SHP Counselors
Amber Bittiger -- Katy Deason -- Dan Drumm -- Laura Heiman
Laura Leach -- Kelsi Linblad -- Christian Minich -- Rebecca Mir
Emily Mross -- Colin O'Brien -- Katrina Owens -- Nicholas Parrish
Joshua Peters -- Ashley Rossi -- Diana Saltykova -- Christina Samuels
Mark Wolfe -- Kelly Wroblewski
Amber Bittiger
English Education Counselor
Major: English Education
Minor: Anthropology
Year in College: Junior
Hometown: Stroudsburg, PA
High School: Stroudsburg High School
Activities in High School: Science Olympiad, Scholastic Scrimmage, School Newspaper, tutoring, giving guitar lessons
Activities in College: Sigma Alpha Iota (Women’s Music Fraternity), Unitarian Universalist Student Group, Students Advocating Gender Equality, various community service activities
Talents: Playing guitar, making puns, mixing CDs for long car rides, singing, and cheering people up
Interesting Fact: I metaphorically devour books. Also, the middle toe on my right foot is double-jointed
FAVORITE . . .
Band/Type of Music: Most types. Mainly rock (specifically, indie, classic, or alternative), Broadway Musical and Disney songs, etc. I’ve been listening to a lot of Snow Patrol lately
Movies: Anything with a particularly good plot, lots of metaphor, or a lot of humor
Vacation Spot: Anywhere that I can’t be disturbed with my guitar, my books and my closest friends
Food: Moderately complicated sandwiches (and extremely sharp cheese)
Quotes: “If love were cowblood, I’d be a slaughterhouse.” – picturesforsadchildren
“This is the way the world ends / not with a bang, but a whimper.” – T.S. Eliot
“Life is something that happens when you can’t fall asleep.” – Fran Lebowitz
“A neurosis is a secret that you don’t know you’re keeping.” – Kenneth Tynan
Biology Counselor
Major: Music Education
Year in College: Sophomore
Hometown: Leesburg, VA
High School: Loudoun County High School
Activities in High School: Marching Band, School Band, Orchestra, Soccer, Skiing, Fashion and Design, Culinary Arts
Activities in College: Orchestra, Symphonic Band, Skiing, etc.
Internship Experiences: The Berkshire Choral Festival
Talents: I can roll my eyes to the back of my head…some call it a talent; others do not.
Interesting Fact: I was born in South Korean and moved to America when I was an infant. I love to cook…as long as I don’t have to eat it.
FAVORITE . . .
Band/Type of Music: Frank Sinatra, Michael Buble, Chicago, Queen, Jason Mraz, Symphony X, Anything Classical or Forties Big Band
Movies: Knight’s Tale, Guys and Dolls, Bye Bye Birdie, Conair, Rush Hour, Monty Python, The Philadelphia Story, Ghostbusters, Comedies, etc.
Vacation Spot: The Beaches of North Carolina
Food: Rice and Macaroni and Cheese
Quote: “It is better to be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.” – Abraham Lincoln
Physics Counselor
Major: Music Education (Vocal)
Minor: Piano
Year in College: Senior
Hometown: Springboro, PA
High School: Conneaut Valley High School
Activities in High School: National Honor Society, Marching Band, Volleyball, Chorus, Band, Jazz Band, Spanish Club
Activities in College:University Choirs, Marching Band, Phi Mu Alpha, The Commonplace Coffeehouse
Internship Experiences: The Berkshire Choral Festival
Talents: I suppose musical (singing), along with playing an assortment of instruments, some better than others
Interesting Fact: I thoroughly enjoy a good game of ultimate frisbee. I am a huge technology-geek and love expensive gadgets. I like to watch the old kung-fu movies with horrible acting and stunts.
FAVORITE . . .
Band/Type of Music: Classical, Indie, Hip-Hop, Rock, R&B, Electronica, Jazz, Funk, Blues
Movies: Pulp Fiction, The Shawshank Redemption, Kill Bill (vol. 1&2), Ghostbusters, The Bourne Identity, The Matrix, Star Wars, Office Space
Vacation Spot: The beach!
Food: BBQ Wings
Quote: “NO. Try not. Do or do not. There is no try.” - Yoda
Journalism Counselor
Major: History
Year in College: Senior
Hometown: Chippewa, PA
High School: Blackhawk High School
Activities in High School: Musical Geek extraordinaire, First Class Academic Nerd, Planned for World Domination, and Recycling Club
Activities in College: Beginning stages of World Domination, Academic Nerd Guru to the Stars, and History Club
Study Abroad: I spent my junior year studying British history at King’s College London, as well as implementing the international strategy’s for World Domination
Internship Experiences: City of Westminster Archives Centre in London, United Kingdom, for the summer of 2008; lots of really cool old documents as well as great practical experience for World Domination
Talents: World Domination
Interesting Fact: Isn’t dominating the world enough?
FAVORITE . . .
Band/Type of Music: Last played on my iPod: Collective Soul, All American Rejects, Sublime, and in a distinct turn of mood, Jack Johnson
Movies: Current Favorite is the British political satire In the Loop, and if we’re allowed to sneak in mini-series as well, the BBC’s Bleak House
Vacation Spot: The beach, preferably in the southern hemisphere (sorry Cornwall)
Food: Coffee, preferably of the latte variety
Quote: “History consists of a series of accumulated imaginative inventions.” -Voltaire
Business/Economics Counselor
Major: Marketing
Minor: Economics
Year in College: Juniors
Hometown: Indiana, PA (I am a towny!)
High School: Indiana Area Senior High School
Activities in High School: Colorguard, Tap, Jazz and Ballet, Key Club, Athena Club
Activities in College: Phi Sigma Pi Honors Fraternity, Student Employee of the University Events Office
Study Abroad: I am currently in Turkey and will be in Cyprus in a matter of weeks. I plan to study in China next year!
Talents: I can make my tongue into a clover.
Interesting Fact: You can decide this for yourself because I really just don't know.
FAVORITE . . .
Band/Type of Music: I listen to XM Radio
Movies: How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Pretty Woman
Vacation Spot: Capri, Italy
Food: Sushi
Quote: “Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you land among the stars. ”
Kelsi Linblad
Biology Counselor
Major: Biology
Year in College: Junior
Hometown: Farmington, MI
High School: Farmington High School
Activities in High School: Concert Band, National Honor Society, Debate
Activities in College: Asian Studies Club, Indiana Arts Council, Sigma Tau Delta (English fraternity)
Study Abroad: Nine weeks in China (Summer ’08)
Talents: Writing, web design
FAVORITE . . .
Band/Type of Music: Anything but rap, hip-hop, or country
Movies:The Matrix, The Lion King
Vacation Spot: Jiuhua Shan, China
Food: Anything spicy
Quote: “No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river, and he's not the same man.” -- Heraclitus
Forensics/CSI Counselor
Major:Philosophy and English
Year in College: Sophomore
Hometown: Lancaster, PA
High School: Homeschooled/Independent schooled
Activities in High School: Drama, Mock Trial, Volleyball, Choir, Ultimate Frisbee
Activities in College: Student Government Association, Student Co-Op Board and Directors, Resolved, and various other student groups
Study Abroad: 5-Week trip in Turkey and Cyprus, visiting countless ancient sites and observing a number of cultures.
Internship: Editorial Assistant for SmARThistory.org, Grassroots Program Coordinator for American Lung Association
Talents: Swing Dancing, Thinking, Laughing at myself when I make a fool out of myself
Interesting Fact:I think more than I should, laugh at myself and others more than I should. There's more to say, but I'll save that for SHP.
FAVORITE . . .
Band/Type of Music: A shotgun blast of my favorites: Jon Foreman, Nickel Creek, Coldplay, Keane, Sufjan Stevens, Imogen Heap
Movies: Wall-E, No Country for Old Men, Clifford (not the big red Dog), the Dark Knight, There Will Be Blood
Vacation Spot: Either Assateague Island or the Mediterranean
Food: My Mom's Chicken Noodle Soup, or her shrimp Alfredo
Quote: "I'm Significant! ...Screamed the dust speck." -Calvin from Calvin and Hobbes
Forensics/CSI Counselor
Major: Art History/Anthropology
Year in College: Senior
Hometown: Delmar, MD/DE (The little town too big for one state)
High School: Delmar Jr. Sr. High
Activities in High School: Art Club, Drama Club, Teens Against Tobacco Use, Kick Butts Generation, Japanese Club, Math League and Quiz Bowl
Activities in College: IUP Fencing Club, PA Swat, Ignite IUP, Community Assistant, Residence Hall Association, Residence Hall Council, Anthropology Club, Art History Association, and the National Art Education Association
Study Abroad: Art History Summer Programme at the University of Cambridge, John Cabot University in Rome, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan
Internship: Editorial Assistant for SmARThistory.org, Grassroots Program Coordinator for American Lung Association
Talents: Organizing!
Interesting Fact: I love going to museums, juggling, and playing video games. I’m interested in “barbarian” artwork of the middle ages, and how social networking can improve education.
FAVORITE . . .
Band/Type of Music: Minus the Bear, Hot Chip, The Smiths, Kanye West, The Knife, Depeche Mode, and John Legend
Movies:Slumdog Millionaire, The Last Unicorn, Labyrinth, Citizen Kane, Star Wars V: The Empire Strikes Back, Casablanca, It’s a Wonderful Life, and Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Vacation Spot: Outer Banks, NC
Food:Nutella and Peanut Butter on Bananas, or Kraft Dinner
Quote: "That which does not kill me, only makes me stronger." - F. Nietzsche
Majors: English, Political Science
Minor: Journalism
Year in College: Junior
Hometown: Bartonsville, PA
High School: Pocono Mountain East High School
Activities in High School:Marching Band, Concert Band, Percussion Ensemble, Musical, Choir, Vocal Jazz, National Honor Society, National Art Honor Society, Junior Statesmen of America, Scholastic Scrimmage, Envirothon
Activities in College: Sigma Alpha Iota, The Entertainment Network, College Democrats, Students for Barack Obama, Voices for Planned Parenthood, IUP Unitarian Universalists, Society of Professional Journalists, Lasting Impressions Public Relations, English Club, Film Club, The Penn
Study Abroad: Not yet. Next summer!
Internship Experiences: Spring 2008: Obama for America; Fall 2008: Campaign for Change
Talents: I knit and crochet better than your grandma.
Interesting Fact: I hate pants. I would rather wear a skirt, even when it’s below freezing.
FAVORITE . . .
Band/Type of Music: Jack’s Mannequin, Something Corporate, Vampire Weekend, The Early November, Brand New, Billy Joel, The Clash, Journey, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Movies: Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Casper, The Virgin Suicides, Mean Girls, What Dreams May Come, Cruel Intentions
Vacation Spot: Captiva Island, Florida
Food: Steamed dumplings
Quote: "Death steals everything except for our stories." - Jim Harrison
Colin O'Brien
Forensics/CSI Counselor
Major: Art Education
Year in College: Junior
Hometown: Belle Vernon, PA
High School: Belle Vernon Area High School
Activities in High School:Musicals, Plays, Marching Band, Art Club, French Club, National Honors Society
Activities in College: National Art Education Association
Talents: Playing guitar, drawing, sculpting, singing
Interesting Fact: I have two tattoos inspired by musicals.
FAVORITE . . .
Band/Type of Music: Eisley, City and Colour, Alexisonfire, Circa Survive, Lights, The Hush Sound. Anything that can’t be described easily. As well as musical soundtracks (RENT and Wicked are my favorites)
Movies: Stay, Big Fish, Edward Scissorhands, Juno, Little Miss Sunshine. Pretty much anything with Ewan McGregor in it.
Vacation Spot: Boston
Food: Anything vegetarian friendly
Quote: “Forget regret or life is yours to miss.” –Jonathan Larson, RENT
Katrina Owens
Biochemistry Counselor
Major: Biochemistry
Year in College: Sophomore
Hometown: Nottingham, PA
High School: Oxford Area High School
Activities in High School:Field Hockey, Play, Musical, Helping Hands (community service club), internship for Public relations, and Girls advisory board
Activities in College: Public relations for residence hall counsel, lab work on forming mental models for learning chemistry, work study, AXE ( chem. Fraternity)
Internship Experiences: worked in lab with Dr. Long establishing mental models
Talents: Shopping, photography and scrapbooking
Interesting Fact: I throw random dance parties in my room with my roommate, it is a great way to relieve stress. I love to scrapbook and read.
FAVORITE . . .
Band/Type of Music: I love all different types of music my iPod is really random
Movies: 10 Things I hate About You, Bridget Jones Diary, Gone with the Wind, basically chick flicks
Vacation Spot: Florida
Food: Chocolate
Quote: "We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be." - Jane Austen
Nicholas Parrish
Business/Economics Counselor
Major: Management
Year in College: Senior
Hometown: Ligonier, PA
High School: Ligonier Valley High School
Activities in High School: Yearbook, Swimming, Library Aide, German Club, Plays/Musicals, Anything Fun
Activities in College: German Club, Association of Hospitality Management Students (AHMS), Eberly College of Business Honors Program, Working at the local Holiday Inn and Honors College
Study Abroad: Studied my junior year of high school in Germany
Internship Experiences: Interned in Germany the summer of my freshman year
Talents: Ummm…Let’s See…I am good at planning and organizing, does that count?
Interesting Fact: I speak fluent German and am always up for a good conversation, I try everything at least once and a lot of things twice!
FAVORITE . . .
Band/Type of Music: Everything, though I’m a country boy at heart
Movies: One Fine Day, Mamma Mia, Disney Movies, Devil Wears Prada, Mean Girls, The Bourne Series, Spiderman, Superman, Iron Man, Hulk, Etc. Suspenseful Horror Movies
Vacation Spot: Paris, France
Food: German Bratwurst, Sauerkraut, and Mashed Potatoes
Quote: "Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and very loudly proclaiming, "WOW! WHAT A RIDE!"
Joshua Peters
Biology Counselor
Major: Biology/Pre-Vet
Minors: Chemistry and Music Performance
Year in College: Sophomore
Hometown: Reading, PA
High School: Exeter Township Senior High School
Activities in High School: Ski Club, Honors Choir, Marching Band, Jazz Band, Spanish Club, Soccer, Cross-country Running, Track and Field, Musicals, Science Olympiad
Activities in College: Alpha Chi Sigma Honors Chemistry Fraternity, Biology Club, American Chemistry Society, Marching Band, Sigma Alpha Chi (Saxophone Club, not fraternity)
Study Abroad: Spain in April of 2007
Internship Experiences: Shadowing at Veterinary Clinic in the surgery room
Talents: I can play all basic woodwind instruments, sing all voice parts, do front handsprings and splits (but not many splits at one single time), eat ice cream or frozen desserts as fast as possible without getting brain freezes.
Interesting Fact: I have my boating license and own a Waverunner (jetski). I have also broke every single toe in my foot playing soccer, as well as a torn ligament and nerve endings in my right knee. I broke my right clavicle (collarbone) at a music camp while playing capture the flag at night. During cross-country and track, I have torn my right intercostals, as well as micro-tears in my right hamstring. I referee youth soccer.
FAVORITE . . .
Band/Type of Music: U2, Yellowcard, Snow Patrol, All Time Low, Framing Hanley, Youngblood Brass Band, Braxton Brothers. I listen to all genres of music.
Movies: A Knight’s Tale, The Italian Job, The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum, P.S. I Love You, Enemy at the Gates
Vacation Spot: Tango Verde Ranch in Tuscan, Arizona
Food: Italian Wedding Soup, or anything spicy or soaked in hot sauce
Quote: "Any moron with a pack of matches can start a fire. Raining down sulfur takes a huge level of endurance. Mass genocide is the most exhausting activity one can engage in, next to soccer." ~ Loki, Dogma
Ashley Rossi
Psychology Counselor
Majors: Psychology and Sociology
Year in College: Senior
Hometown: Youngstown, OH
High School: Springfield Local
Activities in High School: Marching/Concert/Pep Band, Choir, Basketball, Track, National Honors Society, History Day, Academic Challenge, Competitive Speech
Activities in College: The Legend, Trombone Choir, Sigma Alpha Iota, Psi Chi, Research Assistant (Chem Department)
Interesting Fact: I am addicted to Biggest Loser, have a bionic knee, and enjoy long walks on the beach.
FAVORITE . . .
Band/Type of Music: Billy Joel, Journey, Styx, Panic! At the Disco
Movies: Juno, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and almost ALL animated Disney Movies
Vacation Spot: Disney World
Food: Raspberries
Quotes: "Brick walls are there for a reason: They give us a chance to show how badly we want something."
Majors: International Studies and French
Year in College: Sophomore
Hometown: Saint-Petersburg, Russia
High School:Belogorie, Saint-Peterburg, Russia and Pocono Mountain West High School, PA
Activities in High School: Volleyball Team, Swim Team, Track and Field Team, French Club
Activities in College: French Club, Economics Club, Model UN Club
Study Abroad: Arhus, Denmark 2005, 2007 and Poconos, PA 2006-2007
Internship: Planning to do an internship next summer
Talents: I easily learn foreign languages. I am also good at reciting poems.
Interesting Fact: I love to travel and learn new things about the world around. I have been to many places, such as France, Italy, Spain, Egypt, Sweden, Denmark and Netherlands.
FAVORITE . . .
Band/Type of Music: All kinds of music
Movies: Comedies
Vacation Spot: Lloret-de-Mar, Spain
Food: Salads
Quotes: “If you want to change the world, start with yourself."
Major: Anthropology
Year in College: Junior
Hometown: Palm Bay, FL
High School: Palm Bay High School
Activities in High School: Orchestra, Student Council
Activities in College: Alpha Phi Omega, Anthro Club, Reading, Cooking
Study Abroad: Ghana- Fall 2009
Talents: Oddly flexible leg joints
Interesting Fact: I am missing 39 body parts.
FAVORITE . . .
Band/Type of Music: Jack Johnson, Snow Patrol, Coldplay, Amos Lee, Imogen Heap, Adele, Kate Nash, Muse, Jukebox the Ghost
Movies: Everything Tim Burton, Moulin Rouge, A Walk in the Clouds, V for Vendetta
Vacation Spot: Jamaica
Food: Watermelon
Quote: " Que sera, sera."
Mark Wolfe
Psychology Counselor
Major: Psychology
Minor: Dance
Year in College: Senior
Hometown: Brookville, PA
High School: Brookville Area High School
Activities in High School: Wrestling, Chess
Activities in College: HAVEN peer educator,
Mens Awareness Project President,
General Social Activism, World of Warcraft
Internship Experience: Worked at camp Ramapo in NY last summer with teens who had learning and emotional disorders.
Talents: Swing Dancing
Interesting Fact: Planning to be a Sex Therapist
FAVORITE . . .
Band/Type of Music: Metal. I like Disturbed, Slipknot, Hatebreed, bands like that.
Movies: American History X, The Matrix, Sin City
Vacation Spot: Cedar Point
Food: Sushi
Kelly Wroblewski
Chemistry Counselor
Major: Biology
Year in College: Sophomore
Hometown: Mclean, VA
High School: Mclean High School
Activities in High School: Basketball, Project Enlightenment, Ceramics/Sculpture, Tartan Art Magazine
Activities in College: Alpha Chi Sigma (Chemistry Fraternity), RHC (student government)
Internship Experience: Lab Assistant to Dr. Ford, working on identifying an unknown enzyme in cellulose
Talents: anything dealing with clay and pottery
Interesting Fact: I love to do high adventure activities like rock climbing, scuba diving, whitewater kayaking and skiing.
FAVORITE . . .
Band/Type of Music: Johnny Flynn and Indie rock
Movies: Little Miss Sunshine, Saving Private Ryan, What Happens in Vegas
Vacation Spot: Greece and France
Food: anything Greek, in particular souvlaki
Quotes: “If you worry you die. If you don’t worry you die. So, why worry?”
