Facultymatters Lights, camera, action! Fearless mountaineer Dr. Lendol Calder couldn’t wait to gear up and swing down five floors in the stairwell tower of the Thomas Tredway Library. Was this for that new adventure movie starring a history professor at a small liberal arts college? In his dreams maybe. Actually Calder’s descent was staged for a reading promotion campaign sponsored by the library.

Wanted: thoughtful questioners not only at the level of SI, but also by inten- medical treatment, applying traditional just With a particular focus on the role In early April, 180 fifth- The American Society for Microbiology tionally devising an SI model that might war criteria to questions of intervention. played by Christian missionaries in Shawnee and sixth-grade students (ASM) has accepted Dr. Dara Wegman- transfer across disciplines, integrating skills Noting that intervening in the lives of life, Warren explores how Native peoples toured campus. Student vol- Geedey, associate professor of biology, as one and aptitudes students have begun to develop other people is always a costly option, Lee used agents of assimilation to craft enduring unteers from the Education of 16 ASM-SoTL Scholars in Residence for within our new general education program.” argues in his book that it should be done only and distinctive responses to American cul- Department led tours of the 2005-2006. The Scholarship of Teaching and Wegman-Geedey admits this is a lofty if there are compelling reasons for doing so, tural imperialism. Specifically, he examines campus to small groups of the Learning (SoTL) is a growing area of research goal, but if a liberal arts education is to be only if it is the last resort after other options how and why tribal leaders defied govern- elementary-school students, on campuses around the world. Participating capped with the student’s SI while “simulta- have been exhausted, and only if there is ment plans for tribal consolidation by ally- giving them a sense of what in the Scholars in neously laying the first paving stone in a reason to believe that intervening will make ing themselves with Methodist, Baptist and “college” is all about. Residence program path of lifelong learning,” then an SI that the situation better, rather than worse. And Quaker missionaries. “Most had never been on dovetails with incorporates disciplinary content while turn- in all cases, he suggests, this ethic of reluc- Ultimately, Warren aims to establish that a campus or had any idea that Wegman-Geedey’s ing students into independent thinkers and tant intervention should be accompanied by the form of the modern Shawnee “tribe” was Augustana existed,” Hyser says. work as the inau- questioners seems a valid option. compassion and understanding. coerced in accordance with the U.S. govern- “Many said they had driven by gural director for “If I can get my biology and pre-health Lee is a professor of religion and the ment’s desire for an entity with whom to do but didn’t know the college’s the Augustana majors to see themselves as ‘novice learners’ director of the Augustana Center for the business, rather than as a natural develop- name or what really happens Center for the and to realize that they can move along a Study of Ethics. ment of traditional Shawnee ways. on a college campus.” Study of Teaching path to become ‘expert learners’ by following Reviewer Daniel H. Usner, Holland M. Hyser then organized a and Learning. discrete steps and developing a few key A nexus of myth and history McTyeire Professor of History at Vanderbilt “College and Career” event for The objectives behaviors, I may convince them that they The University of Illinois has published The University, writes: “Joining a new group of 80 students in grades 9-11. A of the ASM are not just empty vessels waiting to be filled Shawnees and Their Neighbors: 1795-1870 by historians examining American Indian poli- panel of eight local Augustana Scholars’ program with rote facts,” Wegman-Geedey says. Dr. Stephen Warren, assistant professor of tics and policy at the local level, Warren graduates representing three are to: (1) conduct One of Wegman-Geedey’s main history. The study traces the has given us an ambitious and imaginative population groups spoke about background influences for this project was transformation in Shawnee exploration of a neglected area of history. their current careers as well as Dr. Dara Wegman-Geedey research in teach- Carnegie Scholar research on stu- sociopolitical organization The importance of localism in Shawnee their years at Augustana. ing and learning, dent inquiry conducted by Augus- over 70 years as it changed political behavior, the causes and conse- Also during spring term, (2) frame an appropriate question regarding tana’s Dr. Laura Greene, associate from village-centric, multi- quences of Shawnee migration from the Hyser worked with the Rock student learning in the microbiological sci- professor of English. tribe kin groups to an Ohio region, and the versatility of Shawnee Island-Milan School District ences, (3) understand methods for collecting In October, Greene and institutionalized national resistance to U.S. Indian policy are woven two days a week as part of his student data on learning outcomes, (4) ana- Wegman-Geedey led a session government led by wealthy together into this original and interesting teaching load. The school dis- lyze and interpret student surveys and learn- entitled “Inquiry as a Pedagogy for men with only marginal kin narrative.” trict sought his services to help ing data, and (5) identify appropriate venues Integrative Learning” at the Asso- ties to the people they with the restructuring process Seminar sparks NGO study for publishing studies. ciation of American Colleges and claimed to represent. Reaching out to the community for two new academy schools. After the Through collaboration with the Hong Kong Wegman-Geedey’s proposed project is to Universities (AAC&U) meeting The book exposes the The Rock Island-Milan School District academies’ staff was hired, Hyser worked America Center and the Fulbright-Hays design a senior capstone for biology majors in Denver. They presented an nexus of myth and history honored Dr. Charles Hyser, associate with them on curriculum design and faculty Scholar Program, and with funds provided based on the cognitive apprenticeship model overview of research on the devel- produced by Shawnee inter- professor of education, last spring for his development. He focused on helping teach- by the Department of Education, 15 faculty of learning which will help students design opment of inquiry skills and led preters with a telling analysis work with the Minority Teacher Incentive ers tailor instruction specifically to student from ASIANetwork member colleges were and develop lines of inquiry for either empir- participants through exercises that of their vested interests in Program. The program identifies students needs. selected to participate in a 3½-week faculty ical laboratory or library research. The help identify characteristics of modernizing the tribes. who have the potential to go on to college This example of community outreach development seminar in the Pearl River college’s recently adopted strategic plan novice and expert questions. According to Warren, and provides educational and cultural and involvement compliments Augustana’s Delta region of South China this summer. includes a commitment to department- “Historians have assumed that opportunities in an after-school program strategic plan. “Dr. Hyser has used his Dr. Marsha Smith, a professor of sociol- based Senior Inquiry (SI) projects. The last resort Central Algonquians stem format. Hyser hosted a series of campus expertise as an educator and scholar to train ogy who has visited China numerous times “On a personal level, I’ll benefit from In Freedom vs. Intervention, pub- from politically unified tribes, visits during the 2004-2005 academic year. a generation of teachers,” says Steven Bahls, during her teaching career, was chosen to working with a group of like-minded micro- lished by Rowman & Littlefield but by analyzing the crucial During fall term, 17 Rock Island High Augustana president. “We are pleased that participate from a competitive pool of biologists to help me develop a type of SI that Publishers, Dr. Daniel Lee address- role that individuals, institu- School seniors attended the presidential he used that expertise in working with our applicants. will meet the needs of our students and our es questions around such contro- tions and policies played in political debate convocation, and then local schools. We hope the college will have The faculty were divided into five groups department,” Wegman-Geedey wrote in her versial issues as abortion, legalization shaping modern tribal govern- stayed on campus for an admissions presen- other opportunities to act as partners with to explore issues ranging from the develop- proposal. “On a professional level, I want to of physician-assisted suicide and recreational ments, a messier, more complicated history tation and a tour led by Augustana students. local school districts.” ment of new business enterprises in the help further the goals of our new curriculum, use of marijuana, and the right to refuse of migration and conflict emerges.” Pearl River Delta area to the impact of

12 Augustana Magazine | Fall 2005 13 Facultymatters Lights, camera, action! Fearless mountaineer Dr. Lendol Calder couldn’t wait to gear up and swing down five floors in the stairwell tower of the Thomas Tredway Library. Was this for that new adventure movie starring a history professor at a small liberal arts college? In his dreams maybe. Actually Calder’s descent was staged for a reading promotion campaign sponsored by the library.

Wanted: thoughtful questioners not only at the level of SI, but also by inten- medical treatment, applying traditional just With a particular focus on the role In early April, 180 fifth- The American Society for Microbiology tionally devising an SI model that might war criteria to questions of intervention. played by Christian missionaries in Shawnee and sixth-grade students (ASM) has accepted Dr. Dara Wegman- transfer across disciplines, integrating skills Noting that intervening in the lives of life, Warren explores how Native peoples toured campus. Student vol- Geedey, associate professor of biology, as one and aptitudes students have begun to develop other people is always a costly option, Lee used agents of assimilation to craft enduring unteers from the Education of 16 ASM-SoTL Scholars in Residence for within our new general education program.” argues in his book that it should be done only and distinctive responses to American cul- Department led tours of the 2005-2006. The Scholarship of Teaching and Wegman-Geedey admits this is a lofty if there are compelling reasons for doing so, tural imperialism. Specifically, he examines campus to small groups of the Learning (SoTL) is a growing area of research goal, but if a liberal arts education is to be only if it is the last resort after other options how and why tribal leaders defied govern- elementary-school students, on campuses around the world. Participating capped with the student’s SI while “simulta- have been exhausted, and only if there is ment plans for tribal consolidation by ally- giving them a sense of what in the Scholars in neously laying the first paving stone in a reason to believe that intervening will make ing themselves with Methodist, Baptist and “college” is all about. Residence program path of lifelong learning,” then an SI that the situation better, rather than worse. And Quaker missionaries. “Most had never been on dovetails with incorporates disciplinary content while turn- in all cases, he suggests, this ethic of reluc- Ultimately, Warren aims to establish that a campus or had any idea that Wegman-Geedey’s ing students into independent thinkers and tant intervention should be accompanied by the form of the modern Shawnee “tribe” was Augustana existed,” Hyser says. work as the inau- questioners seems a valid option. compassion and understanding. coerced in accordance with the U.S. govern- “Many said they had driven by gural director for “If I can get my biology and pre-health Lee is a professor of religion and the ment’s desire for an entity with whom to do but didn’t know the college’s the Augustana majors to see themselves as ‘novice learners’ director of the Augustana Center for the business, rather than as a natural develop- name or what really happens Center for the and to realize that they can move along a Study of Ethics. ment of traditional Shawnee ways. on a college campus.” Study of Teaching path to become ‘expert learners’ by following Reviewer Daniel H. Usner, Holland M. Hyser then organized a and Learning. discrete steps and developing a few key A nexus of myth and history McTyeire Professor of History at Vanderbilt “College and Career” event for The objectives behaviors, I may convince them that they The University of Illinois has published The University, writes: “Joining a new group of 80 students in grades 9-11. A of the ASM are not just empty vessels waiting to be filled Shawnees and Their Neighbors: 1795-1870 by historians examining American Indian poli- panel of eight local Augustana Scholars’ program with rote facts,” Wegman-Geedey says. Dr. Stephen Warren, assistant professor of tics and policy at the local level, Warren graduates representing three are to: (1) conduct One of Wegman-Geedey’s main history. The study traces the has given us an ambitious and imaginative population groups spoke about background influences for this project was transformation in Shawnee exploration of a neglected area of history. their current careers as well as Dr. Dara Wegman-Geedey research in teach- Carnegie Scholar research on stu- sociopolitical organization The importance of localism in Shawnee their years at Augustana. ing and learning, dent inquiry conducted by Augus- over 70 years as it changed political behavior, the causes and conse- Also during spring term, (2) frame an appropriate question regarding tana’s Dr. Laura Greene, associate from village-centric, multi- quences of Shawnee migration from the Hyser worked with the Rock student learning in the microbiological sci- professor of English. tribe kin groups to an Ohio region, and the versatility of Shawnee Island-Milan School District ences, (3) understand methods for collecting In October, Greene and institutionalized national resistance to U.S. Indian policy are woven two days a week as part of his student data on learning outcomes, (4) ana- Wegman-Geedey led a session government led by wealthy together into this original and interesting teaching load. The school dis- lyze and interpret student surveys and learn- entitled “Inquiry as a Pedagogy for men with only marginal kin narrative.” trict sought his services to help ing data, and (5) identify appropriate venues Integrative Learning” at the Asso- ties to the people they with the restructuring process Seminar sparks NGO study for publishing studies. ciation of American Colleges and claimed to represent. Reaching out to the community for two new academy schools. After the Through collaboration with the Hong Kong Wegman-Geedey’s proposed project is to Universities (AAC&U) meeting The book exposes the The Rock Island-Milan School District academies’ staff was hired, Hyser worked America Center and the Fulbright-Hays design a senior capstone for biology majors in Denver. They presented an nexus of myth and history honored Dr. Charles Hyser, associate with them on curriculum design and faculty Scholar Program, and with funds provided based on the cognitive apprenticeship model overview of research on the devel- produced by Shawnee inter- professor of education, last spring for his development. He focused on helping teach- by the Department of Education, 15 faculty of learning which will help students design opment of inquiry skills and led preters with a telling analysis work with the Minority Teacher Incentive ers tailor instruction specifically to student from ASIANetwork member colleges were and develop lines of inquiry for either empir- participants through exercises that of their vested interests in Program. The program identifies students needs. selected to participate in a 3½-week faculty ical laboratory or library research. The help identify characteristics of modernizing the tribes. who have the potential to go on to college This example of community outreach development seminar in the Pearl River college’s recently adopted strategic plan novice and expert questions. According to Warren, and provides educational and cultural and involvement compliments Augustana’s Delta region of South China this summer. includes a commitment to department- “Historians have assumed that opportunities in an after-school program strategic plan. “Dr. Hyser has used his Dr. Marsha Smith, a professor of sociol- based Senior Inquiry (SI) projects. The last resort Central Algonquians stem format. Hyser hosted a series of campus expertise as an educator and scholar to train ogy who has visited China numerous times “On a personal level, I’ll benefit from In Freedom vs. Intervention, pub- from politically unified tribes, visits during the 2004-2005 academic year. a generation of teachers,” says Steven Bahls, during her teaching career, was chosen to working with a group of like-minded micro- lished by Rowman & Littlefield but by analyzing the crucial During fall term, 17 Rock Island High Augustana president. “We are pleased that participate from a competitive pool of biologists to help me develop a type of SI that Publishers, Dr. Daniel Lee address- role that individuals, institu- School seniors attended the presidential he used that expertise in working with our applicants. will meet the needs of our students and our es questions around such contro- tions and policies played in political debate convocation, and then local schools. We hope the college will have The faculty were divided into five groups department,” Wegman-Geedey wrote in her versial issues as abortion, legalization shaping modern tribal govern- stayed on campus for an admissions presen- other opportunities to act as partners with to explore issues ranging from the develop- proposal. “On a professional level, I want to of physician-assisted suicide and recreational ments, a messier, more complicated history tation and a tour led by Augustana students. local school districts.” ment of new business enterprises in the help further the goals of our new curriculum, use of marijuana, and the right to refuse of migration and conflict emerges.” Pearl River Delta area to the impact of

12 Augustana Magazine | Fall 2005 13 facultymatters Esteban Loustaunau, associate professor of Spanish facultyfocus ’06 holbrook

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Dr. Marsha Smith Six awarded tenure seas Term students feel welcome on that The Augustana Board of Trustees has campus and in her country. approved these faculty members for tenure: Song was an energetic and compassionate Dr. Lee Carkner in physics, Dr. Daniel Corts person who leaves behind a husband for ome might think Augustana students need to drive a few hours to a metro- in psychology, Dr. David Ellis in history, Dr. whom she cared deeply, and a son, now politan area to find Sa thriving Latino community. Fortunately, we have an extraordinary opportunity Stephen Klien in speech communication, Dr. studying in New Zealand. Huazhong to reach out and experience such a community just minutes from campus. • This past spring term, I Joanna Short in economics and Dr. Pamela has lost an excellent administrator, and taught a new Liberal Studies course for the Augustana General Education Studies Program. The course, Trotter in chemistry. Augustana has lost a good friend. entitled Barrio Logos: Latino Narratives of Migration, Community and Self-Identity, introduces stu- The followed faculty were promoted to Norio Asai According to his business dents to how Latin Americans migrate and settle in the United States. • More importantly, this class professor: Dr. Roman Bonzon in philosophy, card, Norio Asai was the “warden” of the helps students understand how Latinos interpret life in the United States as they renegotiate their sense Dr. Mary Neil in music, Dr. John Pfautz in Higashiyama Youth Hostel in Kyoto, Japan. of self, place and relation to society. In this process, students discover various ways in which contempo- music, Dr. Glenn Robinson in political Much is lost in that translation. This rary Latinos are reshaping U.S. culture. • What I think made this particular course special was how science, Dr. Heidi Storl in philosophy and family-run facility has been a “home away students learned from a variety of perspectives as the notions of “teacher/student relationship” and Dr. Kim Vivian in German. from home” for more than 1,000 Augustana “classroom space” were extended beyond traditional students, faculty and campus boundaries. In this case, the classroom economic development and urbanization on In memoriam alumni studying in expanded to include Ericsson Elementary School traditional Chinese culture. Smith’s group Augustana faculty members Dr. Norm Kyoto since 1977. in the Floreciente neighborhood of Moline, located focused on the impact of migrant workers, Moline, Dr. Van Symons and Dr. James Norio was a dutiful less than a mile from campus. > especially women, on China’s economic Winship wrote the following tributes Japanese son, working growth, and the workers’ lack of medical for two people who gave so much of closely with his parents The care, education and workers’ compensation. power themselves to help build a relationship who had established the One of the trip’s highlights for Smith was between Augustana and their home youth hostel. Upon his a visit to the home of Former Party Secretary countries. father’s death, Norio Ye and a tour of an undergarment factory Song Shuhui Song Shuhui took over the operation with which he’s affiliated. Smith arranged of leadership & service believed deeply in the importance of Norio Asai of the facility. He built the factory tour for the faculty with the help international educational exchange and on his father’s vision of a of Huang Shu-min, professor of anthro- worked unceasingly place where young people of the world could pology at Iowa State University and the to bring together the gather in safety and comfort to learn about author of The Spiral Road: Change in a faculty and students Japan and about each other. Chinese Village Through the Eyes of a of two institutions she A warm and generous host who knew Communist Party Leader. loved —Central China every temple and back alley of his city, Norio In addition to examining the impact (Huazhong) Normal took genuine delight in helping international of rapid development on migrant workers, University and students and travelers discover the mystical Smith’s group explored the Chinese Augustana College. beauty and the rich history of old Kyoto. government’s surprising willingness to During the 1988-89 Norio Asai was what Buddhist tradition allow indigenous non-governmental orga- academic year, she was sometimes calls an “old soul”— a wise, caring, nizations (NGOs) to exist in the Guang- Song Shuhui the first member of compassionate person who treasured Kyoto’s zhou area. Examples of NGOs include the CCNU faculty to past, who loved the new Kyoto, and who was hospitals, schools, museums, research organi- teach Chinese at Augustana as part of a new hard at work on plans for a new youth hostel zations and associations representing the Augustana-Huazhong exchange agreement. facility that would help shape Kyoto’s future. interests of particular constituencies such as The success of her visit opened the door for We will miss him. women, the disabled and even trade unions. Chinese scholars to be visiting faculty on our During fall term Smith incorporated campus almost annually and for more than photographs and findings from her South 30 new Augustana graduates to teach English China visit into her Global Issues in at Huazhong. Women’s Studies course. Smith is also At CCNU, Song was an assistant to a work-ing with Dr. Zhang Hong from Colby number of presidents and most recently was College on a paper on the impact and sur- named Dean of the new College of Interna- vival of emerging indigenous NGOs in the tional Cultural Exchange at Huazhong. In Pearl River Delta to be presented at an all of her roles, she consistently did every- upcoming conference. thing possible to make our yearlong teachers and our short-term visiting East Asia Over-

14 Augustana Magazine | Fall 2005 15 facultymatters Esteban Loustaunau, associate professor of Spanish facultyfocus ’06 holbrook

aaron

Dr. Marsha Smith Six awarded tenure seas Term students feel welcome on that The Augustana Board of Trustees has campus and in her country. approved these faculty members for tenure: Song was an energetic and compassionate Dr. Lee Carkner in physics, Dr. Daniel Corts person who leaves behind a husband for ome might think Augustana students need to drive a few hours to a metro- in psychology, Dr. David Ellis in history, Dr. whom she cared deeply, and a son, now politan area to find Sa thriving Latino community. Fortunately, we have an extraordinary opportunity Stephen Klien in speech communication, Dr. studying in New Zealand. Huazhong to reach out and experience such a community just minutes from campus. • This past spring term, I Joanna Short in economics and Dr. Pamela has lost an excellent administrator, and taught a new Liberal Studies course for the Augustana General Education Studies Program. The course, Trotter in chemistry. Augustana has lost a good friend. entitled Barrio Logos: Latino Narratives of Migration, Community and Self-Identity, introduces stu- The followed faculty were promoted to Norio Asai According to his business dents to how Latin Americans migrate and settle in the United States. • More importantly, this class professor: Dr. Roman Bonzon in philosophy, card, Norio Asai was the “warden” of the helps students understand how Latinos interpret life in the United States as they renegotiate their sense Dr. Mary Neil in music, Dr. John Pfautz in Higashiyama Youth Hostel in Kyoto, Japan. of self, place and relation to society. In this process, students discover various ways in which contempo- music, Dr. Glenn Robinson in political Much is lost in that translation. This rary Latinos are reshaping U.S. culture. • What I think made this particular course special was how science, Dr. Heidi Storl in philosophy and family-run facility has been a “home away students learned from a variety of perspectives as the notions of “teacher/student relationship” and Dr. Kim Vivian in German. from home” for more than 1,000 Augustana “classroom space” were extended beyond traditional students, faculty and campus boundaries. In this case, the classroom economic development and urbanization on In memoriam alumni studying in expanded to include Ericsson Elementary School traditional Chinese culture. Smith’s group Augustana faculty members Dr. Norm Kyoto since 1977. in the Floreciente neighborhood of Moline, located focused on the impact of migrant workers, Moline, Dr. Van Symons and Dr. James Norio was a dutiful less than a mile from campus. > especially women, on China’s economic Winship wrote the following tributes Japanese son, working growth, and the workers’ lack of medical for two people who gave so much of closely with his parents The care, education and workers’ compensation. power themselves to help build a relationship who had established the One of the trip’s highlights for Smith was between Augustana and their home youth hostel. Upon his a visit to the home of Former Party Secretary countries. father’s death, Norio Ye and a tour of an undergarment factory Song Shuhui Song Shuhui took over the operation with which he’s affiliated. Smith arranged of leadership & service believed deeply in the importance of Norio Asai of the facility. He built the factory tour for the faculty with the help international educational exchange and on his father’s vision of a of Huang Shu-min, professor of anthro- worked unceasingly place where young people of the world could pology at Iowa State University and the to bring together the gather in safety and comfort to learn about author of The Spiral Road: Change in a faculty and students Japan and about each other. Chinese Village Through the Eyes of a of two institutions she A warm and generous host who knew Communist Party Leader. loved —Central China every temple and back alley of his city, Norio In addition to examining the impact (Huazhong) Normal took genuine delight in helping international of rapid development on migrant workers, University and students and travelers discover the mystical Smith’s group explored the Chinese Augustana College. beauty and the rich history of old Kyoto. government’s surprising willingness to During the 1988-89 Norio Asai was what Buddhist tradition allow indigenous non-governmental orga- academic year, she was sometimes calls an “old soul”— a wise, caring, nizations (NGOs) to exist in the Guang- Song Shuhui the first member of compassionate person who treasured Kyoto’s zhou area. Examples of NGOs include the CCNU faculty to past, who loved the new Kyoto, and who was hospitals, schools, museums, research organi- teach Chinese at Augustana as part of a new hard at work on plans for a new youth hostel zations and associations representing the Augustana-Huazhong exchange agreement. facility that would help shape Kyoto’s future. interests of particular constituencies such as The success of her visit opened the door for We will miss him. women, the disabled and even trade unions. Chinese scholars to be visiting faculty on our During fall term Smith incorporated campus almost annually and for more than photographs and findings from her South 30 new Augustana graduates to teach English China visit into her Global Issues in at Huazhong. Women’s Studies course. Smith is also At CCNU, Song was an assistant to a work-ing with Dr. Zhang Hong from Colby number of presidents and most recently was College on a paper on the impact and sur- named Dean of the new College of Interna- vival of emerging indigenous NGOs in the tional Cultural Exchange at Huazhong. In Pearl River Delta to be presented at an all of her roles, she consistently did every- upcoming conference. thing possible to make our yearlong teachers and our short-term visiting East Asia Over-

14 Augustana Magazine | Fall 2005 15 new appreciation of the Spanish culture that program is to put into practice what would not have been possible without this Augustana’s mission refers to as our commit- opportunity.” ment “to offering a challenging education The city of Moline has a large population that develops qualities of mind, spirit and of Mexicans and Mexican-Americans who body necessary for a rewarding life of leader- contribute in various ways to the economic ship and service in a diverse and changing development and cultural enrichment of world.” Activities in this mentoring program the Quad Cities area. A large number of include the “lunch buddies” project, tutoring Mexican-Americans who settled in the in math and English reading/writing skills, Quad Cities since the 1880s and Mexican and the art, drama, music and sports clinics. immigrants who have joined them in the So, in addition to the first-year students past two decades have migrated from the enrolled in the Barrio Logos course, partici- central state of Guanajuato, Mexico. pants in the service-learning program last Although not all Latino residents in the spring also included upper-level students Quad Cities live in Floreciente, this neigh- who had taken part in the Summer Spanish Watch your step… borhood is considered to be the home base Program in the Andes and the Latin Ameri- of the local Mexican community. can Term, members of Latinos Unidos, as Since 1998, when I began teaching at well as individual students who approached hot lava ahead Augustana, one of my goals has been to help me seeking a new kind of service opportunity. The brief article on GL105 was tucked inside the campus news break trips and student field research projects. Because of build a strong relationship between the col- At the end of the school year, all the section of the Augustana College Magazine’s Winter 2004 issue. alumni contributions such as the Luckens’ generous gift, lege and Latinos in the Quad Cities. In the Augustana student mentors collaborated with But when John and Mary Thorson Lucken, both 1962 gradu- Augustana was able to make a trip to the Big Island of Hawaii Dana Plug ’08 past three years, I have been able to learn the children for the Cinco de Mayo Carnival ates, read how the popular geology course sends students into affordable for 12 geology majors during break at Ericsson School. their beloved Rocky Mountains for 17 days of intensive field- this past spring. Patricia Alexander, the principal at Their response to us was amazing! Their faces would light up, work, they were inspired to give the department’s outdoor “The trip surpassed even my expectations Ericsson School, says her students enjoyed and they would begin telling us stories and jokes that not only programs a boost. of the geology,” Wolf says. “We were able to the attention and support given by the made them happy, but also changed our perspective. “Because our years at Augie, John’s career as a geologist and hike right up to a small pahoehoe flow and Augustana students. Various Ericsson eric janssen ’08 our love of the Rocky Mountains have enriched our lives, we poke it with a stick to extract our very own parents and teachers say they also noticed hope you can find a ‘hands-on’ use for this donation within the lava samples. Pele [fire goddess of the Kilauea a difference in the children’s motivation All 18 students enrolled in Barrios Logos more about this special community by collab- Geology Department,” Mary wrote in a letter to Dr. Michael volcano] gave us quite the show.” and appreciation for learning. were involved in a service-learning project at orating with the Casa Guanajuato Cultural Wolf, associate professor and chair of geology. “I am sending Few undergraduate geology students find I believe in the power of leadership and the school, volunteering at least once a week Center. This center was established in 1998 the donation in honor of John’s 42 years as a ‘geologist with the themselves in Hawaii poking actual, honest- service by Augustana students and have been during the term. This service-learning com- in response to the rapid growth of the Latino Augie ethic.’” to-goodness lava to test the viscosity, quench-skin strength and impressed with our students’ enthusiasm and ponent integrated community service with population in the area. The mission of Casa The Luckens’ gift was placed into the Rudy Edmund heat radiation of the flows. As Monica Bruckner ’05 says, “It’s commitment to the program from the very academic study by actively bringing together Guanajuato is to promote cultural values, Memorial Field Study Endowment, hard to put into words the unbelievable experience of seeing beginning. It has given them a chance to mutuality, reciprocity, reflection and learning preserve Mexican cultural traditions and to named after the illustrious geology pro- active lava flows in person. Being surrounded by the sights, engage in new ways of learning by interacting at the same time that the student fulfilled foster personal and community development. fessor who, as it turns out, was one of smells, sounds and heat of active volcanism cannot be matched with people from a different culture and specific and real community needs. Serving as vice-president of Casa Guanajuato John’s instructors. “I consider Rudy my by reading any textbook.” background and by reflecting on the values As several students reported in their has given me the opportunity to interact with mentor and no doubt one of the finest Ashley Poust ’06 didn’t come to Augustana to major in and purposes of volunteerism as a reciprocal reflective journals throughout the term, several other organizations and community gentlemen I’ve known,” John says. “He geology, but it wasn’t long before he discovered his place in that form of action. This mentoring program, Ericsson School — with a student body of leaders who serve the local Latino community. joined the faculty during my sophomore department. “Wolf, Hammer and Strasser are inspired teachers, which I hope continues to grow in future 87% Mexican heritage — is a wonderful place It has also given me the chance to involve year and inspired me to pursue my career and the Geology Department has provided me with so many years, has proven to be a rewarding experi- for intercultural learning. Augustana students in several community in the oil and gas and geothermal area.” incredible opportunities like going to Hawaii,” Poust says. ence for everyone. “Their response to us was amazing!” says projects. Funds from the Edmund endowment “Little is as impressive as liquid rock, flowing a foot away Eric Janssen ’08. “We couldn’t believe how Thanks to a Faculty Fellowship from help support the department’s annual from you at more than 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit.” the children reacted when we would come Augustana’s Center for Vocational Reflection GL105 Rocky Mountains trip, spring Continued support from alumni will enable the Geology to volunteer. Their faces would light up, and in the winter of 2003-04, I designed a men- Department to plan even bigger and bolder field experiences for they would begin telling us stories and jokes toring program where Augustana students “The best geologists are those students. These opportunities are critical because, as Wolf says, that not only made them happy, but also serve as role models for children at Ericsson who have seen the most rocks.” “The best geologists are those who have seen the most rocks.” changed our perspective. We all gained a School. One of the main objectives of this DR. MICHAEL WOLF

16 Augustana Magazine | Fall 2005 17 new appreciation of the Spanish culture that program is to put into practice what would not have been possible without this Augustana’s mission refers to as our commit- opportunity.” ment “to offering a challenging education The city of Moline has a large population that develops qualities of mind, spirit and of Mexicans and Mexican-Americans who body necessary for a rewarding life of leader- contribute in various ways to the economic ship and service in a diverse and changing development and cultural enrichment of world.” Activities in this mentoring program the Quad Cities area. A large number of include the “lunch buddies” project, tutoring Mexican-Americans who settled in the in math and English reading/writing skills, Quad Cities since the 1880s and Mexican and the art, drama, music and sports clinics. immigrants who have joined them in the So, in addition to the first-year students past two decades have migrated from the enrolled in the Barrio Logos course, partici- central state of Guanajuato, Mexico. pants in the service-learning program last Although not all Latino residents in the spring also included upper-level students Quad Cities live in Floreciente, this neigh- who had taken part in the Summer Spanish Watch your step… borhood is considered to be the home base Program in the Andes and the Latin Ameri- of the local Mexican community. can Term, members of Latinos Unidos, as Since 1998, when I began teaching at well as individual students who approached hot lava ahead Augustana, one of my goals has been to help me seeking a new kind of service opportunity. The brief article on GL105 was tucked inside the campus news break trips and student field research projects. Because of build a strong relationship between the col- At the end of the school year, all the section of the Augustana College Magazine’s Winter 2004 issue. alumni contributions such as the Luckens’ generous gift, lege and Latinos in the Quad Cities. In the Augustana student mentors collaborated with But when John and Mary Thorson Lucken, both 1962 gradu- Augustana was able to make a trip to the Big Island of Hawaii Dana Plug ’08 past three years, I have been able to learn the children for the Cinco de Mayo Carnival ates, read how the popular geology course sends students into affordable for 12 geology majors during break at Ericsson School. their beloved Rocky Mountains for 17 days of intensive field- this past spring. Patricia Alexander, the principal at Their response to us was amazing! Their faces would light up, work, they were inspired to give the department’s outdoor “The trip surpassed even my expectations Ericsson School, says her students enjoyed and they would begin telling us stories and jokes that not only programs a boost. of the geology,” Wolf says. “We were able to the attention and support given by the made them happy, but also changed our perspective. “Because our years at Augie, John’s career as a geologist and hike right up to a small pahoehoe flow and Augustana students. Various Ericsson eric janssen ’08 our love of the Rocky Mountains have enriched our lives, we poke it with a stick to extract our very own parents and teachers say they also noticed hope you can find a ‘hands-on’ use for this donation within the lava samples. Pele [fire goddess of the Kilauea a difference in the children’s motivation All 18 students enrolled in Barrios Logos more about this special community by collab- Geology Department,” Mary wrote in a letter to Dr. Michael volcano] gave us quite the show.” and appreciation for learning. were involved in a service-learning project at orating with the Casa Guanajuato Cultural Wolf, associate professor and chair of geology. “I am sending Few undergraduate geology students find I believe in the power of leadership and the school, volunteering at least once a week Center. This center was established in 1998 the donation in honor of John’s 42 years as a ‘geologist with the themselves in Hawaii poking actual, honest- service by Augustana students and have been during the term. This service-learning com- in response to the rapid growth of the Latino Augie ethic.’” to-goodness lava to test the viscosity, quench-skin strength and impressed with our students’ enthusiasm and ponent integrated community service with population in the area. The mission of Casa The Luckens’ gift was placed into the Rudy Edmund heat radiation of the flows. As Monica Bruckner ’05 says, “It’s commitment to the program from the very academic study by actively bringing together Guanajuato is to promote cultural values, Memorial Field Study Endowment, hard to put into words the unbelievable experience of seeing beginning. It has given them a chance to mutuality, reciprocity, reflection and learning preserve Mexican cultural traditions and to named after the illustrious geology pro- active lava flows in person. Being surrounded by the sights, engage in new ways of learning by interacting at the same time that the student fulfilled foster personal and community development. fessor who, as it turns out, was one of smells, sounds and heat of active volcanism cannot be matched with people from a different culture and specific and real community needs. Serving as vice-president of Casa Guanajuato John’s instructors. “I consider Rudy my by reading any textbook.” background and by reflecting on the values As several students reported in their has given me the opportunity to interact with mentor and no doubt one of the finest Ashley Poust ’06 didn’t come to Augustana to major in and purposes of volunteerism as a reciprocal reflective journals throughout the term, several other organizations and community gentlemen I’ve known,” John says. “He geology, but it wasn’t long before he discovered his place in that form of action. This mentoring program, Ericsson School — with a student body of leaders who serve the local Latino community. joined the faculty during my sophomore department. “Wolf, Hammer and Strasser are inspired teachers, which I hope continues to grow in future 87% Mexican heritage — is a wonderful place It has also given me the chance to involve year and inspired me to pursue my career and the Geology Department has provided me with so many years, has proven to be a rewarding experi- for intercultural learning. Augustana students in several community in the oil and gas and geothermal area.” incredible opportunities like going to Hawaii,” Poust says. ence for everyone. “Their response to us was amazing!” says projects. Funds from the Edmund endowment “Little is as impressive as liquid rock, flowing a foot away Eric Janssen ’08. “We couldn’t believe how Thanks to a Faculty Fellowship from help support the department’s annual from you at more than 1,000 degrees Fahrenheit.” the children reacted when we would come Augustana’s Center for Vocational Reflection GL105 Rocky Mountains trip, spring Continued support from alumni will enable the Geology to volunteer. Their faces would light up, and in the winter of 2003-04, I designed a men- Department to plan even bigger and bolder field experiences for they would begin telling us stories and jokes toring program where Augustana students “The best geologists are those students. These opportunities are critical because, as Wolf says, that not only made them happy, but also serve as role models for children at Ericsson who have seen the most rocks.” “The best geologists are those who have seen the most rocks.” changed our perspective. We all gained a School. One of the main objectives of this DR. MICHAEL WOLF

16 Augustana Magazine | Fall 2005 17 From left, Tamara Day, Perspectives staff member, and Dr. Ellen Hay, professor of speech communication, at the Perspectives staff/faculty retreat on campus in August.

“From our end, it might offer a site for student Program details are being finalized, but select- teaching and research, a chance for all of us to ed Perspectives students are likely to visit campus model leadership and service, an opportunity for for continued shadowing, a summer science faculty to better understand the education and program and perhaps a debate-related project. social life of our incoming students, and an Perspectives staff and faculty may hold future entrée into a pool of academically able students.” retreats on campus, as they did this past August. Snowball, the director of Augustana’s Institute Associate Dean Michael Nolan has submitted for Leadership and Service, researched Chicago a grant to the Illinois Board of Education that high schools and arranged for Perspectives co- would enable Augustana and Illinois Wesleyan founder/principal Kim Day to visit campus for to join efforts on this developmental program Alumni to extend a day last January. She met with administrators, and invite more Chicago schools to participate. faculty and students to acquaint them with her “If the grant comes through, we can be more partnership school and to brainstorm ideas for a possible ambitious,” Snowball says. “but we will continue Perspectives Charter School faculty are alliance. this partnership with Perspectives regardless of always looking for ways to encourage Perspectives serves nearly 325 students in whether we obtain external funding. It’s impor- learning beyond the classroom. But to do this, grades 6-12, with a waiting list of more than 400 tant for the kids not to have their ambitions they need help from people in their children. As a public charter school, it offers open bounded by the city limits of Chicago.” community. Augustana alumni in the Chicago enrollment. Chicago students who would like to The summer science camp being considered area may extend their alma mater’s partner- attend enter their names into a blind lottery. at Augustana’s Green Wing Environmental Labo- ship with Perspectives by volunteering their Most of the students are African-Americans and ratory might be led by biology majors interested time and talents. Hispanics, primarily of Mexican heritage, and in teaching. Dr. Dara Wegman-Geedey, associate Alumni may speak to an individual class, come from low-income families. professor of biology, and Dr. Michael Schroeder, participate in a panel discussion/presentation What is astonishing is the school’s success associate professor and chair of education, are or attend a career day. They may choose to compared to other public schools in Chicago. talking with Perspectives science faculty about attend and evaluate student presentations of Perspectives boasts a 95-percent college placement a program that would begin with a three-day special projects. An after-school club called rate compared to a 48-percent high school gradu- session for eighth-graders. Students would be Sci Tech (science, math and technology) for ation rate of Chicago schools. Its founders, Kim invited to spend more time at subsequent summer grades 6-12 needs mentors to work with Professor of Art Megan Quinn Day and Diana Shulla-Cose, have received con- science camps at Green Wing during their high students. Spring internship opportunities siderable attention for their work; the city school years. and mentors are also needed for juniors and of Chicago has asked them to charter another Ultimately, interested Perspectives seniors seniors. school this year and perhaps another half dozen would attend a week-long camp involving inquiry- A partnership with Dr. Dara Wegman-Geedey is compiling by the end of this decade. based experiments at Green Wing “to better a list of Chicagoland alumni in the health sci- As Day sees it, a partnership with Augustana understand how science is done, including the ences, biology, environmental, and science gives her students an opportunity to overcome equipment failures and uncertain data that push teaching and research fields who are inter- one of their greatest obstacles to a successful us science folks to try, try again,” says Wegman- ested in volunteering at Perspectives. Send college career. Geedey. Perspective(s) your name, contact information and a list of “The students at Perspectives have almost For her students, Day believes the partnership topics you’d be interested in sharing with always attended schools in which the other will create an awareness about college and a hrowing pottery isn’t easy, but eight high school students from Perspectives Charter School Perspectives students. She can be reached students reflected them, in race and class,” confidence in their abilities to succeed there. at (309) 794-3445 or biwegman-geedey@ in Chicago did amazingly well under the guidance of Megan Quinn, professor of art. The she explains. “Upon attending college, our stu- “Participating in college-level courses will give t augustana.edu. dents feel a sense of isolation as they realize that our students insight and experience before they Perspectives students sampled campus life last spring as part of a 24-hour shadowing experi- Augustana graduates in other fields who they now are a minority for the first time. They graduate,” she explains. “If they struggle, they would like to share their career experiences ence. Their visit was an important step in building an unprecedented partnership between experience predominately white culture for the may receive support before they leave high school. and expertise are encouraged to contact first time in a small less-than-urban setting, and This relationship with Augustana greatly increas- Perspectives and Augustana. • The seed for this initiative was planted last fall when Dr. David Perspectives at (312) 225-7400. they feel alien to the college experience because es the likelihood that a student of color will stay Snowball, chair of speech communication, sent a note to President Steven Bahls suggesting they are first-generation attendees. They have to in college.” that the college create a partnership with one or two small Chicago high schools. • “Such a learn how to be away from home and still main- tain the self-discipline necessary to do well. All partnership has the potential to offer powerful benefits to both parties,” Snowball says. > this makes success in college an academic and emotional challenge.”

18 Augustana Magazine | Fall 2005 19 From left, Tamara Day, Perspectives staff member, and Dr. Ellen Hay, professor of speech communication, at the Perspectives staff/faculty retreat on campus in August.

“From our end, it might offer a site for student Program details are being finalized, but select- teaching and research, a chance for all of us to ed Perspectives students are likely to visit campus model leadership and service, an opportunity for for continued shadowing, a summer science faculty to better understand the education and program and perhaps a debate-related project. social life of our incoming students, and an Perspectives staff and faculty may hold future entrée into a pool of academically able students.” retreats on campus, as they did this past August. Snowball, the director of Augustana’s Institute Associate Dean Michael Nolan has submitted for Leadership and Service, researched Chicago a grant to the Illinois Board of Education that high schools and arranged for Perspectives co- would enable Augustana and Illinois Wesleyan founder/principal Kim Day to visit campus for to join efforts on this developmental program Alumni to extend a day last January. She met with administrators, and invite more Chicago schools to participate. faculty and students to acquaint them with her “If the grant comes through, we can be more partnership school and to brainstorm ideas for a possible ambitious,” Snowball says. “but we will continue Perspectives Charter School faculty are alliance. this partnership with Perspectives regardless of always looking for ways to encourage Perspectives serves nearly 325 students in whether we obtain external funding. It’s impor- learning beyond the classroom. But to do this, grades 6-12, with a waiting list of more than 400 tant for the kids not to have their ambitions they need help from people in their children. As a public charter school, it offers open bounded by the city limits of Chicago.” community. Augustana alumni in the Chicago enrollment. Chicago students who would like to The summer science camp being considered area may extend their alma mater’s partner- attend enter their names into a blind lottery. at Augustana’s Green Wing Environmental Labo- ship with Perspectives by volunteering their Most of the students are African-Americans and ratory might be led by biology majors interested time and talents. Hispanics, primarily of Mexican heritage, and in teaching. Dr. Dara Wegman-Geedey, associate Alumni may speak to an individual class, come from low-income families. professor of biology, and Dr. Michael Schroeder, participate in a panel discussion/presentation What is astonishing is the school’s success associate professor and chair of education, are or attend a career day. They may choose to compared to other public schools in Chicago. talking with Perspectives science faculty about attend and evaluate student presentations of Perspectives boasts a 95-percent college placement a program that would begin with a three-day special projects. An after-school club called rate compared to a 48-percent high school gradu- session for eighth-graders. Students would be Sci Tech (science, math and technology) for ation rate of Chicago schools. Its founders, Kim invited to spend more time at subsequent summer grades 6-12 needs mentors to work with Professor of Art Megan Quinn Day and Diana Shulla-Cose, have received con- science camps at Green Wing during their high students. Spring internship opportunities siderable attention for their work; the city school years. and mentors are also needed for juniors and of Chicago has asked them to charter another Ultimately, interested Perspectives seniors seniors. school this year and perhaps another half dozen would attend a week-long camp involving inquiry- A partnership with Dr. Dara Wegman-Geedey is compiling by the end of this decade. based experiments at Green Wing “to better a list of Chicagoland alumni in the health sci- As Day sees it, a partnership with Augustana understand how science is done, including the ences, biology, environmental, and science gives her students an opportunity to overcome equipment failures and uncertain data that push teaching and research fields who are inter- one of their greatest obstacles to a successful us science folks to try, try again,” says Wegman- ested in volunteering at Perspectives. Send college career. Geedey. Perspective(s) your name, contact information and a list of “The students at Perspectives have almost For her students, Day believes the partnership topics you’d be interested in sharing with always attended schools in which the other will create an awareness about college and a hrowing pottery isn’t easy, but eight high school students from Perspectives Charter School Perspectives students. She can be reached students reflected them, in race and class,” confidence in their abilities to succeed there. at (309) 794-3445 or biwegman-geedey@ in Chicago did amazingly well under the guidance of Megan Quinn, professor of art. The she explains. “Upon attending college, our stu- “Participating in college-level courses will give t augustana.edu. dents feel a sense of isolation as they realize that our students insight and experience before they Perspectives students sampled campus life last spring as part of a 24-hour shadowing experi- Augustana graduates in other fields who they now are a minority for the first time. They graduate,” she explains. “If they struggle, they would like to share their career experiences ence. Their visit was an important step in building an unprecedented partnership between experience predominately white culture for the may receive support before they leave high school. and expertise are encouraged to contact first time in a small less-than-urban setting, and This relationship with Augustana greatly increas- Perspectives and Augustana. • The seed for this initiative was planted last fall when Dr. David Perspectives at (312) 225-7400. they feel alien to the college experience because es the likelihood that a student of color will stay Snowball, chair of speech communication, sent a note to President Steven Bahls suggesting they are first-generation attendees. They have to in college.” that the college create a partnership with one or two small Chicago high schools. • “Such a learn how to be away from home and still main- tain the self-discipline necessary to do well. All partnership has the potential to offer powerful benefits to both parties,” Snowball says. > this makes success in college an academic and emotional challenge.”

18 Augustana Magazine | Fall 2005 19 Dream makers Each of these 2005 graduates discovered her passion early, and then put her dream to the test.

So long, comfort zone. Lindsay Maess Maess says declaring an environmental Maess helped feed the 100-plus chimpanzees looked out the airplane window and felt a studies minor, even as a junior, was one of three times a day. In the afternoons, she twinge of panic. “What am I doing here?” the best things she did at Augustana because gave tours to school groups from nearby she thought to herself. The 20-year-old it required her to complete an internship or villages and cities, and observed the Quad Cities native, who had never even vis- field experience. While researching her chimpanzees. ited downtown Chicago, was on her way to options, she learned about the award- “What I saw in their behaviors was Zambia, Africa — alone. winning Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage shocking, as well as astounding, as they But don’t get the wrong idea. This trip in northern Zambia. She contacted the non- can be extremely aggressive and extremely was something Maess wanted more than profit refuge about internship possibilities. caring all in a matter of seconds,” Maess anything in the world. She was willing to The refuge founders declined, saying they says. “What I learned about their behavior Visitors at Disney’s Animal Kingdom observe a surgery at the state-of-the-art veterinary hospital where Ashley Lab ’05 (right) interned during her senior year. leave her comfort zone thousands of miles had never had an intern before. Maess wrote and the bush meat trade left a dramatic behind for a chance to observe chimpanzees back, indicating she didn’t have to be paid. impact on me. The intelligence and person- in Africa, a dream of hers since second Chimfunshi had its first intern. ality I observed has forever reinforced my ered the internship online. veterinarians as they worked. Other duties owners,” she says. “So that’s something grade. “When Lindsay told me she had gotten passion to protect chimpanzees.” To be eligible, Lab had to complete included returning to the other side of the I’ll be thinking about.” Before beginning her internship, Maess enough requirements to be able to take off viewing window to describe procedures for explored Victoria Falls, and went on safari two terms her senior year at Augustana. So guests, responding to calls reporting injured No more pretending “It just takes one decision to change to South Luangwa National Park and Lower she overloaded her class schedule every term wildlife, and transporting animals to and Whereas Lindsay Maess traveled to another your life forever.” lindsay maess ’05 Zambezi National Park. Although she to get it done. After all the intensive study, from the rehabilitation center and animal continent to follow her dream and Ashley couldn’t speak the native language, she says she still had to be selected from applicants control clinic. She was always on call. Lab ventured to Florida, Jacquie Sticca she felt quite at home in Africa. “I felt safer across the country for only two intern posi- One emergency case involved a Thomp- drove less than three miles for a chance to a position in Zambia to study chimpanzees, sleeping in a tent on safari than I did in tions at Animal Kingdom’s veterinary son’s gazelle that had stumbled while trying do what she’s wanted to do since she was and had done so on her own, I was London on my way home,” Maess says. hospital. And she was. to jump over a cattle guard. The skin was a preschooler. impressed to say the least,” says Dr. Bohdan As for future plans, Maess may attend “Ashley was quite motivated toward torn from his chest to his pelvis, exposing When her older sister started school, Dziadyk, professor of biology. “I was a bit graduate school to obtain a master’s in zoo vet school,” says Dr. Richard Narske ’64, his abdomen. Lab was asked to assist in the Sticca and a neighborhood friend stole her concerned for her safety at first, but then I and aquarium or in biological anthropology, professor of chemistry. “It’s not something procedure, mainly scrubbing and trimming books, set up a classroom in the basement recalled her pluck from the ‘Ecology of the with a focus on primates. Or she may apply I see that early in many of my students.” the area for suturing. and took turns playing teacher. “We Northern Great Plains’ travel class she took for a Fulbright grant that would allow her to More than 1,000 animals representing “The fact that Ashley was accepted as an couldn’t read of course, but that didn’t from me one summer.” work at another primate sanctuary in Africa. 200 species make their home at Animal out-of-state student at Kansas State Univer- matter,” she says. In central Africa, poachers kill adult “It just takes one decision to change your Kingdom. Many people don’t know the sity, which is known for its education in the In high school, Sticca volunteered in chimpanzees to sell their meat as food and life forever,” Maess says. state-of-the-art veterinary hospital is part area of exotic animals, was because of the kindergarten and first-grade classrooms at take their babies to sell as pets. This is the of the theme park and accessible to visitors, work she did at Disney,” Narske says. Lab, schools near her home in Darien, Illinois. sad reality of the black market in Africa, Covered in what? Lab says. But she had visited several times however, chose to attend the University of From her first day on campus at Augustana, Maess says, but organizations such as Chim- Can you hold this piece of intestine out of since her first trip to Animal Kingdom in Illinois’ College of Veterinary Medicine, she knew what profession she wanted to funshi and the Zambian Wildlife Authority the way? Can you get me a sample of spleen? the eighth grade. where Narske’s daughter, Elizabeth Narske pursue — teaching. Teaching offers that rare confiscate the chimps and give them a better Not the typical requests of a college intern, “I spent many hours looking through ’92 also studied. After spending several years opportunity to make a lifelong impact on a life. Chimpanzees also come to the refuge but Ashley Lab’s nine-month internship at the window to the operating room, watch- as an emergency vet in the northern suburbs child. As Sticca says, “The kids make it from dilapidated zoos and circuses around Disney’s Animal Kingdom veterinary ing the medical procedures and talking to of Chicago, Narske is now in private clinical rewarding, and every day is different.” the world, as well as from private owners. hospital was everything but typical. the people about what was going on,” she practice in the same area. To fulfill her 14-week student-teaching “When the chimpanzees arrive, they are “During the necropsies [animal autop- says. “I told myself, one day I’ll be in there.” Lab was hoping her internship would requirement, she was paired with Christine crammed in crates, usually dehydrated and sies], I was often covered from head to If a surgeon literally needed an extra help her decide whether she wanted to MacDonald, the first-grade teacher at severely malnourished,” Maess says. “Most toe in who knows what,” says the biology/ hand to hold something out of the way, study small animal medicine or zoo animal Eugene Field Elementary School in Rock have no teeth as poachers often pull young pre-vet major. Not a problem. The experi- sometimes Lab was asked to “scrub in,” medicine, but it just complicated matters. Island. chimps’ teeth to avoid being bitten.” ence was exactly what she had been working but primarily she observed procedures, “I loved working with the zoo animals, (continued on page 38) During her three weeks at the refuge, toward since high school when she discov- took notes and fielded questions from the but I missed the interaction with pet

20 Augustana Magazine | Fall 2005 21 Dream makers Each of these 2005 graduates discovered her passion early, and then put her dream to the test.

So long, comfort zone. Lindsay Maess Maess says declaring an environmental Maess helped feed the 100-plus chimpanzees looked out the airplane window and felt a studies minor, even as a junior, was one of three times a day. In the afternoons, she twinge of panic. “What am I doing here?” the best things she did at Augustana because gave tours to school groups from nearby she thought to herself. The 20-year-old it required her to complete an internship or villages and cities, and observed the Quad Cities native, who had never even vis- field experience. While researching her chimpanzees. ited downtown Chicago, was on her way to options, she learned about the award- “What I saw in their behaviors was Zambia, Africa — alone. winning Chimfunshi Wildlife Orphanage shocking, as well as astounding, as they But don’t get the wrong idea. This trip in northern Zambia. She contacted the non- can be extremely aggressive and extremely was something Maess wanted more than profit refuge about internship possibilities. caring all in a matter of seconds,” Maess anything in the world. She was willing to The refuge founders declined, saying they says. “What I learned about their behavior Visitors at Disney’s Animal Kingdom observe a surgery at the state-of-the-art veterinary hospital where Ashley Lab ’05 (right) interned during her senior year. leave her comfort zone thousands of miles had never had an intern before. Maess wrote and the bush meat trade left a dramatic behind for a chance to observe chimpanzees back, indicating she didn’t have to be paid. impact on me. The intelligence and person- in Africa, a dream of hers since second Chimfunshi had its first intern. ality I observed has forever reinforced my ered the internship online. veterinarians as they worked. Other duties owners,” she says. “So that’s something grade. “When Lindsay told me she had gotten passion to protect chimpanzees.” To be eligible, Lab had to complete included returning to the other side of the I’ll be thinking about.” Before beginning her internship, Maess enough requirements to be able to take off viewing window to describe procedures for explored Victoria Falls, and went on safari two terms her senior year at Augustana. So guests, responding to calls reporting injured No more pretending “It just takes one decision to change to South Luangwa National Park and Lower she overloaded her class schedule every term wildlife, and transporting animals to and Whereas Lindsay Maess traveled to another your life forever.” lindsay maess ’05 Zambezi National Park. Although she to get it done. After all the intensive study, from the rehabilitation center and animal continent to follow her dream and Ashley couldn’t speak the native language, she says she still had to be selected from applicants control clinic. She was always on call. Lab ventured to Florida, Jacquie Sticca she felt quite at home in Africa. “I felt safer across the country for only two intern posi- One emergency case involved a Thomp- drove less than three miles for a chance to a position in Zambia to study chimpanzees, sleeping in a tent on safari than I did in tions at Animal Kingdom’s veterinary son’s gazelle that had stumbled while trying do what she’s wanted to do since she was and had done so on her own, I was London on my way home,” Maess says. hospital. And she was. to jump over a cattle guard. The skin was a preschooler. impressed to say the least,” says Dr. Bohdan As for future plans, Maess may attend “Ashley was quite motivated toward torn from his chest to his pelvis, exposing When her older sister started school, Dziadyk, professor of biology. “I was a bit graduate school to obtain a master’s in zoo vet school,” says Dr. Richard Narske ’64, his abdomen. Lab was asked to assist in the Sticca and a neighborhood friend stole her concerned for her safety at first, but then I and aquarium or in biological anthropology, professor of chemistry. “It’s not something procedure, mainly scrubbing and trimming books, set up a classroom in the basement recalled her pluck from the ‘Ecology of the with a focus on primates. Or she may apply I see that early in many of my students.” the area for suturing. and took turns playing teacher. “We Northern Great Plains’ travel class she took for a Fulbright grant that would allow her to More than 1,000 animals representing “The fact that Ashley was accepted as an couldn’t read of course, but that didn’t from me one summer.” work at another primate sanctuary in Africa. 200 species make their home at Animal out-of-state student at Kansas State Univer- matter,” she says. In central Africa, poachers kill adult “It just takes one decision to change your Kingdom. Many people don’t know the sity, which is known for its education in the In high school, Sticca volunteered in chimpanzees to sell their meat as food and life forever,” Maess says. state-of-the-art veterinary hospital is part area of exotic animals, was because of the kindergarten and first-grade classrooms at take their babies to sell as pets. This is the of the theme park and accessible to visitors, work she did at Disney,” Narske says. Lab, schools near her home in Darien, Illinois. sad reality of the black market in Africa, Covered in what? Lab says. But she had visited several times however, chose to attend the University of From her first day on campus at Augustana, Maess says, but organizations such as Chim- Can you hold this piece of intestine out of since her first trip to Animal Kingdom in Illinois’ College of Veterinary Medicine, she knew what profession she wanted to funshi and the Zambian Wildlife Authority the way? Can you get me a sample of spleen? the eighth grade. where Narske’s daughter, Elizabeth Narske pursue — teaching. Teaching offers that rare confiscate the chimps and give them a better Not the typical requests of a college intern, “I spent many hours looking through ’92 also studied. After spending several years opportunity to make a lifelong impact on a life. Chimpanzees also come to the refuge but Ashley Lab’s nine-month internship at the window to the operating room, watch- as an emergency vet in the northern suburbs child. As Sticca says, “The kids make it from dilapidated zoos and circuses around Disney’s Animal Kingdom veterinary ing the medical procedures and talking to of Chicago, Narske is now in private clinical rewarding, and every day is different.” the world, as well as from private owners. hospital was everything but typical. the people about what was going on,” she practice in the same area. To fulfill her 14-week student-teaching “When the chimpanzees arrive, they are “During the necropsies [animal autop- says. “I told myself, one day I’ll be in there.” Lab was hoping her internship would requirement, she was paired with Christine crammed in crates, usually dehydrated and sies], I was often covered from head to If a surgeon literally needed an extra help her decide whether she wanted to MacDonald, the first-grade teacher at severely malnourished,” Maess says. “Most toe in who knows what,” says the biology/ hand to hold something out of the way, study small animal medicine or zoo animal Eugene Field Elementary School in Rock have no teeth as poachers often pull young pre-vet major. Not a problem. The experi- sometimes Lab was asked to “scrub in,” medicine, but it just complicated matters. Island. chimps’ teeth to avoid being bitten.” ence was exactly what she had been working but primarily she observed procedures, “I loved working with the zoo animals, (continued on page 38) During her three weeks at the refuge, toward since high school when she discov- took notes and fielded questions from the but I missed the interaction with pet

20 Augustana Magazine | Fall 2005 21 dentist from LeClaire, Iowa, Awith a successful local practice, Ryder has created his own relief mission in one of the most impoverished regions of the world. But his abiding interest in Southeast Asia, a people and place he reveres, is now leading him on a personal journey into the very heart of Cambodia, where he has assumed an even larger role in the rebuilding of a country.

Helping others help themselves and basic medical texts,” Children crowd near the window Ryder majored in Asian Studies and philoso- says Ryder, who is also an to watch a dentist from Ireland phy at Augustana, and seems to reflect the adjunct assistant professor examine a boy from their village. temperament of both. He is soft-spoken and at the University of Iowa unassuming, his face reflecting a meditative College of Dentistry. “As a result, most soul. He continues to study the region and Khmer medical workers do not receive ade- its culture, and can recite its history like quate classroom and clinical training.” his own. There are 30 physicians and 18 dentists The Khmer empire, based in what is now to serve every 100,000 Cambodians, Ryder Cambodia, was a powerful kingdom in the says. About 85 percent of the population lives ninth through 14th centuries. Some of the in rural areas with no access to dental ser- world’s most magnificent architectural mas- vices. It’s difficult to travel into the cities terpieces, the temples of Angkor, were built because of their poverty and the horrendous between 900 and 1200 A.D. near Siem Reap, condition of the roads. They don’t see a a city of 700,000 where Ryder stays on his dentist until they’re in terrible pain, their visits. These temples attract nearly a million jaws are swollen, or they’re in critical condi- A journey visitors annually, and Ryder himself is often tion. People in Third World countries die drawn to the sites, interspersing his relief of dental disease. work with his love of photography. Because working conditions are so primi- Another Cambodian tourist site of a tive, Ryder and other dentists are somewhat markedly different nature are the “killing limited as to what they can do. For minor fields” where the Khmer Rouge, a name cavities, they excavate decay with hand of compassion given to Cambodian Communists, buried instruments and fill the holes with a self- victims of large-scale genocide during 1975- setting resin, but extractions are by far the 1979. Khmer Rouge soldiers systematically most common procedure. Ryder knows only On tiptoes, barefoot children crowd the windows and doors of the worn schoolhouse in rural killed an estimated 1.7 million Cambodians, a few phrases in the Khmer language, such Cambodia. There is no window glass, and they lean inside to see the dentists from America and or 21 percent of the entire population. Intel- as “Are you numb?” and “Is that painful?” lectuals and skilled workers like physicians “Those who come to us will wait in line Ireland. Dressed in green scrubs, the three dentists move the wooden desks near the windows to and teachers — and dentists — were tortured all day if they have to,” he explains. “They get as much light as possible, since there is no electricity. If they push two desks together, it’s long and assassinated. The radical government are very, very grateful for what we do. You O closed schools, factories and banks. can see it in their eyes.” Sometimes a patient enough for a child to lie down. • On this warm day in August, the dentists will treat 76 children. Ryder is haunted by the education sys- will stand before Ryder and put his hands Some of them have walked for almost a day to get here, to ease the pain of decaying teeth. Many tem’s many limitations. Cambodia’s dental together in a praying position, and touch his school in Phnom Penh didn’t re-open until nose and chin. They speak a few words of have never seen a dentist before. And they are all here because of Dr. Jon Ryder ’93. 1998, and another dental school just opened Khmer, which loosely translate to: I see you at International University in Phnom Penh. as myself. I can see the importance of you. “After 30 years of civil war, regional conflict “It’s very emotional for me,” Ryder says. and foreign occupation, the Cambodian “I appreciate them giving me the opportunity medical education system lacks advanced to help. That makes me feel good. But there medical schools, qualified teachers, highly are a lot of things that make me feel bad, skilled professors, unified medical curricula particularly when I’m leaving Cambodia and

PHOTOGRAPHY BY JON RYDER

22 23 dentist from LeClaire, Iowa, Awith a successful local practice, Ryder has created his own relief mission in one of the most impoverished regions of the world. But his abiding interest in Southeast Asia, a people and place he reveres, is now leading him on a personal journey into the very heart of Cambodia, where he has assumed an even larger role in the rebuilding of a country.

Helping others help themselves and basic medical texts,” Children crowd near the window Ryder majored in Asian Studies and philoso- says Ryder, who is also an to watch a dentist from Ireland phy at Augustana, and seems to reflect the adjunct assistant professor examine a boy from their village. temperament of both. He is soft-spoken and at the University of Iowa unassuming, his face reflecting a meditative College of Dentistry. “As a result, most soul. He continues to study the region and Khmer medical workers do not receive ade- its culture, and can recite its history like quate classroom and clinical training.” his own. There are 30 physicians and 18 dentists The Khmer empire, based in what is now to serve every 100,000 Cambodians, Ryder Cambodia, was a powerful kingdom in the says. About 85 percent of the population lives ninth through 14th centuries. Some of the in rural areas with no access to dental ser- world’s most magnificent architectural mas- vices. It’s difficult to travel into the cities terpieces, the temples of Angkor, were built because of their poverty and the horrendous between 900 and 1200 A.D. near Siem Reap, condition of the roads. They don’t see a a city of 700,000 where Ryder stays on his dentist until they’re in terrible pain, their visits. These temples attract nearly a million jaws are swollen, or they’re in critical condi- A journey visitors annually, and Ryder himself is often tion. People in Third World countries die drawn to the sites, interspersing his relief of dental disease. work with his love of photography. Because working conditions are so primi- Another Cambodian tourist site of a tive, Ryder and other dentists are somewhat markedly different nature are the “killing limited as to what they can do. For minor fields” where the Khmer Rouge, a name cavities, they excavate decay with hand of compassion given to Cambodian Communists, buried instruments and fill the holes with a self- victims of large-scale genocide during 1975- setting resin, but extractions are by far the 1979. Khmer Rouge soldiers systematically most common procedure. Ryder knows only On tiptoes, barefoot children crowd the windows and doors of the worn schoolhouse in rural killed an estimated 1.7 million Cambodians, a few phrases in the Khmer language, such Cambodia. There is no window glass, and they lean inside to see the dentists from America and or 21 percent of the entire population. Intel- as “Are you numb?” and “Is that painful?” lectuals and skilled workers like physicians “Those who come to us will wait in line Ireland. Dressed in green scrubs, the three dentists move the wooden desks near the windows to and teachers — and dentists — were tortured all day if they have to,” he explains. “They get as much light as possible, since there is no electricity. If they push two desks together, it’s long and assassinated. The radical government are very, very grateful for what we do. You O closed schools, factories and banks. can see it in their eyes.” Sometimes a patient enough for a child to lie down. • On this warm day in August, the dentists will treat 76 children. Ryder is haunted by the education sys- will stand before Ryder and put his hands Some of them have walked for almost a day to get here, to ease the pain of decaying teeth. Many tem’s many limitations. Cambodia’s dental together in a praying position, and touch his school in Phnom Penh didn’t re-open until nose and chin. They speak a few words of have never seen a dentist before. And they are all here because of Dr. Jon Ryder ’93. 1998, and another dental school just opened Khmer, which loosely translate to: I see you at International University in Phnom Penh. as myself. I can see the importance of you. “After 30 years of civil war, regional conflict “It’s very emotional for me,” Ryder says. and foreign occupation, the Cambodian “I appreciate them giving me the opportunity medical education system lacks advanced to help. That makes me feel good. But there medical schools, qualified teachers, highly are a lot of things that make me feel bad, skilled professors, unified medical curricula particularly when I’m leaving Cambodia and

PHOTOGRAPHY BY JON RYDER

22 23 I know the work I was doing is stopping. Dentist/Doctor/Teacher initiative as a model found himself at Augustana, immersed in koto, a Japanese stringed instrument, and That’s why it’s important to teach them. for impoverished areas around the globe. the study of Asian Studies and philosophy. give a koto recital. “As far as I know, we’ve Then they will find ways to help themselves.” As a married student with two young sons, never had a pre-dental student come to Augie To that end, Ryder works with the Ang- Beat of a different drum Ryder felt more connected to the faculty and work not just to prepare himself for den- kor Hospital for Children in Siem Reap as Ryder can’t remember a time when he wasn’t than the other students. tal school, but also to expand his knowledge the co-administrator of its Pediatric Dental interested in East and Southeast Asia. His He remembers one-on-one conversations about Asia which included more than a year Residency Program. This program combines grandmother even willed him the small with Dr. James Winship, Dr. Norm Moline of koto lessons,” Symons says. “Jon is the per- the assistance of international dentists and Buddha statue he liked to play with as a and especially Dr. Van Symons, his adviser. fect embodiment of the liberal arts ideal.” universities to provide state-of-the-art educa- young boy. Before he enrolled in college, “I think maybe it was the first time in my After graduating from Augustana, Ryder tion and a certificate to Cambodian dentists he took Japanese lessons on his own. life that I found people who were like- attended the University of Iowa College of who want to specialize in pediatric dentistry. But an equally strong interest in music minded, and interested in Asia, its history Dentistry on the advice of one of his former Ryder is coordinating the efforts of a commanded his attention after high school. and people,” Ryder says. “I very much band buddies, who also happens to be a den- handful of dentists — from the United States, Ryder played the drums, and enjoyed the enjoyed my time there.” tist. He earned the Doctor of Dental Surgery Australia, the United Kingdom and Thai- artistic lifestyle. He played in “hundreds” For his senior project in Asian Studies, (D.D.S.) degree, and after practicing for a land — who have volunteered to help establish of bands. To pay the bills, he worked as a Ryder chose to write original music for the year, bought what is now called Great River this teaching program. “My plan is to do this clerk in music stores. In the end, however, Dentistry in Davenport. as quickly as possible to get them to a point it wasn’t enough for him intellectually, or Angkor Wat temple complex where they are taking care of themselves,” he for his family financially. Not just about dental care says. “So, over the next couple of years, we’ll At the age of 29, Ryder registered for First-time visitors, especially Americans, may get the programs in place, and have at least his first class at Scott Community College be shocked at the number of children living Sharing his view of the world two or three locally trained pediatric dentists in Davenport, Iowa. Two years later, he on the streets in Siem Reap. They are not Dr. Jon Ryder ’93 might say it all began with photography. His passion to share foreign cultures. His love who can train others.” necessarily orphans; their parents simply can’t of exotic travel. And ultimately, his first trip to Cambodia. Ryder also is assisting Cambodians afford to take care of them and send them to Ryder is trying to raise Cambodia’s standards of “I’d been thinking for a long time that I wanted to go there,” Ryder says, “and then I noticed a call for through the Adopt-a-Dentist/Doctor/Teacher school. Some are missing limbs, the result of care. This toaster oven is used by others to sterilize help in Cambodia on the ADA [American Dental Association] website. I thought what a great way to visit initiative he created with United Planet, a polio or a land mine explosion. They spend instruments. Below, Ryder treats a woman while an Cambodia—to volunteer my time, meet the people and take photos.” non-profit charity based in Boston, Mass., most days begging for food and money. assistant (off-camera) shines a flashlight on her. His hero is photojournalist Steve McCurry, whose photographs from Cambodia, specifically of the that provides volunteer opportunities around On his three-week trip to Cambodia last Angkor Wat temple complexes near Siem Reap, had always intrigued Ryder. Most have seen at least one the world. The Adopt-a-Dentist program August, Ryder brought along his 15-year-old of McCurry’s photographs. In 1985, his unforgettable photo of a 12-year-old Afghani refugee girl with enables donors to pay the salary of a Cambo- son Jeffrey and two of his friends. While piercing green eyes graced the cover of National Geographic, and by some accounts became the most dian dentist or dental nurse who will provide Ryder was treating patients, Jeffrey worked recognized photo in the world. care in rural communities that otherwise on a project for the Angkor Participatory During his career, McCurry covered areas of international and civil conflict and won many of photo- couldn’t afford it. Development Organization (APDO), a non- journalism’s highest awards. “I appreciate his work because of his ability to capture and transmit the “We’re very grateful for Jon’s deep under- governmental organization in Siem Reap for human condition with such simplistic artistry,” Ryder says. standing of the difficult healthcare issues fac- which Ryder is a board member. Ryder was exposed to photography at an early age because his parents owned a newspaper, but he ing the people of Cambodia and his foresight APDO’s mission is to create and provide didn’t pursue it seriously until six years ago. That’s when he began attending workshops led by profes- in developing this program,” says David San- sustainable development programs for the sional photographers such as McCurry, and fine-tuning his skills on trips to unfamiliar lands. tulli, executive director of United Planet. underprivileged, such as building micro- Similar to McCurry’s work, Ryder wants his images to tell a story and stir the viewer’s emotions. “I “We weren’t always able to provide a steady libraries in villages. Jeffrey catalogued 1,000 like my photographs to be a witness to life,” he explains. “I’d like them to both educate, and elicit a stream of healthcare volunteers to Cambodia. books in a village library, basically introduc- sense of compassion in the viewer.” Jon developed this program to enable local ing the Dewey Decimal system on index In the waiting room of his dental office in Davenport, Iowa, Ryder displays several of his photographs, professionals to help the communities in cards. (With no electricity two kilometers usually taken in places most of his patients have never visited. When they ask about his art, he’ll some- need on a more constant basis.” outside of Siem Reap, a computerized times share the whole story, talking about the needs of the Cambodian people and the many available Even sending a local dental nurse to a inventory wasn’t an option.) Jeffrey’s friends opportunities to help them. A yellow Post-It stuck on his office computer lists the names of patients who village to teach people how to brush their volunteered at a street orphanage. are interested in volunteering through United Planet. teeth, and then giving them enough tooth- Ryder feels it’s important that all Ameri- Today, Ryder and McCurry find their paths have converged. Both serve on the board of United Planet, brushes to last a year, would cost no more cans, especially young people, see the truth the world’s largest cultural exchange and non-profit educational charity that provides volunteer opportu- than $100, Ryder says. “We’re talking about about our world. “Here you hear everyone nities in more than 30 countries. tens of dollars to make this happen. It doesn’t complaining about their problems — ah, my “Jon has an uncommon sensitivity to and appreciation of people of diverse cultures,” says David take much to make a big difference.” batteries in my iPod went dead — and they Santulli, executive director of United Planet. “His images truly tell the story of the man. When you see his Santulli says if funding becomes available, act like it’s a disaster. Many Cambodians photos, you understand the tenderness and compassion that he shares for others.” United Planet intends to use Ryder’s Adopt-a- have nothing, and they are an unbelievably Ryder’s next destination for photography? Northern Laos. cheerful people.” (continued on p. 47)

24 Augustana Magazine | Fall 2005 25 I know the work I was doing is stopping. Dentist/Doctor/Teacher initiative as a model found himself at Augustana, immersed in koto, a Japanese stringed instrument, and That’s why it’s important to teach them. for impoverished areas around the globe. the study of Asian Studies and philosophy. give a koto recital. “As far as I know, we’ve Then they will find ways to help themselves.” As a married student with two young sons, never had a pre-dental student come to Augie To that end, Ryder works with the Ang- Beat of a different drum Ryder felt more connected to the faculty and work not just to prepare himself for den- kor Hospital for Children in Siem Reap as Ryder can’t remember a time when he wasn’t than the other students. tal school, but also to expand his knowledge the co-administrator of its Pediatric Dental interested in East and Southeast Asia. His He remembers one-on-one conversations about Asia which included more than a year Residency Program. This program combines grandmother even willed him the small with Dr. James Winship, Dr. Norm Moline of koto lessons,” Symons says. “Jon is the per- the assistance of international dentists and Buddha statue he liked to play with as a and especially Dr. Van Symons, his adviser. fect embodiment of the liberal arts ideal.” universities to provide state-of-the-art educa- young boy. Before he enrolled in college, “I think maybe it was the first time in my After graduating from Augustana, Ryder tion and a certificate to Cambodian dentists he took Japanese lessons on his own. life that I found people who were like- attended the University of Iowa College of who want to specialize in pediatric dentistry. But an equally strong interest in music minded, and interested in Asia, its history Dentistry on the advice of one of his former Ryder is coordinating the efforts of a commanded his attention after high school. and people,” Ryder says. “I very much band buddies, who also happens to be a den- handful of dentists — from the United States, Ryder played the drums, and enjoyed the enjoyed my time there.” tist. He earned the Doctor of Dental Surgery Australia, the United Kingdom and Thai- artistic lifestyle. He played in “hundreds” For his senior project in Asian Studies, (D.D.S.) degree, and after practicing for a land — who have volunteered to help establish of bands. To pay the bills, he worked as a Ryder chose to write original music for the year, bought what is now called Great River this teaching program. “My plan is to do this clerk in music stores. In the end, however, Dentistry in Davenport. as quickly as possible to get them to a point it wasn’t enough for him intellectually, or Angkor Wat temple complex where they are taking care of themselves,” he for his family financially. Not just about dental care says. “So, over the next couple of years, we’ll At the age of 29, Ryder registered for First-time visitors, especially Americans, may get the programs in place, and have at least his first class at Scott Community College be shocked at the number of children living Sharing his view of the world two or three locally trained pediatric dentists in Davenport, Iowa. Two years later, he on the streets in Siem Reap. They are not Dr. Jon Ryder ’93 might say it all began with photography. His passion to share foreign cultures. His love who can train others.” necessarily orphans; their parents simply can’t of exotic travel. And ultimately, his first trip to Cambodia. Ryder also is assisting Cambodians afford to take care of them and send them to Ryder is trying to raise Cambodia’s standards of “I’d been thinking for a long time that I wanted to go there,” Ryder says, “and then I noticed a call for through the Adopt-a-Dentist/Doctor/Teacher school. Some are missing limbs, the result of care. This toaster oven is used by others to sterilize help in Cambodia on the ADA [American Dental Association] website. I thought what a great way to visit initiative he created with United Planet, a polio or a land mine explosion. They spend instruments. Below, Ryder treats a woman while an Cambodia—to volunteer my time, meet the people and take photos.” non-profit charity based in Boston, Mass., most days begging for food and money. assistant (off-camera) shines a flashlight on her. His hero is photojournalist Steve McCurry, whose photographs from Cambodia, specifically of the that provides volunteer opportunities around On his three-week trip to Cambodia last Angkor Wat temple complexes near Siem Reap, had always intrigued Ryder. Most have seen at least one the world. The Adopt-a-Dentist program August, Ryder brought along his 15-year-old of McCurry’s photographs. In 1985, his unforgettable photo of a 12-year-old Afghani refugee girl with enables donors to pay the salary of a Cambo- son Jeffrey and two of his friends. While piercing green eyes graced the cover of National Geographic, and by some accounts became the most dian dentist or dental nurse who will provide Ryder was treating patients, Jeffrey worked recognized photo in the world. care in rural communities that otherwise on a project for the Angkor Participatory During his career, McCurry covered areas of international and civil conflict and won many of photo- couldn’t afford it. Development Organization (APDO), a non- journalism’s highest awards. “I appreciate his work because of his ability to capture and transmit the “We’re very grateful for Jon’s deep under- governmental organization in Siem Reap for human condition with such simplistic artistry,” Ryder says. standing of the difficult healthcare issues fac- which Ryder is a board member. Ryder was exposed to photography at an early age because his parents owned a newspaper, but he ing the people of Cambodia and his foresight APDO’s mission is to create and provide didn’t pursue it seriously until six years ago. That’s when he began attending workshops led by profes- in developing this program,” says David San- sustainable development programs for the sional photographers such as McCurry, and fine-tuning his skills on trips to unfamiliar lands. tulli, executive director of United Planet. underprivileged, such as building micro- Similar to McCurry’s work, Ryder wants his images to tell a story and stir the viewer’s emotions. “I “We weren’t always able to provide a steady libraries in villages. Jeffrey catalogued 1,000 like my photographs to be a witness to life,” he explains. “I’d like them to both educate, and elicit a stream of healthcare volunteers to Cambodia. books in a village library, basically introduc- sense of compassion in the viewer.” Jon developed this program to enable local ing the Dewey Decimal system on index In the waiting room of his dental office in Davenport, Iowa, Ryder displays several of his photographs, professionals to help the communities in cards. (With no electricity two kilometers usually taken in places most of his patients have never visited. When they ask about his art, he’ll some- need on a more constant basis.” outside of Siem Reap, a computerized times share the whole story, talking about the needs of the Cambodian people and the many available Even sending a local dental nurse to a inventory wasn’t an option.) Jeffrey’s friends opportunities to help them. A yellow Post-It stuck on his office computer lists the names of patients who village to teach people how to brush their volunteered at a street orphanage. are interested in volunteering through United Planet. teeth, and then giving them enough tooth- Ryder feels it’s important that all Ameri- Today, Ryder and McCurry find their paths have converged. Both serve on the board of United Planet, brushes to last a year, would cost no more cans, especially young people, see the truth the world’s largest cultural exchange and non-profit educational charity that provides volunteer opportu- than $100, Ryder says. “We’re talking about about our world. “Here you hear everyone nities in more than 30 countries. tens of dollars to make this happen. It doesn’t complaining about their problems — ah, my “Jon has an uncommon sensitivity to and appreciation of people of diverse cultures,” says David take much to make a big difference.” batteries in my iPod went dead — and they Santulli, executive director of United Planet. “His images truly tell the story of the man. When you see his Santulli says if funding becomes available, act like it’s a disaster. Many Cambodians photos, you understand the tenderness and compassion that he shares for others.” United Planet intends to use Ryder’s Adopt-a- have nothing, and they are an unbelievably Ryder’s next destination for photography? Northern Laos. cheerful people.” (continued on p. 47)

24 Augustana Magazine | Fall 2005 25 Studentessay

The story of a woman named Joy

and why you’re standing there; they Again we turn our thanks back fall away and there is only singing. You to her, for we know full well are a whole of sounds and souls breath- that the night’s wonder would ing through the deep sentiments of the not have been were it not for chords’ rising and falling, singing not at the people who spoke so clearly an audience, but for and somehow with to us with their eyes. “Yes,” a group of people. Tonight they listen she says. “We communicated. with all of their being; they too have You sang and we listened back, dropped their guards. Here we have and God was here.” She tells made music, we on the risers and we us we will always have a home in the straight wooden pews. And that at their church, and I do not room with the light pink walls and the doubt it; there I feel safe, even tall, open ceiling becomes a place where now as I sit in my small room the air is soft and supple and very much seven thousand miles away. alive, a place of sharing and of safety, And so I have stood in the Augustana Choir member Elizabeth Janicek takes a moment to reflect on her experiences in China (jon hurty photo). of intimacy; a place where pain and mountains of Hong Kong happiness are granted the beauty and hugging a small woman with by Elizabeth Janicek ’07 As children, we imagine that our They are home to someone not so dif- as they can see ours. When we sing sincerity they deserve. vibrant, loving eyes. Despite backyard holes, dug deep enough, will ferent from us. We will not understand the Chinese folk song, they sit up even All this leads a few of us to Joy on cultural and linguistic differ- The Augustana Choir toured China lead us all the way to China, but as we each other fully, but there will be taller or lean forward on the pews in the dusky balcony when the singing is ences, we are fellow humans, for three weeks last summer, thanks grow, we find entire worlds within our moments of penetrating clarity; we will front of them; they smile continually done. Her face shines with the radiance drawn together in the moments in part to a Freeman Foundation’s yards and schools and families, and the make eye contact of oceanic depth and and clap quietly with the familiar song. of a child and the wisdom of a mother, when emotions run purest by “Building Bridges” grant. For choir novelty of exploration is quickly breathe with the deepest of honesties. They listen vibrantly and give such and her name is a perfect expression some joyful magnetism, some member Elizabeth Janicek, climbing watered down. Soon China is a charac- Then we will go home. But we will energy to all that we sing. During the of her spirit. Our exchange with her common spirit, some under- (Top) Joy Wai Man, wife of the pastor at Chung Chi College Chapel the historic Great Wall and even ter in books—the histories of an older remember always, and we will tell our more serious pieces, they follow care- overflows with energy and too, I think, standing that comes from being (bottom). visiting Tiananmen Square weren’t generation, and a manufacturing loca- children of the people that we knew so fully the translations in the programs, with love, and had it been able, the moved in the same unspeakable as inspiring as her experience during tion printed on our clothing and elec- well for moments. My children will dipping their heads to drink in the air between us would have glowed in way. These moments of con- the choir’s first concert. tronics. But we are the children of hear the story of a woman named Joy. texts, then watching us intently, listen- warm, bright colors. She reaches out nection evade cultural studies globalization; we are members all of a In my mind, she’s colored as warmly ing to the way the words play out in to squeeze my hand, our wide smiles and transcend translation; they are global community, and the soil through as light and blanketed in the cool chords, to the way excitement and unwilling to rest, and again thanks fundamental elements of humanity that which we once sought tunnels now wisdom of morning’s mist. Joy is the despair find their way into rhythm us for sharing of our selves. She tells keep us vulnerable, teachable and alive. plays the role of both runway and land- pastor’s wife at the Chung Chi College and timbre. us that our music was beautiful, that ing strip. We can visit this soil at the Chapel, perched in the mountains at Their interest fuels us, I think, into they have been blessed by our message. earth’s farthest shores; we can stand on The Chinese University of Hong Kong, a sort of immediacy that comes only it to greet even our most distant neigh- the home of our first concert in China. unanticipated. It opens you out into the The many parts of earth that we do not call home bors. And the many parts of earth that The audience that night is small and clean air when you have forgotten to be may feel unfamiliar, but they ought not feel strange. we do not call home may feel unfamil- eager. The room is lit evenly, and we self-conscious. And in those moments, They are home to someone not so different from us. iar, but they ought not feel strange. can see the faces of the listeners just you forget the details of yourself, of how

26 Augustana Magazine | Fall 2005 27 Studentessay

The story of a woman named Joy

and why you’re standing there; they Again we turn our thanks back fall away and there is only singing. You to her, for we know full well are a whole of sounds and souls breath- that the night’s wonder would ing through the deep sentiments of the not have been were it not for chords’ rising and falling, singing not at the people who spoke so clearly an audience, but for and somehow with to us with their eyes. “Yes,” a group of people. Tonight they listen she says. “We communicated. with all of their being; they too have You sang and we listened back, dropped their guards. Here we have and God was here.” She tells made music, we on the risers and we us we will always have a home in the straight wooden pews. And that at their church, and I do not room with the light pink walls and the doubt it; there I feel safe, even tall, open ceiling becomes a place where now as I sit in my small room the air is soft and supple and very much seven thousand miles away. alive, a place of sharing and of safety, And so I have stood in the Augustana Choir member Elizabeth Janicek takes a moment to reflect on her experiences in China (jon hurty photo). of intimacy; a place where pain and mountains of Hong Kong happiness are granted the beauty and hugging a small woman with by Elizabeth Janicek ’07 As children, we imagine that our They are home to someone not so dif- as they can see ours. When we sing sincerity they deserve. vibrant, loving eyes. Despite backyard holes, dug deep enough, will ferent from us. We will not understand the Chinese folk song, they sit up even All this leads a few of us to Joy on cultural and linguistic differ- The Augustana Choir toured China lead us all the way to China, but as we each other fully, but there will be taller or lean forward on the pews in the dusky balcony when the singing is ences, we are fellow humans, for three weeks last summer, thanks grow, we find entire worlds within our moments of penetrating clarity; we will front of them; they smile continually done. Her face shines with the radiance drawn together in the moments in part to a Freeman Foundation’s yards and schools and families, and the make eye contact of oceanic depth and and clap quietly with the familiar song. of a child and the wisdom of a mother, when emotions run purest by “Building Bridges” grant. For choir novelty of exploration is quickly breathe with the deepest of honesties. They listen vibrantly and give such and her name is a perfect expression some joyful magnetism, some member Elizabeth Janicek, climbing watered down. Soon China is a charac- Then we will go home. But we will energy to all that we sing. During the of her spirit. Our exchange with her common spirit, some under- (Top) Joy Wai Man, wife of the pastor at Chung Chi College Chapel the historic Great Wall and even ter in books—the histories of an older remember always, and we will tell our more serious pieces, they follow care- overflows with energy and too, I think, standing that comes from being (bottom). visiting Tiananmen Square weren’t generation, and a manufacturing loca- children of the people that we knew so fully the translations in the programs, with love, and had it been able, the moved in the same unspeakable as inspiring as her experience during tion printed on our clothing and elec- well for moments. My children will dipping their heads to drink in the air between us would have glowed in way. These moments of con- the choir’s first concert. tronics. But we are the children of hear the story of a woman named Joy. texts, then watching us intently, listen- warm, bright colors. She reaches out nection evade cultural studies globalization; we are members all of a In my mind, she’s colored as warmly ing to the way the words play out in to squeeze my hand, our wide smiles and transcend translation; they are global community, and the soil through as light and blanketed in the cool chords, to the way excitement and unwilling to rest, and again thanks fundamental elements of humanity that which we once sought tunnels now wisdom of morning’s mist. Joy is the despair find their way into rhythm us for sharing of our selves. She tells keep us vulnerable, teachable and alive. plays the role of both runway and land- pastor’s wife at the Chung Chi College and timbre. us that our music was beautiful, that ing strip. We can visit this soil at the Chapel, perched in the mountains at Their interest fuels us, I think, into they have been blessed by our message. earth’s farthest shores; we can stand on The Chinese University of Hong Kong, a sort of immediacy that comes only it to greet even our most distant neigh- the home of our first concert in China. unanticipated. It opens you out into the The many parts of earth that we do not call home bors. And the many parts of earth that The audience that night is small and clean air when you have forgotten to be may feel unfamiliar, but they ought not feel strange. we do not call home may feel unfamil- eager. The room is lit evenly, and we self-conscious. And in those moments, They are home to someone not so different from us. iar, but they ought not feel strange. can see the faces of the listeners just you forget the details of yourself, of how

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From left: Chris Atkins, Jarrod Ammons and Patricia Gallegos. 25Faculty and staff with 25 years of service were also

“The benefit of grace allows you to face the small and the incidence of cancer in people. The Rt. Rev. Thomas Laiser, bishop honored at the Alumni and large challenges of life and more deeply appre- “Making connections where people of the Arusha diocese of the Evangelical Association awards ban- ciate the joys and triumphs,” he said. “And be sure have not made them before…that comes Lutheran Church in Tanzania, delivered quet last May. This year’s that you bestow grace upon others, for this too will right from my Augie experience,” he said. the commencement benediction. Laiser enrich your life and the greater world.” Senior Kyle Minch announced the was on campus to celebrate the gradu- honorees were: Diane His liberal arts experience, Gottschling told Class of 2005’s gift to the college: a two- ation of Pamela Maeda, also from the Carnithan ’95, coordi- graduates, enhanced his life in surprising ways. part gift where half of the contributions Arusha diocese, who From his first term on campus, when exploring will fund a class scholarship and half will studied at Augustana nator of international the meaning of “grace” in a religion class with Dr. go into the Augustana Annual Fund. Graduates have through a partnership student admissions; Peter Beckman ’49, Gottschling began to integrate the option of designating their Augustana Annual Fund between the college and Lowell Dorman, general his thinking. Translating discussions about linear donation to benefit a specific department or area. the ELCA’s Northern algebra with Dr. Doug Nelson ’66 to Illinois Synod (a com- manager of WVIK; Dr. what he was learning in physics, and panion synod to the Dona Dungan ’74, profes- during his address at the 145th then making connections to biology Arusha diocese). Commencement Convocation, speaker Dr. and economics revealed a new way At the Baccalaureate sor of computer science; Daniel Gottschling ’77 caught senior Ryan of thinking. In a writing class with service earlier in the day, Dr. Bohdan Dziadyk, Anderson by surprise by asking him to define Dr. Roald Tweet, he was finally able the Rev. Lawrence Clark, professor of biology; “grace.” When Anderson stepped up to the to put “all my ideas that had been Top: Dr. Darrin Good ’87 and Denise Kurasz ’05; Rt. assistant to the bishop podium as class representative, he imme- mulling around in my head down Rev. Thomas Laiser and President Steven Bahls of the Metropolitan David Myatt ’80, associ- diately asked Gottschling — with grace, of on paper.” Chicago Synod, ELCA, preached a rousing sermon. ate director of financial course — for an extension. “And since then, for me, I’ve “A wide range of graduates, parents, alumni and faculty Gottschling, a research scientist at the always been looking for connections found it riveting,” said Pastor Richard Priggie ’74, college assistance; Dr. Richard Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center where I didn’t expect them to be,” chaplain. “He began by saying that he was ‘proud to be a Narske ’64, professor of in Seattle, Wash., encouraged the 506 mem- Gottschling said. In fact, in the can- Lutheran and unashamed to be African-American,’ and what bers of the Class of 2005 to remember that cer research lab that shares his name, followed was an inspirational call to gratitude and praise. chemistry; and Megan grace — unmerited kindness and benign Dr. Daniel Gottschling ’77 he uses yeast as a model system to “I know we all went forth from Centennial Hall with a Quinn, professor of art. goodwill — was bestowed upon them during investigate fundamental questions heightened sense of thankfulness for our Augustana experi- their years at Augustana. in biology. One particular area of interest is under- ence and for the gift of being alive.” standing the striking link between increasing age

Alumniawards 2005 that the business is about more than simply finding with the U.S. Olympic Committee. He is now the as noted at the banquet, his family was always and filling jobs. director of NDB Development, a branch of the U.S. LaCroix’s greatest priority, and it was his sacrifice Commencement at Augustana always coincides Lori Ridlbauer ’86 Roderick. Roderick’s personal, Olympic Committee. that allowed his son Gary and daughter Debbie to with an event-filled Alumni Weekend. The annual narrative style of ceramic work shows a sensibility attend Augustana. (Gary LaCroix ’67 accepted this Alumni Association awards banquet is held to recog- toward the individual within a community; like- Timothy Schmitz ’88. Schmitz has served in the award for his father, who died May 19 at the age of 87.) nize outstanding achievement and service on the wise, her career has taken her into the public art Illinois House of Representatives since 1999. As part of alumni and friends of the college. This realm. Currently she proposes, implements and Assistant Republican Leader, he has focused on Fred Marzolph. In 1958, while Marzolph was still year’s honorees were: oversees public art projects for arts agencies serving From left: Eric Parthen ’94 and Timothy Schmitz ’88; Richard John Jr. ’79, From left: A. Leonard ’43 and Annette Anderson ’44 Lindstrom, Robert such issues as child support enforcement, housing a photographer at the Moline Dispatch, Augustana’s Outstanding Achievement six counties in the Quad-City area. Lori Ridlbauer ’86 Roderick and Phillip Hoffman ’73. Ward ’50, Fred Marzolph and urban development, workers’ compensation Frank Telleen asked if he could shoot a few sports Phillip Hoffman ’73 . As a career member of Outstanding Service and unemployment, and public safety. photos. Four Augustana presidents later, Marzolph the Senior Foreign Service of the United States, volunteer teams. He has written a book, Messengers has photographed thousands of students. He was A. Leonard ’43 and Annette Anderson ’44 were instrumental in forming the Playcrafters Hoffman has specialized in public diplomacy: of Love, which is somewhat of an autobiography that Honorary Alumni the official photographer for the NCAA Division III Lindstrom. The Lindstroms met in the Augustana theatre group. Len currently reads at APRIS–WVIK, managing programs that explain U.S. policy and begins with his days at Augustana. Kenneth LaCroix. LaCroix served in various leader- tournaments at Augustana, and his photos have Choir in the early 1940s and later married. Together while Annette is active in the Augustana Endow- society to international audiences. ship roles at Trinity Lutheran Church in Chicago. appeared in national publications. they served on the steering committee that formed ment Society. Finest Under Forty After retiring from a 37-year career in cabinetmak- Richard John Jr. ’79. John is head of The Sedona St. James Lutheran Church in Rock Island, and Dr. Rev. Robert Ward ’50. Although he retired Outstanding Achievement ing, he and his wife Helen Mae volunteered at Group, a national staffing firm that thrives on true sang in the church’s choir for 50 years. Len and from the World Mission Prayer League in 1992, Eric Parthen ’94. Sometimes an internship leads to Augustana Hospital in Chicago, where they were entrepreneurial spirit, drive and a passionate belief Annette, both accomplished musicians and actors, Ward has returned to Africa almost yearly to lead a full-time career. As a student, Parthen interned named Co-Volunteers for the Year in 1984. But

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From left: Chris Atkins, Jarrod Ammons and Patricia Gallegos. 25Faculty and staff with 25 years of service were also

“The benefit of grace allows you to face the small and the incidence of cancer in people. The Rt. Rev. Thomas Laiser, bishop honored at the Alumni and large challenges of life and more deeply appre- “Making connections where people of the Arusha diocese of the Evangelical Association awards ban- ciate the joys and triumphs,” he said. “And be sure have not made them before…that comes Lutheran Church in Tanzania, delivered quet last May. This year’s that you bestow grace upon others, for this too will right from my Augie experience,” he said. the commencement benediction. Laiser enrich your life and the greater world.” Senior Kyle Minch announced the was on campus to celebrate the gradu- honorees were: Diane His liberal arts experience, Gottschling told Class of 2005’s gift to the college: a two- ation of Pamela Maeda, also from the Carnithan ’95, coordi- graduates, enhanced his life in surprising ways. part gift where half of the contributions Arusha diocese, who From his first term on campus, when exploring will fund a class scholarship and half will studied at Augustana nator of international the meaning of “grace” in a religion class with Dr. go into the Augustana Annual Fund. Graduates have through a partnership student admissions; Peter Beckman ’49, Gottschling began to integrate the option of designating their Augustana Annual Fund between the college and Lowell Dorman, general his thinking. Translating discussions about linear donation to benefit a specific department or area. the ELCA’s Northern algebra with Dr. Doug Nelson ’66 to Illinois Synod (a com- manager of WVIK; Dr. what he was learning in physics, and panion synod to the Dona Dungan ’74, profes- during his address at the 145th then making connections to biology Arusha diocese). Commencement Convocation, speaker Dr. and economics revealed a new way At the Baccalaureate sor of computer science; Daniel Gottschling ’77 caught senior Ryan of thinking. In a writing class with service earlier in the day, Dr. Bohdan Dziadyk, Anderson by surprise by asking him to define Dr. Roald Tweet, he was finally able the Rev. Lawrence Clark, professor of biology; “grace.” When Anderson stepped up to the to put “all my ideas that had been Top: Dr. Darrin Good ’87 and Denise Kurasz ’05; Rt. assistant to the bishop podium as class representative, he imme- mulling around in my head down Rev. Thomas Laiser and President Steven Bahls of the Metropolitan David Myatt ’80, associ- diately asked Gottschling — with grace, of on paper.” Chicago Synod, ELCA, preached a rousing sermon. ate director of financial course — for an extension. “And since then, for me, I’ve “A wide range of graduates, parents, alumni and faculty Gottschling, a research scientist at the always been looking for connections found it riveting,” said Pastor Richard Priggie ’74, college assistance; Dr. Richard Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center where I didn’t expect them to be,” chaplain. “He began by saying that he was ‘proud to be a Narske ’64, professor of in Seattle, Wash., encouraged the 506 mem- Gottschling said. In fact, in the can- Lutheran and unashamed to be African-American,’ and what bers of the Class of 2005 to remember that cer research lab that shares his name, followed was an inspirational call to gratitude and praise. chemistry; and Megan grace — unmerited kindness and benign Dr. Daniel Gottschling ’77 he uses yeast as a model system to “I know we all went forth from Centennial Hall with a Quinn, professor of art. goodwill — was bestowed upon them during investigate fundamental questions heightened sense of thankfulness for our Augustana experi- their years at Augustana. in biology. One particular area of interest is under- ence and for the gift of being alive.” standing the striking link between increasing age

Alumniawards 2005 that the business is about more than simply finding with the U.S. Olympic Committee. He is now the as noted at the banquet, his family was always and filling jobs. director of NDB Development, a branch of the U.S. LaCroix’s greatest priority, and it was his sacrifice Commencement at Augustana always coincides Lori Ridlbauer ’86 Roderick. Roderick’s personal, Olympic Committee. that allowed his son Gary and daughter Debbie to with an event-filled Alumni Weekend. The annual narrative style of ceramic work shows a sensibility attend Augustana. (Gary LaCroix ’67 accepted this Alumni Association awards banquet is held to recog- toward the individual within a community; like- Timothy Schmitz ’88. Schmitz has served in the award for his father, who died May 19 at the age of 87.) nize outstanding achievement and service on the wise, her career has taken her into the public art Illinois House of Representatives since 1999. As part of alumni and friends of the college. This realm. Currently she proposes, implements and Assistant Republican Leader, he has focused on Fred Marzolph. In 1958, while Marzolph was still year’s honorees were: oversees public art projects for arts agencies serving From left: Eric Parthen ’94 and Timothy Schmitz ’88; Richard John Jr. ’79, From left: A. Leonard ’43 and Annette Anderson ’44 Lindstrom, Robert such issues as child support enforcement, housing a photographer at the Moline Dispatch, Augustana’s Outstanding Achievement six counties in the Quad-City area. Lori Ridlbauer ’86 Roderick and Phillip Hoffman ’73. Ward ’50, Fred Marzolph and urban development, workers’ compensation Frank Telleen asked if he could shoot a few sports Phillip Hoffman ’73 . As a career member of Outstanding Service and unemployment, and public safety. photos. Four Augustana presidents later, Marzolph the Senior Foreign Service of the United States, volunteer teams. He has written a book, Messengers has photographed thousands of students. He was A. Leonard ’43 and Annette Anderson ’44 were instrumental in forming the Playcrafters Hoffman has specialized in public diplomacy: of Love, which is somewhat of an autobiography that Honorary Alumni the official photographer for the NCAA Division III Lindstrom. The Lindstroms met in the Augustana theatre group. Len currently reads at APRIS–WVIK, managing programs that explain U.S. policy and begins with his days at Augustana. Kenneth LaCroix. LaCroix served in various leader- tournaments at Augustana, and his photos have Choir in the early 1940s and later married. Together while Annette is active in the Augustana Endow- society to international audiences. ship roles at Trinity Lutheran Church in Chicago. appeared in national publications. they served on the steering committee that formed ment Society. Finest Under Forty After retiring from a 37-year career in cabinetmak- Richard John Jr. ’79. John is head of The Sedona St. James Lutheran Church in Rock Island, and Dr. Rev. Robert Ward ’50. Although he retired Outstanding Achievement ing, he and his wife Helen Mae volunteered at Group, a national staffing firm that thrives on true sang in the church’s choir for 50 years. Len and from the World Mission Prayer League in 1992, Eric Parthen ’94. Sometimes an internship leads to Augustana Hospital in Chicago, where they were entrepreneurial spirit, drive and a passionate belief Annette, both accomplished musicians and actors, Ward has returned to Africa almost yearly to lead a full-time career. As a student, Parthen interned named Co-Volunteers for the Year in 1984. But

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