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IUP Magazine — Spring, 2007		Volume XXV, No. 2
Features	Lifestyles	Sports	Letters	Bookends

Cover Feature • The Future Arrives Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell was among special guests at a celebration of progress on the $41-million Indiana Regional Convocation Center... Letters		Front cover: Select for larger image (opens in new window) Back cover: Select for larger image (opens in new window) Visit *Web Extra* for the latest alumni updates and photographs! Get your News For Alumni
Features • Message From the President “Front-Row Seat for Students” The February 19 regional celebration of the land acquisition for the Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Center was a historic day for IUP and the Indiana community... • Suite Success The Suites on Grant buildings—Phase I of the Residential Revival—will be much more than mere places to live: They will bring together living and learning as never before at IUP... • Emergency Housing A typical day for Nursing major Reza Armaghan includes attending class, doing homework, cooking meals, doing household chores, and, on really busy days, responding to as many as six emergency calls from the public... • The Honors College Chronicles Updates from the Robert E. Cook Honors College... • Distinguished Alumni Awards Ten alumni were honored with 2007 Distinguished Alumni Awards at a March 31 gala sponsored by the IUP Alumni Association... • Here and There Updates from campus and beyond... • Awards Fulbright, Volunteer Service Awards, Black Achievers, Legislative Fellow, and more... • Mentors Highlights on IUP faculty members, past and present...	Lifestyles • Distinguished Indeed The Clarks, recipients of the 2004 Distinguished Alumni Award, demonstrated ongoing support for IUP by raising more than $25,000 for a new recording studio in the renovated Cogswell Hall... • Community Champion Organizer of his company’s cycling team, Bill Orr ’91 and his cyclists participate in all Pittsburgh charity cycling events...
	Sports • Future on the Line Jason Capizzi routinely neutralized defenders during his three-year IUP career. Now he’ll try to squeeze his six-foot-nine, 320-pound frame into an NFL team’s uniform... • The Ultimate Thrill Ride careening down a mountainside in a bobsled at ninety mph provides the ultimate adrenalin rush for Brian Spickler, brakeman on the four-man team that captured top honors in January at the United States Bobsled National Championships... • World Beater Career federal agent George Hood, Jr., raised more than $30,000 for Concerns of Police Survivors by setting a world record for spinning—riding a stationary bicycle—for eighty-five consecutive hours and more than a thousand miles...

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