Scene The Magazine of St. Ambrose University Spring 2012 | Volume XXXVIII | Number 1 Managing Editor Linda Hirsch
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Editor Craig DeVrieze
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Staff Writers Jane Kettering Robin Youngblood Staff Assistant Darcy Duncalf
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Contributing Writers
Meet the “Sims,” “Pamcakes” and an alum who is teaching
Susan Flansburg
autistic children how to act. Then see how St. Ambrose is
Ted Stephens III ’01, ’04
earning its military-friendly stripes. Find all that and more
Designer
“Under the Oaks.”
Sally Paustian ’94 www.sau.edu/scene scene@sau.edu
Photo and illustration credits: Leslie Bell: cover, pages 10–13, original paintings; John Mohr Photography: cover, pages 6, 7, 10–13, 29 ; Dan Videtich: pages 3, 10, 14; Greg Boll: page 8; Kevin Schmidt: page 26; Grant Legan Photography: page 32; Quad-City Times, page 33. Scene is published by the Communications and Marketing office for the alumni, students, parents, friends, faculty and staff of St. Ambrose University. Its purpose is to inform and inspire through stories highlighting the many quality people and programs that are the essence of St. Ambrose’s distinguished heritage of Catholic, values-based education. Circulation is approximately 23,000. St. Ambrose University—independent, diocesan, and Catholic—enables its students to develop intellectually, spiritually, ethically, socially, artistically and physically to enrich their own lives and the lives of others. St. Ambrose University, 518 W. Locust St., Davenport, Iowa 52803