Faculty News & Notes
Letter from the Editor
Dear Faculty,
Happy spring!
We have longer light, bird song in the morning, and the thrust of new green around campus.
I assume you are furiously consumed with the final push toward the completion of the semester and are packing these upcoming days with all that you hope to impart to your students before they leave for summer break or for the next whatever in their lives. I know I feel the crunch of the several events and obligations that crowd the days in my April calendar.
Tracy Hill reminds us that this is Stress Awareness Month. April is also National Poetry Month. So let’s all reach for a little peace and a little poetry. To that end I’d like to share a poem I’ve loved since I was a girl. I’ve returned to this verse again and again because the music and the rhythm lull me to calm with every read. I encourage you to read it out loud, and I hope it takes you to a sweet place away from noise and busyness.
All best,
Claire
P.S. Write to me! kowalchik@moravian.edu
The Lake Isle of Innisfree
I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,
And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made
Nine bean-rows will I have there, a hive for the honey-bee;
And live alone in the bee-loud glade.
And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,
Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings;
There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,
And evening full of the linnet’s wings.
I will arise and go now, for always night and day
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,
I hear it in the deep heart’s core.
—W.B. Yeats, 1865-1939
A Simple Request
In honor of National Poetry Month, please send me a favorite poem—perhaps one you’ve written—that I may share in the next issue of Inside Moravian. Thanks in advance, Claire, kowalchik@moravian.edu
O’Boyle’s “The Goulburn Concerto” Enjoys World Premiere
“The Goulburn Concerto,” a new composition by artist-in-residence Sean O’Boyle, was performed on April 5 at Llewellyn Hall, Australian National University, Canberra, by the Canberra Symphony Orchestra (CSO) in collaboration with students from Goulburn Strings Project. The Strings Project provides an opportunity for students from the Goulburn Public School to learn a stringed instrument. Under the guidance of mentors from the Goulburn Regional Conservatorium, these young musicians have been working toward this premiere performance of O’Boyle’s concerto with the CSO.
You can read an interview with O’Boyle about this collaboration in Limelight Magazine.
Brill Receives Dondero Award
Associate Professor of Psychology Bob Brill was honored with the 2016 Dondero Award at La Salle University’s Annual Showcase on the Science of Psychology, held on March 31.
The award is named for Brother Jack Dondero and honors an alumnus or member of La Salle's Psychology program who has distinguished himself or herself in promoting the science and/or practice of psychology according to the humanistic values that were at the basis of Jack's life and teaching. The recipient must be active in a field in which the science of psychology is applied, have a record of distinguished service in the field, actively promote opportunities for individuals to develop their full potential, and provide a role model to others in the field through his or her accomplishments. A La Salle alum, Brill was particularly moved by this award given that Dondero was his professor for two semesters of research and statistics.
Jasper Presents Paper At Eastern Sociological Society
At the 86th annual meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society, held in Boston, March 17 to 21, Daniel Jasper, associate professor and chair of the department of sociology, presented his paper "Veterans and the Literary Imagination" during a session on Teaching, Learning, and the Military. He also presided at a session on military families. Both sessions were part of the Mini-Conference on Military Sociology.
In addition, Moravian University student and sociology major Dylan Grubb ‘16 presented a poster "Bethlehem Pennsylvania: Memorial or Amusement?" during the Undergraduate Poster Session.
Husic Gives Keynote At Pa Academy Of Sciences
Diane Husic, Dean of the School of Natural and Health Sciences, was invited to be the keynote speaker for the annual conference of the Pennsylvania Academy of Sciences on April 2, held at Delaware Valley University, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, where she presented “From Superfund to Superhabitat: How Science, Citizen Involvement, and Lessons from Nature can Restore a Landscape.”
Husic also participated in the Master Watershed Steward program, held at the Nurture Nature Center in Easton. Her presentation about phenology and climate change was entitled "Bloom Times, Budburst, Bird Migration, and Bugs: What are These Events Telling Us?"
Accounting Department Offers Free Services To Low-Income Taxpayers
Barb Vinciguerra, assistant professor of accounting has been working with Chris Basile, adjunct professor of accounting, and several students in preparing tax returns free of charge for low income taxpayers. They’ve been preparing returns in the Snyder room at the HUB on Tuesday evenings since the beginning of February. This is the first time that Moravian has offered its own Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) site.
Vinciguerra also shares this aside: Alumnus Karen Purkey will be one of the honorees at this year’s annual Accounting Awards Dinner. Purkey is employed as finance manager for Samaritan’s Purse in the Democratic Republic of Congo. You can read an interview with her in the just-published spring edition of Moravian College Magazine as well as on the website of the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Reid to Retire
Come celebrate Martha Reid, professor of English, who is retiring at the end of this academic year. Festivities will be held on Friday, April 15, from 4 to 6 pm at Reeves AfterWords Café.
Rossi In The Media
An article entitled "529 Plans are ripe for the saving -- Yet Few Pick Them" by John D. Rossi, III, associate professor of accounting, was published in the March 21 education edition of the Lehigh Valley Business Journal.
MORAVIAN COLLEGE IN THE MEDIA
Two Bethlehem students awarded full scholarships to Moravian - WFMZ Allentown
Two Bethlehem students surprised with full scholarships to Moravian University -Morning Call
Moravian shocks Bethlehem scholarship winners with surprise parties - lehighvalleylive
Bethlehem Steel FC … the return of soccer royalty - Allentown Morning Call
Five things you missed if you didn't get to 'Deed Day' in Bethlehem - Allentown Morning Call
Touchstone Presents Musical Fable BHUDOO This April - Broadway World
N. Carolina in need of potty training | Turkeys and Trophies - lehighvalleylive.com
One heck of a retrofit: Moravian University and St. Luke's University Health Network
1741 Bethlehem deed to be displayed Saturday only - lehighvalleylive.com
Count Nicholas von Zinzendorf, visiting from Germany on the occasion of his teenage daughter opening the forerunner of Moravian University
Classical: Satori melds East with West on wind instruments Allentown Morning Call
Jordan Spieth's grandfather will be his Masters Par-3 Contest caddie - Golf News Net
Spieth's grandfather is a music teacher at Moravian University in Pennsylvania
History's Headlines: April 2, 1741: A Date That Lives in Bethlehem History - WFMZ Allentown
For one day only, Bethlehem will let public view its original deed -Allentown Morning Call
Craig Atwood, associate professor of theology at Moravian University
Previous Week - SMRC Coverage
Alvin H. Butz Inc. holds subcontractors award luncheon and other company news - Morning Call
Moravian University and St. Luke's University Health Network held a ribbon-cutting program
Athletic training, rehab partnership debuts; to boost educational, job opportunities - LV Business
From the nymph's perspective: "New Baroque" - Santa Fe New Mexican (Angela Fraleigh)
Bethlehem racquetball courts get new life as Moravian classes - lehighvalleylive.com
Event marks completion of sports and rehab center - Lehigh Valley Business
Allentown Band plays at Levitt Pavilion SteetStacks in 2013 -Allentown Morning Call
pianist Don DeChellis, a Moravian University music professor who directs the Moravian Improvised
What ever became of the Bethlehem Food Co-op? - Allentown Morning Call
"Edible Art for Children" at Moravian University Bahnson Center
Teen's perilous path to citizenship paved by teacher-turned-mom - lehighvalleylive.com