The Magazine for Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Alumni Association & Friends No. 14 Fall 2012
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The Magazine for Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Alumni Association & Friends No. 14 Fall 2012 connection Contents 3 20 SIUE Today Alumni Hall of Fame From Pain Education to Marketing The Class of 2012 includes an internationally Excellence, the recognition for SIUE known FBI profiler and hostage negotiator just keeps on coming. and a White House correspondent. Learn more about all 15 inductees. 10 24 SIUE Athletics University Profile It’s official! SIUE is now a Dr. Julie Furst-Bowe begins her tenure as the Division I university! eighth chancellor of SIUE and shares her story in a one-on-one interview. 12 28 SIUE Alumni Association Class Notes A new Alumni Association Board President SIUE says farewell to more than 120 lays out his goals for building and employees who retired this year. More than maintaining lifelong relationships between 30 of those individuals also graduated from SIUE and its graduates. the place which not only provided them with an education but a career. On the Cover: SIUE eighth chancellor, Julie Furst-Bowe. Read her story on page 24. The following alumni have contributed to the production of this magazine: Bethany Behrhorst ’97, ’04 Bill Brinson ’76 Carol B. Dappert ’81 Stephen Jankowski ’74 Heather V. Kniffel ’95 The eConnection is published by the SIUE Alumni Association and the SIUE Foundation, in cooperation with the Office of the Vice Chancellor for University Relations. We welcome your comments and suggestions. Contact Director of Alumni Affairs Steve Jankowski: [email protected] • 618-650-2346. The beautiful colors of the trees signals the arrival of Fall on the SIUE Quad. Printed by authority of the State of Illinois, 9/12, 79m, 13070091 Builders of the University Plaza Located in the Hairpin Loop, the Builders of the University Plaza honors the work of employees who have contributed to the growth, development and preservation of the University. Campus architect Rick Klein designed the Plaza, which blends flawlessly with the campus. More than 700 current and retired faculty and staff members turned out on June 27 to attend the dedication of the Builders of the University Plaza and the inaugural Faculty and Staff Appreciation Day. “ This is a great way to recognize that everyone who works at SIUE plays a part in making the University a success.” — Gayla Bruning, ’85, ’89, has worked at SIUE since 1989 “ To all of you who have your name affixed to a plaque and to those now working toward the same end, I thank you for the contributions you make on behalf of our University.” — Vaughn Vandegrift, Chancellor Emeritus Locate the names of individuals honored on the Plaza siue.edu/plaza All faculty and staff (retired, former employee or actively employed) who served SIUE for a total of 15 years or more have their name affixed to a plaque on a brick in the Plaza, which currently holds 2,009 names. Names, which appear as two per plaque, will be added on a yearly basis. Previous SIUE Chancellor Nancy Belck (pictured above with Chancellor Emeritus Vandegrift) attended the dedication event, as well as the University’s new leader, Chancellor Julie Furst-Bowe. connection 1 Dear Alumni and Friends of SIUE, Welcome to the beginning of what promises to be an exciting academic year! Allow me to introduce myself—I am Julie Furst-Bowe, eighth chancellor of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and already a proud proponent of this wonderful institution. I have been so impressed with the quality of the programming and the people here at SIUE and I’m excited to meet you, alumni and friends, and to work together to spread the word about the excellence that underlies what we do here at the “e.” Below are some of the recent achievements that make it easy to celebrate a connection to SIUE: • The National Institutes of Health Pain Consortium has selected the SIUE School of Pharmacy as one of 11 health professional schools around the country designated as Centers of Excellence in Pain Education (CoEPEs). These institutions will work to develop pain management curriculum resources for health- related schools. The School of Pharmacy will lead the University’s effort with participation by the School of Dental Medicine and the Department of Social Work. • For the third consecutive year, SIUE has been named to the President’s Honor Roll (in the “with Distinction” category!) for our commitment to volunteerism and civic engagement. In Fall 2012, SIUE initiated the SIUE Experience, a major freshman retention initiative centered around the University’s values. To promote and foster the value of Citizenship, a group of approximately 500 freshmen participated in “I can change the world...with my own two hands,” a volunteer community service program. This year’s inaugural project included clean-up efforts at an historic cemetery in the St. Louis area, work on two community gardens in the East St. Louis community, and clean-up activities at a nature preserve in Edwardsville and in East St. Louis, the latter in coordination with the mayor’s office. • SIUE’s reclassification to NCAA Division I athletics is now complete and the University is a fully- recognized Division I competitor, eligible for post-season play. In addition, the NCAA recently released Academic Progress Rate (APR) data for the 2010-2011 academic year and SIUE listed six programs ranking among the top 10 percent of all NCAA Division I squads, including men’s cross country, men’s indoor track and field, men’s outdoor track and field, softball, women’s soccer, and women’s tennis. SIUE had the most programs listed by the NCAA within the Ohio Valley Conference and also finished with more programs listed among the nation’s top 10 percent than any other public institution in the state of Illinois. This issue of eConnection focuses on change which is, as they say, inevitable. It is also healthy and provides the chance to evaluate, affirm and promote, all of which serve to maintain momentum and progress. From my appointment to the recent spate of retirements within the campus community to the significant amount of growth in our facilities, SIUE is undergoing a host of changes. I look forward to an exciting year filled with dynamic possibilities! Let’s celebrate the e! Julie Furst-Bowe, Ed.D. SIUE Chancellor 2 Fall 2012 SIUE Today SIUE Today Download the new SIUE Is Among 11 Centers of Excellence in Pain Education Mobile App! The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Pain Consortium has selected SIUE among 11 institutions as designated Centers of Excellence in Pain Education (CoEPEs). SIUE School of Pharmacy associate professor Chris Herndon, PharmD., led the grant application. “This is an incredibly exciting opportunity.” Herndon said. “The subsequent impact on patient care for those in pain in our region will be immeasurable.” The CoEPEs will act as hubs for the development, evaluation and distribution of pain management curriculum resources for medical, dental, nursing and pharmacy schools to enhance and improve how health care professionals are taught about pain and its treatment. Twenty institutes, centers and offices at NIH are involved in the consortium. A number of SIUE faculty members will serve as co-investigators, including Dr. Keith Hecht, Dr. Erin Timpe and Dr. McKenzie Ferguson from the School of Pharmacy; SIUE Launches Free Mobile App Dr. Kevin Rowland from the SIU School of Dental Medicine; and Dr. Carol Wesley from the Department of Social Work SIUE Mobile, a free mobile campus application available for in the SIUE College of Arts and Sciences; and Dr. Michael Android™, Blackberry® and Apple®, brings university life to Neumeister from the SIU School of Medicine. popular smartphones and mobile devices. It lets the SIUE community get and stay connected wherever they are. The app offers mobile access to campus maps, course catalogs, Hundreds Viewed Venus Transit event calendars, sports schedules and more. It even has a directory that allows students to email or call professors and with SIUE Physics Department classmates. Developed by Blackboard Mobile, a division of Hundreds of interested amateur astronomers and curiosity education technology company Blackboard Inc., the app is seekers joined the SIUE Department of Physics at Roy E. Lee already popular with prospective students, parents, alumni Baseball Field on June 6 to observe the 2012 Venus Transit. and other members of the University community. SIUE Associate Professor of Physics Dr. Tom Foster and a team of six associates manned four solar telescopes from shortly after 5 p.m. until nearly 8:30 p.m. A steady stream of people could clearly see the Transit in the telescopes. The rare astronomical event involves the planet Venus passing between the earth and the sun producing a small, dark dot on the sun’s surface. The next time a Venus Transit occurs will be in December 2117. The SIUE STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Center provided the visitors with NASA-donated souvenir solar sunglasses. connection 3 SIUE Today SIUE Student Receives Fulbright Award Senior SIUE student Kate Eckert (pictured below), who has a double major in German and history and a minor in European studies, was awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Program scholarship to Germany. Eckert is the second SIUE student to be selected for the Fulbright U.S. Student Program, a flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the federal government. Eckert is one of more than 1,700 U.S. citizens who will travel abroad for the 2012-2013 academic year through the program. She will serve as a teaching assistant, educating English-to-German students at a variety of educational levels. Recipients of Fulbright grants are selected on the basis of academic or professional achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership potential SIUE Nursing Faculty Awarded in their fields.