Amper&andWinter 2010

Connecting Friends and Alumni to Current News

The Honors Tutorial College

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Dear Alumni and Friends,

Another year has passed us by and the time has come for us to bring you the latest edition of Ampersand. Weʼve seen many changes around the college this year—a new dean, a new director for ONCA, and a new scanner that we just canʼt seem to figure out—but what matters most to us and to the HTC has remained constant. Weʼve been in contact with alumni who amaze us with their successes and inspire us with their advice. Weʼve watched as current students continue to push themselves toward academic excellence. Most important, weʼve seen our college community grow larger and warmer than ever before. In this yearʼs Ampersand, we have tried our best to bring you these stories, to remind you of the atmosphere that is so unique to the HTC.

Best wishes for 2010,Katie Young, Editor andGina Edwards,Asst. Editor

Gina (Sophomore, Journalism) and

Katie (Senior, English)

around 35 park place

new programs of study

new leadership atONCA

national award winners

alumna spotlight:chelsea peters

the living-learning house

new directors of studies

PURF recipients

2009 thesis titles

alumni weddings

class notes

our thanks

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Above and Cover: Scripps Amphitheater.

greetings fromdean webster

Dear Friends and Alumni,

Just one year ago Ampersand ran a short blurb introducing me as the new Director of Studies for the English HTC Program. A lot has changed in the past year! With a sense of purpose, a healthy dose of hubris, and an exuberance of passion, I applied to become our collegeʼs dean. My work as a tutor and as Director of Studies was extremely rewarding, and I couldnʼt help but think that, if I enjoyed working on a part-time basis with ten percent of the students, I would love working with all of them as dean.

My first months as dean have confirmed that expectation. Our students are among the best and brightest Ohio University has the privilege to serve; it is an honor to represent and lead these students dur-ing their time here in Athens.

One of the first HTC events I attended in June after my appointment was an-nounced was the collegeʼs annual gradu-ation dinner. During this event, Jan list-ed the accomplishments of each member of the graduating class. Not only did each of them graduate with honors, but their individual achievements while here were incredibly impressive. Students in the class of 2009 studied abroad in some 20 countries ranging from Belize to Ghana to Malaysia to Spain. Many of them completed internships here in the U.S. and abroad. And all of them partici-pated in student organizations devoted to everything from sustainable living to practicing language skills to skydiving, fencing, or rowing. Students in the class of 2009 presented their research and creative activities at conferences, had their work accepted for publication, and performed on stages and screens across the world.

This dinner was an excellent introduc-tion to my job and shaped my values and vision for the college. I learned that our students ̓time in the Honors Tutorial College is a time to explore, to experi-

ment, and to experience everything that the college, Ohio University, and the world as has offer. Not all of our stu-dents study abroad. Not all of them seek

internships. Not all of them publish their research or present their art publicly. But my job is to make sure that all of them have the chance to do these things if they choose. I want to make our students ̓

time here rewarding and fulfilling on all levels: academically, personally, spiritu-ally, and professionally.

To this end, I have set six strategic goals for the college over the next five years: to develop the reputation of the college in the region, the state, and the nation; to enhance the educational environment for our students; to increase the geographi-cal, racial, and multicultural diversity of our student body; to increase alumni involvement in the college; to increase private financial support; and to enhance the visibility of the Office of Nationally Competitive Awards and the Office of U.S. Fulbright Programs across campus.

Accomplishing these goals will not be easy, however. While our college re-mains strong and vibrant, there are many dark clouds on the horizon. Not the least of these is the universityʼs declin-ing budget and its effects on the col-lege. After years of budget cuts, we are yet again making plans for reductions. These reductions will likely result in my being less able to fund our students ̓travel abroad, trips to conferences, or opportunities to conduct research and to perform or present their art. They may also result in smaller staff with which to administer the college.

I have learned that students in the Honors Tutorial College are exceptional individuals of integrity, compassion, and leadership. Each of them desires to use their intelligence and creativity to make contributions that matter. They share the belief that being an HTC student means

stepping up and working hard to achieve what one anonymous eighteenth-century writer called “the noble ambition of aspiring to excellence” so that one may “act a wise and useful part in life.”

And our students continue to step up and work hard. Twenty of our first-year students,which comprise 40% of the first-year class, earned a grade point average of 4.0 for Fall Quarter. Six up-perclassmen, four of whom are seniors, still have 4.0 GPAs. The average GPA for the college is 3.78. Nearly 10% of our students won nationally compete-tive awards last year. Our retention rate remains at 98%, and our college benefits from the highest rate of donations from alumni who have graduated in the last ten years: 64% of our younger alumni give back to the college.

In closing, I ask that you join me in making sure that our current students have as many, if not more, opportuni-ties to step up and work hard to make a difference as previous ones have had. In the pages of this magazine you will find just a small sampling of the many stories we love to tell about our students and alumni. More of these stories will be appearing on the collegeʼs soon-to-be revised website.

After reading this issue, please consider two things. First, consider joining these stories by telling us about your accom-plishments and activities. Giving us your testimonial of how your experience in the Honors Tutorial College helped to shape you will help us recruit new students and educate current students about the opportunities before them. Second, consider donating your time and resources to the college. Consider running for a spot on the Board of Visi-tors, adopting a thesis, or sponsoring a studentʼs travel abroad, to a conference, or to a performance by giving to the Deanʼs Discretionary Fund.

Thank you for your ongoing support for the college and best wishes for the New Year.

Jeremy Webster

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around 35 park placeAs you may know, Ohio University is facing a number of challenges in the next few years as a result of vari-ous economic difficulties. As the university attempts to develop strategies for dealing with these challenges, the Provostʼs Office, the Deans, Chairs and Directors, and Faculty Members are beginning a conversation about resource allocation, budgets, and the future of the institution. In order to participate in this conversation more effectively, Jan and Dean Webster need your help. They are developing a portfolio of the Honors Tutorial Collegeʼs success stories in order to advocate more effectively for the tutorial system at Ohio University. One element that they would like to include in this portfolio is alumni testimonials about how the tutorial system and the Honors Tutorial College have benefited you and prepared you to achieve your educational and professional goals while you were at Ohio University and after you gradu-ated. Please send your thoughts (via email at honors.college@ohio.edu or letter at 35 Park Place, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701) about your views on the value of the tutorial system and the Honors Tutorial College.

Call for Alumni Testimonials

News from the Honors College Advisory CouncilSome of you may remember the Honors College Advisory Council (HCAC) from your time at Ohio Univer-sity, but the group has recently undergone a number of big changes. Weʼve increased the number and variety of events and have also enjoyed improved attendance at each of our annual events. Most important, though, have been our recent attempts to work with other student groups and develop large-scale collaborations. HCAC recently altered the group bylaws to reflect a new dedication to citizenship in the HTC, the university and the Athens community. Further, we want to continue cultivating the close-knit feeling of our College by including alumni in events and connecting you to current students. We hope that you will come back to visit the College to participate in one of HCACʼs upcoming events. We also invite any interested alumni to be a part of the speaker series we have in the works. As we move ahead with our new mission, we appreciate any involvement from alumni, whether by fill-ing out an information form, mentoring a current student, joining the HTC alumni facebook group, suggesting new event ideas or participating in one of our already-planned events.

Caitlyn Zachry (Junior, Journalism)

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Seeking Contacts at Oxford and Cambridge Dean Webster has begun discussions with the Office of Education Abroad in an effort to es-tablish an exchange program for HTC students with Oxford and/or Cambridge. Until recently, HTC had an exchange with the University of Edinburgh, but the program was discontinued by that university because they ceased offering an American studies program. The dean has been advised that it would be highly beneficial to have some contact with anyone at Oxford or Cam-bridge. So, we reach out to you, our alumni and friends! Please let us know if any of you are at Oxford or Cambridge, or know of anyone there who would be willing to help us on this effort. (email:honors.college@ohio.edu)

Happy New Year from the Board of Visitors!

Please Adopt A Senior Thesis

Application Season Update

Beginning this year, Alden library will no longer keep a copy of the HTC theses. Seniors will turn them in elec-tronically, and readers can access them through the libraryʼs online database.The college, however, would like to keep a paper copy of each thesis in 35 Park Place for our records. To fund this archive, we are asking you to adopt a thesis for $30. Beginning in late January, you can access a list of thesis titles on the HTC website and select one to sponsor. All you have to do is email us the title you have chosen and then send us your $30 adoption fee. Send your email to Dean Webster at webstej1@ohio.edu. The student whose project you select will be notified of the adoption; your gift will fund the cost of printing the paper copy and submitting it to the HTC office. Not only will you be helping one of our seniors, but youʼll also be giving a thesis a good home!

The current board is looking for an enthusiastic group of new mem-bers to help advance its mission of fostering mutually beneficial relationships between the Honors Tutorial College, its alumni, and current students. If you or someone you know is an alumnus or friend of the Honors Tutorial College and is interested in being considered for Board of Visitors membership, please submit a brief biographical sketch and a statement of interest. For more informa-tion about the Board or to submit your nomination, please contact the Board of Visitorʼs Interim Chair, Denise Robinson, at drob02@msn.com. Nominations will be accepted until January 15, 2010 and elec-tions will be held soon thereafter.

As Ampersand is written and sent to press, the rest of the HTC staff works tirelessly receiving, processing, and evaluating pro-spective student applications. To date, we have received 282 applications. This year, Taylor Brand (Sophomore, Math) and Joseph Zielinski (Junior, History) remained in Athens over winter break to assist Kathy White and Margie Huber during the application process. These four have been working at a breakneck pace to prepare ap-plication packets for the Directors of Studies to review.

Joseph and Gina take a break to enjoy the “Hideous Christmas

Sweater” Party.

Joseph and Kathy pause to compare their files.

Taylor updates the database.

Kristin Stover, Luke Myers, Justin Lucas, and Meredith Barnett (all Class of 2009) on Field Day.

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Earlier this year, Margie wowed us as Julia Child at the

All College Supper.

the class of 2009our newest alumni

Anna Simis and Kristin Stover with Dr. Soichi Tanda. The guys of White Crow Films: Wes Cronk, Justin Lucas, Tom Wagener, John Veleta, Sean Howlett, and Bryan Cain.

Luke Myers (Political Science), Meredith Barnett (Journalism), and Brian Downey (Anthropology)

look to the future.

“If you feel sad, play racket ball.” Elliott Teller (English),

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Meredith Barnett, Journalism, is living in the lovely little seaside town of Camden, Maine, working through AmeriCorps as Programs Director at an organization called Mainely Girls. Gina Beach, Journalism, is teaching economics to kindergarten through eighth grade students at Ariel Community Academy in Chicago through Teach for America. Alicia Buckenmeyer, English, moved to Mérida, Mexico in mid-August and since then has been teaching beginning to advanced English in Harmon Hall, an English language school with locations throughout Mexico. She began with adult classes and now is also teaching kids, pre-teens, and teenagers. Bryan Cain, Media Arts and Studies, got an excellent temporary position at Warner Bros. in Burbank, California, as a Travel and Entertainment Analyst. Heʼs their Swed-ish-speaking auditor and internal support representative. John Gedeon, Theater, completed his summer job with the Monomoy Theater and landed a job in a very affluent suburb of Chicago working for the Northbrook Theatre. John is living in the city and finding extra work around town. His job isnʼt glamorous but he really loves Chicago and loves going to work every day, which means much more to him than money.Tamsin Green, Theater, is working at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.Justin Lucas, Media Arts and Studies, is working hard for Moon Bounce Media in Washington, DC and learning a lot, even in a short amount of time. He was accepted to a full-time position as “Production Associate” at the end of the summer. He now has a job in the career he wants with the company he hoped for most.Luke Myers, Political Science, is working in the office of Senator Sherrod Brown in Washington, D.C. Anna Simis, Theater Performance, is currently teaching in Maryland at a private school for kids with disabilities. Her students are 6 to 8 year-old boys with autism. Anna is getting ready to move from Manssasas, VA, into DC. She loves being out of school and working but misses Athens and 35 Park Place!Kristin Stover, Bio Science, is currently in graduate school at the College of Charles-ton studying marine biology. She teaches an introductory biology laboratory and will soon be starting her research. One of her potential projects is investigating the role of female aggression and resource distribution in the socially monogamous snapping shrimp. She is enjoying life in Charleston and the fantastic weather.Tom Wagener, Media Arts and Studies, is joining Digital Domain in Los Angeles as a full-time (freelance) artist on future movies.

John Gedeon relaxes over the

summer.

Kristin with one of

her thesis subjects.

Justin Lucas with fiance

Brittany Hughes(2009, Journalism).

Alicia Buckenmeyer

enjoys a Mexican pastry.

where are they now?Here s̓ a sampling of what the class of 2009 has done since Commencement:

Tom Wagener enjoys his

down time.

Tamsin Green and

Anna Simis enjoy D.C.

Meredith Barnett reaches Maine.

Ms. Beach s̓ class at Ariel Community

Academy.

Members of the Class of 2009 at the All College Potluck.

Bryan Cain, hiking in

Hollywood.

Alumnus Luke Myers with Senator

Sherrod Brown.

academic developments new programs of study

Beginning in 2006, Dr. Tom Patin worked with the HTC to develop

an art history tutorial program. His vision was to build a program that focused upon intense study of art throughout history and around the world. In 2008, under the direction of Dr. Jennie Klein, the program began admitting new students. During that first year, Dr. Klein realized that in order to attract the best students to the HTC and Ohio University, the college would need to develop an additional program in studio art. With the help of Dr. Rosemarie Basile, she authored a new curriculum for both a BA and BFA in studio art. This new pro-gram offers students the chance to study painting and drawing, ce-ramics, printmaking, photography, graphic design, or sculpture as well as develop tutorials with a more inter-disciplinary approach, such as creative writing. Dr. Klein hopes that Studio Art students will take tutorials in other HTC programs as a part of their curriculum. “Both the BFA and BA HTC students are strongly encouraged to take classes

and tutorials inside and outside of the School of Art,” says Dr. Klein. In the coming years, Dr. Klein hopes that both the Art History and Studio Art programs help ex-tremely talented students produce a strong thesis and exhibition so that they have a good portfolio for graduate school.

In the past, the Ohio University School of Music offered only a

professional degree, the Bachelor of Music. Recently, however, the school developed a Bachelor of Arts, catered toward students who might wish to double major or pursue the more academic aspects of music in graduate school. “Once we had a BA degree, it made sense to develop an HTC program in

music,” says Director of Music Studies Dr. Elizabeth Sayrs. With this new tutorial program, Dr. Sayrs says that she hopes to attract highly intelligent students who can maintain the balance of scholar and performer and “who are motivated to keep asking the big questions about the meaning of music in society.” In designing the curricu-lum for this program, Dr. Sayrs has created a series of first- and sec-ond-year “fixed content” tutorials; during their junior year, students begin to design their own tutorials in preparation for the thesis year. Currently, Dr. Sayrs is reviewing applications for the first freshman class in Music.

Art History and Studio Art

Music

Katie Young

Neighboring Glidden (left) and Seigfried (right) Halls will house the music and art programs, respectively.

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changing of the guardnew ONCA leadership Katie Young

In the spring of 2009, Ann Brown announced that she would be

retiring as the director of the Office of Nationally Competitive Awards. As Ann bid farewell to friends, colleagues, and students, the office itself began to see several changes. During the summer, ONCA moved from the second floor of 35 Park Place to the Faculty Commons on the third floor of Alden library. Overseeing this move was the newly appointed director Brandon Bute. Following Annʼs ten years in the position was a daunting task for Brandon, but in his first months he has welcomed the challenge. Bran-don said that he looks forward to continuing the success of the Office of Nationally Competitive Awards, thanking Ann Brown for creating such a wonderful program. Brandon credits his experiences as Assistant Director of Career Services at O.U. for his smooth transition from Career Services to ONCA. “[Student development and helping students] are areas that I feel very confident being able to successfully work with,” Brandon said. But according to Brandon, his greatest asset in the transition process has been the support and experience of ONCA Administra-tive Assistant Irene Weigly. “Iʼm honestly not sure what I would have done without her my first quarter,” he says.

Reflecting on his Fall Quarter experiences, Brandon said that the greatest challenge has been simply learning all the steps involved in submitting each award. Beyond this obstacle, however, Brandon has found many rewarding aspects in his position. He said that the greatest reward is the ability to work with high achieving student applicants. “To see a student grow in confidence and self-awareness is truly rewarding,” Brandon said.In the near future, Brandon said-he wants to expand the ONCA website, http://www.onca.org, to include more information about the application processes for each award. His other plans for ONCA include building faculty relation-ships and reaching out to student organizations. Outside the office, Brandon en-joys playing his guitar, baking, and watching football—mostly the Indianapolis Colts. He said that he and his wife both love living in the Athens area and frequently visit the trails at the Ridges, the Athens Farmers ̓Market, and the new Pas-sion Works Studio.

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The U.S. Fulbright Programs, headed by Beth Clodfelter, has joined ONCA and the HTC. Beth and Bran-don hope that their collaboration will benefit all students pursuing nationally competitive awards. Beth says that she looks forward to working with students on more international awards such as the Gilman and Criti-cal Language Scholarships.

fulbright joins the htc

ONCA Director Brandon Bute

“To see a student grow in confidence and self- awareness is truly rewarding.”

-Brandon Bute

2008-2009 national award winnersThese HTC students received prestigious national awards during the past academic year:

Laura Allen (Anthropology, Japanese Minor, Environmental Studies Certificate): Japanese Exchange and Teaching Program

Study in Japan.

John Blischak (Chemistry): Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship Read more on 11.

Gail Clendenin (Political Science): French Government Teaching Assistanship (Lyon).

Andrew Goodhart (Political Science, German Minor): Presi-

dential Management Fellowship.

Kate Gulino (Philosophy, Psychology): Bridging Scholar-ship for Study in Japan.

Elana Harnish (English, Japanese Minor): Benjamin A. Gilman In-ternational Scholarship (Japan).

Lisa Howison (Anthropology): 2009 Teach for America Corps.

Brittany Hughes (Journalism, Rus-sian): Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Fellowship Award of Excellence.

Kate Laissle (Theater): Hispanic Scholarship Fund.

Bailey Miles (Biological Sciences, Spanish): Fulbright U.S. Student Program (Spain) Read more on page 11.

Anna Simis (Theater, Psychology Minor): 2009 Teach for America Corps.

Jordan Templeton (Business Ad-ministration): Benjamin A. Gil-man International Scholarship (Thailand).

Beth Thompson (Political Science): Boren/NSEP Under-graduate Scholarship for Inter-national Study (Russia).

Chelsea Toy (Journalism): Roy W. Howard National Collegiate Reporting Award.

Amy Zimmerman (Chemistry): Phi Kappa Phi Emerging Scholar Award for 2008-2009.

View from the second floor balcony at 35 Park Place.

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Bailey in Madrid.

ONCA winners award spotlight

In 2009, John Blischak (Senior, Chemistry) was one of 278 un-

dergraduate students in the United States to win a Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. The award “was de-signed to foster and encourage out-standing students to pursue careers in the fields of mathematics, the natural sciences, and engineering,” according to the Goldwater Schol-arship website. The Goldwater, which began granting scholarships in 1988, is considered to be one of the highest honors for students in these fields. During Johnʼs sophomore year, Director of Biological Sciences Studies Soichi Tanda approached John and encouraged him to ap-ply for the award. As John entered his third year at Ohio University, he began the application process, which included a research pro-posal and personal statements. He worked closely with former ONCA director Ann Brown and Dr. Ed-ward List throughout this stage. “Needless to say, there were many drafts,” said John.John will be using his Goldwater award for school expenses this year, but he says that the best benefit of the scholarship will be its effect on his graduate school applications. “Anyone can get good grades at their institution, but being a Goldwater Scholar proved that I was able to succeed nationally as well,” he added.

Recent alumnus Bailey Miles (2009, Biological Sciences/

Spanish) won one of the prestigious Fulbright Scholarships. This award has allowed him to participate in cancer research at the University of Salamanca in Spain. After a Span-ish professor approached him with information about the Fulbright, Bailey prepared his application, including a personal statement and project proposal. After an on-cam-pus interview, he was selected as a finalist by the New York review committee. Finally, the review committee in Spain accepted Baileyʼs proposal. With his award, Bailey is enhanc-ing his research and language skills so that he will be better equipped to treat patients, especially Span-ish-speakers, both in the U.S. and abroad. “This award... is giving me the chance to improve my Span-ish and learn a lot about Spanish culture,” said Bailey. Eventually, he would like to become a physi-cian and contribute to translational research with clinical applications.

John Blischak Bailey MilesKatie Young

John BlischakPhotograph by Rick Fatica.

Bailey MilesPhotograph by Rick Fatica.

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“Anyone can get good grades at their institution, but being a Goldwater Scholar proved that I was able to succeed nationally as well.”

-John Blishcak

HTC alumnae spotlight Gina Edwards

The closest that most of us get to the world of Hollywood is

buying popcorn at the theater or browsing the local video store. But for alumna Chelsea Peters (2007, Film), the ins and outs of block-buster movies are a part of her every day job. Chelsea is currently employed by Apatow Productions in Los Ange-les as the second assistant to Judd Apatow. His company recently produced the movie Funny People, starring Adam Sandler, Seth Rogen and Leslie Mann.

She described how fas-cinating it is to be involved in all the stages of filmmak-ing, from pre-pro-duction to the premiere

to the DVD release.“Itʼs a pretty amazing process and a wonderful and huge learning expe-rience,” Chelsea said. Chelsea has advanced very far in

the industry for being only 24, has made many substantial contacts with friends and colleagues, and greatly enjoys the work she does. Nevertheless, her profession has its drawbacks. “Itʼs really hard to be able to do your own creative projects due to the long and tedious hours you work as an assistant,” she said.However, she added that her access to so many creative and profes-sional people and events in Los Angeles is a particularly fulfilling aspect of her job. Chelsea credits HTC with assisting in advancing her career to where it is today.

Chelsea Peters on the job at Apatow Productions.

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No matter their major, personal interests, or background, dream-ing big is a common thread among those who have cultivated their academic pursuits inside 35 Park Place. In an environment like the Honors Tutorial College, itʼs very easy to find encouragement for aspirations that might appear un-achievable.One of the many world changers that this college has produced is Lori Ploutz-Snyder, a 1989 gradu-ate of zoology who currently works for NASA as a technical monitor involved in exercise physiology, muscle atrophy, and rehabilitation. Her successful career underscores the wealth of opportunities and promise that meet HTCers after

they leave the brick streets of Athens.Lori finds her current position at NASA very challeng-ing and interesting

and says that the best part of her job is trying to do things that no one has ever done before. She also appreciates the diverse and interest-ing interactions she has with fellow faculty.“No two days are ever the same, so itʼs never boring,” she said. Lori also described how her profes-sion is interdisciplinary and inte-grated, and that the nature of her

work requires creativity and inno-vative thinking. She credits HTC with helping her develop critical thinking and research skills by working independently and getting an in-depth education in her area of specialty. She encourages current HTCers to also utilize the opportunities that the college provides.“You never know what youʼll use later, so take advantage of the things that make HTC unique,” Lori added.As for those who might criticize “unrealistic” goals, Lori advised turning a deaf ear.Ultimately, Lori stressed how grateful she is for all of the positive influences and opportunities that HTC has given her, and hopes to pass this sentiment along to current students and alumni.

Lori Ploutz-Snyder

Chelsea Peters Takes Hollywood

Lori Ploutz-Snyder:On the Job with NASA

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Amid the rowdy shenanigans of Mill Street sits house

number 156, a unique “living-learning environment” especially for HTC students. Last summer the homeʼs landlords, Bob and Trisha Lachman, renovated the home in preparation for the first batch of five all-HTC tenants. Kelli Lupas, a junior studying biological science, is very pleased with her experience in the house. “Living in the house is wonderful. Most people have pretty negative understandings of the nonsense that goes down on Mill St., but more often than not, the noise never passes our front door,” she said. Not only is the house a quiet environment in which to study and work, but the students also reach out to faculty members to further enrich their living-learn-ing experience. This quarter they hosted Professor Jordan Schildcrout from the School of Theater for dinner.“Jordan was a saint and sat through two and a half hours of us passionately debating about everything from politics to religion,” Kelli said.Senior theater student Eric Brakey also sang praises of the Mill Street abode, indicat-ing that the house helped him to strike a balance between his academic and social life. “As a senior HTC student working on my thesis, living in the HTC house has been a great match for my priorities. I am living in a great environment where the scholarly demands of

student life is always respected, but the importance of good, clean fun is never forgotten,” Eric said.Social bonding and friendships are just another positive aspect of the HTC house.“I know I can always turn to my housemates for an intelligent dis-course, a supportive word, or an evening of great company,” Eric added. So far this year, the students have hosted a Halloween murder mys-tery gathering, a Redwall-themed dinner party and have other events surrounding the living-learning mission planned for winter and spring quarters.

htc on mill street:the living-learning house Gina Edwards

Resident Kelli Lupas prepares for the Halloween murder mystery party.

Dinner with Dr. Shildcrout at the HTC House.

Jennie Klein, Art History and Studio Art

While this is Dr. Kleinʼs second year as a Director

of Studies, she has taken on one of our newest programs, Studio Art, in addition to Art History. During her first year as a DOS, Dr. Klein led the introductory tutorials in the art history program. In the future, she hopes to teach a tutorial based upon her own specialization, gender and representation. Around Athens, Dr. Klein enjoys visiting the Ken-nedy Museum of Art, Inhale Yoga, the public library, and the Farmers ̓

Market. When she isnʼt in Athens, Dr. Klein enjoys attending and presenting in international live art festivals. Most recently, she vis-ited the ANTI Festival in Kuopio, Finland, and the City of Women in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

Carey Snyder, English

After two years as a tutor in the HTC English program,

Dr. Snyder has taken on the role of Director of Studies. In her past tutorials, she has led a survey of Romantic and Victorian British literature. In the future, she would like to teach a tutorial on nine-teenth century literature with a fo-cus on race, gender, and sexuality. She hopes to one day lead a tutorial in her own focus, modernism. Dr. Snyder recently published British

Fiction and Cross-Cultural Encounters: Ethnographic Mod-ernism from Wells to Woolf. Like many of her colleagues, Dr. Snyder is frequently seen at the Athens Farmers ̓Market, as well as Sellʼs Park (which is “essen-tially my backyard”), Stroudʼs Run and the

bike path.

Before the birth of her three-year-old son Zach, Dr. Snyder used to run races and participate in sprint triathalons. “I still swim, bike, and hike, but less aggressively than I used to,” Dr. Snyder says. When

not working, Dr. Snyder finds that she reads a lot of Beatrix Potter and Thomas the Tank Engine.

faculty facesnew directors of studies

Pat Brooks, the first Director of Dance Studies at the HTC, passed away December 13 following com-plications from a heart procedure. Pat authored the original HTC dance program in 1986. She retired from the School of Dance in 1997 as Professor Emerita of Dance, but remained an advocate for HTC dance students.

“She had a knack for mentoring and developing the unruly spark of dance that HTC students carry,” says Marina Walachi, current Di-rector of Dance Studies.

in memoriam

Dr. Jennie Klein

Dr. Elizabeth Sayrs

Dr. Carey Snyder

Katie Young

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Elizabeth Sayrs, Music

Dr. Sayrs is currently review-ing applicants for the music

programʼs first freshman class. Her academic interests range from

mathematical models of music to gender studies and music. Dr. Sayrs names Sellʼs Park, where one can hike and enjoy the hills of Athens county, as her favorite place to visit. At home, she prac-tices Tai Chi and gardens.

Patricia Brooks

2009 PURFrecipients

Art HistoryStephanie Fisk, “Closing the Chasm: Finding an Overlap of Live Artʼs Many Genres”

Biological SciencesNyssa Adams, “Cellular Uptake of Phosphaplatins”John Blischak, “Investigating the role and timing of lipid metabolism genes in the reversal of fatty liver disease by growth hormone and insulin-like growth factor 1” Marie Braasch, “The Effects of Age and Working Memory Ability on Frontal Lobe Oxygenation Dur-ing Working Memory Tasks”Brooks Kohli, “Regional phylo-geography and genetic manage-ment of Ohio muskellunge (Esox masquinongy)”

Regan Price, “Genetic testing in Drosophila melanogasterto estab-lish the relationship between the Clic protein and the actin cytoskel-eton in phagocytic processes”Hiroyoshi Tanda, “Effects of Human CIDE-A Transgenic Ex-pression on Lipid Accumulation in Mice”

ChemistryPreston Roeper, “Preparation and Characterization of New Photo-chromic Materials”Jacob Wright-Piekarski, “The Effects of growth hormone on RNA expression with regard to macro-phage infiltration in fat tissue of obese mice”

DanceCala Trotter, “The Brownie Work-shop: Evolution of Tap Dance”

Hearing, Speech, and Language Sciences

Allison Trent, “Penetration-As-piration Scale for Different Bolus Consistencies in Post-stroke Pa-tients”

MathematicsJustin Henthorn, “Investigation of Ultrafast Charge Transfer in Quan-tum Dot/Transition Metal Assem-blies”

Media Arts and StudiesGreg Surber, “Phi Alpha Theta 2010 Biennial Convention Presen-tation”

Social WorkMary Dolan, “Larval Learning: The Clue to the Missing Ana-gram?”

SpanishCarolyn White, “Identity Without Borders: Literature of the Domin-can Diaspora”

Studio ArtLaura Weger, “Artist Trading Cards”

TheaterKate Laissle, “Thumbelina: A touring Theater for Youth produc-tion for Athens County”

The Provost’s Undergraduate Re-search Fund provides awards to support scientific studies and creative works by full-time undergraduate students at Ohio University. In 2009, Ninety-nine students ap-plied for a PURF; forty-nine were awarded funding that totaled nearly $50,000. Of the forty-nine under-grads funded, seventeen are HTC students:

These students will present their PURF-funded research projects on May 13, 2010 at the Annual Stu-dent Research and Creative Activity Expo.

2009 senior thesis titles

AnthropologyLaura Allen “ʻStand Up and Fightʼ: Ideological Response to Systemic Oppression in West Virginia”Brian Downey “An Architectural Energetic Analysis of the Marietta Earthworks: A study of Middle Woodland period tribal organization in the Muskingum Valley, Southeast-ern Ohio”Lisa Howison “Abstinence Edu-cation: Discourse, Morality and Power”

Biological SciencesDoug Dearth “Neural Correlates and Mechanisms of Elbow Extensor Muscle Fatigue in Humans”Noah Hagen “Mentalizing and Synesthesia: Investigations into the Interactions”Bailey Miles “Depot-Specific Dif-ferences in Receptors in C57BL/6J Mice”Kristin Stover “The Allometry of Mastication in Horses, Alpacas, and Goats”Erika Swanson “Deletion of STAT5a/b Increases Diabetic Dam-age in Mouse Kidney”

BusinessDrew Fattlar “A Look at Athletic Department Revenues and Expendi-tures within the Mid-American Con-ference and their Effect on Success in Athletics”Sarah Peterson “The Use of Self-Referencing to Promote Environ-mentally Sustainable Products in Print Advertisements: The Power of ʻYouʼ”Lauren Tuttle “Leveling the Playing Field: Creating Transparency and

Consistency in Accounting for Divi-sion I College Athletics”

ClassicsMeghan Dudley “Cum Digno Digna Fuisse Ferar: An introduction, trans-lation, and commentary to the poems of Sulpicia”

DanceLindsay Calvert “Ecology and Technology: Looking at Site-Spe-cific Dance Through Nature, the Camera, and the Human Response”Jennifer Morgan Chambers “No. 6: Portraits of an Appalachian Coal Mining Town”Mary Lachman “Spirituality that Moves the Body: An Artistʼs State-ment”

EnglishAlicia Buckenmeyer “History, Feminism, and Stylistics: Exposing the Multiple Voices of Collective History in Ester de Izaguirreʼs Ayer no ha terminado todavía”Molly McGarvey “ʻI sought a theme and sought for it in vainʼ: Artistic Failures and the Role of Women in the works of W.B. Yeats and James Joyceʼs Dubliners”Laura Stautberg “ʻA Corpse of Her Former Selfʼ: Shattering the Borders between the Dead and the Living in Early Modern English Drama”Annmarie Steffes “ʻShe could influ-ence my sympathiesʼ: Narration as Compensatory in Charlotte Brontëʼs Jane Eyre and Villette”Elliott Teller “Real Fiction: His-toricity, Performance, and Myth in Oakley Hallʼs Warlock”

Environmental and Plant Biology

Sarah Shoup “Testing the Jan-zen-Connell Hypothesis to Explain Liana Diversity in Wet Tropical Rain Forests”

FilmEvan Clar “The First of the Month”John Veleta “Breaking The Line: Directors of Photography as Trades-men and Artists”

Hearing, Speech, and Language Sciences

Jamie Bennett “Individual Differ-ences and Joint Attention in Infants without Disabilities and AAC Sys-tems”Jamie Cooley “Introducing Aug-mentative and Alternative Commu-nication: Effects of Communication Profile and System Placement on Children with Autism”

HistoryKevin Boyd “Misinterpreting the German Democratic Republic: 1989”Jonathan Olivito “Tupac Amaru II: Power, Legitimacy, and Identity in Late Eighteenth Century Colonial Peru”George Sarmiento “Shifting Alli-ances: Italian Political Elites, Inter-national Influence and the Struggle for Power in Italy, 1920-1950”

JournalismMeredith Barnett “Finding Voices: The Role of Gender in Nonfiction Magazine Writing”Gina Beach “From the Page to the

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Screen: How Magazine Web Sites Complement their Print Counterparts to Enhance the Readerʼs Experience”Clayton Flaherty “Authenticity and Aesthetic: Rock and Roll Criticism in the Context of Modern Popular Music and Contemporary Journal-ism”Brittany Hughes “Religion Report-ing Before and After 9/11/2001: An Examination of Time s̓ Religion Coverage”Tara Melvin “The Snack That Wonʼt Go To Waist: Seventeen Food Advertisements and Female Body Consciousness in the 1970s”Anastasia Pronin “Blurring the Lines between Consumer and In-dustry: Effects of Electronic Word-of-Mouth Source Deception in the Blogosphere”Susie Shutts “The Mines They Left: The Long-Term Impact of Mining on Southeast Ohioʼs Cultural Land-scape”

MathematicsLiz Nalepa “Itʼs a Small World After All: Applications of Graph Theory to Social Network Analysis”Megan Thomas “An Integer Pro-gramming Solution to the University Class Scheduling Problem”Robert Vanyo “The Rubikʼs Cube Group: A Study of the Permuta-tion Group Defined by the Classic Puzzle”

Media Arts and StudiesBryan Cain “Art of Experimenta-tion: The Impact of Avant-Garde Film on Mainstream Cinema”Wes Cronk “Atrium: Collaborative Film Production Software”Anthony Fabiano “Confessions of A Reluctant Caregiver: A Look at Adaption”Sean Howlett: “The Darker Side

of New York: Manhattan through Weegeeʼs Camera”Michael Kortlander “Introducing the Literary Film: A study of “non-recurring phenomenon” - the uncon-ventional screenplays that should have failed, but succeeded.”Justin Lucas “Beneath the Cape and Cowl: Batman and the Revitaliza-tion of Comic Book Films”Tom Wagener “Visual Effects and the Test of Time”

Political ScienceStefan Barber “The Political Ma-neuvering of a New Democrat: How Bill Clintonʼs politics and rhetoric produced the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconcilia-tion Act of 1996”Jessica Beardsley “Rad-ically Egalitar-ian: The World Social Forum and the Promise of Democratic Theory”Andrew Goodhart “The Goldwater Nich-ols Act of 1986 and American Counterinsurgen-cy: Comparing Afghanistan and Vietnam”Erin Lund “For the La-dies: Strategy and Politics of the Nineteenth Century Utah Po-lygamy Contro-versy”Luke Myers “Freedom is Not an Endless Meet-

ing: Coercion, Rights and Judicial Review in Deliberative Mainte-nance” Sarah Watson “Contentious Bound-aries: Aligning Culture & Politics in Appalachian Ohio”

TheaterJohn Gedeon “Technical Direction in the Twenty-first Century Theater: Development, Roles, and Impor-tance”Tamsin Green “Effective Manage-ment Strategies for New Play Devel-opment: Bringing Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo to the Stage”Anna Simis “Amiri Baraka: From Beats to Black Arts”

Alden Library, as seen from the porch of 35 Park Place.

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Rocco Hindman, Film 1994Rocco and Barbra Frye (B.A. English 1991& M.Ed. 1993) were mar-ried in Galbreath Chapel on the Athens campus on April 18, 2009. They chose this as their location because both of their families are still in Ohio, and it also seemed suitable since they had met in Ellis Hall just next door those many years ago. Rocco is a talent agent with Marsh, Best & Associates in Beverly Hills. Barbra started work-ing at the University of California when they came to LA to attend grad school. They reside in Encino, CA.Paul Benedict, Political Science 1996Paul married Heather Lawrence in August. He is a senior associate with Adena Ventures and Heather is an Assis-tant Professor of Sport Management at OU, a 2007-2008 University Professor Award recipient, and a former All-American diver at the University of Florida. They live in Athens with their dogs, Thunder and Lucy. Kristin Woeste, Journalism 2002 and Maxwell Smith, English 2002Max just started his first year of law school at the Univer-sity of Cincinnati College of Law. Kristin is an attorney working as an associate in the commercial and real estate group of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP.Liza Kindl, Theater 2007Liza and Brian (M.F.A Theater 2006) met at OU and were married on September 5th at Brookside Gardens in Whea-ton, Maryland. Brian is the Assistant Technical Director for the Washington National Opera and Liza is currently working for the prop shop of the Shakespeare Theatre Company. They live in Silver Spring, MD. Casey Baker, Business Administration 2005Casey married Jennifer Whaley (sadly, he said, a Miami grad) on October 17 in Ironton. They are now living in Proctorville, Ohio. Casey is practicing law with the firm of Huddleston Bolen LLP in Huntington, having successfully been admitted to the bar in both West Virginia and Ohio. He is focusing on small business and economic development. This past spring he joined the ranks of OU faculty as he taught a 4-credit associates level course in gov-ernment regulation of business at the Southern Campus. Recently he was named to the Board of Directors for the Greater Lawrence County (Ohio) Chamber of Commerce, and is working with the Chamber to develop a young professionals group for Lawrence County.Katie Kribel, Telecommunications 2004Read more about Katieʼs ceremony--which included another HTC grad--on page 19.

2008-2009alumni weddings

Kristin and Max

Liza and Brian

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Paul and Heather

alumni weddings

“There are a lot of proud Bobcats out here, it s just a matter of finding one another and then the loyal Athens-love takes it from there.”

-Katie Kribel

shared memories Gina Edwards

Whether itʼs during pre-col-lege, in the common room,

or after graduation, HTCers have a way of connecting with one an-other and forming friendships that last a lifetime. Two former HTC students, Gretchen Douglass and Katie Kribel, found each other 3,000 miles away from Athens, in the heart of Los Angeles. Their alumni connection eventually blos-somed into a beautiful friendship, and this past October Gretchen was a bridesmaid in Katieʼs wedding. Both Gretchen and Katie decided to move to Los Angeles after graduating to pursue careers in their respective interests in film and telecommunications. Gretchen was already living in Los Angeles when she met Katie for coffee during Labor Day weekend in 2004. “I was terrified knowing less than a handful of ac-quaintances on the West Coast, so I began to reach out to whatever alumni connections I had available,” Katie said, adding that “as soon as [Gretchen and I] finished our coffee, I knew weʼd be great friends and I was very excited to return to LA.”She explained that being able to share stories and memories of OU and HTC gave her and Gretchen a way to bond instantly. When Katie returned to Los Angeles to move there permanently, she called Gretchen after dropping her father off at the airport. Gretchen invited

Katie to come with her to a birth-day party she was attending that evening.“She told me to dry up those tears, get my butt home and start getting ready,” Katie described. Since then, Gretchen and Katie have become extremely close friends. They both fondly recalled stories of escapades that they have experienced together.“Once we solved a fight on a bus-load of people by getting everyone to sing Journey,” Gretchen said.Katie also remembers the time Gretchen helped to jump start her car when it broke down during an already rough week. “I was on the phone with Gretchen and before you knew it she and another friend were over within a half hour, popping the hood of my

car and using a generator to jump start my engine,” Katie said. “They were there, even when no one else was. Iʼll always remember that.”Last January, Ka-tie asked Gretch-

en to be one of her bridesmaids—an offer she gladly accepted. Katie described how crucial Gretchenʼs help was to making her wedding go smoothly.“She was practically my wedding planner,” Katie said. “And she even flew in and surprised me at my wedding shower in Ohio.”Ultimately both girls credit the Ohio University alumni network as

a whole in helping to facilitate their connection and eventual friendship.“Living in Athens and the OU experience trumps all,” Gretchen said. Katie added that keeping the alum-ni network alive and continuing to connect people with common interests is one of the best things HTC should continue doing.“There are a lot of proud Bobcats out here, itʼs just a matter of find-ing one another and then the loyal Athens-love takes it from there,” she said. As the school years come and go, graduates from HTC and the wider OU campus spill out across the country, poised to begin their adult lives. For Gretchen and Katie, the alumni network has fostered much more than a professional contact or acquaintance; it has helped to forge a meaningful friendship that they both will cherish for years to come.

Gretchen and Katie on Katie s̓ wedding day.

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Class of 2008Wrion Bowling, TelecommunicationsWrion has been getting by for the past year freelancing at various video companies in New York City while living in beautiful Jersey City. He is currently a Produc-tion Assistant at Team People (a vendor at BMW North America), a Technical Director at Time Warner Cable, shooting high school sports on Staten Island, and a Quality Checker at Digital Kitchen, a post production facility. More excitingly, he recently formed a company with a fellow OU alumnus to produce a feature film. They are currently fund raising, if any wealthy alumni are interesting in investing in a film.

Andrew Goodhart, Political ScienceAndrew is finishing up his first of two years in the Presidential Management Fellowship. Heʼs permanently assigned to Army Headquarters in the Pentagon but is in his first developmental rotation, which is in the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy, Force Development. He is living in Alexandria, VA.

Eric Hornbeck, Journalism Eric is living in New York and working as an editorial assistant at Portfolio Media, publishers of the Law360 newswire.

Jerrod Lemaster, JournalismJerrod is teaching English for a second year at a high school in Redon, France, but has also picked up a job doing UK

relations, publica-tions and translations for the British Film Festival in Dinard, France.

Colin J. McCrone, PhysicsColin is at Cornell working toward a Masterʼs of Ar-chitecture degree designed for students who have under-graduate degrees in other disciplines. His class is only about twenty people and nearly half come from countries other than the United States. The program will take 3 1/2 years, and one of the seven semesters will be in New York City! Besides having a great ar-chitecture school, the university is a global powerhouse for research in sustainability in nearly every discipline. Sustainable practice is greatest among his research interests, so he plans to take advantage of the resources available in the fields of architecture, physics, engineering, and business.

Susan Portalupi, SociologySusan is living in Marietta, Ohio and working on a C-8 Science Panel study examining the relationship between C-8 exposure and neurobehavioral develop-ment.

Kat Primeau, TheaterKat recently began a foray into theatre

criticism, writing reviews on small theatre for LATheatreReview.com. Her upcoming acting projects include a mockumentary short set to showcase at the LA Asian Pa-cific Film Festival, playing female lead in the web series “5th & Spring,” and begin-ning a comedy mentorship with Laughter for a Change. She will be traveling to Aus-tralia this December & blogging about her experiences on her site: www.katprimeau.weebly.com.

Laura Rossi, EnglishLaura is at a 1L at Indiana University Maurer School of Law and is still decid-ing what to do with her law degree. She doesnʼt have time for much besides study-ing, but sheʼs enjoying being a student again.

Christopher Whitney, DanceChristopher is enjoying his third season with Pilobolus, his second as a member of the main touring company. He has been to 14 countries and will be in 27 states this season, and will be performing in Columbus on Thursday May, 6th. Heʼs always hoping to get to Athens but there is never any time in his schedule. He lives in Connecticut and got married this past August. He and his wife are doing well and are planning a move to Pittsburgh next November.

Jess Wilhelm, AstrophysicsJess is working at the International Food Policy Research Institute while attend-ing classes through the University of Pittsburghʼs D.C. Center. He hopes to finish his Masterʼs degree in International Development in the spring and then join the Foreign Service, Peace Corps, or a development-related position in the State

alumniclass notes

Eden Almasude (Biological Sciences) and Eric Brakey (Theater) work in the Common Room.

In memoriamAndrea Williams (Math)Andrea Sue Williams, class of 1983, of Pickerington, Ohio died peacefully at her home on Wednesday July 22, 2009. She was a member of the Cen-tral Ohio Weavers Guild, Columbus, Ohio River Valley Llama Association and she was a Fiber Judge for A.L.S.A. She also played in several local soccer leagues. She was a 26 year employee of Alcatel-Lucent in Colum-bus working as a Software Systems Engineer and Member of Technical Staff. Robert Wood, (Physics)Robert Wood, a 1978 graduate, was tragically killed in an automobile accident with a drunk driver in February. He was an engineer at Boeing Co., a former NASA astronaut and a tri-athlete. Robert was 51 and lived in Wright City, Missouri.

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Class of 2007Rachel Cook, EnglishRachel is in Washington, DC working for the Department Of Justice. She took the LSAT in September, and is headed to law school to focus in environmental law.

Bethan Eynon, JournalismBethan is in law school at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.

Spencer Griffin, HistorySpencer moved to DC in August 2007 to start his Masterʼs at GWUʼs Elliott School. He was enrolled in their Security Policy Studies program and during that first semester, he scored a paid internship with the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs. He has since transitioned to doing legislative affairs and external communications work for the Missile Defense Agencyʼs budget office. He finished his Masterʼs in August and just passed the Foreign Service Officer Exam.

Chelsea Peters, FilmChelsea Peters is currently employed at Apatow Productions. You can catch her name in the credits of Judd Apatowʼs most recent film, Funny People, which was released this past summer. She has been

living in Los Angeles for just over two years. Read more on page 12!

Ashley Senary, Political ScienceAshley will graduate from the University of Wisconsin Law School in May. Fol-lowing graduation, Ashley will be a first-year associate at the San Antonio office of the International Firm of Fulbright & Jaworski, where she will gladly trade the Wisconsin winters for the Texas sunshine. Ashley is slated to join the Litigation and Bankruptcy practice groups at Fulbright.

Class of 2006Michael Jacobson, Political ScienceMichael is working for the Beijing office of Hogan & Hartson LLP, a DC-based law firm.

Will Miller, Political ScienceWill is preparing to defend his dissertation in Public Administration and Urban Stud-ies at The University of Akron. He has re-cently returned to Athens and is spending the 2009-2010 academic year as a visiting assistant professor of political science at OU while completing a textbook on state and local government and politics.

Miranda Nixon, SpanishSince graduating in 2006, Miranda worked as a Spanish translator in Pittsburgh before deciding to continue her education. She

was accepted into both the Masterʼs in Hispanic Linguistics and the Masterʼs in Library and Information Science at the University of Pittsburgh, but decided to pursue the MLIS program. Miranda re-ceived a scholarship to work in the library systemʼs Preservation Dept., but dropped to part-time in order to accept a full-time position as a conservation technician in the department. Her work is a mixture of bookbinding, conservation, and creativ-ity, focusing on the preservation of book and paper materials. She completed her Masterʼs this past year with a specializa-tion in Archives and Records Management and has an article awaiting publication. She and Justin just celebrated their three year anniversary, and in her spare time, she remodels the 100-year-old house she bought in 2008 and fosters cats for a local animal shelter. This fall, she started her own small business entitled “Night Owl Designs” in order to perform custom bookbinding and create other handicrafts in a variety of mediums. Her bookbinding projects are usually featured on her blog http://miranda-nixon.blogspot.com.

Joe Paxton, PhilosophyJoe is in his second year in the PhD program in Psychology at Harvard. He recently co-authored a paper that was published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences titled “Patterns of

Jan and Dean Webster answer student questions at the quarterly Pizza with the Deans.

Neural Activity Associated with Honest and Dishonest Moral Decisions.” Al-though heʼs been living in the Boston area for over three years, he still canʼt bring himself to root for the Patriots or Red Sox.

Class of 2005JenMarie Davis, JournalismJenMarie received her MFA in Poetics from the Jack Kerouac School of Disem-bodied Poetics from Naropa University. While there she received the Jack Ker-ouac Scholarship, served as the Gradu-ate Assistant of Publications and as the editor-in-chief of Bombay Gin (the literary magazine started by Allen Ginsberg). She also edits and publishes Fact-Simile Editions: www.fact-simile.com. She has poems forthcoming in Court Green, Little Red Leaves, and Going Down Swinging. She lives in a little adobe house in Santa Fe, NM with her mini-dachshund Estelle Getty.

Shawn Hurley, Physics and AstronomyShawn is finishing his time at Kent State Universityʼs Liquid Crystal Institute. If all goes according to plan, he will gradu-ate next spring with a PhD in Chemical Physics exactly 5 years after he started. His research topic is polymer stabilized cholesteric liquid crystal modes. He got engaged a couple months ago to Tracey Hanna by using a game of Boggle to spell out “Will you marry me?” They met in the Marching 110 and started dating at OU in 2001. If you want to see some of his work, visit: www.shawnhurley.com.

Ryan Mick, HistoryRyan is teaching special education reading and science in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana through the Teach for America program. He graduated from GW Law School in

May 2009, and will be taking the Louisiana Bar Exam in February 2010. When heʼs not teaching, he does legal aid work with a child policy orga-nization in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Class of 2004Laura Dixon, EnglishLaura is at the University of Texas in Austin pursu-ing a degree in Media Studies.

Katie Simpson, Political Science

Katie is currently pursuing an LL.M. in “Wirtschaftsrecht” (Business Law) with a focus in Banking Law and Human Rights at the University of Cologne in Germany. She hopes to start her PhD in Germany in the fall of 2010. She will be studying the relationship between Banking Law and Human Rights. Her studies are 100% financed through a scholarship through the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).

Tara Stuckey, JournalismTara is living in Washington, D.C. and working as an associate at the law firm of Jones Day in the Issues & Appeals practice. She has taken up yoga, and some of the highlights from her past year have been watching the inauguration downtown and touring the White House at Christmas-time.

Tamara Young Winters, TheaterTamara left Athens when her husband, Dan Winters, finished his MFA in Lighting Design and is living in Brook-lyn. She snagged a job doing fundraising for a national youth development organi-zation and is now looking heavily into an MFA program for herself, hoping to start next fall. She is interested in a degree in directing with the eventual goal of running her own theater company. Sheʼs been doing grant writing and development for nonprofits since she graduated, which she fell into after a great intern year at Ensemble Theatre of Cincinnati.

Class of 2003Justin Hanus, BusinessSince Justin left Park Place and OU, heʼs been residing in Osaka, Japan, a coun-try that he visited on several occasions

while completing his degree. Osaka is the place that he calls home and plans to for many years to come. After refining his Japanese skills for the remainder of 2003, he found employment with the American Chamber of Commerce in Japan (ACCJ) in 2004. His experience working with American and Japanese business leaders coupled with the invaluable education that he received at HTC paved the way for him to establish his own corpora-tion, JD CREATIONS, in January 2009. JD CREATIONS is an event planning and concierge service-oriented company catering not only to foreign nationals but also Japanese citizens as well. While the company is still in its infant stages, its services have been requested by the likes the Hewlett-Packard and the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. For more infor-mation on what is happening on the other side of the world in Osaka, Japan, visit www.jdcreations.jp.

Class of 2002Erin Gallagher Barnhart, Interpersonal CommunicationsAfter graduating from OU, Erin attended law school at Notre Dame. She earned her J.D. and completed a one-year clerkship with the Honorable Jeffrey S. Sutton on the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. In 2006, she began as a liti-gation associate at the law firm Jones Day in Columbus, Ohio and worked there until this August, when she joined the Capital Habeas Unit of the Federal Public De-fenderʼs office for the Southern District of Ohio. In her new position, she represents individuals on Ohioʼs death row in federal court. She also accepted a position as an adjunct professor at OSUʼs law school, teaching second-year students appellate advocacy.

Kristen Flanagan, Political ScienceKristen began a job as an assistant profes-sor of political science and public affairs at Western Carolina University in August 2009. Sheʼs finishing her dissertation and teaching international relations and comparative politics. Anyone who visits the mountains of NC is welcome to stop in and see her.

Sonja Rusnak, TheaterSonja Rusnak recently accepted the posi-tion of Graduate Affairs Administrator in the Department of History at the Univer-sity of Chicago.

Katie Young (English), Erin Lund (Political Science), and Mor-gan Chambers (Dance) at the Southwest/Texas Popular Cul-ture and American Culture Association s̓ annual conference.

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Class of 2001Laura Donnelly-Smith, JournalismLaura is associate editor and staff writer at the Association of American Colleges and Universities in Washington, DC. She writes and edits a monthly Web publica-tion, copy edits four academic periodicals, and contributes articles to these publica-tions as needed. She and her husband Morgan bought their first home in May—a 1948 brick colonial in Silver Spring, Maryland—and have been working on fix-ing it up ever since.

Brigid OʼKeefe, HistoryBrigid received her PhD in Modern Euro-pean History from New York University in 2008. Last academic year, she was at Miami University of Ohio as a postdoctor-al fellow at the Havighurst Center for Rus-sian and Post-Soviet Studies. She accepted a tenure-track position in Russian history at Brooklyn College and began teaching there in the fall of 2009.

Joel Saunders Elmore, EnglishJoel has been living all over since he graduated, but after leaving Athens he went to teach English in Nantes, France. In 2004 he won a New York Times fel-lowship in creative writing at New York University, and after receiving an MFA in Fiction in 2006, he became a full-time faculty member in the Expository Writ-ing Program there. His first novel, The Amateur American (Crown/Random House), hit shelves on August 4th, 2009. Anthony Bregmanʼs Oscar-winning Indy film production company, Likely Story, has acquired the film rights, and the novel is currently being adapted to screenplay by Ross Katz, writer and director of Taking Chance (2008), and Oscar-nominated pro-ducer of In the Bedroom (2001) and Lost in Translation (2003). Joel married an Athenian (and former OU student), Ellen Renee Sims, in 2005. They live in New Orleans.

Class of 2000Corey Landis, TheaterCorey recently co-starred in the film, “Volcanic,” David Carradineʼs last com-pleted film before his death. Landis also appeared in “Ray Bradburyʼs Chrysalis,” which hit major on-demand and pay-per-view outlets on November 5th.

Mitzi Murray, Biological SciencesMitzi graduated from University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center School of

Medicine in 2006. She is in post-gradu-ate training in medical genetics at University of Washing-ton Medical Center. Mitzi is also pursu-ing a Masterʼs degree in Bio-ethics and is a clinical fellow in Bioethics at the Treuman Katz Center for Pediatric Bioethics.

Tom Nagel, JournalismTom and his wife Mindy welcomed their second daughter, Leanna Rose Nagel, into the world on April 6. The previous month, he hired the first full-time employee of his web development company, Midwest New Media: www.midwestnewmedia.com. He and his wife spend much of their free time making improvements and repairs to the house they purchased last year, which is a little closer to Cincinnati and many of their friends.

Rita (Tiefert) Nolan, JournalismIn June Rita made a career change, mov-ing from Editorial Associate for Friends of the World Food Program to Web Com-munications Manager for the American Gear Manufacturers Association. AGMA̓ s redesigned website launched on Septem-ber 12th: http://www.agma.org.

Julie Schroeder, TheaterJulie just began teaching the fourth grade in the public school system in Laurel, Maryland.

Class of 1999Derek W. Beck, PhysicsDerek lives in Los Angeles where heʼs pursuing his completely different career track in motion pictures. He is presently working on two film projects. One is a “webisode” series in the spirit of the “Twilight Zone.” His team has shot a pilot and is now shopping it around Hollywood, hoping to get funding for a first season. The other project is far more ambitious: he is completing a nonfiction history book, a two-year-long endeavor involving

a non-exact subject and even its period is presently under wraps, as the book is intended to lead to a motion picture or miniseries, but the scale of the story is on par with a “Saving Private Ryan,” though it is nonfiction. He is presently looking for a literary agent, and welcomes any HTC alumni assistance in doing so.

Class of1998Noelle (Bollinger) Szydlyk, Business AdministrationNoelle is living in Indianapolis, Indiana as a Director of Event Operations at the Indiana Sports Corporation. ISC hosts and manages major sporting events in India-napolis – and is managing tournament operations for the 2010 Big Ten Menʼs and Womenʼs Basketball Tournaments and external operations for the 2010 Menʼs Final Four.

Class of1997Kevin Sasson, TelecommunicationsKevin and his wife Jenny decided to stay and live in Tegucigalpa, Honduras after their wedding—especially since their church, mutual friends, and Jennyʼs family are there. His plans to open a family rec-reation center in Tegucigalpa based on the YMCA model had to be postponed when his investments lost value in the economic slump. He hopes to revisit it when things recover, or find additional investors who share the same vision. In the meantime, he works with SonLight Power, Inc.—a Cincinnati-based non-profit solar energy outreach firm. They install solar energy systems at schools, clinics, churches, etc. without access to grid electricity in rural Honduras. He is also in the thick of the

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U.S. Foreign Service application process. Becoming a U.S. diplomat is something heʼs considered ever since heʼs moved to Honduras. He just passed the Foreign Service Officer Test (FSOT) and is now working on the personal narrative/essay phase of the process.

Jonathan Winkler, HistoryJonathan Winkler has won the 2009 Ohio Academy of History Distinguished Book Award and the 2008 Theodore and Frank-lin Roosevelt Prize in Naval History for his book Nexus (Harvard University Press, 2008). Wright State University promoted him to associate professor as of Septem-ber.

Class of1992Aileen Pagan Nealie, SpanishSince 2003 Aileen has been in private practice in California as a licensed Mar-riage and Family Therapist with a spe-cialty in Energy Psychology. She received a certification as a Diplomat in Compre-hensive Energy Psychology from ACEP in 2008. She still immensely enjoys writing and is in the process of completing her first book about visualization and record-ing visualization CDs. In January 2010 she will be facilitating a weekend workshop in Idyllwild, CA and plans to extend it to the public nationally and internationally. For more information you can visit her web-site: www.aileennealietherapies.com.

Class of1991Fred Hall, PhysicsFred recently accepted an offer for a Visit-ing Assistant Professor position at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida. He hopes that this position will be transformed into a tenure-track po-sition, and is very much looking forward to relocating to Florida and beginning this new phase of his life.

Class of 1990Wayne Gray, JournalismWayne is the primetime supervising producer for CNN Internationalʼs London newsroom. He has been with the network for more than 10 years, and currently is overseeing the launch of a new show en-titled “Quest Means Business.” He and his wife, Melissa, have lived in London for more than five years, and they still enjoy finding new places in the city to explore.

Class of1989Andrew Stockey, TelecommunicationsAndrew lives in Pittsburgh and is celebrat-ing his first anniversary as the evening news anchor (5, 6 & 11 p.m.) at WTAE. Prior to this he was a morning news an-chor for 2 years and a sportscaster for 10 years. Itʼs been quite a year for him: heʼs covered the Steelers Super Bowl win and the Pens Stanley Cup Championship, the Obama Inauguration and the G20 Sum-mit. He is looking forward to getting back to campus for the OU student RTNDA conference this spring.

Class of 1987Pat Davidson, Interpersonal communi-cationsPat is now Assistant Director of Ohio Universityʼs Office of Summer Sessions, Winter Intersession and OU Online. She is working enthusiastically to revive the Summer Honors Academy, which invites high school students to live on campus and attend classes during the First Summer Session. Send your younger siblings or offspring!

Class of1986Susan Arthur, Spanish and JournalismSusan loves helping people birth new projects, new businesses and new babies. For the past five years, she has worked with pregnant women, families and their new-borns as a birth and postpartum doula and a prenatal and post-partum yoga teacher. She served as a deputy field organizer for Barack Obamaʼs campaign in her hometown of Toledo, Ohio, and left her position as a grant writer and development associate at the Homeless Prenatal Program in San Francisco to serve as a Kiva Fellow in Nicaragua. She looks forward to interviewing Kiva entrepreneurs in Spanish, writing their profiles in English and moti-vating Kiva lenders to make loans that change lives. Following her Kiva Fellowship, Susan hopes to pursue a Masterʼs degree in Public Health.

William Vlcek, Political ScienceThis fall William began teach-ing as an assistant professor in

International Relations at the School of International Relations, University of St. Andrews in St. Andrews, Scotland.

Class of 1980Tom Volk, Botany Tom is doing well after a heart transplant three and half years ago. This whole year heʼs on sabbatical from teaching at the University of Wisconsin- La Crosse. See TomVolkFungi.net for details.

Class of 1979Marion Kee, Math and FrenchMarion is still happily married to Fred Wamsley (HTC Physics, 1974-78) and living in Redmond, WA. She is semi-re-tired, self-employed as an ontologist and computational linguist when the opportu-nity presents. She just completed two full years as Cat-Herder-in-Chief (President) of a small, lay-led Unitarian Universalist congregation in the heart of Seattle. She continues to be an active musician and creative writer. In June 2009 she com-pleted a professional certificate in Writing

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the emoir from the University of Washington Ex-tension Program.

Jay Whitehurst, Political ScienceJay is the Presi-dent and Chief Operating Of-ficer of National Retail Proper-ties, a NYSE-traded real estate investment trust headquartered in Orlando, FL. He is the Chairman of PRISM (Promot-ing Regional Improvement in Science and Math), an orga-nization commit-ted to advancing STEM education in the public schools through-out Central Florida, and he also serves on the Board of Trustees of Lake Highland Prep. In 2010, he and the former Denise Hupp will celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary. They have two sons, Greg and Bryan. Greg is a sophomore in the Honors Pro-gram at University of Florida, and Bryan is a high school senior at Lake Highland Preparatory School.

Class of1978Leonard Barshack, MathLeonard is retired and Living in Ketchum, Idaho with his wife Erin.

Robin Blaetz, English Robin recently released her latest book, Womenʼs Experimental Cinema: Critical Frameworks. More information can be found on the Duke University Press site under her name.

Paul S. R. Chisholm, Physics Paul was one of the software engineers who developed Google Public DNS.

Charlie Denton, Government Charlie was elected vice chair of the Environmental Law Section of the State Bar of Michigan on September 16th. He will become the chairperson next year, by operation of the by-laws, and also contin-ues as chair of the Sectionʼs Hazardous

Substances & Brownfields Committee. Charlie has also been selected as co-chair of the American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Litigation Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Committee for three years. He serves as Michigan administra-tor of the Environmental Law Department for Barnes & Thornburg, and focuses his practice on defense of environmental agency enforcement, toxic torts and class action litigation, “Brownfields” redevelop-ment, compliance counseling, insurance coverage, and ADR.

Class of 1977Carol Apollonio, GovernmentCarol is serving as an Associate Professor of the Practice of Russian at Duke Uni-versity, where she has worked since the 1980s. During the early and mid-1990s she also worked as a Russian conference interpreter and translator for the govern-ment, notably on the START Treaty talks in Geneva and other arms control negotia-tions. Though she has studied and trans-lated Japanese fiction, her academic focus is on Russian nineteenth-century litera-ture. Her book “Dostoevskyʼs Secrets: Reading against the Grain” came out this year from Northwestern University Press.

Carolʼs son Nick Flath is in law school in New York City, and her daughter Mag-gie Flath is now a sixteen-year-old high school student who visited OU as a poten-tial student last spring.

Class of1970James Bond, Business, AccountingJames is a partner in Ernst & Youngʼs Na-tional Office. Since graduation he married Kathleen Mercer (OU 1970, Communica-tions), and had two sons, James (III) and Robert and have two grandchildren, Jillian and James (IV). James co-authored an article in Financial Executives magazine, communicated new accounting standards in E&Y publications and client seminars throughout the US, and led E&Y client service teams providing auditing and ac-counting services. He leads a team which develops industry knowledge to help E&Y teams throughout the globe deliver high-quality service. An area of special interest of his is trying to help cancer survivors by sharing his survivor story with support groups. He and Kathleen have spoken to over 30 groups in 13 states. He is planning to retire in June, 2009 after 39 years with E&Y.

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Thank you to all alumni and friends who support the Hon-ors Tutorial College financially every year. Your gifts are vitally important to the life of the college. During the past year, the Mary Mundy Memorial Fund and the Deanʼs Dis-cretionary Fund assisted students in their scholarly and creative pursuits. Among those who benefited were:

A history student who was able to study Polish language and history through the Jagiellonian Universityʼs summer program in Krakow, Poland. A media arts and studies student who attended the Audio Engineering Societyʼs 2009 conference in London, England. A biological sciences student who conducted re- search for his thesis about synthesia.

A film student who traveled to Los Angeles, Cali- fornia to work as an intern for Jason Reitman, director of Thank You for Smoking, Funny People, and Up in the Air.

Your ongoing dedication and support of the Honors Tutorial College is greatly appreciated.

Field Day 2009: Luke Myers, Alicia Gooding, Rachel Ferchak, Caitlyn Zachry, and Justin Henthorn (left) with Kristin Stover,

Meredith Barnett, Jessica Lohner, and Justin Lucas (right).

The Student Office Staff: Taylor Brand, Katie Young, Joseph Zielinski, and Gina Edwards.

2009 PreCollege Staff: Caitlyn Zachry, Jill Carlson, Taylor Brand, David Young, Luke Myers, Joseph Zielinski,

and Bryan Hoynacke

2009 All College Supper: Beth Clowes, Sarah Kaiser, Jessica Cadle, and Bridget Mallon

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Honors Tutorial College StaffJeremy Webster, Dean

Jan Hodson, Assistant DeanBrandon Bute, Office of Nationally Competitive Awards, Director

Beth Clodfelter, Director of US Fulbright Programs & Liaison for International Partnerships

Kathy White, Administrative Coordinator, Budget Unit ManagerIrene Weigly, ONCA Administrative Associate

Margie Huber, Office AssistantKatie Young, Ampersand Designer and Editor

Gina Edwards Ampersand AssistantTaylor Brand, Student Office Assistant

Joseph Zielinski, Student OfficeAssitstant

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