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FEATURES 16 / In Pursuit of 32 Joel Schoenhals is attempting to perform all 32 of Beethoven's piano sonatas. He's completed 26 so far in an experience he calls "intensely gratifying."

22 /Then and Now at EMU See images of EMU-past and present-that show how much things have changed, and how much they have stayed the same.

26 / Connecting Generations Michele Anderson·s grandfather, a World War II veteran, sparked her interest in history. Now the John Glenn H.S. teacher is the National History Teacher of the Year.

DEPARTMENTS 4 / From the President

6-1 5 / Around Campus • President Susan Martin stepped down 1n July, but not before sharing her thoughts on her time at EMU. • How well do you know EMU history? Take our quiz! • Meet Miguel Ortiz, an Olympic hopeful and EMU graduate student. • EMU earns recognition as best in the MAC for women's sports.

DEPARTMENTS CONTINUED

30-39 / Alumni News • Class Notes • Heather Antos (BS 1 3) lands her dream job at Marvel Comics. • Aaron Harburg (BA08) pays tribute to his great-grandfather with The Sound of Oz. • Members of the Athletic Hall of Fame Class of 2014 show their moves.

Cover illustration by Molly Jacques From the President Celebrating the Past and Embracing the Future-Seven Years Later President Martin bids farewell to the EMU community

hen I was inaugurated Our overall average GPA for W even years ago on July 7, incoming freshmen in 2010 2008, the theme for my inaugural was 3.05; it is now 3.27. The speech was "Celebrate the Past ACT average was 21.l in 2011 and Embrace the Future." I'd like and increased to 22.25 forthe to do a little bit of both in this, my entering fall2014 freshman class. final column as President. We have invested in, improved First and foremost, I want to and expanded academic advising. thank all of you for everything we An example is the Francine did together to lift up this great Parker Advising Center in the historic public university to make Student Center. We also have it successful, to make it shine. added more advising centers throughout the campus and 1 have a new best friend at home, enabled students to go on line and a golden retriever puppy named advise themselves. Teddy. He joins our growing family.Wh en I was inaugurated, Exciting new academic I had one grandson. We now have programs have been launched, such as the Physician Assistant fourgrandchildren, and a puppy President Martin with her husband Larry and puppy Teddy. along with my three children. Life Program. Even with a tight fiscal is good formy beloved husband Larry and me. 1 went to my situation, we invested in the renovation of the historic Welch Hall office to fetch my bike on the evening of July 5 Rackham building in the center of campus, retaining its art as July 7 was my last day. I rode it home to University House deco style while bringing it into the 21st century with lab spinning around the campus as fireworks were popping technology to accommodate the growth of our health and and lightning bugs were glowing up from the grass. It was human services program . a lovely denouement moment. I had tears of joy at all we Instead of building our own simulation laboratory space, accomplished together and in wonder of how we got it done. we partnered with St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Ann Arbor It was our love of Eastern that pulled us forward. to lease space in its excellent facilitiesfor the Physician When 1 first started, we had a goal of 1,900 freshmen Assistant Program and other health programs. and a stretch goal of 2,100 freshmen. Now, we are Rackham is but one example of our successful renovation looking at a 2,800 stretch goal forfreshmen for Fall 2015, and rebuilding of key facilities.We have fixed up quite a reflecting our success in achieving record enrollment in a number of buildings in the last seven years. hypercompetitive market with declining numbers of high The $90 million Science Complex is another excellent school graduates. The Honors College has doubled in size example. The renovation of Pray-Harrold is another. since 2011-growth that has necessitated finding a new We moved everybody out at one time to complete the home for the Honors College. The Board of Regents has construction, rather than do it in parts, which would have approved the acquisition of the Holy Trinity Chapel, which taken longer and cost more. We called this "swing space" - is contiguous to campus, to house both The Honors College we used the cost savings to purchase the furnishings. Swing and our performingarts program. It is right behind Pease space was challenging but fun and is a great example of Auditorium and in wonderful condition. campus collaboration.

4 Eastern I SUMMER2015 EasternSUMMER 2015 In historic McKenny Hall-which was � The beautification of the campus Vol. 12, Issue 3 known as the old Student Union by grounds, from landscaping and berms EDITOR many of our students and alumni-we to rocks and trees. Darcy Gifford constructed classrooms where there had � Environmental and sustainability CONTRIBUTORS been a bowling alley. We also created a efforts that have reduced our annual Quinn Alexander, Chris Azzopardi(8506). large student lounge/gathering place, energy costs from $11 million from Jason Brooks, Patricia Cartwright, added an Eagle Cafe,Alumni Relations when I started to between $7-$8 Lon Horwedel, Molly Jacques. Randy Mascharka Office and corresponding Alumni (BBA85), Eva Menezes, Lynn Monson, Jeff Mortimer, million now. Jess J. Salisbury, Jeff Sa moray, HilarySimmet, Lounge, academic advising, and the Libby Smith, Scott Stewart University Archives new McKenny Gallery, providing an � The TRUEMU communications campaign and the ability to capture opportunity forEastern students, faculty, ABOUT EASTERN the distinct perspectives of Eastern staff and visitors to see historical displays Eastern (ISSN 2150-4679) is published three students, faculty,and alumni and share times a year by the Division of Communications at that capture our 166-year history. The them with the rest of Michigan. Eastern Michigan University EMU Foundation also will call McKenny 1215 N. Huron River Drive home this summer. � The 127 percent increase in financial Ypsilanti, Ml 48197-2351 aid, which has grown from $21 million All rights reserved. Many other highlights come to mind: to $48.5 million next year. Financial The views presented are not necessarily � The second phase of the renovation of aid helps our students stay in school those of the editor or the officialpolicies Rackham forother health programs, and persevere toward a degree and of the University. such as orthotics and dietetics. a career. ADDRESS CHANGES � The annual hiring of new faculty who � We successfully completed Eastern's Alumni Relations Office energize our campus with fresh ideas comprehensive campaign, "Invest. 234 McKenny Hall and expertise. Over the seven years Ypsilanti, Ml 48197 Inspire." The goal was $50 million and 734.487.0250 of my presidency, we hired 240 new we raised $56 million one year early. [email protected] faculty members. Send story ideas to: � Hiring an outstanding leadership team, � Renovations and environmental 15 Welch Hall with skilled and talented professionals Ypsilanti, Ml 48197 upgrades to classrooms, residence halls, in key University positions ... the best [email protected] and dining facilities.You will find fresh, people I have ever worked with. exciting food on Eastern' campus. Eastern Michigan University is committed Thank you all foryour steadfast support. to excellence in teaching, the extension � Establishing a new headquarters for None of the items in this impressive of knowledge through basic and applied research, and creative and artistic expression. the Department of Public Safety, as list would have happened without the well as hiring additional officers and Building on a proud tradition of national leadership and passion of the Eastern leadership in the preparation of teachers, we dispatchers to monitor the 700-plus team, and without the participation of maximize educational opportunities and cameras blanketing our campus, thousands of students, faculty and staff personal and professional growth for students from diverse backgrounds through an array helping to make Easternone of the across campus, as well as our alumni and safestuniversity communities in of bachelor's, master's and doctoral people in the community who care about programs. We provide a student-focused Michigan. Plus our partnership in the and love Eastern. Please remember that learning environment that positively affects Eastern Washtenaw afety Alliance, Eastern needs your support and every the lives of students and the community. We in which we are collaborating with donation makes a powerful difference. extend our commitment beyond the campus the community, Washtenaw County boundaries to the wider community through service initiatives and partnerships of mutual Sheriff's Office, and Ypsilanti Police. Eastern's future is bright. I will treasure my seven years as your President. interest addressing local, regional. national and � The indoor practice facility, also known international opportunities and challenges. as "the bubble," which is rented out to Sincerely, the community nights and weekends to pay forits maintenance.

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8 Eastern I SUMMER 2015 n March 2015, President Susan Martin announced that she was moving on, with plans to enjoy a one-year I administrative leave before taking a tenured position in EMU's College of Business. Her last day as president was July 7, 2015. Here she shares her thoughts about her seven years as president-and the people and moments that shine brightest in her memory.

When Susan Martin came to Eastern Michigan University an unabashed cheerleader for the state and its educational as its 22nd president in 2008, she faced the usual, complex system, of which she is a product (full-tuition scholarship and responsibilities of leading a large public institution of higher bachelor's degree from Central Michigan, master's and doctorate learning: budgets, tuition, students, faculty, staff, regents, from Michigan State). In her administrative leadership roles at legislators, alumni, athletics, fundraising and everything in Grand Valley State and U-M Dearborn, she further learned how between. But at the top of that standard list of duties was an Michigan's universities are crucial to the state's overall health. She additional and pressing matter: She needed to restore pride in liked the idea of helping EMU regain its mojo and reinforce its an enterprise that for a century and a half had been a thriving traditional strengths. educational landmark for Ypsilanti, eastern Michigan and the "Small class size, faculty very engaged, primarily an extensive community of alums who have walked across its undergraduate institution with master's level programs, serving historic campus. ordinary Michigan citizens who want to go to college. ... I felt that The two previous presidents had left under dark clouds Eastern was important to the future of this region," she says. "A lot of controversy, the first over funding for the University House of people would not go to college if Eastern continued to spiral residence and meeting center, and the second after the botched down. ... (It was) a place that needed to be fixedup :' reporting of a student murder on campus. Funding already had been approved for a $90 million science The EMU Board of Regents, impressed with Martin's strong building addition but it was on hold, so Martin kick-started the accounting credentials in state government and at two other project by scheduling a groundbreaking. Then it was on to aging Michigan universities, hired her for the turnaround even though Pray-Harrold, EMU's largest classroom building, which Martin she had never been a college president. EMU needed a heavy described as an embarrassment. "The faculty were right to be dose ofTLC, but would a numbers-crunching wonk be up to the yelling at the board meetings," she says. "People thought it would task? Seven years later, as Martin leaves the presidency, it turns out never happen. And so when we re-did those two, even if you are the consensus answer is: Yes. to this day sitting in a building that needs work, you kind of feel Martin remembers the glum atmosphere she regularly there is hope that they're going to get around to you:' encountered in her firstfew months on the job. Brimming with her Those building improvements, along with enhanced trademark enthusiasm, candor and can-do approach, she fo und a campus safety, expansion of student academic support services staff, faculty and student body that were understandably cautious and strong enrollment growth, had to be managed amid EMU's about once again singing the praises of Eastern. commitment to keeping tuition as low as possible, particularly "I think there was a lack of confidencein the administration. after the economic crisis in 2008 hit the state hard. In her second Everybody was just kind of like this ..:' She shrinks down in her year, Martin approved a "zero, zero, zero" budget that attracted chair, lowers her head and averts her eyes. "I'd go around (and say), national attention. In an age of steady tuition increases across the 'This is a great university' and people would be like ..:· She repeats country, EMU created a 2010-1 1 budget that asked for no increase the down-in-the-dumps body language. in tuition, fees or room and board. "It was the Eastern people who were the most down "The 'zero, zero, zero; ... ignited alumni pride, community about Eastern:' pride, (enhanced our) reputation (in the legislature) in Lansing By contrast, as she began to meet alums in those early days, as being a good manager, that we were using our resources well. she was impressed by the depth of their commitment to their We could not have bought marketing to achieve what 'zero, zero, alma mater. She recalls visiting the Curran family in Dearborn, zero' achieved. It was tremendous in terms of how the campus who had EMU graduates from multiple generations. "How proud (reacted). Everybody was like, 'Yeah! That's my school! I didn't plan they were of what they got from Eastern and what they've it that way-none of us did-but it had that impact:' accomplished. And you talk to them and they're like, 'We love Amid all the talk of budgets and buildings, Martin has this school:" remained focused on the reason the university exists in the first That sort of commitment was exactly why Martin was place: students. She's been a popular participant in countless attracted to the EMU job. A lifelong Michigander, Martin is student activities. They have taken to calling her Su-Mar, an

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Photos by Randy MdSC'1arkot "llessothu .. . , . v, d. Top right phota by Mike And, oro. affectionate abbreviation of her first and last names. Joey Stinson, They have hopes and dreams ..:· she says, pausing as her voice a student and fledgling entrepreneur, coined the moniker on breaks with emotion. his Facebook page, declaring "Su-Mar is my homegirl!" with a Martin attends a lot of end-of-the-year award ceremonies graphic design he later made into a T-shirt. Student government in the various departments on campus. "The non-traditional also made a T-shirt featuring students get to me the most . ... I sit the nickname, asking WWSD there and I watch the top student in (What Would Su-Mar Do?). The nursing. And she's got her little kids women's rowing team named there and her husband and she's one of its boats after her. Martin crying, thanking them, because she reciprocated by holding a spent the money on college. And it couple of farewell meet-and took her eight years. She's one heck greets called "Sweets and Selfies of a success, you know?" And yet in with Su-Mar:' The party favor? A an academic world that measures Su-Mar flashlight. success-and awards state funding "(Students) come here and based on traditional graduation rates, it just kind of opens their life up that sort of story is overlooked. to new possibilities. And they're That's where Eastern has an open to that. And many of them advantage, Martin says. In addition are very giving of themselves, of to its long history of serving their time and energy to others. traditional students, it welcomes a

10 Ea.srcmJ SUMMER 2015 high percentage of the non-traditional students that make up Meet Interim President Kim Schatzel an increasing percentage of student bodies across the country. Martin cites recent studies that have documented about 325,000 Kim Schatzel, young people in southeast Michigan between the ages of 25 and provost and executive 34 who have some college classwork but are working without a vice president of degree. About one-third of that number say they would like to academic and student finishtheir college education. "And my answer is come to Eastern affairs,will serve as interim president while and you will get it done;' she says. "Those students that may have Eastern conducts a given up for some reason and then they come back and get their national search for the degree, their lives and their family's lives are forever transformed. successor to President They're going to be committed to education and the next Susan Martin. Schatzel generation is probably going to be that (traditional) 18-year-old began her new role on freshman . ... And you just see that again and again and again'.' July 8, 2015. As Martin was preparing for the end of her presidency in Schatzel's background includes extensive academic July, she talked about the importance of EMU continuing to leadership and corporate business experience. Before work on securing private donations to supplement tuition and coming to EMU, she served as dean of the College of state revenue. Business at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, having "Fund raising is the one thing I have not fixed yet;' she joined U-M Dearborn in 2000 as an assistant professor says. "Our greatest asset is our alumni, and we have 166 years of marketing. Her corporate experience includes more of them and they love the place. And they follow it. I have all than 20 years of new venture and start-up work. kinds of alumni contact me if I'm in the paper, and they read the Schatzel received a doctorate in business president's report at each board meeting. They love the place, administration from Michigan State University - Eli but we haven't built a culture of giving. There's a way to do this Broad Graduate School of Management in 1999. Her and we're working on that, but it takes years to build it up'.' research and teaching interests include innovation, new Martin has attended countless alumni get-togethers, big product success, and marketing communications. and small, all across the country. She says she's as comfortable "Provost Schatzel is the right person to continue to now driving her rental car on the infamously congested Los build on our successes;' says Mike Morris, chair of the Angeles freeways as she is at a football tailgate at Rynearson EMU Board of Regents. "She has distinguished herself as Stadium. The University must continue to build bonds with all an outstanding leader since joining Eastern in January its alumni, she says, from local teachers to Hollywood celebrities 2012, and we are pleased she has agreed to accept this like Sally Young (BS72), an Emmy-winning producer for"Modern new role as interim president'.' Family;· and actor Dann Florek (BS75) of"Law and Order"fame. Meanwhile, work has begun to select Eastern's next EMU is engaging alumni with group events such as gatherings president. A 10-member Presidential Search Advisory at the Detroit Institute of Arts or Detroit Tigers baseball games. Committee, with Regent Michelle Crumm serving as "We're trying to do things to widen the net and increase that chair, was formed in June, and the Board of Regents also alumni participation rate, to start to give the firstgift. We have a announced the hiring of Parker Executive Search, based long way to go but we have people who love us'.' in Atlanta, Ga. Martin will use her year of administrative leave for Visit emich.edu/presidential-search for more academic research and writing, and to prepare to teach information related to the search. I! accounting and/or taxes in the EMU College of Business in 2016. As for her legacy, "I hope that people see that I really believed in the importance of what Eastern does;· she says. "It is a community that extends beyond Ypsilanti, to generations of alumni. That we need to be very proud of Eastern, to wear the Block E and to support what Eastern does because it transforms individuals and families that also stay in Michigan for the most part and serve this great state of Michigan. "It isn't just Sue Martin working. Hundreds of people doing their job right turned Eastern around. And lots of love and support from lots of people who care about the place." I!

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"Whenever student ''lustice does discriminate. In groups go to the Kennedy addition torace and class, other Institute and participate factors make adolescents more in a simulation, the first vulnerable to entering the Justice thing they do is they all system. Yo uth with behavioral rise and take the oath of and mental health disorders officeas a senator" arealso disproportionately - Dr. Jeffrey Bemstein, EMU over-represented among professor ofpolitical scie11ce, juvenile offenders." discussi11g the role EMU students played in developing a simulation - Dr. Jennife r Bellma11 Frit:r., EMU module Ottjmmigr ation for tlie social work professor, talking about Kennedy Instituu, Boston; diverti11g you11g offenders frompriso11; WWJ-AM,Detroit Bridge Magazine

"Teachers are the purveyors of hope and possibility. Everykid has dreams. Theymay not look like ours. They may be simple, but they are dreams." - Dr. Patricia Williams-Boyd, EMU educat/011 professor, on how local sc/1001 districts can address poverty; Tlie A11n Arbor News

Eastern I SUMMER 2015 13 Stud�potlight Miguel Ortiz 0 lympic hopeful Miguel � 4 Languages Ortiz, 24, is more than Ortiz speaks four just a talented swimmer. languages-Japanese, The EMU graduate student Spanish, English and somehow juggles training, Portuguese. He was born in Madrid, Spain, to a master's degree classes Japanese-Brazilian mother in Hotel and Restaurant and a Spanish father, and Management, and a raised in To kyo, Japan. full-time job as manager of global accounts at HelmsBriscoe. � Right Pace "Coming from a Japanese background, I was always Here's a closer look: disciplined at being on time, doing everything at the right � 2016 Olympics pace and efficiently, so that definitelyhelped me when I Ortiz hopes to represent Spain's national team got to college and tried to juggle in the Summer 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, academics and sports;' he says. Brazil. His brother, Bruno, is also an Olympic swimming hopeful.

� 200 Medley Relay � 11,000 Ya rds As a sprinter (backstroke, Ortiz earned an NCAA championship in the butterfly),Ortiz swims about 200-yard Medley Relay and was an eight- 10,000 meters every four hours time NCAA All American, eight-time Big Ten of practice. That's nearly 1 1,000 Champion and All Big Ten three times while yards, or just over 6 miles. On swimming as an undergraduate student at the heavy training days, he will University of Michigan. He also won six gold consume up to 7,000 calories. medals at the Spanish Nationals in December 2014. In April 2015, Ortiz qualifiedfor the summer's World Championships after achieving the time standard at the Spanish Nationals.

IIRead more about Miguel Ortiz at emich.edu/miguel-ortiz.

14 EasternI SUMMER 2015 MU has earned the Jacoby Trophy E as the top women's program in the Mid-American Conference the first time EMU has won the honor in the 33-year history of the award. "This award is a tribute to the quality of coaches we have teaching our student-athletes and the type of students they recruit to Eastern Michigan to compete for our teams;' says Heather Lyke, director of athletics. "Our women's programs have truly earned their recognition as the best in the Mid-American Conference. We are extremely proud of their work ethic and commitment to excellence in all that they do and congratulate them for this historic achievement:'

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hey call it the Mt. Everest of piano between 2007 and 2009 at Ann Arbor's Hill Auditorium. But for a II playing;' says Joel Schoenhals. locally based pianist to assay the task was, until now, unheard of. Considering how many tourists "I've never bought into that attitude about 'shoulds' in scale that peak these days, there may classical music;' says Schoenhals. "I didn't do this because I felt I need to be a better metaphor for was 'ready'.I did this because I wanted to understand the music playing all 32T sonatas composed for that instrument by Ludwig better, I wanted to spend my days with great music, and I felt van Beethoven (1770-1827), a brilliant pianist himself and like, even though these pieces are really famous, the students arguably (and you will get arguments) the greatest composer of and community at Eastern needed to hear this. When an idea all time. Schoenhals, EMU professor of piano, is three-quarters coalesces for me, the energy comes together. It's kind of an of the way to the top of that mountain: he's performed 26 so far evolutionary process where you get to a place where you realize through the firstsix of eight Pease Auditorium concerts that will 'I really want to do this right now: " eventually span four years. In this case, part of that timing was the birth of his son, Plenty of pianists have recorded all of the sonatas, and one, Aaron, four years ago. "I started this project right after that, and Stewart Goodyear, played them all in a single day in Dallas one reason was I didn't want to be on the road and away from (coincidentally, his so-called "sonatathon" took place the day him that much;' he says. "When I take a break from working at after Schoenhals' most recent Pease performance last March). home, I can see him'.' But it's hard to overstate how exceptional Schoenhals' project is, It wasn't part of the original plan, but thanks to the and what a rare opportunity it offers to area music lovers. generosity of a handful of classical music fans in the area, Hearing a complete traversal performed live is unusual Schoenhals performs each program half a dozen times or so enough, and ordinarily entails a renowned touring virtuoso prior to its Pease presentation in private homes at what are giving a series of concerts in one location. The last time this called "salon concerts;' helping him paternally as well happened locally was when Andras Schiffdid it in eight concerts as professionally.

18 EasternJ SUMMER 201 S "If I have half a dozen events in an academic year, that's a university, a lot of that repertoire was very new to me. It made me lot," he says. "This is easily twice or three times that much, and realize I had to work hard, but it also excited me because there it's all here. I've gone through way more music and done more was so much stuff I was discovering for the firsttime and just live performing than ever, and I've been able to stay at home wanted to eat up:' more often." His untraditional path is reflected in his teaching. "I think His approach, and priorities, are unconventional, an adjective it's served me well in relating to a variety of different kinds that fitsSchoen hals to a tee. He grew up in Oklahoma in a fa mily of students and their needs and what their career paths that valued music enough that he learned to play but not so are;' Schoenhals says. "It's not just about playing Beethoven. much that he was pressured to be a prodigy, and was one of the Beethoven is intense, hard to beat, but it's still one avenue. That firstgraduates of Vanderbilt University's Blair School of Music was the beauty of my background. Those experiences have before earning his advanced degrees at the prestigious Eastman helped me guide people of different backgrounds into diffe rent School of Music in Rochester, N.Y. kinds of career paths:' In his view, Blair's newness when he was there was a boon. It Like other thought leaders in the academy in general and the was still too young and small to provide the cocoon that often performing arts in particular, he's had to face the fact that the envelops performing arts students, so"it was integrated into the pedagogy of the past won't prepare students for the careers of larger university environment;' Schoenhals says. "That was good the future. for the trajectory of my work, to have that early experience in a "It's this unreal world that we are all kind of perpetuating;· says non-conservatory university environment:' Schoenhals. "One of the wonderful things about being at Eastern As it turned out, it was also good that "I didn't have a lot of is I don't have that unreality, honestly. I can deal at a high level of intense classical training pre-college;· he says. "I had done a lot of music teaching and making but not have to feel like I'm training music, but I was in a rock band, I was in a jau band, played piano young people for competitions that don't lead to anything. I have in a cocktail lounge, played for community theater. When I got to some performance majors, but they generally don't expect that

E.1stern I SUMMER 2015 19 they're going to have a concert career. They understand they may be teachers, have a church job or a piano studio, do some accompanying, and still have a rich life in music. "But I also have education majors and music therapy majors. My role is to bring the highest level of musical understanding to them, so that they're using music in their profession at the highest level:' According to James Leonard, a nationally read music critic, reporter and lecturer based in Ann Arbor, the highest level of artistry, technique and passion is what Schoenhals brings to what Leonard deems "the greatest body of piano music ever written by the greatest composer of piano music who ever lived:' "His phrasing is lyrical, all his lines sing, he's got a bell-like tone, and all the pitches ring;• Leonard says. "He's got a command of form: he knows where everything is and he knows where it's all leading to. He's got a tremendous technique; nothing I've heard him play is beyond his abilities:· Leonard has not only heard him in concert but also penned reviews of several of his eight recordings (fivesolo, three with colleagues), all of which have earned wide critical acclaim. He is appropriately awed by the enormity of the task Schoenhals has undertaken. "What he's got to do is not just learn to play but also memorize 10 hours worth of music;· Leonard says. "And he not only has to play and memorize it but he's got to understand it. And then he's got to communicate that understanding in his performance:· When he received a Faculty Research Fellowship in 201 2 that helped launch the project, "I had performed publicly about eight of the sonatas," says Schoenhals, "which isn't very many. Those you relearn anyway:'The preparation process that he's developed keeps him hopping during the six months between Pease presentations. "If I memorize a movement a week, I'm at three months, and I start the house concerts at month four, so I better get cooking;• he says. "Every weekend for two months ahead of the Pease concerts, that's what I'm doing. They've almost turned into not being practice recitals. People are so into it that I feel just as much responsibility to deliver a meaningful concert at the firsthouse as I do at Pease. This has fo rced me to be more organized, more efficient, more disciplined and to understand the music more deeply and immediately." The next program at Pease is scheduled for September 18, 2015. Like all the others, it will be recorded and posted both on YouTube and at joelschoenhals.com. For Schoenhals, archiving his performances is another kind of learning experience. "The great thing about live performance is it's live and it's gone;· he says, "and the bad thing about live performance is it's live and it's gone. Doing studio recordings has its own pitfalls, and I was interested in the idea of documenting the live performance, as it is, with all the memory slips, coughs, and finger twisters:· If and when he watches them himself, he'll be revisiting an experience that, for all its challenges, will be hard to let go of. "I love playing the piano because it engages me mentally, emotionally, physically and spiritually;' Schoenhals says, "and I'm engaged on all those levels every single day with some of the greatest music ever written. It's relentless, but the work is always welcome. It's been the most intensely gratifying musical experience and growth opportunity that I've had. I'm going to miss the stimulation of it when it's over, for sure. It's been a real cool ride:· I!

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"The more things change, the more they stay the same." Like most adages that have become cliches, the more you think about it, the more levels ofmeaning appear. There'splen tyof fo od forsuch thought in these photographs. Bon appetit! "A Room of their Own" The dimensions of the rooms are about the only features of life in Downing Residence Hall that haven't changed since the 1963 photo was taken. Fashions in clothes and interior decor are conspicuously different, and smart phones and laptops were the stuff of science fiction.The transformation in social rules has been even more dramatic. Not only were men not permitted to enter women's dorms in 1963 but, for another nine years, there were prescribed hours during which the residents were required to be inside those women's dorms. Downing's residents are now both male and female, although they do have to live in same-sex suites. let the Good Times Roll Walton and Putman Residence Halls share a front desk and lounge, and residence life staffers have provided amenities for their residents since the buildings opened in 1968. The front desk is a place where students can pick up free toilet paper, a broom and dust pan, vacuum cleaners, board games, and packages they've received in the mail. And while the decor and the devices have changed, the lounge across from the front desk is still an inviting space for relaxation and interaction. It also still has a piano.

Proper Hygiene Every year, a new batch of students adjusts to being away from home-and learns how to cook and do laundry in unfamiliar territory. In the past, students often improvised, washing their clothes in sinks. At one time, students even paid an extra fee for the use of gas and electricity. Now, all utilities are included (water, electricity, cable, internet); students can have microwaves and mini refrigerators in their rooms; and every residence hall is equipped with washers and dryers.

No More Smoking When Eastern President Charles McKenny dismissed four women students for smoking in 1922, it said more about society's attitude toward women than its attitude toward tobacco. Smoking was perfectly acceptable almost anywhere, as long as men did it. The tide began to turn with the release of the Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health in 1964, the same year the university removed cigarette vending machines from its residence halls, the first of many incremental anti-smoking steps. In the 1970s, though, students could still light up inside buildings. When Eastern became a tobacco-free campus in July, smoking became part of the past.

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From Spoons to Controllers Students in the 1940s gathered in the Munson Hall snack bar to enjoy ice cream sundaes and other treats. Today's gathering spots are a bit more techie, like the Student Center's E-Zone, where students can participate in multi-player games with their peers on Wii, Xbox and PlayStation.

Parking Perplexities Pick a decade, any decade. Pick a university, any university, especially one like Eastern where a large percentage of students are commuters. You don't have to dig deep or listen long to encounter a complaint about parking, often garnished with colorful descriptors. While EMU does have ample parking, students see things from a different perspective. A pessimist might see these two photos, taken 30 years apart, as illustrations of hopelessness: there will never, ever be enough parking. An optimist would be reassured that even in a time when the pace of change seems to accelerate daily, some things can be counted on: there will never, ever be enough parking.

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�� Alumna'sin terest in history was sparked by her grandfather,a World War II veteran; now she'searning national acclaim forhe r teaching methods

by Jeff Sa moray

One of the earliest memories "I had a classmate who always Michele Anderson (BA94, MAOO) kept to himself,even from the time has of her grandfather is the time we were in elementary school;' she asked him for an impromptu says Anderson, who grew up in dance lesson. Michigan Center. "He lived with his "I must have been in kindergarten grandparents, always wore brown or firstgrade ;' she says. "I knew that my and never interacted socially. He grandfather had been in World War just blended in and didn't cause II-our family held him in a kind of problems. He wasn't a special needs awed reverence. I asked him to teach student, but looking back, he may me to dance the way people did have been autistic. during World War II. My interest in "A long-term substitute teacher history definitelycomes from him:' who wasn't familiar with this Today, Anderson's social studies student began teaching our class. students at Westland John Glenn High The substitute was trying to get School are the ones dancing with him to comment on what we were veterans. The school's annual United learning. He kept pressing this Service Organizations (USO) Dance, student, over and over, trying to which Anderson organizes, is among force him to engage. I became very the unique teaching tools she uses to uncomfortable, as did others around Anderson's grandfather, TSgt. Harold "Bud" Burns. make history leap off the page and me. As the tension built, this student Anderson believes this photo is from 1941 , when he connect young people with a started crying. I remember sitting entered the service. Courtesy of MICht,t Anderson generation who lived through some there thinking, 'If I ever become a of our nation's most trying times. teacher, I will never let that happen in my classroom: Up to that Anderson's creative teaching methods earned her the 2014 time, I wanted to be a lawyer:' National History Teacher of the Year award. HISTORY· and the Anderson earned a BA in history and a secondary teaching Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History chose her from certificationfrom Eastern in 1994. While an undergraduate, more 1,000 submissions nationwide. She received the award last she became more curious about her grandfather's World War II December at a ceremony at the Princeton Club of New York. experiences-a topic he didn't discuss openly. She began asking "According to the old cliche, historical knowledge keeps him questions and putting together his story. us from repeating past mistakes, but it's so much more than Harold "Bud" Burns was a technical sergeant and clerk for that;' Anderson says. "History helps us identify who we are Colonel Charles Willoughby, who was chief of intelligence under and helps us move forward. Understanding the past helps General Douglas McArthur. While serving in the Philippines, us findfuture success:· Burns survived the Bataan Death March, when Japanese soldiers forced about 70,000 diseased and starving American and Filipino Revealing the past troops to trek 65 miles through intense heat to prison camps. Burns told Anderson about the brutal treatment the prisoners Although Anderson loved history as a child, she hadn't endured, including bayonet stabs, beatings, and executions. thought about teaching until an incident when she was in Exact death figures are unknown. Many of the thousands who seventh grade. died were buried in mass graves.

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-�)'. "After hearing my students, Anderson could sense a grandfather's stories, I began to lack of enthusiasm. understand why he commanded "Some students just such respect in the fa mily;' weren't interested, which was Anderson says. "I would never disappointing;' she says. "It made have learned about the Bataan me realize that the stories were Death March had I not spoken more interesting when they came with him. It wasn't a topic covered A group of Anderson's students dressed from the WWII era for directly from my grandfather. I the WWII USO Dance. Courtes� of Mich�! Anderson in any of my classes. needed to finda differentway to "He didn't like to talk teach the topic'.' about those days;' she adds. "It brought up bad memories and She successfully applied for a Michigan Humanities Council nightmares. I saw it in him. He would talk about it on one day, but grant opportunity to fund oral history interviews, and the oral his nightmares would continue for weeks'.' history project became a central part of her curriculum. For the Anderson delivered a presentation about the Bataan Death past three years, Anderson's students have conducted interviews March at Eastern's 13th Undergraduate Symposium in 1993 and with World War II, Korean Wa r and Vietnam War vets as well as local brought her grandfather as a guest. The audience was so engaged defense plant workers. The videotaped interviews are submitted to that Anderson and Burns had difficultygetting out of the building the Library of Congress for its Veterans History Project. after the event. In addition, her students create "remembrance boards;· tri-fold While it was her grandfather who sparked Anderson's interest poster boards displaying photos, documents and brief write-ups in oral history, EMU professor of history and philosophy JoEllen about the lives of deceased vets. Boards from past years line the Vinyard influenced her teaching methods. walls of Anderson's classroom. One honors a World War II soldier "Our classes took fieldtrips to cemeteries, museums and who fought the Japanese in a series of battles in Alaska's Aleutian historical archives to look at primary sources;· Anderson says. Islands, a campaign that's rarely covered in high school textbooks. "We visited the site of Al Capone's hideout in Traverse City. Another board honors a student's grandfather, who sent messages Professor Vinyard taught us that learning history isn't confined via Morse code during World War II while stationed in the Pacific. to the classroom:· During the school year just ended, Anderson's juniors and Field trips have been part of school curriculums for decades. seniors researched deceased Vietnam War vets, selected through But Anderson inserts other components in class outings that their own fa milies, a local VFW or American Legion, or the Vietnam deepen her students'knowledge of the significantevents Veterans Memorial Fund website. While students gathered associated with the site. information online and designed their boards in class, Anderson "During one trip to Fort Wayne in Detroit, I created a lesson would envelop the room with period music from a Motown plan about the Treaty of Springwells;' says Anderson, who has been greatest hits CD. One of the guest speakers they got to interview teaching at John Glenn since was a veteran who created anti 1998. "The students reenacted Communist leafletsto be dropped the treaty signing by playing from U.S. aircraft on North Vietnam. historical characters-either "There isn't one right way to Americans or leading chiefs from teach a subject; you have to use local Native American tribes. Then multi-sensory methods;· Anderson we compared their treaties to the says. "If students just answer historical treaty. It was amazing questions from a book, then to see how close the students' only the good readers will excel. treaties were to the real one:· We're trying to create depths of Anderson continually knowledge by taking what we develops new teaching methods learn and making something new. to further engage her students. The remembrance boards allow When she firstcovered the students to explore areas that Bataan Death March and related interest them. Some students from her grandfather's stories to her Inkster began researching veterans Remembrance boards produced by Anderson's students line the hallway leading into the Vietnam USO Dance. Courtesy of Michele Anderson 28 E.isrcrn I SUMMER 2015 p, ot•g,aph JY Loll Hrirw1:-del from their city. Others had Marines in their fa milies and wanted "One of my fe male students came to a dance for extra credit to research Marines. The boards give artistic and visual learners and wound up dancing all night with a Korean War vet;' she opportunities to take learning to a higher level, while the book recalls. "They both had a great time. The vet said he hadn't had learners still have the opportunity to perform research:' so much fun since his wife passed away. Another World War II The annual USO Dance, the culmination of the year-long oral vet sent a touching letter saying our USO dances gave him hope history project, is held in the school's cafeteria, free and open to for the future. The students appreciate this and learn that their the public. Students invite the interviewed vets back as guests of generations aren't so different from one another:' honor for the event, which features dancing to music of the era as Anderson says the National History Teacher of the Year award performed by the school band and choir or a guest DJ. Culinary flooredher, but comments received from parents are more arts students provide hors d'oeuvres and refreshments, and the personally rewa rding. Army Junior Reserve OfficerTr aining Corps present colors. The "Parents are sometimes surprised when their children get students' remembrance boards line the school's hallways leading excited about history;' she says. "Some tell me their son or to the cafeteria. daughter keeps asking questions about Uncle Harry and what he About 600 people attended the school's firstUSO Dance, did in Vietnam. Many students and their parents learn information honoring World War II vets. More than 700 came the following year about the veteran in their fa mily for the firsttime. It's very to honor Korean War vets. This year's dance for Vietnam War vets important for the veterans, their fa milies and our country's history drew about 900. to preserve these stories before they're lost. "We try to involve as many students as possible;' Anderson says. "There's a stigma that studying history is boring, but it doesn't "Part of the purpose is to connect the generations. The students have to be. You just have to finddif fe rent ways of teaching it and begin to understand the sacrificespre vious generations made inspiring students to learn:' I! during wartime.

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5 Hon. Milton L. Mack, Jr. (BS72) was Colonel Thomas 1950 appointed to the State Bar of Michigan's Slade (BSBS) was Task Force on 21st Century Practice. Task selected to serve as The career path of Jim Murdock (BS59, force members identify ways to better MA66) keeps evolving. Murdock, chief of the Medical serve and protect the public in the face Logistics Division an Alabama native, taught physical of a rapidly changing legal marketplace, education, American history and American for the Defense and their report will be published in March Health Agency government for 17years in Michigan 2016. Mack is the chief judge at the Wayne before earning a chiropractic degree and (DHA), an integrated County Probate Court in Detroit, a position combat support practicing for 19 years in Georgia. He is he's held since 1998. now an author and lives in Athens, Ga. agency that enables the Army, Navy and Learn more at jimmurdock.com. Air Force medical services to provide a Kirk Profit(BS75) is the director/owner medically ready fo rce in both peacetime S of Governmental Consultant Services, Inc. and wartime. Colonel Slade will also serve (GCSl)-a multi-client lobbying firmthat as chair of the Defense Medical Logistics 1960 was ranked the "best and most effective" in Proponent Committee and as co-chair of James Lowry (BS63) writes that he is a a recent Capitol Insiders Survey done by a the Defense Medical Logistics Supply Chain "proud member"ofthe Kappa Phi Alpha Lansing-based research company. Profitis Council Board. fraternity and is now selling real estate in also a trustee for the EMU Foundation Board. Canadian Lakes, Mich., located in Mecosta 1 William McGary County. Lowry is a retired Chrysler executive "Go Blue! Michigan's Greatest Football (BBA86) has worked who went on to manage four auto supply Stories" (Triumph Books) is the firstbook for the Michigan plants in three states after his retirement. He written by Stephen G. Kornacki (BS78) Department of State holds an MBA from Wayne State University. and gives a behind-the-scenes look at the since 1996 and was University of Michigan football program. promoted to Region 5 Hall of Fame Coach Lloyd Carr wrote the 1 Manager in January 1970 fo reword. Kornacki is currently a feature 2015. He oversees 26 branch managers in James Welch (B573, MASO) has honored writer for the University of Michigan and his the memory of his brother by publishing, work can be read at mgoblue.com. He has southeast Michigan, including all Detroit "For Eddie: Cancer Survivor:· The book also written for The Ann Arbor News, the Secretary of State offices."We have a great contains 63 poems, one for every year of Detroit Free Press and FOXSportsDetroit.com. team working hard for the citizens of Eddie's life. This is the firstbook for Welch, Michigan;' he says. McGary is also a part· who is a member of the Omega Psi Phi S time firefighterfor the city of Novi. fraternity. Here's a sample: 1980 We Met TheCh allenge Dr. Suzanne Wilhelm (BS83) was named Like David, taking that firstst ep on a dean of the Huether School of Business at 19905 campus, giant The College of Saint Rose in Albany, N.Y. Patricia Majher All new students had to learn from personal She was previously associate dean and (MS90), editor of experience professor of law in the School of Business Administration at Fort Lewis College in Michigan History Testing and mastering subject matter self Durango, Co., and is a former international magazine, just reliant legal adviser to the Congress of Peru. published her second And also sports, evidenced their brilliance book, "Great Girls in Michigan History:'The We can only do what other EMU graduates Mike Hawks (B8A83) was voted the inspiration came from have done third most effective lobbyist in Michigan, her earlier work on according to a Capitol Insider Survey done On school histories back we lay the book, "Ladies of by a Lansing-based research company. His Many a career battle we have won the Lights: Michigan firm-Governmental Consultant Services, Women in the U.S. Lighthouse Service:' Long aher graduatingon our way Inc. (GCSl)-was named the"best and We all had varying struggles, this, one knows most effective"firmin the state. Hawks is a "In that book, I wrote a brief vignette about is true director at GCSI and is an EMU Regent. Maebelle Mason, the 14-year-old daughter of Ye t EMU students took on the challenge, to a lighthouse keeper, who saved a man from show what they could do '1 encourage my fe llow alumni to donate drowning in the Detroit River while her father If all the successful and renowned graduates their time and talents to service within their was away from the light. Maebelle's story could return,you'd see communities;' writes Kenneth Krauter made me wonder if there were other stories (BS84), an active Lions Clubs International about girls in Michigan who did something A thousand, thousand, covering the hills of amazing before they turned 20;' she says. EasternMichigan University member and the new district governor of the Lions of District 258 in Indiana. "It will be my She was able to unearth 30 stories From "For Eddie: Cancer Survivor." Reprinted responsibility to steer the district in a positive before paring the list down to 20 for with permission. direction and try to encourage growth:' the final manuscript.

30 !:.astern I SUMMER 2015 "I was surprised by the fact that so many of Cheryl White (MA95) earned the Doctor Congratulations to Caryn (B502) & Corey these girls faced adversity in their early lives. of Education (Ed.D.) degree in Educational (B503) Hojnicki, who welcomed their For example, one was born into slavery, Leadership and Policy Studies from Wayne second child, many grew up in poverty, one had a severe State University. Hadleigh learning disability, and a handful suffered Madison. on the loss of a parent. Despite these struggles, Rhonda Morin Feb. 14, 2015. they succeeded in a fieldthat interested (MLS97J earned gold She was born them-and they had fun doing it'.' in the best-of-the- at 10:16 a.m., Majher hopes that"Great Girls in Michigan best competition for weighed 7 lb. History"will show young readers that they, fundraising campaigns 9 oz. and was too, can accomplish great things. from the Council for 21.5" long. Hadleigh joins brother Brennan, ,I Advancement and 3. The family lives in Bloomington, Ind., ,I• . . •. ·:1 Penny A. Pasque /�--- -_·,_· Support of Education where Corey is an assistant athletic trainer (MS90) was named ·-,,. ·;I-·.·.. (CASE) District VIII. The at Indiana University-working with the Brian E. & accolade recognizes excellence in marketing volleyball and rowing-and Caryn is the Sandra O'Brien and communications among more than sustainability coordinator for IU athletics. Presidential Professor 130 advancement institutions in the Pacific at the University of Northwest. Morin won for collateral and other Sara Cullin (8503) has Oklahoma for her materials she produced for the Clark College earned Accreditation in research, teaching Foundation in Va ncouver, Wash. Materials Public Relations (APR) and service efforts included a timeline of the 5-year campaign from the Universal on social justice and that appeared in Partners Magazine, Accreditation Board equity in higher education. Pasque is a campaign brochures detailing projects to be and the Public Relations faculty member with the Department of funded, invitations, videos and a website. Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Society of America. The Women's and Gender Studies, and the Accreditation program Center for Social Justice at OU. "In terms aims to improve the of my work around social justice, now is practice of public a difficulttime for college campuses in relations by assessing competence in 60 terms of diversity, race, gender orientation, areas of knowledge, skills and abilities religion, class, and many identities;' she says. associated with the profession. The Pasque credits her experience at EMU with Examination is designed for public relations igniting her interest in issues of equity and professionals with fiveto seven years of access in education. job experience and/or a bachelor's degree Angela V. Cook (B599) recently released in a communications field.Cand idates Michelle (Silverman) Salzman (B590) is her debut novel, a young adult paranormal who successfully complete the rigorous celebrating her 25th year as an elementary romance titled "Into a Million Pieces" (Red process, including presenting a portfolio special education teacher. Michelle has Adept Publishing). In an interview with to a Readiness Review panel of three peers taught in Florida and in Texas, the last 15 blogger Leandra Wa llace, Cook was asked and sitting for a computer-based exam, are years for Plano ISD in Plano, Texas. to describe her book in six words and granted the APR. responded with "dark, dangerous, sexy, Patrick Warner (B590, MS09), a sales thrilling, romantic, and feisty-mainly Erin J. Henshaw (MS06, MS07, PHD09) o executive f r Nielsen Audio, has received because I just really like the word feisty'.' was granted tenure at Denison University. the 2014 Membership Representative of Learn more at www.angelavcook.com. Her research interests include mental health the Year Award. Nielsen Audio is a division treatment utilization, treatment of depression of Nielsen TV Ratings, headquartered in in pregnancy, and mental health stigma. Columbia, Md. 2QQQ5 Adam Fox (B595) was promoted to Cory Anderson 5 sergeant with the Palm Beach County (BBA01, MA06) is now Sheriff's Officein West Palm Beach, Fla., a senior relationship 2010 where he is assigned to patrol operation. John Scigiel (BS11) is a design release manager with the engineer in the exterior trim group at United Way of Central General Motors. Derek LaBell (BBA95) was recently Maryland. promoted to director of internal audit "I think that the most important thmg I learned for Arch Coal, one of the world's leading fro m thos year was that there is a lot more to the producers of coal. The company is based in profession than the beautiful craft of teaching. So St. Louis, Mo. much of what we are asked to do and prepare foris behind the scenes work that you can't really learn about in college, and collaboration os key. I have been so lucl..ey to have the support of my colleagues EMU Alumni Association Board of Directors and the familiesof my students this year. I had to learn to reach out, because you don't have to figure President: Directors: Robert Murkowski (8506) ever thin out on our own!" Patnck Barry, Jr {8571, MA73) Patricia Andrewes (BA66) Chad Newton (BS96, MS 11) y g y Amanda Bennett (BSOS, MA 12) Paul Nucci (BS94) Past President: Tom Borg (BS79, MA09) Don Reichert (BS09) ELLEN WEAVER (8513), A FIRST GRADE Gregory Sheldon (BBA96) Ryan Buck (BS02) Mauricio Silva (MS03) TEACHER AT DICKEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL President Elect: Thomas Charboneau, Jr. (8BA76) Claudia Young (MBA02) IN ANN ARBOR, ON WHAT SHE LEARNED Londa Edwards-Brown (MLS86. MMques Thomey (BSOO) Emeritus Director·s: DURING HER FIRST YEAR AS A FULL MSW95) William Malcolm (BS76) Parliamentarian: Sarah Fall (8507, MA10) TIME TEACHER. Vicki Reaume (BS91, MA96) Ruth Halsey {8501, MBA 12) Randi Glaza (BS 10, MA 13) W. Fred Roberts (BAS6, MA68) John Godre (BS67) Secretary: H. F. (Bud) Schimmelpfenneg (8S68) Mau hew Mortier {BBA09, MA 12) Michael Gomez (8BA82) George Harrison (6567, MA72) Treasurer: Jasmine Lee (BSW09) Eastern JSUMMER 2015 31 Niklaus Schillack {8BA98) Jenita Moore (BS93) •

A lot of kids dream of being superheroes, but as they grow up, they find that radioactive spiders or vials of Chemical X are difficultto come by. Although Eastern Michigan University graduate Heather Antos never acquired X-ray vision or superhuman strength, she got the next best thing-a job as an assistant editor for Marvel Comics. A Niles native with a degree in electronic media and film production and theatre arts, Antos (BSl 3) befriended a Marvel editor via social media and began receiving advice on how to break into the comics industry. The editor later invited her to interview for a position at the publisher of pop culture icons like the Avengers, Guardians of the Galaxy and X-Men. "It's my dream job, hands down;' says Antos, a lifelong comic book fa n who now works on the Star Wars and Dead pool comics. "Getting to where I am took a mix of a little bit of luck and a ton of hard work:' She now lives just outside Manhattan with her German Shepherd, Flash, and is happily engaged. Her life has changed • dramatically since graduation, although she looks back favorably at her experiences at Eastern, where she was heavily involved with EMU Theatre and the production Appropriately, Antos findsherself inspired by stories where of her own weekly news show, projects that helped her grow "normal average people" do "extraordinary things, despite all professionally and personally. odds being against them:· She cites Marvel anti-hero Dead pool "If something went wrong, it was up to us to fixit, " Antos says. as a character she is particularly fond of, as he is a deeply flawed "This is such a crucial skill for people to learn both in the theatre person who tries to better himself. and filmworlds and the'real world'-at the end of the day the "These characters, their stories are what helped me push show-or rather, life-must go on. You either can be the person forward;' Antos says. "If they could do it, then so could I. The stories who just sits and watches while it falls apart because you didn't I read growing up meant a lot to me and I always dreamed of being react or you can be the one who helped it run smoothly. EMU able to inspire people with stories I was a part of creating. It's kind taught me to be the latter:" of weird to think that that's very well possible now:' I!

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Cecile "Peg" (Ardis) Fenker (BS39) Margaret M. (Lincoln) Finley (BS60) Patsy (Richter) McIntyre (BS69) Thurman W. Bunts (BA7S) Ypsilanti, Feb. 15 Long Beach, Cal., April 10 Flint, Feb. 5 Oakwood. Ohio, Feb. 11 Esther H.Wirschem (BS39) RobertT. Hunt (8560, MA63) Dorothy (Lawrence) Platte (MA69) Rosemary (Steinbach) Anderson Rochester, N.Y.• Fe. 25 Melborne, Fla .. March 6 Ann Arbor. Jan. 28 (MA78) Platteville, Wis., March 15 Bette (Betwee) Laufer (BS43) Katherine (Brooks) Walters (BS60) Charles J. Adams (SPA 70) Dianne G. (Priester) Davis (MA78) Cincinnati, Ohio, March 24 Monroe. Feb. 17 Brooksville, Fla .. Feb. 8 Holland, April 24 Rolland J. Langerman (BS43) James L. Davidson (BS61) Donald G. Herrmann (8570) Robin J. Wideman (BME78) Novi. Feb. 13 Swaru Creek, March 29 Dixon. Ill., Feb. 14 Plymouth, March 8 James M.Barnes (BS48) Brent G. Anthony (BS62) Jon B. Mills (BBE70) Christine (Gagnon) Hennessy Ann Arbor, April 1 Pompano Beach, Fla.• Feb. 1 Stockbridge, March 19 (MA79) Ann Arbor.Jan. 20 Kenneth M. Green (BASO) Hazel E. Discher (BS62) Donald N.Varta nian (BBA70, Michele M. (Brusinski) Sundberg Flint. Feb. 16 Lyndonville, Vt., Jan. 27 MBA72) Indianapolis. Ind., March 9 (BSSO) Detroit. March 2 Jack Weiss (BSSO) Wilma I. Hall (BS62) Keith C. Anderson (MS71) Renee (Turner) Swarski (MSSO) Ypsilanti, March 4 Monroe, April 9 Pettisville, Ohio, March 21 Sarasota, Fla .• Feb. 5 Charles Francis (AB51, MA60) Richard H. Younis (MA65, SPA71 J Donald L. Horsley (BS71) Jane C. (Smith) Clarke (BSSO, MA82) Howell, Feb. 5 Detroit, April 16 Portland, Maine, March 29 Ann Arbor. Feb. 23 Alice B. Luft (BSS 1) Geana Mayers (BS66) Lee A. Lundquist (BS71) Randy M. Wendt (MA82) Monroe, April 14 Sarasota, Fla .. Feb. 7 Royal Oak. Jan. 21 Newnan, Ga., Nov. 14 Sally J. Countryman (MA83) Velma (Friedrich) LaBeau (BS53, Jacqueline L. Bailey (BS67, MA76) Sandra (Schmidt) Schattler (MA71) MA57) Newport, March 31 Commerce, April 12 Port Huron, March 21 Flint, Feb. 23 Jamie S. Conrad (BB86) Marie S. Shaker (BS53) Marni ta (Hill) Scott (MA66) George B. Stracenrider Jr. (BBA71) Saint Joseph, April 8 Jacksonville, Ill., Feb. 2 Chelsea, April 7 Port Huron, March 19 James W. Bulemore (BS87) Marianne (Hanton) Andrews (BS54) Gerald D. Veeder (MA66) Ruth (Bluder) Lee (8572, MA76) Ypsilanti, Jan. 24 Port Huron. Jan. 17 Big Rapids, April 4 Maumee, Ohio, March 10 Laura M. Jacks (BSN88) Helen J.(Finkbeine r) Mack (BS54) David K. Kilby (BS67) David J. Schuster (MA72) Ypsilanti, April 26 Austin, Texas, April 6 Humble, Texas,March 15 Madison. Wis.• March 8 Dawn (Horton) Gallup (MA89, William K. Hawes (BASS) Houston, Gary L Temple (BS67) Frances E. Baran (BS73, MA75) SPA04, EDDOS) Bronson, March 4 Texas. April 4 Plymouth. March 24 Sun City, Ariz.• Feb. 9 Douglas S. Desautels (BS90) Delores (Smith) Stallard (BSSS) Marsha M. (Battuello) Lund (BS68, RobertW. Ryan (BS73) San Jose, Calif., Jan. 28 Milford. Feb. 12 MA77) Englewood, Fla., March 8 East Lansing. Feb. 23 Suzanne (Gamble) Stevenson· Robert E. O'Connor (BASS) Betty E. (Whitmer) Morris (MA68) Darrel L. Vanconant (MBA73) Howard (BBA95, MBA99) Ann Arbor, April 8 Buffalo Grove, Ill.. April 19 Grand Rapids, March 1 Ypsilanti, Feb. 21 Linda (Gainsley) Landen (BMESS) Susan (Buczynski) Nocella (8568, Eugenia (Stoll) Cusick (MA74) Aimee D. Sasso (BSOl) Laguna Hills Cal .. April 5 MS71)Monroe, Feb. 15 Lansing. April 20 Detroit, March 5 Philip Barnes (BS59, MA62) James H. Cartmell (MA69) Kathryn A. (Eiden) Ryan (B574, James R. McAllister (BBA07) Milan, April 15 Pompano Beach, Fla., Jan. 22 MA81) Canton. Jan. 28 Perrysburg, Ohio, Jan. 17 Mary (Phillips) Umphrey (BS59) Roberta (Cohen) Cooper (BS69) Daniel 5. Schenavar (BBA74) Robert F. Mead (PBC10, SEPU10) Colorado SUMMERS, Colo., Jan. 27 Phoenix, Ariz., Feb. 21 Monroe, Feb. 12 Farmington, Feb. 18 Edward D. Beers (8560) ThomasT. Craig (BBA69) Clyde W. Whitehead (MA 74) Amanda J. Hellman (MS13) Detroit. April 21 Lehigh Acres, Fla .• March 31 Seattle. Wash., Feb. 17 Madison. Wis., Jan. 29

Faculty and StaffMemor iam

Robert P. Crowner, emeritus business professor, James E. Henry, bus driver and mechanic for 34 Donna L. Sweatman, manager of University passed away March 28 in Saline. years, passed away April 12 in Milan. Publications in the early 1990's, passed away March 8 in Brighton. Ruth H. Doland (BS38) worked in the library as Jack Kay, former provost and professor. passed away an administrative assistant from 1967 until her on January 30, in Farmington Hills. John W. Waidley, emeritus faculty in counseling, retirement in 1989. Ruth passed away in Ypsilanti passed away February 14 in Ann Arbor. Wanda C. Smith was secretary forthe director of on March 12. student employment for 28 years, retiring in 1 993. Wanda passed away March 30 in Ypsilanti.

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D�ri�Ob to Dre�� Aaron Harburg's filmwi ll honor his great-grandfather, "Wizard of Oz" lyricist Yip Harburg The notes of a Jazz Age piano tune roll into every corner ofThe Earle in downtown Ann Arbor. The location resonates as much as the music does for Aaron Harburg (BA08), who is recalling tales of his famed great-grandfather. Yip Harburg, best known as the lyricist for The Wizard of Oz, had been invited to help celebrate the Earle's grand opening in 1977. It was a jazz club at the time, and he was going to perform a set of his most famous songs, like "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?': "April in Paris;"'lt's Only a Paper Moon;' and, most notably, "Over the Rainbow:· But Yip developed a neck twitch that night, a nuisance he was determined to control. Harburg recalls the story as told to him by his grandfather, Ernie:"Apparently my great-grandfather took a hit of marijuana to help with this thing he had before his set. So, he disappears. Everyone's trying to figure out where he is. He has to perform next!" According to the story, Ernie finallyfo und his father sprawled out on a bench, zonked. "Apparently this was really strong, and it knocked him out;' Harburg says, "but it took care of the little twitch!" Yip died fiveyears before his great-grandson was born in 1986, but even though they never knew each other, Harburg says he feels a strong connection to his renowned ancestor. Other than Yip, the 28-year-old Aaron is the only member of his family to pursue the arts as a career. Now, the Eastern electronic media and filmgrad uate is honoring Yip with his own art by producing a filmabout his life. In The Sound of Oz, the Ypsilanti-based documentarian celebrates the history and profound influence of the legendary songs Yip wrote for the 1939 classic. "When Dorothy opens that door and the movie goes from sepia tones to color-that moment is seismic in the history of film," Harburg says. "It's just incredibly powerful. It really hit me that not only is this movie and these songs iconic as in fa mous, but also iconic in that we all have a personal connection to them. I think people who connect with The Wizard of Oz connect with it because, in many ways, it reveals to us what's important:· Like many other youngsters, Harburg marveled at the movie. His passion for filmwas triggered when, as a second grader, Aaron Harburg, great grandson of Lyricist E. Y. "Yip" Harburg. he watched his older brother make home movies on a VHS l ii '-vri camcorder. "I was just so enthralled by the whole process;' recalls

34 EasternI SUMMER 2015 Oz Lyricist E. Y. "Yip" Harburg (left) with Oz composer Harold Arlen. c Jrt< ·� th, ,m" Tl ,r,

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focus on good literature and how to tell a good story, as well as psychology in creating characters and communicating to your audience:· His psychology professors recognized his aptitude for science and encouraged him to make a career of it, but there was no swaying him. Harburg wanted to make movies. "Film was always the through-line;' he insists. "What drew me to it was that sense of awe and magic. I really love movies Officialdocumentary poster. rt<'sy of tresoundofozmovr<'corr that inspire me to look at the world differently and to do things with purpose:' Harburg, who began shooting his own filmsin the fourth grade. Harburg hopes his filmwill help preserve his great He purchased his firstprof essional editing software in high school, grandfather's legacy. Without him, part of the sound track of our with money earned from a job at Wendy's and a paper route. lives would be missing. Harburg continued his cinematic pursuits at EMU. What "When I hear'Over the Rainbow; it's notjust'dreams that he wasn't expecting was how beneficiala psychology minor you dare to dream; which is a huge part of how that song still would be to his current endeavors as a video producer and touches me;' Harburg says, "but also just remembering this song digital strategist. almost got cut (from the finalfilm ), and that Yip originally hated "Being able to understand people from different frameworks, the melody. 'Over the Rainbow' not only inspired me to pursue especially uniting diffe rent concepts, gave me a huge leg up my dreams, but also to keep in mind that the catalyst for them when dealing with communicating;' he says. "A lot of filmmaking coming true will not always be apparent in the moment:' people focus on the technique of it, and really you need to Aher all, Dorothy didn't get to Oz without a dream, did she? !!I

Ea.ternI SUMMER 201 S 35 he Eastern Michigan University E-Club Alumni Chapter welcomed seven new members into the E-Club Athletic Hall of Fame. The Class of 2014 includes Boaz Kisang Cheboiywo, Kathy Hart, Fred LaPlante, Tom Michael (noTt pictured), Lorenzo M. Neely, Allyson Newman, and Brett Petersmark.

Boaz Kisang Cheboiywo

Sports: Cross Country, Track Graduating Class: 2003 The NCAA Cross Country Athlete of the Year in 2001, he was a seven-time NCAA All-American and a 10-time Mid-American Conference Champion.

Kathy Hart

Sport: Basketball, Coach This coaching pioneer started the EMU women's basketball program in 1976, scheduled national powerhouses and recruited seven future EMU Hall of Famers.

Brett Petersmark

Sport: Football Graduating Class: 1987 Started at center for three years, earned First Team All-MAC honors as a senior and went on to play for the NFL's Houston Oilers in 1987.

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Allyson Newman Sport: Gymnastics Graduating Class: 1994 Won the MAC All-Around title in both 1991 and 1992, set several school records, and teamed with Robin Loheide to give EMU two of the best gymnasts in the MAC.

Fred LaPlante Sports: Cross Country, Track Graduating Class: 1972 He earned All-American honors and helped lead EMU to the 1972 NCAA National Championship in Outdoor Track before becoming a successful Division I head coach.

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