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p.16 Sarah Mitchell believes a positive attitude and working with the community is key to success. The M.S.M. graduate recently became the new city planner for the City of Richmond.

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In This Edition04 Dire Skates Richmond’s Roller Derby team includes three women affiliated with IU East who have a strong passion for community, health and serving as a positive role model.

06 She had firsts Rhonda Alexander paved the way for IU East women’s basketball players to follow.

09 Basketball Schedules Men’s and Women’s.

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10 Q and A with new AD Joe Griffin. 12 Chasing the Dream IU East student Ashley Keller gets dream job through internship.

14 Students Experience Argentina Study abroad trip provides research opportunities.

16 Sarah Mitchell For Richmond’s city plan- ner, being positive is key.

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DIRE SKATESRichmond’s Roller Derby team includes three women affiliated with IU East who have a strong passion for community, health and serving as a positive role model.

aking a break and getting water from her bottle, Jessika Griffin looks on as her teammates warmed up for another hour of practice on a late Sunday afternoon. Already red faced and sweaty, the mom of two was ready to get back to practice skating, where members of Richmond’s Dire Skates were working on drills to develop their technique and skills. The rhythmic sound of skate wheels spinning around the wooden track, calls of encouragement and directions, filled the roller rink.

The Richmond Dire Skates are members of the Women’s Flat Track Derby Association. The roller derby team was founded in January 2010 by Gina Shinn, Emily Ross, Chrisanne Austin, and Trudi Weyermann.

There are about 20 women who are members of the Dire Skates. Three of them are affiliated with Indiana University East.

IU East alumnae Jenn Hartman, ’12, and Jessika Griffin, ’10, celebrated their one-year anniversary in June as members of the team.

The third is Weyermann, dean of Distance Education and associate vice chancellor for IU East’s Center for Teaching and Learning. Known as the “enTRUdir,” Weyer-mann said she wanted to do roller derby because she had just turned 40 and she wanted to do something different.

IU East alumni, faculty, staff and students are involved in their communities in several different ways, whether it is through leading community-service initiatives and educational programs, or volunteering their time for organizations and schools. Being a part of the Dire Skates is another way that these three women have found a way to be part of their community outside of work.

“We value that we give back to the community and serve as positive female role models,” Weyermann said. “Roller derby isn’t all aggres-sion and tattoos. The girls who skate come from all walks of life. They are mothers, daughters, students, nurses, teachers, etc. It’s a real sport. And we raise money for many community organizations.”

Hartman graduated from IU East with a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education. She is a library paraprofessional at Elizabeth Starr Academy. She is known as “Jenocide.” Griffin received her English literature

“Joining the team has allowed me to meet and become part of a group of strong women who are constantly looking for ways to improve themselves. It has allowed me to push myself to athletic limits that I didn’t know were possible.

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degree from IU East and has been an adjunct instructor of English since 2008. Currently, she is working on her Doctorate of Higher Education at Ball State University and she also teaches part-time at the university in Muncie as well as at Ivy Tech Community College. Her Dire Skates name is “Bilbo Stabbins.”

“I was invited to watch a bout last year and it just looked fun. I’ve met a lot of great women. Roller derby is a com- munity of really great, strong women,” Griffin said.

Hartman said she stumbled across the Dire Skates on social media a few years after the team was established.

“I investigated a little more and found out someone I knew was on the team. She suggested I join. At the time, I decided to put my education first,” Hartman said. “Derby is the one thing I go out and do for myself and it provides a way for me to be active in my community. We do a lot of community work and I find that aspect to be rewarding.”

The women serve as role models. Members of the team volunteer their time to visit organizations, such as YMCA Summer Day Camp or Girls, Inc., to talk to kids about being fit and healthy or how to be active in their community.

dditionally, every game the Dire Skates hosts at the Kuhlman Center or The Skate raises funding for a local organization including Genesis Women’s Shelter, HELP the Animals Shelter, Richmond Shakespeare Festival, Reid Hospital & Health Care Services Foundation initiative BRAvo! or they have supported Habitat for Humanity, City

Fit, City Life, and Octoberfest. Each of the community events they attend, they also raise awareness about roller derby.

For Weyermann, Hartman and Griffin, being part of the team

is also about improving their physical fitness and mental toughness.

“I found that the girls are really great. They are my sisters! I have lost 25 pounds, and my son gets to see strong female role models. I also get to play a role in giving back to my community,” Weyermann said.

Griffin added that roller derby is empowering.

“It’s an empowering place to be. Physically, it’s pushing my limits and pushing me out of my comfort zone. We literally fall and pick ourselves back up. Roller derby teaches us to do that,” Griffin said.

Hartman agreed. In addition to practicing with the team, they skate and exercise on their own time. Hartman, as well as others, adds strength training to the routine.

“You push yourself to the limit. A few years ago I would never have done derby. It’s a confidence booster and a very rewarding experience,” Hartman said.The team practices every Wednesday and Sunday. The schedule is nearly year-round with the fall season com-ing to a close with the last game held Nov. 15 versus A-Town Roller Derby out of Anderson, Ind. The team will host tryouts for new members in November/December before picking up their practice schedule again in Janu-ary and their first game in February. Anyone is welcome to attend tryouts. Members of the Dire Skates also work with and support a co-ed youth team, The Skate Aways, for kids ages 8-17. Kids are welcome to attend practices on Sundays.

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“WE WALKED IN THERE, AND OUR GUYS SAID, ‘WE HAVE A GIRL. IS THAT OK?’” ALEXANDER RECALLED. “THE OTHER TEAM SAID, ‘LET US ASK OUR ATHLETIC DIRECTOR.’ AND THEY SAID, ‘IT WILL BE FINE, NO PROBLEM, BUT OUR GUYS AREN’T GOING TO TAKE IT EASY ON HER.’ OUR GUYS SAID, ‘WE WOULDN’T WA N T T H AT A N Y WAY. ”

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honda Alexander had no intention of making history. She just wanted a game of hoops.

However, when Alexander stepped on the court to represent Indiana University East against the University of Cincinnati Clermont on Feb. 14, 1991, she became the first documented IU East

women’s basketball player to take part in an intercollegiate contest.

And she did it playing for an IU East men’s team against an all-male opponent.

“We walked in there, and our guys said, ‘We have a girl. Is that OK?’” Alexander recalled. “The other team said, ‘Let me ask our athletic director.’ And they said, ‘It will be fine, no problem, but our guys aren’t going to take it easy on her.’ Our guys said, ‘We wouldn’t want that anyway.’”

“I stole the ball once and they (UC Clermont) knew - this girl can play.”

Alexander says she was one of two women’s players who practiced with what became the 1991 IU East men’s basket-ball team, but was the only one of the two who could make the trip to Glen Este High School in Cincinnati for the game against UC Clermont.

The matchup against UC Clermont represented IU East’s first intercollegiate contest in about a decade. The school fielded respectable club teams throughout the 1970s, but the program had withered away by the early 1980s.

The IU East student newspaper, then called “The New Voice,” reported the 1991 team consisted of the top players from the school’s intramural league.

Alexander, who at the time was a year away from complet-ing her Bachelor of Science in Education at IU East, knew many of the men’s players from a mixed softball league. There had never been a women’s basketball club team at IU East - the first one would be formed in 1996 (see sidebar). When Alexander received invitations to take part in the practices and scrimmages leading up to the first game, she happily accepted.

“(IU East) was trying to get a club team started up again,” Alexander remembered. “They had a lot of scrimmages and

played against some men’s league teams in town to get some experience for guys interested in joining the team if they had one the next year. The guys on the team would tell us when they were going to play over at Earlham or down at the YMCA.”

From Indiana to Alabama to Atlanta to Indiana to ArizonaThe game at UC Clermont was one of hundreds in Alexander’s basketball history.

Alexander played basketball at Randolph Southern High School, a short drive up U.S. 27 from IU East. She graduated from Randolph Southern High School in 1974.

After a few years pursuing a career as a jockey - she grew up around horses - Alexander resumed her organized basketball career at South Georgia College.

From South Georgia, Alexander moved on to Troy State Univer-sity in Alabama (now NCAA Division I program Troy Univer-sity), where she played through 1984.

fter her 1983-84 season at Troy State, Alexander tried out for the Atlanta Comets, a team in the Women’s American Basketball Association, a start-up women’s professional basketball league.

“I tried out,

made the team,” Alexander said. “We played a couple of exhibition games against teams from Chicago and North Carolina. But after that, they told us there wasn’t any money and the team would have to fold.”

Alexander says she returned to Troy State but was told her time with the Comets rendered her ineligible for NCAA competition.

She headed back to Atlanta and took classes at Georgia State University. An opportunity to work and go to school at IU East brought her back to East Central Indiana.

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After competing her degree at IU East, Alexander taught and coached at Tri-Village High School in Ohio, at Conners-ville High School about 25 miles southwest of IU East, and at Richmond High School.

She also started an Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) summer league team that placed second in the state of Ohio.

In the early 2000s Alexander got an opportunity to move to Tucson, Ariz.

“It’s perfect for riding horses,” Alexander said. “No ice. No snow. Love the climate.”

There are still connections to the Richmond area. Alexan-der’s cell phone still has an East Central Indiana area code.

And there are still connections to basketball. Alexander stayed active in coaching, instructing at summer camps for powerhouse programs like Duke University, Arizona State University and the University of Arizona.

She still plays basketball every other week with students and teachers at the school where she taught in Tucson.

The loudest cheersAlexander and about a dozen other IU East students drove through a dark and snowy night to the east side of Cincin-nati for that first game in February of 1991.

The fledgling IU East team lost 125-72 to the well-estab-lished Clermont squad.

A detailed recap of the game in the “New Voice” written by Mike Moffett, the newspa-per’s managing editor, reported, “One of the highlights for IU East was the play of Rhonda Alexander.”

The article continued, “Her insertion in the first half brought a few snickers from the crowd, but she more than showed the fans that the court was not strictly a man’s domain.

“With 2:25 to go in the game, Alexander ... dropped one through the hoop on a free throw to give IU East its 64th point. Later she canned a ‘3’ that prompted the loudest cheers of the night from the 40 or so brave souls who at-tended the contest.”

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Alexander said she contributed to several more IU East baskets when UC Clermont went to a “double-team the girl” defense, and she passed over, around and through the defenders to set up easy IU East points.

“When they tried to double-team me, that made me feel better,” Alexander said.

Alexander was asked the differences playing against the men. At the time, she answered, “They let them foul a little more,” according to the “New Voice” article.

Now, she says she gave as good as she got.

“I had two or three fouls,” she said. “I enjoyed playing defense. That was my favorite part of the game. I made sure they didn’t get any easy baskets, even though I’m 5-foot-2 and at the time 100 pounds.”

There will be a lot of IU East women’s basketball “firsts” in the coming months as the school tips off its inaugural NAIA season. The 2014-15 season represents the first chapter in a story with a fascinat-ing 23-year-old prologue and a forebear who had no idea she was authoring the first pages of IU East’s women’s basketball story.

“I just wanted to play!” Alexander said. “That’s all it was. I didn’t mean to be the first anything. I just love basketball. I enjoy the game and the competition.”

FOOTNOTES1* Alexander roomed with Monique Ferguson, the sister of IU East audio/visual services specialist Alvin Ferguson. Alexander says she and Ferguson were the first inter-racial roommates in the school’s history.

2* Alexander is one of very few people who can say they coached both of East Central Indiana’s Miss Basketball winners - Rich-mond’s Lisa Shepherd in 1997 and Conners-ville’s April McDivitt in 1999.

3* In an interesting bit of foreshadowing, the “New Voice” article reports the IU East team used the nickname “Lobos” for this one game. IU East teams had used the nickname “Pioneers” since the school’s founding in 1971 and, after this game, would continue to use the “Pioneers” nickname through 2008. That is the year IU East adopted the current nickname, “Red Wolves.” “Lobos,” of course, means “Wolves” in Spanish and is a common sports team nickname.

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November11 Wilberforce University 8 p.m. 22 Spring Arbor University 1 p.m.

December6 Carlow University 12 p.m.16 Taylor University 6 p.m.

January10 University of Rio Grande 11 a.m.20 Brescia University 6 p.m.25 Alice Lloyd College 1 p.m.27 Indiana University Southeast 8 p.m.

February5 Indiana University Kokomo 6 p.m.8 Point Park University 1 p.m.

Women’s Home GamesMen’s Home GamesNovember11 Wilberforce University 6 p.m.18 Mount Vernon Nazarene Univ. 7 p.m.

December6 Carlow University 2 p.m.30 Indiana Institute of Technology 7 p.m.

January10 University of Rio Grande 1 p.m.20 Brescia University 8 p.m.25 Alice Lloyd College 3 p.m.27 Indiana University Southeast 6 p.m.

February5 Indiana University Kokomo 8 p.m.8 Point Park University 3 p.m.

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A sense of pride resonates through the phone line as Dave Johnson reminisces about the the players on the first Indiana University East women’s basketball club team.

“The girls were just playing for love of game,” said Johnson, who organized and coached the school’s first women’s basket-ball club squad during the 1996-97 school year. “We had really good kids and pretty good team chemistry.”

Johnson was a volunteer assistant basketball coach for IU East’s men’s basketball club team during the 1995-96 school year when the school’s activities director, Mike Day, BS’95, ap-proached him with the idea to start a women’s team.

Johnson had a few months to put together a team for the 1996-97 school year all while working full-time at Visteon in Conners-ville and taking classes at IU East.

“I basically had to start fresh and start recruiting,” he said. “There were no scholarships or anything like that. I went to a high school regional tournament game and recruited my first player from seeing the player’s picture on her dad’s spirit button.

“I was desperate to find any kind of basketball player.”

Johnson fielded a roster with a mix of players directly out of high school and older players, including a 35-year-old with a family who played in nearly every game.

Johnson said the core players were Amanda Burton (Conners-ville High School - the one identified by her father’s spirit but-ton), Michelle Lucas (Centerville High School), Traci Poindexter (Northeastern High School), Scheron Chappell (Richmond High School), Marilou Hodgkin (the aforementioned 35-year-old with a family) and Tiffani Lewellen (Lincoln High School).

The team practiced at the Richmond Senior Center and played many games at Lincoln High School in Cambridge City because Tiffani Lewellen’s father, John, was the varsity coach at Lincoln.

The team posted a respectable first-year record of 6-12. John-son says the highlight was a win against Asbury College - the same school now known as Asbury University that is one of IU East’s main present-day rivals.

“They beat us pretty good down there, and their coach didn’t say, ‘Good game,’ but just, ‘Safe trip home.’ I thought it was a put-down,” Johnson said. “So when they came here, that was the motivating speech. I really wanted to beat them.”

Johnson began the 1997-98 school year as the IU East women’s coach, but was reassigned to the men’s team after a few games after a shakeup on the men’s coaching staff.

IU East offered a women’s basketball team for a few more years, but by the time the school joined the National Associa-tion of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) in 2007, the program was just a memory. IU East will field an NAIA women’s basket-ball team for the first time during the 2014-15 school year.

Johnson completed his bachelor’s degree in general studies in 1999. He coached at IU East through 2001 and later coached for multiple high school programs in the area. You might know him as “DJ Coach,” a well-known DJ in the Richmond area.

His salute to the 1996-97 IU East women’s basketball club team still rings true today.

“Six wins may not sound like many,” he wrote after the 1997 season, “but ask anyone associated with first year programs, and they’ll tell you it is a great accomplishment. The women sacrificed their time for practice and scheduled their social life around basketball events to represent the university. They deserve all the accolades of their peers, because they have represented Indiana University East with class.”

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Question: Tell us about where you grew up, the sports you played, and your career in athletics.

Joe Griffin: I originally grew up in northern Maine. I played a lot of sports there. In high school I played soccer and basketball, men’s volleyball, track and field, baseball … really a little bit of everything. It was a small school where everybody does everything. I went to college at Cedarville University (in Ohio), where I played one year of college soccer. I attended Georgia State University in downtown Atlanta, where I got my master’s degree. I was in Atlanta for 23 years (at Atlanta Christian College, now Point University), in Dallas, Texas for a year (at Dallas Christian College), and the last seven years at Simpson University.

Q: Tell us about what it was like at Simpson University.

JG: Hot! The weather was extremely hot. At Simpson we were growing the program. That was the emphasis the university gave us, and we took that and ran with it. We more than doubled the number of student-athletes and the quality of the programs. The athletic department GPA was raised. We upped our graduation rate and retention rate. So really the quality of everything we did was raised during the time we were there.

Q: I saw you in the gym during the first IU East home volleyball match this fall and I remember thinking, ‘Wow, you came all the way from California.’ Why the big move?

JG: It was time to get closer to family. Most of our family is in the Midwest or on the east coast. We wanted to get in the same time zone they were. It just so happened that the IU East job opened up and happened to be in Richmond, which happened to be my in-laws’ hometown.

Q: Talk about your expectations for IU East student-athletes and coaches.

JG: The main thing we want is to make sure the athletes develop academically and everything else outside of their sport. That is the most important thing. Sports-wise, I want to be big in our confer-ence. I want to be in that 1-2-3 spot in the conference as a whole (all-sports standings). So we need to have everything elevated, get to where men’s basketball and volleyball have been. We want to

be successful. So I will push the coaches to recruit and work hard. (Recruiting) is hard work. It is time consuming, but we want to get athletes who are the right athletes, the right fit, the ones who want to get better. Those are the ones we want to be Red Wolves.

Q: What are the improvements you want to see from the program as a whole?

JG: We need (on-campus) facilities eventually. Some are down the road, part of one-year, three-year, five-year and 10-year plans. We do have a cross country course. I have talked to the cross country coach to see what we can do to make the cross country course into THE course in the Richmond area, where everybody wants to come run our course. Some things, not high-dollar, but some things to spruce it up a bit. The new Student Events Center will be nice for the student body as a whole - a place where the student body can get together, and for intramurals, which is well-deserved and needed on campus. But we need athletics facilities on cam-pus. The community has been great to let us use some of those in the area, but it would sure be nice to have our own.

Q: What is your message to athletes who might be considering IU East?

JG: We think IU East is a great place. There is so much potential here. I would tell a prospective athlete, we want you to come in and be part of that potential to bring us to the forefront, not only of the area but of the NAIA. When people think of quality and profes-sionalism and success, we want them to think of IU East. We have a great bunch of quality student-athletes and coaches, and I think we are at the tip of the iceberg of what we can be. This is a great little city to build in, and I just think this is a great place where a student-athlete can come and be successful.

“Inside IU East Sports” airs on Fridays statewide at 5 p.m. on Comcast Channel 81 and in Wayne County at 8:30 p.m. on Whitewater Education Television, WETV, Comcast Channel 20.

with Joe GriffinJoe Griffin began his duties as Director of Athletics at Indiana University East on August 18. Griffin came to IU East from Simpson University, where he served as Athletic Director for the past seven years. Simpson is an NAIA program in Redding, Calif. Griffin already had ties to the Richmond area. Griffin’s wife, Carla, graduated from nearby National Trail High School (Ohio). Griffin was a men’s basketball assistant coach at Earlham College during the 1993-94 school year. He also worked for Preble County Educational Services during that school year.

Griffin sat down for an extended interview during the season premiere of the “Inside IU East Sports” television show. Here are the highlights of Griffin’s conversation with “Inside IU East Sports” host Kaleb Gillock.

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Development

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LEADERSHIPProgram Guide

MANAGEMENT SERIESEach three-hour course in this series focuses on key concepts, theories, models, tools, and their applica-tions for effective workplace management. These sessions offer local, affordable, in-depth development of critical management and leadership skills. Visit iue.edu/leadership for more information on content, special pricing, and to register for these sessions.

READ TO LEAD SERIESThe Read to Lead Series provides an opportunity to read a business book in advance of the session and talk about it with other leaders. Each session will be facilitated by a member of the IU faculty or staff who is passionate about their topic. There is no charge for these sessions; they are underwritten by the School of Business and Economics. Registration is required; RSVP at iue.edu/leadership. All Read to Lead sessions include a box lunch.

THE CREATING INNOVATION SERIESThe Creating Innovation Series includes diverse sessions that explore the role of art, design, and creativity in fostering innovation. Registration is required: RSVP at iue.edu/leadership.

WORK/LIFE INTEGRATION SERIESThe Work/Life Integration Series recognizes that development does not stop at the office door and provides offerings that nurture both personal and professional development.

SPECIAL CENTER EVENTSMLK Legacy for Life in the 21st Century Thursday, January 22, 2015, 7 p.m. Vivian Auditorium, Whitewater Hall, IU EastThere is no charge for this session; it is underwritten by IU East.

Women in Leadership Friday, January 23, 2015, 9 a.m. – noon Community Room, Whitewater Hall, IU EastThere is a $75 fee for this event. Registration is required; RSVP at iue.edu/leadership.

Spring Leadership Forum Tuesday, April 21, 2015, 7:30 – 9 a.m.Vivian Auditorium, IU EastThere is no charge for this session; it is underwritten by the School of Business and Economics. Registration is required; RSVP at iue.edu/leadership.

Athena Leadership Awards DinnerWomen in Leadership Keynote Address Tuesday, June 23, 2015, 6 p.m. Forest Hills Country Club

The IU East Center for Leadership Development is sponsored by the IU East School of Business and Economics. The center is focused on enhancing the managerial and leadership capacities within the IU East service region. A primary purpose of the center is to link the academic resources of the IU East School of Business and Economics to the economic and leadership development needs of the region.

Customized Training Sessions and Consulting ServicesThe IU East Center for Leadership Development offers customized training sessions and consulting engagements on management and leadership topics. Use these services to get the development necessary to meet the specific needs of your organization. For more information contact Fredricka Joyner at fjoyner@iue.edu.

Fredricka JoynerDirector of Center for Leadership

Development & Graduate Program, IU East School of Business and Economics

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Chasing Dream

For Ashley Keller, working professionally in sports is a dream job. Keller, a senior majoring in busi-ness administration, would love to go into motor sports for a career.

This summer, Keller completed an 80-hour internship with Go Green Racing, a NASCAR

team competing in the Sprint Cup series. She fulfilled her internship requirements in just two weekends by working at the races held at the Michigan International Speedway on June 15 and the Kentucky Speedway on June 28.

“Working with Go Green Racing was honestly a dream come true,” Keller said. “When I’m not working, I’m going as a fan. I could eat, sleep and breathe NASCAR sports.”

During the races Keller was introduced to a variety of roles that went into a NASCAR event, including organization and team contracts to the uniforms and working with the media.

“It’s incredible the amount of coordination that goes into a single weekend,” Keller said. “The excitement of the atmosphere of a race weekend has such a buildup and to experience it, it’s incredible.”

Susan Brudvig, associate professor of marketing and busi-ness administration, was Keller’s faculty advisor for her internship. The School of Business and Economics offers for-credit internship opportunities for students.

Brudvig explained the process for a marketing internship, which is open to business majors, marketing minors and other interested students who have completed an intro-ductory marketing class. She said students work through the University College’s Career and Experiential Learning Coordinator, Liz Ferris, and once an internship is approved, students work with a faculty mentor to identify internship requirements in order to receive college credit.

“Internships are wonderful opportunities for students. An internship allows students to make links between the real-world and coursework. In Ashley’s case, she was able to take it one step further and focus on her personal interests and passions - auto racing and marketing,” Brudvig said.

For Keller, the internship provided real-world experience beyond her expectations. She also got to meet several of the drivers, business owners and sponsors.

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(Left) IU East student Ashley Keller, a senior business administration major, completed a marketing internship this summer with Go Green Racing.

(Bottom) Ashley Keller met Go Green Racing team driver Travis Kvapil during her internship with the NASCAR team.

“The networking has been second to none,” Keller said. She had the opportunity to meet and talk with Go Green Racing owners and driver Travis Kvapil, as well as representatives from Billy Boat Motor Sports and JD Motor Sports.

The internship with Go Green Racing is one of three experiences Keller is working on currently.

uring the summer in the eve-nings and weekends, she worked as a public relations intern with JCW Racing for winged sprint car driver Jake Waters. Now, Keller is a public relations representative as of August 1, 2014. JCW Racing

is located in central Pennsylvania. Keller works with the company by updating the website, writing news releases, posting to social media, and obtaining sponsorships. She’s also working on creating a “Hero Card” for Waters, a card with his biography and statistics to sign and pass out to fans.

She is also a motor sports and ice hockey com-

mentator for “Slicks and Sticks,” an online radio broadcast. She writes blogs about the sports, as well as features and results from area tracks such as Eldora Speedway and Winchester Speedway.

Keller has volunteered her time with the online radio broadcast for “the love of it” since March 2013. An avid ice hockey fan, the first game she provided commentary for was the Boston Bruins versus Pitts-burgh Penguins, providing updates on the games. Her assignment was to cover the game from home, providing updates as the “in-game reporter.” As a fan, she supports the collegiate hockey team at Miami Uni-versity in Ohio and professionally, the NHL team the Washington Capitals.

A native of Farmland, Ind., Keller graduated from Monroe Central High School before attending Ivy Tech Community College in Muncie. After completing her Associate of Applied Science in Office Administration degree at Ivy Tech in 2008, Keller trans-ferred to IU East to complete her bach-elor’s degree. In addition to taking classes

part-time, Keller works full-time at Richmond’s Ivy Tech in the Express Enrollment Center as a Student Support professional.

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ndiana University East students who studied abroad in Argentina this past May as part of a civilization and culture online course displayed their projects at the university’s Room 912, as part of Hispanic Heritage Month.

Twelve students visited cities including metropolitan Buenos Aires. The students toured the subtropical rain forest of Iguazú, and went horseback riding on a gaucho farm. All students completed a research project while there, May 17-24, 2014.

Dianne Moneypenny, lecturer of World Languages and Cul-tures at IU East, said students presented their artwork and research from the trip to the community through the exhibit at Room 912.

Moneypenny said the study abroad trip had an impact on students.

“The student feedback on the trip was fantastic. The trip en-hanced their classroom learning; in fact the experiences on the ground far surpassed anything I could have attempted in the classroom,” Moneypenny said.

She mentioned that some of the students had never flown, never left the country, and had never been in a taxi.

“Many now feel confident traveling abroad on their own and, by the end of the trip, some even considered seeking employment internationally after graduation. That simply would not have even been on their radar before having this experience. It was so rewarding to witness as an educator,” Moneypenny said.

ennifer Perkins, a student at IU East complet-ing her communications degree online, said she wanted to go on this trip to help her understand another culture. As a high school student, Perkins had traveled to England while studying British literature and found the experience beneficial to be immersed in the culture she was learning.

“The trip to Argentina allowed me to use knowledge I have gained from numerous classes while enrolled at IU East. Not only was I able to see and respect the history and the land from the course connected to the trip, but I also practiced my Spanish from the two semesters I have taken, worked on my nonverbal communication skills when the Spanish failed me, and relied heavily on my cultural com-munication information,” Perkins said.

Perkins said as a communication major, she focused on nonverbal communication while in Argentina.

“I listened to the rate of speech, looked at how close or far individuals stood from one another in various settings,

paid attention to the volume of speech, and noted various gestures,” Perkins said.

Teddy Criswell of New Castle, Ind. said, he wanted to go on this trip to improve his Spanish. He has taken the foreign language course in high school and college, but wanted to experience speaking and hearing Spanish in everyday life. Also, he said he is an avid outdoorsman and he wanted to visit the wingshooting capital of the world, Argentina.

While in Argentina, Criswell studied the country’s law enforcement.

“My project is about the presence of law enforcement in Argentina. I looked at the cops and how they are different and similar to ours here in the USA. The reason I chose this was because I am a criminal justice major, and it fit in well with what I am studying,” Criswell said.

While in Argentina, students toured Buenos Aires including the Plaza de Mayo, home to Casa Rosada, the Metropolitan

(Above) Twelve IU East students studied abroad in Argentina this past May as part of a civilization and culture online course. The students visited Buenos Aires and the subtropical rain forest of Iguazú, among many other destinations while there.

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(Top Photos) While in Argentina, students participated in many cultural experiences including learning how to Tango.

(Bottom) Students visited Iguazú Falls, one of the world’s widest water falls, while studying abroad in Argentina.

Cathedral, where Pope Frances practiced as well as his modest apartment building located next door, toured Eva Peron’s grave and took a Tigre River delta cruise. They attended a Tango show to learn the history of the dance and took Tango lessons.

In Iguazú the class group went to a rainfor-est animal rehabilitation center and to the point where Paraguay, Brazil, and Argentina meet.

“We hiked 10 miles through the rainforest to Iguazú Falls, one of the widest waterfalls in the world. We even did a boat ride that showered us with the falls’ water! Ponchos were for naught,” Moneypenny said. “The students loved the food, particularly the steak. At the gaucho meal, we received five different meats: sausage, blood sausage, chicken, thin steak, and an inch thick steak. We wondered when the meats would end.”

oneypenny said the travel course was possiblebecause of the support received from the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, the International Studies Committee including Executive Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs Larry Richards, Vice Chancellor of Administration and Finance Dan Dooley, Interim Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences Ross

Alexander, Director of Financial Aid and Scholarships Sarah Soper, Star Johnson from the Administration and Finance office, and gifts from Robert Starr Jordan and Eleanor Turk scholarships. (Above) Twelve IU East students studied abroad in Argentina this past May as part of a civilization and culture online course.

The students visited Buenos Aires and the subtropical rain forest of Iguazú, among many other destinations while there.

ArgentinaFAST FACTS

Population42,610,981

Capital CityBuenos Aires

Land Area 1,073,512 Square Miles2,780,400 Square Kilometers

Currency Argentine Peso (ARS)

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For Richmond’s city planner,

being positive

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arah Mitchell dreamed of building positive things when she was growing up in Richmond. She also dreamed of being patient and kind and helpful to her neighbors. For a long time, she imagined a career in architecture. Then, she discovered urban

planning as an undergraduate at Ball State. It became more than a career: It became a life’s mission. She could help build up people and their hometowns. She came back home to build parks and downtown apartments, to battle blight and negativity, to make her hometown a stellar place to live. Mitchell honed her analyti-cal, communications and planning skills through the gradu-ate program at Indiana University East. She graduated in 2013 with her Master of Science in Management. Her skills speak for themselves. As Richmond’s new city Planner, she was instrumental in helping the city win a $1.88 million grant late this summer to fight blight. That news made a big splash: The funds will pay to remove 82 abandoned and unsafe buildings.

But, the grant represented hundreds of hours of behind-the-scenes, sometimes tedious work, by manypeople. The application alone ran 2,300 pages long. Teamwork is essential for success in city planning, Mitchell points out.

Her rise to city planner earlier this year was a natural step after earning a master’s degree from IU East and proving herself inside City Hall. Her work helped land the city a $15 million grant in 2013 through the Stellar Communities program in Indiana and she’s also been at the forefront in

gaining other grants for the city.

“Sarah has been a tremendous asset to the City of Rich-mond,” says Tony Foster, executive director of the Depart-ment of Metropolitan Development. “She has worked on numerous projects that are shaping Richmond’s future and will continue to do so in her new role.” Mitchell’s passion for building things, for bettering her community, started early in life. “As a young girl, I decided I wanted to be an architect because my father and many of my family members were carpenters, masons and other construction contractors. I also had artistic skill and a pas-sion for math and science,” she says. A professional outlook report in her freshman year at Richmond High School supported her inclinations toward a career in architecture. “I shared the report with my father, who was blind, and he couldn’t be more proud,” Mitchell remembers. She credits RHS administrator Vagas Ferguson and teacher Ann Herrman for helping push her through her studies and extracurricular activities on her march toward college.

Mitchell headed off to do undergraduate work in architec-ture at Ball State in Muncie.

wo professors there, Linda Keys and Jim Segedy, helped Mitchell discover a passion for urban planning. “They were such a huge influ-ence because I could see how urban planning could positively change a community through projects they were doing,” she says.

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She returned to Richmond to do an internship with the city Planning Department as the final part of her undergraduate program. That also allowed her to help care for her seriously-ill father, Scott Mitchell Jr., who died in 2008. “He was a pretty special man,” Mitchell says. She chose to stay in Richmond to be close to family. Mitchell made an immediate impact on the city as an intern. “Her familiarity with Richmond was a benefit that allowed her to hit the ground running,” Foster says. Their teamwork quickly helped “to establish the Certified Technology Park, which brought the city $5 million,” she says.

er internship success resulted in her being offered a job with the city as planning technician. She’s thankful to Foster and Mayor Sally Hutton for their positive influences. “I cannot thank them enough for allowing me to work on projects that have a significant positive effect in the community,” Mitchell says. Her education wasn’t complete, though. She soon

started attending IU East to pursue a graduate degree. She was influenced strongly by David Frantz, dean of the School of Business and Economics, especially because of his background in nonprofits and government.

Frantz stressed “the importance of problem-solving and critical-thinking,” Mitchell remembers. “Although these are more mental habits than concepts, they require a manager to think more strategically when facing issues in the workplace or working in teams.” She also credits Frantz for stressing the importance of being open–minded to different ideas–and open to change. “In the fast-paced environment of technology, alongside the unstable financial markets, managers are under constant pressure to remain agile. This program uniquely prepared the class to be change agents with a broad knowledge base and applied skill to think and act strategically as leaders.” The graduate program also helped Mitchell in personal ways. It gave “a better understanding of myself and how I ‘tick,’” she says. The program helped her focus on being positive, on work-ing toward the future and on putting herself in a position to meet her life goals. It also offered a “greater awareness of your needs … (and) of the unique contribution you can make.”

That contribution includes helping “others make things better. I think that is the most important reason I enjoy my career path. In order to successfully achieve goals and complete tasks, I believe you must have a positive attitude. I also believe to work for the community you must be willing to work with the community.”

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(Top)Richmond’s City

Planner Sarah Mitchell works with

her boss, Tony Foster, director of metro-

politan development. Both are IU East

alumni; Mitchell is a 2013 graduate of IU East’s Master of

Science in Manage-ment program and

Foster completed his Bachelor of Science in Business Administra-

tion in 1997.

(Bottom) Sarah Mitchell works

with City of Richmond Mayor Sally Hutton on several projects

for the city. Mitchell refers to the Mayor and her boss, Tony Foster, as positive

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IU East delivers in economic development for EastCentral Indiana.

That’s not opinion. That’s a fact, backed up by numbers – and by names.

Enrollment continues to jump, jobs are growing and the university is a state leader in many measurable categories. With a school-record 4,573 students and the county’s fourth-largest employment total, the university represents an economic force.

IU East graduates also are forces in local and regional economic development.

Mindy Kenworthy was named president and CEO of Energize-East Central Indiana last May. The regional partnership of nine counties, including Fayette, Henry and Randolph, is headquartered in Muncie.

Another IU East graduate, Valerie Shaffer, has led the Economic Development Corporation of Wayne County for two years.

Both started their first public economic-development jobs at the EDC of Wayne County.

The roles, and Kenworthy’s previous jobs, mean the two cross paths. “Valerie (and EDC) is one of my member counties and, yes, we work very closely together,” Kenworthy said.

Kenworthy’s work history includes being employed from 2007-13 as new business development director for the Indiana Economic Development Corporation.

She is credited with helping Indiana add approximately 10,000 jobs during her tenure by developing deals with companies such as Amazon, Cooper Tire, Medco and Nestle.

Her efforts were recognized recently when she was given the Distinguished Hoosier Award by Gov. Mike Pence.

Kenworthy started work in 1986 on her B.S. in Business Administration degree from IU East. The university was convenient and accessible, she said.

“I attended classes from approximately 1986-92 and was a non-traditional student,” she said, noting she was a stay-at-home mother with two young daughters at the time.

She recalls George Blakey being a memorable instruc-tor. “He was everyone’s favorite,” she said.

Her direction toward economic development just hap-pened after she graduated with honors and started working with nonprofits. “I had no clear career objective in mind but believed a business degree could open up a variety of opportunities for me,” she said.

Those opportunities certainly did open up.

“Nearly 20 years later, I’m still passionate about this ca-reer choice and the broad base of courses I completed at IU East provided the foundation needed for me to continue my professional development,” she said.

“Nearly 20 years later, I’m still passionate about this career choice...

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ndiana University East celebrated the Danielson Learning Center’s 15th anniversary August 7. The center opened in 1999.

IU East hosted an open house, welcoming the com-munity, friends, students and alumni, to celebrate the center’s accomplishments and reaffirm IU East’s

dedication to provide services and promote post-secondary education in the Henry County area. The mission of the Danielson Center is to help improve the county’s economic viability and quality of life by coordinating and expanding local resources.

During the celebration, Chancellor Kathryn Cruz-Uribe and Danny Danielson spoke about the history and future of the Danielson Center. Visitors toured the building and received information on the baccalaureate degree programs offered by IU East in New Castle, including General Studies, Busi-ness Administration, and the RN to BSN.

The Danielson Center was made possible after a group of residents, now formed as the Danielson Education Council, Inc., saw the need for higher education housed within their community. Danny and the late Patty Danielson challenged

the community to raise money to build the center and the campaign raised $1 million for construction of the center. The first courses were held in fall 1999. There were 159 students enrolled for course work.

Through collaboration, IU East helps to maintain and broad-en the scope and quality of Henry County’s employment opportunities and improve the quality of life in the region.

IU East alumni Brock Davis, Trevor Jones, Kenneth A. Ritchie II and Michelle White share their stories on how the Dan-ielson Center helped them to achieve their academic and professional goals close to home.

Brock Davis, ‘14, Bachelor of Science in Business AdministrationAs a non-traditional student taking courses at the Danielson Learning Center, Brock Davis of New Castle, Ind., learned patience and perseverance.

At the time, the father of two was working full time at Ameriana Bank, located just next door to the Danielson Center. He said the classes and the material he studied made an immediate impact and he could use it in his day-to-day work.

“IU East offered many courses either at the Danielson Center or online to accommodate my work schedule,” Davis said. “I learned from professionals working in the area they were teaching. It made learning closer to real life experi-ence, and as a working student I wanted to learn from experienced professionals and not just a textbook.”

There were many lessons Davis learned as a student, but most importantly, by completing his degree he fulfilled a promise he made to his family and late mother to earn his degree.

ow the vice president of Retail Operations at Ameriana Bank, Davis implements procedures for accuracy and efficiency. He is responsible for developing analytical reporting represent-ing trends or abnormalities in consumer behavior. Additionally, he manages the training and development department regarding

procedures and Ameriana culture, he said. Davis started his career at Ameriana Bank in 2002.

Davis also volunteers as a board member for Kids R Golden, an organization that helps Henry County families facing pediatric cancer diagnosis by providing urgent relief funds

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IU East in New Castle

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IU East alumni Kenneth A. Ritchie II,

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and other support while raising aware-ness in the community for children and families battling cancer.

“It’s a great opportunity to work for a community bank located in New Castle, Ind. and gain the experience and skills many only develop through the ‘big banks’,” Davis said. “I have been given opportunities to advance my career over the years with Ameri-ana and feel very blessed.”

Trevor Jones, ‘08, Bachelor of Social WorkSince high school, Trevor Jones knew he wanted to help others. At the time, he was a junior volunteering for a peer facilitating program that mentored elementary school students.

“That is when I discovered the calling to make a difference and impact oth-ers in a positive way,” Jones said.

The New Castle native chose to attend IU East following his high school graduation. In particular, he decided to take his courses at the Danielson Learning Center because of its convenient location close to home. His mother, Sandra Jones, is also an IU East graduate and attended classes at the Danielson Center. She earned her Bachelor of Social Work degree in 2001.

Jones said that the experience he had while a student at the Danielson Center is one that made an impact.

“Every semester was a surprise. Each one brought new chal-lenges. I got to discover how strong of a person I was,” Jones said. “I was able to grow into my own skin and learn how to see the bigger picture in everyday life situations.”

In addition to his full-time job, Jones is vice president of the IU East Alumni Association Board. He first joined the board as a new graduate in 2008. He participates in several of the events hosted by the board including Red Wolf dinners, con-necting alumni with current students, IU East Alumni Night at New Boswell Brewery, and IU East’s Commencement Ceremony. Jones said being present to hand the graduates their diplomas is a good memory for him because he sees

the excitement of the graduating class, and their excitement to start their career is priceless.

Kenneth A. Ritchie II, ‘09, Bachelor of Science in BiologyKenneth A. Ritchie II, was an undergraduate with a full-time schedule in and out of the classroom. During the day, he worked full-time at the Henry County Hospital as a radiol-ogy technologist. Following his shift, he would drive three miles across New Castle to the Danielson Learning Center for evening classes in order to complete a Bachelor of Sci-ence in Biology degree.

s a direct graduate from high school, the New Castle native completed a two-year program at Reid Hospital & Health Care Services to become a certified radiologic technologist. He went to work at the Henry County Hospital and has worked there for 12 years.

“The close proximity allowed me to get to classes in the eve-ning after work. I was able to take a majority of my prereq-uisite and elective courses locally instead of having to travel to Richmond,” Ritchie said. “I learned a lot of patience, as my four-year degree plan began to morph into a eight-year degree plan. I also learned how to balance family, work, and classes being a non-traditional student,” Ritchie said.

The hard work paid off.

He was the recipient of the 2010 Naomi Osborne Award, an honor given to the graduate with the highest grade point average, and led the graduating class during the alumni induction ceremony. (As a December 2009 graduate, he is part of the 2010 graduating class.) He was also named as a 2010 Chancellor’s Scholar Award recipient for the School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics. The award is presented to the highest achieving senior, by academic school.

Ritchie also met and proposed to his wife, Elizabeth (Bales) Ritchie, at the Danielson Learning Center.

Today, Ritchie is working on his Master of Physician As-sistant Studies degree at Butler University. He will graduate with his master’s degree in May 2015. As a physician as-sistant, Ritchie will be able to provide medical services, care and treatment to patients.

“I worked as a radiology technologist specializing in CT and

MRI for many different years and decided that I wanted to be more involved in the patient’s care and treatment,” Ritchie said.

Through the program, he has completed six-week rota-tions with doctors located in Henry County including general surgery, orthopedics, emergency medicine, family medicine and internal medicine.

Once Ritchie completes his master’s degree, he plans to work in New Castle.

Michelle White, ‘06, Bachelor of Arts in Fine ArtsThe Danielson Learning Center made a difference in Michelle White’s life. White enrolled at the New Castle campus six years after graduating high school. She had grown up in Henry County, 15 miles from the center. As a single mother, in addition to working two jobs, the local campus was the most conducive option for her to pursue a bachelor’s degree.

“The Danielson Center offers small class sizes, and a closer atmosphere than a large campus. The classes are small enough that the professors know their students by name, and easily recognize if there are areas where the student struggles. The classes were small and engaging, and professors were able to spend more individual time with their students,” White said.

nce White graduated with her Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts and a Minor in Creative Writing, she went on to earn her M.B.A. from Indiana Wesleyan University. She taught business courses at the Danielson Center in the evenings, including a marketing class and a computer class. She worked as a trea-

surer for Charles A. Beard Memorial School Corporation for 14 years and she was elected to the district’s School Board of Trustees in 2012.

“All through high school, I was business oriented. I always knew I would work in business, probably in an office somewhere. Though I eventually went back for my M.B.A., I spent my undergrad years exploring a completely new side of myself that I didn’t even know existed,” White said. “I can’t imagine how different my life may have been had I not made that decision to go back to school at IU East’s Danielson Learning Center in New Castle.”

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LOVE notes

@iueast New Boswell tap room. #IUEOneBook @TobyBonwell

#iueonebookAs a part of this year’s “One Book, Many Voices” project the campus challenged stu-dents and community members to write a visual love note to their city by taking pic-tures of favorite people, places or things in their hometown. Here are just a few of the

many notes posted.

View more of the love notes at iue.edu/onebook.

One Book, Many Voices

Cardinal Greenway - No Filter @proflaforge

The view from the outside of English class... #collegelife #IUEast @angeltheanglophile

Sunday Run by Springwood Lake #iueonebook @proflaforge

@HSS_IUEast love the shirt. Thx @profla-forge. #iueonebook... @philquinn1

Great afternoon at Dougherty Orchard. Apples, cider & beginning of fall colors. @iueast #iueonebook @JasonTroutwine

Service Learning Club at Back with the Pack. @lizjohnson04

Rufus loves the book! @michellelaurieking

I love my school. #redwolf #iueast @kendraanne89

Walking at Hayes Arboretum. So peaceful. @michellelaurieking

First meeting yesterday. Walkability is important for lovable cities! @proflaforge

#iueonebook #iueast Rosalie Aldrich @IUEastCampusLibrary

Eating at Joes w/two close friends listening to live music

was so fun, one of my fave things about this town.

#iueonebook #loveyourcity @emilyjaneee16

One thing we love about Richmond is the Cardinal Greenway! @iuechanc

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campus Notes

IU East proud partner with City of Richmond, RAM in National Endowment for the Arts grant to bring cultural trail to Wayne CountyAn exciting new project focused on the regions’ rich his-tory in culture and the arts is on its way to Wayne County through a partnership between the City of Richmond, Richmond Art Museum and Indiana University East. The cultural trail will be developed as part of a National Endow-ment for the Arts (NEA) Our Town grant. Richmond is one of two cities in the state of Indiana to receive an Our Town grant in 2014; Indianapolis also received a grant.

The $50,000 grant will help fund the $211,000 two-year project that will be used to strengthen the community through the arts by establishing a cultural trail through-

out Wayne County, home to some of the oldest cultural institutions in Indiana. The cultural trail, a creative asset mapping project, will focus on the county’s deep arts and cultural heritage. Additional cash and in-kind sup-port for the grant has been provided by program part-ners and collaborators including Reid Hospital & Health Care Services, Wayne County Foundation, Wayne County Convention and Tourism Bureau and the Economic De-velopment Corporation.

For IU East, partnering on the project aligns with the university’s tie to the community and its deep commit-ment to the economic and cultural development of the region, in particular serving as a “Steward of Place.” The university will help plan and develop the cultural trail by connecting the community through discussion, activity and involvement. Fredricka Joyner, associate professor of business administration and organization behavior, is coordinating the grant and serves as the project director.

Military Friendly DesignationIndiana University East was named as a Military Friendly® School by Victory Media Inc., the premier media entity for military personnel transitioning into civilian life. The list provides service members transparent, data-driven rat-ings about post-military education and career opportunities. The 2015 Military Friendly Schools® list honors the top 15 percent of colleges, universities and trade schools that are do-ing the most to embrace America’s military service members, veterans, and spouses as students and ensure their success on campus.

This is the sixth year Victory Media has released its list of Military Friendly® Schools. The list is available at militaryfriendlyschools.com.

IU East has an estimated 190 veteran military students, of which 72 have applied to receive VA benefits.

IU East provides bachelor’s and master’s degrees for military servicemembers and their adult dependent family members. As a military friendly institution, IU East’s flexible policies provide mobile servicemembers and their families an opportunity to complete degrees rather than just accumulate course credit. Additionally, IU East helps its veteran students through the Student Veteran’s Organization which assists student service members in all areas of potential difficulty, particularly those related to academic success, the transition into civilian life and continuing military obligations.

Indiana University FoundationJames R. “Rob” Quigg of Richmond has been elected to the Indiana University Foundation Board of Directors. The IU Foun-dation maximizes private support for Indiana University by fos-tering lifelong relationships with key stakeholders and providing advancement leadership and fundraising services for campuses and units across the university.

Quigg is vice president of accounting at Richmond Baking Company in Richmond. Quigg also serves as the director of the Quigg Family Foundation, through which the family contributes to various organizations in east central Indiana. In 2007, Quigg received the Partners in Philanthropy Cornerstone Award for his outstanding service to IU East as the chairman of the suc-cessful $2.1 million Campaign for Community in 2005-06. The campaign supported nursing and science laboratories, provided scholarships, established a new Center for Entrepreneur-ship, and created The Gallery in Whitewater Hall, among other achievements. Rob and his wife, Kelli, opened the campaign by contributing the lead gift, which was followed by a major gift from the Quigg Family Foundation.The Quigg Family Founda-tion Nursing Laboratory and the Reid Hospital & Health Care Services Simulation Lab established at IU East in 2007.

Quigg graduated from Indiana University in 1993 with a bachelor’s degree in history. In 1997, he earned a certified public accountant certificate at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis.

IU East reaches historic record-breaking enrollment with over 4,500 students Indiana University East had another record-breaking enrollment with 4,573 students enrolled for the fall 2014 semester, up from 4,456 last fall. This is the seventh consecutive fall the campus has experi-enced historic enrollment growth. Since fall 2007, IU East’s headcount enrollment has doubled.

IU East’s fall headcount of 4,573 represents a 2.6 percent increase compared to last year. Students are enrolled in 42,050 credit hours this fall, a 3.8 percent increase over last year. This fall’s percent-age growth in headcount and credit hour enrollment is the largest among all IU campuses.

The new freshmen class at IU East is also the most diverse and most academically qualified that the campus has ever enrolled.

Among degree-seeking students, enrollment increased 19.5 percent for Hispanic students and 9.2 percent for African-American students. Students enrolled this fall represent 41 states, the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, 15 foreign countries, Hong Kong, and various military locations.

Paul and Pat Lingle and the Vigran Family Foundation were recognized for their philanthropy, strong sup-port and dedication to Indiana University East as 2014 inductees to the IU Presidents Circle.

Paul and Pat Lingle have given their time, counsel and financial support to further the campus and east central Indiana. They established the Lingle Scholars Program at IU East to help keep the best and brightest students in Wayne County. The four-year scholarship is offered to incoming freshmen enrolled in the Honor’s Program. Additionally, the Lingles have supported IU East through the Lingle Family Foundation, which is led by Paul, Pat and their two daughters, Julie Lingle Gardner and Laura Lingle Luth. Paul Lingle received an honorary Doctor of

Lingle, Vigran Foundation inducted to the IU President’s CircleHumane Letters from IU East and he is a member of the IU East Board of Advisors.

Stanley Vigran was a lifelong resident of Richmond. He was involved in many civic projects. He was especially instrumental in establishing IU East and is considered one of the founders of the institution. He created the Vi-gran Family Foundation to support causes in education, religion and the arts. The Vigran Family Foundation made a significant contribution to IU East and Reid Hospital & Health Care Services to create and support a medical education program in collaboration with the Indiana Uni-versity School of Medicine, providing an opportunity for IU medical students to complete their third- and fourth-year clinical clerkships in Richmond.

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IU East School of Education graduates rank among most effective teachers in the state

School of Nursing’s Master of Science in Nursing program receives accreditationThe Indiana University East School of Nursing received a five-year initial accreditation from the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) Board of Commissioners for its Master of Science of Nursing program.

The ACEN visited the campus for its site review in November 2013. The ACEN identified strengths offered by the M.S.N. program at IU East including support by university administration to address growth and meet the region’s needs for master’s prepared nurse educators and administrators.

The M.S.N. began courses in fall 2011. The program provides registered nurses with advanced practice knowledge in the areas of nursing education and nursing administration. Nurses with this advanced knowledge enhance the delivery of health care in the community and throughout the region.

For more information about the Master of Science in Nursing program, contact the IU East School ofNursing at (765) 973-8213.

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Indiana University East’s School of Education ranks as one of the top public universities producing the most effective teachers in Indiana.

The State Board of Education evalu-ated first, second, and third-year teachers based on four perfor-mance standards: highly effective, effective, improvement necessary, and ineffective. According to the State Board of Education, the 2012-2013 school year was the first year for statewide teacher evaluation and this is the first collection of baseline aggregate results.

The university had one of the highest percentages of educators

who ranked highly effective or effec-tive, although IU East had a smaller pool of graduates included in the study compared to other public and private in-stitutions of higher education. Of the 14 IU East graduates evaluated, 50 percent of its graduates were ranked highly effective and 43 percent were ranked effective.

The IU East School of Education has far more graduates who are now teach-ing from these past years. About one quarter of IU East graduates teach in Ohio or in another state while the rest remain in the area. The School of Educa-tion has had a 90 percent and above employment rate for the past two years for both the elementary and secondary

programs. In the coming years, the school anticipates a far larger number of IU East graduates be-ing counted into this report.

The School of Education prepares teachers through numerous and integrated components includ-ing depth and breadth of content knowledge, being well versed in current research and strategies about how to teach, and hav-ing strong professional beliefs. Graduates also complete an intense field experience, including pre-student teaching and student teaching.

IU East School of Nursing offers Family Nurse Practitioner programThe Indiana University East School of Nursing will offer a third concentration for its Master of Science in Nursing (M.S.N.) program. The Family Nurse Practitioner concentration will be available beginning the 2015 spring semester.

The Family Nurse Practitioner program addresses a statewide, and national, short-age of primary care providers. “Many health care providers in our area will benefit from additional nurse practitioners who can help meet the growing primary care needs of our communities. This also provides a wonderful opportunity for our nurses to continue to grow professionally,” said Dean of the School of Nursing Karen Clark.

Classes for the FNP begin January 12, 2015. More program information is available at iue.edu/nursing/msn.

The Institute of Medicine (IOM) released a special report in 2010 regarding the future of nursing. Several recommendations were made for registered nurses to engage in lifelong learning and advance their education.

“The M.S.N. program at IU East is centered on providing nurses with the education to ef-fectively lead and advance health care within their communities,” said Associate Dean for Nursing Graduate Programs Tonya Breymier.

For more information, contact Tonya Breymier, associate dean for Nursing Graduate programs, at tbreymie@iue.eduor call (765) 973-8520.

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School of Nursing’s Master of Science in Nursing program receives accreditation

Homecoming 2014 -“This Is How We Do It”

Upcoming EventsAlumni Night at New Boswell The IU East Alumni Association hosts a networking event each month. All IU East and IU alumni are welcome to connect at New Boswell Brewery, located at 410 N. 10th St. in Richmond, from 6:30-8 p.m. the second Thursday of every month.

The event includes free appetizers and beer tasting, games and prizes, and plenty of IU East and IU swag giveaways. For more information, contact the IU East Office of Alumni Relations at (765) 973-8221 or email Terry Wiesehan, director of Alumni Relations and Campus Events, at twiesaha@iue.edu.

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IU East Alumni Association hosted an “Evening with

IU East” to provide an opportunity for Indianapolis alumni

to meet others living in the area and to network. The

event was held at Cooper’s Hawk Winery & Restaurant,

located in Downtown Indianapolis.

February 12March 12April 9

May 14June 11July 9

IU East Alumni! Mark your calendar to attend this year’s Homecoming, November 10-15.

Evening with

IU East in Indianapolis

Alumna Nicole Dickson and her guest Tyler Lone talk with IU East

Chancellor Kathryn Cruz-Uribe.

November 10- Homecoming Parade, 6: 30 p.m. in the Depot.

November 11- Student Events Center Groundbreaking, 1 p.m. behind Springwood Hall.

Men’s and Women’s Basketball Games honoring military veterans, Rufus’ Birthday and Homecoming Court Introduction, starting at 6 p.m. at the Richmond High School Tiernan Center.

November 13- Campus Talent Show, 5:30 p.m., Vivian Auditorium. Student and Alumni Bonfire, 7:30 p.m. behind Hayes Hall.

November 14- Chancellor’s Medallion Dinner including Alumni Hall of Fame induction ceremony, 6 p.m. For more information contact Terry Wiesehan at 765-973-8221.

November 15- Women’s Basketball vs. Earlham College, 3 p.m. at Earlham College.

For more information on these events please visit iue.edu/homecoming.

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Congratulations to IU East graduates, Danika Allen (2009), Kory Blankley (ASN 2003 and BSN 2013) and Melissa Stevens (2005) recipients of Reid Hospital & Health Care Services 2014 Nursing Excellence Awards announced in May 2014. Reid Hospital recognized 10 nurses during the 2014 Nursing Excellence Awards Reception as part of national Nurse’s Week. The annual event celebrates all nurses who daily are on the front line of Reid’s mission of caring for patients and families.

2013Lauren Crump is now an assis-tant volleyball coach at Earlham College. She was previously an assistant coach at Clarkson Uni-versity.

Kati Felix is now a sixth grade teacher at Tri Elementary School in Straughn, Ind.

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2012Ashley E. Evans is a developmen-tal preschool teacher at Thomas A. Hendricks Elementary School.

Ambur Burgess is a kindergarten teacher at Vaile Elementary School.

2011 Brandon Krofta graduated basic training at the Indiana Law Enforcement Academy. He is now a deputy for the Wayne County Sheriff’s Department in the Enforcement Division.

Summer Martinez is the new administrative technical assistant for the IU East Office of Teaching and Learning.

2008Stephanie Marling will graduate with a Master of Library and Information Science from Kent State University in December. She was recently promoted to Senior Library Technician at Fortis College in Centerville, Ohio.

2006Katrina Norris received the 2014 Social Worker of the Year for National Association of Social Workers Indiana Chapter Region 5, covering Wayne, Union, Fayette, Blackford, Delaware, Grant, Henry, Jay, Madison, Randolph and Rush counties. Norris is the director of Fayette Regional Care Pavilion.

2001Jason Troutwine is the Vice Chancellor for External Affairs at IU East. He began his duties at IU East July 1. Formerly, Troutwine was foundation director at Reid Hospital & Health Care Services/Reid Foundation.

UPDATEyour alumni contact

information by emailingTerry Wiesehan at twiesaha@iue.edu.

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IT Game On event in Spring-wood, 2-4 pm. Check out the 3D virtual reality! @IuEast @insideUITS. September 23

Celebrating Hispanic Heritage month @iueast. Writer, filmmaker @aliceldriver speaking at 5pm in Community Room. iue.edu/blogs/hss/2014 September 22

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Cheering on @IUEast X country at our first home meet of the year. #GoRedwolves @iuered-wolves #iueast. August 29

Congrats to Paul & Pat Lingle and the Vigran Family Foundation for induction into the IU Presidents Circle. @gvigran @robquigg99 @iueast August 29

Great win at the #USOpen @venuseswilliams #GoRed-Wolves!! August 25

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Parting Shot

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IU East began work early this summer to expand the quad and to provide more space for campus events. The project includes improvements such as adding landscaping, replacing some of the inner sidewalks, light fixtures and the bridge from the Tom Raper Hall parking lot. Another addition to the quad area is the installation of sculpture pads for future artwork and a pergola.

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