The Magazine of the University of Indianapolis Fall 2012

Swimming to London UIndy swimmer Dalton Herendeen earned a berth in September’s Paralympic Games in London. Also: Major Emerson Barker’s plane was lost in 1943. He was honored in a ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery—68 years later.

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Table of Contents 4 6 18 22 President’s forum A chat with Arts at UIndy: A very different sort Dr. Rob Manuel, ninth President Manuel too good to miss of service trip president of the University The University’s president Central Indiana residents, It’s not unusual for UIndy of Indianapolis, began his explains what drew him to admit it: every year you students to devote time to tenure in July. Here’s his UIndy, how the institution consider the incredible service. It’s not unusual for official “hello.” will continue to be relevant variety of cultural events them to travel to Athens, the in the face of today’s chal- on campus and resolve site of a UIndy campus. A 5 lenges, and the mission of a to take advantage of the trip that serves both Afghan 21st-century university. opportunities. Here are a refugees and wounded Civic leadership few highlights of what’s on turtles—now that’s unusual. institute gaining tap. Make this the year! broad support 10 Two major gifts announced Scholarly pursuits 24 recently, from the Lilly Our faculty are, as always, 20 Slam! Endowment and the furiously researching, Making a splash Adam Henze is a master of Fairbanks Foundation, writing, reporting, leading, A good many of us spent the slam. Slam poetry, that mean another $2.5 million and teaching. Here’s a small half of August riveted to is. He’s performed in more of funding for the Institute sample of their activities. our TV sets, soaking up than 100 such events around for Civic Leadership & Also, several new academic Olympic Games action. the country. And now he’s Mayoral Archives. programs debut this fall. Here’s one Greyhound from bringing his skills (and a the UIndy swim team who’s master’s degree in teaching) not content to watch. to bear as a UIndy prof.

On the cover UIndy sophomore freestyle/backstroke swimmer Dalton Herendeen, whose lower left leg was amputated for medical reasons when he was an infant, secured a spot on the U.S. men’s team at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. Page 20. 2 PORTICO fall 2012 It’s never too late: Alumni Association full military honors Board of Directors accorded WWII pilot 2012–13 Major Emerson Barker’s Stephen Arthur ’76 Amy Johnson Burton ’94, plane disappeared from the President-Elect skies over Guadalcanal on Wendy Walker Grant ’96 a training run one day in Nikki Grotenhuis Reed ’07 June 1944, and no trace was Andy Hammond ’06 ever found of either plane Tim Harris ’02 or crew. Almost exactly 68 Dawn Hay ’10 years later, the 1941 Indiana Kent Holaday ’92 Central graduate’s sacrifice Philip Jackson ’94 was remembered in a moving Fenrick James ’04 ceremony at Arlington Mike Kenworthy ’09 National Cemetery. Page 26. Wendy Pitts Knapp ’00 Clance LaTurner ’01 David Myers ’95 Juan Paz ’95 ’96 ’99, President Anita Kolkmeier Samuel ’98 Ryan Scott ’01 Greg Seiter ’89 Tom Shively ’01 Michael Shurn ’71 Mike Solari ’07 Amber Harrison Stearns ’95 Mary Massing Sturm ’84 ’90 Mary Surma ’13, Student Alumni Association President 26 32 Kelly Thompson ’02 Student. Hero. Homecoming 2012 Nick Williams ’10 Emerson Barker ’41 was It’s Saturday, October 6! The magazine of the a typical college student, And be sure to contribute University of Indianapolis singing in the glee club, your story to the Alumni Nondiscriminatory R. Peter Noot ’77 ’84, Editor peeling potatoes in the History Project. Because Policies & Director, Publications dining hall. Three short your story is our story! The University of Indianapolis years later, he was a decor- Jeannine Allen ’10 does not discriminate on ated Army Air Force pilot. 34 Art Director the basis of race, color, Conversations Jennifer L. Huber ’07 gender, age, religion, ethnic or national origin, marital 28 Mengjie Du ’12, who came Asst. Director, Publications status, sexual orientation, or Greyhound update to UIndy from China, chats Natalie Cummings gender identity and expression UIndy Athletics earns a about her experience here. Director, Alumni Relations irrespective of whether the fifth-place showing in the Plus, the daughter of alumni Alison Hernandez ’09 status is legally protected. The Directors Cup and scores a parents recognizes the Asst. Director, Alumni Relations University complies with the conference All-Sports crown. motivation for their support Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and of the University. Mary Atteberry ’07 Exec. Director, Communications the Americans with Disabilities 30 Act. This policy applies to Scott Hall Alumni news 36 applicants and employees and Director, Media Relations Meet the new assistant Class notes to all aspects of employment. director of alumni relations, News of your fellow alumni. Jenny Pettit ’11 and participate in the And (p. 42) a glimpse of Brittney Gilsdorf ’13 alumni directory project. UIndy by the numbers. Ashley Keihn ’13 Please send correspondence Hannah Greig ’16 and address changes to the Contributors, Class Notes Office of Alumni Relations, [email protected]. www.uindy.edu 3 President’s forum UIndy as a national model of comprehensive education

Hello, UIndy alumni!

It is a great honor to have been chosen to serve as ninth president of the University of Indianapolis. With every campus meeting I have, I am more aware of how the University has been growing in terms of both numbers and impact. I want to thank Dr. Beverley Pitts for her leadership over the past seven years. The quality of our faculty, the passion of our students, and the engagement with our community make our University a unique place to live and study.

The traditions of service, academic excellence, and student-faculty engagement—the bedrock of our work at the University—are inspirational to me. And we have so many examples of how we live out those traditions. We’ve named our first Distinguished Professor of Service Learning, and faculty in both education and music have recently earned statewide teaching awards. The School of Occupational Therapy just celebrated a quarter-century of operations. We are putting the finishing touches on a new residence facility, Roberts Hall, as well as the Athletics & Recreation Center.

A number of new degree programs will launch this year to meet community needs—a doctor of nursing degree and Indiana’s only Neonatal Nurse Practitioner master’s degree; a master’s degree in Strategic Leadership and Design offered by our School for Adult Learning; and a master’s in Sport Management offered by our Kinesiology Department. The Krannert School of Physical Therapy has tripled the size of its Movement Science Lab, which greatly enhances research capabilities. The Art & Design Department and the School of Business are the most recent to earn the reaffirmation of accrediting agencies. We were granted $2 million from the Lilly Endowment toward our work on the Institute for Civic Leadership & Mayoral Archives.

And soon we will welcome, in terms of their average GPA and cumulative college-preparatory background, the best-prepared class of freshmen ever to grace our campus.

Truly, our past milestones, both recent and distant, are literally too numerous to mention. But it is our work to meet the challenges in the upcoming decade that will define us. More than ever, UIndy is needed to engage our community, to rally our students, faculty, and alumni around the creation of new academic experiences that recognize the value in tradition, mission, and academic rigor, and connect it to the productivity required of our professional communities.

It is my hope that you will join me in our work, help me understand the enduring values that we must maintain in our community, and make UIndy a national model of comprehensive education.

I look forward to meeting you—see you at Homecoming!

Rob Manuel, President

4 PORTICO fall 2012 of comprehensive education Civic leadership institute gaining broad support

Lilly Endowment, Fairbanks Foundation contribute to city archive project

Major philanthropic organizations are getting behind In the coming years, UIndy hopes to acquire additional UIndy’s plan to establish an Institute for Civic Leadership mayoral papers as well as materials from other entities that & Mayoral Archives and make Indianapolis a global case have been instrumental in the city’s ongoing progress. study in urban revitalization. “Lilly Endowment, which shares the University’s interest A $2-million grant this summer from Lilly Endowment in the development of Indianapolis, is pleased to support this Inc. is the largest single contribution to date in the project,” said Sara B. Cobb, the Endowment’s vice president University’s $7.5-million capital campaign for the institute. for education. In April, UIndy announced a $500,000 grant from the “The Endowment believes that the institute’s Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation. programming and research will enhance the University’s The institute is being built upon the four-decade reputation and garner regional and national recognition for collection of city government archives entrusted to the Indianapolis. We are also pleased that the institute will offer University by former Indianapolis mayors Richard Lugar, opportunities for shared programming and collaboration with William Hudnut, Stephen Goldsmith, and Bart Peterson, other Indiana colleges and universities.” all of whom have served on UIndy’s Board of Trustees. The Fairbanks Foundation’s grant is specifically intended The vast collection includes documents, images, to endow an annual Richard M. Fairbanks Symposium on recordings, and other materials from an era of innovative Civic Leadership, to be hosted by the institute. Fairbanks leadership that included such developments as the formation Foundation chair and president Leonard Betley said the of Unigov, the birth of White River State Park and Circle institute’s mission matches the foundation’s focus on challenges Centre Mall, the hosting of the 1987 Pan American Games, and opportunities facing the Indianapolis community. the construction of major sports venues, and the creation of “Our founder, Richard M. Fairbanks, was the third BioCrossroads. generation in a family that had long-standing ties to the Once cataloged and digitized for easier access and development of Indianapolis, and he personally was involved review, the archives will be the centerpiece of the institute, in what happened in the city during the ’60s, ’70s, and ’80s,” envisioned as a hub for research, teaching, and special events, Betley said. with resources for students, visiting scholars, planners, and “The Foundation Board felt it would be appropriate to community leaders to explore the issues facing today’s cities. try to perpetuate the legacy of what he and his family and the The Lilly Endowment grant provides the resources to great mayors accomplished. The Institute for Civic Leadership begin that in-depth assessment of the archives, currently & Mayoral Archives is an excellent way to do that.” stored in hundreds of boxes at Krannert Memorial Library. “We greatly appreciate this support from the Endowment, an organization that itself has played such a key role in the development of Indianapolis,” said UIndy More information on UIndy’s plans for the President Robert Manuel, who took office in July. Institute for Civic Leadership & Mayoral “I’m also very grateful for the work of my predecessor, Archives is available at http://www.uindy.edu/ Beverley Pitts, who established the vision for this institute and remains committed to its success.” giving/civic-leadership.

www.uindy.edu 5 Breadth of experience informs new president’s approach

Robert Manuel was planning to follow in You’ve spoken of the need for higher his father’s footsteps as an attorney when life education to demonstrate relevance. took a different turn. What do you mean by that? “It wasn’t really until I had graduated from The criticism, right or wrong, of higher education college, was accepted to a law school, and then is that we’re kind of disconnected, right? The term couldn’t defend my reasons for wanting to be a “academic” has become somewhat negative, and lawyer that I said, ‘I think I’ll take some time many public entities are questioning whether our off to figure this out,’” he says. programming is worth the tuition we charge. “I got lucky and got a job in admissions Being able to show the value we have in the devel- and found that this was more than just a opment of our students’ lives and opportunities, stopover—I realized that there was a future in and their ability to be meaningful citizens and administering higher education.” employees, is the core of making higher ed relevant. Thus began a fast-rising career marked by To me, it’s critical that higher education take innovative industry partnerships, the use of some responsibility for addressing our country’s data to inform decision making, and a belief in economic and workforce development questions. the mission of preparing students to be lifelong And while it is vital that we think about the contributors to their communities. liberal arts as the core to that, it’s also vital that After his initial work in admissions, Manuel we figure out how to attach what we learn in held a series of positions at New York University the liberal arts—critical thinking, synthesis, and its School of Continuing and Professional writing, reasoning, ethics—to how we would Studies, including chief information and act as citizens, and how we would engage in the technology officer and later assistant dean and problems that the industries have out there. clinical associate professor. The current conversation about the role His past six years were spent at Georgetown of higher education sets up as an either/or University as associate provost and dean of the proposition, with institutions pushed to define School of Continuing Studies. While there he themselves as either liberal arts or professionally reorganized and rebranded the school, centralized oriented. I think the “and” is the better model. its key administrative functions, designed a How do you connect the traditional liberal arts number of new degree programs, and increased with problems-based education and problems- annual revenue from $14 million to $39 million. based learning? That’s the answer to relevance. “It was at Georgetown that I developed a I keep coming back to a fundamental sense new way to design educational experiences,” he that UIndy can engage this question better than says. “I was charged with creating programs that anyone. We’re a comprehensive institution, and were grounded in our mission but tethered to we understand and value both theoretical learn- the problems various professions faced. Industry ing and research and practical application. We leaders were concerned about the long-term embrace all of these qualities. We present students preparations their employees received as part with opportunities along the entire spectrum, of their education. They were very interested in and so we have the opportunity to lead the working with us to address those shortcomings.” conversation on a state and national level. Portico caught up with Manuel in August Does that address the concerns to talk about the experience and the insights he about the cost of college & higher brings to his new position as president of the ed’s return on investment? University of Indianapolis. Our economy is increasingly complex and diversi- fied. Some researchers believe higher education

6 PORTICO fall 2012 will underperform the needs of our developing many actions will be required as I take office. I Robert L. Manuel, economy over the next 10 to 15 years. This suggests hope to make those decisions by keeping in mind PhD that, as a sector, we will not be able to produce our mission and by creating an inclusive, engaged enough graduates, or the type of graduates, needed community that values questioning our approach Age: 44 to support the nation’s economic growth. This is a to our work. scary thought, and I believe higher education has Any transition provides a community with Hometown: the imperative to address those questions as we a moment to step back and say, “What is it that North Adams, Mass. conceive what we will become in the future. we’ve become? How does that align to the mission The challenge is to make these adjustments we’ve pursued for 100 years, and then, what Education: and connect them to the core traditions that have do we want to do to engage our mission in our Bachelor of arts animated our University for more than 100 years. contemporary context?” I’m not coming in with a degree in history Building new opportunities from our core mission full slate of what I expect to do. I think the right and political science, will ensure that we preserve the traits that make course of action, for a place that’s been successful, Allegheny College our experience truly unique. is to take stock of where it is, define what success Master’s degree in looks like, and then figure out how you get there. Do you have an initial vision for UIndy? higher education So what is the mission of a I fundamentally don’t think it’s right for one administration, person to unilaterally define a vision for an university in the 21st century? Syracuse University institution. It is my job to come in and ask the The way I think about education is that we have questions, put the people at the table who can students for four or five years, but they’re really Doctorate in answer them, and then triangulate the responses influenced by us two years before they come and higher education in a way that shows direction and vision. But the 30 years after they leave. So we have to think of administration, vision is communally created; it’s not individually the whole spectrum of their lives. They’re not just New York University created. It is my job to create the conditions learning skills that will go away in a week; they’re and processes necessary to have our community learning something that’s going to stay with them Previous position: develop our vision for the University. for their entire lives. Associate Provost, That said, there are areas of focus that will In various places I’ve worked throughout Dean of the School of guide my work over these first six months. The first my career, I have seen “missions” infused into Continuing Studies, set of questions revolves around our understanding educational programming in different ways. Le Georgetown University of the intellectual life at the University. We must Moyne College was a Jesuit school. Georgetown understand what our educational experiences was a Jesuit school. They both had this rudder of Family: Wife, Wilmara; should be, how they should transform our students, making sure their education impacted the men daughters Sophia, 11; and what we expect of our graduates. That conver- and women so they would feel compelled to be of Alexandra (“Mimi”), 8; sation includes topics like faculty teaching loads, service to others. This was embedded in all they inclusion of our mission in our academic experi- did, from who they hired to how they developed Margaux, 5 ences, student-faculty research collaborations, staff as professionals, to the students who were Hobbies & interests: industry engagement and funding, research oppor- recruited, to the expectations of those students, tunities. The other areas I think we need to discuss even to the delivery of the courses themselves. Music, photography, as a community are, first, communications; At NYU, the mission was more about access triathlons second, technology and online education; and and equity and getting out into the community. third, connecting budget and University planning. At some point I said, “I would like to work in Follow President How will you approach those areas? an institution that combines both a strong faith Manuel: twitter. tradition that compels service and a devotion to My first task is simply to be present in the con- com/uindyprez making sure theory and practice are combined.” versations around campus—understanding our or facebook.com/ history, traditions, and the other elements that UIndy is that place, and I am very excited to see UIndyPrez. must be part of our work in the future. That said, what is possible.

www.uindy.edu 7 How do our ‘Education for Service’ process. In my four weeks, I have not experienced motto & connection with the United those moments. This University is remarkable in Methodist Church fit that picture? that its presentation was consistent with reality. The conversations at Georgetown centered on UIndy is collaborative, interested in engaging understanding the role that a faith-based tradition change within our community, looking for has in students’ lives. There’s a concept called the ways to value the work that’s done to develop “secularization thesis,” which basically argues that, our students, to make sure that our faculty and as society progresses and becomes more techni- our students are having the best experience cally complex, the relevance of a church-based or that we can give them, and staying true to our church-affiliated institution decreases. I never fully mission. That, plus the hospitality component bought that argument. I thought the institutions that everybody talks about Indiana having—it’s that best understood their faith traditions, and actually very true. They all stick out as not having were able to use them to fuel any reinvention of any difference, from my very first conversation academic programming, were much more able to with the search committee in a hotel, to this engage their communities to solve difficult issues conversation we’re having right now. and talk about them and create new opportunities. Not that you have much free time, My background exposed me to those various but how do you like to spend yours? philosophies and approaches, and the thing I like Well, I love photography. Most of our life revolves about UIndy is that they all exist in one place. around our kids, so photography was a way to doc- What’s your key message for alumni? ument their lives, but then it turned into something “I need your input.” The way we will understand else. My father’s a lawyer, but he’s an artist as whether our programs are meaningful, relevant, well. I think I grew up equally valuing the logical and tied to our mission is by deeply engaging our and the aesthetic, and that’s never gone away. So alumni, who can help construct that bridge between when photography presented itself, it seemed like the University and the professions, and help us a quick technical medium that I could grasp. answer the questions being asked by the public. Also, I used to play in a band, and I still love We need our alumni to be the ears of the com- to play music and listen to it. So if there’s any munity, the people who help us hear what’s really other down time, I spend it doing that. I’ve played needed in the workplace. And that’s the compre- piano my whole life, and clarinet and bass, and hensive institution’s job, right? We can prepare now I’m picking up guitar and banjo. I’m a big people to get PhDs in theoretical learning. We also fan of bluegrass music—love Bela Fleck and music can prepare people to go right into the workforce. like that. And I also really enjoy classic jazz, artists We don’t have to choose; we can be both. And we like Oscar Peterson. have to have our alumni involved in that. What about sports? Have you had any surprises since I am an avid sports fan, and I’ve always worked arriving at UIndy? at institutions that made me split my loyalties. I In July I went to the Harvard Seminar for New went to school at Syracuse but then I worked at Presidents. There were 50 of us representing all Georgetown. I worked for 12 years in New York kinds of schools: community colleges, major City, but I loved Boston baseball. research institutions, elite private institutions, com- Now I suddenly have all new Greyhound prehensive institutions. Many of them said they teams to root for, and I love that they are not in had a lot of surprises about what the institution conflict with any other loyalties. I will become was really like when they got there. The universi- fans of the Colts and Pacers, but I look forward ties they were serving were, to varying degrees, to getting involved with all the teams at UIndy. different from what they learned in the interview —Scott Hall

8 PORTICO fall 2012 Indianapolis move poses challenges, opportunities for young family

Maybe it was a sign that Robert Manuel had made the “Immediately, I thought we were dating, and about six right decision. months later she said, ‘OK, I think we’re dating,’” Manuel Violent storms swept through the Washington, D.C., recalls. “So I was going out with her six months before she area this summer just as UIndy’s new president, his wife, and was going out with me.” their three daughters were preparing to leave that familiar A native of Haiti, Wilmara spoke no English when she ground for their new home in the Midwest. came to the United States at age 13. But she quickly learned “The day before we left, a tree fell on our house—there and, as an undergraduate majoring in broadcast journalism, was this big opening in the back of our house,” Manuel even mastered the homogenized Midwestern accent favored recalls with a wry smile. To avoid troubling the kids, by TV newscasters. (She also speaks French and Haitian “We just basically swept that under the rug and left.” Creole.) She earned a master’s degree in higher-ed admini- Fortunately, he and Wilmara, his spouse of 13 years, stration from NYU and worked in the field for some years had planned ahead. They and their daughters spent a week before launching an event-planning business, Madly Stylish making the trip to Indianapolis, stopping to visit friends and Events, which specializes in multicultural celebrations. She is sample Ohio’s Cedar Point amusement park. When they also a consultant and media source on event planning. arrived, 11-year-old Sophia was already signed up for UIndy “We’re pretty different,” Manuel says of his wife. “She’s soccer camp. Eight-year-old Alexandra, nicknamed “Mimi,” far more adventurous. When we moved out here, we didn’t was headed for ballet school in town. The youngest, 5-year- know anybody. She was the one who said, ‘We really should old Margaux, began exploring the city with her mom. give this a shot.’ I kind of needed her to say that; that takes “They really are much more resilient than I thought a lot of guts. She is very inventive with her life. She can fit they were going to be,” Manuel says. “None of this would in and adapt, and I think that’s where the kids get it. She have been possible without my wife. When I’m in the office has given up a lot for our family—but she has always been from 7 in the morning until 7 at night, she has taken up the so good at balancing all of our family needs with her own responsibility for getting the kids around town. So she’s the professional passions.” one who’s been scoping out the community.” But surely—as Manuel has been asked many times by As followers of his Twitter and Facebook feeds can attest, new acquaintances in Indy—the family must be in some he and his family have done their best to jump into UIndy culture shock after leaving the highbrow East Coast, right? and Circle City life, taking stock of campus landmarks and “Not so much,” Manuel says. “I grew up in a very small exploring local museums, restaurants, and other attractions. town, so in a lot of ways, this feels much more sympathetic to Manuel, who tends to introduce himself simply as “Rob,” my tastes. In general, we can access more here. The kids can grew up one of four kids in the western Massachusetts town get involved with the campus community in ways we couldn’t of North Adams. The family enjoyed the outdoors, camping before. So we’re not seeing this shock that everybody assumes and hiking. He swam and ran cross country, then picked up we would have. I think part of the reason their transition cycling and for a time competed in triathlons. is going so smoothly is because they have been welcomed “I’m trying to make my big comeback,” he says. “I injured into a place where they have access to most anything they’d my hip, but I’ve been seeing one of our physical therapists— want to do. New York was a wonderful place to live, and a wonderful opportunity to see how great our faculty are.” as singles and later a married couple without children, it Rob and Wil, as she is known to friends, met while on offered incredible experiences. D.C. offered us a tremendous the staff of New York University, falling in with a group of opportunity to expose our family to international culture. young professionals who enjoyed the city together. He then Now, Indianapolis offers us the opportunity to raise our began to pursue his doctoral degree full-time and took a night children in a diverse, urban setting that is welcoming and job managing tech support for an Internet service provider. accessible. We have been fortunate to have been in the right “I was the guy you called at 10 o’clock at night when you city at the right time throughout our lives.” couldn’t get connected to the Internet,” he says. That being said, there is at least one thing the family is When Wilmara also picked up some hours at the same still looking for, Manuel says. ISP, he made a point of gallantly walking her home every night. “We need babysitters.”

www.uindy.edu 9 Scholarly pursuits

A look at UIndy faculty scholarship, faculty/student research collaborations, international connections, and community impact. For the most up-to-date news about the University, visit www.uindy.edu/news/.

Art & Design English Cow tipping Dee Schaad had a one-person exhibition at the Artists on Santa Fe Gallery in Denver, Colorado, during July, entitled “Tipping the Sacred Cow.”

Center of Excellence in Leadership of Learning Promoting early learning CELL will host its annual Indiana Education Transformation conference November 13–14, 2012, at the Indiana Conven- tion Center. “Indiana’s Future: Advancing Change Through Action & Accountability” will bring the nation’s leading experts to Indiana to promote education transformation for increased student achievement. To learn more about CELL’s annual conference, visit cell.uindy.edu/indianasfuture2012. Perusing Peru In October more than 250 Indiana International Elizabeth Weber traveled with Maribel Campoy (Modern Baccalaureate students will convene in Indianapolis for Languages) and Jyotika Saksena (History & Political the second annual “IB Experience” conference. Co-hosted Science) on a spring term trip to Peru (above) to immerse by CELL and the Indiana Department of Education, the students in a Spanish-speaking culture and to give students event offers a unique chance for students to participate in a the opportunity to learn about the history and culture of completely student-led, student-facilitated event promoting a country other than their own. Peru’s Incas “have always international education in K–12 schools. fascinated me,” says Dr. Weber, who teaches Native American CELL continues to grow the Early College High School Literature. “I came away from my trip having learned, for model across Indiana, with seven schools beginning the example, that the Incas were engineering wizards. Walls that implementation process this fall. This brings Indiana’s total they built in the 14th century withstood an earthquake that to 26 schools transitioning to the Early College model, happened in the 1950s whereas the Spanish colonial church which helps first-generation college-goers, minorities, and built around those walls crumbled. And those walls were built socioeconomically disadvantaged students earn college credit without mortar and without iron tools.” concurrently with their high school diploma, thus bridging She took part in a panel, “Vampire by Vampire: Genre the gap between secondary and postsecondary education. Writing and the Creative Writing Workshop,” at the 2012 Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference in Communication Chicago in February. She also presented “The Dark Wheat Listens: The Midwest Speaking in James Wright’s Poetry” Plank Fellowship at the Society for the Study of Midwest Literature annual Rebecca Deemer ’97 spent two weeks in July with Sprint at Symposium at Michigan State University in May. In June she corporate headquarters in Overland Park, Kansas, as a Plank attended the Writers’ Workshop at the William Joiner Center Fellow, a national fellowship for public relations educators. for the Study of War and its Consequences at the University She worked directly with members of Sprint’s executive team, of Massachusetts in Boston. providing consultation and giving workshops. She also served Etchings, UIndy’s literary and fine arts magazine, won as part of the day-to-day operations of Sprint’s internal and an award for cover design (by student Staci Reafsnyder) of its external communication efforts. 2011 issue in the annual Indiana Collegiate Press Association competition. The award was announced at the ICPA’s annual convention at Ball State University on Saturday, April 14. Toni J. Morris published a 118-page entry on Walter Hilton, an English mystic of the middle ages, in Classical and Medieval Literary Criticism. She collected and selected appropriate scholarship as well as writing an introduction,

10 PORTICO fall 2012 biography, and annotated bibliography. She also presented in Persons with Chronic Stroke: A Preliminary Study” “Performing Ballads in the Classroom” for a session on published in Disability and Rehabilitation in June. Teaching Popular Literature and Popular Culture of Julie Gahimer ’85 was named UIndy’s 2012 Teacher of the Middle Ages in the Liberal Arts Classroom at the the Year. She specializes in the rehabilitation of adults with International Congress of Medieval Studies, held annually neurological injury and disease, but she also is known for her in Michigan. broad contributions to the University and her community health work. She also coauthored a chapter, “Community History & Political Science Health Promotion: Evolving Opportunities for Physical Therapists” in the third edition of the Handbook of Teaching Secrets of the past and Learning for Physical Therapists by Gail Jensen and In June A. James Fuller delivered his paper “‘The State Was Elizabeth Mostrom. Honeycombed with Secret Societies:’ Governor Oliver P. Bill Staples ’05 ’10 and Clyde Killian had their article Morton, Resistance, and Treason in Civil War Indiana” at “Development of an Instrument to Measure Attitudes the biennial meeting of the Society of Civil War Historians, of Physical Therapy Providers Working with People with in Lexington, Ky. In February Fuller delivered his paper “The Dementia” accepted by the American Journal of Alzheimer’s Nationalist Road: The Intersection of Roads and Ideas in the and Other Dementias. Life of Oliver P. Morton” at the 2012 annual meeting of the Indiana Association of Historians, at Hanover College in Mathematics & Computer Science Madison, Ind. Fuller published four book reviews in various scholarly journals between December and June. Algebra at the Sorbonne Stephen Graham and his wife, Marcia, have published As part of an ongoing workshop, “The Role of ‘Series of Forgotten Mission: the Untold Story of Augusta Force, a fictional Problems’ in the Making of Scientific Fields,” Jeff Oaks spoke soldier story with a Christian theme based on a largely in Paris at the Sorbonne on June 13 about the nature of early forgotten World War II mission into Japanese-occupied Papua Arabic algebra. He also published “Al-Khayyam’s Scientific and Dutch Guinea. Graham’s uncle, the main character of Revision of Algebra” in Suhayl: Journal for the History of the the book, was a junior officer on MacArthur’s staff in the Exact and Natural Sciences in Islamic Civilisation. South Pacific and the executive officer of Augusta Force, a In May Leslie Gardner published “Is It Time for small Allied task force of American, Australian, and native Six Sigma in Education?” in ASQ Primary and Secondary Dutch Guinea troops. EducationBrief and published “Preparing the Transportation and Logistics Professionals of the Future” in the March issue Krannert School of Physical Therapy of NDTAGram. Livia Hummel’s paper “Recent Progress in Coherent Strength of program confirmed Rings: A Homological Perspective” appeared in the confer- The professional Doctor of Physical Therapy recently went ence proceedings Progress in Commutative Algebra 1: Combin- through an accreditation site visit by the Commission atorics and Homology published by De Gruyter in April. on Accreditation in Physical Therapy Education, the culmination of more than a year of work by the DPT faculty Modern Languages to complete a comprehensive self-study report. The site visit team commented that the strengths of the UIndy DPT Look and listen program included a collegial and welcoming environment Gerburg Garmann, an artist, composer, and poet as well with a student-centered approach, the inclusion of a unique as a Modern Languages professor, had a show, “Poetics of Community Patient Resource Group for student practice with Imaging,” from July 7–August 11 at the Athens of Indiana volunteer patients, and an accessible and supportive faculty. Arts Studios & Gallery in Crawfordsville, Ind. Her work Linda Biggers ’09 and Peter Rundquist have been features expressive paintings in addition to audio tracks on collaborating with several entry-level DPT student research CD, creating a multimedia experience for the viewer. groups to evaluate the effects of upper-extremity lymphedema on shoulder kinematics and upper extremity function in Music survivors of breast cancer. Their work has led to presentations at the 2011 and 2012 American Society of Biomechanics The select few annual conferences and the 2012 American Physical Therapy Junior Music Education majors Andrew Moran and Allison Association’s Combined Sections meeting. Ritzline were two of only 30 students from across the United Stephanie Combs ’99, Margaret Finley, and four States to receive the Professional Achievement Recognition graduates had their paper “Effects of a Repetitive Gaming Award from the National Association for Music Education. Intervention on Upper-Extremity Impairments and Function

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The award is given to students who have served their chapters in the area of intermodal transportation and assemble a step- in an exemplary manner. by-step guide to support area businesses. She also presented Pianist Rebecca Sorley performed on a live two-hour two sessions at the 2011 Academy of Business Disciplines radio broadcast on June 18 on WFMT, Chicago, with her Conference, “VoiceThread: Hindsight is 20/20” and “Just daughter, Allegra. Sorley also directed the 18th annual UIndy Ship It!” Summer Piano Camp for elementary students and co-directed In May Darrell Bowman received the Presentation the 11th Chamber Music Institute with her husband, Darin. Excellence Award for his presentation of “A Comparison of Electronic Data Interchange and Web-Based Extranets” Office of Institutional Research & Grants at the Academic Business World International Conference in Nashville, Tenn. He also published “Measuring the Exploring ethics Effectiveness of a New Career” in the Journal of the Academy Greg E. Manship participated as a panelist in the May 15 of Business Education. “Life Sciences Lunch Series” presented by Life Science Larry DeGaris published the “Additive Effects of Practice Group of Barnes & Thornburg, LLP and Indiana Involvement and IMC Components on Outcomes of Health Industry Forum. Addressing the theme “Increasing Consumer-Focused Sponsorship-Linked Marketing” in the Complexities of Clinical Research,” Manship spoke on Journal of Business Research. He also published a paper on the the topic of “Technology Pushing the Boundaries of sponsorship activation on major soft drink sales in the Journal Bioethics,” exploring the ethical issues of clinical research of Brand Strategy. DeGaris and Deidre Pettinga published involving various technologies and methodologies, such as “Sponsorship Decision-Making: Exploring the Value of nanotechnology, human-machine interface/integration, organ Different Sponsorship Levels” in the International Journal “recycling,” and community-based participatory research. of Motorsport Management. Jodie Ferise presented “Ghana: Precious Words” at the AAUW Quarterly Meeting as well as “The Beauty of Mission- Physics & Earth-Space Science Driven Business” to the MENSA Society of Indiana. She was History beneath us also invited to speak to the Lions Club of Indianapolis about “Overcoming Fear.” In June an article coauthored by Chris Moore ’04, “Animism Karl Knapp presented “The Factors That Matter to and Green River Persistent Places: A Dwelling Perspective of College Graduate Salary: A Statistical Analysis of College the Shell Mound Archaic,” was published in the international Ranking Systems and Performance of Graduates” at the peer-reviewed Journal of Social Archaeology. Moore also wrote, UIndy Faculty Colloquium research seminar. along with lead author Anne Moore and student Zachary Stan Osweiler presented “A Student-Hands-On Approach Gross, “History Beneath Us: Public Archaeology at the to Developing and Executing Real World Strategic and Tacti- Lew Wallace Study & Museum in Crawfordsville,” which cal Marketing Projects” at a Marketing Management Associ- appeared in the DNR Division of Historic Preservation and ation Conference. Archaeology newsletter Eavesdropping. Deidre Pettinga earned her PhD in Media Psychology At the Indiana Archaeology Council Spring Workshop, from Fielding Graduate University. She also published Moore, Gross, and students Ethan Bean and Andrew Earle “A Comparative Analysis: Consumers’ Attitudes Toward ’10 presented additional papers. In April, Moore helped Legal Services Advertising in General and Specifically organize a symposium at the annual meeting of the Society Plaintiff’s Attorney Television Advertising” in the Journal for American Archaeology, “The Material Culture of a of Advertising Research. She published “Personality Variables Multiethnic Community: New Discoveries in Spanish La and Litigation: Exploring the Relationship between Plaintiff Florida,” regarding Spanish Mission period archaeology. Attorney Advertising and Attitudes Toward Personal Injury Moore also presented two papers at the symposium. Lawsuits” in Psychology and Marketing. At the 32nd Annual Lilly International Conference on College Teaching, School of Business Pettinga presented “Assessing Students’ Impressions of the Effectiveness of Business Program Curriculum Components Presentations, publications, on their Career Preparedness,” which she co-authored with and accreditation Rachel Smith and School of Business dean Sheela Yadav. The School of Business successfully earned its reaffirmation of In addition to multiple news interviews and speaking ACBSP accreditation, with the next site visit to occur in 2021. engagements, Smith published an “Economic Outlook Katherine Bohley ’92 ’94 was granted a sabbatical that for 2012” in the Bottom Line column featured in the provided her with an opportunity to research best practices Indianapolis Star.

12 PORTICO fall 2012 DeMotte, Drake, Royer are Most Valuable

The UIndy athletic department announced softball’s Jennifer DeMotte, baseball’s Donovan Drake, and thrower Matt Royer as winners of the 2011–12 Dr. Robert M. Brooker Most Valuable Athlete awards. Each varsity sport’s head coach selected a Most Valuable Player. Those winners then become eligible for the honor of male and female Athletes of the Year, chosen by the athletics administration. DeMotte, the 2012 Great Lakes Valley Conference Softball Scholar-Athlete of the Year, led the Greyhounds to the team’s best season in program history. The 2012 GLVC and Daktronics Midwest Region Pitcher of the Year, DeMotte was also dubbed a first team All-American by both Daktronics and the NFCA. DeMotte threw a pair of perfect games and another no-hitter, posting a record of 35-9 in guiding UIndy to a program- first GLVC softball title. She broke the school’s career wins and shutouts record, as well as single-season records for innings pitched and strikeouts. The junior was named the GLVC Pitcher or Player of the Week on four occasions on the season and was a first team Capital One Academic All-America and Academic All-GLVC selection. An American Baseball Coaches’ Association Division II All-America First Team member, Drake compiled a 9-3 record to go with a 1.67 ERA and 106 strikeouts. He tossed a team-high 91 2/3 innings and notched seven complete games and five shutouts. As the team’s No. 1 starter, Drake led the Greyhounds to an impressive 46-16 overall mark in 2012. The Hounds won both the GLVC and the Midwest Regional Tournaments on the way to making their first NCAA D-II Championship appearance since 2000. Drake was also named to the Daktronics, Inc., NCAA Division II All-America Second Team and Midwest Region Pitcher of the Year by both the ABCA and the region’s sports information directors. Royer, 2012 GLVC Indoor and Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year, was national runner-up in the hammer throw during the outdoor season and the weight throw at the indoor national championships. He helped UIndy finish eighth at the NCAA Indoor Championships and 11th at the Outdoor Championships after the Hounds repeated as GLVC champions in both sports.

Terry Schindler ’84 facilitated a day-long strategic finished second runner-up in the case competition out of 12 planning session for the Indiana Association for Home and teams. The ream developed an Android phone application Hospice Care Board of Directors Meeting and Retreat. He for UIndy as an entry in the project competition. The team also delivered the presentation “Sleep Medicine Is Changing: coach and advisor is Darrell Bowman and the team members Are You?” at the 7th Annual Indiana Society of Sleep are Eric Holobyn, Kenny Albee ’12, Emilee Arnold, Nathan Professionals Education Summit. Scott ’96 ’03, and Daventry Burroughs. Matt Will made multiple presentations to a variety of audiences. These include “Derivative Securities” for One School of Education America Corporation; “Catholic Confusion Over Health Care Reform” at the Catholic Business Exchange; “Indiana’s Connecting science, literacy, International Economy” at the Lugar Symposium; and “The and teaching Path to Economic Prosperity” for Blue & Company as well From two years of research funded by an Indiana STEM grant, as Greenwood Rotary Club. Nancy Steffel, Mary Gobbett, and Sue Keene developed Vivian Xiang presented “Effective Accounting Lectures opportunities for elementary teacher candidates to connect in a Cohort Business Program” at the American Accounting science and literacy working with children and increase their Association 2011 annual meeting and “Introducing IFRS efficacy as elementary science teachers. Libby Turner and into Advanced Accounting” at the American Accounting Bev Reitsma assisted in assessment of the project. Their work Association 2011 Midwest region meeting. Her article “Effec- was shared in the spring at the National Science Teachers tive Accounting Lectures in a Cohort Business Program” was Association Convention in Indianapolis in March and at the published in the Business Education Innovation Journal. International Reading Association in Chicago in May. Sheela Yadav spearheaded a study for the Morgan County In late September, Colleen Sheehy and three English Economic Development Corporation, which helped to define teachers from Cathedral High School in Indianapolis will the capabilities and challenges in entrepreneurial growth and present “I’ll Never Watch a Commercial the Same Way economic expansion for the county. Again: A Case Study of the Impact of Using Media as In April the School of Business Computer Information Text,” at the 36th Annual Reading Association of Ireland’s Systems Team participated in a Technology Project and International Conference in Dublin. The presentation Case Competition hosted by Ball State University. The team

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will report on year-long research supported by a Summer experience. Hensler’s research indicated that third grade Research grant that Sheehy was awarded in 2011. In May students who struggled on the iREAD3 test showed growth Sheehy presented “Young Adult Literature and Technology: in remediation skills when using an iPad in comparison to Celebrating the 21st-Century Building Blocks of Literacy” students who did not use a tablet for teaching and learning. at the International Reading Association annual convention In June John Somers presented “Differentiation & PBL: in Chicago. She is a member of the SIGNAL board, a special Creating a Flexible & Accessible Instructional Environment interest group of the International Reading Association that for All Students” at the Project-Based Learning Institute discusses issues related to adolescent literature. sponsored by Indiana University-Purdue University Gaoming Zhang’s articles “Between a Rock and a Hard Indianapolis, UIndy’s Center of Excellence in Leadership Place: Higher Education Reform and Innovation in China” of Learning, and the University of Indianapolis. and “Policies and Problems of Online Higher Education in China: What We Can Learn from the Development of Athletic Training ‘Internet Colleges’” will be published in On the Horizon later In March Scott Lawrance ’03 ’10 started a two-year term this fall. In May On the Horizon published “Looking Forward as president of the Indiana Athletic Trainers Association. to a Special Issue on Educational Innovations in China.” He also presented “Development and Reliability of the Knee In June Travis Hensler completed the coursework and Symmetry Evaluation­­—Implications for Rehabilitation,” and requirements to earn the first Graduate Technology Certifi- co-led a two-hour learning lab, “Bridging the Gap Between cate as part of the Curriculum & Instruction program in the Injury and Performance,” at the Great Lakes Athletic School of Education. He presented his action research project, Trainers Association winter meeting. He and athletic training “iPad for Struggling Readers: Interventions with Students graduates Meagan Shafer ’12 and Sarah Bevers ’12 presented Performing Below Grade Level,” as part of the capstone the case study poster “Humeroulnar Subluxation in a High

Internship becomes huge opportunity (& challenge)

An extended internship meant hard work for senior Emma Converse, but it’s paying off in more ways than one. With help from UIndy art instructor Mark Ruschman, a longtime gallery owner and leader on Indianapolis’s visual arts scene, Converse began working in November at the Harrison Center for the Arts, a not-for-profit studio and gallery complex at 16th and Delaware streets. After the studio art major proved her worth, the staff came to her with an exciting but daunting offer: to serve as coordinator for the Independent Music & Art Festival, the largest event on the center’s yearly schedule. This year’s 11th annual IMAF, which took place June 9, featured multiple art exhibitions, more than 100 craft vendors, 12 musical acts on two stages, a gaggle of food trucks, and approximately 7,000 visitors. “It was an amazing opportunity,” says Converse, daughter of Fred and Kim Converse of Fort Wayne. “I wasn’t going to say no to it.” With guidance from the staff and advisory board, she spent countless hours obtaining city permits, booking bands, and generally juggling all the logistics of a major public event. The stint as IMAF coordinator should make a nice résumé item for Converse, a painter who plans to pursue a master’s degree in museum studies and eventually work in curation for a museum or gallery. “I learned skills in a lot of areas that I’ll definitely be able to use, especially in working with people and the public,” she says. “And even with all the work I was doing the day of, I was still enjoying it. Having fun and seeing the bands and everything, I was thinking, ‘Wow, I kind of put this all together.’” The icing on the cake was an invitation to display her own paintings in one of the galleries during the festival and throughout the month of June. Her cityscapes featuring Indianapolis landmarks were a hit with visitors, who bought five of the seven works on display. Since then, Converse has received two private commissions for new paintings, and the local advertising and PR agency TrendyMinds has commissioned seven pieces for its offices, including renditions of Monument Circle, the Central Canal, and other local sights. “It’s a lot of work, but it’s been really fun,” she says. “It’s kind of surreal.”

14 PORTICO fall 2012 School Wrestler” and presented the poster “Patella Dislocation In May K. Lee Everett published several research with Stress Reaction Sequelea” with Lisa Boester. In June he abstracts in Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. “The and Christine Lauber presented the two-hour learning lab Influence of Recovery Time Following a Dynamic Warm- “Unlocking the Hip: Using Joint Mobilizations to Treat Joint up on Lower Body Balance and Flexibility” was co-written Hypomobility” at the National Athletic Trainers Association with Matthew Beekley; two other abstracts, co-written with Annual Summer Symposium. In July he served as a main a number of other authors, were “The Influence of Acute presenter at the Indiana Athletic Trainers Association summer Exercise on Toque Decline Between Positions in Collegiate meeting with “Joint Mobilization—Theory and Application.” Female Soccer Players” and “The Comparison of Hamstring- Athletic Training students Derek Beeler, Kevin Gullion, to-Quadriceps Ratios in NCAA Women’s Soccer Players and and Greg Taylor qualified to compete in the National Healthy Controls.” Athletic Trainers Association quiz bowl in June. Only ten teams in the United States compete at the national level. School of Occupational Therapy Kinesiology Promoting OT The Department of Kinesiology was awarded accreditation In September Julie Bednarski ’96 and Rebecca Barton ’07 of the Exercise Science program by the Commission on will co-present “Consultant Role for Promoting OT in Your Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs. UIndy’s Community” with OT colleagues from Chatham University program is the first to attain accreditation in Indiana. at the Pennsylvania State Occupational Therapy Fall Confer- Matthew Beekley, Christine Lauber (Athletic Training), ence. In October Bednarski will present “A Student Elective and a colleague had their article “A Neuromuscular Inter- Course Exploring Occupational Justice” at the 11th Annual vention for Exercise-Related Medial Leg Pain” published in Research Conference of the Society for the Study of the Journal of Sport Rehabilitation. Occupation in Portland, Ore. In March Michael Diacin presented his poster “Parents’ In April Lucinda Dale and Teri Maloney ’12 presented Motivations for Providing Recreational Sport Opportunities “Evaluation of an Animal-Assisted Learning Program Invol- for their Children” at the American Alliance for Health, ving At-Risk Youth and Shelter Dogs in an Educational Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance Conference Setting” at the American Occupational Therapy Association in Boston, Mass. Diacin and Jennifer VanSickle had their annual meeting in Indianapolis. Co-authors include Brittany abstract “Sponsorship in the NFL: Influence Upon Attendees’ Behrendt ’11, Andrea Dykes ’10 ’11, Jenny Ray ’11, Brandon Purchase Intentions” published in Research Quarterly for Johnson ’12, and Dominic Toscano ’12. Dale also presented Exercise and Sport. Diacin and VanSickle also published her paper “Using the Quick Disabilities of the Arm, Shoulder, “Assessment of Employers’ Desired Skills for Entry-Level and Hand and Upper Limb Functional Index to Measure Sport Management Employees” in Indiana AHPERD Journal. Clinical Change.” Co-authors include Crystal L. Cummings They received a summer research grant for their project ’10, Timothy M. Hirons ’11, Erin L. McLain ’10, Sara-Ruth “Computer Competencies Desired by Sport Management Riggs ’09 ’10, and Amy D. Spencer ’12. Employers.” The purpose of the research is to investigate the types of software programs used by current sport professionals School of Psychological Sciences as well as ways in which the programs are used, so that oppor- tunities for students to develop these are integrated into sport Serving youth, families, community management course curriculums. David L Downing offered a number of presentations and In April Lisa Hicks, Mindy Mayol, and Heidi Rauch symposia over the past several months. He attended meetings presented their posters “Academic and Health Outcomes from of the American Psychological Association’s Council of a Semester-Long Multidimensional Wellness Course” and Representatives and at the August annual convention of the “Healthy Diploma: A Response from Higher Education for APA in his capacity as one of the council representatives of the Health Crisis in the U.S.” at the Art & Science of Health the Division of Psychoanalysis. Downing organized and Promotion conference in San Diego, Calif. In July the trio chaired a panel of original theoretical papers for the spring presented “Healthy Diploma: Linking Higher Education meeting of the Division of Psychoanalysis of the American Wellness with Business,” “The Tough Stuff: Addressing Psychological Association in Santa Fe, titled, “A Different Sensitive Issues and Difficult Questions in the Classroom Focus: Creative Applications of Psychoanalysis to the Work and Clinic,” and “Multidimensional Construction of a Multi- of the Psychoanalytically Oriented Instructor, Administrator, Dimensional Wellness Curriculum in Higher Education and Clinical Training Director.” Downing also moderated with a Multi-Level Focus” at the National Wellness Institute discussion and presented his paper “Normotic Elements Conference in Stevens Point, Wis. in Professional Discourse & Practice: Implications for Professional Identity Development.”

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Downing chaired the Section V panel, “A Roundtable doctoral student Meredith Tumilty ’12. They presented on on the Contemporary Context of Clinical Practice.” He is recent research in return-to-work programs designed to help the president of Section V and is president-elect of the those who have sustained traumatic brain injury. American Board & Academy of Psychoanalysis in Psychology. In August Wall sponsored student poster submissions at In August Downing organized and chaired a panel consisting the American Psychological Association convention. Student of original theoretical papers on applied psychoanalysis Michelle Leslie ’09 was awarded a travel grant from the written by students for the annual convention of the Science Directorate of the APA. Another student, Jay Hamm, American Psychological Association. The papers in the was recognized by a division of the APA as Outstanding presentation are “Bending Gender & Metal: An Analysis of Student Member. Wall was inaugurated as president of the Colette Phair’s Nightmare in Silicon,” by Kori Bennett ’11; Psychologists in Public Service division of the American “Transcending the Body Through Dance: An Analysis of Psychological Association. She continues to sit on the editorial the Unconscious in Movement,” by Kristen H Cole ’11; and board of Psychological Services, is co-chair of the Continuing “‘All the Long-Gone Darlings’: Using Confessional Poetry as Education Committee for the Society of Industrial-Organiza- a Lens to View the Western-Cultural Symbolical Formations tional Psychologists, and is a research committee member for of the Female Body,” by Emily Boshkoff Johnson ’11 (also the Foster Family Treatment Association. the winner of the Section V student essay contest for a theoretical-applied psychoanalytical cultural paper). Social Sciences In January John McIlvried presented “Putting the Pieces Together: Connecting Mission, Goals, Objectives, Give peace a chance Competencies, and Curriculum” at the annual midwinter In March Timothy Maher and Jim Pennell, along with two conference of the National Council of Schools and Programs colleagues at other universities, published “Civic Engagement of Professional Psychology in New Orleans. and Public Sociology: Two ‘Movements’ in Search of a In August Nicole M. Taylor co-authored six presentations Mission” in the Journal of Applied Social Science. In January with her students at the American Psychological Associations Pennell published the book chapter “Learning from Lennon: Annual conference held in Orlando, Fla. She also co-wrote Using Songs and Stardom to Promote Peace and Social two book chapters for Abnormal Psychology through the Ages Justice” in The Art of Social Critique: Painting Mirrors of with students Emily Johnson ’11 and Maura Rouse. Social Life by Lexington Books. Jacqueline Wall collaborated with Steven Koch to prepare commissioned reports for IARCCA (An Association Woodrow Wilson Indiana Teaching Fellows of Children & Family Services) on its Outcome Measures Project. They are designed to report results from data Understanding the teenager collection during 2012 and establish benchmark outcomes Deb Sachs presented two sessions, “The Adolescent Brain: for Indiana agencies that serve youth and their families. What’s Going On In There?” and “Brain Research and This represents the fourteenth year that Wall has served as a Its Implications for Teaching and Learning” at a national consultant to the project. UIndy students have used data from meeting of the Woodrow Wilson Teaching Fellows. this project for their dissertations and independent research, other faculty members have participated in research efforts using this data, and two doctoral students are working on a Writing Lab separate grant-funded project through this collaboration. Wall and Joseph Hansel completed an outcome Tutor talk evaluation for Allen County Community Corrections, At the East Central Writing Centers Association conference investigating outcomes of seven community-based programs an the Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis offered to offenders. Wall was a lead or co-author with David in March, Jeff Russ ’06 presented “When ‘How Can I Help G. Wall on three invited film reviews for publication in You?’ Doesn’t Cut It: New Ways of Conducting Tutoring PsycCRITIQUES. She reviewed War Horse, Iron Lady, and Sessions.” Richard Marshall presented “Can Undergraduate Beasts of the Southern Wild, which is under review. Tutors Meet the Needs of Graduate Student Writers?” Dawn In August Wall participated in a workshop at the Marie Hershberger ’92 ’98 presented “If You Could Keep Commission on Accreditation national meeting to present Tutors Forever, Would You? Should You? A Discussion of on the uses of outcomes data for benchmarking in a quality ‘Lifers’ in the Writing Center.” Student tutor Kenneth Albee improvement plan. Wall was asked to present at the Brain ’12 presented “Can We Just Change the Topic, Please?” Injury Association of Indiana’s Education Conference with

16 PORTICO fall 2012 New master’s degree offers fresh approach to leadership

The first master’s degree program from UIndy’s School of Adult Learning takes a new approach to the study of leadership, emphasizing human-resources and problem-solving skills that can boost the effectiveness of any business or not-for-profit organization. SAL saw a strong turnout at a recent open house to introduce the new program, the Master of Science in Strategic Leadership & Design. “This is a type of degree that employers are looking for and have not been able to find,” said Judy Apple-VanAlstine, dean of SAL. “People are more interested now in the creative side of leadership, looking at leadership in its societal, economic, and psychological context.” The program includes entire courses dedicated to vital skills that sometimes are glossed over in other types of management and leadership training, such as performance appraisal and conflict resolution. Other courses include Organizational Design, Cognitive Systems, and Managing Information Technology Systems. As a capstone project, each student designs an organization or redesigns an existing one. “The focus is less quantitative and more qualitative and behaviorally oriented,” Apple-VanAlstine said. “It looks at all the systems within an organization.” The courses are offered in a hybrid format of online activities and weekly night meetings, with students grouped in cohorts for mutual support. A student can continue to work full-time while completing the 36 credit hours in just two years. The degree is applicable to a range of career options in not-for-profit or public-sector leadership, commercial business, project management, consulting, and other fields. More information is available at http://sal.uindy.edu. Two other new graduate programs debuting this year also are designed for working professionals who want to further their careers. Also debuting this fall: Doctor of Nursing Practice As demand grows for nurses with advanced clinical and management skills, the UIndy School of Nursing this year is launching its first doctoral degree program, the Doctor of Nursing Practice. Aimed at nurses who are working in administrative or advanced-practice roles, the 35-credit-hour post-master’s program will provide students with a mix of clinical, organizational, financial, and leadership skills. Graduates will be prepared to use the latest research to enhance patient care as well as to evaluate and improve healthcare delivery systems. The School of Nursing, known for its range of Master of Science specialties, expects the first wave of students to come primarily from its own alumni ranks, Dean Anne Thomas said. “They’ve been asking us for a program like this,” she said. “Many hospitals in the area are now seeking doctorally prepared leaders for executive and mid-level management positions.” The degree also would be valuable to nurse practitioners, anesthetists, and other specialists, she added. Aside from an intensive three-day session on campus at the start of each semester, the new DNP program will be provided in an online format convenient for working professionals. Full-time students can complete the courses and field work in two years, including a summer session, but most students are expected to choose a part-time option that typically would be completed in three years, including two intervening summer sessions. Students will proceed through the curriculum in cohorts of 10 to 12, with new cohorts beginning each fall. MS in Sport Management The first master’s degree program in the Department of Kinesiology prepares students for management-level careers in intercollegiate athletics. The Master of Science in Sport Management makes the most of UIndy’s location near downtown Indianapolis, the “Amateur Sports Capital of the World” and home to the NCAA headquarters. Courses are co-taught by staffers from the national governing agencies, conference offices, and intercollegiate athletics programs based in the city. What’s more, each student will be paired with a professional mentor who can provide advice and support, even after graduation. The program involves 36 credit hours of study that can be completed in less than two calendar years. The hybrid format combines weeknight class meetings with online study and experiences in the field. Graduates will be prepared for work in areas including facility and operations management, business and ticket office management, compliance, development, sports information, and media relations. More information is available at http://kinesiology.uindy.edu.

www.uindy.edu 17 UIndy Arts is back in action with more than 100 arts

Art exhibitions Faculty Artist Other exciting FACS concerts The Art Gallery in the Christel Concert Series on the schedule include Echoing Air DeHaan Fine Arts Center kicks off the The 32nd season of the Faculty Artist (Nov. 19), 3rd Man (Feb. 11), and the 2012–13 arts season with the exhibition Concert Series opens Sept. 17 with a Ronen Chamber Ensemble (Mar. 11). “FAB Crew: City Walls to Gallery very special 85th birthday celebration Walls.” The FAB Crew (short for for Maestro Raymond Leppard. Theatre productions Fantastic Aerosol Brothers) will create UIndy Artist-in-Residence and The Department of Theatre rolls a large-scale graffiti mural on Smith the Conductor Laureate for the out its season just before Halloween, Mall, which will then join other FAB Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, bringing audiences a musical that’s Crew artwork in the Gallery. Maestro Leppard will lead the Festival not only appropriate for that particular Running through Sept. 21, the Orchestra, University choral ensembles, holiday but also a crowd-pleaser. Little show is one of six exhibitions planned and faculty soloists in music by Bach, Shop of Horrors opens on Oct. 5 (free for the Art Gallery. Other shows include Schubert, and Britten. The evening preview available Oct. 4) and runs a retrospective of UIndy alumna and also includes a discussion with Maestro through Oct. 20. local artist Donna Maureen Stader Leppard about his distinguished Then in November, the Theatre ’68, who passed away earlier this year; sixty-year career. Department brings Stop Kiss to the sculptures and monoprints by Garry Admission is free and open to the stage, focusing on the aftermath of a Bibbs; flag photography by Thomas public, as is the case for all 19 of the first kiss between friends-turned-lovers. Mueller; and a UIndy Department season’s FACS performances. The Dinner Theatre, a department of Art & Design faculty showcase. staple, is I Hate Hamlet (Feb. 14–23).

18 PORTICO fall 2012 and cultural events on its schedule—most of them free

The Student-Directed Productions The seventh annual Jazz Week Performances by both UIndy faculty (Apr. 18–27) round out Theatre’s year. returns April 8–13, spotlighting and students will showcase Pann’s prominent combos and big bands of works, which have been played by Jazz local, regional, and national renown. ensembles such as the London and UIndy Arts continues its tradition of Featured Jazz Week artists Seattle symphonies. bringing renowned jazz acts to campus are Steve Allee, Dick Sisto, Royce For literature fans, the Allen & with strong lineups for both the Jazz Campbell, Steve Davis, and the Helen Kellogg Writers Series brings Concert Series and Jazz Week. The Midcoast Swing Orchestra. writers of varying genres to campus Jazz Concert Series starts out on Oct. for discussion and readings. This year’s 3 with “Trombonanza,” a trombone New music authors include: Heidi Erdrich (Oct. celebration with five trombones and a Highlighted in this year’s New Music 25), Matt Bell (Nov. 17), Stuart Dybek rhythm section. Series are two artists-in-residence. (Mar. 19), and Quan Barry (Apr. 4). The series continues with alumnus Composer and pianist William Wade Baker ’06 performing Nov. 7 Bolcom is joined by his wife, mezzo- And much more with his self-titled quartet, followed by soprano Joan Morris, for a three-day Other exciting events this season the Ron Jones Quartet on Feb. 20 and residency in October. include Friday Nights at the Keyboard, the Brent Wallarab Quintet March 13. In February, composer Carter master classes, alumni recitals, and Pann embarks on a two-day residency. student concerts. —Jessica Wenclewicz

Visit www.uindy.edu/arts for a complete events list or to sign up for the weekly UIndy Arts email. Ticket information is available at www.uindy.edu/etc or (317) 788-3251.

www.uindy.edu 19 Making a

It’s 6 a.m., and the swim team has alreadySplash started before coming to UIndy to study exercise science. the day in the weight room for morning lifting. Swimming with the Greyhounds this year, After a few classes, lunch, and then another he earned his first letter, won the team’s mental class, the team makes its way to the pool for attitude award, and finished eighth in the 1,650 practice. Once practice is over, some members of freestyle to help UIndy take third place at the the team have night class, which means they won’t conference championships. be returning to their rooms till after 9 p.m. After getting a taste of competition against After the physically and mentally exhausting other talented athletes, Dalton set his sights on the day, it’s time for homework, and finally sleep. 2012 Paralympics in London. Then the cycle starts over again. With that ambitious goal in mind, he had to That’s a typical day for swimmer Dalton focus and train harder. He went on to compete in Herendeen, a sophomore from Elkhart, Indiana. international swim meets, winning gold medals at But Dalton’s not your typical swimmer. the 2011 Parapan American Games in Colombia Dalton lost part of his left leg at birth as a and both gold and silver at an international meet result of a blood clot. The doctors were unable to in Athens. determine exactly what caused the clot, which He won a pair of events at the Olympic trials turned his leg black and blue. with victories in the 100 breaststroke and 100 Dalton’s parents, Steve and Lynn Herendeen, backstroke, while also taking the runner-up spot were forced to choose: try to have the blood clot in the 100 butterfly and 200 individual medley. removed—a risk that could have fatal results—or He added a third-place finish in the 400 freestyle. have the leg amputated instead, just below the knee. Finally he was selected by the United States Olympic Committee and U.S. Paralympics to Water levels the playing field represent the United States at the 2012 Paralympic Games in London, August 29–Sept. 9. At the age of eight, Dalton decided he wanted “It was pretty crazy to get the call because at to try sports. His dad signed him up for every the time I thought I might be out,” Herendeen possible sport, including swimming. said. “I couldn’t sleep the whole week because you “I wasn’t too good at swimming at first,” have so much on your mind and thinking about Dalton recalls. But he loved the sport. “In the what you could have done better. water, I was on even ground with everybody.” “I was at the airport when they called and I He uses a prosthesis away from the pool. had to head back. It was an emotional thing of He buckled down to focus on swimming, and going from the lowest low to the highest high. It his abilities in the water began to grow. He was a was an absolutely awesome experience.” four-year letterwinner at Concord High School

20 PORTICO fall 2012 Herendeen had competed as a S10/SM10 “All my workouts, the little things, not competitor in the free, back, fly, and IM and hanging out with my friends, not doing this on SB8 in the breast. In swimming, there are 14 weekends, not doing that during the week, getting classifications for athletes, ranging from 1 to 14. up in the morning every day, going to practices. Levels 1 through 10 are reserved for athletes with Anything you can do to make yourself great, physical disabilities. Generally speaking, 1 is more because you only have one chance.” severe than 10. An exercise science major, Dalton plans “I’m top eight in the world in the 100 back, to continue his education by studying physical so I think I have a chance to medal,” Dalton says. therapy. When looking for colleges, in fact, “My big goal for London is to get a second he chose UIndy because it had a successful chance. They only take the fastest eight back at swimming program and an outstanding physical night, and that would be awesome to do that at therapy program. only 19—because a lot of the other guys who are He balances demands of academics and top eight in the world are 26, 27, 28 years old, and athletics with the help of his professors. With veteran swimmers.” his heavy schedule, Dalton sometimes has to He set the American Class 10 record in the miss class. But his professors have been more 200 IM last winter at 2:20.44, along with his per- than supportive, he says, letting him turn in sonal best in the 400 free (4:24.68). His personal assignments early and helping him make up best in the 100 backstroke came at the trials. material he’s missed. Dalton plans a career in orthopedics, using Top 10 lists his experience with prosthetics to help kids facing the same sorts of challenges. As a UIndy freshman, Dalton was the UIndy He’s already helping kids, teaching swim men’s swimming mental attitude award winner lessons and doing motivational speaking. Dalton after he finished eighth in the 1,650 free to had received a tremendous amount of support help the Greyhounds take third at the GLIAC from the Shriners Hospital in Chicago; to give Championships. He added more points by taking back, he goes to Shriners’ events to talk to donors 13th in the 1,000 free and 14th in the 400 IM. about how their decisions change lives—like his. He is sixth in the 1,650 free and ninth in the 1,000 free on the Greyhounds’ all-time list. Out of the pool Dalton competes in distance freestyle events and finished the season in the top 10 lists for When he’s not too busy swimming or studying, two of his three events. He placed 8th in the Dalton enjoys his free time on campus. One of his mile in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic favorite things is just hanging out with the guys Conference. on his floor in Warren Hall. Dalton credits UIndy’s swim team and his He coaches his floor’s intramural football coaches, Orel Oral and Gary Kinkead, for helping team, too, though the NCAA doesn’t allow him to him develop. Kinkead is a fan. play since he’s a Division II athlete. “Dalton’s a solid contributor to the team in As Dalton strolls around campus, he looks the pool and in the classroom, his work ethic is just like any other UIndy Greyhound, and most of incredible, and he’s an inspiration to everyone his fellow students don’t even realize that he has a around him,” Kinkead says. prosthetic leg. Along with the training equipment, pool, and “If I wear jeans or pants, people have no idea the practices prepared by Kinkead, Dalton found whatsoever,” he says. that support from friends and the staff helped him And Dalton maintains a positive attitude as prepare for June’s trials. he prepares to compete on the world stage. “It makes it easier for me to give it my all “When I go to the Paralympics, it reminds with all the support from UIndy and the resources me how I am not disabled, because there are a lot that they provide to me,” he says. “I love the swim of people worse off than me. program here.” “I always remember how lucky I am.” — That’s not to say it’s all smooth sailing. Jennifer Meadows ’14 with Matt Holmes, Associate “You almost can’t put into words the things Athletic Director for Media Relations I’ve sacrificed just to get there,” he told South Bend CBS affiliate WSBT.

www.uindy.edu 21 A very different sort of service trip

In May, a dozen young UIndy women ventured “She has been active in establishing partner- on a decidedly unusual Spring Term service trip ships for service learning opportunities based to Athens, Greece—one featuring the unlikely on community needs for some time now,” said combination of rescuing wounded sea turtles McElwain. “Our service projects may seem to and helping Afghan refugees learn English. be totally disconnected, but the service focus As part of a course led by Art & epitomizes what takes place when the Athens Design faculty member Marilyn McElwain, campus develops strong partnerships in the twelve students spent twenty days in Greece. community and can identify areas of need.” While based at UIndy’s Athens campus, McElwain and her students participated in Teaching English both cultural exploration and intensive service The service learning portion of the course began learning projects. at the Caritas Athens Refugee Center, where “The trip included two service locations, students aided in a soup kitchen, distributed Caritas Refugee Center and Archelon Sea Turtle food and clothing, and taught lessons in the Rescue Center,” said Laura McGaughey, a English language. junior from Bainbridge, Indiana. Caritas primarily serves Afghan men, “In order for each student to get the full which presented a bit of concern for the female experience and to best serve at the service sites, volunteers, who knew that in Afghanistan, girls our group split into two smaller groups of have been attacked and beaten for going to school. six, with each group going to one location for The students were worried whether the refugees the first week and then switching sites for the might object to taking lessons from young second week.” American women. The service projects were suggested by Dina “Going in, I was worried how they would Skias, the director of student affairs and the view a young American woman standing in front Odyssey program at the Athens campus. of the class teaching them,” said junior Elizabeth Mauk of Valparaiso. “I feel like the men almost

22 PORTICO fall 2012 had to push their values aside.” But she found that told that that it was because the fishermen feel the men were very respectful and eager to learn. that they are a threat to their income. “My most memorable moments at Caritas “When the turtles get caught in the nets, were the expressions on my students’ faces when I most are shot and dumped back in the water. would see them in the soup kitchen and tell them The fishermen cannot afford to have any losses, how I was excited to see them later in class,” said especially with the economy now in Greece.” graduate student Heather Coyle of Morristown. The students were fortunate to see how the “A simple comment like that seemed to make center’s work pays off: they were present on the biggest impact on their willingness to keep National Sea Turtle Day, when the center released learning the English language.” one of its turtles, Leonidis, back into the sea. At the end of the two-week period, the “That was one of the most rewarding refugees told the UIndy students how much their experiences at Archelon. It was a great feeling to help had meant, and that they would never forget know that all of your hard work is influential in how the students showed that they truly cared for saving the life of a sea turtle,” Heather Coyle says. their well-being.

The refugees weren’t the only ones affected Earning a break by the experience. “I have never worked in an environment There was more to the trip, however, than service where I was very obviously a minority, nor had projects. Students also took in the culture of I ever worked with refugees,” McGaughey said. Greece, touring the archaeological museums “While I was originally hesitant to get involved at and sites of Delphi, Olympia, Mycenae, and the Caritas, I formed relationships with many of the Acropolis. A visit to the island of Santorini was Photos refugees that I was not expecting. also on the agenda. Left: While sightseeing, the UIndy group had the “My perspectives on refugees and immigrants Trio in turtle tanks were completely transformed.” opportunity to witness the Olympic flame being passed to representatives from England. There was Laura lathers a turtle a David Beckham sighting, too. Rescuing turtles “I went into this trip with expectations and This page: Students also worked at the Archelon Sea Turtle preconceived notions of Greece and the Greek Afghan refugees work Rescue Center, a facility that works to nurse lifestyle,” Laura McGaughey said. on a writing assignment injured sea turtles back to health. Duties there “But I returned with a better understanding Liz Mauk leads an included cleaning the facility and surrounding and a fuller appreciation of a different culture English class beach, preparing food (cutting fish and squid), that will allow me to be both a better student and feeding and cleaning turtles, and assisting in Another class with overall person.” Afghan refugees transportation to and from medical visits. McElwain was very proud of her students and “Most of the turtles at the site had injuries their accomplishments on the trip. that were deliberately caused by man, such as “Our students were excellent ambassadors brain damage from a hammer or blindness from in accepting the challenges,” she said. having their eyes poked out,” said Mauk. “They took on every experience “When I asked why would someone be so wholeheartedly.” —Jessica Wenclewicz cruel to such a practically harmless creature, I was

www.uindy.edu 23 When Adam Henze ’12 was working as a waiter, he used to write poetry on the backs of receipts. He even wrote poetry in the car. On one occasion in 2005—when he started writing professionally—he was composing poetry on his way to the National Poetry Slam. And when he performed his new work at the contest, he came in at fifteenth place in the nation. Not bad for last-minute work. Adam is part of the slam poetry community, a style of poetry that is fast and live and comes with instant feedback. Slam poets are given three minutes to perform on stage, and the audience Slam! boos or cheers accordingly. “I love the nervous feel and the anxiety that comes from performing in a slam,” says Adam. “The adrenaline rush is so awesome. I love the immediate feedback of the crowd and I love the theology of the slam because it empowers the audience and makes them the focus of the show.”

24 PORTICO fall 2012 at Gustavus Adolphus College in Minnesota. High school students came from such places as New York, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh, and Omaha to participate in the one-week camp. “Though we had only seven students,” explains Adam, “the camp was a total victory. “A lot of high school kids are trying to find their voice, and this can be really hard. We were so happy with the changes we saw in these students, from boosts in self-confidence and aware- Adam in action. (Photo, borrowed from Adam’s Facebook ness to understanding themselves and their place in page, by Sven Patrick Schmidt) the world. “Lots of smiles and high-fives all around.” Adam plans to participate in the camp again Adam has participated in more than 100 next year, in addition to teaching at a summer slams around the country. This fall he will be an speech lab at the George Mason Institute of associate adjunct in the UIndy Communication Forensics. When he’s not teaching, he loves being department teaching Oral Interpretation and out on the road, performing at clubs and on the Introduction to Public Speaking and working poetry slam circuit. with forensic practicums. He also loves a good haiku death match when He’ll also be the assistant director of the one can be found. (Haiku is a poetic form having speech and debate team, a passion that is near three lines of five, seven, and five syllables.) and dear to his heart. “Haiku is like taking a snapshot of an image The third floor of Esch Adam participated in speech throughout and turning it into something different,” he says. high school and college, helping F. J. Reitz “It’s a different power than a long-form poem.” Where most students High School in Evansville win numerous state Adam is working on a book of his poems fear to tread titles. He qualified three times for the National in addition to creating a show that will combine We’re here making art Forensics League national tournament, and in dinner with poetry. But for now, he is loving his 2001, he placed third in the nation in dramatic time on the road and getting to see the country. —an Adam Henze haiku interpretation after performing a one-man play. “It’s fun to be with my friends and travel and inspired by the Master of He accepted a full-ride scholarship to Western perform,” he says. “It’s good to have things that Arts in Teaching program Kentucky University and, in 2003 and 2004, humble you, and it’s good to have things that helped to lead the WKU speech team to its first ground you. national championships. “I’m often literally grounded because of When he graduated in 2006, he was looking spending nights on friends’ floors,” he adds with a for ways to stay involved with speech and public laugh. “But I’m smiling and having a great time.” performance, which led him to discover the art ­—Jennifer L. Huber of slam poetry. “Something beats in my head,” Adam says. “I think about one line, and I love playing with Largest crowd Adam has performed for: the syntax—the way the word sounds, the way 3,000 people the line reads. I think about how a sculptor would mold clay or chisel away at something Smallest crowd he has performed for: 2 to create an object. “A written work can be performed, too, so I His inspiration to discover slam poetry: keep that in mind; I write what looks good on the page and make sure I can say it out loud as well.” the book Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican After discovering his new passion, he decided Poets Café. to go back to school. In May, he graduated from UIndy with a master’s in teaching. The advanced Where Adam practices: “Anywhere. In degree, he explains, puts him on a more even the shower, driving, washing dishes. I like playing field with colleagues when teaching poetry. to recite my poetry and keep it sharp. This summer he helped to run and develop If not, I’ll fumble on stage.” the curriculum at the first-ever Slam Poetry Camp

www.uindy.edu 25 Student. Hero.

With the Pratt & Whitney engines roaring to his left and right, Emerson Barker guided the big P-61 attack plane down the runway. The Black Widow was a tough plane to fly, but Barker and his crew were tough men, young though they were. At 24, Barker, a 1941 Indiana Central grad, was the eldest of the three-man crew. He had already served his tour of duty and was given a chance to go home to live out the rest of the war stateside with his wife and infant son. He declined the offer, choosing instead to remain in the South Pacific training other fighter pilots. It was a selfless, fateful decision. Captain Barker was a decorated pilot, having won the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters. In November 1943, he led a dark-of-the-moon raid on Rabaul, a strategic enemy air base crucial to the Solomon Islands campaign. Less than five months later, the Bloomfield, Indiana, native was given a field promotion to major and command of the 419th Night Fighter Squadron. The mission on June 12, 1944, was a training run. The Allies were preparing to invade Japan, believing they would have to fight street by street to end the war. Barker’s squadron would defend the battleships steaming into Tokyo Bay. The twin-fuselage plane lumbered at first, and then, in only a thousand feet, became airborne. It could accelerate to 350 mph. Designed specifically for missions at night, the P-61 was a flying arsenal, laden with cannons, machine guns, and three tons of bombs. Once aloft, Barker would have checked on his crew and the rest of the squadron, keeping the planes in formation. Then, somewhere in the vicinity of Guadalcanal, the P-61 exploded mid-air. Nothing was ever found of the plane, the crew, or Major Barker. His name is listed on the Tablets of the Missing in the American Cemetery in the Philippines along with those of all the others who never returned.

26 PORTICO fall 2012 A sacrifice honored nation before handing it to the chaplain who, on bended knee, presented it—the token of a Not content to see their brother’s name on a grateful nation’s appreciation for one its heroes— plaque thousands of miles away, Dwight and to Emerson’s brother, Dwight. Kenneth Barker made it their quest to have Emerson’s memory honored on American soil. And so, 68 years and one day later, June A student remembered 13, 2012, Major Emerson Barker was honored Before he was a hero, Emerson Barker was a by his country with the most prestigious of student. Our student. He entered Indiana Central Photos its ceremonies: commemoration at Arlington College in 1937, majoring in History and Physical National Cemetery with full military honors. Education and intending to become a teacher. He Left page (top to bottom): was an active member of the campus community, I attended that ceremony and had to fight Major Barker’s marker back tears through most of it. Fifty of Barker’s singing in the glee club, competing in intramural friends and family gathered at Arlington and and varsity sports. The caisson followed a caisson drawn by six white horses to Like many students, he also had a campus Folding the flag the place where a headstone was installed in the job. Emerson worked a rather un-heroic job in the major’s honor. The caisson, a wagon really, carried cafeteria, peeling potatoes for 25 cents an hour. Presenting the flag only a flag—the one that would have draped He was a normal college student, doing Barker’s coffin. what college students do, soaking up a campus This page (courtesy of Escorting the flag was a crew of white- experience. Becoming a hero came later. University Archives): gloved airmen in immaculate dress uniform In his junior year—the war going in full— Emerson Barker, peeling and mirror-shined shoes. Medals, not just ribbons, Emerson entered a pilot training conducted at potatoes as a student hung over their hearts; gold braids, looped from Stout Field in Indianapolis that eventually led him epaulets, crossed their chests. A military band into advanced pilot training. He became proficient Major Barker with tapped cadence as the entourage walked behind at flying the fastest, most agile pursuit aircraft: his P-61 attack plane the caisson. P-38s, P-40s, P-47s, and then the P-61. A rifle squad stood behind us at the grave site In 1942 he married his college sweetheart, as another squad guarded us from the brow of a Frances Van Buskirk. They had one son, Emerson nearby hill. The band, General Pershing’s Own, Jr., who never got to know his dad. He followed stood among the gravestones and played hymns in his father’s footsteps though, becoming a Navy that covered the city sounds around us. veteran and pilot in his own right. Then came the shouted commands, and three World War II demanded much of this country. volleys of seven carbines gave Major Barker the Ordinary citizens had to do extraordinary things. final gun salute. Blue smoke still hung in the air So it was with Emerson Barker, a normal college as the color guard began to unfold and then refold student who planned to become a teacher. the flag over the spot of ground where the major’s In the end, it was his intention to become a catafalque would have been. teacher that was fulfilled. He could have come Leaning in to inspect and to take the flag as home after his tour of duty ended. Instead, he it was passed to him, each man folded his section remained in the Pacific Theater, teaching other with automatic precision. young men how to fly. The color guard commander inspected the Some seven decades later, he was honored as tri-cornered flag, then held it tightly to his chest as a national hero on our country’s most hallowed if to imbue the cloth with the respect of an entire grounds. ­—David W. Wantz ’84

www.uindy.edu 27 Sports Update Ranked among the elite UIndy Athletics has tied its school record GLVC All-Sports Trophy, too by finishing fifth in NCAA Division II in UIndy has also earned the 2011–12 the 2011–12 Learfield Sports Directors’ Great Lakes Valley Conference All- Cup final standings. The Greyhounds are Sports Trophy. The Greyhounds by far the top team from the conference, totaled 167.5 points in the GLVC’s 17 23 spots ahead of Northern Kentucky. championship sports behind a UIndy- This is the third time in school record seven conference championships. history UIndy has finished among the top UIndy outscored second-place Northern five programs in the country (2008–09, Kentucky by 11.5 points and third-place 1996–97), including the second time Bellarmine by 26.5 points. in the last four seasons. This marks the This is the fourth GLVC All-Sports ninth time in the last 10 seasons that Trophy for UIndy and the first since the UIndy was ranked in the top 20. 2002–03 season. The Greyhounds won The Greyhounds are also consistently the first conference all-sports award in the top athletic program in the state. This 1978–79 and won again in 1994–95. is the fourth time in the last five seasons The successes for UIndy started in that UIndy is the highest-ranked Indiana the fall with the volleyball team taking Most Valuable: Matt Royer. Photo: Jim Burgess athletic program. (See chart opposite.) its third conference championship with UIndy finished the year with 673.75 a thrilling five-set win in the tournament points, just 8.25 points behind fourth- championship match. place Augustana (S.D.). Grand Canyon The second title came in the winter (Ariz.) took the overall title this season, with the men’s indoor track and field followed by Grand Valley State (Mich.) team winning its third consecutive and Ashland (Ohio). UIndy’s success is conference title in the event hosted by even more impressive considering that Wisconsin-Parkside. three of the top five finishers were from The big points for UIndy started the Midwest Region, making it the most to come in the spring as the Hounds competitive in NCAA Division II. finished the season by sweeping the last The Greyhounds had nine top- five championships to be contested. 20 finishes: baseball (7), men’s indoor The run started with an April track and field (8), women’s golf (9), doubleheader as the softball team women’s volleyball (9), men’s golf (11), defeated Illinois Springfield in the finals men’s outdoor track and field (11), in Peoria, while women’s golf completed Most Valuable: Jennifer DeMotte women’s swimming and diving (11), a seven-shot comeback to win the men’s swimming and diving (12) and championship in Waterloo, Ill. men’s basketball (17); wrestling (28), For the third year in a row, the men’s softball (33), and women’s basketball (33) and women’s outdoor track and field teams rounded out the scoring. were double winners at the GLVC Cham- Men’s athletic programs scored pionships at St. Joseph’s College in May. points in the maximum seven sports, The final UIndy points came in while the women took points in five. Evansville, as the baseball team bounced back from losing its tournament opener to win five in a row and knock off Northern Kentucky in the finals. UIndy’s athletics prospects are good on the heels of earning the Great Lakes Valley Conference All-Sports Trophy. For example, the Greyhounds were a unanimous preseason No. 1 as ranked by coaches on the eve of the first-ever Most Valuable: Donovan Drake. See page 13 GLVC football season this fall.

28 PORTICO fall 2012 Season NCAA Div. I NCAA II NCAA III NAIA

2011–12 Notre Dame: 17th UIndy: 5th DePauw: 42nd Indiana Tech: 22nd

2010–11 Notre Dame: 18th UIndy: 20th DePauw: 33rd Ind. Wesleyan: 25th

2009–10 Notre Dame: 27th UIndy: 17th DePauw: 26th Ind. Wesleyan: 20th

2008–09 Notre Dame: 21st UIndy: 5th DePauw: 39th Bethel: 19th

2007–08 Notre Dame: 21st UIndy: 15th DePauw: 18th Ind. Wesleyan: 24th Coming up

Winning in the classroom Baseball run Family Day/Fun The Great Lakes Valley Conference announced its The baseball team had an amazing run as it Run & Walk 2011–12 Academic All-GLVC selections, with the collected the highest NCAA finish of any UIndy September 22 University of Indianapolis topping the 16-school athletic program during the 2011–12 season. The Key Stadium league with 158 honorees. Greyhounds didn’t drop a game during regional UIndy was one of only four institutions with play as they used a 9-6 extra-inning victory Homecoming more than 150 Academic All-GLVC winners. against Rockhurst to win the NCAA Division II October 6, 2012 Two Greyhound athletic teams led their particular Midwest Regional and advance to the Division II Key Stadium sport, with women’s track & field garnering 30 College World Series for the first time since 2000. honorees and women’s soccer earning 22. The Greyhounds defeated Rockhurst twice, Combined with its 58 GLIAC (Great Lakes along with Lewis and Wayne State in the regional Greyhound Club Intercollegiate Athletic Conference) All-Academic in Ypsilanti, Mich. Online Auction selections in football and men’s and women’s Junior Ryan Wides, who had three hits in Oct. 17–24 swimming & diving, and seven others tabbed the championship game, finished the tourney UIndyathletics.com by the NCAA Division II Wrestling Coaches 10-for-17 (.588) at the plate and was named Association, UIndy tallied a grand total of 216 the Midwest Regional MVP. Catcher Brandon Light the Night student-athletes on all-academic honor rolls for Stevens, shortstop Mike Page, third baseman cancer event the 2011–12 season. Tyler O’Daniel, designated hitter Scott Mourey, October 27 Among those 158 honorees, UIndy had 14 and pitcher Donovan Drake also made the all- Key Stadium student-athletes who earned the GLVC Council tournament team. of Presidents’ Academic Excellence Award. The postseason run for UIndy started in Pack the House The recipients of the GLVC Council of Evansville with the Great Lakes Valley Conference January 26 Presidents’ Academic Excellence Award exemplify Tournament. After dropping the first game of the vs. Bellarmine the outstanding student-athletes in the GLVC. tournament, the Greyhounds faced an elimination The honorees have exhausted eligibility in the game for the rest of the tournament. The pressure Florida Golf Outing intercollegiate sport in which they participated didn’t faze the Crimson and Grey, which rattled February 6–8 and maintained at a least a 3.5 grade point average off five wins in a row to take the GLVC trophy Ft. Lauderdale throughout their academic careers. for the first time since 2001. Student-athletes must have competed in the The run featured Phil Wheeler’s no-hitter Hall of Fame GLVC for a minimum of two years and completed against Rockhurst that ended up being featured February 23 96 credit hours. They can earn the distinguished on ESPN’s “SportsCenter” Top 10 Plays. The vs. Wisconsin-Parkside honor only once. junior struck out 11 to notch the first UIndy no- The Greyhounds’ honorees were Tyler Norton hitter since 1995. Senior Buffet Taku Chapman Tom McGuire JaVaun (baseball), , (men’s After the season, pitchers Drake and April 2013 Pete Wilson Hannah West soccer), (men’s tennis), both inked contracts with teams in the Primo Banquet & Kelzer Darin Pinnick (volleyball), (women’s golf), independent Frontier League, with Drake joining Conference Center Libby Anderl, Morgan Binder, Kellie Donnelly, the Windy City Thunderbolts and West catching Kelsey Wendholt (women’s soccer), Alena Perez- on with the Gateway Grizzlies. After three starts Majul, Meghan Teunis (women’s tennis), Rachel with the Thunderbolts, Drake was signed to a Robertson, and Hillary Wenning (women’s track contract by the Atlanta Braves organization and and field). reported to the Danville Braves, the parent club’s Advanced Rookie-level team. —Matt Holmes, Assistant Athletic Director for Media Relations For the latest athletics See page 13 for the winners of the Dr. Robert news, visit http:// M. Brooker Most Valuable Athlete awards. athletics.uindy.edu.

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Alumni Relations welcomes Homecoming new assistant director October 5–6 Alison Hernandez ’09 We’ve made lots of changes to Homecoming— joined the staff August 1 thanks to your input: we hosted focus groups as assistant director of with alumni to identify activities that would be alumni relations. of interest to you, such as the new Greyhound Alison earned her Village. See pages 32–33! BS in Communication, Public Relations, and Electronic Media from Pack-the-House Night UIndy. She had worked January 26, 2013 at Krav Maga Worldwide Come support your fellow Hounds, and don’t Indianapolis as operations manager and interned miss out on the best Pack-the-House night yet! with Emmis Communications as a promotions assistant, and with o2ideas as an event facilitator. As a student, Alison was involved in the Recent events Public Relations Student Society of America. A Greyhound She also earned several awards from the Society Home Run of Professional Journalists, the International Saturday, August 25 Association of Business Communicators, and the Indiana Association of School Broadcasters. Here’s hoping Register online Alison is primarily responsible for you made it to the UIndy Night at http://alumni. managing Alumni Central, the alumni online community; helping to develop social networking at Victory Field, uindy.edu. opportunities and strategies for alumni; and sponsored by the advising the Student Alumni Association. UIndy Alumni Board! By now, this is a Please participate in the alumni Greyhound rite of summer. directory project The Indianapolis Indians are the Triple-A affiliate This summer, UIndy launched a project with of the Pittsburgh Pirates, and Victory Field, at the Publishing Concepts International to compile corner of West and Maryland streets in downtown an up-to-date printed alumni directory. Indianapolis (and sporting a spectacular view On behalf of the University, PCI represen- of the city skyline from every seat in the house), tatives will be in touch with you by mail, phone, has been recognized as the Best Minor League or email to update your contact and career infor- Ballpark in America by the likes of Baseball mation for the directory. You will also have the America and Sports Illustrated. If you missed it this opportunity to buy a copy of the directory. summer, don’t let another summer go by without The project will take about a year to joining us. And bring the family! complete; the books are projected for delivery in summer 2013. Nominate someone for recognition Cranking out ideas? We’re always looking for the scoop on our alumni! Have ideas for alumni programs? Looking for an Your suggestions will help us identify folks for old friend? Want to volunteer with the Alumni Alumni Central stories and for recognition in our Association or the University? Let us know!

annual awards program. Natalie A. Cummings, director, cummingsn@ Simply use the convenient nomination form uindy.edu, (317) 788-3205

at alumni.uindy.edu/awards. Alison Hernandez ’09, assistant director, [email protected], (317) 788-2137 Jenny Pettit ’11, administrative assistant, [email protected], (317) 788-3295

30 PORTICO fall 2012 As a UIndy graduate, you are a member of the UIndy Alumni Association, and that comes with a number of perks. Join Alumni Central, your online alumni community, to post and search jobs, join or create alumni groups, write your own blog, receive free Future Greyhound T-shirts for the newest additions to the family, audit a University class at no cost, obtain a membership discount at the Ruth Lilly Fitness Center, receive access to the University’s Krannert Memorial Library, and much, much more! Visit alumni.uindy.edu for more details on your membership benefits!

Looking for a new job? Get involved Enhance your search through networking with Learn about and register for fun alumni events. other UIndy alumni! Visit alumni.uindy.edu to: Voice your opinions and share your stories gain access to more UIndy alumni in one place on alumni get-togethers, career advice, your than any other social networking site. favorite UIndy memory, “remember when” post your résumé. stories, travel stories, Greyhound athletics, and even greyhound dog owner advice! Help others in their job search Wheel & deal You can help other alumni with career searches by posting openings or serving as a mentor. Buy or sell items through a classified ads section. Membership is free. You simply need to register Make connections using your community ID—the last five digits of your former student ID—to access the online Network with other alumni through the use of alumni directory and other career resources. message boards Need help remembering your ID? Just drop us a Create a business Web card. (The career section note at [email protected]! is housed within your profile.) Post your résumé and search for an e-mentor—or become one yourself! First-time user?

Keep current Visit http://alumni.uindy.edu Select First-Time Login Update your address and phone number and Enter your last name tell us what’s new with you. Locate your record Enter your ID number (contact Alumni Relations at (317) 788-3295 or alumni@ uindy.edu for your log-in ID)

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Homecoming Week: October 1–6 Alumni Honors & Recognition Luncheon (Saturday, October 6) 2012 Honorees Distinguished Alumni Award Julie Fritz ’92, Associate Professor, School of Health, University of Utah Distinguished Young Alumni Award Nichole Wilson ’02 ’06, Director of Rehabilitation Services, Community Hospitals, Indianapolis Honorary Alumni Awards Beverley & Bill Pitts, University of Indianapolis Bill Thompson, Community Patient Resource Group Volunteer for UIndy’s College of Health Sciences Alumni Swim Meet (Saturday, October 6)

The current team invites its alumni to attend or participate in the 2012 UIndy Swimming and Diving Alumni Meet. Business Card Swap, Classes of 1987–2012 (Thursday, October 4) Free appetizers and cash bar at Scotty’s Brewhouse down- town! Bring business cards and compete for door prizes! Classes of 1949–52 Reunion (Friday & Saturday, October 5 & 6) Eldon Johnson ’50 invites you to come reminisce about ICC. Conference rooms are reserved near campus at Comfort Inn Suites (I-65 & Keystone). Contact Eldon Johnson at 1-256-825-9109 or Helen (Rusty) Moon Harper at 1-740-454-2822.

32 PORTICO fall 2012 Class of ’62 Reunion Tailgate Town (Friday & Saturday, October 5 & 6) (Saturday, October 6) Dan (Wilk) Wilkinson, Dan (Motz) Motto, Larry Miller, Tailgate before the big game in the lots at Hanna Avenue and Sandy Lawlis, and John Cazier invite you to Friday’s 50- State Street (north and south of Hanna). Inflatables, perfor- Year reunion dinner, plus a play, UIndy Alumni Do ‘Romeo mances, and other special events. Please bring your own food. & Juliet,’ written by Larry Miller. At Saturday’s Honors & UIndy Parking Lots 17 ($10 per space); lots 14, 19 & 20 (free). Recognition Luncheon: your induction in the 50-Year Club. Football Game vs. St. Joseph’s College Campus Tour / Residence Hall Tours (Saturday, October 6) (Saturday, October 6) Plus, the golf cart parade precedes the game (5 p.m.). Visit old and new campus haunts with a student guide—and These mini-floats decorated by students get better reminisce about some of your favorite locations and student each year! activities along the way. The Homecoming king and queen will be announced at halftime. Family Fun at the new Greyhound Village! (Saturday, October 6) Theatre Production: Little Shop of Horrors Enjoy a Saturday afternoon on campus! (Thursday–Saturday, October 4–6) Advance registration recommended. Little Shop is a musical about a down-and-out skid row Free concert by the Flying Toasters (2–4 p.m.) floral assistant who becomes an overnight sensation when Carnival with inflatables, snacks, and games for all ages. he discovers an exotic plant with a mysterious craving for Sand volleyball games for students & alumni, every fresh blood. For tickets and more information, please 317) 788-3251 hour on the hour, 2–5 p.m. contact the Event Ticketing Center at ( . As a Campus and residence hall tours. courtesy to the cast and other audience members, please do Gathering place with designated areas for you to connect not bring infants or preschoolers to the production. Parking with professors, classmates, and students from your major. available in UIndy lots 1 and 2, located at Shelby Street and Ace the Greyhound’s Birthday Party in Schwitzer Student Hanna Avenue. Center’s rotunda entrance. Cake, party hats, balloons, School of Business Reunion photos with Ace (he never smiles), and fun party gifts! (Saturday, October 6) Community cookout featuring our nationally recognized dining service. $6 per person (ages 10 and younger: free!) Graduates of UIndy’s School of Business: come visit your tent Support Gleaners Food Bank with a contribution of non- at Greyhound Village from 3 to 5 p.m. perishable food items for our canned food drive. (Drop off Those Were the Days: Archives Open House items as you arrive at the Greyhound Village check-in.) (Saturday, October 6)

PLUS: What’s better than looking at a college yearbook to recall Alumni History Project favorite memories? Join UIndy archivist Christine Guyonneau Contribute now: Deadline is September 20 for an enchanting review of life on campus from the 1940s to the 2000s, and share a few of your best stories along the way! Your story is our story! The history of the University is rich with individual stories that only you can tell. No matter the name of the school when you attended—Indiana Central or University of Indianapolis—we need your help to tell our history share with the entire UIndy community! , Tell us about your favorite professors and classes, student activities that built skills and social life, dorm life, even stories Watch your mail for your Homecoming you never thought you’d tell. brochure. Or call (317) 788-3295 Share your story today at alumni.uindy.edu/story. The or go to Alumni Central. deadline is September 20. Your stories will be compiled into And “like” us on Facebook for updates the Alumni History Project booklet. Copies will be available on Homecoming and other fun alumni at the Alumni Association tent at Greyhound Village at a activities at www.facebook.com/. small fee to cover printing costs. uindyalumni

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A Q & A with recent graduate Mengjie Du ’12 Hometown: Shangyu, Zhejiang Province, People’s Republic of China Campus job? “I worked in the admissions office for two years. UIndy provides a lot of opportunities to work on campus.” Fun fact: “During my time at UIndy, I used holiday time to travel a lot to places like New York, L.A., San Francisco, Las Vegas, Chicago, Miami, Key West, and Mexico. I really appreciate getting to study abroad and travel.”

Far from home, but in a comfort zone Why did you choose UIndy? What is your favorite thing about “I’d wanted to study in the U.S. since I was a your professors? child, because the education in this country is “American professors are very different from comprehensive and well-respected. One of my Chinese professors! During my first class at friends who studied in the U.S. recommended UIndy, I was surprised to see my professor take that I attend college in the Midwest because big off one of his shoes and continue teaching because cities like New York and Los Angeles have so he felt his ‘left foot was too warm.’ Another time, many Chinese people, meaning English might one of my professors used her toes to pick up a not be necessary in daily life. My college in China dropped pencil, and she was pretty proud of that! (Ningbo Institute of Technology) has a study- “I always thought professors were only serious abroad option at UIndy, so I’m earning credit for and boring, but now I know that professors can both my UIndy degree and my Chinese degree.” also be funny and awesome.” Were you involved on campus? Favorite place to hang out? “I was an International Ambassador in the “I love UIndy’s free gym. I’d go running and Admissions Office. I communicated with swimming when I needed a break from studying. prospective students from China and provided The gym is always clean and it’s not crowded.” them with information, wrote a Chinese-language blog about campus, and maintained a Weibo How did you like Indianapolis? (Chinese Twitter) account for UIndy.” “Indianapolis is not as famous as New York City, but what I like here is that it has a quiet and Have a favorite UIndy memory? friendly environment. I feel it is a very nice city “My favorite memory is from my first year, when to live and study, and it’s quite safe compared I had three American girls as my roommates in with other cities.” Central Hall. They were so nice and helped me adapt to life in the U.S. They taught me how to What’s one thing that sets UIndy bake cookies and shared their favorite songs with apart from other schools? me. Making friends was really easy when I came “UIndy has many students from all over the world to UIndy.” and they take care of the international students very well. UIndy has an International Relations What’s life on campus like? office and a special international orientation, “As a Chinese student, living on campus with which are very helpful. American girls was definitely an exciting, fresh “UIndy also has a Celebration of the Flags experience; it was so interesting living in a different every year to show respect for all the students and culture. My American roommates were very nice and staff from other countries.” have always been happy to teach me new things. It’s not only a good memory of friendship but it was also very helpful for improving my English.”

34 PORTICO fall 2012 Passion for teaching leads to legacy of learning • “My parents have always taken education seriously,” Rena Marie Humerickhouse says. “And a recent conversation with my mother’s college roommate revealed just how studious she was. You see, back in the early forties, when they were studying at ICC, my dad would sneak over to the girls’ dormitory and whistle underneath my mother’s window. Herbert W. and Marjorie Anson Smith with their daughter, “All the while, her roommate would say, ‘Herb is Rena Marie Humerickhouse. out there whistling.’ “And my mom would reply, ‘I know,’ and keep on “While I did not attend UIndy, I am impressed with studying or finishing the chapter! what the University is doing with education. It is on the “My parents had a strong belief in the power of cutting edge. My mother, especially, was always on the education. They both taught school (my mother was a cutting edge herself and looking to the future. home economics/family and consumer science teacher “As I think about their gift to UIndy, helping future and my dad was an industrial arts teacher). Following students through an eternal scholarship fund makes in their footsteps, I too became a teacher, for 29 years. perfect sense. “The tradition passed on to their two grandchildren “This scholarship, the Herbert W. and Marjorie as well. My parents believed in the University and its Anson Smith Endowed Scholarship, confirms their belief role in building a better world. This is why they chose in the University and education—one that their family to create an endowed scholarship at the University supports, also.” of Indianapolis. “As any good teacher would, my parents planned ahead. They wanted to continue their passion for Gifts to create an endowed scholarship teaching even when they were gone. And they did so at the University of Indianapolis will help through their will, adding onto the endowed scholarship to secure your legacy while supporting UIndy scholars for many generations they had already created during their lifetimes. to come. For more information contact Andy Kocher at (317) 788-3493 or [email protected].

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brother-in-law, Lester wife, Margaret; daughter, at Monsanto Fund in 1930s Lausch ’36. She lived in Sarah; sons, Steven Miamisburg, Ohio, and Leona Herr ’38 passed Kendallville, Ind. and Clayton; and 10 lived in Dayton. away February 28. grandchildren and 17 Survivors include her great-grandchildren. Lois Mannix ’46 died husband, Charles; sons, 1940s He lived in Fishers, Ind. March 19. She was a Dennis and David; Amos Atkins ’42 died retired teacher at Fort daughter, Sally; seven March 17. He served in John Birden ’42 passed Wayne Community grandchildren; and six the U.S. Army during away November 3, 2011. Schools, Fort Wayne, Ind. great-grandchildren. World War II and earned He was preceded in death Survivors include her She was preceded in the Purple Heart after by his wife, Ruth Sittler sisters, Velma, Martha, death by her sister, the Battle of the Bulge. Birden ’42. He was a and Marjory, and 14 Glendys Lausch ’33, and Survivors include his retired research specialist nieces and nephews. She

36 PORTICO fallFall 2012 was preceded in death by Amy and Lindsey; Merrill Christie Jr. ’52, Angie; children, Debbi, her brother, Thurman. brother, William; sister- son of the late Lois Kathy, Becky, Terri, and She lived in New Haven. in-law, Viola; nieces, Christie ’69, died April Rob; 16 grandchildren; nephews, great-nieces and 25. He was a retired four great-grandchildren; great-nephews; and a host pharmacist after 35 years a brother, Marvin; and a 1950s of extended family and at Hook’s Drug Stores sister, Marjorie. He lived Joyce Everett Owen friends. Preceding her in in Hendricks, Morgan, in Avon, Ind. ’50 died February 6. death was her husband, and Marion counties. Survivors include her son, Jack Owen ’53. She lived Survivors include his wife, Mark; granddaughters, in Garland, Tex.

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alumni.uindy.edu 37 Obituary Richard Neff Sr.; stepson, Richard Neff Jr.; her 1970s Thomas Hathaway ’54 died April 22. He mother, Rosemary; sister, Mary Jane Putnam taught and coached cross country and track for Kay; brother, Walter; ’70 died March 13. She Perry Township Schools for 46 years and taught brother-in-law, Michael; taught kindergarten track and field at both IUPUI and UIndy. He was and several nieces and through second grade as a letter winner in cross country and track and field nephews. She lived in well as remedial reading from 1951 to 1954 and helped the Greyhounds Napannee, Ind. for Indianapolis Public to Hoosier College Conference cross country Schools. Survivors championships in 1952 and 1953. Tom then came John Comstock ’64 include her brother, back to coach the Greyhounds and was named died February 27. Gary; nephews, Gregory Great Lakes Valley Conference Coach of the Year Survivors include his and David; and cousins, in 1992. brother, Mark; his Carolyn, Carl, and Bill. children, Edward, Know a student He also spent more than 30 years coaching mini- She lived in Indianapolis. marathon and full marathon classes with Ken FElizabeth, I and Emily N Kenneth L. Short ’72 who needs Long and Associates. Tom championed girls’ O Alice Allen ’04D; grand- financial aid? and women’s athletics and laid the foundationY children, Johnathan,I died April 7. He was an for IHSAA-sanctioned girls’ crossT country. His Catherine, and Jackson;A accountant for Western Electric in Indianapolis. Nominate the stellar girls’ teams at Southport High ISchool once went and his former wife, N four years without losing a meet.S Tom ran 131 Mary Alice Kolkmeier He is survived by his student in your life Comstock ’65. He was wife,A Gladys; three sons, marathons (and many half-marathonsR and other for admission to races). He ran one in each state, becoming a a cameraman at WLWI K. Lowell, Kevin, and and WTTV from 1970 to Steven;P two brothers, UIndy or for a member of the 50 StatesE Marathon Club, which

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1960s nephews; and companion, Laura; stepchildren, lived in Ashland, Mo. David R. Decatur ’60 Marybeth. He was Dana and Charles; 11 Joe Hendricks ’76 died March 12. He was preceded in death by his grandchildren; and great- died March 5. Survivors a medical director for parents and son, Blake. grandchild Liam. He include his wife, Betty; both the Marion County He lived in Carmel, Ind. was preceded in death children, Denise, Jeff, Sheriff’s Department & by his sister, Mary Alice; Keith, LeAnn, and Bryan; Jail System and, most Karel Neff ’61 died brothers, Merle and Earl; brother, John; and 11 recently, the Decatur Vein March 27. She was a and grandson Logan. He grandchildren and 19 Clinic. Survivors include retired elementary teacher lived in Plainfield, Ind. great-grandchildren. He his son, Trent; daughters, at Wawasee Community lived in Fishers, Ind. Paige, Brooke, and School Corporation in Debbie; brothers, Robert Syracuse, Ind. She is and Steve; fourteen survived by her husband,

38 PORTICO fallFall 2012 Douglas (Shane) property, casualty, life/ Harrington ’79 died accident, and health, 2000s February 24. Shane as well as continuing worked for Karma education courses. He Records and Arrow lives in Crown Point, Ind. Electronics. Survivors include his wife, Martha. He lived in Indianapolis. 1990s John M. Sanders ’92 Mike Cagle ’77 of the 1980s died February 24. He is F. C. Tucker Company in survived by his son, in Greenwood, Ind., has Richard F. Cline ’80 Justin; daughter, Whit- Oliver John was born reached the President’s died March 30. He ney; his parents; sister, to Josh & Dayla Wiley Club for the fifth time, retired from the U.S. Jennifer; step-grand- Thurston ’00 November becoming a life member Army in 1999. SurvivorsO Fmother; IN one nephew; two 10, 2011. The family lives and earning the title of include his sons, Joshua, nieces; and sixD aunts and in Shelbyville, Ind. first vice president. Mike Matthew, andY Timothy; uncles. He lived in INew also received the Gary sisters,T Catherine and Albany, Ohio. A Patricia;I and step-sisters, N B. Warstler Marketing Chad Cassinelli ’93 Excellence Award for PeggyS and Penny. He is ’99 has been appointed leading the company in preceded in death by his A R senior vice president and total number of homes father, James; brother, James; half-brother, managing director of P sold for individual agents, E Charles; and brother-in- M&I Wealth Manage- and finished in the O law Michael. He lived in ment, a part of BMO company’s Top Ten for V

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a lieutenant on the management, financial on November 12, 2011. U Education for Service office in production for Indianapolis Police advisors, personal trust, She joins her brother, the sixth time and earned Department and then and estate settlement Andy, and sister, Annalea, the Realty Alliance served with the Amtrak services. Outside the at the family’s home in Award for the nineteenth Police Department. office, the Indianapolis Franklin, Ind. straight year. He resides Survivors include her resident is involved in in Greenwood, Ind. daughter, Leighia;1 two youth sports and serves Thomas D. Schneider grandchildren, Meghan9 0on the2 Franklin Township ’78 died January 21. and Jake; sister, Wanda; Education Foundation Survivors include his wife, two nieces, Angela and advisory board. Lana; children, Terry, Andrea; and a great-niece Patrick McMahon ’95 John, Christina, David, and great-nephew. She died April 2. Survivors Jared, Thomas, and lived in Indianapolis. include his wife, Fran; Corey; 15 grandchildren; Linda Flight ’84 has son, P. J.; granddaughter, Kalle Addelin was born sisters, Mary, Catherine, Dustin ’01 published a book of 35 Ella; mother, Marge; to and and Teresa; and brother, Renna Davidson poems, Seasons of Myself, sisters, Mary, Phyllis, and Michael. Thomas had Waalkens ’01 a Face, a Place, a Time Teresa; and several nieces on been a proud Marine, in Space. She lives in and nephews. His father February 3. She has a serving during the Indianapolis. preceded him in death. brother, Carter, and sister, Vietnam War; a lieutenant He lived in Indianapolis. Kinley. The family lives on the Indianapolis Mark Line ’88 is an in Indianapolis. Police Department; and instructor at Insurance the mayor of Lawrence, Career Training in Indiana. He lived in Valparaiso. He teaches Chandler, Ariz. pre-licensing courses for

alumni.uindy.edu 39 Cameron Causey ’02 years on the board of recently earned the CLU directors for the National designation from the Association for Health American College. He is Care Recruitment, most a financial representative recently as president. with Northwestern Mutual and assists individuals, business owners, and professionals with financial security Lucy Elizabeth was born Andy Hammond ’06 and estate planning. He to Adam ’04 and Grace and Anne Muskopf were lives in Indianapolis. Wilhoite George ’04 married June 30. Andy is on February 23. Adam is a financial representative an assistant principal at for Northwestern Mutual Andrews High School, Fin IndianapolisIN and serves Andrews, S.C. Grace O is a on the UIndyD Alumni Charley Hammond ’08 special educationY teacher Board of Directors.I They and Jessica McCollum at McDonaldT Elementary live in Indianapolis. A ’12 were married on SchoolI in Georgetown. NJuly 14. Charley is a AdamS and Grace are the sales representative boys’ and girls’ tennis andA manager for Aqua Rcoaches at Georgetown Systems in Avon, Ind. Bearett Francis was born High School. They live JessicaP works for Indiana

to Keith and Symantha E Members Credit Union in in Pawleys Island, S.C. O Crane Dion ’03 March Indianapolis. The couple V

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in Indianapolis. She also to Tim and Stephanie Joseph “Scott” Nieten on U Education for Service lives in Indianapolis. Freed Hine ’06 ’09 on August 13, 2011. Abby Januar y 17. The family is editor for the College lives in Butler, Ind. Network. The couple lives in Noblesville, Ind. Crystle Collins Helderman ’07 is a Samantha Cotten 1 9 receptionist2 at Target ’09 is the marketing 0Metabolism in Green- and communications wood, Ind. She lives in coordinator at Raybourn Isaiah James was born to Greenwood. Group International Jim and Jessica Carl Association. She lives Irven ’03 on April 25, Suzi Elizabeth was born Lydia Ostermeier in Carmel, Ind. 2011. He joins his sister, to Sean and Julie Ruehl ’07, who earned her Christa Edwards ’09 Brianna, at the family’s Ernst ’05 ’06 on March master’s degree in nursing home in Fort Wayne, Ind. 3. She joins her brother, administration from is an occupational Brady, at the family’s UIndy, has been hired as therapist at Tru Rehab Rob Mager ’03 is an home in Cincinnati. associate vice president LLC., Madison account manager at of the Executive Search Healthcare Center in Aerotek Commercial Heather M. Taylor ’05 division at B. E. Smith Indianapolis. She lives Staffing. He lives in passed away February 21. Inc., a Kansas-based in Greenwood, Ind. Indianapolis. Survivors include her healthcare leadership parents; her brother, solutions firm. She has Davey; and her grand- served for the past five mother, Edna. She lived in Monticello, Ind.

40 PORTICO fall 2012 Brittany Behrendt ’11 is in Lafayette, Ind. She lives Lindsey Roszkowski 2010s an occupational therapist in Zionsville. ’12 is an occupational Emily Church ’10 is an with Comp-Health. She therapist at Rehab occupational therapist resides in Antioch, Ill. Allison Easterhaus ‘12 Strategies-Weitminister in Indianapolis at the married Eric Honeycutt Village North in Rehabilitation Hospital Damon C. Brown Sr. on January 7. Allison is Indianapolis. She lives of Indiana. She lives in ’11 died February 27. an occupational therapist in McCordsville. Indianapolis. Survivors include his at the University of mother, Betty; sons, Louisville Hospital. She Amy Todd Spencer Courtny Cotten ’10 is a Damon Jr., DeJon, lives in Louisville, Ky. ’12 is an occupational user experience designer and Cory; and brother, therapist at Meadow Greyhound Julie Harrison for Universal Mind. He Darrell. He lived in Lakes American Olympians lives in Carmel, Ind. Indianapolis. Kniptash ’12 is a Senior Community in registered occupational Mooresville, Ind. She Dalton Herendeen Kiersten Hindahl ’10 Brittany N. Miller ’11 Ftherapist IN at Owensboro lives in Greenwood, Ind. (p. 20) is the is an occupational is a per diem nurse O at Medical HealthD System in fourth UIndy therapist at Kindred Parkview HospitalY and Owensboro, Ky. SheI lives Dominic Toscano ’12 is student-athlete Transitional Care and LutheranT Rehabilitation in Evansville, Ind. A an occupational therapist to represent his Rehab Castleton in Hospital.I She resides in at Kindred Transitional country in Olympic Theresa Zmijewski N Indianapolis. She resides Spencerville, Ind. Care and Rehab in competition and S Maloney ’12, a registered in Indianapolis. AGreenwood, Ind. He the first since his Erin Stinchcomb occupational therapist, R married Shannon assistant coach, Kyle D. Miller ’10 is a Peterson ’11 is an is employed at Easter AllisonP ’09 on May Orel Oral ’04 ’08, sales executive at Martin E occupational therapist Seals Crossroads in 5. The couple lives in competed for Marketing in Elkart, Ind. at Franciscan St. Francis Indianapolis. She lives O Indianapolis. Turkey at the 2000 Martin Marketing is a V Health in Indianapolis. in Fishers.

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Goshen, Ind. an occupational therapist tional therapist at Wishard Health Services

U Education for Service standout Dick at Lifespan Therapy/ Children’s TherAplay in Indianapolis. She lives Nalley ’77 with the Annmarie Reuzenaar Cardon Harbour Manor Foundation. She lives in Indianapolis. ’10 married T. J. Schwartz in Noblesville, Ind. She in Zionsville, Ind. U.S. two-man and on December 31, 2011. lives in Carmel. four-man bobsled Emily Mink ’12 She is an occupational is an Bonita L. (Chandler) at Lake Placid, Jennifer N. Ray ’12 is occupational therapist finishing fifth therapist at Franciscan St. Snellenberger, of a registered occupational at Cornerstone Pediatric in the two-man. Elizabeth Health located Martinsville, Ind., died therapist at Tricare1 Rehab, in Danville, Ind. Randy Heisler ’86 in Lafayette, Ind. The 9 0 2 June 3, 2012. The wife Rehab, the Waters She lives in Greencastle. represented the U.S. couple lives in Carmel. of longtime UIndy of Martinsville, in throwing the discus art professor Earl G. Crystal Haney Stephen Martinsville, Ind. She Amy Kwiatkowski at the 1988 Games, Snellenberger, Bonnie had ’10 is an occupational lives in Indianapolis. Pfeffenberger ’12 is finishing 17th. taught a drawing course at therapist at Waters of an occupational therapist the University. A graduate Dillsboro in Batesville, Ind. Carly Decker ’12 is an at Kindred Transitional of the Herron School of She lives in Canaan, Ind. occupational therapist at Care and Rehabilitation Westside Village Health in Carmel, Ind. She Art, Bonnie exhibited Anna M. Wright ’10 Center in Indianapolis. and her husband, John widely as a fine artist and has passed her National She lives in Indianapolis. Pfeffenberger ’11, live received many awards for Board of Certification of in Indianapolis. her work. Bonnie and Earl Occupational Therapy Jessica Robertson co-authored and illustrated (NBCOT) and is Herceg ’12 is an more than thirty books. awaiting licensure from occupational therapist at the states of Indiana and IU Health Arnett, located Tennessee. She lives in Seymour, Ind.

alumni.uindy.edu 41 UIndy by the numbers

200,000 hours of work a year volunteered by UIndy students

5,468 miles to UIndy’s campus in Athens, Greece

3,189 full-time undergrads How does today’s UIndy compare with the University enrolled in 2011 when you were a student?

1,186 graduate students enrolled in 2011 Major choices Accounting/Non-CPA German Operations & Supply Chain 1902 University founded Accounting/CPA Life Sciences (Biology) Management Actuarial Science Mathematics Philosophy Anthropology Physics Physical Therapy Assistant 500 full- & part-time faculty Archeology Social Studies Physics Art Spanish Laboratory 90.5 number of hours the library Athletic Training Theatre Instrumentation is open for student use each week Biology Engineering/Computer* Scientific Computing Cell & Molecular Engineering/Electrical* Political Science + Science & Technical Engineering/Mechanical* Psychology 80 undergraduate majors avail- Writing English Occupational Science able at UIndy Business Administration Creative Writing Pre-Art Therapy Chemistry Literature Pre-Dentistry + student organizations to Biochemistry Professional Writing Pre-Law 50 Chemical Physics Entrepreneurship Pre-Medical choose from Environmental Environmental Science Pre-Medical Illustration Chemistry Exercise Science Pre-Occupational Therapy 47 number of countries UIndy Industrial Chemistry Experience Design Pre-Optometry students hail from Communication Design Pre-Pharmacy Corporate Research & Development Pre-Physical Therapy % Communication Management Pre-Theology 21 increase last year in number Electronic Media Finance Pre-Veterinary Science of students graduating with dis- Human French Religion tinction from Honors College Communication German Ancient Greek Journalism Global Leadership Ethics Public Relations History Pre-theology presidents in UIndy’s 110 years 9 Sports Information Modern European Youth Ministry Community Health History Respiratory Therapy* 8 academic buildings on campus Education Non-Western History Social Work Computer Science Pre-Modern History Sociology campus residence halls Criminal Justice United States History Spanish 7 Corrections Human Biology Sport Management Law Enforcement Human Resource Sports Marketing 7 campus religious organizations Earth-Space Science Management Studio Art Environmental Science Information Systems Theatre 6 Diversity Series lecture events Environmental Geology International Business Musical Theatre offered on campus each year Economics International Relations Undeclared/ Education Liberal Arts University Studies All Grade Teaching Management Visual Communication 4 theatre productions, including With majors in Marketing Design student-directed shows, each year Music Mathematics Youth Ministry Training Physical Education Medical Technology* 3 to 1: female-to-male ratio of Visual Arts Music Elementary Education Jazz Studies students on campus Secondary Education Organ & Church Music Concentrations within With majors in Technology & Recording a major area of study 0 dollars UIndy students pay for Earth-Space Science Theory/Composition * Programs to be completed campus events English Music Performance in conjunction with French Nursing another institution

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‘Green’ Roberts Hall opens with solar flair Roberts Hall opened in August as the new home for 170 upperclassmen. UIndy’s seventh residence hall, located on Hanna Avenue between Cravens and Warren halls (once the Trimble Hall site), features single- and double-occupant rooms, semiprivate bathrooms, and a fitness center, among other amenities. The hall could eventually house more than 200 students. Continuing the University’s commitment to green construction, the building employs cutting-edge solar technology to heat its water. An array of glass and metal tubing turns ultraviolet sunlight into heat for the building’s domestic water supply. Rather than use old-school photovoltaic cells to turn visible light into electricity, the system uses large glass-metal vacuum tubes to generate heat directly from the sun’s ultraviolet rays, which are powerful even on cloudy days. The process is said to be 98 percent efficient and can reduce energy costs by 40 percent in comparison to gas-fired hot water. The system will heat showers, rest rooms, and laundry facilities and is expected to produce huge cost savings. UIndy is serving as a test site to help the vendor improve its technology and may be able to retrofit other buildings on campus with similar systems. The residence hall is named for the Rev. John Taylor Roberts, the University’s first president (1905–08). A new parking lot at Hanna and Mathews avenues replaces parking spaces lost to the new residence hall project. 44 PORTICO fall 2012