The Magazine of the University of Indianapolis Spring 2015

Check this out The Krannert Memorial Library opened its doors in 1977, and it’s time for an upgrade— one that includes a powerful tech boost as well as great views of Smith Mall. Page 14. Also inside: a million reasons for excitement about the future of Honors College. Page 5.

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Table of Contents 4 7 14 18 President’s forum Ray Skillman pledges Major library For the greater good Several of the more $500K for upgrades renovation ahead Only a few Master of Public conspicuous initiatives of to Nicoson Hall A café, 24-hour study lab, Health programs exist in the Vision 2030 are happening A new floor, LED lighting, and a glass-curtain wall are U.S., and UIndy’s is now now in the form of big and other improvements are all part of the $5.5-million among them. Graduates of construction projects. And coming to Nicoson Hall this renovation starting in May. the two-year program will it’s all an outgrowth of our summer, thanks to a gift address health disparities history and traditions. from auto dealer Ray 16 and be engaged in public Skillman, a southside Neighborhood gains health programming and 5 institution himself. The quality-of-life study community development. new Skillman Court will $1-million gift Fifth Third’s $100,000 grant be dedicated this fall. to transform the aims to spur neighborhood 20 Honors College economic development. Sending a The generosity of trustees 8 clear message Ron and Laura Strain will Scholarly pursuits 17 Occupational therapist help UIndy’s top students Find out what UIndy New: Health care Olya Mangusheva ’11 to have many more faculty are publishing, advocacy program is making a difference in opportunities for research, presenting, and researching. Navigating the health care her home country of study, and leadership. Plus, learn which professor industry can be tricky; Ukraine, working with just landed herself in a very UIndy students will help youth while giving a voice elite club of scientists. fill an urgent need. to the voiceless.

On the cover The architect’s rendering of the library’s east facade includes an image from last year’s visit by Neil DeGrasse Tyson, but don’t get your hopes up; we’re not announcing his return. A more recent visitor? The legendary Twyla Tharp for the Sutphin Lecture. 2 PORTICO SPRING 2015 Alumni Association Renowned writer to speak at Board of Directors Commencement ceremony 2014–15 Award-winning writer and MacArthur Fellowship winner Amy Johnson Burton ’94, Edwidge Danticat will be the featured speaker and honorary President degree recipient for this year’s Commencement ceremony. Adam Campagna ’07 Danticat will read from her work and receive an Jill Davis ’03 honorary Doctor of Letters degree at the May 2 event, Nikki Grotenhuis Reed ’07 which will continue the new tradition of conducting a Andy Hammond ’06 single ceremony for undergraduates and graduate students. Tim Harris ’02 Born in Haiti in 1969, Danticat is a distinguished Dawn Hay ’10 novelist, short fiction writer, essayist, editor, and collaborator Zarah Hileman ’07 on film projects. Her work has focused on the history of Kent Holaday ’92 Haiti, the Haitian-American immigrant experience, and Bonnie Holdrof ’89 issues of gender, sexuality, and family dynamics. Fenrick James ’04 Mike Kenworthy ’09 A short list of her awards includes the Pushcart Prize for Wendy Pitts Knapp ’00 her short fiction, which has appeared in the New Yorker and Clance LaTurner ’01 New York Times; an Oprah Book Club pick for her debut novel, David Myers ’95 Breath, Eyes, Memory; a National Book Award nomination for Juan Paz ’95 ’96 ’99, her story collection Krik? Krak!; National Book Critics Circle Past President and PEN/Faulkner nominations for her story collection The Anita Kolkmeier Samuel ’98, Dew Breaker; and the National Book Critics Circle Award, President-Elect Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and another National Book Matthew Redshaw ’07 Award nomination for her memoir Brother, I’m Dying. In Ryan Scott ’01 2009, Danticat was named to the prestigious MacArthur Greg Seiter ’89 Fellows program, with its $500,000 “genius” grant. Tom Shively ’01 Michael Shurn ’71 Beenu Sikand ’99 Mike Solari ’07 22 26 Vicky Swank ’80 ’99 Kelly Thompson ’02 Stratospheric Sports update success Uche Unogu ’08 A historic season for men’s The magazine of the Nick Williams ’10 Nobel Peace Prize winner basketball, a host of GLVC University of Indianapolis Jim Hurrell has a passion honors, and more. For the for atmospheric science, and Jen Huber ’07 latest athletics news, visit Nondiscriminatory it has taken him to the top. Portico Editor and http://athletics.uindy.edu. Assistant Director Policies As director of the National for Publications Center for Atmospheric The University of Indianapolis does not discriminate on the Research, Jim can handle 28 R. Peter Noot ’77 ’84 basis of race, color, gender, age, any science storm that Class Notes University Editor and religion, ethnic or national comes his way. The latest news from your Director for Publications classmates. And get ready origin, marital status, sexual 24 for a summer packed with Jeannine Allen ’10 orientation, or gender identity camps and classes at UIndy. Art Director and expression irrespective of A true team whether the status is legally “We are both high achievers Scott Hall protected. The University and we know the rewards 37 Director of Media Relations complies with the Rehab- of focusing and learning,” Alumni events ilitation Act of 1973 and the Laura Strain says. She and past and present Americans with Disabilities her husband, Ron, have Summer is around the Act. This policy applies to made a gift of $1 million corner and your Alumni applicants and employees and to the Honors College. Association is making plans to all aspects of employment. (See page 5 also.) for fun. Also, plan now to join us for Homecoming Please send correspondence on October 3! and address changes to [email protected]. WWW.UINDY.EDU 3 President’s forum The roots you remember are bearing fruit today

It will be easy this spring and summer to observe the bricks-and-mortar projects ramping up on campus and see them as the fulfillment of our Vision 2030 strategic plan. And there’s no denying the excitement so much activity creates. But of course the real excitement has another source altogether. Yes, the UIndy Health Pavilion at the corner of Hanna and State actually looks like a building, not just a construction site, especially now that the windows are in place. Right after Commencement, Krannert Memorial Library is closing for the summer (though we will continue to make its print collections available) to undergo a renovation that will bring it decisively into the 21st century. (See page 14.) The College of Health Sciences, including the schools of nursing, occupational therapy, and physical therapy, will soon vacate Martin Hall for the move to the new health pavilion—a perfect opportunity to upgrade many of our science labs and determine the new uses for the space. But what I encourage us all to focus on is the why behind these projects. They are in fact being undertaken as part of the realization of the UIndy verities: maintaining and building on tradition, honoring the commitment to community, and striving to have a positive impact on that community—defined both narrowly and broadly. For example, the health pavilion will enable cross-disciplinary research and collaboration as never before on our campus and will give our students opportunities for hands-on learning while helping Dr. Robert L. Manuel to meet community health needs. In keeping with University tradition, students will develop stronger University President relationships with faculty as they partner in research and clinical opportunities. The revitalized library will employ technology and learning spaces that enable students and faculty to work together on interdisciplinary research and presentations. Attractive new vistas of the Smith Mall quadrangle and a café will reinforce a sense of campus community, encouraging socializing and offering refreshment without unduly interrupting study and research, as students will no longer need to leave the library for coffee or a bite to eat. The upgraded science laboratories of Martin Hall will better prepare our students for the world they will encounter in their careers. The new townhouses will accommodate the increasing demand for housing both on and near campus while helping to create a new standard for the Shelby streetscape. These and many other initiatives are part of the $50-million investment in the University and the neighboring community, a five-year plan of capital projects and educational enhancements approved by the Board of Trustees in February 2014. This will build a foundation for the University to seek support for programs, scholarships, research, and endowed positions that will create an unparalleled experience for students and put UIndy at the national forefront of higher education. The strategic plan calls for many improvements to programs and facilities, and all spring from the core educational values and traditions that you, our alumni, hold dear. The feel of the place, the low student-to-faculty ratio (12:1) that leads to personal attention, our impressive employment and grad-school placement rates for our graduates—all these hallmarks continue. While the bricks and mortar serve as visible reminders of growth, the University’s ethos is thriving, and its work continues in earnest. So I hope you will see these projects as part of our continuing efforts toward fulfilling the promise your alma mater has always held. That promise is the real reason for the excitement on campus.

4 PORTICO SPRING 2015 $1-MILLION GIFT TO ENDOW HONORS COLLEGE

Trustees Ron & Laura Strain support program for top students

The University of Indianapolis Honors College is being The Ron and Laura Strain Honors College is open renamed in honor of two UIndy alumni and trustees to students in all majors and schools, including those who are providing a million-dollar endowment to fund enrolled in preprofessional programs. Freshmen entering and enhance its operation. (See pages 24–25.) the University under certain scholarships are invited Now known as the Ron and Laura Strain Honors to apply for admission, and other students may apply College, the program provides top students with rigorous if they meet grade and credit requirements. coursework and opportunities for leadership, service, For each member, the experience culminates with the independent study, and faculty-guided research. organization and execution of an approved honors project, “This program represents UIndy at its best: identifying a record of which is bound and housed in the permanent young people with strong potential and helping them develop collection of UIndy’s Krannert Memorial Library. Students into engaged citizens who contribute to their communities,” who fulfill all requirements graduate “with distinction.” President Robert Manuel said. “We’re extremely pleased that Dr. Amy Allen Sekhar, Honors College executive the Strains recognize the value of this work and are providing director and an associate professor of French, said the new support that will transform the opportunities in this area.” endowment will establish a substantive annual budget for the Ron Strain, who grew up in Indianapolis, is retired as program’s academic operations, including interdisciplinary vice president-finance and treasurer at Miller Brewing Co. study, conference attendance for selected students, promotion His wife, Laura, originally from Odon, Ind., is retired as of presentations, and underwriting of faculty-undergraduate senior vice president for marketing and public relations with research. Initiatives that have been discussed as possibilities U.S. Bank East Group. Now living in Naples, Fla., they met now seem within reach, she said, such as organizing more as students at UIndy and joined the University’s Board of events for the broader campus community, launching a Trustees in 2013. speaker series, and creating a larger grant pool to which “UIndy holds a special place in our hearts, since it is member students can apply to fund community-based where we met and grew into adulthood,” the Strains said service and engagement projects. in a written statement. “We are thankful for the foundation “This funding will jump-start some of the initiatives we’ve UIndy provided, which defines who we are today as been discussing,” said Sekhar, who leads the program with individuals and as a couple. associate director Christopher Moore, assistant professor of “Our goal is for students participating in the Honors anthropology and earth-space sciences (observing, above left). College to become immersed in an interdisciplinary learning “We’re at a really exciting juncture right now, and this environment—one that will provide the skills needed for gift is going to catapult us to the next level of development. lifelong personal and professional success.” For that, we’re very grateful.”

WWW.UINDY.EDU 5 UIndy greatly expands summer programs More than 200 courses available to help students stay on track to graduate, plus a variety of summer camps for youth

In selecting the summer courses, UIndy faculty and administrators focused on those that typically have waiting lists, are especially challenging, or are required for accelerated degree programs. When possible, the summer courses correspond with Indiana’s Core Transfer Library, which assures that the credits earned will transfer among all of the state’s public college and university campuses. That transferability makes UIndy’s summer programs appealing even to students enrolled at other accredited institutions, allowing them to make progress on their degrees during the summer break—and to do so closer to home, in the case of Indianapolis-area residents. The tuition costs are competitive, and a special streamlined admissions process has been set up to accommodate students not already enrolled at UIndy. Taking summer courses could be helpful to students who struggle with the standard 15-hour course load, want to change majors or pursue double majors, or simply want to make room in their fall or spring schedules for special electives, independent study, or study-abroad opportunities, Balogh said. “Universities have to step up and leverage the capacity to meet the needs of the people we serve,” she said. “We want to In a move to provide greater flexibility for students and their encourage students to use their summers strategically to reach families, the University of Indianapolis this year is nearly their goals, and not to lose valuable time.” doubling the number of summer courses available, benefiting More information on summer programs is available at undergraduates from UIndy and other institutions. www.uindy.edu/summer. UIndy’s new summer catalog touts more than 200 courses in such fields as business, mathematics, the sciences, the arts, and the humanities. The list includes introductory and upper- Summer camps for youth level courses in campus-based, online, and hybrid formats. UIndy will offer a variety of sports and enrichments Most run for seven weeks and are offered between early May programs during Summer 2015 to youths ranging from and mid-August. elementary to high school. Summer camps at UIndy offer Already, for most graduate programs and adult evening an opportunity to improve skills in a focused area while courses at UIndy, the traditional nine-month, two-semester making new friends and experiencing life at UIndy. schedule is a thing of the past, according to Deborah Balogh, Programs include music, theatre, volleyball, creative executive vice president and provost. Some observers think and personal development, and more. year-round schedules may become the new norm for undergraduate programs nationwide. New camps this year include: “Increasingly, summer programs are not just for those 3D Design & Print Camp who are falling behind, but also for those who want to get Health Careers Exploration Camp ahead,” Balogh said. “Graduating in four years or less is very (Nursing/PT/OT/Kinesiology) important to our students and their families, and that is one Becoming a College Student-Athlete population that can certainly benefit from these expanded Greyhound Leadership Institute course offerings.”

6 PORTICO SPRING 2015 Skillman gift to fund Nicoson Hall upgrade Half-million dollars will underwrite new floor, lights, and more

The University of Indianapolis’s successful schools, parks, food banks, youth sports, and Photo: Larry Hanni ’58 basketball teams—including a men’s squad ranked other charities, particularly on Indianapolis’s (left) of the Greyhound Club #1 in the nation for a time this season—soon will south side. Skillman entered the local market in have a renovated home, thanks to the generosity of 1979 with a single dealership on South U.S. 31 Board of Directors and a local businessman and philanthropist. and since then has grown the company into one UIndy President Robert Ray Skillman Auto Group has pledged of the nation’s Top 100 dealers, with 17 franchises $500,000 to replace the basketball floor and in 13 central Indiana locations representing such Manuel (right) flank auto install more effective and efficient LED lighting brands as Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, Ford, Mazda, dealer Ray Skillman in UIndy’s 4,000-seat Nicoson Hall, home to the Hyundai, Kia, and Mitsubishi. (holding a commemorative Greyhounds since 1960. Skillman joined UIndy “The University of Indianapolis is a vital President Robert Manuel on January 15 to anchor in the community where we do business,” game ball) during the special announce the gift at halftime of the men’s victory Skillman said. announcement at halftime over rival Bellarmine University, which improved “We greatly admire the University’s UIndy’s season record to 14-0. dedication to its students and their families, and of the men’s basketball game The renovation work, which includes other we’re delighted to partner with an institution on January 15. improvements to the facility, will begin that prepares new leaders for our city, state, immediately after the current season and should and nation.” be completed in time for 2015–16 play. In Nicoson Hall, considered one of the top recognition of the gift, the competition floor will Division II basketball venues in the region, has be dubbed “Skillman Court,” with a dedication hosted training camps for the Indiana Pacers and ceremony taking place this fall. practice sessions for their NBA foes, as well as “Our student-athletes certainly have earned practices for Final Four and Big Ten Tournament these upgrades with their performance on the competitors. The building is named for the late court and in the classroom,” Manuel said. Angus Nicoson, longtime athletic director and “It is quite fitting that this support comes basketball coach for the Greyhounds. from Ray Skillman, who shares the University’s UIndy’s men’s team has reached the NCAA commitment to the residents and the economic Tournament for the past four seasons under head vitality of this part of the city.” coach Stan Gouard. The women’s team has reached In recent years, Ray Skillman Auto Group tournament play for the past three years under has provided more than $3 million to support head coach Constantin Popa.

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Anthropology Biology Digging up history Latham lands in elite club In November Dr. Christopher Moore ’04 presented In February Dr. Krista Latham ’03 passed her national board “Seventeenth Century Mission Period Cultural Dynamics on certification exams in Forensic Anthropology. This herculean Sapelo Island, Georgia” at the Southeastern Archaeological task reflects many years of rigorous preparation, study, Conference in Greenville, S.C. This poster was co-authored and experience on her part, and she joins a small club by Dr. Richard Jefferies of the University of Kentucky. In of approximately 70 individuals in the world that are so December, Dr. Moore’s article “A Survey of Fort Ancient Sites certified. UIndy now has two certified anthropologists on in Southeastern Indiana” was published in Indiana Archaeology. staff, the other being Dr. Stephen Nawrocki, a distinction shared by only four other institutions in North America. Art & Design Drs. Latham and Nawrocki and student Megan Madonna ’14 published “The Utility of Baking Bone to At the intersection of art & science Increase Skeletal DNA Yield” in the March/April issue of the Journal of Forensic Identification. Additionally, Latham and Nawrocki traveled with seven UIndy Human Biology graduate students to the annual Scientific Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences in Orlando, Fla., in February.

Center for Service-Learning & Community Engagement International service near & far Marianna Foulkrod ’01 ’04 and Dr. Gerburg Garmann will present “Interdisciplinarity through International Service: How i​t​ Shapes Higher Education?” at the Indiana Campus Johnny DiBlasi, founding member of the {exurb} artist Compact Service-Engagement Summit in March. collective, joined other co-founders to complete their latest The Peer​ ​R​eview ​B​oard of ​the International Symposium work. At Lawndale Art Center in Houston, the collective on Service-Learning 2015 h​as accepted​ ​104 ​​abstracts to be presented the site-specific installation Topologies. The piece presented at the Symposium in May 2015. The symposium represents a natural progression of the collective’s previous “Service-Learning As a Global Movement: Transforming works, fusing the kinetic/active with a strongly tech-focused/ Communities & Higher Education” will be held May 28–30 data-driven underpinning. The installation augments the at UIndy with a pre-conference session, service projects, peace gallery’s architecture and infrastructure. More can be service, and opening ceremony on May 27. The abstracts viewed at http://johnnydiblasi.com. represent higher education institutions from multiple Several paintings and assemblage pieces by Katherine continents and countries. For more information and to Fries ’07 ’11 were part of several recent exhibitions, including register, visit uindy.edu/issl2015. the juried exhibition at the Jasper Arts Center in Jasper, Ind.; a display of the “Top Ten” works from Masterpiece in a Day Center of Excellence in in Fountain Square in Indianapolis; Shrine, a juried proposal Leadership of Learning exhibition at the Indianapolis Arts Center; and as the Indiana selection for the Third Season on Figure50.com. In addition, A helping hand for high schools her work was featured at Two-Thirds Studio in Fountain Dr. Jill Bradley-Levine recently published “Critical Theory Square. She recently opened a studio in Indianapolis at the and Catholic Social Teaching: A Research Framework for Harrison Center for the Arts with Lauren Ditchley ’07 Catholic Schools” in Catholic Education: A Journal of Inquiry and Christina Hollering. and Practice. She was a co-author on “Teacher Leadership as Professor Emeritus Dee Schaad has a chapter in Studio Professional Culture Within the New Tech High School Ceramics and Ceramic Sculpture, both of which are part of the Model” in the International Journal of Teacher Leadership. American Ceramics Society’s Ceramic Arts handbook series.

8 PORTICO SPRING 2015 She also co-authored “Relationships Between Project-Based and off of this chart ever since, registering a peak daily closing Learning and Students’ Perceptions of Learning within the of number one on March 2, 2014. On that same day, it also New Tech School Model,” published in the International peaked at #8 on the overall Kindle top 100 for all e-books Journal of Educational Reform. sold in Brazil.

Communication Kinesiology Top Dog down under Plugging in to sports In November Dr. Rebecca Gilliland Deemer ’97 delivered In December Dr. Michael J. Diacin and Dr. Jennifer L. an invited presentation at the Public Relations Institute of VanSickle published “Computer Program Usage in Sport Australia’s National Conference in Brisbane about the structure, Organizations and Computer Competencies Desired by implementation, and successes of student-run public relations Sport Organization Personnel”in the International Journal firms in academic settings. She addressed how these firms of Applied Sports Sciences. help alleviate curricular deficiencies and create exposure and In March Dr. Lisa Hicks presented “Extending opportunities, indicating what UIndy’s student-run firm, University Wellness Programming for Students: Successful Top Dog Communication, has brought to alumni, students, Outcomes of the Healthy Diploma Program” at the Society and the public relations program. She discussed the idea of of Health and Physical Educators national convention in structuring these firms as cornerstones of service-learning Seattle, Wash. endeavors, and the added value that the recriprocal service- In April at the Society for Public Health Education’s learning endeavors could add to respective institutions of meeting in Portland, Ore., Hicks, Mindy Hartman Mayol, higher education, their students, and communities. Heralded Dr. Heidi Rauch, and Dr. Shannon McMorrow presented as the top student-run firm nationally two of the past four “Demystifying Health Advocacy Using a Layered Curriculum years (consecutive wins are not allowed) by the Public Rela- Approach throughout an Undergraduate Community Health tions Student Society of America, Top Dog Communication Education Program.” McMorrow, Hicks, and Mayol often serves as an example on both national and international presented “Utilizing Cellphones to Facilitate a Modified levels as a front-runner in applied PR education. Photovoice Activity for Teaching Multi-Dimensional Wellness: An Innovative Approach for Increasing Student English Engagement and Empowerment.” In August Alyssa Weatherholt ’07 published “Peripheral A peaceful tour in Japan Quantitative Computed Tomography Predicts Humeral Dr. Kyoko Amano was awarded a $24,000 grant from the Diaphysis Torsional Mechanical Properties With Good Japan Foundation to help fund a group tour of Japan over Short-Term Precision” in the Journal of Clinical Densitometry. Spring Break and to create a peace exhibit she is coordinating this summer, to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the Krannert School of Physical Therapy U.S. bombing. Co-leading the trip in mid-March was Dr. Jyotika Saksena, director of UIndy’s master’s program A stimulating conversation in International Relations. In December Dr. Jim Bellew was a featured speaker at the In March Karen L. Newman presented “Chinese annual Physical Therapy Symposium at Duquesne University Education Placement Service Agencies: Making Informed in Pittsburgh, Penn., and presented “Evidence-Based Student Admissions Decisions,” at the international Teachers Applications for Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation and of English to Speakers of Other Languages conference in Electro-Pain Modulation.” Toronto, Canada. She is spending the spring semester In January Anne Mejia-Downs presented “Stop Running teaching in the Sino-U.S. Program at the Ningbo On Empty! How to Build Up Your Physical and Emotional Institute of Technology in Ningbo, China. Reserves” at the American Library Association Conference in Chicago. In February at the Combined Sections History & Political Science Conference of the American Physical Therapy Association, she co-presented “Opportunities for PTs to Shape Prevention World War I book tops the charts Outcomes and Practices.” She also presented “Long-Term The Portuguese translation of Dr. Lawrence Sondhaus’s book Physical Function Continues to Improve in Patients Post World War I: The Global Revolution was published in the Lung Transplant but Remains Below the Level of Healthy autumn of 2013 under the title A Primeira Guerra Mundial: Individuals” with Jonathon Schroederm ’15, Lindsay Turner história completa. The e-book, which debuted on the Kindle ’15, and Emily Wenzel ’15. This project was a coordinated Brazil “Historia” top 100 in late December 2013, has been on effort with several physical therapists from IU Health- Methodist Hospital. Mejia-Downs also presented a

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co-authored study, “Exercise and Habitual Activity for Tuba and Euphonium Conference as a featured guest soloist People with Cystic Fibrosis: A Clinical Practice Guideline with the world-renowned Army Blues jazz ensemble, part of for Prescription.” the Army Band dubbed “Pershing’s Own.” Mendoza played In March Mejia-Downs led a team from UIndy at the a historically significant instrument that once belonged to American Lung Association’s Fight for Air Climb. It is the the legendary jazz euphoniumist and jazz educator Rich fifth year that UIndy has participated in the 47-flight climb to Matteson, and was joined by famed tubist Marty Erickson. the top of the Chase Tower in downtown Indianapolis. Many Dr. Richard Ratliff marks 35 years at UIndy this season students from the Health Promotion class were involved with with a series of solo and chamber music performances at the climbing or fundraising. Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center in the Center’s own Dr. Stephanie Piper Kelly ’91 ’92 (dean, Health anniversary season (the 20th). His students Kevin Ellenberger Sciences) was re-elected to the board for the American ’15 and James Loughery ’16 earned recognition at the Music Council of Academic Physical Therapy. She also was named Teachers National Association state performance competition to the editorial board for the Journal of Physical Therapy held at Ball State University’s in November. Ellenberger Education and wrote a guest editorial for the 2014 special won the collegiate/young artist division, performing music issue on clinical education. of C. P. E. Bach, Kodály, Messiaen, and Shostakovich. In February Drs. Stacie Fruth ’95 ’05, Julie Gahimer Loughery earned a well-deserved honorable mention, ’85, and Kelly co-presented “Integrated Clinical Experiences according to Dr. Ratliff. in the PT Classroom: In Your Own Backyard” at the APTA Combined Sections Meeting in Indianapolis. Philosophy & Religion

Modern Languages Exploring the ethics of poverty Dr. Peter Murphy published “So How Much Should I Give? Poetry in any language Extending Class Coverage of Singer’s Work on Poverty Two of Dr. Peter Vakunta’s manuscripts have been accepted Ethics” in the American Philosophical Association Newsletter for publication by publisher Langaa Research and Publishing on Teaching Philosophy. Group: Requiem pour Ongola: Une poetique Camerounaise (March 2015) and Stream of Consciousness: Poetry of the Phylis Lan Lin Department of Social Work Universal (April 2015). Help around the world Music Dr. Phylis Lan Lin co-edited Service-Learning in Higher Education: Building Community Across the Globe with Musical accolades Bellarmine University’s Dr. Mark R. Weigand and IUPUI’s In January Dr. Brenda Clark presented “Maximizing Dr. Antoinette R. Smith-Tolken. The book was published by the Student Teaching Experience” at the Indiana Music the University of Indianapolis Press in January 2015 Education Association’s 2015 Professional Development and included contributors from five countries. Conference in Fort Wayne, Ind. Additional participants in In January Dr. Lin spoke at the Shanghai Jiguang the presentation included Andrew Moran ’14 and Abby Polytechnic College (Shanghai) on “Innovation and the Means ’13. At the same conference, UIndy’s Collegiate Future of Work” and at Shenzhen University (Shenzhen, Chapter of the National Association for Music Education was Guangdong, China) on “Leadership and Megatrends.” selected as the recipient of the 2015 Outstanding Collegiate Chapter of the Year award for the state of Indiana. Senior School of Business instrumental music education major Daniel Dorsett ’15 and senior choral music education major Daniel Watson ’15 were Going green among six collegiate members from the state to be selected as Dr. Kathy Bohley ’91 ’93 ’94 received the Best Paper award recipients of the 2015 Outstanding Future Music Educator at the Academic and Business Research Institute conference of the Year award. in Orlando, Fla., for her paper “End of Life: Does Green Director of Jazz Studies Freddie Mendoza recorded a Really Matter?” The article investigated the millennium Latin/jazz album with the Austin-based group Los Jazz Vatos consumers’ views of e-waste and its effect on their behavior for the Strange Brew record label, to be released in the when purchasing mobile phones. The winner of this award summer of 2015. As the record’s producer, he was responsible is invited to publish in one of the AABRI journals. She and for seven of the album’s eleven tracks, including four original Chris Harris published “An Analysis of e-Waste: When do compositions and three arrangements. He also flew to Electronics Die?” in the Journal of the Indiana Academy of the Washington, D.C., to perform at the 30th annual Army

10 PORTICO SPRING 2015 Social Sciences. She presented “Small Business Organizational School of Occupational Therapy Hierarchy: The View from Maslow’s Lens” at the Indiana Academy of Social Sciences in October. She and Harris Here’s to your health published “The Reverse logistics of Online Retailing, Its In April Dr. Julie Bednarski ’96, Ashlee Fishburn ’14, Evolution and Future Directions” in the Journal of System Emily Rogers ’14, and Gabrielle Shipman ’14 will present and Management Sciences last June. Her article “Maslow’s “Application of Health Literacy Principles in Community Hierarchy and the Intertwined Relationship Between Practice” at the National American Occupational Therapy

Community and Small Business,” co-authored with Harris Conference in Nashville, Tenn. Their poster discusses the Timothy Zimmer and , appeared in the September issue. process and outcomes of applying principles of health literacy in order to educate and improve usage of a telehealth kiosk School of Education at a low-income senior housing complex. Bednarski, Emily Augustyniak ’14, Jessie Bohlander ’14, Valerie Ray ’14, and Selling a school Chelsea Sanders ’14 will present “A Community Partnership Dr. Azure Angelov and Deidre Pettinga’s book Educational with a Hospice Home for the Homeless Population,” which Marketing: More Than Just Telling Your Story is being published discusses the experience of OT students taking on the role of by Kendall Hunt in April (see Portico, Fall 2014). The two consultants in the community with the homeless population faculty members have given a presentation about marketing requiring end-of-life care. to school leaders in Wayne Township and spoken with the Dr. Brenda Howard ’14 received her Doctor of Health city of Sheridan’s Chamber of Commerce on how businesses Sciences degree from UIndy in December. Her juried project, and schools can work together. “Brief Educational Intervention and Fall Risk Awareness In March Angelia Ridgway and Gaoming Zhang in Belize: A Pilot Study,” has been accepted for poster presented “Infusing 1:1 Technology in an MAT Program: presentations at the American Occupational Therapy Experiences, Perceptions, and Challenges” at the Society for Association conference in April and at the International Information Technology & Teacher Education International Symposium on Service-Learning conference in May. Conference in Las Vegas and “FYI: Implications of Infusing 1:1 Dr. Kate DeCleene Huber and Dr. Alison Nichols ’08 ’09, Technology in an MAT Program” at the National Association along with graduates Kaila Bowman ’14, Jessica Hershberger for Alternative Certification Conference in Chicago. Their ’14, Jessica Marquis ’14, Taylor Murphy ’14, Chanlar Pierce presentations reported findings of a study conducted in a ’14, and Chelsea Sanders ’14 wrote “The Correlation Between pilot 1:1 computer initiative in a graduate-level initial teacher Knowledge of Evidence-Based Practice among Occupational preparation program, and preliminary data suggests that Therapy Students.” It was published in the winter 2015 edition teacher candidates find 1:1 programs helpful in improving of the Open Journal of Occupational Therapy. their technological knowledge. In January Dr. Beth Ann Walker ’01 joined the editorial In January the Student Education Association hosted review board for the Open Journal of Occupational Therapy. the Power of Education Conference on campus. Nearly 50 participants attended, which also helped raise money for the Sociology & Criminal Justice Indiana Student Education Association’s Outreach to Teach, an annual project that helps an Indiana public school with High school highs and lows repairs and updates. UIndy SEA develops an understanding In March Dr. Jim Pennell and Sociology and Criminal Justice of the education profession that stimulates the highest ideals double major Hannah Greig presented “Exploring Neglected of professional ethics, standards, and attitudes and was named Terrain: Student Perspectives and Experiences of High School Most Improved Registered Student Organization in 2014. Sociology” at the Southern Sociological Society meeting in New Orleans. The paper was co-authored with Dr. Amanda School of Nursing Miller. At the same conference, Dr. Pennell and Dr. Greta Pennell (Teacher Education) presented “Tuning in to People, Reviewing the research Product, and Place: The Context Attunement of Local Winery Dr. Janice Surina Cise was a 2015 abstract reviewer for the Owners.” Tim Maher, graduate student Patrick Moore, and American Holistic Nurses Association national conference and Mark Taxter of the Marion County Criminal Justice Center the Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback presented “Making Justice Local: The Community Impact international conference. Panel Experience.” Jim Pennell and Tim Maher published “Whom Will Sociology Serve? Transforming the Discipline By Engaging Communities” in the February issue of Humanity and Society.

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Angela Farrand Theatre owns the company Act-Out Academics, established in 2010, that provides workshops to educators Turning trash into treasure introducing the skills to incorporate drama techniques in the academic classroom setting. She is chairperson (since 1999 of the board of directors of Interactive Drama for Education and Awareness in Schools based in Brooklyn, N.Y. In October and November, Angela conducted two story dramatizations, Number the Stars by Lois Lowry and Indian Legend, for fourth graders at the Thorpe Creek Elementary School in Fishers, Ind. She attended a National American Sign Language Standards workshop at Vincennes University in November. Laura Glover has continuing lighting design work with Dance Kaleidoscope (two world premieres in March), worked In January, James Leagre, Christian McKinney, James Ream, on lighting design on the rolling world premiere of River Penny Sornberger, and Dr. Brad Wright accompanied 20 City at the Phoenix Theatre, as well as lighting The Cripple theatre students to the Kennedy Center/American College of Inishman at the Danger Theatre. She also did lighting Theatre Festival Region III Conference in Milwaukee. Three design on the world premiere orchestral mash-up of of Sornberger’s costumes from Urinetown, directed by Leagre, Beethoven vs. Coldplay at the Indianapolis Symphony were featured in the opening night costume parade with an Orchestra’s Happy Hour series. audience of approximately 1,800. Ream was a technical A performance of Lou Harry’s Going . . . Going . . . Gone respondent and Sornberger was a regional design projects and a reading of his play Lightning and Jellyfish will be held faculty respondent. She also exhibited her costume design in South Jersey in March to benefit the restoration of the for Urinetown in the faculty design exhibit and presented Gateway Playhouse. Going . . . Going . . . Gone also continues “Selective Seconds; Putting it Together with Upcycling.” monthly at Theatre on the Square. Ryan O’Shea ’08, Leagre, and Wright coached the Christian McKinney designed scenery for Distracted for UIndy Irene Ryan Acting competition student competitors. Wisdom Tooth Theatre Project in September. She’s designing Elise Campagna ’15 and her partner, Paeton Chavis ’18, scenery for Jason and Medea for Wisdom Tooth in May. At advanced to the semifinal round of 48 out of the preliminary Anderson University, she designed scenery for Grand Night round of more than 300 actors. O’Shea performed in the for Singing and lighting for It’s a Wonderful Life. Phoenix Theatre’s A Very Phoenix Xmas IX in December and The Cripple of Inishman in February. She also was the dialect University Advancement coach, assisted by Cassie Cutshaw ’15. Over 20 UIndy Theatre students along with faculty and staff attended Raising funds and friends one of the performances as a group. Patti Tehan, development officer and gift planner, was granted Leagre was recently cast and completed filming a regional the Certified Fund Raising Executive credential by meeting a commercial and voice-over for Carrier Heating & Cooling. series of standards set by CFRE International, which includes He was hired as a consultant by local marketing firm JMI, tenure in the profession, education, demonstrated fundraising Inc. to develop a six-week presentation training module. achievement, and a commitment to service. In addition, the He will train 18 individuals over six individual sessions in the certification includes a written examination testing the area of authentic communication. The module was developed knowledge, skills, and abilities required of a fundraising from acting exercises and techniques that allow individuals executive and the agreement to uphold Accountability to tap into truthful communication, thereby achieving Standards and the Donor Bill of Rights. their directive in a more successful manner. JMI, Inc. is considering expanding this training module to its Woodrow Wilson Indiana Teaching employees in London, Dubai, and Hong Kong. Fellowship Program Ream was the designer for UIndy’s new outdoor commencement. He designed scenery for I and You at the Succeeding at science Phoenix theatre, and was invited to participate in their “pitch Deb Sachs ’78 and Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellowship night” when plays being considered for the 2014–15 season science Fellows Jessica Carlson ’15, Jordan Gibson ’14 ’15, are pitched. This fall Jim designed Clark Gable Slept Here Amanda Jackson ’14 ’15, Mark Jedele ’15, and Mofoluwake for the Phoenix Theatre Mainstage. Laleye ’15 presented “Using Literacy Strategies to Promote Sornberger participated in the Faculty Learning Design Student Success in Secondary Science” at the Hoosier Studio student-engagement series and presented “How to Association of Science Teachers conference in February. Design Your Own Project-Based Learning Unit.”

12 PORTICO SPRING 2015 Windows of opportunity

The exterior of the UIndy Health Pavilion looks nearly complete now that the windows are in place. The 160,000-square-foot structure, set to open this fall, will be home to UIndy’s nationally respected programs in nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, psychology, kinesiology, athletic training, and social work, as well as the Center for Aging & Community. State-of-the- art labs, classrooms, and meeting areas will promote multidisciplinary collaboration, research, and development of new academic programs. The space will include clinical facilities and a rehabilitation gym to serve the community and offer our health sciences students plenty of experience in working with actual patients. The facility, a major step forward in the revitalization of University Heights and the surrounding neighborhoods, is part of the University’s five-year, $50-million development initiative.

WWW.UINDY.EDU 13 Library slated for 21st-century summer makeover

The University of Indianapolis will fundamentally project is designed by RATIO Architects and overhaul its Krannert Memorial Library this managed by F. A. Wilhelm Construction Co., summer to create a more versatile study and local firms selected from a number of design-build work facility for students and faculty, and teams that submitted proposals. The new a more inviting destination for the campus New features will include a ground floor café and surrounding neighborhood. with food service, an outdoor plaza, a 24-hour KML is Based on extensive input from the UIndy study lab, and a glass-curtain exterior wall on community, as well as the latest research on the the east side (pictured) to provide all three upper designed to learning styles of today’s students, the building’s stories of the building with natural light and views interior will be reconfigured for maximum across UIndy’s central Smith Mall. New windows suit a range flexibility, with enhanced digital connectivity and on the north side will bring natural light to the a range of room options to accommodate everything building’s lower level for the first time. of learning from private study to lively group discussion. The $5.5-million library renovation is part “Students really need a place where they can of UIndy’s ongoing $50 million investment in the styles and create their own learning environment,” library campus and surrounding neighborhood, which director Matthew Shaw said. “We want to offer also includes the four-story UIndy Health Pavilion technology active learning spaces where faculty and students opening in August, new townhomes to replace can collaborate, and students can do everything aging student apartments, upgraded science labs, options from discovery to final presentation.” and other improvements to facilities and programs. The library also hopes to expand its services “The input we’ve gathered in our strategic for neighboring residents and visitors, who already planning process tells us that the library, which are able to use designated computer workstations has served us well for decades, could be playing and apply for borrowing cards. a more vital role in campus life and in the life Construction will begin in May, and the of this neighborhood that is anchored by the interior will be open for use when the fall semester University,” President Robert Manuel said. begins in August, though some exterior work may “The new Krannert Memorial Library will continue. A dedication ceremony is scheduled for support the community interaction and faculty- October 3 during Homecoming festivities. The student relationships that are so central to the

14 PORTICO SPRING 2015 UIndy experience, helping our students meet the who prefer a more traditional experience. The rising demands of academia while also creating new library, which holds more than 130,000 print opportunities for public events and programming.” volumes, will continue to develop high-impact The first and second floors will cater to social print and electronic collections to support the interaction and group work. An upgraded main University curriculum. Patrons can easily borrow entrance on the east side will lead to a service additional materials from other libraries through desk reconfigured to make the library staff more interlibrary loan, a free service available to all accessible to patrons seeking help with materials students and faculty. and software. The Writing Lab, which offers “We’re creating a facility that’s attractive to writing support to students, will move to a more any user on the spectrum, from our undergraduates convenient location on the first floor. New to the to our adult students,” Shaw said. second floor will be a large instructional space The library, which first opened its doors in where the staff can show groups of students 1977, is named for the late industrialist and how to make full use of library resources. philanthropist Herman C. Krannert, whose “Probably the greatest resource we have is Krannert Charitable Trust provided crucial the information professionals who work here,” support for its construction. Shaw said. “It was built at a time when learning was The lower level and third floor will be quiet largely an individual process,” Shaw said. “Today’s spaces for reading and research, with stacks, students are definitely multitaskers, and they learn archives, rare books, and other materials for users in much more social and integrated ways.” Library slated for 21st-century summer makeover Be a part of it Our library is changing, but we’re holding fast to some of our favorite traditions, including faculty-student collaborations—and even the famous KML egg chairs. This year, the UIndy Fund will support the library’s renovation, providing collaborative workstations, and updating the technology, as well as supporting the addition of more egg chairs. Your gift, of any amount, will have a significant effect on transforming the library into an inspiring collaborative work space. We will recognize your commitment during this special project through the following gift levels:

Collaboration Level $100–$249 All the benefits already mentioned, plus: (supports the cost of new desk chairs) Private tour of the completed library Special seating for the Homecoming 2015 before reopening grand reopening on October 3 Your name will be displayed during the Transformation Level $1,000 & above grand reopening at Homecoming 2015 (supports the cost of a collaborative workstation) All the benefits already mentioned, plus: Innovation Level $250–$499 Your name displayed on a collaborative (supports the cost of new interactive technology) workstation space All the benefits already mentioned, plus: An exclusive summer tour of the library To make a gift to the UIndy Fund to support construction site the library renovation, visit uindy.edu/giving/ Inspiration Level $500–$999 uindy-fund. You could also name one of our (supports the cost of new furniture overlooking dozen new egg chairs. You can reach us at Smith Mall) (317) 788-2392 or [email protected].

WWW.UINDY.EDU 15 Study aims to improve quality of life around campus

Government, business, and community leaders have agreed to raise an additional $70,000 gathered at UIndy in January for the launch of to support the planning process. an important quality-of-life study and planning “We know that neighborhoods can be process for the neighborhoods surrounding the revitalized when they have sufficient capital, campus, historic Garfield Park, and Madison technical expertise, and political will to support Avenue corridor (highlighted in gold, above). their unique agendas,” said Bill Taft, executive Fifth Third Bank of Greater Indiana has director of LISC. “Quality-of-life plans have proven provided a $100,000 grant to fund the work, to be a great vehicle for attracting these resources.” which is intended to spur economic development UIndy President Robert Manuel said the and help build a more sustainable community in project complements the University’s ongoing a focus area bounded by Raymond Street, I-65, efforts to invest in the neighborhood and improve I-465, and Meridian Street. Issues of concern conditions for the campus community and include empty homes and commercial properties its neighbors, as reflected in the Vision 2030 and higher-than-average unemployment and strategic plan and UIndy’s current $50-million poverty rates. development initiative. The 18-month planning process will be “Enhancing the quality of life in this part guided by the nonprofit Local Initiatives Support of the city is a core component of UIndy’s strategy Corporation, in partnership with UIndy and the for the future, and we’re committing significant Indianapolis Neighborhood Housing Partnership. resources to that end,” Manuel said. “It’s great They will engage local residents, business to have this particular mix of partners joining owners, neighborhood organizations and other in the effort, because the kind of change stakeholders in establishing priorities for the area we intend to bring about can only occur and acting on those priorities. LISC and UIndy through collaboration.”

16 PORTICO SPRING 2015 Health care advocacy program is state’s first Degree will prepare professionals to guide patients through system

A new bachelor’s degree at the University of insurance before. We need to help them understand Indianapolis is designed to fill an urgent need how to make the best use of their coverage and find in the health care industry: helping patients the best services in any medical setting.” to navigate it. Some health care consumer advocates do not The Health Care Consumer Advocacy serve individual patients but instead are employed program is the first in the state designed to by health care providers to promote legislative and prepare graduates for careers supporting and policy changes. Others may set up their own promoting the rights and needs of patients businesses and operate independently. A National and their families in a changing and often Association of Healthcare Advocacy Consultants “It’s difficult for confusing marketplace. has formed to promote standards in the field, and patients, especially Health care consumer advocates work in a national certification is under development. settings that include hospitals, medical practices, The UIndy degree program is offered in if they haven’t had insurance companies, long-term care facilities, accelerated five-week evening courses by UIndy’s health insurance and public and nonprofit agencies, often under School for Adult Learning. It can be completed before. We need such titles as “patient care coordinator,” “patient in two to three years, depending on the student’s case manager,” or “client services manager.” previous education history. to help them Traditionally, these roles have been filled by Development of the program began two years understand how to nurses and social workers who have to learn ago, when the University conducted a feasibility on the job about the complexities of financial study among representatives of medical practices, make the best use management, information technology, and long-term care facilities, hospitals, and insurance of their coverage industry policy and terminology. providers and identified a strong demand for The advocacy role is increasingly important in professionals with expertise in advocacy. The and find the best the era of the Affordable Care Act, with providers curriculum was developed with input from faculty services in any compelled to make services more efficient and in UIndy’s School of Nursing, College of Health medical setting.” affordable, and many patients entering the market Sciences, School of Psychological Sciences, and with health insurance for the first time. More Center for Aging & Community. services are delivered at retail clinics, stand-alone Indiana health care providers currently have labs, and other outpatient settings, rather than hundreds of vacancies for positions that require traditional hospitals and doctors’ offices. exactly these skills, says Judith Apple-VanAlstine, “The primary source of health care used to be a dean of the School for Adult Learning. Starting hospital setting, and that’s no longer the case,” says annual salaries can range from $32,000 to Norma Hall, director of graduate programs $82,000, she says. in UIndy’s School of Nursing, who assisted in More information is available at (317) 788- establishing the new program. “It’s difficult for 3393 or www.uindy.edu/school-for-adult-learning/ patients, especially if they haven’t had health health-care-consumer-advocacy.

WWW.UINDY.EDU 17 For the greater good

From left to right: Heidi Rauch, New Master of Public Health program brings Debasree DasGupta, Amie Wojtyna, and world-class educators to UIndy Shannon McMorrow In 2014, the Ebola virus was front page news. “Once disparities are identified, holistic And 2015 had barely begun when a measles approaches to addressing them can be developed,” outbreak in California spread to more than a McMorrow explains. dozen states—along with a renewed national debate about immunization. Cultural competency Closer to home, the U.S. surgeon general and global health took a national tour, visiting Indianapolis in A community health educator for more than a February to learn about Hoosier health challenges. decade, McMorrow has worked across the U.S., Like their counterparts across the country, in Belize, and Uganda. She studies global sexual Indiana officials grapple with influenza, cardio- and reproductive health, focusing on HIV and vascular disease, substance abuse, infant mortality, AIDS prevention and education in East Africa, mental health, obesity, diabetes, and smoking. including the effect of media coverage on health Given these and other public health threats in practice in Kenya. our own backyards and around the world, the new McMorrow also explores the effect of Master of Public Health program at the University multiculturalism on public health practice. She and of Indianapolis is timely. It is also unique. two MPH students presented a paper on cultural “UIndy’s MPH is one of very few in the U.S. competency coursework at a March national that prepares students to identify health disparities conference in New York at Columbia University. in specific populations,” says Shannon McMorrow, “Understanding the cultural implications assistant professor and interim program director. of public health is critical for MPH students. Understanding differences in wellness among It’s an expectation in today’s job market that groups of children and adults based on gender, practitioners understand cultural differences ethnicity, income level, educational background, and employ systemic approaches to address age, and other factors is key. the needs of diverse populations,” she notes.

18 PORTICO SPRING 2015 From India to UIndy Wojtyna’s expertise gives UIndy students valuable insight into outbreak investigations, Assistant Professor Debasree DasGupta emergency planning and preparedness, and studies geographic patterning of global health health education in an era of deep cuts to outcomes, including fertility, organ allocation and public health funding and staffing by many transplants, and drug regimens. Using geographic state and federal agencies. information systems to analyze large statistical and econometric data sets is her specialty. Advocating and educating “GIS technology enables us to begin closing Heidi Rauch, an associate professor who research gaps in the effort to alleviate health coordinates UIndy’s community health education inequities,” she says. “Presenting data in simple, program, studies health education, program intuitive terms allows us to identify and interpret evaluation, and advocacy. health manifestations in and across geographic “To eliminate a disparity means the regions. It enables us to study socioeconomic environment must change,” she says. “I explore characteristics as well as the origin of disease both applied and theoretical techniques to help and impacts of health-related behavior.” individuals and communities change behavior. DasGupta is a principal investigator in a As an advocate, I look for ways to serve those project funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates ‘UIndy’s who are underserved or disadvantaged.” Foundation to investigate effective tuberculosis Public health in Marion County and MPH is one treatments among the urban poor in India. across Indiana varies dramatically by location, She is actively seeking research funding of very few educational attainment, socioeconomic status, to provide UIndy students with hands-on and access to services. in the U.S. research opportunities. “Indianapolis has wonderful hospitals and “Events like the Ebola pandemic are that prepares top medical specialists, but neighborhood clinics not new. Disease has spread across continents to serve low-income women, infants, the elderly, students through human migration since prehistoric times. and other citizens are needed. Access to healthy, But knowing how to prepare ourselves against to identify fresh food, city parks, and recreational facilities diseases that can rapidly spread across geographic is essential. Encouraging employers to create health boundaries is paramount in the modern world,” healthy workplaces where physical activity, stress DasGupta adds. disparities management, and tobacco cessation are promoted in specific Preparing for the worst is also important,” Rauch notes. Each of these women say UIndy is preparing populations’ A surveillance epidemiologist for 13 years, graduates who will be able to think critically about Assistant Professor Amie Wojtyna has worked societal structure and policies that affect health for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & disparities, and take action to tackle the challenges. Prevention and the Indiana State Department The full-time, 45-credit MPH degree is of Health studying outbreaks of disease at the designed for working adults to complete in two local, state, and national levels. years. Courses are delivered almost exclusively With a background in biology, biochemistry, online, although a mandatory one-week summer and molecular biology, examining enteric diseases intensive and two weekend sessions on campus (those relating to the intestines) and antimicrobial along with a practicum are required. resistance in humans is her specialty. McMorrow expects many MPH students to Wojtyna has analyzed botulism, E. coli hold professional positions in social work, health- infections, salmonellosis outbreaks, and food- care administration, education, nursing, and related borne illness of all kinds. human services while completing the program. “I specialize in investigating the links between When UIndy’s $28-million new health antibiotics in food-producing animals and subse- science pavilion opens this fall, MPH students quent resistance in human gut flora,” she explains. will have an effect on local health right away. During her tenure at the CDC, Wojtyna was “Students will be engaged in public health part of the National Antimicrobial Resistance programming and community development Monitoring System team, a multi-agency plans to help improve quality of life for residents operation that included the U.S. Food & Drug living in neighborhoods near the University,” Administration, U.S. Department of Agriculture, McMorrow says. —Susan Sullivan and state and local health departments.

WWW.UINDY.EDU 19 Sending a clear message

Alumna brings OT skills back to children of her native Ukraine A volunteer assignment for a foundation called expressions, or symbols. For individuals with Mission to Ukraine set Olya Mangusheva ’11 speech or language problems, using AAC helps on a course to a new career and a happy collision to replace speech. Electronic devices or special with the University of Indianapolis School of symbol communication boards may be used Occupational Therapy. to help people express themselves. Olya began volunteering with Mission to Olya was able to start the augmentative Ukraine in 2002, which is based in Carmel, communication program thanks to the guidance Indiana. She worked as a translator for U.S. and help of visiting professionals from Easter Seals therapists who went on service trips to Ukraine. Crossroads in Indianapolis, many of whom are Originally educated in Ukraine as a secondary UIndy graduates. But it wasn’t until several years teacher of English, German, and World Literature, later when a group of visiting OTs from MTU Olya began expanding her service to MTU observed Olya working with Ukrainian children and in 2005, started the first augmentative and suggested to her that she would make a communication program in the country. great occupational therapist. Augmentative and alternative communication “That was the first time I had heard about includes all forms of communication, not just occupational therapy as a profession,” says Olya, speech. It includes gestures, writing, facial who took the recommendation to heart. “I was

20 PORTICO SPRING 2015 already working on fine motor development with developmental delays. Her daily routines include my patients because I realized that being able developing oral motor interventions, splinting, to physically use augmentative communication teaching self-care, fitting and training patients to devices was difficult for most of my patients with use adaptive equipment, and educating parents on cerebral palsy. I knew I needed more education how to best help their children. She also writes and OT seemed to be the perfect fit,” Olya says. occupational therapy resources in Ukrainian “It filled the gap in patient care here in Ukraine. and conducts training seminars for other “Children with disabilities do not receive rehabilitation staff. services they need in Ukraine. What OT has to Not surprisingly, Olya has found that the offer, in my opinion, is of the utmost importance experience of practicing OT in the Ukraine is as we teach patients and their families simply how different from practicing in the U.S. to live meaningful and joyful lives in their “I don’t want my U.S. colleagues to be circumstances and how to make most of jealous, but imagine practicing in a world their opportunities.” without reimbursement issues,” she says. “MTU is a charitable organization, and we do have Long-distance learning limitations, but I always have the freedom to do what is best for the patient,” she explains. “I have When it came to selecting an OT program no prior authorizations, no insurance problems, in the United States, Olya said that choosing and no billing issues. I have the freedom to choose UIndy was natural considering many of her modalities, techniques, and strategies that are best interactions at Mission to Ukraine were with for the patient. It is OT heaven, if you ask me.” UIndy-educated occupational therapists. Yet choosing to practice in Ukraine does Olya worked with the International Student have its challenges, Olya acknowleded. Office to apply to UIndy from abroad and even “I feel extremely isolated, as I don’t have conducted her application interview via Skype. any OT professionals who could advise me, “Throughout the program Olya was share their expertise, guide, or teach me,” she extremely independent and self-motivated and says. “Continuing education is possible for took initiative to achieve the goals she set for me only online.” herself,” says Dr. Kate DeCleene Huber, director Olya hopes that her experience piloting of the School of Occupational Therapy. OT services in a country where they did not “She balanced an awareness of the big picture exist provides inspiration for other therapists with her ability to analyze the elements affecting in the United States to consider making service that picture. We knew Olya would be an amazing trips in countries where occupational therapy is a occupational therapist and do wonderful things developing discipline. To those who want to share in Ukraine.” knowledge and resources with the emerging From the time she applied to the Master of practice in Ukraine, Olya’s door is always open. Occupational Therapy program at UIndy, Olya “While I don’t have the resources OTs have knew that she would return to Ukraine after she in the U.S.,” she says, “I think that pushes me to received her degree. be a better OT. I have to be more creative with “I love my country and I am very blessed fabricating assistive devices, working with families with the opportunity to serve the neediest here,” to design adaptive equipment, making custom Olya says. “There were many obstacles on my way splints, and more. It has been a wonderful through the years of graduate school but I am learning experience for me.” —Amy Magan happy to be home and a pioneer the field of occupational therapy in Ukraine.”

Blazing a trail “Children with disabilities do not receive services they After graduating from the UIndy School of need in Ukraine. What OT has to offer . . . is of the utmost Occupational Therapy in 2011, Olya became the lead occupational therapist at MTU in 2013. importance as we teach patients and their families simply In her job, Olya provides or oversees care how to live meaningful and joyful lives in their circumstances for 24 patients who range in age from 1 to 18 and who are living with diagnoses that include and how to make most of their opportunities.” cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, autism, and

WWW.UINDY.EDU 21 Stratospheric success Meteorologically speaking, the Midwest can be an exciting place, hosting everything from tornadoes to snow storms. As a child growing up in Indiana, Dr. Jim Hurrell ’84 developed an interest in the weather, thanks to his father, Wilson, an adjunct professor in the School of Business at the University of Indianapolis. Jim describes his father as “an absolute nut for weather,” so it’s no surprise that Jim has dedicated his life to atmospheric science and research. Today he is the director of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (left), in Boulder, Colo. Growing up in Indianapolis, Jim never expected to attend UIndy, which was just ten minutes from his house. But “when I realized that my Little League career wasn’t going to work out for me,” said Jim with a laugh, “I decided to give science a try.” As an undergraduate math and earth-space sciences major at UIndy, Jim began to work with the National Weather Service as an NOAA weather radio broadcaster, thanks to connections through a professor, Dr. William Gommel, who worked at UIndy for nearly 30 years. Jim gave weather reports for local radio and television stations and began to network with professionals in the field. He knew then that he wanted to pursue a career in atmospheric science. Jim went on to Purdue to pursue his master’s and doctorate in atmospheric science, finishing his education in 1990. He was attending a local chapter meeting of the American Meteorological Society later that year when he was offered a post- doctoral research position at the National Center for Atmospheric Research. Nine months into the research position, he applied for a permanent job with NCAR and has been there ever since. “I often thought I might return to higher education to teach,” says Jim, “but I never did. Instead, I’ve had opportunities I never would have dreamed of as a kid to travel around the world and do the science that I love and present and publish.” Jim specializes in climate variability and global climate change and spent many years conducting research in that field before gradually moving more into management roles.

22 PORTICO SPRING 2015 “I ask questions such as, ‘What makes the climate system operate? What causes variations in weather and climate? How are humans affecting and changing the climate system?’ It truly is a global problem,” he explains. A world of weather research Over the past quarter century, he has been involved with more than 25 committees on climate research around the world, has written nearly 100 articles in leading scientific journals, and given more than 150 invited and keynote talks at scientific conferences and other venues. He has worked intensely with the World Climate Research Programme, a group whose purpose is to understand the human influence on climate. The program works to coordinate research internationally. “Programs like WCRP bring together a team of international scientists to tackle some of the most difficult issues that we are facing,” he explains. “I’ve worked with scientists from Asia, Africa, Australia, South America, and Europe, and it’s been a very rewarding career. But I’m not done yet!” he adds with a laugh. He also spent six years as a chair of the Climate Variability and Predictability program, one of four core projects of the WCRP. One high- light of his career came in 2007 as a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change: he was one of the authors of a report that earned the panel the Nobel Peace Prize that year, which was shared with former U.S. Vice President Al Gore. They were honored “for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge scientists, mathematicians, and more. We are here about man-made climate change, and to lay the to facilitate the science research that is bigger than foundations for the measures that are needed to any university or organization can do on its own.” counteract such change.” NCAR maintains equipment for research aircraft and for super computers, and can work on Leading a massive effort endeavors that take years or decades, explains Jim. Jim’s skills as a scientist and as a manager led him “And we make it all freely available to the to become the director of the Climate and Global research community,” he adds. Dynamics Division at NCAR for several years, Jim has put his personal research on hold in and then to become the director of the NCAR his role as the director of NCAR, but he enjoys Earth System Laboratory, where he directed the challenges of his career. research efforts about air quality, numerical “It’s a demanding job, yet very rewarding,” weather prediction and forecasting, and climate he says. “NCAR has provided so much for me, modeling. He became the director of NCAR and it’s time for me to give back to the in 2013, overseeing approximately 850 staff and organization. I’m honored and humbled to serve an annual budget of $175 million. as the director, and it’s been an incredible journey “NCAR is a nexus for the atmospheric and that I never could have dreamed of. related-sciences community,” explains Jim. “We “I firmly recognize that UIndy provided me work closely with oceanographers, cryosphere with a solid foundation that resulted in all these scientists, chemists, social scientists, computer amazing opportunities.” —Jen Huber ’07

WWW.UINDY.EDU 23 a true team

Chance meeting Nearly 60 years ago, Ron Strain stopped by his Monticello, Indiana; and Rio de Janeiro. college president’s office to visit his friend, Dr. Ron’s expertise was in plant operation and in president’s I. Lynd Esch. Manning the switchboard there— organizational finance. one of her many campus jobs back then— The year in Brazil, 1974–75, was an eye- office leads to was Laura Russell. opener for Ron. The business was changing and six decades of Ron was quick with a quip even then, but foreign competition was making life at RCA Laura also thought he was cute. Ron heard about less stimulating. With two teenage children, success for this it and soon asked Laura on a date. Six months Ron stayed until his oldest was off to college, later, Ron and Laura were married. It was 1956. but he resolved to look elsewhere. power couple: Today they are as connected to each other as ever. “I looked in the Wall Street Journal one day The Strains belong together. A true power couple, and Miller Brewing wanted a person for director trustees Ron & their legacy is just beginning. of plant accounting,” he recalls. “I had a lot of Laura Strain In January it was announced that the plant experience, so I put my résumé in, and Strains had given their alma mater a $1-million they called me and gave me a job.” endowment fund to enhance the Honors College It’s hard these days to imagine an executive (page 5). Their generosity will enhance a key finding work through the newspaper, but component of UIndy’s future: the Vision 2030 that’s how Ron became director of operations strategic plan. accounting of Miller Brewing Company in 1977, and five years later, he was VP of Finance. He Exec is a Hoosier at heart implemented efficiency and management Ron Strain is Indianapolis through-and-through, initiatives to strengthen business operations despite career stops in other locales. He even and improve production, and was on the helped bring one of the country’s most recognized front line of Miller’s foray into racing. brands to auto racing, where he’s attended 64 Ron can’t remember the first Indy 500 he Indy 500 races . . . and counting. attended. His office walls are adorned with signed The son of a coal salesman and a graduate checkered flags, racing posters, a crystal IndyCar of Tech High School, he worked summers to from Bobby Rahal, and an inscribed brick for earn college tuition. At Indiana Central he lettered his retirement in 1993, just to name a few items. in tennis and cofounded a student chapter of the Ron is enjoying decade number three of Society for Advancement of Management. His retirement more than his first, and he is quick career in business began after graduation in 1957. with a joke or anecdote. His wit is his charm, In 1960, Ron began a 17-year stint with RCA, as it was in the president’s office back in ’56. with stops in New Jersey; Indianapolis;

24 PORTICO SPRING 2015 A late start and a meteoric rise They are a true team, and, in chatting with Laura Russell Strain, a Methodist minister’s them, it becomes difficult to judge who is more daughter, graduated from Odon High School and proud of the other. Today, with the stresses of the worked long hours to supplement the ministry working world long behind them, balance may discount she received to attend Indiana Central. be even easier to find for the Strains. Their zeal Yet she never completed her degree, instead for life has led to involvement with their focusing on what she calls her “PhT: Putting neighborhood club and church, as well as a true Husband Through” degree. countless trips around the globe (a family trip Heavily involved in the Indianapolis to Italy is planned for Ron’s 80th birthday). community early in Ron’s career, Laura “The thing that you miss when you first supplemented the family’s income as a fashion retire is that, in your positions, you’ve been model for L. S. Ayres, the major department creative, you’ve been challenged, and you’ve team store of the time. had a sense of accomplishment,” Laura says. “Being an individual who worked my way “Slowly you start finding those things that through school made me appreciate how much enable you to have those same feelings again.” it would have meant to me to have financial The University of Indianapolis, for example: assistance,” she says. The Strains funded two their affinity for UIndy has been rekindled in UIndy scholarships prior to their Honors retirement, especially in the last few years. College gift. Quick to point out that their gift is a The family’s move to Brazil in 1974 result of their admiration for President Manuel dramatically altered the course of her life. and the strategic plan, the Strains’ hope for A chance meeting with Indiana Lieutenant the University’s future ties directly to their Governor Robert Orr, in Rio on a trade mission, own experiences. led to Laura’s interest in the Department of “We are both high achievers and we know Commerce. Once the family returned to the rewards of focusing and learning,” Laura says. Indianapolis, she landed a job as an economic “In order to be successful in an international development specialist. At 39 years old, world, you’re going to have this interdisciplinary she’d begun her professional career. approach. You’re going to have to broaden your Ron’s move to Miller two years after Laura’s knowledge about a lot more than one subject.” starting with the state of Indiana brought sudden The Strains are excited about the future their change to a burgeoning career, which she was able gift will provide—a gift inspired by their belief to continue in Milwaukee through the Association in UIndy’s vision and in its president. Fittingly, of Commerce. That job would lead to others it’s that presidential office that made all of this advancing the economic and business interests possible, nearly 60 years ago. —Will Haskett of the city. Laura Strain became a fixture of the community. “I was the CFO of a three-and-a-half- billion-dollar business, and I was always ‘Laura’s husband,’” Ron adds glowingly. In 1987 she was named senior VP for marketing/public relations at U.S. Bank. She would hold that position until retiring in 1998. Today, Laura commands attention in a casual chat as much as she did the boardroom 20 years ago. All about the balance The Strains balance each other in every way. Throughout 58 years of marriage, they make it a point at the end of every day to come together. “We really complemented each other nicely in terms of what he was doing and what I was doing, and we really supported each other,” Laura adds. “When I was new to that world of business, he was a good sounding board for me.”

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Men’s Basketball The Greyhounds earned the 11 seed in the GLVC Tournament following the For just the second time in program win over Saint Joseph’s, and upset 6 seed history, the UIndy men’s basketball team Truman State, 72-51, in the first round ascended to the No. 1 spot in the to keep the season alive and advance Division II coaches poll. After winning to the program’s sixth consecutive 17 straight games to start the season, the conference quarterfinal. Hounds settled in for a two-week stay at Individually, Walter broke the the top of the D-II rankings, surpassing Lucas Barker program’s single-season 3-point record, the 1996–97 team’s one-week run as the draining her 77th triple to pass former nation’s highest-ranked squad. teammate Kristin Turner’s 76 from The season’s final home game, the 2012–13 season. an exciting 113-96 win over in-state St. Joseph’s, featured a major milestone for Lucas Barker. The junior point guard Swimming & Diving and Australia native broke the program’s The UIndy swimming and diving long-standing record for most assists in teams each notched third-place finishes a season, surpassing Vasco Walton’s total at the Great Lakes Valley Conference of 200 in 1965–66. Championships in February. The men’s The Greyhounds earned the No. 4 Kelly Walter and women’s team combined for 13 seed in the GLVC Tournament and went medals in all, including two golds from on to earn the program’s fifth straight senior Tyler Offutt, who was named NCAA tournament bid. But their season the GLVC Diver of the Year for the came to a close on March 17 as the second straight season. Greyhounds (25-6) dropped an 81-72 Offutt (1-meter springboard), Natelie decision to top-seeded Bellarmine in the Todd (3-meter springboard), Daniel finals of the NCAA Division II Midwest Chan (100 fly, 200 fly), and Justin Rosillo Regional. Junior Jordan Loyd delivered (50 free, 100 free) will represent UIndy at a team-high 23 points, but a late 9-0 run the 2015 NCAA Division II Swimming from the Knights (30-3) proved too much and Diving Championships. Tyler Offutt to overcome. Loyd and senior Joe Lawson earned all-tournament team honors. Senior Track & Field Dai-Jon Parker capped his career with The men’s and women’s indoor track five points and three assists. Senior and field teams concluded their regular Kendall Vieke finished with six points season at the GLVC Championships, on a pair of 3-pointers—his 103rd and placing third and second, respectively. 104th triples of his UIndy career. Senior Farin Hickman earned the Field Athlete of the Year award at the meet after taking individual conference Women’s Basketball championships in the women’s shot put Farin Hickman The women’s basketball team finished the and women’s weight throw. Maya Caudle regular season 11-15 overall and 8-10 in also earned an individual championship the Great Lakes Valley Conference. in the women’s 60-meter dash, and TJ UIndy celebrated Senior Night in Lovejoy secured an individual title in dramatic fashion on Feb. 26, defeating the men’s weight throw. in-state rival Saint Joseph’s, 82-81, in The team earned twelve provisional triple overtime. Senior Kelly Walter led marks on the season, and three Hounds the team with 26 points, including several competed in the NCAA Division II key buckets in the overtime sessions. Indoor Track & Field Championships on Classmate Carly Lythjohan pulled in 10 March 13–14 in Birmingham, Ala., boards in her final home game. Shelden Struble, Josh Kieffer, and Nick Crume

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Coming up

Online Auction uindyathletics.com

Greyhound Club Golf Outing Otter Creek Golf Course June 26, 2015

Angus Nicoson Memorial Outing Dye’s Walk Country Club July 24, 2015

Invitational Golf Classic Purgatory Golf Course August 14, 2015

Homecoming October 3, 2015

For the latest athletics Members of the men’s soccer team received their conference championship rings during halftime of UIndy’s news, visit http:// men’s basketball game vs. St. Joseph’s on February 26. The team, led by head coachJohn Higgins ’08, made athletics.uindy.edu. program history in 2014, winning the team’s first-ever Great Lakes Valley Conference championship. About the Greyhound Club producing one All-American. Lovejoy had the best Championships. Redshirt junior Josh Kieffer won The Greyhound Club finish on the day with a fifth-place finish in the his first-ever Regional title in three tries at 125 supports the Athletic men’s weight throw. On the track, Alex Cushman pounds, and becomes the 10th three-time National competed in the men’s 5000-meter race. He Qualifier in UIndy wrestling history. Redshirt Department by assisting finished 14th in the nation. For the women, freshman Nick Crume was runner-up at the in renovation of existing freshman Kieran Casey ran the mile preliminary Regional at 133 and was named Super Region 2 facilities and purchasing and finished in 17th place. Freshman of the Year. He was 29-7 heading into needed equipment. Its his first national tournament as a Greyhound. Sophomore Shelden Struble became a two-time goal is to maintain that Wrestling national qualifier with a fourth-place finish in the quality, expand and UIndy’s wrestlers finished 9th of 14 teams at the 165 bracket, and currently has 14 pins on the year, enhance opportunities for NCAA Super Region 2 Tournament and will send tied for sixth on the all-time season pins list. our student athletes, and three to the 2015 NCAA Division II National —Ryan Thrope, Jackie Paquette, Kyle Piercy advance the mission of the University of Indianapolis.

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Your Alumni ’14 (maid of honor), Therapy student at UIndy, Contacts 2010s Carlee Green ’14 class of 2015. They live Andy Kocher ’98 (bridesmaid), Hannah in Indianapolis. Associate Vice President Duncan ’14 (bridesmaid); Bryan Sullivan ’13 Kimberly Minner ’14 for Alumni Engagement (groomsman), Phil accepted a new position at (317) 788-3493 Hassman ’13 (best man), the Children’s Bureau as Alison Hernandez ’09 Ryan Matthews ’12 Father Engagement Case Assistant Director (groomsman). Tim is the Manager for Region 9 & of Alumni Relations son of Nancy Mosier ’81. 10, Marion and Morgan Megan Matthews ’14 (317) 788-2137 Tim is an accountant in Counties. She lives in and Tim Mosier ’14 the federal tax department Camby, Ind. [email protected] were married on August at KPMG in Indianapolis. 9. The wedding party Megan is a full-time included Rachel Nielsen Master of Occupational

28 PORTICO WINTERSPRING 20152015 Dr. Debra L. Gray ’13 Tyler Givens; maternal and the bride works for PT, DHSc, DPT, MEd, grandmother, Lucille the Minneapolis Public manager of Flexible Jones; paternal grand- Schools. Jess is planning Doctor of Physical parents, Ceotias and to pursue her master’s of Therapy programs at Thelma Givens; a host education in ESL at the University of St. of aunts, uncles, cousins, St. Mary’s University Augustine for Health other relatives, and friends, in Minneapolis. Sciences, received an including his girlfriend, Ronda D. Freije Outstanding Service Kaitlynn Marie Paul. Andrew J. Wagner Award from the Read more about Bryce ’08 has been appointed ’11 and Cara M. Horn Federation of State Boards at reflector.uindy.edu. director of pharmacy ’12 were wed September 6 of Physical Therapy, the services at Franciscan in Napoleon, Ind., in organization that admin- St. Francis Health. She front of family and isters the national physical lives in Indianapolis. friends. They live therapy licensure exam- Fin Indianapolis.IN inations. She is an adjunct O D Anthony M. Bova faculty member and lives Y I ’08 has been promoted in Jacksonville, Fla. T A from operations manager I N to vice president of S produce and beverage Tobin Dunigan ’13 A R at Spot Freight Inc. in recently was named to Indianapolis. He resides P E the Executive Team of in Whitestown, Ind.

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Stephanie R. Dunn Patricia A. Booher Janice E. Murphy Charles A. Blake ’81 ’03 has been promoted ’92 died November ’86 passed away passed away November to business advisory 16. She lived in November 23. Janice is 13. He was a teacher at manager at Katz Sapper Indianapolis. survived by six children, Whiteland Community & Miller in Indianapolis. David, Mike, Jim, Gina High School from 1981 Previously, she worked Pamela Ann Rissler Miller, Janella Pryor, and until 1995, where he also as a tax manager at Mason ’92 passed away Tim; 20 grandchildren; worked as a cross-country PricewaterhouseCoopers December 24. She had and six great-grand- and track coach. Survivors LLP. She lives in worked in nursing for children. Janice is include his wife, Barbara; Zionsville. the past 20 years, retiring preceded in death by her children, Brent M. Sisson, in March 2014. She is parents, Jim and Mima Ginnie York, and Bradley Sarah Morrison ’00 survived by her daughter, Fornear; husband, Troy; Sisson; sister, Mary ’03 was recently named Brandi; son, Michael; and two brothers, James Shelley; brother, Richard; vice president of Health sister, Debbie Rissler- and Jack Fornear. She five grandchildren; a niece Centers for RepuCare Baker; brother, Charlie Flived I inN Indianapolis. and two nephews; and OnSite. She has been with “Mike” Rissler; grand-O D several great-nieces and the company since 2013. children, Nicholas,Y Nolan Dr. Brandt DodsonI great-nephews. He was She lives in Lebanon, Ind. and Brady;T seven first ’84 will serve as writer-A preceded in death by his cousins,I and many in- in-residence at Taylor Nsister Ruth Ann and his Jeffrey L. Hudson laws,S friends, and former University in Upland, parents. He lived in ’01 is on the Indiana patients. She lived in Ind., during the spring Greenwood,A Ind. State Chapter of the RVenice, Fla. semester of the 2014–15 P National Multiple E school year. Dr. Dodson William R. Valentine

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U Education for Service ’91 has been appointed creative writing at congregations in administrative director conferences around the Wakefield and East of behavioral health country, he lives in Longmeadow, Mass., and and rehabilitation at Newburgh, Ind. in Franklin, Speedway, Franciscan St. Elizabeth and Frankfort, Ind. He Health in Lafayette, Ind. Dr. Samuel Juett ’82 also served as district He lives in Indianapolis.1 traveled from Kabul to superintendent of the 9 0Missio2 and submitted a Indianapolis Southeast Graydon Cardone Smith photo essay of life in the District of the United was born June 28 to 1980s area to the Washington Methodist Church. He John G. Smith ’96 Kate (Shrake) Kuehn Institute of Faith, received an honorary and his wife, Kimberly. ’88 ’89 has moved her Vocation & Culture. doctorate in 1980 from Graydon joins big sisters law practice to Danville, View his photos at www. UIndy. Bill was preceded Reilly and Reeve at home Ind., and is now working washingtoninst.org/9450/ in death by his wife, in Wyomissing, Penn. at Hinkle, Gooch & the-common-good-in- Mona; his sister, Janet; Kuehn, P.C. She lives kabul/. He lives and grandson, Paul. He is Mindy J. Kantz ’95 in Plainfield. in Indianapolis. survived by his sister, has been named executive Margaret Anne; his son, director of the Hoosier Shane M. Harden ’87 Russell; his daughter, Village Retirement Com- died November 24. He Linda Valentine Bryant munity in Indianapolis. lived in Greenwood, Ind. ’80; grandchildren She lives in Carmel, Ind. Matthew, Rachel, and Daniel ’10; and two great-grandchildren.

30 PORTICO SPRING 2015 individual agents for the Checklists: Perceived Lawrence W. Dicks 1970s second time and finished Efficacy, Safety Attitudes ’72 passed away January Larry J. Zembala ’79 in the top ten for closed and Team Member 3. Larry retired from ’82 has been inducted production for individual Involvement.” She is AT&T in 1983 with 31 into the Hammond Sports agents for the fifth the practitioner quality years of service. He is Hall of Fame, Class of consecutive year. He also specialist for IU Health survived by his sons, 2015. He lives in North led the south office in North Hospital in Kenny, Vince, and Doug; Judson, Ind. production for the ninth Carmel, Ind. She lives three grandchildren; time and earned the in Indianapolis. sisters, Marlene Cannon Joe Ann Scruggs Realty Alliance Award and Nedra Nunley; many Scott ’79 passed away for the 22nd consecutive Rebecca Geible ’74 nieces and nephews; and on November 6. Joe Ann year. Mike is a first vice married Helen Claire loving companion for loved to travel and president with the F.C. Ferguson, her partner of over 36 years, Florine celebrate holidays with Tucker Company and 30 years, on January 29. Trego, and her son, Rick. her children and grand- lives in Greenwood, Ind.FShe I livesN in Roanoke, Ind. He was preceded in death children. She was O D by his grandson, Jacob, preceded in death by her Melody E.Y Benson Judith M. RankI ’73 and his brother, Carl. He parents; brother, Thomas; ’76 is Ton the Lupus died November 27. A A lived in Indianapolis. and sister, Annie. She is FoundationI of America, loving wife, mother, and N survived by her husband, IndianaS Chapter, board friend, Judy will be missed Walter “Pete” Sign up to receive the Gregory; son, Gregory; AStalnaker II ’71 died Rof directors. She lives in by her family, friends, and electronic alumni daughter, Aisha V. Greenfield, Ind. church community. She November 19. Pete had P newsletter! To start Jackson; brothers, E was preceded in death by been employed as an Edward, Michael, and receiving the latest

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U Education for Service Henrietta Fitzgerald, and Defendants Lawyer of the Theresa Spencer; brother- Engineering. Pete is e-mail address to Phyllis A. Baily; seven Year. Only a single lawyer in-law, John Rank; and survived by his wife of 28 grandchildren; and in each practice area in sisters-in-law, Mary years, Judy Hofmann; his [email protected]. numerous family and each community is Carney and Anne children: Lisa Shampine, friends. She lived in honored as Lawyer of the Simoncelli. She lived in Walter, and Kristi Kurtz; Indianapolis. Year. She was selected by Stow, Ohio. seven grandchildren; her peers for inclusion1 sister, Deborah Andrusk; in the Best Lawyers in 9 0Alan2 “Al” L. Hollar mother-in-law, Elsie America 2015 in the fields ’73 passed away January Hofmann; brothers-in- of commercial litigation, 21. He was a dedicated law and sisters-in-law, litigation-banking and teacher for Beech Grove including Nancy and finance and mass tort City Schools for 32 John Strong, who assisted litigation/class actions– years—teaching primarily with his care; aunts, defendants. She lives in math—and retiring in uncles, cousins, and Indianapolis. 2005. Alan is survived by nieces and nephews. In The F.C. Tucker his loving wife of 33 years, addition to his parents, Company presented Diana Soule Connie; son, Brent; Pete was preceded in Mike Cagle ’77 McDowell ’75 ’77 daughter, Staci; four death by his brother, with the Gary Warstler graduated with a Doctor grandchildren; sister, Leonard. Pete lived in Marketing Excellence of Nursing Practice degree Janice Hofts ’67; two Connersville, Ind. Award for 2014. Mike led from Purdue University in nieces; and one nephew. the company in the total August. The title of her He lived in Indianapolis. number of homes sold for study was “Surgical Safety

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Lucy (Catherine) the Arthur Campbell Susan J. Brouwer selling insurance until his Hittle Jackson ’71 High School in the Beauchot ’67 passed retirement in 2012. Tom passed away October 25. Plainfield Correctional away January 4. She was a is survived by his mother, She attended college, then Facility in Plainfield, Ind., teacher for the East Allen Jenny Lou; son, Nicholas; put her education on hold for 30 years. Arthur served County Schools, retiring daughters, Joni Degner to support the war effort. in the U.S. Marine Corps in 2000 with 33 years of and Melinda Griffin; Returning to college in during the Vietnam War. service. In 1963, she was brother, Alyn; and 10 1968, she graduated He is survived by his one of the first teachers to grandchildren. He was magna cum laude in 1971. wife, Linda, and lived teach summer school for preceded in death by his She welded and inspected in Plainfield. migrant children around father. He lived in small Army tanks that the Monroeville area. Carthage, Ind. were parachuted to the She is survived by her armed forces during 1960s husband, Joseph; son, Joseph Earl Beebe WWII. She also worked Coach William E. Daniel J. Beauchot ’91; ’66 passed away October part-time for Quote “Bill” TutterowO ’69 Ftwo I grandsons;N a step- 17. He is survived by his magazine and in 1944 passed away January 26. granddaughter;D and wife Phyllis; children, became the youngest Y sisters, Peggy Anderson,I He wasT a biology teacher, A Todd, Scott, and Lisa; six editor of a national the headI baseball coach, Mary Lou Morgan, and grandchildren; and magazine at the age of 21. and an assistant football Kathy Beauchot. She was Nbrother, John Beebe ’69. She taught sixth grade at coachS at Martinsville preceded in death by Preceding him in death granddaughter, Abigale, A Inwood Elementary RHigh School for 39 years were his parents, Jack School and received and brothers, Lt. Com. and June; grandparents; and retired in 2008. He P Check out alumni Inwood’s Teacher of the E earned many awards Daniel J. Brouwer and and several aunts and event photos on Year award in 1982. She during his career, Robert L. Brouwer. She uncles.O He lived in

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U Education for Service first husband, Eric, and Hall of Fame, and the avid outdoorsman and is survived by her six Martinsville High School fisherman and enjoyed children, Jean Drumm, Hall of Fame. He also watching football. He Moira Hasbrouck, received numerous Coach began his teaching and Douglas, Jill, Peter, and of the Year awards. He is coaching career in Bruce, along with many survived by his wife, Rushville at Rushville Norman and Karen grandchildren and great- Sharon K. Tutterow1 ’69; Community High School, Bosley ’65 celebrated grandchildren. Following son, Bryant Tutterow ’979; 0where2 he taught health their 50th wedding Eric’s death Lucy was daughter, Amy Alte ’01; and physical education anniversary with family in blessed to find love again brothers, James, Robert, and coached football and Dublin. Present were and married Carroll Elder Randy, and Barth; sisters, wrestling. He retired in sons, Mark Bosley ’90, Teeter, who also preceded Loreen Guthrie and 1981. Tom taught and Keith, and Sidney; two her in death. She lived in Sharon Quakenbush; and coached in Cambridge daughters-in-law; and Winter Haven, Fla. four grandchildren. Bill City for a few years. four grandchildren. The was preceded in death by Tom had also farmed Bosleys lives in Long Arthur A. Bryant ’70 siblings, John, Darlene, and worked for ICAP in Beach Township, N.J. died October 30. Arthur and Patty Wynn. He lived New Castle for a short taught business at in Martinsville, Ind. time before joining Farm Martinsville High School Bureau Insurance in for five years and taught Rushville. He worked English and business at

32 PORTICO SPRING 2015 Nancy Cap Crafton Plainville, Crawfordsville, Morris William senior assistant surgeon at ’64 ’72 passed away Avon, Corydon, New Hancock ’62 passed the Centers for Disease November 7. She taught Castle, and Sheridan, away December 17. Morris Control and Prevention fourth grade at Arlington Ind. The Rev. Modesitt’s spent much of his law in Atlanta. From 1988 to Elementary School for greatest joy was to be career at the U.S. 1999, he was the health many years. Nancy with his grandchildren. Department of Veterans officer of Talbot County. enjoyed traveling, He leaves behind his wife Affairs, retiring in June He continued to work horseback riding, yard of 50 years, Jane Winter of 1995. Morris will be for the state at the work, and volunteering Modesitt ’64; children, deeply missed by his Department of Health at the Indiana State Elizabeth Modesitt loving family, including and Mental Hygiene in Museum. She is survived Handrick ’87, Michael his four children, Morris Baltimore until retiring by her sons, Reed and John, Matthew John, “Bill,” Susanne Elsey, in 2006. He is survived Ryan; sister, Barb Stevens; and their spouses; seven Jacqueline, and Kathleen; by his son, Michael; and her brothers, John, grandchildren; brother, and five grandsons. Morris his daughter, Mary Jeff, Billie Waters, and Joe; sister, Irene ModesittF is alsoI survivedN by siblings Brumfield; and a brother, Mike Green. She lived in Mix; and aunt, MarjorieO Carl A. HancockD II ’76 Robert. He was preceded Indianapolis. Anderson. YJohn lived in ’85 and Donna Kindle.I in death by his parents Cibolo,T Tex. In addition to his parents,A and his wife, Betty. He Linda J. Cuffel ’71 I he is preceded in death Nlived in Easton, Md. passed away November 11. TrilbyS Louise by his sister, Lois Ann She taught elementary Sommers Watson Fedowicz. He lived in A Kaye R The Rev. school at St. Ann and ’62 passed away Noblesville, Ind. Casterline ’57 passed P MSD Wayne Township E December 23. She is away January 27. Richard Keith in Indianapolis. She is survived by her daughter, HeO was working as an Padrick ’62

survived by her sons, V Tonja Smith; sisters, died associate minister at the

Dennis and David; I Aloha January 8, 2014. Survivors Treva J. Kimery, FirstL United Methodist

daughter Mary Blythe; J. Landwerlen ’62 ’64; include his wife, Laverne Church in Anderson, Ind.

I four grandchildren; and N two granddaughters; and Esther Padrick ’61; his He previously worked as

siblings, Georgianna four nephews and their mother, Mary Margaret S executive director of the

U Education for Service Borski, Peggy Melvin, families. She had a Padrick; sons, Michael Madison County Dennis Kraeszig, Joseph fulfilling career teaching and Keith; two grand- Association for Retarded Kraeszig, Barbara Henry, elementary school and children; two great- Citizens (Hopewell and Katherine Bayer. She retired from Greenwood grandchildren; and Center). Kaye is survived was preceded in death by School Corporation. She brothers, Dale and by his wife, Janet; her husband, Kenneth lived in Indianapolis. Thomas. He was preceded children, Michal, Patti, Cuffel, in 2001. She lived 1 in death by his father, and David; and two in Indianapolis. Theodore M. Koch9 0Douglas.2 He lived in grandchildren. He was ’62 passed away Franklin, Ind. preceded in death by his The Rev. John P. November 29. He is parents, Roy and Iva, and Modesitt ’63 died survived by his loving a brother, Dwight. He November 10. His calling family and many friends. 1950s lived in Anderson, Ind. in life was to serve others He lived in Gulfport, Fla. Dr. John M. Ryan ’58 and the Lord, and he died November 22. He James Ray Day ’56 achieved his life’s work Jerry M. Lewis ’62 was a lifetime scholar, and died November 2. James with joy in his heart and will be inducted into the at the time of his death was a principal in a twinkle in his eye. He Indiana Basketball Hall was taking a break from Hamden, N.Y., and an found great honor in of Fame on March 25, continuing studies and educator for the Charles serving the United 2015. He lives in Hilton research projects at County Board of Methodist Church of Head Island, S.C. Washington College in Education. He was a Indiana; this included Chestertown, Md. Dr. volunteer for the Charles assignments in Portland, Ryan served in the U.S. County Sheriff’s Office Public Health Service and was an avid reader. from 1964 to 1968 as a He is survived by his wife,

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OBITUARY Patricia; son, Lance; Nappanee, Bourbon, New daughters, Debra and Carlisle, Hamlet, and Orvall G. McCleary Tawne’; sister Joyce Union, Ind. She was ’49, of Fort Myers, Moyer; granddaughter, preceded in death by her Fla., passed away on Lauren; and niece and parents and her brother, November 11. He grew nephew, Tammy and Charles, and sister, Ruth up in Rensselear, Ind., Tim. He lived in La Hayter. She is survived by and always referred to Plata, Md. her nieces, Donna Kessler, himself as “just an old Luanne Long, Shirley Indiana farm boy.” Carol Joyce Daniels, Rose Swanson, Orvall attended the Lambert Haynes ’52 Jean Hayter, and Valerie University of died December 23. She McKesson; nephews, Indianapolis in 1946 and later became a sales was the devoted wife of Charles Hayter and executive for Lilly Industries Coating. Orvall David Haynes and the Warren McKesson; had a strong belief in the importance of education Fmother I of two children, sister-in-law, Nancy and providing opportunities for young people. N O Anthony and DRobert. McKesson; and special He donated generously, but quietly, to his alma Y She is survived by herI friends, Pastor Steven and mater. Many on campus will remember Orvall T son, Anthony; sister, A Wanda Cunnington. She for the naming gift for the McCleary Chapel I Shirley; two grandsons; Nlived in Walkerton, Ind. located on the second floor of the Schwitzer S and a great-grandson. Student Center and for commissioning the A She lived in Indianapolis. Anna Catherine greyhound sculpture, dubbedR Ace, that graces the Ferguson ’43 passed main entrance to the Schwitzer Student Center. P E Lucille V. Noblitt ’50 away January 22. Anna

died December 13. She taughtO elementary

V was the wife of the late education in Clay County

I Charles R. Noblitt ’50 , forL 30 years. She was

mother of Charlene D. preceded in death by her

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mother of Kelly R. CliftonS Emmert; sisters,

U Education for Service Noblitt-Reichbach. She Harriet Knust and Pauline was preceded in death by Collins; and grandson, Eli father-in-law Dr. Loren S. Erdle. Survivors include Noblitt; brother-in-law her daughters, Nancy Loren W. Noblitt ’49; Erdle, Connie L. Sheehan, brother-in-law Ralph L. Frances Tucker, and 1 O’Dell ’32 , and sister-in- Marilyn Wolf; sister, 9 0law Alma2 J. O’Dell ’31. Marjorie Stoelting; nine She lived in Fishers, Ind. grandchildren; ten great- grandchildren; and several nieces, nephews, and 1940s other extended family. Virginia She lived in Brazil, Ind. Clendenning ’44 celebrated her 100th birthday on December 1930s 19. She lives in Frances B. Swengel Bloomington, Ind. ’39 passed away January 11. Fran began her nearly Mildred Anne 20-year teaching career in McKesson ’43 died Ossian, Ind. After raising December 24. Mildred her children, she returned loved to teach, and in to teaching at Manual more than 40 years of High School, Southport teaching, she taught in

34 PORTICO SPRING 2015 High School, and IPS death by sisters Helen died January 12. Grace Mildred Orme ’36 #31, #13, and #85. Fran is Repologle, Louise Huffer, retired in 1984 as celebrated her 100th survived by her children, and Betty Joe Salmons; principal of Allisonville birthday on January 9, Susan Morrison, John and her brother, Ralph School, after 48 years 2015. Mildred received a Swengel, and Kathy Whiteman. Frances lived of service in education. BA in music with a minor Carlson; five grand- in West Lafayette, Ind. During her career, Grace in physical education children; and nine great- received the M.S.D. of from UIndy and taught grandchildren. Her Eleanor Timberlake Washington Township physical education and husband of 70 years, Albin ’37 passed away Merit Award in recognition music for more than 25 Bob Swengel, and her December 13. She taught of outstanding leadership years. She lives in granddaughter, Julie school in New Middle- and overall performance Greenwood, Ind. Swengel, preceded her town and Corydon for as principal of Allisonville in death. She lived more than 34 years. She School. The school’s Lucille I. Swinford in Franklin, Ind. and her husband were the auditorium was also ’35 died December 16. owners of Albin JewelryO Fnamed I Nthe Grace Wright She is survived by her Frances Towe ’39 Store in Corydon and Auditorium. GraceD has children, Joan Alexander, Y been listed in Who’sI Who To see the alumni passed away November New Albany.T Besides her A Max W. Swinford, 27. Frances taught first parents,I she was preceded in American Education, Betty J. Meek, Becky event calendar or to grade at Converse in death by her husband, the World’s Who’s Who of N J. Gommel, and Bonny register for events, visit Elementary School for Vallas;S 12 brothers and Women for Distinguished J. Temple ’70; 12 Achievement, and Who’s A alumni.uindy.edu and many years. Frances will Rsisters; daughters, Sandra grandchildren; 26 always be remembered LaDuke and Margaret Who of Contemporary great-grandchildren; sign-up via Alumni P

for her compassion and E Ann Itzoe; and a Achievement for Out- and 11 great-great- Central, your online O gentleness toward all her grandson, Tom Itzoe. standing Contributions grandchildren.O She was connection. Or call

fellow human beings. V Survivors include a to Society. Grace was preceded in death by

I I L Surviving are her daughter, Sarah Colvin; preceded in death by her herL parents; her brother, (317) 788-3295.

children, Mariann six grandchildren, and 10 husband of more than Wayne Weinantz; and

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N Durkes, Gordon Towe, N great-grandchildren. She 50 years, Leland. She is one great-grandchild,

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Peggy Lucas, and Monte lived in Corydon, Ind. survived by her daughter, S Seth Higdon. She lived

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Towe; seven grand- Carole, and husband, in Flat Rock, Ind. children; seven great- Grace Wright ’36, Edward Haller, as well grandchildren; and her the first woman principal as several nieces and sister, Majorie Rude. of M.S.D. Washington nephews. She lived Frances was preceded in Township in Indianapolis, in Indianapolis. IN MEMORIAM 1 9 0 2 Charles R. “Bob” Barrick, retired UIndy staff member, died December 13. He is survived by his wife, Harriet; son, Ronald L. Barrick ’78; daughters Sandy Osborne ’87, Debra B. Coats ’81, and Linda K. Hickman ’75; and sons-in-law, Dennis E. Osborne ’81 and Bradley A. Coats ’80. Additional family members include nephew Robert L. “Bob” Sachs ’75 and nieces Jean A. Disseler ’78, Joan A. Casson ’81, and Jane A. White ’77. Dr. Erling “Pete” Peterson, retired faculty member in the Department of English and husband of the late Elizabeth J. “Betty” Peterson, died December 27. He is survived by his daughter, Susan G. Barhan ’73; son-in-law, Mark Barhan ’73; and grandchildren, Benjamin C. Barhan ’01 and Sarah E. Phillips ’04. Mary Louise Walters died October 10. She had served as associate professor of health, physical education, and recreation from 1961 to 1963. Lori Rasmussen, assistant professor in the School of Nursing since 2012, passed away on December 18. Lori taught the psychiatric components in the Health Promotion Across the Lifespan course. Lori’s career as a clinical practitioner and nurse scholar spanned 30 years. She was a member of the academy for 20 years, holding faculty positions at Marian, Indiana University, and the University of Indianapolis. She is survived by her husband, Russ, and son, Will.

ALUMNI.UINDY.EDU 35 WHY THEY GIVE: ‘Values learned as athletes are beyond measure’

The Champions Challenge campaign, which aims to generate funding for programs and capital improvements that will propel UIndy’s athletics program to the next level, is making great strides forward. An anonymous donor’s $250,000 gift is funding a matching program, with all new unrestricted gifts of at least $25 to UIndy Athletics qualifying for a 2-to-1 match. For those who provided support last year, the 2-to-1 match also applies to any increase in unrestricted giving of at least $25. Renewed unrestricted gifts to the Greyhound Club booster organization qualify for a 1-to-1 match. The funds will address needs across the board in athletics.

Mike and Beth understand the needs and wants of student-athletes because of their own history at UIndy, and they understand the value of that experience. The values they learned as student-athletes have helped to carry them through life together. The Oppys are members of the University’s Greyhound Club, which is working hard to support the Champions Challenge. “It’s the first time that everyone is working towards a single goal,” Mike says of the Greyhound Club’s response to the challenge. “Always in the past, the goal was just to support the Greyhound Club in whatever way was needed. But with the Champions Challenge, there is incentive for all of us.” The Oppys get the personal satisfaction of giving the UIndy’s athletics program means different things to University’s student-athletes better opportunities through different people, however. For Mike ’92 and Beth ’95 ’97 the Champions Challenge and also “feel connected to Oppy, it was what brought them together. UIndy. We want our University to shine in all it does, “If it wasn’t for the fact that we both ran cross country and we are, to a small degree, part of it,” Mike says. and track,” Mike says, “we may never have met. And the The Oppys’ message to all of UIndy’s current student- strong education we received while at UIndy and the athletes is to “make the most of your time as a UIndy values learned as athletes are beyond measure in our lives student-athlete by working hard and playing hard so that still to this day. Many of our life achievements have roots you can achieve your goals, not only while at UIndy but going back to UIndy.” for a lifetime.” That connection is why they feel compelled to give It’s a message the Greyhounds seem to be taking back to the University that gave them so much. The to heart. Visit http://athletics.uindy.edu/index.aspx Champions Challenge has given the couple a unique to learn about their successes, and support the opportunity to support current UIndy student-athletes. Champions Challenge!

Visit athletics.uindy.edu to learn about their successes & support the Champions Challenge!

36 PORTICO SPRING 2015 It’s a great time to be a Greyhound! Alumni Dinner Theatre If reading about these recent alumni Saturday, February 21 events whet your appetite, make plans to The Department of Theatre featured Neil Simon’s twist on his classic stage comedy with The Odd join us in the future. Learn more and Couple (Female Version) for the annual dinner register for events at alumni.uindy.edu. production in the Schwitzer Student Center. More than 100 alumni attended the sold-out show and Music Alumni Reception enjoyed a meal with fellow Greyhounds. Friday, January 16 Pack-the-House Fifty music faculty and alumni gathered for a Thursday, February 26 special UIndy reception as they attended the Indiana Music Education Association conference. More than 3,200 alumni, friends, faculty, staff, The reception was held at the Grand Wayne and students made this year’s Pack-the-House Convention Center in Ft. Wayne, Ind. Night a success. The evening included the dinner hosted by the Office of Alumni Relations and entertainment from the Indiana Pacers’ High- Krannert School of Octane Drumline. To top it all off, the women’s Physical Therapy basketball team won in triple-overtime, and the Alumni Reception men’s team remained undefeated at home. Friday, February 5 Donor-Scholar Luncheon Saturday, February 28

More than 500 UIndy faculty and alumni enjoyed a special KSPT reception held during the Combined Meeting of the American Physical Therapy Association in Indianapolis. During the UIndy scholarship donors, recipients, and families reception, longtime faculty member Dr. Sam enjoyed getting to know each other during the Kegerreis was honored for his commitment to 11th annual Donor-Scholar Luncheon, which patient-centered clinical practice. In honor of his saw its largest attendance ever. For donors, this upcoming retirement, the Sam K Fund has been was an opportunity to see the difference their created to to carry on his legacy in the classroom contributions are making. For students, it was a and the clinic. To date, more than $31,000 has chance to learn how others are supporting their been raised for the fund. UIndy journey. The event featured speakers Steve Fry ’87 and Mike Watkins ’68 (trustees), junior Steven Freck, and President Rob Manuel. recent events

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WWW.UINDY.EDU 37 Save this date for Homecoming! October 3, 2015 Join in all the fun of the many great and growing traditions, including the parade down Hanna Avenue, Tailgate Town activities before the Greyhound football game, a Founder’s Day Celebration, the President’s Lunch, and the Hounds Hustle 5K Fun Run. You will also be part of the grand reopening of the Krannert Memorial Library after the summer renovations are completed and be able to tour the new UIndy Health Pavilion. Want to host a special reunion for your classmates during Homecoming this year? Call the Alumni Relations Office at (317) 788-3295 or e-mail [email protected].

Watch the Alumni website, alumni.uindy.edu, for more information about the summer events coming up, including outings to sporting events and concerts. Other events include: Move-in Day & President’s Convocation for new freshmen: August 26 future events Alumni Legacy & Family Day: September 19

Alumni Register for upcoming events at alumni.uindy.edu

38 PORTICO SPRING 2015 Ride with Greyhound pride!

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The $40 fee for a Greyhound plate includes a $25 contribution to UIndy that will support student scholarships.

When given the option, please check the consent box to let us know you’re a UIndy supporter!

For more information, visit http://www.uindy.edu/giving/ride-with-pride.

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Share your news with us online at Alumni Central! Post info and photos, and we’ll pass the news on to your classmates in Portico, too. Or send your news to us in the mail about a wedding, child, job, promotion, or achievement. High-resolution (300 dpi) or print photos are welcome and may be published if space allows. (When you send wedding news, please include wedding date, spouse name & occupations. When you share birth announcements, please include the baby’s full name, birth date, and any siblings at home.)

Ordering transcripts just got easier! UIndy and the National Student Clearinghouse are now offering an online ordering system for requesting official and unofficial UIndy transcripts. Securely order, pay, and track orders online 24/7. Visit registrar.uindy.edu/ Transcripts.php for more information. You may still request a transcript in person at the Office of the Registrar, Esch Hall 131.

Would you like to volunteer with the Office of Admissions and help with a college fair in your city? If so, contact Associate Director Ryan McClarnon at [email protected] or call (317) 788-3216. For more volunteer opportunities, contact Alison Hernandez ’09 at (317) 788-2137 or [email protected].

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On creativity: a legend speaks

Famed choreographer Twyla Tharp delivered her message loud and clear March 18 in a visit to UIndy: Creativity is not a magical gift for the chosen few. It’s available to anyone, but only as a byproduct of preparation and discipline. “Each and every one of us is a creative person,” the Hoosier-born artist told the crowd in Ruth Lilly Performance Hall of the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center. “Accidents only happen to people who are working.” Thus the oxymoronic concept of The Creative Habit, which was the title of Tharp’s bestselling 2003 how-to book and also that of her talk, presented by UIndy’s Sutphin Lectures in the Humanities series. Success in any creative field requires not just a bold, groundbreaking vision, she added, but also a strong knowledge and appreciation of our predecessors’ achievements. “Rip them off. Use them. Don’t naysay the past,” said Tharp, who earlier in the day spent nearly an hour in a private discussion and Q&A session with select students. “Before you can think out of the box, you have to start with a box.” Since graduating from Barnard College in 1963, Tharp has choreographed more than 164 works: 129 dances, 12 television specials, six Hollywood movies, four full-length ballets, four Broadway shows, and two figure skating routines. She has earned one Tony Award, two Emmy Awards, and many other honors. In 1965, Tharp founded her dance company, Twyla Tharp Dance. By combining different forms of movement—such as jazz, ballet, boxing, and inventions of her own making—Tharp’s work expands the boundaries 40 PORTICO SPRING 2015 of ballet and modern dance.