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Arcadia Magazine Winter/Spring 2019

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Winter/Spring 2019 News from Arcadia University Magazine

For more than two decades, Dr. Beavers, who died in 2015, worked with Arcadia students and Chemistry professors in Boyer Hall’s laboratories. READ ON

For more than two decades, Dr. Beavers, who died in 2015, worked with Arcadia students and Chemistry professors in Boyer Hall’s laboratories. His legacy and scientific vision resulted in a historic $8.6 million gift.

In the Winter/Spring 2019 Issue

President Ajay Nair, Ph.D. walking at graduation.
President Ajay Nair, Ph.D.

From the President

View A Message From President Ajay Nair, Ph.D.

To the Arcadia University Community

Within a University community, results often take time to surface—scholarly pursuits may lead to significant breakthroughs in medicine or industry decades from now; a student’s research paper or extracurricular activity may provide a roadmap to career success; a personal mission for justice or equality might spark a political passion that results in elected officials fighting for constituents years later.

Arcadia’s Vision Statement

Our Vision, Our Dream, Our Passion

Arcadia University’s pioneering, global, integrated, liberal arts, and professional learning experience cultivates leaders who are intellectually fearless and uniquely prepared for life and work. Our highly regarded, values-based learning community reflects the world in which we want to live.

This issue of Arcadia magazine features such a story in Dr. Ellington Beavers ’93H, a man whose vision, focus, and determination resulted in an eponymous fund for intellectual inquiry at Arcadia, the founding of Biocoat, Inc., research opportunities for dozens of students and faculty, and now, the largest gift in the University’s history. The story of how this came to fruition, from a letter that former Beaver College president Dr. Edward Gates answered in 1980, serves as a reminder of how our actions today, however insignificant they may seem to us in the moment, could have a tremendous impact tomorrow, next year, or even 40 years from now.

This story also serves as a reminder of how it often takes a bold vision to shape the future. I would like to commend the University community, and the UKnighted Aspirational Committee in particular, for their work in developing a powerful Vision Statement for Arcadia (at right), which the Board of Trustees approved in February. This statement, which captures the spirit of our mission, core values, and feedback from the Arcadia community, will help guide us as we move forward with our forthcoming strategic plan.

And so, as we move through our spring semester, I offer my thanks and gratitude to all members of the Arcadia University community for all that you have done and all that you will continue to do to support our students and better our local and global communities. While we may not always have the chance to witness just how much of an impact our actions today have, the results could wind up improving the lives of so many.

Sincerely,

Ajay Nair, Ph.D.
President

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Q&A ‘The Nun Was in over Her Head’

Sister Helen Prejean, author of Arcadia’s Common Read selection Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty, visited campus during Inauguration Week to discuss her work as a spiritual adviser to death row inmat...

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An Issue That Transcends Political Parties

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Campus News
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Yaeger ’07 Helps Walker ’19 Find Her Way


Class Notes

Recent news from Arcadia classmates.

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UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES

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Antique Children's Books

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Five Appointed to President’s Cabinet Five Appointed to President’s Cabinet
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Park ’21 Fights Poverty Through Internship Park ’21 Fights Poverty Through Internship
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Mendoza ’18 Supports STD Prevention in Guam Mendoza ’18 Supports STD Prevention in Guam
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Student inspecting hemp buds for research. Hemp Research Buds on Campus
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Arcadia Establishes Office of Social Impact and Innovation Arcadia Establishes Office of Social Impact and Innovation
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Amill stands and speaks in front of a crowd. Amill ’18 Acts for Shared Humanity
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Dombroski ’20 Investigates U.K. Mental Health Care Dombroski ’20 Investigates U.K. Mental Health Care
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A Women’s Garden Grows in Guatemala A Women’s Garden Grows in Guatemala
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Professor Karen Misher works with students in the Digital Fabrication Lab. Academic Affairs Supports Innovative Programming
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Dr. Oatis Named Professor Emerita Dr. Oatis Named Professor Emerita
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Two students in graduation caps and gowns stands with Arcadia knight mascot Arcadia Celebrates Perseverance and Dedication at 2019 Commencement Ceremonies
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A student working at a brewery Students Research Socio-Cultural Impact of Craft Beer
Campus News Students Research Socio-Cultural Impact of Craft Beer
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A large group of people in the gymnasium with balloons that spell out "ARCADIA" Special Athletes Go for Gold
Campus News Special Athletes Go for Gold
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Five people around a table, four looking at a woman in a pink shirt who is speaking Arcadia Continues to UKnight
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SPOT THE DIFFERENCE

A Look Back

Can you spot the difference between these two photos taken in 1994 (a graduation year we’ll celebrate at Alumni Weekend 2019)?

A photo taken of students on the lawn on campus in 1994
A photo taken of students on the lawn on campus in 1994 adjusted for differences visible in 2019.

Answers: 1) Woman’s top color 2) Woman’s sock length 3) Missing books 4) Tree color 5) Third window in Kuch 6) Extended “ramp” on Brubaker


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