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Lock Haven University - Eddie Severn Retrenchment Recall

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Ashley Wiley
5 years ago Featured

It would seem to me that combining schools financially would include combining administrative positions and eliminating redundancy where it DOESN’T impact students.

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Michael J Connor
5 years ago Featured

As a current music faculty member and alumnus of Lock Haven University, I am saddened by this. A strong liberal arts education needs an equally strong arts program. This is a huge hit at everything that we are trying to do in public higher education.

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Leslie Marsteller
5 years ago

The music in our lives is very important to keep. It helps us express our feelings and relieves stress.

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Rachel Severn
5 years ago

Music is so crucial for wellbeing. A disgraceful sacrifice.

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Tony Komarnicki
5 years ago

Shame on you LHU.......shame on you

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Rob Byham
5 years ago Featured

Eddie Severn is a treasure that should not be lost. He not only is a great educator, but also has brought an excitement to the culture in central Pennsylvania. To lose him in this area would be a loss for us all.

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Meredith Dobro
5 years ago Featured

I played classical piano for 9 years when I was a pre-teen till age 17. I am so glad my high school had a music program and sad to see that fine arts are being cut at this University. I was at Eddie's wedding and I know this is not just impacting him and his family, but his students as well.

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Andrea Straka
5 years ago

Music is what makes thriving in college possible! It is half the reason I decided to attend at LHU.

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Allyson Zegarski
5 years ago

Please keep the program!

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Alexander White
5 years ago

Unconscionable.

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Jacqueline Engel
5 years ago

Unacceptable. Music makes you smarter...look it up.

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Andrea Meshyock
5 years ago

Keep the bands!!!

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Cheryl Wilbur
5 years ago Featured

My LHU experience wouldn't be the same without the band program. It not only have me a sense of pride and a desperately needed creative oulet during stressful classes, but also provided a sense of school pride during the various events we represented the school in.

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Amy C
5 years ago

Where would we be a people without music? Especially during these times? Don't deprive the world if the entertainment we crave!

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Nicole Tomlin
5 years ago

I loved watching you guys perform.

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Amy Organek
5 years ago

Sometimes music is the only grounding point for kids away from home. It gives them a safe place to make friends and adapt. Taking it away may lose useful productive students

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Rebecca Ann Baker
5 years ago

Music is a vital part of learning and needs to stay in the schools!

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Karen Romero
5 years ago

It is such a shame. Band was my life when I was a student.

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Bernadine McNamara
5 years ago

Music programs are shown to increase academic performance of students

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Charles Bungo
5 years ago

Eddie is honestly one of the most influential professors I had at LHU during my time there. He provided an atmosphere of professionalism and pushed his students to be the best musicians they could be. The lessons I learned from Eddie about how to conduct yourself as a serious, professional musician I carried into my life after college which helped me get opportunities as a "musician for hire" I believe I would not have had otherwise. To have him no longer be part of the staff at LHU would be an astronomical mistake and very detrimental.