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Contents:
- In Memoriam: Albright Trustee Dr. P. Kenneth Nase '55
- In Memoriam: Albright Professor Philip A. Eyrich 58
- Faculty Rank Advancements
- Two Faculty Recognized for Distinguished Teaching
- Sharon P. Minnich '92 Appointed to the Board of Trustees
- Albright Accelerated Degree Completion Program Offered at Lehigh Carbon Community College
- Rick Ferry Named Head Mens Basketball Coach
- Albrights Field of Dreams Complete!
- National Student Athlete Day
- Fraternity Sits for a Good Cause
- Striving for the Stars
Fraternity Sits for a Good Cause
Overlooking the passersby on 13th Street, members of the Pi Kappa Phi
fraternity sat upon a scaffold for a total of 100 hours in April to raise
money for Push America. The brothers brought in more than $600 for the
organization. They raised a total of approximately $1,300 during the academic
year, according to Scaffold Sit coordinator Todd Alscher ’03.
Push America is the national outreach project of Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity.
The organization provides leadership opportunities, services and education
to promote a greater understanding of persons who have developmental disabilities.
Alscher says the fraternity members rotated their turns upon the scaffold.
There were two brothers perched upon the scaffold for two-hour shifts
at all times.
He says of the event, “It was a lot of hard work, but in the end,
it makes you open your mind up to the possibilities of the things you
can accomplish. It makes you have a good feeling inside.”
As part of the fraternity’s participation with Push America, members also undergo empathy training to educate them about living with a disability.
From the twist to the electric slide, 60 Albright students danced the afternoon away on March 31 throughout the College’s first dance marathon. They raised a total of $1,800 for Children’s Miracle Network (CMN).
The “Striving for the Stars” dance marathon began at 10 a.m. Saturday. After 12 hours of fun and excitement, students were rubbing their sore, tired feet.
Gwen Zarambo ’02, dance marathon chair and assistant Jennifer Busillo ’02 started organizing the event in December 1999. Zarambo says, “We wanted to bring something different to the College to get students involved and excited.” But, Busillo adds, the main goal was to raise money for the children.
The money raised benefited two children’s hospitals associated
with CMN: The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and The Children’s
Seashore House. The hospitals have cared for more than 600,000 children
each year who suffer from numerous ailments and afflictions.
Robin Jackominic, CMN campaign manager for the Philadelphia area, says,
“CMN has become the dominant organization actively providing better
health care for millions of children through our associated hospitals.”
Donations, she says, help ensure that sick children will have access to
quality medical treatment regardless of the family’s ability to pay.
But in addition to raising money, the dancers also raised the spirits of an ill child. Busillo said that all participants helped create a photograph album that included photos from the event as well as notes from the dancers. Jackominic presented the album to Kendall Hauth, a seven-year-old boy from East Stroudsburg, Pa. who had a heart transplant as a result of Kawasaki disease, a giant aneurysm in the artery that supplies blood to his heart.
Hauth was unable to be at the dance marathon because he was hospitalized. Zarambo says the committee hopes to raise more money next year and will seek more participation by going out into the community.
