Tower-Winter-2018

WINTER 2018 | TOWER 3 CONTENTS Winter 2018 FEATURES MONIQUE BOYKINS ’07 KU GRADS SEE SUCCESS WITH THE LEGO GROUP KU CELEBRATES THE HOLIDAYS HOMECOMING PHOTO RECAP DEPARTMENTS NEWS AND NOTES BACK TO CLASS WITH… Dr. Charles F. Roth, Jr. ’68 CLASS NOTES IN MEMORIAM 14 18 22 4 20 24 25 12 18 12 14 22 PRESIDENT OF KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY: Dr. Kenneth S. Hawkinson VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNICATIONS, MARKETING& EXTERNAL AFFAIRS: Matt Santos M’03 KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR: Alex Ogeka DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS AND TOWERMAGAZINE EDITOR: David Johnson NONDISCRIMINATION STATEMENT Kutztown University does not discriminate in employment or educational opportunities on the basis of gender, race, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or veteran status. KUTZTOWN UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE Tower magazine, issued January 2018, is published by Kutztown University, a member of Pennsylvania’s State System of Higher Education. The Tower is published twice a year, winter and summer. Address correspondence to: Kutztown University, Office of University Relations, P.O. Box 730, Kutztown, PA 19530 or email tower@kutztown.edu . Telephone: 610-683-4114 Submissions for Class Notes may be sent to alumni@kutztownufoundation.org . UNIVERSITY PHOTOGRAPHER: Andrew Ferguson ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, UNIVERSITY MARKETING/DESIGN& PRINTMEDIA: Camille DeMarco ’81, M’01 DESIGN: Kerry Hoyes Lord ’03 CONTRIBUTORS: David Johnson, Lisa Mitchell ’01, Nikki Murry ’98, Martin Ingversen ON THE COVER L TO R: MADISON O’NEIL ’13, LAUREN KING ’08, AUSTIN WILLIAM CARLSON ’12 AND MEGAN BLAIR ’13 HAVE FOUND SUCCESS IN DENMARK, HELPING TO CREATE ONE OF AMERICA’S FAVORITE TOYS. PHOTO BY MARTIN INGVERSEN.