1980's

1980s

Nancy Arden Gage '80 M.S. COMDIS recently joined the East Greenwich, RI school department as a speech-language pathologist, having previously worked in the schools in East Providence. She is a Board-Recognized Fluency Specialist, specializing in the treatment of stuttering disorders. She and her husband, Wayne, live in East Providence. Their daughter, Lauren, is a graduate student at the University of Rhode Island. Their son, Chris, is a senior at the University of Delaware. Email: sptherapy@gmail.com (January 2010)

Wayne Barton '81 D.Ed. EDADM is the Director of Professional Accountability for Delaware's Department of Education. E-mail: wbarton@doe.k12.de.us (July 2006)

Wendie DiMatteo Holsinger '81 M.Ed. CN ED has been appointed co-chairwoman of Team Pennsylvania Foundation. She is also the CEO of ASK Foods in Palmyra. (July 2006)

Susan Evagash Miller '88 M.Ed. C&I Dr. Miller is Professor Emerita in the Department of Education at Point Park University in Pittsburgh. She has had a peer-reviewed paper published by the University of Oxford, Oxford, England. The paper featured the results of a study she created involving the use of contemporary and classic children's literature to help students distinguish between leaders and bullies. Last March, she was selected to present her findings to academics from around the world that have special interests in children's literature as they convened at Oxford for an Oxford Round Table Symposium.

Dr. Miller received a B.S. in business education from IUP and an Ed.D. in educational leadership from Duquesne University. In a career that spans more than 45 years, she has taught in elementary, secondary, and higher education settings. (January 2012)

Stephen Gambescia '86 M.Ed. C&I received a Master of Humanities with distinction from Tiffin University in OH. He is the assistant dean for academic affairs at Drexel University's College of Nursing and Health Professions. E-mail: sfg23@drexel.edu (June 2009)

Mary Freshwater Geib '88 M.Ed. CN ED is a middle school counselor for Brooke County Schools in West Virginia. She and her husband, Steven, live in Bridgeville, PA and have four young children. E-mail: maryfresh@yahoo.com (February 2008)

Barbara J. Green '80 Ph.D. CN ED founded a youth risk prevention and resiliency building program - Youth Health Connection - out of South Shore hospital, Weymouth, MA and now serves as Medical Director. She has been in private practice in Clinical Psychology for 26 years in Hingham, MA. E-mail: bjgreenphd@aol.com (December 2009)

James T. Harris '88 D.Ed. HI ED President, Widener University has been named as the 2011 Chief Executive Leadership Award winner, Case Division II. This award recognizes outstanding efforts in promoting the understanding and support of education. (February 2011)

Lynn Hazen '80 M.Ed. C&I taught ESOL to foreign students at the University of Florida for 3 years. She is now teaching Spanish One and Geography at Kanapaha Middle School in Gainesville, FL. After taking her 4 children to learn Spanish and travel, she branched out to taking neighbors and students to Costa Rica. If you would like to study Spanish in Cost Rica, please visit her website at: spanishlearningadventures.com E-mail: lhazen@bellsouth.net (November 2008)

Robert M. Longwell-Grice '82 M.Ed. CN ED completed his Doctorate in Educational and Counseling Psychology from the University of Louisville in 2002. He has been appointed tot he position of Director of Academis Services for the School of Education at the University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. E-mail: robert@uwm.edu (January 2007)

Sharon Macdonald Wisinger '85 B.S. EK ED, is a school counselor at Camden County High School in Camden, NC. She is a doctoral student in the counselor education program at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, VA.  (April 2008)

M. Cathy Marchalonis Shakley Seibert '87 B.S. EK ED is a kindergarten teacher at Blue Mountain Elementary East in Orwigsburg, PA. Son, Ryan Shakley is a 2007 PSU grad, NROTC, student Naval pilot in Pensacola, FL. Daugher, Janelle Shakey, is an accounting major at Penn State. Son, Adam Seibert is 14. 
E-mail: mcseibert@bmsd.org (April 2008)

Patrick J. McMichael ' 80 B.S. SECED was appointed Assistant Vice President and Branch Manager of Erie Insurance Group in Knoxville, TN. E-mail: mcmike@tds.net (August 2006)

Carol Hart Metzker '83 B.S. CMDIS has co-authored a new book entitled Appreciative Intelligence: Seeing the Mighty Oak in the Acorn. The book was placed on the Harvard Business Review's Reading List for 2006. E-mail: Echmetzker@aol.com (June 2006)

Kimberly Morgret McConnell '88 B.S. EK ED E-mail:sixmcconnells@comcast.net (June 2009)

Marion Moritz Utain '88 B.S. SECED (math) is a mathematics teacher at Abington Senior High School in Abington, PA 
E-mail: mutain@mail.com (April 2008)

Susan J. Olson '89 Ph.D VOCED. is the Associate Dean for External Programs, Grants, Budgets, and Personnel in the College of Education at The University of Akron. She is also the Director of Online Learning. solson@uakron.edu (October 2011)

Nicholas T. Pappas '85 B.S. EK ED is the author of a new book "The Dark Side of Sports: Exposing the Sexual Culture of Collegiate and Professional Athletes." The book provides and impacting and disturbing examination of an array of sexually deviant and aggressive practices that have silently thrived for decades (1960s-2010) in a variety of athlete cultures. Dr. Pappas' unique background as a former collegiate and professional athlete/coach in combination with his experience as a researcher, professional counselor, and college professor provided unmatched insider access to athletes from different sports. Dr. Pappas earned a doctorate degree in Human Development and Family Science with a minor in Sociology of Sport from The Ohio State University. Email: nick@drnickpappas.com (February 2012)

W. Scott Phoenix '86 B.S. SECED (english) is presently working as a part-time editor/writer for TodaysRecipepro.com. His writing as been published in several places since graduation. He has taught in both the private and public sectors on both sides of the country. William also works as a private tutor. The most recent acting work he has done was in the film "Seabiscuit," although he and his youngest son, William Jared James Phoenix, can be briefly seen in an annually-run PSA for their local public library. (February 2010)

Patricia R. Pierson '89 D.Ed. EDADM E-mail: drpatp333@aol.com (November 2007)

George Santiago, Jr. '86 M.Ed., '94 Ph.D. EDADM is the President of Briarcliffe College, Bethpage, NY. George will be honored at the Equality Awards Gala in Hauppauge, NY in April 2011. He will be honored for his support of the Long Island GLBT Services Network which works to end homophobia on Long Island, provide a home and a safe place for the GLBT community, and advocate for equality. E-mail: gsantiago@bcl.edu (January 2011)

Cathy Yingling Smith '82 B.S. Education. Cathy recently started her own small buisness, mia Bella By Nature. She conducts both group and individual fundraisers. For more information, please visit her website at: miabellabynature.com E-mail: MiaBellaByNature@aol.com

Tish Szymurski '86 B.S. REHAB is Dean of Continuing Adult and Professional Studies at Neumann University, Aston, PA. Tish assumed her role as president of the Association for Continuing Higher Education (ACHE) at the Annual Meeting and Conference in Albuquerque, NM in October. Among program awards and recognitions over the past 20 years of her experience, Tish was most recently the recipient of the Penn State Outstanding Alumni Award for outstanding contributions to higher education and commitment to community, and a 2008 Ryland Fellowship with EDUCAUSE. Prior to her position at Neumann, she worked for Penn State where she earned her Bachelor's degree in Rehabilitation Education. She is also a graduate of Widener University in Adult Education, and the University of Delaware in Educational Leadership: Administration and Policy. E-mail: szymurst@neumann.edu (November 2010)

Alice Weiler '88 M.Ed. CN ED After 20 years of working as an elementary counselor, she is excited to announce the release her first DVD for children entitled "Down at the Tool Shed." For more information and to view press releases on the DVD, please visit:www.allieweiler.blogspot.com
E-mail: aweiler@uplink.net (July 2008)

Richard L. White '81 D.Ed. HI ED has been named as the new president for Utah's College of Applied Technology by the Board of Regents.       
View full article: deseretnews.com/article/content/mobile/0,5223,695226082,00.html
(November 2007)