Spring 2021 Triangle

Triangle THE MAGAZINE OF INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY

Tamika Catchings IWU’s 2020 World Changer is Honored in 2021 Indiana Wesleyan University 1

INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY TRIANGLE STAFF EDITOR IN CHIEF Jill Pederson Office ManagerCommunications Assistant, President’s Office DESIGN Emily Deisler ’12 Graphic Designer, IWU-Marion Rachael Gouvan Graphic Designer, IWU-Marion

John Wilson Peter Troutner ’18 Graphic Designer, IWU-National & Global Marketing Tedra Spuller ’23 IWU EXECUTIVE COUNCIL Dr. David Wright ’77 President

PHOTOGRAPHY Elese Bales ’14 Photographer, IWU-Marion

Dr. Colleen Derr President, Wesley Seminary Executive Vice President of IWU

EDITORIAL Jerry Pattengale ’79 University Professor

Dr. Matt Lucas Chancellor, IWU-National & Global

Rachel Ashley ’11 Assistant Director of Communication, IWU-National & Global

Dr. Michael Moffitt Special Assistant to the President for Corporate & Community Relations

Scott R. Todd Executive Director of Marketing & Communication, IWU-Marion

Mrs. Nancy Schoonmaker Vice President for Business Affairs & Chief Financial Officer

PRODUCTION Jennifer DeBoy ’16 Assistant Director of Marketing & Communication, IWU-Marion CONTRIBUTORS Ashley Witkowski ’14 Hannah Hood ’19 Social Media Coordinator, IWU-National & Global Marketing

Dr. Rod Reed Chancellor, IWU-Marion Dr. Reuben Rubio Interim Vice President for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Indiana Wesleyan University is a Christ-centered academic community committed to changing the world by developing students in character, scholarship and leadership.

VISION STATEMENT

Indiana Wesleyan University is a truly great Christian university serving the world.

Great Students Great People Great Programs Great Scope

Dr. Scott Turcott Vice President for University Advancement Dr. Stacy Hammons Provost & Chief Academic Officer

The Triangle is published two times a year by Indiana Wesleyan University. Second-class postage paid at Marion, IN., and additional cities. Send address changes to Indiana Wesleyan University, 4201 S. Washington Street, Marion, IN. 46953-4974.

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MISSION STATEMENT

VERSE OF THE YEAR 2020 - 2021

“He has shown you, o mortal, what is good.

And what does the Lord require of you?

To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” ­— Micah 6:8 NIV

IN THIS ISSUE

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BRAVE IN EVERY ATTEMPT

How Jeff Mohler’s career with Special Olympics became his mission field serving approximately 18,000 athletes ages two to 88 in the state of Indiana.

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COLONIAL OAKS: A GENIUS’S CHOICE FOR LIVING AND DYING WELL Jerry Pattengale

recalls a visit with retired science professor, Dr. Marvin Hinds, who was living life to the fullest at Colonial Oaks.

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LIVING IN THE SPACE OF THE UNKOWN

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Tiffany Snyder has always been eager to learn, and her curiosity brought her to IWU to help faculty create meaningful online experiences.

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SPARKING SPIRITUAL FORMATION ON CAMPUS Andrea Summers’ life has come

full circle – she’s back where she first felt God’s call to pursue a career dedicated to ministry, but this time as IWU-Marion’s Dean of Spiritual Formation.

SHINING IN EVERY ARENA

Tamika Catchings was inducted into the IWU Society of World Changers as the 2020 inductee on March 17, 2021 – one year after the pandemic forced the cancellation of the ‘in person’ ceremony.

As a four-time gold medal Olympian, WNBA basketball legend, sports executive, community advocate, entrepreneur, and author, she is shining for Jesus in every arena of life.

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Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Chaplain, Rev. Anthony Wallace, navigates absence and loss in the throes of the pandemic.

As the Redefining Greatness comprehensive campaign approaches the finish line, we invite you to join the race to help students pursue a Christcentered education.

RELIEF TO THE CHILDREN OF GOD

RACING TOWARD THE FINISH LINE

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FOUR QUALITIES THAT I HOPE AND PRAY DEFINE IWU WORLD CHANGERS…

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or good or ill, my iPhone has become my constant companion. Most of the time, I am grateful for this wonderful tool that helps me remember things, stay in touch with the important people in my life, find my way when I’m driving, and remember where I parked when I get there.

But there are a couple of things that drive me nuts. Here’s one of them. When I get into my car, my iPhone automatically syncs with the radio and begins communicating in ways that I don’t necessarily welcome in that moment. In fact, the most frustrating thing is that I often don’t even know where the sounds are coming from. Sometimes the only way I can shut off the unwanted signals is to just shut everything off and reset it.

If any of you are iPhone aficionados who can tell me how to deal with this distraction, I’d love to hear from you.

But I got to thinking about this the other day. It struck me that this is an apt metaphor for something that happens in my life. All too often, wired into crucial moments of my life, are distracting and unwanted messages that come from sources I am barely aware of and hardly know how to control. They shout distractions into my life, and shove me in directions I may not want to go.

Over the past few years as I’ve sat in this front-row seat watching and guiding the process of educating future world-changers I have become acutely aware that our culture is working overtime to disciple all of us, but our youngsters most importantly, with messages and values that run deeply counter to the Biblical worldview to which God calls us.

Just as my iPhone sometimes plays songs unbidden that distract me from the task at hand, our culture and our own past experiences can sing songs to our souls, tunes to which we can’t and shouldn’t dance as we pursue the journey through the life to which God calls us as followers of Jesus.

These days, I am reminded of the great privilege and responsibility of introducing our students to the beauty of truth as we discover it in God’s revelation. In my recent reflections about this task I identified four qualities that I hope and pray will define our IWU world changers: • An inner core of unshakable spiritual strength founded on a living relationship with Jesus Christ • An intellectual toughness developed by an honest and unflinching commitment to and exploration of revealed truth • A posture of engagement with the world – a leaning in instead of stepping back – informed by compassion and skillfulness • An unquenchably positive vision for what God is doing in this world sustained by a personal infilling of the Holy Spirit Here at IWU we are deeply committed to the sacred task of preparing world changers who are intellectually and spiritually prepared to make the world a better place. Thank you for your partnership in making this great ministry of Christ-centered higher education possible. We could not do it without your support.

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FACULTY SCHOLARSHIP

REV. DR. AARON PERRY

DR. AMIE ANDERSON

PIL-WOO KIM, M.S., D.C.

TITLE | Associate Professor of Theology and Leadership

TITLE | Dean of the School of Educational Leadership & Division of Liberal Arts

TITLE | Assistant Professor of Anatomy

UNIT | College of Adult and Professional Studies

RECENT SCHOLARSHIP | “Variations of the musculofascial axillary arch with the adjacent lymph nodes” Surgical and Radiological Anatomy Journal. Vol. 43, 2021, pp27-32 Springer.

UNIT | Wesley Seminary RECENT SCHOLARSHIP | Having long enjoyed C.S. Lewis’ writings and because fiction is emerging as a source for leadership reflection, I thought that exploring leadership themes in Lewis’ fiction would be fruitful scholarship—and a great excuse to read and listen to Lewis with my family!

Pastoral ministry always involves drawing people into stories—whether a short story in Scripture, the large metanarrative of Scripture, or the parables of Jesus, pastors must invite people into a plot, problem, and perspective beyond their own. Hans Urs von Balthasar called it giving up the ego-drama for the theo-drama.

We can also be drawn into God’s story, the theo-drama, by reading the stories of other Christians. It is my goal to help pastors reform their imaginations, enrich their language, sharpen their skills, and deepen their calling with the characters and contexts of Lewis’ stories.

NICHE | I take great joy in cheering pastors and lay leaders and putting timetested texts into their hands to encourage them in the pastoral calling and leadership of the local church.

RECENT SCHOLARSHIP | In August, 2020 we were awarded just over $1 million as a grant from the Indiana Governor’s Emergency Education Relief (GEER) Fund. This grant provided the funding to develop learning opportunities for educators in Indiana and around the world. Using a model which I developed to disaggregate academic courses into self-paced micro-courses, we created a strategic pathway for teachers to obtain just-in-time learning.

These micro-courses can be paired with an academic application course to earn credit toward the IWU Online Teaching and Learning graduate certificate and then stacked toward a master of science, or education specialist degree providing momentum to the EdD (Doctorate of Education). The GEER grant also provides funding for scholarships for Indiana teachers to earn micro-credentials. This is an incredible opportunity for IWU to impact educators and, in turn, the lives of their students.

This is allowing us to truly take our work to prepare teachers for the needs of the future to a national and global scale!

UNIT | School of Health Sciences

My interest in the research is to find the diversity of the human body. God creates the human body very unique for each individual. The unique structures came out as a symptomatic condition in many cases. The anatomy classes teach typical human systems, but those who have health problems show abnormal conditions.

My students need to know the atypical structures that can cause some diseases because they will be health care providers.

They will see a unique individual as a patient someday. By understanding the variations of the human body, they can reduce the mistakes in patient care. They started to experience the variations of the human body in the cadaver lab. To figure out the cadavers’ abnormal condition can help find the treatment for the patients.

NICHE | Anatomy is the fundamental base of the surgery and the treatment. Dr. Kim teaches the anatomy and neuroscience classes for the health care professional courses in the school of health sciences.

NICHE | Higher education, leadership, student learning, and innovative learning methodologies are areas of interest and passion.

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FACULTY PROFILES

Dr. Jennifer Noseworthy IWU-MARION TITLE | Associate Professor of Biology Noseworthy holds a Ph.D. in Philosophy in Plant Biology from the University of New Hampshire at Durham. She received her master’s in Horticulture Science from the University of Florida at Gainesville and her bachelor’s in Biology from Gordon College. Noseworthy’s primary research is focused on specialty vegetable crops improvement to increase nutritional content using cultural production methods.

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r. Jennifer Noseworthy always knew—on some level at least—that she wanted to enter a profession where she could work with plants.

As a young girl, Noseworthy spent much of her free time hunting for wildflowers in the woods near her house and tending to her family’s garden. That passion took her through a doctoral program in Plant Biology and eventually landed her on IWU’s Biology faculty.

“I was drawn to IWU’s Biology program because it was clear how committed the faculty were to teaching, research and mentoring their students,” said Noseworthy. “My favorite part of teaching is mentoring students in class and the lab, introducing them to new foods to try in lab and simply sharing my love of plants.”

She also continues to delve into groundbreaking research, which is focused on improving specialty vegetable crops— like greenhouse tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers—to increase nutritional content through improved cultural productions methods. This research, combined with her passion and areas of expertise, has uniquely equipped

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Noseworthy for the other role she holds as director of the IWU Alliance Garden.

The Alliance Garden is an educational, small-scale farm located near the IWU residential campus that seeks to train and educate members of the IWU and Grant County communities about sustainable agriculture—a mission that hits close to home for Noseworthy.

“During my childhood, I experienced food insecurity,” said Noseworthy. “My mission at IWU is to work with the community of Marion to address food insecurity through the work I do at the Alliance Garden and with my students in the classroom.”

Under Noseworthy’s leadership, the Alliance Garden received a $25,000 grant from The Boren Foundation and a five-year $500,000 grant from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). These two grants will fund an outdoor classroom and a USDA Research and Experiences for Undergraduates program at IWU. “Hunger, lack of access and poor nutrition can be addressed,” said Noseworthy. “We are capable of making positive change.”

FACULTY PROFILES

Dr. Alesha Logan IWU-NATIONAL & GLOBAL TITLE | Assistant Professor in the Primary Care Family Nurse Practitioner program Logan holds a Master of Science in Nursing from the University of Indianapolis, and is board-certified as a Family Nurse Practitioner from the American Nurses Credentialing Center. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from Indiana University, and an Associate of Science in Nursing from Isothermal Community College. She is currently working toward her Doctorate of Nursing Practice from the University of Alabama-Huntsville, with a focus in obesity programs in faith-based communities.

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irst impressions can either dent or mold you. For Alesha Logan, when she was applying to become a faculty member in IWU’s primary nurse practitioner program, her first impression of IWU became a foundation from which she could thrive personally, professionally, and spiritually.

“When I interviewed, I was nine months pregnant. From Dr. Wright to the Chancellor, everybody was so accommodating to me in the onboarding process. It made me think, ‘This is the kind of organization that I want to be a part of.’” Alesha said.

Having previously worked in secular settings, Alesha was eager for the opportunity to share her faith openly with her colleagues and students. She even she found herself challenged to develop and strengthen her own faith.

“Before working at IWU, I used to be very private about my faith. I knew what I believed, but I was very reserved in those beliefs. In this role, I feel like I’ve been given a license to share the gospel, and now you can’t shut me up,” Alesha said. “I infuse Jesus into everything now. In every meeting, we open

with prayer; there are weekly devotions and prayer in my classes.”

Above all, her passion comes from a place of genuine care. At the center of her teaching philosophy is a desire to serve her students with empathy.

“My pastor quoted John Maxwell, ‘People don’t care how much you know until they know how much you care.’ While I hold my students to certain standards, I also respect them. I am here to serve them, and that might mean sitting with them and praying before talking about an assignment.”

Alesha has 100-120 students pass through her classroom each year. Beyond teaching them essential nursing skills, Alesha views her classes as a unique ministry opportunity.

“I may never have the chance to meet that many people as I pass through life and just share the gospel with them. But in this role, I have these students’ undivided attention. I have the chance to uninhibitedly share Christ in a bold manner and I need to take advantage of this opportunity. Above all else, this has really pushed me to grow,” Alesha said.

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FACULTY PROFILES

RB Kuhn IWU-NATIONAL & GLOBAL TITLE | Associate Professor Division of Liberal Arts RB Kuhn holds a BA in Religious Education, an MS in Educational Administration, and he’s currently working on his Doctor of Educational Ministry, anticipating its completion later this year.

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B Kuhn’s journey has been God’s training ground for smoothing others’ paths: today, he and his wife, Pamela, have an unofficial ministry of encouragement. He says it comes from joy, and in RB, that joy seems to unfold in stories—stories from his life meant for others, even you and me.

In our short 75-minute conversation, RB told me about his love of salt-rising bread, about growing up in Appalachia and marrying a coal-miner’s daughter, about his hilarious reputation for falling down stairs, he and his grandchildren’s musical talents, and the summer he planted 1,100 annuals on his church’s property.

But I don’t think RB’s joy comes from yeast-less bread or being a little clumsy. Stitching together the happy stories were RB’s memories of the harder moments: a tragic house fire that claimed the life of their infant daughter, the passing of beloved parents, and other stories you can feel more than you can hear.

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Their collective experiences in grief and joy have prompted RB and Pamela to write on encouragement in devotional publications like Light from the Word and Opening the Word. Right now, they are working on a writing project together.

“My wife and I feel we have enough experience grieving through the years that maybe now we’re ready to write about God’s sustaining grace,” RB said. “We don’t want to say this is how you do it, but this is how we did it: holding to God’s unchanging hand, not blaming him or anybody else. Not that we’re perfect, but his grace is sufficient.”

RB carries his joy into the virtual classroom each week at IWU–National & Global where he has taught for 20 years and is the faculty lead for the integrative studies programs.

He mostly teaches general studies and liberal arts courses, getting to pass on his love of the fine arts to IWU’s online students. His wife, Pamela J. Kuhn, has authored more than 40 children’s books—many of which were edited and even illustrated by RB—and she keeps a blog where she writes about grief, joy and encouragement. In his free time, RB loves to play the piano and organ, volunteering his talents whenever he can.

SHINING IN EVERY ARENA Tamika Catchings, IWU’s 2020 World Changer, is Honored in 2021

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uckey Arena is dark.

One set of lights shines on center court. Tamika Catchings is facing three cameras that will convey an inspired message from this 2020 Society of World Changer inductee.

Good luck keeping Tamika Catchings’ million-dollar smile and larger-than-life personality stuffed inside a camera or an arena! As a four-time gold medal Olympian, WNBA basketball legend, sports executive, community advocate, entrepreneur, and author, she is shining in every arena of life.

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Catchings retired from professional basketball in 2016, and remains one of the most decorated female basketball players of all time. Yet, the achievements and avalanche of accolades fail to penetrate this humble woman’s core while she lives life to the fullest.

There’s no catch with Catchings.

She’s proven to be the real deal.

There are many clues about what makes Tamika Catchings tick scattered throughout her life story. The forward of her autobiography, Catch A Star: Shining Through Adversity to Become a Champion, is written by another IWU World Changer inductee, Superbowl winning coach, Mr. Tony Dungy: “Detailing her achievements on the court, however, barely scratches the surface of her impact ... she is one of the rare superstar athletes who really ‘get it.’ As a Christian athlete, Tamika understands she has been gifted by God and that with this blessing comes responsibility—a

responsibility to give back to those in her community, but also a responsibility to let her light shine and point others to Christ.”

GIVING BACK In the early days of her professional basketball career, Tamika and her sister, Tauja, teamed up to form the Catch the Stars Foundation. Together, this sister duo has hosted basketball camps, fitness clinics, and developed mentoring programs for youth nationwide. During 2019 alone, the foundation awarded over $104,000 in 4-year renewable scholarships to central Indiana area scholar athletes.

OVERCOMING The passion to invest in others likely took root during adversity. Catchings was born with a profound hearing impairment.

Growing up with ‘big box hearing aides’ made her an easy target for ridicule. Her family moved often, which didn’t exactly help. Sports was the one area of her life that wasn’t so miserable. On the court she fit in without fear or question. And, she found that the coping skills learned from having a hearing disability translated into a secret weapon in basketball. She developed an uncanny ability to read subtle signals of players that told her what they were going to do next.

As a teenager whose family split apart because of divorce, Catchings’ devoted herself to excelling in athletics. But, a profound change took place in college. She surrendered her life fully and completely to Jesus, putting Him above basketball.

The subsequent sports injuries during college and the start of her professional career proved to be occasions that fostered her trust in God’s plan for her life.

TAMI KA CATC H I NG S I S AWAR D ED AN H ON O R ARY D O CTO R O F H UMANE L ETTE R S D E G R E E

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WORKING HARD In seventh grade, Tamika wrote a note to herself, “One day I will be in the NBA.” She meant it and was willing to do the work it would take to get there. To quote Catchings, “But so what if I was skinny and short and couldn’t hear much? What

I DID have was intensity. I had desire. I had passion and a willingness to work hard for the game like no one else…” And, with the birth of the WNBA in 1997, the dream of playing professional basketball became a reality.

TAMIKA CATCHINGS WIT H T HE IWU WO ME N’ S BAS KET BAL L T EAM

LIVING BIG Addressing the IWU community, Tamika speaks passionately about her seventhgrade dream. As a person who loves words and acronyms, she followed a threepoint outline built on the word BIG, as in “Dream BIG.” One, you have to Believe. Believe in God, believe that you can be a world changer using the skills and abilities that God has given to you. And, you have to believe in yourself.

Two, you have to be Inspired, and be an inspiration to others too. “The biggest thing that inspires me everyday is to be Christ-like in every single thing that I do,” said Catchings.

Three, you have to be Great.

Every single day, you need to be the greatest version of yourself.

Recounting a team building exercise she devised as captain of her basketball team, she shared how she divided the pieces of a puzzle among her teammates. When they came together to build the puzzle, pieces were missing because a few teammates didn’t show up. It illustrated the point that every member of the team counts.

The same holds true for us. Every one of us has been blessed by God with skills that He wants us to use in this world. Think of yourself as a puzzle piece. How do you use your puzzle piece in this life God has given to you? How do you put that piece down as the best you can be?

“I cannot imagine reading a story in the Bible where Jesus was not at his best,” says Catchings. “We are challenged every day to do the same—to be great every day.”

Tamika Catchings – Truly A World Changer 2020 Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Inductee 2020 Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame Inductee 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016 Olympic Gold Medalist 2015 ESPN Humanitarian Award 2015 Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Inductee 2014 Tennessee Lady Vols Hall of Fame 2012 Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame 2012 WNBA Champion, Indiana Fever 2012 WNBA Finals MVP 2011 WNBA MVP 10-time WNBA All Star 5-time WNBA Defensive Player of the Year 1998 NCAA National Champion, University of Tennessee 1997 Girls Basketball State Champion, Duncanville High School 1994 & 1995 Girls Basketball State Champions, Adlai E. Stevenson High School 1995 Miss Basketball of Illinois

WRI TTEN BY: J I L L P E D E R SO N

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UNIVERSITY NEWS

NEWS BRIEFS

first recipient of the IWU World-Changing Faculty award. The commencement speaker for the IWU-National & Global ceremony was Justice Christopher Goff, Indiana’s 110th Indiana Supreme Court Judge.

MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. CELEBRATION

ANNUAL MLK CELEBRATION ATTRACTS WIDE AUDIENCE | On January 15, 2021, IWU hosted its annual Martin Luther King celebration as a YouTube Premiere event garnering 1,012 views. The celebration honored King’s legacy through scripture and song. It featured Minister Deidre Gray (Wesley Seminary alumna), Rev. Robert Townsend (IWU professor), Dr. Kwasi Kena (Wesley Seminary professor), Pastor Kenneth E. Sullivan Jr. (Wesley Seminary alum), Dr. Debbie Flickinger (Union Institute & University faculty member), and Dr. Joanne Barnes (IWU professor). Music performances were provided by Eastern Star Church (Indianapolis, IN), Zion Global Ministries (West Chester, OH), Phoenix Park-Kim (IWU professor) and Light of the World Christian Church choir (Indianapolis, IN).

2020 VIRTUAL GRADUATION | IWU celebrated its over four thousand 2020 graduates during two virtual commencement ceremonies at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 5. A newly created website, IWUgraduates.com, featured each student’s name, degree, honors and photo if provided by the student in advance. Video messages for 2020 graduates by IWU’s chancellors and the president were housed on this site.

The commencement speaker for the IWUMarion graduate ceremony was Dr. Bud Bence, a church historian, professor and

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IWU ADDS BOWLING AND MEN’S SWIMMING TEAMS | Indiana Wesleyan University Athletics will grow by three sports in Fall 2021 with the addition of men’s swimming, men’s bowling and women’s bowling. IWU is one of only two Crossroads League schools to offer men’s swimming and one of six to offer bowling.

The new teams will bring the Wildcats to 21 total sports.

DEVOE DIVISION OF BUSINESS PROGRAM RANKS NO. 5 IN USA | Indiana Wesleyan University’s undergraduate Management program has been ranked No. 5 on the list of “Best Business Management Schools and Colleges in the U.S.” The rankings were compiled by University HQ, a leading independent education organization providing students with resources to plan their career path.

IWU’s fully accredited Management program is designed to prepare students for leadership in business or public organizations. Comprised of 51 credit hours and built upon a Christian liberal arts foundation, the major stresses skill development in the areas of management, decision making, organizational behavior, financial planning and control systems, negotiation and conflict resolution.

IWU RECEIVES $2.5 MILLION LILLY ENDOWMENT GRANT | Lilly Endowment Inc. has named Indiana Wesleyan a recipient of a $2.5 million grant as part of its initiative to embolden Indiana colleges and universities to pursue value-enhancing opportunities. IWU will use the funds to implement a five-year strategic plan for the Marion residential campus. “This grant will support great initiatives we are pursuing in student thriving, academic excellence, enrollment growth and community engagement,” said IWU-Marion Chancellor Dr. Rod Reed.

Projects include the creation of an advising center and a reimagined general education curriculum. The Wildcat Innovation Team, a hub for developing new initiatives on campus, will be launched, as well as a Community Engagement Office, a central office connecting students and faculty with local businesses and service organizations.

AVIATION PROGRAMS AT NATIONAL & GLOBAL SERVE PILOTS-IN-TRAINING | DeVoe School of Business at Indiana Wesleyan University–National & Global announced the development of two new undergraduate programs: an Associate of Science with a Professional Pilot major and a Bachelor of Science in Aviation Management. Starting in Indiana, IWU is partnering with select flight schools to offer local flight training with a flexible online degree program, so students can simultaneously earn an associate or bachelor’s degree and their flight ratings. Students will take online classes while also dedicating time to flight training at partnering flight schools. The programs are scheduled to start in June 2021.

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TALENT LADDER LAUNCHES CYBERSECURITY BOOTCAMP | The Talent Ladder, powered by IWU– National & Global, began delivering cybersecurity training through Indiana’s Next Level Jobs initiative in Fall 2020.

The program, made available through Workforce Ready Grant funds, brings comprehensive, innovative training solutions to employers, organizations, and individuals facing talent shortages and skill gaps. It is a 24-week online bootcamp experience with a total of 12 courses. The asynchronous learning format is competency-based, with coaching and instructional support provided. The Talent Ladder also made a scholarship available for a limited time to individual learners that qualified, which covered all costs including books, virtual labs, instructional costs, and the CySA+ certification exam. More information is available at TheTalentLadder.com.

IWU–NATIONAL & GLOBAL WELCOMES NEW VP FOR ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT & REGIONAL VENTURES | Dr. Eileen Hulme has joined IWU–National & Global to oversee its regional education teams. Hulme previously served as the vice president for student life at both Baylor University and George Fox

University. She was also a professor at Azusa Pacific University and brings 30 years of experience in higher education administration to IWU. She will be responsible for identifying emerging trends and developments that impact higher education and workforce needs; developing strategies for regional engagement; developing initiatives that drive growth; and building relationships with business enterprises, local government officials, non-profit organizations, community resources and National & Global alumni to enhance the mission of the University.

DEVOE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AWARDED SHRM ACADEMIC ALIGNMENT FOR HR PROGRAMS | DeVoe School of Business at IWU– National and Global is pleased to announce that its human resource (HR) programs have been awarded Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Academic Alignment. SHRM Academic Alignment is a designation given to academic programs and professional organizations that prepare learners for careers in HR, aligning curriculum and talent management with SHRM’s Competency Model. The SHRM website states that students from SHRMaligned programs may apply for the SHRM-CP certification exam under a student eligibility provision, giving IWU–National & Global graduates an additional advantage as they seek new career opportunities or promotions.

National & Global’s Bachelor of Science in Management, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, and the Master of Science in Human Resource Management are now listed in the directory on SHRM’s website.

CHARACTER • SCHOLARSHIP • LEADERSHIP

SEMINARY SIGNS ARTICULATION INDWES.EDU/BRAND AGREEMENTS | In February 2021, Houghton College and Oklahoma Wesleyan University signed articulation agreements with Wesley Seminary.

These agreements will serve as a basis to provide graduates of Houghton College and Oklahoma Wesleyan University with the possibility of being awarded advanced standing with credit on admission and transitional pathways into the MA in Ministry, the Master of Divinity and future programs at Wesley Seminary.

The three institutions share a common Christian faith and are united in their desire to prepare Christian leaders to engage in missional ministry locally and globally.

NEW AFFILIATE FACULTY MEMBERS SELECTED | Wesley Seminary has introduced two new affiliate faculty members, Rev. Dr. Safiyah Fosua and Rev. Dr. Constance M. Cherry.

Wesley Seminary offers affiliate faculty status to those who will contribute to advance the Seminary’s mission, which is to prepare Christian leaders for the mission field around the world. Rev. Dr. Fosua is a retired professor of spiritual formation and Christian ministry, as well as a retired elder from the United Methodist Church’s Greater New Jersey Annual Conference. Dr. Constance M. Cherry is professor emerita at Indiana Wesleyan University where she taught worship and pastoral ministries. She is also an author and a founding faculty member of The Robert E. Webber Institute for Worship Studies, where she continues to teach.

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s a teenager, Jeff Mohler (’94) babysat a young boy with autism—and it proved to be a lifechanging event. He discovered his natural ability to connect with individuals with intellectual disabilities. Little did he know at the time, God was beginning to prepare him for his future role as CEO of Special Olympics Indiana.

Mohler attended Indiana Wesleyan University where he studied Economics and ran for both the track and crosscountry teams. “I was a distance runner because I wasn’t tall enough to play basketball, and I wasn’t big enough to play football,” Mohler joked. “And, I knew the value that sports could bring to people.”

After graduating from IWU and then earning his master’s degree in Nonprofit Management, Mohler began working for Special Olympics Indiana, a nonprofit organization that uses sport programs to empower people with intellectual disabilities. The organization offers more than 20 sports and serves approximately 18,000 athletes in the state, who range from two to 88 years old.

“We do sports—that’s our catalyst,” said Mohler. “I learned so much more than how to be a better runner during my time at IWU with the cross country and track teams. Those are the same lessons we want to give our athletes.”

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One of the biggest lessons Mohler hopes the athletes take away is learning how to be a leader. Special Olympics Indiana has an athlete leadership program where individuals are trained to serve on the board of directors or to become a staff member. He even hopes to one day be replaced as CEO by one of the athletes.

“This is their organization,” said Mohler. “I tell people I’m the CEO, but it’s the athletes’ organization. I’m just the temporary caretaker.”

Mitch Bonar, a junior at IWU who was born with cerebral palsy, is one of the individuals who took advantage of the leadership program. He has been an athlete with Special Olympics Indiana since he was in sixth grade and has participated in seven sports. Bonar now serves on the organization’s board of directors.

“I like the way we leave legacies,” said Bonar, a Community Development major. “It’s been fun to get to learn and teach [as a board member].”

In reflecting on his relationship with Bonar, Mohler can’t help but see how God has been at work.

“IWU prepared me for Special Olympics, so that Special Olympics could prepare Mitch Bonar for IWU,” said Mohler.

“LET ME WIN, BUT IF I CANNOT WIN, L E T M E B E B R AV E I N T H E A T T E M P T. ” Mohler’s hope is that the athletes also apply that oath to their lives. “Not all our athletes will be successful at everything,” said Mohler. “But we hope they will be brave in every attempt and will, in fact, attempt. If they do, in many ways, that’s the definition of success.”

Mohler strives for that same success in his everyday responsibilities knowing he is in God’s will.

“I truly see Special Olympics as God’s direction to me,” said Mohler. “This is my ministry.”

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JEFF MOHLER ’94 C E O O F S P E C I A L O LY M P I C S , INDIANA “He can be a community leader. He is really that shining example of what Special Olympics can do for somebody with a disability.”

Outside of work hours, Mohler and Bonar often catch up over dinner on campus. “Mitch has this ability to see in all of us a goodness that we often can’t see in ourselves,” said Mohler.

“He’s half my age, but he’s twice as wise as I’ll ever be.”

Mohler wholeheartedly believes individuals with intellectual disabilities are just as capable as individuals without a disability. With this in mind, Special Olympics seeks to equip athletes—like Bonar—with the confidence they need to achieve success. At each competition, athletes recite an oath:

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A Genius’s Choice for Living and Dying Well

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ome people ooze respect. They can move quietly through a room yet command the loudest silent applause. Dr. Marvin Hinds was such a person, though during my last visit he was uncharacteristically energetic.

Our last visit was in the dining hall at Colonial Oaks, the retirement and extended care community owned by IWU and operated by TLC Management, Inc. Like myself, he had driven by that attractive property near campus for decades. Its name fits as well as any, on the sleepy tree-lined Harmon Street often dotted with collegiate joggers.

latest woodwork—an ink pen shaped like a rifle. Himself a veteran, it was a familiar tool—but it was a gift for another.

For decades he amazed me with his winsome smile, woodworking hobby, and interest in others—no matter how mundane the topic. Yet he was one of the heralded scientists who developed the heart defibrillator.

That last visit was especially memorable.

I caught him as he was finishing his “favorite dish.” He was sitting with Dr. Byron Tippey, another veteran IWU professor whose southern genteel drawl always proved endearing.

Marvin, a genius who had lived well, was now living out another choice—how to enjoy his sunset years, and to die well.

Christ was central to his life, including his decision to give most of his career to teaching at Indiana Wesleyan University.

They seemed giddy. Literally happy in a youthful way—and both were still sharp as tacks. Dr. Hinds then showed me his

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My visit was cut short because the two of them didn’t want to miss a social function down the hall. I left tickled that two of my senior friends were having fun, as if in high school again.

I was reminded of standing in the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library reading the quote from our 40th President’s letter to the American people (in his own handwriting), “I now begin the journey that will lead me into the sunset of my

life.” That letter was written on November 5, 1994. He would live nearly a decade longer.

Much like Dr. Hinds, a brilliant man with many admirers would make choices about his last days. And for Dr. Hinds, it was to entrust his care and that of his wife, Hazel, to the institution which he loved and served.

An institution is a systematic response to a recurring need, and IWU had figured out long ago how to respond to certain needs.

Little did Dr. Hinds know back in 1971 when he came to IWU to help start the nursing program (with Della Blackburn), that fifty years later graduates from that same program would help usher him into the Kingdom—only a half mile from campus.

There was a joy in his step that last visit.

I left thinking, “My genius professor and friend seems to have chosen well.” He had commented on how wonderful it was to slip over “to the other side” and visit Hazel.

They were at different places in their health journeys and needed different levels of care (though ultimately would pass within five months of each other in 2018).

FAMILY and FACILITIES were indeed factors in this choice. So were friends—and those with likeminded views of our Savior.

FINANCES puts parameters around our options for retirement and late-life care.

And, so does our attention to stewardship.

Dr. Hinds was well aware that IWU benefits annually from leasing Colonial Oaks to TLC. And, it has benefited through various gifts from the TLC owners, including the amazing Ott Hall of Science and Nursing.

A core component of selecting Colonial Oaks was the FAITH factor—both of its owner and the TLC healthcare corporation that manages it. The TLC founders and managers are not only Christians and IWU alumni, but fellow members of his same church.

And that’s the last factor I deduced, the FAMILIAR. Regardless of what state, or the great amenities, the Christian ambiance resonated with his soul.

C O LO N IA L OA KS H EA LTH & R E H A B ILITATI O N C E N TE R In President Reagan’s case, he had actually been planning his departure for more than 20 years. The decision to put his presidential library in Simi Valley (atop a mountain) was in 1987, after a tumultuous and failed effort at Stanford to host it had dragged out since 1982.

Like Dr. Hinds (and many of us), he began the selection process through meaningful moments over decades, not abruptly.

President Reagan was able to attend the library’s opening just a few years before his passing. And Dr. Hinds the same with Ott Hall’s opening.

If you stand and read Reagan’s sunset quote on a poster as a first-time visitor to the Simi Valley facility, you’ll be little prepared for what’s just around the corner—Air Force One. In a glass room somewhat cantilevered amongst the mountains is the pavilion with a breathtaking view. And that’s what Colonial Oaks and other well-run Christian senior facilities should be about, preparing us for an awesome view just around the corner.

150 Typically you will find 150

residents living in the Colonial Oak’s Health and Rehabilitation and Retirement (Assisted and Independent Living) centers

79 Average age of health and rehabilitation residents

85 Average age of retirement center residents

32 days Average stay for short-term rehab residents

13 months Average stay for long-term rehab residents

4.5 years Average stay for assisted living residents

51 Male residents – 31 in health and rehab, 20 in assisted living

I W U STUDENTS AT COLONIAL OAKS In addition to entertainment sought out by Colonial Oaks from local musicians, entertainers and therapy dogs, IWU students volunteer with the activities department to help residents do crafts, read to them, or simply sit and have conversations.

The IWU Music Therapy program comes regularly to provide music therapy, an especially meaningful gift to residents who spent their pre-Colonial Oaks years heavily involved in music.

79 Female residents – 51 in health

and rehab, 28 in assisted living

10 Couples – 2 in health and rehab; 8 in assisted living

30 Years meals have been provided

by Carol Scott, the Director of Dining and Nutrition—three meals per day to health & rehab residents, and two times per day to assisted living residents

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To Be Seen and Heard AN IWU ALUM’S JOURNEY TO BECOMING THE COUNSELOR FOR THE INDIANAPOLIS COLTS

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ometimes it takes a little trial and error to discover a calling.

For Elizabeth White, a 2007 Indiana Wesleyan alumna, that certainly proved to be true.

White found herself in corporate America struggling to feel connected to her work.

It didn’t take long for her to realize that she consistently found herself talking to her coworkers about their lives.

“I was finding that I spent more time talking to people about their problems than I actually spent doing my ‘real’ work,” said White. “I just didn’t really know how to transition that skillset into a career.”

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It was when White became a foster mom to three boys that she discovered her answer.

“I found that talking to the kids and helping them make a plan to cope with their emotions was actually benefiting them,” said White. “Three boys who might have had very gloomy life expectations were able to make the emotional progress that they needed to be able to show up for themselves.”

Realizing that she could make a difference in people’s lives, White enrolled at IWUNational & Global to earn her master’s degree in Counseling.

“Earning a degree at IWU was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made,” said White. “Its programming was such a

great preparation for what I would face in the clinical world. When it was time to practice, I felt really prepared for the type of work that I was doing.”

In 2011, White took the leap to open her own practice called The Well Counseling and Consulting Group. The practice is based on the northwest side of Indianapolis and will be celebrating 10 years of operation this year.

“We’ve been able to serve thousands of people, which we really count as something super important,” said White.

“Each person is a part of a family— every time you’re helping one person, you’re also helping a family, and we love that idea.”

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For the last seven years, White has also had the opportunity to be the team counselor for the Indianapolis Colts. “It was such a learning curve for me because I was not a person who was a football fan,” she said. “I had not even been to a Colts game prior to becoming the team counselor, and that’s funny to me.”

White’s goal as the team counselor is to be available, be a resource and reduce barriers. For a well-known athlete, walking into a traditional office preparing to talk about something concerning may be made even more uncomfortable by the chance that someone would recognize them. White’s role with the team allows the athletes to have a counselor within their very own facility.

“The players are just human,” said White.

“They have the same fears, loves, desires, concerns that all of us do.

I’M JUST HELPING VERY NORMAL PEOPLE WITH VERY PUBLIC JOBS GET THE SUPPORT THEY NEED TO LIVE THEIR BEST LIVES. ” Both White’s roles as the Colts’ team counselor and an entrepreneur support her own personal mission as a counselor: to reduce the stigma.

“I want to reduce the stigma of seeking counseling in communities of color, especially for African Americans,” she said. “I love that I talk to my clients about the fact that there is no shame in seeking help.”

More than that, White hopes her love for Jesus and her love for others shines through her work.

“I don’t want anyone to leave my presence without knowing how important they are,” said White. “If for 60 minutes they feel like they have been seen and heard, my work is done. It just confirms how important this work is.”

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LIVING IN THE SPACE OF THE UNKNOWN Tiffany Snyder ’13, ’15 has always been eager to learn, and her curiosity brought her right to IWU. W R I T T EN BY: R AC H EL AS HL EY ’ 11

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TIFFANY IS MARRIED TO MICAH AND THEY HAVE TWO KIDS, RAEA AND AIDEN

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iffany Snyder’s job at IWU is all about learning for the purpose of innovation, and she has a genuine love for this institution and the life she’s built here.

She’s also earned two IWU degrees, although she didn’t choose IWU because of her parents or her siblings or even a school guidance counselor’s advice.

She has been fascinated by life calling and life coaching since she was in high school. As a teenager, her curiosities led her online where she stumbled upon the Center for Life Calling and Leadership on IWU’s website.

As a high school student, she decided to drive over an hour to IWU’s Marion campus on a school day, navigated her way to the Life Calling office, and asked to meet with Bill Millard, the executive

director at the time and a theorist in life calling. Tiffany’s unannounced visit and conversation about life calling with Bill that day led to her attending IWU as a first-generation college student and working in Bill’s department.

After graduation, she then transitioned to full-time employment for the Life Calling office while earning her master’s degree.

This eventually led to a promotion to a director position in Life Calling, putting her right at the intersection of her passions and helping her practice what she was learning in her graduate program.

But it didn’t feel quite right.

“Things were going well, but I just felt like I missed school. I always believed to whom much is given, much is expected. I had all my mentors drilling it into my mind,” Tiffany said.

So she enrolled in a Ph.D. program with an emphasis in the integration of psychology,

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technology and learning, and she’s really proud of it. As I am writing this, she is preparing to defend her dissertation in just a few hours, in fact.

with more global engagement in mind.

She’s now putting her curiosity to work alongside Brad as Assistant Director of Faculty Enrichment.

But Tiffany is rarely satisfied as a learner.

Hungry to know more about education technology and innovation, she started calling experts across the IWU community, inviting them to meet her for lunch and talk about their areas of expertise. That’s how she met Brad Garner and others who helped her feel connected to the field and shared her excitement.

“Tiffany has a long track record of being a great team member and a person who is always anxious to learn new things,” Brad said. During the first week in her new role in Faculty Enrichment, Brad asked her to co-host their new podcast, Digital2Learn, where they interview experts in higher education, technology, neuroscience and more. Their goal is to help faculty and administrators all over the world explore new ideas that better serve students.

Brad serves as Director of Faculty Enrichment in the Center for Learning and Innovation (CLI) at IWU–National & Global. His team is responsible for being forward thinkers and helping faculty members create meaningful online experiences using the latest tools, technology and practices.

The faculty enrichment team is just part of the reason Tiffany has now shifted to sharing her skills and knowledge

Today, their audience and guests reach far beyond the IWU community. The podcast also recently expanded into a monthly project called Undersized Ideas, Oversized Impact, where the team synthesizes research on small ideas that could make a big splash.

One of these small ideas started in early 2020, when their team conducted

research on online courses that blended asynchronous and synchronous elements.

That is, they wanted to know if online students benefited from engaging with their professors in real-time periodically throughout the course. The answer, as they expected, was yes, and the results of their study were even published by EDUCAUSE last November. Now they are training all faculty across the IWU– National & Global campus to offer these opportunities in their virtual classrooms.

They hope it will be a model for other courses and programs as well.

The search for new technologies and innovative ideas never ends for CLI and Faculty Enrichment, and they are eager to do the work. In 2020, they started exploring integrating virtual reality in the classroom and offering learning platforms that facilitate greater access to education for students in all kinds of environments around the world.

“When we hear about big headlines, about how much education is changing, we don’t shy away. We don’t sink down in our chairs,” Tiffany said. “We just inflate with energy, and it inspires us to dream.

We are comfortable living in the space of the unknown.”

DIGITAL2 LEAR N (D2L ) P ODCAST CAN BE FO UN D AT DIGITAL2L EARN. COM

It has more than 5,200 downloads and reached its 75th episode on March 1, 2021. Episode themes include digital literacy, data analytics, virtual reality, student success, synchronous learning, digital badges, edtech, student equity, open resources and more.

And, just in case you were wondering, Tiffany Snyder, Ph.D., successfully defended her dissertation.

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INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY . NATIONAL & GLOBAL

Over 90,000 Alumni all had a reason why they earned their degree

IWU IS HOW 180+ ONLINE AND ONSITE PROGRAMS.

FAITH INTEGRATED EDUCATION.

With academic programs in all levels of study, students can venture down a path that helps them build the life and career they envision. Between several programspecific accreditations and our students’ high pass rates on relevant certification exams, our institution boasts high quality programs that produce exceptional outcomes.

IWU is a Christian university that embraces all people and all cultures. We care about the whole student, not just their academic performance, which is why students at IWU come to rely on spiritual support, authentic people, and generous resources for their education journeys.

FACULTY PRACTITIONERS.

DEVELOPING WORLD CHANGERS.

With professional advisors and faculty who have real-life experience in addition to their academic training, students are given a unique opportunity for networking, career advice and industry insights.

IWU is committed to changing the world by developing students in character, scholarship and leadership. Whether you are a student, an employee, an alum or a guest at IWU, we are striving to bring out the world changer in you.

DO YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO CAN BENEFIT FROM EARNING THEIR DEGREE?

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JAMES CLARK IWU-NATIONAL & GLOBAL ALUMNUS CURRENT ROLE | Chief Operating Officer, LNS North America.

Responsible for all North America manufacturing sites GRADUATION YEAR | 2005 DEGREE | Bachelor of Science in Business Information Systems, Master of Business Administration (MBA) “When I started my IWU experience, I was a Team Leader in a manufacturing company and my goal for an education was very short term: ‘How is this going to help with my current role?’ I had no idea the path that would be illuminated in front of me! It has led me on an extremely exciting and challenging career, that I couldn’t have imagined before starting!”

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SHELBY CURRY IWU-NATIONAL & GLOBAL ALUMNA CURRENT ROLE | Diversity & Inclusion Communications Manager, The Walt Disney Company GRADUATION YEAR | 2006 DEGREE | Master of Business Administration (MBA) “I was enrolled in a satellite graduate program, which meant I attended classes one evening a week over the course of less than two years, during a time in my life when I needed flexibility.

As a working mother with two small children, I was blessed to find a graduate program at Indiana Wesleyan University that could integrate with my chaotic work and family schedule. The values and Christcentered academic community was a needed bonus and aligned with my faith, educational goals and learning needs. Because diversity and inclusion are embedded in the heritage of the school, my learning experience and the relationships forged while as a student laid the foundation to where I am today in my career.”

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SPARKING SPIRITUAL FORMATION ON CAMPUS WRI TTEN BY: H ANNAH H O O D ’1 9

ndrea Summers walked onto IWU’s campus as the new Campus Dean of Spiritual Formation in Summer 2020 but is no stranger to the IWU community and the power of spiritual formation on a college campus.

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In 1995 she chose to attend IWU to pursue her call to vocational ministry, following in the footsteps of her parents who were both involved in Wesleyan higher education. After graduating in 2000 with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Intercultural Relations, she earned a Master of Divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary in 2008.

Her ministry began in the local church, which coincidently brought her back to Marion as a part of the College Wesleyan staff, joining her husband in the vibrant J.C. Body Shop youth ministries.

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Andrea later felt God’s call to pursue her Doctor of Ministry degree from Candler School of Theology at Emory, an elite program in Atlanta in 2020, while working at Southern Wesleyan University in their school of ministry.

She had just settled into teaching another semester of classes when John Bray, IWU’s previous Dean of the Chapel, informed her about the job opening at IWU. While interested in the prospect, she quickly declined, but soon became restless.

“Over the next three months, I just couldn’t get away from it. I remember wrestling with God, asking him, ‘Why do I struggle so much with contentment?

My family is thriving. I love my job. Why would my mind be wandering to this opportunity?’” Andrea said.

Through conversations with God, her mentors, and her family, God made it clear that she should apply for this position.

“And clearly God was in it,” Andrea said.

In her time at IWU thus far, Andrea has committed herself to create an environment that cultivates spiritual formation. Having most recently held a position where she interacted with college students daily, she brings a unique passion and perspective to the role.

“I truly can’t get enough of students. I love them. I love hearing the ways that God is working in their life and what they’re wrestling with,” Andrea said.

“College was such a formative four years of my life, and I know it is for these students as well.”

Her priority as Campus Dean of Spiritual Formation is to create clear pathways for students to engage in spiritual growth.

She plans to identify more options for spiritual engagement and spark an understanding across the university that spiritual formation is the responsibility of all employees of IWU.

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that the campus pastor will handle spiritual formation, but it’s all of our responsibility. From groundskeeper to the University president, this is one piece of all of our job descriptions that we formation is something that we get to do together.

It’s tempting to think that the campus pastor will handle spiritual formation, but it’s all of our responsibility. From groundskeeper to the University president, this is one piece of all of our job descriptions that we have in common.

Spiritual formation is something that we get to do together.” Andrea said.

Additionally, she hopes to expand the current programming that the chapel office offers to reach a more diverse student group.

“There’s no cookie-cutter path for spiritual growth. The reality is we have students from all walks of life, and I want to see them all take the next step spiritually. Not just the ones who came into IWU loving Jesus, but the ones who are deconstructing, those doubting, those healing…” Andrea said. “We have all these students and everything in between.

These are critical years, and if we can give God the opportunity, He will arrest their attention.”

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have in common. Spiritual

One way Andrea is taking steps toward reaching more students is by redefining the student chaplain role. Previously, each resident hall had a Student Chaplain on the Residential Learning staff who was available for students who wanted prayer, mentorship, or spiritual support.

While these needs will continue to be met, starting next fall, they will be renamed as Residential Spiritual Life Coordinators with a more narrowed focus on discipleship.

Coordinators will work closely with the Chapel Office for their own personal and spiritual development with the primary task of working with student small group leaders within their residence hall. By providing accountability, resources, and mentorship to small group leaders, Andrea believes that Coordinators can help create a small group revival on campus.

“Our spiritual formation journey isn’t something you do alone or in a room full of people; we walk alongside each other

in relationship,” Andrea said. “The kind of formation we need is something that bubbles up out of real relationships, out of the places where people live.”

In a way, Andrea feels like her career has come full circle. She’s back where she first felt God’s call to pursue a career dedicated to ministry, attending the same church she did as an IWU student, and later as staff, and pouring into students – working to fan the spark of spiritual formation on Indiana Wesleyan’s campus into a flame.

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SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY & MINISTRY 3 YEARS STM undergraduate programs can be completed in as little as

The School of Theology and Ministry helps students discover and carry out God’s calling for their life while being taught and mentored by faculty who are committed Christ-followers, live under the authority of God’s Word, have respect for the Church and love students. Most of the undergraduate programs can be completed in three years, saving you both time and money, and providing practical, hands-on ministry experience.

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OUT OF THE CLASSROOM AND AROUND THE WORLD WRITTEN BY:

KELLY DAY ’09

ASHLEY WITKOWSKI ’14

ALUM INFLUENCES EDUCATION IN D.C. AS EINSTEIN FELLOW nytime a teacher receives a national award with “Einstein” in its title, there is a good chance you’re dealing with a rather bright individual. And when the same person, Kelly Day (’09), also was the youngest teacher ever to receive a particular Fulbright teaching award, you know you’re dealing with teaching royalty.

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“Teaching is what God created me to do,” said Day, a 2009 Indiana Wesleyan alumna. “The word ‘teacher’ defines my identity, purpose, and the sincerest desires of my heart.”

After graduating from IWU with a degree in Mathematics Education, Day began teaching seventh grade math at Westfield Middle School in Westfield, Indiana—a position she still holds to this day.

“It is a privilege to impart information, wisdom, passion, and knowledge to my students,” said Day. “I love seeing my students transform into the young men and women they are destined to become.”

Day’s passion for education has taken her beyond the classroom and around the world. She has traveled to over 40 countries in the last 10 years alone.

In 2013, Day was awarded the Lilly Endowment Teacher Creativity Award in Teaching. The grant provided Day

the opportunity to spend two months researching Asian education systems in China, Korea, Singapore and Japan.

In 2015, Day was the recipient of the Fulbright Distinguished Award in Teaching. As the youngest U.S. teacher to receive this honor, Day traveled to Finland to conduct research on the country’s female achievement in math.

“I have taken my Finnish and Asian research in mathematics education and have used it to help promote educational reform at my local and state level,” said Day. “I hope to continually develop myself as a leader and advocate for STEM education and research.”

Day received yet another opportunity to do just that when she was selected as an Albert Einstein Distinguished Educator Fellow in 2020. She was one of 15 K-12 science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) teachers from across the country to be given the honor.

As a Fellow, Day is working in the heart of Washington D.C. with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE).

“This year has been different than I expected; however, in many ways it has gone better than I could have imagined,” said Day. “I have loved working for the DOE.” One of her biggest responsibilities is working for the National Science Bowl®,

a nationwide academic competition that tests students’ knowledge in science and math. Day’s responsibilities include developing resources for and helping organize the various elements of the Science Bowl regionals across the country.

Because the National Science Bowl® has shifted to an online format due to COVID restrictions, Day has also helped create the digital resources for 100+ regionals across the country.

“I feel really proud of the work I am doing for the National Science Bowl®,” said Day. “It provides students gifted in science a space to showcase their unique skills and be part of a competitive team. This work is important to encourage future generations of STEM professionals.”

After completing her work with the DOE, Day will leave D.C. with an even better understanding of the possibilities in STEM education and equipped with access to a national network of education leaders to make an even bigger difference at her local school level.

Whether she is in D.C., her classroom, or halfway across the world, Day’s mission remains focused on her students.

“The most important and enjoyable part of my job is making my students feel safe, loved and appreciated when they walk into my classroom,” said Day. “Each year I pray that God uses me to love and serve the students He has entrusted to me, to the best of my ability.”

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Relief to the Children of God

Navigating absence and loss in the throes of the pandemic WR I T T EN BY: PET ER T R OU T N ER ’ 18

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s a five-year-old boy, Anthony Wallace witnessed his father’s murder, a formative event to say the least. It fostered his own understanding of grief and loss, upon which he built a ministry for others marked by absence or stricken with loss.

“Any time you can be of any relief to the children of God, it’s a worthwhile endeavor.” Rev. Wallace has an intimate knowledge of what it means to bring relief – a perpetual and divinely inspired burden.

as a blessing.” Strangely, Wallace noted, he realized at the time that despite his pain, he hadn’t developed a level of hate for anybody.

In the ensuing years, Wallace worked his water management job while beginning to find his place caring for others. He founded Security Dads, where he and other fathers made a presence in local schools for those whose fathers were unknown, absent, or inactive. Through this, he and his wife now have 45,000 children who call them Mom and Dad.

His journey is memorable. In the years following his father’s murder, Wallace felt a strange uncomfortability with the level of concern he had for others.

“And that was the beginning of what I didn’t know was ministry at the time. God has a way of putting you in positions that he wants you in and he wasn’t looking for my, I guess, cerebral understanding at that time.

He put me in a place where my heart would compel me to do what was needed to be done.”

“Initially it bothered me, I thought, well why do I care?

I saw it as a curse, which as I grew I started to see it

The cerebral understanding and theological terminology would come later as he enrolled in Wesley

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“God has a way of putting you in positions that he wants you in and he wasn’t looking for my, I guess, cerebral understanding at that time. He put me in a place where my heart would compel me to do what was needed to be done.”

REV. ANTHONY WALLACE ’15 CHAPLAIN, INDIANAPOLIS METROPOLITAN POLICE DEPARTMENT

Seminary. There he found a home for deep conversations and earned his Master of Arts in Child, Youth and Family Ministry (2015).

In addition to pastoring a church with his daughter, he became a chaplain for the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department in August of 2019. There he would again have a ministry to those experiencing loss, which has been compounded by the pandemic.

You may think that police chaplains are there to support the officers of the IMPD. Although that is part of their job, much of their responsibilities are out on the ground in uniform. They routinely comfort those in crisis, deliver death notifications to the families of the deceased, and serve as eulogists for those with no faith or church home, or both. It’s those with little faith, who Wallace finds tend to suffer the hardest. For most, it seems their first confrontation with the end of life – earthly and eternally.

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reached its peak, Wallace said, “There were a lot more domestic abuse situations that we had to respond to, the homicide rate definitely increased as well, naturally the DOA’s increased, there were more runs … everything we do was exaggerated.”

On top of the increasing load of calls and runs, Wallace noticed a heavier weight on the police officers he was serving alongside. However, that weight did not stop his fellow officers from performing their duties. As a Black man himself, Wallace one day asked a fellow officer how this weight felt.

“I said because basically right now you’re being stereotyped because of the actions of a few as I have been stereotyped all my life because of what somebody perceives of the actions of a few or because of their ignorance thereof.”

But despite the increased mental and emotional weight of social unrest and the pandemic, the work continues for chaplains like Wallace. Thankfully he doesn’t have to carry that weight and the griefs of those he comforts alone. “I’m able to comfort, I’m able to be that shoulder if you will, but I’m also able to not carry it

with me – that’s a burden for Christ and so he blesses me that I don’t have to bear it alone.”

And yet each and every day, Rev. Anthony Wallace says he’s okay with being that “secret agent of good” who God uses and Wallace doesn’t need the spotlight. Each police run he views as another person God has him bringing relief to.

“I’m just concerned for the betterment, the wellbeing of God’s children. I see a lot of confusion out there. A lot of people don’t know where to go or where to turn. I see a lot of turning away from the church which distresses me and many, many people who seem to not have faith and don’t have hope and now they find themselves in the throes of this contagion, this pandemic season and many of them don’t know where to turn. I’ve heard people scream endlessly ‘I’m done!’ ‘I don’t know what to do.’ ‘I’ve had enough.’”

It’s in those spaces he finds himself a presence, there to relieve, comfort, and help stabilize the suffering, showing them there is life beyond today.

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As the Redefining Greatness Campaign Approaches the Finish Line, We Invite You to Join the Race

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During the quiet phase, a remarkable $53 million in special gifts have helped further our mission. That is, to change the world by developing students in character, scholarship, and leadership.

The year 2016 marked the beginning of IWU’s strategic plan and the starting line for the “Redefining Greatness” comprehensive campaign. Since then, the Lord has blessed IWU through generous donors who have given above and beyond in extraordinary ways.

RUNNING THE GOOD RACE

The funds given thus far (by over 10,000 people) have enabled IWU to provide scholarship dollars to over 1,753 students, and in turn, help each student pursue or obtain a Christ-centered education. These students are now in various stages of their journeys, with a host of them already utilizing their gifts and education to make a Kingdom impact in this world.

At the outset of the campaign, IWU laid out seven initiatives designed to infuse life into two of the strategic plan’s key strategies:

GREAT STUDENTS

“In spite of the challenges we are facing during COVID, added to the challenges we face in higher education, it is amazing how God has blessed IWU through the faithful generosity of our alumni and friends,” said Dr. Scott Turcott, Vice President for University Advancement.

IWU FUND AND ANNUAL SCHOLARSHIP An opportunity to invest in an IWU education for a wide range of students through program-specific and general scholarships that are provided on an annual basis. The IWU Fund and annual scholarships benefit students year-in and year-out.

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GREAT PROGRAMS

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INTERCOLLEGIATE FOOTBALL PROGRAM RON BLUE INSTITUTE INNOVATION FUND

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ENDOWED SCHOLARSHIPS Funds that can be named for a loved one or a key influencer in your life and provide scholarships in perpetuity.

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The plac e I have t h e most pa Republic There are always more financially challenged students ssio , where I w ent on a m n for is the Domin b il in gual scho that we would like to help, and now more than ever, a ica ission trip ol that sugarcan to serve a n Christ-centered education is desperately needed. e fields. It educates people w ta ho work was ther teacher. in the e the Lor After I gr d called m a d m u a is te s io , “I’ve been reflecting on the most precious and crucial I want to nary teac e to be a move the her. re as a fu purpose God has entrusted to IWU for the next ll-time Sincerely generation. I believe the unapologetic, yet winsome, , Taylor In public articulation and practice of Biblically faithful gram (In diana) and passionately Christ-centered scholarship, teaching, and mentoring is IWU’s greatest calling,” said Dr. David Wright, president of IWU. “In this historic moment, the mark of a great Christian university is not how many students attend, but how many learn to live differently for having been here.”

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RON BLUE INSTITUTE ENDOWMENT

“Without footba ll, I don’t know if I would be here. Th e football progra m has helped me to get out in front of everything. It helped me to get organized, taug ht me how to do good, and to hold myself to a high er standard in acad emics, and in lif e.

If I were to rate IW U football betwee n1 and 10, I’d give it a 15.”

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During the quiet phase, $10 million has been raised for the Ron Blue Institute Endowment to help spread biblically based financial literacy.

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DR. DAVID WRIGHT ’77 PRESIDENT

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Offensive lineman Mario Love, a 5’11” 285 lb. junior from Gautier, Mississippi, came to Marion, Indiana to get an education and play football. He wanted to go far from home.

He chose IWU because of the Christian environment and the chance to be a part of something brand new. He wanted to share that story with his kids one day, “…to show that it’s not bad to go far away from home, and to be able to tell them that I was a part of starting something great.”

Despite having a radically different background, a quiet demeanor, a beautiful Mississippi accent, and a father who was shot in front of his eyes during his first year of college, Mario has stayed the course finding purpose for his life, and family among the football team.

Mario is majoring in community development, with a minor in business administration and a focus in child advocacy.

He wants to use his life to help people.

OUR RICH HERITAGE

IWU has been blessed with a rich heritage.

God has honored the investment of time, talent, and treasure of those who have faithfully sought to serve in order to impact the Kingdom. He has blessed the commitment of those who have been part of fulfilling the mission and vision. People like faithful servants Wilbur and Ardelia Williams. There are not many who have modeled as they did the words of Luke 6:38, “Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”

As we pivot from our first 100 years to the next 100 years, we seek to honor our heritage and extend our legacy. We need to stand on the shoulders of saints like Wilbur and Ardelia as we seek to impact the world for the Kingdom.

“Give, and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you.”

LUKE 6:38

INNOVATION FUND Funding programs that fuel the IWU entrepreneurial spirit that has allowed this University to prepare students for a changing world. A key component of the Innovation Fund is the School of Engineering.

This will be a significant growth area for IWU.

JOIN the RACE PA RT N ER WITH US After four years of fundraising, the goal is in sight. As we enter the home stretch by launching the public phase of the Redefining Greatness campaign, we invite you to partner with us as we seek to expand the Kingdom by providing great programs that develop great students.

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BOOK REVIEW

Zoom Staging

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ookshelf images for zoom backdrops have become the rave during COVID culture. Or, “zoom staging.” Face it, many of us at some point have wanted to look smarter, more professional, or more organized.

Now, websites like Room Rater track and score such positioning. From color-coordinated book arrangements (which are aesthetic statements of a non-reader), to fern-draped masterpieces (which defy actual access to these books), you can add about any faux backdrop for a few dollars or stage real books for thousands. Some people even buy books for their shelves by the linear foot—all glued together.

But we’ve also seen genuine working offices. I once looked across Mark Noll’s shoulder to his simple shelves in his Notre Dame office, realizing I had that glimpse of his real friends. The same with those few great reference works beside Lindsay Waters’ editing desk at Harvard University Press, and the row and stacks of new titles in Rick Warren’s Spartan working office—after walking through his stunning Oxford-ish library. And of course, we all have access to Thomas Jefferson’s thematic collection at the Library of Congress.

Perhaps no working office was more revealing to me than John Wilson’s at Christianity Today. Thousands of books in vertical stacks with a Hobbit trail to his chair.

But it was special because his decades of publications validated such a backdrop. Books matter not for how they make us look, but for how they help us look at life and God’s sovereignty. Like John, we may not agree with all that gifted authors write, but glean from their right to do so.

JERRY PATTENGALE ’79 MUSEUM OF THE BIBLE: FOUNDING SCHOLAR & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION (2000-2018) INDIANA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY: FIRST “UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR”

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JOHN WILSON Former editor of Books & Culture (1995-2016) and Education & Culture (2017) Currently he is contributing editor for The Englewood Review of Books and senior editor at the Marinalia Review of Books. In addition, his essays and reviews appear in Christianity Today, First Things, Commonweal, The Christian Century and other publications. He and his wife, Wendy, live in Wheaton, Illinois, where they are members of Faith Evangelical Covenant Church.

NICHOLAS BLACK ELK MEDICINE MAN, CATECHIST, SAINT

CHARIS IN THE WORLD OF WONDERS

Jon M. Sweeney

Marly Youmans

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Many well-known figures in Native American history were converts to Christianity, an inconvenient fact that has been widely ignored or—when acknowledged at all—impatiently explained away, treated as insignificant or inauthentic. For their part, many white Christians themselves have been inclined to ignore this striking reality, because it is part of a larger story that we, the descendants of our settler ancestors, would prefer not to be reminded of: a story of greed, brutality, and disgusting hypocrisy. All the more reason, then, to welcome Jon Sweeney’s concise, lucid, and fair-minded mini-biography of the Oglala Lakota visionary Nicholas Black Elk.

In March of 2020, just as the reality of a global pandemic had begun to sink in, this wonderful novel was published— and mostly lost in the chaos, one more casualty. “Bad luck” doesn’t begin to describe the timing. But while some losses of the past year are irrevocable (and who should mourn a mere novel, you might be thinking, when so many lives have been taken?), others are not. You can still acquire and read Charis’s story, set in 17th-century New England. Just as surely as Black Elk was a visionary, so too is Marly Youmans.

This novel (I wrote, for the back of the book), “confirms once more” her “place among the magi. There is indeed ‘a dark and amazing intricacy in the ways of Providence,’ as this spellbinding novel attests.”

BOOKS: A MEMOIR Larry McMurtry Simon & Schuster

Published in 2008, this memoir offers consolation and delight to readers mourning the loss of a wonderful writer following the news of McMurtry’s death in March of this year. The author of The Last Picture Show and Lonesome Dove was also a world-class bibliophile who worked for some years as a book scout and became a bookseller himself as well as a lifelong reader and acquirer of books. This is not at all a full-dress “memoir”; it is rather, by design, episodic, a series of sketches, some exceedingly brief. The tone is wry, understated. All this makes it an ideal bedside book just now for devoted McMurtry readers.

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LIVING LIFE FREE WRITTEN BY:

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JACK DYKEMA ’23 FINANCE MAJOR

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on’t you love it when a plan comes together?

Jack Dykema had the perfect plan. His high school summer caddie job at a country club in Chicago, along with good grades, financial need and volunteer work as a special needs camp buddy made him a top pick for the Chick Evans Scholarship for Caddies.

Receiving this scholarship meant free tuition, room, board, and a ticket into a scholarship house at Indiana University (IU).

He packed his bags full of excitement about a big college experience and the chance to study in the coveted Kelley School of Business.

But, sometimes, reality is not what you expect.

Walking into a class with 300 students, he quickly understood that professors could not invest in each student. But more concerning, Jack found that his living arrangement was not an environment that would encourage his growth as a Christian.

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ATHLETIC PROFILE “It was very hard because it never crossed my mind that, ‘if this is bad, I’ll just drop the scholarship,’” said Dykema.

“I was committed to IU, I loved the Kelley School of Business and the strength of academics. This was the start-up for my career, I thought. But within weeks, I had a sense that God was leading me on a new journey.”

After one semester, Jack walked away from the full-ride scholarship and transferred to Indiana Wesleyan University where he joined the IWU men’s golf team.

Upon reflection, Dykema says, “I believe God did gift me with the scholarship because it was an experience that I needed to have to gain a different perspective on life in general. To see how people who live in the dark have no idea what the light even is; that is the biggest thing that I have learned… I realized I’d be a hypocrite for keeping the scholarship and staying in this terrible environment for free tuition.”

Eight weeks after transferring, IWU classes went online due to COVID-19. “But I grew more in those eight weeks at IWU than I would have been able to in four years at IU,” explains Dykema. Being a part of athletics has given Jack a wonderful source of community.

“Everything about this place – community, Christianity, friends, golf, academics – is all just amazing,” said Dykema. “God’s timing is just perfect and it all works out for good.”

As a sophomore finance major, he is passionate about the mission of the IWU golf team. Their team philosophy is based on I Corinthians 9:19, “Even though I am a free man with no master, I have become a slave to all people to bring many to Christ.” (NLT) “The golf team travels a lot,” explains Dykema. “During each tournament our team’s top priority is to show Christ’s love and His light through all that we do—to show love to the people we meet along the way.” Playing the game with this mindset allows them to play “FREE” - Fearless, Relaxed, Engaged, and free to Enjoy the game.

In the end, the plan really did come together.

Dykema is playing free, growing in his relationship with Jesus, improving in the game of golf and looking forward to how God will use his love for numbers, love for people and skill as a golfer to impact this world for Christ.

“Everything about this place – community, Christianity, friends, golf, academics – is all just amazing. God’s timing is just perfect and it all works out for good.”

JAC K DYKEMA, ’23

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ATHLETICS HIGHLIGHTS

WILDCAT PRIDE

IN LOVING MEMORY

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL It was a magical March as women’s basketball claimed their first Crossroads League Tournament championship in five years, carrying their momentum into the NAIA National Championship and a run that ended in the NAIA Fab four. It was IWU’s first trip since 2012 to the final four. The Wildcats finished the season with a record of 25-7 that included five Top-25 wins, and a Christmas break that featured the Wildcats snapping Indiana Tech’s 30-game win streak.

Anne Secrest capped off her senior campaign being named NAIA All-American Second Team with both Secrest and Dayton Groninger earning a spot on the NAIA All-Tournament team.

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COMPETITIVE CHEER Wildcat competitive cheer claimed record after record in 2020-21, with seven of the program ten top scores earned this season. In the Crossroads League’s Inaugural Championship, competitive cheer would best the League by 3 points, while claiming 14 of the 19 possible Crossroads League competitive cheer awards. Their season was capped off by a third-place finish at the NAIA National Competitive Cheer Championships in Davenport, Iowa.

MEN’S BASKETBALL Indiana Wesleyan men’s basketball finished the 2020-21 season with a record of 30-3 and 15-1 in League play, earning the Crossroads League Regular Season Championship.

Their 15-1 League record was good for the highest league winning percentage in 23 years. The Wildcats made their 14th appearance in the NAIA Men’s Basketball National Championship with their tournament run coming to an end in the Round of 16. Kyle Mangas capped of his stellar career earning his fourth NAIA All-American First Team award and second straight NAIA Player of the Year award. Mangas tallied a total of 3,453 points, 818 rebounds, 544 assists, while shooting 56% from the floor during his four years. Greg Tonagel claimed his 450th victory during the season in his 16th season at the helm for the Wildcats.

CROSS COUNTRY Men’s and women’s cross country battled the unique COVID situation in forcing the NAIA Cross Country Championships into April, taking seventh and fifth respectively. The men claimed two NAIA All-American’s led by Chris Maxon who finished seventh and Landon Miller who took 31st overall.

IWU-MARION ALUMNI

ALUMNI PROFILE Tiffany Janofski DEGREE: BS, PSYCHOLOGY AND BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION ’13 CURRENT LOCATION: ALBANIA WRITTEN BY: RACHEL ASHLEY ’11 iffany Janofski knew a missionary career was in her future as a teenager, though she resisted the call a bit in college. But studying psychology and business administration at IWU actually positioned her well for the missionary work she would do in Albania a few years later.

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After college, Tiffany worked as a bank teller and later for a small business run by a member of her church. His family was excited about her aspirations and felt called to help support missionaries. They even allowed her to take weeks off at a time to engage in missions overseas, which she said was an “incredible gift.”

After several trips to South Asia, she applied with World Gospel Mission (WGM) and was accepted as a missionary disciple, the first step toward becoming a career missionary. Tiffany was fully funded and moved out of her house in March 2018, but an unexpected visa issue stopped everything.

“I sensed God asking me to allow that door to South Asia to close and to step into the open door of Albania,” she said.

physiotherapy, and more. Their current students range in age from 18 to 42.

“These adults have never had the opportunity to attend school or live normal lives in ways we often take for granted,” Tiffany explained. “Isolation is the reality for most of our students. They are hidden away, kept at home, because it makes other people in society uncomfortable to see them out.”

Last year, the foundation felt the painful impact of the global pandemic, but Tiffany says it has been an unexpected saving grace, giving them space to ramp up fundraising and plan for the future.

Quarantine and isolation also helped the VT Albania team gain a better understanding of the people they serve who experience isolation and separation from the rest of society on a daily basis.

Tiffany is currently preparing to return to Albania to serve for another three years.

She’s grateful for sponsors who make this work possible, some of whom are in the IWU community. She’s looking forward to seeing how God will continue to provide miraculously, just as he has done in every step of her journey. She’s learned to take every step in faith—though she knows sometimes you feel the path beneath your feet before seeing it.

“I sensed God asking me to allow that door to South Asia to close and to step into the open door of Albania.”

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ALUMNI PROFILE Nataki Pettigrew DEGREE: M.ED. ’06, PRINCIPAL LICENSURE PROGRAM ’08, ED.S. DISTRICT LEVEL LEADERSHIP ’20, AND CURRENT DOCTOR OF EDUCATION CANDIDATE ’22 CURRENT LOCATION: FISHERS, IN WRITTEN BY: HANNAH HOOD ’19

osalie “Nataki” Pettigrew’s childhood and life journey shaped her to be an educator.

Her parents both retired from careers in education—her father an elementary administrator and her mother a high school math teacher. It seems only fitting Nataki would develop a passion for the legacy her family started.

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Today, her professional journey has carried her to a new position at Hamilton Southeastern Schools in Fishers, Indiana, as the chief equity and inclusion officer.

She is responsible for developing a plan for equity and inclusion in all of her district’s 24 schools.

“Equity is hard work,” she said. “It takes the academic training that I got from IWU and couples it with empathy and consistent professional development to create a full picture. This is what I want my work to be in the future.”

Her work in equity has given her the gift of honest conversations. In turn, these are moving the needle incrementally toward a better culture inside schools and classrooms, and intentionally painting the portrait of equity.

She’s been there, too—the classroom.

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working in South Carolina and later moving to Indianapolis Public Schools. She then stepped into school administration.

“Now, working at a district level, I’m finding myself looking at the bigger picture in my school district,” she said. “Moving forward, I think I would like to remain in a central administrative position so I can continue to work toward policies that make positive changes for marginalized students. I want to be a part of the greater culture change that is happening.”

Nataki has completed three graduate-level programs with IWU–National & Global’s School of Educational Leadership, and she’s now a doctoral candidate in the Doctor of Education program. Her own continuing journey as a student is part of the plan, not only to fill her toolbelt with resources for training and teaching, but to become the same lifelong learner she hopes to inspire her teachers and students to become as well.

“To see the students that I have taught become great adults with great careers with successful stories—that has been great to see.”

“Equity is hard work. It takes the academic training that I got from IWU and couples it with empathy and consistent professional development to create a full picture. This is what I want my work to be in the future.”

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ALUMNI PROFILE Rev. Dr. Charles Wesley Thurman Jr. DEGREE: MDIV ’16, DMIN ’20 CURRENT LOCATION: BARTLESVILLE, OKLAHOMA WRITTEN BY: PETER TROUTNER ’18

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harles Wesley Thurman Jr. could not be kept away from seminary. Having received his Master of Divinity in 2016 and his Doctor of Ministry (DMin) in 2020 from Wesley Seminary, that could’ve been the end of his journey with theological education. Yet, God had other plans.

At the end of 2020, just months after graduating with his own DMin, Thurman became the associate director of the DMin program at Nazarene Theological Seminary (NTS). This role came in addition to his existing leadership of St. Matthew AME Zion Church for the past three years. NTS and the church are in Kansas City, MO., where he and his wife have made a home with their four young children.

While at Wesley, his focus went beyond the academic learning to how he could be used by the Lord as a gateway to disciple others.

The changing church and generational shifts prompted Thurman to understand why American millennials are the least religious generation and how he might bring spiritual formation to Black millennials in particular.

millennial generation. These allow for communication, accountability, and discipleship in ways that connect with their generation. Maybe that means the way we do church has to change and especially the way we disciple, he says.

Since coming to NTS, he’s continued to think about how he can improve on theological education for others like himself.

“It provides me an opportunity to share my experience with other African Americans.

Theological education is something that can be improved upon in the Black community so this is an opportunity for me to open the door for that.”

His goal is to one day have a DMin track created specifically with the purpose of being geared toward training Black pastors.

“The leadership of seminaries creates opportunities for people to see and be seen.” He takes his leadership role seriously, realizing the professors and leadership of seminaries alike must tailor education to different perspectives and open their minds to what differing viewpoints we bring to the classroom.

Ultimately seminary is about formation and that happens when people feel seen and heard.

“It provides me an opportunity to share my experience with other African Americans. Theological education is something that can be improved upon in the Black community so this is an opportunity for me to open the door for that.”

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The Unseen Stewards of IWU WRITTEN BY: RACHEL ASHLEY ’11

“I just felt like I wanted to give more to the students here at the college.”

JO ELLEN BAAS

years ago, there were just a handful of faculty, staff and students at Marion College’s little campus. Now, on the namesake of this magazine—that “Triangle” of land alongside Washington Street in Marion, Indiana—there are more than 80 housekeepers, grounds workers and technicians at work every day building a safer, more beautiful IWU campus. Alongside Conference Services, they’re the people who enter quietly in the dark, turning on lights, bringing the campus to life each morning, and they’re the ones who come after the bustle to put it all back to sleep again.

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At the center of campus, on the west side of the Barnes Student Center, you’ll find Jo Ellen Baas working quietly in what is known as the Commons. It’s a space outside of Baldwin Dining Hall and McConn Coffee Co. filled with tables and chairs, probably one of the most highly trafficked areas on campus where people all over the IWU community connect with each other over food and coffee and group projects. It has been the location for parties and student forums and career fairs and visits from Santa Claus at the employee Christmas party.

Some people say the student center is the heart of campus, but I might argue that Jo Ellen’s workspace is its true location, and part of what makes it such a good place is Jo Ellen herself.

As a student, the Commons was where I made my first decisions about my plan of study. When I graduated, the Commons was the last place I visited before shuffling in line to the Chapel Auditorium for commencement.

To many students and employees, she’s more than just a friendly smile in passing—she’s become their friend and a permanent fixture of the Commons space. Jo Ellen even prays with students and has developed a sense of personal

Jo Ellen has worked at Indiana Wesleyan University’s residential campus for 17 years, and she’s been a familiar face in the Commons since she started. She’s also been a committed donor to student scholarship funds. She started giving in 2005 and has been giving through payroll deduction since 2014.

JO ELLEN BAAS HOUSEKEEPER, IWU-MARION

responsibility for their success as she’s worked around them through the years.

It’s why she chooses to continue being a donor.

“I just felt like I wanted to give more to the students here at the college,” Jo Ellen said. “I’ve received letters from some of the students thanking me, just received one last week. I was really surprised that they took the time to do that.”

Employee investment in students is common in the IWU community. In fact, it’s difficult to find employees who aren’t involved in students’ success outside of their job duties. From mentoring and prayer to serving Thanksgiving dinner over the holidays, generosity is part of what makes the IWU–Marion campus a home away from home for residential

students. In many ways, that generosity can also be seen at IWU–National & Global and Wesley Seminary through virtual channels like prayer over the phone and generous employee giving toward student scholarship funds.

For more than 100 years, this generosity has been a key segment of the community’s DNA, especially in those working behind the scenes and alongside students across IWU’s facilities. You’ll find them running sound for chapel, sanitizing entryways, managing labs, setting up meeting spaces, and clearing sidewalks of snow. You’ll also find them getting to know students, investing in scholarships, and, in general, making our campus a great place to be.

Jo Ellen is a representative example of the faithful commitment found in IWU staff, faculty and administrators to the Kingdom work of developing students in character, scholarship, and leadership. Their gifts of time, talent and treasure enable IWU to pursue its aim of defining greatness through servanthood. It is their passion that has helped build the foundation for the Redefining Greatness Campaign.

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Glenn R. Martin Hilda Clark

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