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C ARTHAGINIAN A MAGAZINE FOR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS OF CARTHAGE COLLEGE

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IN THIS ISSUE Feature Articles

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Old Campus Reborn

Swine management firm brings a new educational focus to Carthage, Illinois, site

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A Fulbright Feast Five prestigious fellowships give Carthage a banner crop

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Sisterhood is Golden

Loyalty Royalty

Trustee Hoyt Harper ’77 credits Carthage for ‘kick in the butt’ that drove him to become leader in customer loyalty

Fifty years after sororities’ start, founders maintain pride

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Math Uncapped

Professor Mark Snavely helps students spot math problems anywhere, even in a pile of hats

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Gowns, Grins, and Good Luck Some students’ journeys lasted four years; others took 40. See photos of the Class of 2015 fulfilling dreams and soaking in advice from speaker Laura Ling

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IN THIS ISSUE Departments

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On Campus

Carthage College combines an environment of reflection and self-discovery with a culture of high expectation so our students uncover and ignite their true potential. A four-year, private liberal arts college with roots in the Lutheran tradition, the campus has a prime location in Kenosha. The campus, an 80-acre arboretum on the shore of Lake Michigan, is home to 150 scholars, 2,600 full-time students, and 400 part-time students.

Her ability to ‘captivate and engage’ earned English professor Alyson Kiesel a spot on a ‘40 Under 40’ national list.

See where some promising 2015 graduates are headed next, and how the College got them ready.

Carthaginian Editorial Team Associate Vice President

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Dana Moore

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Athletics

A quintet of Carthage spring sports teams made it to the NCAAs.

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Contributing Writers

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Class Notes

Design & Art Direction

Tom Applegarth Christopher Bennett Brittany Beyer Dana Ehrmann ’15 Pat Olsen Holly Weber ’14

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Alumni share milestones in their careers and families.

Johanna Heidorn ’13 Steve Janiak Kim King ’06

Page From the Past

Photographers

Doubleheaders are rare enough in baseball these days. The Red Men once swept a quadrupleheader.

Karen Chin ’16 Brittney DeMik ’17 Johanna Heidorn ’13 Steve Janiak

Letter from the President

Chairman of the Board of Trustees

Pastor’s Message by Kara Baylor

David A. Straz, Jr.

Notes from Lauren Hansen

President Gregory S. Woodward

Vice President for Institutional Advancement Evelyn Buchanan

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When quality accompanies quantity

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE

Building strength

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arthage is getting stronger. As I look around, everything I see seems to shout this message.

As of today, we have 777 paid deposits for the first-year class. If these potential freshmen stick to their Carthage plans over the summer, the College would enjoy the largest entering class in history — breaking the old record of 751.

Colleges of all shapes and sizes are having a hard time meeting their enrollment expectations. Particularly hard-hit are private, liberal arts institutions like ours. As a result, the admissions environment is as competitive as I have ever seen it. Financial aid packages are skyrocketing, and colleges are doing everything possible to attract new students.

In this frightening market, Carthage is not only meeting our targets, but beating them! This is due to many factors; among those are our dedicated and experienced admissions and financial aid teams, our award-winning marketing and branding redesign and communication efforts, and the engagement of the entire College faculty and staff in our admissions activities.

It is also easy to overlook because we do it every day, but the reality is we teach our students really, really well. And we do so in a tried and true curriculum that maintains an enviable mix of traditional liberal arts education with an active acknowledgement that our students need skills and content development for professional preparation.

This formula and strength translates into a reputation for excellence that propels our enrollment success.

Over the past few decades, the College has experienced an increase in the measurable

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academic preparation of our entering students. This steady but slow climb has been measured in annual increments of less than a tenth of a percentage point in standardized test scores and grade-point averages.

The average standardized test score of the incoming first-year class is up 0.6 percentage points. A leap that large in a single year is unprecedented, and it’s further evidence of the growing strength of the College’s academic reputation and the perception of increased value of the Carthage experience.

Searches for new faculty draw huge applicant pools, and we continue to hire our top choices from these pools. Successful applications for grants and fellowships for our faculty and staff continue to grow. Our outstanding faculty members continue to write books, publish research, and reach new audiences through creative work. And our students are joining them in ever-increasing numbers!

It is inspiring every day to be around these amazing people. And, just to brag a little more, our incredible new learning facility as part of the expansion of the David A. Straz, Jr. Center is on time, on budget, and absolutely stunning! (And I am not the least bit biased in my opinion.)

Allow me one last piece of evidence for my thesis statement. A college the size of Carthage, with around 2,600 students, doesn’t make national news in many competitive categories. Each year, the Chronicle of Higher Education publishes a list of the colleges and universities with the most Fulbright fellowship winners, with categories for each type of institution. Last

year’s top Fulbright-producing bachelor’s colleges included Pitzer, Smith, Amherst, Oberlin, Occidental, Middlebury, Scripps, and Williams.

Previously, the most winners that Carthage produced in a single year were two. As you will read later in this issue, for the coming year Carthage will have five Fulbright students.

This same result last year would have placed our college around the middle of the top 40. I look forward to seeing the company we now keep when the list of top institutions comes out for 2015-16.

Carthage IS getting stronger, every day.

Building strength — just like achieving excellence — is a habit, not a single moment in time. Take your own look around at the Carthage of today. You will see it too. It feels good, doesn’t it?

Best wishes for a wonderful summer,

Greg Woodward

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FACULTY NOTES

Updates on faculty and staff achievements

Alyson Kiesel makes ‘40 under 40’ list Carthage English professor Alyson Kiesel made a list of the nation’s most inspirational young faculty members.

The website NerdScholar announced its 2015 selections for the “40 Under 40: Professors Who Inspire” feature in March. Despite its unglamorous name, the higher education branch of consumer finance site NerdWallet draws more than 80,000 unique viewers per month.

A specialist in 19th century British literature, Prof. Kiesel was highlighted alongside faculty from institutions like Whitman College and Indiana University. According to the website, professors were chosen “based on their ability to captivate and engage students in the classroom, their

outstanding involvement on campus and in the community, and their overwhelming passion for their subject matter.”

Prof. Kiesel told the website she enjoys “rereading beloved texts like ‘Wuthering Heights,’ ‘David Copperfield’ and ‘Middlemarch’ with my students and learning something new every single time.” Humanities division chair Maria Carrig nominated her, letting students’ evaluations do the talking.

“She is a kind, considerate, caring, honest, and real person with her students – unafraid to tell someone when they need to calm down and take a step back or push on and try a little harder,” one of Prof. Kiesel’s students wrote.

Retirements Three Carthage faculty members have retired from full-time teaching:

Penny Seymoure, professor of psychological science and neuroscience, taught at Carthage for 15 years.

Linda Noer, professor of social work and sociology, joined the Carthage faculty in 1974 and became full time in 1982.

Elaine Radwanski, professor of biology, joined the Carthage faculty in 1997 and received the College’s Distinguished Teaching Award in 2012. “Dr. Rad” plans to continue teaching part time.

Bruce Metzler, media services and classroom technology specialist, retired in July. He had been part of the Library and Information Services staff since 2001. Before that, he was a member of the theatre and communication faculty.

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She came to Carthage in 2011. Her degrees include a Bachelor of Arts in English from Amherst College and a Ph.D. in English language and literature from New York University.

Faculty/Staff Notes Seemee Ali, associate professor of Great Ideas and English, spent the spring semester as a fellow in residence at Harvard University’s Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington.

On March 12, she was a featured guest scholar on Harvard University’s online “Hour 25” course. Her presentation was titled, “Eros and Cosmos: Approaching the Golden Cloud of ‘Iliad’ 14.”

Brad Andrews, senior vice president for student success and strategic enrollment, was hired as president of Southwestern College in Winfield, Kansas. As a member of the Carthage executive leadership team since 1999, Mr. Andrews’ responsibilities have included operational oversight for many strategic institutional priorities. Most recently, he has focused on the immediate improvement of retention and graduation rates.

Gregory Berg, assistant professor of music, sang the role of Captain Ahab in the world premiere of Giles Swayne’s “Our Orphaned Souls,” a dual commission by Temple University and the Madison (Wisconsin) Chamber Choir. The text was drawn from Herman Melville’s classic “Moby Dick.”

Jonathan Bruning, associate professor of communication and digital media, led a group of 10 Carthage students to California on the annual J-Term study tour Sports Journalism: Baseball early in the College’s summer break. In addition to covering five games, they met with Lew Wolff, owner of the Oakland Athletics, and former Major League Baseball commissioner Peter Ueberroth. Jeff Hamar ’80, first vice chair of the Carthage Board of Trustees, coordinated those events.

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Thomas Carr, associate professor of biology and senior scientific advisor to the Dinosaur Discovery Museum, and preparator Megan Seitz unveiled a largely complete set of Triceratops bones during a ceremony April 7 at the Carthage Institute of Paleontology in Kenosha. Students have helped collect the bones of the dinosaur, dubbed “Maddie,” since 2012. Prof. Carr said the few remaining skull bones in the ground would be collected this summer, and lab workers will prep the specimen to eventually go on display at the museum.

Kevin Crosby, professor of physics, astronomy, and computer sciences, served as principal investigator on a National Science Foundation Noyce Grant. Funded at $300,000 for the 2014-16 period, the grant encourages high-performing science majors to become science teachers in the region’s underserved communities. In addition, Prof. Crosby’s ongoing work with NASA Kennedy Space Center to investigate alternative methods of gauging propellant volume in zero-gravity was picked up for another round of funding and parabolic flight campaigns though NASA’s Flight Opportunities Program.

Cathy Duffy, assistant professor of accounting and finance, successfully defended her dissertation, “Leadership in Business Education Curriculum Reform: Faculty Experiences Responding to the Skill Gap Crisis with Special Consideration of Nontraditional Students.” It was the culmination of a 3 ½-year Doctorate in Educational Leadership at California Lutheran University.

Rachel Feinstein, assistant professor of sociology and criminal justice, has begun data collection for a new research project, interviewing incarcerated youth regarding their needs and experiences while living in a correctional facility.

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Famous people, present and future During the last week of May, I met a couple of world-famous people.

I had the opportunity to meet Eddie Lacy, a running back for the Green Bay Packers. He spoke at the Greater Milwaukee Synod Assembly, which was back on the Carthage campus after a 12-year absence. Eddie told his story of life after Hurricane Katrina, going through teenage depression, and how the faith of his mother (and now his faith) keeps him going.

Because my office was used as the “green room,” I got to take a selfie with Eddie, who shared with me that he’s nervous about public speaking but feels the need (maybe the call) to give back in any way he can. Items were auctioned off, people paid to hear him speak, and a lot of money was raised for Outreach for Hope, the granting arm of the synod.

That same week, I met Laura Ling, a journalist, a survivor, and a humble human being who knows the meaning of freedom more deeply than most of us. She gave the Commencement address, talking often about her imprisonment in North Korea and the glimmers of hope that got her through it.

More importantly, I was part of celebrating the graduation of the Carthage Class of 2015. After my first graduation, I admit that I went back to my office quickly, got my car keys, and hit the road to get back home to my family. This year, after graduation, I headed down to the carpeted arena and hung around.

I wasn’t in such a rush to leave because, over the course of my first full academic year, I met some pretty amazing students and wanted to have at least one last word with them — students going off to graduate school, students who received Fulbright fellowships, students volunteering overseas, students who started their “real world” jobs even before they officially graduated. Those

students helped to make my first full academic year an amazing time of growth and learning (and more late nights than I’m used to having).

From September to May, my life was filled with conversation with students who someday will be famous. They may not be famous like Eddie Lacy or Laura Ling, but they will be famous in their areas of study or for starting nonprofits that change a little bit of the world.

People who graduated from Carthage in May will be famous for amazing performances on stage and maybe screen, or for amazing teaching that opens the hearts and minds of their students to believe in themselves and their potential.

They will be famous as voices for the oppressed in our world, or for going to dangerous areas of the world to bring medical care to those who are powerless to end the wars around them.

They will be famous in this publication when their acts of courage, kindness, extreme generosity, love, marriage, expanding families, and more are listed in the back pages.

I have a feeling that, each May, I will have a chance to meet another amazingly famous person or two, but, more importantly, I also will say goodbye (or “See you later”) to more famous people than I could ever imagine meeting. I also have the feeling that my time on the carpeted arena floor will grow longer and longer each graduation year.

Peace and love,

Rev. Kara Baylor Campus Pastor

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FACULTY NOTES

Eduardo García-Novelli, associate professor of music, and four Carthage students performed at Carnegie Hall in New York on March 29. MidAmerica Productions arranged the mass choir performance, which included choirs from nine states. Prof. Garcia-Novelli conducted Franz Schubert’s Mass No. 2 in G Major. The performers rehearsed twice with the directors for a total of about nine hours.

Yuri Maltsev, professor of economics, presented a report on “Russia, Ukraine and Beyond,” at a U.S. Navy conference on national security in Honolulu. He also gave reports at 18 U.S. Army and Air Force seminars on foreign political and economic issues in Washington.

also served on the editorial board of the Annals of the Association of American Geographers and as an associate editor for the international journal Plant Ecology.

Joseph McAlhany, associate professor of classics and Great Ideas, was selected for a 2015 National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute, “The Legacy of Ancient Italy: The Etruscans and Early Romans.”

Maribel Morales, assistant professor of modern languages, wrote the introduction for a new edition of “The Ground-Swell,” a 1919 novel

by Mary Hallock Foote.

Joy Mast, professor of geography and earth

James Ripley, professor of music, presented his recent research on Howard Hanson’s “Triumphal Ode” for Military Band on March 25 at a conference of the College Band Directors National Association in Nashville, Tennessee. By reviewing three years of daily correspondence, Prof. Ripley ascertained the circumstances for the creation of “Triumphal Ode,” recognized as the first major work for band by an American composer.

science, was the editor of a 2015 special issue in the international journal Physical Geography on the climatology, geomorphology, hydrology, and biogeography of the Chicago region. She

Jeffrey Roberg, professor of political science, took seven students from Carthage’s Model United Nations team to Bucharest, Romania, during spring

Steve Marovich, who recently retired as sports information director and assistant director of athletics, received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the annual College Sports Information Directors of America (CoSIDA) convention June 17 in Orlando, Florida.

break for the Bucharest International Student Model United Nations Conference. The students interacted with 250 of their counterparts from countries around the globe. He also organized a conference that Carthage hosted and co-sponsored with the Wisconsin Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, titled “Democracy in the 21st Century?”

Julio Rivera, professor of management, marketing, geography, and earth science, gave the keynote address at the British Conference on Undergraduate Research on April 22 in Winchester, England. In his talk, titled “Dancing with the Future,” Prof. Rivera told the undergraduates that their work can be “disruptive and dangerous” to conventional wisdom and advised them to prepare for the unseen future. In addition, he completed the AACSB postdoctoral bridge program in business at the University of Florida.

Karin Sconzert, associate professor of education, is one of the new hosts of “Education Matters,” a community interest program on Wisconsin Public Radio affiliate WGTD (91.1 FM).

The show airs on Saturday mornings, with past episodes available on the station’s website.

mark your place in Carthage history Granite walkways paved with commemorative bricks lead to sidewalks that connect the entire Carthage campus. Names of alumni and friends of the College are etched in sections of these attractive walkways.

By purchasing a brick, you, too, can celebrate the Carthage spirit and mark your place within this eminent learning community.

Have your name etched in granite and show your Carthage pride to future generations.

For more information, contact the alumni office at 800-551-1518 or alumnioffice@carthage.edu.

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A glimpse of what’s happening in the Carthage community

Ex-skinhead, Sikh unite against hate Compelling combo headlines annual Diversity Summit One of the showcase events of Carthage’s third annual Diversity Summit featured an unlikely pairing in the campaign against hate.

Pardeep Kaleka, whose father was killed in a 2012 rampage at a Sikh temple, and former skinhead Arno Michaelis shared their stories with about 50 members of the Carthage community on March 5. They’re now partners in a nonprofit called Serve2Unite, which uses student leaders to instill messages of inclusiveness and nonviolence.

With a deep, gravelly voice that lingers after years of screaming in a white power band, Mr. Michaelis looked back on his seven-year descent into the skinhead movement. He called it “exhausting” to block out information that contradicted his racist leanings.

“I couldn’t even watch a football game without hearing it from my skinhead buddies,” he said, because so many of the players were black.

Positive interactions with people of different religions and races kept piling up. Mr. Michaelis remembers a Jewish boss and a black McDonald’s cashier who “treated me as a human being when I least deserved that kindness.”

It still took him several years to quit that lifestyle.

Now the author of “My Life After Hate” says he’s humiliated to hear the venomous words from his former band’s concerts.

He met Mr. Kaleka not long after Aug. 5, 2012 — the day Satwant Singh Kaleka, president of the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin, was shot to death along with five others in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. Pardeep Kaleka might have been in the line of fire, as well, had he not turned the car around to retrieve a notebook his daughter forgot at home.

Mr. Kaleka offered one way to stem the tide of hatred: “You’ve got to have the courage to be uncomfortable.”

In such a polarized climate, he said liberals should visit conservatives’ websites and vice versa.

Drawing on the Sikh principle of “one God,” he urged people to come together in defiance of hate.

The 2015 Diversity Summit focused on the themes of religious tolerance and civil discourse.

Other speakers in the College’s monthlong series of events included Rabbi Irwin Kula, who employs Jewish wisdom to address modern life and relationships, Christian ethicist Charles Camosy, and author Rachel Greenblatt.

The weeklong Student Diversity Institute brought in local speakers and comedian Sabrina Jalees.

Students also attended screenings of thoughtprovoking films like “Dear White People.”

Relay for Life 2015 puts $46K dent in cancer Carthage’s Colleges Against Cancer chapter raised more than $46,000 during its sixth annual Relay for Life event April 17 in the N. E. Tarble Athletic and Recreation Center.

The main goal of the event is to raise money and awareness to help find a cure for cancer. Of the total, $3,500 came from $5 raffle tickets for a 2002 Kia Sportage donated by Palmen Motors.

“This year, we had the most participants we’ve ever had since the events started six years ago,” said

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CAC president Gabrielle Cypher ’16.

“We even had a large group from Waukegan (Illinois) High School travel up here and stay the entire 24 hours.”

Relay for Life is a 24-hour fundraiser in which teams of people camp out and take turns walking laps around a track. The event also features moving speeches from cancer survivors and a luminaria ceremony to remember those who lost their battle. Activities for all ages are offered, like a bouncy house, yoga, and karaoke.

“It’s a lot of work, but it’s definitely worth it,” Gabrielle said, “and we hope that we can continue to raise awareness and funds so that one day we can eventually stop having them.”

Although the event is over, donations are still accepted through the group’s website at www.relayforlife.org/carthage.

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Charlie Chaplin’s ‘Modern Times’

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Knot Theory

Concept Albums

Carbon Regulation

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy

Sleep Deprivation

Gospel of Judas The Harvey Girls

Novel Bacteriophages Las Camaroneras (Shrimp Farming)

Economics of the FIFA World Cup Risk-Adjusted Return Measures

Disney Princesses

Mutual Funds

Council of Ephesus

Gender Equality

Ancestral Ontogeny and Phylogeny

Microgravity

Kawaii Culture

Argentine Suffrage Taoist Teachings

Teacher Turnover Pulmonary Factors

Hypertension

Calligraphic Interpretation

Hatha Yoga

Oshiwambo Traditional Dress

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2015 Celebration of Scholars How big of a spectrum did the original projects cover at the fifth annual Celebration of Scholars?

See for yourself! Discussions about these topics and more filled the Tarble Arena on April 24.

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GRAD SPOTLIGHT

Andria Bowlsby Hometown: Belleville, Ill. Major: English (Minor in Secondary Education) What’s next? She was accepted into the Teach for America program and will teach high school English in Connecticut.

“Through hands-on learning experiences, clinical hours, and the supportive teachers I've had during my time at Carthage, I feel prepared for this next step.

Carthage has always pushed me out of my comfort zone, and moving halfway across the country to pursue an educational opportunity seems like a natural next step for me.”

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Off to a fast start

New alumni look back on their time at Carthage and describe where they’re headed

John Augustine

Rick Bingen

Hometown: Lake in the Hills, Ill. Major: Religion

Hometown: Slinger, Wis. Majors: Computer Science and Theatre

What’s next? He will enter the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago to pursue a Master of Divinity.

“Carthage helped prepare me for graduate school in a variety of ways. The professors of the Religion Department were very influential, always encouraging me in my studies. They instructed me on what I would need for graduate school, such as certain skills, and would also challenge me in class to think more deeply about a given topic.”

Liz Toppett Hometown: Frankfort, Ill. Major: Psychology What’s next? She’ll attend Rush University in Chicago to pursue a master’s degree in occupational therapy. Her ultimate goal is to work in orthopedics with prostheses, focusing on veterans who return from war as amputees.

“Carthage has helped me prepare for this next step by offering the 3-2 program so I can attend Rush University a year earlier than expected. The faculty at Carthage has been instrumental in helping me get into all my prerequisite classes and to make sure I was prepared for the application/ interview process.”

What’s next? He’s been hired as an application developer for West Bend Mutual Insurance Company.

“Carthage helped me prepare for this position in a number of ways. Obviously the classes taught me the material necessary for a professional level job, but Carthage has also allowed me to be a leader through Res Life as an assistant hall director. This position has taught me that the fastest way to become an asset in my position is to be able to work well with others and make tough decisions.”

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Eric Ireland

Hometown: Alcazar de San Juan, Spain Degree: Master of Education

Hometown: Kenosha Majors: Physics and Mathematics

Perla Jaimes Hometown: Salem, Wis. Majors: Accounting and Spanish What’s next?

She has accepted a full time position at Deloitte’s Milwaukee office, where she’ll begin in September as an audit staff member in Audit Enterprise and Risk Services.

“The small class sizes allow us students to have a real relationship with our professors. Not only is this beneficial academically, but the connections developed help us succeed and find our path. I was even able to study abroad and would not have been able to without the support and guidance from my professors across the business and language departments.”

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What’s next? Entering the Optics track in the Master’s Industrial Internship Program at the University of Oregon, he’ll study fiber optic systems, lasers, and other aspects of optics. Eric figures that could lead anywhere — perhaps to a job with IBM, Intel, or even Los Alamos National Laboratory.

“One of the unique ways that Carthage has helped me prepare for this program has been offering many opportunities to do real physics outside the classroom – from observing asteroids at Kitt Peak National Observatory to flying in zero gravity with the Microgravity Team. I also give a lot of credit to the professors and faculty who have taken the extra effort to help students like myself reach their highest potential.”

Katie Schlinder Hometown: Sun Prairie, Wis. Majors: E conomics, Spanish, and International Political Economy What’s next?

She’s preparing to move to Switzerland in August to pursue a master’s degree in development studies from the Graduate Institute of Geneva.

“My freshman year at Carthage, I went on the Guatemala J-Term trip. I spent a month in the country studying sustainable economic development, and it changed my entire focus of what I wanted to do with my life. I traveled on two other J-Term trips and spent last summer working on development research in rural Guatemala. Had I not gone there my freshman year, it’s safe to say I would not have realized my interest in international development!”

What’s next? Coming off two years of teaching and graduate study as a Target Language Expert at Carthage, he begins work in August at The Lawrenceville School in New Jersey. He’ll be a Spanish teacher, counselor, and fencing and team handball coach at the prestigious preparatory boarding school.

“Professionally talking, Carthage has broadened my perspective about education, and I have learned about every aspect of the American education. On a personal level, I have experienced the hidden dimension of the American culture and how American social interactions work. Finally, I have enjoyed being part of a wonderful community. For all these reasons and much more, ‘Thank you, Carthage!’”

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Bat research informs threatened species ruling When the northern long-eared bat officially became federally protected as a threatened species this spring, three Carthage students got the rare luxury to see the immediate impact of their scientific contribution.

Josh Brandt ’16, Laura Krings ’17, and Caleb Jenks ’16 studied the bats in central and western Wisconsin with biology professor Deanna Byrnes. They spent several days collecting data with state researchers in July 2014 to help the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) make an informed ruling.

Plucking bats from nets, trudging through ditches — all at night, considering these are nocturnal animals — the Carthage trio reveled in dirty work. What the project lacked in glamour, it made up in importance.

Under the Endangered Species Act, a threatened species is

considered likely to be on the brink of extinction in the near future.

Together with public feedback and studies from other regions, the students’ data will help officials to shape rules protecting the habitat.

A fungal disease called whitenose syndrome has dealt a major blow to the species (Myotis septentrionalis), which never has been exactly plentiful. The disease was found in Wisconsin for the first time last year.

“If it hits the northern long-eared bat, it could easily wipe them out,” said Prof. Byrnes, who has studied bats for more than 20 years.

Watching “Batman” from the couch is as close as most people want to get to the creepy critters, but bats are vital.

“Without bats, insect populations can rise dramatically, with the potential for devastating losses for our crop farmers and

foresters,” FWS Service Director Dan Ashe wrote in a press release announcing the new protected species. “The alternative to bats is greater pesticide use, which brings with it another set of ecological concerns.”

Caleb, a biology major from Sullivan, Wisconsin, said the students trapped bats in nets, checked for white-nose symptoms, and attached radio transmitters to the female long-eared variety to locate the maternity colonies where the largest numbers gather. When

the nightly exodus began, the research team counted them.

Science is impartial, so the Carthage group took no sides in an issue that often pits conservationists against loggers and developers. Still, their estimates meshed with other findings.

“If anything,” Caleb said, “what we found in conjunction with the (Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources) was just another drop in a large bucket of evidence in favor of the ruling.”

Carthaginians savor experience as plaintiffs in voter ID case Two Carthage graduates say being plaintiffs in a lawsuit with nationwide implications taught them plenty.

The U.S. Supreme Court voted not to review Wisconsin’s voter identification law in March. That signaled the end of the line for a suit filed by 25 voters, including Sammi Meszaros ’15 and Steve Kvasnicka ’13.

They didn’t set out to be part of a landmark case, anyway. They just wanted their voices heard.

“I’m glad I got to be part of this experience,” said Ms. Meszaros, who graduated in May.

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The case gave her an early orientation to the drawn-out legal process; after a year off, she plans to pursue an advanced degree in law or public policy. The ACLU filed the suit during her freshman year.

During her testimony in federal court, Ms. Meszaros explained why she declined to get a Wisconsin driver’s license. With a car parked back home in Crystal Lake, keeping her Illinois license just made more sense. Still, living in Kenosha for most of the year, she wanted to vote here.

Mr. Kvasnicka fulfilled most of his obligations

in the case over the phone. He said the experience reinforced the importance of staying aware of current issues.

Living in Houston, he’s training for a residential land appraisal license. Mr. Kvasnicka credits Carthage for taking the initiative to issue student ID cards that comply with the Wisconsin law.

“Although we may have ‘lost,’” he said, “I think the end result was what we really wanted for Carthage students.”

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Highlights from the court, field, track, pool, and course

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An NCAA party of five The spring 2015 season brought unanticipated and even unprecedented postseason success to Carthage’s athletic teams.

Athletes in five sports stretched their seasons by reaching the respective NCAA Division III championships. Here’s a recap. men’s tennis

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After a rocky fall season, the men’s tennis team went six weeks without a loss in the spring and advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament.

With a perfect 6-0 conference record, Carthage won its first CCIW championship since 2010.

The Red Men (20-7) shut out the Rose-Hultman Institute of Technology in round one but were knocked out by Washington University (Missouri) the next day.

“We had a great season,” head coach Brady Lindsley said. “We started off with one of our better players being injured, so we lost a few matches early that I wouldn’t have expected to lose. But, once he got healthy and back in the lineup, the team played very well and did exactly what we hoped to do.”

Coach Lindsley was named the CCIW Men’s Tennis Coach of the Year for the ninth time. He has more than 600 career wins between men’s and women’s tennis.

Ranked sixth in a preseason poll of CCIW baseball coaches, the Red Men exceeded expectations by winning the conference tournament and making it to the Division III regional championship.

“We didn’t foresee this happening this year,” head coach Augie Schmidt IV said. “We were a young team with a lot of young players, and we thought maybe next year. But it was an awesome year, and we really surprised a lot of people.”

Carthage rebounded from a heartbreaking, walk-off loss to Webster University to knock out Greenville and Wartburg colleges in the doubleelimination NCAA tournament. The unexpected run ended with a second loss to Webster, as the Red Men finished 30-15.

Newcomer Jared Helmich ’16 earned a slew of national and regional awards for his play as a first baseman and pitcher (see feature article on page 18).

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The men’s lacrosse team won its first CCIW title and qualified for the NCAA Division III tournament for the first time in program history.

“This team played to (its) potential probably better than any team we’ve had so far,” said Coach David Neff, who has led the team since the program’s inception in 2009.

The Red Men lost 14-6 to No. 3-ranked Ohio Wesleyan University in a first round NCAA game at Delaware, Ohio. Carthage finished with an overall record of 16-5, including 5-0 in the conference.

Midfielder and faceoff specialist Remy Giacotto ’15 was voted Defensive Player of the Year in the CCIW.

McKenzie Parks ’16 tied for 10th place at the Division III women’s golf championship in Howeyin-the-Hills, Florida. She started strongly with a 76, more than a shot below her average, and finished with a four-round total of 318.

Making the NCAA team competition for the second straight year, Carthage finished 15th. After winning the CCIW title last fall, the Lady Reds had to wait seven months for the payoff.

With a season average of 77.8, McKenzie was named Women’s Golf Coaches Association second-team All-America.

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track and field Between men’s and women’s track and field, Carthage placed three throwers in the top 10 at the Division III outdoor championships in Canton, New York.

Morgan Young ’17 had the top finish, taking fifth in the women’s discus (158 feet, 2 ½ inches).

Branden Miller ’15 wrapped up his college career with an eighth-place distance of 53-9 in the men’s shot put, while Mark Balmes ’16 was 10th in the discus (163-9).

Mia Bennett ’18 also got a taste of NCAA competition as a freshman. Carthage’s athletes qualified in seven total events.

near misses It easily could’ve been a party of seven for Carthage athletics. Despite going unbeaten in conference play and finishing with a No. 8 national rank, the men’s volleyball team didn’t make the 10-team NCAA field.

The Red Men finished 20-6 overall (14-0 in the Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League) and won the conference tournament. Griffin Shields ’17 was named second-team All-America, while outside hitter Jon Storm ’15 received honorable mention.

The Lady Reds also aced the regular season in women’s tennis, going 7-0 in the CCIW and 20-3 overall. They lost in the semifinals of the conference’s NCAA qualifying tourney.

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A breakdown, by state, of the players on Carthage’s 2015 men’s lacrosse roster Other states represented since 2010 NOTE: The Red Men also have had players from Canada and Japan .

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1 The Carthage men’s lacrosse roster doesn’t read as you might expect for an institution with historically strong ties to southeastern Wisconsin and Chicagoland.

Twenty-five of the 35 players on the 2015 roster came from west of the Mississippi River.

Ten came from California, and another seven from Colorado.

The team also pulls from traditional lacrosse hotbeds like Massachusetts and New York. In all, the Red Men represented 12 states and one other country (Japan) this past spring.

“We were successful with some kids from the west early, and I think that really bridged some pipelines,” said head coach David Neff, who has led the program since its inaugural season in 2009. “I definitely targeted those areas.”

Coach Neff said lacrosse players from the western half of the United States tend to play the up-tempo style he favors. Although the East Coast’s chokehold on the sport has loosened a bit, Carthage remains one of the westernmost lacrosse programs in NCAA Division III.

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Geography plus quality made the College an easy choice for Billy Lane ’17.

“If you want good academics and a good lacrosse program without going all the way out east, and outstanding coaching, Carthage is the spot for you,” said Billy, a public relations major from Centennial, Colorado.

Like Billy, co-captain James Fleming III ’15 of Newport Beach, California, said the campus touched him. He played four years for the Red Men and graduated in May with a degree in management. Next season, James will work as a graduate assistant.

“I fell in love with the campus. It was so pretty,” he said. “The facilities are awesome.”

The Red Men play and practice on Art Keller Field. They can move practice indoors to the N. E. Tarble Athletic and Recreation Center, if needed.

From 2009 to 2014, lacrosse was easily the country’s fastest-growing sport at both the high school and collegiate levels. One of the hottest pockets of growth has been in the West.

Coach Neff hit on something that worked in recruiting from that region and decided to stick what worked as he built the program from scratch.

“In part, we found we could get a better player with the bigger pools of talent in some of these areas,” he said. “As long as they were continuing to come, I was going to continue to push.”

The 2015 team had six members from Illinois and none from Wisconsin, but the sport’s surge in Carthage’s backyard could benefit the program.

According to US Lacrosse, the sport’s domestic governing body, Wisconsin had the highest percentage of growth in youth and high school lacrosse participation between 2002 and 2014.

“Even for me, I’m a little surprised at how diverse we’ve become,” Coach Neff said. “I’m trying to get back to getting some of the local talent.”

Merging personalities from such diverse locales poses no issues for the players.

“There’s nothing like that that I’ve seen – no big personality differences coming from the East Coast or West Coast,” James said. “It’s not hard to get along with anybody else just because they’re from a different area.”

They came together this past season, leading Carthage to its first College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin lacrosse title and the program’s first berth in the NCAA Division III tournament.

Although that NCAA experience lasted just one game, the young squad that made program history lost just four seniors to graduation.

“We have a lot of room for growth, and we can take that further,” Billy said. “I think we’re happy with making the tournament – I think we’re unhappy with how it ended.”

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Power transfer Newcomer Helmich mixes record hit streak, pitching prowess Jared Helmich ’16 insists he’s not one of those quirky players who demand the same meal before every game or refuse to shower when they’re on a roll. In the middle of a lengthy hitting streak, you just don’t mess with what’s working.

“I know a lot of baseball players are superstitious, but I guess the only thing you could say is that I wore the same batting gloves every time even though they started to rip around game 20,” he said.

After transferring to Carthage for the fall 2014 semester, Jared got two hits in his first game on March 14 and didn’t go hitless until April 26. He hit in 30 straight games, surpassing the 26-game streak by Glen Braun ’99.

Jared started all 45 games of the season and

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finished with a .354 batting average, six home runs, and 33 RBI. That’s pretty good for a guy who was brought in for a different purpose.

“We originally recruited Helmich mostly as a pitcher, which he did great at, but he also turned out to be a great first baseman and designated hitter,” Coach Augie Schmidt IV said. “He was really a ‘jack of all trades.’ He was also a great leader and helped to guide the younger players.”

Besides team success, the transfer’s first Carthage season brought a bundle of individual honors: D3baseball.com third-team all-America, first-team All-Central Region from the American Baseball Coaches Association and D3baseball. com, and the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Player of the Year.

At the plate, Jared decided patience was overrated.

“I went back to hitting the way I used to, which is to just jump on the first pitch. Usually the first pitch is the best you see and is usually a fastball,” he said. “Augie’s approach is to hit the fastball, so I combined his approach with my old approach and it worked well for me.”

On the mound, Jared went 4-1 with a 2.21 earned run average — lowest among the regulars in the starting rotation — and a team-best 55 strikeouts. That’s the part of being a dual threat that comes easier to him.

“I usually don’t do anything for pitching, other than a little bit of running, so my arm will bounce back quicker,” he said. “But hitting I have to work on every single day.”

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Schmidlkofer catches Academic All-America Award Nick Schmidlkofer ’15 of Wind Lake, Wisconsin, was named first-team 2015 Capital One Academic All-America for his work on the baseball diamond and in the classroom.

He played catcher for the Red Men and earned a degree in biology and neuroscience.

Beginning in the fall, Mr. Schmidlkofer will pursue a Doctor of Chiropractic degree at the National University of Health Sciences in Lombard, Illinois.

He became the 12th Carthage athlete to earn Academic All-America recognition, but the first baseball player.

“I’m really excited and honored,” Mr. Schmidlkofer said. “Not everyone gets to become an All-American. It’s really cool.”

How did he manage a 3.95 GPA while balancing two demanding majors and baseball?

Determination and an alarm clock.

“I got up at 5:30 every morning and went to work out, and I scheduled all my classes for the morning,” he said. “That way, I could focus on baseball in the afternoon and homework at night. I don’t play video games or anything like that, so there weren’t many distractions for me.”

The four-year letterwinner batted .333 with 28 RBI in his final season. He also stole four bases, tied for second on the team.

His career decision has its roots in baseball. A chiropractor spoke to his health class in high school and told him ways to relieve arm tightness and soreness. That’s when Mr. Schmidlkofer realized he wanted to give similar advice for a living.

“Becoming a chiropractor means I’ll get to interact with my patients on a personal level,” he said.

After he’s done with chiropractic school, Mr. Schmidlkofer hopes to work for a professional sports team and then open his own practice.

Off the field, Jared majors in finance, hoping one day to become a financial advisor. He jokes that working with money might ease the sting if that dream professional baseball contract never comes.

He transferred from the College of Lake County, a two-year school in northern Illinois. Familiar with the Red Men and both their history of success and recent struggles, Jared said he “wanted to come to Carthage and get baseball to be a big deal again.”

The run to the NCAA Division III regional final was a big step in that direction. He’s got major expectations for 2016.

“Overall, we have the majority of the same people coming back, plus some transfers, so I’m hoping we will go to the (College) World Series next year,” he said, “and we should have a really great year.”

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The Fulbright five

When you’re looking to raise the bar, it helps to have five people lifting.

Soon, a quintet of recent Carthage graduates will take their budding passions to Europe and Asia as winners of Fulbright fellowships. The previous high was two grants in a single year.

Benjamin Simington ’15 was chosen for a Fulbright Study/Research Grant, the first awarded to a Carthage applicant in recent memory. According to Professor Dan Choffnes, the campus Fulbright program adviser, only three other Carthage students in the past 10 years have elected to complete the rigorous application process.

Four other 2015 alumni were awarded grants through the Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Program: Amy Bruckbauer, Nicole Gaa, Micole Gauvin, and Matthew Wehmeier. They’ll teach the English language and share American culture.

Sponsored by the Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, the Fulbright Program operates in more than 160 countries as the U.S. government’s flagship international educational exchange. Recipients are selected on the basis of academic or professional achievement, as well as demonstrated leadership potential in their fields.

“Our students’ success with Fulbright this year tells a truth about the strengths of a Carthage education: Students have powerful international experiences in the context of a first-rate liberal arts education, developing over four years with the help of committed faculty members,” Provost David Garcia said. “The result is a level of success typical of the very best of our peers. Increasingly — and in other fields — it will be typical of Carthage.”

This year’s recipients were recommended by faculty members on the College’s Fulbright Committee and passed through two rounds of competition at the national level. The awards raise Carthage’s total to 13 Fulbright fellowships in the past eight years.

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Benjamin Simington ’15, India

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ther than geography, Benjamin Simington ’15 sees nothing separating Chicagoans from the people of India.

During his four years at Carthage, he became fixated on one of the core teachings of a 15th century Indian poet named Kabir: the idea that all humans are connected. That means everything dividing us is fabricated.

Having grown up in Matteson, Illinois, on the southern outskirts of Chicago, Mr. Simington wants to use those views to chip away at violence and hopelessness in the city. One of his career goals is to start or join a nonprofit that would provide mentors for kids and expose them to lessons on nonviolence — complete with a visit to India.

“It’s easy to look to people with more compassion when you see yourselves as fundamentally connected,” Mr. Simington said.

As a Fulbright Student, he’ll spend the 2015-16 year in India.

Through interviews and textual study, Mr. Simington plans to

In her own words, Fulbrighter Laurel Bates ’01 describes how a year in Germany molded her. Page 45.

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compile the first essay in English about a priest who heads the followers of Kabir. He received additional funding to cover several months of language study.

Sure, he’s headed there as an academic scholar, but there’s more to be found in the Kabir Panth movement. Maybe even a blueprint for change. That head priest, Sant Vivek Das, is known for fervent social activism.

Where he’s going next, Mr. Simington has inroads. He’ll live in Varanasi, the city where he studied as a junior, and one of the professors who taught him that semester will serve as his advisor. Plus, he’s come a long way in conversational Hindi, a language

whose complexity initially pushed him to the brink of tears.

Last year, only 50 applicants nationwide got research grants to India. So Mr. Simington smartly lined up Plan B. Awarded a prestigious Critical Language Scholarship for the second straight summer, he had to turn this one down. The dates overlap with Fulbright program orientation.

Mr. Simington figures his sincere interest in India’s culture won over the reviewers. This was no dart thrown aimlessly at a world map.

“My genuineness came out in my essay, and I think the professors recognized that,” he said.

Arriving on campus as a freshman, Mr. Simington knew a few basics about India.

He respected Mohandas Gandhi, liked the food, and counted “The Darjeeling Limited” among his favorite movies. In 2012, history and religion courses turned that light interest into a passion.

Mr. Simington eagerly signed up for a J-Term study tour of sacred Indian sites with Professor James Lochtefeld. Still, he worried that the reality of the country wouldn’t measure up to the image in his mind.

Its flaws were evident. In his application essay, Mr. Simington reflected on the “frustration of being an object of curiosity

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Amy Bruckbauer ’15, Bulgaria A biology and neuroscience major from Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, Amy Bruckbauer will teach English in a Bulgarian school.

Carthage biology professor Paul Martino saw her stand out when challenges confronted the group on the College’s biannual health mission to Nicaragua.

“We did not have access to clean water for several days, and one of the cabins was broken into while students were sleeping. These events temporarily changed the course of the trip and terrified many students, but Amy remained composed and never let

her emotions get the best of her,” Prof. Martino said.

“She reminded students that the people of the island of Ometepe are the poorest people who live in the poorest part of the poorest country in the western hemisphere.”

After her Fulbright year, Ms. Bruckbauer plans to continue living and teaching abroad before returning to attend graduate school in a field related to education and international affairs.

Nicole Gaa ’15, Turkey Nicole Gaa, an English major from Gurnee, Illinois, was selected to teach in Turkey. She is especially looking forward to experiencing its geographic, religious, and ethnic diversity.

Ms. Gaa believes Turkey, located at the historic intersection of Europe and Asia, will be an ideal place to explore multiculturalism. That will be useful in a career in college-level student affairs.

“Becoming educated about diverse cultures is a gateway to appreciating and respecting diverse races, sexes and genders, and religions,” she wrote in her application essay.

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She developed her teaching skills as a participant in the Milwaukee Center for Urban Teaching’s elementary school summer program in 2014.

English professor Alyson Kiesel predicts Ms. Gaa will “make a remarkable ambassador” for the country.

“Nicole’s sensitivity to different perspectives makes her a diplomat in the best sense of the word,” Prof. Kiesel said. “She navigates the various circles of college life with grace and has the respect of peers and faculty alike.”

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and ridicule because of my Afro textured hair and dark skin” during his study abroad semester.

The fascination with India won out.

The highs of chatting with Sikh pilgrims and discussing politics in the native tongue outweighed the negatives and begged him to return.

Carthage faculty members acknowledge the difficulty of earning this kind of Fulbright grant as an undergraduate. They

say this one is welldeserved.

“During the offerings on campus, Ben showed an outstanding work ethic and produced exceptional work, but our time in India highlighted the ‘noncognitive’ skills — among them empathy, good humor, patience, and fortitude — that are vital to gaining fluency in another culture,” Prof. Lochtefeld wrote in a recommendation letter.

History professor Eric Pullin ranks the

Micole Gauvin ’15, Greece

An elementary education and mathematics major and English minor from Beloit, Wisconsin, Micole Gauvin will teach in Greece.

She anticipates “walking side-by-side with the Greek people of today and in the footsteps of those who have walked before us, who until now I’ve only read about.” Ms. Gauvin will be based in Athens.

Through the Summer Undergraduate Research Experience, Ms. Gauvin worked with Professor Seemee Ali in 2014 to analyze “The Iliad” and its connections to past and present. That project

new graduate “among the best of the best,” adding that Mr. Simington “thrives in an intellectually challenging environment where he is constantly exposed to new ideas and perspectives.”

The Fulbright student reciprocated, thanking those and other professors for their help in the application process. Mr. Simington leaves Aug. 8.

When the research term is up, he plans to apply to graduate programs in South Asian history and, ultimately, to teach at the college level. A Fulbrighter is sure to expand his network of contacts — a valuable thing, even in a world where 7 billion are linked.

inspired her to seek the fellowship in Greece.

Considering Ms. Gauvin’s combination of majors, Prof. Ali noted that her intense interest in ancient Greek literature “seems unlikely, perhaps … But the curriculum at Carthage allows a student with diverse interests to pursue them deeply.”

After returning from her Fulbright year, Ms. Gauvin plans to teach in an elementary or middle school in Wisconsin and pursue a master’s degree in education.

Matthew Wehmeier ’15, Germany After studying the language for eight years and traveling to Germany three times, Matthew Wehmeier looks forward to teaching in a German school. The German and history major from Schaumburg, Illinois, also plans to study French and Russian while abroad.

This will give Mr. Wehmeier the chance to pursue his interest in German politics, an area that he began to explore during a 2014 semester in Berlin. He won a DAAD scholarship to support that study abroad.

“Matt has done an excellent job combining his

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majors,” modern languages professor Richard Sperber said, pointing to the Fulbright student’s senior thesis: an original research project exploring science fiction as a utopian literary response to the tension between state and civil society in the former East Germany.

Mr. Wehmeier intends to pursue a Ph.D. and become a university professor. His essay also detailed plans to engage in community outreach and “the fight against poverty and oppression in all its forms.”

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A Greek life of their own

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s sophomores at Carthage’s new Kenosha campus in spring 1965, Susan (Hidding) Maher, Holly (Anderson) Gansz, Carol (Ketter) Gattolin, and Carol (Keller) Dubs became part of a group that changed the social atmosphere for women there.

The four — all 1967 graduates and co-founders of the first sororities at Carthage — had no idea then how their sorority experiences would enrich their lives.

Ms. Maher (Pi Theta), along with Ms. Gansz and Ms. Gattolin (both Kappa Phi Eta), joined scores of sorority sisters who returned to Carthage on June 6-7 to celebrate the 50th anniversaries of three campus chapters. Ms. Dubs (Kappa Chi Omega), who lives in Ecuador, was unable to attend.

Kristin Skulavik ’16, Kappa Phi Eta chapter president, welcomed the alumnae. Observing their hugs and laughter that bright, breezy afternoon, she said, “My favorite part is to see the love they still have for each other. ... Those bonds are very magical.”

From left: Sharon (Keller) Matusevicius ʼ70, Holly (Anderson) Gansz ‘67, Beverly (Hand) Keller ʼ45, Carol (Ketter) Gattolin ‘67, Judith (Boyer) Ashley ʼ67, and Susan (Hidding) Maher ‘67

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“We felt validation that day for all the women on campus.”

Sensing a void Before 1965, Carthage had allowed only fraternities. Ms. Maher, a Pi Theta founder, spent her freshman year at the old campus in Carthage, Illinois. The idea to form sororities began there, she said, but with College officials focused on blending two campuses and moving to Kenosha, it wasn’t a priority.

Campus life was much different for women in the mid-1960s.

Women had to wear skirts or dresses to classes. The women’s residence hall was locked by 9:30 p.m. on weeknights, with lights out at 11. On weekends, lights had to be out by 1 a.m. The men weren’t subject to those curfews.

The control over their hours was unpopular, but, because of those curfews, the women developed close friendships. Late-night talks were common. Dating was a frequent topic. So was the military draft; the stress and uncertainty of it during the escalating conflict in Vietnam deeply affected the men and many of the women on campus.

As the 1965 spring semester began in Kenosha, the fraternities were immersed in rush and pledge. The women felt left out.

“We had no dates, no playmates, and lots of time to be bored,” recalled Ms. Gansz.

The rush to organize Some women began to question the campus status quo, and a desire for their own social organizations took strong root. Expecting resistance, they prepared pro-sorority arguments and met with Christine Hogin, associate dean of students.

They never had to present those arguments. Ms. Hogin, described as a “genteel southern lady” with national Chi Omega ties, gave them her support — and later became faculty advisor to the Panhellenic Council, the student-run sorority governing body.

With permission to organize, “the girls ran back to their dorms, and the word spread like wildfire,” Ms. Maher said. Ms. Gansz and Ms. Gattolin invited friends and other interested women to a meeting in their room. Out of that first crowded meeting, the women broke into groups that formed Kappa Phi Eta, Kappa Chi Omega and Pi Theta.

Carthage’s trustees required each group to create a constitution.

All three sororities received their charters May 20, 1965.

“We had two months to pull it all together,” Ms. Maher said. “We

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were all very proud of that accomplishment. ... We felt validation that day for all the women on campus.”

These women stressed that numerous others were involved in founding the sororities and credited their first advisors — who included an English professor and coaches’ wives — with guiding them to set strong goals. No hazing or demeaning activities were allowed.

Portable support network During the 50-year reunion weekend, the three organizations held separate receptions, as well as joint activities that included a worship service and a lecture by Professor Emeritus Dudley Riggle. The founders’ sense of pride in what they accomplished that long ago spring was apparent as they reminisced.

Their sorority experiences served as life training. They developed self-confidence and learned to plan, work with a team, and lead. They made lifelong friends.

Learning to develop friendships with women of diverse backgrounds in Pi Theta was especially beneficial for Ms. Maher during her years as a Navy wife in Texas, Virginia, Europe, the Middle East, and Libya. She now lives in Barrington, Illinois.

Ms. Gansz, of Park Ridge, Illinois, is a retired physical education teacher and college instructor who serves as unofficial Kappa Phi Eta advisor. The lasting friendships have had a major influence on Ms. Gattolin, a retired high school science teacher from Davis, Illinois.

After a college administration career, Ms. Dubs lives in Cuenca, Ecuador, where she and her husband own a bookstore. Her sorority, Kappa Chi Omega, later gave way to the national organization Chi Omega on campus. She advises young women to get involved in a Greek or service organization for the personal and professional benefits.

Those desires still draw women to sororities today. Pi Theta president Samantha Thone ’16 joined to meet new people and said the emphasis on service, planning, organizing, and accountability has made her a stronger person.

Mingling with sisters of all ages in June, sorority founders could attest to the lifelong ties.

“We rarely know the path our life, career, love and loss will take,” Ms. Gansz said, “but depending on a sister at your side will always make these times easier.”

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Farrowing a new educational mission

Illinois campus becomes international destination for pig farm training

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it by bit, the former Carthage campus in Illinois is beginning to look like itself again.

Prairieland Investment Group LLC, which acquired the 23-acre property in 2007, leases the site and facilities to Carthage Veterinary Service Ltd. and its affiliated companies. As these businesses expand, they’re gradually renovating the salvageable buildings and putting them to new use.

While CVS still maintains a veterinary practice on the west side of the city, the core of the company offers a much wider range of services to the swine industry. It provides consulting, research, training, management, and supplies — handling everything from accounting to human resources to nutrition.

Needing space to grow, the business zeroed in on the longdormant campus. Dr. Joe Connor, president of CVS, said the site was attractive for a couple of reasons.

“It looked like a tremendous opportunity to not only make it

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usable for our company, but to upgrade it for the city of Carthage itself,” he said.

Memorial Hall, built as a men’s dormitory for the College in 1946, was first on the list. CVS converted it to its main offices in 2009.

That building was structurally sound and in decent shape, Dr. Connor said.

More recently, CVS tackled the former Memorial Library — which, in the understated lingo of real estate, needed some TLC. After extensive upgrades, it opened as the Carthage Learning and Development Center, with classrooms for swine management for both domestic and international trainees.

This summer, 34 trainees from China are there to learn proper techniques that they can employ on farms in their homeland. They also have access to a new addition that simulates the layout and ventilation of a modern swine barn — minus the pigs. No animals are kept on the property.

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Above left: The building that once housed male Carthage students as Memorial Hall now houses the main offices of Carthage Veterinary Service and its related companies.

Top right and middle right: After extensive renovations, the companies opened the College’s former Memorial Library as an educational center with classrooms for swine management.

Bottom right: A new addition simulates a modern swine barn.

Photos courtesy of Carthage Veterinary Service Ltd.

Al Van Maren ’65 drove 250 miles from Harvard, Illinois, to visit the site earlier this year. In June, he gave a slideshow presentation to fellow alumni who came to Kenosha for the Illinois campus reunion.

A series of post-Carthage owners razed many of the original campus buildings, and Dr. Connor noted that water damage to Carnegie Science Hall has resigned it to the same fate. Towering trees no longer flank visitors on Evergreen Walk, either.

Judging from the number of news articles that alumni have forwarded about CVS’ progress, however, they’re excited to see part of their old stomping grounds returning to life — especially as a place of learning.

“It’s an educational institution,” Mr. Van Maren said, “and they’re trying to do things for the community.”

CVS donated buildings that the College once used as a chapel and music hall to Carl Sandburg College. The community college hosts performances, recitals, and movies in the renovated auditorium.

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An apartment complex north of the library could become a day-care center.

Traces of Carthage’s presence from 1870 to 1964 run deeper than the structures. CVS revived the College’s once traditional community Easter egg hunt, joining forces with a nearby church.

And, before demolition on the Field House began, workers preserved a Carthage time capsule that staff eventually will open.

You might say the business has gone whole hog to maintain these historic links.

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Leading with loyalty

By Pat Olsen

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“I went to Carthage for the wrong reasons, but I stayed for all the right reasons.”

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hen Hoyt Harper ’77 was featured in The New York Times’ Workspace column in February, he didn’t expect the reaction: Colleagues from as far back as 2000 got in touch.

“It gave me a chance to reconnect with a lot of folks and was a lot of fun,” he says. He also took some ribbing later that month at the Carthage trustees’ meeting; he’s been a member of the board since 2006.

From fitness equipment and healthy snacks to the photo of himself piloting a simulated dogfighting plane, the column gave a snapshot of Mr. Harper’s approach to both business and life through his office setup at Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. in Stamford, Connecticut. At the time, he oversaw marketing, product development, owner relations, and the “guest experience” for its Sheraton properties.

In May the company introduced the 24-year Starwood veteran as global brand leader for The Luxury Collection, a network of nearly 100 luxury hotels and resorts in more than 30 countries.

Recognized for his skill in developing customer loyalty, Mr. Harper explains that the key to innovation is to understand data and trends — not just to rely on what’s in front of you, but to think one or two steps ahead. The “magic and science” behind that involves satisfying two customers: hotel owners and their guests.

“We’ve told our owners that our commitment to them is investing their money in services that have a material impact on guest satisfaction and loyalty, and, by doing so, we’ll increase market share and make our guests less price-sensitive,” the executive says. That, in turn, will make the owners more money.

Mr. Harper’s father, a child psychologist for the Milwaukee Public Schools and a professor at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, wanted him to attend UWMadison. He says that’s probably why he chose Carthage.

Baseball coach Augie Schmidt III held out another carrot by promising to put him in the starting lineup.

“I went to Carthage for the wrong reasons, but I stayed for all the right reasons,” Mr. Harper muses, admitting that he needed the “kick in the butt” that a small school provides.

“I was undisciplined and immature and tended to skip classes I found easy,” he admits. His coach called him into his office one day and said, while it was Mr. Harper’s business whether he wanted to go to class,

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he’d be off the team if he missed one more.

That straightened him out. He attributes his success as a student and preparation for life after college to that type of personal attention.

The summer of his sophomore year, Mr. Harper started as a flight attendant for Trans World Airlines (TWA). The job came with a phone for his dorm room so the airline could contact him about his schedule. And, yes, this time he got permission to miss class — from the dean — when he was flying.

Mr. Harper was forced to give up football that fall because he missed the preseason workouts, but he lettered in baseball all four years at Carthage. By Thanksgiving of senior year, his flight schedule proved to be too much, so he left TWA after the holiday.

The die had been cast, however. The experience convinced him that he wanted a career in the travel industry.

For the remainder of the year, he worked as a student representative for the Office of Admissions, arranging campus visits and talking to parents and students about college life. After graduating with a degree in sociology and social science and finding few airline jobs available, he accepted a full-time job in Carthage admissions. He took a couple of business classes and later moved to a travel job in Jamaica.

Ask the executive to name a career highlight and he doesn’t hesitate. After a merger that created Starwood Hotels and Resorts, Mr. Harper led the team that developed Starwood Preferred Guest. Launched in 1999, it became the most celebrated loyalty program in the travel industry and was voted Program of the Year six straight times.

When Mr. Harper worked in Carthage admissions, the group talked about the value of a liberal arts education — one that prepares graduates for life rather than for a particular job. He says he believed it then and has continued to live by that statement.

“I didn’t realize how much I’d learned until later in life, when I started applying some of the basic principles I’d learned in sociology and in some of my business classes to life,” he said. “Building loyalty and making emotional connections are all about understanding people, and my sociology degree and experience at Carthage came in handy for that.”

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Hatters gonna equate Mark Snavely knows math’s hiding places

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hen Professor Mark Snavely wonders, it’s more than idle curiosity.

Over 25 years of teaching at Carthage, he has trained his eye to spot complex mathematical theories in unexpected places. He finds them hiding in toy train track layouts, tippedover cups, baseball box scores, and board games.

To make wonky concepts more approachable for students, the professor of mathematics has them study familiar things. That was important to Micole Gauvin ’15 as she dug for a good senior thesis topic.

“Since coming to college, the math classes I had taken were largely more toward the abstract and higher-level thinking. It’s difficult to fully grasp, even as a math major, let alone try to explain to friends and family,” she said. “I wanted something that I would be able to visualize, work with, and explain relatively easily and confidently.”

As her thesis advisor, Prof. Snavely reached into that bulging satchel of ideas he’s found strewn around the house. As dad and coach to two baseball-loving boys, he had been wondering about the “almost daily search for equipment.”

That clicked with Ms. Gauvin. It became a paper titled “The Problem with Baseball Hats”.

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She imagined a young boy hurriedly grabbing a hat off the pile at either the front or back door of his house and then dumping it on the pile when he returns — but not necessarily by the same door.

Without a predictable pattern, how long would it take before one of the piles was empty and the boy yelled for help?

Ms. Gauvin called the project “a perfect match” — one that made math click for her and wiped out any doubts about her major and career choices. Even family members who never heard of a Markov chain could follow her work, up to a point.

That’s part of the allure. Although any math problem fascinates Prof. Snavely, he said “it’s even more fun when you can explain it to your grandma.”

Or to other top students from across the country. The baseball hat paper earned Ms. Gauvin an invitation to present at the National Conference on Undergraduate Research, next to stoic math topics like Boolean networks and reflexive polytopes.

Prof. Snavely sees a direct link between the focus on research and the Mathematics Department’s bloom. Carthage graduated 10 math majors during the entire 1980s. This spring alone, there were 22.

An Ohio native, Prof. Snavely was drawn to Carthage’s location near his wife’s family in Illinois. Ultimately, he was hooked by the vision Professor Emerita Charlotte Chell laid out for the Mathematics Department when she hired him.

The faculty started to bring students to major research conferences before that became common.

“We jumped right in and haven’t looked back,” Prof. Snavely said. “We’ve made a conscious decision to hire people who are interested in working with undergraduates.”

The department has grown to seven full-time faculty members, who meet for

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lunch each Tuesday to swap ideas and encouragement. Prof. Snavely said the infusion of youth — professors Justin Albert ’06, Sara Jensen ’08, and Haley Yaple all have come since 2013 — keeps him energized.

Hey, even a guy who spots equations in the toy box can learn some new tricks.

Sure, he purposely suggests research topics that transport students back to childhood. But it’s definitely not third-grade material.

“They’re actually using high-level math to solve it,” said Professor Aaron Trautwein, who came to Carthage in 1995.

Chair of the Mathematics Department since 1995, he has no interest in sending narrowly skilled number nerds into the world. His undergraduate degree came from a liberal arts college in Pennsylvania, and he taught for a while in Carthage’s Western Heritage program and its predecessor.

To graduate, Carthage math majors need twice as many Writing Intensive credits as the general College requirement. Whether the audience is filled with math whizzes, communication is a critical skill.

“We have to be meticulous writers in mathematics. Little things like a misplaced pronoun can be ridiculous,” Prof. Snavely said. “If you’re supposed to add ‘it’ to something and you don’t even know what ‘it’ is, you’ve got a problem.”

A broad skill set also brings access to sizzling new career fields like mathematical biology. Workers are needed to hone insurance models or sift out false positives in medical tests.

Prof. Snavely won the College’s Distinguished Teaching Award in 200304, and last fall he was elected governor of the Wisconsin section in the Mathematical Association of America.

“I mean, his notes are the textbook we use for class. He is that good of a mathematician and teacher,” Ms. Gauvin said, adding that she made regular use of his open door policy.

“The courses I took with him were rigorous, but they were worth it, and I think I probably learned the most and felt I earned my grade most in his classes.”

The one person the professor couldn’t help was her hypothetical hatless boy, Pythagoras.

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colors of Holi

Held for the first time at Carthage on April 23, Holi: The Festival of Colors is best known for the color powder toss.

The cultural and religious event turned the area around Kissing Rock into a giant mixing palette.

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COMMENCEMENT 2015

“HOPE. AlWAYS HAVE

It will lead you through to brighter days.

Even when the outlook is bleak, Emmy-winning broadcast journalist Laura Ling urged Carthage’s graduating class to “always have hope.”

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Delivering the May 24 Commencement address, she described the internal transformation that helped her endure 140 days in a North Korean prison.

“That dark period became the biggest test of my strength,” said Ms. Ling, who’s now director of development for Discovery Digital Networks.

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A total of 530 students participated in Carthage’s Commencement ceremony May 24 in the N. E. Tarble Athletic and Recreation Center Field House. Benjamin Simington ’15 gave the senior class address, and two honorary awards were presented during the program. Bryan D. Albrecht, president and CEO of Gateway Technical College, received the Carthage “New Town” Award, while William R. Abt, retiring senior vice president for administration and business, received the Carthage Flame.

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Alumni share milestones in their careers and families

Mini-ʻDONʼ reunion Several 1960s alumni held a mini-reunion of the “DONs” from Delta Omega Nu over the winter in Florida.

From left to right: Al Van Maren ’65, John Kness ’63, Richard Ferrera ’64, Roger Hug ’64, and Larry Kempf ’64.

lives at a continuing care retirement community there. He served on a community task group that planned a celebration of the Martian new year in June.

Susan B. Anthony award from three Kenosha women’s organizations for her work as an “educator, artist, activist, and advocate.”

The Rev. Richard J. Hanson – Peoria, Illinois, celebrated his 40th

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wedding anniversary, 55 years in the ministry, and his 80th birthday in May.

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The Rev. Milton Whitney – Freeport, Illinois, belongs to a group of ROMEOs (Retired Old Men Eating Out) that was featured in an article by the Rockford Register Star. Rev. Whitney also wrote recently that he had visited the Illinois campus and enjoyed seeing signs of life on a beloved campus (see related story on page 26).

almost 29 years and as a chaplain for 20 years. Phyllis is enjoying retirement after teaching kindergarten and first grade for 14 years. They have four children: Paul, the late Greg, Mark, and Kris; 11 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Dorothy (DeBraal) Urquhart – Pearl River, New York, reports that she still enjoys traveling. She and her family enjoyed a trip to Mexico last year and have planned a cruise to Alaska in August to celebrate Dorothy’s 90th birthday.

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Earl Meissner and Phyllis (Kirby) Meissner – Overland Park, Kansas, celebrated 64 years of marriage in June. Earl recently celebrated 60 years in ministry, having served four congregations for

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Greg Clapper – Greenwood, Michael Connor – Greendale, Wisconsin, is president of The Village Club Inc., a private tennis and swimming club in the Milwaukee metro area. Mike is also an officer of the board of directors for North Point Lighthouse Inc., a historical landmark and maritime museum on the Lake Michigan shore.

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The Rev. Donald F. Riechers – Diamond City, Arkansas, celebrated 60 years of marriage to his wife, Wanda Ruth, on May 21 and 60 years of his ordination on May 25. They are now retired.

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Andrew Carlsson – Mars, Pennsylvania, has moved to the small town north of Pittsburgh and

Henry Belusa – Tampa, Florida, has retired from Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation after almost 35 years. He was responsible for equity markets and was one of the original architects of the post-trade process for exchange trade funds (ETFs), which now total more than $2 trillion in assets under management.

In 2013, Mr. Belusa was part of the bell-ringing ceremony at the NYSE celebrating the 20th anniversary of ETFs.

Michelle Serpe – Kenosha, had a busy year. She earned a Ph.D in leadership for the advancement of learning and service from Cardinal Stritch University, where she performed research involving Rotary International exchange students. She also received the Living Legend award from the Mahone Foundation for “commitment on behalf of education and the celebration of children and family,” in a ceremony held at Carthage. In April, she received the

Indiana, recently retired from the U.S. Air Force as a full colonel. He continues to teach as a full professor of religion and philosophy at the University of Indianapolis. His wife, Jody (Rigg) Clapper, also attended Carthage and is a yoga instructor at a local church, an assisted living center, and their home studio.

Kent A. Gaertner – principal at Kent A. Gaertner P.C. and of counsel with Springer Brown LLC in Wheaton, Illinois, has been elected to the Board of Governors of the Illinois State Bar Association (ISBA).

The 27-member board oversees the operations and activities of the statewide organization. Active in the ISBA, he is an elected member of its Assembly, as well as a member of the Commercial Banking, Collections and Bankruptcy Section Council and the Standing Committee on Marketing

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and Communications. He also serves as a hearing officer with the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Committee.

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Greg Lampe – Oak Creek, Wisconsin, has retired after 37 years at Oak Creek High School, where he served as teacher, coach, and athletic director. In 2014, he was named the District 7 Wisconsin Athletic Director of the Year. In 2010, he was inducted into the Wisconsin Fastpitch Softball Coaches Association Hall of Fame. He continues to serve on the State Softball Coaches Board of Directors.

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Jeanne (Gleitsman) Gierke – Glenview, Illinois, recently celebrated 30 years of marriage to former Carthage assistant basketball coach Gregg Gierke, who played for Coach Bosko Djurickovic on three national championship teams at North Park University.

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Diana Endress – Zion, Illinois, retired from Zion Elementary School District 6 after teaching for 22 years.

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David Hoeppner – South Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and Bridget Powers were married April 21, 2015, in a clifftop ceremony in Bridgetown, Barbados. Family and close friends of the bride and groom attended the wedding. The couple resides with David’s son Jacob, 12. David has been a South Milwaukee police officer for the past 16 years.

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Bovine pranks, kick lines, and generosity It has been a special start to the summer break at Carthage. In early June, we held four reunions on campus.

The first reunited our alumni who attended the Carthage, Illinois, campus. As you probably know, our institution was located in that small western Illinois city from 1870 to 1964.

Our “old campus” alumni are some of my favorite people. They are wise, dedicated, fiercely loyal, and share the best stories. Because the city of Carthage sits in the heart of a rural area, these alumni bonded with one another deeply, and, boy, did they create their own fun!

I heard stories of bonfires and beanies, decadeslong friendships, and pranks. (Did you know that, if you lead a cow up to an academic building, it isn’t able to walk down the stairs?) Watching our Illinois campus alumni reunite 50 or more years after graduation was truly an honor. I hope to have as much love for people and zest for life when I grow older.

Our other three June reunions celebrated 50 years since the founding of Kappa Chi Omega, Kappa Phi Eta, and Pi Theta sororities’ Carthage chapters. Nearly 400 women spent the weekend on campus, enjoying sisterhood activities, dinners, lodging in the residence halls, worship, and more (see related story on page 24).

Several of the women hadn’t seen each other for decades. I had the privilege of working one of the registration tables as the women arrived, and it was such a joy to see hugs, laughter, cheers, and even tears. The alumnae fell right back into the swing of collegiate life, reminiscing and sharing memories.

Watching the legacy firsthand was truly inspirational. Some highlights from the weekend included Kappa Phi Eta members bursting into one of their songs during their group photo; Kappa Chi Omega alumnae reconnecting with their advisor, Beverly (Hand) Keller ’45; and Pi Theta doing one of its famous kick lines during dinner.

Each sorority has a scholarship in its name, and the philanthropic spirit continued throughout the reunion weekend. During the Saturday night dinners alone, $11,233 was raised in total for the scholarships, which will assist students for years and years to come.

Similarly, at our Illinois campus reunion, it was revealed that graduates of the Illinois location have funded more than half of Carthage’s 200 endowed scholarships. These graduates continue to bless the College and make a Carthage education possible for future generations.

Stories of friendship, sisterhood, and love continue to come into my mind during the work day, and I can’t help but smile. It is so wonderful to see our Carthage family come together. I love the way we honor, respect, and cherish one another.

This is truly a special place.

Joyfully yours,

Lauren Hansen ’10 Director of Alumni and Parent Programs lhansen@carthage.edu 262-551-5816

Learn more about staying connected, upcoming events, and ways to give back at carthage.edu/alumni.

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Faith is an elementary music teacher in the Broward County School District, and Rodney is a registrar systems specialist for American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine. They reside in South Florida.

1999 Patrick Cairns – Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, was featured in the May 2015 issue of Chain Store Age magazine as one of the “10 Under 40” rising stars in retail real estate. In addition, he has been appointed state operations chair for the Wisconsin chapter of the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC). Patrick has been a member of the real estate team at Kohl’s Department Stores for more than 11 years.

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2005

Illinois, opened an insurance agency, Blankenbaker’s Insurance Agency.

Ohio, recently accepted admission to a Doctor of Philosophy program (educational technology, Department of Educational Studies) at The Ohio State University. He will begin studies this fall.

Andy Blankenbaker – Galena,

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Nathan Hawk – Columbus,

Carl Rapisarda-Vallely – Boston, was appointed head of middle school at the Brimmer and May School in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Carl began working there as a theater and English teacher in 2008 after receiving a Master of Arts in theater education from Emerson College.

John Gray – Washington, was appointed a research fellow at the Thomas A. Roe Institute for Economic Policy Studies, a unit of The Heritage Foundation think tank.

He previously worked as legislative director for U.S. Sen. Rand Paul.

2006 Dr. Becky Mitchell – Raymond,

Leah A. (Stuhlmacher) Steger ’04 and Scott Steger ’02 – Kenosha, welcomed baby boy Cole Thomas to the world on March 2, 2015. Cole weighed 8 pounds, 8 ounces, and was 20 inches long. He joins proud big brother Myles, 4.

Adrienne (Saputo) Hoyt – Atlanta, was promoted to manager, business operations and administration at CNN Worldwide.

Adrienne is pursuing an MBA through the Terry College of Business at The University of Georgia.

Rev. Harvard Stephens Jr. – Kenosha, has been appointed pastor to the community and dean of the chapel for the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago. He served as dean of the A. F. Siebert Chapel at Carthage from 2003 to 2011.

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Rodney Bowen and Faith (Grevengoed) Bowen – Pembroke Pines, Florida, were married in Chicago on Aug. 31, 2014. The bridal party included several Carthage alumni: best man Ed Roberts ‘07; groomsman Jason Mixson ‘07; and bridesmaid Jackie Doyon-Martin ‘06. Fellow Carthage alum Erin Gaffaney ‘06 was the photographer for the wedding.

Another 20 Carthage alumni were present to celebrate the union, in addition to other friends and family.

Wisconsin, earned a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in May. She is starting general surgery residency at Froedtert and the Medical College of Wisconsin regional health care network.

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Jennifer Cobb – Waukegan, Illinois, sang the national anthem at Wrigley Field on May 13 before a Chicago Cubs home game. The video is available on YouTube.

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CATCH YOUR RED MEN AND LADY REDS at your desk, at home, or on the go!

No matter where you are in the world, stay connected with Carthage Athletics. Watch dozens of free, live video streaming events all year on your television, computer, smartphone, or tablet.

Check team schedules at athletics.carthage.edu

IN MEMORIAM 1939 Glen L. Vance

1963 Margaret L. Martyn Swain

1985 Paul E. Peterson

Macomb, Ill., Feb. 28, 2015

Milan, Ill., April 6, 2015

Grayslake, Ill., May 1, 2015

1947 Rev. John P. Petersen

1964 Mardene Derry

1990 Shirley Gename Spence

Evanston, Ill., May 9, 2015

Colusa, Ill., June 30, 2014

Pardeeville, Wis., March 4, 2015

Fred Zellmann

Richard E. Linson

Evergreen Park, Ill., Jan. 11, 2015

West Lafayette, Ind., Feb. 18, 2015

1991 Thomas A. Martin

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1967 Steen Heimke

Ellen L. (Yenny) Black Polo, Ill., Jan. 17, 2015

1952 Rev. Roger K. Hansen

Las Vegas, April 14, 2015

1969 Jay A. “Papa” Eggert

Rockford, Ill., May 28, 2015

Temecula, Calif., May 17, 2015

Della Mae Moen

A. Ronald Kazlo

Freeport, Ill., March 15, 2015

Arlington Heights, Ill., May 28, 2015

1954 John A. James

1971 Gail Winter

Ocean Springs, Miss., Feb. 17, 2015

Racine, Wis., May 23, 2015

1956 Carol E. Holm

1973 Mark Timothy Meyer Canyon Lake, Texas, Feb. 22, 2015

1957 Rev. Donald Sondrol

1975 Elda M. (Harms) Bennett

Muscatine, Iowa, March 23, 2015

Grayslake, Ill., Jan. 13, 2015

1958 James W. Barr

Jean Burkee

1960 Thomas G. Lindblad Menominee, Mich., March 30, 2015

2005 Geoffrey R. Sutich Hayden, Idaho, May 14, 2015

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Anne C. Bergo Kenosha, Feb. 27, 2015

Karen L. Boren Polo, Ill., April 5, 2015

John Z. Burhani Kenosha, May 5, 2015

Omaha, Neb., Feb. 17, 2015

Fort Madison, Iowa, April 30, 2015

Columbia, Mo., May 7, 2015

Milwaukee, May 21, 2015

1977 John R. Glesne Minneapolis, March 12, 2015

1984 James M. Booth

Natalie “Tootie” Lee Burlington, Wis., March 22, 2015

Michael Montemurro Kenosha, May 2, 2015

Carl O. Nelson Minneapolis, March 4, 2015

Joanna DiNatale – Las Vegas, was honored as one of southern Nevada’s most impressive young business professionals. Vegas Inc., a weekly business-to-business publication, held the “40 Under 40” award ceremony in March. She is director of marketing and public relations at iHeart Media.

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Lorraine F. (Hockman) Obert

Justine (Petras) Stumpf –

Elmhurst, Ill., April 22, 2015

Chicago, married Matthew Stumpf on Aug. 23, 2014. The wedding party included Meg (Johnson) Brewer ’09 and Mary (Arzer) Blair ’08. Justine is a geologist at ENVIRON.

Keith Springborg Kenosha, March 19, 2015

Rev. Harland Swiggum Middleton, Wis., May 17, 2015

Pleasant Prairie, Wis., April 2, 2015

Nicolas Sluss-Rodionov Nicolas Sluss-Rodionov ’05, choral manager and production assistant with the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, died unexpectedly March 25, 2015. He was 33.

A graduate of South Milwaukee (Wisconsin) High School, he enrolled at Carthage in 2000. Mr. Sluss-Rodionov majored in music and French, participating in several choral and instrumental groups. He was an active member of Delta Upsilon fraternity and served in the U.S. Air Force Reserve.

He is remembered for his powerful bass voice, joyous dedication to music, and welcoming nature.

“It didn’t matter if you were younger or older, outgoing or shy, singer or instrumentalist. Nic was your friend,” said Professor Gregory Berg, who was his voice coach.

A loyal alumnus, Mr. Sluss-Rodionov was a studio accompanist for Carthage music faculty member Sarah Gorke ’04 from 2007 to 2011. He had professional acting and singing contracts with various regional ensembles.

Both the MSO and the College’s Music Department paid tribute to Mr. Sluss-Rodionov during spring performances.

See full obituaries at carthage.edu/alumni/inmemoriam/

Michelle Davies – Kenosha, became engaged to Coy Stone on Nov. 26, 2014.

They plan to marry on Dec. 19, 2015.

Nick Ramsey – Racine, Wisconsin, organized the exhibition “Transformation: Art & Poetry” at the Racine Arts Council. In May and June, it showcased a variety of visual artwork and poems. Mr. Ramsey completes a two-year term as the city’s poet laureate in October.

Sally Swarthout – Lake Forest, Illinois, received a promotion to director of parks and recreation for the city of Lake Forest. She has worked for the city since 1990.

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time, talent, and treasure Whether you live close to campus or far away, we invite you to stay connected in meaningful ways.

Below are some opportunities to give.

gifts of time • Mentor a student virtually • Attend the Etiquette Dinner and network with our students • Join the Carthage LinkedIn network • Encourage friends to attend Homecoming, reunions, and other Carthage gatherings

gifts of talent • Share and offer internship or job opportunities • Provide a job shadowing experience to a student • Become a Carthage Social Media Ambassador • Help launch and grow our regional alumni chapters

gifts of treasure • Give to the Carthage Fund • Donate to student scholarships • Provide an ongoing monthly gift • Consider a planned gift – including estate plans and gift annuities • Give a gift to support the Science Center

carthage.edu/givenow Learn more about giving of your Time, Talent, and Treasure.

Contact the Office of Alumni and Parent Programs at 262-551-5816 or email alumnioffice@carthage.edu.

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2015 Beacon Award winners

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Michael Stanislawski ’09 and Abigail (Christensen) Stanislawski ’08 – Zion, Illinois, welcomed a baby girl, Allison Rose, on April 3, 2015. She joins big brother Benjamin.

(From left) Michael Warneke ’02, Adam Dubis ’06, Kathryn (Hinterlong) McDonough ’07, Mikaley Osley ’14, Isaac Rothenbaum ’11, and Guy Meiss ’58 received the Carthage Beacon Award on April 25. It recognizes a specific accomplishment, act of service, event, or program. Proceeds from the event benefit the Alumni Association Scholarship fund.

2011

Thomas Novak – Long Grove, Illinois, directed the play “3,” written by a Milwaukee high school student, at the Milwaukee Chamber Theatre’s Young Playwrights Festival Showcase in March. Andrew Stachurski ’14 and Mitch Weindorf ’13 acted in it, and Colleen Geddes ’11 was the lighting designer for the festival.

Paige Preusse – Fort Smith, Arkansas, was promoted to weeknight anchor on the 9 and 10 p.m. newscasts at stations KHBS and KHOG in Fort Smith and Fayetteville.

She will continue to contribute as a reporter.

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2014

Jack Meachum – Naperville, Illinois, was hired to be the first men’s lacrosse head coach at Northland College in Ashland, Wisconsin. The program will begin competition in 2016-17. He served as a graduate assistant for the Red Men this past season.

Samantha Nelson – Oshkosh, Wisconsin, accepted a position at the Oshkosh Chamber of Commerce as member relations manager and began working there in March. She previously was a media consultant at Oshkosh Northwestern Media.

On June 13, 2015, she married Jared Sanchez.

2014 KelliAnn (Anderson) Rubrecht – Cumberland, Wisconsin, has moved to the western suburbs of Chicago for a new job as an operator at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory. She works in the main control room, as one of the employees who oversee the whole accelerator complex, tune up the machines, and do troubleshooting and maintenance when things break — something she says happens “frequently.”

Ms. Rubrecht writes that she “never would have got this amazing job if I hadn’t gone to Carthage.” She adds that she’s not the first Physics Department graduate to work at Fermilab, “and I think that really speaks volumes about the quality of Carthage’s physics program.”

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IN THEIR OWN WORDS

The Fulbright light that illuminated her passage

By Laurel Bates ’01 I attended Carthage College from 1997 to 2001 and was granted a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship at the end of my stay. My experience as a Fulbright fellow helped to shape my career and life path.

I come from a family of teachers, and, when it was time to choose a major in college, I thought, “There must be other professions!” I doublemajored in the subjects that interested me most: international political economy and German, and I didn’t worry too much about future jobs or a career. However, the reality that I would soon enter the workforce and “adult” world came to the foreground during my senior year at Carthage, and I panicked a bit.

I remember discussing my fears about postgraduation life with my mentor and German professor, Greg Baer, and during one of those discussions he mentioned the idea of applying for a Fulbright teaching assistantship to teach English in Germany. I immediately got to work on the application, was lucky enough to be awarded a fellowship for the 2001-2002 academic year, and left the country on Sept. 1, 2001.

I showed up in Germany about a week and a half before I was scheduled to meet up with all of the other U.S. Fulbright recipients. I spent a wonderful 10 days in Munich, connecting with old friends and exploring a city I loved. Then, on Sept. 12, I traveled to Cologne, Germany, so I could attend our Fulbright orientation the next day.

The Sept. 11 terrorist attacks turned my lighthearted arrival into a heavy and confusing set of emotions. Over the next week, we stayed together in a monastery in Altenberg for the orientation. During that time, some people in our group arrived late because their flights had been canceled or delayed,

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and others struggled to reach their families and friends to make sure they were OK. I have always felt that experiencing the events of Sept. 11 in Germany provided me with a unique perspective on the events, and placed me in arm’s reach of the international support and empathy that was pouring out of Europe toward the United States in the immediate aftermath. It never occurred to me that I might experience a national crisis in my native country while living abroad, but, when you pursue a program like this, you of course sign up for an experience that will shape your perspective in unpredictable ways.

After the orientation, I reported to my assigned school. I lived with a family near the school where I taught when I first arrived in Duesseldorf, and I eventually found my own apartment with a German roommate near the main train station on Grupellostrasse. I loved the classes I taught, and I found that working with high schoolers was invigorating.

As a teacher, there’s an opportunity to connect with students and exchange ideas. I enjoyed building those relationships and ultimately wanted to continue teaching in the U.S. So I completed a master’s degree in education and landed a job teaching German to middle schoolers just outside of Madison, Wisconsin. I have worked in education,

in varying capacities, ever since.

I recently met up with some of my Fulbright friends who happen to live nearby in Portland, Oregon. In our discussion, we realized that each of us eventually chose a career in the environmental field. We all felt that our time in Germany had instilled a conservation ethic in us. As I stated earlier, an experience abroad shapes perspective in unpredictable ways!

I left my German teaching position nine years ago to explore education in nonprofit organizations, which led me to a four-year stint with Free Geek, a Portland-based nonprofit specializing in technology reuse and recycling as well as tech education. I am currently the board chair of Oregon Green Schools, a statewide nonprofit that supports and celebrates school sustainability programs. I also coordinate sustainability education programs throughout Clackamas County, located southeast of Portland.

County government and an association of private waste management companies contract me to facilitate a broad range of educational programs, audits, and green school certifications for 150 schools. I’m proud to be part of the Portland area’s sustainability efforts, where policies and practices lead the nation.

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A slice of Carthage history from retired Sports Information Director Steve Marovich

The day the four wins blew in

The celebration made the cover of the 1971 Spring Media Guide.

Carthage is one of two teams in organized baseball — and the only collegiate squad — ever to play and win four games in one day.

This remarkable feat took place on May 18, 1970, when the Red Men swept North Park College in a morning doubleheader and followed that with a sweep of Illinois Wesleyan University in the afternoon.

The quadrupleheader came as Carthage found itself in a three-way race for the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin title in the final week of the season. After the games of May 16, Illinois Wesleyan (10-2) led the league by percentage points over North Park (11-3), with Carthage in third place (8-4).

Five days of rain in the Midwest washed out several doubleheaders that final week, including a Carthage-North Park set in Kenosha and two games with Illinois Wesleyan in Bloomington, Illinois. Normally, those games could have been

rescheduled for the following week, but Carthage was set to close its residence halls on May 17 with the end of the academic year.

Classes had ended May 12, and several baseball players were ready to leave campus for previously arranged summer jobs. As a last resort, Carthage coach Augie Schmidt III offered to play the North Park games in Chicago on May 18, and to play Illinois Wesleyan immediately after — also on North Park’s field. North Park and Illinois Wesleyan agreed.

The North Park twinbill started at 10 a.m., and Carthage’s Tim Breuhl threw a no-hitter in the second game to complete a sweep of the Vikings, 5-0 and 2-0. The Red Men had only a 25-minute break between the morning and the afternoon doubleheaders.

Carthage defeated Illinois Wesleyan 12-3 in the first game of that set, then won the fourth and final game in dramatic fashion. With Carthage trailing

5-4 in the bottom of the seventh inning, Craig Deaton hit a two-run triple with two outs and two strikes to complete a 6-5 victory at 7:30 p.m.

Seven Carthage players played all 28 innings that day, and catcher Fred Richter caught all four games.

Mr. Deaton drove in 11 runs on the day.

After the marathon ended, Coach Schmidt said, “I doubt if any of us imagined we could win four games in one day from the two leading teams in the league. I think we were hoping for a split at worst and three-of-four at best, but our confidence seemed to blossom with each win. By the time we reached the final game, we had the feeling that nobody could beat us.”

With the four victories, Carthage finished the season with a 12-4 conference record that Illinois Wesleyan matched the next day. The two teams were declared CCIW co-champions.

According to researchers from the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR), a Hudson, New York, minor league team swept a Sept. 20, 1903, quadrupleheader against intrastate opponent Poughkeepsie. Several tripleheaders have occurred in Major League Baseball, the last in 1920.

Between 1972 and 1976, Carthage played three additional quadrupleheaders. The next came April 6, 1972, on the team’s spring trip to Oklahoma and Texas — a day after the Red Men played a tripleheader.

In Tishomingo, Oklahoma, Carthage swept a 1 p.m. doubleheader versus Murray State College.

After a 1 ½-hour bus trip to Perrin Air Force Base in Grayson, Texas, Carthage split a twinbill with Grayson County College. The second game was called after Carthage’s bat in the top of the fifth inning, due to an 11 p.m. curfew on the base.

Although they never duplicated the four-win day of 1970, the Red Men parlayed that strong finish into a trend by winning at least a share of the CCIW championship each season through 1973.

Explore the rich history of Carthage at carthage.edu/library/archives

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Summer Carthaginian 2015

The Carthage Fund Support the Carthage Fund.

The Carthage Fund provides for a wide range of critical areas, including essential financial aid to students.

More than 90% of Carthage students receive financial aid.

Sept. 1

Sept. 25-27, Oct. 2-3, Oct. 17, Nov. 9

Oct. 22

Alumni Event: ‘The Breakfast Club’ Viewing Millennium Park, Chicago

Carthage Theatre Presents ‘Afghanistan/Wisconsin Verbatim Theatre Project’

Alumni Networking Dinner

Sept. 9-Nov. 14

Oct. 2-4

Christmas Festival

H. F. Johnson Gallery of Art Exhibit ‘Articulate Visions: Intertwining Art and Science’

Homecoming

Dec. 4-6