Ohio Today Summer 2017

Summer 2017 CR E AT I V I T Y

for ALUMNI and FRIENDS of OHIO UNIVERSITY

PRESIDENT ’ S MESSAGE

OHIO is rooted in creativity My Fellow Bobcats, Some think creativity is a skillset either innate or learned. But the scholar in me believes that for the willing, new ideas and approaches to life can be taught and take root. This issue of Ohio Today, which is a redesign and one with the theme of “creativity,” presents myriad examples of creativity, and all of it is exceptional.

Whether creativity comes naturally or not, it takes a lot of discipline to cultivate it and transform it into something successful.

Dave Malloy, BFA ’98, of OHIO’s School of Music, achieved his first Broadway hit 18 years after graduation. While he was working on a cruise ship as a pianist he developed the idea for a musical based on a 70-page section of Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace. That idea and that creativity ultimately became the groundbreaking musical Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, nominated for 12 Tony Awards in May. Read about Malloy’s creative accomplishments on page 26.

OHIO POINTS of PRIDE FROM INTERIM PRESIDENT DAVID DESCUTNER

The 21st President of Ohio University Duane Nellis is named. His first day at OHIO: June 12.

The School of Music commemorated its centennial Above: The OHIO Wind Symphony played Carnegie Hall to celebrate the School of Music’s centennial.

Photo by Nick Bolin Opposite: Interim President David Descutner presents the 2016 Distinguished Professor Award to Judith Yaross Lee on Feb. 20.

Photo by Ben Siegel, BSVC ’02

Visual art by Bobcats is everywhere. Read about OHIO alumnae who are creating art as they traverse the United States on page 32. Witness the creativity that flows from the minds of children in art programs on our regional campuses on page 36. And on the inside of the back cover, read about a metal sculpture installation in Morgan County, Ohio, made possible through a program at OHIO’s Innovation Center.

People find creativity in different forms and different places. Perhaps the stories and the images found in this issue of Ohio Today will inspire you. They certainly have inspired me!

Cordially,

with concerts at New York’s Carnegie Hall and at OHIO’s Memorial Auditorium.

Matthew Denhart, BA ’10, made Forbes Magazine’s list of 30 Under 30—Law & Policy.

McCracken Hall—home to The Gladys

W. and David H. Patton College of Education—

celebrated its reopening.

Erik Threet, II, BSJ ’18, received the inaugural

“Chancellor’s Excellence in Journalism” commendation.

AffordableCollegesOnline.org named OHIO to its lists of the nation’s best colleges for online learning.

Faculty at the Heritage

and Scripps Colleges collaborated on a documentary designed to improve DAVID DESCUTNER Interim President

veterans’ health care.

Violet discovered by former post doc

Juliana De Paula Souza is named for Associate Professor Harvey Ballard (Anchietea ballardii).

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“ [with] architecture you’re...making art, but it’s surrounded...by problem solving. It’s like math.

It’s like a puzzle to me.

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MAYA LIN Siblings and artists Maya and Tan Lin’s earthwork installation Input in OHIO’s Bicentennial Park.

The 21 rectangles are engraved with text and the work is often known as a “landscape of words.”

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Life’s stages

In pursuit of art

Alumni performance creatives bring new work and groundbreaking hits to America’s stages.

Bobcat visual artists create by channeling America’s landscapes.

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Dirty hands, brimming minds

Have fun, seriously

Regional campus programs let kids get creative and get them thinking.

Expert at The Patton College of Education says chillin’ is a must for students seeking a full life.

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Giving boldly

Still more

Alumnus challenges clients to use creativity when considering their legacy.

An art installation along Ohio’s Muskingum River begins, thanks to a creative collaboration.

08 OHIO’s new demo kitchen in McCraken Hall.

D E PA R T M E N T S

03 From the editor 04 Letters to the editor 05 Green scenes

OHIO stories in photos + words

44 OHIO time machine 46 Bobcat tracks

Class notes, Bobcat sightings, Future Bobcats

54 In memoriam 59 Bobcat brainteaser 60 Last word

42 Drawing class at OHIO, 1911.

School of Art + Design professor Melissa Haviland reveals a bit of what’s on the inside of this printmaker/ installation artist.

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Go online to ohiotoday.org/ summer-2017 for exclusive multimedia related to stories in this issue and for your answers to “Your Ohio.” Also online: former Chief White House Photographer Pete Souza reflects on photos from OHIO’s spring, 2017 “Pete Souza Exhibit.”

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ON THE COVER Actors Denée Benton, left, and Brittain Ashford ignite Broadway’s Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, created (music and libretto) by alumnus Dave Malloy. Comet was nominated for 12 Tony Awards in May. Photo by Chad Batka Photo on gatefold by Electronic vision

Summer invokes new life and new possibilities, and for Ohio Today, a fresh, new look.

Stories of emerging and completed creative works by OHIO alumni await you inside this issue— stories that impact humans in local, regional, and global spaces.

Using one of the last remaining large format Polaroid cameras, Haviland and Colagiovanni explore moments of suspension, anticipation, hope and destruction with The Chandelier Series. Photos Melissa Haviland David Colagiovanni

courtesy of and

—Editor Kelee Garrison Riesbeck, BSJ ’91, CERT ’91

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L E T T E R S TO T H E E D I TO R

OHIO history

Thank you for the article on the Chubbs in Ohio Today.

My grandmother, Jennie Eliza Evans Davis, graduated from Oak Hill (Ohio) High School in 1906 and immediately matriculated to the Normal School at Ohio U. There she studied under Professor Chubb.

Her great-great grandfather was Eliphaz Perkins Sr., first treasurer of Ohio U. and a trustee. Perkins Hall, if it is still there, (it still is.-Ed) is named after him. Her two sons, Merrill and Paul, and her daughter, my mother Harriet, also graduated from Ohio U. Mom wrote the Lindley Hall song in 1942. —J. Daniel

Bulls. I can recall early morning sportscasts, anchoring the 11:15PM sports report, calling coaches from the (local high school league) SEOAL and the play by play of Ohio University and Athens High Bulldogs sports. What memories!

I love Ohio University and would recommend it to anyone. Thank you. —Charles “Chuck” Swirsky, BSC ’76,

OHIO ON INSTAGRAM More success for Ohio University Honors Tutorial College @ouhtc sophomore @emilycaggiano ... she’s Chicago, Illinois featured in a two-page spread in OU’s (spring Thumbs up 2017) alumni magazine, As a lifelong writer and prolific Ohio Today! Congrats, reader, I must tell you the spring 2017 issue of Ohio Emily! @Witmerlab

Today impressed me as being the best issue I’ve ever read of your magazine. Wonderful job!

Walter, MA ’72, Urbana, Ohio

A mentor’s gift

I graduated in 1962 with a BFA in radio and TV. I was immediately hired by WTVN Radio in Columbus.

How could I get a job at a major radio station right out of college, when others had to start in smaller markets? The answer is Mr. Archie Greer and WOUB. Arch, as we all called him, was a master at teaching creativity. He did it by seeking out our interest, then directing us in how to succeed in that area.

For four years I followed his creative direction. He realized that I had just returned from Korea and four years in the Air Force. He instinctively knew that I was mature and dedicated. He offered me all the creative outlets I needed to succeed. —Bill Patterson, BFA ’62, Columbus, OH

There’s only one

I was delighted to see dapper Jack Matthews in his trademark bolo tie in your spring 2017 issue. There are times in life you know are rare and golden. I knew I was blessed to sit in Ellis Hall on spring afternoons and listen to that witty, insightful, and very dear man. Thanks for bringing back treasured memories.

—Leigh Gannon, BSJ ’80, Charlotte, North Carolina

Radio plays

As the years go by, I truly reflect on four of the greatest years of my life (1972-76) at Ohio University. Without the direction and assistance of the College of Communications (Ray Wagner) and staff members at WOUB Radio-TV, I would not be in the position I am today as radio playby-play announcer of the Chicago

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—Glenn Himebaugh, BSJ ’58, MS ’59 Murfreesboro, Tennessee

OHIO reach

Thank you very much for your kindness of sending me the winter 2017 issue of Ohio Today. I always read this magazine with great interest. I miss Ohio University and Athens so much, [after] seeing [the] current atmosphere of Ohio University in this issue. I wish Ohio University and Ohio Today great prosperity. —Katsundo Hitomi, former visiting professor, Russ College of Engineering and Technology, Kyoto, Japan

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When your country has been erased by war, myriad stories emerge.

For Ohio University’s Eminent Scholar in Film Rajko Grlic, native son of the former Yugoslavia, the stories he writes, directs, edits, and produces for film span decades-long histories of his former country through the lens of layered characters who struggle for control inside of life’s transforming geopolitical landscapes. Grlic’s 2016 film, “The Constitution,” throws four willingly disparate apartment building inhabitants—both Croats and Serbs—into each other’s paths by chance.

Politics, history, and religion say they must hate one another. And hate is easy, Grlic said in January about the film’s theme.

“Living out of hate is the best way to get power: Just hate your neighbor,” he says. “It’s always there, Croats and Serbs hating each other.” Happily, the film also offers the redemptive power of humanity. “When we start to see human beings, then we start to care. Then we don’t hate,” he said.

“The Constitution” is Grlic’s 12th feature and was co-written by Ante Tomic. It has garnered awards from several international film competitions, including the prestigious 2016 Grand Prize of the Americas award from the Montreal World Film Festival in September.

The film’s U.S. theatrical release is later in 2017.

—Editor Kelee Garrison Riesbeck, BSJ ’91, CERT ’91

Rajko Grlic, right, consults on set with “The Constitution” star Nebojša Glogovac. Photo by

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The OHIO-in-LA program offers a strong foundation for Media Arts and Studies students to navigate La-La Land. Through internships and Hollywood moments, students network with professionals in the city’s media and creative industries.

Photos by Kyle Grillot, BSVC ’12

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The Patton College of Education’s Restaurant, Hotel and Tourism students dig into culinary arts to create unique dishes in the demo kitchen of the newly renovated McCracken Hall. Photo by Madeleine Hordinski, BSVC ’20

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I fear, therefore I create.

Why talk about fear? Because needless to say, we live in a world where fear is a driving force.

Fear sells, persuades, and makes us snap to attention (“Migrants!

Ebola! Terrorists!”). Daily headlines remind us constantly that the world is a scary place, and if we’re not scared, then we’re not prepared, or so we are led to believe. (From the book, Fear, Illustrated, by Julie M. Elman, MFA ’87, and professor in the School of Visual Communication.)

When I first began illustrating other people’s fears in 2012, I thought of it as a creative exercise. I forced myself to create, even when I felt uninspired. I just sat down and started drawing.

It didn’t take me long to get past any fears I had about pumping something out and putting it out there. I realized, also, that this fear project I started had taken on a life of its own.

The project spilled over into my life as an educator. I like to practice what I teach, so when I give my students assignments and encourage them not to be afraid of the blank page, I knew

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I had better be capable of doing the same thing. I’ve noted that the biggest obstacle to creating is fear. Fear of failure. Fear of being seen as a fraud. The creative process is messy and uncertain. To explore and create means taking risks into unknown territory. One has to have faith in this process.

The visual choices I make in my illustrations spring from an intuitive place, and I try not to over-analyze. I just “do” and see where it goes. I am often surprised to see what comes up.

—Julie M. Elman

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Brick City Records is OHIO’s first student-run music label. Now a capstone class, the label exposes Media Arts and Studies students to the business and creative sides of music production. Photos by Madeleine Hordinski, BSVC ’20

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Regional campus librarians championed the February launch of an exhibit at Alden Library that highlighted each campus’s history. OHIO first opened three branch campuses in Chillicothe, Portsmouth, and Zanesville in 1946.

Photo by Megan Johnson, BSVC ’17

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Small steps, big rewards A new microcredentialing program will give the more than 1,000 student employees in the Division of Student Affairs the chance to boost eight leadership skills and to earn credentials by completing activities and requirements that demonstrate proficiency. The program is being made possible by the Office of Instructional Innovation’s Academic Innovation Accelerator (AIA), which empowers faculty and staff to pursue pilot projects in academic innovation.

Illustration by Nathalie McClune, BFA ’16

The Ideation Event hosted by the Office of Instructional Innovation in fall 2016 sparked creative ideas for teaching and learning across the University. Faculty and staff adapted the ideas into proposals to be considered for AIA support.

This spring, the AIA’s champions group—a collection that includes OHIO deans—selected Imants Jaunarajs’ microcredentialing proposal for implementation.

Jaunarajs, assistant dean of students for the Career and Leadership Development Center, will implement the pilot project over the next year with other Division of Student Affairs staff and support from the Office of Instructional Innovation.

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“Employers report a gap in college student preparedness in leadership skills,” wrote Jaunarajs in the proposal.

“Leadership skills—teamwork, adaptability, interpersonal development—typically are developed outside of class.

OHIO will be a leader in offering microcredentials based on these skills that stakeholders demand.”

Several proposals submitted to the AIA are advancing through other channels. “Of the 32 ideas that came forward from the Ideation Event, nearly every one is advancing with institutional support this year, at least incrementally,” said Brad Cohen, principal investigator for the

AIA and senior vice provost for instructional innovation.

The AIA, funded through OHIO’s Innovation Strategy, is just one initiative sparking innovation in curricula and teaching across the University.

Also supporting this innovation are internal grants; Faculty Learning Communities that address teaching and learning issues; and the Bruning Teaching Academy, which pairs tenured faculty with new instructors.

“Faculty at OHIO are among the most dedicated and creative faculty I have had the privilege of working with,” said Cohen.

“The ideas that came forward in the AIA are just the tip of the iceberg.” OHIO faculty are exploring leadingedge technologies, such as immersive and augmented reality; new curricular structures, such as stackable certificates; and new learning space.

OHIO’s Office of Instructional Innovation helps sustain pedagogical and curricular explorations by providing course design and other instructional support, faculty development, and new program investigation.

For multimedia content about AIA, go online to ohiotoday. org/summer-2017.

—Emily Bartelheim, MA ’16, is a communications specialist in the Office of Instructional Innovation.

RETHINKING REAL HEALING Athletic injuries are common, and re-injuring the same body part even more so. But have you ever wondered why? College of Health Sciences and Professions Assistant Professor Dustin Grooms studies current rehabilitation practices and finds they focus on physical recovery with less consideration for any neurological damage.

Grooms first made this observation as an athletic trainer.

“I felt like my athletes weren’t doing as well as they should, even if I was applying everything I’d learned in school. I was disappointed when I found out we don’t really know how to maximize recovery.”

This dissatisfaction led Grooms to return to school for further training and to think anew on one question: How does the brain change after an injury, and how do we fix it?

“What I found in measuring how we move is that we were missing how people generate that movement,” Grooms said.

The medical field typically uses biomechanics, or “motion capture,” to measure movement. Grooms took it one step further, using brain imaging to see how it controls movement before and after injury. He discovered after physical injury the brain loses some of its proprioceptive capability, the ability to “know where your joints are in space without seeing them.”

“I found that your brain essentially rewires” after an injury, Grooms said. “To move your joint, (your brain is) going to use more vision and less proprioception, and we don’t really address that in rehab.”

Grooms believes the brain’s dependence on visual feedback contributes to the high rate of repeat injuries. To address this, he’s developing new rehabilitation procedures that could essentially rewire the brain to control movement to pre-injury level.

Potential methods have endless applications for medical professionals and athletic trainers alike, he said.

“Ohio Univesity has been extremely supportive, from lab space here on campus, to working with Dr. Brian Clark at the Ohio Musculoskeletal and Neurological Institute,” Grooms said. “Having access to those kinds of resources in Athens is great.”

—Catherine Hofacker, BSJ ’18

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Celestial bodies now shine brighter through the restored Fecker telescope at OHIO’s new observatory in Athens. The scope is used by both the OHIO and Athens communities. Photo by Ben Siegel , BSVC ’02

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Designs by Russ College mechanical engineering senior capstone course students create for good via a partnership with the povertyfighting non profit A Thousand Jobs Haiti. Students produced a tool manufacturing line that made machetes. More tools will follow.

Photos by A shley Stottlemyer (this page) & Garrett Clem BSME ’16 (opposite)

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The beauty of mathematics Differential Equations is the mathematical study of change. From the car you drive to the planets moving through the solar system, with an appropriate mathematical model every variable can be predicted using this approach, something Gurgen Hayrapetyan teaches in his classrooms.

Gurgen Hayrapetyan in his classroom.

Photo by M adeleine Hordinski, BSVC ’20

“The beauty of it is that everything in our world works this way,” said Hayrapetyan, assistant professor of mathematics. “You actually get to describe the world around you using mathematics.”

Hayrapetyan isn’t just teaching these concepts by writing formulas on a chalkboard; he’s changing the way people think about the field through current cultural examples like zombies, Legos© and cars. “…There is a lot of potential for creativity in the field,” he said. “I try to inspire my students to take the fundamental formulas and innovate new uses for them.”

Go online to ohiotoday.org/summer-2017 to watch Hayrapetyan’s creative way of teaching mathematics.

—By Mallory Golski, BSJ ’19, and Hailee Tavoian, associate director of strategy, Advancement Communication & Marketing

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calendar For upcoming OHIO Alumni events, to online to ohiotoday.org/calendar

Sept. 8, Sept. 30, & Oct. 14

Sept. 9

Oct. 6-8

Bobcat Bash

LA Hollywood Bowl

Homecoming 2017

Tailgate with OHIO at a 2017 Bobcat Bash!

Sept. 8 @ Purdue • Sept. 30 @ UMass • Oct. 14 @ Bowling Green

The best route to an L.A. Bobcat’s heart is music, food or entertainment—this year’s OHIO Alumni Hollywood Bowl has all three.

Don’t miss Homecoming!

For more information, go online to ohio.edu/homecoming. #OHIOHC2017

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Dance students join a 48-year-old tradition of providing art through a body’s movement. Each dance is story; bodies weave together to tell that story.

Photo by Rebecca Ciprus BSVC ’15

Oct. 19

Nov. 2-4

Nov 21-25

Columbus Alumni Dinner

Cleveland Networking Week

Marching 110 in New York City

Save the date.

Spend your Thanksgiving in the Big Apple through our OHIO Alumni Tour Program.

Join the Central Ohio Alumni Chapter for its annual fall dinner.

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In Athens, stories lie hidden in every green, classroom, and curve of the bike path. Theater artists like Broadway composer Dave Malloy, BFA ’98 and world-premiere director Ed Herendeen, MFA ’80, are consummate story-miners.

Both honed their skills on OHIO’s narrative-rich, brick-lined campus, one improvising in Glidden Hall practice rooms and off-campus garages, the other directing and writing original work for the stage.

Dave Malloy, New York City, April 2017.

Photo by Ricky Rhodes , BSVC ’10

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Stage pioneers ALUMNI REDEFINE THE AMERICAN THEATRICAL LANDSCAPE

Broadway breakout Malloy’s Broadway musical, Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812, adapts a portion of Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace with immersive staging and a modern musical score that The New York Times classical critic Anthony Tommasini calls “breathless, roughish, and ravishing.”

The Off-Off-Broadway production, which garnered 12 Tony Award nominations and two Tonys earlier this year, debuted in 2012 at the Ars Nova theater.

The musical sets the classic to sounds combining electronica and klezmer, folk music and punk rock.

There’s even a bass clarinet line and what Comet Musical Director Or Matias has dubbed Malloy’s “Bollywood” string line. “[Malloy] is able to resource those things so that it doesn’t sound tacky, but instead enriches his work in a way that is so organic and so beautiful, and so essentially his own,” says Matias. “He respects the origin of each sound. It’s not like he consciously decides, ‘Oh! I should use a Bollywood string line,’ but more, ‘What does this sound need?’

Then he goes to this broad expanse of sounds that he’s gathered over the years into this beautiful collective ether, and picks what he needs.”

While some may balk at this sonic pastiche, to Malloy’s mind, his style is a good match for War and Peace.

“Tolstoy follows this clumsy character of Pierre through epic historical events and opulent Russian aristocracy,” Malloy says. “He’s writing about the czar and Napoleon and these great philosophical problems, but it’s also hilarious, and very much about these particular individuals. I enjoy things that are so eclectic and many-layered.”

Matias notes Malloy’s versatility and range stem from his consummate inquisitiveness.

“If we could somehow open up [Malloy’s] mind, I think a rainbow would come out of it,” he says. “He has this in-depth knowledge of everything from Russian novels to comic books, and musically— just everything: classical, jazz, electronic, hip-hop.”

Raised on a combination of 1960s and 1980s pop and rock, Malloy’s early interest in The Beatles and Prince expanded to include a passion for jazz innovators like saxophonist and composer John Coltrane, pianist and composer Keith Jarrett, and pianist and composer Thelonious Monk, and for

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orchestral composers like Rachmaninoff, Béla Bartók, and Dmitri Shostakovich. His musical theater compositions integrate elements from all.

Malloy was not involved with musical theater at OHIO, but he did develop rather theatrical concert productions involving choreography and even one “half-classical, half-jazz recital” that featured “classmates on stage playing chess, then throwing the chess board into the air while someone hit a gong.”

As a musical theater composer, Malloy orchestrates his own scores. “Orchestration is huge at OU,” Malloy says, identifying the late Emeritus Professor Richard Syracuse and Distinguished Professor Mark Phillips among his OHIO mentors.

Malloy and Phillips recently created an arrangement from Comet for the Ohio University Wind Symphony’s Carnegie Hall debut in February, an event that celebrated the School of Music’s 100th

anniversary. OHIO Wind Symphony conductor Andrew Trachsel, actress Denée Benton, who plays Natasha in Comet, and professor and percussionist Roger Braun collaborated on the piece.

“I got to send my work back to my old composition teacher,” Malloy says, referencing Phillips. “It felt sort of incredible. He made very specific notes… great recommendations.”

Potomac playworks In some ways, Shepherdstown, West Virginia, resembles Athens. Both are historic, thriving college towns situated along rivers in rural settings, and both lend themselves to geology metaphors. But while Athens may evoke a mine of narrative gems, Shepherdstown calls to mind a mid-oceanic ridge, out of which new crust forms and spreads—thanks to the Contemporary American Theater Festival (CATF), founded in 1991

by OHIO alumnus Ed Herendeen.

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Opposite: Amy Marsico, BFA ’93 gave OHIO alumni, friends, and staff “backstage passes” into the world of Natasha, Pierre & The Great Comet of 1812 at Broadway’s Imperial Theater.

Photo by Daniel King MFA ’15 This Page: 2017 Tony Award-nominated performers Josh Groban and Denée Benton in Comet. Photo by Chad Batka

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“As artists we’re all a little bit mad. We’re mad to create, to tell stories, to talk about meaningful things.”

This page: Ed Herendeen, MFA ’80, in CATF’s office, April 2017. Photo by Chad Bartlett MA ’10 Opposite: Jason Babinsky and Damian Thompson tell the story of The Wedding Gift for CATF’s 2016 season. Photo by Seth Freeman

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Part of CATF’s stated mission is to provide “the ultimate theater experience.” For Herendeen, it seems, “ultimate” overlaps generously with “original.” When asked to define the former, he says, “Here, you’re seeing something that’s never been seen before. It’s brand new—it may include brand new pages that the writer added just that afternoon!”

“As artists,” he says, “we’re all a little bit mad.

We’re mad to create, to tell stories, to talk about meaningful things.”

Herendeen traces his passion for new theater directly to OHIO’s campus. He studied under Professor Emeritus George Sherman and was assigned to direct an original play written by an OHIO student playwright.

The festival has produced more than 100 new plays, including 40 world premieres by more than 75 American playwrights. And they do all of this according to a repertory model of producing five to six plays, which rotate through three stages on the campus of Shepherd University—the host, primary benefactor, and, according to Herendeen, de facto co-founder of the festival.

Repertory theater requires extensive, lightningfast set changes, as stage managers and tech crews tear down one set and throw up the next.

This summer the team will convert a 1970s Bronx streetscape into a rural Amish homestead, and then into an interrogation room in 1940s Munich, Germany—sometimes with just a couple of hours between shows.

Asked why he would choose this frenetic approach to theater, Herendeen quotes a Jack Kerouac passage on display in his office: “...the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time…”

Considering the pace and complexity of CATF’s repertory festival, Herendeen endeavors toward creative madness.

“You typically direct plays by a lot of dead playwrights. And that’s important. But I found that working with the living writer right there in the room really turned me on,” Herendeen says.

“That was a major watershed moment, when I realized that I wanted to direct a world premiere organization, producing new American theater.”

The surrounding Shepherdstown community embraces the festival, and not just for the economic boon the institution brings to the region.

Residents happily immerse themselves in the culture of summer theater, Herendeen says.

“You might get breakfast at a local restaurant, and your waiter will have opinions to share about the plays he saw the day before.”

It’s all a part of CATF’s goal to create what Herendeen calls “a forum for living conversation” about the arts.

“We do plays that have big ideas. We say that we want to make America think again, listen again, talk again. Ideas are powerful,” he says. “Stories are even more powerful.”

—by Anita Martin Manderfield, BSJ ’05

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Making art and greeting visitors to San Diego, California (upper and lower left) and to Tuscon, Arizona. (lower right). Greeting Tour’s tools of the trade (upper right). Photos courtesy of Lisa Beggs , BSVC ’11

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Art across America

OHIO TODAY CATCHES UP WITH ARTISTIC – AND ENTREPRENEURIAL – ALUMNI WHO TRAVEL AMERICA IN PURSUIT OF THEIR ART. Road trips are nothing new to Lisa Beggs, BSVC ’11, whose family owned an RV business near her hometown of Canton, Ohio. Now Beggs and her boyfriend, mural artist Victor Ving, are living indefinitely out of an RV while they criss-cross America for a project called, “Greetings Tour.” The project, online at greetingstour.com, takes them to select towns and cities to find a wall suitable for painting murals based on “Greetings from” postcards, popular around the middle of the century. The project is now entirely self-supporting, mostly through commissions and licensing rights.

“We wanted to see the country,” says Beggs, who met Ving when they both lived in New York City. Their first mural was street level in New York’s Chinatown, where the block letters of the word “Chinatown” contain paintings

of the Manhattan Bridge, the F train, and other iconic neighborhood images.

“With the project, you can do anything, greetings from anywhere.

It’s a very American project.”

When they embarked in April 2015, their goal was to travel and paint for one year. Now two years on, their goal has made a pivot: They aim to paint a mural in every state. They’ve painted 23 so far, most recently in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Each project seeks the input from the local community for ideas on what images should be represented inside the block letters. They also work with one local artist per mural: they paint their design inside a letter.

As far as living out of an RV for years on end? “RV life works for us,” Beggs says.

“We’ll continue until we feel the need to have an actual house somewhere.”

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“Being surrounded by good mentors, being surrounded by knowledge, having the time to explore my own ideas—it was priceless.”

Karla Sanders, BS ’09, MS ’12, started college as a painting major. She switched to geography her sophomore year but continued to practice her art, especially as she delved into cartography, the study and practice of making maps. By the time she began pursuing a master’s degree in environmental studies, Sanders was a freelance map maker. “I wanted to be an entrepreneur,” Sanders says. “I was thinking, ‘Maybe I can make a business out of this somehow.’”

After a stint in Italy, Sanders married and moved to Cleveland. She and her husband, photographer and designer Andres Quintero, spent weekends exploring nearby Cuyahoga Valley National Park, and the idea behind their “Hike and Draw” project began to gel.

The duo embarked on a road trip in April 2016 to visit all 59 U.S. national parks and some national trails. They have visited 30 so far, and have created richly illustrated maps and posters that capture the

essence and beauty of those landscapes for their website, hikeanddraw.com. They pulled their inspiration from Sanders’ sketching and Quintero’s photography.

Sanders says her time in Athens provided the foundation for her life on the road now, citing the strong environmental and art scenes.

“Being surrounded by good mentors, being surrounded by knowledge, having the time to explore my own ideas—it was priceless.”

Go online to ohiotoday.org/ summer-2017 to learn more about Greetings Tour and Hike and Draw.

You’ll also learn about Matt Eich, BSVC ’09, who reflects on images from his 2016 book Carry Me Ohio, the first of many photographic volumes that examine the American condition.

—Mary Reed, BSJ ’90

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Artist and photographer Sanders and Quintero collaborate to create rich illustrations of American landscapes for hikeanddraw.com.

Image courtesy of Karla Sanders , BS ’09, MS ’12

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Dirty hands, brimming minds The foothills of Appalachia have a nearly 20 percent poverty rate—four points higher than the national average. This translates into tight purse strings, busy parents, and bored children after school lets out for summer. For the communities surrounding Ironton and Chillicothe, two Ohio University regional campuses are offering creative spaces for kids to channel pent-up summertime energy into fun, skill-building, and engaging hands-on learning Photo courtesy of Kelly Hall

“Our region has such a rich community and history,” said Joyce Atwood, BSED ’65, MA ’69, resource development director at Ohio University-Chillicothe (OUC). “With busy lives, parents don’t have time to immerse their children in the culture and give them that above-and-beyond education.”

Kids in College, a partnership between Chillicothe City Schools, Ross-Pike County Educational Service District, and OUC, is now in its 34th year. Among its community-centered goals is to give affordable, creative, hands-on educational opportunities to youth for three weeks each June.

Archery, archaeology, robotics, tumbling, entrepreneurship, jewelry making, sticky science, and crime scene lab work are just a few Kids in College favorites. For more than 25 years the program was limited to academic courses, but over the past decade it has added arts and athletics.

“It’s important for children to have experiences on campus at an early age to get them thinking about college, even if they are doing something non-academic,” Atwood said.

For many children, the subjects being taught are secondary outcomes to the life skills they’ll need to be productive, contributing citizens one day.

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Martha Evans, assistant professor of early childhood education at Ohio University-Southern (OUS), said among the pillars of a quality early childhood education are opportunities to build social, analytical, and critical thinking skills. She inspires her students to think creatively about ways to teach kids the basics in an engaging way.

“We should be spending a great deal of time establishing basic skills, both cognitive and socioemotional,” Evans said. “People will always need foundational knowledge, the ability to interact with others in a civil manner, and a mind that can solve problems.”

The group dynamic is particularly effective with OUS’s Horse Lover’s Camp, a summer program for students aged first through sixth grade, now in its 18th year. The program centers on horse behaviors, grooming, and riding. Yet, the innovative methods used during instruction leave children with skills that extend beyond the course description.

“We talk about self-care, hygiene, safety, boundaries, and body language,” said Kelly Hall, director of equine studies at OUS. “In general, society is fairly removed from the rural way of life.

It’s a shame because animals, and in particular horses, give a therapeutic benefit and kids feel and learn from that.”

The Southern Campus also uses tenets from horsemanship education to reach children in foster care, special education classes, and victims of domestic violence.

Safe Harbor is an emergency shelter and advocacy center for domestic violence victims and is located in Ashland, Kentucky, a 10-minute drive from OUS’s campus in Ironton, Ohio. Through a grant-funded partnership, children from Safe Harbor visit campus to learn about horses and gain some of the therapeutic benefits.

“These kids are coming from tough situations,” Hall said. “It is an important time in their lives to learn about boundaries and respect. Working with the horses gives us a chance to talk about non-verbal communication in a non-clinical setting.”

Whether it’s learning to paint, building a robot or riding a horse, kids are creating and gaining critical knowledge all summer at these regional campuses.

“Young children, whether disabled or typical, all benefit from kinesthetic learning,” said Evans. “Children were designed to be busy, so why not nurture that?”

—Hailee Tavoian, associate director, strategy, Advancement Communication & Marketing

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Editor’s note: Each edition of Ohio Today covers a recent Ohio University Press book.

Break for art Wake Forest University Assistant Professor Katherine Ziff, PHD ’04, thinks children should have more chances to play and discover. Her book, ArtBreak: A Creative Guide to Joyful and Productive Classrooms, published by Ohio University Press offers teachers, parents, and counselors art-based play activities that empower children to take a break and make art. An excerpted Q&A with Ziff follows.—Catherine Lu, BSJ ’18 What sets ArtBreak apart from other artmaking guides for students?

It’s pretty easy to work the program into a classroom or homeschool setting. It’s also important to make sure the program is childcentered, and remember they’re ultimately making the decisions while adults are there for support. It’s a journey learning to be a child-centered facilitator.

How was ArtBreak developed and tested?

I got the idea for the program from an artbased studio that was introduced to medical students at a school in Pennsylvania. It was relaxing and recharged the students, so I thought maybe this would work for little kids such as elementary students. ArtBreak pulls from several art therapy theories.

The framework consists of child-centered education, studio art, and the expressive therapies continuum. There’s also an aspect of mental health counseling, in particular group counseling. It crosses a lot of disciplinary boundaries in the art spectrum.

The Q&A with Ohio Today and Ziff’s five tips for artmaking anywhere continue online at ohiotoday.org/summer-2017.

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Ohio Today asked faculty expert Danny Twilley, PHD, senior lecturer of recreation and sports pedagogy in The Gladys W. and David H. Patton College of Education, to take a serious look at the creative ways Bobcats have fun. His reflections follow, shedding light on recreation, a crucial element to a full life.

Bochen Yao, a sophomore from China, connects with American students through magic.

Photo by John Halley, MFA ’87

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Get creative, be happy Joe Robinson, author of Don’t Miss Your Life, wrote, “Find a hobby, and you discover a new universe.” Robinson adamantly advocates developing a leisure skill set. Why? Because we are taught how to make a living, but not a life.

Having fun and connecting with others is a quintessential part of Bobcat life. That’s why OHIO touts more than 550 registered student organizations and 30plus club sports: from the magic and hammock clubs to the rugby and Quidditch teams.

My research on the impact of leisure demonstrates that college is the time to develop the knowledge and skills for making a life—in the classroom and beyond. Undergraduate students spend more time engaged in recreation and leisure than any other activity besides sleep.

Why is spending all this time on leisure important?

education, age, health, work, income, and marital status.

Simply put, leisure increases happiness.

Increasing happiness also has value in the workplace.

Happier people get more job interviews, secure better jobs, are evaluated more positively by supervisors, show greater job performance and productivity, and have increased income and organizational citizenship.

Engagement in recreation and leisure constantly ranks as one of the highest facilitators of happiness. It is a greater predictor of life satisfaction and quality of life than gender,

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The benefits of being happy are numerous. Happiness fosters sociability and social activity, altruism, liking of self and others, mental and physical health, more fulfilling marriages and friendships, and greater involvement in community.

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Happier people are also less likely to show counterproductive workplace behavior, absenteeism, turnover, and burnout.

How does leisure make us happy? The DRAMMA model of leisure and subjective wellbeing offers one explanation, with the following psychological outcomes: • Detachment-Recovery— using leisure to detach and recover, both psychologically and physiologically, from work and other obligations • Autonomy—freely choosing to participate in a leisure activity

• Mastery—challenging and providing opportunities to improve skills and achieve new levels of success • Meaning—gaining something important or valuable in life through leisure • Affiliation—connecting socially with others through leisure experiences Ryan Scott, BSRS ’17, captain of OHIO’s Quidditch team—a hybrid of lacrosse, rugby, and dodgeball—said, “being part of the team was one of the most meaningful parts of my OU experience.”

Opposite: Students Chris Markijohn (playing the ukulele) and Sarah Holm swing and sway during a Hammock Club outing. OHIO has a Ukulele Club, too. Photo by K aitlin Owens , BSVC ’17 This page: The OHIO Quidditch team practices on New South Green. Photo by Ben Siegel, BSVC ’02

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He recognized that the sense of community surrounding the team is just as important for those who play five minutes of a game as it is for those who play most of the game.

“We are really good friends outside of the team. We eat, hang out, and study together. We have a group of people who can join together and recreate amidst all the stressors of college life,” Scott said. “We determine our own group goals and at the end of the day, the stakes are never that high. You lose a Quidditch match. No problem, there’s still the inherent value of getting active for the sake of some good

“Passions, hobbies, and recreation are the fastest track to happiness, yet many find it hard to put play on the calendar.”

ol’ lighthearted fun. It is a great outlet for people.”

Scott’s outlook is echoed by Anthony Rohn, former OHIO student and current moderator of the group Humans vs.

Zombies: Athens. The group of more than 150 University and community members has been active for more than 10 years.

“The games offer a break from reality and an opportunity for you to run around with friends,” Rohn said, adding that through the tight-knit Humans vs.

Zombies group, he’s made lifelong friends.

Why join groups like these?

Passions, hobbies, and recreation are the fastest track to happiness, yet many find it hard to put play on the calendar. Some feel they need to reach a certain amount of

productivity before taking time to enjoy themselves. This limits potential happiness.

Robinson encourages commitment to interests and passions, since they are “… what make life worth living and give brains what they need to keep from going stir crazy: engagement, discovery, and camaraderie.”

After college, work schedules, family obligations, electronic distractions, and stress can leave little energy for self. Things that keep us from leisure activities often fall into three categories: intrapersonal (lack of confidence, fear, lack of energy); interpersonal (time schedule, different interests, lack of someone with whom to participate); and structural (lack of accessibility, cost, lack of knowledge).

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The happy news?

It’s possible to overcome constraints and include—or reintroduce—recreation.

Here are some tips: 1. Make a list of what you enjoy or what you yearn to do.

2. Develop leisure goals.

Commit to them.

3. Find groups or organizations that match your interests.

Commit to attending four meetings, classes, or gatherings. Unsure how to find a group? Contact your local parks and recreation department.

4. Try new activities. It may take several tries to find what you truly enjoy.

So, go out there, find a hobby, and discover a new universe.

Now is the time! See the “Clubs Across Campus” video series at ohiotoday.org/summer-2017.

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Visitors to the Kennedy Museum of Art’s (KMA) spring exhibit, “Land & Sea: Visions of New England,” ponder the details of John Sloan’s Gully at Low Tide. Chaddock’s estate supports the museum.

Photo by Sydney Honaker BSVC ’19

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Generosity gets the creative treatment How to give generously and to what is serious business for alumnus Jeffery Chaddock, BSC ’88, and his partner Mark Morrow. The pair have planned to give 97 percent of their estate to charity.

Their commitment will create an endowment at the Foundation for Appalachian Ohio to support Athens-area charities, including OHIO. Their estate also includes commitments to The Ohio University Foundation for Student Affairs, the arts, and scholarships.

A wealth advisor with Ameriprise Financial, Chaddock asks clients to get creative and consider the eulogy test.

“A eulogy should reflect your passion, your obsession, your drive,” he said. “Through planned giving, the integrity of your life is not broken by death. I want people to know that it’s okay to plan for their death early and to be bold.”

Ohio Today talked with Chaddock about his passion for getting creative when making plans that make a difference.

What’s the first step?

Some folks feel overwhelmed with planning because they’ve not started. When you start a project, you think you want to do it all at once. You have to plan it. It takes time. It’s a lot of building blocks to get the plan in perfect order—just like maintaining a home.

Why give to this region?

I grew up in Belpre, Ohio. [My giving] has a great deal to do with just knowing and realizing gaps, getting a sense of the culture, and really having my heart and soul in Appalachia.”

Your advice for thinking big?

It starts small. (An OHIO Phonathon caller) was pushing for the $25-50 gift. I said, “Well, what about if I’d like to do more?” If it’s quarters you’re looking for, how about dollars? That’s a spirit of thinking bigger and trying to get folks excited.

What about planning?

Detail is critical. You control the controllable.

Carefully crafting a financial plan—like in remodeling or landscaping—is a matter of detailing.

What about giving 10 percent to charity?

In many cases, the philanthropic side of [long-term financial] planning is greater than 10 percent, and the family is still able to transfer major wealth.

For those folks who don’t have major wealth, still 10 percent is a meaningful number. I love making that challenge.

For a video with more about planning to continue your passions, go online to ohiotoday.org/ summer-2017.

—Jennifer Shutt Bowie, BSJ ’94, MS ’99, executive director, Advancement Communication and Marketing.

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Men and women in the College of Liberal Arts practice their technique in a drawing class offered by the Normal Art School. Photo from the 1911 Athena yearbook.

Photo courtesy of the M ahn Archives & special collections

Also from the 1911 Athena: an excerpt from “A College Glossary,” a creative—if not sarcastic—primer to “college phraseology.”

Lab: A den whence issues all kinds of vile odors and stories; a loafing place, very popular with those seeking snaps. Snap: A study not requiring much mental effort and consequently popular with the industrious students. Pool: A very popular elective not found in the catalogue but found in several restaurants.

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Class notes

1963

James Daley, BBA ’63, was named lead director of Adobe Systems Inc.’s board of directors. Daley has served on the board since 2001 and was previously head of the board’s audit committee.

1965

David Pristash, BBA ’65, was issued his eighth patent for a vertical axis wind/solar turbine that is more efficient than others on the market. Pristash is a Vietnam era combat veteran.

1966

Barry Macy, BBA ’66, MBA ’68, retired in 2010 as professor emeritus of organizational design from Texas Tech University. Macy has published 72 refereed pieces, 14 book chapters, and has delivered more than 200 presentations to scientific and professional organizations.

1967

John Biacofsky, BBA ’67, and his wife, Angela, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in Sept. 2016. The couple

met at OHIO, and Angela worked at the university’s computer department.

1969

Arthur W. Stellar, BS ’69, MED ’70, PHD ’73 and CEO of Stellar Advantage Corporation, is consulting for Cenergistic, an energy conservation firm in Dallas, Texas. Stellar works with Cenergistic and superintendents nationwide to lower energy costs at schools.

Stellar also serves as the vice president of the National Education Foundation.

William Donald Jr., BFA ’69, has recently retired after a successful career in theater where he designed, directed, and stage managed more than 175 plays and musicals. Donald was the former president of the Speech and Theatre Association of New Jersey.

David Wonderling, BSJ ’69, exhibits “Ballerinas and Butterflies,” a photography collection at the Sandy Spring Museum in Sandy

Spring, Maryland in Sept. His work is influenced by his time as an Army photographer in Vietnam. He is the author of, Conflict in Blue and Gray: Living History of the Civil War (Independent publisher).

David Keck, BSED ’69, MED ’71, has retired after a 47-and-ahalf-year teaching career, with 13 years spent at Twin Valley Behavioral Healthcare in Columbus, Ohio. In December 2016, Keck presented, “Reading Lincoln and More” at the National Council for the Social Studies annual conference in Washington, D.C.

1972

David Tuttle, BSJ ’72, is an independent spiritual counselor in Boise, Idaho.

1973

Thomas Catalano, BSJ ’73, retired for the second time in 2015 as chief security officer and vice president of Kelly Services, a staffing and workforce solutions company. He previously retired in 2004 after serving for

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22 years as assistant special agent in charge of the Detroit Field Office for the U.S. Secret Service. He lives with his wife Sharon M. Catalano, BSED ’72 in Michigan.

Nelson Graham, BSED ’73, was named Boys Soccer Coach of the Year by The Record, the second-largestcirculation newspaper in New Jersey. This is the program’s fourth county title under Graham, who has been coaching for 35 years.

Graham was a member of the 1972 OHIO soccer team.

1974

State Senator Democrat Vernon Sykes, BBA ’74 (D-Akron), was sworn in during the 132nd Ohio General Assembly.

Sykes serves as a ranking member of the Senate Education Committee and the vice chair on the Financial Subcommittee on Primary and Secondary Education.

1977

David Olshine, BGS ’77, earned Columbia International University’s Excellent in Teaching Award for

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OHIO alumni go on adventures hither and yon!

LEFT TO RIGHT Lorraine Greason Dusinberre, BSJ ’71; Janice Long Bennett, BSED ’70; MaryJane Basilone Turner, BSED ’70; and Gerri Kuhn Bolte, BSED ’70, vacationed at Isle of Palms, near Charleston, South Carolina, in October 2016.Dusinberre submitted the photo.

Mark Rubinstein, BGS ’73, and Arlene Rubenstein, BSED ’74, both Honors Tutorial College alumni, trekked to Peru’s Machu Picchu, the icon of Inca civilization, in March. They stayed at an eco-lodge along the Madre de Dios river in the Amazon rainforest.

Tyler Daniels, BA ’16, RIGHT, had his Bobcat flag handy for this photo with John Manno, BA ’15, to capture their chance meeting at a NATO base in Kabul, Afghanistan, in January 2017. Daniels is a defense contractor and former president of the OHIO Combat Veterans Club. Manno is a U.S. Army first lieutenant and former Bobcat Battalion ROTC cadet.

Alumni from 1984 at the summit of New Hampshire’s Mt. Cabot, the northern-most peak in the Granite State’s White Mountains.

From LEFT TO RIGHT, Doug Sorna, BBA ’84, Tim Warsinskey, BSJ ’84, Tom Snyder, BS ’84, Dr. Jay Tischendorf, BS ’84, and Tim Cook, BSJ ’84, who submitted the photo.

Doug Carlson, BSEE ’89, took what he called a “bucket list mountain bike trip to Nepal” in October 2015, pedaling to, among other spots, this locale in the Mustang region at an elevation of about 12,700 feet. In the background: the Dhaulagiri massif, the world’s seventhhighest peak at 26,795 feet.

Sean Scully, AB ’93, planted the OHIO flag when he “claimed a new island, one month old, on behalf of Ohio U.” Scully was traveling near Borneo in the South Sulu Sea. Borneo’s biodiverse rainforest is home to orangutans and clouded leopards.

—Compiled by Peter Szatmary, former editor, & Kelee Garrison Riesbeck, editor Send your photos with names, grad degrees and grad years to ohiotoday@ohio.edu or to Ohio University, Ohio Today, 113 McKee House, 1 Ohio University Drive, Athens, OH 45701.

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the 2015-2016 academic year. Professor Olshine has taught at the Columbia, South Carolina, university for 24 years.

1979

Jeffrey Sheasley, BSJ ’79, retired after a 32-year career as a writer and editor for American Greetings, the world’s largest greeting card company based in Westlake, Ohio. He previously worked as a magazine writer, editor, and photographer for

Meister Publishing Co. in Willoughby, Ohio, and was a Navy petty officer stationed at the United States European Command for four years.

Conrad Felice, BSCE ’79, was elected a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) in December 2016. He currently serves as a trustee for the Deep Foundations Institute; as chair of the Transportation Research Board tunnels and structures

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committee; is a member of the ASCE committee on underground engineering and construction; and serves as a member and vice chair on the industry advisory committee for the Colorado School of Mines Department of Mining Engineering in Golden, Colorado.

and communications with the Great Rivers Affiliate of the American Heart Association. In her new role, Langefels will manage the Dayton, Ohio, and Lexington, Kentucky, markets, and supervise communications directors in West Virginia and Columbus.

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1984

Perry A. Sook, BSC ’80, received the Media Financial Management Association’s Avatar Award at the association’s annual conference in May. The award is the organization’s highest honor and recognizes his outstanding contributions to the communications industry and his exemplary role in community service.

Sook is the chairman, president, and CEO of Nexstar Media Group and serves as the chair of The Ohio University Foundation Board.

Sook resides in Texas with his wife, Sandra Thomas Sook, BSC ’80, MED ’82.

1982

Elizabeth Friant Langefels, AB ’82, was promoted to senior director of marketing

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In January, Barbara Gessel, BBA ’84, accepted the position of senior vice president and chief human resources officer at Mercy Health Network in West Des Moines, Iowa. The health system is Iowa’s largest.

Gregory Sharpless, BSJ ’84, is the editorial director of SouthComm Business Media’s printing news group. Sharpless is responsible for directing the editorial content and positioning of Printing News, Wide-Format & Signage, Inkjet’s Age, and printingnews.com.

SouthComm Business Media is a division of SouthComm Inc., the nation’s second-largest publisher of alternative weeklies.

1991

Kenneth Slatkovsky, BCS ’91, is a TV anchor, reporter, and producer for the City of Savannah (Georgia) government channel (SGTV). He previously worked as the sports director/anchor of the NBC affiliate in Savannah and as sports anchor/reporter at markets in Ohio, New York, and South Carolina.

In February, 2017, Kelee Garrison Riesbeck, BSJ ’91, CERT ’91 was promoted to director of content and editor, Ohio Today and ohiotoday. org, the magazine’s companion website, at OHIO’s Advancement Communication and Marketing (ACM). She was formerly associate director, content, ACM, and managing editor of ohiowomen (an imprint of Ohio Today) and ohiotoday.org. She and her husband, Steve Riesbeck, AB ’91, reside in Ohio.

1993

Solon (Ohio) City Schools teacher William Nyerges, AB ’93, is a model curriculum coordinator with the Ohio Department of

Education (ODE) and facilitated a group that produced Ohio’s Fine Arts Model Curriculum in Visual Art, Music, Theater, and Dance. He continues his work with the ODE as a writer of the New Technology Learning Standards.

1995

Jenny Hall-Jones, AB ’95, MED ’97, PHD ’11, earned the Gerald L. Saddlemire Mentor Award at the Ohio College Personnel Association’s annual conference in January.

The award recognizes supportive, educational student affairs professionals who have made significant contributions to the ideals of the student affairs profession. HallJones is OHIO’s dean of students.

1996

Mileah Hamula Stritenberger, BBA ’96, is a customer support coordinator for Columbusbased investment management and financial advisory firm Hamilton Capital Management. She is responsible for frontoffice operations, client service, and operational support. She resides in Dublin with her

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In addition to bragging rights, the Homecoming Cheermeister will…

• Receive a special edition personalized letterman’s jacket, official Stand Up and Cheermeister megaphone, VIP seating for the game and mounds of OHIO swag • Be the guest of honor for the Yell Like Hell Pep Rally • Attend the Alumni Awards Formal Gala • Have their video play during the Homecoming game • Lead the march as Parade Marshal for the Homecoming parade Be sure to include #OHIOCheermeister and #OHIOHC2017 to enter. The video submission with the most likes on Facebook

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husband, Michael Lee Stritenberger, BBA ’96, MA ’00, former Washington Court House, Ohio, police captain.

1999

William Sharp, BBA ’99, is currently partner at Plante Moran’s Columbus, Ohio, office. The firm is a public accounting, consulting, and wealth management company.

Sharp specializes in health care audit and consulting services.

He resides in Ohio

with his wife Tasha Bankes Sharp, BSED ’99, and their three children.

2000

Heather Smith Hurley, BS ’00, was appointed as executive director of the laboratory business development for the Joint Commission, the nation’s oldest and largest standardssetting and accrediting body in health care.

Hurley leads the unit’s business strategies and activities and its

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laboratory professional Technical and Advisory Committee, its Advisory Council, and similar groups.

2001

Melanie Johnston Schramm, BSJ ’01, has been named director of marketing at Virginia Tech University. Schramm is responsible for conducting marketing campaigns to promote the university to a variety of audiences.

She worked previously at Purdue University as the director of marketing/sales and corporate outreach for the college of engineering and technology’s professional education program.

David Wittmann, BBA ’01, was named a partner at Partridge Snow & Hahn LLP, a Massachusetts, and Rhode Island-based law firm. Based in the firm’s Boston office, Wittmann focuses on corporate finance, mergers, and acquisition transactions, and represents entrepreneurs and technology companies.

Matthew Johnson, BSAT ’01, followed the Chicago Cubs as a team

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trainer throughout their team’s run to the 2016 World Series.

He is responsible for rehabbing Kyle Schwarber, who started the game-winning rally for the Cubs in game seven.

Jon Greenberg, BSJ ’01, is founding editor and lead columnist for The Athletic, a subscription website that covers Chicago’s professional sports teams.

Greenberg followed the Chicago Cubs throughout their 2016 World Series victory.

2002

Matthew Bakota, BSJ ’02, is an attorney in the labor and employment group at Dunlevey Mahan & Furry in Dayton, Ohio. Bakota recently accepted the position of chair of the Miami Valley Resources Association’s newsletter committee.

He serves on its board.

In Dec. 2016, Carol Lucas Doles, BSS ’02, received the 2016 Midge Kovacs Annual Awareness Award, which honors outstanding work by a spasmodic dysphonia support group leader.

FUTURE BOBCATS

Caleb Reid Zenz was born July 12, 2016, to Bobcat parents Mollie Parsons Zenz, BSHC ’08, communicator at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Justin Zenz, BSSP ’07, director of Athletics Ticketing, also at JMU.

Graham Joseph Poling was born Dec. 15, 2015, to the Bobcat duo of Dr. Jessica Zolton, BS ’07, OBGYN at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development at NIH in Bethesda, Maryland, and Devon Poling, BSME ’05, MS ’07, assistant branch manager/sales engineer at Simmers Crane Design & Services in Euclid, Ohio.

Kara Kramer Martell, AB ’00, proudly submitted this photo of her son, Albert Roland Martell, born Nov. 20, 2016. Wondering about his future, she writes, “Class of 2039?”

Alexander Lawrence St. John was born Dec. 12, 2015 to Bobcat Michael St. John, BBA ’98 and Leah St. John.

Isabel (Izzy) Alice Fleming was born Nov. 10, 2015. Proud parents are Lauren Hickman Fleming, BA ’06, online content manager at American Freight Furniture and Mattress in Delaware, Ohio, and Jack Fleming, senior application development analyst at the Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center in Columbus.

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The award is given by the National Spasmodic Dysphonia Association, which provides patient support, education, and research funding to cure this neurological voice disorder. Doles and her husband, Roger Doles, Jr., BSEE ’86, reside in Virginia.

In Oct. 2016, Jonathan Friend, BSC ’02, was promoted to vice president of sales with Oxford Immunotec, a global diagnostics company which develops and commercializes tests for immune-regulated conditions. Friend is head of U.S. sales.

2004

Glenn MacDonald, AAS ’04, BSS ’13, recently graduated from California Coast University’s distance learning degree program with a master’s degree in psychology.

In Jan. 2017, Benjamin Swain, BA ’04, CERT ’04, became partner of Stebelton Snider LPA, based in Lancaster, Ohio. Swain focuses his practice on domestic relations, custody issues, adoptions, and juvenile law. He is

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past president of the Fairfield County Bar Association. He and his wife, Chelsea Swain, BSHSL ’05, MAHSL ’07, reside in Ohio.

2005

Matthew Wisecup, BA ’05, was named partner at McBrayer, McGinnis, Leslie & Kirkland, PLLC and is based in the firm’s Greenup, Kentucky, office. Wisecup practices in Kentucky and Ohio and serves clients with a range of legal matters including custody, divorce, criminal defense, and personal injury.

Todd Kleismit, MPA ’05, is a 2013 graduate of Leadership Ohio and now serves on its Board of Trustees as president. A nonprofit founded in 1992, Leadership Ohio’s mission is to identify, educate, communicate, inspire, and engage Ohio’s current and emerging leaders to promote community wellbeing.

Kathleen Riedel Monahan, BSJ ’05, received the Professional Excellence Award from the Ohio Supreme Court for her professionalism at a

courtroom ceremony attended by justices and staff. Monahan is a graphic design editor at the Ohio Office of Public Information. The award represents the highest honor given to Supreme Court staff.

2006

Randi Fitzpatrick, BA ’06, joined Columbus investment management and financial advisory firm Hamilton Capital Management as a client relations representative.

Fitzpatrick is responsible for client service and account administration.

Her husband, Sean Fitzpatrick, BBA ’07, is an auditing associate at Pricewaterhouse Coopers.

2007

Genevieve Schambach Boulanger, BSC ’07, recently opened iShineYoga, a prenatal yoga and photography studio, in Huntersville, North Carolina.

2008

Jason McCumber, BSS ’08, joined McGlinchey Stafford PLLC’s commercial litigation practice in New York City as an associate. McCumber represents clients in

matters regarding commercial and financial services litigation in state and federal courts.

2009

Justin Eddy, BA ’09, joined the law firm Tucker Ellis LLP’s business department.

Eddy is a former real estate litigater with the firm’s real estate practice. He resides in Ohio.

2010

Matthew Schappa, BA ’10, joined the Indianapolis office of Hall, Render, Killian, Heath & Lyman, the largest health carefocused law firm in the U.S. Schappa’s practice focuses on supply chain procurement, operations, and management.

Michael Korte, BFA ’10, received the distinction of CNN’s best of 2016 for his viral YouTube videos #GAGA4RENT and #HAM4BEY. His videos have been featured by TIME, Entertainment Weekly, Buzzfeed and MTV. His YouTube show, “City of Michael,” is in its third season.

—Compiled by Peter Szatmary, former editor, & Kelee Garrison Riesbeck, editor

Bobcat tracks

Alumni Authors

Ohio University alumni publish books across subjects and genres. Here are releases within the last year.

He Came to Make Us Holy: The Sanctifying Work of the Holy Spirit, spiritual guidance (BookPatch LLC), by Rev. W. Earl Appleby, AB ’59 • Heavy Metal, coming-of-age novel (Autumn House Press), by Andrew Bourelle, BSJ ’97 • The Sound of a Million Dreams: Awakening to Who You Are Becoming, religious inspiration, (InterVarsity Press), by Suanne Camfield, BSJ ’97 • I Am One of You, poems (Mississippi Sound Publishing, LLC), by Nicole M.K. Eiden, BSC ’98 • Choosing the NEXT me: Five Stories of Altered Identity, collection of short stories (self-published on Amazon) by Charles First, BARC ’69 • Failure to Pursue: How the Escape of Defeated Forces Prolonged the Civil War, analysis of Civil War battle outcomes (McFarland), by Charles Frey, BSCE ’61 • Life, Camera, Action! The Art of Hosting and Entertaining at Home, short stories and personal experiences (self-published on Blurb), by Rita Fuller-Yates, BA ’12 • The Metroliners: Trains that changed the course of American rail travel, history and impact of a regional rail line (White River Productions), by Bruce Goldberg, BSC ’71, and David C. Warner • Loren Miller: Civil Rights Attorney and Journalist, biography (University of Oklahoma Press), by Amina Hassan, MA ’00, CERT ’05, PHD ’05 (2015) • Summer Warriors: An Air Force Cadet Mystery, military mystery (self-published on Amazon), by William Sharp, BSME ’65 • Across the Threshold of India: art, women and culture, analysis of Hindi threshold designs (George F. Thompson Publishing), by Martha Strawn, MFA ’70 • Almost Missed You, domestic suspense novel (St. Martin’s Press) by Jessica Yerega Strawser, BSJ ’01 • The Assassination of Ambrose Bierce: A Love Story, historical fiction featuring the reallife Ambrose Bierce (Hippocampus Press), by Donald Swaim, BFA ’59 • Union Power: The United Electrical Workers in Erie, Pennsylvania, history of labor activism by the United Electrical Workers Union in Erie, Pennsylvania, (Monthly Review Press), by James Young, AB ’63 —Compiled by Editor Kelee Garrison Riesbeck, BSJ ’91, CERT ’91

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Remembering fellow alumni

1930s

Pearl M. (Kiser) Loughman, ELED ’33 Bernice P. (Russell) Koehler, BSED ’35 William L. Rothenberg, AB ’36 J. Robert Tipton, BSED ’36 John W. Gander, BSED ’39

1940s

Susannah M. (Lupton) Austin, BSED ’40 Herbert J. Seakwood, AB ’40 Raymond P. Cone, BSCOM ’41 Margaret L. (Owen) King, MSHEC ’42 Evelyn F. (Marks) Manter, KP ’42 Robert A. Miller, BSCOM ’42 Frederick A. Swearingen, BSED ’42 Harriet (Wright) Watson, BSED ’42 Jane L. Belden, BS ’43 June R. (Dudley) Mattson, BSED ’44 Robert J. Mills, BS ’44 Lucille (Corson) Riley, AB ’45 Wanda R. Cole Bush, BSED ’46 Mildred J. (Stewart) Downey, BSHEC ’46 Barbara J. (Becker) White-Neff, AB ’46 Karl J. Hannan, General ’47 Beatrice (Goddard) Holtsclaw, General ’47 Edwina P. (Rinehart) Bailey, BS ’48 William H. Henry Jr., AB ’48 Ethel Krupansky, BSED ’48 Julian R. McQuiston, AB ’48 Dorothy M. (Malak) Thompson, BS ’48 Leonard D. Fisher, BSCOM ’49 Ralph A. Goodenberger, BFA ’49

Carl W. Gregory, BSCOM ’49 Angelene A. (Pollina) Laut, ELST ’49 Margaret M. (Redlin) Petrovic, BSCOM ’49 Ellen White Roberts, BFA ’49 Barbara A. (Johnson) Smith, BSED ’49 Charles Hugh Stewart, BFA ’49

1950s

Roy A. Blinn Jr., BS ’50 Andrew J. Desanti, AB ’50 Henry H. Gasiorek, BSME ’50 Lois (Babb) Grose, BSED ’50, MED ’77 Robert E. Jones, BSCOM ’50 Barbara (Correll) Maddox, BSS ’50 Raymond E. Nicodemus, AA ’50 Donald H. Anderson, BSCOM ’51 Barbara E. (McMahon) Barol, BSED ’51 Richard G. Beadle, BSED ’51 Donald J. Blanchard, BSIE ’51 Deryl (Edsall) Carboy, BSJ ’51 Gordon H. Carlson, MS ’51 Mary (Volas) Carpathios, BSJ ’51 John H. Graham, BSEE ’51 John J. Hesketh, General ’51 Eldon R. Hooser, BS ’51 Fred H. Loemker, BSCOM ’51 James R. Malone, BS ’51 Joseph V. Mendiola, BSIE ’51 Marta J. (Herr) Sigmon, BSCOM ’51 George E. Volkmann, BSCOM ’51 Forrest L. Bean, BSED ’52 George W. Hufford, BSED ’52 Joan Vance Mackinnon, AB ’52 Frank W. Shelton III, BSIE ’52 Ethel L. (Taylor) Vincent, BSED ’52

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Patricia A. (Allison) Zwayer, BS ’52 John H. Acomb, BS ’53, MS ’54 Jane Burns Baumann, BFA ’53 Julia A. (Glass) Cumberland, BFA ’53 Olguita (Velez) Dollison, BS ’53 Catherine A. (Amato) Downer, General ’53 David L. Gebhart, BSEE ’53 Frederick C. Haug, BSCOM ’53 Rev. John Richard Heller, AB ’53 Sven L. Nordin, BSCOM ’53 J. P. Stoodt, BSED ’53, MED ’55 Watson D. Burnfield, BSCOM ’54 Michael J. Henry Jr., BSCOM ’54 Don R. Anderson, BSED ’55, MED ’61 Connie F. (Cozad) Baumgartner, BSED ’55 Vause P. (Smith) Carlsen, MA ’55 Elmer Duncan, General ’55 John W. Glancy, BSJ ’55 Sally (Apalakian) Ovian, BSED ’55 Richard A. Porter, BSED ’55, MED ’61 Alice L. (Gray) Smith, MFA ’55 Charles B. Tribe, General ’55 Carolyn L. (Heffken) Collins, BSED ’56 Jay D. Gerding (Lt. Cmdr., USAF), BSCOM ’56 Stanley H. Huntsman, MS ’56 Richard D. Maxwell, AB ’56 Donald P. Pember, MED ’56 Martin A. Shiffman, BSCOM ’56 Gary R. Posner, BSJ ’57 Jerry L. (Kistler) Shirey, AA ’57 Fred T. Bair, BSCOM ’58 Richard T. Brennan, BSCE ’58 Lee H. Leprich, BSCOM ’58 James L. Mears, BSED ’58 Jack E. Mehl, BSCOM ’58 Cynthia (Noles) Beer, BSJ ’59 Anna J. Cushman, BFA ’59

C. Patricia (Mulloy) Halverson, BSJ ’59 Nancy I. (Blaettnar) Lee, BSED ’59

1960s

Thomas A. Boster, MS ’60, PHD ’66 Joyce E. Costa, BSHEC ’60 Roger C. Doerr, BSCOM ’60, BSME ’60 Ruth T. (Torbett) Ingham, AB ’60 Thomas J. Jones, BSCOM ’60 Joann (Ernst) Jump, General ’60 Carolyn (Brown) List, BSED ’60 James W. Schmidt, BSIT ’60 Thomas A. Snyder, BS ’60 John F. Valduga, BSME ’60 Yukio Aoyama, General ’61 Suanne I. (Phillips) Bell, BFA ’61 Donald M. Hicks, BSIT ’61 Phil E. McCafferty, BSIT ’61 A. A. Brokaw, BSCOM ’62 Janet L. (Becker) Brooker, BSED ’62 Joyce M. (Galloway) Griffey, BS ’62 James P. Mancino, AB ’62 Donald S. Mills, BFA ’62 Margaret G. Taylor, BSED ’62 Theodora A. (Minnozzi) Barath, BBA ’63 Jack L. Brizzi Sr., BSED ’63 Mary L. (Lowe) Laverty, BFA ’63 Patricia (Bernard) Miller, BSHEC ’63 Gerald L. Paisola, BSED ’63 John E. Watson, MED ’63 Nancy L. Carlson, MA ’64 Judith A. (Williams) Curl, BSED ’64 Earle J. Esner Jr., BBA ’64 Robin A. C. Fearn, AB ’64 Bonnie L. (McFarland) Pobst, BSED ’64

Mary Ellen (Elsen) Saltzman, BSJ ’64 Richard E. Sontag, BBA ’64, BSIT ’64 Donald A. Stanley, MFA ’64 Robert Phil Anthes, BA ’65 Edward A. Christman, BS ’65 Karen J. Lane, BA ’65 Sally (McAllister) Reich, BA ’65 Sarah J. (Spencer) Shone, BSED ’65 Betty S. (Bland) Volkers, BA ’65 Terry G. Craft, BA ’66 Bonita R. Delbert, AB ’66 Maxine E. (Maravy) Fox, BSED ’66 Mary M. Greer, BSED ’66 Gary L. Harrison, BSJ ’66 William J. Heiser (Capt., USAF), BBA ’66 Gerald R. Keck, BSIT ’66 Edward C. Lynn, BSED ’66 Lynn A. (Balthasar) Martin, General ’66 Willie S. Oliver, BSED ’66 Leo D. Steible Jr., BSED ’66 Philip L. Baker, BBA ’67 Judith A. Brown, BSJ ’67 Arlin G. Meyer, PHD ’67 Kenneth R. Riebel, BBA ’67 Richard L. Smith, MBA ’67 Stuart P. Sobel, BBA ’67 James J. Szudarek, BBA ’67 Paula J. Anderson, BSED ’68 James A. Bucar, BSED ’68 Arthur Clemenson, MA ’68 James Craig, BFA ’68 John D. Early, BSIT ’68 Tom W. Fox, BSED ’68 Nancy L. (Robb) Lemon, BSED ’68 Terry L. Schwartz, BS ’68 Brenda J. (Young) Smith, AB ’68 James B. Swinehart, BSED ’68 Robert A. Wilhelm, BS ’68 Jeanne M. (Koller) Cramer, BSED ’69

In memoriam

William R. Donald Jr., BFA ’69 Patricia A. Evanshine, AB ’69 Richard L. Hanna, BSJ ’69 Roger W. Hannahs, BS ’69 Donald L. McKendry, MED ’69 Robert V. Meyer Jr., BS ’69 Robert D. Moffat, BSIT ’69 Edward M. Okolish, BSED ’69 Sandra Tschudi Pridham, BSED ’69 Harold Shafer Jr., BSED ’69 Daniel W. Wagner, BBA ’69

1970s

Jeanne M. (Kapron) Cocco, BSED ’70 Warren D. Craigo, PHD ’70 Jane (Brumfield) Dunn, BSED ’70 Rev. Stephen R. Long, BSED ’70 Michael J. Miller, BSED ’70 Francis G. Mathias, MA ’70 Rudy L. Shaw, BSEE ’70 Ethel M. (Haney) Waggle, BSED ’70 Susan M. (Glendenning) Abele, BSED ’71 Raymond C. Beaty Jr., PHD ’71 Earl R. Brammer, BSED ’71 Eleanor S. Chenoweth, BSED ’71 Linda C. (Cicora) Compton, BBA ’71 John T. Dambrowski, BBA ’71 Russell M. Hayes Jr., PHD ’71 James M. Kubik, BSME ’71 Lois M. Morgan, BSED ’71 Michael B. Toney, BSC ’71 Helen M. Webb, BSED ’71 David R. Wright, PHD ’71 Mary K. (Neighbour) Abel, BSED ’72, MED ’77 James R. Blum, BSED ’72 James C. Cute, BSC ’72 John J. Lombardo, BSJ ’72 Gregory A. Price, AB ’72

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Bruce C. Syme, BSME ’72 Frederick J. Barwick, BBA ’73 James R. Berger, BSIT ’73 Bonnie J. (Schupbach) Brafford, BSED ’73 Jacqueline A. Drew, AB ’73 David P. Frazer, BSED ’73 Susan A. Henn, BSED ’73 Carl Lyon, BBA ’73 Emily N. (Neely) Nelson, BSED ’73 Thomas C. Schreiber, BBA ’73 Joan E. (Ontko) Stevens, BSED ’73 Roger H. Thomas, BS ’73 Edward R. White, BS ’73 Jordan H. Abner, BBA ’74 Walter M. Brasch, PHD ’74 Robert S. Brooks, BGS ’74 James D. Fernihough, MED ’74 Patricia J. (Weber) Luchkowsky, AB ’74 Charles R. Milleman, BGS ’74 Paul E. Quick, BGS ’74 Anthony A. Sarratore, BSED ’74 Lou A. Walden, BSED ’74 Lawrence W. Holbert, BSED ’75 Thomas A. McCollister, BFA ’75 Paul J. Rethinger, PHD ’75 Marjorie E. (Paine) Hicks, BSJ ’76 Ronald E. Hicks, AAS ’76, BSJ ’77, MA ’82 Frances C. Rowe, BGS ’76 Nancy (Nowacki) Ryan, BSHEC ’76 Gladys P. (Ragland) Taylor, MED ’76 Paula (Frankhauser) Barbe, BSHSS ’77 Ellen H. Comar, BMUS ’77 Fred C. Harner, MA ’77 Theodore L. Morgan, MFA ’77 Norma J. (Payne) Alcorn, MA ’78 Barry L. Books, BGS ’78 Darrell V. Brown, MA ’78 Steven Davis, BFA ’78 William R. Hewitt, BSC ’78

Julia M. Murnahan, BSED ’78 John A. Van Reeth, BMUS ’78, MED ’90 Phillip R. Barker, BBA ’79 John L. Doerr, BSEE ’79 Barbara E. (McNeil) Sweeney, BSED ’79 Kurt B. Tostenson, BSED ’79

1980s

Charles L. Bensman, BFA ’80 Connie L. Kunkle, BSC ’80 Beverly J. Moore, BGS ’80 Charles R. O’Morrow, BBA ’80, MBA ’90 Gregory E. Eichelman, BSC ’81 Elizabeth A. (Seidel) Figlestahler, BSN ’81 Larry Lee Miller, BSED ’81 Daniel O. Schwartz, AB ’82 Kyle L. Johnson, BSC ’83 Ross P. Richardson, BBA ’83 Thomas W. Stang, BSCE ’83 Jeffrey A. Van Gundy, BBA ’83 John P. Bryant, AAB ’84, BBA ’86 Richard Dale Hayek, AAS ’84, BBA ’86, MBA ’95 Lori E. (White) Laisure, BSC ’84 Richard J. Schorr, General ’85 Alvin L. Beggs, PHD ’86 Harold S. Wolfe, BGS ’86 Elise Vivian (Fountaine) Branson, MS ’88 William J. Fay, BBA ’88 Julie Anne Miller, AAS ’88 Brenda Derifield Hosey, BSN ’89 Lisa Ann Steel, BSC ’89

1990s

William B. Coulter, LHD ’90 Henry A. Cooke, MED ’91 John Howard Meyer, PHD ’91 Steven Gilbert Boswell, BFA ’92

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Shirley F. (Meiners) Burry, PHD ’92 Terry L. (Reitberger) Driscoll, BSN ’92 Ambrose Long, AA ’96 Martha Stratton Giffen, MED ’97 Vickie L. Lewis, MS ’97 Sudha (Agrawal) Gupta, MPT ’98 Adam Gilbert Reichert, BBA ’98 Shaun Patrick White, BA ’98

2000s

Dirk A. Bosgraf, BSCS ’01 Lester Carl Hensley, AAB ’02 Blanche A. Hunter, AAS ’03 Tina M. (Wagner) Webb, AAB ’04

2010s

Brittany Ellen Boles, AAS ’10 Alissa Marie Trucco, BA ’11, BSJ ’11 Stephen Michael Wolkoff, BSS ’11 Samuel Robert Bogart, BS ’12 Kathryn Sue Meinfelter, BSH ’13 Kevin J. Boyer, BBA ’16 Haden Richard DeRoberts, BSS ’17

Faculty/Staff

Christopher Lee Buckley, Albany, Ohio, former zone maintenance specialist, Facilities Management, Nov. 26 Margaret F. Cohn, Athens, Ohio, retired dean, Honors Tutorial College, Dec. 1 Leonard L. Hajost, Lancaster, Ohio, former manager, OHIO Bookstores, Regional Campuses, March 15

Richard E. Ham, Tallahassee, Fla., professor emeritus of communication sciences and disorders, College of Health Sciences and Professors, Jan. 2 Mont C. Hollingsworth, Cleveland, Ohio, former executive-in-residence, College of Business, Nov. 27 William D. Hummon, Athens, Ohio, former professor of marine biology, College of Arts and Sciences, Jan. 1 Ernest H. Johansson, Toledo, Ohio, former associate professor of English, College of Arts and Sciences, Dec. 21 David A. Johnson, Athens, Ohio, associate professor emeritus of psychology, College of Arts and Sciences, Feb. 9 Abner Jonas, Athens, Ohio, former professor of art, College of Fine Arts, Feb. 5

Harry Kotses, Sanibel, Fla., professor emeritus of psychology (1970-2006), College of Arts and Sciences, March 5 Michael B. Miller, BSED ’71, MED ’78, The Plains, Ohio, retired bus driver, Transportation Services, Jan. 8 H. Wayne Rhodes, Shade, Ohio, former press operator, Printing Resources Center, March 21 Robert L. Riddel, BSME ’67, MS ’70, Lancaster, Ohio, former math teacher, Ohio University Lancaster | Pickerington Center, March 22 Lois Roberts, Athens, Ohio, former assistant director, Facilities Management, Jan. 17 William Roberts, Athens, Ohio, former director of communication, April 15, 2016

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Rosemary T. Rogers, MED ’82, Athens, Ohio, former administrative associate (1978-2006), Department of Geography, College of Arts and Sciences, Dec. 5 Sara Scott, Athens, Ohio, former purchasing assistant, Finance and Administration, Jan. 24 Joseph R. Sligo, BSED ’48, MED ’50, Gilbert, Ariz., professor emeritus of education, The Gladys W. and David H. Patton College of Education, Oct. 26 Wilma J. Vineyard, Athens, Ohio, former administrative associate, Office of Undergraduate Admissions, Dec. 29 —Compiled by Jennifer Shutt Bowie, BSJ ’94, MS ’99, based on information received by the University’s Office of Advancement Services prior to April 1.

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What is creativity?

ACROSS 1. ____ Gordon Sauter, BSJ ’57, LHD ’83, former president of CBS News and Fox News 4. Ovine call 7. Cuban city previously off-limits to Americans for more than 50 years 13. “What’s the big ____?”

15. Right-angled building extension 16. Retreat center in Big Sur, California 17. Subjects of Gregor Mendel’s experiments 18. Estrangement 20. Aunt in Acapulco 22. Kind of dance 23. First part of the definition to the headline question 27. Letters seen in an airport 30. ____ Angeles Clippers, team of which Michael Schuler, BSED ’62, was once head coach 31. GI field food 32. Second part of the definition 35. Addams cousin 36. Alexander Emmanuel Rodriguez nickname, to baseball fans 39. Bizarre 40. Author of the definition 43. One of the Marx Brothers 46. ____ Brockovich, 2000 film shot by Ed Lachman, BFA ’71 47. Gratuity 50. Fruit in the song “Day-O” 52. Cpl. or Sgt. 54. Wade litigant 55. She-bear in Seville 56. Third part of the definition 60. Vivacity 61. Court Street bill?

62. Belief in an occult relationship between integers and events 68. Fontanne’s co-star 71. Ancient Greek meeting places 72. Johnny Cash’s name for a boy 73. Be aware of 74. Last part of the definition 75. Clock setting on the Atlantic seaboard 76. Historical period DOWN 1. Bigwig, for short 2. Lemon, lime, or orange suffix 3. Most tidy 4. Arthur or Lillie 5. Each and every one 6. Cover story?

7. Third Norman king of England

8. Strong ____ ox 9. Large tank 10. Boxing great 11. New or revived prefix 12. Abby’s twin and fellow advice columnist 14. It’s east of Europe 19. ____ , Pray, Love: 2006 memoir by Elizabeth Gilbert 21. Dispenser of cash 23. Half of CCCII 24. Spoil 25. “Dies ____ ”: Latin hymn meaning “Day of Wrath” 26. Record label noted for jazz artists 27. Egyptian boy king 28. What Georgia was until 1991 (abbr.)

29. Consumed 33. Weep copiously 34. Au ____ : with natural gravy 37. “Give ____ the play”: Hamlet 38. Supernatural creature 40. Place for relaxation 41. Large amount 42. Fairy tale beginning 43. “Game of Thrones” network

44. Medium-sized batteries 45. Genetic messenger, for short 47. Chicago newspaper of Pulitzer Prize winner Clarence Page, BSJ ’69 and HON ’93 48. Charged particle 49. Square item difficult to put into a round hole 51. ____ the Wide Missouri, 1951 movie 53. Mo. for Natl. Taco Day 57. Rembrandt medium 58. Gallows accessory 59. Speak 60. Vaunt 62. Jazz trumpeter Adderley 63. Yuck!

64. “Surely not I?” 65. Directional suffix 66. Theatre Cat in the musical Cats 67. As of now 69. Hide-hair link 70. Former Pan Am competitor —Jim Bernhard has written crossword puzzles for The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times syndicate, among other media.

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Last word Melissa Haviland’s work straddles the worlds of printmaking and installation-performance. The School of Art + Design assistant professor’s life also exists between artist and parent, alongside David Colagiovanni, director of OHIO’s annual Athens International Film + Video Festival. Their son, twoyear-old Jude, became part of her essence at his birth, yet doesn’t impinge on her creative process.

“You know how [before having kids] you are the only one in your head? Since Jude was born, now there are two in there! I never miss him when I’m working. Yet he is the most consistent thing, other than having a self, that I can think of.” For more of the Q&A, go online to ohiotoday.org/summer-2017.

—Editor Kelee Garrison Riesbeck, BSJ ’91, CERT’91 ​ Photo by Ben Siegel BSVC ’02

What is your earliest memory?

The 1979 blizzard in Chicago. My dad took me out to the back yard to feed the dogs. The snow was so deep—around two feet—I had to walk in his footsteps.

What would your superpower be?

Stopping time. I LOVED the episode of Twilight Zone called “A Little Peace and Quiet” when I saw it in the ’80’s about a woman who finds a pendant that can stop time. I cannot imagine how many times I have thought about that story and the possibilities and challenges of stopping time. I would get so much done! But do you age while time is stopped? Do electrical things work while time is stopped? I would need my sewing machine…And on and on and on…

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David Griesmyer, owner of DG Welding and Design in Malta, Ohio, works on one of nine giant fish that he plans to install in school formation along the Muskingum River near McConnelsville, Ohio. The sculpture promotes tourism through the arts. OHIO’s Innovation Center supports DG Welding and Design and other regional businesses through Leveraging Innovation Gateways and Hubs Toward Sustainability, or LIGHTS, a program that provides professional resources to the regional workforce, entrepreneurs, companies, and local communities.

—Ben Siegel, BSVC ’02, OHIO photography supervisor at University Communications and Marketing

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Salgu Wissmath, right, and Atish Baidya, School of Visual Communication (VISCOM) graduate students, align photos for the “Pete Souza Exhibit”

by Pete Souza, former Chief Official White House Photographer for former President Barak Obama, at the school’s gallery on March 4, 2017. Listen to Souza, former VISCOM faculty, reveal the stories behind some of the exhibit’s photographs to VISCOM professor and Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer Marcia Nighswander at ohiotoday. org/summer-2017. Photo by K aitlynn Stone BSVC ’17