Carthaginian Summer 2016

IN THIS ISSUE Feature Articles

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Carthage Education,

College sets ambitious C Otempo V E R in S T O R Y: early student-centered strategic plan

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Disarming Hatred In both classroom and community, religion professor Fatih Harpci stresses interfaith respect

The Brisk Pace of Progress

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See the College’s lofty, student-centered goals for the next decade and the specific steps we’re taking to realize them

The Big Rebound

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Thanks to paternal bond with former coach, injuries never broke the spirit of Kiston Lee ’16

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Class of 2016 Rising Jobs, grad school, and weddings await; eight new alumni describe their post-graduation plans

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IN THIS ISSUE Departments

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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, Carthage 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.

On Campus

Welcoming Democratic and Republican leaders, Carthage grabs a front-row seat in election year

Faculty Notes

Humanities program gives high-schoolers a taste of college

Carthaginian Editorial Team Vice President for Communications

Class Notes

Alumni share milestones in their careers and families

Production Dana Moore

Molly O’Shea Polk

Contributing Writers Managing Editor

Page From the Past

Mike Moore

Archives seeks your help to fill gaps in student org records

Design & Art Direction Johanna Heidorn ’13 Steve Janiak Kim King ’06

Tom Applegarth Mike Moore Danelle Orange Molly O’Shea Polk Tyler Strohl ’16 Elizabeth Young

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Reflections from Pastor Kara Notes from Lauren Hansen

Chairman of the Board of Trustees David A. Straz Jr.

President Gregory S. Woodward

Vice President for Institutional Advancement Evelyn Buchanan

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ON CAMPUS

A glimpse of what’s happening in the Carthage community

Left, right, and Carthage in the middle of it

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders

Confronted by the warring rhetoric of an election year, the natural tendency for noncombatants is to seek shelter.

Instead, Carthage chose to step forward into the center of the 2016 fray. In spring, the College welcomed two prominent national political figures to campus.

First, Democratic presidential candidate and U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders shared his vision for the country during a campaign stop March 30.

Although he eventually lost the party’s nomination to Hillary Clinton, at the time — six days before the Wisconsin primary vote — the race was too close to call.

The line to enter Tarble Arena snaked around the track at Art Keller Field. A crowd of about 2,800, many of them students, attended the event.

Then, on May 22, House Speaker Paul D. Ryan

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House Speaker Paul D. Ryan

gave the Commencement address to the Carthage Class of 2016. A Republican, he continues to represent Wisconsin’s First Congressional District — including the Carthage campus.

In a talk devoid of politics, Speaker Ryan shared insights from his own unexpected rise to the nation’s most influential lawmaker. Privately, he asked Carthage President Gregory S. Woodward to apply the usual speaker’s fee to future scholarships.

Carthage doesn’t endorse specific candidates or political parties. The College does endorse the importance of an enlightened citizenry, which Thomas Jefferson viewed as one of the primary goals of higher education.

“Our engagement with America's election process is not a political venture, nor a selfish one,” President Woodward said. “We take seriously our role in helping to create the great

citizens that Jefferson believed in.”

He urged the campus community to take advantage of this year’s front-row seat to democracy.

“This year, we are honored to host Speaker Ryan and Senator Sanders. Another year, it will be other leaders, other parties, with other beliefs,” President Woodward continued. “The close engagement, critical listening, and informed discussion — the learning — will be the same.”

Dozens of media outlets covered the two events. Interviews with young voters in line for Sen. Sanders’ event made an episode of Showtime’s documentary “The Circus: Inside the Greatest Political Show on Earth.” Speaker Ryan’s talk, meanwhile, aired on C-SPAN and made Commencement roundups in The New York Times and Washington Post.

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ON CAMPUS

SUPERHEROES,

UNITE! From Captain America to Wonder Woman, superheroes flocked to the track at Art Keller Field during Spring Family Weekend. A record 850 runners competed in the third annual Every Kid Needs a Superhero 5K Run/Walk on April 30. Combining their superpowers, the event raised $8,000 for the Boys & Girls Club of Kenosha.

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FACULTY NOTES

Updates on faculty and staff achievements

Plato de-fangs the college boogeyman

Local high school students and Carthage faculty pose for a group photo by the cannon at the Civil War Museum in Kenosha, where they spent the final day of the Humanities Citizenship Initiative in July.

To a first-generation student, the whole idea of college can be intimidating. In July, a pair of Carthage faculty members took some baby steps toward alleviating those doubts.

Professors Ben DeSmidt and Eric Pullin welcomed 17 Kenosha students to campus for a three-week seminar called the Humanities Citizenship Initiative (HCI). The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation awarded them $25,000 to start the pilot program for rising high school seniors from traditionally underserved groups.

HCI participants examined civic concepts from the ancient world to contemporary times through landmark writings by Aristotle, William Shakespeare, W.E.B. Du Bois, and other prominent Western thinkers. The seminar featured lively discussions, assigned papers, and weekly field trips.

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This is modeled on a program that Columbia University, an Ivy League school in New York, has offered since 2009. Compared to overall rates of college applications and enrollment, Columbia reports the percentages among those who complete its program are much higher.

The College hopes to transplant that success to its own backyard. Counselors, principals, and teachers at Bradford and Reuther Central high schools in Kenosha recommended students for the Carthage initiative.

“There are far too many talented kids who are not going to college,” said Prof. Pullin, who teaches history and Asian studies. “And I want to play a role in changing that.”

Four Carthage students —Magdalena Rocha ’19, Daniela Rodriguez ’19, Anna Ptacek ’18, and Katelyn Risch ’17 — served as tutors. The last 90 minutes of each classroom session were theirs to hone HCI participants’ writing skills and boost their confidence in making the leap from high school to college.

“It’s not this big, scary thing,” said Prof.

DeSmidt, who teaches Classics and Great Ideas.

“Yeah, you’re going to write papers, but we’re going to help you every step of the way.”

For completing the seminar, the kids took home potentially transferrable college credit and letters of recommendation from both professors. That’s a good way to make their applications rise to the top of the pile.

“Showing that they have what it takes to do college-level work will help them a lot,” Prof.

DeSmidt said.

Despite the humanities focus, HCI participants’ career interests ran the gamut from engineering to law. As the faculty members see it, even if students decide higher education isn’t right for them, they’ll need this background as active citizens.

“Irrespective of what you want to do with your life, the foundation of any good education involves reading important books that have shaped what it means to live in Western civilization,” Prof.

Pullin said.

Katharine Keenan, a postdoctoral fellow in Western Heritage, and Sharai Jacob ’19 gathered data to evaluate the new program. Buoyed by a promising start, professors DeSmidt and Pullin are eager to see this initiative stick for the long haul.

To improve those odds, Carthage has joined Columbia and 10 other like-minded colleges and universities in a new fundraising consortium.

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FACULTY NOTES

Faculty/Staff Notes Cynthia Allen, assistant professor of exercise and sport science, was elected to a three-­year term as a councilor in the health sciences division of the Council on Undergraduate Research.

Kimberly Greene, associate professor of art, was awarded an upcoming residency with the Romantic Robots collaborative artists’ group at Watershed Center for the Ceramic Arts in Newcastle, Maine.

Vertna Bradley, assistant professor of communication and digital media, was invited to premiere the feature-length film “Church Hurt” at Clayton State University in Atlanta. Prof. Bradley edited the film, which deals with religion and sexuality.

Ellen Hauser, assistant professor of

Brant Carlson, assistant professor of physics and astronomy, chaired a session and co­organized the Atmospheric and Space Electricity Focus Group’s Outstanding Student Paper Awards program in December at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in San Francisco.

Frank D. Hicks, professor of nursing, won the Luther Christman Award for Excellence in Published Writing with “A new kind of nurse: Enacting a vision for a master’s entry program,” a manuscript he co-wrote for the January-February issue of the Journal of Professional Nursing.

Thomas Carr, associate professor

fellow in Western Heritage, wrote a chapter for the recently published book “Consuming St. Patrick’s Day.”

political science and women’s and gender studies, wrote a chapter for the book “Motherhood and Single/Lone Parenting: A 21st Century Perspective,” which came out in June.

Katharine Keenan, postdoctoral

of biology, co-wrote “The phylogeny and evolutionary history of tyrannosauroid dinosaurs,” which appeared Feb. 2 in Scientific Reports — an online journal under the umbrella of the Nature Publishing Group. Prof. Carr and fellow paleontologist Stephen Brusatte laid out a new family tree of tyrannosaur species. From their research, the co-authors determined T. rex may have migrated to what is now western North America from Asia across a land bridge.

Allen Klingenberg, associate professor of mathematics, performed the data analysis for “Linkages Between CEO Compensation, Net Income and Stock Price of Their Corporations,” an article by Gary Keller that was published in the Global Journal of Business Research earlier this year.

Dan Choffnes, associate professor of

Catherine Lau, assistant professor

biology and Asian studies, wrote “Nature’s Pharmacopeia: A World of Medicinal Plants,” which was published in June.

of accounting, finance, and economics, co-wrote a chapter for the “World Scientific Handbook of Global Health Economics and Public Policy.” The section on “Health Effects of Alcohol Consumption” appeared in the second of three volumes, which was released in March.

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Laura Huaracha, associate professor of communication and digital media, submitted a photograph that was accepted for the “Inspiration: Foundations” exhibit at Monmouth College in Illinois. She took the photo, titled “Flight Amongst Steel,” at the Illinois Railway Museum in Union, Illinois. Featuring selected work from faculty at colleges and universities around the region, the exhibit ran from Feb. 22 through April 2.

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FACULTY NOTES

Faculty/Staff Notes Emily Leskinen, assistant professor of psychological science, presented a research poster in March on the topic “Boys will be Boys?

Male­-to-­Male Gender Harassment in the Military” at the Annual Meeting for the Society for Personality and Social Psychology in San Diego.

She reported other findings regarding samegender sexual harassment at spring conferences in Pittsburgh and Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Christopher Lynch, professor of political science and Great Ideas, co-edited the volume “Principle and Prudence in Western Political Thought.” He also contributed a chapter and collaborated on the introduction of this book, which was published earlier in 2016.

Yuri Maltsev, professor of economics, spoke twice at the Pentagon. He participated in a panel discussion for senior military and civilian personnel on the topic “Russia Under Putin” and presented a report on “Russia, Middle East, Ukraine, and Beyond” for a U.S. Air Force conference on national security. In addition, Prof. Maltsev gave reports at 16 Department of Defense seminars on foreign

political and economic issues in Washington and Dayton, Ohio, and contributed a chapter to a series examining 20th century Austrian and British economist Friedrich Hayek.

Joy Mast, professor of geospatial science, received a $1,475 Faculty Research and Development Grant to compare the impact of bark beetle epidemics on ponderosa pine forests to that of high-intensity wildfire. The applied research has implications for management of forests in the southwestern United States.

Daniel Miller, professor of neuroscience, received two contracts totaling $30,000 from the Veterans Administration to support ongoing faculty-student studies involving carbon dioxide inhalation and stress. Based on his collaboration with Justin Miller and Paul Martino, both assistant professors of biology, he gave a related presentation in June at the International Stress and Behavior Society’s meeting in Miami Beach, Florida. Among the long-term goals, researchers hope to develop a protocol to predict which military service members are more susceptible to posttraumatic stress disorder.

Kevin Morris, Klingenmeyer distinguished professor of chemistry, and two of his students co-authored a paper titled, “Molecular Dynamics Simulation and NMR Investigation of the Association of the Blockers Atenolol and Propranolol with a Chiral Molecular Micelle” in the journal Chemical Physics. Understanding how beta blockers — drugs used to treat heart disease and ocular hypertension — interact with a macromolecule may help in pharmaceutical research.

Tom Noer, Valor distinguished professor of humanities, was recognized by the Library of Michigan Foundation as a top author of the Michigan political landscape for his book “Soapy: A Biography of G. Mennen Williams” in April.

Jean Preston, director of the Brainard Writing Center, published her first children’s book, “Banner and the Butterfly,” with illustrator Mayuko Kawashima ’16. Proceeds go to the Open Wings Learning Community, a school for students with special needs in Kenosha.

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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KARA BAYLOR

Christine Renaud, professor of religion, classics, and women’s and gender studies, served as an expert for the educational tour “Inside Italy” by National Geographic Expeditions. After 11 days in June exploring the rich history of Tuscany, she led the group through the cultural centers of Florence and Siena before a final stop in Rome, which included a private after-hours visit to the Sistine Chapel.

Pascal Rollet, professor of modern languages, self-­published a collection of new musical compositions for use in teaching French and Spanish grammar rules. They are available at rascaldrolet.bandcamp.com Wenjie Sun, associate professor of geography and earth science, computer science, and Asian studies, presented “Contextual risk factors of heart disease in U.S. counties — A spatial and statistical analysis,” at the American Association of Geographers annual conference March 30 in San Francisco. Her research could help policy makers determine the most effective ways to fight heart disease.

Tian Tian, assistant professor of social work, presented “Life After Cancer: A Photovoice Study” in January during the Hawaii International Conference on Arts & Humanities in Honolulu. Survivors used photography to demonstrate their experiences with cancer.

Thomas Wolff, visiting associate professor of education, earned a doctoral degree in psychology and behavioral science from California Coast University.

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Enveloped in a broader circle of care In Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, everyone from ages 5 to 18 rode the bus together. My memory of this is so clear because we had just moved to town in July 1977, and the first time my brothers and I got on the bus together — the boys in 10th and eighth grades and I in second — we sat in the first row and they put me right in between them.

My big brothers were protecting me. They were surrounding me in a circle of care.

Trust me, this didn’t happen all the time. They were typical big brothers who also picked on me, and I was the typical little sister who bugged them a lot. Yet, all these years later, that first bus ride to school in Chippewa Falls is still one of my most important memories of my big brothers.

Over the years, more and more circles of care have come into my life. Friends from all of the different communities where I have had the opportunity to live have become near and dear to me. We have protected one another, cried together, laughed together, cooked meals for one another in times of need, and held one another in prayer.

Over the year my circles of care have been pretty homogeneous — that is to say, they have been pretty Lutheran (and exclusively Christian). I’m incredibly thankful for these circles of care, but being at Carthage has expanded my circles of care incredibly.

In April, I was diagnosed with breast cancer. At the last Interfaith Lunch of the year, the Knitting, Etc. club presented me a prayer shawl. Chelsea Reuter ’16 invited everyone there — students, faculty, and staff — to surround me in a circle of care while she prayed for me.

The circle included people from many Christian denominations (Lutherans, Roman Catholics, and nondenominational) and many other faiths (Islam, Judaism, Unitarian, pagan), as well as atheists and seekers. There was no agreement on ultimate truth in that circle, but the shared value of care for those who are sick created a circle of care around me that shared the hope of healing.

The circle of care, hope and prayer that surrounded me that day has helped me through three surgeries and whatever else may be coming my way in the next several months. It is now connected with all the other circles of care that have been formed throughout my life.

It was a powerful moment, to stand in the center of the circle of care. The students were leading, showing us a world where coming together to care for those in need can be done even when we are “different” from one another. There was no fear in the moment; just love and respect and hope for healing — not just for me, but for all the world.

Carthage has expanded my circle of care. I’m forever grateful.

Peace,

Rev. Kara Baylor Campus Pastor

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four-handed

REBOUND As injuries derailed Kiston Lee’s hoop dreams, ‘father figure’ kept recruit’s head in the bigger game

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ATHLETICS

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

Tenacious rebounder.

In hindsight, Dave Roehl nailed that scouting report on the young baller from Decatur, Illinois.

True, the cheers Kiston Lee ’16 expected to elicit from the home basketball crowds at Tarble Arena came too few and far between.

A series of injuries stalled his promising basketball career.

But nothing could silence the applause this time. As dean Kevin Crosby reached his name on the alphabetical list at Commencement, Kiston ambled across the stage, accepted a hug from President Gregory S. Woodward, and mugged for the camera.

The new graduate wore a relaxed smile — one that belied the tenacity it took to get there.

“It’s been a very, very, very tough road,” he said.

Like an Oscar acceptance speech, he names those on campus who supported him along that route. Teammates. Professors. Even President Woodward. But especially Coach Roehl, the father figure who kept him in position for the most important rebound of his young life.

••••••• Head of the Carthage men’s golf program since 2003, Coach Roehl also spent nine years as a men’s basketball assistant. In Decatur with the Red Men for a February 2010 conference game against Millikin University, he invited a potential recruit to the arena for a chat.

Kiston rushed over during a break in a 12-hour Saturday shift at the local Kroger supermarket.

“There’s certain people, when you meet them, that have that special intangible,” Coach Roehl said. “We kind of hit it off.”

As they talked, he noticed this guy possessed something even rarer than a 38-inch vertical. Kiston had a level of respectfulness, maturity, and humility that’s uncommon in a high-school student.

The soft-spoken kid opened up about his background. Raised by a single mom in a dangerous area. Barely knew his dad. Worked long hours to pitch in.

Those weren’t excuses. He didn’t seem to need any. A coach had to root for a kid like that.

“Adversity couldn’t rob Kiston of the power to reach for his dreams,” Coach Roehl said. “He wasn’t going to be deterred by anything, and that’s what impressed me.”

Of course, more hurdles were coming.

••••••• NCAA Division I and II recruiters briefly had Kiston in their crosshairs, but that interest faded as coaches and positional

needs changed. Eager to escape his crime-ravaged hometown, he ultimately found a home at Carthage thanks to Coach Roehl’s persistence and a viable financial aid package.

His freshman year started auspiciously enough. Immediately pegged as a key reserve on the 2011-12 team, Kiston helped the Red Men upset Northern Illinois on the Division I team’s home court in their exhibition opener.

The next game, he broke a bone in his foot.

The injury didn’t sideline him for the long term, but it was enough of a hindrance to nudge him out of the regular rotation. He played in only eight games that season.

“Ever since then, it’s been like an injury roller-coaster,” he said.

On the first day of open gym in fall 2013, he suffered a torn meniscus that wiped out that entire season and the first eight games of the following year. Then, in the last practice leading into his final year of eligibility, Kiston’s right thumb got tangled during a drill, requiring surgery.

As the physical damage pushed him to the sidelines, his focus wandered off-track, too. After initially making the dean’s list, he cranked up the party meter and watched his grades take a corresponding tumble. He teetered on the edge of scholarship eligibility.

At the lowest point, Kiston — who was brought up with a “never quit” mindset — considered packing up and heading home.

••••••• Both in their 30s, Kiston’s two brothers offered what support they could from a distance.

“They have their own lives,” he said. “There’s only so much they can do.”

Enter Coach Roehl. Even after his full attention shifted to the golf team, he kept tabs on the basketball players. Their bond ran deeper than the hardwood.

Sometimes the schedule prevented guys from heading home for Thanksgiving or Christmas. Coach Roehl hosted Kiston, roommate Marlon Senior ’14, and other teammates for holiday dinners.

“When I recruit somebody, it’s kind of like, ‘You got me forever,’” he said. “Good, bad, or ugly on the court or on the course, these are tools to help young people grow into men.”

When he got wind of Kiston’s frustration, he arranged a time for the two to meet.

There was never any screaming in their meetings. Coach Roehl isn’t Bob Knight. Maybe he isn’t Tony Robbins, either, but he got the message across.

“He’s probably one of the greatest motivational speakers I’ve met,” Kiston said. “He always knew what to say and used the right examples.”

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Over time, the coach’s extended family got to know the guy, too. In the alumni spirit, Michael Roehl ’07 started to bring his wife and two kids to Carthage home basketball games.

Their preschool son Johnny, now 6, became star-struck.

“He talks about Kiston like it’s Michael Jordan,” joked Coach Roehl, who is Johnny’s grandfather.

Student-athletes commonly take a minute or two to mingle with fans before or after games. But, when the Red Men forward started showing up to watch Johnny’s youth basketball and baseball games half a county away, Coach Roehl knew the connection was genuine.

He believes those relationships helped Kiston more than any pep talk.

“It just regenerated him a little bit,” Coach Roehl said, “having that support mechanism.”

Whatever it was, Kiston responded by doing exactly what the scouting report predicted. He rebounded.

“Everybody has dips in life,” Coach Roehl said.

“He just pulled up his britches and said, ‘I’m going to do this.’”

••••••• As his senior season wound down, Kiston became a bigger part of the Red Men rotation. He scored doubledigit points in five of his last seven games, and his 16 rebounds on Jan. 30 against Illinois Wesleyan set a season high for the team.

Only regaining partial movement in the thumb on his shooting hand, he relied even more on tenacity than physical ability.

“That ran over into his life,” Coach Roehl said.

“You don’t always get rewarded, but no one can stop you from trying hard.”

After sampling and discarding three other majors, Kiston settled on sociology. He’s curious about people’s behavior, why they react in certain ways, and society’s role in all of it.

Though he gives his mom tons of credit for raising him the right way, it took Kiston into his 20s to find a stable paternal role model. After “witnessing other

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young boys who just need that one person to be like a father figure,” he’s determined to fill those voids as a youth counselor.

Even with his battery recharged, the road to the diploma got no less rugged.

Much of the year, he balanced classes and a full-time job to cover rent and bills and support the family. During basketball season, Kiston still put in 20 to 25 hours per week as a server at Chili’s Grill & Bar. For one exhausting month, he zipped straight to 8 a.m. class from a third-shift job as a grocery store “box boy” — a hazy period that included finals week.

Not every off-campus commitment involved a paycheck. Alongside Carthage education majors, twice a week Kiston mentored a student in an after-school program in nearby Racine.

If physical exhaustion wasn’t enough, Kiston estimates he and roommate Troy Kendrex ’18, a high school classmate who transferred to Carthage, have lost a dozen or more childhood friends — the majority in gang-related violence. Understanding professors let him make up the work he missed while attending funerals and helping relatives.

Yes, graduation was a pretty sweet moment.

••••••• Suddenly, the lucky breaks that eluded Kiston as an athlete keep coming.

Unsure he’d even qualify for graduate school, Kiston did one better. The University of the Rockies in Colorado awarded him a full scholarship for a master’s degree program in psychology and youth counseling.

Hoping to use Carthage connections to gain work experience at the same time, he even got permission to take the courses online. Coach Roehl is confident his protégé has found his calling because “his heart and soul are into it.”

In the jargon of academia, Kiston’s tale serves as a model of “student success”. But his mentor quickly points out that the rejuvenation is mutual.

The one-time recruit became “like a son.”

“He’s taught me a lot,” Coach Roehl said. “When you see a young man like that who continues to progress … you’ve got to look at somebody like that and say, ‘Boy, I didn’t have those hurdles.’”

The chance to shape — and be shaped by — unflappable up-and-comers like Kiston reinforces the coach’s longtime motto: “I don’t go to work. I go to school.”

Baseball

Regional recognition for two Red Men Two Carthage baseball players were named to the 2016 D3baseball.com All-Central Region team. Shortstop/ outfielder Jordan Wiegold ’16 made the first team, while first baseman/ designated hitter Reed Hero ’17 got picked for the second team.

Jordan hit .390 with seven home runs and 35 RBI. Reed batted .348 with four home runs and 35 RBI.

Women’s Basketball

Harris makes D3hoops.com all-region second team The website D3hoops.com chose guard Morgan Harris ’18 for its 2016 All-Central Region second team.

Morgan became the seventh player in program history to receive all-region honors. She started 23 games during the 2015-16 season and led the Lady Reds in points (17.0), rebounds (8.8), assists (4.3), steals (1.6) and minutes (34.8) per game.

Each ranked in the top 10 of the conference, earning her a unanimous first-team All-College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin honor.

Men’s Golf

CCIW runner-up selected to all-region team The Golf Coaches Association of America chose Matt Meneghetti ’17 for its All-Central Region team.

He finished second at the CCIW championship with an even-par 288 over the four-round tournament.

Matt compiled a team-leading 73.6 season average over 12 events and matched his career-best round of 70 on the final day of the conference championship.

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ATHLETICS

Women’s Golf

CCIW champ makes Central Region team After the conclusion of the spring season, the Women’s Golf Coaches Association selected Kayla Meyer ’16 for the All-Central Region team.

Kayla was the medalist at last fall’s CCIW championship with a threeround total of 230. She averaged 78.9 strokes over 11 events in 2015-16.

Men’s Lacrosse

A repeat run to NCAA tournament The men’s lacrosse team won its first conference tournament championship and competed in the NCAA Division III tournament for a second straight season.

After losing the previous three years in CCIW title games, the Red Men closed this one out with a 13-8 victory over Illinois Wesleyan on May 7. Although the conference doesn’t receive an automatic NCAA berth, Carthage earned a Pool B selection.

The Red Men lost their first-round tournament game to No. 6 Denison University 19-2 in Granville, Ohio.

Softball

Two Lady Reds named all-region Fueling Carthage’s resurgence, Darian Pelsor ’17 and Hailey Rothstein ’19 made the 2016 National Fastpitch Coaches Association’s AllGreat Lakes Region first team.

Darian led the conference with 50 hits while tying for the CCIW lead with eight home runs. Also chipping in 44 strikeouts in 71 innings of work on the mound, she made the regional team as a designated player.

Hailey also was named 2016 CCIW Newcomer of the Year. She finished

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her freshman season with a .353 batting average, and her CCIWleading 41 RBI tied a Carthage single-season record.

A season after finishing last in the conference and going 12-22 overall, the Lady Reds nearly reached .500 at 19-21.

Women’s Swimming and Diving

Sophomore diver grabs third CCIW title Lady Reds diver Zoe Rodriguez ’18 set a pool record while winning her third individual CCIW title in Bloomington, Illinois.

Her 11-dive aggregate score of 408.10 was tops in the one-meter division. That qualified Zoe for the NCAA Division III regionals in Granville, Ohio, where she placed 18th.

Men’s Tennis

Unblemished conference record After winning all six regular-season CCIW men’s tennis meets and the conference tournament, Carthage advanced to round two of the NCAA championship.

By edging Wheaton College in the CCIW tournament final, the Red Men punched their ticket to the national tourney. They topped John Carroll University in their NCAA opener before losing to the University of Chicago on the eighth-ranked Maroons’ home courts.

Carthage went 22-7 overall, giving Brady Lindsley an 11th conference title as coach of the men’s team.

Ryan Jump ’16 graduated as the program’s career leader in singles victories (91).

Men’s Track and Field

Red Men represented at indoor, outdoor nationals Sprinter/jumper Shawntrel Garner ’18 and thrower Mark Balmes ’16 tasted NCAA Division III championship competition over the spring.

Shawntrel competed in the NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships at Grinnell, Iowa, finishing 11th in the long jump at 6.57 meters (21 feet, 6 ¾ inches). A dual-sport athlete, Shawntrel was the third-leading tackler for the Red Men during the 2015 football season.

Competing in the discus, Mark was 16th in the outdoor championship at Waverly, Iowa. He earned All-Midwest Region honors from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

At the CCIW outdoor championships in Rock Island, Illinois, Kendric Cornelius ’17 won the Track Athlete of the Meet award after winning the 100- and 200-meter dashes.

Women’s Track and Field

Shot putter Young claims All-America status Morgan Young ’17 earned AllAmerica honors in the shot put at the 2016 NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships. Her toss of 45 feet, ½ inch put her sixth

at Grinnell, Iowa, in her third straight NCAA appearance.

In May, she joined fellow thrower Mia Bennett ’18, jumper/thrower Elanta Slowek ’18, and heptathlete Chelsea McKay ’16 as NCAA outdoor qualifiers. Mia had the team’s best showing at Waverly, Iowa, placing eighth in the discus throw.

Morgan and Mia were U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association All-Midwest Region honorees for the indoor season, and Morgan joined Elanta for the equivalent outdoor honor. The trio combined to win six CCIW events during the spring.

Jeff Rebholz, meanwhile, became the program’s first regional Assistant Coach of the Year.

Water Polo

Boothe makes All-America splash The Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches named Allie Boothe ’18 to the All-America second team.

She’s only the second Lady Red to receive that honor.

Allie led the team with 54 goals and was second with 37 steals and 14 drawn exclusions. Teammate Jane Eckles ’19 joined her on the Collegiate Water Polo Association first team and also won the CWPA Division III Rookie of the Year award.

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We will guide each student to discover and realize her or his true potential through a holistic and transformative education that positions Carthage as a national model for liberal arts education.

This is our vision. It stands behind every goal, strategy, objective, and tactic in this plan. It calls for deeper integration of student life with academic endeavors, the integration of a set of general education requirements with a core component of study with majors designed to prepare for professional success, and ever more integration of extra and co-curricular opportunities with experiential and high-impact learning practices.

The Carthage community agrees that collectively, we will strive to deliver to our students, in the context of a hospitable community dedicated to learning, the very best educational and developmental experiences we can imagine, modeling behaviors that inspire a love of learning and community that will last a lifetime.

a national model Carthage will become a participant in regional and national conversations about the very best student learning experiences in higher education; will be fully engaged in the thoughtful development of a vibrant, cutting-edge learningcentered campus and community; and will secure a set of sustainable business practices that will ensure a powerful future for the College. Success will be measured primarily by elevated student outcomes, sustained enrollment, and financial stability, but collectively, these accomplishments will validate that we have undertaken the steps necessary to evolve from an excellent college to an outstanding one — that we will have become a strong and highly respected institution providing an exceptional and transformative education for our students while helping to create the future of higher education in America.

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or 169 years, Carthage College has been Seeking Truth, Building Strength, and Inspiring Service — Together. The College has a long and prosperous story of growth and development. Today, the College enjoys a position of strength unparalleled in its long history. Now, Carthage is strategically poised to take the next substantial step in its maturation.

This upcoming period will be one of refinement and refocusing — a special opportunity to realize more fully our vast potential by building upon our hard-earned solid foundation and to further define the College’s true and best character.

Our strategic planning process has modeled the collaborative and integrative spirit that the plan is designed to deepen.

Hundreds of members of our community worked for almost two years on this project in a true communal effort. Throughout the

plan’s development, the entire Carthage community came together to share their vision and connect ideas, reimagining our college. It was clear throughout the process that the College community shared a central belief for the plan we were creating: that the plan and its goals should focus foremost and most powerfully on the success of our students.

This new plan seeks to create and refine the practices, processes, and pedagogies that will motivate and enable each and every student to uncover and ignite his or her true potential in the 21st century. Our collective mission must be to propel our students into lives worth living, inspired and prepared through robust educational endeavors bolstered by real world experiences, a synergistic and rich liberal education, and specific, professionally directed skill sets.

This plan proposes a series of strategies and goals that will improve and redefine our

practices in this complex enterprise.

Not everything we plan for will ultimately unfold, as new directions will emerge; yet this plan will act as a guide for the College over the next ten years. It is perhaps most important that we collectively agree on the journey we will undertake, initially setting specific targets that might logically change as our voyage matures and evolves.

I invite you to explore our plan, to learn about the future of Carthage College, and to imagine how you can contribute to this transformative vision. Together, we can create the very best version of our college, preparing our students for better lives and a better world.

Greg Woodward

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Strategy: Provide an exemplary first-year student experience that successfully transitions students from their senior year of high school to their third semester of college.

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student success after the first year

Strategy: Create and implement programs and practices that result in higher persistence rates to graduation, rising student satisfaction, and demonstrable preparation for life after college.

selected achievements

center for student success opens as a one-stop shop for student support

health and counseling staffing Doubled

Enhance

orientation programming and first-year experiences

student succes 2012 2014 2016 experiential President’s task force for

student success

peer mentoring

program launches with 150 student volunteers

carthage in chicago

program launched

Hired director

of internships and employer relations

named lead institution

for NASA’s Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium

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We will create more fully integrated learning experiences intentionally focused on maximizing student success and wellness.

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experiential learning

Strategy: Enhance and institutionalize experiential learning at Carthage, including a commitment to global education, internships, leadership education, service learning, and undergraduate research.

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integrated student learning

Strategy: Provide a holistic learning environment that integrates academics with student life, including wellness and athletic programs, extra- and co-curricular options, and the residential experience.

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career services

student health and wellness programming

Focus on

developmental student advising

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community engagement and service learning Expand

1,632 hours devoted to service learning courses in 2015-16

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abroad experiences

student participation in research

Expand

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Tiny satellite, big idea Once every 16 days, a LandSat satellite flies over Carthage as it continues its nonstop polar orbit of Earth.

With a billion-dollar budget and a team of hundreds manning its progress, the LandSat program sends 700 multispectral images of Earth back to Earth every day.

If, for just one of those images, LandSat could get a close-up picture of campus — specifically what’s happening in the physics labs of the new Science Center — its engineers might grow a twinge nervous that a team of undergraduates is out to steal their jobs.

Carthage recently received a $277,000 grant from NASA to design, build, and launch a CubeSat, a tiny satellite that will attempt to gather the same data as the LandSat satellite 7,000 times its size.

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size of a loaf of bread, and at a tiny fraction of the cost,” says divisional dean and physics professor Kevin Crosby, who is leading the Carthage CubeSat team.

It is a bold and difficult project.

“It would be crazy if this worked out,” Prof. Crosby says. “It is extremely audacious. We’re going to fail, there’s no question. The trick for us right now is to be as alert as we can be to the possibilities for failure, so that we can design and build against them.”

For his team, Prof. Crosby recruited 17 Carthage students, selecting most of them from last year’s freshman class.

“I thought I would work mostly with freshmen because it is a long life cycle to go from design through watching the launch,” he says.

He opted to have the team tackle a significant science question, rather than build a typical first-attempt CubeSat, which he describes as a “Sputnik-era beeping box” that orbits the Earth but provides little scientific benefit.

The Carthage satellite will gather multispectral images of Earth — specifically the world’s forest canopy — and send them back to campus, where the team will analyze the reflectants of light coming off the forests and use the data to compare carbon content in old-growth forests to harvested forests. The project is named CaNOP (pronounced “canopy”), which stands for Canopy Near-IR Observing Project.

A team of experts will advise the students. The advisory panel includes Carthage geospatial science professor Joy Mast, Carthage computer science professor Perry Kivolowitz, and Isa (Fritz) Peterson ’10, now a space architect with SSL.

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Red Men sniff perfection So close to perfection.

Heading into an NCAA quarterfinal match on April 22, the Red Men hadn’t lost to a Division III opponent in 401 days.

Up to that point, Carthage had gone 24-0 against that level of competition in 2016. The Red Men captured the Midwest Collegiate Volleyball League’s regular season title with a perfect 13-0 record and then rolled to the MCVL tournament championship.

Plenty of optimism rode with them to Rochester, New York, after Carthage received one of the four available atlarge spots in the NCAA Division III tournament.

The season came to an abrupt end in the Empire State, as a scrappy Stevenson University squad eliminated Carthage in four sets. Nevertheless, with three NCAA bids in the last five years, the program has cemented its place among the nation’s elite.

Head coach L.J. Marx said Carthage is reaping the benefits after having the foresight to create one of the first Division III programs in the region.

“We’re kind of the name out there that people recognize for men’s volleyball in the Midwest,” he said, which helps to attract recruits.

The Red Men led Division III schools with five 2016 American Volleyball Coaches Association All-America honorees. Outside hitter Griffin Shields ’17, middle blocker J.P. Tulacka ’16, and libero Marc Hansen ’17 made the AVCA first team, while outside hitter Will Craft ’16 and setter Matt Reinsel ’19 — the national Newcomer of the Year — earned spots on the second team.

At the conference level, Carthage swept the individual player and coach awards. Still, nobody’s content to sit and admire the view from this plateau.

“We’re still chasing that elusive national championship,” Coach Marx said, “which is a very difficult task.”

To make those final few strides, he said teams typically need a commitment to off-season weight training, the camaraderie to withstand a long season, the refusal to become complacent in the face of success, a finely tuned coaching plan, and even a dash of luck.

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First-year navigation aid Taking more challenging classes, making new friends in an unfamiliar place, and juggling commitments — the first year of college can be a shock to the system.

With that in mind, about 100 returning Carthage students — a mixture of sophomores, juniors, and seniors — volunteered to be student success coaches this fall. Assigned a small group of students, each coach can help individual students adapt to the academic, social, and extracurricular demands.

After a soft launch in 2015, Carthage has refined the Student Success Coach program by folding it into the College Success Seminar — a required first-year course that also covers topics like goal setting, time management, and diversity.

The coaches will attend learning sessions through the Character Quest leadership program. After connecting with their groups at New Student Orientation, they’re expected to arrange five individual meetings with each student over the first 10 weeks of the fall semester.

“Peers have a little more clout sometimes,” said Karly Kattenbraker, a first-year advisor who oversees the project with colleague Ryan Polk.

The coaches, in turn, will provide feedback to first-year advisors. They’re counting on the freshmen who benefit most from the program to jump in and serve as future coaches, just like Jackson Bailey ’19 did.

He arrived on campus with “a great deal of questions and uncertainty” in fall 2015.

“Through the stress of school, being homesick, and meeting new friends, I enjoyed being able to meet with someone and who cared about my wellbeing,” Jackson said. “I hope to offer the same level of comfort to the incoming freshmen. I hope I can make their initial experience at Carthage comfortable and exciting.”

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Strategy: Review and renew general education offerings to create a program that 1) includes a more specifically designed first year academic experience, 2) is built around high-impact practices such as service learning and learning communities, and 3) fosters a student academic journey of reflective becoming rather than required box-checking.

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of science in nursing program

Strategy: Review and revise existing majors to foster curricular and pedagogical innovation that emphasizes critical and creative thinking, encourages reflection, and integrates experiential learning.

Carthage named a top

producer of fulbright fellows

by the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs

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learning outcomes

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honors program

new full-time faculty members

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of science in business design and innovation

10-year accreditation

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Strategy: Explore and develop new undergraduate, graduate, and summer programs that attract and serve new populations of students and that provide resources to sustain and develop the academic mission of the College.

Strategy: Promote, develop and reward faculty excellence, with special emphasis on responding to the changing needs of the College, students, and professoriate.

enroll 180 students in new undergraduate options Review and revise

general education curriculum

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Phages for everyone Carthage life science students do hands-on research in their first year, in the new Molecules, Cells, and Organisms course. All freshmen majoring in biology and neuroscience, as well as those on the pre-health or pre-med tracks, take it as their first science course at Carthage.

“These students get introduced to research right away,” Professor Deborah Tobiason said. “Not only that, they have the chance to get their research published, which is an amazing opportunity for freshmen.”

Carthage is one of only 80 schools in the country to have a course like this — and the only one in the Milwaukee-Chicago corridor to structure an introductory science course this way.

“Most colleges aren’t even considering doing biology this way,” Professor Temple Burling said. “The National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health and other science education policy places have been calling for real reforms in the way we teach biology to undergraduates. I would say we are on the cutting edge for how we should be teaching biology.”

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A Fulbright factory

Every student in the course gets to isolate bacterial viruses (known as phages) from the environment, prepare their DNA for sequencing, and examine them using an electron microscope.

The class is an expansion of the successful Phage Hunters program, which started in 2011. A small group of first-year students conducted hands-on genomics research, thanks to a grant from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.

Carthage offered the introductory course for the first time last fall. It let 120 students in small classes do the same kinds of research that previously was reserved for a specific few.

If you caught last summer’s issue of this magazine, you might remember that 2015-16 was a banner year at Carthage with five Fulbright fellows.

Turns out that put us in some prominent national company, too.

Carthage is among the U.S. colleges and universities that produced the most 2015-16 Fulbright U.S. Students, the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs announced.

Our five awards topped all bachelor’s degree institutions in Wisconsin. Among all categories, only the University of Wisconsin-Madison had more recipients statewide.

Nicole Gaa ’15 spent a year in Turkey as a Fulbright U.S. Student.

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“The global perspective that our students develop through their curriculum, education abroad, and language study is a good fit for the role of Fulbright fellow,” said Dan Choffnes, director of student fellowships at Carthage.

The Fulbright Program is the U.S. government’s flagship international educational exchange program.

The annual grants allow students to study, teach English, and conduct research in more than 140 countries.

“This distinction is a recognition of our students’ commitment to build bridges between the people of the United States and other countries,” Prof. Choffnes said. “It is gratifying to see so many of our alumni making a difference in classrooms and study sites all over the world.”

Proving it wasn’t a fluke, four more Carthage applicants have received grants through the Fulbright English Teaching Assistant Program for 2016-17: Jessie Bingaman ’16 (Taiwan), Taylor Kloha ’15 (Czech Republic), and Michelle Nuetzmann ’16 and Evan Weyrauch ’15 (both Germany).

The awards raise Carthage’s total to 17 Fulbright fellowships in the past nine years.

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Docket dominators For the first time in the program’s 10-year history, Carthage qualified for the American Mock Trial Association’s national championship.

After entering the year ranked No. 273 in the country, the mock trial team’s showing in Greenville, South Carolina, helped it finish 43rd. That placed Carthage in the top 6 percent of all collegiate teams.

“Making it to nationals is a big deal,” said Professor Michael Phegley, director of the College’s mock trial program.

He compared the achievement to reaching the Final Four in NCAA basketball.

Carthage qualified for the April 15-17 tournament by finishing second the previous month in the 24-team Opening Round Championship Series at Geneva, Illinois.

The team opened the ORCS with a win over the University of Notre Dame and earned a split with 16th-ranked Xavier University. But the No. 4 team in the country, Miami University of Ohio, still stood in the way.

Walking down the hallway after that matchup, Prof.

Phegley saw two members of the Miami team crying. He went straight to the posted judges’ ballot.

“Once I got to the ballot, I knew it was because we beat them,” he said.

Pretty impressive for a group that features few prospective lawyers. Mathematics major Peter Dziewiontkoski ’16 joined mock trial to brush up on public speaking and civil debate.

“You have to be totally immersed in a case and really dive into the nuts and bolts,” he said. “What we may think a case is about could be entirely different from what another team thinks about a case, and you have to work through those contrasts. It’s like playing 10 games of chess all at the same time.”

Theatre professor Herschel Kruger works with the team to help mock trial witnesses slip into character.

DaQuawn Bruce ’17 won an All-American witness award at nationals.

While Yale University won the championship, the Carthage team members could easily hold their heads high.

“At nationals, it didn’t matter that other teams thought we were little Carthage from no one knows where,” Peter said. “We went out there, did the best we could, and I’m proud of that,” he said. “I’m excited to leave Carthage after this experience.”

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Strategy: Nurture mutually beneficial partnerships and programs with nonprofits, congregations, educational institutions, foundations, government entities, and the business community at the local, state, national, and international levels.

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Strategy: Increase community engagement in spiritual expression, exploration, and education on campus.

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Strategy: Develop a campus culture that is welcoming and supportive of diversity and inclusion in their broadest definitions and free from all types of discrimination.

Be named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service

Achieve carnegie

community engagement classification

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The percentage of students from diverse and

international populations will

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Rooted but welcoming Since joining the Carthage family as campus pastor in January 2014, the Rev. Kara Baylor has worked to create a culture of inclusiveness.

While maintaining the College’s strong roots in the Lutheran tradition, she has shaped the Center for Faith and Spirituality’s program offerings to welcome students of all faiths. These include: Better Together, a new student organization that works with the national Interfaith Youth Core whose focus is threefold: knowledge, attitude, and relationship. IFYC believes effective interfaith programs facilitate positive, meaningful relationships between people from different backgrounds and increase appreciative knowledge of other traditions.

Interfaith Lunch, a staple each Thursday during the academic year when students, faculty, and staff gather to learn from those of different faiths and practices. Past lunch discussions have centered on Judaism, Islam, Zen Buddhism, the Quakers, and paganism.

Campus Ambassadors, designated representatives in each residence hall who help fellow students connect to faith-based campus organizations, lead Bible study sessions, and conduct one-on-one peer ministry when needed.

The Kenosha Interfaith Scholar in Residence program, which the CFS and Diversity Center at Carthage started in collaboration with Beth Hillel Temple, First United Methodist Church of Kenosha, and Holy Rosary Church.

Vanderbilt University professor Amy-Jill Levine, a selfdescribed “Yankee Jewish feminist who teaches in a predominantly Christian divinity school in the buckle of the Bible Belt,” made several community presentations in March as the first such scholar.

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Steps toward inclusion Shortly before completing her term as Carthage’s first director of diversity, Professor Sandie Bisciglia reminded graduating seniors how much progress has come during their time on campus.

“The openness you’ve experienced here is President Woodward’s gift to you,” she said at the May 21 Baccalaureate worship service in A. F. Siebert Chapel.

Over the past four years, Carthage has: created a Diversity Leadership Council involving student, faculty, and staff representatives launched annual events such as the monthlong Diversity Summit and the DREAM Conference for scholarly and creative student work

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expanded Multicultural Affairs programs, coordinated by the Office of Student Life trained dozens of faculty and staff members to maintain SafeZones where anyone can freely talk about LGBT issues established Multicultural Leadership Scholarships for first-time, undergraduate degree-seeking students This year, the College expanded that scholarship program. Up to 15 qualified students now can receive awards worth $5,000 apiece.

While Carthage officials have provided the vision, students have eagerly taken up the mantle of diversity and inclusion. They’ve formed the Jewish and Islamic awareness associations, the Asian and Pacific Islander Coalition, Students Against Sexism in Society, and other new campus organizations. Existing groups have broken the ice on timely discussions with events like Black Student Union’s popular Chattin’ with Chicken series.

The changes are beginning to extend beyond awareness. Early enrollment figures estimate 27 percent of the incoming 2016 class will come from traditionally underrepresented groups.

“So many of these firsts were about tolerance, acceptance, respect, and kindness, which speak to who you are as a class,” Prof. Bisciglia said. “I believe you have set precedents that have brought Carthage into a new phase of social growth and development, and there is no turning back.”

To continue that development, Michele Hancock — who joined the College in 2014 as special assistant to the provost and visiting professor of education — was just promoted to director of equity and inclusion.

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Protective commitment Thanks to an Aurora Health Care grant, Carthage has joined three other Kenosha County organizations to develop and expand community-based sexual assault and domestic violence prevention and treatment programs.

With its portion of the grant, worth approximately $61,000, Carthage will collaborate with the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Gateway Technical College, and local nonprofit shelter Women & Children’s Horizons to expand services to student and employee victims of sexual assault and improve the overall response to sexual violence on campus.

Carthage President Gregory Woodward said the grant helps to create a stronger partnership between local agencies and the campuses.

“By working together, we all gain access to valuable training and other resources that can only boost awareness and prevention of domestic violence and sexual assault,” he said.

One day each week during the spring semester, trained sexual violence advocates at each of the three campuses provided support and assistance to any victims. Representatives from each institution also have served on the Sexual Assault Response Team for Kenosha County, whose tasks included writing a protocol that will be signed during an official ceremony in August.

This fall, as part of the initiative’s first phase, each campus will administer a climate survey to faculty, staff, and students about sexual misconduct. The results of that survey will inform future actions.

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organizational management

Strategy: Incrementally grow enrollment, enhance student quality, increase diversity, and maximize net tuition revenue in order to elevate the quality of the education we provide.

Strategy: Develop the Institutional Advancement division and expand best practices in fund- and friendraising to increase capacity to generate additional revenue.

Strategy: Create strong balance sheets and annual budgets that grow and provide sufficient resources in unrestricted net assets that: 1) provide resources for campus growth in academic programs, human resources and organizational development; 2) allow sufficient resources for campus development and maintenance; 3) allow the College to maintain a goal of neutralizing the endowment draw with year-end operating cash transfers; and 4) allow for prudent debt management.

Strategy: Cultivate a supportive work environment that fosters professional growth and personal well-being of all employees.

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Created president’s

leadership council

Approved new

10-year strategic plan

Hired the first dedicated director

of human resources

institutional h 2012 2014 2016 Strategic communications rebrand to elevate messaging,

awareness, and perception

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students

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million fundraising campaign launched

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communications

Strategy: Maintain current facilities in excellent working order, prudently renew facilities as they age, and expand facilities as needed to accommodate new enrollment and strategic expansion.

Strategy: Elevate the overall awareness and perception of the College by executing high quality marketing communications strategies that define and communicate the distinctive attributes and benefits that contribute to the value of a Carthage College educational experience.

institutional effectiveness

technology

Strategy: Create an infrastructure in governance, practice, and technology that allows for continual review and assessment of college operations, mission fulfillment, and strategic goal and objective attainment.

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Carthage held its first Giving Day on April 7, and Carthaginians were “Red and Ready” to make it a success.

The outcome? A total of 1,339 gifts raised $311,723 in support of Carthage students.

That amounted to a whopping 158 percent of the day’s goal. With only 24 hours to secure 847 gifts — and a $200,000 challenge gift for student scholarships on the line — alumni, parents, friends, staff, faculty, and students came together to make a big impact.

Campus buzzed with excitement. After covering campus in red balloons, Torchie and the Red Hots cheered on students as they competed against President Gregory S. Woodward and Trustee David Wiers ’98 in a basketball shooting challenge.

The Campbell Student Union played host to a sundae bar and a popular lizard exhibit, in addition to several musical performances. There also was a lively phonea-thon room in the Hedberg Library, where campus celebrities answered phones and took donations.

“Every gift to Carthage transforms lives and makes dreams come true,” said Evelyn Buchanan, vice president for institutional advancement. “A record number of Carthaginians came forward in one day to lend their support to the College. Together, we made Carthage history and showed what a difference one day can make!”

A dynamic website and accompanying social media campaign engaged Carthaginians throughout the day and provided a collection of #redandready graphics for users to share on their Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram accounts. The Giving Day website was the most visited section of the Carthage website on April 7, and resulted in an incredible 1,700% increase in visits to our online giving form for April 2016. On Facebook, Red and Ready posts accumulated a total reach of 49,537 Carthaginians around the country joined the celebration in person. Alumni events were held in 15 cities across the United States, many of them for the first time.

Gifts made on Giving Day support countless initiatives at Carthage, including undergraduate research, scholarships, athletics and the arts.

The planning for Giving Day 2017 is already underway.

Stay tuned!

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Like most small colleges and universities, Carthage’s endowment dipped precariously low while the nation rode out the Great Recession.

Well, thanks to sound fiscal strategies and a surge in donations, that figure has more than tripled since reaching a low point of $27.2 million in March 2009. As of May 31, the College’s endowment stood at a sturdy $85.2 million.

Why is that important? As the Council on American Education explains, an endowment provides stability, increases value, encourages innovation, and “allows an institution to make commitments far into the future, knowing that resources to meet those commitments will continue to be available.”

Resisting the allure of hedge funds and other alternative investments, Carthage’s investment portfolio regularly outperforms that of its peers. Our 13.7 percent return rate over the past five years compares to the 9.5 percent average reported by the National Association of College and University Business Officers.

Consistent budget management also has contributed to the growth. The turn of the latest fiscal calendar marked the 28th straight year with an operating surplus, which allows funds to be reinvested in campus development or transferred to the endowment.

And officials are confident they’ve found the right leader to continue that trajectory. In June, Randy Barfield took over as Carthage’s vice president for business and chief financial officer.

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May 4, 2016 | Design Devlopment

Visitor-friendly signs On a future visit to campus, prepare to be greeted by a splash of color that isn’t from the foliage or lake view.

In the next phase of the College’s updated communications strategy, new campus signs and banners will be installed beginning later this year.

Besides brightening and modernizing our outdoor identifiers, they’re designed to enhance the Carthage visit experience.

“As Carthage grew and expanded so quickly over time, there was a need to continuously add to our footprint, creating the beautiful campus we have today,” said Molly Polk, vice president for communications. “Now it’s time to take a step back and think about how our visitors get from point A to point B, and how we can help them to access all of the great things happening here.”

Partnering with MERJE, a professional signage and wayfaring company, the Office of Communications led a campus-wide discussion about signage priorities.

The plan employs a holistic approach, merging graphic design principles with a thorough understanding of our campus layout.

Prominently placed signs will identify campus entrances, parking lots, and facilities. Updated parking maps will be simplified.

“We are renaming our parking lots to build trust in the visitor’s ability to navigate campus,” Ms. Polk said.

“For example, Lot A shouldn’t be next to Lot I as you look for the appropriate lot.”

Coordinated pedestrian signage will guide visitors to specific destinations — the Office of Admissions, residence halls, the bookstore, etc. — while teaching them more about what’s here.

Some of the changes will move quickly, including banners, crosswalks, and regulatory signs. The full plan will be implemented over the next two years.

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paris. brussels. orlando. istanbul. nice. iraq.

Every terrorist attack in the world renders the work of those like Carthage religion professor Fatih Harpci exponentially more difficult — and perhaps more essential.

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Dodging the us-versus-them trap, Prof.

Harpci has gone all-in on interfaith dialogue.

To him, it’s an “indispensable” part of today’s global landscape.

Terrorist groups like ISIS and Boko Haram don’t just strike Christians; they kill hundreds of Muslims each week. Likewise, he says poverty, domestic violence, human trafficking, social injustice, even climate change — “This is global warming, not local warming” — cross religious lines.

He’s waging this interfaith mission on two fronts: in the classroom and in the community.

Beyond defensiveness Selected from a highly competitive, nationwide pool of nominees, Prof. Harpci joined 25 other faculty members for a fiveday Teaching Interfaith Understanding seminar at DePaul University that wrapped up in early August.

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syllabi and visiting religious centers in Chicago, they brainstormed more effective ways to teach interfaith topics.

The scope of that challenge always becomes clear in the first week of Prof.

Harpci’s Religion 1000 classes. Wary that the course is part of some insidious plan to convert them, some students take a defensive posture in their first written “reflection statement” for the course.

It’s no shock that the majority of students enter college with minimal knowledge of other major religions. The “naïve ignorance” mirrors what Prof. Harpci experienced growing up in Turkey, where only tiny fragments of Christianity filtered through.

But a surprising number of his students arrive with an equally shallow understanding of their own faith. The required course forces them to thoroughly explore those tenets and compare them to others.

The result? As Prof. Harpci put it, “People realize they are a better Muslim. They are a better Christian. They are a better Jew.” Even with collective expertise that blankets the major world faiths, he and his Carthage colleagues are eager to fill in their own knowledge gaps. In the future, faith-

based student organizations could conduct workshops for all faculty members.

The term “interfaith” makes many people cringe. It’s easy to envision each faith watered down to some lowest common denominator.

Rest assured, if that were the case, Prof.

Harpci would want no part of it.

“We don’t seek sameness. We simply look for an understanding,” he said. “Those distinctions are the components for learning.”

Success, as Prof. Harpci defines it, comes when people of different faiths can look one another in the eye and say, “I may not follow the path you follow, but I respect you, as a human being, and your way of life.”

A personal level Scouring the holy texts as an undergraduate in Istanbul, the young Turkish scholar was hooked.

“The shocking part, for me, was to see the similarities,” said the mustachioed professor, whose Shared Sages in Sacred Scriptures course covers the estimated 25 to 30 figures who overlap the Bible and Quran.

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example, while Adam appears in both creation stories, in the Islamic version he is forgiven — not punished — for eating the forbidden fruit.

The chance to study original, untranslated documents eventually drew Prof. Harpci to the United States for his advanced degrees. That’s what scholars do.

Realistically, though, he knows the key to healing the spiritual divide lies with the kinds of people who aren’t fluent in Arabic or Hebrew.

“If a change comes,” he said, “it will be through the grass roots.”

That brings us to the second front of his interfaith work. Since last fall, he has led discussions on Islam at multiple churches in the surrounding community.

One of those spawned a monthly dinner that he attends with five families from Brew City Church, a nondenominational congregation in Milwaukee. Small talk about families or activities steers them to deeper conversations about faith.

Before joining the dinner group, Brew City Church member Bob Turner never knew a Muslim personally.

Polls indicate fewer than 40 percent of Americans do.

Concerned about the bitterness he harbored toward Islam, Mr. Turner hoped to better emulate Jesus’ love.

That meant resisting the temptation to debate whose faith is tops.

“I had to come to the fellowship as one in need of something, rather than as a supposed advocate for my religion,” he said.

And now?

“I have come to see Muslims as ‘regular’ people — that is, good, bad, saintly and evil, fascinating, or average; in other words, the same as any Christians I have ever known,” he said. “I have come to see them as real people, rather than media-generated caricatures.”

One step closer.

The burden lies with all of us, Prof. Harpci believes.

He urges local Muslims to reach out and host these informal gatherings with neighbors or co-workers, whether they’re Christian, Jewish, atheist, or something else. And vice versa.

“You don’t have to be a religious leader to do this,” he said. “You have to be a human. That’s it.”

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ISLAM: MYTH VS. REALITY Since coming to the United States a dozen years ago, Professor Fatih Harpci (pronounced FAH-tee HARP-chee) has made a point to correct some common misconceptions about Islam. He shared a few:

myth: Most Muslims are concentrated in Arab nations.

Actually, none of the five nations with the highest Islamic population are part of the Arab League. According to the Pew Research Center, the top five — Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nigeria — account for nearly half of the world’s Muslims.

myth: Islam is a pacifist religion.

Prof. Harpci clarifies that the Quran and other Islamic sources clearly permit battle, but only in extreme circumstances. Motives could include defense of themselves or their children, religion, or property, but never is an attack on civilians warranted.

myth: Muslims refuse to openly denounce terrorists.

Since the 9/11 attacks, hundreds of Muslim leaders have signed documents such as “The Amman Message,” “A Common Word,” and a letter sent to ISIS in 2014 that reject terrorism and the distorted views used to justify it. Prof.

Harpci argues that the national media simply ignore these stories. Still, in a recent column for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, he agreed true Muslims must carry even more weight in the battle against religious extremists.

myth: Muslims don’t believe in Jesus.

Having done his Ph.D. dissertation on this topic, Prof. Harpci is ready for this one. Eleven times, the Quran refers to Jesus as the Messiah — yet that term has significantly different meanings in the two traditions. Secondary sources, or “hadiths,” suggest Jesus was an anointed healer who someday will return to help fight the antichrist. But, as Prof. Harpci explains, “Messiah” doesn’t connote divinity for Muslims like it does in Christianity.

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continuing studies at Carthage

As a Carthage adult undergraduate, professional, or graduate student, you will gain the knowledge and distinctive skill set you need to take the next big step in your professional life. Carthage offers professional development opportunities, including continuing education for teachers, personal enrichment, and a paralegal program, in addition to graduate studies in education and social work.

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COMMENCEMENT 2016

The Commencement ceremony on May 22 completed a weekend send-off for the Class of 2016. Gabrielle Cypher ’16, an avowed Disney fan, quoted from the animated movies in her senior class address. The Carthage Flame was bestowed on Rev. Dudley Riggle, professor emeritus of religion and former campus pastor, while retired Kenosha mayor Keith Bosman received the Kenosha “New Town” Award.

For more on House Speaker Paul D. Ryan’s address, see page 4.

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Have diploma, begin ascentCL CARTHAGE What’s next for the Carthage Class of 2016? Here’s a sampling of eight new graduates’ plans.

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Major: Social Work Hometown: Oak Park, California

Major: Finance Hometown: Kenosha

Major: History Hometown: Minneapolis

What’s next: Jenna will study both law and social work through a dual-degree program at Gonzaga University and the University of Eastern Washington, both located in Spokane, Washington. She hopes to complete the Master of Social Work by 2019 and the Juris Doctor by 2020. After completing her education, Jenna plans to continue her legal research to help reform the system and allow “survivors of child abuse and domestic violence to seek justice while overcoming their past demons and preparing for the future.”

What’s next: Bryan is entering the Finance Development Program at Pfizer in Lake Forest, Illinois. His role in the finance team will rotate every four to six months for two years, allowing him to “see different aspects of the organization and reach a deeper understanding of how the finance group supports the business as a whole.”

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What’s next: Susan will attend the University of Chicago Divinity School on a part-time basis. Down the line, she can petition to enter the master’s program, with an ultimate goal to earn a Ph.D. in religious studies.

What’s next: First, Iftou plans to complete an internship at the City of Minneapolis Civil Rights Department this summer. In fall, she’ll return to the Middle East to work for a human rights organization in Jordan and “gain a more global perspective of the legal system while enhancing and fostering my newly acquired Arabic skills.” She hopes to apply to law school after picking up a year or two of experience.

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Tony Jordan

Major: Biology Hometown: Merrill, Wisconsin

Major: Mathematics (Minors include Secondary Education) Hometown: Island Lake, Illinois

What’s next: Kristen will attend the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine. She tentatively plans to specialize in small animal medicine but also is eager to learn more about exotic and wildlife animal medicine.

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What’s next: Tony will teach 10thgrade geometry and algebra classes at Harborside Academy in Kenosha beginning in fall. In the meantime, he and three close Carthage friends planned a getaway in Punta Cana, Mexico.

Martha (Peterson) Collins Majors: French and Communication Hometown: East Moline, Illinois What’s next: Martha completed her studies in December, so she already was three months into a job as an associate quality assurance analyst at Advicent Solutions by the time she walked across the stage at Commencement. The Milwaukee company produces industry-leading financial planning software. Her favorite part of the job is doing French translation for a product that’s offered in Canada. It’s been a big year for Martha, who also married Josh Collins ’13 in January; they met through InterVarsity Christian Fellowship and the Ultimate Frisbee team.

Sean Kelly Major: Music Theatre Hometown: Hastings, Minnesota What’s next: Sean has signed a 10-month contract as a resident actor and theatre educator with the Charleston (South Carolina) Stage Company. He will be cast in at least six shows during the 201617 season, including the musical “Hairspray.” He’ll also teach theatre classes at the company’s studio for students in grades kindergarten through 12.

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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.

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Illinois, continues as a volunteer chaplain at Blessing Hospital in Quincy and as a priest-in-charge of St. Clare’s Anglican Mission in Rushville, Illinois. He serves as substitute organist as needed in several churches and sings in the Quincy Symphony Chorus.

Creek, Arizona, and her husband, Ronald, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary May 29. Sally taught music at schools in Illinois and later accepted a position as organist at Bethlehem Lutheran Church in St. Charles for 15 years.

They have a son, six grandchildren, and a great-grandson.

Rev. Lewis A. Payne – Quincy,

Larry Ruegg – Chaska, Minnesota, a retired Lutheran pastor, poet, and author, has completed his newest work, “The Tick Tock Murders.” He calls it “a gripping and potent journey of intrigue, mystery and manipulation with several unexpected moments.” It’s published

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The Rev. Douglas Gast – Noblesville, Indiana, is celebrating the 40th anniversary of his ordination and 25 years as a pastor of Bethel Lutheran Church. Doug and his wife, Terri (Loudjieff) Gast ’72, have four children and seven grandchildren.

Terri recently retired and spends her time working at church and visiting grandchildren.

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Kent A. Gaertner – Aurora,

Kathy Palmen – Kenosha, and Lee Maaske Frey vacationed in Hawaii and are pictured in front of Iolani Palace in Honolulu. They are the grandmothers of Jack Palmen ’16 and Lucas Maaske ’19.

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Illinois, was featured in the March 2016 issue of Leading Lawyer magazine as one of the top 10 personal bankruptcy attorneys in Illinois. Kent is a past president of the DuPage County Bar Association and is a member of the Illinois State Bar Association Board of Governors.

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Mark Shimkus – Racine, Wisconsin, started a second career in food production and has worked in that area for the last 14 years after a 25-year teaching career. He enjoys vacationing in the Caribbean each summer with his wife, Janet. They have traveled to Jamaica (14 times), Dominican Republic, Turks & Caicos (twice), Mexico, Aruba, and Anguilla.

George Chardukian – Tucson, Arizona, recently visited Italy.

And here’s photographic proof!

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Martin and Leslie (Nickels) Phillippi – Pleasanton, California, celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary. They were the first couple to be married in A.F. Siebert Chapel, on June 12, 1976. Members of the wedding party include Carthage graduates Lee Ann (Lambrecht ’76) Banks, Mark Gustafson ’76, Dave Wynn ’78, Jackie (Diehl ’76) Day, Bill LeFew ’76, and Dave Kretchmer ’77.

Marty just retired after 35 years at the Clorox Company. Leslie and Marty are the proud parents of two children and five grandchildren.

Pat (Thoennes) Hamilton – Silverthorne, Colorado, won the best biography category in the Midwest Book Awards. Her book, “Hidden Treasure: The Life and Art of Theodore Czebotar,” explores the singular life of the midcentury American modernist painter and chronicles her extended family’s struggle with the unexpected inheritance of thousands of works of art.

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Stephanie (Goodman) Price ’03 and Aaron Price ’04 – Fort

Wisconsin, was promoted to senior director of strategic collaborations in the Enterprise Business Group of Aurora Health Care.

Michelle Hickey-Gramke and Brad Gramke – Castle Rock,

Atkinson, Wisconsin, are happy to announce the birth of baby boy Zayne on Feb. 18. He joins big brother Calvin, his new best friend.

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was inducted into the Wisconsin Football Coaches Hall of Fame on April 9. Frank coached for three years at Kenosha St. Joseph and the last 26 at Kenosha Tremper — 19 of those as head coach. His teams have played in five WIAA state championship games.

Adam Walker – Milwaukee, was enshrined in the Semi-Pro/ Minor League Football Hall of Fame on July 1 during a dinner that the American Football Association held in Canton, Ohio. He’s now the defensive coordinator at Concordia University Wisconsin.

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Jason Aaron – Kenosha, appeared in “Hair” at the Rhode Opera House in Kenosha this past March. He previously appeared in “Spamalot” and “Les Miserables” at the Racine Theatre Guild in Racine, Wisconsin, and “Chess” at the Malt House Theater in Burlington, Wisconsin.

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Wisconsin, was inducted into the Door County (Wisconsin) Baseball Hall of Fame on May 7. Len led his high school to a state championship and later spent 21 years in the summer amateur Door County Baseball League, winning two batting titles.

St. Charles, Illinois, married Daniel Riggs at Chestnut Mountain Resort in Galena, Illinois, among family and friends on June 20, 2015.

Melissa (Hickey) Lungaretti – Milwaukee, and her husband, Catherine (Rasman) Current – Delavan, Wisconsin, married JT Current on April 28 in Zihuatanejo, Mexico. She is the senior director of customer experience at Zywave. The couple’s golden retriever, Lily, completes the household.

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Michael, welcomed son Michael Hickey Lungaretti on Nov. 4.

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Gina Buchmiller – Wausau, Wisconsin, and wife Misty welcomed their daughter, Braylynn Rhane Buchmiller, on Oct. 27. Braylynn weighed 6 pounds, 6 ounces.

Troy Carlson – Appleton, Wisconsin, was hired as a strategic risk advisor for McClone, one of Wisconsin’s largest independent insurance agencies.

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Carthage Day harnessed our collective power Greetings from shimmering Lake Michigan. What a blessing it has been to experience such a beautiful summer season. Amid barbecues, festivals and family outings, reflecting on this past year at Carthage has brought me great joy.

A day that stands out above the rest was April 7. Alumni gathered in 15 cities across the United States gathered to celebrate the first Carthage Day, which will be held on that date every year.

From Los Angeles to New York, alumni reconnected and met some of their closest alumni neighbors for the first time. This year’s regional events also coincided with Giving Day, which was born from an anonymous donor’s fundraising challenge.

If 847 people gave in a 24-hour period, this donor would contribute $200,000 toward financial aid. And Carthaginians proved they were “Red and Ready” to meet the challenge.

To say we reached our goal is an understatement; 1,339 alumni and friends gave more than $300,000 in a single day. It was incredible to watch and hear the excitement across the nation, across campus, on the phones, and in social media platforms throughout the day. The best part were the stories of alumni and friends connecting with one another.

In Kenosha, I walked into the event at PUBLIC Craft Brewing Co. to hear more than 50 alumni singing “Happy Birthday” to a future Carthage graduate. Another graduate was taking photos of a couple who celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary and decided to enjoy their special day with local Carthaginians.

In Naperville, Illinois, two alumni learned what a truly small world ours is. They bonded after learning that one’s father officiated at the other’s wedding.

In Minneapolis, one of our alumni leaders’ grandparents (also Carthage graduates) attended the event that their grandchild planned, showcasing a beautiful legacy of generations.

Throughout the evening, it was fun to receive text messages and emails with photos of alumni and friends across the country celebrating Carthage Day together. I look forward to working with alumni leaders to provide more opportunities for you to connect with alumni and friends in your area in the months and years to come.

Thank you to all who participated in in any capacity – leading or attending regional events, making a gift, following updates, engaging in social media, and wearing Carthage memorabilia that day. The day was a testament to the power that is harnessed when we come together.

Mother Teresa said, “I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things.” On April 7, we did great things, Carthage family. Thank you from the depths of my heart.

Regional Alumni Leaders These alumni were instrumental in the success of Carthage Day, coordinating events in 15 cities: Ames, Iowa – Karla Mortensen ’86 Boston – Ashlynn Rickord ’15 Chicago – Denisha Brown ’08 and Alexa French ’09 Kenosha – Laura (Gregorski) Tyunaitis ’08 and Kelsey Brunner ’14 Madison, Wis. – Ann O’Leary ’14 Manhattan Beach, Calif. – Fred Krull ’83 Milwaukee – Elizabeth Cook ’15 and Cody Houzenga ’15 Minneapolis – Loreena (Lair) Hilton ’10 and Cody Hilton ’10 Naperville, Ill. – Carey (Boecker) Peterson ’95 and Joel Peterson ’96 New York – Andrew Spinelli ’11 Orlando, Fla. – Shannon Hoagland ’04 and Meghan Kuecker ’08 Philadelphia – Cate Malnarick ’06 San Diego – John Peterson ’69

Joyfully yours,

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

Tucson, Ariz. – George Chardukian ’77 Washington – Christina Bruff ’04, Steven Frenk ’05, Nicole Rakers ’09, Chris Sisulak ’05, Randy Sisulak ’71, Aaron Tinjum ’09

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

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Amy Binstein – Glenview, Illinois, has joined Bradford Allen as director of research and corporate communications. She oversees all research policies, objectives, and initiatives for the Chicago-based, national commercial real estate firm.

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Stephanie Coulis – Munster, Jackie Sonnenberg – Orlando,

Florida, launched a new book series that gives classic nursery rhymes a sinister retelling. Jackie and friends also established a company that operates year-round haunted attractions. She describes Zombie Outbreak as “laser tag meets a haunted house,” with locations in Wisconsin Dells and Orlando.

Magdalene Spanuello – Chicago, was chosen as director for a collaboration between the Chicago Civic Orchestra and Chicago Shakespeare Theatre. An adjunct music theatre faculty member at Carthage, Maggie directed the text and speakers for a concert based on “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” which celebrated the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death.

Kathy (Lewis) Thomas – Union Grove, Wisconsin, and her husband, Marcus, welcomed baby girl Sage Sarai Thomas on March 3. Sage weighed 7 pounds, 11 ounces, and measured 20 1/4 inches.

Indiana, married John Zevitas on May 28 in Washington. Ms. Coulis, also a graduate of George Washington University, is an international business development specialist at IMPAQ International.

Alexandra Zeisse – Milwaukee, is engaged to James Biggs of Bristol, England, with the wedding planned for January 2017. Both work for Zywave, which is based in Milwaukee.

Alexandra plans to relocate to Bristol after the wedding.

2009

Courtney (Leeper) Newgard – East Peoria, Illinois, and husband Kyle announce the birth of their son, August Charles Newgard, on Nov. 11 in Peoria, Illinois.

Erin Spottswood – Portland, Oregon, is a professor of communications and technology at Portland State College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

After graduating from Carthage, Erin received a master’s degree from Michigan State University and a Ph.D. from Cornell University, and she has contributed to four publications in communication technology.

Emily DeJule-Meyer ’09 and Jeff Meyer ’10 – Plainfield, Illinois, married Sept. 5. They met while involved in Tau Sigma Phi and dated for seven years. Five Carthage alumni were part of the bridal party: Lauren Delaney ’09, Kelly (Baumgartner) DeBoeuf ’09, Ross Lowry ’10, Ryan Duncan ’10, and Connor Patterson ’10.

Mark Sobol – Fox River Grove,

Heidi Hoffman – Aiken, South Carolina, became director of programming at the First Tee of Aiken, a nonprofit organization that introduces kids of all backgrounds to golf and its life lessons. She previously oversaw a similar program in New Jersey.

Chris Shanafelt ’11 and Megan (Mehl) Shanafelt ’13 – Madison, released a new album as The Apollo Affair. The June 11 release of “Start the Fire” kicked off a tour with performances in 17 states. The duo was nominated for Best New Artist in the 2016 MAMA Awards, presented by the Madison Area Music Association.

2012

Illinois, and wife Kathleen welcomed their son Jack Partick Sobol on March 12 in Barrington, Illinois. Jack weighted 7 pounds, 9 ounces, and measured 20 inches.

David Hoeft – New Lenox, Illinois, graduated with a Doctor of Podiatric Medicine degree from Des

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Be involved from wherever you are in the world.

Carthage

connections

ways to connect: • Mentor a Carthage student • B ecome a Social Media Ambassador • O ffer an internship or job to a student

• S tart or join a Carthage regional chapter • Reach out to your friends and attend Carthage events

Learn about all alumni volunteer opportunities at carthage.edu/alumni/volunteer or

contact Director of Alumni and Parent Programs Lauren Hansen at lhansen@carthage.edu or 262-551-5816.

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Moines University Medical School on May 28. David then moved to Chicago for a three-year residency in foot and ankle surgery. He is engaged to Katelynn Burkett, with a wedding planned for June 3, 2017.

Theatre Company in Amana, Iowa, for its production of “Completely Hollywood Abridged,” which celebrates celebrates 186 of the greatest American movies.

2014

2015

2013

John Augustine – Lake in the

Kaylee Annable – Kenosha, continues to appear in regional theatre. After acing an open audition in New York, she portrayed Little Red in “Into the Woods” with Derby Dinner Playhouse in Clarksville, Indiana. Ms. Annable also played Isabel in “Pirates of Penzance” with Milwaukee’s Skylight Music Theatre in May and June.

2014

Tina Campbell – Kenosha, married Thomas Reardon on April 16.

Diane Hahn – Saskatoon, Canada, graduated with a Master of Education from the University of Minnesota in May. She specialized in English as a Second Language and will return this fall for her third year as a teacher at Jefferson Community School, part of Minneapolis Public Schools.

Hills, Illinois, accepted admission to a Master of Theological Studies program at the Divinity School at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, beginning this fall. He thanks all of the professors and staff at Carthage for encouraging him along the way.

Ashlynn Rickord – Oak Forest, Illinois, received the Dean’s Summer Internship Award from Harvard Divinity School for summer 2016.

This $5,000 award is funding Ashlynn’s summer internship with the city of Waltham, Massachusetts, and its historical commission. Her work will encompass historical research and documentation of the defunct Fernald Developmental Center, which was the oldest institution in the Western Hemisphere for the treatment of the developmentally disabled. Ashlynn is a Master of Theological Studies candidate who resides in Melrose, Massachusetts.

Ann O’Leary – Evansville, Wisconsin, won the right to serve as Wisconsin’s 69th Alice in Dairyland. In this role, she will educate the public about the importance of agriculture in Wisconsin.

Ms. O’Leary volunteers with the Rock County 4-H Program, and serves on the Carthage Alumni Council. She was

selected at the culmination of three days of final interview events in Dodge County.

Her duties as Alice began June 6. She will travel about 40,000 miles to speak at events, give interviews, and present lessons in more than 100 Wisconsin classrooms.

In addition, Ms. O’Leary will wear a custom mink garment to promote Wisconsin’s fur industry, and she’ll drive an E-85 flex-fuel Chevrolet Tahoe to promote the state’s ethanol industry.

While working, she will wear a 14-karat gold and platinum brooch or tiara, both of which feature amethysts and citrines — gems indigenous to Wisconsin.

Becca Sajbel – Mount Prospect, Illinois, started working as an event coordinator for corporate and social events at Ace Bounce, a new pingpong club in Chicago. She notes that the 2016 Olympics pingpong table will be placed in the bar after the Rio de Janeiro games.

The Alumni Council honored six Carthage graduates at the 2016 Beacon Awards on April 30: (from left) Wayne Thompson ’78, Patrick Cairns ’99, Michelle B. Serpe ’71, Vivian Adhiambo Onano ’14, Dieter Jedan ’69, and David C. Wiers ’98. The recipients, each recognized for a specific achievement, were profiled in the Spring 2016 issue.

Andrew Stachurski – Lisle, Illinois, was part of the premiere of “Crashing With Flamingos” at Towle Theater in Hammond, Indiana.

He also joined the Old Creamery

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PRIDE!

Visit us online at

carthage.bncollege.com or in the Campbell Student Union!

Barnes & Noble at Carthage is the official campus bookstore.

Find Carthage apparel and souvenirs, reading or textbooks, and an assortment of gifts and gift cards, in addition to all of your supply needs!

262-551-5778 • 800-551-6202 • 2001 Alford Park Drive • Kenosha, WI 53140

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Tear off this form along the perforated edge and mail back to: Carthage College, Alumni Relations, 2001 Alford Park Drive, Kenosha WI 53140 Class notes and photos also may be submitted online: carthage.edu/alumni/class-notes

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IN MEMORIAM 1939 June Larimer

1954 George Zima

Waukesha, Wis., April 16, 2016

Eagle River, Wis., Jan. 26, 2016

1941 Eva (Espy) Guequierre Branson, Mo., March 6, 2016

1946 Robert ‘Pete’ Peterson Knoxville, Ill., April 8, 2016

1948 Mary Ann (Holford) Baxter Waukegan, Ill., April 14, 2016

1950 Warren H. Wandrey Grand Rapids, Mich., Feb. 29, 2016

1951 Roy Anderson Ballwin, Mo., March 8, 2016

Donald F. Gibson Palatine, Ill., March 5, 2016

1960 Donald Lemke

1956 Verna Scarbrough

Munroe Falls, Ohio, May 6, 2016

Quincy, Ill., May 17, 2016

Cindy Walker Hardwick, Vt., Oct. 28, 2015

1957 Jens Miller

1969 John Carlson Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, Dec. 24, 2015

John A. Erickson

Hartford, Conn., April 5, 2016

Rev. Roy C. Moore Creve Coeur, Mo., Feb. 19, 2016

1958 Carlene Fitz-Hugh Mundelein, Ill., May 8, 2016

Rev. Ellsworth Freyer

Shorewood, Wis., May 13, 2016

1970 Jane (Burgermeister) Barsch Vadnais Heights, Minn., June 4, 2016

1973 Gary Bucholz Darien, Ill., April 14, 2016

1975 Carol (Otterbein) Roth

1990 Jerry Baskin

Racine, Wis., June 4, 2016

Milwaukee, May 4, 2016

1979 Scott Villup

1997 Mary Schuett

Racine, Wis., May 4, 2016

Milwaukee, Feb. 23, 2016

1980 Janice (Braun) Hand

friends of carthage

Racine, Wis., March 22, 2016

Pleasant Prairie, Wis., April 3, 2016

1983 Steven M. Griffiths

Catherine A. Gillette-Rastenis

Fern Anderson

Crystal Lake, Ill., June 2, 2015

Kenosha, March 22, 2016

Joachim Grigull 1987 Trista C. Holland

The Villages, Fla., Feb. 10, 2016

Burlington, Wis., March 31, 2016

Marshall Moss

1989 Alfredo Espinosa (M.Ed.)

Ray B. Mundt

Kenosha, May 17, 2016

Cedarburg, Wis., May 25, 2016

Oconto, Wis., May 19, 2016

Bryn Mawr, Pa., April 29, 2016

Bobbi Shenloogian Brick, New Jersey, March 18, 2016

Shirley M. Madrigrano

Ryan Ringhand

A friend of the College for more than 25 years, Shirley M. Madrigrano passed away April 6 at age 90.

Together with her husband, the late businessman Joseph F. “Pepe” Madrigrano, she contributed $1 million to renovate the former South Hall. In their honor, the College renamed the building Madrigrano Family Residence Hall in 2010.

The Kenosha couple showed enthusiastic support for Carthage athletics, making numerous contributions to the Booster Club. A scholarship in their name is also awarded annually to Kenosha students or those of Italian descent.

Ryan Ringhand, the College’s director of advising, passed away unexpectedly June 17 after a brief illness. He was 41.

His mentoring and counseling impacted countless Carthage advisees after he arrived in 2007. Mr. Ringhand was the co-presenter of “Unapologetically Creating Meaningful Connections in First Year Advising,” which the National Academic Advising Association named Best of Region in 2014.

The next year, Mr. Ringhand received Carthage’s Distinguished Staff Award. Nominators praised him as a humble and positive person who showed “a constant willingness to improve the lives of students.”

He spent nine years at his alma mater, Carroll University, before joining Carthage as a first-year advisor. A hard-working and dedicated member of the community, Mr. Ringhand also served as acting registrar in 2008.

Mr. Ringhand’s survivors include his wife, Jen, and their two sons. A memorial service is being planned for this fall so the entire Carthage community can gather to remember him.

Vickie (Myers) Semler Long after attending Carthage, Vickie (Myers) Semler ’67 remained a major supporter of the College. After a lengthy illness, she passed away July 1 at age 71.

Mrs. Semler and husband Loren ’65, a Carthage trustee, exchanged what might have been the last kiss at Kissing Rock’s Illinois home and the first after its relocation to Kenosha. Two more generations of alumni have followed.

Some of the family’s many gifts allowed Carthage to open the Semler Fitness Center and purchase lab equipment for the Science Center. The Semlers also have endowed multiple scholarships, including one that boosts the financial aid packages of students whose need increases during their time at Carthage.

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

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A slice of Carthage history from the Staubitz Archives

Wanted: Student org records to fill gaps Student organizations form the backbone of student life at Carthage. From Student Government and the Carthage Activities Board to the Bowling Club or Pokémon League, students gather based on shared interests and goals.

And those organizations’ records form the backbone of some of the most used collections in the Staubitz Archives. However, many of these clubs go largely undocumented.

One of those is Black Student Union, which remains active on campus. The group was highly active in the 1960s and into the 1970s and participated in many of the local discussions about housing and other civil rights. We only know about those early activities by looking at newspaper articles from the period, and we know very little about what happened in the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s.

Another group we know very little about is StingRay; its members discussed gender and celebrated Women’s History Month. What we know about this group is limited to a few blurbs in the student newspaper and a couple of yearbook mentions in the late 1990s.

Black Student Union welcomed prominent spoken word poet and civil rights activist B.F. Maiz (seated at center) to campus in 1977 during Black Awareness Week.

Members of the UFO Club took time away from their quest to pose for this photo in the 1968 Driftwood.

Student interest changes over time, and some groups simply don’t survive in the long term because interest wanes, the people who were heavily involved graduate, or times simply change.

For instance, Carthage used to have a UFO Club.

Besides watching the skies for extraterrestrial visitors, we know the club donated books to the library (they still make up part of our “alien life” collection), participated in telescope events, and discussed the possibility of life on other planets.

The group existed for about eight years in the 1960s and 1970s, but we have no photographs or records of its activities.

This brings us to today. Like many colleges, we have gaps in our collections — specifically in student life from the mid-1970s to the early 2000s.

One of our biggest segments of users is students who are interested in the history of their own organizations. The value of our collections rises greatly when we can offer a full picture of what our students were doing, historically speaking. Then our users can figuratively or literally see themselves in the materials.

If you ran a group on campus, we want to hear from you and care for the documents you have.

No matter how big, no matter how odd or shortlived your organization was, we want to help you preserve its history.

DOCUMENT WISH LIST The Staubitz Archives welcomes submissions of Carthage records. Please contact Danelle Orange, instructional and digital archivist, at dorange@carthage.edu or 262-551-5371 if you’re interested in sharing documents of these types:

Student Organizations Photographs Meeting minutes Officer documents

Student Life Candid photographs Letters or postcards Diaries

Faculty, Staff, and Administration Letters Diaries Research notebooks Ledgers

Early Carthage History Anything before 1900

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

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