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THY
ARTS CENTER
COLLABORATION
INCREASES ACCESS
Lycoming College will have
expanded access to downtown
Williamsport’s Community
Arts Center (CAC) as the
result of an agreement
reached with the CAC and
the Pennsylvania College of
Technology. Lycoming may
now use the historic 2,100-seat
venue (the restored former
Capitol Theatre) to present
performing arts, such as band
and choral performances,
recitals, musicals and music
galas, speakers and film series,
as well as for academic and
community outreach events.
In addition, the CAC may
provide internship or job-
shadowing opportunities for
Lycoming students pursuing
careers in performing arts
administration, and students
may participate in master
classes offered by CAC
performers.
TRUSTEE LEIGH T.
HOWE PRESENTS ON
CURRENT HEALTHCARE
ISSUES
Lycoming College trustee
and alumna Leigh T. Howe ’78,
former executive vice president
and principal of Windsor
Healthcare Equities, delivered
a lecture titled, “Taking Care
of our Future... Investing in
Quality Healthcare,” which
covered current health care
issues and considerations
for successful financial
performance in the sector. Her
presentation was sponsored
by the College’s Institute
for Management Studies as
part of its James W. Harding
Executive Speaker Series.
Howe is an investment and
finance professional with more
than 30 years of experience
working with private equity
and commercial banks to
evaluate the credit risk and
returns of real estate projects
in the senior housing and
healthcare markets. She holds
a master’s degree in business
administration/finance from
Loyola University Maryland
and a bachelor’s degree in
economics and business
administration from Lycoming
College.
DOUTHAT LECTURE
SERIES: ANCIENT MAYA
HIGHLANDS
As part of the James and
Emily Douthat Lectureship in
the Liberal Arts and Sciences,
Barbara Arroyo, Ph.D.,
discussed the results of recent
archaeological excavations
in highland Guatemala in
her presentation, “Learning
about the Ancient Maya
Highlands: Recent Research
at Naranjo and Kaminaljuyu,
Guatemala.” The talk focused
on the development of these
regional centers as important
Mesoamerican cities during
the pre-Hispanic period.
Archaeological research
during the last decade
has uncovered important
information about the earliest
settlers of the Maya highlands
at the sites of Naranjo and
Kaminaljuyu, and Arroyo
detailed the regional
interactions of these two cities
— one of which, Kaminaljuyu,
is mostly buried by modern
Guatemala City. Arroyo
is the coordinator for the
Kaminaljuyu Archaeological
Zone at the Dirección General
de Patrimonio Cultural y
Natural in Guatemala.
Community Arts Center
Leigh T. Howe ’78
Barbara Arroyo, Ph.D.
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