The Magazine of the University of Indianapolis Winter 2014

The move that changed Indy Former Indianapolis Mayor Bill Hudnut engineered the move to bring the Colts to the city. UIndy’s Mayoral Archives now has the pictures and details (Pages 6–7.)

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Table of Contents 4 6 10 19 President’s forum New partnership Scholarly pursuits Teaching hope UIndy’s future is coming benefits both Find out what’s been In the Democratic Republic into focus, thanks to Vision students and city happening on campus this of Congo, teachers only 2030 and much hard work Digitizing UIndy’s vast semester, including a need a high school diploma. on the part of faculty, staff, Mayoral Archives is no symposium with Senator Former residents Faustin students, and alumni. small task, but HistoryIT is Richard G. Lugar and N’Tala ’02 and his wife, up to the challenge. They bringing science to kids. Euphrasie ’03, are working 5 are bringing more than 20 to improve the educational jobs to the southside as they system in the DRC and to Professional Edge 18 work to put four decades of give kids a chance to learn. Headline here New University Indy history online. A movement is underway on Heights park plans Indianapolis’s Southside, A vacant one-acre lot near 22 and it deserves the support 8 campus is about to become In the business of of the entire city. UIndy is The Washington a green oasis, thanks to a making business uniquely positioned as a Semester community effort. Lab space Students of art, theatre, community anchor and Students spend an entire for biology students, wind experience design, and catalyst for bringing new semester working in Wash- turbines, native plants, and public relations and taking jobs, businesses, and ington, D.C., meeting with a greenhouse are all part of their skills into the residences to the area. senators and top policymak- the 2014 project. ers. Meet two of the students community and making a and their plans for using this difference, and that’s long experience to the fullest. before they graduate. On the cover On March 30, 1984, more than a dozen moving trucks rolled into Indianapolis carrying the new NFL team for the city, the Colts. UIndy is now working with HistoryIT to digitize the Mayoral Archives collection, including the letters and photos from this 2 historicPORTICO moveWINTER and2014 four decades of Indianapolis history. Details on pages 6–7. Alumni Association Board of Directors 2013–14 Stephen Arthur ’76 Amy Johnson Burton ’94, President-Elect Adam Campagna ’07 Jill Davis ’03 Wendy Walker Grant ’96 Nikki Grotenhuis Reed ’07 Andy Hammond ’06 Tim Harris ’02 Dawn Hay ’10 Zarah Hileman ’07 Senator Sam Nunn & Senator Richard Lugar on “Meet the Press,” 2003 Kent Holaday ’92 Fenrick James ’04 The University of Indianapolis, in partnership with WFYI, will host a public conversation Mike Kenworthy ’09 featuring the authors of the landmark Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program: former U.S. Senators Richard G. Lugar and Sam Nunn. Lugar recently received the Wendy Pitts Knapp ’00 Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Obama, the nation’s highest civilian honor, for Clance LaTurner ’01 making the world safer and being committed to bipartisan problem solving. This moderated David Myers ’95 discussion with Lugar of Indiana and Nunn of Georgia will examine current threats around Juan Paz ’95 ’96 ’99, President the world posed by weapons of mass destruction—nuclear, chemical, and biological—and Anita Kolkmeier Samuel ’98 explore how the Senators’ framework for cooperative threat reduction can reduce these dangers and continue to inform world diplomacy. We hope you’ll be able to join us! Ryan Scott ’01 Greg Seiter ’89 — Tuesday, February 25, 2014 Tom Shively ’01 — Conversation at 7 p.m. in Ransburg Auditorium, Esch Hall Michael Shurn ’71 Mike Solari ’07 Amber Harrison Stearns ’95 Kelly Thompson ’02 24 30 Nick Williams ’10 ‘The hardest, best Honoring alumni thing I’ve ever done’ Spontaneous song, music, The magazine of the Nondiscriminatory Nicole Bies wanted to raise and video montages were University of Indianapolis Policies $5,000 to build a house in part of the evening that Jen Huber ’07 The University of Indianapolis Sierra Leone, so she hopped honored five UIndy alumni. Portico Editor and does not discriminate on the on her bike and rode across Assistant Director basis of race, color, gender, age, the U.S. to fundraise. 32 for Publications religion, ethnic or national Class Notes R. Peter Noot ’77 ’84 origin, marital status, sexual 26 A special graduation, a gift orientation, or gender identity of technology, and students University Editor and Homecoming 2013 Director for Publications and expression irrespective of A trip to the zoo, the golf take time to thank donors whether the status is legally cart parade, a clown band, and friends. Jeannine Allen ’10 protected. The University and a Greyhound victory Art Director complies with the capped off the festivities! 37 Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Mary Atteberry ’07 ‘You cannot dream the Americans with Disabilities Vice President for in Gaza’ Act. This policy applies to Communications & Marketing 28 Graduate student Fidaa applicants and employees and Greyhound updates Abuassi came from Palestine Scott Hall to all aspects of employment. Read about highlights from to study at UIndy and beat Director of Media Relations this semester and see what’s the odds along her journey. in store for the spring. 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www.uindy.edu 3 President’s forum The importance of fiber by Rob Manuel

Dr. Robert L. Manuel University President

4 PORTICO WINTER 2014 Professional Edge Center up & running

UIndy’s new Professional Edge “It took me two or three weeks of calls from people Center made its debut this fall, saying, ‘I saw your wife at the airport,’” he said. launching new programs and Alumni involvement is vital to the center’s goal of naming a rising local executive ensuring students a seamless transition from education and civic leader to direct its to career. The staff is assembling eight Professional Edge mission of helping students begin Teams, one focusing on entrepreneurship and seven others and build their careers. representing business sectors that are academic strengths for Corey L. Wilson is the new the University and vital elements of the Indiana economy: associate vice president overseeing health care, financial services, manufacturing/logistics, the center, which provides students and recent graduates communications, public service, nonprofit management, with opportunities for networking, mentoring, internships, and the arts. relevant community service, and rewarding employment. Each team will include a lead faculty member, 10 Based at Stierwalt Alumni House, the initiative grew from alumni working in the targeted field, and other industry the Vision 2030 strategic planning process, which pointed contacts to provide mentoring, networking, and career to the need for greater engagement between students and experiences for the students. The teams will provide crucial alumni. Wilson will join the senior leadership team in the feedback on the relevance of UIndy’s curricula, level of Department of University Advancement, reporting to Vice student preparedness, and industry trends. President Christopher Molloy. The Center’s other programs and services include “I really want to hear from faculty, staff, and alumni internship and job fairs, résumé and interview coaching, about what’s working well and make sure I understand and panel discussions with local professionals, and career appreciate the perspectives that they have,” Wilson said. exploration and service opportunities in students’ fields “Collaboration is going to be key in the successful of interest. implementation and execution of the Professional Professional Edge introduced itself to the campus in Edge Center.” October with a week of activities, including the first in an Wilson was recognized among Indianapolis Business ongoing series of Real Life 101 panel discussions in which Journal’s Forty Under 40 community leaders for 2013. successful alumni and other professionals speak and answer After stints with the lieutenant governor’s office and questions on career-related issues. The first panelists were Marion County Health Department, he joined the Crystal Grave ’99, president and CEO of event-planning Indianapolis Airport Authority in 2005, serving as director service Snappening; Jose Evans ’97, pharmaceutical sales of supplier diversity and director of IND AeroVision, specialist with Sepracor Inc.; Andy Hammond ’06, spearheading economic development efforts in the area financial advisor at Northwestern Mutual Financial; surrounding Indianapolis International Airport. He is a and Valynda Laird ’80, director of risk management recipient of the state’s Sagamore of the Wabash award and for IU Health Bloomington Hospital. a graduate of the Stanley K. Lacy Executive Leadership Another event was a service showcase on that included Series. He also serves as vice chair of the Eskenazi Health a panel of local nonprofit leaders discussing how Center Board of Directors and is a board member with community service experiences can enhance personal and IndyHub and 100 Black Men of Indianapolis. professional growth. The panelists were Marianne Glick, Wilson already had UIndy ties through his wife, director of the Eugene & Marilyn Glick Family Dr. Nichole Wilson ’02 ’06, a physical therapist who— Foundation; Terri Garcia, executive director of Southeast as director of Rehab and Sports Medicine for Community Community Services; David Forsell, president of Keep Health Network—has been featured in UIndy’s “Inspired. Indianapolis Beautiful; and Tracy Elliott, CEO of College For the rest of your life” alumni advertising campaign. Mentors for Kids. Corey proposed to Nicole the night she received her doctoral degree, he recalls. He was pleasantly surprised while still working at Indianapolis International Airport More information on the Professional Edge to learn that she was pictured on a wall-mounted advertisement there. Center is at www.uindy.edu/professional-edge.

www.uindy.edu 5 From left: UIndy’s Edward Frantz, director, Mayoral Archives; former mayors William Hudnut and Richard Lugar; Indianapolis Colts COO Pete Ward; and HistoryIT CEO Kristen Gwinn-Becker. UIndy students will learn as they help with the archiving process. New partnership benefits both students & city UIndy collaborates with technology firm to establish lab near campus, digitize Mayoral Archives, create internships & bring jobs to the Southside November 9 was a day of reminiscing about Indianapolis history, celebrating the city’s progress, and announcing a new UIndy business partnership that promises benefits for students, faculty, and the entire community. President Robert Manuel and Kristin Gwinn- Becker, founder of the HistoryIT consultancy and software development firm, were joined by former mayors Richard Lugar and William Hudnut, among others, in announcing the University’s collaboration with Gwinn-Becker’s Maine-based company. The company has established a satellite Digital Innovation Lab near campus, where it will digitize UIndy’s vast Mayoral Archives, putting four decades of Indianapolis history online, creating hands-on learning and internship oppor- tunities for students, and bringing more than 20 new jobs and a new corporate presence to the city’s south side. HistoryIT collaboration is key “This relationship, with its mutual benefits to the community and everyone involved, is an example of the type of business collaboration that the University of Indianapolis plans to develop around all of its academic disciplines,” Manuel said. “The concept is central to our role as a community anchor. With the resources of our Colleges of Health Sciences and Arts & Sciences, our Schools of Business and Education, and our centers for education reform and aging studies, we can attract new development and enhance the quality of life in our part of the city while enrich- ing the educational experience for our students.” The Mayoral Archives include documents, images, recordings, physical artifacts, and other items from the administrations of former mayors Lugar, Hudnut, Goldsmith, and Peterson, all of whom are former University trustees.

6 PORTICO WINTER 2014 The collection, which essentially details Economic development, the reinvention of an American city, occupies more than 600 file boxes stored at Krannert student engagement Memorial Library. By late 2014, however— The digitization process, funded primarily by thanks to HistoryIT’s innovative process of a $2-million grant from Lilly Endowment Inc., digitally scanning, tagging, and indexing is only part of the initial two-year agreement archives—the entire collection of more than a between UIndy and HistoryIT. The University million items will be available online for easily has provided the leased space near campus searchable viewing by students, researchers, where HistoryIT is establishing its second Digital policymakers, and armchair historians alike. Innovation Lab, not only to execute the current project but also to serve as a Midwestern hub for Bringing the Colts to Indy product and client development. The first portion of the Mayoral Archives to be Now, in a long-empty retail space at Madison digitized was revealed at the announcement event and Hanna avenues, the company is hiring more as a special online feature. “Bringing the Colts to than 20 local employees this fall, including some Indianapolis” comprises hundreds of items from student part-timers, and diversifying the area’s the Hudnut and Lugar collections pertaining to business base. Meanwhile, UIndy and HistoryIT the city’s efforts to land an NFL team and are finalizing an agreement to share revenue from generally build Indianapolis’s image as a sports new business generated through the collaboration. capital, including photos, promotional materials, “The Mayoral Archives project alone is a big and what had been confidential documents. win for my company, and the broader partnership The Colts were represented at the UIndy is a key element of our national growth strategy,” Browse UIndy’s announcement by Pete Ward, the team’s chief Gwinn-Becker said. “Our Indianapolis facility Mayoral Archives at operating officer. In 1984, he’d been charged will allow us to digitize and make searchable a uindy.archivestree.com with supervising the move to Indianapolis, when great number of Midwest-based collections— the staff hurriedly loaded Mayflower trucks for for politicians, businesses, government papers, the overnight exodus from Baltimore. organizational collections, and even for families.” Ward recalled when he first heard the news: The proximity and involvement of UIndy “Jim Irsay called me into his office and said, ‘My students and faculty is an added value, she dad says we’re moving to Indianapolis.’ I said, noted. “We are thrilled to be able to draw on the ‘Wow. When?’ And he said, ‘In a couple hours.’” expertise at UIndy, as well as to provide training “To all you young entrepreneurs out there,” and professional development opportunities for Ward added, “if you relocate your business, students and new graduates.” don’t do it the way we did it.” For UIndy students, the agreement includes Lugar and Hudnut also drew laughs the development of a paid internship program when Manuel asked them to reflect on two and the integration of HistoryIT operations items from the archives: the text of Lugar’s 1971 into the University curriculum in such programs speech announcing the Market Square Arena as History, Political Science and Pre-Law, as well construction project, and a 1984 letter from as the new Digital Media Studies program being Hudnut to Jim’s father, Robert Irsay, urging him developed by the departments of Communication, to accept the invitation from Indianapolis. The English, Art & Design, and Computer Science. mayors noted that a couple of their signature “This partnership will give our students accomplishments—MSA for Lugar and the access to archival materials that no other RCA Dome for Hudnut—have since been researchers have seen, enabling them to make replaced by newer facilities. original contributions to the scholarship on our “I still have a picture of (MSA) in my office,” city’s history and politics,” said Jennifer Drake, Lugar said. “Life moves on.” dean of UIndy’s College of Arts and Sciences. “We still have the Colts,” Hudnut noted, “It also will advance the work of our new “and by golly, they’re winning.” Professional Edge Center by enabling students to Former UIndy presidents Beverley Pitts, connect their interest in the liberal arts to cutting- who oversaw the establishment of the Mayoral edge technologies and potential career paths.” Archives, and Gene E. Sease, who built key relationships that led to UIndy’s acquisition of the materials, also attended the press conference.

www.uindy.edu 7 The Washington semester: a capital idea

An internationally recognized statesman, U.S. seniors who spent their final semesters in Senator Richard Lugar is a longtime partner of the Washington: psychology major Rebekah Proctor University of Indianapolis, including hosting the and political science major Jayveer Gray. Lugar Symposium for 37 years and serving as a trustee most of that time. Having also taught at Jayveer Gray: UIndy during his first senatorial campaign some already a veteran four decades ago, he now serves as Distinguished Jayveer—no stranger to the political process Professor of Political Science and International himself—is ready with a comprehensive, practical Relations as part of UIndy’s Richard G. Lugar explanation of the Lugar Academy. Academy, announced in December 2012. One “It’s a hands-on, day-by-day internship with of the Academy’s best benefits for students? The many elite public figures in our nation’s capital, chance to spend a whole semester in the nation’s where interns get to increase their knowledge, capital, taking coursework and scoring plum networking database, and business professional internships with the country’s powerbrokers. skills by working in prestigious environments that will give each individual a great and memorable Once in a lifetime lifetime experience.” “The Lugar Academy Washington Semester is an Jayveer has an impressive résumé, and he’s opportunity for students to be immersed in a taken advantage of every opportunity to further once-in-a-lifetime experience by spending the fall his career in order to be selected for this or spring with the Lugar Academy in Washington, program—and succeed afterward. D.C.,” says Lara Mann, executive director of the He’s worked on several political campaigns in Lugar Academy. During their semester in the the Indianapolis area and has collaborated with nation’s capital, students selected to participate in mayoral candidate Melina Kennedy and city- the program have the opportunity to interact with county councilmen Leroy Robinson, Vop Osili, Senator Lugar every Friday. (The program is open and Jose Evans. During the summer of 2012, to students from any college if they have junior or Jayveer worked as an intern for the senior status, a GPA of at least 3.0, an interest in Organizing for America campaign. He’s also an politics and policy-making, and an Intro to active member of the Marion County Democratic American Politics course under their belt.) Two of Party, the Pike Township Democratic Party, and the ten students admitted this fall were UIndy several city community engagement organizations.

8 PORTICO WINTER 2014 “I’m very aware of the importance of getting connections she made in Ireland inspired her to involved in the community and how vital it is to pursue her passion for government and politics. market yourself during undergraduate studies,” Rebekah decided to complete her psychology Jayveer says. “It helps open doors and gets you degree, but also to focus on her newly discovered the opportunities that may only come once passion by completing her final semester at UIndy in in a lifetime.” Washington. “My background in psychology really While in Washington, Jayveer served an helped me because it made working and talking internship with Indiana Senator Joe Donnelly. with people easier to understand,” says Rebekah. “I’m especially glad to get this opportunity While in Washington, Rebekah served an because I helped canvass and push campaign internship with Representative Todd Young— materials for his campaign back during the spring representing the 9th district of Indiana. “My and summer of 2012,” Jayveer says. knowledge has grown exponentially in terms of “This was a nice and welcoming experience, understanding how Congress works,” says Rebekah. to learn the tasks and action plans he is involved “I’ve had the opportunity to interact with brilliant with here in Washington, D.C.” people and make meaningful connections not only with the Lugar Academy group, but with others in And already giving back the Washington community.” Somehow, Jayveer has also made time to found his own nonprofit organization, Like Father, Like Son A government shutdown Inc. It’s a youth mentoring program designed for Work did not stop for the students during the kids 10 to 17 who lack a father figure. government shutdown. Rebekah and other interns “All young males need a father figure in their spent their time communicating with people who life in order to learn the proper survival skills and wrote letters and made phone calls to the office values that everyone should have once becoming about the shutdown. “You went home at the end an adult,” Jayveer says. of the day knowing that people are empowered to “Like Father, Like Son hosts a summer make a difference,” says Rebekah. enrichment mentoring program for these young “As college students, we are young and eager, teens, where we teach them life skills—how to tie and we have a desire to help make changes that a tie, change a tire, properly operate a lawn mower, will positively influence the future of our country,” dress for an interview, build a résumé, and Rebekah adds. manage their finances.” During the shutdown, constituents were only able to tour the capital if a congressman or senator The road ahead escorted the group. Rebekah says Representative When Jayveer finishes his master’s degree in Young offered to lead tours to groups who would international relations and his internship at the otherwise not have the opportunity because of the Lugar Academy, he plans to attend law school and shutdown. “This was such a humbling experience,” eventually become an international business lawyer. says Rebekah. “The Lugar Academy and the Washington Semester provided me with an inside perspective Life after college of legislative and judicial operations, and how “UIndy provided me with significant these branches finalize and make decisions that opportunities that I never thought would have affect America and my community,” Jayveer says. been possible,” says Rebekah. “And the semester “I’m a young entrepreneur and this has helped in Washington experience has exceeded every me understand how policies affect businesses. I’m expectation I had.” excited to soak up as much knowledge as possible Rebekah has accepted an internship position and share and apply this knowledge to my career as a legislative assistant for the Indiana General plan and the opportunities before me.” Assembly lasting from January to March, and then hopes to apply for a full-time position. From Rebekah Proctor: there she hopes to pursue international travel and Discovering a new passion foreign affairs—topics that she’s been involved Politics weren’t always of interest to Rebekah. She with during her semester in Washington. —Jen Zentz discovered this passion while studying abroad in Ireland where the students were well informed of what was going on in the world and politics. The

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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 news.uindy.edu.

Anthropology posters with undergraduate students at the same conference: “Is Eccentric Exercise More Effective Than Ultrasound When Helping to ease the heartbreak Treating Pain Associated with Lower Extremity Tendonitis? A Forensic anthropologist and assistant professor of biology Critically Appraised Topic” with Damon Martin; “Do Joint Krista Latham ’03 discussed her volunteer work along the Mobilizations Improve Range of Motion In Patients With U.S.–Mexico border at this year’s Provost Lecture held on Ankle Injury? A Critically Appraised Topic” with Nicholas October 1 at UIndy. “Beyond Borders: Forensic Science and Voelker; and “Are Manual Soft-Tissue Mobilization and the Journey Home” described the work of Latham and four Augmented Soft-Tissue Mobilization Effective in Treating graduate students who traveled to southern Texas earlier this Soft-tissue Dysfunction? A Critically Appraised Topic” year to exhume and begin the process of identifying the with Matthew Harrison. remains of undocumented migrants from Latin America and In September Scott Lawrance ’03 ’10 was a featured Asia. Migrant deaths in rural areas—often involving women speaker at the New Hampshire Musculoskeletal Institute and children who succumb to thirst and exposure after being Fall Symposium for athletic trainers, physical therapists, and smuggled across the border—are an increasing problem for other musculoskeletal professionals. He presented “Treating local authorities and a source of heartbreak and uncertainty Impaired Hip Mobility” and “An Eclectic Treatment for loved ones in their home countries. Algorithm for Management of SI Joint Dysfunction.” Latham also produced three publications with UIndy students. Latham and graduate student Megan Madonna Biology contributed the chapter “DNA Survivability in Skeletal Remains” to the book Manual of Forensic Taphonomy Getting a green light from grants published in October by CRC Press. Latham, graduate In late 2012, Mary K. Ritke and her students Kristen student Elizabeth DeVisser, and Marisol Intriago Leiva Coleman ’13, Emily Uhlenhake ’13, and Helen Dainton ’13 (Servicio Medico Legal; Santiago, Chile) contributed the received research grants from the Indiana Academy of chapter “The Contribution of Forensic Anthropology to Sciences. The grant titles were: “Analysis of Promoter Region National Identity in Chile: A Case Study from the Patio 29 of Topoisomerase II DNA in Etoposide-Resistant K562 (K/ Mass Grave” to the book Bioarchaeological and Forensic VP.5) Leukemia Cells (MKR, EU and KC)” and “Neural Perspectives on Violence published in March by Cambridge Espionage: A Study of Glial Cells Grown in Two and Three University Press. Latham, graduate student Sarah Kiley ’07, Dimensional Culture Media (MKR and HD).” Both projects and Amy Mundorff (University of Tennessee; Knoxville, were later presented at the annual meeting of the Indiana Tenn.), Wolfgang Haak (The University of Adelaide; Academy of Science on March 20 in Indianapolis. Adelaide, Australia) and Thomas Gilson (Cuyahoga County Ritke will be presenting research conducted by her and Medical Examiner, Cleveland, Ohio) published former students Allison Hart ’10 and Helen Dainton ’13 at “Individualizing Unidentified Skeletal Remains: A the annual meeting of the American Society for Cell Biology, Differential Diagnosis Combining Pathological Changes and December 15–19 in New Orleans, La. Their peer-reviewed Biomolecular Testing” in the November/December issue of abstract is titled “An Improved Egg White Matrix for Three the Journal of Forensic Identification. Dimensional Culturing of MEF Mouse Embryo Fibroblasts Christopher Moore ’04 published an article with Richard and D1 TNC1 Rat Glial Cells.” Jefferies of the University of Kentucky in the edited volume Life among the Tides. The book is a special publication of the Center for Aging & Community American Museum of Natural History. He also was awarded a Faculty Achievement Award for his service, scholarship, and Caring for seniors abroad teaching at the August Faculty-Staff Institute at UIndy. CAC Executive Director Ellen Miller spoke at the Leading Aging Indiana Fall Conference on the topic of “Addressing Athletic Training Healthcare Acquired Infections Using a QAPI Approach.” She also spoke at the first Senior Health International Forum: Faculty, students team up for research Service Learning for Seniors’ Health Care in Shanghai, Christine Lauber presented “Evidence-Based Ultrasound for China. The October forum was sponsored by Sanda Chronic Musculoskeletal Conditions” at the Indiana Athletic University, Huadong Hospital, the Shanghai Nursing Trainers’ Association Fall Business Meeting and Clinical Association, and Project HOPE. Miller’s remarks were Symposia in Indianapolis. Lauber also co-authored several focused on lessons from the University of Indianapolis Center

10 PORTICO WINTER 2014 UIndy profs help to nurture the next generation of Hoosier scientists

Celebrate Science has become an annual Indiana tradition to engage students of all ages in the wonders of science. This year’s festival was held on September 8 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and included corporations, government agencies, and universities doing science from across the Hoosier State and beyond. UIndy physics professors Stephen Spicklemire and Tim Duman demonstrated the basic electrostatic properties of materials and connected resonance to the production of music. Chemistry professor Brad Neal allowed participants to use chromatography to reveal hidden properties of everyday household items. Biology professor Dean Wiseman drew crowds who learned a technique to isolate DNA from strawberries. His colleague, Doug Stemke (pictured), revealed the microbial world of our skin through microscopy. In addition to the UIndy activity table, Chemistry professors Kathy Stickney and Joe Burnell volunteered in other roles in support of the event. UIndy science students Kyle Vawtar, Samantha Herron, Ashley Schwering, Reed McKinney, David Hollis, and Dakota Richart helped to man the demonstration table. Based on the high turnout and smiles on the faces of participants, UIndy’s contribution met its goal to stimulate the next generation of Hoosier scientists.

for Aging & Community that could be useful to further CAC Academic Program Director Tamara Wolske ’05 efforts at Sanda University. Miller was also invited to serve as was the keynote speaker for the Marion County Health a member of the board of directors of OASIS Indianapolis. Department’s Healthy Older People Program conference in In October 2013 CAC welcomed Jeff Gilbert, manager of September. Wolske spoke on the topic of global aging. the Denton, Texas Senior Center and Pat Gilbert, network and civic engagement director for The Oasis Institute, as Center of Excellence in Leadership speakers at the Center’s semi-annual continuing education of Learning series for aging services professionals. Approximately 50 professionals attended “Helping Professionals Help Older On a mission to help Adults Embrace a New Purpose: Recreation and UIndy staff member Wendi Middleton ’05 ’07 was honored Volunteerism” in UIndy Hall. The workshop was funded with recently for her off-duty work supporting incarcerated women the generous support of an anonymous donor in honor of and their children. long-time aging advocate Nelle Worthington. Middleton was one of three recipients of this year’s CAC’s work with WFYI Television and the National “Angel of Grace” awards from the Sisters of St. Benedict of Community Reinvestment Coalition on a new documentary Our Lady of Grace Monastery in Beech Grove, Ind. She is called “Fleeced: Speaking Out Against Senior Financial the founder and executive director of Angel’s Wings Inc., a Abuse” was highlighted at a reception and screening for the nonprofit volunteer organization that describes its mission as film that took place on the UIndy campus in November 2013. “promoting family preservation by providing alternative Invited guests included Indiana Governor Mike Pence, residential placement for children of offenders, fostering Indiana Assistant Deputy Attorney General Abbie Kuzma, mentor relationships with pregnant offenders, and assisting and Director of Indiana Division of Aging Faith Laird. female ex-offenders in the successful reintegration into the community.

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Experts debate Syria at Fairbanks Symposium

A new annual symposium at UIndy kicked off November 8 with a foreign policy panel discussion featuring top national experts. “The Great Debate: Is Action in Syria America’s Least Bad Option?” was the opening event of the inaugural Richard M. Fairbanks Symposium on Civic Leadership, presented by UIndy’s Institute for Civic Leadership & Mayoral Archives in partnership with Indiana Humanities. Longtime Indiana congressman Lee Hamilton moderated the discussion among panelists Richard Lugar, former chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and distinguished professor of Political Science and International Relations at UIndy; Doug Bandow, senior fellow, Cato Institute, Washington, D.C.; Joshua Landis, director, Center for Middle East Studies at Oklahoma University, and president, Syrian Studies Association; and Robert Zarate, policy director, Foreign Policy Initiative, Washington, D.C. The symposium continued October 9 with a series of discussions and presentations on issues facing local leaders and the seemingly lost art of civility in political discourse. The “Young Guns Roundtable Discussion,” moderated by Gary Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson, featured three recently elected Indiana mayors younger than 35: South Bend’s Pete Buttigieg, LaPorte’s Blair Milo and Frankfort’s Chris McBarnes. “Behind the Scenes of City Government,” moderated by former Indianapolis Deputy Mayor Melina Kennedy, included fellow former deputy mayors Michael Huber, Mike O’Connor, Anne Shane and David Frick. The lunchtime keynote conversation featured Lugar and Buttigieg discussing issues mayors face. The Fairbanks Symposium is supported by an endowment from the Richard M. Fairbanks Foundation.

Photo: Robert Zarate of the Foreign Policy Initiative (left) speaks during Tuesday’s panel discussion on U.S. intervention in Syria, which also featured longtime Hoosier statesmen Lee Hamilton and Richard Lugar.

Since 2005, Ted Polk and his company PFS have donated author on a publication in the Journal of Geophysical Research: most of the food for the organization’s thrice-annual baby Atmospheres from research with collaborators at the University showers at the Indiana Women’s Prison. Dr. Kevin Whiteacre of Calgary concerning the formation of ozone pollution in of the Department of Social Sciences serves on the group’s Los Angeles. Advisory Board, has recommended students for internships, Brad Neal presented “Self-Assembly of Azulenic and also oversaw a study of the women’s prison’s Wee Ones Monolayer Films on Metallic Gold Surfaces” at the 2013 Nursery, which receives support from Angel’s Wings. meeting of the American Chemical Society in New Orleans. In September, the Chemistry faculty actively participated Chemistry in the American Chemical Society national meeting in several ways. They attended meeting symposia and presented their Chemistry ties schools together research in Chemistry Education, with two talks: “Ongoing The Chemistry Department welcomed Levi Mielke to the Development of a Skills Exercise for Organic Literature department in August. Mielke’s research interests include Reading and Analysis” (Kathy Stickney and Joe Burnell ’83) analytical and atmospheric chemistry, and he will teach and “Improving the Laboratory Skills Base of General General Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry Students while Increasing the Rigor of the Lab Chemistry, and Advanced Laboratory Techniques. Mielke has Course” (David Styers-Barnett and Neal). At least six alumni opened the door to a new collaboration with the IU- also presented their research. Bloomington’s School for Public and Environmental Affairs The Chemistry Department received a generous donation in atmospheric chemistry and data from this ongoing project of equipment from Dow AgroSciences to support the has already been analyzed and presented. He was also first department and the Woodrow Wilson Indiana Teaching

12 PORTICO WINTER 2014 Fellows Program. The equipment included a tandem mass History & Political Science spectrometer, a gas chromatograph, and two high pressure liquid chromatographs, and will be used for teaching and Translating the Great War research purposes. Lawrence Sondhaus had his book World War I: The Global Chemistry students also completed undergraduate Revolution (Cambridge, 2011) published in a Portuguese summer research experiences in their preparation for edition by Editora Contexto of Sao Paulo, under the title professional careers. Of special note were research projects by A Primeira Guerra Mundial: historia completa. Chris Otolski (research completed at University of Kansas) and Danielle Ballard (University of Alabama). Kinesiology Communication Keeping wellness in focus Top Dog is the top dog again Michael Diacin with Joy Desensi (University of Tennessee) published “Parents’ Value Assessments, Outcome Expec- For the second time in three years, Top Dog Communication tations and Support Towards their Child’s Recreational Sport has won the Dr. F. H. Teahan Award for Outstanding Participation Experiences” in the Cyber Journal of Applied Student-Run Firm. Judging criteria included the Leisure and Recreation Research. performances and results achieved for clients and the Lisa Hicks, Heidi Hancher-Rauch, and Mindy management and operation of the firm in providing strong Hartman-Mayol had their article “Saving Your Wellness business and professional experience for its staff. Though there Program” published in the Journal of Physical Education, are more than 100 student-run firms around the country Recreation and Dance. In October Hicks and Hartman- operated by PRSSA Chapters, only those among the upper Mayol, along with students Royce Carlton, Trenton Vickrey, echelons are PRSSA Nationally Affiliated. Of those affiliated Caitlin Gomez, Braden Miller, and Terrence Johnson firms, PRSSA chooses one per year for the Outstanding Firm. presented “Resistance Bands: A Safe and Economical Way to A firm is ineligible to apply if they won the previous year, Increase Strength in Your Program” at the Indiana making Top Dog Communication ineligible in 2012. Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation & Jeanne Criswell organized, moderated, and presented the Dance State Conference in Indianapolis. panel session “Hitting the Wall: Student Media Access Issues In November Hicks, K. Lee Everett, Hartman-Mayol, at Private Universities,” at the Associated Collegiate Press/ and Brianna Scott, along with students Kai Shin Chu, College Media Association National College Media Patricia Miller ’13, and Melissa Oran ’12 presented Convention in October in New Orleans, La. Criswell also was “Comparison of College Athletes and Non-Athletes Enrolled elected Professional Freedom and Responsibility Chair for the in a Multi-Dimensional Wellness Course” at the American Cultural and Critical Studies Division of the Association for College of Sport Medicine Midwest Chapter in Merrillville, Education in Journalism and Mass Communication at the Ind. The same group plus student Chelsi Kitchen also AEJMC National Conference in August in Washington, D.C. presented “The Relationship Between Self-Esteem and She also served as peer reviewer for papers submitted to the Holistic Wellness in College Athletes.” Another group Cultural and Critical Studies Division and as discussant for consisting of Scott, Hicks, Everett, and Hartman-Mayol, five other papers presented at that conference. along with students Audra West, Shin Chu, Miller, and Oran TheReflector and the Reflector Online won a national-level presented “Pre/Post Comparison of College Athletes Taking a journalism award at the Society of Professional Journalists Multi-Dimensional Wellness Course.” Excellence in Journalism 2013 National Conference in Jennifer VanSickle will spend the 2013–14 academic year Kaley Belakovich ’12 Southern California, August 24–26. as an Indiana Campus Compact Faculty Fellow. The award Anna Wieseman and earned runner-up in the Best Online will support the project, “Service Learning Through Event News Reporting category for “Explosion Occurs on South Management.” VanSickle, in conjunction with a group of Side of Indianapolis.” Kinesiology and Athletic Training majors will work to destigmatize persons with intellectual disabilities by providing English opportunities for students from all majors to volunteer for the one-day event held on UIndy’s campus. At peace with being a scholar Kyoko Amano was a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute Scholar and spent two weeks in Concord, Mass., to study transcendentalism. She was also selected to be the Nagasaki Peace Correspondent.

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Krannert School of Physical Therapy Mathematics & Computer Science It’s more than just the money Paris and polynomials In October Anne Mejia-Downs co-presented “Resilience: In October Jeff Oakstraveled to France to serve on a PhD Why Some Patients With CF Thrive While Others Struggle” defense jury at the University of Paris. In addition, he gave at the North American Cystic Fibrosis Conference in Salt three talks at three universities on the history and philosophy Lake City, Utah. She also was invited to be part of a panel of premodern mathematics. He presented “A Second Pre- presentation at the first Indiana Governor’s Conference for Modern Concept of Number in al-Khayyam” at the Institute Women. Moderated by Lisa Belkin, a columnist for the d’Histoire et de Philosophie des Sciences et Technique on Huffington Post, the panel challenged audience members to October 14; “Irrational Coefficients in Sixteenth-Century think about “Redefining Success Beyond Money and Power.” Algebra” at the SPHERE Seminar at the University of Paris Stacie Fruth ’95 ’05 along with several students published on October 15; and “Polynomials and Equations in “Can Onsite Presentations led by PT Students Increase Premodern Algebra” at the University of Lille on October 17. Clinicians’ Confidence in Aspects of Evidence-Based Practice? A Pilot Study” in the Journal of Physical Therapy Education. Modern Languages Emily Slaven was a co-author of “The Relative Effectiveness of Segment Specific Level and Nonspecific Level Bringing the world to UIndy Spinal Joint Mobilization on Pain and Range of Motion: The Department of Modern Languages has added a new Results of a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis,” published dimension to its second language acquisition pedagogy by in the Journal of Manual and Manipulative Therapy. presenting a foreign film every two weeks along with a Stephanie Combs ’99 collaborated to write “Importance discussion of the film. French, German, and Spanish films are of Walking Farther vs. Faster to Persons with Chronic Stroke,” being shown in order for students to experience as many published in Disability and Rehabilitation. Combs also languages and cultures as possible. collaborated to publish other articles, including: “Fatigue and Pain: Relationships with Physical Performance and Patient Music Beliefs after Stroke,” and “Post-stroke Balance is Associated with Quality of Life,” both in Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation; Playing nicely together and “Bilateral Coordination and Gait Symmetry after Body- Rebecca Sorley ’13 presented “Lessons in Cooperation and Weight Supported Treadmill Training for Persons with Conflict Management—the Piano Ensemble” for the State Chronic Stroke,” published in Clinical Biomechanics. Convention of the Indiana Music Teachers Association in Combs and Margaret Finley published “User Perception November at Butler University. She was assisted by Sharon of a Gaming Intervention for Improving Upper-Extremity Parr and piano students Bethany Hansen and Jessica Spiars. Motor Function in Persons with Chronic Stroke” in The lecture-recital included performances of duet and trio Physiotherapy Theory & Practice. Combs was the lead author, literature along with demonstrations of how pianists must along with Dyer Diehl and William Staples ’05 ’10 and work collaboratively in order to perform with each other. several KSPT graduates on “Community-Based Group The Community Music Center hosted five summer camps Exercise Improves Balance, Mobility, and Health-Related in 2013 and started “Music for Life,” a new program for Quality of Life in Persons with Parkinson’s Disease: A Pilot adults. Minju Choi joins the administrative team for the Randomized Controlled Trial,” which appeared in CMC as associate director with Sorley as director. NeuroRehabilitation. Combs and Diehl and several students authored “Enhanced Walking Function with Boxing Training for Philosophy & Religion Persons with Parkinson’s disease,” which was presented as a poster at the 3rd World Parkinson Congress in Montreal, Clapper honored for years of service Quebec. Staples was invited to present “Exercise and Aging: Greg Clapper retired this summer at the rank of Full Colonel What is the Evidence?” at the Pennsylvania State APTA in after 24 years as an Indiana Air National Guard chaplain. He October. Staples was also the recipient of the 2013 served as a liaison between the U.S. military’s Africa Outstanding Service Award from the Federation of the State Command and the 800 chaplains of the U.S. Army and Air Boards of Physical Therapy. National Guard. This summer he was awarded the Defense Sam Keggereis was the featured speaker at the IU Health Meritorious Service Medal and the Indiana Distinguished Rehabilitation Symposium “Multidisiciplinary Approach to Service Medal. He also had four entries in the 2013 edition of the Patient with Pain” held at IU Health Methodist Hospital the Global Wesleyan Dictionary of Theology on the topics of in August. The symposium was hosted by the IU Health virtues, religious pluralism, narrative theology, and theology Rehab Statewide Education Committee. of Scripture. In October Clapper and Randy Maddox of

14 PORTICO WINTER 2014 Duke University served as outsider examiners for a PhD new research specific to best marketing practices for written on John Wesley’s theology at the Auckland University educational entities. Final evaluations of the conference were of Technology of Auckland, New Zealand. In November enthusiastically positive and a follow-up session is being Clapper presented “When your Doctrines are Experiences: scheduled for the spring. Using Wesley’s Theology for Pastoral Care” at the national At its biennial conference in October in Dallas, Tex., meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society in Baltimore. Kappa Delta Pi presented the Dr. Florence B. Stratemeyer Perry Kea’s article “The Story of Thecla, An Early Award for Chapter Excellence to the UIndy School of Christian Heroine” was published in the July–August 2013 Education’s Sigma Omicron chapter. The chapter provides issue of The Fourth R. Kea’s article analyzes the story and leadership and professional development opportunities for locates its values against early Christian discussions about UIndy juniors, seniors, and recent graduates ranking in the celibacy and the proper role of women in the church. Kea top 20 percent of their programs in elementary or secondary also accepted the offer to serve as a member of the Board of education. Sigma Omicron, with faculty advisor Nancy Directors of the Westar Institute in Salem, Ore. Westar’s Steffel, has consistently received Kappa Delta Pi’s Achieving mission is to foster collaborative, cumulative research in Chapter ExcellenceAward, which recognizes excellence in religious studies and to communicate the results of the membership, leadership development, and programming in scholarship to a broad, non-specialist public. support of the society’s mission. This year the UIndy chapter Peter Murphy published “Another Blow to Knowledge claimed the Stratemeyer award by earning the highest ACE From Knowledge” in Logos & Episteme. He also presented score among more than 640 collegiate and professional comments on a paper at the fall meeting of the Indiana chapters of Kappa Delta Pi. Philosophical Association. In the late summer an academic team from Teacher Education and the School of Occupational Therapy had the Professional Edge Center results of their research published in the Open Journal of Occupational Therapy housed at Western Michigan University. Reaching out to the community “Therapists as Educators: the Importance of Client Education Marianna Foulkrod ’01 ’04, director of Community in Occupational Therapy” documents a project that explored Programs, was recognized as the Outstanding Partner of the the evidence in teaching and learning strategies and how these Year by the Burmese American Community Institute for two were introduced to OT students during their graduate years of partnership and dedicated service to the Burmese program. Gina Gabriele Mosier from CELL, School of communities in Perry Township in Indianapolis. BACI was Education faculty Angelia Ridgway, Deb Sachs ’78, and founded in 2011 to assist the refugee community from Burma Donna Stephenson, and School of Occupational Therapy with their integration and long-term sustained development. faculty Kate DeCleene-Huber, Julie Bednarksi ’96, and Lori Breeden ’97 ’99, contributed to the project and publication. Following development and implementation of a module for School of Business entry-level OT students, data analysis revealed that students Shipping and shopping worldwide and their clients benefited from formal instruction on theories of teaching and learning. In November Kathy Bohley ’91 ’93 ’94 presented “Stay tuned In November Colleen Sheehy and Libby Turner to the Omni-Channel” and “Global Retailing: Next step?” presented continued research at the National Council of at the Academy of Business Disciplines Conference in Fort Teachers of English Annual Convention in Boston, Mass. Myers, Fla. She also conducted a technology workshop for “(Re)Inventing the Classroom Experience: Using Digital faculty titled “Web 2.0 Blooms!” In October at the Indiana Literacy to Enhance Instruction” reinforced the importance Academy of the Social Sciences conference at Ball State of using technology with purpose for teaching and learning in University she presented “Packaged Plus” to discuss the the K–12 classroom to middle and high school English history of the packaging industry as well as future teachers from all over the country. At the same conference, consumption trends. Sheehy and students Abby Gross and Kori Martin presented their research “The Mash Up: (Re)Designing the Text Set and School of Education Multi-Genre Approach,” which offers new approaches to the teaching of English in middle and high school that include Giving educators a hand attention to pop culture and media as text. Gross, Martin, Addie Angelov hosted a free day-long conference for school and Sheehy shared their design and implementation of leaders and special educators in the Indianapolis Mayor’s collections of resources from different genres, media, and Charter School network focused on best practices in special levels of reading difficulty that are intended to be supportive education. The event concluded with a special presentation by of learners with a range of experiences and interests. Angelov and Deidre Pettinga (School of Business) on their

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School of Occupational Therapy School of Psychological Sciences Seeing double In November professor emerita Victoria Bedford presented “Twin Ambivalence and its Consequences for the Well-being of Aging Twins” and chaired the symposium “Optimizing Twin Aging through Twin Research: Multidisciplinary Perspectives” at the Gerontological Society of America in New Orleans, La. She also presented “New Challenges to Adult Sibling Research from Twin Research” as part of the Nineteenth Century Club Lecture Series in Bloomington, Ind., in May. In June, Bedford was interviewed for and quoted in the article “Oh Brother! Love ’Em or Hate ’Em” in Parade magazine. In September she presented “Adult Twin Relationships: The Good, the Bad, the Ugly, and the Beautiful” as part of the Montgomery Place Lecture Series in Chicago, Ill. Jacqueline Wall was a co-author on an invited film review of the movie 42, titled, “The Fountainhead of Eudaemonia,” published in the American Psychological Association journal PsycCRITIQUES. She and the lead author on this critique, David G. Wall, are regular reviewers for this journal and have recently completed a review on the film Before Midnight. J. Wall was a co-author on a research poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Academy of Neuro- Giving a helping hand to musicians psychology. Jeremy J. Davis ’06 ’09 was the lead author on Rebecca Barton ’07 (above, right) made numerous this presentation. The presentation consisted of a study that presentations in 2013. She was a co-presenter for the Indiana examined participant performance on a novel test of verbal Occupational Therapy Fall Conference where she presented memory. This work examined the relationship between “Occupational Engagement: Weaving Psychological and examinee performance on this test with that on a more Social Factors into Everyday Practice.” She also created and established measure of verbal learning. presented an all-day workshop for UIndy fieldwork educators, Wall sponsored doctoral student Cynthia Ross ’93 on a titled, “Infusing Occupation-Based Concepts into Every Day submission to the Indiana Psychological Association’s annual Practice.” She also delivered a short-course presentation, student research competition, held at the IPA 2013 Fall “Rehabilitation, Prevention, and Wellness for Musicians: A Conference in Indianapolis. With co-authors Wall, doctoral Comprehensive, Occupation-Based Approach to Care,” at the student Cara Pratt, and Steven M. Koch (adjunct faculty), American Occupational Therapy Association’s National Ross examined strength-based assessment measures that have Workshop and Conference. Working with a student-led been designed to evaluate functioning in youth. This research research team, Barton was the principal investigator of a study project explored the utility of these measures for youth placed that resulted in the publication of “Role Strain in in out-of-home care. This work originated from consultation Occupational Therapy Fieldwork Educators” in Work: A with IARCCA, an organization of agencies across the state of Journal of Prevention, Assessment, and Rehabilitation. Barton Indiana that provide services to children, youth, and their and Julie Bednarski ’06 were interviewed in June 2013 on families. In addition, this research was partially funded by a WIBC radio’s The Sandwiched Generation regarding the role grant IARCCA received and was presented in August 2013 at of occupational therapy with caregivers dealing with elders the annual convention of the American Psychological who have dementia. Association in Honolulu. Two more doctoral students Lucinda Dale will receive the American Occupational working with Wall presented research posters at the APA Therapy Association’s Roster of Fellows Award at the AOTA convention. Jay Hamm ’13, along with Wall, Philip Annual Conference in April 2014. The award recognizes Magaletta from the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and Ashley AOTA members who have made a significant contribution to Dickinson from the Kansas Department of Corrections, the continuing education and professional development of presented a “Factor Structure and Utility of the Attitudes other AOTA members. Toward Prisoners Scale.” This study explored the underlying factor structure of the ATP and examined scores in a sample of 711 correctional employees.

16 PORTICO WINTER 2014 Dominic Letizia and Wall presented a poster at APA Social Sciences that investigated the effectiveness of a modified therapeutic community by examining two case studies of dually diagnosed offenders participating in this form of intervention. Wall and colleagues Koch and Crystal Cederna-Meko ’07 ’09 presented three posters at the APA convention that examined treatment outcomes for youth diagnosed with oppositional defiant disorder that had been placed into care. These posters were developed from a project that examined risk factors associated with placement and outcomes for different types of treatment, comparing youth with the diagnosis to those without. Wall, along with D. Wall and Davis, presented three posters at the APA convention. This work explored relationships between the scores that participants received on assessments of effort with other test scores these participants obtained in simulated neuropsychological evaluations. These studies primarily investigated presentation on tests of attention/working memory and oral reading as indicators of effort and also looked at the methodology used in examining the area of research in effort in neuropsychology. Wall provided a presidential address at the APA convention as she completed her term as president of APA Division 18–Psychologists in Public Service. In addition, Wall was a participant in a symposium organized by Bruce Bonger of Stanford and Palo Alto Universities. This symposium examined issues associated with suicide in veteran and active military populations and effective methods of intervention. As past-president, Wall represented Division 18 (Psychologists in Public Service) of the American Psychological Association at the annual Education Leadership Conference. One of the Art in the Big Easy activities of this conference was advocating on Capital Hill Tim Maher exhibited several new paintings in his “Art of the for the reauthorization of the Garrett Lee Smith Act. Wall Social” series at the Ariodante Gallery in the Arts District of and colleagues from Indiana spoke with representatives and New Orleans. The exhibit opened on November 2 and his senators about this act, which provides support for higher paintings remained on exhibit the entire month. The exhibit education institutions to enhance suicide prevention efforts. illustrated Maher’s integration of sociology and the visual arts Wall also served as site visit chair for an accreditation site with works focusing on communities and social life. Since the visit for the APA. She has been a site visitor for the APA exhibit was held in New Orleans, several paintings depicting Commission on Accreditation since 2007. Wall also attended local blues musicians were included. a bi-annual meeting of the APA Continuing Education Phylis Lan Lin was the keynote speaker at the 2013 Committee. As part of her membership on this appointed Cross-Straights EMBA Conference in Taipei, Taiwan, on working committee, she is involved in the creation of policy September 28. Her topic was “Innovation and Innovation recommendations for the APA on continuing professional Management.” She was also the 2012 conference keynote education and approves organizations for sponsorship of CE speaker and her topic was “Beyond Success.” programs within the field of psychology. Lastly, Wall was a In July Jim Wolfe published The Kennedy Myth: American reviewer for student submissions to the IPA Research Civil Religion in the Sixties. In the book, Wolfe tells the Competition and the 16th annual conference of Kennedy story from John Kennedy’s presidential campaign Rehabilitation Psychology (APA Division 22). through Robert Kennedy’s assassination and analyzes it in terms of archaic, historic, and modern types of civil religion. The book draws on a wide range of sources: social scientists, religious commentators, preachers, poets, memorial picture books, and interview materials involving truck drivers, kitchen helpers, and school children.

www.uindy.edu 17 University Heights A vacant lot near campus will soon become a community park and nature education center, thanks to the collaborative efforts of UIndy, the University Heights Neighborhood Association, park plans and Keep Indianapolis Beautiful. Representatives of all three groups announced the plans Homecoming day on the one-acre site at the northeast corner of Mathews and Edwards announced avenues, which once held UIndy’s Cummins Apartments. The University Heights park project is one of just six in the city selected for a development grant under KIB’s IPL Project Greenspace 2014. “We’re thrilled to be a part of it, because we know the University is going to play an even bigger role,” KIB President David Forsell said. Plans call for the site—three blocks south of Hanna Avenue and still owned by the University—to be transformed with walking paths, new trees, and native plants and grasses to create a wildlife habitat. UIndy will construct a shelter and use the site as an outdoor lab for students in biology and related fields, but the facilities also will be open to the public for community events, such as the annual University Heights Halloweenie Roast. The park also could benefit the nearby IPS School 65 and University Heights United Methodist Church, among other 1 Open Picnic Shelter community organizations. 7 14 7 2 Classroom/Lab Building The plantings and hard landscaping will be 66 3 Working Greenhouse provided by KIB and tended by neighborhood and student volunteers. UIndy will provide 8 8 4 Open Lawn 1616 1010 water service, any necessary heavy maintenance, 88 5 Native Prairie 7 6 6 6 Native Shade & Ornamental Trees mowing, trash removal, and police coverage. 13 7 13 1717 7 Shrubs & Woodland Understory Long-term plans include the eventual construction 1111 7 7 8 8 8 Accessible Raised Planting Beds of a classroom/lab building and a greenhouse. 8 8 44 9 Raingarden The park master plan by Southside-based

1 1 66 10 Bubbling Boulder Water Feature Mader Design LLC was funded by a $5,000 2 2 55 11 Dry Swale/Bioswale 1616 5 5 University grant, based on a proposal by Assistant 33 12 New Tree Lawn Kevin McKelvey 1515 99 Professor of the Department 13 Existing Tree Lawn James Pennell 9 of English. Dr. , chair of the 9 55 1717 14 Parking 1616 Department of Social Sciences and also a 15 Wind Turbines 1212 14 12 University Heights resident, prepared the 14 12 16 Gathering/Entry Plaza KIB grant application. 17 Existing Tree to remain After noting the park’s many potential benefits to students and the community, UIndy Photo: A sign announcing the planned University Heights park is unveiled on President Robert Manuel, himself a resident October 5 by (from left to right) University Heights Neighborhood Association of University Heights and a member of its co-coordinator and UIndy alumnus Uche Unogu ’08, UIndy President Robert Neighborhood Association, said his wife and Manuel, and Keep Indianapolis Beautiful President David Forsell. daughters are also enthused about the project. “As a family, we’re excited because we’re going to get a park,” he quipped.

18 PORTICO WINTER 2014 Teaching hope in the Democratic Republic of Congo How education can help to empower a population

When Faustin N’Tala, a French teacher and their area’s natural resources, is a separate issue soccer coach at the International School of from the long-running clashes between the DRC Indiana, arrived on June 21 in Lubumbashi— military and various rebel groups associated with a city of 4 million people, the second-largest in neighboring countries along the eastern border, the Democratic Republic of Congo—he found including Rwanda and Uganda. Along the border, the city on high alert. a United Nations peacekeeping force is engaged Armed secessionist rebels were threatening in helping the DRC and diplomats are currently the city. Not a great time for tourists to visit, but pursuing disarmament of negative forces that for N’Tala, the potential for chaos and violence include the M23 and the FDLR, a Hutu militia. only served to underscore his determination to The UN estimates the fighting has displaced continue his grassroots work to empower the more than 100,000 people in the past year, people of the DRC through the educational “exacerbating an ongoing humanitarian crisis in outreach and support activities of his Waza the region which includes 2.6 million internally Alliance for Quality Education. displaced people and 6.4 million in need of food “You can’t visualize landing in a country and emergency aid.” where you are on high alert—machine guns The DR Congo’s population is almost 70 everywhere,” N’Tala said in a recent interview. million. Its land mass is about 900,000 square “It doesn’t take a huge fire—it takes a spark. miles—about the size of the continental U.S. east You hope nobody is going to pull the trigger by of the Mississippi. The people speak 250 languages, accident because everybody else will think it’s add in regional dialects and that number exceeds the beginning of the game. 400. French is “the language of education,” N’Tala “This is an environment where everything said. In urban areas, which are subject to frequent is OK until something happens.” and unpredictable power outages, television This summer’s uprising in Lubumbashi, provides some exposure to the language, but which relates to the desire of some members of the in rural areas do not have such access. Katanga Province to stop exporting the profits of

www.uindy.eduwww.uindy.edu 19 The average age in the DRC is 16. Beyond discussing classroom protocols and “Two hundred-and-fifty-thousand teachers the pitfalls of bribing students and their parents to walk to school—and they are followed by close to supplement insufficient incomes, N’Tala pushes 20 million students every day,” N’Tala said. “If questions such as, “Why do we die so young?” we could train these 250,000 teachers to be good The country’s life expectancy is 56 years — citizens, we can have an impact on more than and the country has the world’s 12th highest 20 million people and turn around the state infant mortality rate. N’Tala’s father died at 59, of the nation.” his mother at 48. He hopes that as teachers begin Illiterate people are easier for political and to learn home economics, family planning and military interests to control, he explained. volunteerism, they can begin to effect positive “What I’m doing can be dangerous,” N’Tala change in their communities—and for the said. “When people begin to think, that’s not a country overall. good thing.” More than 1,000 teachers have taken You don’t have N’Tala came to the U.S. in 1998 to study at Waza training. ‘ to be president the University of Indianapolis. When he finished “If 10 percent understand the value—that his undergraduate degree in education he began education is the greatest investment for new of the republic teaching at the International School of Indiana. At generation of Congolese, then I’ll say it is that time, his country was entering into a conflict, successful,” N’Tala said. “You don’t have to be or a minister— sometimes called the African World War, which president of the republic or a minister—you just you just have to killed an estimated 6 million people as the have to be where you are in your classroom and you troubled legacy of the Rwandan genocide spilled can spark a new generation of leaders right there.” be where you are across the border and intermingled with local In addition, Waza raises money to support in your classroom politics and business. For the safety of his family, students through their primary education. For N’Tala opted to stay in Indiana, but the desire to each $300 raised, the group can pay for a year’s and you can spark help improve conditions in his homeland led him tuition and all necessary books and supplies. A a new generation in 2008 to found the Waza Alliance. family of six, on average lives on about $360 a year, His mission: To improve the quality of life for so the $25 monthly tuition often leads to debt- of leaders right the children of DRC by improving the quality of fueled drop-outs, N’Tala said. Waza identifies their education. students facing such circumstances, pays their there His vision: That each child has access to a debt and allows them to continue their studies. ’ quality education in a school that has qualified Waza is now sponsoring 28 students, 15 in teachers and plenty of resources. rural areas and 13 in the city. The first group, Teachers at elementary schools are often not which began as 8-year-old second and third qualified to do their jobs, N’Tala said, noting that graders, is now in secondary school at age 13. most do not have more than a high school This summer’s visit also included a vision- education. Those with advanced degrees work for screening component thanks to the leadership private companies; the chemistry lab at the of Gordon Mendenhall, a retired University of mining company pays “literally 1,000 times more” Indianapolis professor, and two volunteer medical than teachers earn. doctors from the DRC. The group screened 437 “Our concern is that in the midst of all this, students and teachers over four days. A quarter the big loser is the learner,” N’Tala said. “The of those tested needed—and received—glasses. learner is not getting basic fundamental skills they Other ongoing Waza initiatives include need in literacy, reading, writing and math. They administrator training and improving access to do not get a competitive advantage when it comes and production of children’s literature. to employment in the country—they cannot beat “Democracy might not survive because of international candidates—even for jobs like the local education of the community as a whole,” welding, carpentry and masonry.” N’Tala said. “Education can get people of the Teacher training is a major focus for Waza. In Congo out of turmoil and economic crisis— 2008, its pilot project in teacher training hosted 71 it’s used as a tool for survival.” teachers (organizers had planned for 50). This —By Rebecca Townsend, September 11, 2013. summer marked the sixth annual series of teacher Reprinted with permission of NUVO. trainings. The group reached 260 teachers in Lubumbashi, Kambove, Kolwezi and Kapolowe- For more information about the Gare, a rural area about 100 miles away. Waza Alliance, visit www.waza-alliance.org

20 PORTICO WINTER 2014 A lunch with destiny: A chance encounter with UIndy in the Congo

Faustin N’Tala ’02 and the University of Indianapolis met by chance at lunch one day. In 1995 then-president of the University of Indianapolis Ben Lantz was visiting the Democratic Republic of Congo as part of a conference with the United Methodist Church. He visited the English- speaking school of Lubumbashi, where Faustin was working as a teacher. Faustin’s director organized a lunch and invited Faustin to attend, knowing how much he wanted to further his education. She introduced him to Ben, who told him he would help to bring him to the United States and to the University of Indianapolis. It took more than a year to get his paperwork in order, and then another year to find a replacement for his job at the school, but in 1998 at the age of 30, Faustin came to UIndy to begin his career as an undergraduate studying elementary education. His wife, Euphrasie ’03, began classes in the spring of 2000. During the next four years, Faustin worked a variety of jobs on campus including in the cafeteria with Polk Food Services, with Physical Plant, with the campus police, and in the Modern Languages Department. He also began to formulate a plan. Faustin knew that he wanted to give back to his community in the Congo, and he knew that it would be through education. He went on to earn his master’s degree from Indiana University, and knew that he wanted to create something to help to advance the educational system in the Congo. In 2008, the Waza Alliance was born (“Waza” comes from a Swahili word meaning “to think critically” or “to reflect.”) “I understand the educational system in the Congo and know where the problems are,” explains Faustin, talking about a country where teachers only need a high school diploma to be licensed. “I’ve had ten years of training in the U.S., so I can serve as a bridge between the two countries. I really believe in UIndy’s motto of ‘Education for Service’ and want to serve my community in Indianapolis and in the Congo.” Former School of Education faculty member Gordon Mendenhall (third photo), who enjoys doing mission work in Kenya, has been thrilled to reconnect with Faustin. “Our time together this summer was amazing,” says Gordon. “Faustin’s passion for helping teachers and improving his homeland is great. He is so uniquely qualified to bring solid teacher training to this troubled area.” Faustin hopes to one day create an academy to provide formal training to teachers in the Congo and to use those teachers as community leaders in order to have more of an effect beyond the classroom. “We believe that what we are doing is creating a sustainable living,” says Faustin. “We don’t give handouts. We are teaching people the tools for survival and believe that education is a tool. We may not see the results for many years, but we are changing the culture. We are feeding minds and souls, and that is making a difference in their lives.” —Jen Huber ’07

www.uindy.edu 21 Top left: Imagination Emporium students create new creatures from Middle Earth during an after-school program. Top right: Greyhound Production Services walks the runaway at the UIndy Fashion Show. Bottom left: Top Dog Communications recognized as top firm in the nation. Bottom right: Students in One14 Design can accommodate a variety of design needs for area nonprofits. In the business of making business Student-run businesses at UIndy help community & campus

The University of Indianapolis prides itself on producing students who are prepared to meet today’s challenges once they leave the University and enter the workforce. While for some schools this is only a slogan, at UIndy, several student-run businesses are working to make it happen.

22 PORTICO WINTER 2014 A creative spark “The primary goal of GPS is to try and help the students Dr. Samantha Meigs, Associate Professor of History, is also the gain more skills and experience before they graduate,” Director of the Experience Design program. This past year, the Bennett said. “Students gain multiple skills through this Experience Design students applied for a Student Engagement program including time management, people-skills, and how Grant from the Indiana Campus Compact in hopes of starting to work with others. Our clients are other organizations on up a business. Thankfully, they got the grant, and Imagination campus, so sometimes we work with students and sometimes Emporium was born. we work with faculty or staff.” “The idea is that we collaborate with community partners to design a program that would in some way address some At the top of their game social issue or give that spark of creativity using imagination Top Dog Communications, the public relations firm on in lots of different ways,” Meigs said, explaining the focus of campus, won top firm in the nation for the second time Imagination Emporium. in three years this past October. The award they received, One of the big projects that Imagination Emporium the Dr. F.H. Teahan Award, was given to Top Dog did within the community was a partnership with Southeast Communications at the Public Relations Student Society Community Services after-school program. According to of America Conference in honor of their hard work and Meigs, SECS was trying to find a way to encourage the professionalism. Rebecca Deemer students that “school is cool” and asked the Experience Associate Professor of Communication Design students for help. The end result was a program called is the advisor to Top Dog, and has her students (and PR An Adventure to Middle Earth, which was designed to be professionals-to-be) working to be the best through plain engaging and interactive and featured activities such as the hard work. students in the after-school program learning how to write “The students will do a campaign and what they actually their names in Elvish and an interactive storytelling segment. do is strategize and execute an entire plan by the end of the Meigs says that students in the Experience Design semester,” explained Deemer. One project, with Samaritan Program need to be well-rounded in three major areas and Health Group, was for Top Dog to raise awareness about their that the work with Imagination Emporium gives them the cause to help people around the world who are going without chance to meet their learning goals, in addition to gaining shoes. What each student will do, once presented with the valuable life skills. assignment, is listen to the client’s needs and come up with “This is a chance to work with real-life clients,” said a strategy and tactics to create the plan for the client. Meigs. “And the Experience Design program is really “Public relations ideally and when practiced correctly founded on three major skill set areas: design, research, and is about maintaining relationships with communication, with management. It is interdisciplinary and pulls all of those in. really good communication. Our job is to go and maintain A good experience designer should be somewhat fluent in all relationships on their behalf,” Deemer said. those areas, and those students specialize in one of those.” Getting graphic about it Lights, camera, action! Preparation began a year ago to launch a student-run business Many students, faculty, staff, and alumni attend various for the design department, and it became official this fall performances throughout the year at the University, such semester. Assistant Professor of Visual Communication Nelson Wei Tan as the annual Dinner Theatre in the winter, the plays in the advises One14 Design Studio, which is the fall, and anything else in between. business that graphic design majors run on campus. Greyhound Production Services, led by Production “It’s a class, where we’ve got juniors and seniors who Manager and Technical Director of Theatre Fritz Bennett, play the role of designer, art director, and project manager,” is the student-run business that sets up these events and Wei Tan said. makes sure they run as smoothly as possible. The students typically take on four to five projects per “We’re sort of like an event-production company that semester, which is how long the class lasts. Wei Tan said that services events on campus,” Bennett said. “It depends on they are working to get the class expanded to a year so the what’s needed, so sometimes it can be simple and sometimes students who work there can stay longer and take on it can be complicated, so there can be a lot of design and assignments from both on-campus and non-profits in the a lot of technology behind it.” community. This past semester Greyhound Production Services put Wei Tan said that the students have skills, but that together the annual Fashion Show. A brain child of the One14 Design gave them a special advantage. Student Business Leaders Association, the Fashion Show is “What they don’t have is working with people, getting a larger-scale production equipped with lights, music, and a to work with clients and network, which is what I want them full runway. Bennett says that events like these provide the to do. This class primarily gives a chance to gain real-world technical theatre students needed experience. experience outside their curriculum.” —Allison Gallagher ’14

www.uindy.edu 23 Nicole Bies, a first-year student in But Nicole was up for the challenge. Occupational Therapy, read the book A Million She wrote letters to family and close friends Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald Miller in explaining her dream of riding across America her Christian Vocations class at UIndy. “for Sierra Leone, and asked for donations. Not That’s when she started dreaming about only did she receive donations but also letters of riding her bike across America. She has always had encouragement. She carried those with her during a heart for both cycling and service, she says, and the ride to serve as a reminder of the support she she wanted to find a way to combine both loves. had back in Indiana. Aware of those passions, Nicole’s mom found information about the Annual Fuller Center for Creative fund-raising Housing Bicycle Adventure. The ride would go all The Bies family also drew on nontraditional the way from Savannah to Vancouver (see map, fundraising methods to reach her donation goal. opposite). Nicole’s dream became a reality, and Nicole and her mother teamed up with a local her summer of a lifetime began. pizzeria to sell frozen pizzas in her hometown The hardest, best thing I’ve ever done

Cycling for Sierra Leone of Evansville. Her mother participated in a Spring Along with her bike, dubbed “Lexi,” Nicole rode Fuller Center ride for a week and was able to raise with a group of cyclists who came together to ride $750 for Nicole. for the Fuller Center. The summer before, Nicole And around campus, you can still see one had set off with a different group from UIndy— of her most popular fundraising techniques: a Spring Term pilgrimage to Sierra Leone, a the T-shirts she sold her friends on campus. country on the West African coast. “I had the idea that I wanted to sell T-shirts During that trip, Nicole fell in love with the to close friends to make a bit of extra cash. So country and its people, and it reignited a passion with the help of a lot of friends here and there for service and gave her purpose. we came up with a shirt design. Riding for the Fuller Center, Nicole had “I only expected to sell 10 or 20, but to my the opportunity to fund-raise to give back to surprise I ended up selling over 50 shirts! Friends the country she felt had given so much to her. and people around campus just kept asking if they She decided the best way to give back was to could buy one as well. It was almost too easy to build a house. sell the shirts— they honestly sold themselves. “So when I found out that I could raise It was a definite sign that this bike adventure enough money to build a house for a poverty- was meant to happen.” stricken family, in the country that had brought The efforts paid off. Nicole raised enough my heart so much hope in a time of such doubt, money for the Fuller Center ride—and enough I knew I had to ride across America,” Nicole said. to build a home for a family in Sierra Leone. In order to ride the whole way, Nicole was obliged to raise $3,700. And in order to build a house, she needed to raise $5,000. It was a daunting amount.

24 PORTICO WINTER 2014 Nine weeks in the saddle “I learned to be patient with myself as The cross-country ride took nine weeks of riding, I climbed mountains, just as I must be patient on a route that took them through Georgia, with myself in the classroom learning, or out Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, in the field with clients.” Nicole hopes she can Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, encourage her friends and family to embark on Washington, and British Colombia. their own adventures, because she knows: nothing The ride may have been on behalf of a family is impossible with the right amount of effort. in far-off Sierra Leone, but this adventure was also Her words of advice? about Nicole herself. Though she’s no longer riding “Write a story worth telling. Find what Lexi every day, she is fulfilling her passion for makes you happy and do that, because honestly, helping people and taking what she learned from what the world needs is more happy people.” her Fuller Center experience into her new —Jenn Meadows ’14 adventure—OT school.

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‘I doubted, cried, screamed, laughed, smiled & found joy in every single day of riding’

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26 PORTICO WINTER 2014 Homecoming 2013

The rain may have dampened the UIndy campus on Homecoming day this year, but it certainly didn’t dampen the spirit of the week. Homecoming 2013 brought a week full of activities, including a UIndy day at the Indianapolis Zoo, a concert by nationally known singer-songwriter Eric Hutchinson, and even an outdoor movie on Smith Mall. Students decorated their dorms with the theme of “Hounds Through the Decades,” cheerleaders got everyone pumped up at a campus-wide pep rally, and a Friday night tent party at McQ’s pub gave UIndy family and friends a chance to get together before the big game. Tailgaters arrived early on Saturday to claim their favorite spot while five food trucks and a cupcake vendor set up to feed the hungry fans. Departments and schools from across campus held open houses and set up information tables in Greyhound Village next to Tailgate Town. Fans could make a spin-art T-shirt on a potter’s wheel, help to solve a crime thanks to the students in the Forensics at UIndy club, or get quick health tips from School of Nursing students. Community groups such as Keep Indianapolis Beautiful, Greyhound Pets of America, Indy 11 soccer league, Bella Dog Bakery, and the nearby University Heights Preparatory Academy all set up displays and had giveaways for UIndy fans. An increasingly popular UIndy tradition continued Saturday afternoon with the annual Homecoming Golf Cart Parade, a whimsical affair featuring dozens of lavishly decorated floats representing residence halls and student organizations. Community groups and even the Circle City Stompers Clown Band joined in for the parade that wrapped around campus and down a closed Hanna Avenue. Cheerleaders, the UIndy pep band, and the mascot, Indy, led the parade, with President Manuel and his wife serving as the grand marshals. And what homecoming would be complete without a win? Even after a rain delay, the nationally ranked Greyhound football team soundly defeated Missouri S&T, winning 34–3. If you missed out on this year’s homecoming, mark your calendars now for October 25, 2014!

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Football team on track nation during its run, and found its way for success into the National Soccer Coaches Winners of seven of their first eight Association of America top 25 for the games, the No. 10-ranked UIndy football first time since 2011. The team ended its team is gearing up for the first round of historic season with a 0-0 tie to Lewis in the NCAA Division II Championships the first round of the NCAA Midwest in 2013. Last season, the Greyhounds Regional on Nov. 15 at Ohio made their first postseason appearance Dominican. The Greyhounds (15-3-3) Klay Fiechter since 1975 and first since joining Division came into the match as the four-seed in II; UIndy earned the No. 4 seed and their program-first NCAA appearance. ousted fifth-seeded and visiting In addition, the Greyhounds Midwestern State, 31–14, before falling at features the top goal-scorer in the GLVC No. 1 Colorado State-Pueblo, 28–7, in in Ngwese Ebangwese. The junior the second round. transfer from Rochester, N.Y., has found Starring again this season is senior the back of the net 12 times this season, running back Klay Fiechter. After good for the GLVC lead in goals. He also breaking the school’s single-season leads the league in points, points per rushing record as a junior in 2012, the game, and goals per game. Alex Johns at the 2013 national meet Bluffton, Ind., native broke UIndy’s Their current nine-match win streak 51-year-old mark for career rushing matched the longest UIndy men’s soccer touchdowns this year and shortly history, achieved by the 2011 squad. thereafter became the program’s leader in The Greyhounds will host a first-round career all-purpose yards. Fiechter, an All- GLVC match and have climbed their America honoree from a season ago, is on way into the NCAA Division II Midwest pace to become UIndy’s all-time leading Regional Rankings. They are looking rusher before the season end. forward to NCAA postseason play. Not to be outdone, the Greyhound Wrestling team brings defense has quietly put up a remarkable experience Ngwese Ebangwese, GLVC leader in goals for 2013 season for head coach Bob Bartolomeo. The unit, which allowed just 13 total The 58th season of UIndy Wrestling points in four October games, has opened with head coach Jason Warthan’s consistently ranked in the D-II top 15 in squad featuring five returning NCAA scoring defense, total defense and passing Division II National Qualifiers and three defense. Senior defensive end and team All-Americans. captain Vince Maida ranks among the The Greyhounds were ranked No. GLVC leaders in sacks, while defensive 10 in the National Wrestling Coaches backs Andre Smith and Koby Orris Association Division II Preseason Poll, ranked one and two in the league, with a pair of UIndy student-athletes Katy McIntosh respectively, in interceptions. earning individual rankings at their weight classes; Alex Johns, an All- Men’s soccer advanced American via a fifth-place finish at the to postseason 2013 national meet, opened the season The Greyhound men’s soccer team ranked No. 4 at 125 pounds, while experienced one of the best seasons in fellow 2013 All-American Cameryn program history, including a school- Brady, who finished seventh at nationals record 12 conference wins to secure a a year ago, opened the 2013–14 year share of the GLVC regular-season title. ranked No. 4 at 149 pounds. UIndy downed the No. 9 team in the 2013 women’s volleyball team

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In addition to Johns and Brady, the Hounds Greyhounds are ranked 18th in the USA Today returned 2013 National Qualifiers Justin Kieffer Sports Division II Top 25 poll. UIndy is coming and Evan Wooding. Kieffer went to the NCAA off its second consecutive 19-win regular season, Division II National Championships in the and has made the NCAA Tournament five of the 141-pound weight class, while Wooding is at last six years. Head coach Constantin Popa brings heavyweight for the Hounds, who finished 19th as back three starters and 10 letter-winners. Coming up Katy McIntosh a team at nationals a season ago. Kieffer’s twin Senior averaged 16.1 points brother, Josh, is back in action for UIndy, after and 5.2 rebounds last season, earning All-GLVC Hall of Fame taking the 2012–13 season off as a redshirt. Josh First Team honors. She was also named to the All- February 15, 2014 Kieffer was an All-American for the Hounds two Midwest Region First Team by Daktronics. The Schwitzer Center seasons ago, taking sixth at 125 pounds as a true Austin, Ind., native finished second among freshman, and will wrestle at 133 pounds this year. Division II guards with a .532 shooting Florida Golf Outing percentage. Other returners include junior Kirsten Volleyball starts season Gliesmann, who led the team last season with 7.1 February 19–21, 2014 in national top 10 rebounds and 1.7 blocks per game, and Dajana Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Under new Head Coach Jason Reed, the UIndy Jovanovic, who averaged 7.1 points and 4.7 volleyball team began the 2013 season ranked rebounds per game. ‘Pack the ninth in the country and was quickly tested in The Hounds opened the season at the Disney House’ Night the opening weekend. At the Concordia–St. Paul D-II Tip-Off West Coast Classic in Anaheim, February 22, 2014 Tournament, the Greyhounds faced No. 20 Calif., with a loss to fifth-ranked Emporia State, Nicoson Hall Wayne State (Neb.) (L, 0–3), No. 21 Wingate (L, but they beat defending national champion and 2–3) and top-ranked Concordia-St. Paul (L, 0–3), No. 15 Ashland 85–76 on Nov. 17. The Hounds Greyhound Club along with regional-foe Hillsdale (W, 3–0). Even host 18th-ranked Lewis Jan. 30 in GLVC play. with the tough stretch, UIndy is 21–9 (19–5 in Golf Outing region), and is No. 7 in the Midwest Regional Greyhound Athletics’ June 27, 2014 Rankings at press time. ongoing success Otter Creek G.C. Perhaps the signature win of the season Dr. Sue Willey ’75, vice president for thus far is a straight-set victory over No. 22 intercollegiate athletics at UIndy, was interviewed For the latest athletics Ferris State at the 2013 GLIAC/GLVC Crossover on the television show “Inside Indiana Business” news, visit http:// Tournament. After controlling the first two sets, in November about what host Gerry Dick athletics.uindy.edu. the Greyhounds battled to a 31–29 third set win, called “one of the top college athletic programs sealing the sweep. in the country.” Junior setter Meghan Binkerd has facilitated Citing the successes of recent years—and the Greyhound offense, currently second in the a particularly good fall season for Greyhound About the GLVC with 11.06 assists per set. Her 70 assists football, volleyball and men’s soccer—sports Greyhound Club against Rockhurst on September 28 set a school reporter Bill Benner asked Willey, “What’s The Greyhound Club record for assists in a five-set match. She is the secret sauce?” supports the Athletic currently fourth in program history with 3,923 “The secret sauce is great personnel, Department by assisting Brittany Anglemyer career assists. Senior leads great coaches, a great administrative team, in renovation of existing the Hounds with a .314 attack percentage, which and a University that supports what we’re doing. facilities and purchasing ranks fifth in the GLVC. Her hitting is on pace And our coaches just do a great job recruiting the needed equipment. The to put her in the top 10 in program history. kind of quality student-athletes that we want Club goal is to maintain in our program,” Willey replied. Women’s basketball ranked The two also discussed UIndy student- that quality, expand and 20th at start athletes’ academic success and record of enhance opportunities for The women’s basketball squad began the community service. our student athletes, and 2013–14 season ranked 20th in the Women’s advance the mission of the —Compiled by Ryan Thorpe, Jackie Paquette, Division II Bulletin, and is picked to finish second University of Indianapolis. in the GLVC East by the league’s coaches. The and Kyle Piercy

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A decades-long tradition of honoring and recognizing UIndy alumni took place on Friday, October 4, with more than 300 alumni, students, 1 2 faculty, and board members in attendance at the annual Honors & Recognition banquet. Nikki Reed ’07, an on-air personality with radio station 99.5 WZPL, served as the emcee for the event, while local jazz pianist Steve Allee set the mood for the evening. Even Lynn Youngblood ’63, Dan Wilkinson ’63, Jim Clark ’63, Marilyn Ramsey ’63, and Carol Vawter Gladders ’63 (#1) surprised those in attendance by singing the Alma Mater and the school fight song, which they performed again during the football game on Saturday. Awards were given out after the dinner, honoring five outstanding alumni. The night ended with a dessert reception (#8) 3 4 in the Schwitzer Student Center Atrium hosted by UIndy students. For pictures and individual videos of the award recipients put together by videographer Daniel Scott, visit Alumni Central at alumni.uindy.edu.

The Distinguished Alumnus award, which recognizes outstanding professional accomplishments or long-standing devoted service in a chosen occupation or profession, was awarded to Don Ray ’50 (#2). After graduating from the first class in the School of Business, Don started at L.S. Ayres as a trainee. He served in various 5 6 merchandising and management positions before becoming executive vice president of Ayres. Ayres was acquired by Associated Dry Goods in 1963. Following the acquisition, Don was promoted to president and CEO of Stewarts Baltimore. From there he went to a larger division, Stix Baer and Fuller in St. Louis as president and CEO. In January 1984 he was promoted to president and CEO of Sibleys, a Rochester, NY, division of Associated Dry Goods. He retired in 1987. His

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30 PORTICO WINTER 2014 philanthropic leadership includes serving for 29 Dr. David Wantz ’84 (#5) received the years as chairman of the Leader Foundation, a St. distinguished faculty/staff Louis organization offering financial and award, which recognizes current faculty or counseling services to the elderly. He also served staff who are alumni and who have demonstrated as a member of several other boards including the consistent dedication and superior service at the Ayres Foundation and Gabriel House in Fort University. Dr. Wantz has been a true example to Myers, Fla. In Rochester, Don was a board member students, faculty, and staff by showing his of the Geva Theater and was chairman of the dedication to the University throughout the years, United Negro College Fund. from being the vice president of student affairs to his current role as special assistant to the presi- Megan Meadors ’07 ’09 (#3) received the dent. David often serves as a liason between the distinguished young alumni University and state and local government leaders award. This award recognizes and honors a in addition to serving on numerous civic boards. graduate of the University who, while still relatively He also has worked to make the University an young, has made outstanding contributions to their invaluable partner with the Gateway Business community. Meadors is an occupational therapist Alliance on the southside of Indianapolis. and former Miss Indiana and 500 Festival princess. She gained national attention in November 2012 Phyllis Webster (#6) and Yvonne Shaheen (#7) as an Indianapolis Colts cheerleader by coming both received the Honorary Alumni up with a unique approach to raising money for award, which honors those individuals leukemia research. She agreed to have her head who, although not graduates of the University shaved by Colts mascot Blue at the Colts-Bills of Indianapolis, have clearly demonstrated their game if he raised $10,000 by game time for commitment to the University over a significant research at the IU Health Simon Cancer Center. period of time. Shaheen has been a dedicted More than $40,000 was raised. Meadors continues member of the Board of Trustees since 1992 to practice Occupational Therapy with the and volunteers for more than 20 other local geriatric population while volunteering as organizations. Shaheen served as the CEO of several different organizations. Long Electric Company for 17 years, transforming the company into one of the largest electrical The Gene & Joanne Sease award contractors in Indianapolis. Webster and her late goes to a couple who has exemplified commitment husband, Virgil Webster ’54, attended many to the University of Indianapolis. Scott ’88 and campus events, becoming well-known members Jenny Fogo ’85 ’87 (#4) received this award for of the UIndy community. The Websters donated their individual and combined contributions of their farm to the University in December of 2009. time and talent. The Fogos received their bacca- This gift will create a scholarship of more than laureate degrees from UIndy and Jenny went on to $1 million for future UIndy students. receive her master’s degree as well. As students, the Fogos were involved in mission work, taking part in the Appalachia Service Project and the Peru Project. They have continued to be involved in missions and other ecumenical endeavors as alumni, going with youth from their church to work camps and returning to Appalachia. In 2011 Jenny served as a co-director on a trip to Belize with students from the School of Occupational Therapy who provided therapy as part of their fieldwork experience.

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Your Alumni Jared, Jaasiel, Laurie, survived by daughters, Relations Staff 1930s and Mark; 12 great Marydee Meyer ’66 and Nedra Krider ’31 Margaret Meyer ’69 Alison Hernandez ’09 grandchildren and 2 . She passed away February 16, great-great grandchildren. lived in Corydon, Ind. Assistant Director 2013. Nedra taught for She was preceeded in Churubusco schools Mary R. Fowler ’38 Jenny Pettit ’11 death by Jerome. Nedra before owning Krider lived in Fort Wayne, Ind. died September 22. She Brittney Gilsdorf ’13 Funeral Home in taught high school and Hannah Greig ’16 Churubusco with her Hilda Becker Meyer middle school vocal ’34 Alyssa Wiegand ’13 husband, Jerome. She is passed away July 4. music and English in survived by son, Rick; She was one-hundred Indianapolis. She retired Contributors, Class Notes daughter, Jera; years old and had been in 1979 as assistant grandchildren, Jathni, retired from teaching for dean of girls at Warren forty years. She is Central High School.

32 PORTICO WINTER 2014 Survivors include sons, Gene E. Dietz ’53 sister, Ruthie Allen. He War. He became an FBI David, Milton, and died September 21. He lived in Indianapolis. agent, with cases including Wendell; sister, Anna served in the U.S. Army the JFK assassination and Faye Dawson ’37; eleven from 1953–55, and Elzie Eugene Austin civil rights violations by grandchildren; and nine worked at Kennedy Tank ’61 passed away in the KKK. He is survived great-grandchildren. She and Manufacturing, September 23. He received by wife, Marion; daughter, lived in Ogallala, Neb. retiring in 2000. He is a degree in education from Debra; sons, Kevin, Brian, survived by wife, Indiana Central College and Tim; stepson John; Kathleen Beck Dietz; and was vice principal of stepdaughter, Jayne; eight 1940s daughter, Diane Dietz- Harry E. Wood high grandchildren; and four James Monson ’46 Ebbert ’83; and school and principal of great-grandchildren. He died July 21. He was a grandchildren, Kelsey Manual high school from lived in Bloomington, Ind. WWII Army Infantry and Jeff Ebbert. He lived 1978–1993. He was Juanita Jones ’63 veteran and the founder in Indianapolis. honored in 1980 by and pastor of Faith FPresident IN Bush and the passed away November Charles CarrollO ’57 Assembly of God in Beech Dept. of EducationD for 11, 2011. Survivors died July 9. He is survived Grove, Ind. He is survived Y leadership in educationI include children, Devin by his wife, Helen; three A by wife, Doris; son, T and a drug-free school and Melanie Eppink; daughters;I two sons; 15 James; daughter, Joyce program. He was precededN siblings, Don Dickinson, grandchildren; and nine Charlene Russell; grandsons, Craig S in death by wife, Margaret Redinger, and great-grandchildren. Austin ’80 A and Mark; and several . He is survived Bill Dickinson; and seven RHe lived in Charlotte great grandchildren. by three sons, Burt, Gene, grandchildren. She was Harbor, Fla. and Bart Austin ’81; and precededP in death by son, He lived in Bonita E grandchildren, Ashley, Bryce, and granddaughter Springs, Fla. O Harold Morrical ’58 Aaron, Brooke, Jaida, Brittany. She lived in V

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passed away on July 25. Highsmith ’87. He lived September 7. She is S survived by wife, Muriel; U Education for Service He lived in West Baden in Franklin, Ind. survived by her husband, son, Justin; and two Springs, Ind. Allan; her son Andrew; brothers, Stephen and her brother and sister-in- Phil. He lived in Wilbur Powers ’50 1960s law, Robert and Barbara; Claremont, Calif. died September 17. He Connie Cress ’60 brother-in-law, James lived in Indianapolis. passed away Sept. 9. She Johnson; her nephews, Donna Dial Canham 1 ’67 died on July 8. She is Carl Hawkins ’51 lived in Fort Myers, Fla.9 Jeffrey2 and Jesse Ziegler; 0 survived by daughters, passed away September as well as David and Larry Charles “Eddie” Barbara Dubuc and 20. He was married to Katz and their families. Taylor ’60 died Monica; sons, Jeffrey and the late Martha Hawkins She retired from American October 4. He was a Steven; brothers, Stanley, ’51. He lived in Maize, and then served as veteran of the U.S. Army. Roger, and Bruce; her Greenfield, Ind. president of Superior Eddie is survived by his Intelligence Publications, aunt, Lucille Shasteen; Ralph Brown ’53 wife, Phyllis; daughters, director of publications for several nieces and died October 5. He was a Cynthia L. Kleyn ’82 and the American Society of nephews; nine grand- World War II Air Force Kathy Rusler; son-in-law Agronomy, and director of children; and one great- veteran and retired from Daniel Kleyn ’83, sister, publications for the grandson. She was Southport High School. Joyce Jackson; and grand- Institute of Food Tech- preceded in death by her He is survived by his wife children, Annette, Julia, nologists. She lived in parents and her husband, of 64 years, Rosemary, and Jordan, Taylor, and Crown Point, Ind. Dr. Robert G. Canham. his brother, Ray. He lived Zachary. He was preceded She lived in Decatur, Ill. in Winter Haven, Fla. in death by his parents, Benjamin O. Keutzer Charles and Edna; and ’62 died on August 23. He served in the U.S. Navy as a medic in the Korean

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the community of Berne Justin Barrett ’96 on September 23. She 1970s for 39 years as a State is the environmental joins the family at home Alice French Farm agent. He was coordinator for the in Indianapolis. Greenburg ’71 retired preceded in death by his AES Corporation in from the Putnam County mother, Virginia Drake. Indianapolis. He lives Jenna M. Kassis Public Library. She lives Survivors include wife, with his wife, Kathleen, Piazza ’04 married in Greencastle, Ind. Kathi; son, Adam; and children, Noah and Vincent Piazza on daughter, Alison Mishler; Emma, in Indianapolis. September 28. The Donald “Chris” father, Max, and a happy couple resides Rodenbeck ’72 passed grandson, Drake Mishler. in Edwardsville, Ill., away on August 31. He He lived in Berne, Ind. 2000s with their nine-year-old was a veteran of the U.S. Sarah Morrison ’00 daughter, Rachel. Army Air Force and ’03 is the director of served in the Indiana 1980s health and wellness at Army National Guard. Shelby Baker ’80 is FRepucare. I She lives in He retired from Eli Lilly O N the renal continuing care Indianapolis. D & Company as a chemical network coordinatorY at St. I microbiologist. Survivors A FrancisT Pioneer ACO. She include wife, Patricia; I Sharon D. Summitt lives in Mooresville, Ind. N sons, Donald, John, and S ’00 passed away on October 5. She was Scott; daughter, Melanie Betty J. Maddux ’87 A R preceded in death by her Dishman; sister, Julia died August 26. She lived Wesley Alan Jolley was parents, Clifford and P Semokaitis; six in Greensburg, Ind. E Vona Woodson; brothers, born on April 1 to grandchildren; and five Kristen

MatthewO and great-grandchildren. He Paul F. Newcomer Dale and Doug; and V Jolley ’06. He joins the

lived in Plainfield, Ind. ’89 passed away August sister, Darla Jean. I family at home in Bury

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survived by her husband, Jim, Dave, and Nancy Darlene, Delaine and U Education for Service program manager for Bob; two sons, Curtis and Murphy; several nieces Denise. She worked at Loyalty Research Center. Clark; two sisters, and nephews; a great Thompson Consumer She lives in Indianapolis. Josephine Bailey and Sally niece and nephew; and Electronics. She lived in Walters; five grand- friend, Connie Fisher. He Cloverdale, Ind. Daniel L. Reveal ’08 children, Austin, Avery, lived in Plainfield, Ind. died July 27. He served in Adrianne, Harold, and Tina Gardner ’03 is the Army Reserve and the Bobby Wilson; and four 1 9 0the employer2 development National Guard for several great-grandchildren. She 1990s advisor at the Inter- years. Survivors include national Academy of was preceded in death by Vicki L. Privett ’94 mother, Eva Reveal- Design and Technology her parents, William and died October 1. She was a Hunter; stepfather, Online, in Tampa, Fla. Harriet Allen, and brother, partner in Day’s Healthy Charles Hunter; sister, She lives in Trinity, Fla. William Allen. She lived Living Pharmacy. She Debra Reveal-Loper; in Freetown, Ind. was preceded in death nieces, Amanda and Misty; great-nieces and Robert Biggs ’73 by her husband, Bruce. Survivors include parents a great-nephew; several passed away July 16. He is aunts, cousins, and special survived by wife, Patricia William and Marilyn; life partner Steve Day; sisters, friend, Kim. He lived Biggs ’58, ’72; two sisters, in Leitchfield, Kent. Jean and Delores; brother, Judi and Lori; brother, David Biggs ’67; and Doug; step children, children, Brad and Laura. Shaun and Jonathan; six step grandchildren; He lived in Avon, Ind. Lisa Bohacik ’04 and and several nieces and husband, Jerry, welcomed Gregory Drake ’73, nephews. She lived in their second daughter, died October 1. He served Arcadia, Ind. Emma Christine Bohacik

34 PORTICO WINTER 2014 12. The happy couple lives in Carmel, Ind. Music alumna Hannah Penn known for optimism Porterfield ’12 married Robert Porterfield. They and zeal for life live in Delphi, Ind. Mindy Owens lost her Lanea Bonney ’13 battle with cancer in Melissa Snyder is teaching music at August, but not before Tannehill ’08 married Monument Lighthouse she received her Chad Tannehill on July Charter School K-7 in UIndy diploma. 27. The newlyweds live in Indianapolis. She has also The music education Plainfield, Ind. started an after-school major from Marion was gospel choir open to diagnosed while in high Audra Sanders High F IN school, then learned as a 6th–11th graders. O D ’09 received her Brain Y I college student that her Injury Specialist JessicaT Dawn odds were not good.A Her courage and positive Certification in MartinI Bridgham ’13 attitude, however, were an inspiration to many on September 2013. She married Matthew campus, especially in theN Department of Music. lives in Lafayette, Ind. BridghamS ’13 this In April, she was invited to the Indiana Statehouse A past summer. They live to meet legislators and Gov. Mike Pence as the Michael Crane ’09 R in Ann Arbor, Mich. House passed a resolution inP her honor. is employed with Florida E UIndy administrators made arrangements

Atlantic University as of Amanda Douglas ’13 for Mindy to walk in the MayO commencement

April 2013. He lives in V is a K–8 music instructor ceremony, though she still needed to complete

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KatieU DunlapEducation ’13 for Service present a diploma. She passed the next day. is a choir instructor at “Her family was all in attendance, and we Southmont Senior High hummed ‘Pomp and Circumstance,’” recalled School in Crawfordsville. Kory Vitangeli, dean of students and vice Derek Gould ’13 president for Student and Campus Affairs. “I feel is a choir/general music so very fortunate to have had this experience and instructor at Emmerich1 9 0to have2 known this wonderful young woman.” Reagan Idalia was born to Manual High School in A “Celebration of Life” service was held James Byers ’11 and Indianapolis. on September 29 at the Christel DeHaan Fine Katie Hands Byers Arts Center’s Ruth Lilly Performance Hall, ’12 on August 3. She Ivy Simons Horn ’13 with eulogies, readings, prayer, and special music joins the family at home married Adam Horn on from students and other friends, including the in Otterbein, Ind. July 13. She is a registered Crimson Express vocal ensemble. nurse at IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital. She UIndy is establishing a Mindy Marie Owens lives in Pendleton, Ind. Memorial Music Scholarship in her honor. Elizabeth Knox ’13 Contributions can be made by check to the is the conductor of the University of Indianapolis, noting this scholarship Boone County Comm- in the memo line, and sent to the Office of unity Band in Indiana. Development, 1400 East Hanna Avenue, Kathryn Reinhardt Indianapolis, IN 46227. ’11 and Brian Marris ’11 married on October

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Abby Means ’13 average. She and her & Co. She lives in North is a K–5 elementary husband, Chuck Moyer Judson, Ind. music instructor at ’12, live in Camby, Ind. Rhoades Elementary Bethany Walters ’13 in Indianapolis. Allison Ritzline ’13 is the marketing and is a K–5 elementary music communications manager Kathryn Moss ’13 instructor at Abraham for the Indianapolis is teaching at Holy Name Lincoln Elementary Symphony, and plays Catholic School in Beech in Indianapolis. violin for the Marion Shannon Cook Grove and has started a Philharmonic Orchestra Loschky ’06 ’13 is piano studio at her church and Anderson Symphony a nurse practitioner for for children ages 5–17. Orchestra. She married CVS stores. Shannon Josh Daugherty ’09 ’12 married Jay Loschky June Traci Moyer ’13 is a on September 6. 1, 2013, and they reside reporter for the AndersonF IN in Washington, D.C. Herald Bulletin in O D Anderson, Ind.Y In 2013, I she earnedT the School of A AdultI Learning’s Student Mary Surma ’13 is a N ofS the Year award with chemist 1 for Lancaster the highest grade point Labs through Eli Lilly A R P

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Raft of the Medusa by Joe Pintauro was presented from October 4–13 by The Theatre Within, an outreach of The Church Within, located just a few miles north of campus. Alumni Christie Beckmann ’98, Kirk Fields ’90, and 1 9 0 2 Jeffrey Barnes ’00 were among the cofounders of a company called Theatre Non Nobis in 2002. The group made the church its home in 2011 and recently changed its name accordingly. Its mission is to produce high-quality theater that raises awareness of social issues and promotes positive change. Raft of the Medusa was directed by Jenni White ’97, and the cast included UIndy faculty member Adam Henze ’12 and UIndy staffers Fields and Barnes. Other offstage contributors included From left to right: Kirk Fields, Kevin Grow, Bill Wilkinson, and Danielle Buckel ’11 (costumes/props) and Ian Cruz. Dr. Rizzo (Fields) tries to calm AIDS support group UIndy staffers Beckmann (sound design) members as tension rises and tempers flare. Photo credit: and Lucy Fields ’91 (light and sound Mark Lee/NUVO operator).

36 PORTICO WINTER 2014 “You cannot dream in Gaza”

Palestinian student beats odds to get to UIndy

UIndy graduate student Fidaa Abuassi was Meanwhile, at UIndy, the fall semester featured on NPR’s Morning Edition one day this was getting underway. Faculty and staff in the fall, and rightfully so—her long wait and difficult International Division and other offices worked on journey to Indianapolis were finally reaching a the bureaucratic end to help Abuassi gain passage, happy conclusion. but as deadlines passed, they feared she would not Stymied for months by bureaucratic tangles, be leaving Gaza anytime soon, or might even be political turmoil and petty harassment, the turned away if she made it to the United States. 25-year-old Palestinian woman finally made her Fidaa’s own determination made it easier to way out of her native land, the blockaded Gaza enlist support, Saksena said: “She’s so full of life. She Hear the NPR report Strip, and arrived on campus for her first class as doesn’t give up, so it’s really hard to give up on her.” a master’s candidate in International Relations. Success came only after a week of traveling on Fidaa Abuassi at : “I’m so glad that I didn’t give up,” she said, each day from her family’s home to the tinyurl.com/kmlqmvm expressing thanks to many people at UIndy and backlogged Rafah border crossing into Egypt, elsewhere who worked on her behalf. “There are where she would submit her name, sometimes many other students who are still trapped.” arguing with the guards, and hope—under Abuassi first came to the United States last seemingly arbitrary and shifting rules—that year on a Fulbright fellowship and visited UIndy students would be among those allowed to in February as a guest speaker, discussing the cross that day. challenges of life in Gaza. She met Associate “It’s really dehumanizing,” she said. “Every Professor Jyotika Saksena, director of the IR person at the border has their own story of pain.” master’s program, who introduced her to a Finally, on Saturday, she got a seat on benefactor who would later set up a fund with a bus that took her across eight hours of Sinai a local group, Christians for Peace and Justice in desert to the Cairo airport. She flew to Turkey, the Middle East, to support Abuassi’s education. then to Chicago, and was driven by friends Planning to enter UIndy this fall, she today to Indianapolis. returned in June to her home and family in Gaza, Abuassi’s parents have been supportive the Palestinian enclave on the Mediterranean throughout the ordeal, she says, although her coast with no functioning airport and only two mother has wondered if she wouldn’t be happier official border crossings, heavily guarded, one into with a more traditional life in Gaza. But Fidaa Israel and one into Egypt. Her initial application seems to have no second thoughts about pursuing for a student visa, however, was rejected by the a different destiny. U.S. embassy in Cairo, and the return of military “You cannot dream in Gaza,” she said. rule in Egypt effectively shut down that border. “You are busy surviving; this is how you live. In July, she gained approval to enter Israel And I don’t want to be a survivor only. I want for a day and apply for a student visa at the U.S. to be a dreamer. embassy in Jerusalem. A month later, days before “I chose to study international relations classes were to start, she had her passport and visa because I’ve always wanted to make a change in in hand, but she still needed approval to cross into Palestine, in my people, or at least in my life. … Israel and get to an airport. After several weeks of I want to be in a position so I can help.” waiting, that request was rejected. —Scott Hall

www.uindy.edu 37 Jefimija Zlatanovic ’17: ‘I am here thanks to you’ It’s no secret: attending college can be expensive. But thanks to generous donors and friends, UIndy students are able to receive scholarships that help them to pursue their education. Each autumn, students take time to share their gratitude with donors via handwritten letters and phone calls. Enjoy this smattering of comments shared from the thousands of students who have benefited from the thoughtfulness of others. To help support the education of a UIndy student, please visit giving.uindy.edu.

“You’ve given me a future that I am excited about, and for that I thank you to the moon and back.”—Sarah Horan ’17

“I am so grateful to have a UIndy education and one day I would like to give back to the school just as you did.”—Presley Huffman ’16

“I am proud to be a student here at UIndy, and I am even more proud to be worthy of your generous contribution.”—Gina Bettag ’15

“Your contributions have made it possible for me to go to my dream school and get the education I have always wanted. I greatly appreciate it.”—Lauren Suiter ’15

“Receiving a scholarship means I will be able to take the necessary steps to be able to stay in school and become a nurse—my childhood dream.”—Brittany Carlton ’14

Class of ’63 gift is tribute to memories

When the Class of 1963 50th reunion committee sat down to talk about their best memories at Indiana Central, the first thing that came to mind was how much they enjoyed interacting with faculty and receiving personal attention. They valued the time spent with their teachers, whether it was class time or meal time. And they want to make sure that future students have the chance for that same personal interaction. The class gift will help fund a technology-rich collaboration area on campus that is specially designed to promote faculty/ student interaction. Their goal is to raise more than $10,000, of which more than $7,000 has already been raised. The designated area will be named after the Class of 1963, and they are asking donors to add a special touch by writing a sentence or two about a faculty interaction that was meaningful to them. Those stories will be collected into a book or display that would be kept in the designated room or space. If you would like to be a part of this project by making a donation, please visit alumni.uindy.edu/giving or contact Lora Teliha, Director of Annual Giving, at (317) 788-2187 or [email protected].

38 PORTICO WINTER 2014 peace, love & license plates

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Annual giving Let us know about it! Submit Portico news & more Year-end gift giving made easy Help UIndy scholars while taking advantage Share your news with us online at Alumni Central! Post info and of tax benefits for 2013! If you’re considering photos, and we’ll pass the news on to your classmates in Portico, too. a gift before the end of the year, here are a Or send your news to us in the mail about a wedding, child, job, few quick tips to remember: promotion, or achievement. High-resolution (300 dpi) or print photos are welcome and may be published if space allows. (When Gifts by check: Make your check payable you send wedding news, please include wedding date, spouse name & to the University of Indianapolis, include occupations. When you share birth announcements, please include the any special instructions for use of the gift baby’s full name, birth date, and any siblings at home.) in the memo line or in a separate letter, and make sure your gift is postmarked by Did you graduate in 1974, 1984, 1994, or 2004? If so, 2014 is your December 31, 2012, and mailed to the reunion year at Homecoming! If you’d like to be involved with the Office of Annual Giving. reunion planning committee for your year or just want to connect Give online at uindy.edu/giving and click with your fellow classmates again, visit alumni.uindy.edu to sign up. “Give Now.” Make your gift by midnight on December 31, 2013. We are also looking for alumni who would like to help with Giving stocks or securities: Step-by-step commencement on May 3 and help freshmen to move in to their instructions are available at http://www. dorms on August 20. Other volunteer opportunities are available uindy.edu/giving/ways-to-give. Transfers year-round, so contact Alison Hernandez ’09, Assistant Director of should be initiated by December 17. Alumni Relations at (317) 788-2137 or email hernandezal@uindy. edu to get involved with your alma mater! Contact Andy Kocher at 1-800-232-8634, ext. 3493, or [email protected]. Our students thank you for your continued Mail Class Notes news to: Office of Alumni Relations, generosity! 1400 East Hanna Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46227-3697

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Class of 1962 gift honors legacy of Dr. Esch On Sunday, February 25, 1945, Dr. I. Lynd Esch preached at the University Heights United Brethren Church. On Wednesday, he attended the funeral of his friend and university president, Dr. I. J. Good. On Thursday, at the ripe old age of 39, Dr. Esch became the fourth president of Indiana Central College. The Class of 1962 spent all of their college career with Dr. Esch, who didn’t retire until 1970. As the class was celebrating their 50th anniversary in 2012, they decided to create a gift that would honor the spirit and legacy of Dr. Esch. They were among the first students to use what is now called Esch Hall, which was completed in time for classes in the fall of 1958. “Without Dr. Esch at the helm, it could not have been built,” says Ken Hottell ’62, who served as the class gift chair and also worked at the University from 1962 until 2002. “Esch’s vision and immense credibility made the financing available from the business community.” The class decided to have artist Tuck Langland, a nationally known and internationally active sculptor and professor emeritus at the South Bend campus of Indiana University, to sculpt a bronze bust of Dr. Esch, and was able to raise more than $15,000 from their classmates to pay for the project. At the 2013 Homecoming, many of the class members were on hand for the unveiling. The bust of Dr. Esch now stands in the hallway of Esch Hall, a fitting tribute for the man who initiated the University motto of “Education for Service” and lived out its message. 40 PORTICO WINTER 2014