Penn College News

President's Council Answers 'Ice Bucket Challenge'

Thursday, August 28, 2014

With moral support from the Wildcat, vice president for academic affairs/provost Paul L. Starkey issues the “ice bucket challenge” to the cabinet of Lycoming College President Kent C. Trachte.President’s Council braces for a dousing at the hands of student-athletes. Council members, from left, are David Kay, vice president for college services; Tracy L. Brundage, vice president for workforce development; Joseph S. Yoder, associate vice president for public relations & marketing; Carolyn R. Strickland, vice president for enrollment management/associate provost; Mike Cunningham, vice president for information technology/chief information officer; Elliott Strickland, chief student affairs officer; and Paul L. Starkey, vice president for academic affairs/provost.Challenge met!While unavailable Thursday, council member Barry R. Stiger, the college's vice president for institutional advancement, provided photographic proof of his participation.Responding to Penn College President Davie Jane Gilmour's convocation "call-out," members of President's Council donned ultra-business-casual garb and courageously met the ALS Foundation's "ice bucket challenge" on Thursday afternoon. Wildcat student-athletes did the honors outside the Student and Administrative Services Center, as the group of good sports took the brunt of the cascading chill – all in the name of charity.

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