Janet Hinds Pivalis ’71 Honored by University of Findlay
Janet Hinds Pivalis was one of eight people honored at the University of Findlay’s Homecoming and Family Weekend. Janet is a retired educator who taught for 34 years in what she calls her “dream job” in Delran Public Schools. After retiring from Delran in 2009, she was an adjunct professor for seven years at Rowan College Burlington County, teaching intensive reading and composition.
Janet earned numerous teaching awards throughout her career including the New Jersey Governor’s Teacher of the Year Recognition in 1988 and 2006. In 2007, she was named the Special Education Outstanding Educator by the National Association of Special Education Teachers. Janet has also dedicated time and energy to helping various nonprofit organizations over the years. She served as a 211 telephone crisis counselor for Contact of Burlington County, and volunteered with Habitat for Humanity, food pantries and food kitchens, and EARS Animal Rescue Thrift Shop in Englewood, FL, where she and Frank, her husband of 43 years, reside during some of New Jersey’s cold months.
Alumni News
New Faculty Spotlight – Katie Stutz ’09, Middle/Upper School English
Katie Stutz made a significant impact on Moorestown Friends School before graduating in 2009. She served as captain of the Girls’ Soccer, Basketball, and Lacrosse teams, earned the Herm Magee Award for athletic leadership, and was inducted into the Cum Laude Society....
William Fearn ’93: Closing the Achievement Gap for Historically Underprivileged Students
This post is an excerpt from Making a Difference in Education, a story featured in the Fall 2014 issue of Among Friends magazine. [wc_divider style="dashed" line="single" margin_top="" margin_bottom=""] William Fearn ’93 B.A. Mount Saint Mary’s College J.D. Rutgers...
Ian Alteveer ’95 – “Art Can Speak in Many Different Ways”
Ian Alteveer ’95, who has enjoyed a successful career in the arts, was the keynote speaker for the Cum Laude and World Languages Banquet in May. Alteveer is an associate curator in the Department of Modern and Contemporary Art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New...
