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Brewing up a career Central’s new fermentation science program hops on the growing craft beer trend Central alumni keep Mackinac moving year-round centralight spring 2016 on the cover Mackinac Island – one of Michigan’s brightest tourism gems – has about 500 year-round residents, many of whom are proud Chippewas. Many CMU alumni also own or run the island’s businesses, services and government.
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14 6 features 6 26 Designing a stylish career Brewing up business Central’s top-ranked fashion merchandising CMU’s new fermentation science program is and design program launches careers into training the next wave of craft brewers as the America’s most valuable brands. industry rapidly expands in the U.S. 24 40 Paving the way Do you remember? Athletic Director Dave Heeke’s decade “Can we have class outside?” isn’t a new of leadership has given CMU a question from CMU students. “Championship Culture.” Executive Editor and Executive Director of Alumni Relations Marcie Otteman Grawburg, ’87 Editor Betsy Miner-Swartz, ’86 Managing Editor Robin Miner-Swartz Graphic Designer Amy Gouin Photographer 20 Steve Jessmore, ’81 Writers Cynthia Drake, M.A. ’08 departments Terri Finch Hamilton, ’83 Andy Sneddon 4 CMU Today Research Associate Two Chippewas has been enlisted Bryan Whitledge to help solve the Flint water crisis. Editorial Assistants 32 Hidden Central Vicki Begres, ’89 CMU’s Society of Automotive Engineers Baja Lori Conroy Team is competing against hundreds of Communications Committee colleges and universities this year. Tom Worobec, Chair, ’93 Rebeca Barrios, ‘00, M.B.A ’02 36 Alumni news Kevin Campbell, ’74, M.A. ’76 Author’s book helps kids understand how Lynn Garrett, ’97 dogs assist veterans who have PTSD. Fred Pu enberger, ’74 Bob Van Deventer, ’74 39 In Memory Nicole Yelland, ’05 Vice President for Advancement Robert Martin Associate Vice President of University Communications 32 Sherry Knight, ’86 For advertising information Call Cindy Jacobs, ’93 (800) 358-6903 stay connected 26 Send change of address information to: Alumni Relations Carlin Alumni House Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MI 48859 Phone: (800) 358-6903 Fax: (989) 774-7159 Email: [email protected] Web: cmich.edu/alumni/Centralight
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centralight spring ’16 1 CMU, an AA/EO institution, provides equal opportunity to all persons, including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities (see cmich.edu/ocrie). UComm 9229 Calendar Spring brings change to campus April By Marcie Otteman Grawburg, ’87, executive director of alumni relations 23 Endowed Scholarship Luncheon, As I write this, it’s a strange January day here on campus: Mount Pleasant campus It’s foggy and warm with rain expected, and it feels more like March than January. This week has brought snow May every day in Mount Pleasant and kept the facilities team 6 busy clearing sidewalks, streets and parking lots. But by Alumni board meeting, Mount Pleasant campus the time the magazine is in your hands, it will indeed be 7 March, and signs of spring will hopefully be showing Commencement, Mount Pleasant campus wherever you are reading this. And with spring comes change. June We say goodbye to Kathy Wilbur, who has served as vice president of 3 development and external relations for the past ve years. She is returning to her Great Lakes Loons baseball game, Midland role as vice president of government and external relations. We also welcome our 22-24 new vice president for advancement, Robert Martin, who joined the university in Grandparents U, Mount Pleasant campus February (see page 5). As we look ahead, we are excited for some outstanding alumni events around July the state and across the country. In this issue, you’ll read a story that spun out of 15 our rst alumni event on Mackinac Island last fall. An abundance of CMU alumni CMU Night at Comerica Park, Detroit are living on and running one of Michigan’s most popular tourist destinations. We 22 had such a great turnout and response that we’ll be heading back for our second Michigan’s Adventure, Muskegon alumni weekend there this fall – an extraordinarily beautiful time on the island. We hope you’ll make plans to join us on the ferry, in the restaurants and more. August You’ll also read about alums making strides in the growing craft-brewing industry. 28 They’re thrilled about CMU’s new hands-on fermentation science program. It’s NASCAR, Brooklyn, Michigan expected to expand from craft-beer brewing to wine and spirits, helping This is a small sampling of the many alumni events Michigan remain at the forefront of the industries. throughout the U.S. Please visit alumni.cmich.edu I hope you’ll make plans to join us at an upcoming alumni event (listed at right for a comprehensive list. and on page 19), and I look forward to seeing you soon! Forever maroon and gold!
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CMU students help elderly recall memories through music from their teenage years Music is linked to nearly every facet of life. CMU faculty and students also have found it’s important in helping Mount Pleasant residents with Alzheimer’s and dementia remember things from their past. “Memory is a ected by a lot of factors, especially those associated with emotional attachment and music is one of those because it’s everywhere,” CMU music professor Jennifer Kitchen says. Her students volunteer with 26 residents at the Laurels of Mount Pleasant, a nursing home for people with physical or cognitive limitations. Residents are given an iPod lled with popular music from their teen years, a time in life Kitchen says is correlated with a lot of emotion. “I worked with one man who was fairly unresponsive and withdrawn, but when CMU students map Mother we put the headphones on, he sat up, nodded along and began sharing stories and talking with us,” says CMU senior Kelsey Mankel, of Lowell. Nature’s impact on wine The unique weather on Old Mission Peninsula on “Working with these residents is so inspiring,” Kitchen says. “You see them the northwest tip of the Mitten is key in making responding and recognizing you when you walk in, and I just leave smiling.” your glass of pinot perfect. For Central Michigan The project is volunteer-based, but Kitchen hopes to raise money and work with University meteorology faculty and students, the professionals at the Music and Memory Foundation to certify the experiment. region is ripe for research to help maintain Michigan’s $300 million wine industry. Watch a video here: cmich.ly/cmumusicmem • Last fall, faculty and students installed a weather station in a vineyard to gain crucial insights. “This region of Michigan has a challenging environment, and there has not been much MILLARDSHANNON
research done there,” says Marty Baxter, associate PHOTO BY professor of meteorology. “Installing a CMU- owned weather station in a vineyard allows us to monitor the rapidly changing conditions that may lead to grapevine damage.” The station collects data on temperature, dew point, wind and rainfall at Bonobo Winery in Traverse City. Real-time information is transmitted to Weather Underground, a public weather tracking service. Students analyze data and use it to make predictions and gain hands-on weather forecasting experience typically reserved for experts. Bonobo Winery, owned by brothers and CMU alumni Todd, ‘91, and Carter Oosterhouse, ’00, is the only winery on Old Mission Peninsula with a CMU alums tapped to help with Flint water crisis weather station. Carter Oosterhouse is an HGTV Two CMU alumni were appointed in January to help with di erent aspects of the lifestyle expert. Josh Rhem, vineyard manager, and Flint water crisis. winemaker Josh McCarthy each collect and Gov. Rick Snyder named Mike Finney, ‘87, to the City of Flint Receivership analyze weather data from the station daily. Transition Advisory Board, working to move executive authority back to Mayor Though there are other weather stations in the Karen Weaver. region, McCarthy has seen storms on the peninsula change from mile to mile, making the “I am con dent that Mike, a Flint native, will work diligently with local leaders to station even more advantageous. ensure continued nancial stability,” Snyder said in a statement. “We have access to other weather information in Finney is the executive o cer of Community Ventures of Michigan; he previously the area, but not to the level of detail we need,” served as executive director of the Michigan Economic Development Corp. McCarthy says. “We need the best information Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette announced the hiring of retired Detroit possible because weather dictates all aspects of FBI Chief Andrew Arena, ‘85, to help investigate Flint’s water crisis, alongside the types of grapes we can grow here.” • former Wayne County Assistant Prosecutor Todd Flood. After Flint changed its water source from treated Lake Huron water to untreated water from the Flint River, its drinking water became contaminated with lead, creating a serious public health danger. •
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SHANNON MILLARDSHANNON PHOTO BY Photojournalism students chronicle immigration journeys in Michigan Fourteen photojournalism students at Central Michigan University Photos from “Fences: Faces of Migration” were featured in nine have explored immigration in America with a project called banners that hung outside the Biosciences Building construction site. “Fences: Faces of Migration.” The collection of photos is the Photojournalism major Emily Mesner, of Farmington, says this was culmination of a two-week annual workshop led by world- her third time participating. renowned photographer Danny Wilcox Frazier, of Iowa City, Iowa. “Every year after the workshop I am more passionate to tell stories,” “The debate around immigration has become embroiled in hostile Mesner says. “The workshop pushes me to be a better person and political rhetoric,” Frazier says. “The group project brings to light photojournalist. I’m not sure where I will end up or what I’ll be issues facing the newest Americans living across Michigan and doing after I graduate, but as long as I have my camera with me personalizes their struggles in a country divided by politics and and I am telling stories, I know I’ll be ne.” ideology by giving faces to the faceless.” See the student-created stories here: cmich.ly/fencesphotos •
Robert Martin joins CMU as vice president for advancement Robert Martin has a history of setting Martin is known for continuously expanding and meeting ambitious fundraising goals, showing fundraising goals, in large part by creating a vibrant culture of future donors the impact they will philanthropy surrounding the universities he serves. have on others’ lives and helping “Advancement is about showing people they can impact lives,” advancement teams achieve more Martin said during the interview process. “One donor had his than they thought possible. young son hand me a six- gure check. He said he was teaching his After years of leading successful son, just as I had taught him, the responsibility and power of giving fundraising campaigns at Eastern and changing lives.” Illinois and Auburn universities and at CMU President George E. Ross cites Martin’s ability to turn the the University of Tennessee at passion of alumni and friends into donations as key to cementing a Chattanooga, Martin brings his expertise to Central Michigan strong, bold future for CMU and generations of students to come. • University as its new vice president for advancement. He began at CMU in February.
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centralight spring ’16 7 Most college students hope for just one promising job or internship possibility when they graduate. Fashion design major Kaitlin Slack, ‘14, had three before her senior year ended. The o ers included one from her current employer, Michigan Fashion Proto, a Lansing-based short-run fashion manufacturing facility. Slack also was named a designer-in- residence at Lansing’s fashion incubator The Runway, and earned a mentorship with New York City designer Daniel Vosovik, a nalist on “Project Runway.” Slack, along with 90 percent of CMU fashion merchandising and design graduates, are raising the university’s pro le as they work for some of the top American brands including Target, Victoria’s Secret and Kohl’s. Fashion merchandising and design assistant professor Michael Mamp, himself a 1996 program grad, says the department’s rigorous standards consistently earn rankings in the top 20 programs nationwide. That makes CMU uniquely positioned to launch careers
8 centralight spring ’16 into an American fashion “I am most proud when I see “It is all very exciting,” Mamp industry that some say is on the the nal product come says of the increased focus on cusp of exploding. together in the store,” she says. domestic goods production. “It’s also really exciting to see “And millennials are thinking WHO ARE YOU WEARING? people on the street wearing di erently about work and how Natalie Schild, ’05, is a lead something that I worked on or to work than any previous textile designer for Target in the painted.” generation. There is a greater company’s Minneapolis focus on quality and MICHIGAN STAKES ITS headquarters. If you’ve sustainability, and these ideas CLAIM IN AMERICA’S purchased girls’ apparel from are impacting the development FASHION RENAISSANCE Target that includes graphics, of artisan-based fashion plaids, stripes and other prints, Both Mamp and Slack say the startups across the country.” chances are good that those U.S. – and Michigan in particular Slack’s professional trajectory are Schild’s designs. – is enjoying somewhat of a aligns perfectly with that fashion renaissance. Consider In 2013, she proposed an idea renaissance, since she has been Detroit, where the city is for matching family pajamas. learning more about the establishing a garment district. Target produced them, and the manufacturing side of the The Detroit Garment Group just PJs were still being scooped up industry at Proto, while launched the state’s rst industrial during the 2015 holiday season. launching her own ready-to- sewing certi cate program. She also curated an artwork wear brand, Bad Latitude assortment at a Target pop-up And in Lansing, the Runway is (badlat.com). The brand shop in New York City, where Michigan’s rst incubator features knitwear pieces aimed guests could have an item focused only on fashion design. at millennial-aged women who printed on-demand for free. Slack is now in her second year travel. there as designer-in-residence, “Every product I work on is very Among the most popular items which gives her access to rewarding, because Target are an oversized in nity scarf industrial equipment, work reaches such a large audience. that can double as a skirt and a space and networking It’s so fun seeing people craft tank that can be worn as a opportunities. wearing my designs,” says dress or a slip. Schild, who has traveled Since 2010, the American “(Fashion) is crucial to the state, throughout Asia and the U.S. Apparel & Footwear Association not only because it’s actually for her job. has noted that overall domestic cheaper to mass-produce apparel manufacturing has Fellow fashion design graduate clothing here, but because grown more than 15 percent. Stephanie Todoro , ’10, is a we’re losing this skill,” says Slack, Kurt Salmon, a global designer for Abercrombie and whose own brand is management consulting rm, Fitch. Her work involves committed to manufacturing estimates that this trend will painting and designing in-house – always. continue for the next few years, assorted prints and patterns, building on a growing demand Her brand launch is already embellishments and for higher-quality, American- receiving positive reviews from embroideries for a variety of made products and faster boutiques across the country. > women’s separates. fashion.
centralight spring ’16 9 BRIGHT OUTLOOK FOR INNOVATIVE TEXTILES Beyond traditional fashions, CMU’s Fashion Merchandising and Design program also prepares students for the next wave of clothing and textiles. The smart textile market – including the use of nanotechnology in fabrics so apparel can do things such as repel water and stains – is expected to grow from $700 million to $7.7 billion by 2023, according to Transparency Market Research. CMU has been making strides in researching smart textiles and bringing students on board for years, making use of state-of-the- art technologies such as a 3D body scanner, 3D replicator, thermal camera, environmental Michael Mamp chamber, sweating thermal mannequin, virtual reality chamber and CAD lab. “This type of innovation regarding textiles is incredibly A friendly valuable to students in their future careers,” Mamp says. • reminder that MAKE IT WORK One of the many tools CMU apparel design students have at their ngertips is a lab of 3D printers. Housed in Wightman CMU always is Hall, CMU’s MakerBot Innovation Center has 30 3D Order your CMU printers that can be used to create jewelry, sculptural work and clothing. The center is the behind you license plate today rst of its kind at a public school in the Midwest. CMU, an AA/EO institution, provides equal opportunity to all persons, including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities (see cmich.edu/ocrie) UComm 9182 cmich.edu/alumni
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16 centralight spring ’16 Tim Hygh It turns out there are more than just ‘It’s the best place to live’ a whole lot of beautiful hotels, work If you head three miles up into the heart of horses, bicycles, happy tourists and the island, you might eventually nd the fudge shops on Mackinac Island. home of Joan Barch, ’67. You’ll see her CMU ag ying on her porch, overlooking the Michigan’s historic place that time Mackinac Bridge and St. Ignace from her blu . forgot also is teeming with Central “I’m way back in the woods, so nobody sees Michigan University alums. it, but I y it proudly,” she says. “We really Dozens live there year-round. In fact, more had no idea there were this many than 30 of the approximately 240 homes are Chippewas – it’s kind of a surprise.” occupied by a Central grad. Even more Barch and her late husband built their home commute or live there in the summer, on the island 35 years ago; eight years ago working at or running everything from pubs they began living there year-round to be and hotels to the arts council, the schools, the closer to their children. Now she works with medical center and the town’s government. her son at Mackinac Mud Pottery. “I just Even Mackinac Island’s mayor, Margaret couldn’t leave. It’s the best place to live on Doud, is a Chippewa and a lifelong resident Earth.” of the 3.8-square-mile jewel that attracts a A retirement job in paradise million tourists annually. You could call Peg Largo an accidental “Yes, it’s true. There are a lot of people on Mackinac Islander. Largo, ’80, grew up in Mackinac who’ve gone to Central,” says Doud, metro Detroit and worked for 30 years in one of roughly 500 permanent residents. human resources in Ann Arbor. “CMU has always had a great reputation and ts nicely with the people of Mackinac.” In 2005, she married Tom Largo, who had been visiting his family’s home on the island She believes there are so many CMU alums since he was 6. Their wedding was in the on the island because the school is relatively island’s Little Stone Church; soon after that, close, relatively large, yet relatively small. the church’s director of weddings retired. CMU is about 160 miles from the island – the So Largo, who studied interior design and closest college or university with more than business at CMU, took what she calls her 20,000 students, according to city-data.com. “retirement job.” Mayor Doud, who lived in Calkins Hall all four Proceeds from weddings and vow renewals years before earning a bachelor’s in education, go to community outreach on the island. In owns the stately yellow Windermere Hotel, fact, it’s taken in enough money over the built in 1887. She more than once hosted years that the church has established a CMU’s 12th president, Michael Rao, at the scholarship fund with the help of the hotel. “He stayed with us a few times for Mackinac Island Community Foundation. conventions, and I talked with him quite a bit.” Each year, up to two students on the island Mackinac’s top promoter can receive a scholarship toward their two- or four-year college education. At least two of Tim Hygh, ’82, is a commuter. those students have gone on to attend CMU. By ferry or by plane, either one gets the From fudge shop to full-time RN broadcast alumnus from his home in Mackinaw City to the island, where he’s A connection to the island started for Nicole executive director of both the tourism bureau Riccinto, ’98, back in 1995 and 1996 with two and the convention and visitors bureau. summertime gigs at Ryba’s Fudge Shop – which the Harper Woods native loved. “That seven-minute plane ride is a pretty great value,” he says. “You get to see two More than a decade later in 2013, her Great Lakes, the bridge and the island.” husband, Brett, was hired as the island’s police chief. They moved their four young Hygh is one of many there who are slowly children to the tourism mecca, and Riccinto realizing they are living and working among – now a nurse – began as one of the mere dozens of CMU grads. “It’s a pleasant two full-time RNs working at the Mackinac surprise to nd out that the people you’re Island Medical Center. surrounded by have this in common.”
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18 centralight spring ’16 Peg Largo The child development major has a pager CMU Alumni Events in 2016 when she’s on call. “When it goes o , we have 15 minutes to get there by This year is packed with special events just snowmobile or bike. With a snowmobile, I for CMU alumni and friends. Please join us! can be there in four minutes.” For full details and to nd events throughout the year, go to cmich.ly/ The consummate host cmualumnievents Todd Callewaert’s family started Ryba’s Fudge March 16 in 1951 in Detroit and in 1960 expanded the Sixth annual The Villages CMU Alumni business to Mackinac Island, where he also and Friends Golf and Dinner Outing: owns the stately Island House Hotel. The Links of Spruce Creek in Summer eld, Callewaert, ‘84, who studied industrial Florida. RSVP by March 11. supervision and management, welcomed April 12 dozens of Chippewas last fall as he hosted Top Golf in Austin area: Join us for a CMU’s rst alumni weekend at the end of social at Top Golf in Austin, Texas. Enjoy the tourist season in October. light appetizers and free CMU swag. RSVP “Central is well-represented here. During the by April 10. summer, we have approximately 20 students working here, some doing May 23 internship with the hotel,” Callewaert says. “Beauty and the Beast”: The Broadway “It’s a great experience for them.” musical comes to Saginaw’s Dow Events Center. Enjoy discounted tickets and Arts advocate for the island seating with other alums. RSVP by March 30. When Jenny Moiles was at CMU, she saw an ad June 3 in CM Life for jobs on the island. Moiles spent Great Lakes Loons game: Join us for her college summers working at Fort Mackinac baseball and a dinner bu et at Dow as a park interpreter, sharing stories of life at Diamond in Midland as the Loons take on the fort, including some of the grimmer and the Lake County Captains. RSVP by May 20. entertaining anecdotes recounted after dark on the Ghastly Mackinac tours. July 15 CMU Night at Comerica Park She returned for one last summer after earning her degree in political science in 2014, October 2016 and at the end of the summer was o ered a Second annual CMU Alumni Weekend job as an executive assistant at Mission Point on Mackinac Island • Resort. A year later, she became program director for the Mackinac Arts Council. Growing up in Saginaw, she never imagined she’d live on the island one day. “All I knew was I wanted to work for a nonpro t,” she says. “I wouldn’t have seen myself having to ride around on a snowmobile to get to work or take a boat to go to ‘the mainland.’” Moiles is heavily involved in the arts on the island. She oversees programming for the arts council, including summer art workshops, the Music in the Park series and the programs at Mackinac Island Public School. “The music and art teacher (in the Mackinac Island school) also graduated from CMU,” Moiles said. “We bond over our campus experience, the residence halls we lived in.” Moiles likes to wear her CMU gear as she walks around the island during the tourist season. “I meet a lot of people that way and Two Central grads visiting the island in October showed they still hear a lot of, ‘Fire Up Chips!’ ” • carry their CMU IDs in their wallets after all these years.
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beautifulOne of Mackinac Island’s many ferries transports visitors from the island to the mainland under the mighty Mackinac Bridge on the last weekend of the season. While Mackinac Island is always “open,” the main tourist season runs May through October. About 500 people live on the island year-round.
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Central Michigan University is accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. CMU is an AA/EO institution (see cmich.edu/OCRIE). 43608 2/16 IN THE FACE OF REALITY BY DAN DIGMANN, M.A. ’15 STEVE JESSMORE PHOTO BY ALUMNA’S THEATRICAL DANCE PRODUCTION ‘HUMANITY’ TAKES STEPS TO BUILD UNITY DESPITE DIFFERENCES Tears well in Tyler Lenn Bradley’s eyes as “It’s so personal. It all comes from a true and Bovee University Center Rotunda for CMU’s she steps into the center-stage spotlight. honest place,” says Bradley, a 2015 alumna annual Martin Luther King Jr. Week Unity Ball. from Lansing who wrote, directed and More than 100 students in the Bovee Bradley is actively coordinating choreographed “Humanity” her senior year. University Center Rotunda’s audience performances at other locations to increase “Every dance is based on the experiences of absorb every word as she describes what its visibility throughout Michigan and in someone I know.” it’s like to be judged by the color of her skin. other states. Bradley has the only speaking role in her The campus production unapologetically Bradley didn’t develop “Humanity” for original theatrical dance production, addresses important social issues such as course credit. She saw it as an opportunity “Humanity.” suicide, sexism, racism, domestic violence to share her perspectives and gain and addiction. It’s intended to spark By the end, all of the show’s nearly 20 experience as a theater director and dancer. conversation and create a comfortable performers and many of the audience The production received several awards in environment to talk about uncomfortable members are in tears. 2015, including production of the year and things. Bradley is now pushing to engage best student director by CMU’s Theatre, nationwide audiences with her show. Interpretation and Dance Program. In addition to Bradley, “Humanity” stars 2015 “My hope is that the audience not only alumni Rebecca Zaborowski of Gaylord, gains an awareness of these issues, but I Damon S.A. Hunter of Grayling and Danielle hope that they also take a stand for these Kwiatkowski of Downers Grove, Illinois, and
STEVE JESSMORE issues,” Zaborowski says. “I would very much nearly 20 current CMU students, who dance like to see this go national because there are poignant storylines to popular songs. PHOTO BY so many messages this performance is The production was introduced in February sending. It’s breathtaking.” 2015 to a room full of classmates. Shows grew See a preview of the performance: from an invitation-only performance in the cmich.ly/humanitypromo Townsend Kiva to the most recent, in the cmich.ly/humanity16 •
centralight spring ’16 23 BY ANDY SNEDDON COACHING DAVE HEEKE’S DECADE OF LEADERSHIP HAS GIVEN CMU ATHLETICS A EXCELLENCE ‘CHAMPIONSHIP CULTURE’
A catchy slogan might sell T-shirts or sound “We have a culture here that means we’re Academics are highly valued under Heeke’s good coming from a politician. always chasing excellence – academically, leadership. CMU’s 462 student-athletes athletically and in our character,” Heeke recorded their highest combined GPA ever Applying it and getting others to believe? says. “We need to be excellent every day. – a 3.179 for the fall semester. Nearly 40 That takes work, team building, pragmatism, We need to think about it every day. We percent had a 3.5 or higher. maintenance and a willingness to adapt. need to think about championships and “We’re a member of the entire university Most of all, it takes vision. academic achievement, being all that we community, one that can be a point of pride can be, in every aspect, all the time.” When Dave Heeke took over as Central and bring a lot of attention to the university,” Michigan University’s director of athletics 10 The Chippewas have collected 21 Mid- Heeke says. “Then, hopefully, we can parlay years ago, he implemented what he calls a American Conference championships under that into more interest, additional students, “Championship Culture.” Heeke. The program on the whole has been the engagement of alumni and friends, and recognized as well, most recently with the spread the message about the great things “It’s about excellence,” says Heeke, who MAC’s highest honor, the Cartwright Award that are happening on campus.” succeeded the legendary Herb Deromedi as for across-the-board excellence in the head of the CMU Athletics Department. Heeke says it’s not just what’s going on academics, athletics and citizenship. “It’s about doing it the right way and serving between the goal lines in a football game, the people we’re here to serve, our student- Heeke views the honor from a team “but what’s going on across campus, athletes.” perspective. building academic facilities, educating young people, contributing to the state of Under Heeke’s direction, CMU has added “We have a really high responsibility to have Michigan, our economy, the entire package. two women’s varsity sports, won more than programs that reect greatness, that reect It’s all of that together.” 20 championships, built state-of-the-art what this university is all about,” he says. facilities, and expanded the footprint and inuence of Chippewa athletics.
24 centralight spring ’16 POINTS OF PRIDE Seasons of success Heeke has overseen tremendous growth and a shift in the landscape of CMU Dave Heeke is The new CMU Events athletics, including the recent addition of DEC. 8, 2005: DEC. 1, 2010: introduced as Central Michigan Center, including a complete two women’s varsity sports – golf and University’s director of athletics renovation of the arena in Rose Center, lacrosse – along with construction projects opens. Heeke spearheads the $22.5 and facility upgrades. NOV. 30, 2006: CMU football wins million project that includes the Cristy Freese, who came to CMU as its eld its rst Mid-American Conference addition of a dynamic entryway and hockey coach in 1986 and today is the championship since 1994. The new practice facilities for basketball, university’s senior associate athletic Chippewas also won the Motor City volleyball and wrestling. director, says Heeke has built on the legacy Bowl later that year, the rst bowl win and vision of his predecessors, Dave Keilitz in program history. 2012: The CMU eld hockey team and Deromedi. leads the nation with a 3.61 GPA. 2008: The CMU women’s programs “He has such a great vision and a really win the MAC’s inaugural Faculty 2014: CMU earns the MAC Faculty deep understanding of every facet, and Athletics Representative Academic Athletics Representative Female that’s what makes a great athletic director,” Achievement Award. Academic Achievement Award. CMU’s says Freese, who moved into her eld hockey and softball teams are administrative role last summer. “He’s got a 2009: Heeke announces an exclusive EMILY MESNER EMILY ranked in the top ve nationally in keen eye and a great vision for an overall apparel and shoe agreement between team GPA.
PHOTO BY athletic program. You can see what has the athletics department and Adidas. happened in the 10 years that he’s been 2015: CMU earns its second here. It’s truly his vision coming to fruition, 2009: CMU wins the inaugural Cartwright Award as well as the Reese and he’s building on that every year.” Cartwright Award from the Mid- Award, which goes to the MAC’s top American Conference. The award men’s athletic program, and the CMU athletics has had its share of time in recognizes across-the-board league’s Institutional Sportsmanship the national spotlight during Heeke’s excellence in academics, athletics and Award. tenure. In 2013, Chippewa o ensive tackle citizenship. It is considered the Eric Fisher was selected rst overall in the conference’s top institutional honor. 2015: Athletic department NFL draft by the Kansas City Chiefs. In 2015, fundraising e orts total more than CMU basketball player Crystal Bradford was JAN. 6, 2010: Central Michigan $1.4 million – a record. taken by the Los Angeles Sparks in the football wins the GMAC Bowl, WNBA draft as the seventh overall pick. defeating Troy 44-41 in two overtimes, 2015: CMU dedicates its new capping a 12-2 season that included a $8 million soccer/lacrosse stadium. Both are the highest draft picks by their victory over Michigan State and a MAC respective leagues in MAC history. championship. CMU nished ranked 2015: The CMU football team earns “People and tradition, in my mind, really No. 23 in the nal Associated Press poll a bid to the Quick Lane Bowl, the de ne the bones of an athletics program,” and No. 24 in the nal USA Today program’s seventh bowl appearance says Heeke, who played baseball and hockey coaches’ poll, the rst top-25 ranking in 10 years. while earning his bachelor’s degree at in program history. Albion College before obtaining his master’s from Ohio State. “That was really attractive to me, to contribute to that history.” DEROMEDI NAMED TO COLLEGE That is the crux of who Heeke is. CMU is FOOTBALL PLAYOFF SELECTION one of just 14 NCAA Division I institutions COMMITTEE that has never had a major violation. Herb Deromedi, the winningest “To me, compliance is integrity,” Heeke says. football coach in Mid-American “We provide an experience and a training Conference and CMU history, was ground for young people that’s second to named one of four new members on none, and we do it all the right way – don’t the NCAA College Football Playo break rules, don’t take shortcuts. Selection Committee. Deromedi, the rst member with MAC ties, will “That’s why this program is great, and I feel serve a three-year term on the honored to be a part of that now and to 13-member committee that ranks have contributed to it for the past 10 years.” • the top 25 teams and determines matchups for the four-team football playo and other top bowl games.
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CRAFTING A CAREER IN brewi CMU’S FERMENTATION SCIENCE PROGRAM TAPS INTO GROWING MARKET IN MICHIGAN AND BEYOND
TEXT BY TERRI FINCH HAMILTON, ’83 PHOTOS BY STEVE JESSMORE, ’81
centralight spring ’16 27 At Lansing Brewing Co., head brewer Sawyer Stevens, ’12, describes his signature brew, the Amber Cream Ale, and we dare you not to crave an ice cold pint right now. “It’s smooth and a little bit caramelly,” Sawyer says, taking a break from his brewing duties. It has hints of toasted malt, a silky nish and a taste of history – this is the beer the original Lansing Brewing Co. served in 1897, before Prohibition closed its doors. A couple hundred miles away in Chicago, Kevin Cary, ‘06, tells about the popular craft beers at Begyle Brewing Co., a place he’s co-owned since 2011. Begyle Blonde Ale is an easy-drinking beer that uses honey from a farm just west of Chicago, he says, and Hophazardly “smells just like a fresh grapefruit.” Cary’s come a long way from his home- brewing days, bubbling up beer in his CMU’s new one-year, 16-credit certi cate “I think it will go past 20 percent,” he says. o -campus apartment while studying program in fermentation science includes a “The growth has been increasing, and it will accounting at CMU. mix of biochemistry, chemistry and continue to grow.” Both brewers learned the art and science of microbiology, with lecture-based and craft beer brewing on the job, soaking up hands-on laboratory courses that cover The art and science of brewing skills from experienced brewers. brewing from farm to glass. Graham learned the craft of brewing at the Now that CMU has a fermentation science Students also complete a 200-hour world-renowned Siebel Institute of program to o er formal training in the craft internship. The program includes a unique Technology in Chicago in the 1990s. He they love, these beer-loving alums say partnership with two Mount Pleasant served as an apprentice at the Frankenmuth cheers – it couldn’t come at a better time. brewing companies, including Hunter’s Ale Brewery under Fred Scheer, a German- House, where students brew their own beer trained master brewer, so Graham knows Tapping into excitement on site. the importance of hands-on training. over craft brewing Want to taste it? Head on over. CMU’s partnership with Mount Pleasant breweries for real-life brewing experience is The craft beer industry is exploding, both All of this comes at a perfect time, says Scott a great idea, he says. in Michigan and around the country. Graham, executive director of the Michigan Brewers Guild, the nonpro t trade “You need a lot of technical know-how,” In 2014, craft brewing in Michigan association representing the craft brewing Graham says. “Making beer may sound contributed $1.85 billion in economic industry in Michigan. glamorous and charming, but a brewer is a impact, up 84 percent from two years highly trained, highly skilled janitor. earlier, according to the Denver-based “As this industry continues to grow, where Everything has to be extremely clean and Brewers Association, an industry trade will all the resources come from?” Graham sanitary. That’s a big part of it.” group. says. “The industry needs skilled manpower. So this new CMU program is a good The more training, the better, he says. Nationwide, craft breweries contributed development. More and more people will $55.7 billion to the U.S. economy in 2014 and “It’s good for beer and good for beer be employed by the beer industry in resulted in more than 424,000 jobs, quality.” Michigan – not just brewers, but in sales and according to the Brewers Association. administration, packaging, production of Exactly, says Cordell DeMattei, CMU’s CMU alumni involved in the craft beer hops, too.” director of fermentation science. industry say it’s keeping them hopping. Michigan-made beers account for 6.5 “It’s easy to turn away a new beer drinker if They could use more skilled brewers. percent of all the beer sold in Michigan, they pick up a beer that’s not good,” Clink your glasses – here they come. Graham says. DeMattei says. “Our goal is to provide
28 centralight spring ’16 quality brewers who make quality beers to how to manipulate the process if something That’s good news for CMU alumni Marta help the industry be even better.” goes wrong. There’s a whole lot of cleaning Dennis, ’76, and Tim Dennis, ‘88, owners of and sanitation. You need this perfect mix of Walloon Lake Winery in Petoskey. The job potential for graduates of the physical and intellectual skills. You have to program is huge, he says. After decades working in education, the do both.” couple opened the family-run winery in 2014. “It’s amazing how many breweries have Consistency is crucial, DeMattei points out. opened up, and there’s no end in sight.” They grow cold-hardy grapes and produce Learning that is a big part of the program. about 15 wines, including their popular Back at the Lansing Brewing Co., Sawyer “It’s not that di cult to make good beer Randall’s Point Red, with a hint of cinnamon Stevens says CMU’s program will make it once, but to do it repeatedly takes a lot of and the fruity Blackbird Blackberry that easier for the graduates to get a foot in the skill,” he says. “You’re dealing with varied smells like blackberry cobbler. door at breweries in an increasingly Now, they’re in the competitive market. process of getting their beer license and may “When I started out, send their son to CMU’s people were mostly program so they can learning on the job,” add craft beer to their he says. “Soon, there’ll lineup. be more of a call for people with more formal education. ingredients with each crop. You need to “We decided it would be nice to have both,” know how to adjust to make the beer taste Marta says. “Sometimes a couple comes in “It’s a complex science,” he says of brewing. the same each time.” and the wife really loves wine, but the “More formal training lends legitimacy and husband would rather have a beer.” helps to show we’re a serious industry. Sure, Wine, anyone? it’s fun, but you’re in it to sustain a business. While the craft beer industry ourishes, it You have to be serious.” Right now the fermentation science hasn’t exactly left wineries in the dust, Marta program focuses on craft beer, but says. Beer lovers know what they like, but they DeMattei says it could expand to the don’t often understand all that goes into production of wine and spirits, too. “We’re just a small, family owned winery, but their favorite brew, Stevens says. we’ve been overwhelmingly busy,” she says. “That’s why we call the program “There are so many ne details that make up fermentation science and not craft brew “If CMU ends up o ering a certi cation for the big picture,” he says. “Fermentation science,” he says. wine, a lot of wineries will be looking for time, temperature, yeast cell count. Knowing people like that,” Tim says. “You always need more help.” >
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CMU begins Michigan’s first fermentation science program
Doug Maxon, of Beal City, has been home- “Having a school program is vital, and good “They’ll check the grain and hops, take brewing beer since 2008, but since he started for the state of Michigan, as the state builds samples from the tanks and take them to in CMU’s new fermentation science program, on the business of brewing,” Hunter says. their own labs for testing to see if the yeast he hasn’t brewed a drop at home. “I hope the university gets even deeper into is reacting. They’ll open a bottle from the it, looking at all aspects of the business, cooler and learn how we inhibit bacteria “I’m kind of a snob now,” the 36-year-old including the growing of hops and barley. growth.” retired Marine says. “I know everything has to be just perfect.” “So much goes into a pint of beer,” Hunter Ultimately, he plans to put these new says. “Here, they’ll learn it all, from tank to brewers to work. Precision. Chemistry. Microbiology. glass.” Consistency. “Sel shly, it means I can get good intern The program appeals to students both in help,” Holton says. “They’ll learn and help Brewing craft beer is an exact science, and and outside the sciences as well as to me out at the same time. And when they the 14 students enrolled in CMU’s rst class brewery employees looking to advance leave, they’ll have not just classroom of the fermentation science program are their careers, says Cordell DeMattei, CMU’s experience, but eld experience.” learning it all. director of fermentation science. Most of the Eric Rippke, of St. Johns, can’t wait. He’s In addition to their class work and lectures students are in their 30s, he says. been a water and soil analyst for 13 years. in the Dow Science Complex and Brooks Graduates of the certi cate program will At 39, married with two kids, Rippke has Hall, students are getting real-world have the knowledge they need to take been looking for a new career. When he experience at Mountain Town Brewing Co. industry certi cation tests. heard about CMU’s new program, he knew with CMU alumnus Jim Holton, ‘95, at the that was it. helm. Hunter’s Ale House also o ers a place At Mountain Town Brewing Co., Holton is for students to make beer on site for excited about teaching students what he “I love biology, and I love chemistry,” he says. customers. knows. “Beer has both.” “I’m over the moon about this,” owner “There are things you just can’t learn in Plus, he loves beer, especially a good Cheryl Hunter says. “It’s such a great move class,” Holton says. “They’ll get in here nut-brown ale. that CMU has made. There aren’t enough and touch the beer, feel it, see what’s in “As more breweries open and each one gets knowledgeable brewmasters, and it’s there. They’ll learn from the taste and the bigger, they’ll need people like us.” • slowing down the production of breweries. smell.
30 centralight spring ’16 Fermentation science program student Chris Lehr removes spent grain from a specialized brewing container called a mash tun at the brewing facilities at Hunter’s Ale House.
centralightcentralight spring spring ’16 ’16 31 Hidden Central: Peak Performance Team Chippewa Performance even through rocks, ditches, CMU’s Society of mud, obstacles and sometimes Automotive Engineers Baja water. Team is competing Each team’s project will simulate internationally this year. real-world planning, and Central is going head to head logistical and manufacturing with hundreds of college and challenges involved in university teams from around introducing a new product. the world as they each Performance will be measured engineer and manufacture a by success in events one-passenger o -road throughout the year described vehicle that can successfully in the Baja SAE Rules. Events withstand rugged terrain. are subject to event-site Students will design, build, weather and course test, promote and race the conditions. CMU’s team will vehicle. The design must be compete in Cookeville, tough enough to survive Tennessee, in April and in hours of driving over and Rochester, New York, in June. •
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Alexia earns international engineering honor Barry Alexia, ’78, is one of 26 members of Rockwell Collins’ inaugural class of fellows. Alexia is the director of strategic technology at the Iowa-based company, providing design, production and support of communications and aviation electronics for military and commercial customers worldwide. The title of engineering fellow is recognized internationally as a designation for a senior master of their engineering eld. Alexia’s work focuses on electronic warfare, electronic intelligence and signals intelligence.
CMU sports fans may recall Alexia’s days as a star on the track and eld team. SKOWRONEKRAY -- THE MACOMB DAILY He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1996 as “one of the nest hurdlers Macomb County Sheri Anthony Wickersham ever to wear the maroon and gold.” He was an all-American in 1978 for the (from left), with Capt. Elizabeth Darga, appointed 400-meter hurdles and quali ed for the Olympic trials in 1980. • to undersheri , succeeding retiring Undersheri Kent Lagerquist.
‘See What Stacey Started’ drawing sessions Darga promoted to Macomb inspired by fellow Chippewa County undersheri Elizabeth Darga, M.S. ‘95, was promoted in January As a student majoring in sculpture and design at CMU, Brian Lewandowski met to Macomb County undersheri , the No. 2 position fellow art student Stacey Skiera, who convinced him to attend a gure drawing in the department, which has 250 sworn law class – even though he says he hated drawing people. enforcement personnel. She is the second-highest “She was my inspiration and the reason I have been doing mainly gurative ranking woman in the department’s history, work for over 20 years now,” says Lewandowski, ’94. succeeding Kent Lagerquist, who retired after 41 years. Skiera died in 2004 after battling multiple sclerosis. In 2013, Lewandowski launched “See What Stacey Started,” a weekly, live model drawing session “It’s an honor. I’m humbled by the appointment,” at the Phoenix Cafe in Hazel Park, north of Detroit. Darga tells the Macomb Daily. “I’m truly grateful to the sheri for having the con dence in me to “I never had the chance to tell her how much of an inuence she was on my appoint me to be his right-hand person and be one life,” Lewandowski says. “She started my interest in drawing the gure, and we of the leaders in this department.” • have centered our drawing sessions around the idea that anyone is welcome and capable of doing the same.” To celebrate more than two years of “See What Stacey Started,” Lewandowski coordinated a group exhibition showcasing the artwork created during the Chippewa women make weekly sessions. The June 2015 show bene ted the Michigan chapter of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. • waves in the auto industry Every ve years since 2000, Automotive News has compiled the list of 100 Leading Women in the North American Auto Industry, recognizing top female executives at automakers, suppliers and dealerships. Three CMU graduates made the 2015 list: Felicia Fields, M.S.A. ’90, is group vice president of human resources and corporate services for Ford Motor Co. She’s a Global Campus alumna with a degree in general administration. Tania Pratnicki Young, M.A. ’83, is plant manager at the Dundee Engine Plant for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. Her business management degree is from CMU’s Global Campus. Marlo Vitous, ’88, is director of product development purchasing for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles. She earned a B.S. in logistics management and a B.A. in marketing. •
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‘Ranger’ helps kids understand Roberts will be inducted into Country how dogs can assist veterans Radio Hall of Fame Laura Cassar, ’91, teamed up with Guardian Angels Medical Tim Roberts, ’82, will be inducted into Service Dogs to write a children’s book about a dog with an the 2016 Country Radio Hall of Fame this important job. summer, an honor that recognizes individuals who have made signi cant In “Ranger: A PTSD Service Dog,” kids learn about the important contributions to the country radio ways service dogs help veterans navigate life after returning industry. home. The book was released on Nov. 11 – Veterans Day. Roberts is CBS Detroit operations Cassar, a freelance writer and stay-at-home mom from metro manager and program director of Detroit, wrote and self-published the children’s book “Night WYCD/WOMC/WDZH in the Motor City. of 1,000 Pumpkins” before she was approached by a Guardian He oversees all programming, Angels Michigan representative to write “Ranger.” She and promotions, production talent, music illustrator Gail Diedrichsen donated their time and talent so all and operations for the stations as well as six HD radio formats. proceeds from the book can go to train and place more service During his tenure, WYCD has been honored with two Marconi dogs. Awards and was named Station of the Year by both the Academy The 32-page, illustrated book is appropriate for elementary-age of Country Music and the Country Music Association. children. It tells Ranger’s story, from training to placement with As a School of Broadcast and Cinematic Arts student at CMU, his soldier, from Ranger’s point of view. You can order the book Roberts worked for four years in various capacities at student-run here: cmich.ly/rangerptsd • radio station WMHW-FM. This experience led him to intern at WRIF-Detroit as well as work at WCEN-AM/FM and CMU Public Radio. Roberts is chair of the School of Broadcast and Cinematic Arts’ Advisory Board and participates in BCA career fairs, Mentoring Days, the Alumni Radio Takeover and numerous other alumni functions. •
Chippewa wins Silver Lion at the Cannes Film Festival for her viral lm Grand Rapids native and CMU graduate Andrea Mileskiewicz is the woman behind the viral video “World’s Toughest Job.” Mileskiewicz, along with art director and partner Blake Winfree and their team, were honored with a Silver Lion at the Cannes Film Festival in France last June. They won in the category of best viral lm. The video honoring mothers and motherhood was created for American Greetings Card Co. The company enlisted the Mullen Agency in Boston where Mileskiewicz , ’04, is a creative director and copywriter. The mission was to create an online, mobile-friendly message to promote American Greetings’ products. The video, which follows the format of a job interview for a full-time position with no breaks Author Laura Cassar holds or pay, is surprising and emotional. It has more than 25 million a photo of her father, who views. was a Navy pilot. She dedicated “Ranger: The project has resulted in several accolades for Mileskiewicz and A PTSD Service Dog” the Mullen team. In addition to the Silver Lion, they won the to him. best-of-show Addy Award from the Boston Ad club and were honored with a nationally acclaimed Webby Award in the category of advertising media/social. See the video here: cmich.ly/toughestjobcmu •
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CMU professor emeritus highlights life of Revolutionary War hero in new historical ction novel Richard Fleming, CMU professor emeritus, celebrated the end of 2015 with the nationwide release of “Wetzel,” his new historical ction novel. Fleming paints a picture of the life of Lewis Wetzel, described as the Daniel Boone of northwestern Virginia, as he came of age near the end of the Revolutionary War. Wetzel was an important participant in the 20-year war between the woodland Indian nations and the settlers of western Pennsylvania, western Virginia and Kentucky. Although “Wetzel” is classi ed as historical ction, it traces Wetzel’s life over more than 20 years, featuring events and the rich history that STEVE JESSMORE occurred in the upper Ohio River
PHOTO BY Valley, Kentucky, Ohio and down the Mississippi River to New Orleans. According to Wills de Hass, a historian in the mid-19th century, “Wetzel’s e orts were without parallel in border warfare.” Published by Tate Publishing and Marty Sytsema (left) and Dave VanAndel Enterprises, the book is available through bookstores nationwide and online at Amazon. Alumni make big moves in physical therapy Fleming has degrees from Northwest As owners of a successful, multifunctional physical therapy clinic, CMU alumni Dave VanAndel Missouri State and Florida State and Marty Sytsema know it takes a strong foundation to be successful. University, including a doctorate in VanAndel and Sytsema each earned their master of science degree in physical therapy from mathematics. After 42 years as a The Herbert H. & Grace A. Dow College of Health Professions in 1997. They went on to work for professor of mathematics at the the same physical therapy practice in di erent locations. In 2005, they opened their own University of performance and wellness solutions clinic in west Michigan’s Spring Lake, called i’move. Missouri, the University of The two met as part of the rst class in the physical therapy program, and they credit CMU for Memphis and their originality and purpose in their treatment approach. CMU, he retired Since they started practicing on their own, VanAndel and Sytsema have welcomed CMU and began to interns, knowing they will come into the clinic well-prepared and passionate. indulge in a lifelong love of “It’s such a strong program, and they give us people who are really passionate to learn in this history. He lives type of environment,” VanAndel says. in Mount Pleasant As their clinic grows, VanAndel and Sytsema reect on the faculty and sta who encouraged with his wife, them to stay dedicated to advancing the profession. Diane. • “As I get more into the practice, I catch myself saying, ‘Hey, my professor taught me that, and this is how she would have done things,’ ” Sytsema says. “To this day, we still have great role models who are so invested in our profession and in moving it forward. You can truly tell it’s a passion that all of our instructors had, and they inspired us to be the same way, too.” •
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Young Alumni board In Memory President Young Alumni Alumni board regional fellows Geraldine (Swarthout) Ashleigh (Klipper) Laabs, ’07 President Riall-Jackson, ’41, White Lake, Royal Oak California Ryan A. Fewins-Bliss, ’02, M.A. ’04 Mich., died Oct. 27, 2015, age 96. Vice president San Francisco Bay Bath Michael Zeig, ’08 Courtney Duvendack, ’10 Jessie E. (Booth) Becker, ’45, [email protected] Vice President East Lansing Brian Jones, ’90, MBA ’94 Gladwin, Mich., died Dec. 20, 2015, age 91. Past president Chicago Midland John Kaczynski, ’03, M.P.A. ’08 Spencer Long, ’08, M.A. ’10 Alice E. Fitzgerald, ’47, St. [email protected] Past President Lansing Jan (Keegan) Hagland, ’77 Joseph, Mich., died Nov. 12, 2015, Directors Michigan Berkley age 94. Holland Michael Decker, ‘07 Briana Hartline, ’09 Directors May Jewel “Stevie” (Stevens) Beverly Hills [email protected] Rebeca Reyes Barrios, ’00, Ho man, ’47, Gainesville, Fla., MBA ’02 died Sept. 30, 2015, age 90. Morgan (Curtis) Hales ’06, Metro Detroit Canton M. A . ’11 Emily Lamoreaux, ’07 Jean (Chisholm) Ryan, ’47, St. Clare [email protected] Carrie Baumgardner, ‘99, M.A. ‘02 Joseph, Mich., died Sept. 29, 2015, Spencer Haworth, ’12 Mid-Michigan Lansing age 91. Charlotte, North Carolina Megan Lawless, ’08 Robert P. Ryndress, ’49, [email protected] Kevin Campbell, ’74, M.A. ’76 Scott Hillman, ’10 Midland Bradenton, Fla., died Oct. 17, 2015, Chicago Florida age 93. Miami Lynn Garrett, ’97 Eric Johnson, ‘11 Detroit Jean L. (Bonnett) Blake, ’50, Mount Pleasant Adam Romano, ‘13 [email protected] Jacalyn (Beckers) Goforth, ‘82 Jackson, Mich., died Dec. 22, Danielle Leone, ‘10 Beverly Hills 2015, age 90. St. Clair Shores Orlando Raychel Cesaro, ‘05 Laura Gonzales, ’79, M.A. ’89 William D. Fitzgibbon, ’50, James (J.J.) Lewis, ’06 [email protected] Mount Pleasant Thousand Oaks, California Alma, Mich., died Jan. 2, 2016, age Mara Shorr, ‘05 Daniel Herzog, ’91 93. Jaime R. Leyrer, ’10, M.P.A. ’12 [email protected] Saginaw Saginaw Christopher Hopkins, ’51, M.A. NYC/New Jersey/Philadelphia Bret Hyble, ‘82, M.A. ‘86 ’59, Bay City, Mich., died Oct. 7, Jennifer Lopez, ’10 Michael Waas, ’05, M.A. ’07 Mount Pleasant 2015, age 93. Royal Oak [email protected] Linda (Scharich) Leahy, ’82 Donna M. (Jensen) Powell, ’51, Gregory Marx, ’08 Ohio/Oxford Midland Troy M.A. ’70, Grand Blanc, Mich., died Tylere Presley, ’12 Scott Nadeau, ‘89 Aug. 12, 2015, age 85. Brittany Mouzourakis, ‘11 [email protected] Dexter Dearborn Heights Texas Virginia (Hollar) Gies, ’52, Thomas C. Olver, ’98 Hastings, Mich., died Dec. 8, 2015, John Reineke, ’09 Austin Mount Pleasant Oxford, Ohio Dan Rathke, ’07 age 85. [email protected] Frederick Pu enberger, ‘95 Michelle (Curtis) Rush, ‘07 Mount Pleasant Frederick M. Nightingale, ’52, Saint Joseph Washington, D.C. Kalamazoo, Mich., died Oct. 6, Kandra (Kerridge) Robbins, ‘90 Je rey Stoutenburg, ’10, Colleen Scheidel, ‘10 2015, age 91. [email protected] Portland M .P. A . ’13 Thomas G. Westho , ’54, Midland Whitney Robinson, ‘03 West Bloom eld Saginaw, Mich., died Dec. 14, Michael Wiese, ‘09 2015, age 83. Grand Rapids Darryl Shelton, ’85 Grand Rapids Beverly J. (Beck) Hatherly, ’55, Pontiac, Mich., died Oct. 7, 2015, Nathan Tallman, ’07, M.A. ’09 Auburn Hills age 82. Robert VanDeventer, ’74 John P. Miller, ’57, M.A. ’60, Saginaw Cascade, Mich., died Oct. 30, Bradley Wahr, ‘03 2015, age 80. Mount Pleasant Dalthea G. (Double) Black, ’58, Thomas L. Worobec, ’93 Atlanta, Mich., died Nov. 18, 2015, Dearborn Heights age 79. Nicole (Williams) Yelland, ‘05 Richard K. Peters, ’58, Clarkston Williamston, Mich., died Dec. 23, 2015, age 78. Ward W. Schanhals, ’59, Central Lake, Mich., died Oct. 13, 2015, age 79. STEVE JESSMORE PHOTO BY
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Diana G. (Sparkes) Frederick, Andrea K. (Wrozek) Brietzke, Edwin C. Madden, M.A. ’83, FACULTY ’60, M.A. ’63, Saginaw, Mich., died ’74, Jackson, Mich., died Oct. 17, Newark, Ohio, died Oct. 16, 2015, Richard B. Parr, Mount Pleasant, Oct. 7, 2015, age 79. 2015, age 63. age 69. Mich., died Dec. 28, 2015, age 72. John Gelski , ’62, Cleveland, Richard Pullen, M.A. ’74, Timothy S. Oonk, ’83, Zeeland, Helene Zimmerman, Mount Ohio, died June 3, 1015, age 75. Wyoming, Mich., died Dec. 20, Mich., died Nov. 10, 2015, age 56. Pleasant, Mich., died Oct. 11, 2015, age 69. Robert A. Pankonin, ’63, George VanCleve, MBA ’83, 2015, age 82. Monterey, Calif., died Nov. 13, William R. Bricker, Ed.S. ’75, L’Anse, Mich., died Nov. 14, 2015, 2015, age 79. Marietta, Ohio, died Dec. 22, age 78. 2015, age 79. STAFF William D. Punches, ’63, Gun Allan C. Rusten, M.A. ’84, Lake, Mich., died Oct. 19, 2015, Janet L. Gillespie, ’75, Grand Kennett Square, Pa., died June James D. Powell, Mount age 75. Rapids, Mich., died Aug. 28, 2015, 29, 2015, age 87. Pleasant, Mich., died Jan. 30, age 65. 2016, age 81. Robert J. Hirn, ’64, Cass City, Joyce M. (Gildner) Alley, ’87, Mich., died Oct. 28, 2015, age 73. Jeanette C. (Strasel) Nobles, West Branch, Mich., died Nov. 12, Joan Ruddell, Mount Pleasant, ’75, New Era, Mich., died Dec. 20, Mich., died Oct. 4, 2015, age 77. William H. Granlund, M.A. ’65, 2015, age 70. 2015, age 62. Gaylord, Mich., died Oct. 26, 2015, Beverly S. (Specht) Gammage, Ouita Russell, Haslett, Mich., age 87. Richard D. McKay, ’76, Vienna, M.S.A. ’88, New Castle, Del., died died Dec. 13, 2015, age 96. Va., died Nov. 14, 2015, age 61. John M. McFall, ’65, Saginaw, Nov. 8, 2015, age 80. Frances Sheets, Farwell, Mich., Mich., died Dec. 12, 2015, age 77. Charles E. Slamer, ’76, Lansing, Milton E. Johnson, M.S.A. ’89, died Dec. 15, 2015, age 95. Mich., died Dec. 19, 2015, age 61. Deedra L. (Weinert) Thurow, Norristown, Pa., died Oct. 1, 2015, Shirley J. Smale, Mount ’65, Ludington, Mich., died Oct. Fonda M. (DeWitt) Dutcher, age 60. Pleasant, Mich., died Dec. 24, 29, 2015, age 72. ’78, Rochester, Minn., died Nov. Jacquelyn D. (Kociemba) 2015, age 87. 16, 2015, age 77. Deborah S. Kohn, ’67, Traverse McNutt, M.S.A. ’90, Little River. City, Mich., died Dec. 22, 2015, John J. Shepherd, ’78, Hartland, S.C., died Oct. 25, 2015, age 72. age 72. Mich., died Oct. 27, 2015, age 60. William R. Tillen, ’90, Bay City, Mich., died Oct. 5, 2015, age 49. Richard B. Parr, M.A. ’67, Mount Nancy A. (Mitchell) Fasan, ’79, Pleasant, Mich., died Dec. 28, Farmington, Mich., died Dec. 9, Pamela L. (Thompson) 2015, age 72. 2015, age 59. Boomer, ’92, M.A. ’93, Lakeview, Velma (Swartzendruber) Esch, James M. Hembree, M.A. ’79, Mich., died Oct. 9, 2015, age 45. ’68, Fairview, Mich., died Nov. 6, Inverness, Fla., died Oct. 27, 2015, Eric D. Moots, ’94, Clinton, 2015, age 93. age 77. Mich., died Dec. 6, 2015, age 43. Louis A. Graham, ’69, Muskegon, Gregory P. Mack, M.A. ’79, Keith J. Dassow, M.S.A. ’96, Mich., died Nov. 5, 2015, age 68. Newport News, Va., died Nov. 2, Mans eld, Texas, died Oct. 2015, age 68. Paul J. Michalke, ’69, Sterling, 14,2015, age 55. Mich., died Nov. 29, 2015, age 69. Merritt F. Bongard, ’80, Allen C. Goetzinger, ’99, Elwell, Stanwood, Mich., died Dec. 1, Constance M. (Mates) Newkirk, Mich., died Nov. 9, 2015, age 67. 2014, age 72. ’69, M.A. ’74, Scottville, Mich., died Cherie L. (Bell) Bell-Swarts, ’02, Jan. 4, 2016, age 69. Deborah S. (Payne) Kallman, Clare, Mich., died Nov. 9, 2015, ’80, Grand Rapids, Mich., died Betty J. (Gilbertson) Kelly, ’71, age 41. Nov. 9, 2015, age 57. Lachine, Mich., died Dec. 1, 2015, Cheryl P. (DeMarco) Mellor, age 85. Thomas F. Denio, ’81, Troy, ’05, Bay eld, Colo., died Nov. 17, Mich., died Oct. 16, 2015, age 85. Mary L. Momber, ’71, Grand 2015, age 34. Rapids, Mich., died Nov. 17, 2015, Alan P. Parker, MBA ’81, Michael Morehouse, ’05, age 66. Kalamazoo, Mich., died Nov. 19, Oxford, Mich., died Dec. 16, 2015, 2015, age 63. Brian J. Vincent, ’71, Castle Rock, age 37. Colo., died Nov. 3, 2015, age 66. Mary M. (Manley) Brown, M.A. Carol J. (Ritchison) Walker, ’82, Amarillo, Texas, died Dec. 17, Michael W. Rumisek, ’72, M.A. M.A. ’05, Conyers, Ga., died Dec. 2015, age 92. ’77, Owosso, Mich., died Dec. 12, 9, 2015, age 66. 2015, age 66. Connie M. (Buch) Biederman, Ryan A. Whiston, ’06, M.A. ’83, Candler, Arizona, age John R. Thompson, ’72, West Waterford, Mich., died Oct. 26, 69. Branch, Mich., died Nov. 1, 2015, 2015, age 32. age 68. Rodney D. Elliott, ’83, Grass Craig L. Althouse, ’10, Sault Ste. Lake, Mich., died Oct. 19, 2015, Marion M. (Hill) Wilson, ’73, Marie, Mich., died Jan. 24, 2015, age 57. Smiths Creek, Mich., died Nov. 10, age 27. 2015, age 64. Michael R. Lingo , ’83, East Lansing, Mich., died Dec. 9, 1015, age 61.
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1962 1972 2000 Taking it outside When spring breaks and the temps start to climb, everyone from seventh graders to college seniors can’t wait to spend time outside. Luckily, CMU professors over the decades have been willing to take their classes
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40 centralight spring ’16 Providing ways to ensure a secure life
Alan and Arlene Quick support the Central Michigan University Events Center and student- athletes through their gift of a life insurance policy. Alan is a retired College of Education and Human Services professor and was a university administrator for 25 years, and Arlene worked as a student teacher supervisor and also as a substitute teacher at the CMU Lab School. The couple Alan and Arlene Quick always saw CMU as more than an employer – they saw it as a place that provided them a home and a place to raise their children. Before Arlene passed away in 2012, the Quicks donated a life insurance policy future gift to support the Events Center and CMU student-athletes. “We have always been sensitive to the university and its nancial needs,” Alan said. “We want to give back and help out the place where we worked and the place we call home.”
Give today for the future Like Alan and Arlene, you too can help students in an incredibly special way. To learn more about this and additional ways you can give to Central Michigan University, contact: Ted Tolcher, Associate Vice President Development and External Relations 989-774-1441
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