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100 Years of Kissing Rock • Art Meets Science • Homecoming 2013

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Some people marvel at nature’s beauty. Others focus on the science behind it. Laura Huaracha wants her students to do both.

From romantic rendezvous to champion of causes, Kissing Rock has been a Carthage fixture for a century. Alumni share what the campus icon meant to them.

Carthage celebrated Homecoming 2013, October 11 - 13.

100 Years of Kissing Rock

Homecoming 2013

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THE CARTHAGINIANVolume 93, Number 1

Carthage is an independent college of the arts

and sciences affiliated with the Evangelical

Lutheran Church in America. The Office of

Communications publishes The Carthaginian

for alumni, faculty, staff, students, and friends

of the College.

Carthaginian Editorial Team

On the cover

Mary England ’15 (graphic design and studio art)

A special thank you to Professor Diane Levesque

and her illustration students for the Kissing Rock

artwork submissions.

Chairman of the Board of Trustees

Jeff Hamar ’80

President

Gregory S. Woodward

Senior Vice President for Institutional Advancement

Bradley J Andrews

Associate Vice President

Molly O’Shea Polk

Managing Editor

Mike Moore

Contributing Writers

Tom Applegarth

Lauren Hansen ’10

Steve Marovich

Abigail Nye

Elizabeth Young

Design & Art Director

Robert Bocok

Photographers

Stephan Bates

Mike Gryniewicz

Steve Janiak

Johanna Heidorn ’13

Elizabeth Lanum ’16

Production

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Faculty NotesCarthage adds faculty in art history, Asian studies, chemistry, education, mathematics, music, and psychology.

On Campus The 2013-14 campus theme celebrates the awe that inspires a search for understanding.

AthleticsSpanning 44 graduating classes, Carthage inducts eight into Hall of Fame.

New Student ConvocationImages give a glimpse of the ceremony that welcomed 714 freshmen and 105 transfer students.

Class NotesAlumni share milestones in their careers and families.

Page From the PastThe Carthaginian has undergone many changes since its birth in 1877.

3 Letter from the President

5 Reflections by Ross Larson

29 Notes from Lauren Hansen

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Dear Friends,Welcome to the new Carthaginian!

We have a new look and a new style. In fact, soon you will see a new look and feel to all of our Carthage publications and websites. We are in the middle of a full college rebranding and marketing initiative that will transform our image and begin a new way of communicating with the world. The Carthage that I have come to know over the past 16 months is an amazing place. That fact is not recognized outside of our Carthage family as broadly or as forcefully as the reality warrants. The stories we have to tell are powerful and inspiring, and we are going to make sure that these stories get out to the world forcefully, attractively, reflective of our true character, and often! The new Carthaginian is an early component of this exciting initiative. In the meantime, show your Carthage pride – get a bumper sticker, a license plate bracket, a sweatshirt and hat, and let the world know whom you are, and, thus, whom we are.

I want to share with you a short presentation I made to our wonderful Board of Trustees recently. These incredible, and incredibly dedicated, friends of the College come together three or four times a year to help guide and nurture us. Their selfless engagements with the College are some of the most inspirational experiences I get to share several times a year. The brief message below is another way of telling our story, but this time to the most important stakeholders: you!

Mr. Edward Smeds, alumnus, generous supporter of the College, and longtime former chair of our Board, recently said a very insightful and exciting thing to me over a breakfast. Some days later, almost psychically, another former Board Chair Debra Waller, alumna, generous supporter of the College, and mother to three Carthage alumni (!), said almost exactly the same thing to me. Their words summed up what I have been feeling, ever more strongly, over the past 16 months. Here is what Ms. Waller and Mr. Smeds said:

It is true. We are poised thusly, and we have many people to thank for this positioning — the faculty, staff and students of Carthage, our loyal alumni, and the many families that have trusted us with the education and development of their most precious sons and daughters. Consider yourselves deeply thanked!

Allow me to brag for a moment about this special place (I am sure you won’t mind!). Carthage is a thriving learning community. Solid in our foundations and principles, we are performing among the top liberal arts universities and colleges in the world. Attaining an undergraduate liberal arts education from Carthage provides one with a distinctive passport to an immeasurable future.

Carthage is expanding its reach, elevating its expectations, polishing its reputation, and transforming itself into a leading college. Many small steps have been taken over the course of the last decade to ready the College to take the next large leap. We are taking many more right now.

Everything we do is being tested for true greatness. Every decision we make positions us closer and closer to touching our lofty aspirations. Most importantly, everyone is on board, eager to contribute. Equipped with the necessary skills, resources, and freedom to push forward, the people of Carthage are poised on the edge of believing. Believing that we are who we say we will become. Believing that we will do what we say we will accomplish. Believing that we live the dream that we dare to imagine. This collective belief, supported through compelling assessment and validated through strategic innovation, empowers and inspires us to reach for true greatness.

Carthage will get there. Through more than a century and a half of effort and stored energy, and through the manifestations of completed and nascent initiatives, Carthage is already there. Join in the fun! Tell your stories! Get the bumper sticker! Send us your power and your prayers! Take a bashful peek over the brink, and then back up for a big leap!

My best wishes to all of you,

Gregory Woodward

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The new Carthaginian mirrors Carthage’s bright future

FACULTY NOTES

Seven new scholars have joined the Carthage faculty for the 2013-14 year, expanding the College’s expertise in art history, Asian studies, chemistry, education, mathematics, music, and psychology.

Meet the newest crop of teacher-scholars

Justin Albert Assistant Professor of Mathematics

Justin Albert ’06 has joined the Carthage

Mathematics Department as an assistant

professor of mathematics. Prof. Albert is an

algebraist whose research is within semigroups.

He is particularly interested in exploring symmetry

of semigroups within varieties. At Carthage,

he will teach calculus, applied mathematics,

differential equations, and geometry.

Fionnuala Butler Assistant Professor of Psychology

Fionnuala Butler has joined the Carthage

Psychological Sciences Department as an

assistant professor of psychology. As a social and

personality psychologist, Prof. Butler’s teaching

interests include introduction to psychological

science, social psychology, and personality

psychology. Her primary research focuses on how

threatening social interactions shape subsequent

thoughts, emotions, and behavior.

Lara Christoun Assistant Professor of Education

Lara Christoun joins the Carthage Education

Department full time this year, after spending

six years teaching undergraduate and graduate

education courses for both Carthage and

Concordia University. Her background includes a

decade teaching Spanish and working as a reading

specialist in diverse settings. Prof. Christoun is

a Carthage Symposium Committee member,

participates in Lincoln Scholarship interviews, and

has been a member for five master’s theses.

Joshua Neukom Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Joshua Neukom comes to the Carthage

Chemistry Department from the University of

Michigan, where he held a Graduate Assistance

in Areas of National Need (GAANN) fellowship.

Prof. Neukom’s research interests are broadly

intertwined in areas of synthetic, organic,

organometallic, and green chemistry. He is most

interested in building organic molecules that have

therapeutic potential while using, developing,

and discovering atom and energy-economical

processes.

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ROSS L ARSON

I have found that advancing age offers some

wonderful opportunities and blessings, as well as

the stereotypical challenges. The major challenges

I don’t need to describe, but there is a subtle one

that is often overlooked. Since I am into my eighth

decade of life, well-meaning friends regularly ask

me why I don’t retire and enjoy life. I find it a

challenge to explain that I AM enjoying life, and

that’s why I am at Carthage. I understand what a

rare blessing I enjoy, and am grateful for it — but I

think of it as an accident.

Years ago I was blessed to get acquainted with

Conrad Bergendoff, then president of Augustana

(Ill.) College. Our three children attended and

graduated there. Early each Christmas season, Dr.

Bergendoff would invite Illinois clergy and spouses

to a Swedish Smorgasbord dinner preceding the

annual performance of Handel’s “Messiah” by

the college choir. Long after he retired the college

continued the custom and Dr. Bergendoff was

sure to attend. What impressed me was that

though he was nearing 100 years of age he could

still call our names without hesitation, including

those three children, then grown. On one such

meeting, I expressed my gratitude that he was still

enjoying health that allowed him to attend and

take part in these events.

“It’s an accident,” he said. I looked puzzled,

and he explained, “You know, everyone would

live long if they could avoid unhappy accidents,

whether they be automobiles or strokes or

anything similar.” He continued, “But there are

positive accidents, too. I don’t take credit for

health or old age; it’s just another accident, but

one for which I can be grateful.”

Being able to accept age with gratitude, as

an accident, is an insight that recognizes a very

special blessing. My grandmother at age 95 told

me, “Ross, whenever the Lord calls, I’m ready.”

Then she added, “But I’m in no hurry.” She was

blessed with good health and mind; she enjoyed

life and did not fear death, an accident for which

she was obviously grateful.

I teach a course I designed, labeled “Images of

Aging and Spirituality.” My colleagues sometimes

jest, asking in which I consider myself to be an

expert, aging or spirituality. I usually reply that I’m

learning about both, and that they surely know the

best way to learn is to teach. In this course we all

claim to be aging, and interested in spirituality,

but admit difficulty in defining it as well. To my

amazement, the first 10 years I taught this course

at Carthage, I had a waiting list beyond class

capacity.

Not everyone finds advanced age to be a

blessing, but many do. The students conduct

research, including personal interviews of older

people, to determine what makes a person

feel satisfied with aging. The results are often

startling, and supported by nationwide studies.

Impoverished people are just as apt to enjoy

their aging as the rich. Obscure people without

authority or prominence are as apt to be satisfied

as are the powerful and famous. Perhaps most

surprising of all, those who have suffered long

and debilitating illness are often pleased with

their advanced age, still keeping up friendships

and continuing to learn. The results are

consistent, making believers of countless skeptical

gerontologists. Our students carefully interview

in controlled environments; they compare

results, and, without exception, draw the same

conclusion.

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Hilary Snow Post-Doctoral Fellow in Art History and

Asian Studies

Hilary Snow teaches courses in art

history and Asian studies as a post-

doctoral fellow at Carthage. She

specializes in early modern Japanese art

and teaches broadly on topics in Asian

art history. Before coming to Carthage,

she taught at Johns Hopkins University,

the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee,

and Saint Joseph’s University. She

has been a visiting researcher at Keio

University in Tokyo, supported by a

Fulbright-Hays Fellowship. She earned

her M.A. and Ph.D. from Stanford

University, and a B.A. from Harvard

University.

Haley Yaple Assistant Professor of Mathematics

Haley Yaple comes to Carthage

from Northwestern University,

where she earned a Ph.D. in applied

mathematics. Her thesis research

included modeling religious shifts in

societies and analyzing the dynamics of

ferromagnetism. Her current research

interests include modeling dynamical

systems, sociophysics, network science,

and geoscience. At Carthage, she

teaches courses in calculus, applied

mathematics, and principles of modern

mathematics.

Margaret Young-Weitzel Assistant Director of Instrumental Music

Margaret Young-Weitzel completed her

Doctor of Musical Arts at the University

of Washington, where she served as

a teaching assistant for the university

concert bands. She founded the Maple

Valley Youth Orchestra in Maple Valley,

Wash., and served as artistic director

and conductor of the Chinook Winds.

She is also is a veteran of the public

schools, having taught marching band,

concert band, orchestra, and jazz band

in Washington, Illinois, and California.

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SHOW YOUR PRIDE!

Scot J. Ecker, associate vice president and controller at Carthage, was

honored by the Association of School Business Officials International (ASBO)

with its 2013 Pinnacle of Excellence award for a school finance literacy tool that

helps school districts share their budgets in a clear, understandable way. He

received the award during a conference in October.

Kevin Slonac, director of conferences and manager of the N. E. Tarble

Athletic and Recreation Center, won a doubles tennis title with his brother,

Glen, at the 2013 National Senior Games in Cleveland. After winning the state

qualifying tournament in 2012, the brothers rolled through five opponents to win

the men’s 50s division.

FACULTY NOTES

Co-founder of the popular Hannibal Lecture

Series on campus, Prof. Ali joined the Carthage

faculty in 2008.

Ellen Hauser, assistant

professor of political science

and women’s and gender

studies, traveled to Uganda

in summer 2013. She spent

a month interviewing single

mothers and political

actors and activists in

Uganda, including the Right Honorable Speaker of

the Ugandan Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga. Prof.

Hauser’s research examines the political, social

and economic factors leading to the increase in

numbers of single mothers in Uganda. She also

met with academics and administrators at the

Law School and the Women’s and Gender Studies

Department at Makerere University in Kampala to

discuss her research and potential collaboration.

Yuri Maltsev, professor of economics,

published a book titled “The Tea Party Explained:

From Crisis to Crusade” with Roman Skaskiw

in September 2013. In March and April 2013,

he traveled to Denmark, Sweden, and Lithuania

as an invited keynote speaker at the Lithuania’s

Free Market Institute’s International Conference

on Entrepreneurship. He had interviews on

Lithuanian national public television and in

several other media outlets.

Seemee Ali, Chair of the Division of

Interdisciplinary Studies, associate professor of Great

Ideas and English, received word that the publishing

arm of the Center for Hellenic Studies has accepted

her book proposal. The working title of the book is

“Remember Your Father: Finitude and Immortality in

Homer’s ‘Iliad’.”

“Although the ‘Iliad’ is generally understood to be

concerned with the ‘manly’ work of war, I’m especially

interested in the ways that goddesses Hera and

Thetis interact with the poem’s two protagonists:

mortal Achilles and immortal Zeus,” Prof. Ali said.

“The ‘Iliad’ shows how their

actions enable the Olympian

gods to discover death — and

even to respect its finality.”

If it receives final approval,

the book would be published

as part of the center’s Hellenic

Studies monograph series. The

CHS aims to bring together

a variety of research interests centered on Hellenic

civilization and share them with a wider audience.

Prof. Ali submitted the book proposal after

participating in a weeklong conference at the CHS

in Washington. She was among 20 faculty members

nationwide who were chosen to participate in the

Ancient Greece in the Modern Classroom seminar July

23-27. Participants addressed the challenge of keeping

classical texts alive in undergraduate education, with a

particular focus on the dimensions of the “Iliad” in its

various historical contexts.

I personally believe that faith is a gift

of the Holy Spirit. At Carthage, I can

describe my own convictions, as our

entire faculty is welcome to do, while

studying spirituality and the experience

of aging from many perspectives

including Islam, Judaism, Buddhism

and Hinduism. We often bring in

guest speakers to advocate their own

experiences because, as scholars, our

students cannot draw conclusions

in intellectual isolation. Together we

compare religious cultures, we define

our own experience of spirituality, and

we seek to identify cultural stereotypes

of aging.

I have experienced many accidents. It

is an accident that I am still teaching 22

years after retirement. It was an accident

that I happened to be around when the

College developed an unexpected need

for a temporary campus pastor/dean of

the chapel. It is an accident that I enjoy

the health to do these pleasant tasks.

But I am convinced that it is no accident

that I benefit from Christian faith; a

gracious God is responsible for every

aspect of that miracle.

I invite you to join me in gratitude

for blessed accidents and for the

intentionality of a loving God.

Ross Larson

Dean of A.F. Siebert Chapel / Adjunct

Assistant Professor of Communication

and Digital Media and Religion

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The campus theme selected for the 2013-14

year is “Wonder is the Beginning of Wisdom.”

Jillian Kirschbaum ’14 submitted the theme,

which was inspired by a quote from Socrates

that she first heard in the Introduction to

Philosophy course.

A business administration major from

Winfield, Ill., Miss Kirschbaum is pursuing a

minor in psychology to satisfy her curiosity

about the inner workings of human minds.

This excerpt from her submission letter

describes the theme’s connection to

Carthage:

“I believe this quote reflects Carthage’s

mission, for wisdom is a deep understanding

and realization of life and its occurrences.

This includes the recognition of truth,

strength, and inspiration. However, this

realization would be unobtainable if we, as

students, faculty, and staff, did not wonder,

for wonder is the accumulation of the

questions that induce awe, amazement, and

the need to seek wisdom.”

A wondrous theme

The wonders that Carthage encounters every day, including the goodheartedness of our community, the grace and beauty of our campus, and the unlimited possibilities that are set before us, help us to reach the heights of wisdom. Inspired by each other, we discover truth, grow stronger, and serve with more humility.

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— Jillian Kirschbaum ’14

“Internships are the gateway to employment.”

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ON CAMPUS

Carthage has strengthened its commitment to

provide hands-on career preparation, hiring a

director to connect students with more internship

opportunities.

Carolynn Friesch was hired

as the College’s director of

internships in July and became

full time in August. She previously

spent four years as director of

career services at Kaplan Higher

Education in Milwaukee and

has a total of 10 years of experience in employer

relationship development.

The newly created position is part of a broader

shift in the Carthage Career Services office that

is designed to provide a full range of assistance

to students and alumni. As the new career

development director, longtime staff member

Jason Pruitt will help freshmen and sophomores

choose majors and determine career paths with an

eye toward boosting student retention rates.

Carthage President Gregory S. Woodward said

the hire of Ms. Friesch demonstrates the College’s

commitment to career preparation within a liberal

arts context.

“I would like to be able to offer an internship

opportunity to any student at Carthage who desires

one, and our new full-time position dedicated to

internships will bring us closer to this goal,” he

said. “Carolynn’s excellent experience in career

services and internships is the first step in creating

a comprehensive experiential learning component

for our outstanding students.”

Ms. Friesch plans to build on existing initiatives

at Carthage, such as the Smeds Executive

Internship Program and shadowing at Aurora

Healthcare, as well as customized internship

agreements with various businesses and

organizations. She will serve as the main employer

contact for the College.

Her goals include meeting regularly with

employers, alumni, and faculty members to assess

needs and expand Carthage’s internship offerings.

“It’d be very easy in this position to sit at a desk

and wait for the students to come in, but we’re not

like that,” Ms. Friesch said.

The impact of that “foot in the

door” is magnified in today’s job

landscape. A 2012 survey by the

National Association of Colleges

and Employers showed that 60

percent of college graduates with

paid internships received job offers,

compared to 36 percent who had no

internships.

“Internships are the gateway to

employment,” Ms. Friesch said.

“If you don’t have some type of

professional experience on your

resume, it’s going to be difficult to

find that entry-level job.”

Besides providing experience

to level the playing field with other

experienced job seekers, she said

internships help students make

valuable contacts.

“Building that strong professional

network doesn’t happen overnight,”

she said. “Without internships, you’re

very restricted in who you can contact

for assistance.”

At Kaplan, Ms. Friesch developed

relationships with a number of

industry-based networking groups in

the Milwaukee area. Her team also

developed a “Passport to Success”

program that awarded prizes to

students who completed career

development steps, an effort that

boosted student retention rates.

She recently earned a master’s

degree in higher education, yet Ms.

Friesch points to an earlier stage

of her education as a formative

moment. While earning her

bachelor’s degree in political science

at Marquette University, Ms. Friesch

learned firsthand the value of real-

world job preparation by interning for

two members of Congress.

Those experiences kick-started a

career that led her to Carthage.

Internship director opens new doors 2013 intern experiences

Adam Lewis ’14, an accounting major from Racine, Wis., was an intern with Deloitte & Touche from January to March 2013 through the Smeds Executive Internship Program. He was involved in the year-end financial statement audits of public and private

companies, as well as one preparing for its initial public offering. He spent time at offices in Madison, Milwaukee, and Chicago, among others. Adam accepted a full-time position with the firm and plans to start by fall 2014.

Marco Malusa ’14, a graphic design and communication major from Chicago, spent 10 weeks as a production intern with worldwide advertisement agency Leo Burnett in Chicago. The team of interns was given the task to pitch a marketing campaign to a new client. Marco

was assigned to the design department, but he also received experience in account management, strategy development, and art direction.

Lauren Chatham ’14, a communication major from Jarrettsville, Md., worked at Argen, a metal refiner based in San Diego. She traveled to dentists’ offices, offering to acquire their dental scraps. The company offers advanced appraisal services that itemize the value of

each alloy and purchases the scrap metal if the dentists accept the offer. Her largest “sale” totaled $4,000.

Ashlynn Rickord ’15, a history and religion major from Oak Forest, Ill., was an intern at the National Hellenic Museum in Chicago through the Smeds internship program. In the education department, she led tours and created, planned, and implemented education

programs. The experience prompted her to seek a master’s degree in public history after graduation, in pursuit of a career in the museum world.

Eric Primdahl ’14, a communication major from Arlington Heights, Ill., interned at sports radio station WSSP in Milwaukee. During the station’s postgame show after Milwaukee Brewers games, he screened listeners’ calls and edited audio clips. Eric also was given the

responsibility to update news on the WSSP website. Although he is weighing several career options, sports radio is high on that list.

Carthage is one of eight colleges and universities

nationwide to be honored by University Business

magazine in its summer 2013 “Models of

Efficiency” national recognition program.

The program recognizes innovative approaches

to streamline higher education operations through

technology and business process improvements.

Carthage was recognized for improvements that

Library and Information Services made to its

request tracking process.

“Help requests have so many touch points that

it’s nearly impossible to maintain them properly

without a tracking system,” said Tim Goral, senior

editor of University Business. “Carthage College’s

solution does a great job of creating a digital

record, while also offering anytime, anywhere

accessibility.”

LIS’ 22 staff members answer 10,000

questions a year, from where to find a book to

why a student’s email account suddenly stopped

working. With the number of requests on the rise,

Carthage needed an organized tracking process.

Combining Request Tracker, an open source ticket

system, with Google Apps for Education, allowed

work to be assigned and scheduled, and keep the

requester informed. Staff members estimate that

the new system has eliminated up to 80 percent

of repeat, follow-up phone calls and saved $4,000

annually.

Models of Efficiency is sponsored by Higher

One, a leader in providing services to higher

education administrators and students at more

than 1,600 campuses across the U.S.

In the first two months after the

Center for Student Success became

a one-stop shop for support at

Carthage, staff members assisted

more than 700 students.

Carthage President Gregory S.

Woodward said the motivation

behind the Center for Student

Success, which officially opened in

August, matches its name. When a

student is observed having trouble

academically, financially, or socially,

a personalized plan is designed to

help that student succeed.

“If we admit a student, that

student and family place their trust

in us. We’ll do everything possible

to make that student a success at

Carthage,” he said. “I have seen

this process work dozens of times

already, helping great students get

back on track to become outstanding

and vibrant members of our

Carthage family.”

The center now serves as the hub

of student life. A freshly renovated

space in the Todd Wehr Center

brings together advisors, tutors, the

College’s learning specialist, and

the Office of Student Life (formerly

Dean of Students Office). The center

also provides virtual connections to

resources in the Brainard Writing Center, Health

and Counseling Center, and Office of the Registrar.

“We don’t want students to leave with more

questions,” said Gary Williams, director of the

Center for Student Success. “They leave with an

answer or a place to go for an answer.”

Months before construction began on the

center’s physical location, Carthage administrators

took steps to assess the roadblocks that some

students faced. Using retention software built

by Jenzabar, they crunched three years of data

to identify common factors among those who

dropped out. The resulting plan of action boosted

retention between freshman and sophomore years

by six percentage points.

The cornerstone of the center is a new early

alert system designed to identify students’

concerns before they become insurmountable

obstacles. The software tool allows Mr. Williams

and other designated staff members to spot

patterns among the concerns shared by Carthage

faculty and staff members.

He said the early alert system was carefully

researched to fit within all legal guidelines

regarding confidentiality, including those laid out

in the Family Educational Rights ad Privacy Act

(FERPA). But no such fears have been expressed,

he said, noting that the overwhelming response

from students has been positive.

To learn more about the Center for Student

Success, visit www.carthage.edu/student-success.

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The 2013-14 Carthage Chamber Music Series

opened with a concert by Third Coast Percussion

on Oct. 4 in the Campbell Student Union

Auditorium.

Since its formation in 2005, the percussion

ensemble has drawn international attention with

concerts and recordings that meld the energy

of rock music with the precision and nuance of

classical chamber works. Called “hard-grooving”

musicians by the New York Times, Third Coast

is known for groundbreaking collaborations,

including concerts and residency projects with

engineers at the University of Notre Dame,

architects at the Frank Lloyd Wright School

of Architecture, astronomers at the Adler

Planetarium, and more.

Two other concerts are scheduled during the

2013-14 season of the Chamber Music Series,

which is made possible by a grant from the Helen

C. Smolenski Chamber Music Fund of the Racine

Community Foundation. One common thread that

Professor Peter Dennee identified

among the three groups is an

innovative approach.

“They have a fresh view of

chamber music,” he said.

This year’s grant, Carthage’s

largest to date, also covers an

educational outreach component.

Some of the performers will hold

master classes or workshops with

Carthage students the day before

they perform. All groups will provide

some sort of instruction for students

from nearby Racine County.

In addition, several Carthage

students will coach chamber music

ensembles in the Racine Unified

School District. They’ll apply the

guidance they’ve received from

Fifth House Ensemble, Carthage’s

ensemble-in-residence and one of

the scheduled groups in the series.

Besides music instruction, Prof.

Dennee said the visiting performers

could offer students valuable insight

into the entrepreneurial side of their

work. He said aspiring musicians

should learn how to market

themselves and the importance of

networking.

“Schools have been good about

training them to be musicians, but

when they get out, how do they make

a career for themselves?”

he said.

Upcoming winter and spring dates:

The performers will lead a free discussion before each concert at 6:30 p.m. in the Recital Hall of the H. F.

Johnson Center for the Fine Arts. The concerts will be held in the A. F. Siebert Chapel.

No reservations are required. For more information on the Chamber Music Series and performers, visit: www.carthage.edu/chamber or call 262-551-5859.

Feb. 21, 2014 Fifth House Ensemble

May 14, 2014Das Kapital

ON CAMPUS

Chamber series: Beyond performances

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The practice rooms in the H.F. Johnson Center for the

Fine Arts will sound a little more pleasant thanks to the

recent donation of a Grand Concert Harp. The $21,000

instrument was a gift from Chicago-based Venus Harps.

“Opportunity presents itself

so rarely to people these days,”

said Venus Harps founder

Walter Krasicki Sr. “Those who

are musically inclined have

fewer and fewer opportunities

to play. It’s a simplistic notion,

but when one person helps

another, that person is going to

try and help someone else.”

The donation will help

Carthage in a multitude of

ways. Programming choices for concerts will become

easier due to a harp always being available, and

students interested in studying the harp will no longer

have to bring one with them to campus.

Most importantly, as Mr. Krasicki desired, it opens

up an opportunity for all students to learn how to play

the harp.

“Unlike many schools, Carthage students of any

major can choose to play the harp as an elective,” said

Carthage harp instructor Anne Morse-Hambrock. “I’ve

had business, psychology, and other majors give the

harp a shot, and many still play.

“This donation wouldn’t have been possible without

the full support of the department who did absolutely

everything we needed to get the donation.”

“The department is so grateful for the generosity

of Venus Harps and the

commitment of our harp

instructor, Anne Morse-

Hambrock, in bringing

this wonderful resource

to the Carthage music

program,” said Corinne

Ness, chair of Carthage’s

Music Department. “With exceptional instruments and

exceptional instructors, students are sure to succeed.”

A melodious gift

ATHLETICS

Amanda (Leitzen ’05) Pointer SoftballAmanda Leitzen, a native of Marengo, Ill., was

named the 2005 College Conference of Illinois and

Wisconsin Softball Player of the Year, as well as

National Fastpitch Coaches Association first-team

All-Great Lakes Regional. In 2004, she was named

NFCA third-team all-regional and second-team All-

CCIW. She earned first-team all-conference honors

in 2002. Leitzen is ranked fourth on the Carthage

career list for base hits and third in triples. In

pitching, she’s second in wins.

Jori Simmons ’08 Women’s VolleyballFrom Frankfort, Ill., Jori Simmons was named

American Volleyball Coaches Association All-

America three times: honorable mention in both

2005 and 2006 and second team in 2007. She

earned AVCA first-team All-Midwest Region

honors all three years, was a first-team All-College

Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin selection

four straight years from 2004 to 2007 and the

CCIW Women’s Volleyball Player of the Year in

2006. She is Carthage’s career leader in both

attack percentage and blocks.

Don Welke ’65 BaseballDon Welke, a native of Harvard, Ill., lettered four

times in baseball between 1961 and 1965. After

graduation, Welke coached at the high school and

college levels before becoming a scout. He has

worked for several Major League Baseball teams

and remains a senior special assistant to the Texas

Rangers general manager.

Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin titles, earned

All-CCIW honors in 13 events, and broke school

records multiple times in four individual and three

relay events. Chapman was named CCIW Most

Valuable Swimmer.

Adam Husing ’04 BaseballFrom Iron Mountain, Mich., Adam Husing was

named a third-team American Baseball Coaches

Association All-America second baseman in

2004. He was a four-time first-team All-College

Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin pick and a

College Sports Information Directors of America

district all-academic selection in 2004. Husing is

Carthage’s career leader in triples.

Trisha (Melendy ’99) Krull Women’s SoccerFrom Park Ridge, Ill., Trisha (Melendy) Krull was

named National Soccer Coaches Association

third-team All-America in 1996 and was a

first-team All-College Conference of Illinois and

Wisconsin selection four times between 1995

and 1998 and a three-time team MVP. Despite

playing defensive center half, she ranks sixth on

the Carthage career points list and fifth for

career goals.

Kelly Bauer ’08 Women’s VolleyballSetter Kelly Bauer, a native of Brookfield, Wis. (not

pictured below), was named American Volleyball

Coaches Association first-team All-America in

2007, AVCA honorable mention All-Midwest

Region in both 2005 and 2006, first-team all-

region in 2007, and College Conference of Illinois

Player of the Year in 2007. She was named All-

CCIW all four years.

T.J. Bellei ’08 Men’s VolleyballFrom Lake Forest, Ill., T.J. Bellei was named

American Volleyball Coaches Association All-

America three straight years: second team in

2005 and first team in both 2006 and 2007. He is

ranked third on the Carthage career list for attack

percentage, seventh in kills and sixth in blocks.

Nathaniel Chapman ’07 Men’s SwimmingA Columbus, Ind., native, Nathaniel Chapman

became Carthage’s first College Swimming

Coaches All-American in more than a quarter-

century when he finished eighth in the 200

backstroke at the 2005 NCAA Division III

Swimming Championship. Chapman earned

eight All-America certificates, won 10 College

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Carthage celebrates current and past success

and sets lofty future goals

Carthage College inducted eight former student athletes into its Athletic Hall of Fame on Oct. 11 in a banquet and ceremony at the Todd Wehr Center. Here are the inductees:

Athletic Hall of Fame inductions

Don Welke Amanda (Leitzen) Pointer

T.J. BelleiAdam Husing Trisha (Melendy) Krull Jori Simmons Nathaniel Chapman

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ATHLETICS

Wrapping up his first full season as

head coach at Carthage, Mike Yeager

sees great potential in the football

program.

After serving as interim coach for

the final three games of the 2012

season when longtime coach Tim

Rucks became an assistant director

of athletics, he was hired for the

permanent head coaching job in the

off-season. Coach Yeager believes the

College’s strong foundation in both

academics and athletics offers a strong

opportunity to recruit talented student

athletes.

“We have a great product to sell. We

have a great campus, great academics,

and unbelievable facilities,” he said.

“We just need to get the word out and

get kids on campus.”

He came to the Red Men as

defensive coordinator in 2011, but his

biggest initial changes as head coach

came on the other side of the ball. This

fall, Coach Yeager began the shift from

a spread offense to a pro-style one in

an effort to strike a balance between

running and passing plays.

That style puts more emphasis on

bigger athletes at the fullback and

tight end positions, and he’s realistic

enough to know it may take a few

recruiting classes to complete the

transition. Still, Coach Yeager credits

his players for putting in the hard work

to shuffle the existing pieces and make

it work in the meantime.

“We’ve got a long way to go, but the

kids are embracing the system,” he

said.

Coach Yeager came to Carthage

from Indiana University, where he

worked as an assistant coach for

five years. Other than some slight

differences in the approach to

recruiting, he said coaching in a Big

Ten program isn’t that much different

from running an NCAA Division III

program.

“Coaching football is coaching

football,” he said. “The X’s and O’s are

the same. You have to work hard and

be accountable.”

Much earlier in his coaching career,

he got to see the Red Men up close.

In 2004 Carthage eliminated the

College of Wooster, where Coach

Yeager was the defensive coordinator,

in the second round of the Division III

playoffs. Soon afterward, he took the

position at Indiana.

Originally from Cincinnati, he’s a

1999 graduate of Miami University

in Oxford, Ohio. During his playing

career, he lettered three times as a

linebacker, racking up 116 tackles

and three interceptions in his senior

season.

Coach Yeager lives in Lake Bluff,

Ill., with his wife, Katrin, and their two

children.

Yeager begins football transition

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The Lady Reds, guided by second-year coach

Tyler Wollberg, extended a four-stroke lead after

the first day to a whopping 37-stroke advantage

on the second day at the Oak Brook Country Club

in Oak Brook. Ill. The three-day championship

was scheduled to conclude on Saturday, Oct. 5,

but the final round was canceled after heavy rain

left the course in unplayable conditions.

Carthage won the seven-team championship

with a 622 team score, well ahead of North

Central College at 659. The Lady Reds’ second-

round score of 299 on Friday, Oct. 4, broke a

school record of 313 set two months earlier.

Carthage’s Kayla Meyer (So., Appleton, Wis./

Freedom), at 76-75-151, finished in a first-place

tie with North Central’s Mary Kate Rohn. Rohn

won a scorecard playoff for medalist honors.

Holly Muenchow (So., Roscoe, Ill./Hononegah)

was third at 81-76-157 and McKenzie Parks (So.,

Carthage women’s tennis players named 2013-14 All-CCIW

Oregon, Wis.) fourth with an 85-74-159 total.

Danielle Roulo (Fr., Crystal Lake, Ill./Prairie

Ridge) was sixth at 81-80-161, and Erin Holst (Jr.,

Bettendorf, Iowa/Pleasant Valley) tied for ninth

at 91-74-165.

Meyer, Muenchow, Parks, Roulo, and Holst

each earned All-CCIW honors with top-

10 finishes. Meyer’s two-day score broke a

Carthage record of 153 set by Heidi

Chronowski at the 2012 Illinois

Wesleyan Fall Classic. Holst and

Parks both shot second-day rounds

of 74 to tie a Carthage record set by

Taylor Dory at this fall’s Wisconsin-

Whitewater Fall Invitational.

Wollberg was named CCIW

Women’s Golf Coach of the Year.

“The girls just played incredibly

well,” he said, “especially on Friday.

Shooting a score below 300 is a

quite an accomplishment, and

I’m almost positive that there is

no other NCAA Division III school that has a

record like this. The girls came to play and were

determined from the start that they wanted a

conference championship.”

“This is a group of girls that can play,”

Wollberg continued, “and they showed it this

week with their team performance. I couldn’t ask

for a better group. They have the eagerness to

learn this game and they have the confidence to

take that knowledge and use it in competition.”

With the conference title, Carthage also

earned its first-ever berth in the NCAA

Division III Women’s Golf Championship. This

year’s championship, the 14th-annual, will be

conducted on May 13-16, 2014, at the Mission

Inn Resort & Club in Howey in the Hills, Fla.

The Red Men (coached by Steve Domin) and Lady

Reds (coached by Sara Meyer) each wrapped up the

2013 season with impressive records and multiple

players honored as Soccer Player of the Week in the

College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin.

Read more at athletics.carthage.edu.

Women’s golf dominates CCIW championship

Congratulations, Carthage Soccer!

Carthage’s Bari Reynolds (Sr., Sterling,

Ill., 10-7) was named 2013-14 first-team

All-College Conference of Illinois and

Wisconsin, and Haleigh McPeek (Jr. Lake

Bluff, Ill./Lake Forest, 9-7) was named to

the second team.

Reynolds finished fourth at No. 1

singles at the CCIW Women’s Tennis

Championship, while McPeek lost in the

No. 2 singles playback semifinals. The two

also teamed up at No. 1 doubles and went

15-2 with a conference title.

Carthage finished third at the Oct. 4-5

CCIW championship in Bloomington,

Ill. Wheaton College (Ill.) the league

title with 59 points, two points ahead of

second-place Augustana College (Ill.) at

57. Carthage was third at 43.

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ATHLETICS

After shattering a school record for lowest single-day score, the Carthage

women’s golf team (68-6-1) won its first College Conference of Illinois and

Wisconsin Women’s Golf Championship since 1999.

A hundred years ago, students in a geology class spotted the granite boulder in a creek bed during a field trip. In keeping with a custom on the Illinois

campus, the Class of 1913 agreed to make the rock its tribute to Carthage. On their third try, a group of classmates hoisted the boulder onto a wagon, and, with the help of a steam tractor, hauled it to the campus.

Everyone who has attended the College since knows of the matchmaking power that earned Kissing Rock its name. Countless marriage proposals have been made and accepted by it, both at the Illinois and Kenosha campuses. Those memories make it a popular stop for alumni during reunions or visits.

Yet, over the years, the rock has become a multifaceted symbol of the Carthage spirit. As the tradition of painting it developed in Kenosha, Kissing Rock has served as a memorial to beloved alumni, an expression of protest against injustice, a testament to Greek organizations’ unity, and more.

Here, in their own words, alumni of the College share tales of how the rock has held a place in their lives.

To see a larger selection of Kissing Rock anecdotes and student illustrations of the rock, go towww.carthage.edu/kissingrock100.

100 Years of Kissing

RockThough she hasn’t moved in decades, Kissing

Rock continues to age gracefully. This year marks

a century since the rock first became part of

Carthage tradition.

C O V E R S T O R Y

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Final kiss at Illinois campusBy coincidence, I came across the attached photo (below) a few days before the latest Carthage Connection arrived. It shows the last kiss on Kissing Rock before it left the Illinois Campus.

(Members of) our fraternity, the Squires (Beta Phi Epsilon), had shovels in hand and were about to start to dig it up for the move from Carthage to Kenosha in the Spring of 1964. It was quite a project and, I believe, only its second move since being placed at the Campus Drive entrance by the South end of Evergreen Walk. The only other move I know about is when Doc Kibbe missed the turn while entering the campus in her car and ran into it. The Rock was moved but undamaged. Can’t say the same for her car.

We borrowed a flatbed truck from Jerry Remillard’s father for the move. Jerry is not in the picture, so maybe he was taking it. That’s

my wife, Vickie (Myers ’67), and I enjoying the final Illinois kiss.

After the Rock was hauled and placed on the new campus, some Turtles (Tau Sigma Chi) pushed it off the bluff and it rolled down to the shoreline. I’m not sure how many times that happened before it was finally cemented in place and the fence was installed.

If only we could know how many pinning ceremonies and marriage proposals occurred at Kissing Rock over the 100 years it has been a part of Carthage. I’ll bet that number would surprise us.

Loren H. Semler ’65

“Kissing Rock Almost Buried” rang out all over the Carthage, Illinois, campus back in the 1950s.

The Turtles had formed a semi-committee to meet after dark one night. The goal was to bury Kissing Rock!

The group gathered and was somewhat organized. The enthusiasm was definitely there, however, the Rock would barely move. The Rock tilted a bit, and that was about all it did.

Follow up ... Ellsworth (Freyer ‘58) lived with Mr. Kraus, who was the business manager, and Mr. Kraus knew Ellsworth worked for the maintenance department on campus. So, naturally, Ellsworth was asked if he knew anything about the “rolling-of-the-Rock” because the College shovels were used. Ellsworth said he knew nothing! There were no arrests, but those same shovels were used to clean up the mess and put the Rock back in place.

Years later, the Rock was moved to the new campus in Kenosha, where it happily stands with years and years of paint covering its many years of lots of kissing couples who later got married — just as tradition would have it!

Yes, Ellsworth and I sat on the Rock 57 years ago.

– Kay Cleveland Freyer ’59

A daring plot

Political statementMy favorite picture of the kissing rock was in protest during the Watergate scandal with [President] Richard M. Nixon. Sociology students were keenly paying attention as The Washington Post story mentioned the break-in of the Democratic headquarters. The Watergate hearings were being held by a brave elderly senator, and news of the war heightened everyone’s attention. The Kissing Rock of 1913 was painted professionally with an American flag motif. Many of us were a little disappointed when another artist poured many colors over the flag.

Kurt Hilden ’73

A gravitational pullThe attached picture (right) is of Barbara Boyd ’58 after I had kissed her. There was a tradition that, if you kissed a girl on Kissing Rock, you were officially engaged. Although we don’t have a picture of the two of us performing this rite of engagement, which took place right around the time that this picture was taken in early 1957, the event was my official proposal of marriage to her. It must have worked, because we’ve been very happily married for 56 years.

God and Kissing Rock work in mysterious ways, because Barb had no intention of attending Carthage until Bucky Harris (then the associate director of admissions) got hold of her and convinced her that great things would happen if she attended Carthage. Likewise, I spent my freshman year at Wartburg College and, by a twist of fate and the beckoning of Kissing Rock, transferred to Carthage. Barb and I met, sealed the deal on Kissing Rock and the rest is history.

I might add that our oldest son, Russ Stamer ’83 was planning to attend a college in Rhode Island until, once again, Bucky Harris got hold of him and convinced him of the error of his ways and he wound up at Carthage. Yup, you guessed it, he met his wife, Laura, and this year they are celebrating their 28th anniversary. …

Needless to say, we believe there is some magic with Kissing Rock.

Ron Stamer ’57

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(We) decided to add some artistic features to Kissing Rock. We cut out stencils of a heart and lips, then picked up some gold and red paints. The next morning Kissing Rock had gold hearts and red lips. A couple days later Dean Larry Hamilton called me into his office and told me if there is any more painting, Rich Ferarra and I will clean it off with a toothbrush.

– Roger Risberg ’63

An impromptu makeover

Pre-painting

I don’t believe it was ever painted while residing on the Carthage, Illinois, campus. There was a sort of spiritual or special significance to it, and painting it would have been thought to be less than sacred. It occupied a special place along Evergreen Walk at the gated entrance to the campus.The current dimensional use of the rock’s paintings to support worthy causes on the new campus in Kenosha has

a new and important significance, too.

– Lester E. Schultz ’55

C O V E R S T O R Y

How much does Kissing Rock weigh?In the spring of 1964, plans were being finalized to relocate the College from Carthage to Kenosha. Included in the move would be equipment, furniture, classroom materials, and, of course, Kissing Rock.

I had moved to Kenosha with my family two years earlier and had been named vice president for development. One day I received

a phone call from Mitch Rukavina, our publicity director at the Carthage, Ill., campus.

“I have sent a story to newspapers, radio stations wire services, etc., regarding the relocation of the campus. I included information about Kissing Rock, which, as you know, will also be moved. Here’s the problem: The Associated Press (a wire service) just called me and asked me how much Kissing Rock weighed. Do you know the answer to that?”

Of course, I didn’t know how much it weighed, so I told him to check with Miss Pearl Goeller, the college registrar. Pearl had graduated from Carthage in 1920 and had held several different positions at the College. Thus she was well informed about a lot of stuff. Unfortunately, she didn’t know how much Kissing Rock weighed! Mitch called me back and asked me what he should do. I told him, “Tell the Associated Press that it weighs almost two tons. No one will know the difference.”

Mitch released the story, indicating that kissing Rock “weighs nearly two tons.” A couple of days later, Pearl Goeller, out of breath, came rushing into Mitch’s office.

“Oh, oh,” she panted, “I just heard about how much Kissing Rock weighs!”

“Good. How much does it weigh?” Mitch asked.“Well, it weighs nearly two tons,” she replied.“Where did you find out about it?” He asked.“I just heard about it on the radio – WCAZ.”Note: WCAZ is the local radio station in Carthage, Ill., and had

received a copy of Mitch’s news release! Since that time, many people who are very smart have told me that Kissing Rock probably weighs less than one ton.

Jack Harris ’49

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It was Spring 1990, and our E-Board at Tau Sigma Chi wanted to do something much more significant to Kissing Rock than just paint it and defend the colors. So in the middle of the night, a whole crew of Turtles sneaked out of Denhart Hall, proceeded to the cliffs, and began escalating the wall facing Lake Michigan. While Fu Kilgallen, Citizen Kane and Squirrel Klabunde got the mixture ready, Vlad Bajic, Jeff Lyndell and Red Barnes were on the lookout, while the rest got our Kelly Green and white spray cans ready. Conan Moss, Joey Trosclair and Steve-O pulled up the cement mixture, and soon we had turned Kissing Rock into a magnificent Turtle! Many TEX generations would have been proud to participate in that adventure, which lasted until the early hours of the morning. Once word got out, many of the other Greeks came with hammers, and tore apart the legs. But not before we gave a lasting impression to our Carthage community.

– Gonzalo Gonzalez ’90

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F E A T U R E S T O R Y

Combining art and science creates a whole education

Some people see nature and marvel at its beauty. Others

focus on the science behind our landscape’s grand design.

Laura Huaracha wants her students to do both.

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For the past five years, Laura Huaracha has teamed up with biology professor Dana Garrigan to teach courses that intersect the fields of art and science. The assistant professor

of communication and digital media leads graphic design students on study tours to examine plant and animal species and their habitats. She teaches science majors how good graphic design can help communicate complicated scientific ideas.

“I grew up on 10 acres of the most beautiful maple trees in the state of Missouri, playing outside all day, every day, when I could,” Prof. Huaracha says. “There is so much beauty in the natural world. I feel very strongly that design can help people connect to it.”

‘Design is not an isolated incident’In April 2013, Prof. Huaracha traveled to the Savannah College of Art and Design, one of the leading art institutions in the country, to talk to students and educators about the many benefits that occur when artists and scientists collaborate. She earned her M.F.A. from SCAD in 1999. In a talk titled “Playing Nice with Others: Design is Not an Isolated Incident,” Prof. Huaracha stressed to design students the importance of working with non-designers to create a polished product and message.

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In a second talk, as part of the national Foundations in Art: Theory and Education Conference at SCAD, Profs. Huaracha and Garrigan described how studio art educators could create more authentic learning experiences for art students by using groundwork laid in the natural science fields.

Profs. Huaracha and Garrigan do exactly that in their Carthage Symposium titled Photographing Nature: Investigating Biodiversity and Conservation with Digital Photography. In this J-Term study tour, participants travel to Tucson, Ariz., where their digital cameras become their microscopes. Students learn to use digital photography to capture important details about plants, animals, and their habitats.

Close observation is the key to both good photography and good science, Prof. Huaracha explains. Photography is not just pressing a button and moving on; it is pausing to study and think about your subject. “I hope to impress upon my students that photography is not a mindless act; it is harder than they think.”

By the end of the course, each student has created a portfolio of images illustrating biodiversity in Arizona. The students also have conquered digital photography, photo editing, basic web design, and general design techniques — valuable skills no matter what their future careers.

Using design to educate, provoke changeProfs. Huaracha and Garrigan also have teamed up to teach the course Interpreting Nature: Effective Visual Communication About the Environment. The course was designed to bring together interdisciplinary student teams to complete community-based service projects to raise awareness of ecological concepts and conservation issues. During J-Term 2012 and 2013, graphic design students partnered with biology and environmental science students to produce education materials for Richard Bong State Recreation Area, a state park several miles west of campus. The park now uses four educational brochures and two exhibits designed by Carthage students. One of the class projects was a fundraising “Burn an

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“Design is about importance and emphasis.

It is about being able to observe and then to

communicate what is essential.”

Professors Dana Garrigan, left, and Laura Huaracha have led students to Tucson, Ariz., on a J-Term study tour.

Students developing a brochure about the “Burn an Acre” program learned how fire is used to control invasive species in a prairie community, thus learning about adaptations of native and exotic species, conservation issues related to small population size in remnant prairies, and other issues.

Acre” brochure. The brochure outlines the importance of prescribed burns and helps the Bong State Recreation Area raise money by inviting donors to purchase an acre of land at the park, burned in their honor.

Interpreting Nature provides graphic design students the opportunity to collaborate with non-designers — “Working with experts in other fields is essential in creating a strong end product,” Prof. Huaracha says — and science majors learn how design can impact understanding. They learn the basics of image selection, typography, layout, composition, and color theory.

“Education is about messaging,” Prof. Huaracha explains. “We can attempt to show people the scientific data of the effects our lifestyles are having on our world, or we can provoke them with moving visuals and illustrative text that imprint the message on their minds and make them want to change.”

She presented her research with this class at the College Art Association Conference in New York in January 2013, and just recently at the American Institute of Graphic Arts Conference in Minneapolis in October.

Prof. Huaracha is pursuing further research into the intersection of art and science. At the Association of American Geographers annual meeting in Los Angeles, she talked to geographers about how poor typography and graphic design may affect highway safety. If drivers cannot quickly interpret highway signs, they will spend too much time trying to understand the sign, and not enough time paying attention to the traffic around them. Utilizing GPS mapping to coordinate data sets, she can determine spots where high traffic fatalities, high-risk drivers, and poor weather issues combine to create a new spot where signage would be beneficial.

“I think sometimes people overlook the importance of graphic design in our community,” Prof. Huaracha says. “It’s not about being pretty. Design is about importance and emphasis. It is about being able to observe and then to communicate what is essential by guiding another person through the information. It is useful for highway signs, and useful to a young scientist preparing a poster to illustrate his research results at his first national conference.

“I always say there’s no button on the computer that says ‘Make it look cool,’” Prof. Huaracha says. “It takes a whole brain to do this work: a logical half to perceive the mysteries of science, and an artistic half to present it in a shape that has meaning.”

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In Tucson, students took photos of the Sonora Desert, Biosphere 2, and other sites featuring biodiversity.

NEW STUDENT CONVOC ATION

Speakers representing faculty, students,

administrators, and the community greeted

819 incoming Carthage students during the

New Student Convocation on Sept. 1. The

ceremony at Tarble Arena also featured

musical performances by student ensembles.

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The new arrivals include 714 incoming freshmen and 105 transfer students.

Drawing upon the 2013-14

campus theme “Wonder is

the Beginning of Wisdom,”

Carthage President Gregory

S. Woodward described

the intellectual journey he

took while pondering the

famous lullaby “Twinkle,

Twinkle, Little Star” and

the 19th century poem that

inspired it.

The new students come from 26 U.S. states and three foreign countries: Japan, Kenya, and the Philippines.

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HOMECOMING 2013:Rockin’ Through the Decades

See more photos from

Homecoming on Flickr:

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Carthage celebrated Homecoming

Oct. 11-13, 2013. Despite a rainy football

game (and a loss to No. 13 Wheaton),

Carthage students, parents, friends, and

alumni gathered to cheer on the Red Men,

show their Carthage spirit, and reconnect

with old friends.

Students celebrated all week with special

events like the Carthage Amazing Race,

Quiz Bowl, and Torchie’s Super Speedway,

in which students built their own cars and

raced them around the Oaks Circle.

The Carthage Class of 1963 marked 50

years with a reunion dinner in the Todd

Wehr Center; and athletes, alumni, friends,

and baseball enthusiasts celebrated the

dedication of the new Augie Schmidt Field.

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Carthage’s 21st and 22nd

Presidents, F. Gregory Campbell

and Gregory S. Woodward,

were on hand to celebrate the

dedication of Carthage’s new

baseball field, Augie Schmidt

Field.

Fran Briggs — Wheaton, Ill., celebrated her 100th

birthday on Sept. 25, 2013. Besides a party, she joked that

she had “cards coming out of her ears.” Although her vision

is impaired, she continues to listen to spoken recordings of

newspapers, attend church on Sundays, and have lunch with

Lois Ennes ’51. Originally the oldest of nine children, Ms.

Briggs is one of three surviving siblings.

She lives with her sister,

Betty Reszka. Ms. Briggs

said she has plenty of fond

memories of Carthage’s Illinois

campus, where she majored in

music. Even the initiation rite of

forcing freshmen to jump over

Evergreen Walk remains clear in

her mind.

She taught for 32 years,

retiring in 1969, before opening

a real estate office.

1947Carol (Piper) Wolff —

Arlington Heights, Ill., is in her sixth

year of residence at Luther Village

in Arlington Heights, Ill., which she

calls a great place to retire with its

beautiful grounds and buildings,

many conveniences and activities,

friendly staff, and residents. Carol

is active in choir, swimming, golf

and gardening. She enjoys having

her daughter, Sheri Travlos ‘76, and

family 20 minutes away.

1966Roger Eagan — Seabeck, Wash.,

was recruited out of retirement to

serve the residents of Kitsap County,

Washington, as the consultant

pharmacist for the Hospice of

Kitsap County. He is responsible for

evaluating and providing medication

for the comfort and palliative care of

terminally ill patients.

Frank “Bud” J. Roth and Cathy (Brauer ’70) —

Carmel, Ind., celebrated their 45th

anniversary. They work together in

Roth Consulting Group, LLC, now

in its 12th year of operation. Bud

recently published his first book, “Be

More Productive—Slow Down.”

1967Reinholt Wasemiller and the Rev. Carol (Cory ’68)

— Gurnee, Ill., celebrate their

45th wedding anniversary this

year, and Carol celebrates both the

25th anniversary of ordination and

retirement.

1969

Eric Otterbein — Hawthorn

Woods, Ill., reports that he and

seven other Carthage graduates (all

Buffaloes) went to see a band with

Jim Fuller ‘67 play in Burlington, Wis.

From left to right: Eric Otterbein

’69, Joe Guarise ’69 (kneeling), Steve

1949Cal and Nona (Holappa ’48) Claus — Arlington Heights, Ill.,

recently published “Drama Duets:

Two Mark Twain Classics”. Their

abridged and edited versions of

Twain’s “Diaries of Adam and Eve”

and “Noah’s Ark” were published as

play scripts by ArtAge Publications,

Senior Theatre Resource Center in

Portland, Ore. As a hobby, Nona and

Cal have been doing such readers’

theatre performances since 1982.

They celebrated their 65th wedding

anniversary Aug. 14, 2013. Their love

affair began at Carthage in the fall

of 1946.

1950Rev. Albert Nyland III —

Fishers, Ind., celebrated the 60th

anniversary of his ordination on May

26, 2013. He has served as pastor

at churches in Illinois, Kentucky,

Indiana, and Missouri. Although he

retired from active ministry in 1994,

he was not the retiring sort and

continued to serve as a stewardship

consultant and interim pastor. Rev.

Nyland moved to Fishers, Ind.,

and supports the household of his

daughter, the Rev. Nancy Nyland,

and his grandson Tadd.

1955Dale Benson — New York,

appeared in “John Loves Mary”

at New Jersey’s Hunterdon Hills

Playhouse during the months of

September and October. He planned

to spend several weeks in Venice in

November.

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1935

Burval ’68, Dennis Whistler, Marty

Frederick ’69, Mick Ambrogio ’69, Jim

Fuller ’67 and Wayne Aronson ’68.

Rev. Douglas Schoen —

Menominee, Mich., has retired

after serving as senior pastor of

Emmanuel Lutheran Chuch in

Menominee, Mich., for the past

33 years. Doug received his M.

Div. from Northwestern Lutheran

Theological Seminary in St. Paul,

Minn., in 1973. He served as pastor

of Trinity, Rice Lake and Grace, Brill,

Wis., from 1973-1980. Doug served

on the Carthage Board of Trustees

from 1984-1988. He continued to

serve as a Carthage torchbearer. He

and his wife, Marilyn, continue to live

in Menominee.

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Hire Carthage students and alumniWith the creation of the Carthage in Chicago

program, we are looking for Chicagoland

businesses to hire Carthage students as

interns for a semester. Contact our director of

internships, Carolynn Friesch, at 262-551-5959 or

cfriesch@carthage.edu if you have or know of any

opportunities. Keep Carthaginians in mind for full-

time positions, too!

Volunteer your timeJoin one of our seven committees within the

Alumni Association: Student Alumni Engagement,

Young Alumni, Nomination and Awards, Council

for Carthage Women, Alumni Scholarship Fund,

Affinity Networks, or Regional Alumni Chapters.

Contact Lauren Hansen at 262-551-5816 or

lhansen@carthage.edu for more information.

Donate to the CollegeEvery gift, regardless of its size, makes a difference

at Carthage. Give to our Carthage Fund and help

support areas that need it most or to specific

initiatives, such as student organizations,

departments, fraternities and sororities, or

athletics. Our Bridge Fund assists students who

have an emergency (like a house fire, parents’

sudden loss of jobs, etc.) and are unable to

finance their education.

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

National Philanthropy Day was Nov. 14! Did you know Carthage is a nonprofit organization, and that we

depend on alumni and friend support? Together, we can work to build a brighter future for Carthage!

Check out these ways to get involved.

Encourage students to attend the CollegeDo you know of a high school student about to

enter the college search process? If you had a

great experience here, why not share that with

a young person? Telling people you meet about

Carthage and the exciting things happening

on campus can make a difference! Next time

you’re sporting your Carthage sweatshirt and a

conversation comes up about Carthage, share

your story and what the College offered you.

Attend alumni eventsWe have more than 19,000 alumni, and the

College provides numerous opportunities

throughout the year to meet some of them! By

attending events, you may connect with graduates

and become their mentor or a part of their

network. You can even expand your own network

and form new friendships in the process.

Lauren Hansen ’10

Assistant Director of Alumni and Parent Programs

lhansen@carthage.edu, 262-551-5816

How to give back to Carthage

L AUREN HANSEN

Don Reunion

A group of alumni, all from the late

’60s/early ’70s generation, gathered

at a course in northern Illinois in

June. They joked that they were lousy

golfers but had a fun time!

Back Row: Jerry Martens ’68, Steve

Schultz ’76, Denny Leaf ’67, Greg

Wajerski ’71, Mike Fager ’74, Bob

Placko ’72, Dave Hackbarth ’71,

Mike Zeiss ’73, Rich Anderson ’72,

John Pelligrino ‘69, Bill Ross ’71, Bob

Raleigh ’68

Front Row: Steve Fager ’71, Randy

Sisulak ’71, Tim Yanachek ’69, Dick

Allen ’73

The Chicago Blackhawks have won the Stanley Cup twice in Jillian

Smith’s lifetime, and both times the Carthage alumna has played

an important behind-the-scenes role.

A 2007 graduate, she is coordinator of special projects and

senior executive management for the reigning National Hockey

League champions. She began working for the team in March

2008 and has ridden the wave of Cup-winning seasons in 2010

and 2013.

“They’ve become really relevant in the city again,” said Ms.

Smith, who grew up in the Chicago suburb of Lemont, Ill., in an

era when Blackhawks

games rarely were

televised. “It’s been

nice to be a part of that

change.”

She was on the road

with the team in Boston

the night Chicago

wrapped up the 2013

title, and the next day

she got to hold the

iconic silver Stanley Cup.

One of her more visible

projects was to help plan

the championship ring presentation ceremony this fall.

On a day-to-day basis, Ms. Smith coordinates travel for events

such as the NHL draft and manages speaking engagements for

team president and CEO John McDonough. He was the featured

speaker at a 2010 luncheon of the Carthage Business and

Professional Coalition.

While at Carthage, Ms. Smith majored in business

administration and marketing, participated in Pi Theta, and

played basketball and cross country. She remains active on the

Alumni Council and joked that, with so many alumni clustered

on Chicago’s southwest side, she sees her college friends more

often than high school classmates.

She sees a clear connection between the “well-rounded

education” she received from professors and her work. Balancing

a number of activities also helped her refine time management

skills.

“You get a very personal experience when you go to Carthage,”

she said. “There’s so much to offer, and, if you take advantage of

that, you’re going to get a lot back.”

1976Jennifer (Nolden) Reynolds — Macomb, Ill., retired after 31

years with the U.S. Postal Service

and went back to college at Western

Illinois University. She graduated

magna cum laude with a B.S. in

nursing. She works at WIU as a

nurse at Beu Health Center.

1977

Kerry Patrick Hays —

Greendale, Wis., assistant

superintendent at Roaring River

State Park in Missouri, was awarded

the Missouri State Employee Award

of Distinction along with several of

his co-workers. This is the highest

honor given to a Missouri state

employee, and it is presented for

demonstrating exceptional judgment

or courage in a potentially serious

situation to prevent injury, loss of

life, or damage to property. This

specific award was given in the

area of safety for efforts to evacuate

campers when the park was

struck by a severe windstorm that

destroyed more than 200 trees in

the early morning hours of Aug. 3,

2012. The award was presented in

the office of Gov. Jay Nixon on July

17, 2013.

1970Bruce A. Laird — Las Vegas, is

retired and has lived in Las Vegas

for nine years. He is an active

volunteer in administrative roles

at First Presbyterian Church. He

is also active in establishing and

incorporating Grace Presbyterian

Church, which was chartered Sept.

8, 2013. Bruce and his wife, Janice

(married January 2008), recently

moved to a new home in Las Vegas.

They celebrated the marriage of

Bruce’s son Todd on May 17, 2012.

Bruce and Janice enjoy travel,

especially ocean and river cruises,

and planned to sail through the

Panama Canal in November 2013.

1973Barbara (Anger) Penington

— Whitewater, Wis., is retiring

after teaching at the University

of Wisconsin-Whitewater for the

past 20 years. During her career,

she achieved the rank of full

professor, served as the chair of the

Department of Communication,

and was awarded the W.P. Roseman

Award in 2007, the university’s

highest award for teaching

excellence. After graduating from

Carthage, Barbara earned a master’s

degree in communication from

UW-Whitewater and her Ph.D.

from Marquette University in the

area of family communication. Her

husband, Harry, also is a member of

the Carthage Class of 1973.

Karen Wolfe — Bremen, Ga.,

a psychology major in college, has

continued in the field ever since

earning that degree — with military

service tossed in. She reports that

she is not close to retirement and

is working at her private practice in

Georgia.

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Seasons to remember

Erik Humlie — Fitchburg, Wis.,

has retired following 35 years of

state service with Wisconsin’s

Bureau of Petroleum Products

and Tanks, working on product

quality, consumer protection,

and environment storage tank

regulations.

1979Jeneen (Banker) Carnes —

Beaver Dam, Wis., announced her

retirement after 34 years of teaching

elementary music in Beaver Dam.

She will continue to serve as a choir

director, church pianist, WSMA

adjudicator, and piano instructor.

She and her husband, John have

been married for 24 years; they have

twin children, Jonathan and Bethany,

and a 2 1/2-year-old granddaughter.

David F. Kroll — South

Milwaukee, Wis., was enshrined in

the University of Wisconsin-Superior

Athletic Hall of Fame on Oct. 5,

2013. He came to UW-Superior in

1989 to become the head athletic

trainer and stayed in the position

until 2012, when he moved into a

full-time faculty position. Kroll put in

countless hours of work and treated

numerous injuries to Yellowjacket

student athletes over 23 years as

head trainer, remaining the lone

constant in the Yellowjacket Athletic

Department over that span.

1981Todd Moritz — Anaheim Hills,

Calif., has accepted a call to be

the executive director of Orange

Lutheran High School in Orange,

Calif. His wife, Christine (Krodel), is

a member of the Class of 1982.

1997Renee (Meyer) Hageli —

Spring Grove,

Ill., and Joseph

announce the

birth of their

daughter, River

Louise, on April 2, 2013. River joins

her older brother, Joey, 7 and sister,

Michaela, 4.

Matthew Morrin — St.

Petersburg,

Fla., has been

named chair

of the board of

directors at the

National Association for Campus

Activities (NACA). He is the director

of student life and engagement

at the University of South Florida

St. Petersburg. In his role at the

University of South Florida, Morrin

leads a team of professional

and student staff members to

develop and facilitate student life

and engagement on campus. In

addition to his work with NACA,

Morrin is a member of, or has been

involved with, the American College

Personnel Association, the National

Association of Student Personnel

Administrators, the International

Leadership Association, Learn

and Serve America, and several

community organizations. Morrin

received his bachelor’s degree from

Central Michigan University and his

master’s degree in education from

Carthage.

1998Jenny (Houston) Cook — St.

Paul, Minn., has earned a Master of

Arts degree in occupational therapy

from St. Catherine University in St.

1988Michael Czarnik — St. Paul,

Minn., was hired by Protia, LLC as

legal counsel, and his company title

is dauphin. He and his wife continue

to live in St. Paul with their four

children: Justis, Liberty, Honor,

and Hero.

1990

Lori Krug — Denver, married

Tim Colleran on the island of Kauai,

Hawaii, on May 25, 2013. They

enjoy a variety of outdoor activities,

including skiing, cycling, and

running. They recently completed

their third Ironman event.

1995Greg Prude — Oak Park, Ill, is

working toward an MBA in business

administration/management

at Robert Morris University

Chicago. He expects to graduate

and receive his degree in spring

2014. He attended Carthage from

1991 to 1993 and transferred to

Northwestern Business College

Chicago. He received an AAS

degree in business administration

in 1995 and went on to earn a BBA

degree in business administration/

management in 1997 from Robert

Morris University Chicago.

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Paul. She is employed at University

of Minnesota Amplatz Children’s

Hospital as an occupational therapist.

This fall, she will complete an

additional clinical rotation in the

hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit.

She also was selected to the American

Occupational Therapy Association’s

Emerging Leader Program.

1999

Jamie (Toftey) Mulvenna —

Belleville, Mich., and her husband,

Patrick, welcomed son Declan

Patrick on April 26, 2013. He joins

big sisters Grace and Megan.

2002

Rebecca (Cowan) Ferraro —

Palatine, Ill., and Anthony Ferraro

happily announce the birth of their

baby girl, Paige Elizabeth. She

was born April 26, 2013, at Good

Shepherd Hospital in Barrington, Ill.,

weighing 7 pounds, 5 ounces.

Jason Greenwald — Southlake,

Texas, graduated from Wartburg

Theological Seminary in May 2013

with his Master of Arts degree

in theology with an emphasis in

youth, culture, and mission. He has

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1939 Helen Marie (Main) Nolden, Carthage, Ill., Feb. 12, 2013

1942 Frances J. Griebel, Highland, Ill., Aug. 5, 2013

1943 James L. Goodin, Winchester, Ill., June 23, 2013

1945 Isabelle Wittig, Warrenville, Ill., July 4, 2013

1947 Gene Wenzel, Carthage, Ill., May 20, 2013

1948 Lois E. Mayer, Fargo, N.D., Aug. 19, 2013

1949 Laverne I. Gillette, Santa Fe, N.M., June 11, 2013

C. Kenneth Proefrock, Pawleys Island, S.C., March 30, 2013

Mildred Jean (Hall) Thorsen, Orange City, Fla., May 1, 2013

1950 Joseph R. Harding, Flanagan, Ill., July 27, 2013

Donald O. Meyer, Huntley, Ill., July 21, 2013

1953 Dale K. Schreurs, Des Moines, Iowa, June 9, 2013

1954 Duane Floyd Tuttle, Beloit, Wis., July 14, 2013

1955 Lois Elaine (Hassler) Swanson,

Sandstone, Minn., March 18, 2012

1956 Gloria Hayes Rayburn, Dewey, Ill., July 28, 2013

1960 Thomas Alan Stoner, Austin, Texas, July 23, 2011

1962 Jim Carlson, Moab, Utah, Feb. 21, 2013

Howard “Howie” Fintzen, Sheboygan, Wis., May 22, 2013

1966 Richard Knecht, Warrenville, Ill., June 1, 2013

1967 Ellen Tossey, Antioch, Ill., June 8, 2012

1969 Anna Marie (Carey) Bierdz, Silver Lake, Wis., July 19, 2013

David Engstrom, Kenosha, Nov. 29, 2012

1970 Charles J. Martens, Erie, Ill., April 30, 2013

Alene C. Peterson, La Crosse, Wis., Feb. 9, 2013

1973 Anthony Fick, McHenry, Ill., June 30, 2013

2005Samantha Bickel — Watertown,

Wis., recently received her Ph.D. in

marine science from the College of

William & Mary School of Marine

Science, Virginia Institute of Marine

Science.

Luke Schumm and Maggie (Marsh ’04)

— Colorado

Springs, Colo.,

welcomed a son Feb. 13, 2013.

Kenton Isaiah joins big sister

Kendall and brother Kieran. He

weighed 6 pounds, 11 ounces,

and was 19 inches long. Dad is

the head age group coach for the

Colorado Springs swim team. Mom

is employed by El Paso County as a

public health registered nurse.

2006Jennifer Ann (Lindberg) Brundage — Orland Park Ill.,

and Cord Brundage were married

on July 13, 2013, at the Lionsgate

Dove House in Lafayette, Colo. The

couple resides in Laramie, Wyo.,

where Jenni works at the University

of Wyoming and Cord completes his

Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine.

Friends and family joined the couple

to celebrate the day.

Lauren (Neverman) Wheeler

— Watertown, Wis., and her

husband, Andy, are pleased to

announce the birth of their son,

Parker Andrew, on Jan. 28, 2013.

Parker joins older sister Rebekah, 2.

He measured 7 pounds, 11 ounces,

and was 20.5 inches long. Parker’s

godmother is Rebecca Whelpley ‘96.

accepted a position at Abiding Grace

Lutheran Church in Southlake, Texas,

as director of youth and family

ministry.

Stephanie D. (Alfredson) Vos — Neenah, Wis., and Joseph

R. Vos announce the birth of their

daughter Katherine D. Vos on March

4, 2013.

2004Andy Fekete — Huntley, Ill., is

now the instructional technology

specialist for Indian Prairie School

District 204 in Naperville, Ill., after

teaching third grade for eight years.

Caitlin (Crawford) Hansome and Reginald Hansome III ’04 — Kenosha,

welcomed their

second child,

a boy, Parker Barack Hansome,

on June 28, 2013. He weighed 7

pounds, 11 ounces, and was 22

inches long. He joins big sister Kylie

Scarlett Hansome, 3. All are healthy

and joyous.

Leah (Stuhlmacher) Steger

— Kenosha, accepted the position as

director of marketing P2P at Jockey

International. After nine years of

employment at Harley-Davidson

Motor Company in Milwaukee,

she now enjoys a much shorter

commute and many other benefits

of working for another great, local

company. Leah, her husband,

Scott ’02, and their 2-year old son,

Myles, reside on the north side of

Kenosha. Scott continues to teach

mathematics at Bradford High

School, where he also coaches

football and basketball.

IN MEMORIAM

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1974 Mary “Maria” Benavides, San Diego, May 15, 2013

William “Bill” J. Kucera, Johnston, Iowa, July 4, 2013

Richard “Dick” Schneider, Chicago, Oct. 21, 2012

1975 Allen Prier, Clearwater, Fla., March 26, 2013

1989 Roxann Joy (Johnson) Pulice, Milwaukee, April 20, 2013

1990 Ronald Jilk, Kenosha, June 17, 2013

1994 Dean Knudtson, Racine, Wis., July 23, 2013

Friends of the College Amos Coffman Jr., Chicago

Marlin Long, Carthage, Ill., May 20, 2013

Arthur K. Piepenburg, Kenosha, June 7, 2013

Years unknown Armour T. Beckstrand, Rockford, Ill., May 13, 2013

Theodora B. Felkey, Mesa, Ariz., Dec. 14, 2012

2007Amanda Burns — Suring, Wis.,

has completed her master’s degree

in library and information science

at the University of Wisconsin-

Milwaukee. Amanda accepted the

position of director of the Suring

Area Public Library in August 2012.

Rev. Jacob Gawlik — Oconto

Falls, Wis., has received and

accepted a call to be pastor at Our

Redeemer’s Lutheran Church in

Suring, Wis. The ordination took

place Sept. 7, 2013, with Bishop

James Justman presiding. Jacob

received his Master of Divinity from

The Lutheran School of Theology in

Chicago. He and his wife, Michelle,

have been married for four years,

and their daughter Hannah was born

April 15, 2013.

2008Kelly Marie Bauer — Brookfield,

Wis., is a Ph.D. candidate at George

Washington University. She had

an Inter-American Foundation

Grassroots Development Fellowship

for 2012-2013 and received a

Fulbright Scholarship in 2013. She

has conducted dissertation research

in Chile, studying land politics and

indigenous political participation.

2009

Steve Shelton and Lyndi (Toohill ’09) — Loves Park, Ill.,

tied the knot April 20, 2013. After

a two-week honeymoon in Ireland,

they are thrilled to be starting their

married life together.

2010Anna Szymczak — Chicago, is

a 2014 JD candidate at the DePaul

College of the Law. She was voted

Student Bar Association President for

the 2013-2014 school year.

2011

Kimberley (Loden) Curfman — Kingston, N.Y., and Alexander

Curfman were married Aug. 17, 2013.

The two met in 2010 when Kimberley

was a junior at Carthage and Alex

was a third-year podiatry student at

Rosalind Franklin University in North

Chicago, Ill.

Paige Preusse — St. Charles, Ill.,

has been named weekend evening

co-anchor at KHBS/KHOG-TV, the

Hearst Television Inc. ABC and CW

affiliates serving Fayetteville and

Fort Smith, Ark., a top-100 television

market. Paige also will report

breaking local news, both on-air and

on the station’s digital platforms,

throughout the week.

Waldo Berger, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Sept. 7, 2013. Mr.

Berger, trustee emeritus of the College, died in his

hometown at 91. Surviving him are his wife, Ruth; four

children; and their families. As a young man, Mr. Berger

enrolled at Northwestern University, but World War

II and the U.S. Marine Corps called him to service in

China and the South Pacific. When he returned from

the war, he enrolled at Carthage. His life’s work was

Berger Construction Company. During his career as a

homebuilder, two of the homes he built were featured

on the cover of Life magazine and a half-dozen others

were featured in House and Home magazine. Mr. Berger

received the Distinguished Alumni Award in 1977. He

joined the Carthage Board of Trustees in 1967, serving

faithfully for more than 40 years, becoming a trustee

emeritus in 1991. Even into the early 2000s, Mr. Berger

attended board meetings regularly, bringing his business

insight and acumen to bear on behalf of the College, and

delighting in telling jokes to anyone who would listen. To

honor his memory, the Carthage and American flags were

flown at half-staff for three days in September.

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Waldo Berger ’47

Hi, Carthage!

I can’t resist telling you where I am right now. I’m sitting in the top floor

of the American Red Cross Headquarters in the middle of Manhattan,

New York, in a dorm-sized office with three friends who I met in

California. The story really started when I packed 11 articles of clothing,

an iPod, a pair of gym shoes, and leopard Sperrys into a recycled green

army duffel bag and drove to Midway airport at 4 a.m. So began my

10-month commitment to national service, specifically focusing on

disaster relief as a member of FEMA Corps.

I met close to 200 other FEMA Corps members at an old Air Force

base in Sacramento, Calif. We spent about one month going through

AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps training, as well as

doing basic FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) training.

Next thing we knew we were driving to the New Mexico, where we got

our specific position training. I became a member of Gold 2, a team that

was trained in individual assistance.

Here’s an overview of some of the experiences that Gold 2 and I have

had: helped clean up and beautify a park in downtown Sacramento,

hiked Salmon Falls outside of Folsom, Calif., drove to New Mexico

convoy-style in a 15-passenger van to spend two weeks in FEMA training,

and explored Carlsbad Caverns (the seventh-largest cavern in the world).

We then drove from New Mexico to New York in six days, planted small

gardens in the Far Rockaways to help beautify a neighborhood hit hard

by Hurricane Sandy, and helped rebuild a house for an elderly couple

who sustained flood damage in Sandy with the goal of getting them

moved in by Mother’s Day.

Throughout April we worked at the FEMA Joint Field Office in Queens,

focusing on a variety of projects from monitoring press releases written

by government agencies to creating new tools that will be used in future

disasters. We then made the transition to the American Red Cross in

Manhattan, where we served as voluntary agency liaisons in the five

boroughs of New York City. Gold 2 met survivors to find and address

the needs of people and organizations that were working hard in the

recovery process.

I am so fortunate that following my dream has led me to meet such a

diverse, brilliant, passionate, and caring group of people working hard to

help others. This program can be intense, but our team always rises to

the challenge.

Taking a chance is scary at times, but it is so amazing, interesting and

completely worth it to see where you end up when you take a chance on

yourself. You never know what you are capable of until you try. Your life is

your story; you’re the author, so write whatever what you want. You can

do it!

Katie Stavrides ’12 majored in social work at Carthage. She was involved

in Alpha Chi Omega Sorority and Phi Alpha National Honors Fraternity.

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Alumna shares tales of hurricane recovery with FEMA Corps

Here is an abbreviated version of a letter written by Carthage alumna Katie Stavrides as she participated in FEMA Corps — a service corps focused on disaster preparedness, response, and recovery.

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Date of Marriage City and State of Current Residence

Birth/Adoption Announcement

Mother’s Name (first/maiden/current last name) Class Year

Father’s Name (first/last) Class Year

Daughter’s Name (first/middle/last) Son’s Name (first/middle/last)

Date of Birth Place of Birth

Death Announcement

Name of Deceased (first/maiden/current last name) Class Year

Place of Death Date of Death

Survivor (first/maiden/current last name) Relationship Class Year

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City State ZIP

Home Phone Business Phone

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Professional Title Employer

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In 1877, a fledgling Carthage College launched its

first major publication—The Carthaginian. College

enrollment lay at seventy-two students, and a mere

eight individuals made up the faculty body. The first

editors of The Carthaginian, however, did not let

these facts prevent them from announcing the new

publication with great fanfare. In these early years,

The Carthaginian was edited by the student literary

societies and served primarily as a venue for student

essays and news.

The Carthaginian’s publication has not been

without pauses. An editorial in the 1883 volume

states that journal was not published for two years

due to the great financial difficulties facing the

College. A larger break occurs between 1887 and

1921, during which time The Carthaginian’s role as a

student newspaper was supplanted by The Collegian.

When The Carthaginian was resurrected under a

new moniker, Carry on, Carthage, its focus shifted to

alumni relations. The title of Carry on, Carthage was

soon replaced by The Carthage College Alumnus,

and for some years, the Alumnus was published by

the Alumni Association under the direction of Mary

Tressler Newcomer.

The name of the Alumnus was changed back to

The Carthaginian in 1950 to “include all members of

the family: alumni, students, ex-students, parents,

pastors, and friends” although it continued to be

published by the Alumni Association. By 1986, the

publication was a joint effort between the Alumni

Association and the Office of College Relations, and

by 1993 the responsibility passed entirely over to

the Office of College Relations. Each iteration of the

publication brought changes in format and features—

the newspaper-style layout, an honor roll of donors,

a recommended reading list from professors, the

president’s column.

Today, The Carthaginian is published by the Office

of Communications for alumni, faculty, staff, students

and friends of the College.

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

A Brief History of the Carthaginian

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A slice of Carthage history from the Staubitz Archives

A. W. “Tom” ClausenBusinessman, Statesman, Philanthropist

Born on the banks of the Mississippi in central Illinois of Norwegian immigrant parents, Tom Clausen enrolled a few miles down the road at Carthage, interrupted his studies to serve his country in World War II, and then returned home to graduate. After completing law school in 1949, he got a summer job at Bank of America and rose to lead the bank twice as President and CEO, separated by a U. S. presidential appointment to head the World Bank.

Tom’s life was a model of philanthropy, and he never forgot his alma mater. He gave throughout his life and through his estate. He is remembered there with his name on the A. W. Clausen Center for

World Business, as well as an endowed professorship and scholarship. He served Carthage as a trustee for more than 40 years. His spirit of generosity extended to a number of causes dear to him, always focused on the needs of others.

Planned and estate gifts to Carthage, such as will inclusions, charitable gift annuities and trusts, retirement plans, and life insurance provide ideal opportunities to benefit you and the College. Call Dr. Jim Unglaube at 262-945-3024; send an email to junglaube@carthage.edu; or write to him at Carthage College, Kenosha, Wisconsin 53140.

For Tom Clausen, and for all the saints who from their labors rest…

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Upcoming Events

A dedication plaque at “A Learning Moment,” a larger-than-life bronze sculpture of Abraham Lincoln, an early Carthage trustee, and John Hay, another distinguished Carthage alumnus. The sculpture represents the passage of wisdom from one generation to the next.

December 6-8

Christmas Festival

December 11

Business and Professional Coalition Luncheon

January 2

‘Mary Poppins’ Alumni Event

January 10

Bulls vs. Bucks Dinner and Game

February 8

‘Evita’ Alumni Event

February 21

Chamber Music Series: Fifth House Ensemble