Some of the Best Times You'll Have at Uindy May Be Outside the Classroom

Inside UIndy summer 2011 Pile on! Some of the best times you’ll have at UIndy may be outside the classroom (shocking, right?), including service projects on campus or on the other side of the world. Plan to join the fun! Also in this issue: A comedy-writing internship leads to a job—before graduation. And much more! National champ Junior Jason Kegerreis did not start his college career timidly. As a member of the Forensics Team, Jason takes the stage in speech meets around the nation to showcase his talents in public speaking. Jason earned a spot to compete as a freshman in the National Forensics Association meet— and proceeded to place first in each preliminary round before taking the national title in the Impromptu Sales event. “I love speech team,” he says, “because it’s like a community where we all bring our different beliefs and ideologies, and come together to address and discuss issues that affect all of us. Plus, every- one is so close. Most of us stay friends outside of tournaments.” speechspeech 4 8 14 The inside scoop Buddy system In the public interest A handful of news items, including UIndy has one of the best College When Ceciley Starkey learned this nugget: the UIndy Greyhounds Mentors for Kids programs around. that a coking plant might have posed wrestling team has been named the One reason: the strong bonds health threats to residents, she saw Academic National Champion! For forged by its system of pairing big a chance to put her honors project up-to-the-minute updates, visit buddies with little ones, who visit to work for a good cause. www.news.uindy.edu. campus for activities or homework help every week. table of contents 16 5 10 A serious commute Tanner time A group of mostly nursing students Tanner Hammock is a Psychol- Internship, CSI style set out for Ecuador this summer for ogy major who definitely knows When you think of police, crime several weeks of putting their new how to make the most of his time, labs, and crime scenes, you tend to knowledge to work while offering which he uses for traveling, intern- think, “Summer fun!” Right? Well, help to those with limited options. ships, and research projects, among Meghan Teunis does. Hoping other things. When opportunity for a forensics career, she put her knocks, apparently, Tanner listens. chemistry major to work for the Michigan State Police Department. 18 A walk in the park 6 White River State Park, graced by its Canal Walk, is a beautiful down- 12 town destination with tons to do. No joke If you were interested in a career Get in the Circle in comedy, imagine scoring the UIndy students are people who perfect internship at a nationally like to help others. That’s the way syndicated radio show. UIndy’s it’s been for more than a century Brent Terhune did just that and now. And today’s Circle K chapter started contributing on his first day. (Indiana’s 2010–11 Distinguished He hit the internship jackpot—but Club, winning 14 of the 31 possible 22 the story gets better still. awards) is taking its can-do attitude speech all over town. Greyhound how-to How to apply; costs, financial help; campus visits; contact info. Thanks to students Staci Reafsnyder and Christopher Hartley, who contributed to the photography in this issue. 3 inside scoop www.news.uindy.edu Sensitivity training www.facebook.com/uindy Eighty Krannert School of Physical www.youtube.com/uindytv Therapy graduate students took Inside UIndy online: part in a simulation put on by the http://inside.uindy.edu/ Bridges/Circles Coalition of Greater Indianapolis. The anti-poverty simulation was designed to sensitize participants to the realities faced by low-income people and offer insight into what it might be like to live in a typical low-income family trying to Grapplers: national survive from month to month. academic champs With its team GPA of 3.419, the UIndy wrestling team has been designated the 2010–11 Academic National Champion by the NCAA Division II Wrestling Coaches Association. The Greyhounds also boasted five student-athletes on the individual All-Academic teams. See our Etchings For a free copy of this student- produced magazine of poetry, short stories, photography, and more from UIndy students of all majors, plus faculty and staff, write admis- [email protected] (be sure to include your name and mailing address!). Hail from the chief The University of Indianapolis Hound round-up has been added to the President’s Visit http://athletics.uindy.edu/ and Higher Education Community catch up on the action of all UIndy’s Service Honor Roll. UIndy was spring sports—videos, blogs, stats, recognized for its service-learning, schedules, stories, Greyhound Club volunteering, and civic engagement. gear, and more. 4 Inside UIndy Meet: Tanner Hammock Major: Psychology Class: Senior Work experiences: Intern at SENSE Charter School, Research Assistant in School of Psychological Sciences, Summer Representative Favorite spots in Indy: Indianapolis Museum of Art and Hilbert Circle Theatre for Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra Favorite UIndy tradition: Midnight Breakfast Putting the ‘extra’ in extracurricular Q: Talk about life outside of class. Q: What did you get out of it? Q: Talk about your internship. It’s time to explore, to take educa- A better understanding of myself It allowed me to work at an elemen- tion into your own hands, to meet and my culture. Being away from tary school with children who have interesting people, learn about loved ones, while very difficult, gave emotional and behavioral problems. yourself, and prepare for life after me the opportunity to form my We worked on anger control, college. Campus life, extracurricular own opinions and ideas, completely talked about friendship, and dis- activities, friends, internships, and separate from others’ influences. cussed healthy life styles. the city of Indianapolis are all very It’s made me more curious about important to the UIndy experience. Q: Tell about your research projects. working with children. I’m not My sophomore year I began to positive I want to work in the exact Q: You spent a semester abroad? work on a large research project for same setting as I did in my intern- I was ready for a completely new my academic advisor on how termi- ship, but I do believe I want to work experience. I knew it would be nal illness affects the mental health with kids. My graduate career will unlike anything I’d ever done before. of children. I plan to keep working be a reflection of the type of work I was right; every day I saw, experi- on this project until I graduate. I hope to be doing. enced, or learned something new. Last semester a friend and I studied how parent-child relationships affect Q: Any other UIndy highlights? Q: Why the Dominican Republic? the mental health of terminally ill One of my best college experiences I wanted to travel somewhere much children. After creating a hypoth- was my Spring Term trip. I spent 10 different from the U.S. and improve esis, conducting a literature review, days in Europe touring different cit- my Spanish. I lived with a Dominican analyzing data, and reaching a con- ies with the University’s band. Not family, had three hours of Spanish clusion, we presented our findings only did I get to spend time playing class a day, and volunteered at a at the Mid-America Undergraduate music with friends, but I got to see school where no one spoke English. Psychology Research Conference. lots of Austria and Italy. The climate was another factor; I know everybody had a wonderful Q: What was that like? Q: What advice do you have? time with the snow in January, but I Conducting my own project was a Get involved in as many groups and much prefer the sun and beach. great experience. I learned about all activities as possible! Try something the work necessary to do a study. you never have before, take a lead- I gained knowledge about what ership role, do something related graduate school may be like. I dis- to your future career. covered something new in my field. I got to see what other undergradu- ates are researching. Have questions for our students? Write [email protected] 5 an internship that’s My extended family knows I do comedy, but they don’t get that I do ‘ comedy. I’m pretty sure my family thinks that right before I go on stage I rip my sleeves off, step on stage, smash some fruit, and close out my set by saying, “Get R Done!” —brentcomedy.com ’ 6 Inside UIndy Brent Terhune with on-air personalities Bob Kevoian, Kristi Lee, Tom Griswold, Chick McGee no joke You might call Brent Terhune Brent’s passion for comedy, and Brent spends his time writing come- the class clown. especially comedy writing, was one dic material based on news stories, of the things that attracted him to current events, or other bits that A Communication major and a UIndy, and in particular to UIndy’s are featured on the show. senior this fall, Brent’s known on Electronic Media program. and off campus for his comedy. He’s been telling jokes to his friends and “I liked the idea of small class sizes, From day one family forever. and I knew that UIndy’s radio pro- As an intern, he IM’d with on-air gram was really good—just look at all personality and cohost Tom Now he does stand-up onstage the awards we’ve won,” Brent says.

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