winter 2012 EastThe Magazine of easT Carolina UniversiTy new degrees spur growth in graduate school vieWfinDer winter 2012 EastThe Magazine of easT Carolina UniversiTy FeAtUreS neW Degrees sPUr groWTh in graD sChool 2 0 Greater competition for jobs or a desireBy Marion to change Blackburn careers is what motivates most students to seek a graduate degree these days. Pie in The sky 20 2 8 Reid Fogleman finds a winning recipe for businessBy Steve Tuttle built on his core competencies—and valuable alumni ties. The MaP Man 3 2 Derek Alderman teaches students to see geography’sBy Spaine Stephens potential to change the world. yoUnger TeaM seTs bigger goals 36 After losing four seniors, the 28 men’sBy Bethany basketball Bradsher team and the university huddle around Coach Lebo. DePArtMentS froM oUr reaDers . 3 The eCU rePorT . 4 32 WinTer arTs CalenDar . 18 froM The CLASSROOM . 32 HoMecoMing MeetS HAlloween 36 with temperatures in the low 40s PiraTe naTion . 42 and rain threatening, students seemed to seize every opportunity to keep the blood pumping by CLASS noTes . 45 jumping and cheering during the Pirates’ 34-13 Homecoming victory UPon The PAST . 60 over tulane. the rain hung around the rest of the weekend and put a damper on the usually boisterous Halloween revelry . Students in the master’s in nurse anesthesia On the cover: Photo by Jay Clark program train in a simulation lab. froM The eDiTor froM oUr reaDers winter 2012 FALL 2011 FALL T CAROLINA UNIVERSITY EastTHE MAGAZINE OF EAS EastThe Magazine of easT Carolina UniversiTy Volume 10, Number 2 My coPy HAD no cover in gooD company is published four times a year by My husband, Bill [Thiesen ’88 ’93], and Perusing the pages of the (fall issue) East East Carolina University I recently received the latest issue of magazine reminded me of how blessed I Graduate School Division of University Advancement East, I had arrived early for class so I would have time to begin 2200 South Charles Blvd. which arrived without its front cover. am to share my alma mater with people reviewing the draft for the cover story in this issue, but as the Greenville, NC 27858 It arrived with the back cover (and our like Jim and Connie Maynard, John Clark, clock ticks past 6 p.m. and the other students began drifting in, I mailing address) hanging on by a few Liza Wieland, Beulah Raynor and so many h Waiting for an put away the printout and get out my books. I’m about halfway ECU dentist valiant paper fibers. I noticed that the other wonderful people. Thank you. toward completing a master’s degree in communication, and one EDITOR cover stock used for this and previous — Wingate Jerry McGee ’65, thing I’ve learned is that it’s really important for nontraditional Steve tuttle ’09 editions is fairly lightweight. If that’s 252-328-2068 / tuttles@ecu edu. A Sin AgAinSt bArbecUe students like me (translation: ones with gray hair) to be prepared the case, perhaps going with a heavier Hope you’re ready for all the hate mail ART DIRECTOR/DESIGNER cover stock would be a good idea. for the academic rigors that grad school classes require. It’s tough regarding your blasphemous barbecue just keeping up with the reading assignments; in some courses we brent burch —Mary HatchChesapeake, Thiesen ’86, Va. mistake at the end of your first paragraph [in cover hundreds of pages of material each week. PHOTOGRAPHER the Editor’s Desk column, which should have Forrest croce As another student stands to lead tonight’s discussion, my mind loveD tHe DentAl ScHool Story Editor’s note: To save money, we switched to said folks in the Piedmont put ketchup, not vinegar, on their barbecue]. drifts back to the main theme of our cover story, which is that COPY EDITOR As deep as my Pirate Pride runs, it somehow what’s called a “self-cover,” in which the front and Jimmy rostar ’94 managed to grow exponentially after I read — Arlington, Va. grad school at ECU these days is different than many of you back cover pages are the same stock as the interior Chip Gurkin ’00, the article “Waiting for an ECU Dentist” remember. While most students still are coming straight from pages. We would like to hear from other readers I really enjoyed your editorial in the fall CONTRIBUTING WRITERS in the fall 2011 edition of magazine. crystal baity, Marion blackburn, who may also have received damaged copies. 2011 magazine. I would love it if all Tar undergraduate work to earn professional credentials or perhaps to I was incredibly moved at theEast strength and East teach at the college level, many others are returning years later to Doug boyd, bethany bradsher, rachel castro, JoneS coUnty has A DentiSt Heels could be Pirate fans. I think we have lacy gray, Jessica creson nottingham ’06 ’08, vision of ECU’s response to such a desperate jump-start stalled careers or to learn skills required for different I have found a mistake in the article made great strides in gaining recognition Steve row, Spaine Stephens and prevalent need throughout the state of “Waiting for an ECU dentist.” On page across the state in recent years. We’ve lost jobs in the new economy. Many are earning advanced degrees North Carolina. So many of us take dental 23, it is stated that “four North Carolina some of our “podunk” image that we’ve in fields that didn’t exist just a few years ago, like sustainable CONTRIBUTING PHOTOGRAPHERS care for granted. We tend to forget that Jay clark, chris ellenbogen, chris english, counties (Tyrrell, Jones, Hyde, Camden) had to wear for many years. Just one little tourism, construction management and homeland security. cliff Hollis, Steve tuttle for a lot of people, this is a hard-to-come- have no dentist at all.” Jones County does problem with the above mentioned article. by luxury, and we overlook its systemic have a dentist, Dr. Sue Fowler, who has been Actually, the eastern brand of barbecue uses East Carolina’s graduate school has more than doubled in CLASS NOTES EDITOR impact on whole body health. I work in the practicing in Maysville for several years. She the vinegar-based sauce while the western enrollment in the past decade and now serves an older student Joanne kollar nonprofit health and human services field, body. About one in three is over 30 and a noticeable number, ecuclassnotes@ecu edu. is a very fine dentist and has a large practice. brand (Lexington) has a tomato-based sauce. and I see unmet needs in our community Maysville Don’t know where you hail from but maybe like my friend Rufus Walston ’73 and I, are old enough for ADMINISTRATION and others every day. It’s heartbreaking, —Shirley Bryan ’82, checking barbecue (or other) facts would be AARP. Students come from nearby and far away, like the young Michelle Sloan and humbling. The new School of Dental Editor’s note: The story relied on data supplied a good idea before putting them in print. Medicine is going to produce more than lady from China leading tonight’s discussion who absolutely h by the Cecil G. Sheps Center for Health Services Tarboro dentists; through the work of these new —Jane G. Harper ’69, amazes me that she can think in two languages. The young man Research in Chapel Hill. Jones County did not Assistant VICE Chancellor dental professionals, the health and quality sitting beside me is from Ireland. have any dentists from 1993 until 2003, but it Editor’s note: I made a pilgrimage to B’s Barbecue FOR UNIVERSITY MARKETING of life for so many people can be improved. clint bailey did have at least one as of 2007. That fact was to atone for this mistake. There were a few other If you’ve ever thought about returning to school for another This is life-changing, and in some cases, overlooked in the 2009 Sheps Center report we typos in the fall issue. Greenville civic leader degree, you should give it serious thought. You might not even life-saving help. Honestly, I’ve never been East Carolina University is a constituent institution of cited in the story. James S. Ficklen Jr. went by Jim, and not Jack. have to leave home because many degrees can be completed prouder to be an ECU graduate! The University of North Carolina. It is a public doctoral/ likeD tHe SPortS Story And it was Booger Scales and Jim Ficklen (not online. Classes often meet at night to accommodate students like research intensive university offering baccalaureate, master’s, , Greensboro specialist and doctoral degrees in the liberal arts, sciences —Paige Highsmith Moné ’87 I loved “He’s got my back” [the sports story Jack Minges) who both died within hours of each me who hold day jobs. And, yes, the work is hard, but if Rufus and professional fields, including medicine. Dedicated to the on the supportive relationship between other on Christmas Day 2001. We confused the achievement of excellence, responsible stewardship of the Editor’s note: Our cover story on ECU’s and I can hack it, you can, too. quarterback Dominique Davis and offensive duties of artist and art director in an item about public trust and academic freedom, ECU values the new dental school attracted the attention of the N.C. Literary Review. contributions of a diverse community, supports shared coordinator Lincoln Riley]. I live in Georgia the Joan Mansfield ’82 BCBSNC Foundation. As part of its Inspired governance and guarantees equality of opportunity.