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Spring, 2008

A Family of IUP Alumni Celebrates Its Scottish Heritage
Senior Carly McLeod is part of three generations of IUP alumni that continue celebrating their Scottish heritage, including membership in the Balmoral Highlanders Pipe Band...
Deep Trough Drilling
Jonathan Lewis, from IUP’s Geoscience department, is one of only eight U.S. scientists selected for an international expedition to the Nankai Trough Seismogenic Zone on the state-of-the-art drilling vessel Chikyu...

Fall 2007

Hercules Commander
One of only a few Coast Guard commanders who flew the C-130 his entire career, John Boris hasn’t let retirement stop him from doing what he loves...

Spring, 2007

Community Champion
Organizer of his company’s cycling team, Bill Orr ’91 and his cyclists participate in all Pittsburgh charity cycling events...
Distinguished Indeed
The Clarks, recipients of the 2004 Distinguished Alumni Award, demonstrated ongoing support for IUP by raising more than $25,000 for a new recording studio in the renovated Cogswell Hall...

Summer, 2006

Weathering the Storms
When disaster strikes a campus, attitude matters as much as training...

Spring, 2006

The Best of Many Worlds
Many IUP alumni found the Red Cross to be an ideal career...

Winter, 2006

From a Marine’s Eyes
Photographs from Iraq have turned into a national traveling exhibit...
Good News
Combining their years of business experience, two alumni decided to work together and create something new...

Fall, 2005

Beach Watch
A former security director and police officer for Ocean City, Md., Matthew Hilty now owns OC Investigations...
Travels Through Time
After forty-three years, the Valladolid study-abroad foreign language program is one of the most successful of its kind in the country...

Summer, 2005

Living History
Indiana County’s very own Norman keep sits on twelve acres...
Trunkful of Dreams
When summer signals a break from teaching, Andy Hawk ’88 throws his guitar in the car trunk and travels around the country...
The Road Trippers
Four IUP students spent Spring Break driving nearly 8,000 miles around the U.S. with one goal in mind...

Spring, 2005

Bombs Away
Eleven years as an Army bomb disposal officer was solid background for Gregg Kocher’s two novels...
If the Shoe Fits
Christine Abramo traded sixteen years of creating medical board certification exams for a new career shoeing horses...

Winter, 2005

Fiidla on the March
The organizers of the Million Woman March wanted someone who could handle the music, make the stage work, and had the right spirit...
The Firefighting Chef
Going back to school at age fifty is no easy task

Fall, 2004

Rocking for Charity
The band donates all of the proceeds from every concert to charity...
Running the River
When Joe Kowalski started the IUP Outing Club, he didn’t know the impact it would have on his future...
Banking on Comedy
Comedy and improv are weekly staples at the Vault Theater...

Summer, 2004

Professional Hiker
One man’s field of fortune—
Digging for history in Colorado is the best job in the world...
The Art of Science
From one twist of fate—
Artistic beauty and technical accuracy meet in Keith Kasnot’s medical illustrations...

Winter-Spring, 2004

Message in the Music
The music you are about to hear is true. The words have been changed to protect the innocent...

Fall, 2003

Cool Beans!
From hospital and cruise ship traveling nurse to hot air balloonist, Jeanne Gartner ’83 has gone around the world...
Permission Granted
The next time you see the big Hollywood sign, you may think of Jeremy Stephan...
Zippo Fusion
A few years ago, the Zippo company was approached by Jeremy Stephan ’93...
Through a Glass Brightly
There is a quiet healing that comes through creation...

Summer, 2003

Still Rockin’
Throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, David Cooper ’82 was a tour accountant for some of the world’s greatest musical acts, including The Who, U2, Pearl Jam, David Bowie...