Expect the Unexpected Barbara LoMonaco’s take on her new role as dean of students is anything but typical An Interview with the President Q: What are the university’s core values upon which the strategic plan is based? A: There are five: excellence, innovation, diversity, community, and perseverance. All involved in the plan thus far agree that these values inform the liberal arts education offered at Tran- sylvania and guide us as pioneers, teachers, mentors, and learners. They form the bedrock upon which all of our goals and aspirations are built.

Q: How does the plan define our essential goals? A: Our 2020 Vision is for Transylvania to be recognized as one of the nation’s finest liberal arts colleges. Within that vision are three overarching goals: to embrace innovative thinking, to develop the whole person, and to promote civic engagement and social justice.

Q: Why does the plan envision growing the student body to 1,500? A: If you look at the top 50 liberal arts colleges in the country—which is a group that we as- pire to be a part of—it’s not coincidental that virtually all of them have 1,500 students or more. It seems there is a certain critical mass necessary to perform at that level. It’s also about bringing more perspectives to the table. The more students we have, the higher the likelihood that each of them will encounter more diversity of viewpoint. Another important target is getting to an 85 percent four-year graduation rate. In my mind, that’s the most important metric in the entire document.

Transylvania’s Strategic Plan: Vision Q: The plan contains the goal of a personally tailored academic experience for each student. 2020, a seven-year plan that will Why is that important? provide a roadmap for the univer- A: To a certain extent, we are modeling this goal after the Oxford/Cambridge tutorial experience. sity through the year 2020, will This might include a hands-on research project, a faculty/student-designed course for three stu- dents, or a student-designed civic engagement project. We know that the smaller the classes, the soon be submitted to the Board of better the outcome for our students. This is taking that principle to its ultimate best result. Trustees for their approval. In this interview with Transylvania maga- Q: New majors are proposed in Asian studies, Middle Eastern studies, environmental studies, health studies, creative writing, and film studies. Is there a common thread among them? zine, President R. Owen Williams A: Yes. It lies in their multidisciplinarity. The liberal arts experience is not just about providing discusses essential elements of the a panoply of possibilities from which students can select their field of study. It is about con- plan and comments on several key necting those fields of study in ways that prepare students far more than for any one discipline. areas. In this way, we are exposing them to methodologies that, when combined, make their critical thinking much more powerful.

Q. What is the nature of the pedagogy laboratory proposal? A. It’s difficult to experiment if that experiment is based upon consensus. By allowing certain self-selected members of the faculty to explore new ways of approaching their subjects, it’s more likely that experimentation will occur. All of this will take place within the context of our resi- dential learning experience. Online learning, for instance, is a recent development in higher ed- ucation, but it has no place in our thinking. It does a good job of disseminating information, but students need to be able to cogitate openly with fellow students under the direction of fac- ulty. That’s the distilling and digestion process that we do so well here at Transylvania.

Q. Why is the study abroad experience a part of the plan? A: About 66 percent of our students do foreign study. It’s my hope that soon 100 percent— barring some disability—will do so. Lack of finances is the most common disability. It’s in- cumbent upon us to find ways to support those students.

Q. What does the plan say about the affordability of a Transylvania education? A. Transylvania was listed as one of the Great Schools at Great Prices in the 2013 Best Colleges guidebook from U.S. News & World Report. That’s something we should be very proud of and fight hard to maintain. Our affordability is our primary competitive advantage.

Q. Can the plan still be changed? Have a question on this or other top- A. Certainly. What we have at this point is a draft version. We’re excited about getting feed- ics you would like President Williams back from the Transylvania community on ideas that may not have occurred to us. Alumni to address in a future Q&A? Visit desiring more information may contact the Office of Alumni and Development at (800) 487- www.transy.edu/magazine/feedback.htm. 2679 or at [email protected]. January 10 is the deadline for responses. TransylvaniaUNIVERSITY MAGAZINE FALL 2012

Features 12 EMBRACING COMMUNITY / Serving, engaging Lexington is a priority for Transylvania students, faculty, and staff 18 A MUSICAL TRADITION / Chris Anderson ’88 keeps the study of a classic instrument alive 20 NEW APPROACHES IN STUDENT AFFAIRS / Dean Barbara LoMonaco learns about student life from the inside out Around Campus 3 First-year students enjoy new coin tradition 3 Entering class of 350 is second largest ever 4 Transylvania receives reaffirmation of accreditation 5 Transylvania rises to No. 75 in U.S. News rankings 6 Theater, music departments to present Pippin in May 7 Cairo’s book looks at the two Bush presidencies 10 Elmendorf retreat forges relationships, fosters creativity 11 Albany law professor will conduct residency program, deliver John Marshall Harlan lecture in March

Joseph Rey Au Alumni News and Notes Members of this year’s entering class were 24 Class Notes the first to experience August term and a 26 Alumna profile: Rose Moosnick ’86 new coin tradition during their induction 27 Marriages, births ceremony, but the longstanding tradition of the greet line (above) is still a highlight 28 Obituaries of orientation. See articles on page 3. 29 Alumnus profile: Drew Deener ’95

Associate Vice President of Communications 2011-12 Honor Roll of Giving and Public Relations: Sarah A. Emmons follows Alumni News and Notes Director of Publications: Martha S. Baker Publications Writer/Editor: William A. Bowden On the cover: Editorial Assistant: Tyler Young Barbara LoMonaco, vice president for student affairs Publications Designer: Barbara Grinnell and dean of students, brought her goat Jonas to campus for PARK(ing) Day in September. The annual Transylvania is published three times a year. Volume worldwide event transforms urban parking spaces 30, No. 1, FALL 2012. Produced by the Office of Pub- into temporary public parks. LoMonaco, who lives lications, Transylvania University, Lexington, KY on a farm in Scott County, Ky., has a take on her new 40508-1797. Send address changes and alumni news role in student affairs that is derived in part from to Alumni Office, Transylvania University, 300 North the uninhibited view she takes of her own life. See Broadway, Lexington, KY 40508-1797, fax to (859) article on page 20. 233-8797, or email to [email protected]. Photo by Charles Bertram, Lexington Herald-Leader Four professors join Transylvania faculty Transylvania welcomed four new professors to the faculty for the 2012-13 academic year. Bethany Packard, assistant pro- fessor of English, earned bachelor’s degrees in political science and English from Washington University in Saint Louis and an M.A. in English and Ph.D. in English litera- ture, both from Vanderbilt University.

She most recently taught at Hender- Joseph Rey Au son State University in Arkansas. Her research interests include sixteenth- Convocation speaker Nikky Finney says to learn how and seventeenth-century English lit- erature, particularly representations to be ‘taken with yourself’ to find your strength of children in drama and poetry. Convocation speaker, award-winning poet, modesty is the same as lying.” Michael Dixon, assistant profes- and professor Nikky Finney told the entering “Work hard as if your work could change sor of theater, class of 2012 to become “taken with your- the world, because it can,” Finney said. “And earned an A.B. in self,” which she defined as having a healthy forget what your mother told you about theater arts from sense of where you came from and who you modesty. When called upon, don’t be modest Brown University truly are. with your gifts. Be humble, but not modest.” and an M.F.A. and Speaking in Haggin Auditorium on Septem- She also advised the students to pay tribute L.D.A. in playwriting ber 9 to the students as well as a general to those who are helping them along the and dramatic art audience from within and outside the Transyl- road to intellectual and social maturity. from the University of North vania community, Finney welcomed everyone “Whenever I came home from college, my Carolina-Chapel Hill. He comes to to “...the beginning of another long, luscious mother insisted that I visit every person who Transylvania from Goucher College in year of new experiences, ideas, and life-long had helped get me into college or invested in Baltimore. He is an active director of learning.” me in some way,” Finney said. “You should plays and is interested in playwrights She began her presentation—“The Art of learn to value when someone is doing creating new forms of theater. Being Taken With Yourself!”—by something good for you.” Assistant professor of economics drawing upon her own past to “Work hard as if In summing up the lessons Geoffrey Williams illustrate how she found what she learned from fishing outings comes to Transylva- she values in life. your work could with her grandmother, college nia from Rutgers Finney referred to her grand- change the world, studies, and association with her University, where he mother, a farming woman who classmates, she said, “Learning taught and earned a taught her about common sense because it can. takes place on the lip of a pond, Ph.D. in economics. and the “classroom of the in the quiet of a library, or while He also holds an natural world,” and to a favorite And forget about sitting with new friends dividing M.B.A. from the Wharton School at uncle, who impressed upon her modesty. When up a pizza. Never just raise a the University of Pennsylvania and a that she arrived at college not as hand and join a side, but be B.F.A. in acting from New York Uni- an empty vessel but as someone called upon, don’t interested in facts, be curious, versity. His research interest is crime who had already had one be modest with and don’t take your information and social policy. upbringing. second-hand. Be taken with Assistant professor of chemistry “Being taken with yourself your gifts. Be your own mind, and give it a Amanda Bowman means that you look in the mir- chance to be discerning.” earned a B.S. in ror when you need to find the humble, but not Finney is a professor of English chemistry from center of your strength,” she modest.” and creative writing at the Uni- the University of said. “Find a few honest human versity of Kentucky. Her latest Wisconsin–Madison truths that will help define who NIkky Finney book of poetry, Head Off & Split, and a Ph.D. in you are from the others in this won the 2011 National Book chemistry (inorganic) room. Work to say the hard, necessary things Award for Poetry. Her 1995 book of poetry from Cornell University. She most in this life with as much beauty and courage and portraits, RICE, won the PEN America recently taught at Colorado College. as you can muster.” Open Book Award, and her 2003 poetry Her research interest is in bioinor- While encouraging the students to be collection, The World Is Round, won the ganic chemistry, specifically transi- assertive with their ideas, she quoted the Benjamin Franklin Award for poetry from tional metal compounds. poet Maya Angelou as having said, “False the Independent Booksellers Association.

2 TRANSYLVANIA First-year students enjoy new tradition during induction ceremony The class of 2016 is a historic one, tions. Open your mind to the many and not just because of its celebrat- possible answers that will come. This ed academic achievement, diversity, will be a time like none other. Cap- and size. It is the first to experience ture the opportunity to the fullness Transylvania’s new August term, and of its promise; immerse yourself in it participated in a new Transylvania all that Transylvania has to offer.” tradition at the opening induction Fant talked about how greed can ceremony August 11. be a noble trait when meant as a With their families in attendance, hunger for knowledge. She chal- each of the students walked across lenged students to seek knowledge the Haggin Auditorium stage and and take it in at every opportunity received a Transylvania coin, marked while they are on campus. with a seal on the front and “I dwell “Here at Transylvania, you have in possibility” on the back, a refer- the opportunity to feast at a buffet ence to the poem by Emily Dickin- of ideas, books, discussions, lectures, son. The coin is to be kept by each and experiences like you’ve never Joseph Rey Au student for the four years they had before,” she said. “I urge you Members of the class of 2016 gather on the steps of Old Morrison during orientation to “Pioneer” by attend Transylvania, then upon grad- to not be particularly delicate about symbolically gazing into the futures that will come uation, given to a person who how you approach it. Take their way with a Transylvania education. inspired them in their college all of it, or at least as walks—whether that be a much as you can professor, administrator, carry with you in Entering class second largest family member, friend, or four years.” someone else. Svarlien spoke of ever, sets geographic, “Undoubtedly, the words of the many individuals novelist Apuleius, diversity records have helped you who uses the phrase The 350 members of this year’s entering class at get to this point in Lector, intende: laetaberis, Transylvania, second largest in school history, tied last your life,” Michael which translates roughly to year’s class as the most academically prepared while Covert ’91, associ- “Reader, pay attention. You setting school records for geographic and racial/ethnic ate vice president will be happy you did.” diversity. They are part of an overall enrollment of for retention and “Take Apuleius’s charge to 1,074 students. associate dean of stu- heart—pay attention,” he said. Members of the class of 2016 have an average dents, said. “During your time at “He didn’t use that imperative in ACT of 27, a middle 50 percent ACT range of 24-30, Transylvania, you will meet many the finger-wagging way that all of and an average GPA of 3.72. Forty-one percent were more people who will assist and us experienced in grade school. ranked in the top 10 percent of their high school inspire you. We would like to pres- He meant it as an invitation. In the class. They include 34 students who took part in either ent you with an important memen- next four years, don’t let wonderful the Kentucky Governor’s Scholars Program or the Ken- to, one that represents the experiences pass you by simply tucky Governor’s School for the Arts. community of scholarship that is because you didn’t notice them.” Geographically, the class is the most diverse in 38 Transylvania.” Jagger promised on behalf of the years and includes 99 students from outside Kentucky Scholarship and community were faculty a journey for this class and who make up 28 percent of the class. Ohio led the themes of the ceremony, which fea- that professors would continue to way in out-of-state students, followed by Tennessee, tured remarks from Covert, President teach and innovate to help the stu- Indiana, and three states in a tie—Florida, Texas, and R. Owen Williams, Interim Vice Presi- dents along in that journey. West Virginia. dent and Dean of the College Kath- “Our aim is simple—to provide Twelve international students comprise the largest leen Jagger, classics professor and you with the very best college experi- such group in school history. They come from China, August term faculty director John ence possible, and one unlike any Mexico, Poland, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and Svarlien, and senior and Student other college or university,” she said. Vietnam. The 47 students who self-identify as people Government Association president “We are quite certain this year will of color comprise 13 percent of the class, also a school Charli Fant. be an adventure for all of us, and record. Williams encouraged the students we hope it will enable you to do as “We are thrilled to have achieved all of our strategic to learn and practice the three R’s— Thoreau suggests: ‘Go forth confi- enrollment goals for academic quality and diversity not the typical “three R’s,” but dently in the direction of your with this class,” said Brad Goan, vice president for rather relax, relate, and reach. dreams. Live the life you’ve imag- enrollment and dean of admissions. “We continue “I invite—indeed, I implore—each ined.’” to bring classes to Transylvania that, coupled with and every one of you to frolic in the To listen to the speeches given the creativity of our faculty members, make possible indefinite and imagined splendor during the induction ceremony, go the kind of exciting living and learning experience between matriculation and achieve- to bit.ly/TUinduction. Transylvania is known for.” ment,” he said. “Ask lots of ques-

FALL 2012 3 Transylvania receives reaffirmation of accreditation Transylvania received formal a range of SACS-COC stan- Transylvania, including class- our QEP. We set a very high notification in July of its reaffir- dards, including such items as room participation and research bar, and we crossed over it in a mation of accreditation by the demonstrating that the univer- requirements. truly exemplary fashion. I Southern Association of Col- sity has a qualified faculty, suffi- After the QEP was presented believe Transylvania is the bet- leges and Schools Commission cient financial resources, and a to SACS-COC, there was an ter for it, and I think it’s quite on Colleges (SACS-COC). high-quality library. The report on-campus visit in October possible that other colleges will SACS-COC is the regional also explained how Transylvania 2011 by the SACS committee also be better for what we’re accrediting association (one of assesses its academic programs assigned to Transylvania’s eval- doing. I think it will go down as six in the nation) for degree- and academic support areas uation, which consisted of one of the best QEPs ever done granting higher education insti- such as the dean’s office and peers from other colleges and at any college.” tutions in the southern United admissions, among others. universities. That group came Although the 2012 reaffir- States. All member institutions There were seven points that back with three recommenda- mation process is complete, undergo a rigorous reevaluation SACS-COC asked Transylvania tions—two related to assess- there is a sense in which the of their accreditation every 10 to provide further input on, ment and one to the QEP— process of assessment and years. which the university did in that Transylvania responded to improvement related to the “It is never assured that any August 2011, the same time in a March 2012 follow-up expectations of SACS-COC college will get its reaffirmation the QEP was submitted. report. Finally, in July 2012, never ends. In that context, of accreditation, but in Transyl- Classics professor John Svar- SACS-COC gave its stamp of there is already assessment tak- vania’s case, we came through lien chaired the QEP process, approval to Transylvania’s reaf- ing place surrounding August swimmingly,” said President R. with support from co-chairs firmation of accreditation. term and First Engagements. Owen Williams. “And that’s interim vice president and dean Williams said that Transylva- Rhyan Conyers, director of because we have so many first- of the college Kathleen Jagger nia set out to do something institutional research and rate people here in every task and associate vice president for truly remarkable and different assessment, served as Transylva- and office on campus. They are retention and associate dean of with its QEP, and succeeded. nia’s liaison with SACS-COC for very committed to doing their students Michael Covert ’91. “The First Engagements the reaffirmation process. He jobs well, and that makes all The QEP consists of a new course within the context of an said that preliminary assess- the difference.” course for all entering first-year August term is highly experi- ment findings are positive. The nearly three-year process students titled First Engage- mental,” he said. “The fact that “Already, we have the sense began in the fall of 2009 with ments: Enculturation into a we’re doing something this that students became better appointment of a leadership Scholarly Community. It is the aggressive in the way of prepar- critical readers as a result of the team charged with fulfilling the core academic component of ing our students for their liberal course,” he said. two components of the SACS- August term, an innovative arts experience speaks volumes Williams said he was very COC review—a compliance cer- new three-week term that is about the courage and ability pleased with the effort the tification report and a quality also for all first-year students. of our faculty.” university put forth, and with enhancement plan (QEP). First Engagements introduces Further, Williams believes the reassuring results as seen in Mathematics and computer students to the concepts of lib- August term and First Engage- the SACS-COC responses. science professor emeritus eral education through an ments have the potential to be “A lot of people from all James E. Miller coordinated the emphasis on critical reading trend-setting within the nation- areas of the campus communi- compliance certification report, and analysis, as well as a per- al higher education community. ty were involved in getting us with writing support from spective on interdisciplinary “I think our QEP will become through the reaffirmation of mathematics professor David learning. It also helps them a model for other institutions,” accreditation process, and we Shannon. The report, submitted transition from high school aca- he said. “Many colleges would came through it smelling like a in March 2011, documented demics to the rigors and prac- not take on a project as ambi- rose.” Transylvania’s compliance with tices of college studies at tious as the one we chose for

Seminar draws professors from afar Young Tyler Professors from around the country came to Transylvania over the summer for the seventh annual liberal arts seminar, Twenty-first Century Liberal Education: A Contested Concept. The seminar was sponsored by the university and its Bingham Program for Excellence in Teaching and coordinated by Transylvania professors Jeffery Freyman, Ellen Cox, and John Svarlien. Pictured are visiting professors touring the Transylvania Special Collections with special collections librarian B. J. Gooch. Clockwise from lower left are Kathryn Low, Bates College, psychology; Susanna Ottoway, Carleton College, history; Robert Bourgeois, Albertus Magnus College, anthropology; Jeffrey Conner, Hanover College, business; Reginald Sanders, Kenyon College, music; Gooch. For more information, visit bit.ly/libarts12.

4 TRANSYLVANIA Transylvania rises to No. 75 in U.S. News rankings, makes ‘Great Prices’ list Transylvania moved up six places—from 81 to 75—in the 2013 U.S. News & World Report col- lege rankings while also being named to the pub- lication’s Great Schools at Great Prices list. It is the university’s highest ever ranking since becoming part of the national liberal arts college category. In its Best Colleges 2013 guidebook, U.S. News ranks 251 national liberal arts colleges and univer- sities in statistical measures such as student grad- uation and retention rates, financial resources, Admissions moves commitment to instruction, class size, faculty pay, to Glenn Building Young Tyler student selectivity, and alumni giving, as well as a subjective measure of academic reputation. In September the admissions office The Great Schools at Great Prices list recog- moved from its former location on the nizes colleges and universities for the value of the top floor of Old Morrison into a newly moved to a street-front site on Third educational experience they provide in relation to designed suite of offices and a recep- Street across from the John R. Hall Ath- the cost of obtaining a degree. Transylvania’s tion area on the ground floor and lower letic Field. A series of offices and meet- tuition and fees fall below the national average level of the Glenn Building. With its visi- ing rooms was created that encircle the for comparable private liberal arts colleges. tor-friendly location on Old Morrison reception area, and a lower level was “This latest national recognition of the high- Circle, the new site fulfills the primary renovated for admissions staff work quality liberal arts studies that Transylvania offers goal of making the admissions area spaces. The main reception space is just its students is very gratifying to our entire cam- more accessible to visiting prospective off the Glenn Building lobby and oppo- pus community,” said President R. Owen students and their families. site Jazzman’s, a popular student coffee Williams. “Everyone who is a part of this historic “This location provides our visitors shop and hangout. university is committed to excellence, and our with convenient parking and easy “With our proximity to Jazzman’s, we students reap the benefits of that devotion. access,” said Brad Goan, vice president now have a very social area where our This ranking is a testament to the hard work of for enrollment and dean of admissions. visitors can see and experience a taste students, faculty, and staff members.” “The larger lobby allows us to accom- of student life when they first arrive for Brad Goan, vice president for enrollment and modate the increasing number of stu- a campus visit,” Goan said. “Our goal dean of admissions, said inclusion in the Great dents who visit campus, and our new was to create positive cues throughout Schools at Great Prices list confirms the universi- meeting and conference rooms are a the visit, and first impressions are espe- ty’s philosophy of making private higher educa- great place for admissions counselors to cially important. We feel this new loca- tion affordable to as broad a market as possible. meet with students and their families.” tion has all of that and more.” “From the moment students and their families The new space was created from the The Office of Communications now begin to explore a Transylvania education, we former location of the bookstore, which occupies the former admissions space. work with them on a very personalized basis to find all of the scholarships and need-based aid that can be applied to their situations,” Goan Liz Knowles offers workshops, concert said. “This approach keeps the real cost of attending Transylvania at a very attractive level when compared with our peer institutions.” From 2007-13, Transylvania moved up 20 spots—from 95 to 75—in the U.S. News rankings, the best improvement of any top 100 college during that time frame.

Celtic fiddler and Lexington native Liz Knowles, above center, performed September 20 in Haggin Auditorium. She rose to popularity as a fiddler for Riverdance and soloist on the soundtrack for the film Michael Collins. Right, Knowles also did a workshop on campus with students from Fayette County

Public Schools and performed with them at the concert. Photos by Matt Durr ’14

FALL 2012 5 Transylvania will present the musical Pippin in May CNN analyst giving Kenan

Transylvania will present the Broadway musi- “This is a funny, inventive, coming-of-age cal Pippin May 16-18 in a joint production of fairy tale—a story we hope everyone will love,” the theater and the music departments. The said White, who will produce the show. She show will appear in three performances at 7:30 explained that Pippin was chosen for its virtues p.m. in Haggin Auditorium. as a good ensemble piece, one that will allow The musical was directed on Broadway by Bob many students to shine in their roles. Fosse and ran for nearly five years (October “While certainly the titular character is a lead 1972-June 1977) and 1,944 performances, win- role, the ensemble roles have as much stage ning five Tony Awards in 1973. Music and lyrics time and get the fun task of helping to create are by Stephen Schwartz, and the book is by the world of the play,” White said. “We also Peter Bergen, journalist, bestselling Roger O. Hirson. wanted something that would challenge and author, and director of the national Transylvania’s production will have a director excite both the actor and the singer, and we security studies program at the New with Off-Broadway experience. Tony Speciale think we’ve found that in the solid book scenes America Foundation, will give a Kenan directed a Classic Stage Company production of that make up the story and in the energetic Lecture titled “The Awakening: How Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream in score.” Revolutionaries, Barack Obama, and April that included Bebe Neuwirth and Christina During the musical, Pippin’s adventures Ordinary Muslims Are Remaking the Ricci in the cast. He was a former student of include a mock battle to show him the life of a Middle East” Wednesday, February 20, Transylvania theater professor Sully White at warrior, a series of meaningless sexual encoun- at 7:30 p.m. in Haggin Auditorium. Actors Theatre of Louisville, where he recently ters that teach him how relationships without Bergen will also sign his most recent directed Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet for new love are hollow, a fight against tyranny, and book, Manhunt: The Ten-Year Search artistic director Les Waters. His work has also experiments with art and religion, all in the for bin Laden, from 9/11 to Abbot- been seen at the New York Theatre Festival and name of finding his true calling in life. Pippin tabad. The book is a New York Times the Edinburg Fringe Festival, among other ven- finally settles for an ordinary existence, a choice bestseller and is being adapted into a ues. He holds an MFA in directing from Colum- that leaves him ambivalent about his decision. theatrical release documentary by HBO. bia University. White announced the other positions for the Bergen has been a producer and The musical uses the premise of a mysterious production: music professor Ben Hawkins, con- analyst for CNN, and in 1997 he pro- acting troupe, led by a Leading Player, to tell the ductor; music professor and Kenan visiting artist duced Osama bin Laden’s first televi- story of Pippin, a young prince on an ambitious in music Greg Turay, vocal director; theater sion interview, in which bin Laden quest for an extraordinary and meaningful life. professor and Kenan visiting artist in drama declared war against the United States The context of the show is purposefully Mike Sanders, scenic designer; theater instructor, for the first time to an American audi- anachronistic and unconventional, though the costume designer, and shop supervisor Melissa ence. He has reported on al-Qaeda, musical score reflects a contemporary 1970s pop Johnston, costume designer; and facility director Afghanistan, Pakistan, counterterror- style. and technical coordinator of Mitchell Fine Arts ism, homeland security, and the Middle

Family Weekend Transylvania receives had something $5 million grant for everyone to establish merit Photos by Matt Durr ’14 Kevin Steele, right, begins his scholarship program narration of the Ghost Walk, Transylvania has received a $5 mil- Creepy Crawl event from the steps of Old Morrison. Below, lion restricted endowment matching performances at the Student grant from the William R. Kenan Jr. Showcase in the campus center Charitable Trust to establish the gym included Grace Notes, left, William R. Kenan Jr. Endowment Fund the women’s a cappella group, and the band Cowgill Tippers. for Student Scholarships. It is one of the largest single gifts the university has ever received. The endowment supports the awarding of Kenan Scholarships to Transylvania students based on merit. The awards provide partial tuition and fees to students drawn from the group of finalists for the William T. Young Scholarship, which provides full tuition and fees awards. Members of the fall 2013 entering class will be the first to receive the scholarships. “This new scholarship program is a

6 TRANSYLVANIA Lecture on Middle East Cairo’s book looks at leadership styles of the two Bush presidencies In his new book, The traditional western town in Gulf: The Bush Presiden- many ways,” Cairo said. cies and the Middle East, “The liberal aspect is his political science professor very solid belief that democ- Michael Cairo examines racy could bring peace in the role of the executive the Middle East, more so office in shaping United than his father. His inexperi- States foreign policy by ence in foreign affairs East for several publications, including analyzing the differing meant that he had to trust the New York Times, Los Angeles philosophies and styles of his advisors more. And Times, The Washington Post, Rolling former presidents George by his own admission, he Stone, TIME, and The Atlantic. He has H. W. Bush and his son, was a man who led by gut been nominated for an Emmy and a George W. Bush. instinct—if it felt right to National Magazine Award, and in Both presidents led the him, he did it, and he was 1994 he won the Overseas Press Club nation through watershed less flexible about Edward R. Murrow award for best for- events in foreign relations: Joseph Rey Au changing a eign affairs documentary. the end of the Cold War decision.” He is the author of two other books, and the terrorist attacks of September 11, The United The Osama bin Laden I Know: An Oral 2001. Both also managed American wars in Nations provided History of al Qaeda’s Leader (2006) Iraq and the Israeli-Palestinian peace a clear point of and Holy War, Inc.: Inside the Secret process. But each took different approach- difference in the two World of bin Laden (2001). He is a fel- es to international strategies, based on Bushes’s leadership low at Fordham University’s Center on their beliefs, personalities, and leadership philosophies, Cairo National Security and previously taught styles. said. at the Kennedy School of Government Cairo classifies George H. W. as an “George H. W. at Harvard University and the School of enlightened realist in international rela- believed strongly that the Advanced International Studies at tions because of his belief in power- United Nations could be a Johns Hopkins University. politics, coalition diplomacy, and useful tool, and he saw The lecture is part of Transylvania’s multilateralism. the value of those kinds of William R. Kenan Jr. Lecture Series and “George H. W. felt that the United States negotiations,” he said. is funded by a grant from the William should be a leading power among allies, but not “George W., on the other hand, viewed the R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust. a dominant power,” Cairo said. “He was a deliberations of the U.N. as merely getting defensive realist, not willing to take risks unless mired down in process, when what you really he had to. Immediately after Iraq invaded have to do is make the decision and move on.” significant addition to the group of Kuwait, his main concern was not Kuwait, but A review of the book by John Robert merit scholarships that we are able to Saudi Arabia and protecting the oil resources of Greene, Cazenovia College, said, “Cairo has offer to the outstanding students that nation.” produced what students of the modern presi- attracted to Transylvania,” said Presi- Cairo says the vast experience of George H. dency have been waiting for—a thoughtful, dent R. Owen Williams. “We appreci- W.—Naval aviator in World War II, U.S. repre- critical, impeccably researched and engagingly ate very much the generosity of the sentative, director of Central Intelligence, vice- written study of the foreign policy of the two trustees of the Kenan Charitable Trust president under Ronald Reagan—made him one Bushes.” in making this award and for their of the best-prepared presidents in the area of Cairo’s book is the first in a planned series belief in the value of a Transylvania lib- foreign policy and shaped his views in many from the University Press of Kentucky titled eral arts education.” ways. “Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy, and Peace.” Brad Goan, vice president for enroll- “He was much more flexible than his son, The premise is that the books in the series will ment and dean of admissions, said the more willing to compromise, and was very help inform future U.S. foreign policy relations, new scholarships will have a marked aware of the various advisors he needed to hear and Cairo feels his book has that potential. effect on recruiting for next year’s from,” Cairo said. “He often referred to himself “One of the things that comes out of my incoming class and those in future as his own national security advisor, because his book for policymakers is not to be blinded by years. years of experience allowed him to thoroughly their own worldviews or personal feelings, and “We are always working to enhance evaluate what he was being told.” that experience matters,” Cairo said. “In the the academic quality of our student Cairo describes George W. as a cowboy liber- Middle East peace process, for example, the body, and the Kenan Scholarships will al who believed you should use your forces to perceptions that presidents have about their help give Transylvania a key advantage secure your interests, rather than just defend counterparts in Israel can have a real impact. in competing for top-tier students,” and not accept risk. He came into the office of George H. W. really disliked Yitzhak Shamir, he said. the presidency inexperienced in the area of for- whereas George W. really liked Ariel Sharon. In Transylvania will match the grant on eign policy. negotiating with others, you can think about a 1:1 basis over the next three years to “The cowboy aspect fits in with his own val- how your feelings concerning an individual can fully establish the endowment. ues, since he came out of Midland, Texas, a very affect the process.”

FALL 2012 7 Nestle advocates ‘food revolution,’ receives honorary degree Marion Nestle, Paulette Goddard Profes- drinks; lower prices for processed food; a her husband’s term working with schools sor of nutrition, food studies, and public rise in the prices of fruits and vegetables, to stimulate reform in how they serve food health and professor of sociology at New which Nestle said have gone up approxi- to students, and even an overall increase in York University, gave the fall Kenan Lecture mately 40 percent; and lobbying from the awareness of food and health issues. She titled “Food Politics: How the Food Industry food companies to keep regulations from said we need to change our own habits Influences Nutrition and Health” October being passed. now—buying food instead of products, 23 in Haggin Auditorium. eating smaller portions, buying local- Nestle talked about rising obesity ly, and learning and teaching our kids rates in the United States and how to cook.

they correlate with several changes Joseph Rey Au “If we do those things, the next that have taken place in the food generation will be in really great industry and food politics over the shape,” she said. “And we need to past 15-30 years. She cited research take social responsibility for the kind that shows the obesity rate in the of food system we have. Join the early 1980s was around 15 percent, food movement.” and in the early 2000s, that number Nestle has authored several books, jumped to 33 percent and is still ris- including Safe Food: The Politics of ing. She said the average American Food Safety (2003), What to Eat, eats between 200-700 more calories which was named one of per day than they did in the 1980s. Amazon.com’s top 10 books of Several factors have led to people 2006, and most recently Why Calo- eating more, Nestle said, including ries Count: From Science to Politics deregulation of agriculture, Wall (2012). Street, and food marketing, which Prior to the lecture, Transylvania have allowed for much cheaper food President R. Owen Williams congratulates nutrition awarded Nestle an honorary doctor of expert and Kenan speaker Marion Nestle upon the to be available outside the home and awarding of her Transylvania honorary degree. science degree in recognition of her created more pressure on the food career achievements in the field of companies to raise their profits. In spite of the turmoil within the food nutrition as a teacher, scholar, author, public “Much of that increase in the food out- industry, she is hopeful about the future of servant, and advocate for enlightened poli- side the home came from fast food, which food politics and health in America. cies on diet, food choice and safety, and proliferated starting in the 1980s until they “One of the questions I get asked all the children’s health. Sharon Brown, professor of were all over the place,” she said. “The time is, ‘Doesn’t all of this depress you?’” physical education and exercise science, pre- point here is that food outside the home she said. “One of the reasons I’m not sented the candidate, and President has more calories in it than food cooked depressed at all is that I think we’re in the R. Owen Williams conferred the degree. inside the home.” middle of a food revolution.” The talk was part of Transylvania’s Kenan Other variables in today’s high-calorie She pointed out a rise in the number of Lecture Series, which is funded by a grant diets include an increase in portion size, farmers markets, people like First Lady from the William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable particularly in sodas and other sugary Michelle Obama who has spent much of Trust.

Second annual Studio 300 draws international participants The Studio 300 Festival was held September 28-29 and explored creative manifestations of technology through concerts and exhibitions of digital art and music. Pictured are, below, from left, Caleb Ritchie ’12, whose “Trance No. 1” was performed at Al’s Bar, music professor and festival director Tim Polashek, Photos by Matt Durr ’14 and seniors Joseph Perkins, Dustin Jones, and Lindsay Struder; right, David McConnell, left, and Jerod Sommerfeldt perform.

8 TRANSYLVANIA we became a member of NCAA ty, Ohio Northern University, Division III in 2002,” said athlet- Otterbein University, and Wilm- ics director Jack Ebel ’77. ington College. Head coach Tiffany Underhill Transylvania has long compet- welcomed the opportunity for ed in the Bluegrass Mountain her team to compete for a Conference’s season-ending conference championship as meet against NAIA and NCAA other Transylvania teams do Division II and III schools. The in the HCAC and to have the OAC gives the Pioneers a post- chance to qualify for the NCAA season opportunity against all championship. Division III schools. “Joining this conference is “This is a great move for our very exciting and a tremendous program,” said head coach Kyle boost for our program,” Dunaway. “All the OAC mem- Underhill said. “Besides the ber schools have excellent teams Field hockey, swimming and diving team championship opportuni- and first-class facilities. We can ties, our players will also have now compete for conference have new conference affiliations the chance to win all-conference championships and have a Transylvania’s field hockey The SAA, the new confer- recognition.” much better chance of qualify- and swimming and diving ence home for field hockey, is The new conference home ing for the NCAA champi- teams have become associate comprised of schools from for the men’s and women’s onship.” members of the Southern Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, swimming and div- Athletic Association (SAA) and Kentucky, Mississippi, and ing teams is made the Ohio Athletic Conference Tennessee. They are Berry up of 10 Ohio-based (OAC), respectively. Neither College, Birmingham Southern schools: Baldwin sport is represented in the College, Centre College, Hen- Wallace University, Heartland Collegiate Athletic drix College, Millsaps College, Capital University, Conference, the university’s Oglethorpe University, Sewa- Heidelberg Universi- primary athletics conference. nee: The University of the ty, John Carroll Uni- All of the colleges and uni- South, and Rhodes College. versity, Marietta versities in both the SAA and “We had long sought a College, The Univer- OAC are members of NCAA conference home for our field sity of Mount Union, Division III, as is Transylvania. hockey program, especially since Muskingum Universi-

Columns becomes TNotes, improves service to campus For decades, Columns served the Transylvania campus, first as a expand one at a time to display only the posts the user wants to weekly newsletter, then as a daily online news page. After months read. Users are able to jump to different categories, and submitters of surveys and public forums, Columns recently underwent a full can include attachments for download within the posts them- redesign and restructuring and was renamed TNotes. selves. The site also works well on mobile phones, an increasingly TNotes is a daily news hub where anyone from Transylvania important medium for students. can submit posts on events, achievements, announcements, new “We wanted to make TNotes easier to navigate, not just on personnel—anything the community needs to know about. Public computers, but also on iPhone and Android,” Shochat said. “It’s relations associate Mollie Eblen serves as editor. a much more user-friendly way to get information to people who “Columns has been a great way to get Transylvania news in one need it. We have plans to continue improving TNotes from campus place without needing to sort through wasteful fliers and dozens feedback, possibly adding features like an archive and a search, of emails,” Sarah Emmons, associate vice president for communi- and we’re open for more suggestions.” cations and public relations, said. “Now, with input from our cam- The name came from a campus-wide contest, where students, pus, TNotes makes that process faculty, and staff submitted even better.” possible names for the new page. The Office of Communications The top results were put up for built the new site after taking an online vote, and TNotes, which input from students, faculty, and was submitted by prospect staff on features they would like to research coordinator Lu-Ann see added and changes they want- Farrar, won overwhelmingly. ed from the original site. Web The full page is available only development manager Mariana on campus, but those off campus Shochat redesigned the page, can still read TNotes posts at making it more modern, user www.transy.edu/inside. It’s a good friendly, and easier to read. way to keep up with Transylvania Gone is the page full of text, events and with members of the replaced with headlines that community.

FALL 2012 9 Elmendorf retreat forges relationships, fosters creativity The historic Elmendorf Farm in Lexington relax in the morning, eat lunch, keep work- that Gohde was the only faculty member hosted nine Transylvania faculty and local ing, then get together for drinks at 7 p.m. who teaches art. The others were profes- artists for a creative retreat organized by and dinner at 7:30. Each day, two of the sors from a variety of disciplines who do English professor Kremena Todorova and artists would be on dinner duty and cook creative work in their own time. Upchurch art professor Kurt Gohde in August. for everyone else. did creative writing, and one evening at The weeklong retreat was designed to “Depending on how ambitious they dinner, the participants decided to have a give artists time away from their lives to were, they would start cooking anywhere time to share some of their work. work on any pieces they wanted to create from 10 in the morning, which Jeremy Upchurch read the poetry she’d been work- with a community of other artists. Paden did—he made pasta from scratch— ing on, and it was received so well that it “The idea is to have time to make work to 5:30,” Todorova said. “Inevitably when encouraged her to participate in her first without being distracted by laundry and people were cooking, others would come poetry reading in September. children and dogs,” Gohde said. “The only and hang around, so the kitchen became a The professors are currently planning an requirement was drinks at 7 each night and focal point for people. It turned out to be a open reading and exhibition for the partici- dinner afterwards.” great way to build community.” pants to share the work they did on the “It’s a time to reenergize,” Todorova That community was an important Elmendorf retreat. said. “If that means you go and do aspect of the retreat, especially with such a “A number of people started work there absolutely nothing but sleep and listen to loose “schedule.” or worked on something there that has the radio, that’s fine. We were insistent on “There were plenty of common spaces to been published,” Todorova said. “We want lack of accountability in a positive way. It work, but some people worked on their people to know more about the initiative, was not a product-oriented retreat.” own, and we didn’t see them until dinner,” so we’ll find a way to have the participants This year was the second retreat and the Gohde said. “It made the interaction at din- show their work.” first to be a full week. The idea came from ner even better, because people who need- Another benefit is that it spread the Tran- discussions between Todorova, Gohde, ed their alone time had a full day of it.” sylvania brand to local artists and eventually Kenan visiting writer Richard Taylor, and Several people, though, worked together to people who will hear about Transylvania writing, rhetoric, and communication during the day. One of the houses has a through the retreat and those artists. instructor Martha Gehringer. The group large porch with a wooden table on it, and “Like any professional work, the goal is was in communication with Nana Lampton, it became a place for people to chat and to have Transylvania’s name said in a good who owns the farm and wanted to start share their art while they worked. way in the community,” Gohde said. “The some kind of artist residency with Transyl- “Jamie Day was carving, and Jeremy artists that were involved this year had vania. After trying a weekend retreat in Paden was writing poems, and Kurt was nothing but praise for the experience and 2011, Gohde and Todorova decided to working on an album cover for the band for Transylvania. They were very grateful. extend it to a week and had a good idea of Vandeveer,” said Todorova. “I was working For people who aren’t part of an academic what it would look like. on two drawings—they were the first draw- institution, this type of thing is really Other participants were physics professor ings I’d done in years. It was fun to share unusual and forges lasting relationships Jamie Day, Spanish professor Jeremy Paden, and work and be in a community that way. within the creative community.” psychology professor Meg Upchurch, “It felt a lot to me like graduate school The professors hope to open the retreat German professor Steve Naumann, poet where there was more time for that kind of up to Transylvania alumni who are doing Eric Sutherland, visual artist and owner of work as opposed to now when we have creative work, which is another way to Third Street Stuff Pat Gerhard, and visual full teaching schedules, and I’m in my build community and make connections. If artist and musician John Lackey. office a lot and don’t interact with my you are interested in participating in the A typical day saw the participants get up colleagues as much.” retreat, email Todorova at ktodorova@tran- whenever they wanted, work on their art or An interesting aspect of the retreat is sy.edu or Gohde at [email protected].

Attending the retreat at Elmendorf Farm were, front row, left to right: Jeremy Paden, John Lackey, Pat Gerhard. Back row, Kurt Gohde, Jamie Day, Eric Sutherland, Stephen Naumann, Meg Upchurch, Kremena Todorova.

10 TRANSYLVANIA Paul Finkelman, Albany Law School professor, will conduct residency program, give Harlan Lecture Paul Finkelman, a professor ton Post. Brian Leister’s Law Politics of Slavery in the in the Albany Law School and a School Rankings recently National Capital (2011), specialist in American legal named him the ninth most Slavery and the history, constitutional law, and cited legal historian. Founders: Race and race and the law, will be at Among Finkelman’s areas of Liberty in the Age of Transylvania the week of March scholarly expertise are constitu- Jefferson (2001), and 3-9 in a residency program that tional history, freedom of reli- Baseball and the Ameri- will include presentation of the gion, the law of slavery, civil can Legal Mind (1995). spring John Marshall Harlan liberties and the American Civil Finkelman appeared Lecture. War, and legal issues surround- in Ken Burns’ documen- Finkelman is the President ing baseball. He has written tary on Thomas Jeffer- William McKinley Distinguished extensively on Thomas Jefferson son and has been an Professor of Law and Public and Abraham Lincoln. He was analyst on radio and Policy, and Senior Fellow in the the chief expert witness in the television programs, Government Law Center at Alabama Ten Commandments including PBS, NPR, Albany Law School in Albany, monument case, and his schol- CNN, and ESPN. C-SPAN taped notable as the lone dissenter in N.Y. arship on religious monuments Finkelman’s two-hour class on the Civil Rights Cases (1883) He is also a Fellow in Law in public spaces was cited by the Dred Scott case and aired and Plessy v. Ferguson (1896), and Humanities at Harvard Law the U.S. Supreme Court in Van the program nationally. It is which struck down as unconsti- School. He earned his B.A. from Orden v. Perry (2005). The now part of C-SPAN’s series on tutional federal anti-discrimina- Syracuse University and his Supreme Court has also cited American history. He has also tion legislation and upheld M.A. and Ph.D., both in Ameri- his scholarship on the Second appeared on other C-SPAN Southern segregation statutes can history, from the University Amendment, and he was a key programs and on The History under the “separate but equal” of Chicago. expert witness in the suit over Channel. doctrine. He is the author of more who owned Barry Bonds’ 73rd The John Marshall Harlan Date, time, and location of than 150 scholarly articles and home run ball. Lecture Series honors the 1853 the lecture will be determined. over 30 books. His op-ed Among his books are Race graduate of Transylvania’s Law Visit www.transy.edu for updat- pieces and shorter works have and the Constitution: From the Department, who served on the ed information. The lecture appeared in The New York Philadelphia Convention to the U.S. Supreme Court from 1877- series is made possible by the Times, The Washington Post, Age of Segregation (2010), In 1911 and was an early champi- generosity of McBrayer, McGin- USA Today, and on the Huffing- the Shadow of Freedom: The on of civil rights. He is most nis, Leslie and Kirkland, PLLC.

ApplauseApplauseApplauseApplauseApplauseApplauseApplauseApplause Spanish professor Veronica Dean-Thacker and art profes- Agency in Sex Work Migration,” at a conference on Eastern sor Jack Girard presented their collaborative research at the Third European women’s stories of migration in the new millennium in International Conference on the Image September 14 in Poznan, Bucharest, Romania, September 21. Poland. Their paper, “Facing the Unknown in the Art and Poetry The Transylvania Lampas Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa of Juan Carlos Mestre,” explores the notion of alienation and was recognized as a Circle of Distinction at the National ODK disenfranchisement in the artist’s visual and written work. Biennial Convention at Charlotte, N.C. Circles of Distinction First-year student Spencer Peach was invited by Vice Presi- demonstrate exceptional performance in accordance with dent Joe Biden and Jill Biden to Washington, D.C., September 19 national ODK standards. The Transylvania Circle is celebrating to attend the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) the 35th anniversary of its ODK charter this year. leaders Policy Roundtable and tour of the East Wing. He was Senior Don Combs was presented the prestigious Congres- also invited to an end-of-summer barbecue at the vice president’s sional Award Gold Medal by U.S. Rep. Harold “Hal” Rogers in residence that evening. The events celebrate the next generation recognition of his outstanding public service record and personal of LGBT leaders. Peach is a student activist and co-chair for the development achievements. He was the first to receive the award Greater Evansville Steering Committee for the Gay, Lesbian and in the 5th Congressional District, which Rogers represents, and Straight Education Network. was one of only 177 gold medalists in the nation. The congres- Women’s studies professor Simona Fojtová presented a sional award is given to Americans aged 14-23 and requires 400 paper titled “Anglo-American Feminist Critiques of Agency“ at hours of community service, 200 hours of both personal develop- a conference in Zlín, Czech Republic, September 5. The fourth ment and physical fitness activities, and a four-night expedition. international conference on Anglophone studies, titled “From Combs fulfilled the requirements through his positions as presi- Theory to Practice,” was organized by the Department of English dent of Kappa Alpha Order fraternity and southern regional chief and American Studies at Tomas Bata University in Zlín. Fojtová for the Boy Scouts’ Order of the Arrow. His expedition consisted also presented a paper, “East-European Women’s Stories of of a week-long canoe trip with the Boy Scouts.

FALL 2012 11 Joseph Rey Au

Embracing Community Serving and engaging Lexington is a priority for Transylvania students, faculty, and staff

BY WILLIAM A. BOWDEN AND TYLER YOUNG

ew colleges are as closely tied to their people in campus programs. Fcities as Transylvania University is to “Transylvania brings a great deal to Lexington. Established just five years the city, and I think most people know after Lexington was founded, Transylva- that,” President R. Owen Williams said. nia is located in the heart of the city and “Our reach within the larger Lexington for years has offered students, faculty, community is growing. Our footprint is and staff prime opportunities to be growing. And with that, our influence, plugged in to Lexington politics, busi- our effect on the city is growing.” ness, art, and more. One of the major ways Transylvania That’s why community involvement gets involved in its surrounding area is is such an important value—Transylvania through the Office of Community Serv- strives to be connected to the commu- ice and Civic Engagement, which over nity in a variety of forms. the summer got a new home in the These opportunities range from Center for Awareness, Responsibility, purely voluntary activities to the career- and Engagement, or CARE House, at oriented involvement of many students 439 West Fourth St. in the city’s commerce and non-profit The house acts as a hub where stu- organizations, to lectures and concerts dents, faculty, and staff can learn how that draw the community to campus and where to get involved and where and the university’s official relationships they can coordinate groups and events with city government and neighbor- to serve or connect with Lexington. It hood associations, and to summer also houses student service organiza- events such as computer and sports tions like the PB&J Club, which gathers camps that engage hundreds of young at the house each week to make peanut

12 TRANSYLVANIA butter and jelly sandwiches for hungry with it, and you’re called with other gagement Through the Arts each people downtown. people who want to be part of it too.” spring, and the goal is to do just “Students love the access and the A recent push to enhance commu- that—engage the community in a cre- space to spread out and do projects or nity service efforts at Transylvania is ative way. Each term the class focuses have a meeting space,” Karen Ander- producing results. According to the on a new project that can be done in son, coordinator of community serv- 2011–12 National Survey on Student conjunction with Lexington residents ice and civic engagement, said. Engagement, 50 percent of Transylva- and gets the downtown Lexington Dozens of service opportunities nia students said that service was part and north Lexington area involved. pop up throughout the year, and of their classroom experience. Transyl- Last spring they did the 1,000 Dolls Transylvania gets involved in several vania also became affiliated with Cam- Project, in which the class and com- annual events, including the Martin pus Compact, a national group of munity volunteers made small fabric Luther King Jr. Day of Service, a na- colleges whose presidents have af- and wooden dolls that eventually were tional day of service projects; Crimson firmed that service and civic engage- hidden all around Limestone Street Christmas, a carnival Transylvania ment are priorities at their schools. for people to find and take home to hosts for kids in the Big Brothers/Big “Service is not just something that enjoy. Before that, they spent a term Sisters program; and College for Liv- my office does—it’s something we all stitching and donating 50 quilts to ing, a series of classes taught on cam- do,” Anderson said. “Learning is not Kentucky children who had recently pus by Transylvania volunteers for just in one’s own mind, but it makes received a bed from the Build-A-Bed developmentally disabled adults in meaning when it’s connecting with project. Lexington. the real world, whether that’s for re- “Working on collaborative public Participating in these types of search or for a better understanding of art projects is a great way to enable events is not just fulfillment of a re- how we serve the people in our com- people to get to know each other,” quirement for many students, either, munity.” Todorova said. “Getting to know Anderson said. It’s a real chance to one’s neighbors and community chal- grow as learners and citizens. Faculty, students move lenges stereotypes, undoes fears, and “For students who are feeling iso- from the classroom facilitates a much better way to live lated or going through a situation to the community with others.” where they’re questioning or chal- Music professor Gary Anderson lenging themselves or their identities, One of the most effective ways for spends much of his off-campus time a lot of times getting involved in com- Transylvania to connect with the Lex- conducting the Lexington Chamber munity service will help them find ington community is for its classes and Chorale, a choir of 32 singers he started what they value,” she said. “Service professors to take their studies off 22 years ago that performs around and civic engagement is about values campus and into the surrounding Lexington. The group has had several education. It’s about what you hold area. Transylvania alumni and one current so important in your life that you Art professor Kurt Gohde and student and is accompanied by pianist would do just because you’re passion- English professor Kremena Todorova Richard Dwyer, an adjunct instructor ate about it, you want to be connected teach a class called Community En- at Transylvania. The chorale has gained promi- nence over the years and this sea- son will perform Handel’s Messiah with the Lexington Philharmonic December 15. Other unique con- certs include one highlighting women composers February 16 and a bluegrass mass written specifically for the choir April 20. In October the singers performed poetry from writers like Shake- speare and e.e. cummings set to music, and Kenan Visiting Writer Richard Taylor judged a poetry contest for attendees who wanted to write poetry during the per-

Students from film studies professor Colleen Glenn’s First-Year Seminar class harvest beans and tend a community garden near campus for Seedleaf. From left to right, Kaitlin Haggard, Ashley Nugent, Anna Chambers, Jessica Wise. Tyler Young Tyler

FALL 2012 13 formance. “It’s extremely important for all of us to do these kinds of things in the com- munity,” Anderson said. “And it’s good for the school, as well. I can’t imagine if we isolated ourselves at 300 North Broadway we’d be doing any kind of justice to the city or the university.” Transylvania also joined with the Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learn- ing over the summer for a partnership that allows the two organizations to offer classes and programs they may not have had the space or personnel for oth- erwise. Transylvania moved two of its courses to the Carnegie Center in the fall term, and several students, faculty, and staff volunteer teaching courses or tutoring at the center. Countless other smaller initiatives— like film studies professor Colleen Glenn’s First-Year Seminar class tending to a community garden for Seedleaf, a nonprofit that teaches the community about healthy and local food—are being done throughout the school year. And students gain just as much from the Young Tyler Senior Jake Hawkins takes part in the introduction of Toyota’s 2013 Avalon at partnerships as the community does. the company’s Georgetown, Ky., manufacturing plant. “If our students get to know down- town Lexington, they will love what they discover and work to both make it Hawkins gaining valuable experience at Toyota better and share it with others,” Todor- ova said. “All of us benefit from this An excellent example of the work of and here I am, an intern, getting to kind of engagement. In fact, we have re- the Career Development Center is the vote. I feel like I could walk into any peatedly seen alumni from our Creative experience of senior writing, rhetoric, company right now and function as a Engagements course get jobs with or- and communication major Jake corporate citizen.” ganizations like the Fayette Alliance, a Hawkins. He has been a paid intern in He gave credit to Career Develop- coalition for sustainable growth, after external affairs at Toyota in the corpora- ment for helping him to land such a graduation.” tion’s North American engineering and competitive internship. manufacturing division headquarters in “Their help was incredibly valuable,” Career Development Erlanger, Ky., and at the Georgetown, he said. “I did not have a clue what a connects students with Ky., manufacturing plant since the sum- résumé was before I worked with mer of 2011. He works with public rela- them. They showed me how to lever- Lexington business tions and philanthropy, including age what I’d done at Transylvania to It’s the job of the Transylvania faculty handling communication with non-prof- make me stand out. I would have never to prepare students academically, but its on the Contributions Committee, put on a résumé that I did Alternative equally as important is their professional which makes donations, both monetary Spring Break, and it was that exact preparation. The Career Development and in-kind, to organizations in the thing that made them pick me out of Center spends its time doing just that, region. the other candidates because they After completing his summer intern- wanted someone with philanthropy as well as connecting students to em- ship, Toyota asked Hawkins if he could and volunteer experience.” ployers and organizations in the Lexing- remain on a part-time basis while he Hawkins has earned a wealth of ton community and beyond. finished school, and he has worked experience from the position, including “Being involved with businesses in there ever since. He plans to stay with working with launches of the new the community, whether that’s through the company at least until graduation. Camry and Avalon models and helping an internship, shadowship, or a part-time “It’s been a great experience,” he with a remodel of the Georgetown or summer job, gives our students the said. “I’m supporting people’s projects plant’s visitors center. He also recently experiential education that they need to and learning skills in public relations oversaw the donation of 30 trial vehi- be successful when they graduate,” and philanthropy. The Contributions cles to technical schools, and he writes Susan Rayer, director of career develop- Committee is mostly general managers, for Drive, Toyota’s internal magazine. ment, said. “Community involvement is

14 TRANSYLVANIA key to career development.” work, paired with the quality of the stu- fessor and assistant dean for academic That’s an important concept for dents, has earned Transylvania a favor- programs Meg Upchurch. Transylvania students. While some of able reputation among central Kentucky Topicality can also draw more people them go straight to graduate school businesses and organizations, Rayer said. from off campus. Civil War historian and after they leave, 60 percent move into “Alan Stein (founder of SteinGroup, novelist Shelby Foote appeared in 1997 their first career position. So the career LLC, business development and man- shortly after he had gained national development staff makes sure those stu- agement consulting company and for- prominence through his commentator dents are learning how to function in mer president of the Lexington Legends role in Ken Burns’s PBS documentary the professional world before they’re minor league baseball team) said to me, The Civil War. Cornell University as- ever handed a diploma. That means ‘I get applications from students from tronomy professor Stephen Squyres being in the community and forging re- all over the United States, and by far the spoke in 2004 while he was NASA’s lationships with employers who could Transylvania résumé is the best that I re- media spokesman for the Mars Explo- potentially hire students as interns or ceive,’” she said. “When I mention that ration Rover Project. part-time workers. I have a Transylvania student looking for Upchurch also oversees the Creative Much of that falls on Rayer, who an internship, eyebrows go up. Every Intelligence Lecture Series, begun in works tirelessly to make those connec- time we have a student that interns, the 2011, which brings to campus creative tions by contacting potential employers, place says, ‘I want another intern just people from the arts, various academic networking with alumni in the area, and like that one.’” disciplines, and community work. Pre- serving on various central Kentucky sentations have included “After Defeat: boards and committees. These include Lively campus attracts The Spanish Anti-Fascist Guerrillas and Leadership Lexington, Leadership Cen- many community visitors the Holocaust of the Spaniards” by a tral Kentucky, and Bluegrass Tomorrow, Davidson College professor, “Sexual all of which are comprised of and serve Transylvania offers the Lexington Politics and the Politics of Sexuality” by professionals in the region. community many reasons to visit cam- a University of California-Santa Cruz “External communications is a big pus, from lectures by prominent speak- professor, and “The Creative Impulse” part of my job,” she said. “I’m the stu- ers to theatrical productions, concerts, by a Brandeis University professor. dents’ marketer, their agent. I’m con- art exhibits, and athletics events. “The goal is to have people talk stantly out building relationships and The Kenan Lecture series, begun in about their creative process,” Upchurch promoting our students.” 1986, brings in noted public figures and said. “It’s been exciting to see how Once those relationships are estab- others whose expertise in a given field many people come from off campus to lished, they go on a long list of potential makes them appealing to a wide audi- hear these speakers. People at the Uni- internships and employers. The next ence. The series is sponsored by the versity of Kentucky, for instance, were step is getting students to figure out William R. Kenan Jr. Charitable Trust. very interested to hear that (University what kind of internship they want, based Past speakers have included novelists of Pennsylvania psychology professor) on their skills, interests, and major re- John Updike and Kurt Vonnegut, opera Rob Kurzban, a rising star in evolution- quirements. virtuoso Beverly Sills, former Ireland ary psychology, was coming.” One of Transylvania’s greatest assets president Mary Robinson, and journal- Theatrical productions have long is being in downtown Lexington near ists James Reston and Eric Sevareid. been an attraction to the larger commu- a wide variety of local, regional, na- “Whenever possible, we have speak- nity that surrounds Transylvania. Large- tional, and worldwide organizations. ers who are well known beyond their scale productions in Haggin Recent local internship locations have field, or so famous that they would draw Auditorium, especially musicals, draw included Tempur-Pedic, Central Bap- a wide audience,” said psychology pro- large audiences. A 1997 production of tist Hospital, WLEX-18 TV, Lexmark, Kentucky World Trade Center, Alltech, and the University of Kentucky Mu- seum of Anthropology. “We begin with the end result and work back—where do you want to be, and how can we get you there?” Rayer said. Once the decision is made, career de- velopment staff help get the students Photo courtesy of African American Forum ready for their internship by helping them build quality résumés and teaching them interview and career skills. That

Old Morrison lawn was the setting for the Lexus Smooth Jazz Fest, sponsored by the African American Forum.

FALL 2012 15 Fiddler on the Roof was a big hit, as was community by taking part in Lexington have been a mainstay of the summer a 2008 staging of Carousel. A May term Gallery Hops. This brings art lovers months at Transylvania. They have the 2013 version of Pippin is expected to from off the campus to Transylvania as obvious benefits for the campers of, say, have broad appeal. they circulate throughout the city to teaching a youngster how to swim or Theater professor and program direc- various exhibitions on a given evening. learning computer programming, but tor Sully White, who keeps in touch Among the innovative exhibitions in they also create good community rela- with the Lexington theater scene partly recent years have been The Illustrious tions for the university. Campers who’ve through her own acting company (Pro- Horse, created during the World Eques- spent time on the campus often come ject SEE), feels Transylvania’s produc- trian Games held in Lexington; To Have back for many summers and wind up as tions can have a unique appeal for & To Hold by married couples; and Lex- Transylvania students. outside audiences. ington Legatees: Contemporary Print- “Every year there are four or five “With last year’s season, for instance, making in the Bluegrass featuring letter first-year students who come up to me we did all premieres,” she said. “I’m try- press, silk screen, and wood prints. and say, ‘Do you remember me?’” said ing to do pieces that aren’t being done Most of Transylvania’s 23 women’s athletics director Jack Ebel ’77. “And elsewhere in the community.” and men’s varsity teams compete in they’ll want to talk about their swim les- For last fall’s production of Almost, NCAA Division III and the Heartland sons at Transylvania many years ago, or Maine, White brought in three Lexing- Collegiate Athletic Conference, giving their all-sports camp.” ton professional actors who not only the local community a broad palette of Basketball camps started by former augmented the student cast in the per- indoor and outdoor sports events to at- head men’s coach Lee Rose ’58, who formance, but also gave the students in- tend from fall through spring. led the Pioneers for eight seasons during sights from the theater world. The university’s teams are very suc- the 1964–75 time period, were the first “They mentored the students by cessful in the HCAC and in NCAA camps to appear. Since then, they have showing them the behavior of a profes- post-season play, which brings exciting expanded to include women’s basket- sional actor and also helped me coach tournament action that all sports fans in ball. They now draw kids as young as six the scenes,” White said. the area can enjoy. For example, the years old and high school players who Transylvania offers concerts of all 2008 men’s basketball team advanced to come to camp as a team. shapes and sizes, from student and fac- the Elite Eight of the NCAA champi- The next development was the cre- ulty recitals to professional performers onship, allowing the university to host ation of swim camp and all-sports camp, in a wide range of musical styles. Some the conference tournament and first- both spearheaded by Ebel. The swim recent examples of outside performers and second-round NCAA tournament camps drew about 750 campers during are Celtic fiddler Liz Knowles, pianist games on consecutive weekends, which the 2012 season for lessons in the Nicolas Phillips from the University of filled the Beck Center to the rafters. William T. Young Campus Center pool. Wisconsin-Eau Claire, and saxophonist “One of the grants we received to Kirk Whalum appearing at the Lexus Camps take over in construct the campus center (opened in Smooth Jazz Fest, sponsored by the the summertime 1983) had a requirement that we in- African American Forum and held on clude community involvement in the Old Morrison lawn. Music professor For many years, camps for young new facility,” Ebel said. “My suggestion Timothy Polashek coordinates Studio people devoted to academics and sports was to have swim lessons and an all- 300 Digital Art and Music Festival, which features Transylvania students along with artists from around the world. The annual Lexington patriotic con- cert, held just before the Fourth of July on Old Morrison lawn, attracts a large crowd from the community. The Dorothy J. and Fred K. Smith Concert Series, established through the estate of these Transylvania alums, has brought to campus such stellar groups as Chanti- cleer, the Kronos Quartet, and the Canadian Brass. Transylvania connects its art exhibits in Morlan Gallery with the broader

Caitlin Cummins ’12 teaches at the summer computer camp that attracts students from middle school age through high school.

16 TRANSYLVANIA sports camp. And it’s grown from eral years of our middle school camps, a letter of recommendation to the Board there.” then transition into the programming of Adjustment in favor of the college de- Other sports have joined the parade camp and the advanced camp as high veloping the land. The letter also related and now include soccer, softball, tennis, school students,” Moorman said. “So how much the university contributes to and volleyball. With the development of we have a long-term relationship in the this part of Lexington. the new athletics field on a recently ac- community with these students, and “Members of the Northside Neigh- quired 10-acre plot on West Fourth some wind up attending Transylvania.” borhood Association are excited about Street, a lacrosse camp will be added. some of the things they see happening Cheerleading and dance, now varsity Lexington and Transylvania with us, and they’re pleased we want to programs, will also add camps. go way back be good neighbors to them,” Williams On the academic side, Transylvania said. “They see the benefits of being offers very popular summer computer Transylvania has been closely in- able to enjoy the vitality of our campus.” camps for middle school and high volved with the city that surrounds it That area of Lexington has seen the school students. Computer science pro- and its residents almost from the univer- repurposing of historic structures for fessor Kenny Moorman ’91, co-director sity’s beginnings. Chartered in 1780, restaurants and entertainment venues in of the camps with mathematics professor the university took root in 1792 when recent years and seems poised to experi- Mike LeVan, said that mathematics and the city fathers gave the fledging col- ence further reinvigoration in the near computer science professor emeritus lege’s trustees a parcel of land for its future. James E. Miller originated these camps original campus that today forms Gratz “When I think about the parts of the at a time when few colleges offered Park. city that are going through the most dy- computer science courses. Symbolic of Transylvania’s close as- namic transformation, the area between “Dr. Miller saw that it was important sociation with Lexington for more than the new Bluegrass Community and for Transylvania to advertise itself to the two centuries is the presence of the old- Technical College campus on Newtown next generation of computer program- est surviving university structure (now Pike and Transylvania’s campus is at the mers,” Moorman said. “Most schools home to the Bluegrass Trust for Historic top of my list,” Williams said. now offer some kind of computer Preservation) in Gratz Park, now a city Transylvania is involved in many classes, but we still find a very strong au- park bordering campus. community organizations, including dience for our summer camps.” Transylvania and Lexington literally Commerce Lexington and the Urban Middle school students attend a ro- grew up together, and today the univer- League. The Henry Clay Center for botics camp based on the Lego Mind- sity is a valued member of the commu- Statesmanship holds its prestigious an- storms robot kit, which is also used by nity with many links, official and nual summer program on the Transylva- Transylvania students. They learn the otherwise, to the city that gives the col- nia campus, bringing 51 top college mechanics and programming of robot lege so much of its appeal to students, students—one from each state and from building, covering much of the material faculty, and staff. the District of Columbia—in for a week that Moorman offers to Transylvania President Williams, who meets with of sessions on statesmanship. students in his May term class. It’s sim- Lexington-Fayette Urban County Gov- The University of Kentucky and plified, since the campers don’t have the ernment Mayor Jim Gray on a fairly reg- Transylvania enjoy many mutually ben- math background required. ular basis, said the city’s leadership eficial relationships, including joint re- Moorman said the camps get stu- understands the value of Transylvania to search projects between faculty mem- dents started off as investigators looking the community and wants to see its in- bers and students. UK recently invited for knowledge instead of having it all fluence expand. Gray’s mother, the late Transylvania to take part in a planning spoon-fed to them, which models the Lois Howard Gray, was a 1941 graduate study that also involved Bluegrass Com- university’s liberal arts approach with its of the college, which gives him a family munity and Technical College, Com- regular students. link to the institution. merce Lexington, the Blue Grass Trust, “You can throw a problem at them, “The mayor is very energetic and a the Blue Grass Community Foundation, and they’ll do a search on the Internet true visionary with regard to the future Fayette Alliance, and the Downtown or maybe use a math book from their development of this city,” Williams said. Development Authority. middle school classes to try to figure it “He sees the contributions Transylvania Transylvania’s outreach is also seen in out for themselves,” he said. “They’ll makes to Lexington, and he wants to a number of smaller initiatives, including ferret out the answers rather than wait encourage that every chance he gets.” hosting potential city firefighters and for us to deliver them.” Transylvania’s historic campus is so police officers for their application Students in grades 8-12 attend a tightly woven into the fabric of down- exams, allowing local churches to use week-long, overnight introduction to town Lexington that enlightened coop- university parking lots for big events, computer programming camp that has eration between the two is as much of a and dismantling some fences that had them living in the university’s residence necessity as it is a virtue. A current ex- bordered the campus for decades. halls and eating in the dining hall. Fi- ample is the university’s development of “It was a happy day when we could nally, there is an advanced computer a newly acquired 10-acre tract on West pull those fences down,” said Williams. camp with subjects that change from Fourth Street as an athletics field. The “And people in the neighborhoods year to year. Northside Neighborhood Association, around our campus truly appreciated “We’re seeing students come to sev- of which Transylvania is a member, sent that we were welcoming them on our

FALL 2012 17 A MUSICAL TRADITION

BY TYLER YOUNG hris Anderson ’88 took piano lessons Cas a child, but he was always fasci- nated by the scale and intricacies of the pipe organ. “I was interested in the organ as a mechanical phenomenon,” he said. “My father was a mechanic. There is a degree of mystery to the organ. People don’t really know how it works, and it’s not particularly obvious by just looking at it. I was interested in how complicated it was, and that led to my playing. I started taking organ lessons when I was a sophomore in high school, and I played in church.” Anderson is now associate professor of sacred music at the Perkins School of Theology at Southern Methodist Uni- versity in Dallas, where he has taught since 2006. He teaches pipe organ, an instrument that has been prominent in church history for centuries. The pipe organ is an extremely com- plex instrument that passes air through holes drilled in the bottom of sometimes hundreds of pipes that open up when the corresponding keys and pedals are pushed. The pipes can be several feet tall for low pitches or only a few inches tall for high pitches. For a long time, the organ was the only instrument used in many churches, and much of the sacred music in history has been composed for it. Anderson was an organ performance major and German minor at Transylva- nia. He spent a lot of time in Haggin Auditorium at the pipe organ that sits above and to the left of the stage on a shelf coming out from the auditorium wall. It was manufactured by Casavant Frères, a company based in Quebec that is known for its excellent organs. “At Transylvania there was only the one on campus, and I would go in early in the morning, often before breakfast, and practice for a couple of hours,” An- derson said. “It was so quiet and dark, and it was a very nice place to play. It’s very dramatic up there, the way it’s laid out.” He took lessons from Loren Tice, a longtime Transylvania instructor and ac- companist. It was with Tice that he de- veloped much of the scholarly interest in the pipe organ and its significance to music history.

18 TRANSYLVANIA Chris Anderson ’88 keeps the study of a classic instrument alive

“He was fabulous, very exciting,” spectives on an Organ Performing Tra- Anderson asserts that it’s still a rele- Anderson said. “He was convinced of dition, which won the prestigious Max vant instrument worthy of extensive the organ’s worth and the value of Miller Book Award in 2006, given by study and research. organ study. He was the ideal teacher to The Organ Library of the American “The organ is very relevant to the encourage me to continue my studies.” Guild of Organists. It was notable for church, and in a time when people have After graduating from Transylvania, being the first extensive English-lan- so much to do,” he said. “We have so Anderson went to SMU to earn a master guage survey of the Romantic organist. many distractions with technology, social of music in organ performance and a The organ is an often misunderstood media—it becomes harder and harder to master of sacred music (organist/ instrument that is gradually being phased concentrate on an instrument, not to choirmaster), then to the State Univer- out in many churches around the coun- mention one which is so complex and re- sity of Music and Performing Arts in try as they move away from traditional quires intense concentration and hard Stuttgart, Germany. There he studied services that have included the instru- work, that in themselves are values. German music and culture, a passion ment. Very little church music is still “It’s absolutely relevant and always that began at Transylvania and has car- being composed for the organ, and its has been. It has a long tradition for hav- ried over into his academic career. popularity has been fading for years. ing such a large number of sounds and “Rick Weber (Transylvania German “The American church of 1950 used an extensive palate of colors. No singular professor) was the most fantastic teacher organs either exclusively or mostly exclu- instrument can make as many sounds. I’ve ever had,” Anderson said. “He was sively, along with pianos, based on what We must be able to approach the organ precise, humorous, engaged—he got me part of the country you were in,” Ander- in new and imaginative ways. That’s so excited about German study and Ger- son said. “In 2012, the organ is regarded what’s needed in church today.” man culture. Now I study German his- as one of many different kinds of sound- Much of that type of new thinking tory, and not a day goes by where I don’t scapes. Many organists today feel threat- and perseverance was taught to Ander- read or speak German. I’ve published in ened and pushed out the door, but they son at Transylvania, where he learned German. It has massive consequences for must remember that the organ does not how studying the liberal arts alongside my work today, and I never would have have to work by itself. It can work with music performance could be an impor- had that without Transylvania.” a piano or any number of instruments. tant asset as he continued his career. After returning to the United States It’s so versatile, so much more so than “Our program is essentially interdis- and earning a Ph.D. in performance even many organists realize, and that’s ciplinary,” he said. “I deal with histori- practices from Duke University, Ander- very unfortunate. That’s not the way to ans, I deal with musicians, I deal with son taught at the University of North look at it at all, and that’s not what we theologians, I deal with a variety of lan- Dakota for seven years before heading teach our students.” guages from German and French to back to Dallas to teach at SMU. Latin and Aramaic.” At any given time, there are approx- History, music, German, and the imately 15 students enrolled in the liberal arts have all come together for organ program, so he gets the chance Anderson. He said he has a deeper un- to work closely with them, similar to derstanding of what he learned at Tran- the way he got one-on-one teaching at sylvania now that he can look back and Transylvania. reflect. “I love getting to work closely with “There are things I draw on all the students, people really engaged in what time, like my western civilization courses. they want to do, and building on what What made that civilization move? What they already have,” he said. “We have were the major and minor turning some sharply engaged grad students, points?” he said. “I never imagined that and I learn from them, and our ex- would be the case. I didn’t understand changes are extremely valuable. You’re what a bachelor’s degree was. I thought constantly getting new ideas, and that’s it meant that you took a bunch of fantastic. It’s very challenging and al- courses, some of which didn’t concern lows me to pursue research. I’m active you whatsoever, and you have a well- as a writer and researcher.” rounded education and life. Anderson’s research focuses on the “The reality is that kind of education history of organ music, particularly its doesn’t give you great depth, but it gives role in western culture from late Ro- you a great broad overview of lots of dis- manticism to early Modernism—ap- At Southern Methodist University, ciplines and ideas that are all actually Chris Anderson studies, plays, and proximately 1880-1920. He’s written teaches the pipe organ, a famously connected. Reality is not divided into ac- and edited books on the subject, includ- intricate instrument that is deeply ademic departments. Reality was never a ing Max Reger and Karl Straube: Per- rooted in church tradition. student in college.” ■ Hillsman Jackson

FALL 2012 19 New Approaches in Student Dean LoMonaco learns about student life from the inside out

BY WILLIAM A. BOWDEN gious life, and sustainability programs. dents from an insider’s view.” rom bringing her goat Jonas to a Early on, LoMonaco had a somewhat Two other innovations—moving her Fcampus event to having a room in a radical notion: she would actually live office from Old Morrison on the aca- student residence hall, anthropology among the students (at least some of the demic side of campus to the William T. professor Barbara LoMonaco has served time) by taking a room in a residence Young Campus Center and going on notice that her uninhibited outlook on hall that would put her in daily touch late-night rounds with student resident her life and career will help inform the with the rhythms and patterns of their assistants (RAs) in the halls—also search for fresh ideas in her new role as lives. When a room became available in demonstrate LoMonaco’s desire to be in vice president for student affairs and Poole Residence Hall, a suite-style closer touch with students. Her office dean of students. building for men and women, she location puts her more in the flow of One of her goals was to learn about moved right in. student life, and her visits to the resi- student life from the inside out, on the Four months into her first academic dence halls have opened her eyes to the theory that the more she knew about the year as dean, LoMonaco is finding her responsibilities that RAs shoulder. daily lives of students, the better pre- experiment in living partly as a student At first, students were stunned to see pared she would be to enhance their out- to be a rewarding one. She spends the the dean coming down the hallway with of-classroom experiences at Transylvania. night only about once a week, usually an RA at midnight—and she does less of She knew these insights would help when she has to be on campus for a late- that now that she’s well into the job— her implement a number of changes, night event, but she’s in and out of the but that was an important early step in which are now taking place through an room for other purposes during the day. her immersion approach to the job. expanded staff that gives more support “In anthropology, we talk about “I now have a much greater appreci- to virtually every area under her super- being a participant observer,” she said. ation for the job our RAs do,” she said. vision, from residence life to wellness, “Having a room in Poole has been an “They are not there just to enforce the counseling, community involvement excellent way to experience the pace of rules, but to safeguard students’ well- and leadership initiatives, athletics, reli- residence life and the culture of our stu- being and health. They may have a stu- Photos by Joseph Rey Au Barbara LoMonaco, vice president for student affairs and dean of students, visits with Kayla Kidwell-Snider ’12 and her parents, Rita and Gordon Kidwell, at commencement 2012.

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“In anthropology, we talk about being a participant observer. Having a room in Poole has been an excellent way to experience the pace of residence life and the culture of our students from an insider’s view.”

Barbara LoMonaco Dean Barbara LoMonaco relaxes in her residence hall room.

dent on their hallway with a high fever major from Lexington, feels the changes outing to Natural Bridge State Park. in the middle of the night, and they help have both sociological and practical There are also late-night food trucks determine the best course of action.” benefits. that appear in back circle on weekends, “The alcohol policy gives students giving students an on-campus alterna- Students take note who are 21 a lot more freedom and tive to going out into the city for mid- treats us as the real world does,” she night snacks. Students have noticed the changes said. “The 24-hour visitation policy is under LoMonaco, especially the RAs more adult as well. As an RA, I also ap- who are charged with carrying out many An integrated program preciate how it helps us with our respon- of the policies and goals of residence life. LoMonaco wants to integrate stu- sibilities. Formerly, if someone needed “I feel that things are more student- dent affairs programs with virtually assistance in the 2–10 a.m. time frame, oriented now,” said RA Cody Barnett, a every other area of campus life, includ- they would be reluctant to call for their junior political science and history dou- ing academics. RA because they were in the room of a ble major from Hazard, Ky. “When I’ve “We want students to cultivate all the member of the opposite sex in violation been to field hockey games or random parts of their personhood, which means of the curfew. Now, we can get them the events in back circle, Dean LoMonaco’s attending to their physical, psychologi- attention they need in a timely fashion.” been there. I enjoy her hands-on ap- cal, spiritual, and intellectual selves to Rebsch also supports what LoMonaco proach to things. I feel supported by what find balance in their lives,” she said. has been doing to see student life from she’s doing, as an RA and a student.” “That’s what a liberal arts education the inside out, especially her decision to Two residence life policy changes in does, to create the whole person.” join RAs in their late-night rounds in particular are having a direct effect on LoMonaco came into her new job the halls. students—a liberalizing of the alcohol with an impressive résumé of student af- “I admire Dean LoMonaco because rules to allow of-age students to have al- fairs experience already under her belt as she’s so passionate and strong about cohol in most areas of the residence halls a faculty member. This included her everything she does,” she said. “I appre- (except for public spaces) instead of membership on the Alcohol Task Force, ciate her trying to understand what I do being confined to their rooms, and a Judicial Council (chair), Selection Com- on a daily basis.” 24/7 visitation policy replacing the for- mittee for Student Orientation Leaders, More on- and off-campus recre- mer one that ended at 2 a.m. and started Transylvania Scholarship Committee ational opportunities are also a hallmark again at 10 a.m. (The visitation policy (chair), Sexual Grievances Judicial of the new look to student life. These change was approved before LoMonaco Board, and Delta Delta Delta First-Year have included a very successful roller- became dean, but is being implemented Woman Award Selection Committee. skating party in the campus center gym for the first time under her leadership.) She joined Transylvania in 1996 after in which LoMonaco took part and an Jordan Rebsch, a senior accounting earning a B.A. in philosophy and M.A.

FALL 2012 21 and Ph.D. degrees, both in cultural an- more comfortable, with a much better thropology, from Southern Methodist sense of who they were and where they University. During her tenure at Tran- “We want students to were going,” Covert said. sylvania, an anthropology major has In the end, student affairs programs been added to the curriculum. As dean, cultivate all the parts of their work to make the out-of-classroom ex- she continues her tenured faculty posi- perience the best it can possibly be, rec- tion and will teach occasional courses. personhood, which means ognizing that time spent away from the Giving students opportunities to be- attending to their physical, classroom can be every bit as important come leaders can be an important part as academics in shaping a successful of students’ overall maturation process, psychological, spiritual, and person. one that Robert Brown, associate dean That idea became manifest for Bar- for student affairs, feels the staff is now intellectual selves to find nett last year in his role as an RA when much better prepared to handle. A new balance in their lives. he had the opportunity to help a class- Center for Student Involvement and mate get back on the right track. Leadership has been created in the cam- That’s what a liberal arts “I had a student come up to me and pus center in a former recreation room, say how stressed out he was, that he felt whose equipment has been moved to education does, to create like he wasn’t getting anything done, other locations. and that he really needed to talk to “With an expanded staff, we can now the whole person.” someone,” Barnett said. “We talked for make our leadership development pro- Barbara LoMonaco quite a while, and then he asked me grams more holistic,” he said. “We can about counseling services. I referred him step back and look at the whole picture to a counselor, where he went for several of how we would like to see a student sessions. Now he’s become a leader on progress in their leadership abilities dur- them with, that’s often enough to help campus and is managing his life very ing their Transylvania years instead of them stay.” well. I was glad I was able to help make going more year-by-year. And we can Covert said that August term, the in- a difference in his life.” teach those ideas so that they translate novative new three-week term for all in- That’s the kind of outcome that makes into life after graduation.” coming first-year students, has great everyone in student affairs feel good When student affairs programs are potential to increase the retention rate. about their work, and that LoMonaco is running effectively, they have a positive During that term, students take the passionate about cultivating. effect on retention, which falls under the seminar course First Engagements: En- “Through good programming and supervision of Michael Covert ’91, asso- culturation into a Scholarly Community conscientious work by our staff and all ciate vice president for retention and as- and engage in a variety of orientation the students involved in this area, we can sociate dean of students. Transylvania’s events, all without the pressure of the provide an increasing number of oppor- retention rate for first-year students entire student body being present and tunities for students to engage in a from the 2010–11 to 2011–12 aca- having to take a full course load. process of self-discovery that lets them demic years was 88.4 percent, the high- “The feedback from August term so actually live out the values inherent in a est in the past five years and well above far from students and others is that the liberal arts education,” she said. “That’s the national average of 79 percent at first-year students went into the begin- the ultimate goal of all that we do in stu- colleges similar to Transylvania. ning of fall term much more confident, dent affairs.” ■ While noting that retention is some- thing that virtually everyone at Transyl- vania plays a role in, Covert pointed to the expanded staff as being crucial to the

effort. Matthew Durr ’14 “With more staffing in residence life and health services, we’re getting more eyes and ears on the ground to notice students who are struggling, and then to offer them the professional staff assis- tance they need to succeed,” Covert said. “With most students, it’s usually a combination of factors—maybe academ- ics, social life, or athletics—that causes them to consider leaving. If you can fig- ure out one of those things you can help

A weekend late-night food truck attracts students in back circle.

22 TRANSYLVANIA Photo by Rich Copley, courtesy of the Lexington Herald-Leader Photo by Rich Copley,

LoMonaco encourages rock ’n‘ roll, fighting in her classroom Editor’s note: Barbara LoMonaco became vice lenges, so many of their tattoos really in having this line,” LoMonaco said, president for student affairs and dean of students told a story of their quite interesting “particularly how people react to line- in July 2012. She continues as a tenured anthro- lives.” cutting.” pology professor and will teach occasional classes. One fighter from Lexington, Julio, In these gatherings, cutting in line is witnessed the death of his parents in a a serious offense. Because there is no arbara LoMonaco took on two murder-suicide when he was 13. On his official security, the potential for havoc Bunique research projects in back he had a tattoo of portraits of is high, and certain organizers find 2011–12—studying the culture of each of his parents and the mythical ways to keep peace and ensure fairness. people who wait in line for days at four horsemen of the apocalypse in That concept isn’t revolutionary—most U2 concerts and analyzing the tattoos front of cemetery gates displaying his people are offended if someone cuts in of mixed martial arts fighters. family name. front of them in line. The interesting “I said, ‘Why would you carry this aspect of LoMonaco’s research is that MMA and tattoos around? Every time you step into the people in the concert queues would be On LoMonaco’s sabbatical in the sum- ring, people are going to ask about this just as upset if they found someone mer and fall of 2011, she put together a tattoo,’” LoMonaco said. “He said, ‘It cutting in line behind them. book of photo essays on mixed martial forces me to talk about it, and that’s “These people were morally outraged arts fighters, specifically on the mean- part of my healing.’” when someone cut 100 people behind ings behind their tattoos. That research LoMonaco and Baldridge developed them in line,” LoMonaco said. “We took her and Angela Baldridge ’04, the research into an art exhibit titled asked the reason, thinking maybe it who did the photography, to Las Vegas Ink in the Cage: The Stories Behind was something to do with the band’s to interview some of the world’s best MMA Fighter Tattoos, which was fea- message of humanitarianism.” fighters to learn often intimate details tured on Inside MMA, a nationally By surveying fans at U2 concerts all about their lives. televised program on AXS TV and was around the world, LoMonaco learned “It turns out that for these fighters, the subject of a Morlan Gallery exhibit that humanitarianism had nothing to tattoos are a really important part of at Transylvania. do with it. It had to do with the fact their public identity,” LoMonaco said. that because these lines are self-orga- “They fight wearing only trunks, so fans Line-cutting and social justice nizing systems, they’re also very fragile. can read their bodies like a canvas. We The fans of Irish rock ‘n’ roll band U2 “Because there really aren’t any teeth interviewed at least 50 fighters about are famously diehard, and that fact is to these rules, if one person cuts in line, the stories behind their tattoos and no more evident than when people the system breaks down,” she said. “And how those related to their identities stand in line at concert venues for days it gets even more vulnerable with the as fighters and men.” to get a chance to see the group per- more time people are invested. So the LoMonaco guessed that the main form. Through LoMonaco’s experiences three hours before the line goes into the theme of many of the tattoos would going to U2 shows, she talked with stadium is when all hell can potentially be a form of aggression—braggadocio some of those fans and quickly realized break loose, and that’s when cutting about conquests or violent imagery. In they were no ordinary lines. There was happens.” reality, most of the art was about people an entire culture forming from putting LoMonaco and Helweg-Larson pub- in the fighters’ lives who had mentored these people together for such a long lished their research in a psychology them and personal challenges they had time. Fans would make numbers for journal and did interviews with the faced. Other fighters had their own their wrists, and they had very strict British Broadcasting System and several names tattooed as a marketing tool so rules on how long you could leave the radio shows in Ireland. ■ they would be recognized in the ring. line and for what reasons. “Almost all of the fighters we inter- “I called my friend Marie Helweg-Lar- viewed had absent fathers and grew son, who is an associate professor of Above, Baldridge, left, and LoMonaco up without male figures in their lives,” psychology at Dickinson College, and pose in the Morlan Gallery during their LoMonaco said. “Many have had diffi- we decided to study social norm viola- recent show Ink in the Cage: The Stories cult lives and overcome a lot of chal- tions and why people were so invested Behind MMA Fighter Tattoos.

FALL 2012 23 Transylvania would like to publish your photos of alumni events and personal milestones. For consideration, please send photos to Transylvania Magazine, NEWS & NOTES Transylvania University, 300 North Alumni Broadway, Lexington, KY 40508-1797. Alice Duryea Kinney, Butte, Mont., Sarah L. Craighead, Cave City, Ky., ’35 turned 100 on August 23. More ’78 has been chosen as the new super- than 50 people attended intendent of Kentucky’s Mammoth Cave the party given in her National Park. A veteran of the National honor by her daughters, Park Service, she began her career at Mam- Elise and Judith, and her moth Cave in the 1970s and has been super- granddaughter Zoe. She intendent of Death Valley National Park received eight bouquets since 2009. of flowers, dozens of cards (including one from President and David R. Gillham, Amherst, Mass., Mrs. Obama), and endless phone calls and ’79 has written a debut novel titled City well wishes. Her thoughts often go to fond of Women published by Amy Einhorn memories of her Transylvania days. Many Books/Putnam. The novel is set during the of the friendships she made at Transylvania height of World War II in 1943 in Berlin, Lee and Eleanor Rose have lasted a lifetime. which has essentially become a city of women with the men fighting and dying in battle. honored for volunteer work Donald A. Ross, Englewood, Ohio, Lee Rose ’58 (right) and his wife, ’59 represented Transylvania in Sep- Brad A. Flaming, Powell, Tenn., was Eleanor ’61, received a Difference Maker tember at the Wittenberg University pres- ’86 honored by his peers as one of Award from U.S. Rep. Harold “Hal” idential inauguration. Knoxville’s Top Doctors in Family Medicine Rogers, Fifth District of Kentucky, for by City View Magazine (March/April their volunteer work to motivate stu- Michael S. Lofton, Harwood, Md., edition). He has been a Summit Medical dents in southern and eastern Kentucky ’67 is a charter member of the board of Group partner at Emory Family Practice to stay in school and plan careers. The the Annapolis Economic Development for 19 years and has gone on several short- award was presented during Education Corp., advising the mayor and city council. term rural medical mission trips to the Leadership Day at the Center for Rural His wife, Sherrie Kinder Lofton ’67, Guaymi Indians in Costa Rica and the Thai- Development in Somerset, Ky. continues to substitute teach. They are Lao in northeastern Thailand. Lee, a retired NCAA and NBA greatly enjoying being grandparents with Dustin E. Meek, Louisville, has been basketball coach, and Eleanor partnered two baby girls born in the last year and a with Forward in the Fifth, a nonprofit 2-year-old grandson. ’88 recognized as a Super Lawyer and one of the top 25 women lawyers in Ken- organization dedicated to reversing low Richard S. MacAlpine, Penn Yan, N.Y., rep- tucky by Super Lawyer Magazine 2009-12, educational attainment levels in the resented Transylvania in May at the Keuka a rating service of outstanding lawyers who region, in their volunteer efforts. From College presidential inauguration. have attained a high degree of peer 2004-09, they traveled throughout each recognition and professional achievement. of the 42 counties in the organization’s Steven A. Monhollen and Sandra service area to share the story of Lee’s ’69 Cole Monhollen have moved to Joseph E. Brumley, Lexington, has journey from his childhood in Estill Greeley, Colo. Steve accepted a position as ’92 joined Schrader Commercial Prop- County to becoming a highly successful associate minister of pastoral care at First erties as a broker associate and will handle basketball coach. He delivered his mes- Congregational United Church of Christ all types of transactions with a focus on sage to more than 11,000 middle and in Greeley. Sandy retired from the Lexington apartment properties. high school students. Public Library and already has several ideas “It is an honor to recognize the for volunteering in the area. Elizabeth Hardaway Sjodin (left) tireless efforts of Coach Lee Rose and ’93 Ridgefield, Wash., and Amber Fogel his wife, Eleanor, for volunteering their Herschel Sparber, Los Angeles, will be in Ladd ’96, Hilliard, Ohio, participated in the time to tour our rural region and reach Washington, D.C., performing in A Mid- 2012 Hood to Coast out to thousands of students about summer Night’s Dream with the Relay in August. The the importance of getting a high Shakespeare Theatre Company in 199-mile race through school diploma and dreaming big,” November and December. Oregon began at Mt. Rogers said. Hood and ended at Elizabeth Giffin Denny lives in Seaside and included ’73 Winston-Salem, N.C., and is a proud 1,050 teams of 12 grandmother of six and great-grandmother Mary Ann Miranda, Lexington, published runners. Their team logo was designed by an article on the history of mentorship of two. She and her husband, Craig, spend Rosie Felfle ‘94. their days gardening, traveling, and volun- in legal education in the March issue of teering in their community. If anyone would Erin Weaver Geesaman, Bellevue, Bench & Bar, a monthly print and online like to reconnect with her, she’d love to hear ’97Ky., is library media specialist at publication of the Kentucky Bar Association. from you at [email protected]. Fort Wright Elementary School in Fort The article, titled “Reading Law: A Brief Wright, Ky. History of the Journey from Apprenticeship

24 TRANSYLVANIA to Proto-Modern Law Schools,” has a fore- word written by Carl N. Frazier ’04 and men- tions Transylvania’s apprenticeship training.

Heather C. Watson, Lexington, is a contributor to HerKentucky, a blog created for and about Kentucky girls. Other con- tributors are Sara Stewart Holland ’03 of Paducah, Ky., and Lydia Reynolds Powell ’02 of Frankfort, Ky. It can be found at www.herkentucky.com. Baseball coach dug out second career in music Robert W. Minichan, Lexington, was ’00 named senior vice president/chief Chris Campbell ’00 is in his seventh season as Transylvania’s head baseball coach officer at Farmers Capital Bank & Trust Co. and is already one of the most successful in the history of the program, with winning in Frankfort, Ky. He recently seasons each year and a trip to the NCAA Division III National Championship. Many spent two years traveling as people would be happy coming home and hanging their hat on that kind of success. a bank examiner for the Campbell comes home and picks up a guitar. Chicago Region of the Fed- Campbell is an accomplished musician and frontman of the Chris Campbell Band, eral Deposit Insurance Cor- a four-piece Lexington group that has made a name for itself locally and beyond poration as a loan review with a mix of rock’n’roll and pop music. The band performs regularly at local specialist. venues like Parlay Social and Cheapside Bar & Grill and has released two albums, Out of Nowhere and Rearrange Today. The band has opened for a variety of Nicole Bremer Nash, Louisville, was national acts including the Goo Goo Dolls, Corey Smith, and Monty Montgomery. ’01 recently elected to the board of But more than anything, it’s a fun way for Campbell to spend his time away from directors at Stage One Family Theater in the demanding job of a coach. Louisville. “I always have to schedule around baseball, typically early in the summer and a little bit in the fall and winter,” he said. “It’s a different type of stimulation. When Rachael McCartney Benjamin, I’m at practice and I get done, go home, change clothes, and go to a gig, it can be ’03 Brooklyn, N.Y., won the Institute pretty stressful. But once I get on stage, it’s definitely a release.” for Community Living’s Humanitarian Campbell got his first guitar right before he came to Transylvania as a first-year Award of Excellence in April 2011 and was student, and he spent the time that he wasn’t working on academics or baseball hired by Tribeca Therapy, a private creative learning to play. Eventually he began writing his own songs and playing talent group practice as a creative psychotherapist shows and open mics, which turned into what became the Chris Campbell Band. In in February. Rachael’s band, Holler, released 2004 it came together in its current iteration, and Campbell has played everywhere its first full-length album in December, from the old Dame in Lexington to the Hollywood Derby in Los Angeles. which is available at hollerinbrooklyn.band- “It’s taken me a lot of different places, but some of the best gigs we’ve ever camp.com. played have been right here in Lexington,” he said. “Lots of family and friends will Ashley Bostic Adams, Pikeville, Ky., come out, and once my baseball players have graduated they’ll sometimes come to ’04 received her master of public health a show or two.” degree from the University of Kentucky in Campbell isn’t actively seeking fame and fortune from the band. “When we got December and graduated from Kentucky to our late 20s, we realized it was time to lock down a family and a job,” he said. College of Osteopathic Medicine in May. But wander into a Lexington music venue one night, and there’s a good chance She started her medical residency in family Campbell will be there singing and strumming away for the love of the music. medicine at Pikeville Medical Center in July. Check out the Chris Campbell Band on iTunes, Facebook, and Twitter. Brandon T. Detoma, Louisville, is in the priesthood formation program with the Archdiocese of Louisville and attending Megan Watts Vanoli, Winchester, Ky., Thomas B. McLean, Midway, Ky., is Saint Meinrad Seminary and School of The- received her master of social work degree ’07 regional manager of external affairs ology in Indiana. from the University of Kentucky in May for AT&T and is responsible for advancing and passed the licensing exam to become a the goals and objectives of AT&T across Jessica Schilling Kress, Lexington, graduated certified social worker in June. central Kentucky. Previously, he was a from the University of Kentucky College lobbyist for McLean Lobby LLC in of Dentistry and opened Commonwealth Kelsey M. Blankenship, Calera, Ala., Frankfort, Ky. He earned his B.A. in political Smiles on Nicholasville Road in Lexington. ’06 joined the University of Alabama science from Transylvania and a master in Birmingham Hospital in April and is the public administration degree from More- Jonathan C. Kincheloe, Lexington, first full-time chaplain to The Kirklin Clinic. head State University. ’05 has been named head boys’ soccer coach at Lexington Catholic High School. Tyler M. Smithhart, Hopkinsville, Ky., has Meredith Plant Moody, Lexington, joined been named head boys’ basketball coach at the American Cancer Society in July as a Whitney Rice, Irvine, Ky., is a chemistry Henderson County High School in Hen- community representative and assists com- teacher at Madison Central High School in derson, Ky. munity volunteers in Woodford, Anderson, Richmond. and Scott counties as they plan their annual Relay for Life events.

FALL 2012 25 Rose Moosnick ’86 APPRECIATING THE SIMILARITIES BETWEEN MIDDLE EASTERN CULTURES IN KENTUCKY

Traditionally, Jewish and Arabic cultures have not had many simi- ers—that they’d be profes- larities, and their relationship has been, at times, a contentious sionals.” one. But not many people consider one history the two do have in So she found the stories common—immigration paths to the United States and settlement of 10 women, five Arabic in unexpected areas like Kentucky. Rose Moosnick ’86 tells some and five Jewish, and did of those stories in her new book, Arab and Jewish Women in Ken- extensive interviews with the women tucky: Stories of Accommodation and Audacity. who were still living and the families of those who The sociologist and daughter of the late Transylvania chemistry weren’t. She found several common themes, and she paired up professor Monroe Moosnick is the granddaughter of Jewish immi- one Jewish woman and one Arabic woman to illustrate each grants, and she began to notice similarities in the histories of her theme throughout the book. family and a Palestinian family she got to know through her father. One of those pairings was former Lexington mayor Teresa Isaac “The idea for the book really started at Transylvania,” she said. ’76, who has a Lebanese Christian background and whose family “Dad would befriend numerous students, and one family, the Ack- took up roots in eastern Kentucky, and sisters Sarah and Frances all family, kept sending kids to Transylvania. Mary Ackall (Khayat Meyers, Jewish women who lived in Hopkinsville, Ky. Moosnick ’55) and I became really good friends, even though there’s an age grouped them under the theme “publically exceptional.” difference. She and dad were close friends, and she would come in “Both Teresa’s family and the Meyers sisters, there were very few from Israel during the spring.” like them in their communities,” she said. “They stood out, and Ackall’s father, Mousa Ackall, lived in an apartment near the they accomplished a lot—they really had a presence in those com- University of Kentucky campus while Moosnick was in graduate munities. The Meyers sisters ran a really elegant women’s clothing school at UK. She visited him every Friday afternoon, and they store called Arnold’s. Teresa’s family had theaters, and both the would talk about a variety of topics, including their own families’ Meyers sisters and the Isaacs brought in New York architects to histories. build their buildings.” “He became like a grandfather to me,” she said. “I called him The families also shared similarities in that they often felt they ‘Sido,’ which is Arabic for grandfather. I would go see him, and belonged elsewhere. we’d have tea, and he’d tell me about taking a boat trip from “They were almost like actors on a stage—they had a dramatic Palestine to New York that took 30 days and how he fell in love presence,” Moosnick said. “The Meyers sisters were always going with a Jewish woman.” to New York. They liked Hopkinsville but longed to live in New Mousa Ackall also told Moosnick about peddling linens and rugs York. Teresa’s grandfather would take his son, her uncle, to New throughout the American south, a common practice for Middle Jersey to meet Lebanese women, but he eloped with a blonde in Eastern immigrants who came to the United States. Moosnick real- the mountains of eastern Kentucky.” ized her Lithuanian-born grandfather did the same thing when he Moosnick hopes the book will enlighten readers on how Middle first immigrated. Eastern cultures have taken root in the U.S. and help them gain a “The families had really similar immigrant tales,” she said. “I new understanding of how those cultures affect future generations realized there was a bigger story of those families. about Arabs and Jews going “The book is really an places where people don’t per- attempt to show the likenesses ceive us to be.” between Arabs and Jews in out- Joseph Rey Au She studied more about the of-the-way places,” she said. “A cultures and found comparisons lot of people don’t appreciate between the two that linked that Middle Eastern political them. tension has political life here in “We looked alike, and we the U.S., and those tensions will were non-miners in mining com- play out.” munities,” she said of her Jew- Arab and Jewish Women in ish ancestors and Arab Kentucky is available to pur- immigrants in Kentucky. “We chase on Amazon.com, ken- were confused for one another. tuckypress.com, and in local People thought the Arab Chris- bookstores. tians were Jewish. In the late Moosnick lives in Lexington 1800s into the 1920s, Arab and is a visiting scholar in the Christians came to this area at UK department of sociology. the same time as the Jews did, She also wrote Adopting Mater- mostly Lebanese. Families would nity: White Women Who Adopt peddle and open businesses in Transracially or Transnationally. the hopes that future genera- Rose Moosnick presents in a panel at Transylvania following the "La Esencia Flamenco: Dance Across Cultures" flamenco —TYLER YOUNG tions wouldn’t be shopkeep- performance in Haggin Auditorium in February.

26 TRANSYLVANIA Zachary A. Davis, Lexington, has ’08 been named president of Kirkpatrick Williams receives award for public diplomacy in Korea & Company, a real estate brokerage spe- Rachael Williams ’09 recently received an award for public diplomacy while serving cializing in horse farms, estates, and historic as a Fulbright Scholar in South Korea. Sung Kim, U.S. Ambassador to South Korea, properties. presented the award at the conclusion of a three-day Youth Diplomacy Program for 24 Korean secondary students. Williams had coordinated the program since 2010. The program’s goals are to improve students’ understanding of diplomacy and its role in resolving global issues, advance their English language skills, cultivate leadership, and introduce them to possible career out- comes. They are selected through a highly competitive process open to schools through- out the Korean peninsula. “This youth program was the highlight of my Fulbright grant experience,” Williams said. “I was very surprised and honored to receive Allison R. Kifer, Ashland, Ky., is starting her the award. Having it signed and presented by second year teaching high school English Ambassador Kim, who was newly appointed, at Uskudar American Academy in Istanbul, was quite a thrill.” Turkey. She also served as curriculum director for Camp Fulbright, an English language immersion program; a mentor for incoming Fulbright grantees; a volunteer at a com- Richmond D. Bramblet, Christian- munity orphanage; and a teacher for North Korean defectors. ’09 burg, Va., is assistant director of Williams, from Murray, Ky., was a psychology major and educational studies minor sports information for Roanoke College. at Transylvania. She is currently enrolled in the international education master’s pro- gram at the School for International Training in Brattleboro, Vt., and plans to return to Shayanna Little Jolly, Paris, Ky., has accepted Korea next year to fulfill her practicum requirement. Her long-range goal is to work in the call to be the pastor of Crittenden the area of education programs connected with diplomacy. Christian Church in Crittenden, Ky.

Chelsea Broering Rohrer, Fort Thomas, Ky., Advisory Committee for the National Con- Lisa Reynolds Edge ’97 and John Edge, a has joined Roto-Rooter Services Company ference on Race and Ethnicity in American daughter, Caroline Rose Edge, May 23, in Cincinnati as staff accountant. Higher Education. 2012

Carissa N. Adams, Paris, Ky., earned Rachel Zucker Gould ’98 and Joshua Gould, ’10 a master of public health degree in a son, Max Zion Gould, July 20, 2012 May from the University of Kentucky. Her Marriages thesis was titled “Public Health’s Utilization Melissa Keach Underwood ’98 and Nathan of Animal-Assisted Therapy in Nursing See wedding photos on page 28. A. Underwood ’98, a son, Ethan Alexander Homes: A Case Study of the Central Underwood, July 25, 2012 Kentucky Chapter of Love on a Leash,” and Christopher L. Campbell ’00 and Bethany she hopes to continue working with animals. Van Rooy, September 1, 2012 Stacey Clark ’02 and Nick Clark, a daughter, Aubree Alice Clark, August 16, 2012 Joshua A. Hodges, Murray, Ky., has been Maggie Anne Parker ’02 and Christopher accepted to the law program at the Angelica, May 26, 2012 Daniel Scott “Tig” Reynolds ’02 and Becca University of Pittsburgh and been awarded Reynolds, a daughter, Elle Marie Reynolds, a Dean’s scholarship. Betty Megan Barber ’06 and Scott Williams, January 23, 2011 July 23, 2012 Janelle E. Johnson, Louisville, graduated Monica Majmundar Sheth ’02 and from the University of Chicago with a Meredith Browning Mayo ’06 and Nathan Himanshu Sheth, a daughter, Surya master’s degree in public policy in May and Jackson, June 16, 2012 Madhuri Sheth, May 28, 2012 is working on Capitol Hill in Washington, Lauren Michelle Everly ’08 and David Lovely Lyndi Campbell Lowman ‘02 and E. B. D.C., as Donald M. Payne Foreign Policy ’06, September 2, 2012 Lowman ‘02, a son, Edwin Bruce Lowman Fellow with the Congressional Black Caucus IV, June 22, 2012 Foundation until May 2014. Richard Raymond Lloyd ’09 and Claire Marie Dorris ’11, June 23, 2012 Meredith Wallace Klapheke ’03 and Patrick J. Andrew Weaver, Jackson, Tenn., Klapheke, a son, Mark Eliot Klapheke, June ’11 completed his Teaching Art K-12 11, 2012 license in May from Union University in Jackson and is teaching English at the Worlin Births Catherine B. Ford ’04 and Thomas English Town School in Shijiazhuang, P. Claycomb ’05, a son, Peyton China. J. Allen Eskridge ’94 and Randa Remer- Ford Claycomb, August 3, 2012 Eskridge, a son, Rory Boone Eskridge, June Quantá D. Taylor, Lexington, has 23, 2012 Matthew A. Berry ’05 and Kay Kay Speer ’12 been appointed to the National Berry ’06, a daughter, Addison Elizabeth Berry, July 5, 2012

FALL 2012 27 Congratulationsto our alums, top to bottom

Grant Thomas Buckles ’11 and Charlene Ann Rubio ’08 were married June 9, 2012. Pictured from left to right are Courtney Wilson ’08, Haley Hart ’08, Allison Asay Duvall ’09, Catherine Chan, Marcie Hawkins Smith ’09, Charlene Rubio Buckles, Grant Buckles, Daniel Buckles, Chase Pugh ’10, Sam Palmer ’10, Ben Costigan ’12, and Lee Nutini ’09.

Katherine Anne Young ’08 and William Corey Maggard ’08 were married July 14, 2012. Pictured from left to right are Sarah Sams ’11, Matthew Martin ’10, Nick Moser ’08, Greg Turcotte ’09, Amanda Meneghetti ’09, Adam Kleman ’08, Bo Kleman ’09, Mitch Kuczek ’08, Ryan Meyer ’08, Corey Maggard, Katie Maggard, Brittany MacGregor ’08, Hallye Griffin ’08, Bradley Sutherland ’09, Elizabeth Combs ’08, Haley McCauley ’07, David Lovely ’06, Ellie Brooks ’08, Brian Lane ’90, Rachel Hogg ’08, Lauren Lovely ’08, Mason McCauley ’07, and Ren Everly ’80.

Andrew M. Vogel ’11 and Alison R. Ridgway ’12 were married July 28, 2012. Pictured from left to right are Jordan Bloomer, Amanda Foley ’11, Ryan Thompson, Kaitlyn Hobbs, Matt Vogel ’08, Andy Vogel, Alison Vogel, Alysa Ridgway, Kyle Ridgway, Kellie Davis ’12, and Shaley Dunn.

Meredith Ashley Plant ’07, who married Sean Walter Moody on June 16, 2012, is pictured with Amy Shupe Kerner ’06.

Alexis Yocum McDaniel ’05 and Gary Women’s Club and a member of the Wood- McDaniel, a son, Levi McDaniel, August Obituaries ford County Historical Society. 29, 2012 Only alumni survivors are listed. Margaret Toliver Garner ’36, Lincolnville, Serenity Thé Wright ’05 and Mike Wright, Margaret Ellen Morris Karsner ’26, Versailles, Maine, wife of Marvin P. Garner ’36, died a son, Landon Addison Wright, March 11, Ky., died June 1, 2012. She and her husband May 17, 2012. She was a member of Chi 2012 established Karsland Farm in Woodford Omega sorority, of which she served as pres- County, Ky., and she did the bookkeeping ident, the YWCA, glee club, the Rambler Lindsey Roberson Adams ’09 and Jason for many years. A noted horse enthusiast, student newspaper and Crimson yearbook, Adams, a son, Jude Harrison Adams, May she attended the 1936 opening day of and the band. She earned a bachelor of 24, 2012 Keeneland Race Course and was a longtime science in library science degree from member of the Keeneland Club. She was Columbia University and worked for the also president of the Woodford County New York Public Library and the State Uni- versity of New York as a librarian.

28 TRANSYLVANIA Drew Deener ’95 CRAFTING AN AWARD-WINNING CAREER IN SPORTSCASTING

Drew Deener ’95 knew what get some headsets from Radio he wanted to do from a very Shack. I was my own producer. I young age, but he wasn’t sure would go to the game in McAlis- how to get there. After all, the ter Auditorium, call back to the path to becoming an award-win- station, run across Broadway, flip ning sportscaster is not as well the station switch on and hit marked as those for some careers. record on the tape player, and His success has come from forging then go back and call the game.” his own niche in the business and Though some may have felt it in taking advantage of some was a waste of time to call games serendipitous opportunities. on a campus radio station with a Today, Deener is a well estab- very small listening audience, it lished radio and television sports- was an example of Deener’s deter- caster in Louisville and the winner mination to take advantage of an of two major awards in the past opportunity to learn his craft. two years. In 2011 he was named After a year in Hazard, Deener Kentucky Sportscaster of the Year was offered a position with by the National Sportscasters and WKYT-TV in Lexington, where he Sportswriters Association. This past worked for the better part of the July he won a 2012 regional Emmy next 11 years before heading to award in the Sports Analyst/Play by Louisville. Deener was the station’s Play category from the National Drew Deener poses with his Emmy award. 6 and 11 p.m. sports anchor and Academy of Television Arts and Sci- reporter while also serving as a ences Ohio Valley Chapter. sideline reporter on the UK Football TV Network, doing play- The road traveled from his Transylvania days to his present by-play for the UK baseball team, and doing color analysis status in the industry has been an interesting, and some- for the Kentucky Thoroughblades, a former American Hockey times unconventional, one. League team in Lexington. Take, for instance, his first real job offer just after graduat- That variety of jobs illustrates another of Deener’s princi- ing from Transylvania with a self-designed major in sports ples about finding your way in a sometimes confusing indus- science and management. It was a television spot in Hazard, try: be open to many possibilities, including freelance work. Ky., which resulted partly because of a spoof video he pro- “What you find out about this business is that you’re bet- duced while working on the Don Lane Show as a Transylva- ter off, if you can make it work, to freelance with a number nia student. of people rather than work for one organization full time. Deener’s Kappa Alpha Order brother Chris Martin ’95 had That allows you to be more flexible and make more money.” reached the 100-career-point mark as a varsity basketball Deener has continued that approach since coming to player for head coach Lane. Though Martin was a part-time Louisville in 2007, even though he does have an anchor in starter his senior year, his career point total was, of course, his position with 790AM/WKRD radio, a part of the eight- far short of the traditional 1,000-point club benchmark. station Clear Channel Louisville company. There, he hosts “Chris was very popular and had his own cheering section The Early Birds show from 7-10 a.m. and Cardinal Insider among our fans,” recalled Deener. “I did a spoof feature on from 5:30-6:30 p.m. on weekdays, both of which feature his joining the 100-point club and cut in sound bites featuring University of Louisville athletics, and also sells advertising (then-University of Kentucky head coach) Rick Pitino and UK time for the programs. In addition, he is the play-by-play players talking about Rodrick Rhodes joining the 1,000-point announcer for the WHAS11 Cardinal Sports Network, club and made it seem like they were talking about Chris.” which televises U of L football and basketball games. Chris’s father, Wayne Martin, was general manager of Deener looks back on his Transylvania years and is grateful WKYT-TV in Lexington at the time. He saw the spoof, for the opportunities the university afforded him as a proving thought it was clever, and offered Deener a position on ground for his career. the sports staff with WKYT’s sister CBS affiliate in Hazard, “Things like the campus radio station and working on the WYMT-TV. Martin had also seen some of Deener’s work on Don Lane Show were valuable experiences for me,” he said. the Don Lane Show, which included on-air feature segments “I took Public Speaking from (writing, rhetoric, and commu- Deener had produced. nication instructor) Gary Deaton, and he was great. Coach Before that, Deener had taken the initiative to begin (Jack) Ebel ’77 (Deener was a varsity tennis player) was very play-by-play announcing of Pioneer basketball games on encouraging to me, as was Sarah Emmons. They all said, the campus radio station, WTLX. ‘You’ve got a passion for this—keep doing it.’” “I asked (associate vice president for communications and Deener lives in Louisville with his wife, Jan, and their public relations) Sarah Emmons if I could do play-by-play,” 4-year-old son, Max. Deener said. “She was great. She even gave me a budget to —WILLIAM A. BOWDEN

FALL 2012 29 ALUMNI BULLETIN BOARD

Transylvania to host luncheon at DOC General Assembly Recommend a future Pioneer Make plans now to attend the Transylvania luncheon at the Each year alumni are instrumental in helping Transylvania General Assembly of Christian Churches (Disciples of Christ) at recruit the best and brightest students. The admissions office the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando on July 16, welcomes your referrals. 2013, at 11:30 a.m. For exact location and more information, Please identify high school freshmen through seniors who contact Tracy Dunn ’90, assistant director of alumni programs, would be a great fit for Transylvania. It’s easy to do. Access the in the alumni office at (800) 487-2679 or (859) 233-8512. online recommendation form at www.transy.edu/alumni/recom- Cost: $25 per person. Reservations must be made by July 8. mendation.htm. Complete it, click submit, and you’re done. As Transylvania alumni, you are among our most persuasive Save on auto and home insurance with Liberty Mutual recruiters because you know from personal experience why this university is such a special place. If you have questions, call the Your alumni benefits now include a discounted rate on auto admissions office at (800) 872-6798 or (859) 233-8242. and home insurance from Liberty Mutual, a Fortune 100 company that protects millions of people across America. Find out more about Liberty Mutual Home & Auto Insurance at Alumni travel in 2012 www.libertymutual.com/transylvania. The alumni office continues to promote trips to interested In Kentucky, contact Kent Lewis at (859) 223-1313 ext. alumni and friends. For a brochure or more information on any 53304 or [email protected]. Elsewhere, call trips mentioned below, contact Natasa Mongiardo ’96, director (800) 524-9400. of alumni programs, or Tracy Dunn ’90, assistant director of Reference client #118832. alumni programs, in the alumni office at (800) 487-2679 or visit Discounts and savings are available where state laws and reg- our website www.alumni.transy.edu. ulations allow, and may vary by state. To the extent permitted European Tapestry Cruise—June 12-20, 2013 by law, applicants are individually underwritten; not all appli- Ports of call include Lisbon (Portugal), Oporto (Portugal), La cants may qualify. Coruna (Spain), Bilbao (Spain), Bordeaux (France), and London (England). Prices start at $2,199 per person. Based on availability. Strong finish needed to hold title in Battle of the Bumpers Northern National Parks—June 28-July 5, 2013 Marvel at the unspoiled beauty of Yellowstone National Park With the help of alumni, students, faculty, staff, parents, and and see the world-famous Old Faithful Geyser. Experience the friends, Transylvania was once again the winner in the Associa- stunning beauty of the incredible peaks tion of Independent Kentucky Colleges and Universities (AIKCU) of the Grand Tetons. Enjoy an evening Battle of the Bumpers in 2011. of entertainment and traditional dinner The 2012 license plate competition began on January 1, and at Bar J Chuckwagon. Early booking you can still make a difference by purchasing your Transylvania per-person cost based on double occu- plate by the end of the year. For more information, including pancy from $1,999 includes roundtrip contact information for your county clerk, visit the Kentucky airfare. Reservation deadline: January 21, 2013. Transportation Cabinet’s Division of Motor Vehicle Licensing at Rockies Rail Highlights—October 1-8, 2013 mvl.ky.gov. Venture down the road less traveled aboard VIA Rail’s The Canadian. Stand on glacial ice over 1,000 feet thick at Colum- Ways to stay connected bia Icefield. Spend three nights at The Fairmont Banff Springs There are lots of ways to keep up with your alma mater and Hotel, the “Castle in the Mountains.” Enjoy a day trip to Yoho fellow alumni: National Park and view Emerald Lake. Take in the beauty and www.alumni.transy.edu — Alumni online community serenity of Peyto Lake. Early booking per-person cost based on where you may register for alumni events and browse the double occupancy from $3,599 includes roundtrip airfare. alumni directory for the latest news on classmates. Reservation deadline: May 1, 2013. www.facebook.com/TransylvaniaUniversityAlumni — Pearls of the Mediterranean Cruise—October 10-18, 2013 The quickest way to get alumni news and information on Ports of call include Monte Carlo (Monaco), St. Tropez events. (France), Provence (France), Portolino (Italy), Florence/Piza (Italy), linkd.in/TUAlumni — If you’re interested in professional Sorrento/Capri (Italy), Amalfi (Italy), and Rome (Italy). Prices start networking, join the Transylvania University Alumni group on at $2,199 per person. LinkedIn.

To contact the Alumni Office at 415 North Broadway: Natasa Pajic Mongiardo ’96, director of alumni programs, [email protected] Tracy Stephens Dunn ’90, assistant director of alumni programs, [email protected] Elaine Valentine, administrative assistant, [email protected] Phone: (800) 487-2679 or (859) 233-8275 / Fax: (859) 281-3548 Mail: 300 North Broadway, Lexington, KY 40508 / Email: [email protected] / Web: www.transy.edu

30 TRANSYLVANIA Jane Utterback Weimer ’40, St. Mary’s, earned master’s degrees in counseling from Ohio, died July 26, 2012. She majored in Georgetown College and in counseling and philosophy, religion, and English. She was psychology from Virginia Polytechnic Insti- a member of Lambda Omega sorority and tute. He was a counselor at Bourbon County Alumni Weekend 2013 YWCA and was vice president of Koinai High School and served in the U.S. Air Force APRIL 26-28 Club. Weimer earned master’s degrees in in World War II, where he was a prisoner of Christian education from Union (N.Y.) war and a recipient of a Purple Heart. Theological Seminary; early childhood edu- cation from Teachers College, Columbia Willoughby F. Meek ’59, Dalton, Ga., All roads lead to University; and library science from the Uni- husband of Virgelia Cleveland Meek ’58, versity of Denver. She was a librarian with died July 11, 2012. He earned an M.S. in faculty status at Hetrick Memorial library, physical organic chemistry from the Transylvania University of Arkansas and was a research Ohio Northern University. Make plans to come back to Transyl- scientist and owner of Sherwood Diversified, vania for Alumni Weekend 2013 to Doris Lumpkin Gooden ’49, Tucson, Ariz., Inc., in Dalton, a mineral and chemical busi- remember and celebrate your college wife of Elmer C. Gooden ’49, died August ness. He was inducted into the Robert Barr memories. A three-day weekend of fun 21, 2012. She became a registered nurse at Society in 2009. activities will include lots of time to Baptist Hospital in Memphis and came to catch up with classmates and favorite Transylvania as a faculty member in 1946. Harold V. Stevens ’59, Versailles, Ky., died professors. Upon her move to Tucson, she joined the June 29, 2012. He came to Transylvania Although many traditional events are education faculty at Tucson Medical Center, after time in the U.S. Army, where he served still on the schedule, there are some where she was nominated for the YWCA’s in the European Theater during World War exciting changes in store for the Satur- Prestigious Women on the Move Award. II and fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He was a member of Delta Sigma Phi fraternity. day evening class reunion celebration. Patricia Lococo Russo ’49, Melbourne Beach, Stevens was a retired educator and admin- This event, which has been held in a Fla., died April 20, 2012. She was a sociology istrator in the Clark and Woodford County hotel in the past, will now take place on and economics major and went on to (Ky.) school systems. campus from 4–6 p.m. in Haupt Plaza, graduate from the University of Miami and with the Beck Center as a rain site. earn her master of education degree from Billy N. Williams ’56, Madisonville, Ky., died Class photos will be taken on the steps Rollins College. She was an elementary June 21, 2012. He was an economics major of Old Morrison. Following the recep- school teacher and real estate investor. and a member of Kappa Alpha fraternity. tion and photos, reunion classes will He played intramural sports, was co-editor have their five-year events at several William E. Sherlock ’50, Paris, Ky., died July of the Crimson Rambler student newspaper, downtown restaurants and other 4, 2012. He was an education major and lettered on the track team, and as a junior Lexington locations. Friday’s horseracing at Keeneland, fol- lowed by the Pioneer Hall of Fame din- ner and the TGIF kick-off party at the Former trustee Marion V. Jackson dies Atomic Café, will be a familiar schedule MARION V. JACKSON, a life member of the Board of Trustees, died July 12, 2012, at to alumni who have attended in the her home in University Park, Texas. past. The traditional Saturday alumni Jackson was elected to the Board of Trustees in 1978 and quickly celebration luncheon is also in store. built a legacy as a generous supporter of Transylvania initiatives. She Reunion classes include the Robert was a significant donor in support of construction of the Clive M. Beck Barr Society (1943, 1948, 1953, 1958), Athletic and Recreation Center. 1963, 1968, 1973, 1978, 1983, 1988, Jackson served on several committees during her time on the board, 1993, 1998, 2003, and 2008. However, including the Academic Affairs Committee, Admissions and Financial all alumni, regardless of class year, are Aid Committee, and Executive Committee. She stepped down from active participation invited to take part in Alumni Weekend. and became a life member in 2002. She represented Transylvania at the inauguration of To view the reunion website, visit Texas Christian University chancellor Michael R. Ferrari in 1999. www.transy.edu (select Alumni, News & Jackson greatly supported the Annual Fund and made a substantial contribution to the Events, and Reunions/Alumni Weekend). Monroe Moosnick Endowment upon the death of the longtime Transylvania chemistry You can complete the online question- professor in 1995. Her son, Leslie Jackson ’82, was close friends with Moosnick, and naire, obtain hotel information, and Marion Jackson often talked about how much Moosnick meant to their family. The make a contribution to your class contribution helped create the Monroe Moosnick Professorship in the Natural Sciences. reunion gift. She and her husband, former president and CEO of Diamond Shamrock Corporation An invitation and detailed schedule J. L. Jackson Jr., hosted alumni gatherings in their home in Dallas. will be mailed to alumni in late winter. “Over the years, Marion provided financial support to a variety of projects,” President Online registration will be available Emeritus Charles L. Shearer said. “After she moved to Dallas from Lexington, it was more beginning in February. For more difficult for her to attend board meetings, but she remained interested and always wanted information, contact Natasa Pajic to stay informed about the life of the college.” Mongiardo ’96, director of alumni Jackson was known as a traveler and loved experiencing different cultures. She once programs, at [email protected] lived in Venezuela and enjoyed multiple trips to England, where she developed an appreci- or (800) 487-2679. ation for antiques, specifically Georgian. She was also active in thoroughbred horse breed- ing and racing.

FALL 2012 31 Life trustee Elizabeth Moody Wagner ’37 dies

ELIZABETH MOODY WAGNER ’37, a life member of the tributed financially to construction of the John R. Hall Athletic Field Transylvania Board of Trustees and former Executive Committee and the Clive M. Beck Athletic and Recreation Center. member, died August 27, 2012. She was 95. She was active in the Transylvania Women’s Club and was a Born in India to missionary parents, she was a cum former member of the Alumni Executive Board. laude graduate of Transylvania with a degree in pre-med- Transylvania presented her with the Morrison Medallion ical training and was active in theater, Lampas leadership in 1981, which is given to alumni who have provided society, and Phi Mu sorority. extraordinary service to the university. She gave exceptional service to her country during “Transylvania became her family while she was a stu- World War II when she was chosen for the highly selective dent here, living so far away from her family in India,” Civilian Pilot Training Program and trained Army and Navy said Wayne Bell ’40, a life member of the Board of air cadets for future combat action. She was a pioneer as Trustees. “She was so very grateful for all the school gave one of the relatively few women aviators of her day. her and felt privileged to be able to support and serve the Wagner was elected to the board in 1981 and was an university. Her life and spirit were molded and enriched active member for more than 25 years. In addition to her Executive by her lifelong relationship with her fellow students and faculty.” Committee tenure, she served on committees for admissions and Wagner was a prodigious community volunteer and leader financial aid, honorary degrees, nominating and governance, through her participation in United Way of the Bluegrass, the Blue- physical plant, and planning and evaluation. grass Trust for Historic Preservation, the Living Arts and Science Her commitment to Transylvania took many forms, including Center, and the International Book Project, among many others. financial support for the annual fund, the Campaign for Transylva- She received the Lexington Optimist Cup Award in 1992 and was nia, the Monroe Moosnick Endowment, and various scholarships. named an Outstanding Community Volunteer at the 2004 National She was instrumental in making possible a major renovation to Gra- Philanthropy Day observance. ham Cottage Alumni House and supported renovation of the Brown See www.transy.edu/magazine/pdf/fall03.pdf for a feature article Science Center and the Charles M. Shearer Art Building. She con- in Transylvania magazine’s fall 2003 issue.

was First Attendant to Mr. Pioneer. He went Winstead T. Buckner ’63, Lexington, died newspaper, and was a member of Lampas, on to earn master of divinity and doctor of July 23, 2012. He earned a degree in Student Government Association, and Phi ministry degrees from Vanderbilt Divinity business administration from Morehead Alpha Theta national history honorary. He School and was West Area Minister for the State University. He worked for the earned a J.D. from the University of Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) for Medicare Part B program in Kentucky and Kentucky and was an attorney with Sutton 23 years in western Kentucky. spent 29 years in the U.S. Army Reserve, Rankin Law in Edgewood, Ky., where he where he retired as a lieutenant colonel. was named a 2009 Kentucky Super Lawyer Dora Koundakjian-Johnson ’60, Wash- by Kentucky Monthly. ington, D.C., sister of Philip R. Koundakjian Patricia Duff Walsh ’65, Louisville, died June ’64, died June 26, 2012. A native of Beirut, 28, 2012. She taught high school and Lisa Gaye Boone ’82, Stanford, Ky., died she came to the United States to study lin- middle school music and was a Sunday June 18, 2012. She was a member of Delta guistics and made her way to Transylvania, school teacher and choir director at Beulah Delta Delta sorority. She worked in insur- where she was an English literature major Presbyterian Church. ance. and participated in drama productions and the International Relations Club. She went W. Randall Morris ’72, Lexington, died Sep- Heather Harris Bruser ’97, Lexington, died to the Hartford Seminary Foundation in tember 2, 2011. He was a political science July 13, 2012. She earned a degree in Connecticut, where she earned a master’s major and member of the International political science and a J.D. from the degree in linguistics, and from there moved Relations Club. He was an attorney. University of Kentucky and practiced law for Wyatt, Tarrant & Combs, LLP. to Washington to become program associate John S. Burgin ’74, Raleigh, N.C., died July at the Center for Applied Linguistics. She 2, 2012. He played tennis at Transylvania. Danielle M. Lewis ’00, Lexington, died also volunteered in soup kitchens in Wash- He earned a law degree from the University August 8, 2012. She was an R.N. at St. ington for 40 years. of Kentucky and was a founder of Ogletree Joseph East/Women’s Care. At Transyl- Brenda McKnight Jones ’61, Dallas, died Deakins Labor and Employment Law. He vania, she was a member of Alpha Omicron August 20, 2012. She was a member of Chi was a practicing labor attorney for 36 years. Pi fraternity. Omega sorority, captain of the cheerleading Elinor Krabill Sinars ’74, Alexandria, Va., team, president of Women’s Athletics Asso- died June 15, 2012. She was a French major. ciation, and secretary of Student Christian ! Obituaries in Transylvania are based Association. She earned a degree in dispute Harry D. Rankin ’75, Ft. Mitchell, Ky., on information available in alumni office resolution from Southern Methodist husband of Jimmie Hurt Rankin ’75, father files and from newspaper obituaries. Please send information concerning University and held leadership positions with of Ottwell S. Rankin ’05, Halley M. Rankin alumni deaths to the attention of Elaine several organizations, including East Dallas ’08, and Guston S. Rankin ’09, and uncle of Valentine in the Transylvania Alumni Christian Church, Northwood Republican Tyler E. Rankin ’06, died August 26, 2012. Office, 300 North Broadway, Lexington, Women’s Group, Chi Omega Alumnae He was a pre-law major and a member of KY 40508-1797. Newspaper obituaries Group, and Northwood Community Group. Delta Sigma Phi fraternity. He was Mr. Tran- with complete listings of survivors are sylvania, worked on the Rambler student preferred.

32 TRANSYLVANIA A Guaranteed Return Do you ever stop to think that your gifts to Transylvania University are re- ally investments in our students? You trust us to use those gifts to help this school develop students into the best graduates and citizens they can be, furthering our goal of providing a top-notch liberal arts education at an affordable cost.

And when you make an investment, you expect to see a good return. Katie Gruner ’12 is proof that your gifts are being put to profitable use. Gruner is in Cabanas, Spain, teaching English to primary school students. It’s a country the philosophy and Spanish major previously had visited on a semester study abroad to Seville, one of many opportunities she took advantage of while at Transylvania.

“Transylvania gave me so much in terms of acquiring knowledge, gaining friends, and earning opportunities like study abroad,” she said. “I would never have had those experiences without investments from alumni and friends.”

Gruner is already continuing that legacy of generous giving by signing up for Giving Electronically Monthly, a service that automatically withdraws a gift each month, adding up to a substantial investment over time.

“Since I’m out of the country and can’t Katie Gruner ’12 stands in front of the Guggenheim volunteer my time, this is a great way Museum in Bilbao, Spain, for me to give back and help bring in during her study abroad. new students and make improvements to the university,” she said.

Transylvania is doing great things with your dollars. We do our best to be good stewards of your support, as evidenced by countless stories like Gruner’s. We hope you’ll continue to invest in our students by giving to the

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Halloween at Transylvania Clockwise, from right, President R. Owen Williams channels the spirit of Dracula in an outfit and makeup that all agreed were chillingly evocative; the second annual Pumpkin Mania included trick or treat tables offered by students and staff in Old Morrison Circle; more than 225 individually carved pumpkins are displayed on the steps of Old Morrison; from left, Jeff Mudrak, Lois Johnson, and Debbie Clark, the human resources office staff, sported a 70s disco/ flower child look as their contribution to costume day for the staff; the Transylvania Department of Public Safety provided both real security and this menacing-looking pumpkin officer.