University of Denver Magazine Fall 2012 Issue

FALL 2012
M A G A Z I N E
THE Campaign comEs To Campus
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University of Denver Magazine FaLL 2012
Contents
Features
26 The Great Debate

By Leslie Petrovski
The University prepares for its moment in the global spotlight.
30 Banner Years
By Greg Glasgow
The Newman Center celebrates a decade of artistic excellence.
34 Here we go, DU! Here we go!

By Pat Rooney
New coaches, new players, a new conferenceits a big year for the Pioneers.
Departments
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Editors Note News

The Universitys new brand Campaign-themed video games Laleh Mehrans Denver Art Museum exhibit Training women for political office College Republicans chair Presidential visits to campus Eye-tracking device
12 Academics 16 Arts 19 People 21 Q&A
22 History
24 Research
39 Alumni Connections
On the cover: The University will host the first presidential debate of 2012 on Oct. 3; read the story on page 26. This page: The Newman Center for the Performing Arts celebrates its 10th anniversary in
Editors Note
Editors Note
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Volume 13, Number 1 Publisher
Kevin A. Carroll
Its no coincidence that the University is rolling out its new branding platform and new logo (see story, page 6) just before we host the first presidential debate of 2012. If were showing our best face to the world, we want to be sure were doing it in a way that really lets people know what a great institution this is. The new brand highlights the things the University does
Jeffrey Haessler
Managing Editor
Greg Glasgow
Senior Editor
Tamara Chapman
best: giving students the chance to collaborate with professors and with one another; providing the kinds of experiences that make for lifelong memories; and instilling students with a sense of purpose as they head out to change the world. As we prepare for the debate on campus, were already seeing the brand come to life in a myriad of ways. Collaboration? We have departments from all across campusfrom parking and maintenance to Alumni Relations and Undergraduate Enrollmentworking together to plan for the big day, and a number of student committees are giving undergraduate and graduate students a say in how it all goes down. As for those important experiences, some students will be lucky enough to score a ticket to the debate hall on Oct. 3. For the rest of us (and for alumni, too), theres DebateFesta free, ticketed festival featuring live music, local vendors and debate viewing on huge outdoor screens. Not to mention the Debate Event Series, which is bringing big names like Time editor-at-large David Von Drehle and New York Times Washington correspondent David Sanger to campus in the days before and after the debate. (Read more about the debate and related events starting on page 26.) The crux of the new brand is that the University of Denver is a catalyst for purposeful lives. At the moment, the presidential debate is uniting us all with one purpose as we address the many challenges surrounding Oct. 3 and prepare for the excitement the event will bring to campus and to Denver. But I have a feeling the momentum were creating right now will carry us into 2014the Universitys sesquicentennial yearand well beyond.
Amber DAngelo Na (BA 06, MPS 12) Kelsey Outman (13)

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Kristin Altman Jordan Ames (BA 02, MPS 10) Chris Chavez Valerie Finholm Steve Fisher Dan Hazard Kathryn Mayer (BA 07, MA 10) Leslie Petrovski (BA 82, MA 91) Pat Rooney Shara Rutberg Chase Squires (MPS 10) Kevin Williams
Editorial Board
Contributors
Kevin A. Carroll, vice chancellor/chief marketing officer Thomas Douglis (BA 86) Kristine Cecil, associate vice chancellor/interim executive director of alumni relations Sarah Satterwhite, senior director of advancement communications Amber Scott (MA 02) Laura Stevens (BA 69), director of parent relations
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Update
When Dorothy mcNeese walked across the stage at the University of Denver commencement ceremony on June 8, it was a moment decades in the making. mcNeese, 78, already had a bachelors degree and a graduate certificate, but she had always wanted a masters degree. With her new masters in environmental policy and management, mcNeese is believed to be the oldest graduate of DUs University college.
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Rocky Mountain spirit

university unveils new logo and branding platform
By Tamara Chapman
experientiaL Learning
Du has long emphasized the value of hands-on learning. undergraduate and graduate students get the chance to supplement classroom knowledge with hands-on experiencesat the mount evans Field station, the Colorado Capitol and the Denver art museum, to name just a few. some students even journey outside the region with internships that introduce them to the day-to-day realities that characterize their future professions.
Over the summer of 2012, the University of Denver began unveiling a new branding platform and visual identity that will help define and differentiate the institution for local, national and international audiences. After a year of market research and development, we have learned that many people know of the University of Denver, but they dont know enough about us. We are going to change that fact, says Kevin Carroll, vice chancellor of the Division of Marketing and Communications and the Universitys chief marketing officer. The branding platform grew out of months of research, he explains. We developed the new branding platform and identity by asking thousands of people from across the U.S. and in our community what our university means to them. The research helped to clarify the Universitys identity within a crowded and competitive education marketplace. The Division of Marketing and Communications worked with a host of stakeholdersamong them current
educational journey and inspired by Denvers Rocky Mountain spirit of exploration and openness. This approach to education is supported by an emphasis on collaboration, vast opportunities for experiential learning, a culture dedicated to creating positive impact, and the diverse perspectives, from local to global, that color dayto-day life on campus. These attributes, Carroll explains, align closely with the Universitys mission and vision. They also capture a decades worth of focus on program and curriculum development. From this platform, Carroll adds, new, fresh and contemporary communication will be created. The research also helped shape a new logo that includes the date of the Universitys founding, 1864, and features signature campus buildings and a mountain backdrop. Already, the new logo has been incorporated into the Universitys website, its major publications and an array of way-finding signs installed in midsummer. In addition, the brand
students, their parents, alumni, faculty, staff and Denver-area employersto explore the institutions strengths and distinctive attributes. Incorporating insights gleaned from this research, the new brand platform brings to life DUs vision: to be a great private university dedicated to the public good. The brand expresses how we put our vision and values into action, Carroll says, and it is the lens through which we set and carry out attainment of our goals. The new platform is brief and easy to remember: The University of Denver is a catalyst for purposeful lives, ignited by a personalized
platform informs marketing materials across the institutions many divisions. Carroll expects the brand platform will not only help the institution communicate with various audiences, it also will play a critical role in strategic planning. You can be confident in knowing that our brand positioning is truly a reflection of what we know and believe about the University of Denver, he says. Everyone in the University community is an ambassador for our brand, and we must unite to reflect this essence in all that we do, every day.
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sources for news and information about the 2012 election
Pioneers Top 10
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Factcheck.org
This is a great site for looking up claims that are disseminated through news, campaign messages and email messages.
votesmart.org
This website gives quick access to key voting in five categories: backgrounds, issue positions, voting records, campaign finances and performance evaluations.
C-span.org/Campaign2012 Business
C-SPAn is offering extensive coverage of the campaign.
pBs.org/special/election-2012
PBS is hosting a special page and Twitter feed on the election: #pbsElection.
Knoebel hospitality students mentor refugees

Many immigrants who come to the United States have a tough time finding employment because of language barriers and a lack of job skills. Cheri Young, associate professor in the University of Denvers Fritz Knoebel School of Hospitality Management, has incorporated service learning into the classroom by asking her students to mentor new immigrants on ways to bolster their job skills. Students who took Youngs Managing Human Capital in Hospitality course last spring were asked to train and counsel 10 refugees looking for jobs in the hospitality industry. Young has established a relationship with Denvers African Community Center (ACC), which helps refugees who have fled to America after suffering persecution in their home countries. The Knoebel students worked directly with refugees through ACCs Commercial Food Safety and Service Training Program, a 90-hour course that provides hands-on education about food service sanitation, customer service and American work culture. The opportunity for our hospitality management students to work with people from very diverse backgrounds is immense, Young says. This innovative program allows our students to get real-world experience by acting as employment mentors to the ACC refugees. The hospitality industry often is a gateway to employment for those with limited English language skills or education. I want my students to learn that caring for your employees is the right thing to do and ultimately can increase the profitability of a business. The students are mentoring new arrivals from Sri Lanka, Ethiopia, Somalia, South Sudan, Liberia, Congo and Bhutan/Nepal on job-hunting skills, interviewing techniques and the various skills needed to work in the food-service and hotel industries. The Knoebel students are learning management skills such as developing training programs and employee manuals and conducting job interviews. Two additional students from Knoebel also participated by researching best practices potential employers can use when hiring immigrants.
thomas.loc.gov
Look up pending or passed federal legislation.
gallup.com
Gallup shares polling on elections and related topics.
people-press.org (pew research Center)
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Mike McDonald/Shutterstock.com
This nonpartisan public opinion research organization studies political trends, public opinion and public policy.
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publicagenda.org
This nonpartisan nonprofit site provides data on what the public thinks about issues ranging from education to foreign policy to religion.
Latinotimes.com/politics
LatinoTimes has a page dedicated to politics and the election.
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thegrio.com/politics
The Grio is an African-American news site, now owned by nBC news.
Compiled by Lynn Schofield-Clark, associate professor in the media, film and journalism studies department
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Molly Tomkins, Jing Wan and Lian Duan, from the Fritz Knoebel School of Hospitality Management, took first place at the fourth annual Global Spa & Wellness Summit student challenge in Aspen, Colo., June 36. The students winning concept was a spa marketed to teen girls. The students were awarded $1,000, a trophy and a certificate of achievement. The Walt Disney Co. has invited the team to Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Fla., to present the concept to executives and to comment on Disneys new spa for kids.
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in april, the Lamont school of music launched expanding horizons, a new world-music concert and lecture series. new York-based jazz group trio tarana, along with Lamont student ensembles, performed on april 13, and Corinna Campbell, a doctoral candidate at harvard universitys music department, spoke may 1 on surinamese maroon music and dance.
The Universitys Office of Technology Transfer has partnered with the Innovation Center of the Rockies (ICR) to help commercialize inventions and intellectual property developed by University researchers. The ICR was chosen after a national search in part because of its roster of volunteer mentors and advisers who will help find pathways to market for DU technology. The nonprofit organization will provide a program manager who will work closely with DU researchers and the Technology Transfer Office to translate highly technical material into understandable language, identify potential commercial utility and work with the mentoring team.
A team of graduate students from the Daniels College of Business took first place in the 2012 Aspen Institutes Business & Society International MBA Case Competition, held April 13 in New York. The Daniels College team initially competed against more than 1,000 students representing 25 of the worlds leading business schools. The final round of competition pitted
Daniels against four other top business school programs. The case, written by the Yale School of Management, challenged students to integrate corporate profitability and positive social and environmental impact in a real business scenario.
Psychology Professor Wyndol Furman has received two awards for his research on close relationships in childhood, adolescence and early adulthood: the 2012 Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award, presented by the International Society of Behavioral Development, and the 2012 John P Hill .
new media influence on Campaign politics, a may 11 panel discussion held as part of the presidential Debate event series, brought together media and political experts to discuss the effects of Facebook, twitter, blogs and other new media on presidential and other campaigns. panelists were David weigel, a political reporter for Slate magazine and msnBC; political consultant Brent Blackaby; Jay newton-small, a congressional correspondent for Time magazine; and Dorian warren, an assistant professor of political science at Columbia university. the panel was moderated by seth masket and peter hanson, both assistant professors in Dus political science department. The Division of Athletics and Recreation achieved an unprecedented 100 percent participation rate among student-athletes and staff in annual giving during the 201112 calendar year. A total of 326 student-athletes donated to the Pioneers Reinvesting in Denver Excellence (PRIDE) Fund, while 128 full-time athletics employees contributed to the Pioneers for Pioneers program.
Memorial Award from the Society for Research on Adolescence.
Law
Legal institutes Kourlis wins prestigious John Marshall Award

Rebecca Love Kourlis, director of the Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System at the University of Denver, is the recipient of the 2012 John Marshall Award, presented by the American Bar Association Justice Center. The award recognizes those dedicated to improving the administration of justice. Recipients are chosen based on their work to promote justice-system reform and public awareness.
to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the discovery of cosmic rays, Du hosted a three-day conference, Centenary symposium 2012: Discovery of Cosmic rays, in June. more than 50 scientists came to campus to discuss developments in the field over the past century.
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internationaL
University part of new initiative to bring more international students to Colorado

A new statewide initiative to encourage international students to attend Colorado colleges and universities was announced in July at a press conference at the University of Denver. StudyColorado, a partnership among the state, the business community and institutions of higher educationincluding DUwill work to attract international students through unified outreach efforts. In academic year 201011, more than 7,000 international students from more than 100 countries studied in Colorado. More than 1,300 of those students studied at DU. Their presence here enriches all of us in many different ways. It raises the bar of the intellectual climate for the entire university, University of Denver Chancellor Robert Coombe said at the press conference. Its a truly wonderful thing for us at DU, but for the city and for Colorado as well. International students bring more than $235 million to the Colorado economy each year, said Lt. Gov. Joe Garcia. Our students benefit from the presence of international students, Garcia added. Its a win for all of Colorado, not just the institution.
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Former library school dean dies at 93

Margaret Enid Knox Goggin, former dean of DUs Graduate School of Librarianship, died June 10 in Gainesville, Fla. She was 93. Goggin had degrees from Maryville College, Peabody College and the University of Illinois. After working in libraries in Tennessee, Ohio, Washington, D.C., and the University of Illinois, she became an assistant professor of library science at the University of Florida in 1949. In 1968, she was hired by the University of Denver as full professor and dean of the library schoola post she held until 1979. In 1980 she was the inspiration behind and co-founder of what is today the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar. She remained on the DU faculty as a professor until 1984, attaining emeritus status in that year. In retirement, she served as interim director of collection management at Emory University from 198688. She also worked as co-owner of Book Seminars Inc. from 198695 and as owner of Margaret K. Goggin Books beginning in 1994.
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From the desk of

Bin ramke, english professor
with an old photograph of him and his brother on the steps of the Louisiana state capitol in Baton rouge.
1 ramke illustrated his poem Phrases in part
sized Empire state Building. it was my sons toy, and when it broke, it stopped being a toy and became art, ramke says.
A longtime origami enthusiast, ramke often starts a new class by teaching students how to fold an origami crane.
3 ramke saved these typeballs from an iBm selectric typewriter as a reminder that writing is a physical activity. He wrote his first book on a manual typewriter.
many items on ramkes desk reflect his interest in miniatures, including this former piggy bank that depicts King Kong climbing a pint-
5 ramke likes this antique bottle of bug spray because of the marketing language it usessure death to flies. you would not use this language in contemporary advertising unless you were using it with some degree of irony, he says. 6 A gift from a friend with whom he watched the coen brothers dark comedy classic, this Fargo snow globe depicts the 1996 movies gory wood chipper scene.
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Game theory
First-year seminar lets students design campaign-themed video games
By Greg Glasgow
What is a firstyear seminar?

First-year seminars are designed to provide incoming freshmen with an in-depth academic experience that hints at the kinds of classes they will take during their senior year. in the intensive classes, students develop the kinds of academic skills that will prepare them for successful college work, including writing, critical reading and thinking, discussion, argument and debate. The seminars also help freshmen feel like part of the DU community: A students first-year seminar instructor serves as his or her academic adviser and faculty mentor throughout the freshman year.
To teach first-year students about the machinations of campaign politics this fall, computer science Professor Scott Leutenegger intends to speak to the freshmen in a language he knows they will understand. Hes having them create their own video games. You have this medium that kids want to engage withtheyre all gamers, and the idea of playing a game is just completely normal to them, Leutenegger says. So you have this opportunity to inject some sort of political commentary or to shape opinions through the game play. Its not just killing zombies; it could be a game where youre a campaign manager and you have to coach your candidate on whether to use negative attack techniques or patriotic chest-thumping. Leuteneggers first-year seminar, Election Games, was inspired by the presidential debate the University will host in October. Using a simple programming language called Scratch, students will team up to design games that take a cue from presidential politics. Once the games are finished, students will take turns playing the games designed by their classmates. They are going to create board games and Scratch games that are basically making campaign pitches for one candidate or the other, Leutenegger
says. Im planning on making them switch halfway through. I want them to actually look at issues on both sides, but more importantly, I want them to see the techniques that politicians use to inform or misinformthe public. Another aim is to teach students about the socially conscious gaming movement pioneered by designers like Rafael Fajardo, an associate professor in DUs emergent digital practices program. Games such as Fajardos Juan and the Beanstalk, about Colombian farmers, or Oiligarchy, a big oil-themed game by Italian team Molleindustria, deliver a message about society. And designing such a game, Leutenegger says, is even more educational than playing it. When you have to actually make the game, and you have to decide on the message that you want to get across, its the same as writing a paper. They have to do the same background research, he says. When you write a paper, about the only thing an instructor can do to stop you from going all over the place is say, You are limited to four pages. Well, when you have to write the code for this game, you have to do the art for this game, thats much more of a constraint than limiting the number of pages. It forces the designer to hone that argument down to the bare minimum.
Donor spotlight
tony singer endows new painting professorship
By Kristin Altman
Everett Anton Tony Singer (BA 70) doesnt consider his job work. Retired co-owner of the print business Four Seasons Litho Inc., Singer founded the website VintageAutoPosters.com. My company combines the three things I love: aesthetics, printing and cars, he says. I channeled my creative juices into my printing business and then into vintage automotive posters. It was my time as a painting student at DU that opened my eyes to being able to express my aesthetic vision in many different entrepreneurial paths. In June, Singer made a gift to the University of Denvers School of Art and Art History to provide opportunities for art students to have similar revelatory experiences. The Everett Anton Singer Endowed Professorship in Painting is the first endowed faculty position for the art school.
We are all deeply touched by Tonys generosity and trust, says Anne McCall, dean of the Divisions of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. This professorship will enable us to strengthen our painting program by creating a fertile academic environment in which we can attract topnotch faculty who will help students foster their passion for art. Singers gift will be used to increase the number of full-time faculty in painting. The endowment will fund faculty salaries and research related to painting. It was clear to me that DU has fantastic physical spaces for students in the art program to explore their art, Singer says. It seemed to me that what the School of Art and Art History needed was more support of its people. I wanted to fund the faculty within the program and enable the school to attract well-known, motivating teachers to guide art students.
Courtesy of Tony Singer
partnership
DU helps Colorado Public Radio meet fundraising goal

The University of Denver helped colorado Public radio (cPr) kick off its latest fundraising drive in style, aiding the station in raising more than $80,000 over the first six hours of the nine-day effort. The pledge drive began June 6 with a University challenge grant: $10,000 if cPr received 1,000 pledges in six hours. The station exceeded that goal by 79 pledges and raised $83,347 within the challenge grant time period. colorado Public radio is about curiosity and expanding awareness and expanding horizons, and by partnering with that and supporting that, DU is showing itself to be an organization in the community that really supports thoughtful conversations and understanding the world around us, says cPr membership director Jim East. The relationship between the University and cPr goes back to 1970, when KcFr (colorado Free radio) started as an on-campus station licensed to the University. The station started carrying programming from National Public radio in 1973, and in 1984 it separated from DU, moved to a building near campus and became a community-licensed public radio station. in 1991, KcFr merged with Grand Junction public radio station KPrN to form colorado Public radio.
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2012 CommenCement
Graduate
Date: June 8
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number of graduates: 812 speaker: William Dean Singleton, chair and founder of the Medianews Group chain message: Youre all guaranteed at least one job: cleaning up my generations mess. We screwed it up big time, and I apologize on behalf of my generation.
Undergraduate
Date: June 9 number of graduates: 952 speaker: Roger Birnbaum, co-chairman and chief executive officer of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and co-founder of Spyglass Entertainment message: no one can tell you what to do with your life. no one knows better than you. If you dont know yet, thats OK, thats wonderful, thats being young. But dont wait for others to tell you. Dont wait for the answer to appear in a city or a boyfriend or girlfriend because it wontor worse, youll be given the wrong answer. Many office buildings are filled with people fulfilling other peoples expectations.
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One to watch
sam estenson, intercultural communications and foreign languages
By Kelsey Outman
Balancing campus activities, schoolwork and fun can be a challenging task, but one DU student tackles all three and makes it look easy. Junior Sam Estenson, the Undergraduate Student Government president, is involved in a multitude of activities at the University. Originally from the small town of Northfield, Minn., Estenson saw attending DU as an adventure. Colorado has this image of excitement and opportunitythats why were the Pioneers, he says. For me, choosing DU was choosing a riskier option. Now that Im here, I realize what a perfect fit it is. Estenson is pursuing a dual degree in intercultural communications (a self-designed major) and foreign languages (Spanish, German and Japanese), with minors in leadership and business. He has been on the Programming Board for the past two years; he works as a foreign language tutor at the Center for World Languages and Cultures, where he also is a board member; and he leads campus tours as part of Team 1864. Estensons passion for learning about other cultures stemmed from his gap year before coming to DU, when he traveled to Japan through the Rotary Youth Exchange. The experience, he says, opened a completely new window to the world. Funded by a Partners in Scholarship research grant, Estenson traveled to Spain and Latin America this summer to research the intersection of youth culture, language and geography. He has
conducted similar research in Germany and Denmark. Estenson also is involved in planning for the presidential debate Oct. 3, serving as student coordinator for the DebateFest that will be held on campus the same day. Weve been collaborating with all the different stakeholders and making sure that the student voice is heard and that students are excited about it because its going to be such a defining moment for DU, he says. Carl Johnson, director of campus activities and Estensons student government adviser, believes Estenson will have a huge influence during his time as president. I have great faith in Sam, Johnson says. He has great leadership qualities and has the ability to do great things.
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the university offers courses in 10 foreign languages: arabic, Chinese, French, german, hebrew, italian, Japanese, Latin, russian and spanish. the Center for world Languages and Cultures offers specialized instruction in less commonly taught languages, including Bosnian, hindi and tibetan.
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mehran takes on science, politics and religion in new museum exhibit
By Greg Glasgow
Standing inside the giant cube thats at the heart of Laleh Mehrans temporary, site-specific installation at the Denver Art Museum, you may feel like a ruler looking down on his subjects, or like a character in AMCs zombie show The Walking Dead, about to be devoured. With its motion-sensitive video screens that send a horde of computer-generated, head-like spheres swarming toward each new visitor, the piecetitled Men of God, Men of Natureputs a visitor at the center of some kind of big event, but the specifics are open to interpretation. Basically theyre masses, however you decide you see that, says Mehran, an associate professor of emergent digital practices at the School of Art and Art History. Whether youre there to bestow words of wisdom onto the masses and they really want to hear it, or you see yourself as a rock star and the concerts begun and fans are coming toward you, or its a parasitic relationship and
youre the host and the parasites are coming to feastthere are a lot of interpretations. Mehran started working on the piece two years ago at the invitation of museum director Christoph Heinrich. It addresses her trademark issues of science, politics and religion, but it also is inspired by the unconventional architecture of the DAMs Frederic C. Hamilton Building. I teasingly call this a collaboration between myself and the architect Daniel Libeskind, because I would never have made a cube in a white-wall gallery, says Mehran, who built the structure in collaboration with her husband, Chris Coleman, also an assistant professor in the emergent digital practices program. But in this space, where nothing is perpendicular, a cube just works. It feels so alive to me. The daughter of Iranian scientists who left Iran during the Cultural Revolution in the 1980s, Mehran has worked at DU since 2007. Men of God, Men of Nature pays tribute to her Middle Eastern heritage as well: The installations cube is inspired by the Kaaba, a sacred Islamic structure that draws millions of Muslims during the annual Hajj pilgrimage; and the outside of the structure is decorated with etchings inspired by the topography of the region. To set the appropriate mood, Mehran and a sound designer put together a soundscape that melds sacred songs, ambient noise from a bazaar and an American shopping mall, the sounds of helicopters, bees and more into a sonic soup that is equally soothing and hypnotic. Inside the cube, a deeper rumbling aids further reflection. On the most ideal level, my piece is a place of contemplation, Mehran says. Most of the surfaces are reflective, but at the same time all the reflective pieces are in parts, so youre constantly getting interruptedyour perfect understanding of yourself or your surroundings is constantly cut or imposed by something else. So ideally its a place where you would be reflective about these very deep ideologies that make you who you are and influence the ways in which you make wise decisions about how you understand your position in relation to others and navigate the world. >>Men of God, Men of Nature is at the DAM through Feb. 17; visit www.denverartmuseum.org
Photos courtesy of Laleh Mehran
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Parent to Parent
Coaching your student on internships
By Dan Hazard
I remember well Mr. Lamberton, my Little League baseball coach. He knew just how much to push us, and he knew when to back off if we were trying too hard. Parents of a college student require the same diplomacy in terms of the timing and tone of the message we hope will be heard and heeded. Using the honest phrase dont make the same mistakes I did laid the groundwork for encouraging my college student to begin the internship preparation and search sooner rather than later. Last January, my student shuffled off to the Career Center and received some excellent assistance polishing her resum and cover letter. She built a list of internship sites and family connections, then sent more than a dozen resums for a 2012 summer internship. The result was four interviews (both Skype and face-to-face) and two job offers. What can we do as parental coaches when discussing internships? Pick the right time, tone and place to discuss internships. Share experiences regarding your personal job searches and work challenges.
Mention to family, friends and business associates that your student is seeking an internship in a given field. Practice interviewing with your student as much as possible, well before the interview. There is no substitute for the confidence gained by rehearsing. Encourage your student to keep sending resums and interviewing to secure multiple job offers. Explain that most internships have many more applicants than openings; rejection is a painful part of any job search. With any internship /job offer, ask for details in writing, such as hours, pay, duties, etc. Send written thank-you notes for any job offers declined. Internships, regardless of the field or duties, provide invaluable experience preparing a student for the transition to a full-time position.
Dan Hazard, of Huntington Beach, Calif., is the parent of senior communications major Brittany Hazard.
Be smart about your gifts to the University!

IRA assets are not taxable if given to charity.
An IRA, 401(k), or similar tax-favored retirement plan is an excellent tool for accumulating wealth. Passing it on to your family seems like a good idea, but that can actually work against you by creating adverse tax consequences. Distributions to a non-spouse are subject to federal income taxation even if the federal estate tax does not apply to your estate. The recipient of your IRA distribution will pay tax at their ordinary income rate, resulting in a much smaller inheritance.
Tax advisors often suggest you give non-taxable assets to family.
If you are planning on leaving a gift to your favorite charity, an IRA distribution to a taxexempt entity like DU has a greater impact since it is received tax-free. Tax-wise planning such as this benefits your family and enables you to leave a legacy and touch lives through your philanthropy. Doing so is as simple as filling out a Change of Beneficiary form available from your plan provider.
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Emerging talent
alumna leads nonprofit that trains women for political office
By Tamara Chapman
After years of working in the nonprofit sector and immersing herself in issues aligned with her passions, Karen Middleton (MA 07) decided she didnt just want to promote changeshe wanted to make it. A former assistant dean at what is now the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, Middleton wanted to write policy and enact laws. She wanted clout. To that end, Middleton served for six years as an elected officialfirst on the Colorado State Board of Education and later, from 200810, in the Colorado Legislature, where she represented House District 42 and where she was elected majority caucus chair. I really liked being able to have an impact, she says. That said, Middleton knew she could get more done if she had like-minded alliesin other words, more women in officewith whom she could collaborate. Today, with that in mind, she serves as president of California-based Emerge America, a national program that trains Democratic women to run for office. With outposts in 10 states, Emerge is hoping to expand its presence across the map. Three new offices are in the works, including one in Colorado. Two years into the job, Middleton, 46, is delighted by how it draws on her many life experiencesas an elected official, as an administrator and as a citizen concerned about everything from education to womens issues. (In addition to her stint at the University, she worked with the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, eCollege, the White House Project and the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs.) Middletons goal at Emerge is to help alter some troubling statistics: The United States ranks 90th in the world in the number of women in elected office; women make up just 17 percent of the U.S. Congress; and only six states are led by female governors. The numbers are pretty grim, she says. Were actually seeing a drop in the state legislatures. Theres not very much of a bench in most states. The Emerge strategy begins by bringing
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women together for seven months of rigorous preparation. We train a cohort of women, so we have women who can support each other as a team, Middleton explains. Training addresses everything from public speaking, fundraising and campaign strategies to issues that, historically, have kept women from pursuing office. Most of the women we encounter got into politics because they had an issue they were interested in, Middleton explains. But too many women think that single-issue expertise and knowledge gaps undermine their suitability for office. The Emerge plan helps women develop strategies to evaluate material and make decisions. Since its 2002 founding, Emerge has trained 1,000 women. Forty percent of participants are women of color. In fact, Middleton says, the organization just helped elect the first Latina in the Wisconsin State Assembly. Of the women who have participated in Emerge programming, 150 are running for office. For me, Middleton says, its all about the election results and making sure that they have a team that wants to help them. Eventually, she may run for office again. I wouldnt rule anything out, she says. In fact, shed relish the opportunity to legislate and shape policy alongside other womenbut first, shes focused on helping them get elected. >>emergeamerica.org
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since it was launched in 2002, emerge has trained almost 1,000 Democratic women to run for office. 43 percent of Emerge alumnae have run for office or been appointed to local boards or commissions. Of those who have run for office, 60 percent have won.
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In June, the University of Denver Pioneers became the first NCAA Division I athletes to join the You Can Play Project, releasing videos in support of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender athletes. DUs videos were among the first made by colleges after the project launched in March. You Can Play kicked off with a series of hockey-based videos featuring NHL All-Stars saying that shooting, scoring and other skills are important, while sexual orientation is not. DUs videosfeaturing the hockey, mens and womens basketball and gymnastics teamswere filmed on campus in early spring. Co-founded by sports marketing executive and DU adjunct professor Brian Kitts (BA 83, MA 86), You Can Play is a Denverbased nonprofit organization promoting respect for all athletes based on talent, skill and determinationnot sexual orientation or gender identity. The project also has input from Glenn Witman, a Denverbased real estate developer and founder of the GForce Sports elite gay hockey program, and Patrick Burke, a scout for the Philadelphia Flyers. >>www.YouCanPlayProject.org
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Five students win Fulbright scholarships

Five University of Denver students won Fulbright Scholarships to study or teach abroad in the 201213 academic year. It is the largest number of DU students to win Fulbright scholarships in more than 10 years. The DU winners include: Stephanie Lowe, an undergraduate German major, was awarded a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Germany. Michael Peronto, an undergraduate with a major in international studies, received a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Russia. Geoffrey MacDonald, a PhD candidate in the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, received a Fulbright Research Grant to study in India. Tom Lam, a masters candidate in the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, received a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship to Macau, China. Shaye Worthman, a masters candidate in the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, received a Fulbright Full Graduate Degree Grant to study political economy of development at the Benemrita Universidad Autnoma de Puebla in Puebla, Mexico. Completing my PhD in Mexico with this Fulbright grant will give me the academic and theoretical support to better understand the complexities of economic and social development in Latin America, Worthman says. Moreover, I will gain the international field experience I need to fulfill my career aspirations of researching and evaluating rural development projects in Latin America while contributing to the larger literature on public policy and rural development strategies. The Fulbright program, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State, is the largest U.S. international exchange program. The prestigious and highly competitive scholarship was established in 1946 to build relationships between the U.S. and other countries.
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n April, senior history, geography and political science major Vince Szilagyi was elected state chair of the Colorado Federation of College Republicans. Q What is College Republicans? A Basically, College Republicans is the youth organization for the Republican Party as a whole. Were unaffiliated with the party officially were a nonprofit group and we have our own headquarters, the College Republican National Committee in Washington, D.C. Each state has its own federation, and within each state, each individual college has its own chapter.
to me because really everything else relates to politics in one way or another. Its just a natural extension of how humans interact with one another, so its always been something I found fascinating.
Q What do you do in your role as state chairman for the Colorado Federation? A I represent the state on the national level, and Im in charge of coordinating statewide activities. As far as activities, its an election year, so its going to be very different. Were essentially going to be subsumed by larger party organizations and be the youth or labor wing of the partydoing volunteering, voter registration drives and the like. We serve mostly as a support network for conservative students on college campuses.
Q Why did you gravitate toward the Republican Party? A Ive always been pretty conservative. My parents are not very politically involved, and more than giving me any particular ideology, they always told me that I should be able to reason and to argue why I believe what I believe, not just accept what other people say. As a student of history, Ive seen what happens in the excesses of conservatism and the excesses of liberalism, and I personally believe that conservatism is a better way forward.
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Q Has politics always interested you? A Not so much on a personal level, like Im looking to run for office or anything like that, but its always been something thats been fascinating
Q Theres a stereotype that all college campuses are liberal. Do you feel youre working against the mainstream here at DU? A Ironically, College Republicans have far more success on liberal campuses than they do on conservative campuses. When youre surrounded by more conservative ideals, youre less likely to stand up and defend yourself. If you are used to being one of two conservative kids in the class and youre trying to offer a conservative viewpoint, you tend to get more passionate and you tend to get more practiced.
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the university has played host to presidents and candidates alike
By Steve Fisher
While Oct. 3 marks the first time that the University of Denveror, indeed, Coloradohas hosted a presidential debate, it is hardly the Universitys first encounter with the nations highest elected office. Over the years, the University has been visited a number of times by sitting, future and former U.S. presidents. The most frequent visitor so far has been Bill Clinton, who has been to campus three times. Here is a timeline of past DU presidential visits.
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William Howard Taft made the first presidential visit to campus in 1911. Coincidentally, Taft came to DU on Oct. 3the same date as the upcoming debate. Taft knew Chancellor Henry Buchtel through Republican party politics. Buchtel had served as the governor of Colorado just a few years earlier. Three years before he became the nations 34th president, Dwight Eisenhower was awarded an honorary doctorate at the Aug. 23 summer Commencement ceremony. Eisenhower spent a lot of time in Denver because it was the hometown of his wife, Mamie. He also knew then-Chancellor Albert Jacobs, who had been provost at Columbia University when Eisenhower was president of that institution. On Feb. 4, then-Sen. John F. Kennedy came to Denver in an appearance sponsored by the DU Social Science Foundation. He did not actually visit campus; his speech, The Global Challenges We Face, was delivered downtown at the Denver Auditorium. The Denver Post at the time described Kennedy as a possible candidate for the 1960 Democratic presidential nomination. In an event sponsored by the DU Young Republicans League, former vice president and future president Richard Nixon spoke to an audience of 4,000 at the DU Arena on Sept. 13. President Lyndon Johnson received an honorary degree at the summer Commencement ceremony on Aug. 26 in the DU Arena. Future president Ronald Reagan spoke at the arena-fieldhouse on campus on April 8. Though he was not yet an official candidate, it was widely speculated at the time that Reagan would soon announce his plans to run for the presidency. President Bill Clinton was part of the G8 Summit that met June 21 at the DU-owned Phipps Mansion. The building and its grounds were sold to private buyers in 2010. President Clinton appeared at Sturm Hall April 12 for a town hall meeting on gun control. On Jan. 30, a past president and a future president appeared on campus on the same day, both at Magness Arena. Former president Bill Clinton made a morning appearance as part of wife Hillarys presidential campaign, and future President Barack Obama made an evening campaign stop. Denver hosted the Democratic national Convention a few days later.
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engineering students opening doors for patients with limited mobility
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the Department of electrical and Computer engineering performs cutting-edge research in several areas, including safety, security and rescue; computer vision, pattern recognition and image understanding; nano-electro-mechanical devices; and renewable energy and power electronics. visit www. du.edu/ece for more information.
Imagine being able to control the world around you with just a glance. A team of University of Denver engineering students figured out a way to do just that. They imagined a way to help people with severely limited mobility control their environment simply by moving their eyes. Then they set about making that vision a reality. Students John DeWitt, Jeff Evans, Peter Neilson and Jordan Rath toiled for an entire academic year, working with Professors Peter Laz and Mohammad Mahoor and adjunct Professor Bob Johnson in a senior engineering class to create a workable, affordable device that allows a user to move a cursor about a computer screen just by moving his eyes. They tackled the challenge throughout the 201112 academic year in collaboration with Denvers Craig Hospital, one of the countrys bestknown facilities specializing in long-term care and rehabilitation of patients with spinal cord injury and traumatic brain injury. The team was challenged to create five pairs of eye-tracking glasses and deliver them to Craig Hospitals adaptive technology lab for testing. In June, students, professors and patients converged with hospital researchers for a road test. Scott Abram sat patiently in a wheelchair inside the lab, a room crammed with devices and prototypes aimed at helping those with limited
mobility. Students set the prototype on his face and adjusted the eye-tracking module. They had him glance to the corner of a computer screen, then to the other corner as they dialed in the system to track his pupil. They turned on an electronic keyboard, a screen filled with the letters of the alphabet, and had Abram focus on a letter. Abram glanced, and a cursor moved. He let it hover, and the letter clicked. There was an audible sigh of relief from the team. This year, a new group of students will look to pick up where the last team left off, making the design sleeker and more durable. Similar devices already exist, but they work best in strictly controlled environments with equipment costing tens of thousands of dollars. What the DU team set out to create was a real-world systema less-expensive option that is durable enough to use every day. We were specifically trying to make the system more useable, as well as try to make it a lowcost option, Laz says. The vision was to create some systems that will be low cost$100, $200 and that could create a new market where people could take this home and use it in their house.
See video of a patient using the eye-tracking glasses at www.du.edu/eyetracker
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park? What happens if it rains or snows? And what about the networks that want to air their morning shows from campus in the days leading up to the debate? What about faculty and staff who work in the area that will become the fenced-off secure zone? Where do students fit into all of this? All these questions and more are now the province of David Greenberg, the Universitys vice chancellor of institutional partnerships. Working with constituents and committees across campus, Greenberg is keenly focused on one date: Oct. 3, the day the 2012 presidential candidates will square off in Magness Arena in the first presidential debate of the 2012 election. Its a big deal, says Greenberg, de facto project manager for the event. The logistics are really mind-blowing. On Oct. 31, 2011, the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD)the nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that has sponsored the events since 1988 selected the University of Denver as a debate host, making DU the first university in Colorado and the Rocky Mountain region to host a presidential debate. Weve been told that since it is the first debate of the series, involving a sitting president and taking place at such a critical time for world and national affairs, observes Chancellor Robert Coombe, the debate at the University of Denver may be one of the highest-rated television programs in all of 2012, approaching the numbers of the Super Bowl.
the university prepares for its moment in the global spotlight.

By Leslie Petrovski (BA 82, MA 91)
nce a university has agreed to host a presidential debate, the questions start to pile up pretty quickly. Who needs security clearances? How do ticketholders get inside the Ritchie Center? Wheres everyone going to
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Parking Services and Campus he Universitys Safety to Alumni Relations road to the debate began and University Technology in March 2011, when the Services. A separate student chancellor and Board of committee is planning events Trustees authorized the related to campus life. institution to make a bid to Serving as a presidential become a debate host for the debate site also comes with 2012 election season. Eleven a price$1.65 million, an other schools submitted amount the University has applications, among them been courting donors to cover. debate veterans Hofstra, If you look at universities Washington University (in that have previously held Saint Louis) and Wake Forest debates, Greenberg explains, University. a lot of them have done The CPD had a long list it repeatedly: Washington of criteria: an air-conditioned University, Hofstra, Center hall of at least 17,000 square College. Obviously their feet; nearby parking that can Everything keeps me up at night, says David Greenberg, vice chancellor of metrics have proved it to be a accommodate 30 television institutional partnerships and de facto project manager for the presidential debate. worthwhile endeavor. remote trucks, trailers and We want it to appear to outsiders that it worked effortlessly and gracefully. And that Cathy Grieve (MA 75, satellite trucks up to 53 feet people come away with a great impression of the Universitynot just the physical PhD 79), executive director of in length; a 20,000-squareplant, but also the people who populate the University. Thats what we want. Conference and Event Services foot (minimum) media filing at DU, was part of a team that center in the same facility. met in late 2011 with the other schools selected to host debates this But meeting the CPDs minimum specs may not have been year. the only reason the University landed the big event, says Associate They said, Just picture CNN, ABC, all the networks on the Professor Seth Masket, chair of DUs political science department. campus green, everybody broadcasting live from the University At least part of it has to be that Colorado has become a pivotal of Denver, says Grieve, who has served on the debate steering state in presidential elections, says Masket, author of No Middle committee since the application process began. That just resonated Ground: How Informal Party Organizations Control Nominations and with us. Youll never be able to purchase that type of exposure. Polarize Legislatures (University of Michigan Press, 2011). While it used to be reliably Republican, the state has become very competitive over the last decade, and its seen as the key to the increasingly competitive Rocky Mountain region. By some measures, Colorado is the swingiest of the swing states. Its well balanced between he Universitys selection as a debate site has yet to generate Democrats and Republicans, and it has shown a tendency to switch the publicity wattage that leads to changes in matriculation. Emily allegiances from election to election. So a lot of the campaign will be Forbes, director of communication for the Office of Undergraduate waged here in Colorado. Admission, explains that the entering class of 2016 was too far along For the CPDs part, the priority is ensuring a seamless in the enrollment process for the debate to matter. We should see it broadcast. The specter of the 1976 technical glitch that stopped the not only next year, but also the following year, she says. With this first debate between President Gerald Ford and challenger Jimmy age group, having a nationally prominent event on campus may be Carter for 27 minutes looms to the point that the CPD would forgo just as big an influence as the debate itself. geographically distributing the debates in favor of locations they But for the students already here, the debate is an eagerly know can get the job done. anticipated event that will define their time at the University. This is much larger than one campus and one city, explains To hear that there will be an estimated 200 million CPD Executive Director Janet Brown. international viewers is incredible, says junior and student body At the University, the debate is being handled by a sevenpresident Sam Estenson. I expect our image to skyrocket around the member steering committee, along with a 27-member organizational U.S. and around the world. This adds prestige to the degree were committee made up of representatives from offices ranging from receiving and the prospects we will have down the road.
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Check out debate2012.du.edu for a list of lectures and events happening attenD a DeBate on campus before and after the event series LeCture debate. Scheduled speakers include award-winning author and science advocate Shawn Otto on Science and Antiscience in the U.S. Elections (Sept. 13) and David Sanger, chief Washington correspondent for The New York Times, on his latest book, An Age of Reckoning: Obamas Surprising Use of American Power. (Sept. 20)
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Coverage of the Oct. 3 presidential debate at the University of Denver begins at 6:30 p.m. MDT on C-SPAN. The debate itself begins at 7 p.m. on most major networks. Keep an eye on debate2012.du.edu to find out how you can share your debate-watching experiences with other alumni and parents in real time.
Of course the topic on everyones mindstudents, faculty, staff, alumni and neighborsis tickets. Everyone wants to sit in Magness Arena the night of the debate. The CPD controls tickets, which will be allocated among a variety of groups, including the presidential campaigns and the University. The University intends to allocate its student tickets via a random lottery system. Those who arent lucky enough to attend the main event will have plenty of exposure to campaign issues. Mindful of the educational potential surrounding the event, the University has mounted a Debate Event Series that so far has featured appearances by former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (BA 74, PhD 81); former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright; retired four-star Gen. George Casey (MA 80); and PBS journalist Ray Suarez. (Visit debate2012.du.edu for a schedule of remaining events in the series.)
In addition, more than 5,000 campus community members and neighbors are expected to attend DebateFest, a free outdoor watch party on campus that features live music, family activities and debate viewing on giant screens. Issues Alley, a walkway lined with tents and tables, will find organizations championing diverse issues, while a food truck rally will introduce Denvers vibrant mobile-cuisine scene to the national and international media. Estenson, student coordinator of DebateFest, sees the chance to work on an event of this magnitude as a great resum builder. But more than that, he views it as an extraordinary life experience. I think this Oct. 3 and this fall will be talked about for yearsand years and will be in every graduation speech for the classes thatexperienced this, he says. Well all be able to say, I was on campus for the presidential debate. That will be an experience we all share.
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The Newman Center celebrates a decade of artistic excellence.

By Greg Glasgow
hen students from the Lamont School of Music began moving into the brand new Robert and Judi Newman Center for the Performing Arts in fall 2002, classical guitar Professor Ricardo Iznaola noticed something interesting. The students immediately began to perform better in the new halls, says Iznaola, a Lamont faculty member since 1983. Its a psychological thing in the performing arts that you live up to the venue. There was an immediate sense of seriousness and excellence transmitted by the building itself. Ten years later, that building remains a crown jewel of the campus and one of the Universitys most visible faces to the larger Denver community. Its climate-controlled, wiredfor-sound rehearsal studios are a key selling point for music students and faculty. Its Byron Theatre, with more than 40 stage configurations, is home base for DUs theater department. Its concert halls of various sizes make it a favorite rental for local music, dance and theater groups. And the centers very existence gave birth to Newman Center Presents, a concert series that brings international names in classical, jazz, dance, opera, theater and more to campus every yearand often gives Lamont students the opportunity to interact and perform with the visiting artists. It was an opportunity to select and bring to the campus and the community this eclectic array of artists from around the world, says Newman Center Executive Director Steve Seifert, who programs the Newman Center Presents series. From the beginning, we asked ourselves what already exists in the city, because we dont need to re-create something thats already here. We asked, What can we do that would add to the cultural fabric of the city? And the idea of doing a multidisciplinary, multicultural series in the performing arts is what we settled on, with a high component of artists who had never been here before. By the end of our upcoming season, we will have produced 138 different shows, 53 percent of which are by artists who had never appeared in Denver before.
But first and foremost, the Newman Center is home to the faculty and students of the Lamont school, who rehearse in its top-floor practice rooms, perform in its acoustically perfect concert halls and record in its state-of-the-art digital studio. I know some other music schools in the area that have seen it and call it the Taj Mahal of music buildings, and thats what we all felt like when we moved in, says Joe Docksey, former director of the school. All of us just couldnt believe that we were lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time to move in to what probably is the nations finest music school. Prior to 2002, the Lamont School of Music was located on DUs Park Hill campus, along with the Sturm College of Law and the Womens College. Then-Chancellor Dan Ritchie had the vision of a united central campus, and Lamont led the charge. (The law school and the Womens College followed in 2002 and 2003, respectively.) Incorporating classic materials such as limestone, travertine marble and sandstoneand modeled after European concert hallsthe Newman Center is made up of six individual buildings, each separated from the others by a 2-inch gap that ensures acoustical isolation. It was designed as a music school and performance venue that would stand the test of time, and its not hard to imagine a 100th anniversary celebration that finds the structure just as impressive as it is today. I think what the University did in setting its sights that high and then fulfilling those expectations is a real community service, Seifert says. Its great for students and facultyeverybody gets to rehearse and play here, and I really do think it draws the best out of them, and they go out into the next phase of their careers with a background that would be really hard to get in a different kind of facility. But its also really great for the community to experience the kind of art that happens here, he continues. They can hear the difference; they can see the difference; they can connect with the artists in a way you dont in other theaters, and the sense is, Really, thats the way its supposed to be.
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pring typically is the season of new beginnings, but at the University of Denver, fall is the time of changeat least when it comes to athletics. As new and returning students prepare to fill the seats of Magness Arena to cheer on their Pioneers, there are changes happening behind the scenes that should make the 201213 season one of the most exciting in University history. The biggest change on tap for 201213 is DUs longawaited move to the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), as 10 teamsmens and womens basketball, mens and womens golf, gymnastics, womens soccer, womens swimming and diving, mens and womens tennis, and volleyballleave the Pioneers longtime home in the Sun Belt Conference to embark on new regional rivalries against the likes of Utah State, New Mexico State and Idaho. In hockey, head coach George Gwozdecky will embark on his 19th season with DU in what should be a historic campaign. The upcoming season will be the Pioneers final year in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association, which has been the programs home for more than 50 years. DU is a founding member of the National Collegiate Hockey Conference, which will begin competition in the 201314 season. We are fortunate to have enjoyed some great success in the past, and this upcoming year promises to be another outstanding year for our Denver Pioneers, says Peg BradleyDoppes, vice chancellor for athletics and recreation. From our inaugural year participating in the WAC to our hockey team competing on the ice in the historic WCHA for the last seasoncombined with the excitement surrounding us hosting the presidential debate this fallwe look forward to another banner year. >>www.denverpioneers.com
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The Pioneers will lack some of the firepower they boasted last year, as the teams top two scorers, Drew Shore and Jason Zucker, opted to forgo their college eligibility to sign pro contracts. However, the cupboard is hardly bare for Coach George Gwozdeckys crew. Junior Nick Shore emerged as a consistent scoring threat last year, and Gwozdecky has expressed confidence that a group of sophomore forwards that includes Ty Loney, Zac Larraza and Daniel Doremus could develop into steady goal scorers. DU should pack plenty of scoring punch along the blue line with sophomore Joey LaLeggia, whose 38 points last year were the most in the nation by a freshman defenseman, and junior David Makowski, who scored 30 points as a freshman before enduring an injury-marred campaign last year. Gwozdecky will face an intriguing situation at goaltender as Sam Brittain, Juho Olkinuora and Adam Murray battle for playing time. Brittain missed the first half of last season while recovering from knee surgery, and Olkinuora took advantage of the opportunity to produce a team-best 2.18 goalsagainst average. Well be good up the middle with Nick Shore, Gwozdecky says. Right now, we dont have a No. 1 goalie. Theyll have to earn it. Adam, Sam and Juho have all shown that they can give us a chance to win. They realize the situation, and they all want to be the guy. It should be a healthy competition.
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The bad news for head coach Joe Scott is that the Pioneers will have to make up for the graduation of Brian Stafford, who started all 124 games during his career (a school record) before finishing fourth on the programs all-time scoring list. The good news? DU returns three starters and should be an immediate force in the WAC. Guards Brett Olson and Royce ONeale hope to make the sort of second-year jump put together last year by junior Chris Udofia. Udofia shared the team lead in scoring and emerged as a premier defender, recording 72 blocked shots while earning the Sun Belt Conference Defensive Player of the Year award. Early indications are that senior Chase Hallam will return to form after missing the SBC Tournament last year due to a back injury that initially stirred fears about surgery. Hallam avoided surgery and should resume his role as the Pioneers jack-of-all-trades. Replacing Staffords keen shooting eye from three-point range is a concern, but Scott expresses hope that one of the three incoming freshmen guardsNate Engesser, Jalen Love or Bryant Rucker might ultimately fill that role. With Royce we basically return four starters, which is great for any team, says Scott, whose club went 229 last year. Were trying to find out who the number five, six and seven guys will be. I think well be versatile enough that well have options. Well be able to go bigger, and we could go smaller. I like that well have different ways to go to fill those roles.
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Curious though she was, new head coach Kerry Cremeans didnt immediately review video of her new team and players in action from last season. Cremeans wanted a fresh, untainted perspective once she finally got the Pioneers into the gym. And what has she learned about her DU squad? Although the Pioneers have lost Kaetlyn Murdoch, who ended her career as one of the programs all-time leaders in scoring and rebounding, DU is well-stocked at the guard position as Cremeans implements an up-tempo style of play. I have not watched much film of the team, and that has been on purpose, Cremeans says. I didnt want to know the stats, didnt want to know who the starters are, and Ive been able to form my own opinion. For this team, well have to outwork our opponents, she continues. Were not going to be big, but well be capable of playing aggressive defense. And we have a veteran point guard who knows how to push the ball up the court. That point guard, senior Emiko Smith, already has rewritten the DU record book by compiling a program-best 533 assists during her first three seasons. Smith increased her scoring average by nearly four points last season and will be expected to make a similar jump this year to help offset the loss of Murdoch.
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Coach Jesse Mahoney has hit the ground running since he was hired in January, and he hopes that theme remains in effect during his inaugural season with the Pioneers. Mahoney, who helped lead Colorado State University to the NCAA Tournament during each of his seven seasons as an assistant with the Rams, wants DU to play at a quicker pace. The biggest thing is that our offense will run quite a bit faster, Mahoney says. With the size we have on the outside, we need to get the ball outside quicker. We spent most of the spring getting a feel for what thats like. Defensively, the intensity of this group from the time I got here to nowits a different animal. The Pioneers, who went 1315 last season, have a few holes to fill with the graduation of Alyssa Bonelli and assists leader Julia Cawthra, but those losses could be offset by a healthy return to form from Faimie Kingsley. Kingsley earned first team All-Sun Belt Conference honors after leading the team in kills and blocks. However, a recurring problem with shin splints forced her to undergo surgery in January to insert a rod into her tibia. (Kingsley endured a similar procedure on her other leg two years earlier.)
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As Kingsley rounds into form, Mahoney says he expects improved play from junior Colleen King and senior libero Lyndi Johnson. I hate to single anyone out, because everyone has been doing a great job, but those two both had very productive springs, Mahoney says. One of the nice things about this group is our depth. There will be a lot more competition for spots, which will make the whole group better.
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The Pioneers will look to press the reset button after a discouraging 201112 season. A year of high expectations spiraled into a 5113 disappointment that included losses in five of the Pioneers final six games. DU scored only 26 goals all season, and head coach Bobby Muuss has spent much of the offseason attempting to reshape the mindset of his players. Muuss and his coaching staff also are instilling a more attack-oriented strategy in hopes of Drew Beckie igniting a fire in DUs stagnant offense. Throughout the winter and spring, everything we did was about being more competitive, Muuss says. Were changing our system of play a bit. In the past, weve been more of an absorbing team, and then wed transition out of that. Were looking at a more attacking setup. The Pioneers will have the luxury of taking NCAA title. Hukari, a 6-foot-7 Colorado native, played in 11 games more chances offensively with the presence of sophomore goalie at UCLA in 2010. Oliver Brown, whom Muuss puts into the same category as former Theyre coming here from other schools where it didnt DU netminder and current D.C. United standout Joe Willis. work out, and they have things they want to prove, Muuss says. Muuss hopes the addition of two transfers, Ryan Dodson and Our freshman class is also very, very good. By far the best weve Reid Hukari, helps jump-start the Pioneers offense. Dodson arrives had on paper. If we believe in what were doing, I think it can be an from the vaunted program at North Carolina, which won the 2011 exciting year.
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Jeff Hooker has compiled a 27010133 record as he enters his 21st season as DUs head coach. The Pioneers have won at least 13 games in each of the past six seasons, and yet few of Hookers many talented teams have entered a season with as much firepower as the 2012 squad. I dont want to say its the same team as last year, but its pretty close, Hooker says. But what we took away from last year is that we didnt win anything. We didnt win the Sun Belt regular season, which we had high hopes for, and we didnt win the Sun Belt Tournament and missed the NCAA Tournament. Were looking to do the little things to change that. DU returns its top seven scorers from 2011, a group that includes junior Kristen Hamilton, whose 16 goals in a single season
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tied for the second-most in the programs history and allowed Hamilton to earn the Sun Belts Player of the Year Award. Also returning to the pitch are junior midfielder Nicholette DiGiacomo and sophomore defender Sam Harder, both of whom earned first team All-Sun Belt honors last year. Given the amount of talent on the field, the Pioneers are poised for a run at a conference crown in the teams first season in the Western Athletic Conference. Its going to be the most competitive that the WAC has ever been, Hooker says. It will be all new for the players and the coaches, and that part is cool. Different road trips, different teams. Well have more direct flights and less puddle-jumpers.
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The staff of the 197172 Clarion poses for a photo beneath a richard Nixon election banner. Nixon beat Democrat George mcGovern in the 1972 showdownthe first presidential election in which 18-year-olds were allowed to vote. From left to right, top row: Lee Kovel, Judy Frye, rich Lemer, Lynne Brown, Bob meek, Karen smith, Bob Brandt, richard Brown, steve soucheray, Vic England, christopher Wood. Bottom row: ron caspari (seated), future secretary of the interior Gale Norton, chris mcclaskey, r.c. Wihera, Ann Wilson and Brenda Bitter.
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Robert Mickey (BA 39) of Lancaster, Pa., is a retired professor of religious studies. He taught at Franklin and Marshall College from 195085 and at Colgate University from 194850. Robert also received a master of divinity degree from the Pacific School of Religion in Berkeley, Calif., and was ordained in the Congregational Church in Berkeley in 1942.
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George Stovall (BA 48) of Corvallis, Ore., is publicity director for the World War II B-17 bomber crew members of the 483rd bomb group. He writes a monthly newsletter for the members, who are called the Clipped Wings.
was honored in April, when the universitys spring dance concert was dedicated to her. Carol established the Lander University Dance Company and the schools dance program. The concert featured a piece that Carol choreographed and a dance by one of her former students.
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Virginia (Raum) Lacy (BA 42) of San Diego is retired and lives with her daughter Lari. She regularly attends YMCA exercise classes, theater performances and concerts and dines with friends. In 2011, Virginia went on a boat tour of Russia and a land and riverboat trip through Egypt. She also took a three-month trip around the world 20 years ago. Virginia has been married three times. Her most recent husband was the late Robin Lacy (BA 42, PhD 59)her DU sweetheart.
Richard Dick Goodie (BS 51) of Westbrook, Maine, is retired and lives with his wife, Joyce. They have two daughters. Richard is a freelance writer and has written three books. He was a 1992 inductee into the Maine Running Hall of Fame.
1958
John Manesis (BA 58) of Fargo, N.D., recently published his fourth poetry book, In The Third Season (CreateSpace, 2012). His poetry has been printed in more than 70 literary publications. Reginald Phelps (BS 58) of Lincoln, Neb., recently wrote an accounting book titled Cover Your Nut: Practical Accounting in Plain English for the Real World (CreateSpace, 2011).
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Mildred Milly (Janzen) Balzer (MA 53) of Gwynedd, Pa., published Heldin: Coming to Terms (iUniverse, 2011), a book based on her mothers life.
1957
Carol (McClung) Neubner (BA 57) of Greenwood, S.C., taught dance at Lander University in Greenwood for 34 years. She
reCent graDuates asCenD to the top

The University of Denver Recent Graduate Committee, along with other recent graduates in Colorado, has raised more than $35,000 in support of the Ascend campaign. The committee, which includes alumni who graduated within the past decade, rose to the challenge set forth by Board of Trustees member Margot Gilbert Frank and her husband, M Allan Frank, to raise $25,000. They surpassed the goal within six months, and a year after the challenge was issued, the alumni collectively have raised more than $38,000. The money will help fund the new Academic Commons at Penrose Library, opening in 2013. Kate Bleakly (BSBA 02), co-social chair for the committee, thinks the group can have a strong influence within the University community. DU has opened doors for me and helped me achieve my goals on my career path, and as a proud member of the DU alumni community, its now my turn to play a role in ensuring new DU students have even better college experiences in store for them, Bleakly says. I volunteer my time on the Recent Graduate Committee, and I donate monthly to the Recent Graduate Challenge thats part of the Ascend campaign. Its a way for each of us to help ensure that the University of Denver is the best it can be. A study room in the new library will be named in honor of the Recent Graduate Committee and all of the recent graduate donors. In addition, a casino night was held in June at the Joy Burns Center, home to the Fritz Knoebel School of Hospitality Management, to thank the alumni for their contributions to the University. >>du.edu/ascend
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Henry Yost (BS 58) of South Pasadena, Calif., traveled to Italy, Croatia and Montenegro with his granddaughter, DU student Hayley Hoffman, while she was studying abroad in Rome last fall.
1962
James Eastin (BA 62) of Whitewater, Calif., was a track coach at San Francisco State University from 196365 and acted in movies, television shows and commercials from 196998. In 2005, James co-founded the Golden Rainbow Center-SAGE, a nonprofit that promotes health, wellness and social programs to the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities in Palm Springs, Calif. James was honored by the center at a fundraising event at the Palm Springs Convention Center in November 2011.
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Marlow Ediger (EDD 63) of North Newton, Kan., received notice that two of his manuscripts were accepted for publication: Writing in the Science Curriculum in Education and Oral Communication Across the Curriculum in the Journal of Instructional Psychology. Marlow also co-authored Curriculum, School, and Teacher, a teacher education textbook. He was appointed as external examiner of PhD theses for Alagappa University in India. William Sterling (BSCE 63) of Kansas City, Mo., was named a Public Works Leadership Fellow by the American Public Works Association. William has been the owner of Sterling & Associates, a consulting service, since 2008.
Profile John Capozzola sLoan FeLLow

In 1942, John Capozzola passed up acceptances to the University of Chicago Law School, the Maxwell School at Syracuse University, a joint Tufts-Harvard program and the Fletcher School of International Law to attend DU as an Alfred P . Sloan fellow. It was one of the best decisions he ever made, says Capozzola, a retired professor emeritus at New York University (NYU). And it all happened because his faculty adviser at Pennsylvania State University insisted that Capozzola interview in Philadelphia for the Sloan Fellowship. That adviser, John Ferguson, also persuaded Capozzola to choose Denver over the more prestigious programs. Ferguson changed my life, because had I rejected his wise counsel, I would have missed out on a superb education at DU, Capozzola says. The University also provided lifelong friendships and connections that ultimately led to his job as a professor at NYU. The Sloan Fellowship was in its fifth year when 21-year-old Capozzola arrived as one of 10 fellows at DU. A Denver Post article published June 14, 1942, says the group, selected from several hundred applicants, was chosen based on qualities of leadership and congeniality, along with high academic requirements in the field of political science, economics, accounting and statistics. Capozzola was a Sloan fellow twice. His first fellowship was interrupted in October 1942, when he was drafted for service in the Army Air Force during World War II. After returning to America, Capozzola briefly studied law at the University of Pennsylvania, where he met a young nurse, Shirley. The couple married and had three children. They were married for 62 years, until Shirley died in 2007. When Capozzola returned to Denver in 1945, he resumed his studies through the Sloan program. He graduated in 1947 with a masters degree in business management and went on to earn a PhD at Penn State. Capozzola was president of Ess-Cee Sportswear Corp. in 1964 when Troy Westmeyer (BSBA 44), an NYU professor and friend from DU, contacted him about a temporary vacancy as a graduate instructor at the university. Capozzola got the job and was appointed a full professor by 1973. His specialty was public sector labor relations. In 1978, Capozzola received the Great Teacher Award from NYU. In 1991, the year he retired, Capozzola was awarded the title of professor emeritus at NYUs Wagner School of Public Service. After retiring, he taught for five more years as an adjunct professor. Everything Ive achieved, even at NYU, it started at DU with the Sloan Fellowship, he says.
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1964
Tom Burns (JD 64) of Englewood, Colo., was named the 2012 Englewood Citizen of the Year. Tom was mayor of Englewood for seven years and has been serving the community for more than 30 years. Glory Weisberg (BA 64) of Englewood, Colo., was named Woman of the Year for 2011 by the Villager newspaper. Glory has been the Villagers society editor for 26 years. She is involved in many charitable organizations. Before joining the Villager, Glory taught elementary school in the Littleton and Denver school districts.
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Fred Tesone (BA 65) of Louisville, Colo., was awarded the Golden Lion award by the Colorado Sons of Italy.
Stephen Day (BA 67) of Renton, Wash., was appointed president and chief executive officer of American Fast Freight Inc., an ocean forwarder and logistics company. David Weinstein (JD 67) of Denver is a trademark and copyright attorney. David was recently recognized and honored as a Colorado intellectual property Super Lawyer.
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1968
John Browne (BA 68) of Bainbridge Island, Wash., is an attorney in Seattle. He is representing Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, the Army sniper charged in the March 11 shooting in Afghanistan. John has represented several notable criminals during his legal career, including serial killer Ted Bundy and a teenage thief dubbed the Barefoot Bandit.
recently wrote a novel, Dead and Not So Buried (Camel Press, 2012)a thriller set in Hollywood, Calif. Vincent Khapoya (MA 71, PhD 74) of Rochester Hills, Mich., retired from Oakland University in 2009, after 36 years of teaching. He was selected as a United Nations monitor during the 1994 South African elections and was appointed visiting professor of political studies at the University of the Western Cape near Cape Town, South Africa, for six months. Vincent also authored a textbook, The African Experience (Prentice Hall). The fourth edition was published in February 2012.
1969
Merry DeBoer (BA 69) of Denver has authored two books, The Land of the Number Zero an art book about a mathematical conceptand Stories From A Doll, which includes stories from the last four years of her mothers life. She also is an artist who has shown work at the Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art in Denver. Merry completed her trilogy of musicals, the Rose Trilogy, in 2006.
Marnie Stites (BA 74, MPA 76) of Colleyville, Texas, recently became acquainted with Don Helm (BS 54) of Benbrook, Texas, through the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce Ambassador Program. Don recently was awarded the Ambassadors Charles Cox Award for exemplary service and loyal dedication. Marnie received the same honor last year. Don is a lifetime honorary member of the chamber. Ron Stock (JD 74, LLM 94) of Monterey, Calif., is the city administrator of Weed, Calif.
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James Conway (BA 71) of Los Angeles is a TV writer, producer and director. He
Ernest Lawrence (BA 74) of Oconomowoc, Wis., wrote a book, Alone with the Past: The Life and Photographic Art of Roland W. Reed (Afton Press, 2012). It is the first book written about Reed (18641934), who photographed Native Americans in Minnesota, Montana, Canada and Arizona.
1977
William Mellor (JD 77) of Falls Church, Va., has been awarded the 2012 Bradley Prize from the Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation. William is the current president of and general counsel for the Institute for Justice, a public interest law firm.
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Profile Sarah Richards LavenDer Farmer

As a University of Denver student in the 1970s, Sarah Richards definitely inhaled. But its not what you think. It was 1972, and 21-year-old Richards and her friends spilled out of the bus that had dropped them on the edge of the town of Grasse, in Provence, France, the center of the French perfume industry. Chatting excitedly, heading into another unexplored corner of Europe during her junior year abroad, Richards suddenly stopped dead in her tracks, transfixed. Instantly, I could smell the perfume in the air, she recalls. It was totally intoxicating. I thought Id died and gone to heaven. Today, Richards, 40, is the queen of Lavender Wind Farm, a small, aromatic purple kingdom on an island off the coast of Washington. Her throne: a rusting red 1951 Farmall Cub tractor. Richards (BA 73) grows six different varieties of lavender on nearly nine acres on Whidbey Island. The farm keeps Richards and four to five employees busy year-round, planting, cultivating and harvesting the lavender, then producing a bushel of different products made from the herb. Richards admits she didnt learn a lick about distilling essential oils or soil science while at DU. She majored in art and French. She had come to Denver from Massachusetts to ski, she says, laughing. After graduating in 1973, she embarked on a few decades of work entirely unrelated to organic farming. She returned to school, earned a counseling degree and worked for 10 years as a mental health therapist. One thing led to another, she says, and I found myself on a piece of property I didnt quite know what to do with. Richards knew she wanted to farm the land, and she worked with the county extension agent to determine what types of crops would thrive. Surprisingly, the Pacific Northwest has a Mediterranean climate, with wet winters and dry summers. Her Whidbey Island acres are as amenable to lavender as the chalky cliffs of Provence. She recalled her time in France and her love for delightful-smelling things and recognized that her creative and crafty kind of way of being in the world would work well with a lavender crop. She says shes never worked harder in her life, but she loves it. Unlike working in the mental health field, working in actual fields reveals constant progress. You get to see the results of your work every day, in the land, in the plants growing, she says. Every day is a step forward, and you can see it. It is awesome. Its really, really hard work, Richards continues. But I never get tired of it. Its amazing. Every year I look forward to the start of harvest, walking out of the fields with my arms full of fresh lavender. Its the most wonderful thing in the world. >>www.lavenderwind.com
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Marla Ottenstein (BA 77) of Naples, Fla., is a self-employed professional organizer. She writes a bimonthly column called Get Organized for the Naples Daily News. Marla recently presented two seminars on organizing at the Miromar Design Center in Estero, Fla.
1985
James Legg (BSBA 85) is the new CEO of PHD Virtual Technologies in Philadelphia. James previously was vice president of worldwide sales and sales operations at Idera and has more than 22 years of management experience.
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Richard McGrath (BA 86) of Sioux City, Iowa, has been developing an efficient method to observe and assess elementary school procedures and recommend new practices. Richard is considered to be a pioneer in Kaizen Education Leadership.
1987
Irina (Kusnezov) Donaldson (BA 79) of Larkspur, Colo., is grandmother to baby Alexander Nicholas Donaldson, born April 6. Frank Schmitzer (MA 79) of Austin, Texas, is the new librarian at the Oak Hill branch library. Frank has been involved in the Austin Public Library system for 25 years.
Chris Pfeiffer (BSBA 87) of Conroe, Texas, and his wife, Linda, opened the Homestead House, a high-end furniture store, on Feb. 1. Chris previously was a regional sales manager at a store of the same name in Colorado and was a manager at Louis Shanks of Texas. Chris started his 30-year furniture industry career at American Furniture Warehouse in Denver.
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Helen Resnik (MSW 81) of Denver was one of 23 women nominated for the 2012 Athena Awardthe highest honor given by the Colorado Womens Chamber of Commerce. Helen is managing partner of Resnik Partners, a talent-management firm that helps organizations with leadership development, executive coaching and career transition. She also serves on the boards of directors of Rocky Mountain HR People & Strategy and Dress for Success Denver.
Robert Anderson (MBA 88) of Spring, Texas, is a petroleum engineer with more than 25 years of domestic and international experience with major oil companies, including ARCO International and Vastar Resources, and independent oil companies, including Hunt Oil, Hugoton Energy and Anadarko Petroleum. Robert also is on the board of directors of CH&P Energy Partners and GeoResources Inc., where he is chief operating officer for the northern region and executive vice president of engineering and acquisitions. Virginia Ginni McCann (MSW 88) of Biloxi, Miss., is a retired gerontologist. She and 24 other retired professionals traveled to Cuba for two weeks in February with the Caribbean Cultural Religious Council of Long Beach, Calif., to explore Cuban communities, culture and religion. Carita Watson (BBA 88, MCIS 98) of Aurora, Colo., received the Colorado Womens Chamber of Commerce 2012 Athena Award. Carita has been an executive at IBM since 1996.
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Brad Frigon (LLM 82) of Littleton, Colo., has been named a Super Lawyer in the state of Colorado for 2012. Brad serves on the board of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys and the Special Needs Alliance.
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Tammy (Rivera) Berberick (BA 83) of Littleton, Colo., recently completed a nine-month volunteer project with Florence Crittenton High School. Tammy created and taught a credit-based leadership class for teen moms.
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While on a yearlong English-teaching stint in Seoul, South Korea, Lindsey Davis (BA 06, CERT 07, MA 08) of Rochester, Minn., took a weekend trip to Tsushima, Japan, where she rode the length of the island on a rented bicycle. Davis stopped to model her DU hockey T-shirt in front of one of the islands many temples. 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.
Which alum was president of a sportswear company? The answer can be found somewhere on pages 4050 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 Michael Bolas (LLM 80) for winning the summer issues pop quiz.
Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats

From the back porch of her childhood home in Arvada, Colo., Kristen Iversen (PhD English 96) could see the water tower at the Rocky Flats nuclear weapons growing up in the nuclear plant. s h a d Bw o f r D k y N a t s o U R oc E fl The plantbuilt in 1952 on a swath of ranchland along the Front Range GROWI NG U P I N between Denver and Bouldermanufactured plutonium triggers for atomic THE NUCLEAR SHAD OW bombs. But Iversen didnt know that OF ROC KY F L ATS when she was growing up in the 1960s and 70s. Neighbors who worked at the KRISTEN IVERSE N kristen iversen plant didnt talk about their jobsor about accidents, leaks, and the fires that released plumes of radioactive plutonium into the air, where southeasterly winds dispersed the deadly particles over the rapidly growing suburb of Arvada. Rocky Flats was the big secret of my childhood, says Iversen, author of Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats (Crown, 2012). No one knew what they did at the plant; the rumor in the neighborhood was that they made household cleaning products. Director of the creative writing program at the University of Memphis and the author of Molly Brown: Unraveling the Myth (Johnson Books, 1999), Iversen has written a riveting and deeply personal story of growing
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up in a place of stunning beauty and invisible danger. Iversens memories of riding her horses in the fields surrounding the plant and swimming in the lake behind her house take on a menacing quality as she documents government attempts to conceal the effects of the radioactive waste released by the plant. Intertwined is the story of her familys own secrether fathers alcoholism. In Full Body Burden, which was excerpted by Readers Digest in its July/ August 2012 issue, Iversen writes about a legacy of cancersleukemia, lung cancer, brain tumorsin plant workers and in residents who lived downwind of the plant. She includes stories about her own health problems and those of family members. It took Iversen more than 10 years to write the book, which draws on extensive interviews, government documents and class-action testimony about the plant, once designated by the government as the most contaminated site in America. The plant was shut down by the FBI and the Environmental Protection Agency in 1989 and designated as a Superfund site. In June 2007, the EPA certified the cleanup as complete, despite the warnings of scientists that unsafe amounts of plutonium remain in the soil. A month later, nearly 4,000 acres of the 6,200-acre Rocky Flats site were transferred to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for eventual use as a public recreation area. About 1,200 acres of deeply contaminated land remain off-limits.
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Judith Kolb (PhD 90) of State College, Pa., is the recipient of the 2011 R. Wayne Pace HRD Book of the Year Award for her book Small Group Facilitation: Improving Process and Performance in Groups and Teams (HRD Press, 2011). William Iacovelli (BSBA 90) of New York recently was promoted to executive vice president at commercial real estate firm CBRE.
Ray Trygstad (MSSM 90) of Naperville, Ill., is an industry professor, associate chair of information technology and management and director of information technology at the Illinois Institute of Technology. On March 27, Ray received the schools 2012 School of Applied Technology Excellence in Teaching Award. He also serves as chair of the National Board of Directors of the Gamma Nu Eta national information technology honor society.
1992
Don Seastrum (MLS 92) of Gunnison, Colo., has been asked to participate in the opening of a new museum of modern and contemporary art, Museo DArte Moderna E Contemporanea, in Cerreto Laziale, Italy. Of the 32 participating artists, Don is the only artist from the United States.
1995
ProfileVon Drehle poLitiCo David

David Von Drehle has covered a lot of presidential debates. But this year will be a first for the longtime political reporter and Time magazine editor-at-largecovering a debate at his old stomping grounds. Its very exciting, says Von Drehle (BA 83), who began working at Time in 2006, after 15 years at The Washington Post. Its a great way to get students excited about the election; its a great way to let people in the press and those in politics get a sense of campus. Von Drehle will rehash the political sparring matchand discuss election issues and the state of journalism todayduring his on-campus lecture Oct. 4, the day after the debate at DU. These are subjects about which the seasoned journalist has plenty to say. On who will be the next president: The publics in a sour mood, he explains. It doesnt feel like a year when the public will really fall in love with a candidate. Its going to be tight. And the media still have a place in politics, he says, despite the proliferation of other communication methods. In some ways, the influence of the media is waning, because [with social media] there are so many ways for campaigns to go at voters directly. But in other ways, we are even more important to the campaign because were trying to bring some sort of coherent piece to all this noise. Von Drehle often is one of the first to sort out the babble. His stories (which include an explanation of the recent Supreme Court ruling on health care and profiles of everyone from President Barack Obama to commentator and talk show host Glenn Beck) often grace the cover of Time. He also has penned a few books, including the 2003 bestseller Triangle: The Fire That Changed America (Grove Press). Not bad for a guy who says he fell short of his dream in life to work for Sports Illustrated. After being bitten by the writing bug at DU (he was editor-in-chief of the Clarion), he went on to work as a sportswriter at The Denver Post before he was urged to try out writing hard news at The Miami Herald. I did that and never looked back, he says >> David Von Drehle will speak at the University Oct. 4 as part of the Debate Event Series. Visit debate2012.du.edu for more information on upcoming speakers and events.
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Jennifer Cline (BA 95) of New York was promoted to managing director of property management company Rose Associates. Jennifer joined Rose in 2005 as a human resources generalist and most recently served as director. Before joining Rose, Jennifer oversaw human resources for 15 hospitals in three states as a member of the medical staffing network. She also spent seven years managing staffing posts in the U.S. Army.
1996
Joseph Moran
Larry Ambrose (JD 96) of Denver was elected president of Denvers InterNeighborhood Cooperation, where he will lead a new nine-member board of directors. Larry previously was executive director of the Auraria Foundation, manager of the Pueblo, Colo., convention center, a community college professor and a historic preservationist. He has founded and been a member of four registered neighborhood organizations since 1973. Larry and his wife, Jane, founded the One Sky One World International Kite Fly for Peace, which encourages people to fly kites for peace and the environment on the second Sunday of October in hundreds of locations around the world. Chelsey Baker-Hauck (BA 96) recently joined Metropolitan State University of Denver as senior director of marketing. Previously, she was editorial director at the University of Denver.
1997
Keith Jacobus (PhD 97) of White Bear Lake, Minn., was named superintendent of South Washington County Schools in Minnesota. Keith previously was director of schools for Douglas County School District in Castle Rock, Colo.
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Deborah Lockwood (MSS 97) of Denver was named an STC fellow by the Society for Technical Communications. Deborah has spent 26 years in the communications profession.
2002
1999
Alexandra Albright (JD 99) of Chicago was appointed chief compliance officer for the Chicago Board Options Exchange. Alexandra previously served as an attorney for Kirkland & Ellis, concentrating on compliance, litigation and corporate finance matters.
2000
Josh Ganet (BSBA 00) and Carli (Dyer) Ganet (BA 01) of Long Beach, Calif., welcomed a daughter, Lucy Elizabeth Ganet, on Dec. 22, 2011. Martin Garnar (MLIS 00) of Denver is reference services librarian at the Dayton Memorial Library at Regis University. In May 2012, he became the first librarian in the history of Regis to be promoted to the rank of full professor.
Jessica Quinones (BM 02) of County Wicklow, Ireland, married Phil Byrne of Maryport, England, on Sept. 28, 2011, at Los Poblanos Historic Inn and Organic Farm in Albuquerque, N.M. Jessica completed a masters degree in music at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. She is a freelance flautist and publishes articles on music performance and ethnomusicology. She is pursuing a PhD in tango flute performance at the University of Huddersfield in England. Zach Robison (BS 02) of Sycamore, Ill., recently completed a yearlong administrative fellowship at University of Colorado Hospital and was named process improvement consultant to a new department in hospital administration and operations. Zach received an MBA in health administration from the University of ColoradoDenver and is a board member for the Colorado Health Administration Alumni Association, the Colorado Association of Healthcare Executives and Global Health
Connections. In his spare time, Zach practices yoga, swims, skis, camps and travels to Chicago to visit his niece and nephew.
2005 2006
Chris Bandemer (JD 05) of Fort Wayne, Ind., recently founded Bandemer Law.
Paula Broadwell (MA 06) of Charlotte, N.C., is the author of All In: The Education of General David Petraeus (Penguin Press, 2012), a book about the current director of the CIA. Matthew Harris (BSBA 06) of Quincy, Mass., started a company called College Miner, which offers a product that helps colleges and universities analyze student outcomes and keep track of their network connections. DUs network services department was Matthews first customer. Christopher Sutton (JD 06) of Macomb, Ill., in May was presented with the Illinois Geographical Societys Distinguished Geographer Award for his effort to advance the study of geography in Illinois. Christopher is a geography professor at Western Illinois University.
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Tell us about your career and personal accomplishments, awards, births, life events or whatever else is keeping you busy. Do you support a cause? Do you have any hobbies? Did you just return from a vacation? Let us know! Dont forget to send a photo. (Include a self-addressed, postage-paid envelope if you would like your photo returned.)
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2007
Jenny Starkey (MS 07) of Lakewood, Colo., recently joined the Downtown Denver Partnership as marketing and communications manager. Jenny previously was a communications manager at Engineers Without Borders USA and a communications manager at Project C.U.R.E. In 2010, Jenny was named to the Denver Business Journals Forty Under 40 list.
2008
Genevieve Chognard (BSBA 08) of Dallas married Brendon Quick on Aug. 13, 2011, at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. Genevieve works for JP Realty Partners, a commercial real estate firm in Dallas.
2009
Ian Jaffe (MBA 09) of Denver is project director at PingOne, a business cloud network that has been featured in PC Magazine and eWeek. Lisa Pittari (MSW 09) of Denver has been awarded the State University of New York at Oneontas Outstanding Young Alumna Award for her accomplishments in the field of social justice, equity and inclusion. Lisa is a member of the Denver Mayors Youth Commission, working on issues that affect young people in Denver.
Profile Duran LegisLator Crisanta

The first time state Rep. Crisanta Duran met Barack Obama was in 2007 at the University of Denver, when she was asked to introduce Caroline Kennedy, the daughter of President John F Kennedy, at an . Obama campaign rally. That is one of the memories I cherish most, Duran (BA 02) says of the event. Now, as Obamas first term approaches an end, he is slated to return to Denver in October for the first presidential debate, an event Duran sees as another chance for the University to shine. To me, its just an incredible opportunity for the University to host this debate, she says. Its sort of coming back full circle. I think its very exciting for the city. Duran always has been excited about politics and service, ever since she was a little girl. From the time I was young, I always had a dedication to community service, she remembers. Its very simplistic, but thats where it startedjust that desire to help others and make sure we have a healthy and thriving community. She carried that thinking to DU, where she double majored in Spanish and public policy. Both of those have really been tremendous in my ability to be an elected official,
Wayne Armstrong
she says. We debated and discussed and learned about a wide range of policy issues facing Colorado and facing us nationally. After graduation, she attended law school at the University of Colorado. She was elected to House District 5 in 2009. Shes almost done with her first term and is becoming familiar with the ups and downs of public office. Day to day, like anything, there are always obstacles to overcome, Duran explains. There were definitely times that I was frustrated. The whole debate over civil unions, it was frustrating to see a bill like that, where we had enough votes to pass but the process became obstructed. That said, I do believe very strongly in both sides coming together to produce results for the state. Overall, its been an incredible experience. Her greatest passion lies in creating economic opportunities for Coloradans. One of her proudest moments was passing House Bill 1272, which went into effect July 1. It allows people on unemployment to get skills training or assistance in starting a new business. We all talk about how important it is to create jobs, and this is truly an example of legislation that is doing just that, she says.
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2010
Jason Conger (MSW 10) of Scottsdale, Ariz., has opened Mile High Pyschotherapy, committed to individual and couples work. George Gevargis (MBA 10) of Denver recently started an organic food truck business, Eat Eatclectic Mobile Eats, with his wife, Katy. Lindsay Holtz (MA 10) of El Paso, Texas, was designated a certified consultant by the Association for Applied Sport Psychology. Lindsay is a performance enhancement specialist and works with soldiers and their family members, as well as civilians, to help enhance personal and professional performance.
Deaths
1930s 1940s
Herb Bergren (attd. 1938), San Rafael, Calif., 3-26-12 Dorothy Borgeson (BA 38), Granby, Colo., 6-3-11 Henry Tramutt (BA 39, MA 40), Arvada, Colo., 1-17-12 Delphine (Diegel) Tramutt (BA 42), Arvada, Colo., 1-5-12 Esther Nelson (MA 44), Denver, 3-7-12 Barbara Bobbi Tobias (BA 45), Denver, 3-21-12 Bert Holder (BS 48, MS 49), Livermore, Calif., 4-20-12 Leslie Howe (BSBA 48), Hannibal, Mo., 4-24-12 Henry Hurlburt (BA 48), Denver, 9-6-11 Duane Rames (BA 48), Mesa, Ariz., 11-13-11 Julius Warner (BSBA 48), Denver, 3-19-12 Herman Casagranda (BFA 49, MA 50), Morrison, Colo., 4-3-11 William Dusterdick (BS 49), Thornton, Colo., 1-17-12
Recent grad among fatalities at theater shooting

Alex Teves, who graduated in June with an MA in counseling psychology from the Morgridge College of Education, was among the 12 victims in the movie theater shooting July 20 in Aurora, Colo. Teves, a 24-yearold Phoenix, Ariz., native, died protecting his girlfriend from gunfire at a midnight screening of The Dark Knight Rises. Police arrested 24-year-old James Holmes, who had studied neuroscience at the University of Colorado-Denver, immediately after the massacre that wounded more than 50 other audience members. Tom Teves, Alexs father, told The Arizona Republic that Alex was one of the kindest kids who always gave of himself. You wont find anyone who has a bad word to say about him, and that was true even before he died. The Morgridge College of Education has set up a scholarship for graduate students in memory of Alex Teves. Visit www.du.edu/ ascend for details.
2011
Karen Jernigan (MA 11) of Colorado Springs, Colo., is an elementary school teacher in the West Bank. She wrote a poem that will be published in an international poetry book and is a semifinalist for an international poetry award. Karen asked her students to write poetry about their thoughts on peace and war. The Hope + Freedom Project agreed to publish the poems and will sell poetry books to raise funds for scholarships for West Bank students. Radina Vassileva (BA 11) of Aurora, Colo., was one of 75 young professionals nationwide selected to participate in the Congress-Bundestag Youth Exchange for Young Professionals, a yearlong, federally funded fellowship for study and work in Germany. As a fellowship participant, Radina will attend a two-month German language course, will study at a German university for four months and will intern with a German company in her career field (international affairs and environmental policy) for five months.
1950s
Philip Weinberg (BS 50), Peoria, Ill., 2-2-12 Gwen Miss B Bowen (BA 51), Denver, 3-29-12 Imogene Chapman (BA 51), Helotes, Texas, 3-2-12 David Breternitz (BA 52), Dove Creek, Colo., 3-5-12 Herbert Edwards (BS 54, JD 58), Harbor Springs, Mich., 5-12-12 Bob Ewing (BFA 54), Santa Fe, N.M., 4-2-12 Albert Lee Gregg (attd. 195760), Corpus Christi, Texas, 4-7-12 Robert Linson (EDD 57), Muncie, Ind., 5-22-12 Ed Zemrau (BS 58), Sherwood Park, Alberta, 4-26-12
1960s
J.R. Jim Clabaugh (BSBA 60), Lakewood, Colo., 12-1-07 Max Norton (PhD 62), Modesto, Calif., 2-21-12 Mary Borland (MA 64), Santa Fe, N.M., 2-25-12 Al Genovy (attd. 196671), Kalamazoo, Mich., 3-10-12
1970s
Lynn Bretz (MA 73), Lawrence, Kan., 5-27-12 Jane Howell (MA 74), Billings, Mont., 5-28-12 Kathleen (Edwards) Barnes (BME 76), Little Genesee, N.Y., 4-22-12 Peter Weinstein (BSBA 77), Downers Grove, Ill., 10-16-11 Scott Clark (BA 78), Lake Forest, Ill., 5-3-12
1980s 2000s 2010s
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Post your class note online at www.du.edu/alumni, e-mail du-magazine@du.edu or mail in the form on page 47.
Mark Godek (BSBA 80), Epsom, N.H., 3-15-12 Cheryl (Schlessman) Bennett (MA 81), Centennial, Colo., 4-9-11 Webster Atwell II (BA 85), Vail, Colo., 5-26-12 Sandra Holtz (BA 00), Milliken, Colo., 5-14-12 Alex Teves (MA 12), Denver, 7-20-12
Faculty & staff
Vincent LaGuardia (BME 65, MA 67), former professor of music, director of orchestras and director of the Lamont School of Music, Aurora, Colo., 3-9-12 Ben-Zion Netanyahu, former professor of Jewish history and Hebrew literature, Jerusalem, 4-30-12
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If you were a debate moderator

we asked some of the people interviewed in this issue what they would ask the presidential candidates if given the chance.
Do you believe that the 2010 supreme Court Citizens united ruling threatens our democracy? if the euro were to fail, what would be your next step?
Sam Estenson, Undergraduate Student Government president
Steve Seifert, executive director, Newman Center for the Performing Arts
Considering that america has fallen from the top spots of many measurable categories (education, health care, happiness, etc.), what do you see as the relationship between america and the world at large in 100 years?
Do you believe the usa needs to improve its international reputation? why or why not, and if yes, what would you do?
Scott Leutenegger, computer science professor
Laleh Mehran, associate professor, School of Art and Art History
how would you resolve the crisis in syria and the negative aftereffects of the arab spring, in terms of authoritarian dictatorships using force against their own people, and what should the u.s. role in resolving that be?
inside your proposals, you acknowledge that medicare is going to need to change dramatically over the next generation. Can you explain why your opponents plan for changing medicare is worse than your own?
David Von Drehle (BA 83), editor-at-large, Time magazine
Vince Szilagyi, senior history, geography and political science major and state chair of the Colorado Federation of College Republicans
what policies would you propose to create a positive work/life/family balance for the nations women?
Crisanta Duran (BA 02), Colorado state representative
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Join us for Alumni Symposium and Homecoming & Family Weekend 2012
October 26-27
DU is combining two of its signature fall events. Return to campus for a weekend full of discovery, Pioneer spirit and fun. Dont miss this exciting time! Keynote addresses by Paula Broadwell (MA 06), New York Times best-selling author of All In: The Education of General David Petraeus, and Eric Alexander (BA 92), founder of the nonprofit Higher Summits and mountaineer who led the first blind climber to the summit of Mount Everest Faculty-led courses Parent and alumni celebrations Kids activities Homecoming parade Taste of DU Pioneer Hockey ...and much more! Register online at alumni.du.edu or call 303.871.2777. Space is limited for some events.
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MISCELLANEA
Hair today
One of the strangest items in DUs archives is a braided lock of hair from new England Revolutionary War hero-turnedtraitor Benedict Arnold. The souvenir is part of a collection of memorabilia and letters from the Arnold family donated to the University in 1988. The collection belonged to Arnolds last living descendant and great-granddaughter, Helen Chadwick. As an elderly woman, Chadwick lived alone in a home near the University. After she died, the papers were left to a neighbor. The neighbor, a DU alumna, donated them to the University.
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