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- The Academy is pleased to announce that Wendy Cooper
has been named Associate Director of Financial Aid for
The Academy of the New Church. She will take the lead role in
managing the financial aid process, including production of financial
aid information, establishing awards in conjunction with the Admissions
departments and the Advisory Committee, managing federal and state
aid and loan programs, coordinating processes with the Bryn Athyn
Church School, communicating and following up with students and
parents on awards and billings, and maintaining aid policies and
procedures.
Wendy has been handling most of these duties for the past four
years under the supervision of Les Alden, Director
of Business Administration. She will report directly to me in
her new role, with supplemental reporting to the heads of schools,
who are ultimately responsible for admissions. This will allow
for greater strategic coordination between admissions and financial
aid.
Les Alden will be turning over all of his responsibilities in
this area to Wendy so that he can devote more time to assisting
Joe Weiss, David Frazier and
Dan Allen in several key human resource projects.
We will have more to report on what Les will be doing as we roll
out some exciting new announcements in the next few months. Thanks
to Les for his steady oversight of the financial aid area for
the last four years.
While these changes are effective immediately, there will be some
natural period of transition as Les transfers his duties in Financial
Aid and as Wendy gives up her other administrative responsibilities
in the Business Office.
For information about financial aid, Wendy can be contacted at
267-502-2630 or Wendy.Cooper@anc-gc.org.
- The Academy is happy to announce that Jenny Blair has
been hired as a school nurse, to assist Allyn Simons as
the Director of School Health Services. Allyn has been doing a
wonderful job serving Bryn Athyn College and the Secondary Schools
for many years – largely on her own – and this professional
assistance will be a big help to her and the Academy.
Jenny graduated from the Girls School in 1970 and attended Bryn
Athyn College for one year. She received her Associates Degree
in Nursing from Montgomery County Community College in 1992 and
has practiced hospital and rehabilitation nursing ever since.
She says she always felt a pull toward teaching and returned to
Bryn Athyn College to pursue a degree in education, but chose
to continue with nursing. "At last," she says, "I
have found the perfect career to combine these interests."
She is working with Allyn on the management of what is a very
busy School Health Office, with a special emphasis on developing
the college health program.
Jenny married Jeb Blair in 1972. They have five children,
all of whom have graduated from the Elementary and Secondary Schools.
"It's an exciting change for me," Jenny says, "and
my life experience, combined with my educational background, have
put me in a good place to begin."
It's an exciting change for the Academy, too.
- The Academy Secondary Schools' Commencement
Address, given by Steve Hendricks,
is now posted elsewhere on this site. You can also read the Valedictory
speeches, given by Brooke
Pendelton, Girls School, and Caleb
Schnarr, Boys School.
- The Bryn Athyn College and Academy Theological School's Commencement
Address, given by Dr. Matthew P. Mayer,
is posted elsewhere on this site. You can also read the Valedictory
speeches, given by Rev.
Ekow Eshun (MDiv), Julie
Conaron (MA), Dylan
Hendricks (BA), and Annika
Fitzpatrick (AA).
- Click
here for an Acrobat PDF copy of the 2005-2006
Academy Journal. You can also link to this summary
from the front page of the Academy Portal: www.academyofthenewchurch.info
- A transcript of The Formative Years,
a presentation on the Girls School class of the same name to the
Academy Board & Corporation's Education Committee by Sue
Odhner, is now available here.
- Click here to
read some fascinating insights into life at Bryn Athyn College,
written by two exchange students from France: Marjorie
Lavergne and Penelope Tahutini.
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- Click here
for an electronic review of the Secondary Schools' English
Department — who they are and what they do.
The 72-slide presentation was given by Esther Yardumian-Smyth,
department head, at the February 2005 Academy Board meetings.
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