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Associate Dean for Research and Infrastructure President Vice President Secretary/Treasurer Executive Council From the Dean 2 Annie Lang John E. Burks Jr., PhD’79 Frank Violi, BA’80 Ann M. Waren, BA’87 Representative James M. Rogers, BS’56 Dean’s Advisory Board 3 Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education From Your Alumni Board 4 Catherine Larson BOARD MEMBERS Associate Dean for Program Then and Now 5 Development and Graduate Education Around the College 18 Emila Martins 12 Executive Director of Development/ Other Developments 20 Alumni Programs David E. Ellies Spotlight Inside back cover Terry Anker, Bruce Hetrick, Thomas D. Hunter, Nancy S. Labiner, Managing Editor BA’82 BA’82 BA’86 BA’91 Anne Kibbler

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President/CEO Cover artwork by Steve Snyder Ken Beckley Lisa A. Marchal, John D. Papageorge, Dan Peterson, Deborah B. Pettry, Director of Alumni Programs Magazine designed by Cheryl Budd, Mediaworks BA’96 BA’89 BS’84 BA’73 16 Nicki Bland The College is published twice a year by the Indiana University Alumni Association in Editor for Constituent Periodicals Julie Dales cooperation with the College of Arts and Sciences and its alumni association to encourage alumni interest in and support for Indiana University. The College is paid for in part by dues-paying members of the IUAA. For information about membership or activities, please To contact the College of Arts & call (800) 824-3044 or e-mail [email protected]. Information can also be found on Sciences Alumni Board, send e-mail to [email protected]. Jefferson Shreve, Janet S. Smith, William V. West, the College Web site at www.indiana.edu/~college/. BA’89 BA’67 BA’96 THE DEAN ADVISORY BOARD College, campus transitions Think big, stay honest — FROM DEAN’S mark new era advice from a pro by Emily Williams

s you know, both the College and the larger Bloomington College. Here are just a few he business world has a bit of an image problem these Acampus are moving through a period of major transition. of many examples: Tdays. A series of scandals has left the public skeptical that Kumble R. Subbaswamy left his position as dean of the College every motive is greedy, every action corrupt, every statement a In April, two juniors, Eliza- to take up the post of provost at the University of Kentucky on downright fib. This makes Virgil Scudder’s fundamental advice beth Adams and Robert July 1. Joseph Steinmetz, executive associate dean of the College, to businessmen and others who seek his services as a media Koffie, were named Goldwa- also left, to become dean of the College of Liberal Arts and consultant both obvious and surprising. “Do not lie, mislead, or ter Scholars for the 2006–07 Sciences at the University of Kansas. The departures of Swamy deceive,” he says simply. “It will burn you in the long run. It will academic year. Goldwater and Joe were announced at about the same time that IU come back to haunt you.” The trouble, of course, is how much scholarships are among the trustees approved an administrative reorganization for the harder it is to be honest. That’s where Scudder, BA’58, comes in. most prestigious national entire Bloomington campus. A newly created office of the awards to encourage out- Scudder’s firm, Virgil Scudder and Associates, is in the vanguard provost has replaced the chancellor’s position, which for decades standing students to pursue of the emerging field of media consulting, which teaches clients has been the chief academic post on the Bloomington campus. careers in mathematics, natu- how to give interviews and deliver presentations. “It’s knowing Other new administrative and organizational arrangements are ral science, and engineering. what to focus on and making the messages tight and trim and in the process of implementation. Interim Dean David Zaret Adams is pursuing degrees easily understood,” Scudder explains. “It’s identifying the most Swamy’s departure marks the end of a six-year term of truly in astronomy/astrophysics difficult question and making sure you’ve done your homework visionary leadership of the College. Since his arrival in 2000, and mathematics. Under the guidance of IU professors, she and you know what the answer is.” The training involves speech there has been an unprecedented level of innovation. More new has worked at an observatory in Australia, studying binary star organization, conquering nervousness, body language, practice undergraduate and graduate degree programs are being added systems. Koffie is working toward degrees in biochemistry and interviews ... and a liberal dose of humor. Scudder’s seminars than at any point I can recall during my 29 years as a member physics. His plans include pursuit of a joint PhD/MD degree, have titles like “TV Crew on the Doorstep: What to Do if Mike of the College faculty. Since 2000, a nearly decade-long decline researching neural networks. Wallace Shows Up” and “When the Bomb Drops: Surviving A Crisis.” Clearly, he’s a presenter who practices what he preaches At the annual Founders Day ceremony, four College faculty were — with style. It is truly inspiring to observe the named Distinguished Professors, the most prestigious appoint- ment for faculty at IU: Ellen Ketterson (biology), who studies Scudder has worked as a media trainer in 24 countries, mainly evolutionary dynamics in animal populations; Alan Kostelecky with executives in large corporations like American Airlines,

outstanding teaching, research, Courtesy photo (physics), a theoretical physicist who works on the theory of Forbes, GlaxoSmithKline, IBM, Pepsi, and Time Warner. Indi- Virgil Scudder creative activity, and service activities relativity; Robert Nosofsky (psychology), an experimental psy- vidual clients have included new house majority leader John chologist who studies perception and categorization; and Joseph Boehner, singer Wynonna Judd, and NBA great Bill Russell. that occur across our many Steinmetz (psychology), whose experiments in neuroscience Russell, in particular, had some very high praise, saying: “Virgil training to doctors in war-torn regions such as Iraq and Somalia. departments and programs. explore the molecular underpinnings of neuronal activity. Other Scudder is to me in this era of my life what [coach] Red Auer- Another was founding the annual International Public Affairs university-wide awards garnered by College faculty at Founders bach was during my playing days with the Celtics.” It’s hard to Symposia at the United Nations, which brings together experts Day include the George W. Pinnell Award for Outstanding Ser- imagine higher praise than that for a Hoosier. in public relations, diplomacy, journalism, academia, religion, and in the College’s undergraduate enrollments and majors has vice (Cathy Olmer, physics, and Dennis Peters, chemistry), and medicine. He also champions the value of a liberal arts education leveled off, as has a long decline in graduate programs. At the Scudder entered the media consulting business after a long and the John W. Ryan Award for Distinguished Contributions by serving on the Dean’s Advisory Board for the College. same time, the volume of externally funded research has doubled. successful career in broadcasting. That career began at IU, where to International Programs and Studies (Dennis Sinor, Central “I am passionate about it,” Scudder affirms. “I think the advisory Research activity will be further enhanced by the opening of he earned a degree in radio and television and a minor in music Eurasian studies). board is, frankly, one of the most satisfying things I do.” Scudder’s Simon Hall next spring — the first new science facility to be history, literature, and appreciation. “At IU a couple of my pro- rhetorical skills make him a persuasive advocate, and after a few built in 40 years. Establishment of the College Arts and Of course, College faculty continue to receive many prestigious fessors said something that really resonated with me: ‘Think big. minutes of discussing education with him, it’s hard to imagine Humanities Institute and the first substantial addition, in over external awards. These include Guggenheim Fellowships Think New York.’ And that, of course, was the goal, the top why anyone wouldn’t major in the liberal arts. “What should an a decade, to much-needed fellowship funds are among the many awarded to Daniel James (history) and Deidre Lynch (English). spot in broadcasting. You don’t start in New York, though.” arts and sciences education do?” he asks. “It should teach you other notable accomplishments of Swamy’s work at IU. In addition, I am pleased to report that four of our graduate Scudder started at a daytime radio station in Seymour, Ind., and students received Lieber Memorial Teaching Associate Awards, by the mid-1970s had risen to that top spot, covering news, to communicate. It should teach you to reason. It should teach As interim dean of the College, I want to assure you that the given to acknowledge outstanding and innovative classroom sports, and the arts for networks like NBC and ABC. “I inter- you to problem-solve. And it should teach you to question College is well-positioned to continue to move forward on instruction: Jeff Dixon (sociology), Nicholas Henriksen (Spanish viewed an awful lot of interesting people,” Scudder recalls, “like assumptions. Well, if you’re going into business, what better multiple fronts. We will implement more new programs, such background is there?” and Portuguese), Celia Rasmussen (English), and Vance Schaefer Hal Prince, Beverly Sills, Grace Bumbry, Alexis Weissenberg. as an innovative, multidisciplinary BS program in human biology (East Asian languages and cultures). And that’s where the training — both the background in the arts Scudder’s wide variety of experiences in journalism and business that we expect will be an attractive option for many undergradu- that I got through the college and the music study — really gave around the world have strengthened this resolve and lead him ates. We will recruit top-flight faculty who will deepen and Reflecting on these and other accomplishments by many other me an advantage.” It was at NBC that a colleague’s wife persuaded to stress the College’s role in preparing students to think glob- expand our expertise in area studies across the globe. We will faculty and students, I feel very fortunate to work in the College. Scudder to try his hand at a new field called media training. ally. “I’ve been very impressed with what I’ve seen of the foreign also recruit scientists whose teaching and research will propel It is truly inspiring to observe the outstanding teaching, research, After 15 years in the business at major public relations firms, study programs and some of the on-campus programs giving the IU Life Sciences Strategic Plan. As of July 1, there are two creative activity, and service activities that occur across our many Scudder partnered with his son to start his own firm in 1990. these young people a broad perspective that they’re going to new departments in the College, the Department of Statistics, departments and programs. C need,” he says. “I think the College is doing an excellent job.” which will enhance many areas of research, and the Department With the demands of running his own successful business, Scud- of Second Language Studies. ~ DAVID ZARET, INTERIM DEAN der doesn’t have much in the way of spare time. Nevertheless, Finally, sitting on the board allows Scudder to give back to there are a few causes for which he clears his calendar. One is the university. “I was very well prepared by IU. I got a terrific I can also report that this has been another outstanding year with sitting on the board of directors of WiRED International, a not- education there. I’m very grateful for it, and I think I owe regard to special accomplishments by students and faculty in the for-profit organization that provides medical and technological something back.” C

2 THE COLLEGE/SUMMER 2006 THE COLLEGE/SUMMER 2006 3 BOARD AND NOW

Infrastructure repairs on an THEN Fellowships open up ALUMNI aging campus: There’s no easy fix graduate school opportunities by Vanessa Cloe

Crumbling interiors in Life sciences and infrastructure are two of the areas members of etting into graduate school can be one of the most exciting memorable core campus your alumni board must review regularly, along with the human- Gand challenging times for a student. But after the excitement buildings. Elevators ities, the need for diversity of thought as well as demographics, dies down, reality sinks in and you wonder ‘how on earth am I out of order, forcing and the impact of the global economy. No one party is respon- going to pay for this?’ Thanks to generous donors like Louise students and faculty sible for our campus infrastructure; nor is there a single simple McNutt (see page 11), graduate school can be a viable option for to climb six flights of solution to funding infrastructure repairs. Various alternatives students who otherwise just couldn’t afford to attend IU. stairs. Outdated class- will be needed to solve the problem. Creative “out of the box” Over the years, individuals have established fellowships for vari- room equipment. fixes must be developed. Viable solutions can and should be ous reasons. One of the biggest reasons, however, is to honor plagiarized (one acceptable time for doing this). The launching of IU’s either the memory or the impact one has made on another’s life. life-science initiatives, Your alumni board represents majors from arts and sciences In 1956, David A. Rothrock Jr. established a fellowship in the with the potential to with graduation dates spread over five decades. We are involved Department of Mathematics in memory of his father, David A. make a significant dif- in careers that span the spectrum and include international Rothrock Sr. Rothrock had been a noted mathematician, teacher, ference in our world, involvement. Each individual brings unique skills and back- and administrator at IU from 1892 to 1938. In 1979, Madelaine is truly exciting. But ground to the table. All are extremely committed to the success “Sunny” Hemingway Miller, sister to famed author and journal- for all the good news, of the College. We can brainstorm solutions to the College’s ist Ernest Hemingway, established a creative writing fellowship facilities maintenance, Janet S. Smith, BA’67, a board member infrastructure problems, but we can’t do it alone. We need in English in the memory of her beloved brother. More recently, particularly in older, since 2002, lives in Bloomington. your help. We’re asking you now: in 2004, IU economics alumnus James Grant, BA’70, created the Courtesy IU Archives core campus buildings, • Share your ideas. Robert H. Ferrell Endowed Fellowship, in honor of the Distin- The Department of Mathematics offers fellowships in the name of David poses major financial challenges. The balance between building • Get involved. guished Professor Emeritus of history, to assist graduate students A. Rothrock Sr., a former IU administrator and mathematician. repairs and a project that can make a major difference in our • Make a difference in lives that follow. pursuing advanced degrees in humanities. Grant’s gift pays tribute future is not unique to IU. All established institutions are faced to Ferrell’s excellence as a teacher and mentor to his students. with infrastructure issues. Our Big Ten neighbor up the road, ~JANET SMITH, BA’67 the Smithsonian Institution, and the nation’s highways come to Over the years, individuals have established fellowships mind. At IU, a need to apply the majority of limited funds for facilities to the life-science initiatives and associated cutting-edge Alumni board names are listed on the inside front cover of for various reasons. One of the biggest reasons, research has led to a bare-bones approach to IU general facilities this publication. Contact us at: [email protected]. however, is to honor either the memory or the maintenance. The backlog is ever increasing. impact one has made on another’s life.

Fellowships are important not only for graduate students who need financial assistance, but also as a recruiting tool for the College to help attract the best and brightest students. Case in point: In 1951, Richard B. Hudson, professor of English, asked and ultimately received $300 to offer five fellowships at $60 each to encourage better students to enroll in the newly established School of Letters. Though this amount seems minimal by today’s standards, it would equal more than $12,000 today for in-state graduate students. (In 1951, the rate for one credit hour was $3.25, compared with $659.85 in 2006.) Courtesy Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington, Ind. Indiana University, Courtesy Lilly Library, Today, the College is paying fellowships of various amounts to about 400 graduate students. Of those 400, about 70 might be Louise McNutt established fellowships in her own name and in considered “full” fellowships. In addition to the fellowships paid memory of her parents. out of the College’s graduate fellowship account, many other compensate the participants of my study, of course!” says Bryan graduate students in the College are receiving fellowships from Donaldson, a doctoral student in French linguistics. other sources, both internal (Research and the University Gradu- ate School and International Programs, for example) and external Paul Westover, a PhD candidate in English, says the Louise (Fulbright, the National Institutes of Health, the National Sci- McNutt Fellowship has given him both the gift of time and the ence Foundation, and so on). gift of focus. It will allow him to complete his dissertation in 2007. Being on fellowship does present one interesting chal- Two students who received Louise McNutt fellowships say the lenge, though. “When I’m teaching, I have a built-in way to funding has enabled them to focus intensely on their work. break up the day. Often, I’m starved for writing time, so when I “The support offered by the McNutt Fellowship will allow me actually get to sit down to the dissertation, I go at it with relish. the time necessary to transcribe and analyze the data I am cur- It will be different when I have only to write,” he says. “I will rently collecting, travel to conferences to present and discuss my sometimes feel a burden, I think, and a real obligation to produce. findings, and work on writing the dissertation. I’ll also be able to I’m willing to deal with that, though!” C

4 THE COLLEGE/SUMMER 2006 THE COLLEGE/SUMMER 2006 5 “But they can also put together something thinking she’d one day be an art teacher what classes they might take and finding that doesn’t exist anywhere or something or in special education, with a focus on art a sponsor to oversee their studies. “I might that is highly individualized,” Hedin says. therapy. She’s always loved art, bones, and talk to them about what departments In this instance, students dream up their muscles. The parent of one of her closest they would draw on for classes,” he says. Growing Your majors. The most unusual one Hedin has friends is a medical illustrator, so Buono “Sometimes one question is how practi- heard pitched recently is entrepreneurial knew it was a viable career. What she cal or applied they want to be versus how brewing, from a young man who wanted didn’t know was how to best prepare for theoretical.” Some students’ interests are A portfolio of medical to operate a microbrewery. Aarstad says such a career. purely academic, Aarstad says, and may he had to check the definition of the not translate directly into a future profes- illustrations that details Buono heard about the IMP through her word used to identify another student’s sion. This perhaps nonlucrative approach freshman-year adviser. She then dropped in bones and the characteristics proposed major, eschatology, or “end- does not concern Aarstad. “I’m very much Own Major on Aarstad to ask if her interests could be of tumors associated with NF2, of-the-world studies.” a proponent of liberal arts and exploration turned into a major; she officially started by Nicole Brooks for its own sake,” he says. “And I frequent- a rare genetic disease. In addition to serving imaginative stu- the IMP the second semester of her junior ly make the comparison with other majors dents, the IMP serves the university by year. “It’s kind of nerve-racking,” she says in the College of Arts and Sciences, like A series of movie acting as a testing ground for new majors. of the lack of resources available in creat- philosophy and history, that don’t have any Common IMP degrees evolve into stan- ing her own major. “It’s hard because it’s scripts called the immediate utility at all.” “Superdank Trilogy,” dard IU majors. “Fashion design has a cur- a very specialized field.” Buono has based riculum by now,” Hedin says. “In fact, it’s her curriculum on other colleges’ graduate After defining the nature of a student’s an action comedy in the process of becoming a major.” Gen- degree programs in medical illustration. course of study, the next step is for the — complete with der studies cut its teeth in the IMP, as did student to find a faculty sponsor. “And Upon hearing of a student’s interests, An illustrated novel cognitive studies and international studies. that’s where I think the real refinement Biblical themes — Aarstad will first help that student accom- that takes readers And, contemporary dance and musical the- takes place,” Aarstad says. that follows the plish two important tasks: figuring out on an adventure ater, are on their way to becoming majors, exploits of four he says. “bumbling idiots” with a young girl Hedin is glad the IMP serves this func- who discover who leaves the city for the country to tion for the university. “We welcome the extremely potent thought that we are a place where these marijuana. live in a “honey- things take shape and then they move . colored house” and on,” he says. subsequently blurs Students help create IMP degrees by first “the lines between designing their majors. Aarstad is essential- what’s real and ly the academic adviser for IMP students what’s pretend.” and is the liaison between an idea and the construction of a plan. Aarstad advised exploratory students at IU before becom- ing IMP’s assistant director three years ago. Some of his duties include “devising These are the final projects of three Individualized Major Program their majors, helping them decide what students at Indiana University Bloomington. they want to do, if it’s appropriate for the program, sometimes helping them Who knew school could be so much fun? devise ways of making it more appropriate for the program.” Aarstad and Hedin say students vary IU created the IMP in 1969, around These days, students aren’t necessarily director Paul Aarstad says. But Aarstad is greatly in how fully formed an idea they the time other universities were instituting drawn to the IMP because they are most excited about the students who don’t have for their major when they first walk their own programs. “It started in the late unhappy with the majors offered at their need that security. “I would like to see as into the IMP main office. “They will ’60s, early ’70s, I think pretty clearly as a school. They join the program because many truly individualized majors as possible, come in sometimes saying, ‘I’m just not response to student discontent with estab- their interests are broad and can’t be meaning some of the more off-the-beaten- happy, I don’t know what I want to do,’” lishment,” IMP director Ray Hedin says. summed up in an established degree. “I track things,” he says. Hedin says. “Or sometimes they’ll be

think it’s more a reflection of students’ quite focused.” Director of the program for nine years, Some majors are more “off-the-beaten- sense of the resources that are out there, and a professor in the English department, track” than others. There are two types of Aarstad says the focused students often and in fact, what we want to learn is really Hedin is drawn to the sort of student majors offered through the IMP, Hedin have their options narrowed down. “Some- often not defined clearly inside a discipline,” who is attracted to the IMP. “I sort of says. “One is a major that other universities times people know they have interests that Hedin says. “Disciplinary boundaries are gravitate toward students who want to offer that we don’t. And so, those often cross departments or disciplines. Some- pretty artificial.” take the unbeaten path,” says Hedin, take on a more conventional configuration.” times they already have a title in mind.” who experienced dissatisfaction with the The road to gaining a degree as an IMP Fashion design and musical theater fit into Senior Sarah Buono knew the title of her status quo during his own education. student is one that students often pave as this category. Students may have an easier major, medical illustration, because it had “I’ve always been interested in students they go. “A lot of people like the security time choosing courses, since what they are

been done before — but not since 1990, Jeremy Hogan who are having a hard time working of knowing what’s required,” IMP assistant doing has been done before. when she was in kindergarten. Buono Sarah Buono, medical illustration their way through the institution.” started her career at IU in education,

6 THE COLLEGE/SUMMER 2006 THE COLLEGE/SUMMER 2006 7 The relationship students have with their Buono says her sponsor, Valerie Dean About 85 faculty sponsors serve as spon- sponsors often determines their success in O’Loughlin, assistant professor of anatomy, sors for the IMP’s 100 students. Not all the IMP. “We urge them to stay in produc- has been supportive and helpful in design- sponsors are from the College of Arts and Puzzle master Will Shortz, tive, frequent contact with the sponsor,” ing her course work. Dean O’Loughlin has Sciences, since students are not restricted to Hedin says. “Now, what that needs to be quite a task: Buono is drawing from many majors within the College, as evidenced by BA’74, the New York Times varies, because some students are very self- disciplines to gain her degree in medical a great number of business-related majors. crossword editor who is starting and they don’t need to do more illustration, including graphic design, paint- These sponsors are signing on for extra than check in now and then.” Some stu- ing, figurative sculpture, biology, anatomy, work when they agree to supervise an IMP featured in the recent movie dents have more than one sponsor because physiology, psychology, and, for good student. “In some parts of the program their major is interdisciplinary. measure, ethics. that are more fixed than others, like fashion Wordplay, may be the most design or musical theater, somebody might recognizable IMP graduate, sponsor six or seven students at the same time,” Hedin says. “In the other more with his degree in enigma- A Degree genuinely individualized majors, that tology. But he’s not the would be rare. But it’s not unusual for somebody to sponsor two or three only alumnus to create a by students at the same time.” truly individualized major. Once the student-sponsor relationship Design has been set in motion, potential IMP Here are a few of the many students’ next task involves a lot of interesting degrees awarded conceptualizing. They put together a curriculum plan with all the courses the Joe Sadler is IMP-style success personified. He spent his first to past IMP majors: major will comprise. The IMP requires 27 three years at IU switching majors — until he heard about the credit hours to fulfill the individualized IMP from a friend who graduated with a tailor-made degree bachelor’s degree, the only degree offered. • Meredith Briggs Skeath, in hip-hop. Starting the program as a senior added two extra “They also have to plan all the courses that BA’72: Interdisciplinary study years of undergraduate work to Sadler’s academic career, and they at the moment see they will take for of consciousness he couldn’t have been happier. “When you set up your own the rest of their IU careers,” Hedin says, classes, you look forward to going to them,” he says.

including all College of Arts and Sciences Jeremy Hogan • C. Michael Byrne, BA’74: Sadler and his sponsor, telecommunications professor Thom requirements, which still must be fulfilled. John Druska, cinemocracy The analysis of Gillespie, drew from many disciplines to create Sadler’s IMP Students sometimes become interested in degree, lifestyle design. It had never been done before. “It the IMP because they think it’ll be a cinch, contemporary events defies traditional function,” Sadler says by way of explaining Hedin says. “They think it’s a way to avoid early as the end of their freshman year, Catherine Reynolds had her well-informed the concept behind his IMP degree. “It’s a synergetic approach requirements. Or they might think that this although the majority join as sophomores. sponsor’s support when she applied for the • David Eastman, BA’77: to design. It allows for broader output.” is a way to take some courses in a depart- They can come into the program as late IMP. “When I came to IU, I was a fine arts Psychospiritual integration His final project, in T-shirt form, now sells for about $80 a pop. ment but not have to deal with the ones as the first semester of their senior year, major, but then I took some awesome Eng- Coexist, the lifestyle brand Sadler created with his senior year that they don’t want.” In reality, a lot of Hedin says, “although our general guideline lish classes, including children’s literature, • Chad Williams, BA’79: effort is spent finding a sponsor, writing a is that they have to have a year in the with Professor Hedin,” she wrote in an roommate, is now in 130 stores across the United States and Dynamics of death Canada and on the bodies of celebrities. curriculum, going in front of a faculty com- program.” In that case, the student can e-mail. Figuring out that she could specifi- mittee for the admissions interview, and graduate in the summer session. cally major in writing and illustrating and dying The Coexist logo has a “C” in the shape of the Muslim crescent, doing the final project, which many under- To get accepted into the IMP, students children’s books — and have Hedin for a star of David standing in for an”X”, and a “T” represented graduate majors don’t require. meet with their sponsor, Hedin, Aarstad, a sponsor — was a happy moment for • Henry Harrison Huffman, by a cross. The message is not necessarily about religion, Sadler Reynolds. The IMP “allows students to Before the admissions interview, students and an admissions committee, made up BA’84: Biogeography/natural says, but “it’s asking that we look past reli- decide what they really want to do, instead will create titles for their majors, if they of three members of the IMP’s faculty gion.” of finding some other major into which history of the Midwest haven’t already, and write a two-page state- committee. During the hour-and-a-half they must squeeze what they want Sadler says his brand is based on ment, detailing why they need the IMP interview with the admissions committee, to do,” she said. • J. Yael Fischman, BA’89: a lifestyle of peace and unity. to gain their degrees. “It has to be either curriculum and the final project proposal He credits the IMP with help- something that doesn’t exist here, or inter- are discussed and dissected. Senior John Druska found that the classes Comparative mysticism ing him focus his interests disciplinary,” Hedin says. “Multi-disciplinary A student would rarely be rejected at that dictated by his original major in the theater and talents into this tangible is probably a better term.” point, Hedin says, although it does hap- department didn’t exactly serve his interests. • Marla Cohen, BA’87: logo and this concept he He’d come to IU to act, and he’d taken Usually students will include in their state- pen. “Every year a couple, a small number Jewish history truly believes in. “It’s just a number of required theater and drama ment what they hope to do with the IMP are. If they’ve really been in touch with a great feeling to know, courses before he became an IMP student degree when they’re done, Hedin says, their sponsor and have carefully crafted • Sara Lyn Archibald-Wood, ‘Wow, I’ve really got some- at the end of his first semester, sophomore although that’s not necessary. “And then these documents with their sponsors’ strong thing here that’s worth put- year. “I had no desire for costuming or BA’91: Deaf children’s theater they have to give a tentative notion of a approval, the chances of getting rejected are ting my entire those things,” he says. He is now majoring C final project, which is not a contract. We much slighter,” he says. “But sometimes the existence inside of and in cinemocracy. “It’s just a fancy word for assume that this notion will change, will sponsor’s a little careless or the student slips giving it a shot.’” film study,” he says. very likely change. But it gives the admis- something past them, and then the inter- ~ NB sions committee something to go on.” view gets awkward.” Even if a student is Druska draws from three departments for turned down, he or she can reapply. his classes: theater, telecommunications, Students can be accepted into the IMP as

8 THE COLLEGE/SUMMER 2006 THE COLLEGE/SUMMER 2006 9 should know about the program,” he by Jennifer Piurek “The better the student, the better the IMP says. IU sends out information about the degree serves them. It’s not going to make IMP to incoming freshmen, but Hedin A Lasting Legacy says many students, and faculty, still don’t Louise McNutt, ome people seem destined for personal greatness, while some act as a vessel to help others to realize a mediocre student look terrific.” know about this unique opportunity. And Stheir dreams. Louise McNutt, daughter of former Indiana Gov. Paul McNutt, both achieved impres- if they do, they probably heard about it daughter of former sive career heights and made it a priority to create opportunities for others. Her distinguished 43-year from a friend. “We do everything we can; Indiana Gov. Paul career with the U.S. Department of State culminated with a position as United Nations adviser in the nonetheless, often when students come in and communication and culture. Freed for the student. Most fashion design McNutt, made sure Bureau of Far Eastern Affairs, while her fondness for Indiana University inspired her to bequeath estate and we say, ‘How did you find out about gifts to IU. One, in the names of her parents, has already provided 12 full-tuition fellowships for arts and from stage lighting, stagecraft, and stage majors will put on a fashion show, Hedin the program?’ it’s by word of mouth.” costuming, Druska can focus his studies says, even though that is not specifically her success led humanities students in the College of Arts and Sciences. The other, amounting to more than $6 million, on acting, directing, screenwriting, and required. Musical theater majors will Most of the changes Hedin wanted to to opportunities will support doctoral students in the arts and humanities as they pursue their dissertation research. Louise, see take place have come to pass, he says. who died in 2000, “had a keen interest in seeing young minds grow and enrich themselves,” her cousin production. If he’d stayed in theater, he often rent a performance space or piano for others. says, he wouldn’t have experience in act- for their final project. The IMP is a more social department John Krauss said. “She really believed in what Herman B Wells meant when he said that he saw the whole ing on film or studio taping. Having a now. “The danger here is isolation,” world as Indiana University’s horizon, and that he wanted to bring that world to IU.” Here are two of This expense ties in with one of Hedin’s sponsor who’s “on the same page as you” Hedin says, because IMP students are not the first crop of McNutt fellows. goals for the future of the IMP. “I want helps in designing your major, Druska taking classes with one another. There is to do more in fundraising,” he says. “And says. Julia Fox, assistant professor of tele- an inherent lack of the kind of support the most obvious place to channel that communications, likes to hear his ideas, classmates can offer. The cult of the literary pilgrimage money would be for art grants so that for Parlez-vous French? he says. Fox is also supportive of his final students who have a project, we could “If they feel they lack direction and Paul Westover project — a series of movie scripts called Bryan Donaldson come close to funding the whole thing. aren’t assertive about asking for it, I PhD candidate, English the “Superdank Trilogy.” Druska adds, PhD candidate, French linguistics That would seem to me a better use for sometimes think people do feel they’re “My sponsor said that’s a pretty ambi- money than giving one student a $5,000 adrift,” Aarstad says. “And we do find “[The men that have lived] are not dead. They are tious final project.” When it comes to learning a second lan- scholarship.” Currently the IMP isn’t able that occasionally in alumni responses.” still with us in their stories, in their words, in their guage as an adult, there are two camps of IMP students have a number of options to offer scholarships, although the univer- writings, in the consequences that do not cease to Hedin created the student activities com- scholars: Those who believe adult learners can when it comes to the final project. They sity’s Hutton Honors College has recently flow fresh from what they did: they still have their mittee, which plans dinners, parties, and never fully master the language, and those who can do an extensive research paper, a pro- established a fund to help IMP students place, where we may visit them, and where, if we dwell in a composed theater outings. The IMP also holds its think that it’s within the realm of possibility for adults to learn fessional internship, or a creative project, finance their final projects. and quiet spirit, we shall not fail to be conscious of their presence.” own graduation ceremony, now in its to speak like a native. Through his research on second language which is especially appropriate for musi- — William Godwin, Essay on Sepulchres (1809) Another goal Hedin is consistently fourth year. Students are presented with acquisition in adults who have learned French, Bryan Donaldson cal theater, contemporary dance, or film working to meet is increased exposure. an individualized certificate, along with hopes to shed some light on the debate. What motivates people to flock to the settings of their favorite majors. Some final projects are exception- “Ideally, every student in the university their official diploma from the College. “Since I began learning French, I’ve been fascinated by the spo- characters from novels, particularly characters from books that were ally ambitious and therefore expensive And after graduation? How does an IMP ken element of the language, so my dissertation topic is a logical published hundreds of years ago? degree hold up in the professional world? extension of a personal interest,” Donaldson says. His dissertation Through his research on literary tourism in 18th- and 19th-cen- “The better the student, the better the focuses on adult learners of French who have spent a long time tury Britain, Paul Westover aims to illuminate the history of the IMP students are often one-of-a-kind. IMP degree serves them. It’s not going in France, who use French every day for their work or with their literary pilgrimage, offering insight into the origins of the industry. to make a mediocre student look terrific,” family, and who are completely fluent and at ease in French. “Just about anyone who has been to England has been a literary Hedin says. “But my strong nine-year “I’m curious to know to what degree the structure of their con- tourist. An American tourist in England can hardly help ‘doing’ Below are some of the majors current experience says a very good IMP stu- versations and spoken interactions mirrors French native speak- Westminster Abbey and Stratford-upon-Avon,” Westover says. “In students are working on: dent does better than a very good other ers,” Donaldson says. “There is lots of research documenting how my view, literary tourism is a kind of ‘necro-tourism’ — a way of student, because on top of a 3.8 GPA, learners gradually acquire a second language, but we don’t have getting access to the dead.” they’ve demonstrated imagination and a lot of evidence yet about how highly successful learners speak Westover says his research sheds light on contemporary phe- • Forensic sciences tenacity and they’ve done a final project and interact spontaneously. Spoken French follows a different set nomena, such as why literature students are sent on study abroad of a substantial nature.” of ‘rules’ than the French that’s often taught in classrooms or that programs. “We take it for granted that certain kinds of literary • Video-game design people learn to read and write.” Donaldson is hoping to establish knowledge are best gained on the spot. That assumption isn’t Current students are positive about the how well adult learners of French can pick up on this alternate set inevitable, though.” power of their IMP degree. “I think it’s • Sustainable education, awareness, and development of rules, thereby contributing to the theoretical knowledge base of His research has also gotten Westover thinking about modern prepared me a lot more for what my second language acquisition. forms of tourism based on an artist’s cult following. “Many IU stu- future profession is,” Druska says. Buono • A holistic approach to environmental and cultural awareness Donaldson came to IU in 2001 to join the French linguistics dents have been to Jim Morrison’s grave in Paris. It might surprise echoes this sentiment. IMP students program and hopes to complete the program within the next year- them to hear that, 150 years ago, students were going to Keats’s benefit from specialization because they • Community confl ict resolution in Latin America and-a-half. He is currently living in France as part of an exchange, grave in Rome,” Westover says. “I’ll wager, too, that IU students know what they want out of their stud- teaching English at a French university while collecting data for have been to Preston, Idaho, to see Napoleon Dynamite sites. In ies, she says. In school, they get to study • Wearable art with social perspective the dissertation. my view, that is much like 19th-century travelers trying to locate “what they want to do with their future.” — JP the settings of their favorite novels. Why do people visit the homes • Japanese animation Reynolds says her studies are so specific of people who don’t even exist? It’s kind of wacky — and I’m really she’ll “actually know what on earth I’m interested in that wackiness.” • Aesthetics of the Biblical tradition going to do next, and I’ll be prepared — JP to do it.” C OTHER LOUISE MCNUTT FELLOWS FOR 2006–07 • Writing for sequential art Nicole Brooks is a graduate student Susan Curry (classical studies) Joanne Quimby (East Asian languages and cultures and comparative literature) in the School of Journalism and is the • Black music and creative writing Charles Egeland (anthropology) Andrea Solomon (psychological and brain sciences and neuroscience) arts and culture editor at the Indiana Melinda Fagan (history and philosophy of science) Georg Theiner (philosophy and cognitive science) Alumni Magazine. Jennifer Hayes Clark (political science) Narine Yegiyan (telecommunications)

10 THE COLLEGE/SUMMER 2006 THE COLLEGE/SUMMER 2006 11 by Timothy Goeglein

eorges Edelen was one for Georges of theA greatest profes- Bard by Any Other NameEdelen’sThe world death. He seems embodied a lesserthe humane place tradition of high sors of English in the history learning. He did not compromise his personal or professional Gof Indiana University. That’s my belief, at least, but I’m integrity to score points with students or colleagues. sure I’m not alone. Natural obtainable, its life may be quite short. He routinely found the winsome in the modesty and humility were The problems of living on technological otherwise mundane. his disposition, and his profile cusps. Vicky claims that writing letters “No news here, we’re having a quiet in the life of the university by hand forces her back into forgotten summer of it, no visitors as yet but fam- modes of composition. Do you suppose ily and friends from all over, lots of din- was never red hot. His stu- the monks in the scriptoriums had simi- ners and evenings of bridge and talk. In dents loved him because of lar beefs post-Gutenberg?” a couple of weeks all our kids are coming at the same time, and a good many cous- his remarkable humanity, wit, passion, not the -isms, and he kept his or didn’t — and Professor Edelen firmly The personality of the island always ins to boot (“cousins by the dozens”), classes on a remarkably high plane. believed he did — the greatness of the lit- captured his style most succinctly. “As and learnedness. He conveyed erature was not in doubt. you can see, we are safely here, after a in a kind of family reunion. The various a moral duty to be intelligent, A lot of us had only read of the teaching pleasant and digressive trip across [by family houses on the island will absorb of Shakespeare by the great professors of I remember another student demanding ferry from Rockland]. We’ve had excel- them all, but we shall be shaken out of and you had the sense, sitting American academic history — George that Professor Edelen change her grade lent weather so we’ve been mostly work- our torpid ways. Temporarily.” Lyman Kittridge at Harvard, Mark Van on a composition, that surely the grade he in his classroom, that if need ing outside. Thanks to an early spring The world seems a lesser place for Doren at Columbia, Harold Bloom at “gave” her — a C — had been misapplied. the grass was knee-deep, so willy-nilly Georges Edelen’s death. He embodied be, he could have recreated Yale. We who were privileged to sit in “No, no, Miss Jones,” he replied with a we had to hay and rake, but after three the humane tradition of high learning. Georges Edelen’s IU Shakespeare classes grin, “You earned it all by yourself.” Even our civilization from scratch. Courtesy photo mowings in 10 days the lawns look He did not compromise his personal felt we were in the company of a fellow she laughed. civilized and even the fields have been There were never any fire bells ring- Georges Edelen at his summer home in Maine with or professional integrity to score points master, albeit a humble one. trimmed. This is apple-blossom time, ing in the night with him. No faddish In the course of the two years I took Timothy Goeglein and Goeglein’s son, Timmy. with students or colleagues. He was scholarship. No sense of the primacy I very clearly recall a fellow student rais- his superb Shakespeare courses, we read and lilacs (the big white one across comfortable with the folly of the human of Shakespeare through the lens of the ing her hand breathlessly one morning to more than half of the 38 plays, and not and his beloved wife, Vicky, spent each from the house has never been more condition, which he believed happily avant-garde or yesterday’s fashionable aca- tell him she had read a review of a new a few sonnets. We would read whole summer on Vinalhaven Island off the lush, simply gorgeous) and columbines. and securely immutable. It was the same demic journal essay. I think it possible he Shakespeare biography over the weekend scenes again and again. Each day in his coast of Maine, working an 18th-cen- All part of the kaleidoscope. But you quality that made Shakespeare such a believed the avant-garde was over, maybe that doubted the playwright’s authentic- class, over those four semesters, was an tury farm that he loved as much as life can imagine it now, except perhaps for great playwright: so much humanity, spent. No more ways to shock people, it ity. Professor Edelen reassured the student epiphany. How could he know so much itself, a bucolic place that my family and the road which is remarkably smooth so much excellence, so much humor, so would seem. It wasn’t that he didn’t want that such books, and such speculation, about each and every play, scene by scene I would come to visit and love, too. (comparatively) after all the work we much forgiveness. his students desensitized to what was were actually part of Shakespeare’s biog- by scene? I once asked him how much had done on it over the winter. We don’t His erudite and charming letters to me I was on the Bloomington campus at becoming of literature by the early 1980s. raphy itself, and had no bearing on the scholarship he had read over the years to aspire to be an extension of the Maine came to vividly mark the seasons on Christmastide last year and happened (There were a lot of “-isms” creeping into plays at hand. He said students could develop such command and expertise. “I Turnpike, but it is a pleasant change to Vinalhaven, including everyday events to be in the student union. Two sopho- the study of the Bard by that time.) For comfortably believe Shakespeare wrote do something really radical,” he said. “I drive it without worrying about damage that had caught his fancy. He wrote of mores were sitting near the bowling Georges, the plays were the objects of his all the plays, and that whether he did read the plays themselves. There seems to to the spleen.” life there with an intensity and verve alley, discussing their classes for the next be a lot of opinion and attitude now. But that borders on the poetic. His let- Here is how he crisply described the the plays stand on their own. They wear semester. Both were taking a class on the ters always came to me typewritten on first photo we sent him of our new Bard. I asked them whether they knew well.” And that was that. an old upright on plain white bonded baby son. I took his superb of Georges Edelen. “Oh yes,” said one of We began a decade-long correspondence paper. In fact, the typewriter sometimes “What a wonderful picture of Timmy. the women. “Didn’t he write plays at the ShakespeareIn the course courses, ofwe readtwo more years than half of the 38 plays, after my graduation in the spring of 1986 became a character in his writing. And what a handsome fellow he is turn- same time as Shakespeare?” that totaled dozens of letters by the time ing into (thank heavens he takes after and not a few sonnets. We would read whole scenes again and “I brought this old portable of my Georges would have loved that. C of his death in August 2002. In reviewing mother’s up here, since we never used Jenny). I like the suggestion of mischief again. Each day in his class, over those four semesters, was an those letters now, I have come to appreci- it in Bloomington, and I’m not sure around the mouth, though, to cut the Timothy Goeglein, BA’86, is a special epiphany. How could he know so much about each and every ate the remarkable variety of his gifted I’ve mastered all its idiosyncrasies yet. sweetness. Pure angelic always raises assistant to President George W. Bush mind and style. Although he lived in Actually, since it uses a fancy kind of suspicions.” How right he was, having at the White House. play, scene by scene by scene? Bloomington during the academic year, he ribbon holder that is probably no longer raised three children of his own.

12 THE COLLEGE/SUMMER 2006 THE COLLEGE/SUMMER 2006 13 pus to the famously impressive grounds at IUB. “It’s a lot like a At Starbucks every college campus in terms of yards, plantings, play fields and caf- employee (or part- eterias,” he muses. That might be about as far as the comparison ner, as they’re called between old and new can go, though. “You never really see keg- within the company) Right as Rain ers,” he jokes, “but you never know. They might just happen and is trained as a barista by Emily Williams I don’t know about it.” as part of orientation — even computer Today, few companies can run without the kind of software programmers. And Microsoft provides. In fact, there may be only one other product no old, beat-up coffee Seattle skies not withstanding, two College alumni are as crucial to the world’s businesses — and Seattle is home to that pots in the corner in industry’s leader as well. Even though Aeschbacher is employed this office. Instead, in their element working for companies that produce the by Microsoft, he admits that since moving to Seattle, he has fall- there is a full comple- en firmly under the thrall of his town’s other globally pervasive ment of Starbucks city’s most famous exports — computers and coffee. brand. “I’d never really been a coffee drinker. I made it through equipment and ingre- IU without, I think, ever having a cup of coffee,” he says. “But dients so everyone now I’ve pretty much become a mocha person. Starbucks has can whip up their java dream-come-true at Courtesy photo worked its way with me.” He’s not alone: According to recent Miriam Effron ention Seattle and most people think of one thing — the just word processors reports, Starbucks is now the largest coffee-shop chain and the a moment’s notice. M weather. That is, rain. and number crunch- fourth most recognizable brand in the world. Likewise, even routine meetings frequently feature coffee-tastings ers, there’s all kind so everyone learns to appreciate the heart of the business. The Seattle averages more than 150 rainy and 200 cloudy days each of new issues that “Maybe it’s our Northwest gray winters that make us want a little strategy is certainly working: Effron talks about coffee beans with year. Even though residents tend to shrug off the damp winters have come along,” pick-me-up,” suggests Miriam Effron, BA’61. She would know. the terminology and enthusiasm of a fine-wine connoisseur. “My and focus on the beaches, mountains, mild temperatures, and Aeschbacher explains. At the high temple of caffeine itself, Starbucks’ corporate offices palate has become more refined,” she admits. “I can appreciate lush rain forests that come along with them, things always seem “And some of those in Seattle, Effron works as a systems analyst, designing and that different beans from different regions roasted differently have to come back to the rain. involve Microsoft, programming computer interfaces for the company’s financial totally different flavors.” It’s hard to tell if this appreciation for Just as it defines the area’s weather, the long, rainy winter also and some of those systems database. She describes her job as “challenging and cre- the company’s core product affects her work with financial com- shapes Seattle’s culture. At the very least, it is a city made up I get to work on.” ative,” and says it’s exactly the kind of thing she’s always wanted puter programs, but at the very least the extra caffeine can’t hurt. of almost 4 million people content to wear Gortex half the year. The best-publicized to do... even though she took a circuitous route to get there. Combine that with a healthy dose of West Coast pioneer spirit, example of these Just recently, Effron realized that a coworker of hers was also a perhaps the most literate and college-educated population of issues is Microsoft’s The problem, really, was that she was ahead of her time. “I Hoosier alumna. “I was walking past her desk one day and here any major U.S. city, and a lot of time for indoor pursuits and it anti-trust battles started at IU as a math major,” remembers Effron, an Indiana was a photo of her baby in a little IU onesie. I had no idea there seems almost inevitable that you’d wind up with the world’s most with the U.S. gov- native. “By the time I got to my junior year it was really theoreti- was this connection!” Little things like this keep her tied to her successful and charismatic corporations in two fields: coffee and ernment. However, cal math. I just didn’t enjoy it as much without an application.” home state, reminding her of the Midwest’s specific charms, like computer software. Equally inevitably, IU alumni are in the thick just about everything So she switched to fine arts and hurried to fulfill requirements for thunderstorms and fireflies, that the Northwest lacks. But these of it at both Microsoft and Starbucks — wearing their Gortex, having to do with days Seattle holds her heart. “Coming here for me was like com- Courtesy photo a major in graphic design instead. Neither seemed exactly what braving the rain, and leaving their mark. computers and the Steve Aeschbacher she was looking for; in fact, what she was looking for didn’t exist ing home,” she sighs. “I don’t like the short days in the winter, Internet would have yet. “If there had been a computer science program back then, but I love the kind of variegated skies we have. There’s just some- been inconceivable to the framers of our legal system. Figuring I would probably have continued in that direction,” she says. thing about the beauty of the place that I fell in love with.” Global software giant Microsoft is actually based just outside out how that system applies to the new frontiers of computing is “They had computers, but they were huge, huge things. Ordinary of Seattle in Redmond, Wash. Microsoft Windows is the world’s both a daunting and exciting task. people didn’t touch them.” This connection with the landscape is something shared by many most widely used operating system and corporate revenues in Seattle residents. For Steve Aeschbacher, the beauty of the sunny 2005 were close to $40 billion dollars. But that isn’t exactly what In addition to the professional satisfaction of working on inter- After graduation, Effron worked for a publishing company, summer weather is what keeps him in the city’s thrall. “The thing makes Steve Aeschbacher’s job as a lawyer for the company so esting cases, Aeschbacher emphasizes how much he enjoys his then left the work force to stay at home while her children were about Seattle is, it’s about the prettiest place in the world when exciting. Being on the cutting edge of information technology coworkers at Microsoft. In fact, he compares it with the experi- young. More than a decade after her first college degree, Effron it’s sunny... And so, you know, about 60 or 70 days out of the also puts Microsoft on the cutting edge of legal issues in the field ence of being in honors classes in college. “Those people were landed in Seattle and returned to school for a BS in computer sci- year it’s just paradise.” interesting and challenging to interact with because they were ence. She has been working in that field for the last 25 years and A Cincinnati native, Aeschbacher graduated from IU Blooming- smart and forward-thinking,” he remembers. “And that’s the way says people often don’t understand the succession of subjects she Whether it’s appreciating the velvety gray winter days or know- ton in 1982 with an undergraduate degree in political science. it is here. Pretty much everybody is smart and very hardworking. has studied. “People hear art major, math major, computer sci- ing it’s all worth it for the achingly perfect summer respite, After earning a law degree from the University of Michigan, he It makes it not just a bunch of people putting in time. It’s a very ence and say, ‘Oh that doesn’t fit.’ Well, it really does fit, because Seattleites do always seem to come back to the weather. Good or moved to Salt Lake City to see what he thought of life outside motivated group of people who realize that, hey, if we do a good in each you’re presented with a problem. You want something bad, it defines the area and seems to weed out ambivalent spirits, the Midwest. It agreed with him, and he says that before he knew job we can make something that many, many people around the designed and you think of the most elegant way to do it.” leaving a city full of confident, energetic people. That energy goes it, he was a partner at his firm and married with children. It was world will use and that will impact the way they do their work Computer science, for her, perfectly combines the empiricism a long way toward explaining the evolution of Seattle’s computer as a partner at that firm that Aeschbacher first encountered the and live their life.” Thinking about the effects of his work, Aesch- of mathematics and the creativity of graphic design. and coffee empires ... or maybe that’s just all the caffeine. C Microsoft legal department. In 1997 he accepted a job in the liti- bacher says he feels lucky to have a job that can deliver that kind gation group of the department and moved to Seattle. of motivation. Effron has now been at Starbucks for six years and brims with Emily Williams grew up in Bloomington but now lives under the positive descriptions. “High energy, really diverse, good people, Seattle-like skies of Portland, Ore. “As the Internet has grown over the last 10 years and computers Just as his colleagues remind him of the bright students he studied socially conscious, aware of the environment ... it’s a good place have become tools of communication and entertainment, and not with in college, Aeschbacher likens the beautiful Microsoft cam- to work,” she says. And the company’s perks are second to none.

14 THE COLLEGE/SUMMER 2006 THE COLLEGE/SUMMER 2006 15 ter. At Procter and Gamble, their whole mism and intellectual curiosity about your corporate life gets painted with the philosophy was ‘If you can’t write well, business, Knauss cited Kmart and Wal- Enron and WorldCom brush, because you must not think well.’ Fourth is how Mart. “Forty years ago, Kmart had 2,500 the vast majority are decent people who He’s the well you connect with people. If you stores and Wal-Mart had less than 100. have kids in universities like this,” he don’t like people, get a different job.” They both had basically the same strat- said. “The 12 people I work with, who egy: everyday low prices. Today Kmart report to me, are very genuine, down- Knauss’s beliefs made an impression on is working to transform itself to compete to-earth, caring people.” LAMP students. “Don’s story sincerely with the largest retailer in the world makes me believe I can be anything I Abbey Rae Stemler, a sophomore major- — Wal-Mart.” want to be,” says Dan Billick, a junior ing in psychology and the anthropology of majoring in sociology with minors in When Knauss returned to Coca-Cola’s health and illness, said meeting Knauss by Jennifer Piurek Real Thing communication and culture, Dutch, and U.S. headquarters after running Coca- made her proud of the educational path small business management/entrepre- Cola South Africa four years ago, he she’s pursuing. “Mr. Knauss was such a neurship. “We came from the same area, had to lay off 1,000 employees. “It ringing endorsement for a liberal educa- worked the same jobs, studied similar really ruptured the trust in leadership tion. He didn’t have an MBA or PhD, Don Knauss, president of subjects, and have similar beliefs. And in the company, but I was honest and and look at him now. He told us how he’s the president of one of the largest respectful with (the employees),” Knauss the individuals who go through liberal Coca-Cola North America, says companies in American history. If that’s said. “Now, people are engaged in the arts education programs, challenge not inspirational for the College and its business and starting to trust the leader- assumptions, develop into lifelong learn- integrity, intellectual curiosity, members, I don’t know what is. Above ship again. It’s not easy to demonstrate ers, and broaden their perspectives are all, Don sees himself above no man. He compassion. I’d rather someone just be a what companies want and need in order and humility are necessary believes that love and respect should jerk than to try to fake compassion.” to be successful. He made me proud to motivate people to do the right thing, be in the College — and gave me some At one of Knauss’s quarterly town hall ingredients for a successful not orders or commands. I will certainly major ammo for the debates I often find meetings with the top 500 leaders of the remember that for a long time.” myself in concerning what I am going company, he was talking about the com- business culture. to do with a degree in psychology!” At Procter and Gamble, Knauss said he pany’s values when someone challenged

Jeremy Hogan learned five core values similar to the five him about his inclusion of “humility.” Knauss’s visit sparked his memories of Don Knauss values at the heart of Coca-Cola’s com- “He said, ‘I don’t think you can be a IU in the 1970s. He lived in McNutt pany culture: integrity, intellectual curios- leader and be humble.’ I said, ‘I’m not his freshman year and Foster his sopho- e’s president and chief operating completing his undergraduate degree, which he jokingly calls “the civilian ity, optimism, compassion, and humility. saying you should say, “I’m not up to the more year before moving off campus officer of Coca-Cola North America, Knauss worked odd jobs around Bloom- equivalent” of the corps. “Two weeks “Those values are critical to how well task.” You’ve got to have self-confidence, with a friend he’s still in touch with. He Hpart of the world’s largest beverage ington and spent a semester in graduate later, I was sitting in a cubicle in Cincin- you’re going to do,” Knauss said. “Think but don’t act like a big shot.’” recalled being a graduate student when of yourself as a brand and keep building the IU basketball team won the NCAA company with consumers in 200-plus school. “I worked at a liquor store and nati, Ohio, by myself with a 22-year-old Matt Crawford, a senior majoring in on those qualities. Think of how to make Championship, going to the Von Lee countries purchasing more than 1 billion had my own janitorial business. I was person telling me what to do,” he said international studies with a minor in them part of the package of who you theater, and hanging out at Nick’s and Coke products a day. But once upon a 22, 23, and didn’t know what I wanted with a laugh. He ended up thriving at Chinese, said he appreciated Knauss’s are. It’s so easy to talk of values and so the Gables. “I always loved the part time, Donald Knauss, BA’77, was a kid to do. At this point in time, Paul [Lucas] Procter and Gamble, working in mar- down-to-earth attitude. “I liked that he different to walk those values.” of campus behind Woodburn Hall. It from Highland, Ind. He was the first in reminded me that a lot of the liberal arts keting positions there and at Tropicana talked about the core values of people. seems like if you can get people to see his family to go to college. PhDs were driving cabs here in Bloom- Products Inc. Over the years, Knauss Knauss has learned that integrity goes He didn’t say one thing about making ington. He said, ‘You may want to get moved through a variety of executive that part of campus, they’re hooked on “When I came here, it was very intimidat- beyond telling the truth. “It’s about money. I thought it was really cool that some other type of experience and then positions with Frito-Lay, Minute Maid, it. It’s a tranquil place.” ing to me,” said Knauss during a visit to standing up and doing the right thing,” even at a COO level, he’s still focusing on come back to this if you want to.’ That’s and Coca-Cola before being named to Indiana University’s campus in January, he said. “I’ve learned in this business, values my parents taught me — especially Knauss’s IU connection may strengthen when I went into the military.” his current position as president and when he had lunch with a group of stu- because we’re a franchisor, that if your in the age of Enron and Andersen.” in the near future. One of his four chil- chief operating officer of Coca-Cola dents from the Liberal Arts and Manage- Knauss left Bloomington to enter the bottling partners don’t trust your integ- dren is considering attending IU, and North America in 2004. Coca-Cola After meeting with students, Knauss said ment Program. “I was afraid I was going U.S. Marine Corps, soon becoming rity, you don’t get anything done.” the two are planning a campus visit for North America is the company’s largest many in the corporate world are extremely to fail out.” a battery commander. The positive, Speaking about the importance of opti- the fall. Knauss said he was impressed operating unit. ethical. “It’s ironic and unfortunate that respectful attitude he learned there with the young men and women of Taking a range of courses through the formed many of his current beliefs about Despite his position at one of the most LAMP he met. “There was some inter- College of Arts and Sciences sparked effective leadership. “My first day in successful corporations in the world, esting feedback around the table,” he Knauss’s intellectual curiosity. Support the artillery, there were 115 Marines,” Knauss, a member of the College of Arts said. “A lot of their passion is in learning from professors allowed him to excel in “So much of learning seems to be the people he recalled. “We’d been on the field for and Sciences Dean’s Advisory Board, more about a variety of things.” the history program, where he became an three days eating cold food. I was talk- hasn’t forgotten his early training — or honors student. “The one thing I noticed you surround yourself with. I was surrounded Combining a passion for lifelong learn- ing to a sergeant when some hot food where he came from. When he’s inter- about the faculty here — even though it’s ing with the right surroundings is the was brought out, and I ran over to get viewing employees, he looks for “passion by good people here [at IU], I am surrounded such a big school, there was a lot of car- recipe for success, Knauss said. “So in front of the line,” Knauss recalls. “The over pedigree.” ing and compassion for the students,” he much of learning seems to be the sergeant grabbed me and said ‘Lieuten- by good people there [at Coca-Cola]. You’ve said. “That had a big impact on me.” “When you interview people, you look people you surround yourself with. I ant, in the field, the men always come at the body language. Are they sitting in got to put yourself in the position where was surrounded by good people here Knauss’s undergraduate adviser, the late first. If there’s anything left, you can the back of their chair or are they com- [at IU], I am surrounded by good Paul Lucas, provided guidance and sup- have some.’ I never forgot that. The ing out of their shoes because they want you’re surrounded by good people, because people there [at Coca-Cola]. You’ve port throughout his academic career. “I whole philosophy is based on love and the job? First is their drive. Second is the got to put yourself in the position would say that he was a key influence in trust for each other. People come first.” ability to think. Third is the ability to that’s what really pushes your learning.” where you’re surrounded by good my life,” said Knauss of Lucas, who also In 1981, Knauss left the Marine Corps communicate. It’s a dying art,” he said. people, because that’s what really acted as his honors thesis adviser. After for a position at Procter and Gamble, “Reading more is critical to writing bet- pushes your learning.” C

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Gute Werbung für IU Goldwater Scholarship anything about embryos, their fossilization just doesn’t seem likely,” AROUND Seniors Elizabeth Adams and Robert Koffie have been named Rudolf Raff said. “It’s like trying to fossilize soap bubbles. Some Good press for IU has been common since Newsweek named it the Goldwater Scholars for the upcoming academic year. Adams investigators showed that these fossils are being preserved with nation’s “Hottest Big State School” last August. Some of the most and Koffie were among 323 juniors and seniors nationwide calcium phosphate, but they haven’t explained how embryos could unusual publicity about this ranking, though, may be thanks to to receive one- and two-year scholarhips of up to $7,500 per survive long enough for that to happen. We do that.” ‘Variations on Blackness’ year. The scholarship was established in 1986 in honor of Fritz Breithaupt, associate professor of Germanic studies, director Using two sea urchin species as models, the scientists showed that Sen. Barry M. Goldwater to encourage outstanding students of West European studies, and co-director of the European Union the presence of chemicals like hydrogen sulfide could do the trick. in mathematics, the natural sciences, and engineering. Center of Excellence. One of the two major German dailies, Die These “reducers” slow internal cell degradation and inhibit nearby Süddeutsche Zeitung (The South German Newspaper), interviewed Adams, who is from LaPorte, Ind., is double-majoring in bacteria sufficiently that dead embryos could last the month or so This spring the IU Department of African American and him in March about what factors had earned the university this astronomy/astrophysics and mathematics. Koffie is a native necessary to be encased in minerals and fossilized. “It appears these African Diaspora Studies hosted an interdisciplinary confer- distinction. Describing the article to colleagues here in the States, of Ghana, Africa, and is double-majoring in physics and formations in China had the conditions that would have preserved ence on the African diaspora and the various meanings of Breithaupt promised it’s more good press for the Hoosiers. “The biochemistry, with a minor in mathematics. animal embryos,” Raff said. “Hopefully, the question about whether race in the modern world called “Variations on Blackness.” tenor is good, especially if you understand German.” Plus, he adds, this can happen can be put to rest.” “The paper has a large circulation, which does not hurt.” The conference concluded a yearlong focus on the topic by Sticky situation a faculty workshop and graduate research seminar. The Stars of Ballymenone IU professors Vivian Nun Halloran of the Department of Scholarships and awards The bacterium Caulobacter crescentus lives on surfaces in rivers, Comparative Literature and Matthew Guterl of the Depart- streams, and human aqueducts. To keep from being washed Henry Glassie first visited the tiny Northern Ireland village of ment of African American and African Diaspora Studies Palmer-Brandon Prize away, it produces what scientists from IUB and Brown Univer- Ballymenone in 1972, the bloodiest year of the “Troubles.” He co-organized the initiative. They hoped the conference could Seniors Kristin Michelle Smith and Zachariah Overley earned sity reported in April is nature’s strongest glue. IUB found a place isolated by political, economic, and religious strife begin to establish IU as a national leader in the study of race. $20,000 each toward further educational expenses as this year’s bacteriologist Yves Brun and his colleagues found the sugar- — without electricity, running water, central plumbing, telephone Palmer-Brandon Prize recipients. The competition is held annually based glue could resist a service, paved roads or, for the most part, cars. “Even at that time, “IU has managed to make interdisciplinary work manifest to support outstanding full-time students majoring in the humani- force of about 70 newtons friends in Ireland and other scholars in Ireland thought I was almost across the College of Arts and Sciences and the Bloomington ties. It was made possible by a gift to the College of Arts and per square millimeter. making it up. They didn’t think it was possible that there was a com- campus as a whole,” Guterl said. “The real standard of inter- Sciences in the 1980s from the late Ralph Graham Palmer and That is equivalent to five munity like that left,” said Glassie, College Professor of Folklore at disciplinary work is that it makes individual contributions to Barbara Brandon Palmer. tons per square inch — the Indiana University Bloomington. specific fields even as it encourages new connections across weight of three or four cars fields and disciplines. This doesn’t happen easily, and it depends Smith, of Indianapolis, is pursuing a bachelor of fine arts degree Glassie has written hanging from a spot the size on the curiosity of students, the inventiveness of faculty, and in studio art-photography and a bachelor of arts degree with majors five books about Irish of a quarter. By contrast, the support of leadership in the university administration.” in history and French and a minor in art history. Overley, of Zions- culture, including commercial “super” glue can ville, Ind., is completing majors in Spanish, anthropology, and the much-acclaimed withstand 18 to 28 newtons Portuguese and a certificate in Latin American studies. Passing the Time in per square millimeter. Good clean fun Ballymenone (Indiana Beckman Scholars Award Hypothetically, C. crescentus’s University Press, Charles Haitjema and Aaron DeLoughery are the 2006 Beckman Sex is complicated. And scientists have long wondered what glue could be mass produced and 1995), in which he Scholars. Each student will receive $17,600 to support two semes- evolutionarily benefits can justify the huge amount of energy used for medical and engineering Courtesy of Indiana University examined life in the ters plus two summers of scientific research. The scholarships are animals devote to sexual reproduction. Wouldn’t asexual purposes, such as a biodegradable community. For his the final two of six supported by the Arnold and Mabel Beckman reproduction be more efficient? surgical adhesive. It’s especially valuable because it works new book, The Stars Foundation through the College of Arts and Sciences. on wet surfaces. “The challenge will be to produce large of Ballymenone (Indi- “It is known that sex is common in plants and animals, Haitjema, a Bloomington native, is a senior majoring in microbiol- quantities of this glue without it sticking to everything that ana University Press, and that asexual species are typically short-lived, but why ogy. His Beckman-funded research will focus on the plant pathogen is used to produce it,” Brun said. “Using special mutants, 2006), Glassie focused this should hold throughout evolutionary time is a great Agrobacterium tumefaciens. DeLoughery, of New Castle, Ind., is a we can isolate the glue on glass surfaces. We tried washing on the people other mystery,” explained Susanne Paland, an IUB biologist. sophomore majoring in biochemistry with a minor in mathematics. the glue off. It didn’t work.” residents admired. Paland and another IU biologist, Michael Lynch, answer His research will focus on a regulatory bacterial protein that coordi- “They made their little this mystery in February’s Science magazine. The reason nates many functions related to bacterial adhesion to surfaces. poor forgotten world for sex? Genetic housekeeping. Fossil fracas finished very rich by talking When sexual species reproduce asexually, they accumulate Guidant Life Sciences Scholarship about not the general harmful mutations at an increased rate. Sexual reproduction, Seniors Alec Sexton and Jordan Raynor will receive $10,000 each In recent years, scientists in China and elsewhere have reported picture — which I did on the other hand, reorders genes and efficiently removes as winners of the Guidant Foundation Scholarships in the Life remarkable and controversial discoveries of animal embryo in Passing the Time in harmful mutations. Paland and Lynch proved this by compar- Sciences. The awards are given to high-merit students in the life fossils. Remarkable, because such fossils could shed light Ballymenone — but by ing rates of protein evolution in sexual and asexual lines of sciences who intend to pursue careers in the health-care industry. on the mysterious appearance of animals in the fossil record pulling out those stars and celebrating them.” Daphnia pulex (water flea). They found the asexual lines This is the second year that the Guidant Foundation has funded between 500 and 600 million years ago. Controversial, because Today peace and prosperity have modernized Ballymenone and its accumulated bad mutations four times faster than sexual lines. scholarships for students in the College of Arts and Sciences. some scientists have questioned whether something as fragile residents. But Glassie, who has watched three generations come as an embryo could actually be fossilized. Lynch commented, “Although there has been solid theory on Sexton, of Fort Wayne, Ind., is majoring in biology and French and go, will return again this summer to take copies of his new book the matter for quite some time, these results provide the first with a minor in chemistry. Raynor, of Seymour, Ind., is majoring A report in March, authored by IUB biologists Rudolf Raff, to descendants of the village’s “stars.” “I go back because I have an definitive proof at the molecular level that sexual reproduc- in psychology, with a certificate in neuroscience and minors in Elizabeth Raff, and their colleagues, may have resolved the obligation to the older people who are now dead to speak the truth tion magnifies the efficiency of natural selection in eliminat- biology and religious studies. debate. “The fossils look great. The problem is, if you know as I understand it,” he said. “I have an obligation to the next genera- ing deleterious mutations from populations.” tion to make sure that they have access to this information as well.”

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ith the departure of most students for three months, “We value all gifts and appreciate SPOTLIGHT ON Wactivities on campus have slowed to a pace that seems in keeping with the hot, hazy days of a Bloomington summer. the loyalty demonstrated year after Another group of new alumni of the College of Arts and Sci- he Department of Communication and Culture ences has headed out into the real world, pursuing all kinds year by so many who stand stead- of interesting and exciting opportunities. As their futures mate- Twas formed in 1997, drawing faculty from the depart- rialize, we hope our new alumni will retain an interest in and fastly by Indiana University and the ments of speech communication, comparative literature, demonstrate a commitment to their alma mater. telecommunications, English, anthropology, and folklore College to educate students who and ethnomusicology. We focus on three distinctive areas of The College of Arts and Sciences is indeed fortunate to receive research: rhetoric and public culture, film and media studies, financial support from many of its alumni and friends. These will become tomorrow’s leaders.” and performance and ethnography, which combine to cre- gifts represent large dollar commitments from individual donors. ate a dynamic interdisciplinary environment for faculty and These gifts may endow an undergraduate scholarship or graduate students alike. The department has quickly emerged as one fellowship fund, a faculty professorship or chair, or name a of the most innovative communication programs nationally certainly experienced this decline from the State of Indiana. building or a school. We are extremely grateful for such and internationally. generous support. However, the publicity often associated This negative trend continues and isn’t likely to change. The with such gifts may lead some to conclude the College doesn’t primary sources of revenue for a state university consist of state Communication and culture faculty explore the communica- need or recognize gifts of smaller amounts. Quite the contrary. support and tuition. As state support continues to decline and tion practices that have formed public culture over the past We value all gifts and appreciate the loyalty demonstrated year with a mandate to keep tuition as affordable as possible, private century, from film to the Internet, from photojournalism after year by so many who stand steadfastly by Indiana Uni- financial support is an increasingly important component of to global television, from political protest to social rituals. versity and the College to educate students who will become university funding. Each and every gift made to the College Recent books by our faculty have examined America’s war tomorrow’s leaders. does matter! Have an enjoyable summer. on terrorism, the role of race on Puerto Rican television, Yours for IU, the implications of the home theater phenomenon, and As you may know, the last few decades have seen a significant the complex ways that various media have constructed the decline in the percentage of annual operating support provided ~ DAVID ELLIES cultural identity of the Berbers who live in Algeria and by states to their public research institutions. IU has France. A number of new faculty hires over the past few years have made the department even more international and interdisciplinary. We are delighted that IU students have found communication and culture to be such a valuable and thought-provoking major. Since 2000, our undergraduate majors have increased from 90 to well over 400. Our students have the oppor- tunity to work with an innovative faculty, participate in internships and filmmaking workshops, and develop critical skills that will benefit and enrich them for the rest of their lives. Among our recent graduates are members of Phi Beta Kappa and the winner of the Elvis J. Stahr Distinguished Senior Award. Communication and culture students have gone on to different postgraduate opportunities, such as work in film production companies, public relations firms, not-for-profit organizations, and graduate programs at major institutions. Our own graduate program consistently attracts top stu- Full-time faculty: 21 dents from around the world, who thrive in an extremely Lecturers, adjunct, and visiting faculty: 3 challenging and innovative environment. They do original research on a wide range of subjects that draw on rhetoric, Undergraduate students: 417 performance, and media studies — research that has been Graduate students (in residence): 15 presented at leading academic conferences and published in PhD students: 42 journals such as Film Quarterly and The Quarterly Journal of Speech. In 2005, graduate Jacob Smith was honored by the Study options: Society for Cinema and Media Studies for having written BA in communication and culture the best dissertation of the year. Recent graduates have gone on to faculty positions at institutions such as Texas Christian MA in communication and culture University, the University of Nottingham, Allegheny College, PhD in communication and culture Hope College, and the University of Massachusetts.

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