Summer 2005

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In this issue

‘Lab nerds’ mix invaluable forensics experience with extreme adventure in South Africa. Page 24

Retiring president Jerry Israel offers ‘a president’s-eye view of what makes us special.’ Page 12

Meet the University’s eighth president, Beverley J. Pitts, whose tenure begins in July. Page 14

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Table of Contents 4 12 14 21 Upcoming ‘A president’s-eye University taps BSU Theatre prof steps alumni events view of what makes administrator for into national Join the alumni trip to the us special’ presidency spotlight Italian Riviera! Also, you Jerry Israel, retiring as Meet Dr. Beverley J. Pitts— Jim Ream invented a and your family will love president of the University, the “universal favorite” among “modular spiral step unit” Alumni Night at Victory offers insight into the constituent groups during the years ago and has now earned Field. Mark your calendar for institution he and his wife, search process—who takes recognition from his peers. Homecoming, too! Carol, have called home for over for Jerry Israel in July. seven years. 22 8 15 Triple-major graduate Recent alumni 13 The department beat sweeps awards events From vision See how faculty and staff are Daniel Goshorn-Maroney Even if you missed these to fruition leading in their professions didn’t let a little thing like recent events, you can get President Israel’s all-too- and communities. For up-to- taking 18 hours a semester caught up on pages 8 and 9 or brief tenure brought many date news, visit www.uindy. get in the way of earning look online for photos. significant changes to the edu/news. departmental awards. institution; some of the highlights are listed here.

On the Cover Grad students Nicolette Parr (left) and Bobbie Leeper, with a tour guide, defy gravity on their South African adventure.

2 PORTICO SUMMER 2005 2004–2005 Alumni Association Living history Board of Directors Katie Harness and Melissa Cindy Blackburn Bickel ’94 ’98, Woodring and other students President in a European Social History Brian Martin ’88, President-elect class created an experimental Oscar Gardner ’74, presentation in living history Immediate Past President as their final project of second Lora McCormick ’97, Secretary semester. Historic Hanna Roberta Brooker ’74 House, at 3801 Madison Haldon Cole ’54 Avenue near campus, stood Suzanne Smith Davidson ’02 in for a British manse. The Michael Deemer ’98 event was a masquerade ball Gretchen Craft Fox ’93 in honor of the 18th birthday Mustafa Guven ’99 of “Victoria Ardington.” Mariel High ’99 Those who attended met a Greg Hill ’74 variety of characters from Robert “Jeffery” Irvin ’65 Restoration London, ca. Nick LaGuire ’01 1668—landowners, pirates, Lora McCormick ’97 farmers, and thieves—as they Kelly Dunwell McWilliams ’91 interacted and discussed the Marvin Pavlov ’98 events and scandals of the day. Jamie Melfi Shellenberger ’90 Shariq Siddiqui ’96 Kelli Carr Silcox ’97 ’98 Amber Harrison Stearns ’95 Vicky Swank ’78 ’80 ’99 David Swift ’72 Todd Sturgeon ’94 Gilbert Taylor ’58 23 26 Portico Jim Wernke ’80 ’87 When two students Sports Update We are pleased to share this quarterly John Winkler ’63 write, a city listens Meet new SID Mitch Wigness, alumni magazine with parents of Amy Buskirk Zent ’58 Two University of Indianapolis check out the accolades students and other friends of the University of Indianapolis. students spent the past year accorded to David Logan, Nondiscriminatory writing opinion pieces for the University Editor and enjoy the Greyhounds’ Policies Indianapolis Star, and learning Directors Cup standings. R. Peter Noot ’77 ’84 about the give-and-take of The University of Indianapolis Art Director does not discriminate on the ideas in the process. Jeannine R. Allen 28 basis of race, color, gender, age, Esch Society Assistant Director, religion, creed, sexual orientation, 24 members are crucial Publications marital status, or ethnic or Grad students gain to University support Jennifer L. Huber national origin in any of its invaluable forensics Are you on the list? Honor the Director, Alumni Relations program offerings or employment experience in legacy of President I. Lynd Monica Woods practices. The University is South Africa Esch while supporting your committed to the spirit and letter This adventuresome duo alma mater. Alumni Relations Coordinator of the Rehabilitation Act of Rosalie Fletcher took on a heavy caseload, but 1973 and the Americans with managed to see a lot of the Class Notes Disabilities Act and strives to country—in a dramatic way. 30 Jamie Evans ’06 provide equal access to all phases Class Notes Lindy Wildman ’06 of University life and activity. Catch up on classmates and some of our more than 20,000 Contributing Writers Mary Atteberry other alumni. Scott Hall Please address correspondence and changes of address to the Office of Alumni Relations.

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Upcoming Alumni Alumni Events

Alumni Night at Home of the Friday, August 19 5:30 p.m. Picnic; 7:00 p.m. Indians vs. Scranton Red Barons $20 adults; $12 children ages 3-12; free for children 3 years old or younger Join in the fun at beautiful Victory Field in for a picnic and game. This Alumni outing is a perennial favorite among alumni of all ages. Fees include an outdoor picnic at the stadium News and reserved seating. The all-you-can-eat buffet handling. Experience the beautiful Italian Riviera, includes hamburgers, hot dogs, potato salad, baked renowned for its fine sandy beaches, sparkling seas, beans, cole slaw, beverages, and condiments. cosmopolitan resources, traditional Italian hospitality, Registration deadline is August 5 or as space is and, of course, its delicious gelato ice cream. Sheltered available. Tickets will be mailed to you approximately by the Ligurian Alps, the coastal region benefits from 10 days in advance. Call the Office of Alumni a warm climate and equally warm water, providing Relations at (317) 788-3295 for more information the perfect environment for a memorable visit. In and to make reservations. Tuscany, you will be immersed in the beauty of shaded olive groves punctuated by tall cypresses, Welcome Week Movin’ Crew parasol pines, and bright green rows of vineyards. August 26 This Global Holidays trip also includes Montecatini For more information on these Terme, best known of all Italian spas, ideally located Alumni—help welcome the class of 2009 to your between Pisa and Florence. This modern, tree-lined and other alumni events, visit alma mater by joining the Welcome Week Movin’ town offers a variety of fashionable shops, cafes, http://alumni.uindy.edu/ Crew! Choose from shifts at 7:30–9:30 a.m., and restaurants. For more information, visit 9–11 a.m., or both. You will receive an official http://alumni.uindy.edu/italianriviera.php currenteventsroster.php Movin’ Crew T-shirt and meals throughout the or contact the Office of Alumni Relations, day. It’s fun and the families of our new freshmen (317) 788-3295, [email protected]. appreciate your help! What do we need? Traffic directors to direct new students to the correct Homecoming Extravaganza parking location Football: Greyhounds vs. Grand Valley State Taggers to distribute parking cards to each car Saturday, October 1 Parking attendants to direct cars to open parking spots 4 p.m. kickoff; tailgate luncheon 1:30–3:30 p.m. in the drop-off lots Tailgate luncheon and game tickets available on site. Labelers to mark students’ room numbers on their items Movers to move students’ items into their rooms What would Homecoming be without a football game Runners to fill in where needed and, of course, a Greyhound victory over Grand Valley? (Come also for the Hounds’ first season of To volunteer, contact the Office of Alumni Relations play under the new stadium lights!) New this year is at [email protected], (317) 788-3295. a pregame event called “Blast from the Past,” from 2–3:15 p.m. Representatives from many academic Alumni Trip to the Italian Riviera units will be on hand to greet you, as will some of & Tuscany, Italy your favorite retired professors and staff. At halftime, September 24–October 2, 2005 the University’s Homecoming king and queen court $1,699 per person (double/triple occupancy, will be crowned. plus government taxes) Alumni, stop by the Alumni Association hospitality tent inside Key Stadium to reconnect This very popular trip includes round-trip with your former classmates and to pick up your airfare, seven nights’ accommodation, daily buffet Homecoming gift! breakfast, round-trip airport/hotel transfers, Watch the Web site and the next issue of Portico guide service, optional excursions, and luggage for more information.

4 PORTICO SUMMER 2005 Indy Pan Am Games lead to Florida arson/bomb squad career

It’s been a rewarding journey for Oler from his days as a 13-year-old dreaming of being a policeman. His father and uncle were fi remen, but it was law enforcement that appealed to him. At age 18, he applied to a cadet offi cer program in Indianapolis, but failed to meet the minimum height requirement of 5 feet 8 inches. He was so determined to be admitted that he went to several chiropractic sessions to get “stretched.” Confi dent in his attempts to become taller, he reapplied and took the physical, but was denied admittance: he came up short by a quarter-inch. Hearing of his determination, the department waived the fraction and admitted him, and in 1973, he was sworn in as an Indianapolis Police Department offi cer. As an adult learner, Oler earned an associate’s Mike and Kathleen Oler degree from the University of Indianapolis in 1978 The Pan America games of 1987 brought world-class and didn’t stop there. He took accounting classes one attention to Indianapolis. And for Paul “Mike” Oler semester at a time while juggling an unpredictable ’79 ’96, it was a chance to join the city’s fi rst-ever work schedule as an undercover offi cer. arson/bomb squad unit. Oler, a 26-year public servant, His determination and love of lifelong retired as a sergeant with the Indianapolis Police learning helped him eventually to complete his Department in 1998, having served in various units— bachelor’s degree in business administration in street patrol, undercover investigations, auto theft, 1996. He credits having an excellent business special investigations, white collar crime, and arson. education to being a better fi re and arson “I jumped at the chance back in ’86 to join investigator. “Knowing how a business works and Indianapolis’s arson/bomb squad unit,” said Oler. tracing back its sources of income often leads to the Little did he know that this training would lead to origins of fraudulent activity,” said Oler. “And in a second career as a law enforcement offi cer and arson cases, it often reveals that the victim is also commander of the southwest Florida Bureau of the arsonist,” he added. Fire/Arson Investigation. Today, Mike is a frequent speaker to “They didn’t have a bomb squad unit in the Ft. audiences of insurance professionals and arson Myers area, and I was hired to help get it going,” he and bomb investigators. And the teacher is not said. He is most proud of being personally responsible done learning himself. “I would like to go back for his unit’s acquisition of a robot—a $250,000 life- to school to get a master of public administration saving piece of equipment used during investigations. degree,” he said. In 2002, he was honored with the Florida Fire Even though Mike is on call 24/7, he fi nds Marshals and Inspectors Association Fire Investigator time to enjoy bass fi shing and weightlifting. He and of the Year award. He was again recognized for his his wife, Kathleen (Daniels) ’72 ’99 live in Cape dedication and excellence in law enforcement in 2003, Coral, Florida, and have two grown daughters who receiving a similar award from the Florida Advisory live in nearby Ft. Myers. Kathleen is a cardiac care

Coalition, and he was a two-time fi nalist for the nurse at Florida Heart Associates in Ft. Myers. le profi alumni prestigious Florida Offi cer of the Year award. —Monica Woods

ALUMNI.UINDY.EDU 5 Step up to the plate

Want a Greyhound plate, but The special University of Indianapolis Greyhound Here’s how it works: it’s not your month to renew? license plate, issued in conjunction with the To order, complete this form. If you have vehicles Bureau of Motor Vehicles, is available to anyone— registered in different family members’ names, Contact the Alumni office, alumni, faculty, staff, parents, students, and friends you must submit a separate form for each plate say you want a plate later in of the University. It can be used for passenger cars, requested (you may make copies of this form). recreational vehicles, and trucks weighing less than 2005, and we’ll send you 11,000 pounds. Mail it today with your check or call the Office of a reminder before your plate Alumni Relations to place your phone order with The Indiana BMV will charge an additional $15 MasterCard, VISA, or Discover. renewal deadline. at the time each plate is issued. The $10 fee paid to the University goes directly to fund an annual Return this form, your $10 payment, and a self- graduating class event, the Senior Salute (see page addressed, stamped envelope to University of 8), sponsored by the Alumni Association. Call us at Indianapolis, Office of Alumni Relations, 1400 (317) 788-3295 or stop by the Stierwalt Alumni House East Hanna Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46227-3697. during business hours to get your Greyhound plate We’ll return the validated form(s) to you promptly. authorization form today! Take the validated form(s) to your license branch, along with your other paperwork, and get your Greyhound plate! It’s that easy! This form is needed for new and renewal plate applications. Questions? Call the Office of Alumni Relations at (317) 788-3295 or 1-800-232-8634.

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ALUMNI.UINDY.EDU 7 Recent Alumni Events

Faculty / Staff Alumni and recipient of the 2004 Outstanding Future Alumni Appreciation Day Award, and Jacob Wayne Moore ’05, president March 23 of Indianapolis Student Government. The evening closed with the Harvey M. Showalter Outstanding In honor of the more Future Alumni Award presentation to Molly Sheyka than 200 alumni who ’05, an education major from South Bend, Ind., also call the University selected for her outstanding commitment to the their employer, the University’s “Education for Service” motto, among Alumni Association For photos of these events, other traits. Music was provided by the Harry celebrated March 23 Miedema Jazz Trio (pictured). visit the alumni Web site at: on campus as a day of http://alumni.uindy.edu/ appreciation. They teach full- and part-time and Rolls-Royce MBA Grad Dinner photoalbums. administer and serve April 17 the institution, but more importantly, they give back to their alma mater in so many ways. At an appreciation luncheon at the Stierwalt Alumni House, Michelle Stoneburner ’66 was presented the Distinguished Faculty/Staff Alumni Award from the Alumni Association.

Senior Salute Soon-to-be alumni—all employees of Rolls-Royce April 3 in Indianapolis—and their guests gathered for an on-campus dinner to celebrate the completion of the master’s of business administration degree, a two- year effort in which they took all of their University courses at their work site after completing a full day’s work. In effect, this event doubled as both “freshmen orientation,” complete with a campus tour— for most, it was their first time to visit campus— and as a welcome to the Alumni Association.

This much-anticipated event at Primo’s Conference Indianapolis Mini-Marathon & Banquet Hall, planned by students for the class Alumni Tent of 2005, was a memorable evening for students and May 7 families as well as faculty and staff. It is a significant Alumni who participated in the 13.1 mile half-mara- transitional event as students graduate, become thon and the 5K run/walk of the members of the Alumni Association, and enter Festival Mini Marathon, the largest half-marathon in the workforce. Highlights included the Student the United States, gathered at the Alumni Association’s Alumni Association’s visual presentation of campus tent on Saturday, May 7, in the rest and recovery memories, the student legacy gift presentation, and area in Military Park. In addition to swapping stories a standing ovation for retiring president Jerry Israel, of their performance, alumni enjoyed well-deserved who “graduates” with the class of 2005. Poignant snacks and beverages as well as a finisher photos with speeches were also made by Matt Brock ’04, a their U of I friends. And thanks to Brian Gootee ’03, Wayne Township (Indianapolis) elementary teacher owner of Gray Goat Sports in Indianapolis, alumni

8 PORTICO SUMMER 2005 University of Indianapolis— Athens Alumni Alumni Weekend 2005 Update June 10–12

Watch for the next issue of Portico for a summary and The Alumni Affairs photos of this annual event. Department of the

Athletic Trainer Alumni Gathering University of Indianapolis– June 13 Athens campus welcomes In town for the National Athletic Trainers’ Ino Korbaki, the new showed their U of I pride by sporting greyhound Association’s annual meeting at the Indianapolis director of Corporate logo T-shirts during the race. Pictured to the left are Convention Center, athletic trainer alumni and grads Relations, Career Services, John Parson ’05, Seth Daugherty ’03 and Dan employed in the athletic training field gathered for a Butler ’02 who were among the top 500 finishers in reception at the Indiana Sports Corporation at Pan and Alumni Affairs. Am Plaza in downtown Indianapolis, sponsored by a race of nearly 30,000 participants. Congratulations Alumni wanting to get John, Seth and Dan and all UINDY finishers! the Alumni Association. involved should contact UIA Alumni Affairs Indiana National Gu a r d Department: ‘Ahners’ alumnus Ino Korbaki, Director of “Loyalty. Duty. Selfless Service. Integrity. Corporate Relations, Career Personal Courage. Ahner.” So reads the Services, & Alumni Affairs commemorative poster created for a special University of Indianapolis– ceremony on February 26. Athens Campus On that date, Major General (retired) Alfred F. Ahner ’47 9 Ipitou Street HD’81, was recognized for his outstanding contribution Syntagma Square 10557 to the soldiers and airmen of the Indiana National Guard by the naming and dedication of the Joint Force Athens, Greece Headquarters auditorium, now known as the Major Telephone: General Alfred F. Ahner Auditorium, at Stout Field in Indianapolis. Ahner is the longest-serving adjutant 00-30-210-3239908-9 general in the history of the Indiana National Guard. Fax: 00-30-210-3248502 General Ahner (pronounced “honor”) was commissioned a E-mail: [email protected] 1st Lieutenant in the Indiana National Guard in 1948. During his service, he pursued his education at the University, and taught for six years in the Frankfort, Ind., school system before being www.uindy.gr appointed to the Guard full time in 1953. He served in World War II and was the first de-Nazification officer over the American zone of Vienna, Austria. For this service, he received commendations from the WWII allied commander in Africa and Italy. He served in a variety of staff positions at the company, battalion, and state levels before his appointment as the adjutant general from 1960 to 1961. He was reappointed to this position in 1972 by then-Governor Edgar D. Whitcomb and served until his retirement in 1986. He has received numerous military awards and decorations during his esteemed career. He and his wife, Betty Jane, live in Indianapolis and have two children and six grandchildren.

ALUMNI.UINDY.EDU 9 It’s all about ‘the U’ Kelli Carr Silcox ’97

Education: B.S., Psychology; MHS, Occupational Therapy

Employment: Occupational Therapist, Hancock Memorial Hospital, Greenfield, Ind.

Family: Husband Richard; daughters Alumni Gracie and Lauren News Home: Knightstown, Ind.

Why U of I? I was looking for a master’s level physical therapy school. Two schools were listed: U of I and Evansville. U of I offered the 2/3 program, which allowed students to count their first year of grad school as their last year of undergrad, so I saved a year of tuition.

What do folks not know about you? I was originally on scholarship as a vocal performance major and pre-physical therapy. Favorite TV show when I was on Dr. [Gerry] Zimmerman thought I should look campus? “ER.” into occupational therapy, as the two would complement each other better. He was right. Favorite campus hangout? The carpeted I was truly meant to be an OT! cubbies near the library’s vending machines.

Favorite campus food: Soft-serve ice Favorite class and/or professor? cream with Golden Grahams® out of the Anything taught by Dr. Steven Nawrocki and cereal dispensers. Dr. David Wantz [’84]. Dr. Nawrocki physically rotated test questions so that you sometimes had What exists now on campus that I to turn upside down to determine the answer. wish I had then? Martin Hall—the combined Dr. Wantz challenged me to look beyond what PT, OT, and nursing building. I only had one session a person vocalizes to determine what they are with the physical therapists, yet they took some of trying to really communicate. the same classes, just within their own department of physiology, gross anatomy, and kinesiology. My service to ‘the U’: I am in my second term as a director on the Alumni Association Favorite campus memories: My spring board and actively serve on its alumni break mission trip to the Sea Islands. I didn’t know involvement subcommittee. it was possible to work so hard on so little sleep. I will never forget it. I hope my family can do a What does the University mean to you? mission trip some day. I’ll never forget attending It was a place to grow academically, socially and convocations in Ransburg Auditorium and Brown spiritually. The University made me think beyond County Day, including the tug-of-war when we fell the normal scope of everyday life and to discover in the ravine, and campouts the night before when new things and people. I learned what you can the ranger was called. give to others and how to improve yourself.

10 PORTICO SUMMER 2005 ‘ Just because it’s a nonprofit doesn’t mean it’s not a business ’

Bonnie Scates-Caudill ’78 ’83 is pursuing a career in real estate, but her career has centered on the University’s “Education for Service” motto. She is the former executive director of Health Start Coalition, in which she helped women and families get aid from various agencies. She also worked for Indiana’s WIC program serving women, infants, and children. Her passion for social services and her business skills have helped keep many nonprofit agencies fiscally sound. “Just because it’s a nonprofit doesn’t mean it’s not a business,” she says. She was able to start her MBA studies at the University with the help of her former employer, Merchants National Bank in Indianapolis, via its tuition assistance program. She completed the degree at Nova Southeastern in Fort Myers, Florida. “My education at U of I was personalized education,” says Scates-Caudill. “There were more opportunities to be recognized as an individual, which I appreciated.” And when her Nova Southeastern MBA class was assigned to read a book written by the late Dr. George Humbarger, professor emeritus of business at Indiana Central College, she beamed with University pride. In December, she married Tom Caudill. They reside in North Port, Fla. —Monica Woods

WAYS TO VOLUNTEER Give the gift of time to your alma mater. Get involved today!

Admissions Legacy Program Refer high-caliber high school students. Provide names of relatives interested in enrolling Suggest they come for a campus visit. at the University, giving them the chance to Request a fee waiver ($20 value) available to receive a legacy scholarship. alumni to present to a prospective student. Be an alumni sponsor of a student who is Alumni Career Connection applying for the Alumni Scholarship. Help our students and alumni who need a job

Help at regional college fairs. Target cities in by being a contact for the Office of Career need of volunteers (training provided) include Services, refer openings, or hire a University of , Louisville, Cincinnati, Milwaukee, Indianapolis student intern or fellow alumnus St. Louis, Grand Rapids (Mich.), and or alumna. Nashville (Tenn.). Provide phone and meeting space for Young Alumni Admissions summer representatives Work with other graduates of the last decade to (University undergrads) to call and/or meet plan events and services especially for those who with prospective students in your area. are young and young at heart. Inquire about the Legacy Alumni Scholarship, which is available to all children and Alumni International Ambassadors grandchildren of alumni. Help the Office of International Programs

Send two of your business cards to the welcome international students to campus and Office of Alumni Relations for inclusion in a to the USA and help with other special needs networking binder displayed in the beautiful throughout the year. new Admissions Office lobby. It’s a great way for prospective students and families to see ‘Across the Miles’ Contact how our alumni have succeeded. Be an alumni resource contact in your city.

ALUMNI.UINDY.EDU 11 ‘A president’s-eye view of what makes us special’

I know that this is likely my last official written professional. Most of the other private colleges can’t communication as president to our extended say that, because they are located in the smaller towns University community. and cities of Indiana. Let me begin by simply thanking each of you for As in real estate, the secret to our success is welcoming us so warmly into the Indiana Central/ location, location, location. Smart as we think we University of Indianapolis family. Carol and I have are, our business plan wouldn’t work in Richmond, certainly had the best professional experience of our Greencastle, or Madison. We just can’t ever thank Dr. lives over the past seven years. Gene E. Sease enough for the inspiration of our name Lynn Youngblood [’63] and I have frequently change. Nor do I ever underestimate the graciousness talked about how we envy each other’s career paths. I with which our many “Central” alums have accepted bounced around among a number of fine institutions, our “new” name. meeting lots of wonderful folks, and seeing many As the University “of” and “for” Indianapolis, different ways of doing things in our business, but we have learned to deploy a flexible, agile, and always having to say goodbye. Lynn stayed put here, responsive partnership strategy to maximize Jerry Israel developing a universal knowledge and love of one opportunities for our faculty and students. This place, never having to say goodbye. I am so grateful strategy lies at the heart of our two “centers,” the to have had the last stop be here and to have been Center for Aging and Community (CAC) and the made to feel so at home so quickly. Center of Excellence in Leadership of Learning President’s Since graduate school, I have held full-time (CELL) as well as our graduate programs. We have Forum positions on seven faculties—the last four covering also become quite intentional internationally. The 31 years at four United Methodist places: Illinois Athens program is now a real branch campus, and we Wesleyan, Simpson, Morningside, and here. One have significant program opportunities at a number advantage of this latter-day circuit riding is being able of other sites around the world. to genuinely appreciate the strength of our University. I For all our growth and complexity, we still rest wonder if some people, who know only us, realize how firmly on some bedrock assumptions and values. well we stack up against our sister schools. Our motto and mission of “Education for Service” Our health is surely in part a function of our is as vital and instructive as ever. So, too, is our success. We have not borrowed a nickel for operations relationship with the United Methodist Church. And in more than a half-century and we have grown let’s not forget what I believe is the finest example of steadily. But, we also are spiritually healthy, and not an undergraduate athletics program in the nation. just from a religious perspective (but that, too). We As I pass the baton happily to Beverley Pitts have, simply put, a healthy spirit. I have said before in July, I know that the face of higher education is that a great comfort has been knowing that even on changing rapidly. Competition from high-tech, for- my worst day, there is little I can do here to really profit educational providers will force institutions mess things up. like ours to show continually how we add value to Attitude, or how we feel about things, is the students’ lives. Problems of higher education access, most important part of an institution’s culture; ours affordability, and diversity will challenge our best is upbeat, optimistic, friendly, and purposeful. Our thinkers. It will take all of Dr. Pitts’s many skills, people have a can-do approach to things. This is strengths, and experiences to lead effectively. But I certainly not true of every institution’s culture, and, leave with every confidence in our new president, much to my chagrin, I had discovered even before our University, and you. coming here that these cultures are hard, maybe Godspeed. impossible, to change, at least quickly. Let me give you, as I complete my tenure here, a president’s-eye view of what makes us special. Our niche is to be on the bubble of everyone else’s. It is hard to find at first, but quite comfortable once discovered. When we recruit against the large state places, we can accurately say that we are small, faith- based, and residential. They can’t. When we recruit against other independent colleges, we can say, again Editor’s Note: Thanks to Vice President David Wantz ’84 quite honestly, that we are urban, complex, and for his work in creating the Israel presidency overview at right.

12 PORTICO SUMMER 2005 From vision to fruition: The Israel presidency at a glance

Jerry Israel began his term of leadership at the The Institute for Emerging Careers, which won University of Indianapolis in 1998. From the strategic grant approval from the Lilly Endowment, leads plan he launched came ideas and detailed plans that innovative collaborations between business and would transform the University. Physical capacity and academe, and identifies skills needed for new fields. personnel numbers grew, as did the budget and the Other innovations: an Enrollment Management endowment. The campus underwent more physical Program, Financial Aid Policy Committee; enhancement than at any time in its history. The Retention Strategy Committee; Key Objectives University celebrated its 100th anniversary and its Committee, and deans’ and graduate councils. 100th commencement during Jerry Israel’s tenure. Significant hires include a vice president for Downright Devotion to the Cause, Fred Hill’s history Research, Planning, and Strategic Partnerships, a of the University, tells of the struggles the institution dean for Ecumenical and Interfaith Services, and a has endured, but it is clear from this brief overview of marketing director. the past few years that the struggle today is about how The department of psychology became the School to handle the thriving university we have become. It of Psychological Sciences. is a more complex, refined, and efficient organization Doctoral degrees are offered in Physical Therapy The challenges ahead are today, but it is still a place where compassion and care and Occupational Therapy. are closely held values. The School for Adult Learning began offering what some would call good degrees on-site in businesses and on campus in problems—problems of Highlights accelerated format. capacity and sustained Undergrad enrollment grew 27% (1,740 to 2,216). The School of Business revamped the MBA Graduate enrollment grew 7.5% (918 to 986). program and offers cohort programs in businesses. growth. But the University is Total enrollment grew 10.7% (3,718 to 4,116). The School of Nursing began Midwifery and already tackling those issues Resident students increased from 47% of Certified Nurse Practitioners programs. undergraduates (772) to nearly 51% (1,141). The campus in Athens was purchased. and will take them head on Endowment, even with the market drop in the late A new accreditation format was adopted based on as it becomes the university 1990s, grew from $51.6 million to $63.5 million. continuous improvement and student learning. By far the most successful development effort in More than $25 million has been invested in the for Indianapolis. University history, the $50-million Campaign for campus; total renovation of Lilly Hall and the UINDY raised friends and funds to support the connection to the Martin Hall health sciences strategic plan. The goal was reached more than two building, already in progress, were completed. years ahead of the December 2005 deadline and was The first new residence hall in 17 years, Central raised to $65 million; that goal was met by May. Hall, was built as a four-story suite-style building. The Center of Excellence in Leadership of Buxton Hall was razed and the Stierwalt Alumni Learning plans to transform K–12 education House was built on the site. so more students will graduate, be prepared for Schwitzer Student Center was renovated and college, and succeed after high school. CELL’s expanded to house all student services, an improved major grants ($15 million, Lilly Endowment; bookstore, food services, coffee shop, atrium $11.3 million, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation) gathering space, and recreation area. The Master helped facilitate the Network of Effective Small Au Ho-nien Museum was established there in 2004. Schools in Indianapolis, the Network of Schools, In a city/University partnership, a dilapidated and the Life Sciences Initiative. Fountain Square factory became the Wheeler Arts The Center for Aging and Community, using Building, with studio and living space for artists; the University’s strengths in health care and the Community Programs Office moved here. community partnerships, promotes change The University helped renovate the Southeast Multi- in community and work environments so all service Center; students in OT, PT, Social Work, people can live with dignity, optimal health, and Psychology began to serve clients there. It’s also and independence. The Aging in Place and home to the Center for Aging and Community. Meaningful Work for Older Adults initiatives A 50,000-square-foot addition to Esch Hall was are collaborations with service providers, policy completed this year and now serves as the makers, advocates, and community leaders. University’s “front door.”

ALUMNI.UINDY.EDU 13 UNIVERSITY TAPS BALL STATE ADMINISTRATOR FOR PRESIDENCY

After a national search, the University of Indianapolis About Dr. Beverley J. Pitts has selected a seasoned Ball State University educator Dr. Pitts is widely published in scholarly journals and has been active as a journalist, and administrator as its next chief executive. writing consultant, and reviewer. She has presented papers and speeches across the Beverley J. Pitts, provost and vice president country on writing, communication, and media. As a consultant to the National for academic affairs at Ball State, becomes the Football League Players Association, she has assisted with development of a scholarship University’s eighth president on July 5. She succeeds program as well as design and implementation of research projects. She holds Ball Jerry Israel, who is retiring. (See page 12.) State’s Distinguished Alumni Award and Journalism Hall of Fame Award, the NFL The selection of Dr. Pitts was based on her Players Association Award of Excellence, the Anderson University Outstanding Alumni impressive leadership qualities, accomplishments, and Award, a Fulbright scholarship to study in Germany, the Ottoway Fellowship, and the communication skills, said trustee Sue Anne Gilroy, American Press Institute Fellowship. She is a member of the board of the Professional chair of the Search Committee. In addition to 20 Athletes Foundation, the Sagamore Institute, the Community Foundation of Muncie and Delaware County, the Delaware County Chamber of Commerce, and the Indiana years as a professor and administrator at Ball State, Youth Institute. She also is a former chair of the Indiana Humanities Council and Pitts skillfully shepherded that institution through former president of the National Association for General and Liberal Studies. Dr. Pitts an especially diffi cult period while serving as acting and her husband, William, have two grown sons. president in 2004. Dr. Pitts was among four fi nalists, culled from Education nearly 80 candidates, who were invited to campus for interviews with seven advisory committees BA, English, Anderson University, 1968 representing students, faculty, staff, alumni, and MA, Journalism, Ball State University, 1971 community leaders. “With every constituent group, Ed.D., Higher Education, Ball State University, 1981 she was the universal favorite,” said Christel DeHaan, chair of the Board of Trustees. Academic History Dr. Pitts began her higher education career as 1997–1980 English instructor, Anderson University (AU) an English instructor at Anderson University, where 1980–1985 Assistant Professor, Chair, Department of Communication, AU she received a bachelor’s degree in English in 1968. 1985–1990 Associate Professor of Journalism, Ball State University (BSU) She earned two degrees from Ball State: a master’s in 1991–2005 Professor of Journalism, BSU journalism and a doctorate in higher education. As provost and vice president for academic Administrative Positions (BSU) affairs at Ball State, Dr. Pitts oversaw seven academic colleges and 900 faculty. She played a leading role in 1985–1988 Director, Graduate Studies in Journalism developing Freshman Connections, identifi ed as one 1988–1990 Director, General Studies of 13 Best Practice Programs in the Freshman Year 1990 Director, Academic Assessment & General Studies 1990–1992 Assistant Provost, Executive Director, by the national Policy Center on the First Year of Research & Undergraduate Curriculum College. Freshman retention at Ball State went from Fall 1994 Acting Provost 67 percent in 1997 to 80 percent by 2003. 2000–2001 Acting Supervisor, Information Technology Dr. Pitts was the designer or project director for 2001 Acting Provost (April–June) fi ve Lilly Endowment grants to Ball State totaling 1993–2002 Associate Provost more than $36 million. Two of the projects addressed 2002–2005 Provost, Vice President, Academic Affairs student retention, and the most recent funded a new 2004 Acting President (January–August) Center for Media Design.

14 PORTICO SUMMER 2005 UNIVERSITY TAPS BALL STATE of Arlington, Arsenal Technical, Broad Ripple, The department beat Emmerich Manual and Northwest high schools. An op-ed by executive director Dr. Lynne Weisenbach ADMINISTRATOR FOR PRESIDENCY Anthropology offered CELL’s viewpoint on redefi ning high schools Dr. Chris Schmidt has been elected to serve and ran as the front-page article in the Indianapolis on the Merit Review Board for the Carmel Police Star’s Focus section in March. A number of media Department in Carmel, Indiana. outlets have featured CELL initiatives recently, In March Dr. Greg Reinhardt presented a including FOX 59/WB4’s Focus on Central Indiana paper, “Indians in Today’s Mass Market: American program, which featured Dr. Weisenbach and the IPS Indians as Commodities,” at the annual meeting of the superintendent discussing high school reform. Alaska Anthropological Association. The University Dr. Weisenbach and Ruth Green, senior of Alaska Press also completed its second printing of research fellow, presented at the American Campus Reinhardt’s coauthored book Eskimo Architecture. Association of Higher Education (AAHE) in Atlanta in March on the effect of high school transformation Life Athletics on higher education. Under the direction of Dr. Jennifer VanSickle, CELL/Fairbanks Hospital’s Substance-Impacted University Sports Administration students aided (SI) Children’s program, managed by CELL fellow in the administration of two NCAA events held on Susan Zapach ’99, received a $20,000 grant from campus in conjunction with the Women’s Final Four. Drug-Free Marion County for the second year and a Ten students also worked at the NCAA YES Clinic $21,800 grant each year for the next three years from held on campus in April; 23 students assisted with the United Way. CELL/SI Children’s program received WBCA All-Star Games on April 2 in Nicoson Hall. the Fairbanks Circle of Hope Award in April. Along with Dr. VanSickle, 15 students worked at the CELL announced a grant award in April of World Swimming Championship Trials at the IUPUI $12,000 to Fairbanks to begin development of a small Natatorium March 30 to April 6. high school designed for teens who are in recovery from drug or alcohol addiction. The recovery high Athletic Training school will help those students avoid relapsing and In April, Dr. Christine Lauber copresented a becoming dropouts, homeless, or incarcerated. poster, “Gender Differences in Gender Equity? CELL fellows Deb Sachs ’78 and Cynthia Attitudes Regarding Title IX Legislation from Male Jackson presented a session on presentation and Female Athletic Training Educators Attending strategies in February at the Professional the 2003 Athletic Trainers’ Educator Conference: A Development Partnership Institute in Colorado. Deb Pilot Study,” at the American Alliance for Health, Sachs presented “Tell Me What’s Going On” at the Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance National Hoosier Association of Science Teachers’ convention. Conference in Chicago. The session was designed to update experienced Career Services teachers on Rule 2002 Indiana teacher licensing and Career Services recognized fi ve nominees for 2005 renewal, mentoring, and portfolio requirements. Student Employee of the Year: Sophia Burey, Tara Dr. Zora Ziazi, research associate, presented Deppe, Katie Jones, Rebecca Selman, Lindy “Impact of Perceived School Climate Pathways Wildman, and the winner, Renee Johnson. The on Middle School Students Bonding to School” at award recognizes fi ve attributes: reliability, quality the American Educational Research Association of work, initiative, professionalism, and the ability to Conference in Montreal in April. demonstrate learning. Linda Fulford has been appointed to the board of directors for the Science Education Foundation Center of Excellence in of Indiana. She serves on the Intel International Leadership of Learning Science and Engineering Fair Education Outreach CELL has awarded Indianapolis Public Schools Committee for the 2006 fair in Indianapolis and is (IPS) nearly $1.4 million in grant funds for the the Indiana director for the National Alliance of State school district’s creation of 21 small high schools Science and Mathematics Coalitions (NASSMC) and (400 students or fewer per school) on the campuses a member of the Indiana Science Institute.

ALUMNI.UINDY.EDU 15 Center for Aging and Community English Dr. Ellen Miller has been appointed executive Dr. Kyoko Amano gave a presentation on Horatio director of the University’s Center for Aging and Alger, Jr., titled “Marry and Be Merry; or, Alger’s Community, succeeding Dr. Ben Dickerson. Dr. Hero Makes a Heroine Happy,” at the American Miller served first as chair of the task force that Studies Association in Atlanta in November. Her conducted the feasibility study for the center, then as essay on Alger, titled “Cut and Create; or Alger’s a member of the center’s initial Steering Committee, Editors Make Success Heroes,” appeared in the and most recently as associate director. September-October issue of Newsboy (the Horatio Alger Society official publication). She also presented Chemistry “A Faithful Chinaman in Alger’s Pacific Series,” at Dr. Cecil Jones’s manuscript “Circular Dichroism the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Campus Method for Heat Capacity Determination of Association in San Diego in March. Life Proteins” has been accepted for publication in the As a part of the University’s developing Journal of Chemical Education. relationship with Mar Elias University in Israel, Dr. Bill Dynes offered a section of English 102 via Communications distance-learning technologies in April and May. The In competitions sponsored by the Indiana Plowshares Peace Studies Collaborative assisted with Association of School Broadcasters (IASB) and its videoconferencing facilities. Dr. Dynes met with Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ), Indiana the class for seven weeks, three hours per week, by Chapter, University of Indianapolis radio students videoconference connection, and three hours online. won four of eight categories. Six awards were won; In April Dr. Toni J. Morris presented her winners were Jennifer Wilson, Misty Cole, Scott paper “Shakespeare Goes Hollywood: Four Recent Manning, Jason Umbreit, Joe Boehnlein, and Film Adapations of Shakespeare’s Plays” at the Scott Manning. In the IASB television competition, College English Association. She also presented UINDY Magazine won first place in the news “Living the Good (Contemplative) Life: Advice from magazine category, and Susan Decker and Three Fourteenth-Century Mystics” at the May Christian Guynn won two other awards. The meeting of the International Congress of Medieval University of Indianapolis was designated by the Studies in Michigan. Dr. Morris was also a part of IASB as Radio School of the Year for 2005 based a group receiving a venture capital grant to study on the results of the competition. Television students the possibility of an English as a Second Language Chad Brodhacker, Chase Eaton, and Jamie teacher preparation program at the University. McKinzie also were honored. Dr. David Noble’s book Gallery of Best Resumes WICR general manager Scott Uecker has been was on the Bestsellers of Small Presses list. It was reelected to serve a second two-year term as IASB announced in the Library Journal in February. president and will remain on the Indiana Pro Chapter Dr. Elizabeth Weber recently published a SPJ Board for another year. collection of 23 poems in a book titled The Burning The Reflector this spring won nine state awards House (Main Street Rag Press). The book was featured from the Society of Professional Journalists. Award in April in the Indianapolis Star. winners are Shelly Grimes, Craig Haupert, Katy Yeiser, Joy Hernandez, Luke Thornberry, History & Political Science Lauren Howey, and Katy Yeiser. Dr. Bill Ayres presented a paper written with Dr. Colleges and universities competed in the SPJ Stephen Saideman of McGill University, “Pie Crust Best in Indiana Journalism contest on an equal basis, Promises and Silence Procedures: Understanding the regardless of the school’s size. Limited Impact of NATO and EU Membership,” The Reflector also won three state journalism at the annual meeting of the International Studies awards from the Indiana Collegiate Press Association, Association in March. Dr. Ayres was also elected to competing for the first time in Division II. Those the executive board of the Ethnicity, Nationalism, awards went to Lucas Klipsch, Katy Yeiser, and and Migration Section of the ISA. Luke Thornberry.

16 PORTICO SUMMER 2005 1 0 0 T H COMMENCEMENT HONORS DIPLOMAT, REFORMER

The 100th undergraduate commencement on May 7 at the University of Indianapolis honored the progressive superintendent of the Indiana Women’s Prison and a prominent diplomat and writer from India, among other notables. The speaker was the Reverend Robert T. Baggott III, senior minister of the Community Church of Vero Beach in Florida. He has been involved with the University of Indianapolis Mar Elias branch campus in Israel and was named the University’s International Citizen of the Year. Pavan K. Varma and Dana Blank were also awarded honorary degrees. Varma, a best-selling author and newspaper columnist in his native India, received an honorary doctor of arts degree. His career includes diplomatic posts in the US and Russia and stints as a government spokesman, speechwriter, and presidential press secretary. He directs the London-based Nehru Centre. Blank, Indiana Women’s Prison superintendent, received an honorary doctor of humanities degree. She has gained national attention for innovative health, education, and counseling programs for incarcerated women and their families. The speaker for the May 6 graduate programs commencement ceremony was the Reverend George A. Purnell, who has served since August 2003 as senior pastor of First United Methodist Church in Bloomington. He also received an honorary doctor of divinity degree. Counting the home campus and campuses in Athens and Cyprus, a grand total of 1,017 students were graduated from the University this year. The breakdown includes 57 doctoral doctoral degrees; 282 master’s degrees; and 571 undergraduate degrees. (Cliff Brooks ’05, above, earned a BS degree; these days, cell phones are ubiquitous at graduation ceremonies.)

Krannert School of limb amputation. The work was also presented at the Physical Therapy American Physical Therapy Association’s Combined In February Stephanie Combs, PT, MS, NCS, Sections Meeting in New Orleans. received board certification as a Neurologic Clinical In February Dr. Julie Gahimer ’85 was invited Specialist at the American Physical Therapy to present a continuing education course, “Health Association’s Combined Sections meeting. Promotion and Health Education: Essentials for Dr. Beth Domholdt’s textbook, Rehabilitation Physical Therapists,” to 40 physical therapists at the Research: Principles and Applications, is now out in its University of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica. third edition. The textbook is used in a variety of Faculty members Dr. Sam Kegerreis and Dr. rehabilitation education programs across the United Jill Stikeleather, along with KSPT graduates Jeff States, Canada, and Europe. Dr. Domholdt, longtime Mitsch ’02, Jennifer Casey ’02, and Rachel dean of the school, recently was named vice president McKinnis ’02 have been awarded the Cardon of academic affairs at the College of St. Scholastica in Award For Excellence in a Published Research Duluth, Minnesota. Article from the Journal of Manual & Manipulative Dr. Karen Friel ’04, Dr. Domholdt, and Therapy. Their manuscript was titled “Investigation of Douglas Smith from the University of Washington a Consistent Pattern of Motion Restriction in Patients are the authors of an upcoming article in the with Adhesive Capsulitis.” Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development. The Stephanie Kelly ’91 ’92 presented a poster article, based on Dr. Friel’s doctoral work, examines titled “Education for Service: Development of the relationship between physical and functional a Service Learning Course Within a Doctor of measures of lower back pain in individuals with lower Physical Therapy Curriculum” at the Combined

ALUMNI.UINDY.EDU 17 Sections Meeting of the American Physical Conducting Market Research in the People’s Republic Therapy Association. of China,” at the American Society of Business and Dr. Pam Leerar ’03, Dr. Bill Biossonnault Behavioral Sciences annual meeting in February. (faculty member at University of Wisconsin-Madison Dr. Bohley Hubbard also presented a paper titled and adjunct faculty at the University of Indianapolis), “The Four Corners of the World: Lessons Learned Toni Roddey from Texas Woman’s University, in Conducting Market Research in Brazil, Greece, and Dr. Domholdt recently presented Dr. Leerar’s Kenya, and the People’s Republic of China.” Drs. doctoral work on medical screening by physical Adams and Bohley Hubbard also presented a paper therapists for patients with lower back pain at the on purchasing and supply management, “Challenges American Physical Therapy Association’s Combined in Conducting Empirical Purchasing Research in the Sections Meeting in New Orleans. People’s Republic of China,” at the North American Campus Dr. Pamela D. Ritzline ’87 has been elected Research Symposium. president of the Indiana Chapter of the American Dr. Bohley Hubbard will present two papers in Life Physical Therapy Association. Athens at the European Applied Business Research Conference. One of the papers, coauthored with Krannert Memorial Library Dr. Adams, is titled “Purchasing and Supply Chain Dr. Phil Young (director) had an article published in Management Practices in Greek Small Business the February issue of the Journal of Near Eastern Studies Organizations.” The other is titled “Teaching titled “The Cypriot Aphrodite Cult: Paphos, Rantidi, }Online: What is It? Is it Worth It: Revisited” at and Saint Barnabas.” In March he gave a speech the European College Teaching and Learning at the annual conference of the Indiana Library Conference in Athens. Federation titled “Professional Development: Off the Beaten Path.” School of Education In April Dr. Gloria Ameny-Dixon, coordinator Modern Languages of the Master of Arts in Teaching program, attended Dr. Gerburg Garmann has accepted an invitation the National Association for Alternative Certification to contribute several of her poems to the German Conference in Denver. She was elected to serve as a poetry anthology Lyrische Reihe. In this handwritten member of the NAAC Journal Review Board. edition, 37 German contemporary poets present In April Dr. Ruth Green and Dr. Lynne autograph copies of their poetry in a limited edition. Weisenbach (dean) presented at the American Michelle A. Stoneburner ’66, associate Association of Higher Education in Atlanta. The professor of French, received the 2005 Distinguished topic was the effect of high school transformation Faculty/Staff Alumni Award in March. on higher education. Additionally, the Education Commission of the States appointed Dr. Weisenbach Philosophy & Religion to a leadership task force. Dr. Greg Clapper recently published a book titled Three students from the Master of Arts Living Your Heart’s Desire: God’s Call and Your Vocation. in Teaching program presented “Classroom While on sabbatical, Dr. Clapper volunteered from Management: From Philosophy to Practice” at his Air National Guard unit, the 181st Fighter Wing the Association of Teacher Educators’ Midwest of the Indiana Air National Guard, to work for seven Conference in April. Tammy Murray ’05, Paul weeks as chaplain at Landstuhl Army Hospital in Withers ’02, and Katie Hefferan ’05 provided Landstuhl, Germany. examples and feedback in a presentation with Dr. The department hosted the biannual meeting Jane MacKenzie, Dr. Gordon Mendenhall, of the Indiana Philosophical Assocation in and Dr. Angelia Ridgway from the School of April. Philosophy professors and graduate and Education. undergraduate students from Indiana, Illinois, and Dr. Nancy Steffel has been elected president Ohio attended and presented at the conference. of the Indiana Reading Professors. School of Business A group of University educators presented at Dr. Jeff Adams and Dr. Kathy Bohley Hubbard the Indiana Association for the Education of Young ’91 ’92 ’94 presented a paper, “Challenges in Children Annual Conference in March. Students

18 PORTICO SUMMER 2005 Amy Jackson ’05, Amber Keller ’05, and Biz Representational, Defensive, and Neurobiological Miller, along with Sandy Wright, a graduate Functioning,” was coauthored with graduate student student in early childhood education, and Dr. Robbi Hudson-Crain and published in the Nanci Vargus, assistant professor in the School of Bulletin of the Menninger Clinic. He has two manuscripts Education, shared ideas on “Helping Parents Help on parent-child interaction research under peer their Children Become Successful Readers.” Most review by the Journal of Personality Assessment, both of of the ideas came from Family Literacy Workshops which were presented at the Society for Personality conducted at Lynwood Elementary School as part of Assessment conference in March. One of the a successful before-school tutoring program. manuscripts was coauthored and presented with The partnership between the University Robbi Hudson-Crain; the second was coauthored and the Metropolitan School District of Decatur with School of Psychological Sciences alumna Dr. Township was nationally recognized during the Christine Raches ’00 ’02 ’05. For up-to-date news about the Independent Liberal Arts Colleges of Teacher Dr. Jacqueline Remondet Wall University, visit the University Education conference in Washington, DC. Nanci coauthored a report with Dr. Steven Koch titled Vargus and two other educators presented “Layered “IARCCA Outcome Project Quality Improvement Communications Web site: Interventions: Ensuring Success for Collegiate Assessment: Summary Report.” Dr. Wall also had http://uindy.edu/news/ Candidates, In-Service Teachers, and Struggling a poster accepted for presentation at the American Elementary Readers.” Occupational Therapy Association Conference The Indiana State Reading Association will now for a research project she is working on with Dr. be housed at the University. Donna Stephenson, Candace Beitman. graduate and licensing advisor, was selected to serve Dr. Wall completed one film and two book as executive director of the ISRA. reviews in the last year with student Ruth Reeves and Dr. David Wall. She is serving as chair of the School of Nursing Continuing Education Committee for the American Dr. Connie Wilson has written a chapter for the Psychological Association and as Continuing book Educating for Leadership. She and Dr. Jan Cise Education chair for the Division of Rehabilitation were recently promoted to professor. Barbara Psychology. She has also been working on the Bogard Kelly was promoted to assistant professor. development of a Web-blend class for Introduction to Psychology. School of Occupational Therapy Sarah L. Williams, a second-year occupational Social Sciences therapy student in the MOT program, was recently Dr. Phylis Lan Lin’s book Stress Management: A Total elected as the Assembly of Student Delegates’ liaison Approach, published by the Young Lion Publishers, Inc. to the American Occupational Therapy Association in Taiwan in 2003, was selected as assigned reading Commission on Practice. She will graduate in for all public sector training programs in Taiwan. Her December 2005. previous book, Stress and Coping (2000), received the Golden Award in Taiwan in 2000. In March, Dr. Lin School of Psychological gave keynote speeches titled “Women’s Leadership” Sciences and “Surviving Cancer: Take Charge of Your Life” In March at the University of Southern California, at two Chinese-American associations’ annual Dr. Victoria Hilkevitch Bedford presented the celebrations of Women’s Day in Chicago. paper “Intimacy between Brothers in Three Cohorts: Qualitative Findings From the Longitudinal Study of Theatre Adult Sibling Relationships.” Theatre production manager Jeffrey Barnes ’00 Dr. Richard Holigrocki was promoted to will perform his original one-man play, “Remember associate professor of clinical psychology. His research Who Made You,” at the Indianapolis Theatre Fringe program has focused on parent-child interaction Festival in August. assessment. His most recent journal article, “Victim- Victimizer Relational Dynamics as Maintained by

ALUMNI.UINDY.EDU 19 Valentine honored with first Interfaith Service Award

A retiring staff member is the recipient of the inaugural Jerry Israel Interfaith Service Award at the University of Indianapolis. Flora Valentine joined the University in 1982 as an English instructor and has since served as key advisor in the School of Nursing. She has been a key participant in the University’s efforts to welcome people of all faiths. Valentine, who is retiring this summer, has served voluntarily on the University’s Ecumenical and Interfaith Council since that group’s creation in the 1999–2000 academic year. She has served the past few years as advisor Campus to the campus’s Jewish Student Union and has been an informal advocate for students from evangelical Protestant traditions. Valentine also has served Life on the Steering Committee of the Crossings Project, the University’s Lilly Endowment-funded initiative that explores faith-based vocations. The University’s Office of Ecumenical and Interfaith Programs established the award this year in honor of outgoing president Jerry Israel. The award will be given each year to a member of the campus community in honor of the president’s commitment to cultivating a climate that is hospitable to all, regardless of cultural, religious, or other differences.

InQuery Collaborative grants announced

Ten initiatives totaling more than $80,000 have Arts Coordinator Marilyn McElwain, received funding in the second InQuery Collaborative Community Programs Center, to engage older grant cycle (Portico, Spring 2005). Funded through adults in mural, theater, and photography projects the Lilly Endowment intellectual capital initiative, the with faculty and students in occupational therapy, IQ Collaborative provides resources for faculty and theatre, and art and design; students to work with industry and community Dr. Jacqueline Wall, School of Psychological partners. Grants were awarded to: Sciences, to develop online instructional Dr. Rick Holigrocki, School of Psychological preparation for teaching assistants and adjunct Sciences, to fund collaborative work with students faculty members; on parent-child interaction research; Professor Dee Schaad, Department of Art and Professor Jennifer Drake, English Department Design (College of Arts and Sciences) to fund an (College of Arts and Sciences), to fund travel outdoor sculpture competition and exhibition; expenses for students and faculty who are Dr. Don Hoover, Krannert School of Physical submitting proposals for two sessions at a Therapy, to fund hardware and personnel needed Lancaster University (UK) conference on the 21st- to add computer work stations to the Movement century novel; Science Laboratory; Professors Stephanie Combs ’99 and Dr. Leslie Gardner, School of Business, to fund Stephanie Kelly ’91 ’92, Krannert School of student involvement and operational expenses Physical Therapy, to fund a study of the feasibility for a one-day conference on supply chain of establishing a campus-based clinical research management in collaboration with several related and community program for stroke rehabilitation; professional societies; Dr. Victoria Bedford, School of Psychological Dr. Christopher Petrosino, Krannert School Sciences, to fund student assistants to collaborate of Physical Therapy, to fund student attendance with her on work related to family systems at national meetings at which they are presenting processes in caring for a frail older relative; research that was conducted in collaboration with faculty members.

20 PORTICO SUMMER 2005 Th eatre prof steps into national spotlight

The unit is a portable, collapsible assembly of wood, screws, and hinges that opens to form four Theatre department chair eight-inch steps for stage use. It’s small enough to Jim Ream demonstrates fi t in the trunk of Ream’s Kia, but if you set up three of them with a couple four-by-four-foot stage his modular spiral step unit, platforms—voila!—you’ve got a spiral staircase for a simple but versatile bit your next production of The Barber of Seville. of stage gear that was among Ream concocted the design two decades ago for some long-forgotten production, and the department six top entries this year at has used the handy, versatile devices ever since, often North America’s largest lending them to other theatre groups in the city. He submitted his design, almost on a whim, for this year’s annual conference for USITT stage tech expo and was pleasantly surprised theatre technology. when it was among 43 chosen for exhibition at the conference, which typically attracts more than 3,500 attendees from around the world. He was pretty much shocked, however, when the modular spiral step unit—which can be built for less than $200—was tapped by the judges as one of this year’s top six entries. Ream brought home a cash prize and a promise of recognition in the next issue of the USITT journal, Theatre Design and Technology. The award was another high point in a strong year for the growing theatre program, which now boasts more than 50 student majors. Earlier this year, the department’s production of Samuel Beckett’s Endgame was among just 12 in a fi ve-state area invited for performance at the prestigious Region III Kennedy Center American College Theater Festival at Illinois State University. Though easily overlooked by audiences, mechanical ingenuity is a vital skill in theatre, Ream says. Because of the unique logistical and fi nancial The top technical minds of the theatre world brought circumstances surrounding any production, stage their fancy hydraulic and electronic inventions to gear does not lend itself to mass production and sale, Toronto in March, hoping for recognition at the US and often must be custom-built. Therefore, along with Institute for Theatre Technology’s annual conference. such skills as acting and directing, students also take And there among them was Jim Ream, chair stagecraft courses to learn basic carpentry, wiring, of the University of Indianapolis Department of knot-tying, and even welding. Theatre, with a humble contraption he calls the Despite the national recognition, Ream has no “modular spiral step unit.” plans to earn a fortune with his portable steps. “I was sitting there with my plywood,” says “The last thing I would try to do is patent Ream, a 32-year University faculty veteran. “I felt something like this,” he says. “I was just trying to share like Charlie Brown.” something I thought would be useful.” —Scott Hall

ALUMNI.UINDY.EDU 21 Triple-major graduate sweeps academic awards

The simple fact that Daniel Goshorn-Maroney starting a sentence. ’05 pursued a triple major at the University of The condition Indianapolis—and finished in four years—made persists despite years him stand out among fellow undergraduates. of therapy, but it “I took about 18 hours per semester, so that didn’t stop Daniel was interesting,” the Ladoga native says with from participating typical understatement. academically and But not only did he complete the degree socially on campus. requirements in English, History, and Religion, “He’s certainly Campus he finished with a 3.869 GPA and was selected by very articulate faculty as the University’s top student in all three in class,” English Life subject areas. Professor Bill At the recent honors convocation, before Dynes said. “It doesn’t faze him a bit.” receiving his diploma on May 7, Daniel received: Dynes said he first noticed Daniel’s dedication when the student received an A-minus on his first the Donald F. Carmony Award for Excellence paper in a Shakespeare course and immediately in History and Political Science, which is wanted to know how he could do better in the future. awarded each year to the program’s top “He made an appointment with me the next senior and includes a scholarship. day to talk about it,” Dynes said. the Senior Award for Excellence in English. A fellow student and friend, senior Lauren the Outstanding Student in Biblical Howey, described Daniel as a modest and generous Studies award. classmate who regularly shares his time, tutoring the Outstanding Student in Religious other students and proofreading their papers. Studies award. “He’s one of the most caring people I’ve The University sees one or two students ever met,” she said. “He bends over backwards to pursuing a triple major at any given time, registrar help other people in classes, because it comes so Dr. Mary Beth Bagg ’94 said, but this level of easily to him.” academic achievement is unique in recent memory. Daniel comes from a western Montgomery Professor Larry Sondhaus, chair of the County farm family and was schooled at home Department of History & Political Science, said by his parents, David Maroney and Judy Goshorn-Maroney’s dedication and writing ability Goshorn. David Maroney also serves as priest reflect a mindset of classical scholarship that is of St. Stephen the First Martyr Orthodox increasingly rare. Church in Crawfordsville. “He is academically inclined in a way that a Daniel has been accepted into a graduate lot of students aren’t,” Sondhaus said. “He’s just program at the University of Wisconsin, where deeply interested in the way things are and the way he plans to pursue a doctorate in Middle Eastern things used to be.” history. Though a history degree is not considered Goshorn-Maroney also has been a leader among extremely marketable these days, he hopes his peers, founding a campus organization for history America’s renewed interest in the Middle East will and political science majors, the Janus Club. create opportunities. To achieve so much, he had to overcome a “I think it’s a fascinating topic, and hopefully personal challenge that might have kept other young there will be a job market for it,” he says. “I might adults in the shadows: a speech impediment that try for a job in the Defense Department, something often forces him to pause for several seconds before like that.” —Scott Hall

22 PORTICO SUMMER 2005 W H E N T W O STUDENTS WRITE, The presses roll behind A CITY LISTENS Christina Morris and Jen Wilson

Young people sometimes feel their opinions aren’t taken seriously, but two University of Indianapolis students have discovered that their ideas are important enough to appear regularly in a major metropolitan daily newspaper—and generate comment! Communications major Jen Wilson and psychology major Christina Morris ’05 were invited to join the Indianapolis Star’s 2004–05 “Fresh Thoughts” panel of high school and college students, based on nominations from the University. The Star’s Although the close of the school year signaled editorial board solicits panelists’ opinions on current the end of their tenure as panelists, Morris has been issues throughout a school year, and also encourages invited to submit full-length opinion pieces monthly them to submit short essays on topics of importance for the Star’s op-ed page while she attends graduate to them as the mood strikes. Select pieces appear in school at Tufts University. What’s more, Greyhounds a special newspaper column on Fridays, while all of now have a new Fresh Thoughts panelist to look the opinions are included in a blog on the newspaper’s forward to: April Devine, an international relations Web site. Both University of Indianapolis students and political science major from Washington, Ind. have had numerous published pieces and have April will be sending her opinions from a very long received high marks from editor Jane Lichtenberg. distance this fall. She will be spending her junior year “Writing for Fresh Thoughts has given me a little at Queens University in Belfast, Northern Ireland, bit different perspective on what’s happening in the taking classes and researching her honors project on world,” said Jen, who starts her senior year this fall. the Irish Republican Army. —Mary Atteberry “I’m more aware of what’s going on, and I think about it more, which gives me time to create an opinion.” Christina Morris shared final thoughts about her “Fresh Thoughts” experience with Indianapolis Putting her point of view out there for the public Star readers, using the occasion to reflect on the importance of maintaining a dialogue with to see was a bit daunting at first, Jen admitted. “I’m individuals who disagree with us: not as worried about offending people with my opinion now as I was in the beginning. I know that everyone’s entitled to their opinion and I’m entitled to LAST THOUGHTS mine and we’re not all going to agree.” As my undergraduate commencement grows near, I have been doing lots of reminiscing, Christina, who received her bachelor of arts and as I look back on my experiences writing on the Indy Star Fresh Thoughts panel, I degree summa cum laude in May, said she got half a realize what a valuable and enriching time it has been. By writing, I not only had the dozen e-mails from readers following her debut article opportunity to share my thoughts and opinions, but also had the opportunity to engage in the Star. “While most of the e-mails I have received in some extremely valuable conversations with readers who vehemently disagreed with have been supportive, those disagreeing with me have my views. These conversations have made me realize just how important it is, not only given me the opportunity to respond to them and not for opinion writers but for all people, to continue discussing issues that are not the easiest only show them another angle of the argument, but and the most comfortable to talk about. For in talking about the difficult issues (though also reveal the reasoning behind my position. The we may become emotionally charged and very uncomfortable), we gain not only a better process of elucidating and defending my position to understanding of ourselves and those issues, but we also gain a better understanding those who disagreed with me has actually allowed me of the people who disagree with us. Though we still may disagree with each other, our to synthesize my feelings, beliefs, and thoughts with deeper understanding of those who oppose our views makes it easier to respect and see the knowledge that I have gained throughout my entire them as fellow human beings. And in times when those who disagree with the norm educational career. The blending and organizing are often stigmatized, it is especially important to remember this. For only when we of my ideas with the facts I acquired at school gave remember everyone’s humanity (despite opposing views) can we continue hashing out the me an opportunity to learn more about myself and difficult issues and continue the important exchange of ideas. So, before I go, I would like understand the true and deeper reasons for my beliefs. to say thank you for giving me a chance to engage in conversation with you all. I have enjoyed the experience immensely.”

ALUMNI.UINDY.EDU 23 Grad students gain invaluable forensics experience in South Africa adventure

For the last two years, University of Indianapolis of modern native African bones. Parr is studying graduate students Nicolette Parr and Bobbie how variations in the lower jaw can provide clues to Leeper have had the opportunity to work alongside ancestry. Leeper is examining differences in rib shape professor and forensic anthropologist Dr. Stephen and structure between males and females, and how Extreme Nawrocki on various high-profi le Indiana police those differences change as an individual ages. investigations. If that weren’t enough to attest to an In a stroke of serendipity, the women arrived in adventures unparalleled education, the newest line on their already Pretoria shortly before the university’s spring break impressive résumés will: forensics work in South Africa. and found themselves with two weeks to explore the let them mix With fi nancial support from the University, Parr country’s breathtaking landscapes. On a day’s notice, and Leeper spent two months this spring assisting they were packed off to an extreme adventure camp business with anthropologists Dr. Maryna Steyn and Ericka L’Abbe in the town of Sabie, several hours north of Pretoria. at the University of Pretoria with their staggering The self-described “lab nerds” quickly abandoned adrenaline caseload. Steyn is the only forensic anthropologist all reluctance and took on all fi ve extreme adventures. in South Africa, and L’Abbe, who recently got her They rode individual rubber rafts through rapids doctorate, is a lecturer who assists with the casework. (including one called “Hell’s Gate”), went abseiling Many of the cases represent individuals who died (like rappelling) down the 20-meter, sheer rock cliffs of and whose bodies went unclaimed; thus, they have Sabie Falls, crawled through the mud and muck of a not been identifi ed, Leeper explained. “South Africa cave while holding candles, took a leap from a bridge has a lot of immigrants from neighboring countries. to dangle by rope high above the Sabie River, and People die and their families don’t know it.” hiked deep into a canyon and through a semitropical In addition to the casework, the two students rainforest to view a hidden waterfall. helped with anthropology labs and did important Other excursions took them to the Tshukudu research for their master’s degrees in human biology, Game Reserve and two national parks, including using the University of Pretoria’s large collection Kruger, the largest in the country. There, at dusk,

24 PORTICO SUMMER 2005 they saw what they learned was a very rare attempt to unearth the remains of a man treat: a leopard out for a stroll. At the game believed buried 20 to 25 years ago, deep in reserve, they stayed in a bush camp, petted a “long drop”—an outhouse. After boring a cheetah, and played with a lion club and a through seven long drops without unearthing serval, a type of spotted cat. human remains, they finally had to call it a day. Back at the university, the women were On another occasion the inspector, immersed in work, primarily alongside Teunis Briers, showed Leeper and Parr how Dr. L’Abbe. “The forensic casework was to do a facial reconstruction; he is a leading amazing,” Leeper said. “We’ve seen a lot of expert in the field in South Africa. cases here, but over such a great span of time. Another day, the women assisted in There, they have new cases from the police all the recovery of historic human remains of the time; in fact, one day there were six.” the Ndebele people from the 1930s, which While Leeper and Parr have contributed had been interred in a cemetery unearthed to case reports here in Indiana, in South Africa at a construction site. They also visited the they actually got to write six complete case paleoanthropology sites of Swartkrans, reports. “It was a great experience,” Parr said. Sterkfontein, Drimolin, and Kromdraai, “Seeing the South African recovery where fossil hominids have been found. At methods was interesting,” she said. “It’s very Drimolin, they had a chance to talk to site different. Here, the forensic anthropologists director Andre Keyser in depth about his do a systematic search and recovery. There, theories of the findings from the site. the police dig up the bones and send them “The whole experience was incredible,” to the laboratory.” Parr said. “Everything was very hands-on. Considering prevailing practice, it was Being able to work on so many skeletons was nothing short of amazing when the local police great. They have so many forensics cases, inspector invited Parr and Leeper to assist in and then there’s a huge opportunity to do a a recovery. Observing South African police lot of research.” methods, the American students shoveled As for their research, the graduate students alongside the inspector and his team in an were able to collect information on 200 to 300 individuals while in Pretoria, which they are analyzing as they work to finish their theses by August. Parr has been accepted into a doctoral program at the University of Florida, and Leeper, who is getting married this summer, also intends to pursue doctoral studies eventually. Both women have an open invitation to return—Leeper to do her PhD, or either of them to pursue research. “Ericka begged us to stay,” Parr said. “There’s just so much work. I can’t imagine doing all she has to do there.” The handful of anthropology graduate students at the University of Pretoria are not interested in forensics, the women noted. “We can’t thank the University enough for funding our trip, or Dr. Nawrocki for arranging it,” Leeper said. Parr echoed those sentiments, adding she hoped additional funding sources are developed so that experience in South Africa can become a regular opportunity for University of Indianapolis students. —Mary Atteberry

ALUMNI.UINDY.EDU 25 UIndy 17th in Director’s Cup

Sports The GLIAC swimming and diving honorees included (left to Update right): UIndy swim coach Gary Kinkead (women’s coach of the year), Alison Smith (female swimmer of the year) and Ellie New Greyhound SID named Miller (female freshman of the year). The three others pictured Mitch Wigness has been named as the new are members of the Wayne State swim team. sports information director for the University. He takes over for Joe Gentry, who took a position with the Indiana High School Athletics Behind the strength of six winter sports scoring points Association in February. Wigness comes to the through NCAA postseason play, the Greyhounds University after three years at the University of leapt into 17th place in the most recent United States North Dakota in Grand Forks, where he was Sports Academy Division II Director’s Cup standings. assistant director of media relations. In that The winter sports accumulated all 290.5 points, For up-to-date Greyhound capacity, he worked primarily with the Fighting vaulting the University into the top 20 with the sports coverage, visit Sioux football, , and volleyball teams. spring sports still left to be scored. The Greyhound http://athletics.uindy.edu/. He also served as an editor for Sioux Illustrated, a men’s and women’s basketball teams each qualified bimonthly publication produced by the athletic for the NCAA Great Lakes Regional, with the media relations office and the Ralph Engelstad women advancing to the semifinals. A seventh-place Arena production staff. national finish for the UIndy women’s swimming The 29-year-old Wigness has worked and diving team and an 11th-place showing for the numerous NCAA championship events, most men produced 126 points for the teams combined. recently serving as the media coordinator for The men’s indoor track and field team finished the 2005 NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball 28th at the NCAA Indoor championships and the Elite Eight tournament. Other championships men’s wrestling team finished 15th at the NCAA he’s been involved with include the Division II championships for the other scoring qualifiers. football, women’s basketball, and swimming The Greyhounds have finished 14th and 13th, and diving championships. He was the press respectively, in the final standings the last two years. conference moderator for the 2005 IIHF World Junior Championships and has lent his efforts to the WCHA Final Five men’s ice Logan honored by hockey tournament each of the past three years. Indiana General Assembly Prior to his work in North Dakota, Mitch David Logan ’05, an Indianapolis native who was was a sports information assistant at Saginaw selected the Division II Men’s Basketball Player of the Valley State University in Michigan during the Year by three different media outlets, concluded his 2001–02 season. He earned his bachelor’s degree record-setting career at the University of Indianapolis in telecommunications and film from Eastern by being honored by the Indiana General Assembly Michigan University in 2000. in a tribute led by members of the Indiana Black Legislative Caucus.

26 PORTICO SUMMER 2005 Lawmakers Women’s Tennis notches approved House first-ever win at NCAA tourney Concurrent Resolution Behind three singles wins and two more in doubles 75, which recognizes play, the Greyhound women’s tennis team defeated Logan, a North Central Mercyhurst, 5-1, in the opening round of the NCAA High School graduate Great Lakes Regional on May 5. Kristen Volz who racked up 2,352 (Evansville, Ind./Central) scored wins at no. 5 singles Calendar points, a record for and no. 3 doubles to pace the Hounds. the school and the UIndy also got singles wins from Laura Phillip Great Lakes Valley (Fort Wayne, Ind./Homestead) at no. 3 and Jeannie July 28, 2005 Conference (GLVC). Hartley (Jasper, Ind.) at no. 6. Angus Nicoson “David Logan The Greyhounds captured the Great Lakes Golf Outing epitomizes the term Valley Conference title earlier in the season, marking Royal Oak student-athlete, and we their seventh league title since 1988. Country Club are proud to recognize him on this occasion,” said State Rep. Greg Porter (D-Indianapolis), author of the resolution and chair Broadus wins ITA national honor August 2005 of the Black Legislative Caucus. “He has excelled The Intercollegiate Tennis Association has named Kickoff Luncheon on the basketball court, where his feats will live senior Jessica Broadus ’05 (North Vernon, Ind./ TBA on in the history of the University of Indianapolis Jennings County) as its 2005 ITA/Arthur Ashe basketball program.” Award for Leadership and Sportsmanship Division II November 2005 “He also has proven his excellence in the female winner, according to a recent announcement. Tipoff Luncheon classroom at U of I, where he is working toward his Broadus was selected the national winner among degree in management,” Porter continued. “David eight previously announced regional winners. TBA Logan is the kind of person who can serve as a Broadus is a two-time Dean’s List member and positive role model to all young people as someone earned All-Great Lakes Valley Conference Academic January/ who is willing to put in the hours of hard work needed status in 2003 and 2004. She holds a 3.571 GPA in February 2006 Elementary Education. to perform to the best of his abilities.” Hall of Fame Logan’s efforts also drew praise from State Rep. Each year, a male and female player who have Induction P. Eric Turner (R-Marion), who said, “I believe some exhibited outstanding sportsmanship and leadership of the best basketball in Indiana takes place away as well as scholastic, extracurricular, and tennis from the large crowds and media attention. Through achievements are chosen for the award. his diligence and constant effort, David Logan has made himself a better player and a person that all of Five track athletes earn us can look up to in admiration.” For more information Sponsoring the resolution in the Indiana Senate All-America honors about these events or was State Sen. Billie Breaux (D-Indianapolis). Andrea Horban continued the long-time Greyhound the Greyhound Club, In his senior season, Logan led all Division II success in the throws with her 7th-place finish in the contact Matt Donovan scorers at 28.6 points per game. He has received women’s shot put at the NCAA Division II outdoor track at (317) 788-3359 or numerous awards, including the 2005 Division II Bulletin and field championships in Abiliene, Texas. Horban [email protected]. Player of the Year, the 2004–05 Daktronics NCAA threw a personal best of 14.63-meters in the prelims. Division II Men’s Basketball Player of the Year, the The women’s 4x100-meter relay team of Cicely Basketball Writers Association Division II Co-Player of Wattley, Krystle Jones, Ashley Moore, and the Year, and the GLVC Player of the Year. Ivorye Long finished in seventh with a time of 46.50, earning All-America accolades. The quartet made University history by becoming the first to earn All-American honors in a sprint event.

ALUMNI.UINDY.EDU 27 ESCH SOCIETY MEMBERS CR

Much like the steel beams and walls of the newly charitable gift annuity or a charitable remainder renovated Esch Hall, our donors, especially our trust. These are a bit more technical; however, we I. Lynd Esch Society members, are the support and have several donors who enjoy the financial benefits foundation of the University. Members of the Esch of such plans. You can, too! Society are special indeed. As alumni and friends, Why not join the Esch Society and leave a they have deliberately chosen to remember the wonderful legacy at the same time? Hundreds of University in their estate plans, either through a donors have taken advantage of this tremendous For more information on ways revocable or irrevocable deferred giving arrangement. opportunity. Did you know you may name a room to become an Esch Society We are pleased to recognize the members of our in Esch Hall by simply confirming your bequest most distinctive donor society (opposite page) and gift (as little as $10,000) with us? Also, donors can member, call David DeWitt at grateful for the opportunity to formally recognize reserve a naming right by funding a gift annuity or by (317) 788-3493 or e-mail these good folks for both their vision and their structuring a charitable trust. him at [email protected]. commitment to the University. We can also count your bequest and life-income We encourage others to make provisions in their plan in our current capital campaign, provided you estate plans to remember the University, too. A bequest will be 65 years old by 2007. It is a special time to is the one of the simplest forms of giving—and the be connected and engaged with the University of most prudent, if you think about it. Essentially, you Indianapolis, and you can further establish your retain complete use of your assets until death. You can commitment by joining the ranks of the fine people leave an actual dollar amount or a percentage of your who comprise the Esch Society. Thanks to all of estate. Formal confirmation and documentation will our Society members who have the foresight and qualify you for Esch Society membership. determination to create financial stability for the Other ways to secure membership in the Esch University and allow us to further our mission. We Society is by funding a life-income plan, such as a are truly blessed. —David DeWitt

Mrs. Mary Ann Kennedy Nieman ’38 made a a generous contribution to the University of office furniture and a special photograph of the 1908 Greyhound baseball team seated on the steps of what is today known as Good Hall. Included in the picture is Mary Ann’s late father, Harrison Guy “H. G.” Kennedy ’09, who served as a catcher for the team. An inspirational message is part of the framed picture, which reads, “Players play the game, but teams win championships.”

28 PORTICO SUMMER 2005 UCIAL TO UNIVERSITY SUPPORT

Mr. & Mrs. John C. Adams Mr. & Mrs. Don B. Earnhart Mr. & Mrs. Donald W. Kiesel Mr. Billy D. Sandall Dr. Mary Ade Mr. & Mrs. Wayne L. Eby Mr. & Mrs. William R. Kiesel Mr. Floyd C. Satterlee Mrs. Flora Akre Dr. & Mrs. Thomas Esmon Mr. Thomas E. King Ms. Michelle A. Stoneburner Mrs. Dorothy D. Anglin Dr. & Mrs. Thomas A. Ferrara Dr. & Mrs. John R. Knecht Mr. & Mrs. Dee E. Schaad Mr. George W. Arndt III Mrs. Susan B. Fleck and Mrs. Kathryn R. Koenig Mrs. Dorothy M. Scott Ms. Brenda D. Arnett Dr. David W. Wantz Mr. Werner Kriegsmann Dr. & Mrs. Gene E. Sease Mrs. Velma E. Bailey- Mr. & Mrs. D. Vincent Flecker Ms. Patricia A. Lahr Mr. Robert L. Showalter Goshorn Mr. & Mrs. Gordon A. France Mrs. Elsie R. Lammert Mr. & Mrs. Cecil R. Smith Jr. Mr. Glenn G. Goshorn Mr. & Mrs. L. Craig Fulmer Mr. & Mrs. William J. Dr. & Mrs. Dwight L. Smith Mrs. Nora E. Baker Mr. & Mrs. Oscar D. Gardner Lapworth Rev. & Mrs. L. Wayne Smith Mr. Richard D. Ball Mr. & Mrs. John D. Gauld Mr. Wilmer D. Lawrence Mr. & Mrs. Gordon R. Smith Col. & Mrs. Robert B. Barnett Mrs. Ruth A. Gault Ms. B. Irene Lunsford Mr. Herbert W. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Larry J. Barrett Mrs. Lois E. Geible Dr. John H. Mader Mr. & Mrs. Michael A. Smith Mr. & Mrs. Charles E. Bassett Mrs. Lucile H. Geyer Mr. & Mrs. Everett Major Rev. & Mrs. Wayne H. Smith Ms. Mary L. (Wimp) Mr. & Mrs. M. Joe Gossman Mr. & Mrs. Jerome P. Martin Mr. & Mrs. George St. Angelo Baumgartner Ms. Marianne E. Gray Mr. & Mrs. Warren Martin Mr. Richard E. Stierwalt Miss Mildred M. Becker Mr. Robert N. Green Mr. & Mrs. John G. Martin Dr. & Mrs. Carl R. Stockton Dr. & Mrs. Warren L. Mr. & Mrs. Emmanuel D. Dr. & Mrs. Robert E. McBride Mrs. Clare E. Stone Bergwall Harris Sr. Mr. Orvall G. McCleary Dr. John G. Swank Ms. Sylvia J. Blackburn Mr. & Mrs. Earl B. Harris Mr. & Mrs. Raymond McCoy Mrs. Maxine Terrell Mrs. Naomi L. Blaising Ms. Linda J. Harshbarger Mr. & Mrs. Allen Medlock Mr. & Mrs. Norman L. Terry Mrs. Janet R. Blue Mr. Ralph H. Harvey Mrs. Mary F. Milhouse Dr. & Mrs. Larry G. Mrs. Phyllis Boston Dr. & Mrs. Ronald L. Dr. & Mrs. Leo S. Miller Thompson Dr. & Mrs. Richard E. Bowen Hauswald Mr. & Mrs. Milton Millett Mr. & Mrs. Elton L. Miss Marcia A. Brenneman Mr. Joseph Henninger Mr. & Mrs. Gerald E. Morgan Thompson Drs. Harold & Ann Bretz Ms. Alberta R. Hensley Mr. & Mrs. Melvin Morrow Mr. & Mrs. Harry A. Tilson Jr. Mr. & Mrs. William A. Bright Mrs. Ruth E. Hermann Mr. & Mrs. Larry Musselman Mr. & Mrs. Zane G. Todd Mr. Walter L. Brown Mr. & Mrs. Herbert D. Hiatt Ms. Frieda E. Myers Mrs. Reva Truax Dr. & Mrs. James L. Dr. & Mrs. Frederick D. Hill Mr. & Mrs. Melvin L. Ollman Mr. & Mrs. William R. Brunnemer Ms. Polly Horton Hix Dr. & Mrs. Charles W. Van Deman Mr. & Mrs. Arthur A. Bryant Dr. & Mrs. Max N. Hoffman Peckham Sr. Ms. Susan D. Vinicor Mrs. Dana I. Buescher Ms. Carole M. Hosford Mrs. Joan V. Persell Mrs. E. Kathryn Wadsworth Mr. & Mrs. Harvey C. Mr. & Mrs. Kendall L. Hottell Mr. John W. Plum Mr. & Mrs. Glenn A. Walrich Burcham Mr. & Mrs. Ronald J. Howk Mr. & Mrs. Ted H. Polk Mr. Larry S. Walters Mr. & Mrs. Wilkie L. Bush Mrs. Clarena E. Huffington Mr. & Mrs. Henry E. Potter Mr. Vasco L. Walton Mrs. Mary Hiatt Carmony Miss Helen E. Huffman Dr. & Mrs. David Pressley Mr. & Mrs. Michael J. Watkins Mr. & Mrs. Daniel E. Chapell Mr. & Mrs. Ronald E. Hunt Mr. & Mrs. Dean M. Mr. & Mrs. Donald L. Watson Dr. & Mrs. Skipper C. Rev. & Mrs. Joseph D. Huse Ransburg Mr. & Mrs. Virgil M. Webster Cheesman Dr. & Mrs. George E. Jacobs Mr. & Mrs. Donald E. Ray Mrs. Kathryn White Mr. Jack L. Clark Rev. & Mrs. Mark W. Jacobs Mr. & Mrs. Richard E. Mr. & Mrs. John L. Whitinger Mrs. Joy A. Cochran Mr. & Mrs. R. Lynn Jenkins Reasoner Mr. Benjamin D. Wilhelm Mrs. Esther G. Coddington Rev. & Mrs. Charles W. Mr. & Mrs. Philip O. Mrs. Karen Gerkin Mrs. Janette B. Confer Jennings Reidenbach Mr. Daniel F. Wilkinson Mrs. Suzanne H. Cooke Ms. Jackie L. Johnson Dr. Mildred M. Reynolds Mr. & Mrs. Stephen Williams Mr. & Mrs. George Cowan Dr. & Mrs. Samuel J. Juett Mr. Kenneth Hall Dr. Florabelle Wilson Mr. & Mrs. Albert Crandall Mr. & Mrs. Barton L. Mr. Stuart W. Rhodes Mrs. Treva M. Wolfe Dr. & Mrs. Frank J. Daskalos Kaufman Mrs. Mary Ann Rickert Mrs. Joyce I. Woller Mr. Douglas M. Davies Mr. & Mrs. Bert M. Keck Ms. Penelope A. Roa Mr. & Mrs. Nathan H. Mrs. Martha L. Dean Dr. Anna D. Kek Dr. & Mrs. Thomas C. Rough Wooden Ms. Christel DeHaan Mr. & Mrs. Lester L. Kersey Jr. Mr. & Mrs. Robert R. Dr. Amy L. Zent Mr. C. Bradley Denton Mr. & Mrs. Benjamin O. Rowland Mr. Stanley D. Zent Mrs. Susan Berlyn-Denton Keutzer Rev. Robert L. Sachs

ALUMNI.UINDY.EDU 29 Glenwyn Walters The Reverend Glenn Jefferson County Historical 1920s Anglemyer ’37 died Catlin ’45 has written a Society. He lives in March 8. She worked as new book called Grandpa Hanover, Ind. a teacher in Jimtown and Tollie’s Depression Farms: Don Shambaugh ’57 Wakarusa, Ind. She also Joy in the Midst of Poverty, died April 4. He was an worked as a librarian at published by Authorhouse educator, coach, and Wakarusa from 1945 until Publisher, Bloomington, counselor for 32 years. her retirement in 1986. Ind. This is a collection He taught at Arlington Glenwyn is survived by of short stories of growing High School, Indiana her sons, Grant and Scott up during the Great Boys School, and Belzer Elva Hardy ’27 passed Anglemyer. She lived in Depression. Glenn lives Middle School, then away March 18. She was Goshen, Ind. in St. Petersburg, Fla. Class retired from Pike Township the oldest retired pastor Thomas M. Strouse Sr. High School and Middle Notes in the SIC and lived in ’39 passed away February School in 1989. Don had Columbus, Ohio. A 2004 1950s 19. During World War II, also served in the US Air visit by the members of the Richard Howell ’50 he served as a Navy officer Force, 1951–1953. Don is University of Indianapolis passed away March 7. in the Pacific Theatre and survived by his wife, Mary Student Alumni Association He was a director of was in conflicts at Iwo Jima, Calvert Shambaugh ’58, helped to honor her 100th industrial relations for Okinawa, and Mindanao. and children, Bret, Bart, birthday (photo, above). Gatke Corporation and He was employed in the was formerly employed and Susan Shambaugh. He employee benefits field for with Container Corp and lived in Brownsburg, Ind. many years, and retired 1930s General Telephone of Donna Rosenberger from Gardner & White in Emma Prigg Bolen ’32 Indiana. He is survived Shearer ’59 passed 1982. He is survived by his passed away January 20. by his wife, Barbara, away February 1. Donna wife of 67 years, Wilma She lived in Anderson, Ind. daughters, Susan Mitson taught for many years Hollowell Strouse and Sandy Newcomer, throughout the Hammond Marguerite Ervin ’40, daughter Rosemary and sons, Rick and Mark and Highland school Cleveland ’34 died Clifton, and sons, Thomas Howell. He lived in systems in Indiana. She is January 27. She was Jr., Willard, and Donald Noblesville, Ind. survived by her husband, employed by RCA for 30 Strouse. He lived in Richard Shearer ’59, and years before her retirement Speedway, Ind. C. June Vannatta Eaton in 1971. She is survived ’53 died February 1. She daughters, Constance Now by her son, William, and was an elementary teacher and Carolyn Cohen. She five daughters, Betty Laws, 1940s for 33 years, retiring lived in Munster, Ind. Darlene Wright, Willa Wilma I. Scharbrough in 1996 from Douglas West, Joanne Jones, and ’44 died February 27. MacArthur School in Mary Elmore. Marguerite Wilma was a schoolteacher M.S.D. Perry Township. 1960s The Reverend Jack P. lived in Indianapolis. and taught in Carthage, She is survived by her son, Miller ’61 has a new Medora, and Brownstown Bradley. She lived Dorothy Hughes position in his retirement at school systems in Indiana, in Indianapolis. Deakins ’35 passed away Epworth United Methodist retiring in 1986. Wilma is March 22. Dorothy was a John White ’55 is the Church in Indianapolis survived by her daughter, teacher in Clinton, Ind., recipient of the 2004 as the associate pastor for Ann Haddix, and sons, and later in California. She hospitality award from the church growth. He lives in William D. Scharbrough lived in Danville, Ill. Madison Area Convention Carmel, Ind. II ’73 and Jon E. and Visitors Bureau in Scharbrough. Wilma lived Peggy Smith Darland Madison, Ind. John serves in Indianapolis. ’61 died January 15. She as a tour guide for the was employed with the Perry Township School

30 PORTICO SUMMER 2005 Dr. Don Carmony ’29 ’66 HD passed away February 14. Don was an educator for more than 50 years, serving 10 years on the faculty at the University Corporation IDEA team Wayne Beck ’69 has of Indianapolis and 41 years at Indiana University. for the past 20 years in retired from teaching after Don was also the editor of the Indiana Magazine of Indianapolis. Peggy is 35 years. He spent the last History for more than two decades. He served on a survived by her husband, 25 years at New Palestine number of university and state committees and chaired Stephen Darland, and High School in Indiana. the Indiana Sesquicentennial Commission. Don was honored by the Alumni Association in 1969 as a their children, Mark and Wayne lives in Greenfield. Distinguished Alumnus, and in 1999 he and his wife Michael Darland, Deborah were honored with the Gene and Joanne Sease Award. Hartman, Elizabeth He was also a trustee for 38 years, from 1943 to 1981. Nordsiek, and Jennifer 1970s Don, known as “Mr. Indiana History,” received David Shaffer ’70 was Gilliland. two Sagamore of the Wabash awards from Indiana inducted into the Indiana Marian Mynatt Allen governors for his achievements in state history. He is High School Tennis Hall survived by his wife, Mary Hiatt Carmony ’29, ’66 passed away March of Fame in February. He sons, Duane and Lowell, brother, Gerald Carmony 15. Marian had served played varsity tennis for the ’38, and sister-in-law, Treva Shoemaker Hiatt ’42. as a nurse for Hendricks Greyhounds, 1966–1970. His widow, Mary, is the sister of Lloyd Hiatt ’40, who Regional Health in He lives in Nashville, Ind. also passed away on February 14 (below). Don lived in Danville, Ind., for 25 years. Bloomington, Ind. She is survived by her Jo Ellen Manship husband, LeOren Allen, Spencer ’70 has released a Lloyd Hiatt ’40 passed away February 14. He served and children, Kevin Allen, new CD, Ballad of the Heart, with many original tunes in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He taught at Cathy Tinder, and Terry Decatur Central High School in Indianapolis and with her jazz trio. She lives Rodenbeck. Marian lived served as principal at Monrovia and Martinsville in Indianapolis. in Mooresville, Ind. junior highs and Lawrence Township’s Belzer Junior Lorraine Melloan Kathy Ashley ’71 is High School in Indianapolis. He was assistant superintendent of Lawrence Township Schools from Battin ’66 passed away the program director 1963 until his retirement in 1979. Lloyd was named February 7. She taught for Blind and Visually Impaired Services at Distinguished Alumnus of the Year in 1985 by the elementary school for 37 University of Indianapolis. He was a former University Vocational Rehabilitation years in Whiteland, Ind. trustee and a former member of the Alumni Board in Indianapolis. Kathy Lorraine is survived by her of Directors. His widow, Treva Shoemaker Hiatt daughters, Sally Perkins lives in Beech Grove. ’42, is the sister of Don Carmony ’29, who also and Samia Cote. She lived Steve McGinnis ’72 is passed away on February 14. He is also survived by in Greenwood, Ind. senior engineer with Robert his children, Stephen Hiatt, Sarah Maple ’69, and Anthony Hiatt. Lloyd lived in Indianapolis. Susan Coombs ’67 Bosch Corp. in Farmington died March 30. She was a Hills, Michigan. He lives telephone operator at Mary in Livonia. Bishop Paul Milhouse ’32 ’52 HD died March 12. Farmer Nurses Registry in He was the last surviving bishop of the Evangelical Jack Munn ’72 passed United Brethren Church. He served as pastor of Cleveland Heights, Ohio, away March 31. He churches in Elliott, Olney, and Decatur, Ill., and for several years. Survivors was employed by the served for eight years as associate editor of the include her sisters, Marion County Sheriff’s Telescope-Messenger in Harrisburg, Pa. He was executive Rebecca C. Feldman Department for 32 years, secretary of the Evangelical United Brethren Church ’64, Cyndi Winzeler retiring in 1995 as sergeant. Council of Administration for two years in Dayton, ’79, Robin Outcalt ’81, He was also a US Army Ohio. In 1960, Paul was elected a bishop of the and Sara Barwinski, and veteran. Jack is survived Evangelical United Brethren Church and served in brother-in law Verdon by his wife, Gloria Skipper Kansas City, Mo. After his retirement, Paul served as bishop-in-residence at Oklahoma City University Feldman ’62. She lived Munn, and children, and then at the University of Indianapolis until 1998. in Indianapolis. Randal Munn, Rita Mott, Along with receiving an honorary doctoral degree and Rhonda Werner. He in 1952, Paul received the Distinguished Alumnus lived in Indianapolis. Award in 1978, and he and his wife, Mary, received the Gene and Joanne Sease Award in 2000 from the University of Indianapolis. He is survived by his wife, Mary Noblitt Milhouse ’31, and children, Mary Hauswald ’56, Pauline Vermillion ’61, and

David Milhouse ’63. He livedALUMNI.UINDY.EDU in Franklin, Ind. 31 with F.C. Tucker Company students throughout Perry and led the south office in Township and most recently production for 2004. Mike served as a full-time reading lives in Greenwood, Ind. recovery teacher. Julie is survived by her husband, Elaine Driscol ’77 works Donald Hanlin, and stepson, as the coordinator for Richard Hanlin. She lived in the Division I Women’s Greenwood, Ind. Basketball Championship at the NCAA headquarters Susan Yentes Harding in Indianapolis. ’81 is the office manager at Bridgeway Community Tom Zupancic ’78 has Church in Fishers, Ind. She been promoted to senior lives in Noblesville. vice president of business William “Bill” Howard ’60 and wife, Gwen, of Port Townsend, Washington, are in development for the Tanzania, where Bill, a retired judge, teaches civil procedure and administrative law at Tumaini . Tom University, a law school near the city of Iringa. Besides learning to speak Swahili as they prepared was also named recently as for their trip, the Howards biked across the United States last year. Bill is pictured above in a member of the St. Francis October 2004 along the Erie Canal bike path in New York. Healthcare Foundation board of directors. He Karen Stailey-Lander serves as a trustee for the ’72 has been elected to University of Indianapolis. the board of directors of the Bloomington- Carol Black Battistini Normal Association of ’79 is the chief operating Michael Spears ’81 was Realtors. Karen lives in officer at Locke Reynolds. named the chief of police Bloomington, Ill. Carol lives in Avon, Ind. of the Indianapolis Police Department in March. David Wollman ’79 has Michael joined the force in Cathy Fitzsimmons been inducted into the 1982 and was promoted to Jamison ’75 passed Indiana Association of Patricia Polis McCrory lieutenant six years later. He away February 21. Cathy Track and Cross Country ’76 is president of the served as the department’s had been a registered Coaches Hall of Fame. Seventh Circuit Bar spokesman from 1994 to nurse for the oncology David is the head track Association. She serves as 1996 and became assistant department of the Johnson and field coach at Southern a trustee for the University chief in 1998. Michael has Memorial Hospital in Methodist University and and lives in Indianapolis. served as deputy chief of Franklin, Ind. Previously, lives in , Tex. she was a progressive operations for the past five care unit registered nurse years. In 2001 Michael was for Wishard Hospital 1980s the recipient of the William in Indianapolis for 11 Julie Leak Hanlin ’80 French Smith Award by years. She is survived by died January 22. Julie Attorney General John her husband, Tony, and taught elementary school Ashcroft. He also received children, Jeremy, Ross, in Lawrence and Perry the IPD Medal of Bravery Blake, and Sean, and townships in Indianapolis. and the Red Cross Bravery parents, Eugene and Gladys She was the 1996–1997 Award in 1998. He and his Teacher of the Year wife, Sharon Kramer Riddle Fitzsimmons. Cathy Mike Cagle ’77 has at Winchester Village Spears ’80 ’81 ’86, lived in Indianapolis. been awarded the Realty Elementary School. She also and four children live in Alliance Award for the taught gifted elementary Indianapolis. twelfth consecutive year. He is an associate broker

32 PORTICO SUMMER 2005 Lynn Fishback ’82 is Mary L. Romanello Fiona was welcomed to CONUS Replacement a senior human resource ’84 is the physical therapy the Whaleys’ home in Battalion army reserve unit. representative at Power program director for the Noblesville by siblings Brian is stationed at Ft. Gear in Mishawaka, Ind. College of Mount St. Kaleb, Jenna, Leah, Mya, Bliss, Texas, for one year. She lives in South Bend. Joseph Physical Therapist and Chloe. Bill works as He is from Indianapolis. Education Program. She senior systems analyst at Mike Davis ’83 is a singer David Zehr ’89 has lives in Cincinnati, Ohio. Remy International in in the gospel trio called earned certified graduate Anderson, Ind. Grace Abounds. The trio remodeler designation from released their first CD, Kevin and Melissa Jinks the National Association I Believe. Mike lives in Dennis ’88 announce the of Home Builders. David Lawrenceburg, Ind. birth of Nathaniel Walter was also elected as first vice February 4. His big sister, president of the board of Katlyn, welcomed him directors for the Builders home. The family lives in Association of Elkhart Winona, Minn. County. He lives in Goshen. John Eckart ’88 has been Sherry Jones Schoening appointed by Governor 1990s ’85 ’86 and Eric Mitch Daniels to lead the Connie Curtis ’90 Schoening ’86 announce Indiana Department of married David Wright on the arrival of Hope Victoria Revenue. He was former September 25. Connie is an to their family. Hope was president and chairman Bruce Smith ’83 was a investment representative born March 7. She joins her of the Indiana-American recipient of the Chairman’s for Edward Jones in brothers and sisters, Austin, Water Co. John lives in Council Award at RBC Bloomington, Ind. The Sierra, Marshall, Faith, and Greenwood, Ind. Dain Rauscher for the couple lives in Ellettsville. Grace, at their Wabash, sixth consecutive year. This Sherry Cornett Moodie Ind., home. Paige Kurtz ’90 works award is given to the top ’89 is senior account at HealthSouth Rehab in five percent of producers at Larry H. Hilkene ’86 is executive in sales for Melbourne, Fla. Paige lives the company. Bruce serves an associate information Key Broadcasting in in Indalantic. as senior vice president/ consultant at Eli Lilly Crawfordsville, Ind. Sherry financial consultant. He & Company. He lives in lives in Brownsburg. Tara Ford Linville lives in Pueblo West, Colo. Greenwood, Ind. ’90 works with Star Darla Stilley Stevens ’89 Equipment Finance and Carney Likens ’84 David Owen ’86 passed has opened a new headache Leasing, a division of Star retired in July 2003 as away March 20. David clinic near Piedmont, Financial Bank. She lives in regional sales manager owned his own tool N.C. She is an associate Indianapolis. at Parker Hannifin distribution company member of the American Corporation’s filter division. after serving in both the Headache Society and lives Mitsue York Wilcoxson He and his wife, Nanci United States Navy and in Lincolnton, N.C. ’91 is an athletic trainer Rockwell Likens ’76, live Air Force. He is survived and lecturer at Purdue Jeffrey Wooden ’89 is in Indianapolis. by his children, Steve, Jeff, University in West the president of the Purdue Beth, Lori Vercel, Joyce Lafayette, Ind. Anna Markey ’84 is Extension–Marion County Versaw, Gail Sorensen, and an executive secretary board of directors. Jeffrey Alan List ’92 and Corine Sue Leibrock. He lived in in medical services at lives in Fortville, Ind. Konz List ’92 welcomed Plainfield, Ind. Blue Cross Blue Shield home their fourth child, Brian York ’89 is of Arizona. Anna lives in Heather and Bill Whaley Katarina Amelia, born the personnel and Glendale, Ariz. ’87 announce the birth January 17. She joins her administration section of their sixth child, Fiona older brothers, Grant, noncommissioned officer Faith, on April 1, 2003. Dean, and Alexander at in charge of the 326th home. Corine is completing

ALUMNI.UINDY.EDU 33 her master’s of Physical center specializes in gastro- child, Ashton James, born Kevin Siminski ’96 Therapy degree at the intestinal disorders and November 13. The family married Jennifer Cebalo on University of Cincinnati. is part of the Community lives in Westfield, Ind. August 28. The couple lives They live in Elsmere, Ky. Health Network. Teri lives in Indianapolis. Keith Screen ’94 ’95 in Alexandria, Ind. Diane White ’92 was and Heather Kerkhoff Elsa Breitbart Zavoda married to Dennis Caffery Saundra Schulhof Screen ’98 are proud ’96 married Doug Zavoda on March 5. Diane is a ’93 is a volunteer in pet to announce the birth of on May 3, 2003. Elsa physical therapist and therapy with her dog, a their second child, Bradley is a senior occupational Dennis is a family practice Newfoundland, visiting Everett, on December 17. therapist and recently physician. The couple lives patients at the local hospital His big sister, Abigail, initiated a low-vision in Hopedale, Ill. in Sanibel Island, Fla. welcomed him to their West rehabilitation program at Class Lafayette, Ind., home. the JFK Medical Center in Lynn Bryant Still ’93 is Edison, N.J. Doug serves as Notes a registered nurse in the Andy and Shelly a police officer in Edison. birthing center at St. John’s Spitznagel Smith ’94 Hospital in Anderson, Ind. announce the birth of Samuel Beth Grinstead She lives in Pendleton. Baker on March 14. Samuel Roberts ’97 is a human joins big brother Joey at their resources representative for Tom Bastin ’94 is Indianapolis home. Bluegreen Corporation in a financial advisor at Indianapolis. She lives in Prudential Financial in Carrie Nelson Bechtel Greenfield. Indianapolis. He lives in ’95 announces the birth

Brian Zoeller ’92 was New Palestine, Ind. of her third child, Quinn voted a “super lawyer” Andrew, on September 22. Sara Brown ’94 is regional by Indianapolis Monthly Siblings Brady and Brooke curriculum and instruction magazine for the second welcomed him home. The consultant for PLATO year in a row. Only five family lives in Goshen, Ind. Learning, Incorporated. percent of attorneys in Sara lives in Fishers, Ind. Paul Balbo ’96 is a Indiana receive this honor. postdoctoral associate at Brian is a partner at Natalie Johnson Tufts University in the Cohen & Malad, LLP and Holland ’94 was named department of biochemistry. concentrates his practice CFO/controller for OTT Paul lives in Brookline, Mass. Michael Sargent ’97 and in the area of family law. Communications LLC in Candace Wells-Sargent He is also a certified family Louisville, Ky. Natalie lives ’97 announce the arrival law specialist. Brian lives in in Sellersburg, Ind. of their first child, Ayden Indianapolis. Dennis McGuire ’94 Meredith, born November Patricia Brady Holton is a partner at Paul I. 1. Candace is the manager ’93 was named to Who’s Cripe, Inc. He lives in of compensation and Who Among College Students; Indianapolis. employment for Indiana Farm Bureau. Michael is she plans to graduate from Stephanie Schuessler the director of business the University in May 2006 Painter ’94 announces the development for Rowland with her master’s of science birth of daughter Rachel Janis Wyatt Nunez ’96 Design, Inc. The family in nursing. Patricia lives in Lynn on March 28, 2003. announces the birth of resides in Indianapolis. Indianapolis. The baby joins her brother, Marcus Walker on October Teri Moore Santos ’93 Zachery, at their home in Kelly King Bartkus 13. He was welcomed was promoted to executive Fortville, Ind. ’98 has a new job as a home by his older brother, director of the Community registered nurse in the Lori and Jim Reece ’94 Nicholas. The family lives Center for Digestive Care. trauma center at St. Francis welcomed home their first in Pembroke Pines, Fla. The ambulatory surgery Hospital in Tulsa. She lives in Broken Arrow, Okla.

34 PORTICO SUMMER 2005 with his wife, Evita, and Mustafa Guven ’99 is Carson McCaw ’99 is daughter, Chrysa, at their a career diplomat at the on the 908th Indianapolis home in Pefki, Greece. Turkish Embassy in Berlin, Symphony Orchestra Forte Germany. leadership committee. He Molly Sloffer Shoup lives in Carmel, Ind. ’98 completed her master’s Michael Hines ’99 is degree in secondary president of the Central Jessica Mitchuson ’99 education through Indiana Indiana Information ’01 is a physical therapist Rob and Cherie University in August. Systems Audit and Control at Progressive Physical Martinez Busenbark Molly teaches seventh Association board of Therapy P.C. She lives in ’98 welcomed home grade science at Maple directors. He lives in Nashville, Ind. Creek Middle School in Plainfield, Ind. twins, Zachary Dean and Steve and Angela Corn Fort Wayne. She lives in Hannah Renee, born May Rouse ’99 announce Huntertown, Ind. 7, 2004. Cherie is a physical the birth of Ty Isaac on therapist at First Steps in Lauri Miller Wertz ’98 February 28. The family Avon, Ind. The family lives is a leasing coordinator for lives in Indianapolis. in Coatesville. St. Anthony Assisted Living Elizabeth Gentry ’98 is a in Crown Point, Ind. Lauri production specialist at RW lives in Valparaiso. 2000s Rhonda Baurle ’00 has Armstrong in Indianapolis. Kara Willoughby joined Theracare, Inc. as a Jerry Orem ’98 serves on Daugherty ’99 graduated physical therapy assistant, the Leadership Hendricks from IUPUI in December Richard and Stacey and has been promoted to County (Ind.) board of with a master’s degree in Fry Hummel ’99 regional manager. She lives directors. He lives in social work. Kara works welcomed home a son, in Columbus, Ind. Brownsburg. as a child and adolescent Harrison William, born counselor at Cummins September 22. They live in Sebastien Cotte ’00 Jerry Padgett ’98 married Mental Health Center in Greenwood, Ind. is a marketing and sales Jennifer Strickland on Avon, Ind. manager for Bridgestone December 31. Jerry is a Ann Jacobs ’99 is on the Industrial Products USA, law student at Indiana DeAnna Weese Fathauer board of directors for the in charge of the Rubber University School of Law in ’99 is a physical therapy Crooked Creek Northwest Tracks segment for North Indianapolis. Jennifer is a assistant at RehabWorks in Community Development. America. He lives in civil litigation attorney with Linton, Ind. She lives She lives in Indianapolis. Wheeling, Ill. Zeigler Cohen & Koch in in Sullivan. Samantha Kramer Bethanne Demott ’00 Indianapolis. The couple Melissa Johnson Fowler Kelleher ’99 and her is a medical technician lives in Avon. ’99 was married on October husband, Chad, announce at Riley Hospital in

18, 2003. She is a quality the birth of their first child, Indianapolis. She lives in assurance associate at Caden Shay, on September Fishers, Ind. Solid State Chemistry 22. The family lives in Information, Inc., located in Antrim, N.H. Erik Enders ’00 was the Purdue Research Park married April 3, 2004, to Jeff and Jennifer Urich in West Lafayette, Ind. Jennifer Barsema. Erik is Lathrop ’99 announce the a film student in Orlando, Damon Grothe ’99 arrival of their daughter, Fla. Jennifer is a credit married Megan Linn on Cierra Morgan, born manager with Wells Fargo July 24, 2004. The couple January 3. They live in Financial. They live in John Rozaki ’98 works lives in Fishers, Ind. Indianapolis. Orlando. at his family’s business, a commercial vehicle body manufacturer. He lives

ALUMNI.UINDY.EDU 35 Andrew Weaver ’00 has Carmen Houck Angel Rodriguez- completed his tour of duty Clayborn ’02 was married Khanboubi ’02 is in the in Iraq and is an infantry April 24, 2004. She is a manager trainee program company commander team staff member for with Enterprise-Rent-A- in the Indiana National Opportunities for Positive Car in New Albany, Ind. Guard. He has relocated Growth in Noblesville, Ind. to Indianapolis and is an She lives in Indianapolis. account manager with Leslie Johnson ’02 is a Johnson & Johnson. second-year medical student Brian and ChrisAnn Jeff L. Harris ’01 was at the University of Iowa Gotshall McKinley ’00 graduated from Marshall Carver College of Medicine. announce the birth of their University in 2003 with a She lives in Iowa City. Portico welcomes son, Brant Lee, on October master’s in athletic training. your photos with Stephanie Johnson ’02 31. The family lives in He is now working for is in veterinary school at accompanying news Avilla, Ind. NovaCare in Brook Park, Purdue University. She lives Daniel and Heather for Class Notes, to be Ohio; he lives in Parma. in Lafayette, Ind. Blanchard Wallace used as space allows. Marianna Kalli ’01 is ’02 announce the birth of Mike and Liana Lewis All original photos the assistant director for Cameron Buck on October Kocher ’02 announce the will be returned to the Indianapolis Resource 19. Cameron was welcomed birth of their baby girl, Center for Independent home by his older sister and you. Please submit Hailey Nicole, on March Living, Inc. located in brother, Danni and Brad. a color or black- 4. The family lives in Indianapolis. Heather is an auditor’s and-white print or Indianapolis. assistant at Riddell National high-quality digital Paula McDowell ’02 is Bank in Brazil, Ind. Dan image, sent as an David Raches ’00 and director of international owns and operates Banjo attachment, to Christine Shuttz Raches trade compliance for Trucking. The family lives [email protected]. ’00 ’02 ’05 announce the Rolls-Royce North in Carbon, Ind. America Holdings Inc. in Sorry—reproductions birth of William Alexander James and Heather Indianapolis. Paula lives of newspaper photos on March 1. The family Adkins Armstrong ’03 lives in Indianapolis. in Avon, Ind. cannot be used. became the proud parents Melanie Schroeder ’00 Faustin ’02 and of a daughter, Alana Marie, Euphrasie Senge born September 25. The earned a PhD in chemistry Valerie Mast Jacobs ’01 N’Tala ’03 both work at family lives in Indianapolis. at the University of Virginia welcomed home her first the International School and is a postdoctoral child, Paige Nicole, born Emily Ley ’03 married of Indiana. They live in research associate in the December 28. The family Kevin Escapule on January Indianapolis. chemistry department at the lives in Nappanee, Ind. 1. Emily is in graduate University of Chicago. Josh Neidig ’02 is the school at the University Gena Miller ’01 married general manager at the of Indianapolis studying Dustan Smith ’00 and Ryan Johnson on October Sleep Inn, Raleigh/ occupational therapy. Kelli Bergs Smith ’00 16. The couple lives in Durham Airport location. Kevin is an engineer at ’02 are proud parents of Noblesville, Ind. their first child, Autumn His wife, Melanie Brown Carrier Corporation in Lynn. She was born March Cori Boas ’02 was married Neidig ’02, is the assistant Indianapolis. October 23, 2004, to Jason to the vice president of 5. The family lives in Brett Marrs ’03 is a Vaughn. Cori works as operations at Summit Muncie, Ind. police officer at the Piqua information services support Hospitality Group in Police Department in Josh Tudor ’00 is a lab tech at Columbus Regional Raleigh. The couple lives Piqua, Ohio. manager at Columbia Hospital. The couple lives in Durham, N.C. College in Chicago, Ill. in Seymour, Ind.

36 PORTICO SUMMER 2005 Jeffrey Niewedde ’03 is Chris Andrews ’04 is Chrystal Woods ’04 a staff accountant at Larry an office representative for teaches at IPS 108 Gambel E. Nunn & Associates in State Farm Insurance in Middle School. She Columbus, Ind. Jeffrey lives Indianapolis. recently organized the in Medora. second annual Inner Beauty Matt Brock ’04 teaches Pageant at the school. Amy Pfaff Peterson second grade at Stout Field ’03 is the management Elementary School, Wayne Karen Zielke Woodson associate at Rogers & Township, in Indianapolis. ’04 is a registered nurse at Hollands in Lafayette; she Lutheran Health Network. Ashley Cervenka ’04 and lives in Lebanon, Ind. She lives in Fort Wayne, Ind. Clay Webb were married Chris Price ’03, broker May 22, 2004. Ashley is an associate with Century 21 athletic trainer at Jasper Preferred Properties, was County Hospital. Clay is named salesperson of the an Indiana conservation year. Chris was promoted officer. The couple lives in to director of REO sales Wolcott, Ind. and asset management. He Michelle Darchuck ’04 lives in Indianapolis. married Rob Siri July 10, Elisabeth Iltzsche 2004. Rob works on the Ring ’03 is an occupational oncology floor at Elkhart therapist at Possibilities General Hospital. They live Northeast in Fort Wayne, Ind. in South Bend, Ind.

Katarina Diamantis ’04 At the annual awards is enrolled at the University luncheon hosted by St. of Nevada-Las Vegas in Francis Hospital and a dual-major program, Health Center on May 12, earning a master’s in Molly McNeile Sheyka business administration and ’05 (above, center) an hotel administration. She Elementary Education Tony and Deidra lives in Las Vegas, Nev. Wingerter Smith ’03 graduate, received the announce the birth of a Jackie Nebelsiek ’04 Spirit of Women Award son, Elisha Thomas, on married Joe Peters on in the Youth Division. She January 28. Deidra teaches November 20. Jackie is an is flanked in the photo second grade at Stonegate accounting, business law, by Michelle Wood of St. Elementary School in and Web design teacher Francis and local TV Zionsville, Ind. at Warren Central High personality Anne Ryder. School. She is also the high She was recognized for her Annette Vankirk ’03 school softball coach. Joe service to the Indianapolis married Chad Pindell on is an athletic trainer at St. community for the past two July 24, 2004. The couple Vincent’s Performance years and leading campus- lives in Batesville, Ind. Center. The couple lives in wide service weeks. Molly Juli Crouch White ’03 McCordsville, Ind. was honored in April with is a registered nurse in the the Alumni Association’s Micah Lyn Padgett ’04 Distinguished Future progressive care unit at St. married Michael Church on Francis Hospital. She lives Alumni Award (see page 8). March 5. The couple lives in Indianapolis. in Crawfordsville, Ind.

ALUMNI.UINDY.EDU 37 Class Changing his ’toon: ‘Garfield’ artist expands his career options Gary Barker ’79 found his life’s calling in eighth grade. At Perry Township’s Keystone Middle School in Notes 1970, he won the Indianapolis 500 Festival art contest at the encouragement of his teacher Shirley Webb. Today, he is one of two illustrators working directly with Jim Davis, creator of the number one comic strip in the world, “Garfield.” He also teaches part-time at the prestigious Ringling Art Institute in Sarasota, Fla. “If I could see Shirley Webb today, I would let her know what an influence she had on me,” said Barker. His spark ignited, he enrolled at then-Indiana Central College. “I was also influenced greatly by ICC/U of I professors Dee Schaad, Earl Snellenberger, and the late Gerry Boyce,” Gary says. While Gary was still an undergrad, Dee Schaad, now chair of the University of Indianapolis Art & Design Department, encouraged him to teach classes at the Indianapolis Art League and Fort Benjamin Harrison in Indianapolis. “I had professional work in my portfolio before I graduated,” he said. He also enjoyed learning from English professor Alice Friman. “She intimidated the heck out of me, but I learned so much about myself and my world views from her. She used to say, ‘You are dumb, but not stupid.’ I was more ready for the world thanks to my education.” Barker credits networking for his break into the cartoon industry. “You never know who you meet today who knows someone,” he said. In 1983, he joined Paws Inc. at its world headquarters near Muncie, Indiana, working for Jim Davis, owner and creator of the “Garfield” strip. “It was a great place to work,” said Barker. “Jim liked to have everything drawn by hand because it’s a piece of art and appreciates.” In 2000, he was lured away by a start-up children’s educational Internet company in Florida to head up a team of illustrators. After four months, paychecks starting bouncing, and Barker found himself without a job. “I had my dream job at Paws Inc. and was lured away for what I thought was a better job. Then the bottom dropped out and I lost it all,” said Barker. Down on his luck, he took odd jobs to make ends meet. “It’s amazing what you can do if you have to,” he said. Humbled from the experience and wanting to stay in Florida, he struck a deal with Jim Davis to work half-time on the Garfield strip from his Gulfport, Florida, home. “I haven’t woken up to an alarm clock in two years,” he said. When the creative juices flow, he often works well into the night. “Jim Davis is probably getting more out of me than when I worked for him full-time,” he said, laughing. And with the flexible schedule come opportunities he could not have otherwise pursued. Through a friend of a friend, he was recommended to and hired by the prestigious Ringling Art Institute in Sarasota to teach a semester of children’s book illustration when their professor became ill. This was a real coup, Barker said, because they normally hire faculty with many more degrees than he holds. (He earned a bachelor’s degree in art from the University of Indianapolis.) He continues to serve as an adjunct professor. He is working on his own comic strip creation and hopes to get it picked up by newspapers. He is a frequent guest speaker on illustration and comic strip/book creation. He and partner Joel Schilling hope to open a custom furniture and design accessory shop. “I’ve learned to keep it small,” said Barker. “I used to chase the money and fame [at Paws, Inc.],” he said. “If you chase money in life, then that’s all you ever do,” he added. “I’ve learned that you don’t ever get wiser with years; you just learn how to deal with adversity better.” —Monica Woods

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