December-September 2000

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Our dates couldn’t believe the change in all of us," said junior Darren Laustsen from Doylestown, after he fulfilled his Food Fantasy on the network show of the same name. Laustsen wanted to turn himself and three of his Sigma Tau Gamma fraternity brothers into distinguished gentlemen for the annual date night. The show, which aired twice in December 2000 featured ARAMARK chef Matt Wallace; dance instructor Holly Boda and members of the IUP Dance Theater, who taught the men to ballroom dance; and Mark Anthony and Deborah Stanley, director and associate director of Career Services, who offered a crash course on dining etiquette.  "Food Fantasy," Lifetime Television, December 2000

At Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 13,5000 students—with 4,000 living on campus and 800 faculty members are similarly encouraged to get to know each other away from the books," said Julie Goebel, associate director of residence life, in a feature article discussing how faculty are involved in the "out of classroom" parts of students' lives.  "Faculty Mixes With Students," Pittsburgh Tribune Review, Nov. 30, 2000

The number-one tip you should follow is to remain very vigilant in monitoring your blood glucose levels, according to Susan Dahlheimer, associate professor of food and nutrition at Indiana University of Pennsylvania."  "Diabetics Should Plan for the Holidays,"  Scripps-Howard News Service, November 2000

They are satisfied with their own explanations. If they figure out clouds move because birds push them along, it’s because their cognitive equipment hasn’t caught up to accept any other answer," said Mary Ann Rafoth, chairperson of the Educational and School Psychology Department, in Barbara F. Meltz’s "Child Caring" column, featured November 2000 in The Boston Globe and other newspapers around the country.

But some experts view this year's changes in promotion standards—coupled with another new program allowing high schools to graduate in five years—as the system buckling under its own policies. 'Ending social promotion is such a politically attractive sound bite...but it is becoming undoable,' said Dr. Mary Ann Rafoth, chairman of the education and school psychology department at Indiana University of Pennsylvania in Indiana, Pa.  "When the Goals of Reform Collide," Chicago Tribune, Oct. 22, 2000

...this event would be notable as a diplomatic moment alone. But, happily, the artworks in the exhibition make it significant in its own right," wrote Mary Thomas, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette art critic about IUP’s New Works/ New Europe exhibition.  "IUP exhibit an artistic and diplomatic feat," Pittsburgh Post- Gazette, Oct. 7, 2000

The majority of men do clean up their acts some," said Dr. Edward Gondolf, associated director of research for the Mid-Atlantic Addiction Training Institute at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. "They don't become Prince Charmings, but the majority of them at least interrupt their physical violence."  "Can you 'fix' abuse?"  Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Oct. 1, 2000

Batterers' programs don't work. This has been the prevailing wisdom about efforts to "rehabilitate" abusers for the past 25 years. Now, some interesting work by a nationally known expert at Indiana University of Pennsylvania is challenging that notion. ... Edward Gondolf, research director at the Mid-Atlantic Addiction Training Institute based at IUP, found in a six-year, $2 million study funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that treatment does appear to interrupt violent behavior.  "Treatment Does Help Interrupt Violent Behavior," Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Oct. 1, 2000

Children are more worried about getting their basic needs met that about the abstract things parents may fret over, such as 'Is my child going to be a good student,' notes Mary Ann Rafoth, Ph.D. chair of the department of educational and school psychology at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.  "Don't Leave Me, Mommy!" Parents Magazine, September, 2000

August-July-June-May 2000

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Children, like adults, tend to fear the unknown, explains Dr. Mary Ann Rafoth,  chair of the department of educational and school psychology at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. So you can relieve a great deal of anziety -- both yours and your child's -- by visiting the preschool with her and meeting her teachers and future classmates...  "Countdown to Preschool," Your Family, A Reader's Digest Publication, August, 2000

Assistant Professor Stephanie Taylor-Davis' nutrition students won't be filing into an Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) classroom this summer to learn about food purchasing. Instead, they'll be sitting at home and logging on to the Internet to learn the same things they would by making the trek to campus. Taylor-Davis teaches one of 11 on-line courses IUP is offering this summer to students who live too far from campus to commute. Many of these students, says Dean Nicholas Kolb of IUP's School of Continuing Education, live in Pennsylvania's rural stretches...PennLines Magazine, July 2000

"Additional Particulars" is the latest work from Ed Simpson, whose characters resonate with simple hometown goodness...Simpson is a professor of theater at Indiana University of Pennsylvania ...  "Theater: Big Splash from the Little Pond," Los Angeles Times, June 18, 2000

Overall, the students at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and the University of Pune [India] learned that videoconferencing technology is a beneficial aid to education, because it lets students learn things they cannot read in a textbook." Quoted in a feature story in Teleconference Magazine about a first-of-its-kind videoconference coordinated by David Lind, director of the videoconferencing program at IUP, and facilitated by Connie Howard (in India) and Kurt Dudt, Communications Media chairperson (at IUP). Teleconference Magazine, Summer 2000

Thomas Van Dyke, associate professor of hotel and restaurant management at Indiana University of Pennsylvania, says it's a psychological thing. Restaurants know you're more willing to spend $19.95 than $20...  "Eat, drink and be wary," San Jose Mercury News, May 17, 2000

Students at Indiana University of Pennsylvania shattered the 'National Lampoon Animal House image of campus life as approximately 1,200 participated in the 10th annual all Campus Alcohol-Free Mix-Off...  "College students mix it up at alcohol free event,"  AAA Motorist, May 2000

Even in college rugby circles, not many people know about IUP, whose club team is 22-0 and headed to the Final Four of the USA Rugby Division I Collegiate Championships this weekend at the University of South Florida in Tampa...  "Success makes it hard to ignore IUP's rugby team," Pittsburgh Post- Gazette, May 4, 2000

John W. Butzow, president of the Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Teacher Educators and dean of the college of education at Indiana University of Pennsylvania says three semesters is not enough time to earn a B average. Many students come here with adequate intelligence but very unfortunate high-school experiences...  "In Pennsylvania, a Powerful Crusader Pushes Universities to Change Their Ways," Chronicle of Higher Education, May 19, 2000

April-March-February-January 2000

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The more support parents have before a crisis, the better. School psychologist Dr. Mary Ann Rafoth from Indiana University of Pennsylvania encourages schools to set up occasional informational discussion groups so parents can be connected to one another and clued in to peer issues.  "Secrets and Silence, How Secrecy shuts out vital support," Boston Globe, April 27, 2000

Students at Indiana University of Pennsylvania's ACF-accredited culinary arts program augment their culinary technique with training in sanitation and nutrition...[and] building computer skills along with culinary technique to meet the needs of the industry."  "Meeting the Demands of a Growth Industry" by Laird Livingston, National Culinary Review, April 2000

There is a growing salary gap among faculty at schools that are educating most college students, according to a study for the nation's largest professors' union. Mark Staszkiewicz, provost of Indiana University of Pennsylvania, said his state university rarely loses faculty members to other schools, but often sees computer science and business professors lured away by the private sector."  "Report:  Salary Gap Hurting Poor," Associated Press, April 11, 2000

...Robert Olszewski, a 1968 graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania... the internationally known artist created a box commemorating the Oak Grove at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania to celebrate its 125th anniversary...  "Newsmaker2Day: Robert Olszewski," Pittsburgh Tribune Review, March 25, 2000

...Robert Olszewski, a 1968 graduate of Indiana University of Pennsylvania... the internationally known artist created a box commemorating the Oak Grove at the Indiana University of Pennsylvania to celebrate its 125th anniversary... "Newsmaker2Day: Robert Olszewski," Pittsburgh Tribune Review, March 25, 2000

Mammoth IUP lineman Leander Jordan, whose life turned around when he discovered football, sets his sights on the NFL... "Big Time," Pittsburgh Post- Gazette, April 9, 2000

'Wear We Are" is a spirited exhibition by a dozen Indiana University of Pennsylvania fiber arts students at the Bloomfield Artworks, which is laudable not only for their body of work shown but also for the professionalism of its presentation... "Exhibit gives public an engaging view of private art form of artists' books," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, March 18, 2000

At Indiana University of Pennsylvania, each campus security officer is assigned a couple of dormitories, where he or she gets to know the residents just like a beat cop." "Murder on Campus: Can it Be Averted?"  U.S. News and World Report, Feb. 21, 2000

In their new book, Diners of Pennsylvania, Brian Butko and Kevin Patrick go where no other diner book has gone before, identifying five distinct styles, defining their distinguishing characteristics and assigning time periods. Butko, projects editor at the Historical Society of Western Pennsylvania, had been researching the history of diners just for fun for about a decade. When Stackpole Books, the Mechanicsburg-based publisher of Butko's 1996 book on the Lincoln Highway, asked him to write about diners in Pennsylvania, he asked Patrick, professor of geography at Indiana University of Pennsylvania and editor of the journal Lincoln Highway Forum, to team up with him.  "Places: 'Diners of Pennsylvania' served with style -- hold the fries," Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jan. 8, 2000

1999

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You need to have a strong marriage before you even consider starting a business," said Cindy Iannarelli, a family business counselor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania Center for Family Business. "Kept at arm's length from the business, kids will likely become jealous of your work," Iannarelli said. "Involve them and they'll become your biggest fans—and learn some valuable lessons, too." Family Money Magazine, November/December 1999

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