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JackieBranch Robinson,Celebrating Rickey and 1904, “42” Ohio Wesleyan Magazine VOLUME 90 ISSUE NO.2 r SUMMER 2013 r OWU See page 4 Rising Stars Meet some of our young alumni whose leadership accomplishments are gaining momentum. The Opposite VOLUME 90 ISSUE NO. 2 r SUMMER 2013 of Ordinary www.owualumni.com Ohio Wesleyan Alumni Online Community Editor Pamela Besel Class Notes Editor Amanda Zechiel ’09 OWUOhio Wesleyan Magazine [email protected] Designer Photo Editor Sara Stuntz Matt Wasserman ’14 FEATURES // Contributing Writers Pam Besel John Shimer ’05 15 Our Inspired and Inspiring Meek Leaders Gretchen Hirsch Karson Stevenson ’16 They have built up their leadership portfolios with an impressive crescendo. Meet this year’s Meek Craig Luke ’85 Andrea Misko Strle ’99 Leader awardees. Claire Paniccia ’13 Amanda Zechiel ’09 Contributing Photographers Sara Blake Paul Molitor 18 Faith at Work in Moscow Chris Fink Claire Paniccia ’13 What began at OWU as an interest in Russian history and culture has culminated in a chaplaincy Anthony Gardner Taylor Rivkin ’14 in Russia for Matthew Laferty ’08 as he serves and leads those people whom poverty, ill health, and Kimberly Goldsberry Mark Schmitter ’12 hunger have hit the hardest. Justin Kronewetter Interim Director of Marketing and 20 Becoming Leaders Communication Cole Hatcher Some of OWU’s youngest leaders share their thoughts. Marketing and Communication Office (740) 368-3335 22 Marija’s World Director of Alumni Relations Someone needs to strategize, pick up the pieces, and reconfigure as necessary after the devastation of Brenda DeWitt world disasters and warfare. One of those individuals whose career passions have led her to positions in the Balkans, Yemen, the U.S. and now, Iraq is Marija Ignjatovic ’03. Alumni Relations Office Phone: (740) 368-3325 Fax: (740) 368-3328 Email: [email protected] 24 Demise of a Disease Stamping out the transmission of Guinea worm disease by 2015 in countries such as Chad is Katie Web site: www.owu.edu Schlaudt’s ’10 motivation and mantra as she leads and educates people of central Africa on how to OWU Magazine: http://magazine.owu.edu prevent being infected by the dangerous roundworm parasite. The Ohio Wesleyan Magazine (ISSN 0030-1221) is published in Summer, Fall, Winter, and Spring by Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio. 26 The Producer Periodicals postage paid at Delaware, Ohio and Aim high and follow through. Add in a good dose of innovation and a ‘nose for news’ and you’ll additional mailing offices. Postmaster: Send address changes to The Magazine, Ohio Wesleyan begin to know television producer Driss Sekkat ’06. University, Delaware, Ohio 43015. General University telephone number: (740) 368-2000. E DITORIAL ADVISORY Pam Besel, Marketing and Communication Roger Ingles, Athletics Board MEMBERS Brenda DeWitt, Alumni Relations Ida Mostofi, Marketing and Communication Printed on recycled paper Rebecca Eckstein, Admission and Financial Aid Nancy Bihl Rutkowski, Student Involvement Colleen Garland, University Relations Chuck Steinmetz, Provost Cole Hatcher, Marketing and Communication Sara Stuntz, Marketing and Communication Scenes from the Southwest A Theory-to-Practice Grant, “Student Exhibition Experience,” provided funding for Professor Justin Kronewetter and his students to study artwork created by Hispanic, Native American, and African-American artists living in New Mexico. These students will assist in organizing and hanging artwork from several of the artists for a campus art exhibition in Spring 2014. DEPARTMENTS // 10 // IN WRITING 30 // ALUMNI HAPPENINGS Lifespan Maintenance of Knowledge Greek Stats and Facts 2 // LEADER’S LETTER Roman Literature, Gender and reception Tribute to Dr. Nevin Scrimshaw ’38 Alexander Wilson: The Scot Who Founded A Life Worth Living: Bob Pearson ’76 4 // FROM THE JAYWALK American Ornithology Calendar of Events Class Notes Play Ball 12 // GIFTS AND GRATITUDE It’s Easy Being Green 48 // THE FINAL WORD Dedication of Class of ’63 Commons Mock Newbery Voting is a Hit Investing in Woltemade Center’s Future The Essence of Ohio Wesleyan OWU History at Our Fingertips Postgraduate Fellowships Encouraged Craig Luke ’85, outgoing President of Getting Real About College Practice What You Preach OWU’s Alumni Association Board of Commencement 2013 Directors, shares his thoughts about the 28 // BISHOP BATTLES development of leadership skills, and Ohio esleyan’s special role in that development. A Winter to Remember W Honorary Football Coaches Day r OWU SUMMER 2013 1 Leader’s Letter >> Preparing Moral Leaders for a Global Society ANMO G THE HIGH POINTS OF most outstanding seniors are inducted in to Award winners and of the breadth of their EACH ACADEMIC YEAR ARE THE Phi Beta Kappa, the nation’s oldest and most impact as leaders on this campus. This OPPORTUNITIES TO ACKNOWLEDGE prestigious academic honor society. year’s winners have served as presidents of THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF OUR numerous campus organizations, including STUDENTS AND, IN paRTICULAR, OF One of the highlights of this annual season fraternities and sororities, multicultural OUR GRADUATING SENIORS. The annual of recognition is the Golden Bishops Awards clubs, and interest groups. They were Greek Awards ceremony recognizes individuals ceremony. Complete with a red carpet and moderators of small living units, resident and chapters that have provided outstanding the presentation of Golden Bishops, the assistants, and peer advisors. They led leadership and contributed in other ways to event notes extraordinary accomplishments mission trips, competed on championship the health and strength of Greek life at OWU. of student leaders in community service, athletics teams, volunteered in numerous The Dale Bruce Scholar-Athlete Awards Dinner student involvement, student government, organizations, and studied and travelled notes the achievements of our outstanding and athletics. The ceremony climaxes with around the world in the theory-to-practice student athletes, including recognition of the introduction of the Meek Leadership and travel-learning programs. They the top 50 (student athletes with the highest Award winners, including the two Meek strengthened existing organizations, grade point averages), each introduced Outstanding Leadership Award winners. The and they formed new organizations to by a member of the faculty specifically Meek Leadership Awards were established and meet needs not already addressed on invited by the student athlete. Kushinda endowed by Phil and Nancy LaPorte Meek, campus. They served on student boards celebrates the diversity of our campus and both Class of 1959, and are bestowed on with various academic departments, won recognizes the leadership and contributions seniors who have demonstrated exceptional election to numerous academic honorary of students who participate in multi-cultural leadership during their years at Ohio societies, and distinguished themselves as organizations. Individual academic departments Wesleyan University and show promise leaders in the classroom as well as in a host host ceremonies applauding the induction to sustain that commitment throughout of programs outside the classroom and of accomplished students in to academic their lives. These are the most prestigious beyond the campus. honorary societies. Baccalaureate, held on the leadership awards presented by Ohio eve of Commencement, celebrates the spiritual Wesleyan Ohio Wesleyan prides itself on an diversity of our campus and honors students education for leadership and service that who have provided leadership in our religious Once again this year, I marveled at the prepares moral leaders for a global society. life programs. Earlier on the same day, our accomplishments of the Meek Leadership Our curriculum challenges students to 2 OWU r SUMMER 2013 >> Leader’s Letter Our 2013 Golden Bishop awardees pose for a photo. learn by doing, by connecting theory to African-American teammate mistreated by a When I think of this year’s Meek Leadership practice through learning the content of a hotel clerk, and at that moment, as a student Award winners, and when I think of all discipline and becoming practitioners of that at Ohio Wesleyan, he made a commitment of the other students whose leadership discipline. Similarly, in the co-curriculum, that someday he would do something about and accomplishments were recognized in we develop leaders by challenging students racial injustice. In 1903, as a student leader the various ceremonies this spring, I am to learn by doing. They accept positions of at Ohio Wesleyan (he was the baseball coach filled with gratitude and hope – gratitude leadership on campus and in the process hone his senior year), Branch Rickey made a for all who help make this education the very skills that prepare them for leadership commitment that he carried with him for the possible, gratitude for students who take beyond Ohio Wesleyan. This is fundamental rest of his life. In 1947, against the counsel full advantage of the opportunities that are to an Ohio Wesleyan education. of nearly everyone he knew, he fulfilled that presented to them, and hope for the future commitment. we entrust to them. We challenge our students to understand that leadership comes with responsibility Today, we challenge our students to make In this issue of the Magazine, you will read and purpose. The release this spring of 42, commitments of their own. Branch Rickey some of their stories. I hope you share my the movie depicting the story of Major did not know in 1903 specifically what he gratitude, and my hope. Thank you for the League Baseball executive Branch Rickey would do in 1947, but he knew that he was role you play in the development of moral (Class of 1904) and the legendary Jackie committed to preventing racial injustice. leaders for a global society. Robinson, provides a powerful reminder of So, too, our students today confront issues the moral and social impact of leadership. that their generation must resolve, and In a climactic moment of the movie when they make commitments to do their part. Robinson and Rickey are alone in the training They don’t know today how or when those room following a racially-charged incident in commitments may be fulfilled.