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The Lakers’ new home 22 | Students find support in Counseling Center 33 | The 18th-Century information age 38 Coming Full Circle LEED-certified buildings, a growing sustainability program and an ambitious composting and recycling effort have Roosevelt reaping what it sows. Page 15 ROOSEVELT REVIEW | SPRING 2013 A PLANNED GIVING Meet Irving and Muriel Schnayer, Fireside Circle's newest members Irving (Irv) Schnayer (BA,’48) and his connections while at Roosevelt, and how they wife, Muriel (BA, ’51) are proud Roosevelt benefited from exposure to places like the Jane alumni. Following World War II, Irv used the GI Addams Hull House and the Chicago Symphony Bill to attend Roosevelt at its first location on Orchestra. They recently decided to give back Wells Street. The new college was particularly to Roosevelt which gave so much to them by welcoming to returning GIs and worked to assist purchasing a Charitable Gift Annuity. This allows them with admission, classes and readjustment them to give to the University now, while receiving to their new lives. Muriel came to Roosevelt a quarterly annuity payment for the rest of their following graduation from the Cook County lives. They also receive a charitable deduction School of Nursing where she was a member of for their gift, but more importantly, they have the U.S. Army’s Cadet Nurses Corps. the satisfaction of aiding Roosevelt students in The Schnayers recall that professors and pursuing dreams, just as they once themselves did. students ate in the same cafeteria, often sitting “Roosevelt was such a meaningful part of our and talking together the entire time. They lives,” Muriel said. “We are delighted to contribute remember St. Clair Drake as being one of the to the important work of the University.” most accessible professors, noting that he was The Schnayers are the newest members of often found in the cafeteria deep in conversation Roosevelt’s Fireside Circle, an honorary group with groups of students. They were both taking a established to recognize alumni and friends who course from Drake when they were married and have made provisions for Roosevelt in their estate their honeymoon became a joint study of small plans. If Roosevelt helped shaped your success, town community life in rural Wisconsin, which consider joining the Schnayers in their efforts. they called “Little Town, USA.” Irv’s career was in fields dealing with psychology. He retired as a training and safety officer for Alameda County (in San Francisco Bay). In that position, he “developed programs that created safety protocols and then convinced people to use them to decrease on-the-job injuries.” Muriel remained in the nursing field, For more information on how you can completing her career as an elementary school support Roosevelt University through nurse. Taking early retirement, they purchased, estate and planned giving, please contact: renovated and managed a number of multi- Denise Bransford (BPS, ’04) family rental properties in the Bay Area. Irv’s Assistant Vice President for Planned Giving psychology training and experience no doubt Roosevelt University 430 S. Michigan Ave., Room 818 served him well in this arena! Chicago, IL 60605 Irv and Muriel are grateful for how much Telephone: (312) 341-6455 they gained through their experiences and [email protected] ROOSEVELT REVIEW | SPRING 2013 CONTENTS “ My hope is that this building will be a catalyst for the growth of the University and that it will add to the vitality of our great city.” - LARRY GOODMAN PHOTO BY BILL HANYZEWSKI %"22$ & 33 $ #38 22 WELCOME HOME, LAKERS COVER STORY Roosevelt's newest LEED-certified 15 COMING FULL CIRCLE building, the Lillian and Larry Goodman Coming Center, opens its doors. Full Circle The University closes a loop with a & " # #! !""Page 15 new sustainability initiative involving dining centers at both the Chicago and Schaumburg campuses. ROOSEVELT REVIEW | SPRING 2013 A COVER PHOTO BY BOB COSCARELLI ROOSEVELT REVIEW | SPRING 2013 1 “ If you want to be a serious artist, you have to give back to those who might not otherwise hear your music.” ALLEGRA MONTANARI PHOTO BY SARAH BY HOSKINS PHOTO ROOSEVELT REVIEW | SPRING 2013 VOLUME 18, NUMBER 1 PUBLISHER | Lesley D. Slavitt EDITORIAL BOARD EDITOR | Thomas R. Karow James Gandre Provost and Executive Vice President Thomas R. Karow Assistant Vice President, Public Relations CREATIVE DIRECTOR | Patrick J. Lytle Patrick J. Lytle Assistant Vice President, Marketing ASSOCIATE EDITOR | Laura Janota Charles R. Middleton President WRITERS | Courtney Flynn, Laura Janota, Lesley D. Slavitt Vice President, Government Relations and University Outreach John Jaramillo, Thomas R. Karow Patrick M. 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Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60605 ILLUSTRATION | Dave Cutler (312) 341-3500 | www.roosevelt.edu 2 ROOSEVELT REVIEW | SPRING 2013 6 MUSIC AS MEDICINE CCPA’s new volunteer music corps, Musicians in Action, is taking music into hospitals. 12 Q&A WITH CHANNING REDDITT The president of Roosevelt’s Student Government Association talks about his family, goals and experiences at Roosevelt. 28 THE ADVOCATE Lynn Weiner’s impact as dean of Arts and Sciences will live on for years. 33 STAYING AFLOAT Roosevelt’s Counseling Center is the difference between dropping out and earning a degree for many students. 38 FACULTY ESSAY BY BONNIE GUNZENHAUSER Rewriting History In literature, as in life, the more things change, the more they stay the same. PRESIDENT’S PERSPECTIVE 4 UNIVERSITY NEWS 43 FACULTY IN PRINT 50 ATHLETICS 52 PHOTO BY STEVE WOLTMANN ADVANCEMENT 55 FROM THE VICE PRESIDENT 56 FUNDING HIGHLIGHTS 57 SCHOLARSHIP SPOTLIGHT 60 ALUMNI PROFILE: RON KUBIT 62 “Ron Kubit is living Q&A WITH ASHLEY REED 64 Roosevelt University’s WHERE RU? 66 social justice mission. IN MEMORIAM 69 CHAPTER EVENTS 70 - DEAN LYNN WEINER 2012 FISCAL REPORT 72 ROOSEVELT REVIEW | SPRING 2013 3 PRESIDENT’SPERSPECTIVE 4 ROOSEVELT ROOSEVELT REVIEW REVIEW | SPRING | SPRING 2013 2013 PRESIDENT’SPERSPECTIVE Fin de Siècle: Living in Interesting Times BY ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT CHUCK MIDDLETON HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED them. Today, according to some how these days seem to be full surveys of academic quality, of moments where the world just fewer than half of the top 100 doesn’t seem to be quite like it universities in the world are in always was before? the United States. Not a good trend line given the unques- There used to be verities that we tioned pre-eminence of our could count on. It would snow in universities when Roosevelt was Chicago in the winter. Your grand- founded and in six of the ensu- mother would make the most de- ing seven decades. licious dinners imaginable using primitive equipment. Earning a One of the things I have noticed college degree guaranteed a life through casual observation as of financial and personal success. a teacher and writer of history is The Cubs would not win another how transformational the first World Series this year. decade and a half or so of a new century has been for the last OK, so one of those remains true, half millennium. As the French at least as of this writing. But the say, the end of a century (fin de others? Even grandma has all the academy have driven that it is likely that the scale will siècle) and the ensuing arrival of tip to more teaching and less the new gadgetry of the modern a new one always provide a mo- work to extraordinary levels of knowledge creation for a simple kitchen, though she really prefers ment when upsetting things can attainment for individuals, their reason. Teaching is attached to eat out if given half a chance. and frequently do happen. communities, and our country. to revenue generation while I mention these examples of con- While it is clear that the old research and scholarship success temporary flux because the press order is changing, what is uncer- may drive reputation but except is full of stories these days about While it is clear tain is what’s next. Several pos- in the sciences and engineering higher education and whether that the old order sibilities present themselves, not much revenue is to be had for going to college justifies the but whatever they may be, two funding the operation. expense. Good question. seem clear to me. is changing, what In other words, income for the This is not an issue that used to is uncertain is First, academic quality, always individual will be tied more be there. In fact, for the last half important, will become more explicitly to income generated for century there has been a consen- what’s next. so. Students want to get a good the institution. sus that not only was the answer return on their investment, There is a crassness about that, yes, but why would anyone even and if they don’t think they are, This phenomenon is com- I know. I personally prefer the ask the question in the first place? they will find another place. I pounded in our time because it’s principled argument that the think you have to work them Funny how a tough economy and not just a new century; it’s a new American Historical Association is hard and that the evidence that declining government financial millennium. The current under- now actively discussing. For his- you are doing so is the level of support for students over the graduates are the first to attend torians, enhancing the teaching complaint about how tough it is.