Town & Gown
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Lunch with Mimi: Centre Elite Gymnastics’ Tracy Salvino Longenecker
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For Tracy Salvino Longenecker and the staff at Centre Elite Gymnastics, the goal is for youths to graduate better than when they started – athletically and beyond.
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Lunch with Mimi: Becky Aungst Leads Skills of Central Pennsylvania
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Celebrating its 60th anniversary, Skills of Central Pennsylvania is a nonprofit serving 17 counties throughout the region. Becky Aungst, president and CEO of Skills of Central Pennsylvania, oversees the organization’s wide variety of services that support individuals with behavioral health, intell
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Lunch with Mimi: Aaron Kaufman Leads Penn State Hillel in Helping Students Connect to Jewish Life
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Town&Gown founder Mimi Barash Coppersmith sat down with Penn State Hillel executive director Aaron Kaufman to discuss the organization’s unique approach to building its new space in downtown State College, what makes the organization special, and how it is impacting Hillel nationally.
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Lunch with Mimi: Blue Band Director Gregory Drane Takes Pride in Challenging His Students While Entertaining Fans
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Gregory Drane, Penn State Blue Band director since 2015, discusses what happens behind the scenes with the marching band, the need for increased diversity, as well as scholarship funding for Blue Band students.
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Lunch with Mimi: Tonda Aumiller of the New Harmony at State College Leads a Community Focused on Personal and Memory Care
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Tonda Aumiller, executive director for Harmony at State College, has spent most of her career as a personal care home administrator. Aumiller worked at Juniper Village at Brookline in State College for more than 26 years before moving to Harrisburg to work at Country Meadows. She returned to State C
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Lunch with Mimi: As President of the New Centre1st Bank, Jack Infield Is Focused on Making a Difference for Local Customers
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A seasoned banker and lifelong State College residents, Jack Infield is president of the new Centre1st Bank, a ‘community bank on steroids,’ offering a full range of commercial and consumer financial services to communities throughout central Pennsylvania
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Lunch with Mimi: Rick Lombardo, Director of the Penn State School of Theatre
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Marking one year as director of the Penn State School of Theatre, Rick Lombardo discusses the return of Penn State Centre Stage summer programing, what performances are planned for the upcoming season, and what the School of Theatre envisions for its future.
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Lunch with Mimi: While Working to Preserve the Past, Mary Sorensen and the Centre County Historical Society Are Looking to the Future
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As executive director, Mary Sorensen oversees the day-to-day operations of the Centre County Historical Society, the Centre Furnace Mansionand the Boogersburg School. She sat down to discuss the organization’s volunteer opportunities, unique collections, and future plans.
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No Pie in the Sky Holiday: Centre County family annually celebrates goodness in a crust
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We are a family of pie people. Which isn’t to say we’d turn down a made-from-scratch yellow cake with billowy white frosting and fresh coconut flakes, but pie is what truly brings it home for us. Especially a fruit pie when cherries, peaches, or apples are in peak season. Both of my grandmothers were…
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Lunch with Mimi: McQuaide Blasko’s Sean Burke on the Law Firm’s Legacy and the Role Staffers Play in the Life of the Community
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Sean Burke, president and managing director at McQuaide Blasko since July 2018, discusses the firm’s legacy in providing legal expertise in Centre, Blair, and Dauphin counties, meeting the evolving needs of their clients and the community.