Alumni Spotlight Page 6 Homecoming Photos Page 10-11 New Mobile App Connection Page 14 A Publication of Lindenwood University for the Alumni Winter 2012 LU to Have Nursing and Allied Health Sciences School … Page 3 President’s Message CONNECTION® EDITOR Scott Queen (’99, ’07) President All Aglow ASSISTANT EDITOR Elizabeth King (’00, ’01) At one of last fall’s Homecoming events, Alumni Board Chair Jan Lewien remarked that I seemed COPY EDITORS/ to glow (her description) during my conversations CONTRIBUTING WRITERS with alumni. I do not doubt her word on that Christopher Duggan (’00, ’12), matter. More than ever, I felt energized – indeed, Rachel Johnson (’04, ’10) effervescent – as I became engaged in discussions Daniel Newton (’09) with many of you. There were several very good reasons for that feeling. OFFICE OF INSTITUTIONAL For one, dozens of you told me of your ADVANCEMENT personal excitement and pleasure regarding Susan Mangels the many accomplishments at the University Vice President for Institutional Advancement over the past several years, including the continuing enhancement of the credentials of our Donna Baber faculty members, many innovative programs, Director of Planned Giving beautification and expansion of the physical plant, and the many quality advances evident throughout the institution. Thank you for your comments! Alumni can be a very Jane Baum (’82) exacting group vis-à-vis the president of their alma mater. So I reveled in the enthusiastic Athletics Development Director endorsement of our past graduates. Was I aglow? You bet I was. No other source of Lauren Clancy (’11) feedback about Lindenwood is more important to me. Prospect Researcher There were still other matters responsible for my luminosity last October. Lindenwood had recently closed on the purchase of a modern classroom and office building along Elizabeth King (’00, ’01) Missouri Highway 40 (aka I-64), which had been the home of a private high school. Director of Alumni Relations The spacious, pristine building, which is just a 15-20 minute drive from our St. Charles Rachel Lamp (’09, ’10) campus, has 36 classrooms, including six fully equipped science laboratories, and many Institutional Advancement Associate acres of ground for possible expansion. What is more, its architecture generally resembles that of the newly constructed buildings on the St. Charles campus. More germane to Kate O’Neal (’07, ’08) my auspicious mood, however, was the higher-education objective of acquiring the Director of Advancement Services facility: Our Board of Directors had approved using it to operate a School of Nursing Mary Radcliff (’92, ’06) and Allied Health Sciences. Yes, I am pleased to announce that Lindenwood is renewing Executive Director of Community its commitment to offering education in the health professions, but this time in a more Relations-Belleville inclusive and far-reaching way. Be sure to read the story inside this issue for more Vicki Schrader information. Grants Manager Then there was our entry into our first (provisional) year of membership in Division II of the NCAA (earned by the successful completion of two years of candidacy). Connection®LVSXEOLVKHGE\WKH2IÀFHRI The decision to have our St. Charles campus become a part of the NCAA network Institutional Advancement at Lindenwood of intercollegiate athletics had been momentous. Along with Lindenwood’s many University. Connection is mailed free of charge accreditations, singularly beautiful campus, many academic initiatives, and the creation of to Lindenwood alumni. Story ideas are welcome another first-rate liberal arts campus at Belleville (Ill.), this major student sports initiative and should be forwarded to: is one of Lindenwood’s proudest achievements of late. So did I have reasons to beam as I discussed these developments with you last fall? Director of Alumni Relations How exhilarating it is to see Lindenwood’s timeless mission, which has always placed the Lindenwood University student’s education first, continue to sponsor so much progress and innovation in an age 209 South Kingshighway that has been so confusing and troubling for higher education in general. Thank you, Jan, St. Charles, Missouri, 63301 for noticing! or via email at [email protected]. Please stay in touch. I appreciate your views and questions, and I hope you, too, are &KDQJHRIDGGUHVVQRWLÀFDWLRQVVKRXOGEHVHQWWR beaming about your University. WKH2IÀFHRI$OXPQL5HODWLRQV at the same address. Very sincerely yours, 7KH$OXPQL2IÀFHWHOHSKRQHQXPEHU is 636-949-4420. On The Cover James D. Evans, PhD President Dr. James D. Evans, Lindenwood University President; Dr. Jann Weitzel, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs; and Dr. Peggy Ellis, Dean of the new School of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences, pose in front of the nursing school’s new building. 2 Dr. Peggy Ellis (center) tours one of the labs in the new Nursing and Allied Health Sciences building with Dr. James D. Evans, President, and Dr. Jann Weitzel, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs. A Linden Bark newspaper clipping heralds the first graduates of Lindenwood’s nursing program in 1945. students. In 1978, Lindenwoodd Lindenwood Board expanded its offerings in the Designates New School of Health-Science Department by offering a Bachelor of Nursing and Allied Health Science degree in nursing with a goal to put more Sciences nurses in the job market that met national and state Lindenwood has announced a new association requirements. Bachelor of Science in nursing and allied This program was health sciences degree completion program. developed in consultation The University’s Board of Directors with an advisory committee designated the new program as the School consisting of nurse of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences at its educators from diploma November 9 meeting. schools of nursing Along with the purchase of a new and associate’s degree facility—the former Barat Academy programs. Many of these property in Dardenne Prairie—and the classes were offered hiring of a dean, the first pieces of the through the Lindenwood new program are in place. Plans were also College for Individualize Educationi (L(LCIE)CIE) LiLindenwood.d d announced to eventually expand into areas program at area hospitals such as St. Joseph The program will begin with a such as occupational and physical therapy (in St. Charles), Christian Northeast, Bachelor of Science in nursing degree and a master’s degree in nursing. Missouri Baptist, Normandy North, St. completion program for students who “Increasingly, hospitals are requiring Luke’s, and Deaconess. The program was already possess a two-year RN degree from four-year degrees from nursing candidates,” designed for registered nurses who were a community college. said Lindenwood President James D. graduates of diploma schools but who had Mary Frey, vice president of nursing Evans, PhD. “We will play a significant been out of school for a long period of at SSM St. Joseph Health Center in St. role in providing the necessary credentials time. The program was short-lived, only Charles, says that healthcare providers see for nursing candidates to succeed in a field lasting until the early 1980s. the potential for a coming nursing shortage. that is expected to grow exponentially in Thirty years later Lindenwood has “Currently, the average age of nurses the coming years as baby boomers age.” taken another step toward revitalizing and in Missouri is 47 and this is a reason for Lindenwood has a long history with expanding the nursing program, which concern,” Frey said. “There aren’t enough nursing programs beginning as early as will open its doors to students in the fall nursing programs available to those 1945. Women at Lindenwood College had of 2013. Currently, the School of Sciences entering the field. The goal is for all nurses the opportunity to participate in studies for offers a Pre-Nursing Program and has an to have their BSNs by 2020, or at minimum a nurses-aid program. Nineteen students agreement with Barnes-Jewish College of 80 percent of the nursing workforce.” graduated with their nurse’s aide caps in Nursing (BJCoN) in St. Louis. Students Gaspare Calvaruso, president of SSM St. 1945. In 1956, Lindenwood coordinated pursue a two-year course of study at Joseph Health Center and a member of the with Deaconess Hospital to offer a pre- Lindenwood and then transfer to BJCoN Lindenwood University Board of Directors, nursing program, which lasted until the for two years of work leading to the BSN agreed, stating that as the population ages early ’70s. degree. the need for more nurses will intensify at In 1972, Lindenwood began coordinating The courses taken for the current two- the exact time the current group of nurses with Jewish Hospital, now BJC Hospital, year Pre-Nursing Program prepare students is getting older. in course offerings and programming. In to transfer to most RN or BSN programs 1975, St. Luke’s Hospital came on board in the region. In the fall of 2013, students continued on page 15 and coordinated with Lindenwood to teach will be able to complete their degrees at 3 Jim J. Shoemake, Chairman of Lindenwood’s Board of Directors, with Art Goodall, winner of the 2012 Sibley Medallion of Honor Art Goodall Awarded Sibley Medallion of Honor at Butler Society Dinner Longtime Lindenwood supporter Arthur was a Washington University student. Of special mention, Lindenwood’s Lynn Goodall was awarded the 2012 Sibley His father, Arthur S. Goodall, served on historic alumni gate at the entrance to the Medallion of Honor at the Butler Society Lindenwood’s Board of Directors for 50 Heritage campus is beautifully lit thanks to and Sibley Heritage Society Dinner at the years. He established the Nannie S. Goodall Goodall’s recommendations while on the St. Charles Convention Center on Nov. 9. Memorial Scholarship in memory of his Facilities Committee. The Sibley Medallion is awarded in honor mother and was honored by the naming of In 2008, Goodall and his wife Carol were of outstanding service to the University.