Year in Review 2010–11 University of Indianapolis 1400 East Hanna Avenue

Institute for Civic Leadership & Mayoral Archives debuts ‘Five Mayors: An Evening of Insight & Vision’ brought 40 years of mayoral leadership to campus for a candid conversation—the perfect occasion to announce UIndy’s new venture. Page 4.

www.uindy.edu 1 About UIndy Now in its second century, the University of Indianapolis consistently ranks among the top 25 percent of institutions of its kind in the Midwest and is one of Indiana’s largest producers of doctoral grad- uates. Thanks to its stellar academic programs and high level of student engagement in learning, leadership, and service, UIndy’s reputation continues to grow, regionally, nationally, and internation- ally. Founded in 1902, UIndy is affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Why “1400 ” ? Our address: 1400 East Hanna Avenue.

A year of highlights

Mary Wade Atteberry As I look at the cover of this publication and reflect on the events leading Executive Director, up to the taking of that photo in March, I can’t help but believe that the past academic year will be remembered as a series of high points for UIndy. Communications It started last August with another record-breaking enrollment: 5,240, which included more than 850 freshmen—our largest incoming class ever. R. Peter Noot The upbeat continued in September with the Classical Finals of the University Editor & International Violin Competition, held in our acoustically exquisite Director, Publications Ruth Lilly Performance Hall in the Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center. We received word in October that our Center of Excellence in Jeannine R. Allen Leadership of Learning will manage Indiana’s $48-million, multiyear Art Director initiative to develop and reward teachers. When the general election rolled around, we beamed with pride that one of our students, Tim Jennifer L. Huber Coxey, had been instrumental in developing a highly touted, slick new online voter aid during his Assistant Director, summer internship with the Indiana Secretary of State’s office. The service gives Indiana voters the names of all of their elected officials, from the White House on down to the local school board. Publications Then the Greyhounds men’s basketball team stunned the nation by defeating Division I

Scott Hall Tennessee in an exhibition game. In January, we celebrated the long-awaited inflation of the dome for our new student Athletics & Director, Media Relations Recreation Center—which will elevate UIndy’s profile even further when it serves as the practice facility for the NFC champions during the 2012 Super Bowl. Valerie Miller Wahlstrom On the heels of that joyous Skybreaking, we announced the new Institute for Civic Leadership & Editor, Digital Communications Mayoral Archives in conjunction with a truly historic event on our campus—Five Mayors: An Evening of Insight & Vision—that brought together the current and former leaders of this city for a lively conversation about its future. Their spontaneous raising of joined hands at the end was a fitting finale Feedback to an inspiring evening and a wonderful cap to a remarkable year. [email protected] —Beverley Pitts, University President (317) 788-3339 PHOTO: President Pitts received an honorary doctoral degree in May from her alma mater, Anderson University. 2 UIndy 1400 4 Standing tall 16 Applying skills The recent “Five Mayors” event brought Occupational therapy students at the four decades of city leadership to University helped to design a sensory campus for candid discussions, and set gym—one that offers Damar Services the stage for a major announcement. residents therapy as well as fun.

6 Helping educators 18 Breaking ground Three UIndy academic programs are A biology undergrad makes the most of popularizing project-based learning in an opportunity to do botany research Indiana schools, providing a hands-on and helps make a scientific discovery. approach to education reform.

9 Tapping expertise 20 Standing out The University’s Center of Excellence in The LEVA lab on campus is a one-of-a- Leadership of Learning is chosen to lead kind facility that brings in law enforce- a statewide program, dubbed TAP, for ment personnel from all over the world. the U.S. Department of Education. And the new ARC is a super addition.

10 Plugging science 22 Marching forward UIndy students are taking science In a year of growth and activity, the new into an elementary school classroom, UIndy Graduate School debuts, two nurturing the kids’ interest in science, deans are appointed, a former president and stretching strained resources. of the University is welcomed back, and student and faculty standouts are celebrated both locally and nationally. 12 Teaching Kings The first Woodrow Wilson Indiana Teaching Fellows are now in the 30 Inspiring learning classroom. See how one is helping to One family does its part (and more) to change young lives, just as he’d hoped. turn Indiana’s college numbers around.

14 Serving seniors 32 Writing history The Center for Aging & Community, This year’s faculty publications include which now offers its coursework online, a history of World War I, from the is chosen by the state health department Cambridge University Press. to lead a statewide health initiative.

www.uindy.edu 3 Innovation

Lugar Hudnut Goldsmith Urban legend

“Five Mayors: An Evening of Frick, retired executive vice Indianapolis has Insight & Vision,” cosponsored with president and chief administrative the Greater Indianapolis Chamber officer of WellPoint, served as a deputy become a model of Commerce and Star Media, mayor in the Hudnut administration. demonstrated the active role the Also serving on the committee are of city leadership Institute will play in the city. Michael O’Connor, director of state Former mayors Richard G. Lugar, government affairs for Eli Lilly & Co. and metropolitan William H. Hudnut, Stephen Gold- and former chief deputy mayor for smith, and Bart Peterson joined current Peterson; civic leader Yvonne Shaheen, a development mayor Greg Ballard in assessing the UIndy trustee; Ersal Ozdemir, president city’s emergence as a progressive and chief executive officer of Keystone metropolitan center and its prospects Construction Corp. and a UIndy UIndy’s hosting of an historic event on for future growth and vitality. trustee; Anne Shane, civic leader and March 11—bringing five Indianapolis Speaking before a full house in former chief of staff for Goldsmith; mayors together for a conversation Ransburg Auditorium, President and Gene E. Sease, chair and partner about the city’s future—served as a Beverley Pitts opened the evening by of Sease Gerig and Associates—and springboard for announcement of the announcing the creation of the Institute UIndy’s president from 1970 to 1988. new Institute for Civic Leadership & and the University’s collection of Mayoral Archives at the University. mayoral artifacts and papers donated Listen to highlights from Five Mayors: A public campaign is now under by the former mayors. An Evening of Insight & Vision at way to raise $7.5 million to establish Since then, a campaign committee http://1400.uindy.edu, and watch the Institute in Krannert Memorial chaired by civic leader (and former for details of a mayoral debate, the Library, where its collection of papers UIndy trustee) David R. Frick has been next significant civic event to take (see “Treasure trove,” opposite) can be working with University staff to raise place under the auspices of the digitized and preserved and where it the funds needed to carve out appropri- new Institute later this year. can spearhead additional public ate space for the Institute in the library, discussions and scholarly activity. enable preservation and digitization of The campaign was jump-started materials, and support ongoing with more than $1 million in pledges operations. from current and former trustees.

4 UIndy 1400 Goldsmith Peterson Ballard

treasure trove

UIndy’s mayoral archives capture a significant era in the city’s history—a period that began with Unigov and included the creation of White River State Park, the financing of Circle Centre Mall, and the arrival of an NFL football team, among many other improvements. Already, scholars and urban planners around the country look to Indianapolis for lessons on metropolitan development. Former Indianapolis mayors Richard Lugar, William Hudnut, Stephen Goldsmith, and Bart Peterson—all of whom have served as University trustees— have committed their mayoral papers and related items to the University. Taken separately, each mayor’s papers represent a significant body of work. Together, the archival material and artifacts offer information that could benefit other municipalities and provide insights to historians and urban planners seeking to understand the development of the city. The new Institute will digitize the mayoral collection, which now fills 450 boxes in a storage room of the University’s Krannert Memorial Library, while continuing to acquire and preserve other materials that chronicle the Indianapolis story. As such, the collection is conceived as a living archive. The Institute, to be housed in a renovated section of the library, will be a hub for research, workshops, conferences, and public conversations related to urban govern- ment and civic leadership—starting with a public debate this fall between the city’s two mayoral candidates. The Indianapolis Star and television station WTHR will join the University in cohosting this event (date to be announced). The Institute also will fill a role in civics education for Indiana secondary and postsecondary students, connecting with UIndy’s academic programs as well as its Lugar Center for Tomorrow’s Leaders. Visit www.uindy.edu/news for more information.

‘We are humbled that these mayors have entrusted their materials to the University of Indianapolis. We will do all we can not only to preserve them but to use them as a springboard for education, research, and community engagement.’ —Beverley Pitts, UIndy president

www.uindy.edu 5 UIndy tag team: CELL, School of Education & Woodrow Education Wilson program Indiana embraces Project- Based Learning

Most higher education institutions take pride in maintaining tradition. UIndy’s Department of Teacher Education and its Center of Excellence in Leadership of Learning revel in upending it. Together, the two are helping to revolutionize teaching and reinvent classrooms, both on campus and across Indiana. “When it comes to education reform, we pride ourselves on asking the question, ‘Why couldn’t we do that?’” says Kathy Moran, School of Education dean. This type of proactive thinking, paired with a hands-on approach to transforming education, serve as hallmarks for CELL and the Depart- ment of Teacher Education. Driven by a commitment to student success, both have made a tradition out of continuous improvement and innovation to improve Indiana’s K-12 schools. Take a look at some of the unique ways they are tackling the challenges educators face today.

6 UIndy 1400 Project-based classrooms These high-flying experiences and Consider the alternative Classrooms largely have stayed the same on-the-ground learning opportunities While the Woodrow Wilson Indiana over the past 200 years, but expectations helped students better retain the subject Teaching Fellowship represents one for student achievement have escalated. matter, engaged them in the course- pathway for new teacher preparation, To bring Indiana’s classrooms more work, and taught valuable life skills UIndy’s Master of Arts in Teaching fully into the 21st century, CELL along the way. program takes a different road to promotes project-based learning, an Angry Birds. Smart kids develop high-quality teachers. As with approach that marries academic content many in the Fellowship program, MAT Ever consider the parabolas and geo- with developing such crucial advanced candidates are career-changers drawn to metry behind a game like Angry Birds? skills as collaboration, communication, teaching at the secondary level. UIndy student Kaley Robbins and critical thinking through rigorous, UIndy’s MAT faculty identified did, which is why she partnered with real-world class projects. that few, if any, Indiana transition-to- Plow Digital, an Indianapolis-based PBL is not new to education, but teaching programs provided learning interactive game and software developer, thanks to CELL, its popularity in experiences in alternative schools—non- to create a class project teaching Indiana is. CELL co-created Indiana’s traditional schools that often struggle to statistics through gaming. Project-Based Learning Institute, leads attract and retain talented teachers. To Kaley’s project was part of her the state’s only PBL school network, fill this niche, the faculty developed a coursework for UIndy’s Woodrow and recently received a $74,000 grant class called Introduction to Alternative Wilson Indiana Teaching Fellowship, from the Talent Initiative in northeast Education and made it a required which recruits talented individuals from Indiana to train and evaluate PBL course for the program. across the nation and prepares them to school coaches in that region over the Through the class, MAT students teach math or science in Indiana’s next two years. become immersed in alternative school high-need urban schools. CELL’s support for project-based environments to learn best practices, UIndy’s Woodrow Wilson Fellow- learning has helped nearly 1,000 develop educational plans for high-need ship stands as Indiana’s first teacher K-12 educators across the state—and secondary students, and engage in preparation program to integrate has influenced UIndy professors as well. service-learning. Candidates complete project-based learning throughout the After attending the annual the course prepared to help students curriculum. The Fellows pair their Project-Based Learning Institute, for succeed in alternative schools. classroom learning at UIndy with field example, Physics Chair Tim Duman UIndy’s MAT program boasts a list experiences to design engaging projects worked with his colleagues to create a of accomplished graduates, many of for their secondary school students that group project using a high-altitude whom have chosen to teach in alterna- address academic standards their pupils research balloon. School of Occupa- tive education programs as a result of need to master. tional Therapy professors Rebecca this one-of-a-kind experience. Engaging in their own project- Barton, Julie Bednarski, Candy UIndy’s principal preparation based learning teaches the Fellows Beitman, and Jennifer Fogo used master’s program, meanwhile (see page about student differentiation, commu- PBL to create a health, wellness, and 8), uses virtual reality to train leaders nity collaboration, learning integration, prevention project that turned OT for the actualities of today’s schools. and how to make content relevant for students into consultants for commu- students, notes Woodrow Wilson continued nity organizations. (See “Gym dandy” Assistant Professor Jean Lee. on page 16.)

‘CELL and the Department of Teacher Education are a unique alliance. Our joint focus on student achievement and the preparation of tomorrow’s teachers creates a strong position for the University of Indianapolis to advance Indiana’s educational future.’

—David Dresslar, CELL Executive Director

www.uindy.edu 7 Dose of (virtual) reality Power in collaboration What would you do if the superinten- CELL and the Department of Teacher dent demanded a plan to improve your Education’s success largely stems from

Education school’s academic performance or if one continual collaboration—both with of your teachers had classroom manage- each other and among stakeholders. ment problems? When CELL’s High School-to- If you are an iLEAD student, you College Transition Project identified need only log on to a computer to test Indiana’s dearth of secondary teachers your leadership skills in handling these qualified to teach dual-credit courses and other situations that confront (where students receive both high today’s principals. school and college credit), UIndy’s iLEAD is Indiana’s only principal Department of Teacher Education preparation program to use vLeader, a partnered with the College of Arts and computer simulator allowing students Sciences to address the issue. to practice different leadership styles The result? Indiana’s only Master of in a controlled environment. Arts in Curriculum & Instruction with The program also offers training a concentration in dual-credit English. in turning around a struggling school To support the Education and Arts by way of a custom-designed “alternate and Science faculties’ work around reality” game. The game provides a 21st-century learning, Dean Moran learning forum that requires students proposed that CELL host one of its school tours at Columbus Signature to analyze school data, create a turn- Academy. The New Tech model focuses around plan, and work with teachers on student collaboration in self-direct- to gain support. ed, interdisciplinary projects, thus CELL and iLEAD created a changing the teacher’s traditional role scholarship designed for candidates from lecturer to facilitator. committed to working in low-perform- While CELL and the Department ing districts. More than 50 percent of of Teacher Education may have different iLEAD’s current graduate students now stakeholders, they work together toward come from high-need schools, placing the same goal—ensuring that Indiana’s iLEAD in a position to become one of students receive a world-class education. the state’s premier principal preparation programs for improving Indiana’s struggling schools.

The Woodrow Wilson Fellowships The innovative STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) teacher- education program recently announced its third cohort of Indiana fellows, 54 select students who will pursue master’s degrees in the coming year at UIndy and three public universities. Meanwhile, the program’s second-year fellows have completed their intensive coursework and will begin teaching math and science this fall in high-need urban and rural Indiana schools. Since its Indiana debut, the Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellowship has been launched in Michigan and Ohio.

8 UIndy 1400 CELL brings TAP to high-need Indiana schools

UIndy’s Center of Excellence in TAP works to attract, develop, Teachers vote to TAP Leadership of Learning and the state motivate, and retain high-quality Indiana’s 44 TAP schools, representing Department of Education are partner- teachers so that all students, especially traditional elementary, middle, and high ing to implement “TAP: The System those in high-need schools, have access schools as well as public charters, will for Teacher and Student Advancement” to exceptional learning opportunities. launch the initiative during the through a $48-million Teacher Incen- TAP uses a four-pronged, compre- 2011–12 school year. tive Fund grant awarded from the hensive model for teachers’ professional Each school self-selected to adopt U.S. Department of Education. growth and accountability: the program after receiving a certified The five-year grant brings the Multiple career paths: teaching staff vote exceeding 75 percent nationally renowned TAP professional opportunities for teachers to assume in favor of implementing TAP. development system to 44 high-need advanced roles and responsibilities CELL supports TAP schools schools across the state and aims to with commensurate pay. through onsite staff support, ongoing enhance teacher quality to increase Ongoing applied professional training, and constant collaboration student achievement. growth: job-embedded professional through the new Indiana TAP Network. The Indiana Department of development focused on both Indiana joins 200,000 students Education selected CELL to implement teacher and student needs. and 20,000 teachers in 500 schools TAP because of its record of innovative Instructionally focused across 17 states in implementing TAP. education reform initiatives. accountability: meaningful The system is expanding nationally, as “Partnering with CELL for this evaluations based on clearly defined, data show TAP schools significantly initiative makes perfect sense,” said research-based standards to improve outperform traditional schools in Tony Bennett, Indiana superintendent teaching practices. student academic growth. of Public Instruction. “CELL is Performance-based compensa- More than 1,500 teachers dedicated to preparing all students for tion: salaries and bonuses tied to across Indiana will benefit from this success and is respected as a leading teacher roles, responsibilities, professional development system. catalyst for dynamic 21st-century instructional performance, and Visit cell.uindy.edu/TAP for reform in Indiana schools.” student learning gains. more information.

www.uindy.edu 9 Education

‘Here come the scientists!’ UIndy students infuse science lessons into second grade classrooms

In second grade classrooms at Abraham Lincoln Elementary School, Fridays at 2:30 are the best time of the week. That’s when teachers tell students that “The special visitors are coming,” and students wait eagerly for the visitors to appear in the hallway. When the gang of college students comes around the corner, clad in orange T-shirts and carrying large brown boxes, the eager whispering begins. “Here come the scientists!” The “scientists” are with instructor Mary Gobbett’s Biology for Elementary Education class. Some are Biology Club members, some are Americorps volunteers, and some are students who’d taken the class earlier and simply loved the experience.

10 UIndy 1400 Stemming the tide of Make room for science science inadequacy The need to teach children STEM-related subjects (science, technology, engineering, Though they might not always don lab and mathematics) has been well documented. Still, science is not a graded subject in coats, wear goggles, or carry test tubes second grade, so teachers have to try and work science instruction into the literacy in their pockets, UIndy’s elementary portion of their teaching. education majors are becoming confident Teachers focus on reading and math, since that is what students are tested on, scientists in their own right, thanks to a but there usually isn’t an entire chunk of time set aside for science in the second- grant from the I-STEM (Indiana grade curriculum. At least that was the case until Gobbett’s daughter was in second Science, Technology, Engineering and grade at Abraham Lincoln. Math) Resource Network and some experimental University faculty. When Gobbett noticed that her daughter wasn’t learning as much science as she The focus on science developed could, she wanted to change that. She started bringing in college students now and after the UIndy Department of Teacher then to teach age-appropriate science lessons to the second graders. Education discovered that graduates were What started as a few lessons in just one classroom has blossomed into two or motivated to become more comfortable three visits per month in all six second-grade classrooms. teaching in this subject area. Brittany Summers is a freshman Elementary Education major. Thanks to this The department secured the program, she is already gaining teaching experience in the classroom. two-year, $60,000 I-STEM grant in “I enjoy being around the kids and seeing their excitement,” she says. “It’s fun to 2009 to develop a curriculum designed be interactive and to be involved in hands-on projects with the kids.” to enhance content knowledge and The UIndy students teach creative lessons on fossils, weather, the solar system, develop positive attitudes toward science plants, even topics such as chemistry and physics. The second graders might plant in elementary education majors. seeds to observe how plants grow or dissect an owl pellet to discover what’s inside. Freshman and sophomore biology “We just love all the material the UIndy students bring,” says Abraham Lincoln’s students now engage in seminars and Lori Beaupre, who has been teaching for 13 years. labs twice a week, then visit local elemen- “It’s so engaging and hands-on, and they teach the kids about things that they tary school classrooms to apply their don’t see every day. We love when they visit.” learning by teaching a lab themselves. This experience is open to all UIndy Benefits for teachers, too students taking introductory biology, not just teacher candidates, because people Even after the UIndy students leave, the teachers are finding ways to incorporate the learn best by teaching others. lessons into future discussions or readings. Capitalizing on the department’s “Because the UIndy students are based in science, they bring in more things nationally recognized expertise in literacy, than I as a classroom teacher would know about,” says UIndy alumna Corie Steed, the faculty revised elementary education a teacher at Abraham Lincoln for seven years. coursework to connect science with “They do some really cool things with the kids—such as bringing in worms or reading and writing in elementary slugs—that I wouldn’t have access to on a regular basis. I watch the UIndy kids and classrooms. [See “Here come the think ‘Wow! I never would have thought of that!’” scientists,” opposite.] UIndy teachers- Steed enjoys being able to interact with her own students on a different level in-training now study specific science when the UIndy students are there—not as teacher, but as observer. She takes the curricula and learn how to integrate books opportunity to see what the UIndy students bring to her classroom and think how and nonfiction writing to develop science she could incorporate their lessons with her weekly lesson plans. knowledge in elementary students. Science also plays a role in every Making it permanent? field experience for UIndy elementary Gobbett hopes to expand the program over the next couple of years, eventually turning it education majors and is embedded in into a required element for a class that elementary education majors take as sophomores. all teaching units. She is working with Nancy Steffel and Bev Reitsma in UIndy’s Department of The two-year experiment with new coursework and field experiences is being Teacher Education to develop a class that would cover all science areas and include a evaluated to ensure that it’s helping practicum at the school. UIndy students would be learning college science as well as future teachers gain the competence and how to apply the techniques and content knowledge to teaching elementary students. skills they need to incorporate science at “I’m really excited that our kids are getting exposed to science and piquing their even the lowest grade levels. Their own curiosity in the subject,” says Steed. interest in science, and their skill in “It’s fun to see the creativity that the UIndy students bring to my classroom and teaching it, could spark a lifelong interest to see how much my kids enjoy learning from them.” in a child—good news for a state bent on producing more STEM graduates.

www.uindy.edu 11 ‘More fulfilling than

Education I could have ever imagined’

prepare recruits for the rigors of the storage efficiency with no change in pitch Fellowship pays off classroom. At UIndy, the fellows began or volume. (Did you answer “hexagon”?) observing and teaching in local schools UIndy’s Woodrow Wilson curri- for first-year teacher from the very start. Johnson was placed culum also covers the non-academic at Lynhurst for his student teaching aspects of teaching, such as the impor- —and his students and, after completing his coursework, tant influence of home life and socio- Sometimes secured a full-time position at the economic issues on student success. students make Wayne Township school last fall. Some students at Johnson’s school miss the best “I was able to jump into it with class regularly. Many come from low- instructors. both feet,” he says. “The program really income families that move frequently. That’s one lesson prepared me for the challenges that David Johnson we’re facing as first-year teachers.” Keeping it real (left) has learned Lynhurst Principal Dan Wilson Johnson, therefore, made an effort to in his first year says Johnson is handling those chal- build a rapport with each of his classes, as a full-time public school teacher. lenges well. using team-building and group exercises But Johnson also has imparted his “David has made a huge impact in he learned. He takes time to talk with share of wisdom to young teens at the short time he’s been a part of our students honestly about the issues they Lynhurst 7th and 8th Grade Center on school family,” Wilson says. “He’s an and their friends face, which gives him Indianapolis’s west side—not only about outstanding math teacher, but he has a head start whenever a student seems pre-algebra mathematics but also about also become a leader, mentor, and role distracted or troubled. the value of going to college and settling model for our students.” And he has told them his own disputes peacefully. A key element of UIndy’s Woodrow story, about why he took the plunge “This year has been more fulfilling Wilson program is its emphasis on and became a teacher. than I could have ever imagined,” he says. project-based learning, a teaching “Sharing that with them just made The former mortgage broker was method that replaces traditional our relationship more authentic,” he among UIndy’s first cohort of Woodrow classroom lectures with collaborative says. “If you’re doing a dog-and-pony Wilson Indiana Teaching Fellows. The group assignments in which students show, they know that. Now I can just New Jersey-based Woodrow Wilson apply their knowledge in multiple ask them, ‘What’s going on?’ Usually National Fellowship Foundation subjects to address real-world concerns. it’s some type of family issue.” launched the program in Indiana in 2008 Johnson said instructors such as Ultimately, however, the job is to and has since expanded to other states. Deb Sachs, clinical/mentoring coordi- teach math. Johnson’s year as a student nator for the UIndy fellowship pro- was challenging, with long days spent Committing to gram, walked the talk by using PBL juggling classes, student teaching, and high-need schools methods to teach the concept. observation, but he felt even more The fellowships include $30,000 “We weren’t sitting in a lecture pressure upon getting his own classroom, stipends to attract would-be teachers— about how we’re not supposed to with responsibility for 90 eighth-graders. ideally career-changers or recent grads lecture,” he says. “She modeled every- “The stakes were even higher. I’ve from math, science, and technology thing perfectly, and it was effortless. She got these students here who are going fields—to an intensive one-year master’s didn’t say, ‘I’m doing this because… .’” to be tested, and I really want them to degree program followed by at least One class project for Johnson’s succeed,” he says. “I’m excited every three years of closely mentored teaching students this year involved the surface time I come to work, just to see the in high-need public schools. area and volume of three-dimensional growth in the students. The University of Indianapolis, forms. They were asked to consider a “I told them, ‘I can’t wait until you IUPUI, and Purdue and Ball State standard band drum—a cylindrical take ISTEP. I can’t wait until you prove universities designed special curricula to prism—and redesign it for maximum everybody wrong.’”

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an alternative to gangs: Junior Giant Kings

A second group of Kings has been The boys even received paychecks Young leaders inducted to carry the torch as eighth- for their work: $25 each. “I have a graders next year, and another group is picture of that,” Johnson says. “You make their mark at expected to follow. The school corpora- would think they’d hit the lottery.” tion has noted the value of the program Since then, the Junior Giant Kings UIndy and beyond and has considered replicating it in and their Lynhurst faculty sponsors have An interesting other buildings. been on the speaking circuit, talking side of David about the successful program to the Johnson’s work at Kings hit the road Wayne Township School Board, at an Lynhurst 7th and As for the Kings’ unlikely debut Indianapolis Public Schools conference 8th Grade as education consultants and graduate- for central Indiana educators, and in Center involves level college instructors—seriously— December at the annual statewide the Junior Giant that came through assistant professor education-reform conference sponsored Kings, a group of Azure Dee Smiley, who teaches second- by UIndy’s Center of Excellence in Azure Dee Smiley minority students ary education courses, focusing on Leadership of Learning. making a name for themselves not only in special ed and cultural and family issues. The Kings’ sponsors also traveled their own school but also among educators Some of her classes meet at Lynhurst, to Nevada in November to speak at in Indiana and across the country. where college students can learn by the annual conference of the National Lynhurst formed the group in observing and assisting full-time staff. Association for Multicultural Educa- response to reported tensions, both Smiley also teaches in UIndy’s tion. They hope to bring some of the locally and nationwide, between Woodrow Wilson program, including students along to present at this year’s African-American and Latino students. a course called Education 601: Project conference in Chicago. About 30 young men representing both in Equity and Diversity. A year ago, And an education publisher has backgrounds were selected to join. while preparing for the second-year enlisted Smiley to write a guide for Now in eighth grade, with support cohort of Woodrow Wilson fellows creating similar programs, aimed at from Johnson and several colleagues, at the University, she got the idea to educators from preschool through the students meet daily in homeroom incorporate the Kings as co-teachers. college; proceeds will support the to discuss relevant issues and reinforce After meeting with their families, Wayne Township program. each other’s roles as positive leaders and she and Johnson arranged to bring some But the real success, Johnson says, mediators in the school and community. of the students to UIndy last summer for is what happens in that Westside Some of the kids are concerned three sessions, in which they told the classroom every day. He’s more than a about relatives and friends who are Fellows about their lives—and the little pleased that some of the Kings are living undocumented in the United practical issues those freshly minted planning to become teachers. States. In one case, the group talked teachers will face in the classroom. “To take these stereotypes on, and a classmate out of joining a gang. “The Kings bring a level of expertise see them become friends with people “It’s like a peer intervention that to the course that I cannot offer,” Smiley from other backgrounds, that’s really happens,” Johnson says. “We talk about says. “They have lived my research.” strong,” he says. “I’m just honored to be all kinds of subjects.” a part of that.”

Former mortgage broker David Johnson (standing) launched a new career through the Woodrow Wilson Indiana Teaching Fellowship at UIndy. He now teaches math at a Westside middle school, where he helps coordinate a multicultural student organiza- tion. The group’s success has sparked several speaking invitations for both students and teachers, including (left) at the annual statewide education-reform conference sponsored by UIndy’s Center of Excellence in Leadership of Learning.

Johnson is one of just 50 teachers nationwide selected to participate in the Siemens STEM Institute, a week of hands-on professional development this summer at the Discovery Communications world headquarters in Washington, D.C. Also, at the end of that week, the 50 fellows will serve as school and community leaders in advancing the cause of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education.

www.uindy.edu 13 Center for Aging & Community Community

CAC launches anti-infection initiative in Ellen Miller healthcare settings

Initiative includes hospitals, long-term care facilities, ambulatory surgery centers, dialysis centers, and home health & hospice agencies

Following the success of the Indiana Pressure Ulcer Initiative, the Indiana State Department of Health has chosen the University of Indianapolis Center for Aging & Community to develop and implement another ambitious quality improvement effort. CAC thus has launched a series of education sessions around the state to help healthcare workers reduce the rate of infection arising in their patients. Healthcare-associated infections are those acquired in a hospital or other healthcare setting while a patient is being treated for another condition.

Deadly but preventable Such infections kill 99,000 Americans each year, but as many as 80 percent of those cases are preventable, says CAC executive director Ellen W. Miller. Under a federal grant, CAC is coordinating the Indiana Healthcare Associated Infection Initiative on behalf of the state. Approximately 180 Indiana facilities and agencies are participating, including hospitals, nursing homes, home health agencies, hospice agencies, ambulatory surgery centers and dialysis clinics. After months of planning for the new initiative, the first round of day-long education sessions began this spring.

Follows successful pressure-ulcer initiative The process is similar to a previous CAC-coordinated state initiative in 2009 that significantly reduced the incidence of pressure ulcers in participating healthcare facilities. That initiative reduced by more than 30 percent the incidence of pressure ulcers, commonly known as bed sores, in more than 160 participating Indiana nursing homes and other healthcare facilities.

14 UIndy UIndy 1400 Aging Studies are clicking

High-quality, high-touch, high-tech All gerontology courses in the Aging Studies programs of the Center for Aging & Community have been adapted into a completely online format. Changes in the economic landscape, the significant number of graduate students taking classes while also working, and UIndy’s desire to expand its outreach with aging studies education made the transition to distance learning timely and prudent. Prior to the transition during 2010–11, courses for the Master of Science degree and the graduate Certificate of Gerontology were a hybrid of online and on-site instruction. “Half of our CAC students were located in other parts of the state and outside of Indiana,” says Tamara Wolske, CAC Academic Program Director. “We also received inquiries of interest from candidates outside of the U.S. where aging studies programs are not available.”

Interactive learning “One common misconception about online learning is that students spend all their time sitting in front of a computer reading articles,” says Ellen Miller, PhD, CAC executive director and co-chair of the University’s distance learning committee. “The technologies available to us and our students enable online learning to be highly interactive with other students and faculty. From webinars to interactive PowerPoint discussions to chat rooms, online learning is far from learning inside a silo.”

Online option for all Graduate students are not the only ones enjoying the benefits of CAC’s online course format. Undergraduate students, at UIndy and elsewhere, can earn an undergraduate Certificate in Aging Studies online while working on their bachelor’s degree. “Offering the aging studies courses online gives undergraduate students the ability to earn, in addition to their bachelor’s degree, a value-added certificate in a rapidly growing field,” says Wolske. The flexible delivery option makes the coursework accessible to students from other universities where aging studies content is not available as well as to professionals in the community who want an aging studies credential, Wolske notes.

www.uindy.edu 15 Fieldwork

Gym dandy

We spent six weeks here ‘looking at the equipment and watching how students were using it’

16 UIndy UIndy 1400 Occupational Therapy students help design therapeutic center for Damar facility

When students and staff from the equipment, problem-solving how to Direct-care staff at Damar can now University’s School of Occupational use the equipment therapeutically, and safely and properly use the sensory gym Therapy began working with the staff interviewing Damar staffers. equipment without an occupational and residents of Damar Services several When the research was complete, therapist present. years ago, none of them realized what a the OT students put together a “The children just love it beneficial partnership it would become. presentation for the Damar leadership in here,” says Stephanie Meadows, And what started as occupational team, and the plan became reality. a direct care staffer. “It calms them students visiting Damar to work with Money to outfit the gym was raised, down and puts them in a better mood. the residents eventually turned into a equipment was ordered, and in 2010, It’s a nice place to bring them just to fine example of a recognized fieldwork the gym opened, much to the delight have fun or when they are getting a experience for the students. of the kids. little antsy.” Damar (pronounced “day-mar”) is Filled with colorful balls, swings, a residential facility on the west side of bolsters, a climbing gym, and other Indianapolis that helps children and specially designed equipment that is Giving OT a leg up teens struggling with autism, mental able to either stimulate or calm the This experience also gave OT students retardation, and other developmental senses, depending on individual needs, an opportunity to advocate for the disabilities to live more successful lives. the gym provides a safe and nurturing profession and influence Damar’s Approximately 145 children between environment where Damar staff can decision to expand its occupational the ages of 6 and 21 live on the campus, help residents develop motor control therapy component. attend classes, and receive therapy to and cognition skills and learn how to “This is more than just a student help them become more independent. interact with other kids. project,” explains UIndy professor As part of its capital campaign in “It’s so great to see the kids’ faces Becky Barton, who works with the 2007, Damar built a multipurpose light up when they go into that gym,” OT graduate students. “This is real-life center complete with a full-size basket- says Stutler. “They run to play there stuff. The students want to do a good ball court, stage, and bleachers, giving now. It’s also great to see the OT job with everything because they Damar the opportunity to repurpose its students working with our students and know their work will be used.” existing half-court gym. overcoming their fears or hesitations.” It certainly will. After much input and consider- In 2010 and 2011, OT students In fact, as Damar prepares to ation from the staff, Damar opted to enrolled in fieldwork experience courses replace some of the sensory gym’s transform that space into a therapeutic developed a usage manual for the staff well-loved equipment, UIndy students sensory gym for children with autism. at Damar that includes directions about are getting practice in writing mock how to use the equipment, warns of grants for such items as balls and safety hazards, and explains how a child beanbags used for play therapy. The play’s the therapy could benefit from the equipment. “It’s so cool to see the evolution In spring 2008, Donna Stutler, Damar’s Grad student Olya Mangusheva with Damar and the work that our Development Director, asked UIndy was part of the class that helped put the OT students have done with them,” occupational therapy students to training manual together and conducted says Barton. develop design concepts for a sensory an in-service workshop for Damar staff. “Every year another piece gets area that would best meet the needs of “We spent six weeks here looking added, and our client—Damar— the Damar residents. at the equipment and watching how gets the services that they need. Using their consultation skills, Damar students were using it,” she says. “It’s a wonderful partnership.” the OT students conducted a needs “It’s basically self-directed play, but now assessment to understand more about we’ve given the staff ideas on how best Damar and its residents, researching to use the equipment.”

www.uindy.edu 17 Science Budding researchers Student research leads to botany breakthrough

To most people, Saponaria officinalis is just a weed. To Sandy Davis and Shabnam Jabbari, it’s a goldmine.

For the past several years, Professor Davis and a succession of student researchers at UIndy have studied the plant, known informally as Bouncing Bet, and have discovered some ground- breaking information. They were the first researchers to recognize that S. officinalis changes color as it transitions from male to female.

“Our findings have never been published or documented before,” says Jabbari. “We are the first people to have our name on this research, and that’s really cool.”

Jabbari transferred to UIndy in 2008 and was interested in doing research. After taking a genetics course taught by Davis, Jabbari asked if they could work on a research project together. Davis had just published “Potential for mixed mating in the protandrous perennial Saponaria officinalis(Caryophyllaceae)” in the journal Plant Species Biology, with the help of student Laurah Turner, and needed someone to take her place when Turner graduated. Jabbari jumped at the opportunity.

18 UIndy 1400 Jabbari (left) and Davis with Saponaria officinalis

“I’m not interested in going into Finally, at the end of all their And to cap off all their hard work, a botany field,” Jabbari explains, “but work, they had some never-before-seen Davis, Jabbari, and fellow student I was very excited to have the opportu- research. They spent the greater part of coauthor Emily Carter recently found nity to do research as an undergrad, a year compiling all their research into out that their paper, “The interaction and I found the subject matter to be a publication and a presentation. between floral color change and gender very intriguing.” Davis even allowed Jabbari to be transition in the protandrous weed She and Davis set out to study the first author on the report, which is a Saponaria officinalis,” was accepted for S. officinalis to analyze environmental rare opportunity for an undergrad. publication in Plant Species Biology. and genetic differences among the “This was the opportunity of a And the research will continue. plants and to figure out why the flower lifetime,” says Jabbari, who completed Carter and Davis will work more with changed color from white to pink. her studies in December. S. officianalis to determine whether males “Students usually don’t have pub- are turning into females and reproducing, lished work until they are working on which could be a genetic disaster. Patience pays PhDs, not at the undergrad level. And With publication of their research For the next two and a half years, I’m so happy that it helped to get UIndy’s looming, Jabbari has her sights set on Jabbari and Davis worked. They studied name out there in the research field.” medical school and becoming a doctor. the pollen tube formation under the “You just don’t learn the practice of microscope. They grew plants and Research buzz science until you do it,” she says. endured sweltering summer days “You learn so much more if you outside in the garden. They sat for In addition to compiling the report, just jump in and try. You get the chance endless hours to watch bees and moths Jabbari and Davis presented at three to learn and practice techniques from pollinate the flowers to calculate how conferences, including a poster presen- a professor. many visits each flower received. tation at the 2010 annual Botanical “And before you know it, you’ve And they documented that the Society of America conference in created a project and collected data and color change is the result of the flower Providence, Rhode Island, last fall. are doing real research. transforming from male to female. “You’ve become a true scientist.”

www.uindy.edu 19 Facilities One of a kind Forensic video lab draws analysts from around the world

often for use in criminal and insurance LEVA began offering classes in investigations and court proceedings. 2000 at the FBI Academy in Quantico, To get his state-of-the-art training, Va., but space constraints and increasing Biggs followed the route taken by more security hurdles prompted the group to than 1,000 other public-safety profes- seek another site. sionals and consultants from nearly The classes moved to UIndy in every state in the union, Canada, South October 2004 through the work of America, the Caribbean, Asia, and every longtime FBI special agent, academy corner of Europe—as well as representa- instructor, and multimedia unit chief tives of the FBI, Secret Service, National Tom Christenberry, who joined the Australian Geoffrey Biggs (above) was Security Agency, U.S. Postal Service, UIndy faculty that year and now serves working for the Queensland Police Customs and Border Protection, and as director of strategic operations in the Service in 2006 when celebrity wildlife State Department. University’s School for Adult Learning. expert Steve “The Crocodile Hunter” He came to the only facility in the Finally, in 2007, 20 high-powered, Irwin was fatally pierced by a stingray world that could provide the training: dual-monitor digital video workstations barb on the Great Barrier Reef—as UIndy’s Digital Multimedia Evidence were installed in UIndy’s Krannert cameras rolled. Processing Lab. Memorial Library to create the world’s “I was there with the coroner This high-tech classroom is where first permanent facility dedicated to going through the video,” Biggs recalls, the international Law Enforcement & forensic video analysis training. “and then we had to show it to the Emergency Services Video Association Now the Digital Multimedia family, which was hard.” has set up shop to provide these impor- Evidence Processing Lab hosts classes Five years after that introduction tant courses through a partnership with of varying levels several times each year. to video analysis, Biggs is the only the University. “Having the LEVA program at Australian certified as a forensic video UIndy adds academic integrity and technician—one who knows how to Digital enhancement credibility,” says Jan Garvin, the organi- handle and review video evidence zation’s vice president for training. Better known as LEVA, the nonprofit properly—but he had to fly to the “Indianapolis is an ideal choice, being corporation works to improve training University of Indianapolis for the five centrally located and easy to get around.” and promote the latest technology in intensive courses required to achieve A frequent instructor in the courses the analysis of video for crime preven- that level of expertise. is Grant Fredericks, one of the nation’s tion and investigation and other public Biggs is manager of the Electronic most experienced practitioners and safety applications, work that often Recording Forensic Unit for Queensland sought-after trial experts in the field of involves digitally enhancing murky video Rail, which has 4,500 security cameras forensic video. Asked where else one can footage to reveal hidden details. on its trains and 1,500 in its stations. find this kind of training, he quickly “The facilities are world-class,” Footage from the cameras is requested summed up the options: Biggs says. “Nowhere in the world.”

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Super addition: new Athletics & Recreation Center

UIndy enjoyed the central Indiana spotlight in January as the campus community celebrated the inflation of the large air-supported structure at the new Athletics & Recreation Center. After delays caused by snow, wind, and frigid temperatures, the 90,200-square- One of a kind foot dome finally was inflated on a cold, foggy, rainy day. The supersized visual spectacle attracted cameras and crews from all four of Indianapolis’s commercial TV stations, the Indianapolis Star, and other media outlets. Intrepid Communication students from UIndy TV braved the weather to capture the inflation from the roof of nearby East Hall. In conjunction with UIndy’s Ruth Lilly Center for Health and Fitness, the ARC will double the indoor space on campus for a broad range of athletics and fitness activity, benefiting varsity athletes and non-athletes alike. In all honesty, however, that probably doesn’t explain the external attention. Temporary turf for NFC champs The facility also will serve as the official practice site for next year’s NFC champions in the run-up to the 2012 Super Bowl in Indianapolis. Thus, the news cameras appeared again January 27 when Indianapolis Mayor Greg Ballard and local Super Bowl Host Committee Chair Mark Miles joined UIndy students, trustees, and President Beverley Pitts on the dais for the first event inside the new dome. The Skybreaking, as the celebration was called, drew hundreds of students, staff, and faculty to hear remarks from the assembled dignitaries and look around inside the still-under-construction athletics center. The most obvious features inside the dome will be an NCAA-regulation six-lane running track surrounding three basketball courts, along with baseball batting cages and field sports facilities, but its wide-open interior space could lend itself to a range of uses as the structure is incorporated into campus life. In addition to the dome, the center includes an attached 20,000-square-foot concrete building with locker rooms, offices, conference and multipurpose rooms, and laundry and training rooms. Open for limited use this spring, the ARC is a $6-million project for UIndy, with additional funding from the local Host Committee to cover costs related to the NFL’s eventual use next winter. Artificial turf is being installed temporarily this summer on top of the dome’s multipurpose rubber flooring, to be removed after the Super Bowl and reinstalled at Arsenal Technical High School, part of the near-eastside Indianapolis neighborhood that is the focus of the Super Bowl XLVI Legacy projects.

Top: Skybreaking participants Beverley Pitts, University president; Mark Miles, Super Bowl Host Committee chair; Greg Ballard, mayor of Indianapolis; Caitlin Deranek, student government president. Below: Taking the measure of the huge dome.

www.uindy.edu 21 Israel Lecture namesake addresses presidency, Constitution

The University’s Jerry and Carol Israel Lecture on “A case could be made that it comes from the Public Policy is now in its fifth year, and the Bills of Rights or even the Supreme Court, but a

Academics community gave an especially warm reception on solid, undeniable traditional authority is hard to March 3 to this year’s speaker—President Emeritus pin down,” Israel said. Jerry Israel himself. In order to improve the current state of Israel, who served the institution from 1998 authority in contemporary politics, Israel offered to 2005, returned to deliver a speech on the scope three suggestions. He quipped that a new of American politics, “By What Authority: The Constitution might be in order. However, he also President and the Constitution,” engaging the suggested that increasing the number of Supreme crowded Ruth Lilly Performance Hall in his first Court justices to 15 and re-evaluating term limits address since his retirement. on all political offices may be the key to establish- Israel asked the audience to ponder where the ing a responsible, authoritative government. levels of authority within our nation originate and “By trying to understand the nature of how the issue of authority applies to the current authority in our country, we can begin to affect state of American politics and the evolving roles of the balance of that authority,” Israel stated. the presidency, Supreme Court, and Constitution. After the talk, Israel fielded a range of Drawing from his experience as an historian questions touching on current policy, the and former professor of history and political presidency, and the meaning of patriotism. One science, Israel’s self-proclaimed “lecture style” was audience member wondered what question Israel filled with humor, advice, and topical arguments to would pose to James Madison, author of the explain German political economist Max Weber’s Constitution, if he could go back in time to meet three types of authority that exist within the U.S. the founding father. Israel couldn’t resist a quip. Constitution: traditional, rational, and charismatic. “I would ask about the original intent of the Israel looked at each, explaining the lack Constitution—but also gauge how he felt about of traditional authority that exists in our this whole Facebook thing.” current government.

Grad School unites master’s, doctoral degree programs

The continued growth in enrollment, variety, and The University now produces more clinical prestige of UIndy’s graduate-level programs has psychologists, physical therapists, and occupa- led to the creation of a new school. tional therapists than any institution in Indiana. Veteran faculty member and administrator UIndy ranks fifth among all Hoosier colleges, Dr. E. John McIlvried was selected this fall to public and private, in producing doctoral grads. serve as the first dean of the University of Some 1,200 graduate students attend UIndy, Indianapolis Graduate School. accounting for about 22 percent of enrollment at The structure was created to coordinate the main campus. functions among the University’s 27 master’s and five McIlvried, a psychologist, joined the doctoral degree program offerings and to foster the University faculty in 1993. In 2001 he was named development of innovative new graduate programs. dean of the School of Psychological Sciences. In The consolidation is apparent at the Graduate 2007, he took on additional responsibilities as School website, grad.uindy.edu, where students associate provost, a title he will retain. can apply for any of those 30-plus programs. McIlvried holds master’s and doctoral degrees “We’re already attracting students from across in psychology from the University of Akron. His the nation and around the world, but this will professional background includes serving as chief make it easier for prospective students to learn psychologist for Central State Psychiatric Hospital about and apply for our programs,” McIlvried says. in Indianapolis. He noted that UIndy is increasingly identi- fied with its advanced-degree programs in the health sciences, psychology, education, business, and other fields.

22 UIndy 1400 Deans named to College of Health Sciences, School of Psychological Sciences

After a national search, Stephanie Piper Kelly, Holigrocki came to Indianapolis in 1999 PhD, has been named dean of UIndy’s widely from the Topeka-based Karl Menninger School of respected College of Health Sciences. Psychiatry and the Menninger Clinic to teach and Kelly joined the faculty in 1996 and had conduct research in UIndy’s growing graduate served as acting dean of the college, which psychology program and supervise students’ includes the School of Occupational Therapy clinical work. and the Krannert School of Physical Therapy. He holds a bachelor’s degree with honors An experienced clinician, educator, and in psychology and sociology from York University administrator, she also is an alumna of the in Toronto. His master’s and doctoral degrees University, having earned her master’s and in clinical psychology were earned at the bachelor’s degrees from UIndy. Kelly holds a University of Windsor. doctorate in physical therapy from Nova South- The School of Psychological Sciences has eastern University. grown in size and stature over the last decade, Kelly has been a licensed, practicing physical and now graduates more doctoral-level clinical therapist since 1993 and is a longtime member of psychologists than any other Indiana institution. the American Physical Therapy Association. Accredited by the American Psychological UIndy produces more physical and occupa- Association, it draws students through select tional therapists than any other institution in concentrations in Child and Adolescent Psychol- Indiana, with master’s and doctoral degree ogy, Adult Psychopathology and Psychotherapy, programs that attract students from around and Health Psychology/Behavioral Medicine. the world. The program also offers a broad array of Rick Holigrocki, a clinical psychologist practicum opportunities, very high placement specializing in psychological assessment, parent- rates for predoctoral internships, and exceptional child relationships, and domestic violence, has pass rates on the Examination for Professional been named dean of the University’s School of Practice of Psychology. Psychological Sciences. He had served as acting The undergraduate program is implementing dean since August. a new curriculum that includes a concentration in clinical psychology, additional research opportu- nities for undergraduates, and an accelerated program allowing top students to complete both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in five years.

Business professor featured in state’s ‘Hot Jobs’ video

Associate Professor Jerry Flatto of UIndy’s School In a video on the Hot Jobs website, he notes of Business is among the stars of the latest that he began his career as an engineer supporting “Hoosier Hot 50 Jobs” list assembled by the nuclear submarines. He fell into teaching when Indiana Department of Workforce Management. he returned to college for graduate studies and An information systems specialist, Flatto discovered a knack for putting his experience to is the featured representative for the field of work in the classroom. postsecondary teaching, which ranks at “What I enjoy most about my job is the No. 13 on the list. light that comes on in students’ heads when they realize, ‘This stuff is actually kind of interesting, kind of useful,’” he says in the video (which can be found at https://netsolutions.dwd.in.gov/hh50/).

www.uindy.edu 23 PT prof earns national Achievement mentoring award

A professor in UIndy’s Krannert School of Physical Therapy has been recognized nationally for her support of up-and-coming profes- sionals in the field. Cultural Trail: a way, with words Anne Mejia-Downs received English prof’s poem picked for permanent display the Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Elizabeth Weber, associate professor of English, is one of four poets whose work has Section Mentoring Award at an been chosen for display along the Indianapolis Cultural Trail, which is under American Physical Therapy Associ- construction downtown. ation meeting in New Orleans. Weber’s poem “City Generation” was mounted at Poet’s Place, a site on Alabama The award recognizes leadership in Street that honors one of the trail’s early supporters. the organization as well as mentor- The poems were selected from among 120 submissions for inclusion in the trail’s ing of other professionals, who in public art installation, “Moving Forward” by local architect Donna Sink. The other turn have served others through poets’ works are displayed on colorful new bus shelters placed along the south side of their teaching, scholarship, or Virginia Avenue between downtown and Fountain Square. clinical practice. Weber, the co-director of UIndy’s Kellogg Writers Series, teaches creative A board-certified specialist in writing, and her own poems and essays have been published in many magazines, cardiopulmonary physical therapy, anthologies, and literary journals. Downs is an assistant professor who She holds a master’s degree in Creative Writing from the University of Montana teaches health promotion and and a doctoral degree in English and Creative Writing from SUNY Binghamton. wellness, cardiopulmonary physical therapy, and pathophysiology. She was nominated for the award by Associate Professor Anne Governor taps UIndy instructor Swisher of West Virginia University, who said Downs has guided her and for high court many others as they entered the pro- fession and navigated through Indiana’s newest Supreme Court justice is a member of the transitions in their careers. University of Indianapolis community. “Throughout the 20 years that Governor Mitch Daniels appointed former Boone I have had the privilege to know County Circuit Court Judge Steven David to fill a vacancy Annie, she has been an unflagging created by the retirement of Justice Theodore R. Boehm. The supporter for her patients, students new justice took his seat in October. and professional colleagues,” Swisher David is an adjunct faculty member in the Department wrote in her nomination letter. “I am of Social Sciences and most recently taught a course in honored to have been guided by her criminal evidence. He spent 27 years on active and reserve and have been inspired to mentor duty in the U.S. Army, earning the rank of colonel. In 2008, he served as chief others through her example.” defense counsel for the Office of Military Commissions at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

24 UIndy 1400 Archeologists get their hands dirty right away

UIndy Archeology students put their collaboration with faculty and students knowledge to good use during the from the universities of Kentucky 2010–11 academic year. and Tennessee. In September, a group led by Senior archeology majors Jarod Associate Professor Christopher Maginot of South Bend and Carolyn Schmidt was called to Westfield, where Lewis of Santa Clara, California, were construction crews uncovered the among those traveling to the island for remnants of a pioneer-era cemetery. the dig, using high-tech surveying Schmidt led a team effort to equipment to search for remnants of recover and catalog human remains a 17th-century Spanish mission. “We are not 100 percent certain believed to date from the 1840s. “We spent almost a month that we have the mission, but 100 Contractors made the surprise searching for artifacts from 16th- and percent certainty is rare in archeology.” discovery while working on Westfield’s 17th-century Spanish missionaries who Moore believes Sapelo Island offers downtown revitalization project at the inhabited the northern end of the island a great study opportunity. Martha Doan Memorial Garden. The nearly 400 years ago,” Moore says. Undergrads working on Sapelo site was long used as a Quaker cemetery, “We’re trying to determine how “are involved in every component of but it later became overgrown and many several different groups of people lived the archeological process, from research of the headstones were moved. and interacted with one another on design to excavation to site interpreta- Schmidt, director of UIndy’s Indiana the island.” tion. It’s truly a unique resource for our Prehistory Laboratory, said such finds are The mission was founded around students. Most colleges teach theory increasingly common in Indiana. 1610 and abandoned in 1684, when the only and don’t really show you how to Meanwhile, students and faculty area came under attack by French and do the nitty-gritty fieldwork.” worked at the historic General Lew English pirates and the indigenous Such opportunities at UIndy Wallace Study and Museum in Craw- Westo people, who were allied with the come often. Carolyn Lewis, for exam- fordsville, Indiana, mapping and British. Relics at the site—including ple, also has traveled to Belize, where excavating at the site. (Wallace is the shards of Native American and Spanish the University has ties to Galen author of the novel Ben-Hur.) pottery as well as European beads and University, to work on Mayan dig sites. The work was led by visiting nails—confirm the 17th-century age. “It was a fantastic trip. I got to instructor of Geology Chris Moore, “I think we made significant excavate the kind of stuff that you who also organized a project on Sapelo progress,” Moore says. “We found at dream about digging up as a kid!” she Island, Georgia. UIndy students least one and maybe two mission-period says. “I’m now finishing a paper on accompanied Moore to Sapelo to structures, one of which I believe to be human sexual dimorphism to take to investigate a Spanish mission site in part of the mission complex. the Academy of Science.”

College Mentors for Kids honors UIndy The University of Indianapolis is among the winners of the 2011 Inspire Awards, presented by the Indianapolis-based nonprofit College Mentors for Kids to people and groups helping others succeed through mentoring. UIndy was honored in the Business/Organization of Excellence category. The awards program noted the University’s “Education for Service” philoso- phy, its community partnerships, and its support for many student- and faculty-led mentoring and service efforts. The nomination noted that UIndy students provided more than 40,000 hours of community service for the year through such efforts as a partnership with the YMCA to provide programming for children in a low-income housing complex, to name one example. College Mentors for Kids matches children in grades 1 through 8 with college students for afterschool activities designed to inspire self-reliance, self-confidence, and wise academic and social choices. CMFK, which has 23 campus chapters in Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio, named UIndy’s student organization the 2009 Chapter of the Year.

www.uindy.edu 25 Honors Publishing

Standouts in variety of disciplines earn high marks

Doctoral students Making history English students earn Schweitzer An article about Jewish involvement present at major in Indiana’s civil rights movement fellowships earned UIndy senior Krista Kinslow convention Two UIndy graduate students are a Best Paper prize in the state and Four English majors from UIndy were among the first Indiana recipients of publication of a longer version of her invited to Pittsburgh in March to the prestigious Albert Schweitzer piece in the Indiana Magazine of History. present papers at the Sigma Tau Delta Fellowship, a statewide fellowship Kinslow is the second UIndy International English Honor Society’s program designed to address commu- student to present a paper at the state international convention. nity healthcare needs and develop conference of Phi Alpha Theta, the They earned the invitation when tomorrow’s public health leaders. history honor society, and also the their critical and creative works were Darby Chodakowski and Chelsea second to win the top prize. A dual selected from more than 1,000 entries Kane, doctoral candidates in the School major in marketing and history, she submitted for presentation. of Psychological Sciences, will receive has been accepted with full funding into The students are Kara Lamb stipends to partner with community- the history doctoral program at Boston of Lowell, Indiana (“The Social Mask based organizations in designing and University, where she will begin her Dividing Egoism and Altruism in implementing year-long, 200-hour studies in August. Tartuffe”); Meagan McCann of service projects. UIndy’s previous recipient of the Indianapolis ( “A Stifling Society”); Chodakowski will work with Forest Best Paper Prize, Caryn Nieman, just Melanie Orr of Winchester, Indiana Manor Health Center on Indianapolis’s completed law school and joined an (“The Cruelty of Comedy”); and near-northeast side to educate and assist Indianapolis firm in May. Casey Pennington of Indianapolis youth who are at risk for developing (“Parallel Lives”). Type II diabetes as a result of obesity. Tracing roots of Kane will develop a program of Grad named state afterschool outings, based at a site to be Tibetan Buddhism determined, with the goal of promoting Tracing the knotted roots of Tibetan Intern of the Year outdoor physical activity. Buddhism is not an easy process, but Recent UIndy graduate Fangfang Li They are among just 16 students in UIndy junior Matthew Grohovsky has been named Outstanding Intern Indiana and 256 nationwide named to has discovered that doing meticulous of the Year (college division) by Indiana the 2011–12 class of Fellows. scholarly research has its rewards. INTERNnet, the Indiana Chamber of An Honors College student from Commerce’s statewide resource for Paducah, Kentucky, Grohovsky has student internships. been selected as one of 10 Alfred H. A native of China, Li interned Nolle scholars nationwide by the Alpha at the International Center of India- Chi academic honor society for his napolis, where her cultural knowledge research and analysis of the subject. and proficiency in Mandarin proved useful. After graduating in December with a degree in communication, she was hired as the center’s communica- tions and marketing specialist.

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traditions that attract some of the Top Dog in APICS of the litter strongest involvement from students. Communication UIndy’s chapter of Advancing Produc- UIndy’s Circle K chapter earned tivity, Innovation, and Competitive top honors and recognition at its The student-run public relations firm Success: the Association for Operations District Convention as the 2010–11 in the Department of Communication, Management (APICS) competed in a Distinguished Club for Indiana. Top Dog Communication, won Best of student case competition in Chicago in UIndy’s Circle K received 14 of the 31 Show for the student projects division at February, placing 8th from a pool of awards presented, including the Circle the Hoosier Public Relations Society of colleges in the Midwest. K Governor’s Project Award. America Pinnacle Awards, the top honor for student projects. The high placement came fresh on the The winning group developed an heels of attaining first place in a regional Enterprising intern competition in January, beating many exhaustive event plan for Crossroads other student competitors around the state. has our vote of America to increase awareness of Can you name all the elected officials Boy Scout programs among Latinos. who represent you? Many of us can’t. Earlier, Top Dog Communication Graduating on But thanks in large part to efforts was one of only 18 firms to become of UIndy’s Tim Coxey, an Election affiliated with the national board of the a good note Division intern last year in the Indiana Public Relations Student Society of Amanda Vidal was one of two students Secretary of State’s office, a new America. PRSA is the industry’s premier from the state to receive the prestigious web-based service for voters has been professional organization. Outstanding Future Music Educator launched. Simply type your address for This recognition puts special Award from the Indiana Music Educa- a list covering everyone from the White emphasis on the outstanding work of tors Association. House to your local school board. its student contributors and the level After being nominated by “There’s no other state that has a of professionalism displayed to the UIndy’s director of Music Education, comprehensive list like we do,” Coxey nonprofit clients they serve in Indiana. the graduating senior’s application says. His Election Division duties UIndy’s speech and debate was judged by a panel from another centered on requirements of the Help fraternity, Pi Kappa Delta, recently state based on her growth as a music America Vote Act. jetted to Portland, Oregon, and claimed educator throughout her four years Coxey also set up a social network- 10 individual awards in interpretive of college. ing site for Indiana’s county clerks and events and public address. The team The statewide collegiate body developed an information packet to scored 13th in the nation out of 82 of the Indiana Music Educators help college administrators explain schools—its best placing ever. Association also named student Andrew absentee voting procedures to students. The University’s student newspaper, Moran as its representative to the Coxey, who graduated in May with the Reflector, won 19 state journalism Board of Directors for a two-year term. a public relations major and a political awards in Division II of the Indiana science minor, says he found the project Collegiate Press Association competi- Tradition! energizing. The experience confirmed tion. The awards include second place Two videos submitted by Communica- his thoughts of pursuing a career in in Newspaper of the Year competition. tion major Joanna Huff were among the government or public affairs. The ICPA contest is a statewide top three selected by the National “You feel good because you know competition judged by professional Association for Campus Activities it’s a big part of our democratic process,” journalists at out-of-state newspapers. showcasing campus traditions. The he says. “Serving our state—that’s what videos documented UIndy’s Midnight was really enjoyable about it.” Breakfast and Homecoming events,

www.uindy.edu 27 Service learning trips

Snapshots develop professional skills while helping others

The University’s countless service-learning projects encompass “It’s a very triangular relationship, when it’s supposed to be linear. And if you do have Spanish-speaking skills, what bet- virtually every academic discipline and continue year round. ter place to put them to use along with your nursing skills?” A pair of international trips this spring and summer embody UIndy’s longstanding “Education for Service” motto and help Greece-bound: students gain valuable interpersonal and career skills. Special Olympics ‘voluntourism’ As most of Indiana will be gearing up to endure the dog days Ecuador-bound: of summer, a group of 32 UIndy alumni, students, and friends will be getting ready for nearly two weeks in Greece. Nurses on medical mission The group will travel to Athens, where UIndy has a Twenty-two UIndy students led by Nursing instructor Becca branch campus, to serve as volunteers during the 13th Special Cartledge arrived in Quito, Ecuador, May 9 to establish clinics Olympics World Games. The UIndy contingent will be among with local churches to provide patients with medical attention the 25,000 volunteers who come to support the Games and and spiritual counseling. the 7,500 athletes from more than 185 nations. During the three-week Spring Term course, the student The venture was organized by the University’s Alumni nurses practiced diagnostic skills as patients arrived at the clinic Association and Department of Kinesiology and will be led by and assisted the licensed pharmacist in dispensing medications Associate Professor Jennifer VanSickle and Assistant Professor and vitamins in the pharmacy. Michael Diacin. “The pharmacy was run fully by nursing students with The volunteers, who are paying their own way, will spend the oversight of professionals to make sure we did everything most of their time working directly with the athletes and right,” notes Kellie Cross, who participated in a similar trip spending eight hours per day at the Games. There are 22 last year. “We actually had the opportunity to see the medica- Olympic-type sports in the Games. tions and determine if they were compatible with the patient’s VanSickle has received lots of help from University of medical plan, so we actually practiced the pharmacology role Indianapolis-Athens campus staff, including planning for of nursing.” additional trips around the area. Spanish is the dominant language in Quito, so the Participating students come from all disciplines. Interest English-speaking caregivers faced some communication in the trip may have been piqued by UIndy’s involvement with challenges. The dynamics of working through an interpreter the Special Olympics Youth Basketball Tournament held on provide a unique challenge in caregiving. campus this spring and last. More than 250 UIndy students “We got to practice a lot of skills that we don’t usually volunteered that day to help hand out awards, register the have the opportunity to use in the United States,” Cross says. athletes, and support the players. “A lot of the students had a preview last year of what it is like “We are looking forward to connecting students and to speak through a translator. alumni with each other and with our UIndy friends in “It’s hard when you want to speak directly to your patient Athens,” says VanSickle. but you can’t because they’re not going to understand you. “You go to work at something like this thinking that You have to look at your patient as if you’re speaking to them, you’re just going to be a helper, but you get just as much when you’re really speaking to the translator and the translator from these athletes as you give.” is speaking to the patient.

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Peterson, Millard address graduates in Commencement ceremonies

Civic leader Bart Peterson (middle right) and prominent clergyman Kent Millard (top left) addressed graduates in May at UIndy’s Commencement ceremonies. Peterson delivered the graduate address and received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree at the ceremony on Friday, May 6. Peterson, now senior vice president for corporate affairs and communications at Eli Lilly & Co., joined the University’s Board of Trustees in 2009. The Rev. Dr. Millard, retiring senior pastor of St. Luke’s United Methodist Church on Indianapolis’s north side—the state’s largest United Methodist congregation—addressed the undergraduates the next day, May 7. Millard, who served on the University’s Board of Trustees from 2001 to 2008, received an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree at the ceremony.

Honorary degrees Also receiving honorary degrees were interna- tionally acclaimed writer and Indianapolis resident Mari Evans (Doctor of Letters) and UIndy alumnus, former administrator, and current trustee Mike Watkins (Doctor of Humane Letters), founder and owner of Mike Watkins Real Estate Group in Greenwood. About 1,440 undergraduate and graduate students earned diplomas this academic year from UIndy’s main campus and its Athens branch, as well as international partnership sites. Those students represent 24 states and 22 nations. International students comprise 21 percent of the total. At the Indianapolis campus alone, more than 850 undergraduates and 444 graduate students earned diplomas, up from last year’s 754 undergraduate and 389 graduate students.

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Front row, from left: Jerry Owsley, Anthony Wallace (center),

Angela Owsley Jackson. Back row, from left: Lena Middleton

(Anthony and Linda’s daughter), Linda Wallace, DeAndrea Owsley.

Not pictured: Lena’s husband, Eric Middleton, and Wayne Brown.

Degrees in the DNA?

When it comes to family members enrolled in college, apparently, eight is not enough

As Indiana officials work to encourage If you’re counting, that’s eight more Hoosier adults to earn a college family members so far. Then there’s degree, one local family is helping their beautician friend, whom they’ve UIndy do its part in raising educational pulled in; she just finished her first attainment in the state—which ranks class in the School for Adult Learning. ‘I think it sends 41st in the percentage of adults who And they’re working on Wayne’s wife. have earned at least a bachelor’s degree. The clan credits regular family an awesome It all started with Lena Middleton, study sessions and support from faculty who earned a bachelor’s degree from for keeping them engaged and excited statement, the University’s School for Adult about finishing their degrees. Learning in 2004. That inspired her The woman who started it all? for a family to mother, Linda Wallace, to enroll along Lena, a minister, has since completed with a niece, Angela Owsley Jackson, a master’s in applied sociology at have dedicated for mutual moral support. Both are in UIndy and is contemplating earning a their third year of undergraduate work. doctoral degree in theological studies. themselves to Linda’s husband, Anthony Wallace, And now, Linda is coordinating and Lena’s husband, Eric Middleton, with UIndy’s Laurie Daeger to reserve higher learning.’ were the next to arrive. a 15-passenger bus so that she can bring Then came Angela’s brother all of six of her high-school age grand- —Anthony Wallace and sister-in-law, Jerry Owsley, and children for a campus visit, along with DeAndrea Owsley and her father, Jerry and DeAndrea Owsley’s two Wayne Brown, who is in the master’s high-school-age kids, Angela’s daughter, program in applied sociology. and some children from their church.

30 UIndy 1400 Accommodating growth Roberts Hall under way

Artist’s rendering

of the current

exterior design

of Roberts Hall,

scheduled to

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UIndy is breaking ground on its seventh residence hall this summer. Scheduled to open in August 2012, Roberts Hall (named in honor of John Taylor Roberts, the University’s first president) will be located between Warren and Cravens halls on the south side of Hanna Avenue. Like its most recent predecessor—East Hall, which opened in 2009—the new dormitory will be aimed at upperclassmen, with a stylish décor, large lobbies and common areas, and a higher degree of privacy for residents. Degrees in the DNA? The hall’s single and double rooms, with private sinks and semiprivate baths, intially will accommodate about 170 students with space for later expansion. The The two-year construction of Hanna Avenue, current plans include a first-floor fitness center and sunroom-lounges on each floor. “We’ve learned from the enthusiastic response to East Hall,” says Dean of which will feature attractive landscaping Students Kory Vitangeli, “that upperclassmen are very interested in privacy as well and medians designed for pedestrian safety, as usable common areas that build community among residents. We’re confident should be completed in November. that Roberts Hall will prove just as popular and will add to the appeal of living on campus.” The parking lot that currently occupies the construction site will be replaced with new lots to the east. The end is in Roberts Hall is being designed by Blackburn Architects. Construction will be overseen by Wilhelm Construction. sight. Seriously In a promising indication that the major Undergraduate reconstruction of Hanna Avenue might Five-Year Enrollment Graduate be completed someday, workers moved Total enrollment the barricades and routed traffic onto the 6,000 northern lanes of the roadway this spring as work began on the southern side of 5,000 the new median. For motorists, that’s meant a smoother 4,000 drive on fresh pavement as the project continues. For pedestrians, it means a 3,000 slightly nicer environment on the north side of the street, where new sidewalks have been 2,000 poured and unsightly utility poles removed. And attractive landscaping is in the offing. 1,000 The Hanna Avenue project extends beyond the campus to both the east and 0 3,336 1,014 4,350 3,508 1,096 4,604 3,592 1,136 4,728 3,781 1,197 4,978 4,068 1,172 5,240 Number of students west. Weather permitting, the project 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11 should be completed in November.

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University of Indianapolis faculty are busy writing, editing, and contributing to scholarly works. Here’s a glance at a few of the faculty books published in 2010–11.

Thus, while most English-language accounts of World War I World War I focus on the Western Front and the grueling The Global Revolution battles in the French countryside, Sondhaus’s book gives equal By Lawrence Sondhaus, Professor & Chair, weight to the war’s Eastern Front and its long-distance fallout Department of History & Political Science in Africa, East Asia, and the Pacific, where battling nations Cambridge University Press attacked each other’s colonies and forced the locals into service as porters and combatants. A small-scale terrorist attack sparks conflict “You have enormous numbers of people fighting and across the globe, with great empires racing dying in Africa,” Sondhaus says. “Darfur is in the book. to perfect the technology of mass homicide. Somalia is in the book.” In the process, the balance of world power World War I was fought by land, sea, and air, using tanks, is upended, and long-standing cultural trucks, ships, submarines, airplanes, and even zeppelins, which structures are tossed to the wind. the Germans used to conduct high-altitude raids on French and Though the 1914–18 conflagration British targets. The indiscriminate bombing of London signaled we now call World War I may be that even civilians were targets in this modern approach to war. overshadowed in the contemporary mind by more recent “That was a new moral barrier that was crossed,” Sond- conflicts, it remains a crucial turning point in human history, haus says. a catalyst for the sweeping social changes of the 20th century The “revolution” of the book’s title refers to the cascade of and the root of tensions that still trouble us today. change that touched nearly every field of human endeavor in Professor Lawrence Sondhaus, chair of UIndy’s Depart- the war’s aftermath. ment of History & Political Science, offers a fresh and In terms of political geography, the conflict ended wide-ranging look at the war and its ongoing impact in his powerful European and Turkish empires, fueled the Bolshevik new book, published in March by Cambridge University Press. revolution in Russia, spawned a wave of colonial independence When the venerable British publishing house decided to movements, and left the United States as the world’s top fill a gap in its catalog with a comprehensive but approachable military and economic power. history of the war, the task fell to Sondhaus, who holds a PhD In terms of everyday life, the war had a transformative from the University of Virginia and specializes in the naval and impact on labor issues, race relations, and gender roles in the military history of modern Europe. Western world. In its immediate wake, for example, American “They didn’t want a book for other academics,” he says. women gained the right to vote and tested social mores as the “They wanted it to be accessible to undergrads and the flappers of the Jazz Age. general reader.” One aspect that lingers in Sondhaus’s mind is the horror To that end, Sondhaus includes many photos and maps to of ill-prepared soldiers encountering machine guns, poison gas, complement the narrative, along with chronologies, excerpts and other frightening new tools of industrialized war, but he from personal accounts, discussion questions, and guides to disagrees with the common view that the war’s generals proved key controversies and debates. Two full chapters are devoted stubborn and incompetent in the face of such changes. The to life on the home fronts. pace of technological innovation was simply too fast, he says, What further distinguishes the book from previous and unprecedented bloodshed was the result. histories is Sondhaus’s particular interest in Germany and “The thing that fascinates me about World War I is just Austria-Hungary, the once-mighty imperial powers at the heart how much of the carnage is trial-and-error warfare,” he says. of the conflict. His previous books include two volumes on the “They were just making it up as they went along.” Austrian navy alone.

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“What promises are they making, and how do they shift The Door of Hope over time?” Frantz says. “Their commitment to that ran up Republican Presidents and the against changing demographics and this other desire to be not First Southern Strategy, 1877–1933 just a regional party.” Notably, three of these “obscure, bearded presidents,” as By Edward O. Frantz, Associate Professor of History Frantz calls them jokingly, had fought for the Union during University Press of Florida the Civil War, risking their lives to defend America’s guarantee The national railroad tours made by of freedom and dignity for all. U.S. presidents in the late 19th and early “Racial justice was not an abstraction to them,” he says. 20th centuries seem now like a forgotten “They were trying to make sure that what they fought for still corner of history, but UIndy Associate had meaning and significance.” Professor Ted Frantz uses them as a window on one of America’s most intriguing political shifts: Modalities for Therapeutic How did the Republicans, party of Intervention Abraham Lincoln and the Emancipation By James W. Bellew, Associate Professor, Proclamation, later become the popular choice of white Krannert School of Physical Therapy Southerners who resented the civil rights movement? And how (Fifth Edition; with Susan L. Michlovitz & Thomas P. Nolan Jr.) did the Democrats, party of Confederate President Jefferson A. Davis Company Davis, gain the loyalty of most black Southerners? To find the roots of later electoral victories by presidents UIndy Associate Professor James Bellew Eisenhower, Nixon, and Reagan, Frantz spent years poring and colleagues from the field of physical over news archives and other original sources on the speaking therapy explore the latest research in this tours undertaken during the administrations of presidents guide to selecting and applying various Hayes, Harrison, McKinley, Roosevelt, Taft, and Hoover. therapeutic methods. “It’s such a crucial time in American history. The Civil Today’s physical therapists—as well War is over—but what is the meaning of freedom, and for as occupational therapists, athletic whom?” Frantz says. “The questions that the book raises are trainers, and other health professionals— absolutely relevant today and continue to be instructive.” can choose from a range of treatment options, including cold Before the advent of mass media and opinion polling, therapy, thermotherapy, electrotherapy, hydrotherapy, electro- railroad tours were an important means for federal officials to magnetic radiation, and mechanical modalities. address voters and test new ideas. Accounts of their appear- Evolving technology has broadened the use of the various ances and speeches, especially in African-American newspapers methods, however, and new clinical evidence is always changing of the day, reveal how those leaders struggled in addressing the how those options should be considered and assessed. promise of freedom for black Americans—a promise Theodore The authors’ goal was to give practitioners a hands-on, Roosevelt called “the door of hope.” problem-solving approach to making the right decisions for Meanwhile, Republicans in particular needed to win over their clients. Southern voters in order to become a more viable national “This text demystifies much of the science underlying party. Early talk about guaranteeing the right to vote for all modalities, while putting an end to myths, fallacies, and Americans gradually faded as the years went on. misunderstandings,” Bellew says.

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Faculty Artist Concert Series Mon Choeur returns

Jazz Week was again a hit with local, regional, and national acts, including return appearances by the Bossa Rio Sextet, UIndy Jazz Ensemble, and Rich Perry, along with concerts by Brazilian-born trumpeter Claudio Roditi, the Midcoast Swing Orchestra, and accomplished saxophonist UIndy’s acclaimed Faculty Artist Concert Series continued its Bobby Watson (above). tradition of excellence this season with 19 concerts, including the season-opening gala with Maestro Raymond Leppard, the University’s longtime artist-in-residence. Theatre In addition to hosting the famed conductor, the music Original musical premieres faculty welcomed several other talented guests, including the Ronen Chamber Ensemble and the Mon Choeur vocal chamber ensemble (pictured) in a special 20th-anniversary reunion concert. This season also featured a rich mix of classical, chamber, jazz, and opera music, along with premieres of new pieces by UIndy’s resident composer, John Berners. In addition, a concert by pianist (and series coordinator) Richard Ratliff was named one of the Indianapolis Star’s “Best of 2010” arts events.

Jazz Events become calendar staples This year marked the fourth season for both the Jazz Concert Series and Jazz Week, now well-established on Indy’s jazz scene. This year’s Jazz Concert Series drew crowds to see local and regional favorites. The free concerts make high-quality jazz available to audiences of all ages, especially those under 21 who aren’t able to attend concerts in night clubs.

34 UIndy 1400 The Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center Gallery hosted an eclectic mix of exhibitions this past academic year, including photography, urban and rural landscape in contemporary art, emerging local artists, and the biennial ClayFest. A fan favorite, however, featured local artist Terry Border’s Bent Objects (below left), whimsical creations in which Border turns everyday objects, like snacks and household items, into works of art by giving them “human” forms and personalities. In addition to the gallery exhibitions, UIndy added several new sculptures to the Fifth Third Bank Campus Sculpture Walk, an outdoor art exhibition that includes more than 20 sculptures located around campus.

It was an exciting season for the Theatre Department, which opened its season with the premiere of shame (above) an Medley original musical by UIndy faculty Brad Wright and Pete Schmutte (on keyboard, below left). The show generated local Acoustics draw violin finals media buzz, with features in the Indianapolis Star and Nuvo and on WIBC and WFYI’s “The Art of the Matter.” Nuvo bestowed 3.5 stars on the musical, saying it “often met, and sometimes surpassed, the standard of a Broadway production.” In addition to shame, the theatre department also staged the Tony Award-winning comedy Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead with a twist that featured two females in the lead roles, and performed for sold-out crowds in the dinner theatre production There’s a Burglar in My Bed.

Art ‘Bent Objects’ attracts crowds

UIndy was proud to again host the classical finals in the acoustically perfect Ruth Lilly Performance Hall for the 2010 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis. In addition to the IVCI, UIndy hosted concerts by the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, the Tokyo String Quartet (above), and Ne(x)tworks, a New York-based contemporary music improv group that includes faculty violinist Ariana Kim.

www.uindy.edu 35 Greyhounds give back Good sports Athletics

NCAA Division II athletics offers sport at its best, balancing high-quality competition with a focus on developing the whole person, and the University of Indianapolis Greyhounds shine both on and off the field. Here’s a glimpse at how just a few teams found ways to give back in 2010–11.

Huddle up to serve “It’s a good way for us to help and This year, the team took part in the an easy way for us to do a substantial duckpin bowling tournament, spon- At the annual Special Olympics basket- amount of work for some grateful folks,” sored by the Student-Athlete Advisory ball tournament held on UIndy’s campus says assistant coach Bob Brubeck. Council, that helps to raise money for this spring, more than 60 Greyhounds the Make-a-Wish Foundation. helped out, including members of the Hardball with a heart They also donated their time to football, basketball, soccer teams, and Miracle Place community center on the women’s track and field. The keynote After 17 years on the UIndy campus, near-eastside to help kids with after- speaker was head football coach Bob coach Gary Vaught knows a little school activities and homework. Before Bartololmeo, who made sure that his about how to make a difference in the leaving for semester break in December, team was there to cheer on the kids. community. Each year, he gets his team they sponsored a family, providing “We’re just trying to teach our involved—whether it’s painting area plenty of Christmas gifts for everyone. guys that there is more out there than houses, picking up trash, setting up “It’s so much fun to be involved football,” says Coach Bart. equipment for a national cheerleading with volunteering and to be out in the Later that afternoon, several competition downtown, or hanging community,” Ceciley says. “It’s a good football players participated in the Riley Christmas lights outside the southside way to bond with teammates, too.” Dance Marathon to raise money for Indiana Member’s Credit Union offices. Riley Hospital for Children. Junior He’s also established the “Hit One Tracking hunger Rob Doyle loved interacting with the for Riley” program. If a UIndy slugger kids during the Dance Marathon. hits the bull’s-eye on the backfield fence, This winter, the track and field team “The fact that Coach Bart requires Coach Vaught donates $500 to Riley. could be found at Second Helpings, a our involvement around school and in “I want our guys to understand nonprofit food servicing agency. the community is extremely important,” that the good Lord has given them a Second Helpings provides free hot he says. “The student-athletes on our chance to play sports, and there are so meals to senior citizens and children in football team are blessed with many many kids out there who can’t play but need. The athletes helped prepare meals gifts and talents, and it’s our duty to wish they could,” he says. and then clean the facility afterward. share those gifts with others.” “We want our players to under- “Second Helpings opened our eyes stand that there is always time in a to hunger in Indianapolis and to all the Wrestling boxes day to give back.” food waste Indy produces,” says track team member Kara Gill. Sometimes it just takes a strong person Bounce in their step “We thought it was an incredible to give back, as in the case of the place where we could join in and help wrestling team last year. When Gleaners Senior Ceciley Starkey can’t remember our community to prepare food for Food Bank needed help getting more a time during her four years on campus the elderly and small children.” than 50 cases of food (about 1,700 when the tennis team wasn’t involved pounds) to Robert’s United Methodist in a community service project. A kick out of service Church downtown, Greyhound They’ve held free tennis clinics, grapplers were there with the assist. helped serve dinner at a local shelter, Head soccer coach John Higgins, his Thanks to the team’s help, the and, along with several players from staff, and team braved frigid waters, church’s “Soup’s On” Sunday meal was the men’s team, donated more than 30 “Freezin’ for a Reason” in February as able to move forward without a hitch. hours of their time to the Mary Rigg the entire squad participated in Special Neighborhood Center on the city’s Olympics Indiana’s Polar Plunge at near-southwest side. Eagle Creek Park.

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Athletics spotlight The wrestling team was named Academic National Champions by the NCAA Division II Wrestling Coaches Association with a division-high 3.419 team grade point average. Wrestling senior Nick Walpole won the Division II national championship at 149 pounds, UIndy’s first individual wrestling national championship. As of the end of May, UIndy athletics ranked in the top 20 in the country in the NCAA Division II Learfield Sports Directors’ Cup standings. UIndy finished the year with 148 Academic All-GLVC selections. Men’s basketball All-American Darius Adams was named Most Outstanding Player in the Reese’s NCAA Division II College All-Star Game at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. In frigid February, the Greyhound soccer team was “Freezin’ for a Reason.” The men’s basketball team volunteered at a youth clinic in Lawrence Township. For the second season in a row, the men’s basketball team defeated a Division I opponent. Last year it was Valparaiso; “It was a great team bonding look up to them,” says Coach Stan this season it was No. 23 Tennessee, experience, and we were able to raise Gouard. “It’s a great experience, and I 79-64. Coach Stan Gouard appeared on money for a great cause,” says Higgins. want our team to appreciate what they ESPN to talk about the victory over his “It’s a win-win for us when we can have have and give some of it back.” college coach, Bruce Pearl. fun as a team and help a great organiza- The team also takes time to read to Several coaches served on NCAA tion like Special Olympics Indiana.” kids at a nearby elementary school and Championship Regional Advisory The team also helped to work to participate in a mentoring program Committees: volleyball head coach the “Shoot fore Sammi” golf outing for with 100 Black Men of Indianapolis. Jody Butera (chair; member of national the third year in a row, raising money “Volunteering is our chance to give volleyball committee); assistant AD for toward finding a cure for Sudden Infant back, and if we don’t do that, we’re in Academic Services Daryl Gibbs (men’s Death Syndrome, and volunteered at the wrong place,” says Coach Gouard. basketball); men’s/women’s tennis head Grassy Creek Elementary School to “Everyone looks up to someone, coach John Venter (women’s tennis). read to the children. and our players know that kids are Swimmers Austin Biefnes and Guy Kogel watching them.” each were honored with the Great Lakes Hoops help Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Members of the men’s basketball team Team teaching Winter 2011 Commissioner’s Award. have made their presence known in the With the 2011 Women’s Final Four in Football senior Craig Ray and softball sophomore Jennifer DeMotte were community. town, approximately 20 Greyhound named to Capital One Academic In addition to helping with the student-athletes volunteered their time All-District Teams. Special Olympics tournament, held on to instruct Indianapolis youth partici- By May, nine teams had advanced to UIndy’s campus, the team held a youth pants at the 2011 Powerade NCAA NCAA postseason competition, 19 clinic for the Lawrence Township Boys Youth Clinic. Members of the UIndy individuals had earned All-America Basketball League at Fall Creek Valley women’s basketball, men’s basketball, honors, and four teams finished the Middle School. baseball, swimming and diving, and season ranked in the top 20 nationally. The team held two sessions, one men’s golf teams all spent their Saturday The NCAA named Lyndsay McBride for third and fourth graders and one for serving as clinic instructors. one of nine finalists for its Woman of fifth and sixth graders. The team also “I had a blast and had the privilege the Year award. The 2009 NCAA DII worked with the fathers who volunteer of teaching the kids some of the many women’s golf national champion and as coaches in the league. skills I have learned in my basketball 2010 GLVC Women’s Golfer of the “The main thing is just having our career so far,” men’s basketball player Year was one of only three Division II guys out there working with kids who Joe Daniels said of his experience. finalists for the prestigious honor.

www.uindy.edu 37 Silent benefactors Gifts to University promote service, gratitude Outreach

Though they accept no public credit for their generosity, fall 2012. The endowed position will include supplementary the anonymous donors behind two gifts to UIndy in the salary, along with time and financial support for projects 2010–11 year will enhance many lives for years to come. and travel, with the goal of engaging even more students The family of one longtime University supporter has in service-learning activities that are consistent with the donated $645,000 from her estate. The funds will endow University mission. a new faculty chair, the University Distinguished Professor of Service Learning. Don’t thank us . . . Service learning is the concept of infusing academic Another anonymous gift this year, from a prominent couple curricula with service to enhance education while benefiting in the Indianapolis area, took the form of a $250,000 endow- the broader community off campus. ment to establish a new University of Indianapolis Faculty Still gaining traction in higher education circles, Scholarship Fund. The generated revenue will provide students the notion was built into the foundation of UIndy, where with need-based awards up to 50 percent of an undergraduate’s “Education for Service” is the longtime motto. The University anticipated University expenses. is among just 300 institutions nationwide to have earned the That donation came with an intriguing stipulation Carnegie Foundation’s Community Engagement Classifica- for the recipients of those scholarships: don’t thank us— tion, which identifies schools whose mission, culture, leader- thank someone else. ship, resources, and practices are aligned to support commu- Indeed, the donors’ agreement with the University nity service and volunteerism. stipulates that each recipient write a letter of thanks “to a The first faculty member selected for the new chair will mentor who has made a significant difference in their life.” begin serving a three-year renewable appointment starting in Copies of the letters will be sent to the donors each year. A site for sore eyes UIndy’s website is sporting a new look—and many other improvements to boot. The goal was simple: create a website that puts UIndy’s best foot forward and makes finding information very easy. An organization’s website has become its most important communication tool, and web visitors want to find information quickly. On UIndy’s new website, navigation menus and site structure were designed to facilitate task completion. The home page now has tabs dedicated to specific audiences: Future Students, Parents and Family, Alumni, and Friends and Visitors. Each tab provides content relevant to that audience. In addition to the new audience navigation, there are menus across the top of each page to help prospective students and other visitors locate specific information easily, such as a list of majors and details on financial aid, athletics, arts, or charitable gifts. The new website was developed by Rare Bird, an Indianapolis firm.

Visit www.uindy.edu to view the new site. For up-to-date news about the University, visit http://news.uindy.edu/news/.

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Kevin R. Armstrong Holbrook Hankinson John S. Myrland David Resnick Senior Pastor, North United Director, Learning & Pastor, McCordsville United Managing Partner, Methodist Church Leadership Development Methodist Church Katz, Sapper & Miller Indianapolis, Ind. St. Rita’s Medical Center McCordsville, Ind. Indianapolis, Ind. (Lima, Ohio) Stephen M. Carson Indianapolis, Ind. Ersal Ozdemir David G. Sease President, SMC Consulting President & CEO, Keystone Vice Chair & Co-Owner, Basking Ridge, N.J. Adolf Hansen Construction Corp. Sease, Gerig & Associates Theologian in Residence Indianapolis, Ind. Indianapolis, Ind. Carolyn M. Coleman (Retired), St. Luke’s United Director, Federal Relations Methodist Church Robert A. Palmer Yvonne H. Shaheen National League of Cities Indianapolis, Ind. Vice President & General CEO (Retired), Washington, D.C. Manager, FedEx Express Long Electric Company, Inc. Emmanuel D. Harris Indianapolis, Ind. Indianapolis, Ind. Michael J. Coyner Chief Executive Officer, Indiana Area Resident Bishop, Harris & Associates, LLC Marvin V. Pavlov Amber L. Stearns The United Methodist Church Indianapolis, Ind. CFO & Executive Director, News Anchor/Reporter, Indianapolis, Ind. Trauma Technicians LLC WIBC-FM Polly Horton Hix Columbus, Ind. Indianapolis, Ind. Deborah J. Daniels Civic Volunteer Partner, Krieg DeVault Indianapolis, Ind. N. Gene Perkins Richard E. Stierwalt Indianapolis, Ind. President, N. G. Perkins President & CEO, Barry S. Howard Company, Inc. Associated Third Party Christopher B. Doehring Co-Owner, Fairley & Greenwood, Ind. Administrators Vice President, Medical Affairs, Company, Inc. Alameda, Calif. Franciscan St. Francis Hospital Indianapolis, Ind. Vicki F. Perry Beech Grove, Ind. President & CEO, Larry G. Thompson, MD Charles E. Johnston Advantage Health Solutions Physician (Retired), Allied Murvin S. Enders Consultant (Retired) Indianapolis, Ind. Physicians Surgery Center Executive Director, 100 Black Scottsdale, Ariz. South Bend, Ind. Men of Indianapolis, Inc. Bart R. Peterson Indianapolis, Ind. William R. Kiesel Senior Vice President, Jerry W. Throgmartin Senior Vice President Corporate Affairs and Executive Chairman, George S. Fleetwood (Retired), Morgan Stanley Communication, Eli Lilly H. H. Gregg Appliances, Inc. President, AT&T Indiana Smith Barney and Company Indianapolis, Ind. Indianapolis, Ind. Indianapolis, Ind. Indianapolis, Ind. Michael J. Watkins Charles J. Garcia Thomas C. Martin Beverley J. Pitts President, Mike Watkins President & CEO President President, University Real Estate Group Garcia Construction Bloomington Ford of Indianapolis Greenwood, Ind. Group, Inc. Bloomington, Ind. Indianapolis, Ind. Indianapolis, Ind. Robert B. Wingerter Patricia Polis McCrory Dennis J. Reinbold Partner, Ernst & Young, LLP Sue Anne Gilroy Partner, Frost Brown Todd President & CEO, Indianapolis, Ind. Vice President of Indianapolis, Ind. Dreyer & Reinbold Development & Executive Indianapolis, Ind. Gordon D. Wishard Director, St. Vincent Partner, Ice Miller, LLP Foundation Indianapolis, Ind. Indianapolis, Ind.

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New web videos debut Once again, several UIndy professors graciously agreed to poke fun at themselves while touting the University’s support- ive environment in a new series of “Personal Attention Unleashed” online videos.

The latest batch of humorous 30-second sketches follows the popular first round that the University launched in 2010, some of which later ran as TV commercials. In each spot, a personal attention unleashed faculty member goes the extra mile—sometimes ridiculously so—to help a student in need.

The new videos feature UIndy students and a prominent alumnus, Tom Zupancic ’78 (Indianapolis Colts senior vice president of sales and marketing), along with faculty members Jodie Ferise and Karl Knapp from the School of Business, Jim Ream from the Department of Theatre, and Jeff Oaks from the Department of Mathematics & Computer Science.

View the videos at http://www.youtube.com/user/uindytv.

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