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NKU students Galadriel Stineman, Tony Gulla and Jenetta Thomas enjoy a spring day on a bridge near the newly redeveloped lake area.

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Anyone who has worked at a newspaper knows that a few scribbles in a reporter’s notebook that make their way into an article can have a huge impact on what people are talking about. And a plum assignment from an editor can make or break one’s career.

Nobody knows this better than NKU alumnus David Mendell, ’89, whose career in newspapers started on campus at The Northerner. At NKU, his reporting helped convince university administrators to close campus for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Later in his career, he wrote articles that exposed injustices and put people in jail. And, when an editor asked if he would cover the campaign of a certain Illinois state senator named Barack Obama, it led to a book deal.

“The news business gets into your blood,” Mendell said.“It’s been 20 years and I still love it.”

While at NKU, he edited The Northerner while working at the Kentucky Post as an editorial clerk, where he made sense of some of the “incoherent” letters to the editor the paper received. Mendell would type and condense them and on occasion would write an editorial.

He also did sports work for both the Post and Enquirer while he was in college.

“It was invaluable experience,” Mendell said. “To be able to see and work on a daily newspaper every day while putting my own out was great.”

His career has taken him to several major newspapers covering historic events, “but it was really at The Northerner that I learned the news business,” Mendell said,“especially as editor.”

While at the paper he had to moderate a lover’s quarrel between two newspaper staffers. At times it was more about working with people and less about the journalism business, according to Mendell. But the newspaper did deal with some campus issues during his tenure, including a debate over whether to provide condom machines in the dorms. The paper also raised the question of why NKU held classes on Martin Luther King Jr. Day while other Kentucky state universities were closed. Mendell and his fellow staffers thought it was a contradiction for a university trying to recruit African-American students.

“We got more than a dozen letters from black students wondering why we weren’t closed,” Mendell said.

An editorial and accompanying cartoon was being prepared for the paper when Mendell got a visit from then-NKU president Dr. Leon Boothe, who wasn’t happy about the newspaper’s stance. Mendell held his ground, and the following year, the university was closed on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. “That’s when I learned the press has power to affect public policy,” Mendell said. “We, perhaps, fixed a wrong. That was my first little accomplishment in journalism.”

Exposing injustice Despite the great experience at NKU, Mendell wasn’t hired full time

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A very fortunate assignment Mendell calls covering the 2004 U.S. Senate campaign of Barack Obama “a very fortunate” assignment. But at the time when his editor assigned it to him, he thought it would end up buried in the back of the paper.

As Mendell got to know the senator, he had what he calls an “Obama moment” when he realized Obama’s potential. He realized that eventually Obama would compete for the presidency and could be a historic figure.

This led to a book deal.

Mendell went on to spend the next two-and-a-half years researching and writing his first book, a biography of the senator titled Obama: From Promise to Power. When Mendell was interviewed last summer, he described the writing process as a “race to 100,000 words,” because the Democrat’s story was – and is – still unfolding. Mendell knew the book

needed to be out before the unpredictable campaign season began.

He has a good relationship with Obama but no longer has the access he once did, which isn’t surprising given the senator’s “rock star” status and quick rise to the top of the Democratic presidential field.The Tribune also reassigned Mendell to avoid any perceived conflicts of interest because the book will likely sell more copies if Obama does well.

The book was published last August (2007) by an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, and it immediately drew national media attention. Mendell has appeared as a guest on a host of national and regional television and radio shows, including NBC’s Meet the Press, ABC’s Good Morning America, MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews and others.

Mendell was in Northern Kentucky for homecoming in February (2008) to collect the outstanding alumnus award for the NKU College of Informatics. While here, he reconnected with fellow Northerner staffer (and NKU Alumni Council member) Mark Adams. He is covering state government in Chicago and is still making appearances to discuss the book as the election season moves on. In a recent interview with the Toronto Globe and Mail, he admitted to needing an occasional break from the “Obama mania.”

On a recent golf trip with friends, they all asked him to sign books from the moment he arrived. “I was like, listen, I’ll sign your books, but then we’re in an Obama-free zone for the next few days.”

“The news business gets into your blood. It’s been 20 years and I still love it.”

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by the Post after graduation. “I was completely deflated,” he said. A lousy job market meant Mendell spent some time working at a local restaurant before he was eventually able to get a full-time job at the Morning Journal in Lorain, Ohio, just west of Cleveland.

While in Lorain, Mendell won a handful of state journalism awards from the Associated Press, primarily for his coverage of juvenile justice issues and government corruption. A series of stories that carried readers into the troubled lives of chronic and violent juvenile delinquents won first place from a national group of juvenile court judges. An investigative series reported and authored by Mendell, detailing corruption in a fast-growing suburban Cleveland community, garnered first place for investigative reporting in the annual AP awards. Mendell’s reporting directly led to the indictment and incarceration of three public officials from Avon Lake, Ohio, who were involved in schemes to steer public projects to certain developers.

Mendell’s investigative reporting in Lorain earned him more than the attention of the AP. At one point, he received thinly veiled death threats when a source pointed out to him that a hospital would be a good place to go if he ever needed blood.

“He was threatening me, especially the way he said it,” Mendell said.

“I spent the next month looking in my rearview mirror.”

He set up an “alarm system” at his apartment to warn him if anyone was coming to harm him: a stack of beer cans near his back door. One night a draft knocked them down, causing Mendell to panic.

After a stint at the Dayton Daily News, Mendell left Ohio for Chicago to become a general-assignment reporter for the Chicago Tribune. Over his tenure at the Tribune, which continues today, Mendell has covered various national stories, including the riots in Seattle spurred by meetings of the World Trade Organization and the Columbine High School shootings. He also has written extensively about urban and race issues in Chicago as well as burrowing inside various high-profile political campaigns in Illinois.

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A View from the Other Side of the World story Anne (Dadosky) Cahill, ’76 and ’00 photos Marty Cahill, ’80

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As an undergraduate at NKU, I had dreams like everyone else. But none of those dreams stretched across the Pacific Ocean ... to Hong Kong!

My husband, Marty Cahill, ’80, and I live, work, and play in Hong Kong, SAR, China.

We moved here in January 2004 when Marty accepted a position with Hasbro Far East. At the time of my husband’s job offer, I pictured Hong Kong as an exotic, mysterious, thirdworld city full of rickshaws and people wearing pointy straw hats. Little did I know that many of my assumptions about life would be challenged by living in Southeast Asia.

East meets West It helps to know a little background about Hong Kong. For more than 150 years, it was under British rule. Hong Kong was returned to China in July 1997 and established as a Special Administrative Region. So a border remains between Hong Kong and mainland China.

Because of its British heritage, there are two official languages: “the Queen’s” English and Cantonese. Hong Kong is truly a place where East meets West, and it is an interesting blend of cultures.

Hong Kong is a protected harbor, nestled inside sharp mountains that resemble a dragon’s back. It is located on the South China Sea.The city is made up of three large islands, several small ones and part of the mainland called “Kowloon” (meaning “nine dragons”), and it stretches north to an area near the border still referred to as the “New Territories.”

Most people refer to the “Island side” and the “Kowloon” side when talking about Hong Kong. We live on the Island side, and Marty works on the Kowloon side.

Marty and I arrived in Hong Kong in time to celebrate Chinese New Year 2004.The Chinese calendar is based on the phases of the moon, so the New Year is different every year. It is the

biggest holiday here, similar to our Christmas, with families returning home and lights, gifts and fireworks everywhere. I soon learned that Hong Kong celebrates every holiday, both Western and Eastern. So the holiday season stretches from December to February with seemingly non-stop parties. Hmmm, maybe I could find a way to live here.

Adjusting to life in Hong Kong was much easier for Marty, who had been traveling here on business for more than 20 years. He had a job, familiar colleagues and friends. I left my job, family and friends to embark on this new adventure with him in the land of skyscrapers.

We moved into a “flat” on the 25th floor of an apartment complex consisting of five 36-story buildings. It is in a section called mid-levels because it is located halfway up the mountain.

Our living room has floor-to-ceiling windows.

I couldn’t walk up to them and look out for months because we are so high up! We have a stunning view of the harbor and the central business district below.

Riding the rails We don’t have a car here and don’t need one. Hong Kong has a seamless transportation system. Marty and I have an Octopus card, which is a value-added card. We just swipe our card to ride almost any form of transport.

We can even swipe our card at the 7-Eleven store to purchase something, making it very convenient. We travel by bus, ferry, subway, foot and taxi. Taxis here are roughly $2 USD to go most anywhere. They are plentiful. Our complex has a shuttle bus that Marty rides each morning to the subway. The subway runs under Victoria Harbor, delivering him within a 10-minute walk of his office building. He says it beats sitting on I-75 waiting to cross the Brent Spence Bridge.

I quickly joined the American Women’s Association to meet friends and to find some

“Little did I know that many of my assumptions about life would be challenged by living in Southeast Asia.”

Anne (Dadosky) Cahill

activities. The AWA is an official charity and provides volunteer opportunities as well as social events for its members. The only requirement to join is to speak English. So I have made friends from all over the world. And I’ve learned that many people live this expat lifestyle and have done so their entire lives.

On weekends, Marty and I explore this town together. Like any world-class city, it can be loud, crowded and polluted. At home in the U.S., I complained about car traffic. Here it is “people” traffic.There are seven million people jammed into an area the size of the I-275 belt loop. Small wonder that the only way to build is up. When my friends in Kentucky complain about how crowded the mall is at Christmas time, I simply smile. No one in the U.S. knows what crowded is.

I was born a southpaw and often fantasized about how it would be to live in a left-handed world. Well, here I am. Cars travel on the left side of the road, and escalators go up and down the opposite of what you’d expect. To cross the street, I had to learn to look right first, then left.

Even hot and cold faucets are reversed. There is a small step into every storefront from the sidewalk. I have tripped on these repeatedly.

But when the monsoons of summer come, it keeps the water outside the building.

Hong Kong has some of the best restaurants in the world. Within 20 minutes of our apartment is SOHO, an area of wonderful restaurants.We can find any kind of cuisine here: Chinese, Indian, French, Italian, Vietnamese, Mediterranean and even Mexican. Then there are the ever-present McDonald’s, KFCs and Starbucks. Hong Kong has THE best airport in the world, and we have traveled to Malaysia, Thailand, Australia, Vietnam, Cambodia and China.We have seen exotic sights including the Great Wall of China, the Sydney Opera House and the temples of Angkor Wat. In moving to Hong Kong, I have learned to

Scenes from Hong Kong: (above top) The Cahills explore the narrow streets of Hong Kong on the back of a cycle rickshaw. (above left) Fireworks mark Chinese New Year in Hong Kong. Hong Kong at night (above right).

live “outside the box.” I now truly hear world news (there are more than 80 seconds), and we watch the CBS Evening News every morning.

I have been enriched as a person and as a citizen of the world. Our children have had the

opportunity to visit, travel and to grow as well.

But what about those rickshaws and straw hats? I did find one elderly man wearing a pointy straw hat and holding a rickshaw up at the Peak. He poses for photos with tourists.

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Left: Dona Adilia, Managua, Nicaragua. Above top: Prayer flags at Buddhist temple, Kathmandu, Nepal. Above bottom:

Service-learning students with children, Ghana, West Africa. Above: Pueblo woman, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

A photographer’s journal The photography of Greg Rust

The late Joe Nuxhall with Rust.

Greg Rust, ’78, uses skills he

learned as an anthropology major in his work as a documentary photographer. He has done extensive study on Native-American culture, but his “day job” is director of photography at Xavier University. And he has been able to accompany XU students on service-learning projects around the world.

“My career has given me the opportunity to photograph a diverse spectrum of the human experience,” Rust said. “From the late Pope John Paul II at the Vatican to exiled Buddhist monks in Kathmandu and from the famous faces of sports stars Ken Griffey, Jr., and Chad Johnson to the anonymous faces of children in some of the world’s materially poorest countries.”

“No matter the subject, my guiding principle remains a quote from cultural anthropologist Ruth Benedict: ‘The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences,’” Rust said.

During time away from photography, Rust is devoted to his family. He volunteers at his daughters’ school, helps out with 4-H projects and raises horses on his Pendleton County, Ky., farm, thus passing on five generations of farming heritage to his children.

Curious colt on Rust’s Pendleton County, Ky., farm; Ken Griffey, Jr., Cincinnati Reds. Rust is the photographer for both the Bengals and the Reds.

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2007 alumni awards See Northern magazine online.

Visit northernmagazine.nku.edu to see these alumni award recipients receive their awards.

A very popular professor of marketing in the College of Business, Dr. Matt Shank joined the faculty in 1991 and served as chair 1999-2007. He also served as interim director of the MBA program. Prior to his academic Faculty/Staff career, Shank served as a marketing research Strongest manager at Maritz, Inc., one of the top 15 Influence Award largest marketing research companies in the country. Matt currently serves as the dean of Dr. Matt Shank the School of Business Administration at the University of Dayton.

Shank’s teaching interests include sports marketing, consumer behavior and marketing research. His research interests are in the areas of sports marketing, consumer psychology and marketing education. Currently, Shank is serving as the editor of Sports Marketing Quarterly, one of the premier academic journals in the sports management area.

Never afraid to accept challenges, Todd Duesing’s career has been remarkable. He started out at Riverbend Music Center as the operations manager. He promoted, booked, entertained Outstanding Young and sometimes was the personal driver for Alumnus many of the performers. During the summer, his typical week would be 70+ hours. After Todd Duesing Riverbend, Duesing moved on to his most challenging role, the production manager for Tall Stacks. Duesing had a hand in every piece of the program. His leadership created a wonderful event for the entire area. Again, it was long days and no vacations, but he knew this was what he had to do to move into his dream job. He is currently the director of operations at the Aronoff Center downtown.

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From advising her sorority to volunteering at her church to a successful career at Procter & Gamble, Linda Allen has been an example of leadership for the community and NKU students.

Over the past 26 years Allen achieved career success and represented NKU well at Procter & Gamble, most recently serving as finance

Outstanding Alumna College of Business

director for corporate acquisitions. There she has led financial planning and management for one of the area’s Fortune 500 firms. While these accomplishments are remarkable, her volunteer efforts here at NKU and in the community are where she has truly excelled. Allen also served as

Linda S. Allen

the regional collegiate coordinator for Delta Zeta.

Michael Anstead, M.D., is being honored for Richard M. Rothfuss is the CEO of Lerner, his efforts to fight chronic lung disease.

Sampson & Rothfuss, a law firm focusing its “Being a physician is a great practice in the areas of real estate, creditors’ rights

Outstanding Alumnus Chase College of Law Richard M. Rothfuss

and commercial litigation.

privilege,” Anstead said. “What

Rothfuss was admitted to the

could be better than a job where

Ohio bar in 1977, the Kentucky

they pay you to help others and

bar in 1978 and the Florida bar

learn and understand everything

in 1980. He graduated from

you can about how the human

Northern Kentucky University

body functions in health and

Chase College of Law (J.D., ’77)

disease? I really enjoy caring for

after receiving his B.A. from

children and adults with lung

University of Kentucky (’72).

problems and was recognized as

He is also a member of the

one of the best doctors in my

Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky

specialty in 2007.”

and American Bar Associations. In

“NKU could not have been a

Outstanding Alumnus College of Arts and Sciences

addition to his practice, Rothfuss

better experience for me. In nearly

is a frequent lecturer to various

every class, there were professors

groups on a wide variety of real

who really wanted to teach and

estate, bankruptcy, creditors’ rights

always had their door open if you had a question. I owe a debt to many

Michael Anstead, M.D.

and general mortgage banking issues. His firm is both Fannie Mae and

of the teachers at NKU who were very important during these formative

Freddie Mac designated counsel for Ohio, counsel to MERS and the

years.”

recipient of many awards including the Better Housing League’s Civic

After NKU, Anstead attended medical school at the University of

Award, the Pinnacle Award and the USFN Diamond Excellence Award

Kentucky and later completed a residency in combined internal medicine

for 13 consecutive years.

and pediatrics and a fellowship in pulmonary and critical-care medicine at UK. He remained at UK as a faculty member in the department of pediatrics. His primary interest in medicine has been cystic fibrosis. Cystic fibrosis is the most common life-shortening lung disease in the U.S., and patients with cystic fibrosis suffer from chronic lung infection that progressively damages their lungs.

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Jane Herms is a social work professional with more than 20 years’ experience working with children and families. Herms received her bachelor’s degree in mental health and human services from NKU and her Master of Social Work from UK. She currently

Outstanding Alumna College of Education and Human Services Jane H. Herms

serves as executive director of the Family Nurturing Center, an agency dedicated to ending the cycle of child abuse. Prior career highlights include leadership positions with Brighton Center, Redwood and Clermont County Community Services as well as adjunct faculty positions with NKU and The Institute for Adolescent Development.

Herms serves as board chair for the Leadership Council of Human Services Executives, a nonprofit focused on developing leadership capacity, increasing the resource base of agencies and serving as the

collective voice for human services. She also is a member of the board of directors and executive committee for United Way of Greater Cincinnati and an advisory board member of the Northern Kentucky Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation. She is a graduate of Leadership Northern Kentucky, a founding member of Legacy and an active member of St. Mary parish.

Kim Dinsey-Read has been a lecturer and Mark Jacobs is an environmental assistant professor of nursing at NKU since 2007, anthropologist who is being honored for teaching community health nursing, healthcare developing a conservation park for Northern research and mental health nursing. Dinsey-Read Kentucky residents to enjoy. is the grant coordinator for

Outstanding Alumna School of Nursing and Health Professions Kim Dinsey-Read

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Realizing a lifelong dream,

the internationally recognized

Jacobs created nonprofit Wildlife

Northern Kentucky Nursing

Conservation Kentucky in 2000

Research Collaborative and

to address the natural resource

serves as a member of the St.

conservation issues in the area.

Elizabeth Medical Center

Within a year he had acquired

Research Council. Dinsey-Read

an ecologically and geologically

is also co-director of a university-

significant property in western

community partnership grant

Boone County called Split Rock,

titled Coalition for the Prevention

and by November he had opened

and Treatment of Lead-Poisoned

Split Rock Conservation Park.

Children in Northern Kentucky.

He marked the fifth anniversary

Prior to coming to NKU, she

of WCK in 2007. In five years,

was the lead case manager of the

Jacobs has saved a part of Kentucky’s history and turned 165 acres

Northern Kentucky independent

into an amazing outdoor lab to educate future Kentuckians on how

health department, where she

to preserve our environment and revel in our unique history. In the

developed and expanded a

short time that Split Rock has been in existence, Jacobs has been

Distinguished Service Mark J. Jacobs

program to prevent and manage lead poisoning in Northern Kentucky’s

restoring the 165-acre park to its native condition by implementing

children. Dinsey-Read also has experience in medical-surgical nursing,

a program to remove nonnative invasive plant species and establishing

psychiatric nursing, psycho-geriatrics and forensic psychiatry.

approximately 40 acres of native grasses.

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HONOR ROLL OF DONORS Northern Kentucky University recognizes the many individuals and organizations whose generous contributions help NKU students achieve their goals and aspirations. Northern Kentucky University deeply appreciates the substantial commitment and dedication of these and all contributors whose gifts enable the university to achieve excellence. > > >

Because of the generosity of friends like Eva G. and Oakley Farris, whose gift helped fund an outdoor learning space, NKU students can enjoy their studies beneath a clear blue sky adjacent to Loch Norse.

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lifetime giving The lifetime giving societies of NKU were founded to recognize benefactors who have made significant contributions to the university over their lifetime. Membership is recognized when the cumulative value of a benefactor’s contributions & commitments reaches $10,000. > > >

1968 Society $ 5,000,000 or more

The Bank of Kentucky

Black & Gold Society $2,500,000 or more

Ashland Inc. Oakley & Eva Farris William H. Greaves S Dorothy Westerman Herrmann S

Commonwealth Society $1,000,000 or more

Chase College Foundation The Corbett Foundation Patricia A. Corbett S David & Ruth B. Iler S R. C. & Deborah Jo Durr Fidelity Foundation Fifth Third Bancorp Roger Grein Lois & Richard Rosenthal The Procter & Gamble Company Rieveschl Foundation Scripps Howard Foundation Thomas J. Smart S Alice S. Sparks Toyota USA Foundation

Northern Kentucky Society $ 500,000 or more

William P. & Mary S. Butler Corporex Family of Companies Henry & Elaine Fischer Fischer Family Foundation Joyce & Dennis Griffin Ralph V. & Carol Ann Haile, Jr. S Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati Dan Meyer Tom & Chris Neyer Ronald & Sherrie Noel John J. & Mary R. Schiff Foundation James E. Sehnert S Rosemary & Robert Stauss S Drs. Evan A. & Lindsay M. Stein Sheldon B. & Fern H. Storer S U.S. Bank Ralph Haile Foundation Mr. & Mrs. William G. Verst

Norse Society $100,000 or more

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BAHR Associates, Inc. Bank One Nicholas & Mildred G. Bauer S Richard & Lisa Boehne Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Carl R. Bogardus Herbert R. Booth Leon E. Boothe Cliff & Pat Borland Emerson & Lynn Brumback The Otto M. Budig Family Foundation Thomas & Pamela Burkardt Bill & Anne Burleigh Brad & Erna Butler Rodney & Jacqueline Cain Castellini Foundation Harry & Anne Caudill Paul W. Chellgren Cincinnati Bell Foundation Cincom Systems, Inc. Citi Robert E. Collier CompEd, Inc. Richard C. & Lucy H. Crisler S Hubert A. Day S Delta Air Lines, Inc. Ruth S. Doering Thomas Christian Donnelly & Sharlotte Neely Donnelly Avery & Jane Dotson S The Drees Company Ralph & Irmaleen Drees Duke Energy Roger & Virginia Francis Friedlander Family Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation Friends of Fine Arts Dr. & Mrs. Morris M. Garrett Linda Griffin Holt Griggs Family Foundation, Inc. H. Gordon Martin Family Foundation Mark R. Herrmann S Home Builders Association of Greater Cincinnati A. E. Howe S Huntington National Bank Kenny & Luanne Kinman Elmer Koehlke The Kroger Company M. Denise & John A. Kuprionis Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth R. Lucas Fred & Kay Macke Macy’s Foundation Manuel D. & Rhoda Mayerson Foundation Mazak Corporation Ruth B. McDonell S Kevin & Julie McGehee Dr. & Mrs. Nicholas Melnick Milacron, Inc. Carol Swarts Milburn National City Jack & Lois Nebergall Ohio National Financial Services Mr. & Mrs. Henry E. Pogue IV A. Elisabeth Potts S George A. Renaker, M. D., Charitable Foundation, Inc. Mac & Michele Anne Riley

Sathe Family Foundation Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation Mark & Rosemary Schlachter Charlotte R. Schmidlapp Fund The E. W. Scripps Company Mr. & Mrs. Warren J. Shonert S Iosetta M. Steely Dr. W. Frank Steely & Mrs. Martha Pelfrey Henry L. & Kathryn K. Stephens, Jr. J. Michael & Anita Thomson Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. Tri-County Economic Development Corporation Craig & Thea True U.S. Bancorp James C. & Rachel M. Votruba Frederick M. Warren, Jr. S Larry C. West S Phillip C. Yeager (in memory of Joyce Yeager) Michael Francis Zalla Memorial Foundation, Inc. Robert W. & Nancy A. Zapp Wilbert L. & Helen R. Ziegler

Highlands Society $ 50,000 or more

Belcan Corporation, Inc. Ben Bernstein/NKRA Memorial James & Rebecca Bilbo BlueStar Campbell County Business Development Corporation Castellini Company Steff C. & Cynthia Chalk Charles Seligman Distributing Company Commonwealth Orthopedic Center Etta Cowan S Kay F. Crist Dravo Corporation Eagle Bank Fidelity Investments Virginia & Roger Francis GE - Aviation GE Foundation Grant County Chamber of Commerce Grant County Joint-Local IDA The Bruce Heath Family Marcia & David Hosea Hosea Project Movers, LLC Hosea Worldwide, Inc. Lois M. Johnson Kresge Foundation Richard D. Lawrence Bud & Kathryn Lemley Ben & Mary Mallin Robert & Muriel Martin S The Midland Company Lillian Ochiltree S Pearson Family Memorial Trust Elmer J. & Blanche Pieper S PNC Bank, Ohio Charles E. Schell Foundation Thomas R. Schiff Seta Music Spiral Festival Association, Inc. Square D Company Constance & Donald Ward The Yearlings, Inc.

University Fellows $10,000 or more

55KRC & 1360WSAI ACNielsen BASES Martha & Norman Adair Adam Brown Scholarship Fund Adams, Stepner, Woltermann & Dusing, PLLC A. D. & Grace Albright Alexander-Patterson Group, Inc. James L. Alford Dr. Compton Allyn American Board of Trial Advocates, Kentucky Chapter American Financial Corporation American Sound & Electronics The Amernet Society Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield Mark G. Arnzen Arnzen, Wentz, Molloy, Laber & Storm, P.S.C. Arvin Meritor Automotive, Inc. Baird & Baird P.S.C. W. Michael Baker Drs. Don & Carole Beere Barbara & Wayne Beimesch Carol & Michael Beirne David & Nancy Bender Michael & Anne Bergeron Lori & George Berry The Honorable & Mrs. William Bertelsman Olivia Birkenhauer Christopher Lee Boggs Leonard & Kim Brashear Mr. & Mrs. John R. S. Brooking Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation Robert & Deborah Burkardt Busald, Funk, Zevely, P.S.C. Campus Book & Supply Michael & Colleen R. Carrell Gary W. Casey Curtis B. Cassner Linda Marquis Cate Tom Cate Carla S. Chance Chas. H. Bilz Insurance Agency Cherry Hill Home Sales, Inc. Stanley M. Chesley Chevron USA, Inc. Children, Inc. Nancy & Chris Christensen Cincinnati Bar Association Auxiliary Cincinnati Enquirer Foundation Citizens Bank of Northern Kentucky City of Williamstown, Kentucky Clarion Manufacturing Clopay Corporation Cincinnati Coca-Cola Bottling Company Christopher Cochran Gary D. Cohen Comair Holdings, Inc. Community Press & Community Recorder Newspaper Robert H. Compton Computer Associates International, Inc. Convergys Foundation, Inc. Albert & Louise Cooper S Charles G. Coulson, Jr. S Crosset Family Fund of The Greater S =Deceased

Cincinnati Foundation Kent R. Curtis Samuel & Linda Davies Deloitte & Touche, LLP Burgess L. Doan Frank & Elizabeth Downing Drackett Professional Drawbridge Inn Robert K. Duncan Arlyn & Sandra Easton The Thomas J. Emery Memorial John W. Enzweiler Erlanger Lumber Company Joan Ferrante Bob & Mary Fitzpatrick Frank A. Fletcher Jim & Ann Flood Florence Lions Club Frisch’s Restaurants, Inc. Thomas & Molly Fritz Frost, Brown, Todd, LLC The Gap, Inc. Sam & Ethel Garber Foundation Edward L. Gaylord S GBBN Architects, Inc. Mike & Judy Gibbons Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation Paul & Wilma Gibson Dr. Larry A. Giesmann Christopher Gist Historical Society Robert W. & Sue D. Goderwis Joseph H. Goldcamp III The Golf Ranch Gordon Construction Company Dr. & Mrs. Gary W. Graff Grant County Conservation Office Grant County Deposit Bank Great American Insurance Co. Greenebaum, Doll & McDonald, PLLC Michael A. Grefer, M.D. Terry V. Gruelle H. J. Heinz Company Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Elmer J. Haas, Jr. Neil M. Hahl Glenn Martin Hammond Gladys R. Harding S Dr. Charles E. Hawkins Joseph H. Head, Jr. Kimberly H. Heimbrock Heinz North America Paul Hemmer Companies J. Thomas Hemmer Mary A. & Paul W. Hemmer, Jr. The Herbold Foundation Ambassador Patricia L. Herbold Herfel & Bender David C. Herriman Giles T. Hertz Hewlett-Packard Company Sharon & Larry Hicks W. Vernon Hicks Hillshire Farm & Kahn’s Hoechst Marion Roussel, Inc. Hoffmann-La Roche, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. William Hofler The Homan Foundation William H. Hopple, Jr. S

Harvey C. Hubbell Trust Jim Huff Realty, Inc. Humana of Ohio Harry J. Humpert IBM Corporation J.C. Penney Company, Inc. Jeanette Edwards Foundation Mr. & Mrs. William B. Jeffrey, Jr. S Johnson Trust Company R. A. Jones & Company, Inc. Paul E. Jones The David J. Joseph Company Just For Kids of Cincinnati Ernest Karam S Thomas J. & Carol A. Kearns Don & Rebecca Kelm Kentucky Bar Association Kentucky Bar Foundation, Inc. Kentucky Enterprise, F.S.B. The Kentucky Post Kentucky Rehabilitation Services Kentucky Teachers’ Retirement System The Henry B. Kreuzman Family Foundation Edward & Dorothy Lampe Lange, Quill & Powers, P.S.C. The Lawrence Firm, P.S.C. Bertha Lebus Educational Trust Bud & Kathryn Lemley Lemley Yarling Management Co. Levi Strauss & Company LexisNexis Lexus RiverCenter The Lincoln Foundation, Inc. Ambrose & Betty Lindhorst S Links, Inc., Cincinnati Chapter Thomas & Patricia Lonneman W. Bruce Lunsford George Manning Marathon Ashland Petroleum LLC Maxim/Carlisle Diana & Tom McGill MCSI Medical Research Laboratories Stephen & Jane Meier Gene Irving Mesh Messer Construction Co. The Meyer Aronow Trust David E. Meyer The Michael Andretti Foundation R.M. Miller Family Monarch Construction Company James Monton Mary Ann Morgan-Burke Susan G. Morrison Mubea, Inc. Robert W. & Dianna (Delgado) Mullen Michael & Laurie Murray The National Underwriter Company Andrew & Margaret Neagle William & Mary Jane Nester Dr. Stephen Newman Jim & Linda Niewahner Northern Kentucky Association of Realtors, Inc. Northern Kentucky Bar Association, Inc. Northern Kentucky Golfers Association, Inc. Northern Kentucky Industries, Inc. Northern Kentucky Junior Golf Foundation

Northern Kentucky Medical Society, Inc. Northern Kentucky Medical Society Alliance Northern Telecom Inc. NS Group NuTone, Inc. Bill Oliver & Marla Smoot Owen Electric Cooperative Dr. Ted & Andrea (Grone) Pappas Pepsi-Cola General Bottlers, Inc. Nancy Bratton Perry Dr. & Mrs. Floyd G. Poore Daragh Porter & John Wobbe Jim & Melanie Poston Pricewaterhouse Coopers Bill & Dolores Pritchard Pyxis Corporation Radiology Associates of Northern Kentucky Kenneth & Dianne Ramey Tim & Barbara Rawe Reece-Campbell, Inc. Rendigs, Fry, Kiely & Dennis, L.L.P. August A. Rendigs, Jr. Foundation Rhineland Foundation Edward Richards S Robert Schulenberg Trust Joan M. Robinson Mr. & Mrs. Wm. T. Robinson III Rosie Reds, Inc. Vivian Ross S Mary Sue & William Rudicill Drs. Eric & Carroll Ruschman Dr. & Mrs. W. Michael & Mary Ryan Sagemark Consulting Robert E. Sanders Santen & Hughes David Schacherer Robert C. & Adele R. Schiff Foundation Scott & Susan Huff-Schilling Phil & Sue Schmidt Charlet W. Schraeder Segoe Family Foundation Dr. & Mrs. Timothy Serey Blanche Wiley Shafer Fund Ken & Marie Shields Sara L. Sidebottom Mr. & Mrs. Harold Siebenthaler S Jack & Marlene Snodgrass Robert A. Snyder William E. Snyder Specialized Plumbing Parts Supply, Inc. Arthur & Louise Spiegel Stuart Sprague S Gerry & Peggy St. Amand Frank & Virginia Stallings Steinhauser, Inc. Jack & Joyce Steinman Ellen Sullivan Koenig Sweco, Inc. Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, LLP Philip & Diana Taliaferro Charles & Joyce Tappan Ralph & Laura Tesseneer Dolores M. Thelen Mildred Thieret Jim & Nina Thomas David Thomson & Joan Coolidge Mr. & Mrs. John R. Thomson

TIAA-CREF Judy E. Toebben Toyota Motor Sales, U.S.A., Inc. Burr & Lilly Travis Turfway Park Racing Association, Inc. Dr. Michael L. Turney U.S. Shoe Corporation Union Central Life Insurance Company David R. Van Horn Kathleen Verderber Verst Group Logistics Bill Wagner Waite, Schneider, Bayless, Chesley Co., L.P.A. Robert K. Wallace Mr. & Mrs. Jack Walling Dr. & Mrs. Jerry W. Warner Waters Corporation Gail & Charles Wells Paul & Elizabeth Westerfield S Western-Southern Foundation, Inc. Wheeler Charitable Foundation Jack F. Willenborg Brenda & William Wilson John & Linda Winkler Marian C. Winner The Women’s Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation Wood, Herron & Evans, L.L.P. Laura I. Youngs S Frederic W. Ziv S

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annual giving Donors who contributed gifts of cash, stock & bonds, real estate, personal property, matching gifts & realized planned gifts during the period July 1, 2006, through June 30, 2007. > > >

Special Advisors $ 5,000 or more

55KRC & 1360WSAI Martha B. Adair BAHR Associates, Inc. The Bank of Kentucky Michael & Anne Bergeron BlueStar Richard & Lisa Boehne Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation William R. Brereton Thomas & Pamela Burkardt William P. & Mary S. Butler David A. Cain Campus Book & Supply Curtis B. Cassner Castellini Foundation Chase College Foundation Stanley M. Chesley Citi Robert E. Collier Community Press & Community Recorder Newspaper CompEd, Inc. Corporex Family of Companies Avery & Jane Dotson S Frank & Elizabeth Downing John W. Enzweiler Oakley & Eva Farris Fidelity Foundation Friedlander Family Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation The Gap, Inc. GBBN Architects, Inc. GE - Aviation GE Foundation Joseph H. Goldcamp III The Golf Ranch Grant County Conservation Office Linda Griffin Holt Joyce & Dennis Griffin Griggs Family Foundation, Inc. Ralph V. & Carol Ann Haile, Jr. S The Herbold Foundation Ambassador Patricia L. Herbold T. Lawrence Hicks Home Builders Association of Greater Cincinnati David & Ruth B. Iler S Jeanette Edwards Foundation Johnson Trust Company Kentucky Bar Foundation, Inc. M. Denise & John A. Kuprionis Debra A. LaMorte The Lawrence Firm, P.S.C. Bud & Kathryn Lemley The Lincoln Foundation, Inc.

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Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth R. Lucas Macy’s Foundation Ben & Mary Mallin Mazak Corporation John S. McCauley Stephen & Jane Meier Dr. & Mrs. Nicholas Melnick The Midland Company Milacron, Inc. Carol Swarts Milburn James Monton Robert W. & Dianna (Delgado) Mullen National City Jack & Lois Nebergall Tom & Chris Neyer Ronald & Sherrie Noel Ohio National Financial Services The Procter & Gamble Company Reece-Campbell, Inc. George A. Renaker, M. D. Charitable Foundation, Inc. Rieveschl Foundation Mac & Michele-Anne Riley Lois & Richard Rosenthal Sathe Family Foundation Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation John J. & Mary R. Schiff Foundation Mark & Rosemary Schlachter Scripps Howard Foundation Gerry & Peggy St. Amand The Stanley & Susan Chesley Foundation Rosemary & Robert Stauss S Dr. W. Frank Steely & Mrs. Martha Pelfrey Charles & Joyce Tappan TIAA-CREF Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc. U.S. Bank US Bank Foundation - Carol Ann & Ralph V. Haile Jr. James C. & Rachel M. Votruba Frederick M. Warren, Jr. S Waters Corporation Gail & Charles Wells Wheeler Charitable Foundation The Women’s Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation Xavier University Phillip C. Yeager (in memory of Joyce Yeager) The Yearlings, Inc. Michael Francis Zalla Memorial Foundation, Inc. Sheila Zalla

Cabinet $2,500 or more

Adam Brown Scholarship Fund Arlinghaus Builders Ashland, Inc. Baird & Baird P.S.C. Carla S. Chance Susan & William Cook Directions Research, Inc. Joan Ferrante Fifth Third Bancorp Jim & Ann Flood Thomas J. Hurley Just For Kids of Cincinnati Salane L. King Ellen Sullivan Koenig Dan & Nancy Lacy L’Oreal USA, Inc. Blake R. Maislin Nelnet Marketing Solutions Dr. Stephen Newman Northern Kentucky Area Planning Commision Northern Kentucky Golfers Association, Inc. Northern Kentucky Junior Golf Foundation Northern Kentucky Medical Society, Inc. Anna O’Brien David S. Parker Terry Pence Daragh Porter & John Wobbe Pricewaterhouse Coopers Kenneth & Dianne Ramey J. Bernard Robinson Rowan University Sanitation District No. 1 of Campbell & Kenton Counties Scott & Susan Huff-Schilling Phil & Sue Schmidt Blanche Wiley Shafer Fund Sara L. Sidebottom Sizemore & Co. LLC Gregory & Cynthia Sizemore Taft, Stettinius & Hollister, LLP Burr & Lilly Travis United Medical Resources Inc. Robert K. Wallace Wal-Mart Spare Change Campaign Drs. Steven Weiss & Dana Freer Jack F. Willenborg John & Linda Winkler

Regents $1,000 or more

Mark A. Abramovich Abrams Mediation & Negotiation, Inc. Charles & Candace Alexander Arne & Sharon Almquist Michael & Ruthie Altekruse American Board of Trial Advocates, Kentucky Chapter Barnes Dennig Strategic Partners LLC Barbara & Wayne Beimesch Carol & Michael Beirne David & Nancy Bender Bill & Jane Beuttel James & Rebecca Bilbo Chad A. Bilz Olivia Birkenhauer

Blue Chip Venture Company Boone County Planning Commission Leonard & Kim Brashear Richard Buddeke Robert & Deborah Burkardt Joan J. Bushee Martin C. & Sandra Butler C & M Smith Restaurants, Inc. Frank Caccamo Campbell County Business Development Corporation Campbell County Economic Progress Authority, Inc. Campbell County Fiscal Court Michael R. Carrell Gary W. Casey Remal Leonardo Castleman Chas. H. Bilz Insurance Agency Nancy & Chris Christensen Cincinnati Bar Association Auxiliary Cincinnati Bell Technology Solutions, Inc. The Cincinnati Enquirer City of Cincinnati Civic Garden Center Cincinnati Clippard Instrument Lab, Inc. Randy & Christe Coe Gary D. Cohen Comair Holdings, Inc. Robert H. Compton Geralyn M. Coyle Richard & Geralyn Coyle William & Connie Cussen Decosimo, Certified Public Accountants H. Michelle Deeley Wilhite Michael A. Dippolito Jeanne D. Dodd Ruth S. Doering Duke Energy Matt & Kelly Eilers Willie & Deloris Elliott David Elder & Monica Bohlen Deidra & Mark Fajack Robert M. Farrell, Sr. Kelly Farrish FedEx Ground Package System Bob & Mary Fitzpatrick Follett Higher Education Group Forward Quest Franklin Savings Anthony W. Frohlich James C. Frooman Frost, Brown, Todd, LLC Gannett Foundation/Cincinnati Enquirer Mike & Judy Gibbons Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation Paul & Wilma Gibson Dr. Larry A. Giesmann Perilou Goddard, Ph.D. Don & Melissa Gorbandt H. Drewry Gores Grant County Broadcasters, Inc. Greenebaum, Doll & McDonald, PLLC Winston R. Griffin Hamilton County Regional Planning Commission Paul P. Haney Kenneth & Eileen Harper Dr. Charles E. Hawkins S =Deceased

Health Alliance of Greater Cincinnati David C. Herriman William E. Hesch Hispanics Avanzando Hispanics Sue Hodges & Ronald L. Moore Stephanie M. Holmes The Homan Foundation Dennis R. Honabach Martin J. Horwitz Heather L. Howard Martin Joseph Huelsmann, Sr. HumRRO - Human Resources Research Organization Hunkar Laboratories, Inc. Molly E. Hutson Italian Invitational Golf Classic Jason O. Jackman Johnson Investment Counsel, Inc. Thomas J. & Carol A. Kearns Key Foundation KeyBank Barry & Mary Jo Kienzle Daryl & Becky Landrum Lerner, Sampson & Rothfuss Liberty Mutual Insurance Company Susan Cross Lipnickey Thomas & Patricia Lonneman W. Bruce Lunsford Kimberly A. Luse Fred & Kay Macke David & Gretchen MacKnight Dennis O’Connor & Kathleen McBryan Diana & Tom McGill John McIlwraith Bernard L. McKay Merrill Lynch Gene Irving Mesh Messer Construction Co. Katherine A. Meyer Karen D. Meyers Rick & Paula Meyers Joseph & Anna Milburn Mill Creek Restoration Project Danny L. Miller Michael & Elizabeth Murray Michael & Laurie Murray Margaret T. Myers Andrew & Margaret Neagle Regis & Linda Nesbitt William R. Nester Merabah A. Niederman Jim & Linda Niewahner Larry & Toby Nitardy Northern Kentucky Bar Association, Inc. Northern Kentucky Urban & Community Forestry Observatory Group, Inc. Park National Bank Penn Station Nancy Bratton Perry Pfizer Foundation PNC Foundation Jim & Melanie Poston Douglas G. Prince Bill & Dolores Pritchard Tim & Barbara Rawe Republic Bank & Trust Company Scott & Dawn Reynolds

Rhineland Foundation Paul D. Rice Denise L. Robinson Edwin T. & Marlene Robinson Family Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation Tira & Sam Rogers Roger & Sue Rolfes Nelson Rosario Rosie Reds, Inc. Ross, Sinclaire & Associates Richard & Catherine Rothfuss David & Carol Ryan Dr. & Mrs. W. Michael & Mary Ryan Safeco Insurance Co. Michael C. Sasso David Schacherer Robert C. & Adele R. Schiff Foundation Schiff Kreidler Shell, Inc. Ann G. Schoen Stephen J. Schuh Irene L. Schultz Philip J. & Mary Lynn Schworer Michael & Jennifer Scola Seasongood & Mayer Service Industry Research Systems, Inc. Thomas J. Sexton Mark & Pam Shanley Kevin & Cindy Sheehan Ken & Marie Shields Don G. Simmons Douglas & Marilou Singleton Nathan & Mary Lee Smith Robert A. Snyder Suzanne Soled & James Borgman Lori Southwood Phillip M. Sparkes Alice S. Sparks Specialized Plumbing Parts Supply, Inc. Frank L. Stallings Drs. Evan A. & Lindsay M. Stein Jack & Joyce Steinman Henry L. & Kathryn K. Stephens, Jr. John W. Stewart, Jr. Beverly R. Storm Karen Tapp Target Foundation Kim Taylor Thelen Associates, Inc. Jim & Nina Thomas David Thomson & Joan Coolidge Travel America Tri-County Economic Development Corporation Triple Crown Developers Craig & Thea True Daniel & Karen Tuley Dr. Michael L. Turney University of Cincinnati Foundation William C. Vermillion Mr. & Mrs. William G. Verst Linda & William Viox Wachovia Securities Dr. & Mrs. Jerry W. Warner Donald & Patricia Welti West Shell Commercial Inc. Western-Southern Life Insurance Co. Michael Whiteman James E. & Patricia M. Wiesmann

Louis J. Wille Geraldine Williams Williamstown Board of Education The Wireless Store, Inc. E. John Wolfzorn Zack N. Womack Eric W. Young Professor Caryl A. Yzenbaard Tom & Fran Zaniello

Provost $ 500 or more

Adams, Stepner, Woltermann & Dusing, PLLC Advanced Testing Laboratory, Inc. Al Neyer, Inc., Foundation Alexander Frank DBA Alexander Tree Care Anthem Blue Cross & Blue Shield Arden Group, Inc. Thomas F. Ashe Asian Community Alliance, Inc. B.E.S.T. Tennis Kenzie & Mary Baker Bank One C. F. Barrett Dr. & Mrs. Daniel T. Belmont III Brian Paul Berning Phyllis G. Bossin Michael & Jamie Bowling Stephen & Lanita Boyd Gary & Jacklyn Bryson Deborah S. Burkardt Canon Business Solutions Central Bank & Trust Co. Citizens Bank of Northern Kentucky Joe D. Clark Kara S. Clark Katheryn B. Coode Kevin Corcoran Corporate Award Consultants Doris R. Coy CRE Cincinnati-Kentucky Chapter Cristo Rey CSI Waste Management, Inc. Michael J. Curtis Larry & Martha Deener Delta Theta Phi Foundation, Inc. K. Maria Divita Thomas Christian Donnelly & Sharlotte Neely Donnelly Michael C. Doyle Drug Enhancement Company of America Jeffrey & Pennie Dunaway Rich Dye Arlyn & Sandra Easton Scott & Katherine Eaton Julie A. Eddleman & April M. Keil Gary & Helene Eith William J. Ennis Gene & Pat Ewing Donna Salyers’ Fabulous Furs The Farrish Law Firm Aaron & Coralyn Fausz Fidelity Investments Frank A. Fletcher Lynn & Michael Groh Daniel & Elaine Groneck Jack & Norma Grosse

Mary Ball Hammill Donald E. Hardin Richard K. Hart, Jr. Alan & Janet Hartman Lambert Hehl & Patty Zint Jeffrey K. Heinichen Harry P. Hellings Donald M. Hemmer Mary A. & Paul W. Hemmer, Jr. W. Vernon Hicks Charles E. Hilgeman Tom & Sheila Horan The Horwitz Law Firm P.S.C. James & Paula Huffman Humana of Ohio Anthony Scott Izquierdo Elaine & Ronald Jarchow Michael F. Johnson Dave & Pat Jones Nathaniel & Lillian Jones Kenneth & Mildred Juett Michael & Linda Kelsey Russell & Susan Kerdolff Bonnie & Ray King Todd Kirchhoff & Cate Brown Franklin S. Kling William C. Knapp William & Elaine Kohlhepp Kohrs Lonnemann Heil Engineers, PSC Stephen F. Koziar, Jr. Kevin G. Krogmeier Dennis & Ann LaGory Earl & Patricia Lampe League of United Latin American Citizens Shannon L. Lewandowski Little, Meyers & Associates, Ltd. John & Sherry Mallios Frank H. Mayfield, Jr. Robert & Denise McClelland William & Karen McKim Henry E. Menninger, Jr. David & Marianne Meyer Kurt & Jen Moeller N & M Communications Gwendolyn Nalls Nationwide Foundation Gregory & Peggy Neal Sam Boyd Neely, Jr. NKIP Management Council, Bawac, Inc. Northern Kentucky Bar Foundation Northern Kentucky Human Resource Association O U Real Estate III, Inc. Priscilla O’Donnell & Peter Strasser Stephen J. Olding Michael Olshavsky Donald L. Owen Pachinkos Dr. Ted & Andrea (Grone) Pappas Parry, Deering, Futscher & Sparks, P.S.C. James Parsons & M. Gayle Hoffman Pat & Gene Ewing Fund of The Greater Cincinnati Foundation Candice DeClark Peace Pepsi Americas Pepsico Foundation, Inc. David A. Pierce John P. Pogue

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Dr. Bridgette Pregliasco Dr. Russell F. Proctor II Gaut & Vicki Ragsdale Jeffrey & Patricia Raines Red Razzle Sheri Lynn Rolf Glenn P. Rudolph Drs. Eric & Carroll Ruschman Robert P. & Mary Ann Ruwe Donna Salyers Terri L. Schierberg W. Jeffrey Scott Gary & Durinda Sergent Doris M. Shaw Judith Shields Greg & Katherine Shumate Sigma: RMG, Ltd. Benjamin J. Singleton Jack & Marlene Snodgrass St. Elizabeth Medical Center St. Elizabeth Medical Center-Grant County John W. Steinman III Gerald L. Steltenkamp Raymond Stewart Stuart Martin Suggs Tri-City Insurance Service, Inc. Union Springs, LLC United Way of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation Verst Group Logistics Michael Thomas Vogt Von Lehman & Company, Inc. Mark & Linda Wasicsko Bryan M. Wharton WILD Flavors, Inc. Jeffrey C. Williams Ralph & Cheryl Winkler Nancy H. Winstel Wood & Lamping

University $250 or more

Henry D. Acciani Bill & Joan Aker John Alberti Dorothy Altman Danny R. Antrobus Mimi Assanuvat Jerry & Rita Bahlmann John & Cynthia Bailey Kenneth H. Baker W. Michael Baker Vera Kay Bales Thomas J. Barnett Michele Rogers Beck Drs. Don & Carole Beere A. Page Beetem Donna S. Bennett Richard A. Bernat Rick C. Bibbins John F. Billings Bills Backhoe & Tree Service David Bishop & Peggy Brennan Linda O. Blair Boone County Public Library District Leon E. Boothe Karen L. Bowie Carol Bredemeyer

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Bob & Pat Brennan Stephen & Lea Brinker Bristol-Myers Squibb Richard P. Broering John E. Brown William J. Brown Emerson & Lynn Brumback Kathy Lynn Bryan Butler, Pappas, Weihmuller, Katz, Craig, LLP John & Terri Capurro Cardinal Office Products, Inc. Cardinal Office Systems Robert W. Cettel Steff C. & Cynthia Chalk Champlin/Haupt, Inc. Cincinnati Bell Foundation Louis & Michelle Class Gary & Jonna Clayton Brian R. Clore Paul & Katie Cluxton Jack & Catherine Collins Gary I. Conley Convergys Foundation, Inc. Carol Corwin David Earnshaw Crawford, Jr. Matthew Crehan Marian & Jackson Cummins Stephen & Jacqueline Dallas D. Craig Dance Linda P. Davis Paul DeMarco & Karen Smith William J. Deupree III Steven E. Devoto Monica L. Dias Michael & Evelyn Dietz George R. Droder Sheryl Porter Durham Daniel S. Ebert Patricia & Scott Edgley James & Brenda Egan Kristyn J. Ellena Brian Michael Ellerman Paige Leigh Ellerman Wayne E. Ellison Robert V. Evans David P. Faeth Michael J. Farris Charles E. Fell, Jr. Col. Theodore J. Fink Nancy L. Firak Rainbow Forbes Donald & Peggy Fritz Duane & Kathy Froelicher Henry & Jennifer Gamm Linda Gee Michael W. Gentry Ralph P. Ginocchio V. John & Evelyn D. Glenn Robert & Shelley Goering Catherine F. Gold Gary S. Goldman Ronald J. Goret James & Ashley Gray Willa K. Green Dr. W. Jonathan Gresham John & Marisa Grover Kimberly Ann Gunning

Walter E. Haggerty Dr. Nancy Slonnegar Hancock Steve & Peggy Harper Harper Oil Products, Inc. William H. Hawkins Kimberly H. Heimbrock Rene B. Heinrich Timothy A. Hickey Hispanic Chamber Cincinnati James D. Holliday Sarah Clark Holloway Mark R. Hollowell Kevin J. Hopper Roger & Barbara Howland Brian & Sharon Humphress J. Michael & Denise Hunter Stephen D. Hurt Professor Davida H. Isaacs David E. Izor Dr. Eric R. Jackson John C. James Mark E. Jenkins Nancy K. Jentsch Josephine Johnson Terry W. Jolly William H. Kaufman Michelle & James Keller Michael & Carol Kessling Nina S. Key Jan K. Kipp-Kreutzer Dr. Mary F. Kirk Gayle O. Kiser Michael & Linda Klembara John H. Klette, Jr. Jan P. Koch James S. Kreutzer Donald W. Kruse Robert & Carol Lampe Raymond E. Lape, Jr. Jennifer Lee Lewis Melinda K. Lindauer Stephen D. Little Edward J. & Elizabeth Lorenz Timothy & Patti Love The Lubrizol Corporation Marlene & Steven Lutkenhoff James L. Mahon, Ph.D. David Wesley Marshall W. Stewart Mathews II Ryan W. McCarty William R. McCarty Robin R. McCraw Edward J. McTigue Karen & John Mefford Midwest Mechanical Systems, Inc. Janet & Zane Miller Theresa M. Mohan Mary K. Molloy Don & Lisa Moore Thomas Moore, Jr. Ron Moreland Denise E. Morgan Morgan, Madden, Brashear & Collins, PLLC Thomas & Margaret Munninghoff Ljubomir Nacev Shawn S. Neace Michael S. Netzel

Niehaus Advertising Specialties, Inc. Gerald L. Nuckols Richard G. Oliver Bill Oliver & Marla Smoot David & Kimberly Owen Gary W. Ozanich Gary & Julia Palmer John A. Parke Mr. & Mrs. Robert Pasquinucci Anil B. Patel Dr. Michele Peers Kenneth E. Peller Pepsi-Cola General Bottlers, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. Charles Pettit Rose A. Pfaff Philip Morris Companies Shirley Poston Thomas W. Price D. Arthur Rabourn F. Robert Radel II Thomas & Elinor Rambo Wade L. Rasner James E. Ray Jessica E. Rehling The Rettig Firm PSC Paul L. Reynolds T. Marcum Robbins Norton Roberts Joel Robinson John H. Roszmann Santen & Hughes R. Jeffrey Schlosser Charlet W. Schraeder Lois & Gerald Schultz Gary D. Scott Robert & Elizabeth (Horwitz) Seaver Harriet Ball Shepherd Jack Sherman, Jr. Laurie S. Shockley Dr. Cady Short-Thompson Terry & Maggie Sievers Ken Smith Wade Smith Ralph & LaRae Sorrell Thomas & Angela Sorrell David Spaulding James & Connie Stadtmiller Douglas & Barbara Stephens Kathy & Danny Stewart Diane H. Sticklen Jordan Paul R. Stokes Alan C. Stout Robert J. Strickmeyer Craig Sumerel Beth & Sean Sweeney David & Nancy Swift Howard & Sarah (Boyd) Tankersley Ralph & Laura Tesseneer Lisa M. Thal Dolores M. Thelen Eric R. Thiemann Glen Patrick Thompson Ruth & Jack Thornberry Total Quality Logistics, Inc. Edwin & Margie Tranter Norbert & Anna Tuemler Gary Wayne Turner S =Deceased

Joni L. Vest Voiture Locale No. 694 Vulcan International Corporation Mark A. Wagner Waite, Schneider, Bayless, Chesley Co., L.P.A. Michael J. Walker Gary & Lorna Wall Dorothy E. Walling Edward & Joan Walter Constance & Donald Ward Francine A. Wayman Donald L. Weber Linda R. Wermeling James M. West Donald W. White Charles Whittington James & Karen Wigger Marjorie A. Wilke Russell Wilkey Gregory R. Wilson C. William Witte John Wyant Xiaoni Zhang Norman E. Zoller W. Kenneth Zuk

Century $100 or more

Cynthia S. Abanto Douglas & Kathy Ackley Peg Adams Donald & Susan Adick W. T. Adkins Margaret A. A’Hearn Al Neyer, Inc. Joy M. Albi David Alexander All Star Chiropractic James D. Allen Nancy L. Allf Laura M. Amiott Betty M. Amole Dr. Margaret M. Anderson David L. & Katherine C. Anneken Gregory Michael Anstead Joel L. Appling Bradley Craig Arnett Dave & Diane Arnold Michael C. Arnold Amy J. Arnsperger-Hammerle Mark G. Arnzen Arnzen, Wentz, Molloy, Laber & Storm, P.S.C. Brian P. Ashley ASI Campus Laundry Theresa & W. T. Averbeck Steven & Shauna Averdick Jeffrey R. Aylor Nancy T. Bailey Juanita Baird Eileen Baker Michael & Barbara Baker E. D. Baldridge William D. Baldwin Richard A. Bales Michael & Connie Ballinger Gerald & Jacqueline Banks Heidi B. Banks

Lori R. Barker Sullivan Lawrence J. Barry David L. Barth John P. Barwell Natalie G. Bash Beth Basil Eliot G. Bastian Batavia Family Practice Ann M. Baumbach Chris M. Beaty Bernie & Ann Beck Raymond & Elizabeth Beck George & Carol Beddie Joseph M. Beechem Mitchell J. Beers Belac, Inc. Norbert & Cynthia Berberich Mary Jo Beresford Reverend Milton Berner Dale H. Bernhard Paul R. Berninger Maggie L. Berns Patrick Thomas Berry John D. Bertram Craig F. Bertsch Vincent J. Bessler Anthony E. Bezold David & Alicia Bezold James & Jill Bezold M. Todd Bezold Martin & Karen Bezold Todd & Jacquelyn Biddle W. G. Bieger Karen Bieger-Finan Mary C. Biermann-Smith Laura & Curtis Bihl Roger & Deborah Billings Timothy S. Black John M. Blackburn Freida L. Blair Daniel R. Blank Robert E. Blank, Jr. N. Jeffrey Blankenship Randy & Kathy Blankenship Richard E. Bloss Terry R. Boehmker Peggy A. Bogadi Jane A. Bohman Teresa A. Bolyard Thomas J. Bonenfant Nancy L. Bosch Daniel J. Bowen John J. Brady Rebecca Charlene Brady Bramel & Ackley, P.S.C. Mary N. Brandner, RN Billie Brandon & Ron Abrams Mel & Willie Brankamp Perry Bratcher Bray Trucking, Inc. Jennifer M. Brewer Katherine S. Brewin Keith & Cynthia Bricking D. Anthony Brinker Jenny S. Broering Michael P. Broering Donald Paul Bromwell

Mary Ann Bromwell Kimberly A. Brooks Tandy JoAnn C. Brown Stuart G. Browns Rachelle Bruno Joan Buckley Mary Bucklin Mary Jo Budig Henry M. Bugay Sharon M. Bullock Diana K. Bundy Ron & Marina Burchett Daniel F. Burke, Jr. R. Stephen Burke Margaret A. Burks Michael & Lisa Burman Kevin & Patricia Burns Johnny C. Burris Eric Bushee Karen F. Butler Vickie L. Butler Stephen & Lee Anne Butts Homer W. Byers Bob Byles Denise A. Byrum Leonel Calderon Margaret A. Caldon John B. Caldwell Sean M. Caldwell Martha C. Campbell Randall A. Campbell Bill & Lora Cann Sharon R. Cannedy-Pinkett Cardinal Health Foundation Chris & Toni Carle Tom & Donna Carlisle Daniel & Karen Carney Cathy A. Carter Ken Carter Deborah Case Louise G. Caskey Douglas W. Casper Suzanne Cassidy Janis M. Cassiere Linda Marquis Cate Tom Cate The Chapel Hill North Group Paul W. Chellgren Mary Todd Chesnut Carlos F. Chia Maria A. Chisholm Christian R. Harris Cincinnati Marriott at RiverCenter City of Corinth Kentucky Michael A. Clauder James R. Claxton, Jr. Clifton Music Club Mary J. Clore Jeffrey P. Clos Clough Chiropractic Donald K. Cobb John & June Coldiron Charles Colley Nan Collier Thomas C. Colvin Mrs. Elizabeth Ellen Combs Risner Comfort Suites

James Joseph Condit Joseph H. Conley Patricia R. Connelly Penny Crawford Cook Diane D. Cordell D. Lee Cordray Andrea J. Cornuelle Joseph Patrick Cottingham Marian A. Couch Covington Art Club Joyce A. Cowens Mary P. Cox Commander Frank G. Coyle, USN Timothy L. Coyle LuAnne & Ricky Craig Crawford Insurance Patrick R. Crilley Maureen Cronin & Peter Graham Kelly L. Crowe Amanda C. Croxton Victoria B. Culbreth Dr. Jonathon S. Cullick Roger W. Cummins Sandi A. Cunningham Mary C. Cupito Daniel J. Curtin Jeffrey & Debra Cutcher John K. Daggett Thomas Kent Dailey II Florence L. Dalga Brett D. Davis Gregory D. Davis Robert L. Davis Jacqueline R. Day Timothy J. Deardorff Raymond F. DeBolt, Jr. Dana E. Deering Lonney Dees Alan & Rose DeJarnette Delta Community Credit Union Deborah & Jerry Dempsey Richard G. Denny Glenn & Heather Denton Heather E. Depremio Sonia C. Derge Kalpesh V. Desai Tripta Desai Deskins Motors S. Terry Deskins Deters, Benzinger & LaVelle, P.S.C. Detmer-Goebel Family Beth & Bert DeVantier Wesley & Jean Dicken William H. Dickhoner Dickmann’s Kentucky Sports Cafe, Inc. Frank M. Diedrichs Frank H. Dietrich II James & Stephanie Dietz June O. Dineen Dixie Heights High School Danette R. Doggett Ann M. Dollins Thomas A. Donelan Thomas E. Donnellon Janis M. Dorgan Marshall & Tami Dosker Laurie & Steven Dowell

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Misty Smith

Recipient of the Corporex Scholarship

“The Corporex Scholarship has made my experience a lot less stressful.

It allowed me to purchase the books I have needed for every semester.”

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Newport High School major : Currently undecided, but plans to declare a major in criminal justice.

Pursuing a career in criminal justice is just part of Misty Smith’s future plans. The NKU sophomore says she also intends to make time to volunteer in the Newport school system. Smith has already made volunteerism a priority in her life. For seven years she’s volunteered at Newport Middle School, where she coaches cheerleading.

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Doing the math How NKU mathematics alum Tom Burkardt helped make the Internet faster story Dylan Beebe Ten years ago, getting on the Internet meant listening to several minutes of screeches and tones while a dial-up modem labored to connect. Pages uploaded so slowly, or it took so long to download a song, that it was easier to just go to the library to check out a book or drive to the store and buy a CD. Of course, with the advent of the high-speed Internet connection, those frustrations are a thing of the past. And there is an NKU graduate who played a big part in alleviating our frustrations: Tom Burkardt, ’80.

It was Burkardt, along with a friend, who founded a company called Castle Networks in 1997 that revolutionized the telephone infrastructure that is the backbone of the Internet. At that time, voice switches were used to connect telephone customers. These huge devices were incredibly reliable, with 30-year-old technology, but they were designed to handle three-minute phone calls from single telephone lines. When AOL began to offer unlimited dial-up access for a flat fee, the average call time grew to more than 20 minutes, and many households added a second line for Internet use. The archaic switches were quickly overloaded, slowing down the system.

Castle developed an Internet offload switch that routed the modem or machine calls off the phone switches. The switch was about the size of small file cabinet (compared to the room-sized switches that were used in 1997). It could handle 10,000 calls when it was introduced, and after one year it could handle 80,000 calls. And the success of Castle

Networks took off from there. After two years Burkardt sold Castle Networks to Siemens for more than $300 million.

Burkardt never really had a vision of being an entrepreneur when he was studying at NKU. “I think the first time I thought of starting a business was around 1988 when I was at Wang Labs. I was 29 then. I actually started Castle Networks when I was 38. I never really thought of myself as an entrepreneur though – that term has just recently made its way into the mainstream. Now some people call me a ‘serial entrepreneur.’ I find it all humbling and kind of humorous actually,” he said.

Burkardt believes that with the right support network any student can one day become an entrepreneur, even a highly successful entrepreneur. “An entrepreneur is one who always lives on the edge of

after my goals. And they coached me and took an interest in how I was doing in all aspects of these goals,” Burkardt said. “NKU caters to a population that needs this level of support. It has a faculty that understands the value of teaching, first and foremost, and that understands the background and financial circumstances of those in the student community.”

In addition to his education, Burkardt attributes his success to the people around him. “Any CEO or manager is only as strong as his people,” Burkardt said. Market timing was also a very important part of Castle Networks’ success, according to Burkardt. He emphasized that there is always a lot of luck involved, and for Castle Networks the timing could not have been better.

Overall, Burkardt finds the entrepreneurial life rewarding. “I enjoy managing good people

“The faculty recognized my needs and helped me and allowed me a path to go after my goals.” something more, or something else, or something better; has the courage to approach it; the craziness to try it; and the wisdom to do it right.” He is quick to point out that there is a lot of luck involved as well.

Burkardt, who today is president and CEO of BlueNote Networks, graduated from NKU with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and computer science. He received his master’s degree from North Carolina State University in applied mathematics. Burkardt chose NKU simply because it was the only school he could afford. He was the youngest of eight siblings, and they were all on their own when it came to college. But he quickly realized that it was one of the best decisions he could have made.

“The faculty recognized my needs and helped me and allowed me a path to go

and working with good people. I get a thrill out of seeing an idea grow into a company and come to fruition. The greatest reward for me in the financial sense is that I am able to do some important philanthropy – it is by far my greatest sense of reward.”

One of his philanthropic causes is NKU. He established the Burkardt Consulting Center (in the mathematics department), the Burkardt Brothers Scholarship Fund (also in math; the co-contributor is his brother Rob, who is also an alumnus). Burkardt gives back to NKU because the university, and specifically the mathematics department, played a large role in his success, he said.

“They were role models to me.”

Dylan Beebe is a senior majoring in business at NKU.

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team b ody Women’s basketball: 2008 NCAA Champs!

On these pages you’ll find photos and words from the team’s improbable run and remarkable comeback win against South Dakota, a team who came into the championship with only one loss.

After winning the NCAA Division II National Championship March 29, the NKU women’s basketball team decided to soak up the victory, literally, by getting soaked.

They jumped in the hotel pool en masse, fully clothed, in a final show of team spirit from a group that adopted the motto “one team, one body.”

“We all jumped in together,” said Winstel. “It was really something.”

A team effort

The Norse lived out the slogan “one team, one body” by unselfish play. In the championship game, when the team was on the ropes with less than six minutes left in the game, five of the seven players scored points on a 23-9 run to close out the game.

During one possession, four players had a hand in scoring.

Hands up!

“Our strength is our length,” Coach Winstel said to her players throughout the year, usually eliciting a groan.

But the long arms of NKU’s defense kept South Dakota’s trademark three-pointers away from the goal during the championship.

“It’s a game of fundamentals,” Winstel added. The tough defense takes its toll on the team’s shoulders; players often needed ice packs after games this year.

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The team average Grade Point Average.

Nothing but net Angela Healy celebrates the championship by helping to cut the net from the rim at the conclusion of the championship game.

The number of other Kentucky schools that can claim two national championships in NCAA women’s sports at any level.

Keep playing “I really think [the championship] was more about this team wanting to keep playing together,” Winstel said.

The lucky sweater

Read more about them

Fans who have followed the Norse’s run to the championship might have noticed Coach Nancy Winstel’s outfit looked familiar.

The tan sweater was good luck, since the team kept winning road games when Winstel wore it, so it stayed on. “The kids kinda laughed about it,” Winstel said.

NKU literature and language professor Robert K. Wallace is releasing a book about the women’s basketball team in October. The book, “Thirteen Women Strong,” details the 2006-07 season from Wallace’s perspective. For more information on the book, visit www.kentuckypress.com.

Lights out!

The crowd A busload (and some carloads) of students, faculty, parents, alumni and staff made the 32-hour round-trip drive to Kearney, Nebraska, for the game. Although outnumbered by South Dakota fans, they made their presence felt.

Earlier this season, both NKU basketball teams closed out the Regents Hall era. A power failure in Regents knocked out half the scoreboard and some lobby lighting, delaying play (and perhaps illustrating why it’s time for a new venue). Both teams open The Bank of Kentucky Center Nov. 8 with exhibition games against Louisville. For more information on tickets, see page 35.

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Blades of NKU

NKU hockey team finds success story Rich Shivener

On a warm October night, the final buzzer is the last thing the Norse want to hear.

The team skates off its home ice, sulking because of a 7-3 loss.

What’s more, about 400 people attend the inaugural game of the third season.

But the players will pummel Delta College the next day, racking up enough goals to win 9-5.

This is evidence that NKU’s hockey club has its spirits up. And, regardless if it’s still a pay-to-play sport, the team players always have a blast on ice.

Taking the ice The Northern Kentucky Ice Center in Crescent Springs is the Norse’s home. The team reserves ice time there weekly – even for games.

The dated center looks more like a rusty warehouse than a skating arena, a place hidden along a dark back road near Interstate 75.

“I’ve been playing there since I was young,” says former right wing Eric Thueneman, who graduated from NKU in 2007 with an accounting degree. “It’s not in great shape, but it works.”

It’s late August. Tonight the team won’t practice until 10 p.m.; some players have night classes until 9 o’clock.

The men’s locker room reeks of stale shin guards and hockey gloves – smells that are nostalgic to returning players. Some players look confident; some look nervous.

Team captain Scott Hicks throws on a crisp jersey.

“It costs each player about a grand to play,” he says. “We’re hoping to find some alumni that can help us.”

A long-time player, Scott Hicks founded the Norse with two upperclassmen in 2005. His shoulder injury during a stint with NKU’S baseball team spurred him to hit the ice again.

“I’m fired up. This is going to be another fun year.”

Hicks continues to get ready.

A few new players stroll in minutes before practice. They sign their names on a clipboard and find some free gear to use.

Head coach Andy Pokupec says the team will be in great shape if it has 25 men on its roster. As he tightens his skates, he recounts the first practice last August.

He took a puck to the eye.

It wasn’t funny then.

“It was worst injury of my life,” he says, chuckling.

Pokupec was a semi-professional hockey player in Yugoslavia. He also played for University of Alaska Fairbanks in the late 1980s.

“Hey, Tyler,” he says just before digging into the ice. “Can you go outside and close the door so nobody steals our s#%t?”

He’s easy on the players that night. They skate in circles, fire pucks at two goalies in rapid succession, scream and shout – all things that indicate a fresh season.

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The new guys NKU’S hockey club has acquired roughly 10 new players since August 2007 – a good and bad thing for the team, Hicks says.

The Norse are recovering from the loss of Justin Barr, a star player who graduated this summer with a criminal justice degree. He reportedly tallied 62 goals and 40 assists in the 2006-07 season.

That explains why he was named to the American Collegiate Hockey Association North Region Second Team.

“It’s definitely going to hurt us this year,” Hicks says of Barr. “He’s an excellent player.”

The Norse still contend with ACHC Division III teams like Xavier and Middle Tennessee State universities. The team fared OK in two seasons, and it’s learned a lot since its debut.

“At first, it was just kind of unorganized,” Thueneman says of the Norse’s inaugural season. “In the second, we became more competitive.”

Coach Pokupec, Thueneman says, is the team’s glue. His insight into the game has kept the team in good spirits.

“We may not have had the most talent,” the alum says, “…but with him we were able to beat better teams.”

Wild nights Hockey can be just as wild as any NFL game. Few sports condone brawls during a game; most suspend their players for fighting on the clock.

This type of adrenaline-pumping action fires up the crowd.

Fans and players created their own battle royal at the NKY Ice Center in 2005, a move that started a grudge between the NKU and Eastern Kentucky University.

“I tell you what, it gets pretty rowdy here,” Hicks says of the Norse’s home games. “It’s a pretty fun crowd.”

Says Thueneman: “It definitely helps to have that home-ice advantage.”

Shivener is a 2006 NKU journalism graduate and a reporter for Cin Weekly.

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Vern Hicks named 2008 Cincinnati Chemist of the Year Vern Hicks has been called a lot of things during his 35 years of teaching chemistry at NKU. He’s been called entertaining. A “cool” physical chemist. Inspiring. He’s even been called Santa Claus. But on January 16, he got a new title.

That is when the larger-than-life chemist adored by students and teachers alike was named the 2008 Cincinnati Chemist of the Year by the Cincinnati Section of the American Chemical Society. He is the first NKU professor to receive the honor.

Hicks, who didn’t even know he’d been nominated by two of NKU’s newer faculty members, was stunned when he learned of the honor. “I was totally surprised and overwhelmed,” he said.

Assistant professor Keith Walters, who has worked with Hicks for six years at NKU and was one of Hicks’ nominators, was less surprised.

“Without question, he is the most dynamic, exciting and engaging chemistry teacher I have ever interacted with at any level,” Walters

COOL CHEMIST: NKU chemistry prof Vern Hicks.

wrote in his nomination letter.

He wrote that whenever he talks to students in Hicks’ classes, they say Hicks is one of the more challenging instructors at NKU, but they love

my office almost daily talking about chemistry and teaching.

Hicks received the NKU Outstanding Professor Award in 1993 and won the Kentucky Science Teachers

Vern’s true zeal for chemistry rubs off on his students. him. “His teaching style just works with his students,” Walters wrote.

“Vern’s true zeal for chemistry rubs off on his students. They are engaged, interested and (gasp) retain the knowledge when I teach them in other courses.”

Walters recalled his first encounter with Hicks. “When I initially interviewed at NKU, I was immediately struck by the fact that Santa Claus was in my seminar audience,” he wrote in his nomination letter. “Throughout my interview, NKU faculty and students would comment on Vern as the ‘cool physical chemist.’

After I came to NKU, Vern was in

Association Award for Post-Secondary Education.

Hicks, who is teaching his last full-time semester this spring, said such inspiration goes both ways – and that his nominators, Walters and assistant professor Heather Bullen, along with NKU chemistry chair Diana McGill, have inspired him as well. “In my opinion any one of the three is more deserving of this honor than I am. They are so good that in the last few years I have often thought that the best thing I could do would be to stand aside and let them have at it.”

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NORTHERN NYT and NKU offer women’s entrepreneurship course

An exciting collaborative educational initiative between the Fifth Third Bank Entrepreneurship Institute at NKU and The New York Times is now being offered at NKU. A web-based course titled “Women and Entrepreneurship: Leveraging Resources for Success” will help female entrepreneurs develop the skills and resources to take their firms to new levels of growth and profitability.

“This course provides an excellent opportunity for female entrepreneurs to learn basic skills that can help them reach new levels of growth and profitability in their companies,” said Dr. Rebecca White, founder and director of the EI. “Students in the class will not only have the chance to hear from and interact with experts on female-led entrepreneurial companies but will also have the opportunity to work with other women who share their same needs and frustrations as female entrepreneurs.”

Blogging and ballots

NKU communications professor Cady Short-Thompson spent the beginning of the year in New Hampshire conducting research on the presidential primaries.

She was part of an academic team studying the New Hampshire presidential primary campaigns. The team is asking residents to rate the images and issues of each candidate. The research is part of a long-term study of campaigning during New Hampshire primaries since 1980.

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2006 grad Forrest Griffen in the studio.

WNKU: Tops again The readers of CityBeat Magazine chose WNKU Best Radio Station in Greater Cincinnati for the fourth year in a row. That makes a grand total of six “Best of” awards for WNKU. The station will be welcoming performers to the area throughout the summer at its “Final Friday” concert series at the Erlanger Branch of the Kenton County public library starting June 27. For more information, visit www.wnku.org and click “events.”

S E E N O R T H E R N M A G A Z I N E O N L I N E . Visit northernmagazine.nku.edu for videos of

WNKU in-studio performances.

King and queen This year’s homecoming queen was Alyse Bender and the king was Colin Klayer. Alyse is the daughter of former Alumni Council President J. David Bender (’76, ’79) and is the NKU SGA president.

Klayer is a student in the NKU Entrepreneurship program. Both are pictured here with Dr. and Mrs. James Votruba.

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NKU turns 40 NKU opens The Bank!

As you’re probably aware, NKU is turning 40 this year! You should have received a commemorative “then and now” calendar.

Many events and activities have been planned, and an updated schedule is available at alumni.nku.edu. While you’re on our website, check out the 40th anniversary quiz to see how well you know your NKU history!

Northern alumni heading out of town We just returned from alumni events in Naples, Tampa and Atlanta. As you can see from the photos on this page, we’re seeing more and more NKU graduates heading out of the local area, but they are still interested in staying connected to their alma mater.

If you’re moving, make sure to keep your information updated with us so you can be invited to any upcoming events.

Visit northernmagazine.nku.edu for updates on alumni events.

May 10, commencement exercises returned to NKU at The Bank of Kentucky Center, and on November 8, NKU will play an exhibition basketball game against the Louisville Cardinals. For more information, visit the arena’s website at www.bankofkentuckycenter.com. Your alumni association will be selling tickets for this event. We will have seats on the party deck.

Please join us for this exciting once-in-a-lifetime experience. Check the event calendar at alumni.nku.edu for details.

Mack releases children’s book What if a unicorn broke his horn?

The shy girl in David Mack’s new children’s book would tape it together “so he wouldn’t be forlorn.”

Mack, ’95, is a critically acclaimed creator of several Kabuki graphic novels and has entered the realm of children’s books with the recent release of The Shy Creatures . The book details the life of a shy girl who wants to care for creatures that may seem intimidating but who are really very shy, just like she is. She spends the book helping a nearsighted Cyclops (with glasses), an overheated abominable snowman (with a haircut) and putting a sling on Pegasus’ wing.

The drawing here was produced by Mack especially for the NKU Alumni Council and features creatures from the book working on a snowman.

The book is published by Feiwel and Friends.

More information is available at http://www.davidmackguide.com.

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NKU alumni gathered at an event in Naples, Fla., in early 2008. From left to right: Donald Heilman, Bill Wilson, Rudolph Verderber, Kathleen Verderber, Brenda Wilson, Evelyn Heilman, NKU President James Votruba, Jan Goldsmith, John Beehler, Connie Schwaberg, Mary Lucas, Ken Lucas, JoAnn Robinson, Linda Conner, Michael Conner, Thelma Martin, Ken Harper, Eileen Harper, NKU Vice President for University Advancement Gerry St. Amand and NKU Director of Alumni Programs Deidra S. Fajack.

NKU alumni and staff gathered in Atlanta in February. In this photograph, left to right: Debbie Edwards, Don Gorbandt, Lori Shelley, Aaron Fausz, Gina Hemsath, Robin Tricoli, Ashley Shasher, Anthony Tricoli, Becky Short and Deidra Fajack.

NKU alumni gathered at an event in Tampa Fla., in early 2008. From left to right: Deidra Fajack, Sonhui Weibel, Brett Weibel, Stephen Jones, Lynn Brumbeck, Emerson Brumback, Michael Lawson, Tim Ward, John Beehler, Sherry Freese, Donald Freese, Connie Pruitt, Arley Johnson, J. Micheal Frump, Carne Thompson, Laura Riley, Michael Riley, Adrien Riley, Amber Weyrich, Garrett Weyrich, Gerry St. Amand and James Votruba.

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Sara and Tim Coleman welcomed Lucy Ford Coleman September 20, 2007.

Paul Bower works as a teacher and performer in Albuquerque. He and his wife, Ling Zhong, have a daughter, Audrey.

Wade Smith is engaged to Danielle Marie Nimer.

Their wedding is planned for June 28.

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G i n a H o lt was recently named public relations coordinator for the Kenton County Public Library.

Ted Weil was recently promoted to senior technician for LPK, a branding firm in downtown Cincinnati.

Martin Weir reports he is a self-employed musician and teacher. He and his wife, Jamie, have a son, Nicholas, and are living in Madeira.

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Natalie Eilers works for Mature Services, Inc., where she develops and facilitates a training program on using effective job-search techniques for mature workers. She is working on her master’s degree in education at Xavier University.

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1995 Daniel Jackman, Jr., reports he is married to NKU graduate Angie Buchert with two children.

He is a detective with the Louisville Metro Police Department and was named National Child Defender of the month in November 2007.

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Crystal Kendrick recently received the Cincy Business magazine Athena Award. She is the owner and founder of The Voice of Your Customer, a marketing consulting firm.

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Keidra King is a scheduler in the office of Congressman John Yarmuth from Kentucky’s third congressional district.

2007 Haley Louise Smith is engaged to Joshua Clark, who is an NKU student. Their wedding is scheduled for July 12.

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Mazak names Ben Schawe vice president of manufacturing Mazak Corporation recently announced that it has promoted plant manager Ben Schawe, ’03, a 30-year Mazak veteran, to vice president of manufacturing.

Price releases new book Betsy Price, ’92, has released her newest book, Managing Technology in our Schools: Establishing Goals and Creating a Plan, which focuses on educating the next generation. “This book takes a different look at technology management,” Price said. “As we built the infrastructure, more attention was paid to the hardware; now it is time for teachers to be in control of what gets purchased and to begin bringing in the programs that teach.”

Cleves named VP at International Paper Thomas Cleves, ’82, was recently promoted to VP of investor relations for International Paper. In the photo above, Cleves and his wife, Jana, are pictured with former Secretary of State Gen. Colin Powell. They met Powell in Williamsburg, Va.

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Lucas named VP for Union Central John Lucas, JD, ’72, ’79 (Chase), was elected second vice president, associate counsel and secretary for Union Central. In this capacity, Lucas has increased duties and an expanded role in the law department. Lucas joined Union Central in February 1988 as assistant to secretary. He has served in a variety of management positions at the company. Lucas is also an adjunct professor of American history at NKU.

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Stambaugh shoots for National Geographic Melony Stambaugh, ’06, was part of a documentary crew for a National Geographic documentary film project.

The anthropology major shot scenes in Sheriden Cave in Wyandot County. She currently is a graduate student in the University of Cincinnati anthropology department. Find out more about Stambaugh at http://www.uc.edu/ profiles/profile.asp?id=7846.

Reinshagen serving in Bratislava Alex Reinshagen, ’94, reports he is a special agent with the U.S. Department of State currently serving a three-year tour of duty at the American Embassy in Bratislava, Slovakia, where he is the head of security and the chief advisor to the U.S. ambassador on security and law enforcement matters.

Former NKU Alumni Council President Nathan Smith, ’94, was named vice chair of the Kentucky Democratic Party. Smith has been a partner with SSK Communities, a leader in the manufactured housing industry, since 1995. In 1994-95 he served as director of governmental affairs for the Home Builders

Association of Northern Kentucky. Smith also serves as president of Kentucky Manufactured Housing Association and is on the board of the National Manufactured Housing Association.

Smith is a former chairman of the Kenton County Democratic Executive Committee and campaign manager for Joe Meyer’s successful state senate race in 1992 and Arnold Simpson’s successful race for state house in 1993.

Nadobny awarded Fulbright Scholarship

Zinser named inspector general

Mark Nadobny, ’04, was recently awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to travel to and study in the Mano River region of West Africa. This spring (2008), he will be spending five weeks in the countries of Sierra Leone and Guinea studying the various cultures of this region. The purpose of the Fulbright is to draw connections between the cultures of West Africa and that of the Gullah and Geechee cultures found among the AfricanAmerican population of the Low Country region of the United States.

Gibson named VP at Citibank Crystal Gibson, ’01, was recently promoted to vice president of communications and public affairs at Citibank’s Florence, Ky., office.

Todd J. Zinser, ’79, of Virginia, was named inspector general at the Department of Commerce.

Sturm merges company Chris Sturm, ’95, recently merged his company with Szabo International, an industrial project services, shipping logistics and software automation company.

Purtilar promoted at Goodyear Mark Purtilar, ’81, was recently appointed chief procurement officer for the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. He will oversee the company’s global procurement strategy and be responsible for the company’s $10 million in annual purchases.

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Jenkins is “Big Sister of the Year”

Photo credit: Mark Bowen

Izquierdo serves the tri-state Anthony Izquierdo, ’92, is the cofounder of Care Connection of Cincinnati, a $7.5 million company that provides skilled home care to patients in the region. He founded the business in 2003, and it now employs 140 people.

Vicki Jenkins, ’97, was named the “Big Sister of the Year” by Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Greater Cincinnati. Jenkins was matched with her little sister, Kayla, when she was 11 years old. Kayla lived with her father and two younger brothers and was in desperate need of a positive, female role model to help her navigate adolescence. Their regular weekly outings offered stability in Kayla’s life and quickly became the roadmap to her academic and personal success.

Kayla recently finished her first year of college. Jenkins works at Convergys and lives in Maineville with her husband and son. She encourages other NKU alumni to be a “big.”

NKU alumnus remembers the alamo For Michael Berry,’73, the battle cry “remember the Alamo” is something he takes pretty seriously. He’s been fascinated by the battle and its most famous casualty — Davey Crockett — since he was a little boy.

Crockett memorabilia is sprinkled throughout his Cincinnati home including a coonskin cap, comic books and bubble gum cards. And, once a year, his wife’s sewing room becomes a battle scene when Berry sets up an 8x5-foot tabletop display of the Alamo, complete with buildings, guns and literally hundreds of miniature plastic troops, some painted with ornate Mexican uniforms, others with the more casual look of the Texas militia, and still more in bright blue plastic. “I still need to paint some of them,” Berry said.

The display usually goes up right around March 6 to commemorate the day in 1836 when the battle concluded. Guests to the couple’s home often get into the spirit by bringing yellow roses over for dinner parties. They often grab a martini and head up to the sewing room to hear Berry explain the scene.

“I’m going for pure chaos,” Berry said. He uses a laser pointer to reveal his hero, Davey Crockett, wielding an ax while the compound is besieged with mini-Mexicans.

He has two rules to view the display: don’t bump the table, and don’t let one of the cats in (lest the scene be overrun by fluffy invaders).

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