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NKU students Galadriel Stineman, Tony Gulla and Jenetta Thomas enjoy a spring day on a bridge near the newly redeveloped lake area.

Meow: NKU students perform in the musical Cats on campus in April.

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POWEROF THE

PEN

Anyone who has worked at a newspaper knows that a few scribbles in a reporter’s notebook that make their way into an article can have a huge impact on what people are talking about. And a plum assignment from an editor can make or break one’s career.

Nobody knows this better than NKU alumnus David Mendell, ’89, whose career in newspapers started on campus at The Northerner. At NKU, his reporting helped convince university administrators to close campus for Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Later in his career, he wrote articles that exposed injustices and put people in jail. And, when an editor asked if he would cover the campaign of a certain Illinois state senator named Barack Obama, it led to a book deal.

“The news business gets into your blood,” Mendell said. “It’s been 20 years and I still love it.”

While at NKU, he edited The Northerner while working at the Kentucky Post as an editorial clerk, where he made sense of some of the “incoherent” letters to the editor the paper received. Mendell would type and condense them and on occasion would write an editorial. He also did sports work for both the Post and Enquirer while he was in college.

“It was invaluable experience,” Mendell said. “To be able to see and work on a daily newspaper every day while putting my own out was great.”

His career has taken him to several major newspapers covering historic events, “but it was really at The Northerner that I learned the news business,” Mendell said,“especially as editor.”

While at the paper he had to moderate a lover’s quarrel between two newspaper staffers. At times it was more about working with people and less about the journalism business, according to Mendell. But the newspaper did deal with some campus issues during his tenure, including a debate over whether to provide condom machines in the dorms. The paper also raised the question of why NKU held classes on Martin Luther King Jr. Day while other Kentucky state universities were closed. Mendell and his fellow staffers thought it was a contradiction for a university trying to recruit African-American students.

“We got more than a dozen letters from black students wondering why we weren’t closed,” Mendell said.

An editorial and accompanying cartoon was being prepared for the paper when Mendell got a visit from then-NKU president Dr. Leon Boothe, who wasn’t happy about the newspaper’s stance. Mendell held his ground, and the following year, the university was closed on Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

“That’s when I learned the press has power to affect public policy,” Mendell said. “We, perhaps, fixed a wrong. That was my first little accomplishment in journalism.”

Exposing injusticeDespite the great experience at NKU, Mendell wasn’t hired full time

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by the Post after graduation. “I was completely deflated,” he said. A lousy job market meant Mendell spent some time working at a local restaurant before he was eventually able to get a full-time job at the Morning Journal in Lorain, Ohio, just west of Cleveland.

While in Lorain, Mendell won a handful of state journalism awards from the Associated Press, primarily for his coverage of juvenile justice issues and government corruption. A series of stories that carried readers into the troubled lives of chronic and violent juvenile delinquents won first place from a national group of juvenile court judges. An investigative series reported and authored by Mendell, detailing corruption in a fast-growing suburban Cleveland community, garnered first place for investigative reporting in the annual AP awards. Mendell’s reporting directly led to the indictment and incarceration of three public officials from Avon Lake, Ohio, who were involved in schemes to steer public projects to certain developers.

Mendell’s investigative reporting in Lorain earned him more than the attention of the AP. At one point, he received thinly veiled death threats when a source pointed out to him that a hospital would be a good place to go if he ever needed blood.

“He was threatening me, especially the way he said it,” Mendell said. “I spent the next month looking in my rearview mirror.”

He set up an “alarm system” at his apartment to warn him if anyone was coming to harm him: a stack of beer cans near his back door. One night a draft knocked them down, causing Mendell to panic.

After a stint at the Dayton Daily News, Mendell left Ohio for Chicago to become a general-assignment reporter for the Chicago Tribune. Over his tenure at the Tribune, which continues today, Mendell has covered various national stories, including the riots in Seattle spurred by meetings of the World Trade Organization and the Columbine High School shootings. He also has written extensively about urban and race issues in Chicago as well as burrowing inside various high-profile political campaigns in Illinois.

A very fortunate assignmentMendell calls covering the 2004 U.S. Senate campaign of Barack

Obama “a very fortunate” assignment. But at the time when his editor assigned it to him, he thought it would end up buried in the back of the paper.

As Mendell got to know the senator, he had what he calls an “Obama moment” when he realized Obama’s potential. He realized that eventually Obama would compete for the presidency and could be a historic figure. This led to a book deal.

Mendell went on to spend the next two-and-a-half years researching and writing his first book, a biography of the senator titled Obama: From Promise to Power. When Mendell was interviewed last summer, he described the writing process as a “race to 100,000 words,” because the Democrat’s story was – and is – still unfolding. Mendell knew the book

needed to be out before the unpredictable campaign season began.He has a good relationship with Obama but no longer has the access

he once did, which isn’t surprising given the senator’s “rock star” status and quick rise to the top of the Democratic presidential field. The Tribune also reassigned Mendell to avoid any perceived conflicts of interest because the book will likely sell more copies if Obama does well.

The book was published last August (2007) by an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, and it immediately drew national media attention. Mendell has appeared as a guest on a host of national and regional television and radio shows, including NBC’s Meet the Press, ABC’s Good Morning America, MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews and others.

Mendell was in Northern Kentucky for homecoming in February (2008) to collect the outstanding alumnus award for the NKU College of Informatics. While here, he reconnected with fellow Northerner staffer (and NKU Alumni Council member) Mark Adams. He is covering state government in Chicago and is still making appearances to discuss the book as the election season moves on. In a recent interview with the Toronto Globe and Mail, he admitted to needing an occasional break from the “Obama mania.”

On a recent golf trip with friends, they all asked him to sign books from the moment he arrived. “I was like, listen, I’ll sign your books, but then we’re in an Obama-free zone for the next few days.”

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A View from the other Side of the world

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Anne (Dadosky) Cahill, ’76 and ’00

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Marty Cahill, ’80

As an undergraduate at NKU, I had dreams like everyone else. But none of those dreams stretched across the Pacific Ocean ... to Hong Kong!

My husband, Marty Cahill, ’80, and I live, work, and play in Hong Kong, SAR, China. We moved here in January 2004 when Marty accepted a position with Hasbro Far East. At the time of my husband’s job offer, I pictured Hong Kong as an exotic, mysterious, third-world city full of rickshaws and people wearing pointy straw hats. Little did I know that many of my assumptions about life would be challenged by living in Southeast Asia.

East meets WestIt helps to know a little background about

Hong Kong. For more than 150 years, it was under British rule. Hong Kong was returned to China in July 1997 and established as a Special Administrative Region. So a border remains between Hong Kong and mainland China. Because of its British heritage, there are two official languages: “the Queen’s” English and Cantonese. Hong Kong is truly a place where East meets West, and it is an interesting blend of cultures.

Hong Kong is a protected harbor, nestled inside sharp mountains that resemble a dragon’s back. It is located on the South China Sea. The city is made up of three large islands, several small ones and part of the mainland called “Kowloon” (meaning “nine dragons”), and it stretches north to an area near the border still referred to as the “New Territories.” Most people refer to the “Island side” and the “Kowloon” side when talking about Hong Kong. We live on the Island side, and Marty works on the Kowloon side.

Marty and I arrived in Hong Kong in time to celebrate Chinese New Year 2004. The Chinese calendar is based on the phases of the moon, so the New Year is different every year. It is the

biggest holiday here, similar to our Christmas, with families returning home and lights, gifts and fireworks everywhere. I soon learned that Hong Kong celebrates every holiday, both Western and Eastern. So the holiday season stretches from December to February with seemingly non-stop parties. Hmmm, maybe I could find a way to live here.

Adjusting to life in Hong Kong was much easier for Marty, who had been traveling here on business for more than 20 years. He had a job, familiar colleagues and friends. I left my job, family and friends to embark on this new adventure with him in the land of skyscrapers. We moved into a “flat” on the 25th floor of an apartment complex consisting of five 36-story buildings. It is in a section called mid-levels because it is located halfway up the mountain. Our living room has floor-to-ceiling windows. I couldn’t walk up to them and look out for months because we are so high up! We have a stunning view of the harbor and the central business district below.

Riding the railsWe don’t have a car here and don’t need

one. Hong Kong has a seamless transportation system. Marty and I have an Octopus card, which is a value-added card. We just swipe our card to ride almost any form of transport. We can even swipe our card at the 7-Eleven store to purchase something, making it very convenient. We travel by bus, ferry, subway, foot and taxi. Taxis here are roughly $2 USD to go most anywhere. They are plentiful. Our complex has a shuttle bus that Marty rides each morning to the subway. The subway runs under Victoria Harbor, delivering him within a 10-minute walk of his office building. He says it beats sitting on I-75 waiting to cross the Brent Spence Bridge.

I quickly joined the American Women’s Association to meet friends and to find some

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activities. The AWA is an official charity and provides volunteer opportunities as well as social events for its members. The only requirement to join is to speak English. So I have made friends from all over the world. And I’ve learned that many people live this expat lifestyle and have done so their entire lives.

On weekends, Marty and I explore this town together. Like any world-class city, it can be loud, crowded and polluted. At home in the U.S., I complained about car traffic. Here it is “people” traffic. There are seven million people jammed into an area the size of the I-275 belt loop. Small wonder that the only way to build is up. When my friends in Kentucky complain about how crowded the mall is at Christmas time, I simply smile. No one in the U.S. knows what crowded is.

I was born a southpaw and often fantasized about how it would be to live in a left-handed world. Well, here I am. Cars travel on the left side of the road, and escalators go up and down the opposite of what you’d expect. To cross the street, I had to learn to look right first, then left. Even hot and cold faucets are reversed. There is a small step into every storefront from the sidewalk. I have tripped on these repeatedly. But when the monsoons of summer come, it keeps the water outside the building.

Hong Kong has some of the best restaurants in the world. Within 20 minutes of our apartment is SOHO, an area of wonderful restaurants. We can find any kind of cuisine here: Chinese, Indian, French, Italian, Vietnamese, Mediterranean and even Mexican. Then there are the ever-present McDonald’s, KFCs and Starbucks. Hong Kong has THE best airport in the world, and we have traveled to Malaysia, Thailand, Australia, Vietnam, Cambodia and China. We have seen exotic sights including the Great Wall of China, the Sydney Opera House and the temples of Angkor Wat.

In moving to Hong Kong, I have learned to

Scenes from Hong Kong: (above top) The Cahills explore the narrow streets of Hong Kong on the back of a cycle rickshaw. (above left) Fireworks mark Chinese New Year in Hong Kong. Hong Kong at night (above right).

live “outside the box.” I now truly hear world news (there are more than 80 seconds), and we watch the CBS Evening News every morning. I have been enriched as a person and as a citizen of the world. Our children have had the

opportunity to visit, travel and to grow as well.But what about those rickshaws and straw

hats? I did find one elderly man wearing a pointy straw hat and holding a rickshaw up at the Peak. He poses for photos with tourists.

“Little did I know that many of my

assumptions about life would be

challenged by living in Southeast Asia.”

Anne (Dadosky) Cahill

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uses skills he learned as an anthropology major in his work as a documentary photographer. He has done extensive study on Native-American culture, but his “day job” is director of photography at Xavier University. And he has been able to accompany XU students on service-learning projects around the world.

“My career has given me the opportunity to photograph a diverse spectrum of the human experience,” Rust said. “From the late Pope John Paul II at the Vatican to exiled Buddhist monks in Kathmandu and from the famous faces of sports stars Ken Griffey, Jr., and Chad Johnson to the anonymous faces of children in some of the world’s materially poorest countries.”

“No matter the subject, my guiding principle remains a quote from cultural anthropologist Ruth Benedict: ‘The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences,’” Rust said.

During time away from photography, Rust is devoted to his family. He volunteers at his daughters’ school, helps out with 4-H projects and raises horses on his Pendleton County, Ky., farm, thus passing on five generations of farming heritage to his children.

Greg Rust, ’78,

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Left: Dona Adilia, Managua, Nicaragua. Above top: Prayer flags at Buddhist temple, Kathmandu, Nepal. Above bottom:

Curious colt on Rust’s Pendleton County, Ky., farm; Ken Griffey, Jr., Cincinnati Reds. Rust is the photographer for both the Bengals and the Reds.

Service-learning students with children, Ghana, West Africa. Above: Pueblo woman, Santa Fe, New Mexico.

The late Joe Nuxhall with Rust.

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A very popular professor of marketing in the College of Business, Dr. Matt Shank joined the faculty in 1991 and served as chair 1999-2007. He also served as interim director of

Faculty/Staff Strongest Influence Award

Dr. Matt Shank

the MBA program. Prior to his academic career, Shank served as a marketing research manager at Maritz, Inc., one of the top 15 largest marketing research companies in the country. Matt currently serves as the dean of the School of Business Administration at the University of Dayton.

Never afraid to accept challenges, Todd Duesing’s career has been remarkable. He started out

Outstanding Young Alumnus

Todd Duesing

at Riverbend Music Center as the operations manager. He promoted, booked, entertained and sometimes was the personal driver for many of the performers. During the summer, his typical week would be 70+ hours. After Riverbend, Duesing moved on to his most challenging role, the production manager for Tall Stacks. Duesing had a hand in every piece of the program. His

leadership created a wonderful event for the entire area. Again, it was long days and no vacations, but he knew this was what he had to do to move

into his dream job. He is currently the director of operations at the Aronoff Center downtown.

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Shank’s teaching interests include sports marketing, consumer behavior and marketing research. His research interests are in the areas of sports

marketing, consumer psychology and marketing education. Currently, Shank is serving as the editor of Sports Marketing Quarterly, one of the

premier academic journals in the sports management area.

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From advising her sorority to volunteering at her church to a successful career at Procter & Gamble, Linda Allen has been an example of leadership for the community and NKU students.

Over the past 26 years Allen achieved career success and represented

NKU well at Procter & Gamble, most recently serving as finance

director for corporate acquisitions. There she has led financial planning

and management for one of the area’s Fortune 500 firms. While these

accomplishments are remarkable, her volunteer efforts here at NKU and

in the community are where she has truly excelled. Allen also served as

the regional collegiate coordinator for Delta Zeta.

Michael Anstead, M.D., is being honored for his efforts to fight chronic lung disease.

Outstanding AlumnusCollege of Arts and Sciences

Michael Anstead, M.D.

“Being a physician is a great

privilege,” Anstead said. “What

could be better than a job where

they pay you to help others and

learn and understand everything

you can about how the human

body functions in health and

disease? I really enjoy caring for

children and adults with lung

problems and was recognized as

one of the best doctors in my

specialty in 2007.”

“NKU could not have been a

better experience for me. In nearly

every class, there were professors

who really wanted to teach and

always had their door open if you had a question. I owe a debt to many

of the teachers at NKU who were very important during these formative

years.”

After NKU, Anstead attended medical school at the University of

Kentucky and later completed a residency in combined internal medicine

and pediatrics and a fellowship in pulmonary and critical-care medicine

at UK. He remained at UK as a faculty member in the department of

pediatrics. His primary interest in medicine has been cystic fibrosis. Cystic

fibrosis is the most common life-shortening lung disease in the U.S.,

and patients with cystic fibrosis suffer from chronic lung infection that

progressively damages their lungs.

Outstanding AlumnusChase College of Law

Richard M. Rothfuss

Richard M. Rothfuss is the CEO of Lerner, Sampson & Rothfuss, a law firm focusing its practice in the areas of real estate, creditors’ rights

and commercial litigation.

Rothfuss was admitted to the

Ohio bar in 1977, the Kentucky

bar in 1978 and the Florida bar

in 1980. He graduated from

Northern Kentucky University

Chase College of Law (J.D., ’77)

after receiving his B.A. from

University of Kentucky (’72).

He is also a member of the

Cincinnati, Northern Kentucky

and American Bar Associations. In

addition to his practice, Rothfuss

is a frequent lecturer to various

groups on a wide variety of real

estate, bankruptcy, creditors’ rights

and general mortgage banking issues. His firm is both Fannie Mae and

Freddie Mac designated counsel for Ohio, counsel to MERS and the

recipient of many awards including the Better Housing League’s Civic

Award, the Pinnacle Award and the USFN Diamond Excellence Award

for 13 consecutive years.

Outstanding AlumnaCollege of Business

Linda S. Allen

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Outstanding AlumnaSchool of Nursing and Health Professions

Kim Dinsey-Read

Kim Dinsey-Read has been a lecturer and assistant professor of nursing at NKU since 2007, teaching community health nursing, healthcare research and mental health nursing. Dinsey-Read

is the grant coordinator for

the internationally recognized

Northern Kentucky Nursing

Research Collaborative and

serves as a member of the St.

Elizabeth Medical Center

Research Council. Dinsey-Read

is also co-director of a university-

community partnership grant

titled Coalition for the Prevention

and Treatment of Lead-Poisoned

Children in Northern Kentucky.

Prior to coming to NKU, she

was the lead case manager of the

Northern Kentucky independent

health department, where she

developed and expanded a

Jane Herms is a social work professional with more than 20 years’ experience working with children and families. Herms received her bachelor’s degree in mental health and human services

Outstanding AlumnaCollege of Education and Human Services

Jane H. Herms

from NKU and her Master of Social Work from UK. She currently

serves as executive director of the Family Nurturing Center, an agency

dedicated to ending the cycle of child abuse. Prior career highlights

include leadership positions with Brighton Center, Redwood and

Clermont County Community Services as well as adjunct faculty

positions with NKU and The Institute for Adolescent Development.

Herms serves as board chair for the Leadership Council of Human

Services Executives, a nonprofit focused on developing leadership

capacity, increasing the resource base of agencies and serving as the

program to prevent and manage lead poisoning in Northern Kentucky’s

children. Dinsey-Read also has experience in medical-surgical nursing,

psychiatric nursing, psycho-geriatrics and forensic psychiatry.

collective voice for human services. She also is a member of the board of directors and executive committee for United Way of Greater Cincinnati and

an advisory board member of the Northern Kentucky Fund of the Greater Cincinnati Foundation. She is a graduate of Leadership Northern Kentucky,

a founding member of Legacy and an active member of St. Mary parish.

Distinguished Service

Mark J. Jacobs

Mark Jacobs is an environmental anthropologist who is being honored for developing a conservation park for Northern Kentucky residents to enjoy.

Realizing a lifelong dream,

Jacobs created nonprofit Wildlife

Conservation Kentucky in 2000

to address the natural resource

conservation issues in the area.

Within a year he had acquired

an ecologically and geologically

significant property in western

Boone County called Split Rock,

and by November he had opened

Split Rock Conservation Park.

He marked the fifth anniversary

of WCK in 2007. In five years,

Jacobs has saved a part of Kentucky’s history and turned 165 acres

into an amazing outdoor lab to educate future Kentuckians on how

to preserve our environment and revel in our unique history. In the

short time that Split Rock has been in existence, Jacobs has been

restoring the 165-acre park to its native condition by implementing

a program to remove nonnative invasive plant species and establishing

approximately 40 acres of native grasses.

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Because of the generosity of friends like Eva G. and Oakley Farris, whose gift helped fund an outdoor learning space, NKU students can enjoy their studies beneath a clear blue sky adjacent to Loch Norse.

HONOR ROLL OF DONORS Northern Kentucky University recognizes the many individuals and organizations whose generous contributions help NKU students achieve their goals and aspirations. Northern Kentucky University deeply appreciates the substantial commitment and dedication of these and all contributors whose gifts enable the university to achieve excellence. > > >

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NewspaperRobert H. comptoncomputer associates international, inc.convergys Foundation, inc.albert & Louise cooper Scharles G. coulson, Jr. Scrosset Family Fund of the Greater

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cincinnati FoundationKent R. curtisSamuel & Linda DaviesDeloitte & touche, LLPBurgess L. DoanFrank & elizabeth DowningDrackett ProfessionalDrawbridge innRobert K. Duncanarlyn & Sandra eastonthe thomas J. emery memorialJohn W. enzweilererlanger Lumber companyJoan FerranteBob & mary FitzpatrickFrank a. FletcherJim & ann FloodFlorence Lions clubFrisch’s Restaurants, inc.thomas & molly FritzFrost, Brown, todd, LLcthe Gap, inc.Sam & ethel Garber Foundationedward L. Gaylord SGBBN architects, inc.mike & Judy Gibbons Fund of the Greater

cincinnati FoundationPaul & Wilma GibsonDr. Larry a. Giesmannchristopher Gist Historical SocietyRobert W. & Sue D. GoderwisJoseph H. Goldcamp iiithe Golf RanchGordon construction companyDr. & mrs. Gary W. GraffGrant county conservation OfficeGrant county Deposit BankGreat american insurance co.Greenebaum, Doll & mcDonald, PLLcmichael a. Grefer, m.D.terry V. GruelleH. J. Heinz company Foundationmr. & mrs. elmer J. Haas, Jr.Neil m. HahlGlenn martin HammondGladys R. Harding SDr. charles e. HawkinsJoseph H. Head, Jr.Kimberly H. HeimbrockHeinz North americaPaul Hemmer companiesJ. thomas Hemmermary a. & Paul W. Hemmer, Jr.the Herbold Foundationambassador Patricia L. HerboldHerfel & BenderDavid c. HerrimanGiles t. HertzHewlett-Packard companySharon & Larry HicksW. Vernon HicksHillshire Farm & Kahn’sHoechst marion Roussel, inc.Hoffmann-La Roche, inc.mr. & mrs. William Hoflerthe Homan FoundationWilliam H. Hopple, Jr. S

Harvey c. Hubbell trustJim Huff Realty, inc.Humana of OhioHarry J. HumpertiBm corporationJ.c. Penney company, inc.Jeanette edwards Foundationmr. & mrs. William B. Jeffrey, Jr. SJohnson trust companyR. a. Jones & company, inc.Paul e. Jonesthe David J. Joseph companyJust For Kids of cincinnatiernest Karam Sthomas J. & carol a. KearnsDon & Rebecca KelmKentucky Bar associationKentucky Bar Foundation, inc.Kentucky enterprise, F.S.B.the Kentucky PostKentucky Rehabilitation ServicesKentucky teachers’ Retirement Systemthe Henry B. Kreuzman Family Foundationedward & Dorothy LampeLange, Quill & Powers, P.S.c.the Lawrence Firm, P.S.c.Bertha Lebus educational trustBud & Kathryn LemleyLemley yarling management co.Levi Strauss & companyLexisNexisLexus Rivercenterthe Lincoln Foundation, inc.ambrose & Betty Lindhorst SLinks, inc., cincinnati chapterthomas & Patricia LonnemanW. Bruce LunsfordGeorge manningmarathon ashland Petroleum LLcmaxim/carlisleDiana & tom mcGillmcSimedical Research LaboratoriesStephen & Jane meierGene irving meshmesser construction co.the meyer aronow trustDavid e. meyerthe michael andretti FoundationR.m. miller Familymonarch construction companyJames montonmary ann morgan-Burke Susan G. morrisonmubea, inc.Robert W. & Dianna (Delgado) mullenmichael & Laurie murraythe National Underwriter companyandrew & margaret NeagleWilliam & mary Jane NesterDr. Stephen NewmanJim & Linda NiewahnerNorthern Kentucky association of Realtors, inc.Northern Kentucky Bar association, inc.Northern Kentucky Golfers association, inc.Northern Kentucky industries, inc.Northern Kentucky Junior Golf Foundation

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tiaa-cReFJudy e. toebbentoyota motor Sales, U.S.a., inc.Burr & Lilly travisturfway Park Racing association, inc.Dr. michael L. turneyU.S. Shoe corporationUnion central Life insurance companyDavid R. Van HornKathleen VerderberVerst Group LogisticsBill WagnerWaite, Schneider, Bayless, chesley co., L.P.a.Robert K. Wallacemr. & mrs. Jack WallingDr. & mrs. Jerry W. WarnerWaters corporationGail & charles WellsPaul & elizabeth Westerfield SWestern-Southern Foundation, inc.Wheeler charitable FoundationJack F. WillenborgBrenda & William WilsonJohn & Linda Winklermarian c. Winnerthe Women’s Fund of the Greater

cincinnati FoundationWood, Herron & evans, L.L.P.Laura i. youngs SFrederic W. Ziv S

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annual givingDonors who contributed gifts of cash, stock & bonds, real estate, personal property, matching gifts & realized planned gifts during the pe-riod July 1, 2006, through June 30, 2007. > > >

SPeciaL aDViSORS $5,000 OR mORe

55KRc & 1360WSaimartha B. adairBaHR associates, inc.the Bank of Kentucky michael & anne BergeronBlueStarRichard & Lisa Boehne Fund of the Greater

cincinnati FoundationWilliam R. Breretonthomas & Pamela BurkardtWilliam P. & mary S. ButlerDavid a. caincampus Book & Supplycurtis B. cassnercastellini Foundationchase college FoundationStanley m. chesleycitiRobert e. colliercommunity Press & community Recorder

Newspapercomped, inc.corporex Family of companiesavery & Jane Dotson SFrank & elizabeth DowningJohn W. enzweilerOakley & eva FarrisFidelity FoundationFriedlander Family Fund of the Greater

cincinnati Foundationthe Gap, inc.GBBN architects, inc.Ge - aviationGe FoundationJoseph H. Goldcamp iiithe Golf RanchGrant county conservation OfficeLinda Griffin HoltJoyce & Dennis Griffin Griggs Family Foundation, inc. Ralph V. & carol ann Haile, Jr. Sthe Herbold Foundationambassador Patricia L. Herbold t. Lawrence HicksHome Builders association of Greater cincinnatiDavid & Ruth B. iler SJeanette edwards FoundationJohnson trust companyKentucky Bar Foundation, inc.m. Denise & John a. KuprionisDebra a. Lamorte the Lawrence Firm, P.S.c.Bud & Kathryn Lemleythe Lincoln Foundation, inc.

mr. & mrs. Kenneth R. Lucasmacy’s FoundationBen & mary mallinmazak corporationJohn S. mccauleyStephen & Jane meierDr. & mrs. Nicholas melnickthe midland companymilacron, inc.carol Swarts milburnJames montonRobert W. & Dianna (Delgado) mullen National cityJack & Lois Nebergalltom & chris NeyerRonald & Sherrie NoelOhio National Financial Servicesthe Procter & Gamble companyReece-campbell, inc.George a. Renaker, m. D. charitable

Foundation, inc.Rieveschl Foundationmac & michele-anne RileyLois & Richard RosenthalSathe Family Foundation Fund of the

Greater cincinnati FoundationJohn J. & mary R. Schiff Foundationmark & Rosemary Schlachter Scripps Howard FoundationGerry & Peggy St. amandthe Stanley & Susan chesley FoundationRosemary & Robert Stauss SDr. W. Frank Steely & mrs. martha Pelfreycharles & Joyce tappantiaa-cReFtoyota motor engineering & manufacturing

North america, inc.U.S. BankUS Bank Foundation - carol ann & Ralph

V. Haile Jr.James c. & Rachel m. Votruba Frederick m. Warren, Jr. SWaters corporationGail & charles WellsWheeler charitable Foundationthe Women’s Fund of the Greater

cincinnati FoundationXavier UniversityPhillip c. yeager (in memory of Joyce yeager)the yearlings, inc.michael Francis Zalla memorial Foundation, inc.Sheila Zalla

caBiNet $2,500 OR mORe

adam Brown Scholarship Fundarlinghaus Buildersashland, inc.Baird & Baird P.S.c.carla S. chanceSusan & William cookDirections Research, inc.Joan FerranteFifth third BancorpJim & ann Floodthomas J. HurleyJust For Kids of cincinnatiSalane L. Kingellen Sullivan KoenigDan & Nancy LacyL’Oreal USa, inc.Blake R. maislinNelnet marketing SolutionsDr. Stephen NewmanNorthern Kentucky area Planning commisionNorthern Kentucky Golfers association, inc.Northern Kentucky Junior Golf FoundationNorthern Kentucky medical Society, inc.anna O’BrienDavid S. Parkerterry PenceDaragh Porter & John WobbePricewaterhouse coopersKenneth & Dianne RameyJ. Bernard RobinsonRowan UniversitySanitation District No. 1 of campbell &

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ReGeNtS$1,000 OR mORe

mark a. abramovichabrams mediation & Negotiation, inc.charles & candace alexanderarne & Sharon almquistmichael & Ruthie altekruseamerican Board of trial advocates,

Kentucky chapterBarnes Dennig Strategic Partners LLcBarbara & Wayne Beimeschcarol & michael BeirneDavid & Nancy BenderBill & Jane BeuttelJames & Rebecca Bilbochad a. BilzOlivia Birkenhauer

Blue chip Venture companyBoone county Planning commissionLeonard & Kim BrashearRichard BuddekeRobert & Deborah BurkardtJoan J. Busheemartin c. & Sandra Butlerc & m Smith Restaurants, inc.Frank caccamocampbell county Business Development

corporationcampbell county economic Progress

authority, inc.campbell county Fiscal courtmichael R. carrellGary W. caseyRemal Leonardo castlemanchas. H. Bilz insurance agencyNancy & chris christensencincinnati Bar association auxiliarycincinnati Bell technology Solutions, inc.the cincinnati enquirercity of cincinnaticivic Garden center cincinnaticlippard instrument Lab, inc.Randy & christe coeGary D. cohencomair Holdings, inc.Robert H. comptonGeralyn m. coyle Richard & Geralyn coyleWilliam & connie cussenDecosimo, certified Public accountantsH. michelle Deeley Wilhitemichael a. DippolitoJeanne D. DoddRuth S. DoeringDuke energymatt & Kelly eilersWillie & Deloris elliottDavid elder & monica BohlenDeidra & mark FajackRobert m. Farrell, Sr.Kelly FarrishFedex Ground Package SystemBob & mary FitzpatrickFollett Higher education GroupForward QuestFranklin Savingsanthony W. FrohlichJames c. FroomanFrost, Brown, todd, LLcGannett Foundation/cincinnati enquirermike & Judy Gibbons Fund of the Greater

cincinnati FoundationPaul & Wilma GibsonDr. Larry a. GiesmannPerilou Goddard, Ph.D.Don & melissa GorbandtH. Drewry GoresGrant county Broadcasters, inc.Greenebaum, Doll & mcDonald, PLLcWinston R. GriffinHamilton county Regional Planning commissionPaul P. HaneyKenneth & eileen HarperDr. charles e. Hawkins

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Health alliance of Greater cincinnatiDavid c. HerrimanWilliam e. HeschHispanics avanzando HispanicsSue Hodges & Ronald L. mooreStephanie m. Holmesthe Homan FoundationDennis R. Honabachmartin J. Horwitz Heather L. Howardmartin Joseph Huelsmann, Sr.HumRRO - Human Resources Research

OrganizationHunkar Laboratories, inc.molly e. Hutsonitalian invitational Golf classicJason O. Jackman Johnson investment counsel, inc.thomas J. & carol a. KearnsKey FoundationKeyBankBarry & mary Jo KienzleDaryl & Becky LandrumLerner, Sampson & RothfussLiberty mutual insurance companySusan cross Lipnickeythomas & Patricia Lonneman W. Bruce LunsfordKimberly a. LuseFred & Kay mackeDavid & Gretchen macKnightDennis O’connor & Kathleen mcBryanDiana & tom mcGillJohn mcilwraithBernard L. mcKaymerrill LynchGene irving meshmesser construction co.Katherine a. meyerKaren D. meyersRick & Paula meyersJoseph & anna milburnmill creek Restoration ProjectDanny L. millermichael & elizabeth murraymichael & Laurie murraymargaret t. myersandrew & margaret NeagleRegis & Linda NesbittWilliam R. Nestermerabah a. Niederman Jim & Linda NiewahnerLarry & toby NitardyNorthern Kentucky Bar association, inc.Northern Kentucky Urban & community ForestryObservatory Group, inc.Park National BankPenn StationNancy Bratton PerryPfizer FoundationPNc FoundationJim & melanie PostonDouglas G. PrinceBill & Dolores Pritchardtim & Barbara RaweRepublic Bank & trust companyScott & Dawn Reynolds

Rhineland FoundationPaul D. RiceDenise L. Robinsonedwin t. & marlene Robinson Family Fund

of the Greater cincinnati Foundationtira & Sam RogersRoger & Sue RolfesNelson RosarioRosie Reds, inc.Ross, Sinclaire & associatesRichard & catherine RothfussDavid & carol RyanDr. & mrs. W. michael & mary RyanSafeco insurance co.michael c. SassoDavid SchachererRobert c. & adele R. Schiff FoundationSchiff Kreidler Shell, inc.ann G. SchoenStephen J. Schuhirene L. SchultzPhilip J. & mary Lynn Schworermichael & Jennifer ScolaSeasongood & mayerService industry Research Systems, inc.thomas J. Sextonmark & Pam ShanleyKevin & cindy SheehanKen & marie ShieldsDon G. SimmonsDouglas & marilou SingletonNathan & mary Lee SmithRobert a. SnyderSuzanne Soled & James BorgmanLori SouthwoodPhillip m. Sparkesalice S. SparksSpecialized Plumbing Parts Supply, inc. Frank L. StallingsDrs. evan a. & Lindsay m. SteinJack & Joyce SteinmanHenry L. & Kathryn K. Stephens, Jr.John W. Stewart, Jr.Beverly R. StormKaren tapptarget FoundationKim taylorthelen associates, inc.Jim & Nina thomasDavid thomson & Joan coolidgetravel americatri-county economic Development corporationtriple crown Developerscraig & thea trueDaniel & Karen tuleyDr. michael L. turneyUniversity of cincinnati FoundationWilliam c. Vermillionmr. & mrs. William G. VerstLinda & William VioxWachovia SecuritiesDr. & mrs. Jerry W. WarnerDonald & Patricia WeltiWest Shell commercial inc.Western-Southern Life insurance co.michael WhitemanJames e. & Patricia m. Wiesmann

Louis J. WilleGeraldine WilliamsWilliamstown Board of educationthe Wireless Store, inc.e. John WolfzornZack N. Womack eric W. youngProfessor caryl a. yzenbaardtom & Fran Zaniello

PROVOSt $500 OR mORe

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Neely Donnellymichael c. DoyleDrug enhancement company of americaJeffrey & Pennie DunawayRich Dyearlyn & Sandra eastonScott & Katherine eaton Julie a. eddleman & april m. Keil Gary & Helene eithWilliam J. ennisGene & Pat ewingDonna Salyers’ Fabulous Furs the Farrish Law Firmaaron & coralyn FauszFidelity investmentsFrank a. FletcherLynn & michael GrohDaniel & elaine GroneckJack & Norma Grosse

mary Ball HammillDonald e. HardinRichard K. Hart, Jr.alan & Janet HartmanLambert Hehl & Patty ZintJeffrey K. HeinichenHarry P. HellingsDonald m. Hemmermary a. & Paul W. Hemmer, Jr.W. Vernon Hickscharles e. Hilgemantom & Sheila Horanthe Horwitz Law Firm P.S.c.James & Paula HuffmanHumana of Ohioanthony Scott izquierdoelaine & Ronald Jarchowmichael F. JohnsonDave & Pat JonesNathaniel & Lillian JonesKenneth & mildred Juettmichael & Linda KelseyRussell & Susan KerdolffBonnie & Ray Kingtodd Kirchhoff & cate BrownFranklin S. KlingWilliam c. KnappWilliam & elaine KohlheppKohrs Lonnemann Heil engineers, PScStephen F. Koziar, Jr.Kevin G. KrogmeierDennis & ann LaGoryearl & Patricia LampeLeague of United Latin american citizensShannon L. LewandowskiLittle, meyers & associates, Ltd.John & Sherry malliosFrank H. mayfield, Jr.Robert & Denise mcclelland William & Karen mcKimHenry e. menninger, Jr.David & marianne meyer Kurt & Jen moellerN & m communicationsGwendolyn NallsNationwide FoundationGregory & Peggy NealSam Boyd Neely, Jr.NKiP management council, Bawac, inc.Northern Kentucky Bar FoundationNorthern Kentucky Human Resource associationO U Real estate iii, inc.Priscilla O’Donnell & Peter StrasserStephen J. Oldingmichael OlshavskyDonald L. OwenPachinkosDr. ted & andrea (Grone) PappasParry, Deering, Futscher & Sparks, P.S.c.James Parsons & m. Gayle Hoffman Pat & Gene ewing Fund of the Greater

cincinnati Foundationcandice Declark PeacePepsi americas Pepsico Foundation, inc.David a. PierceJohn P. Pogue

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Dr. Bridgette PregliascoDr. Russell F. Proctor iiGaut & Vicki RagsdaleJeffrey & Patricia RainesRed RazzleSheri Lynn RolfGlenn P. RudolphDrs. eric & carroll RuschmanRobert P. & mary ann RuweDonna Salyersterri L. SchierbergW. Jeffrey ScottGary & Durinda SergentDoris m. ShawJudith Shields Greg & Katherine ShumateSigma: RmG, Ltd.Benjamin J. SingletonJack & marlene SnodgrassSt. elizabeth medical centerSt. elizabeth medical center-Grant countyJohn W. Steinman iiiGerald L. SteltenkampRaymond StewartStuart martin Suggstri-city insurance Service, inc.Union Springs, LLcUnited Way of the Greater cincinnati FoundationVerst Group Logisticsmichael thomas VogtVon Lehman & company, inc.mark & Linda WasicskoBryan m. Wharton WiLD Flavors, inc.Jeffrey c. WilliamsRalph & cheryl WinklerNancy H. WinstelWood & Lamping

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Henry D. accianiBill & Joan akerJohn albertiDorothy altmanDanny R. antrobusmimi assanuvatJerry & Rita BahlmannJohn & cynthia BaileyKenneth H. BakerW. michael BakerVera Kay Balesthomas J. Barnettmichele Rogers BeckDrs. Don & carole Beerea. Page BeetemDonna S. BennettRichard a. BernatRick c. BibbinsJohn F. BillingsBills Backhoe & tree ServiceDavid Bishop & Peggy BrennanLinda O. BlairBoone county Public Library DistrictLeon e. BootheKaren L. Bowiecarol Bredemeyer

Bob & Pat BrennanStephen & Lea BrinkerBristol-myers SquibbRichard P. BroeringJohn e. BrownWilliam J. Brownemerson & Lynn BrumbackKathy Lynn BryanButler, Pappas, Weihmuller, Katz, craig, LLPJohn & terri capurrocardinal Office Products, inc.cardinal Office SystemsRobert W. cettelSteff c. & cynthia chalkchamplin/Haupt, inc.cincinnati Bell FoundationLouis & michelle classGary & Jonna claytonBrian R. clorePaul & Katie cluxtonJack & catherine collinsGary i. conleyconvergys Foundation, inc.carol corwinDavid earnshaw crawford, Jr.matthew crehanmarian & Jackson cumminsStephen & Jacqueline DallasD. craig DanceLinda P. DavisPaul Demarco & Karen SmithWilliam J. Deupree iiiSteven e. Devotomonica L. Diasmichael & evelyn Dietz George R. DroderSheryl Porter DurhamDaniel S. ebertPatricia & Scott edgleyJames & Brenda eganKristyn J. ellenaBrian michael ellermanPaige Leigh ellermanWayne e. ellison Robert V. evansDavid P. Faethmichael J. Farrischarles e. Fell, Jr.col. theodore J. FinkNancy L. FirakRainbow ForbesDonald & Peggy FritzDuane & Kathy FroelicherHenry & Jennifer GammLinda Geemichael W. GentryRalph P. GinocchioV. John & evelyn D. GlennRobert & Shelley Goeringcatherine F. GoldGary S. GoldmanRonald J. GoretJames & ashley GrayWilla K. GreenDr. W. Jonathan GreshamJohn & marisa GroverKimberly ann Gunning

Walter e. HaggertyDr. Nancy Slonnegar HancockSteve & Peggy HarperHarper Oil Products, inc.William H. HawkinsKimberly H. Heimbrock Rene B. Heinrichtimothy a. HickeyHispanic chamber cincinnatiJames D. HollidaySarah clark Hollowaymark R. Hollowell Kevin J. HopperRoger & Barbara HowlandBrian & Sharon HumphressJ. michael & Denise Hunter Stephen D. HurtProfessor Davida H. isaacsDavid e. izorDr. eric R. JacksonJohn c. Jamesmark e. JenkinsNancy K. JentschJosephine Johnsonterry W. JollyWilliam H. Kaufmanmichelle & James Kellermichael & carol KesslingNina S. KeyJan K. Kipp-KreutzerDr. mary F. KirkGayle O. Kisermichael & Linda KlembaraJohn H. Klette, Jr.Jan P. KochJames S. KreutzerDonald W. KruseRobert & carol LampeRaymond e. Lape, Jr.Jennifer Lee Lewismelinda K. LindauerStephen D. Littleedward J. & elizabeth Lorenztimothy & Patti Lovethe Lubrizol corporationmarlene & Steven LutkenhoffJames L. mahon, Ph.D.David Wesley marshallW. Stewart mathews iiRyan W. mccartyWilliam R. mccartyRobin R. mccrawedward J. mctigueKaren & John meffordmidwest mechanical Systems, inc.Janet & Zane millertheresa m. mohanmary K. molloyDon & Lisa moorethomas moore, Jr.Ron morelandDenise e. morganmorgan, madden, Brashear & collins, PLLcthomas & margaret munninghoffLjubomir NacevShawn S. Neacemichael S. Netzel

Niehaus advertising Specialties, inc.Gerald L. NuckolsRichard G. OliverBill Oliver & marla SmootDavid & Kimberly OwenGary W. OzanichGary & Julia PalmerJohn a. Parkemr. & mrs. Robert Pasquinuccianil B. PatelDr. michele PeersKenneth e. PellerPepsi-cola General Bottlers, inc.mr. & mrs. charles PettitRose a. PfaffPhilip morris companiesShirley Poston thomas W. PriceD. arthur RabournF. Robert Radel iithomas & elinor RamboWade L. RasnerJames e. RayJessica e. Rehlingthe Rettig Firm PScPaul L. Reynoldst. marcum RobbinsNorton RobertsJoel RobinsonJohn H. RoszmannSanten & HughesR. Jeffrey Schlossercharlet W. SchraederLois & Gerald SchultzGary D. ScottRobert & elizabeth (Horwitz) SeaverHarriet Ball ShepherdJack Sherman, Jr.Laurie S. ShockleyDr. cady Short-thompsonterry & maggie SieversKen SmithWade SmithRalph & LaRae Sorrellthomas & angela SorrellDavid SpauldingJames & connie StadtmillerDouglas & Barbara StephensKathy & Danny StewartDiane H. Sticklen JordanPaul R. Stokesalan c. StoutRobert J. Strickmeyercraig SumerelBeth & Sean Sweeney David & Nancy SwiftHoward & Sarah (Boyd) tankersley Ralph & Laura tesseneerLisa m. thalDolores m. theleneric R. thiemannGlen Patrick thompsonRuth & Jack thornberrytotal Quality Logistics, inc.edwin & margie tranterNorbert & anna tuemlerGary Wayne turner

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Joni L. VestVoiture Locale No. 694Vulcan international corporationmark a. WagnerWaite, Schneider, Bayless, chesley co., L.P.a. michael J. WalkerGary & Lorna WallDorothy e. Wallingedward & Joan Walterconstance & Donald Ward Francine a. WaymanDonald L. WeberLinda R. WermelingJames m. WestDonald W. Whitecharles WhittingtonJames & Karen Wiggermarjorie a. WilkeRussell WilkeyGregory R. Wilsonc. William WitteJohn WyantXiaoni ZhangNorman e. ZollerW. Kenneth Zuk

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cynthia S. abantoDouglas & Kathy ackleyPeg adamsDonald & Susan adickW. t. adkinsmargaret a. a’Hearnal Neyer, inc.Joy m. albiDavid alexanderall Star chiropracticJames D. allenNancy L. allfLaura m. amiottBetty m. amoleDr. margaret m. andersonDavid L. & Katherine c. annekenGregory michael ansteadJoel L. applingBradley craig arnettDave & Diane arnoldmichael c. arnoldamy J. arnsperger-Hammerlemark G. arnzen arnzen, Wentz, molloy, Laber & Storm, P.S.c.Brian P. ashleyaSi campus Laundrytheresa & W. t. averbeckSteven & Shauna averdickJeffrey R. aylor Nancy t. BaileyJuanita Bairdeileen Bakermichael & Barbara Bakere. D. BaldridgeWilliam D. BaldwinRichard a. Balesmichael & connie BallingerGerald & Jacqueline BanksHeidi B. Banks

Lori R. Barker SullivanLawrence J. BarryDavid L. BarthJohn P. BarwellNatalie G. BashBeth Basileliot G. BastianBatavia Family Practiceann m. Baumbachchris m. BeatyBernie & ann BeckRaymond & elizabeth BeckGeorge & carol BeddieJoseph m. Beechemmitchell J. BeersBelac, inc.Norbert & cynthia Berberichmary Jo BeresfordReverend milton BernerDale H. BernhardPaul R. Berningermaggie L. BernsPatrick thomas BerryJohn D. Bertramcraig F. BertschVincent J. Bessleranthony e. BezoldDavid & alicia BezoldJames & Jill Bezold m. todd Bezoldmartin & Karen Bezoldtodd & Jacquelyn Biddle W. G. BiegerKaren Bieger-Finanmary c. Biermann-SmithLaura & curtis BihlRoger & Deborah Billingstimothy S. BlackJohn m. BlackburnFreida L. BlairDaniel R. BlankRobert e. Blank, Jr.N. Jeffrey BlankenshipRandy & Kathy Blankenship Richard e. Blossterry R. BoehmkerPeggy a. BogadiJane a. Bohmanteresa a. Bolyardthomas J. BonenfantNancy L. BoschDaniel J. BowenJohn J. BradyRebecca charlene BradyBramel & ackley, P.S.c.mary N. Brandner, RNBillie Brandon & Ron abramsmel & Willie BrankampPerry BratcherBray trucking, inc.Jennifer m. BrewerKatherine S. BrewinKeith & cynthia BrickingD. anthony BrinkerJenny S. Broeringmichael P. BroeringDonald Paul Bromwell

mary ann BromwellKimberly a. Brooks tandyJoann c. BrownStuart G. BrownsRachelle BrunoJoan Buckleymary Bucklinmary Jo BudigHenry m. BugaySharon m. BullockDiana K. BundyRon & marina BurchettDaniel F. Burke, Jr.R. Stephen Burkemargaret a. Burksmichael & Lisa BurmanKevin & Patricia BurnsJohnny c. Burriseric BusheeKaren F. ButlerVickie L. ButlerStephen & Lee anne ButtsHomer W. ByersBob BylesDenise a. ByrumLeonel calderonmargaret a. caldonJohn B. caldwell Sean m. caldwellmartha c. campbellRandall a. campbellBill & Lora cannSharon R. cannedy-Pinkettcardinal Health Foundationchris & toni carletom & Donna carlisleDaniel & Karen carneycathy a. carterKen carterDeborah caseLouise G. caskeyDouglas W. casperSuzanne cassidyJanis m. cassiereLinda marquis catetom cate the chapel Hill North GroupPaul W. chellgrenmary todd chesnutcarlos F. chiamaria a. chisholmchristian R. Harriscincinnati marriott at Rivercentercity of corinth Kentuckymichael a. clauderJames R. claxton, Jr. clifton music clubmary J. cloreJeffrey P. closclough chiropracticDonald K. cobbJohn & June coldironcharles colleyNan collierthomas c. colvinmrs. elizabeth ellen combs Risnercomfort Suites

James Joseph conditJoseph H. conleyPatricia R. connellyPenny crawford cookDiane D. cordellD. Lee cordrayandrea J. cornuelleJoseph Patrick cottinghammarian a. couchcovington art clubJoyce a. cowensmary P. coxcommander Frank G. coyle, USNtimothy L. coyleLuanne & Ricky craigcrawford insurancePatrick R. crilleymaureen cronin & Peter GrahamKelly L. croweamanda c. croxtonVictoria B. culbrethDr. Jonathon S. cullickRoger W. cumminsSandi a. cunninghammary c. cupitoDaniel J. curtinJeffrey & Debra cutcherJohn K. Daggettthomas Kent Dailey iiFlorence L. DalgaBrett D. DavisGregory D. DavisRobert L. DavisJacqueline R. Daytimothy J. DeardorffRaymond F. DeBolt, Jr.Dana e. DeeringLonney Deesalan & Rose DeJarnetteDelta community credit UnionDeborah & Jerry DempseyRichard G. DennyGlenn & Heather DentonHeather e. DepremioSonia c. DergeKalpesh V. Desaitripta DesaiDeskins motorsS. terry Deskins Deters, Benzinger & LaVelle, P.S.c.Detmer-Goebel FamilyBeth & Bert DeVantierWesley & Jean DickenWilliam H. DickhonerDickmann’s Kentucky Sports cafe, inc.Frank m. DiedrichsFrank H. Dietrich iiJames & Stephanie DietzJune O. DineenDixie Heights High SchoolDanette R. Doggettann m. Dollinsthomas a. Donelanthomas e. DonnellonJanis m. Dorganmarshall & tami DoskerLaurie & Steven Dowell

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Roy & Kim Downingmary ann DoyleScott DrappJon DraudJoyce thiel DringenburgDry Ridge LumberStephen DuddeyGary P. DuechleLeah a. DuganBruce R. DuggarRobert m. DumesBrian c. DunhamJulie W. DunhamWalt DunlevyStephen R. Dunncharles B. easttimothy e. ebleGregory & Sheila edwardsJeffrey & monica egger c. Dennis egolfcharles R. ehlschideJohn W. eilersJacqueline ann ellisonSara R. elrodStephen & mary elsberndmark W. emersonRobert L. emersonirene F. encarnacionchristopher a. englandepperson Waste Disposal, inc.equistar chemicals, LPmary Lou R. ernstWilliam R. erwinVirginia B. espohlJulia B. espositoesquire theatre, Ltd.Dr. Rebecca L. evansellen & Larry evertsonJames R. Fabrecarl O. Falk, Jr.Bryan V. FallisJames & tina Farrellmary c. FarrellWilliam P. FeldmanDouglas a. Feldmannmichael P. FerroFidelity investments charitable Gift FundFielder Group market Research LLcthomas e. Fielder tyler H. FieldsDan Finan Jo ann FinckenRichard & Ruth FirestoneBen & Pamela FischerJohn c. FischerDavid & Beth Fisher Francis J. FisherKaren FlachBridget m. FlanaganPeggy & terry FlanaganPatrick m. Flanneryallen B. & maddie Flaugher amy J. Flaughermilissa & Steve Flickmark thomas FlorenceJames & Julie FortnerPhilip a. Foster

teasha m. FowlerGeorge FrakesJan m. Frankelemily a. FranxmanLauren FranzenBrien G. FreemanHerbert e. FreemanDonald R. FreeseDavid m. FreytagSandra L. FromeyerLaura a. Frommeyer custerSallee m. FryW. Roger FryRonald D. FudalaKathleen a. FuegenDonald S. Fullerthomas m. FunkWendy L. FurmanDiane Gabbardmark a. Gabisterrie Lee Gabisterry D. GainesGee & tom GaitherGaither’s Studio Gallerythomas W. GallagherDottie & Don GammonPaul a. GarofoloLeonard S. GartnerBarley Garza-mappesmichael & theresa Gastrightevan & Sheila Gaymark & Pamela Gelbertanthony J. GertzNorbert P. Gettysmeryl G. GibbonsGrady a. Gibsonmatt P. GieslerKelli K. GilbertRebecca a. Gilfillenmaureen e. GilmoreStacey Durbin GishSamuel P. Givens, Jr.Joanne c. Glassmichael t. Gmosere. Gregory GoatleyKrista K. Goetzedward P. GogginJohn a. Goldbergedward R. GoldmanScott & cindy Gravescarl & Janet GraysonF. Joseph Green iiiteresa Welsh GreenSheila & Willis GregoryKaren F. GrembanGerry & cynthia GresselStephen & Donna GreyFrederick H. Gribbellcheri y. GriffinPeg Griffinmolly S. GriffithWilliam D. Griffithsedward L. GrimesDiane H. GronefeldSimon GronerLisa Grosseeric W. Grothaus

James & mary GrothausDeborah & Richard Groverchristopher J. GulinelloGeorge Gutermuthmr. & mrs. elmer J. Haas, Jr.Robert HaasGloria S. HafferFrankie S. HagerBarbara ann HahnJack a. HahnRobert F. HahnBrian & Jennifer HaigisDeidra Layne Haircory Hakesmay HallJohn & amy HaneyLinda m. Harpstercharles Harrischristian Russell Harris Greg & Heather HatchettLawrence c. Hawkins, Jr.Sharon L. HawkinsHead First Sports cafeF. Richard Heath William c. HeekinSheryl e. HeeterJohn P. Hehmanamy L. HeilmanDonald & evelyn Heilman Steve J. HeiselRebecca HelbigDennis c. HelmerRonald & Joy HemingwayWilliam F. Hemmertthomas & mary HendricksPenny U. HendyLawrence W. Henke iiicarl S. HennigenRuth a. Henthornt. Neil HepplerLena & Buck Heraldthe Herfel Law Firm, LLcHeritage Bankmark & Brenda HerrickKatie J. HerschedePatricia L. HewittBruce m. HeymanGuy J. HibbsGreg allen Hickeyann e. HicksHighland country clubRoy L. HillG. Robert HinesHite & Heath attorneys, L.L.P.Jane H. Hlademily Hodges H. Fred HoefleSteven & Jeannie HoekzemaRobert & Diane Hoffermichael J. HoffmanBrandilyn Hoggmichael J. Hollenbeckcharles G. Holmes, Jr.Warren K. Hopkinscarol & Dallas HornOliver L. Hornmary L. Horn-turner

Deborah B. Houliston-OttoRobert & Kathryn Howellmary c. Hueningmark a. HumbertDiane V. HunleyPeter F. Huntconnie HurstiBm corporationJeff ikerLouis & Barbara iretonJennifer K. iulgWilliam F. ivers, Jr.J S K Sales, inc.Paul D. JacksonD. mark JamesJames J. Luersen Kimberley S. JamesJames W. Berling engineering, PLLcSandra L. Jarvis HaileBrenda & charlie JenkinsRonald & Debbie JeremiahJohnson & Johnson Family of companies

contribution Fundcharles e. JohnsonDaniel & Jennifer Jones Donald t. JonesKen JonesKevin P. JonesJoseph R. Bell, Jr., insurance, inc.Lisa Dawn JoynerJungle Jim’s PharmacyK.O.i. Warehouse, inc.Ronald m. Kabakoffmark G. KalpakisJennifer & Richard KappesserDavid L. KashKattus Pro-team Sports, inc.Giles Jeffrey Kauffman SGeorge H. KearnsPaul m. Keelmichael a. KeeneRobert F. KeithJoe & Robyn Kellinghaus Kellogg’s Snack DivisionDon & Rebecca Kelm Kemba credit Union, inc.Lawrence & Denise KendrickKentucky Historical Society Foundation, inc.the Kentucky Post Kephart & FisherLinda KerdolffJim & mary KersteinerBeverly Lynn KetronJudith michelle KettelerGregory & Vicki Kilburn Donna Kimmey Patricia m. KingPaul & theresa KingGerald J. KinsellaJames Kinslerconstance KiskadenLarry e. KisselFerd H. Kleinhaus, Jr.James W. Klemanthe Knotty Pine on the BayouRaymond G. KnuevenDavid a. Koenig

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from: Newport, Ky.

high school attended: Newport High School

major: Currently undecided, but plans to declare a major in criminal justice.

Pursuing a career in criminal justice is just part of Misty Smith’s future plans. The NKU sophomore says she also intends to make

time to volunteer in the Newport school system. Smith has already made volunteerism a priority in her life. For seven years she’s

volunteered at Newport Middle School, where she coaches cheerleading.

MiSTy SMiTHRecipient of the Corporex Scholarship

“The Corporex Scholarship has made my experience a lot less stressful. it allowed me to purchase the books i have needed for every semester.”

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George KolentseDouglas & Debra KooHarold G. KorbeeRenee m. KreisaHarold & marcy KremerJohn R. KremerGregory & Judith KriegeKrueger & associatesmaribeth KruempelmanJames & Joan KruerDonald KrugSteve & Kate KruseNancy a. KubalaPaul Kubala Jack R. Kues, Ph.D.Paul D. KuhnHerbert J. Kunzyui Hong Kwongcarl & marian La mantiaStephen c. LaberJames & Kathleen LagemanBryson & tara LairKaren LambRicky a. Lamkinmichael J. LanderNancy a. LangJohn e. Lange iiiJohn e. Lange iVtom LantryLape & aylor, P.S.c.michael e. Largeisaac W. LarisonBeatrice V. LarsenLaSalle National corporationNicholas J. Lascaleamichael F. Lauxthe Law Firm, P.L.L.c.christine anne Lawhornconnie & Douglas LawrenceDebra J. LaxtonFrancois Le RoyKaren L. LeekRichard alan LehmanDianna LeimbachFrank c. LeireyGerald c. & mary a. LepperRichard F. LesserJackie L. LesterLeander D. LesureWillard H. LeutzingerDale O. LiermanLisa L. LindemanWilliam m. LindsayJerome R. Linneman, Jr.Guy & marsha LinnemannG. mitchel LippertJ. a. LipsListerman’s Groundskeeping & Landscaping co.amy L. LitwinJerrold J. Litzinger SPamela J. LockwoodLogan Simpson Design inc.George O. LopezJane Staverman LorenzSallie Parker Lotzthomas & theresa LuekeJames J. Luersen

Ronald & mary Beth LusbyValerie L. macariethomas L. macDonaldJeffrey D. mackemrs. margaret m. maggioRichard e. maileKathleen & curt malthousealfred J. mangelsGeorge manningmariemont theatre, Ltd.michael F. markeyJames & Linda marlowmarsh & mcLennan companies, inc.Pamela marshallPhilip J. marsickBarbara J. martinDavid & Debra martinJason a. martinRobert c. martinSteve c. martinJames c. martinicarmen & teresa martoranamason county intermediate SchoolPaula a. massieDelise m. mayberryJames J. mayerKennis maynardanne & William mcBeeLeo F. mccallenDennis K. mccarthyPhil & elizabeth mccartney amelia & Bill mccartymccaslin, imbus & mccaslintimothy J. mcclanahanJohn D. mcclureJulie a. mcconihaymichael L. mccormickmyra Foltz mcevoyBarbara B. mcFarlandDonnie mcFarlandBruce a. mcGaryJulie a. mcGhghyDavid Scott mcGrathearl m. mcGuireGina N. mcintoshSarah J. mcLaurinJeff c. mcmahonmichael J. mcmaintodd V. mcmurtryDaniel P. mecklenborgcarol medlicottaugust meieredward & Johanna meimanJeffery m. mermanmerrell Owenearl K. messermetLife Foundationamy m. metzgermrs. marsha R. meyerRichard G. meyerclyde & mary middletonDonna Sue middletonVirgil & Donna middletonmike Sapp electric, inc.cynthia m. millenDare R. milleredward a. miller

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Ten years ago, getting on the Internet meant listening to several minutes of screeches and tones while a dial-up modem labored to connect. Pages uploaded so slowly, or it took so long to download a song, that it was easier to just go to the library to check out a book or drive to the store and buy a CD. Of course, with the advent of the high-speed Internet connection, those frustrations are a thing of the past. And there is an NKU graduate who played a big part in alleviating our frustrations: Tom Burkardt, ’80.

It was Burkardt, along with a friend, who founded a company called Castle Networks in 1997 that revolutionized the telephone infrastructure that is the backbone of the Internet. At that time, voice

switches were used to connect telephone customers. These huge devices were incredibly reliable, with 30-year-old technology, but they were designed to handle three-minute phone calls from single telephone lines. When AOL began to offer unlimited dial-up access for a flat fee, the average call time grew to more than 20 minutes, and many households added a second line for Internet use. The archaic switches were quickly overloaded, slowing down the system.

Castle developed an Internet offload switch that routed the modem or machine calls off the phone switches. The switch was about the size of small file cabinet (compared to the room-sized switches that were used in 1997). It could handle 10,000 calls when it was introduced, and after one year it could handle 80,000 calls. And the success of Castle

Doing the mathHow NKU mathematics alum Tom Burkardt helped make the Internet faster

Networks took off from there. After two years Burkardt sold Castle Networks to Siemens for more than $300 million.

Burkardt never really had a vision of being an entrepreneur when he was studying at NKU. “I think the first time I thought of starting a business was around 1988 when I was at Wang Labs. I was 29 then. I actually started Castle Networks when I was 38. I never really thought of myself as an entrepreneur though – that term has just recently made its way into the mainstream. Now some people call me a ‘serial entrepreneur.’ I find it all humbling and kind of humorous actually,” he said.

Burkardt believes that with the right support network any student can one day become an entrepreneur, even a highly successful entrepreneur. “An entrepreneur is one who always lives on the edge of

something more, or something else, or something better; has the courage to approach it; the craziness to try it; and the wisdom to do it right.” He is quick to point out that there is a lot of luck involved as well.

Burkardt, who today is president and CEO of BlueNote Networks, graduated from NKU with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and computer science. He received his master’s degree from North Carolina State University in applied mathematics. Burkardt chose NKU simply because it was the only school he could afford. He was the youngest of eight siblings, and they were all on their own when it came to college. But he quickly realized that it was one of the best decisions he could have made.

“The faculty recognized my needs and helped me and allowed me a path to go

after my goals. And they coached me and took an interest in how I was doing in all aspects of these goals,” Burkardt said. “NKU caters to a population that needs this level of support. It has a faculty that understands the value of teaching, first and foremost, and that understands the background and financial circumstances of those in the student community.”

In addition to his education, Burkardt attributes his success to the people around him. “Any CEO or manager is only as strong as his people,” Burkardt said. Market timing was also a very important part of Castle Networks’ success, according to Burkardt. He emphasized that there is always a lot of luck involved, and for Castle Networks the timing could not have been better.

Overall, Burkardt finds the entrepreneurial life rewarding. “I enjoy managing good people

and working with good people. I get a thrill out of seeing an idea grow into a company and come to fruition. The greatest reward for me in the financial sense is that I am able to do some important philanthropy – it is by far my greatest sense of reward.”

One of his philanthropic causes is NKU. He established the Burkardt Consulting Center (in the mathematics department), the Burkardt Brothers Scholarship Fund (also in math; the co-contributor is his brother Rob, who is also an alumnus). Burkardt gives back to NKU because the university, and specifically the mathematics department, played a large role in his success, he said.

“They were role models to me.”Dylan Beebe is a senior majoring in business

at NKU.

story Dylan Beebe

“The faculty recognized my needs and helped me

and allowed me a path to go after my goals.”

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After winning the NCAA Division II National Championship March 29, the NKU women’s basketball team decided to soak up the victory, literally, by getting soaked.

The team average Grade Point Average.

Women’s basketbal l : 2008 NCAA Champs!

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They jumped in the hotel pool en masse, fully clothed, in a final show of team spirit from a group that adopted the motto “one team, one body.”

“We all jumped in together,” said Winstel. “It was really something.”

Hands up!“Our strength is our length,” Coach Winstel said to her players throughout the year, usually eliciting a groan. But the long arms of NKU’s defense kept South Dakota’s trademark three-pointers away from the goal during the championship.

“It’s a game of fundamentals,” Winstel added. The tough defense takes its toll on the team’s shoulders; players often needed ice packs after games this year.

A team effortThe Norse lived out the slogan “one team, one body” by unselfish play. In the championship game, when the team was on the ropes with less than six minutes left in the game, five of the seven players scored points on a 23-9 run to close out the game. During one possession, four players had a hand in scoring.

On these pages you’ll find photos and words from the team’s improbable run and remarkable comeback win against South Dakota, a team who came into the championship with only one loss.

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Read more about themNKU literature and language professor Robert K. Wallace is releasing a book about the women’s basketball team in October. The book, “Thirteen Women Strong,” details the 2006-07 season from Wallace’s perspective. For more information on the book, visit www.kentuckypress.com.

The number of other Kentucky schools that can claim two national championships in NCAA women’s sports at any level.

The crowdA busload (and some carloads) of students, faculty, parents, alumni and staff made the 32-hour round-trip drive to Kearney, Nebraska, for the game. Although outnumbered by South Dakota fans, they made their presence felt.

Lights out!Earlier this season, both NKU basketball teams closed out the Regents Hall era. A power failure in Regents knocked out half the scoreboard and some lobby lighting, delaying play (and perhaps illustrating why it’s time for a new venue). Both teams open The Bank of Kentucky Center Nov. 8 with exhibition games against Louisville. For more information on tickets, see page 35.

The lucky sweaterFans who have followed the Norse’s run to the championship might have noticed Coach Nancy Winstel’s outfit looked familiar. The tan sweater was good luck, since the team kept winning road games when Winstel wore it, so it stayed on. “The kids kinda laughed about it,” Winstel said.

Keep playing“I really think [the championship] was more about this team wanting to keep playing together,” Winstel said.

Angela Healy celebrates the championship by helping to cut the net from the rim at the conclusion of the championship game.

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On a warm October night, the final buzzer is the last thing the Norse want to hear.

The team skates off its home ice, sulking because of a 7-3 loss.What’s more, about 400 people attend the inaugural game of the third

season.But the players will pummel Delta College the next day, racking up

enough goals to win 9-5.This is evidence that NKU’s hockey club has its spirits up. And,

regardless if it’s still a pay-to-play sport, the team players always have a blast on ice.Taking the ice

The Northern Kentucky Ice Center in Crescent Springs is the Norse’s home. The team reserves ice time there weekly – even for games.

The dated center looks more like a rusty warehouse than a skating arena, a place hidden along a dark back road near Interstate 75.

“I’ve been playing there since I was young,” says former right wing Eric Thueneman, who graduated from NKU in 2007 with an accounting degree. “It’s not in great shape, but it works.”

It’s late August. Tonight the team won’t practice until 10 p.m.; some players have night classes until 9 o’clock.

The men’s locker room reeks of stale shin guards and hockey gloves – smells that are nostalgic to returning players. Some players look confident; some look nervous.

Team captain Scott Hicks throws on a crisp jersey.“It costs each player about a grand to play,” he says. “We’re hoping to

find some alumni that can help us.”A long-time player, Scott Hicks founded the Norse with two

upperclassmen in 2005. His shoulder injury during a stint with NKU’S baseball team spurred him to hit the ice again.

“I’m fired up. This is going to be another fun year.”Hicks continues to get ready.A few new players stroll in minutes before practice. They sign their

names on a clipboard and find some free gear to use.Head coach Andy Pokupec says the team will be in great shape if it has

25 men on its roster. As he tightens his skates, he recounts the first practice last August.

He took a puck to the eye.It wasn’t funny then.“It was worst injury of my life,” he says, chuckling.Pokupec was a semi-professional hockey player in Yugoslavia. He also

played for University of Alaska Fairbanks in the late 1980s.“Hey, Tyler,” he says just before digging into the ice. “Can you go

outside and close the door so nobody steals our s#%t?”He’s easy on the players that night. They skate in circles, fire pucks at

two goalies in rapid succession, scream and shout – all things that indicate a fresh season.

blades of NKUNKU hockey team finds successstory Rich Shivener

The new guysNKU’S hockey club has acquired roughly 10 new players since August

2007 – a good and bad thing for the team, Hicks says.The Norse are recovering from the loss of Justin Barr, a star player

who graduated this summer with a criminal justice degree. He reportedly tallied 62 goals and 40 assists in the 2006-07 season.

That explains why he was named to the American Collegiate Hockey Association North Region Second Team.

“It’s definitely going to hurt us this year,” Hicks says of Barr. “He’s an excellent player.”

The Norse still contend with ACHC Division III teams like Xavier and Middle Tennessee State universities. The team fared OK in two seasons, and it’s learned a lot since its debut.

“At first, it was just kind of unorganized,” Thueneman says of the Norse’s inaugural season. “In the second, we became more competitive.”

Coach Pokupec, Thueneman says, is the team’s glue. His insight into the game has kept the team in good spirits.

“We may not have had the most talent,” the alum says, “…but with him we were able to beat better teams.”Wild nights

Hockey can be just as wild as any NFL game. Few sports condone brawls during a game; most suspend their players for fighting on the clock.

This type of adrenaline-pumping action fires up the crowd.Fans and players created their own battle royal at the NKY Ice Center

in 2005, a move that started a grudge between the NKU and Eastern Kentucky University.

“I tell you what, it gets pretty rowdy here,” Hicks says of the Norse’s home games. “It’s a pretty fun crowd.”

Says Thueneman: “It definitely helps to have that home-ice advantage.”Shivener is a 2006 NKU journalism graduate and a reporter for Cin Weekly.

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Vern Hicks has been called a lot of things during his 35 years of teaching chemistry at NKU. He’s been called entertaining. A “cool” physical chemist. Inspiring. He’s even been called Santa Claus. But on January 16, he got a new title.

That is when the larger-than-life chemist adored by students and teachers alike was named the 2008 Cincinnati Chemist of the Year by the Cincinnati Section of the American Chemical Society. He is the first NKU professor to receive the honor.

Hicks, who didn’t even know he’d been nominated by two of NKU’s newer faculty members, was stunned when he learned of the honor. “I was totally surprised and overwhelmed,” he said.

Assistant professor Keith Walters, who has worked with Hicks for six years at NKU and was one of Hicks’ nominators, was less surprised. “Without question, he is the most dynamic, exciting and engaging chemistry teacher I have ever interacted with at any level,” Walters

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wrote in his nomination letter.He wrote that whenever he talks to

students in Hicks’ classes, they say Hicks is one of the more challenging instructors at NKU, but they love

him. “His teaching style just works with his students,” Walters wrote. “Vern’s true zeal for chemistry rubs off on his students. They are engaged, interested and (gasp) retain the knowledge when I teach them in other courses.”

Walters recalled his first encounter with Hicks. “When I initially interviewed at NKU, I was immediately struck by the fact that Santa Claus was in my seminar audience,” he wrote in his nomination letter. “Throughout my interview, NKU faculty and students would comment on Vern as the ‘cool physical chemist.’ After I came to NKU, Vern was in

my office almost daily talking about chemistry and teaching.

Hicks received the NKU Outstanding Professor Award in 1993 and won the Kentucky Science Teachers

Association Award for Post-Secondary Education.

Hicks, who is teaching his last full-time semester this spring, said such inspiration goes both ways – and that his nominators, Walters and assistant professor Heather Bullen, along with NKU chemistry chair Diana McGill, have inspired him as well. “In my opinion any one of the three is more deserving of this honor than I am. They are so good that in the last few years I have often thought that the best thing I could do would be to stand aside and let them have at it.”

I guess you can call him humble, too.

COOL CHEMIST: NKU chemistry prof Vern Hicks.

Vern’s true zeal for chemistry rubs off on his students.

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NyT and NKU offer women’s entrepreneurship course

An exciting collaborative educational initiative between the Fifth Third Bank Entrepreneurship Institute at NKU and The New York Times is now being offered at NKU. A web-based course titled “Women and Entrepreneurship: Leveraging Resources for Success” will help female entrepreneurs develop the

skills and resources to take their firms to new levels of growth and profitability.

“This course provides an excellent opportunity for female entrepreneurs to learn basic skills that can help them reach new levels of growth and profitability in their companies,” said Dr. Rebecca White, founder and director of the EI. “Students in the class will not only have the chance to hear from and interact with experts on female-led entrepreneurial companies but will also have the opportunity to work with other women who share their same needs and frustrations as female entrepreneurs.”

blogging and ballots

NKU communications professor Cady Short-Thompson spent the beginning of

the year in New Hampshire conducting research on the presidential primaries.

She was part of an academic team studying the New Hampshire presidential primary campaigns. The team is asking residents to rate the images and

issues of each candidate. The research is part of a long-term

study of campaigning during New Hampshire primaries

since 1980.

NORTHERN

King and queen This year’s homecoming queen was Alyse Bender and the king was Colin Klayer. Alyse is the daughter of former Alumni Council President J. David Bender (’76, ’79) and is the NKU SGA president. Klayer is a student in the NKU Entrepreneurship program. Both are pictured here with Dr. and Mrs. James Votruba.

WNKU: Tops again The readers of CityBeat Magazine chose WNKU Best Radio

Station in Greater Cincinnati for the fourth year in a row. That makes a grand total of six “Best of” awards for WNKU. The station will be welcoming performers to the area throughout the summer at its “Final Friday” concert series at the Erlanger Branch of the Kenton County public library starting June 27. For more information, visit www.wnku.org and click “events.”

S E E N O R T H E R N M A G A Z I N E O N L I N E . Visit northernmagazine.nku.edu for videos of WNKU in-studio performances.

2006 grad Forrest Griffen in the studio.

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As you’re probably aware, NKU is turning 40 this year! You should have received a commemorative “then and now” calendar. Many events and activities have been planned, and an updated schedule is available at alumni.nku.edu. While you’re on our website, check out the 40th anniversary quiz to see how well you know your NKU history!

Northern alumni heading out of town

We just returned from alumni events in Naples, Tampa and Atlanta. As you can see from the photos on this page, we’re seeing more and more NKU graduates heading out of the local area, but they are still interested in staying connected to their alma mater. If you’re moving, make sure to keep your information updated with us so you can be invited to any upcoming events.

NKU opens The Bank!May 10, commencement exercises returned to NKU at The Bank of Kentucky Center, and on

November 8, NKU will play an exhibition basketball game against the Louisville Cardinals. For more information, visit the arena’s website at www.bankofkentuckycenter.com. Your alumni association will be selling tickets for this event. We will have seats on the party deck. Please join us for this exciting once-in-a-lifetime experience. Check the event calendar at alumni.nku.edu for details.

Mack releases children’s bookWhat if a unicorn broke his horn?The shy girl in David Mack’s new children’s book would tape it

together “so he wouldn’t be forlorn.”Mack, ’95, is a critically acclaimed creator of

several Kabuki graphic novels and has entered the realm of children’s books with the recent release of The Shy Creatures. The book details the life of a shy girl who wants to care for creatures that may seem intimidating but who are really very shy, just like she is. She spends the book helping a nearsighted Cyclops (with glasses), an overheated abominable snowman (with a haircut) and putting a sling on Pegasus’ wing.

The drawing here was produced by Mack especially for the NKU Alumni Council and features creatures from the book working on a snowman.

The book is published by Feiwel and Friends. More information is available at http://www.davidmackguide.com.

NKU turns 40

NKU alumni gathered at an event in Naples, Fla., in early 2008. From left to right: Donald Heilman, Bill Wilson, Rudolph Verderber, Kathleen Verderber, Brenda Wilson, Evelyn Heilman, NKU President James Votruba, Jan Goldsmith, John Beehler, Connie Schwaberg, Mary Lucas, Ken Lucas, JoAnn Robinson, Linda Conner, Michael Conner, Thelma Martin, Ken Harper, Eileen Harper, NKU Vice President for University Advancement Gerry St. Amand and NKU Director of Alumni Programs Deidra S. Fajack.

NKU alumni gathered at an event in Tampa Fla., in early 2008. From left to right: Deidra Fajack, Sonhui Weibel, Brett Weibel, Stephen Jones, Lynn Brumbeck, Emerson Brumback, Michael Lawson, Tim Ward, John Beehler, Sherry Freese, Donald Freese, Connie Pruitt, Arley Johnson, J. Micheal Frump, Carne Thompson, Laura Riley, Michael Riley, Adrien Riley, Amber Weyrich, Garrett Weyrich, Gerry St. Amand and James Votruba.

NKU alumni and staff gathered in Atlanta in February. In this photograph, left to right: Debbie Edwards, Don Gorbandt, Lori Shelley, Aaron Fausz, Gina Hemsath, Robin Tricoli, Ashley Shasher, Anthony Tricoli, Becky Short and Deidra Fajack.

Florida

Visit northernmagazine.nku.edu for updates on alumni events.

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Class Notes1987

sara and tim Coleman welcomed Lucy Ford Coleman September 20, 2007.

1990

ted Weil was recently promoted to senior technician for LPK, a branding firm in downtown Cincinnati.

Martin Weir reports he is a self-employed musician and teacher. He and his wife, Jamie, have a son, Nicholas, and are living in Madeira.

1995

Daniel Jackman, Jr., reports he is married to NKU graduate Angie Buchert with two children. He is a detective with the Louisville Metro Police Department and was named National Child Defender of the month in November 2007.

1997

Paul Bower works as a teacher and performer in Albuquerque. He and his wife, Ling Zhong, have a daughter, Audrey.

G i n a H o lt w a s recently named public relations coordinator for the Kenton County Public Library.

Crystal Kendrick recently received the Cincy Business magazine Athena Award. She is the owner and founder of The Voice of Your Customer, a marketing consulting firm.

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2000

Wade smith is engaged to Danielle Marie Nimer. Their wedding is planned for June 28.

2003

Natalie eilers works for Mature Services, Inc., where she develops and facilitates a training program on using effective job-search techniques for mature workers. She is working on her master’s degree in education at Xavier University.

2006

Keidra King is a scheduler in the office of Congressman John Yarmuth from Kentucky’s third congressional district.

2007

Haley louise smith is engaged to Joshua Clark, who is an NKU student. Their wedding is scheduled for July 12.

Cleves named vP at international PaperThomas Cleves, ’82, was recently promoted to VP of investor relations for International Paper. In the photo above, Cleves and his wife, Jana, are pictured with former Secretary of State Gen. Colin Powell. They met Powell in Williamsburg, Va.

Mazak names Ben schawe vice president of manufacturingMazak Corporation recently announced that it has promoted plant manager Ben Schawe, ’03, a 30-year Mazak veteran, to vice president of manufacturing.

Price releases new bookBetsy Price, ’92, has released her newest book, Managing Technology in our

Schools: Establishing Goals and Creating a Plan, which focuses on educating the next generation. “This book takes a different look at technology management,” Price said. “As we built the infrastructure, more attention was paid to the hardware; now it is time for teachers to be in control of what gets purchased and to begin bringing in the programs that teach.”

lucas named vP for union CentralJohn Lucas, JD, ’72, ’79 (Chase), was elected second vice president, associate counsel and secretary for Union Central. In this capacity, Lucas has increased duties and an expanded role in the law department. Lucas joined Union Central in February 1988 as assistant to secretary. He has served in a variety of management positions at the company. Lucas is also an adjunct professor of American history at NKU.

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Class Notessmith becomes Kentucky Democratic vice Chair

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Former NKU Alumni Council

President Nathan Smith, ’94, was

named vice chair of the Kentucky Democratic Party. Smith has been a partner with SSK Communities, a leader in the manufactured housing industry, since 1995. In 1994-95 he served as director of governmental affairs for the Home Builders

Association of Northern Kentucky. Smith also serves as president of Kentucky Manufactured Housing Association and is on the board of the National Manufactured Housing Association. Smith is a former chairman of the Kenton County Democratic Executive Committee and campaign manager for Joe Meyer’s successful state senate race in 1992 and Arnold Simpson’s successful race for state house in 1993.

stambaugh shoots for National GeographicMelony Stambaugh, ’06, was part of a documentary crew for a National

Geographic documentary film project. The anthropology major shot scenes in Sheriden Cave in Wyandot County. She currently is a graduate student in the University of Cincinnati anthropology department. F ind out more about Stambaugh at http://www.uc.edu/profiles/profile.asp?id=7846.

Reinshagen serving in BratislavaAlex Reinshagen, ’94, reports he is a special agent with the U.S. Department of State currently serving a three-year tour of duty at the American Embassy in Bratislava, Slovakia, where he is the head of security and the chief advisor to the U.S. ambassador on security and law enforcement matters.

Nadobny awarded Fulbright scholarshipMark Nadobny, ’04, was recently awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to travel to and study in the Mano River region of West Africa. This spring (2008), he will be spending five weeks in the countries of Sierra Leone and Guinea studying the various cultures of this region. The purpose of the Fulbright is to draw connections between the cultures of West Africa and that of the Gullah and Geechee cultures found among the African-American population of the Low Country region of the United States.

Gibson named vP at CitibankCrystal Gibson, ’01, was recently promoted to vice president of communications and public affairs at Citibank’s Florence, Ky., office.

Zinser named inspector generalTodd J. Zinser, ’79, of Virginia, was named inspector general at the Department of Commerce.

sturm merges companyChris Sturm, ’95, recently merged his company with Szabo International, an industrial project services, shipping logistics and software automation company.

Purtilar promoted at GoodyearMark Purtilar, ’81, was recently appointed chief procurement officer for the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. He will oversee the company’s global procurement strategy and be responsible for the company’s $10 million in annual purchases.

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Jenkins is “Big sister of the Year”Vicki Jenkins, ’97, was named the “Big Sister of the Year” by Big Brothers, Big Sisters of Greater Cincinnati. Jenkins was matched with her l ittle sister, Kayla, when she was 11 years old. Kayla lived with her father and two younger brothers and was in desperate need of a positive, female role model to help her navigate adolescence. Their regular weekly outings offered stability in Kayla’s life and quickly became the roadmap to her academic and personal success. Kayla recently finished her first year of college. Jenkins works at Convergys and lives in Maineville with her husband and son. She encourages other NKU alumni to be a “big.”

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izquierdo serves the tri-stateAnthony Izquierdo, ’92, is the cofounder of Care Connection of Cincinnati, a $7.5 million company that provides skilled home care to patients in the region. He founded the business in 2003, and it now employs 140 people.

NKu alumnus remembers the alamo For Michael Berry,’73, the battle cry “remember the Alamo” is something he takes pretty seriously. He’s been fascinated by the battle and its most famous casualty — Davey Crockett — since he was a little boy. Crockett memorabilia is sprinkled throughout his Cincinnati home including a coonskin cap, comic books and bubble gum cards. And, once a year, his wife’s sewing room becomes a battle scene when Berry sets up an 8x5-foot tabletop display of the Alamo, complete with buildings, guns and literally hundreds of miniature plastic troops, some painted with ornate Mexican uniforms, others with the more casual look of the Texas militia, and still more in bright blue plastic. “I still need to paint some of them,” Berry said. The display usually goes up right around March 6 to commemorate the day in 1836 when the battle concluded. Guests to the couple’s home often get into the spirit by bringing yellow roses over for dinner parties. They often grab a martini and head up to the sewing room to hear Berry explain the scene. “I’m going for pure chaos,” Berry said. He uses a laser pointer to reveal his hero, Davey Crockett, wielding an ax while the compound is besieged with mini-Mexicans. He has two rules to view the display: don’t bump the table, and don’t let one of the cats in (lest the scene be overrun by fluffy invaders).

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