Indiana State Magazine Fall 2015 by Indiana State University

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BLUE

Celebrating our sesquicentennial

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BUILDING A BETTER INDIANA

Indiana State has answered the call to provide a quality education for 150 years. BY NANCY MAYFIELD, ’88

DIVING DEEP

Accomplished swimmer Michael Alkire, ’85, uses his athletic training to tap the most from his team. BY LIBBY ROERIG

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GO TREES!

The university’s nickname has taken on a life of its own, with a lush landscape that inspires researchers. BY LIBBY ROERIG

SOLDIERSCHOLAR

Zak Milam, ’15, has been a role model to his classmates. Now, he is working to be a mentor to his fellow war veterans. BY LIBBY ROERIG

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departments 03 THE BIG IDEA 08 THE BIG QUESTION 16 THE NEW NORMAL 34 ALUMNI NEWS 46 CLASS NOTES 50 THEN & NOW 52

PRESIDENT’S NOTE

We’re launching a nearly five-year celebration of our university’s sesquicentennial anniversary.

BEHIND THE COVER

The campus’ oldest building, Normal Hall, is restored to its former glory with a $16-million renovation project.

What does State stand for? We tell you with the stories of a dozen alumni and faculty.

Cross-country coach John Gartland may be retired, but that fact hasn’t slowed him down any.

Plan ahead for Homecoming events, alumni gatherings and basketball season.

Catch up with your classmates’ latest news.

Learn more about the university’s third and 11th presidents.

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BLUE Celebrating our sesquicentennial

How does one sum up 150 years of history? Easy — with images of the institution’s people, places and passions as captured by Indiana State’s professional photographers. As the sesquicentennial era begins, we invite you to share your favorite memories. Call 812-237-4000 to participate in the oral history project or donate memorabilia to be included in a time capsule.

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VICE PRESIDENT FOR ENROLLMENT MANAGEMENT, MARKETING, AND COMMUNICATIONS John E. Beacon, GR ’74

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ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND MARKETING Santhana Naidu, ’01

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ELCOME to the fall edition of STATE magazine! This is an important time for Indiana State University as we launch a nearly five-year celebration of our sesquicentennial, beginning with the 150th anniversary of the legislation that created the Indiana State Normal School in 1865 and continuing through 2020, the 150th anniversary of its opening. The official kickoff will take place Thursday, Oct. 15, as part of our Homecoming festivities. The Sesquicentennial Gala, a fundraiser for need-based scholarships, will include a performance by Professor Emeritus Gene England as Indiana State’s third president, William Wood Parsons, and the unveiling of Normal Hall’s magnificently restored stained-glass dome during a dessert reception. During the next five years, numerous events are planned, including a special celebration of the beginning of teaching as a profession in the state of Indiana. This event, co-sponsored by the Sesquicentennial Committee and the Bayh College of Education, will take place on Nov. 6. Several publications, including a scholarly history of Indiana State, a history of diversity at ISU, a photography book, a history of the university’s architecture and a fact book are also planned. The university is also looking for donations of memorabilia to display and/or to include in a time capsule. If you are interested in donating items or sharing an oral history, please call 812-237-4000. Another major component of our celebration will be various events and community service projects to show appreciation to the community of Terre Haute. These milestones are important to celebrate as a demonstration of our belief and commitment to the mission and values of Indiana State and as a recognition of its growth and development and the many contributions its students, faculty, staff and alumni have made to our community, state, nation and world. Congratulations to everyone who has been a part of the first 150 years of this great university. Thank you for your continued support as we build upon this tremendous heritage for an even greater future. GO SYCAMORES!

Homecoming will be even more meaningful this year, as it kicks off the university’s sesquicentennial era.

Daniel J. Bradley President

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BUILDING A BETTER INDIANA For 150 years, Indiana State University has answered the call to provide a quality education and create the next generation of professionals.

BY NANCY PIETERS MAYFIELD, ’88

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T was 1865, and the Civil War had just ended in April. Men were returning home to Terre Haute from battle to reclaim their lives with their families and look forward to the future. “There was an upbeat feeling in Terre Haute. People were clearly glad to be back, but you could also feel the energy of citizens wanting this to be a great city,” said local historian Mike McCormick, recounting the many newspaper clippings he’s read from that era. “Rather than just wanting to get by, the attitude was ‘the sky is the limit.’” And indeed it was as the community of just more than 8,000 people launched a quest to become the home of the Indiana State Normal School, a dream the Indiana General Assembly made a reality on Dec. 20, 1965. Today, that school is Indiana State University, which is celebrating its 150th anniversary. “Indiana State is indebted to the city of Terre Haute for providing $50,000 and land for the Indiana State Normal School to be located here, a decision that was supported by 1,500 citizens who signed a petition in favor of this investment,” said Indiana State President Dan Bradley. “When the original building burnt in 1888, the city once again provided funding to rebuild. Throughout history, our city has been a great partner to our university, and we will be planning several ways to pay tribute to our community during our sesquicentennial celebration.”

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And while Indiana State has a long, proud relationship with Terre Haute, the formation of the school also played an important role in the state of Indiana, said Dan Clark, associate professor of American history. “It was a critical institution in the state. The early history of the institution is tied to the history of education in Indiana,” said Clark, who is researching the history of the university and writing a book to be published in 2019. He’s been working his way through board minutes, catalogs and other writings to get a comprehensive picture of the evolution of the university. The mission of the Normal School was to train elementary school teachers, Clark said. Up until the 1890s, the school was graduating fewer than 40 students a year, mostly women. That’s not to say the class sizes were small. Indeed, in 1890, the school had 800 students. Many of them, however, were part-time. “They might teach school in the fall and then come to the Normal School in the spring,” Clark said, noting the second semester began after spring planting. Some scholars of the Normal School call it the people’s college or the democracy’s college, Clark said. Anyone could come, and it was free. In some cases, William Wood Parsons, who was president of the school from 1885 to 1921, tried to get the General Assembly to pay for the room and board of students, he said. “This really served a class of Hoosiers who had no access

Left: Professor W.P. Morgan (math department) and a surveying class of Indiana State Normal School meet outside, circa 1890. Above: The city of Terre Haute donated the funding and land for the Indiana State Normal School to be built on the present day site of the Lincoln Quadrangle. This first building, which opened to students partially constructed and poorly equipped on Jan.Â 6,Â 1870, was destroyed by fire on April 9, 1888.

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William Parsons was a member of the first class at Indiana State and became the third president.

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Indiana State University evolved into what it is today. “Indiana State has a proud history of providing access to an affordable, quality education and meeting the needs of the state for well-educated professionals,” Bradley said. “Diversity was present from our When the original Normal School building burned in 1888, it was immediately replaced with a new building — redesigned and built on the old foundation. It was known as the Main Building or “Old Main” until it was initial year of operation in 1870, razed in 1950. with the first African-American student enrolling that summer. Many of our students, then and to higher education. They couldn’t afford the private academies,” Clark said. “They were poor kids. Kids from the country, kids from now, are the first in their families to graduate from college. We feel the sticks. Sometimes the main building is the biggest building this is an important niche to serve because of the profound impact it can have, not only for those individual students but also for our these kids had ever seen.” The normal school system, with origins in 16th century France, state at large.” The Normal School became Indiana State Teachers College in was the first system of training elementary teachers in the United States, exported to the Midwest from Massachusetts in the 1850s. 1929, a move that had a lot to do with accreditation issues, Clark Normal schools served a crucial role in training teachers to go out said. The education system in Indiana changed dramatically in the early 1900s, and normal schools started offering bachelor’s degrees. to the often one-room schoolhouses that dotted the state. “The Indiana State Normal School was founded to fill a Terre Haute’s population had expanded rapidly and was now more significant need — preparing teachers for the common schools of than 60,000. In 1961, the institution took another step forward, becoming Indiana,” Bradley said. Most importantly, the Normal School was an institution of Indiana State College in response to a desire by the statehouse and access, a core value that has withstood a century and a half as the general public to expand higher education. And in 1965, it

WHAT WILL STATE LOOK LIKE AT YOUR 50TH REUNION? — Compiled by Haley Sluboski, ’16

“It will be an honor to come back. I would love to see what all the organizations I’ve been involved with are doing. Hopefully all the construction is done by then and there is more diversity on campus. I want to see ISU appeal to more backgrounds.” Kierra Black senior finance major forensic accounting minor

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“ISU will be filled with positive change and significant progress. It will be a beacon of experience and a crucial reminder that the four years at Indiana State were a time for both education and discovery. College is a time of self-refinement; my 50th reunion will be a celebration.” Matthew White sophomore communication major

“I’d really like to see a lot more student-oriented and color sculptures on campus by then. The campus buildings will probably be a lot cooler than they are now.” Angel Hyde freshman art major

took the final step to become Indiana State University. This change was against the backdrop of the Cold War, during which there was great concern that the United States was behind the Soviet Union in languages, math and science, Clark said. “This resulted in the first federal education act in history. This is the first money that goes to students on a federal level. This is what’s behind this need for not just teachers, which was important too, but also what you would call educated manpower,” Clark said. While the Bayh College of Education at Indiana State is still a thriving, important component, there is so much more today. The university offers about 100 majors and is a leader in community service and experiential learning. “Over the past 150 years, Indiana State has evolved as the needs of our state have developed. We still prepare excellent teachers and administrators, but we also prepare leaders in technology, business, health care and the liberal arts,” Bradley said.

And while the school has gone through many transitions in its 150-year history, it still plays a pivotal role in preparing students from across the United States and around the world, Bradley said. “The vast majority of our students continue to be Hoosiers, most of whom remain in Indiana to live, work and raise their families,” he said. “The philosophy that ties this all together is our commitment to experiential education. We have always stressed not only classroom learning but also the learning that takes place during internships, clinical experiences and all other types of practical yet controlled experiences that facilitate learning by doing. This is true today whether a student is in teaching, nursing, art or engineering technology.” From its humble beginnings as the Normal School to the worldclass institution it is today, Indiana State University has a 150-year history that has impacted thousands and has positioned it to be as meaningful today as it was in 1865.

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“I suspect ISU will have developed into a more diverse campus with opportunities for students of all races and religions. It will look a lot different and feel like a whole new place, but I hope it will still feel like home.” Emily Grant freshman business administration major

“I think that ISU will be totally different in 50 years. I think that the staff of the university will push to get students more engaged. Students will still meet in classrooms, face-to-face, but I think that textbooks will be a thing of the past. All the information students will need will be on the Internet or available for download.” Michael Winstead junior communication (electronic media) major

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In 1909, tuition was $6 for in-state students and $42 for out-of-state. The Lincoln Quadrangle is named for Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States. He lived in southern Indiana during his “formative years,” ages 7-21. The original school colors were salmon pink and white. In 1938, the Indiana State Normal School had the second largest library at a teacher’s college in the nation behind Columbia University. The “March through the Arch” at Oakley Place, where freshmen walk through the signature landmark and step on the University seal to symbolically become members of the freshman class, began with the incoming Class of 2001.

“I don’t know how campus will be in 50 years, but I hope it stays pretty much the same. I hope alumni are still proud to come back and still excited to see all of their friends at homecoming. I think the campus will continue to improve the way it has been for the four years that I have been here.” Swapna Namburi senior insurance and risk management major

THE big IDEA NORMAL HALL IS RESTORED TO ITS FORMER GLORY The stained-glass dome is the flagship of the project, which artfully blends past and present. BY TERESA EXLINE

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N a hot and humid July day in 1909, the young bride of Indiana State Normal School Librarian Arthur Cunningham paid her first visit to the project that had been occupying most of her husband’s time, the construction of the State Normal Library. It was a building that he had dreamed about since becoming the school’s first librarian in 1890 and one for which he even sold his own home to the school to enlarge the site needed for its construction. Many years later, his new bride recalled that visit as quite memorable. “After climbing a flight of stone steps and walking through the main entrance, I beheld a group of Italian artisans clad in soiled, white work clothes creating synthetic marble columns,” said Bess

Normal Hall was known at the turn of the 20th century as the “handsomest building in the state devoted to library purposes.”

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Cunningham in a speech that is preserved as part of her papers in the Indiana State University Archives. “The floor was cluttered with troughs of plaster in shades of tan, brown, orange, red, black and white. As the workmen applied different coats, they streaked the surface with strips of dark cloth. The effect was surprisingly like marble. Later, the columns were skillfully polished by hand with sand and pumice, and they were truly beautiful.” The process Cunningham was describing was the making of the scagliola columns in the new library, which would be completed by the end of that year following two and a half years of construction. The library’s final cost totaled nearly $150,000, significantly more than the original $97,970 appropriation provided by the state. The results, however, were magnificent. Cunningham noted how the meaning and purpose of the school’s first standalone library building was “well typified” in its art glass dome, which featured a reproduction of Raphael’s portrait of Philosophy (from the original in the Vatican), the flaming torch of inspiration and the book of knowledge from the school’s seal, the names of 24 philosophers and educators, and inscriptions related to public education from the Northwest Ordinance, the 1815 and 1851 Indiana constitutions and the 1865 legislation that created the Indiana State Normal School. “The dome was beautiful, meaningful and artistic,” Cunningham said.

Left: The Ionic columns’ shafts were restored to their previous scagliola glory. The synthetic marble treatment was first created by Italian artisans. Below: The stainedglass dome, which had been disassembled for safety reasons, was painstakingly recreated and will be unveiled at a gala on Oct. 15.

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At its dedication the following June, the building, which features a neoclassical revival style design by Lafayette-based architect James F. Alexander, was hailed as “the handsomest building in the state devoted to library purposes.” In her speech many decades later, Cunningham expressed her sadness that the dome was now gone, the columns were wrapped in green “linoleum” and that “beauty and artistry have been sacrificed for utility.” The dome had to be disassembled in the 1950s for safety reasons caused by the glass panels becoming unstable. While some of the glass panels remained strewn throughout the building’s attic, much of the glass was destroyed in the dismantling. A false ceiling was then installed to cover up the empty dome structure. The building continued to serve as the library until 1973 when the current library was constructed. In the decades since, a few offices were located in the lower portion of the building and in the 1955 addition, but the remainder of the building, including its

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Top: Stairways anchor the south corners. Other images: Conrad Schmitt Studios in Wisconsin had only a blurry photograph, six rescued panels and glass remnants to recreate Normal Hall’s stained-glass dome. Luckily, the original glassmaker is still in existence and continues to manufacture the type of glass used in the early 1900s design.

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once grand rotunda area, served primarily as storage. Today, Normal Hall has been fully restored into a beautiful — and functional — home for the University College and the Center for Student Success, thanks to a $16 million appropriation from the state of Indiana augmented by private donations to cover some items outside the scope of the state-funded project. The dome has been recreated, the scagliola has been restored, the front steps have been restored and a new curved glass addition has been built to handle Americans with Disabilities Act accessibility, HVAC and other modern necessities. “This was an exciting project because, from day one, the university’s goals were to put this building back into service in a way that went beyond just making it usable. Instead, they wanted Normal Hall to have a significant presence on campus that would

serve the university well not just now but well into the future,” said Greg Miller, senior project manager with arcDESIGN, the architectural firm leading the Normal Hall restoration. “It was important to preserve the character and as much of the fabric of the building as was practical. It is on the National Register of Historic Places, and we needed to be very sensitive to the key elements of the building that remained and some elements that had been removed during the 1955 renovation that needed to be put back,” Miller said. The firm also had to grapple with how to bring the building up to current standards and meet the programming needs the university had outlined for the building without destroying its historic look and feel. “The Department of Interior has some standards on how to appropriately add on to an historic building. Part of those guidelines is that you shouldn’t try to fool anyone into thinking that the addition was part of the original construction. That flies

in the face of what the conventional person would think. They think that it needs to exactly match what is there,” he said. The curved glass addition on the east side of the structure clearly meets that standard while providing a transparency that allows visitors to see the historic facade through the new addition. “We tried to give people subtle clues that we are respecting the old building while adding the new in a way that doesn’t mislead people and makes a clear demarcation between the two,” Miller said. That theme carried into the interior design and décor as well. “It is a juxtaposition of the two eras — the very rich woodwork, the very rich paint colors, the stained glass and the cork flooring in the historic section and then you make the transition to a very clean, crisp addition with a mostly white terrazzo finish on the floors, white walls, glass and steel railings on the stairs, a very modern and contemporary look. It is almost like the finishes flip themselves when you go from 1908 to 2015.” arcDESIGN also employed some relatively new technology in the building’s design that they had previously used in the renovation of their own offices. The 3D-laser scanning was a first for Indiana State’s building projects, said Kevin Runion, associate vice president for facilities management. The equipment continuously sends out a laser that hits

all of the surfaces and bounces back with exact measurements and surface color to create extremely accurate construction documentation. The data points collected by the scanner are stitched together in a computer program to create three-dimensional point clouds. Those clouds are then used to construct a highly accurate three-dimensional model of the space. The model was more accurate than the original plans for the building, which the university also had. “Some things don’t end up being built exactly the way they were originally designed. This gave us a lot more accurate idea of what we were facing,” he added. “This technology was really beneficial to us, because it helped us find some things that aren’t easily discerned with conventional measuring approaches. Normal Hall was a great venue for using this technology, because its configuration would have made it difficult to accurately measure all of its surfaces. We found walls that were out of plumb, walls that weren’t straight, places that had bowed, etc. All that helped us understand a lot about the building,” Miller said. Those irregularities were apparent when it came to restoring the stained-glass dome, already a difficult project. “You can imagine if this whole skylight had been flat and not curved, how less complicated it would be,” said Kevin Grabowski, project manager for Conrad Schmitt Studios, the firm that restored the dome and the scagliola columns. The 126-year-old company is known for its conservation and restoration work, which has included the magnificent restoration

The search for the names of the Normal Hall dome THE RESTORATION OF THE DOME IN Normal Hall is a key element of the renovation project. To complete the restoration, significant research was necessary to determine various aspects of the dome’s design. The design of the original dome in the State Normal Library is described in the program used for its dedication with a similar description recited by Bess Cunningham in a speech many decades later. While Indiana State University’s records include the original plans for the building, those plans only reflect the structural aspects of the dome, not the design of the art glass it contained. Fortunately, several panels from the original dome were preserved, thanks to the efforts of two now-retired professors, Larry Beymer and Herb Rissler. They rescued six panels from the attic of Normal Hall and convinced then-President Richard G. Landini of the need to preserve them. Those panels still hang in Cunningham Memorial Library. In addition to the panels, the university’s archives had one out-offocus black and white partial image of the dome that showed the overall design elements. No other photos of the intact dome could be found. The remaining glass remnants recovered from the Normal Hall attic also helped the Conrad Schmitt Studio recreate the design for the dome. What the photograph and descriptions didn’t contain were the names of the 24 noted philosophers and educators, including six Indiana educators, which are featured on the dome’s panels. The six panels in the library were a start and included the names of Spencer, Mann, Morrison, Socrates, Rousseau and Harris. The dedication program mentioned that

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Normal Hall, the campus’ oldest academic building, now houses the Center for Student Success.

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President William Parsons’ name was used after his protest against it being included was overruled at the request of the faculty and hundreds of students. A partial panel showing the name of Pestalozzi was found on a table in Normal Hall. Previous attempts to identify the names had also produced those of Plato and Mills (Caleb Mills). A search began for the remaining 14 names. A review of the Board of Trustees’ minutes from 1907 to 1909, many of which were handwritten, revealed the board had received numerous bids and designs for the dome ranging in costs from $500 to $2,175. They selected Louis J. Millet from Chicago, stating that his design was the ”simplest and best suited to the building.” While the initial bid was $1,190, a contract was later approved at a cost of $1,540. Securing Millet as the dome’s designer was a significant coup. Millet studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts in Paris with his lifelong friend and frequent collaborator, Louis Sullivan. Along with his partner, George Healy, Millet became nationally known for his work in decorative painting and designing and manufacturing art glass. A contemporary and friend of Frank Lloyd Wright, Millet taught at the Art Institute of Chicago from 1886 until 1918 and directed its department of decorative design. During his tenure at the Art Institute, Millet served as the first dean of the Chicago School of Architecture, a joint program of the Art Institute and the Armour Institute of Technology, now the Illinois Institute of Technology. In further attempts to secure Millet’s design, the university contacted Ball State University’s library of historical architectural records, the Indiana State Library, the Art Institute and the Illinois Institute of Technol-

of the French Lick and West Baden Springs Resort. The resort’s owner, Gayle Cook, brought the firm to Indiana State’s attention and has been an instrumental part of the project. She also has been financially supportive of the university’s historic renovation efforts. In addition to the complexities of measuring a curved dome where the openings are not exactly the same, Grabowski noted that the size of the dome’s center panels, which measured more than 9 feet in length, added to the challenge. “Those were the largest, curved stainedglass panels I have seen in my 18 years here, and I am sure that the guys who have been here 30 years have seen. They were really enormous,” he said. The process also called for utilizing as much of the remaining glass as possible. This involved taking rubbings of any existing panels to use as a template. Each piece of glass is numbered on the template. Then the glass is disassembled to remove the old lead with each piece carefully inspected for damage and labeled to match its spot in the template. Missing parts or pieces beyond repair are replaced with new glass specially selected and cut to match the color and shape of the original piece. “Only a percentage of the original glass existed. We were also fortunate that the original glass was manufactured by Kokomo

Glass and that company is still in existence today and is still producing this type of glass,” Grabowski said. In the end, the new dome used about 30 percent original glass with 70 percent being newly produced. Once all of the pieces of a panel are laid out, the panel was re-leaded using a “restoration lead” that is formulated to match the composition of the lead used in medieval stained-glass windows. Grabowski explained that during the time the original dome was constructed, artisans were using 100 percent lead, which is much softer and more pliable. Unfortunately, the pure lead has proven to be less reliable in holding up over time. The restoration lead is created in a very controlled way to include all of the impurities that the medieval lead contained such as antimony, silver, copper and traces of other elements. “It is not pure lead, it is an alloy. It is much more rigid and that really adds to the stability of the window, and it is a lot more resistant to corrosion as well,” he said. “Windows made in this fashion can last almost indefinitely as long as they are maintained. In Indiana State’s case, the fact that the dome is on the interior of the building is a big plus as it will not be exposed to weather. However, the panels are curved and are subject to the force of gravity 24/7 so that makes it a little more complicated. But they should last for

100 years or more. I am pretty confident of that,” Grabowski said. The firm’s analysis of the original dome’s failure pointed to a lack of reinforcing, he said. The Conrad Schmitt team came up with a system that added reinforcing bars and tied those bars to the dome’s steel frame to improve rigidity. “It was important that we didn’t go into this project and just build it back the way it was created originally. The dome failed, and we didn’t want to build failure back into the system. That was a real challenge.” The firm also took great care in adding the reinforcing bars where they wouldn’t impact the appearance of the dome. “We really had to be sensitive to adding bars and making sure they were in the right spots where you weren’t going to be able to detect them, such as adding bars on the back side along the lead lines so that they aren’t noticeable from below,” he said. The system also allows for the panels to be removed if necessary because of work being done on the building or other issues. As Bess Cunningham noted, the center of the dome featured a fresco painting of Raphael’s portrait of Philosophy. An artist from the Conrad Schmitt firm, Will Kolstad, had the task of recreating the dome’s central feature. Painting on a dome poses its own challenges. “When you paint something on a flat surface, you don’t have to account for the distortion a curved shape creates,” Grabowski said. “When you paint on a dome, you have to anticipate what it’s going to look like for the viewer from below, because figures are going to be

shortened. Therefore, you have to elongate the figures in some cases so the viewer will see it the way you see it. That’s always a challenge.” One surprise that happened in Conrad Schmitt’s restoration work was the discovery of more scagliola columns that could be restored. The columns were found after a wall that had been added in an earlier renovation was removed. Some of the building’s columns had been completely replaced with plaster or were half plaster and half scagliola, so the firm initially thought there were only a few scagliola columns that could be restored. The rest would be painted to match. The discovery of the additional columns resulted in a total of nine columns that feature this unique example of artistry. It is a form of craftsmanship that should be displayed and respected, Grabowski added. “I would hate to give the impression that this is the cheap version of marble. It’s incredibly labor-intensive to create. It takes a lot of artistry to pull it off so that it looks just like marble,” he said. Restoring the scagliola involved removing the material covering the columns, cleaning away any mastic, old varnish and wax to get down to the original surface. Then, the artisans inspected the surface for any

ogy to no avail. The Art Institute referred the university to a scholar from Illinois who has studied Millet extensively. That scholar confirmed Millet’s records were lost in a flooded basement a few years following his death. Finally, Vigo County historian Mike McCormick heard about the search and provided the university with a 1909 article from the Saturday Spectator, which included a list of the names featured on the dome. However, the list only had 22 of the 24 names, and some were misspelled, including Aristotle appearing as Aristolle and Alcuin listed as Alciun. The other names confirmed by this article that were not previously known were Froebel, Herbart, Kant, Mann, Bernard, Owen, Hoshour, Hobbs, Confucius, Quintillian, and Plutarch. Around the same time Indiana State staff received the article, a crate of stained-glass sections from the dome was discovered in storage. When uncrated, the remnants included the name of Owen along with the C for Confucius. Research continued in hopes of finding the remaining two names and to define the individuals represented by these last names. Many, including the ancient and 18th century philosophers, were obvious. Others were readily apparent because of their roles in developing educational methods. Among the Americans, some were well-known national proponents of public education, such as Horace Mann. Others took a bit more research. Harris turned out to be William Torrey Harris, who served as the U.S. Commissioner of Education from 1886 to 1906 and established the first public kindergarten in the United States. Bernard was originally thought to be Bernard of Chartres, a

University officials visited Conrad Schmitt Studios, which is known for their conservation and restoration work.

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needed repairs, including missing scagliola and hairline cracks. The biggest challenge came in selecting the colors needed to add new scagliola. “You have to match the colors that are there. You are using dry pigments and mixing small batches and letting them dry. You literally are weighing the pigments with each batch to get the color right. And the color changes as it dries. Once you have gotten several sample batches to produce the right colors, you can weigh out all those pigments and replicate larger batches to do your repair work,” said Grabowski. After the repairs are completed, the polishing procedure must be redone ending with a polishing of aluminum oxide, a really fine slurry put over the entire column and polished out to give it a beautiful low sheen. The last touch is to protect the scagliola with a final coat of carnauba wax just as would have been done originally. The building also features lighting reproductions that replicate the original lighting fixtures as much as possible. The furniture in the rotunda of the building is either a reproduction designed to match original pieces or, in a few instances, original furniture that has been refinished. Other historic features of the building have also been restored, including the marble tile entryway in the main entrance, the intricate plaster moldings and a section of the stacks. “When you put this building together with what the university has done with University Hall and Federal Hall, you have three really nice projects that have taken great care of some historic buildings and historic fabric of the university. It really says a lot about the direction that the university is headed and where its values are,” Miller said. He praised the entire project team for their responsiveness in addressing some unanticipated challenges that inevitably come up in a restoration project.

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“The partnership we have had with ISU has been tremendous. When Weddle Brothers came on as the contractor, their focus on problem-solving and keeping things moving forward has just been great. It has been really rewarding pushing through the challenges that a restoration project brings to you,” Miller said, specifically referencing the work of Indiana State employee Seth Porter and Weddle Brothers’ Brad Boring and Ben Weiler. The result is a building that closely resembles what a student in 1910 would have experienced with the added comfort of modern conveniences, such as an elevator and air conditioning. “When someone walks into the main floor of the renovated building, it will be as close as modernly possible to the same experience they would have had originally,” he said. Miller also commented on the appropriateness of using the building to house University College and the Center for Student Success. Normal Hall is the third oldest building on campus (behind Condit House and Fairbanks Hall) but is the oldest and only remaining building that was originally constructed for use by the Indiana State Normal School. “This is the most significant building on the ISU campus as far as its vintage and its prominence. The fact that the university has focused its use on student success screams volumes about how it views its students and invests in them. That tells me that Indiana State really cares about its student body and is taking the steps to ensure their academic success,” Miller said.

In addition to restoring the dome and columns, the marble tile entryway in the main entrance of Normal Hall was brought back to life. Lighting and furniture reproductions help complete the project.

12th-century French philosopher who was widely considered to be the father of the university concept. Additional research led to the belief that Bernard was also misspelled in the 1909 article and was actually Barnard for Henry Barnard, who was the first U.S. Commissioner of Education, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin and a staunch supporter of teacher training and normal schools. In the Indiana quadrant, the names of Parsons and Mills were easy identified. Owen is clearly one of the members of the New Harmony family but could refer to Robert Owen, the founder of this “perfect society” or his son, Richard Owen, who served as state geologist, a professor at Indiana University and the first president of Purdue. Hoshour was Samuel Hoshour, the first president of Northwestern Christian University (now Butler University) and Indiana’s state superintendent of public instruction. Hobbs turned out to be Barnabus Coffin Hobbs, who served as the superintendent of public instruction when the Indiana State Normal School opened and was a trustee for 20 years. He was also the first president of Earlham College and was influential in the founding of Rose Polytechnic School, now Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology. The last name in the Indiana quadrant took a little more digging. It is believed Morrison stood for John Irwin Morrison, a well-respected Indiana school teacher who later served as state representative, state senator and state treasurer. He chaired the Committee on Education at the 1851 Indiana Constitutional Convention, which created the office of state superintendent of public instruction. The search for the last two names remained fruitless. A long list of potential

and appropriate names was developed, but no documents containing the dome’s original names and their reason for inclusion has been uncovered. Many individuals including John Amos Comenius, known as the father of modern education, Francis Bacon, Wilhelm Humboldt and others were considered. In the end, the university chose two educators of national significance who represented core values important to the university to fill the two remaining spots. To pay tribute to the university’s 150-year history of educating a diverse student body and its heritage of providing opportunities to women, renowned African-American educator Booker T. Washington and Emma Willard, an American advocate for public education for women, were selected. That decision gave the Conrad Schmitt team the names it needed to complete the dome. The dome also features four inscriptions, which fortunately were detailed in the dedication program. The earliest inscription, “Education shall be forever encouraged,” was drawn from the Ordinance of 1787, also known as the Northwest Ordinance. “Knowledge and learning generally diffused through a community, essential to the preservation of a free government” came from the first constitution of the state of Indiana in 1816. The Constitution of 1851 yielded the third inscription, “A general and uniform system of common schools.” The final phrase is pulled from the legislative act of 1865 that established the Indiana State Normal School for the “Preparation of teachers.” The university is planning to document this information and have it preserved in the university archives. — Teresa Exline

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big QUESTION THE ? WHAT DOES STATE STAND FOR? Indiana State’s story is best told through its graduates and faculty. Here are a dozen people who exemplify the university’s key qualities.

BASKETBALL

ITH a promising future as one of the NBA’s greatest players, Larry Bird did what many considered unthinkable. He turned aside NBA riches to complete his senior year at Indiana State University, a choice very few athletes had made. But Bird promised his grandmother he’d earn and receive a college degree. He led the Sycamores to a 33-1 record in his senior year. After graduating from Indiana State in 1979, Bird became the indisputable leader of the great Boston Celtics. Bird went on to be named “The Living Legend” by Sports Illustrated — the only person in NBA history to receive the Most Valuable Player award, the Coach of the Year award and the Executive of the Year award. Bird is now President of Basketball Operations for the Indiana Pacers. Determination and drive became Bird’s trademark even as a youngster when he would practice free throws for two hours every day before school began. Graduating in 1974 from Indiana’s Springs Valley High School, Bird was the school’s leading scorer, despite suffering a broken ankle during his sophomore year. True to form, instead of sitting idle during his recovery, Bird practiced shooting every day.

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OPPORTUNITY

HEN Clarence Walker came from East Chicago to Indiana State in the 1940s, he had no idea the place he would earn in history. A talented basketball player, Walker became an integral part of the Sycamore team. However, when the talented team received a bid to the NAIA tournament in Kansas City, Walker was not allowed to go because he was African-American. Sycamore coach John Wooden opted to stay home. “He still was a member of my team, and I wouldn’t take the team without him,” Wooden said at the time. The next season, the Sycamores were again invited to the tournament — without Walker. Coach Wooden again refused the invitation. ISU President Ralph Tirey lobbied the case before the NAIA, persuading them to change their policy. Walker goes down in history as the first African-American to play in a collegiate tournament on March 9, 1948, at Kansas City Municipal Auditorium. He and his team created an opportunity that opened the door for many others to follow. Some regard the event as the most important achievement in Wooden’s long unparalleled career. After graduating from Indiana State in 1950, Walker went on to have a highly successful career as a teacher, high school administrator and tennis coach in Gary and East Chicago, where he and his wife lived with their children. He died in 1989.

LEADERSHIP

ARNING four degrees from Indiana State, Jan Eglen, ’65, ’66, ’80, ’83, has worked as an engineer scientist, as a psychologist and is the founder and executive vice president/chief scientist for Digonex Technologies Inc. in Indianapolis. “One of my friends said to me many years ago, ‘You can’t get someone to follow you if you are walking toward them.’ This also describes the importance of followership,” Eglen said. “I think the leader first of all has to have the education, skill set, experience and 20/20 vision of their environment to have the ability to see and understand opportunities, to be focused on the objective, to be able to function and maintain their goal-directed behavior through adversity as well as good times, to be able to relate to others in a meaningful manner and to embody perseverance.” Eglen holds several patents, has written and recorded music, is a published author, frequent guest speaker at digital media events, guest lecturer at Indiana State and other higher education institutions and is currently a member of the Advisory Board for the College of Technology and the Presidential Advisory Board. In 2011, Eglen received the Distinguished Alumni Award. “ISU fills up your tool bag with the instruments, experiences, relationships, knowledge, all the essentials one requires to begin their life journey,” Eglen said.

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COMMUNITY SERVICE

ROM making cards for hospice patients and planting seedlings for future beauty to unloading recyclables and raking leaves, Indiana State students and faculty have been making a positive impact in the community through Donaghy Day. Named after Fred Donaghy, a 1912 graduate of the Normal School and a professor of life sciences, Donaghy Day began in 1976 as a way to celebrate the season and provide community service. Donaghy Day is held twice a year, in the spring and fall. “It’s an opportunity for students, faculty and staff to give back to the community,” said Jessica Starr, program coordinator for Indiana State’s Center for Community Engagement. “Fall Donaghy Day is the largest service event the Center of Community Engagement coordinates. In 2015, nearly 1,800 students provided service all over the Wabash Valley — from Terre Haute to Brazil to Clinton and to Marshall, Ill.” In fact, Indiana State University ranks No. 1 nationally for community service, according to the Washington Monthly 2013, 2014 and 2015 College Guide.

RESEARCH

ROWING up in a small town in Iowa and as the son of a college professor and an elementary school teacher, Eric Glendening always knew he wanted to teach. But he was also fascinated with research. Luckily for Glendening and for Indiana State, the two made an ideal partnership. “I came to ISU in 1995 after graduate school and two postdoctoral appointments,” he said. “I enjoyed research but appreciated teaching even more. ISU offered an ideal balance of teaching and research with a focus on undergraduates.” As professor and chair of the chemistry and physics department, Glendening is instrumental in giving undergraduates research opportunities through the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE). The program is now celebrating its 10th summer with a goal of introducing students to the world of research and preparing them for graduate studies. “We started with 18 students, only in chemistry, in 2006. The program has now grown to 53 students across the nature sciences and math,” Glendening said. “More than 250 students have participated in the SURE program.” Under the program, students work with faculty mentors for 10 weeks and give weekly presentations on their progress. Each student receives a scholarship to support his or her work during the summer.

INDIANA

HE Bayh name has become synonymous with education and public service in Indiana. Four generations of the Bayh family have had a significant impact on the state and the nation, beginning with patriarch Birch Bayh Sr. Born in 1893 in Quincy, Ind., Birch Bayh Sr. graduated from Indiana State in 1917, a second-generation alumnus where, as a student, he originated the Blue and White Day activities. Bayh went on to become the school’s first athletic director and was a physical education professor for five years. Serving as U.S. senator, 1963-1981, Birch Bayh Jr. is the only non-founding father to author two amendments to the U.S. Construction. He also authored the Title IX of the Higher Education Act of 1972 and was Evan Bayh an early champion of ensuring women had the same educational opportunities as men. In his two terms as governor of Indiana, Evan Bayh instituted the 21st Century Scholars program to guarantee every Indiana student has an opportunity to receive a college education. The family’s deep and enduring commitment to the professional practice of education and to students is a testament to why the Bayh College of Education, dedicated in 2009, carries the family’s name.

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HARD WORK

ORN in China and moving to Taiwan in 1952, Paul Lo, MBA ’70, grew up to become an internationally recognized banker and financier. “Work should be progressive from ‘work hard’ to ‘work smart’ to ‘work result’ and then ‘work for a wonderful life,’” he said. It was at Indiana State, Lo said, where he developed his work ethic that brought such success. When he was attending business school, Lo also worked full time from midnight to 8 a.m. as a reception staffer at the popular Terre Haute Hotel. After graduating, Lo held various positions with Citibank for 18 years in United States and Taipei. With the opening of Taiwan’s banking system to private banks in 1992, Lo formed Bank SinoPac by raising $400 million in capital. It has since grown to total assets of $50 billion and 9,000 staff with branches and a host of financial affiliates throughout Taiwan, Hong Kong, Mainland China, Vietnam, Macau and California. In 1999, Business Week Asian edition cited him as one of its “50 Stars of Asia.” In 2008, Lo became Dr. Paul Lo when he was awarded an honorary doctor of laws degree and the Presidential Medal for International Service from Indiana State.

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INVESTMENT

N outstanding cross-country and track star at North Central High School in Indianapolis, Cheryl Bridges Flanagan Treworgy was determined to attend college. Her athletic prowess helped her achieve that goal when she became the first American woman to receive an athletic scholarship to a public university. The funding was actually a “talented student scholarship,” the brainchild of Eleanor Forsythe St. John, head of the Indiana State physical education department. “I wouldn’t be doing what I am today if not for sports and for ISU,” Treworgy said. “That scholarship was a very good investment. In my case, all the jobs I have had have always been sports related.” A member of the Indiana State University Athletics Hall of Fame, Treworgy graduated in 1969 with a degree in physical education. She worked as an instructor at the University of New Mexico and Hamline University, then was named the women’s athletic director at Oklahoma State University in 1976. She later held a similar post as well as coached track at Michigan State. Treworgy now works as a professional athletics photographer. Go to www.prettysporty.com to see her work. “I feel like a historian at times capturing moments for these young athletes,” she said. “I also feel happy that I am giving back something to the sport that gave me so much.”

DIVERSITY

S a pilot, Willa Brown Chappell soared to great heights and became an inspiration for others to achieve lofty goals. A 1927 Indiana State graduate, Chappell was passionate about aviation, but such an ambition seemed out of her reach in the 1930s. “Becoming an aviator was extraordinarily difficult for a woman, let alone an AfricanAmerican woman,” said Ann Short Chirhart, professor of history at Indiana State. Undeterred, Chappell took lessons from Lt. Cornelius Coffey, an African-American aviator who established a black aviation school in Chicago. In 1938, Brown became the first African-American woman to receive a pilot’s license. Brown and Coffey married in 1939, and the couple made Chicago a center for training black pilots, both men and women. Brown also helped organize the National Airmen’s Association of America in 1939, an organization that fought for black aviation cadets in the U.S. military. “Later, her Chicago aviation school was selected as a training school for black men who were chosen to become the Tuskegee Airmen,” Chirhart said. Brown continued her activism when she became the first black woman to run for Congress in 1946, 1948 and 1950, although she never won. She married the Rev. J.H. Chappell in 1955. She died in 1992.

TEACHERS

ODDRAN Grimes, ’82, has touched many lives as a special education teacher and is now preparing future educators. It was at Indiana State, Grimes says, that she discovered her love of teaching. “When I attended ISU for my undergraduate degree, I didn’t know I was — at the core of my being — a teacher,” she said. “I completed a bachelor’s degree in an area unrelated to education. However, through my life’s journey, I realized I wanted to enter the teaching profession.” Grimes was working at Hopewell Middle School in Atlanta when she decided to earn her Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction from Indiana State. “Although I lived in a different state, I wanted to receive my doctoral degree from ISU, because I knew that I would receive an excellent research-based, quality education based on core teaching principles,” Grimes said. Now an assistant professor in special education at LewisClark State College in Lewiston, Idaho, “I love being a teacher, and my profession gives my life purpose. I strive to create a classroom environment in which every student is uplifted and encouraged to reach their full potential. “Oh, if I could only turn back time, I would tell my undergraduate self to attend ISU’s education program for my bachelor’s degree,” she said.

INNOVATION

ROM the basement of his family home, Bob McDavid created the first lateral knee brace designed to prevent injury or re-injury to the vulnerable human joint. The year was 1967. Today, the multi-million dollar industry that grew from those humble roots is going stronger than ever. Based in Woodridge, Ill., with subsidiaries in Japan and Europe, McDavid Inc. designs and markets sports medicine, sports protection and performance apparel for active people and athletes. It all began when McDavid was drawing diagrams of knees on a chalkboard for a class on kinesiology. “And one day, the light came on, and I said, ‘Why don’t we just put a bridge over the knee?’” he said.   For his innovation, McDavid crafted a two-piece guard, hinged by a brake-shoe rivet, to be worn on the outside of the leg, fitting alongside the body’s natural hinge of the knee. McDavid traveled to trade shows and schools to market his creation. Teaching at Indiana State from 1967 to 1992, McDavid is known for other innovations as well, including promoting jogging for fitness in his 1960s classes, long before it became popular.

PUBLIC HEALTH

HEN Pam Blesch flew back from a missionary trip as a teenager and saw the Statue of Liberty, she burst into tears. “I was just so appreciative to have been born in this country,” she said. “We are blessed in America to have so many resources that people in other countries cannot even fathom.” Ever since she can remember, Blesch wanted to be a nurse and help others. She graduated from Indiana State in 1976 with a bachelor’s degree in nursing. “I’m so glad I stayed at home. ISU was on the cutting edge with a four-year school. In 1976, that was big time.” She is now an associate professor at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith and an adjunct faculty member in the Masters of Nursing program at Oklahoma Wesleyan University. Blesch also travels the world to share her public health skills in other countries, participating in more than 30 mission trips. Her efforts were honored in the book “Giving Through Teaching: How Nurse Educators are Changing the World.” “It is all about public health. I believe we need to step outside our comfort zone and go to places that do not have the resources we do,” she said. “As an individual, we need to have compassion for those who don’t have what we do.”

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LIBRARY ADDS 15TH CENTURY DICTIONARY TO COLLECTION

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NDIANA State University’s Cunningham Memorial purchase — an especially important one, considering the Library has added another rare dictionary to its book’s rarity, May said. The tome also provides some social context for the people esteemed Cordell Collection. One of the first known examples of a German-to-Latin of that era. For example, one unexpected definition is for dictionary, “Vocabularius incipiens teutonicum ante pancakes fried in blood. “This tidbit opens a small window on a food eaten by latinum” was published in 1495 by Johann Gruninger. The small quarto still bears its original binding and has Germans at the time,” Vancil said. “Thus, word books can open a window, which otherwise might remain closed into the few blemishes. “The book itself is wonderful. It’s the only copy of this habits and interests of societies of bygone.”— Libby Roerig book in the United States,” said Cinda May, chair of the special collections department at the library. The 382-page dictionary is unpaginated, but it was hand-numbered in ink, presumably by an owner. The incunable dictionary — a term referring to one printed before 1501 in Europe — is bound with a pigskin cover by the Augustinians at the Ulm monastery of St. Michaels. Its “pastedowns are as white as newly fallen snow,” with manuscript ink and rubrication “so pristine as if they were created in our own time,” said David Vancil, curator emeritus of the Cordell Collection of Dictionaries, Word Books and Philological Texts. It is open to the public and provides a unique opportunity for people to see artifacts from the first days of printing. Vancil saw “Vocabularius” for sale in a bookseller’s catalog and contacted May, who had “Vocabularius incipiens teutonicum ante latinum,” a German-to-Latin dictionary overlooked the entry. May happened to have published in 1495, is the latest addition to Cunningham Memorial Library’s Cordell money in her acquisitions budget and made the Collection of dictionaries.

Indiana State professor nominates Word of the Year

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THE LANGUAGES, LITERATURES AND linguistics professor who nominated the much-buzzed-about 2014 Word of the Year downplays her role, saying she simply said what everyone else was thinking. The American Dialect Society selected #blacklivesmatter as the Word of the Year by an overwhelming majority — 196 votes, compared to just 11 votes for the secondplace nominee at the joint conference of the Dialect Society and Linguistics Society of America on Jan. 9 in Portland, Ore. “I just nominated it. I didn’t do anything really important,” said Leslie Barratt,

professor of linguistics at Indiana State. “I just stood up when someone needed to stand up. That was not the important thing — the important thing is the people behind the issue, who had been thinking about it for weeks and months.” While Barratt has received both support and criticism — including a racist email from a stranger that she deleted — for her nomination, she said she’s glad Sonja Lanehart, an African-American linguistics professor at the University of Texas-San Antonio, has been getting most of the publicity, as Lanehart was really the person

behind the momentum. While dictionary publishers also select their annual picks, the Dialect Society invented the practice 25 years ago. “Most of the nominations and momentum were for very politically charged words, because this was a year of political and social and racial turmoil and tension,” Barratt said. “There were a lot of terms that expressed that. ‘Columbusing’ (meaning cultural appropriation) was one of the words. Some of the hashtags were ‘#whyIstayed’ and ‘#notallmen.’”

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HEALTH COLLEGE GETS NEW NAME, TRUSTEES OK SCHOOL OF NURSING

S Indiana State continues to expand its programs to prepare future health care providers, changes are underway for the college housing those programs. The university’s Board of Trustees approved renaming the College of Nursing, Health, and Human Services to the College of Health and Human Services, effective July 1. Concurrent with that change, a School of Nursing was established within the college to continue Indiana State’s more than 50-year history of nurse education. “This name change eliminates redundancy and aligns Indiana State with other peer institutions that house a school of nursing

within a college structure,” said Jack Maynard, interim provost and vice president for academic affairs. The new name is a logical step in the evolution of the college, which was established in 2007 by combining the former College of Nursing and College of Health and Human Performance, Maynard noted. “In recent years, the college has launched several new programs in nursing, physician assistant studies, occupational therapy, social work and other allied health fields, all with the goal of addressing the needs of medically underserved communities. Interprofessional education is at the heart of these programs, and faculty and staff throughout

the college will continue that commitment,” Maynard said. “I am thrilled to see the formation of a School of Nursing and the renaming of the College,” said Jack Turman, dean of the College of Health and Human Services. “This is vital to the growth and development of these important education and outreach programs. It is important for faculty development, student recruitment and external relations. This is an important step in the transformation of our college into a regional and national leader in health and social services education, research and outreach.” — Dave Taylor

New programs announced in architecture, athletic training ing their designs into reality.” Students will develop their skills through experiential learning in laboratories, cooperative practice, internships and other community and industry engagements, Payne said. They will critically examine the challenges of managing projects by understanding and utilizing the latest technologies, including building information modeling, intelligent software that is used to produce, communicate and analyze building models. While the program will serve a variety of clientele, it is expected to enroll a significant number of Ivy Tech Community College students and is designed to accept up to 60 credit hours for students wanting to transfer to Indiana State to complete a four-year degree, said Robert English, dean of the College of Technology. “This program is the first of its kind in Indiana and is just one more way Indiana State and the College of Technology is working to not only produce a highly skilled workforce, but also help the state meet its goal of increasing the number of residents with a bachelor’s degree,” English said. — Dave Taylor

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THE NEW BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ARCHITECTURAL engineering technology and a Doctor of Athletic Training are designed to keep pace with changes in architecture and health care. The architectural engineering technology program will prepare students for careers in the planning, design, construction, operation or maintenance aspects of buildings, said Andrew Payne, chair of the department of built environment in Indiana State’s College of Technology. “The need for architectural engineering technologists is increasing as the need for sustainable construction increases,” Payne said. “We are excited about this new program and its mission to produce outstanding professionals that combine the needs of designers and engineers with the needs of society. Their knowledge and skills will enable them to assist architects and engineers in translat-

Indiana State University athletic training students take part in an exercise at Memorial Stadium on July 29, 2011. Beginning this fall, the university will join a handful of institutions in the country to have a Doctor of Athletic Training program.

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DIVING DEEP Accomplished swimmer Michael Alkire, ’85, uses his athletic training to tap the most from his team. BY LIBBY ROERIG

HE skills Michael J. Alkire, ’85, honed as a swimmer are the same that have propelled him up the corporate ladder. So, it comes as no surprise Alkire, chief operating officer of Premier Inc., a leading healthcare improvement company uniting an alliance of health systems, goes back to the pool when he’s tackling an especially difficult situation.

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“You are sensory deprived when you are in the water,” Alkire said, and able to focus exclusively on the matter at hand. A native of Akron, Ohio, and two-time All-American at Firestone High School, Alkire swam for Indiana State for only one season, as the university nixed the program after his freshman year. However, a new generation of athletes is set to suit up, as the women’s diving and swimming program is set to be revived in 2016. “I love it. I can’t wait for it to happen on the men’s side as well,” he said. “I think that access to athletics provides people with aspirations to help them work on whatever

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the interest or sport is. For me, when I got tired of training when I was 16 years old, the idea of getting a scholarship to Indiana State motivated me to continue to work hard.” He attributes the “characteristics of athletes” — sense of discipline, perseverance and focus on self-improvement — for getting him where he is now. “For me (in the pool), it was all about improving my times. I was always trying to figure out what was the quickest way to get to the wall,” he said. “You figure out all the little things — the position of your hand as it enters the water, the length of your stroke, the acceleration off of your turn — to have the best possible outcome you can possibly deliver.” The magna cum laude graduate also credits computer science professors Richard Easton and Guy Hale for pushing him academically. “They were just, from my perspective, (professors) who challenged you to learn more than what was expected,” Alkire said. “They always challenged me to go above and beyond, rather than just preparing to get an A in the class — to learn the new techniques and methods in this little known field of computer science.” That thirst for more continues today at Premier — and it’s a quality that sets the company apart in the industry. “We love to learn,” Alkire said, whether it’s the latest innovation or capability to drive efficiencies. According to Premier, which serves about 3,400 hospitals and 110,000 other healthcare sites, the company has saved member

hospitals billions in contracting expenses and other costs under Alkire’s leadership. Lighting struck more than once when Alkire led Premier’s initial public offering in 2013, the fifth-largest healthcare IPO at the time, and raised more than $874 million. Alkire is particularly passionate about Premier’s efforts to address public health and safety issues, especially related to drug shortages, and he has testified before the U.S. House of Representatives. Alkire, ever humble, strives to build a team of “people who are smarter, more insightful” than him at Premier. “I’ve been very blessed, and I think every one of us should respect each other and work to make sure you’re adding great talent and training that talent to grow and grooming it,” he said. “We try to teach people to be good listeners and truly understand the nuance of every situation.” With a résumé packed with so many achievements in an industry changing by the minute, what gives Alkire complete satisfaction at the end of the day? “My greatest accomplishment is to have three kids who are very respectful of people. They’re very disciplined,” said Alkire, who lives in Dallas with his wife, Tammy, ’90. He models his family after his own upbringing and looks up to his parents, who have very different personalities, yet share a high integrity and strong character. “They’ve enjoyed their life, and they enjoy their family,” Swim coach hired he said. Looking back at such an acMATT LEACH WILL LEAD THE INDIANA complished career, does Alkire State Women’s Swimming & Diving have any wisdom he’d share with program as the inaugural head coach, his younger, Indiana State-self? beginning competition with the 2016-17 “I would try not to worry as season. The Portland, Ore., native was a much. I would have had more collegiate swimmer at Indiana University confidence that my preparafrom 2000 to 2004 and has also served as tion would have achieved very an assistant coach with LSU and Wyoming. positive results,” he said. “I think “After meeting with a very strong group I spent an inordinate amount of candidates, it was clear that Matt is the of time worrying about goals perfect fit,” said Director of Athletics Ron and performance or whatever. Prettyman. “He comes to us with a wealth If I could go back and counsel of experience as a coach and has terrific myself, it would be to focus all connections in the swimming community my energy on preparation and to for recruiting and scheduling.” stop wasting time worrying.”

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New Normal GO TREES! Indiana State’s nickname has taken on a life of its own, with an awardwinning, lush campus landscape that provides inspiration for researchers. BY LIBBY ROERIG

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HEN the student body of Indiana State Normal School voted in 1922 for the Sycamores nickname, some say it was a joke. Even if it wasn’t, surely no one could have imagined nearly a century later how truly spot-on the selection was. In Stephanie Krull’s office, houseplants vine along the ceiling, and a straw hat hanging by the door suggests this landscape and grounds manager is ready for anything under the Terre Haute sun.

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With more than 3,000 trees and a plethora of plantings on Indiana State property, that hat surely has come in handy, as Krull and her staff have led the university to receive the Arbor Day Foundation’s Tree Campus USA designation for seven consecutive years and just this year to become certified for sustainable landscaping practices by the Indiana Wildlife Federation. Many alumni who visit campus don’t recognize the university’s lush landscape, and newcomers are lured in by its park-like charm. But Indiana State’s dedication to

what that is, but it was one of the strongest and most consistent signals we saw,” he said. “Since then, I’ve been arguing periodical cicadas aren’t really a parasite, where they’re just damaging the trees, but it’s more of a symbiotic response that actually helps the trees at some point and doesn’t do as much damage.” Unfortunately, an experiment with the emerald ash borer did not have such a positive outcome. In collaboration with Purdue University Extension, some of the ash trees on campus were inoculated with pesticides in 2013. “The idea with treating 40 percent of the trees is there’s enough pesticide in the leaves, so when the adult emerald ash borer feeds on the leaves, they would either die or aren’t healthy enough to reproduce and (the treatment) protects all the trees may on campus,” he said. Caption be placed here if needed The theory didn’t work as hoped, and two years later, most of the untreated trees are dying. Still, Speer says their plan was worth a try. “In ecology, it’s never 100 percent mortality. There’s usually enough genetic diversity that something survives and continues on. I’d like to study that in the forest to see what percentage of trees would survive this wave coming through,” he said. “Urban trees are much more difficult, because there are fewer of them, so they get a greater concentration of insects. They’re also more stressed, because of the environment they’re in. It could be 100 percent of urban trees.” Cases such as the emerald ash borer underscore the difficulty with maintaining a landscape in the city. Urban forestry is a new field, curriculum for which Krull would like to see offered at more universities in Indiana. Krull said she feels fortunate that Terre Haute is one of the few cities in the state that employs an urban forester. As Speer mentioned, a tree’s rings can tell you a lot about the environment. He and his students performed a dendrochemistry project looking at contamination

Stephanie Krull, right, manages State’s campus canopy.

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flora and fauna doesn’t stop at curb appeal — university researchers work diligently to study trees, their history and their ecology. Maintaining and improving the grounds is a challenge, considering it requires the merging of Mother Nature’s calendar with the academic calendar. “It’s pretty crazy all the time,” Krull said, noting that November is her only planning month. After the leaves are raked for homecoming is when most of the staff take a breather. Tree research, too, is year-round. Jim Speer, professor of geography and geology, developed his interest in dendrochronology as a graduate student at the University of Arizona, which has one of the first and largest tree-ring labs in the world. Today, when Speer talks of his research findings, it oftentimes involves a reference to “A.D.,” as his data regularly dates back a millennium or two. “Anything that has tree rings, we can date and can do climate reconstruction, fire history, insect outbreak and date archeological processes — look at chemicals in the wood. We can do most of those in our lab,” he said. In the mid-1990s, Speer helped land managers in Oregon understand the cyclical pandora moth outbreaks by mapping their effect on tree rings for 622 years. This topic has since been revisited through a National Science Foundation grant by Speer’s graduate student Kristen de Graauw, who used digital mapping to examine the insect’s entire range and develop an outbreak history back to 1400. In Terre Haute, Speer’s research into cicadas — previously thought to be a parasite — yielded surprising results in the early 2000s. “Most insects we reconstruct are ones that eat the needles off the trees and affect the photosynthesis, which affects ring growth,” he said. “Periodical cicadas are a root parasite, so they spend that entire time under ground feeding off the roots of the trees.” After examining the host trees’ rings, Speer and his research team didn’t find the usual markings of parasitic damage. Instead, they discovered a nutritional boost five years after the cicadas’ emergence — perhaps from cicada larva that didn’t mature or the dead adults. “It’s quite a long lag, so we’re not exactly sure

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IN JANUARY 1922, THE student body of what was then known as the Indiana State Normal School selected by popular vote the nickname of Sycamores, which were abundant in the Wabash River Valley and throughout Indiana. Although there is some question as to how serious the student body was in picking the name, Indiana State University has used this rather unique name since then. Sycamore trees are one of the oldest species of trees on earth and are known for their longevity and hardiness. All 10 species of the sycamore are often grown for the shade they produce and the camouflage-patterned peeling bark on their massive trunks. As deciduous trees, sycamores produce large leaves that have a distinctive deep green that turn yellow in the fall. Also known as buttonwoods, sycamore trees can grow 75 to 100 feet tall with a similar spread and even taller under ideal conditions. The trunk may be as much as 10 feet in diameter.

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necessary,” Pettit said. It’s a welcome message for land managers, as they can focus on growing early-successional trees such as cottonwoods and black locusts — species that mature in 30 to 80 years — instead of exclusively late-successional such as oaks and yellow pines, which can take as long as 300 years to mature. Pettit, who hopes to continue researching and teaching at a university, is grateful for research opportunities at Indiana State. “We have great ecology programs. There’s lots of renowned ecologists here, and it’s great to work with people who lead the field,” Pettit said. “I came in with very little experience, and I’m going out with tons of experience.” Ed White, owner of White’s Creative Landscaping, has witnessed Indiana State’s landscape transformation as a contractor the past 25 years. Today, he helps manage the university’s tree farms and with plantings, pruning and irrigation work. “Today, with the roads on campus closed in a lot of areas, it’s more student-friendly and makes it more like a campus than what it used to be,” White said. A tree spade purchased this year will allow the university to make better Professor Jim Speer uses information from tree rings to decode a use of its tree farms, as transplanted variety of information, including fire and insect outbreaks. trees are more healthy and successful “It was very surprising because elm, black walnut and than balled-and-wrapped trees, especially when grown beech are not usually used for construction. If you build a only a few blocks from their ultimate life-long location, home, you tend to cut oak or tulip poplar,” he said. “You Krull said. “This is going to greatly improve the number of trees can see a little about human behavior and how they’re available to them and the different species,” White said. selecting lumber for construction.” In honor of Indiana State’s sesquicentennial, the Research by Joey Pettit of Denver, Colo., who graduated in August with a doctorate in spatial and earth sciences, university will be planting 150 sycamores throughout combined tree rings and bats. He ventured to the south Terre Haute over the next five years. With the landscaping strategy shifting toward more and east to determine what age of trees the endangered sustainable efforts — more native plantings, water Indiana bat prefers for summer roosts. Conventional wisdom rooted in research out West had conservation, limited pesticide use and inviting wildlife bats only using old-growth trees. Pettit is able to refute with edible bushes and trees — the future is quite green. “It’s great to have Steph and the Tree Campus that theory in the much younger eastern forests. “The message I’m sending out is it’s not necessary (designation) because of the interest in the trees, and it bats have old-growth forests. We like for them to be in gives us something to study in our own backyard — not to old-growth forests — there’s biodiversity — but it’s not mention the aesthetic aspect of it,” Speer said.

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at the Sugar Creek scrap site and found elevated zinc levels in nearby trees. An archaeological tree-ring project at the Wabash and Erie Canal gave students a peek into life in the 1800s. When logs for the lock were uncovered during an excavation project, preservationists wanted to use them to create a historical display. Speer and his student research team tested samples from the logs and learned they wouldn’t disintegrate in the open air, as was feared, and that they were from a variety of trees. It’s as though they were cut indiscriminately from a nearby plot.

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CHINA VISIT CREATES OPPORTUNITY FOR ACADEMIC COOPERATION BY BETSY SIMON

nowledge may be more accessible to people in the age of open education, but it does not come without concerns for educators. To put their worries to rest, Indiana State University and the Association for Educational Communications and Technology partnered to host the AECTLKAOE (Learning and Knowledge Analytics in Open Education) Summer International Research Symposium at East China Normal University in Shanghai, which was attended by about 150 people. Feng-Qi Lai, professor of educational technology in the Bayh College of Education and a planner, general chairwoman and speaker for the symposium, gave her students the opportunity to present research through a panel and roundtable discussions. Doctoral graduates Pornsook Tantrarungroj, Ph.D. ’08, and Renee Bauer, Ph.D. ’15, and doctoral candidates

Haisong Ye and Xiaoxiao Feng presented in China. Doctoral candidates Brian Zuel, Lijun Cui, YeonHee Chae and Lei Zhang participated in a virtual panel via WebEx. “Because our students are the most important people to have in academic activities, I encouraged them to submit proposals and guided them in how to do research for the presentation proposal,” Lai said. The event also featured experts in the field from institutions across the globe, including institutions like Brigham Young University, Indiana University, Murdoch University and the University of Wolverhampton. “Academically, I met others who are very passionate about education, and I was able to tell them about how ISU is a phenomenal institution,” said Bauer, director for the accelerated nursing program at Indiana State who has completed her degree and presented research on mentoring for nurses who live in residential housing. “Students were receptive

and they asked great questions, and I think this will allow me to bring new experiences to the table when I teach.” Lai, who is a founder and former president of the Society of International Chinese in Educational Technology, spent more than a decade working with AECT — the most prestigious academic organization in educational technology. SICET became an affiliated organization of AECT in 2004. This year was the first international conference as an AECT division in the United States. Lai was responsible for making the formal proposal to host the symposium in her native China. After accepting her proposal, AECT’s executive director and board offered to partner with Indiana State for the event and made Indiana State President Dan Bradley an honorary chairperson. Bradley and Chen Qun, president of East China Normal University, signed an agreement to explore opportunities for academic cooperation and exchange.

Left: University President Dan Bradley and a group of students attend a conference in China. Top right: Bradley poses for a photograph with Feng-Qi Lai, second from right, professor of educational technology in the Bayh College of Education, and John Conant, right, chair of economics at Indiana State. Bottom right: Bradley speaks to an attendee at the conference.

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Indiana State, Vigo County School Corp. announce Early College partnership

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GRADUATES OF VIGO COUNTY PUBLIC high schools will be able to complete a four-year college degree in just three years, thanks to a new partnership with Indiana State University. The Early College program will allow participating students to complete their freshman year of college by the end of the summer following high school graduation. “This is an exciting opportunity for Vigo County families,” said Indiana State University President Dan Bradley. “The Early College partnership is Indiana State’s latest effort to help more Indiana residents complete a four-year degree while also reducing the cost of a college education. The Vigo County School Corporation and Indiana State’s College Challenge team are to be commended for developing this visionary program.” Danny Tanoos, Vigo County School Corporation superintendent, said the Early College initiative “is a win-win for our high school students. They are able to remain in high school during their senior year but also accumulate credits for college simultane-

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SHELDEN JOINS ANGLOPHILES FOR NATIONAL LECTURE SERIES ACCLAIMED AUTHOR AND INDIANA State professor Michael Shelden joined heady company this spring as part of the Drue Heinz Lecture Series. Shelden, who was on sabbatical from teaching English in the spring, agreed to talk about his research and book, “Young Titan: The Making of Winston Churchill,” at locations in five major cities, including Chicago’s Newberry Library and New York City’s Abigail Adams Smith Auditorium and Philadelphia’s Union League in April. “At this stage in my career, a lot of stuff happens because ... people react to what I’ve done,” Shelden said. “I’ve given a lot of talks in the past year, and they’ve attracted some attention.” The series is organized by the Royal Oak Foundation, in alliance with the National Trust of England, and is

ously. Earning college credits while still in high school enables students to experience the new challenges of college while still in the familiar high school environment.” In 2013-14, more than 1,300 high school students were enrolled in College Challenge classes through Indiana State, an increase of more than 50 percent in just two years ,and enrollment for 2014-15 was on track

sponsored by the Drue Heinz Trust as a way to promote British culture in America. Heinz, an American patron of the arts and third wife of the ketchup mogul, is publisher of the literary magazine The Paris Review. Other speakers included Tracy Borman, chief curator for the charity that manages the Tower of London, Kensington Palace and others, and Lord Robert Sackville, a British publisher, author and guardian of the great former Tudor palace Knole. “Obviously, they want good speakers, and they find out who have been giving talks lately. I guess I qualify,” said Shelden, who was a Pulitzer finalist in 1991 and was the National Author Winner for the Eugene & Marilyn Glick Indiana Authors Award last year. — Libby Roerig

to exceed the previous year, said Jill Blunk, director of College Challenge. Students will complete a combination of foundational studies classes and major core classes as high school juniors and seniors for a total of 30 credit hours that are directly applicable to their chosen college major. — Dave Taylor

College of Technology receives $500,000 software donation INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY STUDENTS WILL BE BETTER prepared for the technology industry thanks to a software donation from Hurco Companies. Hurco, a CNC (computer numeric control) machines and machine tools manufacturing company founded in Indiana, donated 100 seats of Winmax Desktop Software to the College of Technology. The value of the software is estimated at $500,000. Richard Porter, a 1977 alumnus and president of TE-CO in Ohio, helped get the ball rolling on a partnership between Hurco and Indiana State. Porter, who has his bachelor’s degree in business management and serves on Hurco’s board of directors and the Sycamore Athletic Foundation board, helped secure the gift and build the relationship between Hurco and his alma mater. Porter spoke with Phil Ness, associate vice president for athletic development with the Indiana State University

Foundation, about Hurco’s interest in doing outreach with universities, and Ness put him in touch with Bob English, dean of the College of Technology. “I was kind of the matchmaker who got the two parties together,” Porter said. “Bob says he sees a growth in the number of students in the field, but the manufacturing labs were dated with mid-’70s and -’80s equipment. We’ve now plunged the college 30 years into the future with this partnership, so they now have 21st century equipment. Students will now get to use the latest technology that will help them when they enter a manufacturing environment.” Students in three programs — mechanical engineering technology, automation and control engineering technology, and advanced manufacturing management (which will be renamed manufacturing engineering technology) — will benefit from the new software. The three programs combined serve about 300 students. — Betsy Simon

BRADLEY ANNOUNCES CREATION OF DIVISION OF UNIVERSITY ENGAGEMENT

“When these new expectations are added to those previously existing, it is clear to me that we need to have all of our externally facing areas under the leadership of one person and that person needs to be a vice president. Creating a Division of University Engagement is a strong statement of the importance Indiana State places on the critical functions that this division includes.” Nancy Rogers, who has served as associate vice president for community engagement since 2009, was promoted to vice president for university engagement. The division is composed of the Center for Community Engagement, Business Engagement Center, Career Center, Student Employment, Hulman Center, Conference and Event Services, Institute for Community Sustainability and Community School of the Arts. — Dave Taylor

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NDIANA State University created a new Division of University Engagement to oversee its nationally recognized commitment to community engagement and experiential learning. In announcing the new division, university President Dan Bradley cited the growth in community engagement efforts and their increased importance to the university, state and nation. “State and federal governments have made clear the importance they place on universities preparing students for professional employment, helping students obtain employment and assessing their performance in the workplace after graduation,” Bradley said. “The university is being held accountable in these areas, and it is likely that future efforts will tie our success, or lack thereof, to funding measures in similar ways that our student success measures currently impacts our performance-based funding.

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Capturing the Moment

Gurinder Singh, MFA ’10, documents the splendor of weddings in India as a photographer.

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ON THE WEB: Find out more about Singh’s creative approach and what he learned at Indiana State at statemagazine.com/capturing-the-moment.

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JOHN GARTLAND RETIRES, TO STAY ON AS VOLUNTEER

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FOLLOWING AN HISTORIC AND DECORATED CAREER spanning five decades, legendary Indiana State University head women’s cross-country coach and assistant track and field coach John Gartland announced his retirement on June 30. “Coach John Gartland has been a terrific mentor and coach to many young men and women over the years,” said Ron Prettyman, athletics director at Indiana State. “His experience ranging from his days in the military to his outstanding knowledge in the areas of track and field have enabled him to assist our student athletes in their preparation for interscholastic athletics competition and for successes in life after college. He has achieved a high level of success and has led our program to national prominence and recognition.”

The 10-time MVC and four-time NCAA District V Coach of the Year will remain with the program on a voluntary basis to work with high jumpers and men’s middle-distance runners. “In the summer of 1988, I had about three or four opportunities for jobs, but I just had this intuition that Indiana State was the right place, and I was right,” Gartland said. “John (McNichols) and I worked well together right from the beginning, and we were able to build this program into something special. It has all worked out very nicely. Terre Haute and Indiana State both have been very good to me, and these 27 years are everything I could have ever hoped for.” Gartland, who was Indiana State’s second-longest tenured coach on staff behind his colleague John McNichols, began his career at Indiana State in 1988, serving as the head women’s track and field and cross-country coach and assistant men’s track and field coach. In 2010, Gartland handed over the reins of the women’s track and field program to current head coach and former Sycamore Angie Martin. “I still love coaching, and I still think I’m reasonably good at it,” Gartland said. “I felt it was time to move the cross-country team to someone else, and I have no hesitations that Coach Kyle Walsh will do an excellent job. He’s already had time with the athletes and is doing great work. I look forward to continuing to be involved and I would like to keep that going as long as I possibly can.” In total, Gartland has led his teams to a combined 12 league championships (six outdoor, four indoor and two cross-country) and an astounding 57 all-conference honorees. Walsh, a standout runner for the Sycamores from 2004 to 2009, took over the women’s cross-country program on July 1. He was hired as an assistant coach for cross country/track and field staff in October 2014 following a stint as the Sycamores’ department coordinator.

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rival Southern Illinois inside Memorial Stadium. The Sycamores also face four-time defending national champion North Dakota

State on Oct. 24 and round out the season on Nov. 14 (vs. Western Illinois) and Nov. 21 (vs. Youngstown State). The Indiana State crosscountry team will travel

to Evansville on Oct. 31 for the Missouri Valley Conference Championship. The Sycamore volleyball team is making a late-season

INDIANA STATE, MVC SIGN TV CONTRACT WITH ESPN BY TYLER WOOTEN AND DAVE TAYLOR

N July, Indiana State University and other schools in the Missouri Valley Conference have signed a 10-year contract with ESPN for live coverage of intercollegiate sports. The agreement will make Sycamore athletic contests available to more than 99 million homes. “I am pleased to announce the launch of ‘The Valley on ESPN3’,” said Ron Prettyman, athletics director at Indiana State. “This will allow our students, faculty, staff, administrators, alumni, parents and Sycamore Athletics supporters around the world to view most of our teams live, every time we compete home or away. I hope that everyone will join us as we support all of our Sycamore Athletics programs and have the opportunity to view them live on ‘The Valley on ESPN3’.” As part of the deal, which continues a business relationship that began in 1986, ESPN, the Missouri Valley Conference and its 10 member institutions will work jointly

push to return to the MVC Championship for the second consecutive season and will host Loyola and Bradley during senior weekend on Nov. 6-7

to develop in-house production capabilities at each campus that will provide significant national coverage for multiple sports on ESPN3 and hands-on educational opportunities for students. As a result, ESPN3 will showcase a minimum of 820 events a year (a minimum of 70 men’s basketball games) in the final six years of the agreement. Students will produce the telecasts,

at the ISU Arena. The MVC Championship will be held at Missouri State Nov. 26-28. Indiana State basketball opens the season Nov. 13 when

gaining opportunities to serve as directors, producers, audio engineers, graphics and replay operators, camera operators and on-air talent. A full-time sports video expert from the ISU Student Media team will train and supervise the broadcast teams. It all started in September when students produced telecasts of Sycamore volleyball games played at the ISU Arena. Several late-season football games at Memorial Stadium will also be featured as well as all men’s and women’s basketball games at Hulman Center. In 2017-18, home baseball and softball will be added to the line-up, and coverage of soccer games will be added in 2018-19. The full schedule will include about 90 games per year. ESPN3 is a live multiscreen sports network accessible online at WatchESPN. com, on smartphones and tablets via the WatchESPN app and streamed on televisions through Amazon Fire TV and Fire TV Stick, Apple TV, Chromecast, Roku, Xbox 360 and Xbox One.

they host in-state rival IUPUI inside the Hulman Center. The Sycamore women’s basketball team opens on the road against Central Michigan on Nov. 13. They make their

first appearance in the Hulman Center on Nov. 19 when they host Eastern Illinois. The entire MVC slate can been seen live on The Valley on ESPN3.

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A ‘TRUE’ SOCCER MOM BY BRIAN HUDGINS

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HEN Erika (Flanders) True was a soccer goalkeeper at Bowling Green State University, she was able to see a match play out in front of her from all angles. Becoming a parent has given her a new viewpoint of the sport and a new team. As both the women’s soccer coach at Indiana State University and a mother of two, True has two squads that play a big part in her weekly routine. “Being a parent has been a change,” True said. “You have priorities with both your family and career. I have a great support system: our parents, neighbors and friends.” True’s husband, Josh, is a rehabilitation coordinator at the university’s Physical Therapy and Sports Rehabilitation Clinic. The couple cares for their daughter, Lillyan, and their son, Landon, who was born in August. When True worked as an assistant coach at Creighton University and then Indiana University, she was able to feel things out when it came to learning the ropes about coaching. Then, she was able to speak to other coaches at camps and pick their brains, as True established her own coaching style. However, getting direct advice on being an expectant mother and a coach was more difficult. “I have worked with a variety of people and only one had kids,” she said. “There are not a whole lot of coaches I worked with that had kids and not a lot were female.” Fewer than one-third of women’s intercollegiate athletic teams at NCAA Division 1 schools in Indiana have female coaches. Indiana State has the highest percentage in the

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state at 43 percent. True credited the NCAA Women’s Coaches Academy with providing different perspectives on parenting from coaches outside of soccer. On the field, True led the Sycamores to the best record in program history in 2013 with 10 wins and a 4-2 record in Missouri Valley Conference contests. As she and her husband have welcomed their children, True has seen her players grow up. “Over four years, to see these kids grow and develop… the seniors laugh and say, ‘This is how I was as a freshman,’” True said. “I have those ‘parent’ moments with every player. That’s why I do this — for that reason.” The team at home has to come up with their own weekly game plan, too. “We sit down every week and discuss how the week will go,” Josh True said. “During soccer season, she needs more time to be with the team, so I am able to do more around the house. She is also very respectful of me having a job to do and of my time. We understand our professions.” True’s coaching career also gives Lillyan a bunch of extra sisters just a handful of street blocks away. “I couldn’t ask for a better environment for our girl being around these girls,” True said. “At Indiana State, I work under a tremendous athletic department that allows me to be a coach and a mother. I really appreciate that. They are the first ones to congratulate me on winning a soccer match. They are the first ones to send congratulations when I have a child.”

Tough at the right time BY BLAINE KINSEY

Senior Megan Stone, who became Indiana State’s first outright Missouri Valley Conference Softball Player of the Year, got the Sycamores going as she added to her school home run record in the first game of the tournament against Southern Illinois. Playing in the second game of the day, senior pitcher Yvette Alvarez carried a onehitter against host Wichita State. In the semi-finals, the Sycamores met regular season league champion Drake. Lockwood allowed one hit through five innings as the Sycamores advanced to just their third conference tournament finals and first under the Missouri Valley banner. Despite playing for an NCAA Tournament berth, the Sycamores kept their

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AFTER ADVANCING TO THE MISSOURI Valley Conference Tournament for the first time since 2009, the Indiana State softball team showed its season-long mentality of “Tough Girls Wear Blue” as they won four games in three days for the team’s first-ever Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Title. The Sycamores entered the tournament as the eighth seed, with the top eight teams in the league separated by just three games. Fueled by strong pitching and timely hitting, over the final seven games of the season (MVC and NCAA tournaments), the Sycamore pitching staff held opponents to a 1.67 ERA. “Our team got tough at the right time, and everything started to click for us at the right time,” junior pitcher Taylor Lockwood said. “I am looking forward to going back next year and doing it all again.”

loose mentality and jumped out an early lead against Missouri State and secured the title, 9-2. “It’s been a process of instilling our positive culture and winning attitude, which will create lifelong champions,” head coach Shane Bouman said. “I am sure proud of our girls, and we all know it’s a great time to be a Sycamore.” Lockwood earned MVC Tournament MVP honors, throwing 22 innings and allowing just five runs to earn three victories. Sophomores Rylee Holland and Brooke Riemenschneider along with Stone were also named to the AllTournament team. Riemenschneider was the first softball player from Indiana State to win the Elite 18 award. With the MVC Tournament title came the league’s automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament, a place no softball team at Indiana State had ever reached and the first current women’s program at State to do so as well. After falling in a tough battle with No. 13 and host Missouri in their first regional game, the Sycamores broke through another barrier as they defeated Louisville, 2-1, in extra innings. Their bid ended against Kansas, 2-0. In all, the Sycamore softball team broke multiple records, setting seven team records along with the most MVC wins in school history and third most overall wins. “Sycamore softball not only means hustle and hard work, it means being a champion for the rest of your life,” Stone said.

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Indiana State maintains prestigious AACSB business accreditation THE ASSOCIATION TO ADVANCE Collegiate Schools of Business announced in April the Scott College has maintained its accreditation. Indiana State’s business programs first earned the recognition in 1980 and have continuously maintained accreditation for more than 30 years. “The AACSB is the gold standard for business accreditation,” said Brien Smith, dean of the Scott College. “Only 5 percent of business schools worldwide are accredited by AACSB. To remain accredited is challenging, and AACSB presents a high standard. The hard work and commitment is well worth it.”

Indiana State is one of more than 700 business schools in 48 countries and territories that have earned AACSBInternational Accreditation. “I am pleased that the Scott College of Business has retained this prestigious accreditation,” said Jack Maynard, Indiana State’s interim provost and vice president for academic affairs. “Dean Smith and the faculty and staff of the college are to be commended for working hard to maintain accreditation and to ensure that Indiana State continues to be recognized as a national and international leader in business education.”

Smith said it should be assuring to students that “our curriculum has been reviewed and we are demonstrating student learning at the highest level.” “I know that Scott College of Business graduates can be confident in the fact that they are as well-prepared and well-trained in the classroom as any business student worldwide,” he said. “When you add to that our experiential learning component, which is above and beyond what most of our peer institutions do, our students are even better prepared.” — Betsy Simon

NEW INDIANA STATE ART CURATOR TAKES STELLA PAINTING TO FRANCE

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NLY a few of weeks into the job, the new curator of the Indiana State University Permanent Art Collection prepared one of its most valuable pieces for a bon voyage. Jason Krueger, a 2013 Master of Fine Arts graduate, departed in April for Marseille, France, with “Smoke Stacks,” a 1935-era oil on canvas by Joseph Stella. Packaged in a special waterproof crate, the Stella piece — valued as much as $1.5 million — was accompanied by Krueger through the backdoors of customs areas and had its own trucks for transportation. Krueger additionally carried white gloves in case customs wanted to check the painting. “Smoke Stacks” is part of the “FUTURS: De la Ville aux Étoiles” exhibit, running May through October, that explores the impact of science, industry and technology on the inspiration of modern artists leading to works that are poetic, futuristic and/or portray utopias. The Stella piece has been previously loaned for exhibitions in New York, Belgium and Athens, Ga. While Krueger is unsure how the most recent exhibitors learned of Indiana State’s painting, the exposure only increases its value. It is part of the university’s Permanent Art Collection, which is now under the “Smoke Stacks” by Joseph Stella.

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Jason Krueger, curator of the Indiana State University Permanent Art Collection, poses for a portrait in the storage area.

stewardship of the university’s Cunningham Memorial Library’s special collections department. “The international demand for Stella’s ‘Smoke Stacks’ is only one indication of the significance of the entire collection,” said Robin Crumrin, dean of the library. “The library is uniquely positioned to provide ongoing access and preservation of the entire collection for the future.”— Libby Roerig

READ ‘STATE’ ALL YEAR You don’t have to wait until next spring to keep up to date with Indiana State. STATE Magazine publishes each month at statemagazine.com.

THE NEW NORMAL

THE BIG QUESTION

THE BIG IDEA

DIVING INTO LEARNING

WHAT IS DNA?

EVOLVING CARE

Indiana State faculty and a student have teamed up with a Vigo County middle school teacher to develop hands-on experiences and lessons for a pilot program aimed at helping Indiana middle school educators incorporate more hands-on marine science lessons in their classrooms. statemagazine.com/diving-into-learning

As prevalent as DNA has become in our modern vocabularies, the rapid growth of genomics, the implications of genetic research on public health and public policy and the growing need for genetic counselors are at the forefront of conversations at Indiana State. statemagazine.com/what-is-dna

A research project to learn more about residents of the Vigo County Poor Farm shines light on the evolution of how we care for our country’s population in the most need of help. Indiana State is also training students to be leaders in the rapidly growing nonprofit sector. statemagazine.com/evolving-care

MADE TO ORDER

DOES PRIVACY STILL EXIST?

MOE THE THERAPY DOG

Personal attention, made-to-order food and a friendly atmosphere has made George’s Café a popular location for Indiana State students, faculty and staff for more than a decade. statemagazine.com/made-to-order

In a digital age when many share every detail of their lives and cyber-security breaches are more and more common, we ask computer experts and business professionals what’s the future for our data. statemagazine.com/does-privacy-still-exist

Moe is a registered therapy dog and the only one in Terre Haute actively visiting patients at this time, according to Linda McQuiston, assistant nursing professor at Indiana State and Moe’s human. statemagazine.com/moe

SEEING THE WORLD

WHAT’S THE FUTURE FOR SYRIA’S CHILDREN?

LEARNING TO PLAY THE GAME

Communication student Esther Musau, ’16, taps her fellow international students and tells their stories and first impressions of America through a video project. statemagazine.com/seeing-the-world

Indiana State adjunct professor Soulaf Abas, ’08, GR ’13, works to help Syrian refugee children heal with an art-and-letter exchange with students in Terre Haute. Her work is described as a ray of hope in the midst of the brutality and fighting. statemagazine.com/ whats-the-future-for-syrias-children

Life isn’t always fair, and in the job market, it’s a competition, say Career Center officials. They help Sycamores work toward achieving their dreams by living in reality. statemagazine.com/ learning-to-play-the-game

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New Normal

Aruna Chandra, third from left, professor of management in the Scott College of Business, poses with a group of students in Brazil.

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Scott College of Business Professor Aruna Chandra leads students around the world

BY BETSY SIMON HERE’S one promise Aruna Chandra has made to every student who has joined in one of her three faculty-led study abroad trips — it will be more than just sightseeing and guided tours. “Whether it’s Brazil, Morocco or Italy, when I take students abroad, we go on what I like to call ‘intelligent learning adventures,’ because we spend our days engaging the mind, the heart and the head, which is good for everyone — young or old,” said Chandra, professor of management in the Scott College of Business. The “intelligent learning adventures” have become annual for Chandra, whose first faculty-led trip was in 2013 when

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she exposed 10 students to emerging markets and social entrepreneurship in Brazil. Since the trip was open to all students on campus, Daniel Burkett, a May graduate, jumped to do something out of the box for a chemistry major like himself. “Social entrepreneurs, contrary to popular opinion, can be a for-profit business with a social aspect, where people invest in their own communities to improve their surroundings,” said Burkett, a Presidential Scholar. “It was a unique and interesting concept to me. A lot of corporations have philanthropies that they give to, but this is different because part of the mission of the enterprise is to advance the community.”

By visiting the communities and interacting with locals, MBA program and adds to the quality factor, which I’m Burkett said it gave him a newfound respect for the happy to play a small part in.” This year’s annual trip had Chandra and Kim LaGrange, privileges that come with living in the U.S. “These are facts that we could have learned on paper, but instructor of management, and 19 students on a plane bound for Italy in August. being able to spend The eight-day study time meeting the of entrepreneurship people and seeing and microfinance their challenges in included industry person really added to visits and academic that experience,” he presentations at said. “When you see the University that there’s not only of Rome and St. a need for these types Brandon Henman, M.B.A. ’15 John’s University in of businesses, but Rome, as well as the also hear about the impact that they’re having from someone who lives there, European Space Agency near the ancient city. Having experienced Italy once before, MBA student it’s really powerful.” The momentum from Brazil was continued last December Zach Chambers found himself again impressed with the when Chandra took 10 students to study frontier markets hospitality and friendliness of the people. “The food was fabulous, and the architecture was for almost two weeks in Morocco. “You can’t supplement for real-world, hands-on experience breathtaking and it was exciting to be immersed in the for classroom experience,” said Brandon Henman, a Terre history again because it’s a history so rich and long,” he Haute native who graduated with his Master of Business said. “When I spend time in a culture that is different Administration degree in May. “It’s one thing to read about than my own, it causes me to reflect on my behavior and business in developing countries like Morocco, but it’s mindset. These reflections, in turn, provide insights and opportunities to achieve future goals.” another to go experience it.” The planning never ends for Chandra. She and Bill This was the first time students accompanied Chandra to Morocco, which provided her with a new perspective Wilhelm, professor of business education, are planning a 10-day trip that will take students to Thailand in 2016. on the country. Finding students who are eager to see outside the U.S. “It was fun-busy, and no one complained because we had a good variety of activities built into each day to make it is no longer a challenge, Chandra said. For her early trips, engaging,” she said. “It fit in beautifully with the university’s Chandra attended the study abroad fair in an effort to strategic goals, and I think it’s a good thing to give spread the word campus-wide. Now, she said, the trips almost advertise themselves, and students have to be turned our students exposure away because the trips have limited space. abroad. It also raises the stature of our

“It’s one thing to read about business in developing countries like Morocco, but it’s another to go experience it.”

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Left, middle: Scenes from university trips to Morocco. Right: Students take in the sights in Brazil.

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New Normal

Scott College of Business marks 50 years SCOTT COLLEGE RANG IN ITS 50th year of educating tomorrow’s business leaders surrounded by friends and longtime supporters. “Life is easier when you are part of a network of friends and family, and our network has been significant,” Brien Smith, dean of the Scott College of Business, said at an anniversary event held on campus in the spring. “Since that golden year — 1964-65 — we’ve prepared generations of students for the role of work, but more importantly, we’ve prepared them to be strong leaders.” Several of Indiana State’s business alumni and faculty members were recognized for their contributions to the college and their professions with replicas of the buttonwood leaf sculpture outside the Scott College, including: Tim Leman, ’97, chairman

and CEO of Gibson (an insurance company), was named Outstanding Distinguished Alumni. The Rising Star Award was awarded to Jocelyn Owen, who earned her undergraduate degree in business administration in 2002 and a Master of Business Administration in 2005. The Mover and Shaker Award went to Richard Becker, associate professor emeritus of business, and Bruce McLaren, associate dean in the Scott College. Mary Ellen Adams, professor emerita of business, received the Outstanding Educator Award. Dennis Sponsel of RJE Business Interiors in Indianapolis received the Award for Innovation. State Farm Insurance was awarded the Industry Partner Award. “When I look at who is contributing to our board of trustees, who is contributing to the alumni

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“There’s a lot of work that goes into making sure students get a unique learning experience combined with the excitement of traveling to another country, and I think that’s represented by how the trips have caught on with students,” she said. It takes a year-plus to line up the logistics of each trip, including weeks of pre-departure preparation of her students that includes readings, discussions and orientation sessions. “As the theory goes, a wet sponge can absorb more water than a dry sponge,” Chandra said. “Basically, I’m wetting the sponge by exposing students to readings about the economy, politics and frameworks for entrepreneurship in these places, so when they get to the location they

Dean Brien Smith toasts to the Scott College of Business’ anniversary with university President Dan Bradley.

association, who is contributing to our foundation board, the College of Business alums are very much represented in all of those groups because of their interest and their success,” said Dan Bradley, Indiana State president. “I look forward to the next 50 years of contributions from the young people here today who will graduate in the next year or two.” — Betsy Simon

are receptive to understanding, critiquing, questioning and comparing things with our situation in the U.S.” Chandra isn’t finished providing “intelligent learning adventures” to Indiana State students, as she hopes to have future trips to Turkey and India. “When I take students on these trips, I ultimately want them remember it when they are a lot older,” she said. “Even if they’ve forgotten what they learned in every other class, I don’t want them to ever forget what they learned on these trips because both their head and heart were engaged.”

Left: Sycamores pose in front of the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro. Right: Beans and spices are for sale in a Moroccan market.

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STUDENTS HERE DON’T JUST FLY UNMANNED VEHICLES, SOME ACTUALLY BUILD THEM

NDIANA State University is not only flying unmanned aerial vehicles; these days some students are building them — from scratch. Two teams of students in a technology management class spent the spring semester designing a tri-copter and a quad-copter and manufacturing parts using a three-dimensional printer. They then assembled the small aircraft and tested them at a campus athletic field. The 3-D printer, which looks like an oven, complete with a window in the door, molds ABS plastic into shapes based on digital files the students create. “Three-D printing has really been taking off recently,” said Alister McLeod, assistant professor of applied engineering and technology management. “Manufacturers use it as a way to design new parts, to make

things like aircraft lighter. They can print components instead of having to machine them, and our students are leaving here and entering into a workforce that demands an underDeontre Pearson of Fort Wayne, a senior automation and control engineering technology major at Indiana State, works standing of these new technologies.” on a quad-copter made with 3-D printing in the College of Grant Fultz of Lafayette, a senior Technology’s manufacturing lab on April 7. mechanical engineering technology major who is also completing a minor in unmanned systems, was part of the Indiana State grad student quad-copter team. awarded NSF fellowship “We’re trying to make something that’s relatively WITH THE RECENT AWARD OF A NATIONAL cheap but still rugged and Science Foundation pre-doctoral fellowship sturdy enough that it will to a Sycamore, Indiana State University is now fly well compared to the mentioned in the same breath as Harvard carbon fiber frames we and Princeton. could get from anyplace The prestigious Graduate Research Fellowship online,” he said. “I’m doing Program provides three years of financial support this because that’s the type for science and engineering students such as of job I would want in Lindsay Forrette, a first-year biology Ph.D. student the future.”— Dave Taylor at Indiana State. It’s the first fellowship for a

Lindsay Forrette, National Science Foundation fellow

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current student at the university. (Alumna Petra Hendrickson, ‘08, received an NSF fellowship to conduct research at Michigan State.) During a time when any research funding is scarce, these graduate research fellowships often go to Ivy League students. “It’s very difficult to get grants at all, and the fact that NSF has been able to hold onto this program is pretty good, but it makes it even more competitive,” said Elaina Tuttle, professor of biology at Indiana State. “I have no doubt she’ll be successful in anything she does. I’m just really honored to be her graduate advisor. And I’m really happy she choose ISU.” Forrette of Chicopee, Mass., came to Terre Haute after working as a field assistant for Tuttle during the 2012 and 2013 seasons when she was a student at the University of New England. Tuttle has conducted research on white-throated sparrows at Cranberry Lake in New York each summer for the past 27 years. “She’s one of the best nest-finders and observational people we’ve had. She always asked questions — deeper questions about the science, why they do this,” Tuttle said. — Libby Roerig

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SOLDIER-SCHOLAR BATTLES TO HELP HIS FELLOW VETERANS BY LIBBY ROERIG

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HEN Zak Milam crossed the stage at Hulman Center in May, his graduation from Indiana State was 20 years in the making. But the two decades that have passed since he finished high school were years full of learning — lessons he regularly shares with Sycamores … and hopes to share with his fellow war veterans. “I’ve been waiting 20 years to walk across the stage. My mom’s coming up for it,” he said before graduation. “I’ve been waiting this long, and it’s been a journey. I don’t have any regrets.”

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Milam of Paris, Ill., joined the U.S. Army in 2006 — long after the swell of patriotism that prompted many young men and women to enlist after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. He was also 29 — much older and worldly than his idealistic enlisted comrades. “I knew signing up I was going to be deployed. It wasn’t if, it was when,” he said. “I really wasn’t worried about it. By the time I got over there, I was 30 — so I had 30 years. It was just a challenge, to see what it was all about.”

Stationed with the 632nd Movement Control Team, 106th transportation battalion sustainment brigade, 101st Airborne Division, Milam’s military occupational specialty was transportation management coordinator — or 88N — and he was responsible for tracking soldiers and equipment by rail, sea and air. His unit left for Iraq in June 2007, with orders to stay 12 months or until “mission complete.” “They train you up and pump you full of patriotism and Toby Keith songs, but when you get over there, there’s no training to actually prepare you for what you’re going to see or do,” he said. “At 30, I didn’t know what to expect.” Milam hit it off with a first sergeant, who was about the same age as him. During a conversation one evening, Milam heard a series of bangs and booms and asked what was the noise. “Those are mortars,” the first sergeant said. “Are they outgoing or incoming?” Milam asked. “I don’t know.” In a 30-minute conversation, there were 27 hits, Milam recalled. “What did I get myself into? That was on a daily basis,” he said. “There’s bunkers strategically placed around the base. At first, you’re looking for one. You’re running, and you better hope no one gets in your way. But after that happens so many times, you just get tired of it.” Milam and his unit endured these near-daily attacks for 14 months. Even today, certain cell phone tones remind Milam, who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), of the base’s mortar warning system. “I hear it at school. It’s so intense. It just takes you back,” he said. Out of the military and adjusting to civilian life, Milam felt the daily life-threatening stresses of Iraq still haunting him. He started some mindfulness therapy and met with a group of multi-generational veterans. “These guys hadn’t progressed in 30, 40 years. That’s somebody’s husband. That’s somebody’s grandpa that can’t even leave the house,” Milam said. “I told this Vietnam veteran —

Zak Milam, an Iraq war veteran, has been a role model to his classmates. Next, he is working to become a mentor to fellow war veterans.

story. (They ask) how you got here, how was the military, do you recommend this, do you recommend that?” he said. “I try to give them as much advice as possible about the military. It’s not for everyone.” His struggles with PTSD are still present, however. During a recent class exercise, everyone was paired off to simulate married couples and had to make a paper chain to represent what they’d acquired during the relationship — and then work out the

a few minutes and go back in, but it’s just like walking right back into the lion’s den, because they haven’t stopped (talking).” In addition to therapy, Milam participates in the Indiana State chapter of Team River Runner (Health and Healing through Paddlesports). “The therapy is ongoing. I’ve accepted I’ll probably be going to therapy in some form for most of my life — in some aspect,” he said. “Hopefully, at some point, I’ll be on the other end of it.” Carrying around these scars, one has to ask if he’d re-enlist again, knowing what he knows now. “If I didn’t have my son, I’d go back in a heartbeat. But I’m too old for them to beat up,” he said. “It’s not about hatred or violence. I have a lot of guilt. I don’t feel like I did enough. I feel bad, because when I got out, there were all these younger soldiers who had longer contracts. To me, 14 months over there wasn’t enough. I should have been over there multiple times.”

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I just started crying, because I have this guilt for how they’re treated versus how they roll the red carpet out for us — I don’t want to be you in 40 years. That’s when I knew I had a problem.” Driven to help his fellow veterans, Milam enrolled at Indiana State as a human development and family studies major. After completing coursework this summer, Milam plans to pursue a master’s degree in social work. “I’m pretty dead set that I want to work with veterans. I owe it to them, because when I came back, I didn’t have that support,” he said. “A lot of time, you’re dealing with civilians, and they don’t know. They follow this protocol, they know what they’re supposed to do, but they don’t know.” But long before Milam makes his mark in the professional world, he’s been helping his Sycamore family. “A lot of them have accepted me, and that’s awesome to have young students who want to know your

“I’ve been waiting this long, and it’s been a journey. I don’t have any regrets.” terms of a divorce. “There was so much talk, and it was so loud in there. It was a fun activity, but for me, it was nerve-wracking. I like order. I don’t like loud noise,” he said. “I get startled and there’s a lot of commotion; sometimes it takes you back. So, I’ll walk out of class… because my anxiety is so high. I step out for

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HOMECOMING IS A SYCAMORE TRADITION THOUSANDS of alumni look forward to each year. The 2015 Homecoming festivities will be extra special as we celebrate the 150th anniversary of Indiana State University. The Sesquicentennial Celebration Gala on Thursday, Oct. 15 will be the first of many celebrations and reunions over the next five years. Information about this commemorative event, in support of student scholarships, is available at indstatefoundation.org/150gala. Homecoming events will continue on Friday, Oct. 16 with the Sycamore Tricycle Derby, beginning at 4 p.m. at the Michael Simmons Activity Center. That evening, the Alumni Association will honor four outstanding alumni at the Distinguished Alumni Awards. On Saturday, Oct. 17, join Sycamores of all ages for the traditional Blue and White Parade at 9 a.m. before heading to Memorial Stadium for Tent City and the Sycamore Football game. Tent City begins at 11 a.m., and Sycamore Football kicks off at 3 p.m. Stop by the Alumni Association tent for Sycamore giveaways, food and fun. The fall events will continue as Indiana State President Dan Bradley, the Alumni Association and Office of Admissions will travel to Jeffersonville in October and to Indianapolis in November for the annual Fall Tour.

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The Indiana State Basketball season will begin in November, and the Alumni Association will host pregame events and viewing parties again this year. Look for our spirited Sycamore events when Indiana State takes on IUPUI and Ball State at home and Butler and Western Kentucky on the road. More events will be planned in conjunction with Missouri Valley Conference games, including the Ultimate Sycamore Viewing Party at the Indiana Theatre. Check your email for more information about these and other upcoming events. To update your contact information with the Alumni Association, go to indstate. edu/alumni or email alumni@indstatefoundation.org.

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2015 DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARDS BY DAVE TAYLOR

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HE Indiana State University Alumni Association recognized Sam Dixon, ’72; Ava Gore, ’74, GR ’82; the late Frances Reece Kepner, ’41; and Jerry Reel, ’60, with Distinguished Alumni Awards for 2015. Dixon, a Mississippi native, considers development of the Charles E. Brown African-American Cultural Center and the African-American studies program to be his proudest achievements. Both were set in motion during his undergraduate days. While on campus during the turbulent racial unrest occurring across the nation, he served as prime minister of the Black Student Union

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and was a key figure in the 1969 takeover of the university’s administration building. He was chief author of a list of demands concerning the teaching of black history and was instrumental in creating opportunities for cultural inclusion and awareness. Sam Dixon, ’72 Upon graduating with a bachelor’s degree in social studies, Dixon taught courses at the university level before embarking on an 18-year career as chief bailiff in Marion County Superior Court. He was intake director of the county’s drug treatment diversion program and a charter member of the Indiana Association of Drug Court Professionals. Since then, he has returned to his original career as an educator. He teaches at Highland Junior High School in Anderson and also coaches boys’ basketball. Upon completion of her bachelor’s degree in criminology, Gore was the first Indiana State graduate hired by the U.S. Marshals Service and quickly advanced. She became the first operational female deputy marshal, first female instructor at the Marshal Service Training Academy, first female witness security inspector, first female operational supervisor

and first operational chief deputy marshal. She completed her master’s degree while traveling the country pursuing her career. Gore earned recognition from the International Association of Women Police and the Marshals Ava Gore, ’74, GR ’82 Service for her contributions to the National Asset Seizure and Forfeiture Program and Witness Security Program. She also earned accolades from the Miami-Dade Chiefs of Police Organization, Kiwanis Club of Mobile, Ala., and Indiana State’s chapter of Lambda Alpha Epsilon American Criminal Justice Association. Gore retired as the assistant chief deputy marshal for the Southern District of Florida. She volunteers at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Catholic School in Fort Lauderdale, where she resides. Gore is married to the late Leslie Thomas Everett Gore, and they have three children; Erin, Avriana and Thomas. The youngest daughter of Indiana State graduates Raymond and Clara Applegate Reece, Kepner attended the University Lab School and later enrolled in the university, where her father served for 30 years as a professor of history. While most of her classmates prepared for teaching careers, Kepner aspired to become a librarian. After completing a Bachelor of Arts, she earned undergraduate and graduate degrees in library science from the University of Michigan and worked as a manuscripts librarian at Michigan’s prestigious William L. Clements Library of American History, where she catalogued rare original papers from the Colonial and Revolutionary War periods. At the conclusion of World War II, Kepner moved to Trumbull County, Ohio, along with her husband and two sons, to restore a small, neglected family farm. When a car crash left her

husband paralyzed, she put her career on hold to serve as his caregiver while raising the couple’s two young sons and managing the farm. She returned to academia as head librarian and soon found her way back to Terre Haute. For 22 years, she served as librarian in Normal Hall to the current Cunningham Memorial Library. Kepner’s sons, Lee, ’73, and Ray, ’74, are third-generation Indiana State graduates who have honored their parents by establishing a scholarship in their name. She passed away on July 31, just after being named a DAA recipient. When Reel left his family’s home in Wheatland, Ind., to study biology and chemistry at Indiana State, he intended to become a high school teacher. His plans changed when he realized he enjoyed chemistry and his faculty advisor encouraged him to pursue a Ph.D. He completed master’s and doctoral degrees from the University of Illinois and completed two years of postdoctoral research in biochemistry at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. He went on to a 39-year career in biochemistry and research, working with two pharmaceutical companies, one not-forprofit research institute and three contract research laboratories. Reel is a member of Lambda Chi Alpha Jerry Reel, ’60 Fraternity and a retired vice president of reproductive endocrinology and toxicology at Bioqal. His career success includes the development and holder of five U.S. patents. His philanthropic support of the university includes the Center for Genomic Advocacy and the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience. He and his wife, Joan, also established the Jerry and Joan Reel Scholarship Endowment for students enrolled in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. Reel is a member of the President’s Society, Book and Torch Society and 1865 Society. His hobbies include sports, fishing, mushroom hunting, bridge and poker. He and Joan reside in Albuquerque, N.M., and are avid Indiana Pacers, Indianapolis Colts and St. Louis Cardinals fans.

Frances Reece Kepner, ’41

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1967-1989 EDITH VIGNOCCI, ’67, celebrated her 100th birthday. Edith currently resides in Clinton, Ind. STEVE MEEKER, ’74, published the novel One Man Escaped, a story about his aunt’s murder and the aftermath in Danville, Ill. GAY ANN MONNINGER, ’78, was named to Wells Fargo Advisors Financial Network’s Premier Advisors Program for the sixth straight year. MARK EUTSLER, ’80, was appointed by Gov. Mike Pence to serve a threeyear term as a member of the Serve Indiana Commission. LAURA JELLE, ’83, was named president of Baraboo St. Clare Hospital in Madison, Wisc. THOMAS ISEKENEGBE, GR ’82, PH.D. ’86, ED.S. ’84, was appointed president of Bronx Community College in New York City, N.Y. FREDERICK CRAWFORD, ’85, accepted a new role as executive vice president and chief financial officer with Aflac in Columbus, Ga. RANDY JENSEN, GR ’87, was named the head coach of the Terre Haute Torpedoes, a youth swim club in Terre Haute, Ind. RENEE STRASSER, ’88, was named police chief of La Grange, Ill. HEATHER WHITAKER, ’89, was selected as a mentor in the third class of the Indiana Principal Leadership Institute. Whitaker is the principal at Mt. Comfort Elementary School in Greenfield, Ind.

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From left, Indiana State University President Dan Bradley, March On! Award recipient Thomas Klootwyk of Methodist Sports Medicine, March On! Award recipients Mike and Janet Fread, John P. Newton Spirit of ISU Award recipients Donna and Doug Powers, ISU Foundation President Ron Carpenter pose for a picture.

INDIANA STATE FOUNDATION RECOGNIZES DONORS WITH MARCH ON! AWARDS

HE Indiana State University Foundation has presented its 2015 March On! Awards in recognition of philanthropy. The Weston Wabash Foundation received the Foundation Award for its longstanding relationship with State, starting with the funding of an annual scholarship throughout the 1980s and 1990s and continuing even after the closing of the company’s Terre Haute plant when it was acquired by International Paper. Robert and Bonnidell Clouse received the Faculty, Staff and Emeriti Award. The Clouses have established a research award in the Bayh College of Education and have made a significant impact on the history department’s resources. Their gifts allow for greater hands-on experiences and other opportunities that meet the needs of today’s students. Methodist Sports Medicine, a valued partner of intercollegiate athletics for more than a decade, received the Corporate Award. Methodist has provided in-kind service to Sycamore

teams and ensures student-athletes have the resources to compete at the highest level in NCAA Division I athletics. Its philanthropy has also been important to the university’s President’s Scholars program and in establishing the Larry Bird Scholarship. This year’s Individual Award went to alumni William “Mike” and Janet Fread. The desire of the two State graduates to give back to their alma mater has provided a transformational commitment to the future success of the university via a charitable remainder trust to support students in the Bayh College of Education and Scott College of Business. Alumni Doug and Donna Power received the John P. Newton Spirit of ISU Award. The Powers are members of the Big Blue Boosters, season ticket holders for men’s and women’s basketball and perennial volunteers for Homecoming and the NCAA Cross-Country Nationals. In addition, they recently established the Jeanette and Emory Benson Endowed Scholarship in memory of Donna’s parents.

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TAMMY AYER, ’02, GR ’03, was hired as the features/reader engagement editor for the Yakima Herald-Republic in Yakima, Wash.

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SHELBY MORGE, ’06, has been selected as the state college vice president of the North Carolina Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

MY FRESHMAN YEAR IN THE FALL OF 1986, there was a huge banner hanging outside of the Rhoads and Mills complex that said, “Welcome to Indiana State University. There are no strangers, only friends you have not met yet.-WB Yeats.” It came true during my four years at ISU. The personal relationships that students make on campus are the most valuable resources of the experience of attending Indiana State University!

RON COFFEY, PH.D. ’07, was named president for the Association for Christians in Student Development and will serve a two-year term. FRED, ’07, and KELLI, ’08, DOBRY, welcomed their second child, Christian, on July 13. Their firstborn, Blake, celebrated his third birthday on Aug. 12. CHARLES LEPPER, PH.D. ’10, was hired as the new vice president of student affairs at Salt Lake Community College in Salt Lake City. JENNIFER MONARCH, ’11, GR ’15, was named the 4-H youth development educator for Purdue Extension Service in Dubois County. BRYAN EVERETT, GR ’12, was named vice president of store operations with Rite Aid Pharmacy in Louisville, Ky. TYLER FISCHER, GR ’12, joined the Clay County Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. Fischer is a commercial loan officer with First Financial Bank in Brazil, Ind. PATTY MAUER, ’12, was hired as principal of St. Michael’s Catholic School in Greenfield, Ind.

Ron Turpin, ’93 IT WAS THE LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE AND FRIENDSHIPS I MADE BY being involved in SGA. By being a senator, I was able to learn critical negotiation, time management and operational skills. These have served me well throughout my career.

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William W. Parsons, 1920 The university’s third president, Parsons was a student on the first day of classes, in the first graduating class and was the first alumnus to return as an instructor (of grammar and composition, 1876-1883). He earned the nickname “Daddy” Parsons, as he served as president for a remarkable 36 years, from 1885 to 1921. (Martin Photo Collection, courtesy of University Archives)

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Daniel J. Bradley, 2015 After becoming the university’s 11th president in 2008, Bradley initiated the strategic plan “Pathway to Success” in 2009, which has led to unprecedented enrollment growth, expansion of curriculum and experiential learning opportunities, improved facilities and a robust relationship with the city of Terre Haute. He also eats lunch in the student commons area of Hulman Memorial Student Union most days. (Indiana State University Photography Services)

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