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spring '96 grads
Heidi Lightner and Stacy Lybarger, psychology
majors, make final adjustments to their caps
before the ceremony
Tina Shearer, Ali Firinccioghi and Dan Zackus are all
smiles
American studies major, Stef Helwig as the
commencement processional begins
Finally Makin_ the news instead of reporting it, Spring
1996 Capital Tunes coeditors, Danielle Hollister and
Tina Shearer
Spring 1996 PSH
commencement with two ceremonies
Jody L. Jacobs
Editor
Graduates of Penn
State Harrisburg (PSH),
accompanied by their family
and friends, gathered at the
Hershey Theater not once, but
twice for commencement
exercises Saturday May 11,
1996.
The 496 graduates
were the first to experience a
change in PSH tradition, two
commencement ceremonies.
According to Alumni
and Special Events
Coordinator James Malm, this
is the first time that the PSH
graduation ceremony was
Maim said that this
change is the result of an
increase in the number of
graduates at the PSH campus.
A benefit of having two cere
monies is that it offers unlim
ited seating for the graduates'
PSH Olympic volunteers say
Wendy A. Hess
Staff Reporter
Penn State
Harrisburg had many
Olympic participants at
the games in Atlanta this
summer, but you would
n't have seen them on
TV.
In co-operation
with Borg-Warner
Corporation, the official
sponsor for security at
the Olympic Games,
Coordinator of Career
Services at Penn State
Harrisburg, Karl Martz
and his wife Marylou,
coordinator of student
health at Penn State
Harrisburg (PSH) were
among the 200+ volun
teers from both this cam
pus and University Park,
to assist the security
force.
Karl Martz said the
Penn State group helped
provide low level securi
ty. They monitored
entrances and guarded
doors and gates at some
of the events and press
centers. Their primary
objective was to check
the credentials of those
who entered secure
areas, be observant, and
report any unusual
occurrences to Borg-
Warner officials.
On the night of the
bombing at Olympic
Centennial Park, The
family and friends and does
away with the ticket system of
past commencements, he said.
The first ceremony was
held at 9:30 a.m. for associate,
baccalaureate, masters and
doctoral candidates in the
Division of Behavioral
Sciences and Education,
Division of Humanities and
School of Public Affairs.
The second com-
mencement ceremony for
associate, baccalaureate and
masters degrees in the College
of Science, School of Business
Administration and School of
Science, Engineering and
Technology was held at 1:30
p.m.
Each ceremony was
similar in format and Penn
State custom, however each
had its own unique variations
Both began with the
traditional academic proces
sion of students dressed in
was not ruined by the
Martz's, who had
brought their two teen
aged children with them,
had tickets to the con
cert, but fate and a busy
schedule kept them from
attending.
a supervisor for the
check-in procedures at
the Woodward Academy,
the campus where the
Borg-Warner volunteers
were housed.
the bombing, two bus
loads of people showed
up. Marylou was one of
the volunteers who
assigned training sched-
ules, set-up appoint-
ments for drug testing,
and issued uniforms to
volunteers. The duties
incurred that night, due
to the surge of incoming
volunteers, prevented
the family from attend
ing the disastrous event.
"We had been
working 14, 16, and 18
hour days," Karl Martz
said. "We were just too
tired to go. At 1:30 a.m.
, I was just getting ready
to go to bed, when my
beeper rang. Because it
was so late, I knew some
thing had to be wrong."
Frank DiVonzo, a
PSH '96 Public Policy
Graduate, worked with
Karl Martz and the secu-
rity team
Marylou Martz was
On the evening of
graduates celebrate
their black caps and gowns.
Each division or school was
lead into the theater by their
respective faculty banner-bear
er who carried the division
and school banners.
Provost and Dean John
H. Bruhn extended the wel
come to the 1996 graduates
and their guests.
The keynote speaker
for both ceremonies was
Howard Yerusalim, PE, Senior
Vice President with KCI
Technologies. He served as
Secretary of Transportation for
the Pennsylvania Department
of Transportation from 1987 to
1994.
In the morning cere
mony, Yerusalim was intro
duced by Treasurer of the
Commonwealth of
Pennsylvania Catherine Baker
Knoll. Provost Bruhn intro
duced Knoll as having a "strict
code of conduct," and setting
Karl and Marylou Martz volunteered at the 1996
Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta
"I yelled for Frank
(DiVonzo), who had just
left and was walking
down the hall. I was
making a phone call
when the other phone
rang. Frank answered
that call, and I heard
him saying 'Oh God, Oh
no.' We turned on CNN
and saw what was going
At that point, the
volunteers set about
securing the campus,
said Karl Martz. No one
was permitted to leave,
in order that a proper
head count be taken.
"We needed to fig-
ure out who was at
Centennial Park," he
said. "There were phone
calls from worried par
ents that needed to be
answered."
"the highest standards of pro
fessionalism, accountability
and integrity for the Office of
the Treasurer." Bruhn addi
tionally pointed out to the
audience that Knoll is only the
fourth woman in the history of
Pennsylvania's history to be
elected to statewide executive
office.
After the keynote
address, the senior class gift
for 1996 was announced.
Karen R. Wilson made the
presentation at the morning
ceremony and Jeffrey C.
Williams presented the senior
gift in the afternoon.
Student pledges, total
ing $1,620, from the January
and May graduating seniors
were presented to Provost
Bruhn for the purpose of
establishing permanent picnic
tables for the front of the
Olmsted Building. See
Commencement . 3
their experience
bombing
"In the end, it all
worked out," Karl Martz
said, "and everyone was
accounted for."
Borg-Warner pro
vided professional psy
chological counseling for
anyone in the group who
felt they needed some
help in dealing with the
crisis, said Karl Martz.
"We planned on
sitting right where the
tower was." he said.
"Someone was on our
side."
"Everyone pulled
together," said Marylou
Martz. "People who had
complained about every
thing earlier, were now
asking what they could
do to help."
August 29, 1996
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