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Solar power gives major boost to environmental efforts Garth Francis
s Florida Gulf Coast University enters its second decade, we are reaffirming our commitment to our mission of environmental sustainability with a number of exciting initiatives. A Of course, foremost among these is our plan to create a 16-acre solar energy field that will serve as a model of environmental and ecological sustain- ability for the nation. The state legislature appropriated, and Gov. Charlie Crist approved, $8.5 million in state funds to construct a solar farm. The other half of the cost of this $17-million project will be provided by a private sector partner. We are working with Regenesis Energy Services on the project. This public-private partnership will result in a solar source of electricity that will significantly decrease the University’s dependence on non-renewable energy sources, save money and dramatically reduce our carbon footprint. Each year, the solar field will prevent an estimated 9,000 pounds of nitrogen oxide, 14,000 pounds of sulfur dioxide and 5.1 million pounds of carbon dioxide from being introduced into our environ- ment. FGCU’s solar field will be one of the largest of its kind in the world. Last summer, I traveled to Great Britain with Gov. Crist as part of a Florida delegation to discuss a variety of topics, including alternative energy. While there, I signed an agreement that links FGCU with The College of Natural Sciences at Bangor University in North Wales. That agreement will facilitate the exchange of faculty and students whose areas of interest are environmental and marine science. We intend to collaborate to study climate change and ecosystems with projects that span the Atlantic Ocean. University faculty, staff and students are doing their parts as well, banding together to further reduce carbon emissions by participating in Ride2FGCU, a program that promotes carpooling. In early October, FGCU’s Environmental Stewardship Advisory Council presented “Focus the Campus,” a day-long event that provided updates on the University’s many efforts designed to promote environmental sustainability. Other examples of our commitment to environmental sustainability include: • Our state-of-the-art thermal storage plant, which sends chilled water through an underground loop that cools campus buildings, saving nearly $700,000 in energy costs over the past three years. • Solar-powered compacting trash receptacles, which are in use on campus. • Our marine science faculty and students, who are delving into the health of the Caloosahatchee River as well as other bodies of water, ongoing projects about which you will read in this issue of Pinnacle. • FGCU’s membership in the leadership circle of a nationwide consortium of universities committed to demonstrating by example how to combat global warming. • Construction and certification of new buildings on campus to standards set by the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED). • Solar thermal equipment, which will provide hot water for Biscayne Hall, a residence hall under construction that is set to open next fall. These initiatives, combined with many other environmentally focused programs and projects at the University, will assure that FGCU takes its place at the forefront of the green movement, making it a model for colleges and universities across the nation.
Wilson G. Bradshaw, Ph.D. President Florida Gulf Coast University
Fa l l 2008 1 Florida Gulf Coast University Table of Contents Fa l l 2008 • Vo l u m e 3 • Is s u e 1 Editor’s Corner Pinnacle Magazine
Gre g T olley Wilson G. Bradshaw President Features Steve Magiera Publisher In pursuit of excellence Provost’s role challenging Audrea Anderson Editorial Director in uncertain times...... 4 FGCU starts exciting E d C lement Karen Feldman Editor Bird man of Southwest Florida second decade Professor shares John Kemler passion for all things wild...... 6 Art Director lorida Gulf Coast University experienced a growth spurt Kelly McCarthy this fall. Home sweet home Director of Communications A record-setting 10,198 students have enrolled, a Lutgert College of Business Lillian Pagan 9 percent increase from fall 2007. As the student body increases gets its own building...... 10 Researcher F so, too, must faculty, buildings and programs. Jill Belcher, Matt Fairchild, Jake Perkins, FGCU opened this semester with 379 faculty, an increase Below the surface Marine researchers assess Kevin Pierce, Lindsey Touchette, Chris of 25 from last year. Leading that august group is Provost and Wadsworth and Roger Williams Vice President for Academic Affairs Ronald Toll, who joined 14 Contributing Writers health of Caloosahatchee River...... the University in July. Ed Clement, James Dostie, Garth Francis, Also expanding are the University’s degree offerings, with Growing businesses James Greco, Brent Jackson, 51 undergraduate and 31 graduate programs now available. New this year are: Nurse Center shares expertise with Jerry Jackson, Jerry Jackson Jr., aspiring entrepreneurs...... 19 Bob Klein, Walt Middleton, Brian Miller, Anesthesia (M.S.N.), Acute Care Nurse Practitioner (M.S.N.) and Primary Health Care Ernst Peebles, Jason P. Smith, Nurse Practitioner (M.S.N.). FGCU’s first doctoral program, the Doctor of Physical Just for girls Dennis Snyder and Greg Tolley Therapy (D.P.T.), began this semester, as did the Education Specialist (Ed.S.) program. Program nurtures scientific curiosity Photography With the opening of Lutgert Hall, the Lutgert College of Business has its own home in middle-school students...... 20 Timothy Clark and Laureen Meyer for the first time, allowing professors and students from the many faceted College the page Circulation 14 opportunity to study and work in close proximity instead of being scattered across the campus. New faces Nine coaches sign on this year...... 22 Pinnacle Magazine is published four times a year by FGCU’s Office of Community First-year students now have a place to call their own, too, with the opening of Relations & Marketing, Division of University Everglades Hall, which houses more than 400 students. Besides having the chance to Garth Francis Advancement, Campus Support Complex, meet other newcomers, students can take part in the First-Year Residence Experience, a page 25 Room 68, Florida Gulf Coast University, Jason P. S mith Jason P. 10501 FGCU Blvd. South, Fort Myers, FL program that helps them make the transition to college life. page 10 33965-6565, (239) 590-1081. Direct e-mail Next door is the Fresh Food Company, a new all-you-can-eat dining option featuring to [email protected]. Pinnacle made-to-order food including vegan fare. Magazine is distributed without charge to Everglades Hall and the Fresh Food Company are the first structures in the South donors, alumni and friends of the University. Material from Pinnacle may be excerpted or Village, the second resident area for FGCU students. reprinted for use in the media provided that it It’s a good start to the University’s second decade, which promises to be as lively as is attributed to FGCU’s Pinnacle Magazine. the first. Programs, events, activities and facilities of Florida Gulf Coast University are available to all In the pages that follow, readers will get a taste of the diverse and exciting projects without regard to race, color, marital status, sex, and programs taking place on the FGCU campus and beyond. All indications are that the religion, national origin, disability or age. University has a bright future and will continue to grow as it matures, right along with its Pinnacle may be obtained in an alterna- burgeoning student body. tive format by contacting the Office of Columns and Departments Institutional Equity and Compliance at (239) 590-7405 or (800) 590-3428 or the Office of Adaptive Services at (239) 590-7956. Those FromPresident’s the President Message...... 1 Sports...... 2822 AlumniClass Notes Director...... 4138 with speech or hearing impairments may call FGCU using the Florida Relay at 711 (TTY, VCO, HCO, ASCII or Speech-to-Speech). Editor’s Corner...... 23 Development News...... 3229 ClassProfessional Notes...... Briefs...... 4344 Florida Gulf Coast University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the South- InArts Brief Calendar...... 184 Alumni ProfileNews...... 3834 Alumni Events...... 44 ern Association of Colleges and Schools to award associate, baccalaureate, master’s and Karen Feldman page 20 doctoral degrees. Contact the Commission Pinnacle Editor Florida Gul F C o a s t un i v e r s i t y Fa l l 2 0 0 8 On the cover: on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Ga. 30033-4097, or call (404) 679-4500 for M a g a z i n e Dr. Jerome Jackson Pn n a c l e Garth Francis prepares to trap birds questions about the accreditation of Florida Gulf Coast University. in order to band them. Alumna trains page Direct comments to: Photo by Ed Clement those battling Karen Feldman, Editor Bird man Mailing address: See above of Southwest Florida p a g e 6 human trafficking 34 E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (239) 590-7093 Nola Theiss Fax: (239) 590-1084
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needs of the people who will occupy them. While we always assigned them based on a lab project. Provost’s role challenging in can’t predict exactly, we can think about how to design Near the end of the term, I’d get a huge stack them in a flexible way to allow for future creativity.” of papers. I made lots of notes in the margins and gave them a grade. I was assuming they changing, uncertain times Q: What role do you see technology playing in were reading the comments, but I discovered education in coming years? they were only looking at the grade. By Karen Feldman background in life sciences, he came to FGCU after “I learned the value of breaking the serving as the vice president for academic affairs, dean A: “We need to explore how best to use informa- assignment into subsets, with sections due mproving life through science and nurturing of the faculty and a biology professor at Lebanon tion technology to enhance learning outcomes. We every couple of weeks. At the end the product Toll addresses FGCU faculty and staff independent thinkers top the list of Ronald Toll’s Valley College in Annville, Pa. Prior to that, he served want to avoid death by PowerPoint. If all we do is was better, the students enjoyed it more and at the annual Welcome Back event. areas of expertise and his priorities as Florida Gulf as dean for the College of Natural Sciences and transfer lectures to PowerPoint, we’re not using the so did I. Sharing that sort of information can be Coast University’s new provost and vice president for Mathematics and special assistant to the president for power of IT to expand thoughtfulness. We need invaluable in making faculty more effective and I to create the most intellectually robust atmosphere helping students learn more.” academic affairs. technology and corporate relations at the University An experienced administrator with an extensive of Central Arkansas. He has also served as biology possible. department chairman and division chairman at “Great teaching and learning existed before Q: What do you view as some of the challenges Wesleyan College. technology. I can still name the teachers who reached ahead? Bo b Klein A New Jersey native, he holds an associate’s me, who pushed me into my discomfort zone. That’s degree from Union College, a bachelor’s in zoology where real thinking occurs. A: “We’re facing from Rutgers University and a doctoral degree in “Now take all that excellent pedagogy and move some extraordinarily biological oceanography from the University of forward. There’s a lot of published research about difficult budgetary Miami. brain physiology. We have a greater understanding times. It’s going to “We need Toll has published extensively on the subject of of how we learn. We have a greater understanding cause us to do things marine invertebrates. His work has taken him from of how we can teach to facilitate maximum learning very intentionally. We to be cognizant coastal studies on Georgia’s barrier islands to a deep- outcomes. We’re more cognizant of different learning must think about our sea expedition as associate director of adjunct sciences styles. mission, our program of the positive for the S.S. Central America project, which led to the “Through my own kids, I can see that their brains mix, our growth. recovery of $300 million of gold. function differently from my generation. Watching my We’ll have to use and mutual A lover of classic cars, he’s the proud owner of a oldest daughter study, she was talking on the phone, our best judgment in four-post hydraulic lift, which he plans to install in texting, on the computer. She could multitask in ways prioritizing the most benefits of his garage. He holds a black belt in tae kwon do, is that I could not. mission-critical needs. married and has three children. “Students of this generation are essentially digital “We also have to natives. They’ve grown up with technology. We (baby look for efficiencies. operating with Q: What motivated you to move from a boomers) are digital immigrants. We have to approach The solar panel field the corporate small liberal arts college to a medium-sized state teaching with that difference in mind.” will be an efficiency institution? that will save money Q: What do you see as the primary challenges and serve as a great world.” A: “I’ve worked at small and large institutions. here? reflection of the key – Ronald Toll This was a great opportunity. It’s a place that’s full tenets of our mission of youthful exuberance and optimism. To be part of A: “Decreased funding is a major concern. statement. something that’s the sum total of so many people’s Students are coming in with more issues, requiring us “Overall, there’s accomplishments in such a short time is wonderful. to provide more support. Balancing all of that while no silver bullet here. The Advancement people are I hope to add my experience and leadership to the maintaining high standards will be challenging.” challenged to keep the revenue stream coming in while second decade of growth.” competing with all of the non-profits out there that all Q: What message do you want to send to faculty have needs. Q: You also bring expertise in building design. members? “We need to be cognizant of the positive and How do you think design relates to effective teaching mutual benefits of operating with the corporate and learning? A: “I like to role model both lifelong learning and world. Corporations and higher education have not risk taking. We want our students to be risk takers in always gotten along in the past. Collaborative under- A: “Academic buildings can have a 40- to 45-year their lives. How we teach them to do that is part of standing is a piece of the skill set I bring. life span before they are gutted, renovated or knocked academic freedom. I’m very excited about facilitating I’m interested in working on mutually beneficial down to build something better. I want to build the development of a center for teaching and learning. corporate partnering. Building upon the institution’s structures that are more responsive to our needs. The We have an amazing faculty here, but we don’t always spirit of entrepreneurialism, we have an opportunity academic and social spaces we create will be around a share out best practices. to explore sound, rational, clearly defined entrepre- th long time. We’re going to continue to build buildings “I was in my 15 year of college teaching when neurial ventures with the corporate world. It’s very and they will outlive the designers, but can’t outlive the I learned something valuable about term papers. I’d exciting.”
4 Fa l l 2008 Fa l l 2008 5 Jackson’s photo of a turkey Bird man vulture in flight
that bears the inscription: The Margaret Morse Nice Medal for degrees, returning Lifetime Contributions to Ornithology, 2008. after years away of Southwest Florida Jackson – an FGCU professor of ecological sciences and from academia to gain a former Whitaker Eminent Scholar in Science – won’t say it, but contemporary understanding it’s the Oscar of ornithology, one of the most prestigious awards of environmental science. Professor lives to learn and teach about the wild things an ornithologist can receive. “Dr. Jackson has a remarkable capacity to invoke a sense By Roger Williams Given annually by the Wilson Ornithological Society “to of wonder and awe in the natural world,” she says. “He subtly individuals with significant contributions to science and orni- transforms all of the students in our class into stewards of the thology,” the medal celebrates Jackson’s lifetime of discovery and earth. And his enthusiasm and insatiable curiosity are contagious. erome A. “Jerry” Jackson plunges into his jam-packed office on a quest that would dis-
E d C lement achievement. In other words, this award is big – unlike his office, At the end of each class, we all wish we could stay for even just a courage most mortals. which measures about 10 feet by 8 feet. Within this Lilliputian few more moments.” He maneuvers past the whisky bottle shaped like an ivory-billed woodpecker, habitat resides a leviathan mind, with a passion for learning and After 30 years at Mississippi State University, Jackson came shipped to him as a token of respect for his acclaimed book, “In Search of the Ivory-Billed J teaching to match. to FGCU a decade ago, sharing his enthusiasm with students, Woodpecker.” “He has ambitious plans for what you need to learn, and he while teaching them to approach science devoid of wishful He moves past photos of his six children, past books he’s written, stacks of paper, boxes doesn’t let up on you,” says Patty Borden, who studied ornithology thinking or fantasy. of correspondence and assorted birds’ nests. Past photos he’s shot in Cuban mountains and with him last spring and is now enrolled in his biogeography He demonstrated that approach two years ago, when Cornell remote Southern swamps where he’s heard, but never seen, the elusive (and likely extinct) class. Borden is a student with undergraduate and graduate University ornithologists introduced a low-quality videotape of ivory-billed woodpecker. a bird they claimed was an ivory-billed woodpecker in an He even has to slip past boxes of movies used in an undergraduate class, “Issues in Arkansas forest. Science and Technology,” which explores the science behind big-name films – wolf habits
Jerry Jac k son Jr. The revelation brought instant acclaim and inter- and habitats depicted in “Never Cry Wolf,” for example, or the clown fish and coral reefs national excitement, but Jackson, ignoring the potential from “Finding Nemo.” dip in his own popularity, studied the evidence more Finally he tracks down his quarry, hoisting aloft a chunk of metal and wood, a prize skeptically. He concluded that his colleagues likely had At right: Jackson prepares a trap to capture birds mistaken the more common pileated woodpecker for the on the FGCU campus in order to band them. ivory-billed. ( A year earlier, after years of research and serving on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Ivory-Billed Woodpecker Advisory Committee, Jackson had published a book on the ivory-bill and was considered the expert on Jerry Jac k son Jr. the species.) In a report that gained national and international prominence, he called the faulty sighting, “faith-based ornithology,” which earned him no love at Cornell, he recalls, but garnered the respect of scientists from around the world, who studied the evidence and concurred with Jackson’s conclusions. That’s not the role he relishes most, he concedes. “The joy – and yes, I mean real joy – that I find in learning and teaching about the living world comes from student recognition of the tremendous diversity of life,” he says. He shares that joy for the natural world with radio listeners each weekday at 7:19 a.m. on WGCU-FM, 90.1 on the dial, concluding with his trademark line: “With the Wild Things, I’m Dr. Jerry Jackson.” FGCU Professor Emeritus William Hammond, Jackson’s photo of an osprey bringing leaves to line its nest in Bonita Springs
Left and middle: Jerry Jackson Jr. chronicles his father’s search for an ivory-billed woodpecker along the Cache River in eastern Arkansas.
6 Fa l l 2008 Fa l l 2008 7 Top: A great white heron lands at Key West.
Below: A prairie warbler caught and banded (Jackson is) E d C lement Brent Jac k son at Corkscrew Swamp Sanctuary. Jackson took both photos. “the Godfather
Jackson holds a whimbrel he’s caught a celebrated scholar and of all the wild in the Canadian Arctic while teaching teacher in his own right, Arctic ecology to high-school students as a volunteer with Global Explorers. calls him, “the Godfather things.” of all the wild things. I His son, Brent, an FGCU senior – FGCU Professor Emeritus William Hammond majoring in environmental studies, like just about everything took this photo. about him. He’s a gifted teacher, a gifted scholar, world-renowned knowledge of ornithology, but he has Facts of life a gifted parent, a gifted this uncanny ability to teach at any level. I’ve seen him photographer. And he’s reach students who are pre-k, elementary, high school, • Born: Fort Benning, Ga.; raised in Burlington, Iowa world-renowned for his university or grad students – and he can work so well work on woodpeckers.” with other scholars.” • Age: 65 If you’re a wild thing, a Jackson teaches in the University’s lifelong student or a fellow scientist, learning program, the Renaissance Academy. He also • Education: Bachelor of Science, Iowa State University; doctoral you couldn’t have a better accompanies middle-school students from urban degree, University of Kansas champion – unless you’re an settings to the Amazon River basin or the Arctic invasive species, such as the • Favorite living bird species: “The red-cockaded woodpecker, Circle each summer as part of the international Global black spinytail iguana. Explorers program. because it’s endangered and we had one that lived in our house for An invasive species “He is,” says Henry, “what anyone would call a 17 years. We found her as a fledgling with broken wings and legs, expert and member of the master teacher, with a very strong scholarly expertise.” and had to have a permit to keep her. She became a member of the National Invasive Species Jackson’s zeal for learning and teaching seems family, and became the oldest known red-cockaded woodpecker on Advisory Committee, imbedded in his DNA. record.” Jackson studied and helped Lee County officials determine how to It’s been that way his entire life, says his oldest rid Gasparilla Island of thousands of the destructive pests, beginning son, Jerry Jackson, Jr., photo editor at the Baltimore • Favorite non-living bird species: “I better not say the ivory-billed two years ago, encouraging them to take a broader approach than Sun newspaper. woodpecker, because I hope they still exist. Maybe it’s the dodo bird, merely trapping or shooting them. “Our family trips were always different,” his simply because it is so important to conservation today as an icon of Pointing out that iguanas can lay 80 eggs at a time, have son says. “We always went to Iowa (where Jackson extinction. They probably became extinct in about 1600 A.D. It’s the no natural predators here, may carry salmonella and have other grew up), but I remember one summer when he was unpleasant habits, he rethought the approach to eradication, studying cliff swallows or barn swallows, I think. We first species of anything known to have become extinct. Prior to the suggesting that the burgeoning population be attacked in the winter, would stop at almost every bridge on the highway and recognition that it was gone, the Catholic church believed God had when it’s most vulnerable. look for them. So we were always having an adventure created everything, and it would exist to the end of time. The idea By closing their nesting burrows and “getting rid of exotic and doing stuff nobody else’s kids did. For two Christ- that humans could cause extinction wasn’t thought possible.” plants that they’re feeding on (especially Brazilian pepper),” he told mases, we volunteered as park rangers on Horn Island National Geographic News, “we could exercise a natural control over (off the Mississippi coast where the family relieved • Family: Dr. Bette Jackson, FGCU chair of biological sciences; them, to some extent.” the rangers to give them vacations). One year half our six children, six grandchildren That’s simply applied science, one of Jackson’s many talents, says presents went in the drink, trying to make the trip.” Win Everham, professor of environmental studies. Inevitably, though, the family came back with the • Favorite adventure: “Probably the first time “He really is an eminent scholar,” Everham says. “He has such gift of greater experience and knowledge, gained by I was in Cuba, 1987. I had been invited a deep background, he knows so much, he has written so much, and doing something nobody else would do. there in my capacity as a director of the what I think makes Jerry unique is the fact that he straddles the Such is Jackson’s approach to life, and one he sees International Council of Bird Preservation to border between science and the humanities. no point in changing. evaluate the status of conservation in Cuba. “Some of what he writes is very much for the general public, “I can’t imagine a better life for me,” he says. including some of his books and his radio program – and he’s just For five weeks we had total freedom to go “Retirement? I’ll never retire. This is too much fun.” such a good writer. It helps all of us other scientists at FGCU everywhere, and at the end received an engraved to have such a good example of someone who makes all those – Roger Williams is a freelance writer based in Alva. invitation to appear on a reviewing stand for the connections.” May Day parade with Fidel Castro.” Jackson modestly ascribes that capacity to FGCU itself, which he calls “the most collegial place I’ve ever been.”
• Heroes: “My wife is my hero, and beyond that Donna Price Henry, dean of the College of Brian M iller maybe (renowned ornithologist) George Sutton and Jim Arts and Sciences, praises both his scholarship and Tanner (author of “The Ivory-Billed Woodpecker”).” his teaching, a skill at which many famous scholars fail, she says. • Most important thing to do before you die or quit working: “Jerry is uniquely qualified to fit in here,” she “Who’s going to do either? I want to see my kids grow up and be says. “Not only does he bring his eminence and successful, hold my grandkids on my knee and take them into the field and show them some of the wonderful things in nature.” Jackson and two middle-school students from Sun Prairie, Wisc., share a mud bath while exploring the Amazon River about 80 miles Books by Jackson downstream from Iquitos, Peru during a Global Explorers trip. 8 Fa l l 2008 Fa l l 2008 9 E d C lement E d C lement
Lutgert Hall opens for business Garth Francis
utgert Hall, the much-anticipated home of the Lutgert College of Business, opened its doors this fall. The imposing, four-story building is Lthe first one visitors see as they approach from the Universi- ty’s main entrance, with its sculpture, “Human Race,” created by Raymond Lutgert, overlooking a reflecting pool. Raymond and Beverly Lutgert, after whom the College and the building are named, donated $5 million, which was matched by the state. Following their lead, many other individuals and businesses donated generously to make the $19.4-million, 62,000-square-foot building a reality. Now all the branches of the College of Business are housed under one roof for the first time. “One important dimension of the strength of a college of business is to be able to enhance the opportunities for faculty and staff to work together as a cohesive unit,” says Richard Pegnetter, dean of the Lutgert College of Business. “The new Lutgert Hall gives our college that opportunity.” The state-of-the-art building serves as a training center for tomorrow’s entrepreneurs and business leaders. Gifts ranged from $5,000 to $300,000. Room sponsor- ships start at $15,000. Naming opportunities remain. Contact J. Howard Finch at (239) 590-7370 or Linda Lehtomaa at (239) 590-1071 for details. Garth Francis Garth Francis Garth Francis
Above: Lutgert Hall’s imposing profile dominates the main entrance to the campus. Above: Donor Raymond Lutgert’s sculpture, “Human Race,” at sunset. Left: The Wasmer Schroeder & Co., Inc. Trading Room is equipped to help students master portfolio Left: A night view of Lutgert Hall from its courtyard. management and trading.
10 Fa l l 2008 Fa l l 2008 11 New Photos b y E d C lement dining spot expands campus menu 1 2 3 here’s something new cooking at the south end of the Florida Gulf CoastT University campus. Fresh Food Company at SoVi – short for South Village – opened this semester next to Everglades Hall, the new freshman residence hall. 1 Dishes such as basil roma panini, shrimp kabobs and Caribbean pork with orange 4 mojo, add a new dimension to campus dining.
Photos b y Bo Klein Carl Steinberg, FGCU’s Upholstered booths as coordinator of contract opera- well as tables and chairs line tions, says, “It offers students the perimeter of the dining real variety and allows them to room, along with strategically order their food just the way positioned televisions. An they want it.” outdoor dining area should be 5 4 Diners pay a set price for ready sometime this fall. all they care to eat. Keeping the University’s 1. Spaghetti and meatballs are among the dishes offered at the hot entrée station. 2 A deli station serves sand- commitment to conservation 2. Panini have proven popular at the Fresh Food Company’s deli station. wiches, pizza and panini; a hot in mind – as well as that of 3. Jonathon O’Neil cooks lo mein to order at the vegan station. entrée station features sautéed Aramark, the contractor that 4. Ronnie Listro, right, greets a student customer and collects his money at the all-you-can-eat dining dishes; and a vegan station runs FGCU’s food operations facility. offers a daily special free of – the Fresh Food Company Everglades Hall 5. Spacious booths and conventional tables with scenic views of campus make the Fresh Food Company animal products. Customers uses no trays, saving water, an attractive new addition to the FGCU dining scene. can watch as their food is detergent and energy as well as 3 6. Situated next to Everglades Hall in FGCU’s new South Village, the Fresh Food Company plans to offer welcomes freshmen cooked to order. There are also reducing waste, Steinberg says. outdoor seating soon. self-serve salad, breakfast, soft “Everyone seems to like he opening of Everglades Hall this fall 5 ice cream, baked goods and the variety and the individual- marked at least two firsts for Florida Gulf Coast University: It’s the first five- beverage areas. ized service,” Steinberg says. story building on campus and it’s the first building in the South Village, the University’s second neighborhood of residence halls. 1. Everglades Hall is the first five-story building on campus. T 2. The first group of students moves into Everglades Hall in the It adjoins the Fresh Food Company and houses about 400 first-year students. Accommodations are a mix of suite-style rooms, with two bedrooms sharing a new South Village. James Greco bathroom, as well as some single rooms with private baths. Amenities include a game 3. The new residence hall houses more than 400 first-year room, laundry facilities and a computer lab. An energy-saving feature of the construction students. is the motion-sensitive lighting in the halls and lounges, which shuts lights off when no 4. Students carry in their belongings at the start of the fall one is in the area. semester. The hall is the home of the First Year Residence Experience, a program offered by 5. Lounges where students can study, watch TV and socialize are the Office of Housing and Residence Life to help students make the transition into the among the amenities found in Everglades Hall, along with a University lifestyle. computer lab and game room. “The residents have happily settled into this residence hall and are responding positively to the programs aimed at supporting their success as first-year students,” says Pam Schreiber, director of University housing. “We are already seeing the development of a strong sense of community among these students.” 6 12 Fa l l 2008 Fa l l 2008 13 E d C lement Gre g T olley E d C lement Gre g T olley Mike Parsons, an FGCU associate professor of marine science, studies microscopic plants collected from the Caloosahatchee River.
Above: David Fugate, FGCU assistant professor of marine science, and graduate student Megan Andresen unload equipment from a research boat. Left: Graduate student Brooke Denkert deploys a net to collect larval fishes, shrimp and crabs.
Fishing E d C lement answers Marinefor researchers assess Caloosahatchee’s health By Chris Wadsworth idden beneath the calm, gently rolling surface of the Caloosahatchee River is a little-known but vitally important spot. Few know it exists beyond a handful of scientists and perhaps some seasoned fishermen with keen eyes and sharp instincts. H Constantly moving upstream and downstream, ebbing and flowing, this mysterious place is actually a mass of salt water, fresh water, “The goal is to see if we microscopic plants and suspended sediment, churning up the waters in Coastal Watershed Institute can give water managers what’s called the turbidity maximum. It is an incubator of microscopic animals, a nursery for young fishes and it’s key to the health of the an idea of what is best for entire estuarine system connected to Southwest Florida’s most vital The Coastal Watershed Institute at Florida Gulf Coast young fishes.” waterway. University was created to focus scientific and scholarly “The seasonal differences are really interesting,” says Megan – Greg Tolley Andresen, a Florida Gulf Coast University graduate student. “You are attention on the many important watersheds across South- able to see how the fresh water influences where the sediment is located west Florida, including: Charlotte Harbor including the in the water, where the turbidity maximum is located.” Andresen is part of a unique interdisciplinary research project underway at the Univer- Peace and Myakka rivers, the Caloosahatchee and Lake sity’s Coastal Watershed Institute, one that could someday have a significant impact on fish Okeechobee, Estero Bay, Corkscrew Swamp, Naples Bay, populations in the Caloosahatchee and even the Gulf of Mexico. Rookery Bay, the Ten Thousand Islands, the Everglades The study’s official name is a mouthful: “Freshwater Inflow and Estuarine Production and Big Cypress Swamp.
Greg Tolley, FGCU professor of marine science, is the principal investigator for the Caloosahatchee River project. 14 Fa l l 2008 Fa l l 2008 15 Gre g T olley Gre g T olley Gre g T olley e y Gr eg Toll
FGCU graduate students Brooke Denkert and Marijke Noens wait for University of South Florida graduate student Greg Ellis recovers the sampling FGCU graduate student Marijke Noens transfers phytoplankton from a fine- The research team heads out at sunset for a night of sampling, carrying all of the electronic instrumentation used for the project. the sun to set before sampling zooplankton and phytoplankton off tripod that carries several instruments that measure organic matter and meshed net into a sample jar. These microscopic plants will later be identified Sanibel Island. chlorophyll and collect microscopic plants living on the river bottom. under a fluorescence microscope in the laboratory.
Caloosahatchee in the Caloosahatchee River and (of larval fishes),” says Mike Estuary.” E d C lement Parsons, an FGCU associate River and estuary E rnst Pee b les Translated that means a team of professor of marine sciences and the study participants scientists and students are studying third investigator on the project. how seasonal rains and freshwater Picture it as a triangle with releases from Lake Okeechobee affect each side supporting the others: From FGCU: Greg Tolley, the Caloosahatchee, particularly the Tolley focuses on the zooplankton professor of marine science, river’s important role as a nursery for and larval fishes; Parsons studies the principal investigator; fishes that will one day populate the phytoplankton and plant life; while Mike Parsons, associate estuary and Gulf of Mexico. Fugate analyzes the sediments in “The goal is to see if we can give the water. professor of marine science, water managers an idea of what is best The three FGCU investigators, co-principal investigator; for young fishes,” says Greg Tolley, an along with a team of graduate David Fugate, assistant FGCU professor of marine science Mike Parsons, FGCU associate professor of marine science, analyzes students and one undergraduate, professor of marine science, and the project’s principal investigator. water sediment. take measurements and collect “What kind of freshwater inflow is best? samples every month at 14 locations co-principal investigator; environ- What levels and timing are good for the in the Caloosahatchee stretching mental science graduate students nursery function of the river?” fishes. Larger predators, such as jellyfish, from the Gulf of Mexico to the Brooke Denkert, Megan For years now, regional water also feed on zooplankton, competing with Franklin Locks, about 25 miles Andresen and Marijke Noens; managers have released fresh water peri- the young fishes for food. upstream. A fourth collaborator, undergraduate environmental odically from a dangerously swollen Lake “The turbidity maximum is a great Ernst Peebles, a research faculty Okeechobee. The problem is that fresh place for zooplankton to hide. It’s dark member at the University of South studies student Travis Brindise. water rushes down the Caloosahatchee so it’s like a refuge,” says David Fugate, Florida, and his graduate students From USF: Ernst Peebles, and often wreaks havoc downstream. The an FGCU assistant professor of marine also take measurements and help research faculty, co-principal salt water coming upstream from the gulf science and a co-investigator on the study. analyze the collected materials. investigator; Scott Burghart, gets pushed back. Plants and animals that “Juvenile fishes have learned that’s a great The team aims to determine Larval fish, shrimp and crabs, thrive in a saline environment in the river place to feed.” how much fresh water is ideal in Management District. known as zooplankton, post-doctoral researcher; marine find their habitat reduced or washed away. It’s a critical part of the life cycle of the river and at what times. If water releases can be “FGCU is an integral part of the Southwest come into sharp focus under science graduate students Greg That life-rich turbidity maximum the entire estuary and too much fresh timed to minimize their impact, it could lead to a Florida community,” says Donna Price Henry, FGCU a microscope. These were dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. “Our Ellis and Kara Radabaugh. spot is altered, too. The area fills with water running down the river can throw healthier river, which, in turn, could result in more fish, collected from the Hillsborough research in the Caloosahatchee River contributes to River but are representative of particles suspended in the water column. this cycle into upheaval. improved sport and commercial fishing and increased Tiny plants known as phytoplankton are “If any given month was critical for tourism. the local knowledge, which allows the community to those the team expects to find also found here. In turn, minute animals – fish development, if we could manage our The project is supported by a Congressional award make better decisions as we grow and develop.” in the Caloosahatchee. zooplankton – come to feed on the plants. flows (of fresh water) to compensate for from the U.S. Department of Education of nearly – Chris Wadsworth is a freelance writer based in This zooplankton provides food for young that, it might result in more survivability $200,000 and $50,000 from the South Florida Water Fort Myers.
16 Fa l l 2008 Fa l l 2008 17 Arts Calendar Jill Blecher
Black Box Theatre Sowing Seeds of Success Business Enterprise assistant) Millie Class Small Business was there to simplify the process,” he says. Development Center “Without her I would have been lost.” Fredrica Cosper of the Florida Department of Revenue, and Patty Other staff members taught him the Prezzavento of Synthetic Intelligence, network at the SBDC Grits, Eggs and Business gathering. Michael Baron Debra Hess nurtures entrepreneurs basics of contracting, networking and Faculty Recital: Works for Piano and working with government entities. Organ By Jill Belcher “They are the most professional, Estremera, a certified business analyst, who Scene from “4.48 Psychosis” Michael Baron, piano, knowledgeable people I have ever met,” translated most of the Center’s materials Debra Hess, organ ollege students aren’t the only ones he says. “They are always there to help in into Spanish, providing access to Spanish “4.48 Psychosis” 7:30 p.m., Nov. 4 speakers seeking business advice. Written by Sarah Kane who benefit from the collective every way possible.” First Presbyterian Church of Bonita The SBDC is funded in part through University faculty and students also Directed by Barry Cavin 9751 Bonita Beach Rd SE, Bonita Springs expertise amassed at Florida Gulf Nov. 5-9, 12-16 Coast University. The Small Business a grant from the U.S. Small Business participate in programs such as the SBDC 8 p.m. Wednesday-Saturday, C Administration. FGCU’s Lutgert College Student Projects’ Program, through which Instrumental Chamber Ensembles Recital Development Center’s mission is to 2 p.m. Sunday 7:30 p.m., Nov. 11 nurture owners of small businesses of Business matches that amount. Addi- FGCU students receive class credit for $10 general admission; $5 FGCU faculty, staff and students Student Union Ballroom throughout Southwest Florida. tional operating funds come from contract providing analyses of business, financial Theatre Lab 590-7199 and marketing plans for Sarah Kane’s “4.48 Psychosis” probes what we all fear about love and With its primary office in FGCU’s grants with Lee Holiday Concert County, the City small businesses. beauty: With great happiness comes the capacity for great suffering. This The University Choir and Chamber Singers, Nancy Cobb Lippens, conductor; The Lutgert Hall, the SBDC has a dozen Measuring impact intense conceptual work blends poetry, humor and stunning visuals to partner locations throughout Charlotte, of Cape Coral and The Center also spon- String, Wind & Symphony Orchestras, Rod Chesnutt, conductor sors four annual events: reveal the interior of a person who has experienced the joy of uncontrol- 7:30 p.m., Dec. 4 Collier, Glades, Hendry, and Lee coun- the Southwest The SBDC estimates that in 2007, it lable love and is contemplating the value of going on in the aftermath Student Union Ballroom ties through which it offers an array of Florida Workforce helped clients open 70 businesses the Entrepreneur’s Law of monumental loss. “4.48 Psychosis” creates an intimate portrait of the programs and services aimed at helping Development School, a day-long seminar darkest thoughts people can consider and most do everything to avoid. and assisted in creating and businesses start, grow and thrive. Board. in which attorneys explain Art Exhibits retaining 477 jobs. the legal aspects of starting Bower School of Music The Center “We often receive comments and running a business; Able Artists Jill Blecher opened under Major Ensembles FGCU’s auspices from our small Grits, Eggs and Business, In cooperation with Adaptive Services for National Disabilities Month which connects small business owners Concert Oct. 2-Nov. 25 in January 1997, business clients that they couldn’t afford The University Choir, the Library Gallery says Dan Regelski, this type of counseling and consider it a with various resources available locally; String Orchestra and blessing to have this community resource Girls Going Places, co-sponsored by Wind Orchestra SBDC director. GARDENFresh Gallery Artists Back then it had a available without charge,” says Suzanne Alliance Financial Group, helps girls ages 7:30 p.m., Oct. 18 Oct. 30-Dec. 13 12 through18 years increase their financial Student Union Ballroom staff of two; today Specht, SBDC assistant director. Opening reception: 5-8 p.m. Oct. 30 Many people attend SBDC seminars knowledge and independence; and Junior Main Gallery Dan Regelski, SBDC director it’s grown to 13. Ensemble Concert The program on topics such as finding and retaining Achievement CEO Academy, a week-long Wind Orchestra, Rod Eighth annual Pottery Sale/Empty Bowls Lunch provides counseling, employees, writing a business plan, how entrepreneurship-training program that Chesnutt, conductor, with Dec. 5 training and technical assistance in all to obtain a business loan and how to run teaches business and life skills to high- the Port Charlotte High Noon-7 p.m.; lunch from 11:30 a.m. until gone aspects of small business management. a business in a soft economy. The Center’s school students. School Wind Ensemble, Arts Complex The Center also devotes time and Jose Lopez, conductor Nine business analysts bring wide-ranging staff also assists in crafting individual busi- ness plans and plays a vital role in helping attention to measuring and improving its 7:30 p.m., Oct. 20 Finals: Senior Project Exhibition expertise in fields such as financing, loans, Charlotte County marketing, manufacturing and government clients obtain loans. impact. Dec. 5-17 The SBDC sends clients an annual Performing Arts Center Opening reception: 5-7 p.m., Dec. 5 procurement. “Financial education is usually a 701 Carmalita St., Punta Library Gallery The one-on-one counseling the dominant element for small business survey, then uses the results to tailor Gorda Center offers is free and confidential. owners to be considered for a small busi- offerings to each community. It also (941) 637-0459 Mary Ellen Croteau: Artist and There’s a nominal fee for some seminars. ness loan,” says Regelski. allows the Center to track its impact in Agitator each area. Opera Workshop Jose Avila, president of Lite Oak One mark of the Center’s effective- Jan. 8-Feb. 7, 2009 ness is the recognition it’s received through “The results from our yearly survey “Suor Angelica” by Opening reception: 5-8 p.m., Jan. 8 Landscaping in Fort Myers, says the Giacomo Puccini Center’s assistance has proven invaluable. the Florida Small Business Development confirm the sales growth, employee growth Gallery talk by the artist: 6:30 p.m., Jan. 8 and continued new business startups, FGCU Opera Workshop, Main Gallery Avila has been working with the Center Network, which annually names a Jeanie Darnell, director SBDC since 2003, when a staff member top counselor from throughout the state. which is an indicator of our success, one 7:30 p.m., Oct. 21 Human Trafficking: An Honors Counselors from the FGCU Center have person at a time,” says Regelski. The Moorings helped him become certified as a Minority Program Exhibition Mary Ellen Croteau’s “Bag World” installation will be Business Enterprise. won that honor three times in the past five Presbyterian Church Jan. 9-16, 2009 on view in the main gallery in January. 791 Harbour Drive, “The certification process was quite years. For details Opening reception: 5-8 p.m., Jan. 9 This year’s recipient was Julio Naples Library Gallery intensive, but (SBDC Disadvantaged Contact SBDC at (239) 745-3700, or (239) 261-1487 on the Web at http://cli.fgcu.edu/sbdc.
18 Fa l l 2008 Fa l l 2008 19 Ernst, a biology major with minors in chemistry and humanities, took part because “I wanted to make Just for a difference in young girls’ lives. I know that when I was their age I was not that interested in science.” She’d like to help younger girls discover that interest earlier. As for what she got out of the program: “It has “The middle-school girls think it’s so cool been an amazing experience for me. I have learned Program sparks love of science because these are college girls,” Wilson says. “It’s been a lot about the girls and also learned about fields of science that I was not even aware of.” in middle schoolers a wonderful experience on both sides and for us it’s absolutely thrilling to watch women of all ages come Getting to know the professors better was a By Karen Feldman together who are dedicated to science.” plus, too. The single-day sessions proved so popular that “I will continue to participate until I’m not able to,” she says. iddle school is that critical time when girls Wilson and Dubetz organized a week-long program last summer. Over the course of five days, the girls Okab, a biology major with a minor in girlsstart their journey to womanhood. chemistry, admits to being reluctant when Dubetz learned how to take a pulse and monitor blood “That’s the age when they get turned suggested she sign on. off to science,” says JoAnn Wilson, an FGCU biology pressure, perform DNA extraction, see how water Middle-school students dissect a rat during this summer’s Girls in Engineering, Math and Science program. From left: Shelby M filtration works, how to build a wall and determine its Kruse, Three Oaks Middle School; Myra Adu-Sarkodie, Tiffany Zutten and Heather Zutten, all from Caloosa Middle School. “To be honest, I first joined GEMS to make professor. “That’s the age when you want to capture some extra cash and thought the activity would be and engage them.” strength, examine a real human skeleton and analyze fingerprints. They also dissected rats. a nice addition to my resume,” she says. “But after She and Terry Dubetz, an FGCU associate gloved hands, they carefully removed various parts. Rats? this summer’s experience I will still participate this professor of chemistry, figured out a novel way to do “Who wants to see a rat brain?” asks Shelby Kruse, a Three “They loved it,” says Wilson. fall even if it was free! I worked hard to be at my best because I that: They created GEMS – Girls in Engineering, Oaks Middle School student. Her lab partners – Caloosa Middle That was clear during the lab as groups of girls, wanted the girls to see me as a role model, to believe that they Math & Science. students Myra Adu-Sarkodie, Tiffany Zutten and Heather each with an FGCU student mentor, probed the inner can become scientists one day. I The program exposes pre-teen girls to the Zutten – huddled close to scrutinize the tiny organ. recesses of their preserved rodents. Holding the rats in really look forward to this fall’s joys and challenges of subjects such as marine and Olivia David, who attends University Lakes Middle School, GEMS.” environmental science, chemistry, isn’t sure yet what she wants to do when she grows up but she’s That, says Wilson, is a big Learn more biology, engineering, medicine, given it some thought. bonus of the program. veterinary sciences, forensics and A day-long GEMS “I got a letter about GEMS and thought it would be inter- “We love for our FGCU academy is set for Nov. 8 biotechnology. esting,” she says. “Maybe I’ll be a science teacher someday. This girls to have the experience,”
“We kept seeing studies Photos b y Karen Feldman might help me decide.” she says. “They’ll remember with two more planned about young girls not being Myra’s mother, Heather Adu-Sarkodie, has long had a love it all of their lives. No matter for the spring. encouraged to go into science, that for science and became a dentist as a result. She’s glad to see her how far along in life you go, it was not considered cool,” says For more information, daughter take an interest, too. someone’s helped you out. contact the program at Wilson. “Whether intentionally “I think she’s interested in becoming a vet at this point, I always say ‘keep reaching or not, girls were pushed toward although it’s not etched in stone,” she says. “I encourage her to do back and help someone else [email protected]. other careers. We wanted to whatever she can in science.” along.’” provide hands-on activities that Adu-Sarkodie, who lives in Cape Coral, believes showed them that science is cool, the summer program produced a number of worthwhile that it’s something girls can do as outcomes. well as boys.” “She was thinking clearly about the scientific They sought seed money for approach, about how to get a project done and how to a one-day program and landed work in groups,” she says. “I think she’d do it again. One grants right away. American week was good, but two would be even better.” Honda Foundation and the Foun- One of the measures of the program’s success is that dation of Collier County Women’s girls who first attended the program as sixth graders in Fund provided the money they 2006 are still returning as eighth graders this year. needed to begin offering the “They love the things they have done and suggested program free of charge. other areas they’d like to explore. I think we’ve sold Middle-school girls come to them on it,” Wilson says. the FGCU campus and spend the It’s not just the middle-school girls who have day immersed in science-related reaped rewards. The FGCU students have learned a few activities under the guidance and things, too. encouragement of FGCU female FGCU seniors Ashley Ernst and Enas Okab both professors and students. participated in the summer program. Pine Ridge Middle School student Valerie Damasin, left, watches as Carissa Villaneuva, of Trafalgar Middle School, Pelican Marsh Middle School students Gabriella Manuszak, left, and Mara Coolidge dissect a rat while FGCU senior measures her blood pressure. FGCU student Elena Rodriquez, center, helps guide them through the process during a Vedanta Malhoe checks their progress during a GEMS biology lab. GEMS session. 20 Fa l l 2008 Fa l l 2008 21 Sports Meet the new coaches
Photos b y Garth Francis Brittany Bertilson, ’06 Dave Napier Nichols Position: Head coach, women’s golf Position: Head coach, women’s volleyball Lives in: Fort Myers Lives in: Cooper City Hometown: Austin, Minn. Hometown: Pacific Palisades, Calif. Goal at FGCU: To be a top-ranked Division I women’s golf Goal at FGCU: Establish FGCU volleyball as a legitimate top- program, and a top contender in the Atlantic Sun Conference. 25 program and, ultimately, win the NCAA championship. Motto to live by: “Practice every chance you get, play and Motto to live by: “Life is short. Enjoy the moment.” practice the same as you would in competition. Try to remem- ber that one bad shot doesn’t determine the entire round.”
Jennifer Gabou Heather Hagerman Position: Head coach, women’s tennis/assistant academic adviser Position: Assistant coach, women’s golf Lives in: Estero Lives in: Estero Hometown: Bradenton Hometown: New Port Richey Goal at FGCU: To provide an environment for young women to grow Goal at FGCU: It has been an honor to play the last four years for the and reach their full potential both on the court and in the classroom. team and to now be able to coach. I am very passionate about golf and Results wise, we would like to have a winning season. love to instill that in the players. Motto to live by: “My father always had two rules for us growing up Motto to live by: “Life’s a garden. Dig it!” when I was training in tennis: ‘Try hard and have fun.’”
Cassandra Goodson Brent Michael Jensen Position: Head coach, men’s and women’s cross country Position: Assistant coach, men’s golf Lives in: Fort Myers Lives in: Fort Myers Hometown: Chatsworth, Calif. Hometown: Chicago Goal at FGCU: To have the cross country team be one of the top in the Goal at FGCU: Win a national title. Atlantic Sun Conference. Motto to live by: “Practice with a purpose and improve in your Motto to live by: “Champions do not become champions when they win craft and as a person every day.” the event, but in the hours, weeks, months and years they spend preparing for it. After all, the desire to win is useless without the desire to prepare.”
22 Fa l l 2008 Fa l l 2008 23 Sports Sports Eagles set to soar J. Paige Jones softball teams Teams have high hopes for capture A-Sun
Position: Assistant coach, softball S mith Jason P. Walt M iddleton Lives in: Fort Myers second year in Division I titles, giving Hometown: Birmingham, Ala. FGCU three Goal at FGCU: To help the FGCU softball program continue its By Matt Fairchild and conference Jake Perkins success in Division I and eventually help the program make its first championships (tied for the regional appearance. lorida Gulf Coast University’s Eagles flew league lead) in Motto to live by: As Thoreau said: “Go confidently in the its first year of direction of your dreams, live the life you’ve imagined.” high and proud during their first year in the Division I Atlantic Sun Conference. competition. “We surprised a lot of people last year and Excitement F surrounding now there will be a lot of teams in this confer- ence aiming for us,” says Athletic Director Carl Eagle athletic McAloose. “That presents a great challenge, but programs one that we thrive on and look forward to.” continues to The success that FGCU Athletics enjoyed build this Manuel Gonzalez was unprecedented for a first year Division I year with the program. volleyball team It began in the fall with the volleyball named by the team capturing the A-Sun championship. conference as the pre-season favorite to repeat as Leo Paul Miller The fledgling men’s and women’s soccer teams champion. Both soccer teams started the year off finished in the top half of the league in their first strong, too. Here’s a look at how the teams fared Position: Assistant coach, men’s basketball year of play. so far this season and what’s ahead: Lives in: St. James City The other new team, women’s swimming Hometown: Born in Worcester, Mass.; lived in Orleans, Mass. and diving, took second place at the Coastal VOLLEYBALL Collegiate Swim Association Conference Goal at FGCU: To help the men’s basketball program be the best it S mith Jason P. Championships and was the top ranked A-Sun can be. As of Oct. 6, the Eagle volleyball team was team in the field. Motto to live by: “Make each day your masterpiece.” off to a 7-1 start in conference play (8-6 overall). The Eagles basketball teams made their The Eagles took care of Stetson and Campbell marks, too. The men played on national televi- at home and then swept through Mercer and sion for the first time, and took on teams such as Kennesaw State on the road to start league play. Iowa, Butler, DePaul and Marquette. The pre-season favorites to defend as champions Meanwhile, the Lady Eagles made hoops were rounding into form at the perfect time history of their own. One year after placing after starting off 1-5 in non-conference play. second nationally in their final Division II That record was deceiving, though, as the Eagles season, they finished in second place in the played a very tough early schedule out of the conference. That won them a berth in the league and did so minus some key players. As Women’s National Invitational Tournament. planned, the challenging schedule seemed to They hosted and won the first round against the prepare the Eagles to make a run at defending University of South Florida, becoming the first their conference championship the rest of the program to win a WNIT game in the first year way. Fernanda Nelson of Division I play and the first current member “I am very pleased with how we have played of the A-Sun to win a Position: Assistant coach, women’s volleyball post-season basketball game. Lives in: Estero Although they subsequently Jason P. S mith Jason P. Hometown: Sao Paulo, Brazil lost to the University of Goal at FGCU: Take this program to the next level and work really hard Florida Gators on the road, they fought hard and made with the student athletes on and off the volleyball court to make them well the Gators work for their rounded and productive. win. Motto to live by: “Work hard. Where you start is not as important as Top: Roberta Santos The spring season saw where you finish.” Above: Katherine Correllus the FGCU baseball and
Volleyball players celebrate victory with Coach Dave Nichols. 24 Fa l l 2008 Fa l l 2008 25 Sports S mith Jason P. Sports Jason P. S mith Jason P. Jason P. S mith Jason P. Kayley McMillan D ennis S nyder this year,” says volleyball coach Dave included teams from the Big Ten, three rounds Nichols. “We have thrown a lot of new Big East and the Patriot League of the CBE stuff at the team and they have picked it conferences, has prepared us well Classic. up very well. for A-Sun Conference play. We Also on this “We still have some areas to improve are excited by the potential of our year’s lineup are on, but the team has done a tremendous program and have high expecta- games against job picking up the new systems that tions” for conference games. Florida Atlantic, we have installed. They are a very hard- Stetson, Butler working group and are trying to get and Michigan. better. If we keep on improving, I like our WOMEN’S The team’s Jan. chances at winning our second straight 23 game against Atlantic Sun championship.” SOCCER Delvin Franklin Chad Lutkenhaus the University of North Florida The Eagle women’s soccer will be televised Men’s soccer team raced out to a 6-2-2 start to MEN’S by Comcast Sports South as the A-Sun the 2008 season. The team battled game of the week. The games against D ennis S nyder The very young Eagle men’s soccer to a 1-1 draw in the conference BASKETBALL Kansas (Nov. 18) and Florida (Dec. 10) team prepared for the start of conference opener against the Kennesaw State will also be televised. The Eagles lost four starters and 11 play in 2008 by holding its own against Owls. The 6-2-2 start saw the “I don’t know if I’ve ever been as some opponents with name recognition. Eagles take care of FIU, Indiana of 13 players from last year’s roster. Gone beat FAU but lost to Georgia Tech in a excited about a team’s work ethic as I The Eagles hung tough in a 2-1 loss to State, Wingate, former A-Sun member are nine of the top 10 scorers from a year tough non-conference meet. The team am with this one,” says men’s basketball defending national runner-up Ohio State Gardner-Webb, and Howard, with draws ago, leaving senior sharp-shooter Delvin is scheduled to follow that with even coach Dave Balza. “Will we be young and then upset Penn State. Losses to Syracuse, against Kennesaw State and Mercer. Franklin as the only returning starter. tougher opponents when it takes on the inexperienced? Certainly. Will there be Seattle and Holy Cross were followed by a “I can’t begin to say how proud I am Two freshmen and a junior college Hurricanes and Florida State in Miami in a learning curve? Without a doubt. This big home win over Fairfield. The youthful of our team,” says women’s soccer coach transfer will compete for the starting point another tri-meet. group, though, has demonstrated a Eagles were at 2-7-1 overall (0-2 in Jim Blankenship. “Sometimes I almost guard spot vacated by Rob Quaintance, At press time, conference action tremendous willingness to work and to conference play) as of Oct. 6. have to stop and pinch myself to remind who led the league in assists and steals was scheduled to start at the FGCU listen. If that continues, the sky is the limit “So far I am pleased with the progress me that we are just a second-year program. while also finishing among the leaders in Aquatics Center on Oct. 18 vs. Campbell for how much we can accomplish as a and development of our young team,” We are coming along nicely as a team and minutes played. The new trio consists of University. The Eagles took second team.” says men’s soccer coach Bob Butehorn. I feel that we are much further along than Reggie Chambers, a guard who helped place in the inaugural CCSA Swimming “Our non-conference schedule, which I thought we would be at this point when Miami Pace reach a state championship we started the program.” Championships last year. They finished during his senior year; Addison Smith, a as the top A-Sun team in the CCSA freshman from Santaluces Community WOMEN’S Championships, but fell just 26 points shy High in Lantana who led his team to a Walt M iddleton WOMEN’S to Davidson College. district championship; and Ben Vega, BASKETBALL “I feel we have some great sopho- a transfer student from Gulf Coast SWIMMING AND mores who can be awesome team leaders Community College who was named The Eagles look to continue the for this year and years to come,” says second team All-Conference in the success they enjoyed last year. The team DIVING Neal Studd, the team’s coach. “The Panhandle League. will have to accomplish that without its incoming class of 14 freshmen and two Top: Shannon Murphy Joining the team this year is redshirt four starters and nine of 13 players from Above: Adrianne McNally The FGCU swimming and diving transfers is outstanding. I can’t wait to get sophomore Reed Baker, a transfer from last year’s roster. Gone are four of the team kicked off its season at the FGCU to work with them. They have had terrific the University of Michigan. Baker was top five scorers, leaving junior Adrianne Aquatics Center with the second annual summers with their club programs and a prep standout at Bishop Verot High McNally as the only returning starter. hosting two during the ’07-’08 season, Blue-Green Scrimmage. The team then are ready to challenge for a conference School in Fort Myers before heading to Despite the changes, the Eagles are but will participate in the University of headed to Florida Atlantic, where it championship.” Michigan. He appeared in 28 games for optimistic about continuing their success North Carolina Greensboro Marriott the 22-13 Wolverines during his freshman in Atlantic Sun. Classic in Greensboro, N.C. The regular
Jim D ostie season. “This is a very challenging schedule,” season begins with a home game against In addition to its revamped roster, says head coach Karl Smesko. “We are Florida on Nov. 14. The Gators defeated FGCU has assembled another difficult going to learn a great deal about ourselves, the Eagles 60-55 in the second round schedule as the team starts the season because this schedule will definitely be a of the WNIT. The Eagles then head to by facing three-time national champion test for us. Hopefully we will be ready.” Tallahassee to take on the Florida State University of Kansas on Nov. 18. The Eagles’ home schedule consists Seminoles on Nov. 16. The Eagles will also play the Florida of 15 regular-season games, including The team will also face UC-Santa Gators in Gainesville on Dec. 10. non-conference contests against Florida Clara, UNC Greensboro, Stetson, Univer- They open at home against North and UC-Santa Clara. The Eagles will not sity of Central Florida and Cornell, as well Carolina Central before hosting the final host any tournaments this season, after as A-Sun competitors. Above: Alessandra Cianci Left: Taylor Sullivan
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Sports BB&T funds free enterprise professorship, Calendar community programs and lecture series Friday Oct. 17 Women’s Soccer vs. Stetson* Wednesday, Nov. 26 Men’s Soccer vs. UNF* 5 p.m., FGCU Soccer Complex Women’s Basketball vs. UC elping students under- community,” says Susan Maurer, 5 p.m., FGCU Soccer Complex – Santa Clara stand the moral under- BB&T senior vice president, area Sunday, Nov. 2 3 p.m., Alico Arena pinnings of a capitalist executive. “This program will also Women’s Soccer vs. Men’s Soccer vs. USC society is the primary goal of be a great opportunity for the Lipscomb* Upstate* Men’s Basketball vs. TBA – H the new BB&T Distinguished University’s scholars to encourage 7 p.m., FGCU Soccer Complex 1 p.m., FGCU Soccer Complex CBE Classic 7 p.m., Alico Arena Professorship in Free Enterprise thorough discussions of the moral Saturday, Oct. 18 Wednesday, Nov. 5 at Florida Gulf Coast University’s foundations of capitalism.” Swimming and Diving vs. Men’s Basketball vs. Ave Monday, Dec. 1 Lutgert College of Business. BB&T is a full-service finan- Campbell Maria (Exhibition) Men’s Basketball vs. Florida The bank has committed cial institution based in Winston- 11 a.m., Aquatics Center 7 p.m., Alico Arena Atlantic $600,000, which qualifies for a Salem, N.C., with 1,500 locations 7 p.m., Alico Arena 50 percent match from the state, in 11 states and Washington, D.C. Volleyball vs. Belmont* Saturday, Nov. 8 bringing the total value of the gift “One of BB&T’s missions is 3 p.m., Alico Arena Men’s Soccer vs. Florida Sunday, Dec. 7 Atlantic Women’s Basketball vs. to $900,000. to make the communities in which Sunday, Oct. 19 7 p.m., FGCU Soccer Complex Central Florida “The establishment of the we work and live better places,” Women’s Soccer vs. Belmont* 2 p.m., Alico Arena BB&T Distinguished Profes- Maurer says. “Supporting educa- Noon, FGCU Soccer Complex Tuesday, Nov. 11 sorship in Free Enterprise will tion is one way to do that. FGCU Volleyball vs. Florida Saturday, Dec. 13 provide a critical foundation for was an obvious choice as a partner. Volleyball vs. Lipscomb* International Basketball vs. Campbell*(DH) the Lutgert College of Business The addition of Lutgert Hall shows 1 p.m., Alico Arena 7 p.m., Alico Arena 1 and 3:15 p.m., Alico Arena to enhance public understanding the University’s commitment to Men’s Soccer vs. Jacksonville* Friday, Nov. 14 Tuesday, Dec. 30 and creative initiatives that address our community, as will our contri- 2 p.m., FGCU Soccer Complex Women’s Basketball vs. Basketball vs. Cornell/Army capitalism and the importance bution to this fine program.” William Klich, BB&T state president, speaks about the company’s support for FGCU. Florida (DH) of private incentives in economic Thursday, Oct. 23 7 p.m., Alico Arena 5 and 7 p.m., Alico Arena growth and development,” says FGCU 08-09 Basketball Richard Pegnetter, dean of the Sneak Peek Thursday, Nov. 20 *A-Sun Conference Game Lutgert College of Business. “We hope this 7 p.m., Alico Arena Men’s Basketball vs. UNC program will Central The BB&T Distinguished Saturday, Oct. 25 7 p.m., Alico Arena Professor in Free Enterprise create a long- Swimming and Diving vs. will teach a new course for busi- term partnership Florida International Saturday, Nov. 22 ness majors that examines the between BB&T 11 a.m., Aquatics Center Swimming and Diving vs. philosophical basis for free market Florida Atlantic & Tampa economics and the connection and FGCU, and Friday, Oct. 31 12 p.m., Aquatics Center between capitalism and economic show our Men’s Soccer vs. ETSU* 7 p.m., FGCU Soccer Complex Monday, Nov. 24 well being. The professor will commitment to Men’s Basketball vs. TBA – be available for public speaking this community.” Volleyball vs. Kennesaw CBE Classic engagements and will develop State* 7 p.m., Alico Arena a book club that focuses on free – Susan Maurer 7:30 p.m., Alico Arena enterprise. Tuesday, Nov. 25 FGCU will also create an Saturday, Nov. 1 Men’s Basketball vs. TBA – annual lecture series aimed at Volleyball vs. Mercer* CBE Classic Cheyenne Jenks 3 p.m., Alico Arena 7 p.m., Alico Arena bringing in prominent thinkers of
Jason P. S mith Jason P. national status to further explore the concepts of free enterprise capitalism. “We hope this program will
Jim D ostie From left: Susan Maurer, BB&T senior vice president, area executive; FGCU President Wilson G. Bradshaw; Richard Pegnetter, Jason P. S mith Jason P.
D ennis S nyder create a long-term partnership Walt M iddleton FGCU dean of Lutgert College of Business; and William Klich, BB&T state president between BB&T and FGCU, and show our commitment to this
Caytlan MacKenzie Jonathon Koshko Margie Chamberlin Adrianne McNally
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Estero Bay Chevrolet gets Chico’s honors former CFO with scholarship fund
Athletic Department rolling or almost two decades, Charlie Kleman good standing academically. played a pivotal role at Chico’s FAS, “Chico’s very generous gift in support of stero Bay Chevrolet has provided seven cars Chevrolet, we believe this will be a very beneficial helping the little Sanibel-based family accounting, finance and business majors demon- to the Athletic Department for the next two relationship for both of us. The combination of two Fbusiness expand into a national company with strates the fundamental core of this successful years. outstanding products – Chevy and FGCU Athletics three brands and more than a thousand stores. company,” says FGCU President Wilson G. Athletic coaches use the cars in the performance – should prove to be a winning team. We look forward So when he retired from the company Bradshaw. “We applaud the company for this posi- E earlier this year, it was a fitting tribute that tive, productive decision that not only recognizes of their duties including recruiting student athletes, to a long-lasting partnership with them.” scouting, speaking engagements and sometimes Of the dealership’s gift, Winton says, “My partner, Chico’s established a scholarship endowed fund Charlie for his exceptional financial leadership, traveling to games. Pat Denson, and I have children in school and realize at Florida Gulf Coast University in his honor. but also will result in a future workforce with like Estero Bay Chevrolet partners Charles Winton the importance of access to the University in our The company gave $200,000, which will be knowledge and values.” and Pat Denson and FGCU Athletic Director Carl community. Since becoming part of the FGCU family, matched with $100,000 by the state of Florida. The scholarship will generate funds in perpe- McAloose think the new relationship is a winner. I felt it was a good way to show my commitment to Awards from the Charlie Kleman tuity. Each year, about $15,000 will be awarded to “FGCU Athletics is very excited about our new the University. General Motors and Chevrolet have Scholarship Fund will go to degree-seeking deserving students. partnership with Charles Winton and Estero Bay always been committed to college athletics. Part of undergraduates who graduated from a Lee Scott A. Edmonds, Chico’s chairman, president Chevrolet,” says McAloose. “Because of the location our mission statement includes being an active and County school or college, who are majoring Charlie Kleman and CEO, says, “Charlie Kleman is one in a million. and the cooperation of the personnel at Estero Bay productive member of our community.” in accounting, finance or business, have We will always be grateful for his commitment and demonstrated community service and are in dedication to Chico’s success.” Garth Francis Children, accountants unite to fund scholarship
partnership between the family and associates of Arthur W. Tunnell, Jr. has resulted in the establishment of a scholarship endowed fund for accounting students. ATunnell was a lifelong certified public accountant who lived in Fort Myers with his wife, Amelia, from 1975 until his death in 2005. After he died, his longtime CPA, Steven “Rusty” Whitley, worked with his daughter, Margaret Tunnell, to settle the estate. “When we completed that, she offered to make a donation Golf management student honors friend’s memory in my name to a charity of my choice for my assistance to her FGCU junior Jason Howard established a scholarship fund in honor of his friend and fellow FGCU student Andrew McGillen, who died in 2006, when the two were in a car accident. Both were in the father over the years,” says Whitley, of Wiltshire, Whitley, professional golf management program. The Andrew McGillen Memorial Scholarship Endowed Fund Richardson & English. will benefit students in the professional golf management program who come from out of state, have Whitley had been thinking about establishing an at least a 3.0 GPA and plan to become golf professionals. From left: Michelle Yovanovich, FGCU dean accounting scholarship at FGCU. He pledged money to get it of Student Affairs; Jason Howard; FGCU President Wilson G. Bradshaw; and Steve Eisenberg, FGCU started and Arthur Tunnell’s three children – Margaret, Arthur director of golf management. W. Tunnell III and Louise Tunnell – agreed to continue funding it until its value reaches $10,000, when it becomes an endowed fund. License plates aid University “It was a really nice gesture on their part,” says Whitley. “FGCU gets a scholarship and Wiltshire, Whitley, Richardson FGCU license plates help the University raise money and and English gets additional opportunities to interface with awareness, while spreading a positive message and helping accounting students at FGCU.” with student recruitment. The University receives $25 with Tunnell’s family is happy, too. “It was a fabulous idea,” says Margaret Tunnell. “My dad the sale of each plate, money that helps provide vitally would have been very honored to have Rusty suggest it and get needed scholarships for FGCU students. For details, contact it started and he’d be pleased that his children supported it as the FGCU Foundation at (239) 590-1072. From left, Pat Denson, FGCU Athletic Director Carl McAloose and Charles Winton have teamed up to provide transportation for University coaches. well.”
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the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star. Couple who championed When he was seriously wounded, he landed in a military hospital where U.S. Army nurse Alice Klemmetsen tended to education leave legacy his injuries and won his heart. They married after a whirlwind two-week romance and spent more than 50 years together, living arlin and in the Far East, the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore before Alice Perry returning to the United States in the 1950s. believed in Marlin returned to college, earning his bachelor’s degree in Meducation, and devoted business at New York University and devoting his career to the a great deal of their insurance industry. President’s brunch honors planned giving passion to learning With his encouragement, Alice obtained her bachelor’s Members of the Covenant Society and Heritage Society who have included Florida Gulf Coast University in their and helping others do degree in nursing, master’s in medical-surgical nursing and estate plans attended the President’s Planned Giving brunch in August. From left: Bedford and Fay Biles, Dick and so, too. In death, they doctorate in research and nursing, all from NYU. During that Sue Ackert, Joan and Bill Attridge, Betty and Amal Das, Shirley Gerstenberger and Bob Shrader, George and Rebecca Marlin Perry Alice Perry have enabled countless time she worked as a nurse and then began teaching at NYU. She Fogg, and Jo Anna Bradshaw and FGCU President Wilson G. Bradshaw. more aspiring students to reap its benefits through an estate gift to went on to work at Rockland Community College, eventually Florida Gulf Coast University valued at more than $241,000. retiring from Fairleigh Dickinson University, where she helped to The state will provide a $120,000 match, making the gift develop the nursing program. worth $361,000. After retiring, the couple moved to Hilton Head, S.C., where The couple spent the last five of their more than 50 years they enjoyed their friends and golf. They moved to Estero in together living in Wildcat Run in Estero. 1992. Marlin died in 1997; Alice died in May 2006. “From the time FGCU arrived in Estero, both Marlin “FGCU is the grateful recipient of the Perrys’ estate gift,” FGCU President and wife establish scholarship and Alice were extremely excited about what it meant for the says Peter Lefferts, FGCU’s director of planned giving. “The FGCU President Wilson G. Bradshaw and his wife, Jo Anna, have established a $10,000 community,” says their niece, Susan Perry. FGCU Foundation has created a named scholarship endow- scholarship endowed fund that will generate a $500 scholarship each year to be awarded Marlin Perry was born in Wakefield, Kan., spending much ment as a legacy to the Perrys’ benevolence and love of higher to a full-time, degree-seeking FGCU junior or senior in good academic standing who of his youth on the family farm in central Illinois until the family education.” has demonstrated extraordinary civic engagement. “We hope that in some manner, this moved to New York during the Great Depression. He completed When fully funded, the endowment will provide more than scholarship will make the promise of a college education a reality for future students his high school and college educations at night, working during $18,000 in annual scholarships. attending our fine University,” Bradshaw said. the day to support his family. “We are honored to be a part of Marlin’s and Alice’s legacy, He enlisted in the Army during World War II, retiring at the to be able to provide scholarship dollars to deserving students in rank of first lieutenant and with a multitude of honors, including perpetuity,” Lefferts says. CPA institute supports accounting program The Southwest Chapter of the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants donated $5,576 to FGCU to support the University’s accounting programs and student scholarships. FICPA is a professional organization that promotes integrity, competency and ethics among Florida’s CPAs. From left: Jack Eisenga, president of the Southwest Chapter of FICPA; Richard Pegnetter, dean of the Lutgert College of Business; Ara Volkan, chairman of the FGCU department of Scholarship honors judge accounting and finance; and Mitchell Dannenberg, of LTCi Marketplace. recently established scholarship endowed fund honors the memory of well-known judge and Fort Myers native Isaac Anderson, who died in December 2007. AHis wife, Audrea Anderson, FGCU associate vice president for Community Relations and Marketing, established the Judge Isaac and Audrea Anderson Scholarship Endowed Fund to benefit FGCU students with financial need, solid academic records and strong community ties. The family established the fund with $25,000 to generate a $1,000 scholarship annually. Generous donations from colleagues and friends continue to grow the fund. Nelson Marine donates boat lifts “Isaac experienced and understood well the transforming The FGCU Norm and Nancy Vester Marine and Environmental Science Research Field effect of higher education and sought to extend opportunity Station in Bonita Springs now has two solar-powered boat lifts thanks to Ben Nelson especially to first-generation college students,” Anderson says. Jr., president of Nelson Marine Construction Company. “I am very proud of the Vesters, “His passion was fueled by the knowledge that to educate a the faculty and students at FGCU and especially proud to have this wonderful facility in first-generation student is to significantly increase the chances that Bonita Springs. It is an honor for me to have a chance to be a small part of it.” The gift future generations within the family would be educated as well. Alumnae pay tribute to mother with scholarship has a retail value of more than $15,000. From left: Lori Nelson, Ben Nelson Jr. and FGCU “As a native of Fort Myers who returned to the region to rear Linda Guerrine (’06, Business Management, ’08, MBA), FGCU director of annual giving, along with her sister, President Wilson G. Bradshaw. Charmaine (’08, Elementary Education), father Terry Guerrine and friends and colleagues, have established a his family and pursue his career in the court system, Isaac was very scholarship endowed fund to honor Linda’s and Charmaine’s late mother. The $10,000 Diana Nerestant Memorial proud and appreciative of the advantages and enhanced quality Scholarship Fund will award scholarships to degree-seeking students with preference given to students of Haitian of life Florida Gulf Coast University brings to the people of descent and whose mothers are deceased. From left: Linda Guerrine; FGCU President Wilson G. Bradshaw; Charmaine Southwest Florida.” Audrea and Isaac Anderson Guerrine and Terry Guerrine.
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1981, she started a home-based running a city, but nobody else did, business to spend more time with either.” her children. She intended to teach She enrolled at FGCU for a On-the-job training test preparation classes and indulge master’s degree in public adminis- in her favorite hobby, knitting. But tration. She graduated in 2002. Alumna
Garth Francis 2008 events took a serendipitous turn. “I spent four years on the of Lifelong educator “I saw an ad for a warehouse Sanibel City Council and it took that was selling yarn,” Theiss three of those years to get my Distinction gets, gives lessons says. “When I got there, the sales degree,” she says. “Everything was manager knew his business, but he extremely relevant. Every course along the way knew nothing about yarn or the I took, every paper I wrote was Each year, the FGCU Alumni Association Board of Directors people who were knitting with it.” about Sanibel. My public finance welcomes one distinguished graduate of Florida Gulf Coast By Kevin Pierce Once again, she drew on her paper was about Sanibel’s budget. University into the Alumni of Distinction Society. experience as a teacher. “I proposed My personnel project was about a class to teach the yarn business Sanibel salaries.” ola Theiss’ story Recipients demonstrate distinguished professional careers, begins and ends with people how to talk to knitters Degree in hand, she left service to others and ongoing dedication to the University. education. She began about knitting,” she says. elected office for the non-profit her working life as a teacher, While she was involved in sector. Theiss is the fifth graduate to join the society. Nthen changed course in 1981. that, another opportunity appeared. “An education in public Now, almost three decades “The same yarn company needed administration is great preparation “Each year it becomes more evident that our alumni are later, she’s resumed that role as someone to translate some of for running non-profits,” she says. dedicated individuals who strive not only to succeed, but to she guides communities in the its knitting instructions,” Theiss “My capstone paper was about says. “I had a minor in French, so citizen participation in government make a positive impact on the communities in which they live,” fight against human trafficking. says Lindsey Touchette, ‘05, FGCU director of Alumni Relations. Her many accomplish- I did it.” solutions. That has always been ments contributed to making And so began a translation important to me.” “Nola exemplifies that creed. Her tireless efforts to bring her Florida Gulf Coast business that Theiss operated from The next turn for Theiss came awareness to the issues of human trafficking are witness to her University’s 2008 Alumna of her home for 20 years, translating via her involvement with the Zonta dedication to serving others. The FGCU Alumni Association is Distinction. for 20 companies in a dozen Club of Sanibel-Captiva, a chapter proud to honor her as the 2008 Alumna of Distinction.” Nola Theiss (pronounced languages. of the international service group Tice) taught English and “Since it was out of my home, that advances the status of women. photography in Maryland I was able to hire women who “Internationally, Zonta was high schools for 10 years. In wouldn’t have been able to work involved with preventing human otherwise,” she says. “One of them trafficking in Bosnia,” she says. director of Human Trafficking “Nola has been, only had a tenth-grade education “Our club decided to get involved. Awareness Partnerships, Inc., when she started with me. While And as a recovering politician with and continues Facts of life which helps communities set up she was translating, she earned her time on my hands, I got involved, organizations to fight human to be, a leader high-school diploma.” too. • Hometown: North Lake, Ill. trafficking. Theiss began visiting Sanibel “Zonta provided the funding, in the detection “Human trafficking is a huge in 1987. She and her husband organization and business and prevention of • Age: 60 problem,” she says, “but you don’t bought a house there in 1992, and background. We helped set up a see it unless you’re looking for it.” human traffick- • Most influential professor: Roger moved there in 1996. community task force with (Lee Helping communities organize Green, associate professor in the FGCU “Then I got caught up in the County) Sheriff Mike Scott. More ing and a strong is Theiss’ focus. “I’m not a social whole Sanibel aura,” she says. “I than 80 people took part. Within a Division of Public Affairs. “He was my worker. Those professionals have advocate for volunteered for city committees, month, there had been four arrests.” adviser and helped make everything roles to play,” she says, “but citizens victims.” the historical museum, the After meeting Theiss through relevant.” can still make a difference by planning commission. I said, ‘If the community task force, Scott – Lee County Sheriff supporting the professionals.” I’m going to put this much time became a fan. “Nola has been, and Mike Scott • Best benefit of FGCU experience: Helping communities organize in, maybe I should be on the city continues to be, a leader in the “FGCU gave me not only skills to do that involvement is a role with council.’” detection and prevention of human the job I was currently doing, but also which she’s comfortable. She ran for a city council seat trafficking and a strong advocate “I was teaching in the begin- the confidence to do something I’d in 1998 and won. for victims,” he says. “It has been ning and I’m still teaching today,” never done before.” “When people run for office, a privilege to work with her and she says. “It’s come full circle.” they think their experience will the many others dedicated to this • Family: Husband, Hal, two adult apply,” she says. “Once I got there, cause.” – Kevin Pierce is a freelance daughters and two grandsons I realized I knew nothing about Today, Theiss is executive writer who lives in Fort Myers.
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Alumna helps commuters steer clear of traffic jams By Karen Feldman
t was curiosity that drove Jillian Windham to Marc Devisse Amanda Fortuna Angela Hodge John (Jay) Kollar Brad Phelps Mathew Visaggio audition for a job as a television traffic reporter. “I have a lot of TV experience, using a She credits her philosophy professors with Iteleprompter and being in front of a camera,” says instilling in her the desire to learn more. the FGCU alumna from Naples. “I’ve always been “Glenn Whitehouse, Sean Kelly and Kevin Aho Alumni Board of Directors welcomes six new members interested in journalism and thought it would be a were so passionate about what they were teaching,” neat opportunity to see the news world. So I went for she says. “It’s a hard thing to study, but they made he FGCU Alumni on the board I will be able to board as chair of development. in business from FGCU and an audition.” sure I understood what I was reading. It made me Association Board influence current students to When asked what being an is pursuing his MBA. “As I Windham, ’07 a deeper thinker. I’m able to problem solve a lot of Directors recently stay involved with the Associa- FGCU alumna means to resume the MBA program at (Philosophy and better and engage in interesting conversation with elected six new board mem- tion once they’ve graduated her, Hodge says, “It’s about FGCU, I wish to utilize the Communications), was people.”
Photos b y E d C lement T bers. With 8,500 FGCU and help bring additional staying in touch and still opportunity to bring other one of two winners of Windham does her time in traffic every day, alumni worldwide, the grow- awareness to the Alumni being involved with FGCU, graduate and undergraduate the Great NBC2 Talent leaving her job as service coordinator at Center Point ing board, which now has 20 Association Scholarship fund, and I am excited to be able to students to the realization of Search. The station Community Church in Naples in the early afternoon members, strives to promote which helps make it possible help other alumni make those how fundamental membership held open auditions last to make the hour-long trek to NBC2 in Fort Myers. enrichment programs and for students to attend FGCU,” connections.” in the Alumni Association is spring seeking a traffic There she ensures that her hair and makeup are instill pride in the University he says. and how it can benefit students reporter. As in other TV-ready. Next she takes part in the afternoon news through the support of alumni John ( Jay) Kollar, ’04, is just like me,” he says. such talent competitions, meeting, then it’s time to check with law enforcement achievements, alumni involve- Amanda Fortuna, ’05, a sales executive at Gartner in the audience decided and traffic sources to find out about any accidents ment and valuable benefits and Annual Member, is the district Fort Myers. John received his Mathew Visaggio, ’05, their fate. She and Jason or construction that might cause delays during the services to members. aide for Florida state Rep. bachelor’s degree in communi- Annual Member, received Pawloski were the top afternoon rush hour. In just five years the board Trudi Williams. She earned her cations from FGCU and now his bachelor’s degree in vote-getters. NBC2 At her computer tucked into a nook just next to has created a thriving Associa- bachelor’s degree in political serves the board on the devel- communications from FGCU hired them both. the traffic set, she compiles her report and readies the tion, which conducts monthly science from FGCU and serves opment committee. “I look and now works as a senior Windham now graphics she’ll need. Facing the anchor desk on the networking nights, has grown on the board’s fund-raising forward to the opportunity to district legislative aide for state reports traffic on the main set, she awaits her cue then smoothly delivers the alumni communications committee. She believes that be part of FGCU’s evolution Rep. Gary Aubuchon. Matt is NBC2 News at 4 and good or bad news to commuters while standing next to opportunities and sponsored “becoming involved will and development,” he says. “It involved in civic organizations 5 p.m. weekdays while a large traffic light, graphics displayed on a large screen five- and 10-year reunions. provide the opportunity to not allows me to stay connected including: Literacy Volunteers Pawloski handles the behind her. Serving on the board affords only give back to the University with our alumni and ensure of Lee County, the Lee morning shift. NBC2 News Director Darrel Adams is pleased alumni the chance to directly but to the community as well,” that current students will have County Homeless Coalition, Her victory was no with how the Great NBC2 Talent Search turned out. impact the future of the she says, allowing her to take the same great experience I had Easter Seals, Positivity Roles accident. “She’s so delightful to work with,” he says. “We Association. The new board an active role in FGCU’s while at FGCU.” Across America and Goodwill She’s appeared put the contest into the hands of the viewers and it members include: further development and Industries of Southwest in dozens of episodes came down to Jason and Jill. We planned to hire one overall success. Brad Phelps, ’03, Life Florida. Matt will serve on of “Get Reel” on the but both had done so well that it seemed appropriate Marc Devisse, ’05, Member, is a partner and the FGCUAA membership STARZ movie channel, to add both. They’re doing a great job.” recently finished “Real Life 101,” a show geared to Annual Member, is a licensed Angela Hodge, ’04, broker associate of Frost & committee. “Joining the helping teens understand various professions, and has real estate broker, licensed Life Member, is events Associates, Inc. Realtors. He Alumni Board has given me been taping voiceovers for a travel show, “The City general contractor and owner coordinator for Neighborhood also owns and operates Phelps the opportunity to show my Walker.” As a teenager, she spent time in Los Angeles of Tri-Town Construction, America in Naples. She is an Enterprise LLC, which offers pride in FGCU, to give back pursuing an acting career. which specializes in condo/ active member of the Florida small business marketing, to my alumni community and She returned to Southwest Florida, where she home maintenance, residential Public Relations Association sales consulting and business to support my alma mater,” he grew up, and enrolled at FGCU, majoring in commu- remodeling and commercial and is a freelance event development services of a says. nications, then adding a philosophy major to that. build-outs. Marc earned his coordinator. Angela received discreet and specialized nature After one philosophy course, “I fell in love with bachelor’s degree in marketing her bachelor’s degree in to owner-managed businesses. For more information on the program, which the University was thinking about from FGCU. He serves on communications from FGCU, He serves on the FGCUAA nominating someone to the board, making a major,” she says. “It got me excited and I the fund-raising committee. “I concentrating in public membership committee. Brad visit www.fgcu.edu/alumni. wanted to be part of it.” hope through my involvement relations, and will serve the received his bachelor’s degree
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master’s degree in educational leader- Molly (Fagan) Spelman, at Dunbar High School in Fort Myers. twice for the Lee County Schools Class Notes ship and working as a recruiter in ’04 (Finance) gave birth to her second David White (Master’s, Public ’03 Mary Gibbs Foundation’s Golden Apple Teacher the FGCU undergraduate admissions child, Donovan Robert Spelman, on Administration) earned a doctoral (Master’s, Business Award. Weddings, office. June 17. degree in business administration, Administration) is the director of community engagements and births Nicole Gelinas, ’05 Stephanie with specialization in criminal justice Matt Caldwell (History) development for Lee ’04 (Communications) and Joseph Vandeburg, ’03 administration from Northcentral is running for the Florida Senate County. She credits Delaney are getting married Nov. 15 (Management) University in Prescott Valley, AZ. Dr. District 27 seat for the Republican Alexandria Benjamin, ’07 her staff of some 250 Mary Gibbs in Bonita Springs. Nicole is a senior married Michael Arthur Rubens, associate professor Party. (Communications) and Nick French for her success. circulation manager at Source Interlink Tamulionis on from the FGCU Lutgert College Alicia Kruse (Environmental announced their engagement on July Jacqueline Gregory Companies. April 5 in Bonita of Business, was a member of the Studies) was re-elected as membership 16. They live in Sarasota. (Finance) has joined Wealth Group Springs. Stephanie dissertation committee. director for the Southwest Chapter of Penney Chastain, ’03 in Naples. She will assist in portfolio is an inside account the Florida Association of (Computer Information Systems) and monitoring and construction. She has executive at Gartner, Environmental Professionals board Owen Chastain, ’03 (Computer received a Master of Science degree Inc. ’00 Michael McCabe of directors. She is employed with Alicia Kruse Information Systems) announce the in finance from Florida International Sherrie (Liberal Studies) has joined the law Passarella and Associates as an birth of their second son, Dylan Joseph University. (Consolazio) firm of ecologist. Chastain. He was born May 16, Amber Rish (Management) is Womack, ’04 Miller, Kagan, Jeffrey Scott weighing 7 pounds, nine ounces. Michael and Stephanie Tamulionis the community investor coordinator for (Elementary Rodriguez Lewis (Art) was The couple have also started their the Memphis Grizzlies NBA basketball Education) and Walter Womack, & Silver, a named Visual Artist of own consulting business, Chastain team, seen here at the annual ’02 (Human Services) celebrated their statewide the Year at the fifth Technology, LLC, that serves the Staxtacular event, which benefits the second wedding anniversary. worker’s annual Angel of the Treasure Coast. They specialize in Stax Music Academy. Jaclyn Yeakey, ’07 (Liberal compensation Arts Awards hosted computing problems, business Studies) is engaged to be married Dec. 7 defense firm by the Lee County Dylan Joseph Chastain technology and telephony solutions. Nicole Gelinas and Joseph Delaney to Steven Wray. specializing Alliance for the Arts. The family lives in Vero Beach. Michael McCabe in represent- Andy Platt Jeffrey Scott Lewis Jamie John Kollar, ’04 ing insurance carriers and employers. (Master’s, Business Administration) Fortier, ’07 (Communications) and Naomi Celmo Newsmakers Michael and his wife, Elizabeth, live in was named Rookie (Communications) are engaged to be married Nov. 9. Fort Myers. of the Year by the College Athletic and Eric Negron Business Management Association were married ’99 Edward Griffith (Executive Sean Griffin (Secondary (CABMA). The award is determined by May 17. Jamie ’01 Master’s, Business Administration) Education) opened Griffin’s Martial From left: Amber Rish, Carly Knight, head coach Marc the association’s executive committee is a reservation/ has joined MeadWestvaco (MWV) Arts Center in North Fort Myers Aug. 6. Lavaroni, general manager Chris Wallace and team and honors a new member for the revenue manager Corporation as vice president of Sharon Jenkins-Owen trainer Drew Graham individual’s outstanding contributions for Homewood Andy Platt planning and entitlement, MWV (Master’s, Public Administration) has to the organization. Andy is the Suites by Hilton. Hughey White (History) is community development and land been re-appointed to the Lee County director of event management for the Eric is a financial the on-site coordinator for Fort Myers management group. He is responsible Affordable Housing University of Virginia Cavaliers athletics consultant for Middle Academy (FMMA) for the for submitting and acquiring the Advisory Committee and department. Colonial Bank. College Reach Out Program (CROP) at John Kollar and Naomi Celmo approval of development applications designated the liaison Kevin Price (Communications) They live in Lehigh FGCU. He familiarizes first-generation and agreements, processing federal for the Lee County was promoted to senior recruiter for Acres with their middle-school students with the Amanda Parsels, ’03 (Liberal and state regulatory permits and Long Term Recovery Gartner, Inc. He will be responsible dog, Buddy. requirements, rigors and rewards of Studies) announced her engagement managing the entitlement process for Committee. The housing for developing and executing the Tiziana to Samson Enzer, a law clerk with the company’s East Edisto master- committee makes pursuing a college degree. Hughey recruitment strategy for the Fort Myers Jamie Fortier and Eric Negron Gandolfo, ’04 the U.S. Southern District of New planned community. recommendations to the also facilitates a Title I tutoring office. The office consists of about 250 (Psychology) York. Amanda graduated from the Lorraine McCann (Master’s, Sharon Jenkins-Owen county commissioners program for people who are aggressively growing and Christopher University of Pennsylvania Law School Counselor Education) has completed in an effort to expand students. He their sales, client partners and finance Marchante were magna cum laude. She was also a the 50 hours required by the Florida affordable housing for eligible is pursuing organizations. married Dec. 29. member of the Order of the Coif Legal Board (licensing mental health households. She also serves on the his master’s Christopher, a Christopher Williams (Art) Honor Society and the University of counselors) to provide hypnotherapy. Governor’s Affordable Housing Study degree in student at FGCU, was promoted to art department direc- Pennsylvania Law Review. She passed Her office is in Naples. Commission representing growth educational is an aircraft tor at Print and Copy Center. the New York Bar examination in Crissy (Fowler) Stout management organizations. She is leadership at engine inspector October 2007 and is a legal associate (Special Education-Mathematics) was employed by WilsonMiller, Inc. as a FGCU. Hughey in Naples. Tiziana with Kaye Scholer, LLP in Manhattan named Lee County Math Teacher of senior project manager. has been is pursuing a specializing in litigation. the Year for high school. She teaches nominated Tiziana Gandolfo and Christopher Marchante Hughey White
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40.” Winners were chosen by the Eamonn Parsels (Accounting) a corrections officer. She is now a house filled with Whirlpool appliances. ’05 Scott Guelcher publication’s editors based on their was admitted to the Master of certified deputy with the Lee County Joanna will be immersed in Whirlpool (Art) was named best professional achievements and Accountancy program at the University Sheriff’s Office. Felicia is also pursuing products and values by going through New Artist at the fifth an- community involvement. Samantha has of Notre Dame, the country’s fourth- her master’s degree at FGCU. an intensive education program to nual Angel of the also been named president of the ranked program in accountancy. He learn about the company’s brands, Arts Awards hosted by American Advertising Federation- was previously employed as a revenue products and sales techniques. After the Lee County Alliance Southwest Florida (AAF-SWFL). agent in the Fort Myers Internal the seven-week developmental for the Arts. Scott Guelcher She will lead AAF-SWFL through its Revenue Service (IRS) office. training, she will be assigned to one Jeff Heverling 2008-09 term by representing the Joseph Swain (Mathematics) of its U.S. sales regions to work as a (Executive Master’s, Business members at district and national is the new Gateway Charter High School Mallory Young market brand representative. Administration) was appointed meetings and overseeing local chapter football coach. He was the defensive CJ Reed (Management) is an Mallory Young (Marine president of the Naples-based operations. coach last year. Joseph teaches account executive for Gartner, Inc. He Science) works for GeoCet as a marine INFINETWORK consultancy firm. He Victor Antonio Tejera mathematics at the high school. is responsible for midsize technology mammal observer on board the previously was the vice president for (Master’s, Social Work) passed the and service-provider clients. Western Neptune, a seismic research CJ Reed the company. Jeff has more than 20 comprehensive examination for his Daniel Reyna (Finance) is a vessel in the Gulf of Mexico. years of experience in information doctoral program in leadership and ’07 Rosemary Boisvert property manager for OMNI Manage- technology and 25 years in accounting, education at Barry University. He is (Master’s, Occupational Therapy) is the ment Services, Inc. in Charlotte, NC. finance and administration. employed at Florida Diagnostic and director of the adult treatment services He oversees a number of single-family Chad DeMonte (Marketing) Joey Lamielle (Management) Learning Resources System (FDLRS) at the Transitional Living Center of ’08 home communities and ensures that Gabriella, Drianis and Jamin Duran is an account executive for Gartner, played in the U.S. Open golf South for Miami-Dade county public Southwest Florida Addiction Services, every aspect of the community is Inc. He is responsible for midsize championship at Torrey Pines in San school system. Inc. in Fort Myers. Under her leader- Jamin Duran (Computer running efficiently and effectively. technology and service-provider Diego. ship, the Transitional Living Center Information Systems) and his wife Daniel also administers the commu- clients. Lynn Lee (Legal Studies) has received first place for innovative started a business, Gulf Coast nity’s budgets and HOA expenditures. Cord McConnell been awarded the Doc Coggins Zachary Bouchard programs in the 2008 Substance Audiology, in Fort Myers. They Jill Rhone (Master’s, Social ’06 (Communications) and Carlos Calante award through Lee Memorial Health (Communications) is the public Abuse Services Best Practices Awards specialize in hearing aids and Work) was recently hired as the tutor are in the planning stage of their Systems (LMHS). The hospital board relations/marketing coordinator for presented by the Florida Department accessories, audiological evaluations corps program coordinator for the newest project, “Fortunate Son,” a of directors recognizes staff members Pushing the Envelope, Inc. of Children and Families and The and balance testing. Jamin also works Guadalupe Center in Immokalee. She short film shot on 16mm film. Cord who demonstrate a commitment to Marti Daltry (Communications) Florida Alcohol and Drug Abuse as a programmer analyst for Pegasus lives in Fort Myers with her husband. has written the script and plans to excellence. The selections are based was promoted to regional conservation Association at the FADAA annual Solutions. He and his wife have a direct the film. Once complete, it upon the employee’s demonstrated organizer for Sierra Club in Fort Myers. meeting in August. The award was for three-year-old daughter. will be entered into numerous film dedication to the LMHS system goals Her main focus is on the Florida a peer support community program Kherin Hassan festivals. Cord was the film critic for of quality, service, community, people Coastal Protection Campaign. Marti developed, implemented and (Communications) is successfully Fox 4’s “Morning Blend.” He has also and finance. The award is named after has been with the organization since evaluated by Rosemary with the recovering from a serious accident that completed several short films, some long-time hospital board member May 2007. help of graduate students and occurred October 2007. She is working narrative pieces and promotional Lester “Doc” Coggins. Brett Fritz (Master’s, Business faculty from the FGCU Occupational at a law firm in Tampa. videos. Timothy Philbrick (Liberal Administration) and Tanner Fritz Therapy Program. The program was Christina Metropoulos Kadi Merren (Master’s, Reach out Studies) is the owner of Print and (Management) were recently named based on occupational therapy (Master’s, Special Education) is a Alumni are encouraged to Accounting and Taxation) has Copy Center. He has worked there the winners of the biotechnology principles. An article reporting on the special education elementary completed graduate school. She share their news about new since 2000 and purchased it in 2006. section for the seventh annual Five- project and its outcomes is slated to teacher at Journey’s Academy in plans on enrolling in the Becker He was recently awarded the Good Ventures Business Competition appear in the journal Occupational Naples. jobs, promotions, relocations, Certified Public Accountants (CPA) Neighbor Award from the in Charlotte, NC. They won this Therapy International. Anamaria Ryan (Art) has weddings, births and other Review Course and then completing American Heart Association prestigious award for their presenta- Daniel Dau been appointed the administrative the CPA exam. She hopes to return milestones. Send items to the and was just designated one tion of the AlgaMax system, which (Management) assistant to the vice president at to Grand Cayman to work with of the top “40 Under 40” in converts algae into electricity. Brett has joined Gartner, the Guadalupe Center in Immokalee. Office of Alumni Relations, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), which Southwest Florida by Gulfshore and Tanner, along with their family Inc. as an account Dan Ryan (Public Service [email protected] has supported her last two years of Life magazine. owned company, GOPS Group, are executive for Management) has been promoted to education with a scholarship. or mail to Office of Alumni Samantha Scott working on project opportunities high-tech and deputy chief of fire operations at the Joanna Pitts (Marketing) Relations, Florida Gulf Coast (Marketing) is the vice president around the world that will utilize the telecom providers. Bonita Springs Fire Control and Rescue has been hired by the Whirlpool of Pushing the Envelope, Inc., AlgaMax system. He lives in Estero. District. University, 10501 FGCU Blvd. Daniel Dau Corporation to begin training in the a multi-faceted marketing Jeffrey Marsico (Finance) Ashley Williams South, Fort Myers, FL 33965- company’s Real Whirled Program, communications firm. She graduated from Villanova University in Felicia Duce (Communications) (Communications) has recently which chooses eight recent graduates 6565. was named one of Gulf Coast Villanova, PA. He received his master’s attended the Southwest Florida Public accepted a job at Northwestern Business Review’s “40 Under to live together for seven weeks in a Samantha Scott degree in finance. Service Academy in January to become Mutual Financial Network.
40 Fa l l 2008 Fa l l 2008 41 Alumni Alumni Alumni Association FGCU alumni go green All Alumni Reunion Weekend 2008
Happenings ore than 40 Florida Gulf Coast University alumni and students donated their Saturday morning to clean up Career Series Bunche Beach in Fort Myers during the Ocean Con- Nov. 5: Life as a wedding planner Mservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup on Sept. 20. 3:30 p.m., Student Union 213, FGCU campus The FGCU contingent joined with other community volun- Kelly McWilliams, owner of Weddings by Socialites, will speak about teers to comb the beach and surrounding woods, collecting items what it takes to be a wedding planner and what life is like for those in such as bottles, tires, cigarette butts, food wrappers and fishing the profession. Cost: free. Hosted by FGCU Career Services. line. In all, the volunteers removed more than 1,026 pounds of debris from the beach in a single day. Social Hours “I am overwhelmed by the success of the cleanup,” says Terry Oct. 16: Eagle Networking Night Cain, land stewardship coordinator for Lee County Parks and 6 p.m., Bar Louie, Gulf Coast Town Center, Fort Myers Recreation Department. “The volunteers are precious and their The Eagle Networking Night events allow FGCU alumni to get together, time is valuable. The impact they made that morning is priceless.” Show your Spirit barbecue Along the waterfront meet other alumni, network and have fun. A special meet and greet FGCU instills the importance of community service in FGCU graduates returned to campus to celebrate Kevin Gaffney,’01 (Accounting) and Amy Gaffney, will take place with FGCU men’s and women’s basketball coaches. students beginning their freshman year. The idea is that it will the classes of 1998 and 2003 during the All ’02 (Master’s, Elementary Education), enjoy a Come for an opportunity to win a pair of basketball season tickets. encourage them to make volunteering a lifelong habit. Alumni Reunion Weekend in May. The festivities relaxing afternoon boating along the lake with The FGCU Alumni Association looks forward to supporting kicked off with the Show your Spirit barbecue. their son during the reunion weekend. FGCU Oct. 23: Pick-A-Seat Party & Basketball Sneak Peek From left: Andrew Miller,’04 (Marketing); Dennis Campus Recreation hosted a variety of waterfront such initiatives that not only allow it to collaborate with current 7 p.m., Alico Arena, FGCU campus Zuck; Megan Miller,’06 (Resort and Hospitality activities, including canoeing, kayaking, tubing Join us for an open house sneak peek of the 2008-09 FGCU basketball students, but to have a positive impact upon the communities in Management); Ryan Frost, ’05 (Resort and and a water trampoline. teams with the opportunity for FGCU Alumni Association members to which we live. Hospitality Management); Melissa White, ’05 receive a 20 percent discount on season ticket passes. There will be plenty of food, fun and giveaways. Cost: free. (Master’s, Reading Education); Brad Phelps,’03 (Management); Lacey Smith,’04 (Marine Nov. 14: Green & Blue Tailgate (FGCU vs. UF) Science); Garret Heine, Jonas Rockhold,’07 5:30 p.m., Alumni Tent at Alico Arena, FGCU campus (Master’s, Curriculum and Instruction); and Robyn If you’re not an Eagle, you’re just prey! Let’s rally our Eagle pride as Covino, ’06 (Master’s, Reading Education). the FGCU Alumni Association hosts a tailgate party. Gear up to cheer President celebrates class of ’98 on the Women Eagles as they take on the Gators. Alumni enjoyed brunch, conversation and an opportunity to hear from FGCU President Wilson G. Bradshaw Nov. 21: Eaglepalooza at a Saturday brunch. From left: Jennifer Sparrow,’99 (Master’s, Curriculum and Instruction); President 6-11 p.m., Recreational Fields, FGCU campus Bradshaw; Laurie Flohr,’99 (Accounting); and Leonard Flohr, ’99 (Finance). Visit the FGCU Alumni Association tent during this popular annual event for food, fun and live music.
For more listings, visit www.fgcu.edu/alumni. For event details contact: Lindsey Touchette, director of Alumni Relations, at alumnirelations@ fgcu.edu or (239) 590-1016. Melissa White, ‘05 (Master’s, Reading Education) and Brad Phelps, ‘03 (Management) clean Bunche Beach during a coastal cleanup event.
Paving the way to tradition Brick by Brick
Baseball, hotdogs and hobnobbing Bowling for a good cause FGCU Alumni Association members gathered at the Lee County Sports Complex cheered the Miracle FGCU alumni and friends bowled in the second annual Dollars for FGCU Scholars fund raiser. This your alumni association as a lifetime member baseball team’s 15-4 victory over the Clearwater Threshers. This was one of the monthly Eagle event attracted 65 participants, who raised more than $1,350 for the FGCU Alumni Association Join Networking Nights. Among those attending were ’07 graduates Cara Zasoba (Communications), left, Scholarship Fund. From left: Rachel Di Salvo,’05 (Communications); Jeffrey Faramo,’04 (Marketing); and receive a FREE brick paver on the Alumni Patio (a $175 value)! and Kim Zambito (Resort and Hospitality Management). Erica Faramo, Mason Lauderer, and Jennifer (Faramo) Lauderer,’02 (Marketing). Find out more by visiting: www.fgcu.edu/alumni or by calling (239) 590-1087
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Entries to Professional Briefs are compiled Comparison of Fisherfolk and NGO Shawn Felton, Charlie Mesloh, College of English professor thrives on plague from the PERFORMANCE E-newsletter Book Publication Perspectives in the Philippines,” Eighth Jon Corneil, Professional Studies, Justice Studies , of professional accomplishments. FGCU Kevin Aho, James Aho, College of International Conference on Philippine M.S., A.T.C., Ph.D, “Less Lethal Weapons Effectiveness, faculty and staff are encouraged to submit Arts & Sciences, Humanities and Arts, Studies, Palawan Panel, Philippine Social C.S.C.S. & Evaluation and Resulting Injuries,” Bubonic plague may seem like the stuff of which their outstanding accomplishments at Ph.D. “Body Matters: A Phenomenology of Science Center, Quezon City, Manila, James Guerra, National Institute of Justice Conference, scientific research is made, but the plague’s the thing to http://www.fgcu.edu/CRM/form1.asp. Sickness, Disease, and Illness,” Lexington Philippines, July 23-25. M.S., F.A.C.S., U.S. Department of Justice, Arlington, VA, Books, Lanham, MD, pp. 204. College of Health Shawn Felton July 21-23. which FGCU Associate Professor of English Rebecca Totaro Volume 6, Issues 9 through 11 Mark Bradshaw Busbee, College Professions, Physical has devoted much of her professional life. John Cox, College of Arts & Sciences, of Arts & Sciences, Humanities and Arts, Therapy and Human Performance, M.Ed., Sandra Pavelka, Howard Smith, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Ph.D., con- Ph.D., “Conquest and Apotheosis in A.T.C., L.A.T., “Osteochondral Defect in an Eric Muldoon, Sarah Jamieson, Literature of the plague has intrigued her since graduate tributor and content editor, “The West: A Walter of Châtillon’s Alexandreis,” 43rd Adolescent High School Baseball Pitcher,” College of Professional Studies, Public school when she was struck by Mercutio’s cry, “A plague o’ Awards or Narrative History, Vol. 2,” Pearson Prentice International Congress on Medieval NATA 59th annual meeting and clinical Affairs, Ph.D., “The Virtuous Virtual MPA: Recognitions Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ. Studies, Western Michigan University, symposium, National Athletic Trainers’ Comparing Traditional and Distance both your houses!” in “Romeo and Juliet.” Kalamazoo, MI, May 8. Association, St. Louis, MO, June 17-21. Course Delivery in Public Administration,” “Some of Shakespeare’s audience members would have Paul Asfour, College of Professional Charlie Mesloh, Wolf, R. & Wood, The Challenge to Public Service in Times of Jon Brunner, Counseling and Student Studies, Justice Studies, J.D., M.B.A., R., Justice Studies, Ph.D., “Interviews, Harvey Heckes, College of Professional Reduced Resources – Making Less Equal seen people die of plague,” she says. “Wouldn’t Mercutio’s Health Services, Ph.D., panelist, Underage participant in three Florida New Motor Interrogations, Contacts, and Questioning: Studies, Social Work, M.S.W., “Changing More, Florida American Society of Public Drinking Roundtable chaired by William curse have been horrifying to them? Even today, we wouldn’t Vehicle Arbitration Board Hearings, Florida Examining Constitutional Boundaries Roles in Today’s Society,” Professional Administration, Lakeland, May 2. Janes, Director of Florida Office of Drug Attorney General, May 8; reappointed for in the Practice of American Policing,” Social Work: What a Difference!, NASW say, ‘May cancer strike your family.’” Rebecca Totaro Control, seventh annual Conference on Thomas Roberts, Gray, B.H., two-year term to board arbitration board, Pearson Custom Publishing, Boston, MA, Florida Chapter and Florida Society for Addictive Disorders: Latest in Substance Vazin, M., Whitlock, P., Research and Totaro came to FGCU in 1998. She teaches graduate and Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum, pp. 1-157. Social Work Leaders in Health Care, Abuse Prevention and Treatment, Deerfield Beach, June 5-7. Sponsored Programs, Ed.D., “Everything undergraduate courses in Shakespeare, Milton, literature of the plague and composition. July 1. Russell Sabella, College of Education, Lee County Coalition for a Drug-Free You Ever Wanted to Know About Research Her extensive research on the plague led her to win a prestigious Folger Fellowship, Bob Diotalevi, College of Professional Graduate Studies, Ph.D., “GuardingKids. Southwest Florida, Harborside Event Harvey Heckes, Sheryl Aescht, Administration But Were Afraid to Studies, Justice Studies, J.D., appointed com: A Practical Guide to Keeping Kids Center, Fort Myers, June 27. College of Professional Studies, Ask,” Riding the Waves of Compliance, awarded for scholarly accomplishments and future promise. to the Faculty Committee on Common Out of High-Tech Trouble,” Educational Social Work , M.S.W., “Dimensions of National Council of University Research Patricia Coccoma, College of Totaro’s work certainly demonstrates that. Her first book was “Suffering in Paradise: Prerequisites for Legal Assisting/Paralegal Media Corp., Minneapolis, MN, pp. 146. Supervision,” Professional Social Work: Administrators, Charleston, SC, May 11-14. Professional Studies, Social Work, Ed.D., Studies, Board of Governors, State What a Difference!, NASW Florida Chapter The Bubonic Plague in English Literature from More to Milton” (Duquesne, 2005). L.C.S.W., “Evidence Based Treatment Thomas Roberts, Stremke, D., University System of Florida, May 1. and Florida Society for Social Work Leaders In 2006, she delivered a paper at the World Shakespeare Congress in Australia. Over Grant Awards Modalities and Adolescent Depression: in Health Care, Deerfield Beach, June 5-7. Rieger, B., Soria, A.L., Research and Jerome Jackson, College of Arts & Implications for Practice,” National Sponsored Programs, Ed.D., “Eliminating the next year, she made monthly trips to Washington, D.C. as a participant in the Folger Sciences, Ecological Studies, Ph.D., recipi- Mark Bradshaw Busbee, College Association of Social Workers Annual Donna Price Henry, College of Arts & Barriers to Participating in Research and Shakespeare Library Institute’s Year-Long Colloquium on medicine in the Renaissance. ent of Margaret Morse Nice Medal for a of Arts & Sciences, Humanities and Arts, Conference, NASW Florida, Deerfield Sciences, Dean’s Office, Ph.D. Physiology, Sponsored Programs,” Riding the Waves of Lifetime of Contributions to Ornithology, Ph.D., $3,750, American-Scandinavian Beach, June 5-7. “Advancing Women’s Leadership,” Compliance, National Council of University The Folger Library is a world-renowned site for the study of Shakespeare and the Wilson Ornithological Society, April 18. Foundation, May 15-June 15. 71st National Leadership Forum, Office Research Administrators, Charleston, SC, Debra Jean of Women in Higher Education of May 11-14. Renaissance in England. It was there that she spent part of her sabbatical year (2007-2008) Tanya Christina J. Gallagher, Office of Darnell, the American Council on Education, as a Fellow, conducting research and reveling in the opportunity to participate in daily Kunberger, Continuing Education and Off-Campus Novie Greene, Washington, D.C., June 11-13. Pamella Seay, College of Professional Lutgert College of Programs and AMTS, Ph.D., $2,000, Dr. Humanities and Studies, Justice Studies , J.D., L.L.M., discussion with scholars from around the world. Business, School of Glen E. Gresham, M.D., FACP (Retired), Arts, Doctor of Tanya Kunberger, Diane “Avoiding Ethical Issues with Law Firm She returned home with the completed manuscript for one book and the research Bondehagen, College of Business, Web Sites,” Practicing Legal Ethics in the Engineering, Ph.D., On-Line Healthcare Continuing Education, Musical Arts, plans for two more: the first a collection of 16th-century writings about the plague; the Gerald R. Seeley Dec. 1-Aug. 1. “Boys to Men: The School of Engineering, Ph.D., “Evaluating Electronic Law Office, Half Moon Seminars, Award for Best Male Adolescent the Concept of Stability in Fluid Fort Myers, July 31; “Coast to Coast second on meteorology during the Renaissance, exploring how people viewed and dealt Paper New Faculty, Johnny McGaha, Christina Voice,” National Mech.,” 2008 ASEE Annual Conference Ethics: The Latest from the Florida Bar with natural disasters and outbreaks of disease; and the third, a collection of scholarly CE Division of ASEE, Gallagher, Office of Continuing Association of Debra Jean Darnell and Exposition, American Society for Professional Ethics Committee,” Florida June 1. Tanya Kunberger Education and Off Campus Programs, Teachers of Singing Engineering Education, Pittsburgh, PA, Coastal Law Seminar, CLE International, articles about the plague written for the 2008 Shakespeare Association of America seminar College of Professional Studies, Justice 50th National June 25. Miami, June 26. that she led, appropriately titled “A Plague on Both Your Houses.” Cheryl Seals- Studies, Ph.D., $27,000, Lee County Conference, Nashville, TN, June 27-July 1. Gonzalez, Office Sheriff’s Office/U.S. Dept of Justice, Marc Laviolette, Undergraduate Pamella Seay, Roberta Flowers, What does all this have to do with teaching English? of Institutional Human Trafficking Task Force Training and Duane Dobbert, College of Admission, M.B.A., “The Employment of Stephen Teppler, Franklin Zemel, Equity and Evaluation, May 1-Oct. 31. Professional Studies, Justice Studies, Student Workers in Enrollment Services,” College of Professional Studies, Justice “Many early English authors grappled with epidemic disease, trying to make sense of Compliance, Ph.D, “Keynote: School Bus Drivers: Annual Conference, Florida Association Studies, J.D., L.L.M., “From India to it, of life in general. Studying early responses to plague opens an unexpected window on elected secretary, Patricia Wachholz, Lois The First Line of Defense Against Child of Collegiate Registrars and Admission Indiana: The Ethical Dilemmas of Region IV, American Christensen, College of Education, Sexual Predators” and “Keynote: Officers, Jacksonville, June 8-10. Outsourcing and Offshoring,” Masters old authors like Shakespeare and Milton. It’s also an engaging way to challenge students Association for Graduate Studies, $43,000, U.S. Seminar on Ethics, The Florida Bar Annual National Issues on Sexual Predators,” Reid Lennertz, Career Development to think outside of their own experiences of life, to try others on for size,” she says. “It is a Affirmative Action, Department of Education, National Writing Georgia Annual Conference on Pupil Meeting, Boca Raton, June 18-20. April 23. Project at FGCU, June 1-30. Services, M.B.A., “A Brighter Tomorrow subject that is horrifying, sometimes humorous, but never dull.” Cheryl Seals-Gonzalez Transportation, Georgia Association of – Generational Considerations,” annual Yinghong Sheng, Heather D. Bean, Pamella Seay, Jo Ann Wilson, Terry Dubetz, Pupil Transportation, Jekyll Island, GA, meeting, American Red Cross of Lee Jerzy Leszczynski, Nicholas V. Hud, College of Professional Studies, Justice College of Arts & Sciences, Dean’s Office, June 17-19; “School Bus Drivers: The County, Fort Myers, June 5. College of Arts & Sciences, Mathematics Studies, J.D. L.L.M., appointed to The Ph.D., $7,700, Community Foundation of First Line of Defense Against Child Sexual and Science, Ph.D., “Theoretical Study Florida Bar Professional Ethics Committee, Collier County, Girls in Engineering, Math, Predators,” STN 15th annual Conference, Barry Lipton, Justice Studies , D.D.S., on the Formation of beta-Pyrimidine Office, Ed.D. “Digital Fieldtrips for Digital Entrepreneurial Activity at the Local Level,” June 22-25. The Florida Bar, June 16; appointed & Science, July 1-June 1. Student Transportation News, Reno, NV, “Forensic Dentistry,” Forensic Science Nucleoside by a Free Pyrimidine Bases and Natives,” National Educational Computing annual meeting, Association of Private chair, Educational and Continuing Legal July 27-30. Educational Conference, American Ribose in a Plausible Prebiotic Reaction,” Conference, International Society of Enterprise Education, Las Vegas, NV, April Arie van Education Committee, The Florida Bar Academy of Forensic Sciences, Fort Myers, Southern School on Computational Technology Education, San Antonio, TX, 6-8. Duijn, Ellen Amanda Evans, College of International Law Section, June 10. May 3. Chemistry and Material Science, National June 28. Williamson, Professional Studies, Social Work , Ed.D., Professional Science Foundation, Department of Jorge Torres, James Sweeney, M.S., P..T, and M.S.W., “Domestic Violence: Update on Barry Lipton, Drs. Warren Tewes, Yinghong Sheng, College of Arts Presentations Defense, Computational Center for Dean Stansel, Brad Hobbs and College of Business, School of Engineering, Kathy Swanick, Neuroscience & Clinical Interventions,” Harry Carlile, Justice Studies , D.D.S., & Sciences, Mathematics and Science, Molecular Structure and Interaction, Stephan Gohmann (University Ph.D. Bioengineering, “Talk on conference D.P.T., O.C.S., Professional Social Work Conference 2008, “Missing and Unidentified-The Never Ph.D., judge, eighth Southern School on Rebecca Austin, College of Arts and Jackson, MS, April 25-26. of Louisville), College of Business, session (and proceedings paper),” 2008 College of Health Computational Chemistry and Material Sciences, Ecological Studies, “Cultural National Association of Social Workers, Ending Disaster,” FBI/CJIS, FBI, Denver, Marketing and Economics, Ph.D., ASEE Annual Conference, American Society Professions, Deerfield Beach, June 5-7. June 21-22. Science, Jackson, MS, April 26. Models and Environmental Values: a Jennifer Sparrow, AMTS Dean’s Economics, “Economic Freedom and for Engineering Education, Pittsburgh, PA, Physical Therapy Arie van Duijn
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Management professor studies spirituality’s connection to business and Human Performance, Ed.D., The Contradictions of Making Ecuador Rotterdam, The Netherlands, June 8-13. 1830-1925,” Teachers College Record, May 2008, online journal. FGCU partners with Bangor University Sandra King-Kauanui firmly believes that spirituality is Julie Yazici, College of Business, FGCU has signed an agreement with The College of Computer Information Systems and Travis Jones, Howard Finch, vital to succeed as an entrepreneur. Decision Sciences, “The Role of Shelton Weeks, Finance and Natural Sciences, Bangor University to work cooperatively In collaboration with four other academics, the Organizational Culture on Quality Project Accounting, “A Note for Appraisers on in advancing research in marine and environmental science. Performance,” American Society of Quality Option Valuation,” The Appraisal Journal, Lutgert College of Business associate professor of The agreement with Bangor University, a 9,000- local chapter meeting, Fort Myers, May 10. Vol. Summer, pp. 261-264. student institution in North Wales, will allow for the management wrote a paper on the topic that won first Janusz Zalewski, Andrew Scott Karakas, exchange of faculty scientists and students in environmental place in this year’s International Council of Small Business Kornecki, College of Business, Computer Elizabeth and marine science, focusing on climate change research Information Systems and Decision Heath, Lisa Conference. “Entrepreneurship and Spirituality: An Sciences, Ph.D., “Safety Assurance for Courcier, College and environmental restoration; will lead to development Exploration Using Grounded Theory” took the top honor Safety-Critical Embedded Systems: of Arts & Sciences, of joint Master of Science and Ph.D. programs in envi- in a field of 500 papers focusing on issues facing small Qualification of Tools for Complex Humanities ronmental/ocean sciences; will offer unique opportunities Electronic Hardware,” IT2008 International and Arts, Ph.D., for scientists and students to collaboratively study diverse business owners. IEEE Conference on Information “Lessons From climates and ecosystems; and will enable FGCU to develop The team surveyed 77 entrepreneurs and classified Technology, Institute of Electrical and the Ether: Using From left: Dr. Stephen Hawkins of Bangor University, Electronics Engineers, Gdansk, Poland, Technology Scott Karakas collaborative proposals that span the Atlantic and conduct Gov. Charlie Crist and President Wilson G. Bradshaw them along a five-point continuum that expressed their May 19-21. to Facilitate comparative studies. Sandra King-Kauanui spiritual commitment to work. Learning in a Janusz Zalewski, Andrew Large-Enrollment Online Introduction “Bangor University has particularly strong programs in natural and ocean sciences,” says The group concluded that existing models that attempt to measure entrepreneurs’ Kornecki, Brian Butka, College of to the Visual and Performing Arts,” The President Wilson G. Bradshaw. “Given that environmental and marine sciences are two of the motivation, customer commitment, service and job satisfaction miss the mark because they Business, Computer Information Systems International Journal of Learning, Vol. 14 flagship programs for FGCU, we are very excited about entering into a partnership with Bangor and Decision Sciences, Ph.D., “Safety Issue 12, pp. 201-16. don’t address the spiritual connection – or lack thereof – to work. Concerns for Tool Use in the Design of University for scientific and student exchange.” When examining spirituality, she says, “I define it as an integration of self. For some Complex Electronic Hardware,” sev- Charlie Mesloh, Thompson, F., Bradshaw and FGCU delegates dean of College of Arts and Sciences Donna Price Henry enth European Dependable Computing Wargo, B., Collie, K., & Berry, C., and professor and marine sciences chair Aswani Volety, were part of a team of 100 influential people that includes a religious perspective, but not for everyone. It’s more about doing Conference, Gesellschaft fur Informatik, College of Professional Studies, Justice Floridians who joined Florida Gov. Charlie Crist in London last summer to discuss aerospace, what you believe in and it doesn’t have to mean changing the world. It can just be Kaunas, Lithuania, May 7-9. Studies , Ph. D, “Modular 12 Gauge Shotgun Beanbag Accuracy Study,” Journal aviation and alternative energy. providing quality service, a good relationship with customers, a good place for employees.” Janusz Zalewski, Slawomir of Testing and Evaluation, monthly, pp. Wierzchon, College of Business, 1-4. Why does this matter? Computer Information Systems and “Entrepreneurship is extremely important in growing our economy,” she says. “We Decision Sciences, Ph.D., “Combining Carl Pacini, Raymond Placid and FGCU launches online rideshare matching program Bayesian Networks and Rough Sets,” Wayne Cecil, College of Business, have to think about the message we’re sending to kids. If we tell them it’s all about money Fifth International Conference on Neural Finance and Accounting, Ph.D., J.D., CPA, In an effort to save fuel and decrease and it doesn’t pan out right away, it makes it easier for them to bail.” Networks, Belarusian Academy of Sciences, “IRS Enforcement Activities: Past, Present traffic on area roads, the FGCU Department Minsk, Belarus, May 27-30. and Future,” The Tax Adviser, monthly, pp. of Environmental Health and Safety has For boomers, what’s important has changed over the years with spirituality looming 10-18, 448-455. large now. partnered with the University’s Student Carl Pacini, Ray Placid and Government to develop www.Ride2FGCU.com, an online rideshare matching system designed “Even those who made money realize it’s not making them happy,” she says. “I see a Publications Christine Wright-Isak, College to assist commuters find a carpool partner or a walking, biking or bus buddy. lot of successful entrepreneurs creating foundations, finding ways to give back to society.” Paul Asfour, of Business, Finance and Accounting, Ph.D., J.D., C.P.A., “Fighting Economic This service is free of charge for the user and is limited to enrolled students, faculty and staff She says she could find no correlation between happiness at work and how much College of of the University. Professional Espionage with State Trade Secret money someone made. Those who were most fulfilled had integrated spirituality of some Studies, Justice Laws,” International Journal of Law and Matches are created by those with similar schedules and by those who live in the same Studies, J.D., Management, Vol. 50 Issue 3, pp. 121- vicinity, or drivers may pick up other commuters along their route to campus. Ride2FGCU is sort into their approach to work. 135. “Some pray at work, pray for guidance and trust that it will come if they do the right M.B.A., guest also equipped to match students on one-time trips for events or going home for the weekend. opinion on Cape Jo Stecher, “With the high price of gas, Ride2FGCU is a great way to save money, and to do thing,” she says. “Some use meditation, some use journaling or reflective thinking. They are Coral utility project, Nursing, Ph.D. (c), something good for the environment,” says Kathleen Crawford, FGCU executive secretary for looking within to what’s really important to them.” The News-Press, M.A., R.N., C.C.T.C., June 16. Paul Asfour “Allow Natural Environmental Health and Safety. “Sharing the driving just one day per week with one other King-Kauanui came to FGCU from California Polytechnic University, where she holds James Brock, Death vs. Do Not person can shave 10 percent off a fuel budget, and increasing the number of riders and number emeritus status. College of Arts and Sciences, Humanities Resuscitate,” of days the savings can potentially go up even higher.” In California, she encountered many MBAs who burned out professionally in their 40s. and Arts, “Dresses: Ingrid, 1966,” American Journal For details about Ride2FGCU, visit http://www.Ride2FGCU.com. “Dresses: Kimberly, 1954,” and “Dresses: of Nursing, month- “It comes from being so disconnected from themselves, being one person at work, another Mr. America, 1988,” Babel Fruit, quarterly, ly, pp. 11. Jo Stecher at home,” she says. “Many concluded that the only way to incorporate the two worlds was Web publication; “Palmetto and Pine,” Arie van Duijn, to have their own businesses.” StorySouth, quarterly, Web publication. Jeffrey Coe, Thomas Bevins, FGCU, Naples Chamber team up John Cox, College of Arts & Sciences, Lynda Jack, College of Health The Florida Gulf Coast University Office of Continuing Education and the Greater Naples She plans to continue her research here and involve her students by having them Professions, Physical Therapy and Human Social and Behavioral Sciences, Ph.D., Chamber of Commerce have joined forces to help business and industry partners in Naples and conduct interviews with people in various businesses to see what role spirituality plays in “Raul Hilberg: In Memoriam,” Journal Performance, Ed.D., “The Relationship between Patients’ Perceptions of Collier County access high quality and cost-effective professional development programs locally. their professional lives. of Jewish Identities, Quarterly 2008, pp. 15-22. Treatment Outcomes and Overall Patient “Now that Florida Gulf Coast University is embarking upon its second decade, these are “I’m still doing what I love,” she says, “and I want to share it with my students so they Satisfaction,” Journal of Health Policy and exactly the type of partnerships that will help extend our reach and further solidify us as a true Nicola Foote, College of Arts & Administration, Vol. 8 Issue 1, pp. J1-J7. will have the freedom to think outside the box.” Sciences, Social and Behavioral Sciences, regional university,” says FGCU President Wilson G. Bradshaw. Ph.D., “Review of Gender, Indian, Nation: The first program to be offered, “Ethics, Leadership & Trust,” is set for Nov. 5 at the Moorings Presbyterian Church.
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Welcome Back New FGCU faculty and staff introduce themselves at the annual Welcome Back ceremony. At right, FGCU President Wilson G. Bradshaw and his wife, Jo Anna, enjoy the festivities. Bo b Klein Bo b Klein Bo b Klein
Message of hope This year’s featured convocation speaker, Ishmael Beah, tells FGCU students, parents, faculty and staff of his struggles in Sierra Leone during the country’s destructive civil war. The 26-year-old is the author of “A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier,” an account of his life and his battle to regain his humanity.
Back to school Students flock to the FGCU campus for the fall semester as classes commence in late August.
Beach party Fraternity brothers and friends gather for some fun in the sun
at the North Village beachfront in early September. E d C lement 48 Fa l l 2008
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