Tim Lynch, Ph.D., professor of history, served as a visiting scholar for a National Endowment for the Humanities Institute, Voices Across Time: American History Through Music, at the University of Pittsburgh. Jennifer Morris, Ph.D., associate professor of history, wrote a book, “The Origins of UNICEF, 19461953” (Lexington Publishers, 2015). Beth Murray, Ph.D., ’86 professor of biology, received the University of Cincinnati’s 2015-2016 McMicken College Distinguished Alumni Award. The annual award honors graduates who have achieved excellence in their chosen field or have made significant contributions that benefit the community, state, nation, college or university. Jamal Rashed, Ph.D., dean of business, served as a panelist on the Cincinnati Business Courier’s C-Suite Awards. He was joined by the deans of Xavier University, Miami University, University of Cincinnati and Northern Kentucky University. Robyn Stone, adjunct instructor of English, has published a second edition of her poetry, “Uncertain Rustling.” In addition, Oloris Publishing has produced her second book, “The Emperor and His Rose Garden.” Jean Shannon, D.P.T., P.T., assistant professor of physical therapy, and Karen Holtgrefe, D.H.S., P.T., associate professor of physical therapy, and several physical students from the 2016 and 2017 cohorts completed body mass index screenings at the 2015 Wellness/Bienstar Spring Health Fair in Price Hill. This was the fifth year the Mount’s physical therapy program has participated in the event. Karl Zuelke, Ph.D., M.F.A., director of the writing center as well as the math and science center, presented “Dreaming, Singing: A Creative/ Critical Blog in Response to The Dream Songs” at the Association for the Study and Literature and Environment Conference in Moscow, Idaho. He also participated in a panel discussion, “The Environmental Humanities Beyond the Tenure Track.”
NEW HIRES The Mount welcomes our new faculty and staff members for the 2015-2016 academic year: •
anna Mohammad and Harshini D Siriwardane (business)
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Pierre Rivolta (criminology)
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J an Maltinsky and Kathy McMahon-Klosterman (education)
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achel Hollingsworth R (health and wellness)
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Allison Perkins (math)
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Patrick Cafferty (physician assistant)
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orry Cornett T (academic advising center)
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hawn Adkins and Patrick Gibboney S (admission)
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E lizabeth Cox, Dee Dee Davis and Brian Lewton (athletics and recreation)
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ill Fellinger, James Gibbs B and Melissa Hoeffer (buildings and grounds)
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J ack Kraft (campus police)
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rian Thesing ’09, ’12 and Krysti Trevor B (health sciences)
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Elizabeth Morales (institutional research)
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Wayne Black ’14 and Julie Chowning ’15 (Upward Bound).
RETIREES We also congratulate members of our community who retired this year: •
Jeanne Buccigross
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Tim Carney
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Alan DeCourcy
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Marge Kloos, SC
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Pam Korte ’72
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Judy Morgan
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Tim Reibling
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Meg Riestenberg ’68
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Rick Santoro
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Marilyn Serraino
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Richard Sparks
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Angela Wolfe
Minding His Language Faculty Spotlight on Dr. Mike Klabunde Mike Klabunde’s office is lined wall-to-wall with books, and he’s read them all. “It’s an occupational hazard,” he says with a laugh. Klabunde, Ph.D., associate professor in the Departments of History, English and Modern Languages, knows it will take a small army to move his books out of his office once he officially retires after May 2016. After 33 years of teaching at the Mount, Klabunde says it’s time to try a few new things. “I want to drink my morning coffee when the sun is up,” he says. “[My partner and I] want to travel. I want to learn to play the keyboard. I’d love to be a docent for a museum and I’d like to pick up Arabic.” That would be another language to add to his long list of languages he can speak (“It depends on how many beers I’ve had”) and read (“About 25”). Klabunde chalks up his gift of linguistics to his ancestry and his knowledge of classics rooted in Latin. “I think most Americans underestimate their own ability to learn a language,” he says. “My mom’s family was from Switzerland so I would hear them speak different dialects and languages. When I was younger, I begged to learn French in school. Later, I traveled to other countries to learn more.” Klabunde came to the Mount after spending some time living in Greece and teaching at the Berlitz Language School. When Sr. Elizabeth Cashman greeted him on his first day more than 30 years ago, Klabunde didn’t know he would make a career out of teaching everything from world history and international politics to literature, linguistics and film. He became the ultimate “utility professor” at the Mount. He took charge of the University’s study abroad program. And after a fellow professor had retired, he taught a medieval literature course “since it’s next to the ancient dead guys” he often teaches. “A former dean once told me I’m a chameleon,” he says. “I teach whatever they need me to teach.” And teach he did. Good luck, Dr. Klabunde. M
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