$1 Million Gift from Couple to Expand UT Research Into Pancreatic Cancer

utnews.utoledo.edu OCT. 15, 2018 VOLUME 19, ISSUE 8 $1 million gift from couple to expand UT research into pancreatic cancer

By Tyrel Linkhorn

oledo businessman Hal Fetterman faculty researcher to the UT College of Tand his wife, Susan Fetterman, have Medicine and Life Sciences. The remaining pledged $1 million to The University of $500,000 will be split between covering Toledo to fund new research into treatments the costs of an upcoming clinical drug trial for pancreatic cancer, the third leading cause at UT Medical Center and supporting a of cancer death in the United States. grant competition among faculty cancer The donation is in honor of Hal researchers. Fetterman’s sister, Joyce Schwyn, and “The University of Toledo is grateful three close friends who lost their lives to for the incredible generosity of Hal and pancreatic cancer. Susan Fetterman,” UT President Sharon “They were the ones who inspired me L. Gaber said. “The Fettermans have been to go in this particular direction,” Fetterman loyal supporters of UT for years, and this said. “There are people passing away from new investment in the University will pancreatic cancer all the time. The ultimate support important advances in medical goal of this gift would be a cure for the care.” disease.” Pancreatic cancer is relatively rare The Fetterman’s donation will establish accounting for just 3 percent of all new Photo by Randy Mascharka the UT Medical Center Pancreatic Cancer cancer cases in the United States, but it is Research Innovation Fund. Half of the gift to blame for 7 percent of all cancer deaths. THANK YOU: Hal Fetterman, center, was thanked last week by Dr. Christopher Cooper, executive will be dedicated to recruiting a top-tier According to the National Cancer Institute, vice president of clinical affairs and dean of the College of Medicine and Life Sciences, and President Sharon L. Gaber after signing a pledge to give the University $1 million to research pancreatic cancer continued on p. 3 treatments.

UT, Toledo Museum of Art partner to advance visual literacy

By Meghan Cunningham

he University of Toledo and Toledo “This collaboration will provide our TMuseum of Art announced Friday a students engaging lessons within their strengthened partnership that will advance disciplines that will give them a step visual literacy education. up when it comes to better explaining The new initiative will provide their complex scientific data graphically opportunities for UT students across all or connecting in a new way with the majors to master the ability to “speak community to solve important social visual” through targeted curriculum issues,” Gaber said. “Visual literacy is an modules incorporated into their existing important skill for our students who are the course offerings. future leaders of our community and our The Association of College & world. We are excited to strengthen our Research Libraries defines visual literacy as partnership with the museum to advance a set of abilities that enables an individual this discipline.” to effectively find, interpret, evaluate, use “Learning to read, understand and and create images and visual media. Visual write visual language is an ability that helps literacy is a skill that is critical to effective all aspects of life,” Kennedy said. “The communication, creativity and design visually literate person uses sensory skills thinking. for critical thinking, by better interpreting UT President Sharon L. Gaber and the world around us, thereby advancing TMA Director Brian Kennedy signed a opportunity for a more productive and memorandum of understanding for the engaged life.” Photo by Daniel Miller collaboration at a ceremony Oct. 12 in the This collaboration leverages the VISUAL AID: UT President Sharon L. Gaber and Toledo Museum of Art Director Brian Kennedy Museum’s Great Gallery. strengths of TMA’s Center of Visual showed off the memorandum of understanding they signed Friday for the University and Museum to continued on p. 3 work together to advance visual literacy education. OCT. 15, 2018 NEWS UT professor honored for technology commercialization efforts

hio Department of Higher Education commercial ventures. He directs the Center operating room and a few other FDA- our world-class faculty play in economic OChancellor John Carey presented the for Orthopaedic Research Excellence that approved products, the bases for the development,” said Dan Krane, chair of the 2018 Ohio Faculty Council Technology brings together UT faculty from a number of two startups, Spinal Balance Inc. and Ohio Faculty Council. “Dr. Goel’s and Commercialization Award to The University disciplines, such as engineering, medicine, OsteoNovus Inc.” Dr. Lee’s work are outstanding examples of of Toledo’s Dr. Vijay Goel in Columbus kinesiology and physical therapy. He is an Dr. Jay Lee from the University of the ingenuity and entrepreneurship taking Oct. 12. inventor on 42 invention disclosures at the Cincinnati also was recognized as the place on campuses across the state that Goel was University, has 25 issued patents, and the runner-up for this year’s award. He was are greatly facilitated by our institution’s recognized for his Libra pre-sterilized pedicle screw system is honored for his development of Watchdog investment in higher education and accomplishments being widely used in trauma, deformity and Agent — a collection of machine learning commitment to academic freedom.” toward the degenerative applications in the spine. and artificial intelligence software tools The Ohio Faculty Council represents development and In nominating Goel for the award, UT that can be customized for predictive health the faculty at all of the four-year public commercialization Provost Andrew Hsu wrote, “He contributes monitoring and diagnosis of equipment and universities in the state. It addresses of the Libra to the UT mission in many ways, but he systems in many diverse applications. concerns common to faculty members Pedicle Screw is exceptional in his ability to translate The Ohio Faculty Council launched across Ohio and presents a faculty System, which is his funded research into licensing and its annual Technology Commercialization perspective on major issues affecting higher being used in a commercialization opportunities.” Award in 2016 to recognize a faculty education. It is committed to supporting growing number “I am honored to receive this member in the state university system and bringing attention to the critical role of hospitals and Technology Commercialization Award for exceptional research discoveries and that Ohio’s institutions of higher education Goel spinal surgery on behalf of UT and my bioengineering the role they have played in supporting play in revitalizing the economy of the state centers. colleagues and collaborators, Dr. Anand the translation of those discoveries into and the nation by attracting and training He has been a professor of Agarwal, Dr. Sarit Bhaduri and several marketable products and/or services. an educated workforce. Learn more at bioengineering at the University since 2001 others,” Goel said. “As faculty researchers, “The public university system of ohiofacultycouncil.org. and has demonstrated outstanding success we look for opportunities to solve problems. Ohio is a critical incubator for innovation, in translating his research into patented I am proud we were able to do that with and the Ohio Faculty Council embraces technologies that serve as a foundation for LIBRA to combat contamination in the the opportunity to recognize the role that

Supply side Day of Giving events Oct. 16 and 17 et ready and get involved: UT’s coins to play games, at which they Gannual Day of Giving is this week. can earn tickets for prizes; donations The fundraising campaign, Rocket may be made with cash, credit cards Forward: You Launch Lives, will begin at and Rocket dollars. It’s $1 to pet a midnight Tuesday, Oct. 16, and will last pup! until noon Wednesday, Oct. 17. • Taco Tuesday from noon to 2 p.m. Alumni, faculty and staff members, in Rocket Hall. Donations will be students, and friends of the University who accepted for lunch at this event support its mission are encouraged to give sponsored by University College. during this second annual Day of Giving. • Zumba Class at 8 p.m. between Go to rocketforward.utoledo.edu. Ottawa East and Ottawa West. And check out some of the events Donate to attend the class. taking place Tuesday, Oct. 16: From 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, • Meet and Greet with the President Oct. 17, stop by Rocket Hall Room 1300 from 8 to 9 a.m. in the Collier and pick up a bagel or doughnut for a Building. Dr. Sharon L. Gaber will donation. meet students, pose for selfies, and For a complete list of events, go to pass out doughnuts and apples. utfoundation.org/rocketforward/events.html. • Fall Fest from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Every donor and every dollar will the Law Center. Donate to decorate make a difference in this 36-hour campaign mini-pumpkins and mugs; play to raise money for student scholarships, cornhole, ring toss and horseshoes; athletic and educational programs, and and eat kettle corn, caramel apples resources for UT’s academic colleges, and cider. among many other areas. • Day of Giving Carnival from Gifts to rocketforward.utoledo.edu 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Centennial during the Day of Giving can be designated Mall. Stop by for games, food to specific funds that support causes donors Photo by Cameron Norton trucks and the dog-petting station. are passionate about, and there are more Participants can donate dollars for than 2,000 funds to support. President Sharon L. Gaber, right, posed for a photo last week with Jacqueline D. Neal, president and CEO of the Ohio Minority Supplier Diversity Council, during a minority supplier event at the Raddison Hotel on Health Science Campus. Current and future minority suppliers came to campus to learn about upcoming bid opportunities at The University of Toledo. The event was sponsored by the Ohio Minority Supplier Diversity Council, a nonprofit corporate membership organization that advances business opportunities for its certified Asian, Black, Hispanic and Native-American business enterprises and connects them to its corporate members. 2 NEWS OCT. 15, 2018 Visual literacy $1 million gift continued from p. 1 continued from p. 1

Expertise and the Museum’s experience The curriculum module options will only lung cancer and colon cancer kill more “Somebody’s got to break the ice. I teaching visual literacy to young K-12 be expanded to be available to all courses Americans than pancreatic cancer. think that more people need to get involved students, as well as professionals in the on campus. The goal is to have the visual Dr. F. Charles Brunicardi, the John with things like this,” Fetterman said. “It’s industrial and manufacturing fields, literacy modules adopted into at least 20 Howard Endowed Professor of Pancreatic not necessarily wanting to leave a legacy, in combination with the strengths of additional courses in spring semester. Surgery and director of the cancer program but I can’t take it with me. God’s been good UT’s Center for the Visual Arts in art The effort is led by Dr. Heidi Appel, in the College of Medicine and Life to me. I didn’t go to college, and I didn’t education, Jesup Scott Honors College in dean of the UT Jesup Scott Honors College, Sciences, said there is already promising have wealthy parents. I’m basically a farm interdisciplinary learning, and UT Libraries and Mike Deetsch, director of education and research being done at UT, and the boy from out in Fulton County. I want to do in supporting information literacy. engagement at TMA, and involves a team Fettermans’ gift will take it to the next step. what I can to help people have a better life.” The initiative began with a pilot of approximately 20 faculty and staff from “I’m deeply honored by the Fettermans’ The Fettermans are longtime supporters honors seminar course co-taught by UT both institutions who are contributing their generosity and their devotion toward finding of UT. In 2007, the couple donated $1 and museum educators and an elective time to this partnership. better treatments for pancreatic cancer,” million to the UT Athletic Department for medical students called Art and The visual literacy initiative was made Brunicardi said. “We feel that we’re on the to build an indoor multi-sport practice Medicine: Using Visual Literacy to Improve possible, in part, with financial support from verge of a big breakthrough. We can cure facility that would ultimately become Diagnostic Skills. Judith Herb, a generous longtime supporter mice of pancreatic cancer. What we need to the Fetterman Training Center. They also of both institutions. do now is translate that into clinical trials, established the Scott Raymond Fetterman and this grant will allow us to do that.” Memorial Scholarship Fund in 1996 for UT Fetterman felt it was important that engineering students. someone make a sizeable donation to draw more attention to the cause and hopefully additional resources to advance treatment options.

3 OCT. 15, 2018 NEWS UT faculty recognized for tenure and promotion

ixty-four University of Toledo faculty the progress that we have made in faculty Dr. Sheryl Milz, College of Health and College of Business and Innovation; Smembers were honored in a special success, the credit goes to the hard work and Human Services; Dr. Edmund Lingan, Dr. Rafael Garcia-Mata, College of Natural 2018-19 tenure and promotion celebration dedication of our faculty.” Dr. Mysoon Rizk, Dr. Sujata Shetty and Sciences and Mathematics; Sept. 28 in Carlson Library. Last year, UT faculty receiving tenure are Dr. Jami Taylor, College of Arts and Letters; Dr. Mouhammad Jumaa, Dr. Krishna 53 faculty members earned tenure and Dr. Hossein Elgafy and Dr. Xin Wang, Elizabeth McCuskey and Evan Zoldan, Reddy and Dr. Diana Shvydka, College of promotion. College of Medicine and Life Sciences. College of Law; Dr. Azedine Medhkour, Medicine and Life Sciences; and Each honoree was asked to select a Appointed as professor with tenure are Dr. Theodor Rais, Dr. Tallat Rizk and Dr. Aravindhan Natarajan, College of book that was instrumental to his or her Dr. Anne Balazs, College of Business and Dr. David Sohn, College of Medicine and Health and Human Services. success, and these books — each containing Innovation, and Dr. Raymond Witte, Judith Life Sciences; and Dr. Devinder Kaur, Faculty promoted to associate professor a bookplate commemorating the honoree’s Herb College of Education. And appointed Dr. Scott Molitor, Dr. Youngwoo Seo, are Dr. Daniel Gehling, Dr. Claudiu milestone — are now housed in the library. as associate professor with tenure is Dr. Gursel Serpen, Dr. Chunhua Sheng, Georgescu, Dr. Bryan Hinch, Dr. Kimberly “We began this tradition when I joined Dr. Denise Bartell, Jesup Scott Honors Dr. Sridhar Viamajala and Dr. Hongyan Jenkins, Dr. Jeremy Laukka, Dr. Terrence UT because we believe recognizing faculty College. Zhang, College of Engineering. Lewis, Dr. Jiayong Liu, Dr. Sumon Nandi helps to foster excellence in research and Faculty members who were promoted Promoted to professor with tenure are and Dr. Syed Zaidi, College of Medicine academics, and helps fuel innovation in all to professor are Dr. Tomer Avidor-Reiss, Dr. Guillermo Vazquez and Dr. Hongyan Li, and Life Sciences; and Dr. Randall Vesely, fields of study,” said President Sharon Dr. Maria Diakonova, Dr. Timothy Mueser College of Medicine and Life Sciences. Judith Herb College of Education. L. Gaber. and Dr. Michael Weintraub, College of Faculty members who received tenure Faculty who received renewal of their “Faculty success, together with student Natural Sciences and Mathematics; and promotion to associate professor titles with tenure are Michelle Cavalieri and success, are two of the highest priorities Dr. Amanda Bryant-Friedrich and include Dr. Wissam AbouAlaiwi, College Bryan Lammon, College of Law. of the University and of the Office of Dr. Frederick Williams, College of of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences; And Dr. George Darah was promoted the Provost,” said Provost Andrew Hsu. Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences; Dr. Halim Ayan and Dr. Eda Yildirim- to clinical associate professor in the College “We have implemented a number of new Dr. Florian Feucht and Dr. Tod Shockey, Ayan, College of Engineering; Dr. Liat of Medicine and Life Sciences. programs to enhance faculty success since Judith Herb College of Education; Ben-Moshe, Daniel Hernandez, Dr. Jason “We wish each of these individuals President Gaber joined The University of Dr. Bashar Gammoh and Dr. Margaret Levine, Dr. Thor Mednick and Dr. Daniel continued success at the University, and Toledo. And while the large number of Hopkins, College of Business and Thobias, College of Arts and Letters; ask our campus community to join us in faculty honorees this year demonstrates Innovation; Dr. Tavis Glassman and Dr. Joseph Cooper and Dr. Kainan Wang, congratulating them,” Hsu said.

Photo by Daniel Miller

HONORED: Faculty members posed for a photo with President Sharon L. Gaber and Provost Andrew Hsu during the tenure and promotion celebration held last month in Carlson Library.

4 NEWS OCT. 15, 2018 Filmmakers to show documentary on racism, lead discussion at workshop

By Chase M. Foland

“Man on Fire,” a documentary about about the historical context within which racism, will be screened Thursday, Oct. 18, a situation arises, we are better able to at 6 p.m. in the Thompson Student Union grasp the why and how so we can do things Auditorium. differently and, hopefully, better.” Filmmakers Joel Fendelman and During the Oct. 19 workshop, Dr. James Chase Sanchez will lead a Fendelman and Sanchez will discuss how discussion about their work at “The Salt of whiteness influences everyday conversations the Earth: Workshop on Whiteness, White about race in Grand Saline. The workshop Supremacy and Documentary Filmmaking” also will relate this to broader research on Friday, Oct. 19, at 11:30 a.m. in Carlson the rhetoric of white supremacy. Library Room 1005. “The filmmakers will discuss some of “Man on Fire” focuses on Grand the ethical questions they had while making Saline, Texas, which has a history of racism, the documentary and how their identities a history the community refuses to talk played into it,” Pizio said. about. This shroud of secrecy ended when “We are honored to host the Charles Moore, an elderly white preacher, documentary screening and the workshop in self-immolated to protest the town’s racism order to foster these important discussions in 2014, shining a spotlight on the town’s about racism,” she said. dark past. The free, public events are co- In the 2017 film, Fendelman and sponsored by the Office of Diversity and Sanchez examined the protest and question Inclusion; the College of Arts and Letters; the racism in Grand Saline as it stands the Roger Ray Institute for the Humanities; today. the Department of English, Language and “It’s important for people to realize that Literature; the Department of History; and things like racism and race relations do not the Department of Theatre and Film. exist in a vacuum,” Jennifer Pizio, associate For more information on the free, director in the UT Office for Diversity and public talks, contact the Office of Diversity Inclusion, said. “By taking time to learn and Inclusion at 419.530.2260.

UT to host statewide women’s conference; RSVP by Oct. 26

he American Council on Education Business Development Center, who is networks of leaders in science, technology, Universities Are Impacting Communities TWomen’s Network Ohio will hold its co-chair of the American Council on engineering and mathematics. in Northwest Ohio” will be held Thursday, 20th annual conference at The University Education Women’s Network Ohio and “This year’s theme is ‘Lifting as We Nov. 1, at 4 p.m. in the Driscoll Alumni of Toledo Friday, Nov. 2, in the Thompson chair of the annual conference. “This year Climb,’ and it is a testament to what we Center Auditorium. Student Union. marks the 20th need to do as The panel will feature Gaber, Defiance UT President Sharon L. Gaber will anniversary of women to help College President Richanne C. Mankey, moderate a presidential panel at 8:45 a.m. the conference, one another University of Findlay President Katherine with Lorain County Community College and we be successful Fell, Tiffin University President Lillian President Marcia Ballinger, Capital appreciate professionally,” Schumacher, Lourdes University President University President Elizabeth Paul, Union the support said Gore, who Mary Ann Gawelek and Bluffton University Institute and University President Karen of President is the principal President Jane Wood. The presidents will Schuster Webb, and Kent State University Gaber.” investigator discuss how higher education institutions President Beverly Warren. Sessions for the Ohio play a vital role in their communities. “It is an honor for The University of during the Minority RSVPs are requested by Friday, Toledo to host this conference, and I look daylong event Business Oct. 26; go to utoledo.edu/offices/president/ forward to talking about women in higher will cover Assistance email/ace/ace.html. education leadership roles with presidents several topics, Center Toledo Tickets — $125 and $50 for graduate from institutions in Ohio,” Gaber said. including and the Global students — are available at “We are excited to have the American developing Minority aceohiowomen.org/conference_ Council on Education Women’s Network a career and Business signup.php. About 30 tickets remain. Ohio annual conference come here for the personal plan to reach the executive level; Virtual Development Center. For more information and a detailed first time to The University of Toledo and building feminist futures on and beyond Prior to the conference, a Northwest schedule, go to aceohiowomen.org/plugins/ to northwest Ohio,” said Dr. Shanda Gore, campus; creating transformative space for Ohio Presidential Panel titled “Engaged content/content.php?content.116. executive director of the UT Minority Latinas in higher education; and cultivating Women Leaders: How Colleges and

5 OCT. 15, 2018 NEWS University scholar’s ‘The Oxford Handbook of Disability History’ offers first global chronicle

By Christine Billau

pioneering professor of disability the relationship A studies at The University of Toledo between that is an editor and contributor to “The Oxford individual life Handbook of Disability History.” and its larger Dr. Kim Nielsen, who helped launch historical the first undergraduate degree of its kind in context, and disability studies in the country at UT, is analyzing the one of three editors of the book published questions and by Oxford University Press and one of 30 insights raised experts to write a chapter. by that life “Disability has a generally have much to unacknowledged or even enthusiastically offer scholars denied universality,” Nielsen said. “The and readers,” book is the first volume to represent the Nielsen wrote. global scale of this history, from ancient “A Greece to British West Africa and post- disability World War II Hungary and contemporary analysis Japan.” does not The cover of the book was designed simply mean by a group of artists who work together at discerning Shared Lives Studio in downtown Toledo. whether or “We wanted meaningful, quality not historical art done by a person or persons with subjects have a disabilities, and we found it,” Nielsen said. disability, just “Their work is beautiful.” as a gender or Nielsen’s co-editor Dr. Michael racial analysis Photo by Daniel Miller Rembis, associate professor in the does not Department of History and director of simply mean IN PRINT: Dr. Kim Nielsen is one of three editors of the “The Oxford Handbook of Disability History” and one of 30 experts to the Center for Disability Studies at the discerning the write a chapter. University at Buffalo, will host a public race or sex of lecture at UT titled “A Fact Was No Less historical subjects. A disability approach disability; and historians who followed that incompetent and institutionalized for 20 a Fact Because It Was Told by a Crazy analyzes the role of ableism — built path.” years in a state insane asylum as a patient of Person” Wednesday, Oct. 17, at 4 p.m. in structures and social systems that favor the Nielsen also discusses the use of one of her former male colleagues. Carlson Library Room 1005. nondisabled — in shaping relationships, primary sources, the opportunities to Of the 771 people buried at the “nearly “Dr. Rembis is a skilled historian systems of power, ideals, disparagements, analyze previously unconsidered sources, unmarked cemetery” over a nearly 100-year and storyteller whose work can help us and the multiple ways of being in the and reconsidering the imbalanced power period, Nielsen said, “Only eight of the dead better understand today’s mental health world.” dynamics used to create and archive had the privilege of grave markers. The rest practices and helps us remember that people Nielsen fights back against the common historical sources. lay unnamed and largely unclaimed. The considered mentally ill also live lives with narrative of disability in the Western world “For example, many, if not all, of disregard with which they had been treated family, labor, community institutions and that an individual overcomes or “triumphs the photographs of Millie and Christine in death revealed much about their lives.” day-to-day interactions,” Nielsen said. over the calamity of disability.” McKoy, conjoined twins born into slavery Nielsen also said that disability “This scholarship should be of interest She uses President Franklin Roosevelt in 1851, made under the guise of science, biography can be about nondisabled to all interested in public health policies, as an example showing that his life reveals were sexually exploitive, coerced and subjects, such as Frances Perkins, who disability, history, psychology and social the embedded nature of disability. sensationalistic,” Nielsen wrote. “Many “served as secretary of labor in the change.” “From the time he was first affected people with disabilities live and have lived Franklin Roosevelt administration, while In the introduction to the new book, by polio as a young adult to his death while in times and spaces where they have no simultaneously mothering a daughter, the editors wrote, “By its very nature, an in his fourth term as the U.S. president, recognized right or access to privacy.” providing exclusive financial support for Oxford Handbook offers legitimacy to the wealthy son of a prestigious New York As a historian who is not disabled, her household, and caring for/managing her disability history, an indication of the field’s family was aided by an extensive network Nielsen opens up about the importance of frequently institutionalized husband.” growing import.” of individuals willing to help him pass as visiting places central to individuals who “Perkins was not disabled, but Nielsen’s book chapter is titled nondisabled,” Nielsen wrote. “The FDR were overlooked or hidden away from disability permeated her life,” Nielsen “The Perils and Promises of Disability that most of us know and admire today was society, such as her visit to the grave of the wrote. Biography.” made possible by an intimate network of subject of her current biographical project, Nielson’s most recent book, “A “Telling the life story of someone support; an American public that variably Dr. Anna Ott, a white female physician who Disability History of the United States,” was whose life included disability, unpacking denied, ignored or was ignorant of his died in 1893 after being determined legally published by Beacon Press in 2012.

6 NEWS OCT. 15, 2018 UT harmful algal bloom expert to discuss health of Lake Erie Oct. 18

By Christine Billau

he University of Toledo Lake Erie warning for water treatment plant operators TCenter is hosting a free, public event throughout algal bloom season, which this week about water quality monitoring, the recently ended for the year. search for solutions to harmful algal blooms, He also connects with legislative and how the overall health of Lake Erie has policymakers to raise awareness about his been changing. research exploring ways to protect the lake Dr. Thomas Bridgeman, UT professor and ensure communities continue to have of ecology and director of the UT Lake Erie access to safe drinking water. Center, will give a talk titled “Lake Erie: “I’ll be talking about how much more Still Fishable, Swimmable and Drinkable we know now than we used to and how (Mostly)” Thursday, Oct. 18, at 7 p.m. at the we are getting better at tracking lake water Maumee Bay State Park Lodge, 1750 State conditions and predicting potential problems Park Road in Oregon. so that people can plan ahead,” Bridgeman “Blanket statements about Lake Erie’s said. problems don’t do it justice,” Bridgeman The Lake Erie Center is UT’s freshwater said. “We need to be smart about when, research and science education campus where and how we use the lake, but most of focused on finding solutions to water quality looking for pathways to restore our greatest The shuttle will depart at 6:15 p.m. from the the time the lake is in great shape and people issues that face the Great Lakes, including natural resource for future generations. south side of Bowman-Oddy Laboratories, can still interact with it in fun and healthy harmful algal blooms, invasive species and Bridgeman’s talk is part of the Lake Erie 3100 West Towerview Blvd. Passengers ways.” pollutants. Center’s Public Lecture Series. must reserve a spot by Tuesday, Oct. 16. Bridgeman has monitored, tracked Water quality is a major research focus A shuttle will be available to transport Email [email protected] or call and studied algae in the Great Lakes for at the University. With more than $14 million passengers from UT’s Main Campus to the 419.530.8360 to make a reservation for the nearly two decades. He helps sound the early in active grants underway, researchers are Maumee Bay State Park Lodge and back. shuttle.

Scholar to address mass incarceration epidemic

By Vicki L. Kroll

Dr. John F. Pfaff, professor of law at Fordham prison system imposes staggering economic, social, University, will visit The University of Toledo this week political and racial costs,” he wrote. to give two talks on prison reform. On Tuesday, Oct. 16, Pfaff will give a talk He is the author of the titled “Moving Past the Standard Story: Rethinking 2017 book, “Locked In: the Causes of Mass Incarceration” at 7 p.m. in the The True Causes of Mass Driscoll Alumni Center Auditorium. Incarceration and How to And on Wednesday, Oct. 17, Pfaff will discuss Achieve Real Reform.” “Sentencing Violent Offenders: Rethinking How We “Dr. Pfaff’s research Confront Mass Incarceration” at 11:50 a.m. in Law shows that only by reducing Center Room 1002. the power and discretion “Professor Pfaff will discuss his research of public prosecutors and and recent book, which illuminates the previously reducing the length of underappreciated roles prosecutorial discretion and prison sentences for violent sentencing policy have played in driving up prison offenses will we see any populations,” Heberle said. Pfaff significant reduction in “While it is common to focus on recidivism prison populations,” said rates, crime rates and nonviolent drug offenders as Dr. Renee Heberle, UT professor of political science and causes for mass incarceration, Dr. Pfaff’s careful co-director of the UT Law and Social Thought Program. empirical approach makes very clear that only Pfaff spent 15 years researching imprisonment limiting prosecutorial power and significantly data to try to understand the 40-year boom in U.S. reducing the length of sentences will ultimately incarceration rates. render mass incarceration obsolete,” she said. “The statistics are as simple as they are shocking: The free, public events are sponsored by the The United States is home to 5 percent of the world’s UT College of Law and the UT Law and Social population but 25 percent of its prisoners,” he wrote in Thought Program. the introduction to “Locked In.” For more information, contact Heberle at “Mass incarceration is one of the biggest social [email protected]. problems the United States faces today; our sprawling

7 OCT. 15, 2018 SPORTS Varsity ‘T’ Hall of Fame to induct 2018 class

By Will Edmonds

he University of Toledo Varsity ‘T’ THall of Fame will induct nine former student-athletes Friday, Oct. 19, at the Hilton Garden Inn in Perrysburg. Social hour for the event will begin at 6 p.m., and dinner will follow at 7 p.m. The class also will be introduced at halftime of the UT football game vs. Buffalo Saturday, Oct. 20. Tickets for the Varsity ‘T’ Hall of Fame induction dinner are $45 or $360 for a table of eight and can be purchased by calling the Athletic Development Office at 419.530.5087. The 2018 Varsity ‘T’ Hall of Fame inductees are: Lurley Archambeau, football, 1963 to 1965. He was a three-year starter, playing in the first three years of legendary Rocket Coach Frank Lauterbur’s tenure. In his sophomore and junior seasons, Archambeau started on both the offensive and defensive lines, one of the last two-way players in UT history. He also played on all special teams, meaning he did not come off the field during games. As a senior, Archambeau was the starting center on a team that went 5-5. After graduation, Archambeau was drafted in the 17th round by the Atlanta Falcons, but an injury ended his football career. After graduation, he attended medical school and became the first president of the first class of making the Football News’ First-Team volunteer coach (2002), a graduate assistant in runs (159) and hits (249), fourth in total the former Medical College of Ohio. He has Freshman All-American squad and Football coach (2003 to 2004), and assistant coach bases (356), tied for fourth in doubles (46), been in private psychiatry practice in Toledo News’ All-MAC First-Team. He also (2005 to 2009) and director of high school and seventh in RBIs (131). An outfielder, for the past 43 years and has served his alma received the Norman Cohen award for UT’s relations (2010). While on the coaching Dobson was drafted by the St. Louis mater as a counselor for Rocket student- Most Outstanding Freshman football player staff, Boyd recruited First-Team All-MAC Cardinals in the 40th round of the 2004 athletes for four decades. in 1998. His biggest play came in the fourth players Barry Church, Archie Donald, Major League Baseball draft. quarter with an interception against Central Jermaine Robinson and Eric Page. Church Andy Boyd, football, 1998 to 2001. Michigan that set up the game-winning and Page would go on to become All- Ari Fisher, women’s track and field/ He was a walk-on who became a four- field goal to help Toledo take the MAC Americans. Boyd went into private business cross country, 2008 to 2012. Fisher made year starter at safety. During his collegiate West Division title. Boyd had 61 tackles in 2010 and returned to the program as color All-MAC six times in her career as a career, Boyd always seemed to make the and three interceptions as a sophomore, commentator on Rocket football broadcasts distance runner, three times in cross country big play in the biggest games. Boyd totaled and 95 tackles and three picks as a junior in from 2011 to 2015. and three times in track and field. She is one 314 tackles and 10 interceptions. He made 2000. That 2000 team went 10-1 and was of only five runners in MAC history to win the Mid-American Conference Academic one of the strongest defensive teams ever at Sean Dobson, baseball, 2001 to 2004. back-to-back cross country titles, achieving Honor Roll in 1999, 2000 and 2001. During UT, racking up three shutouts and holding He made First-Team All-MAC, First-Team that feat in 2009 and 2010. She qualified for his junior year in 2000, he also was named opponents to 14 points or fewer in seven All-Region and was named an All-American the NCAA Cross Country Championship All-MAC by the Sporting News. Boyd games. Boyd made the game-saving tackle by College Baseball Insider.com in 2004. Meet three times in her career, earning also was named UT’s Most Outstanding on the final play in a 31-26 defeat of Tony He hit .394 that season and set UT records All-America honors in 2010. Fisher won Defensive back in 1999, 2000 and 2001. Romo and Eastern Illinois that season. In for total bases (152), RBI (63) and doubles the individual title as a sophomore in 2009, During Boyd’s time at UT, the Rockets had 2001, Boyd was named a team captain. He (23), while also scoring 60 runs. He led the pacing UT to a second-place finish. She then a 33-13 record (22-8 MAC) and won MAC had 82 tackles and one interception. He team in hitting in 2002 with a .387 average, took ninth place at the NCAA Regionals and West Division titles in 1998, 2000 and 2001. broke up the potential game-winning pass knocking in 34 runs and scoring 33. In qualified for her first NCAA Championship In Boyd’s senior year, the Rockets won in the end zone on fourth down to clinch 2003, he hit .367 and led the team with 60 Meet. A year later, she won the MAC title the MAC Championship and 2001 Motor Toledo’s 23-16 victory over Cincinnati runs scored. Dobson finished his career as again, leading the Rockets to a MAC title. City Bowl. He had 76 tackles and three in the 2001 Motor City Bowl. After UT’s leader in runs, hits and doubles. He She was third at the NCAA Regionals and interceptions as a redshirt freshman in 1998, graduation, Boyd served the Rockets as a ranks second in batting average (.371), third 26th at the NCAA Championship Meet. In

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2011, Fisher came in third place at the MAC Jared Miller, men’s tennis, 2005 to kickoff returner. He was selected by Walter Naama Shafir, women’s basketball, Championships as UT again won the team 2009. He was a four-time All-MAC tennis Camp and the Sporting News as a First- 2008 to 2013. She was a four-time All-MAC title. She was 17th at the NCAA Regionals player and three-time team captain during Team All-American at kickoff returner, the selection and is one of only two players and 76th at the NCAA Championship Meet, his collegiate career. His overall record was first Rocket to make first-team on a major (Kim Knuth) in program history to earn helping UT to its highest national finish 128-108, including a 42-28 mark at No.1 All-America team since Gene Swick in all-conference accolades on four occasions. ever (21st place). Injuries hampered her singles and No. 1 doubles as a senior. He 1975. He also was named MAC Special Shafir wrapped up her collegiate career track career, but she was named the league’s earned a spot on the All-MAC Tournament Teams Player of the Year and the National ranked first in UT annals in assists (722, Outstanding Distance Runner at the 2010 Team in 2008 and 2009. In his senior Kickoff Returner of the Year by College third most in MAC history), minutes played Indoor Championship when she won the 5K year, Miller helped lead the Rockets to the Football Performance Awards. In his junior (4,218), games played (139) and games by more than 26 seconds. In 2011, she set MAC Tournament title match, their best season, Page became only the third person started (139). She also ranked second in the MAC record in the 5K at the Iowa State finish in 36 years, and was ranked No. 8 in in NCAA Football Bowl Subdivision history free-throw attempts (696), third in steals meet. Her time of 16:04.56 was one of the doubles in the Midwest Region. Miller was to make First-Team All-League at three (227) and made free throws (538), fourth top 10 fastest times in the world that year. a three-time Academic All-MAC choice positions: wide receiver, kickoff returner in field-goal attempts (1,476), and fifth in She was one of the favorites to win the 5K and was twice named MAC Male Scholar- and punt returner. He shattered the UT points (1,874). Additionally, Shafir was sixth at the NCAA Indoor Championships that Athlete of the Week. In 2009, he earned the reception mark by catching 125 passes and in field goals made (601), seventh in free- year, but an injury forced her to withdraw MAC Men’s Tennis Senior Sportsmanship was one of four national finalists for the throw percentage (.773), and tied for ninth from the race. In 2012, she won the 10K at Award and the Intercollegiate Tennis Paul Hornung Award, given annually to the in scoring average (13.5 points per game). the MAC Outdoor Championships. Association Division I Men’s Midwest nation’s most versatile player. He set the UT As a freshman, Shafir averaged 11.7 points Arthur Ashe Sportsmanship Award. Miller record and tied Randy Moss’ MAC record and 4.5 assists, earning honorable mention Laura Lindsay, women’s swimming nabbed numerous team awards, including when he caught five TD passes in one game All-MAC honors. A year later, she earned and diving, 2008 to 2011. She was a Newcomer of the Year (2005-06); Most vs. Northern Illinois in 2011. At the end of second-team all-league honors, averaging two-time All-American and three-time Improved Player (2005-06 and 2006-07); his college career, he was tied for the most 14.3 points and 6.7 assists, leading UT to All-MAC swimmer who helped lead Team Leadership Award (2006-07, 2007- career receptions by any player in MAC the MAC Championship title game for Toledo to MAC Championships in 2010 08, 2008-09) and Most Valuable Player history. the first time since 2001. As a junior in and 2012. She earned All-America honors (all four years). In 2009, Miller was voted the 2010-11 season, Shafir averaged 15.3 in the breaststroke in 2011 and 2012, the UT’s Most Valuable Male Senior by the Lena Richards-Crider, softball, points and 5.1 assists, earning First-Team only Rocket woman swimmer to make UT Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. 1995 to 1996. She is a two-time First-Team All-MAC honors. The Rockets finished in All-America twice in her career. In 2012, In 2009, he was honored for having the All-MAC selection. As a junior in 1995, first place in the MAC that year and went Lindsay swam the fifth fastest time at the highest GPA among all UT male student- she led the Rockets in nine categories: on to win the WNIT Championship. She NCAA Championships in the 100-yard athletes. Miller graduated with a bachelor’s slugging percentage (.439), runs (40), was named MVP of the tournament, scoring breaststroke, swimming in the B final degree in chemistry with concentration in hits, (69), at-bats (212 — which ties for 40 points against USC in the championship and winning the event. She also swam biochemistry. He went to medical school fifth place in MAC history), doubles (13), game, a 76-68 Rocket victory before a the 200-yard breaststroke at the NCAA and works in general pediatrics and primary sacrifices (18), total bases (93), stolen bases record crowd in Savage Arena. Shafir played Championships twice, making her a four- care sports medicine with St. Vincent (12) and home runs (3). These impressive in only four games in 2011-12 due to a knee time NCAA qualifier. Lindsay set three Medical Group in Kokomo, Ind. season stats helped her earn a spot on the injury, but came back in 2012-13 to lead MAC records in the breaststroke and still First-Team All-MAC and First-Team All- UT to a 29-4 record (15-1 MAC). She once holds two all-time UT individual records, Eric Page, football, 2009 to 2011. Mideast Region lists. She was the MAC’s again earned First-Team All-MAC honors, as well as the MAC record in the 200 breast Page’s 306 receptions are the most in Hitter of the Week and was nominated for averaging 12.8 points and 4.6 assists. She (2:09.72). Over her career, Lindsay won six Toledo history and the 12th most in NCAA National Hitter of the Week after batting was runner-up for MAC Player of the Year MAC titles, one each in the 100 and 200 history. He also leads Toledo with 3,446 .600 (12 for 20) with seven RBI, four runs and a regional finalist for the Women’s breaststroke, and four in medley relays. As receiving yards. He holds the single-season scored, three sacrifices, two doubles, and Basketball Coaches Association’s All- a sophomore, Lindsay was part of the MAC mark for catches, snagging 125 passes as a grand slam over six games against No. America Team. An excellent student, Shafir Championship 200- and 400-medley relay a junior in 2011, and ranks first all-time in 6 Michigan and Eastern Michigan (1995). earned Academic All-MAC honors three teams, earning second-team all-conference. career kickoff return average (27.3). Page She also pitched an 8-0 shutout over Eastern times. She was part of the winningest class A year later, Lindsay finished in second was a three-time All-MAC selection who Michigan during that same stretch. In 1996, in school history, helping UT post a 107-31 place in both the 100- and 200-breaststroke, earned first-team All-America honors as a Richards-Crider made First-Team All-MAC overall ledger and a 54-10 MAC mark, with taking home First-Team All-MAC honors. kickoff returner in 2010, a year in which again. She was named MAC Co-Hitter of two MAC regular-season titles (2010-11, As a senior, she won both of those races he averaged 31.1 yards per return and the Week April 15 after hitting .692 (9 for 2012-13), and four-consecutive MAC West- at the MAC Championships, as well as scored three TDs. In 2009, Page led the 13) with two runs, one double, and a pair Division crowns, as well as advancing to participating in the 200- and 400-medley nation’s freshmen with 82 receptions and of stolen bases. Richards-Crider is vice the postseason each year. After graduation, relay teams that won league titles. Lindsay, 1,159 receiving yards. He earned second- president of development and marketing for Shafir returned to her native Israel, where who was named Toledo’s team MVP in team All-MAC honors and was named a A Kid Again, a nonprofit organization in she has played professional basketball for 2011 and 2012, was a USA Olympic top 10 Freshman All-American by Phil Steele and Columbus, Ohio, that works to foster hope, Elitzur Ramla, Maccabi Ramat Hen and qualifier in the 100- and 200-breaststroke in College Football News. As a sophomore, happiness and healing for families raising Maccabi Bnot Ashdod. 2012, and top 25 qualifier in 2016. Page caught 99 passes and was named children with life-threatening illnesses. First-Team All-MAC as both a receiver and

9 OCT. 15, 2018 NEWS Winter intersession registration to start Oct. 17 In memoriam

By Bailey Sparks Ilana J. Iwens Kennell, Bowling Green, Ohio, who taught piano in the Department of he University of Toledo will open class and the winter intersession could play an Music from 1990 until her retirement in Tregistration for winter intersession integral role in the education process.” 2010, died Oct. 3 at age 66. In 2003, she was Wednesday, Oct. 17. Over winter break, a number of named the Northwest Ohio District Teacher Winter intersession runs from resources will remain available to students: of the Year by the Ohio Music Teachers Monday, Dec. 17, through Friday, Jan. 11. the libraries, Career Services, student Association, which two years later, along with Courses are accelerated and may vary in support and financial aid. the Music Teachers National Association, length based on the mode of delivery and “Registration dates for intersession are recognized her as a Nationally Certified instructor. the same as for spring semester, including College Teacher of the Year. The Milwaukee “This is a great opportunity for students for various priority and credit hour-related native recorded contemporary chamber music with the Access and Orion labels, and to get ahead or catch up as they pursue their windows,” Ayres said. Kennell degrees,” said Dr. R. William Ayres, senior For more information, including 2019 she performed on National Public Radio. vice provost for academic affairs. “We want programming and registration requirements, Tributes are suggested to the Department of Music through the UT to help students stay on track to graduate, visit utoledo.edu/winter-intersession. Foundation; go to give2ut.utoledo.edu. Julie A. (James) Murden, Toledo, who worked at MCO, died Oct. 2 at age 70. She was hired in 1988 and retired in 2001, and was a heart transplant administrator and data control technician. Sharon M. (Schon) Spencer, Toledo, who was a secretary at the University from 1997 until her retirement in 2010, died Oct. 8 at age Spend your winter 72. break with UToledo

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By Angela Riddel

he University of Toledo Department of audition. Additional audition forms will be TTheatre and Film will hold two sets of available the evening of tryouts. auditions this fall. Performances for “The Pillowman” The first auditions, for the play “The will be held Feb. 1-10. Performances for the Pillowman,” will be held Monday and “Into the Woods” are April 5-20. Rehearsal Tuesday, Oct. 22-23. schedules will be determined after the The second set will be for the musical shows are cast. “Into the Woods” and will be held Tuesday Written by Martin McDonagh, “The and Wednesday, Nov. 13-14. Pillowman” will be directed by Quincy All auditions will take place from Joyner, UT assistant lecturer of theatre. 6 to 9 p.m. in the Center for Performing Arts The play is about a fiction writer who is Studio Theatre. interrogated by police because the content Auditions are open to everyone, of his stories is horrifyingly similar to a including members of the community. Cast string of recent child murders. members do not need to be UT students. “Into the Woods” will be directed by Parking is free during the auditions. Dr. Edmund Lingan, UT professor and chair For the play auditions, participants of theatre. Based on the book by James should prepare a one-minute monologue Lapine, the production features music and that must be memorized. For the musical, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Four fictional they must prepare a theatre song. characters are taken out of their fairy tale Scripts are available for a 24-hour loan stories and given the chance to make their period and are in the department office. deepest wishes come true. The characters Photo by Cameron Norton Sign-up sheets and audition forms are find themselves on a quest that somehow posted on the production call board near the becomes intertwined with the other Army Col. Jonathan Beasley, right, was inducted into the UT Army ROTC Hall of Fame during a dressing rooms in the Center for Performing characters’ journeys. ceremony Oct. 3 at the Alumni Paviliion. He received a plaque from Army Lt. Col. Michael Penney, Arts. Audition forms can be filled out in UT professor and chair of military science and leadership. Beasley became the second member of advance, but they must be brought to the the UT Army ROTC Hall of Fame, which was established in 2016 to recognize alumni who earned a commission at UT or a partnership school and has demonstrated exceptional leadership in his or her military or civilian career; exhibitied inspirational character; and has contributed significantly to the development of cadets and/or supported the UT Army ROTC Program. Beasley graduated from the UT Army Reserve Officers Training Corps in 1994 with a bachelor’s degree in political science and geography. He returned to UT from 2009 to 2012 as military commander of the U.S. Army ROTC Rocket Battalion and professor and chair of military science. Beasley’s tours of duty include Kosovo in 1999, Iraq in 2006, and Afghanistan in 2004 and 2008. He is the deputy chief of staff for the Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Organization, a combat support organization of the U.S. Department of Defense.

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UT alumnus Hayden Henningsen took this photo while jogging recently on campus. He graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor of business administration degree in marketing in 2017 and is a marketing specialist at 2-Scale in Holland, Ohio.

Photo by Hayden Henningsen 11 OCT. 15, 2018 SPORTS Rocket fans have chance to win Jeep at football game Oct. 20

By Katherine Jamtgaard

he University has teamed up again fans and iHeartRadio Twith Yark Chrysler-Jeep-Dodge-Ram, listeners the chance to Bud Light, and iHeart Media for the Toledo drive away from a game Rocket Fan Jeep Giveaway contest. Rocket in a brand-new Jeep fans will have the opportunity to win a new from Yark Automotive Jeep Wrangler at the Saturday, Oct. 20, Group. It’s just one football game against Buffalo. more exciting part of “We value being local and working Rocket Nation.” with local partners to provide the people NewsRadio 1370 of Toledo with products and services they and 92.9 WSPD has love,” said John Miller, a representative of been the flagship home Treu House of Munch, which has been part of UT football for 52 of Toledo since 1875. “This has been one of years, and now games the biggest and most successful marketing may be heard on the programs we participate in because the free iHeartRadio app. people of Toledo support all things Toledo.” The contest will “We are very excited to be sponsoring run through Saturday, our third year of the Toledo Rocket Fan Oct. 20, with the winner Jeep Giveaway,” added Doug Kearns, receiving the keys vice president of Yark Automotive Group. to a brand new 2018 Toledo-made Jeep • Go online and enter at be given a key to the Jeep, with one lucky “We love to support our hometown Toledo Wrangler. RocketFanYarkJeep.com or fan’s key starting the vehicle. For the chance Rockets as they go after another Mid- Contest participants must be 21 years WIOT.com. to win, all entrants must be at the Oct. 20 American Conference Championship this of age or older to enter. There are three • Enter to win at the UT vs. Buffalo game. season.” ways to enter (limited to one entry per football game Saturday, Oct. 20. The Toledo Rocket Fan Jeep Giveaway “The University of Toledo and the Jeep person) to win: Two finalists will be selected via contest is sponsored by Yark Chrysler-Jeep- Wrangler represent some of the best we • Text JEEP to 81530 to enter for a text or online entry with the third finalist Dodge-Ram, Bud Light and iHeart Media. have to offer in Toledo,” said iHeartRadio chance to qualify (standard message being selected at the game. The winner Toledo Market President Kellie Holeman. and data rates apply). will be announced at halftime during the “We’re thrilled to once again give Rocket UT-Buffalo game. All three finalists will

Men’s, women’s basketball season preview Oct. 24

By Brian DeBenedictis

he University of Toledo will host The Rockets will T“Tricks, Treats and Dunks,” presented participate in a game by Paramount Advantage, a special basket- of Knockout that will ball season preview Wednesday, Oct. 24, at feature players from 6 p.m. in Savage Arena. Admission is free. both teams, a Rocket The evening will begin with trick-or- Kids Club member, treating for kids from 6 to 7 p.m. at stations a UT student and a located in the arena concourses, pumpkin fan. The event will decorating, and a haunted house inside conclude with a Fetterman Gym. slam-dunk contest Fans can dress in their Halloween for the men’s team. costumes and get treats and prizes. Free Fans can basketball schedule posters will be provided purchase snacks for fans to get autographs from UT women’s from the concession and men’s basketball players. stands as they watch At 7 p.m., the fun moves to Nichols the action and listen Court, where a contest for best Halloween to music from a DJ. costumes will be judged. Prizes will be In conjunction given out to best costumes for children. with “Tricks, Treats There also will be raffle prizes for both fans and Dunks,” the and UT students throughout the night. Residence Hall Following the Halloween costume Association will host its annual Halloween residence halls following the conclusion of Free parking will be available in lots contest, the 2018-19 UT women’s and Walk. Children and families will have the the event in Savage Arena. 3, 4 and 5, which are adjacent to Savage men’s basketball teams will be introduced. opportunity for more trick-or-treating in the Arena.