Thursday, April 12, 2012
This is not good news...for me, anyway
This is Dr. Richard Goedkoop's last semseter before retiring. He has been a stalwart media contributor. A professor of communication with a specialty in broadcasting, he's been quoted in USA TODAY, the Philadelphia Inquirer (one writer there said, "I love him!"), the Christian Science Monitor (on many occasions) and plenty of other media outlets. A resident of Lancaster, PA, and a Licensed Battlefield Guide at Gettysburg National Park, I will miss his expertise and willingness to chip in to help the University. This of course will make my job harder....maybe I should get him a smart phone and tell the media he is now an "emeritus" professor of communication????? Any way, best wishes for a happy retirement.
The Plays the Thing
La Salle's student theatre troupe, The Masque, is presenting Shakespeare's Macbeth, with a slightly untraditional approach. Don't know if any pr will result from photos we took, but I will send them to the students' hometown papers. Attached is a picture of Gavin McLaughlin (as Macbeth) surrounded by the three witches (L to R): Erin Collington, Emily Caine, and Katherine Zini ).
Graduation stories trickling in...
So far, here are some of the stories we'll be distributing around commencement time:
Nutrition major Matthew Kavanagh: when he was three years old, he was hit by a car and remained in a coma for almost one month due to severe brain trauma. His family, including mother Denise, a nurse (and nursing professor here), was given very little hope for a recovery. He miraculously survived, slowly recovered, and eventually came to La Salle where he participated on the track and field team and has done well academically.
Accounting evening student Gina Sacco: Gina originally began as an accounting major at La Salle in 1991. After completing one semester, she had to withdraw due to family issues and began working full-time. Gina returned to La Salle again, taking classes from 1998 to 2003, but now married with a family and financial obligations, she withdrew again. She returned to La Salle in 2010 as a full-time evening student. Having earned a 4.0 GPA in her major, Gina is two-time recipient of the Charlotte Newcombe Scholarship, a recent inductee into Beta Gamma Sigma, and she has achieved a cumulative GPA that will award her the distinction of Maxima Cum Laude upon graduation. Gina is also a recent recipient of a 2012 Becker CPA Review Course Scholarship; she intends to sit for the CPA exam by year end and plans to continue coursework at La Salle University towards earning both an MBA in Finance and CPA licensure.
Finance professor Joshua Buch has taught three generations from one family.
A mother/daughter pair are receiving their graduate degrees together.
The oldest grad I know of is 70 years old: he served 39 years in the Army and his four children, who graduated from Penn, Drexel, Johns Hopkins and Oxford told him, Dad, now it's your turn. He's majoring in Criminal Justice.
Nutrition major Matthew Kavanagh: when he was three years old, he was hit by a car and remained in a coma for almost one month due to severe brain trauma. His family, including mother Denise, a nurse (and nursing professor here), was given very little hope for a recovery. He miraculously survived, slowly recovered, and eventually came to La Salle where he participated on the track and field team and has done well academically.
Accounting evening student Gina Sacco: Gina originally began as an accounting major at La Salle in 1991. After completing one semester, she had to withdraw due to family issues and began working full-time. Gina returned to La Salle again, taking classes from 1998 to 2003, but now married with a family and financial obligations, she withdrew again. She returned to La Salle in 2010 as a full-time evening student. Having earned a 4.0 GPA in her major, Gina is two-time recipient of the Charlotte Newcombe Scholarship, a recent inductee into Beta Gamma Sigma, and she has achieved a cumulative GPA that will award her the distinction of Maxima Cum Laude upon graduation. Gina is also a recent recipient of a 2012 Becker CPA Review Course Scholarship; she intends to sit for the CPA exam by year end and plans to continue coursework at La Salle University towards earning both an MBA in Finance and CPA licensure.
Finance professor Joshua Buch has taught three generations from one family.
A mother/daughter pair are receiving their graduate degrees together.
The oldest grad I know of is 70 years old: he served 39 years in the Army and his four children, who graduated from Penn, Drexel, Johns Hopkins and Oxford told him, Dad, now it's your turn. He's majoring in Criminal Justice.
Titanic Coverage
So far, Br. Ed Sheehy has been quoted in the Gloucter County (NJ) Times and the (Philadelphia) Metro about the ill-fated ship that sank 100 years ago this Sunday, April 15. I knew this anniversary was coming, but what surprised me is how many media did their stories months ago -- so often things are left to the last minute.
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