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magazine Grand View University Fall 2011 STUDENTS FROM ALL OVER THE MAP 8 president’s PEN To internationalize the curriculum, we firsthand that people from other cultures are establishing partnerships and exchange and countries might react differently to programs with institutions in Denmark. things we considered ordinary. And we are looking for opportunities in Later in college, I had the opportunity other countries. Our faculty members to travel abroad, as did my wife. Because sponsor and lead international study we stayed with so many host families across trips. The faculty also has committed to Europe, Carole and I always have opened including “global awareness” as one of our home to international visitors. It’s our the cornerstone outcomes of our next way of “paying it forward.” We have core curriculum. In addition, we welcome hosted two foreign exchange students, international students. This year, 30 one from France and one from Belgium. international students represent 14 different We have also hosted visiting performers countries on our campus. I invite you to from a Russian choir, a German symphony, meet some of them in the pages that follow. the Danish gymnastics performance team, Informal learning from interactions and most recently, students from the Vejle with international visitors can be powerful. (Denmark) business school. I think of my own experiences. Having We have learned a great deal from grown up in a small northeastern Iowa each of these groups of guests. For farming community, I did not spend time example, our conversations with educators Learning takes many forms. Perhaps the with someone from another country until I from Denmark have helped me participate most effective learning is that which we was in college. Gregor was from Germany, in our statewide dialog about education gain from one another. Our students and he lived in my housing unit. A favorite reform, because Iowa’s education leaders come here expecting to learn from their late afternoon activity was to watch are looking to successes in other countries. professors. Many of them, however, re-runs of sitcoms. It took a while to notice, About ten years ago, a group of underestimate how much they will learn but Gregor would always quietly slip out practicing teachers – women in their 30s from their fellow students. Students can when “Hogan’s Heroes” came on. One and 40s – from Russia were in this area Lenhance their understanding of a range day, we finally caught on and what ensued learning about our school system. After the of issues by interacting with students from was an interesting conversation about his demise of communism, they were learning different backgrounds, ethnicities, and reactions to how Germans were depicted how their schools needed to change to nationalities. And so, it is important we in that show. It was not terribly significant, support their emerging “democracy” and enroll a diverse student body. but it was probably the first time I learned free-market economy. Over the three weeks ART STUDIO STUDENTS HONOR HOUSE FROM ALL ROLL OPEN TO OVER THE OF SENIORS 4 MAP 8 DONORS Campus house International student Donors making converted into population enhances campus transformation art workspace campus atmosphere and possible through apartments. college experiences. generous gifts. two of the Russian teachers were guests But once again, this institutional in our home, we had many conversations priority is not new. One of the folk songs about a wide range of topics, often lasting our founders brought with them and taught too late into the evening. We learned about to those first generations of Grand View their impressions of America during the students was “Song of Peace.” The lyrics Cold War. More striking, we learned that capture the spirit of what we now call our impressions of life in the Soviet Union internationalizing the campus: were not always accurate, perhaps shaped This is my song, O God of all the nations magazine by our own version of “propaganda.” A song of peace for lands afar and mine; It was profound to hear them express This is my home, the country where my disappointment in some of what they lost heart is FALL 2011 when communism collapsed, and their This is my hope, my dream, my shrine; VOLUME 60, NUMBER 3 experiences with capitalism were not all But other hearts in other lands are beating Editor LACIE SIBLEy ’07 positive. With hopes and dreams the same as mine. Designer KELLY (DEVRIES ’00) DANIEL Not unlike my first encounter with Contributing Writer MICHAEL BENNION ’11 Gregor when I was a college sophomore, My country’s skies are bluer than the ocean Contributing Writer MOLLY BROWN Contributing Writer MICHELLE EKSTRUM ’07 I have continued to gain new perspectives And sunlight beams on cloverleaf and pine, Contributing Writer PAM MILLOY by interacting with all these international But other lands have sunlight too, and Photographers DOUG APPLEBY, JIM HEEMSTRA, KEELY SHANNON ’12, LIZZ SODA ’12 visitors. In the process, I have renewed my clover love and respect for my own country and And skies are sometimes blue as mine. Board of Trustees Chair PAUL E. SCHICKLER have deepened my desire for international O hear my song, Thou God of all the Karen (Sorensen ’70) Sandra K. (Jensen ’57) peace. nations, Brodie Rasmussen I sincerely hope the majority of A song of peace for their land, and mine. Marcia H. Brown Dawn Taylor Michael L. Burk Martha A. Willits Grand View students will benefit from their International understanding lives on at Eric W. Burmeister own conversations with our international Grand View. Gregory J. Burrows Honorary Members students. And I hope our students – and C. Dean Carlson Willard L. Bishop Mary C. Coffin Garland K. Carver you – also will make hosting visitors from Eric T. Crowell ’77 H. Eugene Cedarholm other countries a part of their – and your – Robert S. DeWaay Phillip D. Ehm ’51 lifelong learning, with the conviction that Bao Jake “B.J.” Do Thomas R. Gibson Virgil B. Elings ’58 Larry D. Hartsook ’63 better international understanding will lead KENT HENNING Vada Grantham ’88 Michael N. Hess to peace. PRESIDENT Brett E. Harman J. Robert Hudson Scott M. Harrison Theodore M. Hutchison Nick J. Henderson Richard O. Jacobson Kent L. Henning Charles S. Johnson Laura Hollingsworth Timothy J. Krumm Richard Hurd ’72 Robert E. Larson Carey G. Jury ’70 James E. Luhrs José M. Laracuente Elton P. Richards Robert L. Mahaffey ’58 John P. Rigler James W. Noyce Clayton L. Ringgenberg Gary Palmer ’72 ON THE COver… GV Magazine is published three times annually by the Marketing Department at Grand View University and is distributed at no charge to alumni and friends of the institution. Constituents are encouraged to send contributions, suggestions and information for Alumni News to: Lacie Sibley, Editor; Grand View University; 1200 Grandview Avenue; Des Moines, IA 50316-1599 515-263-2832; [email protected] or fill out the Grand View 23 form online at www.grandview.edu. enrolled students from the countries Grand View University indicated in red. 1200 Grandview Avenue Image Des Moines, Iowa 50316-1599 ©IStockPhoto.com 515-263-2800 800-444-6083 www.grandview.edu on the ROCK GV CONTINUES TO EXPERIENCE GROWTH BY LACIE SIBLey ’07, editor Grand View has seen significant growth happening right now recently – in more ways than one! at Grand View.” This fall brought another record The addition enrollment, with a 6.8% increase in of four new sports full-time enrollment, bringing it to 1,801 brings our total students. Along with the jump in full- number of sports Gtime numbers, GV also increased total offerings to 24 – 12 enrollment, which reached 2,229, and for men and 12 for we welcomed the largest freshman class women. For the Nine women’s tennis players will compete this in our history. Our international student inaugural season, spring. The L Apartments opened this fall and, population also increased. This fall we we currently have with Grand View’s growth, is filled to capacity. enrolled 30 students from 14 countries, a nine women’s tennis photos: LIZZ SODA ’12 AND JIM HEEMSTRA jump from 11 countries last fall. and five men’s tennis According to Debbie Barger, vice players, 18 competitive cheer athletes, the L Apartments, GV’s newest president for enrollment management, and 18 men’s volleyball players. Bowling apartment-style building, was completed there are several reasons for the was added last fall. in time for fall move-in and is at capacity, increase. “We attribute our growth to GV is also becoming an increasingly housing 232 students. The new building new academic programs, growth in our residential campus with a record- is in addition to the Langrock Suites, built athletic programs – including the addition breaking number of students living on in 2007, the Hull Apartments, and the of tennis, competitive cheer, and men’s campus. All campus housing facilities are two freshman residence halls. volleyball – as well as new facilities, and full, with 801 students living on campus, According to president Kent a general positive interest and increased a 31% increase over last year. To help Henning, “We’ll continue to look at awareness,” Barger said. “There is a lot accommodate the growing enrollment, investment in new student-centered SECOND ANNUAL WOODROW WILSON WEEK BY MICHELLE EKstrum ’07, Web coNTENT MANAGER The Woodrow Wilson Foundation Woodrow Wilson Week was October world hunger and giving back through was started in 1945 as an answer to 10–13. The 2011 visiting Fellow, Harriet service. Students participated in a providing quality educators during a Rubin, is a writer, consultant and lecturer poverty simulation, intended to bring time many young people had left the on leadership trends.