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UIndy student leadership opportunities expand By Laken Detweiler SPORTS EDITOR
Photos by Robbie Hadley
Two former UIndy Presidents, Gene Sease and Beverley Pitts, and current UIndy President Robert Manuel give speeches at the annual Founder’s Day celebration and library reopening on Oct. 3.
UIndy celebrates Founder’s Day Oct. 3 commemorates Founder’s Day along with the official reopening of Krannert Memorial Library By Robbie Hadley BUSINESS MANAGER Three University of Indianapolis presidents addressed a group of students, faculty and alumni at this year’s Founder’s Day celebration on Oct. 3. Along with the annual celebration, the event also marked the official opening of the remodeled Krannert Memorial Library. The library, which had not been renovated since its opening in 1977, has been open for student-use since the first week of classes, but was rededicated at the event. Before the homecoming football game President Robert Manuel began the event by welcoming the crowd. His opening remarks stressed the importance of the library as the heart of the campus. According to Manuel, the new library focuses as much on collaborative work as it does on access to academic information. He also highlighted some of the other new features of the remodeled library such as
the Perk III and Sub Hub, computer labs and collaborative spaces. For the Founder’s Day portion of the event, Special Assistant to the President for Mission Michael Cartwright followed the history of the library, starting as a small corner on the ground floor of Good Hall to the building in use today. He called attention to the three large w i n d ow s o f the recently remodeled building and encouraged the crowd to look at them as representation of the past, present and future of the library and, by extension, of the university as a whole. Former UIndy President Gene Sease revisited his personal experience of having the library built in the late 70’s. He engaged in a fundraising campaign of which $3.5 million came from the Krannert family.
“It was really wonderful to see the library become a treasury of knowledge.”
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New master’s degree programs come to UIndy this fall The School for Adult Learning will be featuring two new master’s degree programs this fall according to the Dean of the School for Adult Learning Judy Apple-VanAlstine. The two programs, which will be in Real Estate and Construction Management and Human Resource Management were approved in the Faculty Senate meeting on Sept. 22.
Annual Homecoming Carnival returns for Homecoming Week The University of Indianapolis hosted its annual homecoming carnival in honor of the university’s homecoming celebration on Sept. 29 in UIndy Hall. Although the homecoming theme changes each year, the traditional circus theme was still used for the homecoming carnival.
Men’s Cross Country takes third, women take fourth at Lewis Conference Cross-Over The University of Indianapolis men’s and women’s cross country team traveled to Louisville, Ky., on Oct. 3 to take part in the Greater Louisville Classic. The men placed 7th out of the 36 team field, and the women 28th out of 30. Each field was made up of various Division I, II, III and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics schools.
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He also echoed Manuel’s comments on the updated nature of the library as a gathering place. Former UIndy President Beverley Pitts spoke about another new aspect of the library. For several years, she and a group of other individuals have been working on the Mayoral Archives. The Mayoral Archives contains documents and artifacts from all of the living mayors and former mayors of Indianapolis. One of these artifacts is William Hudnut’s desk, and many records from Greg Ballard’s tenure will be included soon after he leaves office in January. The last speaker of the night was Director of the Krannert Memorial Library Matthew Shaw. Shaw focused on how students use of the library already increased. He said that it has a modern space that can serve the needs of the university much
better and that students have been using it regularly. Senior mathematics and philosophy major Joe Krall said that the speakers’ anecdotes were his favorite part of the event. “I love the fact that people brought stories into the ceremony,” Krall said. “You could really tell that the library is the intersection of so many narratives. All of them [the speakers] brought their perspectives. It was really wonderful to see the library become a treasury of knowledge.” Assistant Professor of English Karen Newman said she was very happy to see the library update to a more modern form, despite her love of physical books. “I think that the way that people interact with libraries are going through a lot of changes,” Newman said. “Our old library just wasn’t keeping pace with the changes. As someone who loves books, I never thought I’d be happy to see the day when libraries actually divested themselves of hard copies of books.”
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One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer in their lifetime. Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women. An estimated 2,150 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer and approximately 410 will die each year. Breast cancer is the second leading cause of death among women. Taken from the National Breast Cancer Foundation, INC www.nationalbreastcancer.org/breast-cancer-facts Graphic by Ashlea Alley
Pink Week spreads awareness, raises money for breast cancer By Ashlea Alley ONLINE EDITOR
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month takes place during the whole month of October. The idea behind Breast Cancer Awareness Month is to do just that, raise awareness throughout the whole month. The University of Indianapolis contributes by hosting its own campaign, Pink Week. Students walking through the Schwitzer Student Center during lunch hours have seen tables set up with Pink Week information. The United Methodist Student Association decided to sell chocolate covered pretzels to raise money for breast cancer research and support efforts. Freshman public health major Shayna Ritchie sold pretzels with UMSA on Thursday, Oct. 8. “UMSA is involved in a lot of different service projects,” Ritchie said. “Like last week we were at a soup kitchen. So UMSA is very involved in activities that have to do with charity or anything that
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has to do with raising awareness for causes.” UMSA was not the only Registered Student Organization raising money for breast cancer research during Pink Week. The Student Nurse Association also helped raise money by selling ice cream sundaes. According to senior nursing major Elizabeth Lott, the organization not only sold ice cream sundaes, it also distributed information on breast self-examinations and the importance of getting mammograms. “When you’re younger, you don’t think about it [a mammogram], but— the professors that walk through here and the faculty— we hand them out just to be preventive...” Lott said. Besides the tables, some RSOs also held special events for Pink Week. The Psychology Club hosted an event on Oct. 6, in Schwitzer Room 012. Executive Director of Pink Ribbon Connection Dori Sparks-Unsworth came to explain the purpose of and volunteer opportunities at Pink Ribbon Connection. According to Pink Ribbon Connection’s website, the organization is an “Indianapolis-based,
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grassroots not-for-profit whose staff and volunteers provide breast cancer survivors with one-on-one per counseling, as well as offering emotional support and resources to anyone touched by breast cancer.” Freshman psychology and pre-occupational therapy major Kristen Dyson came to the event because it was a part of Pink Week. “I think it’s really important that people are aware with what’s going on in the community with breast cancer and other types of cancer,” Dyson said. Although Dyson came into the event knowing nothing about Pink Ribbon Connection, she left with a better idea. “I think that it is really cool that they are a non-profit, and they can provide things to women like emotional support,” Dyson said.“They really care because they can connect to them with other people who know what they’re going through.” Pink Week ended with a Charity Ball on Friday, Oct. 9, at the Artsgarden in downtown Indianapolis. Tickets were $5 per person, and all the proceeds went to Pink Ribbon Connection.
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The University of Indianapolis recently launched its own chapter of the National Society of Leadership and Success. The head of the program is Assistant Dean of Students Joe Thomas, and working with him is the student president of the society sophomore psychology major Brittany Finigan. According to the society’s website at www.societyleadership.org, the society is devoted to helping people discover and achieve their goals. UIndy started its own chapter to have a more official way to help build leadership skills. “I think [the chapter was started] mostly because we wanted more formal ways to not only grow our leadership programs, but student leadership skills,” Thomas said. “We started a leadership certificate program last semester that was built internally, and then we stumbled across this society that really does a lot of the same [things] in a more formalized way with extra benefits. So we applied for a grant through them to get the society started and got it.This is our first semester.” Thomas hopes that bringing this organization to UIndy’s campus will help students not only grow in their leadership skills, but also put those skills to use in the student organizations in which they are involved. “I think the primary goal of the program is to help us build a formal kind of stair-step process to develop leadership skills in a student,” Thomas said. “So as a sophomore, maybe you go through the National Society of Leadership and Success. And then as a junior, you get more involved in your student organization and take a leadership role, do the leadership certificate program that we just offered and then progress upwards. It’s just a natural track. What we’re finding is that the society has attracted students who don’t typically get involved in the regular stuff. So I think it’s opened up avenues for students who wouldn’t necessarily go out and sign up for something that’s already here.” Thomas wants being a part of the society to be something that students strive to attain. As a sophomore or junior, depending on a student’s academic standing with the university, the students will be invited to join the society. If the student decides to join, then he or she has a list of requirements that must be completed before being inducted. “When you get an invitation, you pay to become a member of the society, but then you have to do 12 hours of requirements, including orientation,” Thomas said. “There’s a leadership training day. There are three different speakers that you have to attend. And you’re assigned a success networking team, or what’s called an SNT. …That’s where our current students get together and work towards goals and hold each other accountable. And then you’re inducted. So all together, it’s about a 12-hour commitment throughout the semester before you actually become a member.” According to Thomas, once they become members, students can take advantage of benefits within the society. For example, students can receive scholarships and awards directly through the society. The society also offers resume reviews and will write personalized recommendation letters. After being inducted, there are no requirements that need to be met. Students decide how involved they want to be once they have been inducted. Prior to having the society as a part of UIndy’s campus, students could, and still can, participate in the Leadership Certificate Program. Finigan said that her leadership experience began there. “That [being a part of the Leadership Certificate Program] was a huge boost for me to build up my confidence to speak out about an issue,” Finigan said. The society’s inaugural induction will take place on Dec. 12.
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