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Sept. 16, 2008 Volume 59, No. 05 ocu Featured EMU professor named NASW's Social Worker of the Year 1\ rticJes The old woman sat with Eastern Michigan University social work professo· Elvia Krajewski-Jaime in a Morelia, Mexico, nursing home, trying to read along with the professor, who'd brought a group of students to experience community sx1al work at ground level. EMU professor named NASW's Social Worker "I cannot read. I went blind a long time ago," the woman said. of the Year EMU professor receives "Blind?" Krajewski-Jaime said. "But, you can see me." grant to study mother infant relationships EMU Historic The woman explained that yes, she Preservation group could see people, but the words on the 'Raisin' awareness of page were a jumble. 1812 battlefield EMU Honors College "I took my eyeglasses off and put them receives $749,000 grant on her and said, 'Can you read now?"' to provide scholarships Krajewski-Jaime said. "And she started for teacher education to cry." students Reichenbach reveals Krajewski-Jaime left that pair of glasses "Survivor" secrets behind and, the next year, her EMU September contingent returned with some 50 pairs anniversaries of eyeglasses in different prescriptions Photo: Kumar goes to to give to the elderly people from the Eastern Michigan to poor rural areas around Morelia. pump up voter registration Photo: (un)Civil Defense Krajewski-Jaime, 70, has built a career art exhibit of teaching, outreach and advocacy on Photo: EMU students the principle that, "You are only and their therapy dogs successful to the extent that, at the end stroll campus of a particular project, you have left the Photo: Football in the community stronger and more capable rain than before." Briefs SOCIAL STATUS: Elvia Krajewski-Jaime, obsline Her efforts haven't gone unnoticed. In an Eastern Michigan University professor Why I work at Eastern August, the National Association of of social work, was named the 2008 Social Michigan University Social Workers named Krajewski-Jaime Worker of the Year by the National its 2008 Social Worker of the Year. Association of Socia Workers (NASW). She'll be honored by the NASW, the largest professional social work organization in the country, in a yet-to-be scheduled virtual ceremony.
"I just thought she should be recognized for her quiet work she does tr a: has such a big impact on so many people," said Guadeloupe G. Lara, who nominated Krajewski-Jaime for the national award. "... She's published a lot in the area of OJltural awareness and serving the elderly and, of course, her commitment to people wtiere they are at - to understanding their history and their background - is very imp:,rtant."
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The old woman sat with Eastern Michigan Univer:;ity social work professor Elvia Krajewski-Jaime in a Morelia, Mexico, nursi1g home, trying to read along with the professor, who'd brought a group of stud=nts to Experience Sept. 16, 2008issue community social work at ground level. EMU professor named NASW's Social Worker of the Year "I cannot read. I went blind a long time ago," the woman s-aid.
"Blind?" Krajewski-Jaime said. "But you can see me." By Amy E. Whitesall The woman explained that yes, she could see pE<>ple, but the words on the page were a jumble.
"I took my eyeglasses offand put them on her and said, Can you read now?"' Krajewski-Jaime said. "And she started to cry."
Krajewski-Jaime left that pair of glasses behind and, the next year, her EMU contingent returned with some 50 pairs of eyeglasses in different prescriptions to give to the elderly people from the poor rural areas around Morelia.
Krajewski-Jaime, 70, has built a career of teaching, outreach and advocacy on the principle that, "You are only successful to the extent that, at the end of a particular project, you have left the community stronger and more capable than before."
Her efforts haven't gone unnoticed. In August, the SOCIAL STATUS: Elvia Krajewski-Jaime, National Association of an Eastern Michigan University professor Social Workers (NASW) of social work, was named the 2008 Social named Krajewski-Jaime Work r f the Yea by th.e Mational its 2008Social Worker of � � � Assoc1at1on of Sooal Workers (J>.iASW). the Year. She'll be honored by the NASW, the largest professional social wcr< organization in the country, in a yet-to-be scheduled virtual ce-emony.
"I just thought she should be recognized for her quiet Nl)rk she does that has such a big impact on so many people," said Guadelcupe G. Lara, wh,J nominated Krajewski-Jaime for the national aw3rd. "... She's pJblished c lot in the area of cultural awareness and servinJ the ek:!erly and, of course, her commitment to people where they are at - to unde-standi1g their history and their background - is very important." Lara finished her term as president of the NASW's Michigan chapter in June and also taught with Krajewski-Jaime at EMU, where she'� been an adjunct professor in the School of Social Work. Lara and "It's still hard for me to believe I was selected," said Kr2jewski-Jaime, 70. "I feel so pri11ileged and, of course, for my (Latin:>) culture, it means so much to me. It's such an honor, and I would hope that mv university benefits from that honor, too. Because, if it were not for ny university, I would not hove been able to do my work." Born and raised in Mexico, Krajewski-Jaime came to the United States with a sixth-grade education, a few years of bilingual secretari31 school, and some Frenct· and English language training. Truth be told she was just passing through on her way to study French in P3ris when she stopped in Philadelphia to visit a friend and met the guy ne;::t door, Eugene Krajewski. They fell in love, got married, settled in Philadelphia and had two daughters before Krajewski-Jaime (pronounced l::ry-EV-3�i - HIGH may) turned her attention back to her own education. At 37, she set out to earn her GED and, for the next 13 y:ars, she steadily climbed the educational ladder, starting with a bachelor's degree in psychology at the University of Pennsylvania. "Psychology was more of a research-oriented degree, a1d I wanted to be working with people," said Krajewski-Jaime, who has si1ce learned to appreciate research, too. "Someone told me 'Wt-y don't you try social work?' I'd never heard of that but, at the time, I wanted :o work in the community, to do community organization. (I w,mted to) plan programs so we could provide services to people in the community who were vulnerable. I wanted the hands-on experience. -hat's how I went to Temple University to get my master's. I got it (masters degree) in planning and administration, with lots of community organizing in it. I really love that area." Next came a doctorate fellowship at the University of Texas Austin, which awarded her a Ph.D. when she was 50. A member of her doctoral committee mentioned that EMU was looking for beginning faculty and, at TOTAL ACCESS: Elvia Krajewski-Jaime (above, the suggestion second from left), an Eastern Michigan Un.versity of others, she professor of social work, poses with EMU graduate applied to EMU students, and community partners from Latino and the Family Services, Alternatives for Girls, and the Arab University of Community Center for Economic and Social Servic�s Michigan. (ACCESS) in Dearborn. Funded by the Department of Justice, this meeting's purpose was to help "I came to solidify plans for EMU's work with the center's interview with Latino, Arab and African-American community both of them, partner agencies. but I fell in love with EMU," she said. "I felt it was a much better fit for what I wanted to do." Krajewski-Jaime brings social work to life for her students by taking them out into the communities that social workers serve, both locally and abroad. "I work with Latino, African-American and Arab-American communities, and it's very difficult to translate them in a book and have students get a feel for them. I have students do studies, surveys, focus groups. They speak to people about an issue and get a feel for how social workers can really help them. The students really love it, and they appreciate it because it's better than me standing in front of the classroom, talking to them." She created an international program for social work students that provides them field experience working in community agencies in Mexico and England. "She's somebody who gets things done," said David Clifford, an EMU health administration professor who, with Krajewski-Jaime, co-founded what would become the U.S. Department of Justice-funded Center for Community Building and Civic Engagement. "She is an incredibly good organizer, very good at getting people on task, and very good at taking a complex task, breaking it down and implementing it. She's very effective, in particular, working with students - bringing students into the process of providing a program." Through the Center for Community Building and Civic Engagement, she helped connect EMU faculty with organizations in Southeastern Michigan's minority communities and establish long-term working relationships. One partnership, with a Hispanic development association in Detroit, recruited young gang members, helping them use their leadership skills to give young Hispanics a voice in the voting system. Another worked with ACCESS to create a domestic violence program. She's also president of the Organization of Latino Social Workers. Nearing retirement, Krajewski-Jaime now divides her time between directing EMU's social work graduate program and her favorite kind of teaching, directing field studies and placing social work students with community agencies. "I want to make sure I have a leg in the community," she said. "One leg here, one leg in the community." EMU HOME The story unfolds with heartbreaking frequency in every corner of the country. A girl - raised in a low-income home, maybe in the shaoow of domestic violence, abuse, depression or addiction - grows out of a Sept. 9 , 2008 issue troubled relationship with her parents and into a troubled relationship with EMU professor a partner. receives grant to study mother-infant relationships She learns she's pregnant, but, having never had much of a role nodel, she doesn't really grasp what it really means to be responsible for someone else. When her baby is born, she has no template for a good relationship, and the baby grows up with no idea how to have one. So, By Amy E. Whitesall another generation goes from a troubled relationship with her parents to a troubled relationship with a partner, and the story starts over aga n. It's hard to say where the cycle starts or ends, but with an ongoing study of low-income women in Washtenaw County, Eastern Michigan psychology professor Alissa Huth-Bocks is hoping to figure out how such a cycle can be broken. With a $29,353 grant from the American Psychoanalytic Association, Huth-Bocks BREAKING THE CYCLE: Alissa Huth-Bocks, and a crew of an EMU psychology professor, and a group approximately 20 EMU of 20 EMU students, are observing 120 graduate students and low-income women for an 18-mon:h undergraduates will follow period - from the final trimester ot 120 women through a pregnancy until their baby is a year old. pivotal 18-month period With the help of a grant from the American in their lives, from the Psychoanalytic Association, they hope to final trimester of their learn how these women, many raised in pregnancy until their low-income and abusive homes, learn to baby is a year old. They'll become parents and, perhaps, break a look at how these women negative cycle. learn to parent in the face of adversity. "There is a minority of resilient women who are in some very diffi:ult circumstances who sort of rise to the occasion," said Huth-Bocks. "Some get professional help; some work out and resolve old relationship problems; some seek more social support. There is a subset who overcome their history of adversity and parent really well. "I think we can learn a lot from those women, what internal characteristics they have or what resources they have that allow them to break the intergenerational cycle," she said. The seeds for this study were planted when Huth-Bocks was an undergraduate herself. She was involved with the Michigan Association for Infant Mental Health, working with women who'd been battered by their partners. Often, it turned out domestic violence was often just one of many hurdles in their lives. As a family and child psychologist, she wondered how those troubles - particularly in combination - affect the way parenting develops from its very earliest stages. "It's believed in pregnancy that there's really a significant psychological shift, from a person who had always thought of themselves as being the recipient of care to a point where, all of a sudden, you're the provider of care," Huth-Bocks said. "I'm interested in studying how women make this shift. Some make it seamlessly. If they had good relationships in the past, it's easy to make the shift. If you haven't been taken care of, haven't had the experience of people caring for you and valuing you and loving you, it's very hard to imagine yourself doing that for someone else." The study began in October 2007 and includes 75 women so far. Because they're aiming for a high-risk pool for the study, Huth-Bocks and her students recruit women through public assistance programs and community health clinics for the uninsured. Women who agree to be part of the study are interviewed in their last trimester of pregnancy and, again when their baby is three months old. When their baby is a year old, a final, more extensive interview is conducted. Participants are paid $85 for their time, with the amount spread out over the three interviews. Several of the graduate students working on the study also have papers of their own tied to the project, and psychology students at every level recruit and interview the women in the study, which makes it an invaluable, hands-on experience for the students, Huth-Bocks said. "I think it's really incredible. Research experience for students is really important, no matter what type of experience it is," Huth-Bocks said. "But, I think one thing that's unique for students is that everyone, even the undergraduates, get trained to conduct the interviews. That's pretty unusual for them. I supervise very closely, because they're doing very sensitive clinical interviews. It's a very sensitive, complicated process, and I've had undergraduates say to me, 'I've learned more in doing this than I ever could have in a class."' EMU HOME Eastern Michigan University's Historic Preservation Program is wo-ldng to raise awareness about the importance of the River Rais n Battlefield in Monroe. Sept. 16, 2008 issue EMU Historic Preservation group "I think we have been able to open some eyes about th: importane: of this 'Raisin' awareness site," said Ted Ligibel, director of EMU's Historic Preserv-ation Program. of 1812 battlefield Ligibel is part of a team that includes two EMU Historic Preservatior Program alumni working with the Heidelberg College's Cerrter for Historic By Ward Mullens and Military Archeolog{, the Monroe County Historical S:>ciety and me National Park Service. The project team is researching and documenting the boundaries of the battlefield. The project covers the routes taken by both the American and British armies, and Native Americans to and from the battle site at CHARTING HISTORY: Ted Ligibel, head of Easte -n the tiny Michigan University's Historic Preser·,ation Program, settlement of reads a monument commemorating theBattle af the Frenchtown River Raisin. Ligibel is part of a team that is (now Monroe) researching and documenting the boundaries of the during the battlefield. Photo by Dave Laval War of 1812. Ligibel, project leader G. Michael Pratt of Heidelberg; and E\1U alumni Jeffrey Green, preservation planner for the City of Monroe; and preservation consultant William Rutter, recently had a ra·e :>pportun ty to make a presentation about the site to the Secretary of tre Jnterior a: a meeting facilitated by Congressman John .Jingell. "Congressman Dingell invited our team to present the ca.;e for National Park designation of the battlefield site to Secretary of Int::?rix Dirk Kempthorne while he w.:1s in the area for a ceremonial signing," saij Ligibel, an EMU professor of geography and geology. "No·m3lly, the secretary wouldn't hear about a project like this until the·, were read·, to sign the bill creating the park. Now, when the case is pre.;ented, hE'II know directly about the site a1d its significance.' The ultimate goal of the project is to get aoproval as bot� a National Historic Landmark and possibly a national park. "How many communities have a national park within their borders?" Ligibel said. "That translates into economic development as well. So it's honorific and income generating, and cultural interest generating, at the same time." Ligibel, who has been involved with the site for more than a decade, said there is still plenty of research to be done before a final report goes to the Secretary of Interior. "We are reviewing war records from the British government from 1812- 1814; taking testimony from those with knowledge of the site; reviewing newspaper accounts and reading first-hand accounts from people who were there," said Ligibel. "We are leaving no stone unturned." Three grants are supporting the work: two from the American Battlefield Protection Program (NPS) and a third from the Monroe County Historical Society. The Battle of the River Raisin, sometimes referred to as the Battle of Frenchtown or the Massacre on the River Raisin, was one of the largest military encounters during the War of 1812. On Jan. 22, 1813, about 1,000 U.S. soldiers and militia fought a force of about 1,000 British and Indian forces. After taking Frenchtown from a small Canadian and Indian force, the Americans were surprised by the main British and Indian force. The British lost 24 men, compared to the 397 Americans that were killed. EMU HOME J! I Eastern Michigan University's Honors College has received a $749,000, five-year grant from the National Science Foundation to help provide scholarships to teacher education students majoring in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM). Sept. 16, 2008 issue EMU Honors College receives $749,000 "This grant will provide scholarship support and curriculum linkages for grant to provide secondary education students majoring in science, math, technology and scholarships for engineering," said Jim Knapp, director of the honors college. "The idea is to teacher education increase the number and retention of qualified science and math teachers students in high need districts." EMU will partner with Willow Run, Ypsilanti, Lincoln By Ward Mullens Consolidated, Inkster, Wayne, Westland and Washtenaw Intermediate school districts. "This program provides scholarships for two years, up to $13,000 a year, to teachers who agree to teach in a partner or other high need district for two years for every one year they receive the scholarship," Knapp said. EMU's program will be called Developing Urban Knapp Education Teachers in STEM Subjects (DUETSs). It is part of the national Robert Noyce Scholarship Program. Knapp said that the grant proposal grew out of the need for STEM teachers and two of EMU's unique programs, Minority Achievemert Retention and Success Program (MARS), and Creative Scientific Inquiry Experience (CSIE). Knapp said DUETSs will provide scholarship support to 10 students a year for the first four years and five students in the fifth year. Recipients of the scholarships will have been admitted to the College of Education teacher prep program; have a 3.0 grade point average; have completed 56 credit hours; and be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident alien. Knapp said he hopes to have the first selections for DUETSs this fall. "The idea is give this money away this year to help students," said Knapp. "This money is going right to students. More than $600,000 of the grant will go directly to students." "This is another piece in our ongoing effortto focus on STEM education and take advantage of our strategic position," Knapp said. EMU HOME I, L'-'a tu re Editor's Note: This article is reprinted from the fa ll 2008 issue of Exemplar. This article includes information th at was left out of Exemplar, due to space constraints. Sept. 16, 2008 issue Reichenbach reveals Erik Reichenbach, the Eastern Michigan University junior who became a "Survivor" secrets worldwide celebrity after appearing on "Survivor Micronesia : Fans vs. Favorites," is transitioning back into his life as a student-athlete and ice cream scooper in Hell, Mich. By Ron Podell After fielding more than 100 interviews - ...... rffln some from countries as FICUi� far away as Singapore - Reichenbach said he expects, over time, that the fervor over his appearance and exit from the game will eventually die SURVIVOR TREAT: Erik Reichenbach, an EMU junior, down. But the displays an ice cream-in-a-coconut concoction that affable 23- is sold at Scream's Ice Cream in Hell. The treat was year-old, who created in honor of Reichenbach's appea.rance on finished fifth "Survivor Micronesia: Fans vs. Favorites" which on the show, aired on CBS last spring. He placed fifth on the show. recently took time out to dish with FOCUS EMU on some of the things viewers did not see on the show. These included: • Although you didn't see much actual interaction on the show, Reichenbach's closest friend was Alexis Jones. Like many other Survivors, he sai::l he couldn't stand Jason Siska duri,g the show, but things were fine between the two once it was over. Of Parvati Shallow, the eventual winner, he said he "thought of her as 3 false person." • Natalie Bolton, a self-described member of the scheming "black widow brigade," appeared that way from the start to everybocy, but edits on the shoV( painted her as a quiet wallflower until the last four or five episodes. "She was like that from the beginning. It's kind of who she was," said Reichenbach, describing her as the villain with the handleJar moustache. • When a "Survivor" contestant was voted offat Tribal Council and sent walking back to camp, they were, in reality, sent to the "Ponderosa," basically a resort where contestants were sequestered until that season's episodes were shot. • Reichenbach lost 13 pounds (he went from 160 to 147) in 36 days, but gained it back and more after he was booted off the island. "After it was over, I didn't go to the bathroom for four days," he recalled. "Your body wants to hold on to everything you put into it.• • Survivor host Jeff Probst is around the contestants a lot and converses with them. During the show, viewers onl� see him showing up to shepherd reward and immunity challenges, hold court over the infamous Tribal Council and occasionally listen in when there is a medical emergency. "You get to ask him questions about the challenge before it starts," Reichenbach said. "He really liked me. He liked that I was from the middle of nowhere. He thought I was a little na'ive, but had a lot cf energy that got me far." Preparing for "Survivor" stardom Before the show, Reichenbach and the other contestants received training to learn how to live in the remote locale. The group learned everything about the endangered species and poisonous plants and animals of Micronesia to the basics on how to build a shelter. For his own preparation, Reichenbach said he camped at Sleeping Bear Dunes and in Florida, so he could simulate living on a beach and practice starting a fire. He said it helped when he got IDOL MOMENT: In a scene reminiscent of "Survivor to Micronesia. Micronesia", Erik Reichenbach sits next to a tribal idol on the Scream's Ice Cream property in Hell. The use, In a game or lack thereof, of immunity idols played a huge role that has the in the season's outcome. Two players, who possessed catchphrase, the immunity idol, did not play their idols, and were "Outplay. subsequently blindsided. Reichenbach also had the Outwit. immunity idol and gave it up, hoping to score points Outlast," with the other four remaining players as well as Reichenbach members of the jury, who vote on who will win the had to $1 million prize. Instead, he was immediately voted essentially lie off. before the game even started. As part of his contract with CBS, he said "Survivor" contestants are not allowed to tell anyone where they are going or that they're even on the show. He left for Micronesia Oct. 24, 2007, and returned Dec. 8. During that time, he had no contact with his fa mily, and missed celebrating his birthday and Thanksgiving with them. "I told people I had an internship. Only my fa mily knew because they had to sign some papers," Reichenbach recalled. "Then, when I got back, I told people I was on "Survivor." They didn't believe me until they saw the first episode." Life's a beach His preparations helped him some, but couldn't really simulate what to expect half a world away. "If you win at a track meet or in cross country, you get cheering," Reichenbach said. "When you're out there (Micronesia), you don't have that at all. You just hear jungle noises and the birds chirping. There's tons of paranoia. What are these people thinking? You're on guard all the time." During the early Tribal Councils in which he had to help vote out fellow fans, Reichenbach said he "felt sick" doing so. But, there was some sense of normalcy when it came to camp life. Instead of scooping ice cream, he climbed trees for coconuts or went spear fishing for food. All that walking around on the coral rock beach led to multiple cuts on his feet. His solution was to soak them in the ocean. For some situations, there really was no solution. "You can't sleep at night. You're on the hard ground or just a lump of sand. There are rats everywhere. It's raining. You could only sleep two hours at a time." While the show would only show a few minutes of a powerful thunderstorm, Reichenbach said it rained many days and nights, for hours on end. "Some days, you just felt physically done. In terms of everyone else, I felt stronger," he said. And, it's true. Outside of reward challenges where the prize often included food, the show did not provide any food or water to the contestants. To get drinking water, contestants had to start a fire and boil the water, just as viewers see on television. To eat, the survivors had to gather coconuts and hunt for crabs and fish. Reichenbach said he was lucky to consume 1,000 calories a day, if that. "Eating a coconut was pretty much like a salad. We ate fish if we caught them," he said. "We had a chicken that laid eggs. If we got a hard-boiled egg, it was split between four people." And, if he were lucky enough to partake in a feast after a reward challenge? "The next day, you were starving twice as bad," he said. When he wasn't doing work around camp, he found time to put his artistic talents to use. When the Fans and Favorites merged into one tribe, he designed the "Dabu" flag. He also made a checkerboard oJt of a log to provide his tribe mates some temporary relief from the gcme of "Survivor." As part of a reward challenge Reichenbach won with Ozzy Lusth, .\rranda Kimmel and Cirie Fields, the group enjoyed a large feast and a visit deep into the jungles of Micronesia to a village called Yap. During the show, Reichenbach described the place as "being out of time." BJt, for him, the experience was a welcome relief from the day-to-day stra:egy of playing "Survivor." "Everybody there (in the village) was happy. Up until then, it was a game," Reichenbach said of his favorite experience on the show. "Up until then, you looked as everyone as threats. But, Yap reminded me of home." One thing that is not offered in Pinckney are betel nuts, a Micronesian delicacy that Reichenbach described as similar to chewing tobacco in the U.S. Combining the nuts with drinking alcohol, as Reichenbach found out, was not a good thing. What schemes may come During the early portions of the game, Reichenbach said h� tried t) stay low-key and let others grab the attention, thus making themselves targets for elimination. "I was just hiding pretty much. I hid behind Joel (Anderson) . who Nas a big guy with a big mouth. I hid behind Ozzy until he was gone." And what, if early in the game, Reichenbach, Tracy Hughes-Wolf and Ami Cusack had convinced Chet Welch not to give up, but rather help them vote out Ozzy? How much would the game had changed? "I think I would have still gotten to the final five. I would have been on the majority in the tribe," he said. "It would have changed the game. I definitely thought it could happen. Every single decision along the line changes everything. It's woulda, coulda, shoulda." He's right. When Chet failed to go along, the Fans were picked offone by one, until only Reichenbach was left on a tribe of five other favorites. Backed into a corner, he ratted out Ami's prior SNAKES IN THE GRASS: Erik plans to oust Ozzy from the game. Reichenbach said he found Unhappy with that news, Ozzy led a himself doing things he would vote to boot Ami offthe island. never do in real life to remain in the game of "Survivivor." When Hidden immunity idols - or the show aired, he couldn't Survivors' failure to use them - were believe some of the things he a big theme in Season 16 of the heard and saw from other show. Both Ozzy and Jason had contestants. hidden immunity idols in their possession, but did not use them to protect themselves from the vote at Tribal Council. Confident that they were in no danger of going home, both did not play their idols and were summarily booted off. "I was thinking about whittling a fake immunity idol," Reichenbach said. If he had, his version probably would have been more convincing than Ozzy's rendition of a face on a stick, which convinced no one but Jason, who found it and offered it to tribe mate Eliza Orleans. Orleans was all too happy to take it, until she saw the pitiful creation. "It was hard to maintain stability with all of the craziness going on," Reichenbach said of his final days on Micronesia where he was the only remaining male surrounded by four women plotting to get rid of him. "Cirie (Fields) called me a weasel. Those women were really ganging up on me. I was under a lot of stress. I should have just hid and let them fight it out." "I was shocked about how gung-ho they were about getting rid of me and talking like that," Reichenbach said when he saw some of the final episodes air. "I was their friend up until seven days before the end." That plotting and constant talking made Reichenbach do what everyone knows you shouldn't do: give up immunity when you have it. In what he thought was a move that would earn him goodwill with the jury, he gave the immunity necklace to fellow fan Natalie Bolton. In reality, it earned him a one-way ticket off the island. While Reichenbach took it in stride, he said many others, including his Dad, took it hard. "My Dad couldn't believe it. He lost it," Reichenbach said. Life on the Ponderosa After Reichenbach made his infamous guffaw, he went where other Survivor castoffs were sent : the Ponderosa. He described it as a "resort" where you are fed five to six times a day. "When I got there, Ozzy and Jason felt worse for what they did. I told them they've got to be kidding. I made the biggest blunder on the show," Reichenbach said. "I felt lucky to get past the halfway point, past the merge. They had this expectation they would win. They were very disappointed." Ozzy and Jason both fell to the same fate. During consecutive Tribal Councils, each had the hidden immunity idol, did not play it because they trusted other tribe mates, and then were blindsided when they were voted off. Reichenbach said he wasn't as disappointed because, for him, it was a victory to even be invited and icing on the cake when he was still in the game past the halfway point. The Ponderosa pecking order works like this: When each of the first nine contestants was voted off at Tribal Council, they were sent to the Ponderosa. Two days before the first jury member (the final seven contestants voted out comprise the jury) is sent packing, the previous nine contestants are sent on a cruise, Reichenbach said. Getting on with his life Reichenbach is grateful for his "Survivor" experience, but is glad to be back home in Pinckney. "I don't take anything for granted any more. Food, a nice bed, a car to go somewhere," he said. "It really makes you appreciate the small things." He has resumed working at Scream's Ice Cream in Hell, where he designs T shirts and is helping the owner design a putt-putt golf course on the property. In honor of his "Survivor" experience, the store now sells an ice cream-in-a coconut concoction. WELCOME TO HELL: Erik Reichenbach is in "I've been able to familiar confines in Hell, Mich. But, he admits support myself and there were moments on "Survivor" when he pay for school felt he actually was in hell. Rain and rats at without taking out night made for many a miserable evening. loans," he said of the benefits of a "Survivor" paycheck. "I plan to invest some of it, so I can retire some day. I also plan to hold on to some of it for the day when I have a family and buy a house." Although he did not disclose how much he earned through his appearance on "Survivor" (the word is contestants earn $40,000 for just appearing on the show), he did say monetary prizes were handed out based on order of finish. In addition, all contestants were paid $10,000 just to appear on the reunion show, which aired on CBS May 11. Reichenbach said he wasn't clear when he would be eligible to resume running cross country and track for EMU, but did not expect his appearance on the show and being paid for it as a violation of NCAA rules. "Because it's ("Survivor") not an athletic event, I should be able to keep running. I wasn't represented as a track athlete on the show," he said. He said the show has helped bring his family closer ("my family is spread out"); he has been stopped and recognized on campus often; and admits he has received more interest from females since he has returned, a situation which he said is "not bad at all." However, he admits he questions some of the motivations and has issues of trust, a lingering mindset still present from when he was played by the remaining four females in the tribe. Even though he is adjusting back to life before the show, "Survivor" will continue to be a part of it for some time. Just in a different way. He is under contract to the show for three more years and will receive personal appearance money for showing up at various charity events attended by previous "Survivors" and other celebrities. "I'm going to a thing in Kentucky this month (June), a firefighter and police charity event to help with child abuse. The cast of 'The Sopranos' will be there," he said. "They (CBS) pay for your flight and hotel, and you sign autographs." "I'm in contact with everybody - Alexis, Eliza, Jason. It's like a family, just extended all over the place," he said. "You're there 24 hours a day, dealing with them for a month-and-a-half. You get really close really fast." And, if he were asked back to appear on a future edition of "Survivor: Fans vs. Favorites"? "No question I would go back. If I went back, I'd have a huge advantage to go all the way. Even with all of the bad stuff that goes with it," Reichenbach said. "When you're in it, you want out. But, when you're home, you want to stay." The following Eastern Michigan University faculty and staff are celebrating service anniversaries during September. 45 years Richard Fairfield (45 years), professor, fine arts Joanne Hansen (43 years), associate professor, library David Tammany (42 years), professor, fine arts Barry Avedon ( 42 years), professor, fine arts Carter Eggers (41 years), professor, music and dance Howard Booth (41 years), professor, biology Dennis Beagen (41 years), department head, communication and theatre arts 40 years Max Plank (40 years), professor, music and dance Sally McCracken (40 years), professor, communication and theatre arts Robert England ( 40 years), director, Rec/IM office George Cassar (40 years), professor, history and philosophy John Smith (39 years), professor, music and dance Mohammad Sabki (39 years), professor, political science England Donald Pearson (39 years), professor, economics Andrew Nazzaro (39 years), professor, geography and geology David Geherin (39 years), professor, English language and literature Dennis Delprato (39 years), professor, psychology Paul Bruss (39 years), professor, English language and literature Richard Washington (38 years), associate professor, fine arts Krishnaswamy Rengan (38 years), professor, chemistry Geherin James Pfister (38 years), associate professor, political science Benjamin Palmer (38 years), professor, world languages Walter Moss (38 years), professor, history and philosophy Russell Larson (38 years), professor, English and literature Paul Kuwik (38 years), professor, technology studies Michael Homel (38 years), professor, history and philosophy Hartmut Hoft (38 years), professor, arts and sciences Barry Fish (38 years), professor, psychology Gary Evans (38 years), professor, communication and theatre arts William Miller (37 years), professor, history and philosophy Robert Holkeboer (37 years), professor, English language and literature Haft 35 years Alida Westman (35 years), professor, psychology Nesa Wu (34 years), professor, computer information systems Gary Victor (34 years), professor, marketing Keith Stanger (34 years), assistant professor, library Karen Sinclair (34 years), professor, sociology Glenna Frank Miller (34 years), executive director, lead:r�h p involvement Mary Linblade (34 years), director, academic human resources Miller Ellen Huxley (33 years), customer service representative, registrar's office Norman Gordon (33 years), professor, psychology John Dugan (33 years) professor, foreign languages Ernest Brandon (33 years) associate professor, music and dance Daryl Barton (33 years), associate professor, marketing Charles Amos (33 years), associate professor, music and dance Donald Loppnow (32 years), provost and executive vice president, academic affairs Gail Lobbestael (31 years), senior secretary, College of Education clinic Brandon Barbara Jones (31 years), corporate relations manager, Career Services Center Raouf Hanna (31 years), department head, economics 20 years Peter Linn (20 years), head coach, men's swimming Janet Kauffman (20 years), professor, English and literature 10 years Michael Malach (10 years), associate director, intercollegiate athletics Madeleine Huggins (10 years), costume shop supervisor, communication Linn and theatre arts Anne Fo (10 years), senior accountant, financial operations EMU HOME Sept. 16, 2008 issue KUMAR GOES TO EASTERN MICHIGAN: Kai Penn (above, middle), star of the "Harold and Kumar" movies, signs up EMU sophomore Orlando Bailey of Detroit as Brandy Johnson, a senior from Westland, and campus oordinator for Students for Barack Obama, looks on. Penn ana Jurnee Smollett, an actress who was in the film, "The Great Debaters," were on campus Sept. 10 to help kick off a voter registration drive on campus. EMU HOME Sept. 16, 2008issue LOG LOOK: Sienna Parfitt, an Eastern Michigan University senior from Ann Arbor, inspects "Log with Staves," a work by artist Claire Rau. Rau's sculptures, which are heavily influenced by the movie, "Predator," force the viewer to become a participant as well an an intruder. Rau's work and sculptures from Zachary Orcutt are on display as part of the exhibit, "(un)Civil Defense," that runs through Oct. 18 in Ford Gallery. ....FICII � EMU HOME Sept. 16, 2008 issue OUT FOR A STROLL: (above, from left) Carmen Boyle, an Eastern Michigan University student from Ypsilanti, and fellow EMU student, Angie Carlson, head to class with the assis-:ance of their therapy dogs. Boyle and Carlson, best friends for 19 years, had just finished their lunch at the Student Center. ....FOCU§ J;ilIJ EMU HOME Sept. 16, 2008 issue SLINGIN' IN THE RAIN : Eastern Michigan University quarteback Kyle McMahon rifles a pass during the fourth quarter of the Eagles' eventual 41-17 loss to Mid-American Conference rival University of Toledo Sept. 13 at Rynearson Stadium. Due to an unspecified injury to starting quarterback Andy Schmitt, McMahon played most of the game and threw for 128 yard and rushed for another 59, much of it in a constant downpour. Photo by Anthony Gattine FOCU....§JJj]J EMU HOME N e,vs 13ri c fs The following are news briefs about important activities and events happening at Eastern Michigan University. Sept. 16, 208 issue • Online department directory revisions: Revising your online News Briefs departmental directory is as easy as copy, paste, and e-mail. COPY the department listing of the online directory that needs to be revised. PASTE By Ron Podell it to a Word document to make the revisions. E-MAIL the revised document as an attachment to: [email protected]. Please make • Online department sure the subject of the e-mail contains only the department name. The directory revisions list of incoming e-mails is used as a quick reference to identify which • Board of Regents department has submitted revisions. For further information, please meets Sept. 16 contract Marion Laskowski, senior secretary, Office of Marketing and • New EMU e-mail Communications, at 487-4402. information systems Board of Regents meets Sept. 16: The Eastern Michigan • Pulitzer Prize University Board of Regents meets Tuesday, Sept. 16. The winner Thomas schedule is as follows : Athletic Affairs Committee, 12:45- Friedman to speak 1:30 p.m., room 201; Faculty Affairs Committee, 12:45-1:30 • The B Side p.m., room 205; Student Affairs Committee, 1:45-2:30 p.m., • All-Campus Picnic room 201; Educational Policies Committee, 1:45-2:30 p.m., set for Sept. 23 Room 205; Finance and Audit Committee, 2:30-3:30 p.m., • Eighth Annual room 201; and the regular board meeting, which will begin Alumni Staff Social 15 minutes after the Finance and Audit Committee meeting • Blues Cruiser concludes. For more information, contact Jackie Kurtz, 487- coming to EMU 2410. • Halle Libraryto Sidlik exhibit collection of • New EMU e-mail information systems: Come learn about the new vintage tire EMU e-mail system scheduled for implementation Oct. 3, 2008. posters Information sessions are being offered and include a Q&A section, along • Campus SOS food with a "sneak-peek" of the new EMU e-mail Web client. To register, go to drive https ://ict.emich.edu/trainin_g/register and select the session you want to • 2008 presidential attend. September sessions are scheduled Tuesday, Sept. 16, 10-11 a.m. campaign cour:se and 2-3 p.m.; Thursday, Sept. 18, 10-11 a.m. and 2-3 p.m.; Friday, • Nurturing Our Sept. 19, 10-11 a.m. and 2-3 p.m.; Monday, Sept. 22, 2-3 p.m.; Future as African Tuesday, Sept. 23, 10-11 a.m. and 2-3 p.m.; Thursday, Sept. 25, 2-3 American Females p.m.; Friday, Sept. 26, 10-11 a .. m; Monday, Sept. 29, 2-3 p.m.; and • TIAA-CREF Tuesday, Sept. 30, 10-11 a.m. and 2-3 p.m. For more information, in_divjdual contact Kathy Robertson, [email protected], or call 487-2666. counseling sessions available • Homecoming office • Pulitzer Prize winner Thomas Friedman to and door speak: Thomas L. Friedman, three-time Pulitzer decoration contest Prize winning columnist for the New York Times, • Eastern Excursion presents, "Hot, Flat and Crowded," Wednesday, trip to Tigers game Sept. 17, 12:30 p.m., Convocation Center. Doors open at 11:30 a.m. This event is sponsored by the Washtenaw Economic Club and the Ann Arbor Business Review. To purchase tickets, call 487-2282, or go online to http ://purchase.tickets.com/buy /TicketPurchase? &organ val=2440 Friedman • The B Side: The Business Side of Youth is a project to provide youth, ages 13-20, with entrepreneurial education and support to develop youth-owned and youth-run businesses. It is offered at no cost to participants and is a program to teach youth about what it takes to be an entrepreneur. Interested participants can download an application at www.bsideofyouth.com, e-mail [email protected] or call the B Side at 487-6570. The application deadline is =riday, Sept. 18. • All-Campus Picnic set for Sept. 23: An All-Campus Picnic is scheduled Tuesday, Sept. 23, 11 :30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Mark Jefferson Mall. The EMU community is invited to attend the anrual picnic to celebrate the fall semester and welcome newcomers to ,:ampus. The rain date is Thursday, Sept. 25, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. For mere information, contact Andrea Chickonoski, 487-2360. Eighth Annual Alumni Staff Social: Are you an Eastern graduate who works at EMU? Come celebrate your toe-tapping spirit at this year's Staff Alumni Social, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 4-6 p.m., University House. The event is hosted by the Office for Alumni Relations. Light refreshments will be provided. Limited BE SOCIAL: (above, from left) Eastern Michigan parking is available at University employees Judith Massingill, Megan University House. Matusik, Jody Beutler, Taner Erig and David Additional parking is Wilcox enjoy last year's Alumni Staff Social. available at the This year's event, an annual staple of Convocation Center, Homecoming, is scheduled Wednesday, Sept. 24, Lot C. To R.S.V.P., 4-6 p.m., University House. contact the Office for Alumni Relations, 487-0250, or e-mail [email protected] by Thursday, Sept. 18. • Blues Cruiser coming to EMU: The Benefits Office has arranged for Blue Cross Blue Shield to bring its Blues Cruiser to the Student Center parking lot Thursday, Sept. 25. The Bl Jes Cruiser is a mobile education center which allows EMU employees tc receive a free health screening and have access to a variety of wellness resources. No fasting is required. Appointments are required s nee space and time is limited. Employees will be required to sign up -=or appointments between 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. by calling the Benefits Office, 487-3195, no later than Thursday, Sept. 19. Once employees have their health screen results, they will have the opportunity to complete a health risk appraisal, which assesses how lifestyle behaviors affect one's overall health. Employees need to bring their BCBSM health insu-ance card with them to complete the health risk appraisal. For more information, call Jeanette Hassan, 487-3195, or e-mail [email protected]. Halle Library to exhibit collection of vintage tire posters: "Masters of the Road," an acclaimed display of international vintage posters from the collection of Discount Tire, will be open to the public from Sept. 26 through Nov. 23, in the Bruce T. Halle Library. Halle, for whom the library is named, began collecting vintage posters advertising tires in 1982. Since then, he has amassed more than 325 color lithographs dating from 1888 to the mid-1970s, and printed in FRENCH A TIRE: This seventeen countries. The display is in Goodrich Tire ad from France conjunction with the 10th anniversary is one of many from a celebration of the opening of the collection of vintage tire Bruce T. Halle Library on EMU's posters- that will be on display campus. For more information, contact in Halle Library Sept. 26-Nov. Heather Chasey, assistant director of 23. development, EMU College of Arts and Sciences, at 487-0277 or heather.chasey�@emich.edu • Campuswide SOS food drive: During Homeccming Week, Eastern Michigan University will raise donations to benefit the SOS Community Center, an Ypsilanti-based organization helping local families in need. Non-perishable food items will be collected at various Homecoming events throughout campus. Offices and organizations interested in participating in the drive should contact Holly at the VISION office, 487- 1313. For complete Homecoming information, 1nsit www.emich.edu/homecoming. • 2008 presidential campaign course: The department of political science is offering a special section of PLS 112 (American Government) dedicated entirely to the 2008 presidential election and its aftermath. This specially designated PLSC 112 section showcases 10 department faculty discussing various aspects of the election; a different faculty member will lecture each week. There also will be special events, including : movies, mock debates and an electio 1-watch party. Lectures are open to the public, and non-PLSC 112 students are encouraged to attend these classes that carry Learning Beyond the Classroom (LBC) credit. For more information, contact Claudia Petrescu, [email protected], or go to the department's Web site at http://www.emich.edu/polisci. Nurturing Our Future as African American Females: "Nur:uring Our Future as AfriC3n American Females: A Courageous Conversation," is schejuled Friday, Sept. 26, Student Center. The conference is scheduled 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., with a rece:>tion set from 4-6 p.m. Approximately 350 participants will engagein a one-day dialogue focused on a ..____ .....1 multitude of issues impacting NURTURiNG NATURE: "Nurturing Our African American females in Future as African-American Females: A school and society. The Courageous Conversation," is scheduled conference will include a Friday, Sept. 26, in the EMU Student diverse group of persons by Center. Approximately 350 participants are race and gender, who ha�e expected to attend the conference. the l::nowledge and skills that will affect changes in policy and practice. The conference is sponsored by the McGregor Fund, EMU's College of Education and EMU's Office of Urban Education & Educational Equity. For more information, call 487- 1060, e-mail [email protected] or go to www.emich.edu/coe/oue • TIAA-CREF individual counseling sessions available: TIAA-CREF will be offering individual counseling sessions for EMU employees, who can discuss their personal financial situation with a TIAA-CREF consultant on a confidential basis. Counselors will be available to discuss how to help employees achieve their financial goals ; help si,iplify retirement by providing objective advice and asset allocation :>ased on individual needs; show how to obtain a personalized action plan; recommend fund selections to keep one on track to and through retirement; and review retirement income options. Meetings are scheduled Sept. 24, Halle Library; Oct 28, room 205, Marshall; Nov. 6, Student Center; and Nov. 11, Halle Library, all from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. To schedule an appointment, please call TIAA-CREF directly at (800) 732-8353, Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. • Homecoming office and door decoration contest: The Office for Alumni Relations will host the Office and Door Decorating Contest. Gather your colleagues and show off • your EMU spirit by competing against different offices. Departments can participate in two categories: best office or best office door. First place winners will receive a monetary donation to the department's general fund, an office lunch and possession of the winner's plaque for one year. Registration forms have been SHOW YOUR SPIRIT: The Office distributed through campus mail. for Alumni Relations is once For more information, contact the again hosting the office and Office for Alumni Relations at 487- door decorating contest during 0250. Homecoming. This scene (above) is the effort of • Eastern Excursion trip to Tigers employees in 201 Pierce Hall game: Join Campus Life for its last year. annual trip to cheer on the Detroit Tigers. Not only does the trip include transportation and admission, but also fun money which can be used toward food or merchandise purchases. The bus leaves from Circle Drive in front of the EMU Student Center for Comerica Park at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23. Tickets are $25 for EMU students and $55 for general. For more information, contact Campus Life, 487-3045, or visit www.emich.edu/campuslife. To purchase tickets, contact the EMU Ticket Office, 487-2282.