Geoffrey Bowman and Teran Tadal
join the College's Admissions Office as assistant deans of admissions.
“We're thrilled to have Geoff and
Teran back at Union, this time to help in recruiting students who will follow
in their footsteps, making the most of the boundless opportunities at Union,”
said Dan Lundquist, dean of admissions. “As recent graduates who were heavily
involved in the academic, social and athletic spheres, they can convey to our
prospective students the challenge and excitement at Union.”
Tadal graduated from Union
with a bachelor's degree in environmental studies and a minor in English.
While at Union,
she studied water resources during a term abroad in Sao
Paulo, Brazil.
She also conducted research with Professor Peter Tobiessen on Eurasian Milfoil
in Collins Lake,
which became the basis for her senior thesis and a presentation at the
College's annual Steinmetz Symposium, an exposition of student scholarly and
creative achievement.
“Studying in Brazil
and with Professor Tobiessen gave me a chance to really experience all that Union
has to offer,” she said. “I am proud and honored to have taken part in those
programs.”
She played defense and midfield on
Union's women's soccer team, which last season compiled
a school record of 19-2-1.
Last year, the team also won its fourth consecutive conference championship and
earned its fifth consecutive invitation to the NCAA tournament. She also
participated in indoor and outdoor track. Her introduction to Union
came from Brian Speck, head coach of women's soccer, who, during her junior
year of high school told her that Union would be a great
fit.
While playing sports, she
participated in many other aspects of the Union Community: she was a career
assistant at the Becker Career
Center, treasurer of the Gospel
Choir and member of the Senior Class Committee.
Tadal, who hails from Webster,
N.Y., is a 2000 graduate of Our Lady of
Mercy High School.
She will be representing Union
College in school visits in Rochester,
Buffalo, Baltimore,
Washington D.C.,
western Massachusetts and
northern Virginia.
Bowman graduated cum laude with a bachelor's in history
and a minor in French.
Bowman, who has a longstanding
interest in European and military history, recalls his first visit to Union:
He was taken with the Nott Memorial, Union's historic
centerpiece building. But what “sealed the deal,” he said, was an impromptu
half-hour meeting he had with Stephen Berk, professor of history.
“I was blown away that a professor
would spend that much time with a prospective, that one of the best professors
at the College was willing to just sit and talk,” Bowman recalls. At Union,
Bowman took two of Prof. Berk's popular classes – History of the Holocaust and
History of the Middle East.
He did his senior thesis on the
experience of Irish soldiers during World War I.
He was president of his
fraternity, Theta Delta Chi; a representative on the Interfraternity Council; a
DJ at WRUC, the College radio station; a member of the Dutch Pipers, the men's
a capella group; a Gatekeeper (tour guide) for Union's admissions office; and a
member of the College's Alcohol Policy Task Force. He was also a member of Phi
Alpha Theta, the national honor society in history.
Bowman, a native of Boalsburg,
Pa., is a graduate of State
College Area High
School.
He will be representing Union
College in visits to schools in Boston
and Colorado.