November 2010Vol. 5, No. 3

IMPACT

Deserving recipients receive prestigious alumni awards

Inspiring Students to Pursue Lives of Purpose

During Homecoming Weekend,

Waynesburg University

presented the Golden Key and

Distinguished Alumnus awards at the

annual Alumni and Friends Recognition

Dinner. The Golden Key Award was

presented to Rosetta Kormuth DeVito and

Mathias DeVito, while the Distinguished

Alumnus Award was presented to Dr.

Robert Minor.

The Alumni Council presents the

Golden Key award to an alumnus

or friend of Waynesburg University

dedicated to a lifetime of significant

leadership and involvement with the

University. Recipients of the prestigious

award have distinguished themselves

among their peers in a meaningful way.

This year’s recipients, Rosetta

Kormuth DeVito and Mathias DeVito,

show remarkable leadership and

resolute commitment to community

development, education and social

justice.

“Living a life of leadership and purpose

for the glory of God,” the DeVitos

have tenaciously modeled Waynesburg

University’s mission. Their involvement

with charitable committees and

corporations is indicative of their desire

to faithfully transform the world beyond

their community.

Eager to support those with special

needs, the DeVitos passionately built a

nationally-acclaimed tutoring program,

offering free reading instruction to

dyslexic individuals. In addition, the

couple graciously funded The Rosetta

Kormuth DeVito Lecture Series, enabling

students and members of the local

community an opportunity to explore

topics related to business, culture and the

arts.

Dr. Robert Minor, a 1957 graduate of

Waynesburg University (then Waynesburg

College), accepted the Distinguished

Alumnus Award for his gracious support

to the University and Roberts Chapel.

As a result of the pride he exudes for his

alma mater, Minor recently presented

the University with a gift of $100,000

to be used for the purchase of a state-of-

the-art organ for Roberts Chapel so that

Waynesburg University students, faculty

and staff will experience the gift of music.

Dr. Minor has remained committed to

demonstrating Waynesburg University’s

mission of faith, learning and serving

throughout both his personal and

professional life.

Business student shines during competitive internshipThis summer, Rhonda Woloshun completed a competitive internship with Target. Using knowledge from Waynesburg classes and the Leadership Scholars Program, her hard work proved to be a positive summer experience.

Engaging, industrious, outgoing,

and very hardworking.” These are

just a few of the words that Dr.

Gordon McClung, chair of the department

of business administration and professor

of marketing, uses to describe the

qualifications of one of his best students.

His description shows why senior

marketing major Rhonda Woloshun was

chosen for the highly competitive Store

Executive Internship position with Target

Corporation.

“Target uses the internship program

to identify future leaders,” McClung

said. “Typically, Target will not offer an

internship if they do not see the potential

for a fit, and they usually define that fit as

someone with the potential of moving up

at least two levels in the organization at

the time of recruitment.”

For 10 weeks over the summer,

Woloshun shined in her position which

led to an offer for a full-time position as

an Executive Team Leader. She credits her

experiences at Waynesburg University for

preparing her as a future leader.

“Waynesburg really provided me with

a completely versatile, well-rounded

education that I found was simple to

apply in the ‘real world,’” Woloshun said.

“My first day on the job, I remember

light-heartedly telling my store general

manager, ‘it’s like all of my classes except

in real life!’”

As a Store Executive Intern, every day

was a new experience for Woloshun as she

learned the operations of each area of the

store and worked with the executives in

the store.

As a manager on duty, her

responsibilities included preparing a daily

and weekly recap of the store’s previous

activity and compiling store goals and

special topics to present to all team

members. According to Woloshun, it was

extremely important for the entire staff

to be on the same page and up-to-date.

When the managers dispersed among the

store, Woloshun worked with the logistics

manager, providing her experience with

store inventory, customer service and

employee management.

Beyond her daily duties, Woloshun was

responsible for creating and implementing

a project to improve her store and Target

stores globally. She developed a game to

ensure that team members were assisting

guests by providing incentive.

“It is a great goal of Target’s to make

sure we are putting guests first, so this

project really kept that on the forefront,”

Woloshun said.

Woloshun found her transition from

theory to application seamless as the

concepts she studied in the classroom

came to life at Target.

“I found that I had classroom

background in all necessary areas,”

Woloshun said. “If I had only been

exposed to marketing concepts, I would

have had no idea where to begin.”

Not only does Woloshun see the

benefit from her classes, but her time and

experience with the Leadership Scholars

program also helped to prepare her.

“I knew exactly how to treat others

and how to manage my time in order to be

most effective, and I attribute a lot of that

to the scholarship program,” Woloshun

said. “I found that I was well-liked and

productive because I was making the

conscious effort to apply everything the

Leadership Scholarship Program taught

me. I was honestly impressed with myself

how easy it was to transition into this

situation.”

Woloshun’s preparation at Waynesburg

University identified her as a strong

candidate for the internship and full-time

position. Like McClung, Daniel Baumann,

store team leader and Rhonda’s internship

advisor, only had positive comments on

Woloshun.

“Rhonda was identified as a strong

candidate for the internship based on

her well-roundedness as a student,”

said Baumann. “Her experiences lent

themselves to leadership development,

and Rhonda was able to articulate the

impact she had on situations and on

others through our assessment process.”

IMPACT

NEWS & NOTES• Waynesburg University’s American

Chemical Society student chapter

was recently selected to receive the

“Commendable Chapter Award”

from the American Chemical Society.

The award is a result of the chapter’s

activities conducted during the 2009-10

academic year. A total of 360 student

chapter annual activity reports were

reviewed by the Society Committee on

Education. Waynesburg University was

one of 68 chapters selected to receive a

“Commendable Chapter” award.

• Dr. Paul Sielski, professor of

mathematics at Waynesburg University,

presented “Mathematics in Sports”

Friday, Oct. 15, at the National Council

of Teachers of Mathematics Conference

and Exposition in Baltimore, Md.

Sielski has 17 years of speaking

and teaching experience and said

these conferences provide excellent

opportunities to make math more

interesting. Those who participate in

his NCTM conference session will

learn how to compute formulas used in

the world of sports.

• The Waynesburg University student

body crowned its 2010 Homecoming

King and Queen Saturday, October 16

at a ceremony held during halftime of

the Homecoming football game. Bill

Hanning

and Mikey

Macosko

were named

king and

queen,

respectively.

Hanning

is a senior

marketing

major from

Claysville,

Pa., and Macosko is a senior nursing

major from Jefferson Hills, Pa.

• Waynesburg University’s Christ &

Culture Lecture Series will feature

author, editor and commentator Eric

Metaxas. Lectures will be held in the

Goodwin Performing Arts Center

Monday, Nov. 8 and Tuesday, Nov. 9 at

7:30 p.m. each evening. Metaxas will

also speak at the University’s chapel

service Tuesday, Nov. 9 at 11 a.m. in

Alumni Hall.

• Eric Gray, a junior accounting major

from New Geneva, Pa., was recently

awarded the prestigious Pennsylvania

Institute of Certified Public

Accountants Scholarship. Fifty-five

scholarships were presented throughout

the state. Gray procured one of the

three $1,500 scholarships awarded

by the PICPA Pittsburgh Chapter.

Professor of Business Administration

Anthony Bocchini recommended Gray

for the scholarship after noticing his

potential and dedication.

FCA Camp opens doors of opportunity for AT student

Walters serves as Stover Visiting Constitutional Fellow

Waynesburg University’s Stover Center for Constitutional Studies and Moral Leadership hosted John Walters, former director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy and foreign domestic

policy expert, as the Stover Visiting Constitutional Fellow. His visit Monday, Oct. 25 through Friday, Oct. 29, was made possible through the Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellows Program. The Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellows Program brings prominent artists, diplomats, journalists and business leaders to college and university campuses to help increase understanding and make new connections between the academic and non-academic worlds. In addition to his time with Waynesburg University students and faculty, Walters presented two public lectures, “The Drug Problem Today: Past, Present and Future Trends” and “Drugs and Terror: The Cases of Colombia, Afghanistan and Mexico.” “Mr. Walters’ experiences were many, and we are excited that he was here to share his knowledge with our community,” said Waynesburg University Provost Dr. Robert Graham. Walters currently serves as the executive vice president at the Hudson Institute, a non-partisan research organization. From December 2001 to January 2009, Walters served as the director of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy and a cabinet member during the Bush Administration. In this role, Walters guided all aspects of federal drug policy and programs — supporting efforts that decreased teen drug use 25 percent, increased substance abuse treatment and screening in the health care system, and dramatically dropped the availability of cocaine and methamphetamine in the United States. From 1996 until 2001, Walters served as President of the Philanthropy Roundtable, a national association of charitable foundations and individual donors. In addition, Walters served as the Assistant to the Secretary and Chief of taff at the U.S. Department of Education during the Reagan Administration and also served in the Division of Education Programs at the National Endowment for the Humanities from 1982 to 1985.

After spending a week of her summer

with Christian athletes and coaches,

Rachael Moon, a sophomore

athletic training major from Brea, Calif., is

working to revive Waynesburg University’s

Fellowship of Christian Athletes organization

on campus.

“Seeing so many people involved in

athletics that are Christians just helped to

strengthen my faith, as well as just comfort

me in knowing that I am not alone,” said

Moon.

FCA camps challenge athletes and coaches

to impact the world of Jesus Christ. FCA

cultivates Christian principles in local

communities nationwide by encouraging,

equipping and

empowering

others to serve as

examples and to

make a difference.

Camps are a time

of “inspiration

and perspiration”

for athletes and

coaches who want

to reach their

potential through

comprehensive

athletic, spiritual

and leadership

training.

Moon worked as an athletic trainer for

the volleyball campers held at the University

of California, Los Angeles campus. Her

responsibilities included attending practice,

maintaining adequate hydration for athletes,

tapings before practice and addressing

wounds and injuries. At the beginning of

the week, Moon gathered the campers

medical information. According to Moon,

Waynesburg University and the Athletic

Training Program prepared her to take care

of her athletes for the week, whether that

meant physically or emotionally through her

role as a mentor.

Every day the sports teams participated in

team chapel after their morning practices.

Guests, ranging from college to Olympic

athletes, gave the opening prayer and/or their

testimony.

“I was really influenced by the fact that

they were such strong Christians among the

very public realm of sports,” Moon said.

Moon was inspired when the speakers, who

visited the camp, including Matt Barkley

from the University of Southern California,

hung out with the campers from their

respective sports.

The camp was held shortly after UCLA

legend John Wooden passed away. Wooden

was the head men’s basketball coach at

UCLA from 1948 to 1962 and won 10

national championships in 12 years. He

created the pyramid of success that is widely

used around the country today.

“John Wooden was one of the best coaches

and people in the sports world,” Moon said.

“As a man, he was a great Christian and a

great man. He cared a lot about his players as

well as any UCLA athlete he met.”

While Moon was inspired by professional

athletes and coaches such as Wooden, the

campers had a profound effect on her as

well.

“The best part was the night the campers

were given an opportunity to dedicate their

lives to Christ,” Moon said. “The amount of

campers that stood up was amazing.”

Through camp, Moon was able to work

in an environment that held two of her

passions: sports and athletic training.

According to Moon, the experience of being

able to work with a Christian organization

as an athletic trainer influenced what she

considered doing with her career and

opened a who new door that she hadn’t

previously considered.

“I grew in my faith, especially seeing how

many people involved with sports had given

their lives to Christ,” Moon said. “And being

able to see athletes who are in the spotlight

in Division I football or professional or

Olympic sports that are Christians was so

cool.”

During his week on campus John Walters, far right, impressed upon the Waynesburg University campus and Stover Scholars.

The Waynesburg University football team

rolled to a 41-7 win on homecoming at

John F. Wiley Stadium. With the victory,

Waynesburg improved to 5-2 on the year.

Senior quarterback Brad Dawson led the

Jacket offense by throwing for 232 yards

and two touchdowns on 16-of-25 passing.

He also led a balanced Jacket rushing attack

with a game-high 50 yards on three carries.

Senior Troy Garove did his part in the win

by scoring his first collegiate touchdown

on a 72-yard punt return. Even the defense

got in on the scoring when defensive back

Bryan Gary

took his first

collegiate

intercep-

tion back 50

yards for a

touchdown.

Women’s soccer guaranteed winning seasonAfter scoring five points during a 1-0-1

week for the Waynesburg women’s soccer

team, junior forward Courtney Ebersole

was honored as the Presidents’ Athletic

Conference (PAC) Offensive Player of the

Week on Monday, Oct. 26. After assisting

on the first goal of her team’s showdown

with Grove City, her 11th score of the

season sealed Waynesburg’s 2-1 win over

the Wolverines on Oct. 19. It was the

Jackets’ first victory over Grove City since

before 2001. She then scored the team’s

lone goal in a 1-1 double overtime tie

against Bethany on Oct. 23. Thanks in part

to Ebersole’s efforts this year, the Jacket

women produced their first winning season

since 2001.

Homecoming game adds notch in win column