Ohio Today summer 2018

summer 2018 GRIT

for ALUMNI and FRIENDS of OHIO UNIVERSITY

PRESIDENT ’ S MESSAGE

Resilience Dear OHIO Alumni, When was the last time you considered trying something new—learning a new language, training for a half marathon, or going back to school for an advanced degree? Did you succeed?

One trait that is shared by many OHIO students and alumni is an innate sense of perseverance—a willingness to fully commit to accomplish a long-term goal. When you walked across the stage at Commencement, everything you worked for came to fruition. The difficulties, the financial hardships, and soul-searching all paid off because you persisted. Some call it motivation, but we refer to it as “grit.”

Patton College of Education junior Jordyn Zimmerman has autism and experiences barriers with communicating. She is able to articulate her thoughts to her professors and peers using an augmentative and assistive device. Many said she would never attend college, yet she is excelling in all aspects of her educational journey. Jordyn embodies the very essence of “grit.” Read about her efforts on page 11.

After decades of recurring catastrophic flooding, this campus’s administration and Athens City officials agreed on a $10 million project to reroute the Hocking River. The project was stalled by financial barriers, engineering challenges,

Bobcat Beacons of Excellence FROM PRESIDENT M. DUANE NELLIS

OHIO Softball won the 2018 MAC Softball Championshipa and OHIO Hockey, celebrating its 60th year in 2017, advanced to the playoffs and.

ABOVE: Mikayla Cooper, a senior studying exercise physiology, leans in for the catch at a game against the Akron Zips. Photo by Sarah Stier, BSVC ’18 OPPOSITE: Newly minted Ohio University Doctor of Philosophy in Physics Shroqu Hassan Aleithan seals the deal with President Nellis at OHIO’s spring 2018 Commencement. Photo by Ben Wirtz Siegel , BSVC ’02

and even a world war for more than 20 years. The effort—which was finally completed in 1970—took persistence. See this issue’s infographic on pages 4 through 7.

“Grit” takes many forms, but the outcome is tied to the levels of passion and determination you exhibit along the way. I’m proud of the spirit in which our Ohio University students and alumni accomplish their goals—with that OHIO-filled pride and purpose.

The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency’s Encouraging Environmental Excellence Program recognized Ohio University as the

only university in Ohio to achieve platinum-level status for its efforts to be a zero-carbon-footprint campus.

The Ohio University Board of Trustees was nationally recognized in April by the Association of Governing Boards for

its innovative efforts to manage long-term financial issues, including the creation of the OHIO Guarantee and a mechanism for funding deferred maintenance needs.

Ohio University’s student-run newspaper

The Post was named “Best AllAround Non-Daily Student Newspaper” by the Society of Professional Journalists.

M. Duane Nellis President

OHIO alumna Jan Rader was named

one of TIME Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of 2018 for her work on the front lines of the opioid epidemic in Huntington, West Virginia.

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“ At various points, in big ways and small, we get knocked down.

If we stay down, grit loses. If we get up, grit prevails.

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ANGEL A DUCKWORTH Jordyn Zimmerman, a junior who has autism, lives life to the fullest. Whether that means taking in a skydive or cheering on OHIO student athletes, Zimmerman sees opportunity everywhere. See the story on page 11.

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Heave ho

Brave in the new world

The campaign to move the Hocking River is the ultimate story of “grit.”

International students leave home for OHIO and embrace the unfamiliar.

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Got your back

Returning home

OHIO’s OMSAR is there when students need a hand.

JD Kittle’s return to Athens County boosts innovation and jobs in biotech.

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Step up & skate on

Doing is learning

A roller derby skater’s odyssey.

OHIO students trek the Tetons and learn by doing.

D E PA R T M E N T S

03 From the editor 08 Green scenes

OHIO stories in photos + words

22 Calendar 32 Ohio University Press Featured book

42 OHIO time machine

22 Athens held its first annual Pride Parade in June as part of its second annual Pride Fest.

Photo by Ben Wirtz Siegel , BSVC ’02

44 Bobcat tracks

Class notes, Bobcat sightings, Future Bobcats, Alumni authors

52 In memoriam 56 Last word

Nanotechnology expert Amir Faroud opens up.

42 From the 1968 Athena. Photo courtesy of

the Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections

57 Still more

OHIO in pictures

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Visit ohiotoday.org for exclusive content and multimedia related to stories on pages 4 though 7, 12, 20, 34, 36, and 56. Also at ohiotoday.org: Ohio Today radio’s podcast episode, “Head west, dig deep,” captures students learning the language of grit (see story on page 34). Check out Ohio Today radio’s new feature, “Dear Bobcat,” where alumni give advice to their first-year selves.

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ON THE COVER Catching roller derby blocker Amy Meeks sitting down is rare these days. Turn to page 34 to read how this alumna learned to spring back after “taking a fall.”

Photo by Ellee Achten, BSJ ’14, MA ’17 Photo on gatefold courtesy of Jordyn Zimmerman, BSED ’20

Ohio University’s very foundation is grounded in grit, this issue’s theme. It was built upon a sense of resolve, and that “...schools and the means of education shall forever be encouraged.” Unlike almost any other word, grit embodies the Bobcat spirit. The stories that follow reveal Bobcats who are problem-solvers, innovators, risktakers, and tenacious. We are a scrappy yet big-hearted lot.

—Editor Kelee Garrison Riesbeck, BSJ, CERT ’91

The Hocking River in spring 1931.

Athena yearbook. Photo courtesy of the Mahn Center for Archives & Special Collections

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Prior to 1970, when the Hocking River would tumble over its banks, the nearby Athens Campus would be ravaged by the floodwaters.

Moving the river in 1970 (story below) to its current location—an epic task—removed the annual threat so the Athens Campus could expand.

Excerpts of alumni stories about the 1964 and 1968 floods paired with archival and submitted photos follow. Visit ohiotoday.org for more stories and photos of flooding on the Athens Campus.

The passage of the GI Bill in 1944 led to an increase in enrollment at universities and colleges nationwide, and Ohio University was no different.

The West Green dorms and academic halls were built to accommodate the surge in enrollment. Even though these living and learning spaces were elevated by garages at the base of each building, circumventing damage from a flooding Hocking River didn’t always work. Before 1970, floodwaters on campus—especially on West Green— was an annual event, as predictable as Homecoming and, later, Springfest.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers surveyed the area’s flood plain as early as the 1940s, seeking solutions to the annual floods. Throughout the 1960s, flood damage cost the University and the City of Athens more than $100,000 annually. Yet alumni’s stories about how they managed it shows they made the best of it, finding ways to survive—and even thrive—during flood events. This bittersweet tradition came to an end when funding was secured and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began moving the river in 1969.

A project decades in the making— keeping the floodwaters at bay by moving the Hocking River—forever changed OHIO and Athens.

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In the spring flood of 1964, my used 1955 Pontiac floated away in the flood. —EVERETT LOUIS OVERSTREET, BSCE ’67

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Jefferson Hall [had] no electric, no hot water, [and we ate] baloney sandwiches. We survived! —CAROLE BANIK MCELROY, BSED ’64

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Parks Hall [residents] were rescued by a group of fellows from Gamertsfelder Hall, who called themselves the "East Green Marines." —WILLIAM PATTERSON, BBA ’65, MBA ’67

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You could hear and feel cars parked in the garage banging against the first floor. —REV. JUDY KOLWICZ, MED ’67

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Pruitt Field The floor (of the Grover Center gym) was flooded and so warped…that one was able to walk under and through the buckled portion. —BRIAN D. MURPHY, BSJ ’67

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I was living on Stewart Street…The flooding happened quickly overnight...We were forced to evacuate by way of row boats floating out over the lawns. —JEFF WELTZIEN, BBA ’69

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The Ridges The men [of Gamertsfelder], including my husband, built a bridge of desks…so that we could get out of Tiffin, through Gam, and to Shively Dining Hall. We loved those men. —LINDA EVERETT HAYDEN, BS ’70

[From] Lakeview…I watched the flood waters rage across a South Green parking lot, lift it completely into the air, [and] flip it over, cars and all.

—HARRIET NILES, BA ’70

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THE NEW RIVER 3.9 million cubic yards of earth were excavated and used to fill in the old river, as well as to build up some low-lying areas adjacent to the new river.

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Kyle Lagendyk, BSED ’10, says he left OHIO with a “trifecta of passions”: education, the environment, and building things. Now based in Portland, Oregon, Lagendyk answered all three as co-founder of Bespoke Bee Supply, which builds environmentally responsible bee hives and consults would-be bee keepers. Staying true to his trifecta has paid off, and he encourages all Bobcats to heed the call. “See what things…pull at the heart strings. Have the courage…or the grit to pursue those.” Photo right by Catherine R yan Gregory. Photo above by Annie Spratt

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Photo by Ben Wirtz Siegel , BSVC ’02

Farewell Fred Weiner arrived in Athens in 1967 as a staff psychologist at Ohio University’s burgeoning counseling center. In June, Weiner retired as Counseling & Psychological Services’ (CPS) director after 51 years of service, having witnessed a sea change in higher ed counseling practice.

“When I first took the job here, not every college and university had a counseling center,” Weiner says. “But now, I can’t think of a college and university that doesn’t have one.”

Counseling centers were “outliers” within a university’s student affairs division, Weiner says. As mental health care became more mainstream, centers were asked to care for more students, be available at all hours, consult with individual colleges, and collaborate with other departments.

“None of that would have really been happening 40 years ago,” Weiner says. “I’d just be sitting here seeing people, one after another.”

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Students seek care for different reasons now, Weiner says.

Patients used to struggle with self-confidence. Later, he started seeing more cases of depression.

In the last decade, care involves treating anxiety disorders.

“I think that reflects a change in the culture, where life has just gotten so stressful for college-age students,” he says. “Life is far more complicated, far more stressful than it was 30 to 40 years ago.”

The approach to treatment has changed, too. Students would often seek counseling to learn about themselves. Now, Weiner says, counselors apply a “solution-focused approach.”

Photo courtesy of Jordyn Zimmerman, BSED ’20

“I’m not focused on someone’s whole identity anymore,” Weiner says.

“I’m focusing on the issues they’re struggling with right now.”

Doctors and teachers told Jordyn Zimmerman that she would never attend college. They were wrong.

Counselors also treat more at-risk students, Weiner says. It takes its toll.

“I remember my first few years here, I would have maybe two or three people I was seeing at one time who I would really be worried about…[as in] I’d go home and worry about them,” Weiner says. Today, many patients fit that description, he says.

But the CPS staff is a tight-knit, supportive group, Weiner says, which helps keep the work in perspective.

When he’s treating a high-risk student, “…I have a bunch of people I respect greatly who I can go to,” he says.

Given this stress, what’s kept him at this work for so long? The love of the job, Weiner says. And for the students who let him into their lives.

“I’ve had a chance…to help students find meaning and success at a critical point in their lives,” he says. “That’s a pretty gratifying thing. I never take that for granted.”

— By Cat Hofacker, BSJ ’18

Advocate for all Zimmerman, who has autism, is a junior at Ohio University who has persevered against the odds. She struggled to express her thoughts verbally in high school but experienced a “communication breakthrough” when she began using an iPad at 18.

“I was finally able to express my personal thoughts and share what I know,” said Zimmerman, who graduated from high school at 21.

Zimmerman champions inclusivity on campus. As a firstyear student she founded Ohio University Sparkles, a spirit squad for students with and without disabilities that supports OHIO’s athletic teams. The squad boosts school spirit while also raising awareness and public acceptance of people with disabilities.

“We want to create opportunities for those with disabilities to engage in social activities through our community,” said Zimmerman, a special education major.

Zimmerman also worked with the OHIO Police Department to ensure its dispatching software accepts incoming text messages and to secure training for its officers and dispatchers on how to best serve students with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

“Jordyn is…a strong advocate for not only those on the spectrum, but everyone with special needs,” says OUPD Chief Andrew Powers.

—By Tony Meale

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When it comes to victims of gun violence, each casualty has a story: people loved them, and no two are alike. Souls Shot: Portraits of Victims of Gun Violence, a traveling exhibition based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and curated by Laura Madeleine, BFA ’76, validates these truths. Families of gun violence victims are matched with artists who learn about the victims, then produce portraits representing the lives lost. See selections from the exhibit and hear from the artists at ohiotoday.org.

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LEFT: An Untold Story: Portrait of Guy Anthony Green by Karen Schectman Cole. Acrylic, collage, charcoal, encaustic, 2017.

ABOVE: Calling: Portrait of Michael John Miller by B. Douglas Smith. Mixed media, 2017. Images courtesy of Laura Madeleine, BFA ’76

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Actors hear many “no’s” before they hear their first “yes” at auditions.

Heather Chrisler, MFA ’12 (RIGHT as Mary with Debo Balogun in Chicagobased First Folio Theatre’s spring 2018 production of Mary’s Wedding), heard 10 “no’s” before her first booking at Chicago’s Goodman Theatre, she says.

Her drive has paid off: She’s landed choice roles in theater, TV, and film.

What keeps her going when she hears “no” now? “My training at OHIO is the work I return to. It’s the foundation of everything I do.” Photo by Tom McGrath

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On a fine mid-May day, OHIO softball showed their fight and became the Mid-American Conference Tournament Champions for the first time since 2014. The win clinched a spot in the 2018 NCAA Knoxville Regional Championship Series. Senior Morgan Geno [LEFT], takes as swing at bat while Katie Yun [ABOVE CENTER] takes the field and brings on the cheer for her graduating teammates on Senior Night. Photos by Maddie Schroeder, BSVC ’19

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Sandusky, Ohio, native Christopher “Kit” Karbler, BFA ’76, of Denver got hooked on making glass art during his first attempt at OHIO’s fire arts studio. He’s still “blowing glass” in his sweltering, industrial, Blake Street Studio. Why glass art? “It’s so immediately satisfying. You do everything in the moment that you’re doing it…there is no room for error.”

Photos by James Chance, MA ’05

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Fight or flight Student scientists are at home in their quiet and scholarly research space. It’s here where familiarity lives and a sense of control reigns. So, when the number of those competing in OHIO’s heart racing, sweat-inducing 3 Minute Thesis (3MT®) Competition keeps increasing annually, you have to simply ask, “Why?”

Photo by Madeleine Hordinski, BSVC ’20

In the competition, graduate students and doctoral candidates from various disciplines are given three minutes and one non-animated visual slide to convey the sometimes complex nature of their research in lay terms to a panel of judges (mostly non-scientists), faculty, and an audience—kind of like presenting a very short TED Talk. This experience is well outside most competing students’ comfort zone. But they do it because they know that polishing their verbal communication skills is not only “good medicine” to take, but it also makes scientific discovery accessible to all. Silvana Duran Ortiz (LEFT), MSFNS ’14 and current doctoral student in biological sciences and molecular and cellular biology, snagged first place and brought home the People’s Choice Award in the 2018 competition with “Can we extend life-and health-span by decreasing growth hormone action?”

To watch Ortiz’s winning 3MT® presentation, visit ohiotoday.org.

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calendar For more upcoming OHIO Alumni events, visit ohiotoday.org/calendar

Sept. 8

Sept. 27

Hollywood Bowl

Federal Government Alumni Luncheon

West coast alumni gather in the City of Angels for the 11th annual Hollywood Bowl for a familyfriendly night of networking and entertainment.

Bobcats devoted to public service will come together in Washington, D.C., for the annual event to honor Pete Souza, this year’s Federal Government Alumni Award winner.

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2018 Bobcat Bash Tailgates Cheer on the Bobcats on Sept. 15 @ Virginia, Sept. 22 @ Cincinnati and Oct. 13 @ Northern Illinois.

The Scripps amphitheater was a cacophony of color in June at the second annual Athens Pride Fest.

The week-long celebration champions solidarity, diversity, unity, and activism.

Photo by Ben Wirtz Siegel , BSVC ’02

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Oct. 15-20

Fall 2019

Parents Weekend

Homecoming

Black Alumni Reunion

Are you sending a young Bobcat off to Athens for school this fall?

Come back for a weekend on the bricks to see how they are settling in at OHIO.

Every Bobcat’s favorite fall tradition will return to Athens in October, complete with a pep rally, parade, tailgate, and what’s sure to be an exciting match-up as OHIO takes on Bowling Green inside Peden Stadium.

Join Bobcats for this much anticipated triennial tradition in Athens.

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That extra mile Through resourcefulness, perseverance, and a hand from International Student and Faculty Services, OHIO’s international students thrive.

RIGHT: Bobcats from around the globe make the International Street Festival a staple amidst myriad community events that take place spring semester.

Photo by K aitlin Owens , BSVC ’17.

ABOVE: Photo by Sonya Paclob, BSVC ’13

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Maria Modayil knows very well about the challenge to journey from the familiar to the foreign to capture a goal. She’s trekked more than 8,100 miles in pursuit of it.

“I remember [students] asking whether I rode camels or had electricity back home,” says Modayil, who speaks English, Arabic, and Malayalam, a native Indian language.

A native of Kuwait, Modayil earned her bachelor’s degree in audiology and speech-language pathology in India, then secured an F-1 Student Visa to attend Baylor University in Texas. With a master’s degree in speech language pathology in hand, Modayil arrived at Ohio University, where she is pursuing a doctoral degree in the Graduate College’s Individual Interdisciplinary Program.

New beginnings

Modayil is one of 1,363 international undergraduate and graduate students at OHIO.* Most students are from China, India, and Saudi Arabia, with the balance being from more than 100 countries.

“International students may come from a perspective where you never question a professor, or there is no expectation [for students] to have their own opinions,” says Diane Cahill, interim director of International Student and Faculty Services (ISFS).

“Making that switch can be really hard.”

She says landing at Baylor University came with a “big culture shock.”

The universal struggles of life at college— homesickness, being physically far away from home, the expectations of academia—are often amplified for international students.

Add to this list challenges with English proficiency and a teaching style different from your culture, and the challenges become more intense.

*Total as of fall 2017

Aleah Cumberbatch’s unusual landing in Athens began when she left her native Trinidad & Tobago (after graduating from high school early) and entered OHIO— alongside her mother, who is also a Bobcat.

Photo by Ben Wirtz Siegel , BSVC ’02

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Maria Modayil’s role as Graduate Student Senate president brings with it opportunities to grow as a leader.

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For Trinidad & Tobago native and rising sophomore Aleah Cumberbatch, making that academic journey was even more of a leap. She graduated early from her high school to move to Athens with her mother, who’d been named an OHIO Fulbright Scholar.

“Not only was I making the transition from high school to college as a 16-year-old, but doing it in a different country,” says Cumberbatch.

To encourage an easier transition, ISFS is broadening its scope beyond processing student visas and now offers walk-in advising, social gatherings, more outreach via social media, and group trips to cultural places. It’s also conducting an audit of all services available to international students and hosting focus groups, Cahill says.

“We want to make sure this is a welcoming and inclusive campus,” she notes.

Hitting their stride

You are welcome here Domestic students are usually a relatively short car ride away from Athens. For international students, getting to OHIO’s brick streets can be an intense undertaking—from the admissions process to visa interviews to the actual journey itself.

“I’m amazed by how brave they are,” says Andy Ray, director of International Graduate Student Services. “Imagine you’re 18 years old, going to live the next four years in a different country. You get on a 13-hour flight, land, go through customs, get your bags, and have to figure out where you’re going. [Then] just imagine if English is your second language.”

Today, Modayil and Cumberbatch are thriving.

Modayil serves as president of Graduate Student Senate and Cumberbatch has been selected as a Margaret Boyd Scholar and provides public relations support for the International Student Union. Cahill says they join myriad international students enjoying success that came from the grit they’ve demonstrated.

“I’m amazed at the accomplishments…of our international students,” Cahill says. “They really do want to be here, and they had to step that much further to come.”

— by Jen Jones Donatelli, BSJ ’98

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Onward with OMSAR Data shows that multicultural students don’t always thrive on predominantly white campuses, but OHIO’s OMSAR is turning the tide.

Brumfield and her 2-year-old daughter Auri Eppinger prove that sometimes you just gotta dance. Photo by Dustin Franz, BSVC ’10

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Kelley Brumfield’s brother, sister-in-law, a cousin, and an uncle—who was more like a father to her—all passed away while she was an undergraduate student at Ohio University.

Perhaps most students would have withdrawn and pursued their degree later, but not Brumfield. Her dedication to learning kept her in class and doing the work, even during the hard days.

“I remember wanting to give up,” admits Brumfield, BSS ’16. “Life definitely happens. But I know my [uncle] would’ve wanted me to keep going, and I felt like I would have been letting my family down [to quit]. It was important to stay true to my goals.”

Then life threw her another curveball. Brumfield became pregnant her senior year and gave birth to her daughter, Auri, that March. Although she had to complete that final semester online, Brumfield returned to Athens to walk at spring commencement. Brumfield credits the achievement not only to her own perseverance, but also to OHIO’s Office for Multicultural Student Access and Retention (OMSAR).

“I took advantage of almost every [OMSAR] service,” shares Brumfield. “They offered valuable guidance as far as staying on track.”

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“Our primary goal is to provide student support that fosters academic excellence, leadership, and service—leading to graduation (ideally) in four years,” says OMSAR director Marlene De La Cruz-Guzman, PHD, CERT ’14.

An average of 1,400 OMSAR scholars—all of whom are underrepresented minorities or Appalachian students— take advantage of the office’s services, some of which include one-on-one support; a serviceoriented study-abroad program; and classes on academic achievement, leadership, and community service.

Ensuring the success of OMSAR students—the vast majority of whom are on scholarship—requires a higher level of encouragement and empowerment. The office’s LINKS program for first-year students has the greatest impact, says De La Cruz-Guzman.

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college transition, the program provides free tutoring services and peer mentoring matchups throughout the year.

OMSAR’s efforts are working. Eighty-one percent of the office’s participants continued to sophomore year in the 2016-17 academic year, and the average OMSAR student GPA was 3.075 in spring 2017.

Watching OMSAR students thrive energizes her, De La Cruz-Guzman says. “They’re driven by a sheer will to graduate despite the hardships, and often become the first person in their family to do so. It’s inspiring for the rest of us.”

Today, Brumfield enjoys a career as a health unit coordinator at the Cleveland Clinic and recently joined the U.S. Navy Reserve.

“I’m a young single mother who struggles financially, but OMSAR showed me how to take proactive steps to better my situation,” says Brumfield. “I want to set my daughter up with a good future.”

— by Jen Jones Donatelli, BSJ ’98

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Rooted in place The first thing you see in JD Kittle’s office at Ohio University’s Innovation Center is a table. Not the usual kind with four legs, but a narrow board laid horizontally across a small ladder. Utilitarian and practical. Much like Kittle himself.

“I grew up in an environment where, day to day, people have to come up with solutions,” says Kittle, a native of Glouster, Ohio, where hard work and helping hands mitigate the lack of available basic resources. “When I get stuck, I look to see what I’ve got around me that I can use. It’s like with the table I made…I took the pieces I had and made something unique.”

Kittle, BS ’80, also uses the resources at hand to further Molecular Technologies Laboratories (MTL) which he co-found in 2012, and ProclaRx LLC, where he serves as CEO. Kittle and his partners apply biotechnology to create products from people’s ideas and improve their existing tech. And although the principles of biotechnology are complex, Kittle’s businesses are guided by the simplicities of fairness and good faith, rules he learned working in his father’s Glouster feed store.

“Biotech is like a small town. [You work] with the same clients for years, so you have to treat people fair,” Kittle says.

Kittle’s journey from small-town son to biotech innovator is rooted in place. After earning his undergraduate degree in chemistry at OHIO, he went on to receive his doctoral degree in chemistry at Harvard University and then consulted for biotech companies in Texas and California. Kittle always “pined for back home,” he said, “but there was no biotech here.”

Kittle’s return to the region in 2011 to spend time with family coincided with a position at OHIO as assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry and a re-connection with former co-workers from his time at Battelle, a Columbus, Ohio-based science and tech company. Kittle was asked to join their new company, MTL, but was determined to find a way to also stay in Southeast Ohio. Thanks to the OHIO Innovation Center’s support, its lab space and equipment, and a strong regional workforce, Kittle stays rooted in the place he loves.

“It all comes back to finding the resources, and that includes the people around you,” Kittle says. “I’m not saying people from here are better than people from any place else, I’m just saying they’re my people. They accept me, understand me, I understand them. It just feels right.”

—By Cat Hofacker, BSJ ’18

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Artifacts from Kittle’s Athens County childhood are on display in his office at OHIO’s Innovation Center, home to two biotech companies he leads.

Photos by Ellee Achten, BSJ ’14, MA ’17

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More grit from Gipe Robert Gipe of Harlan, Kentucky, has long advocated for both social justice and the arts in Appalachia. His art forms—illustrated fiction and musical stage productions—are informed not only by the Appalachia he knows, but also from the reality of how the regional community is shaped by and navigates injustice.

His award-winning illustrated novel Trampoline was published in 2015 by the Ohio University Press and has since been hailed as a landmark event in Appalachian literature.

The book is a pointed and compassionate depiction of life in eastern Kentucky, written in dialect that is as true as its characters. Its scrappy and unapologetic heroine and narrator, 15-year-old Dawn Jewell, emerges from the pages as one who learns to listen to her instincts, no matter the costs.

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Images courtesy of Ohio University Press

Now, Gipe is back with the sequel, Weedeater. In Trampoline, Dawn learns how to rise up against wrongdoing from her beloved Mamaw, a champion against mountaintop removal mining, much to the irritation of her community. In Weedeater, set six years later, the looming danger is the opioid epidemic, which has Dawn’s mother in its grip.

Dawn, meanwhile, now has 4-year-old Nicolette, who has inherited her mother’s and great-grandmother’s spirit.

For years, Gipe has produced the Higher Ground community performance project in Harlan County, where participants create theater pieces based on personal histories. These influences stand out in his books, where characters process their own stories by addressing readers through Gipe’s ear for authenticity and his simple but unforgettable drawings.

Gipe let Dawn speak in response to an interview question about this issue’s theme, “grit.”

“I hear you’re asking around whether or not I have grit. My grit is none of your business.” Luckily, Gipe intervened with an answer.

“Dawn Jewell is eat up with grit,” he said. So is he.

—Samara Rafert is the publicist for Ohio University Press.

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Betty bounces back The first lesson during a roller derby “fresh meat clinic” is how to fall.

wasn’t a question of if Connie would need a kidney transplant, but when.

“As a I kid I remember thinking that if you fell, you were a dork,” says Amy Meeks, BSJ ’13, MA ’16.

“In derby, everybody falls— it’s part of the game. How fast you get back up is what matters.”

Without hesitation, Meeks was ready to “take the fall.” “Test me,” she said. And she was a match. “I didn’t ever really stop to think about it.”

Meeks grew up mastering roller skating in Hocking County, Ohio.

The skill came in handy when she joined the region’s Appalachian Hell Betties Roller Derby Team more than 30 years later.

As a blocker, Meeks helps the scorer get past the opposition’s defense. “You need to be willing to risk going down if it means your teammate gets through,” says Meeks.

When her sister Connie showed symptoms of Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD)—a disorder that took the lives of her mother and grandmother at young ages—it

Meeks had to make peace with the risks: the donation surgery could end her career as a Hell Betty. Yet, in the end, the sport was Meeks’ saving grace. Her “derby-fit” body provided a healthy kidney to her ailing sister and made for a productive and motivated recovery.

Meeks was back on the track just 12 weeks post-op, with a few cool scars to add to the team’s collection.

Visit ohiotoday.org to see Meeks in action at an Appalachian Hell Betties bout.

— by Hailee Tavoian

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Meeks trains on the Hockhocking Adena Bikeway to keep in “derby-fit” condition.

Photo by Ellee Achten, BSJ ’14, MA ’17

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Connecting

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mountains OHIO alumnus makes connections that create space for student learning

Grace Cahill spots birds at Oxbow Bend in Grand Teton National Park—a popular fauna-spotting location—while Lou Duloisy watches Mount Moran emerge from behind the morning fog.

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Three years ago, Ralph Haberfeld, AB ’69, had an epiphany that has connected two distinct, picturesque places: Athens, Ohio, in the Appalachian foothills, and Jackson Hole, bordering western Wyoming’s Teton peaks.

ecology school in the Tetons. “[Ted] felt that situating learning out-of-doors would be more successful,” said Kevin Krasnow, graduate faculty at what is now the Teton Science Schools (TSS).

This story begins with Haberfeld’s 1965 arrival in Athens. As a sophomore, he’s selected as an OHIO Fellow, a program that develops exceptional students as leaders.

The program’s faculty “redirected my ambitions, and that changed everything,” says Haberfeld, who recently retired from a career in finance and marketing.

The Appalachians and Tetons inch closer in 1975 when Haberfeld and his wife, Louise, vacation in Yellowstone National Park.

Meanwhile, in 1967, science teacher Ted Major starts a field

Time passes. In 2004 the Haberfelds retire part-time to a Jackson Hole community where TSS owns dedicated open space.

“We were wandering around the property, ran into people from TSS, and realized we were kindred spirits,” says Haberfeld.

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During the next decade, the Haberfelds serve on TSS’s board of directors and support the OHIO Fellows, which relaunches in 2013 after a 42-year hiatus.

It didn’t take Haberfeld long to think, “Gee. The science school does a lot of leadership training.

I wonder if they would be willing to link up with the new OHIO Fellows?”

That connection was 50 years in the making.

Each year TSS provides 15,000 pre-K to 95-year-old students with place-based education in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

LEFT: Students celebrate completing a “human knot” challenge in an aspen grove near the TSS Kelly Campus. ABOVE: Students work to plant 11 willow trees in a recovering riparian environment near Jackson, Wyoming. LEFT: Ralph Haberfeld, AB ’69, (CENTER) helps students identify an osprey at Oxbow Bend. Students analyzed the bird’s features—coloring, habitat, and behavior—using scopes and binoculars and, then, hypothesized the species using reference books.

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THIS PAGE: Madeline Peck (LEFT) and Imani Evans observe a macroinvertebrate collected from (and returned to) a stream near Black Tail Pond in Grand Teton National Park during a watershed field-research project. PAGE 41: TSS faculty member Kevin Krasnow leads OHIO Fellows and Boyd Scholars on an educational, team-building hike up Lobo Hill near Kelly, Wyoming.

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Place-based education proffers “that community and place—[and] anything happening in that place— can be harnessed as a backdrop for learning,” says Krasnow.

“Linking the classroom with community increases students’ engagement, content knowledge, and community connections.”

Boyd Scholars] are able to take advantage of TSS,” said Jerry Miller of OHIO’s Scripps College of Communication’s School of Communication Studies. “[Student]…participants engage each other with compassion and an understanding of how we are all part of a much larger system.”

Haberfeld’s epiphany—a connection between mountain ranges and educational institutions—plus his financial support, creates the OHIO/ TSS May Program in 2016.

Haberfeld says, “For me as a donor…it was…killing two birds with one stone. A big piece of the Fellows is opening the eyes of young people to the opportunities of a much bigger world. Just being able to come and see this place…supports lots of things that I believe in.”

“Ralph is the reason that [OHIO Fellows and Margaret

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The May Program students “go deeper into “how learning [about ecology] applies to interactions in human systems,” Krasnow says. “They will leave this program…with better connections and stronger friendships in their communities than when they came.”

Visit ohiotoday.org to listen to "Head west, dig deep," an Ohio Today radio podcast episode related to this story.

—Photos and story by Jennifer Shutt Bowie, BSJ ’94, MS ’99, assistant vice president of communication and chief of staff, Advancement

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Technological innovations in athletic wear—from compression and dry tech fabric, to socks that tell you how far you’ve run and critique your form, to machine washable biometric tank shirts that measure your heart rate and recovery, cadence, and steps—would have sounded like something straight out of Fahrenheit 451 to these Bobcat athletes featured in the 1968 Athena and the January/February 1968 issue of The Ohio Alumnus (CENTER). While these athletes competed in what could be dubbed “deep retro” wear, they were still like Bobcat athletes today: students who dig deep down within to attempt that tie-breaking basket, score that winning touchdown, and outpace their opponent in those last few feet to the finish line.

Photos courtesy of the M ahn Center for Archives & Special Collections

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Class notes

1945

Harold Kent (Kantrowitz), BSC ’45, recently completed three years at Yale Law School after retiring from and selling two successful businesses.

Kent resides in New Haven, Connecticut.

1962

J. Patrick Ayersman, BSIT ’62, retired after 38 years with Square D., an electrical equipment manufacturer. He and his wife, Sue, reside in Boise, Idaho.

1963

Jerry E. Popelka, BBA ’63, has 86 articles published in the “Voice of the People” column of The Ledger in Lakeland, Florida. He resides in Winter Haven with his wife, Patti.

1965

Richard E. Ragsdale, BBA ’65, was recognized in 2017 by Marquis Who’s Who as a leader in the health industry. He has been the chairman of the board of trustees at

Metropolitan Nashville Hospital since 2010.

He resides in Nashville, Tennessee, with his wife, Ping Xu.

1966

Bernard R. Kokenge, BA ’66, is a management consultant for Paragon Technical Services on a project that seeks to determine which diseases can be attributed to chemicals used at U.S. Department of Energy sites across the country. Kokenge and his wife, Joy, live in Springboro, Ohio.

1967

Ruth Ann Palmer, BS ’67, accepted the 2017 Blue Ribbon School of Excellence Award given by Savannah Christian Preparatory School in Savannah, Georgia, where she is the school’s principal. This is the third school Palmer has overseen that has garnered the award.

1968

David Gilliss, BBA ’68, recently retired from San Jose State University in San Jose, California, where he taught management for 19 years.

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1970

Dwayne S. Strasheim, PHD ’70, was inducted into Hastings College’s Pro Rege Society in April. Strasheim retired in 2014 as the longest-serving faculty member in Hastings College history. He was recognized for his extraordinary service as a professor, academic dean, registrar, and announcer of the college’s athletic teams.

1971

Kenneth Frisch, BFA ’71, BSED ’72, MFA ’79, was named an Association of Fundraising Professionals Distinguished Fellow for 2018. He is currently a mentor for young professionals and a member of the Advanced Certified Fundraising Executive Certification Board.

Frisch was AFP International’s 2009 CCS Outstanding Fundraising Professional.

1972

Gregory A. Davenport, BS ’72, retired after 41 years of dentistry. He and his wife, Beverly, split their time between Cortland, Ohio, and Ellicottville, New York.

1976

John J. Stickle, AB ’76, retired in 2016 after a 26-year career as South Strabane Township’s manager in Washington, Pennsylvania. Stickle resides in Washington, Pennsylvania, with his wife, Jocelyn.

1978

Peach State Federal Credit Union donated $50,000 to Piedmont College’s Dr. Robert H. Wainberg Natural Sciences Research Fund. Robert Wainberg, MS ’78, the fund’s namesake, has been a professor at Piedmont (located in Demorest, Georgia) since 1988.

1979

Bruce Baker, BGS ’79, retired in 2016 after 37 years as an environmental consultant. He moved to Holden Beach, North Carolina, with his wife, Beth Keller Baker, BED ’79. She also retired in 2016 after a 39-year career in elementary education.

Joni Kabana, BA ’79, recently debuted a new photography exhibit, “The Salt Workers,” at PushDot Studio in Portland, Oregon.

Kabana is an awardwinning photographer based in Portland.

1981

Eric Myers, BFA ’81, has been the director

of Massillon, Ohio’s Washington High School drama club, Struts and Frets, since 1986. He helped the club celebrate its 100th anniversary in 2018. Myers resides in Massillon, Ohio.

1985

Audrey (Fannin) Muck, BSC ’85, spoke on a panel about women in media at the United Nations Commission on the State of Women in March. She serves on the board of the National Organization for Women and is president of the Triad chapter of the National Organization for Women (NOW) in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Nick Gaskins, BSJ ‘85, has been elected board chair of the Yellow Springs Chamber of Commerce for 2018. Nick has co-owned Bing Design in Yellow Springs, Ohio, since 2000 with his wife, Cris (Duskey) Gaskins, BBA ’86.

They reside in Yellow Springs.

1986

Darrel Leister, AS ’86, recently retired from a 41-year career as a technical support analyst at NCR Corporation in Atlanta, Georgia. He currently works part-time position at Fairborn Primary School in Fairborn, Ohio, teaching computer

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literacy to students.

Leister resides in Fairborn with his wife, Joyce.

Marlon A. Primes, BSJ ’86, was elected the 2018-2019 president of the Cleveland Metropolitan Bar Association in June. An assistant trial attorney for the U.S. government, he resides in Cleveland Heights, Ohio.

1987

Michael D. Prasad, BBA ’87, was certified by the International Association of

Emergency Managers in 2017. He is also the assistant director for the Office of Emergency Management at the New Jersey State Department of Children and Families. He resides in Fanwood, New Jersey, with his wife, Angela.

1989

Sheryl M. (Kohn) Cartee, BBA ’89, obtained her Project Management Professional certification from the Project Management Institute in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.

She is a business relationship and applications manager at Glatfelter Paper Company. She resides in Chillicothe, Ohio.

Steve Ferris, BA ’89, accepted the 2017 RxImpact Leader of the Year Award from the National Association of Chain Drugstores on behalf of his company, Discount Drug Mart.

The award recognizes the company’s extensive engagement during the 2016 election cycle, which included informative events for pharmacists and promoting voter registration. Ferris resides in Medina, Ohio.

1990

2019 TOURS Feb. 23-28 Iceland Mar. 26-Apr. 2 Caribbean Islands Apr. 5-19 Canada, Ireland & France Apr. 7-15 Southern Mississippi Apr. 8-16 Netherlands Apr. 10-13 The Master’s in Savannah Apr. 27-May 6 United Kingdom May 1-5 Kentucky Derby May 9-17 Greece May 15-June 6 Essential Europe May 29-June 6 France, Italy & Spain June 14-24 Artic Circle July 16-26 Alaska For a complete list visit ohio.edu/alumni/invest/partnerships/travel

Deanna (Smith) Osborn, BSED ’90, DO ’96, married R. Joseph Holdren, AA ’96, BBA ’96, on March 4, 20 years after they met at OHIO. Osborn is a physician for Genesis Healthcare System and executive national vice president at Arbonne International, a botanical skincare company. Holdren is a self-employed CPA and teaches accounting and income tax courses part-time at Muskingum University.

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Diane LamkeBorton, BSJ ’90, works as a strategic account manager at the nonprofit CareSource, a public sector managed care company that serves communities in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, West Virginia, and Georgia. LamkeBorton resides in Wilmington, Ohio.

1991

Craig Drennen, MFA ’91, a painter with over 70 solo and group exhibitions, recently received a 2018 Guggenheim Fellowship.

The fellowships are awarded to professionals who have shown exceptional capacity in the arts.

Drennen resides in Atlanta, Georgia.

1992

Danielle GiddensHodges, BA ’92, accepted a teaching position serving students with special needs at New Cass High School in White, Georgia. GiddensHodges resides in Cave Spring, Georgia.

Jason K. Wright, BA ’92, a bankruptcy attorney at Weltman, Weinberg & Reis Co., LPA in Brooklyn Heights, Ohio, was

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OHIO alumni go on adventures hither and yon!

Nicole Perkins, BSC ’07, “repped” her alma mater by wearing her favorite OHIO tank in Maui, Hawaii, where she and her husband, Patrick, honeymooned after their September 2017 wedding.

Bonnie Kittel, BSED ’65, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, snapped this photo of the neighborhood Bobcat casually sunning itself in her back yard.

Todd Lenhard, BBA ’88, saw Ohio Today’s spring issue, themed “goodwill,” and was inspired to share this photo of him and a resident of Patzun, Guatemala. Lenhard and his daughter traveled to Guatemala to complete a water resource project at an orphanage.

For five consecutive years, Marilyn Sukke McCall, BS ’76, MAIA ’83, and Daryl McCall, BSEE ’80, MSEE ’85, have traveled to Iowa State University to watch the ISU vs OHIO hockey game with their daughter, Erin. They snagged this selfie with OHIO men’s hockey coach Sean Hogan, MSRSS ’16, after the game.

These alumni put their Bobcat pride on display atop Whistler Blackcomb ski resort in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. The ski bums are (FROM LEFT) Diana Wahl, BBA ’16; Macy DiRienzo, BSVC, CERT ’16; Alexa Miller, BSVC ’17; Mikayla Zernic, BSC, CERT ’16, and Anthony DiRienzo, BSC ’19.

Ola T. Gjørtzis, BBA ’83, of Norway, swam for OHIO and later earned a slot on the Norwegian summer 1980 Olympic swim team. Gjørtzis shared this photo of him donning his OHIO letter jacket—still fits!—with fellow Bobcat Steve Ellis, BS ’82.

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—Compiled by Editor Kelee Garrison Riesbeck, BSJ, CERT ’91 and Cat Hofacker, BSJ ’18 Send your photos with names, grad degrees and grad years to ohiotoday@ohio.edu or to Ohio University, Ohio Today, 112 McKee House, 1 Ohio University Drive, Athens, OH 45701.

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admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Wright resides in Olmsted Falls, Ohio.

Joette Greenstein, DO ’92, was named Fellow of the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine, one of the highest honors a physician can receive. She is board certified in family medicine as well as hospice and palliative medicine. Greenstein resides in Johnstown, Ohio.

1993

Copper Leaf Interior Design Studio is the 2018 “Best of Customer Service” recipient on Houzz, the leading platform for home remodeling and design. Owner Pamela Holschuh, BS ’93, founded the business in 1996.

1995

Matthew Smith, MA ’95, PHD ’98, co-created the exhibit “Marvel: Universe of Super Heroes,” which chronicled eight decades of Marvel

Entertainment. It opened in April in Seattle’s Museum of Popular Culture and will move to Munich, Germany, in 2019.

Smith resides in Blacksburg, Virginia.

1998

Aaron L. Garry, BBA ’98, was named president and CEO of Bizerba USA, Inc., a worldwide manufacturer of retail and industrial slicers, scales, and more. Garry lives in New Albany, Ohio, with his wife, Shawna Sauer Garry, BSC ’00, and their twin boys, Evan and Ethan.

1999

Demaree (Demi) Clark, BSJ ’99, ran the 2018 Boston Marathon in April as a member of charity team 261 Fearless, a social running network for women. She and her husband, Brian Clark, BSM ’99, live in Fort Mill, South Carolina.

Jennifer (Rozic) Scroggs, BBA ’99, joined First Federal Bank as vice president and senior trust fiduciary officer. She heads First Federal Bank’s trust department in Sylvania, Ohio.

Scroggs resides in Waterville, Ohio.

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2000

In November 2017, John Y. Vincent, BSED ’00, was elected to the board of education in Southwest Licking Local School District in Pataskala, Ohio. Vincent and his wife, Melissa, reside in Granville, Ohio.

Mikel Norris, BA ’00, was granted tenure at Coastal Carolina University in Conway, South Carolina, and has been promoted to associate professor. Norris has taught classes in the Department of Politics at the university since 2012. He resides in Conway, South Carolina.

2001

Kendra J. Urdzik, BSH ’01, was recently named president and CEO of Judson Services, Inc., a notfor-profit in Cleveland providing independent and assisted living, home care, and longterm nursing services to Northern Ohio residents. Urdzik has served in the health care industry for more than 20 years. She resides in Brecksville, Ohio.

2002

Sheryl Davis, BSS ’02, was recognized on

FUTURE BOBCATS

Austin LaForest, BSED ’14, MED ’16, and Kimberly LaForest, BSN ’14, are the proud Bobcatparents of Natalie LaForest, born in February.

Cousins born five weeks apart are Jean Elizabeth Rankin (LEFT), daughter of John C. Rankin, III, BS ’02, and Sarah Laichas, BSJ ’02, and Reese Frances Overmyer, daughter of Kevin Overmyer, BA ’06, and Samantha Laichas Overmyer, BSHSL ’04.

Joshua Blanton, BS ’04, MSCS ’08, and Christine Metti Blanton, BA, BSED ’05, welcomed their second son, David, in March 2018.

His big brother, Adrian, turned four in March.

Quinn Logan Kohli, born July 2017, is geared up for his next trip to Athens! Proud parents are Brooks Kohli, BS, CERT ’10, and Adrienne Ott Kohli, BSED ’09.

—Compiled by Editor Kelee Garrison Riesbeck, BSJ, CERT ’91 Send your photos with names, grad degrees and grad years to ohiotoday@ ohio.edu or Ohio University, Ohio Today, 112 McKee House, 1 Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701.

Mazzlyn Anne Ross, daughter of Camala Ross, BA, CERT ’03, MBA ’05, and Kyle Ross, BA, CERT ’02, shows off her Bobcat Nation gear.

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the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s “40 Under 40: People Saving Places” list. She also was awarded the Gladys Krieble Delmas Visiting Scholar Award by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Library + Archives in 2018 in Cleveland. Davis resides in Berkeley, California.

2005

David Banas, BA ’05, was elected shareholder and director of Hickman & Lowder Co., LPA, a firm specializing in administrative law, civil rights, and disability law with locations in Cleveland, Sheffield Village, and Dublin, Ohio. Banas resides in Chillicothe, Ohio.

2008

Peter J. Maskow, BA ’08, became an associate at the defense corporate litigation firm McGlinchey Stafford PLLC in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

He will work within the firm’s commercial litigation practice group. Maskow resides in Pembroke Pines, Florida.

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Leah K. Sell, BSC ’08, recently joined the law firm of Leech

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Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampl, LLC. She works as an associate in the Employment, Corporate, and Litigation Practice Groups at the firm’s Pittsburgh office. Sell resides in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

2009

Anthony J. Corsi, BBA ’09, married Laura Miceli Corsi, BA ’10, on July 8, 2017. Anthony is a data analyst at The Fedeli Group, an Independence, Ohio, insurance brokerage and consulting service organization. Laura is a corporate manager at Miceli Dairy Products Company.

Matthew Crawford, BA ’09, joined Coolidge Wall Co., LPA in the Dayton, Ohio, firm’s labor and employment department in April 2018. His practice focuses on labor relations, employment litigation, and counseling employers on a variety of workplace matters.

2010

Jillian Jacobs, BFA ’10, co-wrote the movie “Blumhouse’s Truth or Dare,” produced by Universal

Pictures, which produced the Oscarnominated 2017 film “Get Out” and the 2016 thriller “Split.” Jacobs resides in Woodland Hills, California.

professional players, and monitors personnel moves throughout the league. He and his wife, Tara Harbauer Howell, BBA ’12, reside in Davie, Florida.

2011

2015

Thomas Buck, BSG ’11, was appointed in August 2017 as assistant superintendent of Heritage Preserve

by Fischer Homes, a home-building company in Hilliard, Ohio.

Buck resides in Canal Winchester, Ohio.

2012

Heather (Petersen) Chrisler, MFA ’12, was named one of Chicago’s Top Ten Stage Performers of 2017 by Chris Jones of the Chicago Tribune.

Chrisler played the role of Mary in First Folio Theatre’s production of “Mary’s Wedding” in spring 2018. Chrisler resides in Chicago, Illinois.

Greg Atkin, BFA ’15, BA ’15, performed the role of Mock Turtle in the Chesapeake Shakespeare Company’s production of “Alice in Wonderland” in April and May 2018 in Baltimore, Maryland.

Atkin resides in Kensington, Maryland.

2017

Jaime A. Lafazia, BSM ’17, is a premium service coordinator for Las Vegas Stadium in Paradise, Nevada. The stadium will be the new home for the Oakland Raiders. Lafazia resides in North Smithfield, Rhode Island.

—Compiled by Editor Kelee Garrison Riesbeck , BSJ, CERT ’91 , Cat Hofacker, BSJ ’18, and Peter Shooner

Andrew Howell, BSSPS ’12, was promoted to pro scout for the Miami Dolphins in 2018 after three years with the team and six in the National Football League. As a pro scout, he performs advanced scouting of opponents, evaluates

Alumni Authors

Ohio University alumni publish books across myriad subjects and genres. Here are some recent releases.

Communicating with IMPACT, leadership communication (self-published), by Patrick Donadio, BSC ‘80 MBA ’81 • Visons (Series 1), photography (self-published), By Patrick Fatica, MFA ’08 • Girl, You Are Magic!, children’s poetry (Copy & Content Boutique), by Ashley Ferguson, BSJ ’06 • A Place To Be Happy: Linking Architecture & Positive Psychology, architecture (self-published), by Charles “Chuck” First, BARCH ’69 • The Big 50: Cincinnati Reds, baseball history (Triumph), by Christopher Garber, BSJ ’95 and Chad Dotson • A Philosophy of Yard, poetry (Forte), by John “Jack” Kolkmeyer, BA ’68 • Revolt: Book Four of the Resistance Series, young adult dystopian thriller (DysCovered Publishing), by Tracy Lawson, BS ’88, and Pride of the Valley: Sifting through the History of the Mount Healthy Mill, historical nonfiction (McDonald & Woodward), Lawson and Steve Hagaman • Ohio’s Autumn Legends: Volume 2, sports biography, (Keith Publications), by Larry Phillips, BSJ ’89 • The Enchanted Valley, fiction (Lulu), by Larry Powell, BSED ’70, PHD ’93 • The Struggle for the Soul of Journalism: The Pulpit Versus the Press, 1833-1923, history, (University of Missouri Press), by Ronald R. Rodgers, MA, PHD ’05 • The Mysterious Frog King, children’s literature (CreateSpace), by Alan Shafer, BS ’83, MS ’91 • Blessed Shadows Dark & Deep, historical fiction (Wings ePress), by Michael Staton, BSJ ’74 • Not That I Could Tell, thriller (St. Martin’s Press), by Jessica Strawser, BSJ ’01 • Man With Two Faces, mystery (Montag Press), by Don Swaim, BFA ’59 • Small, fiction (self-published),

by Peter Tompkins, BSC ’88 • Stepping Up: Teachers Advocating for Sexual and Gender Diversity in Schools, educator’s advocacy guide (Routledge), by Jill Williams, BS ’92 —Compiled by Editor Kelee Garrison Riesbeck, BSJ, CERT ’91

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Remembering fellow alumni

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Avanelle (Dunham) Conrath, COED ’37

1940s

Anna D. (Lewis) Costine, ELED ’42 Geraldine L. (Halbritter) Czetli, AB ’42 Evelyn M. (Minnick) Douglas, BSED ’43 Lois C. (Neff) Malycke, AB ’44 John L. Pistone, General ’44 Raymond G. Ward, AB ’44 Marjorie M. Seeley, BFA ’45 Wilma E. Brannon, BS ’46 Plauda L. (Patton) Minner, BSED ’46, KP ’46 Barbara I. (McClelland) Smalley, BS ’46 Wilda J. (Rawles) Ferguson, BFA ’47 Joan G. (Gluckman) Karp, SC ’47 Thomas L. Macchia, BSEE ’47 Mary K. (Tripp) Widener, AB ’47 Norma E. (Guseman) Ford, General ’48 Robert J. Kromer, BS ’48 Mary M. (Schnell) Ulrich, ELED ’48, BSED ’50 Robert J. Bethel, BSED ’49 George Caras, BSCOM ’49 Jack A. Daugherty, BS ’49 Dolores K. (Kalajian) Hanna, AB ’49 Eleanor (Tolle) Miller, BSED ’49 Richard S. Owen, BSCOM ’49

1950s

David A. Cropper, BSCOM ’50 James B. Dunn, BSCOM ’50 Roland H. Imes, General ’50 Dudley H. Price, BSCOM ’50

Louis M. Sharp, BSEE ’50 Mary L. (Hickman) Butterworth, BSHEC ’51 John R. Buzzard, AA ’51, BSCOM ’53 Anthony J. Dibaggio, BSCOM ’51 Arthur M. Richard, BSCOM ’51 Von L. Smith, BSME ’51 Earl E. Thorne, BSCOM ’51 Richard S. Warren, BSAGR ’51 David W. Winefordner, BSED ’51, MED ’58 Lois D. Banks, BSHEC ’52 Frank B. Dilley, AB ’52, MA ’53 Donald F. Friend, BSCOM ’52 Eberhard E. Fuhr, ABC ’52 Wallace L. Labaw, AB ’52 Samuel M. Shirey, BSCOM ’52 Jean E. (Basista) West, BSJ ’52 Daryl W. Watkins, BSCE ’53 Lowell E. Anderson, BSED ’54 Lois R. (Boettler) Bowker, BSED ’54 Frederick Embleton, BSCOM ’54 Warren C. Harmon, BSED ’54 Robert W. Litter, BSCOM ’54 Jack V. Oakley, BSCOM ’54 Herbert A. Schieman, BFA ’54 Jane (Galbraith) Ragland, General ’55 Rieta F. (Sagar) Shoemaker, BSED ’55 Paul E. Bandy, BSEE ’56 Donald D. Barry, AB ’56 Evelyn E. Belloni, BSED ’56 Joyce L. (Heller) Chapin, AA ’56, BSS ’58 Joseph M. Denham, MS ’56, PHD ’59 George R. Finnen, BSED ’56, MED ’58, MA ’77 Donald J. Hamman, BS ’56 William M. Herlihy, BSED ’56, MED ’58

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Jeanne (Staats) Hunter, General ’56 Severance B. Kelley, AB ’56 John N. Medovich, BSCOM ’56 Richard L. Miller, BFA ’56 Ronald C. Ramlow, BSED ’56 Diane G. (Garretson) Schweikert, General ’56 Bonnie J. (Mackay) Barnes, BSED ’57 William B. Robinson, BFA ’57 Kenneth D. Wilhelm, BSCOM ’57 Jacque R. Bair, BSED ’58 William C. Ebel, BSCOM ’58 Phyllis J. (Zeisler) Fuller, AB ’58 Clayton W. Henderson, BFA ’58, MFA ’60 Peter Kares, BSCOM ’58 Glenn J. Niday, BSED ’58 Eleanor P. (McNutt) Phillips, BSED ’58 Margaret G. Steinert, BS ’58 Richard E. Crisp, BSED ’59 Stanley E. Dearth, BSCOM ’59 John A. Define, BFA ’59 Mary H. (Hoops) Drobnik, BS ’59 James Farmakis, BSCE ’59 Dale L. Johnson, BSED ’59, MED ’67 Peter J. Knight, BFA ’59 John G. Nye, BSEE ’59 Marjorie G. (Warman) Schrader, BSED ’59 Carol A. (Held) Wise, AB ’59

1960s

Herbert Barnes, BFA ’60 Wilbert G. Church, MED ’60 Jules F. Sauvageot, BSJ ’60, MS ’64 Jack K. Smith, BSCE ’60 Sara A. (Arnold) Bower, BSED ’61

Winifred B. Delong, MFA ’61, PHD ’73 Paul J. Fair, BSCOM ’61 Sandra J. (Betts) Miller, BSED ’61 Ellen F. (Fitzer) Nagle, BSED ’61 Lawrence E. Boring, AB ’62, MA ’66 Maynard R. Coiner, MFA ’62 Albert C. Homans, BSME ’62 John N. Malandrakis, BS ’62 Grace A. (Wierman) McClain, BSED ’62 Clayton T. Vaughan, BSED ’62 Daniel West, BSCOM ’62 William G. Bucsi, BS ’63 Ann (Morris) Dickson, BSED ’63 Anne (Holschuh) Escobeda, BSJ ’63 Jon P. Hastings, BSME ’63 Gerald A. Hickman, BSED ’63 Howard L. Knutsen, BBA ’63 Lori S. (Kandel) Miller, BFA ’63 Mary J. (Barr) Spahr, AB ’63 William K. Anderson, BBA ’64 Thomas W. Arnold, BBA ’64 Ann (Kirkpatrick) Frey, BSS ’64 Marci Lakos, BSED ’64 Margery E. Van Meter, BSED ’64 Wanda C. (Medcalf) Burke, BSED ’65 Cynthia J. (Smith) Hill, BSHEC ’65 Gerald A. Killeen, MA ’65 E. D. Ross, BSCE ’65, MS ’66 Shirley A. Sheats, BSED ’65 Tara Singh, BSCE ’65 Michael A. Buscemi, BSED ’66 John T. Mirosavich, BBA ’66 John A. Rase, BSIT ’66 William B. Sheeder, MA ’66 Anthony R. Shylo, BBA ’66 Robert E. Stilgenbauer, BS ’66 Philip W. Culler, BSME ’67 Stephen D. LaFerre, BSJ ’67

Douglas D. Shumaker, BS ’67 Christopher R. Stephens, BBA ’67 Ronald E. Ziegler, BSED ’67 Robert C. Cropper, BSED ’68 Bruce R. Danner, PHD ’68 David C. Deever, AB ’68 Charles L. Sweeting, BS ’68 Susan J. Barraclough, BSHEC ’69 Frank W. Cleave, BSJ ’69 William M. Conder, AB ’69 Ruth E. (Myers) Docie, MED ’69 Dolores C. Hairston, BSED ’69 Jay A. Harris, BBA ’69 Thomas M. Murphy, BS ’69

1970s

Lois M. (Greason) Brupbacher, BSED ’70 Billy J. Clark, MS ’70 Thomas H. Kier, BSED ’70 Henry S. Marsh, MA ’70 Gary L. Poling, BSED ’70 John D. Wallace, BBA ’70 John W. Yount, BSED ’70 Martha J. Beatty, AAS ’71 Jon W. Cotterman, BARCH ’71 Sharon S. (Swinehart) Dawson, BSED ’71 Anne A. Etheridge, AB ’71 George W. Russell, BBA ’71 Robert L. Wickline, BGS ’71 Richard W. Dixon, AB ’72, MA ’74 Thomas A. Donaldson, BSED ’72 Deirdre G. Edgette, BSED ’72 Ellen J. (Dunlap) Hurtt, BGS ’72 Roberta L. Magill, BSED ’72 Vera J. (Rhrades) Steinhauser, BSED ’72 Michelle C. Vodev, BSHSS ’72 James I. Wallace, BSIT ’72, BSED ’77, MA ’82,

In memoriam

Joseph D. Ware, AAS ’72, BSN ’89 Linda K. (Maffeo) Brown, BSED ’73 Robert L. Gellatly, BFA ’73 Martha H. (Hopkins) Miller, BSED ’73 Daniel A. Ryan, AA ’73, BGS ’74 Nancy J. Dove, BSC ’74, BSC ’75 Michael A. King, BSED ’74 Benjamin M. Raymond, BSED ’74 James A. Robinson, BSJ ’74 Teunisje V. (VanBoord) Smith, MED ’74 Rebecca S. Johnson, BSED ’75, MED ’81 Charles D. Evans, AAS ’76, BGS ’77 Harry L. Fleming, BSED ’76, MED ’81, PHD ’92 Paul A. Reininga, BGS ’76 H. J. Snyder, BSCE ’76 Ann H. (Henshaw) Ferreri, BSHSS ’77 Charlotte Y. (Henry) Stabler, BSN ’78 Robert G. Ford, BSED ’79 Robert L. Hawk, BBA ’79 Louise R. (Dubitsky) Polan, MFA ’79

1980s

Carole Leyland, BSN ’80 Henry H. Leigh, MBA ’81 David A. Neal, BBA ’81 Gloria Y. (Crone) Rutherford, AAS ’81 Priscilla C. (Crow) Goodwin, MSHEC ’83 Boyd S. Ricketts, BGS ’83 Julius E. Colvin, BBA ’84 Alexis T. Zudak, BSC ’84 Timothy E. Seyfang, BSEE ’85

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Thomas B. Spears, BSED ’85 Carla K. (Matlack) Fonte, BBA ’86 James H. Gregor, BGS ’87 William J. Hart, AS ’87, BGS ’89 Dana A. Justice, AA ’87, AB ’89 Kevin Olson, DO ’87 Jane F. Price, MBA ’87 Marcia S. (Davis) Varner, BSN ’88 Catherine A. Chalker, BSC ’89

1990s

Todd A. Galloway, BSIT ’90 Susan C. Gormley, MA ’90 Bryan E. Johnson, BSIT ’91 Thomas E. Lindsay, DO ’91 Helen S. (Steere) Horn, MED ’92 Michael S. Noll, BGS ’92 Kurt A. Adney, BSEE ’93 Monique F. (Mixner) King, BSHSS ’93 Melanie L. (Keeter) Springer, BSED ’93 John L. Pistone, AS ’94 Garry W. Cosby II, BBA ’96 Ronnie L. Norris, BCJ ’96 Evelyn N. Stein, AA ’97 Tammy L. Wilson, AA ’97 Stephanie Y. Fitch, BSED ’98 Christopher L. Coler, BBA ’99 Charles R. Mash, BSS ’99 Patrick A. Smith, PHD ’99 Chandler D. Virostek, BSSE ’99

2000s

Carrie J. (Gallagan) Crawford, BSED ’01 Tara N. Tuttle, BSHCS ’02 Joe D. Ware, AAS ’02, BCJ ’04 Debra K. Smith, BSS ’03 Katharine M. Getz, BA ’04, MA ’05 Karen A. Rinehart, AAS ’04 Thomas F. Ryan-Hirst, BSS ’05,

MM (composition) ’09, MM (music history) ’15 Brendan J. Morse, MS ’07, PHD ’09 Kathy J. Butler, BSS ’08

2010s

Prosper Tsikata, MA (communication & development) ’10, MS ’11, MA (health communication) ’13, PHD ’15 Alicia C. Windon, AAS ’11, BSPE ’13 Justin M. Styers, BSH ’12 Benjamin C. White, BSJ ’12 Jennifer E. (Woods) Chamberlin, BSN ’13 Leigh A. Milazzo, MHA ’14 David V. Crites, BSH ’15 Jamie B. (Hollis) Mumaw, AAB ’15

Faculty/Staff

Douglas R. Davis, Zanesville, Ohio, adjunct professor, The Russ College of Engineering and Technology, April 18.

Todd D. Dunbebin, Shade, Ohio, former IT support specialist (2010-2018), OHIO Information and Technology, Jan. 18.

Bette L. (Hinman) Fisher, BSED ’86, Kitts Hill, Ohio, former instructor, Feb. 8.

Hazel J. Hill, Guysville, Ohio, dining services employee (20012018), April 18.

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James T. Kirkpatrick, BSED ’67, College Station, Texas, director emeritus of admissions, March 7.

Richard B. McGinn, Athens, Ohio, professor emeritus of linguistics, College of Arts and Sciences, March 26.

Reba Pinney, BSED ’52, MED ’57, PHD ’70, Lancaster, Ohio, professor emerita of curriculum and instruction, The Patton College of Education, Feb. 18.

Elise M. (Mitchell) Sanford, BFA ’88, MFA ’90, CERT ’90, Athens, Ohio, emerita, College of Arts and Sciences, March 23.

Edward F. Sarno, PHD ’66, Ft. Myers, Florida, assistant dean emeritus, Ohio University Lancaster Campus, April 24.

Richard R. Whitney, Columbus, Ohio, director emeritus of student services, Ohio University Chillicothe Campus, April 6.

— Compiled by Jennifer Shutt Bowie, BSJ ’94, MS ’99. This list includes alumni who passed away between Jan. 1 and April 30, 2018, and is based on information received by the University’s Office of Advancement Services prior to June 15, 2018.

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“Getting grit” This issue’s Ohio Today radio podcast “Head West, dig deep” unpacks the story of Bobcats who trekked to western Wyoming for the Teton Science School’s weeklong science submersion program and came away knowing the meaning of “grit.”

Listen at ohiotoday.org.

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Photo by Ellee Achten, BSJ ’14, MA ’17

Last word Amir Farnoud is a researcher who thinks big but works with the very small. The very, very small. He’s an assistant professor of chemical and biomolecular engineering at the Russ College of Engineering and Technology, actively researching, among other areas, the delivery of drug treatments to a desired target only, like cancer tumors, using nanoparticles. Fulfilling work, but Farnoud also wanted to demystify this research field and share it with the world. So, he created a podcast about nanotechnology suitable for the general public, learning as he went how podcasts are produced.

NanoTalks launches in the fall. Farnoud’s risk paid off.

Ohio Today wondered about the man behind this gamble, who took a risk and learned something new.

An excerpt of our interview follows. Find the entire Q&A and a link to NanoTalks on ohiotoday.org.

Who was your favorite teacher? Why? Julie Jessop.

She was only my teacher for half a semester (in graduate school), but I was lucky enough to be her teaching assistant four times. Even now, sometimes when I’m unsure how to deal with teaching challenges, I ask myself, “What would Julie do”?

What was your favorite toy growing up? I don’t think I had a favorite toy growing up, but when I was a teenager, the chess board become my favorite toy!

Sometimes my cousins and I would stay up all night playing chess!

How would your friends describe you? A workaholic coffee addict!

What do you do to “recharge your batteries”?

Exercise. I work out nearly every day, and I do it more for mental health than for physical health.

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An outdoor recreation proposal that sprouted nearly 25 years ago has taken root thanks to the efforts of a diverse and growing group of national forest and local community leaders who envision the project as a means of elevating the region. Danny Twilley (ABOVE) and other OHIO faculty, staff, students, and alumni have joined the Athens Bicycle Club and representatives of the Wayne National Forest to build the Bailey Trail System, 88 miles of single-track trails for biking, hiking, trail runners, and nature lovers. —Photo by Ben Wirtz Siegel, BSVC ’02, OHIO photography supervisor at University Communications and Marketing

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Three artists who created portraits of victims of gun violence for “Souls Shot,” a project co-created by Laura Madeleine, BFA ’76 (story on page 12)—Anna Kocher [LEFT], Ann Price Hartzell [CENTER] and Madeleine—leaf through The Souls: Portraits of Victims of Gun Violence, the exhibition’s book, at the Main Line Art Center in Haverford, Pennsylvania, which hosted the traveling exhibition this summer.

Watch our video about “Souls Shot” at ohiotoday.org.

Photo by Tracie Van Auken

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