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CONTENTS
Summer 2014
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FEATURES
HOPEFORTHEFUTURE
LindaCliatt-Wayman ’83
has brought new life into a
troubled school
PHYSICSOFSUCCESS
ANational Science Foundation
grant has raised thebar for
research in theKUPhysics
Department
FEARLESS
WandaColón ’93 has taken
lifeby the horns
KINGOFCONNECTIVITY
KevinRock ’79 used a business
degree fromKU tobecome
president of TEConnectivity
DEPARTMENTS
NEWSANDNOTES
BACKTOCLASSWITH ...
Dr. ElaineReed
KUFOUNDATIONUPDATE
CLASSNOTES
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Chris Kimmey ’09
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Jessi Lang ’02
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ONTHECOVER
LindaCliatt-Waymanduring
a February visit to campus
COVERPHOTOGRAPHBY
DOUGLASBENEDICT
PRESIDENTOFKUTZTOWNUNIVERSITY:
F. JavierCevallos
ASSOCIATEVICEPRESIDENTOF
COMMUNICATIONS,MARKETING&
EXTERNALAFFAIRS:
JohnGreen
DIRECTOROFALUMNI ENGAGEMENT:
AlexOgeka
DIRECTOROFUNIVERSITYRELATIONS:
Matt SantosM ’03
ASSISTANTDIRECTOROFUNIVERSITYRELATIONS/
TOWER
EDITOR:
DavidJohnson
KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE
Tower
magazine, issuedJune2014, ispublishedbyKutztownUniversity, a
memberof thePennsylvaniaStateSystemofHigherEducation. The
Tower
is
published twiceayearand is free toKUalumni and friendsof theuniversity.
Addresscorrespondence to: KutztownUniversity,OfficeofUniversityRelations,
P.O. Box730, Kutztown, PA 19530oremail
Telephone: 610-683-4114
Submissions forClassnotesmaybesent to:
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DIRECTOROFUNIVERSITYMARKETING:
JenniferUmberger
ASSISTANTDIRECTOR, UNIVERSITYMARKETING/
DESIGN&PRINTMEDIA:
CamilleDeMarco ’81,M ’01
DESIGN:
GipsonStudio, LLC—LindaGipson
CONTRIBUTORS:
BryanSalvadore ’10,M ’12
, Sports InformationDirector
EstherShanahanM ’16
,UniversityRelationsEditorial
GraduateAssistant
PHOTOGRAPHERS:
SusanAngstadt;DougBenedict;
JeffUleau;HubWillson ’71; andJasonCline ’14
