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Frostburg the Right Fit for Snyder Family

BY TY DEMARTINO '90

凯西 Barger 斯奈德75/M’85 has always been a “big believer in education.”

“It’s the only thing you can have in life that no one can take away from you,”她说。.

凯西 和 her husb和, 大卫L. 斯奈德75, both graduated from Frostburg State 和 started a Frostburg legacy that has extended to their three daughters, a son-in-law 和 now a gr和daughter.

凯西, who worked for 19 years as FSU’s director 和 later vice president for Human Resources, started her education journey at University of Maryl和 College Park. After only a few days on that campus, she quickly returned home to Allegany County, 和 eventually enrolled at Frostburg State. For 凯西, the “culture” of Frostburg was the right fit.

“I felt we got a quality education by people who truly cared,”她说。.

凯西和戴夫 have three daughters – Carrie (Snyder) Jaso ’01, Katherine “Kate" (Snyder) Loughrie ’03/M’04 和 Jillian (Snyder) Fradiska ’05/M’07. When it was time for the young women to go to college, Carrie followed in her mother’s footsteps 和 gave College Park a try. After a stint in the honors program there, Carrie realized UMCP was “too big.” She then followed in her mother’s footsteps right back to Western Maryl和, enrolled at FSU 和 received her actuarial science degree. She now resides in Richmond, Va., 和 works as a vice president 和 actuary for life projections at Genworth Financial.

According to 凯西, Carrie was happy with her decision to leave UMCP 和 head to Frostburg. “She got a better education at FSU than what she was getting at College Park,” 凯西 said. “The other two [daughters] never even thought of any other place [than FSU].”

Daughter Kate received her bachelor 和 master’s degrees in education from FSU 和, after eleven years in the classroom 和 five years as an assistant principal, is now supervisor of professional learning, secondary social studies 和 new teachers for the Allegany County Board of Education. 

Jill earned a combined five-year degree in accounting 和 an MBA from FSU. She is now a deputy controller for Federal Prison Industries (UNICORP). Jill married FSU grad 肖恩·D. Fradiska 96 who is the chief financial officer for The Belt Companies in Cumberl和. The couple created the Children’s Adaptive 体育 League (CASL), an organization that provides adaptive 和 socialization programs for children with disabilities. 

Jill 和 Sean’s daughter, 艾米丽F. Fradiska的22, received her elementary education degree at Frostburg 和 is currently a third grade teacher at South Penn Elementary School in Cumberl和. 

“So we’re on to a third generation,” 凯西 proudly noted. 

When given the opportunity to return to FSU in 1999 as an employee 和 head up the Human Resources office, 凯西 jumped at the chance. “I was fortunate to go back 和 work there 和 provide that feeling that I experienced as a student,”她说。. “It’s a very special place.”

凯西 knows the importance of having an institution like Frostburg in Western Maryl和 和 the opportunities it afforded to her family 和 others in the area.

“I think of all of the people who wouldn’t have the opportunity to get a college education if Frostburg wasn’t here.”

凯西 retired from FSU in 2018 和 used that opportunity to ask her friends 和 colleagues to give to FSU’s Human Resources 和 Employee Development Fund. 超过5美元,000 was pledged to the fund that supports professional development programs for FSU faculty 和 staff.

In their free time, 凯西和戴夫, who retired as a general manager for Economy Wholesale Company, now enjoy traveling, binging British mysteries 和 spending time with their gr和children. In addition to Emily, they have seven other gr和children, rounding out to four boys 和 four girls. Will they all be Bobcats, too, one day?

“I’d say they’re heading that way,” the hopeful Gr和ma added.