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Spring 2019 From the board chair What an exciting time for Gettysburg College! At Gettysburg College, we are advancing our As you know, in late January, our Board of Trustees mission and making a difference—a testament to announced Robert W. Iuliano as the next president our collective efforts and the innovative strategies of our great College. Given the success he has achieved we’ve implemented over the last decade. Now the big as a senior vice president at Harvard University and question is: How do we build upon this success and the stellar recommendations he has garnered, I am take Gettysburg to the next level? enthused to welcome President-elect Iuliano and his I pose this important question because I believe wife, Susan, to our Gettysburg College community, our College, guided by the vision and leadership of beginning this July. President-elect Iuliano, is poised to realize our potential, I strongly believe that President-elect Iuliano’s to inspire a new generation of students, and to make an character, decision-making, and collaborative spirit even greater impact on our world. will position Gettysburg for excellence in the years There is nothing our community cannot ahead and amplify the great work and legacy of accomplish, but it is going to take all of us—together. President Janet Morgan Riggs ’77. May we keep this great momentum going in the year Again, I want to express my heartfelt thanks to the ahead and ambitiously pursue the “unfinished work” members of our Presidential Search Committee, led still before us. by Board Vice Chair Charlie Scott ’77, P’09, P’12, for their diligence and commitment throughout the With great pride, nine-month process. In addition, I want to thank all of you who offered valuable insights for our Committee’s discussions and consideration. It was your perspectives and support that made our presidential search a David Brennan ’75, P’00 resounding success. Chair of the Board of Trustees As we move forward, I have been thinking about where we are as an institution and where we want to go in the future. Certainly, we have much to be proud of and much to celebrate. Our College’s reputation is strong. We are consistently recognized among the best liberal arts colleges in the nation for our academic quality and the value of our educational experience. Families believe in a Gettysburg education. We continue to reach or surpass our enrollment goals each year—and that’s even in today’s ultra-competitive higher education environment. Lastly, our graduates are finding tremendous success out in the world. In fact, one year after graduation, 98 percent of our grads are either employed or attending graduate school—and over the last few years, three out of four graduates have reported that the Gettysburg Network helped them in some way. To me, this speaks to the exceptional learning experience we provide for our students, and the eagerness of our alumni, parents, and friends to lend a helping hand to their fellow Gettysburgians. Inside Volume 110 • No. 2 • Spring 2019 Featured in this issue News@Gettysburg 2 Students flex their curiosity Meet our 15th president through work in Gettysburg College’s Innovation Lab 14 Robert W. Iuliano comes to Gettysburg College from Prof. Amy Evrard identifies Harvard University. 3 the merits of meandering Maneesha Mukhi ’04 takes 4 an entrepreneurial approach to immigration Terri L. P’15 and 5 Devin Garnick ’15 share Digital footprints highlights of Gettysburg from 18 Gettysburgians investigate a mother-daughter perspective technology’s hidden cost for the environment. Generous donors preserve 6 history through Musselman Library’s Special Collections conservation program Joshua Eyler’s ’00 new book 8 underscores the impact of experiential learning Creativity: 26 A calling cultivated Big Picture Gettysburgians flex their 10 creative muscles across disciplines 12 Conversations and careers. Bulletins 34 Do Great Work Class Notes 35 32 Emily Vega ’19 pursues an interdisciplinary major that opens doors In Memory Economics Prof. Rimvydas Baltaduonis leads global discussions 47 32 on immigration issues President Janet Morgan Riggs ’77 and Ed Riggs ’77 earn seats for life Parting Shot 33 in honor of their support of Gettysburg College athletics Jerry K. Robbins ’57 48 reflects on mind building Cover image: Dick Boak ’72 Gettysburg College assures equal employment Address changes: Communications & Marketing, and prohibits discrimination on the basis of age, Gettysburg College, 300 N. Washington St., Editor: Carina Sitkus race, color, religion, national origin, gender, Box 422, Gettysburg, PA 17325 Designer: Marc Belli sexual orientation, or disability. Printed in U.S.A. Contact: [email protected] © Gettysburg College 2019 News Gettysburg Gettysburg’s African-American citizens and veterans during the Civil War era. Anh’s hope was to provide prospective international students (Anh is from Vietnam) with the opportunity to visit these historic sites virtually. “I sought to bring back the importance of the past and its forgotten history, while utilizing technology of the future,” he said. Alyssa Kaewwilai ’20, an environmental studies major with a concentration in GIS (geographical information systems) and a computer science Orrin Wilson ’20 and Just Hoang Anh ’21 use technology from the Gettysburg Innovation Lab to create virtual spaces. minor, also benefited from using the College’s drone for her project. She earned her Federal Aviation A HOME FOR Administration (FAA) remote pilot certification so that she CURIOUS CREATIONS could fly the drone to detect flood patterns on campus. “Over the years, we have Gettysburg College’s experienced excessive flooding in certain areas of our campus,” Innovation Lab said Kaewwilai. “My project’s goal was to evaluate the terrain An affordable closed-loop insulin and that I can truly help those levels that are most prone pump for diabetics. A flood map individuals in a meaningful way,” to flooding and hopefully designed to protect iconic College Mitchell said. leverage this data to safeguard landmarks. Virtual reality tours At Gettysburg College, Gettysburg’s infrastructure.” of historic locations. These are a students are encouraged to pursue She manufactured handheld few of the innovative creations to academic interests with openness replicas of her targeted locations come out of Gettysburg College’s and to be unafraid to follow their using the lab’s 3D carver, which Innovation Lab—a campus space curiosity down unexpected paths. allowed her to physically touch in the West Building designed The Innovation Lab is a place where the sloped terrain and develop for the exploration of bold, inquiring minds can run wild and a greater understanding of how technological ideas. pursue potential ideas of impact. various water patterns affect the Tyler Mitchell’s ’20 Orrin Wilson ’20 and Just campus landscape. potentially revolutionary insulin Hoang Anh ’21, both computer “I discovered there isn’t pump—which operates by reading science majors, pursued another always a black-and-white answer blood sugars that continuously path. They created cutting-edge for projects like mine, so you move through a glucose monitor— virtual reality tours using software have to figure things out, utilize was built with parts manufactured tools such as Blender and Unity your resources, and be creative to by the College’s 3D printer, such as Pro, in addition to two College- find solutions to your challenges,” the casing and the gears responsible owned DJI Mavic Pro drones. said Kaewwilai. for administering insulin. Wilson focused on building “My hope is that this project a tour of Pennsylvania Hall. Read more about the will have a real-world impact on Anh created a tour of Lincoln Gettysburg College Innovation Lab those suffering with diabetes, Cemetery, the burial site of and these projects online. 2 Prof notes Anthropology Amy EVRARD Research Current project I’ve always had varying interests and loved learning I started recording my parents’ life stories of growing people’s stories. After writing a book about women’s up after the Great Depression in rural America. issues in Morocco, I decided my next big research My parents are unique individuals, and yet their project would involve agriculture. I have done some stories are the stories of many people from poor, rural research in Maryland and Utah, and I had the Southern towns moving into the middle class at that opportunity to study development and farming time. It brings the anthropological question about the issues on College faculty trips to India and China. relationship between individuals and culture to the That project is still percolating. fore. Society creates character slots to which people are assigned, and people improvise on their script to shape a unique story. “I’ve always had varying Contributions to the world Anthropologists have the ability to look holistically at interests and loved human existence and problems. Having several interests has been helpful for me as an anthropologist, and learning people’s stories.” anthropology has allowed me to pursue several interests. It’s a symbiotic relationship. Lessons for students We encourage our students to be multidisciplinary, to have many interests, and to pursue multiple possibilities. One of the things I value about my story is the meandering. I want my students to see their lives—and not just college—that way. Hopefully, they are going to meander from fascination to fascination forever. Prof. Amy Evrard is a cultural anthropologist whose published works include The Moroccan Women’s Rights Movement. Pictured: Evrard with her tape recorder, a tool of the storytelling trade ASK ELLIS An entrepreneurial approach to simplifying immigration Maneesha Mukhi’s ’04 card, she had just earned her make a positive impact in their personal experience as an MBA at the University of Chicago communities. It’s the stories of the immigrant inspired her to and was working in consulting.