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Upper Iowa University • www.uiu.edu 1 From the Advancement & Alumni Office

Featured in this issue of The Bridge is a photo collage of your University’s recent Homecoming celebration—a time when classmates and friends reunite with one another to share memories and rekindle the relationships formed as college students. Along with the traditional events such as the Alumni Banquet, the bonfire, parade, and of course the game, attendees were encouraged to partake in a variety of other activities. Those special campus events included a Math and Science student project showcase, history treasure quest, open houses hosted by the Art and Education Departments, as well as various campus tours.

Additionally, there was one other event that, unless you read the program very carefully, you may have missed—the President’s Society Dinner. This is a special evening set aside for us to recognize those donors who generously and loyally supported Upper Iowa University during the past year.

Membership in the UIU President’s Society is an annual membership open to all donors who support Upper Iowa University with a gift(s) of $1000 or more. Gifts made during the fiscal year (July 1 through June 30) are credited toward the President’s Society. When making a gift, a donor can choose to support any program, building, or initiative of UIU. More important, however, is the impact of the gift. Private support enables the university to provide an accessible and affordable education that transforms peoples’ lives. Private support helps Upper Iowa University carry out the strategic plan and continue to ascend.

I invite you to join your fellow alumni and friends by becoming a member of the President’s Society. You may give online at www.uiu. edu and clicking the “Donate Now” icon; by calling the Advancement and Alumni Center at 1-800-553-4150 (Option 6); or by using the form included in the center of this magazine. Whatever method you choose, I hope you’ll become part of this group of supporters.

On behalf of the students, faculty and staff, Upper Iowa University gratefully acknowledges the generosity of the 2009 President’s Society. Members are listed below and will be posted on the web site unless they have requested anonymous citation.

Mary Rettig, Vice President, Advancement and Alumni

2009 President’s Society Members Betty Andres ’46 Lois Gambill ’74 Kenneth D. Peckosh Bruce Campbell ’69 and Bev Evans Thomas Goebel Prairie Construction Co Inc Carver Charitable Trust Steve ’73 & Diane ’73 Harms Regions Bank Foster Cass ’41 Del Hughes ’69 David and Mary Rettig Community Foundation of Iowa College Foundation Mary Margaret Roberts Northeast Iowa Mike Kerns David Sanger ’70 William ’65 and Deanna Cook Shawn & Stacy Kleppe James ’60 and Martha Schaer John & Leona Danker Joel Kunze Louise Scott James ’67 and Judy Day Dr. Darrel ’70 and LaDell ’70 Lang Scott Pharmacy Doug Egeland Tiling Lowell Lyford ’40 # Richard Smith ’52 Stuart Dunkel ’64 David Manuta Sodexo Joseph Elarde Meyer, Scherer & Rockcastle Ltd. Eleanor Swent Neil Evans ’62 Donald Molteni Kenneth Tedford ’65 J. Michael Exline ’73 Forrest Moore ’39 Lowell Tiedt ’71 Steven Exline ’71 Dennis ’68 and Dolores Murdock Mark Timmerman ’91 First National Bank Johnny Murray ’85 Alan and Debbie Walker First State Bank William Naylor ’66 # Wendell ’76 and Marcia ’72 Whitcher Robert ’89, ’00 & Betty Firth Northeast Iowa Charitable Pamela Whitmore ’65 Howard ’71 and Debbie ’73 Fischer Foundation Foundation for Christian Kieth Osborn ’72 # = Deceased Stewardship Palmer Lutheran Health Center

2 The Bridge • Fall 2009 The Bridge Contents Editor Sheila Miller (‘01) (‘09) History in the Making 4 Contributors Dr. Rick Klann Sheila Miller (‘01) (‘09)s 8 Commencement Photos Photography Chelsea Arndt 10 Alumnus got game! Dr. Rick Klann Sheila Miller (‘01) (‘09)s Beth Petsche Steppin’ out Administration 12 Dr. Alan G. Walker, President 14 University News Melik Khoury, Interim Vice President Marketing and Communications Sweet Dreams Dr. DeWayne Frazier, Senior Vice President 16 International Programs

Dr. William Duffy, Senior Vice President 19 Homecoming Photos Academic Extension Don August, Chief Financial Officer, 22 Environmental consciousness Senior Vice President Business Services Dr. David Chown, Chief Academic Officer, Senior Vice President Residential University

24 Peacock Mat Club Board of Trustees Bob Firth (‘89, ‘00), Chair Darrel Lang (‘70), Vice Chair 26 Parkersburg tornado John R. Falb, Secretary Dennis Murdock (‘68), Treasurer Bruce Campbell (‘69) Bill Cook (‘65) 29 Class Notes Betty Davis Firth Howard K. Fischer (‘71) Steve Harms (‘73) In Memoriam Scott Lebin (‘64) 33 Dr. Harry Maue (‘76) Gerald McCauley (‘61) Bernard Pattison James Schaer (‘60) On the cover: Statue of David B. Henderson, a UIU student who enlisted in the Civil War and who would go on Barry Smith (‘59) to become the first Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from west of the Mississippi River. The statue is located on the steps of the Henderson-Wilder Library on the Fayette campus. Photo by Beth Petsche. Please send all address corrections to: [email protected]

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Upper Iowa University • www.uiu.edu 3 Cover Story

History in the making at UIU

4 The Bridge • Fall 2009 Tuesday, August 25, was a proud and historic day on the Upper Iowa University Fayette campus when a ceremonial groundbreaking was held to celebrate the beginning of UIU’s $75 million capital improvement project—the largest in the University’s history.

The day-long event was attended by students, faculty, generated by the University is roughly the equivalent staff, UIU Board of Trustee members, special guests, of a $125–150 million endowment. and individuals from the surrounding community. “Our strategy is to grow our nontraditional Speeches from President Alan G. Walker and several endowment, as well as our traditional one, by members of the Board lent a running theme of continuing to make strategic investments of our present, past and future. Special guest speakers were Academic Extension system into new markets in the Iowa Governor Chet Culver and Student Government U.S., abroad, and online, as well as investments on President Justin Marchant.

Other activities included video presentations of the new facilities, campus tours, food, and a gift to all attendees of a commemorative key ring.

Construction is already underway on a new Liberal Arts building, student union, and suite-style housing. Present “In difficult economic times, constituents—parents, prospective students, alums, legislators—develop more discriminating expectations of the worth, View of geothermal usefulness, and importance of a college degree, drilling operation and they judge institutions on the basis of cost and from the Office of the quality,” said Walker. In a word, it’s all about “value”. President. A total our principle campus here in Fayette,” added Walker. of 55 wells will be “Therefore, the message to these constituents must be bored at a depth of simple and clear, and it must match expectations for He gave credit to former Board Chair Jerry McCauley 300 feet each. high-quality education at a reasonable cost, as well ’61 for laying the initial foundation for the current as a promise to improve lives and the human social capital improvements. condition of our increasingly complex, competitive, “One of the strong architects behind Upper Iowa’s and ever-changing world.” strategic planning efforts is a member of our Board With uneasy economic times, Walker noted that many of Trustees, who along with his family has joined institutions are receding, some are maintaining, and us today, Jerry McCauley,” a few are ascending. He stated Upper Iowa is one said Walker. “An important Fayette of those few ascending institutions and attributed it component of this plan campus to the fact that the University has never depended includes the recent update became on a large traditional endowment for support of its to the University’s facilities operating budget. master plan for the Fayette wireless, one campus, the centerpiece of of the first Walker said UIU has a seven-figure cash reserve which is this historic building and only and an extensive academic extension system, project currently underway.” which includes centers in the U.S., Hong Kong, fully wireless Singapore and Malaysia, as well as robust online and campuses in independent study programs. The annual revenue Iowa (2007)

Upper Iowa University • www.uiu.edu 5 Cover Story

This photo of attendees includes (left to right) Director of External Affairs/e-Center Andrew Wenthe, Iowa State Senator Bill Heckroth, Trustee Jerry McCauley ‘61, Trustee John Falb, Iowa Governor Chet Culver, Trustee Betty Andres ‘46, Trustee Bill Cook ‘65, Trustee Scott Lebin ‘64, Iowa State Senator Brian Schoenjahn, Trustee Barry Smith ‘59, Board Chair Bob Firth ‘89 ‘00, and President Alan G. Walker.

Walker then paid tribute to the late Bill To accommodate the increasing number example, Dorman Memorial Gymnasium Andres (’48) and his wife, Betty (’46) of students, Andres said the college is named after Doc Dorman, a Fayette for their generous contributions toward was forced to purchase surplus military dentist who spent 90 percent of his time on helping to revitalize the Fayette campus. Quonset huts—semi-circular cabins campus and “filled a few teeth every now covered with corrugated sheet metal—for and then.” “Make no mistake, however; while this additional housing. project is historic in scope, it did not She recalled knowing Professor Grace begin here,” said Walker. “These newest “These living quarters didn’t seem to Meyer, who Andres said “... made Upper improvements to the Fayette campus have bother the men so much because they Iowa her life.” The grassy area in front of their origins in the mid-1990s when Bill had just come out of the service and were Garbee Hall residential housing is named and Betty Andres had a vision for what used to much worse,” Andres said. “For Grace Meyer Square. Upper Iowa could become. They made an the wives, it wasn’t ideal, but they didn’t “We [Bill and Betty] like helping Upper investment that began the transformation complain too much. They were just happy Iowa and will keep on helping it grow of this campus and this University that to have their husbands home and getting even more,” finished Andres. continues to this day. We are fortunate to an education.” have Betty Andres with us today as well.” Future Comparing the situation in the 40s to the Past new buildings being constructed today, When word got around about growing the Andres noted the structures Upper Iowa Fayette campus to 1,500 students some As a 1946 graduate of UIU, Betty Andres built during that time were based on day, Board Chairman Bob Firth ‘89 ‘00 enlightened the crowd with stories about quantity, not quality, although some of said people asked, “Why?” His response college life at UIU back in the day. them are still standing. She also recalled was, “Why not?” Andres said, due to the war, there were other factors that made those times hard, Firth stressed the importance of only about 40 students on the Fayette such as rationed gas and a scarcity of cars. keeping the Fayette campus vibrant and campus in 1944, few of whom were men. Andres enlightened the group with stories strong, calling it the “hub” of the entire But after the war she said the student about people she knew while in college, University. He pointed out there are population grew fast—too fast. and who have since been memorialized by online and for-profit schools starting up Upper Iowa on the Fayette campus. For regularly that will not have a rich legacy

6 The Bridge • Fall 2009 developed from a brick-and-mortar campus.

He said the capital improvements are absolutely necessary to ensure and sustain growth, remarking, “And not just because some old guys in the boardroom thought it was a good idea, but because it is what today’s college students want.”

“We actually went out and asked Fayette campus students what they thought was good about Upper Iowa and what was bad,” he said. “And believe me, they had opinions.” F ayeTTE cAMPUS Fall Enrollment Firth said the plans for suite-style housing and a student union came out of near record high these conversations because “the students cannot eat, sleep, and have recreational Upper Iowa University fall enrollment reached a near record high on activities in the same building.” the Fayette campus at 903 students, an 11% increase over 2008. The number of students at all UIU locations for fall 2009 totalled Firth added, “We not only talked to 6605, an over last year’s overall enrollment. Total the students but, more importantly, we 11.25% increase enrollment at UIU over the last four years has listened to what they had to say.” He increased by 40%. said research shows the universities “These are impressive numbers that we haven’t seen here in Fayette that are growing have added suite-style since the late sixties and early seventies, when incoming students were housing. Again, it is because it provides motivated by a war-time draft,” said President Walker. “Today, stu- students with what they want—more dents are choosing Upper Iowa University for all the right reasons— independence. our strong academic reputation, popular degree programs, unique class Reaffirming what President Walker had scheduling, robust financial aid and scholarships, and the only Divi- said earlier, Firth promised that with sion II athletics program in the state.” the growth of the student body will “It’s an exciting time here at Upper Iowa as we continue to see the come additional professors, academic brightest and the best students opt to come here,” said Walker. “I buildings, and a variety of learning anticipate the Fayette campus will continue to grow, something we are modalities so as not to sacrifice the all looking forward to.” quality of education at Upper Iowa.

“This is why we are here today,” said Firth. “It’s the first step on an excellent Ranked No. 1 by the journey.” Online Education Database (OEDb), recognizing UIU as the nation’s leading degree-granting online university (2008)

For a complete list of special accomplishments at Upper Iowa University in the last five years, go to www.uiu.edu/accomplishments

Upper Iowa University • www.uiu.edu 7 Building a Stronger Global Future Here’s what UIU’s $75 million capital improvement project means for you: • Better campus community for our global citizens • Better facilities to help us compete globally for the best students and faculty • Better stewardship of natural resources through sustainable construction practices.

• 1 and 2 bedroom suites with private bathrooms • Full kitchen and laundry on each floor • Study area, computer labs and storage • Student lounge with a large-screen TV

liberal arts building SUITET -S YLE HOUSING SCHEDULED COMPLETION: aUGUST 2010 SCHEDULED COMPLETION: aUGUST 2010 • 10 classrooms • 24 faculty and academic offices • 4 computer instruction rooms • Lecture hall with tiered seating and state-of-the-art learning environment

Building Site for Liberal Arts Building Building Site for X Suite-Style Housing

X X

Building Site for Student Center

• New café and dining facilities • One-stop information center • Multi-purpose room for student and community events • 14 Student Development offices • Student game room, lounges and leadership center

STUDENTC ENTER fomoe r r information visit our website: SCHEDULED COMPLETION: DECEMBER 2010 www.uiu.edu/future

8 The Bridge • Fall 2009 Alumnus Stan Lee, Major (Retired) U.S. Air Force, passed away on August 7, 2009. Stan Lee was born and raised in Manchester, Iowa and graduated from Upper Iowa University in 1946 with a B.A. in business administration, political science and social science. He earned an M.B.A. from the University of Southern California, majoring in commercial aviation in the field of trade and transportation. Stan was also a World War II veteran, serving in the United States Air Force for 26 years. Stan rose to the rank of major, serving his country both on and off the battlefield. As a member of the first B-29 Superfortess Wing, his missions included the China-Burma-India Theatre and the Pacific Theatre. The Boeing B29 Superfortress was the largest bomber to enter service in WW II, and played a major part in the overall bombing campaign. Most notably, Stan’s later missions included the Marianas Islands, where the bombing of Hiroshima occurred. After retiring from the Air Force, Stan Lee flew as a commercial pilot and also worked for Standard Oil of California. Then he went on to develop Stan Lee Enterprises, Inc. of Santa Monica that included the sale and operation of coin-operated amusement machines and real estate investments, for which he served as president and CEO for over 35 years. Stan was also involved in many professional organizations, including the Junior Chamber of Commerce, Music Operators of America, and the Reserve Officers Association. Stan was an emeritus member of the Upper Iowa University Board of Trustees; received the UIU Distinguished Alumnus award in September, 1992; received an Honorary Doctorate in Entrepreneurship from UIU in 1999; has contributed major gifts to Upper Iowa’s Recreation Center, Lee Tower, and the Reflective Tribute memorial, and for many years, gave the Stan Lee Scholarship.

UIU will honor its veterans on Armed Services Day, May 15, 2010.

Watch your mail, e-mail and/ or FeatherNotes for more information.

Upper Iowa University • www.uiu.edu 9 Commencement May 9, 2009

Current Fayette campus students serve as flag carriers. A happy grad!

Piper Craig Hazelbaker leads the way as the graduates march into Dorman Memorial Gymnasium for the ceremony.

Iraq war veteran and keynote speaker B.J. Dr. Alan G. Walker, Jackson and his wife. UIU President

Master of Public Administration

Des Moines/Ankeny Centers

Independent Study

Nikki Riha, Fayette Campus

Blackhawk Center Good friends!

10 The Bridge • Fall 2009 Online Master’s Degree

Processional march into Dorman

Waterloo Center

The first of three ceremonies on May 9

Online Bachelor’s Degree

Wausau Center

Graduates listen to platform speaker Bob Firth.

Theresa Alexander is the fifth member of her family to graduate from UIU. Her parents, the late Latisha Smith earned her Harold Wilbur and Mary Wilbur Master of Education degree (pictured), and sisters Paula at the Fayette campus. Sherrod Guidry and his parents celebrate a (Wilbur) Snell and Kristie (Wilbur) proud moment. Sherrod is the first in his Austin are all alumni. Theresa’s family to earn a college degree. son Josh Fox also attends UIU. UpperUpper IowaIowa UniversityUniversity • www.uiu.edu www.uiu.edu 191 Livengood is pictured with his family at the Iowa State Fair July 11 Corndog Kickoff. The Fair Benefit Auction and Fair Food Grazing Party has raised over $1 million for fairground renovations since it began in 1997.

Alumnus Dan Livengood got game! Dan Livengood ‘98 is a true gamer, not in the video game or virtual sense but rather in a more traditional way.

Livengood designs board games, the He refers to his success as a unique but are out of date and not applicable. most recent of which was sold at the selling proposition (USP), a concept It’s imperative we don’t put our 2009 Iowa State Fair in August titled, learned in one of his marketing classes. customers in a box by offering cliché “It’s a Fair Game.” In 2004, he created USP is possessing products and services products and services. If their needs are the very first Iowa State Fair board game that set an individual apart from unique, and they usually are, our ideas in called “Fairopoly.” competitors. creative campaigns should be as well.”

Livengood is one of the fortunate who Livengood says diverse job skills are his Being in marketing has also provided him has found a way to combine his many USP and are what have led him down with countless networking opportunities, talents, interests, and hobbies with his a successful career path, including his particularly in nearby Des Moines— career. “I had a lifelong dream to become current position as general manager of home of the Iowa State Fair—which a graphic artist or cartoonist,” he said. Spartan Iowa Promotional Group, Inc. in eventually led Livengood to Robin “But after graduating [with a marketing Newton. Taylor, assistant director for the ISF Blue Ribbon Foundation and to his becoming degree], I continued with my tenure as “I’ve not only utilized this concept the exclusive designer of the Fair’s first art director and account supervisor at a throughout my agency tenures, but also custom game and the co-creator of the local advertising agency, where I utilized for client consultations,” said Livengood. second ISF game. a variety of skills ranging from sales, “Organizations in the marketplace today copywriting, editing, illustration, design, promise many veneer or bland products As an illustrator and cartoonist, and photography.” and services that have been used before, Livengood did the art work for all the

12 The Bridge • Fall 2009 previous custom games. In addition to ISF’s games, and even a toy train, he also designed and illustrated other ‘opoly’ games—“Caseyopoly” and “Knoxville Raceway’s Raceopoly.”

Caseyopoly was developed specifically as a retirement gift for Casey’s General Store founder Don Lamberti. Livengood explained that originally only ten games of Caseyopoly were made, which included custom features such as oversized bronze tokens that were conducive to Lamberti’s lifestyle, a miniature coffee cup used to throw the dice, a gold-foiled board, and an individually numbered certificate of authenticity to make it more of a premier collector’s item.

However, for Casey Stores’ 35th anniversary, Livengood fell back on his marketing expertise, convincing its throughout the fair, such as the midway, described Upper Iowa as basically an account executives to manufacture 19,000 Steer ‘N Stein, the sky tram, livestock excellent business school because the basic copies of Caseyopoly to be sold buildings, outdoor entertainment theatres, instructors had real-world experience.” and the many food concessions. A player in the chain’s over 1,400 convenience Livengood offers this as a winning can participate as one of twelve different stores. “The campaign proved to be formula to achieve career success: fair professionals, collecting a salary, such a success that to this day new develop the USP concept but in winning ribbons at contests, visiting the employees of Casey’s are given a game combination with education, a good ATM and buying food and merchandise. because of its usefulness in depicting the attitude, excellent communication skills, The player who retires at the campground history of Casey’s and educating them and a toolbox of diverse talents. about its legacy,” he said. at the end of the game with the most money wins. How does one create an ‘opoly’ game without infringing on the original Although Livengood is proud of his career Monopoly® copyright? Livengood accomplishments and the success he has Signed 38 new found with his creative side projects, he works with Late for the Sky Production articulation Company, a business that strategically says earning his marketing degree as a bought the rights to the opoly name. By non-traditional student at Upper Iowa was agreements incorporating unique design, artwork, and also very rewarding. “I had the talent and with game concepts, they are able to create expertise but was told that not having a community degree was holding me back; it was the new opoly games that follow the original colleges, as well Parker Bros. version but do not mimic it. missing link,” stated Livengood. He added, “The UIU-Des Moines Center as 10 corporate Livengood explains that “It’s a Fair training Game,” however, is not a typical opoly- came highly recommended to me by a style game but more of a trek or journey person whom I interviewed with, Randy partnerships to many of the landmark spots one visits Clausen, also a UIU alumnus. He (2004)

Upper Iowa University • www.uiu.edu 13 UIU Alpha Nu fraternity members were treated like rockstars after performing for the Harmony School District’s “Music in our Schools” week. Alpha Nu Omega: Steppin’ out Alumnus Greg Jones ‘97 stays connected to his alma mater through his former college advisor, mentor and friend. Also, remembering how proficient Alpha Nu Omega fraternity was at stepping back then, he recently invited them to perform at the rural Southeast Iowa school where he teaches.

Backpack-clad students began filling up UIU’s Bissell Professor of English and Jones graduated in ‘97 with a B.A. the Harmony High School gymnasium, Director of Assessment. in Education and endorsements in their chatter and laughter bouncing off psychology and art, and he attributes McReynolds is the current advisor to the cement walls and polished wooden much of his success at Upper Iowa the Alpha Nu Omega fraternity, as well floor. They were fresh off the bus to to McReynolds, who he says was his as the group’s original advisor when it attend an all-school concert capping off advisor, mentor, neighbor and best began 17 years ago, making it the oldest “Music in Our Schools” week in the rural friend. “Doc taught me more than just fraternity on campus. Seventeen years Farmington, Iowa school district. education,” said Jones. “He taught me ago, McReynolds was also advisor to The how the world works and how to make Harmony music teacher John Grunwald Collegian, UIU’s student newspaper. myself better by not being so overzealous had invited two acts—a percussion trio It was in 1993 that non-traditional student and confrontational.” from the University of Iowa and Upper Greg Jones came under McReynolds’s Iowa University’s Alpha Nu Omega Having been raised in a single-parent tutelage as a staff writer for the paper, fraternity to perform a stepping routine. household, by a mother on welfare, Jones eventually working his way up to editor. says he made up for a lack of material How Upper Iowa came to be included Jones became familiar with Alpha Nu’s goods by being arrogant, self-centered in this southeast Iowa school program unique stepping ability because many and sexist. He married right out of could be attributed to the six degrees of of his friends were not only members high school, had two children, and was separation of Doug ‘Doc’ McReynolds, of the fraternity but staff writers for The working third shift at Iowa Ham before Collegian.

14 The Bridge • Fall 2009 realizing his life was going nowhere and he had resigned himself to working Alpha Nu opened their performance in need of some changes. at Dura in West Union, when he got a by marching into the gymnasium in call from the Harmony School District. step formation. The Harmony students Growing up in Oelwein, Jones says he Unbeknownst to him, his wife had sent greeted them enthusiastically and showed loves the northeast Iowa area where continued appreciation throughout their program with much applause and laughter. However, it was when Alpha How Upper Iowa came to be included in Nu returned to the gym following the percussion performance that they knew this southeast Iowa school program could just how popular they were that day. be attributed to the six degrees of separation The students screamed and actually stormed down out of the bleachers to of Doug ‘Doc’ McReynolds, UIU’s Bissell mob the group, turning their finale into an extraordinary “rockstar” moment.

Professor of English and Director of McReynolds has stories about how Assessment. Alpha Nu stepping originated and how first-class their past performances were. He recalls that the fraternity brought he spent much of his youth outdoors a competition at Drake to a complete camping, fishing, and hunting halt, because they were so good no one mushrooms. He was also familiar wanted to follow them. The following with Upper Iowa University, but it was year, those same fraternity members the suggestion of his aunt and UIU were invited by the University of Iowa employee Mary Lincoln that made him to be the closing act in its stepping look seriously at going back to school. competition. With his mind made up, Jones enrolled Jones lives in Keosauqua with his second at Upper Iowa, quit Iowa Ham, and Doug McReynolds and Greg Jones wife, Penny, and has four children— moved his family to Fayette, renting Sarah, Matthew, Tyler and Casey, who property next door to McReynolds. in his application and resume in answer will be an 8th grader in Van Buren “Over the four years I was at Upper Iowa, to an ad she had seen. Jones went down Middle School next year. Doc and I became good friends,” said for an interview and says he was hired on He and McReynolds have continued Jones. “I painted his house, we would the spot. “The teacher I interviewed with to keep in touch over the years, with grill out, and I would bring him fish. Doc and I just clicked,” he said. Doc serving as an usher in his wedding always had plenty of ice-cold ‘Kool-aid’ Jones is currently the art teacher at Van to Penny. Jones remarked the last on hand, too.” McReynolds recalls one Buren Middle School but says this is his time he was in Fayette and stopped time Jones brought home 87 pounds of first time since being hired by Harmony by McReynolds’s house, he noticed it catfish and split it with him. “Yeah, that schools that he has been at just one needed painting again. He added, “And, was really something that day,” laughed school. He was originally hired as a I’m still waiting for Doc to sell me that Jones. “I was fishing at the Wapsipinicon shared instructor, with his time split Triumph in his garage.” in Littleton and pulled in one right after among five schools within the district. It another. We brought home four coolers is evident from the large mix of students Dr. Doug McReynolds earned his bachelor’s of fish.” and Master’s degrees in English at the who came up to greet Jones throughout University of Missouri and his Ph.D. at the After graduation, Jones substitute the afternoon that he is a well-liked and University of Denver. taught in the Oelwein and Sumner respected teacher. schools but couldn’t land a full-time teaching position in the area. He says

Upper Iowa University • www.uiu.edu 15 University News Notes

T PeAM eACOCK exceeds fund-raising goal –twice

Upper Iowa University 2009 reached $120,000. has participated every year, ended its fifth consecutive biking the entire route. Team Peacock year of participation in “What started modestly has raised a statewide bike ride by several years ago with six Since its inception, riders has grown into the Team Peacock has raised $350,000 since breaking its fund-raising goal—twice. most successful fundraising $350,000 through pledges its inception event in Upper Iowa and sponsorships from in 2005, Team Peacock topped its history,” said President Alan individuals and corporations. increasing original pledge of $105,000 G. Walker. “The continued Every dollar contributed goes institutionally for student scholarships growth in participation and toward student scholarships. funded before riders and crew left contributions is not just A tentative goal of $150,000 scholarships July 18 for the seven-day exciting, it’s amazing.” has been set for next year’s by 73% event known as RAGBRAI. ride. The team’s longer term The final tally of money Walker is credited with goal is to reach $1 million. raised by Team Peacock in starting Team Peacock. He

16 The Bridge • Fall 2009 CELEBRATING 25 yEARS rare sighting

Upper Iowa University’s Des Moines This Cecropia moth (Hyalophora Center is 25 years old this year. To cecropia) was photographed on the wall celebrate, the center held an open house of Upper Iowa University’s Andres on Tuesday, Sept. 15. Center for Business and Education building on its Fayette campus. It was in 1984 that Upper Iowa opened the first of two off-campus learning Also known as the silkworm moth, it is sites—Des Moines, IA and Madison, WI. the largest of all North American moths, Its primary objective for starting center has a colorful wingspan of 5 to 6 inches, state fair drawing locations was to meet the growing need and is rarely seen because it typically of nontraditional students who wanted to flies only at night. Upper Iowa University was an even earn degrees at a university which offered bigger presence at the 2009 Iowa classes that fit around work and family An adult Cecropia moth lives only for State Fair due to its expanded booth, schedules. about two weeks after emerging from registration for multiple scholarship the cocoon, with its sole objective being giveaways, and the ever-popular spin UIU’s model proved to be so successful to mate and lay eggs. the wheel to win a free UIU-themed that it soon opened other off-campus prize. Over 50,000 fair-goers visited learning sites across the nation, forming UIU’s booth, with approximately 350 an Academic Extension (AE) division alumni signing its guest book. within the University that would eventually grow to include the centers, an “Based on the number of colleges online program and independent study. represented at the Iowa State Fair, it is Combined with the Fayette campus an exceptional venue to promote higher enrollment, today Upper Iowa University education,” said President Alan G. serves over 6,600 students, making it the Walker. “This year, in particular, Upper largest private college based in Iowa. Iowa was able to tout all the great things happening throughout the University, “We are proud to have more than 3,700 beginning with our $75 million capital graduates from our Des Moines Center,” improvement campaign on the Fayette stated Dr. William Duffy, senior vice campus.” president for Academic Extension. “We find that many of our graduates are Names of the scholarship winners can holding significant leadership positions be found on the UIU homepage news and making lasting contributions to the site at www.uiu.edu. betterment of their communities.”

Upper Iowa University • www.uiu.edu 17 Mattheisen’s home became a temporary warehouse for the 1,500 care packages and 1,300 pajamas she collected for her “Sweet Dreams” project.

Sweet Dreams brainchild of Wausau student Child abuse is not uncommon for children who have parents with alcohol or drug abuse problems. It comes in varying degrees of neglect and/or verbal, sexual or physical cruelty.

Because most children living in addiction parents in a car seat. The parents’ guns parental visits with children who are in riddled homes lack basic parental care, were within reach on the floor beside the protective custody. they tend to have poor hygiene, wear dirty bed. Mattheisen is also an advocate for children or improper clothing, are often hungry Another officer told about an incident about to be handed off to a parent for or horde food, usually require medical where parents used their baby for an unsupervised, offsite visit. As an or dental care, and more often than not negotiating leverage during a raid. advocate, she serves the child’s best become the caregiver to their younger The baby’s crib was rigged to explode interest and can make a judgment call as siblings or even their parents. from crisscrossed meth tubes that ran to whether an exchange from protective In extreme cases of substance abuse, underneath the bare mattress. services to a parent should occur that day. parents have been known to prostitute UIU student Gina Mattheisen from “I’ve seen children look at their parents their children to support their habit and Marshfield, Wisconsin heard some of these with absolute fear, clinging to me and will have their children sleep with them stories while attending the 3rd Annual refusing to go,” said Mattheisen. “It is for use as a shield in case of a drug bust. Wisconsin Drug Endangered Child (DEC) then that I have to step up and speak for For example, after one drug raid, a Conference in 2008. the child. I simply tell the parents that I police officer reported that upon entering don’t think the child is ready to go that The other information Mattheisen is the parents’ bedroom, he found the day and to please contact the courts and familiar with, because she works part- bed positioned to face the door with a make other arrangements.” time for the Wisconsin Safe Exchange six-month-old child asleep between the & Visitation (SEV) program supervising

18 The Bridge • Fall 2009 One thing Mattheisen did hear at the dreams.” At that moment an idea came to church groups brought in loads of care DEC Conference that she did not know her – a pair of warm pajamas and a soft, packages; school children gave up their was how children involved in a drug raid fuzzy blanket tucked into a clean, new classroom gift exchanges for the project, are dealt with at the scene, particularly pillowcase that these kids could take with and countless businesses had departmental if meth is involved. In those instances, them to foster care and would be theirs to challenges to see who could collect the a Multi Disciplinary Team (MDT) will keep. most items. accompany the police that consists of law Mattheisen immediately started planning “It was also touching to see how much enforcement, social workers, pediatricians, her “Sweet Dreams” project, wherein she care and love people put into the packages,” said Mattheisen. “Some included notes expressing ‘Good Luck’ “I need to come up with a plan that will or ‘God Bless You,’ while others added rattles for the babies, stuffed animals give these children, who have very little for the toddlers, and toothpaste and comfort or possessions in life, something toothbrushes for the older children.” Mattheisen said it took several trips to hang onto—something that belongs to to get everything to her house, where she created a system for sorting things. them.” “Every room in our home, even my

and HAZMAT units, if needed. The would collect care packages that included makeup of these teams varies from county these three items, with the pajamas to to county. range in size from three months to 14, for After the raid and before the children can both boys and girls. be transported to the hospital, they are Armed with 200 flyers, Mattheisen taken into a tent that has been erected on canvassed local neighborhoods and site, stripped of all their clothing and other businesses. “I never asked for money,” personal belongings, and scrubbed down. she said. “Instead, I told my story and “Believe me, it’s not a warm, gentle asked people to spread the word.” She had bubble bath, either,” said Mattheisen. set a date and place for a “Pajama Party” Afterward, forced to leave everything drop off several weeks before Christmas at Gina Mattheisen behind, the children are driven by the local mall. ambulance to the local hospital, checked children’s bedrooms, became part of the When the day arrived, Mattheisen says, out, and then handed over to child- organization,” she explained. “The living she and her husband and two children protection services. room was for sizes 0-3 months; my son’s dressed in their pajamas and arrived at room was for boys’ sizes 6-7-8, and my After the conference, this was one the mall early. “I was hoping to get at daughter’s room was for girls’ sizes 6-7- image Mattheisen couldn’t get out of most 200 care packages, but the response 8, and so on.” She added, “All we did her head. “I need to come up with a stunned me,” she said. “When the mall that entire Christmas vacation was sort, plan,” she thought, “that will give these doors opened, I couldn’t believe what was separate, inspect, label and wrap care children, who have very little comfort or happening. Hundreds of people poured packages.” possessions in life, something to hang through the doors with their “Sweet onto—something that belongs to them.” Dreams” care packages in hand.” Since the holidays are traditionally a time when these agencies see the highest That night, as she does every night, That day Mattheisen collected over 1,500 amount of drug use and domestic abuse, Mattheisen tucked her own children care packages and 1,300 pajamas. She Mattheisen says the “Sweet Dreams” care into bed, kissed them and said, “Sweet says besides individual contributors, packages were immediately distributed

Upper Iowa University • www.uiu.edu 19 to over 21 different local child-protective agencies: county social services, the Wisconsin DEC, and other not-for-profit organizations. When she started receiving positive UIU Peacock feedback, Mattheisen says she knew her project was a success. One person wrote, “I’ve been in foster care all my life, and I wish someone had done this for me.” Connection Another said, simply, “Thank you for doing this!”

Before holding her second P.J. Party this coming December, Mattheisen continues to gather information on what sizes are needed most. She says care packages containing infant sizes and 4T, which is also very common, have already run out.

At Upper Iowa’s Wausau Center, Mattheisen is working on a degree in Human Services, with a minor in Criminal Justice. After graduation, her objective is to become a full-time case worker, wherein she would actually become a child abuse investigator and be able to testify in court.

In addition to her studies at UIU, she is now asked regularly to speak at church organizations, Lions and Rotary Clubs, and other community groups. “Sweet Dreams is a cause that everyone can participate in and feel good about,” says Mattheisen. The Peacock Connection is “Usually after I tell my story, there’s not a dry eye in the room.” where all UIU alumni and

Mattheisen has been recognized for her Sweet students can buy UIU licensed Dreams project by the Wisconsin Alliance for Drug Endangered Children and the Wisconsin apparel, gifts, textbooks, State Attorney General’s Office. She has also been asked to speak at the State Steering supplies and more. Committee for WIDEC in January. Stop in or shop online at UIU recognized by GetEducated.com www.shopupperiowa.com as “Best Buy” for its online MBA and Human Resources programs (2006, 2008 , 2010)

20 The Bridge • Fall 2009 UIU Peacock Homecoming 2009 Connection

Bonfire Champions Forever was this year’s Homecoming theme in honor of the 1964 football team that won the Iowa Conference Championship and this year became the first team to be Kevin Clipperton ‘97 and inducted into the UIU Athletics Hall Chris Brown ‘97 (above) of Fame. A few members of that team were inducted into the are pictured below. UIU Athletics Hall of Fame as athletes. Current students Jackie Greco and Travis Eggers were voted 2009 Homecoming queen and king.

The Acacia Fraternity reunion tailgated before the football game Spirit and invited President Walker (far left) to join their group photo.

Upper Iowa University • www.uiu.edu 21 H Alumni Banquet o m e c These outstanding alumni (above) received the the following honors at the Alumni Banquet: Harry Maue ’76, Professional Accomplishment Award; Fred Tully ‘63, Community Service Award; Scott Michels ’03, Young Alumni o Award, and Betty Andres ‘46, Service to the University Award. Board member m Gerald McCauley ‘61. i n g

President Walker congratulates Burnell Smith ‘59, whose class 2 The Golden Years classes dined together. was honored. Great Food & PicturedFellowship (left): Class of 2004 Rob Elwood, Jr., and Cathy Langel. 0 Cathy is also an enrollment advisor for the International Programs. Pictured (right) Class of 1969 0 (40-year honor class) Tom Crandall, Dennis Bond, Lana (Mastro) 9 Schade and Jeff Smith.

22 The Bridge • Fall 2009 The 50-year Class of 1959 was honored and It appears Bob given gold medallions with their initials Firth’s antics engraved. Front, L-R: Carl DeWoody, Marjorie took his wife, (Dahms) McIntosh, Iva Jean Kaune, Joan Betty, by (Lathum) McCallum, and Duane Hagensick. surprise! Betty Back, L-R: Lorenz Behrens, Gerald McIntosh, was M.C. for Barry Smith, Burnell Smith, William Hultman, the event and Maurice Welsh, and Leland Boehme. seems to be enjoying Bob’s joke! Honors & Awards Both Bob and Betty are current members of the Board of Trustees, with Bob ‘89, ‘00 serving as Chairman.

Pictured (above) 70-year honor class of 1939: Forrest Moore and Grant Peterson. Pictured (left): The 20-year honor class of 1989: Bob Firth, Carol Crandall and Mike Prochaska. Pictured (below): The banquet always ends with a ceremonial candle- lit singing of the UIU Alma Mater.

Jan (Mork) Seabrooke ‘64 shares memories of her days as a student on campus. Alma Mater

Upper Iowa University • www.uiu.edu 23 Klann and Mick collect a benthic invertebrate sampling. Mick stirs up the bottom to get the inverts into the current so they float into the seine held by Klann.

UIU Professor combines environmental consciousness, community service, and learning

Dr. Rick Klann is the Delano Professor of Science on UIU’s Fayette campus. Over the past 21 years, the tenured instructor has taught classes in biology.

Last summer, Klann received a Summer because of the large amount of sediment monitoring the water quality of Nutting Faculty Scholarship Stipend from and pollution it delivers to the Mississippi Creek, which runs through southern Upper Iowa University that allowed River.” Winneshiek and northern Fayette him to continue work on water quality County,” explained Klann. monitoring of four streams in northeast According to Klann, the Maquoketa River The project utilizes watershed Iowa. The stipend also provided funding drains a large area of land, most of which improvement funding from the EPA, to hire an undergraduate student, Jason is used for intensive agriculture. As a and matching funds are made available Mick. Klann said, “The stipend was result, members of the Alliance decided to landowners that institute land- significant in that it provided Jason to take action and, with assistance from use improvement projects, such as with an opportunity to gain valuable the Iowa State Extension, have been constructing terraces, planting grass knowledge and experience.” instituting land-use practices to improve waterways and establishing buffer zones water quality. “We monitor the water along streams. Klann’s lab provides water Two of the four streams Klann monitors quality in order to identify problem areas quality monitoring in order to evaluate the are in Dubuque County, the North Fork and to see if these changes in land-use success of these projects, an evaluation of the Maquoketa and Hickory Creek (a practices are having a positive impact on required by the EPA. “Nutting Creek tributary of the North Fork). He said, the water quality of these two streams,” represents our fourth such project with “My lab has been monitoring both of said Klann. the Fayette Soil and Water Conservation these streams for the last few years at the District,” said Klann. “We completed request of the Maquoketa River Alliance, The third stream his lab monitors is previous projects on Ensign Hollow, a group of farmers and landowners in the Nutting Creek. “This year marks the Grannis Creek, and Mink Creek and North Fork watershed. The Maquoketa start of a multi-year project for the Fayette have developed a very good working River has received some negative press Soil and Water Conservation District relationship with this agency.”

24 The Bridge • Fall 2009 Bottom line, without Klann’s expertise and He added, “This low cost allows groups dedication, without the willingness of his students like the Maquoketa River Alliance to assist, and without the use of Upper Iowa’s lab and the city of West Union to afford monitoring, and it allows agencies like facilities, water monitoring projects in northeast the Fayette Soil and Water Conservation Iowa would not be affordable. District to be able to devote more EPA money to paying for land-use improvement practices.” The fourth stream monitored is Otter Klann employs an additional approach: Creek, a trout stream that runs through sampling benthic macroinvertebrates Also, since monitoring four streams Fayette County and receives runoff (small organisms that live on the bottom requires more time than Klann has from the city of West Union. According of the stream). He said, “Since they vary available and hiring an assistant would to Klann, West Union is considering with respect to their ability to tolerate have forced him to charge an amount implementation of a project to reduce pollution, these organisms can serve as that would have exceeded the ability the runoff from downtown into Otter indicators of water quality. Streams with of some organizations to pay, hiring Creek. “In addition to monitoring the good water quality will be populated by Mick as an assistant was a great asset. water quality of Otter Creek, we are benthic macroinvertebrates that cannot Klann said, “Jason has been assisting also collecting samples from the city’s tolerate pollution. On the other hand, me all summer and has been available drainage pipes to analyze the impact of these same organisms will be absent to collect and analyze samples when this runoff on the water quality of the from polluted streams.” Klann added, I have not, since an important aspect creek.” “Twice a year, we sample streams and of these projects is being available to identify the benthic macroinvertebrates collect samples following a significant Monitoring the water quality of a stream present in order to get another rain event, when runoff is carrying a lot involves examining several different perspective on the water quality.” of material into a stream.” He added, parameters. These include physical “Jason is also participating in the benthic parameters, such as temperature, pH, Aside from environmental macroinvertebrate surveys conducted in conductivity, dissolved oxygen, turbidity consciousness, Klann explains why he May and September.” and the amount of suspended solids. devotes so much time outside of the Chemical parameters are also evaluated, classroom to these water monitoring Bottom line, without Klann’s expertise such as concentrations of organic projects. “I am primarily interested in and dedication, without the willingness pollutants like nitrogen and phosphorus. providing educational opportunities for of his students to assist, and without “We also analyze samples for fecal students and not making a profit; hence, the use of Upper Iowa’s lab facilities, coliform bacteria,” said Klann. “When there is no charge for labor,” he said. water monitoring projects in northeast we measure these parameters, this “Therefore, because my lab provides Iowa would not be affordable. Klann provides a snapshot of the water quality water quality monitoring at a very low said, “This would be a shame, since at the time of sample collection.” cost, we have become very popular with water quality has become an extremely various agencies in need of monitoring. important issue in the state of Iowa.” Since snapshots can miss certain events The DNR has estimated that we provide that occur outside of the sampling period, these services at one-tenth the cost of anyone else.” Dr. Rick Klann earned a BA in Biology at Westminster College; and an MA and PhD in Biology at the University of Missouri.

UIU student Jason Mick UIU Professor Dr. Rick Klann

Upper Iowa University • www.uiu.edu 25 Many former college wrestlers gathered to help at the Division II National Wrestling Championships hosted by Upper Iowa University and held in Cedar Rapids in 2008. Steve Exline (back row, third from the left) was one of the statisticians. Peacock Mat Club: first ever at UIU Alumnus Steve Exline ‘71 has always been passionate about wrestling and epitomizes the phrase, “For the love of the sport.”

Exline was an award-winning high Physical Education, Exline was hired four daughters—Michelle, Susan, school wrestler before being recruited by Bemidji State as an assistant Heidi, and Kristina—and says it to wrestle for Upper Iowa, a period wrestling coach. He went on to earn is the same story with most of his in his life from which he holds many his Master’s at the University of former teammates. “We’ve laughed fond memories. The Minnesota, teaching and coaching for about the fact that there are very few UIU best one, of course, a few more years before deciding to sons in the group to carry on our transitioned is when his team make a career change. Exline now wrestling passion,” he said. “In fact, almost won the farms and is business partners with his we calculated the percentage at 85% from NCAA National Wrestling brother Mike Exline ‘73 at Exline & daughters.” Division III Championship in Assoc. Financial Services in Charles Exline credits the development of their 1977. City. to NCAA special camaraderie to the smaller Division Exline recalls, “We Exline says wrestling at UIU provided number of teammates that make up a II, the only came so close and him with lifelong friendships. “I wrestling team versus a football team, institution wanted so badly still keep in touch with my former which can have 80 members or more. of higher to bring home the teammates 37 years after graduating,” He also describes wrestling as every first-ever trophy for explained Exline. “We know each man’s sport because of the different learning a national wrestling other’s wives and children and get weight classifications. “No matter if a in Iowa championship, but it together regularly to socialize and for wrestler is large or small,” said Exline, competing apparently just wasn’t special occasions.” “if he knows the sport, works hard, meant to be.” and has the resolve to win, he can be at this level Ironically, however, Exline won’t be successful.” (2007) After graduating with carrying on the wrestling tradition at a degree in home because he was blessed with As a 1981 inductee into the UIU 26 The Bridge • Fall 2009 Athletic Hall of Fame, Exline has All-American: PEACOCK WRESTLING long followed and supported Upper ($250 to $499 annual gift)

Iowa athletics. For nearly 45 years, National Champions: 11/07 NIACC Open 9:00 A wrestling has been a proud tradition at ($500 or more annual gift) 11/14 Pointer Open 9:00 A Upper Iowa. Exline started out under Benefits to joining the Peacock Mat 11/21 Brute-Adidas Open 9:00 A coach Mike Olson, but the program Club, besides being tax-deductible 12/02 at Ellsworth CC 7:00 P has progressed under other successful and offering full support of Peacock 12/19 Jim Foxx Open 9:00 A coaches, such as Mike McCready and wrestling, include: 12/20 Reno Tourn. of Champions 9:00 A current D-II coach Heath Grimm. 01/02 Flash Open 9:00 A • A beginning-of-the-season 01/09 NWCA National Duals 9:00 A The Peacock Mat Club “scouting report” from Coach 01/10 NWCA National Duals 9:00 A Grimm Exline says the UIU wrestling 01/16 at University of Mary 2:00 P program has made a definite impact • Season tickets to all meets at 01/17 at Northern State 2:00 P on Division II wrestling within the last Upper Iowa 01/21 Minnesota State-Moorhead 7:00 P three years by producing: 01/28 Minnesota State-Mankato 7:00 P • Tickets to the Legends Banquet 01/29 Southwest Minnesota State 7:00 P • a National Champion • and best of all, the opportunity 02/07 Augustana College 2:00 P • eight All-Americans to get together with former 02/14 at St. Cloud State 2:00 P teammates and cheer on 02/28 Super Regional III 12:00 P • 18 national qualifiers the Peacocks! 03/12 NCAA Championships 11:00 A • an 8th-place finish in the 03/13 NCAA Championships TBA Exline says this is an opportunity to National Duals make a difference and added, “Our • back-to-back conference hope is that this first booster club will Time = Central Standard Time championships be the extra incentive needed to kick off another first at Upper Iowa—a To top it off, UIU hosted wrestling national championship!” the 2008 NCAA Wrestling Championships in Cedar Rapids.

He feels with the current momentum of the program, now is the perfect time to roll out UIU’s first sport-specific booster program—the Peacock Mat Club. “We’re hoping to make this a partnership of all Peacock alumni, For news, scores, and all sports staff, wrestling fans, current team Steve Exline members, family members, and all schedules for UIU Athletics, go to UIU coaches to help Upper Iowa Donations can be made online at www.upperiowaathletics.com wrestling reach the next level,” said https://my.uiu.edu/ics/Alumni/ or sent Exline. “This is a chance for everyone to Upper Iowa University, Office of to get involved with the sport again, Advancement and Alumni Relations, and to back a winner.” 605 Washington Street, Fayette, Iowa Exline outlines the donation levels for 52142. the Peacock Mat Club as: Exline would also be happy to talk with anyone personally to answer National Qualifier: ($100 to $249 annual gift) any questions at 641-228-5503 or [email protected].

Upper Iowa University • www.uiu.edu 27 On May 25, 2008, two UIU nursing students were directly affected by the tornado that hit the community of Parkersburg late Sunday afternoon.

The Parkersburg Tornado: two nursing students tell their stories

The citizens of Parkersburg, Iowa held a one-year anniversary remembrance of the deadly EF5 tornado that slammed into their town on May 25, 2008, causing devastating damage, injuring 53 people, and killing nine in a matter of minutes.

Two Upper Iowa University students Shelly’s parents live in Parkersburg, and Shelly said, “The last time I spoke to my enrolled in the RN-BSN degree program, she remembers calling her mother after mom, she assured me both she and dad, Richeale (Shelly) Fischels and Brenda seeing the warnings on television to make along with their little dog Petey, were Poppens, were personally involved in the sure they were headed to the basement already in the basement because they tragic events that took place that fateful for safety. heard sirens going off.” Sunday. Brenda was also keeping an eye on the 4:55 PM – NWS tracks a large tornado moving into Parkersburg that has very 3:30 PM – National Weather Service weather from Ames, concerned about (NWS) issues a tornado watch for quickly morphed into dominant EF5 their farm near Parkersburg, as well as Parkersburg winds family and close friends who live in the area. 5:00 PM – The Iowa Civil Air Patrol Shelly was at home in Cedar Falls, about already has aerial photos of the 30 miles east of Parkersburg. 4:40 PM – NWS issues a tornado resulting devastation warning for a tornado formation south Brenda and her family were camping of Aplington with 30-40 MPH rotation “It wasn’t even 15 minutes later that I got near Ames, at a site where they park their a phone call back from my mother saying camper year round. 4:50 PM – Parkersburg activates its that her house was gone, Dad’s dying, she 4:23 PM – NWS issues a tornado siren system was bleeding, and then she hung up,” warning for a storm near Ackley recalls Shelly. She frantically called

28 The Bridge • Fall 2009 My mother had suffered a sprained ankle Brenda’s story and lacerations all over her body—we were removing fragments from her hair The one-hour drive for weeks. My father’s condition was from the campground grim, however, and he passed away the to Parkersburg next morning from severe head trauma. seemed endless because the cell The whole thing was such a nightmare— phone towers were being so distraught over dad’s death and jammed, and we had knowing my mother had nothing left, not no idea what was The EF-5 tornado ripped through Parkersburg in even a pair of shoes. It was the support happening. Entering May 2008, leaving behind total devastation. from family and friends though that Parkersburg was like was truly overwhelming and helped us entering a war zone, which made my her sister and brother and headed for through it all. nursing instincts kick in immediately. I Parkersburg. had my husband drop me off at the local We even heard from people we did not fire station to volunteer at the Red Cross Brenda was also watching the news know. My mom received a card in the triage, while he went to check on family, reports on the storm when she received a mail shortly afterward from a young friends, our home and to see how he hysterical phone call from her sister-in- woman in Garnavillo, who had found could be of assistance. law saying something bad had happened. one of mom’s blank checks in a field on Then there was a blood-curdling shriek, her dairy farm. It wasn’t long after that An emergency shelter was set up at and she started shouting something my mother received another card from a the Aplington Middle School, where about a car wash before hanging up. woman in West Union with another blank I assisted with injuries, calming “We immediately packed up and left for check she had found in her flower garden. people down, administering oxygen, Parkersburg,” said Brenda. To this day, my mom remains in contact and securing medications by calling with both of these women. physicians and pharmacies to get people’s prescriptions refilled that had been Nearly everything my parents owned Shelly’s story blown away. Since it was Memorial Day was destroyed, with some things missed weekend most pharmacies were closed, My brother more than others, such as my dad and but a pharmacist arrived first grandmother’s wedding rings, my great- in Alison opened and found grandmother’s hand-made quilts, and up just to help out In the past five my mother other family antiques. We did find my during this crisis. years, UIU screaming father’s war medals and the family photo added nine (9) for help, albums that my father had just finished My husband trapped in the putting together only a couple of months discovered his new majors, basement by prior. sister’s panic including the wreckage was over her Petey, my parent’s six-pound Yorkie, critical areas that covered the stairs. A neighbor and daughter’s was discovered the next day when the a passerby also heard my mother’s cry situation during of need for family returned to find him. After yelling for help and clawed their way over the the tornado. My the State of his name a couple times, he suddenly debris to lend a hand in pulling her niece had sought emerged from behind a box in the Iowa, such out. Then my brother and his friends shelter in a local basement. We were so thankful to find as nursing, carefully hoisted our severely injured carwash and Petey for our mother’s sake. father out, laying him on a piece of became trapped information board, and having to put him in the bed after the walls technology, of my brother’s truck just to get him to Mom told me that when she got to the basement, my father was clearing out a tumbled down and the ambulance up the street. By the time around her. my sister and I arrived, my parents were space as fast as he could for them to get international into. After shoving her into the area, dad Luckily, she only already being rushed to the hospital, sustained minor business where we quickly followed. huddled over the top of her. In our hearts, we feel he saved our mother’s life. injuries.

Upper Iowa University • www.uiu.edu 29 Our farm escaped damage from the O.B. Department. She says her experience tornado that day, but quite unbelievably, assisting after the Parkersburg tornado four days later, a smaller tornado touched has led her to become even more involved down that flattened our barn and several in helping her community, most recently out buildings, and killed our children’s fair participating in the construction of a new animals. Miraculously, our house once playground. again escaped ruin.

Fortunately, everything we lost is replaceable. We did gain something positive from the experience, though--a sense of pride within the community and an awareness of the awesome generosity and kindness of strangers.

I’ll never forget the two couples who came walking up to us while we were helping with cleanup and asked if they could help. Being from a small community where Pictured are photos of the tornado that hit faces are familiar, I didn’t recognize them Brenda Poppen’s farm, and her toppled barn and ruined machine shed. so asked where they were from. They said Parkersburg, but quickly added, Virginia. They said they heard about the storm on the national news and felt compelled to drive up and help out their sister city.

One year later

Shelly is working hard to complete the RN-BSN degree program, anticipating a 2010 graduation. After the tornado, she says she had a small setback in her classes, due to the distress of her father’s death and the adjustment of her mother moving in with her family. She says her instructor, Dr. Margaret Johnson, was extremely considerate and very understanding of her situation. “She worked closely with me to change my schedule and even allowed me to give a final presentation at my convenience,” said Shelly. “Besides being a great instructor, Dr. Johnson is a very compassionate person.”

Brenda is now a UIU alumna, graduating from the RN-BSN program in December, 2008. Her last clinical rotation for her degree completion was assisting in the Parkersburg recovery efforts through the Butler County Public Health program. Brenda currently works at the Waverly Health Center as a Nurse Manager in the

30 The Bridge • Fall 2009 Class Notes

Darlys (Huebner) a nationally recognized, Jim Yanecek ‘72, West Branch, IA, retired Vinch ’55, Cleveland, nonprofit leader providing after 36 years with Cargill. Jim and wife Kay 1950s OH, has been doing wide-ranging services for (Fausnaugh) ‘70 have two children and one volunteer work with more than 4,500 seniors granddaughter. They plan to travel following Alzheimer patients. She also attends meetings residing in 11 communities Kay’s retirement from the Iowa City school to gather the latest advanced data available, in seven states. Bill also district. most recently in the Alexandria, VA area. serves on the Board of Trustees of Upper Iowa University, the YMCA of Greater Des Moines, and the Serra Club of Des Moines. He serves on the Finance Committee of Mercy Hospital of Des Moines, is a retired Partner of the accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche and is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the Iowa Society of CPAs and the American Institute of CPAs.

Jean Garbee Smith ’57, Winslow, AZ, daughter of former Upper Iowa President Eugene Garbee met her husband, Gene Smith, while he Rev. Tom Zeleny ‘71 and Connie served in the United States Army and Jeannie (Whittenbaugh) Zeleny ‘69, Wilton, IA, took was a Red Cross volunteer in Korea. They were The Bridge to the Holy Land and Egypt in 2008. married in the President’s house in Fayette in They are pictured below Moses’ burning bush at December of 1958. Jean’s matron of honor the foot of Mt. Sinai located inside St. Catherine’s was Janann (Mork) Seabrooke ’64, Elgin, IA. Monastery on the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt. In January, 2009, Alan Seabrooke ’56 and Jan traveled to Winslow to attend the celebration Armon Haagen ‘73, Oak Park, IL, has been of the Smith’s 50th wedding anniversary. appointed Director of Sales and Marketing for Rick Ullom ‘69 and Dean Christianson ‘63 are Pictured above, front (l-r): Jeannie and Jan. Doubletree Hotel Chicago Magnificent Mile pictured in northern Minnesota. Rick still uses Back (l-r): Gene and Al. on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile, a 500-room, his UIU duffle bag from his freshman year. Rick upscale hotel. Armon will oversee a sales is retired and resides in Chester, IA and Dean Gary Korhonen ’64, team of 13 and directs all sales and marketing retired retired to Hernando, FL in 1993. Dean would Palos Park, IL, activities for the hotel, 16,000-sq. feet of 1960s after 36 years as head like to hear from his UIU friends from the past. meeting space, and the MARKETHOUSE coach at Richards High His e-mail is [email protected]. restaurant. Armon is active in industry School, Oak Lawn, IL. Included in his list of associations, including the American Society numerous outstanding accomplishments, Gary Beverly (Dauenbaugh) of Association Executives, Association Forum was named Coach of the Year-National Football Farnum ‘70, College of Chicagoland, Professional Convention Hall of Fame in 2008 and NHSACA National 1970s Station, TX, celebrated Management Association, and International Coach of the Year in 2008. His career record her 80th birthday on Association of Exhibitions and Events. He also (38 seasons) includes most career wins in the April 16. Daughters Kristie and Cindy honored sits on the Board of Directors for the Oak Park state of Illinois (315) and winningest coach in her with a card shower. Beverly and her late Convention and Visitors Bureau and serves as the state of Illinois (76%). Gary coached 285 husband Rue ‘48 lived in Fairbank for almost the current marketing committee chair for that college football players in the last 36 years, 50 years, where they were elementary principal organization. including five NFL players. and second grade teacher, respectively. Beverly moved near daughter Cindy after Bill Roths ‘74, Cedar Falls, Iowa, was named Rue’s death in 2002. Jacquelyn McTaggart, ‘64, Independence, 2008 National Wrestling Official of the Year. IA, has written her latest book, If They Don’t Gladys Richardson ‘70, Aurora, IA, received Learn the Way You Teach, Teach the Way They Cheryl Christensen ‘75, Cape Coral, FL, is in five new grandchildren on Christmas Day Learn. Jacquie has also been a featured speaker her 23rd year of teaching at Pelican Elementary 2006. Daughter Rita (Richardson) Freese and at the International Reading Association state School. She and her husband Russ are husband, Eric, and children went to Ethiopia conferences. enjoying this phase of life with three beautiful and adopted a family of five siblings—three grandchildren, Chase, Chloe, and Clint. William R. Cook ’65, West Des Moines, IA, girls, Heba, Nejua and Nura, and two boys, was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors Hamada and Hanu. Rita attended UIU in the Tom Petsche ‘75, Solon, IA, was recently of Life Care Retirement Communities at its summer of 1980 for the College of Opportunity named the 2009-10 National Board President- annual meeting on April 18, 2009 in Chicago, program. Elect for the Eastern Iowa Chapter of the IL. Life Care Retirement Communities, Inc. is Society of Financial Service Professionals.

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conduct and best in class service quality. the Canary Islands before returning home Under Bill’s strong leadership, Coremetrics to West Des Moines. Michele is a certified Jere Vyverberg ‘70, Waverly, IA, was named has been able to accomplish the above, while speaking professional and is the founder of 2009-10 Superintendent of the Year. Jere is substantially reducing capital expenditures and Inspiring Solutions, an innovative resource superintendent for the Waverly-Shell Rock overall service unit costs. team that provides quality, customized School District. products, training and facilitation services Dr. Jacquelinn to companies, schools, and associations Dr. Jeanne Joachim Blaes ‘77, Scottsdale, 1980s “Jacque” Hawkins throughout the U.S., specializing in the AZ, retired in May 2007 as a Colonel after ‘82, Enterprise, AL, retirement living industry. 29 years of active duty in the U.S. Army, in (pictured with a Maasai the U.S. Army Reserves, and as the Chief of warrior in Tanzania, Africa) took her copy of Paula (Wilbur) Snell ‘89, Decorah, IA, is a Staff for the Arizona Army National Guard. The Bridge on a 15-day Safari Serengeti. The graduate student at Minnesota State University- Since then, she took a state job building and trip included Moorehead, majoring in special education and maintaining facilities for the Soldiers of the a flight to has been initiated into the Phi Kappa national Guard, serving as Deputy Construction and Kilimanjaro and academic honor society, April 4. Students Facilities Management Officer. Jeanne earned Arusha, a visit are recognized for their high scholastic her Ph.D. in Public Administration from North to tanzanite achievement and good character. No more than Central University in December, 2008 and is canter and 10% of graduate students receive membership also an honors member of Delta Mu Delta. Shanga River nominations. Her future hope is to teach online for a local House, where university in her “spare” time. Jeanne has two physically sons, Nicholas, 25, and Wesley, 20. She said challenged the photos in this year’s Homecoming brochure Tanzanians are 1990s brought back many fond memories of her time trained to create at UIU. “It’s hard to believe that 32 years have traditional passed since I graduated and entered the Army jewelry and crafts; Tarangire National Park and Joe Ayers ‘91, Kearney, from UIU ROTC!” a two-night stay at a permanently tented camp MO, has been named in the midst of the wilderness, a Maasai village, plant manager for Brock Bob Krueger an exploration of the Ngorongoro Crater, Grain Systems, Kansas ‘77 (left), exclusive game viewing of Serengeti National City, MO. Joe has Norwalk, Park with four days in a remote camp, 16 game over 18 years of manufacturing management IA and Ron drives, a visit to Karatu Elementary School, experience and will be responsible for the daily Bergfeld ‘77, and Olduvai Gorge, where the remains of a operations of the Kansas City facility, one of Clive, IA, took two-million-year-old man were discovered. two that manufactures Brock’s line of on-farm three different and commercial grain storage products and copies of The Rick Heller ‘86, Terre Haute, IN, was named accessories. Bridge to Las the new head baseball coach at Indiana State Vegas recently. University, Terre Haute, a Missouri Valley Lori Waddell ‘96, Urbandale, IA, became “We even wore Conference school, after 10 years as head the new Elementary Principal at Runnells our UIU shirts!” coach at UNI in Cedar Falls, IA. Heller’s Elementary on May 29. She has spent the last career coaching record is 561-472-4. The UNI two years as Principal at Enarson Elementary Bill DeLauro ’78, Austin, Panthers set 57 school records and went 247- in the Villisca Community School District. TX, was promoted 252-1 under Heller’s watch. From 1988-98, She gained experience as a Title I Reading to vice president, Heller coached at Upper Iowa and led his alma Teacher and second grade teacher in the Saydel global operations for mater to a 291-194-3 mark. Community School District before advancing Coremetrics, Inc. During to an administrative position in Villisca. Lori the past three years, Bill has a daughter and son—Brittanie Waddell has been instrumental lives in Georgia, and Kelly Waddell is a student in comprehensively at the University of Iowa. refocusing the technical operations teams through Andy Yearous ’95, Wadena, IA, is the hiring talented and effective management and Environmental Manager at Agri Star in team members, implementing new operational Postville, IA, and has been employed at Agri procedures, working closely with other since 2006. He is also the supervisor in charge internal departments to align with corporate of a new $7 million wastewater treatment plant goals and deliver outstanding results in and three wells that the company operates. availability, reliability and SLA adherence. His Michele Matt ‘87 and Jon Weston were married Andy holds four licenses in water treatment, commitment to “proactive” culture has created April 4, 2009 at the Des Moines Golf and water distribution, wastewater treatment, and a highly energetic operational organization, Country Club, West Des Moines, IA. The lagoons from the Iowa Department of Natural focused on client satisfaction, professional couple honeymooned in Spain, Portugal and Resources. Before this he was the supervisor

32 The Bridge • Fall 2009 of the wastewater lab, water and wastewater Grand Teton National Park, and into eastern Jodi Grover ‘06, Rowley, treatment for AMPI in Arlington, Iowa. In the Idaho. They plan to continue taking these trips, IA, was named by the summer of 2008, Andy started River Valley planning new destinations each year. Governor as Vice Chair Camp Ground east of Wadena. For more of the Generation Iowa information about the camp ground, visit Derrick Williams Commission in June. Rivervalleycampground.com ‘00, Carbondale, The Governor had IL, recently received named Jodi to this same Andrea Woods ‘97, his Ph.D. from organization while a ‘08, Roswell, GA, Southern Illinois student at UIU. She was (a Des Moines, IA University. Derrick recently hired at Upper native) has been graduated from Iowa as Teacher Education Coordinator for the promoted to director Upper Iowa with a Des Moines Center. of marketing services Communications for Atlanta-based degree and then went Janet Mutahangarwa ‘06, Durham, NC, (a.k.a. Morrison Management on to UNI where he J.K. Muta) recently published her second book Specialists. In her new earned his master’s. titled, Under Man’s Spell, an intriguing novel role, Andrea manages about domestic situations that is set in Africa, development, communications, and sales Bridget (Pfiffner) Adam ‘02, Waukon, IA, where women mostly do not have a voice and support for Morrison’s approximately 800 will be starting her 8th year of teaching middle cannot leave their domestic abuse situations. healthcare and senior dining clients. Andrea is school and high school business classes in the J.K. was born in Tanzania and later came to the also a keynote and educational session speaker South Winneshiek Community School District. U.S. to get her college education at UIU. In at various state, national and international trade Bridget is also a member of the district’s 2006, she moved to North Carolina. conferences. She earned her master’s degree website committee. from UIU in global business. Krystal Sherman ‘06, Mario Weekley ‘02, Oxford, MS, married Benicia, CA, is a Graduate Todd McKay ‘98 Trinisha Tallie in July, 2008. Mario is the Intern Pharmacist for and wife Rachel, Transportation Director and School Resource Walgreens, Co. and Reedsburg, WI, Officer for the Water Valley School District. was recognized by welcomed their Cambridge Who’s Who for Curt Pangracs ‘03, Leavenworth, KS, became new daughter, demonstrating dedication, a GS12 Simulation Specialist on August Ella Elaine, into leadership, and excellence 31. He is also enrolling in UIU’s Online the world on in pharmaceuticals and MBA program in public administration with January 9, 2009. biotechnology. Krystal received her doctor an emphasis in Homeland Security. After Ella joins older sister, Macy. Todd teaches of pharmacy from the University of Pacific graduating with a B.S. in Social Science from Business Education at Reedsburg Area High in 2009. She is a member of the National the Ft. Leavenworth Center, Curt immediately School. Community Pharmacists Association and hopes went to work for Northrop Grumman as a to soon become a licensed pharmacist and Simulation Support Specialist and Military John Hintz ‘00, establish her own pharmacy. Oelwein, IA, is Analyst and within six years, he has been 2000s Executive Director promoted to Simulation Support Team Leader of Veteran’s Affairs responsible for overseeing and coordinating for Fayette County. all simulation throughout the U.S. Army’s In the early fall for the past three years, John Command and General Staff College. and his sons, Justin, 33, from Des Moines, Jesse Montalto ‘04, IA and Jeremy, 31, from Corpus Christi, TX, Independence, have rented Harleys. They’ve traveled to the IA, married Marcie California coast, Musgrave of Ft. Big Sur, the Pierce, FL on June National Air Show 13, 2009 at Indian in Reno, Yosemite, Riverside Park in Josh Handke ‘07, Bellevue, IA, is pictured Lake Tahoe, and Jensen Beach, FL. with his dad, Jim Handke ‘79 at the Royal the Donner Pass The couple resides Haciendas Resort in Playa del Carmen, Trucker area. in Independence. Mexico. Mom, Louan (Dunn) Handke ‘78 The photo was Marcie is employed took the photo. All three played basketball taken this year in by River Ridge for UIU; both parents also played tennis; Jackson Hole, WY, Golf Club in and Louan was a cheerleader, as well. Josh a trip that totalled Independence, and Jesse is an Assistant currently teaches math and coaches freshman 800 miles and Football Coach and Instructor in HPER for boys’ basketball and girls’ track at Hempstead included Cody, Upper Iowa University. High School in Dubuque, IA. Louan teaches WY, Montana, Yellowstone National Park,

Upper Iowa University • www.uiu.edu 33 Cont. Class Notes 1970s2000s Cont. health and Jim teaches business and is Tech The monument was preserved in 1915 by order Rapids, IA; Josh Handke ’07, Bellevue, IA. Coordinator at Bellevue High School. of the U.S. President as a result of looting that Front row (l-r): Cody Lycke ’07, Alden, IA; was taking place in the 1890s. Marcus Uhlenhopp ’08, Washington, IA; Julie Fagle ‘08, Marion, IA has joined CIRAS Kevin Keading; Nick Larson, and Josh Wells as Government Contracting Specialist and will Tamela Stafford ‘08, Janesville, WI, recently ’09, River Falls, WI. The team was coached be based in Cedar Rapids. She was formerly received her master’s from UW-Platteville by Amanda Faas ’07, Cedar Rapids, IA (not employed at Rockwell Collins, Cedar Rapids, and is continuing toward her LPC. She is pictured). where she led subcontract management efforts employed by the State of Wisconsin as an for a $350 million government program. She employment and training specialist. has gained extensive experience in supplier assessments and government regulation Brian Solemsaas ‘09, Bismarck, ND, is getting compliance. his master’s in Kinesiology at Southern Illinois University. Steven Fellhauer ‘08, Lakewood, CO, received a master’s degree in Sports Administration Gus Elgers ‘09, Strawberry Point, IA, was from the University of Northern Colorado in married on July 2, 2009, and was recently August. Stephanie Luna ‘08, Wichita, KS, is promoted to program manager QMRP currently working for Flint Hills Job Corps (qualified mental retardation professional) Center as a Career Transition Specialist. She is with G & G Living Centers, which is based in studying for her Ph.D. in Psychology through Guttenberg. Walden University and is an online instructor 2009 senior men golfers at the NCAA regional with National American University. tournament in Lincoln, NE holding The Bridge. From left to right is Bryan Peck ‘09, Adam Winans ‘09, Matt Dahlke and Josh Wells ‘09. Matt will graduate December, 2009.

Debbie Allen-Norum ‘08, Sun City West, AZ, 2009 senior women golfers at the NCAA visited the Walnut Canyon National Monument The 2009 Winter Iowa Games Basketball national championships in Findlay, OH. outside Flagstaff, AZ with her husband and Championship Team included several UIU Pictured (left to right) is Rachael Schmidt ‘09, granddaughter and took the mile-long tour alumni! Back row (l-r): Daniel Tighe; Leif Lindsey Holien ‘07 ‘09, and Rochelle Schmidt Lindsey is an assistant golf coach for the around the cliff dwellings that were inhabited Hetzler ’07, Moulton, IA; Adam Winters ’07, ‘09. UIU Golf Program. by the Sinagua Indians from 1125 to 1250 AD. St. Louis Park, MN; Chris Shaw ’09, Cedar

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34 The Bridge • Fall 2009 In Memoriam

Alumni and former students Arnold E. “Hap” Vyverberg ’55, May 6, 2009, Richard L. Steadman ’80, August 2, 2008, Oelwein, Iowa Covina, California Archie Dwight Anderson ’31, August 26, 2009, Cedar Rapids, Iowa H. Duane Johnson ’57, June 27, 2009, Dr. Glenn A. Williams ’85, May 14, 2009, Torrance, California Beaufort, South Carolina Harland L. Muller ’37, February 8, 2009, Williamsburg, Iowa Frank C. Guild ’62, December 12, 2008, Kenneth L. Halstead ’90, January 31, 2009, Waterloo, Iowa Marshalltown, Iowa Lula (Francisco) Steele ’38, December 29, 2008, Fort Dodge, Iowa Janice (Burrack) Bachtell ’65, July 5, 2008, Audrey Clark ’94, April 16, 2009, Collins, Laguna Woods, California Iowa Caroyl (Morgan) King James ’39, December 9, 2008, Oelwein, Iowa Kenneth W. Shannon ’65, July 9, 2009, Rio Stephanie (Viree) McNeal ’06, July 31, 2009, Rancho, New Mexico Alexandria, Louisiana Lowell H. Lyford ’40, January 14, 2009, Battle Ground, Michigan Linda K. Abel ’66, May 13, 2009, Belle Plaine, Jordan C. Fiddelke ’09, May 28, 2009, Iowa Paulina, Iowa Lucille (Wenthe) Sustacha ’40, September 19, 2009, Fallon, Nevada Mary (DeTimmerman) Crahan ’67, May 3, Wayne X. Powell, Student, July 23, 2009, 2009, Johnston, Iowa Alexandria, Louisana Warren M. Frey (Attended 1940), June 6, 2009, Lisbon, Iowa Lucille (Hartbeck) Meade ’68, January 25, Friends 2009, Edgewood, Iowa Marie H. Jacobsen ’43, June 6, 2009, West Mardelle Noble, former Board of Trustee, Union, Iowa Joe L. Rausch ’69, February 9, 2008, Keokuk, September 4, 2008, Naples, Florida Iowa Beatrice (Bockhaus) Kieck ’43, February 27, Lila Mae Streeter, Retired secretary to the 2009, Atlanta, Georgia William W. Ball ’69, January 19, 2008, Jensen UIU President and Supervisor of Payrolls Beach, Florida in the Business Office, September 16, 2009, Stan Lee ’46, August 7, 2009, Kailua, Hawaii Fayette, Iowa Mary (Hoehl) Lundby ’71, January 17, 2009, Richard L. Gaynor, attended 1946, December Marion, Iowa 12, 2008, Pleasant Hill, Iowa If you know of alumni, faculty, staff or friends Dennis L. St. Germain ’71, July 5, 2009, Cedar who have died and you would like to share Lavon (Martin) Corrigan ’47, November 19, Rapids, Iowa this news, please contact The Bridge. Death 2008, Scottsdale, Arizona announcements must be accompanied by Maxine (Rodas) Lubben ’72, January 7, 2009, a memorial service program or newspaper Robert M. Allen ’48, January 13, 2009, Earlville, Iowa obituary. To make a contribution in memory Oelwein, Iowa of someone, please send your gift to: Upper Robert L. Sampson ’72, February 9, 2009, Iowa University, Attn: Sue Felder, Alumni Robert M. Murphy ’49, November 23, 2008, Evansville, Indiana Center, PO Box 1857, Fayette, IA 52142 or call Williamsburg, Iowa 1.800.553.4150, option 6. Harold J. Cerveny ’72, April 1, 2008, Dean D. Householder ’49, March 24, 2008, Flossmoor, Illinois Susanville, California William T. Cooey ’73, October 7, 2008, Richard R. Knowles ’49, February 14, 2009, Dubuque, Iowa Denison, Iowa Christina (Michels) Brady ’73, December 6, Walter A. Rixen ’49, July 26, 2009, Waukon, 2008, Hazleton, Iowa Iowa Max Gradwell ’74, October 26, 2008, Cedar Robert N. Walker ’50, December 17, 2008, Rapids, Iowa Arlington, Iowa Arla “Joanna” (Corkery)Vontalge ’75, June Jerry L. Starkweather ’50, November 17, 2008, 20, 2009, Wadena, Iowa Norwalk, Iowa James C. Crumbley ’76, November 4, 2008, Donald A. Froehle ’50, August 30, 2009, Stockbridge, Georgia Cedar Rapids, Iowa John “Mike” Sinkovitz ’77, December 3, 2009, Paul L. Johnson ’51, September 23, 2005, Parkton, North Carolina Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin Mary (Waldeschmidt) Pixler ’78, September Edwin C. Hoth ’52, March 4, 2009, Omaha, 2, 2009, Oelwein, Iowa Nebraska

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Pre-Team Peacock UIU President Dr. Alan G. Walker’s reaction to this 1968 yearbook photo of two Upper Iowa University students riding for a cause was, “Wow, we’ve come full circle. See, destiny rules!” The photo is evidence that long bicycle rides at Upper Iowa preceded Team Peacock. These two members of TKE fraternity rode 225 miles from the Fayette campus to Buena Vista College in Storm Lake to support the football team. The ride took about 10 hours. On the other hand, RAGBRAI (Register’s Annual Great Bike Ride Across Iowa) is a seven-day event that Team Peacock has participated in for five years. The team rides to raise money for student scholarships, raising over $350,000 to date. The goal for next year is to reach the half- million dollar mark. For more information or to make a donation to student scholarships, go to http://www.uiu.edu/teampeacock.

The post office charges Upper Iowa University 70 cents for each change of address returned to us. You can help Vice President Don Piercy and Don Haven, secretary, were the first two riders on TKE’s us eliminate unnecessary expenses by bicycle ride to B.V. The purpose of the trip was to support Coach Olson and his fine informing us of your new address before football team. you move. Parents, if your son or daughter no longer maintains a permanent address at home, please notify 1968 - PEACOCK, UPPER IOWA COLLEGE the UIU Alumni Center of the correct 36 The Bridge • Fall 2009 mailing address. Call 1-800-553-4150 x6, or email [email protected]. Thank you.