About the Project
In late spring 2016, Heidi Abbey Moyer had a serendipitous meeting with Lori Ricard from Penn State Harrisburg’s Commission for Women to exchange thoughts and ideas about the college’s 50th anniversary celebrations being planned for 2016-2017. Lori shared with Heidi the brilliant idea to create the 50 Years of Women @ Penn State Harrisburg blog photo series.
With hundreds of photographs to choose from in the archives, Heidi hired a talented writer and Ph.D. candidate, Anne Greenawalt, to work on the project during summer 2016 in Archives and Special Collections. In just a few short weeks, Anne completed the research for all of the blog posts using only items and photographs from the College History Archives and occasionally the Penn State Harrisburg website. While researching and writing for this project, Anne was a candidate in the adult education doctoral program at Penn State Harrisburg. She also has an M.S. in communication studies, an M.A. in creative writing, and a B.A. in creative writing and women’s studies.
Publication of the blog photo series will begin the week of July 4, 2016. New posts about women and women’s issues will be posted each Monday until we have published 50 posts that commemorate 50 years of women at Penn State Harrisburg.
List of Blog Posts for 50 Years of Women @ Penn State Harrisburg
- 1966: Dr. Nancy Tischler Became First Female Professor at Capitol Campus
- 1967: Cleo McCoy Welcomed Students at Orientation
- 1968: More Than Half of First Capitol Campus Graduates Were Women
- 1969: Nurses Staffed the First Student Health Center
- 1970: Head Shop Advisors Assisted Students in Establishing a Drug Education Program
- 1971: Twyla Brown Created a Home Away from Home for Students
- 1972: The “Mrs. Club” Became the “Women’s Club”
- 1973: BSU President Evon Golphin Created First Annual BSU Arts Festival
- 1974: Dr. Sureshrani Verma and Dr. Kathryn T. Stakey Pave Way for New Child Development Center
- 1975: Students Established Capitol Campus Chapter of NOW
- 1976: Women’s Basketball Team Earned a Respectable First Season Record
- 1977: Women in Management Workshops Held at Capitol Campus
- 1978: NOW President Organized Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) Debates
- 1979: Students Attended Anti-Nuclear Rally in Washington D.C.
- 1980: Jean Kresge, R.N., Organized First Annual Health Fair
- 1981: Leslie Zuidema Appointed International Student Coordinator
- 1982: Theresa Guerrisi Performs Belle of Amherst
- 1982: Volleyball Became the Second Intercollegiate Sport for Women
- 1983: Rites of Spring Celebrated Mud Wrestling, Miss America, and More
- 1984: Dr. Ruth Leventhal Earned Position as First Female Provost and Dean
- 1985: New Half-Million Dollar Bookstore Hired New Manager Cindy Salatino
- 1985: Barbara Thompson and the Office of Multicultural Recruitment and Community Affairs
- 1986: Dr. Kathryn Towns Earned the First Service to Women Award
- 1987: Dr. Theodora Rapp Graham Won First Campus Award for Teaching Excellence
- 1988: Dr. Diana R. Dunn Elected as First Female Chair of the University’s International Council
- 1989: Linda Mylin Ross Organized Student Trips to the Metropolitan Art Museum in NYC
- 1990: Leventhal and O’Hara Receive Awards from TWINPosition
- 1991: Alice Kahler Marshall Donated Her Women’s History Collection to Penn State Harrisburg
- 1992: Luanne Lawrence Became the Director of Community Relations
- 1993: Hillary Clinton Attended the PA Health Care Conference in the CUB
- 1994: Dr. Irene Baird Created Humanities-Related Programming at for Underprivileged Women
- 1995: Dr. Janet Greenlee Assigned Auditing and Consulting Projects to Students
- 1996: Penn State Harrisburg Offered Women’s Studies Minor
- 1997: Kelli Kauterman Eberlein Gave Voice to Women of Schuylkill County
- 1998: Shout Out to the Commission for Women at Penn State Harrisburg
- 1999: Barbara Roy Received PSH Alumni Society Graduating Senior Award
- 2000: Dr. Madlyn L. Hanes Named PSH Provost and Dean
- 2001: Ella Dowell Facilitated Take Our Daughters to Work Day
- 2002: Jennifer Allshouse Offered Rape Aggression Defense (RAD) Course for Women
- 2003: Dr. Libby Tisdell Published a Book on Spirituality in Higher Education
- 2004: Dr. Margaret Jaster Awarded for Her Shakespearean Specialization
- 2005: Intercollegiate Sports Returned to Penn State Harrisburg
- 2006: Dr. Felicia Brown-Haywood Earned the James Robinson Equal Opportunity Award
- 2007: SGA Approved the First LGBTQA Student Group
- 2008: Dr. Linda Null Won Multiple Awards for Teaching Excellence
- 2009: Dr. Carol McQuiggan Co-Founded the Faculty Center for Teaching & Instructional Technology
- 2010: Dr. Oranee Tawatnuntachai Won Multiple Awards for Teaching Excellence
- 2011: Three Professors Published Book That Combined Storytelling and Math
- 2012: Meghan Jasani Earned Alumni Association’s Alumni Achievement Award
- 2013: Danielle Lynch Appointed as First Track and Field Coach in PSH History
- 2014: “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes” Gathered Over 100 Participants in Its Inaugural Year
- 2015: Dr. Beverly Cigler Named Distinguished Professor of Public Policy and Administration
- 2016: Marissa Graby Hoover Raised Funds for Women’s Sports
- 2017: Laurie Dobrosky Presented Staff Service Award