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• Text Messages: The book exhibit you can touch

• Fundraiser brings in more than $100k

• Agriculture program graduates its 1st

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If there’s one reliable expectation you can carry forward into a new year, it’s a renewed sense of optimism. And that’s exactly what area residents can anticipate as northeast Indiana benefits from a $42 million economic stimulus grant awarded from the Indiana Regional Cities Initiative.

Gov. Mike Pence announced in December that proposals from north central, northeast, and southwest Indiana will benefit, in equal parts, from funding raised through a state tax amnesty program. Altogether, seven regional proposals competed.

The Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership is responsible for aligning community partners and crafting the message for our local entry, “Road to One Million.” The proposal focuses on increasing northeast Indiana’s population from more than 789,000 residents to 1 million by advocating for nearly 70 quality-of-life projects across the 11-county region. After all, it’s the quality of place that attracts people to communities.

Population growth is the only way to maintain and expand our regional economy, specifically by retaining and attracting younger, skilled, and educated workers.

With the region’s annual growth rate at 0.7 percent, the desired

population growth is unrealistic in the near term. Continuing to grow at the current pace means we won’t reach 1 million residents until 2068, or for another 52 years.

The “Road to One Million” is about positioning northeast Indiana to become a magnet for talent.

Through the newly approved state funding for these quality-of-life projects—which are expected to be supported financially by local and private interests—northeast Indiana is better aligned to accelerate its growth rate to 2.1 percent a year, making the increase to 1 million residents attainable by 2032.

Ivy Tech Community College Northeast is proud to count itself among the “Road to One Million” partners. The College has contributed to the area’s economy for decades by providing a highly skilled workforce for several major industries.

For its alignment with the “Road to One Million,” Ivy Tech Northeast will be partnering on a project with Fort Wayne’s Wunderkammer Company, a nonprofit whose mission is to revitalize communities through contemporary art.

Toward talent retention, the College plans to establish a culinary incubator and test kitchen in a

three-story building in downtown Fort Wayne that Wunderkammer intends to purchase. The building will also include Wunderkammer’s administrative offices, creative live-and-work areas, and performance and exhibition space.

Toward talent development, Ivy Tech Northeast will develop programs that combine arts education with skills in areas such as welding, machining, or auto body. These are high-demand programs. We can provide artists with the technical skills needed to create their art, as well as the industry-recognized credentials that lead to well-paying jobs that support both their creative ambitions and entrepreneurship.

With the “Road to One Million,” we will build on our collective quality of place, where Ivy Tech Northeast continues its mission to change lives and make Indiana great by providing dream fulfillment and community development.

College supports region's ‘Road to One Million'

Jerrilee K. Mosier, Ed.D. Chancellor, Ivy Tech Community College Northeast

Ivy Tech Community College Northeast is proud to count itself among the Northeast Indiana Regional

Partnership’s “Road to One Million” partners. The College has contributed to the area’s economy for

decades by providing a highly skilled workforce for several major industries.

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INSIDE Ivy Tech Community College Northeast is a magazine published four times a year to celebrate the successes of our students, graduates, faculty, staff, and friends of the College. This publication documents how we hold ourselves accountable to the College’s vision statement: Changing lives. Making Indiana great.

ChancellorJerrilee K. Mosier, Ed.D.

Executive Director of Marketing and CommunicationsAndrew D. Welch

DesignSandra Fouty

EditorialDane Hawley and Jaclyn Y. Garver

Contributing PhotographersZeke Bryant, Sandra Fouty, Jaclyn Y. Garver, Dane Hawley, Jonathan Kratzer, and Joe Wood

Copyright © 2016 by Ivy Tech Community College Northeast, Fort Wayne, IN 46805. No part of this magazine may be reproduced without prior permission of the editors. All rights reserved.

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Agriculture graduate sets sights on Anheuser-Busch farm

Preschoolers learn that play is important work for development

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4 12 We can help you stay safe on the roads this winter

13 Trash dominates recent LEGO qualifying tournament

13 Exploratory math course emphasizes reading-, writing-intensive objectives

16 Alphabet Soup (news briefs)

17 College to erect interactive sculpture on North Campus

17 New executive director joins administrative team

18 Tidbits (feature photos)

20 2016 Special Cuisines Dinner Series

20 Ivy Tech Night with the Komets

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Annual culinary fundraiser surpasses $100,000 mark

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College exhibit of early-edition works connects to modern day

Early Childhood Learning Center preschooler Tamim Zimmit, 4, pretends to radio fellow firefighters for back-up support. Photo by Zeke Bryant

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Draft horse dreams

Photo by Jonathan Kratzer


Agriculture graduate sets sights on Anheuser-Busch farm

Story by Jaclyn Y. GarverDraft horse dreamsRebecca Marshall grew up around horses. Her grandfather has had them since before she was born. She grew up driving draft horses, and she interned last summer on a horse farm. When she was 8 or 9, she started showing them in 4-H, where she was a 10-year member. She still shows draft horses in county fairs and large shows.

Marshall has always known she wanted to study agriculture, so when Ivy Tech Community College Northeast began its Agriculture program in fall 2013, she signed up. She even wonders if she was the very first student to do so.

Marshall was one of seven students enrolled in the program when it kicked off two years ago. Last semester, she finished. In May, she will march during Commencement.

In the meantime, there’s that pesky business of finding a job.

And she found one she wants. Really, really wants. We’re talking dream-job levels of crossing the fingers and preparing a resume as perfect as possible.

She wants to work with the Budweiser Clydesdales.

You know the ones—they pull the sleigh in the holiday commercials and star in all of the Super Bowl commercials.

Through a job she worked during the summer, Marshall knew someone who might be able to hire her at his company.

“There were no openings, but he mentioned a place that’s always hiring,” Marshall says. “When he said the name, I almost dropped to the floor.”

He said Anheuser-Busch.

“He gave me the contact info for the guy who operates the barns,” she says. “I’m putting my resume together and sending it out. It’s one of those jobs that you never really expect to get, but you have to see whether you’re capable of getting the job.”

If Marshall were to land the job, she might find herself

traveling with the draft horses around the country. She might find herself in the breeding barn, working with and training the mares and foals.

What differentiates a draft horse from a riding horse is its size—a draft horse is larger. Also called a work horse, draft horses typically have a mild temperament and are used a lot by the Amish for plowing fields.

“They’re called the gentle giants,” Marshall says.

Kelli Krieder, the College’s agriculture chair, worked with Marshall on her resume and cover letter, helping her figure out how to best represent how her skills can contribute to the Anheuser-Busch farm.

“It is kind of a dream. I wouldn’t be shocked if she got an interview,” Kreider says, “but I wouldn’t be shocked if she didn’t, either. She’s definitely qualified. I know they would be more than pleased with her. She’s anyone’s dream for working on a farm. She’s amazing.”

Kreider calls Marshall hard-working, dependable, and trustworthy, the kind of student who goes above and beyond what is expected of her, and one who sets high standards for herself.

“She’s always the first volunteer any time we’re doing any kind of promotional event,” Kreider says. “Fort Wayne Farm Show. Promoting the Agriculture program around the community. If I can have all my students be half of the quality she is, oh man, my job would be the best job ever.”

If working with the draft horses doesn’t work out, Marshall does have a Plan B: Get into sales and marketing, working with equipment sales, seed sales, chemical sales.

Regardless of where she ends up, she’s always known she wanted to work in agriculture. Marshall graduated in 2011 from Central Noble High school in Albion, Ind. She began taking general education classes at Ivy Tech Northeast with the plan to transfer to Purdue University or IPFW to eventually complete a bachelor’s degree.

As she was preparing for her final semester before transfer, she noticed “Agriculture” in a dropdown menu on the Ivy Tech website.

“I clicked on it to see what it was, and they had two or three classes listed,” she says. “I signed up.”

Because she was one of the first, Marshall felt like she got to have a say in some of the program’s curriculum—she and her six peers were able to share ideas on what worked, what didn’t, which tests were too easy or too hard. She got to see the program get more supplies and more space, and she got to see it grow nearly 700 percent: from the original seven to 55 as of fall 2015.

“It was a learning experience for all of us, and it was a good one,” she says. “We ultimately had a lot of fun.”

Photo by Jonathan Kratzer

Agriculture graduate Rebecca Marshall is leveraging her years of experience in working with horses to land a position with Anheuser-Busch, caring for the company's iconic Budweiser Clydesdales. Photo by Jaclyn Y. Garver

Marshall developed her love for horses at a young age. Before she reached 10, she began showing them in 4-H competitions. Courtesy photo


From left, preschoolers Tamim Zimmit, 4, Audrianna Crosby-Dixie, 3, and Kaleb Perry, 3, along with their classmates and teachers at Ivy Tech Northeast’s Early Childhood Learning Center, get a special lesson in fire safety on Nov. 11 from Taylor Fitzgerald, a firefighter and emergency medical technician with the New Haven (Ind.)–Adams Township Fire Department. Photo by Joe Wood


All fired up!Preschoolers learn that play is important work for developmentStory by Dane Hawley

“Hello? Is there anyone in here? This is the fire department,” says Taylor Fitzgerald as he kneels on the low-pile carpet, extending his gloved right hand into an imaginary smoke-filled room. He wears a full face mask and self-contained breathing apparatus, sounding faintly like Darth Vader as he tells a group of children, “I know it’s a little scary right now, but I’m here to help you.”

Audrianna Crosby-Dixie recoils in response, and Tamim Zimmit’s eyes widen in amazement.

Following a series of dress-up dates, safety discussions, pretend rescues, and emergency drills throughout October—National Fire Prevention Month—the children’s lessons about fire safety finally came to this: a Nov. 11 visit by real firefighters to Ivy Tech Community College Northeast’s Early Childhood Learning Center.

“One of the hardest parts about teaching fire prevention is making it interesting and relatable for kids,” says Fitzgerald, a firefighter and emergency medical technician with the New Haven (Ind.)–Adams Township Fire Department. “My favorite part about today’s lesson was the little girl who was scared of us when we put our gear on. As time passed, she slowly became more comfortable with us, and by the end, she was smiling and talking to us. It is very important that kids are not afraid of us with our gear on.”

Fitzgerald and his firefighter colleague, Matt Seftick, made their appearance courtesy of an invitation by Lois Kaufmann-Hunsberger, the center’s faculty coordinator and preschool teacher.

Kaufmann-Hunsberger introduced her 3- to 5-year-old preschool students to the roles of construction workers, firefighters, medical responders, and police officers early in the fall,

using the all-inclusive term “city workers.” She says the children developed a fascination with firefighters, in particular.

“We try to follow their lead,” Kaufmann-Hunsberger says. “We want children to go in-depth, to visit and revisit ideas, because it’s in the use of that vocabulary and the concepts regarding that topic that they’re gaining the type of learning that can be transferrable to other topics. So, it’s really about supporting that excitement and curiosity for learning and then going in-depth in a few topics.”

In fact, play is the children’s work, Kaufmann-Hunsberger says.

The Early Childhood Learning Center uses a constructivist approach to education, where the children build their knowledge through active involvement with materials, concepts, peers, and adults, and it also incorporates the work of a number of theorists.

“Russian psychologist Lev Vygotsky said, ‘In play, children often perform above their skill level,’” Kaufmann-Hunsberger says. “The reason they do this is because they are so highly motivated by the reinforcement they receive from play that they stretch themselves beyond what they are capable of doing and because they have intense interactions with other children who have both lesser skills and greater skills than they do. At times they’re the teacher; sometimes they’re the student. That’s one of the reasons why play is so valuable.”

Beyond a traditional preschool classroom, the Early Childhood Learning Center is also a laboratory for the College’s early childhood education majors. Students in 100-level classes

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can observe interactions while the preschool is in session, and students in 200-level classes can use the site to satisfy their three-credit internship requirement for graduation, which requires 144 hours of direct interaction with children within a semester.

This fall, Cassadie King completed her practicum placement at the center.

“It was an amazing experience to work with the children and their families, including how we helped the children’s development,” King says, “and in working with Lois, she’s always right there for every child.”

Whether inspiring younger generations to appreciate learning or influencing older generations to become capable early childhood educators, perhaps no one is having more fun at the Early Childhood Learning Center than Kaufmann-Hunsberger.

“I have the best job in the whole wide world, and I know it,” she says, bursting into laughter.

Early Childhood Learning Center

Now enrolling for fall 2016

Visit IvyTech.edu/northeast/eclc or contact Early Childhood Learning Center Faculty Coordinator and Preschool Teacher Lois Kaufmann-Hunsberger at 260-480-4194.

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Preschooler Ilos Koudsia, 3, joins Early Childhood Learning Center Faculty Coordinator and Preschool Teacher Lois Kaufmann-Hunsberger in a pretend notification to the fire department. Photo by Dane Hawley

Firefighter Taylor Fitzgerald speaks to the preschoolers about fire rescue protocol before putting on his protective fire gear. Photo by Joe Wood


Preschooler Winston Unger, 3, prepares to confront a pretend fire. Photo by Zeke Bryant


Of ancient texts & text messagesCollege exhibit of early-edition works connects to modern dayStory by Jaclyn Y. Garver

Mathemata mathematicis scribuntur. (Mathematics is written for mathematicians.) ~Nicholaus Copernicus, De Revolutionibus Orbium Coelestium (On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres)

First-edition books.

Published in the 1700s.

Pages so old, they crackle.

One “book” so aged, it pre-dates the printing press.

The Remnant Trust is a collection of first- and early-edition manuscripts and works housed at Texas Tech University. Universities and institutions across the country can host a selection of the more than 1,200 (and growing) works owned by The Remnant Trust. This spring, Ivy Tech Community College Northeast will host 50 works as a part of Text Messages. The books were chosen by College faculty and staff.

“They provide a historical perspective to some of the political and social discussions of the day,” says Chancellor Jerrilee K. Mosier, Ed.D. “Several of these works are particularly appropriate for Indiana’s bicentennial this year.”

Text Messages includes books in five categories: • Philosophy/religion• Government/history/economics• Fiction/literature• Civil rights

• Science/math/discovery

The oldest Text Messages work, the Sumerian Terracotta Tablet, is dated from 2200 B.C. The tablet is the size of your palm and features cuneiform carvings on either side. The translation? It’s a religious text. A sampling:

… from your birth you were a man of might whose name was proclaimed by Nanna! Cu-Suen, heroic

son of An, beloved of Enlil, head held high in the lapis-lazuli e-kur, given birth by Urac, chosen by the heart of Urac, you have been elevated over all the lands.

What makes the collection so special goes beyond the books’ age: Unlike other similar exhibits, where viewers must study the art or artifacts from behind glass or at a distance, hands clasped safely behind their backs, The Remnant Trust invites patrons to handle the collection. Those who visit Text Messages will not only have the opportunity but be encouraged to touch, hold, and study these works.

It might not appeal to the Kindle crowd, but for anyone who appreciates books and history, Text Messages is a rare experience.

“You can feel the book. You can feel the heft of the book, the texture of the pages, and the binding, how the pages actually feel. They’re not like modern books,” says Ward Price, Ivy Tech Northeast librarian and chair of the College’s Remnant Trust committee. “They may have a scent to them.”

Knowledge is power. ~Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan

The idea behind Text Messages is to take these works that have been around for hundreds and, in some cases, thousands of years and show their importance and relevance to a modern audience. The works provide a foundation for many current issues and conversations in today’s world, Mosier says, in topics ranging from race relations to gender equality.

Those who visit Text Messages will be encouraged to consider the works in front of them; a series of large white boards ask general questions related to the exhibit, and attendees will be able to write their responses.

Want to schedule a tour with your club or school group? Contact librarian Ward Price at [email protected] or 260-480-2033.

Visit IvyTech.edu/northeast/textmessages to find out more about Text Messages, including the list of 50 books in the exhibit.

A collection of 50 first- andearly-edition historic works

“Failure is impossible, success guaranteed with Text Messages.” ~ Susan B. Anthony

Jan. 21 toApril 29, 2016

in Café VerdeColiseum Campus

1820 - 1906

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC


Of ancient texts & text messagesCollege exhibit of early-edition works connects to modern dayStory by Jaclyn Y. Garver

What is a Text Messages book that has grown in importance since it was written?

What traits do the religious texts in Text Messages share?

If you had to live in any other time period, which one would you choose?

“We’re connecting old texts with modern text messaging of cell phones. That’s an attempt to make it relatable to people today,” Price says. “We want to make the audience think.”

He points out that the ideas for many science fiction and fantasy movies come from these kinds of dated books and manuscripts: Consider the film Victor Frankenstein, which came out in November.

“It’s the umpteenth version of the movie,” Price says, “and we happen to have the original.”

Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful. ~Mary Shelley, Frankenstein

Ivy Tech Northeast professors are encouraged to incorporate any of the 50 Text Messages books into their classes. Therese Leone-Unger, assistant English chair and a co-chair of the Remnant Trust committee, plans to use George Orwell’s 1984 and Susan B. Anthony’s An Account of the Proceedings on the Trial of Susan B. Anthony on the Charge of Illegal Voting at the Presidential Election in November, 1872 in her ENGL 111 English Composition and ENGL 112 Exposition and Persuasion classes. The idea is that first- and early-edition works show how the writing process evolves over time.

Leone-Unger relates the experience to time travel: Studying “tangible language”—the lines that create words, book binding, special paper, fonts, and book condition—“are the only working mechanism of time travel that humans have found reliable in understanding the past, present, and future,” she says.

Want to schedule a tour with your club or school group? Contact librarian Ward Price at [email protected] or 260-480-2033.

Visit IvyTech.edu/northeast/textmessages to find out more about Text Messages, including the list of 50 books in the exhibit.

Text Messages features 50 first- and early-edition books and manuscripts including, clockwise from top left: Frankenstein, 1869; a Sumerian terracotta tablet with a religious inscription, 2200 B.C.; the Emancipation Proclamation, 1864; and the Torah, printed on deer skin, 1600.

Which book in Text Messages are you most excited about?

Lincoln–Douglas Debates and Startling Facts for Native Americans Called ‘Know-Nothings’Given the current political discussions and the public and media focus on the interaction between the candidates in the presidential debates and the seemingly outrageous statements of some, I think the Lincoln–Douglas Debates is especially relevant. While Lincoln and Douglas were not running for president at the time, the topic of the seven debates was slavery in the United States. Today the main topic is immigration.

There is one work in the collection that is focused on a political party in the United States in the mid-1880s that operated on a national basis, promising to purify American politics by limiting or ending the influence of Irish Catholics and other immigrants. That group was empowered by the fears that the country was being overwhelmed by German and Irish Catholic immigrants, and therefore, they wanted to curb immigration and naturalization. It is titled Startling Facts for Native Americans Called “Know-Nothings,” by Enoch Hutchinson. What I am excited about is the learning and the subsequent dialogue that will take place given the relevance of the issues and current situation in our country today. It is interesting to note how our understanding and our behavior of how we respond to people and ideas that are different than are own haven’t evolved as much as we might have hoped throughout the years.

~ Jerrilee K. Mosier, Ivy Tech Northeast Chancellor

Bhagavad-Gita“I grew up in the capital city of Pakistan, Islamabad, which isn’t far from India. I vividly remember watching Indian TV transmissions of Mahabharata, which is part of Gita, but I never had a chance to see, touch, or smell the actual book. The Mahabharata TV show always mesmerized me. I can’t wait to get my hands on this book.”

~Andaz Ahmad, Ivy Tech Northeast Director of Media Services, Instructional Design, and Online Technologies


SCREEEEEEEECH!We can help you stay safe on the roads this winterStory by Jaclyn Y. Garver

Winter driving can sometimes seem like a cruelly designed obstacle course: Start from a dead stop and gather enough momentum to get over that snowbank gathered in front of your bumper.

Turn onto the street, where a street plow has deposited a 3 ¼-ton wall of black snow blocking your view of all traffic coming from the left.

Slow at the red light on a sheet of ice that hasn’t been salted since 2009.

Ease onto the highway onramp at the proper speed so you a) don’t rear end the guy in front of you going 4 miles an hour and b) aren’t tailgated by the woman behind you in the F-150.

Good luck with that.

Bob Huffman, Ivy Tech Northeast’s automotive technology chair, shares some tips for safe travels during cold, snowy, icy winter months.

Car maintenance• Have your oil changed before winter hits.

(Haven’t done this yet? Get thee to the car repair shop, ASAP.)

• Check your oil throughout the season. Normal oil consumption is 1 quart for 1,000 miles. Which means if your car holds 4 quarts and you drive 4,000 miles, you’re essentially out of oil. Don’t wait until the oil pan runs dry.

• Most car repair businesses will do a free 27-point inspection. Request this. Fix what needs fixing.

• Check tire pressure. As temperatures dip, so does tire pressure.

• Assure wiper blades are in good condition.

• Fill washer fluid reservoir.

Safety• Keep blankets in the car.

• Going to travel in severe weather or heading on a road trip? Be sure to have candles, roadside flares, water, and nonperishable food. As Huffman points out: You never think you’ll slide off the road into a ditch or ravine until it happens. And if there are whiteout conditions, you may be there for a while.

• Bring extra winter clothing. If your tire goes flat and you’re in a business suit, you’ll be glad to have snow boots and overalls to put over your good clothing.

• Got a flat? Don’t get out and change it yourself. It’s not worth risking your life—pull over and call a professional.

• Got a flat on a highway? Wait to pull over until you reach an onramp. Go ahead and drive on the tire rim: Better to pay the $300 to replace it and be safe.

• Most newer cars have safety features that make driving in hazardous weather easier, Huffman says. Antilock brakes help control the car while breaking; electronic stability helps correct the car when driving on a slick curve; traction control helps during a fishtail by allowing a car to accelerate from a dead stop on ice and snow. Assure your car has these features.

General tips• Allow plenty of time to get to

your destination.

• Use common sense. Is the road slick? Don’t tailgate.

• Are you being tailgated? Pull off and let the speedster pass you.

Huffman


KNOWLEDGE from the College

SCREEEEEEEECH!We can help you stay safe on the roads this winterStory by Jaclyn Y. Garver

Dealing with society’s trash proved to be a real treasure for 16 northeast Indiana teams competing in “Trash Trek,” the FIRST LEGO League’s regional qualifying tournament at Ivy Tech Community College Northeast on Nov. 21.

FIRST, or For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, is a multinational nonprofit dedicated to transforming the way science and technology are perceived among adolescents. The LEGO Group is the organization’s worldwide sponsor in this endeavor.

For 2015, trash and all of its trappings—from its accumulation, transport, storage, and disposal—was FIRST’s annual themed challenge to teams in more than 80 countries, which are divided into four age-based competitions.

Locally, teams feature 9- to 14-year-olds, generally in groups of six to 10, who are coached by one or two adult mentors. The teams conduct research, design a solution to a current scientific question or problem posed by FIRST, and build

autonomous LEGO robots that perform a series of missions.

“The College is committed to STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) outreach and sharing its resources and knowledge in fun and exciting ways to inspire kids,” says Karen Jones, tournament director and math chair at Ivy Tech Northeast.

Each team’s performance is evaluated on three criteria: a project presentation, robot game, and core values. The research and robot represent what the teams do; the core values represent how they do it.

During northeast Indiana’s regional “Trash Trek,” the gymnasium at the Public Safety Academy: Ivy Tech South Campus was lined with team projects intent on minimizing trash in a variety of ways, such as reducing school lunch waste; addressing Styrofoam—the No. 1 source of pollution in the U.S.; and encouraging the use of biodegradable packing materials.

Mikayla Havison, a seventh-grader at Fort Wayne’s Woodside Middle School, says she and her all-girl team decided to advocate for composting.

“We did research and found that landfills are getting full, releasing gasses into the air that add to global warming,” Havison says. “We didn’t realize the situation is as bad as it is.”

Respective first-, second-, and third-place honors went to the Thunderbirds from Huntington County 4-H Robotics; Biohazard from Woodside; and Compost Composers from Woodside.

Trash dominates recent LEGO qualifying tournament

The all-girl Compost Composers team from Fort Wayne’s Woodside Middle School tests its motorized LEGO robot before competing in the FIRST LEGO League's regional qualifying tournament on Nov. 21. Photo by Dane Hawley

Human services major James Solliday entered a classroom to satisfy his math requirement last fall; he emerged as an advocate for conservation after evaluating his impact on Mother Earth.

His unexpected transformation is largely due to a carbon footprint project he completed in MATH 123 Quantitative Reasoning, a recent addition to Ivy Tech Community College’s math pathways—one specifically designed for non-STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) majors.

“I found the carbon footprint project to be revealing, as well as relevant to our social responsibilities as community members,” Solliday says.

With the carbon footprint project, students must tally their carbon dioxide, or CO2, emissions based on individual gasoline consumption and eight home appliances of their choice. Excel spreadsheet formulas help the students calculate their weekly and annual carbon

footprints. As a follow-up, they prepare a response paper based on their analysis.

Solliday’s results: His CO2 emissions contribute more than 29,000 pounds, or nearly 30 tons, of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year and at a personal cost that exceeds $3,700.

Solliday’s response: He tries to unplug appliances when they aren’t in use, and he parks his 2006 Nissan Titan V8 in favor of his motorcycle or his wife’s more fuel-efficient car whenever possible for his work and school commutes, which can average 250 miles each week.

“If an individual like me can impact the habits of as few as three family members and friends, and then each of them impacts three others, it doesn’t take rocket science to see that the exponential growth involved in this type of ‘pay it forward’ scenario could impact our communities and our futures for the better—and for many years to come,” Solliday says.

Introduced two years ago, the MATH 123 curriculum replaced lecture-based MATH 118 Concepts in Mathematics. It explores many of the same objectives such as descriptive statistics, linear modeling, and probability, but it explores them in ways that are more reading and writing intensive than most math classes.

“With MATH 123, the emphasis is off algebra and placed on everyday consumer math,” says Vicki Welch, assistant professor of mathematics. “It’s meant to be more group-work oriented and discovery-based. We’re not glossing over math; we’re getting into reasoning and practical applications.”

Exploratory math course emphasizes reading-, writing-intensive objectives


Assistant Professor of Mathematics Vicki Welch and her student, James Solliday. Photo by Dane Hawley

A Reason to Taste: Flamenco & FlamesAnnual culinary fundraiser surpasses $100,000 markStory by Dane Hawley

A Reason to Travel Hospitality administration students pursuing a concentration in either culinary arts or baking and pastry arts have the opportunity to enter Ivy Tech Northeast’s European Competition, an annual gourmet food-preparation contest. Last spring marked the competition’s 18th anniversary, where 23 students prepared a combination of culinary items and baked goods in four hours. Judges selected eight winners to partake in a 10-day culinary tour of northeast Spain and southwest France with a faculty chaperone in May. A small portion of the funds raised during each A Reason to Taste provides annual winners of the competition with a modest stipend to aid their travel expenses.

A Reason to Toast From the Gazpacho Andaluz, a tomato-based soup served cold, to duck confit with demi-glace, where the meat has been cooked and preserved in its own fat, nearly 300 dinner guests explored a combination of Spanish and French cuisine.

“Inspiration for this year’s meal came from the test kitchens, restaurants, and vineyards we visited, with an emphasis on regional foods,” says Chef Jeff Albertson, assistant professor of hospitality administration. “We incorporated a lot of peppers and other produce that grows in warmer climates.”

A Reason to Shine To reflect touches of Spanish influence, giant lace patterns were projected across the walls of the Student Life Center gymnasium. Crystal chandeliers with black filigree dropped from the ceiling and combined with Middle Eastern-inspired lanterns to play into Spain’s Moorish history. Roses and lace accents on the tables softened the color palette.

“We hit the right notes because the guests were in awe when they arrived, laughed when they danced, celebrated our students’ success stories, and gave more generously than ever before,” says Aja Michael-Keller, director of events, enrichment, and conferencing.

While seeking a Spanish theme to brand its annual culinary fundraiser in 2015, Ivy Tech Community College Northeast opted to pass on ideas such as the country’s revered Running of the Bulls in Pamplona. The winning theme managed to hit the bull’s-eye, nevertheless.

A Reason to Taste: Flamenco & Flames achieved sold-out capacity and grossed a record-setting $117,000 through corporate sponsorships, ticket sales, fund-a-need donations, and live and silent auction bids.

The money raised during the event’s fourth installment on Oct. 24 will benefit the Hospitality Administration program’s greatest needs and fund student scholarships.

“Our event is simply a lot of fun,” says Oliver Barie, the executive director of resource development. “We offer the opportunity to enjoy incredible cuisine and fine wine in the company of friends, all the while knowing it benefits the students hosting it.”

Barie says this year’s A Reason to Taste raised nearly 40 percent more than last year’s event. The growth will provide additional program support and scholarships.

“The biggest thank you of all goes to our sponsors, guests, and the northeast Indiana community,” Barie says. “This support is changing students’ lives right here, and for this we are eternally grateful.”


A Reason to Taste: Flamenco & FlamesAnnual culinary fundraiser surpasses $100,000 markStory by Dane Hawley

A Reason toCelebrateThe fund-a-need appeal following the evening’s live auction raised more than $20,000 to purchase a point-of-sale system for the Hospitality Administration program. These systems analyze sales data, improve pricing accuracy, and maintain sales history.

“With this system in place, I’ll be excited about our students being better prepared as managers. This software technology is so engrained in restaurant culture,” Chef Jeff Albertson says.

A Reason to DanceMembers of the Fort Wayne Ballet performed dances from the Don Quixote and The Nutcracker ballets, followed by an Argentine dancer leading a group tango lesson.

“I think every part of the evening was special, from the ballet performances to the tango dancing with audience participation,” says Carol Brooks, a dinner guest. “This event is a highlight of the year. No one should miss this fundraiser.”

A Reason to Reflect Ivy Tech Northeast Chancellor Jerrilee K. Mosier, Ed.D., and Executive Director of Resource Development Oliver Barie presented WPTA-TV 21Alive news anchor Melissa Long with the College’s first Ivy Award for outstanding community service and leadership. Long retired in December following a career in local broadcast media that spanned more than 30 years. Long and 21Alive sports director Tommy Schoegler shared emcee duties during the evening.

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Clockwise from top: Jerry Ehle of Schrader Auctioneers led the event’s live auction and fund-a-need appeal. Members of the Fort Wayne Ballet performed select dances from Don Quixote and The Nutcracker, as well as a group tango lesson. WPTA-TV 21Alive news anchor Melissa Long receives Ivy Tech Northeast’s first Ivy Award for outstanding community service and leadership. Hospitality administration students add the finishing touch to one of the evening’s desserts. Dinner guests from Micropulse Inc. prepare to sample a variety of hors d’oeuvres. Photos by Zeke Bryant, Dane Hawley, and Joe Wood


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n the Road to Your Career,a career-exploration event in September, introduced attendees to Ivy Tech Northeast’s trucking-related programs, including its commercial driver’s license training, new diesel mechanic certification, and certificate and associate degree options in supply chain management/logistics.


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Career Development received a $40,000 grant from the Lincoln Financial Foundation, which will, in part, help

graduates in eight academic programs pay for their national certification exams during the 2016 calendar year.

Media Relations and Communications Coordinator Jaclyn Y. Garver

received the Rising Star Award during the 2015 National Council for Marketing & Public Relations District 3 Conference hosted by Ivy Tech Northeast on

Nov. 4–6. NCMPR also honored the region’s Marketing

and Communications team with six Medallion awards for a variety of Ivy Tech marketing collateral.

NBC-TV 33 newscaster Kent Hormann recognized Healthcare Specialist Instructor Nicole Procise as the December 2015 recipient of the station’s Excellence in Education award after one of her students nominated her. Hormann presented Procise with a watch from Bradley Gough Diamonds on Dec. 2. Procise is the first honoree who teaches in higher education.

Several respiratory care majors participated in the River

Walk for a Cure of Alpha-1 in Mishawaka, Ind., on Oct. 4.

Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency is a hereditary condition that

may result in serious lung disease in adults or liver disease for

infants, children, and adults.

For the second year in a row, the statewide Ivy Tech Foundation has been recognized as the nation’s leader in community college fundraising efforts, according to the Voluntary Support for Education survey. The foundation raised $15 million in 2013 and $23 million in 2014.

St. Louis may have its famous arch to welcome travelers headed West, but now Ivy Tech Community College Northeast is about to emulate that approach, but on a smaller scale, by erecting its own landmark to greet students and visitors to its North Campus.

This spring, a 5 ½-foot-tall by 4-foot-wide sheet metal sculpture will be painted green and silver and grace the main entrance to the Student Life Center. It will consist of a “v” and a “y” and be paired with “tech.”

Most importantly, passersby will complete the interactive sculpture by standing next to the “vy” and serve as the “I” in “Ivy.” This experience is meant to celebrate their integration with the campus and the Ivy Tech community.

Inspiration for the sculpture came from Assistant Professor of Therapeutic Massage Mary Carbaugh who suggested that the College could benefit by replicating one of the “ndy” sculptures in downtown Indianapolis.

Aja Michael-Keller, director of events, enrichment, and conferencing, mobilized a team of Ivy Tech Northeast faculty and staff to support the project. Representatives from automotive technology, construction technology, facilities, industrial technology, and marketing and communications took the sculpture from artistic sketch and computer-aided design perspectives to the final assembly and painting stages.

The Ivy Tech Foundation covered the approximate $1,300 in material costs.

“The synergy across the College to complete this project made it easy,” Michael-Keller says. “Seeing the students, faculty, and staff come together to create a signature experience for future students has been exciting.”

Director of Admissions Robyn Boss agrees.

“This can be another way for visitors to feel connected to the campus,” she says. “I can even envision the possibility where we dedicate a wall where we post pictures of current and future students standing next to the sculpture.”

Industrial Technology Assistant Instructor Brian Barnes estimates that his fall welding fabrication class put in approximately 100 hours of labor into the project and overcame a number of challenges, such as wrapping the sheet metal around the curves of the letters while keeping the sculpture aesthetically pleasing.

“I’m really proud of the class,” Barnes says. “I couldn’t have done a better job myself.”

Ivy Tech Community College Northeast has promoted Barry Schrock to executive director of K−12 engagement. This newly funded position will have Schrock developing and expanding relationships between the College and public and private schools throughout northeast Indiana.

These relationships include dual-credit agreements, Early College programs, Ivy Career Advancement Programs (ICAP), high school admissions activities, and support services

the College provides to schools, clubs, agencies, and associations through financial aid workshops and other College-awareness activities.

“I am very excited about this opportunity, as we have a dedicated team of professionals that will focus on collaborating with area schools to provide personalized, high-quality educational programming to meet school and community needs,” Schrock says.

Schrock reports directly to Chancellor Jerrilee K. Mosier, Ed.D., and will work

with other College leaders to further these initiatives.

“Barry’s new role with Ivy Tech Northeast is a critical one,” Mosier says. “The

College is emphasizing the importance of career pathways for high school

students and providing a focus on our K–12 partners in meeting the goal of

60 percent of our population having a post-secondary degree or certificate by

the year 2020.”

A 23-year veteran in education, Schrock spent seven years teaching at

New Haven (Ind.) High School before transitioning into secondary school

administration, where he worked for eight years as an assistant principal with

Fort Wayne Community Schools and later DeKalb County Central

United Schools.

Ivy Tech Northeast hired Schrock in February 2015 as the director of Ivy

Career Advancement Programs, a high school recovery and completion

program. He started his new executive director role in mid-November.

College to erect interactive sculpture on North Campus

New executive director joins administrative team

From left, industrial technology major Erik Hartung, Industrial Technology Assistant Instructor Brian Barnes, and industrial technology majors Ken Mills, Jake Welbaum (standing on stool), Chuck Smith, Russell Cochran, and Justin Wagner completed a new interactive sculpture during their fall semester welding fabrication class. The sculpture will grace the main entrance at the Student Life Center this spring. Photo by Dane Hawley

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➊ New York Times best-selling author Kelsey Timmerman (left) and Associate Professor of Sociology Daniel Hall led a discussion on globalization Nov. 12, which coincided with International Education Week. ➋ PHD Inc. associates David French and Jodi Radziewicz speak with advanced automation and robotics technology major Dustin Jackson during the AART program’s Meet and Greet on Oct. 7. ➌ Human services major Alicia Robinson spends time with Beau, a therapy dog, in the Ivy Tech Northeast Library on Dec. 14. ➍ Former Indiana FFA officer Kathleen Jacobs engaged more than 100 area high school students on leadership and agriculture careers during Ivy Tech Ag Day on Nov. 20.

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➎ and ➏ First-year students (five) challenged second-year students to build camaraderie during the Respiratory Care program’s annual dodgeball match-up on Sept. 10. ➐ Executive Director of Computer and Technology Services Clifford Clarke (right) shares his gratitude to Network and Telecommunications Manager Scott Kiser for his 20 years of service to Ivy Tech Northeast during the annual Employee Service Awards Banquet on Nov. 2. ➑ A delegation of Ivy Tech Northeast faculty and staff leaders toured the Ronald McDonald House within Parkview Regional Medical Center on Dec. 4.

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