People & Places
The Fire Down Below
Imagine a town where the ground is sinking, the roads are cracked, trees and plants have dried up, and poisonous gases leak from below.
Biology Professor Named Watershed Man of the Year
Professor of Biology Jack Holt and his research partner, Mike Bilger, were recently named “Watershed Men of the Year” by the Snyder County Conservation District.
Grants Open New Doors for Susquehanna Students
Stephen Maganzini ’11, a biology major from Wolfeboro Falls, N.H., clearly recalls Eric, the 11-year-old boy he met in a Belize medical clinic who’d cut his ankle with a machete.
English Professor Attends Seminar on Liberal Education
Associate Professor of English Laurence Roth was selected from a national pool of applicants to attend the highly selective seminar Twenty-first Century Liberal Education held at Transylvania University in Lexington, Ky., this summer.
Honoring an SU Trailblazer
Theresa Palmer ’73 Tracy, the first African-American woman to graduate from Susquehanna, was honored at a luncheon this spring by the society named for her.
Pennsylvania Governor Delivers Commencement Address
Pennsylvania Gov. Edward G. Rendell gave the 454 members of the Class of 2008 his recipe for success during this year’s commencement exercises, marking the close of Susquehanna’s 150th academic year.