assistant Coach Matt Mccaffrey, Bill Gallagher, Seth
Meyers, Tim Burlew, Jason Sheakoski, Jim Hegmann, Scott Schonewolf, Dave Clancy, Brian
Gryboski, Assistant Coach Dave Macedo, Head Coach Jerry Rickrode

,.

Bottom: Brian Gryboski leap

�~

Far Left: High scorer Dave Jannuzzi goes for two
points. Left: Sophomore Scott Cleveland goes for the
rebound. Above: Freshman Dave Jannuzzi keeps his
eye out for defenders.

1996 SCOREBOARD
Opponent

:veland, Matt Conway, Chad
~affrey, Bill Gallagher, Seth
.f, Dave Clancy, Brian

..

Bottom: Brian Gryboski leaps for the shot.

Nyack
Malone
Practical Bible
Nyack
FDU-Madison
Lebanon Valley
Marywood
W. Maryland
New Paltz St.
Susquehannna
King's
Drew
Delaware Valley
Scranton
Lycoming
FDU-Madison
Caldwell
Moravian
King's
Drew
Lycoming
Delaware Valley
Scranton
Moravian
Lebanon Valley
Salisbury St.

H/A/N Wilkes/Opp. W/L

A
N
A
H
H
H
H
H
A
H
A
H
A
H
A
A
H(OT)
A
H
A
H
H
A
H/MAC
H/MAC(OT)
A/NCAA

75 I 72
88 I 97
102 I 53
82 I 75
84 I 64
91 I 84
103 I 63
91 I 66
95 I 65
75 I 90
85 I 61
73 I 60
84 I 58
85 I 68
78 I 67
77 I 62
82 I 88
75 I 63
82 I 67
71 I 75
75 /66
73 I 53
75 I 67
67 /50
83 /85
90 /101

w
L

w
w
w
w
w
w

w
L

w

w
w
w
w
w
L
w
w
L

w

w
w
w
L

L

�Season Highlights: As always a dominant
force, Wilkes University Lady Colonels
Softball team continued to hold their own
through a knock out season.
Looking forward to a chance in the Mid
Atlantic Conference Championships, the Lady
Colonels prepared for a bout with FDUMadison, at 19 - 8 overall so far for the season.
Finishing up, the Lady Colonels were 25-14
overall and 8-3 in the MAC Freedom League
for the 1996-97 season. The team made it to
the ECAC playoffs and finished second,
losing to Ursinus 4-3 and 5-0.

Kneeling (L to R)-- Tom Dunsmuir, Kristen Cookus, Shannon O'Neill, Liz O'Neill, Angela
Collins, Head Coach Kevin Vrabel
Standing (L to R)-- Danielle Benson, Suzanne Fisher, Kerrianne Geist, Christy
Palilonis, Jamie Derhammer, Amy Rosengrant, Nicole Del Priore, Shanna Henninger,
Carrie Wilkes

�Far Left: Danielle Benson attempts to make an out.
Left: Junior Kristen Cookus runs through home plate.
Bottom: Carrie Wilkes works up some momentum for
a powerful throw.

1997 SCOREBOARD
Opponent

·eill, Liz O'Neill, Angela
·eist, Christy
Shanna Henninger,

H/A/N Wilkes/Opp.
Allentown College
N
4/3
Phila. Pharm.
N
11/8
Alvernia
N
4/0
Phila. Pharm.
N
10/2
Alvernia
N
9/3
Misericordia
H
0/2
Misericordia
H
8/2
Western Maryland
N
11/1
1/4
Lynchburg
N
Salisbury
A
0/8
Mary Washington
N
5/2
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2/4
Bethany
Moravian
A
1/2
Moravian
A
2/1
Drew
H
3/0
Drew
H
8/0
Deleware Valley
A
15/5
A
Deleware Valley
19/6
King's
A
5/2
King's
A
7/4
Scranton
A
8/3
H
Marywood
6/0
Marywood
H
11/5
H
1/2
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H
4/8
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Susquehanna
H
1/9
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6/5
A
1/0
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FDU Madison
A
6/3
Lebanon Valley
A
0/4
Lebanon Valley
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8/0
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H
10/2
Albright
H
10/2
Moravian
N
2/3
Lycoming
N
2/3
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Ursinus
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�Season Highlights: Playing a total of 33
games, the Wilkes University Baseball
team ended their season 15-18 overall.
They were 3-7 in the MAC Freedom
League.
With a batting average of .423, Randy
Yerger, a junior, had the highest on the
team. Augie Mitschke led the team with
eight homeruns and 33 RBI. Freshman
Nate Lipton led the batting staff with six
wins and an ERA of 3.92, while striking
out 37 batters throughout the season.

1st Row (L to R)-- Dan Moretski, Nick D'Amico, Jamie Connell, Mike Motsay, Nate Lipton, Mike
Viglone, Tom Urban, Randy Yeager
2nd Row (L to R)-- Head Coach Joe Folek, Jim Domzalski, Chris Tyukody, Ryan Flynn, Jason Lenko,
Brian Kaschak, Matt Novak, Bill Weidner, Assistant Coach Mark Youngblood
3rd Row (L to R)-- Augie Mitschke, Tim Popvich, Curtis Kroesen, Mike Evans, Steve Toth, Joel Ebert
Missing at time of photo: Assistant Coach Jerry Bavitz, Ray Bernardi, Assistant Coach Steve Klem,
and Cory Reader

Middle: Coack Joe Folek
on the mound. Bottom: I
up for the pitch.

�Far Left: Jamie Connell dashes to the next base.
Left: Ryan Flynn waits for a ground ball.
Above: Curtis Kroesen slides into base.

1997 SCOREBOARD
H/A/N Wilkes/Opp. W/L
L
Alvernia
N
2/6
w
2/0
Clarion
N
L
11/17
Widener
N
w
8/5
King's
N
L
7/14
Northwood
N
w
17/3
Misericordia
N
w
18/4
Muhlenberg
A
L
A
3/8
Muhlenberg
w
12/7
H
Marywood
w
H
11/5
Beaver
L
6/7
Beaver
H
L
A
4/9
King's
L
4/9
King's
A
L
9/24
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H
w
FDU-Madison
H
14/13
L
FDU-Madison
H
0/8
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15/14
Misericordia
H
w
A
10/7
Marywood
L
H
3/9
Deleware Valley
w
17/4
Deleware Valley
H
L
5/19
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Albright
L
14/21
H
Scranton
L
4/6
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A
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0/11
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L
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7/8
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L
A
0/5
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4/2
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A
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2/10
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6/5
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14/11
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10/11
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on the mound. Bottom: Brian Kaschak winds
up for the pitch.

�Season Highlights: Wilkes
University's Mens' Tennis finished 2-5
on the year with wins against King's
and Lycoming.
For the 1996-97 season Wilkes' Aaron
Sherburne lead the team with a 5-1
record, while his teammate Dave
Germick compete with a 4-3 record.
In doubles play, the team of Joe
Scordino and Parimal Patel were 5-3
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of hope this year
and we are looking
forward to next
season for a fresh
start with much
enthusiasm."
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451/431

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358/363

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Scranton

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436(Scr.)

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416/412

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358 I 339(Mis.) /
346(All.)/
366(Alv.)

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L
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346/335
Wilkes came in 9th at the Susquehanna Invitational (361)
Wilkes came in 12th at MAC' s (1068)

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Standing Left to Right-- Greg Burns, Kevin Schoenwolf, Andy Noble, Rich Atieyh, Gary
Quinn, Dave Reel, Coach Art Brunn, Jr.

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�There is so much
more to Wilkes than just
studying. Enjoying your free
time is almost as important
as studying. Many times
around campus, there are
groups of friends sitting and
talking. In a tree behind
Chase Hall, next to the
bookstore and along the
walkways are places where
friends have gathered. Talking with friend is not the only
thing to do on campus.
There are many events at
Darte Center that are enjoyed
by Wilkes students, faculty
and the public. Before we
socialize and are entertained,
we learn in Wilkes latest
addition on South Franklin
Street, the Classroom Office
Building. Wilkes provides us
with a well-rounded academic and social life.

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�"Do not look
back in anger
or look forward
in fear but
around in
awareness."

5

�The past, present and future came
together on Thursday, August 31 during
the 1995 Summer Commencement and
Dedication of the John Wilkes Statue.
On this sunny late-Summer day, 62
Wilkes students received their degrees
and prepared to step into that future
while a figure from the past, 18thcentury political reformer and
University namesake John Wilkes, was
honored with the unveiling of a bronze
statue in his likeness.

6

��As much as things change here at
Wilkes University, so much still
stays the same. You can remember the walks to class with one of
your close friends that you never
got to see enough of, like Sue
George and Linda Chuong. Another thing that doesn't change on
campus is the frequent visits to
the John Farley Library. There
are times when you would rather
not be there, but there are also
times when it is nice to sit and
just read the newspaper in the
solitude that only a library can
provide.
Wilkes also never forgets
what makes it the university that
it is today. The John Wilkes
statue reminds us of the reason
why we are Wilkes. On a more
contem- porary level, our Alma
Mater is known for its small
classes and teachers that interact
with students enthusiastically.

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�Clockwise from above:
• Some Wilkes musicians support
the Colonels.
• Star running back, Elijah
Powell.
• The 1995 Homecoming Court.

Top: The Wilkes CC!
sportsmanship.

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�1995
Top: The Wilkes Colonels show their
sportsmanship.
Above: The Homecoming King and Queen--Ali
Quereshi and Kim Kaskel.

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1995

Some artsy Wilkes students
hoping that their banner ~ins
the 1995 Homecoming
Banner Contest.

�Homecoming Weekend 1995 was a memorable
one for alumni. present students and faculty of
Wilkes University. It started off on Thursday
with Homecoming elections. The candidates for
Queen were Holli Root, Jodi Depue, Kristen
McNally, Katie Holliday, Karen Bednarczyk, Kim
Howells, Mary Jo Cunningham, Kellie Klein, Amy
Kuzmick and Kim Kaskel. All of these lovely
candidates had an equal counterpart that could
possibly have been her King for Homecoming
Weekend . The candidates for King were Scott
Mengle, Sean Gorman, JJ Grube, Tom Horvat,
Brian Adams , David Habowski , Andrew Carter,
Ali Quereshi, RobertStelnberger, and Mike
LaMura. The crowning of the King Ali Quereshi
and Queen Kim Kaskel happened at halftime
during the Wilkes / Kings football game.
The Wilkes Colonels defeated their top rival 29
to 15 . The Impressive game played at Ralston
Field had led players such as Elijah Powell and
Mike Conaghan. The team showed their sttength
to their coach Joe DeMelfi, and proved that the
Wilkes Football team should be taken seriously.
There was much celebration throughout the
weekend. The football game was not the only
thing to celebrate. Capin Hall held an Open
House, the Darte Center had its thirtieth
anniversary, the Edward Darling, Jr. Theatre was
dedicated and the Pep Rally were all events to
celebrate. One of the biggest events was the
Homecoming Dinner Dance at Gennetti's
ballroom. The students of Wilkes looked their
best, dancing the night away. The theme was
"These Are the Days'' . .. to remember. Nothing
could be more truthful when it comes to
Homecoming Weekends at Wilkes.

Lrtsy Wilkes students
hat their banner wins
195 Homecoming
~ontest.

Ctockwise from above:
• Art Club wins first place in the
banner
contest by telling the truth.
• Phil loosens his body as he loosens
his tie.
• Dropouts from the '60's come back
to Wilkes in style.

���Freeing the Mind Through a Liberal Education
thoughts from the editor

A liberal education at Wilkes University has made me realize that as
individuals most of us have lived our lives by the guidlines of a certain standard or
moral code which puts limits on our lives, our imagination, our experiences, our
knowledge, and our spiritual growth. Such a way of living can only be considered as
a self-constraining, self-defeating, and eventually, a self-disappointing way of living.
When individuals develop a pragmatic view of life determined by their special view or
interest of religion, philosophy, morality, ethics, their rhetorical approach to any
issue creates a causal relationship within the limits of their own interest. Whatever
interests them less, or better stated, whatever isn't considered worth their while
because of the closed-mindedness developed by their pragmatic determinism is
simply rejected as false. This approach towards life prevents individual growth and
creates only an illusion of "what
is" because the only response
these individuals can perceive
is already predetermined by a
selected and limited view. The
philosophy behind the liberal
arts education at Wilkes has
made me realize that as
individuals, we can not afford to
view life as a subject of study
which revolves around one law,
but rather an object of study
which revolves around an
infinite body of man-made
theories. And these theories,
both past and present, when
combined may imply a
universal theory which may in
fact shed some light upon past,
present, and future reasoning
with an eclectic view, but not
however, an absolute law.
History has shown human kind
is right only for a moment
because eventually he or she
realizes that their views have
been limited by the constant
progression of deterministic
reasoning.
R. Patrick Simes
English / Philosophy 1996
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A Few Words From the President
To The Graduating Class of 1996:
You leave a changing Wilkes University for a
dramatically changing world. The Class of 1996
has had a very special role in the campus
transformation. You were the beneficiaries of new
and renovated buildings as well as of a changing
campus ambiance typified by the new Fenner
Quadrangle, the improvements to Ralston Field,
and the new statue of John Wilkes. More
alterations and additions are planned for the years
immediately ahead, and I hope you will return to
campus and take pride in the increasing beauty
and enhanced facilities of your alma mater.
I write this letter just after participating in
the Senior Awards Ceremony in the Edward
Darling Theatre where the quality of our class and
the opportunities flowing from your Wilkes
education were everywhere in evidence. You
continue the traditions of academic excellence that
go back to the earliest years of Wilkes. You also
have consolidated the tradition of community
service that was still in its infancy during your
freshman year. You have availed yourselves of the
cooperative education and internship opportunities
more than any previous class. In these and other
ways you have set new standards and established
new traditions affecting both the academic
program and the co-curricular program at Wilkes.
In athletics, both in men's and women's sports,
you have reached new heights that your
successors will be motivated to climb--and exceed.
In short, you have helped me make Wilkes a better place. We hope your pride in your alma
mater will continue to grow and that the leadership of your class in joining with a growing Wilkes
Alumni Association will help strengthen the alumni's involvement and support of the University.
Come back often. Stay in touch. Be Wilkes proud and encourage others to become beneficiaries
of a Wilkes education.
Good luck to the Class of 1996!

Christopher N. Breiseth

���CLUB DAY
ANOTHER SUCCESSFUL OCCASION
Every fall, between Stark Learning
Center and Chase
Lawn, Club Day is held
to recruit new and old
members into signing
up for clubs and special activities that
coordinated by students to keep Wilkes
students entertained
and be active in volunteer services activities.
Some major clubs
make their appearance
on a sunny day were
Amnicola, Manuscript,
Circle K, and Volunteer Services and Campus Interfaith. Among
these clubs there was
a tarot cards reader
(sponsored by the
Programing Board) on
location reading students their fortune and
giving their horescope
for the year.

Club Day is not just
another event. It is an
event that students
can come out and join
clubs that they are
interested in or just to

school and students
get to know other
leaders who keeps us
students on campus
on our toes.
and off campus. You
can join as many clubs
you can handle. Come
out and support our

Join Amnicola and you'll get a free
yearbook.

Amy Mazur and Mary Hession try
to attract volunteers for their
interesting program.

Excuse me! where is the
Environmental engineering club?

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�Hey! come here and sign-up or
else!!!

ON
school and students
leaders who keeps us
on our toes.

Artists and writters are wanted at
this table.

Jotn Amnicola and you'll get a free
yearbook.

~y Mazur and Mary Hession try
:o attract volunteers for their
nteresting program.

E:xcuse me! where is the
E:nvironmental engineering club?

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HUNGER

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HOMELESSNESS
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"Hunger in the
US has
increased by
50% since
1985 ...... between
2 and 3 milllion
Americans are
homeless
today."
Students gather around the Bell Tower
for the Hunger and Homelessness
Prayer Vigil.

The Second Annual Hunger and
Homelessness Week was held from
November 11th through the 18th.
The week was designea to cause the
Wilkes community to pause and
consider poverty as it affects
everyone s lives, city! country and
worla. It was also he d to motivate
students and the general public to
become involved in a week of learning
and awareness. The week was
organized by a panel consisting of
students, faculty and administrators
and was s~onsered by Wilkes
University s Campus Interfaith and
Volunteer Services.
Highlights of the week were: a
lecure on Migrant Workers in PA, the
Walk Against Hunger, the Oxfam Fast,
the Hunger Banquet working at the
Soup Kitchen, a Meditation, and the
film "With Honors".

ion Night" was a success thanks to
efforts and cooperation.

Alan Lee, Ann Liao , Phuong Bui , and
Corinne Thomas pose for a picture in
the "third world".
Mary Hession serves participating
students at the Oxfam Hunger
Banquet.

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International Day
of Peace

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�Circle K's

Haunted
House

�The English Department's

Halloween
Reading

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The Wilkes University Office of Volunteer Services sponsered a
week of volunteer activities in honor of National Volunteer WeeK.
Into the Streets is a national outreach, recruitment and education
program created to increase the quality and quantity of college
students involved in community service and community problemsolving. This year's issues included: Mental Health, Senior
Citizens, Literacy, Children and Youth, and the Environment.
Students volunteered from aweek long agenda of activities ranging
from raking leaves with children
at Kirby Park to picking
up litter off the streets of WilkesBarre or playing games with
senior citizens to teaching
computer literacy skills to the
•
public. The service to solve
problems in the community was
a huge success. Many students
became aware of the little things
they could do to make a
significant ~ifference. As a
result, everyone profited ....... a
new generation went Into the
Streets!!!

Into the
Streets
IS a
powerful
tool for
Change.

Many students volunteered for the Reach Halloween Party ..
The Reach event was a
delight for evoryone, big or
small..

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HUNGE
0

Students gather around the Bell TowE
for the Hunger and Homelessness
Prayer Vigil.

"Information Night" was a success thanks to
students' efforts and cooperation.

�Right: The Red Cross nurses made the
donation a fun &amp; painless experience.
Below: Campus nurse Diane O'Brien
has her pulse taken by a Red Cross
volunteer who says, "The time is never
too late to donate."

Above: Professors made time in between
teaching to donate and give the gift of life.
Center: Coordinator of Volunteer Services,
Amy Mazur, and Cristina Poff were on
hand to assist donors in the canteen area
of Rumours.
Right: Senior Wendy Laudeman listens to
a nurse as she is assured privacy of her
donating history and blood lab results.

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�Red Cross Blood Drive
It is as vital as life itself. It is blood. Wilkes University held

three blood drives in the 1995-1996 academic year. The first one
was in early October. The first blood drive had 123 participants.
This is over the goal of 120 participants. Amy Mazur, the Director
of Volunteer Services, was pleased that Blood Drive '95 was a huge
success. The blood drives were held in the Marts Center's
Rumours lounge. It took place between 10 am and 4 pm, so
everyone had an opportunity to donate. Giving blood is not a big
chore, but as incentive there were prizes. Some of the prizes were
cordless phones, gift certificates, and long distance phone cards.
The other two blood drives were in 1996, one in February
and one in May. All of them had refreshments such as soda, pizza,
hoagies, and snacks. Giving blood to save someone's life can be
more rewarding than you think.

Above: Campus counselor Mark
Sowsick reviews his donation
history with a Red Cross volunteer.
Left: Former Dean of Student
Affairs, George Ralston, finds the
donation procedure rather simple,
since he has donated his blood at
countless Wilkes and Red Cross
blood drives.
I

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�The Paint-A-Smile program, pictured to the
right, helped raise money to start a summer
camp for children who wrere victims of fire
bums.
Phuong Bui volunteered some of her time for
the Paint-A-Smile program.

"]f it ts to fje, ]t ts up to ffle!"
Volunteer Services and
Campus Interfaith, located on the
third floor of Conyngham, offers
students many exciting
opportunities to become involved
and make a difference. The
programs allow students to make
more friends on campus and in
the community. Amy Mazur,
head of Volunteer Services, and
Mary Hession, head of Campus
Interfaith, have worked hard for
the past three years raising
enthusiasm on campus and have
established a newsfetter, a
homepage, and a volunteer
hotline to show for their efforts .

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One of their programs,
called Talk it Out, meets once a
week for dinner, conversation
and planned service projects.
Other volunteer programs
involving the community
include: SHARE (a program
especially designed for elderly
persons which gives participants
$30.00 worth of food for $14.QO
each month), R.E.A.C.H. (a
program for disadvantaged youth
and their families), Association
for the Blind, the Blood Drive,
American Red Cross, and AdoptA-Grandparent (a program which
visits the elderly at the Little

Flower Manor who do not
receive visitors).
Whenever there is
someone in need, you can be
sure these services will be there
to help. And thanks to Amy and
Mary, Wilkes can continue to
provide service to the
community through students'
efforts and generosity.

�Amy Mazur volunteered at a children's center
in Jamaica while researching a possible break
trip sight for future volunteers .

fanor who do not
isitors).
henever there is
in need, you can be
~ services will be there
t\nd thanks to Amy and
ilkes can continue to
ervice to the
ty through students'
d generosity.

Kristen McNally and Kellie Klein enjoyed
doing yardwork for a local church in WilkesBarre.

Ann Marie Blasick volunteered at Dorrence
Manor to give of her time to the elderly.

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��' n s year, Wilkes L

the week of Nove
1 to AIDS Awarer
programs were p
educate the camI
community abou
events included •
Keeling and "Ho1
a presentation th
crowd through tt
(They placed a cc
grown man's hea
these events Will
continues to spr•
AIDS.

�~ s year, Wilkes University dedicated
the week of November 27-December
1 to AIDS Awareness. All week long,
programs were presented to better
educate the campus and local
community about AIDS. These
events included a talk by Dr. Richard
Keeling and "Hot Sexy and Safer"-a presentation that enlighted the
crowd through the use of humor.
(They placed a condom over a
grown man's head!!!) Through
these events Wilkes University
continues to spread the truth about
AIDS.

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�Wilkes

This Year Wilkes -was lucky enough to have
not only Carrot Top perform for our campus but, Mark "Skippy" Price as well.
These to comedians kept the audience enthralled with not only with their witty
repitoire of jokes, but Carrot Top's plethora
of priceless props. The crowd roared like a
lion as the comedians stormed the stage. A
whole lotta people were at the show. The
show was awesome at last. The jam session
was awesome like a magic kiss. It -whooped
the lame pony!
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�The concerts at Wilkes
are second to none.
Wilkes was graced by a
few big names in the
1995-1996 academic
year. On October 31,
Halloween night,
Rusted Root played for
3000 fans in the Martz
Center. The band,
originally from
Pittsburgh, had an
altogether different
sound than what is
usually offered today in
the music industry.
The six member band
played hits such as
"XTC", "Rain" and "Lost
in the Crowd." The fans,
some in Halloween
costumes and some in
street clothes, listened,
sang along and danced
to the cutting edge
music.
Another upcoming artist
who opened for Rusted
Root was Joan
Osborne.
She
performed probably her
most memorable song
of 1995, "One of Us."
Everyone seemed very
pleased by both
performances.

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�As big as Rusted Root
and Joan Osborne are,
Alanis Morissette tops
both of them. Wilkes
was lucky enough to
have one of Billboard's
Top Ten artists. She
intensely performed
songs such as "You
Ought to Know" and
"Wake Up" as the stage
glowed with her
presence and candles.
She sang in front of
2500 fans on December
5, 1995. She only
paused briefly during
her hour and a half long
performance. Still the
audience wanted more.
they encouraged her to
come back on stage for
two more encores.
During one of these she
did a cover of
Radiohead's "Fake
Plastic Trees." Wilkes
was "Head Over Feet"
for Alanis and was just
as happy to have
Rusted Root here.

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�1

Blizzard
of
Bucks!

$$$$$$$
$$$$$$$

Above Left: What is she
trying to do??
Above Right: Aww!
What a cute wittle
bunny wabbit!!
Right: What college
girls will do for a cute
game show host.

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�$$$$$$$$$$
Oh the things that college students will do to
make some fast cash! When the "Blizzard of
Bucks" game show came to the Wilkes University
campus in the spring of 1996, many students came
out to see if they would have their chance to get in
the money blizzard machine. Everyone there tried
their best to get as much cash as they could, but
how easy was it really? Making yourself a public
spectacle of ridicule and grabbing at the dollars in a
blizzard machine may not have been as easy as it
looked. But everyone had fun and a few walked
away a little bit richer.

Top Left: It's the Wilkes University Day Care Center.

$$$$$$$

Top Right: Inside of the money machine.
Left: It's the new style of basketball that the Colonels
will use next year to baffle their opponents.

41

�Win terWeekend
The Weekened to end all -weekends ...

Of all the bachnalian
events in the Wilkes
Calendar, one reins
supreme. That event is
Winter Weekened, two
days and three nights
dedicated to madness,
mayhem, and a generous
helping of fermented
beverages.
This year, during the
weekend of Feburary 1618, Wilkes let its hair down
and let it all hang out. The
weekend became a
whilrwind of partying and
merriment comparable in
scale to the the wild
Dionyscian passions of old.
Friday night kicked off a
large scale brain cell safari
that carried well on into
not only Saturday
morning, but Saturday
night and Sunday as well.
The Lord of Misrule was at
home at Wilkes that
weekend and Brother
Bluto smiled down from
the heavens onto the
campus and in a way, all
was right with the world.

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�:rends ...

he bachnalian
~ Wilkes
1e reins
hat event is
~ened, two
~ee nights
madness,
d a generous
rmented

ar, during the
~eburary 16~t its hair down
hang out. The
~ame a
partying and
omparable in
the wild
Jassions of old.
kicked off a
rain cell safari
well on into
urday
t Saturday
1nday as well.
Misrule was at
kes that
i Brother
l down from
onto the
in a way, all
th the world.

1

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�Oh ... What a feeling .... two of the Material Girls dance to
the disco music of the 80's.

We're the Material Girls of Wilkes Rock &amp; Roll band.

Hey, come and disco with me .. I am the new member of the
Beach boys.

Dude, show me your move. Go Scott... Go Scott .... Go Scott.

Hey .. .we're the New Kids On The Block. Come andjo
in this outrageous 80's Dance.

44

�Friday Night Live!
AtRtunours
In the middle of November,
the Student Govenment had
one of the most successful
dances held in recent history.
The l 980's theme Dance had a
large turn out of nearly one
hundred fifty people that
dance to music such as New
Kid on the Block, The Culture

Club, Madonna, and Wham.
The dance was held in
Rumours making this nonalcohol club the place to be
with your friends while helping
Wilkes cut down cost for future
event.

Wow! this music is driving me wild.

Stephanie is having the time of her life boogying away to
"Oh What a Feeling."

Hey ... we're the New Kids On The Block. Come and join us
in this outrageous 80's Dance.

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�00------This trip showed
me what was out
there •·· the real
needs that exist
and the real
people who do it.
It showed me
what•s possible if
you put your
mind to it.
• Keith Fisher
11

•
service
to

COlllDIUDi1
Most students usua
forward to fall and spring b
relax, travel, or spend time
family and friends. But so,
students decide to give of

11

The fall break trip students are: first
row from left, Keith Fisher, Jaime
Derhammer, Purvi Parikh and
Christina Poff. Second row: Julie
Crawford, Randy Engleman, Bob
Banko, Mary Hession and Amy
Mazur.
Julie Crawford and Keith Fisher
sort clothing for the local
homeless shelter.

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"Hands
On"

Mary Hession finds time to relax in
Maryland while volunteering for a
clothing bank.

�"Hands
On"
service to the
COllllllUDity
Most students usually look
forward to fall and spring break to
relax, travel, or spend time with
family and friends. But some
students decide to give of

themselves instead. That's exactly
what happened during the fall
break trip to a halfway house in
Maryland. At St. Martin's Home for
Women and Children, seven
students sorted and packed food in
the center's food bank, hung clothing for the clothing bank and
babysat for homeless women at
the shelter.
This year's spring break trip
traveled to South Dakota's
Rosebud Indian Reservation.
Eight students repaired houses by
painting and doing carpenter work
while learning about the Sioux
Indian culture through first hand

00

experience.
As an end result,
the students participating in the
trips discovered the importance of
teamwork in the midst of diversity.
Dan Smith and Todd Vinovrski
spent their spring break repairing
houses in South Dakota.

Andrea Sheasley and Tannele
Yenkevick learned the meaning of
teamwork by the end of the week.
The spring break group posed for a
picture with members of the Rosebud
Indian Reservation.

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theDarte

Dis guy, he no se,

48

�I have no
idea
what I
am
doing.

Dis guy, he no see me.

· Flight of the
Navigator!

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�3Jl\Jl\N
Area high school and elementary
school students, college students from
Wilkes and Kings University and
Wilkes faculty and staff gathered
together along with fifteen Japanese
students from Tamagawa University to
take part in this cultural event. This
was the fifth year Wilkes hosted a
program for these students from
Tokyo, Japan. During the night, these
Japanese education majors intoduced

T he a rt of bru sh stroking, ca lli graphy, is de mo nsta red
thi s slucle nl as s he tri es to duplicate thi s writing.

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10

Middle school students enjoy typical
Japanese games.

the public to traditional games, crafts
and other activities. Some of these
activities included origami (the art of
folding paper), calligraphy, dressing
up in kimonos (beautiful Japanese
dresses), and storytelling of Japanese
fables. As a result of these night long
activites, Tamagawa students were
able to interact with their English
speaking public while promoting
cultural growth and understanding.

Traditional style kimonos come in all sizes.

�Jublic to traditional games, craft
other activities. Some of these
1ities included origami (the art of
ing paper), calligraphy, dressing
kimonos (beautiful Japanese
ses), and storytelling of Japanese
~s. As a result of these night long
rites, Tamagawa students were
to interact with their English
.king public while promoting
1ral growth and understanding.

Imagination and dexterity with your hands
are required in origami for transforming
colorful square papers into various cranes,
flowers, ships and turtles.
This Tamagawa student instructs her table
of observers step by step on how to
intricately fold the paper to produce the
desired design.

This young boy models a shibori style robe.
Shibori is an ancient practice involving
traditional dyeing methods.

ional style kimonos come in all sizes.

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�Ro
Row 2 Lto R:

Eta Ka
Row I: L to R: Martin Vine
Vellamanchili, Robert K.
Row 2: L to R: Edward Maciej
Carter, Dr. Vijay Arora, Dr. Yum
Thugyaj~
Missing: Hisham Abu-Naba'

Chi Alpha Epsilon, Act 101
Row 1 L to R: Andrew Lesh, Aaron Stoker

Sigma Tau Delta, English
Row 1: L to R: Kevin Finn (President), Marybeth Jenkins Row 2: Glenda Race, Patrick
Simes, Daphne Shaffer, John E. Schear, Tania Karpinich (Secretary)

Kappa Delta Pi, Education
Row l L to R: Martha McTigue, Robin De Young Newman
Row 2: L to R: Nancy Bingham, Dr. Douglas Lynch, Dr. Gail Gayeski, Linda Zupko

Lambda Pi Eta, Communications
Row 1: L to R: Michael Beachem (Treasurer), Heidi Van Essendelft, Joy Zimmerman
(Secretary) Missing: Eric Bailey, Kalen Churcher (Vice President), Jack Craft, Eric
Freeland (President), Bernard Seeman, Aaron Stoker

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�Sigma Theta Tau, Nursing
Row l L to R: Stephanie Kramer
Row 2 L to R: Kelly Davis, Heather Avery, Mary Kusiak

Psi Chi, Psychology
Row 1 L to R: Leanne Chamberlain, Kerrie Barney
Row 2 L to R: Teresa Rose, Chad Edwards, Kathleen Vacca

Eta Kapp Nu, Electrical Engineering
Row 1: L to R: Martin Vinovrski, Michael Handley, Maria Rebollo, Anuradha
Vellamanchili, Robert Kapushinsky, Christopher Scarba, Dennis Dudeck
Row 2: L to R: Edward Maciejewski (President), Antoine Sater, Scott Smith, Thomas
Carter, Dr. Vijay Arora, Dr. Yunsoo Choe, Dr. John Gilmer (Advisor), Dr. Melica B., Dr.
Thugyajaran Srinivasan, Dr. Urnid Nejib
Missing: Hisham Abu-Naba'a, Sadeq Mahmoud Al-Hasan, Haitham Abul-Haija

Phi Eta Sigma, Freshman
Row 1: L to R: Sean Higginson, Amy Mazikewich, Beth Fedor, Richard Pencek, Mike
Koch, Todd Vinorvorski, Rick Seipp, Ray Wascavage
Row 2: Chris Sung, Neil Andress, Joe Gromelski, Stephanie Haines, Trisha Myers,
Kristy Kramer, Tricia Petrucelli, Maria Shahola, Kimberly Kutch, Carrie Bohenick,
Pretti Patel, Regina Tarone, Jeanette Snyder, Kelly Casterline
Row 3: Phoebe Chu Un Ying, Aleksandra Neuman, Jennifer John, Mary Stella, Stacey
Geiger, Shanna Henninger, Kara Malitsky, Keith Previc, Scott Sobocinski, Jennifer
Kuder, Susan George, Marcie Herman, Julie Vittori, Amy Webb, Cinnamon Mitchell,
Jessica Murry, Rita Chamoun, Lori Perch
Row 4: Asif Ilyas, Scott Kinane, Larry Kuhar (Advisor), Dave Gangware, Mike Evans,
John Kearney, David Reel, Brett Sachse, Jim Calciano
Missing: Michael Beachem (taking photo), Mary Rose Dymond, JeffZapotoczny

ta, English
eth Jenkins Row 2: Glenda Race, Patrick
:ar, Tania Karpinich (Secretary)

mununications
, Heidi Van Essendelft, Joy Zimmerman
trcher (Vice President), Jack Craft, Eric
i Seeman, Aaron Stoker

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�- - - -KING
- - - -&amp;
- -WILKES
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•
•
•
•

Mix and Match
On February 2 , 1996, the student
governments of Wilkes University and
Kings College sponsored a Mix and Match
at the Kirby Center on public square, free to
all students from both schools. Before the
Mix and Match, students filled out a
questionnaire about their interests and
priorities in life. At the Kirby Center that
night, students received a list of their
matches. At first some students tried to
find their match, but soon people just,
played or watched "The Dating Game ,"
danced, talked with friends , and mingled
with students from both neighboring
schools .

• ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••
Ri ght : Look at w ha t 1 got he re ....... ..
B otto m le ft : Ooh .. ..ooh ...who d id you get match up w ith')
Botto m ri g ht: We are sing le and lovabl e, so, co me a nd cudd le with us.

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�Top: Oh .... how sweet. I got flowers ...thank you!
Bottom left: Listen, did she call my name .... who?
Bottom right: The result of a great match up.

---- ---------------/

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�Thomas P. Shelburne
Television Center
Dedication

After two years of planning and an investment of nearly
$750,000 representing the first phase of construction, the Thomas
P. Shelburne Television Center marked its grand opening in April,
1996. This facility serves not only as a powerful statement of Wilkes
University's commitment to the future of its students and the importance of the electronic media, but as a living memorial to one of
northeast Pennsylvania's most beloved and innovative broadcast
pioneers.
Mr. Shelburne began shaping a vision for the electronic
media in the Wyoming Valley in 1946 when he began as a partner
at WILK radio and television. Eventually, a later merger created
WNEP-TV, the local ABC affiliate and market leader of this area.
Known for his commitment to award-winning regional productions
and community service, Tom Shelburne represents the very best in
broadcasting and serves as an appropriate model for all incoming
and prospective broadcasting students.
The 5,500 square foot facility contains: two production
studios, two modern control rooms, three seperate editing suites, a
master "head end", four field cameras, and an adjacent long
distance learning and teleconferencing center. The facility is not
only innovative and exciting but so is the atmosphere inside the
Department of Communications. Currently, 160 students are
majoring in four concentrations: radio/television production,
organizational communications, journalisim, and rhetoric/public
communication; all comprising the fourth largest area of study on
campus today. Additionally, weekly productions such as "Wilkes
Today", "WOW!" and "Colonels Corner'' involve a significant number
of students, both major and non-major at the center.
-Story courtesy of the Shelburne Television Center

56

�LEFT: President Breiseth addresses the audience,
paying tribute to Shelburne.
BELOW: Communication majors, Michael Sobolewski,
Jennifer Morrell, Mariel Betron and Heidi VanEssendelft at
the reception held after the dedication.

ABOVE: The control room to studio A under
construction, prior to the dedication.
LEFT: President Christopher Breiseth and Mrs.
Shelburne unveil the donation plaque.

57

�QCarn
QCruicibl
This year, Wilkes University proudly presented
Arthur Miller's The Crucible,
a play dealing with mass
hysteria and adultery in Puritan Salem. The show ran
from Feburary 15-18 and was
directed by Joe Dawson.

58

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�Qtarmina
~UI

Dedicated to the coming of spring and the movements of the Goddess of
Fortune, Carl Orffs
Carmina Burana is a stirring work that enchants
and enthralls its audience.
The crowds that gathered to
see the opera performed by
students of Wilkes University were just that. Presented by by the theater,
drama, and music department, Carmina Burana
heralded the coming of
Spring at Wilkes University.

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This April, Wilkes
University was graced by
the presence of the nationally acclaimed poet,
W.D. Snodgrass.
Snodgrass, a Pulitzer
Prize winner, not only presented his works in an
oral presentation to the
general public, but met
before hand at an informal tea with students and
instructors to discuss poetry and writing in general.
A man whose works
influenced such poets as
Sylvia Plath, Anne Sexton,
and Robert Lowell,
Snodgrass stunned and
amazed the crowd with
readings from his past
works and his controversial newer work, "The
Fuehrer Bunker".

�'I, Wilkes

ts graced by
of the na.imed poet,
:lSS.

Pulitzer
not only pre&gt;rks in an
tion to the
c, but met
tt an inforstudents and
~ discuss pong in gen1ose works
ch poets as
~ne Sexton,
)well,
inned and
~owd with
. his past
; controverrk, "The
~er".

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�While we were
enjoying the w:
escape the Bliz
unless it is an i
were closed unl
degrees below ~
go out and takt
were the main
got back to sch

Does everyone
Blizzard of 199
and the surrow
rise. The river
powerful water.
Wilkes student1
ported by bus t
Dallas for a one
Wilkes was bus~
floors of COB ai
this time of nig
By three in the
that the proced
college and the
television, g
There was relie.

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�While we were enjoying winter break, a blanket of thick snow covered the ground. Some of us were
enjoying the warmer temperatures of our southern homes, but most of us were not fortunate enough to
escape the Blizzard of 1996. There were over forty counties under a snow emergency which means that
unless it is an emergency, do not drive. Therefore, the malls, grocery stores and entertainment centers
were closed unless their employees could walk to work. Not to mention it was cold outside--about 15
degrees below zero. The wind gusts were up to 45 miles per hour at times. These were no conditions to
go out and take a sleigh ride. Scraping off cars, salting pavements and shoveling heavy snow off of roofs
were the main activities of the days in early January. Just days after the area started to recover, and we
got back to school, Mother Nature stepped in again.
Does everyone remember what they were doing the night of the evacuation? Probably so. After the
Blizzard of 1996 came heavy rains and a January thaw that drenched and inundated the Wilkes campus
and the surrounding Wyoming Valley. This was a perfect combination to make the Susquehanna River
rise. The river was almost at full capacity. This made people wonder if the 37 foot levee could hold the
powerful water. Wilkes-Barre took precautions and evacuated the areas surrounding the river, including
Wilkes students. The students that could go home, did, while the 150 remaining students were transported by bus to College Misericordia. These students got buses at the Martz Center and traveled to
Dallas for a one night stay.
Wilkes was busy removing computer lab equipment and valuable art work from the basements and first
floors of COB and the Stark Learning Center. All of the commotion started at about midnight. Even at
this time of night, Wilkes got the news out through Residence Life Assistants, Security, and area media.
By three in the morning, the bused students were in the gym of Misericordia. Residence Life thought
that the procedure went very smoothly. The students from Wilkes were pleased with the neighboring
college and the hospitable treatment. College Misericordia provided the students with free snacks, a
television, games and basketballs.
There was relief in sight when the Susquehanna River near the campus was not going to flood and it
started to recede. By Sunday, practically everything was back to normal, so there was no reason for
students not to get back in gear by going to classes bright and early on Monday morning.

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The 2nd annual Block Party was held on the
Greenway between COB and Stark this year. The
turnout was unbelievable. There were more games
this year compared to last year. Some of the Block
Party attractions are Aerobatron, Biosphere
Bowling, Dunk Tank, High Striker, Sumo
Wrestling, Battle of the Bands, Beer Tent, Food
Vendors and many more. The Off Campus Council
(OCC) sponsored this event with the support of
Student Government, Inter-Residence Hall Council,
Programming Board, and the Alumni Association.

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��Guest
Lectures
In September and October of 1995, Wilkes
University was happy to welcome guest
speakers Katie Kostner and Marcia Wallace,
respectively. Miss Kostner spoke about the
dangers of date rape and how to avoid it by
sharing her own heart-wrenching story of
when she was raped at William and Mary in
Virginia. Ms. Wallace, of the television show
"Webster," shared her story of her battle with
breast cancer to inspire and inform others
about this type of cancer.

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Miss Katie Kostner
This Page:
Ms. Marcia Wallace

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�Food Fest 1996!!
Once again this year, the students were
ever so happy to try out all the new kinds of
food that could be found at Mardi Gras in
Pickering Cafeteria. What kind of food was
there? Everything from heavenly cheesecake
to gourmet coffee to chicken fingers and
pasta. Everyone went there hungry and
went away more than stuffed.

�Photos clockwise from
left:
--"Hmmmm. Now what
do I want??"
--"Now make sure you
tell all of your friends
about how good this
food is, okay?"
--Trying a little bit of
everything ....
--"Are you sure I'm
going to like this,
ma'am?"
--Even our great cafeteria workers were having
a good time at Mardi
Gras!

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Amnicola - University Yearbook
Row I: L to R: Michael Beachem (Photography
Editor), "Missing Staff Members" (Sarah Karlavage
and Bernie Kovacs). KeVin Finn (Business Editor)
Row 2: Patrick Simes (Editor), Laura White, Karen
Klihe, Andita Parker-Lloyd, Phuong Kiana Bui,
Marcie Herman, Jim Warner
Missing: Darin Fields (Advisor)

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Beacon - University Newspaper
Row 1 L to R: Colleen Herron, Toni Oden
Row 2 L to R: Regina Frappolli (Editor in Chief),
Michael Butchko, Christine Gaydos, Jennifer
Morrell
Missing: Diana Davis, Chris Court, Meghan
LaVigna, Dana Alexander Nolfe (Advisor), Mike
Zeto

W.C.L.H. - University
Row I: L to R: Michael
Zimmerman, Daniel Gu
Row 2: Doreen Klimek,
Jennifer Morrell, Phillip
Row 3: Kevin Keegan, D
Missing: David Bradbu

�wspaper
rron, Toni Oden
ppolli (Editor in Chief),
·ne Gaydos, Jennifer
·s Court, Meghan
Nolfe (Advisor), Mike

W.C.L.H. - University Radio
Row 1: L to R: Michael Beachem, Joy
Zimmerman, Daniel Guy
Row 2: Doreen Klimek, Heidi Van Essendelft,
Jennifer Morrell, Phillip Price. Marcie Hennan
Row 3: Kevin Keegan, Drew Marko
Missing: David Bradbury (Advisor), Jim Warner

FAR LEFT: Heidi Van

LEFT: Joy Zimmerman trains

Essendelft uses the
University's new video
equipment to record the Fall
Commencement.

BELOW: "Finally!", Junior

new DJ's at W.C.L.H.
Christina Poff said as she
looks at the 1994 Arnnicola.

Wilkes Today - University Television
Row I: Christine Smedley, Heidi Van Essendelft
(President); Tom Latimer
Row 2: Mike Sobolewski, Tulip Rahman, Michael
Beachem (Vice President), Jennifer Morrell,
Melissa Pammer
Row 3: Aldith Campbell, Diana Davist Amy Blease,
Christopher Zacharias, Carl Brigido (Advisor)
Row 4: Eric Freeland, Scott Mengle, Tom Lavan.
Bernie Seeman, Aaron Stoker
Missing: Mariel Betron, Lynn Marte Rosencrance,
Loretta Zampetti

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Class of 1996
Row 1: L to R: Kellie Kleint Karen Bednarczykt
Andrew Carter~ Sean Gorman, Ali Que:reshi, Mike
LaMaura (Secretary) 1 Bill Pastewait

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Class of 1997
Row 1: L to R: Ron Cappellini, Paul Bracken
(President), Marc Fontinell
Row 2: L to R: Paula Van Fossen, Kristi
Schutz, Jessica Bierbower, Purvi Parikh, Ann
Blasick

Class of 1998
Row 1: Michael B
Row 2: LtoR:Je
(President), Jill Fa

�FAR LEFT:JeffMoisey and
Melinda Sorber dish out the
"burgers and dogs" at the 1995
Homecomming Pep Rally.

LEFT AND BEWW: Freshman

and Sophomore SG members
help Junior Paula Van Fossen
prepare for the Homecoming
dinner/ dance .

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tinell
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ower, Purvi Parikh, Ann

Class of 1998
Row 1: Michael Beachem
Row 2: L to R: Jeanette Snyder, Amy Blake
(President), Jill Fasciana, Tara Wilson

Class of 1999
Row 1: Kristy Kramer, Jeff Moisey, Lisa
Tomcykowski, Jennifer Kutler, Heather Tahan,
Melanie M;eholchick (President)
Missing: Omar Kareem Quadeer

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Student Government Executive Board
Row 1: L to R: Kellie Klein (President}, Purvi. Parikh
(Parlimentarian), Jennifer Escarge (Commuter
Council President), Ali Quereshi (Vice President),
Paula Van Fossen (Corresponding Secretruy), Ann
Blasick (Recording Secretruy), Andrew Carter
(Treasurer)
Missing: David Donlin (Inter-Resident Hall Council
President), Brian Adams (Off-Campus Coqncil
President)

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Student Government
Row 1: L to R: Ali Quereshi, Bill Pastewait
Row 2: L to R: Marc Fontinell, Paul Bracken,
Mike LaMaura, Jessica Bierbower, Ann Blasick,
Jeanette Snyder
Row 3: Sean Gorman, Ron Cappellini, Purvi
Parikh, Heather Tahan, Lisa Tomcykoski, Kristy
Kramer, Jill Fasciana, Amy Blake, Kristi Schutz
Row 4: Jeff Moisey, Kellie Klein, Paula Van
Fossen , Karen Bednarczyk, Melanie
Meholchick, Tara Wilson, Michael Beachem,
Andrew Carter
Missing: Omar Kareem Quadeer

Ambassadors
Row 1: Jessica Bier
Wally Pilger, Meliss
Tania Karpinich
Row 2: Jennifer Ad
Baines, Cindy Ch
Rebecca Baker, Kris
Tarone
Missing: Amy Blake
Baron, Andita Parke

�FAR LEFT: B.A.C.C.H.U.S
gave students a visual
reminder to refrain from
drinking and driving.

LEFT: AIDS Awareness Week
turned out to be a success
amongst the Wilkes
community.

Aids Awareness Committee
Row l: L to R: Emily VanLente. Sabrina Mae
Walter, Marlene Matosky, Bill Smith, Mike Koch,
Bill Beggs, Beth Ann Witkowski, Jenn Moisey,
Julie Werkheiser

, Bill Pastewait

ell, Paul Bracken,
rbower, Ann Blasick,
Cappellini, Purvi
a Tomcykoski, Kristy
Blake, Kristi Schutz
ein, Paula Van
, Melanie
ichael Beachem,
adeer

Ambassadors
Row 1: Jessica Bierbower, Tawnya Rabuck,
Wally Pilger, Melissa Pammer, Danielle Yeakel,
Tania Karpinich
Row 2: Jennifer Adam, Renea Girardi, Molly
Baines, Cindy Charnetski, Kerri Gosling,
Rebecca Baker, Kris Fish, Mike Noone, Gina

B.A.C.C.H.U.S.
Row l: L to R: Brett Amdor (President), Marisa
Nebeskyt Mike Koch. ,M ichael Beachem
Missing: Tawnya Larson

Tarone
Missing: Amy Blake, Maria Rebollo, Marc
Baron, Andita Parker-Lloyd

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�Spotlight on
Chemistry
Club
This year the
organization put on
demonstrations for
elementary school
students, donated
money to the United
Way and was
recognized by the
American Chemical
Society for
outstanding
achievements.

C.A.R.V.E.
Row 1: L to R: Christopher Sleboda (President),
Nicole Haentjens, Linda Paul (Advisor)
Row 2: Margie Greskewicz, Phillip Price, Doreen
Klimek, Beth Ann Witkowski, Marlene Matosky

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Campus Interfaith
Row 1: L to R: Michael Beachem, Carrie
Bohenick, Omar Kareem Qadeer, Karen Kreoll,
Jeremy P. Shelton
Row 2: Jennifer Dumont, Mary Hession
(Advisor), Jennifer Adam, Jane Kroovze, Cassie
Hein, Anthony Petrone, Lori Perch
Missing: Rebecca Rushkowski, Beth Fedor,
Tulip Rahman, Tariq Aman. Mary Rose
Dymond, LaTanya Urqhart, Maria Rebolla

Circle K
Row 1: L to R: Om
(Chairperson), Kare
Row 2: Kimberly K
Beachem (Chairper
(Chairperson), Amy
Shelton, Jamie L.
Rosh, Carrie Boben
Missing: Sharon Hu
Wendy Laudeman (
(Treasurer)

�FAR LEFT: After returning
from the Circle K
International Convention,
Carrie Bohenick runs her
first meeting as Circle K
president. New club

advisor, Amy Mazur, looks on.
LEFT: Kiana Phuong Bui and
Kara Malitsky enjoy a break in
the Intercollegiate Leadership
Wilkes-Barre program.

I.AB.C.
Row 1: L to R: Kalen Church er (President),
Michael Beachem (Vice President), Jessica
Bierbower {Treasurer), Andita Parker-Lloyd
Missing: Kathy Schmucker (Vice President),
Melissa Matuskewicz (Secretary)

em, Carrie
eer, Karen Kreoll,
e Kroovze, Cassie
Perch
ki, Beth Fedor,
Mary Rose
Maria Rebolla

Circle K
Row 1: L to R: Omar Kareem Qadeer
(Chairperson), Karen Kreoll
Row 2: Kimberly Kutch (Chairperson), Michael
Beachem (Chairperson), Cassie Heim
(Chairperson), Amy Mazur (Advisor), Jeremy
Shelton, Jamie L. Pupalitis (Chairperson), Mike
Rosh, Carrie Bohenick (President)
Missing: Sharon Hughes (Vice President),
Wendy Laudeman (Secretary), Mike Wiggins
(Treasurer)

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Intercollegiate Leadership
Row 1: L to R: Christopher Zacharias, Paula Van
Fossen, Holli Alana Root, Mike White, Kara
Malitsky, Kiana Phuong Bui, Michael Beachem
Missing: ,t Jane K. Lampe-Groh (Advisor)

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�BELOW: As

Programming Board
Film Chairperson, Jen
Morrell was responsible
for the movies such as
Twelve Monkeyes, Heat.
and Toy Story.

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Junior Achievement
Row 1: L to R: Angel Mascia. Beverly Olds, Amy
Sosik

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Multicultural Student Coalition
Row 1: L to R: LaTanya UrQuhart, Michael
Beachem
Row 2: Greg Russell. Andita Parker-Lloyd
(President), Aldith Campbell, Beverly Olds, Molly
Baines

S.A.V.E.
Row 1: L to R: B. H. Poto
Skoronski (PResident), P

President)

�FAR LEFT: Members of the
M.S.C. work the door of their
holiday dance in December.

LEFT: Commedian Tim Settimi
had the audience in stitches
during Parents Weekend.

Programming Board
Row 1 L to R: Karen Bednarpzyk (Chairperson). Dawn Heffler, Jennifer Morrell
(Film Chairperson), Cynthia Sieto, Marte Pascolinl, Jessica Bierbower (Publicity
Chairperson), Beth Ann Witkowski, Jen Ander;Son
Row 2 L to R: Michael J. Nolfe (AdVisor). Jennifer I{utler, LeaAnn Dewey Melissa
Pammer, Ann Wotring. Leah Jurcho, Stacy Geiger, Phil Barletta (Novelty Chairpet~
son)
Row 3 L to R: Todd Cottrell, Peter Stover. Colby Shocker. Dave Donlln, Elise Nelsen
M1,s$i:ng: Ch.rls Langley (Teclmical Chairper$on), George Lear ( Technical Chairper•
son). Kimberly Howells (Coffeehouse.Chairperson)

S.A.V.E.
Student Community Service Council
Row
1: L to R: B. H. Potoeski (Treasurer), David T. Row 1 L to R: Dan Smith, Amy Mazur (Advisor)
rt, Michael
Skoronski (PResident), Peter Stchur (Vice
Row 2 L to R: Christina Poff, Carrie Bohenick,
President)
arker-Lloyd
Amy Blake, Jennifer Adam
Missing: l!aTanya UrQuhart, Mariah Dembesky,
everly Olds, Molly
Tulip Rahman

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�Spotlight on
Pharmacy

Club
The purpose of the
club is to bring
pharmacy majors
together
professionally and
socially. This year
some of the
Pharmacy Club's
accomplishments
were helping with
VISION, reading to
children during Into
the Streets, and
selling t-shirts. The
club also renewed its
membership to
APHA-ASP.

A.C.D.A.
Row 1: L to R: Diane Arale (Secretary /Treasurer),
David Jenkins (President), Jennifer Adam (Vice
President/President-Elect)
Row 2: Dr. Alan Baker (Advisor), Richard Dixon,
Jessica Kelly, Matt Sumski, Anthony Petrone
Missing: Deb Lydon, Jill Unice, Angela Dymond,
Jennifer Rex

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R.O.T.C.

R.O.T.C.

752nd Cadet Wing Command Staff

Alpha Flight

Row 1: L to R: Bill Pastewait (CSA - Command
Staff Advisor), Mark Davies (OG - Operations
Group Commander), Kathy Finley (CC - Wing
Commander), Tom Yeager (SG - Support Group
Commander), Joe Hensley (CV - Vice
Commander)
Missing: Brian Smith (LG - Logistics Group
Commander)

Row 1: L to R: Janice H
Christine Anderson, Si
Row 2: L to R: Michael
Commander), Jeff Gray,
Kozick,Jasonlrwin,Ro
Asman. John Brown, De
Missing: Kimberly Griffit

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FAR LEFT AND LEFT:
Members of the Wilkes
University R.O.T.C. prepare
for a ceremony to induct the
freshman cadets.

R.O.T.C.
Bravo Flight

Row 1: L to R: Angelia Angstadt, Jennifer Birch,
Jane Kroouze, John Potter, Daniel Reed, Paul
Klimek (Bravo Flight Commander), Julius
Amlstrong. Joe Gomey~ Brian Ewasko, Jeffery
Melitski

R.O.T.C.
mmandStaff
ewait (CSA - Command
vies (OG - Operations
thy Finley (CC - Wing
er (SG - Support Group
.Iey (CV - Vice
G - Logistics Group

Alpha Flight
Row I: L to R: Janice Heverly, Danielle Angley,

Christine Anderson, Silvie Panackova
Row 2: L to R: Michael Kent (Alpha Flight
Commander), Jeff Gray, Deirdre Gurry, Brad
Kozick, Jason Irwin, Robert Beebe, Jamie
Asman, John Brown, Derek Vogel
Missing: Kimberly Griffiths

R.O.T.C..
POC (Professional Officer Course) Cadets
Row 1: L to R: Josette Kavanaugh, Lou Marnell,
Kathy Finley, John Murphy
Row 2: L to R: BlllPastewait, Tom Yeager, Paul
Klimek, Mark:Davtes, Joe Hensley, Michael Kent,
E)amian Sniitfi, Jeffery Kotz
Missing: Heather Avery, John Bartoli, Doreen
)!anton, Krtstine Ferrell. MAry Kusiak. Brian
Smith

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�Art and Design Association
Row 1: L to R: Laura Jurgaitis, Abigail Breiseth,
Phillip Price

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A.S.M.E.
Row 1: L to R: Tony Kakiel, Ron Cappellini,
Brian Smith, Marc Fontinell, Chris Grymko, Ann
Blasick, Lori Perch

A.S.H.R.E.
Row 1: L to R: Ali Quer
Paul Bracken; Marc Ve
Fossen, Steve Zukos
Edwards, Mike LaMaur
Blasick
Missing: Scott Mengle,
Stein

�FAR LEFT: Members of the
Campus Interfaith took a trip
to New York City in
December to celebrate the
holiday season.

LEFT: Amy Mazur, was a
driving force behind the
success of the Community
Service Fair. The fair enabled
students to sign up for
volunteer work in the WilkesBarre community.

Biological Society
Row 1 L to R: Marlene Matosky, Amy O'Boyle,
Beth Ann Witkowski
Row 2: L to R: Emily VanLente, Bill Smith, Alissa
Shofkom. Julie Werkheiser
Missing: Omar Kareem Qadeer

·el, Ron Cappellini,
ntinell, Chris Grymko, Ann

A.S.H.R.E.
Row 1: L to R: Ali Quereshi, Tawnya Rabuck,
Paul Bracken; Marc Vendome, Paula Van
Fossen, Steve Zukosky, Clayton Bubeuk, Chad
Edwards. Mike LaMaura, Andrew Carter, Ann
Blasick
Missing: Scott Mengle, Dr. Ghorteshi; Steve
Stein

Chemistry Club
Row 1 L to R: Carrie Mohila (Vice President),
Karen Grimm (President)
Row 2 L to R: Laura Rhodes (Treasurer), Heather
Peterman, Michael Giasso, Carrie Bohenick
Missing: Matt Connor, Bill Lavelle (Secretary), Amy
Blake, Jenn B~els

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�Spotlight on
Programming
Board
The WUPB is responsible for
. bringing a wide variety of
entertainment acts to campus.
This year, our campµs had the
opportunity to see commedian Tim
Settimi, consult psychic Wilma
Carroll and be mesmerized by
hypnotist Marl&lt; Pittman. Batman
Forever. Apollo 13. Father of the
Bride II and Toy Story were just a
few of the movies offered free on
Friday evenings.
In the past two years alone, Alanis
Moris&amp;ette, Rusted Root, Joan
Osborne, LIVE and Comedian
Adam Sandler have performed to
sold out crowds. These concerts
are selected, organized and run by
the board who work together as a
team and make our students laugh,
sing, dance and "body surf."

Education Club
Row 1 L to R: Andrew Lesh, Caryn Birnbaum
(President), Steve Glasson
Row 2 L to R: Heather Cavaliert (Treasurer), Linda
Zupko (Secretary), Glenda Race, .M ary Brown
(Advisor)

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Engineering Club
Row 1: L to R: Robert Costello (President), Chris
Grymko, Tony Kakiel (Vice President), Paul
Bracken. Marc Fontinell
Row 2: Chris Thompson, Brian Smith, Heather
Tahan, Paula Van Fossen, Tawnya Rabuck
(Secretary). Ronald Cappelli. Ann Blasick
Missing: Rick Tym (Treasurer), Dr. Mirman
(Advisor)

Row I: L to R: Jessica
Marc Vendome, Paul B
Row 2: Beth Ann Witk:
Ali Quereshi, Steven Z
Clayton Bubeck, Keith

�FAR LEFT: Theresa and

LEFT: Students learn what it is

Bessie work on a poster to
promote a Student
Government activity.

like to live in a third world county
at the Hunger and Homelessness
Week Oxfam Banquet.

History Club
Row 1 L to R: Glenda Race, Wendy Laudeman
Row 2 L to R: Erin Johnson, Andrew Lesh, Jason
Jackiel

G.S.E.
ello (President), Chris
~ President). Paul
rian Smith, Heather

Tawnya Rabuck
·, Ann Blasick
rer), Dr. Mirman

Row 1: L to R: Jessica Wisser, Prahlad Murthy,
Marc Vendome, Paul Bracken
Row 2: Beth Ann Witkowski, Robert Frederick.
Ali Quereshi, Steven Zukosk:y, Andrew Carter,
Clayton Bubeck, Keith Previc

Math/Computer Science Club
,Row 1 L to R: Gretchen Schlagnhaufer. Jennifer
Escarge
Row 2 L to R: Steve Gapinski, Beth Fedor, Eric
Werner, Joy Zimmerman

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�BELOW: Vigils were
held at the Bell Tower
this year to kick off
many of the week long
activities planned for
students.

M.E.N.C.
Row 1 L to R: Deb Lydon (President), Bill Wrubel
(Vice President), Jennifer Adam (Secretary)
Row 2 L to R: Dr. Richard Brown (Advisor),
Melissa Rasnick, Brian Coates, Carrie Hatton,
Matt Sumski
Missing: Amy Beardworth, Lou Bianco, DaVid
Jenkins, Jessica Kelly, Mike Trosan, Jill Unice,
Shawn Welch (Treasurer)

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N.S.O.
Row 1: L to R: Ericka Evans (Treasurer), Tammy
Boyer (Vice President), Tanelle Yenkevich
(President)
Row 2: Doreen Cole, Toni Noel Pitman, Kathy
Finley, Heather Hahn

Pharmacy Club
Row 1: L to R: Rick S
Jessica Murry, Rita C
Kara Malitsky
Row 2: Kristy Kramer,
Pammer, Michelle Mill
Chong, Lisa Tomcyko
Nebesky
Row 3: Mike Koch, St
Carrie Wilkes, Kerry P
Gershey

�FAR LEFT AND LEFT: Both
the Political Science Club and
the Physics Club held bake
sales in order to raise money
for their club projects.

Physics Club
Row 1 L to R: Ed White, Dan Smith, Tony Kakiel
{Vice President), Bob Gershem
Row 2 L to R: Jeffery Alaimo, Kimberly Howells
(President), Elise Nelsen (Treasurer), Tracey
Ankudovich, Matt Connor (Secretary)
Missing: Robect Costello (Parlimentarian)

s (Treasurer), Tammy
elle Yenkevich

oel Pitman, Kathy

Pharmacy Club
Row 1: L to R: Rick Seipp, Art Kibbe {Advisor),

Jessica Murry, Rita Chamoun, Alyse Baumann,
Kara Malitsky
Row 2: Kristy Kramer, Jessica Crowley, Melissa
Pammer. Michelle Miller. Jeanette Snyder, Linda
Chong, Lisa Tomcykowski, Trisha Myers, Marisa
Nebesky
Row 3: Mike Koch, Stacy Geiger, Ann Wotring,
Carrie Wilkes, Kerry Pallien, Susan George, Bob
Gershey

Political Science Club
· Row 1: L to R: Kristi Schutz, Lance Costello,
Sonya Ormsby (President)
Row 2: Amy Webb, Macybeth Jenkins, Gretchen
Schlagnhaufer, Michael S. Cook, Lisa A. Tabbit

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�Spotlight on
Political
Science Club
The P.S.C. has the
mission of increasing
public awareness of
political issues and
institutions. As well as,
encouraging active
involvement in political
life. Some of the clubs
activities this year
included helping with
Red Cross blood drives,
annual Washington D.C.
trip, voter registration,
neighborhood block
party with the city of
Wilkes-Barre, and
election night results gettogether.

Clubs and Organizations
Not Photographed
Accounting and Business Club
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Amnesty International
Astronomy Club
Communication Club
Cue 'n Curtain
Debate Union
Economics Student Association
International Club
International Studies Club
MANUSCRIPT
MBA Student' s Association
Master's of Health Administration
Ski Club
Sociology Club
Student Health Advisory Committee
University Scholars

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Pre-Law Society
Row 1: Lto R: Amy Webb, Michael Cook
(President), Kristina Fish
Row 2: Jason Poplaski, Gretchen
Schlagnhaufer, Brian Siegel. Ryan C. Blaznre,
Marybeth Jenkins, John E. Schwear, Kerrie
Barney

Pre-Medical Societ11
Row 1: Lto R: John
Brett Sechse. Bill Be
Row 2: Purvi Parikh,
Allissa Shofkon, Am
Elise Nelsen
Missing: Omar Karee

�S.W.E.
Row 1: HeatherTahan
Row 2: L to R: Paula Van Fossen (Vice President),
Tawnya Rabuck, Ann Blasick Row 3: Maria
Rebollo (President), Deborah Tibel (Treasurer)
Row 4: Lanphuong Pham Missing: Shayla
Shusser, Dr. Choudhry (Advisor), Sarah Reed

tchen
1, Ryan C. Blaznre,
Schwear, Kerrie

Pre-Medical Society
Row 1: L to R: John Kearney. Sean Higginson,
Brett Sechse, Bill Beggs
Row 2: Purvi Parikh, Bill Smith, Julie Monet,
Allissa Shofkon, Amy O'Boyle, Emily VanLente,
Elise Nelsen
Missing: Omar Kareem Qadeer

Psychology Club
Row 1: Leanne Chamberlain. Karen Kreoll
Row 2: L to R: Dr. Holiday Adair (Co-Advisor),
Marie Pascolini, Cynthia Sieto, Jen Kutler

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Crew
Row 1: L to R: Brian Siegel, Danielle Huyck,
Michael Cook, Alissa Shofkem, David R. Thomas,
Jane Kroouze, Ann Wotring, Kiana Bui, Jaime
Brazenec
Row 2: Dr Gare Reisinger (CoachL Steven
Rawheiser (Coach)

Letterwomen Society
Row 1: L to R: Kristen Cookus
Row 2: Lee Ann AzareWicz (Treasurer), Carrie
Wilkes (Corresponding Secretary), Wendy
O'Connor (Recording Secretary), Tammy
Swartwood (Vice President), Susan Richardson
Row 3: Shanna Henninger, Stephanie Hasting,
Tanya Masenheimer, Christy Palilonis, Amy
Webb, Jamie Derhammer, Shannon O'Neill

Men's Intramural Vo
Row 1 L to R: Rich Pe
(Treasurer), Jason Sit
Gates, Eric Morinello
Row 2 L to R: Jim Cal
VanValkenburgh, Jas
(Vice - President), Ma
Lori Perch

�FAR LEFT: Many
students volunteered their
time to help at the Women
and Men basketball
games.

LEFT: Friends enjoyed
dancing at the SG 80's dance
BEWW: Kalen Churcher
helped with the Circle K
Haunted House for I.A.B.C.

Clubs highlighted in the "Club
Spotlight" were chosen based on
submitted information at Club
Photo Nights 1996. Please be
sure to keep the Amnicola upto-date on all club events for
future publications.
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usan Richardson
Stephanie Hasting,
Palilonis,Amy
annon O'Neill

Men's Intramural Volleyball
Row 1 L to R: Rich Pencek, Chad Pindor

(Treasurer), Jason Sites (Secretary), Darren
Gates, Eric Mortnello (President)
Row 2 L to R: Jim Calciano. Scott
VanValkenburgh, Jason Iaccio, Ron Kepcho
{Vice - President), Marie Pascolini, Cynthia Sieto,
Lori Perch

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Alessandrini
Psy.

Philip
Barletta
Mat. Engin.

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Bednarczyk
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Bernherd
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Nancy
Bingham
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Caryn
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Ryan
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Amy Blease
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Dunbar
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Dymond
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Eisley
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Farrington
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Gillespie
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Clockwise from top left:
•Do you think the ref may have made
a bad call?
•The quarterback starts the play.
•Facing the present and future
together in Wilkes football.
•A great season for the Colonels.

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Center: An aspiring Colonel gets an autograph.
Right: Elijah in action!

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Field Hockey
Once again, the women's field hockey team managed to finish
what they started out to do. The players were determined to make the
NCAA, and they did for the first time in Wilkes history. This is an event
that will leave a strong imprint on those who will return next year.
The hockey team defended their title of MAC Freedom League
once again for the third time in a row. Because of the players'
commitment, they were able to accomplish their goals as a team.
Many thanks to those parents who came out and supported the players
in times of triumph and defeat.
The team's success is due to the caring, understanding and
support the players got from their coaches. Thanks for a great season!

1st Row (L to R) -- Tracy Engle, Laura Gantz, Shannon Crake, Jeanette Uhl, Melissa Brown, Sarah Reed, Lisa
Werkhiser, Pam Truszkowski.
2nd Row (L to R) -- Head Coach Addy Malatesta, Phuong Bui, Melany Kalmanowicz, Jessica Azarewicz, Steph
Hastings, Carrie Chipego, Heather Quick, Alison Quick, Assistant Coach Mary Jo Hromchak.
3rd Row (L to R) -- Sue Richardson, Noell Brooks, Mary Agrapides, Theresa Havel, Kim Kaskel, Christy Palilonis,
Heather Evanish, Tonya Masenheimer, Lee Meyers, Becky Farrington.

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Women's Tennis II
After what can only be called
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and Chris Mayeski, the women's
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Craft, Dan Smith, Chris Erb, Cesar Vinces.
Back Row (L to R) -- Head Coach Phil Wingert , Rob Rolland , Jason Cadwallader, Eric Hamp, Bill Rolland, Will
Woronko, Russ Heiser, Jamie Shambaugh, Steve Woronicak , Colby Shocker, Assistant Coach
Don Shaw.

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�Women's
Soccer
The 1995 installment of Women's Soccer, packed with fresh faces and experienced veterans, had
a season of disheartening losses to their opponents, but also one with some nice wins over our
neighbors at Kings and teams like Juniata and Susquehanna. Returning players included Mary
Jo Watchilla, Shannon O'Neill, Sarah Krauss, Missy Rasnick, Mary Heffers, Tara Mayka, Sarah
Freidrich, Lisa Niewinski, Amy Kuzmick, Shannon Stair, Jamie Pollard, and Meghan Haddad.
The team ended their season with a record of 5 wins and 11 losses, but we're sure they had fun
anyway.

Nice Header, Kristine!

1st Row (L to R)--Mary J&lt;
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2nd Row (L to R)--Head i
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�,ced veterans, had
.ce wins over our
rs included Mary
Lra Mayka, Sarah
Aeghan Haddad.
;ure they had fun

1st Row (L to R)--Mary Jo Watchilla, Shannon O'Neill, Sarah Krauss, Kendra Vreeland, Melissa Rasnick, Mary
Heffers, Meghan Reilly, Laurie Labbe, Tara Mayka, Sarah Freidrich
2nd Row (L to R)--Head Coach Kevin Vrabel, Lisa Niewinski, Amy Kuzmick, Shannon Stair, Jamie Pollard, Jen
Birch, Alisa Meroli, Kristine Caro, Meghan Haddad, Assistant Coach Tina Hite

�VOLLEYBALL

Row 1: Melissa Pammer, Andrea Kilmer, Tammy Swartwood, Jen Malowski, Angela Parrota.
Row 2: Heather Bonner, Rebecca Baker, Katie Barnhart, Wendy O'Connor, Carrie Wilkes, Samantha Smart, Assistant Coach Peters.

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: A Good Season for the
: Lady Colonels
Volleyball Team

With a final record of 12
wins and 12 losses, the Lady
Colonels Volleyball team
made their campus proud.
Senior Tammy Swartwood
earned her thousandth
assist. Wendy O'Connor and
Carrie Wilkes both set school
records for their numerous
kills and digs. Plus with all
their other super atheletes
like Samantha Smart, Katie
Barnhart, and Rebecca
Baker, how could the ladies
not have a successful
season? Tammy is quoted as
saying, "Our goal is a
winning season." With all
the accomplishments of this
'95-'96 team, it's apparent
that they reached this goal.

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.ssistant Coach Peters.

VOLLEYBALL
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�1st Row. (L to R) Duane Ritter, Chris Rebels, Kevin Walker, Tom Latimer, Jamie Fernandezm, Nelson
Perera, Chris Edwards. 2nd Row. Jon Laudenslager, Dave Green, Ally Sleiman,Jonanthan Reed, Joey
Hill, Mike Marano, Mike Petherick, Dave Kucirka, Matt Allman. 3rd Row. R.J. George, Jeff Hayde, Phil
Torres, Lubomir Handi, Aaron Wurster, Dave Habowski, Matt Peleschak, John Fox, Brent Arbogast,
Head Coach Al Zellner

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�This year the Wilkes
Wrestling season was plagued
with weather problems.
Floods and blizzards canceled
meets and postponed matches
throughout the season. The
Colonels did, however, finish
the season with 4 wins and 16
losses.

ner, Jamie Fernandezm, Nelson
y Sleiman,Jonanthan Reed, Joey
.ow. R.J. George, Jeff Hayde, Phil
ak , John Fox, Brent Arbogast,

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�1st Row. (L to R) Jay William
Mike Cherill. 2nd Row. Rich
Shiner, bill Gallagher, Tim B1
Mccaffrey

The men's
season. After fir
Colonels finishe•
regular season, ·
Champions. Le&lt;
Turner, the tean
the NCAA Divisi1
the Colonels suf
Colonels lived u

�1st Row. (L to R) Jay Williams,Dan
Mike Cherill. 2nd Row. Rich Willia
Shiner, bill Gallagher, Tim Burlew,
Mccaffrey

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season. After finishi
Colonels finished witl
regular season, the
Champions. Led by
Turner, the team wa
the NCAA Division II
the Colonels suffere
Colonels lived up to

Chris Parker.Scott Fleming,
· eland, Jason Turner, Mark
· lock, Asst. Coach Matt

roughout the 95-96
·nning streak, the
1orming through the
were declared MAC
arker and Jason
le Atlantic Region of
·n the first two rounds,
. Despite the loss, the
rts Illustrated.

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A pep talk from
Coach Karen Haag.

Getting
it Done
on the
Court...

Drive the Lane!
Drive the Lane!

Erica gets tangled up with a
1st Row (L to R)--Renee Casterline, Shelly Vagnarelli, Natalie Miller, Erica Kramer, Kristin McNally,
Rebekah Carrol
2nd Row (L to R)--Assistant Coach Shawn McLaughlin, Karen Haag, Jamie Land, Amy Kuzmick,
Rebecca Baker, Ann Azarewicz, Tracy Zaykoski, Assistant Coach Debi Peters.
Missing at time of photo-Kristen Cookus

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The 1995-96 Women's Basketball team
showed heart both on the court and with
local children this year. The team hosted a
kids night in October, where the players
probably had just as much fun as the kids.
As far as the season goes, the Lady Colonels
finished with a decent record of 8-15.

)rive the Lane!
Drive the Lane!

Erica gets tangled up with a group of kids.
tin McNally,

Kuzmick,
,i Peters.

Arts and Crafts. YES!

�BASEBALL
rollercoaster season that
unfortunately did not end with a
berth in the playoffs. Key players for
Wilkes this year included senior
Grant Yoder, Brian Kaschak, Ryan
Flynn, Mark Grzebin, Randy Yeager,
Augie Mitschke, Jim Domzalski,
Mike Evans, Will Woronko, Curt
Kroesen and Chris Tyukody.

Although Wilkes Baseball did
not always have the amount of
student support it would have
liked, the team probably enjoyed
their successful season anyway.
With amazing victories such as a
4-1 upset over Elizabethtown
and disappointing losses to
King's College, the team had a

So where's the
party tonight?

The Flash !!!

I am Kaschak, hear me roar!

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Coach, I'm having a
heartattack.

No one can hit
me.

�~rcoaster season that
Lately did not end with a
e playoffs. Key players for
his year included senior
der, Brian Kaschak, Ryan
rk Grzebin, Randy Yeager,
[itschke, Jim Domzalski,
ans, Will Woronko, Curt
~n and Chris Tyukody.

Coach, I'm having a
heartattack.

I don't think so !

So where's the
party tonight?
SWING, batter batter

No one can hit
me.

batter batter batter,
SWING!

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Men's
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Above: Reaching for th e return!
Below: Getting some a·1r.'

Above: Pre paring
. to crush th e opponent!

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�In the swing ofthings!

Above: Swinging through for the Ace!

Above: Keeping an eye on the ball!

Below: Hitting the sweet spot!

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�GO COLONELS!

�S!

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�Toda

�BEWW: Roomates, Jennifer

and Linda, unpack belongings from home.

Barre Hall
Left to Right
Row 1: Denise Mina, Brent Arhogast, Tara Kurland
(RA), Ali Qureshi (RA), Joey Hill
Row 2: Rena Girardi, Michael Cook, Aimie Turner,
Amy Sosik, Sean Gorman, Bushwick Bill, Stimpy
Joules
Row 3: Heather Tahan, Angel .Mascia, Theresa
Kramer, Mike McCoey, Miriam Coffey, Tara
Trivelpiece, Marie Mican, Jennifer Morrell, Ann
Peters

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Catlin Hall
Left to Right
Row 1: Jenna Porpiglia (RA), Christine Tanner,
Kelly Kellmel, Aimee Fannon, Heather Avery, Joe
Redline
Row 2: Melinda Sorber, Kimberly Wilk, Molly
Baines
Missing: Diane Smith, Bridget Jeffers, Helen
Chandoh, Kendra Dolan, Christine Gaydos,
Melanie Bell, Jaime Pollard

Cheasapeake Hall
Left to Right
Row 1: Adrienne Sheasl
Knerr, Danielle Albrigh
Row 2: April Shurtleff, 1
Peterman, Wendy Spur:
Missing: Carrie Bohenic
Laudeman, LaTanya U.

�LEFT:Thankstothe
Registration office's new
policy, students no longer
have to wait in line at the
Marts Center at the beginning of each semester.

Cheasapeake Hall
Left to Right
Row 1: Adrienne Sheasley, Mariel Betron, Abby
(RA), Christine Tanner,
annon, Heather Avery, Jodi Knerr, Danielle Albright
Row 2: April Shurtleff, Alicia Jandreau, Heather
Peterman,
Wendy Spurr
Kimberly Wilk, Molly
Missing: Carrie Bohenick, Sharon Hughes, Wendy
Laudeman, LaTanya UrQhart (RA)
Bridget Jeffers, Helen
o., Christine Gaydos,
llard

BEWW: The class

cards used as a
requirement for
admission into classes
was no longer in effect
after the fall semester.

Delaware Hall
Left to Right
Row 1: Bryan Moshinski, Eric Morinello
Row 2: Madhu B. Koneru, Keith Previc, John
Vscilowicz, Jim Wall, Jeff Compton, Matt Wilkin,
Jeffery Xavier, Lennon
Row 3: Eric Freeland (RA), Brad M. Kreschollek,
Mike Fras, David Reel, Keith Fox, Ned Garvey, Ed
White
Missing: Jeff Lennon

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�BELOW: Residents get an
early start moving into
Evans Hall.

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Doane Hall
Left to Right
Row 1: Ann Blasick, Kristin Schutz, Heather
Howell, Amy Michel
Row 2: Erica Kramer, Kristine Caro, Jessica Wisser,
Shannon Savakinas

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McClintock Hall
Left to Right
Row 1: Jamie Shambaugh, Anthony Kakiel, Todd
Cottrell, Brian Kaschak, Robert Costello, Marc
Baron, Michael Kaschak, Matthew Connor,
Michael Gundersdorf
Row 2: Michael Beachem, Colby Shocker, Michael
Haggerty, Theodore Tetlow, Todd Vinovrski, Paul
Caffarelli, Brian McCoy, Robert Banko
Missing: Jeremy Shelton, Darren Williams

Rifkin Hall
Left to Right
Row 1: Beth Seris, Elise N1
Row 2: Asif Ilyas, John Ke:
Chris Hemmer, Eddie Vedi
Row 3: Leah Yurcho, Pierri
Sachse, Amy Elease, Kyle i
Missing: Holli Root (RA), E
Davies

�h, Anthony Kakiel , Todd
Robert Costello, Marc
Matthew Connor,
Colby Shocker, Michael
)W, Todd Vinovrski, Paul
Robert Banko
, Darren Williams
L,

Rifkin Hall
Left to Right
Row 1: Beth Seris, Elise Nels en
Row 2: Asifllyas, John Kearney, Brad Smith,
Chris Hemmer, Eddie Vedder
Row 3: Leah Yurcho, Pierre Palandjiam, Brett
Sachse, Amy Blease, Kyle G. Fedorcha
Missing: Holli Root (RA), Bill Pastewait, Mark
Davies

LEFT: Karen Gillan and

BELOW: Some call it

Jennifer Kutler finish
decorating for a surprise
birthday party given in a
campus hall.

"Stumpy". To others it is
known as the "Scrabbit".
This no-tail squirrel is a
familiar sight on the south
end of campus.

Slocum Hall
Left to Right
Row 1: Quinn Kirk, Joe Nattress (RA), Jason
Ruscavage, John Pidgeon
Row 2: George Chistakoft, Patrick Downs
Row 3: Steve Carne, Kevin Lahr, Curtis Kroesen,
Matt Patton, Paul Bracken
Missing: Mario Saullo, Mike Cahill, Aaron Wilk

149

�BELOW: Mixing brownies in Evans
Hall is always fun especially when you
add extra chocolate.

Sterling Hall
Left to Right
Row 1: Ryan Flynn, Brett Scott, Brian Howard,----,
Al Depantsu
Row 2: Mike White (RA), Steve Woronicak, Grant
Yoder, Shawn Harden,----, Hal Johnson, Jason
Sladowski
Missing: Bill Boyer, Mark Bradshaw, Robert
Frederick, Brian Halpin, Alan Lee, Brian Smith,
Michael Wiggins, Bill Wruble, Joe Yeaghan

100

Sullivan Hall
Left to Right
Row 1: Jennifer Kutler, Denise Schembari, Kellie
Klein (RA), Jennifer Belardi, Allison Pikulski, Jane
Kroouze
Row 2: Jenn Moisey, Linda Ward, Emily VanLente,
Dannielle Huyck, Kiana Phuong Bui, Ann Ynen
Liao
Row 3: Glenda Race, Heidi Van Essendelft, Purvi
Parikh, Tonya Masenheimer, Kristin McN ally
(RA), Alissa Shofkom, Sabrina Mae Walter
Missing: Mary Rose Dymond, Shelly Vagnarelli

Waller North
Left to Right
Row 1: Heather Sonner, Jes
Barnhart, Laura Schmidt, I
Row 2: Malissa Zambri, Me]
Karen Kreoll, Jamie Land C

�, Denise Schembari, Kellie
,lardi, Allison Pikulski, Jane

.nda Ward, Emily VanLente,
a Phuong Bui, Ann Ynen

LEFT: Many students
must schedule their wash
time in between classes or
during the late evenings.

Waller North
Left to Right
Row 1: Heather Sonner, Jessica Murry, Katie
Barnhart, Laura Schmidt, Lisa Tinney
Row 2: Malissa Zambri, Melissa Matuszkiewicz,
Karen Kreoll, Jamie Land (RA)

BEWW: This year the

"Mcclintock Men" gave
Darren Hack a party in
honor of his engagement
to Billie.

Waller South
Left to Right
Row 1: Julie Cannon, Alexandria Neuman, Corinna
Sowers, Nicole Smith, Keri McDermott
Row 2: Emily Forman, Kelly McDermott, Wendy
O'Connor, Tammy Swartwood

eidi Van Essendelft, Purvi
eimer, Kristin McN ally
fabrina Mae Walter
rmond, Shelly Vagnarelli

151

�BELOW: Students pay tribute to
Anthony Marseco by planting three trees
in his memory next to Barre Hall.

Weiss Hall
Left to Right
Row 1: Meghan LaVigna, Michelle Tufaro, Stacey
Gorski, Preeti Patel, Stephanie Kramer (RA), Nolle
Veiksans
Row 2: Nicole Sisson, Janet Sotack, Jen Kovaleski,
Cheryl Walmsley, Mellissa Koship, Sarah Friedrich

152

Evans Hall - First Floor
Left to Right
Row 1: Bernie Kovacs, Dave, Mike Koch, Jim
Warner
Row 2: Kelly Casterline, Regina Tarone, Sarah
Karlavage, Toni Oden, Kara Malitsky, Danny Guy
Row 3: Linda Chong, Joe Gromelski, Jennifer
Bartels, Michele Benolken (RA), Robert Moser

Evans Hall - Second Flo
South River Street Wini
Left to Right
Row 1: Kristina Fish, Kerr
Miller, LeaAnn Dewey, Jil
Nebsky, Jessica Crowley
Row 2: Jess Sinkovich, J er
Steph Haines, Elizabeth A
Roberts
Row 3: Gloria Danisavick,
Kramer, Dave Green, Sha
Siegel, Patrick Keane
Missing: Drew Marko, Kri
Smart, Jill, Mackay, Amy
Sadowski, Ronald George

�LEFT: Workers installing
fiber-optic cables was a
common sight this past
year.

irst Floor
:ovacs, Dave, Mike Koch, Jim
sterline, Regina Tarone, Sarah
Oden, Kara Malitsky, Danny Guy
wng, Joe Gromelski, Jennifer
1 Benolken (RA), Robert Moser

Evans Hall - Second Floor
South River Street Wing
Left to Right
Row 1: Kristina Fish, Kerri Gosling, Michelle
Miller, LeaAnn Dewey, Jill Rodarmel, Marisa
Nebsky, Jessica Crowley
Row 2: Jess Sinkovich, Jenn Tingley, Rick Tym,
Steph Haines, Elizabeth Ann Witkowski, Jim
Roberts
Row 3: Gloria Danisavick, Duane Ritter, Kristy
Kramer, Dave Green, Shanna Henninger, Brian
Siegel, Patrick Keane
Missing: Drew Marko, Kris Jiminez, Samantha
Smart, Jill, Mackay, Amy Mazeitis, Craig
Sadowski, Ronald George

BELOW: Students
watched the SLC lobby
television monitors closely
as the O .J. Simpson
acquittal was announced.

Evans Hall - Second Floor
Northhampon Street Wing
Left to Right
Row 1: Meghan Reilly, Leah Crescenzo, David
Donlin, Chris Bresset, Michael Wassel, John
Hitchcock
Row 2: Matt Peleschack, Lisa McClintock,.Stephanie
Follmer, Mary Murman, JeffHayde, Cris Rebels,
Kristen Strack, Jessica Lehman, Peter Stover

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�BELOW: Students enjoy karaoke
during the I.R.H.C. fall semester final
study break.

Evans Hall -Third Floor South River Street
Wing
Left to Right
Row 1: Maria Shahda, Kimberly Kutch, Laura
Marzzacco, Sal J. Agostu, Renata Vranicar, Jennifer
McDonnell
Row 2: Susan George, Lisa Blanchard, Carrie Nepa,
Kristy Case, Colleen McKinnon, Sue Fagan, Aaron
Rhone, Scott Mengle, George Gately
Missing: Brian Reilly, Brent Arbogast, Dave Clancy
(RA), Cassie Heim, Lisa Rink, Janet Faux, Chris
Smigiel, Jermaine Richardson, Michael Marano,
Carrie Wilkes, Mauranita Miller, Ryanne Zavacky

154

Evans Hall - Third Floor
Northhampton Street Wing
Left to Right
Row 1: Rebecca Racciato, Michelle Saltzer, Amy
Mazikewich, Kathy Schmucker (RA), Jeremy
Nightingale, Jamie Howell
Row 2: Tricia Petrucelli, Brad Davis, Diana Davis,
Tim Doyle, Bonnie Hepplewhite, Lisa Kelley, Steve
Batory, Mike Sobolewski
Missing: David Jenkins, Kelly Schaup, Vicki
Bishop, Amy Blake, Lisa Deute, Nikki, Capobianco,
Kelly Costello, Nicole Biddle, Viet Huynh, Wayne
Meckley, Dave Zula, Marin Bulatewicz

Evans Hall - Fourth Floo
South River Street Wing
Left to Right
Row 1: Deena Guadagno, C
Row 2: Betsy Snyder, 0mm
Gutowski, Bill Smith, Kare
Allyson Selgrade
Row 3: Colleen Smith, Nico
Heather Stevens, Suzanne
Matt Allman
Row 4: Jamie Fernadez, Jo
Kerry Pallien, John McVei:
Missing: Christina Poff (Rl

�LEFT: J. C. McVeigh takes
a minute to rest in Evans
Hall.

ing

[ichelle Saltzer, Amy
!ker (RA), Jeremy
ad Davis, Diana Davis,
vhite, Lisa Kelley, Steve
~lly Schaup, Vicki
eute, Nikki, Capobianco,
le, Viet Huynh, Wayne
L Bulatewicz

Evans Hall - Fourth Floor
South River Street Wing
Left to Right
Row 1: Deena Guadagno, Carolyn Mery
Row 2: Betsy Snyder, Omar Qadeer, Amy
Gutowski, Bill Smith, Karen Sabol, Kevin Walters,
Allyson Selgrade
Row 3: Colleen Smith, Nicole Metzger, Sarah Reed,
Heather Stevens, Suzanne Viola, Phabio Torres,
Matt Allman
Row 4: Jamie Fernadez, John Fox, Keith Kozma,
Kerry Pallien, John McVeigh
Missing: Christina Poff (RA), Marcie Herman

BELOW: Students enjoy
the time to socialize in the
Wilkes Cafeteria.

Evans Hall - Fourth Floor
Northhampton Street Wing
Left to Right
Row 1: Jeanette Uhl, Alaina Barnes, Erin Scatton
Row 2: Melissa Streznetcky, Marissa Laibinia, Jamie
Derhammer, Laura Taylor, Olivia Vogt
Row 3: Kristine Ferrell (RA), Gretchen Schlagnhaufer
Deirdre Gurry, Karyn Case

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�BELOW: Placing the final

touches on an art project outside
of Stark Learning Center.

Pickering Hall - Butler
Left to Right
Row 1: Ben Spencer, Mike Rosh, Tim Stank (RA),
Jack Mackowski
Row 2: Darren Gates, Jeremy Ba~er, Jason
Cardwallader
Row 3: Ben Ewing, Brian Mackowski
Row 4: Jason Iaccio

156

Pickering Hall - Diaz
Left to Right
Row 1: Brandon Scott, James McCluskey, Jeremy
Horvath, Jason Nocella, Mike Peckally, Dan Heflin
Row 2: Brian Snyder, Dennis Dulmer, Dan
Moretski (RA), Les Paul, Scott Newberry, Tariq
Aman
Row 3: Rick Drosinski, Mark Boos, Joseph Atkins,
Jeff Moisey, Nick Reese, Neil Rine

Pickering Hall - Dirksen
Left to Right
Row 1: Kevin Lehman, Stv,
Sherburne, Kevin Keegan
Row 2: Mike Minelli, Fran]
Connor, Jason Clifford, En
Gangaware (RA), Andy Sn:
Mark Wallace, Jason Wea1
Row 3: Ted Cullin, Ryan C
Matt Minilelly

�LEFT: The E. S. Farley
Library is a great place for
students to study quietly
or sociallize within a small
group.

Pickering Hall - Dirksen
Left to Right
James McCluskey, Jeremy
Row 1: Kevin Lehman, Stven Cumberland, Aaron
t, Mike Peckally, Dan Heflin
Sherburne, Kevin Keegan
)ennis Dulmer, Dan
Row 2: Mike Minelli, Frank Diamente, Jim
il, Scott Newberry, Tariq
Connor, Jason Clifford, Enis D. Pimpley, Dave
Gangaware (RA), Andy Snyder, Chris Thompson,
Mark Boos, Joseph Atkins,
Mark Wallace, Jason Weaver
~, Neil Rine
Row 3: Ted Cullin, Ryan Chickletta, Rick Seipp,
Matt Minilelly

BELOW: Colby Shocker is
in for a "shock" as his
girlfriend attempts to cut
his hair for the first time.

Pickering Hall - Priapus
Left to Right
Row 1: Groff Brown, Justin Eroh, Buzz Dunn, Ben
Davis, Jake Potter, Leo DeMorat
Row 2: Ray Bernardi, Mike DiDomenico, Jared
Poleck, Shawn Woodside, Eugene Tomassoni, Rich
Pen~ek, Christopher Zacharias (RA), Dougles Dolfy,
Jamie Golden, Sam N ubani, Chris Shannon,
Nangwaya Kimbeough, Matt Novak, Nas Escabar,
Patrick Fayol

157

�BELOW: Mike Arcazzi

RIGHT: Jennifer Bartels in an unusual

discusses some P.R.
position.
strategies with Patrick Flynn.

Pickering Hall - Roosevelt
Left to Right
Row 1: Greg Davis, Thomas Lavan, Mike Holliday,
Marlow Dotts, Cesar Vinces
Row 2: Brian Menge, James Calciano, John Burdyr,
Sean Moran, Tim Kramer, Shawn Smith (RA)
Missing: Ryan Alston, Dave Bidding, Jack Craft,
Robert Rumford, Mark Shiner, Mike- O'Sullivan,
Tom Ward

158

Pickering Hall - Warner
Left to Right
Row 1: Andy Carter (RA), Andy Yenser, Frank
Tomszewski, Joe Wargo, Gary Spears, Dan Gilroy,
Vincent Pretopapa Jr.
Row 2: Jim Nolle, Dan Reed, Jeremy Gerber, Andy
Coolidge, Bill Gallegler
Row 3: Colin Jones, Pat McDonough, Dave Kish,
Layne Rarig, Mike Killian, Joel Gonzalo, Gregg
Severs, Brian Manger
Missing: Eric Garecht, Paul Gundersdorf, Mike
Barret, Thomas Hovick, Richard Hall Scott Kinane,
Joe Sinkovich, Tulio Santiago

�The 1995-1996 Residence Life Office Staff
A Message frolll the
Residence LiCe Office
May 3 , 1996
To all resident assistant staff members :

ndy Yenser, Frank
ry Spears, Dan Gilroy,
, Jeremy Gerber, Andy

The 1995 -1996 school term is now behind us and the
Residence Life Office would like to take this opportunity to let
youknowwhatapleasure it has been to work with you. Your
dedication and energy has been a very important element in
the success of the Residence Life program, and for this we
thank you. For those staff members who have graduated we
will certainly miss you , and we truly hope you are successful
in all your future endeavors.
Sincerely,
Doug, Darren, Tim, Toni, Rita

)onough, Dave Kish,
roel Gonzalo, Gregg
Gundersdorf, Mike
1ard Hall Scott Kinane,

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Right: 200 South
Franklin Street
Apt. 4 (L to R)
Maria Rebollo,
Caryn Birnbaum,
Angel Redmond

Right: 68 West
Ross Street (L to
R)
Row
1:
Michelle Morgan,
Corona (Dog),
Meredith Cabrey
Row 2: Kerri
Booth, Danielle
Angley, Angie
Bobbin, Patricia
Kirk,
Missy
Bernhard

-Campus
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�Left: Students who
live off campus by
themselves. (L to
R): Andita ParkerLloyd,
Greg
Russell, Aldith
Campbell, Dave
Skoronski,
Beverly Olds

Left: 316 S. River
Street Apt. 2 (L to
R): Tim Ahrens,
C.J. Copley, Matt
White

Living
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�Right: 24 Sheldon St. (L to
R) Clay, Rascal, Chad
Missing Jay
Above: 35 E. South Street
Apt# 1 (L to R) Mary Beth
Gillespie, Kelly Turant,
Lisa
Kuna,
Lynn
Churnetski, Lisa Martin,
Lori Ann Gorrick

162

�Off-Campus Council
Left to Right Row 1: Mike "Rascal" LaMura,
Patricia Kirk, Brian Adams (President), Maria
Rebollo Row 2: Kerri Booth, Angel Redmond
(Recording Secretary), Michelle Morgan
(Corresponding
Secretary),
Leanne
Chamberlain (Treasurer), Meredith Cabrey,
Missy Bernhard, Kerrie Barney, Danielle
Angley Row 3: Tim Ahrens, Chad Edwards,
C.J. Copley (Vice President), Matt White

Inter-Residence Hall Council
Left to Right Row 1: Michael Beachem Row
2: Heather Tahan, Amy Blake (Treasurer),
Tara Wilson (Recording Secretary), Linda
Chong, Beth Ann Witkowski, Amy Blease
Row 3: Jill Fasciana (Parlimentarian), Chris
Thompson, Kristina Fish (Vice President),
Susan George, Phil Barletta, (Corresponding
Secretary), Amy Webb Missing: David Donlin
(President)

Commuter Council
Left to Right Row 1: Janet Stephens, Jennifer
Escarge (President), Christine Moss, Cindy
Sieto, Christina Brown, Row 2: Denise
Popeck, Beth Fedor

163

�In memory of our friend

Anthony "Badger" Marseco ·
During Tony's years at Wilkes he had a large impact on students as
well as faculty. He was loved by all, young and old alike. He always
had something nice to say whether it be giving good advice or paying
someone a compliment. He was a perfectionist in all his endeavors.
He was very charismatic and very self-motivated and tried his hardest
to pass this on to his friends. There isn't enough that can be said to
express our deepest thoughts and feelings for Tony and the job his
parents did in raising such a great individual. Tony Marseco was the
best friend anyone could ever have.

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EVllt

�er'' Marseco
a large impact on students as
ung and old alike. He always
giving good advice or paying
fectionist in all his endeavors.
otivated and tried his hardest
't enough that can be said to
mgs for Tony and the job his
·dual. Tony Marseco was the

1

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Photos donated by Ann Blasick and friends of Tony

165

�Wilkes c:{nitJeisitlf
'R-ecel11es Beautliul,

'l)onated :f:,ianos
This year, Wilkes received a gift
of two pianos from Mr. Harold
Pryar. The pianos were put in
the Dorothy Dickson Darte
Center for the Performing Arts
and in the Conyngham Student
Center. One of the generously
donated pianos is an 1897
antique.
"Mr. Pryar was a dedicated
employee of Wilkes years ago,
and now that he has retired, his
dedication continues by donating
the pianos to the University,"
says Thomas Hadzor, Vice
President of Alumni Development
and University Relations.
Mr. Pryar is a former ABM
maintenance employee at Wilkes
University.

166

��Paul S. Adams
Dean, University College

Robert M. Armstrong
Assistant Professor,
Communications

Milica Barjaktarovic
Assistant Professor,
Electrical Engineering

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168

Sandra A. Beynon
Executive Director, Alumni
&amp; Development

Tom Bigler
Professor, Communications

Robert W. Bohlander
Associate Professor,
Psychology

Francis X. Brennan
Assistant Professor,
Psychology

Maureen A. Burke
Assistant Director, Annual
Giving

Deborah H. Carey
Assistant Professor,
Chemistry

Carl J . C
Professor / (
Psycl

�Milica Barjaktarovic
Assistant Professor,
Electrical Engineering

Carl J. Charnetski
Professor/ Chairperson,
Psychology

Vasu Chaudhry
Associate Professor,
Electrical &amp; Computer
Engineering

Harold E. Cox
Professor/ Chairperson,
History

Robert W. Bohlander
Associate Professor,
Psychology

Deborah H. Carey
Assistant Professor,
Chemistry

169

�John B. G
Assistant .
Electrical &amp;
Engine

University Relations

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170

Bruce C. Deeble
Manager, Food Service

Suzanne M. Druffner
Associate Professor, Nursing

Owen D. Faut
Professor I Chairperson,
Chemistry

John W. IAssistant Profe
Computer

Darin E. Fields
Assistant Professor, English

Claire Fox
Director, Annual Giving

Gary A. Giamartino
Dean, School of Business,
Society and Public Policy

Mary G. I
Director, Cami:

�John B. Gilmer, Jr.
Assistant Professor,
Electrical &amp; Computer
Engineering

Christopher F. Greco
Lt. Col., Aerospace
Studies

Alan R. Greene
Prospect Researcher,
Development

Owen D. Faut
:ssor I Chairperson,
Chemistry

John W. Harrison
Assistant Professor, Math &amp;
Computer Science

Wilbur F. Hayes
Associate Professor,
Biology

Patricia B. Heaman
Professor I Chairperson,
English

Lry A. Giamartino
School of Business,
ty and Public Policy

Mary G. Hession
Director, Campus Interfaith

Dennis P. Hupchick
Assistant Professor,
History

Harvey A. Jacobs
Associate Professor,
Pharmacy

171

�John J. Janecek
Assistant Professor,
Materials Engineering

William D. Johnston
Associate Professor,
Pharmacy

Karen A. Jones
Secretary, Alumni

Valerie G. Kalter
Assistant Professor, Biology

Brian A. Kijowski
Assistant Professor,
Mechanical &amp; Materials
Engineering

Belinda R. King
SSgt., USAF ROTC

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Bradford L. I
Professor I Chai
Communicat·
Director, Fm

Douglas J.
Professor / Ch
Educai

�A. Jones
try, Alumni

1

la R. King
JSAFROTC

Bradford L. Kinney
Professor I Chairperson,
Communications and
Director, Forensics

Dolores J. Kivler
Secretary, Pharmacy

Anthony L. Liuzzo
Associate Professor,
Business &amp; Economics

Douglas J. Lynch
Professor I Chairperson,
Education

Mary E. Mack
Secretary, Continuing
Education

Amy L. Mazur
Coordinator, Volunteer
Services

173

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174

Andrea L. Mazur
Secretary, AFROTC

Thomas McGuire
Director, Sports Information

Umid R. Nejib
Dean, School of Science &amp;
Engineering

David J. Palmer
Assistant Professor,
Aerospace Studies

Kenneth A. Pidcock
Associate Professor, Biology

George F. Ralston
Special Assistant, Alumni

Barbara L. Nanstiel
Pharmacy Information
Librarian

Stephen A. Ram
SSgt., Aerospace St

�3.ra L. Nanstiel
acy Information
Librarian

Stephen A. Ramos
SSgt., Aerospace Studies

James P. Rodechko
Professor, History

Dorothy J. Schlingman
Secretary, History/
Communications

Dot Sheard
Secretary, Annual Giving

Matthew R. Stein
Assistant Professor,
Mechanical &amp; Materials
Engineering

175

�Rebecca Steinberger
Coordinator, Part-Time
Programs

Henry R. Steuben
Director, Part-Time
Programs

Judith A. Sullivan
Coordinator, Continuing
Education

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Edward W. W
Assistant Director,
Manageme1

Wagiha A. Taylor
Dean, Graduate Studies

176

Lester Turoci
Professor/ Chairp,
Biology

Bruce Thens
Director, Dining Services

Jennifer S. Turney
Assistant Professor, Math/
Computer Science

Debra I. Zel
Instructor, B l

�lith A. Sullivan
nator, Continuing
Education

mifer S. Turney
Lnt Professor, Math/
mputer Science

Lester Turoczi
Professor I Chairperson,
Biology

Kelly Well er
Secretary, Part-Time
Programs

Edward W. Wood
Assistant Director, Financial
Management

Maureen A. Wright
Secretary, University
College

J

Debra I. Zehner
Instructor, Biology

Cheryl A. Woloski
Staff Accountant

�Brian Adams
·1 feel being president of the Off Campus Council has enhanced the

relation between apartment students, the university and the
community. For example, durtng the month of October, 1994,
Wilkes apartment students and dorm students were targeted for
robberies. After several break-ins, I helped establish a student crtme
watch. Over 75 students attended an Informational lecture on how
to make the crime watch successful. I also made It aware to the
chief of Security that It was Important to Include apartment students
In the escort service. He worked with myself and CJ Copley to
Include apartment students In the program. Wlth our help, the
admln1stratlon of Wilkes allocated funds to purchase the security
car.·

Karen Bednarczyk
"Whether you are considered a leader or a follower, I believe that
everyone has the ability to make an Impact on the lives of other people.
At Wilkes, I had the opportunity to work with many talented
lndlVlduals . When I look at the members of the Class of '96, I see
enthusiasm, tntelltgence and an tncredtble drive for success. A
phenomenal group of people will graduate from Wilkes this year--I'm
thankful that I was exposed to them.·

Phuong Kiana But
"With the leadership sktlls that I have gained, I was able to help
my fellow students to the knowledge and Ideas that I have
acquired throughout my years at Wtlkes. I want to wish the
senior class a lot of luck and success as they enter the real world.
Good luck!"

Mariah Dembesky

�er or a follower, I believe that
Impact on the lives of other people.
;vork with many talented
nbers of the Class of '96, I see
redlble drive for success. A
1duate from Wilkes this year--I'm

Mariah Dembesky

Chad Edwards
"I feel that the time I served as a representative on Student
Government allowed me to voice my opinion and that of my
peers. Through my ability to be able to bring forth new views, we
were able to gain rtghts and privileges that may otherwise have
gone unheard. The New Student Orientation program was also a
very Important way in which I feel I enhanced the university. By
being an orientation leader, I feel that I made It easier for the new
students to feel Involved and more comfortable. This, In tum,
allowed them to concentrate on their goals as students.·

Ericka Evans
"As a student at Wilkes, I have learned the value of team work and It Is
through that team work that accomplishments are made. Myself, along
with fellow students, were able to boost the Interest and membership of the
Nursing Student Organization a good percentage. Through Increased
interest, more community projects were attempted and made successful.
Through these projects all parties involved became wtnners--the students,
the university and the surrounding communities."

�Kevin Finn

Erle Freeland

John Groblewski

Theresa Havel
·ourtng these four years, I feel
forth as a leader has set the st
Involved and take pride In dob

�Theresa Havel
"Durtng these four years, I feel that by being Involved and coming
forth as a leader has set the stage for younger students to get
Involved and lake pride In doing activities.·

Kim Kaskel
"I believe that I have enhanced Wilkes University In the past
four years by applying myself fully to my academics, athletics
and campus activities.·

Karen Klein

�"Through the various activities that Wilkes has afforded me, the
opportunity to participate in Student Government, the New
Student Orientation and the Resident Assistant program. I have
been able to enhance the university as a whole, grow as an
individual and become the effective leader necessary to be
successful In the business world. ·

Ericka Kramer
"I feel I have enhanced this university by being an active member on
campus and in community activities. As captain of the women's
basketball team, a leader in the classroom and an active member
among my peers, I feel I've shown, by example, the opportunities
Wilkes can offer.·

Stephanie Kramer
"I believe that I have contributed to the Residence Life program at the
university by helping to foster an environment of community. In my first two
years as an RA, I organized numerous socials and educationals to bring the
members of my houses together. We did a lot of neat things. I will always
remember the sit down candlelight dinner we had for Christmas in Doane. By
getting to see my girls often and by spending so much time with them, I hope
lo have enhanced their experiences as dorm students. I also tried to
acknowledge the accomplishments of each girl when they had something
Important happen--a recital, winning a scholarship, or just needed a pick-meup--by putting a sign on the front door. This meant so much to the girls and 1
still see some of these signs In their rooms today. By taking a little time and
going the extra mile, they felt recognized as lndlviduals--plus It made my job a
little more fun.•

Tara Kurland
"My years at Wilkes have er
realize all I am capable of, ,
the knowledge of life and pE
opportunities awarded me.
values and education from
could not promise me succ«
truly grateful!!"

�university by being an active member on
activities. As captain of the women's
1 the classroom and an active member
;hown, by example, the opportunities

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,ys
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hope

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and
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Tara Kurland
"My years at Wilkes have enabled me to grow as an indivtdual and
realize all I am capable of, while at the same time reciprocating
the knowledge of life and people through the leadership
opportunities awarded me. Without the strong foundation of
values and education from Wilkes, my future In today's world
could not promise me success--and to Wilkes University I am
truly grateful!!"

Marlene Matosky
"With my Involvement In academic, extracurricular and community
service activities throughout my biological education at Wilkes, I
have contributed significantly to the health quality and academic
rigor In the Wilkes campus and community."

Kristin McNally
"During the past three years I have been a direct link between the
student body and the administration as an active member of SGA. Also
through athletics I have been a representative of Wilkes University."

�j
Scott Mengle
"Being at Wilkes has taught me how to overcome any obstacle."

Joseph Nattress

·r feel that I have been a good role model for other underclassmen
to show them It Is Important to do well In school, but this can be
accomplished while being Involved In different aspects of
university life."

Andlta Parker-LI yd

�Andlla Parker-Lloyd

Walter Pilger
"In my four years at Wllkes, I have done my best to make the
university a better place for present and future Wilkes students,
faculty and the community. AcUvltles such as Wilkes
Ambassadors and Into the Streets have allowed me to work with
faculty and fellow students to make the campus a much
Improved place and a much more enjoyable place to be.·

Jenna Porplglla
"I worked closely with Dr. Jane Elmes-Crahall to Improve the Financial
AJd Office and situation . We worked to get a book of scholarships
published, more aid for upperclassmen, and better explanations of
financial aid forms.·

�Tony Reed
"Dur1ng my time at Wilkes, I have done all that I could to help enhance
the university for myself and others. I guess the most notable
accomplishment to me would be in helping to expand the efforts of the
Wilkes University AIDS Awareness Committee from a brand new club
five or six of us formed freshman year, to what It Is today. We have
raised tens of thousands of dollars to present the natlonaily known
quilt. var1ous speakers , presentations, and other educational offer1ngs.
We have even expanded Into lecturing on prevention in local high
schools and I have gotten offers from my home, 60 miles away, to do
presenta tions."

Holli Root (Left)
"I feel that 1 have demonstrated
leadership and have enhanced
Wilkes University most through
my position as a Resident
Assistant for the past three years.
1 have helped students
academically , socially, and eased
their transition Into the
challenging environment Wilkes
has to offer. I am thankful I had
this opportunity and I know It has
helped me grow as a person!"

Jennifer Ryman (Right)
"Through my experiences at
Wilkes and the positions I have
held, I have been able to
contribute to the growth of the
university. The opportunities that
have been presented to me allowed
me to assist in brtnglng s tudents
onto campus as well as promote
the benefits the university has to
offer."

Susan Richardson
"Dur1ng my years at Wilkes, the women's field hockey
team has developed into a well respected program. As
a senior and captain this fall, we set a school record
by reachtng the NCAA field hockey tournament.
Because of this achievement. many top schools tn our
division wish to play Wilkes. The caliber of play has
reached amazing levels and now Wilkes' hockey
program has become more attractive to high school
seniors Interested In the university."

Bill Smith
"By being an Hrv / All
only on the Wilkes c1

�:Id hockey
ogram. As
ol record
,ent.
ools In our
play has
ckey
h school

Jamie Spengler
"1brough being Involved with activities along with the student body
and faculty, I have enhanced the Wilkes community. By leaching
me the Importance of leadership, these experiences have also been
self-rewarding."

Bill Smith
"By being an HIV/ AIDS educator, I have raised awareness not
only on the WIikes campus, but the community as well.·

Susannah Stair

·r feel that my time at Wilkes has really represented a partnership between
myself and the unlverslty. I used my abilities and talents to become Involved In
several activities and organlzallons at Wilkes, and conlrlbuled lo others through
them and Wilkes, In turn, allowed me to grow Intellectually, morally and helped
me to decide on a career for the future . Betng Involved In the Wilkes University
Guthrie Scholars program has helped me In Immeasurable ways to prepare for a
career tn medlctne, allowtng me to participate tn clinical experiences I would not
have had otherwise. I hope that my contributions to debates and discussions I
participated tn at the university gave some people things to ponder, and I feel
that I've helped other students through tutoring and tn other ways. I can only
hope that I have, tn some way, had as positive an Impact on Wilkes University as
It has had on me and my life."

�Cheryl Lynn Stauffer
"By following through on a dream, I have showed others that a
little courage and a lot of motivation can lead anyone toward
their goals. Keep yourself open to new Ideas and you may just
find yourself on the other side of the world! Always remember to
flex your risk muscle. "

LaTanya UrQuhart (Left)
"I'm a strong believer In practicing
what I preach . It Is by this type of
example that people become great
leaders."

Sarah Vandermark (Right)
"At Wilkes University, I was able to
get involved in many activities that
helped me gain knowledge that was
beneficial to my growing
experience. By getting Involved, I
not only met many students but
became very close to my faculty,
who helped me In every way
possible."

Tammy Swartwood
"By getting Involved at Wilkes and taking advantage of the opportunities
presented, I have become an example of where a Wilkes education can
take you. Through my accompllshments I hope to have enhanced
Wilkes' reputation for providing a quality education and growth
opportunities outside of the classroom."

Tanelle Yenkevich

�Tanelle Yenkevtch
l taking advantage of the opportunities

nple of where a Wilkes education can
hments l hope to have enhanced
quality education and growth
room."

Linda Zupko
"I believe that I have enhanced Wilkes University through my
volunteer services and my efforts put into the clubs I belong lo.
strive Lo put 100% into everything l do and I know I am walking
away from this university with knowledge, confidence and pride.
have put much time into bettering the lives of children and
through this university I know I will continue ."

Other Who's Who Students:

Andrew Carter
Maria Rebollo
Christopher Zaohavias

�Jonah Aben
14 Stock Street
Swoyersville,PA 18704
Art

Kerrie Barney
R98 Front Street
Nanticoke,PA 18634
Psy.

Brian Adams
405 Longmeadow Road
Lancaster,PA 17601
Acct.

Matthew Beam
Rd 2 Box 284
Morgantown, PA 19543
Bio.

Timothy Ahrens
7562 South Pearl Street Road
Oakfield,NY 14125
Env.Earth Sci.

Karen Bednarczyk
Rd 1 Box 283
Olyphant,PA 18447
Acct.

Mark Alessandrini
Po Box 5802
Deptford, NJ 08096
Psy.

William Beggs
445 Newport Street
Nanticoke.PA 18634
Bio.

Mark Bradshaw
RD 1 Box 650
Warfordsburg,PA 17267
Env.Engin.

Garth Allred
181 Washington Avenue
Kingston,NY 12401
Acct.

Orlando Bellomo
21 Colonels Ridge Road
Mountaintop,PA 18707
Music

Sandra Brown
151 Chariton Drive
East Stroudsbur,PA 18301
Psy./Soc.

Michele T Ambruso
1089 Wyoming Avenue
Forty Fort,PA 18704
Nursing

Tracy Berardi
Rd 2 Box 79a
Belvidere,NJ 07823
Nursing

Clayton Bubeck
Box 1144 Rd 1
Auburn.PA 17922
Env.Engin.

Brett Amdor
148 Smithfield Court
Basking Ridge,NJ 07920
Bus. Adm.

Eric Bercarich
26 Valley Road
Sparta,NJ 07871
Bus. Adm.

Kiana Bui
22 Fitzwatertown Rd.
Willow Grove,PA 19090
Int.Bus.

James Anoia
509 East Main Street
Catawissa,PA 17820
Bio.

Mary Bernardi
350 S Franklin St
Wilkes-Barre,PA 18702
The.

Kristin Burick
188 S. Mountain Blvd.
Mountaintop,PA 18707
Bio.

Joseph Antonishak
98 Logan Street
Wilkes-Barre,PA 18702
Bio.

Melissa Bernherd
301 S Franklin Sr 3rd Fl
Wilkes-Barre,PA 18702
Psy./E.Chld.Ed.

Michael Butchko
100 Hemlock Street
Swoyersville,PA 18704
Poli. Sci.

Heather Avery
Bx 25 187 S. Franklin Street
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18766
Nursing

Nancy Bingham
8 Chestnut Street
Mountaintop,PA 18707
Math /El. Ed.

Robert Butka
419 14th. Avenue
Scranton,PA 18504
Geo-Env. Sci.

Ahmad Azaizeh
Rear 535 North Franklin Street
Wilkes-Barre,PA 18702
Elec.Engin.

Caryn Birnbaum
0-30 Whitehall Street
Fair Lawn,NJ 07410
Psy./E.Chld.Ed.

Jeanine Capone
5 East Lynne Drive
Pittston,PA 18640
Nursing

Nicole Baggetta
416 Depew Avenue
Mayfield,PA 18433
Psy.

Ryan Blazure
19 Kingswood Dr
Dallas,PA 18612
Poli. Sci.

Andrew Carter
187 S Franklin St Bx 124
Wilkes-Barre.PA 18766
Env.Engin.

Eric Bailey
142 Penn Street
Millheim,PA 16854
Com.

Amy Blease
688 Youngs Hill Road
Easton.PA 18042
Art/Com.

Alison Casey
37 Rutz Street
Ashley,PA 18706
Bio.

Robyn Bailey
Rd 5 Box 5138 Rt 447
East Stroudsbur,PA 18301
Soc.

L. Von Blight
392 Wyoming Avenue
Kingston,PA 18704
Mktg.

Leanne Chamberlain
331 Wood Dale Drive
Hendersonville,NC 28739
Psy./Phy.Therapy

Philip Barletta
1168 Amherst Street
Scranton, PA 18504
Mat. Engin.

Kerri Booth
Rd 1 Box 6
Liberty,PA 16930
Int.Studies

Jeffrey Chowanec
5 Circle Drive
Peckville,PA 18452
Acct.

Philip Basha
38 West Eighth Street
Wyoming,PA 18644
Bio.

Kalen Churcher
31 1/2 Turner S
Plymouth,PA H
Com.

Dina Bowman
611 West Diamond Avenue
Hazleton,PA 18201
Poli. Sci.

Brian Coates
413 Spring Stre
Wiconisco,PA 1
Music Ed.

Tammy Boyer
131 West Vaughn Street
Kingston.PA 18704
Nursing

Jason Coslett
1 Regina Drive
Mountaintop, PA
Comp. Sci.
Benjamin Davis
40 Harrison Stre
New York,NY 1C
Psy.
Kelley Davis
29 Flint Ridge D
Shillington.PA 1
Nursing
John Decker
13 Covington La
Voorhees.NJ 08
Com.
Mariah Dembesl
530 Morgan StrE
Dickson City,PA
Psy./EI. Ed.
Jodi Lyn Depue
Po Box 247
Great Bend,PA ·
Psy.
Mark Derienzo
9 Kensington Cc
Neshanic Statio,
Elec.Engin.
Juleann Ducaji
99 Congress Ro
Mountaintop, PA
Psy./EI. Ed.IE.Cl
Christopher Dun
131 Cooper Stre
Pringle.PA 1870
Bio.
Angela Dymond
Rr 3 Box 32b
Shickshinny,PA
Music Ed.
Todd Dziak
Rd 3 Box 161
Harvey's Lake,F
Bio.
Chad Edwards
36 Spring Road
Summit Station,!
Psy.
Kathryn Eisley
Po Box 642
Moscow,PA 184
Psy./EI. Ed.

�Kalen Churcher
31 1/2 Turner St
Plymouth,PA 18651
Com.

Christopher Erb
666 Landis Road
Telford,PA 18969
Geo-Env. Sci.

Steven Gapinski
Rr 1 Box 295 A
Wapwallopen,PA 18660
Math

Brian Coates
413 Spring Street
Wiconisco,PA 17097
Music Ed.

Amy Evans
183 Forest Road
Mountaintop,PA 18707
Acct.

M. Gerst
2016 Park Beach Drive
Aberdeen,MD 21001
Env.Earth Sci.

Jason Coslett
1 Regina Drive
Mountaintop,PA 18707
Comp. Sci.

Ericka Evans
146 West Tioga Street
Tunkhannock,PA 18657
Nursing

Kari Ghezarian
604 Wyoming Avenue
West Pittston,PA 18643
Acct.

Benjamin Davis
40 Harrison Street
New York,NY 10013
Psy.

Suzanne Fagan
27 West William Street
Lincoln Park,NJ 07035
Nursing

Mary Beth Gillespie
21 East Seventh Street
Wyoming,PA 18644
Com.

Kelley Davis
29 Flint Ridge Drive
Shillington,PA 19607
Nursing

Rebecca Farrington
18 Weldy Ave
Oreland,PA 19075
Psy./EI. Ed.

Sean Gorman
Rd 3
Troy,NY 12180
Psy./Phy. Therapy

John Decker
13 Covington Lane
Voorhees,NJ 08043
Com.

Justin Fasulo
12 Fenmore Dr
Wappomgers Fall,NY 12590
Bus. Adm.

Loriann Gorrick
1321 North Main Avenue
Scranton, PA 18508
Nursing

Mariah Dembesky
530 Morgan Street
Dickson City,PA 18519
Psy./EI. Ed.

Jason Feese
Rd 2 Box 127
Catawissa,PA 17820
Nursing

Stanley Gorski
Po Box 508
Sugarloaf,PA 18249
Bio.

Jodi Lyn Depue
Po Box 247
Great Bend,PA 18821
Psy.

Kristine Ferrell
R.d. 2 Box 212
Hughesville,PA 17737
Nursing

Michael Grasso
286 Reynolds Street
Kingston,PA 18704
Biochem.

Mark Derienzo
9 Kensington Court
Neshanic Statio,NJ 08853
Elec.Engin.

Joanna Fine
347 Palmer Street
Plymouth,PA 18651
Soc.

Angie Graver
31 Church St
Zerbe,PA 17981
Poli. Sci.

Juleann Ducaji
99 Congress Road
Mountaintop,PA 18707
Psy./EI. Ed./E.Chld.Ed.

Kevin Finn
Rr 2 Box 70-2a
Hunlock Creek,PA 18621
Eng.

Karen Grimm
718 Ann Street
Duryea.PA 18642
Biochem.

Christopher Dunbar
131 Cooper Street
Pringle,PA 18704
Bio.

Keith Fox
44 7 East Tenth Street
Northampton.PA 18067
Psy./EI. Ed.

Kimberly Groshek
Rr 101 W Ridge St
Nanticoke,PA 18634
Engin. Mgt.

Angela Dymond
Rr 3 Box 32b
Shickshinny,PA 18655
Music Ed.

Brian Franks
306 McKinley Avenue
Jermyn,PA 18433
Env.Earth Sci.

Gerald Grube
470 Division Street
Bangor.PA 18013
Psy./EI. Ed.

Todd Dziak
Rd 3 Box 161
Harvey'S Lake.PA 18618
Bio.

Jay Franus
3102 Parallel Drive
Scranton,PA 18504
Biochem.

Ann Marie Grumblis
98 Courtright St
Pringle,PA 18704

Chad Edwards
36 Spring Road
Summit Station,PA 17979
Psy.

Eric Freeland
1 Lafayette Court
Barnegat,NJ 08005
Com.

Kathryn Eisley
Po Box 642
Moscow,PA 18444
Psy./EI. Ed.

Dorinia Gabello
1618 Return Ave
Scranton, PA 18508
Psy.

Psy.
Mary Guida
166 Second Street
Old Forge.PA 18518
Psy.
Laura Gunn
Po Box 61
Lehman.PA 18627
Soc.

�Eric Hamp
2 Holly Court
Danville.PA 17821
His./Sndry Ed .

Marybeth Jenkins
145 Briarwood Drive
Shavertown,PA 18708
Eng./Poli. Sci.

Kimberly Krushinski
926 Dimmick Street
Dickson City,PA 18519
Psy.

Stephen Hansen
22 Short Street
Moosic,PA 18507
C.I.S.

Kristopher Jimenez
102 Springbrook Drive
Bangor.PA 18013
Env.Engin.

Jeffrey Kulsa
707 East Diamond Avenue
Hazleton,PA 18201
Nursing

Stephanie Hastings
57 W Salisbury Dr
Wilmington,DE 19809
Psy.

Emi Kajiki
180 S Washington St Apt 236
Wilkes Barre.PA 18701
Mktg.

Tara Kurland
Rd 1 Box 299
Hazleton.PA 18201
Psy.

William Heckman
349 Woodlawn Avenue
Mountaintop,PA 18707
Bio.

Jill Karlick
RD 1 Box 188
Freeland,PA 18224
Nursing

Mary Kurlandski
23 Jay Street
Swoyersville.PA 18704
Nursing/Psy.

Chad Heffner
311 N. Tulpehocken Rd.
Reading ,PA 19601
Acct.

Kimberlee Kaskel
62 Kirby Ave
Mountaintop, PA 18707
Env.Earth Sc

Mary Kusiak
He 6 Box 6650
Hawley,PA 18428
Nursing

Mark Henneberg
37 Sandhurst Dr
Mt Laurel,NJ 08054
Env:Earth Sci.

Nicole Kennedy
3010 N Warnock St
Phila,PA 19133-1818
Psy.

Amy Kuzmick
806 East Chestnut Street
Shamokin,PA 17872
Psy.

Patricia Kirk
68 W Ross St
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702
Psy./EI. Ed .

Jamie Land
304 Sunbury Street
Minersville,PA 17954
Bio.

Kellie Klein
2717 Deepford Drive
Woodbridge,VA 22192
Acct.

Wendy Laudeman
Rr 1 Box 146a
Ringtown.PA 17967
Int.Studies/His.

Karen Kline
210 Rothermel Boulevard
Reading,PA 19605
Soc.

George Lear
207 Hamilton Avenue
Linwood,NJ 08221
Mech. Engin

Ronald Kopcho
433 Berkshire Rd
Fairless Hills.PA 19030
Comp. Sci.

Timothy Legg
802 Sunset Street
Scranton.PA 18509
Nursing

David Koschak
Rr 1152
Dushore.PA 18614
Eng .

Carla Lencovich
PO Box58
Sheppton ,PA 18248
Nursing

Melissa Koslap
209 Charles Road
Muncy.PA 17756
Nursing

Daniel Lennon
30 King Street
Hampton Bays,NY 11946
Art

Jennifer Kovaleski
1317 Westside Avenue
Honesdale.PA 18431
Nursing

Timothy Long
1331 Madison Avenue
Dunmore,PA 18512
Acct.

Eica C Kramer
Rr 1 Box 1140
Barnesville,PA 18214
Psy.

David MacEdo
450 Washington Avenue
Somerset,MA 02726
His./Sndry Ed.

Stephanie Kramer
Rd 1 Box 1386
Pottsville,PA 17901
Nursing

Sally Marcum
202 Stites Avenue
West Wyoming ,PA 18644
Bus. Adm.

Russell Hiser
101 Hedgerow Drive
Souderton, PA 18964
Acct.
Edward Hoffman
7 New St
Hudson,PA 18705
Bus. Adm .
Katie Holliday
3 Tallow Lane
Lake Grove,NY 11755
Art Ed.
Heidi Holmberg
400 Pershing Avenue
Phillipsburg,NJ 08865
Nursing
Thomas Horvat
427 Keystone Avenue
Whitehall ,PA 18052
Bio.
Kimberly Howells
1625 Price Street
Scranton.PA 18504
Psy./Phys.
Linda Joning Huang
11 O S. River St. Box 1038
Wilkes Barre,PA 18766
Bus.
Jill Hughson
801 Avenue I
Matamoras,PA 18336
Psy.
Viet Huynh
219 North Washington Street
Wilkes Barre,PA 18702
Elec.Engin.

�enue

)4

treet

Melanie Markey
472 10th Street
Brooklyn,NY 11215
Com.

Jennifer Moisey
Rr 1 Box 360 Foothills Dr
Sugarloaf,PA 18249
Bus. Mgt.

Lisa Martin
Rd 1 Box 615b
Annville,PA 17003
Nursing

Eric Morinello
537 Luzerne Avenue
West Pittston,PA 18643
Biochem .

Timothy Mathews
1219 Audobon Drive
Clarks Summit,PA 18411
Econ./Poli. Sci.

Elisa Morris
281 East Northampton Street
Wilkes-Barre,PA 18702
Bio.

Marlene Matosky
144 Harris Hill Road
Trucksville,PA 18708
Bio./Psy.

Christine Mulhern
Rear 24 Dickenson Street
Pittston,PA 18640
Bio.

Brian McCoy
1782 Brentwood Court
Middletown,PA 17057
Comp. Sci.

Michelle Murmello
942 Washington Street
Freeland,PA 18224
Com .

Marci McDade
102 Ridgeview Drive (fawnwood)

Holly Mushinsky
45 Poplar Street
Plains,PA 18705
Env.Earth Sci./Sndry Ed.

Scraton,PA 18504
Eng./Sndry Ed.

4

Lisa McManamon
2044 Sturbridge Drive
Jamison,PA 18929
Psy./Soc.
Kristin McNally
16 Constitution Rd.
Sewell,NJ 08080
Bio.

Je

Marny Mead
64 West Tioga Street
Tunkhannock,PA 18657
Geo-Env. Sci.
Julie Mehta
92 Second Avenue
Kingston.PA 18704
Bio.

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Scott Mengle
304 St. Peter Street
Schuylkill Have.PA 17972
Engin. Mgt.
Ann Messina
55 E. Pettebone Street
Forty Fort,PA 18704
Poli. Sci.
Lisa Micciche
1350 Springbrook Avenue
Moosic,PA 18507
Bio.
Lori Milewski
277 Barney Street
Wilkes-Barre,PA 18702
Bio.
Denise Mina
432 Aldan Avenue
Aldan.PA 19018
Psy.

Joseph Nattress
631 Hibbard Avenue
Collingdale,PA 19023
Env.Engin.
Eric Nelson
92 Ithaca Street
Bay Shore,NY 11706
Com.
David Nockley
5 Anthracite Street
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702
Bio.
Robert Notari
3701 Sutherford Ave. rm304
Pittsburgh ,PA 15213
Bio.
Coleen Nowikowski
52 West Washington Street
Nanticoke,PA 18634
Psy.
Wendy O'Connor
RD 2 Box 127 A
Towanda.PA 18848
Bus. Adm.
Erika Obser
Box 697
Quogue,NY 11959
Bus. Adm.
Christine Paduck
6 Birch Drive
Tunkhannock.PA 18657
Bus. Adm.
Crystal Pajor
1508 South Hanover Street
Nanticoke,PA 18634
Psy.

Pierre Palandjian
202 Carol Road
Peckville,PA 18452
Bio.
Andita Parker-Lloyd
111 Woodside Drive
Wilkes Barre,PA 18705
Com./Eng.
Matthew Patton
Rd 1 Box 32a
Ulster.PA 18850
Bio.
Amy Peacock
77 Bonnet Lane
Hatboro,PA 19040
Psy./EI. Ed .
Anthony Pepe
39 Parnell St.
Pittson,PA
Bus. Adm.
Edward Price
RR 3 Box 3236
Uniondale,PA 18470
Geo-Env. Sci.
Micah Price
Rr 3 Box 3236
Uniondale,PA 18470
Env.Engin.
Ali Qureshi
3031 Burchlawn Street
Herndon.VA 22071
Env.Engin.
Marisa Rae
Bx 1406 187 S Franklin St
Wilkes-Barre,PA 18766
Poli. Sci.
Scott Randolph
22 Terrace Street
Wilkes-Barre,PA 18702
Geo-Env. Sci.
Jill Raspen
762 River Road
Wilkes Barre,PA 18702
Eng./Sndry Ed.
Angel Raymond
251 Cedar St
Tamaqua,PA 18252
Bus.
Maria Rebollo
165 Maple Street
Coplay, PA 18037
Elec.Engin .
Tony Reed
165 N. Railroad St.
Hughesville,PA 17737
Bio.
Janis Reigel
Rr1 Box 1916
Factoryville.PA 18419
Acct.

�Ann Peters
187 S Franklin St Bx 1402
Wilkes-Barre,PA 18766
Phil.

Michael Relvas
4835 Charles Street
Easton,PA 18042
Psy.

Walter Pilger
Rr 1 Box 352 A
Dallas,PA 18612
Bus. Adm.

Ryan Riboldi
Rd 3 Box 260
Kunkletown,PA 18058
Poli. Sci./His.

Jenna Porpiglia
Box 1387
Wilkes Barre,PA 18766
El. Ed./Com.

Susan Richardson
1O Marrabee Avenue
Dallas,PA 18612
Bus. Adm.

Tanya Prapuolenis
34 Culver Street
Forty Fort,PA 18704
Nursing

Christine Rodgers
1412 Plane Street
Avoca,PA 18641
Nursing

Amy Prawdzik
145 Waller Street
Wilkes-Barre,PA 18702
Bio.

Christopher Rogers
144 Aldrin Drive
Shavertown,PA 18708
Bio./Psy.
ohn Schwear
Box 687 Rr 2
Hazleton,PA 18201
Eng .

Holli Root
1131 Conklin Road
Conklin,NY 13748
Nursing
Teresa Rose
279 Academy Street
Wilkes Barre ,PA 18702
Psy.
Sean Ryan
200 West Market Street
Danville,PA 17821

Sherri A Seiwell
541 Main St.
Sugarloaf,PA 18706
Crim.Jst.
John Sentiwany
28 Senate Dr Apt 7a
Mountaintop,PA 18707
Acct.

Mktg .

Jennifer Ryman
Rd 6 Box 55a
Tunkhannock,PA 18657
Acct.
Craig Sadowski
4267 E. Wyndemere Circle
Schnecksville,PA 18078
Env.Earth Sci.
Thomas Sarnowski
Rd 2 Box 129
Waymart,PA 18472
Nursing
James Savage
33 Laurel Leaf Drive
Gales Ferry.CT 06335
Com.
Shannon Savakinas
212 West Coal Street
Shenandoah,PA 17976
Soc./EI. Ed.
Kathleen Schmucker
863 Wyndom Terr
Secane,PA 19018
Com./Poli. Sci.
Amy Schoonover
105 Amherst Drive
Dickson City,PA 18519
Bio.

Beth Seris
1 Chestnut Street
Luzerne.PA 18709
Acct.
Paul Serkosky
604 New Street
Olyphant.PA 18447
Mech. Engin
Pamela Sernak
1221 1/2 West 15th Street
Hazleton.PA 18201
Psy./EI. Ed.
Daphne Shaffer
72 East Walnut Street
Kingston.PA 18704
Eng.
Tina Shannon
65 B Heisz Street
Edwardsville,PA 18704
Bio.
Sheila Shiffka
304 North Empire Court 526
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18702
Poli. Sci.
Renee Sica
39 Oak Forest Drive
Tunkhannock,PA 18657
Acct.

Donna Silinski
230 Davis Street
Plymouth,PA 18651
Biochem.
R. Patrick Simes
808 South Hanover St.
Nanticoke,PA 18634
Eng./Phil.
David Skoronski
5932 Nuangola Road
Mountaintop, PA 18707
Env.Sci.
Christine Smedley
122 Park Street
Carbondale.PA 18407
The.
Brad Smith
1711 Lincoln Street
Bethlehem.PA 18017
Bio
Brian Smith
Route 2 Box 508
Mountain Home,AR 72653
Env.Engin.
Daniel Smith
228 Railroad Avenue
Souderton,PA 18964
Med./Hth. Phys.
Tera Smith
157 Airline Drive
Cogan Station,PA 17728
Psy.
William Smith
210 Mt Spring Avenue
Hawley,PA 18428
Bio.
Jamie Spengler
337 Fairmount Road
Long Valley,NJ 07853
Psy./EI. Ed.
Patricia Spivak
Rr 1 Box 116b
White Haven.PA 18661
Acct.
Susannah Stair
201 South Memorial Highway
Trucksville,PA 18708
Biochem.
Cheryl Stauffer
1708 Chester Road
Bethlehem,PA 18017
Int.Studies/Soc.
Robert Steinberger
219 Salem Street
West Pittston.PA 18643
Psy.
Paul Summa
1712 Clay Avenue
Dunmore,PA 18509
Bus. Adm.

Tammy Swam,
.RD 2 Box 134
Dalton,PA 184

Bus. Adm.
Aniko Szeplaki
36 Canterbury
Phillipsburg,N.
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Eileen Taman
102 Caverton
Trucksville,P~
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Rose Tamma
111 Park Stre
Westfield, NJ
Nursing
TimothyTem
RR 2 Box 1i
Wyalusing,P,
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36 Graham J
Wilkes Barre
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James Thor
645 Oak Str
Taylor,PA 1
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209 Simpsc
Dupont,PA
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520 Nichol:
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Allentown
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.RD 2 Box 134
Dalton.PA 18414
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36 Canterbury Road
Phillipsburg,NJ 08865
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Eileen Tamanini
102 Caverton Road
Trucksville,PA 18708
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Leslie Vinsko
75 Birch Drive
Swoyersville,PA 18704
His.

Anita Zaboski
660 Main Street
Sugar Notch,PA 18706
Soc.

Cheryl Walmsley
2426 East Eric Drive
Wilmington.DE 19808
Nursing

Carmen Zullo
1424 Shawsheen Street
Tewksbury,MA 01876
App.Engin.

Edward White
Box 34
Hamlin,PA 18427
Phys.

Linda Zupko
1038 West Oak Street
Old Forge,PA 18518
Psy./EI. Ed.

Rose Tammaro
111 Park Street
Westfield.NJ 07090
Nursing

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Rd 3 Box 3458
Moscow, PA 18444
Env.Earth Sci.

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RR 2 Box 170
Wyalusing,PA 18853
His./Sndry Ed

Michael White
6 Arlington Avenue
Hewitt,NJ 07421
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36 Graham Avenue
Wilkes Barre.PA 18702
Bus. Adm.

Carrie Williams
138 Old River Road
Wilkes Barre,PA 18702
Bio.

James Thomas
645 Oak Street
Taylor,PA 18517
Env.Earth Sci.

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Rr 1 Box 1169
Factoryville.PA 18419
Bus. Adm.

Deborah Tibel
209 Simpson Street
Dupont,PA 18641
Mat. Engin./Phys.

Lynne Wright
67 Wayne Street
Carbondale,PA 18407
El. Ed./Psy.

Lawrence Trakes
520 Nicholas Street
Frackville,PA 17931
Pub.Adm.

William Wrubel
109 North Grant Street
Williamstown.PA 17098
Music Ed.

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170 South Wilkes Barre Blvd.
Wilkes Barre,PA 18702
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RR 2 Box 70-Q
Orangeville,PA 17859

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317 Lenape Trail
Allentown.PA 18104-0317
Bio.

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19 Yorktowne Road
Pottsville.PA 17901
Poli. Sci.

Michelle Tufaro
27 King George Road
Warren.NJ 07059
Psy.

Susan Yoder
Po Box 127
Springville,PA 18844
Nursing

Latanya Urquhart
1812 North Woodstock Street
Philadelphia.PA 19121
Soc./Ed.

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Rr 1 Box 463 Whitesterry
Falls,PA 18615
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Yesterday we went to class, hung out with friends, studied, drank,
and goofed off. Today we say good-bye to all that and move forward in
tomorrow, helped by our experience, our teachers, and our friends. We
carry with us the fruits of past dreams and the seeds of new ones to be
planted in the fertile soil of another year.
Amnicola wishes you the best of luck in all your future plans, be
they work, school, or family. We hope you carry something with you
from this past year at Wilkes forever.

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JamesF.Anoia

Sric Bercarich

Maria L. Feach

It has meant so much to watch you
grow, to share your goals and dreams.
With all your talents the future is
unlimited. You're just the kind of
thoughtful son most parents dream of.
We are very proud of you.

Is there a doctor in the house??

Dear £ric,
Congratulations! You may think
success is yet to be achieved. but you
already are a success as a person.
May you always be surrounded by
health and happiness, loving family
and friends, and career success.

Congratulations
proud of your c.
include creativi,
endurance with
achieve perfecti
endeavors. Goo
all of your futur
ambitions.

We are proud of yo'll, James.
Love,

Mom and Todd

All our love,
Love,
Mom and Dad

Love,

Mom, Dad and Lauren
Your :

Sric Bercarich

Caryn Birnbaum

Jeanine M. Capone

Wayne V. Chernick

Loriann Got-rick

Dear Eric,
Congratulations on your graduation!
am very proud of your
accomplishments. May your future he
bright and successful.

We told you to "reach for the stars"
four years ago, you are almost there.
We love you and wish you love, luck
and happiness for your future in
helping the youth of today.

Congratulations, Jeanine, as you
receive your BS in nursing. It was a
hard road. but you never gave up.
Your parents are especially proud of
you on this, your graduation day.
Much success.

We know it wasn't easy. A student.,
husband. and Daddy to Kirsten (3) and
Holly (1), but you did it all and did it
well. We are all so proud.

"Congratulation
made it. We alll
would. On to th
are proud.

Love yo'll,

Love,

Love,

Yvette

Mom.
andF,

Mom. Dad. Holli, and Bev

Love,
Grandma
Mom and Dad

Brian T. Coates

l&lt;elley N. Davis

Mariah Denibesky

Laura J. Gunn

Congratulations on this important day
in your life. May God be with you as
you continue on your journey to
achieve higher goals. Good luck and
best wishes always.

Congratulations! We wish you the best
as you pursue your career in Nursing.

Congratulations and all our love. We're
proud of you.

Laura,
It took a lot of h.
dedication to wo
through college, 1
as proud of your
as we are. We w
God can offer.

With Love,

All of the Gruszkas
Love,

Congratulations and Bat Wishes 1996

graduates!
Robert P. DeMarco

Love,
Your Family

Love,

Mother and Dad

YourF

Mark C. Deri8DIIO

Chad Oliver Sdwards

JuonFeese

Mark,

Congratulations, Son, on your
graduation from college. We're proud
of you and know you will do well in
whatever your future endeavors might
be. Stay focused. be healthy and
happy. And most of all, never give up
on your dreams.

Congratulations, Jason. upon
completing your academic career at
Wilkes. We are proud of your record in
the classroom and on the football field.

Congratulations on your degree. So
proud of you are we! Hitch your
dreams to a star to carry you afar.
Love,

Love,
Mom. Dad and Neal

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CONGRATULATIONS!
May your future be filled with health,
happiness and trust in the Lord.
AIM HIGH for a very successful career
in the Air Force.

Love,
Mom and Dad

Your Parents

I&lt;ristineFerrell

Love Always,
Mom, Dad. Kathleen and Lori

MarciSliubeth)
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for success, Marc
proud that you ai
family tradition b
fourth generation
teaching professi,
richly rewarded f,

All our
Mom.I:
Mark

�~c Bercarich

MariaL.Feachak

Jennifer Gans Moisey

Steve Gapinski

Sean J&lt;h,by Gorman

)ear Eric,
~ongratulations! You may think
ruccess is yet to be achieved, but you
ilready are a success as a person.
May you always be surrounded by
ru?alth and happiness, loving family
and friends, and career success.

Congratulations, Maria! We are very
proud of your capabilities which
include creativity, perseverance and
endurance with a strong will to
achieve perfection in your academic
endeavors. Good luck and success in
all of your future goals, dreams, and
ambitions.

Jennifer-We are very proud of your
YEST£RDAYS, thrilled with your
TODAY, May 18', 1996, NThe Wilkes
University Graduate/ and pray all your
TOMORROWS are days of sunshine
and smiles sprinkled with Love. God
Bless!

Congratulations and Good Luck,
Steve!!

Congratulations, Sean! May the
good Lord continue to guide you in
all your future endeavors. We are
blessed and proud to have you for
our son. Much love, happiness and
success in your life.

Mom. Dad and Melissa

Love,

Love,
Love,

Love,

Your Parents

Mom, Dad and Jeff

Mom, Dad and Scott

Mom, Dad and Lauren

Wayne V. Chernick

Loriann Garrick

Loriann Garrick

Ann Marie Grumblis

Melissa Guida

We know it wasn't easy. A student,
husband, and Daddy to Kirsten (3) and
Holly (1), but you did it all and did it
well. We are all so proud.

"Congratulations" Loriann. You
made it. We always knew you
would. On to the real world. We
are proud.

Hello, Real World! Here comes Loriann
Frances Christine Gorrick

With PRIDE and ANTICIPATION we
gave you life. With PRIDE and
ANTICIPATION you have greeted
and challenged each day of life.
With PRIDE and ANTICIPATION we
rejoice in your accomplishments.

Melissa,
We are so proud of you.

Love,

Love,

Yvette

Mom, Dad, JJ~
and Family

Everyone Who Loves You

Mom, Dad, Brian, and
Chris

We Love You,
Mom and Dad

Mariah Dembesky

Laura J. Gunn

George Gurdock

Stephanie Hastings

l&lt;ristopher M. Jimenez

Congratulations and all our love. We're
proud of you.

Laura,
It took a lot of hard work and
dedication to work your way
through college, and you should be
as proud of your accomplishments
as we are. We wish you the best
God can offer.

May all your dreams come true as you
forge on to be the best doctor you can
be. Congratulations and Best Wishes.

Steph,
Congratulations!!! We love you
very much and are very proud of
you. We hope your future will be
filled with a lot of happy moments.
We know you can accomplish
anything you set out to do.

Kris,
Only you can appreciate the effort
that went into your extraordinary
accomplishments, and nobody can
imagine the pride that we feel for
you. God continues to smile down
on you.
Good luck in graduate school.

Love,
Your Family

With Love,
Mom, Dad, Daniel and
Anastasia

Love,

Love Always,

Your Family

Mom and Dad

Love,
Mom and Dad

l&lt;ristineFerreD
CONGRATULATIONS!
May your future be filled with health,
happiness and trust in the Lord.
AIM HIGH for a very successful career
in the Air Force.
Love Always,
Mom, Dad, Kathleen and Lori

Marci Sliabeth McDade

Lori Milewski

Wendy Lynn O'Connor

Congratulations and Best Wishes
for success, Marci. We are very
proud that you are continuing our
family tradition by becoming the
fourth generation to choose the
teaching profession. May you be
richly rewarded for your efforts!

Lori,
Congratulations and the very best of
luck for success in your future. We're
proud of you.

If we could gather up all the smiles,
laughs, and memories you've
brought us through the years, we
would, and you would, understand
just what it means to have a
daughter like you. . . You're very
special to us! Much success with
your new job!

All our love,

Love,
Mom, Dad, Ray, Lynn and
Nana

Love you always,
Mom, Dad, Michael and
Mark

Mom and Dad

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�Pi81'1'e I&lt;hatchadour Palandjian

Janis I(. Reigel

Chriatopher Brian Rogers

Hom Alana Root

William D. Smith

Congratulations, Pierre! We are proud
of 1.:1our brilliant accomplishment. We
wish that 1.:1ou will continue to
successfully reach your dreams
alwa1.:1s with your famil1.:1's love and
God's blessings, even during times of
unforseen difficulties.

JANIS K. REIGEL pursued her degree,

Congratulations, Chris, and the Class
of 1996.

Holli:
You have done an outstandingjob, and
we are proud of 1.:1ou be1.:1ond words!
You are loved b1.:1 us all!

Congratulations, Bill
We are proud of your a
achievements at Wilkei
being selected in Who'i
Dean's List. Good Luclc

with uncommon vigor and hardy esprit.
We've alwa1.:1s been Ver1.:J proud of her
role, and pleased that she has now
reached her goal--to be an accountant
on our famil1.:J tree.
Your Loving Famil1.:1

Love,
Mom. Dad Kevin. Moe, Jinx,
Lizz1.:1, Grammey and
Pop Pop

Love,

Love,
Mom. Dad D-Man. Ricky
and Lad1.:1

Mom. Dad Catherine,
Robert. Diana, and your
Grandparents

Mom.DadG
Grandpa

ENJOY LIFE!

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Beth Seris

"Amy Dear"
-"Congratulations, Daughter" -We're so ver1.:J proud of you-We love 1.:1ou dearly-We're here for 1.:1ou alwa1.:1s-Ma1.:1 all your dreams come true-

Congratulations! We are proud of you
and your achievements in the past four
1.:1ears. May 1.:1our future be a happy,
health1.:1 and successful one.

Yuukkk! Better you th
Congratulations!!
Lora and Lis

Love,

1

P.S. Now start working! You owe 1.:1our
mom and dad a •sg Vettel!

Mom and Dad

We love you,
Mom. Dad and Beck1.:J

Patrick Simes

Patrick Simes

Patrick Simes

Cheryl Walmsley

Some of the best times we've had
were with poles in our hands, and the
sun on our backs. As a fellow student,
I know the hardships and the
struggles you've endured. I'm
extremely proud and wish 1.:1ou
nothing but the best.

Goals are dreams and wishes that are
not easily obtained but with
perseverance and steadfastness, by
letting go of 1.:1esterda1.:1 and reaching for
tomorrow, you can achieve that dream
that was once just a wish.

"Of course there is no formula for
success except. perhaps, an
unconditional acceptance of life and
what it brings."
We knew 1.:1ou could do it. We're really
proud. On to Dr. Simes.

Congratulations! You
devoted nurse. Your ,
Walmsley would be sc
LOVE YOU!

Cordially,

Love,

Jessica and Steven Bergey
your sister and
brother-in-law

Mom. John and Jim

Aunt Edith

Loredo

Patrick Simes

Patrick Simes

Patrick Simes

Tera L. Smith

Pat.
"Life is but a river I go fishing in."

Daddy,
We knew 1.:1ou could do it. We are
proud. We hope some day we can
make you as proud as we are.

Boss,
Congratulations! And remember-chicks dig taxidermists!!

Congratulations, Ty and best wishes.
I'm real proud of 1.:1ou.

Well, it looks like we caught our first
fish (BA's), now on to the big one
(PHD). It's the best fishing I could
ever ask for.

Mom
Love,

We love you,

We are so proud hap]
the blessings of the L
graduation. The road
has had its ups and d
have achieved accorr
climbed to your goal

Jim. Bernie and Marcie
Tiffany and Sasha

Yourfamib

Love ya,
Laura

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Mom.Dad
Shante, Zo
Marcus

�anaRoot

William D. Smith

James W. 'ftJCnnu

Sarah Vandermark

Cheryl Walmsley

Congratulations, Bill.
ve done an outstanding job, and

We are proud of ':JOur academic

proud of ':JOU be':jond words!
loved b':l us all!

achievements at Wilkes Universit',l, for
being selected in Who's Who, and the
Dean's List. Good Luck in ':JOur future.

Congratulations, Jim. You made it. We
are ver':j proud of ':JOU and all of your
accomplishments, and we have faith in
':JOU in whatever ':JOU choose to do in
the future.

You are special and make us Ve?',l
proud Keep up the good work and
follow your dreams. Remember we
are all here to support you. May
':JOU find love, luck and success in
all you do.

Always remember what we taught
you and what Daddy says. We
love you! You will always be our
little girl. Be proud of all you do.
Congratulations!

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Love,
Love,
Mom. Dad. D-Man, Rick':j
and Lad':l

Love,

Mom. Dad and Paul
Love ya,

Mom. Dad. Grandma and
Grandpa

Mom and Dad
Mom, Dad. Karen,
Susan and Marla

NJOYLIFE!

itulations! We are proud of ':JOU
rur achievements in the past four
Ma':l ':JOur future be a happ':J,
,':J and successful one.

Cheryl Walmsley

Cheryl Walmsley

Cll8l'Yl Walmsley

Yuukkk! Better you than me, Nurse.
Congratulations!!

We are so proud of you! You will be a
huge success in whatever you do.
With your winning smile and
personality, you will be a wonderful
nurse. Remember to always care for
others. We love you.

May God bless you in your nursing
career of loving and caring for each
person you tenderly touch. Our
thoughts and prayers are with you
always.

Lora and Lisa

Love,

ourse there is no formula for
iss except. perhaps, an
nditional acceptance of life and
: it brings:
new you could do it. We're really
d. On to Dr. Simes.

Aunt Roxy, Uncle Stan,
Aaron, Chris and
Joel Moses

Mom-Mom and
Pop-Pop Warmouth

Mom and Dad

Cll8l'Y1Walmsley

Matthew J. White

Congratulations! You will make a
devoted nurse. Your Mom-Mom
Walmsley would be so proud. WE
WV'EYOU!

May all your dreams, wishes and
desires be realized. Words cannot
express how proud we are of your
accomplishment. Shoot for the
stars, never settle for second best
and remember, we will always be
there for you.

Aunt £dith and Uncle Jack

J&lt;iJnberly Wood9
Congratulations! You did it "ON

YOUR OWN!"
Love,
Mom and Dad

Love,

Your parents
Mom. John and Jim

To All Graduating Seniors:

David 6. Searfoss

L. Smith
yatulations, Tv and best wishes.
•eal proud of you.
Mom

We are so proud. happy and enjoying
the blessings of the Lord upon your
graduation. The road to achievement
has had its ups and downs, but you
have achieved. accomplished and
climbed to your goal.
Your family,
Mom. Dad. Peaches, Willy,
Shonte, Zoey, Holly and
Marcus

Congratulations to a wonderful
husband. father and grandfather. We
are all Ve?',l proud of your hard wor~
dedication and perseverance.
Patty, David. Richard and
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Angela '1fardrock# -Just look at you now! Always knew
you'd succeed just didn't know how
we would feel at this time with your
life filled with change. The baby we
cherish--now a woman. How strange
yet glorious, wonderful. How sweet it

Orlando,
You are truly a very special gift to us,
your family. Your many
accomplishments are so well deserved
and you have always made us so very
proud of you. Good luck and God bless
you.

We are very proud of you.
Congratulations and Best Wishes on
plans for the future. You are a very
strong and caring person who will
strive for life's best.
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Love,
Love,
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and Rochelle

Mom. Dad Nicole, Jay, Mam.
Uncle Jack and Uncle Tom

Mom. Dad Enrico and
Mario

I&lt;errie Barney

Robert Steinberger

Sdward White

Craig Sadowski

You've made us proud!!

Bobby!
Thank God you made it!

We're proud of you, Ed God bless you.
We love you very much.

Great job! We are proud of you.

Love,
Love,

Love,

Mom. Dad and Becky

Mom and Dad

Mom. Dad John. Teika. Lexie
and Norm

Mom. Gram and Gramps

I&lt;erri Booth

Lisa Micciche

Justin Fasulo

Brian Franb

It's finally over--butjust beginning.
You have made us very proud parents.
We hope the love we have for you
now keeps you embraced forever.

To Lisa who has been head strong and
has had a goal to accomplish since the
day you were born. All our love and
best wishes in all your future
endeavors.

Congratulations, Justin! Your unique
talents will make the world a better
place. The future is yours. Carpe diem!

Congratulations! Best wishes and
good luck for a happy, successful life.
May God be with you in all that you
do.

With love,
Love,

Mom and Dad
Mom. Dad Mike, Matt and
Brian

Mom. Denis and Sara
Mom and Dad

Marc Vendome

Timothy Tenasco

Marc-Congratulations and best wishes on
your achievement. We wish you much
success in the years ahead!

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brought you to this day, -your discipline
and courage and hard work along the
way, your character and strength of will
to see a challenge through. These
qualities will surely bring success in all
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�Parr:i.sh Hall
16 South River Street

Parrish Hall stands today as a monument to the era
when the economy of Luzerne County was dominated by the
anthracite industry.

The building was erected in 1909 to

house the offices of the Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal
Company. 1 It was designed by the Wilkes-Barre architectural
firm of Welsch, Sturdevant, and Poggi. 2 The office
building was purchased by Wilkes College in 1958 from the
Glen Alden Corporation, successors to the original firm. 3
The structure is presently used to house classrooms and
offices and is named in honor of Charles Parrish, a founder
of the Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal Company.
Architecturally, Parrish Hall is an example of late
Victorian commerical architecture of the Hacademic• trend.
The masonry structure has five stories and measures
approximately sixty feet by one-hundred feet.

The front

section is heavily decorated with classical details while
the middle and back sections show little aesthetic striving.
The name of the originql firm is carved below the cornice on
the street facade.

The entrance and stairhalls have marble

wainscoting and tile floors.

A decorative motif composed of

the initials of the Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal Company is
found through out the interior.

An interesting feature of

the interior is the floor to floor mail shute, said to be
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the first such system in Wilkes-Barre.

Minor alterations

have been made to the building over the years, however,
the basic structure remains intact.
Parrish Hall stands on the east side of South River
Street near the intersection of West Market Street.

The

land was originally a portion of plot number six as laid
out in 1770.

Two of the finest hostelries in the history

of Wilkes-Barre stood on this site and that of Chapman Hall
to the south.

The Phoenix Hotel was erected about 18Jl• It

was replaced by the Wyoming Valley Hotel about 1864.

The

Wyoming Valley Hotel was torn down in the early twentieth
century.

Legend says that Arnold Colt operated a tavern

in a building that stood on or near this site in the early
years of the Dineteenth century.

1 oscar J. Harvey and Ernest G. Smith, A History of
Wilkes-Barre and W omin Valle
(Wilkes-Barre, Pa.,
Smith-Bennett Company, 19JO, IV, 1922.
2welsch, Sturdevant, and Poggi, architectural
drawings, August 29, 1908. (Wilkes College, Business Office)
3 Luzerne County Deed Records, Book 1412, p. 82.

�16 S. River St.

PARRISH HALL

Parrish Hall was built 1908-09. It was the former Lehigh
and Wilkes -Barre Coal buiiding.
Wilkes College ~cquired the building in May of 1958. The
imposing five-story building houses the Finance department,
the department of Political Science, Commerce and Finance,
Business Administration and Psychology.
It was acquired through generous contributions including
gifts from the Alvert A. List Foundation, Inc.
and RKO
Theatres Foundation. The property includes the fivestory buiTding at 16 South River St., the adjoining President's House at 34 South River Street, and a large parking
lot behind both buildings.
The building was renamed Parrish Hall after the noted leader
in the development of hard coal. The President's home was
renamed Isaac Chapman Hall.

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From information in the Archives Files at Wilkes College
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After the 1972 flood, damages to both these buildings was in
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Parrish Hall
16 South River Street
spring, 1972
sources author
Note, Parrish Hall was built in 1909.

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Phoenix Hotel
sourceJ Wyoming Historical and
Geological Society
Note, The Phoenix Hotel, built circa
18Jl and razed circa 1865,
stood on the present site of
Parrish Hall.

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Note, The Wyoming Valley Hotel was
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in the early twentieth century.
It occupied the sites of the
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Wyoming Valley Hotel
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Geological Society
Notes In the late ninet~eth century
the roof was remolded in the
Mansardic style.

�Isaac Chapman Hall
24 South River Street

The history of Chapman Hall is closely associated
with that of Parrish Hall.

The structure, which sets to

the south of Parrish Hall, was built in the mid 19J0s as
the residence of the president of the Glen Alden
Corporation. 1 Wilkes College acquired the building in
1958 when it purchased the corporation's property holdings
in the first block of South River Street.
Chapman Hall is a three and a half story, brick
structure with a tile roof and a portecochere ori the south
side.

The name honors Isaac Chapman, an early resident of

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CHAPMAN HALL

The college acquired the Coal Company buildings on 6 May
1958 (see Parrish Hall), through generous donations and
contributions including gifts from the Albert A. List
Foundation, Inc., and RKO Theatre Foundation. ' The property
was built in or about the mid-1930s.
This building and the Parrish Hall building also acquired
at the same time, were erected on the site of the former
Old Wyoming Vall~y Hotel.

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24 South River Street
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�Guidance and Placement Center
J4 South River Street

The structure presently used for the Guidance and
Placement Center was originally the office of Andr~w Todd
McClintock, an attorney.

Although the exact date of

construction is unknown, the building was erected in the
mid nineteenth century.

The earliest known record of it

is a circa 1868 photograph of South River Street.

The

history of the building is closely associated with that of
McClintock Hall to the south.

Mcclintock Hall was built

as the residence of Andrew Todd Mcclintock.
The building was erected in three sections.

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original portion s~ts close~to the sidewalk and has a center
door flanked by two windows.

The back or east wing was

erected about the turn of the century.

It is not shown in

the 1894 Atlas of Wilkes-Barre but is shown in the 1904
edition.

The last section built was the south wing

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spring, 1972
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Hall was built as the residence of Andrew Todd McClintock
(1810-1892), an attorney.

Although a substantiated date of

construction is unknown, the house was probably erected in
the early 1840s.

A note added to an 186J architectural

drawing of the house records that it was built in 1841.
Until 1951, when the building was given to Wilkes College,
the house had been the home of three generations of the
McClintock family.
The present Mcclintock Hall is nearly three times the
size of the original house.

The 186) architectural drawing

of the plan of the first and second floors and an examination
of the structure reveals that the house is made up of four
main sections built at different times.

The original house

was a two and a half story, half Georgian form structure
with a recessed entrance and consisted of the present hall

and the two rooms along the south side of it.
may have been in a separate building,

The kitchen

In the following

years the two first floor rooms on the north side of the
hall and a two story service wing were added.

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conservatory which stood on the site of the former library
may have been built at this time.
In 186J the New York architectural firm df Vaux and
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Withers designed several alterations for the residence of
ftA. T. McClintock, Esq., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.- 1 The plans
involved the addition of a second and third floor to the
north side of the house.

The bay window and the floor

length windows of the first floor, northwest room were also
a part of the designs.

The two story arcade and the present

vestibule as well as minor interior alterations were
included in this plan.

A note written on the bottom of one

of the sheets of the architectural drawings indicates that
the 1863 designs are the work of Frederick Clark Withers.
(Withers was the architect of Kirby Hall.)

Francis Kowsky,

a scholar on Withers, however, feels that the alterations,
particulary the arcade, may have been the wori of Withers'
partner Calvert Vaux. 2

Kowsky writes that "(the arcade) is

totally unlike his (Withers) work, being closer to the
Renaissance style that Vaux used from time to time.ft
The last major addition was the construction of a
library on the site of the earlier conservatory.

The exact

date in unkown, but this extension was erected in the early
twentieth century.

The extension does not appear in the

series of atlases of the city until the 1933 edition.
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window on the south side of the second floor is not

shown on the 1863 architectural drawing but does appear on
a circa 1897 photograph of the South River Street.
Gilbert Stuart McClintock (1886-1959), an attorney,
donated the house to Wilkes College in 1951 for use as a

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residence hall. 3

As Chairman of the Board of Trustees,

Gilbert S. McClintock guided the establishment and growth
of Bucknell Junior College into Wilkes College.

A grandson

of Andrew Todd McClintock, Gilberts. Mcclintock acquired
the property from his father Andrew Hamilton McClintock
(1852-1919), an attorney.

McClintock Hall is not a "period

piece" but a house which, from circa 1841 to 1951, clearly
shows the everchanging style and taste of its occ~pants.
In addition to the house, Wilkes College · also acquired a
large portion of the McClintock collection of antique
furniture and art work.

The McClintock Room in the Farley

Library is the repository for

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and manuscripts pertaining to the history of Northeastern
Pennsylvania that were collected by the McClintocks.
Mcclintock Hall stands on the site of a building that
was used in the early nineteenth century by Jacob Gist as
a store and post office. 4

Cist, who was married to the

daughter of Matthias Hollenback, resided in a house that
sto ~d where now stands the Baptist Church on South River
Street.

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1 vaux and Withers, architectural drawings, 1863.
(Wilkes College, Farley Library, McClintock Room)
2Letter from Francis R. Kowsky, March 24, 1972.

3Luzerne County Deed Records, Book 1134, p. 350.
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oscar J. Harvey and E~nest G. Smith, A History of
Wilkes-Barre and Wyoming Valley (6vol. Wilkes-Barre, Pa.a
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McClintock Hall
The building was erected around 1841 and donated to Wilkes
College in 1951 by Attorney Gilbert Mcclintock. Attorney McClintock was a staunch friend and advisor of the college. During
the later years of his life, he was known as "Mr. WilkesBarre" and his intimate friends respected him as such.
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bulk of this estate was bequeathed to Wilkes College and he also
left all prints, books, paintings and manuscripts to the
college.
Built in 1841 for Andrew Todd McClintock (1810-1891) and
his bride, Augusta Cist; cost was $3000 . Four children and
two grandchilfren were born in this ho~se of successful
corporate lawyers and civic leaders. The builder came from
Montgomery County of Northern Isish parentage and thus did not
build i~ the traditional New England style. Given to Wilkes
College in 1951 by Gilbert S. McClintock.
Style: Modified New England with wing at rear, separate bath
house and stables· (now destroyed).
Construction: Native brick with imported Philadelphia brick
facade.
Later Construction arld remodelling: Building extensively re
·modelled in 1865 (Side entrance changed to a center entrance,
interior moldings, ceilings, fireplaces, rooms added to the
third floor),; in 1901 (the handsome library replaced the arboretum); at sometime in the late nineteenth century the cellar was excavated to install a furnace.
Details of interest: The facade has thinner mortar than the
rougher local bricks; the evidences of the entrance from the
side porch on the left; the beautiful ceiling moldings; the
ty \ ical front and back parlor arrangement on the right; the
shutters and risers.
(Greek Revival with Victorian additions) Although his forebears
settled in Northumberland County in 1795; Attorney Mcclintock
was born in Wilkes Barre. Educated at Princeton University, he
received his law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law
School.
Throughout his life he was identified with commercial, financial
and cultural organizations of the community.
Prior to 1970, McClintock Hall was placed on the Pennsylvania
Register of Historical Buildings. It was placed there by an
alumni, Ron Andrews '70 .
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totaled at about $75,000.
Added: 1 March 1983
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McClintock Hall
44 South River Street
January, 1972
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Entrance Hall, Mcclintock Hall
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Note1 Original photograph made by
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Note, Original photograph made by
Ralph DeWitt, Forty Fort, Pa.

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Dining Room, Mcclintock Hall
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McClintock Hall
Architectural Drawings
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Jacob Gist's Store
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on the site of the present
Mcclintock Hall.

�Sterling Hall
72 South River Street

The building which is presently known as Sterling Hall
is said to have been erected as the residence of Walter G.
Sterling (1821-1889), a financier.

Although the exact date

of construction is unknown, the house was probably built
about 1860 when Sterling purchased the property. 1 The
property was given to Wilkes College in 1949 by Carl
Sterling, a descendant of the original owner. 2 The building,
which stands on the easterly side of South River Street, is
presently used as a residence hall.
Sterling Hall is an example of residential Italinate
architecture of the mid Victorian period.

The front porch,

which was rebuilt in 1973 after having been damaged by the
flood in the prior year, is one of the most prominent
features of the facade.

Tradition says that the iron work

on the porch was made by Robert Wood, a manufacturer of
ornamental iron work located in Philadelphia.

The principal

rooms on the first floor are arranged around an L-sbape hall.
the main staircase is located in the southerly section of

the hall.

Of particular interest is the carved marble

mantelpiece in the southwest room of the first floor.

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renovated in the twentieth century before the college
acquired the building.

The alterations generally involved

changing the style of the rooms from the original Victorian
to an "academic" style.

William G. Kaelben of the Rochester,

New York architectural firm of Gordon and Madden designed
several alterations in 1914 for the dining room to the east
of the staircase. 3

The designs called for the replacement

of the north wall with a series of open arches and the
installation of casement windows and classical style t rim.
In 1925 the firm of Gordon and Kaelben, Rochester, drew up
a plan to create the present large room, used by the
Sterlings as a library, that is on the north side of the
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This plan called for the removal of a
partition between two smaller rooms.

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room was designed by the C. H. Rugg, Company of Rochester. 5
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2 rnterview with Dr. Eugene s. Farley, Wilkes-Barre,
Pennsylvania, November 1, 1971. This contradicts what is
stated in Real Property Inventory of Wilkes College, 1969,
which lists Gilbert Mcclintock as the donor. The deed
.reference given in this publication, however, does not
cover the college's acquisition of the property. I was
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drawing, 1914. (Wilkes College, Business Office)
4 Gordon and Kaelben, architectural drawing, September,
1925. (Wilkes College, Business Office)
5c. H. Rugg, Company, architectural drawing, 1925.
(Wilkes College, Business Office)

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Walter C. Sterling in 1949. The building is said to have
been constructed earlier than 1896. This building, with its
lacy ironwork reminiscent of the New Orleans Latin Quarter,
extended the campus into the first block of South River St.
Built in 1860, Sterling Hall was acquired by the college
in 1949. Prior to 1970, Sterling Hall was placed on the Penna.
Register of Historical Buildings. Placed· by Ron. Andrews, a
Wilkes College Alumni.
Walter Carleton Sterling .

Blt about 1860.

The property that this building was built upon was, at one time ,
part of the Hollenback Estate.

1805- owned by Matthias Hollehback
1825- o-wned by Ellen J; daughter of hatthias Hollenback
(His other children were: George M. Hollenback; Mary Ann, who
married Jas . Laning; Sarah H. who married Jacob List/Chester
Butler?
1852- George M. Hollenback bought it from his sister, Ellen (wife
of Charles F. Welles)
1860- sold to Walton G. Sterling
PART OF MATTHIAS HOLLENBACK'S WIFE'S LOT

1805- 1-Jilliam Rolfe-Commonwealth-that part of W.B.known as"Bullfrog''
1805- 25 June deed to William Wright td Josiah Wright .. for 60
feet on River St . next to Hollenback line
1805- 27 June- Josiah Wright to Lord Butler for same land
1817- Deed from Lord Butler to Philadelpnia Bank
1831- August- Bank of _Phila. to Thomas Williamson
1834- Thomas Williamson to David Townerld
1837- March 17- Thomas Williamson, D. Townend, et. al to W.H.
Alexander
1837 -March 28- deed of W,H.Alexander to William Bowman
1838- April 6 Deed of ~:r. S. Bowman to H. B. Wright
1856- 20 July D~ed of H.B. Wright to John J. Ulf
1867- John Ulf declared Abraham Martin his trustee
1867- Abe Marti~ sold to G.M. Reynolds
1867- 23 April G.M. Reynolds to W.G.Sterling

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Sterling Hall
source, Art Work of Wilkes- Barre,
1910

�George Catlin Hall
92 South River Street

Catlin Hall was purchased by Wilkes College in 1957
from Dorrance Reynolds, a descendant of the original owner. 1
Mrs. Dorrance Reynolds and her daughter Patricia record
that the structure was erected in 184J as the residence of

), a merchant. 2

Elijah W. Reynolds (181J-18

the facade record the year 184J.

The leads on

In 1859-1860 the property

was purchased by William Champion Reynolds (1801-1869~, a
brother of Elijah.J

William C. Reynolds was a merchant and

a lawyer who served in the Pennsylvania House of
Representatives from 18J6 to 18J9 and as a judge of Luzerne
County in 1841.
In the late nineteenth century ownership of the
property passed from William C. Reynolds to his son Edward
Sheldon Reynolds (1844-1895).

An attorney, Edward Sheldon

Reynolds was quite interested in the history of the Wyoming
Valley and authored several articles on the subject.

In his

youth, Reynolds is reported to have scratched his name,
school, and year - ~Sheldon Reynolds Yale '67N - on a pane
of an upstairs window.

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Yale alumni society for Northeastern Pennsylvania in this
house.5
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1959) acquired the property _ from the estate of his father in

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Catlin Hall is a Georgian form house with decorative
detailing that is characteristic of the Greek Revival style.
The house consists mainly of a center hall flanked bj~two ·
rooms along each side and a service wing attached to the
southerly side of the back (east side).

The present

appearance of the building is the result of the
renovations made for Dorrance Reynolds about 1906. 6
Originally, the house appeared much as it does today except
that the recessed porch was not enclosed.

A· circa 1868

photograph of the building shows how it appeared in the mid
nineteenth century.
In the late nineteenth century, probably in the 1870s
or 1880s, the house was "Victorianized."

The roof overhang

was extended and the cornice was either removed or covered.
The recessed entrance porch was enclosed with large wooden
double doors and the trim was painted a dark color.

The

present marble mantelpieces on the interior are vestiges of
these alterations. 7

The earlier wooden fence was replaced

by a more fashionable iron type.
Early in the twentieth century the building was altered
and several additions were made.

The facade was returned to

its original classical appearance and the roof overhang was
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The original front door was rehung.
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projection with the French doors on the norhterly side of
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extension and the two story . porch on the easterly side were

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added at this time.

Metal and glass doors replaced the

wooden one at the street entrance.

A brick fence about six

feet in height was erected along the westerly and northerly
boundaries of the property.

This fence was lowered after

the college acquired the property.

On the interior the circa

1906 alterations included the removal of the partition
between the two rooms north of the hall to create one large
room.

This room was used as the library by Dorrance

Reynolds and was lined with bookcases.
in this room.

A

new floor was laid

The bookcases were removed by the Reynolds

when the property was sold.

The original floor is visible

in some areas where the bookcases stood.
Catlin Hall is named in honor of George Catlin (1796-

1872), the not.ed American artist who was born in WilkesBarre •

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1Luzerne County Deed Records, Book 1J41, p. JlJ.
2Transcript of an informal talk given to the residents
of Catlin Hall by Mrs. Dorrance Reynol~s and Patricia
Reynolds, May 14, 19 58. The origimftJTs now in the
possession of Mrs. C. Welles Belin (Constance Reynolds),
Waverly, Pennsylvania.

3Luzerne County Deed Records, Book 80, p. 29.

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Transcript of informal talk. In a letter1dated
March 19, 1972 Patricia Reynolds wrote in reference to the
window pane in question that it "is in the south west front
bedroom, the right hand window (next to the bathroom), the
top middle pane of the lower sash. It was still there in
1957, • • • " Apparently, the light in question is no
longer in existence.
5Transcript of informal talk.
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7Letter from Patricia Reynolds, March 19, 1972.
8 Transcript of informal talk •

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�92 South Kiver Street

CATLIN HALL
The house was built by Elisha Reynolds in 1843, as you can see
by the date on top of the rain leader, with the Reynolds "R" under it. He
built with care and thought, for stability and beauty. The bricks, brought
fran Phila. by canal were carefully selected for their color, a purplish tint
so that in 1906, when Col. Reynolds made some additions, it was necessary to
color the bricks that were used that they should blend with the old ones. The
front door is the original and also the silver door knob now in use. The Reynolds home was purchased by the college in 1957 and renamed Catlin Hall after
the noted and highly controversial painter of his time, George Catlin. Catlin
was born in Wilkes Varre in 1796. In 1959 , LIFE magazine published a series
of color photos and articles of Catlin's paintings. Catlin Hall is considered
to be one of the oldest buildings in this area.
Elisha Reynolds was a merchant of note and sold his home later to his
brother, i-ln. Champion Reynolds, a leader in business, political and civic
affairs. Both his son, Sheldon and his grandson, Dorrance, were presidents
of the Historical Society. iiilliam Champion needed a big house for he had
eight children. Four generations of the Reynolds family lived there before
the hane was sold to Wilkes College.
Style: Traditional, simple, New England in brick rather than wood. Main front
section with wing in rear. Separate stables at the back of the lot.
Constructim: Native brick with imported Phila . brick facade, five windows
second floor, four m the first floor. Stone sills.

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Later additions and_rerrodeling: Marble in frmt hall, cmcrete pillars,
fireplaces, hall, patio, and porch at left; (1906), Cellar: Probably
excavated later for heating system; Partition between frmt and back
parlors.
Details of interest: Original door with silver plated hardware; original
mahogany handrail; door moldings showing Egyptian influence; lovely
parquet floors in the library; first floor shutters and riser design
are the same as at Mcclintock Hall; sane of the original glass remains in the home.
Catlin was admitted to the Luzerne Bar Associatim in 1819 and following four years of practice, he left the area for Phila. where he established
hiS'" career as a painter. He became world famous for his paintings and booRs
of American Indian Tribes .
In the span of eight years, he visited 50 tribes and brought home a
collection of more than 600 oil paintings, landscapes, Indian custans, their
weapons , costumes and wigwams .
His paintings have been exhibited in Londm, the Louve in Paris, and
the Smithsonian Institute.
"In his deaf, lonely age, after 30 years abroad," wrote his biographer,
"he still signed himself- Georget Catlin of Wilkes-Barre."
Prior to 1970, Catlin Hall was placed m the Penna. ~gister of Historical Buildings.
After the 1972 flood, damages to Catlin Hall were estimated at about
$50,000.
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Catlin Hall
92 South River Street
Spring, 1973
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Ill. No. 19
Catlin Hall
circa 1868
source, Patricia Reynolds
note, The third person from the
right is identified as Judge Edmund
Taylor who resided in what is now
Weiss Hall.
The second person
from the ri g ht is id~ntified as being
J. B. Woodward who resided in
Susquehannock and Butler Halls.

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Catlin Hall
late nineteenth century
sources Patricia Reynolds

�Weiss Hall
98 South River Street

Weiss Hall is an architectural paradox~

The building

is an example of the Queen Anne style of architecture that
was popular in the United States in the late nineteenth
century.

It is a style that is characterized by an

irregularity of plan and the massing and a variety of
color and texture.

Weiss Hall has these qualities, however,

the original style of the building was in the Greek Revival
mode which emphasizes symmetry with wall surfaces as smooth
as the material allows.
The building was erected about 1850 as the residence

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of the Honorable Edmund Taylor, Judge of Luzerne County.
Taylor purchased the property in 1849 from William Ross who
owned a large tract of land on the northeast corner of
River and Northampton streets. 1 The Taylor house was
similar in appearance to that of Catlin Hall to the north,
only the Taylor house was a half Georgian form structure.
In 1886 Samuel L. Brown (18JJ-1906), a businessman,
purchased th_e property from the Taylor estate. 2 Apparently,
Brown had the alterations made that changed the style of the
building.

The 1889 view of the city shows the house in its

altered form and a sketch of the structure that appeared
in an 1889 publication indentifies it as the residence of
Brown. 3

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Although no records .of the alterations are known to
exist, an examination of the structure reveals that the
changes were extensive and well executed.

Prior to the

summer of 1971 when the building was repainted, it was
possible to see evidence of where the original second floor
window openings on the facade were bricked in.

The

construction of the first floor of the tower in the
southwest corner is different from that of the rest of the
house.

Other evidence supporting the claim that the house

was altered is the low pitch of the roof and the narrowness
of the center hall, features more characteristic of the
Greek Revival style than of the Queen Anne.
The interior of the main section of the house has a
center hall with two rooms along the southerly side, a room
and a stairhall along the northerly side, and a wing off the
east end.

The first floor hall is paneled with oak and has

a fireplace.

The walls of the first floor room to the east

of the hall had ornate plaster panels above the wainscoting.
These panels, however, were destroyed by the flood water in
1972.

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The parquetry flooring of the two first floor rooms

to the south of the hall may be a vestige of the original
interior.

The sketch that is illustrated in Wilkes-Barre,

Pennsylvania, the Progressive City shows that there were
two porches along the south side.

The porch on the end of

the main structure · was one story high and was removed in
the 1950s or 1960s.

The po~ch on the southerly side of the

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wing had a balcony.

This porch was razed in the summer of

1971.
The property passed through several ownerships until.

1957 when it was acquired by Wilkes College through the
generosity of Aaron and Tess Weiss. 4
presently a residence hall.

Weiss Hall is

The basic structure remains,

intact al though the building was altered in recent years ·
for offices and apartments.

1 Luzerne County Deed Records, Book 49, p. 64J.
2Luzerne County Deed Records, Book 259, p. J21 •
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3 wilkes-Barre Penns lvania the Pro ressive Cit 1
Its Past, Present, and Future n.c.a Enterprise Review
Publishing Company, July, 1889), p. 20.
4 Luzerne County Deed Records, Book 1J6J, p. 124.

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98 S. River St .
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WEISS HALL

This building once belonged to W.F. Dobson, but was
purchased by Nr. and Mrs . Aaron Weiss and given as a gift in 195/
to Wilkes College . It was understood that the building was to
bear the Weiss family name. Mr. Weiss was the founder of the Triangle
Shoe company in this city and a trustee of Wilkes College.
Weiss Hall was built originally around 1850, a Greek Revival
house, and the college used it as a woman's dorm.
Prior to 1970 it was placed on the Penna. Register of Historical Buildings.
Built circa 1850-Greek Revival
Renovated about 1898 to Queen Ann's Style.
After the flood of 1972, damages to Weiss Hall were estimated at about
$50,000.

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on the history of the buildings .

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Weiss Hall
98 South River Street
Spring, 1972
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as ~he home of Judge Edmund Taylor
in 1880. The alterations were made
within the following decade.

�Zebulon Butler Hall
110 South River Street

Zebulon Butler Hall was erected in 1867-1868 as the
residence of Stanley Woodward (lSJJ-1906), a~ attorney and
Judge of Luzerne County in the late nineteenth century. 1
The land on which the house sets was a part of lot number
six drawn in the 1772 lottery by Colonel Zebulon Butler
(1731-1795), an ancestor of Woodward's wife.

Wilkes

College purchased the property in 1973 from the estate of
the grandaughter of Stanley Woodward, Mrs. Marion Woodward
Payne (Mrs. Bruce Payne), thus ending over two centuries of
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continuous ownership by the decendants of Zebulon Butler.

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Architecturally, Butler Hall is an example of the
Italinate style of the mid Victorian period.
was William

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Neuer of Wilkes-Barre. 3

The architect

The building is

constructed of brick with stucco exterior walls.

Of

particular note on the exterior are the carved areas above
the window openings and the front porch.

On the interior

the rooms of the principal floors are arranged around a
center hall with a staircase.

At the time of college

acquisition, the first floor consisted of a library to the
south of the hall, the living and dining rooms to the north,
and the kitchen and service rooms to the east.
staircase rises only to the second floor.

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that the roo:f of the house was crowned with iron work.
In the first quarter of the twentieth century the
house was acquired by John Butler Woodward (1866-1925), an
attorney who, like his father, served as a county judge.
Woodward commissioned the Wilkes-Barre architect Thomas
Podmore to design several alterations for the house. 4
These included new fenestration arrangements, an extension
to the first floor,
trim.

and minor alterations to the interior

The second floor windows above the entrance along

River Street were altered from three arched windows to the
present large one with sidelights and a fan light.
Several of the dormers were altered from multiple windows
to include only one large window.

The library on the first

floor was extended to the west out onto the porch.

The

"classical• style mantel in the northeast ronm of the first
floor, the former dining room, may have been installed at
this time.

The hatrack in the entrance hall was originally

built into the house that John Butler Woodward had built
on Northampton Street, now Susquehannock Hall.5
Butler Hall is presently used for classrooms and
faculty offices.

It is the second building on the campus

to honor the early settler.

The first building stood at

158 South River Street, now demolished, and was the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Payne prior to taking up residency
at 110 South River Street in the mid twentieth century.
The Woodward house replaced a circa 1794 dwelling

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erected on this site for Colonel Lord Butler, the son of
Zebulon Butler.

It was a two and a half story, frame

structure with Classical lines.

The Lord Butler house

replaced the one built on this site for his father.

The

Zebulon Butler house was the scene of the first court held
in the newly elected Luzerne County in the fall of 1787.

1 oscar J. Harvey and Ernest G. Smith A-History of
Wilkes-Barre and Wyoming Valley (6 vol. Wilkes-Barre, Pa.a
Smith-Bennett Company, 19JO), II, 637.
2Luzerne County Deed Records, Book 1774, p. 92 •

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3wilkes-Barre Penns lvania the Pro ressive Cit a Its
Past, Present, and Future n,c., Enterprise Review
Publishing Company, July, 1889), p. 25.
4 Thomas Podmore, architectural drawings.

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drawings were in the possession of Mrs. Bruce Payne prior
to the flood of 1972, They were stored in the closet on the
southerly side of the main entrance on the first floor.

5 rnterview with Mrs. Bruce Payne (Marion Woodward Payne),
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, November 15, 1971.

�110 S. River St.

Zebulon Butler Hall
( Woodward-Payne House)

Built in 1866-67 for Judge Stanley Woodward (1833-1906)
on the same spot where Mrs. Sarah B. Woodward's Grandfather, Lord
Butler had erected a frame house in 1793.
Zebulon Butler, Lord's
father and Revolutionary leader in the Conn. community came into possession of the land in 1771. The 1793 house was severly damaged
in the 1865 flood . t,.oom was needed for a growing family of seven
people and servants.
Style: Gothic, vertical space; using the romanewque
idiom.
Construction:
Brick covered with stucco, three floors,
central heating, installed originally; large panes of glass; large
windows.
Later additions and remodelling; Front door and vestibule;
fan windows on second floor, center; room off library; back hall; and
dining room. Most of these alterations were done in 1913-14 to prepare the house for occupation bv Mr. and Mrs. John B. Woodward.
Details of interest: Ornate moldin~s ioinin~ the ceilin~
and wall: use of wood carvin~. oriRinal marble fireolace in the oarlor:
and manv fine oieces of 18th centurv ~lass. china. and furniture
brou?.ht bv the earlv -settlers from Connecticut and New England.
Today 110 S. River Street is the site of the New Residence
Hall. a Dorm of the college .

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s/uary, 1973
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Ill. No. 24
Zebulon Butler Hall
.1902
spurcea A Histor~ of Wilkes-Barre
and Wyoming Valley, 19JO

�Weckesser Hall
170 South Franklin Street

Weckesser Hall was erected between 1914 and 1916 as
the residence of Frederick J. Weckesser (1862-195)).

The

property was purchased by Weckesser in April, 1914 from
the family of Andrew J. Davis. 1 A photograph dated April,
1916 shows the structure as nearly completed • . An
architectural drawing of the basement level of the house
is labeled as the -Residence of F. J. Weckesser, Esq.,
W-B" and bears the date February 18, 1916. 2
Charles H. P. Gilbert (1860-1952) of New York was the
architect of the house.

Gilbert appears to have been

mainly a residential architect and examples of his work
can be found in the AIA Guide to New York City.J

Gilbert's

obituary in the New York Times identifies him as the
architect of the house of Frank

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Woolworth. 4

Weckesser

was a business associate of Woolworth and this connection
may explain why Weckesser chose Gilbert.
At his death, Weckesser .was a dircetor of the F.
Woolworth Company.

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He moved to Wilkes-Barre from New York

state about 1900 and became associated with F. M. Kirby
and Company.

In 1912 when Kirby merged with Woolworth,

Weckesser became District Manager for the Woolworth fi-:r.m
in Wilkes-Barre.

For several years before his death,

Weckesser was a member of the Executive Committee of the
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Woolworth Company.
Weckesser Hall is an example of the Beaux-Arts style
of architecture that was popular in the United States in
the years prior to World War I.

The building is one of the

few examples of this style remaining in the Wilkes-Barre
region today.

The exterior has a strong feeling of

verticality to it, expecially the center bays -0f the facade.
The interior has a center hall with the rooms arranged
around it.

The interior trim is eclectic in style with

Gothic, Neo-classical, Baroque, and Or.iental designs
pre sent.

The building contains an eleva t .or and a ballroom

on the third floor.
Wilkes College acquired the house in 1956 upon the
death of Mrs. Weckesser. 5

Today the building houses a

number of administrative offices.

Included on the

property is the garage, now known as Weckesser Annex and
used as a classroom with offices above.

1 Luzerne County Deed Recordi, Book 497, p. 68.
2

charles H. P. Gilbert, architectural drawings,
February 18~ 1916. (Wilkes College, Weckesser Hall basement)
JNorvel White and Elliot Willensky,
York City (New Yorks Macmillan, 1968).

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5 Luzerne County Deed Records, Book 1J21, p. 397.

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WECKESSER HALL

This building stands as a monument to the industrial and
mercantile strength of Wyoming Valley and to the man who built
it and bequeathed it to Wilkes College .. Frederick J. HeckesserUntil the day of his death, he was closely associated with the
founding and progress of the great F.W.Woolworth empire. Today,
Weckesser Hall embraces the office of the President of the~
College and other administrative offices. Mr. Weckesser was
born in Clayton, New York, of German parentage. In 1899, he
came to Wilkes-Barre to become general manager and buyer of
the Kirby store, the only store in the entire Woolworth chain to
still retain the Kirby name.
Built in 1914, and designed by Charles Gilbert, this monument stands as a symbol of industrial pride.
Prior to 1970 Weckesser Hall was placed on the Pa. Register
of Historical Buildings.
After the 1972 flood, aamages to Weckesser Hall were estimated
at about $300,000.

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Added: 1 March 1983
Georgetta Nelson- from the Wilkes College files

�MORE NOTES ON i-JECKESSER HALL

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Included in the "Pennsylvania Register of Historic
Sights and Landmarks".
a. built by Charles Gilbert in 1914. -stands as an
example of Beaux Arts style popular before WHI. It was bequeathed to the college by Frederick Weckesser in 1958.

b. Weckesser Family biographical:
Born in Clayton, New York of German parentage, he
entered business world at age 10 working in a general store.
At age 19 he secured employment in Waketown, NY and later
moved to a position with F.M. Kirby and company, the store
which formed the center of F.W. Woolworth enterprises.
Came to Wilkes-Barre in 1899-became general manager
~nd buyer of the Kirby store and in 1912, became district
manager, a member of the Woolworth board of directors and
a leading figure of executive committee-had two daughtersone lived to at least the age of 83.
The house is built of Indiana limestone;
a . Basement-beautiful nool room
Mother of nearl railinry around nool table.

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b. First Floor-massive buffet matching the woodwork rests
in main hall
-two valuable Chinese tapestries face each other on the
grand staircases
-grand staircase is all natural wood
-Grandfather's Clock matches intricate woodwork of building
-Board room-originally dining room-opened to a large
pantry
-President Capin's office-originally the library-denoriginal paintings in the office
-Secretaries off ice-originally the rmiis ic.--room-la ttice
walls for pipe organ-piano-opened to a sun porch
-Elevator-ran from basement to 3rd floor-now out of use.
-Big kitchen with cold storage
-Pantry had a maid's section for eating-maid always on
call.
High chairs
part of original furniture-all the marble is
from Italy.
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-Dean Ralston-Master bedroom plus large batheoom
-2 other bedrooms-1 with bath(Lampe's, yes--Kelly's
doesn't)
-1 dressing room
-S.C. ,C.C., I.D.C. offices- plus bathroom and maids quarters
Third Floor: opulent ballroom plus bathroom-maids quarters
-storage rooms that kept hunting and fishing equipment
-no carpeting-all hardwood floors
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-Attic-can see whole city of Wilkes-Barre-now houses
a lot of the oriental motife as well as some of the natural
wood they took out.
Annex:

gara~e-had round table to turn the car around
-livino anartment for servants-chauffer and Pardner
-2nd floor used onlv for stora~e

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source, Mrs. J. Henry Pool
(Marion Weckesser)
note, On the back of the 1photograph
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170 South Franklin Street (rear)

1969
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Annette Evans Alumni and Faculty Building
146 South River Street

The Tudor Revival style house at 146 South River
Street was erected about 1928 as the residence of Harry R.
Hirshowitz, a businessman.

It was designed by the Wilkes-

Barre architectural firm of Innes and Levy. 1

Wilkes

College purchased the property in 1949 from Edward Morris. 2
Until mid 1972 the house was the residence of Eugene
Farley, the first president of the college.

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The basic

structure remains intact with only minor alterations
having been made to it over the years.
Known today as the Annette Evans Alumni and Faculty
Building, the name honors a late member of the Board of
Trustees and a benefactor of the college.

In her will

Miss Evans bequeathed her family home at 117 West River
Street to Wilkes College for the use of the alumni
association.

The Evans house, however, was heavily damaged

in the flood of 1972 and is scheduled for demolition.
The site on which the house stands is significant in
the history of Wilkes-Barre.

In the late eighteenth

century John P. Arndt operated a tavern on this site. 3

The

historian Oscar J. Harvey records that in the summer of
1797, the Duke of Orleans, later Louis Philippe, King of
France, and his two younger brothers lodged at the Arndt
tavern on their return to Philadelphia from visiting Asylum,

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a French refugee settlement in northern Pennsylvania. 4

In

later years the tavern was operated by Thomas Morgan whose
daughter was married in the tavern to David Wilmot.
Wilmot later served as Senator from Pennsylvania and
authored the Wilmot Provisio.

Harvey further records that

Harmon Bennerhasset and his wife are reported to have
stayed here while visiting her sister after Blennerhasset's
downfall and ruin through the Burr conspiracy.
The building erected for Arndt was removed in the late
nineteenth century, circa 1879, and replaced by the
residence of Edward P. Darling, an attorney.

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appears to have been a two and a half story structure of
masonry construction.

The Darling property extended

approximately _forty feet to the south of the present line.
About the beginning of the twentieth century the property
was divided with the southern portion becoming known as
150 South River Street.

The 1894 Atlas of Wilkes-Barre

illustrates the Darling house as covering most of the width
of the property.

In the 1904 edition of the atlas series,

however, the Darling house is shown as being nearly half
the size of the one in the earlier edition.

This would

seem to indicate that the circa 1879 structure was either
drastically altered or removed all together and a new one
built.

The Darling house was razed for the construction

of the Hirshowitz house.
The lawn area to the north of the present structure

�was purchased in 1941 by Edward Morris. 5

The area was a

part of a large lot known as 1J8 South River Street.

The

property was divided in 1941 to enlarge the adjoing
properties, lJO and 146.

A three story brick dwelling

stood on the site from the early nineteenth century until
about the late 19J0s.

The house is said to have been built

for Henrick B. Wright, an attorney who served in the state
and national legislatures.

The property was retained by

the Wright family until 1941.

1 rnnes and _L evy, architectural drawings, •Residence
for Harry R. Hirshowitz•, June JO, 1928. (Wilkes College,
Business Office).
2Luzerne County Deed Records, Book 1056, p. 155.
3oscar J. Harvey and Ernest G. Smith A History of
Wilkes-Barre and Wyoming Valley (6 vol., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.1
Smith-Bennett Company, 19JO), III, 1711.
4 The historical data about the tavern cited here is

•drawn from Harvey and Smith, vol. III, pp. 1709-171).

5Luzerne County Deed Records, Book 749, p. 54.

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Annette Evans Alumni and
Faculty Building
146 South River Street
late 1971
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Wright house
138 South River Street
-circa 1920s or 1930s
sources Wyoming Historical and
Geological Society
notes The Wright house was razed in
the late 1930s and the property
divided in 1941.

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�Chase Hall
190 South River Street

Chase Hall was erected about 1917-1918 as the
residence of Fred M. Chase, a president of the Lehigh
Valley Coal Company. 1 The property was given to Bucknell
Junior College in 1937 by Harold R. Stark. 2 190 South
River Street was the first property in the River Street
area to be given to the college for a permanent campus.
Chase Hall houses administrative offices and classrooms
today.
Architecturally, Chase Hall is representative of the
Tudor Revival style of the early twentieth century.

Of

some note on the interior are the mosaic floors in the
hallways and the sun room on the second floor.

The name

and the year ~1918• are recorded in the stainglass windows
on the stair landing between the second and third floors.
Although the building was altered in the conversion to
educational use, the basic structure remains intact.
Behind the house stands Chase Annex, the former garage now
•used for offices and classrooms.
The house stands on the site of two mid nineteenth
century dweelings that were demolished for the construction
of the Chase house.

On the northern portion, known as 184

South River, stood a brick house that is identified on the
1870 map of the city as belonging to M. L. Everitt.
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house was later owned by the Bennett family.

A frame

structure stood on the southern part of the Chase property.

-1 Intervi.ew with Dr. Eugene s. Farley, Wilkes-Barre,
Pennsylvania, November 11, 1971.

2Luzerne County Deed Records, Book 762, p. 159 •

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CHASE HALL
This building was the first to be donated to Wilkes when
the College was known as Bucknell Junior College.
Built in 1917, the three-story building at one time housed
the administration offices, the cafeteria, the language department, and the education department. Currently, Chase Hall is
utilized as the Admissions Office.
At the time of the hall's construction, Fred Chase was
the president and general manager of the Lehigh Valley Coal
Company. ~t the time of his death ln 1921, he was the vicepresident of Coxe Brothers and Company, vice-president and general manager of the Lehigh Valley Water Supply and director of
the Miner's National BAnk.
CHASE HALL ANNEX
Located at the rear of 184 S. River St., Chase Theatre was
one of the first Wilkes College buildings , donated in 1937 by
Rear Admiral Harold R. Stark to Wilkes College, when it was still
known .. . etc ... above. It was donated as a memorial to Frederick
Chase and his wife, Admiral Stark's Sister.
Numerous one-act plays were presented by the college
Thespians the Cue 'n Curtain Society , until 1965 when the Dorothy
Dickson Darte Center for the Performing Arts was completed:
Demolished in 1975.
After the flood of 1972 damages to Chase Hall and Chase Hall
Annex were $200,000 and $20,000 respectively.

Added: 1 Marcj 1983
Georgetta Nelson:
from information from the Wilkes Files.

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Chase Hall
190 South River Street
late 1971
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�Kirby Hall
202 South River Street

Kirby Hall was erected in 1873-1874 as the residence
of Stephen Leonard Thurlow, a Wilkes-Barre businessman. 1
Prior to building the South River Street house, Thurlow
lived on South Franklin Street in the building now known
as Sturdevant Hall.

202 South River Street was given to

Bucknell Junior College in 1941 by Allan P. Kirby (18921973), a financier. 2 The building was dedicated as the
Fred M. and Jesse A. Kirby Home for Education in memory of
Allan Kirby's parents.

Kirby Hall presently houses several

classrooms and faculty offices.
Kirby Hall is an example of the monochromatic form

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of the -Q-lioen=:·A-nne style of architecture of the late
nineteenth century.

The house was designed by the New York

architect Frederick Clark Withers (1828-1901).J

A leading

architect of the period, Withers was associated with
Frederick Law Olmstead and for several years was a partner
of Calvert Vaux in the architectual firm . of Vaux and
Withers.

This firm made renovations to the McClintock

house, now Mcclintock Hall, about 1863.
The architect's perspective and the plans of the two
principal floors were illustrated in the December 9, 1876
issue of The American Architect and Building News, a
leading architectural journal of the late nineteenth

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century.

The perspective, however, was inadvertently

reversed in the publishing process.

Apparently, Withers

considered the Thurlow house to be one of his important
works for it is included . in a type-of-advertising pamphlet
entitled Buildings of F.

c.

Withers. 4

This pamphlet

appeared in 1877.
The property was acquired by J. Franklin Lee about
1880 and sold to Reuben J. Flick about 1886.
Fred Morgan Kirby (1861-19

In 1905

) purchased the house. 5

Kirby

opened a five and ten cent store in Wilkes-Barre about 1884
and eventually expanded the business into a chain of ninetysix stores operating under the name of F. M. Kirby and
Company.

In 1912 Kirby merged his business interests with

those of Frank

w.

Woolworth Company.

Woolworth and others to form the F. W.
Kirby became a vice-president of the

new firm.
Kirby had several alterations made to the building.
A stone terrace replaced the frame porches originally
around the facade.

Several of the original two-over-two

sash windows were replaced with one-over-one ~ash windows •

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The original interior woodwork was replaced with the
present "academic- moldings.

It appears that minor

alterations were made to the floor plan, particularly to
the staircase.

The floor plan that appeared in the 1876

journal shows the staircase in an E-form with one set of
steps rising from the first floor to the landing and two

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sets of steps leading from the landing up to the second
floor.
Kirby Hall has a center hall with the principle rooms
arrange along the sides.

When the college acquired the

house, it retained much of the grandeur and some of the
furnishings from the years of the Kirbys' occupancy.

It

was reported in an article that appeared in the school
newspaper at the time the building was dedicated that the
walls of the main hall on the first floor were covered with
scarlet brocade. 6

In the article the southwest room on the

first floor was described as having "scenic walls of gray
and white decor.•

Tradition says that the wall paintings

above the wainscoting in the former dining room are the
work of Madam.o iselle Juliette Gambaro, a French artist who
came to the United States under the sponsorship of the
Thur lows.
The property at 202 South River Street was originally
a part of lot number one as laid out in 1770.

Lot number

one was drawn by Jabez Sill' who the historian Charles
Miner says built the second house in Wilkes-Barre. 7

Miner

also recorded that the first marriage performed in the
Wyoming Valley took place in the Sill house on this site. 8
The marriage was between Nathan Denison and Sill's
daughter Elizabeth.
Early in the nineteenth century the property was
acquired by Rosewell Welles who served in the Pennsylvania

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legislature in 1805 and 1806.

George R. Bedford notes in

Some Early Recollections that Welles was one of the four
attorneys admitted to the bar at the formation of Luzerne
County in 1787 and that he was married to one of the
daughters of Zebulon Butler. 9

The Welles house was

described by Bedford as being . one of the social centers of
the town and that Harmon Blennerhasset, associated with the
Burr conspiracy, was entertained here.

The Welles house

was razed for the construction of the Thurlow house.

1 oscar J. Harvey and Ernest G. Smith A History of
Wilkes-Barre and W ·
(6 vol. Wilkes-Barre, Pa.,
Smith-Bennett Comp
I, J82.
2Luzerne County Deed Records, Book 809, p.
279.

3Letter from Francis R. Kowsky, November 23, 1971.
4 Letter from Francis R. Kowsky, November

23, 1971.

5Luzerne County Deed Records, Book 426, p. J14.
6 HDr. Marts to Dedicate Kirby Hall,H Bucknell Beacon,
October 14, 1941, p. 1.
7Harvey and Smith, II, 729.
8Harvey and Smith, II, 788.
9 George R. Bedford

Some Early Recollections
Barre, Pa., E. B. Yordy Company, 1917), p. JJ.

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KIRBY HALL
Kirby Hall, constructed in 1873, was designed by the noted
American Architect Frederick Clark Withers, and was donated to
Wilkes by Allan P. Kirby, who gave it to the college in honor of
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Morgan Kirby, in 1941.
Fred Morgan Kirby, an American merchant and banker was
born in Brownsville, NY in 1861. In 1884, he moved to Wilkes
Barre and opened his first five-and-ten cent store under the name
of Woolworth and Kirby. Attended High School in Watertown.
Son of William Kirby., Capt who sailed around Cape Horn in 1849.
In 1887, he acquired C.S. Woolworth's share in the store and reorganized it as F.M. and W. Kirby.
In 1912, Kirby was operating 96 stores east of the Miss.
River.
Kirby Hall was placed on the Pennsylvania Register of
Historical Buildings by Ron Andrews, author of this work and an
alumni of Hilkes College.
Kirby Hall was built by-l1r. and Mrs. S;L. Thurlow. Mr.
and Mrs. Thurlow brought with them Mele. Gamboro, a French governess. who came from a wealthy French Parisian family. Mr. and Mrs.
Thurlow were in Paris at the time of World War I and to escape
the seige of Paris they went to England taking Mele. Gamboro with
them.
She returned to Wilkes Barre as their governess.
Afrer the Thurlowslaft W.B_, Mele became companion to
Mrs_ Sarah Atherton and after Mrs. Atherton's death she
returned to France_ She was in W.B. for 15 years and was in
the vogue to give instructions in the arts here in the Valley.
She was an artist, gifted in music and writing and an accomplished linguist_
She was considered a conoisseur and critic
and her opinion ultimate_ Long after her return to France her
opinions were still quoted and her name considered a symbol of
good taste.

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Hotel Chateau Frantenac in Quebec and many other important buildings.
The succession of owners:
Originally, Nathan Dennison and Edith Sills built a log
cabin on this site_ Nathan Dennison (eol.) was next in command
to•Col_ Zebulon Butler and his marriage to Edith Sills was the
first to take place in Wyoming Valley.
Later a large frame dwelling was erected here by Rosewell
Welles, one of the four lawyers admitted to the bar on foundation
of the county and organization of courts_
The present mansion was erected in 1873-74 by S.L . Thurlow
and was occupied in 1875 by a newphew of Washington Lee, a Nanticoke lawyer. A t1iss Lee from this family married Bruce Price the
arch~t~ct. Emily Post, present authority on etiquette, was a
daughter of the Prices.
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The coach house of the Fred Morgan Kirby property was the
cafeteria at Wilkes.
In the fall of 1955, a 40-42 foot addition
was made to the cafeteria, to accommodate from 500-550 students.
The expansion constructed of brick and steel, is two
stories high and parallels the walk from the cafeteria entrance
to the Kirby Hall Library.
Large picture windows beautify the
exterior and furnish the interior with ample light.
Huge round cherry tables and Federal chairs enable eight
students to dine together at one table. Knotty pine paneling
and colorful modernistic wallpaper complete the attractive picture.
The first floor has additional dining area and also a
reception lounge and large rest rooms.
The bottom level of the original cafeteria is used by the
dormitory students and the remaining three segmants are used by
the day students.
In 1941 the building was named the Kirby Home for Education and has been used as the college library. Up to 1947,
only 2 rooms occupied the library; the remainder was used for
classrooms and lounges.
The three-floor structure has 18 large rooms and 3 smaller
rooms. Between 4-7 thousand books were housed in the library in
addition to over 400 periodicals.
The staff included 4 full-time members and 18 student
part-time workers.
In 1983, the Kirby House was used for the Academic Support
Center, and the Language and Lit. Dept., Classroom, and Lab.
After the 1972 flood, damages to the Kirby Hall were estimated
at about $200,000.
Added: 1 March 1983
Georgetta Nelson
from information from the Wilkes College Files

�KIRBY HALL
by William V. Lewis, Jr. , '80

It is a building, more elegant and majestic than most
otheLp,and with a sense of heritage surrounding it. It is not
a hall of government nor an ancient ruin, but an aura of importance and history emanates from this place.
As a silent
witness to the establishment and development of Wyoming Valley,
the land--and later the building- has had a key place in our
local history.
Kirby Hall has been the site of many of the
great milestones in our tradition, and the recent renovations
underline the continuting important role that the property will
play at Wilkes College and to the Valley as a whole.
Indeed, the story of this historic property seemingly encompasses a synopsis of the early and continuing development
of the area.
The story begins with the founding of the Valley,
when the site was listed as Lot No. 1 of the town of Wilkes
Barre., in Major John Durkee's original town plan.
Jabez Sill
owned the lot on which he built the second house erected in
Wilkes-Barre.
This "house" was, in fact, a log cabin where, on
April 1, 1769, the first marriage in Wyoming Valley took place.
Colonel Nathan Denison, later famous for signing the articles
0£ surrender following the Wyoming Massacre, and Elizabeth Sill
were married at the ceremony.

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In the early 1800s, the property was sold by the Sill family
to Roswell Welles for 200 pounds. Interestingly, the deed contained a clause ~ranting immunity from any claim to the property
made under the laws of the State of Coqnecticut- a reflection
on the then contemporary Yankee-Pennamite conflicts that the
early V~ley settlers faced.
Roswell Welles was one of the
four attorneys admitted to the bar of Luzerne County when the
County was formed in 1787. A Rraduate of Yale College, Welles
was to serve the area in the State Legislature, and later as a
county judge.
The home Welles built on the site was described
as a "double-house, ceiled with pine boards and probably never
finished in the second story.
In front of the home stood the
residence of Jabez Fish, on the banks of the river." The Welles
home was, in its day, considered one of the social centers of the
town.
Here Herman Blennerhasset, later implicated in the Aaron
Burr scandal, was entertained.
Judge Welles died in 1831 and
apparently the property then passed through several ownerships.
George Bedford, in his SOME EARLY REFLECTIONS described the
property during the period in this way: "When I first knew the
premises the house was in a dilapidated condition and the large
lot surrounding it was utilized as a lumber yard and the whole
. neighborhood was uninviting."
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The site was eventually to be acquired by the Stephen
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1873-74 and occupied by the family in 1875.
The building was
designed by the New York architect Frederick Withers, a leading architect of the period, and is an example of the monochromatic form of the time.
The architect's perspective and several floor plans of the building were illustrated in the December 9, 1876 issue of THE AMERICAH ARCHITECT AND BUILDING NEWS,
a leading architectural journal of the late nineteenth century.
In September, 1880, the home was sold to J. Frank Lee for
$40,000. Several years later, in July of 1886, Lee sold the
property for $42,000 to Reuben J. Flick.
The Kirby family
acquired the property from Flick's widow in October of 1905
for $55,100.
Kirby made several alterations to the building,
A stone terrace replaced the frame porch around the front of
the buildin~. Also, the interior woodwork and windows were
replaced.
The Kirbys did, however, leave intact the wall
paintings above the wainscoting in the dining room that were
supposed to have been the work of Mademoiselle Juliette Gambaro, a French artist who was brought to America by the Thurlow family.
The propert y remained the home of the Kirby family until
the death of Fred M. Kirby in 1940. Thereafter, his son, Allan,
donated the property to Bucknell University Junior College for
use as the "Fred M. and Jessie A. Kirby Home of Education."
The intended use was to be an art center and libr~~y for the
Colle g e. In giving the property, the Kirbys provided for the
use of two rooms on the first floor by the Wyoming Valley
Society of Arts and Sciences-a group made up of many area civic
leaders.
It was ~his Society that was later to give to Wilkes
College the land on which the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center
for the Performing Arts now stands.
The need for a library surpassed the need for an art center
in Kirby Hall, but, in a way, the Kirby mansion has more than
fulfilled its intended mission. The upper portions of the house
were used for classrooms and for several years the top floor
of the building served as the President's residence for Dr.
Eug ene Farley and his family until the College acquired the
present Annette Evans Alumni and Faculty House which was then
used as the President's home.
The removal of the library collection to the Eugene Shedden Farley Library menat a transformation for Kirby Hall into use by the Foreign Language Dept.
Presently, the Department of Language and Literature is based
in the building.

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One of the most historic buildings on campus, Kirby Hall
naturally has a number of tales told about it.
Supposedly,
around the turn of the century, a gambler named Poker Pan was
killed in a gambling dispute in what was formerly the music
room (now the language lab). Many alumni remember that for
years the Kirby's chauffeur, Ted Dugan lived on the second floor
of the rear carriage house, which was later to become the College
Commons. The first floor, with its revolving turntable in the
floor (Used for working on carriages and cars.) was used as
a garage by the College until the chaufferu's death .. Then
the College converted the carriage house into a cafeteria.

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Worthy of note in Kirby Hall are the terra cota wine
racks that are still in the basement, a graphic reminder of
how life once was.
Finally, it should be noted that while
Wilkes College occupies the Kirby building, another school,
Lafayette College, has one of its rooms. The Kirbys had an
exact reproduction of the home~s library built in Van Wyck
Hall at Lafayette and the contents of the Kirby family library were placed there.
But of all the tales about Kirby Hall, the story of the
life of Fred M. Kirby stands out as the most notable . His
life reads like a Horatio Alger story, a young man working
his way to the top of corporate and community affairs. Born
in Brownsville, New York, on October 30, 1861, Kirby was the
son of William and Angeline Slater Kirby.
Prior to their
marriage, Kirby's father had participated in the California
gold rush of 1849 . Fred Kirby received his education in pub lie
schools and at a g e 15 became a clerk in a dry goods store in
Watertown, New York . Among his fellow employees were F.W.
Woolworth and C.S.Woolwcrrth, settting the basis for the later
famous and profitable association.
For eight years, Kirby
worked in the store, until he had saved a few hundred dollars
which was to serve as his share of capital in a partnership
with C.S. Woolworth.
On Sept 1, 1-84, Woolworth and Kirby
o pened their first five-and-ten cent store at 172 East Market
Street, Wilkes-Barre . When the store first opened, the fixtures were rough and unfinished and the counters were made of
hemlock planks. ~irby's desk was an old dry goods box which
he kept for years as a momenta of the difficulties faced in
his early business career. Kirby however, surmounted those
difficulties because after three years he purchased Woolworth's
portion of the firm. In 1888, he brought his father in as a
business partner. The firm continued to prosper and by 1911,
96 stores east of the Mississippi River were in operation.
In 1912, Kirby merged his five-and-ten cent stores with
those of the Woolworth family and became a vice-president and
director of F.W. Woolworth and Company.

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a director or officer of many business organizations, including : the Miner's Bank of Wilkes-Barre; the Second National
Bank of Wilkes~Barre; the Lehigh Valley Railroad; the U.S.
Lumber Company;
the Mississippi Central Railroad;
the International Equities Corporation;
and the Metropolitan Life
Life Insurance Company of New . York.

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support of civic , humanitarian and philanthropic causes. His
gift to Wilkes~Barre of Kirby Park and the Angeline Kirby Health
Center stands out among his many good works.
He was .also a
significant contributor to Wyoming Seminary and Lafayette College.
His generosity is seen in the donation of his country estate in
Glen Summit for use by the Episcopal churches of the area.
Kirby even turned over his yacht, "Suzannah" to the U.S. government during World War I at no cost, for use by the coastal

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patrol service.
And, of course, his generosity gave us what
is now Kirby Hall.
Honored for his service in so many endeavors, Kirby received the Qistinguished Achievement Medal of the Pennsylvania
Society, thus joining the ranks of other noted recipients including Andrew Carnegie, Henry Ford and Andrew Mellon. Another
outstanding tribute on the part of Wyoming Valley was "Kirby
Day", an event during which local ceremonies and publications
were dedicated in appreciation for the work of Fred M. Kirby.
Also on July 4, 1978, through the generosity of the Kirby
Foundation, more than 8,000 local citizens and visitors viewed
a pageant reenacting the Battle of Wyoming, presented by the
Wilkes College Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the Performing
Arts along the dike at Kirby Park.
Preceded in death by his wife, Jesse, Fred Kirby died on
Octover 16, 1940 ( just 14 days before his 89th birthday gn),
at his Glen Summit estate.
Thus, the story of his life ended,
but his fame and labors are still very much alive for the
people of Wyoming Valley.
Of course, it was in Kirby Hall that F.M. Kirby formulated
many of his ideas and plans for his community. "If only these
.w alls could talk" would be a fitting statement to be made in
the building.
The site has been a silent witness to events
ranging from Indian settlements along the river to General
Sullivan's Revolutionary encampment across the road, from steam
boats cruising up the Susquehanna to the arrival of the first
railroad train to come into the Valley on the adjacent corner
in 1843.
Here in 1905, President Theodore Roosevelt spoke
on the River Common- the river water of many floods inundated
its grounds.
It has also witnessed the growth of a College
and the intellectual development of many minds.
It seems fitting that a place so endowed in history and
purpose should now serve as a hall of education. Indeed, it
appears that destiny has directed this land to become part of
an institution of learning. As if almost by an invisivle force,
Wilkes College acquired the property and Wilkes College holds
as~ goal for its students the constructive participation in
the social, economic, cultural, and political life of the community.
This institutional commitment is consistent with the
Kirby family's philosophy.
It is a quiet inspiration to those
who learn here.
Thus, Kirby Hall shall continue in its rolea source and symbol of our heritage and our progress.

The author wishes to express his sincere appreciation to Ron
Andrews, alumni of Wilkes-'70,- for the use of his scholarly
and distinguished studies of the architectural history of
the area.

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across the road, from steam boats cruising up the Susquehanna to
the arrival of the first railro a d train to come into the Valley
on the adjacent corner in 1843 . Here in 1905, President Theodore
Roosevelt spoke on the River Common-the river water of many floods
inundated its grounds.
It has also witnessed the growth of a College and the intellectual development of many minds.
It seems fitting that a place so endowed in history and purpose
should now serve as a hall of education.
Indeed, it appears that
destiny has directed this land to become part of an institution of
learning. As if almost by an invisible force, Wilkes College acquired the property and Wilkes College holds as a goal for its
students the constructive participation in the social, economic
cultural, and political life of the community. This institutional
commitment is consistent with the Kirby family's philosophy. It is
a quiet inspiration to those who learn here. Thus, Kirby Hall shall
continue in its role-a source and symbol of our heritage and our
progress.

The author wishes to express his sincere appreciation to Ron Andrews,
alumni of Hilkes-'70 , for the use of his scholarly and distinguished
studies of the architectural history of the area .

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Ill. No. 29
Kirby Hall
sources Centennial Jubilee and Old
Home Week, 1906.
notes The building is identified as
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Kirby Hall
source, Art Work of Wilkes-Barre,
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Architectural Drawings
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The brick building at 248-250 South River Street was
erected in the early 1900s.

The first map that the

structure is shown on is the 1904 edition of Sturdevant's
Atlas of Wilkes-Barre.

The building was used as

residences until college acquisition.

248 South River
Street was purchased by Wilkes College in 1967. 1 The
southerly half, 250, was purchased in the 1970s.

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OLD NURSING

DEPT. BUILDING

With the construction of the new Stark Learning Center and
the new second floor nursing facilities, the old nursing dept.
building was destroyed . Wilkes College acquired this property
from the Simon Grossman estate in 1967.
After the 1972 flood, damages to 248-250 S. River Street were
estimated to total about ~50,000:

Added : 1 March 1983
Go6rgetta Nelson- from the Wilkes College files

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248-250 South River Street
Autumn, 1971
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280 South Franklin Street

In 1964 Rachel Wolfe Gutman donated her home at 280
South Franklin Street to Wilkes College. 1 Presently
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apartments, the house is a frame example of urban domestic :
architecture of the mid Victorian period.

Stylistically,

the building has many features characteristic of the
Mansardic or Second Empire period.

The basic structure

remains intact although alterations were made when the
building was converted for apartments.
The house was built in the 1860s.

Prior to 1864

Franklin Street did not extend further south than South
Street.

On the 1870 city map the structure is identified

with the name "T. Wilson."

In later years the property

was acquired by the McLean family.
1 Luzerne County Deed Records, Book 1554, p. 544.

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�109A
280 South Franklin Street

Gutman House

Damages after the flood of 1972 to Gutman House were estimated
at about $50,000.
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�Miner Hall
264 South Franklin Street

Miner Hall was erected as the residence of Charles
Abbott Miner (18J0-190J), a businessman and a descendant of
the historian Charles Miner.

The house appears to have

been built between 1864 and 1870.

This block of South

Franklin Street was not opened until 1864 and .is described
by George R. Bedford in Some Early Recollections as being
vacant at the time. 1 The building was standing by 1870
for it is illustrated on the Hopkins map of the city that
was published in 1870.
Miner Halli~ a domestic example of architecture in
the Mansardic or Second Empire style which reached its
height in popularity in the decade after the Civil War.
The building has a center hall with the principal rooms
arranged along the sides.

Of particular interest is the

freize with the sea shell motif around the ceiling in the
first floor rooms to the south of the center hall.
main staircase rises only to the second floor.

The

The basic

structure remains intact.
The building sets on the east side of South Franklin
Street near the center of the block formed by South and
Ross Streets.

On the 1870 map the property is shown as

extending eastward to South Main Street.

The 1882 atlas

shows that the property was reduced in sized by almost
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half and fronting only on Franklin Street.

The property

size was further reduced when the Miner family erected a
house on the northern portion and sold the southern section
and the original house to the college.
In the early twentieth century the house was acqui-red
by Miner's son, Dr. Charles Howard Miner (1868-19

).

Dr.

Miner served as Secretary of Health in Pennsylvania from
1923 to 1927 under the Pinchot administration. 2 The one
story wing on the south side of the building was added
probably for offices for Dr. Miner.
Wilkes College purchased the Miner property in 1961
from the widow of Dr. Miner. 3

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building was a residence hall.

For several years the
It set vacant for a short

period in the late 1960s until the college was forced to
utilize the space after the loss of Conyngham Hall.

At

the present Miner Hall is used for classrooms and offices
but is scheduled for demolition in the future.
1

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George R. Bedford, Some Early Recollections (WilkesBarre, Pa., E. B, Yordy Company, 1917), p. JO.
2 oscar J. Harvey and Ernest G. Smith, A History of
Wilkes-Barre and Wyoming Valley (6 vol. Wilkes-Barre, Pa.,
Smith-Bennett Company, 19JO), V, JlJ.

3Luzerne County Deed Records, Book 1490, p. 1048.

�264 South FrankliQ St.

102A

MINER HALL
The stately mansion at 264 South Franklin Street will also
be razed:
Date: 1975.
Known as Miner Hall, the 105 year old
building, was acquired as a gift from the Miner family in 1961:
The college obtained only 90 feet of the 160 feet frontage
of the property since the family constructed another home on the
adjacent plot.
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The building was occupied by the late Dr. Charles H. Miner and
was built by his father, Charles A, Miner in 1870.
Dr. Miner was recognized as a distinguished physician, serving
as State Secretary of Health during Governor Pinchot's
administration.
He also served as Luzerne County Director of .
Health.
Since Dr. Miner's death the home was occupied by the
Grace Lea Shewmaker Miner before donation to ivilkes College.
At first Hilkes utilized Miner Hass as a women's dormitory.
Later, the building was occupied by the mathematics department
for offices and classrooms.
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Damages from the 1972 flood to Miner Hass were estimated at about
$50,000.
In 1982, Uill::::es College leased the YMCA on South Franklin Street
for use as a Dormitory and while under lease it is being called
Miner Hall.
Added: 1 March 1Y83
Geor~etta Nelson ... from information from the Hilkes College files.

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Miner Hall
264 South Franklin Street
January, 1973
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source, History of Luzerne Lackawanna
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iner Hall
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of L uzerne County, 1897.

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Ill. No. 55
Miner Hall
source, Centennial Jubilee and Old
Home Week, 1906.

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Obadiah Gore Hall
275 South Franklin Street

Gore Hall was probably erected about 1871.

The

property is shown on the 1870 Map of Wilkes-Barre as being
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vacant and a part of a larger tract that extended southward
to Ross Street.

The house is illustrated, however, on the

1872 view of the city.
residence of Elijah

c.

The structure was built as the
Wadhams (1825-1889), a merchant who

served in the Pennsylvania Senate from 1876 to 1880.

The

Wadhams family retained ownership of the property until
1956 when Wilkes College purchased it from the estate of
Stella Wadhams. 1
The building is an example of the Italinate style of
architecture of the mid to late Victorian period.
basic structure remains intact.

The

There is a center hall

with the principal rooms arranged around it.

The hardware

on several of the interior doors of the first floor is
similar in design to that found in the former Conyngham
Hall at 120 South River Street.

An iron fence similar to

that which was in front of Mcclintock Hall until recently
was removed by the college.

The college also opened the

drive on the north side of the house to connect Franklin
Street with Wright Street.

Now a residence hall, the

building is named in honor of Obadiah Gore (1744-1821), an
- early settler of the Wyoming Valley.
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�108A

275 S. Franklin St.
GORE HALL
Built in 1871, the building was placed on Pa. 's Register
of Historical Buildings and Sites .

Wilkes purchased the late Stella Wadharn's home in Sept. 1956
and renaf!l.ed the puilding Gore Hall after Obediah Gore, Jr.
who was born at Norwich, Conn . in April 1744 . He migrated to
Wyoming Valley between 1760 and 1770:
At the time of the invasion of the British Tories and Indians,
Obediah was with the Continental Army as First Lt. and participated in t .h e leading campaigns of war, including the Sulliv.:m
Expedition of 1779 against the Iroquois Indians. After the War'
of Independance, Obediah moved to Queen Esther's Plains, the
present town of Athens, where he spent the remainder of his life.
Today Gore Hall is used as a men's dormitory.
WADHAMS FAMILY HISTORY
Family was originally from Devonshire England .
Settled in Conn. in 1650. Reverand Noah \vadhaBs left Litchfield
Conn. and embarked with conrrrenation t _o the Susciuehanna until
a vear after ivvominrr Massacre when he moved to Plvmouth. He was
the first preacher there.
Calvin Wadhams ~as his second son.

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Calvin's youngest son, Samuel WadhaI:ts was born in Plymouth and
-married Clarinda Starr Catlin.
Samuel Wadhams and Clarinda had a son named Elijah Catlin Wadham
born in 1825 in Plymouth. It was his brother Calvin Wadhams
who founded the 1st Presybterian Church now the Osterhout Library.
WADIW·IS OF GORE HALL
Belonged to Elijah Catlin WAdhams ... his wife the former Esther
Taylor French.
!'-Ir . E . C. Wadhams was former state Senator, past president of First.
National Bank of Plymouth and first burgess of borough. Wadhams
Street in Plymouth (where S, '. Stevens is now) is named for them.
The family moved to Wilkes Barre in 1-75 and lived on Union St.
two years before establishing residence on 275 S. Franklin St.
Four unmarried sisters and a brother lived together at L75
S. Franklin St. until th~ir death.
Added: 1 March 1983
Georgetta Helson: from infornation in the Wilkes files.

�GORE hALL

OBEDIAH GORE
Born in Roxbury, Mass. 1714? died in Wyoming 1779. Resided near
Boston and moved to Plainfield Conn. 1768. One of the 1st white
men in Wilkes-Barre. Commissioned by Conn. Assembly as Ensign
of 8th Company, Third Regiment Militia, Lt. in 1762.
At time of Wyoming massacre in 1/78, his five sons were in the
battle, also 2 sons-in-law.
Three of his sons and both sons-in-law were killed.
Obediah Gore -One of the most famous figures of Valley
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preceding the Rev. Har. Justice of Peace 1777-78, under laws
of Conn.
His commission was signed by Jon Trumbull, Gov. of
Conn.
T)t'::l brc'rher
Blacksl!l.ith by trade and he and 1:"±-s ~ Daniel were among the
first persons to use Anthracite in this country, using it in
forges as early as 1772. Among the prisoners taken by Pennamites
in 1768.
Son-Obadiah-Judge
Born 1744. One of the most prominent of the day in Wyoming
Valley. Served 6 years as member of Continental Army. Commissioned 1st Lt. by John Hancock and later by John Jay. First
Lt. Conn. Militia 1776, and 1 Jan 1777, was on duty in Hestmore· land, Penn. He served Suliivan expedition, June-Aug 1779, and
was retired by consolidation 1 Jan 1781. He was one 6f the Judges
commissioned at organization of Luzerne County, participated
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in 1st and 2nd Pennarnite Wars and
land Co in Aprii 1782. One of the
1/88~90. Portrait presently hangs
Geological Society, Franklin St.,

was appointed JP of WestmoreI!l.enbers of Pa. Legis.
in Wyoming Historical and
W.B. Pa.

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Ill. No. 56
Obadiah Gore ·Hall
275 South Franklin Street
January, 1973
sources author

�2J7-2J9 South Franklin Street

It appears that this building was erected as a
residence in the late 1860s.

Franklin Street south of

South Street was not opened until 1864.

The house was.built

by 1870 for it is indicated on the 1870 Map of Wilkes-Barre.
The basic structure is Victorian in style with several
later alterations.

The interior arrangement of rooms was

changed when the building was converted for apartments.
Stylistically. the main entranceway and the front porch
appear to be of a late nineteenth or earl_y twentieth
century period.

Mrs. E.

s.

Hanson is listed in the 1897

city directory as operating a kindergarten in the house.
The property was purchased by Wilkes College in 1966. 1
A residence hall. the building was named Doane Hall in

honor of John Doane, a physican. and his wife Gertrude.
who for several years served as Dean of Women at the
college.

The structure is scheduled to be razed in the

future.
1 Luzerne County Deed Records, Book 1603, p. 572.

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217-219 South Franklin Street

The building at 217-219 South Franklin Street is a
double house that appears to have been built about the end
of the nineteenth century.

The college acquired the
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property in two sections, 217 in July, 1973 1 and 219 in

May, 1973. 2
1

Luzerne County Deed Records, Book 1791, p. 784.

2Luzerne County Deed Records, Book 1785, p. l43.

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S. Franklin St.

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DOANE HALL

Doane Hall, 237-239 S. Franklin Street, was demolished in
1975, At one time a women's dorm, and school infirmary, Doane
Hall was acquired by Wilkes in 1966 from Joseph and Mar
Built about 1925.
Properties.

Placed on Pa. Register of Historic Sites•and

Damages to Doane Hall after the 1972 flood estimated at about
$50,000.

Added: 1 March 1983
Georgetta Nelson: tr6m informatic,n in the Wilkes College files .

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237-239 South Franklin Street
1971
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�Dan ·1 Hall
2J5 South F~anklin Street

Wilkes College purchased the property at 2)5 South
Franklin Street in 1967 from Dr. Edward Whalen. 1 Now the
college infirmary, the buidling is named in honor of the
Dana family which played a prominent role in the history of
the area.
Dana Hall

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built at the end of the nineteenth

century as a residence.

The property is identified in the

1899 city directory as containing an unfinished house.

In

the city directory of the following year the house is
listed as the residence of Bernard Long, a mercahnt.

It is

possible that Long may have rented the house for the
property is identified in the 1904 Atlas of Wilkes-Barre
as belonging to I. M. Thomas.

A circa 1910 photograph of

the house is identifies it as the residence of Long.
The house is an example of the Shingle style of
architecture with a 'colonial" influence.
structure remains intact.

The basic

The circa 1910 photograph shows

"a balustrade around the roof of the porch an a multi-pane
fan shaped window in the attic.
1 Luzerne County Deed Records, Book 16Jl, p. 668.

96

�96A

235 S. Franklin Sh.

DANA HALL

Dana Hall, located at 235 S. Franklin Street, was purchased by
Wilkes in 1967 from Edward and Jeanne M. Whalen. Prior to the
building's renovation into a school infirmary, the structure was
used as a women's dorm.
Built about 1890-1899, it was placed on the Pa. Historical Register
of Historical buildings and sites.
Damages to Dana Hall after the 1972 flood were estimated at
about $50,000.
It was razed in 1975
Added: 1 March 1983
Georgetta Nelson- from information in the Wilkes Files.

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235 South Franklin Street

1971

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Dana Hall
source, Art Work of Wilkes-Barre, 1910.
note, The house is identified as the
residence of Barnard Long.

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�Hollenback Hall

192 South Franklin Street

Hollenback Hall was designed as a residence for Anna
Welles Hollenback in 1916 by the Wilkes-Barre architectural
firm of Sturdevant and Poggi. 1 The property was donated
to Wilkes College in 1954 by Miss Hollenback. 2
The building is an example of the •classical Revival•
style of architecture of the early twentieth century.

The

basic structure remains intact although some of the original
decorative detailing has been removed.

The original front

door was replaced following the flood of 1972.

The

principal rooms of the main portion are arranged along the
entrance hall.

A frame structure was torn down for the

construction of the Hollenback house.

1 sturdevant and Poggi, architectural drawing, 1916.
(Wilkes -College, Business Office)
2Luzerne County Deed Records, Book 12)4, p 558.

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Franklin S~.

HOLLENBACK HALL

This home was bequeathed to Wilkes College by Miss Anna
Hollenback in 1953. A friend of Wilkes College from its founding, Miss Hollenback also contributed scholarship funds to the
college. Hollenback Hall was at one time the Guidance and Placement Center. During 1953-54, the building was also used as a
branch office of the Veterans Administrative Guidance Program .
Hollenback Hall also houses offices of many faculty members.
Damages to Hollenback Hall after the 1972 flood, were estimated
at about $50,000.
Added: 1 March 1983
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192 South Franklin Street

1969

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�Student Union Building
185 South Franklin Street

The building which was recently renovated for use by
the Student Union Board was erected about 1930 for the
First Church of Christ, Scientist.

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The architect of the

one and a half story, brick structure was

o.

A. Kleeman. l

The plan of the building is simple with a large room on
the interior and a classical portico on the facade, east
gable end.

The organ, which was acquired by the college,

was built by the M. P. M~ller Company of Hagerstown,
Maryland. 2
The property was purchased by Wilkes College in 1967
from the church congregation. 3

For several years the

building was used as a lecture hall and was known as
Church Hall.

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College,
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Business

A. Kleeman, architectural drawing, 1929. (Wilkes
Business Office)
P. MOller Company, drawings. (Wilkes College,
Office)

3 Luz·e rne County Deed Records, Book 1613, p. 511.

92

�185 South Franklin St.
STUDENT UNION BUILDING
CHURCH HALL

After the 1972 flood, damages to Church Hall were estimated at
about $40,000.
Added: 1 March 1983
Georgetta Nelson- from information in Wilkes Files
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�181 South Franklin Stre·e t

Wilkes College purchased the property at 181 South
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Franklin Street in 1949.
The building was named Pickering
Hall in honor of Timothy Pickering (1745-1829) who help·ed
organize Luzerne County in 1787.

Pickering later served

as Secretary of State in the Washington administration.
The building is presently slated for demolition.
The construction date of the house is unknown.

It

appears that it was erected probably in the mid to late
186os.

There is no indication of the buiiding on the 1850

map of ~he city but it does appear on the 1870 map.
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Architecturally, the structure has many features that are
characteristic of the Italinate style of the mid Victorian
period.

The porch and the main entrance, however, are of

a later style and probably were built in the first
quarter of the twentieth century.

Until 1915 the house

was the Rectory of Saint Stephen's Episcopal Church.
not known whether or not the house was erected for the
purpose of a rectory,
1 Luzerne County Deed Records, Book 1025, p. 130.

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PICKERING HALL

The former property of the late Dr. S.P. Mengel, Pickering
Hall was purchased by the college in 1949 from Jessie and Harley
Gritman.
Renovated during the same year, the building housed
classrooms and offices for the Commerce and Finance and Art
Departments.
The building was named after the famous soldier, Timo~hy
Pickering who was-an early supporter of the Revolutionary movement in Mass .
He led a contingent from Mass. to join Washington's army in the winter campaign of 1776-77 in New York and
New Jersey.
Adjutant General of the U.S. Army, Pickering later accepted the responsibility of Quarter Master General. In addition, Pickering's letters constituted an invaluabel commentary on the course of the Revolution .
In order to preserve the history of the military man on
campus. the Wilkes College New Dining Hall and Men's Dormitory
has been charged wit the rlew name of Pickering Hall.
Damages to Pickering Hall after the 1973 flood were estimated
at about $50,000.
Date demolished: 1975
Added: 1 March 1983
Georgetta Nelson~from information in Wilkes Files

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Ill No. 47
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181.South Franklin street
Autumn, 1971
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John Franklin Hall

165 South Franklin Street

Franklin Hall is indentified in a 1911 publication as
the residence of Mrs. George Weaver and having been built
between 1905 and 1910. 1 The building was a residence until
the mid part of this century when it was converted to
offices for the International Union of Mine Workers of
America.

Now classrooms, Franklin Hall was purchased by
Wilkes College in 1969 from the labor union. 2 The building
is named in honor of Colonel John Franklin (1749-1831), an
early resident of the Wyoming Valley.

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The building is a two and a half story, brick
structure in the "Classical Revival" style of the late
Victorian period.

Although altered some when converted

for offices, the basic structure remains intact.

The rooms

of the first and second floors are arranged around center
halls.

A bronze plaque honoring John L. Lewis, the labor

leader, is mounted on the facade to the north of the
entrance and is a vestige of labor union's ownership.
1 R. W. Flood, Wilkes-Barres The Diamond City (WilkesBarre, Pa.a Published by the Record for the Wilkes-Barre
Board of Trade, 1911), n. p.
2 Luzerne County Deed Records, Book 1659, p. 676.

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JOHN FRANKLIN HALL

Damages after the 19/2 flood to John Franklin Hall were
estimated at about $100,000.

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John Franklin Hall
165 South Franklin Street

1971

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John Franklin Hall
circa 1910
source, R. w. Flood, Wilkes-Barres
The Diamond City, 1911.
notes The building is identified as
the residence of Mrs. George Weaver.

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137 South Franklin Street
1971
source, author

�141 South Franklin St.

HARDING HALL
The Board of Trustees purchased the Harding residence
in 1954.
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Funds for the furnishing of the building were provided
by ~ttorney Gilbert S. McClintock, chairman of the Board and
Marian Martin Winsor, granddaughter of Judge Harding.
Judge Harding built this home over 179 years ago and•
today the Harding Home is regarded as a landmark of Wyoming
Valley. Harding Hall was first used as a snackbar for students and faculty.
Later it housed the college bookstore and a student's
lounge.
(in 1983, Harding hall was no longer standing.)
*Also see Old Harding Hall
Damages to the Hall after the 1972 flood were . estimated at
about $50,000.

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141 South Franklin Street
1971
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129-131 South Franklin Street

Sturdevant Hall was purchased by Wilkes College in two
sections.

The northern half, known as number 129, was

acquired in 1952 from the estate of Jesse T. Sturdevant. 1
Number 131, the southern portion, was bought from the
Ahlborn family in 1962. 2 Since college acquisition the
building has been a residence hall.
The exact date of construction of Sturdevant Hall is
not known.

By tradition, it is said tha the house was

erected for John Dorrance (1800-1861), a minister of the
Presbyterian Church.

Dorrance purchased the property in

1841 from the Butler family which acquired the land in
1772. 3

The house probably dates from the early 1840s.

In

1862 Stephen Leonard Thurlow, who later had the present
Kirby Hall built, bought the property from the estate of
John Dorrance. 4

Thurlow is listed for this property on the

1870 Map of Wilkes-Barre.
Jesse Thomas, a physican, acquired the property in the
late nineteenth century.

Ownership passed by marriage to

the Sturdevant family about 1913. 5

William H. Sturdevant

was married to a daughter of Dr. Thomas and was a civil
engineer who produced two atlases of the city.

In the early

twentieth century an extension was added to the south side
and the house was divided i,,to two residences.

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The

�southerly portion was further divided into apartments.

In

1942 Robert A. Eyerman, a Wilkes-Barre architect, designed
several alterations for 131 for Dr. Maurice B. Alhborn. 6
Sturdevant Hall illustrates the changing style and
taste of its occupants.

The main portion of the structure

is a center hall house with Greek Revival decorative
detailing.

The present front porch and second floor center

window grouping are characteristic of the mid to late
Victorian period.

A circa 1897 photograph of South

Franklin Street shows that a one story bay window was
attached on the northerly side, first floor, easterly end
window.

The three and a half story, brick structure had

several alterations and additions made to it prior to
college acquisition although the basic structure remains
intact.
1 Luzerne County Deed Recrods, Book 1171, p. 607.
2Luzerne County Deed Records, Book 1495, p. 882.

3Luzerne County Deed Records, Book 37, p. 417.
4McClintock Collection, Mcclintock Room, Farley Library,
Wilkes College, deed.

5article, Wilkes-Barre Record, July 16, 1952.
6 Robert A, Eyerman, architectural drawings, 1942

(Wilkes College, Business Office).

�115 South Franklin Street

The building that stands at 115 South Franklin Street
was known for many years as Slocum Hall.

It was acquired

by Wilkes College in 1961 and used mainly as a residenc~
hall. 1 The structure was named in honor of Frances Slocum
who, at the age of five, was kidnaped by the Indians from
her home in Wilkes-Barre.
The two and a half story, frame structure was built
as a residence although the exact date of construction is
unknown.

The house was probably erected in the 1860s.

The building is not illustrated on the 1850 map of the city,

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but does appear on the 1870 map.

The name that is listed

on the 1870 map is that of Dr. George Urghart who purchased
the property in 1866. 2
The building is an example of middle class urban
domestic architecture in the Italinate style.

The basic

structure remains intact although several alterations were
made when the building was converted for offices and
apartments.

Badly damaged during the flood of 1972, the

structure is to be razed in the future.

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2Luzerne County Deed Re c ords, Book 11, p.
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�' 115 South Franklin St.

SLOCUM HALL
Slocum Hall, 115 South Franklin St., was one of the
older buildings and used as a woman's dormitory. Frances Slocum
Hall takes its name from one of the earliest residents of Wyoming
Valley,· addin8 to the historical lore that surrounds the institution.
In 1778, when Frances Slocum was six years old, she was
captured by marauding Indians. After she was adopted by foster
Indian parents, she traveled with them in Ohio and Indiana and
married a Delaware Indian Brave.
When her original family found here in 1845, she was
62 and declined the invitation to return to them.

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Noretta Howorth.
Property was razed in 1975.
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Register of Historical Buildings and Sites.
Damage to Slocum Hall after the 1972 flood totaled about $50,000.
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269-273 south River street

The buildinls which is known as sullivan Hall was
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originallY an
'apartment house, the structure is now a residence hall•
The name honors Major General John sullivan (l7~o-l795)
~ho iead a militarY expedition against the 1ro~uoiS
Indians in 1779 following the Battle of Wyoming,

Although

the exact date of construction is unknown, Sullivan Hall
appears to have been built in the first third of the
twentieth centurY•

The building does not appear in the

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Damages after the 1973 flood to Sullivan Hall were estimated to
be about $75,000.
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269-273 South River Street
Autumn, 1971
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Frances Slocum Hall
262-264 South River Street

The residence hall at 262-264 South River Street was
originally a double house.

It was erected about 1890 and

was drastically altered in the early twentieth century.
The structure is not illustrated on the 1889 -view of
Wilkes-Barre• but is shown on a circa 1891 photograph of
South River Street.

By the 19JOs the building had been

renovated for apartments as is shown on the 19JJ Atlas of
Wilkes-Barre.

The alterations involved a new arrangement

of the floor plan and the erection of an extension to the
back.

Apparently, the separate entrances original to the

plan were replaced by the present center hall.
Wilkes College purchased the property in 1968. 1

For

several years the building was not offically named but now
honors an early resident of Wilkes-Barre.

Frances Slocum

(1773-1847) was born in Wilkes-Barre and kidnaped at the
age of five by the Indians.

She never returned to the area

and lived until her death with the Indians.

This is the

second campus building to honor Frances Slocum.

The first

such building stands at 115 South Franklin Street and is
scheduled for demolition.

1 Luzerne County Deed Records, Book 1639, p. 808.

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�L62 South River St~eet

SLOCUM HALL
(Frances Slocum Hall)

After the flood of 1972, daniages to this hall were estimated at
about $50,000.
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Autumn, l~~lh River Street
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In the summer of 1967 Wilkes College purchased the
home of Dr. N. Frederick Schappert, a physican. 1 Now a
residence hall, Ross Hall is named in honor of the Ross
family which played a prominent role in the development
of Luzerne County.
The structure was built as a residence about 1896.
The house is not shown on the 1894 Atlas of Wilkes-Barre
but is listed in the 1897 city directory as the residence
of . Maria Dunning, a widow.

Originally, the property was

a part of a larger tract owned by the Atherton family.
The Atherton house stood at J6 West River Street.
Ross Hall is an example of Romanesque architectur~
of the late nineteenth century.

The main windows of the

facade are interesting features of the house.

Each

window is composed of one large wooden sash with one light
that slides up into the wall.

The basic structure remains

intact •
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251 South River Street
Spring, 1972
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�Ashley Hall
252-254 South River Street

Now a residence hall, the double house at 252-254
South River Street is the second building on the campus to
have been named in honor of the Ashley family.

The

original Ashley Hall was the Ashley family home that stood
at 164 South River Street.

The building at 164 was razed

in 1971 for the construction of a.classroom building.

The

property at 252-254 was purchased by Wilkes College in
1968. 1
Ashley Hall appears to have been . built in the late
1880s.

The

1882 Atlas of Wilkes-Barre shows a frame

structure on this site.

The present building, however,

does appear on the 1889 view of the city as well as a circa
1891 photograph of South River Street.

The interior was

altered in recent years for apartments.

The only major

alteration to the exterior has been the removal of a large
frame front porch following the flood in 1972.

Of some

interest on the facade is the ornate cornice •
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75 West South Street
The Commons was originally used by the college as a
dining hall and student activities area.

It consists of

two earlier structures that were joined, about 1955, by
an addition.

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The early buildings were originally garages.

The stone and frame structure on the southerly side facing
South Street was erected as the stable and carriage house
for the building now known as Kirby Hall.

It was

constructed probably soon after the house was built.

The

easterly or Frariklin Street end of the Co~mons was a
garage on the Stoddart property at 191-195 South Franklin
Street.

The Stoddart house, known for many years as

Gies Hall, was razed for the construction of the college
libaray.

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COMMONS
Damages to the Commons after the 1972 flood were estimated at
about $150,000.
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The building that stands at 76-78 West South Street
is a double house that was erected about 1890.

The

structure is not illustrated on the 1889 city view but is
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The property is

identified in the atlas as belonging to

s.

D. Reynolds.

Stylistically, the building is Queen Anne in manner.

The

basic structure remains intact although the building has
been altered over the years.

The easterly portion, number

76, was converted to apartments prior to college
acquisition.

These apartments were known as the Chase

Apartments.

Number 78, the westerly half, was used in

recent years for a combination business and residence.
Wilkes College acquired the property through two
purchase, Number 76 was bought in 1965. 1 It was
originally a residence hall.

1973,

Number 78 was purchased in

The building is presently used for offices.
1

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76-78 W. South Street

"76"
A Wilkes College double-block dwelling located at 76-78
W. South Street; it was originally used as a women's dormitory.
Nicknamed "76", it was acquired by Wilkes in 1965 from the
estate of Hamilton and Lieuween Chase, then the Chase Apartments.
The building was destroyed in 1975.

~NNER PROPERTY
The old Fenner property was purchased in 1965. At one time
this part of the structure at 76-78 W. South Street was one
of Wilkes-Barre's finest ladies' boutiques.
It, too, was destroyed in 1975.
Damages to the property afte r
mated at about $50,000.

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�Bedford Hall

96 West South Street

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Bedford Hall was designed by Bruce Price (1845-190J),
a noted late nineteenth century architect, and is the
earliest of his houses that still stand. 1

~he house w;s

probably built in the mid 1870s although an exact date of
construction is not known.

2

The structure is not

illustrated on the 1872 city view but is shown in the 1882
Atlas of Wilkes-Barre.

The house was erected as the

residence of George R. Bedford (1840-1927), an attorney
and author of Some Early Recollections (c~ 191J), an account
of life in nineteenth century Wilkes-Barre.

The college

acquired the property from his son, Paul Bedford, also . an
attorney.
Bedford Hall has undergone numerous alterations over
the years.

The original portion stands on the corner of

South and River Streets.

Although the interior has been

altered and extensions have been added to the back, the
exterior of this section appears much as it did originally.
An interesting feature of the exterior is the design used
in the brick work of the walls.

The original internal

floor plan was different from the present one.

The main

ent~ance was through a vestibule, now open as a porch, and
the main staircase was located to the north of the present
one.

The present steps to the third floor are a part of

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the original staircase.

The present large room in the

northwest corner of the first floor was originally two
rooms with fireplaces in the wall between the rooms.

The

service stairs were situated at about the southerly end of
the present main hall on the first floor.

S~udying th~

1894 and 1904 editions of Sturdevant's atlases and a 1902
photograph of South River Street reveals that an addition
was made to the south side about the turn of the century.
Included in this addition was the present large room to the
west of the hall on the first floor, north of the sun room,
and that had a scenic wallpaper until the flood of 1972.
In the late 1920s, Paul Bedford , (1875-1967),. son of
the original owner of the house, commissioned the WilkesBarre architectural firm of Innes and Levy to design
several alterations to the house. 3

An advertisement found

in a 1933 publication indicates that the construction work
of this renovation was done by the John Curtis and Company
of Wilkes-Barre. 4 The present interior is the result of the
Innes and Levy alterations.
The 1920s renovation involved a new arrangement of the
floor space in the original house and the construction of a
sizeable addition to the back or south side.

The large

rooms in the northwest corner of the first and second
floors were created from two smaller rooms on each floor.
The present staircase Jtffl' rises only to the second floos
was built at this time as_ was the present servf ce steps that

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are nestled in to the south of the main stairs.

The large

room at the south end of the first floor hall, the sun room
on the first floor, and much of the service wing to the
southeast are part of the Innes and Levy design.

Although

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the renovations to 1 the original house were J xtensive, Lt
appears that much of the Price woodwork may remain around
the . doorways and windows.
The Bedford property was given to Wilkes College in

1967 through the estate of Paul Bedford. 5 The building is
presently used for classrooms and faculty offices and was
little altered in the conversion from a residence to an
educational facility.

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Until 1972, the first floor room to

the west of the hall on the south end, the room used as a
music room by the Bedfords, retained a scenic wallpaper
that was hung during the 1920s renovation.

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The paper,

destroyed by the flood waters, was a twentieth century
reproduction of a nineteenth century French pattern known
as "Scenic America."
The property, as acquired by the college, is larger
than the plot of land on which the Price designed house was
built.

The 1882 atlas shows a lot with a frame house on it

to the southerly side of the Bedford property.

The 1894

atlas illustrates this lot as being a part of the Bedford
tract.

The back section of the present Bedford Hall stands

on part of this tract.

The lawn to the east of Bedford Hall

is the site of a late nin~teenth century brick dwelling.

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The house is identified in the city directories as being the
residence of Alexander Farnham, an attorney.

The Farnham

house was razed in the mid-twentieth century.

The one

story brick structure located a few feet southeast of
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Bedford Hall may have been built as a garage Jon the Farnham
property.
1 Samuel H. Graybill, Jr.,
"Bruce Price, American sr
Architect, 1845-1903", dissertation (Yale University, 19'./=5-),
p. 20.
2 Graybill lists the building date as 1876 and, in a
footnote, p. 229, identifies the source of information as
the late Gilbert S. Mcclintock. Price, a native of
Cumberland, r,:aryland, was married to Jose.p hine Lee of WilkesBarre and had an office in Wilkes-Barre from about 1872 to

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1877.
3 Innes and Levy, architectural drawings, 1927. (Wilkes
College, Business Office)
4 The Residential Work of Innes and Lev
Architects
Wilkes-Barre
New Yorks Architectural Catalogue Company,
Inc., 1933).

5Luzerne County Deed Records, Book 1629, p. 744.
6 rnterview with Charles Levy, Huntsville, Pennsylvania,
~r.arch, 1971. Mr. Levys says that he purchased the ·,
wallpaper from a shop in New York City.

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Damages to Bedford Hall after the 1972 flood were estimated
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1970
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Bedford Hall
Architectural Drawings
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1876 and in 1927
Based on plan made by
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JO West River Street

The President's House at

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West River Street was

designed in 1925 by a Philadelphia architect, EdmW1d B.
Gilchrist (1885-1954). 1 The gardens were planned by Elsa
Rehmann, a landscape architect from Newark, New Jersey. 2
The house was built as the residence of Paul Sterling
(18

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Coal Company.

Sterling was a son of Walter G. Sterling

whose house on South River Street is now known as Sterling
Hall.

In 1914 Sterling married Arline Payne, a daughter

of Edward Payne.

The Payne house stood at 158 South River

Street and was known as Butler Hall W1til razed in 1971.
The property was purchased by Wilkes College in 1967
from the estate of Mrs. Sterling. 3
at first for classrooms and offices.

The building was used
In 1970-1971 the

house was refurbished for the use of President and Mrs.
Michelini.
The house is an example of the "Classical Revival"
• style of architecture of the 1920s.

The basic structure

remains intact although the interior of the first floor was
replastered and the floors relaid following the flood in
1972.

~he original front door and the louvered shutters on

the exterior were removed when the building was refurbished
in 1970-1971.

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The property at JO West River Street was originally a
part of the Atherton property known as J6 West River Street.
About 1924 the Atherton house was torn down and tAe land
was divided into four lots, the present numbers JO, J6, 40,
and 56 West River Street.

1 Edmund B. Gilchrist, architectural drawings, July,)
1925. (Wilkes College, Business Office)
2Elsa Rehmann, "Sketch for Gardens, Mr. and Mrs. Paul
Sterling, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.N (The sketch is in the collection
of the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society, however,
the key to explain the plantings is missing.)
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building showing the hei~ht of
the flood waters.

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�285-287 South Franklin Street

The brick double house at 285-287 South Franklin
Street was probably built about 1880.

The structure is not

illustrated on the 1872 city view but is shown on the 1882
Atlas of Wilkes-Barre.

The atlas lists the owner as

Charles A. Miner which leads to the speculation j hat the
house was erected as an investment property.

The property

was purchased by Wilkes~College in 1973 from the
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J6 West River Street

The attached houses at J6 and 40 West River Street
are closely associated historically.

Both houses were

built about 1925 and were designed by the Wilkes-Barre
architectural firm of Innes and Levy. 1

The house at J6

was erected as the residence of Julius Long Stern (189)1964) and the one at 40 was built for his father~ Harry F.
Stern (1854-1928).

The stone used in the constAiction of

both houses is from a mid nineteenth century house that
stood on this site and was razed for construction of the
stern houses.
Julius Long Stern was. a grandson of the merchant .
Isaac Long and was associated with the Long firm for many
years.

Later he sold his business interests and became a

lecturer in the history d~partrnent at Princeton University.
SternJals~was a member of the Board of Trustees of ,Wilkes
College.
Architecturally, the house at J6 West River Street is
•representative of the HTudor RevivalH style popular in the
decade following the end of World War I.

The building is

significant for the decorative detailing on both the
exterior and the interior, especially the plaster freize
composed of fruit and animals that surrounds the ceiling
in the front room on the first floor, the original living
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The knotty pine paneling in the former dining room

was installed some years after the house was built.

When

the houses at J6 and 40 were erected, the structural
framework for a connecting doorway was built into the wall. 2
Wilkes College purchased the property in 1964 from
Michael McLaughlin, a businessman_-J

Now a residence hall,

the building is named Waller Hall in honor of the late
Chalres Waller, a past Chairman of the Board of Trusµ es
of Wilkes College.

The Waller residence is at 40 West

River Street and is still occupied by Mrs. Waller.
About 1924 Julius Long Stern purchased the Atherton
property at J6 West River Street, razed the house, and
divided the land into four lots, the present JO, J6, 40,
and 56 West River Street.

The street frontage of the

Atherton property is indicated by the low stone wall that
runs along the front of the present lots.
part of the fence around the Atherton land.

The wall was
The Atherton

house was a Mansardic style structure, probably built in
the mid 1860s, and was constructed of stone reported to
have been quarried in the vicinity of West Nanticoke,

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The house was erected for the financier

Thomas Atherton.

Tradition says that it was designed by

the noted Philadelphia architect John Frazier.
Several rooms in the Atherton house were decorated
with paintings executed by Madomiselle Juliette Gambaro. 5
Gambaro was an artist who came to the United States from ·

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s.

L. Thurlow and his wife.

The pai~tin~above the paneling in the former dining room
of the present Kirby Hall, built for Thurlow, are said to
be the work of Gambaro.

A few of the paintings in the

Atherton house illustrated the fable of La Fontaine for
which members of prominent Wilkes-Barre families posed as
models.
On the 1870 and 1882 city maps, the Atherton property
is shown as extending back to South River Street.

The

house set in the northwest portion with the stable and
carriage house along South River Street.

Over the years

the land along South River Street was divided into lots
and sold off.

Early in this century the stable and carriage

house was converted into a residence and is now known as

255 South River Street.
1 The Residential Work of Innes and Lev
Architects
Wilkes-Barre New York, Architectural Catalogue Company,
Inc., 1933).
2 Interview with Charles Levy, Huntsville, Pennsylvania,
March, 1971.
3Luzerne County Deed Records, Book 1548, p. 672 •
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Wyoming Historical and Geological Society.
5T. H. A. •Pertaining to the paintings on the walls at
our home, J6 West River Street, and the the artist Md'lle
Garnbaro (December 14, 1916), unpublished paper in the
colktion of the Wyoming Historical and Geological Society.

�36 W. River Street'

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Damakes to Waller Hall after the 1972 flood were estimated at
about $50,000.
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Autumn, 1971
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present JO, J6, 40, and 56.

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Atherton house
36 West River Street
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used in the constructis ouse was
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�Doane Hall

56 West River Street

Wilkes College purchased the property at 56 West
River Street in 197J from Justin Bergman, Jr. l

The house

was built about 1925 .for Justin Bergman (1880-1960) and
was designed by the Wilkes-Barre architectural firm of
Innes and Levy. 2 Originally a portion of the Atherton / _:;.,
property at J6 West River Street, this lot was purchased
by Bergman in April, 1924. 3 Bergman was the founder of
the Bergman Department Store.
Now a residence hall, the building is named in honor
of John Doane, a physican, and his wife Gertrude, a former
Dean of Women at Wilkes College.

This is the second

campus building to be named in honor of the Doanes.

The

first stands at 2J9 South Franklin Street and is scheduled
for demolition in the near future.
Doane Hall is an example of the "Classical Revival"
form of architecture of the 1920s.

The basic structure

remains intact although extensive repairs were made to the
~nterior following the flood in 1972.

In particular, the

paneling in the front room, the living room, suffered
badly from the flood waters but was repaired by the
college maintenance department.

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2 Th~ Residential Work of Innes and Levy, Architects,

Wilkes-Barre
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3Luzerne County Deed Records, Book 60J, p. 197 •

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56 West River Street
Autumn, 1971
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�Barre Hall

80 West River Street
The building presently known as Barre Hall was built
about rsn-1B7J as the residence of Richard Sharpe (1842-

1895).

Several references to the construction of the
house appear in Sharpe•~ diaries from this period. 1
Sharpe was a founder of the Sharpe, Weiss and Company,
primarily a mining firm.

The company operated a colliery

at Eckley, Luzerne County, where Sharpe and his family
resided for several years before moving into the West River
Street house in Wilkes-Barre.

The community of Eckley is

now owned by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and is to be
developed by the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum
Commission as a museum and interpretative center of the
anthracite industry.

The house that Sharpe occupied is

one of the buildings acquired by the state.
Barre Hall is representative of mid to late nineteenth
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century,1 domestic architecture.

The windows, chimneys, and

gables show a strong influence of the English Tudor style.
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Several major alterations and additions were made to the
building in this century when it was converted for
apartments.

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Today, Barre Hall is a residence hall.

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second campus structure to named in honor of Colonel Isaac
Barre, a British statesman who supported the cause of the
American colonies in their struggle with Great Britain.
The first Barre Hall stood at 154 South River Street and
was demolished in 1971 for the construction of a classroom
building.
The city maps of the turn of the twentieth century
indicate that the Sharpe property extended eastward to
South River Street and included the lot to the north, now
72 West River Str~et, and about two-hundred feet of land
fronting on the Susquehanna River.
1 sharpe, Weiss and Company Papers, Wyoming Historical
and Geological Society.
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Damages to Barre Hall after the 1972 flood were estimated at
about $50 , 000.
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Barre Hall
80 West River Street
Autumn, 1971
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BEDFORD HALL

Bedford Hall, 96 West River Street, former residence of
Attorney and Mrs. Paul Bedford, became the property of the
College by bequest in August, 1967, upon the death of Attorney
Bedford.
Bedford was known widely as a corporation lawyer, banker and
benefactor. He attended Harry Hillman Academy and graduated
from Princeton University and received a law degree from the
Universtiy of Pennsylvania Law School.
He became a member of the Board of Trustees at Princeton
University in 1930 and was senior member of the law firm of
Bedford, Waller, Griffith, Darling and Mitchell.
Among his many gifts to the community, church and college
were the athletic field for intramural sports and a music
building at Princeton University.
He also assisted his wife, the late Gertrude Vaughn Bedford
in the operation of the Wheel Chair Club, a world-wide
organization in charge of the Wilkes-Barre Kiwanis Club.
Built circa 1878.

1923 renovations.

Placed on the Pa. Register of Historical Buildings and
Added: 1 March 1983
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�llJ West River Street

The property known as llJ West River Street was given
to Wilkes College in 1969 by Annette Evans. 1

The house is

the southerly half of the double house that stands at
111-llJ West River Street.

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history of the house ·although it appears to date from about
the turn of the twentieth century.
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Autumn, 1971
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�Alumni Hall
117 West River street

Annette Evans bequeathed her family home at 117 West
River Street to Wilkes College in 1969. 1

In her will, Miss

Evans stipulated that the house was for the use of the
college alumni association and was to be known as •Alumni
Hall~•
1971. 2

The college gained possession of the property in
The alumni association, however, had little

opportunity to use the building.

Upon examination of the

house following the flood in 1972, it was found that the
structural problems that existed prior to the flood were
greatly increased.

It was determined that the damage was

to the extent that the building warrarited demolition.
The house was designed by Miss Evans' father, Clark
Wright Evans (1857-1940), an architect and a musician.
Architecturally, the building is an example of the Shingle
Style of the late nineteenth century.

Drawings for various

details of the house are included in the college's
collection of the Evans family papers.

Before coming to

Wilkes-Barre, Evans was associated with a New York
architectural firm.

Among the family papers is a set of

drawings by Evans for a house in New Jersey.

The design

of the New Jersey house, apparently made before Evans
came to Wilkes-Barre, is qu i te similar to that of Alumni
Hall and may haVe been the 1nspiration for it.

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Although the exact date of construction is unkown, the
house appears to date from about 1898.

The approximate date

is based primarily upon two receipts found in the family
papers.

Both receipts were issued in 1898.

The first one,

dated February 10, is from Arnold, Constable and Company of
New York and lists the Evans' address as South Franklin
Street.

Prior to moving to West River Street, the Evans

family resided in a house on South Franklin Str~et where
now stands the college library.

The second receipt is from

the Boston Store in Wilkes~Barre and bears the date May Jl.
This receipt gives the address as West River Street.
Alumni Hall is a three story, frame and masonry
structure with a gambrel roof.

The principal rooms of the

first floor are a vestibule, a large stairhall extending
across the widith of the house, a large and a small sitting
rooms to the east of the hall, and the dining room, kitchen,
and service rooms to the west of the hall.
staircase rises only to the second floor.

The main
The third floor

has two finished rooms, a bath, and a large unfinished
attic room in the front.

The interior decorative detailing

is •academic" in manner.
Wilkes College acquired many of the original
furnishings of the house as well as numerous pieces of art
and American antique furniture collected by the Evans
family.

Drawings found among the family papers indicate
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that Clark Wright Evans also designed some of the

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furnishings, in particular the side boards in the dining
room.

Unfortunately, most of the furniture of the first

floor was destroyed in the flood in 1972.
The building stands on the westerly side of the street
on the location of a mid nineteenth century ice pond. •The
1870 and 1882 maps and the 1889 city view illustrate that
the ice pond covered nearly half of the block between Ross
and Terrace Streets.

The area is shown in the 1894 atlas

as having been filled in and divided into lots.

The

settling of the filled area may be responsible in part for
the structural problems of the building •.
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Luzerne County Deed Records, Book 1715, p. 2JO.

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Alumni Hall
117 West River Street
Autumn, 1971
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Ill. No. 70
Alumni Hall, west side
Autumn, 1971
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Ill. No. 71
Alumni Hall
sourber Art Work of Wilkes-Barre, 1910
note, The building is identifed as the
"Residence of Clark Wright Evans."

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Alumni Hall, first floor, northerly
portion of the stairhall
Winter, 1972
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Alumni
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the st floor
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Alumni Hall, first floor, looking
toward the dining room from the
stairhall
Winter, 1972
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Alumni Hall, first floor, looking
toward the large sitting room from
the stairhall
Winter, 1972
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Winter, 1972
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Winter, 1972
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The two detached houses that stand at 81 and 8J Wright
Street were given to Wilkes College in 1970 by Annette
Evans. 1 It appears that the houses were built in the •
1880s.

The buildings are not illustrated in the 1882 atlas

of the city but seem to be shown on the 1889 city view.
The houses are representative of the type of buildings that
once lined Wright Street.

In the early 1960s most of the

buildings along Wright Street were ra-zed by the urban
renewal agency.

The present Pickering Hall occupies much

of the area .today.
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81-83 Wright Street
Autumn, 1971
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�Chesapeake Hall
68-70 West Northampton Street
Delaware Hall
72-74 West Northampton Street

Chesapeake and Delaware Halls were built as a block
of four houses with a common facade.

An 1889 publication

identifies the block as belonging to Benjamin Reynolds, a
businessman, and having been designed by the Wilkes-Barre
architectural firm of Kipp and Podmore. 1 It appears that
the buildings were erected in the 1880s.

About 1847 the .

Baptist congregation had a church, a brick structure in
the Greek Revival manner, erected on this site. 2 The
congregation moved to a new location in the 1880s and sold
the Northampton Street property.

The 1882 Atlas of Wilkes-

Barre indicates that the church was still standing on this
site.

The present buildings are shown on the 1889 city

view.
Sometime in the twentieth century, the block was
renovated for apartments.

The original entrances, four in

number, were altered and a large, one story, frame porch
on the facade was removed.

Although the building has been

altered with time, the basic structure remains intact,
particularly the facade.

The property was purchased by

Wilkes College in 1967.J

Now residence halls, the buildings

are named in honor of Indian tribes that once inhabited the
Wyoming Valley.
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1 wilkes-Barre Penns lvania the Pro ressive Cit a Its
Past, Present, and Future
n.c.a Enterprise Review
Publishing Company, July, 1889), p. 20.
2 oscar J. Harvey and Ernest G. Smith, A History of
Wilkes-Barre and W omin~ Valle
(6 vo., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.a
Smith-Bennett Company, 19JO, IV, 1865.

3Luzerne County Deed Records, Book 1609, p. 97.

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CHESAPEAKE HALL
Built circa 1880
Was placed on the register of Penna. Historical Bldgs.and sites .
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DELEWARE HALL

Built about 1880. Placed on Pennsylvania Register of Historic
Sites and Properties.
Damages to Chesapeake Hall and Deleware Hall after the 1972
flood were estim&amp;ted at about $50,000 each ·

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68-70 West Northampton Street
Delaware Hall
72-74 West Northampton Street
Autumn, 1971
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�Shawnee Hall
76 West Northampton Street

The property at 76 West Northampton Street is shown
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on the 1882 Atlas of Wilkes-Barre as being a part of a
larger tract of land that fronts on South River Street and
is currently known as 110 South River Street.

It appears

that Shawnee Hall was built in the 1880s for it is
illustrated on the 1889 city view.

The house is an example

of the Queen Anne style of architecture and, although
somewhat altered, the basic structure remains intact.

Much

of the interior decorative detailing of the first floor
was removed in recent years.
Wilkes College purchased the property in 1965.

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building is named in honor of the Shawnee Indians and is
used for offices.

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76 W. Northampton St.

Shawnee Hall

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at about $30,000.

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76 West Northampton Street
Autumn, 1971
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�Susquehannock Hall

78 West Northampton Street

The history of Susquehannock Hall is closely associated
with that of Zebulon Butler Hall at 110 South River Street •
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Susquehannock Hall was built about 1900 for John Butler
Woodward (1861-1925). 1 The house is not identified on the
1894 city atlas, but the front porch is visible on a 1902
photograph of th~ street.

The late nineteenth century city

directories :_ list Woodward as residing on the north side of
Northampton Street where he lived until the completion of
the house at 78.
Woodward was an attorney who, at the time of his death,
was serving as Judge of Luzerne County.

He was the son

of

Stanley Woodward who had the present Zebulon Butler Hall
erected.

Until the construction of Susquehannock Hall, the

Northampton Street property was a part of the Woodward
property at 110 South River Street.

In the first quarter

of the twentieth _century, John Butler Woodward acquired the
property at 110 South River Street and moved into the family
home.

The Northampton Street property was eventually sold.

The hatrack that stands in the entrance hall of Butler Hall
was originally installed in the Northampton Street house. 2
Frederick Weckesser donated 78 West Northampton Street
to Bucknell Junior College in 1938. 3

Until the college

acquired the Weckesser house on South Franklin .Street,
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Susquehannock Hall was known as Weckesser Hall in honor of
its donor.

Now a residence hall, the building is named in

honor of the Susquehannock Indians.
1 Interview with Mrs. Bruce Payne (Marion Woodward •
Payne), Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, November 15, 1971.
2 rnteriew with Mrs. Payne.

3Luzerne County Deed Records, Book 777, p. 27.

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(formerly WECKESSER HALL- 1938)

This property was given to Wilkes College in 1938 by Mr.
and Mrs. F . J. Weckesser.

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The building was first used as a "Collegium Musicum"; which
was the first of its kind in .this section of the state. The
late Professor Paul Gies, di.r ector of music, had on display
his collection of old instruments. A Library of Recordings
was also available for use in various courses. This building was
used for a time, as the residence of the college president ·
and his wife--Dr. Eugene S. Farley.
Today Weckesser Hall is used as a Girls' Dorm.
(old Weckesser Hall was toen down in 1971.
Built about . 1900. Placed on the Pa. Register of Historical
Buildings and sites.
Damages to Susquehannock Hall after the 1972 flood were
estimated at about $50,000.

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Nathan Denison Hall
61-6,3 West Ross Street

The present Dension Hall is the second building on the
Wilkes campus to honor Colonel Nathan Denison (1740-1812),
an early Wyoming Valley settler.

The first building to be

known as such stood at 180 South River Street on the north
side of Chase Hall.

The South River Street building was

razed in the summer of 1971 for the construction of a new
classroom building.

Presently a residence hall, 61-63

West Ross Street was purchased by Wilkes College in two
The portion known as number 61 was bought in 1971 1
and the other section, number 6J, was acquired in 1970. 2

parts,

Denison Hall is a two and a half story, brick double
house erected about 1890.

The structure does not appear

on the 1882 atlas but is shown on the 1894 atlas.

An

extension was added to the front of number 61 sometime in
the early twentieth century probably when the building was
converted for apartments.

The basic structure remains

intact although much of the ornamental detail such as the
front porch has been removed.
1 Luzerne County Deed Records, Book 1725, p. 514,
2 Luzerne County Deed Records, Book 1702, p. 1099,
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�63 W. Ross St.

169A
. DENNISON

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Built about 1890. Placed on Pa's Register of Historical
Buildings and sites.
Damages after the 1972 flood were estimated

at about $75,000.

(This was the second building to honor Dennison. The first was
situated at 285-287 S. Franklin St.)
This Dennison building was known . as the Ross Street Dorms.
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Ill. No. 88·on Hall
N than Densi
Street
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W st Ross
61-6J el971
Autumn,
author
source,

�Site
South Franklin Street

The college gymnasium stands on the site of a mid
nineteenth century house that was similar in style to that
of Miner Hall at 264 South Franklin Street, immediately to
the north.

The house was probably built in the late 1860s

because this section of South Franklin Street was not
opened until about 1864, but the house is shown on an 1870
map of the city.

Thomas Long is identified on the 1870

map as the owner of the property.
From turn of the century photographs . of Franklin
Street and of the building now known as Miner Hall, the
house at 274 appears to have been a two and a half story
masonry structure with stuccoed exterior walls and a
mansard roof.

The windows of the principal rooms had

segmental arches at the tops and two-over-two lights in
each.

There was a one story frame porch across the front.

The house was razed in the mid twentieth century.
The property was purchased by Wilkes College in 1948. 1
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�171A

274 S. Franklin St.

GYMNASIUM
The Wilkes gymnasium considered one of the most modern in
the state was completed in 1950. They gym, 100 by 200 feet has
a playing floor of 98 by 144 feet; large enough for three basketball courts, seating capac.ity flexible-accommodating from 1200
to 2200 people.
The new $250,000 physical education plant on S. Franklin St.
was completed in Sept of 1950.
The building has been considered
one of the most modern in the state.
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More than 125 tns . of steel was used in the construction.
The large showers and dressing rooms are located on both the
first and second floors(rear).
In the front are offices and
a conference room.
A kitchen has been installed to provide facilities for food
preparation for the many special-dinners sponsored each year by
civic organizations of Wyoming Balley.
Damages to the gymnasium after the flood of 1972 were
estimated at about $125,000.
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Georgetta Nelson

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�Site
292-294 South River Street

The property at 292-294 South River Street was
acquired by Wilkes College in 1971 from the estate of M.
Annette Evans. 1 Miss Evans directed through her will that
the college was to use the house, known as 292, as a museum
of Wilkes-Barre and that the small, frame structure to the
south was to be demolished for the development of a garden. 2
The plan was never realized, however, for the house was
structurally damaged when Wilkes-Barre was flooded in the
summer of 1972 and the building was razect·later that year.

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The house was built in the first half of the nineteenth
century.

An exact date of construction is not known

although, stylistically, the building was of a type that
was being built in Wilkes-Barre in the 1840s.

The property

is identified on the 1850 city map as belonging to Beuben
Flick.

Tradition says that this is the same Reuben Flick

who, later in the century, owned the building known now as
Kirby Hall,

The house at 292 retained most of its original

features when it was demolished.

Two notable changes that

were made to the structure over the years are the addition
of the one story porch on the facade and the installation
of interior trim in a couple of the rooms.

The trim that

was added was from a circa 1787 house built on South Main
Street for Timothy .·Pickering. J
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Much of the trim from the

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Pickering house was removed from the South River Street
structure before demolition.

The house at 292 was used

primarily as a dwelling although at one time it housed a
resturant or tea room.
The one story building to the south was built in t~e
late nineteenth century as a shop.

It was torn down in

1972 following the flood.
1 Luzerne County Deed Records, Book 1715, p. 975.
2Luzerne County Wiils, item number 1914.
JThe Pickering house was recorded by the Historic
American Building Survey in 19J6, (Survey ·Nurnber PA-2JO)

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buildings .
292-294 South .
Autumn, 1971 River Street

sources author
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in 1972 followingg~hwere
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2JO South River Street

The building known as Hainna Hall, which stood on this
site, was erected in the mid nineteenth century as a
dwelling.

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It was a two and a half story, frame structure

with the gable end facing South River Street.

The house

was converted for apartments in the twentieth century.
Wilkes College purchased the property in 1963 1 and used the
house as a residence hall until it was demolished in 1968.
The name, Hainna Hall, was derived from a colloqualism.

1 Luzerne County Deed Records, Book 1523, p. 885.

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�Site
240 South River Street

The parking lot at 240 South River Street is the site
of a turn of the century frame structure which set with the
gable end facing the street.

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The buildingr erected as a

dwelling, was three stories high and had a gambrel roof and
clapboard siding.

The house is first found in the series

of city atlases in Sturdevant's 1904 edition.

The property

was acquired by Wilkes College about 1967 from the estate
:: Rochefeller, the last surviving member of a
-of~iss
--prominent nineteenth century family.

The~bui-lding,

str-uctura-lly - - unsound, . was demolished soon after college

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Ill. No. 90
Rochefeller house
240 South River Street
circa 1950
source, Wyoming Valley Preservation
Committee
notes The building was demolished
about 1968.

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Site
244-246 South River Street

The house that stood at 246 South River Street was
probably the oldest structure standing in the River Street
area when Wilkes College acquired it.

Although the exact

date of construction is unknown, the building was probably
erected in the 18JOs or 1840s.

The first map on which the

building is shown is the 1850 map published by J.

c.

Sidney.

The house was built as the center unit in a row of three
structures with a common facade.

The southern unit was

demolished in the early years of the twentleth century for

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the construction of the present building at 248-250 South
River Street.

The northern third remained standing until

about 1950 when it was razed and the land was developed into
a garden.

The middle unit, number 246, was used as a

private residence .until 1965 when the college purchased the
property including the site of the northern unit, number
244. 1 The college demolished number 246 about 1966 and
uses the site, along with that of 240 to the north, as a
parking lot.
1 Luzerne County Deed Rec-ords, Book 1565, p. 282.

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Ill, No. 92
house
246 South River Street
circa 1950
source, Wyoming Valley Preservation
Committee
noter The brick wall along the
street indicates the site of the
northern third of the row. The
house shown here was demolished
in 1966.

�Site
84 West South Street

The open area to the west of the building at 76-78
West South Street is the site of the house that was erected
for Isaac P. Hand, an attorney.

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The building was a two and

a half story frame structure with a steep roof and the gable
end facing the street.

On the facade was a one story porch

on the ground level and a small balcony above on each floor.
The house was built about 1880 for it is not shown on the
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1870 city map or 1872 city view, but is indicated on the
1882 map.

The structure was demolished i~ the mid twentieth

century, probably about 1963 when the Wilkes-Barre
Redevelopment Authority was demolishing a number of the
buildings on Wright Street.

Wilkes College acquired the

land, apparently, from the Redevelopment Authority in 1965. 1
1 Luzerne County Deed Records, Book 1570, p. 874. This
deed covers the transaction involving the land where now
stands the cafeteria and men's dormitory.

181.

�Site
157-159 South Franklin Street

Now a parking lot, the open area on South Franklin
Street, across from Weckesser Hall, is the site of the

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house that was erected for H. Baker Hillman (18J6-1899), a
coal operator, in the late nineteenth century.

The exact

date of construction is not known although it appears to
have been built sometime between 1882 and 1894.

The 1882

city atlas shows two properties, each with .one structure on
it, for this area.

The 1894 atlas illustrates that the two

smaller lots were joined and that one house, indicated as
belonging to Hillman, replaced the two smaller ones.

By

the publication of the 1904 edition of Sturdevant's Atlas
of Wilkes-Barre, the property and the house were divided
into two separate properties.
The Hillman family retained possession of the northern
half, number 157, until 1959 when it was sold to Wilkes
College. 1

The southern portion, number 159, was purchased

by the college in 1956 from the estate of the former
Countessa Elena Dandini (

-1955).

2

The Countessa, who

was born in Wilkes-Barre, was the daughter of Congressman
and Mrs. Henry

w.

Palmer.J

Married to an Italian nobleman,

the Countessa resided in Europe for many years before
returning to the United States and taking up residence at
159 South Franklin Street.
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The Hillman house was two and a half stories high and
of brick construction with stuccoed exterior walls.

The

corners of the main structure and the projection to the
north side were decorated with qubins.

The facade was five

bays across, symmetrically arranged, and had a one story
porch.

The openings for the principal windows and doorways'

had segmental pointed arches.

The house was razed soon

after college acquisition.
1 Luzerne County Deed Records, Book 1440, p. 25).
2Luzerne County Deed Records, Book lJlO, p. 292.
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JThe Palmer residence was at 247 South Franklin Street.

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157-159 S. Franklin St

OLD HARDING HALL?

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WILKES-BARRE-- 24 June 1960- Another 'Building of historical:
interest will disappear from the Hyoming Valley scene when
demolition crews complete their work razing a double-block structure.
157-159 South Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre, o,med by Wilke .
College.
This move, part of the college general development program,
will provide much-needed parking space for students and f~culty
members and the grounds will be landscaped to create an attractive parkway to Stark Hall science building from the South
Franklin St. entrance.

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The college purchased the left block of the building in 1956
from the estate of the Countess Elena Dandini de Sylva who lived
there since 1945 . The former Helen Constance Palmer, Countess
de Sylva was the daughter of the late Congressman and Mrs. Henry
H. Palmer of Wilkes-Barre.
Born in this city, she spent the greater
part of her life abroad , but returned to H.B. in 1945.
The life
of a countess presented a combination of romance and patriotism
which led her to glamour and a European title and back to repatrition in the land of her birth .
In 1915 she married Count Dandini de Sylva of Italian nobility
forfeited her rights as an A~erican citizen and assumed the title
of Countessa.
Her husband, an officer in the Italian army was
killed in action in 1916 during World War I.
Following his death
the Countess reBained in Italy and served as a war nurse in an
army hospital, caring for the wounded until the Armistice in 1918.
Althoup;h she travelled extensively and spent CTany of her summer s
in Geneva, Switzerland, she visited her ho~e in this country
at least once every few years . On these trips she travelled on
Italian passports although she was of the opinion that she automatically reverted to her ~erican citizenship when her husband
died . While she maintained homes on the Palazza Colonna in Rome
and in Grasse, France, she recop;nized the Palmer suBmer residence
in Laurel Run as her real home.
In 1933, she applied for repatrition and the application was acted upon favorably by Judge Albert
L. Watson in the Federal Court in Scranton.
The Countess' father, the late Henry H. Palmer, served as
Attorney General of Penna . and Congressman of the 12th District.
He was one of the most prominent members of the Luzerne County
Bar Association of the time.
He·r mother, the late Ellen WebsterPalmer, was a pioneer in welfare work among workin8 boys of the
Valley before child labor laws were enacted . She organized the
Boys' Industrial Association for Working Boys, and a monument
presently stands on the upper river CoITIQon near the city greenhouse
erected in her honor.
Added: 1 March 1983
Georgetta Nelson

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ELLEN W. PALMER-

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"FRIEND OF THE WORKING BOY"

by Charles A. McCarthy
Sunday Independent
April 17, 1983
The statue of Ellen Webster Palmer, "The Friend of the
Working boy," located near the City Greenhouse on North River
Street, Wilkes-Barre, was again restored to its pristine glory
as a memorial to a Great Lady who did much to help the
plight of the working boys of her era.
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Restoration of the vandalized statue of Mrs. Palmer and
her two friends, a breaker-boy and a news-boy, was made by
Henry Schiowitz, a former resident of Luzerne County and a
widely recognized sculpture.
It is the second occasion for this beautiful and imposing
statue to be damaged by unthinking culprits.
The head of one
of the boy figures was knocked from the display in 1955 by
some unknown miscreants. The second effort to destroy the
statue occured in Aur,ust, 1982 .

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Sometime after the death of Mrs. Palmer on Thrusday , May
2, 1918, her daughter, Contessa Dandani de Sylva, caused the
monument to be carved in her honor.
Fabricated by John P. Weiss Balz Company of North Main St.
Wilkes-Barre, the completed work was initially installed
opposite Union Street in Wilkes-Barre. On Friday, Dec. 20,
1921, it was announced the statue had been removed to its permanent site near the City Greenhouse on North River Street, dia g onally across the street from Kin g 's College Main Building. The
entire statue which depicts Mrs. Palmer with her arms around a
breaker boy on her right side and a news boy on her left side,
weighed seven tons.
This singular tribute to Mrs. Palmer honored her for her
decades of work in helping the working boys of the community.
As early as 1891, appalled by the near lack of recreational
facilities available to young boys and aware of the need for
help in assisting these boys to advance themselves, n rs. Palmer
held a meeting of interested boys in a vacant store room on
East Market St. Wilkes-Barre, on Monday March 9 1891. From this
humble beginning in a vacant storeroom, the group grew from a
modest 100 in its initial year to over 750 a decade later.
AIDED BOYS
Of the thousands of boys who benefitted from attendance at
these meetings, many became prominent in community affairs. One
of these, George C. Korson, then resident of the Heights section
of W.N., later became recognized internationally for his compilation of materials concerning anthracite mines and miners. His
most famous work was titled:"Minstrels of the Mine Patch".
Shortly after commencement of the early Saturpay night
entertainments, Mrs. Palmer varied the program to include a study
of the three 'rs'. By this time attendance included not

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ELLEN PALMER (cont.)

only breaker-boys, but door-boys, newspaper-boys, shoeshine-boys
and other youngsters interested in the programs offered.
Boys
attending represented a wide variety of national backgrounds.
Mrs. Palmer's venture was so successful a need for larger
quarters was quite noticeable.
In its first few years, her group
moved to such storerooms as were vacant. Later, Wilkes-Barre City
Council allowed the group to occupy a large room in City Hall,
which they occupied for about two years.
GREAT INTEREST
Interest in Mrs. Palmer's project became so great, a
charter was granted in 1899 under the name: "Boys Industrial
Association." Initial board of directors included: "William
Conyngham, Alexander Farnham, A.C. Campbell, Henry W. Palmer,
Martha Phelps, and S.J. Strauss. Miss Mary Trescott, the first
woman admitted to practice law in Luzerne County Courts, served
as board secretary and as chairman of its finance committee.
By 1901, Boys Industrial Association was represented by
two debating clubs. William Aston was president and Edgar Jones
Secretary of Club Number One; Fred Phillips and Thomas J. Phillips
held positions similar in Club Number Two.
Mrs. Palmer was president of Boys Indus.trial Association as
late as 1914, at which time W.H. Caldwell was superintendent.
Establishment of "Boys Department" in the Wilkes Barre
Y.M.C.A., amended laws which raised the employment for children,
installation of mechanical pickers in regional coal breakers and
enlargement of recreational opportunities outside the Association
contributed to the lessening of attendance at the Boys Industrial
Association-.Highlight in Boys Industrial Association in Wilkes-Barre
took place around the turn of the century when Wilkes-Barre
City Council made available a plot of ground on which was erected
a building to house the "Boys" activities. Cornerstone
of this structure was laid Wednesday, October 4, 1899. Built in
the rear of City Hall, the public sponsored brick with stone
trim sturucture made a very imposing appearance. It was 50 feet
by 70 feet and four stories high with basement.
Total cost of
the building amounted to $10,000, with work and materials supplied on a cost basis.
Added: 1 March 1983
Georgetta Nelson

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�OLD HARDING HALL?
The right block of the building was purchased by the college ·
from the estate of the late Mrs. Frederick Hillman in 1959. A
native of Wilkes-Barre, Mrs. Hillman was the daughter of the late
Dr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Murphy. she had been active in various
civic and philanthropic organizations, having founded the WilkesBarre Chapter of the Junior League and served as commissioner of
Wyoming Valley Girl Scouts for many years.
Her husband, Frederick Hillman, was the son of H. Baker
Hillman, a pioneer in the anthracite coal mining industry of this
area. A prominent attorney and investment security expert in
his own right, Frederick Hillman was a member of the Westmoreland
Club, Wyoming Valley Country Club, and the Hilkes-Barre Motor
Club.
Added: 1 March
1983
Georgetta Nelson

�Site
28-JO South River Street

The nineteenth century house that stood on this site
and was demolished in the 19JOs is s~id to have been built
for Judge Charles D. Shoemaker.

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The building, a two and

a half story frame structure with classical lines, was
probably - built in the 1840s.

The property was acquired

by the Fuller family a few years after construction and
was retained by members of the family until the 19JOs.

In

the late nineteenth century, a mansard roof was added and
the house and the land were divided into ·two separate
units.

The Glen Alden Coal Company purchased the entire

property in the first half of the 19J0s and razed the
structure.

The property was acquired by Wilkes College in

1958 when the school purchased the building known now as
Parrish and Chapman Halls from the Glen Alden Corporation,
successors to the Glen Alden Coal Company.

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For several years, the house was the residence of
Henry M. Fuller (1820-1860), an attorney who served in the
United States Congress from 1850 to 1854.

His son•, Henry

Amzi Fuller (1855-c.1932), was an attorney and a judge of
the Eleventh Pennsylvania Judicial District, 1907-1928.
Henry A. Fuller maintained the South River Street house as
his residence.

Emily Lindsley _Fuller, a daughter of Henry

M. Fuller, was married to George R. Bedford.
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residence at 96 West South Street is now owned by Wilkes
College and known as Bedford Hall.
1

s.

D. Smith, The Wyoming Valley in the Nineteenth
Century (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.1 Wilkes-Barre Leader Printing,
1894), p. p. 11. A note on the back of a photograph in•
the collection of the Wyoming Historical and Geological
Society and attributed to George R. Bedford identifies the
original owner of the house as Jacob Shoemaker. The note
also gives circa 1870 as the date for the addition of the
mansard roof and circa 1880 as when the house was divided.
2Luzerne County Deed Records, Book 1412, p. 82.

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Ill. No. 93
Fuller house
28-30 South River Street
sources Wyoming Historical and
Geological Society
notes The Fuller house was demolished
about 1934.

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Site
108-124 West South Street

The site of the Dorothy Dickson Darte Center for the
Performing Arts and Department of Music was acquired by
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Wilkes College in 1964 from the Wyoming Valley Society of
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Arts and Sciences.
The Society obtained the property,
consisting of two lots, in the 1920s for the purpose of
erecting an art museum and cultural center.

The plan was

never realized, however, although a building was designed
by the New York architect Charles A. Platt. 2
Prior to acquisition by the Wyoming Valley Society of
Arts and Sciences, two mid nineteenth century houses stood
on this site.

The structures were erected for two brothers,

108 for Charles M. Conyngham and 124 for William H.
Conyngham.

Both houses were demolished in the 1920s.

The

land was a part of lot number thirteen as laid out in 1770
and, originally, included most of the properties that now
front on southerly side of West South Street.

The 1850 city

map shows a depot for the Lehigh and Susquehanna Railroad
as standing here.
1

Luzerne County Deed Records, Book 1555, p. 310.

2 Royal Cortissoz, The Wilkes-Barre Art Museum
(printed for the Wyoming Valley Society of Arts and Sciences,
1923), p. 1.

187

�108-124

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DOROTHY DICKSON DARTE CENTER
FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
Damages after the flood of 1972 were estimated at about
$1,750,000.
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�Site
108 West South Street

A two and a half story frame structure in the Gothic
style was erected on the southwest corner of South and River
Streets as the residence of Charles Miner Conyngham, a
businessman.

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It appears that the house was built in the

1860s for it is not shown on the 1850 map of the city but
is evident on the 1870 map.

The structure was decorated

with gingerbread and had a closed cupola in the center of
the roof.

The house was demolished about 1924.

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Ill. No. 94
Charles M. Conyngham house
108 West South Street
source, Wyoming Historical and
Geological Society
note, The photograph is dated 1902.
The house was razed about 1924 and
the site is now occupied by the
Department of Music building.

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Site
124 West South Street

William H. Conyngham (1829~1907), a coal operator, had
a house erected on the southwest corner of South and West
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River Streets in the early 1870s.

Although not shown on

the 1870 city map, the house is illustrated on the 1872 city
view.

A Second Empire style structure, the house featured

a mansard roof and stuccoed side walls.
noted in Some Early Recollections

George R. Bedford

that President Rutherford

B. Hays gave a speech from the steps of this house on
July 3, 1878. 1 The house was razed in the . late 1920s.

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1George R. Bedford, Some Early Recollections (WilkesBarre, Pa.a E. B. Yordy Company, 1913), p. 105.

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STARK HALL
Named after Admiral Harold R. Stark, this Hall was presented.
to the College through the generous gifts of anonymous friends.
Stark Hall houses the departments of Physics, Engineering, Biology
and Chemistry.
Center of the campus between W. South and W. Northampton Sts.
the new science building of Wilkes College- Stark Learning Certter- was completed and dedicated in 1957. This building adjoins the
former Lecture Hall.
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The building was named after Admiral Harold R. Stark , former
local resident, now retired, in recognition of his extensive
generosity and service to the college.
The cost of the building ($L, 050, 000) was financed principally
through anonymous contributions. The building was erected to provide facilities for laboratories, classrooms and research for the
depts. of physics, chemistry and biology.
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150-180 South River Street

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Five mid-late nineteenth and early twentieth century
structures were razed in the early 1970s for the
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construction of the large classroom building on South River
Street in the block between Northampton and South Streets.
The five structures, listed by address, name, and date of
demolition, area
150 South River Street, "Honor Dorm," 197)
154 South River Street, Barre Hall, 1971

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158 South River Street, Zebulon Butler'Hall, 1971

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164 South River Street, Ashley Hall, 1971
170 South River Street, Daniel R. Warner Hall, 1971
180 South River Street, Nathan Denison Hall, 1971
In the mid nineteenth century, the Wilkes-Barre
Institute, a private school, occupied a building that stood
on the northern portion of this site.

The building, a three

and a half sory brick structure with a cupola, was erected
about 1854.and demolished in the 1870s.

The land was

purchased from the Institute by Charles Parrish, the person
for whom Parrish Hall is named, and divided into three lots
which became known as 154, 158, and 164 South River Street.
A clause prohibiting the future use of the land for

educational purposes was written into the deed when the
Institute sold the property.
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to overcome this legal barrier when it purchased these
three properities.

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Wilkes-Barre Institute
South River Street
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notea The building was erected about
1854 and demolished in the 1870s.

�150 South River Street

The brick structure that stood on this site was built
about 1901 on land that had been a part of the property at
146 South River Street.

The house is not listed in the · 1900

city directory but is clearly visible in a 1902 photograph
of South River Street.

The property is identified in the

1904 city atlas as belonging to · Emily Hillman.

The city

directories of this period list Arthur Hillman, an attorney
who was professionally associated with Andrew H. Mcclintock,
as the head of the household.
Sometime in the mid twentieth century, the house was
converted for apartments and the front porch was replaced
by a two story addition. Wilkes College purchased the
property in 1965. 1 The building, known as "Honor Dorm,"
was used as a residence hall until demolished in 1973 for
the construction of a classroom building.
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HONOR DORM
Damages to Honor Dorm after the 1972 flood-were estimated at
about $50,000.
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Autumn, 1971
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BARRE HALL
This building was donated to Wilkes College in 1945 by
members of the Board of Trustees . It was named after Isaac
Barre, noted Englishman friendly to the Colonies whose name
was linked with John Wilkes' in the naming of the city of WilkesBarre . Barre Hall was first used for classrooms and faculty
"-O ffices. Today it is used as a boys' dorm.
(It was razed to erect Stark Learning Center. (1957)
80 N. River Street---Barre Hall--built 1872-73, was on the
Pa. Register of Historical buildings and sites.
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154 South River Street

The Queen Anne style house that stood on this site was
named Barre Hall by the college.
in the 1880s.

The structure was built
•
The property is indicated in the 1882 atlas

as being vacant, but the house is shown on the 1889 city
view.

In the 1897 city directory, John Hance is identified

as the resident of the house.

An 1889 advertisement for

William H. Shepard, a builder, lists as among his "more
noteworthy efforts" the residence of John Hance.

1

Bucknell Junior College acquired the property in 1945
from Cosmar Long, a merchant.

2

It was reported in a news

article covering the transaction that the property was
purchased by funds given by an anonymous group of interested
persons. 3

Until demolition in 1971, the building was

mainly used for offices and classrooms.

It was the first

campus structure to be named in honor of Col. Isaac Barre.
The only major alteration made by the college was the
removal of a large frame porch from the facade.

1

wilkes~Barre Penns lvanias The Pro ressive Citv
Past, Present, and Future n.c., Enterprise Review
Publishing Company, July, 1889), p. 40.
2 Luzerne County Deed Records,

Its

Book 863, p. 566.

3Time Leader Evening News, Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
I

(October 4, 1945).

197

�198

Ill. No. 98

154 South River Street
Spring, 1969
sources author
note1 The building was erected in
the 1880s and razed in 1971.

i

�Site
158 South .River Street

The house that stood on this site was designed by
Albert K~pp (1850-1906), a Wilkes-Barre architect, for
Edward F. Payne (18

-1910), a coal operator. 1

•

The Queen

Anne style structure, most remembered for the tower and the
large dormers on the facade, was built about the beginning
of the twentieth century.

The first city directory in which

it is listed is the 1900 edition.
Bucknell Junior College purchased the property in 1946
from the son of the original owner of the house, Bruce
Payne.

2

The house was named Zebulon Butler Hall in honor

of an early
settler of the valley and an ancestor of Mrs.
__,,
Bruce Payne.

Demolished in 1971, the structure was used

for a variety of purposes and last as a residence hall.
The college made on major alterations to the structure.
1
rnterview with Mrs. Bruce Payne, Wilkes-Barre,
Pennsylvania, November 15, 1971.
2
Luzerne County Deed Records, Book 870, p. 563.

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Ill. No. 99

158 South River Street
Spring, 1969
source, author
notes The building was erected about
1900 and razed in 1971.

�Site
164 South River Street

The Queen Anne style st_ructure that stood on this site
was built as the residence of Herbert H. Ashley (18
a coal operator.

-1923),
• 1
Ashely purchased th~ property in 1893.

The house is not shown on the 1894 city atlas, however, the
Ashley family is listed in the 1897 city directory as
residing at this address.
The Ashley family sold the property to Bucknell Junior
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2
College in 1946.
Known as Ashley Hall, the building was
used at variou~ times for classrooms and ~ffices, and last
as a residence hall.

The building was demolished in 1971.

The only major change made by the college was the removal
of a large frame front porch.
1
2

Luzerne County Deed Records, Book 320, p. 205.
Luzerne County Deed Records, Book 888, p. 303.

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�252-254 S. River St.

201A

ASHLEY HALL
Ashley Hall was demolished in 1975.
This is the college's secorid building dubbed with the Ashley
name.
The first, located at 164 S. River St., was received by Wilkes
from heirs of the Ashley estate, Mrs. Marion A. Aslborn, Dr. Henry
A. Carr, and Mrs. Roccena Wolfe, in 1946. This building was razed to
accommodate the new Stark Learning Center which was completed this
year: 1975.
•
The current Ashley Hall was a men's dorm that originally was known
as Bruch Hall, named for a former environmental science teacher,
Dr. Alvan Bruch, a friend of the students.

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170 South River Street

The Queen Anne style structure that stood on this site
was built in the 1880s. Mrs. Ella Hollenback Emory 1
•
purchased the property in 1867. 2 In the 1882 atlas, a
frame structure is indicated, however, the brick building
acquired by the college is shown on the 1889 city view.
Mrs. L. Emory is identified as the owner of the property in
the 1894 atlas.
Wilkes College purchased the property in 1955 from
Michael McLaughlin, a Wilkes-Barre businessman. 3

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Known as

Daniel Rob~rts Warner Hall, the building was a residence
hall until demolished in 1971.

No major alterations were

made to the structure by the college.
1 Through out the research, two spellings of this name
were found a Emory, the one used here·, and Emery.
2

Luzerne County Deed Records, Book 119, p. lJl •

.3Luzerne County Deed Records, Book 1277, p. 225.

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• 170 S. River Street

WARNER HALL ·
The former home of Mr. and Mrs. M.J. McLaughlin, Jr., was
acquired by the college in 1955 . The new building was named the
Daniel Robert's Warner Hall and was used as a boy's dorm.
The three story building provided ten bedrooms and three baths.
The building was razed in 1971 to make room for the Stark Learning
Center.
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Ill. No. 101
170 South River Street
Spring, 1969
source, author
note, The building was erected in
the 1880s and was razed in 1971.

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Site
180 South River Street

Asa R. Brundage, an attorney, is identified on the
1870 city map, in the 1882, 1894, and 1904 city atlases,
•

and on the 1889 city view as being the owner and resident
of the Italinate style house that stood on this site.

The

structure, razed in 1971, was probably built in .the 1860s
when the Italinate style was most popular in the WilkesBarre area.

A sketch of the house is featured on the 1889

city view.
Wilkes College purchased the property in 1959. 1

The

building, named Nathan Denison Hall in honor of an early
settler, was a residence hall at the time of demolition.
The only major ateration made by the college was the removal
of a large front porch that wrapped around the south side
of the structure.
1 Luzerne County Deed Records, Book 1440, p. 202.

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180 South River Street
Spring, 1969
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180 South River Street
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notes The sketch is identified as
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191-199 South Franklin Street
59 West South Street

The Eugene Shedden Farley Library, which stands on the
northwest corner of Franklin and South Streets, occupie.s
the sites of at least three nineteenth century structures
of which only one was occupied by the college.

The

properties included area

191-195 South Franklin Street, named Gies Hall by
the college

199 South Franklin Street

59 West South Street, site of the First Baptist
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191-195 South Franklin Street

A three story Queen Anne style double house was built
on this site as the residences of two brothers, Harry and
William Stoddart, grociers.
1890.

The house was erected about

It is not shown on the 1889 city view but is

illustrated in the 1894 city atlas.

The earlier maps

indicate that a frame structure stood on this site.
Bucknell Junior College purchased the property in 1946
from the Stoddart family. 1 The building, used for
classrooms, was named Gies Hall in honor ·of a member of
)

the college faculty.

The structure was razed in 1967 for

construction of the Farley Library.
1

Luzerne County Deed Records, Book 870, p. 547.

�191-195 S. Franklin·St.

209A

GIES HALL
Members of the Board of Trustees gave the former Stoddart
Horne to Wilkes College in 1945.
The Board of Trustees approved the naming of this building"Gies Hall" in memory of the late Professor Paul Gies, who for more than
a decade served as a director of the music department at Wilkes. Head
of the music department at this time was Donald Cobleigh, who previously served as director of the famed Dartmouth Glee Club .
•

Later, Gies Hall was used mainly as a Conservatory for Music
in addition to providing classrooms for other fields of study.
(Today, 1983, the Eugene Shedden Farley Library stands where Gies
Hall once was.)
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199 South Franklin Street
The maps and views of Wilkes-Barre indicate that an
early-mid nineteenth century frame dwelling; two stories
high, stood on this site well into the mid twentieth
century.

The property was purchased by Wilkes College in

1957. 1

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Luzerne County Deed Records, Book 1353, p. 544.

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. 59 West South St~eet

In the late 1880s, the congregation of the First
Baptist Church erected a new structure on this site to
•

replace an earlier church that stood on West Northampton
Street, now the site of Chesapeake and Delaware Halls.

In

1927 the stone Romesque style ediface that stood here was
destroyed by fire,

A new church was built about 1931 on

South River Street and this property was sold,

Until the

construction of the Farley Library, the land was vacant and
was used as a parking lot,

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Conyngham Hall
120 South River Street

Known as Conyngham Hall, the building that stood at
120 South River Street was destroyed by fire on the night
of December 28, 1968.

One of the most ostentatious and

pretentious structures on the campus, its loss was a great
blow to the architectural and historical heritage of Wilkes
College and Wilkes-Barre.
Conyngham Hall was erected in 1869-1870 as the
residence of Charles Parrish and his wife, Mary, a daughter
of Judge John Conyngham.
William

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1

The house was designed by

Neuer, a Wilkes-Barre architect who also designed

the neighboring building to the north at 110 South River
Street, the present Zebulon Butler Hall.

2

The structure

measured approximately one-hundred feet by seventy-five
feet and was built of masonry construction with a stone
facade, part of which still stands.

It had two stories

plus a mansard roof and contained over twenty rooms.

The

ceilings of the first floor were approximately sixteen feet
in height, · Tradition says that a ballroom exited on the
third floor facing the river.

The main hall on the first

floor was tiled with marble as was the conservatory.

A

black walnut staircase opened to the third floor.
Charles Parrish (1826-1896) was instrumental in
establishing the anthracite industry of Luzerne County on
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a large scale.

A founder of the Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre

Coal Company, Parrish died while on a visit to Philadelphia
after several financial setbacks brought on bankruptcy.
Parrish Hall at 16 South River Street, erected for the
Lehigh and Wilkes-Barre Coal Company, was named in his.
honor by the college.
A reception honoring President and Krs. Rutherford B.
Hays was held in the Parrish house on July 4, 1876.J
President Hays was the quest speaker at the ceremonies held
earlier in the day in Wyoming, Luzerne County, observing the
centennial of the Battle of Wyoming.
In 1908, the property was acquired by John Nesbitt
Conyngham (1865-1935), a coal operator and a nephew of Mrs.
Parrish. 4

Conyngham had an extension added to the back or

east side of the building and an elevator installed along
the north side.
The property was given to Bucknell Junior College in
1937 by Mrs. Bertha Robinson Conyngham in honor of her late
husband, John Nesbitt Conyngham.

6

The property was the

second parcel of land given to the college for use as a
permanent campus.

Up to the time of the fire in 1968, the

building retained somewhat of its earlier grandeur through
various wall coverings, murals and papers, which managed to
survive the years of repainting.,

The reflecting pool 7 in

the conservatory was removed in the conversion for academic
use.

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An ambitious plan to renovate the house for college
8
use was drawn up in 1937.
The drawings show that the
street facade was to be given a classical appearance with
new fenestration arrangements and Corinthian columns, two
stories high, on the portico.

The exterior walls are

illustrated as being brick calling for either the removal
of the existing stucco or the addition of a veneer of bricks.
The interior was to be drastically altered and extensions
were to be built to house a library and a lecture hall.
Conyngham Annex ' stands on the east end of the property
and is pres~ntly used for classrooms.

Built as the carriage

house and living quarters for servents, the structure was
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probably erected in the 1870s.
1 oscar J. Harvey and Ernest G. Smith, A History of
Wilkes-Barre and Wvomin Valle (6 vol., Wilkes-Barre; Pa.,
Smith-Bennett Company, 19JO ~ IV,2147.
2Wilkes-Barre Penns lvania the Pro ressive Cit I Its
Past, Present, and Future n.c., Enterprise Review
Publishing Company, July, 1889), p. 25.
3George R. Bedford, $ome Early Recollections (WilkesBarre, Pa., E. B. Yordy Company, 1917), p. 106.
4 Luzerne County Deed Records, Book 445, p. 432.

5 Luzerne County Deed Records, Book 761, p. 403.
6 rnterview with Mrs. Bruce Payne, Wilkes-Barre,
Pennsylvania, November 15, 1971.
7architectural drawings, Marvh 10, 1937. (Wilkes-,
College, Business Office)

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Ill. No. 104
Conyngham Hall
120 South River Street
Spring, 1968
source: author
note, Erected 1869-1870
Burned December, 1968

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Ill. No. 105
facade of Conyngham Hall
120 Soµth River Street
Summer, 1971
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experienced a time of great progress at Wilkes. Over the pa
years, academic investments and campus
developments have transformed Wilkes, while our commitment to a mentoring culture has grown stronger.
You will recall that an ambitious campus enhancement initiative expanded academic fo iti es. The Mark
Engineering Center, Karambelas Media and Communication Center, and NeuroTraining and Research Center became
part of the campus vernacular. Several new athletic teams were launched, the So doni Art Gallery reopened with
great fanfare, and a trip to Starbucks became part of our daily routine. The Campus Gateway Project has changed the
way we navigate from place to place.
In addition, unparalleled educational opportunities - both in and out of the classroom - continue to prepare students
for the future. Faculty members, often working alongside undergraduates, develop ways to tackle the biggest issues
of our day, and various study abroad programs allow students to engage in important research internationally. The
Wilkes University Honors Program marked a milestone this year when members of the program's inaugural cohort
graduated.
These large-university opportunities are offered in a small-colle-ge setting, where faculty members not only know
your name, but also your aspirations, challenges, a 1d dreams. I hope that this unique combination has helped to
shape your col1ege experience in a positive way.
Before I close, I would like to reiterate a sentiment that Imentioned at the President's Dinner Dance. Many believe
that college represents the best four or six years of your life. Ibelieve that the best days of your life are not behind you
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with confidence.
There are so many things that I'd like to express to you in this message- how grateful Iam that you chose Wilkes, how
proud the campus community is of you, and how much we will miss you. I wish the best for you, Class of 2019. Ihope
that your journey at Wilkes has provided you with many memories, a desire to continue your learning, and the
passion to help those around you.
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                    <text>���Dear Class of 2017,
Congratulations! You have completed your
coursework and your requirements to graduate.
Your time at Wilkes has come to an end. It is an end
that you should be extremely proud of. You are
now entering a new phase of your life. One journey
has ended; yet another journey awaits you. Where
will you go? What will you do?

Wilkes Alma Mater
Wilkes, our Alma Mater,
we pledge our hearts to thee.
Honor, faith, and courage,
Truth and loyalty.
In our work as in our pleasure,
Guide us as a friend;
We shall always love thee,
Loyal to the end.
Thou shalt lead us onward
In search of finer things.
May we find the wisdom
That thy spirit brings.
May our deeds of love and service
Ever swell thy fame -Wilkes, we stand to greet thee!
Glory to thy name!

In your celebration of your accomplishments
and this very important milestone in your life,
remember that although your time at Wilkes ends
with a presentation of a degree, there have been
equally important lessons that you have learned
during your time here. As a freshman, you entered
with the goal to earn a bachelor's degree. You have
com pleted this goal. But as Ernest Hemingway
reminds us, ult is good to have an end to journey
toward; but it is the journey, that matters, in the
end."

Think about your time here at Wilkes and what
you have learned not only in the classroom as part
of your journey to attain your degree, but also
what you have learned as a person outside of the
classroom, in your interactions with professors, mentors, classmates, coaches, teammates, friends.
Think about your journey as an adult, as a learner, as a friend, as a fellow human being.
Think of the relationships fostered here. Think of your mentors and perhaps those you sought to
mentor. We emphasize those relationships here at Wilkes. I hope it has made your journey here a
better one and one that you will continue to learn from as your life continues past our campus. I
hope it has also inspired you to mentor someone else, whether it be in your next classroom or your
new occupation.

We hope that you will think of your time here often. We will certainly think of you often. Your
journey as a Wilkes undergraduate had ended; but your journey as an alumnus has just begun. Keep
in touch. Come back and visit. Share your stories and your new life lessons with us. Although
a new journey as a school continues on, we incredible alumni out there looking to mentor new
Wilkes graduates. Return for Homecoming and see what's new on campus. Stay in touch with your
wonderful professors and coaches. Wilkes will always be waiting for you to return.
So go forth! Begin a new journey! I wish the best for you. Remember your journey here at Wilkes. I
hope it will provide you with fond memories, a desire to continue your learning, and the passion to
help those around you. We will miss you!
Come back and visitI
Patrick F. Leahy
President

�About the Book

Meet Our Staff

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year and of our time here at Wilkes University. To our graduating seniors
we wish you the best of luck in your futlue endeavors and happiness
in your lives. This book is meant to showcase your senior year and to
represent your time here at Wilkes.
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throughout the year. On each page is a tiiangle in a corner that is color
coded to show each activity from our stl1dent body. That key is listed
below in hopes that you can navigate and enjoy your Amnicola Yearbook
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2015-2016

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�Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
J\nd having perhaps the better claim
Because it was grassy and wanted wear,
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And botti that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
-Robert Frost

2

�PRESIDENTS NOTE
Dear Class of 2016,

ALMA MATER

Congratulations! You have completed your coursework and you requirements to graduate. Your time at Wilkes has come to
an end. It is an end that you should be extremely proud of. You are now entering a new phase of life. One journey has ended;
yet another journey awaits you. Where will you go? What will you do?

In celebration of your accomplishments and this very important milestone in your life, remember that although your time at
Wilkes ends with a presentation of a degree, there have been equally important lessons you have learned during your time here.
As a freshman, you enter with the goal to earn a bachelor's degree. You have completed this goal. But as Ernest Hemingway
reminded us, "It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end."
Think about your time here at Wilkes and what you have learned not only in the classroom as part of you journey to attain
your degree, but also what you have learned as a person outside of the classroom, in your interactions with professors, mentors,
classmates, coaches, teammates, friends. Think about your journey as an adult, as a learner, as a friend, as a fellow human
being.
Think of the relationships fostered here. Think of your
mentors and perhaps those you sought to mentor. We emphasize
those relationships here at Wilkes. I hope it has made you
journey here a better one and one that you will continue to learn
from as your life continues past our campus. I hope it has also
inspired you to mentor someone else, whether it be in your next
classroom or your new occupation.
We hope that you will think of your time here often. We will
certainly think of you often. You journey as a Wilkes
undergraduate has ended; but your journey as an alumnus has
just begun. Keep in touch. Come back and visit. Share your
stories and your new life lessons with us. Although a new
journey begins for you, perhaps far away from Wilkes, we want
to hear about it. And as our journey as a school continues on,
we urge you to remain a part of it. Take advantage of the
Alumni Association; there are incredible alumni out there
looking to mentor new Wilkes graduates. Return fore
homecoming and see what's new on campus. Stay in touch
with your wonderful professors and coaches. Wilkes will
always be waiting for your return.
So go forth! Begin a new journey! I wish the best for
you. Remember your journey here at Wilkes. I hope it will
provide you with fond memories, a desire to continue learning,
and the passion to help those around you. We will miss you!

WILKE , our ALMA MATER,
we pledge our

~ to thee.

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TRUTH and LOYALTY.
In our work as in our pleasure,
Guide us as a FRIEND ·
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LEAD us onward

In search of finer things.
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That thy SPIRIT brings.
May our deeds of

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Come back and visit.
Patrick F. Leahy
President

Wilkes, we stand to greet thee!

GLORY TO THY NAMEI
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FROM THE DEAN ...
Wilkes University received a $3,3 million gift - the largest in the institution's
history - to support its School of Nursing. The gift, from local business~an John
J. Passan of Wilkes-Barre, and his wife, Ann, will be used to create a dedicated,
permanent endowment for the school. The gift will transform nursing education
at Wilkes for both graduate and undergraduate students, expanding opportunities for techno logy and professional development experiences.
The nursing school was renamed the Passan School of Nursing at a dedication
ceremony on Wednesday, Oct. 21.
"Wilkes University thanks John and Ann Passan for their vision in givin? this gift
to the School of Nursing, which now will bear John Passan's name," said
University President Patrick F. Leahy. "Such an investment reflects an awaren~ss
of not only what nursing education at Wilkes is - but, more importantly, what 1t
can be, given the resources his contribution provides."

Deborah Zbegn r,
PhD, WHNP-BC
Hello, all! A hist ori,
event occurred on
Oct. 21, 2015. J hn
Passan provided ot
nursing school w itt
$3.3 million endowment. This marks th,
beginning of a new era for Wilkes nursi
This incredible gift will fund innova ive
teaching and learning modalities,
technological advances, and growt h in
academic partnerships. Moving fo rwar1
the endowment will fuel our missi
to
educate students, develop compet ent
health practitioners, and establish
programs of academic excellence.
A dedication ceremony honored J ohn,
Ann Passan and the family. Stude s
flashed supportive signs, stating " han
You!" All proudly wore Wilkes nur mg
scrubs and lab coats adorned with t he
new Passan School of Nursing pat ch or
the arm. It was an incredible event t hat
will forever live in the memory of acul
and students.

Pictured above L to R: (top row) President Patrick F. Leahy, Dean Deborah Zbegner, Carol
Keup ·77, and Monsignor Rauscher (bottom row) Ann and John Passo n

Wilkes University's Zeta Psi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI),
Honor Society of Nursing, has been selected as a 2015 recipient of the Chapter
Key Award. The Chapter Key Award honors STTI chapters that excel i~
chapter-related activities such as: membership recruitment and retention,
publicity and programming, professional and leadership development, local,
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Now that we are the Passan School of
Nursing, faculty and students on both t
graduate and undergraduate levels
continue to work incessantly, rai s ng
awareness about the quality of o ur
programs and our commitment t o
volunteer service. From walks fo r Ruth
Place and American Heart Association
collections for Hoodies for the Homele
our students support the comm unity. C
graduates span the country provi ing
excellent nursing care. Please co r t act 1
via the alumni website and let us kn°~
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celebrate an important anniversary ne&gt;
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make it an unforgettable event!

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Kelly Kwolek 119 is a published poet. Her poetry is in the
International Library of Poetry's Collected Whispers.
Maura Serio '19 was selected as Scranton Times-Tribune artist of
the month. She won gold and silver scholastic art awards.
Caitlyn Brown '19 is a member of the select chorale, and she sang
for President Obama.

Dominique Bergeron '19 is in Air Force Junior Rese've officer
training corps and has held positions such as group commander
of NJ78 2nd, top manager of 260 students, command chief of the
NJ782ND, non-commissioned officer of the color guard, drill
team member and first sergeant at summer leadership school.

The Nursing Student Organization he ld its first 5K fun walk
Saturday, Oct. 3, 2015. They raised $3,000 for the Medical
Oncology Associates prescription fund.

Maria Grand inetti MS '08 , PhD, RN , BSBA led Zeta Psi to
collect 105 items for the clothing/hooded top drive for Ruth's
Place House of Hope.

On Sunday, Oct. 4, 2015, assistant professor Maria Grandinetti MS
'0 8 , PhD, RN, BSBA led 72 nursing students, friends of Wilkes and
furry friends (pictured above) during Ruth's Place House of Hope

Annual Walk-A-Thon in Wilkes-Barre. For the 5th year in a row,
the Passan School of Nursing has been represented at the walk.
This year, $675 was collected for the women's shelter.

Richard Tenessen DNP '15, MS, BSN, CRNA recently published
two articles in the Advance Healthcare Network: "Capnography &amp;
Sleep Apnea: Capnography Routine Monitoring for the PostAnesthetic Obstructive Sleep Apnea Patients" and "Managing
Diabetes in Practicing Muslims During Ramadan." In addition, he
delivered a poster presentation at the Reading Hospital Annual

Perioperative Symposium titled "Educating PACU Nurses on
Capnography Monitoring."
Pamela Welsh DNP 115, MSN, CRNP, NP-C recently presented
"DNP Th ink Tank: Collaborative Strategies Toward Successful
Final Project Completion" at the Doctor of Nursing Practice National Conference held in Seattle, Wash., in September.

Joyce Victor Chmil '87, MHA '91, MA 107, MS 110, PhD, RN-BC, CHSE

Mary Jane Miskovsky DNP, CRNP, NP-C

Joyce Victor Chmil, director of the Clin ical Nursing Simulation
Center, did a podcast for Nurse Educator on simulation . She
was interviewed in the podcast by Dr. Marilyn Oerrman , editor
of Nu rse Educator. Afterward, she was invited to write an
articl e: http://journals .lww.com/nurseeducatoronline/pages/
default.as ox.

Mary Jane Miskovsky, assistant professor of the DNP
program, publ ished a case study titled "Calf pain and
swelling after a marathon: A case study of Rhabdomyolysis"
in Advance Health Care Network for NPs &amp; PAs . Learn more
here: http://nurse-practitioners-and-physician-assistants.
advanceweb .com .

Lori Drozdis 1 89 1 MS '05, RN

Patricia Sweeney '80, PhD, CRNP, FNP-BC

Lori Drozd is rece ived a certificate of appreciation in
recognition of her outstand ing support of the Northern Tier
Ind ustry &amp; Education Consortium 's Health Care Careers
Program. She met with junior and senior high school students.

Patricia Sweeney partic ipated in the development of a
continu ing education program on Opioid Use and Misuse.
Th is will be available through the Pennsylvania Medical
Soc iety and the Pennsylvania State Nurses Association for
physicians, nurse practitioners and nurses. She also
contributed as a book reviewer for "Barkley's Curriculum
Review fo r Family Nurse Practitioners." Patricia is a board
member of the Nursing Foundation of Pennyslvan ia and
president of Nurse Pract itioners of Northeastern
Pennsylvania.

Mari a Grandinetti MS '08 1 PhD, RN, BSBA

Maria Grand inetti, ass istant professor of undergraduate
nursi ng, received a Teacher Recognition and Effectiveness
Com mittee award for 2015 Outstanding Advisor fo r the
Passan School of Nursing.

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                    <text>AMNICOLA
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�THIS BOOK IS FOR YOU.
ENJOY IT. SHARE IT. SIGN IT.
FOLD DOWN THE CORNERS ON THE
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�PRESIDE~T'S ~OTE
Dear Class of 2015,
Congratulations! You have completed your coursework and your requirements to
graduate. Your time at Wilkes has come to an end. It is an end that you should be extremely
proud of. You are now entering a new phase of life. One journey has ended; yet another journey
awaits you. Where will you go? What will you do?
In your celebration of your accomplishments and this very important milestone in your
life, remember that although your time at Wilkes ends with a presentation of a degree, there
have been equally important lessons you have learned during your time here. As a freshman, you
entered with the goal to earn a bachelor's degree. You have completed this goal. But as Ernest
Hemingway reminds us, "It is good to have an end to jourey toward; but it is the journey that
matters, in the end."
Think about your time here at Wilkes and what you have learned not only in the
classroom as part of your journey to attain your degree, but also what you have learned as a
person outside of the classroom, in your interations with professors, mentors, classmates,
coaches, teammates, friends. Think about your journey as an adult, as a learner, as a friend, as a
fellow human being.
Think of the relationships fostered here. Think of your mentors and perhaps those you
sought to mentor. We emphasize those relationships here at Wilkes. I hope it has made your
journey here a better one and one that you will continue to learn from as your life continues past
our campus. I hope it has also inspired you to mentor someone else, whether it be in your next
classroom or your new occupation.
We hope that you will think of your time here often. We will certainly think of you often.
Your journey as a Wilkes undergraduate has ended; but your journey as an alumnus has just
begun. Keep in touch. Come back and visit. Share your stories and your new life lessons with us.
Although a new journey begins for you, perhaps far away from Wilkes, we want to hear about it.
And as our journey as a school continues on, we urge you to remain a part of it. Take advantage
of the Alumni Association; there are incredible alumni out there looking to mentor new Wilkes
graduates. Return for homecoming and see what's new on campus. Stay in touch with your
wonderful professors and coaches. Wilkes will always be waiting for your return.
So go forth! Begin a new journey! I wish the best for you. Remember your journey here
at Wilkes. I hope it will provide you with fond memories, a desire to continue learning, and the
passion to help those around you. We will miss you!
Come back and visit.
Patrick F. Leahy
President

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Loyal to the end.
Thou shalt lead us onward, in search of finer things.
May we find the wisdom that thy spirit brings.
May our deeds of love and service ever swell ,thy fame --

Wilkes, we stand to greet thee!

Glory to thy name!

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ABDULDAEM, AHMED
ABDULLAH, MEHAB
ADAMS, JUSTIN
ALANAZI, SULTAN
ALBA, ANTHONY
AL BALAWI, ABDULRAHMAN
ALBANNAY, ABDULLAH
ALDHARMAN, MOHAMMED
ALFANO, JAMES
ALGHAMDI, FAISAL
ALGHUSN, HUSSAM
ALHONAYAN, FATEMAH
AL JAAFAR, FAWAZ
ALKANDARI, HAMAD
ALKHALDI, AHMED
ALNAJIM, FAHAD
ALQARNI, ABDULRAZAQ
ALREFAEI, MARZOUQ
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ALSHEHRI, ABDULRAHMAN
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AL ZAABI, OBAID
AMOS, WILLIAM
ANDERSON, KEVIN
ANDERSON, ELIZABETH
ANTAL, ANDREA
ASARE, EDWARD
AUSTIN, ASHLEY
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BALASAVAGE, WILLIAM
BALDACCI, ALYSSA
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BANYAR, VERONICA
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BATES, MICHAEL
BAUER, SAMANTHA
BEDWICK, BRIAN
BENCZKOWSKI, SARAH
BERLEY, DAVID
BICKERT, SAMANTHA
BIN EID, ABDULAZIZ
BIRD, JAMES
BLACKWELL NOAH
BOSAK, CAROLYN
BOUSSON, TIMOTHY
BOYER, HOLLY
BRABANDER, MICHAEL
BRACE, STEVEN
BRIELING, JULIANNE
BROWN, CHELSEA
BROWN, KAITLYN
BUCHANAN, VANESSA
BUCZYNSKI, ALLISON
BUFFA, JOSEPH
BUFFINGTON, LUCAS
BUHLER, SARAH
BURGESS, JACOB
BURKE, KATHERINE
CABRERA, OLIVIA
CAPOZZELLI, REGINA
CAPRIO, MELISSA
CAR, MATTHEW
CAREY,JOHN
CAREY, CHRISTOPHER
CAREY, SHAWN
CARROLL, JOHN
CASTLEBERRY, MATTHEW
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CHALLENGER, KIMBERLY
CHINIKAYLO, ANNA
CHURCHILL, ORANE
CLARK, CORIE
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COATES, SEAN
COLELLA, ARIANA
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CONNELLY, MICHAEL
CONNOR, JOHNATHAN
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COOK, ARLENE
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COUSIN, CHRISTOPHER
COVAL, LINDSEY
COWLEY, DOUGLAS
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CRANDALL, KAITLIN
DALY,JAMES
DANIEL, ALYSSA
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DANTAS. JOSEPH
DELUCCA, JACQUELINE
DERKACH, MERIBETH
DETRICK, AMANDA
DEWINTER, KATELYN
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DICKSON, CORY
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DOKNOVITCH, LEAH
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DORSE, ANGELA
DRESCH, HEATH
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FOSTER, RYAN
FRANKO, NATHAN
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GARCIA, DAVID
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HARMOUZI, KHALID
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HART, CARISSA
HARTH, RICHARD
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HARVEY, RICHARD
HAYES, NICOLE
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For the first time in modern history Wilkes University has a Marching Band, The Marching Colonels. In the fall of 2012, Wilkes President Patrick Leahy asked Band Director Phil Simon to investigate the
possibility of starting a marching band. One year later, in the fall of
2014, The Marching Colonels took the field for the first time at the
first home game of the season. The 32 member band, including 10
color guard, 22 horns and percussion and two drum majors, Sofia
Soares and Martina Barna, performed their inaugural show, celebrating 60 Years of Rock and Roll at six home games and for the Wyoming Area High School Cavalcade of Bands. Each performance was
enthusiastically received by the audience, and the consensus of both
the band members and spectators was that it was a very successful
first season. Band Director, Dr. Phil Simon and the staff and students
of the Marching Colonels want to thank Dr. Leahy, the Wilkes faculty,
staff, students and community for their tremendous support during
the Marching Colonels inaugural season. The band will return to the
field in the fall of 2015 with an even more exciting and entertaining
field show. The Marching Colonels have adopted the slogan, The
Spirit of the Blue and Gold, and we mean to honor that slogan with
lots of spirit and enthusiasm in every performance.

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Do you have a saying or motto that you live your life by?
I don't really have a saying or motto that I live by, I just go out
and play like I'll never get to play again.

Wilkes University would like to introduce 5th year senior
Tim Bousson, from Shamokin, Pa. Tim is a starting receiver
for Wilkes' Football team. He has been playing the beautiful
game of football for 16 years now and has loved every second
of it. Tim is very thankful that he has had the opportunity to
play football here at Wilkes and doesn't want it to end. He is
majoring in History, but Tim says after college he is going to
enrolling in either the State Police Academy or the Air Force.

What are your goals for your current season? Were
they achieved yet? My goals for the current season were to
win the MAC and to be an all-conference receiver. Unfortunately,
winning the MAC won't happen this year and I'll have to wait to
find out about the allconference selection.

An interview w it h Tim Bousson

Tim was named Wilkes University's MVP for the annual
Mayor's Cup game which is against our rivals King's College.
"It felt really good to win the MVP and I think it was a great
way to end my career. The only way it could have gotten
any better was to win the Mayor's Cup. Regardless, I'm still
proud of all my teammates, especially my seniors."
What is your biggest accomplishment in your sport?
My biggest accomplishment was to be given the chance to
play football after high school because only about 7% of
student athletes get to make that transition.
What one or two things do you currently do in your
training that are keys to your success? The one thing
I currently do training-wise and always have done was run.
Speed is the most important thing to me and it is a huge key
to my success.
What would be your ultimate achievement? My
ultimate achievement would be able to play at any level
after college.
What was the best advice you were ever given? To
never be complacent. "Complacency is the enemy of success."

Where do you draw your inspiration from? I draw my
inspiration from my parents, and also my teammates.
What is your diet like? I don't really have a diet, but I always
eat a Big Mac meal the night before games.
What is your most memorable moment here at Wilkes?
My most memorable Wilkes moment hasn't happened yet ...
graduation day.
What do you plan to do after college? After college i plan
to go to either the State Police Academy or join the Air Force.
How do you set your goals? I set goals by focusing on the big
picture and then I look at the steps I need to take to get there.
interview by
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public relations agency, sponsors
orphans from Tanzania who's parents
have passed away due to the AIDS
virus. This year Zebra choose 4 orphans
to sponsor. Every year in the Basic
Public Relations course the class is put
into groups and have to decide on
an event to help raise money for their
charity. The advisor for this course is
Dr. Jane Elmes-Crahall. The Embrace
A Child In Tanzania account team
included Evan Willey, Samantha Early,
Marcus Leaf, Mandy Stickles, Sara
Davis, and Amanda Hornak. Fall 2014
the team chose to host a dodgeball
tournament for the students of Wilkes
University. The team raised over $500
that afternoon and an anonymous
donor donated $1,300. The team
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An interview with Elena Stambone

"Elena is the third
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working players on
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"My name is Elena Stambone and I am a senior pharmacy
major. I'm from Jessup, PA and I went to Valley View High
School. I played shooting guard for the Wilkes Women's
basketball team. I chose to come to Wilkes because of the
great pharmacy program. I also wanted to continue my
basketball career while pursing pharmacy. Wilkes was the
best option for me because of the outstanding academic
program offered by the school of pharmacy and the
opportunity to also play basketball."

What are you most proud of? I am most proud of my
ability to be successful and stand out in basketball while still
maintaining good grades and being successful in school.
Pharmacy is a very demanding major and it is not easy to juggle
all the studying and basketball on top of it. I am proud of myself
for being able to get my studying done and excel in the classroom
at the same time as impacting the basketball program. I am very
proud that I was able to become the schools third all time leading
scorer.
What are you planning in doing after graduating from
Wilkes? Since the pharmacy program is a 6 year doctorate
degree, I will be graduating in 2017. I am not positive if I will be
doing a residency after graduation or just starting to work in a
pharmacy, but I am hoping to find a path in pharmacy that I am
passionate about and that I can excel at.
What was your favorite part of being on the woman's
basketball team? My favorite part of being on the women's
basketball team was the memories that I made. Some of my
best friends are people that I met through basketball. Basketball
opened a lot of doors for me but the best part about it was the
great times I had with my best friends.
Who is your biggest hero and why? My mom. My mom
got me involved in everything possible when I was younger. She
took me to camps and practices and everything you can think of
just to get me involved. She supports me in everything I do and
loves me for me. Without her, I wouldn't have the passion and
determination for everything I do. My mom is definitely my hero.
interview by Evan Willey

Describe yourself using 1 word. Passionate. Anything
I do in life I put my whole heart and all my effort into. I
am really passionate about being successful in life and my
career. Basketball was everything to me for my entire life and
it truly was and always will be my passion.

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Rn interview with Cameron Hinkel

"Cameron has been both a leader by example and a vocal leader
for the men's basketball program. He is one of our hardest
workers in practice and one of our most valuable all-around
players. Cam plays through injury and fatigue. He has the
respect of every teammate and coaching staff member."
--Izzi Metz
"My name is Cameron Hinkel and I am a senior Communication
Studies major with concentrations in Journalism and
Telecommunications. I played the small forward position for the
Wilkes University Colonels, and I chose Wilkes because the area
is completely different from where I'm from and I enjoyed the
campus when I came to visit."
What if your favorite food before and after a game?
Chicken Parm or spaghetti and meatballs.
What songs pump you up before a game? I usually listen
to some A$AP Rocky or Schoolboy Q to get me hyped up not any
specific songs.
What do you plan to do after you graduate from
Wilkes? Well I plan on attempting to get a job in the fields I
studied and hopefully one day be able to coach basketball and
give back to the kids.
How long have you been playing basketball? I have been
playing basketball since the 5th grade, so about 11 years.

If there was a book written about your life what would
be the title? The Life and Times of Hinkelberry Finn.
What will you miss most about college? Just getting to be
around my teammates and seeing and hanging out with friends.
interview by Evan Willey

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"Brendon Blachowski has been an incredible leader and
player for my men's tennis program. As a captain, he has led
our team to three straight conference titles and NCAA Berths
(and we are hoping for a fourth title and NCAA appearance
later this spring). As a player, he has been a contributor in
both singles and doubles for my team. Also, Brendon is a
great role model on and off the court!"
--Head Coach Chris Leicht
Brendon is majoring in Environmental Engineering, but
having such a tough time consuming major hasn't hindered
Brendon's tennis game. Some of Brendon's awards include
The Colonels Elite, Freedom Conference MVP, 5 Time MAC
Singles and Doubles Champion, 2 Time Second Team AllConference. Even though he is leaving in this spring, his
mark as a tennis player will stay with Wilkes.

Why did you choose Wilkes? When I was searching for
schools, very few offered both an environmental engineering
major and a prestigious DIII tennis program. Once coach
reached out to me and I visited Wilkes, I was sold.
How long have you been playing tennis and how
did you start playing? I've been playing ever since I can
remember. My mom is also a tennis player so she got me
into it the day I was able to pick up a racquet. My dad on the
other hand is a basketball/volleyball guy, but he picked up
tennis pretty easily. I still haven't beaten him to this day ...but
I think it's time we have our first rematch in over ten years!
Do you have any lucky charms you bring with you?
I don't have any lucky charms, but I do have some weird
superstitions like bouncing the ball exactly three times

before a first serve and two times before a
second serve. I'm also known for using the same
racquet with a pink grip for matches since I've
convinced myself it's brought me good luck ever
since I started using it.

What do you plan on doing after Wilkes?
I'm currently searching for jobs that will lead
to opportunities in water resources engineering
and sustainability management in the Greater
Philadelphia Area.
What is one thing you will never forget
about college?
If I had to choose one thing, it'd be our trips
to the NCAA National Championships. It's an
amazing experience competing against some
of the best teams in the country and I'll always
cherish those memories. Winning both my
doubles and singles matches sophomore year
to advance us to the Round of 32 at nationals
was probably one of the coolest memories. Of
course, I'll never forget all the friends I've made
along the way that made my last four years
unforgettable.
If you could trade places with one
celebrity who would it be and why? Kit
Harington because who doesn't love Game of
Thrones!? Season 5 can't come any faster!
What are some of your favorite foods for
before and after matches?
I usually eat fruits like bananas and oranges
before matches, but I can always go for a
celebratory homewrecker burrito from Moe's
afterwards.
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Do you have any other hobbies or talents other than
lacrosse? I like to play basketball and snowboard, or pretty
much do anything outside.

Carley Smith is a senior biology major with a chemistry minor.
She is from York, PA and went to Dallastown High School.
She decided to come to Wilkes for the pharmacy program but
decided it wasn't for her shortly after working in an impatient
pharmacy for a summer. She is the only senior on the Wilkes
Lacrosse team.

What's your favorite movie? I liked the hunger games series
and divergent.

Rn interview with Carley Smith

"Carley has been a rock for our team for the past 4 years. She
always is striving to be better and always gives 100%. She is
such an unselfish player who will set up her teammates before
looking to score. Carley is a player every coach dreams about
having. She is coachable, gives her all, and above all else, has
grown over the past 4 years both on and off the field. She is the
vision of a champion."
--Head Coach, Kammie Towey.
What do you plan on doing after college? I am currently
waiting to hear back from grad schools to get a master in
Physician Assistant studies. However if that doesn't work out I
will stay at Wilkes for the accelerated nursing program.
What first interested you to play Lacrosse? I never heard
of lacrosse until middle school which was when some of my
friends started playing. It seemed liked a cool sport so I just
picked up a stick and gave it a shot.

If you won the lottery tomorrow what would you spend
the money on? If I won the lottery tomorrow I'd pack my bags
and start traveling the world.
What's the best part of being apart of a team? Best part
of being on a team is that you can all just be a bunch of weirdos
together and it's perfectly alright.

If you could only eat 1 type of food for the rest of your
life what would it be and why? Dunkin because everybody
runs on Dunkin.
Who or what is your biggest influence in life? My mom is
definitely my biggest influence in life. She's the perfect role model
and always pushes me to be better.
What is your biggest goal of the season? Biggest goal of the
season is to break the record for scored goals.
What is one quote that you live your life by? "You get what
you get, and you don't get upset."
interview by Evan Willey

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���Dear Class of 2014,

Alma Mater
Wilkes, our Alma Mater,
We pledge our hearts to thee.
Honor, faith, and courage,
Truth and loyalty.
In our work as in our pleasure,
Guide us as a friend;
We shall always love thee,
Loyal to the end.
Thou shalt lead us onward
In search of finer things.
May we find the wisdom
That thy spirit brings.
May our deeds of love and service
Ever swell thy fame -Wilkes, we stand to greet thee!
Glory to thy name!

Fight Song
Wilkes is in town again to 11 fight,
team, fight! 11
Echo the glad refrain and 11 fight,
team, fight! 11
Wilkes, it's for you we sing,
For Wilkes, the echoes ring.
Colonels will win today! Hey!
Down on the field they're playing
man-for-man
To open another lane.
Down on the field and o'er the goal,
Wilkes is in town again!

Congratulations! You have completed your coursework and your requirements
to graduate. Your time at Wilkes has come to an end. It is an end that you
should be extremely proud of. You are now entering a new phase of life. One
journey has ended; yet another journey awaits you. Where will you go? What
will you do?

In your celebration of your accomplishments and this very important milestone
in your life, remember that although your time at Wilkes ends with a
presentation of a degree, there have been equally important lessons you have
learned during your time here. As a freshman, you entered with the goal to earn
a bachelor's degree. You have completed this goal. But as Ernest Hemingway
reminds us, "It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey,
that matters, in the end."
Think about your time here at Wilkes and what you have learned not only in
the classroom as part of your journey to attain your degree, but also what you
have learned as a person outside of the classroom, in your interactions with
professors, mentors, classmates, coaches, teammates, friends. Think about your
journey as an adult, as a learner, as a friend, as a fellow human being.
Think of the relationships fostered here. Think of your mentors and perhaps
those you sought to mentor. We emphasize those relationships here at Wilkes. I
hope it has made your journey here a better one and one that you will continue
to learn from as your life continues past our campus. I hope it has also inspired
you to mentor someone else, whether it be in your next classroom or your new
occupation.
We hope that you will think of your time here often. We will certainly think of
you often. Your journey as a Wilkes undergraduate has ended; but your
journey as an alumnus has just begun. Keep in touch. Come back and visit.
Share your stories and your new life lessons with us. Although a new journey
begins for you, perhaps far away from Wilkes, we want to hear about it. And as
our journey as a school continues on, we urge you to remain a part of it. Take
advantage of the Alumni Association; there are incredible alumni out there
looking to mentor new Wilkes graduates. Return for Homecoming and see
what's new on campus. Stay in touch with your wonderful professors and
coaches. Wilkes will always be waiting for your return.
So go forth! Begin a new journey! I wish the best for you. Remember your
journey here at Wilkes. I hope it will provide you with fond memories, a desire
to continue learning, and the passion to help those around you. We will miss
you!

Come back and visit,
Patrick F. Leahy
President

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David Brant

Congratulations DJ! You make me proud every day.
Always remember. .. Just Do it!
Love, Mommy

Thomas Calabrese

Calvin Garvin
DearThomas,
Congratulations on your College Graduation from
Wilkes University. We are so proud of your
accomplishment. You are a shining star in our family
and will always have our full support in whatever you
do and wherever you go.With much love, appreciation
and support, Dad, Mom, Robert, Daniel, Heidi, and
Kayla. Spanky and Max too!

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We are so proud of you Dan! All our love,
Mom, Dad, &amp; Brian

Graduation Day is a day to mark a
tremendous accomplishment. You could
not have come to this day without a lot of
hard work. There may have been days
when you felt that you could not continue
yet you pursued on with passion fury and
determination that was instilled in you. The
moment when you are called up to the
stage to receive your diploma resplendent
in your cap and gown is a moment to
savor. You can't lose what has now been
given to you. This achievement will forever
be yours, cherish it, revel in the moment,
bask in all its glory. Now go and take on
the world!
Love Mom, Dad, and Lil John

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Kelsey, We are so proud of you for your
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ready to face a new chapter in her life. The
last six years have been a roller coaster of
~motions, which has only made you stronger
m your personal life and more competent as
you pursue your career. We wish you all the
best for and bad. We love you! Mom &amp; Dad

We are so proud of you!
Congratulations Dr.Courtney
Graham. Love, Mom, Dad,
Oreo, Sadie, and Molly

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Melissa Olsommer

We are so proud of
you and we wish you
all the best.
Love , Mom, Dad,
and Natalie

Wow, those college years went by!
Congratulations on a job well done!
We are so proud of you and all you've
accomplished, and we look forward
to seeing you succeed in everything
else you set out to do in life. Reach
for the stars, stay strong in your faith ,
work hard and give God the credit.
We love you and will always be here
for you.
Mom and Dad

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The years have flown by!!
Congratulations! We are
so very proud of you !
Love,
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Anna &amp; Chris

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To Our Son Justin.
Congratulations on all your accomplishments over the last 4
years at Wilkes University. You will take away many
treasured memories that will last a life time. We are very
proud of you. Bigger things are ahead!
Love Mom and Dad

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The graduating class of 2014
processes up Franklin Street to
gather in Marts Gymnasium for
commencement.

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�Field Hockey
SCORES
8/30 vs Union (L) 6-3
8/31 vs SUNY Geneso (L) 7-2
917 vs Salisbury (L) 9-1
9/8 vs Wesley (L) 2-1
9/13 vs Widener (W) 3-2
9/17 vs Juniata (W) 2-1
9/22 vs Alvernia (L) 3-2
9/25 vs Albright (L) 2-1
9/28 vs Manhattanville (L) 9-4
10/04 vs FDU Florham (L) 3-2
10/06 vs Lynchburg (L) 2-l
10/12 vs Eastern (W) 4-3
10/15 vs Susquehanna (L) 2-1
10/19 vs Delaware Valley (L) 2-1
10/23 vs King's (W) 4- l
10/26 vs DeSales (W) 3-2
10/29 vs Misericordia (W) 4- I
11/06 vs DeSales (L) 6-2
11/09 vs Misericordia (W) 2-1
11/13 vs Ursinus (L) 5-0

Roster
1 Taylor Ryan
5 Danielle Distefano
7 Kerryn Redcay
8 Ashley Hahn
9 Lexi Thompson
11 Aliya Frankel
12 Stephanie Hahn
13 Ashley Ream
16 Emily Saliba
20 Devon Kriebel
23 Haley Coleman
25 Olivia Dworak
26 Christina Harrison
28Amber Dietrich
77Michelle Casl
85Alexis Reed

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8/30 vs Keystone (W) 5-1
9/4 vs Muhlenburg (L) 0-1
9/7 vs Stevenson (W) 2-1
9/8 vs Widener (W) 3-0
9/15 vs D'Youville (W) 3-0
9/16 vs Baptist Bible (W) 5-1
9/18 vs Pennsylvania College of
Technology (W) 5-0
9/21 vs Lebanon Valley (L) 0-3
9/24 vs Elmira (W) 3-2
9/28 vs Elizabethtown (L) 0-3
10/2 vs Steven's Institute of
Technology (L) 1-2
10/5 vs Eastern (L) 0-3
10/12 vs Farleigh Dickinson
(W) 3-1
10/16 vs Delaware Valley (L) 0-2
10/19 vs DeSales (W) 2-1
10/22 vs King's (T) 1-1
10/26 vs Manhattanville (L) 2-3
11/02 vs Misericordia (L) 2-3

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Soccer
Lady Colonels

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�Football

�Cheerleading

"I'd say our biggest accomplishment would be two tuck
tosses, as well as the teams workouts are better.overall.
I love the girls and wouldn't know what I'd do if I
wasn't on the team!" -Tiffany Spencer,junior.
"My favorite moments in cheerleading are usually right
after we hit a new stunt. That feeling of
accomplishment you get, because you learned and
mastered something you thought you never would."
-Thalia Garzon, junior.

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Sammy eiksner,
junior, dancing
during half time.

Stunting at halftime
Olivia Questore leads
the team with the
next cheer. "Let's go!
Colonels!"

Alyssa Schuler nails
the choreography for
the dance.

Kait Wol e, junior,
smiling as always.

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�Family Day
One of the most enjoyed and sweetest
days at Wilkes is Family Day. Students
roam around campus with their families
telling stories about what they've been
up to within the month of being away
from home. Wilkes has fun activities for
families to attend and we were lucky to
see the smiles and love each family has.

Sophomore Amal
Pillai and his mother.

Sophomore Jamie
Seyler "I haven't seen
my father in a
month" Plans for the
day Bloomsburg
Fair

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Sophomore Joey Spys
and his family enjoying
the football game. "Best
part of my day was
seeing Joey's face he's
my 20 year old baby!"Mrs. Spys

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�"I voted for B.O.B. I'm very excited to see him."Nicole Santorelli

"It's more exciting than Neon Trees" - Mara Wilson

Programming Board put the event
together.

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�Late night mini golf is always a fun summertime
game, of course. Wilkes had to add a fun twist on
the popular game. Wilkes hosted a late night glow
golf event! Everything was glow in the dark The
music was bumping and laughter everywhere. At
the event the fall concert choice was to be
announced. While students golfed the concert
results never left their mind.

Top photo: Sophomore Resha Shaker "The lights are prett
the music is great. I voted for Ciara."

Juniors Jackie Escobar, Allen Heggs, Brittany Welsh
"It was cool, fun, and trippy. I loved the lights! I want to see
Ciara or Jason for the concert I'd die!"

72

Michelle Kuzma and friends "It was more than I expected
golf is already so fun. Voted for The Fray."

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�HOMECOMING

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�Club Day

Left: Enactus asks young entrepreneurs to
join their club to tackle projects throughout
the semester.

Below: Wilkes Adventure Education invites
everyone to bike, hike, climb, and explore.

lanyards
Right: Pre-Pharm
club

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�Tearing Down Fences
Behind Every Face- There s a Story.
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" If someone gave you a mic for 20 minutes, what would you say to the world? " That's what
sophomore integrative media major Lyssa Scott is seeking to learn with her three-part event,
Tearing Down Fences. Sponsored in part by the Multicultural Student Coalition, Tearing Down
Fences is a group-discussion type event where students get on stage, open up to the audience
and share stories and experiences. Scott said that as a society, we have become increasingly
separated from one another and we tend to put up barriers between those around us. "We
create the illusion that we all have it together. It makes us put our guard up higher, our skin
thicker .... It's vulnerable to take that down and say 'my life isn 't perfect, "' she said. "We get
caught up in that a lot, but when we realize nobody's normal, everybody kind of opens up.
W hen you open up to people, your relationships cease to be shallow and become deep. " Scott,
w ho spoke at the second session, talked about some of her own problems growing up, including
her parents' divorce, anxiety problems and the death of her father. Though she kept her lighthearted attitude throughout her presentation, sniffles could be heard around the room as those
listening shed unashamed tears. The criers weren 't alone - speakers and listeners throughout the
events so far were seen with teary eyes, like those who witnessed Tyheed Jackson, a sophomore
criminology major, speak the first night. Jackson, who spoke about his mother's battle with
ca ncer, later discussed the experience of opening up to a crowd of people: " It was hard . I don't
like opening up to people but I felt like it was time," he said. " ... but it felt good. I feel better
th an I was before I talked about it .... I feel like it gives people motivation to break out their
feeli ngs. It's not good to hold things in, and that's one thing I learned ." "I've always internalized
everything, and it feels good to let it out," echoed senior mechanical engineering major Jordyn
Mi ller. Miller shared stories of her loved ones suffering from depression and self-harm, and said
she hopes that her stories might help someone listening: "Maybe people in the audience can
relate, and realize things are going to be okay. " Sharing might help the release of emotions, but
Scott said it can also help build better relationships. "When you talk about that stuff, that's how
you become true friends with people ... you know how to better help and get along with the
people around you," she said. "What really matters at the end of the day is your relationship
with t hose around you. That's what we forget to nurture, because it's not an immediate payoff,
but w hen you 're close with those around you everything else goes better. " Those who
partici pated have vocalized the want for more of this behavior. "We 've put up fences, and we
don't all ow people to know who we are," Dominic Ronaldi , junior psychology major, said before
he spoke about the fire that destroyed his family's home. " But we should take the first steps and
get to know somebody. You shouldn 't paint their fence a different color. I think the world would
be a better place. "
-James Jaskolka, The Beacon.

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83

�Men's Basketball

"Overall the season had it's ups and it's
downs. Although we didn't accomplish all of
our seasons goals, we all gained valuable
experience that will hopefully lead to future
success." -Sophomore, Alex Wizar.

84

85

�Women's
Basketball

Pre-Game huddle

Jamie Campbell
dribbling down the
court

Sophomore Kayla

contributes with

Brahm keeping the

another shot.

ball away from the
defenders.

Kayla Brahm and
Kate Thomas' good
luck charm. Go
wilkes!

86

Elena Stambone
beating the defense.

Haley Mesaros leads
the offense down the
court.

87

�88

�Dance Team

91

�Amanda Ormezzano Ally Paskas and Ashley
Divincenzo take a break from studding and
warm up with some hot coco on a cold
Thursday night.

o warm yourself on a cold winter night,
A mug of hot cocoa is such a delight.
Follow the directions to make a cup,
en sit back, relax and drink it on up.

Senior Ian Foley crafts a delicious cup of coco

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ledge the 40th year

anniversary ofWCLH," Renee Loftus, WCLH general
manager, said. "I was an avid CLH listener. I feel very
privileged to be a part of it 40-year legacy."

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Winkler discussing some
WCLH highlights.

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Ice
Skating

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Performance were shown in honor of the Chinese New Year

Couples try not to slip during their
round on the ice rink.

99

�ING

lllVERSIT'f

Glamping, "what is that?" Yeah, we hear that a lot. It's glamorous camping!
It's sleeping in cabins, but with no heat. It's having showers, but having to
walk to them. It's having a stove, oven, and fridge , but no microwave, toaster,
or coffee pot. A group of 16 campers went to World's End State Park for a
weekend getaway. It was February. Activities featured a four hour snow hike,
campfire, playing cards, exploring the area, great music, and the road trip
there and back. It was cold, to say the least, but absolutely worth it for the
breathtaking views and irreplaceable laughs.

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�"This year was definitely a learning season for us considering we
had a lot of freshmen and sophomores. We have such great talent
and high potential for the next upcoming years. I am excited to
continue on a successful path throughout my college career" -Ally
Paskas, Freshman.
The team gives
celebratory high

fives.

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110

111

�Wilkes Women's ___________
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3/3 vs Lycoming (W) 19-11
==::=::;::-:;;-=-: 3/8 vs Houghton (W) 18-6
3/10 vs Rutgers (W) 18-8
3/12 vs Suny Canton (W) 18-11
3/15 vs Wells (W) 19-1
3/19 vs Maritime (W) 19-3
3/22 vs Cedar Crest (W) 19-2
.. ....,-_", "- _, 4/2 vs Manhattanville (W) 22-10
4/5 vs King's (W) 23-8
~~~~ 4/9 vs Fairleigh Dickinson (L) 13-16
4/12 vs Arcadia (L) 3-19
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4/23 vs Misericordia (W) 18-10
~·:.~[;:J;~'.'-r.~ 4/26 vs Eastern (W) 21-10

"This season was one of the best seasons
we've had. We accomplished one of our top
goals, making it to the MAC Championship.
Our team was a family and the memories we
made are unforgettable. "-Emily Ketterman,
Sophomore.
"I wasn't playing with just my team. I was
playing with my family." -Jess MacConchie,
Sophomore.
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"We started out with a
couple losses and it looked
like it was going to be a
tough season, but we came
together as a team and
turned it around by the end.
We really bonded as team
mates and had a lot of fun
and made a lot of great
memories!" -Haylie Phillips,
Sophomore.

114

115

�en's
Tennis

The Wilkes University Men's tennis
team won their 7th consecutive
conference championship in 20132014, and finished with an 18-2
overall record.
The Colonels
qualified for the NCAA National
Tourney again (7th straight trip), and
advanced to the 2nd round. Also, six
colonels were named to the AllConference team, and Wilkes swept
the major awards (Steven Wilson won
Player of Year, Dominic Parfianowicz
won Rookie of Year, and Chris
Leicht won Coach of the year). This
team was also named an AllAmerican Academic team for the
2013-2014 season!"

116

117

�Women's
Tennis
The Wilkes University
Women's tennis team
won their 8th
consecutive conference
championship in 20132014, and finished with
an 19-3 overall record.
The Colonels qualified
for the NCAA National
Tourney again (8th
straight trip), and
advanced to the 2nd
round. This is the
fourth time the Lady
Colonels have won a
NCAA match. Also,
five colonels were
named to the AllConference team, and
Wilkes swept the major
awards (Allison
Kristofco won Player of
Year, Kendra Croker
won Rookie of Year,
and Chris Leicht won
Coach of the year). This
team was also named an
All-American Academic
team for the 2013-2014
season, finishing with a
3.5 GPA!

119

�The One World Party is an event by MSC annuall
explore diffeTent cultures. Complete with native dances, multicultural
food, and short speech by students about their culture and heritage
and why it is important to them.

121

�Block Party
All students headed to the green way for a little fun. It gives students a chance to take a
break from work and studying to have a little fun and catch up with friends. The
University brings in food trucks blow up games face painting and rides.

Face Painting is always a favorite especially
with a talented artiest that can create almost
any design you can imagine.

President of Wilkes Patrick Leahy stands by
and watches students enjoy the days event

122

��2014 Glow Run

�Students were able to take home a
pet fish after the event.

To the left: Junior Marlon Duque sips on a
smoothie and snacks on some Hawaiian pizza
Below: Evan Willey and Don McElligatt are
all smiles.

Hawaiian Luau
On Thursday nights IRHC hosts little study break activities for the
Wilkes students. This night was a Hawaiian Luau. It was a big hit with
the students who attended. There were many stands with all sorts of
summer activities. Even though it was the middle of winter Eilkes had
smoothie stands. Hawaiian pizzas decorating flip flops and fish tanks to
take home a pet fish.

Above: Sophomore Pat Devine throughly
enjoys his orange slice.

Build your own Flip-Flops

128

To the left: "I loved the smoothie stand my
strawberry banana smoothie with the little
umbrella makes me feel like I'm at the
beach."-Freshmen Mario Jacovino

129

�In Honor of Embrace A Child in Tanzania,

Zebra
Communications
presents An Old
Hollywood Gala

Left: Haley Adam and
Priscilla Bonilla pose
for the paparazzi

Below: Anthony Bartoli
and Lyssa Scott get
sassy

The account team working on
this event broke the fundraising
record for Zebra
Communications. Over $5,000
was raised for Embrace A Child
in Tanzania, an organization
that helps children orphaned by
HIV/ AIDS go to school and get
an education.

~esserts were donated by Westmoreland Club in
onor of the event. Yum!

Some of the ladies on the account team strike a
pose in fancy dresses.

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Head Layout Designer

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                    <text>�Alma Mater
Wilkes. our Alma Mater.
we pledge our hearts to thee.
Honor, faith, and courage,
Truth and loyalty.
ln our work as in our pleasure,
Guide us as a friend~
We shall always love thee,
Loy al to the end.
Thou shalt lead us onward
ln search of finer things.
May we find the wisdom
That thy spirit brings.
May our deeds of love and service
Ever swell thy fame -Wilkes, we stand to greet thee!
Glory to thy name!

�Amnicola 2012-201 3 yearbook note
Dear Class of 2013,
Congratulations! You have completed your coursework and your requirements to
graduate. Your time at Wilkes has come to an end. It is an end that you should be
extremely proud of. You are now entering a new phase of your life. One journey has
ended; yet another journey awaits you. Where will you go? What will you do?
In your celebration of your accomplishments and this very important milestone in your
life, remember that although your time at Wilkes ends with a presentation of a degree,
there have been equally important lessons that you have learned during your time here.
As a freshman, you entered with the goal to earn a bachelor's degree. You have
completed this goal. But as Ernest Hemingway reminds us, "It is good to have an end to
journey toward; but it is the journey, that matters, in the end."
Think about your time here at Wilkes and what you have learned not only in the
classroom as part of your journey to attain your degree, but also what you have learned
as a person outside of the classroom, in your interactions with professors, mentors,
classmates, coaches, teammates, friends. Think about your journey as an adult, as a
learner, as a friend, as a fellow human being.
Think of the relationships fostered here. Think of your mentors and perhaps those you
sought to mentor. We emphasize those relationships here at Wilkes. I hope it has made
your journey here a better one and one that you will continue to learn from as your life
continues past our campus. I hope it has also inspired you to mentor someone else,
whether it be in your next classroom or your new occupation.
We hope that you will think of your time here often. We will certainly think of you
often. Your journey as a Wilkes undergraduate has ended; but your journey as an
alumnus has just begun. Keep in touch. Come back and visit. Share your stories and
your new life lessons with us. Although a new journey begins for you, perhaps far away
from Wilkes, we want to hear about it. And as our journey as a school continues on, we
urge you to remain a part of it. Take advantage of the Alumni Association; there are
incredible alumni out there looking to mentor new Wilkes graduates. Return for
Homecoming and see what's new on campus. Stay in touch with your wonderful
professors and coaches. Wilkes will always be waiting for your return.
So go forth! Begin a new journey! I wish the best for you. Remember your journey here
at Wilkes. I hope it will provide you with fond memories, a desire to continue your
learning, and the passion to help those around you. We will miss you!
Come back and visit,
Patrick F. Leahy
President
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�Louis Abramo

Heather M. Abrams

Hometown: Franklin, NJ
Major: Business

Hometown: Courtdale, PA
Major: History and Secondary

Administration

Education

Plans: Be successful
Memory: I love college

Steven M. Adames
Hometown: Poconos, PA
Major: Environmental

Engineering
Plans: Save the world
Quote: "Whatever you are, be

Kelsey L. Augustin
Hometown: Shavertown,
Major: Nursing
Plans: Becoming a nurse

practitioner

a good one." -Abraham
Lincoln

Abbey R. Agresti

4

Saud S. Alsubaie

Thomas A. Andresen

Jamie L. Barlow

Hometown: Harrisburg, PA
Major: Nursing
Plans: Work in a hospital as an

Hometown: Riyadh, KSA
Major: Criminology
Plans: The Bureau of

Hometown, Drexel Hill, PA
Major: Environmental

RN

Investigation and public
prosecution
Quote: "In God "I" trust."

Hometown: Shenandoah, PP
Major: Early Childhood Edt
and Special Education
Plans: Move out of the state
teach; become a reading spe,
Shout-Out: Sarah Bohanick,
Elizabeth Mason, Diana Fis:
Amanda Pawlowski &lt;3

Engineering
Plans: Enter the work force

�en M. Adames

Kelsey L. Augustine

Leann L. Baer

11: Poconos, PA
1vironmental

Hometown: Shavertown, PA
Major: Nursing

Hometown: Newport, PA
Major: Psychology and

:ig

Plans: Becoming a nurse
practitioner

Criminology
Plans: I plan on taking a year
off then attending graduate
school
Quote: "Hakuna Matata"

the world
✓hatever you are, be
e." -Abraham
,re

,mas A. Andresen
wn, Drexel Hill, PA
3nvironmental
nng
:nter the work force

Jamie L. Barlow
Hometown: Shenandoah, PA
Major: Early Childhood Education
and Special Education
Plans: Move out of the state and
teach; become a reading specialist
hout-Out: Sarah Bohanick,
Elizabeth Mason, Diana Fissidas,
Amanda Pawlowski &lt;3

Kaitlin L. Barrett
Hometown: Bloomsburg, PA
Major: Nursing

Sara M. Ballasy
Hometown: Blue Bell, PA
Major: Nursing
Quote: "Do not go where the

path may lead; go instead
where there is no path and m
leave a trail." -Ralpho Waldo
Emerson

Christopher M. Bartlow
Hometown: Muncy, PA
Major: Biology

Plans: Attend medical school
for a MD/PhD dual degree
program
Quote: "Confidence is key."
-Anthony Pero
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�Lacee C. Beekm an
Hometown: Sunbury, PA
Major: Nursing
Plans: Save lives!
Quote: Hakuna Matata

Maura J. Bernosky
Hometown: Ashland, PA
Major: Nursing
Plans: Be the best nurse

Hometown: Shenandoah, PA
Major: Nursing
Plans: Achieve my goals of being a

EVER!

great nurse, travel , and eventually settle
down to be a great wife and mom.
Quote: "Ever notice what the hell is
always the right answer" -Marilyn
Monroe
Shout-Out: 80 W. Ross, the nursing
class of 2013, the nursing staff/faculty,
and Dean Graham

Shout-Out: 382/384 Forever

-Sorry I'm not sorry

Gregory Bowser

Matthew D. Boyle
Hometown: Shavertown, PA
Major: Environmental

Engineering
Plans: Live Life to the Fullest

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Sarah K. Bohanick

George P. Brady

Luke A. Brady
Hometown: West Pittston
Major: Theatre Arts
Plans: Get my Master's I

in acting and have a wor1
actor career

Heather D. Bush
Hometown: Tower City, I
Major: Nursing
Plans: To receive MS 1r.

Nursing Administration
Memory: Hiding under m
bed with my pants stuck t
mattress springs

�Sarah K. Bohanick
town: Shenandoah, PA
: Nursing
Achieve my goals of being a
mrse, travel, and eventually settle
:o be a great wife and mom.
"Ever notice what the hell is
the right answer" -Marilyn
e
Out: 80 W. Ross, the nursing
· 2013 , the nursing staff/faculty,
an Graham

]eorge P. Brady

Luke A. Brady

Joseph A. Brennan

Hometown: West Pittston, PA
Major: Theatre Arts
Plans: Get my Master's Degree
in acting and have a working
actor career

Hometown: Montville, NJ
Major: Mechanical
Engineering
Plans: Find a job that suits
my life style
Memory: Living at 7 8

Heather D. Bush

Eric R. Butler

Hometown: Tower City, PA
Major: Nursing
Plans: To receive MSN in
ur ing Administration
Memory: Hiding under my
bed with my pants stuck to the
mattress springs

Hometown: Allentown, PA
Major: Computer Science
and Philosophy
Plans: Be happy!
Quote: "word"

Johanna M. Brocious
Hometown: Gordon, PA
Major: Nursing
Plans: To eventually become a
flight nurse for Life Flight
Quote: "It's everybody's duty
to give the world a reason to
dance."

Bryan J. Calabro
Hometown: Olyphant, PA
Major: Communication Studies and Graphic
Design
Plans: Become a well-known and nationally
recognized corporate designer and social media
celebrity
Quote: "Go forth and set the world on fire." -St.
Ignatius of Loyola
Memory: Hitting a HR for my dad on father's day
Shout-Out: My science teacher that passed me
because I told her I was going to design things for a
living

7

�Robert A. Carp
Hometown: Churchville, PA
Major: Environmental

Engineering
Plans: Combat Systems

Officer United States Air
Force

Conor J. Clair

8

Alyssa M. Ceklosky

Timothy H. Cheung

Hometown: Hudson, PA
Major: Psychology
Plans: Go back to school
Quote: "Be kind, for everyone

then grad school

is fighting a hard battle."

Quote: "LISP is a path to

Hometown: Kingston, PA
Major: Computer Information
Plans: Career as a developer,

enlightenment." -Dr. Sullivan

Edwin Colon

Heather Compton

Kirstin J. Cook
Hometown: Windham , ME
Major: Communication

Studies
Plans: Hiking the Appalach
Trail, hoping to be a reporte
at a TV station
Quote: "Your life is defined
its opportunities, even the o
you miss."

Brittaney L. Costigar

Hometown: Pine Bush, NY
Major: Accounting
Plans: Work in Baltimore with

Hometown: Hazleton, PA
Major: Spanish
Plans: To be an Admissions

Kratzer
Quote: "I live every week like
shark week." -Zack G.

Hometown: Easton, PA
Major: Criminology
Plans: To become an FBI

Hometown: Clifton Park,
Major: Elementary Educat
Plans: To become an

Counselor at Wilkes University
Quote: "If people do not believe
that mathematics is simple, it is
only because they do not realize
how complicated life is" -John
Louis von Neumann

agent

elementary school teacher
port coach

�mothy H. Cheung
wn: Kingston, PA
=:omputer Information
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d school
LISP is a path to
1ment." -Dr. Sullivan

Kirstin J. Cook
Hometown: Windham, ME
Major: Communication
Studies
Plans: Hiking the Appalachian
Trail, hoping to be a reporter
at a TV station
Quote: "Your life is defined by
its opportunities, even the ones
you miss."

Amanda B. Coombs
Hometown: Hanover
Township
Major: Elementary Education
Plans: To become an
elementary school teacher and
continue my education
Quote: "Be the change you
wish to see in the world."
-Mahatma Gandhi

leather Compton
.vn: Easton, PA
:riminology
o become an FBI

Brittaney L. Costigan
Hometown: Clifton Park, NY
Major: Elementary Education
Plans: To become an
elementary school teacher and
sport coach

Cassandra L. Cronin
Hometown: Manchester, NH
Major: Accounting
Shout-Out: It's all because you
believed. Thank you mom
and dad for everything

Anthony L. Cooper
Hometown: Reading, PA
Major: Accounting
Plans: Intern in the Audit
Department at
PricewaterhouseCoopers and
complete the CPA exam
Shout-Out: 20 West Ross
Street, suitcases and biceps

Nicole M. Croyden
Hometown: Langhorne, PA
Major: Pharmacy
Plans: I plan to do a residency in
the Philadelphia area and continue
my career as a clinical pharmacist.
Quote: "True friendship isn't
about being inseparable, it's being
separated and nothing changes."
9

�Wyatt R. Culler
Hometown: Nottingham, PA
Major: Mechanical

Daina M. Curcio
Hometown: Basking Ridge, NJ
Major: Nursing

Engineering
Plans: Graduate school
Quote: "Do or do not. There is

10

Hometown: Freeland, PA
Major: Nursing
Plans: Work as a cardiac nurse
Quote: "Sometimes in life you

must choose between what is
right and what is easy."

no try" -Yoda

Angela F. D'Alessandro

Alexa N. Curvey

Eric D. Danko

Hometown: Plymouth Meeting, PA
Major: Pharmacy
Plans: I plan to work as a

Hometown: Dallas, PA
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Plans: Do Civil Engineering in the

community pharmacist and
continue an art career
Shout-Out: Thank you to my
supporting and loving family. To
Wilkes Class of 2013 - the best is
yet to come

Air Force for 5 years, then find a
job designing cars
Memory: Any time spent in the
engineering lounge and doing
training with ROTC
Quote: "Never back down, rise up."

James C. DaRe
Hometown: Catasauqua, PA
Major: Psychology and

Criminology
Plans: Career in Law
Enforcement and advanced
degress
Quote: "You can't propel
yourself forward by putting
yourself on the back"

Alicia M. Davidsoi
Hometown: Johnston, P )
Major: Pharmacy
Plans: Move somewhere

warm , find a job I love, 1
the world, get married, a
have a few cute kids
Quote: "What's meant t&lt;
will work out perfectly."

Theodore Dennis

�a N. Curvey
: Freeland, PA
~smg
·k as a cardiac nurse
metimes in life you
:e between what is
,hat is easy."

aes C. DaRe
: Catasauqua, PA
rchology and
~y
eer in Law
:nt and advanced
:m can't propel
rward by putting
1 the back"

Alicia M. Davidson
Hometown: Johnston, PA
Major: Pharmacy
Plans: Move somewhere
warm , find a job I love, travel
the world, get married, and
have a few cute kids
Quote: "What's meant to be
will work out perfectly."

Theodore Dennis

Emily C. Decker

Shakima A. Davis
Hometown: Bronx, NY
Major: Nursing and

Psychology
Plans: To be the best person I
can be and make differences in
people's lives
Shout-Out: Give thanks to my
family and friends for all the
love and support &lt;3

Meribeth L. Derkach

Hometown: Peckville, PA
Major: Nursing
Plans: Work as a Registered

Nurse

Heather M. Dewey

Hometown: Vestal, NY
Major: Pharmacy
Plans: Become a pharmacist

Hometown: Belmont, NY
Major: Doctor of Pharmacy
Plans: Gain employment in

and teach at a dance studio
Shout-Out: Thanks for the
memories, Wilkes: e-mentor,
RA, Student Gov't,
cheerleading, dance concert and
senior socials. Go Colonels!

community pharmacy

11

�Rich DiMarco
Hometown: Holland, PA
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Plans: Work for the GM Performance

Division, do a lot of auto racing, and
own a Corvette 206
Memory: late nights in the lounge/library
with friends. Impersonating every
Engineering Professor while attempting
to study. Guys Guys Guys simple
problem 30 second hmmm pleassss

Jonathan M. Drebitko
Hometown: Minersville, PA
Major: Business

Administration
Plans: Management at
National Energy Solutions
Memory: Sweater vest with my
boy D White
12

Erin E. Donnelly
Hometown: Parkesburg, PA
Major: Marketing and

Management
Plans: Complete Wilkes
University's MBA program as
the Women's Soccer Graduate
Assistant and obtain a career in
the field of marketing
Shout-Out: All of my WWS
loves and whisper well members

Alison M. Duda
Hometown: Wilkes-Barre, PA
Major: Bio Chemistry
Plans: Medical school
Quote: "In order to succeed,

we must first fail first."

John W. Draxler

Bradley D. Dudeo

Hometown: Fort Walton

Hometown: Hazle Town1

Beach, Florida
Major: Criminology and
Sociology
Plans: Commission as an
active duty Air Force Officer

PA
Major: Doctor of Pharm
Plans: PGY-1 residency

Moses Taylor Hospital

Lyndsay M. Ellis

Melissa M. Duda
Hometown: Wilkes-Barre, PA
Major: Business

Administration
Plans: Banking

Hometown: Shavertown, P,
Major: Psychology
Plans: Physical Therapy

School
Shout-Out: WWS

�)hn W. Draxler

Bradley D. Dudeck

1wn: Fort Walton

Hometown: Hazle Township,

Florida
Criminology and
gy
=::ommission as an
luty Air Force Officer

PA

v1elissa M. Duda
own: Wilkes-Barre, PA

Business
istration
Banking

Major: Doctor of Pharmacy
Plan : PGY-1 residency
Moses Taylor Hospital

Lyndsay M. Ellis
Hometown: Shavertown, PA
Major: Psychology
Plans: Physjcal Therapy
chool
hout-Out: WWS

Brooke A. Edwards

Jasmine F. Edwards

Hometown: Levittown, PA
Major: Mathematics

Hometown: Royersford, PA
Major: Business

Plans: Teach high school
math in Bucks County

Administration
Plans: To become a doctor
Quote: "Never give up on
your dreams."

Joshua L. Elmore

Joseph J. Feibus

Hometown: Shickshinny, PA
Major: Computer Science

Hometown: Wilkes-Barre, PA
Major: Entrepreneurship

with MTH and EES Minors
Quote: "What lies beyond the
furthest reaches of the sky?" Dio (Last Exile)
Shout-Out: Would you kjndly
remember WIMU? =D

Plans: Pennsylvania State
Police
Quote: "Live well, it's the
greatest revenge."

13

�Justin T. Fortin
Hometown: Stroudsburg, PA
Major: Criminology
Plans: Find a career within

Jaw enforcement
Shout-Out: To all my
housemates and friends
-these were the best 4 years
of my life

Erin E. Gallagher
Hometown: Kingston, PA
Major: Integrative Media

Mark W. Fowler
Hometown: Waverly
Township, PA
Major: Accounting and
Business Administration
Plans: Start a business
Quote: "It's out."

DylanM. Gi

Hometown: Collegeville, PA
Major: Communications

Studies
Plans: Have a late night talk
show
Quote: "It's clobberin' time!"

Kathleen E. Garrett

Cora J. Gibson

Hometown: Nazareth, PA
Major: Pharmacy
Plans: After graduation I plan

Hometown: Montrose, PA
Major: Elementary Education
Plans: Teaching grades k-6
Memory: "This one time I

on working for Walgreens
Quote: "The best part about
the future is it comes one day
at a time." -Abraham
Lincoln
14

Justin K. Franiak

was walking to the sub for
breakfast and I saw my
baseball coach. He asked me
if I was going to eat and I said
yea."

Stephen N.
Hometown: Wilkes
Major: Doctor of F
Plans: I plan to fur

education through
post-graduate resid
training
Quote: "It's not wh
it's why you do it."

�ustin K. Franiak

Dylan M. Giombetti

own: Collegeville, PA
Communications
Have a late night talk
"It's clobberin' time!"

Cora J. Gibson
etown: Montrose, PA
ir: Elementary Education
,: Teaching grades k-6
tory: "This one time I
1valking to the sub for
cfast and I saw my
Jall coach. He asked me
1as going to eat and I said

Andrew Grandinetti
Hometown: Honesdale, PA
Major: Communications
Studies
Plans: Land a job at a
satellite radio station, or an
ESPN talk show
Quote: "If you ain't first
you're last" - Taladaga Nights

Stephen N. Gruver
Hometown: Wilkes-Barre, PA
Major: Doctor of Pharmacy
Plans: I plan to further my
education through
post-graduate residency
training
Quote: "It's not what you do,
it's why you do it."

Christopher D. Gustavson
Hometown: Ringoes, NJ
Major: Accounting
Plans: CPA obtainment, and
a career in public accounting
Memory: You know what we
talking' bout

Christopher C. Grube
Hometown: Orwigsburg, PA
Major: History and
Secondary Education
Plans: Be happy with
wherever life takes me
Shout-Out: Wilkes Football

Joshua C. Haag
Hometown: Bethlehem, PA
Major: Business
Administration, Minor:
Finance
Plans: One day running my
own business
Memory: Winning the Kings
game and holding that trophy
15

�Jacqueline C. Harrison
Hometown: Baltimore, MD
Major: Criminology
Plans: To serve in the United

States Air Force then later
become a DEA agent
Quote: "All things are
possible through Christ."
Thank you God for bringing
me this far.

Johnathan B. Haydock

Hometown: Ocean View, DE
Major: Communications

Studies
Plans: Traveling the world
then taking it over
Quote: "Don't sweat the
pretty things and don't pet
the sweaty things" -George
Carlin

Brandon E. Helfrich

Hometown: Nanticoke, PA
Major: Integrative Media
Plans: Get a job working with

Hometown: Bloomsburg, PA
Major: Integrative Media
Plans: Pursue a job in the

and on 30 models

graphic design field and
coach tennis
Shout-Out: Jawn, Wilkes U
Tennis 4 time MAC-Champ,
4th Floor Evans

Quote: "I reject to your

reality and substitute my
own."
16

Mikel Hartsough

Joseph W. Harvey
Hometown: Clifford, PA
Major: Electrical Engineering
Shout-Out: To all the other

EE's and my professors

Elizabeth M. Helsel
Hometown: Bloomsburg, PA
Major: Environmental Engineering
Plans: Graduate school for Ocean
Engineering, work with renewable
energy
Quote: "And those who were seen
dancing were thought to be insane
by those who could not hear the
music." -Nietzsche

Cristen Hemstea
Hometown: West Milf01
Major: Nursing
Plans: work at a childn

hospital and go to gradu
school

Enliang Huan1
Hometown: N anning, l
Major: Business

Administration
Plans: work, go back 1
father's company
Memory: Snow

�Joseph W. Harvey

Cristen Hernstead

Hometown: Clifford, p A
Major: Electrical Engineering
Shout-Out: To all the other

Hometown: West Milford, NJ
Major: Nursing
Plans: Work at a children's

EE's and my professors

hospital and go to graduate
school

Elizabeth M. Helsel
.etown: Bloomsburg, p A
•r: Environmental Engineering
:: Graduate school for Ocean
leering, work with renewable
y

~="And those who were seen
ng were thought to be insane
)Se who could not hear the
:."-Nietzsche

Enliang Huang
Hometown: N anning, China
Major: Business

Administration
Plans: Work, go back to my
father's company
Memory: Snow

Dustin T. Hough

Kevin J. Hopper
Hometown: Shamokin, PA
Major: Business

Hometown: Chambersburg,

Administration
Plans: Grad school
Quote: "Reach high , for starts
lie hidden in your soul"

Major: Mechanical

Samantha R. Hunter
Hometown: Hanover, PA
Major: History
Plans: Go to Villanova for

my MA in European History
Quote: "There's power in
looking silly and not caring
that you do" -Amy Poehler

PA
Engineering
Plans: Become an Air Force

Officer and pilot helicopter
Memory: When we blew up a
hydro gun fuel cell in class

Katie M. Jescavage
Hometown: Plains, PA
Major: Biology
Plans: To be the change
Quote: "Climb mountains not

so the world can see you, but
so you can see the world."

17

�Nisarg P. Joshi
Hometown: Orefield, PA
Major: Biology, Pre-Medicine

Concentration
Plans: Medical school,
attending Jefferson Medical
College in Fall 2013

Sarah A. Kennelly

18

Hometown: Trucksville, PA
Major: Communication
Plans: Obtaining a career in broadcast
journalism and/or tv production. Marrying
the man of my dreams Joseph Michael
Quote: "All our dreams can come true, if we
have the courage to pursue them."
Memory: Jan'es com class, shout out to Eric
Casey for being the outspoken one and
always making me laugh :)

Jonathan Kadjeski
Hometown: Forty Fort, PA
Major: English
Plans: Graduate school in

literature

Abigail M. Kaster
Hometown: Mountain Top,

PA
Major: Elementary Education
Plans: Become an Elementary

school teacher or a Special
Education teacher

Brendan A. Kerr

Jessica Khalil
Hometown: Brick, NJ
Major: Pharmaceutical

Jill L. King
Hometown: Wilkes-Bi
Major: Education
Quote: "Those who k1

do. Those that unden
teach." - Aristotle

AmandaM. Ki

Science

Hometown: Center V,
Major: Nursing
Plans: Labor and deli

Plans: Graduate school or

nurse

pharmaceutical company
Memory: All my great friends
and times at Wilkes

�bigail M. Kaster
Dwn: Mountain Top,

Elementary Education
Become an Elementary
teacher or a Special
.ion teacher

Jessica Khalil
etown: Brick, NJ
,r:

Pharmaceutical

LCe

s: Graduate school or
maceutical company
10ry: All my great friends
times at Wilkes

Jill L. King
Hometown: Wilkes-Barre, PA
Major: Education
Quote: "Those who know ,
do. Those that understand,
teach." - Aristotle

Amanda M. Kutulis
Hometown: Center Valley, PA
Major: Nursing
Plans: Labor and delivery
nur e

Kayla Kinney

Andrew M. Kosco

Hometown: Hazleton, PA
Major: Psychology
Plans: Grad school for Masters
Quote: "Everything happens

Plans: Work with an

for a reason"

Engineering Firm

Marissa L. Kwiatkowski
Hometown: Old Forge, PA
Major: Nursing
Plans: Labor and delivery

registered nurse
Quote: "Everything happens
for a reason"

Hometown: Franklin, NJ
Major: Mechanical

Engineering

Phillip D. LaBelle
Hometown: Bloomsburg, PA
Major: Mechanical

Engineering and Engineering
Management
Plans: Work
Memory: Student engineering
lounge
19

�Nathaniel J. Lamoreaux

Michael A. Lanczak

Hometown: Muncy, PA
Major: Biology
Plans: Will be attending
Drexel University College of
Medicine

Hometown: Kingston, PA
Major: Pharmacy
Plans: Pharmacist

Nguyen H. Le
Hometown: Allentown, PA
Major: Criminology and
Psychology
Plans: 2LT U.S. Army

20

Courtney E. Leighton
Hometown: Wilkes-Barre, PA
Major: Middle School
Education with
Concentration in
Math/Science
Plans: To teach in a warm
climate
Shout-Out: Evans 4th Floor

Faith S. Lane
Hometown: Bklyn, NY
Major: Communications
Studies
Plans: To help seal the cracks
in society
Quote: "I can do all things
through Christ who strengths
me."

Jaymelyn T. Lendacky
Hometown: Wilkes-Barre, PA
Major: Criminology and
Psychology
Plans: Federal law
enforcement
Quote: "Nothing worthwhile
comes easy."

Nicole M. Leshno

Hometown: Voornees, :r--;
Major: Nursing
Plans: Save the world
Quote: "The future beloi
those who believe in the
beauty of their dreams"
-Eleanor Roosevelt

Austin K. Lou!&lt;
Hometown: Windham,
Major: Psychology and
Sociology
Plans: Clinical psychol,
Shout-Out: Thankful fc
great years at Wilkes
University and with Ki
Cook

�Faith S. Lane
:own: Bklyn, NY
: Communications

s
To help seal the cracks
ety
"I can do all things
h Christ who strengths

melyn T. Lendacky
town: Wilkes-Barre, PA
·: Criminology and
)logy
Federal law
:ement
: "Nothing worthwhile
. easy."

icole M. Leshnow
Hometown: Voornees, NJ
Major: Nursing
Plans: Save the world
Quote: "The future belongs to
those who believe in the
beauty of their dreams"
-Eleanor Roosevelt

Austin K. Loukas
Hometown: Windham, ME
Major: Psychology and
ociology
Plans: Clinical psychology
Shout-Out: Thankful for all the
great years at Wilkes
University and with Kirstin
ook

Taylor L. LeToumeau

Christine S. Liever

Hometown: Hanover
Township, PA
Major: Nursing
Plans: Saving lives
Quote: "There are all kind of
courage. It takes a great deal
of courage to stand up to our
enemies, but just as much to
stand up to our friends."

Hometown: Allentown, PA
Major: Nursing
Plans: Pediatric nurse

Keelia N. Mailander
Hometown: Allentown, PA
Major: Nursing
Plans: Work as a nurse at
Lehigh Valley
Quote: "Whether you think
you can or you think you can't
-you're right" -Henry Ford

Corey J. Martin
Hometown: Central Islip, NY
Major: Communications
Studies
Plans: Produce and/or direct
TV or radio shows
Quote: "For those who fight
for it, life has a flavor the
sheltered will never know."
-Theodore Roosevelt

21

�Ongelique McGuire

Michael F. Mooe

Hometown: Mount Joy, PA
Major: Criminology and

Hometown: Jim Thorpe, PA
Major: English and

Hometown: Brooklyn, NY
Major: Business

Sociology

Education
Plans: Become a middle
school teacher and eventually
attain a Master's Degree
Quote: "Happiness means
never having to apologize for
being me."

Administartion
Quote: "Live without regret."

Hometown: Larksville, 1
Major: Electrical Engirn
Plans: Electrical Engine

Jana Martin

Plans: Move back home and

find a job working in law
enforcement

Thomas Mike

22

Anne Mason

Noelle E. Miller

Hometown: Shavertown, PA
Major: Biology
Plans: Attend medical school

Hometown: Dallas, PA
Major: Nursing
Plans: Working in an

and become an
ophthalmologist
Memory: Buffalo chicken
quesadillas from Rifkin and
birthday cake ice cream

intensive care unit and
eventually attending grad
school to become a Nurse
Anesthetist

PPL
Shout-Out: Dr. Srinivas

Sarah E. Mitrotz

Melinda M. Myt

Hometown: Lancaster, PA
Major: Communications

Hometown: Mountain '

Studies
Plans: Working in the public
relations field
Shout-Out: Comm class of
201 thanks for the memories!

Major: Psychology
Plans: Get into the w01

PA

and attend graduate sd
Quote: "Shoot for the r

for even if you fail you
among the stars."

�Michael F. Moody

1gelique McGuire
:&gt;wn: Brooklyn, NY
Business
istartion
"Live without regret."

Hometown: Larksville, PA
Major: Electrical Engineering
Plans: Electrical Engineer at

PPL
Shout-Out: Dr. Srinivasan

arah E. Mitrotz
wn: Lancaster, PA
:ommunications

Vorking in the public
) field
hit: Comm class of
nks for the memories!

Melinda M. Myers
Hometown: Mountain Top,

PA
Major: Psychology
Plan : Get into the workforce
and attend graduate school
Quote: "Shoot for the moon
for even if you fail you'll land
among the stars."

Kerry Morton
Hometown: Newtown, PA
Major: Accounting and
Business Administration
Plans: Work at
PricewaterhouseCoopers in
Philadelphia and obtain my
CPA license
Shout-Out: Evans 4th floor

Allison M. Naumann
Hometown: Bloomsburg, PA
Major: Communication
Studies and History
Plans: To have a career in
special events where I can
work in a historic district
Quote: "The problem with
the world is that everyone is a
few drinks behind."

Megan R. Mowery
Hometown: Berwick, PA
Major: Nursing
Plans: To be a nurse
anesthetist

Trang Nguyen
Hometown: Wilkes-Barre, PA
Major: Nursing
Plans: Saving lives, one day
at a time
Quote: "If you're happy and
you know it clap your hands."

23

�Melanie D. Nolt
Hometown: Manheim, PA
Major: Accounting and
Finance
Plans: Tax Associate at
PricewaterhouseCoopers and
work for my CPA license
Quote: "Control what you can
control." -Andre Agassi
Shout-Out: To Evans 3rd
floor and my looms for life.

Michal A. Ogar
Hometown: Easton, PA
Major: Integrative Media
Plans: Web/print designer
Shout-Out: Evans 2nd floor
freshman year

24

Sarah M. Novack
Hometown: Mt. Carmel, PA
Major: Nursing
Plans: Working as an RN in
either obstetrics or the ER

Joshua Olzinski
Hometown: Nanticoke, PA
Major: Elementary Education
Plans: I want to make an
impact on student learning
within education
Quote: "Live as if you were to
die tomorrow. Learn as if you
were to live forever."

Julie J. O'Leary
Hometown: Kunkletown, PA
Major: Mathematics
Plans: I want to be a high
school math teacher

Todd J. Oravic
Hometown: Ashley, PA
Major: English
Plans: Filmmaking,
Screen writing
Quote: "Life is a state of
mind." -From Being there
(1979)

Morgan K. Palerrn
Hometown: Drums, PA
Major: English-writing,
Minor: Political Science
Women's Studies
Plans: Law School to ear
Juris Doctorate
Quote: Believe deep do
in ide that you are desti
to do great thing."

Matthew F. Parmen1
Hometown: Larksville, PA
Major: Mechanical Engin{
Plans: Start my job in the
defense industry with Locl
Martin, get a Master's Deg
then engineer like a boss.
Quote: "I can't think of an~
to write here, so write this.

�Julie J. O'Leary
netown: Kunkletown, PA
ior: Mathematics
ns: I want to be a high
Jol math teacher

Todd J. Oravic
[ometown: Ashley, PA
fajor: English
fans: Filmmaking,
creenwriting
~uote: "Life is a state of
1ind." -From Being there
1979)

Morgan K. Palermo

Brian Palmiter

Hometown: Drums, PA
Major: English-writing,
Minor: Political Science and
Women's Studies
Plans: Law School to earn my
Juris Doctorate
Quote: Believe deep down
inside that you are destined
to do great thing."

Matthew F. Parmenteri
Hometown: Larksville, PA
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Plans: Stait my job in the
defense industry with Lockheed
Martin, get a Master's Degree,
then engineer like a boss.
Quote: "I can't think of anything
to write here, so write this.
11

Hometown: Clarks Summit,
PA
Major: Environmental
Engineering
Plans: Work for an
environmental consulting or
governmental agency
Shout-Out: Catlin Crew
09-10

Matthew D. Patzek
Hometown: Quakertown, PA
Major: Nursing
Plans: Nurse practitioner
Quote: "Shaken not stirred"

Griffin J. Panicucci
Hometown: Beemerville, NJ
Major: Mechanical
Engineering
Plans: Small town, old house,
nice cars, and lots of
vacations
Shout-Out: 4 7 Davis "Soup",
4th floor Evans "Always
Sunny", and the 78 studs.
Thanks for four great years.

Amanda E. Pawlowski
Hometown: Nanticoke, PA
Major: Nursing
Plans: Attend grad school
and become a forensic nurse
practitioner
Memory: Being a member of
the Wilkes Women's
Basketball Team for 4 years
25

�Kathryn E. Pellish
Hometown: Pottsville, PA
Major: Business

Anthony F. Pero
Hometown: Old Forge, PA
Major: Biology

Hometown: North

Woodmere, NY
Major: Marketing and
Management
Plans: Become a brand
consultant
Shout-Out: Look Mom, I did
it!

26

Hometown: Edison, NJ
Major: Criminology and

Sociology
Plans: Start a career in law
enforcement
Shout-Out: Spring Break!
Woo! Hola! Bonjour! Did I
wake you?

Administration
Plans: Have a career in
advertising at a firm in New
York City
Quote: "When you stop doing
things for fun , you might as
well be dead."

Taurian K. Philip

Jeff Peterson

Nona C. Poehler

Sean R. Quigney

Heather M. Ramb&lt;
Hometown: Shohola, P,
Major: Business Mana~
Plans: Executive at Tar
Quote: "Nothing great t

comes without a strugg]

Charles A. Reil

Hometown: Cape May, NJ
Major: Integrative Media
Plans: Work as a graphic

Hometown: Forty Fort,
Major: Mechanical Engi

designer for an advertising
agency and eventually start
my own business
Quote: "Art is not what you
see but what you make others
see."

Plans: Get a decent engi

and Minor: Physics
job and buy a corvettes,
Memory: Having my ha
catch on fire freshman y
during my physics 2 lect

�~ff Peterson
n: Edison, NJ
iminology and
Lrt a career in law
ent
tt: Spring Break!
la! Bonjour! Did I
?

:ean R. Quigney

Heather M. Ramberger
Hometown: Shohola, PA
Major: Business Management
Plan : Executive at Target
Quote: " othing great ever
come without a struggle"

Andrew M. Razawich
Hometown: Tunkhannock, PA
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Plans: To pursue a fulfilling career
in design where I can utilize my
engineering education
Shout-Out: A thank you to my
parents for encouraging me to
pursue my education and my
friends for keeping me sane over the
past few years

Charles A. Reilly

Hilary J. Reinhard

Hometown: Forty Fort, PA
Major: Mechanical Engineering
and Minor: Physics
Plan : Get a decent engineering
job and buy a corvette some day
Memory: Having my hands
catch on fire freshman year
during my physics 2 lecture

Hometown: Binghamton, NY
Major: Nursing
Plans: To become a Nurse Practitioner
with a specialty in Obstetrics
Quote: "Nothing lasts forever, so live it
up, drink it down, laugh it up, avoid the
bullshit, take chances, and never have
regrets because at one point, everything
you did was exactly what you wanted."

Amanda L. Readinger
Hometown: Northampton,
PA
Major: Psychology
Plans: Attend physical
therapy program to obtain
doctorate in physical therapy
Quote: "Be the change you
wish to see in the world."
-Gandhi

Theresa Rider
Hometown: Kingston, PA
Major: Nursing
Plans: Hopefully to get a job
in the area as an oncology
nurse
Quote: "It always seems
impossible until it's done."
-Nelson Mandela
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�Samantha Rohn
Hometown: Levittown, PA
Major: Nursing
Plans: Becoming an RN in a

Sarah M. Rollison
Hometown: Moscow, PA
Major: Nursing

hospital and hopefully
traveling
Shout-Out: All of the
amazing friends I've made
here. My second family.

Stephen J. Rozanski
Hometown: Mountain Top,

PA
Major: Pharmacy
Plans: Retail pharmacy

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Alexandra N. Roman

John B. Sathi

Hometown: Nuangola, PA
Major: Psychology
Plans: I plan on traveling the

world as a nomad
Quote: "Not all who wander
are lost."

Tyler Ryan

Kimberly M. Sandford

Chelsey D. Sc

Hometown: Wilkes-Barre, PA
Major: Business Administration
Plans: Be the best mother to my

Hometown: Wells, NY
Major: Pharmacy
Plans: Complete a 2 year

Hometown: Lehight1
Major: Psychology
Plans: Going to gra&lt;

daughter and the best wife to
my husband
Quote: "Yesterday is history.
Tomorrow is a mystery. Today
is a gift, that is why it is called
the present."

psychiatric pharmacy
residency
Quote: "Don't bother to be
better than your predecessors.
Be better than yourself."
-William Faulkner

for art therapy or co
Quote: "Don't worr:
happy"

�!xandra N. Roman

John B. Sathra

:own: Nuangola, PA

: Psychology
I plan on traveling the
as a nomad
: "Not all who wander
t"
I

etown: Wells, NY

&gt;r: Pharmacy
s: Complete a 2 year
1iatric pharmacy
.ency
te: "Don't bother to be
:r than your predecessors.
etter than yourself."
lliam Faulkner

Hometown: Tannerville, PA
Major: Psychology
Plans: Enter the work force

nurse

hopefully as a life coach; as
well as continuing my
education
Quote: "Unless someone like
you cares a whole awful lot
nothing is going to get better,
it's not." -Dr. Seuss

live forever, live as if you'll
die today." -James Dean

Chelsey D. Schoch
Hometown: Lehighton, PA
Major: Psychology
Plans: Go1 ng to grad school
for art therapy or counseling
Quote: "Don't worry, be

happy"

Alison J. Schenke

Hometown: Hammonton, NJ
Major: Nursing
Plans: Work as a pediatric
Quote: "Dream as if you'll

•

mberly M. Sandford

Katherine L. Sceia

Cartier L. Scott

Garrett T. Schrader
Hometown: Medford, PA
Major: History
Plans: College Professor
Quote: "Fall down seven

times, get up eight"

Hometown: Riviera Beach,

FL
Major: Education
Plans: Return to Florida and

teach middle school math
Quote: "Pain is temporary,
but success lasts forever"
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�Robert M. Sebia

Barbara J. Shaver

Hometown: Laflin, PA
Major: History and Political

Science
Plans: Become a
Constitutional Lawyer
Quote: "We have it in our
power to begin the world over
again" - Thomas Paine

Hometown: Columbia, PA
Major: Electrical Engineen
Plans: Buy a house, get ad

resident in Knoxville
Tennessee with Belew Drugs
and University of Tennessee
Quote: "Always believe in
yourself because deep down
you know you can do what
ever your heart desires."

and get a job
Quote: "Just do it."
-Grandma

Jessica L. Short

Anna Sierra

Hometown: Wilkes-Barre, PA
Major: Middle School

Hometown: Forest City, PA
Major: Elementary Education
Plans: Teach elementary

Hometown: Old Forge, PA
Major: Psychology
Plans: Career in the field of

school

adoption and foster care
Memory: Times spent with
Becca and T J in Roth Hall

Quote: "Do not follow where

the path may lead. Go,
instead, where there is no
path and leave a trail."

Elliott E. Simms

Hometown: McAdoo, PA
Major: Pharmacy
Plans: Community pharmacy

Amanda M. Shonk

Science Education
Plans: To be a science teacher
Shout-Out: All my great
experiences with friends and
faculty at Wilkes University
30

Nadine M. Shickora

Gregory D. Snyder

�adine M. Shickora
metown: McAdoo, PA
1jor: Pharmacy
ms: Community pharmacy

,ident in Knoxville
:nnessee with Belew Drugs
d University of Tennessee
L1ote: "Always believe in
mrself because deep down
)U know you can do what
rer your heart desires.11

Anna Sierra
Hometown: Old Forge, PA
Major: Psychology
Plans: Career in the field of
adoption and foster care.
Memory: Times spent with
Becca and T J in Roth Hall

Elliott E. Simms

Ray C. Sites

Hometown: Columbia, PA
Major: Electrical Engineering
Plan : Buy a house, get a dog,
and get a job
Quote: "Ju t do it."
-Grandma

Hometown: Glenville, PA
Major: Accounting
Plans: Plans to obtain my
CPA certification and spend
a lot of time traveling the
world
Memory: Freshman year at
Wilkes University (Evans 4th
Floor)

Gregory D. Snyder

Dustin C. Slack
Hometown: Old Forge, PA
Major: Nursing
Plans: Anesthesia school
Quote: "You can pay for
school, but you can't buy
class."

Nicholas J. Sobeck

Marissa E. Spigelmyer

Hometown: Trucksville, PA
Major: Business
Administration
Plans: To continue to work in
my family's roofing business

Hometown: Middleburg, PA
Major: Nursing
Plans: Obtain Midwifery
Certification
Quote: "It is in our darkest
moments that we must focus
to see the light" - Aristotle
Onassis
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�Cassidy J. Strickland
Hometown: Union Dale, PA
Major: Environmental

Hometown: Shavertown, PA
Major: Accounting and Business

Engineering

Management

Plans: Pursue a career in my

Plans: Work at PricewaterhouseCooper.
Shout-Out: Evans 3rd Floor 2009-2010.
"If you're not third your last"
Memory: Alternative Spring Break,

major that help improve the
world we live in
Quote: "Live the life you
love, love the life you live"

Michael Tedeschi
Hometown: Mineola, NY
Major: Computer

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John M. Sweeney

Hometown: Hanover
Township, PA
Major: Business
Administration

William Thomas

Information Systems

Studies (Journalism)

Quote: "I could never be one

Plans: Move to Philly and

of them" -John Fante

cover the underground music
scene
Memory: Wandering NYC
with Kirstin, Corey, Brittany,
and Dom

Hometown: Lansdale, PA
Major: Pharmaceutical

Sciences
Plans: Obtaining a job in th1

Pharmaceutical industry
Memory: Winning Wing
Wars Wing eating contest an
using the prize money to
throw a Formal Gala Ball
Extravaganza

Programming Board and planning all the
senior socials!

Hometown: Nanticoke, PA
Major: Communication

Andrew C. Trout

Nicole M. Tarnalicki

Angeline M. Urban

Angelo S. Trento
Hometown: Jam esburg, NJ
Major: Criminology
Plans: Plan on a career in law

enforcement after grad school
Shout-Out: Believe

Hometown: Mahanoy City,

PA
Major: Pharmacy
Plans: Pharmacist for Rite

Aid Pharmacy in
Wilmington, NC

�icole M. Tarnalicki
~town: Hanover

tship, PA
r: Business
nistration

Andrew C. Trout

Christa M. Tutella

Hometown: Lansdale, PA
Major: Pharmaceutical
Sciences
Plans: Obtaining a job in the
Pharmaceutical industry
Memory: Winning Wing
Wars Wing eating contest and
using the prize money to
throw a Formal Gala Ball
Extravaganza

Hometown: Wilkes-Barre, PA
Major: Electrical Engineering
Plans: Go to grad school for

Angeline M. Urban

Angelo S. Trento
netown: Jamesburg, NJ

Hometown: Mahanoy City,

jor: Criminology

PA

ns: Plan on a career in law

Major: Pharmacy
Plan : Pharmacist for Rite
id Pharmacy in
Wilmington, NC

)rcement after grad school
mt-Out: Believe

my masters after working for
a few years
Quote: "Whappo!" -Dr.
Gilmer

Altay N. Uzel
Hometown: Bryam, NJ
Major: Mechanical Engineer
Plans: Find a career in

Amber L. Uhrin
Hometown: Hazleton, PA
Major: Environmental

Science
Quote: "Strife builds
character. Hard moments in
life prove to only make you
stronger. Mentally,
physically, and spiritually."

Rebecca L. Wahlers
Hometown: Scranton, PA
Major: Psychology

engmeenng
Shout-Out: To my 78 family

and friends, couldn't have
had a better college
experience
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�James J. Walker

Matthew C. Walters

Ryan J. Weber

Hometown: Wilkes-Barre, PA
Major: Pharmacy
Plans: Retail or hospital

Hometown: Carbondale, PA
Major: Electrical Engineering
Plans: Be a successful

Hometown: Meshoppen , PA
Major: Mathematics
Plans: Continue on to grad

Hometown: Hamburg, F
Major: Electrical Engim
Plans: Pursue a career i1

pharmacy

business man
Shout-Out: My classmates,
Dr. Gilmer and Dr.
Srinivasan

school and get a good job

electrical engineering
Shout-Out: To the frien
who have made it all w

Olivia Waszkiewicz

34

Mark Wallis

Nicholas J. Watkins

Hometown: Sauquoit, NY
Major: Entrepreneurship
Plans: Merchandising for

Hometown: Courtdale, PA
Major: Electrical Engineering
Plans: Graduate school at the

Sam's Club Home Office

University of Pennsylvania
Quote: "A Mike Moody at
rest tends to stay at rest; a
Mike Moody in motion tends
to return to rest." - Mike
Moody

Christopher B. Waugh

Nathan G. Wh1

Hometown: Nanticoke, PA
Major: History

Hometown: Ellicott City,
Major: Psychology
Plan : Assistant Wrestling

McDaniel College, pursui1
Mater's Degree in Exerci1
Quote: "Two Chainz, Fou
Bracelets"
bout-Out: 37 7 boys, Md
pt #3

�Vlatthew C. Walters
etown: Meshoppen, PA
)r: Mathematics

s: Continue on to grad
ol and get a good job

Ryan J. Weber
Hometown: Ham burg, PA
Major: Electrical Engineer
Plans: Pursue a career in
electrical engineering
Shout-Out: To the friends
who have made it all worth it

Christopher B. Waugh

Nathan G. White

&gt;metown: Nanticoke , PA
ajor: History

Hometown: Ellicott City, MD
Major: Psychology
Plan : Assistant Wrestling Coach at
McDaniel College, pursuing
Ma ter's Degree in Exercise Science
Quote: "Two Chainz, Four
Bracelet "
, hout-Out: 377 boys, McCarthy
pt #3

Brandon M. Wesneski

David P. White

Hometown: Canton, PA
Major: Political Science

Hometown: Mehoopany, PA
Major: Business

Plans: Attend law school

Administration
Plans: Start living life
Quote: "It's all about the
biceps"

Kathleen M. Widmer

Stephanie J. Wilkie

Hometown: Bartonsville, PA
Major: Nursing

Hometown: Wilkes-Barre, PA
Major: English and

Plans: Critical care RN
Quote: "Never regret
anything because once it was
exactly what you wanted"

Secondary Education
Plans: Teaching anywhere
Shout-Out: English
Department: you 're awesome

35

�Nicole M. Willis
Hometown: Waldorf, MD
Major: Pharmacy
Plans: PGY-1 Pharmacy
Residency

Lauren K. Yurko
Hometown: Dallas, PA
Major: Pharmacy
Plans: CVS Pharmacist
Quote: "Life begins at the end of your
comfort zone so if you're uncomfortable
now, know it is a beginning, not an
ending."

36

Bryan M. Wislosky
Hometown: Frackville, PA
Major: Math
Plans: Actuary or sports statistician
Memory: Being wrestling nerds with
Justin Franiak

Emily A. Yuscavage
Hometown: Mountain Top, PA
Major: English
Quote: "It's a new dawn, it's a new day,
it's a new life for me and I'm feelin'
good." -Anthony Newley and Leslie
Bricusse

Kyle A. Wolfe
Hometown: Buskill , PA
Major: Communication Studies
Plans: On-Air personality for a radio
station. If that doesn't work, Mall Santa
Quote: "I'm intimidated by the fear of
being average" - Taylor Swift

Brenda R. Zagar
Hometown: Clinton, NY
Major: Pharmacy

Krista M. Zav

Hometown: Syosset, NY
Major: Pharmaceutical S

�le A. Wolfe
1skill, PA
unication Studies
personality for a radio
doesn't work, Mall Santa
ttimidated by the fear of
' - Taylor Swift

Krista M. Zawistowski
Hometown: Syosset, NY
'vlajor: Pharmaceutical Sciences

Callie D. Zerby
Hometown: Shamokin, PA
Major: Chemistry
Plans: Become a cosmetic chemist
Quote: "If we knew what we were doing
it would just be called search."

~nda R. Zagar
Clinton, NY
macy

37

�Anas Alghfily

Ibrahim Almardumah

Hometown: Saudi Arabia,

Hometown: Saudi Arabia,

Riyadh

Najran

Major: Business
Plans: Complete my MBA

Major: Master of Science in

Y ehia S. Alzawaidah
Hometown: Jordan, Amman
Major: Master of Engineering

Management
Plans: Start experiencing
related jobs in US
Quote: Winter break of 2012

Mechanical Engineering
Plans: Complete PHD
Memory: Winter Weekend
2010 and summer of 2011

Ali Rostami-Shahrbabaki
Hometown: Iran, Tehran
Major: Master of Engineering

Hometown: Libya, Ben
Major: Engineering

Management
Plans: Start experiencing
related jobs jn US
Memory: Fall 2011 ,
intellectual property course

Management
Memory: Spring 2013

Mohammed H. Saggaf
Hometown: Saudi Arabia ,

Naif Alfaeem
Hometown: Saudi Arabia,

Jeddah

Riyadh

Major: Engineering

Major: Master of Science in

Management

Engineering Management

Plans: Pursue my dreams
Quote "All your dreams can

Plans: Work as a Project

come true, if you have the
courage to pursue them."

Manager back home
Quote: "I'm a slow walker,
but I never walk back."

�\.li Rostami-Shahrbabaki

Ahmed Mohamed

ometown: Iran, Tehran
·ajor: Master of Engineering
:anagement
lans: Start experiencing
lated jobs in US
[emory: Fall 2011,
.tellectual property course

Hometown: Libya, Benghazi
Major: Engineering
Management
Memory: Spring 2013

Shaokang Yang
Hometown: Beijing, China
Major: MBA
Plans: Do my job better

Mohammed Alamani
Hometown: Saudi Arabia,
Alkhobar
Major: MS Mechanical
Engineering
Plans: Complete PHD
Memory: Spring Break 2009

N aif Alfaeem
Hometown: Saudi Arabia,
Riyadh
.viajor: Master of Science in
Engineering Management
Plans: Work as a Project
Manager back home
Quote: "I'm a slow walker,
but I never walk back."
39

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, , ,

--=-----....,,.,,,,_ongratulations! We are so Il
1ave accomplished so
nuch. Good luck with
your new job!
.JOY ,

CONGRATULATIONS CHRIS!
We are so very proud of you! We wish you
a wonderful future filled with all the best
things life has to offer.

vtorn, Dad &amp; Corinne

Sara,
Stanley,

Love,
Morn, Dad, Alyssa, Jeff and Michael

We admired the hard work and dedication
It's hard to believe that six
that you put into your education. We
by. You have made us vel)l
witnessed your ability to take charge of your ur you will continue to de
own destiny. We watched you perserve with very much and wish all the
blood, sweat, and tears through your
world is yours.
demanding schedule. We were impressed as
you developed leadership skills to advocate
for your fellow nursing students. We are so
proud to be your parents. You deserve to be
proud of yourself for these accomplishments.
You are amazing! Job well done!! What a
wonderful nurse you will be!!!
Love,
Morn and Dad

CONGRATULATIONS NICK

'

WE ARE EXTREMELY PROUD OF YOU!
LOVE,
MOM AND DAD

Morn and Dad

We
of
ac
ke
suca
the
futm
love

�Jaimee Nicole,
ongratulations! We are so proud of you! You
have accomplished so
much. Good luck with
your newjob!
Love,
~om Dad &amp; Corinne

ork and dedication
ducation. We
) take charge of your
ted you perserve with
through your
Ve were impressed as
ip skills to advocate
students. We are so
ts. You deserve to be
.ese accomplishments.
~ell done!! What a
ill be!!!

Stanley,
[t' hard to believe that six years have gone
by. You have made us very proud and we are
ure you will continue to do so. We love you
very much and wish all the happiness in the
world is yours.
Mom and Dad

First of all, we love you very much. We're so
proud of you in all you've accomplished with
your college education including the extra
work studies and summer research you have
done. You have always made us smile with
your unique personality, independence,
determination, and loving considerate ways.
Although we always knew those big brown
eyes would show the energy you had, little did
we know we would be so blessed and where it
would take you in life. With your strong
Christian faith you've taught us a lot, believe
it or not. Please never change. Thank you
for being our daughter and just be happy.
We love you honey and God bless you in all
you do.
Mom and Dad

We are so very proud
of you Chris and all
that you have
accomplished. You
kept on the path to
success and overcame
the tough times. Your
future is bright and we
love you so very much.
Mom&amp;Dad

Congratulations Conor! We are so proud of
you.
All our love,
Mom, Dad, Janeen,
Chris &amp; Braeden

�Dear Johnathan:
Congratulations on a job well done. It seems
like yesterday that my first great-grandson
graduated from kindergarten and now, you
have graduated from college. How enjoyable it
was to watch you grow into the great adult I
always knew you would become. I am so
proud of you!
Love,
Nana Reese

Dear Johnathan:
\It ichacl A. Maccia, Doct
Congratulations on your amazing
accomplishment. The road was long and tht\ thi journey ends, a n
journey wasn't always easy, however, you F llow your heart, it will
accepted the challenges and rose above eadt\lway remember all pat
one. I have always been and always will be
extremely proud of you, but more importanwith all our love and sup]
you should be proud
om, Dad and Rebecca
of yourself. You did
it! I can't wait to see
car Cora,
where life takes you
I have always known
next.
omcone special in this w
Love,
Mom

James C. Da Re
CONGRATULATIONS as you embark on the next chapter of your life!
Your hard work and dedication will perserve into your professional career.
We love you and are very proud of you and wish you the very best!
Love,
Mom, Dad, Caffrey, and DaRe families

Congratulations and well done! We are very
proud of you and all that you have achieved.
Follow your dreams and make a difference!
May God continue to bless you and direct
your path.

he children that will have
teacher. You will be such
ble ing in the classroom 2
in piration to all the child
I too have been blesse
You have been a beautiful
from day one. I'm so
very proud of you Cora
and I love you with all
my heart.
Dad

Congratulations Erin, we are so proud of you!
Love
Mom, Dad, Kevin, Pat, Marion, Cassidy, Aiden.l Congratulations on your E
Emmie

WOW an Electrical Engin~

Mom &amp; Dad, Kristen,
Doug, and Danny

rca h this accomplishmen
dream job. May God guid
in yourself and have faith ~
are filled with pride, and

Prov 3:5-6

Dad, Mom, Andrew, Clai

We love you!

�Michael A. Maccia, Doctor of Pharmacy
your amazing
he road was long and the
ys easy, however, you
tges and rose above each
been and always will be

thi journey ends, a new one begins
Follow your heart, it will lead you to great places: but
Alway remember all paths will bring you home to the family that loves you

you, but more importantly With all our love and support,

i

~1om, Dad and Rebecca

j

e
I have always known you were going to be

omeone special in this world! How lucky are
the children that will have you as their
t achcr. You will be such a wonderful
blc ing in the classroom and a fun learning
in piration to all the children who you meet.
I too have been blessed because of you.
You have been a beautiful part of my life

·eer.

from day one. I'm so
v ry proud of you Cora
and I love you with all

I love you more,
Mom

rin, we are so proud of you!
Love
&gt;at, Marion, Cassidy, Ai den, &amp;
Emmie

My Sweet Cora,
My heart breaks every time you have to
leave home but, the world needs a hero like
you who can show kindness to thsoe who are
unkind, laughter to all you meet who need
cheer, leadership that is unrelenting in all
aspects of life and the unconditional love
only you can give to those who will need it
most in your classroom of life.
You have dedicated so much of yourself
to so many people and disciplines
throughout your young life; all who have
experienced your grace, wit, beauty, talent,
and charm will never forget you. Grammy
and Grandpa loved you so ... and we know
the best for you is yet to come!

ongratulations on your Engineering Degree Ryan!
WOW an Electrical Engineer! We know you have worked very hard to
reach this accomplishment. Best wishes to you as you strive to find that
dr am job. May God guide your footsteps along the way. Always believe
in your elf and have faith in God. He is always there for you! Our hearts
arc filled with pride, and we will always be by your side. We love you!

Dad, Mom, Andrew, Claire, Troy, and Kristie

�Congratulations Andrew, we are very proud of
you. We wish you much success and
happiness in the future. You have devoted
countless hours to your education and deserve
it.
Always give your best and live with integrity.
Love,
Dad, Mom, and Lauren

Dear DylanWe are so proud of you on your Graduatior ody,
from Wilkes University. You have the "Be a man of dignity, int
whole world ahead of you. Now Grab a your prayers, hold doors,
Grilled Cheese _ and get going!!
living proof that dreams
here for you" -Will Smit
We love you!
Mom Dad &amp; Dennis
Love,
'
Pop Pop &amp; Grandma, Grammie, &amp; Dick Mom , Dad, and Wes

Congratulations Becca
Love,
Mom , family an

Dear Brandon,
You have amazed us with your ability to persist and succeeL
These years have developed an integrity that is a foundation
to stand on. Do not compromise your values for they are :::::::::::::::::::::~
your roots. Use your talents as "wings" to attack the future -==
Dear Angel
and do great things! We love you and believe in all you will
We are so proud
accomplish!
accomplishments at
achieving your P
Love, Mom Dad and all your Family
ongratulations and best
the future
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ God Bless You!
Ray,
We are so proud of all of your achievements! You are an amazing
son! We have watched you work so hard to accomplish your goals
and we can't wait to see what you do once your career is started. We
wish you all the best and please remember we are always here for you.
Love,
Mom&amp;Dad

Love,
Dad and Mom

�Dylanou on your Graduation
~rsity. You have the
of you. Now Grab a
- and get going!!

ive you!
.d &amp; Dennis
1a, Grammie, &amp; Dick

Cody,
''Be a man of dignity, integrity and honor. Always tell the truth, say
your prayers, hold doors, pull out chairs, easy on the swears. You're
living proof that dreams do come true. We love you and we're always
here for you" -Will Smith

Love,
Ylom, Dad, and Wes

Congratulations Becca!! We love you!!
Love,
Mom, family and friends

Maura
earn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for
the future, and live only in the moment in time
over which you have any control: NOW!!!!!
Remember: "All our dreams can come true if
we have the courage to pursue them" - Walt
Disney

v to persist and succeed.
ity that is a foundation
lr values for they are
s" to attack the future
l believe in all you will

Dear Angela,
We are so proud of all your
accomplishments at Wilkes and for
achieving your PharmD.
ongratulations and best wishes to you in
the future.

~~~~~~~~~IGod Bless You!
Love,
Dad and Mom

We are so proud of you, you have grown into a
confident, successful woman and a dedicated,
caring nurse! Many angels are watching over
you and smiling!!!
Love,
Mom, Dad, and family

�We are so proud of you, Tom, for all you have accomplished, all you
will do, and for the upstanding man you have become.
Love always,
Mom and Dad

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Congratulations Lizzie!
We are so proud of you!
Love,
Mom, Dad, Maggie

Congratulations, Kelsey!
Four years of your life have gone by, and you are
on your way to becoming a knowledgeable and
compassionate nurse.
I am so proud of you!!
Love,
Mom

Congratulations Cristen - We are so
incredibly proud of all your
accomplishments. Your hard work and
determinination, along with your kind and
compassionate heart, will make you a great
nurse! Follow your dreams, stay true to
yourself and may
God bless you in
all you do.
We love you
forever Mom, Dad, Laura
&amp; Becky

Taurian,
We thank you for your co
dedication in fulfilling thi
achievement. You have 11
know you will continue ta
forever grateful and thanN
uch a wonderful son.
May God continue to
continue the next step
of the challenging
journey that lies ahead.
Your Mom and Dad
Lennie! and Kenny
Congratulations Heat

It eems just like yesterd·
tarted your college joui
You worked hard, enjoye
times as well as hard tiJ
overcame fears and spent
of hours studying to acco
your goal. We could nG
Garrett:
prouder of you as we wa
From the first day of Kindergarten to Colle~
you mature into an intei
Gradation, you have made us proud. The adult that you are today.
future is yours; grab it with a full heart. (An
Iuck to you as you start y
have fun!)
adventure.
Grandma &amp; Grandpa

�!

Taurian,
We thank you for your commitment and
dedication in fulfilling this wonderful
achievement. You have made us proud and
know you will continue to do so. We are
forever grateful and thankful to God for you,
uch a wonderful son.
May God continue to
blc you as you
continue the next step
of the challenging
journey that lies ahead.
gone by, and you are
knowledgeable and

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)f Kindergarten to College
tve made us proud. The
&gt; it with a full heart. (And
1ve fun!)

1a &amp; Grandpa

Josh, Congratulations on your special day!
We are so proud of all that you've
accomplished in your time at Wilkes.
Remember the 4 chief virtues: Wisdom,
Justice, Fortuide, and Temperance and that is
what lies behind us and what lies before us
are small matters compared to waht lies
within us. Follow your
dreams, believe in
yourself, and know that
you are loved.
Dad, Laura, Jason,
Alaina, and Lacey

Your Mom and Dad
Lcnniel and Kenny

Congratulations Heather!
It eems just like yesterday you
tarted your college journey.
You worked hard, enjoyed good
times as well as hard times,
overcame fears and spent many
of hours studying to accomplish
your goal. We could not be
prouder of you as we watched
you mature into an intelligent
adult that you are today. Best of
luck to you as you start your next
adventure.

We are so very proud of your
accomplishments. We wish you
every happiness and success always.
You're our shining star. With all of
our love always!
Mom and Dad

Congratulations Erin on all you have achieved.
We are so happy for you.
Your dad is watching and he couldn't be prouder.
Love,
Mom, Emily and Neil

�am so prou o you an a t at you ave accomp 1s e . I cannot e 1eve t at you are
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graduating already and moving on to a fantastic job with PWC. I have enjoyed watching you
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someone special like you in my life. I don't have to worry about you being successful and happ
in the future because you are always the brightest light in the room and you're one of the hard
workers I've ever met. Plus, you know how to relax and have fun with life. Jeremiah 29: 11,
never forget that God has great plans for you.
Love your little sister,
Valerie

To Our
D are to dream
A lways believe in yourself
U ncover hidden talents
G od loves you
H ave fun and be happy
E mbrace life
Reach for the stars
M issionary projects
E xcellent student
L ovely young lady
A wesome tennis player
N ever a dull moment
Inspiring
E njoyable to be around
Love,
Mom&amp;Dad

From our Yearbook
Staff to you what's
left to say but
CONGRATULATION'
WE DID IT!!!

�it
at you are
have enjoyed watching you
u're an amazing athlete,
up to you as a role model
ble times with you have been
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hat one time when you
ing trips, and just having
u being successful and happy
and you're one of the hardest
,ith life. Jeremiah 29: 11,

D UGHTER, you're more wonderful than I ever imagined. When I first held you in my arms,
I \\anted so much to be a perfect parent. You were already a perfect daughter. ... In the years
ince then, I've learned that nobody needs to be perfect as long as there's plenty of Love ...... and
w have that. I've found out that my dreams for you aren't always the same as your own, but
wecan have trust in each other.... I've watched you grow and become far more than I could ever
have imagined, when I first held you in my arms ...... and my pride in you keeps growing, too.
nd today as you graduate from Wilkes, I just wanted you to know that you've made being a
parent life's greatest reward and we LOVE YOU VERY MUCH!!!!!!! MOM and DAD

Jr Yearbook
1youwhat's
::&gt;say but
~TULATIONS
DID IT!!!

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�And Our Teams At Work

��Right:
Freshman,
Marcus
Lea(
catching a

fly ball in
the
out-field.

Below:
Adam
Misiura
taking a
swing

Above: Sophomore, Stephen Ruch prepared for Zach
Lazar to throw back to first base

Left: Senior
shortstop
Carmen
Lopresto
stopping a
ground ball

Brandon Carli
Joe Dantas
Zach Lazar
Carmen Lopres
Scott Skamme
Angelo Trent

�w· es Baseball was picked to finish seventh in the Preseason Polls.
· h new head coach Matt Hollod, the Colonels started off strong on
ring break sweeping both Staten Island and Emerson and taking wins
rom PSU Harrisburg and Berks before falling to Catholic. Upon
returning home they had a big hitting day against Kings, taking a win
10-8. The start of the season consisted of cold, rainy, bad weather being
unprepared they dropped to DeSales. They took wins against Penn
College and FDU. LVC with strong hitting took over. It didn't last
long before they came back against Scranton and Manhattanville before
falling to them. With 18 hits Wilkes took over Penn State Berks and
Delaware Valley. As if that wasn't enough, they had 24 hits in a strong
win over Marywood. The run for playoffs was ended when
Manhattanville swept FDU. The season wasn't over as they played
Scranton at PNC Field as a fundraiser for Little Leagues in Uganda.

SENIORS
Brandon Carling
Joe Dantas
Zach Lazar
Carmen Lopresto
Scott Skammer
Angelo Trento

"It was a great four years
playing baseball for
Wilkes, best of luck to all
the future Colonels."
- Scott Skammer,
Management Major

Big hitter for Wilkes Matt Ruch

"I'm just a ball player with one
ambition, and that is to give all
I got to help my ball club win.
I've never played any other
way." -Joe DiMaggio
The quote from Senior, Angelo
Trento, Criminology Major

�SENIORS
Tyler Breznitsky
Cliff Richardson

Wilkes Men's Basketball was picked to finish third in the Preseason Polls.
the season opener against PSU Hazleton Wilkes took a solid win. It got th
ready to defeat Baptist Bible College by making 60% from the floor and
securing a 101-8 5 win. The following week they lost in overtime to high
scoring Lycoming 109-102. Wilkes lost to Freedom Conference contender
Misericordia only to beat them later in the season with a late 3 from junior, Nie Wilkins raising th
score 67-66. With another loss from City College of New York, it was time to put up a win. Whe
Tyler Breznitsky scored a career high of 20 points it helped to put up a win against Susquehanna.
Those efforts continued as Wilkes defeated Central Penn, Berkeley, and Marywood before falling
to Scranton. But, it didn't hold them back as they defeated PSU Wilkes-Barre. Wilkes Men _
suffered second half comebacks from Delaware Valley, Manhattanville, Kings, FDU-Florham,
Freedom Confereni
Eastern, and Aggies before taking straight win revenges against Misericordia (previously
S
mentioned) Manhattanville, FDU-Florham, and Eastern. With their final loss to DeSales Wilkes
First Team All-(
~as eliminated from the postseason contention.
Monarch Clas~

A war~

�number 23
Chris Shovlin,
beats defenders

Below: Brendan
Sheldon a junior
forward
defending the
Wilkes basket

Above: For our team it is all about
the Preseason Polls.
playing as one unit. No player is
1 solid win. It got th
out there playing alone.
rom the floor and
n overtime to high
Left: Sophomore, Jeremy
onference contender
Hartman going for a lay-up
ic Wilkins raising th
against the Defenders.
put up a win. When
ainst Susquehanna.
Nood before falling
. Wilkes Men
FDU-Florham,
I rccdom Conference Player of the Week: Chris
1reviously
Shovlin 2x
to DeSales Wilkes
Fir t Team All-Conference: Chris Shovlin
Monarch Classic MVP: Chris Shovlin
1

Drawing the Foul
Senior guard, Tyler Breznitsky
has stepped up this season to
help lead the Wilkes Colonels.
He has become quite the asset
to our team this year.

------

Awards/Honors

Fighting to drawl the foul, junior
forward Pat Furst has steadily
seen more playing time on the
court.

55

�Above, sophomore, Chelsea Brown goes
up for a shot against many Marywood
defenders. Typically she can be found
blocking, as she racked up 55 blocks.
Below, senior, Megan Kazmerski carries
the ball down the court. She averaged

Bottom left, senior, Amanda Pawlowski defending a shot. She
now holds the assist record for Wilkes at 290.
Below, sophomore, Ginny Edwards, working her way around a

Amanda Paw
Jana Ma
Angela Pal
Megan Kaz

defender. She plays a tough game adding 7 steals on the year.
Be low, senior, Ange la Palmerio prepares to take a shot, she
too added 7 steals on the year.

Sophomore, Elena Stambone takinf
shot above the Marywood defende,
She lead the Lady Colonels in scori
by averaging 18.4 points per gamE

�- n's Basketball was picked to finish seventh in the
alls. They opened up the season strong posting wins
nandoah University, PSU Wilkes-Barre, and
~
o cl. After losing to Misericordia in the conference
opener nd DeSales they out-scored PSU Hazleton. Wilkes
paste heir biggest win of the season against Scranton, whom
we've lost to since February 17, 197 5, with the help of Elena
Stambone who scored a career high 34 points. Wilkes posted
another win against Susquehanna before losing to Mary
Washington. Megan Kazmerski came out on fire though setting
a school record for number of threes (7) in helping to defeat
Curry College. Falling at Juniata Wilkes came back strong
posting wins against PSU Harrisburg, Delaware Valley,
Manhattanville and Keystone. Amanda Pawlowski broke the
all-time career record for assists against DeSales.

SENIORS
Amanda Pawlowski
Jana Martin
Angela Palmerio
Megan Kazmerski

more, Elena Stambo ne taking
Iove the Marywood defenders.

1d the Lady Co lo nels in scorim
~raging 18.4 points per game.

Freedom Conference Player of the Week: Megan
Kazmerski
Broke All-Time Assist Record: Amanda
Pawlowski

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�SENIORS
Austin Loukas
and
Kirsten Cook

Right: Junior Sara h Fillm an fighting off
ano th er runn er.
Far Ri ght: Sophomore, Rachel Constant
leading a small pack of runn ers behind
her.

Unlike many sports in college the
men's and women's cross-country
teams eat, breathe, and run
together. It is rare for a cross-country team to only challenge one team, in what we refer to as a du
set-up. Instead many competitive environments contain multitudes of teams known as Invitatiorn
The distance of each Invitational may vary slightly, which makes time comparison more difficult.

Men's Results
Invitational

# Competitors

Place

Best From

Time

Misericordia
Lebanon Valley
Cougar Classic
NEPA Classic
Dickinson
DeSales
E-Town
MAC
NCAA Regionals

5
10
14

4th
5th
7th
5th
19th
9th
No Team Score
9th
37th

Brian Smitb
Brian Smith
Brian Smith
Martin Tolbert
Brian Smith
Jordan Siddons
Austin Loukas
Jordan Siddons
Jordan Siddons

17:52
29:21
29:12
22:28
28:59
29:03
26:04
29:35
29:12

26
22
0
17
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Distance

Invitational

Misericordia
Lebanon Valley
Cougar Classic
6k: 2nd Fast Sf NEPA Classic
Dickinson
Fastest SR
DeSales
8k: 3rd Fast Sf
MAC
6.2k
NCAA Regionals
8k
8k

�Far Left: Th e
Colonels fighting off
the competition as
t hey reach the
homestretch of the

... .,....~,.•..,.. ~, Left: Sophom o re,
JordanSiddon s leads

: _..,._;.#i~'tU:\~~~J the

pack as he run s
the third fastest 8k in

running together to
keep each other in
ace. Th ey are a true
emon stration abo ut
hat it mea ns to
ush yo ur teammates
o their best

we refer to as a dua
own as Invitational
Jn more difficult.

Women's Results
Invitational
\1i cricordia
Lebanon Valley
Cougar Classic
6k: 2nd Fast SR . EPA Classic
Dickinson
Fastest SR
DcSales
8k: 3rd Fast SR
MAC
6.2k
r
ARegionals
8k
8k
Distance

# Competitors

Place

Best From

Time

5
12
13

3rd
9th
8th
No Team Score
21st
13th
14th
46th

Kayla Myers
Kayla Myers
Sarah Fillman
Rachel Constant
Rachel Constant
Rachel Constant
Rachel Constant
Sarah Fillman

24:08
22:59
28:35
17: 16
28:55
28:11
28:16
28:15

24
20
17
49

SR = School Record

Distance

4k: 2nd Fast SR
6k
6k
6k
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�Right: Sophomore, utility
player, Kerryn Redcay lays
her body on the line to clear
a ball from the goa l line.

Right: Senior,
Kaitlyn
Bevans gets
low lo stea l a
ball from the
opposing
team

SENI
Lauren P
Kaitlyn B

Two Above: Sophomore, Aliya Frankel going after the ball to pass
towards teammates
Above: Junior, Emily Sa liba fires off a pass as well
Right: Junior, Ash ley Ream fights with defender

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�Wilkes field hockey was predicted to finish fifth in the
Preseason Polls. The Colonels started out rough dropping
their season opener, but came back quick with a tight win
in overtime in the Colonel Classic. After losing to
Washington College and beating Husson they continued
the streak beating Widener. The Lady Colonels struggled
to produce a win until Aliya Frankel scored two goals in
defeating Ramapo College. Against Susquehanna a goal
by Ashley Hahn allowed them to prevail. To finish out
the season Wilkes overpowered Delaware Valley, Desales,
and Misericordia.

SENIORS
Lauren Pawling
Kaitlyn Bevans

A good hockey playe r pl ays wh ere th e
ball is.
A great hockey pl aye r pl ays wh ere the
ball is go in g to be.
-W ayne Gretzky

A wards/Honors
Second Team: Lauren Pawling &amp; Kaitlyn Bevans
Honorable Mention: Ashley Ream
Team was awarded the 2012 Division III NFHCA
Academic Honors

�SENIORS
"I

Louis Abramo
Dave Cinalli
Ryan Deeney
Chris Grube
Joshua Haag
Jeremy Knosp
Simon Tkach
Dave White

~c1rn

how to make the best

kl )p your head up high, and s
p nd

very game on the fi

B )caus if you do that you
wh )n it is all said and done. " -

Right: Players Tate Moore-Jacobs, DJ
Shuttleworth, Tyler Thomas, Ryan Deeney,
Dave White, and Jason U gwu

~

ilkes Football was picked to finish sixth in the
Preseason Polls. A late field goal by Jordan
Fredo lifted Wilkes over their season opener

Awards/]

against Morrisville. After suffering from two tough losses against Albrigt'
and Widener, Wilkes defeated FDU-Florham. Wilkes set a school record pccial Teams Player of the
of 667 total yards with Calvin Garvin adding 162 reaching his career day high. With the
Offensive Player of the ~
homecoming game against local Misericordia, Wilkes took an easy win. The following week the M Football Weekly Honor
Moore-J2
suffered a loss against Lebanon Valley, before Patrick lngulli with two touchdowns raising the s
First Team: Tate
to 38-35 to defeat Stevenson. Wilkes suffered another two tough losses to Delaware Valley and
Second Team: A1
Lycoming before they were able to close out the season by beating our next door rival Kings to
I lonorable Mention: Dan Cu
claim the Mayor's Cup. Before the last season of the game Coach Sheptock was honored with h
Fred,
00th win in his 17th season of coaching for the Colonels.
E AC All-Star Team: '
1

d

�TOUCHDOWN
Left: Senior,
History and

Learn how to make the best out of a bad situation,
eep your head up high, and stick with it whether you
spend every game on the field or on the sideline.
Because if you do that you will gain so much more
vhen it is all said and done." - Christopher Grube #78

Education major
Christopher
Grube calls a
touchdown for
Wilkes against
Misericordia
where they
po sted a win

45-13.
Below: Watching
from the
sidelines: Patrick
lngulli, Ryan
Asay, Calvin
Garvin, Michael
Litwak, FJ
Costantino, and
Dave White

Junior, Auxence Wogou, running back,
accpets a hand off from junior
quarterback, Alex George.

On the Field
Junior, Tate Moore-Jacobs, with

A wards/Honors

es against Albright
et a school record
Special Teams Player of the Week: Jordan Fredo 2x
. With the
Offensive Player of the Week: Patrick lngulli
)llowing week they MAC Football Weekly Honor Roll: Patrick lngulli, Tate
Moore-Jacobs
1wns raising the score
First Team: Tate Moore-Jacobs
1ware Valley and
Second Team: Anthony Swain
)r rival Kings to
Honorable Mention: Dan Curry, Jason Ugwu, Jordan
LS honored with his
Fredo
ECAC All-Star Team: Tate Moore-Jacobs

the help of teammate Freshman,
Jeff Mastrantuono take down
Misericordia's running back.

Head Wilkes University Coach,
Frank Sheptock takes the field
followed closely by players Ryan
Asay and Tyler Berntsen.

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�Right: Graduate Student, Jeremy Nolt leads the team as he finishes a
stroke. Right: Junior, Darren Mensch, fin ishes out his stroke as well.
Below: Sen ior, Conor Clair eyeing up his shot for a short putt.
Bottom Left: Junior, Mike Daubert, ready for a chip shot to the
green.
Bottom Right: Senior, Anthony Pero, reading the green for his next
putt.

SENIOR
Conor Clai
Anthony Per
Mark Walli

GRADUA
Jonathan Na
Jeremy Nol

�w·

es golf team was looking good coming off of
1 season. In the early fall the Colonels took
cond in a tri-match against Kings and
cranton. To start off the spring season they
faced a tri-match against Kings and Misericordia
at the Huntsville Golf Club. It wasn't long
before they saw Misericordia again at their 2 day
invitational where they finished eighth. Jeremy
Nolt shot a season low 80 at the Glenmaura
Invitational. The rest of the season rounded out
by completing rounds against William Patterson
and at the Muhlenberg Invitational before the
MAC Championships. There Nolt finished fifth
out of 162 and Wilkes as a team finished
seventh.

SENIORS
Conor Clair
Anthony Pero
Mark Wallis

"We were better than Kings."
-Conor Clair
Accounting Major

Awards/Honors
GRADUATES
Jonathan Nagar
Jeremy Nolt

First Team: Jeremy Nolt

�SENIORS
Brittaney Costigan
Jackie Harrison

Senior, Jackie Harrison
works the ball around a
defender.

Wilkes Lacrosse was picked to finish seventh in the
Preseason Polls. In the first game of the season
win against Rutgers-Camden, Gabby Ford
surpassed the Wilkes school record for career goals
at 108 with an entire season ahead. With two
more wins against Cedar Crest and Penn State
Abington before falling in a close matchup to
Albright. The winning continued in blowouts
against Rosemont, SUNY Old Westbury, Eastern,
and Maritime. In the Freedom Conference opener
Wilkes suffered only their second loss of the season
to Arcadia. The season ended with a wins against
Misericordia, Kings, and Manhattanville all in
Conference play. This secured the third seed
where Wilkes fell to Arcadia in the semifinals.
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Award
Surpassed Career Rec
urpassed Career Recc

Reached 100 Can
Team Ranked 7th b~
lmprc

�Left: Senior
Brittaney Costigan
catches the throw
from a teammate
but manages to
keep it away from
the defender

Below: Wilkes
Colonel not giving
up on righting for
posession of the
ball.

Ford for a Goal
Awards/Honors
rpassed Career Record for Goals: Gabby Ford
ed Career Record All-Time Points: Gabby
Ford
Reached 100 Career Goals: Carley Smith

cam Ranked 7th by Laxpower.com for Most
Improved Team

�Top Right: Junior, Andrew Asare
a forward takes posession of the
ball.

Left Middle: Junior, Tyler Young
a forward heads the ball back into
play.

Left Bottom: Junior, Alex Benne
take the ball around the fowards as
he attempts to clear the ball from
the goal as a defender.

Right: Sophomore, Ryan Joyce,
gets ready for a big clear from
defense.

SENI
Joe Bre
Colby G

�Soccer was picked to finish sixth in the Preseason Polls.
team started off strong taking a season opener win against
stone, before losing to Alvernia. The men then picked up
ns defeating Albright (2-1) and Baptist Bible College (6-0)
here Eric McAnena scored two goals. There were tough
losses suffered to Elizabethtown, Lebanon Valley, and Elmira.
By scoring his first collegiate goal, Eddie Metzger lifted Wilkes
over Penn College. With five minutes remaining Michael
Turner's goal posted a win over Delaware Valley. The end of
the season deemed not as successful as the men lost to Stevens
Tech, FDU-Florham, DeSales, Eastern and Misericordia
before tying with a penalty kick by Joe Brennan against
Manhattanville. After dropping a loss against Scranton,
lllllliil!l!!i!!!!ll!!~~--=-__...:_:____:~ Wilkes finished with a scoreless tie against rival Kings.

SENIORS
Joe Brennan
Colby Gehers
Juni or, Michael Turn er
co mmi ts a fo ul o n th e
o pposi ng team in hi s
attemp t to take co ntro l of
t he ball

Awards/Honors
All-Star Honorable Mention: Joe Brennan
Team Named to NSCAA Team Academic List

�SENIORS
Erin Donnelly
Brooke Edwards
Lyndsay Ellis
Katy Fissel
Ashley Graham
Jana Martin
Krista Zawistowski

AwardsA

70

lkes Women's Soccer was selected to finish third in the Preseason Polls. The season
Fir·t Team: Megan Binder, Lynds
ener Wilkes defeated Muhlenberg. The winning continued against Moravian and
Honorable Mention: Priscilla
cranton before falling to Dickinson. The Colonels were ranked regionally ninth by the
Mahi
National Soccer Coaches Association of America. In a strong showing Wilkes defeated
Freedom Player of tb
Widener 5-0 with a hat trick by Ali Roberts in a 4 minute span. At the game against
Freedom Goalie of the
Daeman Wilkes won 4-0 with a guest appearance by Women's World Cup team member
C-South Offensive Pla)
Jillian Loyden who played as goalie. Winning continued defeating Susquehanna, Delm~a.
ECAC-South Goalie of t1
Valley, Rowan, FDU Florham, and DeSales. The women's soccer team continues to be
advocate for community service and fundraisers by hosting a Cure4Jen event and annual \ll-M id tlantic Region Second
Pink Night for breast cancer. After 2 overtimes with Eastern it ended in a 0-0 drawl the
E AC-South All-Star Tearr
100th Career W'.
toughest match posted on the year. The year ended with a loss against Misericordia win
Coach of the Ye,
against Manhattanville and Kings, and a tie against Cortland State (2-2). In the Freedom
Semifinals Wilkes fell to Eastern on a shoot-out; shortly after they hosted Albright in the ·1 cam named to National Socce1
Acade1
ECAC South Tournament. After defeating Albright and Swarthmore the Lady Colonels
AA Scholar All-East Re
in the finals to Stevenson in an overtime defeat.

�Left: Senior, Katy
Fissel dribbling the
ball down the field
on a break-away.

Left: Junior, Ali
Roberts defending
the ball.

Right: Sophornore,
Pricilla Bonilla and
Senior Lyndsay Ellis
both use the tap
motion to stop the
ball and get it under
control before
rolling around their
opponents.

Awards/Honors

:eason Polls. The season
mt Team: Megan Binder, Lyndsay Ellis, Katy Fissel, Ali Roberts
1gainst Moravian and
Honorable Mention: Priscilla Bonilla, Erin Donnelly, Kate
~d regionally ninth by the
Mahoney
showing Wilkes defeated
Freedom Player of the Week: Ali Roberts
n. At the game against
Freedom Goalie of the Week: Kate Mahoney
5 World Cup team member
EC AC-South Offensive Player of the Week: Ali Roberts
ating Susquehanna, Delaware
ECAC-South Goalie of the Week: Katie Mahoney
)ccer team continues to be an
Cure4Jen event and annual \11-vtid Atlantic Region Second Team: Lyndsay Ellis, Katy Fissel
ECAC-South All-Star Team: Lyndsay Ellis, Katy Fissel
it ended in a 0-0 drawl the
100th Career Win: John Sumoski
5S against Misericordia win
Coach of the Year: John Sumoski
State (2-2). In the Freedom
they hosted Albright in the Tam named to National Soccer Coaches Association of America
Academic List
.rthmore the Lady Colonels le
CAA Scholar All-East Region Third Team: Katy Fissel

Left: Senior, Erin Donnelly
looking for a pass from her
teammates.
Below: Freshman, Kale
Mahoney performed well as
a goalie in her first season as
a Colonel

�Below: Sophomore, Alex Hoops cathes a fly
ball for an automatic out.

SENIO
Jessalyn Pav
Top Left: Junior catcher Jordan Borger
making a play at second base to tag out
the runner.

Left: Player of the Week, junior, Alysha
Bixler having another year of a strong
showing on the mound.

Right: Sophomore infielder, Mandy
Seccia took third base and is looking to
head home.

�Wilkes Softball was selected to finish eighth in the Preseason Polls. The
season opener for Wilkes was at Virginia Beach during Spring Break;
defeating Shenandoah and York College before losing to Rowan and
Frostburg State and splitting against Rutgers-Camden. Coming back up
North, Katie Brown helped win over Hunter with a homerun in the
Salisbury University Sea Gull Classic. A win over Baruch College and
losses to Allegheny College and Randolph-Macon College concluded the
tournament. The next few weeks posted a mixture of wins and losses for
the Lady Colonels unable to pull it out into the playoff tournament. Wins
over Keystone, Manhattanville, FDU Florham, PSU-Hazleton, Delaware
Valley and Scranton. The losses were to all strong teams of DeSales,
Lebanon Valley, Lycoming, Susquehanna, Eastern and Marywood. There
were two splits; one to Misericordia with a walk-off homerun from Emily
McGrath the other with Misericordia with big pitches from Laykin
Hughes who only allowed three hits and eight strikeouts.

SENIORS
Jessalyn Paveletz
Laykin Hughes, soph o mo re
p itcher and o utfi e lder
swin gin g fo r t he sta rs

Awards/Honors
Player of the Week: Alysha Bixler, Michelle Coyle,
Jessalyn Paveletez
First Team: Jessalyn Paveletez, Emily McGrath
Second Team: Kait Brown, Michelle Coyle, Alex Hoops

�SENIORS
Clarke Freeman
Brandon Helfrich

Seniors Brandon Helfrich and Clarke Freeman
playing doubles together led the team as the two
captains.

Wilkes Men's Tennis Team started the year off
fighting for their sixth straight MAC Championship.
At the Individual MAC Tournament the men won 4
of 6 singles (Michael Kranz, Max Appello, Clarke
Freeman, Brandon Helfrich) and 3 of 3 doubles titles
(Alex Makos/Steven Wilson, Connor
Peckham/Kranz, Brendoon Blachowski/Freeman). There was also a strong
showing in the Mulenberg Classic, Scranton Invitational, and Ranger
Invitational. On spring break in Hilton Head, SC there were wins against
PSU-Behrend, John Carroll and a close win to Wittenberg (5-4) before falling to
Emory and Henry. Once back in PA there were blowouts against Moravian,
Eastern, Marywood, FDU, Arcadia, Misericordia, Kings, and Stevenson before
having their streak snapped by NYU. Defeating Division II Bloomsburg and
E-town lined them up for the Freedom Championships. At the NCAA the
Wilkes Colonels prevailed in the first round against Grove City (5-2) before
fttlling to Nationally ranked 14th Case Western Reserve University (5-0).

Awards/]
Player of the Week: Max App
Steven W
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Team: Michael Kranz,

Second Team: Max Appell◄
Connor Pe
Player of the Year:
Rookie of the Year
Junior, Alex Makos played from the r
two spot striking a smooth low foreh,
co urt in warm-ups

Coach of the Ye

�Rookie of the
Year
Victory-- They can feel it.

Michael Kranz
captured Rookie of the
Year by playing from

Below: Freshman Max
Appello, sophomore
Brendon Blachowski,
sop homore Trey
Fid ler, freshmen Dan
Hackford lining up

Awards/Honors
Player of the Week: Max Appello, Brendon Blachowski,
Steven Wilson

Fir·t Team: Michael Kranz, Alex Makos, StevenWilson

Sophomore,
Steven Wilson ,
continued to

ccond Team: Max Appello, Brendon Blachowski,
Connor Peckham

prevail at the
number one
position for
Wilkes where

Player of the Year: Steven Wilson

he clinched his
first Player of

Rookie of the Year: Michael Kranz

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spot striking a smooth low forehand c

urt in warm-ups

the Year after
an exce llent
second season.

Coach of the Year: Chris Leicht
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�Top Left: Junior Ally Kristofco lining up to drill a forehand down the line
Left: Freshmen, Cayleah Markulics receiving high fives and good luck before the match starts
Bottom Left: Sophomores, Olivia Hewison and Anna Podrasky hanging out as two best friends
Below: Doubles teams of Katie Lynn/Melanie Nolt and Ally Kristofco/ Alexis Donner

SENIORS
Amanda Holy
Katie Lynn
Melanie Nolt

�omen's Tennis was looking to secure a seventh in a row MAC
ionship. The team was ranked seventh in the Atlantic South
al poll; the six teams above Wilkes are ranked as top 25 nationally.
ing true domination in their sport the Lady Colonels beat the
wing opponents 9-0 this season: Lycoming, Marywood, Assumption
C Hege, Eastern, Arcadia, Kings, FDU, and Stevenson. They continued
inning by dropping less than two matches to ESU, Wittenberg,
Misericrodia, Scranton, Muhlenberg, and Bloomsburg (Division II). The
season wasn't perfect though. These ladies took only 5 of 6 singles titles
(Alexis Donner, Ally Kristofco, Katie Lynn, Amanda Holyk, Amanda
Rossi) and 1 of 3 doubles titles (Donner/Kristofco) in the Fall MAC
Individual Tournament. Wilkes had close 5-4 wins against John Carroll
and E-Town before suffering defeat the same way against Haverford and
NYU. Going undefeated for the seventh straight year, Wilkes Women's
Tennis earned yet another NCAA berth. In the first round against Mt.
St. Mary's Wilkes came out on top with a 5-0 victory, soon to fall to first
nationally ranked Amherst College.
wn the line
)Od luck before the match starts
y hanging out as two best friends

ristofco/ Alexis Donner

SENIORS
Amanda Holyk
Katie Lynn
Melanie Nolt

Freshmen, Summer Lentini reaching for
a forehand to hit a slicing shot and
catch her opponet off guard

A wards/Honors
Player of the Week: Amanda Holyk, Ally Kristofco,
Melanie Nolt
Women's Scholar Athelete of the Year: Melanie Nolt
Giant Steps Award: Melanie Nolt
First Team: Katie Lynn, Ally Kristofco, Melanie Nolt
Second Team: Anastasia English
Freedom Conference Player of the Year: Melanie Nolt
Coach of the Year: Chris Leicht

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�Wilkes Volleyball was selected to finish sixth in the Preseason Polls. In th
Greyhound Invitational the Colonels dropped to Muhlenberg and Centena
College before defeating U rsinus and Alvernia. At day two of the Scrantor.
Invitational Megan Powers broke the school record for assists in a single
match with 48 against Marywood. After falling to Baptist Bible College th1
Lady Colonels triumphed over Misericordia in a close five sets. Losing tc
Baptist Bible College, Lycoming, and Eastern only pumped the ladies up tJ
defeat Keystone and Kings. The rest of the season before playoffs consistt
of wins against Arcadia, Manhattanville, Hilbert and losses against Desai·
Alvernia, Scranton, and Delaware Valley. With the end of the season win
against FDU Florham they clinched the third seed entering into the Freed1
Conference Tournament where the Colonels fell to DeSales.
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Awards/
All Tournament Tean
All-Freedom Conference: Ca~

�Look out!
M eg Powers setting
the ball up for a hitter.

Preseason Polls. In the
[uhlenberg and Centenary
day two of the Scranton
for assists in a single
Baptist Bible College the
ose five sets. Losing to
pumped the ladies up to
before playoffs consisted
td losses against Desales,
~ end of the season win

A wards/Honors
All Tournament Team: Casey Bohan (2)

entering into the Freedom All-Freedom Conference: Casey Bohan, Erin Nothstein
DeSales.

�Below: Senior, Nathan White, flipping his
opponent over his body
Blow: Junior, Phil Racciato, keeping his
opponent in a tight hold

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Top Left:
Junior, Kris
Krawchuck,
National
Runner-up for
157 pounds.
Bottom Left:
In a tough
position the
Wilkes
Colonel tries
to escape to
gain an extra
point.
Right:
Sophomore,
Sean
Lombardi
stands with
Coach Jon
Laudenslager
before
heading back
onto the mat.

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Raymond Du
Jeff Peterso
Dustin Stou
Nathan Whi

�Wilk was ranked 13th in the National Wrestling Coaches Association
res son rankings. Guesseppe Rea and Myzar Mendoza had a great
s
ing at the Monarch Invitational winning their weight classes.
Wi es propelled over a close win against E-town before entering the
ssiah Petrofes where Rea took his class again. Wilkes hosted the
80th annual Wilkes Open at the end of December; Kris Krawchuk was
the only Colonel to take home a championship, while five others
finished in the top six (Rea, Mendoza, Mason McIntyre, Matt
Transue, Eric Bach, Mike Shannon). Wilkes continued dominating by
going 4-0 at the North/South Duals, 2-0 at Metro Duals, as well as a
strong wins against ESU, Kings, Ithaca and multiple home matches.
This season marked the setting of a school record at 19 straight wins
for the team finishing ranked 7th Nationally. Mark Hartenstine,
Krawchuk, Transue, William Fletcher all qualified for the NCAA
Championships at East Regional.

SENIORS
Raymond Dungee
Jeff Peterson
Dustin Stough
Nathan White

Juni or, Willi am
Fletcher choosing
to be on top of his
opponent.
Lookin g fo r th e
take-down.

A wards/Honors
D3Wrestler.com Wrestler of the Week: Kris Krawchuk
Team won National Wrestling Coaches Association
Scholar Team
All-American: Kris Krawchuk finishing runner-up at
Nationals

�Team

�heerleading
Football &amp;
Basketball

�President:
Vice Presi
Secretary:
Treasurer.

nic Manzione
ory Price
tchlet
an Victoria made
comm
people
with C

A more in-depth project involved
creating an aqua pod at Hillside
Farms. Funding was recieved by
the Lowe's lmpowerment Grant. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - .
For a fundraiser they held a Super
Smash Brothers Tournament. Some of
the prizes available to win were movie
tickets, Nitendo controllers, the game
Super Smash Bros. Melee, and Maers
BBQ certificates. The winner was
Wilkes Basketball player Matt Hayes.

Left: Tory Price and Jess Batcblet posing with Ruth's Place
during their Walk a Mile in her shoes Walk-a-Thon.
anzione, Tory Price,

�entrepreneur in cftclion and ~s

President: Dotmic Manzione
Starting out this year under a new name
Vice Presiden Tory Price
(formally known as S.I.F.E.) Enactus
Secretary: Je atchlet
Treasurer: C !ian Victoria made many improvements on our
community. The purpose is to empower
people for the greater good. Teaming
with Campbells soup they canned
hungerby collecting 5000 cans; besid~s
raising money selling the Hearts for
Hunger (pie. left). On the right is
helping a women create a small
busjness through Ruth's Place by
'
creating empowerment.
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The group presented
in Baltimore, MD for
a Regional
Competition on the
events they put
together during the
year. They have won
their League the past
10 years, this year
was no different. It
earned them a spot
in Kanasas, MO for
the National
Competition.

g with Ruth's Place,
alk-a-Thon.

Back Row: Jeremy Wiest, Nick Wesley, Andrew Kolansky, Christian
Victoria, Kevin Hopper, Frank Celentano Front Row: Dominic
Manzione, Tory Price, Jessica Batchler, Oliva Waszkiewicz

85

�Over the past two yea
with the donation oft
former Wilkes gradua

Students enjoying dinner (above) and dancing (right)
on a Friday night at Margarita Azul

Spanish Club
Left:
Throwing a
One World

the Investment Club i
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Meetings typically tak
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armen Lopresto, Kyle 1
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students to
participate.
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Above: Students enjoy a meal in New York.
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The Spanish Club was run by Kevin Hernandez as President from 2012-2013. The Advisor was Dr. Paola Bianc
current Spanish teacher at the University. The club inspires students to learn about the Spanish culture. Doneb.
hosting meals , attending a variety of restaurants at different locations, learning how to dance and inviting other
86 students to join.

Co Presidents:

Anthony Coo
Melanie Nolt

�)ver the past two years,
ith the donation of two
Jrmer Wilkes graduates
neInvestment Club is able to put money into the stock market.
A
.lub that in the past would learn based on simulation, now
~periences transactions in real time. They currently have $27,313 into Activision,
\pple, Boeing, John Deere, Kimberly-Clark, Papa Johns, Phillips 66, PNC, and Target.
Ieetings typically take place once a month over good investment talk and pizza.
:hrough research, group discussions, and predictions, stocks are bought and sold. The
lecisions are made by the students, it is designed to be a completely hands on
- - - - - - - - - .·ixperience with only guidance by Finance instructor Dr. Engel. All profits made are
esinged to be reinvested back into the club. ,-=~;;;:------:;-7!!~iiii~iiiiiii===---

Investment
Club

ft to Right: John Lynch, Christian Victoria,
armen Lopresto, Kyle Rountree, Melanie Nolt,
- - - - - - ~ ~~nthony Cooper, Bernard Socha, Jeffrey
rodzki, Bobby Schappell

o Presidents:
1e Advisor was Dr. Paola Bianc

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Anthony Cooper
Melanie Nolt

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tonight!
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Society of

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President: Kns Riven
Vice President: Ian Fol
Society ofWlml Fngineers Treasurer: Sam Bicke1
Recording Secretary: Ta:
Moyer
Corresponding Secretai
Amber Konopka
Parliamentarian:
Stevt
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Sargent at Arms: Kyle "
Senior Class

President: Menbeth Der
Vice President: John Swt
Treasurer: Melissa Cai:
Secretary: Mike Oga
Representatives: Anth&lt;
Cooper, Lindsey Cov
Lauren Matchell, Jo
Pugliese, and Kyle Wc
Right: Hanna DiFresco, Laura Easton,
Rachel Lacek and Niki Patel helping at
the IEEE Enginerring Olympics '12.

PRESIDENT
NIKITA PATEL

VICE PRESIDENT
RACHEL LACEK

SECRETARY
JORDYN MILLER

Back: Nick Watkins, Ethan Culler, Laura Easton, Niki Patel, Andrew
Asare Front: Christina Kwor, Angelika Forndran, Hanna DiFresco,
Rachel Lacek and Amy Mbye representing Wilkes at the Engineering
Banquet in Leigh.

TREASURER
HANNA DtFRESCO

OUR MISSION IS TO STIMULATE WOMEN TO ACHIEVE FULL PORENTIAL I~
CAREERS AS ENGINEERS AND LEADERS, EXPAND THE IMAGE OF THE
ENGINEERING PROFESSION AS A POSITIVE FORCE IN IMPROVING THE
QUALITY OF LIFE, AND DEMONSTRATE THE VALUE OF DIVERSITY

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�Executive Board
President: Kns Rivers
Vice President: Ian Foley
fy ofWnmFngineers
Treasurer: Sam Bickert
~ecording Secretary: Taylor
Moyer
Corresponding Secretary:
Amber KonoP,ka
Parliamentarian:
Steven
:presenting SWE at Club Day
Sawka
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,argent at Arms: Kyle Wolfe
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Senior Class
resident: Menbeth Derkach
iCe President: John Sweeney
Treasurer: Melissa Caprio
Secretary: Mike Ogar
Representatives: Anthony
Cooper, Lindsey Coval,
Lauren Matchen, Joe
Pu~iese, and Kyle Wolfe

PRESIDENT
NIKITA PATEL

VICE PRESIDENT
RACHEL LACEK

SECRETARY
JORDYN MILLER

TREASURER
HANNA D1FRESCO

FULL PORENTIAL IN

HE IMAGE OF THE

Left: The SG
Winter
Weekend
Team
Right: Ian
Foley, Jess
Drebot, Holly
Margiotti,
Himil Desai,
Taylor Moyer,
John Sweeney,
Colonel,
Lauren
Machell,
Lindsey Coval
Left: Our
many social
events
Right: SG
Seniors! Kris
Rivers,
Meribeth
Derkach, Kyle
Wolfe,
Anthony
Cooper, John
Sweeney
(front) Melissa
Caprio,
Bethany
Sharpless,
Lindsey
Coval, Lauren
Machell, Sam
Bickert

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Student Government

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Foley. Below Left: Snior Julie O'Leary trying to decide which bake good looks the best.

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Freshmen Chris VanHook and Holly Margiotti hanging out with
junior Ian Foley.

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hosted by Off Campus Council and
Student Government during the Spring
Semester. Located on the greenway,
this events offers food, games, and the
opportunity to win prizes. Students
could be found in minature bumper
cars, battling each other on inflatables,
rock climbing, air basketball, and using
their upper body strength to reach the
tarket being timed. The food consisted
of chicken fingers, gyros, popcorn,
italian ice, and pretzels.

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During the spring semester, graduating seniors,
were invited to attend an appetizer and bar event
hosted in the Student Henry Ballroom. The
purpse is to allow them the opportunity to
celebrate with the teachers that influenced their
time through college the most. The event is a
formal one.
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fem le students at Wilkes to get together and enjoy physical
activ 'ties, food, and the company of others. People came as
gers and left as friends. The rock wall was a favorite of

Ladies Night

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�����Periodically throughout each semester
and especially during Casino Week
BINGO players can be found sitting
down and crossing their fingers for the
right letter and number to be called.
There are always numerous handy prizes
to be won; whether that's tickets for the
raffle prizes or a movie kit fit with
popcorn, candy, and a giftcard. It
always made for a relaxing but still
extremely competitive evening for most.

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An annual and quite convenient tradition at Wilkes is the
Christmas Sale located on the first floor of the Student
Henry Center. Local businesses are encouraged to bring in
their merchandise and set up display tables for the students
to shop. It makes everything easily accessible and provides
a wide variety of selections. It also allows businesses to get
their name out to students. Pictured below in the left are
students Courtney Leighton and Kerry Morton, Courtney's
mother is the owner of The Bee Hive located near the
Wilkes Barre Square.

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The seniors selected by the Wilkes student body voted
on the fallowing candidates to serve on the
2012-2013 Homecoming Court. Melanie Nolt,
Meribeth Derkach, Kris Rivers, Cartier Scott, Jessica
Short, Nathan White, Sam Bickert, Kyle Wolfe, Sam
Schuler, Mike Ogar, Melissa Caprio, and John
Sweeney.
To the left are pictured the crowned winners Jessica
Short and Nathan White with President Patrick
Leahy

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!S to serve on the
mrt. Melanie N alt,
, Cartier Scott, Jessica
kert, Kyle Wolfe, Sam
1 Caprio, and John

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th President Patrick

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�Hello graduates and the families of the class of 2013. Who would have thought we'd come this far
in 4 short years. It seemed like just yesterday we were moving into dorm halls exchanging names
and numbers eager to start our exciting journey of homework, sports, and other extra curriculars.
Wow I'm more nervous than I thought I'd be. I've never spoken in front of more than 20 people
and I stand before you facing thousands. I'm not sure I can finish this.
(Look at Dean Adams, cue the music start)
[Except then it didn't start, and you were an amazing class with support]
Wilkes University Class of 2013 ... .follow your dreams.
Hi, hello, how is everybody, welcome to our graduation
Here's a little intro to get us started, we are colonel nation
While these past 4 years have gone by quick, they will never be forgotten
Each major was so different, our degrees we have in common
Psych, business, chemistry, ed and even bio,
All the work was very grueling, truly worth the while
Thank you all for coming, on this day that is well earned
We did a lot of schoolwork, here are other things we've learned
Our dorms were very good, but Evans was the best,
Fire alarms in Towers, way more than all the rest
Working in the library, not enough computers,
We had alot of these snow days, thanks to the commuters
Our city has two schools, only one that you should see
The other is a college, were a University
Thanks to our professors for getting us this far
Because of you we found ourselves, drinking at the bar
All jokes aside, you should be proud, we accomplished very much
Its time for us to use our smarts, getting real jobs and such
Our time at Wilkes is ending, we knew this day would suck
And to that I bid farewell, and wish you the best of luck

Thanks again, and congratulations Wilkes University class of 2013!!!!

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will be more disappointed by
the things you didn't do than
by the ones you did do. So
throw off the bowlines. Sail
away from the safe harbor.
Catch the trade winds in your
sails. Explore. Dream.
Discover."
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"The best years of our lives!"
- The Seniors

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End Credits-Congratulations

Special Features:
SpecialCommentaryby The President:
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Editors Note 124

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�President'sMessage
To the class of 2011:
Congratulaions to you!
The world awaits your talent and ambition. You'll experience a much
"flatter" world than your parents encountered as they reached
adulthood. Societies and economies intertwine like never before in our
history.
You have demonstrated the intellect and tenacity to earn your degree.
We're proud of you and your accomplishments. We hope you employ
the knowledge and experiences you've gained at Wilkes to make this
world a better place, whether in big ways or small ways.
I hope as you prepare to move on, you'll take some time to reflect on
and thank those who have contributed to your college experience: the
factulty-mentors and staff who've steered you through Wllkes; parents,
scholarship donors and others who may have helped financially; and
the friends and family who offered guidance and support.
Remember that through your baccalaureate studies at Wilkes come to
a close, the need for learning has not. You'll encounter new people,
new technology and new challenges throughout life. Whether formal or
not, the need for eductaion never ends.
I urge you to stay cnnected with Wllkes, wherever life takes you. The
Alumni Association is here for you, working to keep you in touch with
friends and faculty, and looks forward to wlecoming you. And as you
attain levels of success, we hope you'll remember your university and
seek ways to give future generations the same access to an outstanding
education as you've enjoyed.
My wife, Patty, and I join in wishing you well as you venture into life.
Savor the journey!
Sincerly,
Tim Gilmour
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one of its long time family members Glenn Gambini. Mr.
Gambini passed away February 21, 2011 due to
complications resulting from a stroke. Throughout the
course of his more than thirty years as a food service
employee for Wilkes, Glenn touched the lives of tens of
thousands of students, staff, and faculty members. The
memories of some of these university members were shared
at a Memorial service that Wilkes held in honor of Glenn
on March 1, 2011. Many agreed that it would be the smile
that Glenn had on his face every day that will be
remembered the most. For so many reasons, Glenn
Gambini will never be forgotten and for his more than
thirty years of service to Wilkes University, he is and
always will be a true Colonel.

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So many people gathered to celebrate
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�Each school year Wilkes University not only
competes in the ACM computer programming
competition but also operates as a host site for
twenty to twenty-five other teams from other
schools, the 2010-2011 school year was no
different. This year's team of Ed Zulkoski, Dakota
Cole, and Ricky Lashock coached by Dr. Ronald
Pryor represented Wilkes University in this
international competition. Students from the Math
and Computer Science Club helped prepare and
run the competition as well as facilitating the needs
of the students and coaches from the other teams.
Every team was eager to win because the winners
of this competition, as well as its counterparts in
other countries, go on to compete in the final
competition in China.

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��Wilkes University Club Day allows clubs to battle
it out to get new members to join by displaying
what their club does. Who will emerge victorious?
Any student who joins any of these clubs of course!

Amy Orris and Kristen McGranahan
show off what their club is all about.
The Amnicola shows everyone how
it's done!

These clubs know how to grab attention!
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What a crowd! Everyone always comes out for Club Day!

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�The beads of sweat poured off the
faces of serious contenders as the
high bids were placed on the
gambling tables. There was even a
new addition of horse racing this
year. The stakes were high with flat
screen TVs, Vera Bradley bags,
Flyers tickets, and I-pads all up for
the luck of the draw. Males wore
black suits as females flashed
dresses and heels in the colors
chocolate, vanilla and gold to
represent the rat pack theme.
Welcome to Wilkes University 2010
Fall Casino Night.

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Mc Granahan
deals the

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Government
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of the tables.

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Government
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of the tables.

Check out our lovely prizes!
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�Candy apples, Hillside ice cream,
Auntie Ann's soft pretzels, cotton
candy, and pizza were on the menu.
Elephants, crowns, swords, bracelets
and a variety of so much more were
created by our own personal balloon
man. Scuffed knees and bruised
egos occurred from the inflatable
obstacle course. Two lucky winner
received a big screen TV and iPad,
but everyone got to enjoy the DJ!

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�Here's a word from the Champ!
Ever since I was a little kid, I have wanted to be a Guinness World Record holder. The only thing
stopping me was that I had to find what it was that I could do for a record. This idea had sat in the back of
my mind for years until recently. I had been looking up Guitar Hero videos on Youtube and saw a video for
the longest Guitar Hero marathon world record by a group of people in Finland. Curious, I clicked the video
and watched the time-lapse of the entire 24 hours. Watching this, I thought to myself that 24 hours is not
really that long of a time. I started to research the record more as I began to think that I may have finally
found a record that I could break.
Jump ahead to the beginning of 2010. I had been making preparations to break this record. Guinness
had sent me the rules and said that the current record was 24 hours and 2 minutes. They told me that I could
have a ten minute break for every hour that I played. They told me what evidence I had to supply to verify
the record and I received permission from Wilkes to have the event on campus. All I had to do at this point
was wait for the scheduled date to come. The first weekend in February arrived. I had finished all my classes
on Friday and began to make my preparations. After a few technical difficulties, the show was on the road.
My support from friends was great at the beginning of the event; however, during the wee hours of the night l
had very little support at the event. At around the 18th hour, I hit a wall of exhaustion. I became very tired
and felt extremely run down and was on the brink of passing out. I decided at this point to accept defeat and
stop, looking out for my best interest. I was very disappointed and ashamed that I was unsuccessful; especially
after all of the hype I created. This made me realize that playing Guitar Hero for at least 24 hours was much
more challenging than it appeared. I felt defeated and I knew that I could not let this record win. I knew I
would try again; it was just a matter of when I was ready to do it again.
Fast forward again, this time to September 2010. Over the summer I had been thinking about the
record. I decided that I was ready for another attempt at the record. This time the date was set to be
September 25th. I woke up Saturday morning and felt very anxious and even a little nervous. I did not want
to let down my supporters and more importantly myself a second time. I already knew that my support this
time around would be much better. My friend Jeremy would be there for the entire event and my family was
going to come from home to support me as well. Even at the very late hours I had great support. I definitely
contribute this added support to me being able to break the record. Once I got to hour 18, I began to struggle
again. Luckily, my friends there as support would not let me quit and told me to keep going. As morning
came, I knew that I was only a few hours from the record. My family had showed up and boosted my energy.
The colonel also decided to make a surprise visit for some support. As I neared the record, I was almost out of
energy. Fortunately, I was filled with adrenaline at this point. I began to power through. I got to the point
where I set a new record and according to my friends, there were approximately 40 people there cheering me
on. I had a great feeling of empowerment and I continued to play. Only once I had broken the old record by
an entire hour did I feel comfortable stopping. I was ecstatic that I had finally done it and that many of my
close friends and my family were there to witness it. I was also very happy because I was able to raise over
100 dollars for charity for the American Cancer Society. This leaves one thing left for me to do, and that is to
take a picture holding that Guinness World Record certificate that I will hopefully have very soon. Lastly, I
wanted to thank everyone for the support and donations. I could not have done it without your support and I
will never forget that.

-Aaron Nikles
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Lactic and Gentlemen of Wilkes University: I present to you our Guinness World Record Holder!
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�Norman Ng is a magician that came
to Wilkes to astound and amaze the
Wilkes Community! He used his
talents with a little help from the
students to put on an excellent show!

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Abracadabra! Norman amazes his
audience!

�Shecan't believe her eyes, and he makes such a lovely assistant!

�Alcohol Awareness Week
included a walk from the Wilkes
University Campus to Kirby
Park in order to raise awareness
for the abuse of alcohol that
occurs in colleges. Students,
faculty and anyone who wanted
to walk participated and walked
together in order to raise
awareness.

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��Comedian Kevin Hart had the
audience in stitches from the time he
came on stage to when he walked off
the stage. The show was open to
students as well as the public, and
there was a huge crowd there to
welcome him to Wilkes-Barre. He
claimed to have never even heard of
our town before (who can blame him)
but we showed him a warm wlecome
and he gave us a terrific show!

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Beacon and Amnicola Staff Member Laura Preby
posed with Kevin Hart before the show!

�ember Laura Preby
the show!

�Wilkes University is home to so
many different cultures, and
celebrting these cultures not only
benefits the students from
international countries, but the
American students as well! They can
get a taste, literally, of what differen
cultures have to offer and their fellow
students show them these cultures!
We are very fortunate to have such a
diverse group of students to learn
and grow from.
Laura Cano (Honduras) and Mina Song (Cambodia)
celebrate their heritage!

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things to demonstrate their country.

��Homecoming Week this year
included a Pep Rally and a
Carnival to get everyone in the
Homecoming spirit! There
was an exciting pie-eting
contest, a caricaturist, balloon
animals and a live band to get
everyone excited for
Homecoming!

��The floor of Genetti's was fully packed as
close to 300 Wilkes students attended the
2010 Homecoming dance. The menu
consisted of your choice of almond
encrusted chicken, atlantic salmon, and
eggplant parmesan. This year's theme
surrounding homecoming was a Colonel
Carnival. The brightly colored twisted
balloon decorations crowded the center of
each table along with oversized cupcakes.
There was even a photo booth to capture
personal memories. The dance floor was
packed when songs like "Single Ladies,"
"Rude Boy," "OMG," and "Shots" was being
played. It was a great night for those that
attended the annual event!

Santino Gabos and Nora Skochinsky
enjoying the dance!

Laura Preby enjoys her cupcake favor!

Melanie Good and Nora Skochinsky
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The Three Amigos! (or Stooges, take your
pick).

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"CIGGYCIGGY!" the crowd chanted as Nominee for Homecoming King Michael
Cignolishows off his handcrafted crown!

r Stooges, take your
Thi crowd sure knows how to have a good time!
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�The Homecoming Parade is a great
event, not only for students and
faculty, but for the community as well!
The University's Clubs and
Organizations march in the Parade
and get to show off a little! We also
get a glimpse of the Homecoming
Court, the Band, and the Cheerleaders
before the game! What could be
better than a parade to get everyone
excited for the football game!

Let' go Wilkes! The cheerlea
g t everyone in school spirit!
The Colonel greets everyone who came out to see the
Homecoming Parade!

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��There was not a dull moment in this year's
homecoming football game against Albright
College. The Colonels had a come-from-behind
victory with a thirty yard field goal in last
fifteen seconds of the game to make the final
score 38-35. This was a great win for the
Colonels because it was their MAC Conference
opener. During half-time the homecoming
court was brought out onto the field and after
much suspense the Homecoming Queen
Nadine Shickora and Homecoming King
Anthony Dorunda were announced and
crowned by last year's Homecoming Queen
Katie White and Homecoming King Brian
Switay.

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Last Year's King and Queen Brian
Switay and Katie White.

Emily Massa (missing: Nadine Shickora after being crowned Homecoming Queen; Brian
Anthony Dorunda)
Switay stands in for Homecoming King Anthony Dorunda
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�Caitlin Czeh, the Interfaith
Coordinator at Wilkes University,
coordinated this week in order to
allow students to see what it means to
be homeless and to help those who are
suffering from hunger or who are
homeless. Students stayed outside on
th Greenway overnight to see what it's
like to not have a nice warm bed to go
home to, and they held a candlelight
vigile to remeber those who are not as
fortunate as all of us.

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hunger and homelessne5

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undcrtandwhat it means to be homeless.

aitlin Czeh and some friends hold a candlelight vigile to remeber those who suffer due to
hungerand homelessness.
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�Students, faculty and staff all came
together to display their culinary talents
and to participate in a silent auction!
There were gift baskets and cooking
appliances up for auction, but the
delicious food really drew people in!
Everyone voted on their favorite dishes,
which was definitely easier said than
done! The Yearbook came in second
place, but Margy Sromovski blew away
the competition with her dish. A great
time was had by all and everyone went
home a winner with a full stomach!

Jason Benjamin avidly bids on a Halogen Oven that
he ended up winning.

The food was going like hotcakes!
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tcakes!

·1heYearbookmembers, with Head Chef Santino Gabos missing, celebrate winning second place!
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�Diwali, which means "festival of lights", is an
important five-day festival in Hinduism,
Jainism, and Sikhism. For Hindus, Diwali is
one of the most important festivals of the year
and is celebrated in families by performing
traditional activities together in their homes.
At Wilkes, the students decided to celebrate by
holding a celebration open to all students,
faculty and staff to come see what Diwali is all
about! Students performed special dances,
sang songs, and prepared delicious food to
share. Everyone got to get into Diwali by
clearing the middle of the Ballroom for a
dancefloor, where everyone was encouraged to
participate!

��The theme of Winter Weekend
2011 was Disney movies.
Students used their creativity to
create teams with their friends
that hd themes like Cars, The
Little Mermaid and Toy Story.
Team Cars were victorious this
year, and as always, everyone
had a great time!

The teams show off their themes!

Team Cars is the wi

�TeamCars is the winner of Winter Weekend 2011 !

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�The ladies of Wilkes
University came together
on VDay 2010 to present
to everyone "The Vagina
Monologues." They
taught us about tolerance
and understanding.

Justine Adams takes center stage duringher
monologue and really delivers!

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Hy delivers!

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�Student Government gave
students the opportunity to
donate money to place a piece
of duct tape on their favorite
Student Government officials!
It was for a good cause and it
gave students the chance to
"stick" it to Student
Government for a change!
Student Government is full of such great
sports!
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know?

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Sorry Mr. President, your time is up.

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and Lisa Bova kick things off1

�The Black and White themed
Spring Fling 2011 was, as always,
a success! Many students came
out in their best black and white
attire in order to recieve raffle
tickets to win prizes like a watch,
a bracelet and an iPad! Everyone
danced all night long with their
friends and enjoyed the last dance
of the year together!
Tina Papathomas and Laura Perkins check
everyone in as they arrive.

Santino Gabos and Nora Skochinsky
looking spiffy!

James Spickard and Jessica Gentile smilefor
the camera! What a cute couple!

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lookso nice together!

What a lovely evening!

�The 2010-2011 commencement day was a day of pride
and joy for the graduating students of Wilkes
University. More than seven hundred students of the
Undergraduate, Graduate, and Pharmacy persuasions
walked across the stage at the Mohegan Sun arena on
Saturday May 21, 2011. They were cheered on by the
more than a thousand friends and family members that
came to watch the ceremony. This year's student
speaker Anthony Dorunda was given the honor and the
privilege of standing in front of the crowd and
describing what graduation and his four years at Wilkes
meant to him. Several students received awards for
academic excellence and contributions to the school and
a few took their Oath of Admission into the United
States Air force. All told, Commencement day is a day
that will never be forgotten by the graduates and their
friends and family.

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herd of runners over the dirt path.
Right: Kirstin Cook in the hunt
while the Wilkes Colonels take the
lead against the pack.

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Colonels race against their
competition in the attempt to
finish first. Running solo is a
difficult task when forced to pace
yourself throughout the race. But,
as it appears on the right the
Colonels have no trouble
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Running 8ks and 6ks isn't something an every ay
athlete is able to accomplish which is why Wilke
Cross Country is composed of extraordinary
athletes. Slowly rebuilding a strong and committed
team has been a challenge, but this year showed
promising results. The women finished the
Delaware Valley Invitational 10th out of 18, while
the boys finished 17th out of 22. There was room
for improvement which they clearly demonstrated
at the Falcon/Mule Classic, the girls team finished
3rd out of 10, and the boys finished 5th out of 9
teams. Back to Delaware Valley in order to
compete for the MAC Championships in such a
short season. The girls were steady finishing 9th
out of 15 teams, while the boys completed their
season finishing 14th of 15. Michelle Wakeley,
Kara Engle, Olivia Waszkiewicz and Laura Nulton,
Wilkes top three finishers, had times fast enough to
enter into Wilkes top-10 times. Matt Buono was
the top men's finisher for Wilkes as he beat and
now holds the school record for the 8k; Austin
Loukas also completed a time fast enough to
become a top-10 Wilkes time. At the NCAA
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of 299 runners. Austin Loukas and Devoni Novak
were named to the MAC Sportsmanship teams.

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competition.

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season kicked off down in Myrtle Beach during Spring Break where they split games with Johnson
and Wales. Battling many rainouts they finally were able to have their home-opener against
Marywood where they clinched a win. The Colonels had a winning streak rolling of 8 games
midseason with a win against our close neighbor Kings before the Monarchs took the third game in a
Freedom Conference series. The Colonels and Devils combined for 87 runs and 94 hits during a
three-gameFreedom Conference series, making it one of the highest scoring series totals in Wilkes

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According to the preseason poll the Wilkes University Men's
Basketball team should finish sixth in their conference. This is tR
first year they paired off with ESPN Radio in Williamsport to
webcast most of the double headers for this season. The team
started the year off with a strong win 74-45 away against Penn State
Hazleton. A few days later they clinched the home-opener against
Baptist Bible 85-55 where the team shot over 54%. Wilkes hosts
the Wilkes-Barre Challenge during Winter Break where they were
the only team to rack up two wins; we named Chris DeRojas and
Paul Huch were both received All-Challenge Team awards for their
efforts that weekend. Against the 25th-ranked Manhattanville
Valiants the Colonels sealed a major upset with free throws my
Mullins ending the game 74-68. Chris DeRojas was named
Freedom Conference Player of the Week February 7, 2011. The
Colonels secured their route to playoffs with a win against Desales
before they fell to Delaware Valley in the semifinals. Chris Derojas
was named to First Team All-Freedom Conference; Kendall Hinze
made MAC Sportsmanship team.

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ball down
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defenders
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Schneider
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�The Lady Colonel's were ranked eighth heading into their 2010-2011 season. With their opening game to be viewed on
ESPN's webcam they secured a victory 56-43 over Penn State Hazleton. Whitney Connolly hit a game winning three of
what was a tied game against Baptist Bible to lift them 59-56 to win. Sam Lynam and Megan Kazmerski each hit
double-doubles in a come back win against Susquehanna University winning 7 5-73, both ladies had season highs. Wilkes
Women's Basketball had their 50 year celebration on January 15, 2011 as well as their 50 year rivalry against Kings
College. February 12, 2011 will be remembered by Lynam as she scored her 1,000 point against Delaware Valley as they
clinched another win. Amanda Pawlowski was named to the Sportsmanship team. Head Coach Rachel Emmerthal who
has coached Wilkes for the past six seasons made the announcement to retire this year.

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Above: Kaitlyn Bevans and Emily
Saliba fight for the ball.
Right: Getting ready to send the
ball down field The Lady Colonels
get ready to swing.

Right: Coach Molly Reichard
getting ready to approach her
team.
The Colonels running warm-up
laps as a warm-up before their
competition.
Chelsea Minix going after the ball.

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-

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THE

m1GHTY

LA □ Y COLOnELS

The Wilkes Lady Colonels started off the season with a ne
head coach Mollie Reichard who brought on experience from
coaching at Old Dominion and Ohio University. The team
was predicted to finish the season fourth in their conference.
Amanda Peters helped lift the team to a victory over
Marywood breaking a 1-1 tie. Kaitlyn Bevans scored two goals
to secure a 4-1 win over Moravian to lead the team to a four
game winning streak, Bevans was also named to the weekly
honor roll. The Colonels hosted a "Play 4 the Cure" event
against Kings on their senior night, where donations could be
made to the fight against breast cancer. Lindsey Davenport
saved seven shots as Wilkes propelled over Misericordia
Univeristy 3-1. Lauren Pawling was named to the Second
Team All-Freedom Conference; Rachel Cannuli was named to
the Sportsmanship team. The team all togetehr was named to
the Division III NFHCA Academic Honors.

Above: Goalie Lindsey Davenport defending the
goal with her defenders.
Right: Defenders taking a stand on the field
fighting for the posession.

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�Left:
Players
wait to
get back
into the
game.
Right:
Off
Tackle
with
Lead
Blocker.
Left:
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up the
Big Stop
onD.
Right:
Breaks
free into
the open
field

Left and
Right:
Touchdown
Colonels!!!
Players (left
and Coach
(right)
celebrate!!!

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or being lost, the win was sa
against Waynesburg. The h
winning 30 yard field goal,
comeback win against Leab
frc hmcn, third string quart
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year defeating Kings 21-1 7.
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�The coaches within the league think the Wilkes Colonels should finish their season 4th in the MAC. With a brand new turf field and the season opener in jeopardy
of being lost, the win was saved thanks to an interception from Greg Nielsen with 43 seconds remaining on the clock, allowing the Colonels to gather their first win
again t Waynesburg. The homecoming game was scheduled against Albright. With 3 5 seconds remaining, Kevin Gerhart picked off a pass to set up for a game
wrnning30 yard field goal, which gave the Colonels the comeback win of 38-35. Gerhart was then named MAC defensive player of the week. With another
comebackwin against Leabanon Valley to clinch a win 35-28 in overtime Wilkes coach Frank Shcptock becomes Wilkes's all-time wins leader. Alex George, a
freshmen,third string quarterback, was responsible for this win as he threw two scores and ran for another, and on top of that completed a two-point conversion.
Georgeand Tate Moore-Jacobs were both named Player of the Week; later in the season Zach Tivald also received this honor. Wilkes won the Mayor Cup this
year defeating Kings 21-17. The Colonels ended their season playing Moravian in the ECAC Southeast Bowl Game where they lost 26-14. Even so, Gerhart, Chris
Horn, and Tate Moore-Jacobs received First Team All-Middle Conference; Jordan D'Emilio and Anthony Dorunda were named to the second team; Joe
Lemoncclliwas named to the MAC Sportsmanship team.

Left:
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the hole.
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to advoid
the sack.

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his swing during a tough round.
Right: Michael Daubert walks up
to his finish off his round on the
hill.

Right: Michael Turano watches
his shot as it hits the green into
play.
Right: Michael Daubert about to
putt and move onto the next hole.
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which b
Above:
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�GOLF
Golf has a main season during the spring but they aren't a aid
to take a couple swings during the fall. Case in point, Bobby
Hillibush shot a 74 at the Susquehanna Fall Invitational which
was enough for him to medal. Sean Madden a senior who is
also a football player for the Colonels deserves special mention
for being a two sport athlete in two sports completely opposite
from each other while excelling in both. Matt Kachurak, a
freshmen, shot a low 72, which is tied for the 8th lowest score
in school history, in a tri-match against the University of
Scranton and FDU. Wilkes placed second at the Misericordia
Invitational as well as ninth overall at the Susquehanna
Invitational. After day one of the 62nd annual MAC
Championships hosted at Hershey, Wilkes headed into day two
in fifth place. They ended the tournament with fourth and
Kachurak being named to Second Team All-Freedom
Conference; Hillibush was named to the MAC Sportsmanship
team.

Right: Matt Kachurak shot his record low 7 2
which becomes 8th in school history.
Above: The perfect angle to look for divots, hills,
and obstacles.

�Lindsey
Davenport
getting
ready to
score while
Keri
Meerholz
jumps to
retrieve the
ball.

Fighting
off the
defenders
and getting
low for the
ball.

Cassje
Cronin
keeping
the ball
from the
goal.

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The Lacrosse team
got ready to take t
third year "Bandits
participate in a fre
cdar Crest Colleg
non-conference m
ave against rival

�The Lacrosse team needed more players since last season and that is exactly what they got as seven new recruits
got ready to take the field. The team together was chosen to finish the season 12th. The team hosted for the
third year "Bandits Day" where following their home opener they invite the Back Mountain Bandits to
participate in a free clinic. Gabby Ford and Keri Meerholz together earned nine goals in a large defeat against
Cedar Crest College 18-8. Thirteen ladies scored in a blowout win over Rosemont finishing 21-4 in the
non-conference match. Cassie Cronin set the school record for most saves in a career as she recorder her 385th
save against rival Kings. Gabby Ford was named to the MAC Sportsmanship team.

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handling the ball and keeping it
away from the defenders.
Right: Jim Moran getting ready to
strike the ball.

Right: Jason Kieffer getting ready
to chip the ball into the midzone.
Tom Joyce and Joe Brennan
getting ready to field a corner
kick.

Right: TJ

�THE

BIG GOLD

Ano

BLUE

Ranked going into the season to finish in fifth place ov all
for the MAC. Michael Turner scored two goals against
Neumann University but that wasn't enough as they fell
3-2. Starting off with a very rocky season the Wilkes
Colonels picked up their first win against Baptist Bible
thanks to a game-winning goal by T J Brandt, giving them a
5-4 win. Nicholas Patricia had a hat trick against Penn
State Hazleton which boosted the Colonels to a four game
winning streak before it was broken by an overtime defeat
to Arcadia. Ed Zulkoski was named to the Freedom
Conference second team; Sean Stitt was named to the
Sportsmanship team. Zulkoski and Tom Joyce were
named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of
America Scholar All-East Region Team, as Joyce also
became Wilkes's Senior Scholar Athlete.

Above: Joe Brennan and Tom Joyce watch as
keeper Kaleb Smith saves the ball.
Right: TJ Brandt fights with a defender.

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�Left:
Long toss
to get back
to action.
Right:
Spilting the

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for the
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the ball
down
the field
to set up
the goal.

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One
more
move to
make.
Right:
GOAL!!!

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The Women's Soc~
eason with a reco
Hallowell, and Se
contributed greatl
breast cancer. Th
graduating. senior.

�TheWomen's Soccer team took the field to compete and walked off finishing the
seasonwith a record of 6-11-2. We proudly named Lyndsay Ellis, Taryn
Hallowell,and Seneca Tucker to the All-Freedom Conference Team. They
contributedgreatly to the Susan G. Komen Foundating by playing in a game for
breastcancer. The Colonels will greatly miss senior Taryn Hollowell the only
graduating.senior.
Left: A
Crowd of
Defenders
crowd the
Ball.

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Goalie is
always set
and read .

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into the batters box, ready to face
the heat and drive in the winning
run for the Lady Colonels.
Right: The Throw from the
outfield is on time, but the run is
scored as she advoids the tag from
the catcher.

Left: The infield looks sharp as
Kait Brown throws out a hustling
runner from the shortstop
position.
Right: Megan Mowery flys out of
the batters box, and hustles down
the first base line to beat the
throw from the infielder.

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Right: Blue makes the
call, thrid strike
framed beautifully by
the catcher.

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The Lady Colonel's were expected to finish up in fifth
place this year within the Freedom Conference. They
started off rough during Spring Break in Virginia and
Maryland before they split with Delaware Valley. There
were alot of schedule changes with the snow not melting.
Even so, Jordan Borger was named Freedom Conference
Player of the Week for her performance against Delaware.
Alysha Bixler had a no hitter going into the sixth inning
during game two against William Paterson. Amanda
Holston, Cori Saltzer, and Lindsay Behrenshausen were the
graduating seniors who were recognized as the team swept
Manhattanville. Borger and Bixler were both named to
Second Team All-Freedom Conference. Behrenshausen
was honored as being Wilkes Female Senior Scholar
Athlete. Holston was named to the MAC Sportsmanship
Team

Above: The infield turns the double play
around the horn 5-4-3.
Top Right: Platers and Coach ready
themselves for the big game.
Bottom Right: Defensively the Lady
Colonels are always ready.

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Clarke
winding
up to
drill
Right:
Bao with
a serious
look of
determin
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with a
strong
follow
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Dakota
finishing
up a
slice

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which cau ed many postponed
conference opener. After winru
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Katz were named All-Freeda

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�Clarke Freeman won Player of the Week for his efforts in South Carolina during Spring Break. The courts were covered in snow,
which caused many postponed and rescheduled matches for the team this year. Wilkes defeated rival Kings 8-1 in their first
conference opener. After winning his first match from the number one position Evan Katz took home Player of the Week. Last year
it was a breath taker watching who would move on from the conference between Wilkes and Manhattanville. This year the Colonels
dominated the competition finishing 8-1. Weston McCollum sealed his first Player of the Week award for the season. After again
defeating Kings and Manhattanville during the Freedom Conference the Men's Tennis Team won their fourth straight Freedom
Conference Title. With their NCAA birth the team traveled to Gambler, Ohio where they fell to Ohio Northern. Jeremy Nolt and
Katz were named AB-Freedom Conference first team; McCollum and Freeman were named to the second team; Alex

Makos was named to the Sportsmanship team.

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Wes with a
VICIOUS

volley
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Brandon
ready to
drill

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strike a forehand crosscourt.
Right: Alexis Donner gets ready
to hit a low backhand volley.
Victoria Bybel the Captain
focuses during warm-ups.

Right: Anna Mitchell hits
backhand groundstrokes while
Rebekah Shanaman hits
forehands.

Above: Al
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Victoria 1

�Women·s Tennis
Who would have expected the Wilkes Women's Tennis team t
sweep all 9 brackets (3 doubles and 6 singles) during the MAC
Individual Championships? The team clearly showed strong
potential for the upcoming Spring season. In Hilton Head, South
Carolina the Colonel's returned home with a 3-0 record. They
suffered a close first lost to D-2 Bloomsburg Huskies making their
record 7-1. On senior day Michelle Knight and Victoria Bybel
played to clinch a 9-0 sweep of Misericordia. After going
undefeated in the Freedom Conference during the regular season
the defeated Eastern and Misericordia again to advance to the
NCAA Championships. Stationed in Pittsburgh playing Ithaca they
advanced with a 5-3 decision before falling to No. 8 Washington
and Lee University. Throughout the season Bybel, Alexis Donnor,
Ally Kristofco, and Melanie Nolt (4x) were named Conference
Players of the Week. Nolt was also named Freedom Conference
Player of the Year as well as Wilkes Female Athlete. Katrina Lynn
was named to the MAC Sportsmanship Team.

Above: Ally Kristofco hits a high backhand volley.
Right: Katie Lynn reaches high for an overhead as
Victoria Bybel hits with an akward forehand grip.

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both days in the Moravian and Scranton tournaments the Colonels cruised to a 3-0 win over Albright.
Marissa Harrison broke the Wilkes University career kills record of 1,209 held by Alicia Vieselmeyer
from 200 5, she was also named Player of the Week that week. They participated in a campaign to
help raise money for a boy named Arthur who is battling lymphoma, the campaign was known as
"Cured by Fall." They also started an inaugural alumni game which was held on Saturday October
9th, and is the beginning of a new tradition the ladies hope to continue. Harrison was named to the
Second Team All-Conference and Brianna Edgar was named to the MAC Sportsmanship Team.

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against his opponent.
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hand raised for a win.
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bout.

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there is still plenty of time left to
wrestle.
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while they scrap on the far right.

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�WRESTLlnG
It's required to stay in shape all year around to be a Wilkes Wr tler
as they have a small season in the fall and a main season in the
spring. The team started off being ranked 24th for preseason by the
NWCA. Nathan White, Myzar Mendoza, and Dustin Stough all
took home titles at first Monarch Invitational. Anthony Dattolo
was named Outstanding Wrester as Wilkes finished first of 13
schools. Dattolo and Chirs Smith became ranked top 10 in their
weight classes. For the first time in school history, Wilkes traveled
to National Duals in Iowa where Wilkes moved up to being ranked
17th in the Nation, Dattolo won his weight class and becomes
ranked 6th individually. Matt Transue took first place at the
Messiah Open and the team moves to 15th place. Against Scranton
University Wilkes was able to rack up 5 pins coming from Anthony
Peterson, Jared Brownmiller, Phil Racciato, Kris Krawchuk,
Transue, and Jon Slack. Heading into the Metropolitan Conference
Championships ranked 13th, Dattolo cames out with a win and
heads to the NCAA Championships. Dattolo walks away earning
All-American status as well as Wilkes's Male Athlete of the Year;
Ben Marich was named to the National Wrestling Coaches
Association Division III Scholar and All-American teams.

Above: Mark Uliano getting ready to scrap as the
team looks to cheer their teammate on.
Some moves are tougher than others as Wilkes
wrestlers seem to get stuck in tough situations, but
then again that is what practice is for.

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Thomas Varisco

Holly Learn

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We are happy to
congratulate you for your
accomplishments:
graduating and receiving
your Bachelor's degree from
the United States of
America. We wish you the
best and more success in the
future. May God protect
you and take care of you.

Dear Lindsay,
You have had an amazing four
years as a Wilkes Colonel. It seems like we
just said our good-byes in the UCOM
parking lot and at Einstein Bros. Bagels!
You have made us so proud with your
accomplishments in the classroom and on
the softball field. That dream job (in a
MLB front office) awaits you. Keep
working toward your goal. We

will

always be your biggest fans. We love
you!

Your Family.

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To: Alexander Caicedo
From: His Loving Mother and .Family
We are so proud of all your hard work
you put into reaching your goal. May
this be the beginning of many more
achievements! Congratulation on
your graduation Alex... now go get a
real job!

Mom and Dad

Love your mother and family

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We Love you
Mom
Tyler

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Michael,
You have made us so very proud
"as always". May all your wishes
and dreams come true because
you deserve it... You did it and
we knew you would!!!!
Congratulations and Good luck.
We love you,
Mom, Dad, and Lauren

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your Doctorate in Pharmacy!
We are sou proud of you and wish
that your profession brings
success to you always!
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Mom, Dad, and Krista

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hard work as paid off. We wish
you nothing but the best in the
future. We are so proud of you.
We love you very much.
Love,
Mom, Dad, &amp;
Anthony

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Dear Keith
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begins remember to follow your
dreams. You can accomplish
anything you want in life. We are
all so proud of you!
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persevered against greaat odds,
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your ultimate goal... nit just a college
degree, but one with honors.
All ofour love,
Aunt Pat &amp; Uncle Bob

Alyssa, Congratulations!!! We are
so very proud of you! Remember
~ "If you can dream it, you can do
it." ~ Walt Disney
All our Love,
Com1ney, Mom, Kathy, Bob &amp;
Tara, Denielle, Brooke, Josh,
Seth, Kenidee, Rocco, Joshua,
Nico, and Parker too ...

Melanie,
I am so proud of my survivor; l know you
can accomplish anything. Never forget
how much you are loved and appreciated.
Remember to trust in God and yourself.
Stay strong.
Love,
Marna
Learn to get in touch with the silence
within yourself, and know that everything
in this life has purpose. There arc no
mistakes, no coincidences. All events are
blessings given to us to learn from.
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�Congratulations Michael!
All of your hard work has
paid off!
Good luck with all of your
future endeavors!
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Mom and Dad

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We are so proud of you.
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you. You're on your way to
great things!
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Chris, Samuel, &amp; Abigail

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express how proud we are of you and your
accomplishments, As you continue your
journey into the next phase of your life,
you will need the same drive and
perseverance to make it in this forever
changing world we live in.
Mom and I want to tell you good luck, but
remember, the most successful
entrepreneurs create their own luck!
We love you

Kristen,
We cannot begin to tell you how proud we are of you,
We've been given the opporturtity to watch you grow
from a beautiful child into a beautiful young woman. It
seemed like only yesterday you were just a child at play
and now you have earned your ticket to change the
world.
Never lose sight of your dreams and never compromise
anything to reach them.
No matter what has happened in the past or what will
happen in the future, always know that we love you and
will always be here for you.
God bless and congratulations!
Love,
Dad, Mom, Kevin &amp; Jake

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a job well done!! We are so
proud of you. Best of luck in
your years of teaching. We
love you, Mom, Dad, and
Gary

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every dream that you imagine
come true. Best wishes that your
college graduation will be your
first step on the path to success
and happiness. Son, we couldn't
be more proud. Congratulations!!!
Love, Mom and Dad!!!

We have always been so proud of
you. Your accomplishments
during your years at Wilkes have
only bolstered that feeling of
pride.
Continue to use your personality,
smile, and intelligence to pursue
your dreams to their fullest.
Always be happy.

Today a dream is coming true. A world of possibilities
lies ahead for you.
Congratulations Lindsay, these seven years have come
about with a lot of hard work, sacrifice. prayer, tears, and
sleepless nights. Not everything learned came froma text
book. Your pereveranee, determination, commitmnet,
and can do attitude has resulted in your becoming the
self-sufficient, strong woman tl1at you arc. We are so
impressed with your accomplishments and all you have
become. You continue to amaze us with your
pcrst:verance. internal and external beauty, and
expanding intellect. You are truly a gifl to us and to the
world.
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seems beyond your reach, and remember "life's a dance
you learn as you go".
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Mom &amp;Dad

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much more. All of your hard work has paid off.
You have become a professional young man and
should be very proud of your accomplishments.
Words can not express how proud we are of you.
Have fun and enjoy your career as an electrical
engineer. May all your dreams come true.
Love, Mom. Dad. Jessica and Justin

Dear Anthony,
We knew that you could do it.
We always did.
Not a doubt in our mind.
Since you were a little kid.
We are very proud of you.
And all that you have done!
You have become a wise and confident man.
We are proud that you are our son!

Matt,
Congratulations on
graduating. It was a struggle
at times but you made it.
We are very proud of you
amd your accomplishment.
Mom&amp;Dad

Congrtulations!
Love Always,
Mom and Dad

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�Editor's Note:
As Editor-in-Chief of the 2010-2011 Amnicola Yearbook, I would like to
extend my thanks to the following members of the faculty, staff, and student
body who helped to make this year's book a success:
To Jamie Miller: I would say that you have learned a lot in your two years of
being our year book adviser. You kept the coffee away from Guba and I, took
care of the numbers, and helped us be us. Of course blaming Jesse when
anything went wrong was probably the best lesson that I could have taught you.
That being said, the yearbook would not have been the same without you. You
got us anything that we needed including a few free lunches when we needed
them the most. Thanks for trusting us with the keys to the $30,000 yearbook
this year.
To my assistant editors: Michael Guba and Nora Skochinsky: Guba you know
that we have officially seen it all, from thw moments when all is well, to the
moments when we go "what happened to all of the football photos!" As with the
four yearbooks that we worked on together prior to this one, it has been an
honor to call you my right hand man. With the exception of the white spaces in
the middle, all of the work that you have done for this book cannot be described
in words. Nora, without you, Guba and I would not have been able to keep
from yelling at each other and the situations at hand. You truly are the volume
meter that keeps two high strung personalities in tone. Thank you so much for
picking up the slack when Guba and I needed you to the most.
To the rest of my staff that locked themselves in the office to finish the book
before finals with only meals and wiffle ball breaks to keep you cool: James,
Jesse, and Jason; it was a pleasure to work alongside of you guys and I am
looking forward to seeing what you guys come out with next year.

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Opening

Seniors

Senior Week

p, 1-3

p, 4-23

p . 24-31

p. 32-47

Clubs

Events

Sports

Faculty and Staff

48-63

p, 64-95

p, 96-127

Student Life

River Project

Congratulatory

p. 136-145

p, 146-147

p.148-159

Graduation

Messages

Resident Halls

p. 128-135

Editor's Note
p, 160

�To the Class of 2010:
Congratulations to you!
The world awaits your talent and ambition. You '11 experience a
much "flatter" world than your parents encountered as they reached
adulthood. Societies and economies intertwine like never before in
our history.

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You have demonstrated the intellect and tenacity to earn you degree.
We're proud of you and your accomplishments. We hope you
employ the knowledge and experiences you've gained at Wilkes to
make this world a better place, whether in big ways or small ways.
I hope as you prepare to move on, you'll take some time to reflect on
and thank those who have contributed to your college experience :
the faculty-mentors and staff who've steered you through Wilkes;
parents, scholarship donors an others who may have helped
financially; and the friends and family who offered guidance and
support.

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Remember that through your baccalaureate studies at Wilkes come
to a close, the need for learning has not. You'll encounter new
people, new technology and new challenges throughout life. Whether
formal or not, the need for education never ends.
I urge you to stay connected with Wilkes, wherever life takes you.
The Alumni Association is here for you, working to keep you in
touch with friends and faculty, and looks forward to welcome you.
And as you attain levels of success, we hope you'll remember your
university and seeks ways to give future generations the same access
to an outstanding education as you've enjoyed.

1

My wife, Patty, and I join in wishing you well as you venture into
life. Savor the journey!
Sincerely,
Tim Gilmour
President
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ends.
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Wilkes, our Alma Mater
We pledge out hearts to thee,
Honor, Faith, and courage,
Truth and loyality,
In out work and in our pleasure,
Guide us as a fre ind;
We shall always love thee,
Loyal to the end.
Thou shall lead us onward
In search of finer things.
May we find the wisdon
That thy spirits brings.
May our deeds of love and service
Ever swell thy fame Wilkes- we stand to greet thee!
Glory to thy name.

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Anas Alkazimi
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Jennae Bailey
Joshua Ballan
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Andrew Bartlow

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Tiffany Bienkowski
Stacey Billings

Turki Bostaji
Diane Bower
Melisa Bracone

John Brady
Megan Brady
Derek Brownmiller

Katie Buckley
Holly Budurka
Adam Burke

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Timothy Burns
Jami Butczynski
Jaclyn Butwinski

Jarrod Buzalewski
John Carey
Maura Casella

Stephanie Cassidy
Vin cent Chupela
Alyssa Ciesla

Joseph Cooper
Christine Corser
Justin Crawford

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Amanda Daniels
Christina Decker
Ashley Deemie

Theodore Dennis
Zachary Depew
Lauren Diehl

Brandan Diemand
Allison Ducker
Serena Eber

Linda Evans
Michael Fasulka
Ashley Filipek

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Alison Frantz
Anthony Gabriel
Tracy Garcia

Michael Gargano
Amber Gill
Manpreet Gill

Mike Greco
Robert Griffith
Edmund Gromelski

Christopher Gulla
Diane Hadley
Sabrina Hannon

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Bethany Head
Frank Heffernan

William Heinz
Karissa Henderson
Danielle Hritzak

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Prabhat Jain
Edmund J anosov
Daniel Jordan

Michelle Junker
Jill Kalariya
Edward Kamenas

Natalie Kazinetz
Jennifer Keegan
Matthew Kenney

Emily Klinetob
Tiffany Klotz
Neil Kocher

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Shannon Kotch
Kurt Kuklewicz
Kyle Kutney

Colleen Labor
Nicole Law
Kimberly Lawson

David Lewis
Mark Liberski
Luke Lindsey

Jodi Maciejczak
Stacy Malia
Erica Malik

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Brittany Maloney
Christopher Malzahn
Rosellen Marchese

Anaya Martinelli
Megan Martz
Daniel Matz

Michael McAndrew
Cindy McCoy
Anna McFadden

Jessica McMahon
Norma Medero
Taylor Megargel

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Robert Mercatili
Diane Milano
Gregory Miller

Erin Molnar
Peter Moore
Peter Morgan

Jordana Morris
Samantha Mulvihill
Kathryn Nadeau

Colin Nagy
Benjamin Nash
Felicia Nause

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Katie Nealon
Jeffrey Niemiec
Susanne O'shea

Jason Oziemina
Jessica Papinsick
Amanda Pascal

J ahmitza Perez
Lynsey Peters
Kaylie Petro

Amanda Petrosky
Jenny Pham
Kimberly Pham

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Fred Pierantoni
Ashley Polomchak
Matthew Price

Brooke Priest-Barney
Erin Schaeffer
Leeann Searfoss

Jordan Semar
Darla Sharp
Amanda Siarkievicz

Parneet Sidhu
Brittney Sines
Jason Slavoski

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Alyssa Slezak
Erik Smith
Jonathan Smith

Megan Smith
Scott Smith
Amanda Snyder

Amy Stancavage
Kyle Stump
Christa Sundberg

Erica Sundberg
Brian Switay
Brian Taylor

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Stephen Thomas
Amanda Tilley
Elisha Troup

Tara Vadella
Lacee Wagaman

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Joshua Walker
Erin Walters
Zhemin Wang

Brett Wank
Kristin Wempa
Kamara Wentz

Katie White
Nicholas Whitenight
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Jason Woloski
Amanda Woodle

Jenna Wynings
Ashley Yoder
Doreen Yori

Jaclyn Young
Jeffrey Zymblosky

The Staff of the Amnicola congradulates all of the graduates of the
class of 2010. We regret that not all students were able to submit
pictures for this book and we thank all those that did.

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�Editors Note:
As editor-in-chief of the 2009-2010 Amnicola Yearbook, I would like to extend
my thanks to the following members of the faculy staff and student body that
helped make this years book a sucess:
To Jamie Miller, in your first year taking over for Margie, I would say you learned
a lot, kept the coffee away from Guba and myself, took care of the numbers,
and helped us be us. Of course blaming Jesse when anything goes wrong may
have been the best advice I could have taught you. All that being said, the
yearbook would not of been the same with out you. You got us anything we
needed including a few free lunches when we needed them the most. Thanks
for trusting us with the keys to the $30,000 yearbook this past year so much
that you are letting us come back and do it again.
To my assiant editors: Michael Guba, and Nora Skochinsky. Guba as you know
we have officially seen it all, from the moments when all is well, to the moments
when we go, "what happened to the football photos." As with the 3 yearbooks
prior to this it is an honor to call you my right hand man and, with the exception
of the white spaces in the middle, all the work you have done for this book can
not be described in words. Nora, without you, Guba and I would not have been
able to keep from yelling at each other and the situations at hand. You truly are
the volume meter that keeps two high strung personalities in tone. Thanks so
much for picking up the slack when Guba and I needed you to do it the most.
To the rest of my staff that locked themselves in the office to finish the book
before finals, and with only meals and wiffle ball breaks to keep you cool.
James, Jesse, and Jason, It was a pleasure to work along side of you guys and I
am looking forward to working with you next year. To the only senior member
on staff, Amanda Siarkievicz, thank you for contributing to making your
yearbook a great one.

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Summer Orientation 6 8-6 9
Powder Puff Game 7 0-71
Homecoming Week 7 2-7 3
Homecoming Game 7 4-7 5
Homecoming Dance 76-77
Alumni Event 78-79
Casino Night 80-81
Winter Weekend 82-83
Block Party 84-85
Relay For Life 86-87
Spring Fling 88-89
Pool Expert 90-91
ASME Car Show 92-93
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�The Wilkes University men's and women's Cross Country team,
led by head coach Nick Wadas, and assistant coach Ken
Staub, had a very successful season. Both the men's and
women's teams were named to the All-Academic Team this
season. Not only have they proved themselves academically,
both the teams hosted the 2nd Colonels Run for Kids in Kirby
Park and donated some of the proceeds to Valley Santa,
which is an organization that provides gifts to children during
the holidays, where the teams have also volunteered. The
men's team came in second in the Dual versus Misericordia,
fourth in the King's College NEPA Classic, fifth in the Lebanon
Valley Invitational, fifth in the Belmont Classic, sixth in the East
Stroudsburg Invite and ninth in the MAC Championships. The
women's team came in second in the Dual versus Misericordia,
sixth in the King's College NEPA Classic, fifth in the Lebanon
Valley Invitational, sixth in the Belmont Classic, seventh in the
East Stroudsburg Invite and tenth in the MAC Championships.

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�Wilkes University's Men's Baseball team hada successful season, with an overall
record of 14-19 and a conference record of 6-15. The team was led by head
coach Joe Folek, graduate assistant Chris Mayerski and assistant coaches Jerry
Bavitz, Bob Klinetob and Jim Rhinehammer. The team split wins with cross-town
rivals King's this season, and ended the season with two wins against Delaware
Valley, ending a very good season. The team did not appear in the playoffs
this year, despite having some very impressive performances. The team is
losing seniors Trevin Jaggars, Jeremy Watson, Mike McAndrew and Randy
Dengler to graduation this year. The team is young, with plenty of time to
develop into a real powerhouse in the Freedom Conference.

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wins and 12 losses. With wins against Manhattanville, FDU-Florham,
Lebanon Valley, Delaware Valley, Baptist Bible, Marywood
University, John Jay Bloodhounds, Carthage, Lycoming College,
FDU-Florham,Penn College of Technology and PSU-Hazleton. The
honor roll includes students who are sophomore standing or higher
and have a cumulative average of 3.2 or higher and are also on
varsity level. Six members of the men's basketball team were
recognized: Greg Colucci, Mike Donatoni, Anthony Gabriel, Chris
Gulla, Kendall Hinze and Paul Huch.
Just after he received first team All-Freedom Conference
selection, senior forward Tom Kresge received two other regional
honors by both the ECAC and d3hoops.com. For his efforts, he was
named to the ECAC Division Ill South Men's Basketball third team, as
well as the d3hoops.com Middle Atlantic regional third team. The
senior averaged 17 .6 points and 8. 8 rebounds per contest for the
Colonels this past season, leading the team in both categories. He
helped lead the team to 13 wins this year.

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�The Wilkes Women Basketball Team finished the season at 3-22. The women's
basketball ball team was led by freshman Megan Kazmerski, whose 28 7 points
led the way for the Wilkes Lady Colonels. Down in the paint, the Lady Colonels
were lead by sophomore Lindsey Gosse, whose 45 blocks and 171 rebounds go
along with her 9.9 points per game average. The Lady Colonels Lyndsay Ellis led
them in team assists with 52, followed closely by Amanda Pawlowski who had
47 . As a team, the Lady Colonels had a field goal percentage of 34.5%, and
were lead by Megan Kazmerski, Lindsey Gosse, and Brittany Ely. Lyndsey Ellis
lead the Lady Colonels in 3-pt scoring shooting sinking 18-58 shoots for 31 % and
freshman Megan Kazmerski shot 85 threes in route to a 28 .2 percentage. The
Lady Colonels do not have one graduating player on this year's roster, and are
looking forward to getting things started off right next season.

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season this year, going 15-4 overall, 6-1 in the conference and
made an appearance in the ECAC Championship for the
second time in two seasons, losing to Hartwick in the first round.
They were led by head coach, Sara Myers, assistant coach
Lunda Comiskey and graduate assistant Kaitlyn Martin. There
were two stand-out freshman players this year, sisters Jenna
and Cassie DiSabatino, who combined for 23 goals and 24
assists all season. The sisters were named to the Division Ill
All-Rookie Team, and Jenna DiSabatino was named the 2009
ECAC Division Ill Mid-Atlantic Rookie of the Year. There were 4
players that received All-Freedom Conference first team: senior
Amanda Tilley, sophomore Lindsey Davenport, freshman Jenna
DiSabatino and freshman Cassie DiSabatino. Senior captain
Brittany Sines was also named to the All-Freedom Conference
second team. Senior Amanda Tilley was a large contributor on
a defense that allowed only 31 goals all season, and still scored
six goals from the backfield.

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�All around, it has been an exciting season for the Wilkes University football team.
Outside of placing second in the ECAC Division Ill South Atlantic Championship,
having a season record of 6-6, scoring twenty -seven touchdowns overall and
having more than three thousand total fans in attendance for the season; the
football team has seen several of their members receive quite prestigious
invitations this year. Firstly, three players, Corey Gilroy, Sean Madden, and
Gennaro Zangardi received invitations to EAST PREPS Pro Football Combine. The
EAST PREPS Pro Football Combine is an invitational event from which only the best
college football players from each NCAA athletic division receive an invitation.
Also, junior defensive back Kevin Gerhart was the first Wilkes University football
player in two years to be named to the ECAC Division Ill Southeast All-Star Team.
All, around the Wilkes University Colonels football team saw an amazing season.

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�The Wilkes University Golf team, led by head coach Guy Rothery
and assistant coach Mike Hirthler, had a successful season. They
came in third in a tri-match in Scranton against FDU-Fordham and
the University of Scranton, and came in third. In another tri-match
against Misericordia and DeSales, they came in third with junior
Brian Williams coming in third overalL shooting a 78. Sophomore
Noah Svoboda had an exciting moment this season when he hit a
hole-in-one at the Susquehanna Spring lnvitationaL where Wilkes
placed ninth. In a tri-meet against Misericordia and King's
College, Wilkes came in second, with junior Mike Turano finishing
in second place overall, shooting a 78. At the Freedom
Conference Championships, in the first round, Wilkes came in
third, and senior Sean Madden shot a 7 8, tying for seventh place
overall. The team ended up in fourth place in the Freedom
Conference Championships. The team had some fresh new
talent, with the addition of freshmen Brian Bedwick, Patrick
Goodwin, Jesse Logsden, Darren Mensch, and Mark Wallis. The
team will be graduating seniors Corey Gilroy, Sean Madden, and
Jeff Simpson.

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�Wilkes University's Women's Lacrosse team played their hearts out this
season, finishing with a 3-12 record overall, with a 1-11 record in the
conference. They were led by head coach Kammie Towey and graduate
assistant Ann Wisloski. Though the season may not have gone the way the
team wanted it to, this season was full of trials and tribulations that the team
overcame together . By pulling together, they beat cross-town rivals, King's
College in their last game of the season . Sophomore goalkeeper Cassie
Cronin set a school record in this game for the most saves recorded in a
game with 25 . This unstoppable goalie helped the team to victory against
the Monarchs. This season was full of close games that couldn't result in a
win for the team, but this team is very young with two seniors, Erica
Sundberg and Amanda Tilley graduating this year, leaving big voids to fill.

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DeSales University, Delaware Valley College, Eastern, FDU
Florham, SUSMS, Baptist Bible, Gwynedd-Mercy, and Marywood.
They had a total of 21 points scored this season and they had a
tie against King's with a score of 1-1. Wilkes University's Troy
Gibson was named to the All-Freedom Conference first team,
while midfielder Sean Vona and defender Arthur Jankowski
were named to second team voted in by coaches across the
league. Six Wilkes University men's soccer players were recently
named Honorable Mention through the National Soccer
Coaches Association of America having at least a 3.30
cumulative grade point average throughout their career,
excellent performances on and off the field, starting more than
50 percent of all games and were a significant contributor to
the team . For Wilkes, seniors Keith Gardiner, Troy Gibson, Arthur
Jankowski, Sean Vona and Greg Miller along with junior Tom
Joyce were selected.

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�The Wilkes University women's soccer team had a season record of 7-9-3. Three
Lady Colonels were selected to the All-Freedom Conference team in the 2009
season. Sophomores Katie Fissel and Lyndsey Ellis were selected to the first
team, while senior forward Julissa Reed was selected for the second team. This
summer, the team will be traveling to Brazil. Coach John Sumoski wants to give
the current players the opportunity to see a different culture, play some soccer,
and do some community service. "I had the opportunity to go to England when I
was in high school and the memories of that trip stayed with me. I want the
players in this program to have the opportunity to experience that," stated
Sumoski. This will not be the first trip for Coach Sumoski and the team. In 2005,
the team visited Belgium, Holland and Germany.

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good season, ending with a record of 12-22 overall, and
a record of 5-9 in the conference. The team was led by
head coach Frank Matthews, assistant coaches Tom
Dunsmuir and Phil Stortz. With many scheduled
doubleheaders this season, the team's efforts were
strong and tough. With dynamite pitching from junior
Lindsey Behrenhausen and senior Maureen Pelot, the
team won its doubleheader against King's convincingly,
with no hits by the Monarchs in either game. Gina
Stefanelli led the team in batting this year. Though the
season ended with two losses, the team is very young
with a lot of time to develop. The team is losing
seniors Maureen Pelot, Alyssa Ciesla and Gina
Stefanelli to graduation this year.

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Christopher Leicht and assistant coach Bobby Cozzillio had an outstanding
season this year with many highlights, not the least of which was a X-X overall
record. Some other main accomplishments of the men's tennis season were
their streak of nine straight wins to open the season, X shutout victories one
of which was over their rival King's College, a X-X record in the Freedom
Conference, and earning the number one seed in the Freedom Conference
championships. These accomplishments are especially impressive considering
the fact that five of this season's players are freshmen this year and new to
the team. Also, because they will not be losing and players to graduation this
year, the outlook for next year's team looks to be as bright as the success of
this year's team.

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coach Christopher Liecht and assistant coaches Bobby Cozzillio,
Alison McDonald, and Kristin Wilt had a phenomenal season. The
Lady Colonels had several significant achievements on the tennis
court this year beginning with a 13-4 overall record. The other
highlights of the women's tennis season were a seven match
winning streak, seven shutout victories, one of which was over their
rival the King's College Monarchs, a 6-0 record in the Freedom
Conference, and holding a 7-0 undefeated record on their home
courts. These accomplishments are an especially impressive task
considering the fact that four of the team's nine players are
freshman this year. Also, the Lady Colonels will be losing only one
tennis player, Xiaoqiao Zhang, to graduation this year. Xiaoqiao has
had an impressive collegiate tennis career filled with several
accomplishments, one being named three time first team
all-conference including Player of the Year her freshman season.
Xiaoqiao's shoes will be difficult to fill for the women's tennis team.
Overall, this has been a very important season for the Wilkes
University Colonels women's tennis team.

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Rizzo and graduate assistant Meredith Alexis had a successful season
with a final record of 16-11. Also, the Lady Colonels had a 4-3 record in
conference matches as well as a record of 4-3 on their home court. The
volleyball team also sent two players, junior Marissa Harrison and senior
LeeAnn Searfoss, to the All-Freedom Conference team, Harrison to first
team as an outside hitter and Searfoss to the second team as a setter.
The Lady Colonel's Volleyball team made it the semi-final round of the
Freedom Conference finals for the second season in a row. The Lady
Colonels will be losing two volleyball players to graduation this year,
LeeAnn Searfoss and Julie Page.

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�The men's wrestling team had a good year with a winning record
22 wins and 6 losses. They started their season with a win over Hunter,
with a score of 33-3. Then after winning the King's tournament with 195
points, they kept their streak rolling by betting NVU, Scranton, and
Centenary. Then, with a loss against Cortland State of 9-21, they got
there streak back by beating 4 opponents with a big tournament win at
the Messiah-Petrofes Invitational with 146 points. With 2 losses against
Ithaca and one against Kutztown, they still came back by winning
against The College of New Jersey.
Wilkes placed 2nd at Metros with Seniors Frank Heffernan and Zach
Pizarro each winning their respective weight classes, and at 149,
Anthony Dattolo would eventually fall to Tye Boyer of Elizabethtown 4-2
in the final bout. In the heavyweight division, Andrew Feldman would
eventually fall to Ed Broderick of TCNJ 7-5 in overtime. At 165, Ben
Marich also picked up two pins and would eventually place third in his
weight class. Freshman Scott Mantua would eventually fall to
top-seeded and nationally-ranked Tyler Erdman of Elizabethtown. Ending
a 2nd straight amazing year the senior of the year, Zack Pizarro, had a
big win in the conference by placing first and taking 5th at the NCAA
Championships at 197. Also going to NCAA was Frank Heffernan who
placed 7th last year.

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To the Class of 2009:
Congratulations to you!
The world awaits your talent and ambition. You'll experience a much
"flatter" world than your parents encountered as they reached adulthood.
Societies and economies intertwine like never before in oour history.
You have demonstrated the intellect and tenacity to earn you degree.
We're proud of you and your accomplishments. We hope you employ
the knowledge and experiences you've gained at Wilkes to make this
world a better place, whether in big ways or small ways.
I hope as you prepare to move on, you'll take some time to reflect on
and thank those who have contributed to your college experience: the
faculty-mentors and staff who've steered you through Wilkes; parents,
scholarship donors and others who may have helped financially; and the
friends and family who offered guidance and support.
Remember that through your baccalaureate studies at Wilkes come to a
close, the need for learning has not. You'll encounter new people, new
technology and new challenges throughout life. Whether formal or not,
the need for education never ends.
I urge you to stay connected with Wilkes, wherever life takes yoou. The
Alumni Association is here for you, working to keep you in touch with
friends and faculty, and looks forward to welcoming you. And as you
attain levels of success, we hope you'll remember your university and
seeks ways to give future generations the same access to an outstanding
education as you've enjoyed.
My wife, Patty, and I join in wishing you well as you venture into life.
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David C. Lewis
Junior English/Communications major with
Education minor
Why did you try out to be the colonel?
I tried out to be the Colonel because I like the idea of having a
secret identity. Unfortunately its not a secret anymore, but its still
cool to pretend.

What is the best quality you bring to the colonel?
The best quality I bring to the Colonel is my ability to put 100%
effort into every gig I am involved in, even if it means I am
sweating through the costume and onto people.

Emilee Strubeck
Junior Elementary Education/English/ESL majo

What is your favorite thing about being the colonel?
My favorite thing about being the Colonel is seeing people's
facial expressions due to seeing the Colonel. Humans don't
receive the same reactions as mascots get.

What sporting event is your favorite to be at as the
colonel?

Why did you try out to be the colonel?
Because everything about being a mascot perfectly reflects my
personality, and apparently the judges I tried out in front of thoug
so too.

What is the best quality you bring to the colonel?

Football games were my favorite venues to play Colonel for.
There was alot of room mess around.

I think I connect with the young crowd the best because of my
ability to work well with kids ... hence my major (El. Ed.).

Would you be the colonel again next year and why?

What is your favorite thing about being the colonel?

I would like to pass the Colonel on to future students who want
to see Wilkes University through the eyes of its mascot. My class
schedule is looking quite dense next year and I doubt I will be
able to fit Colonel gigs in. However, if by a stroke of luck I find a
way to continue being the Colonel, I would do it all over again!

Being able to do whatever I want while in the costume ... within
reason of course. For example, I have sat behind the desk at the
UCOM and "talked" on the phone, gone into the kitchen in the
cafeteria, and danced in the middle of the endzone DURING a
football game. I wouldn't be able to do any of that as Emilee
Strubeck.

What sporting event is your favorite to be at as the colonel?
I like basketball ... mostly because I've played basketball all my life,
and I feel most comfortable there.

Would you be the colonel again next year and why?

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Jason Woloski
Junior Biochemistry major
Why did you try out to be the colonel?
I have always enjoyed making people laugh. In the past, I have dressed up
as Elmo and Tigger for many local parades. I knew, therefore, that stepping
into the role of "The Colonel" would provide me an outlet to express my
enthusiasm and school spirit and help me put a smile on the face of others.

What is the best quality you bring to the colonel?

:ion/English/ESL major

I believe I help the Colonel achieve a personality, which , in turn, has
helped people personally relate to the Colonel. For example, I love to
dress the Colonel for holidays by having him wear a Santa hat around the
Christmas season, a heart necklace for Valentine's Day, and even
suspenders, a tie, and a leprechaun hat for St. Patrick's Day. This helps
people see that behind all those muscles, the Colonel is still warm and
lovable.

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vorite to be at as the colonel?
've played basketball all my life,

What is your favorite thing about being the colonel?
My favorite thing about being the Colonel is the abi lity to lose one's sense
of "self" and transform into a new identity. After all, only the Colonel can
get away with spraying public safety officers with silly string or shining a
spectator's bald head with his glove!

What sporting event is your favorite to be at as the colonel?
Basketball games are top on my list. The Colonel is able to stand and cheer
directly behind the basket with the cheerleaders, only feet away from the live
action of the game. The Colonel takes part in the half time stunts with the
cheerleaders and interacts closely with spectators who are in the gymnasium;
and when a bad call is made in the game, the Colonel can point at the
referees and show them that he means business.
Would you be the colonel again next year and why?
I would definitely be the Colone l another year. Especially since next year is
my senior year, I want to continue to represent the University and spark
excitement on campus. This past year has been a truly extraord inary
experience, allowing me to witness first-hand the major role a mascot plays
in campus activities and sporting events, as well as in the community. I
hope to expand even further the Colonel's impact next year!

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Team in 13 years. Both team participated in 8 meets throughout their season.
The team competed in their first meet at the NEPA Classic hosted by King's
College. The men's team came in 8th and the women's team could not score due
to only having four runners for the meet. Their second meet was the Ursinus
Invitational where the men came in 7th and the women came in 5th. Their third
meet was the Cedar Crest Invite where the men came in 9th and the women 7th.
Their fourth meet was the Misericordia Invitational where once again the men
came in 9th and the women 7th. Their fifth meet was a dual meet against King's
College held at Kirby Park. Both men's teams participated but on the Wilkes
women's team competed. The sixth meet was the Battle for the Buggy Invite
where the men came in 15th and the women 12th. Their 7th meet was the MAC
Championship where the men finished 12th overall and the women only had fou r
runners so did not score in the overall competition. Finally their eight meet was
the NCAA Mid-East Regional where the men finished 41 st overall and the wom en
finished 38th overall.
Seniors Tom Larrabee and Christina Yesu and sophomore Alexander
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record of 29 wins and 12 losses. The team had a very rewarding
season leading them all the way to the ECAC Baseball
Championship.
The season started off ok with a win and a loss against St.
Mary's. Then the boys had 3 wins and 1 loss during the Ripken
Experience which was held in Myrtle Beach, SC. The team was then
on a winning streak for the next 7 games in a row. The streak then
broke with the loss against Manhattanville 7-9. They came back
aga in though with another winning streak for the next 6 straight
games. Then again came another loss to Manhattanville 4-17. The
team won the next three games and lost the next two to Alvernia
and Delaware Valley. They ended the regular season winning their
last two games against Marywood and Scranton. The team lost both
games of the Freedom Conference Tournament against Alvernia and
Manhattanville. They made it to the ECAC Baseball Championship
where they lost in a close game to Wesley 9-10.

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�The Men's Basketball Team finished the year off with an overall
record of 15-11 and 10-6 in conference.
The Colonels got off to an impressive 2-0 start before suffering the
first loss of the season in a close 1 point margin of defeat. Chris DeRojas
lead the Colonels with a 37 point performance verus Alvernia that featured
him making 7 three-point shots. Chris DeRojas would also lead the
colonels with 17.2 points pergame average for the year. Season rebound
leaders included Tom Kresge and Steve Kline with 218 and 177 total
rebounds respectively. Steve Kline ended the season scoring his 1000th
point and making 500 rebound club while playing DeSale's.
For the season Wilkes outscored it's opponents showing strong
second half performances overall. The teams biggest victory of the season
came by sweeping cross town rival Kings. Over the last ten minutes the
Colonels lead by over 10 points.
Players John DeFeo, Anthony Gabriel, Chris Gulla and Josh Pstrak
were all named to the MASCAC Winter Academic Honor Roll for their
performances both on the court and in the classroom.

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season with a final record of 11 wins and 13 losses.
The season started off strong with wins against
Arcadia and PSU-Hazelton. The next two back to back
wins were against Eastern and Keystone and then
Fdu-Florham and Delaware Valley after that. The team
then had three losses followed by two more back to
back wins against Eastern and King's. The team then
suffered five losses in a row but came back to win the
fi nal game of the season against Misericordia 49-43.
The team was lead by head coach Rachel
Hartung Emmerthal, graduate assistant Kirby Lutz, and
assistant coach Jennifer Everett.
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of 16 wins and 2 losses in their normal season. They participated in the Freedom
Conference Tournament. They played their first game of the tournament against
King's College and won with a score of 1-0. In the second game, Wilkes hosted
Eastern University at their home field but feel a bit short of expectations with a
loss (2-1). The field hockey team also participated in the ECAC Tournament. They
won their first game at Artillary Park against Washington &amp; Jefferson College, 2-1.
Then three days later the girls lost to Kean University, 3-4. So the girls completed
their season with a record of 18-4 overall.
Junior Brittany Sines (Afton, N.Y./Afton Central) was named by the The
Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Corporation to its annual sportsmanship
teams for the fall 2008 conference sports. These teams include a player from each
conference school who has demonstrated exceptional sportsmanship through their
actions on and off the field during the season. The players are selected by the
players and coaches from their respective schools.
Six members of the team were named to the 2008 Middle Atlantic States
Collegiate Athletic Corporation Fall Academic Honor Roll. Those girls are: seniors
Alyssa Koncelik, Devon McKay and Diana Wright, juniors Jennifer Keegan and
Kim Baldino and sophomore Angela Passamonte.
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final record of 4 wins and 6 losses. They were 2 - 3 at home and

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The season sis not start off well for the Colonels, they lost
their first 4 games against Muhlenberg (21-34), Montclair State

(6-13), Christopher Newport (20-21 ), and Lebanon Valley (21-28).
The Colonels then came back winning the next two games
against FDU-Florham (24-14) and Lycoming (27-13). The were up
and down for the rest of the season with a loss against Albright

(10-17), a win against rival King's (21-3), a loss against Delaware
Valley (20-28), and a final game win against Widener (30-27).
Players Justin Friedel, Ryan Pepper, Mario Della Fortuna,
Josh George, Eli Hollock, Gennaro Zangardi, Anthony Dorunda,
and Joseph Lemoncelli were all named to the 2008 Middle
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Freedom Conference Tournament.
The team participated in eight tournaments throughout their
regular season. In the first two tournaments, they came in 14th out of
20 in the Moravian Invitational and 3rd out of 18 in the Susquehanna
Invitational. The rest of the season was a mix of high and low ranks
but the team had a strong showing in the opening round of the
Freedom Conference Championships on Sunday afternoon. The team
posted a team score of 328 (+40) at Blue Ridge Country Club in
Harrisburg. The Colonels then sat in third place, just one stroke
behind second place King's College and 12 strokes behind leader
FDU-Florham.
The team was lead by head coach Mike Hirthler and assistant
coach Guy Rothery. Players consisted of seniors Jamie Montville and
Matthew Nagar, sophomores Sean Madden, Michael Turano, and
freshman Mark Buonomo, Jonathan Nagar, and Douglas Taylor.
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with five returning players as well as welcoming to the
squad 13 others, including 11 freshmen.
Head Coach Kammie Studley stated early on, "With
the players we have returning as well as who we have
joining the team, we will be much more versatile. We have
a lot more depth this year on both sides of the ball and I
think we will be able to win the close games that we
couldn't last season."
Brittany Hodnik and Melissa Polchinski were amongst
the top players during this season, both reaching the
school's record-setting 100-point benchmark. The Lady
Colonels concluded their record-breaking season with a 9-8
overall record and 4-7 mark in league play, both of which
set new school benchmarks for the team.

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with an overall record of 11 wins, 8 losses, and 3 ties. The started off the season on the
right foot with a win against Ursinus, 3-0. The then lost their next to games against
Aracadia and Messiah but then came back strong winning the next two games 2-0
against Muhlenberg and Widener. The team then took another hit with two more losses
against Dickinson and Elizabethtown but once again came back with two wins against
Baptist Bible, 5-0, and Manhattanville, 3-0. The team then bounced up and down for
the rest of the season but ended the regular season with a win against FDU-Florham,
4-2. The soccer team made it into both the Freedom Conference Tournament as well as
the ECAC Tournament. In the Freedom Conference Tournament, they won their first
game against Manhattanville 2-0 and then tied their second game against Misericordia

1-1. In the ECAC Tournament they won the first game during overtime against
PSU-Behrend but lost in the second game against King's 0-4.
This year the Men's Soccer team landed four of its player to the Freedom
All-Conference Team: junior midfielder Sean Vona and junior defender Arthur
Jankowski were named to the first team while junior forward Greg Miller and
sophomore midfielder Doug Moore grabbed spots on the second team. They also
named 7 players to the 2008 Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Corporation Fall
Academic Honor Roll: juniors Greg Miller, Sean Vona, Arthur Jankowski, Troy Gibson
and Keith Gardiner and sophomores Tom Joyce and Matt Sankey.
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overall record of 10 wins, 10 losses, and 1 tie. They started off the
season with a win against Clarkson 4-0 but then fell short in the
next two games against St. Lawrence and Messiah. They came back
strong after their losses with wins against Marywood and Smith but
once again fell a bit short with losses the following two games
against Scranton and Moravian. Even though they struggled, the
girls managed to win their last four games against Alvernia, King's,
Misericordia, and FDU-Florham. The girls managed to make it to
the Freedom Conference Tournament where they won their first
game against DeSales 2-1 but lost the second game to Eastern 0-6.
This year, the Women's Soccer team named five girls to the

2008 Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Corporation Fall
Academic Honor Roll: seniors Jessica Berkey and Lauren Cirilli,
junior Ashley Deemie and sophomores Alison Weidman and Taryn
Hallowell.

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�The Wilkes Girls Softball team came out this year 18-21 with their longest
winning streak being 4 games. The team played 13 games on their home field at
Ralston, and 26 away games. The girls team won 6 games at home and lost 7. Of
their away games they came out 9-9 and at the neutral game sites they managed 3-5.
Attendance was high no matter where the games were held, averaging 76 people at
the 39 different games.
Within the Freedom Conference the girls came out 10-6, so an overall good
season. The last game of the season versus Kings College, our Wilkes team lost only
slightly 2-3 thus ending the season at 18-21. The girls were lead by head coach Frank
Matthews, assistant coach Phil Stortz and Tome Dunsmuir, and their graduate
assistant Katie Orr.
Wilkes Junior Gina Stefanelli was named to the All-Freedom conference first
team and voted player of the year for the second year in a row. Seniors Melisa
Sarcone and Erin Plank and sophomore Lindsay Behrenshausen were named for the
second team.
The team played each college twice and won some hard games during the
season versus UVA Wise, Peace College, Shenandoah, Lycoming twice, Desales,
Scranton, Misericordia, FDU Florham twice, Easton University twice, Kings once
Manhattanville twice, Lebanon Valley, Alvernia University, and William Paterson.

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an overall record of 16 wins and 1 loss. The team made it to
the Freedom Conference Tournament as well as the MAC
Individual Tournament.
The team was on fire winning games back to back
against teams such as Marywood, Misericordia, Alvernia,
DeSales, and Moravian just to name a few. There one and
only loss came on April 9th when the colonels player
Manhattanville at their home court with a final score of 1-8.
The colonels took wins at both games during the Freedom
Conference Tournament against King's College (5-0) and
Manhattanville (5-3) which won them the title 2008-2009
Men's Freedom Conference Champs.
The team was lead by head coach Chris Leicht and
assistant coach Bobby Cozillio.

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coming out undefeated with a final record of 17-0. The team
also made it to the Freedom Conference tournament as well
as MAC Individual Tournament.
The team player one of their best seasons ever against
teams such as Labanon Valley, Eastern, Lycoming,
Misericordia, and Albright just to name some. Out of their

1 7 winning games, 12 of those games were complete shut
outs. There closest winning game was against Lebanon
Valley with a score of 5-4. The team won both freedom
Conference Tournament games against Alvernia and
Misericordia 5-0.
The team was lead by head coach Chris Leicht and
assistant coach Bobby Cozillio.
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season with the King's Tournament and after six games they were
even with three wins and three losses. Next came the Scranton
Tournament and after seven more games they had eight losses and
five wins. The Elizabethtown Tournament was next and after six
more games, the girls had eleven losses and eight wins. The last
regular season tournament was the Cortland Tournament which
consisted of eleven games. The girls completed the regular season
with 19 losses and 11 wins. The girls made it to the Freedom
Conference Tournament where they won their first game against
King's 3-1 but lost the second game to Eastern 0-3.
This year the Women's Volleyball team named four girls to
the 2008 Middle Atlantic States Collegiate Athletic Corporation
Fall Academic Honor Roll: senior Katherine Harrington, juniors
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the Metropolitian Championships as well as the NCAA
Championships.
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King's Tournament and winning their first 6 games. They then
came in 1st in the Messiah Petrofes Tournament and tied the next
game 18-18 against Oneonta. They won their next game against
Gettysburg but then lost the next to games to Merchant Marine
and Wisconsin-Lacrosse. The following three games were winners
against Case Western, Lycoming, and John Carroll. The teams'
next winning streak was four games in a row against Gettysburg,
Kutztown, Plymouth State, and Elizabethtown. The ended their
regular season with a win against King's 29-9.
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�In Loving Memory of a Teacher, Fellow Faculty
Member, and Most Importantly a Friend,

Matthew/. Zukoski

On January 31, 20(
of Dr. Matthew J. Zukas~
To many students,
down River Street on his
helmet, step off his bike,
computer science studer
met in passing with a qu
a little bit better.
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your project at 2 in the r
needed help with somet
you to stop by at 10pm ,
River Street late at night
to him whether it was hE
would work independer
could order us a pizza, c
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professor.
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May 15, 1964 -- January 31, 2009

On January 31, 2009, the Wilkes community was shocked by the sudden and unexpected passing
of Dr. Matthew J. Zukoski, associate professor of computer science.
To many students, he was a course instructor and an advisor. To others, he was the man peddling
down River Street on his bicycle, five minutes late for class, who had the amazing ability to take off his
helmet, step off his bike, and begin walking all at the same time. But regardless of whether you were a
computer science student who he advised and had for half a dozen classes, or a student who he just
, met in passing with a quick "hello", he was a friend who would do anything to make your day even just
a little bit better.
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He always put his students first, no matter what else he had going on. If you needed help with
your project at 2 in the morning, you could email him and have a reply within half an hour. If you
needed help with something but you were unavailable throughout the day, he didn't care; he'd just tell
you to stop by at 10pm when you were finished with your classes. It was more unusual to go down
I River Street late at night and see that his office light was off than it was to see it on. It didn't even matter
) to him whether it was help with one of his classes or a class taught by somebody else. Even as students
would work independently through meals in the computer lab, he would always stop by and ask if he
could order us a pizza, or even bring in a loaf of bread and cheese, and offer to make toasted cheese
sandwiches for us. He went above and beyond what any student on campus could expect of a
professor.
It was this unique relationship with his students that made him one of the most likeable professor
to students, regardless of the fact that he used candy as a bribe on the days when he distributed SRS
I forms every semester.
It seems as though he was never without a giant grin on his face. He always gave the impression
that no matter what was happening, it wasn't worth getting upset over, and that it could be fixed. It was
this enthusiastic, joyful outlook on life that he tried to spread to everybody around him. To his
colleagues, to his students, to his family, or even to strangers he passed on the street.

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Ahmed Alahmari
Instructional Technology
Ahmad Aldrees
Electrical Engineering

Majed Ali
Instructional Technology
Amy Lyn Allen
Nursing
Mohammed Alshaikhi
Instructional Technology

Abdullah Altamimi
Instructional Technology
Natalie Apellaniz
Education
Matthew Archey
Mechanical
Engineering/Physics

Tracy Bailey
Business/Accounting
Jaime Baldoni
Elementary IEarly
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Carolyn Bartczak
Nursing

Khadija Bates
Criminology
Jeffrey Bauman
Biology/Chemistry
Michael Beil
Philosophy IHistory

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Mechanical Engineering
Jessica Berkey
Spanish
Education/Psych/ESL
Archana Bhatt
Biology/Chemistry

Lauren Biernacki
Communications
Randy Bookwalter
Biology/Chemistry
Christine Barchick
Musical Theatre

Johnathan Botch
Accounting
Gina Bove
Communications
Sarah Boyd
Nursing

Zachary Brady
History/Political Science
Eryn Briggs
Pharmacy
Erin Brown
Nursing

Megan Bucher
Biology I Chemistry
Melissa Bugdal
English
Jennifer Bullock
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Math Education
Kristina Burke
Pharmacy
Holly Burleson
Nursing

Ashley Campanicki
Criminology/
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Alessandra Carita
Communications/
Business
Ashely Carter
Nursing

Anthony Carvale
Communications/History
Amanda Cawley
Communications/
Spanish/Marketing
Brian Chapman
Mechanical Engineering

Daniel Cheek
Business Administration
Lauren Cirilli
Business Adminl
Marketing
Courtney Connor
Neuroscience

Meredith Conrad
Nursing
Sarah Coyle
Nursing
K-C-Ann Creque
Biology/Chemistry

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Pharmacy
Kristen Curry
Earth &amp; Environmental
Sciences/Biology
Emily Dalton
Criminology I Sociology

Kathleen Dalton
Communications/English
Brandy Daly
Nursing
Ashley Davison
Business Administration!
Entrepreneurship

Y ohanna De Los Santos
Maria
Communications/
Business Administration
Katherine Debias
Elementary Education
John Defeo
Accounting

Mario Dellafortuna
Biology Education
Corey Delvecchio
Mathematics/Statistics
Kyle Devlin
Pharmacy

Lili Dibai
Spanish Education
Melissa Digioia
Nursing
Angelo Dileo
Communications/Public
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History
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Kevin Drakes
Business Administration/
Entrepreneurship
Amanda Drum
Nursing

Andrew Durako
Accounting
Christine Durdach
Pharmacy
Nicholas Ebert
Business Administration

Joel Eckelmann
Computer Science
John Edler
Criminology/
Sociology/Psychology
Sarah Elliott
Business Administration/
Marketing

Janine Ely
Nursing
Jillian Englesbe
Business Administration/
Marketing
Kevin Fahey
Pharmacy

Tanya Feiertag
Sociology I Psychology
Steve Felter
History
Patricia Fenton
Psychology

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Kerry Finnerty
Nursing
Nick Fisher
Pharmacy

Trudylee Fisher
Nursing
Caitlin Flaherty
Pharmacy
Keri Frank
Nursing

Rich Frantz
Pharmacy
Christina Galella
Education
Ryan Gallager
Elementary
Education/Mathematics

Monica Gehret
Pharmacy
Jessica Gentile
Nursing
Joshua George
Marketing

Peter George
Electrical
Engineering/Physics
Benjamin Gerhart
Mechanical
Engineering/Physics
Lauren Goff
Elementary
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History
Jonathan Gonsky
Sociology
Charles Gravener
Biology/Art

Joseph Graziano
Business Administration!
Marketing
Michael Griesemer
Biology/Chemistry
Evonne Groody
Nursing

George Haleem
Biology
Candice Halliday
Communications/Political
Science
Joshua Hamilton
Psychology

Tabitha Hapeman
Nursing
Kyle-Rhys Hatcher
Computer Science
Shlomo Hecht
Computer Science

Sara Heckman
Math Education
Melissa Heisel
Nursing
Kathryn Hilaire
Nursing

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Criminology/Psychology
Sean Hoppock
Criminology/Sociology
Virginia Hults
English!Art

Alexandra Ingram
Elementray &amp; Special
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Andrew Jackloski
Criminology
Joshua Jaworski
Environmental Science

Matthew Jones
Mechanical Engineering
Melissa Jones
Biology/Dance
James Juice
Biology

Andrew Julian
Biology/Chemistry
Amber Kaminski
Nursing
Amanda Karaffa
Chemistry Education

Cybill Kelchner
Nursing
Krishna Kinariwala
Business Administration!
Chemistry/Marketing
Brianne Kline
Nursing

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Pharmacy I Psychology
Andrea Kocher
Nursing
Alyssa Koncelik
Integrative
Media/ Communications

Gregory Koneschusky
Mechanical
Engineering/Physics
Nicole Kosloski
Businees Administration
Alicia Kravetz
Nursing

Bruce Krell
Business Administration
Allison Kulik
Communications/
Business
Amanda Kunkel
Education

Brian Lang
Mechanical Engineering
Stephanie Langner
Elementary Education/
Music
Thomas Larrabee
Computer Science

Elizabeth Lewis
Accounting/
Entrepreneurship
Alissa Lindner
Communications
Jake Mancuso
Biology

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Communications/Political
Science
Veronica Marzonie
Nursing
Alicia Mattioli
Criminology/
Psychology I Sociology

Devon McKay
Elementary &amp; Special
Education / Reading
Nicholas Metrus
Biology
Amanda Michaud
Psychology INeuroscience

Edward Miller
Accounting
N afissatou Mizin-Yawa
Environmental
Engineering
James Moeller
AccountingI Businees
Administration/
Entrepreneurship

Jamie Montville
Mechanical
Engineering/Physics
Sean Moyer
Marketing
Farrah Munir
Biology/Chemistry

Megan Murphy
Accounting
Pat Nardone
Theatre/DancelBusiness
Michelle N enish
Nursing

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Biology
Christopher Noll
History/Women's Studies
Valerie Nunes
Nursing/ Psychology

Jessica Otway
Sociology!
Crimi no logy I Psychology
Krista Overstrom
Nursing
Michelle Pace
AccountingI Businees
Administration

Christopher
Papayannakos
Biology/Chemistry
Sheldon Paprota
Political
Science/Economics
Erin Parry
Psychology

Kelly Patchell
Psychology
Kinjal Patel
Pharmacy
Payal Patel
Pharmacy

Joshua Pauling
Nursing
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Business Administration

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Biology INeuroscience

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Psychology
Nicole Popek
Psychology
Kristen Potsko
Spanish Education

Michelle Pribula
Pharmacy
Jason Prushinski
Earth &amp; Environmental
Science &amp; Special
Education
Gregory Pstrak
Business Administration

Stefane Reigel
Biology I Chemistry I
Neuroscience
Ryan Resanovich
History/Womens Studies
Kyle Riedinger
Integrative Media

Sarah Rodriguez
Nursing
Vanessa Russick
Nursing
Ashley Ryan
Biology

Lindsey Sabol
Psychology INeuroscience I
Biology
Nitasa Sahu
Nursing/Spanish
Asya Saleh
Nursing/Sociology

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Nursing
Carl Santana
History/Women's Studies
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like to extend my gratitude to the following people who have been a part of
making the yearbook a success:
I would like to thank Margy Sromovski, our yearbook advisor, for all of
her assistant throughout the year. Without her, the yearbook would not be
what it has become today. You are always there with encouragement,
thoughtfulness, and even food. It is all greatly appreciated.
I would like to thank my senior yearbook staff members,
Lili Dibai and Palak Sutaria
for all of the help over the past four years. It's been a great journey with
many ups, downs, and snowman ice cream cakes but we had a blast!
I would like to thank the rest of my staff,
Santino Gabos, Michael Guba, Michael Skumanick,
Bethany Yamrick and Jessica Zubey
for without them we could not have put together such an outstanding book
and in such a short amount of time compared to other years. I wish the
2009-2010 staff the best of luck next year under their new Editor-in-Chief,
Santino Gabos! Push hard, strive for the best, and you can achieve anything!
I would also like to thank the staff, faculty, marketing, students, alumni,
clubs and organizations of Wilkes University for helping us create a
wonderful book. Without your help, the book would not be in existence.
To the Class of 2009, I wish all of you the best of luck in the future!
Congratulations, you are officially an Alumni of Wilkes University!
To anyone I may have forgotten, THANK YOU!!

-Amarufa Karaffa

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The world awaits your talent and ambition. You'll experience a much
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history.
You have demonstrated the intellect and tenacity to earn your degree.
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but they still find
time to hang out
with friends to
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�Around the World
How do you say Welcome?

People From all Over the
World enjoy coffee and
conversation at The
Global Coffee Hour. It is
an event that is held on
Wednesday afternoons.

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No mateer where your from or what you believe, Wilkes is a
place to enjoy putting a whole new spin on Student Life.
It is all about building diversity around the campus.

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other in groups.

Many different dance styles were on display during the
performance. The routines ranged from hip-hop and jazz
to tap and ballet.

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A performance to remember. The
lights are shinning down on you.
Your preformance is
one to remember. The
practice pays off. The
stage is set and this is
the way you fill the
seats. Some are
beginners, some are
professionals, but they
are all there for one
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dedication. Not many people
can not do what these
perfarmers can, but
all can take part in
the atmosphere and
enjoy the spectacular
display. Some people
are just born to live

under the lights ...

Dance, Dance!!!

Many students show off there moves
on a warm spring night!

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�Summe, Ol'ientation ·
The theme of this years summer orientation was BRANCH OUT AT
WILKES. Orientation was held in two different sessions, the first was held on
June 24th &amp; 25th and the second was held on July 8th &amp; 9th. It was
coordinated by senior theater major Kaitlin Taber-Miller along with RA
assistants Sherri Homanko and David Sborz and the entire Student
Development Staff. This entire event was under the direction of Sharon
Castano who is in charge of the Orientation/Mentoring Program.
Students participated in several events throughout the two day event.
Students meet with their advisors, toured campus and dowtown Wilkes-Barre,
and listened to several lectures during the day. At night the students had many
options of activities such as casino games, bingo, strike a pose, a movie, and
much more. They even got to experience sleeping in a dorm for the first time.
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�HOMECOMING

PEP RALLY
Colonels of all ages came together during Homecoming Week to unify
in honor of their alma mater. This year, Wilkes University's Harvest Ball
Homecoming Week was filled with a plethora of fun-filled activities that
students and alumni alike enjoyed. From pumpkin painting to the Pep
Rally, each day brought an exciting twist to the Homecoming Season. The
Colonel-val Pep Rally, which took place on October 11, 2007, featured
carnival games, food, and music provided by "The Five Percent" whose lead
singer, Matt Ralph, also wore Blue and Gold with pride during his
collegiate years. Each of the fall sports teams were introduced and students
of all classes cheered as the athletes took bows on stage in the newly
remodeled Greenway.
This year's homecoming festivities were put together by Student
Government Corresponding Secretary Ellie Galiatsatos.
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Football -~Game

The Wilkes Colonel helped get
the crowd get pumped and cheer
throughout the game. The
Homecoming Court was
introduced during half time.
The 2007 Wilkes Homecoming
King and Queen were
Blaine Madera and
Dana Lehman.

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played their
homecoming football
game on Saturday,
October6, 2007
aganist FDU-Florham
and came out on top
with a 47-0 win.

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- Dance ---The Homecoming Harvest Ball took place
at Genetti's Hotel and Convention Center right
off of Public Square. The event was a huge
success. With pumpkins, haystacks, and corn
stalks galore to decorated the ouside and the
inside of the establishment. Students and
esteemed faculty members danced the night
away onFriday, October 12, 2007 with music
provided by All About Entertainment. This
event ended a week long series of events that
many students participated in. The event was
help by the Wilkes University Student
Government under the direction of
Corresponding Secretary Ellie Galiatsatos.
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Government hosted
event is held once a
semester. This year
though they have to
move the location to
the Marts Gym
because of the hugh
turn out. The event
keeps getting larger
every year. This years
Casino Night was
coordinated by the
Student Governement
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Heros. Events were scheduled Friday and Saturday
evening and Sunday Afternoon. The event was
greeted with a snowstorm on Friday and those
evening events were cancelled. But everything
pciked up the following day. All 8 teams conpeted
in a series of competitions from sports, to singing,
and collecting canned foods. After the completion
of Sunday's events, the team that came in first was
the PUNISHERS. This event was sponsored by
Wilkes University Student Governement and was
coordinated by Vice President Jef Bauman.

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Students begin to get ready for a
night of fun and support.
Students try to set up their tents despite a very
windy day!

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a hand to a few
animals who need a
little love!
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their time to help
children learn and
grow and donate
their time to help
those who have
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friend get in touch with their
creative sides!
Left: Two students donate
life by giving blood.

Above: Everyone loves to help,
whether it be with children or
digging in the ground!
Left: A student gets acquainted
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�BLOCK PARTY
Block party is one of the major events held at Wilkes
University. It is hosted by the Off Campus Council every year
during spring semester. Various games, different activities such as
the bull riding, a local band and free food are the major attractions
of this event. Students love this retreat during end of the semester
which is a great way for everyone to relaxation. More and more
students are coming to the block party every year, and who would
want to miss such a great opportunity to have fun under the sun ...

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enJoymg vanous
games hosted at the
block party.
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local band, The Five
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vs. Franciscan
13-1, 20-4
vs. Baruch
13-2
vs. Franciscan
18-7
vs. Manhattanville
10-5, 9-1, 13-1
vs. Scranton
10-5, 8-7
vs. Arcadia
9-6, 7-2, 5-4
vs.Keuka
11-9, 11-2
vs. FDU-Florham
16-8, 9-2, 14-3
vs. Marywood
20-15, 15-3
vs. King's
2-1, 1-0, 7-5
vs. Misericordia
19-6, 9-8
vs. Widener
13-5
vs. Delaware
Valley
14-6, 9-2, 4-2
vs. Baptist Bible
14-1
vs. DeSales
7-5, 3-4, 2-3
Record: 21-15 W•L
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Baseball team had a decent season with a
final record of 21 wins and 15 losses. The
team started off the season with win
aganist Moravian and Franciscan and
ended the season well with a win agani t
Scranton before the playoffs.
Three team members were named
to the All-Freedom Conference Team.
Senior outfielder Kyle Follweiler from
Slatington, PA was selected to the first
team and senior third baseman Chri
M ayerski from Swoyersville, PA and
Senior utility man Corey Helfrich from
Larksville, PA were both named to the
second team.
The team was led by head coach Joe
Folek, assistant head coach Bob Klinetob.
pitching coach Jerry Bavitz, and assistant
coaches Mike Toomey and Nate Lipton.
By: Amanda Karaffa

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the playoffs.
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was selected to the first
ior third baseman Chris
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nan Corey Helfrich from
were both named to the
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led by head coach Joe
head coach Bob Klinetob,
Jerry Bavitz, and assistant
'oomey and Nate Lipton.
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�Despite being a very youthful and relatively inexperienced
group, the 2007-2008 Men's Basketball team captured a MAC
post-season berth and finished with a winning record for the 16th
straight year. Sophomore Tommy Kresge led the colonels in both
scoring and rebounding while garnering a spot on the All-Conference
Team. Freshmen Chris DeRojas was second on the team in scoring
and was named the conference Rookie of the Year. The only
departing senior will be four-year player Matt Gould who inspired the
team with outstanding leadership and defensive intensity. The future
looks bright as a hungry group of key players return for 2008-2009.
-Head Coach Jerry Rickrode

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vs. Baptist Bible
83-70, 49-42

vs. Hunter

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ting record for the 16th
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t Gould who inspired the
ive intensity. The future
return for 2008-2009.
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vs.Susquehanna
74-72 (OT)

vs. William Paterson
47 . . 77

vs. Widener
55 . . 75

vs. Keystone
60-67

vs. Kean
52-67

vs. Tufts
84-73

vs. Misericordia
50-51

vs. King's
80-70, 58-71

vs. Lebanon Valley
47 ... 59

vs. DeSales
58-68, 61-71

vs. Arcadia
62-57, 55 .. 66

vs. Manhattanville
99-72, 81-92

vs. Delaware Valley
71-67, 100-67

vs. FDU.. Florham
79-54, 77-64

vs. Penn College
96-70

vs. DeSales
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The Wilkes University Lady Colonels basketball team struggled
through the 2007-2008 campaign. After dropping their first eight
decisions of the season, the women rebounded and put up a dominant
showing against Susquehanna, winning 65-42. Unfortunately, head
coach Rachel Hartung Emmerthal's club was unable to ride the
momentum from that victory and embarked on a season-high
thirteen-game losing streak. They snapped their skid on February 16th
when they downed Arcadia to earn their second win of the season.
Things could have turned out better for the Lady Colonels if they were
able to stay healthy. Katie Cappelloni, Lacey Andresen, and Ali Horn all
missed time this season due to injury. The team added freshmen Erin
Schneider and Brittany Ely midway through the season, but still finished
with a 2-23 record overall.

vs. Rhode Island
L 81·55

vs. Marywood
L 67-65

vs. Neumann
L 69·59

vs, Widener
L 69-48

vs. Lebanon Valley
L 69-60

vs. Elmira
L 63·45

vs. Misericordia
L 61-45

vs.Susquehanna
W 65-42

vs. Moravian
L 65·50

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vs. King's
L 71•43

vs. Elizabethtown
L 69·61

vs. Albright
L 68-46

vs. DeSales
L 69·40

vs. Arcadia Away
L 62•47

vs. Manhattanville
L 69•64

vs. Delaware Valley
L 77·64

vs. FDU·Florham
L 67-53

vs. DeSales
L 93•46

vs. Richard Stockton
L 61·51

vs. Delaware Valley
L 63·51

vs. Manhattanville
L 79·54

vs. Arcadia
W 68-63

vs. King's
L 76·47

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vs. Moravian
3-2
vs. William Paterson
0-2
vs. Goucher
3-0
vs. Widener
2-3
vs. Montclair State

1-2
vs. Elizabethtown
0-3
vs. Marywood

4-0

The Wilkes University Field Hockey Team
played a tough season ending with 8 wins and 11
losses. They started off strong with a win aganist
Moravian, but ended the season with a 2-0 loss to
FDU-Florham m the Freedom Conference
semi-final game.
Three of this year's team's players were
named to the All-Conference Teams. Senior
Lindsay Thomas of Wanamie, PA was named to
the first team, Junior defender Kerry Battersby of
Swedesboro, NJ and Junior forward Diana Wright
of Williamstown, NJ were named to the second
team.
The team was led by head coach Sara Myers
and assistant coaches Lisa Wasser and Lunda
Dickson.

vs. Cabrini
5-2

By: Amanda Karaffa

vs.Susquhanna
0-1
vs. Gwynedd-Mercy

1-2
vs. Philadelphia

4-3
vs. Manhattanville

3-1
vs. SUNY•Cortland

1-6
vs. FDU-Florham
0-1
vs. Delaware Valley
0-2
vs. FDU·Florham
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�The Wilkes football team won the Middle Atlantic Conference title last season and
fans had high hopes for them to march to another title during the 2007 campaign. Those
high hopes were dampened after the team kicked off the season with three straight
non-conference losses before earning its first win on the road at Lebanon Valley. The
Colonels earned their first home win of the season the following week after a 4 7-0
shellacking of FDU-Florham. Unfortunately, that was about as good as it would get for
the Colonels. The team lost three of its last five games, but did battle to impressive
victories against King's and Delaware Valley. The Colonels finished the season with a
4-6 record overall, but four of their six losses were by three or fewer points.
Wilkes Team members Kyle Follweiler, Jason Acquaye, Josh George, Drew
Letcavage, Jason Prushinski, and Corey Gilroywere named to the All-Middle Atlantic
Conference team.
Senior linebacker, Kyle Follweiler from Slatington, PA, was the Middle Atlantic
Conference Player of the Year, named AFCA All-American, an Aztec Bowl Participant,
made the D3football.com All-East and All-American teams, and was named to the first
team in the District II Academic All-American.
Senior quarterback, Al Karaffa from Scranton, PA, was named to the second team
in the District II Academic All-American and was an MASCAC Senior Scholar-Athlete.
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at the Wyoming Valley Country Club. The team was led by second-year
Wilkes head coach Mike Hirthler during the 2007-2008 season.

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�Under the direction of second-year coach Kammie Studley and first-year
graduate assistant Julia Steier, the Lady Colonels entered their sixth
season of varsity play. In the beginning of the 2008-09 season, Coach
Studley commented: "We have much higher expectations this season.
Not only do we have more talent, but we have a lot more experience,
which was something we lacked. Last year after a loss, our team would
struggle to recover since they did not have a feel for winning. However,
after our strong play in the fall, we have come together and the team is
the closest it has ever been." Throughout the season, the team relied on
their defense as one of their strong points this season. Senior Megan
Gabardi and junior Emily Dalton returned with another year of
experience under their belt to anchor the low part of the defense. Senior
Stacy Fimmano, the all-time leading scorer at Wilkes, also made the
transition from the midfield position to play goalie after the Lady
Colonels lost their starter in the fall. With the contributions of their
experienced returning players setting an example for the incoming
freshmen, the Lady Colonels ended their season with a 6-10 record, 1-7
in the MAC. This is a notable accomplishment, setting the highest
record the varsity Women's Lacrosse Team has ever achieved.

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�Despite a sluggish start to the season where the team lost it's
first three decisions, the Wilkes Men's Soccer team finished up the
season strong. They won their final five regular season games,
pushing their overall record to 11-6-1. Despite a 5-1 record in the
Freedom Conference, cross-town rival King's College
unceremoniously bounced the Colonels from the playoffs. The two
teams were engaged in a scoreless tie, but King's advanced on
penalty kicks.
Senior midfielder Andy Curry from Pennsburg, PA, who led
the Colonels in goals and assists during the 2007 season, was named
to the Mid-Atlantic Region third team. Along with Curry, fellow
players Jimmy Thomas, Greg Miller, Sean Vona, Arthur Jankowski,
TJ Baloga were named to All-Freedom Conference Teams.

Scoreboard
vs. Montclair 3·0
vs. William Patterson 2·0
vs. Muhlenburg 2·0
vs. Misericordia 3·2
vs. Widener 3·1
vs. Moravian 2·0
vs. Dickenson 5·0
vs. Elizabethtown 1 ·0
vs. Baptist Bible 2·0
vs. Lycoming 1· 1
vs. Rowan 1·0
vs. FDU•Florham 2·0
vs. DeSales 3·2
vs. Delaware Valley 5·2
vs. King's 2·1
vs. Scranton 2·0
vs. Manhattanville 3·0
vs. Arcadia 3·2
Record: 11 W 6 L

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Sept. 1 Nazareth
L 2-0

Sept. 2 Cortland
W 1-0

Sept. 6 Messiah
L 5-0

Sept. 8 Lebanon Valley
W 1-0

Sept. 11 Scranton
W 1-0

Sept. 15 Moravian

L 1-0
Sept. 18 Stevens I.T.
L 3-2
Sept. 23 New York
University

L 2-0
Sept. 26 Eastern
L 3-1
Sept. 29 Misericordia
W 2-0

Oct. 3 Susquehanna
W 2-0

Oct. 6 FOO-Florham
W 5-0

Oct. 9 DeSales
W 1-0

Oct. 13 Delaware Valley
W 2-1

Oct. 18 King's
W 2-0

Oct. 21 Rochester
L 4-0

Oct. 24 Manhattanville
L 1-0
Oct. 28 Arcadia
L 2-1
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Things were looking good for the Wilkes
women's soccer team. A 2-0 shutout of
Misericordia on September 29th sparked
a six-game win streak during which the
women outscored their opponents by a
combined score of 14-1. However, the
Lady Colonels couldn't maintain their
momentum in the final days of the
regular season. The ladies picked up their
last win of the season on October 18th
when they downed King's by a score of
2-0. The team skidded into the playoffs,
dropping three decisions in a row to
Rochester, Manhattanville, and Arcadia.
In the opening round of the playoffs, the
team had another shot at Arcadia but
were unable to beat the goaltender and
lost on penalty kicks.

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defensively. We need to
improve offensively from last
season in order to be more
successful. Our goals will
remain the same as they were
last season; we want to win 25
games and the Freedom
Conference championship."
The team worked toward their
goal not only with returning
players, but by utilizing the
new talent as well. The
Women's Softball team ended
with a 26-14 record, 4-8 in the
Freedom Conference.

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�Despite the loss offour starters in their
singles lineup, the Colonels tennis team put a
competitive squad on the court during the
2007-08 season. Coach Chris Leicht
commented in the beginning of the season:
"We are going to be young and inexperienced
this season but I still believe that we will be
very competitive. Kyle Ungvarsky is back at
the number-one position, where he posted a
winning record last season, so we are going to
need to rely on him. We also return Tom
Miller, who played out of the fifth and sixth
singles positions last year. He has worked very
hard during the off-season and should be able
to move up in the lineup."

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�Scoreboard
vs. Misericordia 7•2
vs. Marywood 9·0
vs. Bloomsburg 6·3
vs. FDU•Florham 9·0
vs. DeSales 5-4
vs. Lebanon Valley 7-2
vs. King's 9·0
vs. Lycoming 9·0
vs. Keystone 9·0
vs. Susquehanna 8· 1
vs. Manhattanville 8· 1
vs. Arcadia 9·0
vs. ESU 9·0
vs. Catholic 8· 1
vs. Lynchburg 9·0
vs. Elizabethtown 7·2
vs. Susquehanna 9•0
Recored: 18 W • 3 L
The Wilkes University Women's Tennis Team had a very
rewarding season with a record of 18 wins and 3 losses. They
started off the season with wins aganist Misericordia and
, Marywood fallowed by a loss aganist Bloomsburg. Then the girls
were on a winning streak coming on top for the next 12 games.
The girls made it to the Freedom Conference Playoffs and Finals.
The girls went on to winning their second straight Freedom
Conference crown with a 5-0 victory over King's.
Sophmore player Xiaoqiao Zhang from Warren Hills, New
Jersey, was named Freedom Conference Player of the Year and
I MASCAC # 1 Singles Champion.
I
Xiaoqiao Zhang, along with junior players Alison
McDonald from Duncannon, PA and Kristin Wilt from Milton,
PA were named to the All-Freedom Conference Team.
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�Scoreboard
vs. Misericordia 3-0
vs. Marywood 3-1
vs. Mt. St. Mary 3-1
vs. King's 3-0
vs. Susquehanna 3-0
vs. Misericordia 3-2
vs. Lycoming 3·1
vs. FDU·Florham 3·0
vs. Rowan 3-1
vs. Johns Hopkins 3-0
vs. Sentenary 3-0
vs. St. Lawrence 3-0
vs. Manhattanville 3·0
vs. Swarthmore 3•0
vs. St. Mary's 3-0
vs. Elizabethtown 3-0
vs. Lycoming 3-1
vs. Brooklyn 3·0
vs. Vassar 3-0
vs. DeSales 3 •0
vs. King's 3-0
vs. Baptist Bible 3-0
vs. St. Elizabeth 3-0
vs. Delaware Valley 3-2
vs. Albright 3· 1
vs. Marywood 3·0
vs. Scranton 3 -0
vs. Arcadia 3·2
vs. Kean 3-1
Recored: 12 W - 17 L

The Wilkes University
Women's Volleyball Team had a very
trying season finishing with a total of
12 wins and 17 losses. The ended the
season well though with a final game
win aganist Kean University. The
Lady Colonels had hopes of making
the Freedom Conference playoffs
until their game aganist Arcadia
University where they lost and
dropped their conference record to
2-4.
One of the Lady Colonels,
senior Kristen Linhart from
Zionsville, PA was named to the
All-Freedom Conference second
team in a balloting of the
conference's coaches. Kristen was a
middle hitter and ended her four year
Wilkes Volleyball record with 664
kills and 961 digs.
The Lady Colonels were lead
by head coach Alicia Orlowski and

�'he Wilkes University
's Volleyball Team had a very
~ason finishing with a total of
and 17 losses. The ended the
vell though with a final game
nist Kean University. The
)lonels had hopes of making
:dom Conference playoffs
~ir game aganist Arcadia
ity where they lost and
l their conference record to
•ne of the Lady Colonels,
Kristen Linhart from
lle, PA was named to the
:dom Conference second
a balloting of the
ice's coaches. Kristen was a
hitter and ended her four year
Volleyball record with 664
l 961 digs.
'he Lady Colonels were lead
coach Alicia Orlowski and

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�Scoreboard
vs. Scranton 41-7
vs. Oneonta 21-19
vs. Johnson &amp;.
Wales 22-19
vs. WPI 44-3
vs. Hunter 34-6
vs. Baldwin•
Wallace 40-3
vs. Centenary 24-9
vs. Wartburg 40-0
vs. Trinity 36·7
vs. Johns
Hoppkins 41-7
vs. Wisconsin 30-10
vs. Messiah 23-23
vs. Thiel 23-16
vs. York 25-13
vs. Muskingum 42-9
vs. Case Western
Reserve 32·9
vs. York 25-7
vs. Scranton 45-3
vs. Apprentice 45-3
vs. Delaware Valley
35-6
vs. Williams 18-15
vs. College of New
Jersey 20-18
vs. Wagner 42-1
vs. Princeton 34-14
vs. Ithaca 16-15
vs. Elizabethtown
20-15
vs. King's 26-18
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�The Wilkes University Wrestling Team had a very rewarding season with
a total of 19 wins and 7 losses. They started off the season a bit rocky but then
ended well winning the last two games aganist Elizabethtown and King's. They
also palced second in the King's and RIT tournments as well as the
Metropolitan Championships.
Two players, Erik Smith and Frank Heffernan, both attend the
NCAADivision III Championships. Both players fell to their opponents in the
first day of action.
The Wrestling Team along with the Men's Soccer team, spent a Sunday
morning cleaning up the highway at Blackman St. and Business 309. The
cleanup is part of the Turnpike Commission's "Sponsor a Highway" program.
Over 25 athletes were on hand to help with the project.
The team was lead by head coach Jon Laudenslager and assistant coaches
Rory Tobias, Mitch Marcks, and Alex Wilson.
By: Amanda Karaffa

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Biochemistry
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The time is finally here! Time to move on and
begin something exciting and new. College, the most
important time in someone's life has created the
foundation they need to begin the rest of their lives.
The most important building block in a person's
career started at Freshman Orientation and ended at
this bittersweet ceremony of accomplishment. What
was learned at Wilkes will always be the "keystone" or
the block that holds everything in your life in place.
With this key structure, anything is possible! So now
is the time! Throw up your hat, hug your friends, say
goodbye to your home of the last few years and begin '
to change the world! Wilkes has prepared you well,
so go out and be the best possible person you know
how to be. Remember what you were taught and
never forget where you came from ....

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ceramonies with
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his hat to express his
thoughts on
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Area is filled with empty
seats before student,
professors, family, and
friends arrive.
Right: A student was to
her family as she wait to
receive her diploma.

Above: President
Gilmore walks down the
isle toward the stage.
Right: Another student
expresses his thoughts on
the top of his cap.

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�Left: Brynn Beaver
receives a special
award for her
accomplishments.

Above: Students proceed toward the stage to
receive their diplomas.
Left: Students return to their seats after
receiving their diplomas.

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�Below: Two children show off their
sign to cheer on their daddy.
Right: President Gilmore
introduces the guest speaker.

Above: Students browse through
the commencement program before
it begins.

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special some01

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but this time with a special thanks to a
special someone.

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up and look around
the area before
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Above: Student read
through the programs
to follow along with
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people as the student
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taking their seats.

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�Class of 2008:
If there were ever a time to
dare,
To make a difference
To embark on something
worth doing
It is now.
Not for any grand cause,
necessarily But for something that tugs at
your heart
Something that is worth your
aspiration
Something that is your
dream.
You owe it to yourself
To make your days count.
Have fun. Dig deep. Stretch.

Dream big.
Know, though,
That things worth doing
Seldom come easy,
There will be times when you
want to
Turn around
Pack it up and call it quits
Those times tell you
That you are pushing yourself
And that you are not afraid to
learn by trying.
Persist.
Because with an idea,
Determination and the right
tools,
You can do great things.
Let your instincts, your
intellect
And let your heart guide you.

158

Wilkes University

Trust.
Believe in the incredible
power
Of the human mind
Of doing something that
makes a difference
Of working hard
Of laughing and hoping
Of lasting friends
Of all the things that will
cross your path
Next year
The start of something new
Brings the hope of
something great.
Anything is possible
There is only one you
And you will pass this way
but once.
Do it right.
-Author Unknown

appreciate all
year's entiry.
have never co
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throughout this
Amnicola sta
is today witho
this club. You
this and I can
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Congratulations and
Best of Luck!
The Amnicola Staff '07-'08

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appreciate all of the help that you have given me throughout this past
year's entiry. Without your help and guidance, this "dream" would
have never come true.
Margy, thank you for everything that you have done. Not only
throughout this past year, but throughout my four years on the
Amnicola staff with you. This book would have never become what it
is today without an advisor who has fought to bring back so much for
this club. You have put such a great amount of time and energy into
this and I can honestly say that within the past four years, this book
has trucly blossemed. This would have never happened without your
guidance.

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I would like to thank the Amnicola staff. I know that this year
was tough considering all of our milestones. Without each and every
one of you, the completion of the book would not have been possible.
I owe the dedication of this book to all of you.
To all of the staff, faculty, students, alumni, clubs and
organizations of the Wilkes University campus: thank you. I
appreciate all of the time that you have taken to write, call, send
pictures, as well as e-mails to myself, as well as Margy. You are my
extended staff and without you, the completion of the book would not
have been possible either. I applaud you for your efforts and would
like to thank you for everything that you do and have done for our
organization.
To anyone that I may have forgotten: thank you.
Alicia N. Valentin

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in tho biOB&amp;Phf of MOWliw
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fLuck!
a Staff '07-'08

Wilkes University

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�Wilkes University
Alumni Offic
84 West South Street
Wilkes-Barre, PA 18766

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