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JUNIATA
COLLEGE BULLETIN
SPRING 1994
Editor
Assistant Director ofC ollege
Communications
Tracey DeB!ase Huston '85
F E A T u R E s
Director ofC ollege Communications International Juniata 2
David A. Gildea
4
Circling the Globe
Assistant Director ofC ollege Faculty and Programs 6
Communications
Joseph M. Scialabba '86
Director ofD evelopment &
Alumni Relations
Kenneth R. Dudzik
Assistant Director ofA lztinni Relations
Karen L. Orr '76
AROUND & BEYOND CAMPUS
14
ABC News Crew Covers Juniata
Alumni Relations SecretaiJ'
Evelyn L. Pembrooke
15
Martin Luther King, Jr. Remembered
College Commnnications Secretaiy Trustee Dies 16
Brenda R. Roll
16
Juniata Hosts Powwow
Student Interns
Rob Carson '94
Jessica Robertson '94
Juniata College
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Photographers
Ken White The Recruiting Game
20
MJEMS
Jeremy Shipman'94 NCAA Volleyball
David Lower '94 21
Layout/Design
Christine R. Gildea
Juniata College is an independent, privately
supported coeducational instinition com
mitted to providing a liberal arts education A L U M N N
E W S
to qualified stt1dents regardless of sex, race,
religion, creed, color or handicap. Its poli Class Notes 23
cies comply with requirements of Title VJJI
of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IV of Calendar of Events
the Education Amendments of 1972, and 31
all other applicable federal, state and local
New Alumni Directory
statutes, regulations and guidelines. 32
On the cover: Gretchen Smith '94 and Rebecca Shue '93 studied at Hokusei Gakuen University in Sapporo,
Japan last year as part of the Brethren Colleges Abroad program. This ice sculpture, located
in a park, was a highlight of the students' tour of Sapporo during the annual Snow Festival.
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International BY DR. KIM RICHARDSON cultures, with different language backgrounds who ap
DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS
proach life from a different perspective and a different set
ASSOCIATE DEAN OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS Mission Statement Amended
of assumptions than we do.
T he past two years have been ones of growth and de A second important element of the plan submitted to the
to Reflect International Commitment
Juniata velopment for international programs and activities president is the re-establishment of an international educa
at Juniata College. It began in May, 1992, when Dr. tion committee. Over the summer, two workshops were
Carolyn North, Director of International Programs at held to discuss how to structure the committee and what
Juniata College has long been committed to extending a student's
Goucher College came to Juniata to review the Office of its function would be and also to discuss the implementa
learning beyond the borders of this country. Study Abroad began in
"In the twenty-first century, a liberally educated person will be one whose International Programs. Her report, the following October, tion of the plan particularly with respect to the curricular 1962, when students reached Europe by ship rather than by airplane,
raised a number of issues and in January, 1993, Dr. Robert efforts in internationalizing Juniata. Faculty members, Betty
and international exchange students first came to Juniata in 1977. Juniata
thoughts are not bounded by a single cultural or national experience. Global Neff, Juniata president, convened a working task group Ann Cherry, Jim Donaldson, Klaus Jaeger, Jim Lakso, Andy College now participates in 15 study abroad programs for the academic
comprised of Klaus Jaeger, associate professor of German; Murray, Larry Multi, Peter Peregrine, Ruth Reed, Jim
semester or year and three summer study abroad programs.
problems will require global solutions. Appropriate responses will emerge only Jim Donaldson, professor of economics and business ad Roney, Bill Russey, Norm Siems and David Sowell all par Through its Brethren heritage, the college has always been conscious
ministration; Bill Russey, Charles A. Dana Supported ticipated in this effort. The committee was formed, a
of its responsibility to educate people who will be capable of contributing
if citizens and leaders consciously operate with a global perspective. " Professor of Chemistry; David Sowell, associate professor charge given and the committee began meeting this past to a peaceful global society. As one of the few institutions with a Peace
of history; Phil Thompson, controller; Don Moyer, vice Januaiy with enthusiasm and a full agenda.
and Conflict Studies program, and the only institution with a formal tie to
president for college advancement; Kevin Mccullen, associ While these changes were taking place, other activities
the United Nations Centre for Disarmament Affairs, and by utilizing the
Strategic Plan for Internationalizing ate vice president for college advancement; Dawn of an international nature were also occurring on campus.
foreign languages, the International Studies POE and other courses of an
Juniata College Scialabba, assistant dean of students; Jennifer Kowalski '93 These included changes in teaching methodology in the
international nature, Juniata College has helped students become sensi
May, 1993 and myself to examine those issues. In attempting to orga Foreign Languages Department, an International Studies
tive participants in the world.
nize the issues according to priorities, we quickly recog Program of Emphasis, and an international emphasis being
As Juniata prepares for the 21st Century, it is important that we affirm
nized that we needed some kind of framework in which to developed in the Economics and Business Administration
these commitments, traditions, and beliefs. As a result, the Board of
discuss them. That lead to writing a strategic plan. Department (see story p. 6).
Trustees, in October, 1993, amended the Juniata College mission state
Also during the spring semester 1993, the Strategic Summer study abroad opportunities have been devel
ment to make explicit the college's historical commitment to internation
Planning Committee identified international programs as a oped with our partner institutions and students may spend
al education.
strategic emphasis for the college and the Board of four weeks in France (see story p. 9), three weeks in
Trustees approved a change to the college mission state Germany or six weeks in Mexico learning the language and
ment to incorporate global and multi-cultural awareness as culture of those countries. The summer programs comple
part of the college mission (see sidebar). ment the superb study abroad opportunities (see story p. JUNIATA'S MISSION STATEMENT
The working task group submitted its strategic plan for 4)offered during the school year for Juniata students. (n ew language appears in italics)
the further strengthening of the international components All of these new ventures which are underway and new
at Juniata College to Dr. Neff on April 21, 1993. The plan ones which we will begin in the next few years are de Juniata College is a community dedicated to providing the high
was accepted by both the Administrative Unit and the signed to help us realize our mission for international edu est quality liberal education. The aim of that education is to awak
Strategic Planning Committee and implementation of the cation at Juniata College: en students to the empowering richness of the mind and to enable
plan began in the summer of 1993. "Juniata College seeks to create a total learning environ them to lead useful and fulfilling lives.
The strategic plan has four goals: to increase the num ment in which individual student academic growth occurs As a community, Juniata is especially concerned with the envi
ber of degree-seeking students from other countries within an ambiance enlivened by varied cultural, intellectu ronment necessary to foster individual growth. It therefore values
through the establishment of an English as a Second al, and personal experiences, both on and off campus. We mutual support, the free exchange of diverse ideas, and the active
Language (ESL) center at Juniata; to expand the study enhance this learning environment by ensuring that each pursuit of both cooperative and individual achievement. As a mem
abroad opportunities, especially in facilitating short-term student's academic experience engages the wider world. ber of the international community, Juniata extends the stu
(one to six weeks) international opportunities; to promote We foster the free and open exchange of thought among dent's academic experience into the world and encourages the
the development of curricular components of an interna peoples from a wide variety of cultural and national back free exchange of thought among peoples from distinct cultures
tional nature through the establishment of an International grounds. We encourage student encounters with other cul and nations.
Education Committee; and to support and facilitate the co tu res through their own distinct languages. The Individual growth first requires the development of basic intel
curricular activities of the college. International Programs Office actively recruits students and lectual skills: the ability to read with insight, to use language clearly
In the summer of 1993, a pilot ESL program was imple facilitates inclusion of faculty from other cultures into our and effectively, and to think analytically. A Juniata education helps
mented and will continue in the summer, 1994. It was a community. The overall college environment provides students to understand the fundamental methods and purposes of
resounding success and encouraged the college to move graduates with enhanced opportunities to contribute to the academic inquiry and encourages them to achieve an informed ap
forward in establishing a year-round ESL center for inter earth's community of civilizations, into which we are in preciation of their cultural heritage. On this foundation, Juniata
national students. creasingly drawn and upon which we are increasingly de students are stimulated to exercise creativity and to develop those
William Helz, has been hired as our ESL director and is pendent." (Strategic Plan for Internationalizing Juniata fundamental values -spiritual, moral and aesthetic -which give
in the process of designing an academic ESL program (see College) meaning and structure to life.
sto1yp. 11). The stories on the following pages exemplify ways in The qualities of mind and character nurtured within the Juniata
Good Hall, Juniata College The ESL program will increase the overall enrollment of which Juniata continues to strengthen the international di community permit our students to realize their full potential as
the college by as much as 10% over a five year period, will mension of the campus. We encourage alumni and friends contributors to society, informed citizens, and caring and responsi-
help to diversify our student body, and will allow our do of the college to drop by the International Programs Office ble adults.
mestic students who do not study abroad to have the op in Ellis Hall, join in the discussion, and become a pai·t of
portunity to study, live, and work with people from other the internationalizing of Juniata College. ■
2 3
-
International BY DR. KIM RICHARDSON cultures, with different language backgrounds who ap
DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS
proach life from a different perspective and a different set
ASSOCIATE DEAN OF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS Mission Statement Amended
of assumptions than we do.
T hepast two years have been ones of growth and de A second important element of the plan submitted to the
to Reflect International Commitment
Juniata velopment for international programs and activities president is the re-establishment of an international educa
at Juniata College. It began in May, 1992, when Dr. tion committee. Over the summer, two workshops were
Carolyn North, Director of International Programs at held to discuss how to structure the committee and what
Juniata College has long been committed to extending a student's
Goucher College came to Juniata to review the Office of its function would be and also to discuss the implementa
learning beyond the borders of this country. Study Abroad began in
"In the twenty-first century, a liberally educated person will be one whose International Programs. Her report, the following October, tion of the plan particularly with respect to the curricular 1962, when students reached Europe by ship rather than by airplane,
raised a number of issues and in January, 1993, Dr. Robert efforts in internationalizing Juniata. Faculty members, Betty
and international exchange students first came to Juniata in 1977. Juniata
thoughts are not bounded by a single cultural or national experience. Global Neff, Juniata president, convened a working task group Ann Cherry, Jim Donaldson, Klaus Jaeger, Jim Lakso, Andy College now participates in 15 study abroad programs for the academic
comprised of Klaus Jaeger, associate professor of German; Murray, Larry Multi, Peter Peregrine, Ruth Reed, Jim
semester or year and three summer study abroad programs.
problems will require global solutions. Appropriate responses will emerge only Jim Donaldson, professor of economics and business ad Roney, Bill Russey, Norm Siems and David Sowell all par Through its Brethren heritage, the college has always been conscious
ministration; Bill Russey, Charles A. Dana Supported ticipated in this effort. The committee was formed, a
of its responsibility to educate people who will be capable of contributing
if citizens and leaders consciously operate with a global perspective. " Professor of Chemistry; David Sowell, associate professor charge given and the committee began meeting this past to a peaceful global society. As one of the few institutions with a Peace
of history; Phil Thompson, controller; Don Moyer, vice Januaiy with enthusiasm and a full agenda.
and Conflict Studies program, and the only institution with a formal tie to
president for college advancement; Kevin Mccullen, associ While these changes were taking place, other activities
the United Nations Centre for Disarmament Affairs, and by utilizing the
Strategic Plan for Internationalizing ate vice president for college advancement; Dawn of an international nature were also occurring on campus.
foreign languages, the International Studies POE and other courses of an
Juniata College Scialabba, assistant dean of students; Jennifer Kowalski '93 These included changes in teaching methodology in the
international nature, Juniata College has helped students become sensi
May, 1993 and myself to examine those issues. In attempting to orga Foreign Languages Department, an International Studies
tive participants in the world.
nize the issues according to priorities, we quickly recog Program of Emphasis, and an international emphasis being
As Juniata prepares for the 21st Century, it is important that we affirm
nized that we needed some kind of framework in which to developed in the Economics and Business Administration
these commitments, traditions, and beliefs. As a result, the Board of
discuss them. That lead to writing a strategic plan. Department (see story p. 6).
Trustees, in October, 1993, amended the Juniata College mission state
Also during the spring semester 1993, the Strategic Summer study abroad opportunities have been devel
ment to make explicit the college's historical commitment to internation
Planning Committee identified international programs as a oped with our partner institutions and students may spend
al education.
strategic emphasis for the college and the Board of four weeks in France (see story p. 9), three weeks in
Trustees approved a change to the college mission state Germany or six weeks in Mexico learning the language and
ment to incorporate global and multi-cultural awareness as culture of those countries. The summer programs comple
part of the college mission (see sidebar). ment the superb study abroad opportunities (see story p. JUNIATA'S MISSION STATEMENT
The working task group submitted its strategic plan for 4)offered during the school year for Juniata students. (n ew language appears in italics)
the further strengthening of the international components All of these new ventures which are underway and new
at Juniata College to Dr. Neff on April 21, 1993. The plan ones which we will begin in the next few years are de Juniata College is a community dedicated to providing the high
was accepted by both the Administrative Unit and the signed to help us realize our mission for international edu est quality liberal education. The aim of that education is to awak
Strategic Planning Committee and implementation of the cation at Juniata College: en students to the empowering richness of the mind and to enable
plan began in the summer of 1993. "Juniata College seeks to create a total learning environ them to lead useful and fulfilling lives.
The strategic plan has four goals: to increase the num ment in which individual student academic growth occurs As a community, Juniata is especially concerned with the envi
ber of degree-seeking students from other countries within an ambiance enlivened by varied cultural, intellectu ronment necessary to foster individual growth. It therefore values
through the establishment of an English as a Second al, and personal experiences, both on and off campus. We mutual support, the free exchange of diverse ideas, and the active
Language (ESL) center at Juniata; to expand the study enhance this learning environment by ensuring that each pursuit of both cooperative and individual achievement. As a mem
abroad opportunities, especially in facilitating short-term student's academic experience engages the wider world. ber of the international community, Juniata extends the stu
(one to six weeks) international opportunities; to promote We foster the free and open exchange of thought among dent's academic experience into the world and encourages the
the development of curricular components of an interna peoples from a wide variety of cultural and national back free exchange of thought among peoples from distinct cultures
tional nature through the establishment of an International grounds. We encourage student encounters with other cul and nations.
Education Committee; and to support and facilitate the co tu res through their own distinct languages. The Individual growth first requires the development of basic intel
curricular activities of the college. International Programs Office actively recruits students and lectual skills: the ability to read with insight, to use language clearly
In the summer of 1993, a pilot ESL program was imple facilitates inclusion of faculty from other cultures into our and effectively, and to think analytically. A Juniata education helps
mented and will continue in the summer, 1994. It was a community. The overall college environment provides students to understand the fundamental methods and purposes of
resounding success and encouraged the college to move graduates with enhanced opportunities to contribute to the academic inquiry and encourages them to achieve an informed ap
forward in establishing a year-round ESL center for inter earth's community of civilizations, into which we are in preciation of their cultural heritage. On this foundation, Juniata
national students. creasingly drawn and upon which we are increasingly de students are stimulated to exercise creativity and to develop those
William Helz, has been hired as our ESL director and is pendent." (Strategic Plan for Internationalizing Juniata fundamental values -spiritual, moral and aesthetic -which give
in the process of designing an academic ESL program (see College) meaning and structure to life.
sto1yp. 11). The stories on the following pages exemplify ways in The qualities of mind and character nurtured within the Juniata
Good Hall, Juniata College The ESL program will increase the overall enrollment of which Juniata continues to strengthen the international di community permit our students to realize their full potential as
the college by as much as 10% over a five year period, will mension of the campus. We encourage alumni and friends contributors to society, informed citizens, and caring and responsi-
help to diversify our student body, and will allow our do of the college to drop by the International Programs Office ble adults.
mestic students who do not study abroad to have the op in Ellis Hall, join in the discussion, and become a pai·t of
portunity to study, live, and work with people from other the internationalizing of Juniata College. ■
2 3
Circling the Globe
in a Day
BY JESSICA ROBERTSON '94
J unio r year at Juniata. A time to begin thinking -not historical buildings. "We had to walk
too seriously - about graduate school or the real very carefully across an old rotting
world. Days filled with genetics labs, the Greek Mind drawbridge to get in, and then there
and managerial accounting. Saturday night dances in was an old, dark tunnel to crawl
T'n'T and South's Rebel Den. Shopping trips to the Logan through," he laughs. The tunnel is so
Valley Mall. Football Games. Volleyball matches. 21st birth small that Curtis and his friends have
day celebrations at Coaches Corner. Skiing in the Pyrenees? to crawl through two at a time. At the
Snorkeling off the Galapagos Islands? Sitting on top of an end of the tunnel, a 600 ft. dripping Muenster, Germany Melissa Reever '95 with friends in the jungle of Ecuador
cient Mayan ruins? spring awaits the weary travelers. "This
More than 500 Juniata juniors have spent was my absolute favorite place to go," he says, "It was such lesson for the 35 students. "We saw the unfinished Temple throughout the grave yard, fanJ.ilies are feasting on picnics,
a semester or year abroad. The programs in an idyllic and peaceful place to be." This Juniata senior to Apollo which our professor calls the 'gateway to Naxos' beer and wine in hand, atop the graves of their dearly de
China, Ecuador, England, France, Germany, from Unionville, Pa., studied in Cheltenham, England. because it really just looks like a huge, open doorway," parted. "Being a part of this unique holiday, and visiting my
Greece, Japan, Mexico or Spain continue to Across the English Channel, Rachel Rebert, a senior Cara says. roommates' deceased family members, made me see death
'Juniata College has done an excellent provide Juniata students the chance to im ecology and French major from Marysville, Pa., is caught It is now day two, and Cara, camera, and rolls of film in in a new light," Jessica says, "Holding a fair, complete with
job of preparing me for subsequent merse themselves in new cultures, see the fa in the midst of a French riot. "At the time of GATT the tote, is exploring a small mountain village in the center of carnival rides and cotton candy right outside the graveyard
study, as well as life in a global commu
mous sights and discover new ones, and for French were not very happy with Americans," she remem the island. Because the village stands on the side of a was definitely a new concept, but I guess that's all a part of
nity. I have had the opportunity to
many, the chance to really learn a new lan bers, "There was a huge demonstration opposing the treaty mountain, pedestrians must climb stairs to get up or down living a new culture."
study abroad in Cheltenham, England
and participate in an intemational in guage. so I walked along, taking pictures." Amidst the French to the next row of white-washed, blue shuttered houses. Further south, Missy Reever, a junior psychology and
ternship as a youth counselor aboard Traveling easterly across time zones and National Guard and hundreds of trained dogs, Rachel is Walking along the narrow streets, further up the mountain, Spanish major who is spending a semester in Ecuador, has
the cruise ship the 'Enchanted Sea'." imaginary latitudinal and longitudinal lines, marching along, kilometer after kilometer. She sees stores she finds an old Venetian lookout tower. "I was there to her face painted with the red dye from the inside of a seed.
Juniata takes a look at a day in the life of being vandalized with spray paint, and some people are take photographs for the student art exhibit," she explains, The red dye symbolizes fertility. She is being taught the
-Curtis Fenstermacher '94, Study
Juniata study abroad. marching along with signs while others throw fruit. Some "and I met this old man who lived in the tower. It was like blessings and rituals of planting the yuca -a cross between
Abroad Participant & International
Intern The first stop finds Matt Russell, a senior people are even injured along the way. "I was kind of wor coming face to face with history, because he knew so a turnip and a potato. "We were living for three days in a
Unionville, Pennsylvania Spanish and history major from Altoona, Pa., ried," she says "because I am American. I just tried not to much, and was happy to tell me about it," the anthropology Quichua community," Missy says, "It was interesting, as
Curtis Fensteimacher '94
in the middle of Valencia, Spain where the broadcast that fact, and tried as much as possible to blend major concludes. most of them spoke no Spanish. We bathed in a river, slept in London
entire city is celebrating "Las Pallas." The sky in with the crowd." During the demonstration, she is even Crossing a continent, Theo Richmond, a senior market under mosquito nets, and drank smoky tasting water. We
is bright with flames, as around him, huge in a group that gets tear-gassed, but she still says it was an ing major from Doylestown, Pa., has just arrived in Japan really immersed ourselves in their way of
papier mache monuments are being burned interesting experience, and has lots of pictures to prove it. a land whose culture he does not know and whose lan life."
to the ground. Valencians have spent the past Amy Chamberlin, a senior art history and German major guage he knows not a word. Theo is on an excursion to the Later that evening, they danced and
year constructing the massive papier mache monuments from Lancaster, Pa., has just missed the train - Again. "I famed Hiroshima. "You could hear a pin drop. It was so drank "fire water", and exchanged dances.
for this festival. "One was a huge Moses," Matt recalls, "and had lots of experiences missing trains in Germany. It amazing," he said, "What shocked me was that people were "Although we couldn't communicate with
he was holding the ten commandments up in the air, and wasn't so bad, though. It just meant you had to catch three crying -there was still mourning going on so many years them because of the language barrier, we
on top of that was a gang of bikers. It was very symbolic, more trains to get to where you originally wanted to go," later." The full implications of Hiroshima didn't fully hit were able to share bits of our different cul
about what, I'm not sure." she adds "I also saw a lot of great places along the way." Theo, despite dirty looks from some of the older Japanese tu res. They taught us how to do their
Moses and other biblical, historical, and political figures She has just hiked through, and gotten lost in, a corn people at the site, until he heads back to the peace hostel dances, and when we had to teach them
are set up throughout the city. According to Matt, "Las field on her way back from an old German village. The vil they are staying in. There he sees the physical scars of two one of ours, the best we could come up
Pallas has the same level of danger as the running of the lage is perched on the side of a mountain, Amy went to ex old ladies who work there. They survived Hiroshima and with was the limbo."
bulls, because there are fireworks being set off every plore a ruined castle she had heard of. "We decided to go tl1eir scars and stories serve as daily reminders of what re These students have all learned some
where, and the entire city is shut down because the monu there for a picnic," she laughs "it was only a five-minute ally happened so many years ago. Theo learned a lot about thing new. However, the study abroad expe
ments are placed in the middle of intersections - any train ride away. Little did we know that the train only takes history that day, and really got a better insight as to what rience is not limited to those who choose to
Barcelona, Spain
where there's room." At 11 pm the most beautiful one, you so far." They ended up hiking through the woods and the semester would be like. live in another country for a semester or a c::....-.....:,,-
judged by the people, was taken to the center of the city. up the side of a mountain. Sitting on top of that ruined cas Heading east across the post meridian, Jessica year. Every other student at Juniata benefits JessicaRobertson '94 in Mexico
The losers are now being burned. Matt is headed towards tle, eating her picnic lunch as the sun set on yet another Robertson, a senior marketing and communications major in some way from their experiences, whether it be listening
the center to catch the torching of the winner which hap day, Amy knew that the hike was worth the effort. from Nassau, Ballamas, is walking through a fair grounds to a friend's tales, flipping through photo albums, or hear
pens at midnight. Senior Cara Loughlin, of White Marsh, Md., is across the in Mexico on her way to the Oaxaca public graveyard. It's ing a presentation in class. Study abroad at Juniata sends
■
A 24-hour train ride away, international education ma Adriatic Sea participating in "The Naxos Experience." This El Dia De Los Muertos - The Day of The Dead, and students out into the world, but it also serves to bring the
jor Curtis Fenstermacher has just hiked up a green, rolling is a 2-credit course that takes place in a single weekend. Oaxaca is famous for its' celebration of tlJ.is spiritual festi world to Huntingdon.
hill, characteristic of the northern United Kingdom. His The excursion began with a 4 1/2 hour hydro-foil ride val. "I wasn't sure what to expect," she says, "I never imag
destination is Carreg-Cannen Castle in West Glamorgen, from Pareas, the Athens harbor to the Greek Isle of Naxos. ined the festive spirit that surrounded the holiday. They
South Wales, his favorite in a land full of the dark and eerie Day one brought a real-life history and Greek mythology weren't mourning death. They were celebrating it." In fact,
Athens, Greece
4 5
Circling the Globe
in a Day
BY JESSICA ROBERTSON '94
J unior year at Juniata. A time to begin thinking -not historical buildings. "We had to walk
too seriously - about graduate school or the real very carefully across an old rotting
world. Days filled with genetics labs, the Greek Mind drawbridge to get in, and then there
andmanagerial accounting. Saturday night dances in was an old, dark tunnel to crawl
T'n'T and South's Rebel Den. Shopping trips to the Logan through," he laughs. The tunnel is so
Valley Mall. Football Games. Volleyball matches. 21st birth small that Curtis and his friends have
day celebrations at Coaches Corner. Skiing in the Pyrenees? to crawl through two at a time. At the
Snorkeling off the Galapagos Islands? Sitting on top of an end of the tunnel, a 600 ft. dripping Muenster, Germany Melissa Reever '95 with friends in the jungle of Ecuador
cient Mayan ruins? spring awaits the weary travelers. "This
More than 500 Juniata juniors have spent was my absolute favorite place to go," he says, "It was such lesson for the 35 students. "We saw the unfinished Temple throughout the grave yard, fanJ.ilies are feasting on picnics,
a semester or year abroad. The programs in an idyllic and peaceful place to be." This Juniata senior to Apollo which our professor calls the 'gateway to Naxos' beer and wine in hand, atop the graves of their dearly de
China, Ecuador, England, France, Germany, from Unionville, Pa., studied in Cheltenham, England. because it really just looks like a huge, open doorway," parted. "Being a part of this unique holiday, and visiting my
Greece, Japan, Mexico or Spain continue to Across the English Channel, Rachel Rebert, a senior Cara says. roommates' deceased family members, made me see death
'Juniata College has done an excellent provide Juniata students the chance to im ecology and French major from Marysville, Pa., is caught It is now day two, and Cara, camera, and rolls of film in in a new light," Jessica says, "Holding a fair, complete with
job of preparing me for subsequent merse themselves in new cultures, see the fa in the midst of a French riot. "At the time of GATT the tote, is exploring a small mountain village in the center of carnival rides and cotton candy right outside the graveyard
study, as well as life in a global commu
mous sights and discover new ones, and for French were not very happy with Americans," she remem the island. Because the village stands on the side of a was definitely a new concept, but I guess that's all a part of
nity. I have had the opportunity to
many, the chance to really learn a new lan bers, "There was a huge demonstration opposing the treaty mountain, pedestrians must climb stairs to get up or down living a new culture."
study abroad in Cheltenham, England
and participate in an intemational in guage. so I walked along, taking pictures." Amidst the French to the next row of white-washed, blue shuttered houses. Further south, Missy Reever, a junior psychology and
ternship as a youth counselor aboard Traveling easterly across time zones and National Guard and hundreds of trained dogs, Rachel is Walking along the narrow streets, further up the mountain, Spanish major who is spending a semester in Ecuador, has
the cruise ship the 'Enchanted Sea'." imaginary latitudinal and longitudinal lines, marching along, kilometer after kilometer. She sees stores she finds an old Venetian lookout tower. "I was there to her face painted with the red dye from the inside of a seed.
Juniata takes a look at a day in the life of being vandalized with spray paint, and some people are take photographs for the student art exhibit," she explains, The red dye symbolizes fertility. She is being taught the
-Curtis Fenstermacher '94, Study
Juniata study abroad. marching along with signs while others throw fruit. Some "and I met this old man who lived in the tower. It was like blessings and rituals of planting the yuca -a cross between
Abroad Participant & International
Intern The first stop finds Matt Russell, a senior people are even injured along the way. "I was kind of wor coming face to face with history, because he knew so a turnip and a potato. "We were living for three days in a
Unionville, Pennsylvania Spanish and history major from Altoona, Pa., ried," she says "because I am American. I just tried not to much, and was happy to tell me about it," the anthropology Quichua community," Missy says, "It was interesting, as
Curtis Fensteimacher '94
in the middle of Valencia, Spain where the broadcast that fact, and tried as much as possible to blend major concludes. most of them spoke no Spanish. We bathed in a river, slept in London
entire city is celebrating "Las Pallas." The sky in with the crowd." During the demonstration, she is even Crossing a continent, Theo Richmond, a senior market under mosquito nets, and drank smoky tasting water. We
is bright with flames, as around him, huge in a group that gets tear-gassed, but she still says it was an ing major from Doylestown, Pa., has just arrived in Japan really immersed ourselves in their way of
papier mache monuments are being burned interesting experience, and has lots of pictures to prove it. a land whose culture he does not know and whose lan life."
to the ground. Valencians have spent the past Amy Chamberlin, a senior art history and German major guage he knows not a word. Theo is on an excursion to the Later that evening, they danced and
year constructing the massive papier mache monuments from Lancaster, Pa., has just missed the train - Again. "I famed Hiroshima. "You could hear a pin drop. It was so drank "fire water", and exchanged dances.
for this festival. "One was a huge Moses," Matt recalls, "and had lots of experiences missing trains in Germany. It amazing," he said, "What shocked me was that people were "Although we couldn't communicate with
he was holding the ten commandments up in the air, and wasn't so bad, though. It just meant you had to catch three crying -there was still mourning going on so many years them because of the language barrier, we
on top of that was a gang of bikers. It was very symbolic, more trains to get to where you originally wanted to go," later." The full implications of Hiroshima didn't fully hit were able to share bits of our different cul
about what, I'm not sure." she adds "I also saw a lot of great places along the way." Theo, despite dirty looks from some of the older Japanese tu res. They taught us how to do their
Moses and other biblical, historical, and political figures She has just hiked through, and gotten lost in, a corn people at the site, until he heads back to the peace hostel dances, and when we had to teach them
are set up throughout the city. According to Matt, "Las field on her way back from an old German village. The vil they are staying in. There he sees the physical scars of two one of ours, the best we could come up
Pallas has the same level of danger as the running of the lage is perched on the side of a mountain, Amy went to ex old ladies who work there. They survived Hiroshima and with was the limbo."
bulls, because there are fireworks being set off every plore a ruined castle she had heard of. "We decided to go tl1eir scars and stories serve as daily reminders of what re These students have all learned some
where, and the entire city is shut down because the monu there for a picnic," she laughs "it was only a five-minute ally happened so many years ago. Theo learned a lot about thing new. However, the study abroad expe
ments are placed in the middle of intersections - any train ride away. Little did we know that the train only takes history that day, and really got a better insight as to what rience is not limited to those who choose to
Barcelona, Spain
where there's room." At 11 pm the most beautiful one, you so far." They ended up hiking through the woods and the semester would be like. live in another country for a semester or a c::....-.....:,,-
judged by the people, was taken to the center of the city. up the side of a mountain. Sitting on top of that ruined cas Heading east across the post meridian, Jessica year. Every other student at Juniata benefits JessicaRobertson '94 in Mexico
The losers are now being burned. Matt is headed towards tle, eating her picnic lunch as the sun set on yet another Robertson, a senior marketing and communications major in some way from their experiences, whether it be listening
the center to catch the torching of the winner which hap day, Amy knew that the hike was worth the effort. from Nassau, Ballamas, is walking through a fair grounds to a friend's tales, flipping through photo albums, or hear
pens at midnight. Senior Cara Loughlin, of White Marsh, Md., is across the in Mexico on her way to the Oaxaca public graveyard. It's ing a presentation in class. Study abroad at Juniata sends
■
A 24-hour train ride away, international education ma Adriatic Sea participating in "The Naxos Experience." This El Dia De Los Muertos - The Day of The Dead, and students out into the world, but it also serves to bring the
jor Curtis Fenstermacher has just hiked up a green, rolling is a 2-credit course that takes place in a single weekend. Oaxaca is famous for its' celebration of tlJ.is spiritual festi world to Huntingdon.
hill, characteristic of the northern United Kingdom. His The excursion began with a 4 1/2 hour hydro-foil ride val. "I wasn't sure what to expect," she says, "I never imag
destination is Carreg-Cannen Castle in West Glamorgen, from Pareas, the Athens harbor to the Greek Isle of Naxos. ined the festive spirit that surrounded the holiday. They
South Wales, his favorite in a land full of the dark and eerie Day one brought a real-life history and Greek mythology weren't mourning death. They were celebrating it." In fact,
Athens, Greece
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Enhancing the International Dimension of the College: students will study in Bangladesh for two weeks in May un
der a program funded by the American Institute of
Bangladesh Studies. Students will meet with government of Poet Brings his Muse to Juniata
Faculty and Programs
ficials, politicians, and academicians to learn of the eco
nomic and social development of that country. BY ROB CARSON '94
BY DR. DAVID SOWELL Pakistan - Speakers from Pakistan and Bangladesh,
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF HISTORY arranged by Professor Baxter, regularly visit the campus to
Juniata College's historic commitment to the education two-semester interdisciplinary introductory course, at least Moving to a new neighborhood is a trying
make college-wide addresses. The Pakistani ambassador to
of students with a broad international awareness has four semesters of language training, study abroad, and a the United States and the Minister of Education spoke with and traumatic experience for most adoles
been renewed in the formulation of a "Strategic Plan senior capstone seminar.
students in the "Politics of Developing Nations" course dur cents. Leaving dear friends behind and mov
for Internationalizing Juniata College." The Department of Business Administration and
ing the 1993-94 academic year. Professor Baxter continues ing to a new town full of strangers can be the
Since the early 1970s the college has had a well-estab Economics has instituted a Management POE with an inter
to be an active scholar on the contemporary history of thing that nightmares are made of. But what
lished international studies program, based in the Political national emphasis and has developed new courses to meet
Pakistan and Bangladesh. if this new town is one of the world's largest
Science Department with an international relations student needs. Students will have the option of focusing up
Japan - Professors Betty Ann and Ron Cherry spent the cities? And worse yet, what if this city is in a
orientation. on Japan, Mexico, or western Europe under this program.
1992-93 academic year at Hokusei Gakuen University in foreign country, and the language of that
The college's small, but dynamic foreign language pro The Peace and Conflict Studies program has taken on a
Sapporo with 20 Juniata students. Last summer 14 students
gram has been successful for years. The college's active strong international emphasis with notable success in its country is not your own?
student exchange program was initiated in the mid-1970s recent United Nation's Seminar. Several other departments from the Bunri College in Sayama-Shi Saitama-Ken partici Pablo Medina That was the nightmare that young Pablo
pated in an English as a Second Language program at
under the direction of Dr. are enhancing their internation Medina woke to in Havana in 1959. As Castro's troops fought to take
Juniata. More students are expected this summer. As part
William Russey. Added to the al dimensions. control of the country, his parents realized that they had two choices:
of the faculty exchange program, Dr. Nabuo Dobashi of
BCA programs, Juniata now of ''.As an international student, I was looking for a college The newly founded Inter prison or exile. They chose the latter of the two, although for young
Hokusei Gakuen University taught at Juniata College in the
fers students the opportunity to that could fulfill my personal and educational needs. national Education Committee Pablo, it often times seemed like the former.
Juniata has suipassed my expectations. I think it would be Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work as
study at 15 international insti will coordinate international
difficult to find the same qualities at a larger school The an adjunct professor of sociology and Japanese studies. "I had friends growing up in New York City, but not really anyone who
tutions. Numerous faculty have programs with academic, ad
liberal arts education will really help me when I return to Central America -Professors Andrew Murray and Celia could understand what it really felt like being told to leave your home
studied abroad, and several my countiy to pursue a career in business. The courses ministrative, and student ser
Cook-Huffman, Peace and Conflict Studies, brought numer and never come back," Medina said.
have extensive international have been excellent and interesting and the professors are vices implications. Since
ous scholars from Central An1erica to campus last fall for Medina said that poetry was a form of cathartic release for him at first,
reputations as publishing approachable and helpful. The atmosphere at Juniata is January, the committee has be
unique." the first United Nations Seminar on International but pretty soon, "I realized that it was one of the few things that I could
scholars. gun a comprehensive study of
Disarmament. The second seminar is planned for this fall do well," he added.
soSciigemtya Ioftoar RhIon, taenrn haontioornaaryl -DZiamvibda bNwdleovu '94, Four Year International Student eoxni sctainmgp iunst,e rpnroatviiodneadl seexrpviecreti stoe and will focus on Africa. Medina, who now resides in Miami, was the Writer-in-Residence for
Ecuador - Professor David Sowell, Department of
Studies, boasts a long and dis- students seeking fellowships five weeks this spring at Juniata. Medina has wlitten two collections of
History, will visit Ecuadorian archives this summer to re
tinguished list of student mem- support for study abroad, as poetry, Arching into the Afterlife and Pork Rinds and Cuban
search Miguel Perdomo Neira, a nineteenth century healer.
bers. Sigma Iota Rho, founded in 1984, is active at numer sisted several faculty committees, and explored several Songs; a collection of essays, Exiled Memories: a Cuban Childhood;
Through its commitment to international learning here
ous colleges and universities in the U. S., including the short-term academic programs for students. an upcoming novel, The Marks of Birth; and he has also translated the
and abroad, Juniata can sensitize students to cultural dif
Universities of Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, and A sampling of academic activities by faculty and pro works of a number of Hispanic authors into English.
ferences, enabling them to find common ground, and pro
Mount Holyoke and Rhodes Colleges. Juniata holds the grams includes: vide them with the skills to solve global problems. ■ While he was at Juniata, Medina visited a number of classes and talked
ninth chapter of the organization, granted in 1986 under Spain -Professor Henry Thurston-Griswold, Department with students about his life as a writer and how they, too, could become
the leadership of Dr. William Vocke. Thirty-eight students of Foreign Languages, spent last summer in Spain gather
writers. Medina also gave a reading of his works in Alumni Hall which
have met the rigorous standards of the fraternity (at least ing materials for a course on Contemporary Spanish
"I was ve1y much impressed by the technical equipment at was open to the public. In addition, Medina taught a mini-course dealing
3.2 GPA) and have continued their international focus after Culture.
Juniata College, especial◊, the computers. The service in the li with writing the autobiographical essay. Several visits to area high
graduation. In recent years, three students have won highly Ontario, Canada - The Geology Department regularly
braiy was excellent as well One recommendation to improve
schools to lecture and read from his work were also on his itinerary of
competitive internships with the United States Information takes its majors to southern Ontario to study the igneous the quality of the educational experience would be to require
activities.
Agency. and metamorphic rocks of the region. This is the first in all students to study a foreign language and take a sampling
The college's general education program includes inter ternational experience for many students and indicates the of psychology courses. These would be of great benefit to Medina's residency at Juniata was made possible through a grant by
disciplin , team-taught courses on "The Heart of India," transnational and transtemporal nature of geologic American students, paricularly in the field of business which the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Writing Fellows Program, in conjunction
ary
requires students to think globally and understand human be
"The Greek Mind," "From Decadence to processes. with the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Program.
havior."
Disaster," "The Medieval Mind," and Syria - Professor Peter Peregrine, Department of Professor William Hofelt, who wrote the grant application, said that he
"Saints, Czars, and Icons" (Russia). Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, is part of a re -Christoph Schwemmlein '84, International Alumnus is very optimistic about Juniata's chances to receive other Woodrow
"I enjoyed the people, the environment, and
the culture in the United States and espe Despite Juniata's commitment, a con search team organized by the University Museum of the Muenster, Germany Wilson Fellowships in the future.
cially at Juniata. My year at Juniata was the sensus emerged in the mid 1980s among University of Pennsylvania to explore the nature of urban "Woodrow Wilson is a very large foundation that awards many fellow
most intensive educational experience I faculty and administrators that the col ism in Bronze Age Mesopotamia. The project involves the
ships every year, several of which are specifically intended for smaller
have had in my life. Studying atJ uniata was lege could do more. The 1989 pliorities investigation of Tell es-Sweyhat, a third millennium town in
enriching and delightful. One of the things I schools like Juniata," Hofelt said. ■
statement indicated that a "first priority northern Mesopotamia. New insights about the urbaniza
liked best about Juniata was the support
is to provide an education with a global tion process contributes to the understanding of the emer
professors give to their students."
context by enhancing the international gence of civilized societies.
-Helene Santin '93, Exchange Student dimension of the college." A new Bangladesh - Professor Craig Baxter, Chair of the
Sin Le Noble, France
International Studies designated Department of Political Science and President of the
Program of Emphasis offers students a Institute of Bangladesh Studies, announces that two Juniata
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6
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Enhancing the International Dimension of the College: students will study in Bangladesh for two weeks in May un
der a program funded by the American Institute of
Bangladesh Studies. Students will meet with government of Poet Brings his Muse to Juniata
Faculty and Programs
ficials, politicians, and academicians to learn of the eco
nomic and social development of that country. BY ROB CARSON '94
BY DR. DAVID SOWELL Pakistan - Speakers from Pakistan and Bangladesh,
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF HISTORY arranged by Professor Baxter, regularly visit the campus to
Juniata College's historic commitment to the education two-semester interdisciplinary introductory course, at least Moving to a new neighborhood is a trying
make college-wide addresses. The Pakistani ambassador to
of students with a broad international awareness has four semesters of language training, study abroad, and a the United States and the Minister of Education spoke with and traumatic experience for most adoles
been renewed in the formulation of a "Strategic Plan senior capstone seminar.
students in the "Politics of Developing Nations" course dur cents. Leaving dear friends behind and mov
for Internationalizing Juniata College." The Department of Business Administration and
ing the 1993-94 academic year. Professor Baxter continues ing to a new town full of strangers can be the
Since the early 1970s the college has had a well-estab Economics has instituted a Management POE with an inter
to be an active scholar on the contemporary history of thing that nightmares are made of. But what
lished international studies program, based in the Political national emphasis and has developed new courses to meet
Pakistan and Bangladesh. if this new town is one of the world's largest
Science Department with an international relations student needs. Students will have the option of focusing up
Japan - Professors Betty Ann and Ron Cherry spent the cities? And worse yet, what if this city is in a
orientation. on Japan, Mexico, or western Europe under this program.
1992-93 academic year at Hokusei Gakuen University in foreign country, and the language of that
The college's small, but dynamic foreign language pro The Peace and Conflict Studies program has taken on a
Sapporo with 20 Juniata students. Last summer 14 students
gram has been successful for years. The college's active strong international emphasis with notable success in its country is not your own?
student exchange program was initiated in the mid-1970s recent United Nation's Seminar. Several other departments from the Bunri College in Sayama-Shi Saitama-Ken partici Pablo Medina That was the nightmare that young Pablo
pated in an English as a Second Language program at
under the direction of Dr. are enhancing their internation Medina woke to in Havana in 1959. As Castro's troops fought to take
Juniata. More students are expected this summer. As part
William Russey. Added to the al dimensions. control of the country, his parents realized that they had two choices:
of the faculty exchange program, Dr. Nabuo Dobashi of
BCA programs, Juniata now of ''.As an international student, I was looking for a college The newly founded Inter prison or exile. They chose the latter of the two, although for young
Hokusei Gakuen University taught at Juniata College in the
fers students the opportunity to that could fulfill my personal and educational needs. national Education Committee Pablo, it often times seemed like the former.
Juniata has suipassed my expectations. I think it would be Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work as
study at 15 international insti will coordinate international
difficult to find the same qualities at a larger school The an adjunct professor of sociology and Japanese studies. "I had friends growing up in New York City, but not really anyone who
tutions. Numerous faculty have programs with academic, ad
liberal arts education will really help me when I return to Central America -Professors Andrew Murray and Celia could understand what it really felt like being told to leave your home
studied abroad, and several my countiy to pursue a career in business. The courses ministrative, and student ser
Cook-Huffman, Peace and Conflict Studies, brought numer and never come back," Medina said.
have extensive international have been excellent and interesting and the professors are vices implications. Since
ous scholars from Central An1erica to campus last fall for Medina said that poetry was a form of cathartic release for him at first,
reputations as publishing approachable and helpful. The atmosphere at Juniata is January, the committee has be
unique." the first United Nations Seminar on International but pretty soon, "I realized that it was one of the few things that I could
scholars. gun a comprehensive study of
Disarmament. The second seminar is planned for this fall do well," he added.
soSciigemtya Ioftoar RhIon, taenrn haontioornaaryl -DZiamvibda bNwdleovu '94, Four Year International Student eoxni sctainmgp iunst,e rpnroatviiodneadl seexrpviecreti stoe and will focus on Africa. Medina, who now resides in Miami, was the Writer-in-Residence for
Ecuador - Professor David Sowell, Department of
Studies, boasts a long and dis- students seeking fellowships five weeks this spring at Juniata. Medina has wlitten two collections of
History, will visit Ecuadorian archives this summer to re
tinguished list of student mem- support for study abroad, as poetry, Arching into the Afterlife and Pork Rinds and Cuban
search Miguel Perdomo Neira, a nineteenth century healer.
bers. Sigma Iota Rho, founded in 1984, is active at numer sisted several faculty committees, and explored several Songs; a collection of essays, Exiled Memories: a Cuban Childhood;
Through its commitment to international learning here
ous colleges and universities in the U. S., including the short-term academic programs for students. an upcoming novel, The Marks of Birth; and he has also translated the
and abroad, Juniata can sensitize students to cultural dif
Universities of Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Virginia, and A sampling of academic activities by faculty and pro works of a number of Hispanic authors into English.
ferences, enabling them to find common ground, and pro
Mount Holyoke and Rhodes Colleges. Juniata holds the grams includes: vide them with the skills to solve global problems. ■ While he was at Juniata, Medina visited a number of classes and talked
ninth chapter of the organization, granted in 1986 under Spain -Professor Henry Thurston-Griswold, Department with students about his life as a writer and how they, too, could become
the leadership of Dr. William Vocke. Thirty-eight students of Foreign Languages, spent last summer in Spain gather
writers. Medina also gave a reading of his works in Alumni Hall which
have met the rigorous standards of the fraternity (at least ing materials for a course on Contemporary Spanish
"I was ve1y much impressed by the technical equipment at was open to the public. In addition, Medina taught a mini-course dealing
3.2 GPA) and have continued their international focus after Culture.
Juniata College, especial◊, the computers. The service in the li with writing the autobiographical essay. Several visits to area high
graduation. In recent years, three students have won highly Ontario, Canada - The Geology Department regularly
braiy was excellent as well One recommendation to improve
schools to lecture and read from his work were also on his itinerary of
competitive internships with the United States Information takes its majors to southern Ontario to study the igneous the quality of the educational experience would be to require
activities.
Agency. and metamorphic rocks of the region. This is the first in all students to study a foreign language and take a sampling
The college's general education program includes inter ternational experience for many students and indicates the of psychology courses. These would be of great benefit to Medina's residency at Juniata was made possible through a grant by
disciplin , team-taught courses on "The Heart of India," transnational and transtemporal nature of geologic American students, paricularly in the field of business which the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Writing Fellows Program, in conjunction
ary
requires students to think globally and understand human be
"The Greek Mind," "From Decadence to processes. with the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Program.
havior."
Disaster," "The Medieval Mind," and Syria - Professor Peter Peregrine, Department of Professor William Hofelt, who wrote the grant application, said that he
"Saints, Czars, and Icons" (Russia). Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work, is part of a re -Christoph Schwemmlein '84, International Alumnus is very optimistic about Juniata's chances to receive other Woodrow
"I enjoyed the people, the environment, and
the culture in the United States and espe Despite Juniata's commitment, a con search team organized by the University Museum of the Muenster, Germany Wilson Fellowships in the future.
cially at Juniata. My year at Juniata was the sensus emerged in the mid 1980s among University of Pennsylvania to explore the nature of urban "Woodrow Wilson is a very large foundation that awards many fellow
most intensive educational experience I faculty and administrators that the col ism in Bronze Age Mesopotamia. The project involves the
ships every year, several of which are specifically intended for smaller
have had in my life. Studying atJ uniata was lege could do more. The 1989 pliorities investigation of Tell es-Sweyhat, a third millennium town in
enriching and delightful. One of the things I schools like Juniata," Hofelt said. ■
statement indicated that a "first priority northern Mesopotamia. New insights about the urbaniza
liked best about Juniata was the support
is to provide an education with a global tion process contributes to the understanding of the emer
professors give to their students."
context by enhancing the international gence of civilized societies.
-Helene Santin '93, Exchange Student dimension of the college." A new Bangladesh - Professor Craig Baxter, Chair of the
Sin Le Noble, France
International Studies designated Department of Political Science and President of the
Program of Emphasis offers students a Institute of Bangladesh Studies, announces that two Juniata
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6
A
Summer in France:
Scholarships Provide t Juniata College students are expected to develop
as responsible adults, as well as knowledgeable
and sensitive members of the global community.
Assistance To Students Study abroad provides Juniata students with many educa C' est Une Idee Magnifique!
tional and cultural opportunities. Students find that de
spite their differences in language, appearance, culture
Interested In and families, they are very similar to their international
peers in their needs, fears, hopes and dreams. uniata College students now have the unique opportu
Through the generosity of two families, Juniata students J nity to spend a month this summer exploring France,
Study Abroad Programs who may not have been able to study abroad, will now living and learning the language and culture, while re
have that opportunity. ceiving credit for the experience.
Two scholarships have recently been established at "This is an intense learning experience which will be a
significant time in a student's life," says Dr. Kim
Juniata College to assist students interested in studying
Richardson, director of international programs.
abroad. The Nyce Scholarship for Study in Latin America,
For the first two weeks in Lille, France, students will
established by William P. '48 and Frances
spend up to five hours each day in a classroom brushing
C.'46 Nyce in 1992, provides a stipend for
up on their French language skills, as well as studying the
students who plan to study for a semester or
role of France in Europe, EEC and the eastern countries,
a year in a Latin American country.
French food habits, the French distribution system, and the
•
Applicants are required to submit an essay
European wine market. On the weekends, excursions to mu
explaining what they will do upon return
seums, vineyards and other points of interest will be offered.
from study in Latin America which will help Week three takes students on a five-day field trip to
to educate students at Juniata about issues Brussels, Belgium, and Paris where they will participate in
relating to Latin America and also help to guided experiences at museums and government offices, as
promote interest in study abroad in Latin well as the more traditional sightseeing stops.
America. During the fourth week, students will focus their studies
The Rinehart -Darkatsh Scholarship For on a specific area of interest. Topics will include the
International Study in Education was estab French civilization, business and marketing, and agriculture.
lished in honor of the parents of Beverly To add to the immersion experience, students will reside
Darkatsh '59 (J. Aldus '24 and Mildred Hale with French families, sharing family meals and schedules.
The program, which requires one year of college
Rinehart '23) and other members of the
Ari Measday '94 and her British Seniors Matt Russell, Lori Letzeisen Rebecca Shue '93 and Gretchen Rinehart and Hale families who graduated French, includes air travel from New York, four-credit tu
flatmate in England and Jen Chieppa in Rome Smith '94 enjoy spring break in ition, room and board and in-country travel with the pro
from Juniata College. Income from this
Thailand gram for a cost of $2,000.
scholarship is to be awarded at the end of
This first summer abroad opportunity
the sophomore year to a promising student for study Students from Juniata will now
which is being offered in conjunction
abroad during his or her junior year in the field of educa have the opportunity to partici
with the Institute of Scientific Agriculture,
pate in a summer program at the
tion. Applicants for this scholarship must submit an essay
a partner institution, will run from May University and Polytechnic
explaining how their education program can be enhanced
30 -June 25. ■ Federation at Lille, france. The
through the study abroad experience and what they will do campus and its lovely surround
upon their return to share understanding of education ings provide an ideal setting for
summer study abroad.
principles and methods in the host country. This scholar
ship, established in December 1993, was awarded for the
first time this spring at the Annual Awards Convocation.
"Scholarships ensure that deserving students are given
Robert Folk '94 in Budapest Curtis Fenstermacher '94, Maylin Pheasant '94, Anne Davis
every opportunity to contribute to and benefit from a
'94, Kristin McLaughlin '94, Beth B1yans '94 and BCA friends
at Stonehenge Juniata education." explained Susan Ulrich McLaughlin,
associate director of development -major gifts.
"The Darkatsh -Rinehart Scholarship for International
Study in Education and the Nyce Scholarship for Study in
Latin America empower students to broaden their per
spectives by providing funds for study abroad. The entire
Juniata community appreciates the generosity of the
Darkatshes and the Nyces and our shared vision of en
abling students to become global citizens through interna
tional study," she added. ■
Jennifer Snyder '94 and Kathleen Veedock '94 explore Amy Chamberlin '94 and a
Greece and Egypt friend visit Paris
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8
A
Summer in France:
Scholarships Provide t Juniata College students are expected to develop
as responsible adults, as well as knowledgeable
and sensitive members of the global community.
Assistance To Students Study abroad provides Juniata students with many educa C' est Une Idee Magnifique!
tional and cultural opportunities. Students find that de
spite their differences in language, appearance, culture
Interested In and families, they are very similar to their international
peers in their needs, fears, hopes and dreams. uniata College students now have the unique opportu
Through the generosity of two families, Juniata students J nity to spend a month this summer exploring France,
Study Abroad Programs who may not have been able to study abroad, will now living and learning the language and culture, while re
have that opportunity. ceiving credit for the experience.
Two scholarships have recently been established at "This is an intense learning experience which will be a
significant time in a student's life," says Dr. Kim
Juniata College to assist students interested in studying
Richardson, director of international programs.
abroad. The Nyce Scholarship for Study in Latin America,
For the first two weeks in Lille, France, students will
established by William P. '48 and Frances
spend up to five hours each day in a classroom brushing
C.'46 Nyce in 1992, provides a stipend for
up on their French language skills, as well as studying the
students who plan to study for a semester or
role of France in Europe, EEC and the eastern countries,
a year in a Latin American country.
French food habits, the French distribution system, and the
•
Applicants are required to submit an essay
European wine market. On the weekends, excursions to mu
explaining what they will do upon return
seums, vineyards and other points of interest will be offered.
from study in Latin America which will help Week three takes students on a five-day field trip to
to educate students at Juniata about issues Brussels, Belgium, and Paris where they will participate in
relating to Latin America and also help to guided experiences at museums and government offices, as
promote interest in study abroad in Latin well as the more traditional sightseeing stops.
America. During the fourth week, students will focus their studies
The Rinehart -Darkatsh Scholarship For on a specific area of interest. Topics will include the
International Study in Education was estab French civilization, business and marketing, and agriculture.
lished in honor of the parents of Beverly To add to the immersion experience, students will reside
Darkatsh '59 (J. Aldus '24 and Mildred Hale with French families, sharing family meals and schedules.
The program, which requires one year of college
Rinehart '23) and other members of the
Ari Measday '94 and her British Seniors Matt Russell, Lori Letzeisen Rebecca Shue '93 and Gretchen Rinehart and Hale families who graduated French, includes air travel from New York, four-credit tu
flatmate in England and Jen Chieppa in Rome Smith '94 enjoy spring break in ition, room and board and in-country travel with the pro
from Juniata College. Income from this
Thailand gram for a cost of $2,000.
scholarship is to be awarded at the end of
This first summer abroad opportunity
the sophomore year to a promising student for study Students from Juniata will now
which is being offered in conjunction
abroad during his or her junior year in the field of educa have the opportunity to partici
with the Institute of Scientific Agriculture,
pate in a summer program at the
tion. Applicants for this scholarship must submit an essay
a partner institution, will run from May University and Polytechnic
explaining how their education program can be enhanced
30 -June 25. ■ Federation at Lille, france. The
through the study abroad experience and what they will do campus and its lovely surround
upon their return to share understanding of education ings provide an ideal setting for
summer study abroad.
principles and methods in the host country. This scholar
ship, established in December 1993, was awarded for the
first time this spring at the Annual Awards Convocation.
"Scholarships ensure that deserving students are given
Robert Folk '94 in Budapest Curtis Fenstermacher '94, Maylin Pheasant '94, Anne Davis
every opportunity to contribute to and benefit from a
'94, Kristin McLaughlin '94, Beth B1yans '94 and BCA friends
at Stonehenge Juniata education." explained Susan Ulrich McLaughlin,
associate director of development -major gifts.
"The Darkatsh -Rinehart Scholarship for International
Study in Education and the Nyce Scholarship for Study in
Latin America empower students to broaden their per
spectives by providing funds for study abroad. The entire
Juniata community appreciates the generosity of the
Darkatshes and the Nyces and our shared vision of en
abling students to become global citizens through interna
tional study," she added. ■
Jennifer Snyder '94 and Kathleen Veedock '94 explore Amy Chamberlin '94 and a
Greece and Egypt friend visit Paris
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