magazine Grand View University Spring 2017 Game ON! PAGE 10 president’s PEN “I NEVER WOULD HAVE IMAGINED…” We often think or speak that sentiment shooting and the men’s golf team claimed discoveries are made and innovative faculty who designed our new major as we marvel at a new invention or when its first national championship. concepts or technologies emerge, higher intend to engage our students’ critical eye we are in a reflective mode, looking back Still other alumni who attended education needs to expand its scope as toward games, their characteristics, and over past accomplishments. And in our Grand View when it was a two-year well. We have a responsibility to help the impact those games might have on rapidly changing world, it seems that phrase institution never quite imagined their alma our students—and society—figure out players’ attitudes and behaviors. crosses our minds more frequently. how to apply these advances in human Even though you may never mater offering master’s degrees. And any magazine For many of us who grew up with number of former faculty and staff couldn’t understanding and know-how to our lives have imagined electronic games as an rotary phones and/or party lines, we never imagine the day when we would actually and society’s problems. intercollegiate sport or the subject of SPRING 2017 could have imagined everything we can build a pedestrian bridge across East14th Second, as we do that, we need to academic pursuits, rest assured that higher VOLUME 66, NUMBER 1 do with our smart phones these days. Street, a project that had been discussed for employ what Dr. Carl Moses, our provost, education also helps tie us to our past, For those who remember that going to a describes at the “holy trinity” of higher to enduring values, and to knowledge nearly 50 years. Editor KENDALL DILLON drive-in movie was a big date, it’s hard to education: history, theory, and criticism. and understanding that does not change Designer KELLY (DEVRIES ’00) DANIEL So, I can imagine some of your Contributing Writers MISSY FARNI ’18 have imagined being able to download—at While there isn’t a terribly long history of over time. We are not casting any of reactions when you read the cover feature CHRIS FRIESLEBEN, ALAN GROSBACH, any given time—a movie from a list that electronic games, play has been a part those things aside to accommodate these RACHELLE MITCHELL, JAKE QUIRK ’19, in this magazine describing Grand View’s includes almost every film ever made. And of the human experience for millennia. newest ventures. CARRIE SPONHEIM, MICHOLYN FAJEN ’97 formation of an eSports team and the Photographers TODD BAILEY ’92, PAUL GATES ‘88, for someone whose first car was a 1969 Games of strategy, involving multiple While many things change, some KRISTER STRANDSKOV ’16, DAN VANDER BEEK ’90, launch of a game design major. To be Camaro, “loaded” with AM/FM radio and options and real-time moves on the part things remain the same…and should. I DOUG WELLS “We have a responsibility honest, until a couple years ago, even air conditioning, I’m still having a hard time of one’s opponent, have been a part of have great confidence our Grand View Board of Trustees I couldn’t have imagined these two to help our students— imaging driverless vehicles. the college experience in the past…think faculty strike that balance appropriately. Chair PAUL E. SCHICKLER developments on our campus. W. Kim Austen Brett E. Harman and society—figure Many Grand View alumni have collegiate chess clubs and debate teams of Oh yeah…go ahead and imagine with Mary Bontrager Jason Henderson ’93 expressed similar sentiments about our What’s the thinking behind all this? previous generations. me the day when this magazine will report Karen (Sorensen ’70) Nick J. Henderson out how to apply these What’s our motivation? How does this fit? Brodie Kent L. Henning recent progress. There are those who never Over the years, academicians have another championship in, say, League of Michael L. Burk Richard W. Hurd ’72 advances in human could have imagined Grand View with a You likely are asking those questions and studied human interaction with various Legends, or StarCraft. Eric W. Burmeister Christopher J. Littlefield football team. And there are those who more. Besides what you read in the ensuing forms of play and have developed theories Gregory J. Burrows Li Zhao Mandelbaum understanding and Espnola F. Cartmill Christian M. Murray ’98 articles, I would like to offer a couple “big know-how to our lives marvel at having won, now, nine national to guide our understanding, not just of Mary C. Coffin Anita Norian championships (including three this year). picture” explanations. games themselves, but of how those Peter M. Cownie Gary E. Palmer ’72 Eric T. Crowell ’77 Kurt E. Rasmussen ’88 and society’s problems.” Just in the past four months, the wrestling First, the higher education community theories might relate to other settings Miriam De Dios Dawn Taylor team won its sixth, the shooting sports helps expand the universe of human or applications. Our new major intends KENT HENNING Rosalind E.P. Fox Martha A. Willits team won a national championship in skeet knowledge and capabilities. As new to do exactly those things. Finally, the PRESIDENT Honorary Members Marcia H. Brown Charles S. Johnson C. Dean Carlson Carey G. Jury ’70 Garland K. Carver Timothy J. Krumm H. 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The new approval (Certificate Program) ONLINE Erfurt, Gotha, Leipzig, Torgaua, and accredits the University to offer online Master’s degrees Wittenberg to celebrate the 500th education in courses and programs, • M.S. in Nursing anniversary of the Reformation. They Tmeaning that students are now able to • M.S. in Organizational Leadership classes,” said Dr. Patty Williams, dean Treturned to the United States March 20 complete some degrees entirely online. Grand View has also received Iowa of graduate and adult programs. “There and presented their Home Concert Beginning this fall, GV Online will offer Board of Nursing (IBON) acceptance of all are many reasons students need to April 2 at Luther Memorial Church in both bachelor’s and master’s degree changes proposed in RN to BSN and MSN pursue their education online, whether Des Moines. programs. curriculum and delivery mode. it’s work or family commitments. This The tour program consisted of pieces The approved online programs are: “Demand for online education enables Grand View to offer students an specifically chosen with the the 500th Bachelor’s degrees has been growing nationally and at opportunity to continue their education anniversary in mind. These included • Nursing: RN to BSN Grand View,” said Kent Henning, no matter the circumstances. The quality works representative of Martin Luther’s • Business Administration president. “We are pleased to have of our online education courses has been life by composers of the past such as (Management and Human Resources Grand View’s programs meet the standard recognized with this approval.” Ludwig Senfl, Johann Walter, Heinrich concentrations) of excellence set by the Higher Learning The HLC accredits degree-granting Schuetz and Georg Telemann as well as • Liberal Arts Commission,” he added. post-secondary educational institutions living composers, Rhosephanye • Organizational Studies “This is important for students who in the North Central region of the United Powell, Rene Clausen, Stanford • Political Studies cannot otherwise attend scheduled States. Scriven and others. In 2017, Lutheran churches commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation (Jubilee) that had its beginnings MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ATHLETIC TRAINING in Lutherstadt Wittenberg.