Christine Lee
Newsletter Articles
Alumni Update: Dr. Alfred Mueller II, '93, former "Kinney's Kid"
The Medium, Dec. 2012
Dr. Al Mueller is professor and chair of the department of Communication Studies at Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Md. He teaches courses in rhetorical criticism, persuasion, history of rhetoric, public speaking and political communication. He is a rhetorical theorist critic, nationally recognized scholar on apologia theory, or speeches of defense, and recognized as a scholar of Cicero. He also works on presidential rhetoric.
Annual Baseball Trip A Home Run for Grissom Hall Alumni
Wilkes alumni magazine, Fall 2013
For some members of the classes of 1970 and 1971, baseball has become more than America's pasttime. It's a way to maintain their Wilkes friendships.
Bart Hauser '70, John Squeri '70, Jack Mulligan '70, Ken Ganser '70, Len Surdi '70, Jim Darlington '70, Bob Tarone '71 and David Silberman '70, residents of the Grissom Hall section of Pickering Hall, get together once a year to see a major league baseball game. The group has visited 13 cities with hopes of visiting all 30 major league baseball teams during their lifetimes.
First-Year Orientation a Team Effort for Staff, Faculty
Colonel Community newsletter, December 2013
When Wilkes freshmen come to campus for Welcome Weekend at the start of the fall semester, they've already had a glimpse of life at the University. First-Year Student Orientation during the summer months is a time when incoming freshmen come to campus, often for the first time, to get a taste of what the next four years will be like. But few may be aware of the planning done by staff in Student Affairs and University College to prepare for th etwo sessions in late June and early July.
Heidi Selecky Jarecki: Four Decades at Farley Library
Colonel Community newsletter, December 2013
The flood caused by Hurricane Agnes was a devastating event for the Farley library, but it turned out to be something fortunate for Heidi Selecky Jarecki. It led her to a place where she has worked for 40 years.
"I finished graduate school and was looking for a job and there were lots of libraries in the area that were devastated by the flood. My mom said to me, 'Why don't you write letters to all the libraries that were in the flood and volunteer. That way you can get some experience. You never know what will happen.' So I did. Two days after I mailed all my letters out, I got a phone call from Wilkes saying they'd like to have me come and give them a hand. It wasn't long after that they hired me," she says.
Educational Odyssey Takes Couple from Hawaii to Heartland
Wilkes alumni magazine, Winter 2013
When someone thinks of visiting Hawaii, images of palm trees and beaches usually come to mind. For Kaitlin (Taber-Miller) Karpinski '08 adn Steve Karpinski '08 MS '10, going to the island paradise yielded opportunities to help at-risk students reach their potential.
During their junior year at Wilkes, the Karpinskis visited friends who are teachers on the islands. Kaitlin recalls the students there being described as "lazy" adn disinterested in learning.
"Hearing those perspectives was concerning to me, especially because they were talking about kids who didn't have the same opportunities as their more affluent peers," she says. It inspired her to teach there.