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Ursinus Magazine, Spring 2021

Tom Yencho, Ed Moorhouse, Jennifer Meininger Wolfe, Andy Edwards, and Jonathan Marks

An eye on public health • Bonner Leaders address food insecurity • High honors for prevention efforts • Commons earns architectural award • Getting to know: Carol McMillin • Office space: A purposeful life • A bridge from past to present • A community of care • 2020 in six words • William the conqueror • Class notes • Births • Weddings • In memoriam • Alumni Award winners • Scholarship spotlight • Can conservatives be at home in higher education?
Ursinus Magazine, Fall 2020

Brock Blomberg, Ed Moorhouse, Jennifer Meininger Wolfe, Susanna A. Throop, Morgana Olbrich, Tiffini Eckenrod, Matthew Furgele, Logan Mazullo, and Andrew McSwiggan

Scholar selected for nationally recognized SEED project • Ursinus rallies around Class of 2020 • Researching partisan news coverage of COVID-19 • Ursinus faculty and alumna collaborate on breast cancer study • These Bears stand out • Getting to know: Lauren Finnegan • Office space: A spectacle of storytelling • Bears on the front line • Tracing COVID-19's global course • Defending the den • Class notes • Births • Weddings • Deaths • In memoriam • Burning question: What can historical pandemics teach us about COVID-19?
Ursinus Magazine, Spring / Summer 2020

Brock Blomberg, Ed Moorhouse, Jacqueline D'Ercole, and Steve Neumann

Bears share • Research support for UC scholars • Turning deposits into donations • Two students earn Watson scholarships • Class of 2020 • Welcome home • Lending a helping paw: The Bear2Bear Student Emergency Fund • A legacy of giving • Promises kept • Celebrating 150: The unsung heroes and helping hands • Class notes • Births • Weddings • Deaths • In memoriam • Let's get social!
Ursinus Magazine, Winter 2020

Brock Blomberg, Ed Moorhouse, Andy Edwards, Geoff Gehman, and Jasmine L. Harris

Award-winning author will speak at Commencement • IDC earns praise • Planting the next 150 years • The nexus initiative • Eight Bears join Athletics Hall of Fame • Paying it forward • Getting to know: Margaret White • Office space: Keeper of the flame • (Old) gold standard • Celebrating 150: The mentors and thought leaders • Tools of the trade • Burning question: Should college athletes be paid? • MLK Week • Class notes • Births • Deaths • Weddings • Let's get social!
Ursinus Magazine, Fall 2019

Brock Blomberg, Ed Moorhouse, Steve Neumann, Domenick Scudera, and Geoff Gehman

A top national liberal arts college • Path to a graduate degree • Thinking like scientists • Commons to proudly serve Starbucks • A tribute to athletics legends • Tracing our roots • CIE at 20 • Staging history: The abridged version of The Complete History of Ursinus College [Abridged] • Celebrating 150: The pioneers and philanthropists • The artist's way • The Berman at 30 • 2001: An Ursinus odyssey • 150 Fest • Homecoming and Family Weekend • Class notes • Deaths • In memoriam • Weddings • Let's get social!
Ursinus Magazine, Spring / Summer 2019

Brock Blomberg, Ed Moorhouse, Steve Neumann, Mary Lobo, and Ellen Labrecque

New summer program for first-gen students • Davis lecturers spark discussion, reflection • Six in a row for women's swimming • Students receive high academic honors • Honoring alumni excellence • Getting to know: Patricia Lott • Office space: Keeper of the ancient past • Small, but mighty • One small step • Should we be playing God? • Trials for change • CoSA by the numbers • Lost and found • Alumni Weekend • Commencement • Class notes • Births • Deaths • In memoriam • Weddings • Let's get social!
Ursinus Magazine, Winter 2019

Brock Blomberg, Ed Moorhouse, Jack Croft, Geoff Gehman, Mary Lobo, and Dorinda Ma

Giddens to speak at Commencement • Launching the Commons • Research with heart • Ursinus celebrates MLK Week • Ursinus hosts 20th Snell-Shillingford Symposium • Getting to know: Aubrey Paris '15 • Office space: The flyman • The next frontier • An Ursinus Quest • Poetic devices • Expanding our digital footprint • Art and architecture • Lost and found • IDC dedication ceremony • Class notes • Births • Deaths • In memoriam • Weddings • Let's get social! • The Bear network
Ursinus Magazine, Fall 2018

Brock Blomberg, Ed Moorhouse, Jack Croft, Mary Lobo, and Richard L. Wallace

Breaking ground on the Commons • Levinthal photographs donated to the Berman • First Abele scholarships awarded • Fostering inclusive conversations • Paying it forward • Then and now: Marzella's Pizzeria • Getting to know: Leah Joseph • Beneath the soil • Field of streams • The modern mapmakers • Burning question: Is our relationship with nature catastrophic? • Sustainability by the numbers • Lost and found • Homecoming and Family Weekend • Class notes • In memoriam • Births • Deaths • Weddings • Alumnus chronicles life as "reckless but lucky"
Ursinus Magazine, Spring / Summer 2018

Brock Blomberg, Ed Moorhouse, Mary Lobo, Jennifer Meininger Wolfe, Johannes Karreth, S. Ross Doughty, and Herb Smith

Ursinus Fulbright Fellow • The Tenth Soldier • Researching changing landscapes • Social justice through spirituality • Building on a legacy • Getting to know: Rebecca Roberts • Office space • Uniting nations • The humanitarian • The road less traveled: In search of the green Buddha • Can we prevent civil wars? • Anatomy of the perfect pitch • Lost and found • Alumni Weekend • Commencement • Class notes • Births • Deaths • Weddings • Alumni Awards • Remembrance of professors past: An appreciation of our mentors
Ursinus Magazine, Winter 2018

Brock Blomberg, Ed Moorhouse, Ellen Labrecque, Andy Edwards, Alan Novak, and Mary Lobo

Introducing the Institute for Inclusion and Equity • Clear path to a nursing degree • Podcasting 101 • Charles Rice Fellowship • Getting to know: Ed Onaci • A cinematic debut • Bear at the Super Bowl • Welcoming the Center for Talented Youth • Lost and found • Champion doctor • The man in the arena • Bears in Bucks County • The media resisters • The voice of Ursinus football • Burning question: Bipartisanship, do people really want it? • Anatomy of the Ursinusiana Collection • The real Mr. Universe • MLK Week • Class notes • Births • Deaths • In memoriam • Weddings • Teaching global sustainability in Africa • Retirements
Ursinus Magazine, Fall 2017

Brock Blomberg, Ed Moorhouse, Mark Schneider, Ellen Labrecque, Jack Croft, Geoff Gehman, Matthew Mizenko, and Cory Straub

Introducing the student commons • Heroic couplet • A mark of pride • Prestigious honors for alumni • Meet the new Dean • Teaching and learning • A commitment to arts • Grant to fund Christian studies pilot program • Lost and found: Centennial Homecoming celebration • Out of this world • Serving the underserved: At home and around the world • A passion for service • The write stuff: Ursinus alumni pen books that level life's playing field • The mission of admission • Burning question: Could internment camps for American citizens be established again? • Anatomy of the Heefner Memorial Organ • Trailblazer • Homecoming • Welcome Week • Class notes • Births • Deaths • Weddings • A bug's life • An evolving campus
Ursinus Magazine, Spring / Summer 2017

William H. Barnaby, Margaret Williams, Wendy Greenberg, Ellen Labrecque, Ed Moorhouse, Rebecca Evans, Catherine Chambliss, S. Ross Doughty, Laura Moliken, Edward Onaci, Kara McShane, and Jon Volkmer

Core values • Celebrate student achievement • Triple play for NSF fellowship • Transitions • Pit stop • Wrestling with ethics • Ursinus is 'summerbursting' • Lights, camera, Airband • Media mentions • Lost and found: The Freeland Hall bell • The farmer and the coach • How Ursinus is helping to shape the liberal arts in Hong Kong and what we're learning from them • Students teaching teachers: Ursinus student consultants are improving the classroom experience • Cinema scope • The transition • A campus engaged in gender rights • Anatomy of Commencement • Carla Rinde knows a thing or two about jobs • Do we recall the speakers at our Commencements? • For the Berman Museum, the future has never been brighter • Class notes • Alumni and senior awards • Births • Deaths • In memoriam • Weddings • Reverend Charles William Rice • Elegy • Alumni Weekend • Updates
Ursinus Magazine, Winter 2017

Brock Blomberg, Wendy Greenberg, Ellen Labrecque, Ed Moorhouse, Bill Doherty, Edward Onaci, and Deborah Barkun

Staying ahead of the class • Transitions • Hoop history • Birthday boxes • Commencement 2017 • Pacific time • Bears make history • Bears write history • Lost and found: March Madness basketball training rules from the 1950s • The curator: Making art accessible • Academic centers connecting students to the world • Melrose Center: Global citizens and next generation 'Mr. Fix-its' • Bears wanted: How can a liberal arts college prepare the next workforce? • Externships: A window on the changing marketplace • Generation first: Sharing stories of changing family histories • On the same wavelength • Burning question: Are marches and protests an effective way of bringing about political change? • Anatomy of opening day • Water, water everywhere inspires Sustainability Director • Class notes • Births • Deaths • Twice as nice: Double accomplishments for alumnae players • Weddings • The art in the liberal arts • Updates
Ursinus Magazine, Fall 2016

Brock Blomberg, Wendy Greenberg, Ellen Labrecque, Andrew Edwards, Rebecca Evans, and Richard L. Wallace

They're here: The Class of 2020! • Out of this world • Cutting college costs • Celebrating the bard • Borough-inspired mural for Berman gallery • By the numbers: Best PA CPA pass rate • Hall of fame • Triple play: A top 100 college • Lost and found • The food network • Fulfilling a promise for our future • Welcome to the (academic) neighborhood • The Philadelphia story • "Superhero" UC ball runners • Burning question: Are there still gender gaps in political attitudes toward women as emerging political players? • Anatomy of Welcome Week • Wine and cheese? Yes please • Community fair • All-campus party • Homecoming • Class notes • Marriages • Births • Deaths • In memoriam • Weddings • Changing the human-wildlife dynamic in the northern Rockies • Updates
Ursinus Magazine, Spring / Summer 2016

Brock Blomberg, Wendy Greenberg, Ellen Labrecque, Anthony Nadler, Leigh Woolston Karsch, and Nicholas A. Scoville

Melrose Center honors the global vision of alumnus and professor • Top chef • The future face of physics • Diplomacy rules • Where the love began • The last lecture • When in Rome • Meeting his match • Student achievement all day, all over campus • Lost and found • Life's a beach • The light at the end: What we learned from a campus health crisis • Unsung heroes: Emergency medical services • First person: Having heart • Burning question: Is there a resurgence of populism in the 2016 election and does the rise of social media fuel today's populism? • In pursuit of dance • How to make an event your own • Alumni Weekend • Commencement • Class notes • Alumni Awards • Transitions • Births • Deaths • Weddings • Old texts, new ways of teaching math • Updates
Ursinus Magazine, Winter 2016

Brock Blomberg, Wendy Greenberg, Elizabeth Shimer Bowers, Beth Rubino, Hugh R. Clark, Meredith Goldsmith, and Jennifer Cohen

What winter break? • It's an honor for alumnus DeSimone '86 • Finding founders • Three times a champion • Pomp and circumstance • It's an honor for wrestling's Racich • First course for restaurateur • Best in financial analysis • Community collaboration • Bear pride • Quarterbacks • NBC cites alumnus as innovator, game changer • Lost and found • She gives fitness studio a one-two punch • My morning with Tom Dixon '07 (One memory at a time) • Ganging up on cyberbullies • Building your brand • Burning question: Why did China recently change its one-child policy and what are the repercussions for that country - and ours? • Anatomy of a student backpack • How to start and operate a soup kitchen • Class notes • Deaths • Transitions • In memoriam • Weddings • Mapping Edith Wharton's New York • Alumni Awards • Building our bench: At the Palestra • Office space: It's not brain surgery
Ursinus Magazine, Fall 2015

Tom Yencho, Wendy Greenberg, Bill Doherty, Domenick Scudera, Robert F. Sing, and Alice Leppert

Wings to go • Don't go changing ... or do! • Small college, big research • A liberal arts gateway • Dancing with our stars • Davis Visiting Prof: Tear down the walls • Welcome Class of 2019 • International traveler • Inquiry and innovation • Different stages • Some healthy recognition • They came bearing gifts • Off the field and into careers • Lost and found • Real life in reality TV • Building our bench • Changing the culture of concussions • The music of a people • Anatomy of an exhibition • Tyger Tyger: Lynn Chadwick and the art of now • Burning question: Should the provocative graphic novel Fun Home be required reading for first-year students in the Common Intellectual Experience? • Dynamics of the javelin throw • Inauguration: A day that showcased inquiry and innovation • Homecoming 2015 • Class notes • Weddings • In memoriam • Who was the boss?
Ursinus Magazine, Summer 2015

Wendy Greenberg, Kathryn Campbell, Rebecca Kohn, Quinn Gilman-Forlini, Ellen Labrecque, Domenick Scudera, and Christian Rice

Thank you, Terry • STEM grant emphasizes recruitment • Lighting the way for the Lantern • How safe is the American food supply? • Tree love • Lost and found: The Ursinus flag - to the ends of the Earth and back • Students urged to Be Entrepreneurial And Roar at Bear Innovation competition • Awards & fellowships • Making waves, making history • Office space: Padraic Callahan '99 • Taking time to walk • A sustainable move-out • Urban landscape photos and sensory "Wayfarers" at Berman Museum of Art • Commencement 2015 • New leader for a new era: Meet Brock Blomberg • On the move in Washington D.C. • Making K'nextions • Gone fishing (with just the right lure) • My dogs are my greatest teachers • Alumni Weekend • Class notes • Weddings • Births • Deaths • In memoriam • Folk tales • Measuring economic impact of Pennsylvania casinos
Ursinus Magazine, Spring 2015

Wendy Greenberg, Kathryn Campbell, Ellen Labrecque, Jennifer Meininger Wolfe, Terry Winegar, Rachel Jessica Daniel, and Jacqueline Yost Limongelli

Setting a high standard: Presidential search is underway • Pfahler rocks • New website launches • Lost & found • Professor of the year • 2015 externships • Office space: Jimena Talavera 2012 • 2014 Homecoming • Mullen named Maxwell Football Club's Collegiate Coach of the Year • Rebecca E. Kohn named Associate Dean • A boost for UC Bikeshare • Reaching out, warming up • Battling Ebola • Wordsmith • Berman Museum: Museum Studies • The ties that bind • Greek life remains strong on campus • Wings to go • One goal: That's all it takes • Class notes • Weddings • Births • Deaths • 2015 reader survey • Alumni letters • In memoriam • Events • Field notes: Don't go changing, or do!
Ursinus Magazine, Fall 2014

Wendy Greenberg, Kathryn Campbell, Ellen Labrecque, Jennifer Meininger Wolfe, Terry Winegar, and Colin Fong

Life and work as a calling • A community reflects • A voice for excellence • Man on a mission • An impact far beyond the gateway • On call at the National Aquarium • To Uganda with love • The gentleman judge • Treating the whole person • Class notes • Weddings • Births • Deaths • In memoriam • Events • Field notes: Fielding theories on baseball, big salaries and opportunistic behavior
Ursinus Magazine, Spring / Summer 2014

Wendy Greenberg, Kathryn Campbell, Ellen Labrecque, Jennifer Meininger Wolfe, Bobby Fong, Olivia Frymark, Joshua C. Walsh, Erika Compton, Sara Sherr, and Matt Kozusko

Letter from the President • Start-ups compete for prize money • Preventing a pandemic • The Richard T. Schellhase Essay Prize in Ethics • It's official: Peace Corps preparatory program begins • Ursinus welcomes four new members to Board of Trustees • Greetings from Ursinus: Hollywood comes to campus • Athletics: Deep in talent, men's lacrosse just miss conference playoffs; Hill is standout on men's golf team; Rebuilding year for women's golf team; Baseball, a comeback for the ages • The arts • "Ursinus gave us a sense of community" • Watson winner hopes for global connection of black male artists • A faith journey and 221 pairs of shoes • A guiding light in the Political Science Department: Professor Houghton Kane retires • An incredible era • Also moving on • Alumni weekend • Philosophy on philanthropy • Commencement 2014 • Show me the ropes: A new externship program connects students and alumni in the workplace • Gone to the dogs • Partners in the art of aging well • No reservations: Stephen Lange 1979 • Class notes • Weddings • In memoriam • Events • Letters • Births • Deaths • Field notes: Oh, enchantment! Shakespeare as a map to our experiences in the world
Ursinus Magazine, Winter 2014

Wendy Greenberg, Kathryn Campbell, Ellen Labrecque, Jennifer Meininger Wolfe, Bobby Fong, Briana Mullan, Meredith Goldsmith, Joshua C. Walsh, Greg Fraser, Erica Lamberg, Erika Compton, and Mark D. Ellison

Letter from the President • A formal step toward sustainable living • More than books: Myrin Library moves to modernize • One program changing many lives • Centennial Conference champs! • Healing on horseback • Fighting hunger one meal at a time • Small, destructive and hungry • Wonderful Town • Nurturing an entrepreneurial mindset • Strokes of greatness • Annenberg Public Policy Center names Dr. Lynne Edwards Distinguished Research Fellow • Fostering engagement with art • Eye on the arts • Sweet harmony: A young songwriter pursues his passion • The art of writing • The Last Word • Nature is a rich muse • Fighting fraud on the FBI's art crime team • The body as instrument • A lasting gift • This Bengal earned his stripes • Homecoming 2013 • Class notes • From psychology class to corporate law career • Weddings • Births • Deaths • In memoriam • Events • Field notes: The carbon nanotube
Ursinus Magazine, Fall 2013

Wendy Greenberg, Kathryn Campbell, Ellen Labrecque, Jennifer Meininger Wolfe, Bobby Fong, Erica Lamberg, and Joshua C. Walsh

Letter from the President • Princeton Review cites "exceptional academic record" • Teagle conferences examine "gateway" courses • Space exploration • Moliken named to National Field Hockey Coaches Association Hall of Fame • Studying the impact of concussions • Honor for environmental teaching • New Trustees • Music meets meditation • Father and son writing team • This app is therapy coach in your pocket • New Vice President for Finance and Administration • Romance and comedy: Bell, Book and Candle • 2013 Ursinus College Hall of Fame for Athletes • The arts • Drive and skill intact, football aims to capture conference title • Strong and unified: Field hockey looks to capture national championship • The power of the liberal arts • Events • Alumni Weekend 2013 • Alumni Awards • Class notes • Nourishing a feminist vision • Building his own business • Births • Weddings • Deaths • In memoriam • Marching on • Field notes: Medieval religion, medieval violence
Ursinus Magazine, Spring 2013

Wendy Greenberg, Kathryn Campbell, Ellen Labrecque, Bobby Fong, Jennifer Meininger Wolfe, Olivia Z. Schultz, Rosemary Clark, William Godfrey, and Robert Strauss

Letter from the President • By the numbers: Ursinus College facts & figures • Innovation, risk and what it takes to compete • At home in the universe • Impacts of Salk's polio vaccine • Civic agriculture and the future of food • Class of 1954 endows Chair in Ethics • Scholarship supports careers in scientific research • Moving on • Bound for Yale University • Hitting the right notes on Community Day • Student research: Exploring gang culture in South Africa • Princeton Review • Commencement 2013 • Rite of Spring: The student art exhibition • Spotlight on excellence: UC athletics • Mapped and moving • Growing great ideas • Good compost, good food • Chasing the light • Faith forward • Class notes • Births • Table talk turns into civic action • Empathy and toughness make Michelle Noreski D.O. the right fit for "Fightin' Phils" • Weddings • Deaths • In memoriam • Bluegrass & harmony • Events • Field notes: Creek life, the search for what ails the water
Ursinus Magazine, Winter 2013

Wendy Greenberg, Kathryn Campbell, Ellen Labrecque, Bobby Fong, Jessica Driscoll, and Joseph F. Pirro

A unique partnership between Ursinus and Columbia University • New Director for the Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art • Exploring consumer health literacy • City Year • Ursinus "Pause for Paws" a big, barking success • Heinzl first speaker for Center for Science and the Common Good • Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Michael Vitez • Alumni Gary R. McClellan lectures on career as Defense Intelligence Agency analyst • Book on educator Marcus Foster sets context of school reform debates • Senior athlete Tony Rosa in the spotlight for mentoring • Upcoming lectures • The Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art exhibitions on view • Homecoming 2012 • Big projects, small college: How the liberal arts experience at Ursinus turns students into scholars ready to make their way in the world • At home in the (work) world • A perfect match • Through the looking glass: Classroom collaboration aims to improve teaching methods • Family man • Class notes • Roadside attraction: Bruce Clark turns historic markers into fun fridge art • A song in her heart • Staying power: Dr. Joseph Valloti still makes house calls • Births • Weddings • Deaths • In memoriam • Coming events • Field notes: Quiet, did you hear that?