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On Campus
Communications Professor Named a Fulbright Specialist
Associate Professor of Communications Randy Hines has been selected as a Fulbright Senior Specialist in communications and journalism. He will teach advertising and public relations for five weeks this summer at the Altai Academy of Economics and Law in Barnaul, Russia. "I'm really looking forward to teaching several classes in those two areas and to assisting the faculty in developing their skills in these disciplines. I'll be leaving several books and resources behind to help (Altari Academy) faculty members in the future," Hines says. Hines teaches public relations and advertising at Susquehanna University. He is the lead author of two textbooks on the subjects, The Writer's Toolbox: A Comprehensive Guide for Public Relations and Business Communications and the forthcoming Print Matters: How to Write Great Advertising. SU Receives Grant to Further Study-Abroad OpportunitiesSusquehanna University has received a grant from the Institute for Study Abroad Foundation (IFSA) to create a new scholarship program for the 2008-09 and 2009-10 academic years. The program, Study Abroad off the Beaten Path, will award up to $3,500 toward travel expenses for six Susquehanna students per semester to participate in study-abroad programs in Asia, Africa or Latin America. In return for the scholarship, recipients are expected to "give back" by reporting on their experiences or promoting the program after their return to the Susquehanna campus. The IFSA grant will assist students in fulfilling the requirements of a new central curriculum, slated for implementation in fall 2009. The new curriculum will require all students to participate in a cross-cultural experience before graduation. Writers Institute Marks Year with Alumni Support and Accomplishment
Trustee Sue Yenchko '68 has established an endowed fund in support of the Writers Institute's Visiting Writers Series. The first annual endowed reading took place Feb. 26 and featured novelist and short-story writer Steve Yarbrough. Several alumni are advancing in their writing careers as well. Damian Gessel '05, a reporter for The Daily Item in Sunbury, Pa., was named the first-place winner of the 2007 distinguished writing award from the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association. The association also honored Gessel with a first place award for business writing. Creative writing alumni Shanna Powlus '04, Roxanne Halpine '01, Nick Ripatrazone '03, and Tara Laskowski '02 had their work published in national literary journals. These journals include The Greensboro Review, Hawaii Pacific Review, North American Review and Crab Orchard Review. In addition, Amy Harper '02 was named senior writer at In Touch magazine.
Several Crusader teams have been recognized for their academic accomplishments. Forty-six fall athletes were named to the Landmark Conference Academic Honor Roll. They were joined by 72 athletes from the winter season. Joe Ramsey '08 was named one of the conference's six Senior Scholar Athletes for the fall season, and Mike Marr '08 and Ashley Moormann '08 received that honor for the winter season.The men's and women's soccer teams were honored with the National Soccer Coaches of America Team Academic Award, making Susquehanna one of only 72 schools nationwide to have both teams earn this honor. Isaac Laubach '11 was also named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America's Scholar All-American Second Team, the first Crusader men's soccer player to earn that honor.
The women's cross country team received All-Academic Team accolades from the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association, and runner Laura Gausmann '09 was named Academic All-American.
The field hockey team earned the National Academic Team Award from the National Field Hockey Coaches Association, one of only 83 Division III programs recognized. In addition, eight team members were named to the Division III National Academic Squad for maintaining a minimum 3.3 cumulative grade point average through the fall semester.
Several Susquehanna athletes earned top honors in the Landmark Conference this year. Among the long list of honors bestowed this season upon men's basketball player Josh Robinson '08 was the title of Landmark Conference Player of the Year. Paul Thistle '10 was named Men's Cross Country Runner of the Year in the fall and, more recently, Men's Indoor Track Athlete of the Year. In addition, Bobby Eppleman '11 and Alycia Woodruff '11 brought home Rookie of the Year honors for indoor track. Woodruff also took home Women's Cross Country Runner of the Year accolades in the fall. At the Landmark Swimming and Diving Championships, Jeff Fornadley '08 was named Co-Swimmer of the Year, and Joe Scheno '11 took home Rookie of the Year honors. For a recap of all postseason awards earned by Crusader athletes this year, go to www.susqu.edu/athletics/awardsandhonors.htm.
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