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Portico
December 2001
A publication of the University of Indianapolis
Portico
The kindest cut of all—When Rick Stierwalt ’80 cut the ceremonial ribbon at the
Homecoming dedication ceremony on Saturday, October 6, the Stierwalt Alumni
House was officially open for business. But pleasure came first on this beautiful
fall day, as hundreds of alumni toured the new Federal-style building, wandering
through the Institutional Advancement offices, munching pastries in the Magee
Alumni Parlor, inspecting the archival photographs and paintings from the
university’s art collection that decorate the walls, and generally oohing and
aahing over the many elegant accents and amenities. See page 5 for details.

Meet the Center for Aging and Community,
an ‘academic champion for gerontology’
Turn to page 10 to learn
more about the Center for
Aging and Community.
You’ll recall that in the most recent issue of Portico, we shared with you the wonderful news of the launch of the
university’s Center of Excellence in the Leadership of Learning, or CELL, and the $15-million Lilly Endowment
grant to support it. It is with equal parts pride, pleasure, and enthusiasm that we now introduce to you the Center
for Aging and Community of the University of Indianapolis. Its full name, the “Center for Aging and Community:
Partnerships for Healthier Senior Living,” offers substantial insight into the nature of the center.
The Center for Aging and Community is the second high-profile center of excellence born of the university’s
intensive Strategic Planning effort of the past several years; it will not be the last. The centers sprang from a grassroots
commitment of the greater university community to fulfill the institution’s motto, “Education for Service,”
and have garnered the total support of the university’s Board of Trustees, who literally applauded the plans and
have helped greatly in shaping them. Since the early stages of our strategic planning process, the Center for Aging
and Community and CELL have grown from a twinkle in our eye to the brightest stars on the university’s horizon. It
has been my mantra in recent months that unless these centers transform the university, they will have fallen short.
Why does the region need the Center for Aging and Community when fine gerontology centers already exist?
The University of Indianapolis center will be distinguished by how it operates: at street level, its doors flung open
wide to the community, as an advocate for advancing the emerging reality of older adults as community and family
assets rather than as burdens. Our many conversations with nationally recognized gerontology experts have found
them to be enthusiastic about this new University of Indianapolis model; without exception, they indicate strong
support for an academic champion for gerontology in Indiana and applaud our Center’s one-of-a-kind nature.
Conversations with local agency leaders have found them to be thrilled at the prospect of our university as an
important partner in providing services and resources to the community.
Naturally, such an ambitious initiative presents the University of Indianapolis with significant funding
challenges—and presents philanthropic entities and individuals with significant funding opportunities, including
the naming of the Center. Total start-up costs for the first five years of the Center are set at $24 million. Nine million
dollars will come in the form of generated income. Fifteen million dollars must come from gifts to the Center,
broken down thus: Plant, $9 million; People, $3 million; Programs, $2 million; Scholarships, $1 million. Further,
after the fifth year, there will still be a need for additional funds for an endowment to underwrite costs in perpetuity.
As a timely response to a confluence of health, education, population, workforce, and economic factors,
the Center for Aging and Community is a dramatic fulfillment of the university’s mission. I warmly encourage
you to be a part of the University of Indianapolis Center for Aging and Community. I hope you’ll call on Mike
Ferin, our vice president for Institutional Advancement (1-800-232-8634, 317-788-3360,or mferin@uindy.edu),
to discuss giving opportunities.
Jerry Israel, President
President Israel issues ‘Centennial Challenge’ to alumni
During the dedication of the Stierwalt Alumni House on October 6, 2001,
President Jerry Israel announced to the large alumni audience his invitation
to come back during the university’s Centennial year of 2002. He issued a
challenge to each alumnus and alumna to ‘touch’ the U of I campus at
least once during the Centennial celebration, January 1 through
December 31, 2002. This can be done physically by visiting campus or
virtually by visiting the Centennial Web site.
If you visit campus in person or on-line in 2002, we want to know about it!
To capture what surely will be a milestone number of alumni visitors, an alumni guest registry book will be
available in the Stierwalt Alumni House and at various events. You can also log on to the Centennial Web site
(http://centennial.uindy.edu) and be counted electronically with a virtual guest book. So don’t be left out. Stand
up and be counted for the Centennial!

Portico
Table of Contents
Portico
Departments
Alumni News
Activities of the Alumni Association
Campus Life
What’s happening on campus
Sports Update
News of the Greyhound athletic program
Portfolio
Take the ‘Norm Challenge’!
Class Notes
Births, obituaries, weddings, and more
Features
University unveils Center for Aging and Community
Second Center of Excellence debuts
September 11 attacks change lives of alumni
NYC-based pair share memories, observations
Women answer call to serve in ministry
Alumnae followed disparate paths
Recent grad finds ‘LOVE’ in accounting firm
Fidelia Nazegbulam feels right at home in her new job
Please address correspondence and changes of address to the
Office of Alumni Relations, 1400 East Hanna Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46227
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Portico is a quarterly publication
of the University of Indianapolis
for alumni, parents of students,
and friends of the university.
University Editor
R. Peter Noot ’77, ’84
Art Director
Jeannine R. Allen
Assistant Director, Publications
Jennifer L. Huber
Assistant Director, University Relations
Cynthia Sequin
Director, Alumni Relations
Monica Woods
Alumni Relations Coordinator
Rosalie Fletcher
Amy Alexander ’03, Class Notes
2001-2002 ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Shelley Armstrong Voelz ’80, ’83,
President
Oscar Gardner ’74, President-elect
LeAnne Briggs Schemenaur ’79, ’84,
Immediate Past President
Mark Adams ’78
Cindy Blackburn Bickel ’94, ’98,
Secretary
Steve Boggs ’82
Haldon Cole ’54
Tamiko Madden Grier ’90
J. D. Hamilton ’94
Brian Martin ’88
Lora McCormick ’97
Julie Seward ’89
Jamie Melfi Shellenberger ’90
Shariq Siddiqui ’96
Kelli Carr Silcox ’97, ’98
John G. Smith ’97
Amber Harrison Stearns ’95
David Swift ’72
Todd Sturgeon ’94
J. Todd Vaught ’98
Christopher Walsh ’91
James Wernke ’80, ’87
Brett Williams ’94
James Wilson ’69, ’87
John Winkler ’63
Amy Buskirk Zent ’58

Alumni
News
Wondering where your
fellow U of I alumni
live? The Alumni Web
site (alumni.uindy.edu)
includes a link to an
interactive map of
alumni across the USA.
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H i g h l i g h t s o f r e c e n t a l u m n i e v e n t s
U OF I ALUMNI DAY
AT THE ZOO
September 9,
Indianapolis Zoo,
Indianapolis
Nearly 100 alumni
and family enjoyed
the Indianapolis
Zoo and White River
Gardens in downtown
Indianapolis.
The event began
with a buffet in the
beautiful Hulman
Riverhouse overlooking White River and downtown
Indianapolis. In spite of rainy, muggy weather, everyone
had an enjoyable afternoon as alumni and their
families strolled through the 64-acre complex,
including the White River Gardens and Zoo.
Pictured above are Lisa (Cullers) Anderson ’99
and her baby Hanna, who came to the Alumni Day at
the Zoo with two of Lisa’s former classmates. According
to Lisa, her daughter is named after Hanna Avenue.
When Lisa was a student at U of I and long before she
met and married her husband, David Anderson ’94, she
always said that once she married and started a family,
she would name her first-born daughter after the street
that runs through campus. Luckily, she and her friends
joked, she did not have a boy first, or she might have
named him “Otterbein”—Otter for short.
HOMECOMING 2001
October 2–7, on campus
Alumni and students spread out all over campus during
Homecoming Week for many events.
Alumni Recruiters Open House
Alumni who are recruiters and human resource
professionals were on campus to tour the new Office of
Career Services facilities and learn more about its new
initiatives. They learned how alumni can help prepare
students for careers and be a source of job leads and
internships as well as how employers and employment
agencies can access U of I students and alumni. For
more information about U of I Career Services, call
(317) 788-3295 or visit http://careers@uindy.edu.
Central Hall Dedication Ceremony
Students and university friends gathered in the foyer
to participate in the dedication of the university’s fifth
and newest resident facility, Central Hall, named in
honor of U of I’s historical names, Indiana Central
University and Indiana Central College.
Legacy of Leadership Dinner
Former alumni association board presidents, their
widows or widowers, and their guests gathered in the
new Stierwalt Alumni House for a special preview
evening prior to the buildings’ dedication the next
morning. Oscar Gardner ’74, president-elect of the
alumni association and master of ceremonies, paid
homage to the leaders represented for the years of
dedicated service to the university and its alumni.
Included was a special tribute to Rick Stierwalt ’80 in
which the audience gave him a standing ovation in
recognition of his generous gift of the alumni house.
President Jerry and Carol Israel and Everette Freeman,
senior vice president and provost, joined alumni as
everyone toured the facility. The evening was made
even more magical with music provided by harpist
(and U of I Publications assistant director) Jen Huber.
University of Indianpolis ‘Late Nite’
In an event sponsored by the Campus Programming
Board, students kicked off Homecoming weekend with
a spirited, energy-filled evening. Every inch of the new
Schwitzer Student Center was filled with live music,
interactive events like make-your-own videos, cool craft
projects including make-your-own pottery, and 50-cent
food and drinks, including espressos and lattes.
Alumni Post-Production Theatre Reception
Fifteen theatre alumni attended the student-led
opening-night performance of All In The Timing at
Ransburg Auditorium. They reminisced about old
times, chatted with the cast, and toured the new
Theatre Department offices in the remodeled
lower level of Esch Hall.
KSPT Alumni Reunions
Approximately twenty members of the Krannert School
of Physical Therapy classes of 1986, 1991, and 1996
celebrated their fifteen-, ten-, and five-year reunions with
a brunch reception in Martin Hall, home to the Krannert
School of Physical Therapy, School of Occupational
Therapy, and School of Nursing. They enjoyed touring
Martin Hall, visiting with former classmates and faculty,
and seeing the amazing physical changes to campus.

Richard E. Stierwalt Alumni House Dedication
A long-awaited moment finally came as alumni of all
ages came back to witness the dedication of the one
structure on campus built with them in mind: the new
Stierwalt Alumni House. A large crowd was on hand as
Christel DeHaan, chair of the university’s Board of
Trustees, addressed the audience on the newly
landscaped lawn of the Stierwalt House.
Comments to mark this significant occasion were
also heard from William Kiesel ’63, alumnus and trustee,
Bill Roberts, president and CEO of Roberts Construction
Co., The Reverend Lang Brownlee, university chaplain,
Shelley Voelz ’80, ’83, alumni association president, and
of course Rick Stierwalt ’80.
Throughout Homecoming day, alumni toured
the Stierwalt Alumni House, which houses Division of
Institutional Advancement staff including Advancement
Services, Alumni Relations, Fundraising, Publications,
and University Relations. They also were able to see
Central Hall, the university’s fifth resident facility, and
the fantastic Schwitzer Student Center expansion project
including the new chapel and bookstore. Many alumni
commented that the campus was so beautiful and new
facilities so important to augmenting campus life that
they wanted to be students again.
Tailgate Party featuring The Wright Brothers
Alumni filled the outdoor Smith Mall area to enjoy a
festive outdoor concert and tailgate luncheon prior to the
football game. The U of I cheerleaders were on hand to
help fans get ready for the big game. The Adopt-a-
Greyhound Dog Owners, Indiana Chapter, brought
several greyhound dogs to meet the “other” greyhound
fans. Everyone enjoyed the outdoor concert by the
versatile and entertaining band The Wright Brothers.
At Key Stadium, student organizations displayed
entries in the spirit-fence banner contest. At halftime,
the Homecoming king and queen were crowned. And,
as promised by President Jerry Israel, the Greyhound
football team delivered a Homecoming victory over
Findlay of Ohio with a score of 26 to 8.
Schwitzer Student Center Dedication
On the stage of the outdoor tailgate party, Christel
DeHaan, chair of the Board of Trustees, once again
addressed a large audience for the purposes of
dedicating the newly expanded Schwitzer Student
Center. Comments were also heard from Jerry Israel,
university president, The Reverend Dr. Lang Brownlee,
chaplain, Michael Watkins ’68, chair of the trustees’
student affairs committee, Duane Odle, of contractors
Odle McGuire Shook, and Travis Osterman ’03
(above), Indiana Student Government president.
This building brings all student services under
one roof and includes career services, co-curricular
programs, international programs, Lantz Center for
Christian Vocations, the chapel and meditation room,
health center, counseling services, and the remodeled
Folletts Bookstore. It also features the new Hubbard
and Cravens Coffee Shop and new conference space.
Black & Minority Alumni Cookout
The fun continued the following day as black and
minority alumni, faculty, students, and their families
attended an outdoor picnic lunch sponsored by the
U of I Black Student Organization and the university’s
Hispanic student organization, Unidos. Many were in
town for the popular Circle City Classic football games
in the RCA Dome. Dr. Everette J. Freeman, new senior
vice president and provost, was on hand, as were
members of the Alumni Board of Directors.
BROWN COUNTY DAY
October 17
A fond memory for any graduate, Brown County Day
this year drew about 20 alumni who trekked to Brown
County State Park as guests of the Alumni Association
to join in the this university tradition. To join in the
fun next year, contact the Office of Alumni Relations.
YOUNG ALUMNI NETWORKING AT JILLIAN’S
October 18
U of I young alumni gathered for an after-work
networking reception at Jillian’s, Indianapolis’s
exciting downtown total entertainment complex.
Young and “young-at-heart” alumni joined in the fun at
the site’s private party room. Jillian’s is known for great
food and three floors of entertainment including
electronic simulation games, billiards, and bowling.
History of the
university soon
to go to press
Emeritus professor of
history and university
archivist Dr. Fred Hill has
produced a thoroughly
researched history of the
university in honor of its
Centennial in 2002. The
book, which includes
archival photos, will be
available soon. We’ll let
you know how you can
purchase a copy, but if you
would like to order yours
now, write the U of I
Publications Office (1400
East Hanna Avenue,
Indianapolis, IN 46227;
vcook@uindy.edu). We’ll
be happy to notify you
when it’s hot off the press!
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Trivia Question
Question:
What building now occupies the
site of Buxton Hall, the former
men’s dormitory and later the
home of the Department of
Communication and WICR?
Answer:
Buxton Hall was razed in
February 2000 to make room
for the new Richard E.
Stierwalt Alumni House, which
was dedicated October 6, 2001.
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U p c o m i n g A l u m n i E v e n t s
FINALS WEEK DESSERT DIVERSION
Tuesday, December 11, 8–9 p.m.
Stierwalt Alumni House, campus
Come meet members of the U of I Alumni Association
and tour the new Richard E. Stierwalt Alumni House at
a dessert reception. Finals week for the first semester
begins December 10. Alumni, show your understanding
as the students face hard work in studying for finals.
Students, come for a break in studying, get a great cup
of international coffee and some yummy desserts, and
meet graduates who, like you, survived Finals Week.
PRE-COMMENCEMENT RECEPTION
Occupational Therapy & Physical Therapy Graduation
Saturday, December 15, 9–10:30 a.m.
Ober Main Dining Hall, Schwitzer Student Center
All School of Occupational Therapy and Krannert
School of Physical Therapy graduates participating in
the December Commencement ceremony, as well as
their families and friends, are invited to join in a
celebration prior to the ceremony. A continental
breakfast will be served, and each graduate who attends
will receive a gift. For more information, call the
Alumni Association at (317) 788-3295.
YOUNG ALUMNI COFFEE-TASTING & NETWORKING
February 7, 2002, 6–8 p.m.
Hubbard & Cravens Coffee Brew House
1114 East 52nd Street, Indianapolis
The University of Indianapolis Alumni Association
and the Young Alumni Subcommittee invite you to
Indianapolis’s own Hubbard & Cravens Coffee
Company location in Broad Ripple. (The University of
Indianapolis Schwitzer Student Center has a Hubbard
& Cravens retail outlet next to the bookstore on
campus.) You will tour their coffee brew house, learn
what makes a cup of coffee great, and sample various
blends. Come to meet and/or reconnect with fellow
alumni over a steaming cup of java. Even if you aren’t a
coffee drinker, there’s plenty to enjoy. Meet in their
retail store adjacent to their coffee brew house. Ample
free parking is available at their facility at 52nd and
College, just off the Monon Trail.
This event is free, but RSVP to the Office of
Alumni Relations at alumni@uindy.edu or (317)
788-3295 so that we may plan accordingly.
ALUMNI PACK-THE-HOUSE NIGHT
February 9, 2002
The University of Indianapolis Alumni Association
invites you to the popular chili supper prior to the
Pack-the-House Night Greyhound basketball game
versus Northern Kentucky. This event sells out fast,
so get your tickets early!
A hot chili buffet dinner will be served in the
newly renovated Schwitzer Center lower level starting
at 4:30 p.m. Come in time to help cheer the Lady
Greyhounds on to victory at 5:30 p.m. in Nicoson
Hall. The U of I men’s basketball game tips off at
7:30 p.m. Registration fees include a chili supper
buffet and basketball game ticket. Cost: Adults, $10
per person; children ages 6-12, $5; children ages
five and under, free.
GRADUATES OF THE HEART ALUMNI DINNER THEATRE
Saturday, February 23
Dinner, 6:45 p.m.; Curtain, 8:00 p.m.
$30 per couple (includes dinner and theatre)
Schwitzer Center Dining Hall, campus
Did you meet your mate while you were both students
at U of I (formerly ICC/ICU)? Or, did you marry a
U of I graduate after leaving your alma mater? Back by
popular demand, this event is planned especially for
the nearly 1,200 alumni couples who left the university
with more than a degree in hand. Alumni couples will
join the public audience for an evening of dinner
and theatre of the student-led performance Lover’s
Ledge by Daniel Wentz. Lover’s Ledge is a clever character
play in which a young attorney develops a relationship
with a female office worker as she ponders her fate on
the ledge of a building.
Each of you has an interesting story to tell, no
doubt, about how you met and fell in love. If you’ll be
joining us but did not attend last year, send your brief
written comments to the Office of Alumni Relations
(or via e-mail at alumni@uindy.edu) including your full
names, graduation years, how you met as students, your
wedding date, and any fond memories of your alma
mater. If you have a “then and now” couples photo,
please include it. Dinner/Theatre tickets will be
available through February 8 or on a space-available
basis thereafter. To register, contact the Office of
Alumni Relations at 317-788-3295.

With your support, the
University of Indianapolis
Greyhound license plate
ranked fifth in volume
sales among all public and
private Indiana colleges
and universities!
Indiana University
25,541
Purdue University
15,208
Notre Dame
4,477
Ball State University
3,098
University of Indianapolis
1,125
Butler University
1,081
Rose-Hulman Institute
of Technology
1,069
Indiana Wesleyan University
943
Indiana State University
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Wabash College
748
License to Brag!
Ever find yourself wondering how you can quickly and
easily alert the world to your brains, taste, and panache?
A great-looking Greyhound license plate on your car is
just the thing. Studies show that drivers sporting U of I
plates on their vehicles are brighter, more attractive,
wealthier, and more influential than those with lesser
plates.* Issued in conjunction with the Indiana Bureau
of Motor Vehicles, the special plate is available to all
interested alumni, faculty, staff, parents, students, and
friends of the university, and can be used for passenger
cars, recreational vehicles, and trucks weighing less
than 11,000 pounds. Indiana BMV will charge an
additional $12 at the time of issuance for each plate.
*Actual studies yet to be conducted; conclusions based on more
of a hunch, really. Please: No quibbling.
For alumni and friends living in Indiana, Greyhound
plates are a great opportunity to support the U of I!
HERE’S HOW IT WORKS:
Fill out the order form
To order, complete this form. If you have vehicles
registered in different family members’ names, you
must submit a separate form for each plate
requested (you may make copies of this form).
Mail it today with your check or call the Office of
Alumni Relations to place your phone order with
MasterCard or VISA.
Return this form, your $10 payment, and a selfaddressed,
stamped envelope to: University of
Indianapolis, Office of Alumni Relations, 1400 East
Hanna Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46227-3697. We
will promply return the validated form(s) to you.
Take the validated form(s) to your license branch
Take the validated form(s) to your license branch,
along with your other paperwork, and get your
Greyhound plate! It’s that easy! This form is
needed for new or renewal plate applications.
Questions? Call the Office of Alumni Relations at
(317) 788-3295 or 1-800-232-8634.
Greyhound License Plate
Order Form
Name(s) (as listed on vehicle registration)
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
Address _____________________________________________
City/Zip _____________________________________________
Daytime Phone Number: ( _____ ) _____________________
My license branch is __________________________________
My county is _________________________________________
Send me ________ plate authorization forms (indicate
quantity needed)
________ @ $10 each = $ __________________
Check enclosed (payable to University of
Indianapolis)
MasterCard / VISA
#_______ - _______ - _______ - _______ exp. ___ /___
Name on card ___________________________________
For credit card orders, you may fax to (317) 788-3300
Return to: University of Indianapolis
Office of Alumni Relations
1400 East Hanna Avenue
Indianapolis, IN 46227-3697
Questions: (317) 788-3295; alumni@uindy.edu
Check all appropriate boxes:
U of I Student/Parent
Alumnus/Alumna
Faculty/Staff
University Friend
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Honors and Recognition: Call for award nominations
Do you know a graduate who has excelled in his or her career or provided exemplary community service ? The
U of I Alumni Association Honors and Recognition Committee seeks nominees from the Alumni Association
membership for the Distinguished Alumni Award, the new Distinguished Young Alumni Award, Gene and Joanne
Sease Award, Honorary Alumni Award, and Certificates of Appreciation. The alumni awards program bestows
recognition on the award winners but also helps to elevate the prestige of the entire university by highlighting the
personal and professional successes of the Alumni Association’s “best and brightest” each year.
Anyone can nominate an alumna or alumnus of the institution for one of the following awards (or, as a
graduate, you may nominate yourself). A written nomination form may be obtained by contacting the Office of
Alumni Relations, alumni@uindy.edu, 317-788-3295.
Deadline for consideration is February 1, 2002. For a list of previous award winners, visit the alumni Web site.
Award winners will be invited to the Honors and Recognition Banquet during Alumni Weekend festivities on
Saturday, June 1, to receive their awards.
HONORARY ALUMNI AWARD
Purpose: To recognize and honor those individuals who, although not graduates of the University of Indianapolis,
have clearly demonstrated their commitment to the university over a significant period of time.
Criteria: The individual(s) must have demonstrated a sincere interest and dedication to the university and have
served or been involved with the institution in a continuing and significant manner.
DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARD
Purpose: To recognize outstanding professional accomplishments or long-standing devoted service in a chosen
occupation or profession. The level of accomplishment or service must clearly distinguish the alumnus/alumna
among his or her peers.
Criteria: The individual must have rendered service to others in such direct and profound manner as to have
materially improved the quality of life for others over a significant period of time or achieved and sustained a
significant regional or national reputation for accomplishments and service in a particular profession.
GENE AND JOANNE SEASE AWARD
Purpose: Gene and Joanne Sease have exemplified the type of commitment, as a couple, to the University of
Indianapolis that the Alumni Association wants to honor and recognize on an annual basis. Over a significant
period of time, the Seases and others like them have given to the university gifts of time, talent, and treasure. The
Association has established this award to recognize these contributions.
Criteria: At least one person must be a graduate of this university, with his or her spouse being a strong supporter of
this institution in a significant and continuing manner.
DISTINGUISHED YOUNG ALUMNUS/A AWARD—NEW!
Purpose: To recognize and honor an alumnus and/or an alumna of the university who, while still relatively young,
has made outstanding contributions to his or her community.
Criteria: Nominees for this award shall be graduates of the university, be thirty-five years old or younger, demonstrate
a commitment to the university’s motto, “Education For Service,” be outstanding in their professions, and/or have
made outstanding contributions to their communities.
CERTIFICATES OF APPRECIATION
Purpose: To recognize alumni or others who have given outstanding service to the Alumni Association and to the
university in such areas as alumni, admissions, fund-raising, or other volunteer work.

Alumni Board of Directors serves to
represent more than 18,000 alumni
The Alumni Association Board of Directors consists of
twenty-six dedicated alumni representing many facets
of academic and professional backgrounds. The
nomination committee pays close attention to keeping
a proportional balance of alumni from all decades,
geographic areas, gender, ethnicity, academic background
at U of I/ICC, and career interests beyond
graduation. “We never forget that the alumni board
represents more than 18,000 alumni,” says president
Shelley Voelz ’80, ’83.
“The board is a working board,” says Monica
Woods, director for Alumni Relations. “Much of the
work they do happens outside of meetings, serving the
university and alumni as ambassadors, promoters, and
advocates of the alumni association’s goals and
objectives.” Through creative programming and
effective communication, the alumni board members
help to promote a spirit of unity and loyalty among all
alumni. Among the many ways the alumni board
members give of their time and talent are:
aiding the Office of Admissions in recruiting and
retaining students
mentoring students through the university’s Bridge
Scholars Program
serving as alumni ambassadors to newly arriving
international students
being a contact for other alumni in their hometowns
outside of Indiana
seeking to employ, provide internships, and/or
mentor undergraduates and/or alumni in their
career search
keeping young alumni connected to their alma
mater and raising awareness among undergraduates
of what it means to belong to the alumni association.
The alumni board meets four times per year with
subcommittee meetings held as needed. To become a
member of the U of I Alumni Association board of
directors, graduates must be nominated in writing.
Annually, six directors are elected; terms begin June 1.
For more information, visit the alumni Web page at
http://alumni.uindy.edu or contact Monica Woods,
Director for Alumni Relations, (317) 788-3205
(mwoods@uindy.edu), for more information.
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Tell us about the important milestones in your life and we’ll pass the news on
to your classmates! Use this form to submit information about a wedding, new
child, new job or promotion, honors and achievements, and any other news
you want to share. Photos are welcome and may be published if space allows.
When you send news of weddings, please include wedding date, spouse name,
and occupations. When you share birth announcements, please include the
baby’s full name, birth date, and any siblings at home.
First, Middle/Maiden, & Last Name: ________________________________________________________
Grad Year: ___________ E-mail Address: _____________________________________________________
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NEW HOME INFORMATION
Street Address: ___________________________________________________________________________
City, State, Zip Code: _____________________________________________________________________
Country: ______________________________________ Phone: (_______) ________________________
Fax: _______________________________________ E-mail: _____________________________________
NEW EMPLOYMENT INFORMATION
Employer Name: _________________________________________________________________________
Job Title: ________________________________________________________________________________
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University unveils
Center for Aging & Community
America is getting older. And if we are to serve older
Americans well, universities also need to get wiser. The
University of Indianapolis is doing just that. Using the
collective wisdom generated by its inclusive strategic
planning process, the university concluded that it
should build on its strengths in health and human
services in some new way.
During 2000 and 2001, a series of
multidisciplinary groups eventually focused on the
notion of a center for aging in a community context.
Dr. Ellen Miller, assistant professor of physical therapy,
chaired a feasibility study of the concept. Her job was
to help her colleagues determine whether the project
was doable. “We looked at research, teaching, and
partnership possibilities,” she says. “Basically, everything
we gathered pointed in a thumbs-up direction.”
It is worth noting that all U of I schools participated in
the feasibility study that helped germinate the Center
for Aging and Community. “Aging cuts across every
discipline,” Miller notes.
Miller recalls a key turning point during the
study, when a number of nationally prominent experts
in aging and community-based learning participated in
a workshop to explore the viability of such a center.
Miller remembers, “We came away from that day
thinking, as one of our consultants said, ‘Why would
you not want to do this?’”
A steering committee is plotting the early course
for the Center. Dr. Sharon Isaac, dean of the School of
Nursing and co-chair of the committee, says, “The
Center fits directly into the strategic plan to help
transform the university.” Co-chair Dr. Beth Domholdt,
dean of the Krannert School of Physical Therapy,
points out that the Center will distinguish itself
through its focus on practical aspects of aging.
“The Center will not be involved in determining, for
example, the cellular basis for Alzheimer’s disease,” she
explains. “We will, however, be involved in helping
students, families, and older adults deal with the
impact of Alzheimer’s.”
Sherry Gray is the Center’s project manager, a
key position during the start-up phase of a project with
such a wide-ranging scope. Gray, who holds a master’s
degree in gerontology, comes to the U of I from St.
Vincent’s Hospital, where she served as an analyst/
consultant for the Senior Services Division. Her
ambition for the Center is for it “to be the place to
come to for real-world ideas, initiatives, and solutions
to meet the needs of the geriatric population.”
The center’s primary first-year goals are to:
develop the initial curriculum for a master’s degree
and certificates in gerontology;
promote community-based learning in gerontology
by increasing and enhancing community
partnerships;
apply for funding to support gerontology research
and community-based learning initiatives;
hire an executive director with the expertise and
experience to take the center to the next level.
Dr. Everette Freeman, senior vice president and
provost, is enthusiastic about the university’s increasing
focus on community involvement. Freeman says the
Center “will give us an opportunity to extend ourselves
into our constituent community on the city’s south
side, in particular, in such a way that we are not just
simply ‘town and gown’ but ‘gown in town.’”
The Center’s temporary home is a modest white
bungalow on Windermere Street on the south side of
campus. Although the Center will work closely with
area neighborhoods, its reach will be felt even further.
Dr. John McIlvried, dean of the School of Psychological
Sciences, believes the project’s “entrepreneurial feel”
will garner regional or national recognition.
Excitement for the Center on Aging and
Community runs high. Miller says with conviction,
“It can do nothing but succeed.” —Tim Mulherin

The Center for Aging & Community: How Will It Work?
The “Center for Aging and Community: Partnerships
for Healthier Senior Living” of the University of
Indianapolis will implement a unique combination of
interdisciplinary coursework, research, consulting, and
service to improve the quality of life for older adults.
It will do so locally through extensive involvement
in the community, offering services that range
from health support to workforce training while
creating partnerships with agencies dedicated to
working with the elderly. It will do so both locally and
nationally by preparing professionals in an unusual
array of disciplines to meet the challenges and
opportunities of a society wherein a quarter of the
population is defined as elderly—but wherein that
definition itself must today be reevaluated.
In transforming conventional approaches to
gerontology, the University of Indianapolis initiative
will be a national model recognized for its practical
emphasis, eclectic academic approach, and dynamic
partnerships between academe and the community.
Too often, gerontology is approached with a
merely medical bias, suggesting the elderly are simply
consumers of health-related services. But today’s older
adults are healthier, better educated, and wealthier
than ever before. Gerontology in the 21st century must
reflect the truth that older adults must be factored into
virtually every field of study. Business owners, for
example, must understand how to market to seniors,
who represent a major economic bloc. Community and
government leaders must learn to see older citizens as
important resources as well as consumers of services.
Financial planners must be aware of the challenges
facing retirees and those planning for retirement.
Administrators of gerontological facilities must be
prepared to address virtually every area of their
residents’ lives. Psychologists and social workers must
deal with issues specific to seniors and their families.
In short, every field that involves people must take
into account that the elderly form a major and growing
percentage of the population.
Through research, education, and service, the
Center will provide supportive and creative ways for
students, faculty, and the community to work with the
elderly. It will devote its efforts to applied research,
solving real-world problems in a customer-responsive
manner. Agencies and institutions will look to the
university to address a broad range of issues that they
confront in their work with older adults. The Center
will plan and implement a broad range of local and
national activities, encouraging collaboration and
health-promotion efforts across generations.
Academically, a variety of programs are being
considered. The Center might offer, for example, a
master’s in gerontology, certification in gerontology,
specializations within disciplines, and continuing
education opportunities for professionals in service
agencies and management. A master’s program might
be interdisciplinary, including specialty tracks in
health, public and corporate policy, lifestyle redesign
and ergonomics, business and marketing, case
management, and outcomes research.
A gerontology certificate could include core
competencies in biology, psychology, sociology of
aging, and public and corporate policy. The Center
might feature tracks within several programs, such as
business and social work, as well as within the existing
health-related programs, such as gerontological nurse
practitioner, a gerontology specialty in the Doctor of
Physical Therapy program, and geropsychology.
Disciplines to offer specializations within the
Center already include business, economics, political
science, nursing, occupational therapy, physical therapy,
psychology, and sociology. A gerontology component in
these areas represents a “value added” to degree
programs, making graduates more marketable as they
are positioned to make a contribution to positive aging.
The Center’s eventual goal, however, is to
“gerontologize” the entire university, imbuing each
discipline with a sensitivity to gerontological issues
and creating service learning opportunities for all
students with seniors at community agencies,
businesses, living facilities, and churches. The
university is already a well-established institution for
developing health professionals, making the Center
an ideal match with the university’s strengths; U of I’s
health sciences programs provide its students with a
broad array of clinical sites, for example. In pursuit
of student service-learning with a health focus, the
Center will establish community-based partnerships
where health and gerontology program students can
go for internships.
Indiana’s older adults, in turn, will see the
university as a trusted source of knowledge and
expertise and will look to the Center to help them
maintain independent, active, and productive lives.
Students across all academic disciplines will perceive
U of I as the preferred university for offering a
competitive advantage in seeking careers in gerontology.
Learning and scholarship activities at the Center
will instill in students those attitudes, skills, and
behaviors needed for successful careers and meaningful
lives in an aging society. The Center for Aging and
Community—a timely response to a confluence of
health, education, population, workforce, and
economic factors—is a dramatic fulfillment of the
university’s motto, “Education for Service.”
Too often, gerontology is
approached with a merely
medical bias, suggesting the
elderly are simply consumers of
health-related services. But
today’s older adults are
healthier, better educated, and
wealthier than ever before.
Gerontology in the 21st century
must reflect the truth that older
adults must be factored into
virtually every field of study.

Campus
Life
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Faculty/staff update
Dr. Bill Ayres (director, International Relations)
presented his paper “Counting the Cost: Lost
Opportunities and Economic Costs of Irredentist
Strategy in Armenia, Greece, and Turkey” at the
Annual Meeting of the American Political Science
Association in San Francisco on September 1. He also
gave a presentation on “President Bush's Response to
Terrorism” at the fall conference of the Indiana
Consortium of International Programs on October 26
at Brown County State Park. In addition, Dr. Ayres
became the director of International Studies for the
Indiana Academy of Social Sciences.
Dr. Victoria Bedford (School of Psychological
Sciences), along with students Sarah Rains and Nika
Porter, presented their paper “Kinship structure
contributions to the formation of adaptive social
networks” at the annual meeting of the American
Psychological Association in San Francisco. Bedford
also had her article “Variations on sibling intimacy in
old age” published in the August issue of Generations.
Candy Beitman (School of Occupational Therapy)
presented her paper “Lifestyle Redesign: A Model for
Service-Learning in Assisted Living Facilities,” at the
AOTA Conference in April 2001.
Dr. Dan Briere (chair, Modern Languages) was
nominated and elected to the board of the Hispanic
Education Center in Indianapolis for a three-year term.
Mary Ann Bromer-Kelly ’88, ’89 (School of
Occupational Therapy) is serving on the Governor's
Interagency Coordinating Council on Infants and
Toddlers Outcomes Task Force for the state of Indiana.
The Indiana Council of Teachers of English
(ICTE) recognized Dr. Bonnie Cameron ’88, ’95
(School of Education) as their 2001 NCTE/SLATE
Affilate Intellectual Freedom Award winner. She was
honored at the NCTE Annual Convention in Baltimore,
Maryland, in November.
For one week in February, Dr. Greg Clapper
(Center for Christian Vocations) lectured on
“Protestant Spirituality” at the California Academy for
Spiritual Formation in Burlingame, California. This
summer, Dr. Clapper finished writing nine articles for
the forthcoming Dictionary of Christian Spiritual
Formation being published by UpperRoom Books. The
articles were about justification, perfection, affective
spirituality, Søren Kierkegaard, Jonathan Edwards,
assurance, experience, humor, and love. He has also
preached at several local churches in Indiana and
Illinois during the past nine months.
Audrey Cunningham (Communication) was
named Outstanding Forensics Coach at the Owensboro
Community College Speech Tournament on October
20. She received the award as outstanding coach for
her dedication to forensics and team ethics and her
commitment to fair treatment for all competitors. The
University of Indianapolis speech team competed with
colleges and universities from North Carolina, Georgia,
Tennessee, Illinois, Kentucky, and Indiana.
Dr. Lucinda Dale (School of Occupational
Therapy) had a study, titled “Identifying meaning and
perceived level of satisfaction within the context of
work,” published in the international journal Work:
A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation.
During the spring term, Christine Guyonneau
(reference librarian) worked with ten students in the
kitchen at University Heights United Methodist Church
to learn about French culture through its cuisine.
Students also went on field trips and learned how to
prepare many authentic dishes.
Dr. Gayle Iwamasa (School of Psychological
Sciences) served as a panelist at the symposium on
“The applicability of behavioral and cognitive behavioral
therapies with ethnic minority populations:
Strategies for improving dissemination and access” at
the annual meeting of the Association for Advancement
of Behavior Therapy in Philadelphia. Dr. Iwamasa
and Kristen Sorocco published an article titled
“Japanese American older adults' conceptualization of
anxiety” in the Journal of Clinical Gerontology. Dr.
Iwamasa also worked with Ann Marie Yamada to
publish an article titled “Asian American acculturation
and ethnic/racial identity: Research innovations in the
new millenium” in Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority
Psychology. Dr. Iwamasa currently has five other
publications in press.
Pat Jefferson-Bilby (dean, School for Adult
Learning) spoke at Kalamazoo College on October 9.

Her presentation, entitled “Men and Women Talking
Together,” focused on the communication differences
and similarities between men and women, specifically
in the workplace.
Kathy Martin (director, Developmental Preschool)
traveled to Mexico for five days with Mark 2 Ministries,
a group that ministers to people with disablities. The
group distributed about fifty wheelchairs and visited an
orphanage. As a physical therapist, Martin helped to
train caregivers how to care for the wheelchairs and
work with the patients.
After working in London, England, for a year,
Dr. Susan Meyers (School of Occupational Therapy)
presented her paper “Defining a Role for Occupational
Therapy in Community Mental Health” at the AOTA
Conference in April.
Dr. John McIlvried (dean, School of Psychological
Sciences) was featured in an October 29 Indianapolis
Star article on ways that people are attempting to
regain emotional balance after the terrorist attacks on
September 11.
Dr. Penny Moyers (dean, School of Occupational
Therapy) had her research “Relationship among grip
strength, functional outcomes, and work performance
following hand trauma” published in Work: A Journal of
Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation. She also co-wrote a
book chapter, titled “Community-Based Approaches for
Substance Use Disorders,” which appeared in Marjorie
Scaffa's book, Occupational Therapy in Community-Based
Practice Settings, published by F.A. Davis.
Lisa Osterman (Community Programs Center)
and Dr. Tim Maher (Social Sciences) are facilitating
the second year of “College Mentors for Kids!” at the
University of Indianapolis. College Mentors for Kids! is
a statewide program that helps to link a university to
an area elementary school with a high percentage of
at-risk children.
Dawn Patel (Athletics) and her husband served as
the sport commissioners for the 2001 World Police and
Fire Games badminton event. They also traveled to
Canada this summer as the badminton sport commissioners
at the Indianapolis/Scarborough Peace Games.
Toni Peabody (Social Sciences) presented a
workshop titled “Service Learning-Empowering
Students and Faculty” at the NASW-Indiana Chapter
Annual State Conference in November. Amanda Hall, a
Social Work sophomore, also presented her research
on “Illiteracy as a Disability” at the poster session
during the conference. Peabody is also a board
member of Family Service Association of Central
Indiana, Inc. and co-chaired their major fundraising
event in mid-November.
Dr. Sanford L. Pederson, (School of Psychological
Sciences) has been appointed as the inaugural
editor of the journal of the Division of Psychologists
in Public Service of the American Psychological
Association. The journal, Psychological Services, will
have an emphasis on publishing high-quality scientific
studies assessing the effectiveness of psychological
services in non-laboratory settings.
The scenery for Edyvean Repertory Theatre's
production of My Fair Lady was designed by Jim Ream
(chair, Theatre). The department also had one faculty
member, two staff members, a recent graduate, and two
current students working as the “drama troupe” for five
weeks this summer at Epworth Forest United Methodist
Senior High Institute. The Reverend Derek Weber ’80,
U of I theatre alumnus and United Methodist minister,
was a keynote speaker during the institute.
Greg Reinhardt (chair, Social Sciences) emceed
and moderated a day-long symposium at the Eiteljorg
Museum to close its Inuit art exhibit, Iqqaipaa (“I
remember”). He worked with Eiteljorg staff to organize
the symposium. At Conner Prairie Pioneer Settlement’s
annual Tool Fair in October, Reinhardt displayed prehistoric
tools from his archaeological site in northern
Alaska along with contents from his own archaeologist's
tool box. Reinhardt also hosted a dinner on campus for
Roy Underhill, host of the PBS show “The Woodwright's
Shop,” who later demonstrated his woodworking skill.
Dr. Martha Thie (School of Nursing) has been
promoted to associate professor. In addition, she
received an award in August for her 25 years of service
to the university.
In September, Dr. Lynne Weisenbach (dean,
School of Education) presented at the NCATE
Continuing Accreditation Workshop in Washington,
D.C. In addition, Dr. Weisenbach was a keynote
presenter at the South Carolina Assessment Conference
held at Winthrop University.
Photo, opposite page:
Dr. Bonnie Cameron.
Above, left to right: Dr. Greg
Clapper; Jim Ream (at far
right) with theatre students;
Roy Underhill, star of ‘The
Woodwright’s Shop’ on PBS,
made the chips fly during a
demonstration this fall on the
stage of the Leah Ransburg
Art Gallery (photo by
Joseph Baughn).
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Campus
Life
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OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY DOCTORATE APPROVED
The School of Occupational Therapy (SOT) has
received final approval from the Higher Learning
Commission of the North Central Association of
Colleges and Schools to offer the Doctor of Occupational
Therapy degree (OTD), according to the dean
of the School, Dr. Penny Moyers.
This clinical doctoral degree is for occupational
therapists who desire further graduate education that
develops advanced practice skills: disability public
policy advocacy, clinical outcomes research, expertise
in evidence-based practice, and development of
innovative service delivery models. There will be a
strong focus on disability prevention, health promotion,
and community-based practice.
Currently there are only two other clinical
occupational therapy doctorates and nine doctoral
programs in general for occupational therapists in the
country. The US News and World Report ranks the SOT
as among the top twenty graduate programs in
occupational therapy, and this new degree program
will further enhance its outstanding reputation.
The OTD is the third clinical doctoral program
offered by the university (the others are in physical
therapy and clinical psychology).
CELL ANNOUNCES HIRING OF PROJECT MANAGER
The School of Education is moving forward to establish
the Center of Excellence in Leadership of Learning
(as reported in the last issue of Portico) with the hiring
of Dr. Kay W. Kelly as project manager. Kelly will
coordinate conferences, programs, special courses, and
the Web site for the new Center.
“I like the opportunity and challenges of a new
center of excellence and have the desire to be involved
with the mission of this Center in particular,” Kelly said.
Kelly previously worked as executive director of Step
Ahead of Hamilton County, Inc., as a consultant for
educational programs and institutions, as a coordinator
for the Marion County Commission on Youth, and as
assistant project director for the Indiana University
Office of Gifted and Talented Programs. She earned
her bachelor’s degree in elementary education from
Indiana University, a master’s in elementary education
with an endorsement in media services from Butler
University, and a doctorate in educational administration
and supervision from Ball State University.
Work has already begun on several special events
through CELL, including an integrated management
system to compile teacher education data to be
completed by the end of the year, a mid-winter
conference on accountability and school achievement,
and a leadership course slated for the spring semester.
The Center is funded through a nearly $15million
grant from the Lilly Endowment to address
issues of K-12 education. It is the single largest gift U of
I has received in the 100-year history.
INTERNATIONAL DIVISION NEWS
The International Division had another recordbreaking
enrollment this fall. Eighty-eight students
from thirty-two countries were welcomed during
International Student Orientation in August. More
than 200 international students are now enrolled.
The thirteenth Celebration of the Flags was held
in the Atrium of the Schwitzer Student Center with
approximately 350 persons in attendance. This year,
the ceremony recognized 219 students from sixty
nations and twenty-two faculty and staff from sixteen
nations, as well as forty-two students and one staff
Family Association helps parents survive college years
Looking for tips on “Parent Survival of the College Years”? The Family Association connects parents and
families to students and the university. It focuses on increasing family awareness of campus activities and
keeps up with news and trends affecting college-age individuals.
There are no fees for joining. The association meets only three or four times per year, but there are
many opportunities for you to become as involved as you want in the various activities that will be
planned. This year, information packets will be sent to parents on a regular basis, including calendar
updates, articles pertaining to college students, and parent survival tips. We are exploring parents’ interest
in attending workshops related to “Parent Survival of the College Years.” We also have a Web site available
to all parents and family members where you can ask questions, share information, give us suggestions,
and receive information. You can find this site linked to the uindy.edu site under Family Association.
Our Care Package program allows parents and families to order gift baskets to be sent to students
during special dates throughout the year. Check out this Web site to send a “start-of-the-semester” gift
basket to your son or daughter in January. You’ll find it at www.uindy.carepackages.com.
If you are interested in joining the Family Association or have questions, please call or e-mail us. You
can call (317) 788-3507 or use our toll-free number, 1-800-232-8364, extension #3507, and talk to Linda
Huxley in Co-Curricular Programs. Otherwise, e-mail lhuxley@uindy.edu or kmiller@uindy.edu; we will
get information back to you right away. Also, consider joining us for the next Family Association luncheon
scheduled for Saturday, February 23, at noon in the Trustees Dining Room of Schwitzer Student Center. If
you plan to attend, please make reservations by calling or e-mailing us. We look forward to your involvement!

member from eleven nations in the English Language
Study Center (ELSC). The Celebration of the Flags was
dedicated to the memory of those who lost their lives
(from 80 nations, including the United States) in the
September 11 tragedy.
Through its affiliation with the Business
Education Initiative (a program where Northern
Irish students study business in the United States for
one year), the university hosted thirty-five Northern
Irish students and their American advisors on
campus in mid-November for a regional seminar.
The University of Indianapolis has participated
in the initiative, sponsored by the Training and
Employment Agency of Northern Ireland, since its
inception during the 1995-1996 academic year.
—Christian Lutz, International Studies Advisor
Campus community responds to 9/11
The University of Indianapolis campus community found itself reeling on September 11, 2001, as did the rest of the
nation—and, indeed, much of the world, as the enormity of the events at the Pentagon, in New York City, and in
Pennsylvania began to be felt. Students, faculty, and staff gathered around radios and televisions in fear and disbelief;
many searched the Internet for information. Routine quickly gave way to both impromptu and organized responses
to the tragedy. The university’s Student Affairs staff in particular found itself in the center of the campus reaction.
At 2 p.m. on the day of the attacks, hundreds of people on campus gathered in the Schwitzer Student Center
to hear words of prayer and encouragement from a number of faiths and traditions. Speakers included several
students as well as The Reverend Dr. Lang Brownlee, university chaplain, and Dr. Jerry Israel, university president.
Three days later, the campus community came together under the carillon at 11 a.m. as the nation observed a
moment of silence on behalf of the victims. Since then, a number of other gatherings and fund-raising events have
taken place on campus. A peace quilt was assembled from blocks contributed by students, with the goal of sending it
as encouragement to one of the crash sites. Bulletin boards in the student center were covered with broad sheets of
paper, headlined “Words of Peace,” on which passersby could express words of sorrow or hope—though a few chose
to vent their anger and hostility instead. Students were encouraged to donate to a spare-change fundraiser for the
Red Cross sponsored by the Indianapolis Student Government. The Fellowship of Christian Athletes collected
money over the meal hours in the week after September 11, gathering more than $1,000.
Mimi Chase, director of International Programs, notes that as soon of the import of the strikes began to be
realized the morning of the eleventh, she and other Student Affairs staff immediately starting e-mailing and calling
each of the university’s 219 international students to reassure them that the university and the International
Programs staff was available to support and comfort them. The students—who hail from sixty nations—were
encouraged to call home to reassure their families that they were safe. Many of their parents did not realize the
geographic distance between Indianapolis and New York City and Washington, D.C.; in fact, some concerned
mothers and fathers telephoned the university as soon as they learned of the attacks.
Two days after the attacks, International Programs arranged an open student forum to discuss the crisis and
share concerns; many students openly cried. The audience numbered approximately 175 students, four times the
normal attendance of the monthly international student forums. One compassionate student from Turkey expressed
his concern for his American friends; he told the counseling staff that “My country is used to terrorism and violence.
You should spend more time helping the American students, because they are not used to this.”
U of I’s counseling staff also kept quite busy. The staff extended their hours for individual or group counseling
and disseminated information to the campus community about the stages of grief and dealing with tragedy.
They also helped to prepare and support international students in case of potential public harassment. While no
such incidents of this occurred on campus, some reported isolated incidents in Indianapolis following the terrorist
attacks on the United States. One student from Cyprus said that soon after September 11, he began to experience
an uncomfortable sensation of people looking at him differently. The university acted quickly to make every
international student as safe as possible.
“We offered to move them on campus into a residence hall,” said Mimi Chase. In spite of the university’s efforts,
four international students dropped out and returned to their home countries. Three were from Oman; the fourth was
from the United Arab Emirates. “They left not because they felt unsafe at the university—it was more that they and
their families back home feared for their safety in the United States and that things might get worse, not better.”
A few weeks after the tragedy, International Programs hosted its monthly coffee hour on campus, this month
focusing on India. It saw the highest attendance of any these events sponsored by the International Student
Organization. As the event closed, the more than 150 students who packed the room, both international and
American, chanted in unison “Shanti,” the Indian word for peace. —Peter Noot & Monica Woods
‘My country is used to terrorism
and violence. You should spend
more time helping the American
students, because they are not
used to this.’ —Undergraduate
student from Turkey
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[Editor’s note: There has
certainly been no dearth of
stories from the media
regarding the terrorists’ attacks
of September 11 and
subsequent events, and by the
time readers receive this issue
in December, three months will
have passed. But as production
began for this issue of
Portico in mid-October, it
nevertheless seemed unconscionable
to the magazine’s staff
for this devastating milestone
in all our lives to pass without
comment in these pages.
Clearly, the university
community—students,
employees, and alumni—has
felt the emotional impact in
various ways. (See page 14 for
a glimpse of the campus
reaction.) We hope you’ll find
these stories interesting.
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September 11, 2001, started out like a thousand other
days for Richard E. Stierwalt ’80, but by mid-morning his
life and the lives of countless others changed forever.
Rick, who is the CEO of Orbitex Financial
Services Group Inc. in New York (and the namesake of
the university’s new alumni house), had just finished a
business breakfast and was walking to his office when
the first tower of the World Trade Center was hit.
“You could hear the sound, and you knew it was an
explosion of some sort, so I went upstairs to my office
and tried to make some calls. But all the phones were
down,” Rick said during a Homecoming visit to his alma
mater. “I turned on the television, and that became the
best way to get information about what had happened.”
He said there was a strong feeling of disbelief and
distress as word quickly spread through the city.
“Worked stopped everywhere, and people just started
walking toward the area of the attack and to churches. I
started walking down Park Avenue and it was very
eerie—there were no cars anywhere, and I looked up
and saw jet fighters flying in the sky. I thought ‘Where
am I?’ It was like a war zone, and the military controlled
the area. Everything was shut down—businesses,
schools. New York City has about 22,000 restaurants,
and the vast majority of them were closed.”
The toll on Rick and his friends is impossible to
measure. “I lost several friends in the attack and I also
lost four companies with whom I regularly do business.
My girlfriend’s brother worked in the first tower;
fortunately he got out just before it collapsed. I also
have several employees with family members who
worked in the World Trade Center. It’s just horrible,”
he said. “I talked to a doctor who was in charge of a
triage center to provide emergency medical care for
the injured, but the doctor was devastated because
there was no one to treat.”
S EPTEMBER 11
A TTACKS
C HANGE L IVES
OF A LUMNI
The subways, trains, and taxis were not running,
and the only way people could leave the area to go
home was by walking over a bridge, and there was a
mass exodus from the city throughout the day.
“I’m lucky because I have a place in New York
City and another home in Connecticut,” said Rick.
“I took a few people to my home in the city until
late Wednesday and then they let the trains run to
Connecticut. So I took fifteen people from the city
to my home. I had a Hollywood director, a Harvard
classmate from Frankfurt, Germany, a producer
from Miami, and twelve employees.”
After staying at his Connecticut home for a couple
of days, Rick and his friends returned to the city to give
blood and volunteer their services. “We went toward
the area, but they had enough volunteers and were
asking people to help in other ways, so we attended a
prayer service and just walked around. It was very
eerie—and I know I keep saying that, but that word
best describes those first few days. Usually there is a lot
of aircraft flying, and the sky was so empty. It was just so
strange, and is still strange, to look at the New York
skyline and not see the World Trade Center.”
The area where the World Trade Center once
stood is about four football fields in size and is
surrounded by a chain-link fence. The rubble and
debris still stood about 20 stories high four weeks
after the attack. Cleanup is expected to take nine
months to a year.
Rick did learn something about the people he has
lived and worked with for fifteen years. “New York is
the largest city in the world, and it has always been
everything that is good and bad about this world, but I
always believed New Yorkers were a special kind of
people. But now I know they are, for many reasons.
People helping each other, and risking their own lives

to help others. I stood in a three-hour blood line, and
no one complained about the wait. You know, during
this period crime dropped sixty percent. There was no
looting, and everybody knew the police were all down
in that part of the city, so it would have been the
perfect time to commit a crime.”
He said city life revolves around the result of the
September 11 attack. “The air is so bad now, and
people are already getting sick from the asbestos (used
during the construction of the World Trade Center) in
the air. This is something that we will live with for the
rest of our lives.”
Rick went down to the area to visit “ground zero”
about three weeks after the event. “We drove in there
and started looking around and there were people still
standing at the site with pictures of their loved ones,
holding the pictures up for others to see and asking if
anyone had seen them,” he said, his voice choking at
times. “It’s just so sad.”
The changes people in the city have made since
the attack already have become routine in many ways.
“When we meet someone we go through this ritual. I
interviewed a guy the other day and the first things we
asked each other were ‘Who’d you lose?’ and ‘Who’d you
know?’ It’s part of the healing process to talk about it.”
Like most Americans, he does not equate the
attack with any sort of religious cause. “I’ve got Muslims
working for me and this is not part of their religion.
They would not kill innocent people. It’s been hard for
them, too, because they wanted to go to their mosques
to pray and share information, but the police had them
blocked off because of a fear of reprisals,” he said.
“This is something that has united all of us, and I hope
as we go about dealing with this we extricate terrorists
from the world—and I believe we have the support of
the whole world to do that.”
Will he change his life as a result of the attack?
“There will be permanent changes in the way we travel,
certainly more security, but I won’t travel less and I
won’t move out of the city,” he said. “As for where the
towers stood, I think we should build four 50-story
towers with a memorial in the middle for those who
were killed.”
Nick J. Romano ’73 returned to his office in New
York City two days after the attack, and like fellow
graduate Rick Stierwalt, he believes his life has
changed forever.
As the Landon Media Group Inc. senior vice
president in New York City, he travels a lot and was in
his company’s Massachusetts office when the September
11 attack took place.
“I did not directly lose anyone in the World Trade
Center, but it has been hard to not be connected to
friends who suffered a personal loss,” Nick said. “This is
something that has affected all of us. A friend and I
had plans to golf one weekend, but my buddy called
and said he couldn’t play because he had been to
several wakes that week and his mind was far from golf.
I can understand that. Some days you just get sad.”
Nick lives in Norwalk in Connecticut, a state that
lost about forty people in the attack. He said the loss of
those lives and the many, many others is profound and
will be felt in direct and indirect ways for a very long
time. There were about 100 empty seats at the
perennially sold-out New York Giants recent football
game, for example, and in suburban train stations city
officials identified unclaimed parked cars as those
belonging to World Trade Center victims.
“The consequences of the September 11 attack
are far-reaching, especially when you think about all
the children who were orphaned or lost a parent,” he
said. It is estimated that 15,000 youngsters lost at least
one parent in the attack.
Nick said he and his fellow New Yorkers also worry
about the future and the possibility of future attacks.
“There were a number of bomb threats in the city
September 11, and everyone was and is concerned
about other New York landmarks like Grand Central
Station, the United Nations, the Empire State Building,
and, of course, the Statue of Liberty.”
His company is located about two blocks from the
United Nations and the Waldorf Astoria Hotel. “We are
a newspaper representative firm handling more than
700 newspapers, and we sell national advertising like
telecom, travel, and financial to daily newspapers across
the nation. Our office building has several entrances,
but since the attack they have closed all but two
entrances. Every employee must now wear a photo ID at
all times to be in the building. Guests must be met at the
front desk, signed in, and escorted through the building.
“There aren’t just security guards now. There are
uniform-clad armed military personnel stationed at this
and several other buildings surrounding the United
Nations building. There are sand trucks and concrete
barricades literally surrounding the U.N. I think it will
be like this for a very long time,” he said.
Traveling has changed for Nick as well. “I’ve
flown once since September 11 and what I noticed was
at La Guardia Airport there were no trash receptacles
anywhere in the airport because they could provide a
concealed place to put a bomb. I don’t know if that is a
permanent change—it’s hard to predict.”
Nick, who is a native of Indiana, is a fan of fellow
Hoosier David Letterman and called him a “voice of
reason.” “When Letterman came back on the air after our
nation’s tragedy, it was a kind of healing for the television
audience, particularly for New Yorkers. It provided a
sense of grounding for me and allowed the healing
process to begin. Letterman showed his vulnerability, just
like everyone else affected by these events, but he also
showed us the importance of getting laughter back in our
lives.” —Cynthia Sequin & Monica Woods
Photo, opposite page:
Rick Stierwalt.
Above: Nick Romano.
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The stories of women who have dedicated their lives
and careers to serving in the ministry are as diverse as
the women themselves.
When The Reverend Wilma L. Allen ’45 first joined
the league of women in the ministry, she did not dream
her membership would span more than half a century.
“In those early years I think people thought—and
I did too—that is was just a phase that wouldn’t last,”
Ms. Allen said. “I had gotten my BS in education, and I
thought that’s what I would do.”
Three congregations and fifty-six years of service
have proved those assumptions wrong.
“It started when the members of the Honey Creek
Church in Greenwood were looking for a new minister
and they asked me if I would accept the position,” she
said. “I thought it would be for a year or two, but I
stayed for twenty-eight years. I don’t think it was a
conscious decision, but the years passed and I just
became part of a bigger family.”
Ms. Allen did not enter the Greenwood church
unprepared, for she spent much of her free time
ministering the Word of God to congregations of
youngsters in the Washington, Ind., area. “I was part
of a group of young people who had no regular
minister but just collected to worship together. “I
enjoyed it very much and there seemed to be a
positive response to my preaching.”
It was The Reverend J.W. McNurtry of Washington
who encouraged her to devote herself full-time
to the calling.
“He really was instrumental in guiding me,” she
said. “Back then we were part of the United Brethren
Church, and there were other lady ministers before
me, so I don’t think I faced prejudice because of my
gender. My thoughts were always to win people over,
and I don’t think I left any enemies along the way.”
Ms. Allen said she performed about twice as many
funerals as weddings over the years. “I performed
about 200 weddings and more than 400 funerals. Even
now they call on me for funerals of people I’ve known,
but I knew I wouldn’t perform too many more
weddings when the last one was for the daughter of a
couple I had married years ago.”
She remains active in the church. She and her
husband, Birtle, who was the superintendent of
buildings and grounds at Indiana Central (now the
University of Indianapolis) for twenty-one years, reside
at the Franklin Methodist Home. She officially retired
nine years ago but is on the roster of ministers at the
University Heights United Methodist Church.
“It’s been a long ministry and very rewarding,”
she said.
As a theatre major, The Reverend Pamela J. Abbey
’72 said she never expected to devote her life to the
ministry, but was guided by the Lord in that direction.

“I had gotten my bachelor’s in theatre and then moved
to Minneapolis to earn a master’s in theatre, so that was
what I had committed myself to doing.”
Volunteering as the theatre arts coordinator for
the Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church in
downtown Minneapolis changed her mind and her
career path.
“When I helped with the theatre at church I had so
much fun and it was so rewarding that I thought ‘God is
trying to tell me something.’” Ms. Abbey said. “So I
stopped and listened to what He had to say. Then I went
to the California Pacific School of Religion and earned
my master’s of divinity in 1984.”
She stayed in California and has served in four
different churches along the West Coast. Currently, Ms.
Abbey is the senior pastor at the 550-member congregation
of the Concord United Methodist Church in
Concord. “It’s like any calling—it’s hard at times, but the
opportunity to grow spiritually is just so great.”
A sense of humor helps too.
“The first funeral I did, the deceased had
Alzheimer’s and the last few years had carried a doll
around,” she said. “It wasn’t supposed to be an open
casket, but it was, and as I gave the funeral I looked over
and saw the doll and realized its tiny legs were sticking
out of the casket. I just had to look ahead and not think
about it,” she said. “Another time the Communion
bread was brought up to me during the service and it
was still in the wrapper. I don’t remember what I did to
keep myself from laughing.”
She said she did not face too much gender
prejudice. “I think it is a lot easier in California than
in other parts of the nation, because people here are
just more laid back. Of course, I could tell there were
times when people were surprised when they realized
I was the minister, and I have been the first woman
pastor at one church and the first female senior
pastor at my current church.”
Ms. Abbey met her husband, Kent Parr, when he
attended her church. “I always had a rule not to date
church members, and I still believe in that rule, but
he was special.”
Any words of advice to young women contemplating
a life of service? “Take time to sense God’s calling,
and answer it if you feel it is right for you—then let
everything else fall into place.”
The Reverend Carolyn M. Reed ’80 has served in a
number of capacities for The Christian Church in
Indiana of the Disciples of Christ and currently serves as
the church’s Associate Regional Minister. Based in
Indianapolis, she travels to forty different congregations
in northern Indiana directing youth events, weekend
conferences, camping programs, and other special
projects. Her devotion to the ministry was fostered when
she volunteered with the youth organization of the First
Christian Church in Mooresville.
“Ron Parker, the pastor, encouraged me by telling
me I had a gift for helping and guiding people,” Ms.
Reed said. “I also followed a pastor around one summer
through the University Park Christian Church of the
Disciples of Christ, and that really confirmed my
decision to enter the ministry.”
After completing her studies at U of I, she entered
the Christian Trinity Seminary in Indianapolis and
earned her master of divinity degree. She was called to
serve the Southside Christian Church in Kokomo, Ind.,
and then went to Chico in northern California where
she stayed for nearly 14 years.
“One of the most moving experiences I have had
came from being a pastor in California,” she said. “It
started when a small group of women wanted to meet
to talk about the Lord. So we created the Spiritual
Formation Group, and as a member of that group I had
the opportunity to connect spiritually in a different
way—it deepened my spiritual life because I was able to
help others explore their own spirituality.”
Ms. Reed said the Disciples of Christ have ordained
women for more than 100 years, but she has still seen
surprised looks on people’s faces when they realize she is
a pastor. “I remember one time I was asked to perform a
wedding for a couple I knew and had counseled. It was the
night of the rehearsal dinner and there were a few people
there I hadn’t met before. Well, when I got up to do the
rehearsal I saw quite a few shocked faces in the audience.
I think they thought I was the wedding coordinator.”
Her most satisfying work has been helping people
in times of grief. “People are so overwhelmed with grief
during those times, and when you can come in and help
them make the decisions they have to make and also
counsel them through the grieving process, it’s just very,
very rewarding to know you are helping them during
one of their greatest times of need.”
Inspiring young women to join the ministry has
also been gratifying. “When I was in Kokomo, the cominister’s
daughter, Mandye Masden Yates, was in third
grade and she used to spend a lot of time with me,” Ms.
Reed said. “Her father is serving in Kentucky now, but
we have kept in touch and Mandye has expressed an
interest in joining the ministry. She says her desire has a
lot to do with the time we had together in Kokomo. I
had no female role models when I was growing up, and
it is very wonderful to know you are inspiring young girls
who want to follow you into the ministry.”
—Cynthia A. Sequin
Photos, top to bottom:
Wilma L. Allen ’45
Pamela J. Abbey ’72
Carolyn M. Reed ’80
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Sports
Update
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Hall of Fame recipients announced
The University of Indianapolis Athletic Hall of
Fame’s Class of 2002 will be inducted at a dinner
ceremony Saturday, February 2, in Schwitzer Center.
The 1963-64 men’s basketball team and the 1992-
93 women’s basketball team will be inducted into the
team portion of the Hall of Fame.
The ’63-64 squad won a school-record 26 games
against only three defeats under coach Angus Nicoson,
advancing to the second round of the NAIA Nationals.
The 1992-93 women’s basketball team won the
school’s only GLVC championship and earned the
school’s first NCAA II Tournament berth.
The four individuals who will be inducted are
Ralph Davis ’42, Debbie Law Marr ’85, Courtney Sands
Gault ’93, and Dennis Young ’81.
Please contact Director of Athletic Development
Matt Donovan at (317) 788-3359 for more information.
Otto Clements, Kathy Casey, Todd Iwema, Chad Neal, Todd Kendrick,
Jim Matthews, and Bob Stanley
Greyhound Club Honorees
The Greyhound Club honored its 2000-01
Coaches of the Year at halftime of the football team’s
26-8 Homecoming win over Findlay on October 6.
Otto Clements ’86 is the Greyhound Club Football
Coach of the Year. He is a football letterwinner who has
taught and coached at Sullivan High School since
graduation. For six years, he was an assistant football
coach, and has been head coach since with a record of
42-35. In his first year as head coach (1993), his team
went undefeated in the regular season and was ranked
in the 3A Top Ten. The 2000 team finished the regular
season ranked in the 3A Top Ten with an 8-2 record.
Kathy Casey ’90 is Cross Country Coach of the
Year. She competed in both cross country and track for
the Hounds. As a runner, she won both the Great Lakes
Valley Conference and Little State cross country meets
and a Little State title in track. She led her 2000 U of I
men’s and women’s cross country teams to their first
NCAA Division II Nationals berths; her 2000 men’s
team won the GLVC meet for the first time and its first
Little State title since 1977. Casey’s 2000 women’s team
Left photo: Debbie Law Marr
Right photo: Courtney Sands Gault
placed third of 18 at the Great Lakes Regional to earn a
Nationals berth. Her top runner, Maria Harriman,
earned Verizon Academic All-America honors. Kathy’s
2001 men’s team defended its Little State title.
Jim Matthews ’65 is Basketball Coach of the Year.
He lettered in basketball and baseball for the Greyhounds.
He has coached basketball for 34 years and is
the head basketball coach at New Washington High
School. His overall record is 412-325 (368-250 at New
Washington), with his 400 th career win on January 5,
2001. Jim has been named Hoosier Basketball Coaches
Association (HBCA) All-Star Coach, Hoosier Basketball
Top 40 Workout Coach, and Indiana All-Star Assistant
Coach (2001). He has coached nine HBCA All-Stars,
including both of his sons, and one Indiana All-Star, his
younger son, Jamie. Jim and his players have captured
ten conference championships, ten holiday tournament
championships, four sectional championships, one
conference tournament championship, one Hall of
Fame Classic tournament, and three 20-win seasons. In
1989, Jim’s team was a regional finalist and ranked 8 th
in the final Associated Press poll. Twelve years later, in
2001, the team garnered the regional championship
and was ranked 2 nd in the final 1A Associated Press poll.
Todd Kendrick ’89 is Wrestling Coach of the Year. A
wrestling letterman, he has been an assistant wrestling
coach for seven seasons and head coach for the past five
seasons at Franklin Central High School. His overall record
is 72-19 in dual meets; last year’s team posted a 20-1 record.
Todd has coached eight state finalists, one undefeated state
champion who is a junior this year, and another two-time
state qualifier who is also a junior this year.
Todd Iwema ’91 is Baseball Coach of the Year. The
four-year baseball letterwinner helped the Hounds to a
national ranking, serving as team captain. After
college, Todd signed as a free agent with the Milwaukee
Brewers and played with the Pioneer League’s Helena
Brewers. Todd has coached for seven years, posting an
overall record of 115-92. While at Griffith High School,
Todd’s team recorded 62 wins and 55 losses. In 1995,
the team won the sectional championship and the
school’s first regional championship, and Todd was
named Hammond Times Coach of the Year. He coaches
at Lake Central High School under athletic director
(and his college baseball coach) Mark Peterson. His
overall record at Lake Central is 53-37 (21-10 in 2000
and 21-9 in 2001). Todd’s 2000 season at Lake Central
was a repeat of his 1995 season at Griffith. His team
also was a 2000 Final Four team. Since 2000, Todd has
also been a San Diego Padres associate scout.
Chad Neal ’98 is the Rookie Coach of the Year.
The former U of I football and track letterman
coached the wide receivers and defensive backs at
Monrovia High School in 1998, helping the team to an
8-2 record. In ’99, Chad was the defensive coordinator
for the 9-3 Monrovia team. Since 2000, he has been the
head coach there. The team’s 2000 record was 10-2,
breaking a school record for most wins in a season.
They were West-Central Conference champs (the

school’s first since 1989) and 2A Sectional 30 runnerups.
Since 1999, Chad has been the head track coach at
Monrovia also, coaching five athletes in nine events at
the state meet. Chad also coached Purdue standout
wide receiver John Standeford in football and track.
Bob Stanley ’74 is a co-recipient of the “I” Person
of the Year award. A three-year football letterwinner for
U of I, he has been in the restaurant business since 1974.
A member of the Board of Directors of the Alabama
Restaurant Association, he has been a Burger King
franchisee since ’96, owning 14 restaurants in Alabama
and Mississippi. A member of the Madison (Ala.) Bob
Jones High School Business Leadership Council, chair
of the Mid-South Gulf Franchisee Association Marketing
Council, and founding member of the National
Franchisee Association PAC for Burger King, Bob is the
recipient of Burger King’s Southeast Region’s Development,
Excellence and Leadership Award.
Oscar Gardner ’74 graduate is a co-recipient of
the “I” Person of the Year award. Oscar was a four-year
football letterwinner for the Greyhounds. He is second
on the school’s career list with 485 tackles and held the
school’s career tackles record for an impressive 25
years. Last winter, Oscar was inducted to the U of I
Athletic Hall of Fame. Oscar
resides in Murfreesboro,
Tenn., and is president and
owner of The Professional
Financial Group. He also
serves as president-elect for
the University of Indianapolis
Alumni Association.
Oscar is also the proud
parent of Matt Gardner, a
1998 U of I graduate and
football letterwinner as well. Oscar Gardner
Softball shines
New lights at the Baumgartner Field softball
complex were turned on for the first time at a
ceremony on September 22. Wimp Baumgartner ’57
flipped the switch, with longtime Greyhound softball
coach and current associate director of athletics
Dr. Sue Willey throwing the ceremonial first pitch.
Baumgartner was inducted into the National
Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, in
1988 as part of the All-American Girls Professional
Baseball League, featured in the movie A League of Their
Own. She played professional baseball for six years
from 1949-54. Baumgartner was a three-sport star in
basketball, volleyball, and track as a Greyhound,
earning 10 varsity letters from 1953-57. She was
inducted into the University of Indianapolis Athletic
Hall of Fame in 1989.
Baumgartner served as a teacher and coach at
Jimtown and Leo High Schools for 28 years, leading
her 1976 volleyball team to the IHSAA Final Four.
Left to right: Ralph
Davis, Dennis Young,
Ken Partridge, Larry
Bledsoe, Courtney Tate
Golfing greatness
The University of Indianapolis swept the 2001
Great Lakes Valley Conference men’s and women’s golf
championships with some impressive play.
Coach Ken Partridge’s 51-15-1 men’s team won its
12th GLVC championship with a 904 total in the 54hole
event played October 1-2 at the Purdue Kampen
Golf Course. The Greyhounds shot 301-301-302 with
only one 80 in an individual round among the five
players. The Hounds have won over half of the league
championships since the GLVC began in 1978.
Junior Brett Hulse earned medalist honors in the
50-player field with rounds of 69-69-74 for a four-under
par 212 total on the 6,658-yard, par-72 course. All three
rounds bettered his previous season best of 75. The top
five finishers in the event earned All-GLVC honors.
Senior 2000-01 All-GLVC performer Blair Shadday
tied for 14th overall with 78-75-76-229. Senior Kyle
Crawford finished 23rd with 76-79-77-232. Sophomore
Austin Schultz tied for 24th with 78-80-75-233, and soph
Vinnie Tagliabracci tied for 26th with 79-78-77-234.
Partridge earned GLVC Coach of the Year honors,
his 23rd Coach of the Year award at the conference,
regional, and national levels.
Coach Larry Bledsoe’s 86-13-3 women’s golf team
won its third consecutive GLVC championship with a
comeback win in the 36-hole tournament on October
7-8 at the Timbergate Golf Course in Edinburgh, Ind.
U of I trailed by seven strokes after the first round,
then broke the conference record and tied the school
record set earlier this fall with a 314 in the final round,
bettering the GLVC best of 322 by the ’99 Hounds.
The Greyhounds’ 647 total for the tournament
shattered the previous conference record of 664 by
Indianapolis’s conference-champion 1999 squad.
Sophomore two-time All-GLVC performer Amy
Wenning earned medalist honors individually in the 50player
field by three strokes. Wenning shot the best
score of her life in the final round with a two-over par
74 on the par-72, 5,809-yard course. She fired a 79 in
the opening round to finish with a 153 total.
Junior three-time All-GLVC golfer Courtney Tate
finished fourth individually to earn all-conference
honors again. Tate shot 83-80-163.
Sophomore Lora Spilker joined Wenning and
Tate on the All-GLVC team with a fifth-place effort.
Spilker shot a season-best 80 in the final round after an
84 on Sunday to finish with a 164 total. Senior Jessica
Sikora fired a season-best 80 in the final round to help
the Greyhounds to the title. She placed ninth overall
with a 167 total after shooting an 87 in the opening
round. Junior Kim Moore tied for 11th with 88-81-169.
Bledsoe was voted GLVC Coach of the Year for the
third consecutive time. —Joe Gentry, Associate Director
of Athletics
Calendar
February 2, 2002
Hall of Fame Induction
Schwitzer Center
April 2002
Senior Buffet
Nicoson Hall
June 28, 2002
Greyhound Club Golf Outing
The Links Golf Club
New Palestine
July 25, 2002
Angus Nicoson Golf Outing
Royal Oak Country Club
August, 2002
Football Kickoff Luncheon
Columbia Club
November 2002
Basketball Tipoff Luncheon
Columbia Club
For more information about
these events or the Greyhound
Club, contact Matt Donovan
at (317) 788-3359 or e-mail
at mdonovan@uindy.edu.
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Norman L. Terry announces $100,000 challenge grant
University trustee and Class of 1965 alumnus Norm Terry has announced a $100,000 challenge grant as part of his
personal gift to the University of Indianapolis. The “Norm Challenge,” as it has become affectionately known on
campus, is open to the first 1,000 U of I alumni and friends who wish to make a new $100 Annual Fund gift, or
increase their Annual Fund gift by $100, during the 2002 fiscal year. The $100,000 goal and $100 match were
announced in conjunction with the university’s upcoming Centennial Celebration.
“As we prepare to celebrate our first 100 years of excellence in education, I want to encourage fellow alumni
and friends to join me in support of our current and future University of Indianapolis students,” said Terry. “There
is no better way to celebrate our rich heritage than to help the university continue to provide our growing student
body with a comprehensive, liberal arts-based education dedicated to service.”
Terry, a successful entrepreneur and businessman in the Chicago area, became a member of the University of
Indianapolis Board of Trustees in 1997. An Indianapolis native, he played football for the Hounds and is a member
of the Varsity Club and Scholars Society. Norm currently serves as the chair of the Strategic Planning Committee.
To have your gift matched by the “Norm Challenge,” please refer to the criteria below. Use the business reply
envelope included in this issue of Portico to make your gift. If you have questions or need more information, please
call Andy Kocher at (317)788-3491. Here’s how it works:
1. If you did not make an Annual Fund gift between July 1, 2000, and June 30, 2001, and you choose to give $100
prior to June 30, 2002, the university will receive an additional $100 from the Norm Challenge!
2. If you made an Annual Fund gift under $100 between July 1, 2000, and June 30, 2001, and you choose to give
$100 prior to June 30, 2002, the university will receive an additional $100 from the Norm Challenge!
3. If you made an Annual Fund gift of $100 or more between July 1, 2000, and June 30, 2001, and recommit your gift with
an additional $100 prior to June 30, 2002, the university will receive an additional $100 from the Norm Challenge!
‘ Philanthropy 101’
Here is a quick test of your Institutional Advancement knowledge.
QUESTION: What is the definition of the University of Indianapolis Annual Fund?
Need help? O.K., I’ll cheat and give you the answer. (College would have been much easier if the faculty were this
cooperative!)
ANSWER: The Annual Fund focuses on providing funds necessary to meet requirements of the current university operating budget.
Crystal clear, right? Not really. That definition would get you an “A” on the exam but doesn’t define the true
purpose of the Annual Fund.
The university is operating on a $40-million budget to provide faculty salaries and benefits, technology
upgrades, library resources, and more. Also, the university has allocated $12.4 million to provide student financial
aid packages. True, Annual Fund gifts directly underwrite these budget line-items; however, this is merely a byproduct
of what the fund truly provides.
The Annual Fund exists to ensure that the University of Indianapolis continues to provide students with the
best comprehensive, liberal arts-based education possible. It also helps deserving and qualified students begin,
continue, and complete their “Education for Service.”
Every dollar given to the Annual Fund underwrites expenses that would otherwise have to be covered by other
sources of revenue, mainly student tuition. Our ability to offer millions of dollars in financial aid and to provide a
first-rate education is a direct result of having generous alumni and friends who continue to provide a healthy
Annual Fund. The excellent quality of our faculty and staff, the beautification of our campus, our technology and
facility upgrades, even our growing enrollment and vibrant campus life are direct benefits of your annual support.
When I was a student, I had no idea that thousands of people I didn’t even know were making gifts every day that
allowed me to complete my education. Last year, alumni and friends listed in the enclosed Annual Report to Investors
helped the Annual Fund break the $1,000,000 mark for the first time. As a member of the University of Indianapolis
community, you receive several mailings and a phone call each year asking for your support. If your name is not listed
in the Investors Report, now is the time to become involved. No gift is too small, and all support is greatly appreciated.
Thank you for all you do! —Andrew Kocher ’98, Director for the Annual Fund, Institutional Advancement Division

1920s
Marie Crick York ’29 passed
away October 8. She had
taught school for 15 years in
the Clinton County school
system. Marie lived with her
daughter in Lebanon, Ind.
She is survived by sons
William J. ’55, Marvin E.,
Lowell R., and daughter
Carol Haughton.
1930s
Imogene Fox ’36 died on
August 31. She taught in
Indianapolis Public Schools
for 25 years. She is survived
by husband Fred and
children Pamela and Gary.
Ora Clayton ’39 passed away
June 10. He taught school for
38 years. The last 19 years
were at Westlane Junior High
School in Washington
Township, Indianapolis. He
retired in Peewee Valley,
Kentucky.
Dorothy Turner ’39 and
Victor Gross ’42 celebrated
their 60th wedding anniversary
on November 20. The
couple lives in Franklin, Ind.
1940s
Arthur Ashby ’48 passed away
December 15. He was retired
from Long Island Savings
Bank in Huntington, New
York. He is survived by his
wife, Dorothy.
1950s
Mary O’Donald ’50 died
September 1. She taught art
classes at Perry Township
schools in Indianapolis for 28
years. She is survived by
daughters Jana Conner, Mary
Beth Ryan, and Shawna
Templeton, and son William.
Anna Hite ’50 and Charles
Stotts ’52 celebrated their
50th wedding anniversary on
December 24. The couple
lives in Franklin, Ind.
Hazel Sumwalt ’51 and The
Reverend Leland Brett ’52
were married July 28. They
live at the Franklin United
Methodist Community in
Franklin, Ind.
1960s
George Walters ’65 is
beginning a two-year
assignment as a missionary
associate as a building
manager for the European
Ministries Center near
Brussels, Belgium. He is
with the Assemblies of God
World Missions.
Linda Jester ’66 passed
away October 9. She was
contracts administrator for
Rolls-Royce since 1994.
Previously she was executive
director of the Indianapolis
Public Schools Education
Foundation and was president
of the Indiana Congress on
Education. She held offices
and served on many boards in
the travel and tourism industry
as well as in education,
literacy, and community
programs. She is survived by
brothers Stephen and David
and half-brother Edwin.
Vivian Soughan ’67 and
Robert Batchelder were
married at St. Marks United
Methodist Church in
Decatur, Ind., on July 28.
Vivian is a school counselor
at Bellmont High School in
Decatur and Bob has a dental
practice in Ft. Wayne.
Marcia Bloomer ’69 passed
away October 7. She was the
assistant principal at
Brownsburg (Ind) High
School. She is survived by
husband Frank and daughter
Stephanie King.
1970s
Ronald Bolyard ’70 retired
from the Metropolitan
School District of Perry
Township in Indianapolis on
June 30 after 31 years of
employment. He was the
director of personnel for the
township. He spent nine
years as a teacher and coach
at Perry Meridian Middle
School before finishing as an
assistant principal at Perry
Meridian High School.
U.S. Senator Richard Lugar
HD ’70 (Indiana) has been
honored by the United
Methodist Board of Church
and Society for his work in
reducing the threat of
nuclear, chemical, and
biological weapons.
Senator Lugar serves on
the university’s Board
of Trustees.
Jerry Bowden ’72 has been
named the new human
relations director for county
government by the Hendricks
County Commissioners. He
and wife Donna live in
Indianapolis.
Alan ’74 and Phoebe Schlegel
Peczkowski ’76 celebrated
their 25th wedding anniversary
on July 31. Alan is the
director of physical and
cardiopulmonary medicine at
The Community Hospital in
Springfield, Ohio. Phoebe is
the manager of human
resources at the Hugo Bosca
Company in Springfield. They
have two children: Daniel, 15,
and Lauren, 10.
Cindee Coffee ’75 is the new
communications director at
Southeast Christian Church
in Louisville, Kentucky.
Cindee will join the
leadership team of administrators
and will direct the
areas of publications and
copyright. Cindee and her
husband, Bill ’74, reside in
Anchorage, Kentucky.
Moonlighting for the Mouse
Class
Notes
When U of I graduate Ed Clark ’66 leaves his accounting
office on a Friday night, he doesn’t head home for a
quiet weekend by himself. Instead he joins thousands of
tourists and more than 55,000 employees at one of the
most popular attractions in the nation: DisneyWorld. At
a job fair nearly four years ago, Ed found a part-time
position at Disney as a driver of the ‘Friendship’ boats:
66-foot-long, 100-passenger boats that transport guests
between Epcot, MGM, and Disney hotels. As an avid
boater and previous owner of several boats, Ed was very
interested in the position. “I’d ridden on the Friendship boats several times,” he said,
“and I thought it’d be fun to drive them. It’s a really nice part-time job.”
Rides on the Friendship boats last between three and ten minutes, depending on
the stops. The boat cruises at around six miles per hour through canals and lagoons
between the parks and hotels. During the day, Ed makes four to five round trips with
each trip lasting about two hours. Between the stops and while on board, Ed has the
chance to chat with passengers and sometimes meet celebrities. “I helped to dock one
of our party boats that Michael Eisner was on,” he said. “I’ve also met sports celebrities
like Doug West and Brett Butler.” He even met a visitor who grew up just two blocks
away from his home in Beech Grove, Indiana. “Talking to people, especially the kids, is
definitely the best part of the job. Once, a four-year-old getting off of the boat turned
to me and said, ‘Thank you very much. I hope to talk to you again soon.’” And at a
place where everyone is encouraged to be a kid again, conversation on Ed’s boat
should be in no short supply. —Jennifer L. Huber
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Debbie Seedorf Owens ’76
won the national All
American Horse Classic at the
Indiana State Fairgrounds.
She teaches in the Plainfield,
Ind., school system and lives
in Indianapolis.
Mary Holmes ’77 is working
as an administrative assistant
at the Lantz Center for
Christian Vocations and the
chaplain’s office at the
University of Indianapolis.
Dennis McNulty ’77 has been
named MSD Warren
Township Schools teacher of
the year. He teaches at
Warren Central High School
in Indianapolis.
Thomas Zupancic ’78 is a new
board member of the
Leukemia & Lymphoma
Society, Indiana Chapter. Tom
is vice president of business
development for the
Indianapolis Colts.
1980s
Charles Ellison ’80 is a senior
inspector for the US Marshals
Service in St. Louis, Mo. He is
also the coordinator for the
US Marshals Service to the
Organized Crime Drug
Enforcement Task Force. He
lives in Collinsville, Ill.
Albert Hauck ’81 has been
promoted to major at the
Marion County (Ind.)
Sheriff’s Department. He lives
in Indianapolis.
Louis Battenfield ’83 died
August 14. He was a tax
preparer for H & R Block for
five years. Previously, he was a
purchasing agent for Farm
Fans Inc. in Beech Grove,
Ind., for 10 years. He is
survived by son Donald.
Shelley Voelz ’80 ’83 was
elected member services
director for the National
Association for Health Care
Quality. She is director of
performance for St. Francis
Hospital in Beech Grove,
Indiana, and serves as
president of the University of
Indianapolis Alumni
Association. She also serves
as a university trustee. She
and her husband, Ted, and
son, Zach, reside in
Mooresville.
Mark Francesconi ’86 is the
principal at Michigan City
High School. He lives in La
Porte, Ind.
Mark Flight ’87 and wife
Risa announce the birth of
their twin daughters,
Madeline and Hannah.
They were born December
28 and join big brother
Taylor at home in
Indianapolis.
Carol Morrical Highsmith
’87 and husband Steve
announce the birth of their
daughter Abby Lynn on
March 30. She is welcomed
by big sister Allison Judith,
who was also born on March
30. The family lives in
Indianapolis.
Stacey Rathbun ’88 and Jeff
Mitchell ’91 are proud to
announce the birth of twin
sons, Grant David and Connor
Jeffrey. They were born
December 14. They join big
brother Taylor Stephen and
big sister Morgan Rae at home
in Duluth, Ga. Stacey works as
a physical therapist at Wellstar
in Atlanta and Jeff is the senior
vice president of North
American Sales at Manhattan
Associates in Atlanta.
Cynthia Hoffman Moore ’89
’93 and husband Edward are
proud to announce the birth
of their daughter Elizabeth
Ann. She was born July 28.
She joins older brother
Samuel Edward at home in
Woodlands, Tex.
1990s
Carla Rismiller Bishop ’90 is
a property tax manager with
Simon Property Group in
Indianapolis.
Kathleen Lucchesi ’90 and
her husband D.C. are proud
to announce the birth of
their first child, Robert
David. He was born August
7. The family lives in
Charlotte, N.C.
Nyki Orr Silberstein ’90 and
husband Kimo announce the
birth of their daughter
Tuscany Munro
Kamananuiokalaukapuokeouakupuapaikalaninui
on
March 21. The family lives in
Honolulu, Hawaii.
Jeff Cowan ’91 and Sara
Shelton were married June 16.
Jeff is assistant vice president
of Centex Home Equity; Sara
is a kindergarten teacher with
the DeSoto Independent
School District. They live in
Grand Prairie, Tex.
Sheila Kenney McNeus ’91
and husband Tim are happy
to announce the birth of
their son Timothy, born June
25. He joins big brothers Joe,
Jack, and Kevin and sister
Maggie at home in
Indianapolis.
Dawn Geraghty ’92 ’98 and
Dennis Hershberger ’94
were married August 18.
Dawn is the library
periodicals assistant and an
adjunct professor of English
at U of I. The couple lives in
Indianapolis.
Jason ’92 and Michelle
Gronning Winegardner ’92
announce the birth of their
daughter Madison Elizabeth
on July 12, 2000. She is
welcomed by sister Olivia.
The Winegardners live in
Peru, Ind.
Joseph E. Bickel ’93 participated
in the World Police and
Fire Games this summer. Joe is
a sergeant for the Carmel
(Ind.) Police Department and
is a sniper for the Emergency
Response Team (E.R.T.). Joe
and fellow E.R.T. members
participated in the five-day
event for the S.W.A.T.
competition in the games, for
which the Carmel E.R.T.
received the gold medal. Joe
and his wife, Cindy Blackburn
Bickel ’94 ’98, reside in
Fishers with their two sons,
Joshua and Taylor.
Jason Miller ’93 and wife
Kristine announce the birth
of their daughter Chloe
Elizabeth. She was born
September 8. The family lives
in Merrillville, Ind.
Michelle Nicholson ’93 ’95
and her husband, Stu,
announce the birth of their
daughter Natalie Marie. She
was born April 30. Natalie
joins big brother Nathan at
home in Greentown, Ind.
Heather McKinney Elkins ’94
and husband Joel are proud
to announce the birth of their
son, William David Pearce
Elkins. He was born September
21. The family lives in
Houston, Tex.

Bryan ’94 and Amy Strieter
Webb ’96 adopted Mariya
Rayann from Ukraine on
August 31. She arrived home
on September 7. She joins
her two big brothers, Jason
and Kody, at home in South
Bend, Ind. Bryan is a cost
accountant at Starcraft
Corporation in Goshen. Amy
is a technology specialist at
Crowe, Chizek, & Co. in
South Bend.
Jennifer Borer ’95 and
Robert Weber ’96 are proud
to announce the birth of
their daughter, Riley Lynn.
She was born July 5. She joins
big brother Calvin at home
in Greenwood, Ind.
Denise Unrue ’95 and
Matthew Godbout were
married July 7 in Ogunquit,
Maine. Denise teaches third
grade at Carey Ridge
Elementary in Westfield,
Ind., and Matt is a manager
for the Indy Racing League.
Tamara Wilson ’95 and
Shawn Padgett were married
August 24. Tamara is a
quality assurance technician
for the Adesa Corporation
and Shawn is a help desk
technician at Tomeroy in
Indianapolis.
Laura Welch Zimmerman
’95 ’98 is a pediatric
occupational therapist for
Physical Enhancement
Group in St. Louis, Mo.
She also works part-time in
skilled nursing facilities
and early intervention
programs.
Ricardo Bonganhi ’96 is an
international business
manager for First International
Trading in
Florianopolis, Brazil.
Belinda Justus ’96 and
Matthew Blaufus were
married July 28. Belinda is
employed by Family Service
Association at Indianapolis
and Matthew is employed by
National City Bank,
Indianapolis.
Margaret August Klusman ’96
announces the birth of her
daughter, Ella Margaret. She
was born February 14. She
joins big sister Chloe at home
in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Jodi Sowers Smith ’96 and
Gregory Smith are proud to
announce the birth of their
first daughter, Alyssa Rose.
She was born March 8. The
family lives in Indianapolis.
Amanda Longsworth Bluhm
’97 and husband Jim
announce the birth of
Elizabeth Grace on May 21.
She is welcomed by big sister
Juliana at home in Berne, Ind.
Scott Frankenfield ’97 was
married to Rayma Lee Fisher
on August 18. She is an
independent golf tournament
consultant. He is a resident
physician at the Medical
Center of Central Georgia.
The couple resides in Macon,
where Scott will begin his
family practice.
Peter Huijbregts ’97 is a
physiotherapy consultant for
Olympic Physiotherapy. He
lives in Victoria, British
Columbia.
Megan Smart Pendlum ’97
and husband Jamison
announce the birth of their
son, Evan Jamison. He was
born June 21. The family lives
in Indianapolis.
Tanvir Sagri ’97 is a senior
analyst developer with RCI in
Carmel, Ind. He lives in
Indianapolis.
Candace Wells Sargent ’97 is
the employment/training/
corporate communications
coordinator for Farm Bureau
Insurance in Indianapolis. She
recently received her
Professional in Human
Resources designation from
the Society of Human
Resources Management.
Recent grad finds
‘LOVE’ in
accounting firm
When you think of accountants, tax compliance, and completing complicated
corporate Internal Revenue Service forms, you don’t necessarily think of the acronym
LOVE. But that’s exactly the culture Fidelia Nazegbulam ’01 was welcomed into as she
recently joined Ernst & Young’s National Tax Compliance Division in Indianapolis.
After pondering many offers from area accounting firms, she chose to apply her newly
earned accounting degree by joining Ernst & Young’s shared services location. “I
joined a very large firm, but this office employs about 200 staff accountants and CPAs
on Indianapolis’s northwest side,” says Nazegbulam.
“LOVE is the motto for our Tax Compliance unit, and our mission statement is to
create a place where people love to work,” says Fidelia. “It stands for ‘Living Our Values
Every day.’” Fidelia said that joining Ernst & Young was a seamless transition from her
student life at U of I. The technical work is hard, she says, but working in a culture that
values people and nurtures individuality is very much like what she experienced as an
undergraduate student. “I work in a 200-person office in which everyone is encouraged
to get to know each other,” she said. The small class environment at U of I and the
personal nature of my professors helped me ease into this culture.”
Fidelia had two accounting internships as an undergraduate, so she felt prepared
for what would be expected of her as a full-time accountant in a major firm. She had
several interviews but chose Ernst & Young because of its people, nurturing work
environment, and the state-of-the-art technology and resources available to do the job
well. “My co-workers are jealous when I tell them I had only ten people in my classes at
U of I. They didn’t have the kind of learning experience that I did, but they wished
they had,” she said. Other U of I accounting grads recently hired in the same position
are Kelly Harrison ’01 and Mandy Clossey ’01.
Fidelia, a native Nigerian, was active in many campus organizations and projects
including the Intercultural Association. With only one month on her new job, she
had already volunteered for service on the firm’s “Culture Team” and serves on the
Community Service Committee and New Hire Committee. The Culture Team helps
create activities for employees that enhance the work environment so everyone loves
coming to work. On the Committee Service Team, she and other new employees
spearhead service projects and events that engage all employees, and the New Hire
Committee works on events that focus on new employees. She’s already been involved
in coordinating an employee trip to Kings Island and a fundraising project for Riley
Children’s Hospital, and buying backpacks for inner-city school-age children. “At U of
I, I was a Greyhound Ambassador and helped out with the New Student Experience for
incoming freshmen. Now, I’m doing the same kinds of volunteer functions for my new
firm and loving it,” she said.
Fidelia sports a photo at her cubicle of U of I’s International Ceremony of the
Flags. She says the investment the firm is making in its employees, much like U of I
does with its personal attention to its students, is awesome. She was glad to find
employment in a firm that shares many of her alma mater’s values. Her employers’
position is “Don’t ask what our firm can do for you. Ask what you can do to make
people first.” —Monica Woods
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Alp Berker ’98 announces the
birth of his twin daughters
Ajda and Yasemin on July 19.
He is employed with Weblink
International. He lives in
Indianapolis.
Omar T. Farmer ’98 returned
in July from a six-month
deployment to the Western
Pacific Ocean and Arabian
Gulf while assigned to the
guided missile destroyer USS
Stethem. He lives in San
Diego, Calif.
Christos Georghiou ’98 is an
ITC officer for Interorient
Navigation Co. Ltd. He lives
in Limassol, Cyprus.
Michelle Mays ’98 is a
pesticide residue analysis
technician at the Office of
the Indiana State Chemist at
Purdue University. She lives
in Lafayette.
Kim Rhodes ’98 ’00 is an
occupational therapist with
Greater Lafayette Health
Services in Lafayette, Ind.,
where she lives.
Lauri Miller ’98 married Jim
Wertz October 7, 2000. Lauri
is a lab supervisor for Severn
Trent Laboratories and Jim is
a firefighter for Valparaiso
Alumni couple become
most recent
‘Graduates of the Heart’ 2000s
Homecoming took on a new meaning for Victoria Stumm ’97 and William Dalton ’97
as they were married in the university’s new chapel in the Schwitzer Student Center,
October 6, 2001. The bride and groom were not deterred by the large crowds for
Homecoming celebrations at the university and felt great to be “home” again at their
alma mater, enjoying the event of their lifetime. Nestled in between the influx of
football fans arriving for the big game and the student dance that evening in the student
center, the wedding went off without a hitch. Asked why they chose to hold their
wedding on campus, Vickie said without hesitation, “This is our campus, our home. We
met here as students, so it’s only fitting that we were married here.” They join nearly
1,200 alumni couples who also met while students at the university and married.
Bill added that approximately half of their wedding guests are also U of I alumni.
The wedding party included bridesmaids Michelle Mays ’98 and Sarah Spate ’00,
groomsman Mike Hubbs ’01, usher Rick Miotke ’96, and guest book attendant Elizabeth
Johnson ’00. Vickie is a psychologist in training at Comprehensive Mental Health Services
in New Castle, Ind. Bill is an Indiana state trooper working in Shelby County (Ind.). The
newlyweds currently reside in Beech Grove, Indiana. —MW
Fire Department and Rural
Metro. They live in Michigan
City, Ind.
Michael Chrapkiewicz ’99 is
attending Airline Training
Academy in Orlando, Fla.
Amanda Gerke ’99 is
attending graduate school
at Mass Landing Labs in
Marino, Calif. She is
pursuing a master’s degree in
Marine Biology.
Peggy Little ’99 recently
represented Indiana
University in a National
Appellate Advocacy
Competition in Boston, Mass.
She is in her third year of law
school at Indiana University.
Chris Passarella ’99 is a sport
psychology consultant for
IMG Academies/David
Leadbetter Golf Academy in
Bradenton, Fla. He recently
received his master’s of
science in Sports Studies
from Miami Univerity.
David Pennington ’99 and
Kelley Flynn were married
July 4. He is employed with
Fireworks Super Store.
The couple resides in
Indianapolis.
Brent Thoman ’99 is vice
president of sales in
investing and insurance
planning at Business &
Professional Financial
Services in Shelbyville, Ind.
Patrick Watkins ’99 and
Barbara Clem ’01 were
married August 4. Patrick is a
buyer’s specialist with Mike
Watkins Real Estate Group.
The couple lives in
Greenwood, Ind.
Kimberly Coombt ’00 is an
occupational therapist at
Midtown Community
Mental Health Center in
Indianapolis.
Zachary Crowe ’00 is a Web
applications developer for
Indianapolis Motor
Speedway Corporation. He
lives in Indianapolis.
Elizabeth Delaplane ’00 is a
special education teacher at
Bane Elementary School in
Houston, Tex.
Taryn Gajewski ’00 and Rob
Kent were married July 21.
Taryn is a teacher at Ben
Davis Junior High in
Indianapolis. Rob attends
the University of Indianapolis
where he’s a member of
the men’s basketball team.
Christopher Gilmartin ’00 is
a correspondent with Mutual
of America based in New
York. He resides in
Indianapolis.
Julianne Marie Hackney ’00
and Michael Stewart were
married June 22. She is an
adventure education
facilitator and community
relations director for the
Indiana Teen Institute. He is
a financial consultant for
Salomon, Smith & Barney in
Indianapolis. The couple
lives in Franklin.
Emmee Haun ’00 is in an
international marketing
internship in Cuenca,
Ecuador, at the Estudio
Internacional Sampere School.
She has international work
experience, having worked in
Panama, Costa Rica, Mexico,
England, and France. Her
plans are to continue graduate
work in international business
next year.
Stephanie Loudenback ’00 and
Chuck Dodd were married
June 3. Stephanie teaches at
Franklin Township Middle
School in Indianapolis. Chuck
is a self-employed general
contractor. The couple lives
in Fountaintown.
Jennifer Ambos ’01 is a
physical therapist at Kettering
Sports Medicine Center,
Kettering, Ohio.
Jill Ann Hentrup ’01 is a staff
physical therapist at Floyd
Memorial Hospital in
Jefferson, Ind.
Audra Legge ’01 has joined
Baird, Kurtz & Dobson and
Olive, LLP as a staff accountant.
She lives in Indianapolis.
Sarah Lyon ’01 is an
advertising coordinator with
Carpenter GMAC Real Estate
in Indianapolis. She lives in
Beech Grove.
Annette Mattingly ’01 is a
registered nurse at St. Vincent
Hospital in Indianapolis.
Gena Miller ’01 is the assistant
manager at Beck Analytical
Services in Indianapolis.
Amber Smith ’01 is a
psychiatric technician with
BHC Valle Vista Health
Systems in Greenwood, Ind.
She lives in Indianapolis.
Danielle Smith ’01 is a
receptionist at Tabor Law Firm.
She lives in Indianapolis.
Jared Tucher ’01 is a student
at Concordia Theological
Seminary in Fort Wayne, Ind.

Get involved with your alma mater
Here are seven ways to volunteer your time and talent
to your university by working directly with students
and/or fellow alumni.
ALUMNI TARGET GROUP
Alumni volunteers help the Office of Admissions by
contacting prospective students in their academic
major and/or regional area. Personal contact by
an alumnus or alumna by phone or mail makes a
positive impression on a prospective student’s
decision to enroll in the university. Last fall, 67
alumni volunteers made 411 potential-student contacts.
ALUMNI SCHOLARSHIP SPONSORS
Alumni help convert prospective students into admitted
students in the admissions process by sponsoring a
student applying for financial aid through the alumni
scholarship program. Many students apply for this
award, a one-third scholarship, through the sponsorship
of an alumnus or alumna. (If they do not know an
alumnus or alumna, they will be assigned one.) More
alumni sponsors are needed to extend the geographic
coverage within Indiana. Alumni sponsors played host
to their alumni student scholar at the annual Alumni
Chili Supper at Pack-the-House Night.
ALUMNI LEGACY PROGRAM
Do you have a high school-age child, niece, nephew,
brother, sister, or other relative? If so, we would love
to help your family member become a future
University of Indianapolis graduate. Please inform
the Office of Alumni Relations the following
information: family member’s name, relation to you,
their complete address with e-mail if known, their
high school and year in school. Also include your
name, grad year(s), address and e-mail.
YOUNG ALUMNI
This group is designed to meet the needs of graduates
of the last 10 years. This sector of the alumni
population comprises about one-third of the total
alumni population. They plan social events of interest
to the younger alumni population and also work to
establish an outreach program geared toward
increasing participation of recent graduates in the
Web Site
Want to know what’s happening in your Alumni
Association? Get your answers 24/7 on the alumni Web
site at http://alumni.uindy.edu.
Send UIndy WebCards, a virtual postcard, to
anyone with an e-mail address
Download UIndy desktop and backgrounds
Alumni e-mail directory. (Nearly 1,000 alumni have
signed on—have you?)
Alumni E-newsletter; distributed monthly to E-mail
Directory registrants
annual fund. Other initiatives include supporting the
transition from undergraduate to alumni by participating
in the new Senior Salute event.
ACROSS THE MILES
As a volunteer, you would serve as an alumni contact
in your geographic area. If your area’s alumni
population is large enough, we can discuss a
gathering planned with your assistance. Occasionally
we have requests from alumni who are relocating
and want to talk to fellow alumni in their new town.
Academic departments sometimes need an alumni
contact in another city. These projects are sporadic
and are on an as-needed basis.
ALUMNI ‘WELCOME AMBASSADORS’
TO INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
This unique alumni association program serves the
needs of new arriving international students. This
program, formerly known as the Home Away From
Home Program, directly affects international
students as they are both new to this university and
to the United States. Alumni International Ambassadors
augment the services of the university’s Office
of International Programs in extending a warm
welcome to newly arriving international students at
the start of fall and spring terms. Volunteers may be
called upon to host an international student for a
holiday meal in their home extending both
hospitality and providing a living example of
American culture. It also increases student
awareness of the alumni association.
GREYHOUND CONNECTION PROGRAM
Are you interested in being an alumni contact
within your organization or profession? Would you
be able to recommend U of I grads for job
openings or be a source of internships for undergraduates?
As a Greyhound Connection volunteer,
you may be asked to provide a brief one-hour or
less mentoring session to a U of I student or
alumnus/a who seeks employment in your
profession. Help be the eyes and ears for your alma
mater in finding jobs and internships for U of I
students and alumni.
Live Campus Web Cam
View an interactive USA alumni map
On-line alumni career resources and job postings
Take an on-line trivia quiz about your alma mater
View current and past issues of Portico on-line
Order U of I bookstore merchandise
Review highlights of recent alumni events
Get information about upcoming alumni events
Learn about service and discount programs
especially for alumni
NEW
NEW
Alumni needed
to fill affiliate
faculty positions
School For Adult Learning
Non-Credit Programs seeks
U of I alumni from the
Indianapolis metropolitan
area who are experts in
their field for the position
of paid affiliate faculty.
Non-credit programs
consist of classes for adults
in the areas of technology,
personal development,
and the arts.
Affiliate faculty instruct
courses in their area of
expertise to adult learners
either on campus or at
educational venues within
the city. Class schedules
are contingent upon the
subject matter and
instructor availability.
If interested, please send
your resumé to:
University of Indianapolis
School for Adult Learning
Attn.: Dr. Linda Edington
Esch Hall Room 112
Indianapolis, IN 46227
(317) 788-3271
ledington@uindy.edu

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On the evening of June 4, 1996, Kent
Graham ’77 walked into the path of
police cars and spotlights, taking the
Olympic Torch for a 1,000-meter run
through Speedway, Indiana. While that
would be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity
for most people, Kent has been selected
for a second time to be a torchbearer for
the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake
City. On January 7 or 8, the Noblesville
High School teacher will carry the torch
for two-tenths of a mile somewhere
between Indianapolis and Terre Haute.
The exact date, time, and place is not
announced to the torchbearers until ten
days before they run.
Torchbearers are selected through
nominations and are motivators, community
leaders, and heroes to others. Though
he doesn’t know who nominated him,
Kent is thrilled by the effect that his
selection has on those around him. “In 1996, the excitement really
didn’t hit me until the day of the event,” said Kent. “But as we drew
closer to the date, my family, friends, and students started to get
really excited and ask all sorts of questions. To see their excitement
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of being close to the Olympics was really neat.” During its journey
from the mother flame in Greece, the Olympic flame will make its
way across 46 states, pass through the hands of 11,500 torchbearers,
and cover 13,500 miles in its entire trip. The Torch Relay begins in
Atlanta, Georgia, on December 4 and arrives in Salt Lake City on
February 8 during the opening ceremonies. Seventy-eight people
from Indiana will help the flame cross the state as it leaves Detroit
and travels south. “The Relay really makes the country more aware
of the Olympic spirit,” said Kent. Each of the runners will carry a 33inch-long
torch made of silver, copper, and glass, designed to look
like a fiery icicle in motion. After the run, Kent will keep his torch,
but the gas will be removed so it cannot be lit again.
Even as Kent begins to look forward to January, he has
wonderful memories from 1996. “I could see the parade approaching
with police escorts and media trucks,” he said. “The noise level
was just incredible. As the flame was passed on to me, people
jammed the road and I couldn’t see a thing, including the road,
because of the bright lights.” In fact, Kent remembers very little
from the actual run. “Before you know it, you’re passing the flame
on to the next runner and it’s over. But you are sky-high, everyone
else is sky-high, and it’s amazing.”
Kent hopes that many of his friends and family members
will be able to see the Torch Relay, but he wants to do something
different this time around. “I’m going to take it really slow,” he said.
“I’m going to enjoy every step.” —Jennifer L. Huber