Jan Kauffman and Kristin Waltner received a message two weeks ago that came as a surprise: Duane and Karen Stoltzfus said that they needed to withdraw from their roles as Study-Service Term faculty leaders in Ecuador to focus on a personal health crisis. Kauffman, associate dean of student success, and Waltner, registrar, accepted the offer to lead the Ecuador SST for the 2026 trip. “I visited Ecuador over the summer and loved it — the people, culture, diverse landscape, and variety of activities. The country offers so much, and the people are so warm and open,” said Waltner. The two...

By May Boudreau • November 13, 2025 • News John Eash-Scott • November 13, 2025 • News

In the spring of 2015, The Record will have a new Editor-in-chief. Kayla Riportella, a junior from Des Plaines, Ill., is an English secondary education major with a writing minor, who “stumbled upon journalism in college,” never having worked in the field before. “I’m excited and looking forward to doing something I’ve never done before,” Riportella said. “It will be something I can make my own.” Riportella heard about the job from Duane Stoltzfus, a communications professor who encouraged her to apply. She came upon the field of journalism in her Writing for Media class, which she took last year...

By Maddie Birky • December 3, 2014 • Features

Sara Alvarez Senior, Public Relations major Sara Alvarez and five friends traveled to Puerto Rico over spring break and stayed at her grandmother’s house. “I’m from Puerto Rico and it had been two years since I’d been back. My favorite day trip was when we went to Gilligan’s Island, an island off the southern coast of Puerto Rico where the water was calm and clear and there were many little coves and pathways through the mangroves to explore. One path took us over a really muddy area, through a drier section and then out to the mangroves where we could...

By bonij • March 8, 2012 • Features