The Magazine of the University of Indianapolis Winter 2014 The move that changed Indy Former Indianapolis Mayor Bill Hudnut engineered the move to bring the Colts to the city. UIndy’s Mayoral Archives now has the pictures and details (Pages 6–7.) WWW.UINDY.EDU 1 Portico Table of Contents 4 6 10 19 President’s forum New partnership Scholarly pursuits Teaching hope UIndy’s future is coming benefits both Find out what’s been In the Democratic Republic into focus, thanks to Vision students and city happening on campus this of Congo, teachers only 2030 and much hard work Digitizing UIndy’s vast semester, including a need a high school diploma. on the part of faculty, staff, Mayoral Archives is no symposium with Senator Former residents Faustin students, and alumni. small task, but HistoryIT is Richard G. Lugar and N’Tala ’02 and his wife, up to the challenge. They bringing science to kids. Euphrasie ’03, are working 5 are bringing more than 20 to improve the educational jobs to the southside as they system in the DRC and to Professional Edge 18 work to put four decades of give kids a chance to learn. Headline here New University Indy history online. A movement is underway on Heights park plans Indianapolis’s Southside, A vacant one-acre lot near 22 and it deserves the support 8 campus is about to become In the business of of the entire city. UIndy is The Washington a green oasis, thanks to a making business uniquely positioned as a Semester community effort. Lab space Students of art, theatre, community anchor and Students spend an entire for biology students, wind experience design, and catalyst for bringing new semester working in Wash- turbines, native plants, and public relations and taking jobs, businesses, and ington, D.C., meeting with a greenhouse are all part of their skills into the residences to the area. senators and top policymak- the 2014 project. ers. Meet two of the students community and making a and their plans for using this difference, and that’s long experience to the fullest. before they graduate. On the cover On March 30, 1984, more than a dozen moving trucks rolled into Indianapolis carrying the new NFL team for the city, the Colts. UIndy is now working with HistoryIT to digitize the Mayoral Archives collection, including the letters and photos from this 2 historicPORTICO moveWINTER and2014 four decades of Indianapolis history. Details on pages 6–7. Alumni Association Board of Directors 2013–14 Stephen Arthur ’76 Amy Johnson Burton ’94, President-Elect Adam Campagna ’07 Jill Davis ’03 Wendy Walker Grant ’96 Nikki Grotenhuis Reed ’07 Andy Hammond ’06 Tim Harris ’02 Dawn Hay ’10 Zarah Hileman ’07 Senator Sam Nunn & Senator Richard Lugar on “Meet the Press,” 2003 Kent Holaday ’92 Fenrick James ’04 The University of Indianapolis, in partnership with WFYI, will host a public conversation Mike Kenworthy ’09 featuring the authors of the landmark Nunn-Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction Program: former U.S. Senators Richard G. Lugar and Sam Nunn. Lugar recently received the Wendy Pitts Knapp ’00 Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Obama, the nation’s highest civilian honor, for Clance LaTurner ’01 making the world safer and being committed to bipartisan problem solving. This moderated David Myers ’95 discussion with Lugar of Indiana and Nunn of Georgia will examine current threats around Juan Paz ’95 ’96 ’99, President the world posed by weapons of mass destruction—nuclear, chemical, and biological—and Anita Kolkmeier Samuel ’98 explore how the Senators’ framework for cooperative threat reduction can reduce these dangers and continue to inform world diplomacy. We hope you’ll be able to join us! Ryan Scott ’01 Greg Seiter ’89 — Tuesday, February 25, 2014 Tom Shively ’01 — Conversation at 7 p.m. in Ransburg Auditorium, Esch Hall Michael Shurn ’71 Mike Solari ’07 Amber Harrison Stearns ’95 Kelly Thompson ’02 24 30 Nick Williams ’10 ‘The hardest, best Honoring alumni thing I’ve ever done’ Spontaneous song, music, The magazine of the Nondiscriminatory Nicole Bies wanted to raise and video montages were University of Indianapolis Policies $5,000 to build a house in part of the evening that Jen Huber ’07 The University of Indianapolis Sierra Leone, so she hopped honored five UIndy alumni. Portico Editor and does not discriminate on the on her bike and rode across Assistant Director basis of race, color, gender, age, the U.S. to fundraise. 32 for Publications religion, ethnic or national Class Notes R. Peter Noot ’77 ’84 origin, marital status, sexual 26 A special graduation, a gift orientation, or gender identity of technology, and students University Editor and Homecoming 2013 Director for Publications and expression irrespective of A trip to the zoo, the golf take time to thank donors whether the status is legally cart parade, a clown band, and friends. Jeannine Allen ’10 protected. The University and a Greyhound victory Art Director complies with the capped off the festivities! 37 Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and Mary Atteberry ’07 ‘You cannot dream the Americans with Disabilities Vice President for in Gaza’ Act. This policy applies to Communications & Marketing 28 Graduate student Fidaa applicants and employees and Greyhound updates Abuassi came from Palestine Scott Hall to all aspects of employment. Read about highlights from to study at UIndy and beat Director of Media Relations this semester and see what’s the odds along her journey. in store for the spring. Please send correspondence and address changes to the Office of Alumni Relations, [email protected]. WWW.UINDY.EDU 3 President’s forum The importance of fiber by Rob Manuel Dr. Robert L. Manuel University President 4 PORTICO WINTER 2014 Professional Edge Center UP & running UIndy’s new Professional Edge “It took me two or three weeks of calls from people Center made its debut this fall, saying, ‘I saw your wife at the airport,’” he said. launching new programs and Alumni involvement is vital to the center’s goal of naming a rising local executive ensuring students a seamless transition from education and civic leader to direct its to career. The staff is assembling eight Professional Edge mission of helping students begin Teams, one focusing on entrepreneurship and seven others and build their careers. representing business sectors that are academic strengths for Corey L. Wilson is the new the University and vital elements of the Indiana economy: associate vice president overseeing health care, financial services, manufacturing/logistics, the center, which provides students and recent graduates communications, public service, nonprofit management, with opportunities for networking, mentoring, internships, and the arts. relevant community service, and rewarding employment. Each team will include a lead faculty member, 10 Based at Stierwalt Alumni House, the initiative grew from alumni working in the targeted field, and other industry the Vision 2030 strategic planning process, which pointed contacts to provide mentoring, networking, and career to the need for greater engagement between students and experiences for the students. The teams will provide crucial alumni. Wilson will join the senior leadership team in the feedback on the relevance of UIndy’s curricula, level of Department of University Advancement, reporting to Vice student preparedness, and industry trends. President Christopher Molloy. The Center’s other programs and services include “I really want to hear from faculty, staff, and alumni internship and job fairs, résumé and interview coaching, about what’s working well and make sure I understand and panel discussions with local professionals, and career appreciate the perspectives that they have,” Wilson said. exploration and service opportunities in students’ fields “Collaboration is going to be key in the successful of interest. implementation and execution of the Professional Professional Edge introduced itself to the campus in Edge Center.” October with a week of activities, including the first in an Wilson was recognized among Indianapolis Business ongoing series of Real Life 101 panel discussions in which Journal’s Forty Under 40 community leaders for 2013. successful alumni and other professionals speak and answer After stints with the lieutenant governor’s office and questions on career-related issues. The first panelists were Marion County Health Department, he joined the Crystal Grave ’99, president and CEO of event-planning Indianapolis Airport Authority in 2005, serving as director service Snappening; Jose Evans ’97, pharmaceutical sales of supplier diversity and director of IND AeroVision, specialist with Sepracor Inc.; Andy Hammond ’06, spearheading economic development efforts in the area financial advisor at Northwestern Mutual Financial; surrounding Indianapolis International Airport. He is a and Valynda Laird ’80, director of risk management recipient of the state’s Sagamore of the Wabash award and for IU Health Bloomington Hospital. a graduate of the Stanley K. Lacy Executive Leadership Another event was a service showcase on that included Series. He also serves as vice chair of the Eskenazi Health a panel of local nonprofit leaders discussing how Center Board of Directors and is a board member with community service experiences can enhance personal and IndyHub and 100 Black Men of Indianapolis. professional growth. The panelists were Marianne Glick, Wilson already had UIndy ties through his wife, director of the Eugene & Marilyn Glick Family Dr. Nichole Wilson ’02 ’06, a physical therapist who— Foundation; Terri Garcia, executive director of Southeast as director of Rehab and Sports Medicine for Community Community Services; David Forsell, president of Keep Health Network—has been featured in UIndy’s “Inspired. Indianapolis Beautiful; and Tracy Elliott, CEO of College For the rest of your life” alumni advertising campaign. Mentors for Kids. Corey proposed to Nicole the night she received her doctoral degree, he recalls. He was pleasantly surprised while still working at Indianapolis International Airport More information on the Professional Edge to learn that she was pictured on a wall-mounted advertisement there.