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illumeUniversity of Southern Indiana PERSEVERANCE | Spring 2017 illume | VOLUME 50 issue 1 Spring 2017 features You Said 2 A Trail of Tears 18 One faculty’s journey to making a documentary State of the U 4 Coneucopia 6 Quietly Making Noise 24 Inspired by Harry Chapin, an alum creates his own charity events From the Desk of 13 Fiction 16 Off the Page 30 How a team of staff and faculty came together to help one student Behind the Scene 32 on the cover | How many licks to the center? It takes perserverance to find out. Two bags of suckers auditioned for the cover, only one made the cut. We ate the rest. 36 Colleges 10The Big Picture 14 12POV Student Scoreboard departments You Said 2 How Kendall Got Here 34 State of the U 4 Open Dialogue 35 Coneucopia 6 World Class 40 From the Desk of 13 Quotables 41 Fiction 16 Class Notes 42 Behind the Scene 32 Tailfeather 48 YOU said | feedback ILLUMINATING conceiving this and putting it together. Your The new...illuminated...is great and is product is of professional quality and a eloquent testimony to the continuing credit to our institution. elevation at USI. Congratulations. In my experience, I have discovered that Bob Griffin people are interested in real performance in a real world, and it appears that some have realized what a strong instrument such a publication can be for the University, in its pursuit of increased enrollment and strong alumni support. EVERYTHING IS INVITING I just received the most recent issue of Earl E. Bush, Jr. ’71 illume, and I wish to congratulate you and your staff on your accomplishments. illumeUniversity of Southern Indiana I have received and perused, although never really "read," many alumni publications; this is the first one that I actually wanted to read. Everything about it is inviting— OUT OF THE BALLPARK the layout, the graphics, and yes, the The second issue of illume is wonderful— you hit it out of the park!!!! text. I applaud those who must have invested many hours of concentrated work Diane Utley ’10 AWARENESS | Fall 2016 STORY UPDATE: PLAYING FOR MONEY interested in upping their e-skills, and the “Ideal competition demands that barriers Arnolds hosted tournaments that allowed for entry do not exist. The support and players a local venue to increase their involvement from educational institutions national rankings. are a necessity because the demographics of persons in attendance make up a bulk Now the couple has taken another of the player participants,” Todd said. “In step toward expanding their dream by combination with eliminating barriers to You may remember Todd ’14 and Britni committing $10,000 to the creation of a entry, this allows the culture and standards (Torstenson) ’11 Arnold from the spring room on campus dedicated to esports. of said institutions to influence and 2016 innovation issue. The story featured The space has a private server, moveable support a positive environment for these the couple's entrepreneurial efforts to make tables and chairs, and storage cabinets competitions and players.” the Midwest the esport destination for for the high-tech equipment players use. players interested in going pro. Evansville Any student with a USI esport club ID can Esports LLC offered a location for players access the room and play free of charge. We invite readers to comment on articles and start conversations by bringing unique perspectives to relevant magazine topics. Correspondence and comments will not be limited to letters mailed to the editor, but may be from email or social media networks. Letters mailed to the editor may be published in the magazine unless the author states it is not for publication. Letters should be kept to 250 words, and may be edited for style, length, clarity, grammar and relevance to USI issues. Letters to the editor should be sent to [email protected]. 2 | illume Demetre Phipps EDITOR socollereusi I love USI. Cost efficient and the C. L. Stambush Indianapolis, Indiana instructors and professors are amazing. I enjoy the campus, I've met great WRITERS people from all walks of life and I'm glad to be John Farless ’98 back to finish my college life journey. Barbara Goodwin Ben Luttrull M ’19 Dilek Ocak ’18 Mike Durchholz @Like _ Mike70 C. L. Stambush Ma, I'm goin' to college!! DESIGNERS #ScreaglePride Laura Everest ’13 Amy Ubelhor Zach Weigand ’02 PHOTOGRAPHERS Aleisha Jones ’17 LaVerne Jones ’05 Elizabeth Courtney Randolph Director of University SO College is proud to announce your 2016 Communications @soindiana1 unified bowling Silver AND Gold John Farless ’98 Medalists! #ScreaglePride #LiveUnified Director of Alumni and Volunteer Services Janet Johnson M’05 Nicole Ja-Lee Currier First semester there, but I love usiedu illume is published two times it! 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Questions or concerns should be directed to the Affirmative pretty night on campus Action Officer, USI Human Resources Department, University of Southern Indiana, 8600 University Boulevard, Evansville, Indiana 47712. College of Nursing and Health Professions cap game: on point. #USIgrad #congratulations #graduation 3 | usi.edu/illume A President’s STATE OF THE U | Passions Dr. Linda L. M. Bennett talks about her passions. Q: You’re an ardent fan of public media and chair WNIN’s board. Q: As a first-generation college student who was educated in a What role does public media play in society and our region? public university, you know the value of having the opportunity to earn a college education. How does your experience impact A: There are similarities in mission for a public media station and a your leadership at USI? public institution of higher education. We both focus on access and service to a greater good. Access is about listening to multiple voices A: When I first stepped onto the campus of the University of Cincinnati and understanding that wisdom and innovation can come from as an 18 year old, I had no idea of the extent to which a college degree unexpected places. WNIN connects us to national and international would transform my life. I think about that every time I talk with conversations about the past as well as issues of the day. Take, as one of our students who is a first-generation college student. I think an example, the recent WNIN production "Evansville at War." about it every time I talk with a faculty member who was also a Evansville’s role in World War II production was critical in the war first-generation college student. Education empowers not only the effort. The war years shaped events in our region for decades after individual but society as a whole. USI’s presence in the community the war in ways still evident today. provides many first-generation students the opportunity to reach the full extent of their potential. As the president, I’m keenly aware WNIN is a community-owned station, and while we have access of the importance of that transformation. The excitement of knowing to national and international programming, the station offers their potential and eagerly watching the evolution of students innovative programs to highlight the richness of life in our region. from nervous first days to seeing them stride confidently across the Whether it is an "Old Dream, New Ideas" episode about the need platform on commencement day makes me hopeful about the future. for affordable housing in the Tri-state, or Brick Briscoe’s "The Song Show," there is an intentional effort to tie issues and events in Q: The University of Southern Indiana was founded to provide the our region to trends beyond this area. A greater good is served in people of southern Indiana access to public higher education. making those connections and in providing coverage of political How has having access to quality education shaped the region debates, commission and council meetings, as well as opportunities and lives of the people living here? for citizens and policy makers to have exchanges of viewpoints. A: In 1985, when Indiana State University Evansville became a In many ways, WNIN is the region’s civil public square, allowing freestanding public university and was renamed the University of multiple voices, access to information, and opportunities for citizens Southern Indiana, about one third of high school graduates in this to learn and engage. In contentious times, learned debate and thought area pursued post-secondary education opportunities. Now, more are the best protections for a democratic republic. This is as true today than 80 percent seek post-secondary education and USI is a major as it was for the framers of our national founding documents. reason for that increased access to opportunity. I love meeting with nternational pliing nternational 1 International students benefit campuses across the nation For every seven international students in the United States, tudents in ways that expand beyond the cultural values and diverse three jobs are created and maintained.