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SPRING 2010 Volume 103, Issue 1

4 Manchester’s musical legacy sings out Campus is a medley of new ensembles, combos, venues, music styles.

10 Committing self in service Students follow well-traveled paths, connecting abilities with convictions.

20 Bold new ventures Three new graduate programs and national media attention for affordable

education offer opportunities to tell the MC story.

26 Envisioning the 21st century Manchester Have you seen campus lately? See how it’s changed ... and read about a new

Master Plan that puts students first.

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

PROFILES OF ABILITY AND CONVICTION

Three alumni who live out the mission of Manchester College. Their stories begin on Page 36.

CONNECTIONS FOR LIFE

Alumni news and notes. Page 34.

PHILANTHROPY 101

Couple creates personal legacy to help transform the lives of Manchester students for generations. Page 35.

TREASURES FROM THE ARCHIVES

Did you know trains created the Rhiney Bowl? Inside back cover.

ON THE COVER

Soccer defenseman Garrett Frederick ’11 helped with the heavy lifting during a 2010 January session service trip to Jamaica. Read more about Manchester volunteerism on Page 10.

COVER PHOTO: DAVE GOOD

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FROM THE PRESIDENT

JO YOUNG SWITZERPresident

When imagination takes form

I WAS A CHILD WHEN I FIRST HEARD THE STORY OF DAN WEST’S work in post-civil war Spain. The story goes that he was distributing fresh milk to hungry children in a rural area that had been devastated by war. He thought, “Wouldn’t it be more helpful if we could give this family a cow so they would have milk all the time?”

Dan West ’17 was an entrepreneur whose moral compass guided his good questions and ingenious ideas. Only a servant-leader such as Dan could think of making gifts of cattle and then actually transform those dreams into realities.

Dan’s dream got legs in 1944, when farmers from Indiana headed to Europe on a ship to deliver noisy, hungry cattle from their own farms.

Since those first deliveries by the “Seagoing Cowboys,” Heifer International has transformed

the heifers of the 1950s into water buffaloes, bee hives and chickens. Dan West’s concept of developing a gift that would keep on giving now is a staple of U.S. philanthropy.

In this Manchester magazine, we celebrate people who change lives through service, music and bold new initiatives. These giants of change include musicians, soccer players and campus experts in energy efficiency. They are farmers and opera singers. They research the energy possibilities of algae and help young, impoverished mothers care for their young.

We celebrate the creative and diverse people who carry on the Manchester College tradition of valuing the infinite worth of each individual.

“We celebrate everyone’s musicianship.”

– DEBRA J. LYNN, Chair,

Department of Music


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TRADITIONS THAT ENDURE

Manchester’s musical legacy sings outCampus a medley of new ensembles, combos, venues, music styles

THE A CAPPELLA CHOIR’S HARMONIES SOAR WITHIN WINE Recital Hall, as instrumentalists practice in Winger rooms overlooking the core of campus, their notes competing with the cardinals and chickadees. The Manchester Symphony Orchestra tunes up in Cordier Auditorium and a new student-led group, Praise Jam, belts inspirational tunes in the College Union.

“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent,” said author Victor Hugo. It’s a tradition deeply rooted: Manchester is anything but silent when it comes to music.

Music Department Director Debra J. Lynn traveled to Manchester in 1998 to pursue and continue that legacy. “My perception of Manchester’s musical legacy was Clyde Holsinger. I grew up in Missouri, but I knew about Holsinger and the Manchester College choirs. When I applied for jobs, this was my No. 1 choice. I realized the choir had dwindled to almost nothing. I wanted to build that back up again. That was my goal.”

Clyde W. Holsinger ’41 taught and directed music at Manchester for 29 years, and was instrumental in the College’s accreditation with the National Association of Schools of Music. The Clyde W.

“We celebrate everyone’s musicianship.”

– DEBRA J. LYNN, Chair,

Department of Music



and Marie Holsinger Memorial Scholarship Fund honors the mentor and his wife Marie Lantis ’40 Holsinger, who accompanied the A Cappella Choir on its annual Holy Week tours to Church of the Brethren congregations and schools in Ohio and Illinois.

Holsinger was strict, insisting students memorize their music so they could watch his direction during concerts and not their music books. “One thing I always remembered was the way we practiced,” recalls Lois Bagwell ’50 Davis, who continues to attend College music events as a neighbor in Timbercrest Retirement Community. “You had to sit up and lean on the seat in front of you; I still feel like I have to get my music up and watch the director.”

Debra Lynn began revitalizing the program, beginning with fewer than 30 students in the A Cappella Choir. Today, the choral programs list 50 students.

“Student musicians of all ability levels are given the opportunity to develop their talents with the help of a nurturing and dedicated faculty. ” – TIM REED, Assistant professor of music

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In Holsinger’s time, Manchester enrollment was strong with Brethren voices who had spent their youth singing out a cappella in home congregations that shunned musical instruments. Today, the College has a new all-female choir, Cantabile, that accommodates the high number of female auditionees.

The College also is home to one of the few small community orchestras in the nation, the Manchester Symphony. Robert Jones conducted the 50-member MSO for nearly 30 years, retiring in 2004. This year, under the direction of Scott Humphries, the Symphony marks its 71st year.

Humphries and Tim Reed, who is spicing up the campus music scene and area communities with jazz concerts, combos and ensembles, are new additions to a Music Department faculty of four full-time teachers, 19 adjuncts and tutors.

“Student musicians of all ability levels are given the opportunity to develop their talents with the help of a nurturing and dedicated faculty,” says Reed, who shares his acclaimed talents for electronic and electracoustic composition and performance with delighted students.

Students who participate in ensembles experience the excitement of performance on campus in the still-new Wine Recital Hall as well as in more remote and exotic settings. Puerto Rico, Austria, and even the Vatican have heard Manchester musicians and compositions, as well as area coffeehouses and audiences at other universities.

New initiatives get even more students involved and exposed to music, whatever their majors. Lynn created the Opera Workshop as a dynamic way to introduce a completely different performance style. Concluding with a sold-out performance of segments

FROM LEFT: Brethren sing out at 2006

dedication for the marker of the site of

annual meetings in North Manchester

(history Professor Emeritus David Waas

’47 in center); music major James

Hutchings ’06 at his senior recital; jazz

musician Jacob Wenger ’10; Debra

Lynn, chair of the Music Department,

with grand piano donated by the Board

of Trustees in memory of board

member Stanley Gilbert ’66.

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of a variety of opera, Lynn is emphatic about giving students the complete opera experience: Everyone who auditions receives a role.

A resonating tone is initiative. Students create their new ensembles (like Praise Jam), and are encouraged to transform their ensembles into graded courses advised by Music Department faculty.

“I’ve had the opportunity to be a singer, a historian, a composer, a friend, a director, a teacher, a conductor, a pirate and so much more,” says music major David Moan ’09, who today is in theatre in Minnesota.

In March, Tyler Secor ’10 presented the College’s premier music composition recital. The music composition and theory major plans to pursue a Ph.D. in music theory at University of Oregon.

In an interview with the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin about his considerable accomplishments as a tenor, songwriter, arranger and pianist, Shawn Kirchner ’92 said he uses music “to impart peace, nature's wonder, spiritual contentment, tragic loss and exhilarating life adventures.” Choirs and singers worldwide use his arrangement of “Wana Baraka.”

“I’ve had the opportunity to be a singer, a historian, a composer, a friend, a director, a teacher, a conductor, a pirate and so much more.” –DAVID MOAN ’09

James Hutchings ’06, who directed the A Cappella choir for a song he composed for his baccalaureate service, received a master’s degree in choral conducting from the University of Missouri and is coordinator of music and choral director at Carl Sandburg College.

Many music majors are educators, including Sally Liszewski ’00 Calland, “who is doing great things” as music teacher for Benjamin Franklin Middle School in Valparaiso, Ind., notes Lynn. The soprano also sings with the Camerata Vocal Ensemble.

“We celebrate everyone’s musicianship,” says Lynn, an accomplished composer and conductor who has directed the A Cappella Choir twice at Carnegie Hall. This celebration results in not only versatile students, but also talented and motivated graduates.

BY TIFFANY BERKEBILE ’10

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“Professor Planer’s class turned my world upside down with his enthusiasm, depth

of knowledge about the arts, genuine love for his students and humanity, and the

great thought he puts into what he does. … Thank you Professor Planer.

I hope that someday, I will be a great educator like you.”REBECCA FLANDERS ’08

“IF YOU’RE PREDICTABLE, YOU’RE BORING.” It’s an oft-shared observation of music Professor John H. Planer.

And it’s a typical Tuesday in the small room of Winger Hall, home of music and art faculty and students. His classroom door flung wide, the professor gesticulates and sings out grandly. He’s teaching Music History and Analysis II – dusty material in some contexts.

As he peppers his eight-student audience with queries about ternary form keys and contrasting tonal themes, he proffers examples of style by returning to his raucous song.

Suddenly, he stops: “Are they making faces at me out there?” he leers, pointing to the hallway. Then he grins malevolently. “If they are, we’ll chase them,” he says to laughs from his students.

Professor Planer delights in his students as people, as individuals. “Many have become dear friends,” he notes, adding unnecessarily, “I also love the subjects that I teach.”

Planer joined the Manchester College faculty in 1969, intending to stay briefly and then pursue musicological research. More than 41 years later, here he remains, teaching theory to music

Music appreciation a la Professor Planermajors and introducing hundreds of students of every imaginable major to the arts and music especially. On the journey, he married French Professor Janina Traxler ’73, who joined the MC faculty in 1979. The couple has two children.

A life-long learner, Planer has taken sabbaticals to Strasbourg, France, studied biblical Hebrew and audited classes at other colleges and universities. His travels have also taken him to Italy, Morocco, Turkey and Greece. Planer holds a Ph.D. and master’s degree from the University of Michigan, with a bachelor’s degree from Knox College.

The College often turns to Planer for Holocaust remembrance services. The national lecturer on Jewish liturgical music is past president of the Guild of Temple Musicians and an honorary member of the American Conference of Cantors.

I hope my enthusiasm is contagious,” says Professor Planer. “I encourage, cajole, admonish and tease students to help them produce their best.”






Committing self in serviceStudents follow well-traveled alumni paths, connecting abilities with convictions

FROM TOP LEFT: Marcie Coulter-Kern led

January service learning at a Jamaican school

for deaf children; Angelett Wells ’12 with

Frances Johnson of her centenarian service

learning project; Jessica Mullin ’10 in

Nicaragua with Dr. Bill Fike; Hilary Lahr ’13

with Extreme Makeover Home Edition;

Lauren Houser ’10 at Manchester Elementary

reading project.

ABOVE: Helping Habitat for Humanity build a

house in Kentucky in spring 2008: Tiffany

Berkebile ’10, Alex Hall ’11, Emily Ballinger ’11,

Allison Gallahan ’11 and Whitney Gray ’08.

ERIN COLE ’10 SPENT JANUARY IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, LIVING AND SERVING in a homeless shelter for immigrants and helping at a neighboring clinic.

“Most of the time, the women are ill, battered and fled for safety, have a child and no husband, or have a husband that was deported,” she blogged during her work with Pathways, one of Manchester College’s hundreds of service opportunities.

“One of my most important tasks was to research minerals in foods and create a bilingual diet list for Maria, an ill woman in the house with severe diabetes that has left her with 50 percent kidney failure,” wrote the biology-chemistry major. “Her strict diet forbids many foods that are staples of the local diet: rice, beans, tomatoes, cereal ... I know it helped her and the others understand how necessary her diet restrictions are for her health.”

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Cole reflected on her future: “I hope to continue to do community work and help others as I learn more Spanish, more about other cultures, more about medicine, and more about who I want to be in this world.”

A recent survey by Parade magazine found that 78 percent of Americans polled believe the actions of one person can improve the world.

Manchester College has a service survey, too. Each year, students, faculty and staff members are asked to report their volunteer hours. It’s an important request: The College uses those demonstrations of commitment in its applications for grants, program funding and other support.

The volunteer total hovers around 19,000 hours annually. Despite a well-run Office of Volunteer Services that provides a funnel for many service opportunities, the tally is but a guess for Manchester, which annually appears on the federal President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.

Service learning is a culture of Manchester College, both deliberately and out of habit, familial upbringing, and example. Students, faculty and staff members rarely take time to puzzle out all the hours they give to their communities, their churches, their College, their favorite causes. They just do … for others.

Most classes incorporate service learning, as do Spartan athletics, campus organizations, student orientations and faith-based programs.

Some service is overwhelmingly impossible to add up – especially the week-long Habitat for Humanity spring breaks to rebuild homes in the South, or the arduous January medical practicum into Nicaragua, or the soccer team’s shouldering of heavy loads in Nigeria or Jamaica (on the cover of this issue).

In Jamaica last January, the soccer team and Coach Dave Good joined Marcie Coulter-Kern’s social psychology class on three days of work projects for a school for deaf children. The group also committed $7,000 in donations toward the school, and two Jamaica peace and justice organizations.

Of course, some giving of self is easy to add up, such as the 2,800 hours the campus chapter of Indiana Reading Corps spends tutoring elementary children in reading skills. Or student-athletes mentoring youngsters in after-school programs that emphasize health and physical activities.

Manchester students, faculty and staff help with Special Olympics, Read Across America Day, breast cancer awareness and countless other national programs that help make this a better world.

Manchester likes to collect stuff, too. Food and clothing drives are the price of admission for campus

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ABOVE: Thomas Bimba ’09 with

children at Camp Mack; Case Studies in

Business class, led by Ellie Davis ’08,

presents a $1,600 check for a local youth

hangout and music venue

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There’s passion for service-learning, and then there’s Carole ….

“COORDINATOR OF CENTER FOR SERVICE OPPORTUNITIES” is Carole Miller-Patrick’s official title. “Role model” is more apt.

When she burst onto the Manchester College scene in 2002, it was to lead the campus Indiana Reading Corps (IRC), an AmeriCorps program. At the time, the College – one of the first IRC sites in the state – provided about three dozen students as reading coaches in two local elementary schools.

Carole was everywhere instantly, engaging College students and principals, youngsters, future teachers and funders in literacy and raising reading levels. In a few short years, Manchester students from every discipline imaginable were tutoring almost 500 children in 23 schools to rave reviews from very happy principals. Reading abilities were climbing, with many students jumping two levels as they caught the book bug from their MC tutors.

In 2008, the Indiana Campus Compact’s honored Carole for her community service connections at its Governor’s Conference on Service and Volunteerism. Carole hardly paused to take a deep breath, adding more service opportunities for Manchester students to make their world better – especially to make the College’s northern Indiana neighborhood better. She’s hands-on, pitching in with the volunteers, setting the example ... and because she can’t contain her enthusiasm for service.

“Carole’s success is about relationships,” says President Jo Young Switzer. “She continually develops partnerships across campus and around the community for the benefit of service programs. Her energy, passion and thoughtful work demonstrate to students what a difference true service can make.”

Today, Carole mentors hundreds of student volunteers, not only expanding their service-learning experiences but delegating responsibility so they can develop leadership skills to follow service passions throughout their lives.

“Carole’s success is about relationships ... her energy, passion and thoughtful work demonstrate to students what a difference true service can make.”– PRESIDENT JO YOUNG ’69 SWITZER



Helping Haiti, on campus and in person

SCORES OF ALUMNI AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE College community swiftly stepped forward in the wake of the 2010 earthquakes in Haiti, from contributing to or leading fund-raisers on campus to personally journeying to the devastated Caribbean country.

For some, like Dan Follas ’74 of Indianapolis, Haiti relief has long been a habit, the result of his compassion, mission trips and Board leadership with Lifeline Christian Mission.

In March, North Manchester family physician Lori Zimmerman ’92 joined a Brethren Disaster Relief medical mission to Haiti, working in mobile clinics that saw 200 patients each day.

On campus, donors sported homemade “Hope for Haiti” pins, volunteers zipped up hygiene kits into plastic bags and Chartwell’s food service pitched in with a spaghetti buffet and pizza fundraisers. The total: $3,256 for the American Red Cross and Save the Children.

ABOVE: MC students and student-athletes each fall help new students move

into their residence halls; volunteering with residents of Vernon Manor

Children’s Home; Erin Cole ’10 spent January helping immigrants in Houston

with diet challenges



performances, supporting the local food pantry and shelters for the homeless and the abused. Each November, students go door to door in the community. (Twice! First hanging the bags for filling, then collecting almost 2 tons of food for the local pantry.)

Even blood donors are surpassing goals, reports Erin Cartwright ’11, student coordinator of campus involvement. “We usually have four blood drives a year,” says the peace studies major, noting that the February drive drew 81 donors, including 17 first-timers and exceeded the goal by more than 12 percent.

Students serve meals at Ronald McDonald House in Indianapolis, help abused children feel at home in a local shelter, create memory boxes for retirement center residents, guide area Hispanic immigrants to social service agencies and the English language, and help the elderly with their income taxes, their computers and fitness.

They walk for money for cancer cures, AIDS victims, the hungry and homeless.

They restore murals and stained glass windows and help rebuild a popular youth hangout. They count birds and trees, measure fish and talk about owls.

They do helpful research on school bullies, prisoner relations, student interactions with their families, aging muscles and learning cycles. They even do research on service learning.

They sing and play their instruments for community, school and church events.

“Manchester College values service, because committing self in service to others connects faith with action and abilities with convictions.”– FROM THE MANCHESTER COLLEGE VALUES STATEMENT

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“… everyone who studies and works here will say ‘what I do makes a difference.’ ”

– FROM THE MANCHESTER COLLEGE VISION STATEMENT

Service by habit: MC staff, faculty set example

MANCHESTER COLLEGE EMPLOYEES SERVE ON COMMUNITY and church committees and boards – some starting their skills-giving at 7 a.m. meetings. They fill their lunch and dinner hours with full agendas and struggle late into the night with complex community decisions and projects.

They volunteer time and expertise to town councils, chamber boards and library and community foundation boards. They are officers of service organizations such as Rotary International, Lions Club and Kiwanis and they help with festivals.

They knit – and teach students to knit – caps and blankets for fragile premature babies struggling for their lives.

They guide a diverse array of organizations and groups that seek to embark on new missions, collaborations, challenges.

Some stick their necks out, and run for political office or the school board.

They also provide fascinating programs for area service organizations. They lead library circles and botany walks and geriatric programs and yoga classes and dance classes.

They serve on boards of retirement centers, public radio, tourism, museum, emergency services, economic development and education. They step up with expertise for task forces on domestic violence, river pollution, downtown renovation, community centers and law enforcement.

They provide expertise, authority, clear-thinking, compassion.

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ABOVE: Jay Nussel, executive

director of development, was

among several dozen employees

who pitched in for a campus

clean-up event.



Last fall, Spartan softball and soccer players and athletic trainers did grunt work for an ABC Extreme Makeover: Home Edition of a Kokomo family’s residence. “I really enjoy watching the show, and getting the chance to help out a family in need is awesome,” says management major and infielder Rosie Bond ’10. “It is a great cause because you know this family is going through a rough time. I would be happy to help out in any way.”

Manchester College service learning is well-known at Campus Compact, a national coalition of more than 1,100 college and university presidents – representing 6 million students – dedicated to promoting community service, civic engagement and service-learning in higher education.

With an Indiana Campus Compact grant, for example, the Political Science Club led a “Rock the Vote” voter registration drive for the last presidential election and psychology students led conflict resolution training for area youth.

This academic year, MC faculty members have received more than $24,000 in Campus Compact grants. Over the past five years, Manchester faculty members have received 26 fellowships or grants from Campus Compact.

There’s more: Each spring, senior business majors form a non-profit corporation, complete with officers, products, marketing and distribution departments. This year, the beneficiary of their profits is a new

community swimming pool still in the planning stages.

“We did this project for the first time in the spring of 2001,” says Professor Tim Ogden ’87, chair of the Department of Accounting and Business. “I was looking for an experiential learning tool that would simultaneously give students more of a real-world experience and help them to see how all of the pieces of a business fit together and have to work together.”

Pathways, a transformation of Theological Explorations in Vocations (TEV), immerses students in opportunities to find their passion – and their paths – to a lifetime of service. Like Erin Cole at the beginning of this article, Mandy Mauk ’11 took a 10-week service adventure last summer, working in a Washington, D.C., hospice.

“Before this experience, it hadn’t crossed my mind that service could be anything other than performing kind or needed physical acts for someone or for some cause. There always had to be some sort of physical, working, act involved,” blogged the biology-chemistry major.

“For hospice care, perhaps the greatest service one could give was simply showing that you were there. Often times this meant simply listening, or holding their hand, or giving them your full attention.

“You don’t have to be cleaning up the White River to perform an act of service. You can just simply show someone that you care.”

Students, faculty and staff members rarely take time to puzzle out the hours they give to their communities, their churches, their College, their favorite causes. They just do … for others.

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ABOVE: Dan West ’17 was

guided by unwaivering faith in

God and in human nature.

Preserving the vision of Dan West ’17

“Look out, reach across and become aware.”

“THE VISION AND COMMITMENT OF DAN WEST ’17 is woven throughout the fabric of this institution,” asserts Manchester College President Jo Young ’69 Switzer about the founder of Heifer International who also helped inspire Brethren Volunteer Services and the College’s peace studies program.

This spring, Dan West fans from throughout the nation gathered at the College to reflect on his legacy and to dedicate a permanent display in Funderburg Library commemorating his inspiration for what would become Heifer International.

“Dan West was a man with a mission – to help people, to end hunger and to make the world a better place for everyone,” says Jo Luck, president of Heifer International, which financed the display. “We are proud to carry on his work with the families and the children he loved so much around the world.”

During his service during the Spanish Civil War, West witnessed the challenge of feeding people in need. Part

of his role was to distribute imported powdered milk, providing only immediate, brief relief. Thus was born his “not a cup, but a cow,” inspiration, which today lives on as Heifer International.

West returned home and shared his idea with farming neighbors and congregations in northern Indiana, who began raising “Heifers for Relief” for overseas shipment. The young cows would not only produce milk, but also calves to be passed on to other families in need, in a cycle of enduring sustenance.

In more ways than one, Heifer International is about Faith. A young Guernsey cow named Faith was the first animal offered in Heifers for Relief. In summer 1944, she traveled to Puerto Rico, where she faithfully provided milk to a family with 10 children.

Between the summers of 1945 and 1947, through a partnership of the Brethren Service Committee and the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation



Administration, more than 7,000 men and boys served as “Seagoing Cowboys,” delivering cows, horses, feed and fertilizer by ship to war-ravaged nations.

Following World War II, “Heifer Project” was incorporated as an independent nonprofit corporation. Today, Heifer International works in more than 50 countries to end poverty and hunger with donations of cows and other livestock and plants (and education in sustainable agriculture) to financially-disadvantaged families.

West was a conscientious objector during World War I. When World War II broke out, he sought to establish a volunteer service program that would be an alternative to military service for objectors to war. At his encouragement, church youth pushed the

denomination to form Brethren Volunteer Service in 1948. BVS remains a vibrant program to advocate for justice, work for peace, and care for the environment.

West also envisioned classes and studies in peacemaking. Conversations between Manchester College President Vernon Schwalm ’13, Gladdys Muir and West led to creation of the nation’s first undergraduate program in peace studies. West taught the first class. Today, Manchester’s Peace Studies students, faculty and graduates continue to explore the frontiers of nonviolent alternatives to conflict.

Photographs and other artifacts of Dan West in the College archives and the new Heifer International display will remind Manchester students of how ordinary people with deep-rooted faith and conviction can imagine – and do – extraordinary service.

“Dan West was a man with a mission – to help people, to end hunger and to make the world a better place for everyone.”– JO LUCK, President of Heifer International



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ABOVE: Josh Kapla ’10, Nick Smith ’10 and

Adam Welcher ’10 in the PERC weight room

RIGHT: Kiley Dague ’07 Shepherd, teaches

kindergarten for Columbia Elementary School

in Rochester, Ind.

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SOME WOULD SAY THIS ECONOMIC CLIMATE IS NO time to be striding forth with bold new initiatives … no time to be asking strangers for millions of dollars to establish a second campus, no time to be suggesting students get even more education.

“This is exactly the time for bold new initiatives,” says President Jo Young Switzer.

Bold. New. Initiatives ... designed to give students more options, more opportunities to find their place in the world.

Manchester College is embarking on three new graduate programs and a Fort Wayne campus – all giving students a mission-focused, competitive compass to careers in these tough economic times:

• Manchester College School of Pharmacy, on a campus in the heart of Fort Wayne, enhancing financial options for students, for the College and for northeast Indiana

• Master of Education, identified by the state of Indiana as a model program that will evolve and

respond nimbly to the urgent academic and budgetary needs of school districts and their educators

• Master of Athletic Training, an entry-level program for students of other majors eager to enter a career that is sprinting far beyond the athletic field

As academic leaders work to finalize accreditation for the new master’s degrees and secure financing and a founding dean for the School of Pharmacy, the College continues to draw exciting national media attention (and thousands of applications) for two undergraduate initiatives already in the success column:

• Fast Forward, giving bright, motivated students in every major opportunity to complete their degree in three years, with summer online core courses

• Triple Guarantee of financial aid, a degree in four years and a job within six months of graduation

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The College has received more than 900 inquiries for the fall 2010 class from students interested in Fast Forward, which has tripled enrollment since it was introduced in fall 2008, reports Adam Hohman ’01, interim director of admissions. Hear more about the program from coverage by the Fort Wayne CBS television affiliate at magazine.manchester.edu.

Media pounced on the College’s 4-in-3 years bachelor’s degree story after President Obama and Indiana’s governor called for affordable, creative new avenues to educating for and adjusting to a shrinking economy. “My editor said I should be sure to talk to you about three-year degrees,” said the reporter from USA Today. Manchester students and enrollment experts continue to tell their stories (the Manchester story!) – to The Wall Street Journal, television stations, and daily newspapers.

Enrollment is under way for fall 2010 for two new master’s degrees that will add versatility and marketability to students’ resumes.

“Manchester asked area educators what kind of graduate curriculum would best serve their schools,” says Dr. Korrine Gust ’83, director of the Master of Education program. The result is a flexible graduate program of evening and online courses that will respond nimbly to issues confronting preschool through 12th grade educators as they arise.

“If there are teacher shortages in specific fields, Manchester can embed courses within its program to qualify teachers for those needed licenses,” Gust notes.

With 20 percent of its undergraduates studying to become educators, the master’s degree is a natural for Manchester College. MC graduates are in schools and school district offices in almost every Indiana county and across the nation.

The new entry-level Master of Athletic Training degree also is a nimble response to need. Only 20 such programs exist in the nation, says Dr. Mark Huntington ’76, program director for graduate athletic training education.

About 70 percent of athletic trainers have master’s degrees. The Manchester master’s will prepare and qualify students to take the Board of Certification examination, which leads to the credential of Certified Athletic Trainer (ACT).

Manchester’s two-year master’s degree is designed for people whose bachelor’s degrees are in other disciplines. “That enriches the classroom with a diversity of knowledge and a wider variety of backgrounds and experiences,” says Huntington. “It gives our graduates enhanced versatility in the job market. And it enriches the overall breadth of the athletic training profession.”

(Learn more about the College’s new graduate programs, as well as its undergraduate enrollment initiatives online at magazine.manchester.edu.)

Three new graduate programs, national storytelling, growing enrollment … the word is out: A Manchester College degree is a valuable asset to have in your investment portfolio.

BY JERI KORNEGAY

Manchester’s two-year master’s degree is designed for people whose bachelor’s degrees are in other disciplines. “It gives our graduates enhanced versatility in the job market. And it enriches the overall breadth of the athletic training profession.”– MARK HUNTINGTON ’76, program director for graduate athletic training education



Meet media star Sam Chapman, Class of 2012

SAMANTHA “SAM” CHAPMAN ’12 IS ONLY 19 and already a media star. The political science major is in Fast Forward, intent upon earning her MC degree in three years.

Major television and newspaper reporters have Sam’s number, literally, as President Obama and Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels call for affordable degrees that get students into their careers (and the economy) sooner.

"I plan to be an attorney, and this is going to let me get to law school quicker and save a lot of money in the process," she told the Indianapolis Star.

Newspapers and television stations across the nation picked up the story, which the Star filed with The Associated Press. Sam also was interviewed by The Wall Street Journal and by WANE-TV of Fort Wayne, which shared its video.

See for yourself! Google Manchester College, Fast Forward and Chapman to read or watch Sam’s and Manchester’s Fast Forward story, or, visit magazine.manchester.edu.

“We will continually seek new partnerships ... generate sufficient revenue to support operations, increase the endowment, and launch new ventures.”– FROM THE MANCHESTER COLLEGE VISION STATEMENT

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“I EARNED MY PHARMACY DEGREE AT MANCHESTER COLLEGE IN FORT WAYNE,” said the pharmacist for the hospital, drug store, retirement center, super store, medical complex (pick one).

In fall 2012, pending pre-accreditation, Manchester will enroll its first future pharmacists in a milestone venture into its first doctoral program and its first permanent campus beyond North Manchester. The school will be the only Doctor of Pharmacy program in northern Indiana.

“Graduate education for pharmacists is a natural fit with Manchester College,” says President Jo Young Switzer. Manchester has a strong reputation in the sciences, particularly for its success in preparing students for medical and graduate school. A mission strong on responsibility for improving the human condition adds to the comfortable fit.

And, Fort Wayne is a good fit for a School of Pharmacy. In addition to numerous medical facilities and opportunities for pharmacy practicum experiences, Fort Wayne offers many amenities that will be attractive to the school’s anticipated 265 students, 40 faculty and staff members and their families.

Next: School of Pharmacy Fort Wayne campus a comfortable fit for MC mission, northeast Indiana

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Meanwhile, Manchester College is making new friends in northeast Indiana and seeking new partnerships in the state and in Washington, D.C., to support the school, anticipated to require about $10 million in startup funding. Already, collaboration with Parkview Health has created an ideal site in the Randallia neighborhood of central Fort Wayne.

“The decision by Manchester College to start a Pharm.D. program in Fort Wayne is a wonderful investment of financial and intellectual capital in our city,” says Mayor Tom Henry. “As the healthcare sector continues to grow in Fort Wayne and northeast Indiana, Manchester College’s expansion of professional programs is going to be key in creating the highly skilled, highly educated workforce employers demand.”

The average starting salary for pharmacists exceeds $100,000 and demand in the highly competitive profession is expected to grow more than 20 percent in the coming decade, said Switzer.

Admission to the School of Pharmacy will require two years of pre-pharmacy coursework, which the College

offers in its undergraduate curriculum. Already, two dozen students have applied to study pre-pharmacy this coming fall, says Adam Hohman ’01, interim director of admissions. (Pre-pharmacy study at Manchester is not a requirement for admission to the PharmD program.)

While on a separate campus, the pharmacy school will be a part of Manchester College and governed by the Board of Trustees, Switzer said. Fundraising will not compromise giving or the budget of the North Manchester campus of Manchester College, she emphasized. Once established, the School of Pharmacy will be self-supporting with tuition and fees. Surplus will support the College as a whole.

The founding dean, to be announced soon after a nationwide search, will lead the accreditation process, recruit a leadership team and faculty, lead curriculum development and assume fundraising responsibilities, says Dave McFadden ’82, executive vice president. Read much more about the School of Pharmacy at magazine.manchester.edu.

The six-year program would lead to a doctor of pharmacy degree. Students must complete a two-year, pre-pharmacy program and then four years of graduate work.

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VISITORS TO ALUMNI DAYS THIS JUNE will stand upon brand-new space, and perhaps reflect on the possibilities – of a Manchester College campus designed for this new century of students.

That’s the plan. The Master Plan.

The sightline begins at the now grassy site of the former Communications Center, or library, or Education Center, depending on the maturity of the alumni. That newly created space is one of the first transformations of a Master Plan envisioned for Manchester College.

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A NEW PARK-LIKE AREA OPENS THE HISTORIC HEART of campus with demolition in winter 2010 of the 94-year-old Communications Center building.

Over the years, the four-level building just north of the Administration Building has housed science labs, the College library, an elementary and high school, a museum, WBKE radio station and finally, communications studies and economics classes.

“The building has served Manchester College well and its time is past,” says President Jo Young ’69 Switzer, who studied in the building in the ’60s and taught there as a communication professor in the ’80s.

The College closed the building in summer 2007, relocating the radio station across the mall into a remodeled suite in the Winger Building. The closing brought significant energy and maintenance savings, says Chris Garber ’77, associate vice president for financial affairs and director of operations.

The building did not have an elevator, making accessibility a challenge. The 147-foot radio tower and transmitter shed will be moved later.

The four-floor building opened in fall 1915, with biology, physics, chemistry, agriculture, horticulture, domestic science (cooking, household chemistry and sewing), plus an art department and museum, says William R. Eberly ’48 professor emeritus of biology. A greenhouse and pig pen were nearby.

The building also housed the Manchester Academy, providing pre-college training before most communities had public high schools. The sciences moved into the Administration Building in the early 1920s and in 1926 a College library moved in, with an addition on the north side for library stacks.

With remodeling again in 1964, the College created a Communications Center for classes in English, public speaking, communications and drama, and WBKE-FM, the student radio station. Economics faculty also had classes and offices in the building.

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Across campus, new locker rooms and classrooms are rising, dressing up the east side of the PERC. This $1.5 million expansion will be ready for students and student-athletes this fall, while fundraising continues.

Ultimately, this new vision will ably accommodate up to 1,300 students – the ideal enrollment for this North Manchester campus that draws its operational support from tuition and fees. (Enrollment currently is 1,223.)

Manchester has a wealth of space (120 acres), and almost enough building square footage. But there’s the rub: More than 75 percent of the structures are more than 25 years aged, burdening the budget with rising capital and operational needs.

The Master Plan is the result of scores of hours of discussion, grounded in an 11-member Steering Committee of campus leaders, fortified with Town Hall-type meetings of College stakeholders (including trustees, alumni, students, employees and neighbors), and in a variety of creative opinion-gatherings.

Early in discussions, for example, students, faculty and staff stuck colored dots on campus maps to

indicate favorite and horrid structures. There were no surprises: The Science Center and College Union were favorites; Schwalm Hall and the Administration Building fared poorly.

The Steering Committee embraced a formidable list of tasks, all grounded in strategic goals to advance the College mission. With help from professional planners and an architectural firm familiar with Manchester, they prioritized building needs, accommodated the 1,300-student optimum enrollment, thought green and engaged a broad range of participants and viewpoints.

It wasn’t all that daunting a challenge, says Jack Gochenaur ’70, vice president for finance and treasurer, and a member of the steering committee. “In some ways, we are preserving an already well-planned campus.

“The academic classrooms always have been at the core of campus.” Today, the mall is the modern core, ringed by academic buildings, with the residence halls, College Union and athletic facilities on the outskirts. That makes planning much easier, and tidier.

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Manchester has a wealth of space (120 acres), and almost enough building square footage.

But there’s the rub: More than 75 percent of the structures are more than 25 years aged, burdening the budget with rising

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Five priorities lead the Master Plan:

1. Expand the PERC with additional classrooms and locker rooms.

2. Renovate Holl-Kintner into an Academic Center.

3. Place the Chime Tower in the historic core of campus, on the now-grassy site of the former Communication Building.

4. Replace the Administration Building.

5. Create defining entries to campus and improve wayfinding with signage and a welcome route.

While these are identified as most-urgent, a new fieldhouse and renovations of Cordier Auditorium and Winger Hall also are on the list, as are other athletic field, residence hall and parking improvements. More distant (unless funding opportunities arise earlier): Town House apartments for older and non-traditional students, usage decisions for Calvin Ulrey Hall and Clark Computer Center, and environmental and technological improvements. A $7.5 million Academic Center is the cornerstone of the Master Plan, pivotal to its success.

The renovation and expansion of Holl-Kintner into a modern academic center will strengthen more than

half of the College’s academic programs, including education, business and accounting, social sciences, communication studies, English, history and modern languages.

“It will do for the non-sciences what the Science Center did for the sciences,” says Glenn Sharfman, vice president and dean for academic affairs. Enrollment of first-year science majors almost doubled with construction of the Science Center.

The structure built in 1959 is sound, so renovation of the old science building into an energy-efficient, environmentally certified, technologically savvy academic center is wise use of the College’s resources, notes Chris Garber ’77, associate vice president for financial affairs and director of operations. “Renovating an existing building instead of building a new one is cost-effective,” he adds. The Academic Center also would house an admissions welcome center.

The Administration Building also is a priority. Because of accessibility concerns, many classes have moved into Holl-Kintner and the Science Center, but accounting and business and many faculty offices remain, as well as many administrative offices. With construction of the Academic Center, all classes will leave the Ad Building.



“This is a building that I love,” says Professor Tim Ogden ’87, who chairs the Accounting and Business program on the third floor. As a student, he sat in history, economics, literature – and business and accounting – classes in the Ad Building. But the building “not only does not facilitate learning, it hinders it,” says Ogden, anxious to move into an Academic Center designed for this century and not the 1800s.

The Master Plan recommends an Administration Building on the current site, at a third of its size, and with a design reminiscent of the historical building. The smaller size would open up a clear vision from College Avenue of campus and of …

The College Chime. Creating a visible icon in the historic heart of campus, a new Chime tower would

showcase the historically significant bells and continue to play in students’ memories, predicts Registrar Lila VanLue ’79 Hammer, who continues to play the chime for special events, including Alumni Days.

“For more than 120 years, Manchester College has transformed students’ lives,” says President Jo Young ’69 Switzer. “Now, it is time to transform our campus for a new century of students. Hopefully, alumni transformed by their Manchester College experience will help us transform the lives of future generations.”

BY JERI KORNEGAY

“For more than 120 years, Manchester College has transformed students’ lives. Now, it is time to transform our campus for a new century of students. Hopefully, alumni transformed by their Manchester College experience will help us transform the lives of future generations.”– PRESIDENT JO YOUNG SWITZER

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Manchester Alumni Days

What do your classmates look like today? See reunion photos online.

It’s a time for a little silliness, a lot of smiles, and a lifetime of memories to share.

Alumni Days are at a special pace for savoring Manchester College memories and for investigating the transforming campus of today. The schedule is full, yet with plenty of time for strolls and reminiscing with found-again friends.

It’s especially fun to spend the night in Oakwood and Helman hall suites, comparing those residence halls to your bunk beds of lore. There are also classes (but no grades) too, about life at Manchester today, the $1 million Eel River grant and estate planning.

But hurry … Alumni Days are just a couple of weeks away, with reunions for the Classes of 1940, 1945, 1950, 1955 and the special 50-year gathering for the Class of 1960. Contact the Alumni Office today at 888-257-2586 or [email protected].

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BIRTHS

Robin Ward ’10 and Scott Harmon of Warsaw, Ind., June 6, 2009

Chelsie Breann, born May 27, 2009 to Michael and Jerra Bales ’92 Rosine of Fort Wayne

Finn Ryan, born May 25, 2009 to Brad ’94 and Jill Foley ’96 Arbuckle of Bargersville, Ind.

Nathan Michael, born Jan. 9, 2010 to Sean and Amanda Walters ’96 Cassidy of Stamford, Conn.

Neil David, born Sept. 8, 2009 to Maria and Shad Houser ’99 of El Paso, Texas

Allie Jean, born April 24, 2009 to Chad and Melissa Bergman ’00 ’01ma Sage of New Haven, Ind.

Alejandra Ruth, born Oct. 4, 2009 to Carrie and Matthew Haren ’02 of Fort Wayne

Zeke Abram, born Feb. 24, 2009 to Eric ’03 and Elizabeth Peden ’03 Holsopple of Plymouth, Ind.

Eva Claire, born Nov. 22, 2009 to Sam and Rena Teuschler ’05 Whiteleather of Montgomery, Ind.

MARRIAGES

Keith Pontius ’55 and Carol Papo of Crossville, Tenn., Aug. 28, 2009

Mark Heiden ’01 and Mary Ellen Lennon of Franklin, Ind., Oct. 3, 2009

Amanda Geiger ’02 and Tim Tilbury of Fort Wayne, Nov. 21, 2009

Holly Locke ’03 and Stephen Mize of Greenfield, Ind., Oct. 11, 2008

Samantha Holcomb ’04 and Matthew Newhard of Angola, Ind., April 28, 2007

Nathan Fansher ’07 and Justine Ciboch ’09 of Wabash, Ind., July 11, 2009

Miranda Ford ’07 and Mitch Jackson of Naperville, Ill., Aug. 15, 2009

Kevin Phelps ’07 and Amy Byrket ’08 of Elkhart, Ind., Sept. 26, 2009

Joel Richard ’07 and Jami Schrader ’08 of Elkhart, Ind., Nov. 29, 2008

Matthew Stillson ’07 and Whitney Gray ’08 of Bremen, Ind., April 25, 2009

Joshua Folk ’09 and Amber Timmons of Warsaw, Ind., Aug. 8, 2009

McKinley Grace, born Oct. 3, 2009 to Scott and Jenna Yeiter ’09 Burton of Claypool, Ind.

John Earnest Snavely ’23x of Loris, S.C., May 23, 2008

Ruth Powell ’28n Lutz of Peru, Ind., Dec. 28, 2009

Bernice Snyder ’29 Hawkins of West Lafayette, Ind., March 21, 2010

Lloyd R. Miller ’30x of North Manchester, Nov. 18, 2009

* Opal Flora ’34x Balfe of Annapolis, Md., Feb. 10, 2010

* Roy Gilmer ’34 of Fort Wayne, Feb. 23, 2010

Mary Alice Helman ’34n Gump-Lowe of Fort Myers, Fla., Oct. 29, 2009

Cleo Moudy ’34 Tannehill of Peoria, Ariz., Oct. 25, 2009

Naomi Wenger ’35 Kraning of Sun City, Ariz., Nov. 13, 2009

Lucille Stoneburner ’36 Snyder of Columbiana, Ohio, Dec. 6, 2009

Louise Keim ’36 Teeter of Nampa, Idaho, March 1, 2010

* Adah Rodgers ’36n Weaver of Lake Forest, Ill., Nov. 12, 2009

DEATHS

John Eckerle ’37 of Minneapolis, Sept. 30, 2009

Florence Pletcher ’37n McDonald of Goshen, Ind., Feb. 27, 2010

Ruth Samuelson ’37n Pippenger of Plymouth, Ind., Jan. 17, 2010

Jeanette Huff ’38n Bassett of Albuquerque, Dec. 2, 2009

Eva Nellans ’38n ’62 Benedict of Argos, Ind., Oct. 4, 2009

Verna Margaret Ulrey ’39x Beauchamp of Wabash, Ind., March 26, 2010

* Beulah Book ’39 of North Manchester, Oct. 21, 2009

Elizabeth “Betty” Powell ’39n Christner of Elkhart, Ind., Feb. 2, 2010

Elsie “Ruth” Gardner ’39 Ebey of North Manchester, Dec. 11, 2009

Louise Satterlee ’39x Hay of Oregon, Ill., Oct. 19, 2009

Bette Kinsley ’39 Studebaker of Dayton, Ohio, Dec. 9, 2009

Robert Beauchamp ’40x of Wabash, Ind., March 15, 2010

Chaltha Mae Potts ’40 Rohn of Sarasota, Fla., Feb. 26, 2009

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Glen Schubert ’40x of Muncie, Ind., Oct. 28, 2009

Mildred Beigh ’40x Swihart of Shipshewana, Ind., March 3, 2010

Helen Bandelier ’41 Harper of New Haven, Ind., Jan. 7, 2010

Wade Theye ’41 of Fort Wayne, Oct. 27, 2009

Janealyce Hunt ’42x Johnson of Muncie, Ind., Jan. 31, 2010

Willis Kurtz ’42 of Hartville, Ohio, Feb. 19, 2010

Robert S. Miller ’42x of Trotwood, Ohio, Sept. 29, 2009

Dorma Eubank ’42 Warrick of Mount Vernon, Ohio, Dec. 14, 2009

Gladys Dumond ’42x Zimmerman of Elkhart, Ind., Dec. 17, 2009

Lois McNear ’43x Canright of Granger, Ind., Feb. 2, 2010

* Earl Sharp ’43 of Warren, Ind., Sept. 24, 2009

Helen Kiracofe ’44x Brubaker of Camden, Ohio, Feb. 26, 2010

Kathleen Cauffman ’45 Mason of Etna Green, Ind., July 24, 2009

* Doris Huntington ’45 Miller of Orlando, Fla., Feb. 21, 2010

Richard Moomaw ’46 of Clarence Center, N.Y., Dec. 22, 2009

Joseph Mow ’46 of Buckhannon, W.Va., Dec. 4, 2009

Karl Conrad ’47 of Canton, Ohio, Feb. 13, 2010

Ralph Anderson ’48 of Michigan City, Ind., Jan. 2, 2010

Glen Campbell ’48 of North Manchester, Jan. 29, 2010

* Lenore Butterbaugh ’48 Palsgrove of Modesto, Calif., Jan. 5, 2010

Byron Henry ’49x of Winamac, Ind., Dec. 4, 2009

Richard Speicher ’49 of Youngstown, Ohio, Dec. 22, 2009

* Wayne Van Der Weele ’49 of Plymouth, Ind., Feb. 28, 2010

Abraham Hoogenboom ’50 of Elkhart, Ind., Jan. 10, 2009

Francis Lydic ’50 of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Nov. 9, 2009

W. Dwight Smith ’50 of North Manchester, Dec. 14, 2009

Frantz legacy endures in their bequest to the College

WHEN BOB AND ALICE FRANTZ NAMED MANCHESTER COLLEGE in their will, they chose one of the most effective ways to support the good work of the College. A bequest creates a personal legacy that can help transform the lives of MC students for generations.

“Manchester College has been such an important part of our lives that we wanted to include the College in our will,” said Bob, who had worked 18 years in the College business office. “We certainly trust how the College manages its resources, so we decided to let Manchester determine how it will use the funds.”

By naming Manchester in their will, the Frantzes retain full use of their assets for the rest of their lives. They are investing in the Manchester mission, a commitment dear to their hearts.

* AS A MEMBER OF THE OTHO WINGER SOCIETY, THIS DONOR INCLUDED THE COLLEGE IN

AN ESTATE PLAN OR ESTABLISHED A DEFERRED GIFT WITH THE COLLEGE.

Talk with a gift plannerStephen S. Thomas, J.D.Director of Gift & Estate Planning260-982-5081 or 888-257-2586 [email protected]

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Jeanne Foster ’51x Campbell of Kokomo, Ind., Dec. 15, 2009

Paul McBride ’51x of Plymouth, Ind., Dec. 27, 2009

Marjorie Matthews ’52 Barkley of South Bend, Ind., Feb. 16, 2010

Max McDowell ’52 of Huntington, Ind., Dec. 28, 2009

Lois Shull ’52 of North Manchester, April 7, 2010

Virginia Anderson ’54 Campbell of Defiance, Ohio, Dec. 28, 2009

Robert Johnson ’54 of Baton Rouge, La., Feb. 6, 2010

H. Kent Moore ’55 of Warm Mineral Springs, Fla., Nov. 22, 2009

R. Joel Haney ’57 of Columbus, Ohio, March 18, 2010

Dennis Holsinger ’57x of Wadsworth, Ohio, Dec. 22, 2009

Von Kuldau ’57 of Superior, Wis., Dec. 30, 2009

Raymond Morlock ’57 of Gainesville, Ga., Jan. 10, 2010

Fascination for pond scum thrusts biology explorer into the world limelight

POND SCUM MAY FUEL OUR VEHICLES SOMEDAY, and we’ll have Dr. Jerry J. Brand ’63 to thank for it.

Brand, professor of molecular cell and developmental biology at the University of Texas, is in charge of the world’s largest and most diverse culture collections of algae. The Wall Street Journal featured him in April 2009 after his research caught the attention of entrepreneurs who believe algae has great potential as an energy resource. Brand was making scientific discoveries even as an undergraduate at Manchester College back in 1961. He has “fond memories” of an introductory course in zoology taught by Dr. Emerson Niswander and research with Dr. William Eberly ’48 on the oxygen profiles in freshwater lakes and their effects on lentic biota. “I remember the thrill of being the first person in (Eberly’s) classes to isolate the unusual microbe, Dictyostelium discoideum, from a natural source.”

Soon after graduating, Brand took up teaching physics in Nigeria. “My academic preparation for that was excellent,” Brand says. “But equally important was the perspective I learned at Manchester: that service is important and rewarding. I hope never to forget that lesson.”

While his studies on the light reactions of photosynthesis at Purdue and Indiana universities and now at Texas have carried Brand to different disciplines from his Manchester College days “the excitement of discovery remains the same,” he says.

“Algae are now at the center of my university life.”

BY ADAM KING ’10




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Connections for LifePatricia Frederick ’58 Ringenberg of Evansville, Ind., Dec. 1, 2009

Robert Brantner ’59x of New Glasgow, Ill., Aug. 15, 2009

Connie Smith ’59x Godlevski of Odessa, Texas, Jan. 24, 2010

Patricia Parker ’60x Mohler of Rocky Mount, Va., Oct. 19, 2009

Eva Nellans ’62 Benedict of Argos, Ind., Oct. 4, 2009

Ira Kreitzer ’62x of West Alexandria, Ohio, Feb. 24, 2010

Larry Gray ’63x of Canton, Ohio, June 27, 2009

June Coy ’64 Laudeman of Syracuse, Ind., Oct. 11, 2009

Phillip Weaver ’64 of Thousand Oaks, Calif., June 10, 2009

Brent Barkman ’66 of Cicero, Ill., Sept. 21, 2009

Pamela Franks ’66x Quinn of Big Fork, Mont., Oct. 12, 2009

James Fuller ’68 of Elkhart, Ind., Jan. 31, 2010

Frances Butt Hanaway ’69 of Peru, Ind., Jan. 10, 2010

Robert Lobsiger ’69x of Chesterton, Ind., Nov. 29, 2009

Steven Bonebrake ’70x of Lafayette, Ind., Dec. 19, 2009

Robert Burcroff ’70 of Wabash, Ind., Jan. 10, 2010

Ramonna Penland ’74 Jordan of Kendallville, Ind., Dec. 30, 2009

Marc Saxton ’74 of Indianapolis, Dec. 5, 2009

Barbara Nelson ’75 Kariger of Plymouth, Ind., Oct. 9, 2009

Gregory Powers ’75x of Beaverton, Ore., Dec. 8, 2009

Lee Griffith ’78 of Monticello, Ind., March 16, 2010

Robin Crist ’79x of Wabash, Ind., March 15, 2010

Cynthia Anderson ’79 Rowley of Fort Wayne, Feb. 25, 2010

Douglas Justice ’84 of Union Mills, Ind., March 21, 2010

Michael Casalini ’93x of Lititz, Pa., Nov. 21, 2009

Jennifer DuMond ’94 of Indianapolis, Feb. 8, 2010

FRIENDS OF THE COLLEGE

Paul E. Grandstaff of North Manchester and his wife, Mary, invited Manchester College students into their home for Sunday evening meals for many years, Feb. 9, 2010

Paula Otis, of Huntington, Ind., College housekeeper for 15 years, especially in Schwalm Hall, Feb. 1, 2010

1930s

Hubert (Chuck) Cline ’37 of LaGrange, Ind., was a teacher, coach and principal at Prairie Heights School in LaGrange for many years. He presents a yearly Hubert Cline Award given to an eighth-grade boy and girl for outstanding athletic achievements and citizenship.

1940s

Thelma Wright ’41x Studebaker of New Carlisle, Ohio, was honored as the Bicentennial Queen at the Bicentennial Ball in February.

1950s

Lois Shull ’52 of North Manchester published a memoir, Splendor in the Dust, about her and her late husband Ernest Shull ’37 and their family’s experiences as missionaries during a violently divided India … doing evangelical, medical, agricultural and educational work. The book is available from Trafford Publishing, www.trafford.com. Lois died April 7, 2010.

Robert Black ’53 of Waukesha, Wis., teaches introductory physics to medical technology students at Sanford-Brown College - Milwaukee.

^ Gene Likens ’57 of Clinton Corner, N.Y., in November 2009 was awarded an Einstein Professorship by the Chinese Academy of Sciences for his academic and scholarly contributions to ecology and biogeo-chemistry. While Dr. Likens was traveling and lecturing in China last fall with his wife, Phyllis, he was awarded an honorary professorship by Jinan University in Guangzhou, which acknowledged him as one of the foremost and famous limnologists/ecologists in the world.





^ Flora Rouch ’59 Williams of Lafayette, Ind., has published another book with study guides, based on teaching and research at Purdue University, directing a financial clinic and study at Bethany Theological Seminary. The Shepherd’s Guide through the Valley of Debt and Financial Change: A Comprehensive Manual for Financial Management, Counseling and Spiritual Guidance is available at www.florawilliams.com.

1960s

Merlin L. Shriner, D.O. ’61 of Bowie, Texas, was welcomed as a Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Emergency Physicians at an October 2009 ceremony in Boston. He is practicing emergency medicine at several Texas hospitals, including Bowie Memorial Hospital.

Rita Steininger ’63x Schindler, now of Pampa, Texas, retired from teaching in 2009. She was an elementary teacher for Central Christian School in Fort Wayne.

Carol Bowyer ’68 Whybrew of Peru, Ind., retired as a social work counselor for Maconaquah Middle School in Bunker Hill, Ind., at the end of the 2008-09 school year. She received the Meritorious Service Award from the Miami County Community Services Council and the 2009 Tom Gustin Award for Service to Miami County Children from the Miami County Child Abuse Prevention Council.

1970s

^ Celia Stinebaugh ’70 Weiss of Elkhart, Ind., is a soloist, accompanist pianist and organist in the South Bend/Michiana area.

Jerry Eller ’71 of Merritt Island, Fla., and his immediate family, Jan, Jessica ’98, Jaime ’01 and Jodi, received the Robert and Myrna Gemmer ’44 Peacemaking Award “recognizing consistent commitment to a lifetime of peacemaking.” The award is presented annually by the Action for Peace Team of the Atlantic Southeast District of the Church of the Brethren.

Jim Abe ’72 and wife, Marla Bieber ’74 Abe of Carlisle, Pa., are co-pastors for First Church of the Brethren in Carlisle.

Thomas Johnson ’74 of Kewanna, Ind., recently retired from teaching at Plymouth Community Schools. He taught art at Lincoln Jr. High for 35 years.

^ Ding-Jo Hsia ’75 Currie of Huntington Beach, Calif., is chancellor of Coast Community College in Costa Mesa.

^ Jerry Sweeten ’75 of Pierceton, Ind., is the 2009 Indiana Professor of the Year, a national honor of the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education.

^ Marcia Benjamin ’78 of North Manchester has retired as professor emerita of communication studies after 22 years on the Manchester College faculty.



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Mike DeBord ’78 of Chicago, is tight ends coach for the Chicago Bears professional football team. He previously was an offensive line assistant and tight ends coach for the Seattle Seahawks.

^ Wilma Detwiler ’78 Willard of Chesterton, Ind., received the International Abstinence Clearinghouse 2009 Lifetime Service Award for creation of PATH – A Positive Approach to Teen Health, which has provided health education and relationship training for 100,000 northwest Indiana youths.

Jeff Courtright ’79 of Bloomington, Ill., recently published with Peter Smudde, “Leveraging Organizational Innovation for Strategic Reputation Management” in Corporate Reputation Review international journal. Courtright is an associate professor of communication for Illinois State University.

^ Anita Weaver ’79 Sherman of Indianapolis was recognized by Indianapolis Monthly magazine in its listing of “2009 Five Star Wealth Managers: Best in Client Satisfaction” in business planning, estate planning and tax planning. She is a senior partner for Greenwalt CPAs in Indianapolis.

A life of unanticipated service, wisely spent

THE SUM OF MARY HERBSTER ’71 HAUPERT’S LIFE is far greater than even this Manchester math education major can calculate.

“I never taught a day after my student teaching,” says Haupert. Instead, she earned a master’s in counseling at St. Francis University, and spent 20 years with Park Center, leading Fort Wayne group homes, day care and case management for clients with mental illness.

Then, she joined Fort Wayne Women’s Bureau to direct its new 90-day residential treatment for addicted women and their young children (now called Transitions). With Haupert’s help, the Bureau acquired a building, staff, certification and funding.

In 1995, Haupert became CEO of the struggling Neighborhood Health Clinics for underserved (and uninsured) residents of Fort Wayne. She persevered through staggering financial crises, diversifying resources. Her dedication added up: Last year, the clinic provided almost 50,000 medical and dental visits to 15,695 individuals – and more than 13,000 women and children received nutrition counseling and high-nutrition foods.

“What I enjoy the most is the planning, visioning and management,” Haupert says, “and the feeling that, in the end, we are making a real difference in the health and well-being of people who might not have the same opportunities as I have.”

The secret to Haupert’s successes? “Loving God and loving others are still the most important things in life,” she asserts. “Do not let your plans, ambition or careers overpower these relationships.”




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1980s

Tracy Price ’84 of Seymour, Ind., was named Civil Rights Leader of the Year for Jackson County, Ind., for her many hours work in GLBT rights and diversity education. She is a counselor, freelance writer and nature photographer.

Yvonne Yoder ’83 Buller of Goshen, principal of York Elementary School in Bristol, Ind., was featured March 9, 2010 by the Goshen News.

Jed A. Freels ’84 of Auburn, Ind., received an $8,000 Teacher Creativity Fellow-ship from Lilly Endowment Inc. for “The Road to Hana,” a project to explore the ecosystems, waterfalls, history and lifestyles along the historic road to Hana on the east coast of Maui, Hawaii. Freels teaches science for DeKalb Central School.

Rachelle Matuszak ’89 Mihalko of the Fort Mill, S.C., area is with Belk Inc. department stores, with corporate headquarters in Charlotte, N.C.

A powerful formula of prayer, science and excellence

“AT TIMES, I HAVE VIVIDLY FELT THE EXPERIENCE OF actually living in a dream world,” says Frederick Balagaddé ’01, who already is a respected and published pioneering research scientist.

Today, the ever-inquisitive Balagaddé is principal investigator of engineering technologies for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, the premier laboratory for solutions to the most important problems affecting national and global security. He came to the position via two years as a research scientist at Stanford University and Ph.D. studies in applied physics at the California Institute of Technology.

“My experience (at MC) was very special, but like compound interest, even after I left, the memories continued to appreciate,” says the extraordinary computer science and physics major who conducted NASA research on carbon fiber composites and interned at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory during his Manchester years.

At Cal Tech, Balagaddé invented the micro-chemostat, a small device that mimics biological cell culture environment in a highly complex web of tiny pump and hair-sized water hoses, all controlled by a multi-tasking computer. His research was published in Science, the world’s leading journal of original scientific research, and featured on National Public Radio.

When asked about his journey as the premier high school student of a third-world country to one of the premier science institutions in the world, Balagaddé humbly replies, “I believe in the power of prayer. The most amazing things have happened in my life as answers to prayers.”

BY NATE HODGES ’10






1990s

Anthony England ’90 of Warsaw, Ind., is assistant director of special education for Warsaw Community Schools.

Deborah Coffing ’92 Hammond of Gilead, Ind., is an instructor for Gilead Studio, with classes in watercolor, wood carving, matting and framing. Hammond’s and her students’ watercolors were part of a Gilead Studio exhibit last fall at the Miami County Museum.

Haley Groninger ’93 Brandenburg of North Manchester is assistant to the chaplain for Peabody Retirement Community in North Manchester. She was runner-up in the Advancements in Health Care category of 2009 Health Care Heroes of Greater Fort Wayne Business Weekly.

^ Brad Arbuckle ’94 of Bargersville, Ind., is 2009 Indiana Assistant Principal of the Year for the Indiana Association of School Principals. As assistant principal of Clark-Pleasant Middle School in Whiteland, Ind., Arbuckle created the B.A.S.E. (Behavior, Academic, Social, Emo-tional) alternative to in-school suspension.

Chad Ringley M.D. ’94 of Saginaw, Mich., has earned the distinction of “fellow” from the American College of Surgeons. He is a general surgeon with Mid-Michigan Surgery Specialists.

Greg Bladecki ’96 of Galloway, Ohio, is a market training manager for Taco Bell Corp. in Columbus, Ohio.

Jill Hoppenjans ’96 of Essex Junction, Vt., earned her master’s degree in education and is director of operations of the Student Health Center for University of Vermont.

^ Betsy Nottoli ’98 Woods of Fairborn, Ohio, is public relations and marketing manager for The Children’s Medical Center of Dayton.

David Floyd ’99 of Denver, Ind., opened his own CPA firm in Denver, D.H. Floyd & Associates LLC., offering a full range of accounting and tax services.

Christina Burns ’99 Stemmler of Fort Wayne practices neuropsychology. She received her doctorate in clinical psychology in 2008 from Ball State University.

2000s

Melinda Vass ’00 Hoover of Laurel, Iowa, is a certified pharmacy technician for the Walmart pharmacy in Marshalltown, Iowa. She passed her course and certification boards in July 2009.

Dan Kimbrough ’01 of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., is an assistant professor of communications for Misericordia University. He was chosen to participate in the 21st Annual Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Foundation Faculty Seminar in Los Angeles. He recently received the Videographer Award of Distinction for a documentary he shot and edited, Planting Seeds of Change, chronicling service by Misericordia students in Slidell, La., after Hurricane Katrina.

Heidi Gross ’02 of Chicago is the Jumpstart website manager for Northwestern University.

^ Teresa Devine ’02 Hogan of Noblesville, Ind., teaches first grade for Guion Creek Elementary School of the Metropolitan School District of Pike Township, Indianapolis.

Troy Renbarger ’02 of Cicero, Ind., is founder and CEO of ProStar Consulting Inc., specializing in paperless accounting and bookkeeping processes. ProStar opened a new office in Warsaw last fall.

Kelly Roberts ’02 of Fort Wayne is a member of The Journal Gazette Teacher Honor Roll, and was featured in the Feb. 28, 2010 issue of the newspaper. She teaches at Weisser Park Elementary School for Fort Wayne Community Schools.

Elizabeth Peden ’03 Holsopple of Plymouth, Ind., is director of Plymouth Wesleyan Preschool.





Holly Locke ’03 Mize of Greenfield, Ind., is staff accountant for Shorewood Packaging, a business of International Paper, and a leading provider of printing, packaging and retail display products.

Michael Pillow ’05 of Flagstaff, Ariz., is a fish biologist for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Flagstaff, monitoring Grand Canyon fish populations. He earned a master’s degree in biology in 2009 from Missouri State University.

^ Kirby Jasper ’06 of Indianapolis is a paralegal document preparation specialist for Feiwell & Hannoy PC law firm in Indianapolis.

Travis Poling ’06 of Richmond, Ind., is a May 2010 Master of Divinity candidate at Bethany Theological Seminary, where he also has begun his thesis for a Master of Arts degree, in May 2011.

Kevin Phelps ’07 of Elkhart, Ind., is a youth care specialist and basketball coach for Bashor Children’s Home in Elkhart.

Joel Richard ’07 of Elkhart, Ind., is branch manager for Interra Credit Union in Goshen.

Jami Schrader ’08 Richard of Elkhart, Ind., serves various roles for the Potawatomi Zoo in South Bend.

Valerie Vance ’08 of North Manchester is a confinement officer for the Wabash County Sheriff’s Department.

Ayana Brown ’09 of Phoenix, Ariz., is pursuing a master’s degree in mental health counseling with a forensic concentration at Argosy University.

^ Laura Dell ’09 of Beatrice, Neb., is on a Brethren Volunteer Service assignment in Ohio, working with neighborhood organizations on behalf of the Cincinnati Church of the Brethren, and in church programs.

^ Steve Schellenberg ’09 of Terre Haute, Ind., has undertaken a Brethren Volunteer Service assignment with Brethren Disaster Ministries in New Windsor, Md.


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More than footpaths crossed campus back in the dayAerial photos today hint of the old Eel River Railroad path through the north half of campus — between Schwalm Hall and Cordier Auditorium.

The tracks were here long before Manchester College. The railroad changed owners and names several times through the years, with the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. assuming ownership in the very early 1900s. Alumni will recall calling it The Vandalia, Penn Central and finally, Conrail. (The railroad path defines the “Rhiney Bowl” beside Schwalm Hall.)

At one time, the tracks fed 16 trains daily through North Manchester. Don’t confuse this line with the Big 4 that ran to Milford, dropping off students near Camp Mack, notes William R. Eberly ’48, professor emeritus of biology.

Both lines hauled more freight than passengers. Some students earned money wheelbarrowing the coal to the bin chute, recalls retired archivist A. Ferne Baldwin ’58, professor emeritus of sociology and social work. In 1967, the College’s first gas/oil boiler arrived on the campus tracks, pictured above.


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