2010 Winter: University of Denver Magazine

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of University Hall, the oldest building on the DU campus, was laid in a ceremony on April 3, 1890. John Evans, then-president of the board of trustees, told the assembled crowd: If you look around you, you will see that the landscape extends far and wide in every direction, and that this institution, which is to rise upon this foundation, will be like a city set upon a hill that shall be known and seen by all men.
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Features
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State of the Art

By Greg Glasgow
A new building brings renewed focus to DUs School of Art and Art History.
China on the Rise

By Leslie Petrovski
Professor Suisheng Zhao is documenting Chinas return to global prominence.
Greetings From the Sanatorium

By Greg Glasgow
Letters from doctors, personal correspondence and candid photos provide a window into the private lives of turn-of-the-century Denver tuberculosis patients. A Penrose archive helps tell their stories.
States of Change
By Greg Glasgow
A one-year, nationwide journey changed Dafna Michaelsons life. Now shes trying to change the world.
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Editors Note Letters DU Update 8 News Holocaust memorial 11 Academics Microfinance class 15 Research Health care study 17 Arts Alums feature film 19 History DU ghost stories 21 Sports Figure skating club 23 Q&A Birthright citizenship 25 Essay Jersey girl Alumni Connections People Student race car driver
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On the cover: These Chinese characters translate as China rising. DU Professor Suisheng Zhao is helping to illuminate the rise of modern Chinese nationalism; read the story on page 32. Illustration by Craig Korn. This page: Alumna Dafna Michaelson traveled the country to document people stepping up to solve problems in their communities; read the story on page 40. Photo by Wayne Armstrong.
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Several years ago, at my financial advisers suggestion, I stopped donating to DU. As long as Im still paying student loans, she reasoned, Im my own charity. It was sound advice, but now Im choosing to ignore it. Ive made a donation to support the Universitys new fundraising campaignAscend.
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Chancellor Robert Coombe announced the public phase of the campaign on Oct. 26. It will run until 2014DUs 150th birthday. To learn more about the campaign, turn to the Ascend special section that begins on page 45 or visit the campaign website at ascend.du.edu. Many of you probably remember DUs last capital campaignin the late 1990swhich dramatically transformed the Universitys physical infrastructure. This campaign, by contrast, will focus primarily on DUs human infrastructurethe people and the programs that make this university so special. When I came to DU as an undergraduate in 1991, it was thanks to the generosity of donors who helped pay my tuition and covered the cost of my books through scholarships. Without that support, a University of Denver education would have been out of reach. Im in their debt. Now its my turn to pay it forwardto help a new generation of students learn and grow and thrive at the University of Denver. I believe in a vision of DU where tuition is not an obstacle to the best and brightest students. I believe that DU offers an exceptional education. I believe that our students, faculty and alumni are some of the brightest, most creative, most engaged people in the world. Theyre well worth the investment.
Kathryn Mayer (BA 07, MA 10)

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Jordan Ames (BA 02, MPS 10) Wayne Armstrong Kim DeVigil Justin Edmonds (BSBA 08) Jeff Francis Kristal Griffith (MBA 10) Becky Heavner Hadley Hooper Cynthia Hyman Lisa Marshall Doug McPherson Leslie Petrovski (BA 82, MA 91) Chase Squires (MPS 10) Janna Widdifield
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Its a small world after all
I was especially pleased to see Alex Gross photograph of Aix-en-Provence in the summer 2010 issue of the University of Denver Magazine [Whole Wide World]. This was a view I saw every day during the 196162 school year on my way to attend classes at the Institute for American Universities and the Foreign Institute. I, too, spent my junior year in Aix while I was a student at DU. The experience, which included living with a French family, led to study at the Sorbonne, a graduate degree in French literature from New York University, a career as a French teacher and a lifelong love affair with France. Perhaps my enthusiasm influenced my children, who benefited from spending their own junior years in France and Japan. When I learned of the program in Aix, Dean James Perdue approved the plan, and I was even interviewed for an article in the Clarion; however, when I returned, other students had absolutely no interest in what had happened during my marvelous year in France. Along with another student who had lived abroad, and with the encouragement of French Professor Sigwalt Palleske, I helped start the Cosmopolitan Club in an attempt to encourage DU students to consider learning about other cultures and pursuing foreign study opportunities. It was a pleasure to read about todays changed attitude on campus toward study abroad.
Judith Samuel Fleming (BA 62) Boston
Condi controversy continues
MAGAZINE about Ms. Rice from accomplishments, which my fellow DU alumni have been many. According in the letters section of to some, she should only the subsequent issue of be honored if she has your magazine. represented the right point What does surprise this reader, howof viewor in this instance the left. ever, is the high-minded tone and amneThe letters attacked her integrity and sia of such ill-deserved treatment of Ms. basically called her a liar, someone who Rice. After all, wasnt it the daughter of the couldnt think for herself, a lapdog for the namesake of the Korbel School, the beloved Bush presidency with no sphere of influence Madeleine Albright, who served first as or power. U.N. ambassador then as secretary of state I believe she was a very capable, honest, for President Clinton during the various hardworking and trustworthy secretary of stages of bloodshed in the Balkans? Yet more state. Her political party affiliation or presito the point, wasnt Albright one of the loud- dential head should not bear any weight on est spokespersons for the sanctions leveled her achievements. Feel free to have disagreeagainst Iraq, which did nothing to Saddam ments and your own thoughts, but I find it Hussein yet caused enormous suffering for offensive to attack her based on your politics. his people? Let us remember that when Personally I have always felt honored reminded by Lesley Stahl of 60 Minutes that Ms. Rice was a fellow graduate. Nathan Hatcher (BSBA 83) that half a million children have died [as Arvada, Colo. a result of the sanctions against Iraq], Ms. Albright responded, I think this is a very In contrast to the University of Denver hard choice, but the pricewe think the Magazine, I would never allot Condoleezza price is worth it. Rice six hagiographic pages. Im not interDown the liberal memory hole have ested in facing forward; instead, Im in favor fallen all the public statements uttered by of maintaining a blunt look back at her role Ms. Albright, as well as nearly every other in the most devastating administration this prominent Democrat, about the dangers country has had to endure. Had Rice had a posed by Saddam Hussein to Iraqis, the competent boss, she would have been fired region, and the world, sentiments held long from her position as national security adviser before Rice and Bush appeared on a stage set after 9/11. As she didnt, she was then able by others. George Bushs decision to invade toas your articles gullible author put it Iraq was merely a logical conclusion of the warn about the dangers of smoking guns events furthered along by Democrats before and mushroom clouds, lies that Rice knew him, many of whom turned 180 degrees were lies when she spewed them to grease from their original resolve against Hussein the way into war. only when such appeasement became Cathy Cloepfil (MA 75) the political weapon of choice against a Denver Republican White House.
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It surprises me none that the University of Denver Magazine was late in coming to a feature on DU alumna Condoleezza Rice [Facing Forward, Looking Back, summer 2010]. Nor am I surprised that the article had to maintain its left-leaning bona fides by framing this former secretary of state under George W. Bush as a figure beset by controversy. Further, I am hardly shocked by the squawks of protest
Ken Morris (MA 93) Golden, Colo.
I read with interest the letters [fall 2010] taking issue with Condoleezza Rice and her receiving the Korbel alumni award. Whether you are critical of her and her viewpoint or not, she is being honored for her achievements within her field of work and for her
The two letters that appeared in the fall 2010 University of Denver Magazine concerning Condoleezza Rice were very insulting to her and should never have been published in the magazine. Both authors presented a very one-sided view of her, her abilities and her accomplishments. Many in our country totally disagree with those writers. The DU magazine is absolutely not the place for
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such one-sided, extremely biased vitriolic opinions. I, and many of my friends, think that Rice performed an outstanding job for our country as secretary of state, and that she served us all very well in her activities. Many of us are very proud of her. The purpose of the magazine should be to keep a good connection between our many distinguished alumni and the past and ongoing activities at our wonderful university. As an alumnus, I would hope that there would be more oversight of the publication. I sincerely hope that your magazine never again chooses to publish such a biased and one-sided criticism of one of our truly outstanding alumni. Offending financially supportive alumni is not good business for the University.
James Dikeou (BA 58) Golden, Colo.
I always am happy to open my mailbox to discover the DU alumni magazine waiting for me. I marvel over how profes-
sional the publication is. A week ago I sat down to read the fall 2010 edition and was saddened, upset, revolted and eventually angry enough to respond to the two young letter writers who had the audacity and temerity to condemn a very distinguished and far superiorly accomplished (to them) University of Denver graduate who was honored by the University. As I was growing up my sainted mother used to tell me that if I had nothing nice to say that I needed to keep my mouth shut and my opinions to myself. It is apparent that those two young letter writers either did not listen to their mothers advice or they chose to show their ignorance to the rest of the alumni world anyway. By the date of their class year, it is apparent that they were not alive for the less-than-stellar presidency of Jimmy Peanuts Carter. If these two young people had a little bit better grasp of American history, they might realize that the most current past administration, while it may have had its flaws, was not the worst in history. That
tidbit aside, Condoleezza Rice is a highly educated, talented and wonderful role model that most Americans could aspire to emulate in their own lives.
John Wear (BSBA 71) New Hope, Pa.
Editors response: We strive to balance perspectives in our letters section. However, we were deluged by negative mail in response to our summer 2010 interview with Condoleezza Rice, and there were no letters in her favor. The fall 2010 edition carried a representative sample of the letters received. The University, and its magazine, encourages discourse. Feel free to share your opinions with us any time, either by writing us a letter or by commenting on our stories at www.du.edu/magazine.
Send letters to the editor to: Chelsey BakerHauck, University of Denver Magazine, 2199 S. University Blvd., Denver, CO 80208-4816. Or e-mail du-magazine@du.edu. Include your full name and mailing address with all submissions. Letters may be edited for clarity and length.
Comments from our online readers

On Give Me Shelter, about Professor Frank Ascione and his research on the link between domestic violence and animal abuse: I know firsthand that these findings are valid, and Ive met other women who stayed in abusive relationships for fear if they left any pets behind that those animals would be tortured or killed. This is my dream: establishing a compound of small bungalows, each with its own small fencedin area, each able to accommodate a
woman, her children and any of her pets. I stayed in a relationship because I couldnt figure out how to escape and take my dog with me. All I could recall was how my then-husband had so brutally beaten his own German shepherd for some minor transgression and feeling helpless to defend the dog against the attack. Barbara Frasier I had the opportunity to meet Dr. Ascione and his team at the University of Denver last June and cannot find enough words to congratulate him for his efforts in spreading awareness. I am the director of the program for women victims of domestic violence and their animals at the University Hospital of Mutua de Terrassa in Barcelona, and in the last month I have detected three cases of domestic
violence, all of them including animal abuse. Thank you so much for sharing this great article, I will share it with my colleagues here. Keep up the great work! Nuria Quero Frank, I am again impressed with the work and results you and your team have accomplished in just a year in residence at the University of Denver. Besides promoting awareness of children and animal abuse issues, you have now added the Coalition Against Domestic Violence. It is plain to see that there are many victims of abuse. We all need to be aware and proactive against such violence to many of our vulnerable people and animals. Thank you for the fine work you do. Who says one person cant make a difference! Barbara Barron
On Plugged In, about engineering grad student Eva Hakannson and her passion for electric motorcycles: Hybrid vehicles are the gateway to electric vehicles and that science is still a frontier. You will continue to make a difference and EVs will flourish. So many contests to win. Tim On Assistant Professor Anthony Hubert helps shape lives through youth theater camp: Congrats to DU for bringing on to staff someone who wants to give back to the greater Denver good. Kids need mentors, but these days those numbers seem to be hurting. Hopefully, more Denver-area business and social leaders read this and become volunteers in some way. Hugh
On Communications grad Robert Smith finds success in Hollywood: I worked with Robert many years ago on my personal film in Wyoming. Ive never forgotten his great sense of beauty and humanity. Hes one of the best Ive ever met. Gerardo Puglia Robert is a great talent and his sense of humor isnt bad either. Jessica Sitomer On What we wear in this life, Lisa TrankGreenes essay on the death of her father: Very visual and touching. I can see you and your mom doing these activities through your writing. Its an insightful piece; loved it! Hilary Share your views on our stories at www.du.edu/magazine
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The DU mens basketball team shakes hands with Spains Real Canoe Natacion Club team after defeating them 72-57 in a preseason international game on Aug. 27. The Pioneers posted an impressive 4-2 record during a 13-day tour of Spain, where the team played six Spanish professional teams. The trip also allowed time for sightseeingand visits to a Benedictine monastery, Spanish beaches and the Guggenheim Museum Bilbaobetween games. Basketball season runs through March. >>www.DenverPioneers.com
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Campus Holocaust memorial takes shape

By Kristal Griffith
Rendering by Spence Nickel of 5Design in collaboration with Mark Rodgers
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Holocaust Memorial Social Action Site at DU is designed to transform the memory of the millions in Europe murdered by the Nazis more than 65 years ago into acts of social justice. Remembering the Holocaust should not simply be a passive act, says Sarah Pessin, director of DUs Center for Judaic Studies. When we say never again, we commit ourselves to repairing the world through learning, intercultural dialogue and social justice initiatives. These are key parts of what it means to remember the Holocaust. The outdoor gathering place was dedicated on Oct. 10 with the setting of the memorials first stone near Buchtel Tower. More than 200 people attended the ceremony, where Chancellor Robert Coombe thanked those who made the memorial possible and spoke about the sites purpose. Dedication attendees were asked to write words of hope and place them in two time capsules, which were placed into a special carved niche inside the first stone. The memorial is linked to an endowed chair of Holocaust studies and will be home to performances, lectures, readings and vigils that advance humanitarian causes, foster intercultural dialogue and incubate empathy and public good works. It is scheduled to be completed by December 2012. The site will be a public square for social-consciousness raising, Pessin says. Designed under the guidance of University Architect Mark Rodgers, the memorial will radiate outward from a central stone bench shaped like the symbol chaithe Hebrew word for lifeto an amphitheater of stone benches for a wide range of gatherings. Marking the boundary to the site from Evans Avenue, metal lattice partitions will suggest the shattered windows of Kristallnacht and spell out the Hebrew word hineni, which translates to Here I am. Hineni is a post-Holocaust Jewish ethical teaching about the infinite responsibility each of us has for the other, Pessin says. The Holocaust Memorial Social Action Site was fully funded by alumni and community members. Fundraising is still under way for endowing a programming fund for the site and endowing a new chair of Holocaust studies. For more information on donating, contact the Center for Judaic Studies at cjs@du.edu or 303-871-3021. >>www.du.edu/cjs
U.S.News ranks DU among top 100

U.S.News & World Reports annual college rankings for undergraduate educationreleased Aug.17placed the University of Denver 11th on the magazines national universities Up-and-Comers list. DU was tied with the University of Southern California, the University of Georgia, the University of Cincinnati and Binghamton University. The report also placed the University of Denver among the nations top 100 universities. DU ranked 86th, along with the University of Colorado-Boulder, St. Louis University, Stevens Institute of Technology, Drexel University, Clark University and Binghamton University. DUs ranking is based on its Carnegie Foundation category as a doctoral/research university with high research activity. U.S.News collects data on as many as 15 indicators of academic quality within each category. DU ranked high for its freshman retention rate (87 percent); percentage of full-time faculty (74 percent); and its percentage of classes with fewer than 20 students (62 percent). DU also was included on the list of A+ Options for B Students. DU is committed to graduating students who are immersed in scholarship, engaged in the community and grounded in ethics, says Provost Gregg Kvistad. The academic strength of the University continues to grow, and we are pleased to be recognized for our focus on excellence.
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Best movies of 2010*

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Alice in Wonderland A Film Unfinished The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo The Kids Are All Right The Most Dangerous Man in America: Daniel Ellsberg and the Pentagon Papers The Secret of Kells The Secret in Their Eyes Shutter Island The Social Network
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Boettcher East reduced to rubble

The east wing of the Boettcher Complexa distinctive precast concrete structure that has served the Universitys science, engineering and research mission since 1962was torn down in September. The demolition only involved the eastern portion of the Boettcher complex. The west wing and the auditorium have been renovated to provide new classroom arrangements and updated with improved heating, electrical, ventilation and safety systems. Over time, water had seeped into the permeable concrete panels on the outside of the east wing. The liquid froze and cracked portions of the exterior. By the 1990s, the exterior panels were failing to the point of being hazardous, according to University Architect Mark Rodgers. This required patching and repairs that altered the architectural character of the building and challenged its use. Although the DU Board of Trustees determined that the east side was too damaged to justify further investment, a group of preservationists from Historic Denver felt otherwise, fighting to designate Boettcher as a landmark structure, citing its midcentury Formalist architecture and its regional ties to the aerospace industry and post-World War II research. The University opposed the designation and, after a series of public hearings and private negotiations, reached a compromise that allowed DU to proceed with demolishing the buildings east wing and using the area as south campus green space.
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Strategic Issues Program studies the future role of state governments

The University of Denvers Strategic Issues Program (SIP) has assembled a panel of 21 experts in industry, advocacy, government and academia to develop recommendations for state government operations in the 21st century. During a news conference Aug. 11, program Director Jim Griesemer (pictured) said virtually all state constitutions were developed in the 18th and 19th centuries. Over time, the relationships among state, municipal and federal governments have evolved. And now, in the 21st century, states are saddled with myriad roles and are struggling in difficult economic times. The panel began meeting in August and plans to meet about twice a month through February to hear from leaders in virtually every aspect of state government operations. While the SIP panel will look at state revenues, its recommendations will address a broader spectrum of issues, Griesemer says. Griesemer says the final report and recommendations will be available to policy leaders, lawmakers and the public in 2011. The report is expected to address what services states should provide, what roles could be privatized and what roles could be shared with nonprofits and faith-based organizations. Nothing is off the table, he says. The study is the fifth large-scale effort tackled by an SIP panel. Previous studies have examined and made recommendations on immigration, water use and the states economic future. >>www.du.edu/issues
Chase Squires
Wayne Armstrong
Sustainability summit moves to DU campus

The University of Denver will be the center of sustainability efforts in the Rocky Mountain region for two days in February. For the first time, the Rocky Mountain Sustainability Summit will be held on the DU campus, Feb. 1718. The summit will welcome more than 200 students, faculty and staff from DU and other Rocky Mountain-area universities, as well as vendors, nonprofit organizations and innovators in sustainability. The theme is inspiration and regional sustainability priorities, says coorganizer Jon Bortles, a graduate student at the Daniels College of Business. The idea is to keep it regional, so you wont see speakers from California. The whole idea is to focus on whats going on here. Thats what makes this event special. For years, the summit has been held at the University of Colorado. But when Bortles learned CU was unable to continue in 2011, he asked the DU Sustainability Council to get behind a bid to host it in Denver. Scheduled speakers at the event include Doug Fine, an environmental journalist and author of Farewell, My Subaru; Auden Schendler, executive director of sustainability for the Aspen Skiing Company; Hillary Mizia, a leader in corporate sustainability solutions; and Dave Newport, director of CUs Environmental Center and an innovator in governmental sustainability. For a full schedule of events and registration information, including information on student registration discounts and early-bird registration rewards, visit www.du.edu/green/rmss.
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By Jordan Ames
at the Daniels College of Business are learning new lessons about responsible lending and impoverished communities thanks to the schools Deutsche Bank Microfinance Class, which recently was cited in a Forbes.com article on the 10 most innovative business school classes in the U.S. Students in the Daniels class work directly with managers from Deutsche Banks Global Commercial Microfinance Consortium to evaluate loan applications from microfinance institutions (MFIs). These MFIs borrow from Deutsche Banks $80 million fund and use the money to make small loans of as little as $50 to individuals and groups in rural villages. The idea of microfinance has been around a while, but were now finding that larger financial institutions are getting involved, in addition to not-for-profits, says Professor Mac Clouse, who teaches the course with Daniels Professor and Dean Emeritus Bruce Hutton. The idea is taking hold that you can earn a rate of return as well as provide benefits to the poor. The Daniels-Deutsche Bank partnership was established five years ago when Hutton was leading an interterm course to New York. The group met with the director of Deutsche Banks microfinance division. The director was so impressed with the DU students and their questions that he invited Hutton and the University of Denver to join as the banks only academic partner. The students in the class receive a set of loan applications from MFIs. Following a set of criteria provided by Deutsche Bank, the students research the applying organizations, compiling information about the economic and political environment in the region; talking with people from the finance, human resources and IT side of the MFI; and examining past successes to determine their suitability to receive a loan. After conducting initial research, the class then travels to the MFIs location during spring break to conduct onsite due diligence. Student groups have traveled to Cambodia, Uganda and Kenya to meet with the MFIs and visit in the Business students visited with this African shopkeeper, who was able to open her store because of a microloan. field with local borrowers. In Cambodia we traveled an hour and a half to a village to meet with a woman who had used her loan to buy a net to catch fish to feed her family and sell to different people in the village. Another had used the loan to buy seeds, Clouse says. The students can see and hear from the borrowers that it really does make a difference to them, he says. They can see how microfinance can provide a real benefit to the poor of societyyou can make a difference by approaching a problem from a business perspective. The class takes place in the last part of winter quarter, over spring break and into spring quarter. Students must apply to the class, and they are responsible for covering their own travel costs and a course fee. Clouse says the course appeals to students who are interested in business from an international perspective. In the past, students have been drawn from the International MBA program, the Sturm College of Law and the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, as well as Daniels MBA and MSF programs. Its an opportunity to combine lending and social entrepreneurship in a way that can change peoples lives, he says.
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Electric motorcycle speed record remains elusive for DU grad student

University of Denver graduate engineering student Eva Hakansson, who was profiled in the fall 2010 issue of the University of Denver Magazine, fell short in her initial attempt to break the world speed record for electric motorcycles. In September, Hakansson and her husband, Bill Dub, hauled her KillaJoule electric cycle to Utahs Bonneville Salt Flats for speed trials. Hakansson was strapped into what looks like a huge red rocket for a dash across the salt, hoping to break the current record of 176 mph. But her maiden assault on the record books fell short. She topped out around 88 mph, done in by some balancing issues on the huge cycle. Actually, we did some good things, she says. We passed technical inspection. They check everything, right down to the nuts and bolts. It took two and a half hours, but we passed, and thats very hard to do. And the run itself, it was very smooth, very straight. It was a perfect run. We just couldnt go as fast as we wanted. With the stability issues, the team was forced to run the bike with small outriggers, relying on wheels that were never meant for high speeds. The wheels didnt handle the stress of the run and limited KillaJoules top speed. But the bikes motor ran well, and the braking parachute worked perfectly. The ultimate goal of Hakanssons plan for developing speedy electric bikes is to prove to the world that electric vehicles are every bit as powerful and fast as their gasoline-guzzling counterparts. Only when consumers start to recognize electric vehicles as powerful objects of desire will they really catch on with the mass market, she says. She and Dub plan to try for the record again in September 2011.
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One to Watch
JoAnna Burciaga, business administration

Dont bother telling JoAnna Burciaga she cant do something. Thats only going to give her the motivation she needs to go ahead and do it. Burciaga grew up in a poverty-ridden Denver neighborhood that had a lack of motivation and a lack of knowledge, she says. Her family didnt give her much encouragement either. I wanted to get away from things going on at home, says the senior business administration major. School was my way out of those bad things. So she took advantage of every opportunity she was given, every open door. Sometimes its a stranger who gives you the leg up, she says. Magically, I think Ive found all the right people. As a high school senior, Burciaga was awarded a Daniels Fund scholarship, the resource that allowed her to attend college in the first place. I still feel such humility about that, she says. Without it, I wouldnt be here. In addition to her studies, Burciaga volunteers for the Daniels Fund Scholars Program, interpreting for the Spanish-speaking families of other Daniels Scholars. She embodies the essence of a Daniels Scholar: displaying character, integrity and a willingness to serve others in her life, says Melissa Martinez, director of the Daniels Fund Scholars Program. Burciaga also works 30-hour weeks as a program support assistant for the Colorado district office of the Small Business Administrationher dream job that will become full time after graduation. Not only do I get to work for a lot of nonprofit organizationsI always wanted to do that and help other peoplebut I wanted that business aspect. They go hand in hand, she says. These are all things she does while acting as mom to 18-month-old daughter Azia. She also has a baby on the way with her fianc, Reyes. I feel blessed, and I dont take any of it for granted, Burciaga says. Ive always been told you cant be superwomanand I took that on as a challenge.
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Dining halls recycle everything from boxes to burgers

If youre not going to finish that hamburger, there are some plants across campus that might want a taste. In fall 2009, two University of Denver dining halls took recycling a step beyond paper and plastic. At students urging, campus food service provider Sodexo moved into food recycling of a sort. That doesnt mean reusing leftovers; it means composting: turning food waste into nutrient-rich soil for trees and plants. Some of the very soil DU buys for its plantings could be the product of its composting program. Everything in Centennial and Nelson dining halls now goes into big composting binsevery scrap of food, every napkin and even drinking straws, which are made of biodegradable material. Nori Yamashita, director of operations for Sodexo at DU, says he often gets inspiration from students interested in making campus more sustainable. With each idea, he adds more pamphlets and papers to his thick sustainability folder, which is full of catalogs, vendor lists and price guides. Working on college campuses for 35 years, sometimes I forget how old I am, Yamashita says. I get challenged by the students to do more. They keep me tuned in to what the current issues and concerns are. I hear what they are talking about, then I try to make changes they want. The idea of composting sounded feasible to Yamashita, but nothing is ever as easy as it sounds. There were a host of obstacles to overcome. Finding a single stream composting companyone that doesnt require the extra step of separating proteins from fruits and vegetablesfinally was overcome when Alpine Waste Solutions offered to haul single-stream compost. Diners can dump everything from their plates into one containereven wooden stir sticks for coffee.
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Pioneers to join Western Athletic Conference

The University of Denver announced in November that it will move from the Sun Belt Conference to the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) for 10 of its sports programs. Mens and womens basketball, mens and womens golf, gymnastics, womens soccer, womens swimming and diving, mens and womens tennis, and volleyball will move to the WAC beginning in the 201213 season. The WAC has a partnership with ESPN through spring 2017 that guarantees that more than 300 regular-season WAC contests and 45 championship events will be aired on the ESPN networks. Moving to the WAC will provide great national exposure for the University of Denver, says Peg Bradley-Doppes, vice chancellor for athletics and recreation. The WAC also offers a storied championship tradition and is one of the most recognizable conferences in this region. The Pioneers returned to NCAA Division I in all 17 sports in 19992000, when they joined the Sun Belt Conference. The Sun Belt Conference has provided a great home for us during the past 11 years, and we thank them for their hospitality, friendship and competition, Bradley-Doppes says. We are looking forward to creating new regional rivalries and increased exposure in the WAC.
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The Yegge Scholarship continues to build my confidence and motivates me to try my best and persevere. It also widens my support network and reminds me that generous individuals are invested in my education and are pushing for me to succeed. Ciara Fernandez Recipient, Robert B. Yegge Hispanic Scholarship Sturm College of Law
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Research
Healthy economy
By Lisa Marshall
Justin Edmonds
described by President Barack Obama as a way to meet a core ethical and moral obligation and couched as a matter of social justice among advocacy groups who believe access to quality health care is a basic human right. But morals and ethics aside, is health care reform good for the economy? Unequivocally yes, say the authors of a new report by DUs Center for Colorados Economic Future. We were able to demonstrate that even when you account for the fact that you have to pay for reform [via higher taxes], there is still a positive net benefit on the state economy, says Phyllis Resnick (pictured), principal economist for the center and co-author of the report. We will end up with a bigger economy and a healthier job situation with reform than without it. The 76-page analysis, produced in collaboration with the nonprofit New America Foundation, showed that for every dollar invested in new health care spending in Colorado, an additional $2.44 would be generated locally. That means that if Colorado taxpayers spent $1 billion in the first year of health care reform, a net $2.44 billion in new economic output would result. By 2019, state economic output would be nearly 1 percent higher than it would be without reform, and roughly 19,000 new jobs would be created as a result of the reform, according to the report. It turns out that health care spending creates a lot more economic activity than many other forms of spending you can choose, Resnick explains. If you go see a doctor, that doctor is likely to turn around and spend what you pay him locally, whereas if you buy a big-screen TV at the local Best Buy, that TV was probably made overseas and much of the money ends up there. With health care spending, there is a lot less leakage out of the local economy. The report was commissioned by the Colorado Trust and the Colorado Health Foundation in fall 2008, just when debate over health care reform was beginning to crescendo on both the state and federal level. The Colorado Blue Ribbon Commission for Health Care Reformaka the 208 Commissionhad just completed its proposal to the state on how best to create a sustainable future for its health care system. Meanwhile, proposed federal legislation was under consideration on Capitol Hill. While many proponents were stressing the impact health care reform would have on the lives of the uninsured or the underinsured, far fewer were talking about the macro-impact on the states fiscal bottom line, says Christie McElhinney, vice president of public affairs for the Colorado Trust. We felt like there was not enough data available that talked specifically about the fiscal impacts health reform would have on Colorado, she says. The report was designed to fill that gap, but because it was begun well before the historicand somewhat unexpected March 2010 passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the researchers instead based their projections on the 208 Commissions proposal for the state. In the end, the two plans look very similar, with both establishing a new, regulated insurance marketplace to make health coverage more accessible, requiring all individuals to purchase coverage, expanding Medicaid eligibility, providing financial assistance to make coverage more affordable, and including strategies to make health care delivery more efficient. The biggest difference between the two plans is that, under the new federal law, the federal government will pay a larger share of the cost, and Colorado taxpayers will shoulder less of the burden than what was presumed under the 208 Commissions proposal. The reality under federal reform is that there will actually be an even larger economic impact on Colorado than we demonstrated, Resnick says. >>www.du.edu/economicfuture
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New help desk adds up for math students

When University of Denver writers get writers block, they go to the Writing Center at Penrose Library. But where do mathematicians go when things dont add up? In September, DU opened the Math Center, the latest addition to the Penrose Learning Commons. The commons is the centrally located block of services on the librarys first floor that includes the Writing Center, the Research Center, the computer help desk and the main checkout desk. Don Oppliger, director of the mathematics departments CORE lab and resource center, says drop-in math labs offer an instant point of contact for math scholars struggling with a concept or problem. Putting a center together for DU was an effort that involved Penrose, the mathematics department and the Daniels College of Business, where students frequently wrestle with advanced courses such as calculus. Staffed with graduate teaching assistants and stocked with textbooks and other reference sources, the center will offer a lifeline to struggling students no matter their major. Theresa Hernandez, assistant director at Penrose, says adding the Math Center is part of the librarys evolution. As students increasingly turn to online reference materials, the library is adapting to meet their needs. That includes offering technical assistance and researchers trained in online and database mining and providing students with instructors who can help them make sense of the world of digital information. Adding a Math Center to complement the Writing Center and other resources is part of keeping the library a vibrant hub of learning for all disciplines, Hernandez says.
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Arts
On the road
By Greg Glasgow
DU student, Mardana Mayginnes traveled the so-called loneliest road in Americathe Nevada stretch of U.S. 50 between California and Utahseveral times each year as he drove back and forth between campus and his home in northern California. After graduation, when Mayginnes (BA English 06) and his college buddy Colin Michael Day (BA theater 06) moved to Hollywood and decided to make their own feature film, Mayginnes already had their location in mind. I used to drive this [road] to school every year, and I would always encounter random things that just blew my mind, he says. One of the towns has 1,000 people in it, but 20 years ago it had 15,000 to 20,000 people because there was an active mine. When that shut down all the people had to move, so its like a modern-day ghost town. It used to be bustling with activity, and now its a bunch of broken-down buildings that no one will fix because theres no one to inhabit them. Inspired by Michael Moores documentary The Big One, which chronicles U.S. corporations moving their operations out of the country, Mayginnes penned a script about two young men road-tripping from Denver to Los Angeles along U.S. 50. Day plays the lead role of Jamie, a recent college grad whose treatment of womenfrom his girlfriend to a former classmate he reconnects with on his journeyechoes the way the mining companies treated the small towns along the Nevada highway. Capitalism is moving on from town to town, reaping the resources DU alum Colin Michael Day, left, and Isaiah Musik Ayala star in The Loneliest Road in America, an and moving on, Day says. Jamie independent drama scripted and directed by Days friend and fellow alum Mardana Mayginnes. doesnt necessarily like that thats happening to these people, but he kind of becomes that with women. He cheats on his girlfriend with the girl from the road trip, then ends up leaving her at the end of the movie. Mayginnes and Day moved to Hollywood in 2006 to begin their careers in show business. Mayginnes got a job at a commercial production house, where he met a host of people who had come to Hollywood to make their own films but had gotten sidetracked by the daily grind. In L.A. everyone wants to make a movie, but they dont, Mayginnes says. They go and do all this other stuff that does not equal a movie. Its kind of mind-boggling that theyre all just focused on so many other things. The pair decided to try to beat the odds and make their own independent feature. With the help of friend and fellow DU alum Randal Kirk (BA 06), who provided a state-of-the art digital video camera, and Tony McGrath, a renowned director of TV commercials and music videos, Day and Mayginnes set out to make The Loneliest Road in America, shooting on location in Colorado, Nevada and California. The movie took a month to shoot and four months to edit, at a total cost of around $100,000. The film started making the festival rounds in March 2010, taking a bronze medal at the Park City Film & Music Festival and nabbing screenings at L.A.s Method Fest, Floridas Delray Beach Film Festival and the Reno Film Festival, among others. Its done everything for me, Mayginnes says of the film. I get lots of jobs in the commercial world because of it, and once my next feature is ready to go Ill be able to get funding, no doubt about it. And Ill get actors as well. Theyll be down because they know I can do it. >>http://loneliestroadinamerica.com
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Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor makes DU visit

Many of the questions asked of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor during her visit to DUs Sturm College of Law on Aug. 26 came from students trying to talk like lawyers. The justices answers sounded like a lawyer talking to studentssimple, straightforward and from the heart. Sotomayor fielded questions from students and talked about the challenges she endured before she was nominated as the first Hispanic justice by President Barack Obama. I kept getting knocked down and I kept getting up, she said. Thats really hard to do. But getting up to try again helped me to succeed. Her honesty made a strong impression on the 250 high school and college students who attended Sotomayors appearance. Ameerah Kindle, a senior at Denvers East High School, said Sotomayor was inspiring because shes so real, even though shes a Supreme Court justice. Sotomayor, who came to DU at the invitation of the Colorado Campaign for Inclusive Excellence, urged students to get the best education possible no matter the cost, learn to write well and actively participate in society.
Richard Chapman
Wayne Armstrong
The University of Denver Presents
Professor of International Relations of the Middle East, London School of Economics and Political Science
Fawaz Gerges
Monday, January 10, 2011 at 7 p.m. Newman Center for the Performing Arts 2344 E. Iliff Ave.
Like other notable dates in history, Sept. 11 is one that will always remind us of a day that changed our lives. During the 201011 academic year, the University of Denver will explore why it happened and how society is being challenged to rethink our values. Join the discussion as DUs Bridges to the Future series hosts 9/11: Ten Years After.
RSVP to scp@du.edu or 303.871.2357 Watch it live at DU.edu/bridges
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History
Boo-who?
By Kathryn Mayer
You might not
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want Phil Goodstein (MA history 75) to learn too much about your life. He just may find all the skeletons. Goodstein uncovered plenty of bones in his latest book, The Ghosts of University Park, Platt Park and Beyond (New Social Publications, 2010), in which he examines historic south Denver and the storiesgood and badof its people and places. About a third of the book specifically deals with Goodsteins alma mater, and its not all pretty. If you believe everything the author and historian writes, you might just be running into dead people all over campus. The Mary Reed Building and Margery Reed Hall are rumored to be haunted by their namesakes. Goodstein says thats partially due to the uncertainty of what caused Margery Reeds death. Some people have said it was a jungle disease, but there are rumors that she had a falling out with her husband, who used an exotic poison on her while in Peru, Goodstein says. (She died shortly after returning to the States.) Margery met her husband at DU; she was a student and he was an adjunct faculty member. One possible incentive to kill? The Reeds were financially well-off, Goodstein explains. Margerys husband was not, and he ended up inheriting a great deal of money after her death. To commemorate her, Margerys mother, Mary Reed, donated funds to build Margery Reed Hall, which until recently served as home to DUs theater department. But actors werent the only ones utilizing the building. [Hundreds of performers] over the years have all been convinced theres a ghost, Goodstein says. They claim strange whispering and odd echoes during performances; things were always slightly going wrong. Thats just one of many tales Goodstein recounts in his book. Mary Reed herself is apparently watching over her buildings Renaissance Room, and the eyes in a portrait of her can be seen following visitors, Goodstein says. In the historic Buchtel House, guests have experienced cold breezes, thumping noises and slamming doors, according to the historian. That was because Henry Buchtel, who was DUs chancellor and Colorados governor, might not have been keen on the parties occurring in his old house. Buchtel was a militant prohibitionist, Goodstein explains, and the house often hosted DU-affiliated parties and receptions that included the serving of alcohol. And apparently, the University Park home formerly owned by Ammi Hyde was never vacated by the legacy professor, even though he died in 1921 at age 97. The house was demolished in 2009. Although ghost stories arent verifiable, they will always fascinate people, he says. Maybe its a feeling that they are missing something else, or the idea of providing an explanation to things that might be inexplicable, says Goodstein, who also leads historic walking tours around Denver and has written more than a dozen books on area history. Despite its title, The Ghosts of University Park also includes chapters on less mysterious aspects of DU history. Goodstein praises Chancellor Emeritus Dan Ritchie for rebuilding DUs campus. He also writes about DUs skyrocketing enrollment due to World War II veterans who attended the University on the GI bill. This has all been the cumulative process of 25 years gathering information, Goodstein says. Ive heard all kinds of good stories.
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Class of 2010 dedicates peace pole

Nestled among the pines and evergreens surrounding DUs Evans Chapel is a peaceful concrete plaza passed by scores of students, faculty and visitors every day. This is also the site where the Class of 2010 chose to place and dedicate its gift to DU: a peace pole. The 10-foot-tall, seven-sided limestone pole features the words May peace prevail on Earth in eight different languages. According to Chancellor Robert Coombe, the peace pole will be a place for students of all races, backgrounds and cultures to come together. This amazing gift will stand for generations as a lasting and important part of the University, he said at the poles dedication in September. Peace is one of the things we all hope for and the desire for it binds us all together as humans. About 50 students, faculty, staff and alumni from the Class of 2010 attended the dedication, including Lance Tsosie, who represented the Native American Student Alliance and shared a Navajo story about peace. Peace poles are one of the most recognized international symbols of peace in the world. There have been more than 200,000 peace poles placed throughout the world as part of the World Peace Prayer Societys Peace Pole Project. The dedication event culminated with a sending forth the cranes. During the week before the dedication, students folded origami cranes, a symbol of peace, on the Driscoll Bridge. Participants at the dedication were asked to take a crane and pass it onso that the message of peace continues to grow.
Kim DeVigil
Wayne Armstrong
You dont have to visit Denver to reconnect with your alma mater, DU is coming to you in 2011. Please join us for an evening of light hors doeuvres, drinks and the opportunity to mingle with fellow alumni, university leadership and staff. For more information, please visit www.alumni.du.edu/DUOnTheRoad or call 800-448-3238, ext. 0.
Look for us in 2011 as we travel to the following cities:

Phoenix, AZ January 25 @ 6:00 p.m. San Francisco, CA February 23 @ 6:00 p.m. Dallas, TX March 15 @ 6:00 p.m. Los Angeles, CA April 6 @ 6:00 p.m.
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Sports
Stars on ice
By Doug McPherson
of Denvers Club Figure Skating gets any hotter, itll need to take up swimming. Last year the team placed fifth in the nation, but that feat was far out of the spotlight. The club is just that: a club, and not a sanctioned varsity DU sport. But that might be one reason the team is doing so well. I think part of it is we just have a lot of fun. I know I dont feel a lot of pressure, and that helps me a lot, says Alicia Prince, a senior accounting major from Seattle who has competed all four years on the team. Prince has been skating since she was a young girl and says she specifically sought a university with an active skating club. I wasnt looking for a scholarship, just a school that had a good program so I could keep skating, she says. Its a nice stress reliever for me and a good way to make friends, especially when you dont know anyone at the school. That makes perfect sense to Dan Wahl, manager of student recreation programs at DU. He says the school currently has 826 people in club sports, nearly a 10 percent bump from 2009s 754 participants. Wahl believes participation is up because more students are playing organized sports in high school. Club sports lets them keep playing a sport they may be familiar with, or they can try new sports, too, Wahl says. Junior finance and marketing major Hannah Falvey, from West Des Moines, Iowa, says she believes the skating team should continue to do well this year, mostly because of its diversity. Club Figure Skating members, from left, Maddie Moyer, Eunji Kwon, Caroline Hoberecht, Hannah Falvey and We have girls in all Jenna Walton ranges of levels, and that lets us enter into many different events at competitions, says Falvey, the clubs president. Our team is so dynamic. We have about every different region of the country represented, along with every different type of major. No girl is like another, which has been great for team chemistry. We all respect each others goals. The 20-member team has no official coach, but skaters can and often do take private lessons. The club practices on the ice in Magness Arena three mornings a week for two hours. Falvey adds that most of the team does some off-ice training, too. A lot of us have very different routines away from the ice that work well for us, Falvey says. Prince says figure skater Michelle Kwan (BA 09), an Olympic silver and bronze medalist and DU alum, never competed on the team but did stop by to skate with the club occasionally. She was really nice, and it was cool to meet her and talk to her about skating, Prince says. After graduating in the spring, Prince plans to continue her graduate studies at DU so she can remain a part of the club. I want to stay here and skate, she says. Thats how much fun it is for me.
If the University
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DU launches iPhone app

Dont have DU on your iPhone? Theres an app for that. The University of Denver launched its first iPhone application in November. The program is compatible with the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. The app gives users access to the latest campus news and an events calendar. It also allows users to access DU videos and photos, the athletics website and maps and polls. Theres even a link to the DU fight song. The app is a way for us to use technology to communicate about DU to the various audiences that we are trying to reach, says Jim Berscheidt, interim vice chancellor for university communications. It is internal and external, reaching not only faculty, staff and current students, but alumni and prospective students as well. Berscheidt says the app includes a checklist option for prospective students, which will help them with the application process. It was developed in cooperation with the DU Admission Office. Akash Jain, a computer science grad student, says the app looks great. I really like the event section, and the campus map will come in handy to all the students, because it is sometimes hard to find certain buildings on campus, Jain says. He says the tab that shows the hours of operation of various officessuch as the bursars office, the library and the recreation centeris really useful as well. The app has found its way to DU alumni, too. I like the fact that DU is trying new ways to reach out to students and alumni, and the fact that it isnt just sports information, says alumna Mila Morgese (MA higher education 10). I would love to see this used as a means to advertise for events on campus and to let us know what is going on with policies and administrative changes. According to Berscheidt, University officials are in the process of developing an Android app compatible with other smart phones and tablet devices soon. The application is free and can be downloaded at iTunes.
Katelyn Feldhaus
DU attracts record number of Boettcher Scholars

Boettcher Scholarswinners of Colorados most prestigious scholarship for high school studentsare choosing DU in record numbers. This fall, the University of Denver welcomed 17 Boettcher Scholars, an institutional record and a number that brings DUs roster of Boettcher scholars-in-residence to 58. The Colorado-based Boettcher Scholarship Program began in 1952. The scholarship covers virtually all expenses, including tuition, books and a living stipend for students who demonstrate the potential to make significant contributions and choose to further their education in Colorado. The Boettcher Foundation awards 40 scholarships each year. This years scholarship winners were selected from more than 1,300 applicants on the basis of their academic performance, demonstrated ability and outstanding character, and on their participation and leadership in school and community activities. To qualify, students must rank among the top 5 percent of their graduating class and score at least 1,200 on the critical reading and math sections of the SAT or 27 on the ACT. Scholarships cover 12 academic quarters as long as scholars maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA. Although the Boettcher Scholarship ends with the fourth year, DU funds a fifth year for students who pursue a dual undergraduate and masters degree program.
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Professors new book addresses human side of disaster

Whether its ongoing war or recent natural disasters, there is no shortage of calamity in the world. Thomas Drabek, John Evans professor and professor emeritus in the Department of Sociology and Criminology, explores how humans react to all kinds of disasters in his new book, The Human Side of Disaster (CRC Press, 2010). The book explores how peoples responses can be predicted and the longterm effects of disasters on peoples psyches. I spent four decades in the field interviewing people caught in disaster, Drabek says. While each experience is unique, we can learn so much from how people react in order to better prepare and respond to future disasters. Drabek (BA 61) begins the book with four fictional stories based on real disastersincluding a tornado, a hurricane and an earthquake. He then brings in his research to show how warning methods and high-tech systems can work together to improve communications, evacuations and reconstruction efforts. Drabek taught at DU from 19652004. He continues to research and write on a part-time basis.
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Q&A
Law Professor Robert Hardaway on birthright citizenship

Interview by Kathryn Mayer
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citizenshipthe concept that anyone born in the United States is automatically a U.S. citizenhas become a hot topic in politics and the immigration debate, with some lawmakers proposing bills to end automatic citizenship for children of illegal immigrants. Sturm College of Law Professor and constitutional law expert Robert Hardaway discusses the issue and what the Constitutions 14th Amendment really says about citizenship.
Birthright
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Can you explain the basic idea of birthright citizenship and what proponents of it say?
[Proponents of birthright citizenship] claim that a baby born to anyone who steps foot in the U.S. becomes a citizen. They say the Constitution says so, but they fail to note that the 14th Amendment strictly limits birth citizenship to those who are subject to the jurisdiction of the U.S. As Sen. Jacob Howard made clear at the time, birth citizenship will not, of course, include persons born in the United States who are foreigners. I would submit that children born to tourists, foreign diplomats or military personnel, or passengers in airplanes flying over U.S. airspace, are not U.S. citizens just because they were technically born in the U.S.
Do you think the 14th Amendment should be changed to eliminate or grant birthright citizenship? Take the poll: www.du.edu/magazine
There has been talk of modifying the Constitution from people on both sides of the argument. Do you think this should happen?
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voluntarily agree to return to their home countries and file petitions for legal entry, I would offer them a path toward U.S. citizenship on an equal basis as those currently seeking legal residency from their home countries. I also would offer them total amnesty for any past crimes related to forgery of government documents [such as Social Security cards] and tax evasion, along with assurances that their petitions for legal residency would be expedited.
If there really are those who want to extend citizenship to those born to tourists visiting the U.S., children of foreign diplomats or military personnel, or to passengers in airplanes flying over the U.S., I think yes, they would need to amend the Constitution to provide for something like that. Personally, I dont think that would be a very good idea. Certainly no country in Europe would even consider such a law.
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Because you think this is such a common-sense issue, are you surprised that this has become so politicized?
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What should be done about illegal immigration?
First, I would do as President Obama has recommended and vigorously prosecute those companies that hire illegal immigrants and exploit them purely for the sake of profit. Second, I would enforce the immigration laws currently on the books. Third, to all those who
I suppose its understandable in the current climate in which so many Americans are out of work and looking for work. Ironically, its minorities and the hard-working legal immigrants who suffer the most when their wages are lowered by corporations who exploit illegal immigrants by cutting wages for the sake of profits. For example, in the 1970s, large office buildings in Los Angeles hired union workers for jobs that paid high wages with good benefits. Many of them were African-Americans earning a good income. Then the building managers learned that they could do what the robber barons did during the industrial revolution. They hired independent contractors who used illegal immigrants willing to work for a pittance. Thousands of union workers lost their jobs, and wages were severely depressed for the rest.
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DU by the Numbers
Club sports
Club sport teams
K-book provides new way to remember the alma mater

Students have a new way to commemorate their experiences at the University of Denver. University officials introduced the K-book at this years Pioneer Passage, part of DUs orientation for first-year and new transfer students. The book includes a breakdown of traditions DU students have upheld over the course of the Universitys history. The back of the book features a weekly planner for students to utilize during their school year, as well as empty spaces in which to arrange their own photographs. Intended as keepsakes, K-books will be bound in faux-leather. The K-book refers to the slang term for DUs Kynewisbok yearbook, which ended publication in 2004. Its more about what you did with your year and what you want to remember, Kerrie Rueda, DUs assistant director of campus activities, says of the new book. While the K-book does not serve as a replacement for or continuation of the Kynewisbok, organizers decided to keep the original nickname used by students. Kynewisbok is an Anglo-Saxon word meaning the royal book of knowledge. Ammi Hyde proposed the name in 1889. We wanted to keep the message the same, Rueda says. This will be the book of knowledge for students regarding the traditions here at DU. The new K-book is funded by DUs Undergraduate Student Government, and University officials envision selecting a theme for each future edition. This years theme centers around some of DUs oldest traditions.
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Students participating in club sports
826 363 11
Students participating in the Alpine Club* Club sport teams participating in a 200910 national competition Student fees paid to support club sports
$83,000
Ascend fundraising campaign announced

During Convocation remarks to more than 650 faculty and staff members on Oct. 26, University of Denver Chancellor Robert Coombe publicly announced a multiyear campaign to position the University for the 21st century. Ascend: The Campaign for the University of Denver will culminate in 2014 when the University celebrates its sesquicentennial. Today Im announcing the public phase of our campaign, Coombe said. We will focus on additional financial aid for undergraduate and graduate students; support for faculty chairs and professorships, as well as research and scholarship; the visual and performing arts; and important improvements and additions to our facilities. The campaign has been in a quiet phase for four years, raising more than $250 million to date. Of that, Coombe said $100 million is providing direct support to students and faculty. Coombe noted that the new class of first-year undergraduate students is the best in DU history in terms of academic credentials, which include GPA, test scores, class rank and number of Boettcher Scholars. The class also is DUs most diverse: More than 19 percent are students of color, more than 16 percent are receiving Pell Grants, and more than 7 percent are international students. Also, more than 60 percent of the class comes from outside of Colorado. Although the campaigns emphasis is on raising funds to support DUs human infrastructure, according to the Ascend website, the initiative also will fund a desperately needed new building to house the School of Engineering and Computer Science. The structure has a projected price tag of $55 million, most of which has yet to be raised. Also planned is a transformation of Penrose Library into an academic commons. The renovation will change the buildings functionality from book storage space to technology-rich people space, Coombe said. The University has raised $25 million of the $30 million needed for the project. I believe all of this is possible. We can be that great private university dedicated to the public good. We can be that university that has a lasting and powerful impact on the human condition. We can ascend to that higher place together, Coombe said. >>ascend.du.edu
Average percentage of DU undergraduate students participating in club sports and Alpine Club
22.25
Average percentage of undergraduate students participating in club sports at other Colorado universities
*Alpine Club is separate from club sports Compiled by Ruth Brown, director of marketing, campus and community programs for the Division of Athletics and Recreation, and Stuart Halsall, assistant vice chancellor for internal operations in the Division of Athletics and Recreation
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Essay
Jersey girl
By Kathryn Mayer
New Jerseythere, I said it. To clarify, Im not a part of the mob, my hair doesnt look like Snookisat least not intentionally and I dont call it New Joisey (and neither does anyone else who lives there, by the way). Although Ive lived in Colorado for years, old habits from my place of birth have stuck with me. Im an awful, aggressive driver; I only eat pizza from places with huge, sloppy slices big enough to fold; and I have remnants of a New Jersey accent. When I was a teenager, my Colorado-native religion teacher told me I needed to learn to talk without the long-sounding vowels. I cant understand you half the time, hed say. Your accent is making your words sound wrong. So I was forced into speech therapy lessons after school. Though Colorado made me change the way I speak, I am virtually a walking, talking advertisement for the state: Colorado has more than 300 days of sunshine a year! We are the fittest state in the country! Everyone is so friendly! You should see these mountains! Still, those superlatives do not applyor generally appealto me whatsoever: I love cloudy and cool weather! I eat too much pizza! Im a categorized misanthrope! Willingly propelling my body down a mountain on skis sounds like a terrible idea! Instead, I love Colorado because its home to my sister, her three beautiful children and my mothers parents, who moved to Denver a decade ago from New York after the rest of their family scattered across the country. Recently, my 93-year-old grandfather, a former New York City taxi driver, groused about Coloradans heightened sense of sociability, camaraderie and general kindness. In New York, he explained, people dont care how you are doing and certainly arent nosy enough to ask about your day. His reasons for preferring his home state struck a chord with me. Sometimes the place you come fromstereotypes and allis still home no matter how much time you may have spent away from it. On a recent visit to New Jersey to see the family Ive neglected for the past couple of years, I felt something I hadnt felt in a while: I felt at ease. I wasnt worrying about my life and where it was going (remnants of a quarterlife crisis); instead I felt relaxed and nostalgic. While driving past my childhood home I remembered playing catch with my dad in the backyard beneath a canopy of oak trees. The sound of the cuckoo clock in my aunt and uncles home reminded me of the firefly-lit summers I spent there after my family moved to Colorado. And keepsakes saved after my fathers mother passed made me think about my first experiences with loss and grief. But the most meaningful part of my visit was Sunday morning Mass at St. Marys Parish, a small Catholic church in Pompton Lakes, N.J. St. Marys was the first place I attended school; it was the place of my baptism and my first communion; it was where I mourned the deaths of my fathers mother and aunt, watched cousins marry andmost importantlythe place where I found God and built the most stable and sincere relationship Ive had in my life. I thought about one gloomy weekday afternoon years ago, when my mom and I ran into the church and sat for an hour in the dark wood pews to escape a rainstorm that started while we were strolling through town. As I returned to St. Marys for Mass, I felt that same sense of shelter. Seeing my parents with heads bowed and my uncle with a rosary in hand, mouthing the words of prayers Ive quietly been saying for years, I finally felt at peaceand at home.
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A new building brings renewed focus to DUs School of Art and Art History.
By Greg Glasgow Photography by Wayne Armstrong
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Students and faculty at DUs School of Art and Art History are experiencing an artistic renaissance that has nothing to do with the 15th century, France or the Mona Lisa. Thanks to generous donations from longtime DU supporters Ralph and Trish Nagel and Trygve and Victoria Myhren and a fortuitously timed construction project, the art school is experiencing a rebirth. This fall, the painting and drawing departments moved to a new 12,500-square-foot structure between the Shwayder Art Building and the Ritchie Center for Sports and Wellness, opening up an entire floor in Shwayder for DUs pioneering program in electronic media arts design (eMAD). A renewed emphasis on partnering with Denvers growing number of art institutionsthe Denver Art Museum, the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver and the Vance Kirkland and Clyfford Still museums, to name a fewis fueling the synergy between town and gown. Its a rare confluence of energies that leaves the School of Art and History poised to become a major force in the Colorado art scene. By 1950, there were something like 400 undergraduate students in the art school, says Chancellor Robert Coombe. Its always been an important part of us, particularly with the advent of the Myhren Gallery and the relationships with the Denver Art Museum and the other visual-arts-related entities within the city. Weve recognized for quite some time that its a part of the University for which there are lots of opportunities, both for our students and for the institution to play a more leading role in the development of the arts in the city. One of those opportunities was realized Oct. 19, when the Nagel Art Studios officially opened their doors to DUs painting and drawing departments (classes there began in fall quarter). Built along with the University of Denver Soccer Stadium and the Pat Bowlen Training Center for DUs athletic teams, the copper-plated structure has been in the works since 2008. A dramatic space featuring a large, open studio area, high ceilings, concrete floors, moveable walls and plenty of natural light, its a far cry from the departments dated old digs in Shwayder. The painting studio is extraordinary. Its really gorgeous, says art lecturer and drawing instructor Susan Meyer. There are cement floors and these soaring ceilingsit really looks like a studio. Its fabulous. The students who had taken courses with me in Shwaydertheir eyes just light up.
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The larger space means students can keep their work up over time and not have to put it away at the end of each class, says painting Associate Professor Deborah Howard. Theres more room for student critiques and student exhibits. The moveable walls give budding artists the freedom to create their own mini-studios or make bigger spaces in which to collaborate or share their work with others. And a student loungea first for the department will, she hopes, foster a new sense of community among DU art students. They can have lunch there, the art club can have a bulletin board there about what theyre doing, people can hang outto me, the place is about community, she says. The whole building is going to flow together really well, then theyll have this lounge with couches and chairs and tables and theyll be able to eat together. Its a small thing, but its major.
Back in Shwayder, meanwhile, another transformation is taking place. The eMAD program is turning the third floor which used to house painting and drawinginto a digital playground for faculty and students who create art with pixels and computers instead of paintbrush and canvas. The result is everything from video games and wearable art to interactive installations and innovative multimedia exhibits. Encouraged by Ralph Nagel, eMAD faculty are taking highpowered computers from behind closed doors and into a giant shared studio space where they can fuel new collaborative projects. The thought is that it should be a dynamic, free-flowing space. It would be exciting if it didnt have to have doors, says video game designer and eMAD Associate Professor Rafael Fajardo. Its about being able to encourage spontaneous collaborations. Somebody could walk through the space and say, Hey, thats coolwhat are you doing? and something else happens because of it. It should afford the opportunities for crazy serendipities and unexpected partnerships, and I look forward to seeing that happen. Thanks to $140,000 in new electronic equipment, the larger space also will allow students to better plan site-specific installations, he says. Fajardos fellow eMAD Associate Professor Timothy Weaver recently had a piece on display in the Denver Art Museums Embrace! exhibit that immersed viewers in an audiovisual environment that subtly changed based on their movement. For students to plan similar projects would have been difficult in eMADs previous, smaller space. Tim has been working in that process for quite a while, and in order for him to explore it hes had to have a stand-alone studio off campus. That kind of space isnt really accessible for the students to be able to explore, Fajardo says. By having this wonderful extra room, were going to have an open space where students can engage with the space itself and not have to tear
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Ralph and Trish Nagel: Cultivating Creativity

Ralph and Trish Nagel can spot opportunity even if its buried under sod and trampled by short-cutting pedestrians. Witness the School of Art and Art Historys new Nagel Art Studios, an annex made possible by a $2.3 million gift from the couple. Clad in limestone and copper, the structure rises from a small plot of land once covered by grass and overlooked by students on their way to the Coors Fitness Center. The studio building, which provides light-filled space for students and faculty in the drawing and painting program, is just south of the Ritchie Center, behind the new soccer stadium. Its actually a found idea, says Ralph, a member of DUs Board of Trustees. And hes the one who found it. I serve on the building and grounds committee, and I could see the curious opportunity of capturing a unique space, a found space, and making extraordinary, distinctive and valuable studios. Eventually it completed the composition of the larger Ritchie Center, he says. As an architect, Ralph liked the idea of putting an awkward slice of land to imaginative use. The idea also appealed to his conventiondefying side, what he calls his interest in synthesizing opposites. Why not put artists and athletes under the same roof? Mix them up, like primary colors, and see what happens. Universities talk about how to bring things together, he says, noting that more often than not they create isolated islands of specialized endeavor. But the studio, he says, brings artists and athletes together in a unique way. The Nagels have been bringing things together in a unique way for 37 years. Their gift to the art school is just the latest in a string of contributions to DU, including $4 million for the Nagel Residence Hall and its collection of paintings to inspire student creativity. In addition to funding the new art studio, their most recent gift covered a renovation and technological update to the Shwayder Art Buildings third floor, which houses the electronic media arts design program. The couples support for the arts grows out of a willingness to evacuate their comfort zones and experiment. Both hope an invigorated art scene on campus will encourage risk taking and unconventional thinking not just among art majors, but among students in all disciplines. Im a real fan of the art spirit, Trish says, which is creative, inventive and expressive, and I think you can use that to advantage in any profession. She speaks from experience. Both she and Ralph have infused their professional lives with the art spirit. Their 1983 move to Coloradoshe hails from Philadelphia, he from Chicagogrew out of a quest for new ventures. We both had professional practices in St. Louis, Ralph recalls. I was an architect and Trish was an attorney. I came up with a business idea to develop and operate luxury retirement communities, and financing was more available in Colorado, even though there were fewer older adults here. Once in Denver, the couple launched Meridian Retirement Communities, which they sold in 2005. While the firm was growing, Trish nurtured her legal career, representing hospitals, surgical centers, nursing homes, assisted living facilities and retirement communities in everything from acquisitions and joint ventures to regulatory matters. After selling Meridian, Ralph launched Top Rock LLC, a special situations investment fund. Throughout their professional lives, the Nagels have sought out ways to harness their brainpower. I took a course, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain, for five days in New York City, Trish says. I actually took it because I was interested in what it could do to help my sense of creativity, as opposed to a sense of drawing. It was very encouraging from that standpoint. In fact, she adds, dabbling in drawing helped her approach challenges with recharged
confidence. You can do things that otherwise you thought couldnt be done, she says. Ralphs venture into the creative realm was more focused on developing skills, unleashing talents and mastering an art form. I started painting about 10 years ago. It was actually done in contrast to my professional work. It is highly personal, and it doesnt include committees or deadlines or budgets, he says. I approached painting from a self-discovery point of view, because it causes your intellectual brain to become more subordinate to an intuitive sense. You have to develop skills as well as tolerance. I felt my brain changing during that first couple of years, because you are actually using the brain in a different order. Anne McCall, who has served as dean of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences since 2008, credits the Nagels and their questing spirit with fueling the art schools ambitions. She also expects the gift to foster DUs emergence as an arts campus, one where the entire community benefits from creative energy. The Nagels gift, she says, is transformative in many respects. Tamara Chapman
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Weavers Embrace! exhibit is just the tip of the paintbrush when it comes to DUs interactions with Denvers larger visual arts culture. For years students from the art history and museum studies side of things have been interning and finding employment in museums around the citya recent multivenue, high-profile exhibit of Western art by DU alum Allen Tupper True (attd. 18991900) was curated by DU art history alumni at all three of its locations: Peter Hassrick (MA 69) at the Denver Art Museum, Alisa Zahller (MA 97) at the Colorado History Museum and Julie Anderies (MA 06) at the Denver Public Library.
DU sculpture Professor Lawrence Argent is the man behind some of the citys most visible public art, including the big blue bear that peers into the Colorado Convention Center and the giant blades of grass that run down the median of Englewoods main drag. And since 2003 Denver has been home to the Vance Kirkland Museum, a critically praised space that celebrates the modernist legacy of the longtime DU art professor. If you think about whats happening down at the Denver Art Museum, with the addition a couple of years ago of the Hamilton Building, the opening of the Museum of Contemporary Art, the groundbreaking for the Clyfford Still Museum in spite of the economy, the art scene in the city of Denver is booming, just booming, Coombe says. The idea is that the addition of a university art school as a major player in the development of the visual arts culture in the city can be a major factor driving it forward. That should be us.
Trygve and Victoria Myhren: The Gift of a Gallery

He is inspired by intersections, by the marriage of communication, technology and creativity. She is drawn by color and abstraction and the expression of artistic passion. Together, Trygve and Victoria Myhren are a mixed-media portrait in innovative arts philanthropy. Within Denver arts circles, theyre celebrated for their support of cutting-edge enterprises with far-reaching impact. They aim to play a decisive role in Denversand DUs emerging contemporary art scene. At DU, that means backing the School of Art and Art Historys gallery space, named after Victoria in 2001 in recognition of her financial and time commitments to the space. In 2008, the Myhrens added to their earlier gift with a $1 million donation. Victoria (BA 00) hopes the funds will help the gallery build an international reputation. My aspiration for the DU gallery would be that it become a destination gallery. And the definition of a destination gallery is that we have destination shows, blockbuster shows once a year, so that people come to the city of Denver and the show would be their destination, she explains. (The upcoming Warhol in Colorado, opening Jan. 20 and featuring photos and other works by famed pop artist Andy Warhol, promises to be just such an exhibit.) She also envisions artist-in-residence programs and collaborations with the Denver Art Museum and the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver. Trygve endorses her big thinking. He is, after all, no stranger to ambitious plans. In addition to chairing DUs Board of Trustees, he serves as a trustee of the Denver Art Museum, and his resum testifies to a career of entrepreneurship. To name just two of his many accomplishments, he co-founded the Food Network and served as chairman and chief executive officer of American Television and Communications Corp., the cable television subsidiary of Time Inc. (now Time Warner Cable). Victorias vita is just as packed. A Californian turned Coloradan, she has launched and operated galleries, consulted for corporate art collections and served in myriad capacities for such diverse groups as the Colorado Contemporary Arts Collaboration and Opera Colorado. In her 50s, she enrolled at DU to pursue a degree in art historya venture that cemented her relationship with the School of Art and Art History. Victoria traces her enthusiasm for the arts back to an unconventional aunt. When I was 15 years old, she recalls, I went on a trip to Europe with my grandmother and her sister. Her sisters name was Etta, and she was my Auntie Mame. She was a very active contemporary art buyer in the 50s. She would arrange for us to visit various artists studios. In those days, I had no idea who Picasso or Henry Moore were. When we visited Picassos studio, Etta would say, This is my friend Picasso, and this is what he does. I was young; I dont remember who else we met, but I do remember those two. That same aunt, Etta Steinberg, played a large role in developing an art gallery at Washington University in St. Louis. She was, Victoria says, inspiration for her own work in arts philanthropy: In the back of my mind, I kept thinking, you know, I could do an art gallery at the University. Dan Jacobs, director of the Victoria H. Myhren Gallery and curator of the Universitys art collections, considers the couple role models for other arts philanthropists. Their most recent gift, he says, raises the bar for donations and allows us to think about a scale and quality of programming that wasnt accessible a few years ago. Whats more, he says, the Myhrens work hard to help the University connect with artists and collectors who can improve the educational experience for students. For example, the Myhrens helped the school build a relationship with worldrenowned collectors Vicki and Kent Logan, who have allowed DU students unprecedented access to their works. The Myhrens also helped bring German artist Jonas Burgert to campus in fall 2008 to serve as an artist in residence.
We created a space for him to paint in the gallery, Victoria recalls, so the students could come and talk to him, and he would go off and critique their work in the classroom. The Myhrens look at the gallery as an incubator for creative interactions. As Trygve notes, Its a wonderful educational tool. Were very conscious of that, that students can display, that faculty can display and all of them can enjoy the entire range of exhibits every year. Trygve looks to art and arts education to spark creative impulses across the University. His own work in the media business capitalized on what he calls the nexus between creativity in art and media. In the future, he adds, education will need to draw on diverse influencesart, technology, communications, genetic research and brain biomechanics, among others. We all know that the intersection between mathematics and music is profound, he says, and I think that intersection is an example of what we must think of as we go forward in education. Tamara Chapman
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United States, China stunned the world with the opening ceremony to the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing. Through the magic of technology and stagecraft, China showcased its contributions to modernitythe compass, gunpowder, moveable type and paperreminding the world of its glorious past while dramatically illustrating that its a contemporary superpower to be reckoned with. This juxtaposing of the past and present is emblematic of a China that views itself as a once-great empire struggling to regain the global prominence it lost more than 100 years ago during the waning years of the last dynasty. China has a very different history from Western countries, explains Professor Suisheng Sam Zhao, director of the Center for China-U.S. Cooperation at DUs Josef Korbel School of International Studies. China bears the psychological burden of a century and a half of humiliation when
Professor Suisheng Zhao is documenting Chinas return to global prominence.
China declined and was beaten down by Western imperialist powers. The central theme in Chinese politicsin the national psycheis the dream of great power again. Arguably, China has achieved some of that great power. In a relatively short period of time since initiating market reforms 30 years ago, the country has gone from being very poor to possessing the worlds second largest economy. Entrepreneurship has exploded, and increasingly the Chinese people are enjoying higher standards of living, better health care and more mobility. Not to say that China isnt experiencing challenges related to its rapid expansion (pollution and income disparities among them), but watching Chinas spectacular rise from a distance, Americans have developed their own insecurities: the loss of manufacturing jobs to the country and the lackluster state of their own economy.
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Zhao, who received DUs Distinguished Scholar Award this fall, is uniquely positioned personally and professionally to help explain the Chinese national psyche to the United States. Having lived half his life in each country, he has spent his academic career studying Chinese foreign policy and politics. I try to provide a more balanced understanding of China, he says, especially in the context of China rising as a major power in the world. Through his work, Zhao, who was born in China and is a naturalized American citizen, has helped illuminate the rise of modern Chinese nationalism in a way only someone with intrinsic and historical understanding of the country could. Plumbing primary Chinese-language sources, Zhao has articulated a nuanced, full-blooded vision of a country challenged by the embarrassment of a past when Western powers, particularly Great Britain, forced it to accept the opium trade in the mid-19th century. Conflicts with Britain, along with internal unrest, ended imperial rule in the country, catapulting China into a period of instability that didnt end until after the death of Mao Zedong in 1976. To understand China, Zhao says, is to understand the countrys 150-year-old suspicion of the West. I think Suisheng brings a unique sense of balance and perspective to the analysis of U.S.-China relations, writes Larry Diamond, a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University, in an e-mail. Because he grew up in China and travels there frequently, and because he has the confidence of Chinese leaders and scholars, he is able to represent and interpret their thinking well. He is one of the most astute observers in the United States of Chinas politics, foreign policy and national mood. At the same time, he has an acute understanding and appreciation of the U.S. and its interests and concerns. From these multiple perspectives he is always able to generate fresh and independent insights. Read by sinologists and policymakers all over the worldhis book A Nation-State by Construction: Dynamics of Modern Chinese Nationalism (Stanford University Press, 2004) is a standard in Chinese studies programs worldwideZhaos writings explain the rise of Chinese nationalism through the lens of social science theory. According to Zhao, Chinas ardent nationalism presents complex challenges to China and the world. It is a two-edged sword that can fuel expansion or foment civil unrest should the government not perform. With regard to the United States, Chinese nationalism presents its own set of challenges. On the
diplomatic stage, Western actions often are viewed with mistrust by Chinese leaders. This makes China an obstreperous and potentially volatile partner. China is trying to find its rightful place in the world, he explains. China is very suspicious of Western interests. They feel like, [Westerners] humiliated us in the past. This can appear very militant.
political activist in his youth in China, Zhao settled at DU nine years ago after having spent much of his career as an academic nomad. He has served as a research fellow for the Economic Research Center of the State Council of Chinathe cabinet of the Chinese governmentand has taught at the Chinese National University of Law and Politics, Peking University, the University of California, San Diego, Colby College and Washington College. In 2000 he completed a postdoctoral Campbell National Fellowship at the Hoover Institution. He is the author or editor of 10 books in English and one in Chinese, dozens of journal articles and book chapters in both languages, and a raft of policy essays. His work has gained credence on both sides of the Pacific because of the trenchant insights he brings to Chinese studies and the balanced approach he takes; he is at once laudatory and critical of both his homeland and his adopted country. Considered a dazzlingly productive scholar, Zhao also is the founder of the Journal of Contemporary China, a publication he started while finishing graduate school. Now almost 20 years old, the journal is considered required reading by scholars and policymakers. His creation of the Journal of Contemporary China is a major contribution to English-language readers understanding of China and comprehending how Chinese analysts understand China, says Edward Friedman, a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. It is a great journal that publishes top-rank work. Intrigued by Coloradans interest in China and lured by the chance to grow the nascent Center for China-U.S. Cooperation at Korbel, Zhao came to DU intent on building bridges between the East and West, particularly the Rocky Mountain West. Since taking on the executive directorship of the center (when he arrived it was staffed by one graduate student), he has raised more than $1 million for its activities and deepened relationships with Chinese institutions including Beijing Foreign Studies University, the China Institute of Contemporary International Relations, the China Institute of International Studies and Peking University
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If people can learn from each others history and culture, if they work together, we will see peace and prosperity. If they dont, it will be a disaster not just for the two countries, but the whole world.
put the puzzle together so he could understand it. They are so suspicious. Conversely, he says, Americans tend to think China is like Nazi Germany. That a rising China will challenge the U.S. and that the people are suffering from the authoritarian government. China never had a history of human rights or democracy, he says. We cannot impose American values and political assumptions on understanding Chinese history and government. We cant use a Western standard to understand China. Zhao sees China eventually adopting more democratic principles, but in its own time and in its own way. Though China is authoritarian, its much less hard-lined than it used to be, he says. Zhao is regularly invited to speak in China, and increasingly his work is housed in Chinese university libraries. In the meantime, he urges both countries to collaborate, to transcend the challenges inherent when an incumbent superpowerthe United Statesmust learn to work with and accept a rising one. These are the two greatest countries on Earth, the two largest powers in the 21st century, Zhao says. They are complementary to each other. China needs us for economic growth and technology, for our knowledge of management styles and to market. The U.S. needs China to resolve global issues and to aid in the American economic recovery. Academic and cultural exchanges, tourism and business relationships can help create a critical mass of Sino-American goodwill. If people can learn from each others history and culture, if they work together, we will see peace and prosperity, Zhao says. If they dont, it will be a disaster not just for the two countries, but the whole world.
Visit www.du.edu/magazine to watch videos of last years Bridges to the Future lectures about Chinas rise.
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School of International Studies. These relationships have led to a steady influx of visiting Chinese scholars and students to DU and additional graduate applications from prospective Chinese students. More recently, Zhao has helped establish a DU graduate center at his alma mater Peking University, where DU students will be able to participate in internships, take seminar classes and enroll in Chinese language courses.
to why China and the United States need to find common ground, Zhao tells this story: This summer he was giving a seminar at the University of International Relations in Beijing. A graduate student asked him whether the U.S. financial crisis was a conspiracy on the part of the United States to drag down China. He asked this of me very seriously, Zhao says. I had to explain how the U.S. is so decentralized, what the government is like and what the business world is like to
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Letters from doctors, personal correspondence and candid photos provide a window into the private lives of turn-of-the-century Denver tuberculosis patients. A Penrose archive helps tell their stories.
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generations of school kids. Then theres the history of people, of individual lives in all their mundane, complex glory. You find it in diaries, old letters, newspaper obituaries and family photosand to some scholars its infinitely more interesting than all those names and dates they had to memorize in high school history classes. At DU, a major source of such information is the Ira M. and Peryle H. Beck Memorial Archives, a repository of Colorado Jewish history located in the basement of Penrose Library. Among the treasures stored there are more than 10,000 patient records from the Jewish Consumptives Relief Society (JCRS), a Denver-area tuberculosis sanatorium that opened in 1904 on a site that now houses the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design. Enter the shelves, open a box of file folders and youll find stacks of hospital forms with the usual dataname, age, date admitted, nearest relativesbut youll also find unexpected glimpses into patients lives: letters from home, poems, songs, photos, stories, plays and other materials that give a fuller picture of the men and women who spent time at the JCRS. One of the most exciting things about the JCRS records is that they offer us an intimate window into the everyday lives of tuberculosis patients, says Jeanne Abrams, a professor at Penrose and DUs Center for Judaic Studies and curator of the Beck Archives. During the late 19th and early 20th century, tuberculosis was the leading cause of death in the United States. It played havoc with the lives of hundreds of thousands of people. The JCRS records reflect the challenges the patients faced emotionally and physically and what daily life was like in a sanatorium.
heres the history of nations, the history of kings, the history of warsall of it written down in textbooks and taught to
In its heyday, the JCRS served 300 to 500 patients per year and was one of the countrys best-known TB sanatoriums. Colorados dry air was thought to be part of the cure for the disease, and sufferers from around the country came to the state for copious doses of fresh air, healthy food, rest and exercise. The JCRS was one of more than 40 sanatoriums in the state. Probably more people came to Colorado in search of health than came in search of wealth, Abrams says. We think of the gold and silver boombut one early report revealed that by 1925 probably as much as 60 percent of Denvers population was here because they or a family member had had tuberculosis. Abrams, who first started organizing the JCRS archives as part of her PhD dissertation in the early 1980s, recently completed a biography of Dr. Charles Spivak, the Russian-born physician who founded the JCRS. Spivakwho at one time taught classes at DUwas adamant that patients be treated at no charge, relying instead on thousands of small donations from people around the country for his funding.
He started out as a radical socialist, and he became a successful physician in the U.S. eventually, but I think his socialist roots stayed with him in the sense that he wanted [the JCRS] to be a peoples institution, Abrams says. He wanted it to be funded by ordinary, working-class people and to make this a different type of institution. And though the JCRS and the nearby National Jewish Hospital (now National Jewish Health) admitted non-Jewish patients as well, the majority of their patients were Jewish immigrants, who were among the major sufferers of the disease in the early 20th century. As Abrams writes in her book, by the turn of the century it was evident that the poorespecially immigrantssuffered disproportionately from the disease. Many in the Jewish community came to believe that treating Jewish patients in a welcoming environment that respected their cultural practices and religious beliefs contributed to an improvement in their health.
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Left: A doctor performs a procedure on a tuberculosis patient at the Jewish Consumptives Relief Society. Below: The JCRS had its own dairy, which was the site of at least one Halloween party. Bottom: Many entertainers visited the JCRS to perform for patients. Comedian Bob Hope is shown here in the Mary Harris Auditorium in the 1940s.
In his application for admission to the JCRS, Sol Lustgarten listed his age as 35, his occupation as musician and his place of birth as Bucharest, Romania. He said he had been sick for eight years. The form is dated Jan. 29, 1913.
Over the years the JCRS files at DU have served as rich sources for historians, sociologists, ethnologists and moreeven a literature professor from New York University who recently journeyed to campus to study the noted Yiddish poets who spent time at the JCRS. One of the most innovative uses of the archives is the brainchild of Martin Mendelsberg (MFA 72), a DU art grad who now teaches graphic design courses at the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design. He brings his students to Penrose at the beginning of each semester and lets them loose in the JCRS files, challenging them to find a personal connection with a patientsame hometown, father with the same occupation, whatever resonates. Using the files as raw material, the students use their design skills to produce short books about the patients, incorporating typography, pictures, illustrations and other printed matter. The first time I looked at the files I thought, Heres some gold. And I cant tell you how these kids lives are transformed, says Mendelsberg, a Denver native whose grandmother was treated at the JCRS. Youre going through these dusty old folders and you find typewritten pages, you find handwritten lettersmost of us are used to living in front of a computer monitor or in front of our laptop. But when you see real handwriting thats 50, 60, 80 years old, it makes quite a difference. Recent Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design graduate
Shawn Wills agrees. His work was part of a display of JCRS books at Penrose this fall. That was the pleasure of the whole thingyou were holding somebodys personal letters from 100 years ago, he says. It was more than just a medical record; you started seeing these people come to life. Where theyre from, what they did for a job, addressesyou can start to piece together a map of their lives, which may have been forgotten for some 90 years. Wills research into JCRS patient Sol Lustgarten, a musician and vaudeville director, took him in some unusual directions. Piecing together clues from personal letters and business stationery, Wills discovered that Lustgarten had arranged a tune called Take Me Out to Lakeside, an ode to the Denver amusement park located near the JCRS campus. He also found mention of a song Lustgarten had composed, but that his family was unable to locate after the composer died in 1913. Wills found the copyright notice online and located the piece through the Library of Congress, which mailed him a photocopy of the score. Wills hired a musician to perform the composition and placed a greeting-card-style recording of the song in the dust jacket of his book. With each piece [of information] I found out and wrote down, I connected to more and more people, says Wills, who plans to write a second volume on Sol Lustgarten on his own time. My story became a story in itself. In the five years hes been working with Abrams and the JCRS records, Mendelsberg has seen students incorporate photographs, song lyricseven a play written by a former patientinto their books. Students will track down relatives and research hometowns for their nonfiction books, or use a patient file as a starting point for a work of fiction. Its mind-boggling to me that art students are able to use this, Abrams says. My favorite was a woman who found a patient who was here and he left his fiance back East and they corresponded. She was able to track down the descendants and got permission to use letters and pictures. These extraordinary resources are not preserved here for us to hide away in a little corner, she says of the archives. Its extremely gratifying to see young people really engaged with these materialsthis is living history for them, and the books make it come alive.
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Dafna Michaelsons enthusiasm is infectious. Sitting on the sun-dappled patio of a south Denver coffee shop, sharing stories from her journey across America and calling up relevant websites on her laptop, shes the very picture of a modern-day social entrepreneurmobile, connected and full of energy. At the end of an hourlong discussion shes convinced at least one listener that its possible to change the worldor at least your corner of it. Its a fact she discovered in 2009 while she was on what she calls the journey: a 12-month, coast-to-coast odyssey during which she spent three days each week in a different state, documenting more than 500 ordinary citizens who stepped up to solve problems in their communities. A single mother at the time, she traveled on the days her ex had custody of the kids. Her website, www.50in52journey.com, is full of blogs, videos and images from her travels. I knew that there were people out there who were seeing a problem and then making a solution happen, says Michaelson (MBA 01), who cashed in her 401(k) to finance the trip. These are the people who are taking control of the situation around them. When you take control of a situation, you know that youre going to move yourself and your community forward. In Florida, for example, Michaelson met Karen Saeks, whose visit to a migrant labor camp inspired her to start Bedtime Bundles, a nonprofit that delivers pajamas, blankets and basic toiletries to the children of migrant workers. In Washington, Michaelson interviewed the founders of Friends of McDonald School, who took it upon themselves to renovate the playground of an abandoned school in their neighborhood so area kids would have a safe place to play. None of the people she interviewed was figuring out how to pay off the national debt or reverse global warming, but each was using the resources at his or her disposal to create real, tangible change in his or her immediate community.
nationwide journey changed Dafna Michaelsons life. Now shes trying to change the world.
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Week 15: Things turned sour in Roslyn, S.D., when Michaelson interviewed Lawrence Diggs, an author and vinegar expert who reinvigorated his small farming community by developing the International Vinegar Museum. >>www.vinegarman.com
Week 12: In Fishers, Ind., Michaelson interviewed Dave Broviak, a junior high teacher who offers students choices in everything from punishments to homework. The more that they can not hate school becomes a good thing, he says. The more that they get to make choices and own their behavior, the happier they become.
Week 5: In Las Vegas, Michaelson learned about Nevada Public Radio, whichunder the leadership of General Manager Florence Rogershas become a tool to build communities, help organizations and get people involved. >>www.knpr.org
Week 47: Among those Michaelson visited with in Hawaii were David Nakada, executive director of the Boys and Girls Club of Hawaii; Lila Johnson, a health educator for tobacco cessation and national secretary of the American Cancer Society; and Glenn Wakai, a state legislator and president of Reach Out Pacific, a nonprofit dedicated to improving health care services and education in Micronesia.
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Week 11: Science teacher Tom Sabo, of Montpelier High School in Vermont, is teaching students about biology and sustainability by having them grow their own food. Cafeteria leftovers are composted and used to grow crops in an on-campus greenhouse. Business and physics students help set up the system.
Week 32: In Philadelphia, Michaelson interviewed Chad Dion Lassiter, a University of Pennsylvania professor and community activist dedicated to fighting racism. Lassiter is the co-founder and president of Black Men at Penn School of Social Work.
Week 44: In Montgomery, W. Va., Michaelson met with Joan Stewart of the West Virginia Ministry of Advocacy and Work Camps. The year-round work camp ministry brings volunteers in to repair and rebuild homes destroyed by floods.
Week 42: After Hurricane Katrina hit, New Orleans teacher Brian Young gathered teachers and school administrators together to salvage what they could from schools that were destroyed in order to help re-open schools that were still viable.
Week 4: In Lawrenceville, Ga., Michaelson hung out with staff members of Camp Horizon, which hosts summer camps and a leadership development program for children who have been removed from their homes and placed in state custody for their own protection. >>www.camphorizon.net
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A case in point is the timethe shift from a top-down society to a community a better place? To Denvers SAME (So All bottom-up society. May Eat) Caf, which In the months after her journey, spotlight good works and reward Michaelson profiled Michaelson heard from people around the as part of her journey. country who found her website or saw her on commitment to service, the Founded by husbandCBS Sunday Morning and were inspired and-wife team Brad to start community efforts of their own. The University of Denver Magazine is and Libby Birky in Journey Institutewhich she founded to put sponsoring the Communities of 2006, the restaurant lets the lessons of her odyssey into actionheld its patrons pay whatever first summit in November 2010, bringing in Change video contest. Find rules they want for a meal, or young people ages 1218 to learn how to solve work in the kitchen if problems in their communities. and details at www.du.edu/magazine. they cant afford to pay Shes at work on a book, an independent anything. The Birkys movie and a mobile-phone application. The started the restaurant Denver-based Random Acts of Kindness after years of volunteerFoundation has asked her to develop a ing in homeless shelters and soup kitchens and serving food that curriculum for teachers based on the videos she took on the they themselves didnt want to eat. Their idea was to create a sense journey. And her online Rocky Mountain PBS show 50 in of community between the needy and those who wanted to help. 52featuring videos of people in Colorado creating change in We definitely saw a need not being met here in Denver, and their communitiesis slated to begin airing by the end of the year we didnt have the time or the patience to go through the red tape of at www.rmpbs.org. city and county and state governmentto make change happen that I wanted to show everybodymy classmates, my peers, the way always felt frustrating to me, Libby Birky says. countrythat it is the people who are seeing a problem, deciding [Michaelson] brings to light how easy it is to actually make that theyre the person to solve that problem and putting that solureal change, she continues. We dont have to wait for government tion into action that are truly moving our country forward, she to do it; we dont have to try to pass laws and persuade voters to says. I felt like if I showed people that This problem-solver looks raise taxes so we can fund this program or that programpeople can like you, sounds like you, has the same amount of money as you actually make a difference doing what they love, and it doesnt have or the same education as you, you might say, You know what? I to be that hard. I think thats a piece of the awesome process, is to can do that too. see that each one of the people that she visited with really found out The journey didnt just reap rewards for Michaelsonmany they loved something. of the groups she profiled have seen an increase in visibility and Traveling alone with a video camera and a tripod in her carrydonations thanks to the exposure. In the case of the SAME Caf, on bag, Michaelson ventured first to Delaware, where she interthe connection with Michaelson resulted in a high-profile segment viewed the founders of the Delaware Sports League and the Kelly on CBS Evening News With Katie Couric. Heinz-Grundner Brain Tumor Foundation, among others. She They did an initial story and then a follow-up to it, which was talked to a family mediator in Utah, a Holocaust survivor in Ohio a totally incredible, life-changing experience for us and for the size and a filmmaking team in Georgia. Using the power of Facebook of our community, Birky says. The national exposure was incredand Twitter, she bypassed politicians and traditional media to go ible. The phone never stopped ringing. I was a fifth- and sixth-grade straight to the source: the people making things happen. teacher for the last eight years, and I had to quit last year because The growth and explosion of Facebook and Twitter made after that national exposure my husband couldnt do it all. the journey possible, she says. I could make an actual authentic It seems the journey has become the journeysevery story connection. on Michaelsons website is an inspiration for those looking to get Michaelsons ability to connect was one of the reasons that Ian involved in their community; every video is a jumping-off point Bryan, organizer of a TEDx education conference in Denver in July for someone, somewhere, who wants to make a change but doesnt 2010, selected her as one of the speakers at the event. know how. Were at a time culturally where for the first time ever Ive been to every state, and there isnt a state where I didnt through technology and through the way that minds are find somebodywhether it was in some Podunk town with 78 evolvingwere beginning to stop constantly reinventing the people or in New York Citywho said OK, this sucks, Im going wheel, he says. Were beginning to look at what others are doing to fix it, Michaelson says. And they do. and learn from each other at an unprecedented scale in human history. And what she did was a simple example of that. To me its a Visit www.du.edu/magazine to watch Michaelsons TEDxDenverEd presentation. perfect reflection of a shift that you see ideologues talking about all Visit www.50in52journey.com to learn more about her travels and the Journey Institute.
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The Campaign for the University of Denver
What will it mean to be a great university in the 21st century, and what are the specific mechanisms by which the University will get there?
Robert Coombe, University of Denver Chancellor
he University of Denver is unquestionably in the strongest condition in its almost 150-year history. Our students, both undergraduate and graduate, are annually among the brightest and most sought
after on a national and international scale. DUs exceptional faculty reflects a spectrum of the worlds noted scholars, and its members are committed to their studentsplacing teaching at a level commensurate with their scholarship. Over the past 15 years, the University has invested heavily in rebuilding and expanding campus facilities and buildingseach one carefully designed to foster connections between students and faculty members. In addition, two new residence halls have created a dynamic setting for student life, and new centers for recreation and the performing arts have allowed the University to share its
An InspIred VIsIon
resources with the community. Further, new and innovative academic programs are transforming our undergraduate and graduate students learning experiences. Today, the University of Denver is at the confluence of extraordinary opportunity and inspired vision. Through Ascend: The Campaign for the University of Denver, we are substantially expanding and deepening the Universitys intellectual environmentensuring the finest minds in academia are educating DU students. We are significantly increasing financial support for those students, such that the best and brightest are able to enroll and remain at the University, regardless of financial background. We are strengthening program funds, supporting innovative classroom teaching and dynamic research opportunities. And we are continuing to enhance our campus infrastructure. Our University is poised to take flight. Through Ascend: The Campaign for the University of Denver, we will do so for the benefit of our students, our alumni, and our fellow human beings.
the world counted among our most distinguished alumni. While we reflect on the remarkable achievements of these alumni, we are setting forth
THe pATH BeFore Us...

or nearly 150 years, the University of Denvers commitment to high quality education has been evident in the success of our graduates, with leaders in virtually all walks of life throughout
an ambitious path of distinction for generations of DU graduates to follow. Today, Chancellor Robert Coombe has given voice to the University of Denvers vision of a great 21st century university, a vision centered on an investment in human infrastructure: the people and programs that are at the heart of DUs vibrant campus and central to its sustained excellence.
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Where focused research and scholarship provide an extraordinary academic experience.

Dan Linseman, PhD, is searching for a way to slow down the early stages of ALS, or Lou Gehrigs disease, and he may have found it in black rice, celery and strawberries. Linsemans research on the effects of antioxidant compounds found in common foods is a cornerstone of DUs Eleanor Roosevelt Institute (ERI) as well as DUs visionary Knoebel Center for the Study of Aging. Armed with a $2.4 million grant from the National Institutes of Health and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Linseman, assistant professor in DUs department of biological sciences and a senior researcher with the ERI, is devoting his academic pursuit to unraveling the mysteries of this progressive, neurodegenerative disease that destroys nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord, often in only a few years. ALS is a devastating disease, and its symptoms and effects can be extremely swift and debilitating, Linseman said. We are many years away from a cure, but I am encouraged that our research will lead to advances in treating the onset of the disease following diagnosisto alleviate some of the early pain and suffering.
Where exceptional students blossomfor denver, for the rocky Mountain region, and for the world.
Clean water, a resource we take for granted in this country, can prove almost impossible to find in Kibera, one of the largest and most overcrowded slums in the world, located on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya. Interdisciplinary teams of DU faculty members and graduate students from across campus are conducting essential research on the effectiveness of a dozen clean water stations positioned within the slum, where trash and raw sewage are commonplace. The stations, equipped with basins, toilets, and showers, were placed with the help of DU students. For the past two summers, DU teams have spent several weeks in Kenya, gathering data about the needs of Kibera residents and information about water station usage, particularly from women, who are chiefly responsible for water collection. It is hard to imagine just how difficult living conditions are there, said Renee Botta, PhD, an associate professor and chair of DUs Department of Media, Film and Journalism studies, who has accompanied the students to Kibera. No one should have to live this way, and Im very proud of our students and their efforts.
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A university demonstrating visionary educational A university developing the leaders for a practice, with ethics, values, and social responsibility changing America. imbedded in its curriculum, its culture and the lives Vanessa Teck is taking advantage of every opportunity of its graduates. DU has to offer.
Gregory Andersons background is perfectly suited for his role as Dean of the University of Denvers Morgridge College of Education. Anderson came to DU from Columbia Universitys Teachers College and its program in higher and postsecondary education. He has been on the frontlinesleading strategic planning efforts to strengthen innovative classroom practicesand he is unabashedly committed to producing the next generation of cutting-edge educational leaders. There is an accountability debate raging in American education practices, and educators are being questioned about the quality of our classroom teaching, Anderson says. We need to ensure that our teachers are relevant to the market and to the children we are teachingespecially in urban settings. Anderson expects Morgridge College to play a catalytic role in helping the region and the nation confront the critical issues associated with developing an educated, productive, and competitive societyprinciples that extend across DUs academic disciplines. The sophomore communications major is an undergraduate resident assistant, a member of student government, and a participant in DUs innovative Pioneer Leadership Program (PLP). This distinctive academic minor offers students an integrated learning experience combining coursework, a residential community, civic engagement, and professional networks with nationally known community, business, and public sector leaders. PLP students dedicate more than 5,000 hours every year to community-based organizations in Denver and beyondincluding the Colorado I Have a Dream Foundation, the Denver Childrens Hospital, and Big Brothers Big Sisters. Teck, a resident of Denver, conducted a conference on campus for Denver high school students in the spring of 2010offering study skill workshops and encouragement to set personal and professional goals. PLP offers a fantastic chance to make a difference, says Teck. I am very committed to the city of Denver and the students in our local high schools. It is important they have the tools necessary to achieve.
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the heart of our vision and have provided the foundation for our future success. DU has enjoyed the remarkable beginning of an ambitious fundraising campaign to bring our priorities and select capital projects into reality. The Universitys endowment has seen substantial growth in new dollars generated through recent giftsadding 12 faculty chairs and professorships, 91 endowed scholarships, as well as 99 non-endowed scholarships. Fundraising has also been completed for the Morgridge College of Educationto name the College, to construct its spectacular new building, and to establish several endowed chairs. The University has also completed fundraising for the Ralph and Trish Nagel Art Studios, the Denver Soccer Stadium, the Pat Bowlen Training Facility, the Pardee Center for International Futures and the Si Chou-Kang Pavilion as well as for a facility to house the Knoebel Center for the Study of Aging. Collectively, these efforts during the initial years of the campaign have broken all University fundraising records. Today, we seek philanthropic partners to take the next decisive step forward on our journey as a great university.
he University of Denver continues its ascent, and we owe our continued rise to prominence to the tireless dedication, generosity, and commitment of the extended DU family. These selfless individuals are at
The Academic Commons at penrose Library

Penrose Library will reassert its place as the intellectual hub of the DU campus through a transformation as an Academic Commonsan initiative revolutionizing the configuration of the current library and redefining its existing infrastructure. In the Academic Commons at Penrose Library, students will find a setting drawing them in before and after class, encouraging and welcoming spontaneous inquiry and casual exchanges with faculty members, facilitating debate on matters great and small, and serving as the scholarly and social heart of our thriving university. The Academic Commons at Penrose Library is one of DUs highest fundraising priorities.
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Faculty Chairs and professorships

A great faculty is the essential foundation of a truly great university. Exceptional educators and scholars create and present unmatched programs, engage in the highest caliber research, and most importantly, bring out the best in their students. To ensure that DU recruits the finest faculty members and keeps them, new chairs and professorships are essential. The University faces intense competition for these extraordinary educators, and the ability to offer a candidate an endowed chair is a powerful attraction.
programs and Facilities

In the modern world, learning doesnt come in neat packages. The educational experience that best serves students crosses lines between majors and minors as well as residence halls, classrooms, labs, athletic fields, and colleges. Thats why the University of Denver has established a set of strong, effective, and vibrant curricula based on an engaged and boundaryfree approach to learning and research. Support for programs and facilities is critically needed if the quality of the academic enterprise at DU is to keep growing in a manner that cements our academic reputation.
scholarships
While much has changed at the University of Denver through the years, our commitment to providing accessible education to the most talented and committed students remains. Scholarships help keep DU open to the brightest students from all backgrounds. Great students invigorate the academic and social climate on campus. They help to create an intellectual environment percolating with ideas, a truly fertile ground for learning. Their vitality encourages excellence in our faculty creating a true synergy.
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We have been entrusted with a remarkable opportunity. Lets rise to the challenge together!
Doug Scrivner, JD 77, Member of the Board of Trustees and Chair of the Advancement Committee
make a positive difference in the lives of many others. They also learn the responsibilities that come with leadership. Now more than ever, this is a university where students start from a higher place and continue to ascend as successful alumni well after graduation. These are exciting times. The University is at a watershed moment, a crossroads in its history. Yes, we are an outstanding university. The next few yearsthose leading up to our 150th birthday in 2014will determine whether we become a truly great institution, serving our students, our city and state, our country, and the world. I invite you to become a part of our effort and vision. Your participation in this campaign is critical, and gifts of any size will help us meet our goals. We have been entrusted with a remarkable opportunity. Lets rise to the challenge together!
t the University of Denver, tomorrows inventors, authors, teachers, doctors, musicians, scientists, CEOs, and other leaders are given the tools and knowledge they need to lead successful lives that will
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1946 Pioneers mens ski team members pose for a group portrait on top of a car on its way to the 36th annual Dartmouth Winter Carnival, one of the oldest collegiate winter festivals in the U.S. Pictured (left to right): Art Kidder Jr., Ross Davis, Jim Patterson, Coach Gordon Wren, Ralph Ball and Jerry Hiatt. Please send us your Pioneers ski team memories and photos.
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Barbara Jo (Floto) Jacks (attd. CWC 194142) left the Womens College to work as a secretary in the security department of a Denver Montgomery Ward store. In 1943 she moved to Wendover, Utah, to marry Master Sgt. Robert Jacks. The couple moved to Denver in 1946 and lived there for 60 years. Barbara has two daughters and now lives in SunnyBrook Assisted Living in Fairfield, Iowa. She and her CWC roommate Twila (Heston) Cebulski (BA 45) have kept in touch for 68 years. (A class note in the fall 2010 issue mistakenly said that Barbara and Twila are currently roommates.)
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Ruth (Wilhelm) Hare (BS 46) moved to Lawrence, Kan., to be near her daughter and grandchildren after more than 50 years as a medical technician.
Writers Associations Hall of Fame. Duanes career was spent in writing and publicity for construction company clients.
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Jack Suzuki (BA 47) of Denver has been displaying his abstract, kaleidoscopic paintings at the University of Colorado-Denvers Auraria Library since 2006. In July 2010, Jack was honored by the library director for sharing his work with the community.
John Manesis (BA 58) of Fargo, N.D., published a book, Consider, If You Will (CreateSpace, 2010), which is available on Amazon.com. The book casts childrens poems, nursery rhymes and classic myths in different lights, asking readers to reconsider a host of characters.
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Twila (Heston) Cebulski (BA 45) has two children and seven grandchildren. With her husband, Stan, who worked for AT&T, she spent many years in New York City. Twila now lives in Reston, Va. She has stayed in touch with her CWC roommate Barbara Jo (Floto) Jacks (attd. CWC 194142) for 68 years. (A class note in the fall 2010 issue mistakenly said that Barbara and Twila are currently roommates.)
Roy Edwards (BA 49) and his wife, Ann, both of Sterling, Colo., received the Pride in Association Award from the alumni association at Northeastern Junior College in Sterling. The award honors a family or individual who has provided support, dedication and loyalty to the college over the years. Roy was a player, coach, mentor, administrator and athletic director at Northeastern Junior College from 194186.
John Ahern (BS 59) of Spokane, Wash., ran for public office as one of the 6th Legislative District candidates in November 2010. He previously was elected to the State House in 2000, 2002, 2004 and 2006. David Steffenson (BA 59) of Madison, Wis., had an endowed annual scholarship in environmental policy and ethics named after him by the University of Wisconsin at Green Bay. He recently retired as director of the Wisconsin Interfaith Climate and Energy Campaign, which he helped establish in 1999.
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Duane Cronk (BA 50) of Angwin, Calif., was named one of eight founding fathers to be inaugurated into the Construction
Alums reconnect at fourth annual symposium

For the fourth year in a row, University of Denver alumni had the opportunity to return to campusand the classroomat the 2010 Alumni Symposium, which ran Oct. 12. The event featured keynote speakers Andrew Rosenthal (BA 78, pictured), editorial page editor for The New York Times, and Jami Miscik (MA 82), president and vice-chairman of Kissinger Associates Inc., plus campus tours, faculty seminars and meals. Its a way to give alumni a chance to connect back with the academic life at DUto promote that idea of lifelong learning and to give everyone a chance to see what great faculty we have here and all the exciting things that are going on with research, says Cheri Stanford, associate director of alumni programs and communications. Faculty engaged around 250 grads in discussion on a wide range of topics, including the 2010 midterm elections, recent trends in fitness, The Magic of Mozart, climate change, and U.S.-China relations. Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Professor Sheila Schroeder spoke on DUs Woodstock West, a Vietnam war protest about which she is making a documentary film. It was exciting to see so many alumni and friends return to campus for the Alumni Symposium, Stanford says. Our remarkable keynote speakers, as well as the variety of talented faculty that participated in the program, made it a great success. Its the type of opportunity that makes us all proud to be part of the DU community. >>Videos of keynote speeches and chancellors update: www.du.edu/alumnisymposium
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Sandra Dallas (BA 60) of Denver released her ninth novel, Whiter Than Snow (St. Martins Press, 2010), which follows the survival of citizens in a small Colorado town after an avalanche.
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Mary Peace Finley (BA 64) of Boulder, Colo., spoke about her books at Bents Old Fort National Historic Site in La Junta, Colo., in July. Her talks were part of the Teaching Environmental Science Naturally education course presented by the Colorado Division of Wildlife, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the National Park Service. Mary is the author of several historical novels for young readers.
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Walter Sutton Jr. (BSBA 67) of Dallas was inducted into the National Bar Association Hall of Fame. Walter chairs the National Bar Institute board of directors and has attended every annual convention since 1976. Ebony magazine has recognized Walter as one of the most influential black Americans, and he served as deputy administrator of the Federal Highway Administration under President Bill Clinton. Walter also is on the board of DUs Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System.
1970
Freddy Bosco (BA 70) of Denver recently completed an original tryptych (three-panel painting) titled Heart In Soul, which was commissioned by the CHARG Resource Center in Denver. Freddy also is assembling a collection of his original poetry to be published by Woodstream Press. Ed Schafer (MBA 70) of Crestone, Colo., joined the management team of Bion Environmental Technologies Inc. Ed formerly served as governor of North Dakota and secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
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Doug Johnson (BA 71, JD 74) of Wilmette, Ill., retired as managing attorney in 2009 after 30 years at BP America. He joined Chicago-based Kirkland & Ellis LLP as counsel.
To Sterling Nelson, classical music doesnt mean Beethoven and Bachit means Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman and Fats Waller. And as founder and music director of the Evergreen Jazz Festival, Nelson (BSBA 56, MBA 71) has made it his mission to share the uniquely American art form with as much of the world as he can. I call [jazz] our other classical music, he says. Most people dont think of it in that way. If they do think of it in a positive way they think, Oh its fun music. Its more than just fun music; it has deep meaning. It tells the story of a history of a people, of our country. A former president of the Denver Jazz Club and a longtime fan of Denver-based Dixieland outfit the Queen City Jazz Band, Nelson first had the idea for a festival devoted primarily to pre-1940s jazz in the 1970s. But it wasnt until his 70th birthday that the concept really started to develop. In 1999 I turned 70, and my wife asked me what I wanted for my birthday, and I said, Thats easylets have a party and well throw it not for me but for family and friends, says Nelson, now 81. So we got together at the Elks lodge and I got a lineup [of Colorado jazz musicians] and we had a great party. Along the way one of my friends got up to the mic and he said, We ought to do this every year. I followed him up there and I said, I agree. You get the committee together that has money and well do it. The first Evergreen Jazz Festival took place in 2001, and after a one-year hiatus it became an annual summer event welcoming a mix of national bands and Colorado favorites to the mountain town 15 miles west of Denver. The festwhich celebrates its 10-year anniversary July 2931, 2011has become a favorite among musicians accustomed to playing bigger, less personal events. They really appreciate Evergreen and what we do, says Nelson, who has taught courses on the history of jazz for DUs Osher Lifelong Learning Institute. I have to talk sometimes to get [musicians] here for the first time, but once they come and experience it theyre ready to come right back again. >>www.evergreenjazz.org
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Carol Barbeito (PhD 72) of Castle Rock, Colo, is the president and managing director of Earth Protect, a video and social networking site focused on the environment.
Librarian Janet Lee

For years, Janet Lee (MA library science 78) had two separate interests: libraries (her profession) and Ethiopia (her Peace Corps past). When she discovered how to combine her expertise in library science and her passion for Ethiopia, Lee found her ultimate role as a powerful advocate for Ethiopia Reads, a nonprofit that sets up libraries and literacy programs. In summer 2010 Lee spent two months in the small Ethiopian town of Mekele helping to set up the Segenat Children and Youth Library, which opened in August. Lee took her first library job at age 14. Working at the library became a part of me, says Lee, who is a technical services librarian at Regis University in Denver. Ive been working for libraries ever since. Her first connection with Ethiopia came in 1974, when she signed up as a Peace Corps volunteer. Upon her return, Lee went back to library work, this time in the University of Denvers Penrose Library, while she earned her masters in library science. But her thoughts still wandered to the African country. Not a single day would go by that I did not think about Ethiopia. In 2006, Lee learned about Ethiopia Reads, which has its U.S. headquarters in Denver. This is too much, I kept thinking. How can this possibly be? That I would be a librarian and Peace Corps volunteer in Ethiopia and all along this organization was in my own backyard? Lee says. It was like my destiny was calling my name. Founded in 2003 by Ethiopian native Yohannes Gebregeorgis, Ethiopia Reads builds free libraries for children, creates reading materials in English and local languages, and trains teachers, librarians and caregivers to nurture a love of reading. Lee became friends with Gebregeorgis and then became one of the organizations greatest advocates. Apart from speaking, writing letters and fundraising, Lee used her networking skills to introduce Gebregeorgis to the American Library Association, the Colorado Association of Libraries and many other civic and educational groups for speaking engagements and fundraising activities. Janet is the patron saint of Ethiopia Reads who has so passionately supported and advocated our work, Gebregeorgis says. Im amazed at all the things she has done. Her love for Ethiopia and our children is boundless. Ethiopia Reads now has six mobile libraries (book carts pulled by donkeys), two public libraries and 43 school libraries. Her belief that literacy, reading and libraries are a means to effect social change in Ethiopia is what drives and motivates her to do everything in her power and reach, Gebregeorgis says. >>www.ethiopiareads.org
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Robert Gilmore (BSBA 73) of Denver was appointed to the board of directors of Fortuna Silver Mines Inc. Robert is a certified public accountant and serves as chairman of the board for Eldorado Gold Corp. and as a director for Layne Christensen Co. Marla Tomazin (BSBA 73) celebrated 20 years as a certified image consultant in New York City. Marla worked at the May Co. in Denver and at several design firms in New York before launching her own image consulting business. She has lectured at the Learning Annex and the American Womens Economic Development Corp.
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Richard Smith (BSBA 75) was elected president and director of the Private Bank of California in Century City. Richard and his wife, Dana, reside in Sherman Oaks, Calif.
Scott Shockley (JD 77) of Muncie, Ind., was named on the 2010 Indiana Super Lawyers list as a partner with the Munciebased firm DeFur Voran. Super Lawyers is an annual listing of attorneys who have obtained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.
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Barry Feldman (BA 78) of Frontenac, Mo., received a FIVE STAR Mortgage Professional Award from St. Louis Magazine. FIVE STAR Mortgage Professionals are an elite group representing less than 7 percent of licensed brokers and bankers in the St. Louis area engaged in mortgage services.
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Louise Atkinson (MBA 79) of Cherry Hills Village, Colo., was named president and CEO of the Womens Foundation of Colorado. George McLaughlin (JD 79) joined Burg Simpson Eldredge Hersh & Jardine P.C. as special counsel. He resides in Denver, where he previously worked as a trial lawyer for McDermott, Hansen & McLaughlin LLP.
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Kiki (Rolles) Tidwell (BSBA 81) of Ketchum, Idaho, was selected to join the Society of Kaufman Fellows, a program that identifies, develops and networks with emerging global leaders in venture capital.
Transfer & Trust Co. LLC as the executive vice president for asset management. Christy Webber (BA 83) of Chicago celebrated 20 years of success in the landscaping industry and sustainable business world with her business, Christy Webber Landscapes. Christys achievements were recognized in 2008 through her induction into the University of Illinois at Chicagos Entrepreneurship Hall of Fame.
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Ricardo Dadoo (BSBA 80) started his second business, Logistics Dadoo, a broker for the logistics service industry in Mexico and Latin America. He resides in Mexico City, Mexico, with his wife, Juanita, and their children, Clemente and Vita.
Frederic Marienthal (JD 82) of Denver was re-appointed by Gov. Bill Ritter to serve on the Colorado Municipal Bond Supervision Advisory Board. Frederic has served on the advisory board since 1993 as the bond counsel representative, aiding and advising the Colorado securities commissioner on bond issues and regulations.
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Christopher Terenzi (BSBA 83, MBA 84) of Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., joined the senior management team of American Stock
Carol Taylor (MA 84) of Erie, Colo., won first place in the History Channels national library outreach contest for the Erie Community Library of the High Plains Library District. Carols winning project, Erie: From Working Coal Town to Suburban Boom Town, showcases the towns coal mining past. The library received $5,000 as part of the award.
Attorney Paul Chan

University of Denver General Counsel Paul Chan, the new president of the Colorado Bar Association (CBA), makes it sound as if leading 17,777 lawyers isnt such a difficult task. Thats 17,777 people who argue for a living. But Chan (BA English 81)who took the reins of the CBA in summer 2010sees an opportunity to serve, not a challenge to avoid. While vigorous debate and advocacy may be part of the job for many attorneys, Chan says he is proud to work in a profession rooted in ethics and populated by inquisitive, caring professionals. And because joining the bar is voluntary, he says its up to its leadership to ensure membership provides value. As technologies develop (When was the last time you sent a fax? he asks), its up to the bar to help members understand social media platforms such as Facebook and LinkedIn. Clients, he says, have access to more resources than ever, from Google searches to online virtual law firms. Lawyers can access offshore researchers for legal preparation. Computers accelerate everything. Its up to the bar and a vital, engaged community of attorneys to help keep the profession current. Its a huge honor to represent the lawyers of the state of Colorado, particularly the members of the Colorado Bar Association, Chan says. These are people who are, with virtually no exceptions, all focused on the same things: bettering the profession, helping the public and getting to know their fellow professionals in a collegial setting. As the first Asian-Pacific American to lead the bar in its 113-year history, Chan says he can lead by example. As Colorado grows more diverse, its important that the public sees that diversity represented in the legal community and in the professions leadership. Its very important for attorneys of diverse backgrounds to take on these leadership opportunities whenever possible, he says. Whether its women, minorities or people of different abilities or orientation, they are all part of our state and our profession, and its important that we reflect that.
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1985
Ruben Hernandez (MBA 85, JD 92) was named magistrate in the Denver Probate Court after working for 10 years in Glenwood Springs, Colo., in the 9th Judicial District as a magistrate and research attorney. He also maintains a practice in family law, civil litigation and alternative dispute resolution. Jan Whitt (PhD 85) was promoted to full professor and received the William Payden Faculty Excellence Award for teaching and scholarship from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Colorado-Boulder, where she has taught English and journalism since 1988. Jan lives in Superior, Colo., and volunteers for Golden Retriever Rescue of the Rockies.
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Karen Finberg (BSBA 86) was named general manager of the Bethesda Marriott Suites Hotel in Washington, D.C. Karen previously was resident manager of the JW Marriott in Washington, D.C., where she was involved in a $20 million renovation. Sebastien Phillip Lenski (BA 86) has been elected as a judge on the South Carolina Administrative Law Court by the South Carolina General Assembly. He lives in Columbia, S.C., with his wife, Laura, and their three sons.
1988
Joseph Bagan (BSAC 88, MAcc 88) was named chief operating officer by Clear Channel Outdoor Americas. He is based in the companys Phoenix offices. John McClure (BSBA 88) joined the executive search firm Heidrick & Struggles as a principal in global technology and services. He is based in Menlo Park, Calif.
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Carrie Frank (JD 87) of Golden, Colo., joined the Beth Klein Law Firm, where she specializes in automobile accident and product liability. Carrie also is an officer of the Colorado Trial Lawyers Association and was named by Lawdragon.com as one of the top 3,000 plaintiff lawyers in the United States.
Deborah Granberry (MBA 90) was named vice president of business development for Computer Sciences Corp. in its North American Public Sector Civil and Health Services Group. Deborah will manage the business development function to identify, qualify and capture new opportunities in the U.S. federal government. She resides in Rockville, Md.
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Lisa Kirschner (JD 90) of Park City, Utah, participated in the Current Issues in Storm Water Regulation seminar held in Bloomington, Minn., in November 2010. Lisa is a member of the environmental, energy and natural resources department at Parsons Behle and Latimer, where her practice addresses matters related to water quality, wetlands and drinking water rulemaking, as well as permitting and compliance. Steven Mains (MSSM 90, MS 91) of Tampa, Fla., retired from the U.S. Army in a ceremony conducted by Gen. David Petraeus. In his 30 years of service, Steven rose to the rank of colonel, served in Germany and Iraq and was director of the Center for Army Lessons Learned from 200608.
Christi Sanders (BA 95, JD 98) joined Forman Perry Watkins Krutz & Tardy LLP as special counsel in their Denver office. Outside of her career, Christi enjoys time with her daughter, Chloe, who attends the International Baccalaureate Program at Lakewood High School, and their yellow Labrador, Scout.
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1996
Sheila Balzer (BSAC 96, MAcc 96) of Littleton, Colo., was appointed to a two-year term as director of the board of the Colorado Society of Certified Public Accountants. Chris Hayes (BSBA 96) and his wife, Elizabeth, celebrated the birth of their son, Leo Christopher Hayes, on Jan. 7, 2010. They reside in Boston.
1992
Mark Modzelewski (JD 92) of Boston joined the firm of NanoDynamics Inc., a leader in the field of nanotechnology and a manufacturer of nanomaterials, as the vice president of strategic opportunities. Mark founded the NanoBusiness Alliance, whose purpose is to advance the field of nanotechnology.
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Richard Gomez (JD 93) was appointed to the board of directors of the Humane Society of Greater Miami. Richard is an attorney at the Law Offices of Roland Gomez in Miami. Peter Groff (JD 93), former president of the Colorado Senate, was chosen to lead the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. He previously was selected by President Obama as director of faith-based and community initiatives in the U.S. Department of Education. He resides in Woodbridge, Va.
Patrick Heck (BA 97) was promoted to the position of deputy manager of aviation for finance and administration at Denver International Airport. Before joining DIA four years ago, Patrick worked as a sales and marketing director for United Airlines. Camsie Matis (BA 97) won the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching for the state of New York. Camsie has taught in urban public schools for 10 years and currently serves as an Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow at the National Science Foundation. She resides in Washington, D.C.
1994
Paul Nemeth (BM 94) released his debut novel, Cataclysm Children (StoneGarden.net, 2010). He resides in San Francisco with his wife, Tara, and son, John. Paul has been a member of the Bay Area music community for more than 10 years.
1998
Pat Johnson (MSW 98) of Hotchkiss, Colo., completed her ordination as an elder with the Rocky Mountain Conference of the United Methodist Church. Her ordination gives her the ability to perform sacramental rites across the United States. Erin Kennedy (MSS 98) of Leadville, Colo., was chosen as the young ambassador to represent Team USA in the 2010 Youth Olympic Games in Singapore in August. Erin also is the Youth Development Manager for USA Rugby.
1995
Pam Garfield (JD 95) was hired as the marketing and sales director of the Comprehensive Health Education Foundation, developer of the most widely used prevention curricula in the United States. She resides in Seattle with her family.
When the Von Stroh family sits down for a holiday dinner, they can hold their own University of Denver alumni meetingor an academic conference. Since patriarch Gordon Von Stroh joined the University as a professor of administration in 1967, his wife, Patrice, and their three children have earned multiple DU graduate degrees. The Von Strohs added their 10th graduate degree to the family at the summer 2010 Commencement ceremony, as Jonathan Von Stroh accepted his mathematics doctorate. Education has always been important to us, says Gordon Von Stroh, who leads DUs Commencement committee, preparing each year to usher new graduates across the stage and into the DU alumni community. He also is a professor of management and director of the MBA-customized program and the masters of management program in the Daniels College of Business. In his Commencement planning role, Gordon has taken part in graduation ceremonies that included everyone in his family. Patrice Von Stroh earned a masters in counseling psychology in 1991 and her doctorate in counseling psychology in 1998. Daughter Christina Von Stroh earned a bachelors in psychology in 2001, followed by a masters in digital media and an MBA, both in 2003. Son Jonathan Von Stroh also earned a masters in mathematics and an MBA in 2005; and son Justin Von Stroh earned his law degree in 2008 and a masters in management in 2009. Education to our family was not just formal education, but travel, family discussions, new experiences, volunteer efforts, Gordon says. Learning was not just for the children, but the total family. Education can provide more perspectives and opportunities for people, not just employment.
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David Ballentine has many titles: PhD, DU alum, college instructor, Marine. But the one whose significance he finds increases with age is the designation Vietnam combat veteran. Ballentine (PhD philosophy 79) recently put his Vietnam experiences into a memoir, Gunbird Driver: A Marine Huey Pilots War in Vietnam (Naval Institute Press, 2008). The book was an outgrowth of Ballentines original intention: to document his experiences to share with future generations of his family. Gunbird Driver details Ballentines time piloting an armed UH-1E helicopter, or Huey, which was equipped with rocket pods and machine guns. As Ballentine puts it, anyone who has seen a Vietnam movie is likely familiar with the Huey. The memoir outlines Ballentines tour as a Huey pilot from 196667, one year before the Tet Offensive. During his time stationed at Ky Ha, he performed duties from supply drops and evacuating the wounded to trading fire with the Viet Cong and transporting Miss World to a Bob Hope Christmas show. The books tone ranges from deadly serious to darkly comic, as Ballentine recalls his encounters with rats, makeshift bathrooms and the lingo of young soldiers. He provides information about missions, operations and living conditions, as well as reflections about those he served alongside. Ballentine currently teaches part time at Johnson County Community College in Kansas. Most recently, he taught a Western civilization class that focused on theologians and philosophers.
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I have great experience, but I rarely get interviews. How can I make my resum stand out?
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Review your resum to be sure it highlights your experience. Employers need more than your employment history. They want to know how you are going to add value to their bottom line. Great resums demonstrate how you will contribute. They include details and describe how well you performed. Eliminate descriptions that begin, Responsible for Instead, use the P-A-R method to discuss your accomplishments. Consider the Problem you faced, the Action you took, and the Result you achieved. Use action verbs and metrics. Instead of saying, Served on conference planning committee, your PAR statement might read, Participated in steering committee for inaugural seven-state regional water conference, coordinated 35 staff and community volunteers, planned five ancillary events with attendance of 250+ total, and assisted with logistics for 15 speakers. PAR statements add depth to your resum and help you rise above other applicants.
Cynthia Hyman is DUs associate director of alumni career programs. For information on career resources available to alumni, visit www.du.edu/studentlife/career/alumni/alumni. html.
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Quotable notes
Thank you to everyone who responded to the summer issues question of the hour: What is your favorite building on the DU campus and why? My favorite DU building is (perhaps sadly) no longer part of the DU campus. When I was at Lamont, the school was housed (along with the law school) on the old Colorado Womens College campus, and I never was able to enter my favorite building therea large building named Treat Hall that had been condemned. Its an amazing structure with turrets and gargoyles. I used to love to just walk by and look. Paul Nemeth (BM 94) San Francisco, Calif. My favorite building on the DU campus is the Mary Reed Building. For me, the red brick exterior and historical interior of this grand building will always be my fondest memory of my first days at DU. Christi Sanders (BA 95, JD 98) Lakewood, Colo. The Student Union was a great place to socialize, grab a sandwich and make new friends. Im not much of a beer drinker, but I also enjoyed watching TV at the 3.2 beer bar next door. Ricardo Dadoo (BSBA 80) Mexico City, Mexico
Poet Dan Beachy-Quick

For poet Dan BeachyQuick (BA English 95), inspiration can hit at any time: while researching the 19th century in America, reading Moby Dick for the 10th time, taking a walk or watching his newborn daughter. The poems are part of my attempt to understand being in the world in an honest way, he says. Beachy-Quick is the author of four collections of poems; the most recent, This Nest, Swift Passerine (Tupelo Press, 2009), was nominated for a 2010 Colorado Book Award. For the acclaimed poet and assistant professor at Colorado State University, poetry is a deliberate choice: It challenges you. Much of its importance is that its one of the few places left in culture that makes things difficult it asks you to think, to perceive and not to take for granted what we think about the world. Although Beachy-Quicks self-described addiction to reading and writing began in high school, it was at the University of Denver that things turned serious. There, he met Professor Bin Ramke, who quickly became Beachy-Quicks mentor. Coincidentally, it was Ramke who beat him out for the Colorado Book Award. Ramke says his student never needed much mentoring. Dan had such gifts that the most enlightened teaching I could offer him was to watch and wait, he says. Instead, Ramke gave him a job at The Denver Quarterly, DUs literary magazine, and suggested he start submitting his poems to publications. Beachy-Quick followed the advice and published his first poem in The Paris Review. It was wonderful but it taught me early on that the only thing that really matters is writing the next poem, he says. Publication is best seen as a happy accident. Still, those accidents have happened steadily over the years. Hes been published in a varied list of impressive journals and anthologies, and his essays and reviews have appeared in The New York Times and The Southern Review. Hes also the author of A Whalers Dictionary (Milkweed Editions, 2008), a collection of essays about Moby Dick. He was, and is, ambitious in the best possible sensenot ambitious to receive the worlds praise, but to do the worlds necessary work, Ramke says of Beachy-Quick. The world does not know it needs poems any longer, but we believe it does.
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1999
Rudy Betancourt (MM 99) of Englewood, Colo., was appointed director of Macky Auditorium for the CU-Boulder College of Music. As director, Rudy is responsible for overseeing the auditoriums operation and managing its staff.
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, they worked to create an enterprise-wide effort to manage the risks associated with potential greenhouse gas emissions constraints through the development of the Greenhouse Gas Management Roadmap.
2006
Jason Astle (JD 06) and his wife, Angela, welcomed their daughter, Brooklyn Stringer Astle, into the world on June 25, 2010. Amber DAngelo (BA 06) married Chanthy Na (BA 01, MAS 04) on June 12, 2010, in Cherry Hills Village, Colo. The reception included a fusion of traditions from the couples Italian and Cambodian cultures. Rokha Na (BA 97), Sopheap Na (BS 99), Angrith Na (BA 04) and Kim Na (BA 06) were members of the wedding party.
2000
Sachi Ena (BS 00) was named director of marketing and promotions for the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. She is responsible for promoting the schools 23 intercollegiate sports. Sachi also co-founded the Kuulture frozen yogurt store in Denver. Julius Harms (MSLA 00) received a PhD in public administration from Arizona State University in 2008. He resides in Scottsdale, Ariz. Margaux Trammell (LLM 00, JD 03) was named to the board of Freedom Service Dogs, a nonprofit that trains rescued dogs to assist disabled military veterans. Margaux is an associate at the Denver law firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck.
2005
Christiaan Enthoven (BA 05) married Katherine Bruno in Greenwich, Conn., on May 29, 2010. They honeymooned in Aspen, Colo., and reside in Denver, where Christiaan is pursuing a doctorate in physical education at the University of ColoradoDenver. Anthony Graves (MBA 05) was named director of government and community affairs for Visit Denver, the convention and visitors bureau of Denver. Anthony previously was adjunct professor of international marketing and business at Metropolitan State College of Denver. Phil Hanes (BA 05) and Erin Saar (BA 05) wed on June 26, 2010. They have started their own cultural resources firm in Fairfield, Calif., where they reside. Zachary Jason (BSMA 05) and Stephanie Cooper (BA 05) were married on May 31, 2010, in Playa del Carmen, Mexico. They met while attending DU and now reside in Denver. Zachary is an engineer with Advanced Engineering Investigations and Stephanie is pursuing a masters degree in accounting at the University of Colorado-Denver. Annalise Kinkel (BA 05) of Longmont, Colo., received the Rutgers Fulbright Award, which will allow her to continue her graduate studies in Egypt. The Fulbright Program is an international education exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government designed to increase mutual understanding between U.S. citizens and other countries. Erin Wafer (BA 05) received a masters degree in cultural studies with a concentration in media from Claremont Graduate University in California. She resides in Manhattan Beach, Calif.
2007
Ali Brodie (JD 07) joined the Denverbased Isaacson Rosenbaum P.C. law firm practicing public law and policy. Her practice includes business and family immigration, citizenship and naturalization, and employer compliance and auditing services. Katherine Ellis (MA 07, JD 07) opened the Ellis Law Firm in June 2010 in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Her primary practice areas are family law and appellate law with limited civil litigation. Sharon Masuda (BA 07) of Denver joined the team of M2 Storage LLC, a storage technology specialist, as sales and marketing manager. Originally from Spring, Texas, she grew up overseas, where she found her love for mountain biking, hiking and different cultures.
2001
Owen Lingley (BA 01) was surprised that what he learned in college paid off as he accepted a position in the craft beer industry. Owen started working for Wyeast Labs in Hood River, Ore., this summer. The company supplies yeast to breweries and homebrewers around the world. Owen lives in Portland, Ore., with his wife, Terra, and their triplet girls, Victoria, Sydney and Adelaide.
2003
Jennifer Gokenbach (JD 03, MBA 04) joined the Denver office of Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart P.C. as counsel. She also is an instructor at the National Institute for Trial Advocacy. Vincent Palazzotto (MOTM 03) established the Medical Marijuana Assistance Program of the Rockies. The organizations focus is to ensure patients have access to affordable alternative medicines.
2008
Winn Klaine (BSBA 08) of Palm Beach, Fla., took a solo trip through Africa in summer 2009, traveling the continent by foot, hitchhiking and bus, and sleeping outside, in peoples homes, in churches and in police stations. Winn is a real estate agent and Web developer in Palm Beach. David McDaniel (JD 08) and his wife, Sarah Cucinella-McDaniel (MA 05), welcomed Joel Talley McDaniel to the world on July 10, 2010. Joel joins big brother Elliot. David opened the Law Office of David McDaniel LLC in Hunstville, Ala., where he and his family reside.
2004
Lee Boughey (MEPM 04) of Highlands Ranch, Colo., and Barbara Walz (BS 94) of Lakewood, Colo., received a technology transfer award from the Electric Power Research Institute for greenhouse management planning. As members of the
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Marika Pappas (BSBA 08, MBA 08) joined Chicago-based Treasury Strategies Inc. as a consultant in January 2009. Marika sits on the boards of DUs Chicago alumni chapter and the Hellenic Professional Society of Illinois.
of Young Political Leaders. Toni will serve as one of a handful of U.S. delegates to El Salvador and Guatemala.
Marissa Loken (BSBA 10) joined the Denver-based advertising agency Karsh/ Hagan as an account coordinator. Mila Morgese (MA 10) of Aurora, Colo., is engaged to be married to Jon Gates. Katherine Wandtke (MA 10) traveled to Sikkim, India, for the summer as a program consultant for the Taktse International School. She resides in Washington, D.C. Michelle Zeles-Hahn (PhD 10) gave birth to a baby girl, Audrey Elaine Hanh, on May 27, 2010, eight days before walking in the DU Commencement ceremony to receive her diploma in engineering.
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2009
Marco Cummings (BA 09) of Denver joined the Valley Courier, based in Alamosa, Colo., as the sports editor. An athlete himself, Cummings remains active in an adult soccer league. Michele Lowry (BSBA 09) of Denton, Texas, was named assistant swim coach for the University of North Texas swimming and diving team. Michele won a Sun Belt Conference outstanding female swimmer award during her senior year at DU. Toni Panetta (MA 09) was selected to participate in a bilateral development program through the American Council
Rob Gleeson (BSBA 10) was hired as one of the two head writers for The 3 Minute Talk Show, a web talk show produced by Playtone, Tom Hanks production company, and starring Fred Willard. The show was filmed this fall and has sold 15 episodes. Rob also is a standup comic; his debut album, Getting Normal, recently was released on iTunes. Regan Linton (MSW 10), who performs with the Denver-based Physically Handicapped Actors and Musical Artists League, received the Hal OLeary Inspiration Award from the Colorado Rockies Charity Fund. The OLeary Awards recognize individuals who have made significant differences in the lives of those in the disabled community. Regan has used a wheelchair since a 2002 car accident injured her spinal cord.
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Helping hands Sunny Heydorn and Jayme Ritchie

As new moms, Sunny Heydorn (JD 02) and Jayme (Ship) Ritchie (JD 04, LLM 04) found out firsthand just how expensive baby gearstrollers, cribs, car seatsreally is. And they realized just how quickly kids grow out of things, often leaving perfectly good items behind. So, inspired by similar groups in other states, the pair of DU law grads founded WeeCycle, a nonprofit that collects gently used baby gear and distributes it to needy families. When you have your first [child] youre all-consumed with infant things, and we just realized how expensive everything was and how much you needed, Ritchie says. Kids grow up so fast, and they grow out of things so quickly that sometimes something you just spent $100 for is pretty much useless in three months. Founded in 2008, WeeCycle has seven drop-off locations in the Denver area and partners with five community organizations that distribute the gear. The goal is not only to help needy families, but also to keep usable items out of landfills. Along with the essentials, Heydorn and Ritchie also include some bonus goodies for the families. We like to know how many children they have and what ages they are because we always throw in some extra toys or books that are age appropriate for the child, or if its a new mom whos trying to nurse well throw in a bunch of extra stuff we have for a nursing mom that they might not think of to request, Heydorn says. Theyre just trying so hard to meet their basic needs that they think about strollers or car seats and maybe not about a nursing pillow. With the economy still struggling, WeeCycle is a welcome service for families living in poverty. A simple baby swing could mean a better life, Heydorn says. It just affects every aspect of a childs development down the line, she says. This isnt going to solve all their problems, but it might help a little bit. Maybe a swing is going to keep an infant more content and the parent more at peace because their infants not crying all the time. Maybe thatll help make life a little bit better for them. >>www.weecyclecolorado.org
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Pioneer pics
Jean Selders (PhD 80) poses with a giant land tortoise during her trip to the Galapagos Islands in April 2009. During her biology class at Aurora Central High School, Jean became fascinated with the ability of animals to adapt to their surroundings, particularly in the Galapagos Islands. Nearly 50 years later she visited the creatures she had learned about. Jean recently retired from Littleton High School, where she was a school psychologist for 30 years. She also taught psychology courses at Arapahoe Community College and is involved in historic activities in Littleton, Colo. 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 courtesy of the DU Bookstore. 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 e-mail du-magazine@ du.edu. Be sure to include your full name, address, degree(s) and year(s) of graduation.
The answer can be found in the History section of DU Today, www.du.edu/today. 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 courtesy of the DU Bookstore. Congratulations to Carol Hebert (BA 85) for winning the summer issues pop quiz.
Deaths
1930s 1940s
Georgiann Halla (BA 33), El Paso, Texas, 6-4-10 Arvel Stewart (attd. 194042), Greeley, Colo., 6-10-10 Doris Finnie-Shade (BA 41), Lakewood, Colo., no date given Arnold Kramish (BS 45), Reston, Va., 6-15-10 Harry Vaupel (BS 46), Westminster, Colo., 6-9-10 Robert Hemphill (JD 47), Fairfield, Calif., 6-10-10 Kenneth Jastrow (BA 48), Midland, Texas, 6-25-10 Louis Johnson (JD 48), Seattle, 7-2-10 Robert Ogden III (BSBA 48), Short Hills, N.J., 6-15-10 Warren Olson (BA 48), Santa Rosa, Calif., 9-7-09
Robert Sterling (BSBA 56, MBA 58), Houston, 6-29-10 Shirley Southwick (BS 59, MA 60), Boulder, Colo., 7-25-10
1960s 1970s
Jerome Roberts (BFA 65), Spring Hill, Fla., 5-23-10 Margaret Grassmann (BA 67, MSW 73), Sun City, Ariz., 1-7-07 Marian Madison (MA 69), Louisville, Colo., 3-25-10
Robert Findlay (JD 71), Tarpon Springs, Fla., 5-10-10 Elaine Taylor (MA 73), Portland, Ore., 12-15-09 Peter Dulan (BFA 74, MFA 81), Denver, Colo., 6-10-10 Ronald Thompson (BA 74), Denver, Colo., 6-22-10 Philip Townsend Hitchcock (BSBA 75), Huntington, W.Va., 1-11-10
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1950s
Barry Glasgow (BSBA 82, JD 85), Brighton, Colo., 7-3-10 Marcia Kearney (JD 87), Northampton, Mass., 7-8-10
Thomas Golden (BA 50), Maple Grove, Minn., 4-5-10 Ted Johnson (BA 50), Loveland, Colo., 8-4-10 Lucius Thornton (BS 50), Fort Collins, Colo., 6-7-10 Edna Panter McLellan (BA 51), Naples, Fla., 6-9-10 Richard Nerad (MBA 51), St. Charles, Ill., 6-26-10 Marilyn Jean Hawkins (CWC 52), Kansas City, Mo., 6-6-10 John Mihovilich (BS 52), Cape Coral, Fla., 5-7-10 Richard Lindsay (BA 53), South Jordan, Utah, 6-4-10 Raymond Overfield Sr. (BA 53), Elfrida, Ariz., 5-2-10 Jack Dionigi (BS 54), Arvada, Colo., 3-16-10 Bobby Thomas Ball (BS 56), Palm City, Fla., 5-11-10
Georgia Deitrick (MSS 91), York, Neb., 8-26-10
Faculty and Staff
James Foyle, Graduate School of Librarianship and Information Management professor emeritus, Centennial, Colo., 8-12-10 Kay Glasser, social policy and welfare professor (196773), Sarasota, Fla., 6-22-10
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This 1977 album cover designed by Andy Warhol is among a number of works by the noted pop artist that will be on display in DUs Myhren Gallery as part of Warhol in Colorado, opening Jan. 20 and running through March 13. The exhibit features a large collection of photographs by Warhol gifted to DU by the Andy Warhol Foundation, along with other photographs from Colorado collections and local artists. The show also includes iconic silkscreens, paintings, an audio-visual piece, posters and a film series. >>www.du.edu/art/myhrengallery.html
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