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Every Gift Makes a Difference

Roosevelt University could not have succeeded in 1945 were it not for men and women of great vision and means who embraced social justice and understood that the new college must make a difference. They set the example by giving and raising financial support for Roosevelt. They challenged others to exercise their social conscience and support a school whose goal was suc- cess through access to education for all students. That purpose remains today. Roosevelt can continue its forward momentum only through the generosity of our alumni and friends. Many of our alumni have given generously in their life- times, often working with Roosevelt’s president in support of special projects to build Roos- evelt’s legacy, including providing for Roosevelt in their wills. In the past three years we have received major estate gifts ranging from $513,230 to $2.2 million. Many more of our alumni, often unable to give large donations while they are living, also pro- vide for Roosevelt in their wills. These alumni make provisions to leave a gift, a percentage of their estates, or a portion of their life insurance, whatever they are comfortable with, to provide the same opportunities to future generations that they themselves received. The Office of Planned Giving received a phone call recently from a woman who wanted to know the exact wording to provide for Roosevelt University in her will. She was in her 40s and de- cided, “It’s about time that I create a will.” We spoke for a while and I helped with the wording for her will. I encouraged her to let us know when her will is finalized so that we can welcome her into The Fireside Circle, which honors Roosevelt alumni and friends who have made provisions for Roosevelt in their estates. She paused, and then somewhat embarrassed, said quietly, “I don’t have a very large estate.” We assured her that Roosevelt is grateful for every estate gift we receive, no matter the size. We recognize that many of you do not have great wealth and that your first priority in planning your estate is to provide for your family. But every gift to Roosevelt, regardless of the size, when combined with other modest estate gifts, becomes a powerful source of support for the Uni- versity and for our students. In 2011, Roosevelt received a total of 9,218 bequest gifts of $5,000 “ Roosevelt provided me with a tremendous opportunity. I learned how or less, totaling $1,825,420. to strategize, develop business relationships and communicate. It is an There are many ways to provide for Roosevelt in your will. If you would like information on the experience that changed my life,” says Guoxin “Charles” Tan, who after completing his Roosevelt degree gained employment with a company vehicles available to provide for Roosevelt in your will or have specific questions, please contact providing energy-efficient elevators and escalators for the main Beijing me, Denise Bransford. Olympic facility called “The Bird’s Nest” (pictured above). By the way, the exact wording to provide for Roosevelt in your will is, “… to Roosevelt University, Read more about Roosevelt’s Chinese alumni on page 20. Chicago, Ill.”

Denise Bransford GOING THE Assistant Vice President for Planned Giving 8 CHANGE AGENTS 36 THROUGH THEIR EYES 20 DISTANCE New Roosevelt initiatives pave Professor gives cameras to Latino Roosevelt University Alumni share way for positive social change. youths for lesson in literacy. Hello, China. 430 S. Michigan Ave., AUD827 East meets West as Roosevelt expands enrollment and alumni networks in the People’s Republic. personal stories Chicago, IL 60605 about their lives in China. Telephone: (312) 341-6455 ILLUSTRATION BY: DAVE CUTLER [email protected]

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DEPARTMENTS 14 “ Every night is PRESIDENT’S PERSPECTIVE 6 FROM THE GROUND UP UNIVERSITY NEWS Careful planning was needed 47 to make Roosevelt’s new an adventure ATHLETICS 56 Wabash Building a reality. and I am enjoying

“ It’s not just the ride.” the building One of many Phonathon itself, but it’s students, Jessica Gibbs the time it was talks about staying motivated on the job – while inspiring built that says others to give. PAGE 32 something about the resolve of the University and the design team to really bring something this unique to life.” JEFF HRUBEC, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT AT VOA ASSOCIATES, INC. Freshman Nicole Winter returns a shot for the Lakers volleyball team.

INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT 61 FROM THE VICE PRESIDENT 62 FUNDING HIGHLIGHTS 63

Former CCPA faculty

BOB COSCARELLI member, Saul Dorfman, continues to inspire — now, in the form of a gift PHOTO BY BY PHOTO from a former student. Read more about Phyllis Berlin’s generous ROOSEVELT REVIEW | SPRING 2012 VOLUME 17, NUMBER 1 contribution on page 66. 28 Q&A: THE MAN BEHIND THE SCENES Find out who has been responsible for keeping the historic Auditorium Building running smoothly since 1981. SCHOLARSHIP SPOTLIGHT 68 PUBLISHER | Lesley D. Slavitt EDITORIAL BOARD James Gandre Provost and Executive Vice President EDITOR | Thomas R. Karow ALUMNI NEWS 69 Thomas R. Karow Assistant Vice President, Public Relations CREATIVE DIRECTOR | Patrick J. Lytle WHERE RU? 70 Patrick J. Lytle Assistant Vice President, Marketing ASSOCIATE EDITOR | Laura Janota CHAPTER EVENTS 73 Charles R. Middleton President WRITERS | Courtney Flynn, Gregory Hess, Lesley D. Slavitt Vice President, Government Relations and University Outreach 42 IN MEMORIAM 77 Laura Janota, Thomas R. Karow, Gary K. Wolfe Patrick M. Woods Vice President, Institutional Advancement and Chief Advancement Officer FACULTY ESSAY DESIGN | Right Angle Studio, Inc. Gary K. Wolfe describes 2012 FINANCIAL STATEMENT 78 his love for science fiction. PHOTOGRAPHY | Bob Coscarelli, Roosevelt Review is published two times a year by Eduardo Gonzalez, Bill Hanyzewski, Roosevelt University. There is no subscription fee. Nathan Mandell, Steve Woltmann Roosevelt University 430 S. Michigan Ave., Chicago, IL 60605 ILLUSTRATION | Dave Cutler (312) 341-3500 | www.roosevelt.edu

2 ROOSEVELT REVIEW | SPRING 2012 ROOSEVELT REVIEW | SPRING 2012 3 FROM THE 12TH FLOOR OF ROOSEVELT’S NEW VERTICAL CAMPUS, POWER CONSTRUCTION CEO AND ROOSEVELT ALUM JEFF KARP TALKS PROUDLY ABOUT THIS ICONIC STRUCTURE. PAGE 16 BOB COSCARELLI

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The Concept of Two BY ROOSEVELT UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT CHUCK MIDDLETON

These matters also came to how imagining that campus as Couple those statistics with mind two days later as I flew the central institution of higher the fact that the numbers of out of O’Hare and the plane education in the northwest adults between 25 and 34 passed way above the Loop suburbs opens up possibilities years of age will be growing heading east. I looked out for us that are both exciting by over 20 percent in the next and down on the Roosevelt and dynamic, like the com- decade, and you can see that block with the modern sky- munities we serve there. opportunity abounds. But we scraper standing proudly And in Chicago the traditional have to be smart and engage beside the majestic old “sky- age students, both gradu- those potential students in scraper of the 1890s” that ate and undergraduate, who ways that make sense to the iconic Auditorium The- have come to dominate the them, which means new pro- atre Building has become. campus bring an energy to the grams, new credentials, dif- From both angles it’s easy Auditorium and Gage build- ferent schedules of classes, and a willingness to give Some sage once noted that to see, though in different ings that make going to work credit for certifiable learning where one stands depends and complementary ways, daily a great joy for all of us experiences that they have upon where one sits. When why our accomplishments, who engage them there. coupled with our aspirations had outside formal schooling. I first heard that saying as Yet another duality lies for the future, are so compel- an inquisitive undergradu- in imagining how we can These opportunities, when ling in the story of Chicago ate with limited life expe- complement our education taken together and projected and its people. Roosevelt is rience, I thought, “Yeah, of these younger students against the backdrop of our now a vital player in the suc- but there are always first by returning to our past suc- past, clearly point to this as cess of the metropolis and principles that ought to cesses with adult learners as yet another major moment of these structures stand as govern no matter what!” the new century unfolds. We transformation in Roosevelt testimonials to that role. University’s history. Each It’s another essay to explore have historically had many previous one had its naysay- the growing sense of contin- These two experiences also successes with students ers and its critics; each its gency that often accompanies set me to thinking about how who entered college some advocates and devotees. the aging process. “Always” looking at the University from time after graduating from What holds them all together, and “Never” seem less certain two vantage points on every high school, as many read- including our current experi- than “On the Other Hand” and issue is essential if we are to ers of the Review can attest. imagine and then create a ences, is the community of “Well, Occasionally, Perhaps.” In the twenty-first century future that honors our past people who are the University. I was reflecting on these world that is emerging, Baby while creating new ways to If you have confidence like dichotomies one balmy Boomers and Gen Xers will express the values embed- I do in the people and their January day as I looked out need new types of educational ded in those traditions. ability to take advantage of over Lake Michigan from the opportunities if they are to suc- the kinds of opportunities student study lounge on the Another duality lies in our cessfully pursue new careers these dualities have present- top residential floor of Roos- two-campus structure. We in the first instance, and qualify ed to us in our times, then evelt’s new Wabash Building. are fast at work in think- for the new jobs, in the second. ing anew about possibili- all that remains is to do the “Looking at the University from two vantage points on Not only could I easily see Projections are that by the year ties for the University as a smart and hard work neces- every issue is essential if we are to imagine and then create Indiana and the portion of 2020 over 60 percent of all whole by concentrating on sary to implement them as Michigan that abuts it, but jobs in the United States will a future that honors our past while creating new ways to each of them separately. fully as is humanly possible. express the values embedded in those traditions.” I also noticed that the lake require either a two or a four wasn’t yet frozen. So much For instance, the pharmacy year degree. And yet today, only And that is one tradition of for the certainty of bitterly students in Schaumburg are slightly over 40 percent of adults Roosevelt that doesn’t have cold Januaries in Chicago! but one representation of possess those credentials. an alternative point of view.

Chuck Middleton welcomes your comments. Email him at [email protected].

6 ROOSEVELT REVIEW | SPRING 2012 ROOSEVELT REVIEW | SPRING 2012 7 speak their minds in the circles shift from being angry when they walk in to laughing in a Roosevelt University sociology class Combining book knowledge with field by the time they leave. recently had their eyes opened while experience, the course is among a grow- She and nine others who took the class Roosevelt courses take students outside the classroom doing transformational service learning ing number offering a service-learning are continuing their work this semester at at an elementary school on Chicago’s component as part of the course work. Morrill, where a restorative-justice model southwest side. for hands-on experiences that teach powerful lessons “We are seeing this type of learn- for discipline is continuing to evolve with while enacting social change. BY LAURA JANOTA “I hadn’t been to an elementary school ing being incorporated into a range of help from students in a College of Educa- since I was a kid,” said Warren, who heard courses, from introductory classes up tion mental health counseling course led children insult one another’s mothers, to advanced graduate seminars,” said by Assistant Professor of Counseling and taunt each other over their clothing and Steven Meyers, professor of psychology Human Services Kristina Peterson. bully each other about being gay. “It was and Mansfield professor at Roosevelt’s The model is already showing signs of pretty intense, but I knew I wanted to help Mansfield Institute. success, according to Morrill Elementary change things if I could,” she said. TRANSFORMATIONAL LEARNING School Principal Michael Beyers, and will She and others in Professor Heather Dal- OPPORTUNITIES ABOUND continue to be fine-tuned in the fall when mage’s Sociology of Education class were students in sociology courses taught by trained how to diffuse conflicts, taking In the last three years, transformational Dalmage and Assistant Professor of Sociol- kids aside to talk through their disagree- learning at Roosevelt has exploded: 150 ogy Alfred DeFreece do restorative- ments and leading them in group discus- course sections now include a service- justice service at the school. sions known as peace circles. learning component, a five-fold increase “At this point, transformational learning over what was offered in 2009-10. “Our goal is to shift the school culture so is being incorporated in courses through- kids aren’t getting suspended or expelled, Meanwhile, more than 1,000 students out all six colleges at the University,” which can hurt their chances for success,” — the most ever in the history of the said Meyers, who has used the teaching said Dalmage. As director of the Mansfield University — completed or are current- method at universities since 1992. “What’s ly doing service as part of their course Institute for Social Justice and Transforma- unique about it at Roosevelt,” he said, “is work this academic year. tion, Dalmage is working with Institute that these courses are aimed — much like staff who have forged a three-year partner- “I absolutely loved the course and wanted the Morrill School experience — at helping ship aimed at overhauling the discipline to come back to lead the peace circles,” the less fortunate while teaching Roos- philosophy at Morrill Elementary School. said Warren, who has seen kids who evelt students to work for social change.”

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With its historic mission students on ways that trans- More than of social justice and a plan formational learning can to strengthen its culture of be applied anywhere, any student civic engagement, time and in any discipline. the University joined the “Out of this work, we have Association of American Col- Roosevelt students are doing some form of service during their course work this year. seen a new focus emerge in leges and Universities’ Bring- which everyone at the Uni- ing Theory to Practice Project versity — no matter the disci- (BToP) in 2009. pline or the department — is “We wanted to encourage more on track to encourage stu- “Social entrepreneurship Hired in 2010, Raed Elaydi, first day of class, I walk into that addresses the problem. engagement in everything dents to grapple with social can help solve some of the the Amoco Assistant Pro- a room and say: ‘Who here During the course, Roosevelt from our general educa- problems and become agents world’s worst problems, and fessor of Entrepreneurship wants to change the world?’” students competed against tion courses to our campus for change,” said Knerr. we believe — given the Uni- and Management, has been said Elaydi, who has already teams from major universities initiatives,” said Schaumburg A case in point is the Heller versity’s mission — that it laying groundwork for the taught Social Entrepreneur- across the nation. A winner Campus Provost Douglas Knerr, College of Business’s plan should be our college that leads new major and concentra- ship: The Acara Challenge, was selected to go to India and who worked with Meyers to to create the Chicago area’s the charge,” said Terri Friel, tion that could be offered a competitive case-studies implement its product/plan. obtain a $13,500 BToP grant. dean of the Heller College. as early as the fall. “On the course, at Heller College. first social entrepreneur- “We chose to build a sanita- The money has been used in ship major for undergradu- “The majority of students tion station where people part to facilitate workshops ates, as well as a social raise their hands and I say: could have access to restroom and broad discussion among entrepreneurship concen- ‘That’s what you can major in facilities, safe water and faculty, administrators and tration for MBA students. “ Transformational learning is being incorporated at Roosevelt University. Social information about safe water,” in courses throughout all six colleges at the entrepreneurs change the recalled Joyce Johnson, a University. What’s unique about it at Roosevelt world. They find a problem, 2011 business graduate who create a solution and create took the course last year. is that these courses are aimed at helping the community around it.’” The product/plan didn’t the less fortunate while teaching Roosevelt In The Acara Challenge, win the challenge, but John- Number of Roosevelt courses that students to work for social change.” students researched social son had her eyes opened. include a service-learning component problems in India, keying in “This course taught me PROFESSOR STEVEN MEYERS on topics like malnutrition that there are many, many or lack of clean water, devel- people in other parts of oping a plan and product the world who suffer.”

Latin America to Independence Human Neuropsychology (PSYC 350), Teaching Reading in Elementary Writing Social Justice (LIBS 201), Service and Sustainability (SUST 350), (HIST 315), covering early Latin Ameri- which studies the relationship between School (READ 320), which trains pre- a required undergraduate composi- which focuses on urban farming and Social Justice can history. Taught by Assistant Profes- the brain and behavior. Taught by service teachers how to teach read- tion course. In one section, taught community development. Taught by sor of History Fabricio Prado in partner- Assistant Professor of Psychology Lisa ing. Taught by Assistant Professor of by Instructor Jan Bone, students Associate Professor of Humanities ship with La Casita Parents Association, Lu, the course requires students to Elementary Education Tammy Oberg interviewed suburban police chiefs, Michael Bryson in conjunction with in Action course work has included teaching assist brain-injured people with daily De La Garza in partnership with Chi- psychologists, women’s shelter coun- the not-for-profit Chicago Lights, the Supported by grants from the in Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood. tasks. Last fall, students volunteered cago’s Logan Square Neighborhood selors and others last semester for course gives Sustainability Studies McCormick Foundation, here are a “We helped kids with their homework at the Midwest Brain Injury Clubhouse, Association, the course aims to improve stories posted on the Northwest Sub- majors experience in preparing an few examples of transformational and gave them fun facts about Latin Alden Park Rehabilitation Center and Latino literacy, pairing Roosevelt stu- urban Alliance on Domestic Violence urban farm for the growing season learning in progress: America,” said undergraduate Janet Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. “My dents as after-school tutors with small site at www.endallabuse.org. “I knew with help from area youth. It’s a first Rosas, who took the course last fall. students have helped people work groups of kids at McAuliffe Elementary the Schaumburg Campus was having for Bryson, a veteran Evelyn T. Stone “I was surprised how little some of on computers, read a newspaper or School. (See related story, page 36.) a community meeting on domestic College of Professional Studies pro- them knew about their heritage and simply clarify their thoughts,” said To learn more about the experiences violence and I wanted to help,” said fessor who is new to transformational I was proud as a Latina to share what Lu. “The experience empowers those of Oberg De La Garza’s students, Bone. She is now teaching the writing learning. “I always had it in the back I learned with them,” she said. Rosas who need help and it gets students to digital stories are available at misjt. course in partnership with CEDA North- of my mind to try it, and I think the went on to become Prado’s teaching better appreciate the course content.” blogspot.com/2011/12/students-in- west, a resource students are using to time is right this semester,” he said. assistant, organizing field work done in tammy-oberg-de-la-garzas.html. research and write about the need for Pilsen this semester by students taking affordable housing in the suburbs. Readings in Latin American History.

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Meanwhile, this fall a new course problem, coming up with policy- required for all undergraduates, change recommendations. encouraging problem-based “A service-learning opportunity learning and called Grounds for can be built into the course,” said Change, will be launched. In it, Priscilla Perkins, associate profes- students start with a problem sor of English and associate dean or theme related to social jus- tice. Toxins in the environment, of the College of Arts and Sciences. transit in transition and urban “But even without it, this course is education and the achievement a kind of service, as students are gap are a few topics being consid- coming up with solutions to prob- ered. Students break into groups lems that they can pursue further to address various aspects of a in their studies or after graduation.”

A RECOMMITMENT TO SERVICE THROUGH PARTNERSHIPS

Also, this semester for the first groups and others are critical to time, and in honor of the 10th the future success of Roosevelt anniversary of Roosevelt’s New and its students. Deal Service Days, the University “We try to nurture partnerships community will re-commit itself to by helping out wherever we are service through a series of events needed,” said Nancy Michaels, and opportunities highlighting associate director at the Mansfield Roosevelt’s significant work with Institute, which now has more partners in the community. than 30 partners in its ongoing The University will be partner- work to keep disadvantaged kids ing with Feeding America and the out of trouble, out of the prison Greater Chicago Food Depository pipeline and on track for college. with help from new Roosevelt Uni- In the fall semester, the Mansfield versity Board of Trustees member Institute started a fellowship pro- Vicki Escarra, president and CEO gram called the Mansfield Scholar of Feeding America. Activist Program. It has paired “Service is ingrained in all that 15 students and faculty members we do at Roosevelt and this is an with five community partners in opportunity to raise awareness of need of research to help make the the thoughtful, community-based case for alternative approaches in partnerships and projects we’ve dealing with at-risk kids. Schol- developed,” said Jennifer Tani, ars and their faculty advisors are director of community engage- expected to make reports to part- ment at Roosevelt. ners later this spring.

In the end, partnerships forged “It’s an excellent foundation for us between Roosevelt and com- to build relationships that in the munity not-for-profits, schools, end help our students and help lawyers, judges, health organiza- elevate Roosevelt as a social jus- tions, lawmakers, faith-based tice institution,” Michaels said.

CIRCLE OF TRUST Roosevelt student Amanda Warren volunteers, leading peace circles at Chicago’s Morrill School where positive change is ongoing. BOB COSCARELLI

12 ROOSEVELT REVIEW | SPRING 2012 BY PHOTO ROOSEVELT REVIEW | SPRING 2012 13 BY COURTNEY FLYNN AS ROOSEVELT CELEBRATES THE COMPLETION OF ITS NEW 32-STORY WABASH BUILDING THAT WILL CATAPULT THE UNIVERSITY INTO THE FUTURE, THE ARCHITECTS, ENGINEERS AND CONTRACTORS WHO DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED THE VERTICAL CAMPUS SAID IT TOOK UNUSUAL PLANNING AND COORDINATION TO MAKE IT ALL HAPPEN.

While most Chicagoans manager for the project. “It such as on weekends. The cally very complicated,” said marvel at the building’s was a great solution for this CTA provided flaggers, and Rafael Carreira, principal unique, undulating shape particular project to get it trains were stopped when at the Buck Co. “The water with glass windows reflect- outside of the footprint. It large pieces of steel needed to levels were monitored every ing the city’s blue skies, allowed all of the construc- be placed near the building. single day. It is a unique those who worked on it are tion to proceed smoothly.” foundation that required a And while all the coordina- most proud of the behind- lot of care and attention.” Another creative idea to keep tion and construction contin- the-scenes challenges work moving was to integrate ued, there was the constant Another issue was the con- they had to overcome. a concrete pumping station concern for protecting the nectivity between the Audi- For example, they had to into the site. Although space historic Auditorium Building torium Building and the operate in a construction was tight, having the on-site and the façade of the former Wabash Building. The two space constrained by Chi- station allowed trucks to Fine Arts Annex, which both buildings connect at five cago’s “L” tracks to the west dump their concrete loads posed their own issues. points, but joining a modern into a hopper inside the and historic buildings on The Auditorium Building structure to a historic build- building without tying up the east, south and north was constructed more than ing posed its own challenges the street with construction containing delicate façades because of different grades. traffic. Every floor of the a century ago on a “floating and unique foundations. building consists of poured foundation,” which depends “It was extremely important One of the first construc- concrete, so it was necessary on a mat of large timbers to that we developed a way for tion challenges engineers to have a constant flow. spread out the weight of the persons to go easily from one faced was the placement of a structure, said Van Deven, building to the other, but the “With as little access as we crane used to deliver materi- who received his MBA in floors didn’t always match had, it was imperative to als to the site. Because of the finance in 1992 from Roos- up,” said Steve Hoselton, come up with innovative evelt. The timbers need to be urban location, there was Roosevelt’s associate vice ways to feed the materials kept wet to keep from crack- not enough room to place the president of campus plan- into the building,” said Bob ing. In addition, the Audito- crane within the footprint ning and operations and the Van Deven, the project execu- rium Building’s foundation of the building, as normally University official over-seeing tive and vice president at encroached on the site of the would be done. There was the construction project. Power Construction Co., the new building by several feet. also insufficient space to general contractor for the Because of all the grade position the crane anywhere To preserve the integrity building. “If you didn’t have variations, connecting the outside the site. So it was set of the foundation, a steel them, then everything would Michigan Avenue side of the on a diving board of sorts earth retention system (like have had to stop and wait.” Auditorium Building to the made of steel beams that a bathtub) was built around There was ongoing collabora- Wabash Building proved to be were attached to the building the entire Wabash Building tion with the Chicago Transit one of the most complicated about six feet off the ground. to ensure none of the water Authority to ensure that “L” parts of the design. “We had drained away as construction “I’ve never done this before trains could pass by safely to create a sloping walkway took place on the facility. in my career,” said Kevin while construction continued over an alleyway to connect Dyball, vice president and on the building less than 30 “Imagine if you built a deep the buildings,” Hoselton said. construction manager for feet away. Work was sched- hole near a river. The ten- “Now, if you are in the dining The John Buck Co., which uled between trains or when dency would be for the water hall of the Wabash Building served as the development train traffic was the lightest, to flow there. It was techni- and want to go to the north BILL HANYZEWSKI

14 ROOSEVELT REVIEW | SPRING 2012 ROOSEVELT REVIEW | SPRING 2012 14 BY PHOTO ROOSEVELT REVIEW | SPRING 2012 15 side of the Auditorium Building, you won’t have to walk all around the buildings in a big “U” shape.”

Another challenge was saving the six- story façade of the building located on the north end of the Wabash Building property and incorporating it into the design of the building.

The former Fine Arts Annex façade was built in 1924 by renowned archi- tect Andrew Rebori. JEFF KARP: ONE POWER(FUL) ALUM Because the façade was historic, it couldn’t be taken down and rebuilt later. Instead, steel reinforcing bars Roosevelt University’s new Schaumburg-based firm, on were put up around the façade and it Wabash Building makes Jeff Karp the map was the Omni Hotel proud on two different levels. built on Michigan Avenue in the was completely restored. It is now the entrance to Roosevelt’s bookstore. First, as the president and CEO late 1980s. “That project really of Power Construction Co., the enhanced our credibility. It was In addition, the signature terra cotta a high-rise building that showed building’s general contractor, he’s on the façade had to be restored. But we were able to do a large job delighted that the skyscraper was there are only two manufacturers right in the heart of Chicago.” constructed on time, on budget in the entire country that make the and with great teamwork on the The majority of Power’s projects particular type of terra cotta used in part of all stakeholders to meet the are in five areas: hospitality, the façade. project’s objectives. At the same healthcare, institutional, higher time, he’s a Roosevelt alumnus education and corporate, with new “It was really a very complicated and who can appreciate how much hospital construction accounting time-consuming thing for us to get it the building will benefit future for nearly half of its work during right,” Hoselton said. “We didn’t think generations of Roosevelt students. the past few years. The Ann it was going to be that complicated, & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Karp earned his MBA from Roosevelt but as we got more and more into it, it in 1984. “I had a civil engineering Hospital of Chicago will open got more and more complicated.” CONSTRUCTIVE SOLUTIONS The engineers and architects who worked on Roosevelt’s Wabash Building degree from IIT (Illinois Institute of this summer, while a 14-story came up with innovative ideas to solve construction dilemmas. The crane was placed on steel beams outside Technology), but realized I needed hospital at Rush University Medical An overarching problem was com- the perimeter of the building due to the tight construction site. The façade of the historic Fine Arts Annex was Center opened to great acclaim more training in management,” he bining all of the different uses of preserved, restored and connected to the new building. Each of the building’s five green roofs has different in January. “Those projects have environments so the plants chosen for each roof were based on those specific climates. said. “My Roosevelt degree was a the new building into one cohesive differentiator. It gave me a great been huge for us,” Karp said with structure—from the dining hall to framework for my future career a grin. “Despite the very tough which turned out to be more in climate for building, we’ve been science labs to residence space, said management than in engineering.” able to keep our people busy.” Jeff Hrubec, senior vice president at VOA Associates, Inc. and the project When Karp joined Power in 1986 Karp said that each assignment has as a project manager, it was a its challenges, like having to build on manager/project architect for the relatively small company with a very constrained site at Roosevelt Wabash Building. and implementing a unique about 25 employees and annual The design team used a “neighbor- revenue of approximately $50 structural design at Children’s hood concept,” grouping similar func- million, despite having been in Hospital. From his perspective, business since 1926. Today, there the key to success is having skilled tions together and color coordinating are 210 salaried employees and employees and knowing whom them in shades such as yellow, blue, sales in 2011 of $680 million. to call to attack the problem. red and orange. “Our growth has been organic,” “When you look at what we built Student support services, which said Karp, only the fourth CEO in over the years, it really makes Power’s history. “We do business include a fitness center and dining you proud,” he said. “All of us at hall, are housed on the building’s first exclusively in the Chicago area and Power live here; we’re part of the five floors. Science labs, classrooms 90 percent of our growth has come community. It’s very rewarding from repeat-business customers, when you work on something that and faculty office space comprise the word-of-mouth and referrals.” will have a positive long-term impact sixth through 13th floors. And begin- Karp believes the construction on people, be it hospital patients, ning on the 14th floor heading up, project which put Power, a hotel guests or university students.” there are residence rooms with incred-

16 ROOSEVELT REVIEW | SPRING 2012 ROOSEVELT REVIEW | SPRING 2012 17 “ WE COULDN’T PUT UP JUST ANY BUILDING NEXT TO THE AUDITORIUM BUILDING. WHEN THAT WAS BUILT IN THE LATE 19TH CENTURY, IT WAS A STATEMENT TO THE WORLD THAT THE CITY OF CHICAGO HAD ARRIVED. THE WABASH BUILDING HAD TO BE A STATEMENT THAT ROOSEVELT HAS ARRIVED.” STEVE HOSELTON AVP, CAMPUS PLANNING AND OPERATIONS

ible views overlooking the materials that were 20 per- “In a normal time, it’s one to the Auditorium Build- Art Institute of Chicago, Lake cent recycled and installing of those once in a lifetime ing. When that was built in Michigan and Soldier Field. energy efficient heating and opportunities to take all the late 19th century, it was “At a typical university in a air conditioning equipment these program elements and a statement to the world rural area, there would be as with a Building Automation put them all in one building that the city of Chicago had many as six different build- System rating that is 24.5 with a significant design,” arrived. The Wabash Build- ings,” Hrubec said. “One of the percent above industry stan- Hrubec said. “We started in ing had to be a statement that major challenges was trying dards. Roosevelt will learn 2008 when the rest of the Roosevelt has arrived.” to get all of the different pro- this spring if it will receive world was falling apart. So grams to work together.” a LEED silver or gold certifi- it’s not just the building cation, something very few itself, but it’s the time it was Making sure the building was skyscrapers in Chicago have. built in that says something ON THE WEB “green” and sustainable was about the resolve of the Watch a behind-the-scenes video an imperative for everyone Aside from all of the engi- University and the design of the Wabash construction project, involved. Although it was neering, architectural and from process to completion: team to really bring some- often difficult to achieve, construction challenges, thing this unique to life.” www.architecture.org/ the University incorporated those who worked closely LunchOnline/Roosevelt several green initiatives into on the project said another “This is really a fascinat- Read The Chicago Architecture the project. These include wonder of the Wabash Build- ing, distinctive building,” Blog’s glowing review of the native plants on 51 percent of ing is the tough economic Hoselton said. “We couldn’t Wabash tower, by Paul Kulon: the roof, using construction climate in which it was built. put up just any building next www.roosevelt.edu/towerblog BILL HANYZEWSKI

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BRIDGING THE DIVIDE

Halfway around the world, men and women with degrees from Roosevelt are helping shape China’s future.

These financiers, civil servants, entrepreneurs, developers, publishers, university officials – the list of their professional occupations goes on and on – live all across the world’s most populous nation.

In the tradition of Roosevelt University, they are socially conscious leaders, using their education to problem solve and innovate, transforming their society and homeland for the better. Stories of what some of these alumni have done with their Roosevelt education and lives in China are told on the following pages.

“They are remarkable individuals and by governments and organizations in worth knowing, as Roosevelt has trans- China’s northern Liaoning Province, Bei- formed their lives and their world view,” jing, Shenzhen, Shenyang and Tianjin. In said Roosevelt University President Chuck addition, hundreds of alumni who went Middleton, who has visited alumni in China to Roosevelt as international students live many times. in China today. “Given Chicago’s growing presence as an Pledging to stay in touch, the University’s international city and China’s emergence Office of Institutional Advancement has as the 21st Century’s newest economic organized alumni chapters in Beijing, superpower, it makes sense for the Uni- Shenyang, Shenzhen and Tianjin. versity to be connected with these alumni Currently, there are nearly 100 Chinese and with China,” he said. students at Roosevelt, including a group Since 1999, the University has hosted of mid-career Beijing Statistical Bureau groups of mid-career Chinese leaders, managers pursuing the EMPA degree. educating them in the classroom and “We are reaching out to our alumni, friends giving them field experiences and intern- and many contacts in China,” said Patrick ships for the Executive Master of Business Woods, vice president for institutional Administration (EMBA) or Executive Master advancement at Roosevelt. “We want of Public Administration (EMPA) degree. them to know our door is always open There are about 500 EMBA and EMPA and we want them to tell others in China graduates in China today. Most of them about the Roosevelt experience and how received their EMBA and were sponsored it changes lives.” DAVE CUTLER DAVE

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Rising to the Top SHENZHEN, CHINA =Zc\Y^A^™M^VdX]jcÅ?VhdcÆA^j™Hdc\b^c\Mj Learning to Say ‘I Love You’ SHENYANG, CHINA Yan “Angel” Wang

Before attending Roosevelt in 2002-03, Yan “Angel” Wang was reserved and strict. She didn’t have a car. She didn’t express feelings much. She believed rigor- ous discipline was neces- sary for her six-year old to do well in school. Now a veteran English Roosevelt business professor professor and foreign lan- Lee Ahsmann visited China guages department direc- shortly before his death in tor at Shenyang University, 2007, where he met with former the Roosevelt alumna is a EMBA students. changed woman. Not only does she better under- “I never saw Lee as energetic stand English and American and involved as when he was culture, she also enjoys her with the Chinese students,” said life, family and future. Bridging Cultural Differences management professor Tom Head, who also taught them. “I found that in relation- BEIJING, CHINA

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Opening World Financial Markets

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At a time when China’s na- scent financial industry is aggressively going global, Kaiyuan “Kathy” Xu leads a sales team courting for- eign investors for a major securities firm in Shanghai. Part of the 12-member Chinese Youth Federa- tion sponsored by China’s federal government at Roosevelt during 2001-02, the EMBA graduate now talks regularly with poten- tial clients from institutions all over the world. Xu, formerly with the A Place in their Hearts Shanghai Grain Exchange, BEIJING, CHINA 7dLVc\™Njo]ZÅ8^cYnÆ9^c\ remembers eye-opening field trips to the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Roosevelt University is a special company equivalent to Net- the Chicago Board of Trade place for Bo Wang and Yuzhe flix. A year later, Ding gradu- and the Chicago Mercan- “Cindy” Ding. ated and moved to tile Exchange while she Beijing, taking a human The Chinese natives met in 2007 was at Roosevelt. She also resources job at CCTV News. as international students in credits a business course, Roosevelt’s English Language In 2010, Wang asked Ding Strategic Management, Program. Today, they live and to attend a conference trip for giving her skills she work in Beijing, and are mar- that would include Chicago. uses daily to research and ried. “Roosevelt University and “I brought her to the lakeside analyze companies. Chicago will always hold special near Roosevelt and the “There are many opportu- memories,” said Wang. museums, and I asked her nities now in China’s to marry me,” he recalled. Courtship began when Ding, an financial industry and in undergraduate business man- Bo Wang (top photo) proposes to our global markets,” she agement major from Suzhou, “ Roosevelt University Yuzhe “Cindy” Ding on Chicago’s said. “Roosevelt helped China, saw Wang, an integrated and Chicago will lakefront in 2010. The two met as prepare me.” marketing communications students at Roosevelt and were married last year (above) in Beijing. major from Beijing, in a class- always hold special room and asked in English if she memories.” could sit next to him. Agreeing – BO WANG to this, Wang addressed Ding in Chinese, saying: “Why don’t you “I thought there would be a speak Chinese to me?” romantic dinner with violins, Dinners in Chinatown, shopping so I was a little disappointed,” at malls and travels to Miami, said Ding. She did agree to ALUMNI ACROSS CHINA Washington, D.C., Las Vegas, Ni- marry him and had dinner Numbering in excess of 500 and hailing agara Falls and Florida’s Disney with Wang in John Hancock from more than 60 cities across China, World followed. Center’s Signature Room. Roosevelt’s Chinese alumni are making Graduating in 2009, Wang The two were married before an impact in their communities, on local businesses and with civic organizations. returned to Beijing and got a job 250 guests in Beijing in doing marketing for a Chinese December.

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Government Giving Back to Roosevelt Training, BEIJING, CHINA Wang Li American Style

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At a time when the Beijing Munici- pal Bureau of Statistics is building a new data system, Daidong “Willis” Wu understands the need to be trained in new tech- nologies and the best public- administration practices. “We need to know new informa- tion and technology,” said Wu, who was promoted to deputy director of the bureau’s consul- tancy center after getting his EMPA from Roosevelt in 2008. Building strong “We must apply what we learn to relations our new metropolitan system,” which uses geographic informa- Roosevelt University and its alumni tion system technology for the in China are maintaining strong ties, first time, he said. thanks in part to a series of October Forty-three bureau managers 2011 alumni events in China where Beijing Hospitality Institute Dean Wang Li will give back to his alma mater, sending BHI students to Roosevelt for studied at Roosevelt in 2007-08 alumni chapters in Beijing, Shenyang, hospitality management training. and 2009-10 and 18 others are Shenzhen and Tianjin have been now at the University working chartered. on the EMPA. Their program is After Wang Li got his EMBA “ Roosevelt gave me the opportunity to see Pictured from upper left and the same as for U.S. students, at Roosevelt in 2000, he was what happens in the real world. I am glad to clockwise: President Chuck Middleton learning about public administra- promoted by the Beijing and a delegation of Roosevelt tion, management, quantitative Tourism Group. Over the do something for the University as an alum.” trustees and University leaders and research methods, leader- years, his responsibilities – WANG LI celebrate the start of a new chapter ship, policy, budgeting, strategic have included being in with alumni in Tianjin; a view of planning, economics and human charge of training for the the Great Wall of China; President resources. Government and non- group’s 40,000 employees, evelt has talented teachers Middleton meets an alum at a chapter profit internships are provided. managing five-star hotels, with real-world experience.” ON THE WEB gathering in Shenyang, China; alumni and marketing hotels world- Plans are currently being “It has been difficult. Before we Watch Chinese students from Liaoining Province in the north wide. He joined elong.com made to bring BHI students started the program we knew discuss their experiences of China re-connect at a Shenyang in 2007 and is now dean of to campus. at Roosevelt University: little about the history of public alumni chapter event; a view of Beijing Hospitality Institute administration management in “We are looking forward to www.roosevelt.edu/ the Olympic stadium in Beijing; (BHI), a new hotel manage- InternationalStudents America,” said Hui An, who took this relationship with the Chicago College of Performing ment training school. part in Beijing’s 2010 census and Beijing Hospitality Institute,” 6gih9ZVc=Zcgn;d\Za[djgi] is currently studying for the EMPA. Now Li is giving back to his said Gerald Bober, director from right) meets with officials of “Language is a problem but we alma mater in a partner- of Roosevelt’s hospitality the Central Conservatory of Music are getting better.” ship that will bring BHI program. “We have several in Beijing. Immediately to Fogel’s students to Roosevelt’s talented Chinese graduate right is professor Wang Cizhao, the Anna Marie Schuh, associate Manfred Steinfeld School students in our program, conservatory’s president. Roosevelt professor and coordinator of the of Hospitality and Tourism and we are planning to University Board of Trustees Chairman EMPA program, gives the Chinese Management. utilize them to mentor un- opportunities in class to work ?VbZhB^iX]ZaaVcY]^hl^[Z!A^cYV! dergraduates from BHI.” don festive Chinese garb in Shenyang; with all of her public-adminis- “My dream is for my stu- Shanghai was one of the stops for a tration students. In addition, the dents to be the best hotel “Roosevelt gave me the meet-and-greet with alumni that the students spent Thanksgiving at managers in the world,” said opportunity to see what Roosevelt delegation made during a Schuh’s home and attended a TV Li. “They need to know how happens in the real world,” goodwill trip on behalf of new alumni party viewing GOP presidential to communicate with people said Li. “I am glad to do chapters in China. primary results with political sci- of different cultures and something for the University ence professor Paul Green. backgrounds. I know Roos- as an alum.”

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The Man Behind the Scenes

Q & A WITH TOM FLYNN, CHIEF ENGINEER

Although he’s been at Roosevelt University for 30 years, Tom Flynn is hardly known to students and Roosevelt’s faculty and staff rarely see him. And that’s just the way he likes it. Flynn is the man responsible for ensuring that the Auditorium Building, Roosevelt’s national historic land- mark structure, functions smoothly, be it the coldest day of the winter or the hottest day of the summer. And that’s not an easy task, considering that the building was origi- nally constructed in the late 1880s as a hotel, theatre and office building. A member of the International Union of Operating Engi- neers Chicago Local 399, Flynn came to Roosevelt after working for two years as a boiler operator in the building housing the former Marshall Field’s store on State Street. To learn how the Auditorium Building operates, Roosevelt Review editor Tom Karow asked Flynn, whose office is in the basement of the historic building, to tell us what goes on behind the scenes.

OUT OF SIGHT The basement of Roosevelt’s Auditorium Building is the domain of Tom Flynn, Roosevelt’s chief engineer. BOB COSCARELLI

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Tom Karow: The Auditorium initial design stage. It’s quite a Building will soon turn 125 years change – from working in one of old. As the building’s chief engi- the oldest buildings in Chicago neer, what do you do and how do to one of the newest. All of the you think the building is doing? equipment in the new facility is state of the art. Tom Flynn: I’m responsible for maintenance and operation of TK: I know that the Wabash the entire Auditorium Building, #VJMEJOHXJMMCF-&&%DFSUJôFE including the Auditorium Theatre From your standpoint, what are section. It might be an old build- CHECKING THE FOUNDATION The floating foundation of the Auditorium Building (left) is checked daily by Chief En- some of the features that make ing, but its functionality is 100 gineer Tom Flynn and his crew. If the water level drops below the timbers, indicated at the very bottom of the schematic, the timbers could crack as shown in the picture above. This has never happened in the 125-year history of the building. JUFOFSHZFGôDJFOU percent. Aside from one unusual piece of equipment, there are TF: There are many, but lighting control is an important no items where you would say, one. There will be occupancy “Wow, I can’t believe this is here.” sensors in the offices and class- Let me give you an example. The rooms. And there’s going to be building was one of the first in the a master control so we’ll be able country to be wired for electricity, to turn all of the lights on and but everything is different now. off at certain times to control We have modern wiring, circuit energy. Another is the thermal breaker panels, fuse panels, etc. glass windows on the building. It’s far from the original. They have a very high R value (a measurement of insulating TK: How about the elevators, effectiveness) that will help with which for decades were a source energy consumption as well. of frustration? TF: They have certainly been a TK: Will the two buildings share challenge and we could obviously any equipment? use more. But they are in better TF: A diesel fuel-powered emer- shape now than ever. We have gency generator was installed upgraded all of the elevators “ When they come in cated in the basement. When it’s one chiller for cooling, compared responds quickly when the system the foundation and are you area. Today when engineers and in a room near the loading dock here to direct digital control with triggered, a valve opens up and to five for the rest of the building. is activated. responsible for maintaining it? architects see that area where of the Wabash Building. It will the exception of the tower eleva- all the trusses and supports that provide emergency lighting and and their offices and shoots compressed air into the TF: Yes, we monitor it every day. tor. All of them have top of the TK: Old buildings were not TK: Since buildings weren’t air span the roof come together power to the water pumps for tank and then the compressed The building has a floating foun- line doors and rollers and they classrooms are nice PVUôUUFEXJUITQSJOLMFSTGPSôSF conditioned in the 1800s, has it and connect to the load-bearing fire protection in both buildings air forces sewage located in the dation made of crisscrossed rail- are maintained on a regular basis protection. Have you worked CFFOEJGôDVMUUPBJSDPOEJUJPOUIF walls, they are amazed at the should the electricity go out. and warm, and the basement of the Theatre to curb road ties, topped with a double by our elevator contractor. The on that life-safety issue in the Auditorium Building? unique design. level and into the city sewers for layer of steel rails embedded in building’s original elevators were building? TK: How large is the engineer- lights go on, we want recycling. Unfortunately repair TF: Definitely. Someone said to me concrete. It is critical that water water hydraulic elevators. Water TK: Has the University ing staff for the Auditorium parts are no longer available TF: We have been working hard that he’s never been in a building levels stay above the railroad replaced the windows in towers on the roof pumped water them to just take that that had so many micro environ- Building? and an electric ejector pump has on that issue, which is compli- ties. If the water level would ever the building? through the towers using gravity ments. There are spaces in the for granted. Obviously been installed. cated and expensive. So far, drop below them, the railroad TF: Including me, there are pressure to make the elevators Auditorium Building that do not TF: The majority of the windows we have installed sprinklers in ties would dry out and split, seven of us. At least one of us is go up and down. have any air conditioning at all, are original to the building. We there’s no magic wand TK: Another peculiar feature of the basement and through the causing severe foundation prob- in the building 24 hours a day, the Sullivan Room (on the second have been renovating them the the Auditorium Building is that seventh floor, about 65 percent lems in the 110,000-ton building. seven days a week. TK: I understand that the that makes all that floor) being one of them. We put past few years, starting with the Auditorium Theatre is located of the building. We will meet We still have a comfortable level Auditorium Building has portable air coolers in there during those which were in the worst happen, but we want the city of Chicago’s timeline to of water but we track it over time TK: What is the goal of your staff? numerous roofs. within the main building. the summer. The room next to it, shape. The original glass was have sprinklers installed on the to make sure we will never have saved and reused after the TF: We want the students, TF: Yes, because of the way the people to think it’s TF: It is really two separate build- Congress Lounge, has central air. remaining floors. a problem. woodwork was refurbished and faculty and staff to be able to building is laid out, there are 29 ings in one, the theatre and the Over the years, we have installed automatic.” a lot of different cooling systems, the windows were reinstalled. focus on their studies and work. separate roofs on a variety of University. The theatre itself has TK:8IBU×TUIFôSFBMBSN TK: Is there another feature like depending upon what applications The building’s windows are oper- In the wintertime, when they elevations. Much of that had to no perimeter walls, so its heating system like in the building? that, which is probably unique fit best at the time. Plus, we have able, which is an easy way to get come in and their offices and do with additions to the building TK: You said that there was one and cooling requirements are to the Auditorium Building? TF: About seven years ago, we approximately 150 window air con- fresh air. classrooms are nice and warm, over the years. The roofs for Ganz original piece of equipment still different from the University’s. In installed a Simplex Fire Detec- ditioning units in the Auditorium TF: Within the theatre itself and the lights go on, we want in use. What’s that? fact, the theatre has all electric TK: Will you also be in Hall and the Heller Wing were tion System, which has smoke Building. there are no columns except them to just take that for granted. add-ons as were the roofs above TF: It’s called a Shone sewage heat. The heating load in the alarms, heat detectors, pull sta- those used to support the floor. charge of engineering for Roos- Obviously there’s no magic wand equipment rooms. There are also ejector and it serves the winter is very minimal, espe- tions, and horns and strobe lights TK: When the Auditorium Its roof is supported by large evelt’s new Wabash Building? that makes all that happen, different roofs above the alley- Auditorium Theatre. A pneumat- cially when the theatre is full of for notification. It is tied into the Building was built it had a unique wrought iron trusses located in a TF: Yes, I’ve been involved with but we want people to think it’s way near Michigan Avenue. ically operated water tank is lo- people. The theatre also has just Chicago Fire Department, which foundation. Can you tell me about space above the theatre seating the Wabash Building from the automatic.

30 ROOSEVELT REVIEW | SPRING 2012 ROOSEVELT REVIEW | SPRING 2012 31 n the 11th floor of Roosevelt’s Auditorium Build- John Lang, a jazz voice major who graduates in May, is another ing, 15 students sit at a row of desks, thumbing co-lead at the phonathon. Lang said that his performance background through multi-colored stacks of call sheets and has played a role in helping him get comfortable on the phones. diligently making phone calls. “It is a pretty natural fit,” Lang said. “The personalities of alumni The student workers in Roosevelt’s phonathon really come out when they pick up the phone. The first time you get Students employed by program call alumni four days a week during the fall and spring on the phone is pretty nerve-wracking. But after the first person academic terms, earning work study credit and making personal you connect with, it’s all gone, and it becomes second nature.” Roosevelt’s phonathon program connections with more than 60 years of Roosevelt alumni. There’s one thing that you won’t find at the phonathon, how- connect with alumni — and gain Karyn DuBose, Roosevelt’s director of annual giving who has ever—computers. Unlike most modern call center environments, a lot more than donations. administered the phonathon program since October 2010, previously Roosevelt’s phonathon is still doing things the old-fashioned way, led annual giving initiatives at other colleges, including the Illinois with ink and paper. Institute of Technology and the University of Illinois at Chicago. “Alumni should know this “ Alumni should “I always tell the callers, ‘You are the next generation of givers. isn’t some automated system know this isn’t When you graduate, someone is going to call you. So, it’s impor- calling them. This is an actual tant that you understand the culture of philanthropy that you are student, flipping through sheets some automated fostering right now. The people who you’re calling are investing in of paper and pressing the keys system calling your success,’” DuBose said. on the phone. It’s definitely old them. This is an Monae Ferguson, a co-lead who will graduate with a major in school, but it works, and there’s a actual student, integrated marketing communications in 2013, started with the personal aspect to it,” Lang said. phonathon in fall of 2009. Ferguson had experience on the phone The callers regularly have the flipping through from a previous job at the Illinois Tollway, answering phone calls chance to connect with alumni sheets of paper from toll booth violators. For her, Roosevelt’s phonathon is a wel- in their field, who are often eager and pressing the come change of pace. to offer career advice and guid- keys on the phone. “It’s very refreshing hearing some of the people’s stories about ance for life after college. “The life after Roosevelt,” Ferguson said. “I called a woman one time alumni are constantly giving the It’s definitely who ended up being a best-selling author. We had a very inspiring callers great professional advice, old school, but conversation.” because they are out there in the it works, and Callers are trained and given scripts to work from, but they learn workplace, using their educa- there’s a personal very quickly that calls can often veer down unexpected paths. “Being tion,” DuBose said. “Usually a psych minor, I understand people have different personalities when they give us advice, what aspect to it.” and different things going on in their lives, so I try to remember they say is, ‘just keep going,’” JOHN LANG (BM, ’12) that and take it in stride when a call goes badly,” Ferguson said. Ferguson added.

by the numbers

Number of students who make calls 950 10 per evening $44 BY GREGORY HESS Number of $53,717 Average number phonable of calls students make per evening alumni Average amount Pledged from Oct. 1, 2011 per donation to March 19, 2012

32 ROOSEVELT ROOSEVELT REVIEW REVIEW | SPRING| SPRING 2012 2012 ROOSEVELT REVIEW | SPRING 2012 33 A CALL TO ACTION If you receive a phone call from a Roosevelt student, Jacob Youngblood may be on the other end of the call. “It’s cool to contact people throughout the country,” he says. MEET SOME OF ROOSEVELT’S PHONATHON STUDENTS

John Lang Tim Crawford Age: 22 Age: 20 Hometown: Denver, Colo. Hometown: North Major: Jazz and Contemporary Kingstown, R.I. Vocal Performance Jessica Gibbs Major: Sociology Ashley Reed Graduation: May 2012 Age: 20 Year: Sophomore Age: 20 Time with the Phonathon: Hometown: Ford Heights, Ill. Time with the Phonathon: Hometown: Chicago 2 years Major: Business Management 6 months Major: Integrated Marketing Year: Junior Communications “I like the Phonathon because Time with the Phonathon: “Phonathon is a cool job. Year: Senior it brings students, alumni, 8 months Good work environment. Time with the Phonathon: 1 faculty and staff together to Good hours. Good people.” 2 /2 years better Roosevelt.” “I like talking to the different alumni who live throughout “The phonathon not only the United States. Every allows alumni a chance to hear night it’s an adventure and about new developments at I am enjoying the ride.” the University, but also gives students the opportunity to hear more about the legacy and history of Roosevelt.”

Jacob Youngblood, a junior jazz trombone major who was hired at the phonathon in the fall 2011 semester, said, “It takes effort and focus, but I really enjoy it. It’s cool to contact people throughout the country and make that connection, whether they’re nice or rude to you. On any given night, you might talk to someone in Las Vegas or Maryland or Hawaii.” Tanisha Littrice, a senior business management major, commutes from Flossmoor, Ill., and uses her pay from the phonathon to help pay for her monthly Metra pass. She enjoys the incentives and games that the supervisors use to keep the mood in the call center fun. “We play a game called ‘Phonieland,’ where if you get a pledge you get to move a space. It’s fun and encouraging, because every time we come in we want to see how many spaces we need to win,” Littrice said. Each pledge the students receive is manually entered into the Uni- versity’s database by DuBose. She even personally hand writes a letter @Vgnc9j7dhZ, Roosevelt’s director of Annual Giving, personally hand writes a letter to each to each donor, sealing and mailing the envelope herself. donor. She often tells the student callers: “You are The phonathon program represents the first contact many alumni the next generation of givers. So, it’s important have with annual giving. Though the gifts the callers receive are often that you understand the culture of philanthropy small, overall they add up to a significant portion of the University’s that you are fostering right now. The people who fundraising efforts. “Collectively, these gifts mean a lot, and they do you’re calling are investing in your success.” great things for the University,” DuBose said. The students began calling this academic year in October and as of mid-March, they had received pledges totalling $53,717. If you would like to make a gift to Roosevelt “It’s making a huge impact. We’re the people behind the scenes, by phone, call (312) 341-2138. late at night, getting things done,” Ferguson said proudly. BOB COSCARELLI

34 ROOSEVELT REVIEW | SPRING 2012 BY PHOTO ROOSEVELT REVIEW | SPRING 2012 35 The collection of photographs portraying literacy in Chicago includes images of business and street signs, TV remote controls, T-shirt logos and graffiti.

Shot by Latino grade-school children in Chicago’s Logan Square neighborhood, these views and others are providing a Roosevelt University professor with clues for what must be done if the reading and writing skills of Latino youths THROUGH THEIR EYES are to improve. “To me, it’s obvious,” said Tammy Oberg De La Garza, assistant professor of elementary education and a 2011-12 American Association of University Women (AAUW) fellow. “These kids may understand what literacy is all about in the school setting, but they don’t get the kind of access they need to real literacy in their homes and in their neighborhood.”

A former fourth grade teacher in Chicago and a literacy consultant in some of the city’s toughest public schools, Oberg De La Garza long has been troubled by U.S. data ranking Latinos behind both blacks and whites in reading levels as well as in bachelor’s degree completions.

In an attempt to find the problem’s causes and solutions, Roosevelt professor Tammy Oberg De La Garza takes a unique approach in her she started a dynamic, new literacy project in partnership research of literacy among Latino elementary students. BY LAURA JANOTA with the Logan Square Neighborhood Association in 2010. “What we need to realize is that Latinos are our fastest growing group in the nation,” said Oberg De La Garza. In fact, the U.S. Census Bureau is predicting that one-fourth of all U.S. students will be Latino by 2021. The census also is reporting that education levels of Latinos are lower than the levels achieved by any other ethnic groups.

Illinois standardized test scores show that eighth-grade Latino students are reading at levels that white students achieved in fourth grade. These results also point to a reading achievement gap between Latinos and whites that has not significantly improved in 15 years.

“If Latinos are our lowest achieving group educationally, where does that leave us as a nation?” Oberg De La Garza asked.

SNAPSHOTS OF REALITY These photographs taken by Latino grade-school children offer a troubling glimpse into a world where “literacy” is often limited to video games, commercial packaging and T-shirts.

36 ROOSEVELT REVIEW | SPRING 2012 ROOSEVELT REVIEW | SPRING 2012 37 For answers, the Roosevelt “It is a creative way to than through the lens of professor began research encourage our young people teachers or administrators.” with a grant from the Man- to express their thoughts In the fall of 2010, the pro- sfield Institute for Social and feelings,” said Holly fessor asked 17 undergradu- Justice and Transforma- Stadler, dean of the College ates in her READ 320-23 class tion and later as an AAUW of Education. “We are com- to take photos of literacy fellow using Photovoice, mitted to empowering in their communities. They a unique approach that under-represented com- came back with shots most allows the researcher to gain munities and we see this would expect: photos of candid insights from photos project as a way to support taken on a specific topic or their hopes and dreams.” home library collections, texting on hand-held devices, theme by the subjects the Oberg De La Garza became Tammy Oberg De La researcher is studying. interested in the meth- home computers, book- Garza, assistant professor of odology after seeing the stores and public libraries. elementary education, is an It was first developed and expert on social justice in urban used in 1992 by Caroline education, educational equity Wang at the University of and literacy access for all. “ Latinos are our fastest growing She joined Roosevelt in 2009 Michigan and Mary Ann following appointments at the Burris at the University of group in the nation. If Latinos are our University of Illinois at Chicago London as a means to learn lowest achieving group educationally, and Concordia University. what women in rural China where does that leave us?” Oberg De La Garza earned a really thought about their PhD from UIC in curriculum  I6BBND7:G<9:A6<6GO6 lives and their community. and instruction and a master’s in education from Northeastern Since then, Photovoice has Illinois University. She began her career as an elementary teacher become a tool of choice for Oscar-winning documen- The students also gave in the Chicago Public Schools. researchers who are seeking tary film, Born into Brothels, disposable cameras to 36 the views of those who have which features photos taken Last May, she was awarded a grade-school students prestigious 2011-12 American no say in the policymaking by children of prostitutes they were tutoring in Fellowship from the Ameri- that affects them. Appala- living in Calcutta’s red- Logan Square. About half can Association of University chian coalminers, patients light district. “The movie Women. The eight-week fellow- of the children returned with mental illness and really opened my eyes ship included a $6,000 grant to completed rolls of film. complete a Latina literacy study people diagnosed with HIV/ to seeing things through that began as a service-learning The photos taken at school AIDS are just a few of the children’s eyes,” she said. project in her Teaching Reading marginalized groups that “I began to think it would by the children were rich in Elementary Schools class. have been able to express be a helpful way to look at with literacy and included: You can contact her at their views through the literacy. That is, through written student work, posters, tobergdelagarza@ research photography. the eyes of a child rather books, students reading or roosevelt.edu.

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38 ROOSEVELT REVIEW | SPRING 2012 BY PHOTO ROOSEVELT REVIEW | SPRING 2012 39 New faculty members team up to writing, computers and libraries. However, the majority of shots taken by the students in study Latino learning environment their homes and communities didn’t contain the same type of literacy images found in schools. These views included: business BY LAURA JANOTA | Tammy To find out, the developmental and street signs, single books in the home, Oberg De La Garza and two of psychologist, with help from several TV remote controls, written homework, her Roosevelt colleagues, Alyson Roosevelt graduate students, household bills, clothing logos, graffiti and Lavigne and Amy Roberts, have a videotaped interviews with Latino gang signs, calendars and food packaging. theory for what may work to create children in Oberg De La Garza’s classrooms that support Latino after-school tutoring program at “There is a gap between what teachers define children’s success in school. McAuliffe Elementary School. as literacy, and the types of literacy experi- ences that are accessible to Latino kids at It hinges on the idea that gaps About 20 students were asked home or in their communities,” said Oberg in cultural norms hinder these about the kind of care their De La Garza. “My goal is to prepare teachers students from experiencing teachers showed, what behaviors to bridge the cultural gap so that they can an environment of care and they liked and didn’t like from make literacy a part of these kids’ lives not acceptance in the classroom, their teachers and whether their only in school but also in the environs where thus diminishing their chances teachers respected language they spend the better part of 16 hours a day.” for academic success. differences. The responses The three put their heads together currently are being analyzed Her research study, titled “The Cultural and came up with the theory, and and will be the basis for more and Economic Divides of Literacy Access: how to test it, recently during a interviews with Latino children in Addressing Barriers and Advocating Change,” meeting of a new group called Chicago, likely later this year. was published in the International Journal of BOB COSCARELLI Write Now, where junior Roosevelt Diversity in Organizations, Communities and “Kids this age sometimes have BY PHOTO faculty members can get together, difficulty articulating ideas on Nations in December 2011. Her next article, discuss research and lend support AFTER-SCHOOL FUN Roosevelt student Yazmin Martinez helps kids from Chicago’s Logan Square grasp the fine points of a children’s story. how they conceptualize “Using Photovoice Methodology to Explore to one another. complicated concepts like care Latinos’ Access to Literacy” will be pub- During the meeting, Oberg De and culture. The videotapes we lished later this year in The Journal of Higher La Garza, a second-year assistant are collecting will help us capture Education and Community Engagement. “ There is a gap between what teachers define as literacy, ON THE WEB education professor whose their complete responses to our With hopes of expanding the project into Visit www.roosevelt.edu/ expertise is in identifying and questions by including things and the types of literacy experiences that are accessible other Chicago neighborhoods, she recently READ320 to view three removing obstacles that Latinos like facial expressions, body compelling digital stories gave cameras to a group of sixth graders to Latino kids at home or in their communities.” face in reading and writing, movements and other non-verbal created by students in from Chicago’s largely Latino Hermosa  I6BBND7:G<9:A6<6GO6 IVbbnDWZg\9ZAV

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hen I was about 10 or 11 years old, I got my reserva- popularly dubbed flying saucers and later UFOs. For all the tion for a round trip to the moon. It was easy; all promise the future held out on one hand, it also offered you had to do was pass a short quiz (questions like the specters of world-ending nuclear wars, environmental “The moon is really a ___ star ___ satellite ___ planet”) cataclysms or even alien invasions. and your name would be turned over, eventually, to the first Science fiction, of course, had been writing about all company making commercial trips to the moon. You also got this for decades. The term “atomic bomb” was first used a wallet-sized reservation card, and—oh yes—three books in a novel by H.G. Wells in 1914, and an artificial satellite for a dollar with your new membership in the Science Fiction was described by Edward Everett Hale way back in 1869. Book Club, which promised to keep your reservation in its Fortunately, science fiction’s worst cataclysms never came archives forever, or at least until moonliners started book- to pass—but neither did its most optimistic predictions. We ing up. My favorite part of the ad was the disclaimer that it made it through the next half-century without a crippling “in no way commits you to make the voyage,” as though I nuclear war, and we even made it to the moon—though might be worried that at some unknown point in my adult almost no science fiction writer imagined that we’d just life I could be abducted by a lunatic astronaut brandishing pack up and go home less than four years after the first my now-ancient reservation. moon landing (it’s now an historical event remembered by I’ve long since lost my wallet card, but I still have the three no one under their mid-40s). We began improving the air books I selected; I could put my hands on them right now. quality in many of our cities, but weren’t prepared to learn Science fiction can be addictive that way, if you approach it what global warming might do to the planet as a whole. We at the right age and with the right temperament, and per- breathed a sigh of relief at the end of the Cold War, only to haps at the right historical moment. I’ve been doing some witness in shock—and in images that looked like they might research lately on science fiction of the 1950s—the first have come from a science fiction movie—what havoc global decade in which it really became part of the mainstream terrorism could wreak. And, in another development that book publishing industry, no longer confined to the pulp few science fiction writers foresaw, we now find ourselves magazines that had been its home since the 1920s—and it instantly connected to each other and to an almost infinite occurred to me that this was a pretty good time to become stream of information worldwide through smart phones, the a science fiction reader. After two decades of Depression Internet, home computers, Facebook and Twitter. and war, the future seemed right around the corner—we BY GARY K. WOLFE were eliminating old diseases like polio, building massive PROFESSOR OF HUMANITIES superhighways, beginning to use computers (the Census Bureau installed its first one, a massive UNIVAC, in 1951), inaugurating transcontinental jet passenger service, begin- ning to identify the structure of DNA. We could even launch rockets with artificial satellites into orbit. It didn’t seem at all unrealistic for a 10-year-old kid to believe he might fly to the moon in his lifetime. But the 1950s was science fictional in another way, too. We had seen what a nuclear weapon could do to a city, and knew that our global rival the Soviet Union already had such weapons. We had seen how modern technology could be adapted to ruthless programs of genocide and the rocket-bombing of cities, and were becoming more aware of the human cost of racism and oppression in our own society. We were beginning to see that the environment wasn’t always self-sustaining, or even friendly (a four-day smog in London in 1952 killed thousands). Somewhat less Professor Gary Wolfe’s interest in science fiction and outer space grim—though it produced enough anxiety at the time— began when he was a youngster. Here is a copy of an application form he completed at the age of 10 or 11 to reserve his flight to the moon. people began sighting mysterious lights in the skies, first

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But I still don’t have my moon flight. that once graced the covers of those pulp magazines, or, in One of the lessons from all this is one that science fiction more recent years, disaster spectacles like Transformers writers and scholars have known for a long time: Science stomping down Michigan Avenue. When I tell people I’m fiction is not really very good at foretelling the future. It has interested in science fiction and fantasy as a literary critic, its share of hits, all right—Hugo Gernsback describing radar the “literary critic” part usually goes right past them and, in 1911, Lester del Rey portraying a peacetime disaster at if they’re sympathetic, they’ll tell me how much they loved a nuclear power plant in 1942, William Gibson inventing Star Wars or Star Trek, and if they’re not, they’ll politely take cyberspace in 1984—but it has far more misses. We don’t their drink and go find someone else to talk to. It’s not their have our jetpacks or personal robots or Mars colonies, and fault; if you look at a list of the top-grossing movies of all we’re not going to get them anytime soon. You won’t learn time, you’ll find it peppered with Avatar, E.T., Star Wars, and much about the world of 2012 by reading the science fiction Batman, but you’ll seldom see a science fiction novel on the of the 1950s, but you can learn a lot about the 1950s, and that, best-seller lists. As movies, SF (as we call it) is pure gold; in the end, is what science fiction (like all fiction) is really as literature, it’s regarded as something of a niche interest, good for: it tells us something about ourselves—our hopes, like contemporary jazz or contemporary classical music. dreams, fears, nightmares. What many regard as the first This is true in the academic world as well. By the time I got real science fiction novel, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818), to the University of Chicago, I’d been reading science fiction gave us a nightmare that has stayed alive in the popular for more than half my life, but I wasn’t sure I’d dare propose imagination ever since—not just a hulking monster, but the it as a Ph.D. dissertation topic. (Nowadays doctoral disserta- idea that our own science could get out of control, that our tions on science fiction are common, and a few universities own inventions could turn against us. Not many people over even offer it as a specialty.) I ended up writing about science the age of seven worry about those monsters anymore, but fiction’s sister genre of fantasy, which has always been a bit a lot of people wonder about the day when computers will more respectable (after all, the authors of The Chronicles of be smarter than we are, and possibly even self-aware. It’s a Narnia and The Lord of the Rings were Oxford dons), and more different kind of technology, but the principle is the same. or less shelved my interest in writing about science fiction Those monsters have haunted science fiction in a dif- until I arrived at Roosevelt, which was pretty open-minded ferent way as well. For the better part of a century, seri- about such things. (As a brief aside, the differences between ous writers and readers of science fiction have argued fantasy and science fiction could be another essay entirely, that it’s really a literature of ideas, which grapples with but in a nutshell science fiction purports to be about things weighty philosophical issues, assumes the world will not that are possible given our current understanding of sci- always be the way it is now, and asks us if we’re ready for ence, while fantasy deals with beings and events that are the changes to come. But this kind of science fiction has impossible or supernatural. Going to another planet in a never really been that popular. What most people see are spaceship is something we believe to be possible; standing the movie monsters, or the colorful aliens and spaceships on a secret platform in London and catching a magical train KYLE CASSIDY

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to Hogwarts is not. We can understand how a robot might era. The future, science fiction writers tell us, will be far work, but we have no idea where sorcerers get their power more multicultural. One of the best is Ian McDonald (from or how people can turn into wolves. But of course, writers Northern Ireland) whose recent novels concern the future don’t always observe these neat rules.) in India (River of Gods), Brazil (Brasyl) and Turkey (The Dervish I’ve often taught individual works of science fiction and House). Canadian-born British writer Geoff Ryman has set fantasy in my humanities classes at Roosevelt, but only a several works in a future Cambodia, while Paolo Bacigalupi’s few times have I taught an entire class on the subject. The award-winning The Wind-Up Girl takes place in an energy- classes seemed popular, drawing a range of students from deprived future Thailand, and in Alastair Reynolds’s Blue hardcore fans who read almost nothing but science fiction Remembered Earth the center of technological development to those who thought it looked like an easy elective where has shifted to Tanzania. we’d be watching Star Wars movies. Over the years, though, In short, the future isn’t what it used to be, and neither the demographics of those classes have begun to change, is science fiction. In fact, this might be as exciting a time in a way that probably reflects the changing science fiction to start reading SF as the 1950s was, and this is reflected in readership itself. Early on, the classes attracted mostly young the growing interest in the field among young adult readers. white males, which is still the common stereotype of the I’m not referring to the immensely popular sorcerers of the SF fan—the supersmart nerd who’s not very well socialized Harry Potter tales or the vampires and werewolves of the and doesn’t get many dates (think of a TV series like The Twilight saga—remember that distinction between science Big Bang Theory). Later on, students of every sort showed fiction and fantasy—but to novels like Suzanne Collins’ The up—young, old, male, female, Caucasian, African American, Hunger Games (the basis of one of the most anticipated movies Hispanic, Asian, Middle Eastern. Science fiction may still be of spring 2012) or Paolo Bacigalupi’s Shipbreaker. These may a specialized taste, but it’s no longer the specialized taste depict pretty grim futures—children forced to compete for of a particular group. survival in deadly reality-TV-style games in Collins’ novel, The same is true of the writers of science fiction. The most or hired to strip ruined oil tankers for rare copper and oil in famous writers who came of age in the 1940s or 1950s—Ray Bacigalupi’s—but they might well be the sort of futures that Bradbury, Robert A. Heinlein, Isaac Asimov—indeed began young people worry about. Science fiction writers not only their careers as young white males, though even back then show us futures that we want to achieve, but futures that we there were far more women involved in science fiction than want to avoid. Either way, the basic message is simple: the was generally recognized. Today, though, some of the most future is in our hands, and is ultimately what we choose to exciting science fiction and fantasy is coming from quar- make it, through our actions—or our failures to take action. ters that few of those older writers and readers would have This is one of the reasons, I think, that science fiction dreamed of. The latest World Fantasy Award (one of the top is so well suited for the classroom. Almost by definition, awards in the field) went to Who Fears Death?, a novel set it’s one of the most interdisciplinary kinds of writing. A in a future Africa by the Nigerian-American writer Nnedi modern science fiction writer might draw on engineering, Okorafor (who lives in the Chicago area). Other exciting newer astronomy, biology, physics, information theory, history, writers have Caribbean roots (Karen Lord, Tobias Buckell, sociology, political science, neurology, economics, ecology, Nalo Hopkinson), while still others come from Israel (Lavie psychology and more. Whatever is important to under- Tidhar), Finland (Hannu Rajaniemi) or South Africa (Lauren standing our own world is equally important in building Beukes). And this isn’t entirely a new development; a novel an imaginary one, and—unlike the fantasy writer who can which I sometimes teach is Kindred, concerning a young appeal to magic—the science fiction writer needs to play by black woman in 1976 who finds herself transported back the rules, and to know what they are. Learning those rules, in time to an 1830s slave plantation; it was written by the and learning how to make the right choices using them, is late Octavia Butler, the first science fiction writer to receive a good part of what higher education is all about. Whether one of the MacArthur Foundation’s famous “genius” grants. we choose to think about it or not, we’re making the future Nor are the settings of modern science fiction always right now. That’s a good part of what I’ve learned from sci- the familiar urbanized American futures of an earlier ence fiction, and of what I try to teach.

A FIRST FOR ROOSEVELT To use his words, the research grant Assistant Professor Sergiy Rosokha (above) received last year from the National Science Foundation (NSF) “is a really big deal.” For most of us, that description is probably a bit easier to grasp than saying, “My grant is for a study of halogen bonding between organic acceptors and transition-metal complexes.” Continued on following page

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Truth be told, Rosokha’s grant dents who do research learn Martin R. Castro, is a big deal. His $280,000 what chemistry is all about,” he chair of the U.S. award is the first time Roos- said. “It is much deeper than Commission on evelt University has received a laboratory work in class. It is Civil Rights, spoke scientific research grant from more advanced, both theoreti- at Roosevelt’s the NSF. Prior awards from the cally and experimentally, and Commencement highly regarded government provides them better opportu- ceremony on Dec. 16. agency were for instruments nities for future work.” and science education. One of his research stu- In addition to underwriting dents, senior Monica Timmer- chemicals and testing equip- man, is eager to learn as much ment to support Rosokha’s as possible about chemistry innovative research, the grant procedures and theory. The allows four to six undergradu- chemistry major who wants to ate students to receive paid pursue a career in pharmacy “In research you don’t necessarily know what the results will look like or if the methods internships to study with the or the health sciences said, devised will even successfully yield usable results,” says Mike Vinakos, a biotechnology Roosevelt chemist for the next “I have found that research and chemical science major who is studying with Rosokha. three years. requires determination and The chair of the University’s improvisation, at times. It is and a colleague attracted the received the NSF grant. In Department of Biology, Chem- different from course lab work attention of scientific journals awarding the grant, the NSF istry and Physical Sciences, as there is no book or packet for their studies on intermo- noted that, “Participation in Cornelius Watson, said that that can tell you about the lecular interactions. It was the project will advance the only about one in four NSF reactions taking place.” that research which paved the problem-solving ability and applications are accepted due Michael Vinakos, a biotech- way for Rosokha’s NSF grant. experimental expertise of stu- to increased competition and nology and chemical science “Without being published in dents, as well as improve their reductions in funding levels. major, agreed, adding, “In the highly-ranked journals, I teamwork and communication “It is a real tribute to Dr. Roso- research you don’t necessarily wouldn’t have gotten this grant. skills. The research experi- kha that he was able to win this know what the results will look That proved my credibility and ence leading to publications award. Hopefully it will make like or if the methods devised showed that I know what I’m and presentations at profes- Roosevelt more competitive will even successfully yield talking about,” he said. sional meetings will encourage for future research funding.” useable results. I wasn’t all that Jeremy Ritzert, who will students, many of whom are Rosokha’s area of interest familiar with halogen bonding graduate in 2013 with a biology from the underrepresented is intermolecular interac- before Dr. Rosokha gave me degree, has found Rosokha to in sciences groups, to explore tions, particularly molecules some literature on the subject be passionate about chemistry careers in science.” containing halogen atoms to read. I have learned how education. “He expects stu- Rosokha knows that the and how those atoms bond. halogen bonding may be an dents to understand big con- grant will be valuable long- In his research, he hopes to overlooked phenomenon.” cepts in addition to laboratory term for both the University establish the main factors A chemical researcher in techniques. He uses labora- and its science program, which that determine the charac- his native Ukraine and the tory and research methods as will have brand new, state of teristics of halogen-bonded United States for nearly 20 a way of backing up theoretical the art laboratories at the Scha- $PNNFODFNFOUTQFBLFSôHIUTGPSTPDJBMKVTUJDF complexes and the effects the years, Rosokha received his concepts.” umburg Campus and in the interactions have on halogen- undergraduate degree from Last summer, Ritzert, after new Wabash Building. “Roos- December’s Commencement and fall graduates. “I encour- Castro told the audience that founded on the principles of containing molecules. one of the former Soviet doing research with Rosokha at evelt has many students who speaker talked about some- age you not to let your careers receiving a doctor of humane social justice. You need to add When asked if this would be Union’s most distinguished the Schaumburg Campus, was are capable of participating in thing he practices every day: be timid and safe. We need you letters degree from Roosevelt value to your country – vol- a major advancement in chem- universities, the Moscow selected to make a presen- scientific research,” Rosoka giving back to the community. to be involved in the effort.” “means the world to me.” To unteer, tutor, be on a board, illustrate his point, he trans- mentor, provide a different istry, he laughed and then Institute of Physics and Tech- tation at Argonne National said. “This grant allows us to Martin R. Castro, chair of the The first in his family to gradu- lated a saying from his father, perspective.” replied in his heavy Ukrainian nology. It is considered to be Laboratory. “It was an amazing show chemists across the na- U.S. Commission on Civil ate from high school, col- which declares: “Tell me who accent, “In this area, definitely the Russian equivalent of the experience to do research in tion what we at Roosevelt Uni- Rights, gave up a lucrative lege and law school, Castro, Castro was appointed in Janu- position as an attorney with an you are with and I’ll tell you yes, in general chemistry, not Massachusetts Institute of organic chemistry, a subject versity can do.” – TOM KAROW whose parents came to the ary 2011 by President Barack who you are.” “Now I am part as much.” Technology. His PhD is from that I love, and then to be able international law firm to serve United States from Mexico, is Obama to chair the nation’s of the Roosevelt family,” he The grant allows Rosokha the National Academy of Sci- to present to other students in others, especially those whose president of Castro Synergies, civil rights commission. In this ON THE WEB said proudly. and his students to conduct ences in Kiev, Ukraine. other fields of science,” he said. rights are being violated. which provides organizations role, he makes recommen- high-level research work that is At the University of Hous- Get a sneak peek at the cutting edge, Helping students like Vina- state-of-the-art science labs within “I am glad to fight for social with strategic advice on how to “Don’t let yourself be a com- dations to the president and publishable and is of interest to ton, where Rosokha taught kos, Ritzert and Timmerman Roosevelt’s new Wabash Building: justice and change,” he told have positive social impacts on modity,” he said. “You are Congress regarding civil rights the scientific community. “Stu- before joining Roosevelt, he is a major reason Roosevelt www.roosevelt.edu/wabashlabs Roosevelt University’s summer diverse communities. graduates of a University issues.

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Buckley named interim dean Occupy Everywhere: Roosevelt offers new 3PPTFWFMUIPMETTVNNJUPOSFTUPSBUJWFKVTUJDF National Recognition for of Professional Studies course exploring the Occupy Movement A group of college professors whose aim leadership and women’s and gender stud- Math and Science Programs An associate A new course exploring the is to transform the Chicago Public Schools ies at Roosevelt. professor who Occupy Movement and the (CPS) met on April 11 at Roosevelt Univer- A co-founder of CReATE and a member discovered sev- political-economic order it is sity to discuss school safety and the role of its restorative-justice research team, that restorative justice can play in tamping eral new species challenging is being offered Bloom said school officials frequently down violence. of crocodiles this spring at Roosevelt Uni- express public support for restorative versity’s Chicago Campus. from the age of Chicago-area faculty and scholars from justice, but don’t always implement its dinosaurs has Thirty-two undergraduates, the newly formed Chicagoland Research- practices, including one-on-one interven- been appointed including several who are ers and Advocates for Transformative tions, peace circles and peer juries. Education (CReATE) discussed ideas for interim dean of involved with Occupy Chicago, The organization has found that female change in the way disciplinary matters are the Evelyn T. are taking the course, Political students at CPS face disturbingly high Science 390, Special Topics handled at CPS. Stone College rates of gender discrimination, includ- in Political Science: Occupy of Professional Studies. Gregory A. Buckley Representatives from the schools, includ- ing bullying, harassment, teen-dating Everywhere, with Jeff ing the Chicago Teachers Union, attended violence and threats, including cyber- Associate Professor Robert Seiser accepts will serve in the position through June 30, the Bennett Award. Edwards, associate profes- inequality and democracy; and the event, which included a discussion bullying. Researchers say positive rela- 2013. He succeeds John Cicero, who left to sor of political science and an they will be doing their own about a new CReATE research brief, “In- tionships among students, teachers and Roosevelt University’s programs become dean of the School of Engineering, expert in social movements. research on various aspects of creasing Safety through Restorative Justice: parents are associated with lower levels in science and math have received Technology and Media at National University “It is exciting and timely to the Occupy Movement. Making Schools Safe for Girls and LGBTQ of violence at schools where restorative the highest award from SENCER, in San Diego. look at a movement as it students in Chicago’s Public Schools.” justice is present. a national organization devoted According to Edwards, various In addition to providing overall leadership of unfolds in its early years,” said to improving science education by aspects that are being studied “We want to shift the disciplinary policy “There is a strong social justice issue at Edwards, who got the idea for focusing on real world problems. the Stone College, Buckley will be focusing his include: historical compari- in Chicago Public Schools away from stake here, and we want to affect policy the course in response to the efforts on programs to increase enrollment in sons of Occupy to other social suspending or expelling students, which with a positive change that helps students The William E. Bennett Award for Ex- ongoing debate in America’s the college, and he will be working closely with movements; racial dynam- is proven not to work,” said Leslie Rebecca and their parents and which supports CPS traordinary Contributions to Citizen academic political science Schaumburg Campus Provost Douglas Knerr ics of Occupy, including how Bloom, associate professor of educational teachers,” Bloom said. Science was presented on March circles over the impact that on a new task force on adult education. the movement allies itself 13 to Associate Professor of Biol- growing socio-economic with other communities and ogy Robert Seiser on behalf of his Buckley joined Roosevelt in 1996 as an adjunct inequalities are having on U.S. causes; Occupy as a global Roosevelt colleagues. The Bennett faculty member while he was on staff at the democracy. movement, and its potential award is given annually to a person, Field Museum of Natural History and became During the course, students for changing politics globally; Three horn players selected for Mexican orchestra team or institution whose SENCER a full-time faculty member in the Evelyn T. are reviewing literature, essays Occupy’s future, including and other related activities have Stone College in 1999. He previously served as and articles about the Occupy strategies/directions that the Three French horn players from Roosevelt have never seen anything like this happen made “exemplary and extraordinary associate dean of the college and department Movement that began in 2011; movement could take in the University’s Chicago College of Perform- before,” said Clevenger, who has been contributions to citizen science.” ing Arts have won positions with Orquesta teaching for 27 years, including more than chair in Professional and Liberal Studies. they are looking at consider- future; and Occupy’s potential In announcing the Bennett award, Sinfonica Sinaloa de las Artes, which per- a decade at Roosevelt. “It is highly unusual able research that’s been done impact on the 2012 U.S. presi- David Burns, executive director of the Specializing in paleontology, his research has forms symphony, pops, opera, ballet and that there would be three openings in in the area of socio-economic dential election. National Center for Science and Civic included work in Montana, Wyoming, North chamber music throughout Mexico. one orchestra at the same time, and it’s Engagement, said, “An exception- Dakota, Chile, Argentina and Madagascar. extremely rare that all three musicians John Reem, 27, of Macomb, Ill., a gradu- ally talented group of young faculty It was in Madagascar where Buckley and his chosen for the openings would come from ate student in CCPA’s Orchestral Studies members has imagined, planned, the same school,” he said. colleagues discovered the crocodiles, includ- Diploma Program, has been selected as and implemented a range of SENC- ing a vegetarian crocodile that was featured principal horn with the Mexican orches- The three performed their first concert ER courses across the undergraduate in science journals internationally. His more tra based in northwest Mexico’s state of together on Jan.12, with Orquesta Sin- curriculum. . . We hope that this rec- recent interests have shifted to ecological Sinaloa; Rhonda Kremer, 21, of Chico, fonica Sinaloa de las Artes, which has ognition will inspire others to achieve restoration practices, ecology of the forest Calif., a 2011 graduate with a bachelor of a 42-week season all over Sinaloa and what your team is achieving.” music from CCPA’s Horn Performance throughout Mexico. preserves of Cook, Lake and McHenry counties In addition to Seiser, the Roosevelt Program, has won the position of second and historical land-use transformation of the “We are all very appreciative of being faculty members who have been horn; and Amber Dean, 23, of East Moline, Schaumburg area. offered this exceptional opportunity to most involved with SENCER over the Ill., a graduate student in the horn pro- perform music for a living,” said Kremer. years are Kristen Leckrone (chemis- gram, has been chosen as third horn. “In addition, we are all friends and are try), Kelly Wentz-Hunter (biology), All three studied with Dale Clevenger, very fortunate to have been able to move Barbara Gonzalez (math), Melanie Pivarski (math), Dave Szpunar Associate Professor Jeff Edwards and Roosevelt student Ameshia Cross were a veteran horn instructor in the music together, to play together and to tackle interviewed on CNN about his course on the Occupy Movement. conservatory at CCPA and principal horn all of the challenges of adapting to a new (chemistry), Byoung-Sug Kim (edu- with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. “I country together,” she said. cation) and Jie Yu (math).

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Study uncovers bias in Middle East media coverage ‘Democracy in the Roosevelt signs partnership agreements with Roosevelt hosts panel discussion celebrating African National Congress Henry Silverman, assistant professor of revealed more than 1,100 occurrences Making’: Roosevelt Harper College and College of DuPage finance and an expert on factors that may of propaganda and fallacies, as well as class behind new Roosevelt University recently and enterprise, criminal The 100th anniversary of the African National Congress influence investor behavior in the stock violations of Reuters own corporate gov- Illinois state law expanded partnerships with justice, hospitality manage- (ANC) was celebrated with a panel discussion at Roos- market, regularly sifts through corporate ernance charter and handbook of journal- the two largest community col- ment, network computing evelt University in January. Nomvume Magaqa, consul Illinois recently became the fifth documents in search of messages that istic ethics across 41 distinct categories, leges in Illinois. On March 22, a and security, organizational general and South African ambassador to Chicago, be- state in the nation to enact a law may be false, biased and/or which mis- he said. new Dual Degree Program that leadership, paralegal studies, gan the program by saluting Roosevelt for its efforts in granting limited immunity from includes 35 degree articula- professional administration represent the truth. In a word, he looks Thirty-three Roosevelt students, who highlighting the plight of South Africans and for promot- prosecution to overdosing drug tions was signed with Harper and sustainability studies. for propaganda. volunteered to participate in the study ing educational programs and partnerships between users and those who reach out on College, while in January four The Roosevelt professor, who pioneered and were relatively neutral about the Middleton said the agree- Roosevelt and universities in her country. their behalf for emergency help, 3+1 agreements in hospitality the use of Ethnographic Content Analysis Israeli-Arab conflict, were asked to read ment with College of DuPage thanks in part to the efforts of Kath- management were signed with the news articles. formalizes a relationship leen Kane-Willis and her Roosevelt the College of DuPage. Their attitudes toward that Roosevelt University’s students. the conflict were then Roosevelt President Chuck Manfred Steinfeld School measured for shifts in As director of Roosevelt’s Illinois Middleton said that the agree- of Hospitality and Tourism sympathy and sup- Consortium on Drug Policy and ments provide a pathway for Management has had with port. “The results adjunct instructor of the course full-time students to earn in the hospitality and culinary were significant,” said Drugs and Society, Kane-Willis four years affordable associate programs at DuPage for Silverman. “While worked for two years with students, and bachelor’s degrees close many years. they started out fairly parents who have lost children to home. “Our plan,” he said, “is Douglas Knerr, Roosevelt’s to continue developing these neutral, these stu- to drug overdoses and treatment Schaumburg Campus provost, types of partnerships with other dents ended up siding professionals to convince law- said that advising is an impor- community colleges and the with the Arabs in the makers to adopt the Emergency tant part of the agreements. City Colleges of Chicago.” Roosevelt’s Denise Bransford (standing) moderated a discussion in Mideast conflict after Medical Services Access Act, “Counselors at the community January on South Africa. they read the articles. which was signed into law in Academic degrees that are colleges and Roosevelt will These shifts were as- February by Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn. part of the program with help students develop and Charles Hamilton, a Roosevelt alumnus, former trustee sociated with particular Harper include computer sci- follow four-year academic and professor emeritus of government at Columbia (ECT) in reviewing corporate documents, propaganda techniques employed by “We did background research ence, economics, psychology, plans to ensure that none of University, shared an opinion piece written in the Cape also is an avid consumer of business news, Reuters,” he said. and went down to Springfield to accounting, business adminis- their credits are lost when they Times that discussed the tensions going on within the advocate for the new law,” said tration, education, commerce transfer to Roosevelt.” regularly following the latest coverage by In published reports, Reuters has main- ANC and questions whether it will be able to overcome Clay Wallace, a Roosevelt gradu- media outlets including the Reuters inter- tained that its agency and reporters are “distractions” and concentrate “on improving the lives of ate sociology major who was the national news agency. committed to the company’s charter re- the people it serves.” teaching assistant for Drugs and “In my work, I regularly look for particular quiring accurate and impartial reporting. Hamilton defended the distractions as necessary Society. A resident of Chicago’s words, phrases and material omissions The company has denied propaganda growing pains. He compared the ANC struggles to the Hyde Park neighborhood, Wallace a company may employ to misrepresent techniques are being used in its coverage civil rights struggle of the 1950s and ’60s in the United its objectives and the risks to which it is of the Middle East. enlisted the support of his state States. “These open and rigorous challenges are not exposing its investors. I began to notice representative, Democrat Barbara harmful to the country,” he said, “but rather are useful For his part, Silverman sees the study as Flynn Currie, who co-sponsored similar patterns of language and omis- merely an extension of work he regularly to guard against complacency and even arrogance in of- the Emergency Medical Services sions in Reuters coverage of events in the does reviewing financial prospectuses, fice.” He pointed out that the South African government Access Act. Middle East,” Silverman said. which can be persuasively misleading in is only 18 years old, asking, “How long did it take this Using ECT and traditional quantitative convincing investors to buy into a com- “This was democracy in the mak- country to get there?” statistical analysis, Silverman examined a pany, venture or product without always ing, and it showed me that lawmak- Roosevelt Professor Heather Dalmage, who has spent sample of 50 news articles related to the being upfront about the risks. ers are willing to look at things on time studying and teaching there and who will return with a practical level. The bottom line is Israeli-Arab conflict that were published “The idea was to apply the same tech- a group of students this spring, said that “for South Africa no one wants people to die from a on Reuters.com websites between May 31 niques I have been using in the business to build a strong democratic future, it must reposition ed- and Aug. 31, 2010, a period which included ucation as the place in which humanity capital grounded arena to the media,” said Silverman, who drug overdose and our lawmakers Top: Roosevelt University President a deadly encounter between Israeli com- teaches investment theory and inter- understood that,” he said. Chuck Middleton and College of in social solidarity across race lines is developed.” mandos and supporters of the militant DuPage President Robert Breuder national finance at Roosevelt’s Heller Kane-Willis is predicting that drug- (center) signed 3+1 agreements. The panel was moderated by Denise Bransford, a Palestinian group Hamas aboard the Mavi College of Business. “My hope is that induced deaths, which have been Right: Harper President Kenneth board member of the Mansfield Institute for Social Marmara passenger ship. other academic scholars will follow my on-the-rise across the nation, will Ender, left, signs a new Dual Degree Justice and Transformation and assistant vice president Program agreement alongside Findings of the three-month study, pub- lead and further investigate all kinds of decline in Illinois after the new law Roosevelt President Chuck Middleton. for planned giving. lished in the November/December issue information out there that affects deci- takes effect in June. of Journal of Applied Business Research, sions we make every day.”

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Rubenstein Fellowship awarded to expert on biodiversity Professor gets Fulbright On the Shelves From African-American history to pharmaceuticals and from pop culture to social Forests in the Eastern Arc Mountains of Cordeiro is one of 16 scientists from around As Roosevelt Review was going to press, KVTUJDF 3PPTFWFMU6OJWFSTJUZGBDVMUZNFNCFSTBSFFYQMPSJOHEJWFSTFUPQJDTJOBOVNCFSPGOPUBCMFOFXCPPLT Tanzania are estimated to be 30 million the world selected for a Rubenstein Fellow- Julian Kerbis Peterhans, associate profes- years old and contain 2,000 species of ship. “The 2012 EOL Rubenstein Fellows sor of liberal studies in the Evelyn T. Stone woody plants, many rare and unique and come from various professional and cultur- College of Pro- some considered important for scientific al backgrounds and are engaged in a broad fessional Stud- research. range of cutting-edge scientific research ies, learned that For the past 21 years, Norbert Cordeiro, activities,” said Erick Mata, EOL executive he was awarded assistant professor of biology at Roos- director. “By using the Encyclopedia of Life, a Fulbright evelt University, has been studying the the fellows share biodiversity research with Scholarship in region. Now four or five students can take their colleagues and the general public.” Uganda. During an active role in his research, thanks to a The Roosevelt professor, who also is a re- the upcom- Rubenstein Fellowship he received from search associate at Chicago’s Field Muse- ing academic the Encyclopedia of Life (EOL), an online um, grew up in Tanzania, located in eastern year, he will be collaborative encyclopedia attempting to Africa. He and his students will concentrate at Makerere document all of the 1.9 million living spe- their work on 350 to 700 tree species in the University (Kam- Lighter in topic but equally In two new recently pub- In a primer for health- cies known to science. Eastern Arc Mountains. Cordeiro said the pala, Uganda in Julian Kerbis Peterhans on point, The Politics of lished books, professor care professionals, eastern Africa), “The award will enable us to mentor stu- area is an “evolutionary hotspot,” but it also BY LAURA JANOTA | Challenging the popular notion Harry Potter is a new book emeritus of history Chris- Understanding one of the premier sub-Saharan academic that momentum for civil rights in America began during dents and disseminate important infor- is a place where basic information is difficult about to be released by topher Reed, the foremost Health Outcomes and institutions, where he will be engaged in the 1960s, assistant professor of history Erik Gellman has mation that will hopefully advance both to obtain. Many of the tree species in the Associate Professor of expert on the history Pharmacoeconomics by training African students in biodiversity recently published two books on protest movements and science and conservation in an area of mountains are poorly known and yet many Political Science Bethany of African Americans in College of Pharmacy survey techniques. activism during the 1930s and 1940s. Barratt. Dean George MacKinnon the world where so little is known,” have important uses for the local residents Chicago, continues his quest to comprehensively III explores reasons and Cordeiro said. who live in or are adjacent to the forests. Death Blow to Jim Crow: The National Negro Congress Being published by Pal- methods for measuring and the Rise of Militant Civil Rights is an early history of grave MacMillan, the book document the history of costs, benefits and out- the nation’s African-American civil rights movement, analyzes J.K Rowling’s black Chicago. exploring how anti-racist activists established significant comes of competing best-selling works through Reed’s The Rise of Chicago’s grassroots campaigns in Chicago, New York, Washington, medications. the lens of politics, covering Black Metropolis, 1920- D.C., Richmond, Va., and Columbia, S.C. the implications for human 1929 covers the rise of “One of the main is- Creative writing students win Chicago ReaderôDUJPODPOUFTU Part of the University of North Carolina Press’ prestigious rights, slavery, racism, black Chicago’s economy, sues that today’s health terrorism, restrictions on professionals face is Two of five short stories pub- the talent and persistence to who acknowledged being a Burstein acknowledged being a John Hope Franklin Series in African American History politics and culture, which and Culture, the monumental work grew out of Gell- freedom and other issues. flowered during the 1920s how to determine which lished in January by the Chicago succeed and we are proud of bit surprised that his satirical little surprised as well that her medication, out of many man’s PhD dissertation at Northwestern University and “I wanted to write about in the city’s Bronzeville Reader and selected as winners their accomplishments,” piece, which makes fun of the short story, which grew out of that are available, makes has been 10 years in the making. something that is really area. The Depression Comes of the publication’s annual fic- he added. Facebook phenomenon, was experiences she has had tak- the most sense from a “The 1930s and 1940s are a time in history that fun,” said Barratt, who first to the South Side: Protest tion contest were written by stu- selected for both the Reader’s ing yoga classes at Roosevelt cost standpoint, while Moore is a second-year fic- usually evokes discussions about the New Deal, labor picked up a Harry Potter and Politics in the Black dents in Roosevelt University’s print and online editions. Since University, received top billing offering the best chance tion writer from the Tacoma, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt, but the book shows that book casually in response Metropolis, 1930-1933 deals Master of Fine Arts in Creative from the Reader. at treatment and a positive Wash., area who hopes to joining the Creative Writing Pro- African Americans and those on the left dedicated them- to the buzz, and became with the hopelessness Writing Program. outcome for the patient,” continue publishing fiction and gram, Moore has experienced a “I really enjoyed the program, selves to civil rights and working-class protest move- engrossed with its underly- and despair that followed said MacKinnon. Timothy Moore’s “Thank God to teach creative writing after flurry of creativity, writing more which I hope will continue to ments to expand America’s democracy,” said Gellman. ing messages relating to as black Chicago’s than 30 short stories, includ- current political dilemmas. Renaissance came to “This book provides the for Facebook!” and Tovah he finishes his thesis, which grow,” said Burstein, who coor- The Roosevelt historian and Jarod Roll, an American an end during the Great assessment tools that Burstein’s “Moving on at the will be a novel. He graduates ing “The Woman with Yellow dinates literacy training for kids historian at the University of Sussex in England, also Barratt is also a co-editor Depression. health professionals need Hipster Gym” won the contest in December. With similar Fingernails,” which has just at a non-profit called Working in recently published The Gospel of the Working Class: of Public Opinion and to make practical deci- been published in Roosevelt’s Labor’s Southern Prophets in New Deal America. International Intervention: “During this tumultuous and were published in print and goals of publishing her work the Schools. Drawn to Roosevelt sions, and is timely given literary magazine, Oyez Review. Lessons from the Iraq War, a period – the Great online recently in the Reader’s and teaching, Burstein, a because of its mission of social Receiving accolades from many including iconic folk the attention to compara- new book that is scheduled Depression – black Fiction Issue 2012. creative nonfiction writer from “At Roosevelt, I am with writers justice, she added: “I really ap- singer and artist Pete Seeger, the narrative, dual biogra- tive effectiveness studies for release later this spring. Chicagoans marched in Amherst, N.H., also is in her who care about one another. I preciate the sense of community phy and cultural history effectively weaves together the where head to head com- “Winning two out of five spots The work provides a forum large numbers alongside second year at Roosevelt and trust them and they trust me. It’s that exists in the program. stories and lives of Owen Whitfield, an African-American parisons of products will in this contest is a pretty big for leading scholars to whites in protest against is hoping to graduate in May a thoughtful and active group of It is helping me and others to Southern Baptist minister, and Claude Williams, a white become more common,” deal in a city of this size,” said debate the role that public the government and its lack Southern Presbyterian preacher. he said. Scott Blackwood, director of 2013. The two writers also are people who have helped moti- feel nurtured as we continue opinion played in decisions of action in helping those Roosevelt’s Creative Writing roommates living on Chicago’s vate me to write.” to improve our writing.” “This is the story of heroic people, black and white, who 20 different countries made without jobs,” said Reed of north side. try to democratize the southeastern states of the USA in to participate or not to take the work that notes the time Program and the winner of ON THE WEB the years before Dr. (Martin Luther) King and the Warren part in the Iraq War. the prestigious 2011 Whiting “Before I came to Roosevelt, I period as a socially active The stories and more information about the writers also are available on Court,” noted Seeger. one in Chicago’s history. Award for Fiction. “These are was unsure of my writing and the Creative Writing Program’s blog at rumfa.blogspot.com. stand-out students who have held back a lot,” said Moore,

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A Sneak Peek at Four New Sports Programs BY TOM KAROW Lakers add men’s and women’s soccer, women’s softball and men’s golf to the line up

The Roosevelt Athletic ties inside the stadium before team, to compete from the “ We have a Department will provide and after the match. first whistle of the season,” group of even more opportunities to Head coach Graham Bren- said Kohn. “Though the group cheer on the Lakers in the nan, who joined the Athletic will be young, it will be athletic student-athletes upcoming months as varsity Department in September, and academically inclined on who will hit competition begins for the has been the architect behind the field and in the classroom. men’s and women’s soccer, the rebuilding of the men’s I know they will represent the ground women’s softball and men’s soccer program. He is ex- Roosevelt University well as running and they golf programs. This will bring the first women’s soccer team tremely familiar with the local are extremely the number of varsity sports soccer scene after serving in school history.” to 12, and a University that was four seasons as the assistant Lakers fans can also find stu- passionate about without athletics just two years soccer coach at Robert Morris dent-athletes hitting the links ago will now be home to close representing University. in 2012-13 with the addition to 200 student-athletes. Roosevelt and “My aspirations for the inaugu- of the men’s golf program. “Seeing these programs come ral 2012 season are to build a Head Coach Marty Scherr’s being the first Support the Green and White to life is the final piece of the culture within the program that crew will play both a fall and to wear a Lakers and join the Lakers Club today! puzzle,” said Athletic Director fosters growth and improve- a spring season, looking to Mike Cassidy, who spearhead- ment,” said Brennan. “We will immediately establish itself softball uniform.” ed the reinstitution of men’s look to build a solid foundation among the traditional powers HEAD SOFTBALL COACH Intercollegiate athletics at Roosevelt is thriving AMANDA SCOTT intercollegiate athletics in 2010 in year one with the goal to in the Chicagoland Collegiate in its second year of competition and the Lakers after a 21-year hiatus and intro- improve as we progress. The Athletic Conference. want you to share in their success. You can help duced women’s intercollegiate team will set a high standard in In the spring of 2013, the Roo- the program continue to grow by joining the athletics for the first time. “We the classroom as well as being sevelt softball team will take to Lakers Club, the University’s newly formed have enjoyed amazing success involved in the community.” the diamond for the first time booster organization. on the playing field and in the what it takes to be an elite stu- in school history. The team will classroom with our eight cur- Just like the men’s soccer dent-athlete. During her play- “We have made tremendous strides in the begin preparation in the fall un- rent sports. “These additional team, the Roosevelt women’s ing days, she was a four-time development of our athletics programs in a der the direction of head coach four sports complete our origi- soccer team will report for pre- All-American pitcher at Fresno relatively short amount of time, creating an Amanda Scott. nal plan and give us a vibrant season practice in early August State, leading the Bulldogs to a VONBUDIFEFYQFSJFODFGPSPVSTUVEFOUBUIMFUFT Athletic Department that will and play its first-ever contest “It’s hard to believe that the national championship during and a rallying point for the entire Roosevelt later that month. The women’s be teeming with activity from start of our softball program is her tenure. She went on to earn community,” said Athletic Director Mike Cassidy. squad also will call Toyota Park when soccer practice begins right around the corner,” said a spot on the U.S. National “Whether you are an alumnus, a parent of a home, while utilizing practice Softball Team. Scott was also in early August until the final Scott. “We have a group of student, or just someone who believes in the sites, the same as the men’s a success off the field winning out of the baseball and softball student-athletes who will hit mission this great University embodies, you are team, closer to Roosevelt’s the NCAA Top VIII Award. seasons in May.” the ground running and they a part of that Roosevelt community. By joining Chicago Campus. are extremely passionate about This summer the men’s soc- The four new sports programs the Lakers Club you can show your support for representing Roosevelt and cer team will play its first Shaun Kohn is the head coach join men’s and women’s cross PVSTUVEFOUBUIMFUFT DPBDIFTBOETUBGGBOEBJE being the first to wear a Lakers match since the program was of the women’s soccer team country, tennis and basketball, UIFNBTUIFZTUSJWFGPSFYDFMMFODFJOUIFDMBTT softball uniform.” discontinued in 1989 when the and has plenty of experience women’s volleyball and men’s SPPNBOEPOUIFQMBZJOHôFMEÚ Lakers take the field on Aug. in building programs from Scott came to Roosevelt baseball, each competing as As a member of the Lakers Club, you can stay 23 versus Arizona Christian. scratch, having accomplished after serving for the last three members of the National As- DPOOFDUFEUPUIFWBSTJUZUFBNTUISPVHI Roosevelt will play all eight of the feat with great success at seasons as an assistant coach sociation of Intercollegiate Ath- TQFDJBMNFNCFSTPOMZCFOFôUT its home games on the train- Southwestern Oregon Commu- at the University of Illinois in letics and in the Chicagoland ing field used by the Chicago nity College in Coos Bay, Ore. Chicago. In addition to her Collegiate Athletic Conference. For more information on how to join the Lakers Fire of Major League Soccer, “The women’s soccer pro- near-decade of experience as Club, contact Deidra Somerville, director of just outside Toyota Park in gram will aspire, with hard an assistant coach at the NCAA For schedules and updates EFWFMPQNFOUGPSBUIMFUJDT BU  PS Bridgeview, Ill. The Lakers will work and an investment by Division I level, Scott also can on the Lakers teams, visit HPUPUIF"UIMFUJD%FQBSUNFOU×TPGôDJBMXFCTJUF  utilize the locker room facili- the student-athletes on the present a firsthand account of www.rooseveltlakers.com. www.rooseveltlakers.com.

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Courtside 7N6A:M>6I6CC “THOSE WHO STAY WILL BE CHAMPIONS.” in shape for conference play keeping their lives balanced takes a lot of work and I had to and stable. That’s what Roosevelt Athletic later. Faith, strength, pa- become faster and stronger. Playing basketball at Roos- Director Michael Cassidy told tience, hope, respect and For every three girls on the evelt University has prepared the women’s basketball team loyalty are the concepts that team, there is just one starting me for the next phase of my during our first meeting to- we adapted and are what we position, so every practice is life, which begins after gradu- gether last year. expect from each other. If a battle. ation in May with a degree in I was a successful athlete from we aren’t shopping, cooking During the conference season, communications. I am proud Beloit, Wis., but I was still or hanging out together, we I play at least two games a to say that I have been part of somewhat intimidated by the argue about borrowed items week. There are athletic codes something special. Roosevelt newness of everything – a new and sports. These girls have and rules that all of us must has made me a better person. city, a new university, a new become my sisters and I need follow in order to be eligible I am strong, proud and happy athletic program. However, it their support to get through to be a founding member of to play. Student-athletes need was that statement from Mr. the season. Roosevelt’s women’s basket- to be enrolled in at least 13 Cassidy which helped me get ball program. Being a Lady Laker has its credit hours a semester and THE ROBERT R. MCCORMICK FOUNDATION DINING CENTER FROM THE VICE PRESIDENT 62 through my first year at Roos- ups and downs; it isn’t always arrive on time for every class Alexia Tann, a starting point The residential dining facility on the second floor of the new Wabash Building is named in FUNDING HIGHLIGHTS 63 evelt University. guard for two years on the easy or fun. During pre-season and team function. Juggling recognition of a generous gift from the foundation. Located on the west side of the building, women’s basketball team, is SCHOLARSHIP SPOTLIGHT 68 Fortunately, our new team there are days when we prac- classes, 6 a.m. practices and an intern during the spring it can accommodate up to 300 people at one time. bonded together very quickly ticed twice, early in the morn- games every week gets hectic. semester in Roosevelt’s Office and is still close two years ing and after classes. Getting All players are responsible for of Public Relations.

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Dear Alumni and Friends, CCPA on WFMT Fall 2012 OFFICE OF INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT If you haven’t been back to Roosevelt recently, you are not go- The Advisory Board of the ing to believe your eyes when you see what is happening on Chicago College of Per- 0GôDFPGUIF7JDF Alumni Relations our campuses in Chicago and Schaumburg. The new Vertical President www.roosevelt.edu/alumni forming Arts has launched [email protected] Campus on Wabash Avenue in Chicago is a sight to behold, a special fundraising Patrick M. Woods (312) 341-3624 especially looking at it from Grant Park and Lake Shore Drive. Vice President, campaign to support a ra- Institutional Advancement Jan Parkin Director, Alumni Relations We have been saying that this structure will be an icon on the dio series on WFMT radio and Chief Advancement (312) 341-4327 Chicago skyline, and it is now a reality. The internal parts of Officer featuring the Music and [email protected] the building are complete and the new residence hall rooms, (312) 341-6360 Theatre Conservatories of [email protected] classrooms, laboratories, meeting rooms, student services and CCPA. So far the Advisory Yvette F. Garcia Director, Research the newly named Robert R. McCormick Foundation Dining Cen- Mirna T. Garcia Board has committed $26,000 to begin planning for a 26-week series (312) 341-3626 Associate Vice President, ter are fabulous additions to the Roosevelt experiences for our students starting in the fall [email protected] starting in Fall 2012. Development and Annual semester of 2012. I know that you will be proud of what your University has created for our The programs will collaborate with the Music Institute of Chicago Giving Annual Giving students and faculty and for our future. (312) 341-2309 www.roosevelt.edu/giving and feature an eclectic array of the performance disciplines offered [email protected] Construction has begun on the Lillian and Larry Goodman Center, where we will have an at CCPA. Planning is underway and broadcast dates and times will be Karyn DuBose Director, Annual Giving athletic field house for our basketball and volleyball teams, as well as spaces for student ac- announced during the summer. Kim Gibson-Harman Associate Vice President, (312) 341-3623 tivities and the Athletic Department. It will be a beautiful building directly across from the [email protected] To help support CCPA and its goal to create 52 weeks of programs, Campaign and Operations Auditorium Theatre and the Lakers will be “carrying the torch” there for all of us. (312) 341-3663 you can make a contribution to the campaign by visiting www.roos- [email protected] Development In Schaumburg, the campus has been reborn with lovely renovations and improvements evelt.edu/wfmt or contacting Jodi Kurtze at [email protected] or Andrea Adams throughout. Facilities have been relocated to be more accessible to students and visitors alike. (312) 341-2421. Denise Bransford Director, Development, The College of Pharmacy is having a major impact on the day-to-day activity of the campus Assistant Vice President, College of Arts and Planned Giving and it is well into recruiting its second class, which will begin in July. On a stroll down one Sciences Mikowsky Dedication (312) 341-6455 (312) 341-2252 of the hallways, you can feel the energy and excitement that are growing there. The grounds [email protected] [email protected] have been replanted with native species for a more sustainable campus footprint. Attractive The Solomon Mikowsky Linda Sands Jodi M. Kurtze new signs make it easier than ever to locate the campus. Recital Hall in the Chicago Director, Stewardship and Senior Director, We have created three more alumni chapters since September, bringing the total to 14 world- College of Performing Arts Research Development, Chicago (312) 341-3625 College of Performing Arts wide. Our alumni are energized to help Roosevelt in a variety of ways and it is clear when we was formally dedicated [email protected] and University Libraries on Nov. 13 with 50 people speak with them that they are overwhelmingly proud of the forward movement of the Univer- (312) 341-2421 sity. In the words of the Rev. Larry S. Bullock (MPA, ’73), the new president of the Roosevelt Uni- coming to pay tribute to Advancement [email protected] Services versity Alumni Association, “We can’t do it without you!” I wholeheartedly agree, and I would the tutelage and generos- Deidra Somerville ity of Mikowsky. CCPA Desiree Ballanco add that we have already had marvelous support from our alumni and friends during the past Knight Director, Corporate and several years. We encourage you to continue your support in thought, word and deed as we all students of Professor Advancement Systems Foundation Relations and Analyst Director, Development, move forward together. Mikowsky who performed at the event were Adam Kosmieja (Poland), (312) 341-3622 Athletics and Evelyn Enriqueta Somarriba (Spain), Jingjing Wang (China), Inesa Sinkevych Thank you for all you continue to do for Roosevelt University. I hope we will be seeing you soon. [email protected] T. Stone College of (Ukraine) and Wael Frouk (Egypt). Professional Studies Special Events (312) 341-3621 Sincerely yours, A CCPA faculty member and renowned piano pedagogue, Mikowsky [email protected] provided the financial support for the purchase of a Steinway piano Lauren Chill Executive Director, and room renovations. “The greatest pleasure I derive is from know- Special Events and ing that my gift is practical and that it will enhance the musical life Alumni Relations (312) 341-3617 of the school,” he said. Patrick M. Woods [email protected] Vice President, Institutional Advancement and Chief Advancement Officer

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Make a Visible Contribution with a Lasting Legacy Donors recognized in new Wabash Building

Now that Roosevelt University is moving into Naming gifts resulting from bequests are the new Wabash Building, visitors can see also prominent in the building, a memorable, rooms and areas supported by our gener- lasting legacy to donors who have left funds ous donors. Several spaces and rooms in the to Roosevelt via planned giving. For example, building will soon have signs recognizing the the Heller College of Business dean’s suite on individuals and organizations that made gifts the 12th floor is named in honor of Richard L. or pledges to the building Mitchell (BA, ’65), a successful businessman. Alumnus Joseph Pisciotta (BS, ’49) left a gen- Upon entering the Wabash Building, people erous gift to Roosevelt, which will be honored will pass through the atrium lobby, which is by naming the general biology teaching lab named in honor of Trustee Robert Wieseneck on the eighth floor after him. (BS, ’58). The “student union” floors of the facility will also include several donor names. “ Costs of naming range from $2,000 For instance, the fabulous dining center on all the way to $25 million, and the second floor, an important gathering space for students, faculty and staff, will bear naming commitments are for 20 the name “Robert R. McCormick Foundation years or in perpetuity. We truly Dining Center” in acknowledgement of the have something for everyone.” foundation’s generous gift (secured with the KIM GIBSON-HARMAN, ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT advocacy of Trustee David Hiller). FOR CAMPAIGN AND OPERATIONS

On the fourth floor, the videoconferencing Board of Trustees Chairman Jim Mitchell and room will have the names of Trustee Donald his wife, Linda, have generously named our Hunt and his wife, Jane, and the Auditorium 13th floor, the executive floor. Bequest do- Theatre dance rehearsal room will be named, nors are also visible on non-academic floors; “The Katten/Landau Studio.” The Crown Fam- for example, the family of alumnus Dempsey ily is naming most of the fitness center on the Travis (BA, ’49) named the pre-function re- fifth floor, specifically the large cardio train-

ception space on the fourth floor for Travis. BILL HANYZEWSKI ing and strength training rooms. Naming gifts will continue to be accepted PHOTO BY BY PHOTO Academic floors of the building also feature throughout the comprehensive campaign. several named donors. They provide a perfect “The specific examples of named spaces cited opportunity for alums to support the college above represent only a few of the naming which gave them their start years ago. Alum- opportunities claimed so far in our excit- nus Van Vlahakis (BS, ’58), chemist and presi- ing new facility,” said Kim Gibson-Harman, dent of Venus Laboratories, Inc., has named associate vice president for campaign and the organic chemistry lab on the seventh operations. “Costs of naming range from floor. An incredible tiered classroom on the $2,000 all the way to $25 million, and naming 11th floor (a Heller College of Business floor) commitments are for 20 years or in perpetu- with views overlooking Lake Michigan has ity. We truly have something for everyone! been named for trustee and alumnus Manny Contact me.” Steinfeld (BS, ’48).

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Playing it Forward Alumna recognizes the generosity of a Roosevelt professor with a generous act of her own

BY COURTNEY FLYNN | Phyllis Berlin, who graduated from generosity he showed her. “ The Saul Dorfman Berlin (then Phyllis Panitch) Roosevelt University in 1956 In addition, the scholarship Memorial Scholarship first met the late Roosevelt with a math degree and then is structured in a way that it will have a long- University music professor married Leonard Berlin the can grow from gifts by other Saul Dorfman in the early same year, credits the Roos- individuals influenced by his lasting impact on 1950s. At the time, Berlin was evelt professor with encour- teaching.” the Piano Program as a teenager pursuing the joy aging her love for the piano. In some cases, the Berlins’ well as the Chicago of playing the piano and was Berlin continues to play on gift could mean the difference College of Performing a student at Roosevelt High the Mason & Hamlin grand between a student having School in Chicago. Arts because of the piano she and her husband the ability to attend college size of the initial gift Upon the recommendation of bought in 1974. The top of it or not. It also highlights the her school’s orchestra direc- is covered with sheet music lasting effects of the relation- and the spirit in which it was given.” tor, Albert Freedman, Berlin ranging from Bach to Jobim. ship between professors and Phyllis Berlin honored her former piano auditioned for and began She still practices four-hand their students, and the type JODI KURTZE, SENIOR DIRECTOR BOB COSCARELLI professor and mentor, Saul Dorfman, by taking private lessons every work once a week with her of person Dorfman was. OF DEVELOPMENT endowing a memorial scholarship. PHOTO BY BY PHOTO other week from Dorfman first piano teacher, Gitta “It’s really an incredibly pow- at Roosevelt University. In Yellin, who is in her late erful relationship between preparation for her high school nineties. in 1983 as professor emeritus. a student and a teacher so graduation concert, Dorfman He died in 1984. Now, more than 50 years after it doesn’t surprise me at all piano and former chairperson recognized — he was a great make such a generous offer much a teacher cared about told his student that he would Dorfman first extended his that this is something that As a boy, Dorfman quickly of the department. “He taught administrator and also a great to her.” a student, it’s so inspiring for like her to start coming for help to Berlin, she and her affected Mrs. Berlin for her became a musical prodigy. his students to caress the scholar,” Lazar said. “He was all of us. A little incentive can weekly lessons. When it came to Berlin, Dorf- husband have contributed entire life,” said Linda Berna He competed as a teenager keys, not hit.” someone who was so well- man likely remembered the mean a huge deal.” Lessons were $20 each, but $100,000 to Roosevelt to en- (BM,’77; MM, ’81), associate in 1929 in the Greater Chi- known, so well-established, In addition to his work at kindness piano greats like And after all the years since Berlin replied that she could dow in perpetuity a scholar- dean of the Chicago College of cago Piano Playing Tourna- so erudite and yet, humble. Roosevelt, Dorfman lectured Schnabel showed him when he not afford the additional $20 ship for the Piano Program. Performing Arts and director ment, which included 15,000 All of his students simply Dorfman first touched Berlin’s and performed throughout was a student. And now, the weekly expense. “I told you Each year, one talented stu- of the Music Conservatory. pianists. He won the $1,500 adored him.” life, she continues to remem- the country. cycle of generosity will con- that you had to come. I didn’t dent will benefit from the gift. “This wonderful woman who cash prize. Soon after that, ber his kindness with clarity, Dorfman was also someone tinue through the scholarship. say you had to pay,” Dorfman made this donation is starting he studied in Europe with Dorfman’s last public appear- as if it happened yesterday. “The Saul Dorfman Memo- who was very demanding of responded. Berlin has never the cycle with the younger world-famous pianists Arthur ance was in February 1983 “One of my hopes would be rial Scholarship will have a his students. “He was will- “It was very honorable what forgotten those exact words. generation. She was touched, Schnabel, Max Pauer and with the Roosevelt University that giving a gift like this will long-lasting impact on the ing to give a lot, but he also he did. He was a marvelous, and by making it possible Leonid Kreutzer. Symphony Orchestra. The be transformative for a stu- She did increase her lessons to Piano Program as well as the expected a lot,” said Berna, marvelous teacher,” Berlin for students to pursue their event also featured promi- dent,” said Winston Choi, head once a week at no additional Chicago College of Perform- “Because he was a student of who was a student at Roos- said. “I have been thinking dreams, they can in turn pass nent faculty members Elaine of Roosevelt’s Piano Program. cost. “I resolved right at that mo- ing Arts because of the size of Schnabel, he understood sty- evelt while Dorfman was on about this scholarship for a it on to someone else.” Skorodin (BM,’57; MM, ’59) and ment,” recalled Berlin, “that if the initial gift and the spirit listic differences, which are the faculty. “I think he must “I think many of our students long, long time, and finally Judy Stone (BM,’79; MM, ’81). there was ever a time in my life in which it was given,” said Chicago-born Dorfman first out the window these days have felt very compelled by can relate to Phyllis Berlin. my husband and I decided when I would be in a position to Jodi Kurtze, senior director came to Roosevelt in 1945 as because we are so concerned “He was the image of a profes- Mrs. Berlin. It doesn’t surprise Having this financial encour- this was the time.” be able to repay Professor Dorf- of development for the col- one of the University’s found- about speed,” said longtime sor who was internationally me in the least that he would agement and knowing how man for his generosity and kind- lege. “Mrs. Berlin’s learning ing educators. He went on Dorfman colleague and friend ness by endowing a scholarship experience with Saul Dorf- to serve as chairman of the Ludmila Lazar (BM,’63; MM, To donate to the Saul Dorfman Memorial Scholarship and to help continue his legacy of teaching and compassion, contact Mirna in his name, I would do so.” man inspired her to repay the Piano Program before retiring ’65), professor emerita of Garcia, associate vice president of development and annual giving, at (312) 341-2309 or [email protected].

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IN THE SPOTLIGHT Name: Jannifer Elaine Armenta Class Year: 2014 Degree: BS, Hospitality and Tourism Management Hometown: Phoenix, Ariz. Scholarship received: Dr. Scholl Foundation Scholarship Program BOB COSCARELLI PHOTO BY BY PHOTO

Scholarship Spotlight: Jannifer Elaine Armenta

BY LINDA SANDS | It seems her mother and grandmother her dream of becoming a outdoors. She loves to travel appropriate that Jannifer chose. However, Armenta’s special events director for a and would like to experience Armenta should be majoring particular interest lies with hotel, corporation or small various cultures, learning in hospitality management special events. venue, such as an art gallery. how people live and conduct their daily lives. at Roosevelt University, since Chicago’s fast-paced way Armenta has great admiration during the early years of her of life and big-city culture for the women in her family Armenta is a positive person life, her family moved from plus Roosevelt’s excellent who have influenced her life. who believes that people need place to place fairly frequent- reputation in the hospitality Her mother, who never had an to keep moving forward and ly. One grasps more fully the management field, enticed opportunity to attend college, not sell themselves short. She concept of hospitality when Armenta to make a move is an executive chef at an ex- is a member of Roosevelt’s challenged with acclimating to Chicago to complete her clusive lodge in Jackson Hole, Delta Gamma Pi sorority, to many new places and faces. college career at Roosevelt. Wyo. Her grandmother runs whose motto, “In diversity Armenta began her college At first, the city seemed a bit her own catering company, there is beauty and strength” career at Northern Arizona scary because she was used to after operating restaurants is taken from one of Maya University. At first, she was living in mainly small towns and cafes for many years. The Angelou’s poems. Armenta’s undecided about what career and cities in Kansas and the Roosevelt student admires travels have certainly taught path she should take. She had northern and southwestern her almost 60-year-old grand- her that this is true. some interest in psychology, parts of the United States. mother’s passion for her work and abundant energy. but was shy about enter- At Roosevelt, she received an If you would like to help ALL SET FOR THE KICK0FF The Roosevelt University Alumni Association established WHERE RU? 70 ing the hospitality industry, excellent scholarship pack- After graduation, Armenta other students like Jannifer its 14th chapter on Dec. 7, 2011 at the San Diego Museum of Contemporary Art with 25 alumni and CHAPTER EVENTS 73 which she knew to be labor age, which included an award plans to leave Chicago. She Armenta by contributing to guests attending. (see p. 74 for details) intensive, having observed IN MEMORIAM 77 from the Dr. Scholl Founda- likes living here, but considers any of Roosevelt University’s 2012 FINANCIALS 78 the work of her mother and tion Scholarship Program. it another interesting chapter scholarship funds, please grandmother. But in the end Armenta acknowledges that in her life. She most likely will visit Roosevelt’s website at she realized that her calling without this and other schol- return to the southwest or www.roosevelt.edu/giving was indeed in the hospital- arship support, she would possibly California where she and click on “Give Now” or ity industry—the same field have been unable to pursue can hike and explore the great call us at (312) 341-2138.

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Education grad leads educational Where RU? BY RICHARD TAYLOR outreach at Cincinnati Holocaust Center nati, has authored six books on Department of Elder Affairs for She remembers Roosevelt constitutional and legal order American history. her dedication “to improve the fondly, especially journalism pro- of the Republic of Croatia.” Roosevelt University alumna quality of life for the citizens of fessor Charles-Gene McDaniel, Ambassador Klein is a former Alexis Storch has always been Florida.” whose encouragement was an under-secretary general of the keenly interested in the Holo- 1980s inspiration. In 2008, Martin was United Nations. caust. A history buff and avid Paul Kay (BM, ’89) is the music La’Shon Anthony (BB, ’81) has inducted into the Wendell Phil- researcher, Storch was able to department chair of the Mirman a thriving consulting practice Pastor Albert Ekekhor (BB, ’99) lips High School Hall of Fame. interview Esther Haas, a survivor School for Gifted Children in Los and also works as a successful is senior pastor of the Lord’s of Josef Mengele’s experiments Angeles. He is an accomplished jewelry designer. Her designs Craig Falkenthal (BB, ’93) Kingdom Power Ministries at a Nazi concentration camp (pictured below, right, with St. in Bedford Park, Ill. He and at Auschwitz, learning about Charles Mayor Don DeWitte) is his wife, a gospel artist, were never-before-disclosed details and experiences while working at the Holocaust Center in Pittsburgh. After receiving a bachelor’s degree in history with a concentration in Holocaust studies at the University of Pittsburgh and a master’s degree in history with an emphasis in modern Europe from Binghamton University, Storch took a job as youth educator at the Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center in 1940s resident of Rochester, N.Y. Hines, Skokie, Ill. Dieter Kober (MM, ’48) (pic- 84, mentors other women poets It was through this position that she realized how tured above, middle) received in her community, having led a much she enjoyed being an educator. “I’ve always the 2011 Cultural Leadership small poetry workshop for 16 considered myself to be a life-long learner and this Award from the Illinois Council years. position helped me to realize how much all of us of Orchestras during a concert can learn from the voices of our students. Part of held at the Chicago Cultural 1960s Center. Kober was the founder the reason I chose to attend Roosevelt is that I’m musician and performer, having have been sold through various the general manager of the new of the Chicago Chamber Or- Seppo Aarnos (MA, ’64) has both ordained in 2002, and a strong advocate for social justice and teaching,” sung with the Michigan Opera galleries and festivals. Mercedes-Benz of St. Charles, chestra in 1952 and the recipient unveiled Falcon, his 14th public their ministry is primarily done said Storch, who received a master’s in elementary Theater and other organizations. Ill., a member of the Resnick of many awards and recogni- sculpture in Texas. Aarnos has Charles L. Schott, Jr. (MB, ’83) through television and radio education from Roosevelt in December. He is also a freelance flutist, who Automotive Group. Falkenthal tions, including one from the works in public and private col- was appointed executive direc- evangelism. Ekekhor also Now Storch is taking on a new assignment as performed in the world’s largest has been employed by Resnick Federal Republic of Germany lections throughout the country, tor of Vista Grande Villa, a retire- does missionary work director of educational outreach at the Center for flute ensemble in New York City, Automotive Group since 1990. for his “contribution to interna- including in public parks, college ment community in Jackson, in Africa. Holocaust and Humanity Education in Cincinnati, breaking the Guinness record. tional understanding through campuses and office buildings. Mich. A veteran of working with Ambassador Jacques Paul Ohio. Rocco Donahue (MP, ’97) music.” Xiomara J. Castillo (MB, ’80) retirement communities, Schott Klein (MB, ’94) was recently “My experience at Roosevelt University has allowed 1970s was recognized by Miami Lakes, has worked with seniors for over awarded an honorary doctorate was appointed as the new- me to learn firsthand about the challenges of being Fla., for her contributions to 20 years. from Josip Juraj Strossmayer est member of the Board 1950s Larry A. Marks (BB, ’70; MB, ’75) is an educator, but also about the incredible rewards. the town’s success since its University in Osijek, Croatia for of Trustees of Illinois State Virginia Lee Hines (BA, ’52) senior executive vice president I know it will help me be an effective facilitator of incorporation 10 years ago. Cas- 1990s his “outstanding contribution to University. An Orland Park, recently had a book of her po- and COO of Republic Bank of teacher trainings and community outreach,” said tillo has served on the Elderly the peaceful reintegration of the Ill., resident, Donahue is the etry, Taboos: Poems published. Chicago, based in Oak Brook, Virginia Banks Martin Storch, who reaches out to schools and volunteers, Affairs Committee for Miami Croatian Danube Region into the executive director of external A retired teacher and longtime Ill. Marks’ career in banking (BG, ’90; MJ, ’92) has retired from organizing field trips and doing teacher training at the Lakes. In addition, her work has has spanned many years and her work as an administrator at relations at Pace Suburban Cincinnati Holocaust Center. been recognized by the Florida included serving as president DePaul University. Bus. Along with a master’s “I’m fortunate that I’m now able to use my passion of Phoenix-Hecht, a provider degree in public administra- and enthusiasm for teaching in this unique way and of market intelligence and edu- tion from Roosevelt, he holds I want to thank my Roosevelt professors for their cation for the financial a bachelor’s in finance from guidance and support,” said Storch, who credited services industry. Illinois State University. professors Judy Gouwens, Thom Gouwens, Alonza Mark A. Lause (MA, ’77) published Everage, Byoung Sug Kim and Elizabeth Meadows a book with the University of 2000s for helping shape her success. Missouri Press, titled Price’s Lost Nikoleta Boukydis (MA, ’99; Campaign: The 1864 Invasion of MA, ’05) and Panayiotis Peter Missouri. Lause, a professor of Demopoulos (BA, ’95) (pictured history at the University of Cincin- next page) both hold Roosevelt

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New Roosevelt grad perform on her show. An opera Heather Voight (BA, ’02) is a free- had courage to take a chance singer, he has found success lance writer who wrote a schol- performing an innovative blend arly article on C.S. Lewis for The Nicole Ryan, who of opera, hip-hop and funk. He Lamp-Post, contributed to the received her master’s de- performed some of his original online edition of Today’s Chicago gree in business admin- music on the program. Woman and had her first poem istration from Roosevelt featured in Teachers of Vision mag- University in December, azine. Guide Magazine will publish comes from a family that her second children’s short story. has always had the cour- age to take a chance and 2010s make a difference.

In 1974, Ryan’s parents, Richard and Julie Sco- University close to their hearts ma, made national news when they decided because it’s where they met and to take their children, including Nicole, then a fell in love. Nikoleta and Peter kindergartner, out of a Chicago public school both came from Greece to attend so they could be taught at home. Roosevelt’s graduate programs. Edwin Vega (MM, ’04; PD, ’06) “It was mainly my husband’s (Richard Boukydis, a clinical psychologist will be making his professional Scoma’s) idea to do this,” said Julie Scoma, and professional counselor, has debut as Molqi in the English who remembers being threatened with arrest been providing mental health National Opera’s production of if she didn’t return Nicole, and her older sister, services in Chicago for the past John Adams’ The Death of Kling- Lizabeth, who was then in first grade, back to eight years. Currently she works hoffer. Additional debuts during their Ravenswood elementary school. as the emergency behavioral/ the 2011-12 season include the mental health coordinator for the The decision to home-school became the ba- Nevada Opera’s production of Chicago Department of Public Madame Butterfly and Duck in sis of a revolutionary Illinois legal case, Scoma Health, Bureau of Emergency Bolcom’s Barnyard Boogalo with vs. the Chicago Board of Education, which Preparedness and Response. the Remarkable Theater Brigade has helped shape today’s burgeoning home- Demopoulos, who combined at Carnegie Hall in New York. He school movement. Christopher Gregory Choyke his undergraduate degree from also performed with the Sante (MATD, ’10, CERT, ’10) is working at “I don’t want to say that we were the only ones Roosevelt with his MBA, is cur- Fe Opera in the productions of Sea World San Antonio training doing home-schooling, but our case (which rently in the field of organiza- Arabella and King Roger. killer whales. upheld an earlier law for the right to home- tional development in the Jared McCarty (MM, ’11) was profiled school in Illinois) helped initiate a nationwide private sector. movement. It started the ball rolling on the in the Des Moines Register online Ann O’Byrne (BA, ’02) is a vice right to home-school a child on philosophical edition of “Getting to Know.” He is president and senior manager grounds,” Scoma said. a graduate admission coordinator at BMO Harris Bank in Chicago. for the Drake University School of Ryan can remember being home-schooled as After graduating with a degree in Education. McCarty has performed national media figures watched. She recalls journalism, O’Byrne worked as a with the Des Moines Opera in its sitting in the lap of journalist Carole Simpson, freelance writer, specializing in production of Puccini’s La Boheme. former anchor of ABC’s World News Tonight, business publications and com- during a home-school lesson and making pea- munications. She received an nut butter and jelly sandwiches with journalist MBA from the Mendoza College Alumni Chapter Events Carol Marin. of Business at the University of Paula Rummels (MSIMC, ’08) Roosevelt visits Broadway At five years of age, all of the attention did not Notre Dame in 2010. was elected to the Rock Island/ Milan School Board last April. On Jan. 15, the New York Area Alumni Chapter attended the Broadway production of The seem out of place. “I just thought it was part of Khary Laurent (BM, ’03; MM, ’07) Where are you? the class,” said Ryan. “In retrospect I see that has enjoyed a varied and inter- Wayne K. Chaney (BPS, ’07) is Mountaintop featuring Samuel L. Jackson and Angela Bassett. A group of 10 alumni and Send us your photo and an update! my parents had the courage to take a chance esting career in performing arts. their friends gathered to see the acclaimed production that reimagines the events the an internal audit supervisor at Email [email protected] or mail: and make a difference,” she said. Recently, he received nationwide Wolters Kluwer, responsible for evening before the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. After seeing the production, 0GôDFPG"MVNOJ3FMBUJPOT 2009 alumna LaTasha Brown said, “The play was great and stirred up a healthy debate Ryan believes her MBA degree will open notice because of an appearance conducting IT and operational Roosevelt University among guests about the history of civil rights. It was a great way to connect with other up new opportunities for her career and her on Rosie O’Donnell’s former audit work for the North Ameri- 430 S. Michigan Ave., AUD 827 Roosevelt alumni and issues that are a part of our University’s history.” own family. talk show. Impressed with his can region. He previously worked Chicago, IL 60605 impromptu singing in a cab, for Fortune Brands as a field Please include your name, address, Pictured above is the Playbill from the performance of The Mountaintop, O’Donnell invited Laurent to supervisor and a senior IT auditor. email, major and graduation year. which was attended by New York area alumni on Jan. 15.

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School Spirit and Distilled Spirits The North Shore Alumni Chapter hosted its winter 2012 quarterly event on Jan. 24 with a whiskey tasting and conversation about the Roosevelt Lakers athletics program and facility. Local whiskey expert Edward Schimmelpfen- nig provided 50 guests with an informational and experiential tasting tour of six whiskeys, ranging from Kentucky bourbon to vintage single malt from abroad. After networking with fellow alumni, the group chatted with Roosevelt Athletic Director Mike Cassidy and architects for the Goodman Center to discuss the Roosevelt Lakers and their home in the new center.

South Side Chapter Update The South Side Chapter of the Roosevelt Alumni Association hosted Professor Paul Green, director of the Institute for Politics and Arthur Rubloff Professor of Policy Studies, on President’s Day, Monday, Feb. 20. Green’s address, titled “The Odds of President Barack Obama Winning a Second Term,” sparked in- terest and garnered considerable conversation by the more than 100 attendees. Future plans for the South Side Chapter include a speakers’ series, a repeat of the suc- San Diego Chapter Kickoff Event cessful “Day at the Races,” student recognition The Roosevelt University Alumni Associa- and networking events. tion opened its 14th chapter on Dec. 7 with a kickoff event at the San Diego Museum of A Conversation with Anne Roosevelt Contemporary Art in La Jolla, Calif. Chapter President Arnold Berkovitz (BA, ’57) and University Trustee Anne Roosevelt will give 25 alumni and guests attended to formally a personal perspective about leadership in a sign the charter to establish the chapter, changing world to the New York Area Alumni along with President Chuck Middleton, Vice Chapter during an afternoon discussion on President of Institutional Advancement Pat- April 21. More than 75 alumni will hear Roos- rick Woods and Executive Director of Spe- evelt’s insight into the challenges that affect cial Events Lauren Chill. Middleton made leaders globally and locally. a presentation about the University with particular emphasis on the Schaumburg Campus, the new Wabash Building and the growth of alumni chapters over the last 30 months. Woods made a short presentation about “Living the Legacy: The Campaign for Roosevelt University.” (Top) Whiskey expert Edward Schimmelpfenning lends his expertise for North Shore Alumni Chapter members on Jan. 24; (middle) North Shore members network and (Above and right) Newly-established San Diego alumni taste; (bottom row left) Professor Paul Green with Denise chapter members gather with President Middleton and Bransford, Julius Rhodes, and Patrick Woods; (bottom Vice President for Institutional Advancement Patrick row right) Green addresses the South Side Alumni Woods on Dec. 7. Chapter on Feb. 20.

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From the North Shore to the South Loop IN MEMORIAM Roosevelt University regrets to report the deaths of the following Roosevelt community members. BY RICHARD TAYLOR After months of individually seeing how the exterior contributing to Jewish charities and 50 years, as well as the Greek Village Authority and the Greyhound Bus of the new Wabash Building has changed Chicago’s 1940s visiting Israel on many occasions. and other restaurants throughout the Company. skyline, members of the North Shore Alumni Chapter Elizabeth Ann Ross (BM, ’43) died He was an accomplished commodi- Chicago area. will look at the interior of the building on April 22. on Oct. 19, 2011. Ross had a wide ties broker in soybean oil with the Miriam C. Sack (MA, ’68) died on Oct. 1980s range of interests which included Chicago Board of Trade. He was About 50 alumni will be some of the first to see the 3, 2011. A retired family counselor cats, bowling, chocolate, history, remembered by his community, LaVerne Hadley (BG, ’81) died Nov. student living quarters and academic spaces. Follow- for the city of Chicago Department Lake Michigan and bagpipe music. friends and family “for his love of 21, 2011. Known as Mother Hadley ing a tour of the Vertical Campus, they will attend the of Public Health, Sack’s interests good food, good talk and travel, to those around her, Hadley served included art, bridge, charities and the final performance of the student production of How to 1950s but his life was for his kids.” with various religious organizations, Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, presented culinary arts. She was the author of a including as president of the North- Dr. William R. Benson III (BA, ’51) Charles K. Silver (BS, ’57) died Jewish cookbook. by the Chicago College of Performing Arts Theatre ern Indiana Missionary Baptist Edu- died on Nov. 11, 2011. In addition on Aug. 22, 2011. Silver worked as cational District Association Minis- Conservatory. From architecture to behind the curtain, to being a physician, Benson was a chief metallurgist and co-owner 1970s ters’ Wives. She was a staff writer for the alumni chapter get an intimate look at Roosevelt’s championship-winning black belt of Charles C. Kawin Company, a The Mission, as well as a published Julio P. Lopez (MA, ’71) died on Oct. facilities and programs. in judo, a black diamond skier, a Broadview, Ill., company that his author and playwright. She taught in 9, 2011. Lopez taught in the Chicago low-handicap golfer and basket- grandfather founded. the Elkhart, Ind., community schools Public Schools for over 28 years and ball coach. He was affiliated with for over 15 years and worked for Roosevelt University Northwest Suburban was also a teacher at Immaculata Providence, Trinity and Cook County 1960s the Social Security Administration High School in West Chicago, Ill. Alumni Chapter Building Capacity hospitals and considered a “brilliant for over 20 years. Along with her Marianne Kathleen Duignan (MA, After receiving his master’s degree diagnostician, nimble surgeon and degree from Roosevelt, she earned Marking its first-year anniversary in November 2011, ’68) has died. A teacher and coun- consummate caregiver.” from Roosevelt, he earned his PhD her doctorate from the Beulah Bible the Northwest Suburban Alumni Chapter (NWSAC) is selor at Chicago Vocational High from Havana University. He was a College and Seminary. looking with great anticipation to continuing its expan- Rev. Walter Bowie, Jr. (BA, ’59) School, Duignan was a member of member of the Cuban American died on Sept. 28, 2011. Rev. Bowie the Friends of American Writers. sion and success. Association, Cuban Association of attended the Chicago Baptist Insti- Bilingual Teachers and Teachers of 2000s tute and the Moody Bible Institute Michael D. Kerr (BA, ’67) died on The Rev. Larry Bullock, chapter president and presi- Spanish and Cuban Catholic Action. Roosevelt University alumna Keisha and received a degree in philoso- July 30, 2011. After graduating dent of the Roosevelt University Alumni Association, An interesting point in his life came Worthington-Martinez (BA, ’10) died phy from Roosevelt. He founded from Roosevelt, Kerr went to the when, while putting himself through Jan. 29 after battling leukemia and said NWSAC must catch the vision by supporting Roo- the Southern Illinois Conference Art Institute of Chicago, earning school by making cigars, he person- graft vs. host complications associated sevelt University through the pillars of development on Christian Theology and served BFA and MFA degrees. An artist and gourmet cook, he owned and ally made cigars for British Prime with a bone marrow transplant. efforts. He said that NWSAC seeks “to support capital as chairman of the board of the ran the Kerr Gallery which featured Minister Winston Churchill. development of both the Chicago and Schaumburg directors of the Crisis Pregnancy Her inspirational story, and that Center in Mississippi. His works and ethnographic, folk and outsider art. Joy A. Matthiessen (BA, ’73) died of her husband, Iraqi war veteran and Campuses, to increase endowments and to enhance sermons were recently compiled Robert Benson Kyler (BA, ’67) died on Aug. 3, 2011. A resident of Des Roosevelt alumnus Rodrigo Martinez annual giving.” and published in Spurgeon in Black. Oct. 28, 2011. A U.S. Air Force veter- Plaines, Ill., she was the executive (BS, ’10), were featured in the Sum- director of the Des Plaines His- mer 2011 Roosevelt Review. NWSAC’s first year included exciting projects that Dr. Amilcare DePalma (BA, ’52) an, Kyler held several positions with tory Center. Her love of history and died on July 2, 2011. A WWII veteran, the Federal Aviation Administration, The couple met while working to- reflected the meaning of the pillars, such as hosting culture led her to work in museums Dr. DePalma was a dentist for many General Services Administration and gether in 2005 at a Ford City Shopping a career fair in August, scheduling meet-and-greet and historical societies in Michigan years and was a long-time member Small Business Administration, be- Center shoe store in Chicago and they events and pledging to furnish a residence hall floor in and Illinois. of the Belmont-Craigin Kiwanis ing the recipient of many awards and attended Daley College together while citations. In 1990 he was appointed the Wabash Building. Club. John Menig (BG, ’71) has died. An Keisha was undergoing chemotherapy. deputy associate administrator for employee of R.R. Donnelly, he had After a successful bone marrow trans- Bullock also is interested in building membership with Daniel Domin (BC, ’50) died on the Office of Minority Small Business 17 grandchildren and 19 great-grand- plant in 2007, the two enrolled a year other Roosevelt University groups, such as the Scha- Nov. 9, 2011. Domin served his and Capital Ownership Develop- children. later at Roosevelt University where umburg Campus’ Institute for Continued Learning and country in the U.S. Army Air Corps. ment Small Business Administration, Keisha majored in sociology and Marti- He was fondly regarded as a suc- Barbara Diane Morrison (BA, ’71) the Center for Campus Life. Region 5, retiring in 1995. nez majored in accounting. cessful businessman, but also was a has died. She earned a bachelor’s Peggy S. Leibik (BM, ’48; MM, ’68) Both alumni had plans to go on for As part of the growth plan, executive board members great friend, family man and a lead- degree in education from Roosevelt died on Dec. 3, 2011. Leibik taught in ing member of his church. University. their master’s degrees. Keisha was and committee chairs recently presented a six-month the Chicago Public Schools for 33 26 years of age when she died. action plan to encourage Northwest Suburban alumni Mark your calendars! Summer chapter events: Arthur G. Nikelly (BA, ’54; MA, years at Boone Elementary School Ann Oakes Mueller (BA, ’75) died on members to attend meetings and to volunteer their ’55) died on Oct. 19, 2011. Nikelly and later at Sullivan High School as a Aug. 28, 2011. During WWII, Mueller Faculty and Staff North Shore Chapter was a clinical psychologist and as- music teacher and choir director. She worked at a munitions factory. After time, talent and treasure to committees. Jerome M. Fleming, dean of the Col- June 27 | Jazz with Ramsey Lewis at Ravinia Park sociate professor at the University was a graduate of the Juilliard School Roosevelt, she earned a master’s lege of Arts and Sciences from 1979 The chapter also is hosting University officials. Last New York Chapter of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign of Music and Northwestern University, degree in public health from the from 1959 to the mid-1980s. He to 1991, died March 21, 2012. Fleming, fall, Events and Programs Chair Angelique Draftz July 1 | Chicago White Sox vs. New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium as well as an alumna of Roosevelt. University of Illinois. Committed wrote more than 50 articles and to service, she volunteered with age 76, was professor emeritus of organized a schedule of monthly guest speakers to Angela Mitchell (BA, ’61) died Nov. New York Chapter had several books published on Planned Parenthood and organized a psychology and worked at Roosevelt 26, 2011. Mitchell worked for a time talk with the membership. Speakers included George July 21 | Picnic in Central Park mental health. He also published a women’s health clinic. for 33 years. at Roosevelt as assistant director of E. MacKinnon III, founding dean and professor of phar- collection of English translations of George Watson, former dean of stu- For more information on these events and our entire event calendar, alumni relations. While at Roosevelt, Walter Vinson (MA, ’70) died on macy; Douglas Knerr, Schaumburg Campus provost Greek poetry. dents and dean of the College of Arts she would visit the Artist’s Café, Nov. 29, 2011. Vinson was a teacher, please visit www.roosevelt.edu/alumni/events. and Sciences, died on Dec. 21, 2011. and Brigham J. Timpson, chief of staff to the president Paul Seymour Schwab (BA, ’56) where she met her future husband, assistant principal and principal at He joined Roosevelt in 1946 and was and assistant secretary to the Board of Trustees. died on Nov. 20, 2011. Schwab was café owner, George. The couple several Chicago area schools. He 96 years old. a dedicated supporter of Israel, owned the Artist’s Café for more than also worked for the Chicago Transit

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2011 Consolidated Operating Revenues (in thousands)

Local, State, OPERATING REVENUE 2011 2010 2009 Federal and Grants 4.07% Student Tuition and Fees, Net $91,285 $92,498 $92,458 Investment Student Local, State, Federal and Grants 4,683 5,259 5,640 Income Tuition and Private Gifts 5,882 2,790 3,326 3.58% Fees 79.27% Auxiliary Income, Net 8,565 7,745 5,597 Auxiliary Income, Net Investment Income 4,126 2,759 1,928 7.44% Auditorium Theatre, Net (644) 346 (975) Private Gifts 2011 Financial Information 5.11% Other Income 1,262 1,588 1,531 Other Income Total Operating Revenues      05 1.10% Almost 80 percent of the University’s student enrollment for the 2011 fall term was comprised of Auditorium Theatre,, Net -0.56% residents of the greater Chicago metropolitan area, consistent with Roosevelt’s mission to bring ac- cess to higher education to the urban setting. Roosevelt’s Chicago Campus provided housing for 947 2011 Operating Expenses (in thousands) students, an increase of 2 percent over last year. The number of traditional age (18 to 24-year-old) students has grown to represent 58.4 percent of all University undergraduates in 2011, compared OPERATING EXPENSES 2011 2010 2009 Instruction 31.02% with 27 percent in 1997 and 46 percent in 2007. Research 0.38% Educational and general Auditorium Theatre Public Service 0.93% Instruction $36,163 $35,908 $37,397 1.76% Research 439 424 773 Total full time equivalent (FE) enrollment rose from 4,711 in the fall of 2010 to 4,766 in fall 2011. Auxiliary Expenses Operations and 8.42% Maintenance of Public Service 1,086 960 910 Plant 10.57% Academic Support 11,038 10,513 7,992 Net tuition revenues contracted in FY2011 to $89.9 million from $91.2 million in FY2010 due to en- Student Support 12,832 12,697 11,176 rollment declines. The drop in net tuition revenues is largely attributable to the growth in the total Institutional Support 30,835 28,358 28,280 Operations/maintenance of plant 12,320 10,883 11,299 Student Support tuition discount rate to 22 percent in FY2011 from 13.7 percent in FY2008. Academic 11.01% Support  5PUBMFEVDBUJPOBMBOEHFOFSBMFYQFOTFT       9.47% Auxiliary Enterprises 9,821 9,597 9,163 Roosevelt University has traditionally produced balance to favorable operating performance, with a Auditorium Theatre 2,048 2,064 2,027 Institutional three year average operating margin of 1.9 percent. However, the University posted its first calculated Support 26.45% Loss on Impairment of Assets 4,305 operating deficit of 0.2 percent in FY2011 due to decreased tuition revenues. Total Operating Expenses      

Roosevelt University’s financial resources have seen growth in the last two years due primarily from 2011 Consolidated Statements of Financial Position (in thousands) investment returns and some retained operating surpluses from previous years. ASSETS 2011 2010 2009 Property, Plant and Equipment, Net Cash and Cash Equivalents $47,375 $34,046 $36,116 The University’s investments are generally held in large funds with allocations of domestic and inter- 44.30% Short-Term Investments 4,122 7,708 national equities, fixed income, real estate, commodities and cash. For the 12-month period ending Unconditional Funds on Deposit 60,807 128,743 Promises to Give, Aug. 31, 2011, the University reported an investment return of 15.7 percent on its endowment. Net 1.47% Accounts Receivable, Net 26,929 27,912 3,585 Funds Held Other Assets 20,506 18,910 3,366 Cash and Cash in Trust 0.14% Equivalents Long-Term Investments 83,339 72,789 65,092 The financial information presented here represents the consolidated results of the University, the 10.20% Funds on Funds Held in Trust 673 614 Deposit 13.09% Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University and Roosevelt University Development Corporation for Loans Receivable 2.65% Loans Receivable 12,297 the 2011 fiscal year. Unconditional Promises To Give, Net 6,835 3,267 3,765 Accountsounts Receivable, NtNet 258,761 290,403 120,442 5.80% Other Long Term Assets Investments 17.94% 4.41% Property, Plant and Equipment, Net 205,823 135,493 113,661 Total Assets      

2011 Consolidated Total Liabilities and Net Assets (in thousands)

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS 2011 2010 2009 Accounts Payable $2,400 $3,045 $5,392 Accrued Expenses 19,581 12,151 7,466 Net Assets 28.36% Others 66,894 62,791 29,755 Loans Payable 17,914 Bonds Payable 48.66% Bonds Payable 226,049 225,932 78,390 Accounts Payable 0.52% Total Liabilities 332,838 303,919 121,003 Accrued Expenses 4.21% Net Assets 131,746 121,977 113,100 Total Liabilities and Net Assets      

Others 14.40%4.40%

Loans Payable 3.86%

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