April 17,1992
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Dr. John Kovach, Sociology |
Faculty Spotlight
Kovach Cites Class Size, Enthusiasm As Benefits
At the request of an interview from
Roger Lee of The Lions’ Eye, sociology
teacher Dr. John Kovach has submitted
the following. Dr. Kovach has been
teaching at Delco for two years. He
spent his first two years of college at
University of South Carolina, and
graduated from PSU’s main campus.
He received his MA and PhD from
American University. He has wanted to
teach since he was a junior in college.
Academic Prizes Awarded
LARSHIPS:
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JUDGE LOUIS A.
SCHOLARSHIP [$500]*
Christopher Giangiulio
JUDITH DAVIS MEMORIAL
SCHOLARSHIP [$500]
David D. Feiser
ROBERT E. FINUCANE
MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP [$500]
James E. Doolittle
LAWRENCE E. HALLSTROM
MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP [$500]
Sharon J. Cormany
H. LEONARD KROUSE AWARDS
OF THE PENN STATE CLUB OF
DELAWARE COUNTY [$700]
Michael O. Hovis
Diana Miceri :
Bruce Whiteman
DEWEY LAROSA MEMORIAL
SCHOLARSHIP [$500]*
Robert Fell
PNC FINANCIAL CORP
ENDOWED DELAWARE COUNTY
CAMPUS SCHOLARSHIP [$500]
David F. Rhoades
JANE H. SHEETZ MEMORIAL
SCHOLARSHIP [$500]
Poonam Batra
JOHN D. AND GRETA C. VAIRO
SCHOLARSHIP [$500]
Tuyen S. Truong
GILBERT A. WETZEL
SCHOLARSHIP [$500]
Stephen H. Tryens
. PRIZES;
LANDON BURNS PRIZE IN THE
HUMANITIES [$100]
Seta Bedrossian
PENN STATE CLUB OF CHESTER
COUNTY [$1,000]
Angela Deal
RALPH D’IORIO SCHOLAR-
ATHLETE PRIZE [$250]
John W. Snyder
JOAN IMPAGLIAZZO ADULT
STUDENT PRIZE [$300]
William T. Maun
THOMAS MCKELVEY
ENGINEERING PRIZE [$500]
Gregory S. Sternberg
SYLVIA SCHAFFER PRIZE IN
GENERAL ARTS AND SCIENCE
[$250]
Youngoak Marousky
W.W. SMITH SCHOLARSHIP
[$2,000]*
Lori Gavin
Joan Impagliazzo
Carol Oglesby
Karen Lyons
Cynthia Pomo
*(Awarded for Fall 1991 and Spring
1992 semesters).
By Joe Damiani
The Delaware County
Community College will host an an
all-day Women’s Conference on
Saturday, April 25, 1992 from 8:00
a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The guest speaker
will be Judge Lisa A. Richette, well-
known jurist, author and lecturer.
Penn State Delaware County
Campus and the Women’s
Commission will be represented by
Penn State faculty and staff at the
information tables. This meeting
will be open to the general public.
Last year attendance was well over
In many ways I think my
general philosophy of life reflects the
fact that I'm a product of the late
1960's, which is when I started
college. To me, that means that I still
believe that we can act, collectively,
to change this world and make it a
better place for everyone.
Part of what I love about
teaching is that I get a chance to
share my perspective and “turn on”
students to what may be a very new,
critical, worldview. I thoroughly
enjoy witnessing students become
empowered as they act on their new
knowledge and understanding.
That's why I always encourage
students to develop projects that
involve some_application of the
concepts we discuss in class, rather
than have them complete traditional
assignments.
On the personal side, I'm
twice divorced and that fact has
become somewhat of a joke in my
Sociology of Marriage and the
Local Women’s Conference Slated
five-hundred people.
Judge Richette will begin a
key note speech at 9:00 a.m. in the
“A” Building, 216 Auditorium. She
is a graduate of the University of
Pennsylvania and the Yale School of
Law.
Workshops will begin at 10
a.m. and will continue until 4:40 p.m.
Overall there will be fifty-five
different workshops, which will
cover such topics as: Working
Mothers, Women Mentors and
Success, Protecting Your Children,
Seven Biggest Mistakes of Investing,
and Conferring with a Lawyer.
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Family classes; that is especially the
case when we discuss topics like
positive communication styles and
conflict resolution in marriage.
I grew up in Hershey,
Pennsylvania in a rather apolitical
household. This is interesting
because politics and political
activism are a common thread which
seems prevalent in my life. I was
greatly influenced by the civil rights
movement and Black liberation
struggles of the 60s and of course by
the Vietnam War. I was actively
involved in anti-war activities
during my undergraduate years.
Later, I withdrew from activism into
a serious study of Marx and neo-
Marxist thought.
Shortly after I came to
Philadelphia in 1980 to set up a drug
prevention program for the School
District of Philadelphia I was
involved in founding the
Philadelphia Marxist School. This
institution offered courses and
sponsored events which served
hundreds of students, activities and
progressives in the Philadelphia area
over a six year period until its
demise. I'm still involved in critical
politics but I have much less time to
devote to these activities. Most of
my time is taken up with my current
research dealing with urban
educational policy and reform.
I enjoy traveling. I've been
to Europe and the Caribbean several
times. Last June I spent two weeks
in Cuba at an academic conference. I
hope to return this June to witness
some of the changes which have
occurred in that country over the last
year. ;
I love teaching -at this
campus because I like the close
relationship that I'm able to develop
with individual students. I think
that the size of the campus is perfect,
especially for students who are just
beginning to find their way through
the academic maze. I feel privileged
to be able to help students along in
their journey and be a supportive
figure during a crucial period of
their development.
I give a lot of myself to
teaching and to this campus, but I
get so much in return. The
enthusiasm in most of my classes is
contagious. Students like talking
about the types of issues that we
deal in sociology on a daily basis —
drugs, sex, rock and roll, and a bit
more. And I think that students
appreciate the fact that I can relate
issues and concepts that we discuss
in class to some of the may work
experiences I've had. These work
‘experiences include: two summers in
the Hershey Chocolate Factory; two
years as a respiratory therapist in a
hospital; a stint as an economic
analyst with the National
Association of Homebuilders in
Washington, D.C.; the project
director of a national survey of
Indian education needs; and serving
as an Assistant Research Director.
with an educational research center
at Temple University.
Over the next few years I
certainly hope to continue teaching
at this campus. I'm in in the process
of working on a book which deals
with the past 30 years of failed
educational reforms in the U.S. I
also hope to become more involved,
in an advisory role, with progressive
student groups on campus.