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FRANKLIN COLLEGE
summer 2010
R E P O R T E R

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
The talented actor who portrayed Ben Franklin at the
College’s 175th birthday celebration raised a question
that lodged in my mind: What would Ben Franklin
think if he visited Franklin College today? Ben believed
passionately in education, and no doubt he would have
enjoyed the lectures, concerts and parties that marked
the anniversary year of the college that shares his name.
On a deeper level, I think Ben would be proud of the way
Franklin College prepares men and women for significant
careers through the liberal arts.
Like other communities in the early 19th century, the
town that became the city of Franklin chose to honor
one of the founders of the new nation who represented
qualities they also held dear. Ben’s powerful, practical
mind knew that people accomplish more together than alone, and he devoted his life to serving
others by building associations and institutions for the common good.
Ben was the greatest scientist of his age. He also invented a stove that warmed homes and a
lightning rod that protected barns and buildings throughout the nation. He started the postal
service, a fire insurance company, libraries and more. He negotiated successfully with others in
what became Congress and on their behalf with friends and foes abroad. And he knew how to
enjoy life, even as an old man.
The great man’s legacy endures in Franklin College’s mission to motivate and prepare its
graduates for productive and satisfying lives of excellence, leadership and service. Not many
schools do it our way. Some get students ready for entry-level jobs but fail to prepare them for
meaningful, creative, ongoing, changing careers. Others introduce students to the ideas and
ideals of the liberal arts but fail to connect those ways of thinking to the real world of human
needs, opportunities and work. Like Ben Franklin, we know that learning to think for oneself,
learning to communicate clearly, and learning to work with, for and on behalf of other people
is the path to a life of excellence, leadership and service.
Ben would be happy to know that Franklin College’s faculty are focusing on “engaged
learning” as a way to connect the liberal arts with the needs of our community, nation and
world. In the months ahead, you will hear about the movement to connect our strong programs
in leadership, community service and professional development — and to infuse that mix with
the spirit of the liberal arts to prepare our graduates for lives in the company of Ben Franklin.
You will soon see Ben’s friendly face and pithy sayings in some of the media and materials that
introduce prospective students to Franklin College. But even with Ben’s timely and timeless
appeal, we need your help in reaching young people who will thrive at Franklin College.
Please help us connect with the ones you know.
Your generous support makes it possible for these outstanding young men and women to live,
learn and grow here. On their behalf, thank you for helping to build and strengthen Franklin
College in a way that honors Ben in the years ahead.
Sincerely,
Jay Moseley
Franklin College President

6 Guest speakers told Class of 2010 graduates
they are well prepared for wrestling matches,
risks and rewards. Read more in speech excerpts
from Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels and Wake
Forest University Divinity School Dean Bill J.
Leonard.
Features
26 Franklin’s Chamber of Commerce named
college service-learning coordinator Doug
Grant Citizen/Volunteer of the Year. Get a
glimpse of how he makes a difference on
campus and in the community.
contents
4 The Future Unfolds: Capital campaign moves forward
Check in with the campaign chairman for a fundraising update, view construction progress
and learn who’s volunteering on the athletics project committees.
14 Fueling conservation
Get a glimpse of the latest campus greening initiative and find out how used cooking oil is
helping power campus lawn-care equipment.
28 Spring sports rewind
Catch up on major highlights of the recently completed spring sports season, and then be
sure to check out the new athletics Web site www.franklingrizzlies.com.
36 Adventures in Alaska
Join us on a journey to the Great North, where we caught up with wildlife trooper
John Groover ’87 and his family. Learn how they’ve adapted to life in the Alaskan Bush.
Departments
4 Campus News • 26 Faculty/Staff News • 28 Sports • 33 Alumni News
FRANKLIN COLLEGE
R E P O R T E R
Summer 2010, Vol. LXXXV, No. 2.
Published in spring, summer and autumn
by Franklin College, 101 Branigin Boulevard,
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On the Cover:
Marianne Tolmachoff ’12 and Kathy
Walke ’12 create biodiesel from used cafeteria
cooking oil in a science lab at the college. It takes
the pair about an hour to produce one gallon of
fuel for the school’s diesel-powered lawn tractors.
COVER PHOTO BY RYAN TRARES/DAILY JOURNAL

PHOTO BY DEIDRA BAUMGARDNERA
Making progress as The Future Unfolds
Since announcing the launch of a five-phase capital campaign in
February, Franklin College has focused on accomplishing Phase One
by moving forward with strategic goals and following the Campus Master
Plan. The college envisions making improvements that will enhance the
educational experience for all students while promoting healthy lifestyles,
discovery-based learning and real-world career preparation.
With The Future Unfolds campaign,
Franklin College reaffirms its commitment
to prepare students for productive,
satisfying lives as leaders, professionals
and citizens on a beautiful campus with a
rich history and a bright future. Candid
town-hall-style meetings with students,
faculty, staff, alumni and trustees, and
external research, including a national
study of liberal arts education funded by
the Teagle Foundation through Wabash
College, were the impetus for clarifying
what our college does well and
determining how to serve students better.
The results are driving a set of strategic
goals, which include constructing a
campus that meets the needs of every
student in space and time.
This goal is integrated into the
Campus Master Plan, which is serving as
a 10- to 15-year guide for future campus
improvements. While there are five
overall priority areas that need funding,
Franklin College has resolved to work
strategically during this difficult economy
by focusing on improvements that will
have the most immediate impact on
students and be most cost efficient at
this time.
With approximately one-third of the
student body involved in the college’s
NCAA Division III athletics programs,
renovating existing facilities and adding
new sports venues is a Phase One priority.
Another Phase One priority includes
constructing an additional art studio for
painting and drawing in the Johnson
Center for Fine Arts to better serve the
growing number of students majoring in
art and broaden the appeal of the fine arts
program to student prospects.
Catch the excitement
Phase One of the Future Unfolds
Campaign is in full swing, and it’s been a
busy summer on campus. Here’s a glimpse
of our progress toward reconfiguring the
existing football field into an area that
also accommodates the men’s and
women’s soccer programs:
Workers strategically place large rolls of artificial turf in Faught Stadium as part of reconfiguring the existing
field into a multipurpose practice and playing area for football and soccer.
■ Stadium lights installed for
evening practices
■ Bleachers moved and reconstructed
■ New sidewalk installed bordering
Grizzly Drive
■ New entryway installed around
Faught Stadium Arch
■ Artificial turf installed
In late-breaking news, Franklin College
Trustee Margot Eccles, an associate
alumna and honorary degree recipient,
recently made a campaign gift to name
the site of several new athletic fields
“Grizzly Park” in honor of her late
husband, Robert, who was a teacher, coach,
and administrator at seven independent
schools. A life-long athlete, he had a special
affinity for Teddy Bears and collected art
and memorabilia about bears throughout
his life. Eccles’ gift takes Phase One of the
campaign over 60 percent of the way
toward the fundraising goal.
Grizzly Park will encompass a new
softball field, new tennis courts, a new
facility for track and field events, the
existing baseball field, new practice fields
and fitness trails for runners and walkers.
Construction has begun on the east side
of campus, with Grizzly Park slated for
completion by mid-November.
The work to convert an existing
second-floor balcony into a studio in the
Johnson Center for Fine Arts also is under
way. The new studio will connect to the
existing drawing-painting studio for
beginning and intermediate students,
giving the faculty mobility between
both studios and enabling simultaneous
instruction for students of all competency
levels who are completing projects at
various stages. Students also will have
access to the studio via a scan card,
enabling them to work on their projects
beyond normal class hours.
Giving a voice to the campaign
While several milestones already have
been achieved, there’s still much to
accomplish. Volunteers are proudly
leading the way in The Future Unfolds
campaign, giving their time and money in
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support of proposed Phase One projects.
Their involvement is not merely
symbolic; these alumni and friends are
hands-on volunteers, helpful in making
big decisions but not above soliciting
contributions themselves.
“When you have volunteers, as we
have, who are personally making visits
and calls, and asking for gifts, it’s
powerful,” said President Jay Moseley.
“Our fundraising progress is a reflection
of their loyalty and commitment to this
campaign. That all their efforts are
making significant progress during a time
of economic downturn is particularly
remarkable.” Campaign chair and
Franklin College Trustee V. Von Boll ’52
also is pleased with Phase One’s progress.
“The volunteer committees are just
starting to take off but already doing
really well at reaching out and
reconnecting a broad base of alumni
to the college,” said Boll. “Franklin
College always has been a top-notch
school, but this campaign will help raise
the bar. The new and improved facilities
for athletics and art will open up avenues
in student recruitment and help the
college have even broader appeal.”
While volunteers are critical to the
campaign’s success so are you! In the
days ahead, you can show your support
by responding to volunteer calls and
e-mails, asking the volunteers to provide
more details about specific campaign
projects and sharing your own Franklin
College story to help others catch the
excitement as the future unfolds!
Every gift counts
You have many choices for directing
your gift. What is important is that you
participate. Your tax-deductible
contribution, no matter the size, will
make a difference for students and help
to perpetuate Franklin College’s reputation
for excellence. Give online at
www.franklincollege.edu or by phone
at (317) 738-8040. Our collective
participation in this campaign is a
reflection of everything the college is
today and will be in the future.
Please join the college in recognizing
and thanking the following volunteer
committees:
Campaign Chair
V. Von Boll ’52
Football Committee
Phil Powell ’73, Chair and Trustee
John Auld Jr. ’76, Trustee
John Chiarotti ’67
Ed Faught ’75
Jim Frische, Trustee
Jay Hunsucker ’75
Mike Leonard, Coach
Jim Potter ’72
Bill Receveur ’72, Trustee
Joe Schifano ’87
Don Treibic ’65
Soccer Committee
Pete Cangany ’80, Chair and Trustee
Shaun Mahoney ’97, Coach
Brian Davis ’95
T.J. Davis ’06
Cathy Dunn, FC Parent
Linda (Mullendore) Krevda ’77, FC Parent
Kelley Lasek ’90
Brian McManus ’89
Daniel Schuetz ’97
Kevin Smith ’03
Jack Waldroup, FC Parent
Wayne Zamora ’99
Softball Committee
Ruth Callon ’52, Honorary Chair
Christi Fields ’74, Co-Chair
E. Jane Betts ’62, Co-Chair
Jenny Johnson-Kappes ’72
Doreen St. Clair
Carol Tumey ’63
Nora Lowe Brems ’87
Kim Benich Burzynski ’93
Nancy Glover Carr ’79
Kathryn S. Eddy ’85
Debbie Lacy Guckenberger ’95
Joyce Thompson Heckman ’63
Danielle Kinnett ’06
Stephanie Kramer-Bot ’95
Lisa E. Mahan ’88
Holly Miller ’01
Pamela Hoeppner Moore ’72
Martha May Newsom ’49
Sally Battin Perkins ’70
Kathleen Hodgen Schutz ’75
Holli Bemis Terrell ’83
Judi A. Warren ’80
Heather Watson ’06, Coach
Gene White ’58
Tiffany Ellis Wilson ’03
Tennis Committee
John Grimmer, Co-Chair and Trustee
Jim Hoover, Co-Chair and Trustee
Tony Gambaiani ’95, Alumni Chair
William Broshears ’76
David Childres ’89
Jenelle Gish ’94
Rusty Hughes, Coach
Leslie McAleese ’06
Mike Myers ’85
Ryan Meyer ’08
Allison Polchek ’81
Amanda Ray ’02
Bob Shook ’71
Rod Snyder ’87
Brent Walker ’09
John Williams ’80
Andrea Wilson ’02
Track Committee:
John Dickerson ’75
Chad McCullough ’96
Daniel Andrews, FC Professor
Jeffrey Burch ’99
Bryan Epperson ’93
Kristofor Hammond ’95
Keith Mitchell ’56
Don Orlosky ’51
Roger Schroder ’58
Michael Urban ’82
Ryan Wadsworth ’09
Paul Sargent ’91
Phase One fundraising results at-a-glance:
Project Goal Progress
Football/Soccer $1,500,000 $ 771,500
Grizzly Park $750,000 $750,000
Track & Field $750,000 $666,400
Tennis $600,000 $221,100
Softball Complex $550,000 $155,465
Practice Fields (4) $200,000 $50,000
Pavillion $75,000 $75,000
Infrastructure, Parking
&Landscaping $1,275,000 $946,110
Art Studio $100,000 $100,000
Projected total cost $5,800,000 $3,735,575
Naming recognition is available for specific project components
as are opportunities for support at any level. Please contact the
Office of Institutional Advancement at (317) 738-8040.
*Information reflects totals as of July 2010.
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PHOTOS BY PHIL SMITH
AROUND CAMPUS
Class of 2010 will confront
wrestling matches, risks and rewards
Bill J. Leonard, dean and professor of
church history at the Wake Forest
University Divinity School, received an
honorary doctorate of divinity before
delivering his sermon at baccalaureate in
the Napolitan Student Center on May 21.
Leonard began the sermon by telling
about a snake handlers’ worship service
he attended in 1990. “It was amazing,
overpowering and terrifying,” he
recounted. Life is sometimes all of those
things, too, he said. “Because that’s what
learning is about — wrestling with ideas,
good, bad and ugly, abstract and concrete,
all at once, some of them dangerous as
serpents.”
To illustrate the point, Leonard went
on to tell the biblical story of Jacob, who
had to wrestle with his personal demons
to find grace.
“Life is a wrestling match. Faith, too,
for that matter,” Leonard told graduates.
“Whatever you learned at Franklin College
the last four years, I hope you learned to
wrestle, with ideas and issues, moral
dilemmas and complex questions.”
Wrestling with conscience and learning
from our mistakes are part of life, Leonard
said. The key is to never give up. “Cling to
faith, hope and conscience until they bless
you. And, as you wrestle, know this: Even
in the darkness there is grace, now and
forevermore.”
Rich history, bright future
The day after baccalaureate, commencement
was held in the Spurlock Center
gymnasium. Five graduates received their
degrees in absentia while 193 participated
in the traditional ceremony. The college
also awarded an honorary doctorate of
humane letters to Mary Alice (Wagner)
Medlicott ’45, retired Franklin College
archivist. President Jay Moseley told guests
Medlicott “was born into a Franklin
College family,” with her father, a sister,
two cousins and an uncle all being alumni.
During her 30-plus years as archivist,
Medlicott preserved and cataloged the
college’s history as well as that of the
American Baptist Churches of Indiana.
A longtime member of Franklin First
Gathered here are Franklin College Board of Trustees Chair Susan Johnson DeVoss ’69, dean and professor
of church history at the Wake Forest University Divinity School Bill J. Leonard, retired Franklin College archivist
Mary Alice (Wagner) Medlicott ’45 and Franklin College President Jay Moseley. The college awarded Leonard an
honorary doctorate of divinity and Medlicott an honorary doctorate of letters.
Baptist Church, Medlicott also helped
write histories of her church and the
American Baptist Foreign Missions. She
received the Franklin College Alumni
Citation in 1992, the city of Franklin’s
Senior Service Award in 2003 and
Indiana’s Sagamore of the Wabash
in 2003.
“She is herself a living reminder of
the college’s rich past, and we honor
her for the way she embodies its values,”
said Moseley.
Odds of success
Presentation of honorary degrees
continued with an honorary doctorate
of laws presented to keynote speaker
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels. During his
address, Daniels told the graduates that
whether in the lottery, on the battlefield
or in everyday life, luck plays a large part
in human affairs, but informed decisions
improve the odds of success.
Daniels encouraged graduates to learn
from the example of card counters,
gamblers who learn to keep a mental
tally of what cards have been dealt and
calculate their odds of winning before
playing hands.
“We can’t banish luck from our lives,
but we can all be card counters who take
actions and decisions that move the
mathematics of life to our side of the
table,” said Daniels.
Daniels cited a few ways people can
be card counters in the game of life:
Exercising regularly and eating healthfully
will increase the probability of a longer
life, he said. People also can get married
and stay that way to reduce the odds of
contracting infectious diseases, developing
heart disease and having a stroke,
according to Centers for Disease Control
studies, Daniels said. The chances of
finding happiness in life also improve
through having children and attending
church regularly, he added.
Daniels told graduates that life presents
many choices and that success is more
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likely when one can make informed
decisions. “Franklin is a great academic
institution. Here, you’ve learned to search
for data and follow the facts objectively
wherever they lead,” he assured.
He concluded, “I’d like Indiana always
to be a place where people get ahead by
talent, and good judgment, and hard
work, so that they tilt the odds as far as
possible in their favor. We can’t take all
the luck out of the game of life, but,
through wise choices, we can shift the
odds in our direction.
“You’re at the table now. With the help
of your wonderful parents, and this fine
institution, you’ve been dealt a promising
first hand. From now on, you’re the player.
Count the cards, and the luck will take
care of itself.”
Next. Nathanael Kelly ’10 represented
his class as speaker. Kelly told classmates
they have already achieved more than
two-thirds of the population that doesn’t
complete college in six years. He said that
their parents and professors have given
them an advantage, and they should go
out and try to make a difference in the
world instead of just blending in and
becoming numbers. Kelly cited a quote
from Mother Teresa and encouraged
classmates to follow her examples of
compassion, humility and leadership.
Commencement concluded after
Alumni Council President Becky (Tames)
Rosenberger ’77 delivered well-wishes to
the graduates on behalf of the Alumni
Association.
1. Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels draws applause from the platform party of trustees and college
administration while giving his keynote address at commencement. The college awarded
Daniels an honorary doctorate of laws during the ceremony.
2. A committee of the five previous winners selected the Rev. Cliff Cain, professor of philosophy
and religion, to receive the Faculty Teaching Excellence Award. Cain retired at the end
of the academic year and was awarded professor emeritus status during commencement.
John Wood, the 2005 winner and a professor of political science, presented the award.
3. Professor of biology Alice Heikens receives the Excellence in Scholarship Award
from President Jay Moseley. Heikens is a member of the campus Green Team,
which helps create ways to reduce the college’s carbon footprint. She has
developed a five-acre prairie at Johnson County Park and is working
toward developing nature centers at local schools.
4. Colleagues selected Steve Browder, professor of biology, to receive
the Faculty Steering Committee Distinguished Service Award for his
outstanding contributions to the campus community. John
Boardman, head of the committee and an associate professor of
mathematics, was the presenter.
5. Bonnie Pribush, director of leadership development, was
recipient of the Clifford and Paula Dietz Award for Faculty
Excellence. Pribush co-created the college’s leadership program
in 1991 and helped form the Leadership Johnson County 5
program in 1994.
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PHOTOS BY RENEE KEAN ’06

AROUND CAMPUS
Congratulations class of 2010!
1. The class of 2010 selected Nathanael Kelly ’10 of Bedford, Ind., as their
speaker. Kelly majored in sociology and secondary education.
2. Early arrivals Georgina (Landeros) Butler ’10 and her husband,
Michael Butler ’10, take their seats among the rows of empty chairs in the
Branigin Room. Students gathered in the room to receive assistance with
their regalia and to hear instructions before the ceremony.
3. Grizzlies’ head baseball coach Lance Marshall poses with student-athletes
Cory Wahl ’10, Luke Mehringer ’10, Michael Duncan ’10 and Joe Paul ’10.
Paul Strack ’10, also on the team, was unavailable for the photo. This group
of seniors set the record at Franklin with 106 career wins, 57 losses. The
previous record was a tie, with the class of 2005 and the class of 2009 each
owning 103 career wins.
4. Hyder Khatri ’10, a biology and chemistry major, and Jessica Hall ’10, a
French and Spanish major, join for a celebratory photo. Khatri was winner of
the Gold Quill Trophy in recognition of his excellence in academics,
leadership and service.
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5. The class of 2010 gathers outside the Napolitan Student Center for a group
photo. Five grads received their degrees in absentia while 193 participated in
the traditional commencement ceremony.
6. Logan Shuppert ’10, a sociology major, hugs associate professor of mathematics
John Boardman during the recessional. It is tradition for faculty to stand along the
recessional route to congratulate grads as they exit Spurlock Center.
7. Kim Warner ’10, Kathleen Spencer ’10 and Shay Skene ’10 make final
adjustments to their commencement regalia in preparation of the class photo.
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PHOTOS BY RENEE KEAN ’06 AND ETHAN LEFFEL ’11

AROUND CAMPUS
Grizzly had
long road to
college
graduation
By Ryan Trares
Daily Journal Staff Writer
(Excerpts reprinted with permission)
When Craig Parker ’10 left Franklin
College in 1995, he was one class short of
earning his degree.
But after 14 years of raising a family,
working a handful of jobs and ultimately
being laid off, he finally has finished
those three elusive credit hours. The
37-year-old Franklin resident received
his bachelor’s degree in theater during
commencement on May 22. Parker, who
is employed as a custodian by the college,
hopes his back-to-school experience is a
springboard to graduate school and an
arts career.
“It’s such a different thing coming in,
being an older student. I came in more
focused,” he said. “I didn’t have to worry
about what parties are going on this
weekend, what my girlfriend said to me
this morning. I could just focus on the
professor and learning.”
Parker and his wife, Jen, live just a mile
from the college’s campus. They have
one child together, 3-year-old Lulu, and
Parker’s 12-year-old daughter, Zamira,
also lives with them.
His decision to finish what he started at
Franklin College has been an inspiration
to the entire family, Jen said.
“To see him studying, to see him
graduating from college, it’s been
great for our daughters to see,” she
said. “It really enforces how important
education is.”
Parker first enrolled in Franklin College
out of high school in 1991. Though he
dabbled in journalism, he ultimately
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decided on theater as his career course.
After four years, he was on track to earn
his degree, with one small obstacle in his
way — a general science course worth
three credit hours.
“I kept putting it off and putting it off,
and then graduation came around and
that was all I had to finish,” he said.
But when his girlfriend at the time got
pregnant over the summer, he lost track of
his academic career and instead focused
on providing for his new family. Parker
bounced around various odd jobs,
waiting tables and delivering newspapers
for money, before landing a position as a
corrugated die maker. He worked for two
different companies in Greenwood and
Indianapolis before losing his job in
November.
Taking advantage of a bad situation, he
had to reassess his goals and look for a
new career. All of his options would require
finishing his college education first.
Aware that employees of Franklin
College can take courses at no cost,
he inquired about an open custodian’s
position.
Now Parker comes to the campus for
work, where his responsibilities range
from vacuuming carpets to cleaning
bathrooms to setting up for special
events.
He arranged his schedule to maneuver
around two classes: the earth science course
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needed to attain his degree, and a creative
writing seminar, in preparation for his
future goal. Parker has applied for graduate
school at Butler University and hopes to
start earning a master’s degree in fiction
writing next spring.
Parker found that fitting in as an older
student at Franklin wasn’t the challenge
he feared it would.
Recalling back to when he was first
an undergraduate, he thought the older
students on campus were weird. But he
found that classmates treated him as just
another student, he said.
“It helped to have a sense of humor
about myself. I wasn’t shy about making
jokes about my age, so they weren’t
Craig Parker ’10 makes a toast during his
performance in the Franklin College theater
department’s production of The Three Sisters.
reserved about making jokes as well,”
he said.
Even in a short time, Parker integrated
himself in campus life. He submitted
writing to the school’s literary magazine
and won a poetry award in the spring.
To reconnect with his theater major
roots, he also tried out for a play, earning
a part in the spring production of The
Three Sisters.
“Here I was with a degree in theater,
and I hadn’t taken a theater class with
any of the current professors, or even
performed,” he said. “So I didn’t want to
get a degree from a department that
didn’t know me and I didn’t know
anyone.”
The whole process was made easier by
members of the Franklin College faculty,
who helped him reconnect to the campus
community.
One of those supporters was English
professor Dedaimia Whitney, who
advised Parker about how to pursue a
master’s degree in creative writing.
Whitney first met Parker when he
called asking to submit some of his writing
to the literary magazine. After looking
at his work, and recognizing his talent,
she helped advise him about following a
writing career.
Just like him, she also had returned to
school as an adult to earn her master’s
degree, and thought their similar situation
linked them together.
“You could say I’ve been one of the
charter members of his fan club,” she
said. “He has a special talent, and I guess
I can relate to not going straight into a
(master’s) program, but coming back to
it with real life experience.”
His academic career is over at Franklin
College, but Parker will continue to
work at the school. After he earns his
master’s degree, he would even consider
moving up into the faculty if a position
was available.
From campus to California
Journalism major Travis Braun ’10 moved
to Los Angeles after his graduation in May.
He’s working as a story assistant on NBC’s new
reality show “School Pride.” The show will help
rehabilitate schools across the country while
telling the stories of the children and communities
that they serve. After the show wraps in September,
Braun will begin a part-time internship on the
CBS show “Criminal Minds.”
A remarkable accomplishment links Braun and
Franklin College Honorary Trustee Robert A.
Johnson ’40; both are winners of the Scholarship
Cup for having the best overall GPA in their
respective classes. Braun took home the honor
this year while Johnson received the award at his
graduation 60 years ago.
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PHOTO BY RENEE KEAN ’06
AROUND CAMPUS
New program to fund student research
Undergraduate research programs
aren’t offered only at big-name
universities; Franklin College is giving
seven students the opportunity this
summer and fall to delve deeply into their
areas of interest and manage research
projects in fields that range from art to
math and economics to political science,
as well as the natural sciences.
The Franklin College Undergraduate
Research (FCUR) program, the first of
its kind in institutional history, is being
funded through a grant from the Lilly
Endowment. The college received an
initial grant in 2005 to help address
Indiana’s brain drain and better prepare
grads for entry into the work force;
Franklin developed AmeriCorps and
Continuing Education programs with the
funding. To build upon the success of
that work, Lilly awarded the college a
sustaining grant as part of its Initiative to
Promote Opportunities Through
Educational Collaborations.
The college has earmarked the grant
to support undergraduate research
opportunities, which Dean of Academic
Affairs David Brailow said can benefit
students in several important ways.
“Engaging in research as an
undergraduate student is a fantastic
way to learn more about an area of
interest, apply classroom knowledge
and expand skills; it also adds something
special to a student’s resume and provides
great preparation for grad school,” said
Brailow.
During the recent spring semester, an
interdisciplinary faculty committee was
formed to help create the FCUR program,
review initial student research proposals
and allocate funds.
Teaching by
sharing the
joy of nature
By Amy (Kean) VerSteeg ’96
Editor
To the casual observer, Hougham
Woods might look like peaceful wilderness,
with acres of trees and plants ruffled only
by the occasional breeze. But, to Julie
Evans ’10, a biology major, it was a field
of dreams, a place teeming with activity,
in the dirt, among the trees, around the
plants and in the sky. The opportunity to
educate others about some of the site’s
environmental treasures inspired Evans
to take on an independent-study research
project this past year, with guidance
from her biology professor and mentor
Alice Heikens.
Julie Evans ’10 documents her findings in
Hougham Woods.
Committee chair Justin Gash, assistant
professor of mathematics and computing,
was pleased with initial results.
“What sets Franklin’s program apart
from a lot of others is that it’s very
much a student-driven process; it’s not
predicated on a faculty member who
seeks a student to fit a proposal to further
personal interests,” said Gash.
“These students have a plan for how
they want to use Franklin College to
further their education and life beyond
college.”
To apply for the program, students must
submit formal written proposals including
a timeline, goals, budget and deliverables.
Funding, more specifically a stipend, is
awarded only to students who honorably
complete their projects.
“There is an expectation of seriousness
about this program. It takes students
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Evans spent her senior year collecting,
identifying and cataloging plant specimens
from the nearly 32-acre tract of woods
located in the southeast quadrant of I-65
and St. Route 44. Many of Evans’ findings
became part of a permanent collection in
the Barnes Science Hall herbarium, a
museum of sorts for preserved plants.
Scientists use herbariums to track
change in vegetation over time as well as
changes in climate and human impact.
Her findings also were the impetus for an
educational brochure that will be offered
to Johnson County school groups and
others with the college’s permission to
explore Hougham Woods.
Franklin Tech Park Associates gifted
Hougham Woods to Franklin College in
2008 for use in botany and field ecology
studies and research.
“The idea behind the brochure is to
with a strong backbone to invest the time
needed in building a proposal and in
completing the work during a semester,”
said Gash.
While seven students will work on their
research projects over the summer or
beginning this fall, two students already
received partial funding this past spring
to help pilot the program. The students
were Julie Evans ’10, a biology major,
(See related article above) and Chelsea
Sutton ’11, an English major. Evans’
research focused on identifying the native
wildflowers on a tract of college-owned
property reserved for student science
labs. Her work enabled the college to
enhance its existing library of wildflower
specimens cataloged in Barnes Science
Hall and provided content for an
educational brochure that will be shared
with area elementary schools given
help people appreciate the woods and
have a more meaningful experience,”
said Evans.
The brochure includes pictures and
descriptions of the area’s wildflowers and
plants.
“It’s a guide to help people know more
about what they might come into contact
with; it’s a way to give them that good
feeling of making a discovery. They’ll be
able to say, ‘Look, I found this specific
“It was really relaxing just to be out there in ecology mode every week,
enjoying the outdoors and running with my own research project.”
type of flower,’ and then they can read a
little about it as well as touch it, smell it
and experience it.”
Evans identified approximately
60 species of wildflowers during the course
of her research; she even found two rare,
native species, sedge and rattlesnake fern.
“It was really relaxing just to be out
there in ecology mode every week,
enjoying the outdoors and running with
permission to conduct classes at the site.
Sutton’s project is under way and
focuses on “books that matter.” She’s
polling the faculty on the most meaningful
books they’ve read, significance of the
themes and reasons why the particular
books might matter to others. Her goal is
to compile 25 faculty responses that can
be developed into a free publication for
the campus.
“Books that matter actually is a study on
diversity,” said Sutton. “It’s a way to show
the various interests among faculty and,
too, to show that there can be different
perceptions of the same material. There
may be two faculty members from different
disciplines who like the same book for very
different reasons.”
Evans was accepted into graduate
school, and Sutton is studying abroad in
England this fall.
my own research project; it should be
similar to what I’ll do a lot of in grad
school,” said Evans. “Even though I was
focused on plants, I also came across wood
ducks, pileated woodpeckers and a gray
tree frog, which was really cool.”
Evans is a previous recipient of the
Raymond and Enid McCaslin Kelly
Travel Scholarship and the David M.
Davidsen Memorial Scholarship. She
also completed the Franklin College
Intercultural Honors Experience, which
provided her a travel scholarship. The
scholarships enabled her to participate
in two global-learning programs in which
she did ecology and rain forest studies in
Belize in 2009. She plans to pursue a
career teaching ecology at a college or
university.
“These are high-impact, resumebuilding
experiences for the students,”
said Brailow. “Our challenge is to figure
out ways to sustain the program and find
additional funding.”
In addition to the FCUR program, the
college received a gift earlier in the year
from Betty (White) Freeborn ’63, who
established an endowed fund for undergraduate
research in the natural sciences.
The FCUR program is different in that
students may pursue research projects in
any discipline. Current funding for FCUR
extends through the 2010–11 academic
year. To learn more about the program
and how you can help, please contact the
Office of Institutional Advancement at
(317) 738-8040.
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AROUND CAMPUS
Marianne Tolmachoff ’12 and Kathy Walke ’12
create biodiesel from used cafeteria cooking oil in a
science lab at the college. It takes the pair about an
hour to produce one gallon of fuel for the school’s
diesel-powered lawn tractors.
Fueling
conservation
By Ryan Trares
Daily Journal Staff Writer
(Excerpts reprinted with permission)
In a Barnes Science Hall chemistry lab,
thick brown liquid seeped into a beaker.
Smelling vaguely of French fries and
stale carnival food, the material, used
cooking oil, normally would be disposed
of by dining hall staff.
But in the hands of Marianne
Tolmachoff ’12 and lab partner Kathy
Walke ’12, the grease got a second life as
eco-friendly fuel.
The students were the engine behind a
Franklin College program designed to
turn used cooking oil from the cafeteria
into clean-burning biodiesel. The fuel will
power the school’s lawn-mowing tractors,
and officials plan to turn the test project
into a large-production operation next
school year.
“This was an opportunity for us to use
our knowledge beyond just the classroom
or beyond just a test and further it in a
fun way,” Tolmachoff said.
Biodiesel, a fuel made from vegetable
oil, can be used in any diesel engine
without modification. It burns 75 percent
cleaner than petroleum diesel fuels and
releases no new carbon dioxide into the
atmosphere.
“Plus, it smells better,” Walke said.
By using leftover oil for the fuel, the
college will realize a cost savings as well.
Tolmachoff and Walke calculated that the
total ingredients for their biodiesel costs
$2.20 per gallon. Petroleum diesel has
hovered around $3 since the beginning of
the year.
Tom Patz, the college’s project manager
for organizational development and safety,
said the school uses about 1,500 gallons of
diesel a year. Though biodiesel won’t
replace all of that in the near future,
even a small portion could make a
financial difference, he said.
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The idea to turn used cooking oil into
biodiesel was sparked during a Winter
Term class, Going Green Matters. Patz,
adviser for the college’s Green Team, a
student and faculty group that works on
environmentally friendly changes on
campus, gave a presentation to the
students about the school’s conservation
initiatives, such as composting and
installing energy-efficient lighting.
Two freshmen in the class, Drew
Royalty ’13 and Jimmy Qualters ’13,
approached Patz afterward about creating
biodiesel.
“My dad makes biodiesel, and after class
Jimmy and I went back to our rooms (and)
started talking about what the college was
doing with the grease from the cafeteria,”
Royalty said. “This would save the college
money and make Franklin known for doing
something for the environment.”
The idea of making fuel from a waste
product like fryer oil intrigued Patz. He
approached chemistry professor Edward
Chikwana about the feasibility of it.
“I used to live in Oregon, and over
there they’re very big in green chemistry,”
Chikwana said. “So when this opportunity
presented itself, I thought it would be a
great way for Franklin College to do that
as well.”
He brought the suggestion to
Tolmachoff and Walke, two of his
students, and the three got to work.
“Being environmentally (conscious) has
always been an aspect,” Tolmachoff said of
their biodiesel project. “But the thinking
was never, ‘Cool, we’re doing something
green.’ It was, ‘Cool, we’re doing
something with science.’”
Tolmachoff and Walke consulted an
environmental-advocacy organization,
Handmade Projects, to find the most
effective way to make it. They experimented
with different ingredients and methods,
eventually settling on a process that is
100 percent efficient.
“If we put in 1 liter of used oil, we get
back 1 liter of biodiesel,” Tolmachoff said.
“Nothing is lost along the way.”
Turning used vegetable oil into fuel is
not a revolutionary process; it’s been
around since 1900, shortly after the diesel
engine was invented.
Marianne Tolmachoff ’12 and Kathy Walke ’12 strain cooking oil to remove bits of food and
other particles.
Even for the non-chemistry minded, the
conversion from used cooking oil to
biodiesel is fairly easy to understand.
Tolmachoff and Walke can make about a
gallon in an hour.
The used oil is strained and filtered to
get out bits of food and other impurities.
Heating it removes any water trapped in
the mixture.
Adding methanol, a flammable alcohol,
and lye, an organic solvent, neutralizes
free fatty acids in the oil. Vigorous mixing
and heating to 131 degrees separates the
byproduct glycerin from fatty acid methyl
esters (FAMES). The molecules in
biodiesel are primarily FAMES.
After repeated tests, Tolmachoff and
Walke were convinced their biodiesel was
pure and would work in the school’s
tractor. A trial run provided the proof:
One of the school’s diesel-powered
tractors started right up using their fuel.
At this point, the school’s production of
biodiesel is modest. The most Tolmachoff
and Walke can make at a time is 4 liters,
or about 1 gallon, due to the size of the
equipment available to them.
School officials plan to investigate
buying equipment necessary to make
larger batches. Tolmachoff and Walke will
continue to run the project; and as it gets
larger, other students may be involved,
Patz said.
Though replacing all petroleum-based
diesel at the school is years away, their goal
is to eventually provide enough biodiesel
for all the college’s needs.
Donor gift supports scientific research
The science department recently received a generous $15,000 gift from Dr. John M.
Spears ’47 and his wife, Betty, to purchase scientific instruments needed to establish a
research laboratory for students on the second floor of Barnes Science Hall. The four
new pieces of equipment, a microplate reader, inverted microscope, specimen freezer
and vertical flow cabinet, will allow students to pursue advanced research projects and
experiments under the direction of their classroom professors.
“John and Betty’s gift will have an incredible impact. We appreciate their support
and are proud to call them friends of our program,” said Steve Browder, head of the
natural sciences division.
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PHOTO BY RENEE KEAN ’06
AROUND CAMPUS
Kathy Taylor Remsburg, director of the Athletic Training Education Program, gathers outside the Spurlock Center with AT majors in the class of 2010. Pictured are
Travis Smarelli ’10, Amie Pope ’10, Brandon Platt ’10, Lauren Mitchell ’10, Luke Mehringer ’10 and Maryellen Hole ’10.
Athletic Training
Education
Program
earns
national award
The Franklin College Athletic Training Education Program is the proud winner of the
2010 Bill Cramer Professional Development Award. Cramer Products offers the annual
$2,000 award to Accredited Athletic Training Curriculum Programs to assist students in
improving their professional growth and skills and to enhance existing athletic training
programs that support students’ professional development.
“This money will assist the Franklin College Athletic Training Club in allowing more
students to attend future professional development seminars and symposiums,” said
Kathy Taylor Remsburg, director of the Athletic Training Education Program and an
associate professor.
The Cramer award was created in 2007, but 2010 was the first year that Franklin
College applied. Criteria included the percentage of students who become certified,
attain employment and seek postgraduate work; evidence of community and/or
school involvement and extra-curricular work; and other distinguishing activities or
accomplishments.
“We are thrilled that we won,” said Remsburg.
The Cramer award was created to honor the passion and enthusiasm that Bill Cramer
had for athletic training education. Bill was the son of Chuck Cramer, one of Cramer
Products’ founders. In 1973, he was named president of the company, and in 1992 he was
named chairman of the board. Cramer Products has been a developer of sports medicine
and athletics training room supplies for more than 85 years.
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Students excel
on national
business test
Seniors majoring in
economics, business and
accounting recently took
the Major Field Test and
scored high, placing
Franklin College in the
top 5 percent of 618
participating schools across the nation.
The MFT, designed by the Educational Testing Service in Princeton, N.J., is a required
test for all students majoring in business at Franklin College. The test is administered
at business schools and departments of colleges and universities nationally to measure
academic achievement and growth. The test assesses mastery of key concepts and
principles as well as knowledge expected of students at the conclusion of their major.
The test also evaluates a student’s ability to analyze and solve problems, understand
relationships and interpret material.
Franklin College students scored their highest in the areas of accounting, economics,
finance, legal environment and information systems. They also scored in the nation’s top
10 percent in the areas of management, quantitative analysis and marketing.
It’s how we roll . . .
The college recently rolled out custom designs on two vans in its vehicle fleet. The
vans, wrapped in colorful, high-impact graphics, are designed to help give the institution
greater visibility.
Signature Graphics, of Chesteron, Ind., completed the custom designs, which are
basically enormous decals. Unlike paint, the decals can be easily removed without
damaging the underlying paint.
The vans are used by athletic teams and other student groups that have travel needs.
Whether traveling near or far from campus, the eye-catching vans are bound to cause
a buzz, and that’s exactly what has Alan Hill, vice president for enrollment and
marketing, happy.
“As additional funds become available we hope to continue at least the two and perhaps
add others,” said Hill.
College celebrates a
working success
The Indianapolis Star recently
named Franklin College to its annual
list of central Indiana’s “Top
Workplaces.”
The college was the only four-year,
liberal arts institution recognized in
the midsized company category;
34 organizations with 150–399
employees qualified for
consideration. Criteria included
anonymous employee responses to
an online survey about workplace
satisfaction; each organization also
completed a short questionnaire
about business operations, values,
policies and facilities. This is the
second year The Indianapolis Star
has offered the program and the
first year the college applied for
consideration.
President Jay Moseley said, “Our
exceptional faculty and staff set us
apart by exemplifying excellence,
leadership and service every day.
Our campus’s interpersonal
environment for teaching and
learning depends on people who
enjoy doing their best, who like
working with young people and who
respect and value each other. Our
faculty and staff are the college’s
most important assets.”
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PHOTO BY ETHAN LEFFEL ’11
AROUND CAMPUS
Honoring legends in journalism
By Cathleen Nine ’11
Pulliam Fellow
He served as director of war
information during Franklin Delano
Roosevelt’s presidency, reported and
wrote for The New York Times, befriended
broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow
and appeared in the film The Day the Earth
Stood Still; he is the late Elmer Davis 1910.
On April 21, a tribute dinner was held
to commemorate the 100th anniversary of
Davis’ graduation from Franklin College
and to celebrate his life and career.
His granddaughter, Wendy Davis, and
daughter-in-law, Ginger Davis, from Texas,
were guests of honor.
Another guest of honor was Joe
McConnell ’62, who was presented with
Grant to fund student-run news bureau
The Pulliam School of Journalism was recently selected to
receive a $20,000 grant from Ball Foundation Venture Fund.
The grant will help the college establish an Indianapolis News
Bureau downtown, near the Indiana Statehouse.
The Venture Fund, sponsored by the Ball Brothers Foundation
and administered by the Independent Colleges of Indiana (ICI),
offers seed money for innovative education programs. The
Venture Fund is available only to ICI members and includes a
competitive proposal process; 29 proposals were submitted for
consideration this year. Franklin College, for the first time in the
fund’s history, was selected for a grant in consecutive years.
Franklin College will use the grant to expand an existing
four-week Winter Term class into a permanent news bureau
where journalism students will cover House and Senate sessions
throughout the year. Students, including writers, photographers
and videographers, will report on committee meetings, floor
schedules and press conferences.
“We really are excited about this, because it is one of those
rare situations in which everyone wins,” said John Krull ’81,
the Elmer Davis Award for “a career in
media work and public service that reflects
the level of achievement and integrity of
Davis’ own career.” McConnell began his
broadcast career at the Franklin College
radio station WFCI. Shortly after his
graduation, he received a job offer from
Purdue University, where he helped call
football games and then served as assistant
sports information director for the team
from 1965–67. McConnell went on to
work 23 years as a broadcaster for the
National Football League, seven seasons
for the National Basketball Association
and seven seasons for Major League
Baseball until he returned to Purdue in
1994 as the play-by-play announcer for the
football program. He retired in 2009. The
radio booth at Purdue’s Ross-Ade Stadium
is named in McConnell’s honor.
The dinner celebration included several
presentations, including college archivist
Ruth Dorrel’s historical account of campus
life during Davis’s period of enrollment.
Journalism professor Ray Begovich told
about Davis’ career accomplishments,
Ginger Davis and Wendy Davis, relatives of the
late Elmer Davis 1910, join Joe McConnell ’62
and his wife, Susan, for a photo during a recent
journalism dinner honoring legendary broadcasters.
using research he’s compiled for a
biography he’s currently writing. Begovich
shared that Davis earned a Rhodes
Scholarship to Queen’s College in Oxford,
England, worked as a print and broadcast
journalist and published a few novels.
In his lifetime, Davis received three
international Peabody Awards for
excellence in broadcasting. Also notable
was Davis’s appointed position as director
of war information during the Roosevelt
administration. He was instrumental
in coordinating the government’s
communication efforts with the public
during World War II.
After Begovich’s presentation, several
Phi Delta Theta fraternity members made
a presentation to honor Davis, who also
was a member of the organization
during his time at Franklin College.
The men wore hats with the name Elmer
emblazoned across the front, and they
thanked his family members for helping
keep his legacy alive. After accepting a
gift from the fraternity men, Davis’
granddaughter told the audience how
much she enjoyed her visit and the
kindness of Franklin College.
Begovich, who helped organize the
festivities, said Davis’ life was “celebrated
with appropriate dignity and fun.”
Pulliam School of Journalism director.
“Our students win because they get great experience. News outlets
in the state win because they get expanded coverage. And, the
citizens of the state win because they get a bigger and better window
on the workings of their government.”
Brian Howey, a leading political analyst and commentator
on Indiana public policy and politics, will serve as the faculty
publisher and supervise the students working at the bureau.
Covering the Indiana legislature is what Howey knows best.
In 1994, he launched Howey Politics Indiana, a newsletter covering
local, state and federal issues. He also reaches about 250,000
readers through a weekly newspaper column appearing in
25 Indiana publications.
The Venture Fund was created in 1999 to enable the
Ball Brothers Foundation to take an active role in encouraging
and supporting creative efforts at Indiana’s independent colleges
and universities. ICI is a nonprofit corporation that represents the
state’s 31 nonprofit, accredited, undergraduate degree-granting
institutions of higher education.
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PHOTO BY RENEE KEAN ’06
The Franklin College chapter of Habitat for Humanity hosts several annual campus events to raise
awareness about the issue of homelessness. “Shanty Village” challenges student groups to make their own
temporary housing and spend the night on Dame Mall, regardless of weather conditions. Pictured are:
David Shanahan ’09, Derek Flinn ’11, Nate Sexton ’09, Ryan Austerman ’10, Kaleb Kerr ’09,
Joseph James ’10, Andrew Helms ’10 and Matt Poisel ’08
Franklin curriculum provides model for state program
By Amy (Kean) VerSteeg ’96
Editor
Indiana Campus Compact recently
partnered with Franklin College, Wheeler
Mission Center for Women and Children
and Wheeler Mission Lighthouse Center
to host a weeklong service program
focused on homelessness. Twelve students
from 10 college campuses participated.
“ICC wanted to emulate the inner-city
missions Winter Term course that
Franklin College has offered for the last
20 or so years,” said Doug Grant,
Franklin’s service-learning coordinator.
Grant shared Franklin’s curriculum
and best practices with ICC staff. He
also was a featured guest speaker, sharing
some insights about what students might
encounter during their stays at homeless
shelters.
“The biggest difference was the
duration,” said Grant. “Franklin’s innercity
missions course is four-weeks long, but
the ICC program was one week.”
ICC’s program had goals in common
with Franklin’s course, including helping
students gain in-depth exposure to the
subculture of urban homelessness
and providing contact with individuals
who represent racial, spiritual and
socio-economic diversity.
“We hope this experience will inspire
students to be advocates for our homeless
neighbors and become change-makers in
their communities,” said Rachel Rekowski,
ICC’s assistant program director for
strategic partnerships/AmeriCorps VISTA.
Leadership also is a core component of
Franklin’s inner-city missions course, said
Grant, who has helped teach the course
for four years. Grant said he is consistently
impressed by the students who complete
the course.
“One of the things that stands out
to me is how amazingly adaptable our
students are,” said Grant. “I worry every
year about the overnight stays at the
shelters. I’m always concerned that the
students will struggle to find their place
and fit in, but they consistently open
their arms to the homeless and are
accepting of diversity.
“Many of our students are from small
towns where they’ve never witnessed
homelessness so when they get the chance
to interact with folks at the shelters and
have the chance to hear their stories it’s
often a life-changing experience. What I
really value is how students bring what
they learn back to campus and share with
their peers. It helps change the tenor of
what goes on here.”
The Nelp House, built in 1853, is located at 301 Elm St.
in Franklin.
College introduces
themed-housing opportunity
This fall, approximately 10 students will live in a
college-owned house, where they have agreed to
speak only Spanish.
The group will be the first to live in the
Nelp Scholars House, on the east side of campus.
Franklin College Trustee Dr. Wil Nelp ’51 recently
helped the college purchase the home, with
the stipulation that it be used for academics.
Dr. Nelp grew up in the home, which is named in
honor of his father, Wilhelm Borchers Nelp 1918.
The Nelp House was built in 1853 and once was
the home of the Rev. Silas Bailey, Franklin College’s
second president.
All of the students selected for the inaugural
themed-housing experience are majoring or
minoring in Spanish. They will reside at the
Nelp Scholars House with a resident assistant.
The students will immerse themselves in the
Spanish language and culture, and they will
prepare Latino-inspired dishes to share with
members of the campus community. Faculty
members regularly will visit the home, where they,
too, will speak only Spanish. The intercultural
environment will provide a learning community
that simulates studying abroad.
In the future, college administrators will take
recommendations from the campus community
for other themes to incorporate into living
environments.
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PHOTO BY AMY (KEAN) VERSTEEG ’96

PHOTO BY RYAN TRARES
AROUND CAMPUS
Contemporary issues class studies perceptions of the veil
By Ryan Trares
Daily Journal Staff Writer
(Excerpts reprinted with permission)
Jodee Overley ’11 was surprised when
people responded with hatred over a
simple article of clothing. She thought
her white T-shirt displaying a woman in a
full veil, along with Arabic script, would
get a few double-takes. But to be called a
“towel-head lover” and warned that the
shirt would get her shot caught her
off-guard.
“I didn’t expect it to be so harsh. I was
almost scared to wear it,” she said. “I
hadn’t even put it on yet. I had just taken
it out of my book bag, and people were
just jumping down my throat about it.”
Overley’s experience illustrated the
emotional response to Muslim head
coverings in the United States, a topic
she and her classmates examined in a
contemporary issues course called
Perceptions of Islam and the Veil.
The course explored what veils mean
in Muslim culture and how they’re
interpreted by non-Muslims. The
experience culminated in a social
experiment, when class members wore
identical T-shirts for three days.
Associate professor of sociology
Denise Baird and religious studies
professor David Carlson teamed up to
weave Islamic history, cultural examination
and modern testimony into the class.
“The veil is the tip of the Islamic
iceberg. It’s what you most see that
triggers reaction,” Carlson said. “We’re not
only looking at the veil, we’re talking
about Islam in general. What we’re really
talking about is: How do we deal with
things we don’t understand?”
In the Muslim faith, the veil is part of a
commitment women make to Allah to
cover nearly all parts of the body.
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PHOTO BY RYAN TRARES
Left: This illustration of a woman’s face hidden
by a veil was placed above Arabic lettering spelling
out the word “hijab” or “veil.” Students wore the
image on T-shirts as part of social experiment in the
contemporary issues course Perceptions of Islam and
the Veil.
“The assumption about Islam, and one
of the reasons that we denigrate it and
criticize it, is because it’s ‘oppressive to
women,’” she said. “But we don’t really
know if it is or not. We just made that
assumption because we wouldn’t want to
cover ourselves.”
The connection between Islamic
treatment of women and the veil
blossomed shortly after the Sept. 11
attacks, when reports of the Taliban’s strict
and cruel requirements of women became
widely known. In the United States, the
idea of helping the subjugated women
took off, Baird said.
“But there wasn’t a real understanding
about what the veil means to those
women,” she said. “Do they experience it
as oppressive or not? Can a woman choose
to wear the veil because it’s between her
and her God, and it makes her feel
devout? Maybe it makes her feel that she’s
living her faith because she wants to, not
because she’s obliged to.”
The sociological issue of the veil was
one that Baird wanted to raise with
students. She found a willing faculty
partner in Carlson, who wanted to look
at modern Islam from a religious point
of view.
“Since Sept. 11, we’ve responded to a
horrible event without a lot of curiosity,”
he said. “We made some assumptions
about why we were attacked and some
assumptions about what Islam is about
instead of being curious and asking logical
questions.”
Inquisitive thinking is vital as the
Muslim and non-Muslim worlds interact
moving forward, Carlson said.
To get different perspectives, students
started the course by reading first-hand
accounts about what the hijab means and
how its definition differs for every woman
who wears one.
“It’s so personalized to individual
women that you have to approach every
single person differently,” Josh Moore ’13
said. “That is the exact opposite of what
we do in America. We generalize that
everyone is doing it for the same reason.
So we’ve learned that it represents the
opposite of what we thought — it
represents individuality.”
The centerpiece of the course was the
T-shirt experiment.
For three days in mid-April, the students
were asked to wear the T-shirts around
campus, their homes and in the Franklin
community. The illustration was of a
woman wearing a form of veil that leaves
only the eyes showing.
Underneath the picture was Arabic
lettering spelling out the word “hijab.”
If someone approached the students
about the T-shirt, they were supposed to
reply that they were wearing it for a class
and ask for feedback on it. Part of the
assignment was to keep a record of
comments and experiences.
Overley’s experience was the most
vitriolic, but others also got negative
reactions. Rachel McCreedy ’13 was asked
why she was wearing “left-wing hippie
nonsense” and if she was part of a
“stupid pro-Palestine group.”
For many students, though, the shirt
was met with indifference.
“I expected people to have more of an
opinion on it. I’d ask them about the shirt,
and they’d just shrug their shoulders and
walk away. They didn’t have an opinion
either way,” Shelby Salazar ’13 said.
While the image of the veil likely was a
shock to some Central Indiana residents,
the students hope it will be a step toward
more understanding of the Muslim world.
“A lot of us come from very conservative
families,” Daniele Wilborn ’13 said. “If we
can understand this, if we can appreciate
it, if we can change our minds from those
stereotypes, it shows it can change in big
numbers.”
Carlson said issues raised by the veil, in
the United States and around the world,
aren’t going away. To be able to solve
problems in a constructive way, people
need to be tolerant of each other and
understand differences, he said.
“This class is exactly what we want a
liberal arts class to be: to promote a topic
that is still open-ended,” he said. “The
world still hasn’t figured out how to deal
with this. Instead of teaching a course on
19th century America, we’re teaching a
course on a topic that is still unfolding
and sometimes exploding.”
Associate professor of sociology Denise Baird
and students wear matching T-shirts with an
illustration of a veiled woman. The shirts were
part of a social experiment in which students
documented how friends, family and the public
responded to the image.
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AROUND CAMPUS
Grant will assist
first-generation
students, families
Franklin College was named a winner
of the Walmart College Success Award
from the Council of Independent
Colleges and the Walmart Foundation
in May. The award includes a $100,000
grant to enhance success rates among
first-generation students. Franklin College
is the only Indiana institution to receive
an award this size and one of only
20 nationally.
The grant will fund “Franklin First
Scholars and Franklin First Families,”
a new program designed to help increase
retention and graduation rates among
first-generation college students.
“Franklin College has an enduring
tradition of serving first-generation
college families,” said Jay Moseley,
Franklin College president. “For the
last 20 years, at least one-third of our
entering freshman students have been
the first in their families to pursue a
college degree. This award will enable us
to implement an innovative program that
we believe can have a dramatic impact on
student success and serve as a model for
similar institutions.”
College to provide financial literacy program
Jay Moseley, Franklin College President; Scenario Adebesin, Fifth Third Bank, senior vice president and
manager of community development; and Nancy Huber, president and CEO, Fifth Third Bank, Central
Indiana, join for the presentation of a check to launch the interest-free student loan program.
Grant enables interest-free student loan program
Franklin College recently received a $100,000 grant to provide interest-free loans to
qualifying students for educational needs. The loan program, made possible by the
Charles E. Schell Foundation, Fifth Third Bank, Trustee, is expected to benefit
approximately 10 students annually.
Established in 1938, the Charles E. Schell Foundation, Fifth Third Bank, Trustee,
provides money to citizens of Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia or adjoining states to pursue
education.
“We know that higher education translates into immediate value,” said Nancy Huber,
president and CEO, Fifth Third Bank, Central Indiana. “This grant addresses the
important needs of the community while helping make education even more affordable
for students.”
Students interested in applying are required to meet the following criteria: reside in
Ohio, Kentucky, West Virginia or an adjoining state, have parents of moderate means
and be between the ages of 18 and 25; be loyal to the United States and its institutions,
including the Army, Navy and Air Force; be honest, upright, intelligent and practical in
appearance; and maintain a 2.0 GPA on a 4.0 scale.
The loans will be administered by the college and used as a revolving interest-free loan
fund. As a loan is repaid by the borrower, it will in turn be loaned to another qualifying
student on campus.
Franklin College was recently awarded a $3,500 grant from PNC Bank to begin a financial literacy program for its students.
The program will be led by Shaun Mahoney ’97, director of student financial services at Franklin College.
The PNC Financial Literacy on Campus Initiative 2010, along with Indiana Independent Colleges, granted a total of $10,000
to three Indiana colleges, each with creative proposals for programs addressing the need for college students to understand
basic economics, personal finances and responsible use of credit. Franklin College submitted a proposal for a program called
“FC — Financial Choices.”
“The college feels it is not only responsible for educating its students for successful and meaningful careers, but also teaching
them sound financial planning they can use both during and after their time at Franklin College,” said Jay Moseley, Franklin
College president.
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A betting man
By Amy (Kean) VerSteeg ’96
Editor
A surprise monetary gift is providing
the Franklin College community a
priceless glimpse of U.S. history.
William A. Branigin recently donated to
the college archives a 1902 series $5 bank
note and personal memo that read, “This
$5 was won in a bet with Father Atwood in
which I bet him that Woodrow Wilson
would be re-elected president in 1916.”
The note is signed by Verne Branigin
1904, William’s father.
In a handwritten letter, 94-year-old
William wrote that he donated the bank
note and memo to honor his parents’
memory; his family’s roots run deep in the
town of Franklin and their ties to Franklin
College span generations.
William shared that his parents Verne
and Stella (Atwood) 1906 remained fond
of Franklin College throughout their
lifetimes. Among other college activities,
Verne played football for the Grizzlies.
This $5 bank note once belonged to Verne Branigin 1904. The note and its history are now part of the
college’s permanent archives.
William recalls that Verne often
reminisced about a tough game against
Butler University. “Franklin lost, but he
kicked a 50-yard field goal!” said William.
Verne went on to Harvard University,
where he studied law. He and Stella
then moved to Washington, where they
raised a family. William still resides in
The Evergreen State with his wife,
Geraldine, 92.
As for the bank note, William
explained, “My father and his father-in-law
(referred to as Father Atwood in the
memo) were always joking around about
who won a football game so the bank note
was a memento probably from a previous
bet around 1900. At that time, it was
permissible for banks to issue notes.”
Both men obviously had a sense of
humor since Father Atwood “recycled”
the bank note for their 1916 bet on the
presidential election. Apparently neither
man cared to exchange the note for cash,
which the bank note says would have been
“paid to the bearer on demand.” Perhaps
they preferred to keep the good natured
ribbing going for several more years.
Grant to help build upon greening initiatives
Franklin College is one of 50 small
businesses, health care facilities,
institutions for higher education and
nonprofit agencies awarded an Energy
Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant
(EECBG) from the Indiana Office of
Energy Development (OED)
The college received almost $65,000
to fund energy efficient upgrades. Plans
include replacing a cooling and moisture
control system in B.F. Hamilton Library.
The current system is original to the
building and is 46 years old. The library
houses many collections, including rare
archives, paintings and documents once
belonging to Indiana Gov. Roger D.
Branigin ’23. The library also houses a
24-hour computer lab for students and, of
course, books used for research and study
sessions. The new energy-efficient cooling
and moisture control system will allow the
college to preserve and protect the
library’s contents and use less power.
In Indiana a total of $2.85 million was
awarded. Grantees were selected through
a competitive application process.
The EECBG program is funded by
the U.S. Department of Energy and
administered in Indiana by the OED. It
was created to assist eligible organizations
in implementing strategies to reduce fossil
fuel emissions, reduce energy use, increase
energy efficiency, reduce energy costs,
create new jobs and increase productivity
to spur local economic growth. Lt.
Governor Becky Skillman presided over
an award ceremony for the grantees on
July 1 at the Indiana State House.
The EECBG grant is the most recent
example of Franklin College’s greening
initiatives. Other examples include the
2007 entry into the American College and
University Presidents Climate
Commitment, a promise to reduce
Franklin College’s carbon footprint.
In 2009, Franklin received the Indiana
Governor’s Award for Environmental
Excellence as the result of a campus
composting program. Last year, the
college also updated outdoor campus
lighting and lighting in the Spurlock
Center gymnasium as well as added
occupancy sensors to numerous rooms
across campus to conserve electricity.
This past academic year, the student
cafeteria also made the switch to trayless
dining to conserve water. The campus
“Green Team” is an active group of
students, faculty and staff who collaborate
to develop ongoing ideas for upgrading
efficiencies.
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Greek to me
By Amy (Kean) VerSteeg ’96
Editor
Shopping carts substitute for chariots. Egg tossing replaces discus throwing.
And sidewalk chalk stands in for javelins.
While the annual Greek Games at Franklin College hardly resemble the
athletic competitions once celebrated in ancient Greece, they are derived from
the same tradition — a means of celebrating excellence.
Each spring, the Office of Greek Life sponsors the week of competitive,
philanthropic and social events, giving fraternities and sororities a chance to
celebrate membership in the Greek community and show their individual
chapter pride.
The 2010 events included shopping-cart races, egg tosses, tug-of-war,
doughnut eating, crest drawing, construction with canned foods, gummy worm
fishing and spirit contests. Flag football and Greek-style “Family Feud” also
were part of the competitions. Chapters earned points by winning events or
having the highest participation.
Winners of this year’s Greek Week games were Pi Beta Phi and Tau Kappa
Epsilon; the TKEs also won the spirit stick. Our selection of photos shows some
of the highlights.
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1. Approximately 40 percent of the student body is active in Greek life.
Members of the three sororities, Pi Beta Phi, Tri Delta and Zeta Tau Alpha,
and five fraternities, Kappa Delta Rho, Lambda Chi Alpha, Phi Delta
Theta, Sigma Alpha Epsilon and Tau Kappa Epsilon, gather to show their
group pride.
2. Zeta Tau Alpha members Caitlin Purkhiser’10, Ashley Kelly ’10 and
Carolyn Moore ’10 wear whipped cream-drenched smiles after competing
in the fishing for gummy worms contest.
3. At the halfway point, passengers and drivers switch roles during the
shopping cart relay. Here, Darryl Stott ’11 crouches low in the cart to keep
his balance while driver Chris Bodigon ’10 gains momentum; the two are
members of Tau Kappa Epsilon.
4. Lambda Chi Alpha member Drew Sparks ’12 works on removing layers of
T-shirts from fraternity brother Tyler Huls ’10 and transferring them to his
own body. The “letters for points” competition includes two objectives:
Sport the most pieces of fraternity gear and hand them over to a partner in
the least amount of time.
5. Tri Delta members Samantha Norris ’11 and Courtney Wolfe ’13 work
on blocking their opponents while Chelsea Parks ’11 heads down field.
PHOTOS BY RENEE KEAN ’06 AND KAYLA LEWIS ’11
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And the Greek Awards go to . . .
Greek Week is a precursor to the annual Greek Awards
ceremony, also held in May. The ceremony provides
a chance to celebrate individual and chapter
accomplishments in service-work, scholarship and
leadership. Here’s a recap of the winners:
Adviser of the Year
Sorority: Brooke (Wagoner) Worland ’99, Tri Delta
Fraternity: Sherri Hall, Kappa Delta Rho
Living the Ritual
Sorority: Tyla Warner ’12, Zeta Tau Alpha
Fraternity: Tyler Roell ’10, Phi Delta Theta
J.R. Fowler ’10, Sigma Alpha Epsilon
New Member of the Year
Sorority: Ellen Sichting ’13, Tri Delta
Fraternity: Matt Brems ’13, Kappa Delta Rho
Outstanding New Member Education Program
Sorority: Tri Delta
Fraternity: Phi Delta Theta
Philanthropy and Community Service
Sorority: Tri Delta
Fraternity: Tau Kappa Epsilon
Scholarship Program
Sorority: Zeta Tau Alpha
Fraternity: Phi Delta Theta
Campus Involvement
Sorority: Tri Delta
Fraternity: Phi Delta Theta
Spotlight Award
Sorority: Zeta Tau Alpha — Pink-Out Volleyball Game
(breast cancer awareness)
Fraternity: Tau Kappa Epsilon — Academic Improvement
Binders
Greek Woman of the Year
Laurel Goeringer ’10, Tri Delta
Greek Man of the Year
Shawn Hines ’10, Lambda Chi Alpha
Highest Chapter GPA
Spring 2009: Tri Delta
Spring 2009: Kappa Delta Rho
Fall 2009: Tri Delta
Fall 2009: Phi Delta Theta
Chapter of the Year
Fraternity: Phi Delta Theta
Sorority: Tri Delta
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faculty notes
Doug Grant has been the Franklin College
service-learning coordinator since 2003.
Chamber selects citizen/volunteer of the year
The Franklin Chamber of Commerce recently named Franklin College service-learning
coordinator Doug Grant the Citizen/Volunteer of the Year. The Chamber recognized
Grant with a formal presentation at its June luncheon.
Grant’s colleagues nominated him for the award. Criteria included examples of how
Grant has made unselfish contributions to the Franklin community and how those
contributions have resulted in enhancements that benefit the citizens, the city and the
image of the community.
Grant has been employed with the college since 2003. He annually coordinates a
countywide day of service as part of new student orientation and leads alternative spring
break trips to engage students in volunteerism.
Grant also is an adjunct faculty member, having taught a Winter Term course on
homelessness and inner-city missions for four years and co-taught a leadership course that
included taking students to Uganda, Africa, where they helped build a children’s school
in 2009. Grant advises the Franklin College chapter of Habitat for Humanity and is a
founder, board member and former president of Habitat for Humanity of Johnson
County. Last year, Franklin College students elected to name an annual service award in
Grant’s honor for all that he does in modeling excellence, leadership and service for the
campus community.
Grant holds a bachelor’s degree in business and marketing from Indiana University.
He is also a 2001 graduate of Leadership Johnson County. Prior to joining the
Franklin College family, he owned and operated Noble Roman’s Pizza in Franklin for
nearly 15 years.
White House invites FC staffer to interfaith forum
Campus minister David Weatherspoon was one in a select group of 110
college/university chaplains, presidents, professors and non-governmental
agency representatives invited to the White House for a recent discussion on
“Advancing Interfaith and Community Service on College and University
Campuses.” Weatherspoon was a representative for both Franklin College and
the American Baptist Campus Ministries Association of which he is president.
Keynote speaker at the White House event was Eboo Patel, executive director
of Interfaith Youth Core in Chicago. Patel coincidentally will be a guest speaker
in the upcoming Franklin College convocation series on faith and wellness;
he'll give a free lecture for the public on Nov. 4 at 7 p.m. in the Napolitan
Student Center’s Branigin Room.
During his White House address, Patel challenged attendees to help continue
the college/university tradition of being at the forefront of issues by educating
current students about the importance of interfaith dialogue and service.
After Patel spoke, a panel of attendees shared how interfaith dialogue and
service work are being addressed at their institutions, including Brown, Boston
and DePaul universities. The gathering concluded with group work in which
attendees brainstormed ways the White House might partner with college/
university campuses in advancing interfaith and community service.
According to Weatherspoon, all the event participants have been invited
to reconvene at the White House next year to share their progress on
implementing interfaith service work. He is hopeful that Franklin College
will partner with other Indiana campuses and service organizations in the
coming academic year.
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PHOTO BY MICHELLE LINN ’08
Shannon Teeters-Kennedy has been an assistant professor of chemistry at Franklin College since 2007.
Prof selected for national leadership program
Assistant professor of chemistry Shannon Teeters-Kennedy has been selected to
participate in Project Kaleidoscope’s Summer Leadership Institute for Early Career
Faculty. She will join educators from across the nation in exploring how to improve
and promote science education.
Project Kaleidoscope is an informal alliance, formed 20 years ago, to advocate for
building and sustaining strong undergraduate programs in the fields of science,
technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Its goals include shaping
environments that attract undergraduate students to STEM fields, and inspiring them
to persist and succeed by giving them personal experience with the joy of discovery and
an awareness of the influence of science and technology in their world.
Project Kaleidoscope’s leadership institute, to be held in Crestone, Colo., is designed
to enhance the capacity for early career faculty to act as agents of change within their
home institutions and, thereby, push for higher levels of STEM learning for all
American students. The collective effort can help cultivate the nation’s next generation
of inventors and innovators, according to the alliance’s Web site.
Teeters-Kennedy holds a bachelor’s degree from Capital University and master’s and
doctoral degrees from The Ohio State University. She taught at Capital University and
Ohio Wesleyan University and was a high school chemistry teacher for several years
before joining the Franklin College faculty in 2007.
Project Kaleidoscope is supported by the National Science Foundation and W.M.
Keck Foundation, and all costs at the leadership institute will be covered.
Diana Hadley is director of the Indiana High School
Press Association, which holds workshops for high
school students on the Franklin College campus.
Director recognized for
program development
The Indiana State Teachers Association
(ISTA) recently selected Diana Hadley, a
member of the Franklin College journalism
department, as winner of the 2010 Phillip
Carey Award for Human Relations. Hadley
has been employed with the college for
nearly six years and serves as director of
the Indiana High School Press Association
(IHSPA). This past Winter Term, she also
team-taught a contemporary issues course
with campus minister David Weatherspoon;
their topic was Nonviolence: Effective
Conflict Resolution.
The Phillip Carey Award for Human
Relations recognizes individuals who
have made a significant contribution
in advancing human and civil rights in
education. Hadley’s effort to establish an
annual First Amendment Workshop was
part of the criteria that influenced the
ISTA board to select her for the award.
Hadley said, “First, it is special to have
been nominated for the award by some of
the outstanding people I have worked with
for many years in IHSPA.
“It is also wonderful to have an
educational organization as large as ISTA
recognize the importance of efforts to
promote education about and appreciation
for the First Amendment.”
Three teachers at Carmel High School,
all of whom have either taught journalism
or sponsored student publications,
nominated Hadley.
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sports
Spring sports rewind
By Kevin Elixman
Sports Information Director
She didn’t quite achieve her three-race
sweep of a year ago, but Franklin College
standout runner Heather Waterman ’11
achieved something neither she nor any of
her women’s track and field teammates
had ever accomplished before — help the
Grizzlies capture their first Heartland
Collegiate Athletic Conference team
championship.
Franklin outscored Defiance College by
32 q points to capture its first-ever title in
the league’s annual meet at College of
Mount St. Joseph in Cincinnati on April
30–May 1. The Grizzlies’ championship
was one of the major highlights of the
recently completed spring sports season.
Waterman, who captured two of
Franklin’s three first-place finishes in the
2010 HCAC competition, was voted the
conference’s Track Athlete of the Year for
the second consecutive spring. She took
first in both the 1,500-meter run with a
time of 4:51.47and the 5,000 run at
18:46.65. Waterman, who competed in the
NCAA Division III cross-country nationals
last November, narrowly missed her HCAC
three-race sweep of 2009, this time placing
second in the 800 at 2:27.63.
“I was disappointed I didn’t repeat
in all three events, but the team
championship overshadowed that,” said
Waterman. “The most important thing
was we won (Franklin’s) first. That
definitely says something about our focus
and determination.”
Both Franklin College track and field
programs soon will have a facility to
call their own as part of the campus’
ambitious plan of construction projects
in the coming years. Yet the women’s
squad took a considerable measure of
satisfaction by achieving a conference
meet championship without having a track
at home this spring.
“I think it shows a level of dedication of
our athletes, said head coach Paul Sargent
’91, who noted his Grizzly athletes have
put in their long hours of practice all
around town. “They have to make extra
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time to run out there, bike out there or
catch a ride from someone else. They have
a real commitment. It’s not an easy thing
to do, but they make it happen.”
Franklin’s track teams have practiced at
three local facilities — either at Franklin
Community High School, Franklin
Community Middle School or Custer
Baker Intermediate School — depending
on those schools’ schedules on a given day.
“The Franklin school corporation has
been wonderful to give us access,” said
Sargent. “We’ve been very fortunate to be
in a community that has helped us with
facilities.”
Another point of satisfaction was
claiming their first conference
championship after coming so close a
year ago. That’s when Franklin finished
third, but only three points behind
first-time champion Manchester.
By virtue of being an event champion,
Waterman was included on the All-HCAC
team, as was Kendall Paris ’10, who topped
the conference field in the javelin throw
with a best attempt of 112 feet, 2 inches.
Moreover, Sargent was voted Coach of the
Year for the first time.
Other second-place finishers included
Kristi Brown ’10 in the 3,000 steeplechase
at 12:21.38 and Amanda Owen ’13 in the
Heather Waterman ’11 stands with HCAC
commissioner Chris Ragsdale for the presentation of
her second conference Most Valuable Track Athlete
honor following the league’s annual meet in early May.
shot put at 37 feet, 6 q inches. Placing
third were Kerri Kinker ’13 in the 400
hurdles with a school-record 1:05.55 and
Shelby Johnston ’12 in the high jump at
5 feet, 3 e, which was a Franklin record.
Johnston was one of three HCAC
Honorable Mention recipients for
scoring at least 16 team points in the
championship meet. Aside from taking
third in the high jump, she was fourth in
both the 400 hurdles and long jump,
and fifth in the 100 hurdles. Elisheva
Weber ’10 also claimed a Franklin College
record, taking fourth place in the triple
jump at 34 feet, 1w.
Waterman, who missed making the
NCAA III national meet in the 5,000 run
by one spot in the provisional qualifiers
cut-off list, was named her team’s Track
MVP for the second consecutive year.
Johnston was the Grizzlies’ Field MVP.
Baseball
The Grizzlies enjoyed another strong
regular season in the spring of 2010
but were disappointed again in their
bid to win a first HCAC championship
tournament title.
Franklin appeared to be poised for
a second consecutive conference
championship for the regular schedule
Shortstop Nick Stoia ’13 was the fourth Franklin
baseball player to be voted HCAC Freshman of the
Year.
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Grizzlies third baseman Alex Boone ’11 led Franklin in batting average, at-bats, runs, hits, doubles,
home runs and RBIs, and was named to the All-HCAC Baseball First Team and ABCA All-Mideast
Region Third Team.
but dropped three league decisions on
the road in the final week before the
tournament to wind up in a second-place
tie with Manchester.
The Grizzlies traveled to regular
season champion Anderson with the
No. 2 seed for the HCAC tourney, but
were eliminated by Manchester after
falling to the Spartans in the first round
and rallying to outscored host Anderson
in the loser’s bracket.
Six Franklin players were named to the
2010 All-HCAC First Team, including the
league’s Freshman of the Year. Shortstop
Nick Stoia ’13 was the fourth Grizzly
player to ever be voted the conference’s
top freshman.
Stoia hit .374 (34–for–91) in 22 HCAC
contests, scored 29 runs, and had 26 RBIs,
seven doubles, two triples, and a pair of
home runs. The freshman batted .335
(57–for–170) with 41 runs, 43 RBIs,
nine doubles, two triples and three
homers overall in 2010. He had a slugging
percentage of .465 and an on-base
percentage of .417 for the Grizzlies,
who finished the season 26–15 overall
and 15–7 in conference play.
The Grizzlies’ other five All-HCAC First
Team picks included third baseman Alex
Boone ’11, who was a strong candidate for
league MVP, hitting .452 and producing
30 RBIs in all 22 HCAC games. Boone
batted .419 with 14 doubles and nine
home runs and 53 RBIs, starting in all 41
contests overall. The junior struck out just
six times in 172 at-bats and was named to
the American Baseball Coaches Association’s
All-Mideast Region Third Team.
Right-handed pitcher Shawn Mattingly
’12 posted a 4–0 record in 7 HCAC game
appearances, including five starts. He had
a 5.75 earned run average, allowed 55 hits
and 26 runs (23 earned) in 36.0 innings
pitched. Mattingly was 5–0 overall and had
a 6.12 ERA in 50.0 innings pitched.
Right-hander Luke Mehringer ’10 had
a 5–1 record in six HCAC game starts. In
37 2/3 innings pitched, Mehringer posted a
4.54 earned run average. The senior
was 7–4 overall and posted a 3.82 ERA in
77 2/3 innings worked.
Cody Nees ’11, another right-handed
pitcher, recorded a save in 11 HCAC
game appearances. In 19 1/3 innings
pitched, Nees posted a 3–1 record and a
2.33 ERA. The junior was 4–4 overall with
three saves and had a 3.06 ERA in 32 1/3
innings.
Left fielder Paul Strack ’10 hit .392 and
produced 28 RBIs in all 22 HCAC games.
He batted .306 with 36 RBIs, starting in all
40 games he played overall.
The All-HCAC Second Team also
included one Franklin player, second
baseman Ian Sanders ’11. The Grizzlies
had five HCAC Honorable Mention
players — pitcher Brett Andrzejewski ’13,
right fielder Jarrett Johnson ’12, catcher/
designated hitter Jordon Klinedinst ’12,
first baseman Jordan Smuts ’11 and center
fielder Matt Zmich ’11.
Men’s track and field
Georard Mitchell ’13 was named
the HCAC Co-Freshman of the Year and
was included on the All-HCAC team as
an event champion in the league
championship meet at College of Mount
St. Joseph April 30–May 1.
The versatile Grizzlies’ standout was
first in the long jump with a best attempt
of 21 feet, 10 e inches. Mitchell placed
fourth in both the 100 dash at 11.47
seconds and in the triple jump at 41 feet,
9 e. He also anchored Franklin’s 4 x 100
relay team, which was second with a time
of 43.60 seconds. The Grizzlies’ team
placed fourth among nine schools in the
two-day meet.
Joining Mitchell on the second-place
4 x 100 relay team were freshman
Brock Griffin ’13, Travis Smarelli ’10 and
Jon Miller ’12. Posting third-place finishes
were Brandon Litz ’13 in the 800 run at
1:59.42, John Woodbury ’12 in the 110
hurdles at 15.43 seconds, FC’s 4 X 400
relay squad of Patrick Bulington ’13,
Mitch Deffner ’12, Jeff Murr ’13 and
Litz at 3:27.01, Forrest Prichard ’13 in
the high jump at 6 feet, 2 inches, Dean
Shepherd ’13 in the pole vault at 14 feet,
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Georard Mitchell ’13 was named the HCAC
Co-Freshman of the Year in men’s track and field.
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PHOTO BY RENEE KEAN ’06
sports
Franklin outfielder Kelsey Whitson ’12 eyes a pitch during the Grizzlies’ home softball doubleheader with
HCAC rival College of Mount St. Joseph in mid-April. Franklin swept the twin bill.
6 inches and Deffner in the long jump at
20 feet, 8 q inches.
Later in May, Murr finished fifth among
seven competitors but set a Grizzlies
school record in the decathlon in the
Defiance Yellow Jacket Multi-Event
Challenge. He totaled 5,009 points in the
competition that included the 100-meter
dash, long jump, shot put, high jump,
400 dash, 110 hurdles, discus, pole vault,
javelin throw and 1,500 run. He scored the
most points of any contestant in the 1,500.
Mitchell was named Franklin’s Track
MVP and Prichard was honored as the
team’s Field MVP.
Women’s golf
The Franklin College women’s golf
program made its first team appearance
in the NCAA Division III Championship
since 2008 and its third trip to the
national finals overall.
The Grizzlies, ranked 23rd in the nation
in the National Golf Coaches Association’s
poll, finished 18th among 20 schools in
the 2010 nationals. FC combined for a
fourth-round team score of 356 and closed
out with a total of 1,430 in the event,
which consisted of 72 holes of play over
four grueling days of competition at the
Mission Inn Resort course in Howey-inthe-Hills,
Fla. (near Orlando) in mid-May.
Counting their four straight years
(1996–99) of competing in the NCAA
nationals when Division II and III teams
and individuals played in a combined
championship, Franklin participated in
the NCAA’s top competition for the
seventh time.
Brittany Brownrigg ’12 paced FC,
finishing in a tie for 36th place among
all individuals with a four-day total of
340, and teammate Brittany Stephens ’12
tied for 48th with a 346 total. Grace
Adams ’10 finished in a tie for 84th,
Natalie Daugherty ’10 tied for 99th and
Samantha Marshall ’11 finished 102nd.
Franklin earned automatic qualification
for the NCAA finals event by winning the
HCAC tournament title last October
under third-year coach Roger Lundy. The
Grizzlies last fall captured their first HCAC
championship since 2007 and their 11th
league title overall.
Franklin’s NCAA berth marked the
ninth time in 11 years either an individual
or team from FC had qualified for national
competition. The Grizzlies finished a
best-ever fifth in 2001.
Men’s golf
Franklin wrapped up its 2009–10 year
with another second-place finish in the
HCAC Championship in Defiance, Ohio,
in early May. The Grizzlies posted a team
score of 303 in the fourth round —
their best round of the four in the
competition — to finish with a four-day
total of 1,230 shots, placing second in
the team standings for the fourth
consecutive year.
Franklin’s Tom Moore ’10 tied for
fourth among all individuals with a 304,
and teammate Eric Whitaker ’11 was sixth
with his 305 total. Whitaker’s second-place
effort earned him automatic All-HCAC
honors for the third time. Moore’s
All-HCAC effort was his first.
J.J. Burns ’12 placed 11th with a 310
total, Matthew Payne ’10 finished 13th
with a 314 and Matt Hicks ’10 tied for
24th with his 323 total.
Transylvania captured its fourth straight
league title, beating out Franklin by 38
shots for the conference’s automatic bid to
the NCAA Division III Championships.
Softball
A pair of first-year members helped a
much improved Grizzlies softball team
post a 7–9 record in the HCAC and a
16–18 overall mark under first-year head
coach Heather Watson ’06.
Infielder Mandy Leming ’13 and
infielder/pitcher Allison Mitchell ’13 both
were named to the All-HCAC Second
Team. Leming hit a team-best .410 in 32
overall contests, and Mitchell was close
behind, batting .398, playing in all 34 of
Franklin’s games.
Infielder Melanie Rausch ’11, who
batted .344 in 29 games, was on the
conference’s honorable mention list.
The Grizzlies, who captured seven of 10
home contests in 2010, scored the most
victories (16) in a season since 2004.
Men’s tennis
Matt Hamm ’11 was voted to the
All-HCAC team for the third straight year
after helping Franklin finish fifth in the
league standings and advance to the
semifinals round of the annual HCAC
automatic qualifier team tournament in
early May.
Hamm paced the Grizzly netters in
overall singles and doubles wins, posting
a 16-9 mark in all matches (8–4 at No. 1
singles and 8–5 at No. 1 doubles) and an
8–3 record in HCAC competition (4–1 at
No. 1 singles and 4–2 at No. 1 doubles).
Teammate Nate Kelly ’10 was named to
the HCAC’s All-Sportsmanship Team for
the second consecutive year. FC newcomer
Blake Wareham ’12 also earned the
All-Sportsmanship honor. Franklin
finished 3–4 in the conference and 6–10
in all dual matches.
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Men’s basketball
Forward Zach Merschbrock ’12 was the
fifth recipient of the Thomas R. Hodge
Memorial Scholar-Athlete Award following
the 2009–10 season. Hodge, who passed
away in 2005, was a longtime professor of
chemistry, faculty athletic representative,
official timer and loyal friend of the
Grizzlies basketball team.
Center Will Conoley ’12, guard Gunner
Erwin ’13, forward Zach Merschbrock ’12
and Clay Starrett ’12 each were on the
2009–10 All-Heartland Collegiate
Athletic Conference men’s basketball
team honorable mention list.
Franklin finished sixth in the HCAC at
6–10 and posted an 8–18 overall record.
Women’s basketball
Monica Planalp ’11 was named the
Ruth Callon Most Valuable Player Award
recipient for the second consecutive year,
and Jennifer Kelly ’11 was honored with
the Ruth Callon Mental Attitude Award
during the team’s annual banquet in
March.
Newcomer Sarah Condra ’12 was named
the conference’s Most Valuable Player, and
center Heather Harper ’10 joined her on
the All-HCAC First Team. Planalp was an
HCAC honorable mention, and backup
center Jessica Prewett ’10 was tabbed for
the league’s all-freshmen team.
The Grizzlies finished in a tie with
Transylvania for the HCAC championship
at 13–3 in the league and posted a 21–7
overall mark. Franklin went on to win
the HCAC championship tournament for
the third time, earning the conference’s
automatic berth to the NCAA Division III
playoffs. Making their sixth overall
appearance in the NCAA III tournament,
the Grizzlies fell to host Illinois Wesleyan
in the first round.
Annual athletic honors
Kristi Brown ’10, a member of both
the Grizzlies’ cross country and track and
field teams, received the David C. Naile
Award for sportsmanship for the 2009–10
academic year during the college’s annual
Student-Athlete Recognition Program
in early May. Brown was an All-HCAC
honoree in cross country in the fall, 2009
season and finished second in the 3,000-
Recipients of Franklin College’s annual student-athlete awards include Kristi Brown ’10 — David C. Naile
Award, Luke Mehringer ’10 — Wil B. Nelp Award, Kristina Appelhans ’10 — Walter and Nadine
Hunter Women’s Athletic Leadership Award and Heather Harper ’10 — Jenny Johnson-Kappes
Outstanding Female Athlete Award.
meter steeplechase event, helping the
Grizzlies win their first HCAC track and
field title on May 1.
Baseball player Luke Mehringer ’10
was named the Wil B. Nelp Award winner.
Mehringer has spear headed the Grizzlies’
pitching staff, has earned All-HCAC First
Team honors and has been extensively
involved in athletic training academic,
promotional and community service efforts.
Senior basketball player Kristina
Appelhans ’10 was the winner of the
Walter and Nadine Hunter Women’s
Athletic Leadership Award. Appelhans
was poised to return as a starter at forward
for the FC women’s basketball team but
suffered a knee injury just days before the
season opening game. She was sidelined
for most of the season but remained a
dedicated teammate during Franklin’s
march to the conference regular season
and tournament championships.
Basketball standout Heather Harper ’10
was the recipient of the Jenny Johnson-
Kappes Outstanding Senior Female
Student-Athlete Award. The senior earned
All-HCAC (regular season) and All-HCAC
Tournament first team recognition,
helped Franklin earn a berth in the
NCAA Division III national tournament
for the first time since 2006 and finished
her career with 1,509 points and 636
rebounds
HCAC Academic All-Conference
Thirty-three Franklin College studentathletes
qualified for HCAC Academic
All-Conference for 2009–10. They
included Joe Bonomini ’10, football;
Travis Braun ’10, track and field; Krystal
Brazel ’12, golf; Drew Brown ’11, soccer;
Brittany Brownrigg ’12, golf; J.J. Burns ’12,
golf; Katie Coffin ’12, softball; Sarah
Condra ’12, basketball; Shannon Egold ’12,
cross country; Jena Elder ’11, soccer;
Joel Fisher ’12, soccer and swimming;
Shawn Hines ’10, football; Anne Kaylor ’12,
golf; Nate Kelly ’10, tennis; Claire Kitchin
’10, track and field; Rocky Legge ’10,
soccer; Traci Lippold ’11, basketball;
Adam Mellencamp ’10, football; Zach
Merschbrock ’12, basketball; Carolyn
Moore ’11, volleyball; Taylor Paden ’12,
football; Chelsea Parks ’11, soccer; Monica
Planalp ’11, basketball; Kyle Ray ’11,
football; Ian Sanders ’11, baseball; John
Stack ’11, soccer; Brittany Stephens ’12,
golf; Paul Strack ’10, baseball; Scotch
Swango ’10, cross country and track
and field; Jordan Tichenor ’11, softball;
Tyla Warner ’12, volleyball; Heather
Waterman ’11, cross country and track and
field; and Amanda Wray ’11, swimming.
Chi Alpha Sigma
Fifteen Grizzly athletes were inducted
into the Franklin College chapter of
Chi Alpha Sigma national college athlete
honor society this spring:
Travis Braun ’10, track and field; Jena
Elder ’11, soccer; Matt Foreman ’11, soccer;
Claire Kitchin ’10, track and field;
Grant Krevda ’10, soccer; Rocky Legge ’10,
soccer; Traci Lippold ’11, basketball;
Chelsea Parks ’11, soccer; Monica
Planalp ’11, basketball; Ian Sanders ’11,
baseball; John Stack ’11, soccer; Paul
Strack ’10, baseball; Jordan Tichenor ’11,
softball; Heather Waterman ’11, cross
country and track and field; and Amanda
Wray ’11, swimming.
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PHOTO BY PAUL SARGENT ’91
sports
Having a ball through soccer and service
Three members of the men’s soccer team, Cody Graman ’11,
Mitchell Waldroup ’11 and Grant Krevda ’10, along with head
coach Shaun Mahoney ’97, recently spent some time teaching soccer
fundamentals to children at Saint Joseph Institute for the Deaf in
Indianapolis. Grant’s mother, Linda (Mullendore) Krevda ’77, is the
institute’s director of communications and foundation support. She
is married to Neil Krevda ’78. In this picture by Mahoney, Krevda
gives pointers to a young soccer fan.
After further review . . .
Franklin College offensive tackle Seth Qualls ’10 was the
recipient of the Stewart “Red” Faught Most Valuable Player
honor for the 2009 football season. But Qualls wasn’t the
first Grizzly offensive lineman to be named the team’s MVP
since Tom Allen ’61 in 1958. Since then, offensive linemen
named Grizzly MVPs have included Gene Allen ’61 in 1960,
Ron Wilson ’64 in 1963 and Dave Lyon ’75 in 1974.
Prather represents FC during leadership panel
Once a Grizzly, always . . .
Loyd Smith ’51, who was inducted into the NAIA Hall of
Fame in 2008 in honor of his prolific track and field career in
the javelin event, visited with Franklin’s javelin throwers prior to
the Heartland Conference championship meet in April. Seated
with him are Shelby Johnston ’12 and Claire Kitchin ’10. In back
are HCAC javelin champion Kendall Paris ’10 and Damien
Dickman ’10. Smith has remained connected with both the
Grizzly men’s and women’s track squads, speaking to them at a
practice earlier in the spring.
Franklin College athletics director and head men’s basketball coach Kerry Prather recently was a panelist
at an NCAA Fellows Leadership Development Program Town Hall Meeting in Indianapolis this April.
The Fellows program was developed in 1997 with the specific goal of enhancing the employment and
leadership opportunities for racial/ethnic minorities and women at the senior management level of
intercollegiate athletics administration.
The NCAA selected Prather and other athletic directors from across the country to discuss current issues for
intercollegiate athletics and to help answer questions from members in this year’s NCAA Fellows Class. The
NCAA Fellows are a select group of senior athletics administrators who typically have eight or more years of
career experience. Through the NCAA’s 18-month Leadership Development Program, the Fellows are assigned
an executive mentor from an NCAA member-institution and introduced to every facet of athletics administration.
Other participants in the Town Hall meeting program included Warde Manuel, athletic director at the University of Buffalo,
Bob Stull, athletic director at University of Texas at El Paso, and Kelly Mehrtens, athletic director at the University of North Carolina,
Wilmington.
Prather joined the Franklin College men’s basketball staff as an assistant coach in 1982 and is heading into his 28th year as head
coach. He was named athletics director in 1989. Prather has led the Grizzlies to six national tournament appearances. He is a 1977
graduate of Indiana University.
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Splashy announcement
puts Franklin in spotlight
In early May the Indiana Sports Corp.
announced that Franklin College will
serve as host institution for the NCAA
Division III Men’s and Women’s
Swimming and Diving Championships in
2012 and 2014.
The NCAA and the Indiana Sports
Corp. have reached an agreement to
conduct Divisions I, II and III
Swimming and Diving Championships
in Indianapolis twice between 2012 and
2017. The national meets will be at the
Indiana University (IU) Natatorium on
the campus of Indiana University-Purdue
University Indianapolis (IUPUI).
The first Division III event is scheduled
for March 21-24, 2012, and the
second D-III national meet is set for
March 19–22, 2014. The NCAA will
stage other Division I and II finals
between 2013 and 2017.
The IU Natatorium has been the host
site for NCAA swimming and diving
championships on many occasions. The
Division I men’s and women’s events
were held there nine times from 1983
through 1999. The Division II meet was
in Indianapolis in 2006.
IUPUI will serve as the NCAA
member institution host for the
Division I championships. The University
of Indianapolis will fill that role for
the Division II meets, and Franklin
College will serve as host for the Division
III finals.
We’ll celebrate tradition with a twist by introducing some new activities into the
Homecoming lineup! Here’s a glimpse of what’s to come Oct. 7–10:
Theater: Experience The Philadelphia Story. This classic American comedy kicks off
the student-theater season. Performances are scheduled for Oct. 6 – 9 at 8 p.m. and
Oct. 10 at 2 p.m. Admission is $6 for students and seniors (55 and older). General
admission is $12. Admission is free with a valid Franklin College ID.
Art show: View student art work, ranging from paintings and drawings to ceramics and
digital fine art photography to mixed-media collages. Fine arts assistant professors
David Cunningham and Svetlana Rakic also will exhibit some of their work, including
paintings, drawings and ceramics. General admission is free, and the exhibit will be
open 8 a.m. – 10 p.m. every day.
Brunch: Join members of the reunion classes as they celebrate under the big top on
Dame Mall, outside Old Main. The new all-reunion brunch will be held from 10:45 –
noon on Oct. 9. Photos of each reunion class will be taken during the brunch. Not
celebrating a reunion this year? Not to worry! All are welcome for this festive occasion.
Cluster luncheon: Members in the classes of 1958 – 1962 are invited to join the class of
1960 at their 50th reunion luncheon from 11:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. on Oct. 9 in the Napolitan
Student Center’s Branigin Room.
Find more Homecoming details and registration information on the Franklin College
Web site or call (317) 738-8050.
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ALUMNI NEWS
A pragmatist whose creativity is always at work
By Amy (Kean) VerSteeg ’96
Editor
Hetty (Sandman) Gray ’84 comes
from a family of do-it-yourselfers; one
of her grandmothers was a professional
seamstress, her father was a master
woodworker, and her mother was a knit
shop owner. Gray grew up watching her
family make beautiful furniture, clothing
and adornments for their homes and
for customers who had a genuine
appreciation for fine craftsmanship.
From a young age, she learned the
rewards of having a strong work ethic.
Equal parts traditionalist and
Renaissance woman, Gray has spent a
lifetime balancing her pragmatism and
creativity to achieve personal goals and
give back to her communities. The mother
of three sons, Gray enrolled at Franklin
College as a nontraditional student and
built upon credits she previously earned at
a university to graduate in just three years.
“I carried at least 20 hours per
semester and attended summer and
winter sessions,” said Gray. “My college
graduation was held the day before my
oldest son graduated from high school.”
Resuming the education she’d put on
hold to raise a family was deeply important
to Gray, who said she felt lucky to have a
“gem” like Franklin practically in her own
backyard. Remarried, she still resides in
Shelby County, Ind., with her husband,
Gerald, a fifth-generation farmer. They live
on the original family land grant, dating to
1830; land that Gerald’s family has farmed
for 170 years. In addition to farming, the
Grays operate a seed company. When their
farm and business responsibilities permit,
they enjoy getting away to Michigan,
where they built a cabin in 1993.
“We enjoy snowmobiling in the winter
and the lake in the summer,” said Gray.
With a tiny grocery 30 miles away, the
nearest shopping 55 miles away and next
door neighbors who are only part-timers,
the cabin provides plenty of solitude,
which suits Gray just fine. She enjoys
using the free time for some of her many
hobbies, including quilting and needle-
work. An avid woodworker, she enjoys that
hobby when on the farm in Indiana. Gray
is proud of owning all her equipment,
including tools received as gifts for her
48th birthday. Her remarkable wooden
creations have included four replicas of
Noah’s Ark, complete with his family and
120 animals. She hand-painted each figure
before giving the arks as gifts to family
members.
“I mostly make things to give away,”
said Gray. One of her great joys is making
a major piece of furniture for the local
branch of the Michigan fire department
to auction at its fundraiser each year.
When she’s not shaping a piece of
wood into an heirloom toy or table, Gray
enjoys reading and volunteering with her
beloved dog, Bear, a Newfoundland. The
two visit nursing homes in Michigan or
Indiana weekly, depending on where the
Grays are residing at the time. Soon, Gray
will enroll Bear in special training for a
children’s reading program that helps
struggling students build confidence.
Then, there’s her writing. Gray, who
holds a thesis master’s degree in history
from Butler University and did postgraduate
work at the School of Public and
Environmental Affairs at IU-Bloomington,
formed Sugar Creek Publishing in 1999
(www.sugarcreekpublishing.com).
She frequently draws upon history and
political science in her writing. Her body
of work is currently five books. She is
particularly passionate about her recent
novel, Prism, for which the Franklin
College Alumni Office hosted a book
discussion group in April.
In Gray’s words, Prism “weaves factual
history into the lives of a fictional family
and sends a powerful message about loss
of farmland and lack of respect for those
who tend the land.”
Apart from the book, Gray wrote an
award-winning essay with a similar message.
Through a statewide contest sponsored by
CountryMark, an oil refining company and
farm fuel supplier, Gray described what she
would do if given the chance to be the
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture for one
month. Her dissertation on launching a
Hetty (Sandman) Gray ’84 and her beloved dog,
Bear, attend an event in the park.
“national, grassroots effort to incorporate
‘ag’ education into every grade level from
kindergarten to college” swept the contest.
When she’s not engrossed in her own
writing and publishing work, Gray edits
for other authors. She also gives history
convocations for middle and high schools
and offers church groups presentations, in
which she wears full costume and portrays
a fictional woman from the Bible, or Mary,
mother of The Savior.
In many ways, Gray’s life exemplifies
the ideals of the liberal arts education she
received at Franklin; her interests reflect
the breadth and depth emphasized
through the college’s curriculum.
“Some students enter into college
knowing right away what major they’d
like to pursue, but others haven’t any idea.
The buffet of disciplines represented in
the liberal arts is a wonderful, safe way to
encourage students to sample subjects
until they find one that strikes a chord,”
said Gray.
“College, for me, was a calm and
welcoming place. I loved it! To this day,
if somebody says, ‘Franklin College,’ it
always makes me smile.”
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Trustee profile: Meet John Auld Jr.’76
With this issue of the Franklin College Reporter begins a series
of profiles featuring the institution’s trustees. The trustees will
share — in their own words — thoughts on leadership, liberal arts,
campus life and lots of subjects in between. Learn more about
John Auld Jr. ’76 now . . .
Auld became a board member in 2003;
he chairs the enrollment management
committee and serves on the honorary
degrees, development/public affairs,
audit, investment and president’s
committees. Auld is president of Franklin
Insurance Agency, which markets personal
and commercial insurance products.
He has been active in many community
health initiatives and is currently serving
as chairman of Partnership for a Healthier
Johnson County and president of the
Johnson County Health Foundation.
Auld has served Franklin College as a
past member of the Alumni Council,
and he received an Alumni Citation
in 1996 for his professional accomplishments.
In 2009, Auld received a
Distinguished Hoosier Award from
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels. He holds a
bachelor’s degree in journalism and is a
resident of Franklin.
Why Franklin College: “I grew up in a
large suburban school system in southern
California and thought Franklin’s small
college atmosphere would give me a great
opportunity to get involved in campus
activities and get individual attention from
the faculty. We also have a significant family
history at Franklin, and I was excited to
continue that tradition started five generations
ago.”
Most influential professor: “Col. Bob
Chupp ’36. The colonel’s office was always
open. The ‘J’ (journalism) students,
including me, were regular after-hours
visitors at his office to discuss class issues,
politics, history and the news of the day.
Like many of Franklin’s faculty, the
colonel always reached out to students
beyond the classroom and established the
personal relationships that continue to
make Franklin College special.”
Career: “After graduation, I worked for
United Cerebral Palsy of Indiana and
assisted local, advocate organizations
until my father and I had an opportunity
to purchase an insurance agency in
Franklin. I’ve been with the agency
ever since.”
Benefits of the liberal arts: “Franklin
College taught me how to analyze
situations, develop solutions and work
with others to implement plans and objectives.”
Favorite place on campus: “The Sigma
Alpha Epsilon fraternity house. While the
college’s academic regimen taught me
how to learn, the fraternity gave me an
opportunity to hone those skills in a social
atmosphere that required the practical
organizational and leadership skills found
in any business organization. Living,
working and socializing with a diverse
group of guys provided me with the
life experiences that could never be
duplicated in any other setting. Our
fraternity brothers share a special bond
that we carry for life.”
Alumni pride: “I love seeing Franklin
College have a positive impact on students
and the community. Living in Franklin,
I’ve had the unique opportunity to meet
and work with dozens of students who
have shared their talents with local
organizations through internship
programs. It’s a fantastic way for the
college to reach out to the community,
as well as provide students with practical
experience that will set them apart later
in their careers.”
Best thing about being a trustee:
“Working with a great group of people
(volunteers & staff) who all love Franklin
College and want to do everything they
can to help the college flourish. Our
investment of time and money is validated
by the impact Franklin College has on the
lives of every student who walks down
Dame Mall.”
Advice to current students: “The college
provides an opportunity to participate in
a myriad of campus organizations and
activities; get involved and have fun! After
graduation, challenge yourself to continue
being involved in professional, service or
community organizations so you can share
your skills and experience with as many
others as possible.”
Family ties: Parents John Auld ’50 and
Nancy (White) ’53; sister Tricia (Auld)
Zachidny ’78; and grandparents William
“Bill” White ’15 and Florence (Merrill) ’20
are alumni. Grandfather Howland
Merrill was a Franklin professor. Great
grandfather Will White attended Franklin
College but graduated from Purdue
Agricultural; five of his six children
attended Franklin.
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ALUMNI NEWS
Adventures in Alaska
By Cathleen Nine ’11
Pulliam Fellow
There are no major roads, a large town
has 300 people and a gallon of milk costs
around $16 — welcome to The Bush of
Alaska, home of John Groover ’87 and
family!
The Groovers moved from southern
Indiana to the Great North about six years
ago so John could pursue a career as a
wildlife trooper with the Alaska Division of
Homeland Security. The Groovers reside
in McGrath, a town best known as a stop
on the Iditarod, the famed 1,000-mile
dogsled race. To say that the family’s
daily life in Alaska is different from their
previous lifestyle in Indiana would be an
understatement. Even grocery shopping is
an adventure.
“We normally go to Anchorage to buy
groceries, which is an hour flight,”
explained Groover. “It’s not cheap, but
we bring 18 to 20 gallons of Rubbermaid
totes to fill.”
The totes can hold enough nonperishable
items to feed the family of seven for
one to three months. According to
Groover, the commercial flight can cost
up to $3,000 round trip for the family,
including his wife, Carrie, and their five
daughters, ages 4 to 14. Add the cost of
groceries and postage for the items that
must be shipped back to their home and
you can begin to imagine how costly a
“simple” trip to the store can be. Still,
said Groover, the memories his family is
making are priceless.
You might say the groundwork for those
memories was laid more than 20 years ago,
when Groover was still a Franklin College
student. One fateful incident helped the
biology major realize his dream career
would involve working outdoors rather
than in a lab; Groover hit a deer with his
car and a conservation officer was called
to the scene. As Groover watched what
the officer’s work entailed, he recognized
a connection to his interests, wildlife and
nature.
“I learned trees when I was young,”
Groover said. “I learned trapping and
hunting, too.”
After the accident, Groover pursued
an internship with the very conservation
officer who’d helped him, and he began
preparing for a job in the field.
Groover’s career as an Indiana
conservation officer lasted 16 years,
but he eventually grew “bored” with
the job and found it difficult to raise his
growing family on the salary, he said.
When he began considering a new career,
he also began thinking about a change
of scene. Alaska became an enticing
choice because the state promised
adventure and much better pay.
Convincing his wife to move out of the
contiguous United States was not as hard
as might be expected.
“My wife is from Saskatchewan, Canada,
and she said she missed ice fishing and
moose hunting,” said Groover. “The first
time I said ‘Alaska’ she looked at me and
said nothing, then she said, ‘If you want to
go, I’ll go.’”
While the work Groover does in Alaska
is similar to the work he did in Indiana,
the landscape and professional resources
are vastly different. Groover’s duties
include flying over miles of tundra, much
of it uninhabited, to make sure hunting
and fishing laws are obeyed.
“Back in Indiana, I would drive to the
marina and work on the Ohio River,”
Groover said of his former job as a
conservation officer. “Here, I may get to
use a four-wheeler and an airplane all in
the same day.”
From the bird’s-eye view of his airplane,
a two-seater Piper PA-18, Groover can
observe tracks in the snow, revealing if an
animal or human has recently been in the
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area. He also is on alert for tell-tale signs
of illegal hunting, fishing or other
violations. Gas cans, tarps and trappers’
cabins are all signs of human activity.
Human activities, like commercial
hunting and fishing, worry him most;
both are a huge part of the Alaska tourism
industry. People pay significant sums
to hunt and fish, and operators of the
businesses will sometimes do unscrupulous
things to ensure a prized catch.
One scheme Groover described
involved a hunting tour operator who
intentionally wounded moose to make
them vulnerable to bears; he essentially
made them live bait. Then, he took
hunters to ambush the bears as they
feasted on the moose. Salmon populations
are similarly targeted, said Groover.
Hunting and fishing corruption persists
even though there are stiff penalties for
law breakers in the state of Alaska. Those
caught could face “years and years in jail,”
said Groover.
Until a few years ago, Groover was
tasked with not only protecting wildlife
but people. He patrolled remote villages
to keep law and order, and there were,
of course, some challenges. Consider that
rape in Alaska is 2.5 times the national
average and almost 75 percent of Alaskans
know someone or have
experienced sexual assault
or domestic abuse, according
to the National Coalition
Against Domestic Violence.
Remarkably, Groover was
shot at and nearly the victim
of stabbing — twice — while
trying to enforce the law. In some of
the villages, far removed from roads
and shopping malls, alcohol problems
also are rife, said Groover.
While life in the town of McGrath is
typically peaceful, Groover and his wife
sometimes worry that their children are
missing out on some “normal” childhood
activities because of their remote location.
The advantage, Groover said, is that his
children are getting experiences that few
others will ever know. He describes their
time in Alaska as a “working vacation.”
Part of the vacation is hunting, which is
a family affair.
“If I catch an animal in a trap, they
(daughters) help me skin it and get ready
to tan it,” Groover said. “We hunt and
trap, cut fish, kill moose and caribou, bear
hunt and salmon fish.”
An Achilles heel of living with five
growing daughters in the remote interior
might be a little unexpected: Shoes. With
growing feet and the nearest shoe stores
miles away, the family must purchase
online, which can be a tricky business,
said Groover. Getting the girls in for
doctor’s visits to Anchorage is also a
challenge to schedule, given the hour-long
airplane flight required.
Groover isn’t sure how much longer
his family will reside in Alaska, but he
is certain that retirement will include
moving back to Indiana and settling in the
southern town of Friendship. There, the
family will be more likely to see an
Amish-owned horse and buggy traveling
by than a team of sled dogs racing past.
They’ll trade tundra for corn fields.
And they’ll remember a time when the
adventures of Alaska were just outside
their door.
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John Groover ’87, Alaska Wildlife
Trooper, stands next to the plane he
uses to patrol the vast wilderness for
signs of illegal hunting, fishing or other
violations.
Carrie Groover and daughters Saige,
Danyka, Kieran and Haylee, show their
prized catches, after a successful day of
grayling fishing on the Newhalen River.
Daughter Jaydn is not pictured.

PHOTO BY RENEE KEAN ’06 Seeing
ALUMNI NEWS
the big picture
By Amy (Kean) VerSteeg ’96
Editor
In laymen’s terms, John E. Crews ’69,
Ph.D., is what you might call a public
health detective. To be more precise, he
is an epidemiologist with the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
He scrutinizes data to pinpoint causes
of disease and injury, identify health
trends and spot population segments
at risk. He shares his findings with
government agencies, advocacy groups
and health organizations to raise public
awareness and affect policy change. His
research on behalf of the CDC’s Disability
and Health Branch in the National Center
on Birth Defects and Developmental
Disabilities literally can benefit millions of
people in the United States, making for a
deeply satisfying career.
“I love every bit of this work; it’s its own
reward,” said Crews.
While it’s difficult for Crews to imagine
a career outside of public health, he might
have a different job today if the market
for English professors had been better in
the 1970s.
“Frankly, the job market for teaching
was horrible, even with a Ph.D.,” recalled
Crews, who taught for a few years at
universities in Michigan and Missouri.
“I saw it as an opportunity to close one
door and open another, which happened
to lead to health rehabilitation.”
Crews’s interest in health rehabilitation
developed through his volunteerism as
faculty adviser for a student disability
group. Helping individuals was so
gratifying that Crews began exploring how
he could advocate for special-interest
groups and make an even greater impact.
Eventually, he left teaching to take a job
with the Michigan Commission for the
Blind, supervising a home-care program
for elderly people with visual impairments.
“I worked with a cadre of teachers who
went into people’s homes to teach life
skills and provide other assistance. It was
fascinating; there were so many fabulous
stories of survival that revealed the
multiple dimensions of disability and
care giving,” recalled Crews.
As he learned more about the
participants’ daily lives, he resolved to
reinvent the rehab program and improve
services. During his 15-year career he
provided congressional testimony three
times for federal appropriation, and
he learned about the politics behind
changing policy.
“I’d go to all these meetings where
everybody had ‘doctor’ in front of their
name, and I began to realize I might have
a better chance of being heard if I also
had that title,” Crews said.
He earned a doctorate in public affairs
administration in 1983 and went on to
serve as acting director of the Rehabilitation
Research and Development Center on
Aging at the Department of Veterans
Affairs. After that, he served as executive
director of the Georgia Governor’s Council
on Developmental Disabilities. Then, in
1998, he joined the CDC in Atlanta, Ga.
Law and public
service program
welcomes first
class of 25
By Mary Wood
Director of Communications,
University of Virginia
First-year law student Kate Reynolds ’06
picked up more than fluency in Russian
and Kazakh when she volunteered for the
Peace Corps for two years before law
school at the University of Virginia.
Though she’d never led her own
Guest speakers at the 2009 President’s Dinner
included Kate Reynolds ’06. She shared how
the Franklin experience helped shape her leadership
skills and give her the confidence to join the
Peace Corps.
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Crews realizes there are some
misconceptions about epidemiology and
what it means to work for the CDC,
which takes a multidisciplinary approach
to public health research and education.
“The CDC has room for more than
chemists. Strong communicators who can
back the science with compelling writing
and dialogue are also important. You
won’t last long if you’re not a rigorous
thinker,” Crews said.
Crews’ research is based on large data
sets that come from traditional lab
research as well as national and regional
health surveys. One example he shared is
the Behavioral Risk Factor Survey; every
U.S. state conducts the questionnaire,
which reveals among other data “who
drinks” and “why they drink” and “what
health factors they have in common.”
The key to making sense of the data is
asking the right questions during the
research process, explained Crews.
“Critical thinking is extremely
important; the data is irrelevant if you
don’t have an appropriate line of inquiry.
What happens over time is that
researchers kind of become enamored
with two or three sets of data, which relate
classroom before, teaching English to
Kazakh students and teachers set her
on a path to realize her passion for
education law.
“When I came home, I began substitute
teaching in the school corporation I was
educated in, and that’s when my focus
shifted from doing international human
rights to education law, so now I’m trying
to combine both of them.”
Reynolds is one of 25 law students who
make up the first class to enter the Law
School’s new Program in Law and Public
Service, which offers students faculty
mentors, guaranteed funding for summer
public service jobs and access to seminars
relating to public service law.
Led by professor Jim Ryan, the program
is open to 20 first-year and five secondyear
law students selected each year
through an application process. Ryan and
three other professors served on this year’s
selection committee.
to one topic or segment of larger work,
and they begin to specialize.”
His specialty area for more than
30 years has been vision loss and
rehabilitation.
“Part of my interest is that from a public
health point of view 50 percent of the
population could have their vision
problems remediated with proper eye
care. Better vision could eliminate or
diminish other chronic variables such as
stroke, diabetes, arthritis and depression.
What I am trying to do is get a broader
community to see how public health and
blindness go together.”
Getting others to see the big picture is
the challenge that keeps Crews motivated.
Policy change, even if incremental, is the
success that keeps him optimistic. Both are
reasons he loves his job.
“There’s an inclination to look at a
public health problem and say it’s huge
and intractable, but good science enables
us to say even though the problem is
complex it’s not insurmountable, we can
look to find solutions. As epidemiologists
we try to provide the intellectual
foundation that can shape and inform
decision making.”
“We were blown away by the strength
and quality of the applications,” Ryan
said. “To say that it was a competitive
process is an understatement. It was
difficult to make selections, but it was
also inspiring to read about the
experiences, commitment and passion
of the students.”
The program’s first participants have
served in the Peace Corps, the FBI and
AmeriCorps. They’ve worked at home and
abroad on five continents, are fluent in
numerous foreign languages and have
long resumes in volunteer and paid public
service positions, including many related
to law. The students also draw on a variety
of personal experiences that led them to
want to help others, from witnessing
famine to working with crime victims.
Reynolds, who turned down a Peace
Corps assignment in Latin America in
favor of working in Kazakhstan because
she already spoke Spanish and wanted
John E. Crews ’69 is an epidemiologist with the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
to learn another language, has been a
long-term volunteer in a variety of
programs, from Habitat for Humanity
to AmeriCorps to the 4-H Club. While
working in Kazakhstan she witnessed
human rights abuses when she met
women who had been bride-napped,
combated pessimism about starting a
youth summer camp and enjoyed teaching
her host family’s children the meaning
behind American music lyrics.
Reynolds applied to law school while
still abroad, and at Virginia has already
become a steady volunteer for a local child
advocacy group. She said she was excited
to join the Law and Public Service
Program.
“I felt like it was serendipitous that I
came to UVA right at this time,” she said.
“Everyone in the program is just outstanding
— I can’t believe what kind of company
I’m in. I feel like we’re going to take over
the world and make it better.”
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class notes
PHOTO BY LUPPINO PHOTOGRAPHY
PHOTO BY LINDSAY WILSON PHOTOGRAPHY
Rachel M. (Pollert) Blish ’10
and her husband, Clinton
Tara (Hettinger) Schmelz ’09 and
her husband, John
Stephanie (Ayers) Abisi ’98 and
her husband, Nick
The ’60s
J. David Hollingsworth ’68
recently joined the Indiana law
firm of Church, Church, Hittle &
Antrim. He serves as counsel to
the firm. He has been in private
practice since 1976.
The ’70s
Lyman Snyder ’71 and his wife,
Corbalou (Cutler) ’72, received
an Outstanding Restoration
Award from Indiana Landmarks,
a historic preservation society, in
May. The Snyders were hailed for
the high quality restoration of
their home, Thompson House,
built in 1867. Built to resemble
an Italian villa, the house is in
Edinburgh, Ind.
Michael Butt ’79 joined the
American Legion Auxiliary staff
as communications and business
development director in 2009.
His office is at the headquarters
in Indianapolis.
The ’80s
Glen Baker ’80 is the Chief
Information Officer (CIO)
for the City of Indianapolis and
Marion County. He previously
was CIO for ATA Airlines and
Global Aero Logistics.
Leda (Phenis) Hobbs ’80 has
been a teacher for 20 years.
She currently teaches full-day
kindergarten at the Goddard
School in Fishers, Ind. The Fishers
Star recently featured Leda in its
“Meet Your Teacher” recognition
column.
Janis Poynter ’80 and Bruce
Kittle ’81 married on Feb. 27,
2010, in Richardson Chapel
on the Franklin College
campus. The couple reside in
Franklin, Ind.
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Andrew Snoddy ’80, Ph.D., is
vice president, global head of
new therapeutic opportunities for
Novartis Consumer Health.
His master’s and doctoral degrees
in pharmacology and toxicology
are from the University of Kansas.
He and his wife, Mary, reside in
New Jersey.
Ron Podell ’88 won best overall
screenplay at the Cinema City
Film Festival in Los Angeles in
September. His script title was
“Once Upon a Time in
Hollywood.”
The ’90s
Stephanie (Taylor) Ferriell ’91
and her husband, Darin, have two
children, Hays, 2, and Sylvia, 1.
Stephanie is editor of The Salem
Leader and The Salem Democrat and
recently won writing awards from
the Society of Professional
Journalists and the Indiana
Chapter of the National
Federation of Press Women. The
family resides in Salem, Ind.
Jenny (Miller) Pratt ’93 recently
accepted a position as director
of education and leadership
initiatives for Alpha Chi Omega
sorority. She was previously
director of remarkable
development for The Kevin
Eikenberry Group. She and her
family reside in Indianapolis.
Amy (Heavner) Bastin ’95 was
recently promoted to director
of undergraduate student services
at the School of Public and
Environmental Affairs at Indiana
University, Bloomington. Amy
and her husband, Brett ’95,
reside in Martinsville, Ind., with
their three children, Blake, 10,
William, 5, and Hailey, 3. Brett is
employed as a probation officer
with Morgan County Court
Services.
Keith Kilmer ’95 was unanimously
approved as the new head varsity
football coach during a Lowell
High School board meeting in
May. He was the team’s varsity
assistant for 11 years prior.
His other previous career
experience includes serving as
the high school’s head track
coach and Lowell Middle
School’s athletic director.
He resides in Lowell, Ind.
Erin G. Rosen ’96 recently joined
the law firm of Yonas & Rink in
Cincinnati. Her practice includes
real estate, probate, estate
planning, criminal defense,
juvenile and domestic relations
law.
Carla (Lucas) Marion ’97 and her
husband, Eric, are the parents of
a son, Jonathan Edward, born
April 30, 2009. He joins a sister,
Mallory, 5. The family resides in
Indianapolis.
Gwen (Simmerman) Sarault ’97
has taken the position of senior
Web administrator at Roche
Diagnostics after serving as a
senior technical support
engineer for Oracle Corp./
Sun Microsystems for the past
eight years. Gwen lives in New
Palestine, Ind., with her husband,
Mark ’97, and their two children
Nora, 7, and Evan, 5.
Stephanie Ayers ’98 and Nick
Abisi married on Nov. 6, 2009,
at The Rathskeller Restaurant
in Indianapolis. Among the
members of the wedding party
were Casey (Smith) DeArmitt ’98,
maid of honor. After honeymooning
in Aruba, they are
residing in Indianapolis.
Clark Schroeder ’98 and his wife,
Carrie (Helmich) ’01, are the
parents of a son, Alfred John
(A.J.), born on Feb 3, 2010.
Carrie is an RN care manager for
Community Health Network, and
Clark is a teacher for Franklin
Brooke (Wagoner) Worland ’99 Mark Lecher ’00
Community School Corp. The
family resides in Franklin, Ind.
Kyle Martin ’99 recently joined
Ferguson Advertising in Fort
Wayne, Ind., as vice president of
account services.
Melissa (Goebel) Morris ’99
and her husband, Chris, are the
parents of a son, Charles Marion.
“Charlie” was born Feb. 14, 2010.
The family resides in Cincinnati.
Brooke (Wagoner) Worland ’99
began a new position at Franklin
College in July, transitioning from
registrar to the newly created
position of assistant dean for
engaged learning/director of
professional development.
The ’00s
Lora (Todd) Hoover ’00 and
her husband, Adam ’01, are the
parents of a daughter, Claire
Elizabeth, born Dec. 8, 2009.
The family resides in Indianapolis.
Mark Lecher ’00 was recently
named vice president of the
Indiana Recycling Coalition.
He will serve a one-year term.
Jennie Timar ’00 has joined BLT
& Associates in Hollywood, Calif.,
as Web production manager.
She facilitates the creative design
of online ad campaigns for major
upcoming movies as well as
cable and network TV series. She
resides in Santa Monica, Calif.
Michelle (Bowman) Biltz ’01
and her husband, Nick, are the
parents of a daughter, Jessie
Nicole, born Dec. 3, 2009. The
family resides in Batesville, Ind.
Aaron Charles ’01 and his wife,
Kristin (Evans) ’01, are the
parents of a son, Kooper Weston,
born March 24, 2010. He joins a
sister, Addison, 7. The family
resides in Frankfort, Ind.
Andrea S. Wilson ’02 is heading
into her ninth year of teaching.
She currently teaches U.S. history
and sociology at Ben Davis High
School in Indianapolis. The West
Indy Star recently featured
Andrea in its “Meet Your
Teacher” recognition column.
Justin Roberts ’03 recently was
promoted to 1st Lieutenant in
the U.S. Army. He serves as an
Infantry Platoon Leader and
Company Fire Support Officer.
Kevin Shanks ’03 and his wife,
Amy, are the parents of a son,
Hayden Alexander, born Nov. 5,
2009. Kevin is employed with
AIT Laboratories, and Amy is
employed with the Veteran Affairs
Medical Center; both are in
Indianapolis.
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PHOTO BY CAPT. CHRIS NEELEY
class notes
Jami (McDowell)
MacNaughton ’04
Marci White ’08
Franklin alumnae earn teaching fellowships
Soccer and service
around the world
Former Grizzlies’ soccer player and
current First Lt. Andy Mapes ’09 of the
38th Infantry Division, Indiana National
Guard, joins the director of the Hoot
Khel Youths Confederate in Kabul,
Afghanistan, in presenting soccer
uniforms and equipment to area youth on
May 8, 2010. The Franklin College men’s
soccer team helped furnish the equipment.
Head men’s soccer coach Shaun
Mahoney ’97 explained that Mapes
contacted alumni and friends to ask for
aid in collecting soccer supplies. “Andy
explained that these donations help to
improve the relations the soldiers have with
the local community and often help open a line of communication. So if we can help keep Andy and
other soldiers a little safer then we were up for this small task,” Mahoney said.
The men’s soccer team and President and Mrs. Moseley donated equipment for the cause as did
the Columbus (Ind.) Express Soccer Club. “In all, we sent about 20 jerseys and uniforms, 12 soccer
balls, 40 pairs of cleats, ball pumps and bags and about 24 water bottles,” Mahoney said. Mapes’
friends and family covered the shipping costs to Afghanistan.
The Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation has selected Jami (McDowell) MacNaughton ’04
and Marci White ’08 to participate in an Indiana Teaching Fellowship program.
The program recruits individuals with undergraduate degrees in the STEM fields — science, technology,
engineering and math — and seeks to prepare and retain them as effective teachers for the students and
schools who need them most. MacNaughton and White are two of the 81 Indiana Fellows who will receive a
$30,000 stipend to complete an enriched, school-based master’s-level teacher education program at one of
four state universities. They also will receive intensive mentoring during the first three years of required
teaching at a high-need urban or rural school in Indiana.
The Indiana Teaching Fellowship Program focuses on four goals: Transforming teacher education,
getting strong teachers into high-need schools, attracting the very best candidates to the teaching profession
and cutting teacher attrition by retaining top teachers.
“Indiana’s students are not learning nearly enough math and science to succeed in this world,” said
Gov. Mitch Daniels. “They need to be taught by people with true mastery of the subject matter, and in the
Woodrow Wilson Fellows our kids will have America’s most knowledgeable math and science teachers sped
to the classrooms that most need them.”
The Woodrow Wilson Foundation selected Indiana as the first site for its national fellowship program for
high school teachers in December 2007. The program is supported by a $10.1 million Lilly Endowment
grant and $3 million from the state. It is open to individuals — college seniors, recent graduates and career
changers.
MacNaughton majored in applied mathematics, minored in computer science and studied abroad in
Russia and Australia while at Franklin College She is a former client services associate for Merrill Lynch and
Raymond James & Associates.
White majored in chemistry and minored in biology and physics at Franklin College. She currently is
completing a master’s degree in chemistry at the University of Kentucky, where she has been a department
volunteer, engaging in research and mentoring.
MacNaughton and White have both chosen to do their master’s degree work in education at the
University of Indianapolis.
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Amy (Miller) Wilmer ’03 and
her husband, Brandon, are the
parents of a son, Grayson Isaac,
born May 24, 2010. He joins a
brother, Cameron. The family
resides in Greenwood, Ind.
Ashley (Swopes) Cross ’04 and
her husband, Brian, are the
parents of a daughter, Claire
Lauren, born on April 22, 2010.
She joins a brother, Titus Ray,
22 months. The family resides
in Franklin, Ind.
Matt McCutcheon ’04 recently
accepted a position as morning
“LIVE” reporter at WAVE-TV
Channel 3, the NBC affiliate, in
Louisville, Ky. He reports on
breaking news between the
hours of 4 a.m. and 1 p.m. Matt
previously worked as a reporter
and anchor for WANE-TV in
Fort Wayne, Ind. While still at
WANE, he earned a first place
award from the Associated Press
for Best Enterprise Story. His
story was called “Dumpster
Diving” and stemmed from his
own experience of misplacing
his work ID.
Erika Thomas ’04 and John Peggs
married on July 11, 2009. Rose
Stafford ’03 was a bridesmaid.
Erika is a first-grade teacher and
junior varsity girls’ basketball
coach for Blue River Valley
School Corp. John is a farmer.
They reside in Rushville, Ind.
Adam Zborowski ’04 is working
for the Law Offices of Matthew S.
Nugent in North Palm Beach, Fla.
Joe Copeland ’05 and a team of
colleagues known as the Prince
Group at the financial services
company Stifel Nicolaus were
named Retirement Plan
Adviser Team of the Year by
PLANSPONSOR magazine.
The team was selected by
magazine staff and peers from
competing financial services
firms. Joe resides in Fishers, Ind.
Alan Hensell ’05 has left his
graduate assistant position with
the University of Mississippi
football program after back-toback
9–4 seasons and two Cotton
Bowl titles. He’s now working as
a strength intern/offensive intern
for the University of Tennessee.
Tara Hettinger ’05 and John
Schmelz married on Feb. 20,
2010, at St. John the Baptist
Catholic Church with a reception
at Huber’s Orchard and Winery
in Starlight, Ind. The two reside
in Jeffersonville, Ind., where
John is an engineer for General
Electric and Tara is a reporter for
The Evening News and The Tribune.
Amber (Hicks) Weatherford ’05
and her husband, Tyler, are the
parents of a daughter, Addison
Renee, born April 30, 2010.
Noelle Steele ’06 played the role
of Laurey in the Footlite Musicals
presentation of Oklahoma! for
two weeks in March 2010. She is
a resident of Greenfield, Ind.
Lisha (DePlanty) Town ’06 and
her husband, Travis, are the
parents of a son, Austin Michael,
born June 6, 2009.
Trent Dahlstrom ’09 and his wife,
Whitney, are the parents of a son,
Grayden Ross, born April 14,
2010. The family resides in
Carmel, Ind.
Rachel M. Pollert ’09 and Clinton
Tyler Blish married on March 6,
2010. She works for Mark Dennis
& Co., CPA. He is employed by
The Andersons Inc. They reside
in Seymour, Ind.
In this archival photo, Ced Cox ’57 and his wife, Jane (Stout) Cox ’57, listen
to a classmate speak at the Old Gold Luncheon during Homecoming 2006.
For he’s a jolly good fellow
A group of American Baptist Churches associate staff members,
including pastors, education ministers, music ministers and youth
ministers from across Indiana, recently held a special event in
recognition of former Franklin College Director of Church Relations
Ced Cox ’57.
Event organizer Steve Newman, father of current student Andrew
Newman ’11 and music minister for First Baptist Church of Terre
Haute, coordinated collection efforts with the associate staff members
who helped purchase 50 new Bibles for community use in Richardson
Chapel. Former colleagues and friends surprised Cox with a gathering
and gift presentation in his honor at the chapel in April. Campus
minister David Weatherspoon accepted the Bibles on behalf of the
college, and college president Jay Moseley shared several memorable
stories about Cox and his connections to the school.
Franklin College awarded Cox an honorary doctorate of divinity
in 2001 in recognition of his years as a denominational leader and
educator within the American Baptist Churches. He served 25 years
as a staff member with the American Baptist Churches of Indiana and
Kentucky. Cox received a national award from the American Baptist
Churches USA in 1993, the first Kenneth L. Cober Award for Regional
Christian Education, given by the Board of Educational Ministries,
which recognized his distinguished service and achievements in that
ministry area. He served as Franklin College director of church
relations from 2002–2008.
To donate additional monies to the Bible fund in honor of Cox,
send checks payable to Franklin College, c/o Church Relations, 101
Branigin Boulevard, Franklin, IN 46131, or make donations online at
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Sara Papas ’06 and Gabrielle Kuholski ’07 stand at the ship’s rail for a photo that takes advantage of the
scenic skyline.
Waves of gratitude for alumni cruise
By Sara Papas ’06
Correspondent
Since graduating from Franklin College four years ago, professional life has gotten in the way
of staying connected to my alma mater. All of that changed on May 22, 2010, when I had the
opportunity to go on the Journalism Alumni Cruise, led by professors Ray Begovich and Dennis
Cripe.
Our group of Franklin College alumni, professors and friends traveled on Carnival’s Liberty cruise
ship to Cozumel, Mexico, Grand Cayman Islands and Ocho Rios, Jamaica. While in the ports of call,
the group had many excursion options, so many that it was hard to choose!
My personal journey started with a tour of the Mayan Ruins of Tulum in Mexico. On the Grand
Cayman Islands, I was off to visit island favorites, such as a turtle farm, and the spectacular Seven
Mile Beach. Finally, in Jamaica I took a boat ride to Dunn’s Waterfall, where I climbed up a staircase
while admiring a series of breathtaking waterfalls cascading down hundreds and hundreds of feet.
While it was thrilling to experience the Western Caribbean, I also enjoyed spending time with my
fellow travelers on the cruise ship.
The group had formal meals every night on the ship. After dinner on the night before our
first port of call, Cripe held a photography workshop and offered tips on how to take quality
pictures. Once the group visited all the ports of call, Cripe viewed our photos and critiqued them
via an onboard laptop computer screen. The group then held an open discussion to review the
photography lessons learned.
Begovich was available to assist Franklin College alumni review their current journalism articles
and provide helpful advice.
On board, the group enjoyed many cruise ship activities together. The cruise’s magician,
comedian, hypnotist and musical revue provided hours of entertainment. The beauty of traveling
with our group was the constant camaraderie and the ability to reconnect and share college
memories. Having the opportunity to visit with alumni and professors reminded me of how much
I miss Franklin College, and how much more I’d like to become involved in alumni opportunities.
The ’20s
Mildred J. Sargent ’26 died
Nov. 27, 2009. She attended
the First Baptist Church in
Indianapolis and had been
employed as an executive
secretary at the Indiana Baptist
State Convention headquarters.
She was preceded in death by
her husband, C. Lawrence.
Survivors include a daughter,
two granddaughters and three
great-grandchildren. She was a
resident of Percy, Ill.
The ’30s
Russell A. Pavy ’38, Ph.D.,
died April 1, 2010. He pastored
churches in California, Colorado,
Iowa and Pennsylvania. He
moved to Leisure World Seal
Beach in 1978 to pastor the
Baptist Church for 20 years.
At the time of his death he served
as pastor emeritus. Survivors
include his wife of nearly 69 years,
Doris, three grown children, 13
grandchildren and 11 greatgrandchildren.
He had lived in
Southern California for the last
40 years.
The ’40s
Chelsea L. Lawlis ’40 died
May 10, 2010. After his
graduation from Franklin
College, he went on to earn
master’s and doctoral degrees in
history from Indiana University.
He taught for 11 years at
Indiana’s Carlisle High School
and for 27 years at Vincennes
University. During WW II, he
served in the U.S. Army in the
South Pacific. He was preceded
in death by his wife, Dorothy.
Survivors include three sons,
10 grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren.
He was a resident
of Indianapolis.
Ruth R. (Roadcap) Overocker
’40 died May 30, 2010. She held
a bachelor’s degree in social
work and during World War II
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worked for the Red Cross. She
met her future husband, Bill, at
the Fort Wayne Service Man’s
Club when he cut in to dance
with her; the dance continued for
52 years until his death in 1999.
The couple traveled extensively
throughout Europe and the
Middle East for Bill’s work with
the Army. They later made Lake
Bluff, Ill., their permanent home.
There, she worked for the local
children’s home, helping families
with adopted newborns. She also
served on many Lake Bluff
committees and sang in the choir
for more than 30 years. Survivors
include two grown children, three
grandchildren and two greatgrand-children.
James Russel “Russ” Settle ’40
died April 4, 2010. He and his
three sisters were raised at the
Indiana Masonic Home in
Franklin after the death of their
father when Russ was 10. After
graduating high school at the
Masonic Home, he attended
Franklin College. He entered the
Army Air Corps in 1943, trained
as a P-51 fighter pilot and then
transferred to B-17 bombers.
His aircraft was shot down on his
second mission, and the crew
evaded capture for a month
before becoming a prisoner of
war in Stalag Luft III for the
remainder of World War II.
He and his wife, Dorothy, later
settled in Indianapolis, where in
1951 Russ bought the Red Key
Tavern. Russ participated in the
59th anniversary celebration of
the Red Key on April 2, 2010.
Russ had long been an advocate
for children through fundraising
for the Pleasant Run Children’s
Home and the Children’s Bureau
of Indianapolis. He was honored
with the Sagamore of the Wabash
in 1990 for his community service
and was a 60-year member of the
American Legion. Survivors
include six grown children,
nine grandchildren and five
great-grandchildren. He was a
resident of Indianapolis.
The ’50s
Nancy A. (Fisher) Adams ’54
died May 12, 2010. She was a
homemaker and a nursing
home specialist at Columbus
Regional Hospital. She enjoyed
membership at First Christian
Church, P.E.O. and Research
Club. She also enjoyed playing
bridge, reading, knitting and
stamping. Survivors include her
husband of 56 years, Robert ’58,
and a son. She was preceded in
death by two children. She was a
resident of Columbus, Ind.
The ’60s
Ronald Montgomery ’62 died
April 17, 2010. He held a master’s
degree in social services from
Indiana University and was a graduate
of the Smith College School
of Social Work. He received a
doctorate degree in social welfare
in 1980 from Brandeis University.
His career experience included
serving as assistant professor of
sociology at Franklin University of
Ohio, assistant professor of social
work at Rhode Island College and
director/associate professor of the
social work program at Illinois
State University. He also was a
coordinator of undergraduate
education and an associate
professor at the Indiana University
School of Social Work. From 1980
until his retirement, he was a
family therapist. He was a past
recipient of the Community
Service Award of Greater
Indianapolis, a Children’s Bureau
Fellowship and a Veterans Affairs
Fellowship; he served in the U.S.
Air Force as an airman first class.
Survivors include his sweetheart
of 20 years, Linda, five children
and 10 grandchildren. He was
preceded in death by five siblings
and a granddaughter.
William “David” Harrison ’63
died April 12, 2010. After his
Franklin College graduation, he
was employed by Shell Oil Co.
The company transferred him to
California in 1968. Later, he was
employed by Jay Carr Sales,
owned several service stations
and most recently worked for
Sentinel Manufacturing as a sales
representative for 24 years. When
his sons were young, he enjoyed
coaching baseball and soccer.
He also loved gardening.
Survivors include his wife of
47 years, Cindy, three sons and
six grandchildren. He was a
resident of Upland, Calif.
Jerry Greenlee ’67 died March
20, 2010. He held graduate
degrees from Indiana University
and taught social studies for
39 years for the Bartholomew
Consolidated School Corp. in
Columbus, Ind. In the summers,
he was an inspector for Indiana
Crop Improvement Association of
Lafayette for more than 30 years,
and, in retirement, Jerry was a
GED instructor at the Career
Resource Center in Nashville.
Survivors include his wife, Jan,
a brother and several nieces and
nephews. He was a resident of
Nashville, Ind.
Roger F. Mock ’67 died May 14,
2010, following a two-month
illness from complications of
venous thrombosis, that resulted
in septic shock. Roger graduated
from Franklin College with a
degree in chemistry. He then
completed a year of graduate
work in mathematics at Southern
Illinois University before serving
in the Army during the Vietnam
War. He later joined his family’s
company, the Medical Business
Bureau of Chicago, where he
worked for 15 years. He next
worked as an editor of legal textbooks
and then at the Chicago
Mercantile Exchange for seven
years, spending his time crunching
numbers and training interns.
His last job was tutoring in math
and English at Truman College,
where there is a largely immigrant
student body. He found
helping young people achieve the
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American Dream very gratifying.
Roger’s interests included
theater, astrology, travel and
films. He was a lifetime member
of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity
and the 12th member of the
Mock family to attend Franklin
College. He was a resident of
Evanston, Ill. Survivors include
his sister, Sandra (Mock)
Napolitan ’60, and her husband,
James, a Franklin College
Trustee. Roger was a resident of
Evanston and Chicago, Ill.
James D. Crouch ’74 died Aug. 7,
2009. His career experience
included serving as general
manager of the Comfort Inn in
Annapolis, Md. He was a proud
member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon
fraternity and a supporter of the
national organization. He was a
resident of Severna Park, Md.
Friends of
Franklin College
Stanley Merlyn Dodgson died
May 31. He was a retired
American Baptist pastor, having
served at South Bend First Baptist
Church for 11 years. He also was
a teacher. He attended William
Jewell College and Colgate
Rochester Crozer Divinity School.
He was a faithful annual donor to
Franklin College for more than
30 years in addition to his family’s
generous support of the health
and wellness center, which bears
the Dodgson name. Survivors
include his wife, Ruth, three
grown children, four grown
stepchildren, nine grandchildren
and siblings Dr. Kenneth
Dodgson ’46, Dr. Wilfred B.
Dodgson ’46 and Lucille
(Dodgson) Mayo ’52. Other
survivors include sister-in-law
Sally (Lewis) Dodgson ’50, Ph.D.
He was a resident of South Bend,
Ind.
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Donor profile
Leaving an indelible mark
By Amy (Kean) VerSteeg ’96
Editor
Alumni leave their mark at Franklin
College in myriad ways, from initiating
traditions and founding campus
organizations to holding records in
athletics and funding scholarships and
facilities. Others, like husband Todd
Bemis ’84 and wife Kim (Lafary) ’84,
make an indelible impact by including
Franklin College in their estate plans.
Their recent decision to revisit their will
and include Franklin College will help
future generations of students while
providing them immediate tax benefits.
“To be part of the college’s 175-year
history is a neat thing,” said Todd. “We
have a lot of pride for Franklin College
because of the lifelong friends we made
and the sense of community we still feel
when we go to events. We’re blessed we
ended up there.”
Both Todd and Kim were transfer
students; she relocated from Florida to be
closer to family, and he transferred from a
university that wasn’t the right fit. Todd
knew of Franklin College because his older
sister, Holli (Bemis) Terrell ’83, was
enrolled and having a great experience.
It didn’t take long for Kim and Todd to
make friends and get involved on campus.
She joined Pi Beta Phi sorority and worked
as a student ambassador for the
Admissions Office, and he joined Sigma
Alpha Epsilon fraternity and participated
in student government and intramurals.
While Kim, a business major, and Todd,
a chemistry and biology double major,
knew of each other, their first formal
introduction was a blind date set up by
lifelong friend Amy (Breedlove) Walker
’84, who arranged for the couple to attend
a dance. The dance has continued for
more than two decades, as Kim and Todd
have been married 25 years.
Their commitment to each other and
their family is mirrored in their business
philosophy. The couple own Johnson
County-based Bemis Group, a company
specializing in land development, design
and construction.
“Our business is relationship-driven,”
said Todd. “Our philosophy is to make
sure we’re constantly communicating and
staying personally involved with our clients
from the beginning of a project to the
end. Our goal is to exceed expectations.”
Residential and commercial projects
throughout central Indiana stand as
testament to the company’s rock-steady
reputation and good work. Todd and
Kim are particularly proud of their
company’s involvement in several projects
on the Franklin campus, ranging from
remodeling at the President’s Home and
the Andrews-Dietz Faculty/Staff House to
renovating the basement of Cline Hall and
the interior of Richardson Chapel.
Currently, Bemis Group is involved in
constructing a new art studio in the
Johnson Center for Fine Arts and
reconfiguring Hamilton Library to better
serve students.
The student-centered approach to
liberal arts education weighed positively
on Kim’s Franklin experience and helped
shape life as it is today.
“Living with diverse people, getting
involved in group projects and having to
debate issues with classmates on the
opposite side of the fence helped us see
the world as a place bigger than our own
backyard,” recalled Kim. “The whole
college experience took our lives in a
different direction; it broadened our
horizons.”
“Life’s come full circle,” said Todd.
Today, the couple enjoy hosting former
classmates and out-of-town friends in their
home during Franklin College’s
Homecoming weekend. The couple also
attend college theater productions and
tailgate with the Touchdown Club. Having
Brooks ’12, one of their two sons, enrolled
at Franklin and playing on the football
team is giving the couple an opportunity
to enjoy the college in new ways. Recently,
Todd also accepted a voluntary leadership
position with the Alumni Council.
“We need to make sure Franklin College
lasts another 175 years,” said Todd.
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Meet Amanda McIntosh ’10:
Recent grad, new donor
During her senior year, McIntosh was president
of Student Foundation, an organization that
emphasizes community-minded servant leadership
and entrusts members to recruit qualified peers to
help with raising scholarship funds and building
goodwill among students and alumni. It is tradition
for the Student Foundation president to help lead
the senior class campaign, called Pledge to Stay
Connected. The college asks seniors for a pledge
to the Franklin Fund for Scholarships of either
$10 a year for four years or $5 the first year,
$10 the second, $15 the third and $20 the fourth.
The first payment isn’t due until June 30 of the
year after they graduate. At press time, 58 percent
of the 2010 class had made the pledge. Keep
reading to learn more about McIntosh and why
she’s motivated to keep her pledge.
Most influential professor: “There were two,
Bonnie Pribush and Tom “Doc” Howald ’64.
Bonnie’s classes really get students motivated to do
great things on campus and in the community;
she teaches life lessons, on top of leadership skills
and theories.
“I admire Doc’s commitment to and respect for
Franklin College; he really cares about the mission.
More importantly, he really cares about students;
you can see it through the way he teaches and
advises.”
Best part of the Franklin experience: “The people
on campus made my four years at Franklin College
the best years of my life so far. I have never seen
a group of people work so well together. From
the students to the maintenance crew, everyone
seems to be on the same page when it comes to
contributing to the Franklin experience.”
Career: Hired as an admissions counselor for
Franklin College and making plans to attend
graduate school for a degree in higher education
administration.
Pledges to Stay Connected because: “It takes
students and alumni to keep the college strong.
It’s like a domino effect: One student receives a
scholarship funded by generous alumni. Then,
after that student graduates, he or she donates
money to help pay for scholarships for a new
student, and that cycle keeps going and going.
I want to carry on that tradition.”
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Seven students will pack their bags
this summer and travel abroad to
study, volunteer and explore other
cultures. Shannon Egold ’12 will
engage in cultural immersion
and service work in Costa Rica.
Kyle Baird ’11, Monica Planalp ’11
and Jordan Tichenor ’11 will intern
and volunteer at a hospital in Kenya.
Jenna Oliver ’11 and Joe Hall ’12 will
take language and culture classes in
Spain, and Matt Foreman ’11 will
study language in Germany. All the
students received help preparing for
travel abroad through Franklin
College's International Studies
Office. Several were part of the
college’s Intercultural Honors
Experience program. All abroad
students received donor-funded
scholarships to help with their
expenses. We’re proud that Franklin
College will be represented around
the world by these students.