Move In Guide 2013

MOVE IN GUIDEA Special Issue of the Statesman Vol. 121 Issue 1

Parking offenders:

With shrinking space and higher prices, what

measures are students taking to get a spot?

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What’s in store during your bus ride?

Check out six quirky spots along two Terre Haute routes. PAGE 24

Pep rallied:

ISU’s spirit squad

kicks off the year

with cheer.

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Dear readers:

Brianne Hofmann

I hope everyone’s settled in, unpacked and renewed for another school year. For the hundreds of you who are attending your first year of college, welcome and good luck. Several of you returned to your families and

summer jobs or traveled abroad over the last three months, while others got ready for the college experience. However, a few of us at the Statesman stayed right here, prepping and piecing together an issue that should get you properly reacquainted with the university. The most noticeable change you’ll catch in this

issue involves Residential Life actually. In addition to welcoming Executive Director Amanda Knerr, Indiana State has reopened Erickson Hall for student housing and other housing projects are in the works. But whether you’re living in the residence halls or commuting to

campus, we want you to know there’s more to college life than just the four walls around you—some of ISU’s very own can tell you that too, as they experienced other cultures, competed in pageants, created downtown artwork or even helped you move in. But if you really want to explore, we encourage you to start by taking

a bus ride. Pages 20 and 21 are packed with suggestions on where to go and what to try along two of the most popular student routes. From cupcakes to sushi, you’ll likely find something worth leaving the comforts of home for. If you can’t get away, though, or if you’d like to stay informed on all of

the changes to come, don’t forget to pick up a Statesman.

Have a great year,

Editor-in-ChiefIndiana Statesman

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“Success is not the result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire,” said Arnold Glasgow, humorist, author and inspirer to millions.

Through his reprinted quotes in major U.S. newspapers and magazines for decades, he had it right. Success in life doesn’t just magically happen; it’s achieved through personal vision and determination.

Achieving your college degree is among the more challenging tasks you can take on in life. This is particularly so because you have to delay gratification for four years and aren’t required by law to do it. But don’t be mistaken—the average college graduate will make $1 million more in a lifetime than a non-graduate counterpart and be much less likely to be unemployed.

Maybe butterflies abound as you think about the reading,

the papers and the tests that are coming now that you are here. Maybe you are missing friends and family from home or wonder how you are going to balance working and college. Those are reasonable things to be concerned about, but do not let them consume you. You were admitted to college because ISU believes you have what it takes to be successful and have the ability to tackle the challenges that await.

What is great about ISU is that we define excellence as a university by who is included and the kinds of experiences and support students receive here, not by who is excluded.

I am often asked my advice on being successful in college. I’ve honed the list to eight simple things:

Go to Class—8 a.m. comes early; 7 p.m. comes late. Nothing is more important than going to

class. Your academic performance depends on it.

Ask a Question—Raise your hand in class. Post a question in Blackboard that makes your learning active and is the elixir that endears you to your professor.

Ask for Help—Helping you to help yourself is our job; but, you have to ask for help. There is no shame in seeking a tutor or saying you don’t understand.

Listen a Lot—There is enormous diversity at ISU, but to benefit from it you have to first seek understanding before being understood.

Join a Group—College is about involvement and that anchors your success. Involvement also helps you realize that you are not the “only” one here.

Take a Risk—Push yourself to try something that might not normally be in your nature to do. If you are not sure what, ask your

RA, your advisor, your mentor or your professor.

Become a Leader—Society desperately needs them; learn to be one, or a better one, in college.

Turn off the Tape—Whatever may have defined you before college does not have to be what defines you in college. The “tape” in your head can be the biggest impediment of all. ISU’s alumni ranks are flush with amazing redefinition stories. Be the next one.

Enjoy your year and feel free to drop by and visit me in Parsons Hall, Room 203. I would love to hear how it’s going.

Dr. Joshua Powers Associate Vice-Presidentfor Student Success

A Letter from Student Success

Joshua PowersAssociate Vice-Presidentfor Student Success


A new Flex Meal Plan created by ISU’s food service provider, Sodexo, is designed to help students better budget their food spending during this academic year.

Sodexo and ISU teamed to brainstorm about the plan after conducting student focus groups and culling the responses.

The Flex 10, Best Flex 12 and High Flex 14 meal plans provide students with 1,360, 1,734 and 1,972 credits per semester. Students can also purchase Commons Cash with each plan.

With these flexible meal plans, credits are used as currency at Sycamore Towers and Lincoln Quad dining halls. Students pay one price at the door and can eat all they like during that meal in order to make the most of meal plan money.

A non-flex option is also available to students, but they forfeit any unused meal credits at the end of each week.

Junior recreation and sports management major Sean Washington is returning to campus for the fall 2013 semester optimistic about the new plan.

“I actually chose the Best Flex 12 Meal Plan with $306 of Commons Cash,” he said. “It offers more variety and it also explains how many times you should eat in the dining halls.”

Washington said he believes the new plan is similar to older ones but outlines exactly how many credits should be spent per week.

This revision should make it easier for

students to stay within their food budget rather than run short on credits toward the end of the semester, he said.

Thomas Beeler Staff Editor

New meal plan aimed at helping students budget

Other Flex Plan features

• Students can still use Commons Cash like currency with a dollar for dollar value at all ISU Dining campus locations

• You can add Commons Cash or credits ($.20 each for residents, $.35 for Commuters) at any time

• Over-buying is less likely because balances roll over into the spring semester as long as you live on campus

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August 19 continued

• Donaghy Day • 8:45 am • Hulman Center• ISU Fest • 11:30 am • Quad• Student Employment Job Fair • 1 pm • Dede II & III• Passport to College • 2:30 pm • Campus• Where Are My Classes? • 3:30 pm • Quad

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Indiana State University’s Blue Team, for the third year, is welcoming the 2013 freshman class.

Kacie Daugherty, a senior elementary education major, is in her second year as a welcome team leader and is loving every minute of it.

“A couple of us said if this wasn’t a paid job we still would volunteer because of the love we have for it,” Daugherty said.

Director of New Student Transition and Testing Joe Thomas said part of the training process for the team leaders is to focus on what it takes to be a Sycamore.

To the transitioning staff, not only does that mean going to class and getting good grades, but also getting involved and showing one’s pride by going to different events at ISU.

Students who serve on the Blue Team must have a 2.5 grade point average, successfully answer questions about what it takes to be a leader and be enrolled in the university for at least two semesters.

We want Blue Team members “to reflect on what it means ... to represent ISU” and be “a role model to new students,” Thomas said. “We hire the Blue Team and we pay because it’s a really important job.”


ISU Blue Team members take a break from summer orientation (Photo courtesy of ISU Communication and Marketing).

Blue team guides the incoming freshmen class to success

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Daugherty said in addition to the summer income she has earned, she has gained team building, leadership and communication skills and has matured during the process.

Her job has allowed her to lead groups of people, speak in front them, and help them feel as comfortable as possible. All of those are skills that will all come in handy with Daughtery’s teaching career.

Sean Washington, a junior recreation and sports management major, has spent his summer aiding the freshman class as a first term welcome leader. He, too, is working toward his personal goals and expectation while being apart of the program.

“I want to gain leadership experience and be a role model,” Washington said. “I had a great experience my freshman year going through orientation, and this is something I’ve wanted to get involved with since I’ve been here.

“Our main goal is to make the transition from high school to college an easy one, and to be the first impression of ISU.”

The Blue Team came about in 2010, although a similar student team known as the Fall Ambassadors preceded the Blue Team. When the name changed, so did the function of the group.

Fall Ambassadors concentrated on welcoming visitors to campus during orientation and the Fall Welcome

Week, but the Blue Team has taken on the role of also assisting with move in.

“We had to re-envision what it meant to be a Blue Team leader,” Thomas said. “So not only are they working with groups of students now they’re helping

facilitate the move-in process.”

Blue Team leaders direct traffic into the parking lots, greet campus visitors and provide instructions and direction on what to do next. They also unload students’ belongings and assist with the check-in process. Throughout the week of Fall Welcome, the Blue Team helps with the freshmen convocation and the March through the Arch event.

The ISU Move-in Crew, separate from

the Blue Team, does much of the heavy lifting of helping students get their things from cars to rooms, while the Blue Team leaders are the facilitators of the process.

In total, more than 800 students work throughout the move in process to ensure that students feel welcomed when they arrive at ISU.

Thomas said he begins the search for summer Blue Team leaders in early spring, and that the positions are usually highly sought after because they offer students a full summer of employment.

These students work as Summer Honors leaders, as well, he said.

“Our main goal is to make the transition from high school to college an easy one,

and to be the first impression of ISU.”

Sean Washington, junior recreation and sports management major

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If you go looking for a faculty member’s office in Erickson Hall this fall it’s more likely that you’ll walk in on someone sleeping.

Erickson Hall officially opens this week as a coed residence and is expected to house 250 first year students in enhanced rooms.

It is part of the First Year Initiative and offers academic theme communities for criminology, exploratory studies and psychology students.

As with the renovations of Burford Hall and Pickerl Hall, Erickson is expected to add updated and technologically advanced residential space to campus.

Erickson Hall has a very different layout in comparison to other halls on campus, Residential Life Assistant Director Jessica Robinson said.

“The benefits are many because bed space will be added for students, which has been a problem in the past,” Robinson said.

Each floor in Erickson Hall will have four community bathrooms, a feature that is

unique to Erickson Hall, Robinson said.These community bathrooms include

personal-sized lockers, allowing students to store their toiletries instead of having to carry them back and forth from their rooms to the bathrooms.

Overall, renovations for the project cost $10 million.

Erickson Hall was previously home to Admissions Offices and the Department of Communication.

Offices that were previously in Erickson Hall have been relocated to a variety of locations. Admissions moved to the new John W. Moore Welcome Center, while the Department of Communication has moved to the third floor of Gillum Hall.

Major renovations of Erickson included the flooring, a curtain wall reading ‘Erickson Hall’, the use of metal paneling and the restructuring of the floors from offices to dorm rooms, said Brian Martin, project engineer.

Erickson Hall gets facelift, serves as new home to freshmenTaylor Worman Reporter

The newly renovated Erickson Hall, which opens to students this week, is expected to be home to as many as 250 freshmen (Photo by Bob Rhodes).


Brianne Hofmann Editor-in-Chief

Board of Trustees approves tuition increase for 2013-14The Indiana State University Board of Trustees approved

a 1.95 percent tuition and mandatory fee increased in June.As a result of the approval, full time, in-state students will

pay $4,128, a $79 jump, for the 2013-2014 academic year.During a public hearing earlier in June, Vice President of

Business Affairs and Finance Diann McKee said the tuition increase would support strategic priorities, health insurance and institutional scholarship.

No students or parents spoke out at the hearing and no comments were brought forth.

McKee also said the fee jump was in line with what other colleges are doing, as Indiana University recently approved a 1.75 percent increase.

Along with the tuition increase, trustees endorsed a $152.3 million operating budget. According to the university’s budget plan, projected revenue is up 4.3 percent from last year, which is primarily due to a general student fee and enrollment increases.

The budget also designates $11.8 million, or 7.8 percent of the total operation budget, for student scholarships. Further, student wage lines were increased by 2 percent.

In other business, university administrators now have the green light to seek state approval to move the Sycamore track and field facility west toward the Wabash River.

The $4.3 million project is a part of Indiana State’s 2009 master plan and will be funded by interest income,

commissions and private donor support, McKee said.The only tabled item was a proposed change in the

textbook adoption policy. Under the current handbook entry, textbooks are chosen

by faculty and approved by the department chair.With the proposed policy, however, the university would

enforce “firmer” deadlines and faculty would be strongly encouraged to order books well in advance. If a faculty member is unable to order or misses the deadline, the chairperson would select the textbooks instead.

Further, faculty would be required to use the same textbook across all sections of a course in any given semester, a key point that faculty senate chair Virgil Sheets highly opposed.

“Such a proposal may seem reasonable to those who view education as the mere presentation of a set of facts that unfold in a straight forward fashion,” he said. “But it is not a characteristic of higher education in general … one size does not fit all.”

Sheets was concerned students would pay more under the policy, adding that a book that would meet all of the faculty’s needs may not be cheapest.

The Board postponed discussion of the item until the October meeting, pending additional study of the proposal’s cost effectiveness.

Other items approved:

• Incoming students must complete two semesters in the University College before declaring a major along with other guidelines• A clarification to a 2011 memo that $97,000 are to be used per year for event management services• Trustee by-laws regarding attendance for the governor to receive notice when members miss two or more meetings per year• A four-year lease agreement with Sodexo dining services for the Sycamore Banquet Center and Commons in Hulman Memorial Student Union• The renaming of the Student Academic Services Center to the Center for Student Success• The restructuring of a baccalaureate degree that limits academic requirements to no more than 120 hours


Amanada Knerr, newly appointed executive director of Residential Life, settles in to her new office (Photo by Bob Rhodes).

Tamera rhodes News Editor

“If our staff is out there, and intrusive in our student’s lives and really getting to know the students on an

individual level, then they are going to come to them on a regular basis.”

Amanda Knerr, executive director of ISU housing and Residential Life

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Residential Life gains new leadership

Amanda Knerr has begun her duties as the university’s new executive director of Residential Life, which will include both facilities management and oversight of the Residential Life program.

Stephanie Pearcy, associate director for residential student success, said the position is a new title to ISU because it is more common at most colleges nationwide.

The former title, director of Residential Life, was changed to executive director to match national university housing trends, Pearcy said, and along with the title change comes new responsibility.

Knerr will fulfill responsibilities dealing with both the Residential Life programs and the housing facilities.

The difference in duties from the former title is she will work with the student services side of Residential Life and management of maintenance and custodial operations, Pearcy said.

Knerr has extensive experience that prepares her well for the role.

She was associate director of student affairs at Penn State, Erie, The Behrend College for the past three and a half years.

Her responsibilities included program management for residence life, alcohol and drug prevention, a senior year experience program and student conduct.

Later, she moved to Penn State’s

University Park campus and served as the senior associate director of Residence Life.

At Penn State, she was responsible for 14,000 students that lived on campus, while she also worked with eight residential campuses away from the university.

Her duties included oversight of emotional and psychological student situations in residence halls, managing the residence hall discipline system and the assessment program.

In addition, Knerr served as the primary liaison to University Police, Counseling and Psychological Services, Risk Management and the Assignment’s Office.

Currently, she is working in the final phase to obtain her doctorate degree in philosophy for higher education administration at Penn State and hopes to complete her dissertation by spring 2014.

David Wright, interim director of Residential Life, said Knerr will have a full plate as she takes over this fall but she is well qualified for the position.

The hiring committee was chaired by Greg Bierly, director of University Honors Program, with 10 other members.

Pearcy said the committee brought three candidates with a variety of experience levels to campus for final interviews, but Knerr was “across the


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When Knerr took her position in July she immediately inspired the residential life staff by boosting their morale in the ISU residential life program, Pearcy said.

“She is so personable, we are eager to learn from her,” Pearcy said.

Knerr will oversee the new residential hall c o n s t r u c t i o n project near Lincoln Quad and the proposed d o w n t o w n housing project while she continues to manage the older residential buildings on campus.

Knerr said continual work would need to be done in order to make the facilities “top notch.”

“I don’t think [the facilities] are in bad shape now,” she said. “Renovations will continue, so that we can offer the best for students.”

Knerr plans to improve how her

staff engages and communicates with students through their challenges. Part of student success is ensuring staff members have a personalized and regular contact with students in all situations so students don’t feel alone, she said.

“If our staff is out there, and intrusive in our student’s lives and really getting to know the students on an individual level, then they are going to come to them on a regular basis,” she said. “We can provide that additional support network.”

Knerr believes staff can grow a support network for students on many levels academically, socially or personally by connecting students to study groups or introducing them to leadership opportunities.

“A student should never feel like a number or like they just live in a room,” she said.

“She is so personable, we are eager to learn from her.”

Stephanie Pearcy, assistant director for residential

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When Indiana State University unveils a statue in Larry Bird’s name this fall, the basketball icon will be in town to accept the honor.

On Nov. 8, the university will hold a scholarship dinner and then dedicate on the following day a 15-foot bronze statue to Bird on the Hulman Center’s south side.

The ceremony is part of a celebratory weekend, six years in the making.

In 2005, several Indiana State students along with Brad Fenton established the Larry Legend Foundation. Planning for Bird’s statue began in 2007 as part of an initiative to commemorate his time with the university.

Completed by Terre Haute artist Bill Wolfe, the sculpture will stand three feet higher than Magic Johnson’s statue outside the Breslin Center at Michigan State University. Wolf said the height difference perpetuates the two players’ famous rivalry.

“I’ve known the rivalry, and we had to

make [Bird’s] bigger. [Bird] was better, anyway,” Wolfe told the Indiana Statesman in April.

Bird played Indiana State’s basketball team from 1976-1979. Although he was recruited by the Boston Celtics in 1978, he returned for his senior year, leading the Sycamores to their first division I NCAA tournament.

After three seasons with ISU, Bird was a summer Olympian, NBA player with the Boston Celtics and coach for the Indiana Pacers.

Ron Prettyman, director of ISU athletics, said Bird’s appearance will be a positive event and opportunity for the university.

Bird was “arguably one of the most important figures to attend ISU, both from a publicity perspective and from an athletic perspective,” Prettyman said. “To honor him is something probably long overdue.”

For more information on the events, visit indstate.edu/larrybird.

Larry Bird to become permanent part of Terre Haute

Larry Bird, who played for Indiana State University from 1976-1979, will be honored with a statue dedication ceremony and scholarship dinner in November (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).

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“To honor [Larry Bird] is something

probably long overdue.”

Ron Prettyman, director of ISU athletics


Bookstore strives to give students best value for

their purchasesTaylor Worman Reporter

As the school year begins, students may find themselves plagued with the steep prices of textbooks.

While Barnes and Noble is taking measures to ease the strain, some students still aren’t satisfied.

The Indiana State University Barnes and Noble bookstore manager Derek Holbert says he is very aware of how students feel about the high price of books.

To help students get the books they need at the price they’re more willing to pay, the bookstore uses a used books and rental system.

Barnes and Noble offers used books that have a guaranteed 25 percent savings on them as well as “very competitive rental program,” both of which are designed to save students money, Holbert said.

“Books are priced from the publishers. They are not controlled from our bookstore,” Holbert said.

Barnes and Noble also has a policy in place to pay students 50 percent of the

cost for the book they purchased as new when they know the course instructor plans to use the book again.

If the professor will not reuse the book, the bookstore uses a wholesale database to determine the value of the book based on how much it is used nationwide.

The bookstore then offers the price to the student, and it is up to the student to determine whether to accept the offer, Holbert said.

Andy Ngele, a sophomore management information systems major, said that although he’s spent hundreds of dollars on books, he believes the prices are fair.

“It’s not worth it to me to sell books back because I want to keep learning and keep educating myself,” Ngele said.

Allie Janicijcvic, an occupational therapy graduate student disagrees with Ngele, calling book prices “outrageous.”

“The price is too high for the value and quality of some books,” Janicijcvic said.

“For really expensive texts, I like to look through Amazon or Chegg because the rent option is often cheaper.”

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An eagle sits on a branch over the outlined map of the Wabash River. A woman drifts by on a boat through her flooded neighborhood. A man dressed in plaid fishes for an elusive and monstrous catfish. These are the images painted in collage in the “Year of the River,” a new mural on the Cox, Zwerner, Gambill and Sullivan Law Firm at 511 Wabash Ave.

The mural was created as part of the initiative to celebrate the river and honor the role it plays in the communities through which it runs. Project designers Mike Neary, formerly of Terre Haute, and Indiana State University alumna Amy MacLennan, hope the display will leave a lasting impression.

“When you come to Terre Haute, you can hardly see the river anymore,” MacLennan said. “You have to crane your neck on the bridge to only catch a glimpse of it.”

“When we started thinking about the design, we wanted to make sure

that people wouldn’t forget the river when the year was over.” Neary said. The mural “is a metaphor for time and social change; it is the thread that ran through the community.”

The mural was funded by the Energize Downtown Initiative, a part of university President Daniel J. Bradley’s strategic plan. Four ISU students also contributed to the piece as part of their three-week summer course taught by associate professor of art Nancy Nichols-Pethick.

“Students got to participate from the ground up, as it were, taking part in all aspects of the process,” she said. “It’s a dynamic design that has been well executed—a thoroughly successful mural.”

Bringing the mural to fruition has truly been a cooperative effort.

Funds that made the artwork possible were set up in 2009 by ISU Vice President for Business Affairs and Finance Diann McKee and

Terre Haute artwork links community with ISU

A new mural, located on the corner of Fifth Street and Wabash Avenue, celebrates the Year of the River. Indiana State University students and faculty contributed to the effort (Photo by Brianne Hofmann).

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are administered through the ISU Business Engagement Center.

Objectives of the ISU Business Engagement Center include “retail recruitment and expansion, partnering with local arts organizations and developing downtown student housing,” Interim Director Jessica Starr said. “A lot of people want to see Downtown Terre Haute continue to grow … We are moving in the right direction.”

� e idea for the Wabash River mural came about as a result of the Gilbert Wilson Memorial Mural Project that originated in 2006 under the leadership of ISU Associate Professor of Art Bradford Venable. Wilson, the namesake of the project, was a Work Progress Administration artist during the Great Depression. Students can see his work in University Hall.

“We have since [2006] participated in four murals around Terre Haute with various artists who originated here or have some tie to the community,”

Venable said.� e other murals can be seen in the Terre Haute

Children’s Museum, at the Booker T. Washington Center and on the south exterior wall of the former Terre Haute Boys and Girls Club on � ird Street.

Venable said each mural has cost between $15,000 and $20,000 to produce, and the “Year of the River”

received $15,000 from the university.

One of the co-owners of the law � rm building upon which the Wabash River mural is painted, attorney Guille Cox, said he and his � rm are pleased to assist with the progress in the downtown area.

In the past, a lot of business owners did not want ISU encroaching on their

space, Cox said, which seemed rather silly for business.

“I’m a real fan of the arts, I collect some myself,” Cox said. So “it gives me a great sense of pride to be a part of this.”


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“When you come to Terre Haute, you can hardly see the river anymore.

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Amy MacLennan, project designer and ISU alumna

A giant cat� sh glides through the waters of the Wabash River in the mural on Fifth Street and Wabash Avenue (Photo by Brianne Hofmann).

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Dealing with controversy on campus is a way of life for Indiana State University resident assistants, and ISU officials are working to ensure the student staff members are up for the task.

During the course of the academic year, resident assistants may face drug problems among students. They may have to implement safety evacuations and inevitably resolve roommate conflicts.

Nelissa Caraballo, a junior exercise science major from Griffith, was a resident assistant in Mills Hall last year and will be in Hines Hall this year. She has gone through extensive training in order to fulfill the role.

“We have a scenario such as, a drug bust or roommate issues, and we learn the correct protocols and procedures that we must do as resident assistants to go about the circumstance,” Caraballo said.

Some of the toughest and most common issues resident assistants have to deal with involve roommate conflicts.

“We have to go through the student contracts that they signed and agreed to. It can get very emotional and personal for some students, but ... it’s important to remain fair to all students and be unbiased,” Caraballo said. The new residential assistant staff undergoes training weeks before the fall semester begins (Photo

courtesy of ISU Communication and Marketing).

Taylor Worman Reporter

ISU resident assistants gearing up to face a variety of situations



A resident assistant’s duties include helping students with personal problems, interpreting and enforcing housing regulations and university policies, developing positive communities and providing community building activities.

Residential Life staff members carefully select student resident assistants each year keeping in mind the students who choose to live on campus.

Resident assistants are expected to “be comfortable in groups, build community on their floors, and be able to build relationships with their peers,” said Stephanie Pearcy, associate director of Residential Life.

The resident assistant and Residential Life staff members work together throughout the year.

The resident assistant is responsible for enforcing university policies and the Residential Life staff members work to ensure that resident assistants understand their responsibilities and remain accountable for their duties.

The interview process for resident assistants is a behavior-based interview. Foremost, Pearcy said the students they look for to fill resident assistant positions need to be social.

Looking at the candidate’s past can shed the insight on whether they might be successful in those roles.

“Past behaviors lead to future behaviors,” Pearcy said. “We focus big on students’ past behaviors and how they have learned from them and how they can now apply them.”

The training for resident assistants is a three-track skills based training.

The tracks are broken down into categories of new, intermediate and experienced.

“For our new RAs, we teach them how to put on a program, how to build

community and rapport and we bring them to the intermediate level, which is how they can apply what they learned to the students who will be on their floors,” Pearcy said.

For experienced resident assistants the focus is more on mentoring others which helps with skills post-graduation for the resident assistants.

The residential assistants move in to their respective halls on Aug. 4 and

receive training until the halls officially open Aug. 16.

“Our RAs receive training because it is necessary for them to talk to students, be able to mediate, and know proper conflict resolution t e c h n i q u e s , ” Residential Life Assistant Director Jessica Robinson said.

R e s i d e n t assistants also get the benefit of having their own rooms during the academic year.

“ S o m e t i m e s RAs need to have

difficult conversations with their students and having their own rooms allows a safe place for talking for students,” Robinson said. “It gives the students the opportunity to feel safe.”

Daulton Capps, a junior English major from Indianapolis, is entering his first year as a resident assistant.

The position offers him the “opportunity to further develop leadership qualities and also a way to be financially responsible,” he said.

Capps said preparation outside of training is key.

He plans on preparing for the semester by thinking for the people who will be on his floor.

“This summer I’ve been able to learn how to build friendships and still maintain a level of respect for maintaining policy,” he said.

Capps believes this will be a useful skill as he faces controversies with students on his floor.


“Our RAs receive training because it is necessary for

them to talk to students, be able to mediate, and know proper conflict resolution

techniques.”

Jessica Robinson, Residential Life Assistant Director


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A premier restaurant delivery service offers Terre Haute residents the option to enjoy their favorite restaurant foods at home without breaking their wallet.

Delivery2GO is not the first company to offer this restaurant delivery service in the state or the nation, but it is the first in Terre Haute and business is booming.

In 2011, Franc Perrelle, owner of Delivery2GO started his delivery service in Bloomington, Ind. and that same year it earned the Emerging Business of the Year Award for 2011 from the Indiana Small Business Administration.

By summer 2012, Perrelle expanded Delivery2GO to his hometown community of Terre Haute with eight restaurants and now delivers to an average of 500 customers per month.

Perrelle said these delivery companies are thriving in bigger cities that already provide the service.

Two premier food delivery services, Seamless and grubHub merged in June of this year to meet the service demand.

Prior to the merge in February, Reuters reported that Seamless generated $85 million in 2011 with deliveries to more than 12,000 restaurants and 40 cities nationwide and sales are expected to surpass $100 million this year as a result of the merger.

Which explains Perrelle’s business growth, and he said Delivery2GO has assimilated rather easily into the Terre Haute community.

“The biggest issue in Terre Haute is customers desire more restaurant choices,” he said. “But that’s a good problem to have.”

One local restaurant owner is using Delivery2GO to offer the delivery option in hopes that he can reach customers who are unfamiliar with his restaurant’s cuisine.

“I think it’s a great concept,” said Jeff Habermel, manager of J. Gumbo’s Restaurant located 428 Wabash Ave. “It works for all of us. It gets food out and draws new customers.”

Perrelle said he remembers the relentless late night homework sessions in college 10 years ago where he was forced to repeatedly settle with pizza, Chinese food and dorm food as his only options due to the lack of food delivery options.

During that time, he said there was a great demand from college students for such a delivery service, but now technology offers the benefits to everyone, not just one particular stream of people.

Twenty-five percent of Delivery2GO’s clientele are college students, 50 percent are residential homes and 25 percent are businesses and workplaces, Perrelle said.

Customers have a variety of food choices with Delivery2GO including Mexican, Italian, Indian, bar food, Cajun and creole.

Local customers are beginning to become familiar with the service and are demanding even more options.

“For me, it’s worth it. It’s nice to have

more options,” said Stephanie Pearcy, Delivery2GO customer.

Rob Lundstrom, owner of the Copper Bar located at 810 Wabash Ave., is enrolled with Delivery2GO and said using the service has increased business, while saving him the hefty expenses that go along with hiring and managing a full time delivery driver.

“It is a real convenience for the restaurant and bar owner,” Lundstrom said. “It allows us to deliver as needed without having someone on staff.”

Since underage customers aren’t allowed to walk-in and pick up take out orders, Delivery2GO gives Lundstrom the chance to serve them.

Customers can order online at Delivery2GO.com or by phone at 812- 250-8499 with options to pay by cash or credit card.



Delivery2GO brings local restaurants to the doorstep


They are charged the restaurant’s initial price for the food order and a delivery fee between $2 to $6 based upon the distance between the restaurant and delivery location.

Perrelle said only one delivery fee is charged regardless how much food is delivered to a single location from one restaurant per ticket.

Delivery2GO delivers from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and

5 p.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a week with an average delivery time of 39 minutes, which is comparable to typical pizza delivery.

Pearcy said her order is usually delivered to her home within half an hour, but it gives her the opportunity to eat her favorites and relax without having to cook.

“Only it’s good food,” she said. “It’s Real Hacienda or J. Gumbos, so I really enjoy having it.”

“I think it’s a great concept in all ... it works for all of us, it gets food out and

draws new customers.”

Jeff Habermel, manager of J. Gumbo’s Restaurant


The Copper Bar, located on 810 Wabash Ave., uses Delivery2GO’s service (Photo by Bob Rhodes).



ATTENTION CLASS OF 2017

Indiana State University’s Career Center and the Student Employment office have merged and moved into the former Student Computing Complex.

The Career Center and Student Employment offices, formerly located in Hulman Memorial Student Union, were placed closer to Dede Plaza where they could be more visible to students, said Darby Scism, who was recently named executive director of the ISU Career Center.

“This building is centrally located and allows the students to easily find us and take advantage of our services,” Scism said.

Scism said the university administration feels very strongly about students’ professional development for and career training, and that factored into the relocation.

The staff will continue to provide a robust schedule of workshops as well as career events, fairs and advising appointments.

In addition, students can expect new activities to help them prepare for internships and job searches.

One new program that will be implemented is the Sycamore Career Ready Certificate. It was developed

in response to employers’ requests for students who are professional and mature with a realistic u n d e r s t a n d i n g of workplace e x p e c t a t i o n s and of their own professional goals. This certificate will show employers the job candidate’s c o m m i t m e n t to professional

development. It is designed to help students prepare for internship and professional job searches and aid in the graduate school application and admission process. Students who are interested in learning more can visit the Career Center website at www.indstate.edu/carcen .

Participants will be assigned a career advisor to monitor progress and assist through the program.

Evan Martin Reporter

Students now find careers, jobs in one ISU location

“This building is centrally located and allows the students

to easily find us and take advantage of our services.”

Darby Scism, executive director of ISU Career Center


J. Gumbo’s moves east on Wabash Avenue

After a three-week construction delay, J. Gumbo’s restaurant is open for business and ready to serve at its new location at 665 Wabash Ave.

Jeff Habermel, owner and manager of Terre Haute’s only Cajun restaurant, originally expected to open at the start of June but due to unforeseen complications had to wait until the end of the month.

After waiting two months for a contractor to tend to electrical and plumbing problems at the restaurant, Habermel – who has several years of construction experience – jumped in to finish the job on his own.

“That is all water under the bridge,” Habermel said. “The contractors had a lot of unexpected problems. I am ready to get things moving here to make up for lost time.”

Despite the hiccups, Habermel doesn’t regret the move, which he believes was necessary in order to accommodate more customers.

“It used to be that people would come by and see the line forming out the door and leave,” he said.

J. Gumbo’s now occupies the old Blu Katt, a bar that closed in January 2013 after 20 months of business.

“I hate to see other businesses close in this town, but as

soon as the Blu Katt went on the market, I called,” Habermel said.

Habermel encountered his own share of struggles when he opened a second J. Gumbo’s at 2501 S 3rd Street. It closed

after four months due to lack of business.That experience taught Habermel the importance of

attracting more customers, he said.Now in a new location, Habermel and his staff are excited

to better serve the downtown area at the same time that Indiana State University is expanding.

J. Gumbo’s employee Samuel Verga said he is glad to return to work after the lengthy hiatus because he enjoys the people.

“It’s good to be working again,” Verga said. “A lot of people come and are friendly and helpful. It makes my day a lot better.”

Brent Forbes, who has been an employee of J. Gumbo’s for two and a half years, believes the new location offers “a great opportunity to expand.”

In addition to the larger venue and aesthetic touches, customers will soon notice an expanded menu that will include oysters, shrimp and catfish po’ boys. Habermel is also working on acquiring a liquor license and eventually open a bar at the new location.

seth yates Reporter

Customers visit the new J. Gumbo’s located at 665 Wabash Ave. during the restaurant’s June re-opening event (Photo by Bob Rhodes).

“It used to be that people would come by and see the line forming

out the door and leave.”

Jeff Habermel, owner and manager of J. Gumbo’s restaurant


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Caboodle Cupcakes is a bakery specializing exclusively in cupcakes, cake pops and cookies.

It is located at 3419 S. Seventh St. and provides a gathering place for friends and free Wi-Fi.

Caboodle Cupcakes offers mini, regular and jumbo sized cupcakes with prices starting at $2.

The three most popular cupcake flavors are red velvet, wedding cake and lemon.

The bakery is open Tuesday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Route: South Seventh

Terre Haute’s public bus system offers students the chance to experience all some of the city’s best eateries, shopping and culture. Hop on the bus and visit these six businesses

along two of the system’s most popular routes.

Where will the bus take you?

What to know about Terre Haute

busesPlato’s Closet is a used clothing store located at

4848 South Highway 41. Plato’s buys and sells name-brand apparel, footwear and accessories

in good condition with styles trended within the year.

The store is open Monday through Saturday 10

a.m. to 9 p.m. and Sunday 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. Text “Platos” at 24609 to join the VIP Texting program and receive a $5 discount and two

promotional text messages each month.

Route: Honey Creek

Chik-fil-A is new to Terre Haute at 3675 S. US Hwy 41.

The restaurant serves breakfast, lunch and dinner items made from fried or grilled chicken including sandwiches, wraps and salads. Coke products, iced tea and fresh lemonade are served along with milkshakes.

Sandwiches start at $3 and a regular meal costs about $6. The restaurant is open Monday through Saturday from 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. and closed Sunday.

Route: Honey Creek Umi Grill located at 2002 S. Third St. is the oldest Japanese restaurant in Terre Haute. Raw fish and seafood, including sushi rolls

and exclusive recipes to this area are served. Lunch prices average $10 per person, while dinner averages $25 per person.

The restaurant features a meeting room and fresh fish market. The restaurant opens 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Monday, 11:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Tuesday through Thursday and 11:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Route: Honey Creek

It’s open late:

• Students are often unaware that there are bus routes that run in the evening up until 11 p.m. from Monday through Saturday, including to Walmart.

It’s FREE:

• Students can ride all buses free of charge with their ISU identification—not just the Campus Bus.

Cackleberries Restaurant is casual dining with cuisine that includes Greek, Mediterranean, American and Middle Eastern. The menu includes homemade breakfast skillets, manhattans, gyros, melts and wraps.

Located at 303 S. Seventh St. and open daily from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m. for breakfast, brunch and lunch, specials are priced at $4.55 and sandwich platters with two sides average $7.25.

Route: South Seventh

It’s quick:

• Every bus travels the entire route within one hour’s time. In most cases, passengers arrive within 20 to 30 minutes time. In other words, riding the bus really is no more time consuming than traveling themselves by automobile.

Drivers take requests:

• Students can request a pick-up at the on-request locations, such as say Sam’s by simply phoning the bus operator one hour in advance. If they choose to go to these places, simply tell the bus driver when you board the bus.

The Persis Biryani Indian Grill opened in May at 2309 S. Third St.

The fresh buffet is served from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., a $9.99 late buffet is from 9:30 p.m. to 1 a.m., and the weekend buffet is $10.99.

Homemade Indian food is the speciality including vegetarian, lamb, goat and seafood recipes.

Indiana State University students receive a 15 percent discount with a valid student I.D.

Route: Honey Creek

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Chik-fil-A

Persis Biryani Indian Grill

Cackleberries

Umi Grill

Catching it:

• The transit station, located in the parking garage at Cherry and Eighth streets, has an indoor room to wait in during inclement weather. It also has a restroom, vending machines, pay phone, water fountain and a bike rack. for those who wish to have it to ride on back to their locations. Learn more at www.terrehaute.in.gov

By Tamera rhodes and Brianne hofmann wiTh PhoTos By BoB rhodes


Plans are underway to relocate Indiana State University’s track and field facilities near the Wabash River.

Last month, the ISU Board of Trustees gave university administrators the go-ahead to begin developing a new Sycamore track and field facility west of First Street, pending state approval.

The project is expected to cost $4.3 million and is included in Indiana State’s 2009 master plan to redesign the campus.

It will be funded through interest income, commissions and private donor support, Diann McKee, vice president of business affairs, finance and university treasurer, said in June.

Preparation of the site has already begun and will continue through the remainder of the summer and early fall.

Construction on the track is expected to begin next spring as soon weather permits with completion slated for the early in the fall of 2014.

Mark’s Field, the current facility, has

served the university for 43 years, but the track surface is worn out, Indiana State’s track and field coach John McNichols said.

The track’s blue surface was installed in 1992 and has extended far past the manufacturer expectations.

“When the track was constructed in 1966, the old neighborhood homes and businesses were demolished and pushed into the basements,” McNichols said. “Over time, the fill material deteriorated and caused sinkholes and cracks in the current facility.”

The track, located between Third and Fourth Streets, is too tight for a wide-turn track, McNichols said.

The design for the new facility includes a nine-lane track with a European design allowing for a regulation soccer field in the center. The track will keep its Sycamore blue surface.

The design also calls for field events areas consisting of two pole vault and long jump runways, two high jump areas and multiple throw areas.

This opens ISU to the possibility of hosting larger competitions.

Final design of the facility will be approved later this summer with minor adjustment upon completion.

The cost of the construction has not been announced yet and no name has been selected for the facility.

Although the prospective facility won’t be finished anytime soon, sophomore thrower Dawnielle Passmore is excited about being

able to compete at home.“My parents can’t afford to drive all over

the place to see me throw even though I know they want to,” she said.

Passmore said moving facilities will put track and field under the spotlight, which is important because people on campus have no idea how good the team really is.

“They just see us loading up to go compete at other schools and then try hear about our success or by reading the newspaper,” Passmore said. “Hearing about us is one thing but watching us work, sweat, run, jump, throw, hurdle is a totally different thing.”

McNichols is giving his input on the construction of a new track and field facility for the university. The ISU coach headed design of the LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course, where Indiana State holds its home meets.

Since the opening of the course, it has hosted multiple prestigious cross-country meets.

ISU track and field program looks forward to new facility



“Hearing about us is one thing, but watching us work, sweat,

run, jump, throw and hurdle is a totally different thing.”

Dawnielle Passmore, sophomore thrower

It has also been home to the high school Nike Team Midwest Regional meet, Indiana High School Athletic Association State Championships, Missouri Valley Conference Championship and NCAA Division I Pre-National and National Championships.

“There are similarities in the approach used for the new track and what was used in developing the

LaVern course,” McNichols said. “We began with the base layout meeting all the

requirements for hosting national level competitions and then added in the amenities to actually host a major event,” he said.

The track and field program looks to host competitions such as NCAA East Preliminary Round and USA Track and Field Junior Nationals and Junior Olympics.


An image of the intended design of the ISU track and field and soccer new facility (Photo courtesy of ISU Comuunitcations and Marketing).


“We began with the base layout meeting all the requirements for

hosting national level competitions and then added in amenities to actu-

ally host a major event.”

John McNichols, ISU track and field coach


As parking fines have increased over the past three years, parking violations have shown a steady increase, while serious violations remain low.

Lori Elkins, assistant director of public safety for traffic and parking services, said last year 13,306 parking violations were distributed to staff and students during the 2012-2013 academic year, which is a 2,495 increase in citations from the previous year.

Students may resort to parking tag theft and altering tags to prevent them from receiving a ticket or purchasing one, but Elkins said that is not the case at Indiana State University.

“We get very few altered or fabricated

permits,” she said.A total of nine altered parking tags

were seized within the past three years, and last year it decreased by one compared to 2011-2012.

Although this has not been a huge issue, Elkins said the parking tags have been upgraded to assist in completely eliminating these types of cases.

“We have made security changes to the permit which make it harder to duplicate,” she said.

The punishment for possession of a stolen permit can be harsher than just fines.

It includes possible jailing, student probation, stipulations to be met by the

ISU Student Code of Integrity and the permit replacement cost to the original owner.

Twelve permits were reported stolen last year, but only seven were recovered. This is normal compared to the past three years.

Even though minor traffic fines are increasing from $20 to $25, senior computer engineering major Joseph Sachtjensaid he thinks the ticket cost is fair.

“You get a ticket, it’s $20 or so … that’s not bad at all,” he said. “It’s enough to remind you not to park illegally.”

No permit citations take the lead in citation types, but during the past three

years they have continued to decrease. The total of no permit citations in

2011-2012 was 5,922 and reduced in 2012-2013 to 5,193 citations, a difference of 729.

The difference could be associated with parking service’s leniency.

“I got two parking tickets before I actually got my parking pass … they actually waived those tickets,” Sachtjen said.

This year, Elkins said students may purchase their permits online $15 cheaper which also allows them to print a temporary permit to place in their car window until they pick up their permanent parking tags.


Photo illustration by Heidi Staggs.

Paying the price: Fines for parking violations are

continuing to rise, but with several construcution projects underway space is shrinking. What lengths will students

and staff go to in desperate times?



Austin Brown, parking enforcement officer, said the tickets he writes mostly are due to no permit.

He said wrong lot citations follow as the second most type of violations he writes, which coincide with the statistics of wrong lot and expired meter citations being the next two leading citations fluctuating since 2010.

Elkins said students may also share car tags to save money but she doesn’t normally recommend this unless it involves siblings because it can “get complicated.”

“Ride sharing is a good way to save money on the cost of the permit as well as gas prices, however I caution individuals to be sure that the other person is trust worthy,” Elkins said.

For those who may wish to share car tags,

it can be done without penalty when the permit is registered in one person’s name, and the tag is shared between two vehicles

or students. The permit must be clearly displayed and, if so, students will not receive a violation.

But “if two cars are being used on a consistent basis then both cars should be registered with us,” she said.

Otherwise, Elkins said in a case involving two registered vehicles, the permit owner is still responsible for all tickets on both vehicles.

Sachtjen said he understands the concept of tag sharing is like commuting or carpooling, but parking at ISU is not as bad as what he is used to in his hometown of Bloomington.

“Parking is still not terrible, even walking from the farthest spot is still closer than any space at [Indiana University],” he said.


“Ride sharing is a good way to save money on the cost of the

permit as well as gas prices, however I caution individuals

to be sure that the other person is trustworthy.”

Lori Elkins, assistant director of public safety for traffic and

parking services


Seven students led by ISU economics professor John Conant returned May 28 from a 16-day trip to Morocco where they investigated the living conditions and issues of sustainability.

It was part of an initiative called the Environmental and Cultural Sustainability and Local Economic Development.

The program works in partnership with schools around the world to bring students together to see living conditions up close and start thinking about ways to improve them.

The trip itself kicked off with a two-day stay in Casablanca then the group boarded a bus and started two weeks of a continuous life on the road. Students visited the ancient settlement of Fes, which still manufactures ceramics and leather using medieval technology.

They also traveled to the Atlas Mountains and saw the indigenous Berber communities, the old Portuguese city of Essouaria, and local co-ops that produce things like Argan oil (used in everything from food to cosmetics), wood crafts and their own ceramics. All of this coexists with modern world manufacturing in places like Casablanca, Rabat, and El-Jadida.

Throughout the journey, the group traveled mostly by bus and camel and could only wash their clothes in sinks, which was quite an adjustment for McKenzie Meares, a senior language and speech pathology major.

“I was a little nervous and unsure of what to expect,” Meares said. “I wasn’t extremely familiar with Moroccan life, so I was basically just going into it open-minded.”

Student Government Association Vice President Jacob Waldron, a senior communication major who recorded video footage of the expedition, said seeing everything through a lens was a great experience.

“I’ve never shot anything like this for a trip,” Waldron said. “I’ve made a lot of promotional videos for ISU sports, so it was good to do something that was more cultural for a change.”

On the trip, Waldron witnessed widespread poverty in the cities and a lack of modern technology in the oases, but still the culture was vibrant and thriving, he

said. One of Waldron’s favorite experiences included a

camel ride in the Sahara. At the end of the day they had made it to the top of massive sand dune to watch the sunset. Waldron, reminded of the Disney film “The Lion King,” decided to play “The Circle of Life” on his phone.

Students gained global understanding of how sustainability works by examining difficulties of certain lifestyles in poverty conditions and the problems facing economists and ecologists as they try to effect lasting

and efficient trade.“It is a fairly open society with Muslim, Christian and

Jewish communities and churches coexisting side by side,” Conant said. “From a development standpoint, it has a variety of distinct environments and ecosystems.”

Conant has led other trips to Thailand and China, partnering with local schools in these countries, in an effort to make students more aware of the global economy.

He plans to lead a trip next May to China and Mongolia.

A group of Indiana State University students and professors poses at a complex of ancient Roman Mauretania Tingitana and medieval ruins on the outskirts of Rabat during their trip to Morocco (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).

Seth YateS Reporter

Students study culture, economics in Morocco

Indiana State alumnus Mitch Hannahs has been appointed as the 29th head baseball coach, ISU Athletic Director Ron Prettyman announced July 25.

“Mitch is an amazing professional that has accomplished much in his personal and professional career,” Prettyman said. “He brings to us a high level of administrative experience as well as a broad base of knowledge in professional and collegiate baseball.”

Hannahs served as an assistant coach at Indiana State from 1995-99 and again in 2001. He was head coach at Lincoln Trail College in Robinson, Ill., for nine seasons and the Great Rivers Athletic Conference championship in 2006 and 2007. He’s also a member of Indiana State’s Athletics Hall of fame.

Hannahs comes in on the heels of Rick Heller, who resigned from his position as head baseball coach of Indiana State University on July 12 to accept the head coaching position at the University of Iowa.

Although the move isn’t easy for Heller, he is going back home to a coaching opportunity that he has dreamed of having, Prettyman said.

“He spent most of his career in Iowa. He loved it at Indiana State but with an opportunity to return to his home state and town and the opportunity to receive a substantial pay increase, it was a career move that he felt he needed to make for him and his family,” Prettyman said.

Heller, a native of Eldon, Iowa, is stepping down after four years with the Sycamores during which the team saw four consecutive winning seasons, an outright Missouri Valley Conference Championship, and a return to the NCAA tournament in Heller’s third season. Under his coaching, 23 Sycamores were selected to All-MVC teams, and 12 Sycamores were drafted to play major league baseball.

Heller said he had a tremendous four seasons with the Sycamores.

“I loved the guys,” Heller said. “They

were tough, hard-working, and wanted to win. They were selfless and didn’t care about personal stats, they just wanted to win. More importantly, they excelled academically. I will always love Terre Haute and Indiana State.”

Before Indiana State, Heller had coached at Upper Iowa University for 10 years and Northern Iowa for eight years.

“I was excited for the job opportunity at Indiana State and the opportunity given to me by Ron Prettyman and President Bradley,” Heller said. “I was familiar with the Missouri Valley Conference already being at Northern Iowa and was given a chance at a great program with great facilities.

Change is constant in the world of intercollegiate athletics, and that is something that Indiana State has gotten used to with the success of its coaches in athletics, Prettyman said.

“I believe that the University of Iowa job was the only job that he would have left Indiana State for,” Prettyman said.


Taylor Worman Reporter

ISU baseball loses head coach but gains another

Mitch Hannahs, an ISU alumnus, has replaced Rick Heller as coach of the university’s baseball team (submitted photo).

Welcome Back, Students & Faculty

2013-2014 Advance Sale Parking Permits Available Online

at a Discount NOW!www.indstate.edu/parking

Student Surface Lot permit–online price = $128 Purchased in the office = $143

Remote Lot–online price = $70 Purchased in the Office = $85

Permits will be mailed to your home address beginning June 1 or can be picked up in the office beginning August 1.

The Bayh College of Education will be led this year by a new dean: Kandi Hill-Clark.

Hill-Clark has been holding office in preparation of the upcoming fall semester since July 1.

She enthusiastically looks forward to working with a strong education program. A former elementary educator, she believes she is well-equipped to provide students with the skills they need to be professional teachers.

“I have been in the field of education for twenty years. My career began as an elementary school teacher, from there I moved into higher education and then into administration.” Hill-Clark said. “My experience as an elementary educator keeps me grounded in what is really important with the work we do in the colleges of education.”

Hill-Clark, a native of Memphis, Tenn. recently relocated to Terre Haute from Nashville, where she was an assistant Vice-Chancellor of the sixth largest state university system in the country, the Tennessee Board of Regents.

“As a member of the Board of Regents, I was responsible for providing executive leadership at the campus level,” she said.

She was also instrumental in the application of the “Ready2Teach” initiative, a program that provided student teachers with the opportunity to do clinical work all four years of their undergrad education.

This program is very similar to the Teachers of Tomorrow

Adancing Learning program, at Indiana State which has received national recognition.

Mary Larimer, administrative assistant to former College of Education Dean Bradley Balch, said she looks forward to working with Hill-Clark.

“Dr. Hill-Clark exceeds expectations, she is professional, knowledgeable, and very energetic,” Larimer said.

The selection process to replace Balch, who resigned in order to resume university teaching responsibilities, was overseen by a committee upon which the now Provost and Vice-President of Academic Affairs Richard “Biff ” Williams, was a member.

He and the committee agreed that Hill-Clark was the best possible candidate.

“An executive search firm was hired to identify potential candidates, 20 were originally selected,” Williams said.

The committee then narrowed the number of candidates to 10 and after further deliberation and a series of off-campus preliminary interviews, four finalists were selected.

All four came to campus and interviewed for the position, Hill-Clark was the best.

“When I first came to campus I was glad to see how warm and friendly everyone was,” Hill-Clark said. “I have felt welcomed here since day one.”

Hill-Clark ready to serve as College of Education Dean

Kandi Hill-Clark took over as the Dean of the Bayh College of Education on July 1 (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).

Seth YateS Reporter



Jack Turman will take over as dean of the College of Nursing, Health and Human Services on Sept. 1.

Turman’s selection was officially announced July 18, but due to a prior engagement, he will not be on campus until the beginning of the fall semester.

That prior engagement is with the University of Nebraska’s Medical Center, where he serves as a professor and clinician for a physical therapy program designed to train new medical professionals.

Turman started out his collegiate career studying at Washington University in St. Louis, he then went to work as a pediatric physical therapist in a Los Angeles county hospital before attending University of California Los Angeles for his doctorate. He focused there on basic neuroscience research and continued with post-doctoral work focusing on childhood neurological development.

After earning his doctorate, Turman taught for 15 years at the University

of Southern California, establishing a research and outreach program involved in improving birth success and caring for premature infants.

He then moved to the Midwest and to the University of Nebraska’s Medical Center, located in Omaha.

“The biggest move for me and my family was to Nebraska from California, I am ready to come to Terre Haute,” Turman said.

He looks forward to returning to a traditional university environment as his current institution is singularly focused on training health professionals.

Turman will be succeeding, former Dean, Biff Williams, who has now taken up the position of university provost.

As provost Williams ultimately had the hiring power for his own replacement, and of the four finalists, Williams considered Turman the best choice.

“The search was started rather late in the academic year,” Williams said. So “to get someone of the caliber of Jack Turman

and to have him here by September is really impressive. The committee did an excellent job.”

Williams was first dean of the college that was established six years ago. Under his tenure, the college created 16 new programs designed to address the healthcare worker shortages in the state of Indiana.

Turman looks forward to the experiential learning that has become the focus and mission of ISU and hopes that he can contribute to continuing that legacy.

It was part of what attracted him to the position in the first place.

“The College of Nursing is in a real exciting developmental time,” Turman said. “Biff Williams and his team did a real excellent job of pulling all of the health service programs together. I want to help grow these programs even more. I want to provide students with innovative, exciting, and relevant opportunities to learn as well as remain responsive to the local, state, and global community.”

ISU selects dean for College of Nursing, Health and Human Services

Jack Turman, new dean of the College of Nursing, Health and Human services, will begin serving Sept. 1 (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).

Seth YateS Reporter


Scholarships are available to many students that desire to try and receive them, though the amount received may be less.

Sarah Wurtz, director of the president’s scholarships at Indiana State, suggests that students use discretion and good judgment when applying for and receiving scholarship money.

“Never apply for one that requires you to pay,” Wurtz said.

Students improve their odds of landing scholarships when they dedicate themselves to being a good student, earning the best grade point average that they can, enrolling in at least twelve hours of courses and building a good rapport with faculty and professors for references.

Along with the scholarships that students receive from their departments and the university, there are also scholarships that will allow students to see the world.

“There are scholarships that are specifically meant for study abroad,” Wurtz said. “Also, current scholarships held by students can be used to finance studying abroad.”

When it comes to how much a student can

get, Wurtz also adds that many scholarships will work together and can potentially cover the cost of attending college.

While these tips are useful, students may not receive as much as they had planned, or in some cases no money at all due to less money being available for scholarships from many departments.

Stephen Aldrich, associate professor of earth and environmental sciences, said there is significantly less money available for student scholarships this year than in years past.

“Sometimes we had money to award from our department but held back to build up principle. In other cases, we cut the amount of money the scholarship was worth,” Aldrich said.

There were 12 scholarships and awards given out from the earth and environmental science department in the 2011-2012 school year, totaling $14,888. For the 2012-2013 academic year, that number dropped to nine, totaling $10,581, Aldrich said.

Both Aldrich and Wurtz say that the decreased funds come from low market

earnings of ISU Foundation accounts. “As these funds become healthy again,

scholarship rewarding will increase,” said Wurtz.

Assistance is available for students that wish to learn more about scholarships

through the University Scholarship Office. Services include one-on-one assistance by

appointment, scholarship workshops, and the use of an online search tool to see what a student may qualify for from ISU.

Scholarship funds for academic year less than expected

Sarah Wurtz, director of the presidnet’s scholarships, assist students with receiving scholarships, but says there may not be as much money available as before (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).

Andrew ChristmAn Reporter


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MySam replacing DARS as advisement tool Students who started at Indiana State

University in the fall of 2012 and those who enter from now on will be track their progress toward graduation with a degree audit system called MySam.

MySam is replacing the current Degree Audit Reporting System students refer to as DARS.

“MySam has a degree audit, what-if capabilities, a degree planner so you can make four year plans, and it also lets you see if you are on track or o track to graduate in four years,” said Susan Powers, associate vice president of academic a airs.

Students who entered ISU before the fall of 2012 will continue to be served with DARS, Powers said, but she believes the new system will be more e ective for students.

“We took it out of test environment at the end of April and put it into live production to then be able to roll the 2012 students into it,” she said.

Testing of the new system continued throughout the month of June and

broader adviser training began in July and is continuing through September, Powers said.

“As you can see, this has been a very fast roll-out. Most universities would have 18 months to do this and we’ve been doing it in six,” she said.

MySam will still encourage students to meet with advisers, despite being much more user-friendly.

“Students will need to meet with their advisers so MySam can be updated to see if they are still on track,” Powers said. “Graduation guarantee requires a student to go see an adviser every term ... It won’t always have to be as through an appointment though, as students in their later terms won’t have many options le� for classes and can just email their adviser to ask for an update.”

When it comes to setting up appointments with advisers, MySam will not be incorporating any real changes.

“MySam won’t change the scheduling of appointments. It’s more of a planning tool,” said Academic Advising Director

Susan Johnson. “MySam should make things easier for both students and advisers for planning out their classes.”

For more information on MySam, visit http://www.indstate.edu/registrar/MySam.htm.

ANDREW CHRISTMAN Reporter

The degree auditing system, MySAM, will allow students to track their progress under the graduation guarantee (Photo couresty of ISU Communications and Marketing).


Miss ISU Kyla Eubank represented Indiana State University in June at the Miss Indiana pageant in hopes of earning the chance to compete in the Miss America pageant.

The pageant ran from June 19-22 in the Zionsville High School Performing Arts Center where Eubank competed against 31 other contestants in interview, fitness, talent and evening gown portions.

Though she didn’t place, she was greatful for the opportunity.

“It was a good week, a real great experience for me,” she said.

Eubank said preparation for the event tested her physically. In additon to working with a personal trainer at the Student Rec Center she also spent a great deal of time perfecting her piano-playing skills for her pageant performance of Coldplay’s “Clocks.”

But while the idea of competing intimidated her, she managed to overcome her nerves.

“It can be a little terrifying, but I have been able to really focus and dedicate myself to representing ISU,” Eubank said.

Eubank says she hasn’t been a very competitive person throughout most of her life, but the Miss ISU pageant and being on stage really brought it out in her.

“I never thought I had the guts to compete,” Eubank said. “But once I got the title, the experience has been really great, it has given me so much more confidence.”

Eubank said she was drawn to the Miss ISU pageant because she wanted to invest herself in the ISU community. Becoming a member of a sorority didn’t interest her, but when she heard about the Miss ISU program during her freshman year she decided it would be good for her, she said.

Part of the Miss Indiana competition requirements dictate that contestants serve the communities in they live in by developing a platform for service.

Since earning the title of Miss ISU, Eubank, a senior a fashion and merchandising major, has been focusing her effort on helping children develop better self-esteem.

Her efforts have included leading a Girl Scout troop through activities that emphasized their unique beauty and helped them focus on serving others.

“We need to accept everyone’s differences and enjoy the beauty of that,” she said.

Eubank also helped raise funds for the Children’s Miracle Network.

Freda Luers, associate director of the ISU union board and family services and co-director of the pageant scholarship program, said Eubank is a “wonderful representative for ISU.”

“She has been very active in her platform as Miss ISU,” Luers said.

Both the ISU community and friends and family in her hometown of Paoli, Ind., threw sendoff celebrations for Eubank prior to the pageant, allowing her to showcase her talents as well as her wardrobe.

Al Perone, associate dean of students and co-director for Miss ISU, said Eubank had plenty of support at both events, with 40 people attending each one.

“We have never had such a good turnout for a send-off,” he said.

The goal of the Miss Indiana Scholarship Pageant, now in its 73rd year, was to provide scholarships and life enhancing opportunities to young women, according to the organization’s website.

Miss ISU participates in Miss Indiana pageant

Kyla Eubank, who competed in the 2013 Miss Indiana pageant earlier this summer, talks with Freda Luers and Al Perone during the university’s send off, and shows off her pageant wardrobe (Photos courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).

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Twenty-five children used part of their summer vacation to channel their energy into art thanks to Indiana State University’s Community School of the Arts.

“Street Art! provides a fun way for students to learn about art and art history

and to express creativity through hands-on experience, said Petra Nyendick , director of the Community School of the Arts. “Street Art! creates the opportunity for children to attend free quality arts programming and reap the benefits from artistic creation and expression. “

The Wabash Valley Community Foundation, Lilly Endowment and the

university provided funds for the nine-week program which involved students from the 14th and Chestnut Community Center in Terre Haute as well as Benjamin Franklin Elementary School.

The urban Street Art movement started in New York in the 1980, Nyendick said

The summer program at 14th and Chestnut encompassed a variety of activities including painting, sculpture, sticker art, street poster art, graffiti, street installation and sidewalk art.

“An important aspect of this program is to teach students how to create street art in a safe, respectful and vandal-free manner,” Nyendick said.

Indiana State alumnus Edward Holloman, who will teach art at Terre Haute North Vigo High School beginning this fall, instructed students during the nine-week session.

“When I was this age, my art teacher had a friend who opened up his house to students who wanted to paint and create art,” he said. “I gained a lot from that opportunity.”

Surrounded by a constant buzz of activity from his students fully engaged in painting using acrylics, Holloman serves as both a mentor and an educator along with two Indiana State graduate students.

“Do not just pick up the brush and paint,” Holloman said. “Have a plan. Mix your colors on the wax paper. Don’t forget to keep your brushes wet.”

The students quickly went to work.“I started off asking students to list

an adjective that described them,” Holloman, who also conducts art workshops for the Swope Summer Youth Art Program, said. “And I had three

students using the same word. So I put together a list of adjectives that channel positive images and the students selected their words for the tiles.”

“That exercise expanded their vocabulary as well as their mind,” he added.

Dipping her brush into a color of paint resembling ISU blue, Te’lon Ward said she has enjoyed the Street Art projects.

“I like painting, working with clay and spray painting,” she said, never lifting her eyes away from the paintbrush she was using to outline the letters of her word.

“I like the opportunity to do art,” said Hannah Sower. “The spray painting was my favorite. When I was four I helped paint our mailbox using spray paint. This was more fun.”

All the art and creativity begged to be showcased, Nyendick said, so she arranged for the students’ work to be exhibited in Indiana State’s Turman Art Gallery.

The ninth and final week will be filled with delivering work to the gallery, followed by the installation of the artwork by the teachers and the students, which will allow the students to learn about and experience the curatorial aspects of visual art.

The class culminates in an opening exhibition Aug. 15 from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at the Turman Gallery. The reception and exhibition are free of charge and open to the community.

“The Turman exhibition will truly function as a community event in which people from all walks of life can feel pride in the accomplishments of promising young local artists,” Nyendick added.

A student spray paints the sidewalk during the “Street Art” program. (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).

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Graduate students in Indiana State University’s newest health care education program recently dressed stuffed animals, sorted pills while wearing vision-limiting goggles and positioned splints on perfectly healthy fingers.

Just weeks into a three-year course of study, 26 occupational therapy master’s degree students in were learning about the field’s broad scope.

Despite the name, occupational therapists do much more than address workplace issues, explained Jeanne Sowers, associate professor of applied medicine and rehabilitation and director of the occupational therapy program.

“Occupational therapists deal with the activities of daily living,” Sowers said.

Therapists might go from helping children with learning and cognitive disabilities improve their fine motor skills by dressing stuffed animals to teaching senior citizen stroke patients to use specially-designed silverware and plate guards to feed themselves.

The opportunity to work with people of all ages is among the reasons Jeremy Carson of Nashville, Ind., who completed a master’s degree in exercise science in

May, decided to remain at Indiana State and become part of its first class of occupational therapy master’s students.

“I’m kind of a personable person, so being able to actually interact with patients instead of just ... doing a diagnosis and then moving on to the next patient, is what interested me,” he said.

The occupational therapy program at Indiana State consists of two years of classroom and lab study followed by six months of field work, Sowers said.

Graduates will be able to practice as occupational therapists following passage of a national certification exam.

“I knew I wanted to be in the medical field and knew I probably wanted to do something with therapy,” said studednt Johanna Caress of Whiteland. “I learned about occupational therapy and about how you have to be creative. I’m a pretty creative person and so I like all of the adaptive equipment.”

Sowers came to Indiana State to develop and launch the occupational therapy program, one of several new degree offerings the College of Nursing, Health, and Human Services has established in recent years to help

address a shortage of health care providers, especially in rural areas. Sowers is aware of one health care facility that has had three openings for occupational therapists in the past three years but has not been able to fill them.

As with all health care programs at Indiana State, occupational therapy will incorporate inter-professional education so students gain a better understanding of their role and that of other providers.

The students can look forward to training in the Rural Health Innovation Collaborative Simulation Center alongside students from such areas as nursing, athletic training, social work and speech-language pathology, Sowers said.

All of the students in the program’s first class are Indiana residents and many are small town natives who plan to return to their rural roots, Sowers proudly noted.

“I came from a rural area of Kansas. So one of the biggest attractions to me was the rural development,” she said. “It’s almost like a mission to go to those underserved areas ... where people don’t have access to the health care they need.”

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Indiana State University’s Cheer Team is seeking additional male members.

The Spirit Squad kicked off the fall season with a training camp, and the coach said she is seeking two to five more males to join this year’s squad.

Tamara Schaffer, coach of the ISU Spirit Squad, said ideally she would prefer them to have cheer, gymnastics, football, wrestling or weightlifting experience.Their upper body strength is needed to lift, toss, catch and execute formation during sporting events and performances, which sometimes include catching them after the toss, as well.

Katy Balch, a senior operations and supply chain management major and cheerleader, said males are crucial to the team and play a critical role in the team’s success because they are physically stronger.

Since most students think of cheerleading as being a sport for females, males don’t normally think to join the Spirit Squad.

“Guys are harder to fill those spots than girls,” Schaffer said. “The perception is that they won’t like it and then they get in and they are strong.”

Regardless of the hard work, it turns out to be a real fun gig, she said.

“They get to work with the girls, be a part of the school and be like rock stars here on campus,” Schaffer said.

The Spirit Squad kicked off the school year with a training camp last week.

“This was the start for our season,” Schaffer said. “It was the first time these teams worked together.”

The training camp set the tone for the season and prepared both teams for their debut performance at the freshman welcome.

Each team practiced its standard routines including various stunt, tumbling and dance combinations during the camp.

The student who fills the position of ISU mascot Sycamore Sam also participated in the practice to prepare the team for the freshman convocation.

The student, who asked the Statesman not to reveal his identity, is a seasoned veteran with the team and enjoys the kick off to the fall semester..

“Whenever we go, it seems like all the freshman are always so hyped to get the school year started and they always go nuts when Sam runs out,” he said.

Among many responsibilities as a team member, Sam enjoys working with the children during community service and meeting new people.

He said by being involved with the Spirit Squad he has met more people in a relatively short time than he would have if he had attended the university for 10 years.

Students need to be able to manage both college coursework and physical demands from practices or performances, but they also become a part of the university’s history.

Though it’s very important to have outstanding men and women in these positions, it is also a great way to be tied to their school for the rest of their lives, Schaffer


Building school pride:

Members of the ISU spirit squad show build a pyramid during their demonstration at last week’s cheer camp (Photo by Bob Rhodes).

Indiana State University’s spirit squad gears up to welcome freshmen and enthuse students.



Schaffer has high expectations of her squad, she said, and she expects them to live up to those expectations with the understanding that their coursework comes first.

“My belief is they are a student first, they are on my team second, and their social life is third, so they’ve got someone here on campus that is standing behind them,” she said.

Because they are members of the Spirit Squad, they are a part of the athletic program that gives them academic incentives, such as a mentoring role that Schaffer takes very seriously for them to succeed.

She offers support by monitoring students’

grades and scholarship opportunities at the end of the year. A coordinator is also provided to collaborate with her to make sure the students graduate on time.

While the biggest incentive for students who participate in the Spirit Squad is the satisfaction of being involved in their school, Schaffer said the added academic support is a real advantage for any college student.

Balch said it has contributed to personal and professional growth she will take with her upon graduation throughout the rest of her life.

She said the duties include attending practices and performances, meeting deadlines and completing coursework.

“I think it’s helped me to be mentally tough,” Balch said. “It’s a lot of hard work and it’s a great way to stay in shape.”

The Spirit Squad serves as role models to many and boosts morale by creating school pride among the ISU community.

“They are the face of the university,” Schaffer said.

Any male students interested in joining the ISU Spirit Squad and meet the criteria can contact her at [email protected].


Indiana State’s spirit squad performed demonstrations of their routines at the conclusion of their cheer camp last week (Photos by Bob Rhodes).

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Conflicting viewpoints between the university and the faculty senate caused the ISU Board of Trustees to table a proposed textbook policy in June.

The proposed policy was a result of President Daniel J. Bradley’s affordability taskforce for textbooks and instructional materials suggestions on ways the university could reduce costs for students.

Former ISU Provost Jack Maynard said the disagreement lies in a change to longer textbook adoption cycles and a faculty requirement for the same textbook to be used in multiple section courses.

Both ideas would give students more opportunities to rent or buy used textbooks which guarantees a higher buyback price and lower cost because the textbooks would be more easily accessible.

Virgil Sheets, former faculty senate chair, said the board has good intentions with the policy revision, but he doesn’t want the policy to contradict the main purpose.

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The current policy states faculty can choose textbooks for their courses and department chairs can override the selections if there is an issue.

Sheets said there are a number of elements require more discussions because it might not save students any money.

For instance, faculty already considered cheaper options for students such as posting free materials on Blackboard or consider textbooks that are available in e-books, used or rental textbook format.

Maynard said faculty was against the suggested longer adoption cycles even though it gave them the opportunity for a granted exception.

The proposal would change the adoption cycle from two years to three years for lower division introductory courses to allow students more opportunities to buy used textbooks and more leverage for Barnes & Noble to buyback greater quantities.

Sheets said the number of years for the adoption cycle is a concern to faculty because when they finally find a good textbook, they usually use it until it goes out of print.

The three year plan won’t benefit the student at all because the bookstore won’t buy the older books back at the end of the semester, even though there is a guarantee the texts will be used again next year, he said.

Allowing faculty to choose a textbook of their preference may actually keep the cost down, he said. If faculty have to compromise by selecting a textbook

that conforms with everyone’s teaching methods, it could be more expensive.

While Maynard said there is “serious discourse” and the disagreements will just have to be “hammered out.”

He said there is no perfect solution, everyone is trying to control textbook costs and prevent them from becoming more expensive.

Using the new policy would prevent faculty from changing books if they didn’t like them or if another textbook offered more educational value to students.

“We were to argue that the only time we make changes is when there is a real problem with the book,” Sheets said.

The faculty senate wants the university to consider the bookstore’s buyback policy and confirm whether their order and buyback processes are completed in a timely fashion to ensure part of the policy’s success.

“We (faculty) have had the experience where we keep getting statements saying that we haven’t ordered books and we have. We can show that we have,” Sheets said.

One major concern lies with how the administration views these “friendly reminders” the bookstore sends out, whether they are intentionally being used to discredit faculty members.

“It makes the faculty look bad,” Sheets said. Barnes and Noble’s store manager Derek Holbert

said the issue doesn’t lie with their system or process being inaccurate or untimely.

“There are so many variables that play into book

orders being turned in … I think it’s just the nature,” he said.

In order to fill faculty book requests for the next semester, the bookstore deals with variables such as when the book order is turned in, what book was ordered, its availability and how hard it is to find.

Rachel Mundell, assistant manager of Barnes and Noble said, sometimes a list goes out for faculty who have not ordered their books.

She said if a faculty member has already placed an order and is listed, it simply means the order has been received but not yet processed.

If faculty order textbooks by the requested date, it enables the bookstore to find the quantity needed and ensure maximum shipping time since some titles take six to eight weeks to arrive, she said.

Holbert said they send out reminder notifications to the faculty member or department chair.

“Just as a reminder if you haven’t turned in a book order, it’s never a list where we’re trying to call anyone out,” Holbert said.

Maynard said the decision would not have affected anything for the upcoming fall semester.

Sheets said the extra time for discussions are good to have and it may convince the bookstore to change its policy.

“But if they won’t then it doesn’t do anything, so what’s the point in restricting me if it won’t benefit anyone.”



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When new students arrive at Indiana State University this fall, some will live in a newly renovated residence hall while others will enjoy a new gym floor in the university arena.

But the new offering on the Terre Haute campus that is expected to have the most impact on their futures is a new college set up to ensure a smooth transition to higher education and help them stay on track to graduation.

The University College will undertake that task without a single professor. Classes will remain in the university’s five existing undergraduate colleges.

What the new college does feature is a new approach to student advising with about one dozen staff members whose sole responsibilities are to help first-year and transfer students with course planning, monitor their progress and guide them through any rough spots.

Full-time professional advisors will practice “intrusive advising,” said Linda Maule, dean of the college.

What that means, Maule explained, is that advisors have already reached out to students who attended orientation sessions in June and that outreach will “continue throughout the upcoming semester,

either with face-to-face meetings or e-mail contacts. Whether or not there are more of those would be dependent upon how the student is doing in terms of attendance, grades and those kinds of things.”

Using MAP-Works, a nationwide tool that assesses student preparedness and tracks their academic progress, advisors can reach out to faculty members and alert them when they see that students need assistance, she said.

“This allows for advisors to be better trained, which they desperately want to be, and I think it allows us to hold them to a greater level of accountability, and to make changes more quickly if there is a problem,” Maule said.

The new approach already shows signs of paying off - even before this year’s new students begin classes in August.

Advisor Melissa Benningfield has already contacted all the students assigned to her—239 at last count—and has received “an overwhelming response by phone, e-mail and personal visits.”

Incoming students are hungry for information, Benningfield said, about issues ranging from acquiring textbooks to roommate assignments and what to bring to campus.

The biggest issues so far center on class scheduling and the new approach will ensure that those issues are resolved before the start of classes.

Maule and Benningfield are longtime fixtures at Indiana State.

Maule has been a faculty member since 1996 and has served as coordinator of foundational studies, a post she still holds.

Benningfield has been an instructor in the criminology and criminal justice department for 19 years and has helped students plan their academic careers as a scheduler.

“It’s great that we’re here and able to assist students now and that will reduce the amount of anxiety when they step on campus. They will feel prepared and that’s what we want is a prepared student,” she said. “I’m so excited to be on the forefront of University College. I’m excited because it’s new but also because I know in my heart it is something that is needed and will be helpful for the university as a whole.”

Susan Johnson, director of academic advising, is another veteran staff member who embraces the new college.

University college aims to better serve students


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She said during her 16 years of advising experience she enjoys working in the University College the most with freshmen students’ transition to college.

“The first year of college can be overwhelming and intimidating, but our students are already connected to their academic advisor to help them navigate the process,” Johnson said.

Faculty are still connected. During this year’s New Student

Orientation, advisors used data that a faculty member had collected and analyzed to help them determine the optimum time for a student to take a particular class, Maule said.

“If there was a class that was very difficult for a student in a specific kind of area, where you might look at SAT score, grade point average and science and math background, instead of having them take it their first semester, we would say ‘Complete this, and then we’ll have you take it next semester’,” Maule said.

“So instead of just saying ‘Oh, it looks like you need to take X, Y and Z,” they’re really looking at the student and seeing where they’re at and helping them to

make choices that will allow them to be successful that first semester,” she said.

Incoming students now also benefit from lower student to advisor ratios.In the past, faculty members in each student’s chosen area of study served as advisors, juggling that responsibility with day-to-day teaching and often having no contact with students until midway through the fall semester, Maule said.

Each of University College’s 11 advisors will serve about 250 students, she noted, while faculty advisors may have been responsible for as many as 375 students apiece.While some institutions restrict University College advising to “at-risk” students or don’t allow students to declare a major, “We’re in between that,” Maule said.

Faculty and/or staff members in each student’s chosen area of study will also work with students. Students will be assigned to University College for a minimum of two semesters before transitioning to the appropriate academic college housing their declared major and receiving advising from professors.

Linda Maule, dean of the University College at Indiana State University, speaks with criminology major Andrew Milner (ISU Communications and Marketing photo).



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