Your E-Link to The University of Findlay May 2013 1000 North Main St., Findlay, Ohio 45840 Phone: 1-800-472-9502 Fax: 419-434-4822 Welcome to ArchLink! In This Issue: Greetings, alumni! 1. What’s Happening On Campus? Your Oiler campus is always buzzing with 2. Academic Update activities and events! During April and May, we were fortunate to have great events involving 3. Alumni News & Events our alumni and friends on campus to share their 4. Alumni Spotlight expertise with the campus community. 5. Oilers Sports 6. Alumni Support These opportunities included Rick Little (’88) giving the undergradu- 7. Campus News ate commencement address and two visiting executives for the College 8. Spread the Word... of Business. Six alumni returned to campus as alumni speakers for our annual Symposium for Scholarship and Creativity on April 17. We also had 16 football alumni returning for a mentoring session with fresh- Don’t Miss Inside: man and sophomore football players and an alumni panel at a dinner for junior and senior football players. In addition, more than 100 volunteers, Dedication of the James representing 27 volunteer advisory boards, gathered for an Advisory and Patricia Appold In- Board Summit and Breakfast to honor and thank them for their service. vestment Trading Room 9ROXQWHHU$GYLVRU\ Mark Inkrott (’02) chose Findlay, Ohio, as a vacation destination to Board Summit speak to college students, coaches, staff and administrators about their FDUHHUSDWKVWKHIXWXUHRIWKH8QLYHUVLW\·VVSRUWVSURJUDPVWKHEHQHÀW &ROOHJHRI%XVLQHVV of internships, sports marketing, offensive and defensive line play, digi- Visiting Executive, tal communications, NFL scouts, new buildings and sports facilities, and William Conlisk, Mara- campus writing publications. Inkrott said, “Whether it be my time, my thon Petroleum Corp. experiences or my humble expertise in areas of my profession, I am here to continue an Oiler tradition that many before me have been passion- ,QDXJXUDO(GZLQ ate about and contributed to.” Volunteering your time at Oiler events Heminger Memorial is a great way to support your alma mater. Check back throughout the Lectureship in Business Ethics year and watch for opportunities in ArchLink to help at special events. $OXPQL6SRWOLJKWRQ/ $VDOZD\VNHHSXVXSGDWHGRQ\RXUDFKLHYHPHQWVE\ÀOOLQJRXWWKH Jack (’66) and Ann (Col- “What’s New with You?” form at ZZZÀQGOD\HGX, KEYWORD: Alumni. burn ’65) Ruscilli With Oiler Pride! ~~Dee Dee Spraw (’00, M ’07), director, The Wolfe Center for Alumni, Parents and Friends 1. What’s Happening on Campus? The James and Patricia Appold Investment Trading 5RRPRQWKHWKLUGÁRRURI2OG0DLQZDVGHGLFDWHG RQ$SULOZLWKWUXVWHHVIULHQGVDQGIDPLO\LQ attendance. The new trading room is equipped with specialized data services streamed to dual-screen work stations. This equipment is available to students to help them manage the student-run investment portfolio, facilitating the use and manipulation of data, according to Paul Sears, Ph.D., dean of the College of Business. Over the door to the room is a ticker showing stock exchange information that students Family of James and Patricia Appold gathered can view at any time. A native of Saginaw, Mich., Jim for the dedication of the new Appold Investment Appold is an entrepreneur and the former owner of Trading Room, where special equipment and Consolidated Biscuit Co. in McComb, Ohio. One of computers allow students to experience investing the largest independent bakeries in the country, Jim and trading on the stock market in real time. JUHZWKHFRPSDQ\WRLQFOXGHIDFLOLWLHVLQÀYHVWDWHV and improved the bakery production and distribution system before he sold the business in 2010. Jim and Pat purchased the historic 1859 Oliver House in downtown Toledo in 1990, which they renovated and now is on the National Register of Historic Places. The building includes townhouse apartments, restaurants, a pub, and a microbrewery and bottling plant where they make Buckeye Beer. Pat serves as president of the Oliver House Development Co. and the Maumee Bay Brewing Co. Jim has served on The University of Findlay Board of Trustees since 1998. Pat is president of the Library Legacy Foundation of the Toledo Lucas County Public Library. 7KUHHLQGLYLGXDOVZHUHLQGXFWHGLQWRWKH&XUWDLQ5DLVHUV 6RFLHW\:DOORI)DPH at the annual meeting of the Curtain Raisers Society for the Performing Arts, held April 20. Honored for their contributions to the success of the performing arts at The University of Findlay were 0DUJDUHW´3HJJ\µ*DUWQHUWKHODWH 'HERUDK/\QQ-RQHV+ROOLQJWRQDQG(GZDUG:(UQHU3K' Gartner served as the administrative assistant for the Department of Visual and Performing Arts from 2004 until retiring in 2011 and attended countless recitals, concerts and theatre productions. Three were inducted into the Cur- Hollington volunteered with The University of Findlay’s theatre tain Raisers Society Wall of Fame department, working backstage as a set painter, props master and on April 20. From left, Margaret “Peggy” Gartner, the late Deborah set dresser, and she joined the UF Curtain Raisers Advisory Board Hollington (’88) represented by her in the late 1990s. A 1988 graduate of The University of Findlay, daughters Courtney Hollington and Hollington passed away in 2009. Ed Erner was vice president Christine Hollington, and Edward for academic affairs and dean of the faculty from 1987 until Erner, Ph.D. 2000, and retired in 2002 after serving as dean of the College of Education. He has participated in many UF concerts and musical theatre productions, most recently singing in the April 2013 production of “Carmina Burana.” 7KHLQDXJXUDO9ROXQWHHU$GYLVRU\%RDUG6XPPLWDQG$SSUHFLDWLRQ%UHDNIDVWZDVKHOG $SULOWRUHFRJQL]HLQGLYLGXDOVZKRYROXQWHHUWKHLUWLPHDQGOHQGWKHLUH[SHUWLVHDQG WDOHQWVDVPHPEHUVRIWKHDGYLVRU\ERDUGVDVVRFLDWHGZLWK7KH8QLYHUVLW\RI)LQGOD\. Nearly 450 people serve on the various University advisory boards, which represents a substantial commitment by individuals to ensuring the quality of UF’s programs. 'U&5LFKDUG%HFNHWW (H ’96), chair of the UF Board of Trustees, commended the volunteers for their efforts in his remarks. An example of devotion to the University himself, Dr. Beckett has volunteered more than 40 years with UF, where he played a major role in the establishment of the equestrian and pre-veterinary medicine programs and has served on the UF Board of Trustees since 1985, and as chair since 2002. /DUU\0F'RXJOH, Ph.D., Dr. C. Richard Beckett, president of the Findlay College chair of the UF Board of Class of 1963, discussed the Trustees and a volunteer for more than 40 years. value and commitment involved in volunteerism. He spent nearly 39 years in higher education as a faculty member and administrator, including Among the many volunteers recognized at 12 years as president of Northwest State Community the Volunteer Advisory Board Summit were College in Archbold, Ohio, and interim president of Owens those who serve on the advisory board for Community College from 2010-11. The University Singers the College of Pharmacy. entertained the 113 guests. 0RUHWKDQVWXGHQWVJUDGXDWHGIURP8)RQ0D\LQVHSDUDWH undergraduate and graduate ceremonies. About 390 students received their doctoral and master’s degrees in the morning. Dan May, Ph.D., vice president for academic affairs, JDYHWKHDGGUHVVDVKLVODVWRIÀFLDO duty. He has accepted a post as provost with the University of New Haven in Connecticut. Nearly 540 undergraduate students celebrated the completion of Rick Little (’88), CEO of their degrees in the 3 p.m. ceremony. ImagineNations Group, Rick Little (’88), president and CEO gave the undergraduate of ImagineNations Group, gave the commencement address. commencement address. A native of Candidates for the doctor of physical McComb, Ohio, Little founded eight organizations that operate therapy line up prior to the march. in more than 100 countries, focusing on promoting economic opportunity and positive youth development. Also during the undergraduate ceremony, an honorary doctor of entrepreneurial business development was conferred upon Louis Jack Ruscilli (’66). Return to top $FDGHPLF8SGDWH 'DULQ()LHOGV3K'ZLOOMRLQ7KH8QLYHUVLW\RI)LQGOD\LQ-XO\DV YLFHSUHVLGHQWIRUDFDGHPLFDIIDLUVHe is vice president for academic affairs, dean of the faculty and Sarah B. Cochran Professor of English at Bethany College in West Virginia, a position he has held since 2009. “Dr. Fields will bring with him years of leadership experience in higher education and a collaborative, creative approach to our work together,” said Katherine Fell, Ph.D., president of the University. Prior to his post at Bethany College, Fields was dean of the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences from 2003-2008 and was chair of the Division of Humanities from 1999-2003 at Wilkes University. While serving there, he was awarded both the Carpenter Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award and the Outstanding Faculty Award. Fields has a Ph.D. in early American literature from the University of Delaware; an M.A. in English from the University of Delaware; and a B.A. in English from the University of Arizona. He succeeds Daniel May, Ph.D., who left the University in May after accepting the position of provost at the University of New Haven in Connecticut. :LOOLDP&RQOLVNDGPLQLVWUDWLYHVHUYLFHVPDQDJHUIRU 0DUDWKRQ3HWUROHXP&RUSLQ)LQGOD\ZKRVHUYHGDVD 9LVLWLQJ([HFXWLYHRQ$SULOVKDUHGKLVH[SHULHQFHVDQG 0DUDWKRQ·V´EHVWLQFODVVµSKLORVRSK\ZLWKVWXGHQWVLQWKH &ROOHJHRI%XVLQHVV He noted that “best in class” is the goal of every job at Marathon and that individuals are expected to become expert in what they do. He