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This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the University Archives at DigitalCommons@EMU. It has been accepted for inclusion in Alumni News by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@EMU. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Inside: Class act: What's new at the College of Education A conversation with EMU President Sam Kirkpatrick Talking football with Charlie Batch of the Steelers E..'\r111plar Editor's Note

can scill remember my cenacity and dedicacion of firsc day of class ac those problem-solvers, and Eascern Michigan the scale of challenges they' re Universicy as if ic was confronting, chat inspire yesterday. I remember today's feelings of awe. che car 1 drove char day This first issue of (a Gremlin!), che color back­ Exemplar is the opening chap­ pack I heaved around (EMU ter in that unfolding scory. l green), and che sense of awe l hope you'll scay around to see felc at being in a place so large how it ends. and dauncing. This was nor A WORD ABOUT Plymouch Salem High School OUR NAME: Exemplar, anymore. defined as "one chat is wor­ Fasc-forward 22 years. thy of imitation; model," is Thankfully, the Gremlin is Travels with Charlie: That's me on the left with the Steelers' Charlie Batch 1'98). one of three words - che och­ long gone, and my backpack is ers are Equity and Excellence now a briefrase, packed each nighc wich a laptop. Bue chose feel­ 1976. ings of wonder and reverence are scill with me coday on campus. As edicor of this new Universiry magazine, I've been given a r f ont-row sear during an unprecedenced momenc of opporcunity and challenge for EMU and perhaps all of higher educacion. How well we succeed in meecing che complex and ofcen conflict­ ing expectations of students, our stare and society at large increasingly depends on how well we anticipate and innovate. I've seen many examples already of EMU people and pro­ grams Finding solucions to emerging problems. It is the speed,

EMILY HAMLIN: Emily BARRIE BARBER: JOHN A. WOODS: John AMIR GAMZU: Amir SUMMER WILHELM: Hamlin, a former Barrie Barber gradu­ A. Woods is an editor Gamzu graduated Summer Wilhelm is a Eastern Echo editor­ ated from EMU in at Current Magazine, from EMU in 2000 studentin writer EMU's ln-<:hief, graduated 1989 with a degree in a monthly cultural with a degree in Office of University from EMU in 2000 political science. A and entertainment telecommunications. Communications. A with a degree in writ­ Flint native, Barber guide in Ann Arbor. He and his wife - communications ten communications wort

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Sept. 11: Two years later The UniversitY emerges from 9-11 with new responsi­ bilities for tracking international stu­ dents and a deeper Darwin 101 Curbing violence Stately commitment to a Academic Programs A special federal Alumna Lisa Webb more gtobal Abroad opens the grant provides EMU Sharpe helps set Galapagos Islands, curriculum. and a group of the agenda for the inspiration for partner agencies a Michigan's governor Darwin's The chance to develop in her role as Origins ofSpecies, mentors in the fight cabinet secretary to ecologically against youth and director of minded students. 20 violence. public policy. 4 26 36

2 Notebook :·m A Conversation With Samuel A. Kirkpatrick, EMU's 19th president, talks about the tasks accomplished and the challenges ahead for EMU. :1<> UniversitYAdvancement -tO My Tum Dennis Beagan on the Undergraduate Symposium and its treasured place at EMU. -f I Calendar -f :! Looking Back

Cover: Amber Hall and ThomasGreer of Edmonson Middle School observe the results of their electricity experiment during Summer Science Camp. See story page 12

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EMU students Wendy Lehman and Nathan Lafayette (left)get up close and personal with one of the inhabi­ tants of Santa Cruz Island. Below, program participant Silke Muller pauseson South Plaza Islandwith a pair of newfound beachfriends .

experience. Program brings students to Darwin's Galapagos By John A. Woods For some students, spending a semester in essay outlin- students must keep a daily journal record of a study-abroad program conjures up images ing the experiences their experiences. EMU senior Jennifer of basking on sun-baked Grecian beaches they've had that would prepare them for the Young participated in the May 2002 or meandering through the Louvre in Paris. trip. The trip is worth three academic cred- Galapagos trip. A biology major, Young was Other students are drawn to the idea of its, and is available to students nationwide, so intrigued by her visit that she's now preserving a tropical eco-system, spending although the majority are from EMU. working on a research project to protect the a back-breaking day on an island, on the "We do want to screen out those who islands from invasive plant species. equator, yanking up weeds. only want to go along because they like the "I'll never forget snorkeling with the For the past two years, Ulrich beach and they like to drink," says sea lions," says Young. "They swim within a Reinhardt, an assistant professor of biology Reinhardt. "Basically, we place a few hoops foot of your face and blow air bubbles at at Eastern Michigan University, has guided for them to jump through so we can make your mask." students through the jungles of Ecuador and sure students are really interested." Other overseas study programs are the biological wonders of the Galapagos The Galapagos' chief scientific claim to much longer and more expensive than Islands - all in just 18 days. fame is the research conducted on four of EMU's Galapagos trip, which is the only "You get showered with new experi­ the islands by a 22-year-old beetle collector excursion of its kind offered by a university ences on a daily basis," says Reinhardt, and geology student named Charles Darwin. or college in the state. who supervises the trips. After his observations in 1835, Darwin later "It's more of a new type of trip. We're At a cost of $2,950, the program takes wrote "The Origins of Species." trying to make study abroad a little shorter, students by plane, ferry, yacht, canoe and Author and whaler Herman Melville also a little more affordable," says Reinhardt. kayak to experience the ecological field visited the islands, which became the set- Besides getting academic credit and a excursion hosted by EMU's Academic ting for his 1854 novel "Los Encantadas." wonderful island experience, students are Programs Abroad. Nestled snuggly along the equator, the encouraged to develop an appreciation of Reinhardt, an ichthyologist, or studier isolated and ecologically pristine islands are conservation - leaving nature a little better of fish, by training, was inspired to coordi­ a living laboratory that rose up from the sea than they found it. nate EMU's expeditions after working for a floor as part of a volcanic lava vent. "We have a day of volunteering for the year in 1992 as a Galapagos guide for a Students observe and national park. So one day, tourism company. record the activities of a ��"'""'-'�!!'-II'-'! we took the whole group The most recent trip included 15 stu­ great number of species into the highlands - into dents and began in May. After their arrival in only found on the islands, an area that's overgrown Ecuador, students spent five days in the including penguins, seal with invasive plants and, upper Amazon jungle, one day in the Andes colonies, iguanas, tide for several hours, they go Highlands and 10 days at the Galapagos pools filled with starfish, into the bush and rip out National Park, beginning with a visit to the blue herons, oystercatch- invasive plant species," Charles Darwin Research Foundation. ers and of course, the Reinhardt says. "So we Students must have two faculty recom­ giant tortoises. are not there only to con- mendations and submit a 600- to 800-word While on the islands, sume, but to give back."

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Thicker than Water, by P.J. Parrish, a Authors, authors pseudonym used by sisters Kristy (the EMU grad) and Kelly Montee. The book A pop music star with a shadowy past, sto­ is their fourth together. ries of rape and murder, haunted buildings Poison Blonde, by Loren Estleman. and wandering ghosts, and international The latest on private investigator Amos espionage and assassinations. The com­ Walker. mon link among these mysterious plots? All TheIraqi Provocation, by Larry D. were penned by former EMU students and Soderquist, professor of law at published this year. Vanderbilt University Law School and Thankfully, these were tales of fiction, 1966 EMU graduate. with backdrops ranging from Motown to Creepy Colleges and Haunted Central America, and not of a freshmen ori­ Universities, by Cynthia Thuma and entation program gone horribly wrong. Still, EMU alumna Catherine Lower. (Lower one has to wonder: Is it something in our is director of licensing at EMU.) Ypsi water ...? Goldfish Dreams, by Jim Hines, Among the novels brought recently to who earned a master of arts in our attention: creative writing from EMU in 1999.

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Nick Blanchard, Interimdean, Collegeof Business Linda Pritchard, dea of Collegeof Arts & Sciences Universities ,n the Marketplace: The Commercialization of Small Wonder: Essays, by Barbara Kingsolver (non-fiction Higher Education. by Derek Bok; Intellectual Capital: The New essays written soon after 9/11/01): Blue Angel: A Novel, by Wealth of Organizations. by Thomas A. Stewart (" a few years Francine Prose (fiction: set in a small liberal arts college witha old. but still making valid points .. ."): TheLeadership creative writing professor as lead character) Challenge. by James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner ("a sec· ond read for this one ... "): The Teeth of the Tiger. by Tom Jeny Robbins,of dean Collegeof Educatioll Clancy, and The Da Vinci Code, by Dan Brown (both for fun) Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, by J.K. Rowling, and Living History. by Hillary Clinton (both Just finished). Next PollyBuchanan , dean of CoUege of Healthand Human Services up: Goodbye. Mr. Chips r ... a classic by James Hilton about Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. by J.K. Rowling. a British schoolmaster that I never got around to reading ("While appearing to be written for ·younger minds', her sto­ . .. "); New Faculty:A Practical Guide for Academic Beginners, nes illustrate some wonderful human scenes, such as the by Christopher Lucas. and Moral Compass: Stories for a value of good friends and never forget the magic in life .•.. ") Life's Journey. by William Bennett Next up: two Potter sequels Paul Schollaert,provost John Dugger,dean of theCollege of Technology Benjamin Franklin, by Edmund S. Morgan Oust finished); The First. Break All the Rules: What the World's Greatest Emporer of Ocean Park, by Stephen L. Carter, and If Looks Managers DoDifferently. by Marcus Buckingham and Curt Could Kill, by Kate White Oust starting both) Coffman. Also. recent issues of Harvard Business Review

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ing a three-year, $167 ,000 research Lunchables,.. ,a nd soft Food for thought grant for the National Food Service drinks, but now. bottled Research clarifies link between nutrition, Management Institute. water is the most popular academic perfonnance Funded by the U.S. Department of ite .,.. By John A. Woods Agriculture, the NFSMI hosts a national July, Choi d Rainville competition every three years and pre)ented a poster session of Ask any elementary school teacher selects a scholar to conduct child their respective findings at a about the attention span of stu­ nutrition program research. meeting of the Ameri�an dents on the day after Halloween. The prestigious grant also pays School �ood Service� Ask any teacher who's trying to EMU 50 percent of Rainville's salary, Association in Reno, Nev. hold the attention of a classroom releasing her from 50 percent of her In 1998, Rainville received a $44,925 filled with hungry students. teaching load to conduct research. ConAgra Fellowship grant to study the rela­ After dealing with rumbling This most recent project was a tive health ben�ts of lunches packed at stomachs and post-Halloween nationwide survey of 3,500 K-12 school home and lunches provided by school dis­ sugar hangovers, most educators personnel focusing on creating and sus­ tricts. will tell you that diet does make a taining a Healthy School Nutrition Rainville gained national attention difference in the classroom. Environment. through her research, which found that Eastern Michigan University Food-service directors. superintend­ time-starved parents don't do the best job professor Alice Jo Rainville has ents, principals, teachers and coaches in providing nutritious sack lunches for their gained a national reputation as a were asked to rank the most important children and schools actually do a better premier researcher and scholar aspects of and barriers to a healthy nutri­ job supplying students with a healthy diet. who studies the relationship tion environment at their respective "The lunches brought from home were between nutrition and academic schools. lacking in fruits and vegetables and dairy performance. Whether it's atten­ EMU graduate student Kyunghee Choi products. The schools offer more variety," tion-

Both Choi (left) and Rainville pack lunches for their own school-aged children, and admit that thetask of creating balanced, healthy lunches is difficult but necessaryfor children's development Notebook

Ray - one of six brothers - Madonna graduated from EMU in 1999. Green with envy She singled out EMU Emond's professors Tom Vosteen and in Hollywood Michael Paciorek as among crowning her largest supporters on It was quite a spring for former campus. students of EMU's communica­ achievement Emond is actually the tion and theatre arts department. second EMU student in the On May 9, the Eddie Murphy ByKevin Merrill past six years to represent comedy, "Daddy Day Care," Madonna Emond is calm, pre­ the state. Laura Frances opened with Dennis Cockrum, a pared, confident and extreme­ Welling won the Miss former EMU student, playing the ly excited. Still, the EMU sen­ Michigan crown in 1998. role of a "marketing guy." About ior will take any luck that Emond was extremely three weeks later, on June 2, comes her way as she pre­ busy in August, lining up there was Dann Florek, another pares to compete in the Miss sponsorships connected with former student, pictured in the America pageant this month her platform - education and pages of The New York Times, in in Atlantic City, N.J. recreation for the special his signature role of Capt. Donald She knows, for example, needs community - steps Cragen in NBC's drama "Law & that the last Miss Michigan to that are essential to winning Order: Special Victims Unit." stay in the Resorts Atlantic over the seven judges' votes Then, on June 20, "The Hulk" City Casino Hotel - where in the all-important interview, premiered, with the role of the she'll be staying - and wear a which counts for 40 percent young General Thunderbolt similarly colored swimsuit as of a contestant's score. "You Ross played by Todd hers, won it all. But just for win this pageant in the inter­ Tesen, another added measure, the Livonia, view," said Emond, who former stu­ Mich., native and French turned 22 in May. dent. major is taking along her trav­ Among the moments eling good luck charm, a uni­ she's most anxious to experi­ corn Beanie Baby. ence: dancing on national TV, if she's won of Winning the Miss Michigan pageant in the lucky finalists to display their talent during August has put her classwork on hold for at the telecast, and signing the cut-out figure of least a semester, and most likely, the whole her state, which is fastened to a wall-size U.S. academic year. And if she wins all the chips map, one of the newer traditions at the pag­ Sept. 20 in Atlantic City, well, Ypsilanti will likely eant. become just a dot on her world-traveling map. "I've always wanted to do that. I get to It's not uncommon for Miss Americas to sign the state of Michigan and represent the travel 20,000 miles a month promoting the pag­ people of the state," she said. the three, eant and their individual platforms. But along Her talent will be jau dance and she'll wear Florek has had with the arduous schedule comes the chance to a two-piece swimsuit. the more visible earn hundreds of thousands of dollars in speak­ She finished as second and first runner-up TV career, ing and appearance fees. at the past two Miss Michigan pageants. Last although Tesen Her parents, Denise Leshinsky and year, as the first runner-up, she won the Miss has appeared in Raymond Emond, will be on hand as will National Sweetheart pageant, a competition for episodes of boyfriend J.P. Ladouceur, a fellow EMU student. all the states' runners-up. "Profiler," "Walker, Emond has other EMU connections: Uncle "My goal is to win, but if I walk away with a Texas Ranger," and "Beverly Thomas Emond is a sergeant first class in the Top 5, and be able to dance on national TV, I'll Hills, 90210." Cockrum, mean­ Department of Military Science, and brother be happy," she said. while, among his other credits, appeared earlier this year in an episode of "Frasier." her convoy was said the University has not Florek starred as Cragen Waiting ambushed. She was heard from the family. In the when Law & Order premiered rescued from a hos­ April letter, Robbins wrote: Sept. 13, 1990, and played it for on Jessica pital April 1. "We heard that PFC Lynch three seasons. He revived his role She returned wanted to become a kinder­ when "Law & Order: Special She hasn't officially home in July, and garten teacher and we think Victims Unit" was spun off as a said no - yet. since then, has there is no better place to do franchise. EMU made a signed a book deal. this than Eastern Michigan As for the movie stars, Tesen full-ride scholarship NBC is planning a University." should be able to "muscle" his offer in April to movie titled "Saving Lynch's home state of way to bragging rights this year. Jessica Lynch, the Jessica Lynch." West Virginia has offered to "The Hulk" is expected to gross 20-year-old Army supply clerk Jerry Robbins, dean of pay her college bill to any $132 million; "Daddy Day Care" is injured in the Iraqi war when EMU's College of Education, school in the state. expected to take in $103 million.

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wireless device. These fine sensors are configured differently for different kinds of measurements, Ghosh said. Ghosh is conducting the project with an EMU graduate student, Cathryn Amidei, and Keith Furrow, from Luna Innovations in Charlottesville, Va. Massachusetts Institute of Technology was the only other institution to receive such a grant, Ghosh said. Another part of this grant is geared to use conductive fibers along with regular tex­ tile yarn, to create military uniforms for both medical data collection and communication, Ghosh said. "The military timeline is they want this as soon as they can get it," Ghosh said. Ghosh is awaiting another grant from the Air Force Missile Defense Agency that entails building a fiber-0ptic communications ribbon for missiles. The $14,000 grant, if obtained, would be used to develop the rib­ bons, which would be designed to allow the military to better track whether a missile rocket remains on its charted course. "I would develop a belt that can house and protect fiber-0ptic cable," Ghosh said. "You would make this functional by putting in the material in such a way that it resists vibrations and heat (from the missile), yet remains functional." cold, it means that the soldier is not alive Ghosh has an extensive research back- Fashionable wired anymore," Ghosh said. "If the temperature's ground in fibers and textile products. Since Ghosh woms to develop electronic textile warm, it means he's still alive and the sen- 1996, he has been awarded grants totaling technology for military unifonns and other uses sors can help you locate where he's at." $761,500, with many projects directed The sensors in the "smart clothing" toward developing products or improving ByRon Podell also can detect chemicals, such as nerve manufacturing processes. He is currently Imagine being in a military firefight and not gas, and even provide feedback to control developing poly (trimethylene terephthalate) knowing whether your fellow soldiers are the aerodynamic shape and direction of a fiber and textile products for Shell Chemical unharmed, injured or even possibly dead. parachute to better manage the delivery of Company and a polylactic acid fiber and tex- That understandable confusion could supplies and weapons, said Ghosh, a textile tile products for Cargill Dow Polymers LLC. become much clearer with the use of fiber­ scientist who came to EMU in July 2002. He has been recognized by Textile optic sensors embedded in the uniforms of "The sensors, with feedback control, World magazine in its annual Top 10 for fellow soldiers. navigate a parachute in the right direction," service and dedication to the textile indus- Subhas Ghosh, professor of human, Ghosh said. "You can drop dry materials try. Ghosh also has received the Director's environmental and consumer resources at and food for armies at Ghosh is developing woven fabric structures Partnership Award from Eastern Michigan University, is currently strategic locations." where flexible, electronic textilesensors can the National Textile developing a way to house such technology Embedded sensors beembedded, and remain protected and Center, U.S. Department functional in military unifonns. in military uniforms through federal grants are made of glass in of Commerce. from the Defense Advanced Research hair-like, fiber form and Ghosh earned his Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Va., are placed in the military Ph.D. in fiber science and the U.S. Army. With the $50,000 grant, uniform. Sensors are and his master's degree Ghosh is developing woven fabric structures configured differently for in textile technology where flexible, electronic textile sensors various applications and / (weaving), both from the can be embedded, and remain protected are connected to transis- 4 University of Manchester and functional in military uniforms. tors, actuators and logic • 1,., in Manchester, England. During a military battle, the embedded and power sources. The He earned his bache- sensors can provide the directional location connectors resemble !or's degree in textile of vehicles, gunshots or voices of fellow sol­ small buttons on the mil- technologyfrom diers. The sensors can even measure the itary jacket, Ghosh said. Calcutta University in body temperature of military comrades dur­ Small devices are India. He is a fellow of ing battle, a feature that could possibly placed in the uniform to the Royal Textile save lives. collect information that Institute in England. "If the temperature monitored is very can be transmitted via a

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an act of tribute. (The other name consid­ In search of erecfwas Springfield. Doh!) But unfortunately, a source on the gen­ candles and eral's birthday can't be found. So, while the anniversary of the dedica­ cake tion of his bust (Aug. 29, 1928) passed qui­ etly, no birthday parties are yet planned. He's our namesake, perched A call to the Greek embassy in valiantly upon the city's high­ Washington, D.C. turned up info on his birth est point. A sentinel of year (1793, Constaninople), and his death � (Jan. 3, 1832, in Vienna, Austria). Similar ,.. sorts, on guard over the decades. But when's his birth­ calls to EMU's library and searches through day? the Ypsilanti Historical Society files did not The exploits of Demetrius uncover the birthday, either. Even a profes­ Ypsilanti, the famous Greek gener­ sor or two was contacted on campus. al, earned him international notoriety One place we didn't place a call to: as a freedom-fighter in the 19th cen­ Ypsilanti, North Dakota. tury. So much so that a burgeoning If you know of a source on the gener­ settlement on the shores of the Huron al's birthday, drop us a line at River embraced his name in 1825 in [email protected].

weighing the cost against the quality of education. Guide names EMU The second annual college guide, published by Kaplan Publishing, compiles the results from a a 'BestVa lue' national telephone survey of public, private and Catholic high school guidance counselors from Eastern Michigan University was 328 institutions. In addition to statistical infor­ one of only two Mid-American mation, guidance counselors Conference schools named a offered their "Best Va lue for the Tuition Dollar" insights about the by "The Unofficial, Unbiased colleges and univer­ Guide to the 328 Most sities with which Interesting Colleges 2004." they were most The other MAC school was familiar. Miami University (Ohio). The guide is free EMU also was one of only of paid advertising two Michigan schools to make from the profiled the list. The University of schools. Michigan - Ann Arbor also was The survey was cited. Among EMU's peer conducted by Market Coming Up: institutions, only the Measurement, a nation­ University of Delaware made al market research firm A look at the the list. that used a random sam­ Authors Trent Anderson ple of U.S. high schools next issue of and Seppy Basili surveyed obtained from Dunn & high school guidance coun­ Bradstreet. The guide is Exemplar selors who named EMU a available in bookstores for What kind of progress is best value institution by $20. EMU making in obtaining its institutional goals? The Annual Report issue, to be printed in January, takes a close look at the six strategic directions that form the plan­ ning building-blocks for the University, and what's being done to apply them across campus. We'll also take a look at the new Ph.D. in technology from the College of Te chnology.

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In Pittsburgh, Roberson doing it all for Eagles By Summer Wilhelm Batch ready He was the second-leading receiver for Eastern Michigan University's football team; returned every one of the team's 21 to take reins punts for 232 yards and one touchdown; and finished third on the By Kevin Menill team in scoring with 48 points. At 20 years of age, Chris Roberson Charlie Batch is a Pittsburgher is making a name for himself in college football. But who is the at heart. And the former EMU man behind the statistics? standout is looking forward to "When I'm off the field, I'm a pretty laid-back person," said making that first throw for his Roberson of Farmington Hills, Mich. "I'm really intense when I'm hometown team. playing, but when I finish for the day, I like to kick back and do my Batch signed with the own thing." Steelers last year, after four That includes hanging out with friends, riding go-carts, going seasons as the Detroit Lions' to parties, playing video games and visiting with his family, who he quarterback. The Lions select­ always makes time for. ed Batch in the second round "I have a great relationship with my family," he said. "They try of the 1998 NFL Draft (60th to attend most of my games and have always been very support­ pick overall), after he set nearly ive of me." every passing record for As for his adventures, Roberson loves to take in the thrills at Eastern Michigan. Cedar Point or get lost in a big city like Chicago, where he visited twice. Charlie Batch "I like to get away sometimes," said the junior, who aims to played against pursue a career in professional football. "I don't always want his fonner team this summer, as the ,r ,./ to look at the same scenery. When you travel, you see new Steelers visited the Lions ' things and different places and I really value that." at Ford Field. Batch has Roberson also values his accomplishments thus far. moved intothe No. 2 quar­ Heading up the list are college and football, his passion since he terback spot this year in Pittsburgh. was nine years old. He's proud to have earned the opportunity to not only attend Eastern but to play ball for the University as well. Batch said he "He's a dominant player," said EMU's head football coach returns to Ypsilanti Jeff Woodruff. "He's also at a very pivotal point in his career every chance he where he's learning more and developing a greater impact." gets, and will try and The starting flanker for the Eastern Eagles, whose 5'11", get back for a game this year. Despite not tak­ Five years ago this ing a regular-season snap last September, as a rookie, Batch year for the Steelers, Batch said made his first in a series of 12 he's matured as a player. straight starts for the Lions, "Mentally, I know how to pre­ before an injury forced him to pare for games. At the same miss the season's final two time, there are ups and downs, games. and you have to know how to Batch's fondest playing be able to let things go. That's memory at EMU: Nov. 19, something you need to do as a 1994, against To ledo, when he quarterback. There's not helped orchestrate a come­ always going to be positive from-behind win at home against plays. You can't let one mistake Toledo on a last-second play. create another." And his advice for this Batch, who turns 29 in year's Eagles: Stay focused. December, headed into the "That senior class hopeful­ 2003 season confident that he ly will be able to start a trend," could compete with Tommy said Batch, who was first-team Maddox, the Steelers' starting All Mid-American Conference, quarterback. And Maddox is and who graduated with a bach­ welcoming the push from behind. elor's degree in criminal jus­ "Charlie's playing well," tice. "If they can go 5-6 or 7-4, said Maddox. "He's a good it gives those juniors, sopho­ quarterback and he makes mores and freshmen a chance good decisions. It's always to build on." healthy to have competition."

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Sky's the limit as Hupe enters the road ahead BySummer Wilhelm In her 21 years, senior Jessica Hupe has achieved her fair share of accomplishments, including: carrying the Olympic torch; embarking on a marine biology study in the Bahamas; leading Eastern Michigan University's women's soccer team and the Mid-American Conference with 17 goals; rank­ ing 23rd nationally in points per game; and ranking 20th nation­ ally in goals per game. The question on her mind now is: What's next? According to Scott Hall, EMU women's soccer coach, Hupe (pronounced HOO-pea) will be other aspects of life, besides 192-pound frame adorns the 2003 football media guide and wallet­ prepared for whatever lies ahead. soccer, that I want to pursue." size calendars, began his third season Aug. 28. And, even though "Jessica's always ready for However, Hupe doesn't he's shooting for a chance to score touchdowns with the pros after what's coming," he said. "You plan to stop dominating the graduation, he has plans for his post-football future. can't tell her not to try or that soccer field anytime soon. "I'd really like to get into broadcasting,· said the communica­ something's impossible "I'll go as far as my skills tions major. "I enjoy being a presenter in class and I like working because she will find a way to will take me," she said. "I may with groups of people to make the final product meaningful. do it. She's a real team player, not play professionally but I'd Whether I get into radio, television or a different aspect, I think it's with lots of ambition, drive and like to join an open club team something I'll really enjoy." determination." or maybe coach." Upon graduation in 2005, Hupe also hopes to Hupe, a secondary education become involved with the handi­ major in general science with a capped community. She has layers in the NFL 3. 7 GPA, aspires to pack her spoken to different groups in bags and hit the road to tackle the past and was especially a long list of future goals. moved when EMU's soccer "I'd like to move to team invited a group of disabled Colorado or North Carolina," children to play on the field. said the Waynesville, Ohio, "In the future, I want to native. "I want to start teach­ establish more of a connection ing, get my master's degree with the handicap population," and eventually work my way into said Hupe. "I know what they're an administrative position, like feeling because I've lived with principal or superintendent of a and overcome my own handicap." district." Hupe, who was born with Aside from illustrating the an underdeveloped left hand nuances of science to stu­ that has few motor skills, has dents, Hupe will fill her days never allowed it to become a with interests long ignored, like deterrent. If anything, she said, rock climbing, snow boarding, her handicap has given her the traveling and photography. advantage. "I look forward to being out "It has made me a on my own, to having the free­ stronger, more determined per­ dom I want," said the soccer son," she said. "I feel that captain, who began her fourth since I've overcome that hurdle, and last season Aug. 29. "At I can take on a lot more and be the moment, I don't have much successful at anything I put my room to branch out. There are mind to."

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While many traditional events Homecoming: return, such as the Black Alumni Chapter's Greek Step Show, many Entering the Spirit events are new. The colleges are hosting alumni events, as are World many individual departments. And many reunions-within-a­ Dust off those pompoms. Bring the thunder­ reunion are scheduled, too, stixs down from the attic. Slip on that com­ whether for past members of fortable favorite sweatshirt. And oh, yes, the marching band, former don't forget the face paint! cheerleaders or members of Homecoming is just around the corner. the Greek fraternity and And whether someone's fervor is understat­ sorority system. ed or over-the-top, there will be plenty of At the game itself, all places to put it on display. kids under 17 get in free, as The week-long series of events begins part of NCAA Take A Kid to a Sunday, Sept. 28, with the traditional Game Day. And the University Oozeball Mud Vo lleyball tournament, and will be raffling a free trip and culminates with a full day of events tickets to the 2004 Rose Bowl. Saturday, Oct. 4. The Eagles' football team The full schedule of events, as delivers the day's signature event: the well as more details on the day's 2 p.m. kick-off against cross-state rival programming, is at Western Michigan. www.emich.edu/homecoming.

thetics and e-business. Fresh crop of (Certificate programs are gradu­ ate-level courses requiring com­ class acts pletion of between 12 and 30 credits.) The newest crop of EMU cours­ "All of these curriculum es and programs - from majors enhancements are the result of and minors to bachelor's, mas­ perceived needs in the commu­ ter's and certificate programs - nity and society, " said Bill makes its debut this year, the Miller, EMU's director of course product of a year-round and and program development and never-ending process of synch­ former Honors Program director. ing curriculum to educational EMU's course and program and market needs. development process is rigor­ Among the introductions ous and involves multiple levels this academic year: a new mas­ of internal and external ter of arts degree in schools, reviews. The time between con­ society and violence; new ception and implementation The University Houseoffi cially opens in September. About events75 a year will be minors in geographic informa­ can take many semesters. hosted there, from dinners to receptions. tion systems and human biolo­ One of the more interest· gy; and certificate programs in ing proposals under review: a non-profit management, pros· master of science degree in New beginnings at EMU bioinformatics, a cross-college and Construction is expected to start this fall on EMU's new student cross-University of Michigan orthotics and home of EMU's president, the facility will be the focal point of prosthetics program. EMU community and alumni outreach activities. is adding a prosthetics certificate this year.

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EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVE RS ITY. 12 People, Progress & Eastern Michigan University I Fall 2003 University impact study details EMU's strategic role in building a stronger By Kevin Menill southeast Michigan

r housands of Ypsilanti-area residents were still for each dollar received f om rhe scare. without electricity Friday, Aug. 15, victims of • EMU students volunteered 25,000 hours of community the largest power outage in the history of rhe service during 200 1-02. Un iced Scares. Among chem were 200 customers of the local • EMU's operating budget and construction spending have Meals on Wheels program. an impact on the regional economy of more than $ 500 million. But on a day when businesses were closed and even the mail • EMU is the ninth-largest employer in Washtenaw, went undelivered, Eastern Michigan University made sure chose Livingston and western 'Nayne counties. The University employs residents received a daily meal. The EMU kirchens at the Hoye 2.935 faculty and staff, plus an additional 2,386 students. Conference Center were kept running by backup generators, enabling drivers to make deliveries throughout rhc area. MU's president, Samuel A. Kirkpatrick, already "To me, chat's amazing," said Ann Harris, executive direcror has incorporated the study 's findings into of the Ypsilanti Meals on Wheels program. "And char's pare of remarks delivered before scare legislative commit­ rhe rcl:irionship we have wirh Eastern. They 're nor just a vendor. tees, and EMU's lobbyists arc armed with the They undersc.rnd what we do and are committed to it." data as well. And the report's riming couldn't be Days lacer, when warer-safery advisories were still in effect, ---- better: As Michigan's economy continues to EMU students arrived at Harris's offices on rhree hours' notice struggle, and higher education spending comes under further co help deliver bocclcd water from rhe Red Cross to people in attack, universities are increasingly forced to justify their roles rhe Meals on Wheels program. and funding. "]f EMU wasn't here, 1 can'r imagine us being able co contin­ "I would say chat my biggest political surprise in Michigan ue co fu nction, certainly ac nor near the level we are," Harris said. was chc naivete and lack of understanding about the role of Until recenrly, it was diffi cult co quantify the effect EMU higher education and economic development," said Kirkpatrick, had on its immediate environment, nor to mention southeast who became EMU's president in May 2000. ;,le was nor on the Michigan, regardless of whether rhe measurement was culcural, radar screen." social or fi nancial. Bue a new study, rhe first of its kind ar ''Bue we arc making headway,'' said Kirkparrick, who com­ EMU. has made the JOb a little easier. And the impact is far missioned che University's impact study early lase year. "The greater than originally rhoughr. state's never had an economic diversification plan char involves Among the findings of rhc Economic and Social l mpaccs of che universities. Bue there has been leadership in recent years. Eastern Michigan University srudy, released off,cially chis spring: The creation of the [Michigan Economic Development • EMU's impact on Michigan's economy is $30 for each Corporation] was very important. A lot more work needs co be dollar received from rhe scare. done and ic will fuel revenue chat helps the institutions, and the • EMU's impact on scare government tax revenue is $ I .25 inscicucions in turn can help transform che state's economy."

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A study by che MEDC itself found chat che scace's invest­ "We don't chink there is another investment chat generates ment of $1.5 billion in higher education in 1999 produced a as high a return," said Michael Boulas, executive director of the nee economic impact of $ 3 9 billion char year, or I 2.6 percent of President's Council, and himself a graduate of EMU, as well as Michigan's gross state produce. one of its former assistant football coaches in the early 1970s. EMU's study, since followed by che release of one from che "We can't afford to ignore or underfund higher education. University of Michigan, was itself loosely modeled on a study College graduates are the foundation of a strong economy." published lase year by the President's Council, Scace Universities The release chis spring of EMU's economic impact study of Michigan, a non-profit group based in Lansing. The group came as che scare's economy slumped, forcing widespread cues, represents che 15 state-supported colleges chat collectively including a 3.5 percent mid-year cue in scare appropriations. enroll 280,000 scudencs. Colleges and universities were then cut an additional 7 percent from next year's (u nding - for a cumula­ tive reduction of nearly 10 percent in scare aid in one year. The result is that while state fu nding for EMU used to account for 74 percent of its general fu nd revenue 3 0 years ago, it accounts for less than 50 percent today. The result is escalating tuition costs and constant bclc-cighcening. More than 70 people, both inside and outside the University, contributed information to EMU's report. Nobody had ever cried to compile such a range of social and economic data at one time, from attendance at sporting events to students' off-campus spending habits. ow, wich chat process established, many of chose seeps have been incorporated into the University's ongoing planning procedures. "The economic impact study is an integral pare of che strategic planning process," said Raouf Hanna, chairman of EMU's Department of Economics and a project coordinator of the study. "If you don't have that, you don't have a major tool for steering strategic planning." Chuck Monsma, the ocher project coordinator, said che study brought into sharp fo cus the breadth of service initia­ tives under way through the University's various centers and institutes. "The University is on the from lines of a lot o( public policies,'' said Monsma, director of the Institute for Community and Regional Development, located in downtown Ypsilanti. "What we're rea lly doing out there is participating in a learn­ ing laboratory. We are much more con­ scious of our role now in che community."

The morning drive crew of Ypsilanti Meals on Wheels departs each day from the Hoyt Conference Center, en route to stops at thehomes of elderty, disabled or ill residents in Ypsilanti and parts of Ypsilanti, Augusta, Superior, Pittsfield andYork townships. One example of rhar learning laboratory ar work is rhe 2 l sr Chuck Monsma leads the University's Institute for Community and Regional Development, and says the impact study provides clear evidence of EMU's deep Century Communiry Learning Center program. Through this and significant role in achieving regional goals. Monsma is also a project coordi­ nator of the study. srare grant, EMU is helping Willow Run Communiry Schools, a disrrict less than five miles from rhe hearr of campus, improve in-kind contributions. math and science scores at an element.tr)' and middle school. The One of che offices under the OBP is the Michigan Small three-year grant, with multiple renewable years, involves EMU Business and Te chnology Development Center (SBTDC), which studenrs and professors across several departments, and includes helps businesses in Wayne, Oakland and Monroe counties. Last supporting roles for nearly a dozen local groups and agencies. year, it helped more than I ,000 entrepreneurs by providing more The after-school program gees under way chis fall. based on chan 6,000 hours of consulting time in Ypsilanti and at six data collected during pilot programs conducted at the end of regional centers, including chose in Detroit, at Oakland the last school year and another - a Summer Science Camp - University and Schoolcraft Community College. that occurred in the summer. Its consulting work with clients helped create more than EMU's 21st Century Community Learning Center program [ 00 jobs in 2002, while protecting more than I ,000. The serv­ grant request was based loosely on scraregies used successfully ices helped secure $4.8 million in loans, as well as an additional in another area program, the Ypsilanti Student Literacy Corp., S2.9 million in outside investment. which EMU has had a role in formore than a decade. EMU now The Michigan SBTDC at EMU is partly funded by the wants to pursue even more 2 l st Century Community Learning U.S. Small Business Administration and is one of 12 such Center Program funding, in order to implement che program in regional programs statewide. Jes goal: help owners of small busi­ Ypsilanti Public Schools. nesses, from start-ups to those with 50 or fewer employees. Another example of EMU·s impact on southeast Michigan "Our businesses aren·c necessarily thr sexy, well-financed, is through its Office of Business Partnerships, an umbrella know-all-the-answers type of businesses," said Richard King. organization created last year. The OBP 's purpose is to dr;iw director of che Michigan SBTDC regional office, located in more artention co the University's business-building resources, downtown Ypsilanti at the EMU Gary M. Owen College of and to increase the interaction among various programs char it Business building. "We help those businesses that, if we weren't houses and helps to operate. The University helps these here, might very well fall through the cracks." groups by providing organizational leadership and operational Aside from general business consulting, the Michigan resources, whether actual money to run operations or through SBTDC has a technology initiative chat is supported in south-

Fall 2003 I People, Progress & Eastern Michigan University 15 cast Michigan by a consultant char works under the OBP OBP's existence and is being integrated into rhe ocher OBP umbrella. The SBTDC also houses the Biz Resource Center, programs co generate maximum synergy. which opened last August about the rime the OBP was formed. The multiple agencies under OBP are now looking co cake The Resource Center is one of more than a dozen around the their collective cfforcs fu rther into the classroom, by formally state, and is co-hosted with Washtenaw Community College. integrating EMU's existing Academic Service-Learning program Ocher programs under che OBP umbrella: into che Office of Business Partnerships and its full range of • The Service Corps of Retired Executives, which moved its initiatives. The integration would make ic easier for EMU scu­ operations into OBP earlier chis year. The volunteer program dents enrolled in chose courses where Academic Service-Learning provides one-on-one counseling, and actively supports clients of is a part of the curriculum co be involved in community service rhe Biz Resource Cenrer. as a way of achieving deeper understanding of course objectives; • The Ypsilanti U.S. Export Assistance Center, which is acquiring new knowledge, or engaging in civic activities. A cask fu nded through the U.S. Department of Commerce. Its goal is force is studying how co make the interaction more seamless, the promotion of U.S. exports - manufacturing, agricultural or King said. services - with a strong focus on chose char arc information Another initiative with OBP roots is the EMU technology technology-based. ,md entrepreneurship group, with representation from depart­ • The Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti Smart Zone-Ypsilanti Center, a ments and research institutes across campus. The group, following collaboration among universities, industry, research organiza­ through on an initiative from the MEDC, is exploring ways to tions, government and ocher community institutions intended develop a central focal point on campus for technology and co stimulate the growth of technology-based businesses and jobs. entrepreneurship, whether through the application of p.itents or • The economic development programs related co the coordination of grants and research. Community Outreach Partnership Center grant, which EMU is ··such efforts make it clearer what Michigan is: It's a highly administering. technological state," King said. "And it's chc support ot entre­ • The Center for Entrepreneurship, a co-curricular pro­ preneurship from EMU char helps strengthen che desire of com­ gram char operates on an endowment and which strives co cre­ panies co be here in Michigan." ate, encourage and sustain cnrrepreneurism. Ir preceded rhe A cornerstone of rhc EMU scudy is its use of an earnings premium formula in calculating the University's impact on the state's economy. In essence, earnings premiumsmeasure how much more money a college graduate expects co earn over his or her lifetime, and how chose added earnings translate into eco­ nomic benefit for the scare. EMU's study showed earnings pre­ miums for Michigan residents of $1.3 billion for I 999, based on degrees awarded by EMU from 1957 co 1996. Such calculations have been criticized, as have economic impact studies in general, because they can overstate returnson investment and miscalculate the trickle-down effects of a univer­ sity's spending. David Crary, an EMU associate professor of economics and an economic analysis consulcanc co the EMU project team, understands the concerns. "There are all sorts of models out there, with varying degrees of sophistication," he said. EMU chose the same earnings premium multiplier model as the President's Council report. In the end, che goal of quantifying the value of a college degree is a worthwhile one, he said. "If it weren't for rhe creation ot that human capital, there wouldn't be a reason for us being here." In addition to Crary, Hanna and Monsma, ocher members of the project ream were Barry Pyle, assistant professor of politi­ cal science, who oversaw the community invencory; J. Michael Irwin, director of career services, and Donald Loppnow, senior executive for strategic planning and continuous improvement. The scudy's social section measures the Universicy's impact and role as a "focal point for the development, promotion and Richard King, regional director ofthe EMU-based Michigan Small Business and Tec hnology Development Center, said the University helps support entrepreneurs in southeast Michigandirect through and in�irect investments in programs and services.

16 People, Progress & Eastern Michigan University I Fall 2003 The impact study further benefits the Universityby helping itestablish new proce­ TheEMU impact study tackles the complex issue of quantifyingthe value of dures as part of the ongoing strategic planning process, says Raouf Hanna, chair· "human capital," saysDavid Crary, an EMU economics professor and an economic man ofEMU's Department of Economics, and a project coordinator of the study analysis consultantto the project team.

promulgation of community service, education, business, and T Halle Library and McKenny Union co dining services, which culture,'' according co the report. contributes more than $121,000 co local charities fightinghunger. In char compilation, several activities stand our: • The breadth of scudenc community service activities. • The Community Outreach Partnership Center (COPC) Through the Vo lunteers Incorporating Students Into Our grant. The three-year grant, which will have a financial impact of eighborhoods group, nearly I ,600 students have concribuced $2.3 million, was awarded co EMU in September 2001, through nearly 3 8,000 hours of service ro community and regional non­ ics Institute for the Study of Children, Families and profi c agencies. Communities. The grant's goal is co develop and maintain a EMU officials will explain their findings, and the seeps they center char will cultivate connections between community organ­ used co obtain chem, co an audience of peers in lace September, izations, municipal government and the University. when the University hosts the lnternacional Conference of the le is a collaborative effort among several divisions of EMU, Coalition of Urban and Metropolitan Universities ac the Eagle the city of Ypsilanti and community partners chat include Crest Conference Resort in Ypsilanti. The presentation will Washtenaw Community College, Joint Operational Services for cover contemporary issues of conducting an economic impact a Human Urban Alliance, Michigan SBTDC, the Michigan study; suggested essential elements of che analysis; an oucline of chapter of the Latino Social Workers Organization, SOS potential data and technical issues; che relationship of economic Community Services, Washtenaw County Workforce impact scudies co strategic planning, and the findings of EMU's Development and community action boards, as well as commu­ scudy. BernardWeinstein, director of the Cencer for Economic nity and civic leaders. Development and Research at The COPC grant will focus on three areas: community the University of North On the Web building and civic engagemenc, education and youth leadership, Te xas, will provide a critique More information about the study, as well as a download of the full report, will and economic development and employment. of che scudy and suggestions be available this fall at • The range of public use of EMU facilities,from the Bruce for future research. www.emich.edu/ecoimpact.

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EMU's Continuing Education Continuing Education workforce education spending at regional centers SEP skill centers fiscal year 2002 Loca tion Dollars Plant location Contract No of EMU-Detroit $88,816 value ISi peopletrained EMU-Flint $16,906 Rouge Assembly Plant-Ford 153.417 157 Rouge Engine Plant-Ford EMU-Livonia $305,299 207,146 123 Rouge Frame Plant-Ford 146,694 105 EMU-Monroe $6,048 Rouge Stamp Plant-Ford 156,154 114 EMU-Northern Michigan Rouge Tool and Die Plant.ford 118,297 119 (Traverse City and Research and Engineering-Ford 211,199 67 Otse o Club) $66,760 Pilot Plant-Ford 133,055 182 Total $483,829 Carlile Plant-Ford 64,750 21 Ypsilanti Plant-Ford 192,523 267 American Axle Forge Plant 1 96,308 52 Cadillac/Hamtramck Assembly-General Motors 240,142 206 Shoemaker /Delphi/Excel/ Livonia Center-General Motors 210,693 59 Total 1,930,378 1.472

Music events and attendance Event Events Attendance Marching band shows 6 30,000 Pease showcase events 9 6,500 University ensemble concerts 29 7,000 Faculty recitals 14 2,950 Total enrollment Guest recitals 14 2,950 Clinics, workshops and master classes 14 1,750 Community outreach performance and clinics 45 5,550 Student solo recitals and honors competitions 6 1,200 Total 137 57,900 '02

Main-stage theater perfonnances, 2001-02 rrtle Perfonnances Attendance Gypsy 6 1,932 The Glass Menagerie 6 1,165 Ubu Roi 6 1,030 The Boys· Next Door 6 859 A Midsummer Night's Dream 6 1,668 Total 30 6,654 18 People, Progress & Eastern Michigan University I Fall 2003 Ewlllplar

Summary ofoperations Convocation Center facility ess attendance Total students enrolled, fall 2002 24,532 Total degrees awarded, 2000 3,924 48.767: Concerts, Re ular employees, 2001 2,935 luncheons, Total operatin expenses, 2002 fiscal year $243.4M competitions Salaries, wa es and benefits, 2002 fiscal year $155.2M and other events •- Building construction, annual average for 1997-2002 fiscal years $22M 1,807: Meetings, receptions and parties•

Ethnicity of 2002 newundergraduates 63.600: Commencements, union meetings and conventions • Black: 821•

Asian/Pacific Islander: 114 • · •Other: 397 • Geographic distribution of faculty and staff earnings (2001) Ypsilanti 31.4% Ann Art>or 27.9% American Rest of Wayne Co. 5.9% Indian: 25 Oakland Co. 5.0",{, Livingston Co. 3.9% Rest of Michigan 3.9% Rest of Washtenaw Co. 3.7% - • White: Saline 3.3% 3,257 Canton 3.1% Belleville 3.0% Monroe Co. 2.3% Plymouth 2.0% Detroit 1.5% Westland 1.2% Rest of United States 1.6% Attendance at athletic events Canada 0.2% Events Attendance 20 7,000 3 1,500 5 66,382 Servingneeds ofstate and 5 3,000 regional students 4 1,500 Michigan county distribution of EMU undergraduates (top 10) Events Attendance 13 7,837 Wayne 7,062 3 1,500 Washtenaw 3,574 4 2,000 Oakland 2,160 8 2,400 Livingston 757 13 2,700 Monroe 530 divin 8 5,600 Macomb 519 7 350 Genesee 425 4 2,000 Lenawee 366 97 103,769 Jackson 255 Unknown 182

Estimated off-campus spending by EMU students Student Group On campus (4,7001 Offcampus (6,8001 Commuters (12,8001 Spending items Each Total Each Total Each Total Room and board N/A N/A $5,073 $34.5M $1,600 $20.5M Books and supplies $900 $4.2M $900 $6.1M $900 $11.5M Transportation $800 $3.8M $1,200 $8.2M $1,800 $23M Miscellaneous $900 $12.2M $900 $6.1M $900 $11.5M Totals $2,600 $12.2M $8,073 $54.9M $5,200 $66.6M Fall 2003 I People. Progress & Eastern Michigan University 19

Previous page: Students call}' flags of nations College is co encour.1ge programs to represented by students enrolled at Eastern Michigan University during rememberance coordinate with one another. For events that mariled the first anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks. example, collaboration between departments in che College of Business :md the Dep,1rcment of By Emily Hamlin Foreign Languages and Bilingual Studies could help students learn new skills important co their major, 0 'Connell said. Business scudencs t wasn'c until Sept. 11, 200 1, would learn howto bctcer communi­ chat Aj.iy Koneru knew che cate with pocenrial clients in other World Trade Center even exist­ councries, and foreign language stu­ ed. In a telephone call from his siscer dents would learn about rhe business in Wa shington, D.C., he heard the world as well as gain experience with horrifying events of char morning: their second language. two hijacked planes slamming into "Jc cakes cooperation to make rhe 1'vin To wers, one crashing into EMU a global campus; not ,111 of us rhe Pentagon and anocher plummet­ Themore knowledge students have aboutanother working in isolated cliques," O'Connell culture, the more their attitude changes, says A;ay ing co earth in a field in wescern Koneru, president of EMU's International Student s,1id. "The University leadership in will­ Association. Pennsylvania. ing to change. and now, we arc starring co In India, Koneru's bags were packed. enacted shortly afcer the arrncks. see char change." His plane was scheduled to leave for the EMU is ad,1pcing better rhan most. Jr The Wo rld College includes the United Scares the next day. He had been has seized rhc moment as a chance co Cultural History To urs and Academic chinking abour studying in a new country. globalizc its curriculum, expand academic Programs Abroad program�. Jr also coor­ about finding room in his luggage for all and cultural tics with od1er nations and dinates academic exchanges with foreign of his cloches. Bue in a matter of seconds, adopt creative ways to entice students institutions as well as rhe Internacional his thoughts turned to fear for his eldest from abroad. Bue the changes arc coscly, Cooperative Education Exchange !or stu­ sister and her husband living in and whilc progress is being made, no one dents. And it is the clearinghouse fo r the \Vashington and to sadness for the thou­ knows for sure whether the pre-Sept. 11 University's Jnccrnarional Competency sands killed and rhe families lefr behind. world will ever return to Ypsilanti, or any Database Project - a database of interna­ His trip co the United Scates was ocher campus. tional expertise among faculty and staff delayed until Sept. I 9. a journey chat he on campus - ,md for efforts ro incerna­ will not soon forget. A Global Campus tionalize the campus, which a task force "I was nervous. 1 didn't know what to The even rs of Sept. I 1 demonstrated reported on lase year. eac," said Koneru, now president of to many whac Margareca O'Connell EMU's lncernacional Seudent Association already knew. As director of EMU's Bythe Numbers and a second-year graduate student in World College progr,un, O'Connell has Jn a trend rluc stretches across the interdisciplinary technology. He felt com­ made ir her mission to help Eastern councry, international srudenc enrollment fortableon the flight to London because evolve into a more global community. dropped at colleges and universities after ocher Indians were on board. Bue he was "There is a great need to learn about Sept. I l. An October 2002 online survey the only non-white on the flighc from other cultures," O'Connell said. "Sept. l 1 conducted by rhe lntcrnarional Jnsriwrc of London to the United States. "[ didn't really showed char we have a lor co learn." Education found rl1,1r -t2 percent of the know if I should talk rn the OLher passen­ By incorporating international issues 3 2-t participating universities and colleges gers," he said. and discussions into existing classes, the experienced a drop in international student The effects of Sept. 11 are still res­ University can give all students - inrerna­ enrollment since 200 J. Of chose, 3 per­ onating around the world. In the two years cional and domescic - a global perspective. cent said the decline was more than 30 since char day, the damage ha� extended "Jr's important forour students to undcr­ percent. beyond the national economy :md psyche. sr;md chat there are plenty of issues. such Ac Eastern Michigan, inrernarional The aftershocks, for example. have as SARS, char affect all of us, nor just student applicacions arc down slighcly less reached colleges and universities, forcing chose here in the United Scares," she said. than 3 percent since 200 l, as they arc at campus leaders co grapple with dwindling Koneru agreed. "The more knowledge almost Michigan universities, said international student enrollment and a swdcnts have about another culture, rhc Claudia Bean, ,1ssisranc director of inter­ flood of changes brought about by the more rhcir accitude changes," he said. national admissions. "Everyone is fe eling USA Patriot Ace, an anti-terrorism law Another iniciativc of the World ic." Bean said.

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The admissions office ;iverages 3 ,000 Proponents or the ace have called for Canada, 68. intermtional applications a year, and the special attention to foreign students in EMU hopes co further expand ratio of applicants to admitted students the field of computer science, as well as Chinese student enrollment through a has remained consistent. In the fall of aviation, because the material they learn partnership between che College of Business 2002, J ,043 international students - could be used ro threaten national security. and Tianjin University of Commerce in graduate and undergraduate - were "Those students arc looked at more China. The alliance allows students to enrolled in 9,589 credit hours at EMU. closely," Blanchard said. "I chink [ rhe e;:irn a master's degree in human resources In chc fall or 200 I. l ,092 international governmentJ is more concerned about and organizational development without scudencs registered for I 0, 181 credit CIS students than a history major.'' leaving their home country. hours: a diffe rence or ..-J.9 students ;ind The decrease in registered credit EM U fa culty will travel co China for 592 credit hours. hours means more than just students a I 0-day stay to meet with students and

The Department of Computer missing from chc classrnom. Jc also signals hy che groundwork for the course; return Information Systems in the College of a subsr.1ncial drop in revenue. vVhen chose co che United Stares to monitor student Business was one of the most heavily 592 credit hours from the University went progress via e-mail for the next six weeks, affected by Sept. I I. International enroll­ elsewhere, so did an estimated $207,220. and then return co China for a second ment dropped by 59 scudents, from 191 l 0-day stay to finish che course. in 200 1 to 132 in 2002; credit hours Search for Solutions The program's largest expenses will taken dropped from 1,572 to 986. In response, Eastern Michigan is be faculty crave!, bur Blanchard said the Business is the only ocher major wirh developing ways to repair the damage by University is looking at the bigger pic­ more international student involvement; reaching out to international scudencs in ture. "It's a liccle more expensive than an 2 79 students were in chc program last fa ll. their home countries and rnking steps to on-campus program,'' he said, "buc the Hung-Lian Ta ng, who's entering his retain current students (International revenue will far make up for the cosc." fourth year as chairman of the depart­ students already have a very 1igh reten­ The program began to cake shape in ment, has seen the ra llouc firsclund. "The tion rate.) October 2002 when former business pipeline has dried up,'' he said. The CIS school dean Earl Porter Ill and Tang trav­ numbers for fall 2003 are projected to be Theinternational eled to China to establish a working rela­ even lower. ·',Ne have more output than tionship with Tianjin University. The . input," T .1 ng said. student is an integral result is a partnership chat benefits both The main problem remains the same: universities because the United Scares and che inability of students to acquire visas. piece of the fabric of China each struggle with lengthy delays It's led to another problem: fewer faculty and complications attaining student visas. hires. In 2000, the department used three this university... Once the universities launch the pro­ gram, EMU will evaluate whether addi­ fu ll-time lecturers and three to four parr­ Courco }' McAnuff cimc adjunct professors to handle the IS tional partnerships could solve enrollment course load, Ta ng said. In 2002, the The U niversi rvI uses an overseas problems, such as chose in computer department had one full-time lccrurer and rrcruicment program, a strong vVeb pres- information systems. no adjuncts. ence and old-fashi ned word-of-mouth to ··we might be able to export our CIS As international enrollment dropped, encourage students to enroll. Students program abroad. Thar might be the the number of domestic students has held such as Koneru are often influenced in answer," Blanchard said. "Bue right now, nae. And therein lies che problem. their deci ion ro attend Eastern because a chat's a ways down chc road." To compensate, che CIS depart ment relative or friend from their home coun­ The University had been discussing reshaped its curriculum to de-emphasize try is either a student or ;i lumni. Koneru che concept of partnered programs abroad programming and emphasize project man­ had several cousins who studied at EMU, in early 200 1 ;is a way co globalize its agement skills. The new focus is designed which helped him fe el more comfortable mission, Blanchard said. Bue after Sepe. l 1, to increase enrollment among domestic with his decision. the proiect cook 011 an additional purpose. students, and co recognize changes in the He represents the largest nationality ""\Ne realized chis would serve as a lT industry itself. More programming of Easccrn's foreign students. According means co reach students abroad who did­ jobs ;ire being outsourced to overseas co the Office of Internacional Students, n't want co deal with visa issues," he said. comp;mies, thereby decreasing U.S.-based approximately 266 students from lndia Students arc nor che only ones demand for programmers. were enrolled in the fall of 2002. Chinese ;iffccted by che tightened visa regulations, Nick Blanchard, interim dean or the students followed closely behind at I 59. as rhe vV orld College learned lase year College of Business, said the reason the The ocher top fe eder nations for EMU, when it attempted to bring a Fulbright CIS program was hardest hie is because ic and the number of srudencs enrolled from professor to campus. abil Hewahi, who is the area most targeted by the Patriot Act. chem, were: T.1iwan, 91; Thailand, 78; and is from the Gaza Scrip and was scheduled

Fall 2003 I People, Progress & Eastern Michigan University 23 to teach computer science lase fall, documenting students, ic then applied for his visa well in advance, becomes che students' responsibility said O'Connell of the World College. co keep the school informedand up­ "\Ve were sure a Fulbright would to-dace. have no problem getting through the In order to make the changes process," she said. reguired under SEVIS, EMU has Bue when the dace of Hewahi's spent an estimated $60,000. Lrip co che United Scates arrived, he Courtney McAnuff, vice president of still had yet to receive his visa. So Enrollment Services at EMU, esti­ EMU was forced to find a faculty mates the University has lost $ I mil­ member to pick up Hewahi's sched­ lion in enrollment revenue during the uled classes. Hewahi's visa arrived July past I 8 monchs. Bur the loss com­ 2 3, more than a year after he applied. pounds itself,as fu ture enrollment Eastern still hopes to bring him revenue is lose as well. "Our goal is to campus to teach, O'Connell said. to reverse chat as soon as possible," he said. TheUSA Patriot Act To combat che loss, admissions Signed into law Oct. 26, 2001, has stepped up recruiting in To ronto Theevents of Sept. 11 demonstrated to many what the USA Patriot Act is an anti-terrorism Margareta O'Connell already knew. "There is a great and Windsor and in certain potentially law designed to give the government more need to learn about other cultures," said O'Connell, fe rtile scares, such as New Jersey and director of EMU'sWortd College program. "Sept. 11 power co investigate and detain individuals really showed that we have a lot to learn." lllinois, as well as Wa shington, D.C. And suspected of terrorism. In addition co the ic has had some success in raising enroll­ changes in policy che ace reguires of gov­ mandatory monitoring and reporting of ment numbers from Brazil and Columbia. ernment agencies and law enforcement, it international students to the Immigration Bue despite a near doubling of work added rules forcolle ges and universities. and Naturalization Service through the related to compliance with SEVIS When President George W. Bush Student Exchange Visitor [nformation regu ire men ts, the Enrollment Services signed the ace, it was up to leaders in System (SEVIS). The electronic system staff is the same size. In addition, univer­ higher education to understand the is designed to help the INS more accu­ sities muse have certified professionals reguiremencs and meet chem che best they rately and guickly track the location and entering the international student data - could, said Arnold Barr, an instructional activity of foreign nationals in the United no longer can clerks process an interna­ technologist in EMU's Division of Scates under student visas. An older tional student application. EMU has five Information and Communications paper-based version of chc program had such licensed individuals, all of whom are Te chnology. been around for about fouryears. For on a national government registry. "This was - remember - legislation EMU, the update co an electronic As a student, keeping track of passed during a time of national emer­ exchange of information has meanc enter­ SEVIS' reguiremencs and regulations, gency, with a goal of making immediate ing by hand the personal information of which change freguencly, can be guice dif­ fixes to perceived difficulties in law more than 1,000 students. ficult. To keep students informed, the enforcement and terrorism investigation," The task itself isn't complicated, Office of International Students contacts said Barr, who recently attended a com­ said Paul Dean Webb, director of the chem by e-mail with updates and main­ puter technology and law workshop at Office of International Students, bur it's tains a Web site with SEVlS information. Cornell University chat examined the overwhelming. "Lately. there have been a lot of Patriot Acc. "We're just worried sick chat we'll changes in immigration," said Escher Barr said he brought back reassurances miss someone," Webb said. Gunel, assistant director of the Office of chat Eastern was well prepared when com­ Eastern had most of che process Internacional Students. "With the cime­ pared with ocher institutions in address­ completed by the end of March, he said, sensicive nature of the information, it's not ing the complex demands of che act. and ic sent che lase piece of information efficient to send updates through che mail." "We are not first by any means, but well before the deadline. Affected faculty and staff are we are very high up in the rankings as far And with any new computer program, informed of changes in policy and as awareness and willingness co deal with the SEVIS software has a few bugs chat SEVIS/Pacriot Ace updates in che same the issues, and we are making necessary need to be worked out. "There's a few way, through meetings and e-mail. changes as fast as we can, given our problems they're working on," Webb said, The Patriot Ace has also brought resources," he said. "but nothing that won't be ironed out about change in the search and seizure of One pare of che Patriot Ace chat has over time." confidential information. After learning had a large impact on the University is Once the University has done its job about the expanded capabilities of the

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Salahaddin, Salaimani, Kirkuk, sharing information in such The grant proposal calls for a EMU seeks Duhok, Mosul and Diala. areas as joint-degree programs, minimum of $14.2 million in EMU also has received direct scholar and student exchanges, cost-sharing, matching arrange­ to aid Iraqi pledges of cooperation from participant certification, trans­ ments and in-kind contributions, Iraq's Kurdish and Chaldean as fer-student outreach and spe­ mostly in the form of software universities well as its Arabic communities. cialized training programs. The donations from companies EMU's colleges of Education, proposal also outlines how EMU including Microsoft Corp., Oracle Three colleges at EMU, as Health and Human Services and its partner agencies will Corp. and IBM Corp. Additional well as two professors with Iraqi and Business all play a role in help in the development of the collaboration comes from the roots, are joining efforts to the project. The proposed part­ information technology infra­ Washington Kurdish Institute strengthen the higher education nership between EMU and the structure at each of the partici­ and the University of Michigan's system in post-Saddam Iraq. Iraqi institutions will focus on pating Iraqi universities. Center for Middle East and The collaboration is detailed North African Studies. in a grant application submitted Awards are expected to be in August and which focuses on announced this fall by the grant health and human services sponsor, the U.S. Agency for (nursing and health administra­ International Development. tion); education (teacher educa­ tion and curriculum and instruc­ tion); and business (computer information systems and cross­ cultural business ethics). One of the universities supporting Heading the project for EMU EMU's grantapplication is the are Asad Khailany and Wafa University ofSalahaddin in Arbil, north· Khorsheed, both professors in em Iraq. Here, studentsat the universi­ the College of Business. ty, where most of those enrolled are Kurds, listen duringa presentation on Khailany was in Iraq in August protection methods against chemical and received letters of support and biological attacks this spring, for EMU from the universities of before the startof the Iraq war.

government, colleges and universities The Road Ahead high. and chey often pay three times in nationwide muse prepare their employees As wich the rest of the nation, the cuicion and fees whata domestic in-state to respond properly to government agen­ process of adapting co a pose-Sepe. l l student pays. "[e's a big loss for a region­ cies" demands for conlidcntial informa­ world will nor end anytime soon for al institution," McAnuff said. "They real­ r tion. Then institutions must inform their Eastern Michig;111 University. le will con­ ly pay their full f eight." students, facultyand staff about the tinue co face more pol icy changes, new To compensate, EMU is doing many changes in their privacy rights. lf individ­ initiatives and new challenges. By reaching things. le has created a $ 500,000 oppor­ uals are targeted in a terrorism invesrig.i­ ouc co students in ocher countries - as tunity loan program open co international cion, che government can seize confiden­ well as reaching in to those already on students and a national scholars program tial information about chem, including campus - ic can reach its goal of meeting forextremely talented international stu­ library check-out records, e-mail and governm.ent demands while still evolving dents. Enrollment Services is also paying Internee history as well as ocher electronic into a more global community. half che costs of a faculty member who material, without their knowledge. "The focus needs co be on creating travels overseas (his or her acJdemic This means che University faces a not only well-educated students here, bur department pays che other half) in daunting task in training irs employees to creating global citizens," O'Connell said. exchange for chat fa culty member doing secretly disclose the information and co "I'm proud co say we're going in ch<1c admissions-outreach work. And it has r keep the investigation secret f om che direction." increased recruiting visits overseas and as person involved while informing fa culty, Before Sepe. 11, problems obtaining well as contacts with domestic foreign seaff and students of the drastic change visas were rare. ''After Sepe. 11, basically embassies. in their right to privacy. everything shut down," said McAnuff, "What we're crying co do is develop Despite che increased monitoring and whose division includes registration, relationships," McAnuff said. EMU changes in policy, Webb said the mood records and admissions. enrolls as many as 50 students a year among incernarional studencs has been "!e's a huge loss to Michigan, because through embassy referrals. upbeat, understanding and patient. ln face, what we're losing is a very educated moti­ "The international student is an inte­ he said, the people who appear co be most vated group of folks, who often stay and gral piece of the fabric of chis university upset about che Patriot Ace are Americans. work in our state," he said. and most other universities," he said. "It's "] gee che impression of frustration lncernacionalstudents, in addition to important for our kids to know what the from Americans buc not from my stu­ enriching a campus culturally, have anoth­ rest of che world chinks. We need to build dents," he said. er 1·alue: their retention rate is exceedingly allies and not keep people distant."

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EMU' s con1n1unit y-building 1111t1at1vcs tackle youth violence

ByCa therine Lower

ang bangers and college graduates have more in com­ ties that arc partners with EMU in the process. G mon than one may Lhink. The Center is working with the Ypsilanti police depart­ Gang members, particularly the gang leaders, ment, the Latino Family Services Agency in Detroit, Detroit's have skills diat entrepreneurs envy. They are generally well 4th police precinct, and the Arab Community Center for versed in basic and advanced business practices; have outstand­ Economic and Social Services (ACCESS) in Dearbornco help ing interpersonal communication skills; understand corporate curb youth violence in chose specific communic_ies. The agencies hierarchy and chains of command; are adept at setting and meet­ were selected as grant partners because they most closely ing goals; ha,-c advanced methods o( persuasion, and understand matched rhe requirements of the grant and already had estab­ the bw much better than some third-year law students. They arc lished relationships with EMU. in business for themselves and are turning a profic. Detroit-based Latino Family Services is a non-profit organi­ A goal of Elvia Krajewski-Jaime and EMU's Center for zation started in 197 I co meet che needs of southwest Detroit's Community Building and Civic Engagement is co help those young growing Hispanic population. The scope of its work has people turn from a potential career in crime co a legitimate busi­ increased since then, and che group now serves all residents of ness career. And with a $ I million federal grant the Cencer received southwest Detroit and Wayne County. Services include a in March, center director Krajewski- Jaime is well on her way. women's center, you ch programming, parenting education and The two-year grant from the Department of Justice seeks to programming for infants and children up co age three. curb youth violence by fu nding new approaches in youth pro­ " [EMU's] partnership and support is paramount in provid­ gramming. EMU is coordinating those cffons, and will make ing our community with legal resources chat empower a commu­ sure the solutions get spread throughout the region. nity and enhance the quality of life," said Alicia Villarred, execu­ The grant targets young adults ages l 2 through 21 in cer­ tive director of Latino Family Services. tain areas of southeast Michigan. The number of youths served Dearborn-based ACCESS provides services to the Arab­ is yet to be determined. When the grant is fully under way. an American community as well as the community at large, includ­ estimate of those affected will be easier co determine. ing emergency shelter for adults, employmenc preparation, job Though the grant money has not yet reached campus, training, substance abuse prevention and treatment, and a widely Krajewski-Jaime has grand plans for it, and so do the communi- used speakers bureau.

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"We're really excited about getting chis grant," said Ismael opportunity co do scholarly work and can publish their experi­ Ahmed, executive director of ACCESS. "Working with EMU co ences after they have returned to the classroom," Krajewski­ help train people in these areas of violence reduction will make a Jaime said. "Right now, the faculty do not get a lot of credit for real contribution co our community. Using teamwork is the their work in the community. Now, they will be rewarded for right approach." doing che scholarly work and proving there is such a thing as The centerpiece of che grant is a community-leader fe llows community-building as scholarship." program. The first step is selecting che fellows, who will serve But by all accounts, the focus of the grant is on helping agen­ for one year. Once selected, the fe llows will have a chance co cies build self-supporting and viable programs once EMU pulls develop original programming aimed at stemming youth vio­ back its leadership and financial support when the grant expires. lence within their home communities. In return,che agency con­ "'The Center forCommunity Building and Civic nected with che fe llow will receive a $20,000 stipend (from the Engagement will strengthen community organizations and indi­ SI million grant) co be used ac its discretion. While some agen­ viduals by helping them in terms of management, leadership and cies may choose co replace their fellow program planning," said Ronald Wo ods, pare-time in order co further carry out director of EMU's Institute for the che new programming, ochers may choose Study of Children, Families and co update computer equipment or pur­ Communities, which houses the Center chase much-needed supplies. The decision forCommunity Building and Civic is up to the agency; che money from Engagement. EMU comes with no strings attached. The goal is to help organizations "\Ne wane to help the agency focus create solutions that give momentum co more on these areas," Krajewski-Jaime their violence-fighting efforts, momen­ said. "We really are helping these agencies tum chat will carry them and their com­ in times of severe budget cuts by inject­ munities forward after the grant is spent. ing money into [chem]." The Latino community has been par­ The fel lows will also have use of a ticularly effective on its own in tackling laptop. printer, the Center and its staff, these issues. Leaders have helped gee and will be encouraged co cake classes young adults out of gangs, away from while on the EMU campus. The goal is to violence and working coward real-life make as much of Eastern Michigan and goals by learning the skills necessary to its resources available to the fe llows dur­ survive away from a life of crime. ing their one-year tenure. Guadalupe G. Lara, manager of con­ The grant and its fe llowship-mentor­ flicr managementand diversity initiatives ing component will continue co build upon the Center's existing at Children's Hospital or Michigan in Detroit, and the president Community Leadership Fellows Program. of the Michigan chapter of rhe Latino Social Wo rkers A second key component of the grant is seminar-based. Organization, has pledged co help Krajewski-Jaime as much as EMU faculty chat have an interest in or are pursuing fu rther possible. In face, all of the Latino social workers in the chapter study in community building and civic engagement will be have committed rime and resources co the grant. tapped to work one on one with fe llows. Vo lunteers from all And Lara has a track record of success. She is the author of academic departments will be sought. They will be matched with a program at Children's Hospital chat has helped young adults fe llows in terms of incerescs. Some fe llows may be matched one recognize cheir feelings and verbalize those emotions instead of on one, while ochers may have the chance to work with cwo fac­ acting them out in violent ways. ulty members. "Here at Children's, we have developed a program char man­ "The faculty will be released 50 percent of the time to work ages conflict and foc uses on the conflict when it occurs," Lara on the program wich the fellow," Krajewski-Jaime said. The fac­ said. "We talk about feelings and reacting co the situation. Then ulty members will be provided space on campus in Boone Hall, we take time co discuss it. This teaches the children co come which houses the Center, and have fu ll use of the computers and cogecher as a group and work cogecher co solve a problem." support staff During the initial phase of the grant-application process, a The grant's third component involves benefits awarded co che group of EMU administrators came cogether to write the academic departments supplying the faculty members. A depart­ proposal. Initial authors were: David Cliffo rd, associate vice ment can receive up co $1,000 per semester, per faculty member president forextended programs; Susan Kattelus, chairman of and can use it co supplement any area. Another indirect benefit the Department of Accounting; Krajewski-Jaime; Don Loppnow, for EMU's academic departments: the new experiences gained by senior executive for strategic planning and continuous improve­ faculty, which can then be incorporated into the classroom. ment; Chuck Monsma, director of the Institute for Community "They will have the additional knowledge, and have had the and Regional Development; and Juanita Reid, vice president

28 People, Progress & Eastern Michigan University I Fall 2003 for University Relnions. the University's new lobbying firm in Washington D.C., and the "Our lobbyists, \1;111 Scoyoc and Associates, cold [ Reid] that relationships Reid built in Congress, che non-competitive youth our proposal, and presentation based on the proposal, was the granc w;is awarded co EMU - after a great deal of hard work. best of all their clients,'' said Kathleen Tinney, assistant vice While curbing youth violence is chc specific purpose of the president for University Relations at EMU. grant, it has another indirect benefit: enhancing the work of the Developing a second, more in-depth proposal included the Center for Community Building and Civic Engagement. The efforts of all members of the original group, as well as Peggy Center was formed in 1998 through the University 's own Wicncek, director of the Applied Research Center within the awarding of Research Excellence Funds. At the time, it was lnstirutc for the Study of Children, Families and Communities; called che Center for Community Building and Management. John Benci, research associate for the Institute; and Woods. The mission of the Center was co support and strengthen the "Jc was a real team efforr," Krajewski-Jaime said. "le would communiLy out reach initiatives of EMU faculty, students and have been difficult for one person co do it, but there was sea ff by developing working partnerships with local government strength in unity. When you h:ll'e a team and non-profit agencies, faith-based writing it, you arc drawing from a pool of organizations and businesses, in order knowledge.·· co meeL communities' economic and All credit Congressman John Dingell social needs. (D-Mich.) with championing the propos­ A fundamental operating principle al. Dingell represents Michigan's J 5th of the Center is co develop partnerships District, which includes Ypsilanti and chat are chen sustained over time and Ypsilanti Tow nship. He worked with which result in mutual benefits co EMU Reid, EMU PresidenL Samuel A. and i cs partners. Kirkpatrick and the University's lobbyists As the work of the Center evolved, co help give che proposal the bcsc chance community partners requested the elimi­ for funding. Dingell even made a trip co nation of "Management'' from the name. campus ro help work on the proposal. The DOJ grant proposal made way for Dingell also worked closely with chat change, and the Center is now Michigan Senators Carl Levin and Debbie known as the Center for Community Scabenow. Building and Civic Engagement. "They and the community really Since its founding, the Center has pushed for it," Krajewski-Jaime said. focused its activities around the creation "They went co bat for us." of partnerships and the strengthening of One local leader has already seen communities such as Ypsilanti, the Arab Congressman John Dingell (D-Mi<:h.) came to campus American community in Dearborn and what a difference reaching ac-risk kids eariier this year to help announce the grant. Dingell, can make. whose districtincludes the EMU campus, played a the Latino communities in southwest key role in championing the proposal. '''vVc arc looking forward co partner­ Detroit. ing with chc University co utilize some of ics resources co help For example, the CcnLer provided technical assistance co bring abouc the cooperation, and co improve che overall qualicy brmg funding for cwo grants totaling $ 7 I 8,000 tO ACCESS; of life in che cicy and its neighborhoods,'' said George Basar, implemented a safcry-belr education campaign in the Latino Ypsilanti's police chief "Jr is part of our whole community community of Wayne County; implemented an international policing effort, and we arc working very closely with neighbor­ program for social work students co conduce a community prac­ hood associations and groups co bring chem togecher co work tice program in Mexico; and implemented a Community with us co help identify and address the problems and concerns Outreach Partnership Center in che Ypsilanti community by in rhe neighborhoods rhat make up our city.'' coordinating activities from seven projects directed by various The grant process began when Kirkpatrick first arrived as EMU faculty and community partners. president and asked Reid co gee EMU more active in the fe der:il The idea for che Center emerged from a proposal for a earmarks process. Earmark funding is awarded wichout che doctoral program in community building and management, merit-based compccicion typically used co distribute government sponsored and supported by Elizabeth King, then dean of the funds for research, facilicies and ocher universicy projects. College of Health and Human Services. The proposal was Earmark awards are based largely on che clout of a state's con­ presented co the University administration in 1998 buc was nor gressional delegation and the efforts of the universities co lobby fu nded at chat time. The Center was co be pare of the doctoral cheir congressional representatives. Key co che process are effective program and would serve as a forum for Ph.D. students while federal lobbyists and clear, concise and well-written proposals. providing the infrastructure co support cheir research. Plans co Reid and her sea ff made che earmarks process a priority. refine ;md submit a new doctoral program proposal in communi­ And with che hiring of Va n Scoyoc and Associates in 200 1 as ty building arc ongoing.

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21st Century grant teacher education, why not help a fa iling and special education, or che largest pro­ The Willow Run project is formally school in our community,'' said Janice ducer of educational personnel in che fu nded as a 21st Century Community Moses, manager of technology and mar­ nation - the College of Education at LearningCenter granc. Through it, keting for ICARD, and program manager EMU has few if any national peers. University faculty and Willow Run offi­ for che 21st Century Community "We've got history and geography cials are providing literacy, cultural, science Learning Cencer grant."If you can't help going for us,'' said Jerry Robbins, now in his and technology education co students in your own, who should you help?" J 2th year as dean of the college. "But you an afrer-school setting. The schools are The Summer Science Camp at don't gee co be che biggest and stay there Edmonson and Kaiser Elementary. Edmonson, where the experiments on unless you goc good scuff going for you." "There is so much potential for harm energy were conducted, was a pilot pro­ The screngch of EMU is noc ics total in the afrer-school time," said Chuck gram, as were six-week programs chat goc output. but che qu.1licy of preparation its Monsma, direccor of EMU's lnscicuce for under way late in the school year. The students receive, Robbins said. "We are Community and Regional Development Summer Camp participancs - about 30 preparing chose teachers who are then (ICARD). "This is the type of thing th,1t students in all across three sessions - vol­ prepared co do che value-added, and co can have a positive impact on the academ­ unteered for the classes. They studied work with all children, regardless of gen­ ic and personal lives of students." energy; water quality, by taking and test­ der, race, ethnicity or income," he said. r The granc is from the state ing samples f om the Raisin River; and "We are tremendously concerned with the Deparcmenc of Education, but involves aerodynamics, by building their own bottom three-quarters of chc school-age money sec aside with the passage of che model airplanes. student population." federal No Child LeftBehind Acr. The EasternMich igan admitted I .+3 8 grant inl'oil'es two professors from Teaching powerhouse students lase year into ics reacher prepara­ Eastern Michigan's chemistry departmenc; Pick your superlative: whether it's the tion program, an increase of++ percent r two f om the teacher education depart­ oldest teacher training school west of the in three years. Jc prepares about 2,000 ment; two recencly hired site coordina­ Alleghanies; rhe sixth such school found­ professional educators per year, including cors, and personnel from 1CARD. ed narionally; among rhe first schools in about J ,000 new, ltrsr-cime teachers. At "lf we are world-renowned for rhe nation co prepare teachers of physical any one time, about 4,000 srudencs are

Noda is the only representative from Noda, task force explore higher education on the Trtl e Ill links between language, National Advisory Team. parental involvement mend their own resources and report all findings to Lockhart B) K.tthleen Shields "I am excited about this and Ovard of the OELA EMU professor Phyllis appointment and about this leg­ Initially, the team was plan­ Clemens Noda is playing a islation," said Noda. "I'm sup­ ning to share information via prominent role nationally in the portive of it, one-thousand per­ conference calls, e-mail and implementation of the Title Ill, cent so. If the districts meet all occasional meetings during or parental and community of [the act's] requirements, it is national and regional conferences involvement requirements, of a tremendous step forward and sponsored by the department. the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) will allow for more services for Then, Noda and fellow EMU pro­ Act of 2001. more children." fessor Stuart Karabenick creat­ Noda, director of EMU's Under the act, signed by ed a Web caucus on EMU's Bilingual Education Te acher President Bush last year, school Web server system so the team Training Program, was invited to districts must inform, in the could more quickly share ideas join the Title Ill National native and English languages, in the educational process, and and information. Advisory Te am on Parental, the parents of non- or limited­ provide them with the tools they The caucus is helping the Family and Community English proficient students of need to help their children team plan its first major out­ Involvement by Jim Lockhart their child's eligibility for lan­ attain English language profi­ reach: the English Language and John Ovard, program direc­ guage development services. ciency and academic achieve­ Acquisition Summit Dec. 2-4 in tors for the U.S. Department of Parents also must be made ment," said Noda. "We intend Washington, D.C. Education's Office of English aware of their right to refuse to go beyond supporting nation­ More than 200 parents of Language Acquisition. Noda is services, their right to provide al compliance with NCLB and bilingual children from the the only representative from input into district and local devise strategies and programs Washington, D.C., Maryland and higher education on the team, school improvement plans. and that will best engage parents." Virginia areas are expected. which is comprised of 15 volun­ their right to remove a child Team members will examine They will meet the team, test teers representing Title Ill state from a low-performing or unsafe parental, family and community ideas, learn about best prac­ directors, OELA staff and lan­ school. involvement resources given to tices and leave with a program guage acquisition experts from "The goal of the advisory team them by the U.S. Department of to be implemented in their own across the country. is to effectively involve parents Education. They will also recom- communities.

32 People. Progress & Eastern Michigan University I Fall 2003 have done internshipsin Comer schools. Nine Detroit Comer schools chat are partners with EMU have won Golden Apple awards from the Michigan Deparcmem of Education. By 2002-03, che projecc involved 3 2 participants from EMU, 568 teachers in Detroit and more chan I I .300 students.

Urban teachers Lewis Grady looks like he should still be in college. But at age 40, the Detroit Public Schools teacher has a wealth of knowledge, not to mention cwo college degrees, accumulated through years as a special education teacher, high school bas­ ketball coach, and classroom teacher. Bue until July, one credential eluded him: a state teaching cercificace. Grady earned thecercificace by enrolling in and complecing the reguire­ ments of EMU's Urban Te acher The projectbetween EMU and DetroitPublic Schools is named after its founder, James P.Comer, M.D. Dr. Certification Program, scarced in 1995. Comer also served as thefirst holder of the John W. Porter Chair in Urban Education at Eastern Michigan. The pose-baccalaureate program of scudy is for non-certified ceachers employed in involved in professional educacion prepa­ ment and collaboration. Abouc 700 such public schools and who hold a bachelor's racion. The rigors of ics program help schools are in districts nationwide. degree. The goal is co provide non-certi­ explain why che Universicy 's graduates Ten years ago, The Skillman fied ceachers che chance co complete a set have already received 24 prescigious Foundation announced plans co spend of required courses and field experiences Nacional Educacor Awards from che $18 million to fund the rollout of the leading to cercification while remaining Milken Family Foundacion. Comer Schools and Families Initiative in employed. Upon successful complecion of The College of Education main rains 17 schools in Detroit. The goal was to all program requiremencs and state tests, its repucation in pare by being aggressive raise scudem achievemem and promote participants will become eligible for on accreditacions. EMU is currencly going healch, growth and development. EMU Michigan cercificacion. through che seeps for recercificacion by chc became the school discricc's partner in Nacional Council for Accredicacion of implementing chc philosophy. Te acher Educacion, a distinccion EMU For ics part, EMU broughc pre-scu­ has maincained since NCATE was found­ denc teachers, nurses, social work incerns ed. le pursues these accredicacions [ or and students ceachers inco classrooms in recognitions] college-wide, as well as Decroic. across ics four departmems: Health, "There were cimes when we couldn'c Physical Education, Recreacion and pay kids co go co a Detroic school," said Dance; Leadership and Counseling; ora Marcin, EMU's. Comer coordinator. Special Educacion and Te acher Education. "Now, when chey come in co do scudenc reaching, they ask whether chey can go co Comer schools a Comer school." For a decade, EMU has been a partner Through spring, nearly 1,200 EMU scudents had done pre-student teaching in the academic evolucion of some of Detroit's worst-performing schools. As the and more chan I 00 their student teaching Universicy Partner for the Comer Schools in Detroit Comer schools. In addition, 96 and Families Initiative, EMU was in an social work and 142 nursing students ideal place co help with the transformacion. Lewis Grady said certification measures both a Comer schools use a consensus model teacher'sand a district'scommibnent tolearning. He is teaching socialscience classes this year at thac stresses parental and staff involve- Detroit's Denby High School. Fall 2003 I People, Progress & Eastern Michigan University 33 "We go in chinking it's a symbiotic relationship,'' said Don Staub, OCE director. "They respond by opening their classes to our faculty and our scudencs." In addition, chc OCE coordinates che relationship with EMU's three "consoci­ ace" schools: Farmington High School in chc Farmington Public Schools district, which was the llrst consociatc school in che United Scates; and Estabrook Robbins (second fromright) and other panelists at this spring's congressional hearing. Elementary School and Ease Middle School. both in che Ypsilanci Public Mr. Robbins goes to Washington Schools district. Jerry Robbins has been grams May 20 before the While his whole speech In consociace schools, EMU profes­ a dean of a college of edu­ Subcommittee on 21st went into the cation at three universities, Century Competitiveness, Congressional Record, he sors spend time in the buildings and help testified before state leg­ which is under the House and other speakers were idencify staff and curriculum needs specillc islative bodies in four of Representatives' allotted only five minutes to to that school. "The fo cus of the partner­ states, and given dozens of Committee on Education speak. And that time was ship is to have a fandcy member spend addresses at conferences. and the Workforce. cut short by the piercing But none of that prepared "It was an awesome blare of an alarm. time at the school regularly." Staub said. him for the pomp and for­ environment," said Fire? No, the standard "They arc there co find the pro(essional mality of testifying before a Robbins. Red, yellow and clarion call to represent& development needs and then bring our congressional committee. green lights, visible to the tive to return to the House Robbins, dean of EMU's speakers, gave them visual well for a vote. And with resources there to bear on che problems." College of Education, queues as to when to stop that, the committee meet­ Another OCE-managcd project is spoke on the state of and go and when their final ing was gaveled to a pre­ Transition co Te aching. a new joinc effort teacher preparation pro- minute of time had arrived. mature close. by EMU, lichigan Scace Universit}'and the University o( Michigan-Fl inc. The "In the urban schools, more people tcscs arc taken and requisite classroom grant will create programming to help should rake care of cercificacion," s,1id experiences and 111.1 jor. minor and educa­ Flint Community Schools prepare new Grady, who is teaching llvc classes a d.iy tion coursework is acknowledged by the m.ith and science teachers. in a range o( social science copies this st,1Le. Bue for many teachers, and even In addition, the college operates The year ,it DeLroic's Denby High School. ··1 more so for chose in urban districts, that Center forAdc1pcive Te chnology in tell people that ,di the time: lf you're sequence of check-ofls never takes place. Education. CATE helps scudencs with going to teach, get yourscl( ccrcilled. I( The program scarred in Dccroir .rnd dis,1bilicics use technology co cope wich not, srop reaching." was brought to Flint cwo years ago. the ce,1ching ,md learning environment, '"lc's in the best interest o( Lhc per­ Alre,1dy. one student has received her cre­ and helps faculty and staff cope wich the

son ro be certified. Ir's in the best imcr­ dentials by caking the progr,1m there. work environment. est o( the educational leadership ro get Another fi ve from the program in Flint And it operates clinics inside the John their staff certified," he said. "'ft chal­ .1rcdoing student ce.1ching this foll. \V Porter College of Education building lenges you in a way char does measure on campus. The clinics not only provide your commitment ro your program." Collaborative education cr.1ining for (ucure counselors, speech and l\vo years ago, Detroit employed The college's outreach projects are L1nguage pachologiscs and reading teach­

more than 1,200 emergency substitute coordinated under the l 0-ycar-old omce ers. but are ;i valuable a((ordable resource replacement personnel. of Collaborative Education, which aces as for EMU and chc larger community. In "Jc certainly renccts the commitment .1 liaison between the University and the 2002 (i scal year, ch ere were -J..3 I 8 of this University to children in the urban school districts within about a -J.0-milc clinic visits.

area," said Regina George, program direc­ radius o( EMU. The scope of ll'Ork it The outreach into communities by ror of Lhe Urban Te .1cher Cercificacion manages has expanded in recent years to the college's f.1culcy can also be measured Program at EMU. "\Ve can't sic here in include work with districts in Genesee, in the number o( proposals - -J. l in the Ypsilanti, 45 miles from one of the most Jackson and Lenawee counties. 2002 fiscal year - submitted for spon­ impacted school districts in rhc country, The projecLs range from che Comer sored funding. Tlvency-eighc of chose and not do anything," she added. ,ind rhc Urban Te acher Cenificacion pro­ projects were (u nded, an all-rime high for Usually, cercillcation comes soon grams and helping district personnel the college. And lase year, alumni and after ,I student graduates from a teacher­ write grants to conducting professional (r icnds donated S-J. 76,.+98 to the college. training program, and a(ccr the required development workshops for teachers. the second-largest total ever.

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800. 777.3521 EMU-Brighton www.ce.emich.edu Now Open! [email protected] By BarrieBarber "She has a very calm demeanor and has a propensi­ ty to find middle ground," the former m.1yor of Lmsing said. "Her task is to make sure the amuel Webb didn't departments arc implementing know when he case the governer"s (vision)." a vote forgovernor Webb Sharpe, who earned lase year char he also picked the a bachelor's of business fucure boss of his daughter, administration degree in per­ Eastern Michigan University sonnel and industrial relations alumna Lisa Webb Sharpe. from Eastern, won the high­ "You could definitely say ranking pose after a one-on­ that was a shocker," said che one interview with Gr,mholm, 67-year-old Detroit resident. who has rocketed quickly in But then, Webb Sharpe che Democratic Parry ranks. didn't know before the The popular governor has November 2002 election she graced the covers of national would work in che same office magazines as she rose from building a noor bel011 attorneygeneral to the stare' s Michigan Gov. Jennifer M. highest office. Granholm either. And not as '"Her style of imeraction an officeworker. but as the with people is so personable governor's hand-picked cabi­ char she secs you at ease." net secretary and director of Webb Sharpe said. ""Tr was not public policy. as nerve-wracking as one l f you want an issue be(ore might expect. the state's cop leader, you'll Lisa Webb Sharpegraduated fromEMU in 1985, and previously servedeight years "The governor listens," in the administration of funner Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer. likely have co sec Webb Sharpe she added. "You gee the sense along the way. She sets Granholm's agenda at cabinet meetings. chis governor has been to the grocery store.'' "The issues chat come up day co day chat we need to get Prior co joining the Granholm administration, Webb Sharpe responses to many times end up resting in chis shop," said Webb worked at Ann Arbor-based The Tr averse Group. managing envi­ Sharpe, a 1985 Eastern graduate who .1lso serves on the EMU ronmental inspections. After nine momhs, she decided co return Foundation Board of Tr ustees. co government, a fa miliar home during the eight years she The 3 9-rear-old state executive has found herself in a myri­ worked for former Detroit Mayor Dennis Archer. ad of roles since joining the Granholm administration: Among ochers, she helped kick-off a renewed initiative to prevent lead IN THE SHADOW OF TH E DOME poisoning in Michigan children, and serves on chc governor's \.Ve bb Sharpe commutes I 2 hours a week from her home in cask force created ro improve the shell-shocked economy of. and the Motor City to Lansing. She travels with her husband, Felix ease racial tension in, Benton Harbor, the southwest Michigan Sharpe. +2, who works as a legislative and fiscal policy advisor at city char erupted in riots chis year. the Michigan Family Independence Agency. And when the largest blackout in l orth American history Her office window overlooks che state capital, although she struck Detroit in August, she mobilized stne officials to deliver says she isn't distracted. 3 60,000 boccies of water co the sweltering city. "From where I sic, [ sec a tree," she said. "To be honest wirh "Cities arc a priority for chis governor and, as a Derroicer. you, l don't chink about ic." chat's important co me," Webb Sharpe said. She carts a frozen meal ferried from home and frequently The state's first fe male governorcalled her licutenanr "an cats at her desk. Often, she stays on the job r 2 or more hours a invaluable member of my scaff." day. The hectic pace rarely slows. "Lisa has fo und a way co manage a variety of issues making She was born in Seville, Spain, while her mother. Beverly. now ir possible for us to accomplish as much as we have in jusc seven 63, and father, a U.S. Air Force veteran. lived on an air base. months," Granholm said. But Detroit, where she grew up and graduated from high Webb Sharpe often acts as a mediator between cabinet school, has always been home. members, said David C. Hollisrer, director of che state Her road co Lansing began at age 12 when her father, a Department of Consumer and Industry Services. union activist who immersed himself in che Democratic Party,

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toted her and her sister Carla co political rallies. ro come co work." l He once had Webb Sharpe ride in a traveling sound car and By che end of Archer's second term, she oversaw about O spread che mess:ige o( the candidate of che day through area city departments with more than 3,000 workers. Her wide-rang­ neighborhoods. ing responsibilities screeched from economic development and The woman ochers h:ive described as humble wasn't shy making sure che garbage got picked up co organizing Clean about spreading the word. Sweep, a 3 5 ,000-volunreer-scrong initiative co comb:ic arson. ''I don'r recall any discomforr with it because he was my And listening co constituent concerns. farher and ic was fun," she s:iid. ''I handled a lot of complaints," she said. Webb impressed upon h,s daughter how politics can affect One of her greatest fe ats: Convincing Troy, M ich.-based the quality of workers' lives. Kmart Corp. co open two superstores inside the city "ac a rime ''An)' contract chat can be negotiated can be legislated away,'' when retailers didn't wane co locate in Decroic." Webb said. "What you have to do is have the right people in Perhaps rhe gre;icest role she played in resurrecting neigh­ office so you can protect whar you have.·· borhoods had its roots in the Archer campaign trail, where she met John J. George. George is founder and direccor of Mocor LIKE FATH ER. LIK.£ DAUGHTER: City Blight Busters, a non-profit community group intent on UNITED IN POLITICS AND LABOR tearing down old, dilapidated homes and erecting or renovating Like her father, Webb Sharpe ochers. worked for the United Auto CITIES ARE A George said he had invited \Vorkers, first in :i clerical job and Webb Sharpe and her husband, who beer in labor agreement and PRIORITY FOR THIS chen worked for \Vayne Count)' research and development while she GOVERNOR AND, Executive Ed Mc ;imara, over for earned a master's degree in business dinner. Earing barbecued lamb adminisrrarion at Wayne Sracc AS A DETROITER chops, George asked both co University. THAT'S IMPORTANT approach their bosses to lend their Ac Solidarity House, che names co a volunteer house-bu ilding union's world headquarcer , she TO ME. effort, in order co give it credibility. eventually served under future UAW President Steve Yo kich. He Webb Sharpe and her husband agreed. then spearheaded contract negotiations with Ford Motor Co. ''They had co pur their neck on the line because if chis "\Vacching Sreve Yo kich was a lesson in itself,'' she said of thing blew up, guess who got in trouble?" George said. the labor leader, who died a year :igo in August. ''Steve Yo kich He didn't have co free: Boch men said yes. knew what he wanted and he was very cffeccive in what needed The Dennis Archer/Ed Mel amara Building Blitz began in to happen in order to produce the desired resulc.'' August 1995. One thousand volunteers from several community The labor leader had high expectations of his staff, but was booster groups banded cogerher co build I 5 homes in five days fair-minded and fought for his people, she said. in northwest Decroi c. "He 111.1s demanding, but in :i respectful way," she said. ''The In August 1997. another 2,000 volunteers did it all over things chat stuck out most for me were ro be fair co people and again and built 20 houses in a week in one of the cicy 's worst co support your team that you count on everyday ro do chat job.'' hit neighborhoods. By comparison, only l I homes were built in Those were rhe lessons she rook ro policies. Her youthful Detroit during che l 980s. pr:iccice of attending campaign rallies led her ro then Detroit may­ ''lf it w:isn'c for Lisa Webb Sharpe,'' George said of Blitz oral candid:ite Archer, a one-time Michigan Supreme Courr Justice. Build, ''it wouldn't have happened." o( He h.1d :i message she could connect with to lift up che Webb Sharpe has served as president of the Board hard-scrabble Mocor City. Commissioners of the Detroit Housing Commission. Bur her "He can be quite engaging and his pl.ms for Derroic seemed involvement in Habitat for Hum:inicy brought her back co her perfect at che time," she s:iid. Webb Sharpe also found some­ university campus in Ypsilanti. thing else on the campaign trail: Her future husb:111d. Felix. She met Melonie Cobianne, then the chairman of the EMU Foundation, while che cwo served on the Habitat for Humanity ' J F YOU LI KE THE YlSlON ...' Board of Dircccors in Detroit. Webb Sharpe's unabashed support in the election earned her "We were out in Detroit helping co build a home and we got a spot in the Archer administration once the November J992 to talking about Eastern," Colaianne said. "She cold me she was general election ended with the newly elected city leader ascending an EMU grad and was so appreciative of the education she had co office. She began her rise up che political ladder as an assis­ gotten there. She said if she could ever help, co call her - so I did." tant co the mayor. Webb Sharpe joined the foundationboard in July 2001. ''I had a true opportunity co influence people," she s:iid. "Jf "Ir's a chance,'' she says, ''co reconnect, quite frankly, with you like the vision ch;1c the leader lus laid out, it makes it easy Eastern.

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EMU Foundation revamps giving societies Following recommendations of development consultants Alexander, Haas, Martin and Partners, the EMU Foundation has revamped and simplified donor recognition levels. The plan will separate lifetime and annual recognitions, according to Stuart J. Starner, EMU vice president for advancement and executive director, EMU Foundation. "Our plan, as sug­ gested by the consult­ Information ants, will simplify giving For more infonnation on the various levels and allow us to giving levels, contact the developmen recognize and cele­ officer in your college through the brate with smaller EMU Foundation Web site at groups of our most www.emufoundation.org or phone Foundation offices at 734.484.1322. dedicated donors more frequently throughout the year," Starner said. Societies attained through cumulative giving range from Bronze to Platinum with the most prestigious designation recognizing lifetime gifts of $1 million or more. The Heritage Society recognizes qualified planned gifts, which may include bequests, gift annuities or charitable remainder trusts. (see related story, this page) Annual giving levels range from the Benefactors' Council, which recognizes gifts of $1,000 to $4,999 in any given year, to the Regents' Council, which rec­ ognizes annual gifts of $50,000 or more. In addition to recognition through various publications, donors at the Benefactors' level and above will be invited to special celebration each year, according to Starner.

"Our hope is to build an organization of chairs and professorships. In addition, the true philanthropists who care deeply about society will celebrate and honor the the future of our University," said Mike University's heritage and traditions. Heritage Society James, director of planned giving for the "We invite our alumni and friends to EMU Foundation. "These generous alumni consider becoming members of the Dinner announced and friends have made important charitable Heritage Society," James said. He also gifts during their lifetime or through their noted that this fall, the Foundation will The EMU Foundation is sponsoring its estate to provide for the future needs of reconnect with its alumni and friends inaugural Heritage Society Recognition Eastern Michigan University." through a new series of mailings about our Dinner Thursday, Nov. 6, at the new James hopes that as generous donors, the University House. The Heritage Society rec­ the society membership lnfonnation impact of their endowment builds over time, it will ·:.:.;'.�,t ·..:::,_ , >·,· .:·, _ : .·. ':: · '. . . . ·::� giving, timely gift planning ognizes and celebrates individuals who . For infonnation_ on the Society, or' on { have created a legacy at EMU through produce increasing levels planning yourlegac y to EMU, please, ..: tips as well as Heritage planned gifts such as bequests, gift annu­ of endowment support for contact MilleJames at 734.481.2310! Society news. ities or charitable remainder trusts. scholarships, endowed or visit the EMUFoundation Web. site ;. at www.emufoundatiori.org. ..., ' • : :'.�i-\:-2:- ·-�-·:'1:· ....·/�. · :::�t.1;:v: .:i: '"/ >,·.':'.\{

38 People. Progress & Eastern Michigan University I Fall 2003 l·:\('1111,lnr A Co11versation With . . . SamKirk patrick

As you look back over your first 40 What is the single biggest What would you do to change the Why are satellite campuses, such months, what would you say are challenge ahead for EMU? state funding system? as the recently opened center in your proudest accomplishments? Brighton, important to EMU? The state funding challenge is There are two parts to this My proudest accomplishment is clearly the biggest challenge problem. One is to get higher The convenience factor is a very modernizing and updating fea­ confronting the University and it education on a more equitable important feature of our slow tures of the University, which is exacerbated by a pattern of footing by paying attention to and careful expansion. We're were essential to address as historical underfunding for EMU funding per student, no matter expanding much more rapidly we moved into the 21st century. and some of the other public where they are. The undergradu­ online and electronically than These include dramatically institutions in the state. But ate experience ought to be we are physically. Quality and improving our information and these challenges are part of equally well funded regardless access are our two corner­ communication infrastructure to long-term trends in proportion­ of where students go. The sec­ stones. You place campuses in ensure that we had appropriate ate declines in state support. ond is to address the bottom- areas where service needs are service-delivery systems that And so the challenge is how to I ine financial condition of the not being adequately met, were electronically-based and deal with a changing public poli­ state. We need to get back on where commuting distances to that we had a cutting-edge cy view that, consciously or track so that higher education is the main campus are great, means of electronic communi­ unconsciously, has pri­ viewed as more of a public where you often have working cation; transforming our _JI..... vatized public higher good and that there is an under­ adult populations for whom trav­ human resources opera­ .. education. standing, which surprisingly has el is a challenge after work. tions from a central­ not existed in this state, And, ergo Brighton, right in the ized, top-down, com­ between the relationship of center of the fastest growth mand-and-control phi­ higher education and economic node in the state. And Detroit, losophy to a more development where we should have a much strategic, helpful, con­ greater presence. sulting-oriented, edu­ But there's a second rea­ cation-oriented enter­ son beyond access and it prise; and strategic relates to our community planning itself. All are engagement goals. It's very transformational initia­ important for us to have centers tives. ··The s1at<' to help improve and support our communities and to give our fundiug chall<'ng<' is students experience in diverse dearly th<' bigg<'st communities. challenge ... and it What should the campus looklike is exacerbated by a five years from now? What should people expect to see from Eastern pattC'rn of historical Michigan University? 1111 dcrfunding. ...., There should be a perception and an understanding that we have a wide range of high.quali­ ty academic programs. Quality of programs is critically impor­ tant. And I want the public to understand that when they hire a graduate from Eastern Michigan University, that they not only have a high.quality aca­ demic background and are ready to work, but have leader­ Samuel A. Kirkpabick became the 19th ship skills. I will want the public president of Eastern Michigan to understand that we prepare University in May 2000. From 1990to our students to live, work and 1999, Kirkpabick served as president succeed in a culturally diverse of the University of Texas at San Antonio. He received a Ph.D. and mas­ and global society ... even if ter of arts in political sciencefrom they choose to remain in Pennsylvania State University and a Michigan. bachelor's degree from Shippensburg Universityin Pennsylvania. He is the author of six books.

Fall 2003 I People, Progress & Eastern Michigan University 39 My Turn

mong the many distinct fea­ treasured day. It has become The Symposium is really tures and traditions at Eastern the University's premier aca­ all about our students and Michigan University, one stands demic event by providing a pro­ their academic pursuits. For out above the rest for me: the fessional, conference-like example, Alison Bedingfield Undergraduate Symposium. venue for the presentation of was a Symposium XXIII partici­ I've been a part of it for nearly every student research. It demon­ pant from the Department of one of its 23 years. To me, it symbolizes all strates what is best about Psychology and, as a result of that the collegiate experience should strive EMU - our exceptional stu­ her participation, she was a to be. There's the reach for excellence by dents who are supported and recipient of a Barry A. Fish students, the collaboration with faculty, the guided by faculty mentors from Scholarship. I appreciate her formal presentation of research and cre­ across all disciplines of the reflection on preparation for ative projects, and yes, the celebratory University. the event. "I knew that it was nature of the day itself. The College of Arts and necessary for me to condense I've watched with pride as the Sciences, of which my depart­ my work into a form that would Undergraduate Symposium has become ment is a member, serves as be both informative and under­ embedded at EMU as a most unique and host of the Symposium. Nearly standable to anyone who might 2,500 students have partici­ view my research. Any scientist pated during the Symposium's must be able to express 23-year history. The event has his/her ideas and findings grown from 17 students and clearly in order to gain credibili­ 21 faculty sponsors during its ty and respect. Presenting at first year in 1981, to 198 students and the Symposium gave me the opportunity to 107 faculty mentors in 2003. practice these valuable skills." The depth and breadth of the work pre­ Plans are already in process for sented each year sets new standards of Symposium XIV, scheduled for Friday, March excellence. Held in March, Symposium XXIII 26, 2004, in McKenny Union. The public is showcased student work from all colleges welcome to attend the student presenta­ of the University. The range spanned from tions and witness the academic excellence an interpretative dance piece performed by of our students. I am very proud to say that Erin Quellhorst (Department of Health, the Undergraduate Symposium is seen as a Physical Education, Recreation and Dance) most fitting capstone to EMU's Week of to a poster presentation documenting the Excellence. work of Kristie Mitchell, Ranique Keanes­ It is very satisfying to be part of an Dawes and Gregory Fondren (Department of event that provides students with an oppor­ Biology) on myoglobin-stimulated destruc­ tunity to strengthen their collegiate experi­ tion of arachidonyl-containing phospholipids. ence and one that often influences the I would encourage you to check the direction students take in their respective event's Web site, www.emich.edu/sympo­ fields once they complete their undergradu­ sium. It features all of the student presen­ ate degree program. The Undergraduate tation abstracts for the 23rd event as well Symposium truly is a gem of Eastern Erin Quellhorst perfonned a dance piece titled as a historical review of its development Michigan University and a wonderful reflec­ "Internal Struggle," which explored the struggle of an individual seekingautonomy. and evolution. tion of the quality of our students.

Ronique Keanes-Dawes (center) explains the research into chemical reactions among myogto. bins at this year's Sy mposium. The research was conducted with fellow students Kristie Mitchell and Gregory Fondren.

40 People, Progress & Eastern Michigan University I Fall 2003 Calendar

26 Brassy 17 Wedding mishaps 11 Comic master Michigan Chamber Brass, EMU Theatre presents "An Pulitzer Prize-winning Art southeast Michigan's pre­ Italian Straw Hat." Romantic Spiegelman, best known for miere brass ensemble, con­ trysts with raucous twists his masterful Holocaust ducted by Paul Eachus, per­ add to the mayhem of this comic book narratives, forms. EMU professor of madcap comedy with music. takes his audience on a trombone, Donald Babcock, At the Quirk Theatre through tour of the evolution of performs with the ensem­ Oct. 19. 8 p.m. comics and their power as ble. Pease Auditorium, 8 a medium. McKenny 3 Devlin exhibition p.m. 4 Homecoming 18 Ta p room Ballroom, 7 p.m. "Lucinda Devlin: The Omega Join fellow alums on cam­ Tap dance sensation Savion Suites" features haunting 27 Leguizamo Live pus as the Eagles face Glover brings his electric 18 Spiked images of the death penalty A riveting one-man show by Western Michigan in 2 p.m. style to campus. Pease Opening round play of MAC by internationally famous dynamic actor, comedian kick-off at Rynearson Auditorium, 8 p.m. women's volleyball tourn& photographer and EMU and now director John Stadium. Tailgating begins ment. alumnus Lucinda Devlin. At Leguizamo. Convocation at noon. 18 Celluloid culture the Ford Gallery through Center, 9 p.m. The Margaret Mead Film 21 Musical discovery Oct. 3. 6 Heavy medal and Video Festival, the pre­ EMU Theatre presents "The Celebrate start of AMSA miere festival in the United Secret Garden." Beautiful Medals Exhibition, a display States for anthropological and enchanting, this Tony of medallic sculpture featur­ and ethnographic film and Award-winning family musi­ ing 63 works from 24 of video, comes to EMU. cal spins the classic chil­ North America's top medallic Pease Auditorium dren's tale of young Mary artists. Reception 4-6 p.m. Lennox. At Quirk Theatre through Nov. 23. Also Nov. At the Ford Gallery. Exhibition 24 Counts Bassie runs through Oct. 31. and Dracula 30 and Dec. 4-6. 8 p.m. Kevin Miller and the EMU 11 All in the family Symphony Orchestra have 22 Bandorama Annual Family Day on EMU's surprises in store during An EMU bands spectacular, campus. Fun for the family, their popular Halloween with all the color, pageantry blending science, the arts Concert. Pease Auditorium, and excitement of the Wind and FOOD! 7:30 p.m. Symphony, Symphonic Band and Marching Band. Pease 31 Moore, please Auditorium, 7 p.m. Oscar-winning director Michael Moore comes to campus. Convocation Center, 7 p.m. Free.

10 All that jazz EMU's jazz combos, direct­ ed by Donald Babcock, swing through charts old and new, spiced with 3 Great Lakes, improvisation. Alexander great colors Recital Hall, 8 p.m. A traveling exhibition dis­ playing 50 pieces of the best of Michigan watercolor painting. At the Ford Gallery through Dec. 5.

Controversial director Michael Moore, who along with Michael Donovan won the Oscar this year for best documentary feature for "Bowling for Columbine," appears on campus during a freeevent Friday, Oct. 31, at 7 p.m., in the Convocation Center.

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