University of Denver Magazine Winter 2014

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M A G A Z I N E
CELEBRATING THE
SESQUICENTENNIAL
Ofce of the Chancellor
Dear Readers: January marks the start of the University of Denvers sesquicentennial celebrationthe 150th anniversary of our founding in 1864. Over the coming year, we will look back and take stock of the vision, determination and hard work that produced the very special institution that we are today. We will honor and remember our heroes and celebrate their courage and unwavering belief in a bright future, even through dark times. We will recognize their consistent, deep commitment to absolute quality in education and to the notion of the University as a powerful engine of positive change. Today, the quality of our academic enterprise and the depth of our intellectual culture are greater than at any time in the past 150 years. We have students who are more able, engaged and diverse in many dimensions than ever before. Most of them come from places other than Colorado, and 12 percent from places other than the United States. Common to all is that theyve come to DU because of our commitment to quality and the value of the distinctive DU educational experience. Recently, Kiplingers ranked the University of Denver 53rd among all private universities for value, dened as the quality of the student academic experience relative to its cost. Our faculty and staff are the real drivers behind that quality and value, and today we have 777 appointed full-time faculty members, and just under 600 part-time faculty members, for an overall student-to-faculty ratio of 11-to-1 across all our programs, undergraduate and graduate. We believe that our intellectual culture is also dened by community and by place. Over the past 20 years, weve invested more than $500 million in our campus home. Most recently, we opened the Anderson Academic Commons, a wonderful building that provides a common focal point for our intellectual and social cultures. We are working hard on a major renovation to Margery Reed Hall, home to the undergraduate programs in the Daniels College of Business. In March, we will break ground on a new 130,000-square-foot building for the Daniel Felix Ritchie School of Engineering and Computer Science, which also will include lab space for 10 new research groups in the Knoebel Center for the Study of Aging. Major change is surely coming to higher education, and after 150 years we nd ourselves at yet another turning point. This is a time to be proud of all that weve accomplished together, a time to be open-minded, forwardlooking and embracing of the changes that are afoot. It is a time of extraordinary opportunity precisely because of all that has been accomplishedbecause of the strong platform based on quality that weve built together. Its a time for optimism, energy, ideas and a fair bit of courageand if you think about it, those are precisely the traits weve developed over the past 150 years. Please join us for as many of the sesquicentennial events as your schedule will allow. To learn more about what weve planned, see page 23 or visit du.edu/udenver150.
Wayne Armstrong
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Contents
FEATURES
23 Happy Sesquicentennial!
By Greg Glasgow
our pullout guide to the Universitys 150th Y anniversary events.
26 Jester with a JD
By Doug McPherson
Law school alum Troy Walker takes comedy seriously.
28 Why NAO? 32 9 to 5
Tech-savvy research team aims to help kids with autism disorders.

By Tamara Chapman
Summer internships give students a taste of the working life.

By Greg Glasgow and Helena Barrera
DEPARTMENTS
4 Editors Note 5 Feedback 8 Presidential visit
George W. Bush is the featured guest at the Korbel Dinner
15 A school of ones own 16 Head of Hollywood

Interview with Colorado Womens College Dean Lynn Gangone
Alumna pays tribute to a show-biz legend
19 From coveralls to zoot suits 20 Net gains

Historians book captures wartime experience of Mexican-American women
Lacrosse teams look to build on successes of last season
37 Alumni Connections
On the cover and this page: The University of Denver celebrates its 150th anniversary in 2014. Cover photo illustration by Wayne Armstrong. Photo this page courtesy of University of Denver archives.
Editors Note
Editors Note
M A G A Z I N E
w w w. d u . e d u / m a g a z i n e
Volume 14, Number 2
Internally, the excitement about the Universitys 150th birthday has been building for months. Now were ready to share it with you. Everyone knows the University of Denver is a special place, but theres nothing like a sesquicentennial celebration to bring that into focus. Weve been digging through the archives, old Clarions and old yearbooks for pictures of and information about campus history, campus buildings, DU traditions, notable alumni and more. A lot of what we found was used in Tradition and Legacy, an interactive history exhibit opening Jan. 13 in the Anderson Academic Commons, and many of the photos can be viewed on our new sesquicentennial website, du.edu/udenver150. The new site is much more than a photo archive, howeverits also a networking site that uses LinkedIn technology to connect alumni to one another, and its your source for information about all the sesquicentennial events we have planned throughout the year. Special versions of longtime traditions such as Founders Day and Homecoming and Family Weekend are on the schedule, as are many new events, including a summer concert series and the Denver 150 Festival, an outdoor party in September featuring live music, refreshments and more (see page 23 for more information). Whats really cool about the sesquicentennial events is that they are designed to unite the entire University of Denver community. That includes alumni, parents, faculty and staff, of course, but it also includes students, who often dont realize that theyre part of the larger Pioneer family until after they graduate. Were hoping 2014 will change that. We want you to be a part of the Pioneer family, tooplease visit the sesquicentennial website or come by campus for one of our many special anniversary events. We also are collecting ideas for a 150 Things We Love About DU article that will appear in the spring issue of the magazine. Do you have a favorite memory, building, class or professor? Let us know by emailing me at gglasgow@du.edu or joining the discussion on our Facebook page, facebook.com/uofdenver.
Kevin A. Carroll
Managing Editor
Publisher
Greg Glasgow
Senior Editor
Tamara Chapman
Editorial Assistant
Jeffrey Haessler
Annissa Leon
Art Director
Ross Mansfield
Photographer
Wayne Armstrong
Janette Ballard Helena Barrera Doug McPherson Pat Rooney Katie Watt (BM 06) Kevin A. Carroll, vice chancellor/chief marketing officer Julie Reeves, associate vice chancellor, brand marketing Thomas Douglis (BA 86) Kristine Cecil, associate vice chancellor for university advancement and executive director of alumni relations Sarah Satterwhite, senior director of development communications Amber Scott (MA 02) Erica Wood, director of alumni communications
Editorial Board
Contributors
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Feedback
was of equal importance as the academic. They had fun together, playing golf and giving parties. I would very much like to read another article where the atmosphere of the time could somehow be illuminated. It was special, and the University and the department was something my father dearly loved. I will show the article to my mother, who turns 94 next week and is now living in Uppsala. I know she will enjoy it.
Anna Boklund (BA 75, MA 77) Falun, Sweden
Editors response: For an illuminating view of campus in the 1960sand every other decadecheck out the great selection of historic photos and maps on our sesquicentennial website, du.edu/udenver150. I was delighted to see Alan Prendergasts wonderful piece about John Williams (which included quotes from two of my favorites, Robert Richardson and William Zaranka). I had John Williams for Modern Novela graduate-level classas a junior; I enjoyed reading the article about John it required the reading of 10 novels in 10 Williams in the latest University of Denver weeks, including Ulysses. (Yes, I read the Magazine very much. My father, Gunnar Cliffs Notes.) Completely impossible. I got Boklund, was one of the a B. members of the English By the time I met him, department in the 1960s, he had a cigarette in one hand and I believe those years and his oxygen tank in the M A G A Z I N E were the best years of his other. He was a proper, aloof life. and demanding professor. We came to Denver His class was my first and last from Uppsala, Sweden, intersection with Faulkner. in 1963, when my father I read Stoner in became a visiting profesmy late 20s or early 30s. It HERE sor in English. After a remains one of the best novCOME THE year, he was offered a proels I have ever read ... and PIONEERS fessorship, and our family one of the reasons I never stayed on in Denver until pursued a PhD. And that was 1968. a good thing. There were so many amazing people Thrilled to see the story. John Williams at the English department that it changed was a genius. my parents destiny somehow. My father Leslie Petrovski (BA 82, MA 91) became professor of English in Uppsala in Denver 1968 and we moved back to Sweden, but he Send letters to the editor to: Greg Glasgow, could stand it only a few years. Soon he was University of Denver Magazine, 2199 S. University back in Denver and stayed until he retired Blvd., Denver, CO 80208-4816. Or email in 1986. du-magazine@du.edu. Include your full name and mailing address with all submissions. He had so many good friends at the Letters may be edited for clarity and length. department, and I often think the social life
FALL 2013
Remembering John Williams

Just a note to compliment the magazine on the story about John Williams in the current issue [Write of Passage, fall 2013]. Alan Prendergast did a great job on a difficult story. I wrote the story for the magazine when Williams won the National Book Award in 1973, and I recall how hard it was to get that man to talk about himself. The folding-in of the creation of the creative writing program (one of the few doctoratelevel programs in the U.S.) was nicely done as well. Please convey my praise to Alan and reserve some for the others who contributed to its layout and presentation. Out of loyalty to DU I bought a copy of Stoner a while back, and now that I have a leave, shall actually read it! Thanks for bringing this back to my attention.
Carol (Rolloff) DeBoer-Langworthy (MA 80) Providence, RI
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Youre invited to Winter Carnival

JANUARY 31FEBRUARY 2, 2014
For the rst time in the 53-year history of the Winter Carnivalan annual student eventwe invite alumni, parents, faculty, staff and friends to join students for a weekend of skiing, snowboarding, tubing and other high-country fun at Keystone Resort. Enjoy: * discounted lift tickets and ski lessons * discounted lodging * DU-only events with hundreds of your fellow Pioneers at this magical event, a uniquely DU tradition.
New this year Open to Everyone

Register by January 16 at alumni.du.edu/ wintercarnival. For more information, contact the Ofce of Alumni Relations, 303-871-2701.
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Update
Part of a new wellness push at the University, the Crimson Classic took place on campus Sept. 26. More than 200 participants traveled around campus on either a 5K or 1.5-mile fun run. The racewhich is open to alumniwill occur again in September 2014 as a companion event to the Denver 150 Festival, an afternoon of music, food and fun that is part of the Universitys sesquicentennial celebration. Read more about the festival and other sesquicentennial events on page 23.
Campus
Wayne Armstrong
Presidential visit
George W. Bush is the featured guest at the Korbel Dinner
By Media Relations Staff
The University of Denvers Josef Korbel School of International Studies raised more than $670,000 at its 16th annual Korbel Dinner on Sept. 9. The funds will support scholarships, faculty research and programs. The sold-out event featured two-term former President George W. Bush as its special guest and keynote speaker.
The evening included a conversation between President Bush and Christopher Hill, dean of the Korbel School. Hill served under President Bush as assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacic affairs, U.S. ambassador to South Korea and U.S. ambassador to Poland.
The topics discussed during the conversation ranged from 9/11 and its aftermath to the presidents work ghting HIV/AIDS in Africa. Youre the president of the richest nation ever and theres a pandemic destroying human life to sit back and do nothing would be morally bankrupt. Were a moral nation, and we should care, Bush said. DU Chancellor Robert Coombe said it was a great honor for the University to host President Bush at the Korbel Dinner. A number of our alumni played key roles in his administration during a pivotal time for the United States, and we were absolutely delighted that he accepted our invitation to attend and speak at the dinner, Coombe said. It was a great night for DU. In addition to President Bush, the University honored Michael Long, chairman, president and CEO of Coloradobased Arrow Electronics Inc., with the University of Denver Bridge Builders Award. A $20.4 billion technology company, Arrow provides products, solutions and services to commercial and industrial users of electronic components and enterprise computing solutions. Mike Long and Arrow Electronics are longtime supporters of the Denver community, Hill said. Arrow and Mikes involvement in the international marketplace help further Denvers connection to the global community. Long said the Bridge Builder award symbolizes what Arrow tries to do every day for its customers around the world. Arrow helps people by guiding innovators forward and by using the power of new technology to make the world a better place for us all.
Bernard Wooten
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PIONEER PRIDE
The University of Denver shield is the centerpiece of a new campaign to boost school pride and spirit. A two-minute video, We Are Denver: We Wear the Shield, features testimonials from students, alumni, staff, faculty and administrators about why they wear the shield. A related websitedu.edu/explore/shield collects additional stories from others who don the shield with pride. The video bottles the pride and spirit that members of the community feel about the University. It also shows the many ways in which they have made the shield their own and have blended it into their daily existence. We Are Denver: We Wear the Shield debuted at Discoveries week, the Universitys orientation program for rst-year and transfer students. In the coming year, the video will screen at a wide range of events, including some hockey and basketball games, employee orientation sessions, student-recruitment programs and various sesquicentennial celebrations. The shield in question is the centerpiece of the Universitys new logo, introduced in late summer 2012 and rolled out on signs, stationery, apparel and marketing materials over the last year. The shield and logo grew out of an extensive research and design process that enlisted the Universitys many stakeholders: alumni from different generations, students, prospective students, parents, University staff and faculty, and the many employers who rely on the institution for a diverse talent pool. Research conducted in 201112 about the Universitys identityand its previous logorevealed that the institution stands to benet from brand clarication. The data revealed that the Universitys name recognition was high, but that a signicant number of people didnt know much about the institution. The shield logo addresses that knowledge gap in several ways. Its shape and the reference to the Universitys longevity remind people that the institution is rooted in tradition and that it has been in operation since 1864. The full-color version uses the Universitys traditional and beloved crimson. And the imagerya blend of mountains and towersroots the school in its distinctive landscape. >>Watch We Are Denver: We Wear the Shield at du.edu/explore/shield
Wayne Armstrong
Spirit-building campaign features DU shield
RANKINGS
DU No. 10 on list of up-and-coming universities

The University of Denver has maintained its place on the list of the top 100 national universities included in the U.S. News and World Report list of Best Colleges 2014, released in September. And for the second year in a row, U.S. News has ranked the University of Denver on its up-andcoming list, a category recognizing institutions that have recently made promising and innovative changes in areas of academics, faculty, student life, campus and facilities. The University moved from 13th place on the up-and-coming list last year to the 10th position this year. It is tied with Purdue University, the University of Southern California and Portland State University. The rankings reect an ongoing commitment to providing robust, relevant and rigorous programs for students, says Provost Gregg Kvistad, noting that the University also benets from the addition of highly accomplished faculty members. University of Denver faculty members not only create a rich learning environment for our students, but they also enrich our campus through their research, scholarship and community involvement, Kvistad says. Overall, the University is ranked 91 on the magazines list of national universities, tied with Colorado School of Mines, Florida State University, Auburn University, the University of Massachusetts-Amherst and the University of San Diego.
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BRIEFS
In October, the play Just Like Us debuted at the Denver Center Theatre Company. Based on Helen Thorpes 2009 book about four young women originally from Mexico and living in Colorado, the play included ve scenes set on the DU campus: three in the residence halls, one at an anti-immigration rally at Boettcher Hall and one in the classroom. The latter scene was based on a section of the book that details a sociology class taught by Associate Professor Lisa Martinez. Several groups of DU students and alumni attended performances of Just Like Us, including the Latino Student Alliance, a group of Puksta scholars and the DU Latino Alumni Afnity Group.
Courtesy of Denver Center Theatre Company
NEWS
To study the effects of altitude on the delivery of asthma medications, researchers from the University of Albertas Aerosol Research Laboratory teamed up with DUs natural science and mathematics division in July to do work at the Universitys High Altitude Research Station near Echo Lake (elevation 10,600 feet) and Meyer-Womble Observatory atop Mount Evans (elevation 14,148 feet). Researchers were looking to determine the performance of a number of pressurized, metered-dose and dry powder inhalers at various altitudes in Colorado.
As part of the Voices of Experience speaker series at the Daniels College of Business, Denver Broncos President Joe Ellis offered an unfiltered look at the management decisions NFL executives make daily. A crowd of more than 800 students, alumni, faculty, staff and community members packed the University of Denvers Gates Concert Hall Oct. 17 for an interview with Ellis conducted by 9News journalist Greg Moss. Ellis said that quarterback Peyton Manning elevates everyone in the building because of his passion and commitment. His attention to detail makes everyone work a little harder. [Head coach] John Fox is a very clear communicator as well; the players know exactly what is expected of them. I think thats one of the reasons his teams play consistently week in and week out.
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In September, the University of Denver opened a Resource Center for Separating and Divorcing Families. The center is the rst of its kind in the United States, providing an array of services for families going through a separation or divorce. The families receive mediation, education, therapeutic services, assistance with nancial planning and legal drafting, all on a sliding-fee scale. The center also provides services to parents who are not involved in a formal divorce case led in the court but who are separating. The resource center will assign a team to assess their needs. Teams will be made up of students from DUs Graduate School of Professional Psychology, Graduate School of Social Work and Sturm College of Law. As part of their internship, students will receive mediation and interdisciplinary training. The model for the resource center was developed by the Honoring Families Initiative at DUs Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System.
In September, as Congress debated whether the United States should intervene militarily in Syria, the MIT Press released The Syria Dilemma, a new book edited by Middle East experts Nader Hashemi and Danny Postel, of the Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Denvers Josef Korbel School of International Studies. Contributors to the book include Christopher Hill, dean of the Korbel School and former U.S. ambassador to Iraq; and Tom Farer, DU professor and former dean of the Korbel School.
The University of Denver reclaimed the top spot among NCAA Division I nonfootball schools in June by earning its record fth Leareld Sports I-AAA Directors Cup over the last six years. The Pioneers sent eight teams and four individuals from four sports programs to NCAA postseason competition to nish with 425.5 points and rank No. 51 in the nation. Denver led all Western Athletic Conference schools by more than 260 points, and all Summit League schools by more than 250 points.
Six faculty members were honored at the fall Convocation ceremony Oct. 3 in Magness Arena. The John Evans Professorship, the Universitys top award for a faculty member, went to Kimon Valavanis (pictured), chair of DUs Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and head of the DU Unmanned Systems Research Institute. Artur Poczwardowski, associate professor in the Graduate School of Professional Psychology, received the Distinguished Teaching Award; Donald Bacon, professor of marketing at the Daniels College of Business, received the Distinguished Scholar Award; mathematics Professor Michael Kinyon received the United Methodist Church University Scholar/Teacher of the Year Award; Robert McGahey, an adjunct professor at the Sturm College of Law, received the Ruth Murray Underhill Teaching Award; and Ved Nanda, international law professor at the Sturm College of Law, received the Faculty Service Award. Staff members honored at Convocation were Cheryl Jackson, administrative and budget coordinator in the Office of Teaching and Learning, who received the Outstanding Service Award; and Cathy Grieve, executive director of conferences, events and special programs in the Office of Special Community Programs, who received the Crimson and Gold Award. The Office of Career Services took home the Quality Department Award.
2013 saw the deaths of two prominent alumni in the arts: jazz pianist Cedar Walton (attd. 195154) died Aug. 19 at his home in Brooklyn; while author Carolyn Cassady (attd. 194647), ex-wife of beat-era icon Neal Cassady and author of the 1990 memoir Off the Road, died Sept. 20 at her home near London. (Read proles of both alums at du.edu/magazine.)
The University of Denvers Center for Sustainability launched the DU Bike Share program in September. Spearheaded by the undergraduate student sustainability committee, the program provides 10 new bicycles, a helmet and a U-Lock to DU students on a first-come, first-served basis. The center also plans to offer bicycle maintenance stations across campus and roving mechanics (with a tool-laden pull cart) to assist campus cyclists weekly. Eventually, maintenance classes will be offered to University students and community members on a regular basis.
Seth Masket, associate professor and chair of the political science department, in August received a prestigious award at the American Political Science Association conference. The Heinz I. Eulau Award is given for the best article published in the journal Perspectives on Politics during the previous calendar year. Maskets award-winning article, A Theory of Political Parties: Groups, Policy Demands, and Nominations in American Politics, appeared in the journals September 2012 issue.
EVENTS
University celebrates anniversary of presidential debate

The University of Denver commemorated the 2012 presidential debate at DU with a special event on Oct. 3the first anniversary of the historic showdown on campus. In Political Realities One Year After the 2012 Election: The Debate Continues, a panel of experts discussed the debates impact on the 2012 election and examined how some of the issues raised in the DU debate including health care, taxes and small businesshave played out one year later. The panel was composed of Seth Masket, associate professor in the political science department and expert on campaigns and political parties; Lisa Martinez, an associate professor of sociology and expert on Hispanic voters; Sharon Lassar, a professor in the School of Accountancy at the Daniels College of Business; Ved Nanda, a professor of international law in the Sturm College of Law; Chuck Plunkett, political reporter at the Denver Post; Dick Wadhams, campaign consultant and Colorado Republicans chair; and Rick Palacio, Colorado Democrats chair. Serving as moderator was Cynthia Hessin, award-winning host and executive producer of Colorado State of Mind on Rocky Mountain PBS. One year ago, all eyes were on the University as the first stop on the way to the White House, Denver Deputy Mayor Cary Kennedy (JD 95) said in her opening remarks at the event. The road to the White House is now through the West. The event also included the premiere of a documentary film showcasing the Universitys rigorous preparation for the debate. The documentary, Debate 2012: Shining in the Spotlight, can be seen online at debate2012.du.edu.
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From the desk of

Jonathan Buckley, mechanical lab manager
One of Buckleys hobbies is building and driving race cars, including a restored Ford Fairlane he raced at Bandimere Speedway in the early 2000s. He took a break from racing in 2003, when his rst child was born. Now theyre getting a little bit older, he says of his two children, so I have my own pit crew.
4 One of our faculty members is a big y sherman, and he

found these elk bones, Buckley says. He had them sitting in his ofce forever, and he wanted to have them machined down so he could put them into a y rod as an insert. I said, Thats one of the only materials Ive never cut. Ill try that.
2 This baseball is a placeholder for the real treasure Buckley

has at homea foul ball he caught off of then-Dodger Manny Ramirez at Coors Field.
5 This Diet Coke can is a souvenir from the rst job Buckley ever
hadworking for Alcoa in Denver. Around the Christmas holidays, he used some seasonal colors to test the machines that paint the designs on the cans.
3 As head of the lab space used by mechanical engineering

students, Buckley teaches classes in how to use equipment like this dial caliper, a precision measuring tool. I get a lot of people out of the division, like construction management majors from Daniels, Buckley says of his Machine Shop Practice class. Anybody who nds out that we have a machine shop on campus and likes to build stuff shows up. Ive even taught faculty members. I tell my students sometimes its nice to get away from the books and the grind and just do something with your hands.
6 This tiny orange bear is a scale replica of the big blue bear
DU Professor Lawrence Argent created as a public art piece at the Colorado Convention Center. We actually did the original prototype for the big blue bear in our lab down here, Buckley says. One of the stories [Argent] likes to share, which I now share with the students, is why is the big blue bear blue? Because that was the color of the material we had in the machine at the time. We printed it out in our prototype machine, and he took it to the investors and they said, Perfect, dont change a thing.
One to watch
Wendy Low, biology
By Janette Ballard
Courtesy of Wendy Low
Wendy Low is a proponent of social justice. Its not a passing interest, but a lifelong passion that was ignited when she joined her first cause at the age of 10. Today, Low continues to advocate for social justice as president of Never Again!, a student group that promotes awareness of the Holocaust and the atrocity of genocide. Our mission is to encourage activism to prevent the reoccurrence of genocide so that we can truly say never again, says Low, a junior biology major with a minor in Judaic studies. Low was exposed to social justice issues at a young age through her mothers work with Holocaust survivors and her fathers work with the Jewish Federation. It was through her fathers work that Low attended her first interfaith gathering and embraced her first cause. Her commitment to social justice grew through high school and continues at DU. Once youre an advocate, you never really stop being one; you just move on to a new cause, Low says. Social justice work is
about restoring balance and harmony to an unequal world. It is both meaningful and rewarding. Growing up in St. Louis, Low attended Jewish Day School, where students as young as 5 took part in Holocaust memorial and educational activities. In fifth grade, she heard testimony from a survivor for the first time. My social justice work comes from a secular place, she says. I do justice because its the right thing to do, but my Jewish roots have certainly acted as a background motivator. Under the direction of Sari Havis, lecturer in the Center for Judaic Studies, Low recently was inducted into the new DU chapter of the National Honor Society for Students of Hebrew.
Wendy is a bright, compassionate and altruistic person, Havis says. In my Hebrew classes, as well as in my Israeli studies class, I have found Wendy to be an inquisitive and original thinker, aiming not only to learn the content but to understand it deeply. After graduation, Low hopes to work in a field where she can bring scientific innovation to the publics attention. Scientists are not always the best publicists, and a lot of research never makes its way to the publics hands, she says, adding that social justice work will always be a big part of her life. We are not living in a perfect world, and once aware of the injustices, it is impossible to turn a blind eye, Low says. I know that through my actions, I can make a small difference and better my part of the world.
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A school of ones own

Dean Lynn Gangone on the past, present and future of Colorado Womens College
Interview by Katie Watt
olorado Womens College of the University of Denver celebrated its 125th anniversary in November, months after reclaiming its historic name (for many years it was known simply as the Womens College). We talked with Dean Lynn Gangone about where the CWC stands nowand where its headed.
Q Give us a brief overview of your schoola general snapshot of the education you provide to students. A We provide an environment where women who have complex lives, whether theyre 18 or 65, are able to get a University of Denver undergraduate degree. Our students are likely working or caring for someone while immersed as undergraduate students, and we provide a quality education in an environment where who they are as women is really celebrated. Our mission is to educate women to be bold leaders. The data show that women still are not showing up in leadership positions across the country in ways they need to. A Colorado Womens College education emphasizes the importance of understanding leadership and provides experience leading both in and out of the classroom.
of our students is 3031. About 45 to 50 percent identify as women of color, and about 10 percent have immigrated to the U.S. from other countries. A recent initiative is to partner with local high schools to recruit underrepresented students into the college, and I am excited about bringing these young women to CWC. Q Youve had a big year with reclaiming your legacy name and celebrating your 125th anniversary. In your view, what do these two milestones mean to the school? To Colorado? A When we were founded in 1888, the city of Denver was growing, and Colorado Womens College was seen as a place inside the Rocky Mountain region that would have great influence. At that time, most prestigious universities did not admit women; womens colleges existed to educate women at the level that colleges were educating men. Colorado Womens College has a strong legacy of attracting women from all over the country, women who sought to distinguish themselves in Colorado with its more open, Western sensibility. With our rich history
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Q Colorado Womens College has a unique student body; describe your typical student. A We serve women who live and work in Colorado. Demographically, the average age
behind us, we now need to look to the future to elevate women into leadership roles. We have a deep commitment to making sure educated women understand that its not just that they receive the education, its what they do with it.
Q Looking forward, what do you see for the Colorado Womens College over the next 125 years? A One of the things I love about Colorado Womens College is that it is incredibly resilient and never afraid to change with the times. Weve created innovative programs and will continue to change to fulfill the demands of the day. The cool thing about a place like Colorado Womens College is that we exemplify what we ask of our students. We take risks, look at possibility, shift our structure and exercise bold leadership. I have no doubt that at some point CWC will transition again; I dont know what that will look like, but Im looking forward to it.
Head of Hollywood
Alumna pays tribute to a show-biz legend
By Tamara Chapman
When she diedin 1981, at the age of 83 costume designer Edith Head was, in show-biz parlance, a tough act to follow. In her decades-long Hollywood career, Head won a whopping eight Oscars and dressed everyone from Ginger Rogers and Bette Davis to Grace Kelly, Elizabeth Taylor and Steve Martin. She worked on more than a thousand films for the industrys most demanding directorsJoseph Mankiewicz, Billy Wilder, Sydney Pollack, Alfred Hitchcock. What she did was unheard of, says University of Denver alumna Susan Claassen (BA 69), citing Heads accomplishments in what was then maledominated and studiocontrolled Hollywood. She was an executive woman before there was such a thing. An award-winning actress and the managing artistic director of Tucsons Invisible Theatre, the Arizona-based Claassen also is the turbo force behind A Conversation With Edith Head, a one-woman show she has staged all over the world. Claassen, who studied theater at DU, had long known of Heads work and reputation when she stumbled upon a television biography of the design diva. It struck her then that she could easily serve as Heads doubleand not just because they both framed their faces with blunt bangs. They also shared an appreciation for striking, but not exhibitionist, styleHead with her crisp suits and round spectacles, Claassen with her trademark colors. I wear black, white and red a lot. Its become a signature, she says. It also struck her that Head would make a great
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character for an actress to develop, that her inside storiesShe knew everyones secretswould provide unlimited material for a theatrical romp heavy on wit, wisdom and gossip. She was right on all counts. What she didnt know was just how much work it would take to put a script together. She began by reading Heads two books and her posthumously published autobiography, Edith Heads Hollywood, co-authored with Paddy Calistro. Upon finishing the latter, it occurred to her that the California-based Calistro, a prolific writer, editor and publisher, might have plenty of great material that never saw print. Claassen tracked down Calistro, who had more than 13 hours of taped material to share. That was combined with archival material from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to provide the backbone of the final script. The Claassen-Calistro collaboration debuted in 2002 in Tucson as Sketches: Edith Heads Hollywood. Since then, Claassen has taken Edith Head on the road for more than 200 productionsin Hollywood, Chicago and London, of course, but also in Tbilisi, Georgia; Key West, Fla.; and Bartlesville, Okla. In March 2013, she donned her Edith Head persona in Denver as part of the Women+Film Voices Film Festival. In many ways, Claassens time at DU and in Denver provided the perfect preparation for the stamina associated with a one-woman show. Coming to the West from New Jersey, Claassen (then Susan Klein) took to the stage at every opportunity, both on and off campus. Her freshman year, she landed a coveted role in DUs production of West Side Story and went on to reprise the role when the musical was staged at the Bonfils Theater. By the time she graduated, she had performed all over the city and was a member of the Actors Equity Association, the union for professional actors. After moving to Tucson in 1972, Claassen found a home at the Invisible Theatre, known for its staging of classics and its support of new playwrights. Over the years, Claassen has played any number of fascinating women, including Alice B. Toklas in Gertrude Stein and a Companion and the title role in another one-woman play, Shirley Valentine. I have had incredible roles, she says, but I dont necessarily feel like I want to do them again. But I cant wait to do Edith again.
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ARTS CALENDAR
MUSIC
JANUARY (unless otherwise noted, all events take place at the Newman Center for the Performing Arts; newmantix.com)
12 Faculty Recital: Joseph Galema, organ, 4:30 p.m., $10 16 Newman Center Presents Chick Corea and Bela Fleck, Duets, 7:30 p.m., SOLD OUT 17 Flos Underground: Student jazz ensembles, 5 p.m., free 17 Guest artist: The Playground, 7:30 p.m., $10 24 Flos Underground: Student jazz ensembles, 5 p.m., free 29 Lamont Wind Ensemble, 7:30 p.m., free 30 Faculty Recital: Richard Slavich, cello, 7:30 p.m., $10 31 Flos Underground: Student jazz ensembles, 5 p.m., free
FEBRUARY
4 Guest artist: Jerome Rose, piano, 7:30 p.m., $10 6 Tommy Emmanuel with Martin Taylor, 7:30 p.m., $28$56 7 Flos Underground: Student jazz ensembles, 5 p.m., free 7 Lamont Opera presents Opera Scenes, 1:30 p.m., free (ticket required) 7 Lamont Opera presents Opera Scenes, 7:30 p.m., free (ticket required) 11 Newman Center Presents The Miners Hymns, lm by Bill Morrison, featuring American Contemporary Ensemble and The Denver Brass, 7:30 p.m., $17.50$55 13 Lamont Symphony Orchestra, 7:30 p.m., free, ticket required ($5 reserved seating) 14 Flos Underground: Student jazz ensembles, 5 p.m., free 14 Faculty Recital: Jeremy Reynolds, clarinet, 7:30 p.m., $10 14 Newman Center Presents The Whiffenpoofs of Yale University, 7:30 p.m., $10$20 15 Newman Center Presents The Whiffenpoofs of Yale University, 2 p.m., $10$20 23 Newman Center Presents Colorado Symphony featuring Hilary ColeTribute to the Music of Judy Garland, 2 p.m., $20.50$55 26 DU Jazz Faculty Combo, 7:30 p.m., $10 28 Artbeat presents In the Mood, 1940s big-band theatrical swing dance revue, 2:30 and 7:30 p.m., $16.75$59.75
The Newman Center Presents concert series welcomes pianist, composer and singer Gabriel Kahane to the Newman Center on March 6.
VISUAL ART
(All events take place at the Victoria Myhren Gallery, open noon5 p.m. daily; free) JANUARY 9 MARCH 9
1 Artbeat presents In the Mood, 1940s big-band theatrical swing dance revue, 2:30 and 7:30 p.m., $16.75$59.75 2 Artbeat presents In the Mood, 1940s big-band theatrical swing dance revue, 2:30 p.m., $16.75$59.75 4 Guest artist: Keith Aleo, percussion, 7:30 p.m., $10 5 Lamont Chorale, Lamont Womens Chorus, Lamont Mens Choir, 7:30 p.m., free 6 Newman Center Presents Gabriel Kahane and yMusic, 7:30 p.m., $23$55 12 Lamont Wind Ensemble, 7:30 p.m., free 13 Lamont Symphony Orchestra, 7:30 p.m., free 14 Denver Brass Presents Ancient Threads: A Celtic Tapestry, 7:30 p.m., $11$44 15 Denver Brass Presents Ancient Threads: A Celtic Tapestry, 7:30 p.m., $11$44 16 Denver Brass Presents Ancient Threads: A Celtic Tapestry, 2:30 p.m., $11$44 20 Newman Center Presents Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo, 7:30 p.m., $23$55 22 Sound of the Rockies: Pirates of the Colorado, 2 and 7:30 p.m., $19$29
MARCH
A Decade of Gifts and Discoveries, featuring donations to DUs art collections

MARCH 27 MAY 4
The Female Gaze: Selfhood and Community From the Linda Lee Alter Collection of Art by Women
THEATER
FEBRUARY 1216
Big Love, DU Department of Theatre, Black Box Theatre, Johnson-McFarlane Hall, $10
FEBRUARY 27 MARCH 9
Dog Act, DU Department of Theatre, Byron Theatre, Newman Center for the Performing Arts, $10
RESEARCH
Wayne Armstrong
Undergraduate shares work at prestigious engineering conference

In June, senior mechanical engineering major Justin Hollenbeck attended the American Society of Mechanical Engineerings 2013 summer bioengineering conference in Sunriver, Ore., where he took second place in the competition for undergraduate conference papers for his work on Statistical Shape and Alignment Modeling of the Lumbar Spine. Working alongside Associate Professor Peter Laz and Professor Paul Rullkoetter at the Center for Orthopaedic Biomechanics in DUs Daniel Felix Ritchie School of Engineering and Computer Science and funded in part by DUs Partners in Scholarship, a program that underwrites undergraduate research, Hollenbeck took part in a collaborative project involving Dr. Christopher Cain, an orthopedic surgeon at the Spine Center at University of Colorado Hospital. Cain shared some of his operating room challenges with the DU team, which set to work exploring them. As a conference presenter, Hollenbeck will see his paper published in the events proceedings. With this honor to his credit, he plans to continue his research into spinal implants. That means revisiting the paper with an eye toward publication elsewhere: Were trying to make it a little more robust, so we can submit it to the Journal of Biomechanics, Hollenbeck says. In addition, he recently submitted some of his follow-up work to the annual meeting of the Orthopaedic Research Society.
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From coveralls to zoot suits

Historians new book captures wartime experience of Mexican-American women
By Greg Glasgow
It was from her fathers sisters that Elizabeth Escobedo first heard the stories that would inspire her new book, From Coveralls to Zoot Suits: The Lives of Mexican American Women on the World War II Home Front (University of North Carolina Press, 2013). With the men off at war, the women found a new sense of liberation. They were working at factory jobs with decent pay, no longer watched over by their brothers when it came to dating and social life. My aunts felt incredibly independent during this time period, says Escobedo, associate history professor at DU. They were not only contributing money to the family till, but they could spend this money on things that were important to them, like leisure activitiesgoing out to the local dance halls and dancing to the swing, doing the jitterbug. It was a social change that affected many Mexican-American women at the time, and their stories are told in Escobedos book, which started life as her dissertation at the University of Washington. Ten years in the making, From Coveralls to Zoot Suits is based on 40 oral histories, 32 of which she conducted. That was the most rewarding part of the project, she says. So many of these women would never have thought about themselves as being historically important or as political activists. Every time I would call an elderly Mexican-American woman to talk about her experiences or to set up an interview, inevitably she would say, Well, I really didnt do much; you should perhaps look for someone else. My wartime experience was nothing out of the ordinary. Of course, if I was able to talk to them, the stories began to flow off their tongues, and it became very clear that nothing could be further from the truth, Escobedo continues. These were young womena portion of the greatest generation that we dont typically hear aboutwho found very creative ways to navigate the opportunities and limitations of the second world war and its aftermath. Escobedo shared the womens stories once again on the PBS documentary Latino Americans, which aired in fall 2013. War and Peace, the episode in which Escobedo appears, aired in September. In her book and in the documentary, Escobedo examines not only the lives of Mexican-American women during World War II, but how those lives changed once again when the war ended. Between the women working in the defense industry at home and the men fighting abroad, the war marked the first time many Mexican-Americans felt a true sense of belonging in the United States, even though segregation still was the law of the land. The war also brought Mexican-American women in contact with Caucasian servicemen, leading to increased intermarriage. Many [women] felt a greater sense of belonging, of their place as American citizens and their need to challenge exclusion in the everyday, Escobedo says. Talking to these individual women, you see the way in which broad social change can happen at a very individual level. Its not a civil rights movement in the strictest sense of the terma uniform movement fighting for legal changebut the fact that these young women were taking wartime jobs, earning unprecedented wages, that they were perhaps going against the norms of their family and dating someone outside of the Mexican communitythese were pathmakers in their own right.
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Net gains
Lacrosse teams look to build on successes of last season
By Pat Rooney and Doug McPherson
After the dust had settled and the tears had dried, in the months after the University of Denver mens lacrosse season ended so discouragingly, coach Bill Tierney could only shake his head, recalling how the bitter end unfolded. There hadnt been any penalties the whole game, Tierney says. Then, to get two right at the end Like Tierney, Pioneers fans may ruminate over the loss against Syracuse last May in the NCAA Semifinals for years to come. DU held a two-goal lead and was not even three minutes away from earning the programs first berth in the NCAA Championship game when simultaneous penalties on Carson Cannon and Eric Law opened the door for a Syracuse comeback that ended with the Orangemen scoring the winning goal with 20 seconds remaining. It was a tough way to end, Tierney says, but a few tough minutes at the very end does not at all take away from what these young men accomplished. I couldnt be more proud of the season they put together. Now the trick for Tierneys Pioneers will be to maintain the lofty status the program has attained nationally. The conference shuffle that has altered the face of DUs entire athletics department did not bypass the mens lacrosse program, with the Pioneers set to join the Big East Conference this season. And while DU was forced to say farewell to such decorated seniors as Chase Carraro, Eric Law and Cameron Flint, the Pioneers still boast one of the top goalie tandems in the nation in Ryan LaPlante and Jamie Faus, and Tierney is eager to welcome what is expected to be a dynamic recruiting class.
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We definitely have some quality student-athletes coming in, Tierney says, and by joining the Big East, I think well only enrich our profile nationally. But dont just take his word for it. Inside Lacrosse magazine ranked DUs incoming class No. 11the highest rank since Tierney joined the Pioneers in 2009. Firstyear students Zach Miller, Dallas Bridle
and Max Planning were among the top 100 freshmen the publication ranked. Tierney is particularly complimentary of Miller: He has an amazing story; hes a left-handed Native American from a reservation near Buffalo [New York], and I think hell go down as one of the best players ever to play here.
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In womens lacrosse, head coach Liza Kelly says despite a youthful team (nine freshmen), shes looking to build on last years success. Thatll be a feat. The 201213 squad amassed an 183 record and earned its first berth into the NCAA tournament, where it won its first round game against Jacksonville. The team also went undefeated at home and boasted a perfect 80 record in conference play, winning the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation regular season title. It was our best year, but this is probably the most talented group of freshmen Ive seen, and I expect theyll make a big impact for us, Kelly says. Theyre young, but theyre hard-working. I like their enthusiasm; I dont see them getting complacent. The team keeps five playmaking upperclassmen: Jenn Etzel, Annabelle Gilbride, Meredith Harris, Hannah Hook and Jill Remenapp. All will need to step up as the team faces several top schools in its conference, including the University of Oregon, the University of Southern California and Stanford. Stanford, in particular, has been a monkey on our back, and the conference is getting more intense, Kelly says. However, DU may have the upper hand come seasons end: the Pioneers will host the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation championships in May, an honor given to the last regular season conference champ. I think itll be an advantage; not many teams want to come here to play at altitude, Kelly says. Plus its an intimate environment, so it should be exciting.
On the ball: Tennis, golf prepare for 14

By Doug McPherson
Seniors Caroline Schnell and Natalie Dunn should provide leadership; Thompson also added more coaching prowess in assistant David Loewenthal. He has an excellent background and will help players maximize their skills, Thompson says. My hope is we can make the DU community proud. Eric Hoos starts his 15th season as head coach of the mens golf team, and despite what he calls a disappointing 2013 season, hes bullish on 2014. He says his four main returnersOskar Arvidsson, Victor Doka, Arti Edelman and Ole Ramsneshave all improved by working on the things they needed to work on in the off season. It was a tough 2013, so its nice to see that they wanted to be better, Hoos says, adding that two freshmen, Petter Mikalsen and Pat Frodigh, have already added strength to the team. Theyre all pushing each other to get better, and practices have been more focused. Im listening to them more and theyre listening to me. Without that communication, youre not going to get the best from everyone. The DU womens golf team won its 10th conference championship last season, and head coach Lindsay Kuhle (MA 12) says the goal this season is to be in contention to win in its new conference, the Summit League. Thats doable: The squads four underclassmen and two upperclassmen all rank within the top 600 amateurs in the world. Kuhle signed Isabel Southard, a Massachusetts state champ, and Mariell Bruun, who represented Norway in the Girls European Team Championship the last two years. Kuhle says the team wont see a lot of Summit League teams until the conference championships. Itll be fun to see new courses and new teams. Well research the courses and get a good idea of what theyll be like, but well still play our own game. >>denverpioneers.com
Followers of college tennis will perk up when DU netters are mentioned in 2014. Last year the mens team upset the No. 15 University of Florida in the first round of the NCAA tournamentin the Gators own backyard. The men are looking to remain on the national map with robust recruits and resilient returners. Head coach Danny Westerman says he has intentionally scheduled tough opponents for early 2014, including the University of Miami, the University of Michigan and Ohio State. I believe it only makes us better, he says. Seniors Fabio Biasion and Alex Clinkenbeard will lead the squad, and Westerman expects sophomore Henry Craig to make significant gains in 2014. Theyre all working hard and take pride in what weve accomplished so far, he says. Womens tennis logged a respectable 184 record in 2013. New head coach Christian Thompson, a former standout player at Notre Dame and assistant coach at Yale, has reason for optimism for 2014: New players Maureen Slattery, Sonja Radosevic and Evy Van Genechten are expected to make an immediate impact. Theyre blending in nicely, and I believe theyll elevate the program, Thompson says.
UPCOMING PERFORMANCES
Chick Corea and Bla Fleck, Duets
Thursday / January 16 / 2014 at 7:30 p.m.
Trey McIntyre Project

Friday / January 31 / 2014 at 7:30 p.m.
The Miners Hymns, a film by Bill Morrison

Featuring American Contemporary Music Ensemble (ACME), the composer Jhann Jhannsson, and The Denver Brass performing the score Tuesday / February 11 / 2014 at 7:30 p.m.
The Whiffenpoofs of Yale
Friday / February 14 / 2014 at 7:30 p.m. Saturday / February 15 / 2014 at 2:00 p.m.
Gabriel Kahane and yMusic
Thursday / March 6 / 2014 at 7:30 p.m.
Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo

Thursday / March 20 / 2014 at 7:30 p.m.
Paco Pea and Eliot Fisk, Flamenco Guitars

Saturday / April 26 / 2014 at 7:30 p.m.
2013 & 2014
SEASON
A Tribute to Ella Fitzgerald
Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, with Vocalist Kim Nazarian Saturday / May 10 / 2014 at 7:30 p.m. Sunday / May 11 / 2014 at 2:00 p.m.
The Colorado Symphony
Featuring Natasha Paremski, piano soloist Wed / Oct 16 / 2013 at 7:30 p.m. Hilary Kole Pays Tribute to the Music of Judy Garland Sun / Feb 23 / 2014 at 2:00 p.m. Beethovens Triple Concerto + A Trio of Opera Stars, Andrew Litton, conductor Wed / May 14 / 2014 at 7:30 p.m.
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Happy
Sesquicentennial!
Join us for the Universitys 150th anniversary celebration
It took many decades for the University of Denver to become the school it is today, but the institution has its roots in 1864, when the Colorado Seminaryas the University was charteredwas founded by John Evans and a group of prominent Denver citizens. Evans previously had founded Northwestern University in Chicago and wanted to create a college in Denver so future generations of students would not have to travel back east for their higher education. Over the coming year, the University will celebrate its sesquicentennial with a variety of events and exhibits, including an expansive Tradition and Legacy exhibit at the Anderson Academic Commons and special versions of campus traditions such as Winter Carnival, Founders Day, Homecoming and Family Weekend and Alumni Symposium. A schedule of major sesquicentennial events appears on pages 2425; check out du.edu/udenver150 for a completeand constantly updatedlist of anniversary events including athletics games, concerts, speakers and more.
>> du.edu/udenver150
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JOIN US FOR THESE SESQUICENTENNIAL EVENTS

January 13December 24
TRADITION AND LEGACY, ANDERSON ACADEMIC COMMONS Mixing artifacts and video clips with text and archival photographs, this interactive exhibit shows how aspiration and vision came to animate the DU experience. Individual displays focus on everything from athletics and recreation to campus life, Homecoming festivities to Commencement traditions.
Beginning January 28
Pull out and save this special sesquicentennial guide
1864 SERVICE CHALLENGE Whether working on a University-sanctioned service project or volunteering in their own communities, Pioneers will be asked to log their service hours as we aim for a combined total of 186,400 hours in honor of the Universitys founding in 1864.
January 31February 2
WINTER CARNIVAL This year, alumni, parents and friends are invited to join students, faculty and staff for the annual Winter Carnival at Keystone. Alumni Relations will host an aprs ski party and an alumni ice skating event. Discounted lift tickets and accommodations will be available. Register at alumni.du.edu/wintercarnival
February 25
BRIDGES TO THE FUTURE: AFTER THE GOLD RUSH, NEWMAN CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS History Professor Susan Schulten will talk about the creation of the Colorado Territory in 1861 and it how it connects to the founding of the University of Denver. Register at du.edu/bridges
February 28March 5
Share your DU memories
1864 WEEK This year the Universitys birthday celebration will encompass an entire week. Festivities will include special celebrations, speakers and academic events on campus for students, faculty, staff and alumni. FOUNDERS DAY GALA This special celebration of the Universitys 150th birthday will feature a multimedia presentation on our rich history and traditions. Honorees from previous years will be recognized for their impact on the Universitys past, present and future. Register at alumni.du.edu/foundersdaygala
March 5 SPRING SPOTLIGHT EVENT
The University of Denver Magazine is looking for alumni writers to share their memories of campus, favorite professors and more for our upcoming sesquicentennial issues. Interested writers can email editor Greg Glasgow at gglasgow@du.edu.
Highlights
1864 1884 1890
The University, operating as the Colorado Seminary, is granted a charter by the Colorado Territorial Legislature.
From Our History

1892 1925 1958
John Hipp becomes the Universitys first graduate.
The cornerstone is laid for University Hall, the first building on the University Park campus.
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The University of Denver College of Law opens its doors.
DU stages its first Homecoming celebration.
The Pioneers hockey team wins its first championship.
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COMMENCEMENT WEEK The annual Commencement ceremony will be expanded to include a senior barbecue and other events that celebrate the time that seniors and graduate students have spent on campus. The week also includes two days of activities for the Class of 1964s 50th reunion.
Summer (dates TBA)
SUMMER CONCERT SERIES A family-friendly, free concert series featuring a variety of musical styles will take place on campus in July and August.
September (date TBA)
DENVER 150 FESTIVAL AND CRIMSON CLASSIC The inaugural Crimson Classic 5K on campus in September 2013 drew more than 200 participants. The racewhich is open to alumniwill occur again in 2014 as a companion event to the Denver 150 Festival, an afternoon of music, food and fun on Driscoll Green.
October 30November 2 FALL SPOTLIGHT EVENT
HOMECOMING AND FAMILY WEEKEND, ALL-CLASS REUNION AND PIONEER SYMPOSIUM The annual celebration will be enhanced for DUs sesquicentennial year, with an all-class reunion, inductions into the Athletics Hall of Fame, lifelong learning opportunities, special guest speakers, parent sessions, Taste of DU, campus tours and Pioneers hockey games against powerhouse Boston College. Preregister at alumni.du.edu/150thsavethedate
Get Connected!
Visit du.edu/udenver150
The new sesquicentennial website, launching Jan. 7, uses LinkedIn.com technology and databases to connect the entire University of Denver community alumni, students, faculty, staff and parentson a personal and professional level.
Televised History
As part of its Colorado Experience documentary series, Rocky Mountain PBS, Channel 6 in Denver, will explore the intersection of University of Denver history and city of Denver history in a program scheduled to debut in February and repeat throughout the year.
The new site also lets you:

Check out an interactive DU timeline and share your own stories View and RSVP for the full list of sesquicentennial events Look at historic campus maps and photos Enroll in the 1864 Service Challenge
The Universitys history is filled with firsts and important dates. Here are some notable events from the institutions first 150 years.
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1970
1994
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2012
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The Graduate School of International Studies is founded by Josef Korbel.
Students protest the Kent State/Jackson State killings and the continuing Vietnam War with Woodstock West, a shantytown on campus.
The College of Business is renamed in honor of Bill Daniels.
The Universitys 17 varsity teams begin competing in the newly opened Daniel L. Ritchie Center for Sports & Wellness.
The University hosts the first presidential debate of the 2012 campaign in Magness Arena.
DU celebrates 150 years of educating visionaries and serving the public good.
Jester
with a JD
Law school alum Troy Walker takes comedy seriously
By Doug McPherson Photography by Wayne Armstrong
Jokes about lawyers are well-documented. Jokes from lawyers thats a different story. Actually, thats this story. Meet Troy Walker (JD 11), a lawyer who tells jokesfor a living. Hed been joking around long before he entered the University of Denver Sturm College of Law in 2008. Ive liked doing comedy since fifth grade or so, Walker says. I used to love sketch shows and stand-up when I was a kid. I remember re-enacting scenes from Ace Ventura: Pet Detective. By his junior year at Denvers South High, he was serious enough to call comedy clubs and offer his services. They all said I had to be 21, so the dream was deferred for a while. Not long after his 21st birthday, he performed at his first open-mic at the Squire Lounge on East Colfax Avenue. It didnt go well. It was an unmitigated disaster, Walker says. I did about five minutes, got laughs from about 10 people in a room of around 80 and was promptly forgotten by those same people, but only after the host made fun of how bad I was. I thought I did great, though, and I was definitely coming back. Ive been doing it ever since. The gigs have gotten better since then: Walker is a regular at Denvers two Comedy Works clubs; in summer 2011 he performed at Red Rocks Amphitheater in Morrison as part of a Film on the Rocks event; and in April 2012 he was part of a group of Denver comedians who traveled to the Bridgetown Comedy Festival in Portland, Ore.
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So how did this jester end up with a JD? Well, in between those calls to comedy clubs, Walker also took a business law class at South High. I really liked it. I had a good time with it. Enough that when he entered Metropolitan State University of Denver in 2003, he took every law course offered there. I loved those classes, he says. Some of my professors suggested I think about law school. Since graduating from Sturm in 2011, Walker has taken some part-time law gigs for daytime work, but hes putting most of his effort into comedy. Walker says he finds the two fields similar and complementary. Both are heavily focused on thought and viewing all angles. To write a good joke, you have to look at a premise every way possible. And with a good legal argument, you have to see all sides to get the best line of argument for your client. Law school made me a better comic, and comedy has made me a better public speaker. Hes even found comedy useful, especially in the high-stress world of law. If you can make people around you laugh, it makes it easy to make friends, defuse situations, and deflect social criticism and pressures, he says. Making people laugh is a good time. While at DU, Walker interned in the Denver District Attorneys office and liked it. I believe prosecutors have an opportunity to do a tremendous amount of good. Also, the courtroom is a blast.
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Assistant Professor Mohammad Mahoor with NAO
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By Tamara Chapman Photography by Wayne Armstrong
Tech-savvy research team aims to help kids with autism disorders.
hy NAO?
A year ago, when her son Bobby, now 10, was rst diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD), Jamie Lee wasnt surprised. By age 2, he didnt crawl, she recalls. And there were other developmental issues. Although she wasnt taken aback by the diagnosis, she was daunted by the parenting hurdles sure to lie ahead. After all, children with ASD not only learn differently than their neurotypical counterparts, they tend to struggle socially. When its customary to make eye contact, they often gaze elsewhere. When a smile would be appropriate, they may deliver a scowl. And when a playmate communicates frustration via a facial expression, autistic children often dont recognize the signal, responding with behavior that makes matters worse. Although Bobby has been far more socially successful than many children with ASD, he still faces challenges. He has a few close friends, but not a lot, Lee says. He doesnt necessarily connect with a lot of his peers.
But Bobby does connect with a personable playmate named NAO, the remote-controlled star of an interdisciplinary facultystudent-robot research team based out of the Daniel Felix Ritchie School of Engineering and Computer Science. Led by Mohammad Mahoor, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, the team is conducting a pilot study exploring whether humanoid robots like NAO can improve social and communication skills in children with ASD. You may ask, why a robot? Why not a human? Mahoor says. Humans are very overwhelming for kids with autism. Toys with technology, on the other hand, are downright accessible. As team member and psychology major Sophia Silver notes, A lot of kids on the spectrum like mechanical things. And with the 23-inch-tall NAO, theres plenty to like. He can walk, talk and dance, Mahoor says. He can also direct autistic children in a host of activities designed to improve their recognition of facial expressions and to help them cast their gaze appropriately. Using his four microphones and two cameras, NAO tasks study participants with identifying varied facial expressions. NAO not only plays with the kids, he records essential data about each study participanteverything animals and dinosaurs. (Ive been really course of six months, come to a University from the duration and frequency of their interested in robots since the first grade, experiment room every two weeks for direct gazes to the range of their facial Jorian explains.) 30-minute sessions with NAO. Mahoor expressions. And when the kids succeed, Theyve been just ecstatic [about hopes to work with up to 50 children with NAO can even enlist them in a celebratory playing with NAO], Lee says of her sons. high-functioning autism in this two-year high-five. Theyre boys, and they like to push buttons. study, scheduled to conclude in another For autistic kids, these accomplishments Anything that moves and isnt quite human yearif he can find the funding to sustain are something to celebrate. As Mahoor notes, fascinates them. the project. These are the bases of human sociability. The autism/robot project is one of Made by Aldebaran Robotics of For his part, Bobby considers NAO an several research initiatives led by Mahoor, an France, NAO is programmed, scripted and approachable playmate with a delightful gift expert in visual pattern recognition, social operated by members of the DU research of gab. He asks a lot of questions; he talks robot design and bioengineering. With this team. Huanghao Feng, a graduate student back, Bobby says of NAO. I kind of like it. project, he aims to build on studies pointing in computer engineering, has been with Whats more, his 9-year-old brother, Jorian, to the therapeutic potential of robots for the the project from the beginning. Initially, who often comes along for Bobbys dates ASD population. he joined the team to learn more about the with NAO, is a fan, too. The robot gives the To date, Mahoors study has enlisted newfangled NAO, but the project has also brothers a common interest, in addition to 24 participants, ages 7 to 17, who, over the taught him a lot about working with autistic
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children. When they dont respond to the robot or when their attention wavers, he repeats the robots requests or helps them stay on task. One of the activities incorporates a handful of small beanbags, each sporting a photo of a person demonstrating an expressionhappiness, perhaps, or sadness or anger. The child is asked to find, and show NAO, the toy with the angry face, or the happy face. This exercise helps participants identify the emotions attached to facial expressionsa skill, Silver says, that will serve them well. If kids cant identify that another child is angry, theyll get in more fights. Theyll have trouble making friends, she explains. Other exercises, Mahoor notes, work on what is known as joint
attentionin other words, shared focus on an object. NAO may, for example, ask the child to follow his gaze to, say, a line of boxes. I have kids who are able to follow what NAO asks them to do. Look at that object or pick up that object. Then NAO gives them a hug or a candy, a reward, Mahoor says. These moments of triumph are captured on NAOs microphones and cameras, as are the duration of direct gazes and the frequency of gaze shifts. After the sessions, Feng says, I go back to the lab and process all the data. Preliminary findings suggest that NAO is helping some of the children maintain a direct gaze for longer periods. The robot also is helping some parents better understand their childs developmental progress. For example, Bobbys experiences with NAO have helped Lee learn about his social awareness and social skills. It verified that he is very high-functioning, she explains. Bobbys interactions with NAO also empowered her to educate his teachers about his abilities and to direct his therapist toward his bigger challenges. It really gave me the confidence to tell the therapist were working with, No, we dont need to work on that. We need to work on this. Robots bring another advantage to a research team intent on repeating exercises and measuring data over time, Mahoor says. Robot interactions can be conducted precisely the same way again and again. That simply wouldnt be possible with a human, who might introduce a new variable into a game or conversation. Its too soon to know just how effective robots can be. Not every child engages with them, but Feng and Silver have witnessed significant progress in several children. Take the case of one nonverbal little boy. At the beginning, Feng says, he was completely scared of the robot. But after several sessions, he hugged the robot and kissed the robot. He even came up and hugged me. Silver takes equal pleasure in such developments. To see them excited about something is fun, she says. And it is really liberating for their parents as well.
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Summer Internships Give Students a Taste Of The Working Life

By Greg Glasgow and Helena Barrera
Theres no doubt University of Denver students learn a lot in the classroom. But savvy students know that taking that classroom experience into the real world is a great way to boost a resum and to explore career options. Students look for internships in a variety of ways, but many utilize DUs Office of Career Services, which maintains a list of internship opportunities. It also offers a limited number of awards each summer so students can take unpaid internships without having to juggle a second job on the side. Many students work at summer jobs to earn money rather than take internships that would further their career development, says John Haag, internship director in DUs Career Center. The awards allow deserving students to intern in situations that matter to their future. A special committee chooses students they expect to grow professionally and personally throughout the course of the internship, explains Ruth Prochnow, who runs the award program. More than 50 students apply each year. Erin Husi, a senior environmental science and international studies double major, was one of last years award recipients. She used the money to pay bills while she worked an unpaid internship at Sprout City Farms, a Denver-based nonprofit that cultivates urban farms on underutilized land. She encourages her fellow students to follow her lead. Dont be afraid to look for what you really want to do, she says. My biggest fear in life is settling. So many students settle [with their internships] and take what they can get. Doing what you love to do is priceless. Make it happen, and its totally worth it. Doing an awesome unpaid internship is so much better than doing something paid that youre miserable in. The internship program is a win-win for both the student and for the organization, Prochnow notes. Students have worked in locations ranging from Denver and Duluth, Minn., to Kuwait and Kenya. It gives them much better focus on where they do or do not want to take their careers, she says. Not to mention giving them an edge in a tough job market thats making internships more desirable than ever. Students with internship experience undeniably are more employable when they graduate, Prochnow says. Internships are the new entry-level jobs. We talked to Husi and four other students who took internships in summer 2013heres a look at their experiences, in their own words.
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Intern:
Erin Husi, senior environmental science and international studies double major
Employer: Intern:
Alex Shefrin, sophomore international business major Sprout City Farms, a Denver-based nonprofit that cultivates urban farms on underutilized land, rooting community farms in the city and bringing good food to neighborhoods
Employer:
The office of Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper
What she did:

I interned at Sprout City Farms acre of land located behind the Denver Green School. I worked 20 hours a week doing farm maintenance and marketing and planning and coordinating events. For instance, we had a weed dating event where people got to meet like-minded people while weeding our beds. It was very cute. I made the posters and helped set up. I also helped teach kids about gardening.
What he did:
I worked in the Agency for Human Rights and Community Partnerships. They do a lot of the homeless initiatives and work with kids and stuff like that. Theres a nonprofit in Denver called Concerts for Kids that puts on an event every year on the 16th Street Mall called the Denver Day of Rock, and they wanted some data analysis on it. I was the only business student, so I got that project. Basically, I had to go to all of the restaurants up and down the mall and look at their numbershow many more people came in that dayand any business suggestions that they had, ways they could improve the Denver Day of Rock so it could be better next year.
What she liked:

I love being outside. I learned so much about plants and farming. I love watching kids getting engaged. I had a high school boy in the garden with me, and he had a revelation that the garden could feed a whole community. I love witnessing that kind of breakthrough, where someone becomes passionate about this.
What he liked:
Almost everything I learned at Daniels I was able to apply during this internship. It really drove home the point of how much I actually like business. On the Denver Day of Rock project, I gave them two or three pages of advice and they just wanted numbers. They called me back and said, This is awesome; youre doing way more than what we asked for. That was a highlight of the summer.
Her dream job:

I want to work in urban development. I want to integrate farms into urban planning for sustainability and aesthetic reasons. I might work through the city or through a private development company. It was important to me to work in a farm now because I didnt want to be telling people to farm if I hadnt been a farmer myself.
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Intern:
Aspen Matthews, senior management major
Employer:
Save the Manatee Club, a Florida-based national nonprofit and membership-based organization that aims to protect endangered manatees and their aquatic habitat
What she did: Intern:

Tory Rust, senior strategic communications major I worked under the staff biologist and the director of development. They had just installed webcams to watch manatees, so I categorized manatee behaviors, and I edited the clips to be used for educational and promotional purposes. I also helped with donor outreach and renewal letters.
Employer:
Fashion Denver, an organization that helps local designers build networks, create business relationships and share their passion for fashion
What she liked:

I loved knowing I was making a difference by promoting awareness about an endangered species and the need for habitat protection. On a professional level, I participated in all of the components that go into making a nonprofit successfulresearch, financials and reaching out to donors and members. I had the opportunity to see the whole picture instead of just the end product.
What she did:

I helped run the Fashion Denver Facebook page, designed work for posters, took and edited photos and helped plan events. I worked with the owner to support her work at fashion shows, product launches and other projects.
Her dream job:

Id like to be executive director of a nonprofit with an environmental mission. In this internship I definitely saw what it takes to run a nonprofit. I also got insights into employee relationships and how to manage people.
What she liked:

I loved the people I got to meetup-and-coming designers, people who have quit their day jobs to do what they want to do. Its useful to see someone who runs her own business. I work well on my own, so I have a good role model for my future.
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Intern:
Katie Turley, senior vocal performance major
Employer:
Inspire Creative, a nonprofit theater company in Parker, Colo.
What she did:

I worked two shows with Inspire: Aladdin, a kids production, and an adult production of The Producers. I had a couple of roles throughout my internship, one of which was to be part of the stage crew. I was responsible for moving set pieces and props for each scene change with the help of other crew members. My main role, however, was prop master for The Producers. I was in charge of collecting all of the props for the show. At first glance all of the things on my list seemed easy enough to find, but a couple of items sent me all over Denver and in and out of many Goodwill stores and other thrift shops.
What she liked:

It was a blast working with so many talented actors and such a dedicated crew. The Producers was such a fun show to be a part of, and it presented many challenges for everyone involved, which made us all work together day after day to produce an amazing show.
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Connections
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This photo of the DU Foreign Car Club appeared in the 1958 Kynewisbok. The accompanying text noted that the club had been founded two years prior and was one of the most active organizations on campus, holding monthly events such as picnics, tours, rallies, gymkhanas, autocrosses, racing movies and guest speakers. Pictured, left to right, are John Stevenson, Russ Poley, Frank Nilson, Kay Herbold, Fred Gieskieng, Ron Hill, Bob Herbold, Bruce Ware, Don Culbertson, a woman identified only as E. J., Dick Marshall, Norm Eno, Bruce Harlow, Judy Warner and Don Bornhart. Do you have memories to share about clubs at DU? Email du-magazine@du.edu.
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The classes
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Jack Detrick (BSCHE 41) of Lakewood, Colo., has returned to his home state after 72 years on the East Coast. Now retired, Jack received a masters degree in chemical engineering from the University of Cincinnati in 1942 and was employed by the DuPont Co. in New Jersey for 40 years. Jack worked in research labs in various DuPont plants in New Jersey, Texas, Wisconsin, Tennessee and Indiana.
1961
Stanley Davies Jr. (BS 51, MBA 58) of Longmont, Colo., is a longtime volunteer at Longmont United Hospital. A veteran of the Korean War, Stanley took part in the Honor Flight of Northern Colorado on May 5, 2013. The trip from Denver to Washington, D.C., honored veterans of Korea, Vietnam and World War II.
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Thomas Drabek (BA 61) of Denver in fall 2013 addressed a plenary session at the annual meeting of the International Emergency Management Association in Reno, Nev. Afterward, Thomas signed copies of the second edition of his book The Human Side of Disaster (CRC Press, 2013). Thomas is professor emeritus in the Department of Sociology and Criminology.
manufacturer founded by her grandfather Walter Miller in Benton Harbor, Mich.
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John Crafts (BA 71) of Laconia, N.H., is a commercial real estate appraiser. His research study Tax Abatement Issues That Impact Limited-Market and Special-Purpose Properties was published in the Appraisal Journal. This is the third manuscript John has nationally published since founding Crafts Appraisal Associates in 1978. In 1998 he received a national award for his research. Thomas Ramey Watson (BA 71) of Highlands Ranch, Colo., published a fictionalized memoir, Baltho, The Dog Who Owned a Man. Thomas is a psychotherapist, personal coach and professor of English.
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Deanna Rose Leino (BSBA 59, MBA 67) of Wheat Ridge, Colo., is retired after more than 18 years with the Department of Labor, where she worked first as a clerical assistant then as a technician. Over the years Deanna also worked for Franklin Supply, Joslins department store and Jefferson High School, where she taught business from 195993. Deanna has volunteered for the Colorado Symphony, Opera Colorado, Denver Lyric Opera Guild and the American Heart Association, among others. She enjoys playing cards, getting involved in activities at the senior center, spending time with family and attending concerts. James Smith (BSBA 59) was inducted into the Fresh Water Fishing Hall of Fame in Hayward, Wis., as a legendary communicator. James has been an outdoor writer and wildlife photographer for a number of years. Before he retired he had his own real estate office in Denver for 35 years. James and his wife, Lynda, are retired and live in Peoria, Ariz.
Marlow Ediger (EdD 63) has articles forthcoming in Reading Improvement, The College Student Journal, The Missouri Association of Secondary Schools Principals Messenger and the Wisconsin Mathematics Teacher. Marlow co-authored Teaching Social Studies, a university textbook published by Discovery Publishing House. He was reappointed as a member of the external examination committee to appraise PhD theses for Alagappa University and Nagarjuna University in India.
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Bud Jones (BME 65) of Eketahuna, New Zealand, was awarded the Queens ServiceMedal in the New Zealand Queens Birthday Honours on June 3, 2013. Bud was honored for outstanding achievements in arboretum and wetland creation, environmental protection and wildlife conservation; service to professional music and performance; and service to secondary and tertiary music education. Bud and his wife, Elizabeth Jones, own Pokai Parera Farms, where Bud has created wetland wildlife habitat including five large lakes and 21 smaller ponds. Bud also has a long career as a musician, including 39 years as subprincipal percussion with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra and 22 years as artist teacher with the New Zealand School of Music, Victoria University.
Doug Brittin (BA 72) is secretary general at the International Air Cargo Association (TIACA) in Miami. Prior to TIACA, he served for six years in the U.S. Department of Homeland Securitys Transportation Security Administration (TSA) air cargo office, where he was air cargo division director, based at TSA headquarters in Arlington, Va. In that position, he was responsible for global air cargo security policy, supply chain vulnerability assessments, technology development and industry engagement programs. Owen Dowling (BA 72) married Anne Schmidt on Sept. 14, 2013, at St. Luke Church in River Forest, Ill. Carol Sams Van Gorp (BA 72) and David Van Gorp (BA 72) of Lake Worth, Fla., celebrated their 43rd wedding anniversary Sept. 12. They met the first day of school at DU in 1968, and their first date was to hear
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Cheryl Miller (CWC 70) is president and CEO of New Products Corp., a die-cast
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Chancellor Maurice Mitchell address the first-year class. Carol is CEO of the Realtors Association of the Palm Beaches in Florida.
Profile RESTAURATEUR Gene Tang

Food and cooking always have played a role in Gene Tangs life. He has fond memories of growing up in Hong Kong, where his parents ran a boutique hotel and restaurant. I was reared in the hospitality business, he says. Tang (BSBA 71, MBA 75) says he learned early on that the core value of a restaurant is to treat everyone with respect. Taking that extra step to personalize each guests service was ingrained into me during my childhood. The Tangs immigrated to Chicago with the coming of Chinese rule to Hong Kong, and Tang attended the prestigious University of Chicago Lab School. Tang could have chosen many other elite colleges, but when he learned about some professors leaving Michigan State to teach at the University of Denver, he decided to give it a look. I fell in love with the school, the city and Colorados casual, friendly vibe early on, he says. After graduating, he stayed in Denver and ended up building six successful restaurants, including Cafe Potpourri, the Green House Restaurant and Oscar Bar and Grill. They were successful enough that I seriously considered retirement, he says. But he was lured back into the business in 1997, when he had a chance to buy the property at 1515 Market St. in Denver. I could see the possibilities, he says. That same year, he opened 1515 Restaurant, spotlighting modern American cuisine with advanced techniques. We combine molecular gastronomy with basic French technique, Tang says. The restaurant has taken home many honors, including a spot on Channel 7s A-list, OpenTable.coms Diners Choice Award, Colorado Environmental Leaderships gold-level award and a three-diamond rating from AAA. Its wine list (more than 450 bottles) has been awarded Wine Spectators Award of Excellence since 2001. But of all the accolades, Tang says his proudest moment came in 2010, when he and his team were invited to cook at the James Beard House in New York, a distinct honor in cooking circles. Tang explains the James Beard House only invites the top chefs to show off their skills. Cooking at James Beard House, he says, is like going to the Academy Awards for the restaurant business. Tang credits DU for giving him a foundation for his success in restaurants. I learned how to live and deal with many types of people, and I made many lifelong, dear friends, he says. Thats priceless. >> 1515restaurant.com
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Neil Ladsten (MA 73) of Duluth, Minn., completed his DU course work and research while serving in the 19th Military Police Corps at Fort Carson in Colorado Springs. After an honorable discharge from the Army in 1973, Neil worked at the University of Minnesota-Duluth from 196995 as an instructor, wrestling coach, assistant football coach, strength and conditioning coach and personal trainer. From 19962005, he worked at Lake Superior College in Duluth as an instructor and wellness center director. In 2010, Neil was inducted into the Minnesota State and National Wrestling Associations Hall of Fame. Now retired, Neil lives with his wife, Colleen, and family dog, Otto.
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Patricia (Rascher) Catacalos (MA 75) of Clayton, N.J., has written 13 historical romances available as ebooks on Amazon, SmashWords and Barnes & Noble. Her novel Hypnotic Love won fourth place in a Romance Writers of America contest.
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James Goldsmith (BSBA 77) of Shaker Heights, Ohio, was named to The Best Lawyers in America 2014. James works for Ulmer & Berne. Ann Heath (BA 77) is a physician at Presbyterian Medical Services in Grants, N.M. Ann received her medical degree from the University of Illinois in Rockford and completed her residency in family practice at the Southern Illinois University School of Medicine. Prior to joining Presbyterian Medical Services, Ann worked for 15 years as a medical director on the Ramah Navajo Reservation in Pine Hill, N.M. Mark Junkert (BM 77) of Boise, Idaho, is in his sixth season with Opera Idaho.
Originally hired as executive director, Mark was given the title of general director in 2011. He is responsible for all artistic and business aspects of Idahos only year-round, professional opera company.
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Leslie Fields (BA 78, JD 81) of Denver was listed among the top women litigators in the United States by Benchmark Litigations 2013 edition of Top 250 Women in Litigation. Leslie is a partner at Faegre Baker Daniels. David Sniffen (BA 78) of Sparta, N.J., received a Department of Army Commanders Award for Civilian Service for exemplary service while assigned as a social science intelligence specialist to a human terrain team in Afghanistan from July 2012 to May 2013. David was embedded as a Department of Army civilian social scientist and foreign security combat adviser.
Julie Simon (BA 81) is an associate professor in the University of Baltimores Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences. She recently directed The Presidents Cup, a documentary about a high school baseball tournament in Baltimore.
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Karen Ashby (JD 83) of Denver was appointed by Gov. John Hickenlooper to serve as a judge for the Colorado Court of Appeals. Karen previously was presiding judge of Denver Juvenile Court. Before her appointment to the juvenile court, she served as a judge on the Aurora Municipal Court, as a public defender in Denver and as a solo practitioner.
Nancy Girard (MA 83, JD 83) is commissioner of the city of Bostons Environment Department, where she will lead efforts to protect the citys built and natural environments and oversee policies and programs on environmental issues affecting Boston, including climate action, historic sites, buildings, landscapes and waterways. Nancy previously was director, vice president and senior attorney at the Conservation Law Foundations New Hampshire Advocacy Center. She also worked for the State of New Hampshires Fish and Game Department. Elaine Smith (MA 83) of Middleburg, Fla., is a playwright, actor and director. Her adaptation of Edith Whartons The Looking Glass was produced by the Wharton Salon in August 2013 at the Mount, Whartons home in Lenox, Mass. Elaines original play,
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Dance and American Art: A Long Embrace

Sharyn Udall (BA 66) examines the intersection of dance and visual art in Dance and American Art: A Long Embrace (University of Wisconsin Press, 2012). Illustrated with work by artists such as Winslow Homer, George Caleb Bingham, Mary Cassatt, James McNeill Whistler and Alexander Calder, the book explores how and why visual artists are often drawn to the motion and personalities of dance. I have come to believe that dance, like visual art, is capable of bestowing, guarding, and conveying deep cultural meaning, Udall writes in her introduction. Within their own disciplines, dance historians already know that capability, as do art historians. Still, in writing the present volume I have concluded that the intertwined history of American art and dance is even more revealing, more visually complex, more culturally nuanced, and more interesting than has yet been acknowledged by historians of either dance or art. Focusing her research on the 19th and 20th centuries, Udall takes close looks at African-American dance and arteverything from the Harlem Renaissance to Josephine Bakeras well as the way dance was reflected in works by Romantic and modern artists, in painting, sculpture, photography and more. Among the more compelling works featured are Archibald Motlet Jr.s Nightlife (1943), a colorful, lively piece depicting a night in a Chicago jazz club, and Man Rays The Rope Dancer Accompanies Herself With Her Shadows (1916), a Dada painting inspired by a vaudeville performance. The book also includes examples of artworks featuring famous dancers, including paintings and sculptures of Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova from the early 1900s and photographs of Isadora Duncan and Martha Graham. Greg Glasgow
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Wes Howard (JD 79) of Denver was named visiting lecturer at the law school of the Pan American University, Guadalajara campus, in Jalisco, Mexico. Wes teaches classes on U.S. laws potentially affecting Mexicans making investments in U.S. companies. Wes continues his law practice in the Greenwood Village firm of Benjamin, Bain, Howard & Cohen, where he focuses on business, commercial and real estate litigation, arbitration and representation. Barbara Yee (MA 79, PhD 82) of Honolulu is a professor and chair of the Department of Family and Consumer Sciences at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Barbara was awarded the American Psychological Associations James Jones Lifetime Achievement Award during the organizations recent national meeting in Honolulu. A fellow of the American Psychological Association and the Gerontological Society of America, Barbara has served on the National Institutes of Health Advisory Committee on Research on Womens Health, chaired the Diversity and Inclusion Advisory Committee of Novartis International and served on committees for several professional organizations. She has served on editorial boards for several academic journals and is associate editor for the Journal of Asian American Psychology.
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Angels and Ministers of Grace Defend Us, is scheduled for production in 2014 at New Jersey Repertory Co.
Profile ARTIST Joe Riche

It had to be. Joe Riche (MFA 00) becoming an artist, that is. At age 4 he was already grasping some of the finer points of artat his grandmothers house. She had a small replica sculpture of the Greek goddess Venusyou know, without the arms. I remember thinking that without the arms it didnt have to be a human figure; it could be whatever I brought to it, Riche explains. From there he discovered more about art growing up in New Orleans, but he says he never understood it could be a career until his first few days in college at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette. I remember wandering into the art and design facilities and instantly knew that was my path, Riche says. After earning a bachelors degree in industrial design from Lafayette, Riche began researching graduate programs outside of the South. I liked DUs studio and equipment specs, he says. That was extremely important, because I was focusing on sculpture. As he was finishing his degree at DU, Riche made a grand entry onto the art scene with The Motoman Project, a series of performances around the United States that featured huge radio-controlled jet engines and spewing flamethrowers. Riche describes the project as a way to counteract the synthetic bubble that most people live in. At the same time, Riche began making a name for himself and changing the face of Denver. One of his projects, Trade Deficit, is a trio of sculptures along Broadway at Lawrence, Larimer and Blake streets made from colorful metal shipping containers. But thats just part of Riches story. Making his own art was the start of something much bigger: his own sculpture production studio in Denver that produces and installs monumental public-art sculptures for national and international artists all around North America. Called Demiurge, the studio has worked with artists like artist Will Ryman, who transformed Park Avenue in New York City with 38 sculptures of rose blossoms towering up to 25 feet, complemented by 20 scattered rose petals. Another recent Demiurge project involves work with artists Laura Haddad and Tom Drugan on a new piece for the Denver Museum of Nature and Science titled Iridescent Cloud. The artwork will open to the public at the same time as the new addition to the museum in February 2014. Riche says he now gets the satisfaction of solving structural and sculptural issues while working with artists on their own work. I feel I get much more exposure to developing methods in art by building work for others rather than only focusing on my own directions. >> demiurgedesign.com
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1986
Robert Novick (BS 86) of Denver is managing partner at enVision Business Consulting, which delivers customized business solutions for commercial, government and nonprofit organizations. Inc. magazine ranked enVision No. 335 on its 32nd annual Inc. 500|5000, a ranking of the nations fastest-growing private companies.
1987
Cathy Towne Horvath (BME 87) of Denver is a self-employed writer and massage therapist. She recently published her first mystery novel, Chloe and the Lighthouse.
Geoff Mulligan (MCIS 88) of Colorado Springs, Colo., was selected to serve as a Presidential Innovation Fellow working for the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and the National Institute for Standards and Technology on the development of cyber-physical systems and the Internet of things. Geoff, his wife, Jessica, his daughter Katie (BA 07) and his daughter Jenna were invited to the White House for his induction ceremony.
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Annie Dawid (PhD 89) of Westcliffe, Colo., won the 2012 Orlando Award for Flash Fiction from the A Room of Ones Own Foundation, the 2012 Dana Award for the Essay and the 2013 Northern Colorado Writers Award for Nonfiction. Annie taught fiction at the 2012 Taos Summer Writers Conference at the University of New Mexico and taught in fall 2013 at the Castle Rock Writers Conference.
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Brett Wery (MA 90, MFA 90) of Schenectady, N.Y., is a professor in the music school at Schenectady County Community College. He received the 2013 SUNY Chancellors Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities. Brett has created
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numerous commissioned compositions for professional and school ensembles and has performed with the Albany Symphony, Albany Pro Musica, Capital Region Wind Ensemble, Schenectady Symphony Orchestra and the Vermont, Catskill and Utica symphonies. Brett also has conducted the Binnekill Chamber Orchestra, SCCC Wind Ensemble, Capital Region Wind Ensemble and the Youth Orchestra Wind Ensemble of Saratoga Springs.
Patricia Highby (PhD 92) of Edmond, Okla., wrote and published The War on Women, a book that discusses how the future of the troubled planet depends on humankinds understanding of the war on women and nature. Kyle Torke (MA 92, PhD 94) is an associate professor at Waldorf College in Forest City, Iowa. He recently published his fifth book, Sunshine Falls.
spring 2014 by Ashland Poetry Press. The book is a contemporary re-envisioning of psalms in a tradition of American music, with a social/political edge. Nicholas first book, Hands of the Saddlemaker, won the Yale Series of Younger Poets Award in 1991, and he has been awarded fellowships from the NEA and the Lilly Endowment Foundation. His individual poems have been featured in the New Yorker, the New York Times, the Paris Review, Poetry, the New Republic and Kenyon Review.
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Angela Robbins Maestas (BME 91) of Upland, Calif., is K-8 principal at Ramona Elementary in Los Angeles County. She was named Woman of the Year by the Los Angeles Commission for Women.
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Keith Fevurly (LLM 92) of Centennial, Colo., is a senior lecturer in finance at Metropolitan State University of Denver. He wrote and published an ebook, Plan Your Financial Future.
Leticia Steffen (MA 93) wrote Women & Men And How Media Attempt to Define Us (Sentia Publishing Co.). Leticia is an associate professor of mass communications at Colorado State University-Pueblo.
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Nicholas Samaras (PhD 94) of West Nyack, N.Y., is the author of American Psalm, World Psalm, scheduled for publication in
Dan Beachy-Quick (BA 95) of Fort Collins, Colo., is author of the novel An Impenetrable Screen of Purest Sky (Coffee House Press, 2013). Dan also has published five books of poetry and a book of interlinked meditations on Herman Melvilles Moby-Dick. His poems have appeared in such journals as the Boston Review, the New Republic, Fence, Poetry, Chicago Review, VOLT, the Colorado Review, and New American Writing. He teaches poetry workshops and literature at Colorado State University in Fort Collins.
Thank you, Taste of DU sponsors!
A big Pioneer thank you to our Taste of DU sponsors, who generously provided tasty samples to nearly 500 alumni, parents, students and friends who attended this event as part of our 2013 Homecoming & Family Weekend. We look forward to seeing you next October 30November 2, 2014 for our Sesquicentenntial Homecoming Weekend. Preregister at alumni.du.edu/150thsavethedate, or contact the Ofce of Alumni Relations at 303-871-2701 or alumni@du.edu.
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HOMECOMING WEEKEND CELEBRATES ALUMNI, STUDENTS AND COMMUNITY

The University of Denver celebrated its largest Homecoming and Family Weekend yet in 2013. The weekend drew 2,000 participants for a variety of activities designed to honor everyone in the DU community. Homecoming weekend makes everyone feel like theyre part of something thats powerful and moving, says Kristine Cecil, associate vice chancellor of University Advancement and executive director of Alumni Relations. This was the first year without a homecoming parade. Instead, PioneerFest took over Asbury Street, featuring food trucks, face painting and booths from different student groups. Kids went trick-or-treating at each booth and participated in pumpkin decorating. There was even a car show on the street, organized by DU students. The weekend was peppered with Pioneer sports, including soccer and hockey, as well as the first home mens basketball game of the season. The annual Taste of DU showcased 25 different alumni-owned and local restaurants and businesses. This university cant be what it is without alumni, Cecil says. Alumni Symposium, which gives alumni and others in the DU community the chance to sit in on classes led by DU faculty, was included in Homecoming Weekend for the second time in 2013. It drew 900 people to campus. Keynote speakers were Matt Bond (BSBA 83), executive vice president of content distribution for NBCUniversal, and Ellie Schafer (BA 90), special assistant to the president and director of the White House Visitors Office. 2014 marks the Universitys 150th anniversary. Along with other celebrations throughout the year, the 2014 Homecoming and Family Weekendrunning Oct. 30 through Nov. 2is expected to surpass this years festivities and include even more events. Alumni, parents, students, faculty, staff and members of the community are welcome to attend. Visit alumni.du.edu/150thsavethedate for more information.
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Terry Ryan (MA 96) is president of the Idaho Charter School Network. Terry previously was vice president for Ohio Programs and Policy at the Thomas B. Fordham Institute and helped launch and lead a number of school reform initiatives and organizations, including the Ohio Common Core Coalition, the Ohio Alliance for Public Charter Schools and the Ohio Authorizer Collaborative. Terry began his career in education as a teacher in Poland and worked with the Polish Ministry of Education and the Foundation for Education for Democracy in the mid1990s. He was research director for the UKbased 21st Century Learning Initiative and is a research fellow with the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.
Seth Daniel, on April 8, 2013. They also have a 9-year-old son, Ethan. Tim, who is boardcertified in family practice medicine, recently completed a phlebology fellowship and became board-certified in phlebology in June 2013. He is employed as a physician at Rocky Mountain Vein Institute. Amy is employed by the state of Colorado, where she negotiates eminent domain real estate transactions.
Katie is associate director of student affairs at DUs Sturm College of Law, and Kevin owns a web-based health care communication company in Denver and is head coach of the Colorado Thunderbirds pee-wee hockey team. Anthony Graves (IMBA 04) is director of regional affairs for the city and county of Denver, where he partners with regional leaders to ensure Denver and the surrounding cities are positioned to thrive economically. He serves as the mayors official liaison to the Denver Metro Mayors Caucus, Colorado Municipal League, Denver Regional Council of Governments and other regional boards and associations. Anthony previously was director of government and community affairs with Visit Denver. He serves on the boards of the City Club of Denver, the Colfax Marathon, the Five Points Business District and the leadership committee for the University of Denvers sesquicentennial. He also is a mayoral appointee to the Taxi & Limo Council, served on the Denver Commission on Homelessness on behalf of Visit Denver, was a gubernatorial appointee to the State of Colorados Utility Consumer Board and was a charter member of the Rotary Club of Five Points. Mike Weinberger (JD 04) of Denver is CEO of the Maui Wowi Hawaiian coffee and fruit smoothie chain. Mike joined the franchiser in 2011 as vice president of operations. He previously was an attorney with Harris, Karstaedt and First American Title Corp. and vice president of smoothie-and-yogurt chain Squeeze International Inc.
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Margo Cummings (MA 98) is director of communications and training at Switzerlandbased IT company Zesscom, which provides solutions for web design, mobile app development, e-commerce, creative services and social media marketing.
Diane (Covington) Shideler (BA 02) and her husband, Matthew Shideler, welcomed a baby girl, Madeline Grace, on Aug. 1, 2012. The family resides in Littleton, Colo.
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Timothy Cawlfield (BS 99) and Amy (Medved) Cawlfield (BA 97) of Pueblo, Colo., welcomed the arrival of their second child,
Amanda Melvin (LLM 03, MBA 08) of Carlsbad, N.M., is executive director of Carlsbad MainStreet, a nonprofit that aims to revitalize and restore Carlsbads downtown area.
2004
Katie (Vilders) Fredrick (BSBA 04, MA 08) and Kevin Fredrick (BSBA 04, MBA 05) were married on June 15, 2013, at the Sonnenalp Hotel in Vail, Colo. Katie and Kevin met at DU as freshmen in spring 2001.
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Steve Ferris (MBA 05) is Denvers director of development services, overseeing buildingproject review and neighborhood inspections. He previously served as community development director in Snowmass Village, Colo., town manager for Telluride, Colo., and development director for the western U.S. at Gencom Group, which specializes in hospitality and luxury real estate. Greg Kimball (BSBA 05) of Boston is co-founder of Nifti, a company that helps shoppers centralize their ability to track, organize and save on products from their favorite websites.
Profile FILMMAKER Hellen Kassa

Growing up in Denver, Ethiopiaborn Hellen Kassa (BA 12) knew her classmates werent getting the whole picture when it came to her homeland. Any time I was in school or in class, people were like, Oh, youre from Ethiopia? Whats that like? It was very negative, she says. It was like, We see famine and we see hunger, and even though those are very real and pressing problems, there absolutely are people there who are doing something about it every day. To shed some light on the positive things happening in Ethiopia, Kassa teamed up with her friend, Los Angelesbased filmmaker Nathan Araya, to create the documentary Sincerely Ethiopia, which premiered in summer 2013. Kassa, Araya and two other team members spent six weeks in 2011 and 2012 in the African country, filming people and associations working to create positive change. Among those profiled are the Adugna Community Dance Theatre, a group of dancers who tell powerful stories of social injustices and personal challenges through their art; Yohannes Gebregeorgis, founder of Ethiopia Reads, which builds free public libraries in the country; and Eden Gelan, founder of the Beza Community Development Association, which helps people living with HIV and AIDS. Kassa, a student in the Josef Korbel School of International Studies when the project began, received a Partners in Scholarship grant from the University to pay for her airfare. The idea behind the research proposal was that my research wouldnt be a paper at the end of it, but it would be a film, says Kassa, who recently returned to Denver after working for a nongovernmental organization in Ghana. I was going to go and try to find as many people as I could who are doing really positive and encouraging work in Ethiopia. The goal was to have storytelling, but in a very personal way. Sincerely Ethiopia premiered in Ethiopia in December 2013; this fall, the filmmakers screened the movie at film festivals and on many college campuses across the country, in an effort to get young people talking about Ethiopia and the way its portrayed in the media. Were trying to create dialogue and conversations about perceptions of Ethiopia and all of Africa in the media, Kassa says. Africans arent necessarily getting their own voices out there, and why is that? Is there some important reason why what we see in the media is very negative, and what can we do to change that? Another goal, she says, is to get people directly involved by supporting some of the organizations profiled in the film and create a network of people and programs with similar goals. Its a good way for young people to realize you can do anything, she says. To see these peoples stories and see where they came from, their backgrounds, its very inspiring. >> sincerelyethiopia.com Greg Glasgow
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2006
Stephanie Cegielski (JD 06) of Chester, N.J., was named vice president, public relations, for the New York-based Public Relations Society of America. Everett Smith (MBA 06) is president and COO at Animal Reference Pathology in Salt Lake City. The company provides pathology services and laboratory services to the veterinary community. Everett previously worked at Covidien in Boulder, Colo. Jeremy Walton (BA 06) of New Orleans is a community planner for the Federal Emergency Management Agency. He earned a masters degree in urban and regional planning from the University of New Orleans.
Todd Unger (BA 07) is a reporter for WFAA-TV ABC in Dallas. He is on the board of the Society of Professional Journalists Texas chapter. Todd previously worked at the ABC affiliate KOAT in Albuquerque, N.M., where he won a 2012 Emmy for a story he did on a gun ring operation in New Mexico. Peter Wright (MBA 07) of Hillsboro, Ore., is an operations program manager with Oracle. Peter manages the launch, production and continuity of Oracles general-purpose servers.
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Erica Boe (BA 08) and Christian Luker (BSBA 09) of Denver were married Aug. 17, 2013, in Beaver Creek, Colo. The two met on campus their junior and senior years. Erica is assistant manager of marketing and events at Janus Capital Group, and Christian is a business analyst at DaVita. Katie Moebius (BSBA 08) of Santa Monica, Calif., is global partnership marketing specialist at audio company Beats by Dre, working in partnership with large brands such as HP, HTC, Chrysler and Fiat to integrate Beats audio into their respective products. Previously, Katie worked at advertising agency RPA as a senior account executive on the Mandalay Bay account. She launched her career in 2008 at Crispin Porter + Bogusky in Boulder, Colo., working on campaigns for Volkswagen of America, Old Navy and others. Paul Schultz (MS 08) of Montrose, Colo., teaches at Marylhurst University near Portland, Ore., through the Accelerated Online Program. Paul also is broker/owner at United Country Montrose Realty and president of the Montrose Association of Realtors.
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Scott Rohrig (MPS 10) of Centennial, Colo., is senior director of global sales with Social Media Energy, which helps companies like HealthOne and Sports Authority build brand awareness through social media.
2011
Patrick Sieben (BM 11) performs regularly in casinos and clubs in Las Vegas. Patrick and his former band, Select Three, opened for Bon Jovi in St. Paul, Minn., in 2010. Select Three also starred in a national television commercial for Pizza Hut. In February 2012, Patrick performed for more than 10,000 U.S. soldiers at Camp Buering in Kuwait as part of Serving Our Troops, a Minnesota consortium of businesses and restaurants that has served the military and their families since 2004. Patrick, along with Serving Our Troops, was awarded a 2012 Board of Governors Emmy for his part in Hubbard Broadcastings documentary about the Serving Our Troops mission to Kuwait. Radina Vassileva (BA 11) of Aurora, Colo., returned to the U.S. in July after having spent a year in Germany as a participant in the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals. Radina was selected as one of 75 participants nationwide for this competitive government-sponsored fellowship for young professionals between the ages of 18 and 24. She began her year abroad with two months of intensive German language training at the Carl Duisberg Centrum in Cologne, then studied for a semester at the Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet zu Kiel. Her year finished with a five-month internship with the Ministry for Energy Transition, Agriculture, Environment and Rural Areas of Schleswig-Holstein in Kiel.
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Erin (Gilbert) Hayes (MS 09, MBA 09) is owner and CIO of Enquire Solutions, a Denver-based provider of cloud CRM and sales call center solutions for senior living communities.
2012
Lindsay Hulwick (MA 12) and A. J. Kuhle (MPS 11) were married July 6, 2013, at
Which alum grew up in New Orleans? The answer can be found somewhere on pages 38-46 of this issue. Send your answer to du-magazine@du.edu or University of Denver Magazine, 2199 S. University Blvd., Denver, CO 80208-4816. Be sure to include your full name and mailing address. Well select a winner from the correct entries; the winning entry will win a prize. Congratulations to Rachel Copeland Bell (MA 10) for winning the fall issues pop quiz.
the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. Lindsay is head womens golf coach at DU, and A.J. is assistant basketball coach. Emily Parker (BA 12, MPP 13) was awarded a Heartland Emmy for her work on the 9News Truth Test team, which evaluated the accuracy of political ads during the 2012 presidential election. Emily is a policy researcher with Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C.
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Megan Kardos (BA 13) of Denver won the Miss Colorado 2013 pageant in June and took part in the Miss America pageant in September in Atlantic City, N.J. Emily Lande (MPP 13, JD 13) of Portland, Ore., was awarded a Heartland Emmy for her work on the 9News Truth Test team, which evaluated the accuracy of political ads during the 2012 presidential election. Emily is currently studying for the bar and was selected for a fellowship that began in October in Washington, D.C. Cyndy Giauque (JD 82) and her daughter Lanna Giauque, a DU senior, traveled to the John H. Phipps Biological Field Station in Tortuguero, Costa Rica, in summer 2012. The duo traveled to the station to participate in the Sea Turtle Conservancys eco-volunteer turtle tagging program as a part of Lannas undergraduate thesis research. As you pioneer lands far and wide, be sure to pack your DU gear and strike a pose in front of a national monument, the fourth wonder of the world or your hometown hot spot. If we print your submission, youll receive some new DU paraphernalia to take along on your travels. Send your print or high-resolution digital image and a description of the location to: Pioneer Pics, University of Denver Magazine, 2199 S. University Blvd., Denver, CO 80208-4816, or email du-magazine@du.edu. Be sure to include your full name, address, degree(s) and year(s) of graduation.
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In Memoriam
1930s
Keeping Alumni Connected Through Sports & Wellness
Margaret Hooper Trible (BA 38), Denver, 1-10-13 Orville Rowland (attd. 193941), Arvada. Colo., 11-30-12
1940s
Charlotte Estlow (attd. 194143), Centennial, Colo., 8-19-13 Ralph Gorton Jr. (BS 41), Eagle, Colo., 8-6-13 Carolyn Cassady (attd. 194647), London, 9-20-13 Eugene Frink (BA 47), Eureka, Calif., 6-30-13 Lee Wedgwood (BSBA 49), Lakewood, Colo., 6-14-13
1950s
Irvin Jim Norland (BA 51), Warrenville, S.C., 6-20-13 Cedar Walton (attd. 195154), Brooklyn, N.Y., 8-19-13 George Martin Jr. (BSBA 52), Jersey Village, Texas, 4-17-13 Amelia Amy Miller (BS 52), Fort Collins, Colo., 6-23-13 Barbara Gilderdale (MA 54), New Canaan, Conn., 7-12-13 Donald Sanders (BA 55, MA 56), Independence, Mo., 5-21-13 Will Tiede (BSBA 56, MBA 57), Centennial, Colo., 3-24-13 Jack Agee (LLB 57), Colorado Springs, Colo., 12-31-12 Loretta Fay Brown (BS 57), Riverton, Wyo., 9-4-13 John Daly (BA 58, MA 63), Aurora, Colo., 10-28-12
1960s
Dorothy Fisher (BSBA 60), Mount Prospect, Ill., 6-5-13 Alice Madden (BM 60), Mesa, Ariz., 6-6-13 Philip Warnke (BS 61), Sioux City, Iowa, 9-6-13 Helen Coulter (Roudebush) Lonsdale (BA 65), Greeley, Colo., 9-19-13 Rodman Lynn Underwood (MSW 65), Port Orange, Fla., 7-1-13 Bruce Kirkpatrick (JD 67), Durango, Colo., 7-16-13 Sara Massey (MA 69), Comfort, Texas, 8-17-13
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1970s
Marsha Spector (BA 70), Naples, Fla., 8-15-13 Andrew Haas (BA 71), Denver, 11-9-11 Alvin Sueo Inoue (BSBA 73), Hilo, Hawaii, 7-23-13 Carolyn Overmyer (BA 77), Mattapoisett, Mass., 6-30-13
1980s 2010s
Brian Speck (BSBA 87), Aspen, Colo., 7-27-13
Michael Ness (attd. 201012), Norwalk, Conn., 8-20-13
Students
David Dubrow, senior sociology major, Norwalk, Conn., 8-20-13
Faculty and staff

Joseph Darby, former instructor in modern languages, La Jolla, Calif., 6-13-13 Helen Pustmueller (MA 77), former curator of DU Museum of Anthropology, Englewood, Colo., 8-9-13 University of Denver Magazine CONNECTIONS 47
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 our pullout guide to the Universitys 150th Y anniversary events.

Law school alum Troy Walker takes comedy seriously.

Tech-savvy research team aims to help kids with autism disorders.

Summer internships give students a taste of the working life.

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George W. Bush is the featured guest at the Korbel Dinner

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Alumna pays tribute to a show-biz legend

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