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A NDERSON U NIVERSITY Alumni Quarterly Magazine SPRING 2015Saying GoodbyeIndiana’s longest-serving college presidentpreps for life after AU
FROM THE EDITORSignatures MagazineAnderson University Alumni QuarterlyT H A N K YO UTHIS SEMESTER HAS BEEN ONE OF GREETINGS AND GOODBYESat Anderson University. Dr. James L. Edwards made his final chapelpresentation as president of the university on Feb. 19, while incomingpresident John Pistole made his first on March 5, the first official weekof his leadership at AU. The campus, Anderson community, alumni,and friends celebrated Dr. Edwards and his wife, Deanna, with aDeborah Lilly BA ’90, MTS ’11editor(765) 641-4238dllilly@anderson.eduKerry Shawart director(765) 641-4236klshaw@anderson.eduMichael Baker BA ’08design/layout(765) 641-4237mtbaker@anderson.eduElizabeth Murraypublications assistantcontributing writersCourtney Brandsma BA ’16Maryann (Koopman) Kelly BA ’04Holly G. MillerScott Rees BA ’01contributing photographersDale PickettKerry Shawtribute concert in Reardon Auditorium at the end of February, andthe couple has been downsizing for months in preparation for the nextchapter in their lives. In this issue, we celebrate the commitment Dr.and Mrs. Edwards made to Anderson University and the AndersonSignatures Onlinecommunity 25 years ago and the care and dedication with which theywww.anderson.edu/signaturescarried out that mission. When you consider that at this point in theAddress ChangesCall (765) 641-4100university’s history, Dr. Edwards provided leadership for just over aquarter of the life of AU, his impact on this campus and on students,faculty, and staff is undeniable. Under his watch, AU has expandedin facilities and academic programs — graduate and undergraduate.Marketing now includes television advertising, making our name andThe official alumni periodical of Anderson University, Signatures magazineis published by the Office of Publications and distributed free of charge toalumni, friends, faculty, and staff. Editorial offices are located in the Office ofPublications, Anderson University, 1100 E. Fifth St., Anderson, IN 460123495. Signatures is a registered trademark of Anderson University.Printed by Mignone Communications Inc., Berne, Ind.reputation much more familiar to a statewide audience. He also spenta considerable amount of time representing Anderson Universityto a national audience, including his leadership and involvement inthe Council for Christian Colleges and Universities (CCCU). Butmore importantly, he has been a dedicated caretaker and mentor to1100 E. 5th St., Anderson, IN 46012-3495www.anderson.edustudents, even enduring their popular nickname for him, “P. Eddy.”While focusing on the larger picture of university finances, branding,and name recognition, he never forgot the mission of AndersonUniversity: To educate students for lives of faith and service to thechurch and society. So as Dr. and Mrs. Edwards begin the nextchapter of their lives, we wish them well, express gratitude for theirwork, and remind them they will always be part of the AndersonAdmissions(800) 428-6414info@anderson.eduAlumni(765) 641-4100Development(800) 421-1025Registrar(765) 641-4169Career Development(765) 641-4196University community. — deborah lillyAnderson University is a four-year liberal arts institution with approximately2,700 undergraduate and graduate students. Established in 1917 by theChurch of God, the university offers more than 60 undergraduate majorsand graduate programs in business, theology, nursing, and music.2The Anderson University logo shown above is a registered trademark ofAnderson University.
VOLUME 95ISSUE 1ContentsSignatures Magazine Spring 201510SAYING GOODBYEIndiana’s longest-serving collegepresident preps for life after AU.On the cover: President Edwards,speaking at Candles & Carols.AU NEWSALUMNI JOURNALEditor’s note2The art of Binh D. Pho4Lincoln exhibit comes to AU5Women’s basketball alumni5AU intramural program amongthe best in the nation6Edwards to address 2015 graduates8AU advocate dies8A letter from a former president9Alumni Profile: Josh Kaufman18Upcoming alumni events19FIND US ONLINEANDERSON UNIVERSITY Alumni Quarterly, Spring 20153
AU NEWSTHE ART OFBINH D. PHOAnderson University will be hosting anexhibition by Vietnamese artist Binh Phothrough May 10, 2015. “Shadow of theTurning: the Art of Binh Pho” will featurePho’s extraordinary wood art. Pho explains,“My work primarily reflects the Far Eastculture and my journey to the West. I love tobring the beauty of nature and hand-creationtechniques together to create character andsoul in a piece.”The exhibit is titled “Shadowof the Turning: the Art of BinhPho” and is integrated with a bookcollaboration with Kevin Wallaceof the same name. This is theirsecond book together. The first,River of Destiny: the Life and Workof Binh Pho, recounted Pho’s childhood inVietnam, eyewitness accounts of the Fall ofSaigon, life in a communist prison camp, hisdaring escape, and his new life in the UnitedStates. The second book is fictional andfocuses on art, philosophy, and storytelling,blending the mythic worlds of fairy tale,fantasy, adventure, and science fiction.The exhibition is located in the gallery atYork Performance Hall. Hours for the showare Wednesday, 6-8 p.m.; Tuesday and Friday,1-4 p.m.; and from March 28 to May 2 onSaturday from 1-4 p.m. The exhibition will beclosed the week of March 15 due to springbreak. Group tours can be arranged by calling(765) 641-4320. Admission is free.4The Knower and the KnownSinus Amoris RenovationWorld WithinRoots of Heaven
LINCOLN EXHIBIT COMES TO AUAnderson University and the Nicholson Library have been selected as one of the sites tohost the traveling exhibition “Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War.” Since 2009, theexhibition has been traveling to public, research, and special libraries; historical societies;museums; civic, community, and heritage organizations; and institutions of higher learningacross the nation. The traveling exhibition and tour are funded by a major grant from theNational Endowment for the Humanities to the National Constitution Center.Using the Constitution as the cohesive thread, the exhibition offers a fresh andinnovative perspective on Lincoln that focuses on his struggle to meet the political andconstitutional challenges of the Civil War. Organized thematically, the exhibition exploreshow Lincoln used the Constitution to confront three intertwined crises of the war — thesecession of Southern states, slavery, and wartime civil liberties. Visitors will leave theexhibition with a more complete understanding of Abraham Lincoln as president and theCivil War as the nation’s gravest constitutional crisis.An opening event and dessert reception are scheduled for March 27 at 7:30 p.m.at the Nicholson Library on the AU campus. Anderson University history professor andLincoln author Dr. Brian Dirck will be the featured speaker for the evening. The event isfree. To register, go online to anderson.edu/alumni/events or call (765) 641-4066.FORMER RAVENS RETURNANDERSON UNIVERSITY Alumni Quarterly, Spring 2015Women’s basketball alumnae from thelate 1970s - 1980s were on campus Jan.3, 2015, to cheer the Lady Ravens. Theyshared a meal, laughs, and memories.They are (front row from left) Jan KoenigerBA ’79, Kelly (Buchs) Getts BA ’81,former coach Becky Hull, Robin (Gregory)Pennington BA ’84, Kim Roberts BA ’86,Jenny (Hughes) Lewis BA ’83, (back rowfrom left) Di Hird BA ’84, Carol (McMillan)Houser BA ’82, Tammy Burt BA ’84, Suzan(Starr) Hardin BA ’84, Jackie (Determan)Tretten BA ’83, Cindy (McIntosh) Cook BA’83, Becky (Closser) Crowder BA ’84, andLeAnn Holding BA ’77.5
AU NEWSAUINTRAMURALPROGRAMAMONG THE BEST IN THE NATION“Building a top-25 intramural sports program is accomplished onerelationship at a time. Everything else stems off from that,” saysTrent Palmer, director of student programs at Anderson University.“I think the draw is first and foremost the relationshipelement. We have teams that sign up from resident halls, socialclubs, or people play just because they want to be with one oftheir friends and other people,” he says. “Secondary to that is thephysical activity aspect. It is a fun way to exercise and be active.Third, we offer a competitive program. For those students not ableto play in a collegiate sport, they can play in a highly structuredsports arena.”Anderson University has been named among the top 25colleges and universities for intramural sports by bestcolleges.com,which publishes a variety of rankings. According to the website,three items of criteria factored into the rankings — variety,leadership, and facilities.“I have played in every intramural season since I was afreshman at AU. I’m a big sports junkie and AU helps feed thatneed for me,” says Armani Crews.The two semesters are divided into four seasons, each lastingfive weeks. Team sports offered are basketball, volleyball, watervolleyball, indoor and outdoor soccer, ultimate Frisbee, softball,floor hockey, dodgeball, and handball.“Basketball is really our most highly anticipated and generallymost intense sport. We are in Indiana, so you would expect that,”says Palmer.There are also sports offered in individuals and pairs that havebeen gaining popularity, such as cornhole, ladder golf, and kanjam.Palmer says the program was already in good shape when hetook it over six years ago. He began evaluating each sport and howeffective they are, as well as adding new sports, sometimes at theexpense of another sport losing popularity. He also puts a largeemphasis on referee training, which employs students.6He discovered the connectivity of intramural sports for himselfduring his time as an undergraduate when he failed to make thebasketball team. “Through that I found a real affinity forintramurals. It provided me an outlet to participate in a sportthat I loved,” he says.Eight years ago, AU, in collaboration with fellow conferenceschools Huntington University, Indiana Wesleyan University, andTaylor University, began offering “extra-murals.” Rotating venuesannually, students from all four institutions would compete againstone another in the tournaments for basketball and flag football.“Especially for those pro teams that are really competitive, thatis a real incentive, being able to play against our (school) rivals,”says Palmer.Student Kyle Fawcett says playing intramural soccer andbasketball has afforded him the opportunity to interact with otherstudents he would normally not meet elsewhere on campus.He says he was also attracted to the low-pressure atmosphere.“It’s great to compete with your friends, and at the end of theday, it’s just an intramural game so there is no reason to be overcompetitive,” he says.Student Sam Schinderle says he plays a variety of intramuralsports to stay in shape and affirms the value of relationships gainedfrom the program.“I would say that the biggest thing that I have drawn fromthe experience would have to be camaraderie. I have made manyfriends both while playing and refereeing the sports from year toyear,” says Schinderle.Palmer says the program is an inclusive opportunity forstudents to engage in an extracurricular opportunity that ultimatelycontributes to their holistic development.“That is kind of our mission statement in a nutshell,” hesays. “Learning can happen outside the classroom and these sportscontribute to that.” — scott rees
SPORTS DEFINITIONSLadder Golf — A four persongame (2 teams of 2) whereyou toss foam balls attachedtogether on a string over to a3-runged ladder. The goal isto string the tossed stringedgolf ball contraption onto therungs of the ladder.Corn Hole — A 4 persongame (2 teams of 2) whereyou toss corn-filled bags to aboard with a medium-sizedhole cut in it. The goal is tohave bags go through thehole or at least land and stayon the opposite board.KanJam — A 4 person(2 teams of 2) throwingfrisbees at or into a trashcan. The thrower tossesover to the can where his/her teammate is able to tapthe disc to hit the can, gointo the can, or let it hit thecan without touching it forvarying amounts of pointsdepending on which optionwas realized.— courtney brandsmaANDERSON UNIVERSITY Alumni Quarterly, Spring 20157
AU NEWSEDWARDS TO ADDRESS 2015 GRADUATESDr. James L. Edwards, outgoing president of AndersonUniversity, will end his final academic year of leadership byaddressing AU graduates during the 2015 commencementexercises. The baccalaureate service and commencement arescheduled for May 9 at 10 a.m.and 3 p.m. respectively. Bothprograms are open to the public.Edwards began his leadershipof Anderson University in 1990.He is only the fourth personto hold the office of presidentin the university’s nearly 100year history. In his 25 years ofservice, he has overseen severalcomprehensive capital campaigns,raising funding support totaling more than 200 million. Anumber of major facilities have been constructed during hispresidency, including the Kardatzke Wellness Center, YorkPerformance Hall, York Seminary Village, and the AndersonUniversity Flagship Enterprise Center, plus additions ontoDecker Hall and Hartung Hall and the acquisition of a newbusiness school facility. He has also been influential in raisingawareness of Anderson University across the United States.Edwards will also receive an honorary doctorate from theuniversity during commencement.The Rev. Dr. Diana L. Swoope will address graduates,family, and friends at the baccalaureate service. An alumnaof the School of the Theology and ordained minister in theChurch of God, Swoope is the senior pastor at ArlingtonChurch of God in Akron, Ohio. Swoope led her churchin establishing the Arlington Christian Academy, which isa chartered elementary school that enrolls students fromkindergarten through the eighth grade. She is a frequent speakerfor conventions, revivals, and seminars across the United States,Canada, Jamaica, Grand Cayman, Bermuda, Australia, andSouth Africa. She is also a published author.Baccalaureate will take place in Reardon Auditorium andcommencement exercises in the Kardatzke Wellness Center.AU ADVOCATE DIESPhil Fair, a 1961 graduate of Anderson University and a longtime employee ofthe university, died Oct. 19 at his home in Oklahoma City. Fair came to AUfrom Oklahoma. As a student, he met Betty Ruth Aved, and they married Sept.3, 1960. His career spanned business, church ministry, mass communication,and higher education. He joined the staff at AU in 1981 and spent nearly threedecades working in the admissions and development offices. He retired in 2008.Fair Commons, university apartment-style student housing on the east edge ofcampus, was named by developers Tom and Sch’ree Ward in recognition of theFair family. In addition to his wife, Fair is survived by his son, the Rev. Kelly Fair,and his daughter, Lori (Fair) Layugan, along with several grandchildren.8
A LE T T E R F RO M AF O R M E R P R E SIDE NTI first met Jim Edwards when he was a student in theAnderson College Choir and I was the director. He musthave had more than a passing interest in music because healso took my choral conducting class, the last class I taughtat Anderson College before becoming dean. Even after hefinished college, I kept my eye on him.After completing 13 years of teaching and another25 years as academic dean at Anderson, I was nearingretirement at the same time I was preparing to moveinto the office of president following Bob Reardon. Boband I had a conversation about Jim and the future ofthe university. We believed Jim Edwards ought to beconsidered down the line for president. Independentlyof each other, Bob and I talked with Jim and encouragedhim to consider a move from a leadership role in a churchto leadership in the university and to pursue a doctoralprogram at The Ohio State University lending itself toPictured above are the three living university presidents at the time of Edwards firsthigher education. I have championed him ever since.year at AU: (left to right) the late Dr. Robert Reardon, Dr. Robert Nicholson, andEvery university president has a different set ofDr. James L. Edwards.challenges before him, and Jim has met them all well.Perhaps one of the most important roles, however, isWhy was this work important to Anderson University? Weadvancing the name and reputation of the institution. By theneeded to be known for what we do and then we needed to betime I became president, I was well known in the Church ofbetter known. Our greatness is what we can do for individualGod, so I reached out to the city of Anderson and built bridgesstudents at AU. As our reputation began to spread, opportunitiesbetween the college and the community. Jim extended that reachfor new programs and new donors grew as well. In turn, doorsin new and different ways. One of his important strategies washave also opened for our alumni. And Jim leaves a legacy notto reach out and position Anderson University within the sightsonly at Anderson University but also far beyond the campusof the leadership of Indianapolis and the leadership of the statecommunity.of Indiana. Jim has done that very well. It was also important toAfter 25 years of working under the pressure of beingbecome a strong member of the national Council of Christiana university president, it will take awhile to adjust to a lessColleges and Universities (CCCU), headquartered in Washington, demanding schedule. Jim has proven himself as a pastor, a problemD.C. One of Jim’s greatest gifts is that of being comfortable insolver, a leader, a networker, and more. As he moves into thethe arena of higher education. Jim has also been well liked amongnext phase of life, I wish him freedom for relaxation and mostuniversity presidents. Not only was he an active participant in theimportantly, time with his grandchildren. He has certainly earnedCCCU, he also served as the board chair of the council.it. —dr. robert nicholsonANDERSON UNIVERSITY Alumni Quarterly, Spring 20159
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Saying GoodbyeIndiana’s longest serving college president preps for new leadership and life after AU.by holly g. millerAS HIS PRESIDENCY AT ANDERSON UNIVERSITYwho leave their posts after seven or eight years — the nacomes to a close, Dr. James L. Edwards has been crosstional average for university leaders — “it never occurredto me to hand this off,” he says. “Even during the difficulting items off his list in preparation for new leadership oftimes, I’ve felt blessed to be here. When I say that I neverthe university. The traditional note, written by one presifound an exit ramp, it’s because I never looked for one. Ident and left atop the historic Morrison desk for his sucnever thought about life after the presidency. I tell folkscessor, has been written. Edwards — currently the lonthat I’m a one-instrument band and I only have one tune.gest serving university president in Indiana — is ready tohand over the job of AU to his successor. He began his fi- Now I’ve got to figure out what the next tune is.”He’s counting on his wife,nals early this academic yearDeanna, and their six grandchil— welcomed his final classof freshmen in September,dren to help him with that. AtI’VE DEDICATED THIS ACADEMIC YEAR TOhosted his final homecomingthis point he and Deanna onlyDOING WHATEVER I CAN DO TO LAY THEin October, and celebratedknow that the next tune willTRACKSFORTHEFUTURE.IFTHERE’SANYhis final Candles and Carplay out on the West Coast,HEAVYLIFTINGYETTOACCOMPLISH,Iwhere they’ve been shoppingols concert in December.WANTTOTAKEITON.for property close to their threeWhen he reflects on his longchildren. In the meantime, thecareer and his upcomingMorrison desk is stacked highretirement, he often useswith unfinished business thattravel terms. He recalls hisneeds his attention. His goal is a smooth transition to new“journey” from pastor of an Ohio congregation to CEO ofleadership and the presidency of John Pistole.his denomination’s publishing house; h
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