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IN THIS ISSUE Feature Articles

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Tower Ties Our newest residence hall is built to bring students closer to one another.

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Wonderland Lifer As the Center for Children’s Literature turns 20, the stories still mesmerize Professor Marilyn Ward.

Friends in Giving See four examples of Carthaginians’ friendship cultivating philanthropy.

Love Reconnection Widowed friends from the Class of 1957 were married at Kissing Rock during Homecoming weekend.

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Carthage College combines an environment of reflection and self-discovery with a culture of high expectation so our students uncover and ignite their true potential. A four-year, private liberal arts college with roots in the Lutheran tradition, Carthage has a prime location in Kenosha. The campus, a more than 80-acre arboretum on the shore of Lake Michigan, is home to 150 scholars, 2,600 full-time students, and 400 part-time students.

On Campus

The centennial of women’s voting rights drew scholars to study the interplay between suffrage movements.

Faculty/Staff Notes

Hired to shape the College’s forthcoming career development program, Lisa Hinkley brings more than a blueprint.

Carthaginian Editorial Team

Athletics

Unintentionally, the men’s soccer program has developed a unique sibling tradition.

Class Notes

Alumni share milestones from their careers and families.

Vice President for Marketing and Communications

Production

Christine Sanni

Photographers

Associate Vice President for Marketing and Communications

Ellie Cahue ’20 Mike Gryniewicz Steve Janiak Sam Payton ’19

Dana Moore

Elizabeth Young

Contributing Writers

Page From the Past

Managing Editor Mike Moore

Residential life in the 1890s: If it involved fun, you probably needed permission.

Design/Art Direction Steve Janiak Kim King ’06

13 Reflections from Pastor Kara 43 Notes from the Alumni Director

Laura Ferguson Jennifer Gragg Mike Moore Louann Schoenberg Emmy Schwerdt ’19 Linc Wonham

Chairman of the Board of Trustees Jeff Hamar ’80

President John R. Swallow Vice President for Institutional Advancement Thomas Kline

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PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

The lifeblood of a building with good bones

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ur cover story in this issue of The Carthaginian has to do with the newest and tallest building on campus: The Tower Residence Hall, which opened in August.

With any building project, it’s tempting to start with the numbers. The Tower connects two buildings (Johnson and Madrigrano halls) on the south side of campus; it soars eight stories; 121 residents make their home in its 43,000 square feet. Outside on the patio are a half-dozen tables with four chairs each, along with one volleyball court surrounded by a dozen red Adirondack chairs.

You can see all of that in the beautiful shots in this issue.

What the numbers don’t tell you is this: Buildings are living places that foster connections between and among inhabitants.

And they tend to develop their own vibe or personality based on their inhabitants and visitors. A house can feel welcoming and warm, and that has more to do with the family who makes their home there than any particular decorating or interior design elements.

The Tower radiates. It is lively, fresh, and active. Groups of students gather in booths and

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excitedly talk through class projects; others move around one another in the kitchen spaces while chopping, shredding, and warming shared meals; and the common spaces buzz with activity as residents move through their days.

As part of a week of welcome activities, more than 150 students crowded the back patio for a diversity beach party. To the beat of salsa, hip hop, and Latin music, they ate cobs of corn slathered with chipotle mayonnaise, crushed hot Cheetos, shredded Chihuahua cheese, and cilantro — a Latin American delicacy called elote.

And resident assistant Sydni Baluch ’19 ran a “no waste baking” program with Tower residents — making chocolate chip cookies in a sustainable way.

All of this activity — the studying, the talking, the playing, the hanging out — is part and parcel of living on a residential college campus. And the important by-product is something you will discover repeatedly in this issue: friendship.

Though many friendships form in the first year of college, students continue to make important connections throughout their

college years. Tower residents — sophomores, juniors, and seniors — will discover new relationships as they spend time with one another.

The pairings you will read about in this issue’s Impact Report formed at different times. But Carthage, and the places and spaces that have made up the College, played a role in all of them in some way.

So, to me, the Tower is much more than an eight-story, 43,000-square-foot residence hall. It is a breathing, vibrant space that helps students form the kinds of bonds that make them happy, resilient, connected, and successful, both as students and, later, as Carthage alumni.

I hope you will have a chance to visit campus and see the new Tower, and that you will take the opportunity to revisit some of the Carthage spaces that hold meaning in your life.

In gratitude and friendship,

John R. Swallow

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ON CAMPUS

A glimpse of what’s happening in the Carthage community

For centennial, scholars study voting movements Ramping up to the centennial of the 19th Amendment, Carthage hosted a two-week scholarly institute over the summer to explore in-depth the factors that led to women’s right to vote.

Thirty faculty members from colleges and universities across the United States converged on the campus from July 23 through Aug. 3. Together, they examined the interconnected suffrage movements that took place in North and South America — and the politics that surrounded those efforts.

Presenters included 17 faculty experts from five countries. Carthage history professor Stephanie Mitchell and Brandon University (Manitoba) professor Patricia Harms coordinated the Women’s Suffrage in the Americas institute, which was partly funded by a $125,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. “[This] was the first time scholars from across the Americas have gathered to look at the question of how

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women obtained the vote in hemispheric perspective,” Prof. Mitchell said. “We know that many of the suffragist activists who were instrumental in moving legislation forward viewed themselves as acting in concert with allies in other countries.”

Nations throughout the Americas have begun to mark 100 years of women’s suffrage. Canada marks its centennial this year, with the United States to follow in 2020.

“Even today, the question of the efficacy of our vote is pressing,” Prof. Mitchell said. “Have we been successful at any of the goals for which suffragists argued women needed the vote?“ “We left our institute inspired to work harder,” she continued, “both to understand the struggles that made women’s political participation possible today and to honor those struggles by using our vote for the purposes our foremothers intended: the advancement of the common good.”

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YOUR EDIFICATION

They cover just a sliver of what happened on campus, but here are four updates from recent months:

civil and engaged

in the trolley loop

The College brought former Maine governor and U.S. congressman John E. Baldacci, pictured at right, to campus from Sept. 30 through Oct. 4. He led class discussions, gave a public talk “On Civility in Politics,” and joined civic leaders in a panel discussion on regional economic development. His visit was sponsored by the Sam and Gene Johnson Distinguished Visitors Program.

Kenosha’s rubber tire trolley route now includes a stop at Carthage, providing students, faculty, and staff free transit between campus and the downtown area. The trolley — which ranges farther than the city’s electric streetcar — stops hourly each afternoon and evening Wednesday through Sunday.

healthier eating

from security to safety

Carthage introduced a handful of healthy dining options this fall: • S imple Servings, a new serving station in The Caf, offers food free of peanuts, tree nuts, shellfish, wheat, soy, milk products, eggs, and gluten.

Carthage’s security office adopted a new name — the Office of Public Safety — and, with it, a fresh approach. Erin Mortensen, who previously directed campus security through a private vendor, joined the Carthage staff as interim director. While continuing to maintain security, the office will also develop proactive safety initiatives.

• F armer’s Fridge, a vending machine-style “smart refrigerator” that dispenses wholesome salads, bowls, and snacks, was added in two places. Unused food is donated to local pantries.

• Dietitian Lela Fausze joined the staff, offering free consultations regarding dietary restrictions, weight management, sports performance, and other nutritional concerns.

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HOMECOMING 2018

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A BIG CATCH FOR ’22 New students converged on Carthage in record numbers this fall, and representatives from across the campus support system pledged to take the Class of 2022 under their wing.

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FACULTY/STAFF NOTES

Updates on faculty and staff achievements

Paver of professional pathways Lisa Hinkley hired to design career development program Identifying a “supremely qualified” leader just 30 miles down the road, Carthage hired Lisa Hinkley as the architect of its multifaceted career development program.

Ms. Hinkley joined the College in August as associate vice president and executive director for career and professional development. Previously, she planned and executed career preparation efforts as a member of the president’s senior staff at Lake Forest College in suburban Chicago.

She directed numerous advances at Lake Forest, a private liberal arts institution with about 1,600 students. Ms. Hinkley collaborated with faculty to incorporate experiential learning and skills-based requirements into the curriculum, increased student participation in programs and advising sessions, and secured $2 million in gifts to support career preparation.

Ms. Hinkley entered the profession as a field career consultant and adjunct faculty member in the College of Communication Arts and Sciences at Michigan State University, where she earned a master’s degree in student affairs administration.

Active in various professional associations, she served on the 21st Century Career Center Model Task Force through the National Association of Colleges and Employers.

She came highly recommended by a crossfunctional Carthage search committee with representatives from administration, faculty, staff, and the Kenosha Area Business Alliance.

“I was struck by the search committee’s assessment that Lisa is a supremely qualified

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commitment to internships

candidate who will quickly become a valued member of — and leader within — the Carthage and local community,” said Carthage president John R. Swallow.

Overseeing the College’s plans for a robust and distinctive career center, Ms. Hinkley sees many of the building blocks in place. The effort is supported by a $15 million gift from longtime benefactor Jan Tarble.

“I am impressed by the thoughtful approach that Carthage has taken to engage faculty, staff, and other key stakeholders in dialogue about how the whole community can support students as they develop professional skills and prepare to transition into meaningful opportunities after college,” Ms. Hinkley said.

“I look forward to working with the community to finalize plans for a career development program worthy of national recognition and consistent with Carthage’s core values.”

On the heels of a successful grant program, Carthage further strengthened its commitment to student internships.

This past summer, gifts from the Tarble Family Foundation and two alumni donors (Christine King ’97 and John Johnson ’98) allowed 46 interns to gain experience in their chosen fields. Each student received up to $2,000, making low-paying or unpaid positions more tenable.

Many of the employer partnerships formed under a three-year grant from Great Lakes Higher Education Guaranty Corporation — which wrapped up in May after exceeding program targets — continue to bear fruit in this new, homegrown initiative.

The College’s emphasis on real-world work experience reaches back more than two decades. Former Kraft Foods executive Edward Smeds ’57 has provided stipends to more than 400 summer interns since the Smeds Executive Internship Program started in 1995.

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Seemee Ali, associate professor of English Jennifer Madden, assistant professor of

and Great Ideas, spoke at the Association for Core Texts and Courses’ annual meeting this past April in Framingham, Massachusetts. Her topic was “Two for One: Hera and Thetis in ‘The Iliad.’”

management and marketing, worked with the Northeast Ohio Hispanic Center for Economic Development to secure a $760,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The funding will support a new, culturally based public market with space for 21 microenterprises.

The El Mercado site is located in a densely populated Latino/Hispanic neighborhood of Cleveland. Despite statistics to the contrary, Prof.

Madden notes that the mainstream financial system often deems Latino-owned businesses “too risky” with an insufficient track record. Instead, she explained, the owners “operate in the ‘shadow economy,’ which limits their ability to flourish.”

Daniel Choffnes, associate professor of biology and Asian studies, received the 2017-18 Quality of Life Enhancement Award, presented to a faculty or staff member who has made a significant impact on the life of the Carthage community. The campus-wide Quality of Life Committee chose Prof. Choffnes for his work as Fulbright program advisor; Carthage has been named a top producer of Fulbright U.S. Students for three straight years.

Kristen Drahos, visiting assistant professor of religion, had her article, “Reason’s Shadow: Romanticism’s Impact on Catholic Thought,” published in Church Life Journal in June.

Jacqueline Easley, dean of the Division

High-Impact Practice.” Their chapter focuses on the redesign of an Applied Business Statistics course to scaffold basic research skills, culminating in a formal research project using secondary data.

Michael McShane, associate professor of philosophy and Great Ideas, presented at the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association in November and the Association for Core Texts and Courses’ conference in April. Both presentations focused on William Shakespeare’s “King Lear.”

of Professional Studies, presented at this year’s International Literacy Association Conference in Austin, Texas. With the theme “Being an Effective Changemaker in Literacy Education,” Prof. Easley had participants explore reading methods and clinical experiences to develop literacy interventions for small groups of struggling beginning readers.

Fatih Harpci, assistant professor of religion, wrote “Green Book: Qur’anic Teachings on Creation and Nature,” which was published earlier this year in the essay collection “Nature and the Environment in Contemporary Religious Contexts.”

David Garcia, professor of English, has been

Julie Maher, clinical assistant professor of

named a 2018 Modern Language Association Bibliography Fellow. Prof. Garcia will produce a representation of scholarly materials in the fields of literature, linguistics, pedagogy, film, and folklore.

nursing, completed a Doctorate of Nursing Practice in nursing education through Phoenix-based Grand Canyon University.

was named a fellow of the International Stress and Behavior Society in June. The honor carries an invitation to present at the annual conference next spring in St. Petersburg, Russia. As this year’s keynote speaker, he presented data on avoidance acquisition in a rat model of stress disorder.

Evan McAllister, adjunct faculty – art,

Maribel Morales, assistant professor of

gave a talk titled, “Liturgy, Image, and Holy War: Understanding the Apsidal Images at the Hospitaller Church of Abu Gosh,” at the International Symposium on Crusade Studies in St. Louis.

modern languages, gave a paper presentation titled “Indigenous Women and Tourism in Peru: Re-Envisioning Gender” at the National Women’s Studies Association conference in Atlanta in early November.

Thomas Groleau, professor of management and marketing, and Julio Rivera, professor of management, marketing, and geospatial sciences, published a chapter in the book “Course Based Undergraduate Research: Educational Equity and

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Daniel Miller, professor of neuroscience,

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FACULTY/STAFF NOTES

New board officers lend expertise to alma mater Three new officers presided over the Carthage Board of Trustees’ meeting in October. All alumni of the College, they draw from more than 35 combined years of experience on the board, providing the continuity that outgoing chairman David A. Straz Jr. referenced in his farewell message in the previous issue of The Carthaginian.

Chairman – Jeff Hamar ’80 Board member since: 2002 This is the second stint as chairman for Mr. Hamar, who previously held the role in 201314. He is president and chief executive officer of Galleher, a flooring distributor in Santa Fe Springs, California. Under his leadership, the company’s annual sales have grown from $5 million in the mid-1980s to $200 million in 2017.

First Vice Chair – Gina Madrigrano Friebus ’76 Board member since: 2011 Since retiring as vice president of WOW Distributing Co. in 2009, Ms. Madrigrano Friebus has devoted her full-time efforts to philanthropy.

During 16 years at WOW, one of Wisconsin’s largest beverage distributors, she co-founded the Professional Women’s Development Network, a group of female business owners, managers, and professionals in Waukesha County.

Second Vice Chair – Hoyt H. Harper II ’77 Board member since: 2005 Mr. Harper rose to senior vice president and global brand leader for Starwood Hotels and Resorts Worldwide, helping the company to reposition its luxury hotel network, revitalize its Sheraton brand, and create an awardwinning loyalty program. Mr. Harper received a Distinguished Alumni Achievement Award in 2005.

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Roger Moreano, assistant director of student involvement for diversity, equity, and inclusion programs, has trained hundreds of Illinois teachers and administrators since starting a diversity consulting business in 2016.

Jeremy Mossman, assistant professor of music theatre, and Corinne Ness, dean of the Division of Arts and Humanities, were featured in “The Voice Teacher’s Cookbook.” Prof. Ness’s chapter focuses on assessing the voice during private studio instruction. Prof. Mossman’s chapter focuses on musical style and selecting new repertoire.

Andrea Ng’weshemi, associate professor of religion, facilitated the plenary session at the first International African Lutheran Conference in Moshi, Tanzania. The theme of the conference was “Ubuntu: I am Because We Are.”

Nicholas Pilarski, assistant professor of communication and digital media, presented collaborative work at Photo London, which The Guardian called the “photography event of the year” in the United Kingdom. There, Prof.

Pilarski was recognized as a finalist for the Visionary Award, which the Tim Hetherington Trust presents for humanitarian documentary work.

Patricia Rieman, associate professor of education, received the Distinguished Leadership in Education Award from the Kenosha-Racine counties’ chapter of Phi Delta Kappa International for promoting literacy in school and the community.

Dale McClain, vice president for finance and administration, joined the College’s executive staff in September.

Since 2013, he had served as chief financial officer at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary in Evanston, Illinois. Mr. McClain also has extensive private sector experience, as a senior executive at Wintrust Financial Corporation (where he oversaw profit improvements of more than $15 million) and Citigroup.

Isabel Rivero-Vila, assistant professor of modern languages, wrote an article (“Creating an interactive documentary for second language acquisition”) that appeared in the International Federation of Teachers of French’s publication “Proceedings of the Liège World Congress.” She also gave a presentation about the topic at the University of Quebec in Montreal in April.

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Stephen Udry, professor of history and Asian studies, presented a paper at the national conference of ASIANetwork in March: “‘Can I offer incense to the Buddha,’ and other pressing issues for study abroad students.”

John Voynovich, webcasting coordinator, participated in a panel discussion titled “Mid-Major Magic: How Smaller Video Teams Pave a Road to Video Success” in May at Sports Video Group’s College Summit in Atlanta.

Yan Wang, associate professor of modern languages and Asian studies, presented a paper, “Examining the cultural complexity underlying the usages of the attitudinal adverb ichoo in Japanese conversation,” in July at the International Association of Intercultural Communication Studies conference in Chicago.

Jennifer Woodrum, adjunct faculty – music, performed on clarinet at the world premiere of “After Talk” by saxophonist Jon Irabagon in June. The public performance was held at National Sawdust in Brooklyn, New York.

Mimi Yang, professor of modern languages and Asian studies, presented “Trumpism, a Disfigured Americanism,” at the 2018 Cultural Studies Association Conference in Pittsburgh. Her article will be published in Palgrave Communications, a cultural studies journal.

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Where fellowship is made from scratch The call to campus ministry has me frequently reflecting on my college years. I take for granted that the group of women I saw last fall at my 25th class reunion are dear friends to this day. It is easy to forget that I, too, felt somewhat lost and alone when I started college in fall 1988.

Even though there were a handful of students there from my high school, they weren’t my close friends. I had to do the work to figure out where I was going to fit in and where I wanted to fit in.

Twenty-five-plus years ago, most people connected in the TV lounges. “Days of our Lives” fans would fill those spaces in the student union and the residence halls. People would shout at the program, and there were discussions about the latest soap opera betrayal.

Today, it seems like every student has their own smartphone, so the TV lounges aren’t needed in the same way; students carry their TVs in their back pockets or backpacks. I find students in different parts of the chapel, watching their favorite rerun, the show that just released all the latest episodes, or the movie they know by heart, with their headphones in and no one around to share the laugh or the plot twist. Things have changed.

What I love about the new building, The Tower Residence Hall, are the spaces that focus on building community. The study booths for a small group to gather in, the stage space for

performance, the outdoor living space with the fireplace and the volleyball sand pit are all great places to unplug from the digital world and plug in to the people in the real world.

However, my favorite piece of The Tower is the public kitchen space. Here at Carthage, we often say, “Have free food and people will show up.” Have homemade food and they will be there for sure. The kitchen offers a way to gather people around a table to fill their stomachs and feel at home.

Across faith traditions, gathering around food is a way to build community, to remember their history and heritage, to show hospitality to the stranger, and to encounter the sacred. The new kitchen in The Tower will be a great place for students from different faith traditions to share the foods that are meaningful to them and to tell the story of their faith.

The kitchen is a great place to learn and grow and to build a community, to build friendships that will last for decades to come.

Peace,

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FACULTY/STAFF NOTES

The innovator, the trader, the plight illuminator Carthage welcomes 19 new full-time faculty members with strong credentials in academia and their respective fields.

Here are capsule biographies of the newcomers.

Christopher Cimaglio Postdoctoral Fellow in Western Heritage With a background in communication, Mr. Cimaglio researches U.S. media and politics. His current book project examines how politicians, journalists, pundits, pollsters, and others have studied, written about, and claimed to speak for white working class people, as well as the political symbolism tied to those workers.

Julius Crump Postdoctoral Fellow in Western Heritage Before coming to Carthage, Mr. Crump taught courses in Religion and Politics, Philosophies of Religion, African American Religions, and Ethical Theories at Lake Forest College and Dominican University. His dissertation assesses criticisms of arguments that affirm a role for religion in American politics.

Ashley Greenwood

Katherine Hilson

Alex Lau

Clinical Assistant Professor of Exercise and Sport Science

Assistant Professor of Sociology

Assistant Professor of Accounting and Finance

Prof. Hilson’s research examines how the police, criminal justice systems, and mass incarceration work in concert to protect and reproduce social inequality. At the same time, she emphasizes the ways in which members of marginalized populations individually and collectively resist aggressive and punitive policing.

Colleen Kappeler

Prof. Lau joined the Carthage faculty full time after 3 1/2 years as an adjunct instructor and more than a decade as owner of a soccer club management, coaching, and training business in New York. Drawing from broad experience in financial services, he has developed new courses on derivatives, fixed income, and trading, while advising student teams in national trading competitions.

Assistant Professor of Neuroscience

Visiting Assistant Professor of Communication and Digital Media

Janet Levey

With academic interests ranging from molecules to brains, Prof. Henle teaches both neuroscience and biology. He conducts research with students from both majors to understand development and regeneration of the eye in zebrafish. Finding travel a particularly “eye-opening experience,” Prof. Henle hopes to lead study tours in the future.

After moving to the area in 2003, Prof. Kappeler became an independent book editor and held writing workshops across southeastern Wisconsin.

She has taught at Carthage since 2013, initially focusing on mass communications and Western Heritage before immersing herself in public relations studies.

Prof. Greenwood ’14 most recently worked as an outreach athletic trainer for ATI Physical Therapy, both in the clinic setting and at Peotone (Illinois) High School, where she reported injuries as part of the NFL Athletic Trainer Grant Pilot Program. She also was an assistant athletic trainer and instructor at Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

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Associate Professor of Nursing An advocate for inclusive nursing education, Prof.

Levey has a clinical background spanning a variety of pediatric and urgent care settings. She received research awards from both the Wisconsin Nurses Association and the Midwest Nursing Research Society in 2016. Students at Concordia University

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Wisconsin recognized her multiple times as a top faculty member.

Tim Melevin Lecturer – Accounting and Finance Mr. Melevin has taught courses in taxes and accounting since 1981 at universities and corporations across the United States. He maintains a Certified Public Accountant practice in Deerfield, Illinois, with an emphasis on the emerging business sector.

Megan Moyer Assistant Professor of Chemistry Prof. Moyer’s research interests include porous support materials such as mesoporous silica and ordered porous carbons used with a variety of catalysts including precious metal nanoparticles, single-site catalysts, and biocatalysts.

Arryn Robbins

Theodore Ruffalo

Kateryna Sylaska

Visiting Assistant Professor of Management and Marketing

Assistant Professor of Psychological Science

Prof. Ruffalo’s doctoral research focuses on the intersection of information technology and marketing, specifically as it relates to farmers’ markets. After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps for eight years, he was elected alderman in Kenosha in 2010. From 1997 to 2015, Prof. Ruffalo was a partner in popular local restaurant Villa d’Carlo.

As an applied psychologist, Prof. Sylaska employs psychological concepts to understand and solve problems in everyday life — with recent focuses on how students identify their college major and how individuals provide, seek, and receive help from their peers. Before graduate school, she took a year off from studies to work for a nonprofit teen suicide crisis hotline in Phoenix.

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Diana Thomson

Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Assistant Professor of Mathematics

Having led the software engineering departments at multiple Fortune 500 companies and co-founded three startup software companies, Prof. Schroeder transfers 25 years of computer science experience to Carthage. He has global software patents and copyrights in the clean tech and control optimization sectors.

Prof. Thomson wrote her dissertation on improving training algorithms for complex-valued artificial neural networks, and her research interests have expanded to include both the theory and applications of complex- and quaternion-valued neural networks. She has taught in the University of Wisconsin system and at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College in Indiana.

Postdoctoral Fellow in Psychological Science

Susie Stanley

A cognitive psychologist, Ms. Robbins uses eye tracking technology to understand the influence of memory on visual attention. A related internship with MIT Lincoln Laboratory during graduate school allowed her to study reading comprehension. An outdoors enthusiast, Ms. Robbins is nearing completion of her training as a certified Pilates instructor.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Education

Steven Rogg

Susan Stevenson

Associate Professor of Education Prof. Rogg has designed, implemented, and evaluated innovative programs at schools such as Gwendolyn Brooks College Preparatory Academy (ranked among the top 10 in Illinois) and the nationally ranked Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy. His teaching resume includes faculty posts at Miami and DePaul universities.

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After nearly four years as a special education teacher in Milwaukee, Prof. Stanley taught graduate courses at Marquette University and, most recently, provided online faculty development at Concordia University Wisconsin. Inspired by her first career in advertising, she has studied children’s increasing skepticism of ads.

Jojin Van Winkle Assistant Professor of Art Prof. Van Winkle is a visual artist, writer, and filmmaker whose video and audio research centers on the practice of listening. An associate producer for award-winning 2016 documentary “The Land Beneath Our Feet,” she also did camera work for the film. Prof. Van Winkle also was the U.S.-based cinematographer for “In the Shadow of Ebola,” which aired on PBS’ “Independent Lens.”

Assistant Professor of Chemistry Prof. Stevenson teaches organic chemistry. She spent two years as a National Institutes of Health postdoctoral fellow at the California Institute of Technology, conducting research on the total synthesis of complex natural products. Her research centers on the use of photoredox catalysis as a tool for the direct functionalization of C–H bonds.

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Danny ’21 and Alberto ’19 Eloyza

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A true brotherhood Men’s soccer continues unique legacy of sibling teammates

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o say that the Carthage men’s soccer program is familyfriendly would be putting it mildly.

Midfielders Alberto and Danny Eloyza are the 22nd set of brothers to represent the Red Men since Steve Domin became head coach in 1995, a tradition that began when Mike Domin ’98 joined the team coached by his brother Steve.

That initial experiment was a resounding success, despite the fact that the younger Domin was not an easy sell for the first-year coach.

“Mike was probably the hardest one to get to come here out of all the brothers I’ve coached over the years,” said Steve Domin ’93, M.Ed. ’95, who just completed his 24th season. “I played a bunch of sports here myself and kind of had my own story, and I’m not sure Mike really wanted to follow in his brother’s footsteps.

“Our parents liked all the positives of having two kids at Carthage but weren’t completely sold on the idea for Mike’s course initially,” he continued. “But it all worked out nicely.”

Mike played for three seasons and remains the Red Men’s leading scorer two decades later.

Perhaps it was his success playing for his brother, who admits to pushing his talented sibling hard in an effort to show no favorites, that set the trend in motion.

Regardless, it’s been a highly successful tradition that Coach Domin believes is unique to Carthage.

“I can’t really say that it’s something I set out to do” he said, adding that a few sisters and other family members played on the Lady Reds teams he coached in the 1990s. “The Between those in uniform and those in the stands, three sets of Red Men soccer saiblings are represented in this photo from the 2013 conference championship-clinching game: the Dombrowskis, the Pignataros, and the Reillys.

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interesting piece is that many of the brothers played on the same team at some point with each other, and fortunately all have been really talented kids on and off the field.”

NCAA officials told him a while back that no other collegiate athletic program at any level could match the number of family members who have played together at Carthage.

Alberto Eloyza ’19 is on track to graduate early in December, with a spot waiting in the financial professional development program at Abbott Laboratories. Danny ’21 was able to play his first two college seasons with his older brother.

“It’s something we’ve always dreamed of being able to do,” he said.

The stream of siblings peaked in 2007, when Carthage’s conference championship team featured three pairs of brothers, yet the steady flow has continued.

“It’s great being part of this unique tradition, especially being able to do it at the next level,” said Alberto. “Growing up, our parents would have to rush from game to game.”

They’re from Palatine, Illinois, about an hour drive from campus.

“The Eloyzas have really followed the trend well,” said Coach Domin. “They’re both intuitive about each other, important middles, and know exactly where the other one is on the field at all times. I don’t even think they fully realize it yet, but they’re both going through something right now that they’ll never forget.”

The 2018 roster also included Todd Dombrowski ’21, the younger brother of assistant coach Michael Dombrowski ’14, who in turn played two seasons with another brother, Kevin.

“The bottom line is it’s about a connection,” Coach Domin said. “We pretty much let the program speak for itself, and these relationships help us build a foundation. It’s not about winning every game; it’s deeper than that. It’s more about what these guys get out of the experience and what they do with it after they leave.”

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ATHLETICS

Men’s Track and Field

First Academic All-American since 2015

Two coaches reach victory milestones The victories keep piling up by the hundred for two longtime Carthage coaches.

On March 30, the baseball program won its 900th game under head coach Augie Schmidt IV. In his 31st season, he became the 13th coach in NCAA Division III history to accomplish the feat.

On Sept. 22, women’s volleyball coach Leanne Ulmer reached 500 wins. She has guided the Lady Reds since 2001.

“A point of distinction at Carthage is the quality of our coaching staff, and the achievements of Augie Schmidt and Leanne Ulmer speak to their commitment to Carthage and to provide an exceptional student-athlete experience,” said Michelle Manning, director of athletics.

“These milestones are impressive, and what may be more impressive is their ability to have sustained success throughout their careers,” she continued. “We are very proud of their accomplishments and fortunate to have them in our Carthage athletic family.”

In June, the College Sports Information Directors of America named Brad Krueger ’18 to the NCAA Division III Academic All-America third team. Mr. Krueger held a 3.92 GPA as a chemistry and physics major and won the 2018 College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin indoor heptathlon championship. He became the first Red Men track and field athlete to earn the national academic recognition — and the first from any Carthage sport since 2015.

Women’s Soccer

Coach hired away from CCIW rival New Carthage athletic director Michelle Manning made a coaching hire on her first day, bringing in Ian Wilson to oversee women’s soccer. For the previous six years, Mr. Wilson was an assistant at conference foe Illinois Wesleyan University. In that time, the Titans went 89-34-10 and accumulated five NCAA postseason berths, reaching the national semifinals in 2014.

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t its core, Carthage’s newest residential offering, The Tower Residence Hall, is a connector.

Structurally, crews connected it to two other residence halls. The precise construction allows residents of the Joseph Johnson and Madrigrano Family buildings to access The Tower’s shared floor lounges.

But the more valuable connections could only occur once students began to filter into the 43,000-square-foot facility in August. Six residential floors house a contingent of sophomores, juniors, and seniors, while the bottom two stories invite the full student body with areas for study, collaboration, cooking, and downtime.

It adds up to an estimated 10,000 square feet of community space.

Just outside the east entrance, there’s more room to gather: a fireplace, stepped seating, and a new sand volleyball court.

“It has been a special place from its inception, but now it is home to 121 college students who will make it their special community,” Kimberlie Goldsberry, vice president for student affairs, said at a ribbon-cutting ceremony for The Tower on Homecoming weekend.

“It’s in these new halls that students will make their best friends, pull the first of many all-nighters, and — with the new kitchenettes — probably learn how to cook more than cereal and ramen,” joked Renee’ Jalbert ’19, president of Carthage Student Government.

Forty years ago this fall, when Jeff Hamar ’80 held that office, he lobbied the Board of Trustees for a novel approach to residence life.

Now chair of the board, he spoke at a dinner celebrating the success of The Tower Initiative, which raised more than $1.2 million.

“It is the construction of The Tower that completes the dream that two generations of Carthage leaders have had to truly create a living and learning environment on the Carthage campus,” Mr. Hamar said.

For the approximately 70 percent of students who live on campus, education is a round-the-clock undertaking.

Someday, Renee’ predicts, they’ll look back and appreciate the importance of those little moments.

“Students might even realize that it was truly those late-night conversations with roommates and floor friends that acted as a catalyst for the change they would bring to the world and ignited the passions they would carry with them far beyond their time at Carthage.”

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Towering sense of community

TOWER TIDBITS

Rather than matching the low, traditional ceilings of the adjoining residence halls, more than 2,000 boards were used to create a spacious feel in the community space.

Acid-washed concrete gives an industrial loft vibe to stairways, ceilings, and some residential walls.

The exterior stone is indigenous limestone mined about an hour northwest of the campus in Waukesha County.

Sand for the new volleyball court was sifted three times to remove tiny rocks and protect students’ feet.

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CLEAN

POSITIVE CONTEMPORARY

RELAXED CALMING PEACEFUL QUIET

We asked the initial residents of The Tower to describe the atmosphere in one word.

HOTEL LUXURY ROOMMATES APARTMENT

HOW DOES IT STACK UP? According to building information provider Emporis, The Tower Residence Hall is the fifth-tallest building in Kenosha.

(Virginia Towers condominimums top the list at 123 feet).

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and it smells like freshly baked cookies at least once a week on my floor.”

– Sarah Ferri ’20

STUDY SPACES “From the bottom two floors to the lounges and the nooks, there is always somewhere – Morgan Taylor ’21 to go.”

STUDENTS FAVORITE AMENITIES

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THE KITCHENETTES

“someone’s always cooking,

THE LOUNGES “the natural light coming from the floor-to-ceiling windows is perfect for working on projects and homework. I think the seventh floor lounge overlooking the lake has the best view on campus.”

– Madeline Paakkonen ’21

NETWORK

“I love having a printer just an ride away.”

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Professor Marilyn Ward, director of the Center for Children’s Literature at Carthage, shares her favorite new books for kids in each age range:

FOR YOUNGER KIDS Quiet by Tomie dePaola

FOR MIDDLE GRADES Holes in the Sky by Patricia Polacco

Giraffe Problems by Jory John, illustrated by Lane Smith

Ruby in the Ruins by Shirley Hughes

Felix by Giovanna Zoboli, illustrated by Simona Mulazzani

FOR OLDER KIDS Elephant Secret by Eric Walters

Inkling by Kenneth Oppel

The Red Ribbon by Lucy Adlington

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Wonderland’s permanent resident Education professor Marilyn Ward remains spellbound by power of children’s books

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ooks for children and teens cram the shelves of the small corner office in Lentz Hall.

Stuffed toys and puppets — characters from children’s books — sit on a shelf, awaiting their turns to be part of class teaching demonstrations. Posters relating to reading, music, and the arts adorn the walls.

Simple, bright red furniture and a colorful rug — like those often found in elementary school classrooms — make the office feel so comfortable and inviting, visitors might be tempted to choose a book or two from the shelves and sit down on the rug to read.

It is the wood-sided little red wagon filled with children’s books, though, that perhaps best symbolizes Carthage education professor Marilyn Ward’s passions — literature and learning — and her desire to share them with others.

Pulling that wagonload of books from her corner office to the classroom, she reads a couple of the selections each day. Prof. Ward, who joined the Education Department in 1990, teaches courses in children’s and young adult literature, creative arts, social studies methods, and poetry theatre.

“College students love to be read to,” she said, and her students take turns reading to the class, too. “It’s such an important skill for teachers to have.”

The wagon also hauls books across the street between Prof.

Ward’s office and Hedberg Library, where she directs the Center for Children’s Literature.

“That wagon has gone through blizzards,” she noted.

The center, which celebrated its 20th anniversary on Oct. 2, has more than 25,000 books in its curriculum collection — including more than 1,500 books of poetry. The center also holds workshops, reading programs, author and illustrator presentations, and other events.

Learning about other cultures For Prof. Ward, a Kenosha native whose childhood home was just a couple of miles north of the Carthage campus, literature and learning have always been a part of life. Her mother taught first grade in Kenosha for most of her 53 years in education, and her father was a University of Wisconsin-Parkside math professor.

She fondly remembers them reading classic children’s book “Heidi” to her at a young age. Other favorites included “Alice in Wonderland” and “Eloise.”

The fascination stuck with her. In the first nine months of this year, Prof. Ward read 120 new children’s and young adult (YA) books.

“It is the power and delight of children’s and YA books that has kept me fascinated with them,” she said. “And, as far as picture books go, there is the joy of the book as an art form.”

Books with engaging stories and characters they can relate to — such as the Harry Potter series, YA books, and graphic novels — are especially important in drawing middle- and high-schoolers to read, she said.

Prof. Ward still has most of the books her mother shared with her as well as those she collected on her own. “They are like old friends,” she said.

Children’s literature is one of the concentrations for her Ph.D. (from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee). She’s traveled abroad to give presentations to the International Board of Books for Youth.

“Both of my parents were teachers, and so were a lot of their friends. Many were great travelers, and they would bring me books from their travels,” she said. “I loved books from around the world.”

In new books, cultural understanding is a major trend, she noted. Such books — from authors throughout the world — help to increase awareness, she said, “so kids around the world will know what kids in other countries are like, how they live.”

To that end, in 2014 the Center for Children’s Literature launched OmniLibros.com, a website that provides annotations and reviews of international books for young readers. About 550 books — all published outside the United States or set in another country and, when necessary, translated into English — are listed.

The website aims to help teachers, librarians, reading resource staff, and parents select and use books that promote understanding across global cultures. More than 23,000 users from around the world have visited the site. continued. on page 28

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idowed since his last major class reunion, Rollie Swanson ’57 called a classmate from his circle of Carthage friends, Jan Bowersox ’57, whose husband likewise had passed away.

Traveling from different parts of the Southwest, they agreed to meet at Carthage for the Gold Plus (50 or more years) reunion in September 2017.

“I was considering going, but I didn’t feel like going as a fifth wheel,” Rollie said. “She felt the same way.”

Returning to campus a year later, the circumstances were entirely different. Rollie and Jan married Sept. 29 in a small wedding ceremony next to Kissing Rock.

Carthage friends comprised one-third of the guest list.

“Everybody’s so excited and happy for us,” Jan said.

A deeper connection After the reunion, they talked more regularly by telephone. Theirs was an easy bond, with shared values and memories as the glue.

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The couple treasured their years at the College’s former campus in Carthage, Illinois.

“I really couldn’t find anything negative about Carthage, except you couldn’t get there from anywhere,” Rollie joked about the rural location. “It was a remarkable atmosphere at that little place.”

With only a few hundred students enrolled at that time, the College had an especially close-knit atmosphere. Jan remembers turnouts being strong at everything from dances to games.

“You knew everyone from freshman to senior,” she said.

“Whatever was going on, people did it together.”

Both four-year letterwinners who played basketball for Art Keller, Jan’s first husband, Tom Bowersox ‘57, and Rollie became friends from the start. The Red Men record book still lists Rollie, who played center, among the program’s leaders in scoring and rebounds.

Unknowingly, the two teammates had their eye on the same young woman. Tom acted first.

“He asked Jan out for a date about a week before I was going to,” said Rollie. “I moved quite slowly.”

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Tom eventually proposed to her at Kissing Rock. The resulting “yes” added to the big boulder’s legend.

In hindsight, what’s usually dismissed as a silly matrimonial ritual proved strangely prophetic.

Serving as a groomsman in the Bowersoxes’ 1956 wedding, Rollie caught the garter.

Parallel lives

carthage couples: how’d you meet?

In anticipation of Valentine’s Day 2019, the Office of Alumni and Parent Relations plans to collect stories — touching to funny — from Carthage couples detailing how they met.

Watch the alumni e-newsletter and Facebook page in the coming weeks for submission details.

In fact, Rollie did get married before long. He and his wife, Mary, spent 56 years together until her death from breast cancer.

He put in almost 25 years as an FBI agent conducting criminal investigations. Based in Baltimore for the latter stages of his career, Rollie worked on kidnapping and extortion cases. All three of his sons followed him into the bureau.

Once Rollie retired, a colleague coaxed him to New Mexico. There, he opened a private investigation agency that operated until 2011.

Like their old classmate, Jan and Tom raised three children. One son graduated from Carthage: Dr. Michael Bowersox ’79, who established a medical practice in San Diego.

Tom owned a management recruiting firm, with Jan deeply involved. The tug of family ties pulled them from Chicago to the Golden State.

Separated by distance, the Swansons and Bowersoxes gradually found it tougher to

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“The most thrilling thing is when I get emails from authors from all over the world,” Prof. Ward said.

Mia Morton ’21 works at the center. A history major with a minor in secondary education, she was drawn to the job because of the research opportunities and OmniLibros’ mission of promoting global understanding. Mia, whose grandmothers were both immigrants to the United States, has a Peruvian and Chilean cultural background.

“I’ve always known that I want to promote world history and culture with students,” she said. “We have all these great books that help promote cultural diversity.”

Promoting and sharing books Founded in 1998 at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the Center for Children’s Literature moved to Carthage in 2004. It expands by about 300 books each

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connect face to face. Their 50-year reunion provided the logistics. That weekend in 2007, Tom disclosed to his fellow alumni that doctors had diagnosed him with Alzheimer’s disease.

“It took a lot of fortitude for him to do that,” Rollie acknowledged.

Jan found new avenues to channel her energy.

She even taught art classes for patients at the facility that had provided Tom’s care in the final stages of his life.

By the time Rollie issued the invitation for their 60th reunion, Jan had been a widow for seven years. Having settled into a busy and contented routine, she wasn’t actively searching for love.

It found her anyway.

“This was just another dimension that made us both happy,” said Jan, who has relocated to Rollie’s home at the foot of the Sandia Mountains in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

As their wedding plans took shape, the couple had zero debate about the location for the ceremony. In their life stories, Carthage always emerged as the common denominator.

John Eakins ’57 of Minneapolis served as best man, with Suzanne (Lignell) James ’57 of Noblesville, Indiana, as the matron of honor.

And Rollie, who passed the hunk of stone many times on the rural Illinois campus, got his first Kissing Rock kiss.

year, mostly donated by publishers. Surplus books are donated to organizations that serve children and teens.

The collection supports K-12 school curricula. Many of Prof. Ward’s former students, now teachers, continue to use it.

“Our collection is not for kids. It’s for teachers, student teachers, and college students,” she said. “That’s the difference between our center and public libraries.”

Carthage students play a major role in the center’s activities. They research and compile bibliographies for OmniLibros and write book reviews for the center’s website. A student advisory board helps with events.

Fifteen education students are involved in creating the center’s new podcast project, “All Kids’ Books Considered.” Prof. Ward hopes to make it available on iTunes by the end of the fall 2018 semester.

The podcast will feature book talks — short presentations about books, with the goal of convincing others to read them. Book

talks are used often in teaching, so it’ll be a good learning tool for the students.

After her undergraduate studies, Prof.

Ward taught high school social studies and theatre in the Milwaukee area for a few years before returning to college. She also taught ballet, jazz, and tap for many years at her own dance studio.

She has a collection of about 20 dollhouses at her Storybook Studio in the Racine Arts & Business Center. Each dollhouse has a children’s literature theme, such as Caldecott and Newbery book award winners, Harry Potter, or Dr. Seuss. The display is open to the public the first Saturday in December.

Still, for Prof. Ward, the most rewarding part of her career is teaching. Her courses, the center, and OmniLibros provide different ways to teach and share her love of literature and the arts.

“People ask me why I do this,” she said. “I tell them, ‘I want to help make the world a better place.’”

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ocial consciousness, a Lutheran heritage, business, and athletics — these are just some of the bonds that have formed friendships between the alumni and friends who are featured in this section.

For Tom Kelley ’99 and Marty Schager ’99, it was football during their freshman year. For Steven Hopp and Tom Kieso ’73, business was what they held in common. Hoyt H. Harper II ’77, Cynthia Walker ’78, Alan Mills ’79, and LeAnn Pedersen Pope ’79 shared a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. And for Jim Unglaube ’63 and Ann Wagner Bundgaard, it was an affinity to the Lutheran church and a connection to the Carthage, Illinois, campus.

In my travels to meet alumni and friends — from Kenosha to Hong Kong — I always hear first of the important friendships and the meaningful interests that two or more people share.

And then there is something else, something more that people describe, something that helped to shape and form these friendships: Carthage itself. Carthage, too, is a tie that binds.

Ms. Bundgaard says of her friend Mr. Unglaube: “Sometimes we might talk about annuities and interest rates, but more often than not we talk about the College.”

Mr. Hopp talks about how his best friend, Mr. Kieso, encouraged him to get involved at Carthage. Now, he says, “Helping sustain its forward momentum has become my passion.”

Mr. Schager describes his friendship with Mr. Kelley and his love of Carthage in the same breath: “The same reasons that made me gravitate toward (Tom) as a student are the same reasons that led me to reconnect with the College.”

And Ms. Walker says that her desire to ever improve Carthage connects her back to Mr.

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GIVING SUMMARY

FISCAL YEAR 2018 GIFTS July 1, 2017 – June 30, 2018

$3,613,821 4,015 donors including 2,702 alumni

DESIGNATED AREAS

$2,473,775

Annual Operations

$596,848

Capital Facilities

$404,363 Endowment

SOURCES

$1,238,385 Alumni

$732,433

Foundations/Businesses

$565,363 Harper, Mr. Mills, and Ms. Pope — and also to Carthage.

Like a companion, Carthage itself travels alongside these friends. And, just like a person, Carthage continues to evolve and develop.

Part of what makes this possible is the commitment and care of individuals like the nine who are featured here. With their support, Carthage grows: New residences in The Tower house 121 students; new scholarships equip a new generation of Carthaginians; new annual fund gifts power everyday life at Carthage; and new estate gifts extend the life of this wonderful college for generations to come.

These stories — and the many meetings I have with alumni and friends of Carthage — inspire me to continue to seek out new friendships between and among Carthaginians. I look forward to meeting many more of you who treasure this college in the years ahead.

Yours in friendship,

Friends

$851,525 Government

$87,179 Parents

$138,935 Other

CLASS OF 2018

84%

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ENGAGEMENT Thomas A. Kline Vice President for Institutional Advancement

1,961 individuals attended Carthage alumni events

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hen Carthage trustee Steven Hopp wanted to contribute to The Tower Initiative, one feature of the new residence hall was an obvious choice: the patio, a place that evokes the joys of conversation, relaxation, and friendship.

And what better way to honor trustee Tom Kieso ’73, the best friend who encouraged him to get involved with Carthage, than by naming it the Kieso-Hopp Lakeside Patio?

“I put your name first,” Mr. Hopp quips, as a conference call interview gets underway. “Age comes before beauty.”

Mr. Kieso laughs. “It was unbelievable,” he says, “and a very big surprise.”

The two men first hit if off at a Chicago business conference in 1990. They stayed in touch, sharing a belief that successful businesses are built by building relationships.

Soon, they found common ground in being parents, and that, in turn, led to talking about their children’s education.

“We both value the private liberal arts college education,” says Mr. Kieso, co-owner of Wm. F. Meyer

Co., a Chicago area distributor of plumbing fixtures and supplies. “And, as his kids grew older and he had a little more time on his hands, I thought he would be a tremendous asset to Carthage leadership, especially with his experience in health insurance.”

Mr. Hopp, a graduate of Ripon College in central Wisconsin, is a senior sales executive with insurance broker firm Oswald Companies in Cleveland.

“Carthage is a great school,” he says, “and helping it sustain its forward momentum has become my passion.”

They touch base every weekday between 5 and 6 a.m.

— “Not on weekends,” Mr. Hopp says, “unless it’s the Bears vs. the Browns.” It’s a supportive ritual, they say, that’s vital to their busy lives.

“Mostly we talk about life,” says Mr. Kieso. “I know if

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Why they gave In preparation for a Sept. 28 dinner program celebrating the successful completion of The Tower Initiative, donors wrote about the reasons behind their support of the new facility.

Steven Hopp, left, and Tom Kieso ’73

“I realized that this was an opportunity to honor and celebrate the nationally recognized Smith-Hughes Home Economics Department on the Illinois campus, as this program was extremely rigorous.”

IRMA (NIEKAMP) ANDERSON ’48 – KITCHENETTE “Whether it’s running into each other in the lounge, hanging out near the performance stage, or just studying together in a nook, the Tower gives students the unique opportunity for unscripted meetings and the potential of lasting friendships.”

GARY WILSON – LAKESIDE FIRE PIT

I need someone to talk to about minor things, medium level things, and major things, he’ll be there. He’ll give me the truth, too.”

“It is like Tom said,” says Mr. Hopp. “We feel comfortable because we are truthful.”

He envisions the patio fostering similar positive relationships.

“I hope the friendships students form there will sustain them through the ups and downs of life,” he says. “That would be my way of giving back to Tom what he’s given me.”

Mr. Kieso, though, has the last word, and more fitting advice would be hard to find.

“You should write this with a smile on your face,” he tells the writer. “That’s what it is all about.”

“I was known as the Carthage DJ. I worked most of the fraternity and sorority formal and semi-formal parties through my time at Carthage.”

JASON WENDT ’08 – PERFORMANCE STAGE “The placement of Carthage College on the lakeshore and The Tower building erected in its central location provide an ideal vista and an anchor for the campus community.”

THOMAS J. LENTZ – LAKESIDE LOUNGE “After recently relocating to Kenosha and now experiencing the feeling of being home, I wanted the wonderful students at Carthage to have and know the same great feeling.”

CHRISTINE KING ’97 – SUITE “This place of education, this home creates change, and it prepares the students of today for the many changes of tomorrow.”

KARISSA ROTHKOPF ’96 – STUDENT WORKSPACE

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ver the course of many conference calls last year, fellow trustees Hoyt H. Harper II ’77 and Alan Mills ’79 came together with classmate Cynthia Walker ’78 around a common cause: expanding diversity and strengthening inclusion at Carthage.

“We knew we wanted to support Carthage, and specifically students of color,” says Mr. Harper. “We had a shared passion, and we knew we were going to get something done.”

From those calls, plus personal campus visits to meet with students and faculty, they’re indeed getting something done — in a big way.

Their initiative bolsters funding for students. That includes an endowed scholarship named in honor of the College’s first African American female and male graduates: Lorraine Wiggan ’46 (aunt of Ms. Walker) and Alonzo Kenniebrew ’54.

They’ve also launched the Wiggan-Kenniebrew Black Alumni Network, the College’s first official affinity-based alumni group. Priorities for the W-K Network include

Hoyt H. Harper II ’77, left, and Alan Mills ’79

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Cynthia Walker ’78, left, and Ashley Kenniebrew ’07, daughter of W-K Network namesake Alonzo Kenniebrew ’54

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Wiggan-Kenniebrew Funds fundraising, mentoring, connecting students Mr. Harper, who established the W-K to internships and other career opportunities, endowed scholarship, sees that funding and advocating on their behalf. as critical to attract more historically Mr. Harper says the scope of the program underrepresented minorities to Carthage. The speaks to the power of rekindled friendships group hopes to grow it to $100,000 in the next with classmates who share a deep pride in four years and to $300,000 within a decade.

Carthage and gratitude for helping to launch “I believe in paying it forward,” says their careers.

Mr. Harper. It’s essential that the fund be “It was inspiring to hear the endowed — expanding access success stories of the others and opportunity for the long on the phone and what they’ve term — “because diversity accomplished after Carthage,” and inclusion will always be says Mr. Harper, a principal an integral part of Carthage. with HHHarper & Associates Diversity is strength.” in Stamford, Connecticut.

Another classmate, LeAnn Both Mr. Mills and Ms. Pedersen Pope ’79, a retired Walker hold high positions attorney now pursuing a in law, Mr. Mills as a partner master’s degree in theological at Barnes & Thornburg law studies at Garrett-Evangelical firm in Indianapolis and Ms. Theological Seminary in LeAnn Pedersen Pope ’79 Walker as chief judge for the 50th Evanston, Illinois, was eager to District Court in Michigan. contribute to the fund.

Ms. Walker’s friendship with and “Diversity affords a richness in the admiration for Mr. Mills is a big reason she classroom,” she explains. “We need to got involved. President of the Black Student provide the funding to attract talented Union while at Carthage, he was awarded African American high school students.” a prestigious Truman Scholarship — the The scholarship, she adds, also reconnected College’s first — for his dedication to service. her with old friends — and with Carthage.

“It's not hard to support an effort you “Alan reached out to me, and I hadn’t seen believe in and that is supported by someone him since graduation,” she says. “But he whose friendship and integrity has stood the knows how passionate I am about this issue, test of time,” she says. and I was happy to sign on.”

The group got off to a strong fundraising The group also wants to have an “active start, with gifts totaling more than impact on the lives of future students,” $65,000 last year. Besides scholarships, Mr. Harper says. When Ms. Walker visited that funding will underpin experiential campus, he recalls, pre-law students were learning opportunities such as J-Term study “clamoring to meet her. Students are eager tours, Summer Undergraduate Research to hear about practical, real life experiences Experience projects, and internships. of alumni, and we are looking forward to

W-K Network Reunion In fall 2019, Carthage will host the first reunion of the Wiggan-Kenniebrew (W-K) Black Alumni Network. It’s open to alumni who identify as African American or biracial, those who participated in Black Student Union, and all who support the W-K Network’s efforts.

The reunion is planned for Homecoming weekend, Oct. 11-13. If you are interested in serving on the reunion committee, please email alumnioffice@carthage.edu with your name, class year, and email address.

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$15,250 ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPS

$30,568 EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING FUND

$19,000 awarded to 12 students

for J-Term 2019 study tours in

England, Nicaragua, and Senegal

building more of those connections.”

Mr. Mills says the gathering momentum around issues of inclusion and diversity reconnect him to his experiences of being a Carthage student some 40 years ago. Today, there are three times as many students who identify as African American — about 175 — than when he was an undergraduate.

That’s progress, he said, yet it requires a concerted effort to ensure the full meaning of diversity enriches the entire Carthage community.

“My friends at Carthage helped develop my social conscience core,” he says. “They put meat on the bones of my childhood values of justice, peace, equality, and honesty. We are now coming together, because these values, we know, benefit everyone.”

For his part, Mr. Harper is optimistic change will continue to come.

“It’s an ongoing process,” he said. “What we’re doing is creating a greater sense of awareness and sharing our experiences and talking about what we need to change.”

Opening his 1977 yearbook recently, he found a quote that Mr. Mills shared as a sophomore: “If Carthage could learn to overcome its prejudices and accept each other as one, it would be a beautiful place.”

Today, that dream of one Carthage community looks far less remote to Mr. Harper.

“Carthage,” he says, “is on its way.”

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PLANNED GIVING

The epitome of ‘friend-raising’

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im Unglaube ’63 has devoted the past 20 years to Carthage, working in and leading the College’s advancement operations. As he prepares to retire, he says one of the best parts of the job has been the friendships he formed with alumni and friends, friendships that, in turn, have had a transformative impact on the life of the College.

“The work is rooted in forming important relationships that mature over many years,” says Mr. Unglaube, vice president emeritus for college relations and director of planned giving. “That’s always been deeply rewarding.”

His nearly 30-year friendship with Ann Wagner Bundgaard is perhaps one of the most personally meaningful. They share enduring memories of the Carthage, Illinois, campus.

Ms. Bundgaard spent her young childhood on those grounds in the early 1940s as the daughter of legendary

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Carthage athletic director Herbert “Hub” Wagner ’25. Mr. Unglaube and his wife, LaRue (Rhine) Unglaube ’64, attended the College during its final years in Illinois.

Although their experiences came decades apart, the two friends find a ready rapport in recalling that close-knit community and how it shaped their lives.

“We connect easily,” says Ms. Bundgaard.

“Jim didn’t know my father personally, but he can relate to the stories that I grew up on. We can share memories of a special place and people who were friends of my parents.”

Mr. Unglaube, who assisted in the preparation of the Kenosha campus as it opened in 1962, has been instrumental in

“We never run out of things to talk about, be it higher education or what’s going on at Carthage. Ann is not a donor from a distance.”

Today, the gift she established with her husband, the late Axel C. Bundgaard, funds the Wagner Teaching Fellowships — the only endowment at Carthage focused solely on the development of faculty members as teachers and scholars.

Like most endowed funds, this one has deep personal meaning: It honors Ms. Bundgaard’s parents, Mr. Wagner and Olive Torgeson Wagner, who fell in love at Carthage while he coached and taught history and she was dean of women. During the Depression, they didn’t take home salaries for a few months, but both were steadfast in their commitment to continued study and learning.

Ms. Bundgaard, professor emerita at St. Olaf College, followed her parents into education. She and her husband were beloved and influential dance teachers at the liberal arts school in Minnesota.

Like the Unglaubes, Ms. Bundgaard is a member of the Henry Denhart Society, which recognizes individuals who provide for Carthage through estate plans and a variety of planned gifts. She credits Mr. Unglaube for sustaining her devotion to the College.

“I always know that he is being honest with me,” she says. “That’s because he loves Carthage College. It’s not a job — he has an emotional, organic connection to Carthage.

In Lutheran terms, it’s his calling.”

“ It’s not a job — he has an emotional, organic connection to Carthage.” securing funding for the most impressive period of growth in school history. In 2012, he was awarded the Carthage Flame for outstanding service to the College and community.

He met Ms. Bundgaard shortly after her father died in 1992, when she envisioned an endowment in Mr. Wagner’s honor. At the time, Mr. Unglaube was director of colleges and universities for the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.

They look forward to getting together over lunch near their homes in the Twin Cities area. Mr. Unglaube can always count on a stimulating conversation.

“Ann is naturally inquisitive,” he says.

Since Jim Unglaube ’63 joined the Carthage administration Jan. 1, 1998, his authentic support for the College has proved infectious in fundraising.

Traveled to

48 states

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3,000+

personal visits Grew Denhart Society (planned gifts) to

492 members Secured financial support for: Hedberg Library Joan C. Potente Chapel N. E. Tarble Athletic and Recreation Center A. W. Clausen Center for World Business Tarble Arena The Oaks Residential Village Campbell Student Union Science Center The Tower Residence Hall

To give toward an endowed scholarship named in honor of Jim and LaRue Unglaube, please contact Elaine Walton at ewalton@carthage.edu or 262-551-5703. carthage.edu

Marty Schager ’99, left, and Thomas Kelley III ’99

To give to the Carthage Fund and make a difference where it’s needed most, please contact Samantha Panozzo at spanozzo@carthage.edu or 262-551-5747.

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Support born from mutual appreciation T

homas Kelley III ’99 and Marty Schager ’99 met freshman year on the football field and soon found common ground.

They were both from Chicago’s northwestern suburbs, both had their sights set on business careers, and both were eager to prove themselves. By senior year, they were roommates.

Today, they share a dedication to ensure Carthage’s bright future, Mr. Kelley as a member of the Board of Trustees and Mr. Schager as a member of the President’s Leadership Council (PLC). This spring, they also brought turbo-powered Carthaginian spirit to Giving Day 2018 with a gift-matching challenge to rally support from 1990s graduates.

When Mr. Kelley, a former member, first encouraged Mr. Schager to join the council, the latter hesitated.

“My life was my family and my career,” says Mr. Schager, a regional vice president for Aerotek and now the father of five young children.

What persuaded him in the end was an abiding respect for his college friend.

“I think you find strength through people who inspire and motivate you,” he says. “Tom had a strong work ethic — he was the type of person that I wanted to be around: high character, fierce competitor, and a loyal friend.

The same reasons that made me gravitate toward him as a student are the same reasons that led me to reconnect with the College.”

Mr. Kelley, vice president and chief financial officer for Froedtert South, speaks with similar admiration for Mr. Schager.

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“He’s one of the best people that I know,” Mr. Kelley says. “And I believe we are both in the positions we are today, in large part, because of our decisions to go to Carthage.

We both look back at our decision to attend Carthage and recognize that decision has greatly contributed to our successes in our careers and within our lives.”

Joining their names on the successful Giving Day mini-challenge “was a good moment for Tom and I to have together,” says Mr. Schager. “Giving Day is about delivering back to our school in the spirit of gratitude and support. Being able to acknowledge the personal and professional impact Carthage had on me made my involvement in Giving Day very purposeful.”

Making time to give back, he added, has yielded unexpected dividends — for which he is grateful to Mr. Kelley.

“Joining the Council turned out to be a gift — to further understand where the school is going and how I can contribute to it moving forward,” he said. “It’s such a great feeling to know that you are part of the past and creating the future. That couldn’t have happened without friendship.”

PRESIDENT’S LEADERSHIP COUNCIL PLC members contribute as leaders in philanthropic giving, advocacy, and volunteer engagement, and are offered exclusive opportunities to interact with senior leaders of the College.

PLC members gave

$119,673

in fiscal year 2018

$6,300 average

annual giving per member

Giving Day Challenges Carthage classes from the 1990s issued a 2018 Giving Day challenge that inspired 94 donors to give a total of $14,421. Altogether, 12 mini-challenges garnered support from 1,358 donors and raised more than $160,000. Mark your calendar for Carthage’s next Giving Day: April 4, 2019.

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CLASS NOTES

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1974

Audrey (Vanderwalker) Mayer – Fredericksburg, Texas,

Pi Theta alumnae reunite A group of Carthage alumnae have held a Pi Theta gathering each summer during the second week of July in Delavan, Wisconsin, for the past 25 years to catch up on one another’s lives and reminisce about their Carthage days.

Front row (left to right): Karen (Mantych) Cook ’70, Susan (Otterbein) Van Burk ’69, and Lois (Spee) Niese ’69. Back row (left to right): Marnette (Roth) Severance ’70, Ann Marie (Shouba) Strom ’69, Marcia (Lesak) Burba ’69, Kathy (Hartl) Burdick ’70, Judy (Nowatske) Cooley ’70, Winilue (Feltmann) Klein ’69, Susan (Vought) Schweke ’71, Darcia (Althoff) Behrens ’71, and Barbara (Berg) Heike ’68.

Squires reconnect for 60th celebration

and her husband, David, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with friends on July 13. Mrs. Mayer also received a 30-year volunteer pin from the Hill Country chapter of the American Red Cross, where she trains instructors in health, safety, and disaster services.

1972 Laurel Geschke – Union Grove, Wisconsin, and her husband, Richard, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary. They had a two-day celebration with family and friends. 1

Stan Breitzman – Park Ridge, Illinois, retired after 44 years of teaching physical education. Both Mr. Breitzman and his wife, Gigi, officially retired on June 7 and are excited to start their retirement together.

1981 Timothy Roets – Watertown, Wisconsin, announced his retirement as police chief from the Watertown Police and Fire Commission after a 36-year career in law enforcement, virtually all of which has been with the local department. 2

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Homecoming Weekend marked the 60th reunion for the Squires and other Beta Phi Epsilon. They’re pictured at another gathering in late June.

Front row (left to right): Ken Kuhn ’77, Brent Johnston ’75, Tom Tester ’76, Greg Seyler ’75, and Bob Miksa ’77. Back row (left to right): Mark Heideman ’75, Larry Fieroh ’75, Mark Bowers ’77, Mark Stohlquist ’77, Terry Converse ’75, Jim Pagles ’76, Gary Spragg ’76, Mike Rudan ’76, John Hollingsworth ’76, Ron Gazlay ’76, and Matt Van Diepen ’95.

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1988 David Maack – Racine, Wisconsin, spoke recently at the Humanitarian Disaster Institute’s 2018 Disaster Ministry Conference at Wheaton College. He spoke on engaging the faith-based community in disaster response and recovery. Mr. Maack serves as the Racine County emergency management coordinator.

1992 Scott Eder – Hong Kong, retired after 25 years in secondary teaching and then unretired to begin his first year in primary education. 3

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Doug Gole – Germantown, Wisconsin, has been named general manager of the Kenosha Kingfish.

Before that, Mr. Gole was the suite and club level sales manager at the BMO Harris Bradley Center during the building’s final four years.

2003 Alissa (Baylen) Turner – Kenosha, completed a master’s degree in educational leadership in May, graduating from Cardinal Stritch University in Milwaukee. 4

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1996 Kate Colbert – Kenosha, recently published her first nonfiction business book, “Think Like a Marketer: How a Shift in Mindset Can Change Everything for Your Business,” which is available on Amazon.

Kara (Grudzien) Batchelor – Louisville, Kentucky, married Ross Batchelor in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, on June 16. Included in the wedding party were Karissa (Kleven) Gretebeck ’06 and Diana (Moberg) Bauknecht ’07. 5

Erin (Parker) Bornheim – Chicago, welcomed her first child with her husband, Rick. Landon Parker Bornheim was born June 6, weighing 8 pounds. 6

Andrew Hilbrich ’06 and Danielle Sass ’08 – Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, welcomed their daughter, Lillian, into the world on Sept. 19. She weighed 5 pounds, 12 ounces, and measured 19 inches long. 7

2008 Amy Anderson – Chicago, married Oliver Osinga on June 22 in Chicago. They were surrounded by family and friends, and the bridal party included Katy (Kennedy) Schmidt ’08 and Michaela Ross ’08. 8

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2011 Kimberley (Loden) Curfman – Lodi, California, welcomed her second daughter, Eleanor “Nora,” on April 8 with her husband, Alex.

Nora was born safely at home, delivered by her dad. 1

Amanda (Croix) Patzke ’11 and Matthew Patzke ’12 – Racine, Wisconsin, welcomed their first child, Theodore Leonard Patzke, on March 8.

Theodore weighed 6 pounds, 12 ounces and was 19 inches long. 2

Bree McMahon – Appleton, Wisconsin, received a Master of Graphic Design degree from North Carolina State University in the spring of 2018. At graduation, she received the Wings on Wings award for demonstrating a willingness to make significant contributions to the College of Design community.

Accepting a position as a tenure-track professor of graphic design at the University of Arkansas, she started her career in academia this fall.

2013 Megan (Szabo) Armendariz – Valparaiso, Indiana, married Francisco Armendariz in front of family and friends on Nov. 10, 2017, in Dallas. 4

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Wisconsin, became engaged at the top of the Wisconsin state Capitol in November. They look forward to a winter wedding with family and friends. 6

2015

Devyn Conway – Bolingbrook,

Amy Bruckbauer – Wauwatosa,

Illinois, became engaged to Michael Courtney in March. They are planning a Chicago wedding for summer 2019. 5

Wisconsin, has been accepted as a Peace Corps volunteer and will begin serving in January as an agriculture extension volunteer in Ghana. She has previously spent time in Bulgaria as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant, China, and is currently teaching English to children in Chile.

Elizabeth Reynolds – Niles, Illinois, welcomed her first daughter, Nova Monroe, with her boyfriend, Corey, on July 1. Nova weighed 8 pounds, 4 ounces, and was 20 inches long. 3

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2017 Anesce Dremen – New York, spent her first year out of college interning and volunteering. Ms. Dremen served as a Workaway volunteer, laying bricks at a Buddhist monastery in upstate New York and prepared Airbnb rooms in New Jersey. As a Critical Language Scholarship (CLS) alumni ambassador, she also co-organized a successful networking event at the United Nations headquarters; 50 CLS alumni attended a private tour of Arabic or Chinese translation services before attending a career panel.

Go ahead, brag — and win some swag Alumni are up to great things; I have the privilege to hear these stories every day.

The last couple of months, in particular, have provided many occasions to witness the incredible things alumni are doing for Carthage and in their communities.

For six months, the alumni office has been busy planning reunion details with dedicated alumni who served on their reunion committees. This is always a really fun process, because we get an inside look at what their experience at Carthage was like — and these groups were pretty different!

Alumni from the Class of 1968 shared stories of their favorite classes and professors, and the Squires (Beta Phi Epsilon) allowed me an inside glimpse of their traditions and what makes their fraternity so special. And, yes, I learned their nicknames!

The office received a record number of nominations for the Beacon Awards, which recognize Carthage alumni for a specific act or program. Thank you all for being on the lookout and submitting stories of the wonderful accomplishments you have witnessed from other alumni. The 2019 recipients will be announced in advance of the April 27 award ceremony.

Alumni also assisted on campus during new student arrival. Some welcomed families during check-in, and others spoke to the incoming class at orientation.

The Alumni Council had its first meeting of the year. The Student-Alumni Mentor Program kickoff took place. The Class of 2019

assembled a committee to discuss its class gift. Future alumni marched (or rolled) in the Homecoming parade. Regional alumni chapters had a presence in the tailgating area at Homecoming to talk about upcoming events they’re planning.

We know graduates are reaching important milestones in other capacities: their families, careers, causes, and hobbies. Please keep the alumni office updated with your important life events; we’ll publish them online and in The Carthaginian so other alumni can take note of your accomplishments, too.

One clear takeaway from last fall’s reader survey is that Class Notes remains an extremely popular section of this magazine.

In an effort to collect more of these notes, the alumni office is starting a new initiative: During each publishing cycle for The Carthaginian, we will randomly select two people who submit news to receive free Carthage gear.

The deadline for the next issue is Jan. 1, and you can either mail in the form on page 47 or use our online Class Notes submission form:

carthage.edu/alumni/class-notes Keep up the good work, and be sure to share your updates so we can celebrate with you!

Warmly,

Eileen Baldwin Director of Alumni and Parent Relations ebaldwin@carthage.edu

Learn more about staying connected, upcoming events, and ways to give back at carthage.edu/alumni. carthage.edu

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Enduring Gift Society, Denhart Society, and Leadership Circle members are recognized each year at the President’s Recognition Dinner, which is held in conjunction with the Carthage Christmas Festival. Last year’s celebration included a performance by The Four Torchmen.

If you have not received your invitation or would like to become a giving society member, call 800-551-1518.

Thank you, donors!

With gratitude, we acknowledge and honor Carthage’s most committed donors for supporting Carthage through philanthropic contributions. Your partnership powers every aspect of education at the College, from financial aid and internships to faculty and program support. Every gift makes a difference, and every donor is unique. Find the society that matches your philanthropic goals. You can be a member of one, two, or all three societies.

We also give special thanks to those who support the College through volunteer engagement, including the Board of Trustees, President’s Leadership Council, alumni board and club leaders, career mentors, and other entities such as the Tower Initiative and Reunion committees.

Leadership Circle members gave $1,000 or more in the most recent or current fiscal year. Tiers within the society recognize higher levels of giving, and graduated giving levels are available for recent alumni.

Membership is renewable annually.

Members of the Enduring Gift Society have cumulative lifetime giving totaling $100,000 or more (exclusive of estate commitments). Tiers within the society recognize higher levels of giving.

Membership is lifetime.

Members of the Denhart Society have included Carthage in their estate plans.

Membership is lifetime.

See honor rolls and learn more about all levels of giving at www.carthage.edu/give/recognition

IN MEMORIAM 1940 LaVerne (Burgener) Shafer

1962 David Mewis

1979 Arlan Coulter

Galesburg, Ill., June 24, 2018

Troy, Mo., June 13, 2018

Fox Island, Wash., May 19, 2018

1945 Edith (Tieckelmann) Botkin

1963 Thomas Porter

Patricia Pfarr

Northbrook, Ill., May 23, 2018

1950 James Craig El Cajon, Calif., April 2, 2018

Ruth (Eshbaugh) Washam Hamilton, Ohio, June 21, 2018

1951 Walter Daniels Milwaukee, May 9, 2018

1953 Donald Schneider Ahwatukee, Ariz., May 23, 2018

Help us honor 150 years of Carthage women From July 2019 through June 2020, the College will host a yearlong celebration of “150 Years of Women at Carthage.” Stretching across all aspects of Carthage life — academics, athletics, student affairs, and alumni relations — it will incorporate the campuses in Kenosha and Carthage, Illinois.

To help us plan a historically accurate, inclusive, and inspirational celebration, the College invites Carthaginians to submit ideas that highlight: • t he ways Carthage has distinguished itself with its vision for educating women.

•n oteworthy Carthage women—faculty, staff, students, parents, and alumni—and their contributions.

• the evolution of women’s fields of study.

• t he challenges facing women pursuing college degrees in the past, present, and future.

Elaine Walton ’79, associate vice president for institutional advancement, is coordinating the “150 Years of Carthage Women” initiative.

To share your suggestion, contact her at ccwomen150@carthage.edu or 262-551-5703.

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1954 Paul Lindblom Fayetteville, Ark., Sept. 29, 2017

1956 Rev. Warren Diskerud Rochester, Minn., Aug. 5, 2018

Kenosha, Aug. 4, 2018

Herrin, Ill., May 24, 2018

1964 Ronald Shook

1986 Kevin Rehfeldt Loves Park, Ill., Aug. 14, 2018

Frankfort, Wis., July 17, 2018

1967 Colleen (Seffrood) Deininger

1988 Christine Wright Sturtevant, Wis., July 12, 2018

Kenosha, June 10, 2018

Catherine Koester

1989 William Mitchell

Laurel, Md., April 25, 2018

Winthrop Harbor, Ill., July 26, 2018

1970 Carol (Barina) Baer

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Racine, Wis., Aug. 15, 2018

Kenosha, Aug. 16, 2018

Anne Grasee

Eva Barca

Denver, Nov. 23, 2017

Kenosha, June 6, 2018

1971 Ronald Derge

Richard Boehm

Naomi “Terry” Anderson

Jasper, Ark., June 30, 2018

Lilburn, Ga., March 30, 2017

Shirley Ricker

Gladys Dart

Kenosha, May 12, 2018

Kenosha, July 3, 2018

Bloomington, Ind., Aug. 7, 2018

1975 Mark Bishop

Cora Forbush

Wendell Turner

Virginia Beach, Va., Oct. 16, 2017

1957 Rev. Ronald Lavin

Hackensack, Minn., Feb. 6, 2018

1959 Sally (Sprightly) Marshall

1977 Dawn Raabe Pleasant Prairie, Wis., Aug. 14, 2018

Rockton, Ill., June 11, 2018

Whitewater, Wis., May 26, 2018

Ruth Kremer Carthage, Ill., March 29, 2018

Angela (Abrahamson) Morgan Scandinavia, Wis., May 9, 2018

Don Welke Called a “visionary” by his colleagues, veteran Major League Baseball scout Don Welke ’65 passed away Sept. 19 at age 75.

He worked in professional baseball for more than 50 years, finding talented players who contributed to several World Series teams. He was in his fifth season with the San Diego Padres.

“Don had a tremendous career in baseball, both as a talent evaluator and in the relationships that he built,” Padres executive vice president and general manager A.J. Preller said in a statement. “He was a visionary who knew and loved baseball, and he shared that knowledge and passion with me and countless other scouts throughout his five decades in the game.”

Mr. Welke lettered four times in baseball at Carthage, straddling two campuses. The College inducted him into its Athletic Hall of Fame in 2013.

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Asia tour wraps president’s intro to Carthage network Making a concerted effort to meet face-to-face with as many Carthaginians as possible at the outset of his presidency, John R. Swallow reached the outermost point of the College’s network this summer by leading a small delegation to Asia.

Thomas Kline, vice president for institutional advancement, accompanied President Swallow and his wife, Cameron, for the two-week visit to Japan, China, and Hong Kong. The itinerary featured meetings with a variety of educational leaders, as President Swallow considers options to provide greater student access to internships and academic programs beyond U.S. borders.

During a visit to Japan’s capital, President Swallow renewed a student exchange agreement with Tokyo Gakugei University — the primary exchange partner for Carthage’s growing Japanese program. President Emeritus F. Gregory Campbell established the agreement in 1996.

Leaders from other schools expressed strong interest in enhancing collaborations with the College.

“Just as I have learned how important relationships are in the Midwest, I have learned that

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there is no substitute for a personal connection with faculty and administrators at the Asian educational institutions we visited,” President Swallow said. “I am very excited about the possibilities for what we may do together in the future, with mutual benefit.”

The trip also paved the way for a stronger admissions push in Asia, as Carthage begins to augment its global recruiting efforts. The College’s strategic plan calls on administrators to boost the international student population from 1 percent of total enrollment today to 5 percent by 2025.

The elevator pitch wasn’t always needed.

President Swallow set aside time to connect with several prominent Carthaginians in the region, including: • Masato Mizuno ’70, who retired as chairman of sporting goods maker Mizuno Corporation to lead Tokyo’s winning bid for the 2020 Summer Olympics.

•S teve Chapman, a former Carthage trustee and parent who endowed the College’s Chapman Executive-in-Residence Program. He directs operations in China (as well as Russia) for Cummins Inc., which designs, manufactures, and services engines, power generation equipment, and related components.

• Lowell Gretebeck ’82, senior advisor to the board at the JELA (Japan Evangelical Lutheran Association) Foundation.

The traveling party even witnessed the birth of a Carthage alumni chapter in Hong Kong. Jim Chen ’78, one of the first students from mainland China to attend a U.S. college after the Cultural Revolution, hosted the first gathering. He is the chairman at Bright Group (Holdings) Ltd. “Seeing recent and older graduates deepen their relationships with one another was inspirational,” President Swallow said, “and all agreed that they would be glad to assist Carthage students seeking opportunities in Asia more broadly.”

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A slice of Carthage history from the Staubitz Archives

Strictures on 19th century dorm life Ask almost any Carthage student when they turned in last night, and the question will likely be met with a yawn. Today’s students take full advantage of the newfound freedoms and independence that come with residence life, but residential students haven’t always been afforded the same latitude.

Students moving into the old Denhart Hall (an all-female dormitory at Carthage’s former Illinois campus) around 1890 had to follow strict “house regulations.” The rules dictated everything from when students were expected to get up in the morning to when and where they could have visitors. A typical day started at 6 a.m. and ended with lights out at 10:30 p.m.

Night owls could occasionally breathe a sigh of relief, though. Students were given a set amount of “late hours” they could use throughout the year, permitting them to come back to the hall past the

10:30 deadline. Once their late hours were used up, however, students could face suspension if they continued to be late.

And, while some students now make a habit out of surprising mom and dad with a weekend at home, dirty laundry in tow, the residents of old Denhart Hall always had to plan their visits in advance. To spend the night somewhere other than the residence hall, students had to obtain written consent from the dean — complete with the reason for their absence, where they planned to stay overnight, and the date of their return to campus.

Written consent in general was much more prevalent on campus then than it is today. Students were banned from many activities without a note from their parents. The rules and regulations for Denhart Hall even stipulated that students wishing to take a dip in the river must first present such a note.

Coming up with an excuse for unfinished homework was probably more difficult than it might be today, too. Denhart allotted quiet hours each day between 7:30 and 10 p.m. Thinking about listening to some tunes on the Victrola or talking to a friend during this time? Think again; studying quietly in the residence halls or the library was the only acceptable activity during quiet hours.

Still, Carthage’s turn-of-the-century classes did share some commonalities with today’s students — albeit with more restrictions.

Most Carthaginians today opt to catch up on sleep during the weekend, and students from the 1890s likely appreciated this luxury, too. The residents of Denhart were permitted to sleep as late as 6:30 a.m. on weekends, as long as they remembered to go to church on Sundays — a requirement for all students.

And, just like many current students, the women of Denhart could look forward to dating on campus. They just had to make sure not to break any dorm rules in the process. Denhart allowed male callers during certain times of the day only, and, as the house regulations specified, “dates are to be in the parlors only and not in the halls, on the steps, or in the recreation room.”

Though many of the rules from Denhart’s house regulations likely would feel foreign to any contemporary Carthage student, there is one section that residents of The Tower Residence Hall can appreciate as much as the Carthaginians of the past: “Carthage is not only a place for intellectual and spiritual growth,” reads a 19th century welcome sheet. “It is also a place for the making of enduring friendships and lasting memories. We hope you will find such friends and memories in Denhart Hall!”

The Carthage Class of 1890

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