Franq Wyman
Remembered
Lion’s Den Staffer
Dies of Apparent
Heart Attack
By Cathie McCormick Musser
Capital Times Staff Writer
The Lion's Den staff crowded
around the booth, taking turns
remembering their favorite times
with Franq on the day that would
have been his four-year anniver
sary with Penn State Harrisburg.
Laughter, smiles, and glowing
praise quickly replaced the occa
sional downward glance and
watery eyes that betrayed the
grief.
Franq’s warmth has left a per
manent mark on his coworkers.
“He made this place,” Sandy
Lescisko said.
Franq Wyman, 50, a grill cook
with PSH Housing and Food
Services since 1996 died at his
home early Wednesday, Jan. 18.
Wyman worked at his usual
post at the Lion’s Den grill until
8 p.m. on Jan. 17. When he failed
to report for work Wednesday
morning, JoAnn Coleman, PSH
Manager of Housing and Food
Services, became concerned.
After trying to reach Wyman
by telephone, Coleman called the
City of Harrisburg Police
Department. The police reported
finding Wyman dead of an
apparent heart attack.
The news hit the PSH commu
nity' hard. In his four years with
PSH Housing and Food Services,
Wyman endeared himself to fac
ulty, staff, and students.
“Franq had a real presence
here,” Lion’s Den staff member
Doris Hoose said.
Greg Schiavoni, Assistant
Manager of Housing and Food
Services, remembered that
Wyman, “liked people; he knew
everybody by name.”
As the ’ news circulated
through campus, the Lion’s Den
staff was inundated with mes
sages of shock and sympathy.
“The Pizza Hut driver was
crying on the phone,” Schiavoni
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From left to right: Darlene Haylett, Anh Nguyen, Sandy Lescisko,
Franq Wyman, and Doris Hoose. The photo was taken on Wyman’s
50th birthday on Dec. 17, 1999.
Herbal Supplements: What You
Don’t Know Might Hurt You
It’s 4 a.m., and you’ve just
emptied your third box of tis
sues. Your temples are throbbing,
your throat is on fire, and every
joint in your body aches.
You know you should visit
your doctor, but a look at your
latest bank statement causes you
to rethink that idea.
Then you remember that your
roommate has taken, echinacea
faithfully for the last year and
hasn’t had the slightest sniffle.
But think twice before pop
ping a pill to cure what ails you.
What you don’t know might hurt
you.
The American Botanical
Council estimates that, last year
alone, Americans spent almost
$5 billion on herbal remedies,
and the trend shows no signs of
abating.
The November 1999 issue of
“Consumer Update,” a newslet
ter published by the University
of Missouri, revealed that herbal
product usage has skyrocketed
400 percent over the last seven
years.
Cash-strapped college stu
dents with active, stress-filled
lives are expected to contribute
to the herbal medicine boom.
Several factors help to explain
the dramatic increase in the pop
ularity of herbs. Colorado
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organization that specializes in
information about alternative
medicines, cited one reason as “a
sense of control, a mental com
fort from taking action.”
Other possibilities include a
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Soup’s On!
Photo by Nicole Burkholder
Dr. Janet Widoff of Student Affairs and Interim Provost and Dean Dr. John Leathers served soup last
week to the evening students.
Hanes Named
Provost and Dean
for Capital College
Dr. Madlyn L. Hanes was
named provost and dean of the
Capital College on Jan. 21 by
Penn State’s Board of Trustees.
Hanes, campus executive officer
of Penn State Great Valley’s School
of Graduate Professional Studies
and associate dean of the Graduate
School, will assume the provost
and dean position on July 1.
Hanes said she is looking for
ward to her new duties. “I am for
tunate in that I’ll be joining Capital
College at an opportune time.”
She said the entire university is
initiating its strategic planning,
setting goals for the next five
years. Hanes said the strategic
planning process will benefit both
the Capital College’s campuses.
Hanes said, “From this plan
ning effort, we set goals that tap
our strengths, aim high and chal
lenge us in ways that will contin
ue to earn the [Capital] College
By Matthew McKeown
Capital Times Editor
the highest distinctions”.
“I look forward to working
with you, to learning more about
the [Capital] College’s past and
present, and to participate in
shaping its future,” Hanes added.
Hanes is currently on leave
from Penn State Great Valley.
She is serving as senior advisor to
the chancellor at the University of
Georgia System.
As chief executive officer at
Great Valley, Hanes was responsi
ble for the overall administrative
and academic strategic directions
and operations of the campus.
She received the Administrative
Excellence Award from Penn State
in 1998 and the Visionary of the
Year Award from the Great Valley
Chamber of Commerce in 1999.
“Madlyn Hanes has demon
strated outstanding vision and
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