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The Magazine of Wright State UniversityFALL 2000 VOLUME VI NO. 1

The Magazine of Wright State University

The New

Allyn HallMoving Into the 21st Century

F R O M T H E P R E S I D E N T ’ S D E S K

President, Wright State University

Managing EditorDenise Thomas-Hoskins,Associate Director of Publications,Office of Communications andMarketing

EditorConnie Steele,Office of Communications andMarketing

Photo EditorStephanie James Ely,Office of Communications and Marketing

DesignTheresa Almond,Office of Communications and Marketing

PhotographyRoberta Bowers, Chris Snyder, Center forTeaching and Learning; Stephanie JamesEly, Office of Communications andMarketing

AlumNotesHolly Blakely, Jamie Verdier, Office ofCommunications and Marketing

Contributing WritersJohn Bennett, Stephanie James Ely, JudiEngle, Donna Hamilton, Bob Noss,Connie Steele, Denise Thomas-Hoskins,Michele Wheatly

CoverPhotography by Roberta Bowers,Chris Snyder

Community is published two times ayear by the Office of Communicationsand Marketing, Division of UniversityAdvancement, with the support of theWSU Alumni Association. Distributionis to Wright State alumni, faculty, staff,and friends of the university. Submitinformation, comments, and letters toCommunity editor, Office of Communi-cations and Marketing, Wright StateUniversity, Dayton OH 45435-0001 ore-mail [email protected]

Fall 2000VOLUME VI NO. 1

277015/200007-1865/NO00/JU00/60M

On the cover:

GREETINGS,The stories in this issue of Community include examples of how

Wright State is preparing graduates to succeed in the world in whichthey live and work.

This fall, state officials joined local business leaders and the campuscommunity in the renaming of the business college to the Raj SoinCollege of Business. Having a businessman of Raj Soin’s internationalstature linked to our programs demonstrates how public-privatepartnerships can contribute to the economic success of the region andbeyond.

Preparing teachers to help their students succeed in an increasinglycomplex and technological world was the driving force for a completerevamping of Allyn Hall, the new home of the College of Educationand Human Services.

Keeping the world’s information super highway secure promptedthe creation of a course on Internet security, one of a few offered in thenation.

Finally, the CLASS project helps teachers learn how to createlearning environments that enable all students to realize their potential.

One of the first rules of learning is summed up in the words ofAlexander Dumas: “Nothing succeeds like success.” I invite you toread through these pages and see how Wright State’s innovativeprograms of excellence are building on success of students, faculty,and graduates to make a better world for all of us.

Redesigned entrance to Allyn Hallfeatures a video message station andhallway leading to the new campuseatery, The Hangar.

2 UNIVERSITY NEWS

19 DEVELOPMENT NEWS

20 ALUMNI ASSOCIATION NEWS

24 ALUMNI FEATURE

Karla Garrett Harshaw

26 ALUMNOTES

30 ATHLETICS

D E P A R T M E N T S

F E A T U R E S

C O V E R S T O R Y

6 ALLYN HALL—WIRED FOR LEARNING

The oldest building on campus is now the newest in terms of supportingteaching and learning for the 21st century.

10 A NEW ERA IN BUSINESS EDUCATION

In September, dignitaries from around the state joined the campuscommunity in celebrating a college renaming ceremony: the Raj SoinCollege of Business.

13 FOILING THE HACK ATTACK

Wright State offers one of the few courses in the nation on internetsecurity.

14 UP CLOSE AND ACCESSIBLE

Teachers from around the country came to WSU campus to learn how tomake science labs accessible for students with disabilities.

16 NUTTER CENTER TURNS 10For ten years, the Nutter Center has been hosting shows for all tastesand interests, becoming the second-highest grossing facility for itscapacity in the U.S. and fourth-highest in the world.

18 UNLOCKING SECRETS OF GULF WAR

SYNDROME

WSU scientists across disciplines joined forces to win a competitive$7.2 million contract from the U.S. Department of Defense to study GulfWar Syndrome.

INSIDE

2 Community FALL 2000

U N I V E R S I T Y N E W S

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“New U” Web SiteWSU’s Web site has had a facelift.The whimsical “U,” the photos and thebright colors provide excitement, whilethe integration of WSU green and goldand biplane logo maintains tradition.

The concept conveys the internalgrowth and change that a personencounters heading off to college, aswell as the relative newness of WSU.

The following new features havebeen added to the site:■ Raider Online Express features

online grade access for students(rox.wright.edu);

■ Virtual Tour of the universitythrough panoramic images(www.wright.edu.edu/vr/);

■ Parents site (www.wright.edu/parents/);

■ Experts Guide—for use by areamedia (www.wright.edu/cgibin/expertlist.cgi).

■ A redesigned athletics sitewww.wsuraiders.com

Libraries ReceiveHistorical Gift

A recent donation from Lorenz &Williams, Inc., a Dayton architec-tural firm, to the Wright State Univer-sity Libraries’ Special Collections andArchives will allow visitors to relivememories of Rike’s, the famedDayton store, for generations to come.The donation includes floor plans,structural prints, and architecturaldrawings from both the main storeand subsequent building addition. Thematerials are from the years 1950–81.

The Rike’s Historical Collectionmay be viewed in the Special Collec-tions and Archives on the fourth floorof the Paul Laurence Dunbar Library.Hours are Monday through Fridayfrom 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Small BusinessDevelopment Seminars

The Small Business DevelopmentCenter is again offering informationsessions for those looking to start anew business or grow an existing one.These seminars acquaint existing andprospective business owners withinformation on the resources, require-ments, and assistance available forstarting a small business. Areas ofassistance include financing andaccounting, marketing, sales andadvertising, operations management,business law, human resource man-agement, and international tradecounseling. Sessions are available onthe first Thursday of every month from9 to 11 a.m. For more information,contact the SBDC at (937) 775-3503.

Parents’ Weekend

Guardian Wins AwardThe Associated Collegiate Press(ACP) has awarded The Guardian,Wright State’s weekly student news-paper, its “All-American” rating. In sixof the last eight years, The Guardianhas earned this rating, the top critiqueaward in the ACP’s national review.The rating includesMarks ofDistinction forcoverage andcontent,writing andediting,photography, artand graphics,and layout anddesign.

International Research forSpinal Cord Injury

Wright Stateresearchers join ahandful of selectinternational teamsto investigate spinalcord injury in a newgrant program fromthe National Instituteof Neurological Disorders and Stroke.Robert E. W. Fyffe, Ph.D., director ofthe new Center for Brain Researchand professor of anatomy, will be theprincipal investigator for the $1.46million grant. The five-year grant is acollaboration between WSU Schoolof Medicine and Queen’s University,Kingston, Ontario, Canada.

“Traumatic spinal cord injuryaffects approximately 250,000Americans,” explains Fyffe. “Untilwe know what is happening at thecellular level, we will not be able totarget appropriate treatments.”

Robert E. W. Fyffe

The fourth annual Parents’ Weekendwill be held January 26–28.

Parents are invited to meet campusfaculty and staff, win prizes at MonteCarlo Night, cheer on the Raiders fromreserved seats, and meet President andMrs. Goldenberg at Sunday brunch.

For more information, contact theOffice of Student Life at (937) 775-5570.

Community FALL 2000 3

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Accountancy PostsNational Win

For the third time, a team of WSUaccountancy students has won theNational Student Case Competitionsponsored by the Institute of Manage-ment Accountants. Wright State hasthe record for the most wins at thenational competition where teamsmust find solutions to cases based ona real-world situation.

Campus HousingExpands

Demand for on-campus housing hasincreased more than 20 percent sincelast year. This fall, two new buildingsin Campus Park Apartments createdspace for 120 more students. Ap-proximately 2,600 students now livein campus housing. Research showsstudents living on campus earn bettergrades and graduate at higher ratesthan commuting students.

First WSU PhysicsChair Dies

Harvey M. Hanson, Ph.D., foundingchair of the physics department,passed away in June of 2000.

Hanson first cameto Wright State in thesummer of 1965. “Hewas responsible forthe development ofthe physics depart-ment,” said GustBambakidis, Ph.D.,current department chair. “Herecruited most of the faculty mem-bers in the department.”

Hanson sponsored the develop-ment of the Master of Science degreein physics and Master of Science inphysics teaching. He also developedand implemented computer-assistedinstruction courses in physics.

New Degree OfferedWright State University’s newBachelor of Science degree inorganizational leadership is designedfor students with a two-year degree orits equivalent who want to prepare forsupervisory and management careers.The degree was established last yearat the Lake Campus and begins at themain campus in January 2001.

For more information, contactScott Graham, program advisor at themain campus, at (937) 775-4473.

Professors ReceiveEducation Award

Ann C. Wendt, Ph.D., SPHR, andWilliam M. Slonaker, J.D., SPHR,associate professors of management inthe Raj Soin College of Business,received the annual Commissioners’Award in Education from the OhioCivil Rights Commission. The awardrecognizes individuals or organiza-tions for their work in removing theroot causes of discrimination.

Wendt and Slonaker’s ongoinglongitudinal research project, TheOhio Employment DiscriminationStudies, is a database containing over5,500 employment discriminationcases randomly drawn from the files ofthe Ohio Civil Rights Commission. Itis the only database in the nationcontaining detailed information onemployment discrimination claims.

International TradeAssistance Center

The Ohio Department of Develop-ment (ODOD) has named WSU’s RajSoin College of Business an Interna-tional Trade Assistance Center, one ofnine in the state of Ohio. The SmallBusiness Development Center, inpartnership with the Dayton AreaChamber of Commerce, will continueto provide assistance to small- andmedium-sized businesses throughODOD with funding from the U.S.Small Business Administration.

The funding and designation willcomplement existing services offeredby WSU’s Small Business Develop-ment Center and formalize theservices offered by G-Trade throughthe Department of Development.

Move-In Day, September 10, 2000

Harvey M. Hanson


A R O U N D C A M P U S

U N I V E R S I T Y N E W S

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Wright State WinsFulbright Award

WSU is one of 22 universitiesnationwide to receive a grant from anew Fulbright Scholar grants pro-gram. Wright State and the Universityof Concepcion in Chile will developthe Exchange Program for Leverag-ing Organization Resources inEducation, or Project EXPLORE.

The program will allow overseasstudy by students from both universi-ties. For Project EXPLORE, WrightState will investigate the feasibility ofa new M.B.A. concentration in LatinAmerican business studies. Theuniversity plans to begin the studentexchange in the fall of 2002.

“The University of Concepcionanticipates sending five to 10 studentsper year who would take classes inEnglish in our graduate-level produc-tion and operations managementcourses,” says Robert F. Scherer,professor of management andassociate dean for communityrelations in the Raj Soin College ofBusiness and the academic directorfor Project EXPLORE.

“O, Write My Name: AmericanPortraits—Harlem Heroes,‘’ anational tour of photogravures

depicting the artistic and literarytalents of the Harlem Renaissance,

was on display in the Student UnionArt Gallery this fall as part of the

Bolinga Center’s 30th Anniversary.

National Domestic Violence Month wasobserved on campus with the Clothesline

Project and the Silent Witness Initiative.Amy Sues, associate director of Student Life,

looks at a piece in the display with studentPrecious Carter, who made the shirt in

memory of a friend.

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Shelley Goldenberg (seated) worked as avolunteer in the Pre-College Discovery

Program this past summer.▼

On June 13, the Wright State Univer-sity Wind Symphony traveled toMatsusaka, Japan, for a 10-daycultural exchange program experi-enced through the universal languageof music. The group was hosted bythe International Friendship Associa-tion (MIFA), a civic organization ofcommunity and business leaders whopromote artistic exchanges in theMatsusaka area. This was the WindSymphony’s first international trip,according to David Booth, windsymphony conductor and assistantprofessor of music.

Wind SymphonyTours Japan

Doin’ the Rowdy Raider Rap Anumber of students participated in

the Student Alumni Association’sFirst Annual All Campus ScavengerHunt during Welcome Week 2000.

These spirited students earnedgrand prizes by rapping their own

version of the WSU Alma Mater.

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Lake CampusOutstanding Unit

Offices of Professional Field Placement,Student Services, and Graduate Studieswithin the College of Education andHuman ServicesOutstanding Collaborative Units

Jeanne Ballantine, the 8th edition ofSociological Footprints and acorresponding instructor’s manual

Marlese Durr, New Politics of Race: FromDuBois to the 21st Century and StudyTools for Understanding a DiverseSociety

Leo Finkelstein Jr., The Pocket Book ofTechnical Writing for Engineers andScientists

David Garrison, translated Pedro Salinas’book Certain Chance

Ron Geibert, Women in Documentary,Photography 2000

William Irvine, Perfect Parents:Reflections on the Decline of Childhoodand the Obligations of Parenthood

Marshall Kapp, edited Consumer-DirectedCare to the Older Person, which waspublished as the sixth volume of Ethics,Law, and Aging Review

Jerald Kay, E. K. Silberman, and L.Pessar, Handbook of PsychiatricEducation and Faculty Development

Jerald Kay and A. Tasman, Psychiatry:Behavioral Science and ClinicalEssentials

William Klykylo, Jerald Kay, and DavidRube, Clinical Child Psychiatry

Martin Maner, the second edition of TheResearch Process: A Complete Guide andReference for Writers

Jim McCutcheon, 16 Easy Recital Piecesfor Guitars

Gary Pacernick, Summer Psalms

Chandler A. Phillips, Human FactorsEngineering

Mary Beth Pringle, John Grisham: ACritical Companion, which wasrepublished in Critical Companions toPopular Literature

Anne S. Runyan, Gender and GlobalRestructuring: Sightings, Sites, andResistances

Martha Sammons, A Far-Off Country: AGuide to C.S. Lewis’ Fantasy Fiction

Mark R. Sirkin, the second edition ofStatistics for the Social Sciences

Leon VandeCreek and T. Jackson,Innovations in Clinical Practice: ASourceBook

James Walker and Michael Solimine,Respecting State Courts: the Inevitabilityof Judicial FederalismFor more information, please e-mail denise.thomas-

[email protected].

Book Notes

Leland BlandMusicFaculty Excellencein Research

G. Allen Burton Jr.Environmental ScienceBrage GoldingDistinguishedProfessor of Research

Richard PagePsychologyFaculty Excellence inTeaching

Frank NagyAnatomy/SurgeryFaculty Excellence inProfessional Service

Robert V. RiordanAnthropologyUniversity Professor

Michele G. WheatlyBiological SciencesOutstanding FacultyMember

Kay WickMarketingFaculty Award forExcellence Instructor

Jane DoorleyNursingFaculty Award forExcellence: Lecturer

Presidential Awards for Staff Excellence

Katie DeedrickStudent LifeHuman Relations,Unclassified

Cherri ThompsonNursing & HealthHuman Relations,Classified

Lisa MayFinancial ServicesInnovation,Unclassified

Cathy YostBursar’s OfficeInnovation, Classified

Eugene HernResearch &Spon-sored ProgramsService, Unclassified

Marsha JonesStudent HealthService Classified

The following faculty and staff members were recognized for exemplary service byPresident Kim Goldenberg at special ceremonies marking the beginning of the academic year.

Presidential Awards for Faculty ExcellenceRecent Books by WSU Faculty


B y C o n n i e S t e e l e

When Billie Harris (73 B.S.Ed)was a brand new teacher, the

only technological skill requiredwas the ability to operate a 16 mmprojector, a record player, and amimeograph machine.

“You could always tell theteachers—they were the ones withthe purple fingers,” she says,referring to the fluid used to crankout the dittoed handouts and tests.

Today, Harris works withteachers in Fairborn Schools toimprove classroom instruction.This includes helping them findways to incorporate the latestinstructional technology into theirclassrooms—which can includeeverything from computers, laserdisks, camcorders, and LCDprojectors to a television produc-tion studio.

Meeting the challenge of prepar-ing teachers for the classrooms oftoday and tomorrow drove thedesign and complete renovation ofAllyn Hall—the new home of theCollege of Education and HumanServices. The university’s oldestbuilding is now its newest in terms

WiredWiredWiredWiredWired for Learning for Learning for Learning for Learning for Learning

of facilities and instructionaltechnology.

“The students of today are morevisual, more oriented to beingentertained,” she says. “You haveto practically do a song and danceto get their attention.” Indeed,studies show that the averageAmerican child watches 1500hours of television a year, and onein three comes from a home thathas a personal computer.

Closed in June 1999, thebuilding’s interior was completelygutted and remodeled, opening forclasses this fall.

“It’s basically a building thathas the flexibility to stay ahead ofthe needs of the users, to enableboth students and faculty to makeuse of current and emergingtechnology,” says Bonnie Mathies,Ph.D., associate dean, who over-saw the $10 million renovation.

Besides including two tradi-tional computer labs and “elec-tronic” classrooms that use thelatest video, audio, and multimediaprojection systems, Allyn Halldesigners tapped into one of the

Wright State’s Oldest Building Is Now Its Newest

Allyn Hall—


newest technologies appearing oncampuses: the wireless classroom.

“We loved the flexibility ofwireless,” says Mathies. “Wirelesscan turn any classroom into acomputer lab.”

Fall quarter saw the secondfloor rigged for wireless comput-ing; plans call for the entire build-ing to be outfitted in the next year.

Wireless classrooms areequipped with a transceiverinstalled in the ceiling that sendsand receives signals from laptopsdistributed to students in the class.The system allows students toconnect to campus networks andthe Internet without being tetheredby cables and wires. Such freedomof movement allows students tocollaborate more easily on writingand research projects. “I thinkthere is a lot of potential for usingthis technology that we haven’tdiscovered yet,” says Mathies.

Mathies says that faculty inputwas solicited early on in thebuilding’s design.

“We told them that their imagi-nation was the only limitation.”Mathies found that in addition tothe expected requests for the latestcomputer and electronic equip-ment, the majority of faculty alsowanted a flexible space equippedwith moveable tables and chairsrather than the standard row uponrow of armed chairs.

One classroom is even modeledafter a school laboratory forscience teaching methods courses.

Second-floor hallway features Internet access jacks


While Harris is glad that today’steachers no longer contend withpurple fingers, she is concernedabout preparing students to suc-ceed in a world where technologyis changing the way teachers teachand students learn.

“That’s why the changes inAllyn Hall are so important—notonly do they provide an enhancedlearning experience for students,they also provide a model for howto use it in their own classrooms.It’s about preparing students tosucceed in the world in which theywill live and work, now and in thefuture.”

The public is invited to anAllyn Hall open houseon January 18, from4 to 7 p.m.

These students are usingwireless laptops distributed

in an education class in AllynHall. Wireless technology can

turn any classroom into acomputer lab.


Educational ResourceCenter

Now located on the first floor,

the center provides materials and

equipment to support students in

the College of Education and

Human Services, as well as

community members in the

education field.

The center consists of three

areas:

Instructional Materials

Center—provides an array of

teaching aids and materials.

These include items such as

educational kits, games, video

tapes and laser disks; picture files;

and textbooks. The center also

has adaptive computers and

visual aids for individuals with

physical and visual impairments.

Media Production Lab—provides equipment and materials to create

visual displays (such as colorful bulletin boards) as well as laminating

and multimedia development. Materials are available at cost.

Microcomputer Lab—serves primarily as an instructional lab; how-

ever, during off hours it can be used as a software preview site for

teachers who want to try out the newest educational software.

Teaching Behind the Glass Allyn Hall includes new facilities

that support specialized instruction

and training, such as this Reading

Recovery Class. Observed teach-

ing and learning are key elements

in this innovative program, which

trains reading teachers to improve

the reading skills of their first-

grade students targeted with

reading problems. Wright State is

one of only three universities in

Ohio designated as a Reading

Recovery training site.

Students look over anatomical models that can beused in a health class.

Phoebe Ingraham, Reading Recovery Teacher/Leader, supervises first-grade teachers observingMaria Schreiber, a fellow classmate from SpringHill Elementary School, as she works with one ofher reading students. The teachers are in trainingto become certified Reading Recovery teachers.

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Allyn Hall: Fall 1964■ Home to Dayton campus of Miami

and Ohio State Universities

■ Enrollment: 3,203 students

■ Number of degree programs: 5

■ Total faculty: 53

■ Number of campus buildings: 1

■ Technology in the news: IBM word

processor

Allyn Hall: Fall 2000■ Home to College of Education and Human Services

■ University enrollment: 15,398

■ Number of degree programs: 100 undergraduate; 40 graduate

and professional

■ Total university faculty: 715

■ Number of campus buildings (including residential): 49

■ Technology in the news: Wireless networked classrooms

Allyn Hall, circa 1964


State DignitariesJoin Campus Celebration

Marking a New Erain Business Education

It isn’t every day that Ohio’s governor and bothUnited States senators are in town for the sameevent. September 11, 2000, was one of those rareoccasions. Wright State President Kim

Goldenberg was joined on campus by Governor BobTaft, Senators Mike DeWine and George Voinovich,area officials, and members of the campus communityat a special ceremony celebrating the renaming of theCollege of Business and Administration as the RajSoin College of Business.

This is the first time in Wright State’s history that acollege has been named in honor of an individual. It’salso the first college in the United States to be namedafter an Asian Indian.

B y J o h n B e n n e t t

TheRaj SoinCollege

of Business

Soin, president of MTC International, has beenassociated with Wright State for many years andcurrently serves on the university’s Board of Trust-ees. Soin’s multimillion-dollar donation to the col-lege and its renaming signal the beginning of a newera in business education at Wright State.

“It is a tribute to Wright State that a businessmanof Raj Soin’s international stature recognizes thevaluable resource our College of Business offers tothe economic success of the region and the state,”said Goldenberg. Linking the college to one of theregion’s most innovative entrepreneurs demonstratesthe college’s innovation, according to Rishi Kumar,dean of the Raj Soin College of Business.

From left: President Kim Goldenberg and Governor Bob Taft congratulateRaj Soin at ceremony dedicating college renaming in his honor.

Community FALL 2000 11Community SPRING/SUMMER 2000 11

“Successful business

owners have a respon-

sibility to give back to

the community. Wright

State has a top-notch program.

I am happy to be a part of helping

to prepare future business leaders to

respond to the fast changes occurring

in the marketplace.”

“It reflects the high regard and confidence that Mr.Soin has in our faculty and our programs,” said thedean. “His contribution gives us another margin ofexcellence and inspires us to look forward and createvalued programs.”

Kumar says that business educational needs havegone through a major paradigm shift. It has evolvedfrom “just in case” (offering a business degree inorder to be hired), to “just in time” (equipping stu-dents with the skills needed to keep up with currenttrends), to “just for you” (providing programs gearedto specific business needs).

Future initiatives of the Raj Soin College ofBusiness include the establishment of a ProfessionalInstitute of Advanced Business Management.

Raj Soin, president, CEO

of MTC International;

member, WSU Board of Trustees


“We always will strive to ensure that our studentsare fully prepared to meet the ever-changing andtremendously challenging issues of the businessworld,” said Kumar. “Raj Soin’s affirmation is doublyrewarding, considering his keen insights and specialabilities to bring about success in this complexenvironment.”

“The Raj Soin College of Business will helpensure a successful legacy for the Dayton region,”added Soin. “It is my great pleasure to supportWright State in its effort to provide outstandingacademic preparation.”

Focusing on new economy issues, the institute willallow business professionals to earn credit for certifi-cate programs specifically designed for them thatthey could apply to an executive M.B.A. program.The college plans to begin certification programsin many fields, including health care managementand e-commerce.

A new executive M.B.A. program will be de-signed, separate from the current M.B.A. program,but one that Kumar hopes will have a positivespillover effect on both the current M.B.A. andundergraduate programs. The college will retain itsfocus on international programs; continue to providethe technology required by students and faculty; andcreate an infrastructure to attract and retain the bestand brightest faculty.

Senator Mike Dewine introducesRaj and Indu Soin


Foiling the Hack Attack

As media reports of e-mailviruses get widespreadattention, curiosity about

the causes of computer securitybreaches and how to prevent themincreases. Wright State’s PrabhakerMateti, associate professor ofcomputer science and engineering,has tapped into student interest bydesigning one of the few under-graduate courses in the nationdevoted to Internet security.

The course dispels some mis-conceptions about attacks oncomputer systems. For example,“hackers,” and their colleagues the“crackers” or “attackers,” don’tspend hour after hour devisingnew ways to break computercodes. According to Mateti, it’snot that the techniques used toattack computers are new, it’s thatthe old techniques are not wellknown. But because more peopleare using the Internet, the damagecaused by an attack spreads morequickly and affects more users.

“‘Hacking’ is a very old word.”Mateti says it is used to mean“experimenting for the purpose ofgaining knowledge.” Under thisdefinition, hackers know what theyare looking for, but instead oftheorizing, they are experimentingand building.

A “cracker” is actively trying tobreak a code to obtain a passwordor an encrypted message. The“attacker” is trying to get some-thing he or she is not authorized tohave, such as financial informationor credit card records.

“It’s some kind of psychologicalthrill,” Mateti says. “Often theydon’t gain personally.” Also, theattackers don’t believe they’vecaused any real damage or realizethey can be prosecuted.

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The responsibility of maintain-ing a secure system rests with theuser, not the manufacturer. Matetisays systems almost always havetoo many ways to be invaded.

“They deliver it with every dooropen,” Mateti explains. “Other-wise the customer thinks theydon’t work. They leave it openintending that the customer willclose the door.”

Some might think that a coursein Internet security invites orencourages those with the wrongintentions. Mateti’s students signan ethics statement promising notto misuse what they learn in thecourse. Mateti considers legalissues, social responsibility, andethics to be as important to thecourse as working in the computerlabs. With support from the De-partment of Computer Science andEngineering and a two-year grantfrom the National Science Founda-tion, “Internet Security” will notonly benefit the Wright Statestudents who enroll, but provide alearning model for use by universi-ties around the country.Visit http://www.cs.wright.edu/~pmateti/InternetSecurity/for information on the course topics and lecture notes.

Prabhaker Mateti

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Special CLASS Puts Science

A special magnifier helps CLASS student KartheekErukulla get a close look at a fossil

From left: Lab coordinator Marcie Wendeln, WSU senior Carrie Drake, and Ohio High Point Career Center teacherSurena Neer help Daniel Bartz use a special microscope for people with dexterity or vision impairments.

Up Close and Accessible

For the past threesummers, highschool scienceteachers fromaround the countryand students with

disabilities have come together onthe Wright State campus to learnfrom each other on how to makescience accessible for students ofall abilities.

Creating Laboratory Access forScience Students (CLASS) showsscience educators how they candesign lab activities to accommo-date students with disabilities. Inturn, students learn that they toocan fully participate in laboratoryscience activities.

The two-week session includeshands-on learning experiencesthat includes chemistry experi-ments, DNA isolation, examina-tion of various organisms, andfield trips.

“This past summer, the favor-ite exercises by far were “chemis-try in a bag” and a field trip toCaesar Creek State Park, wherefossils were collected and re-turned to the laboratory foridentification,” says MicheleWheatly, professor and chair,

Department of Biological Sciencesand director of the project.

Considered a national model,CLASS is part of a five-yearresearch project, funded by grantstotaling $835,000 from the NationalScience Foundation.

A collaboration between thedepartments of Biological Sciences,Teacher Education, and the Officeof Disability Services, CLASS wonthe President’s Award for Outstand-ing Collaborative Unit in 1999.


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California teacher Kristin Hudlow works on a fossil project with Cori Lea Caton.

“The highlight of this year’sCLASS workshop was the ThirdAnnual CLASS Banquet attendedby 100 members of the communityand not coincidentally held on the10th anniversary of the Americanswith Disabilities Act,” saysWheatly. Internationally recog-nized speaker Norman Kunctraveled to WSU from BritishColumbia to present the keynoteaddress. Born with cerebral palsy,Kunc used humor and narrative toconvince the audience that disabil-ity should be viewed as anotherform of diversity that can be usedto build a sense of belonging. “Histake-home message is that projectslike CLASS go a long way towards‘shrinking the disability’ so thatteachers learn to appreciate that thedisability is only a small percentageof the total human being.”

The project developed a sourcebook and adaptive laboratorymanuals for educators. Wheatlysays future projects include creat-ing training videos and broadeningthe curriculum to include other

natural and physical sciences anddeveloping workshops for elemen-tary educators.

For more information on CLASSproject visit http://biology.wright.edu/labgrant/index.html.

Michele Wheatly

Professor of

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CLASS director


What do the Red HotChili Peppers, TinaTurner, and WSU

Raider basketball have in common?The Nutter Center, of course!

The Ervin J. Nutter Center is 10years old this season. Every year ithas been annually recognized forhigh grossing sales, becoming thesecond highest grossing facility forits capacity in the U.S. and thefourth highest in the world, accord-ing to Amusement Business maga-zine.

The Nutter Center is home toWright State University Athletics,Dayton Bombers Hockey, regionaland state high school volleyball andbasketball, and Miami Valley kids’wrestling tournaments.

It is also astopping pointfor major toursincludingmusicians from everygenre and world-famous family shows.

It is, as director JohnSiehl calls it, “the mostvisible place on campus.”And that is all part of hisplan to use the Nutter Center as a“major recruiting tool” for WrightState University.

Since its grand opening inDecember of 1990, over six millionpeople have attended events in theNutter Center. Approximately500,000 of those people were underthe age of 18 attending high schoolrelated events.

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ally host all kinds ofevents for children andteenagers. In manycases, coming to theNutter Center is their

very first campus visit.”Tina Turner made her first

campus visit in November. “We tryto provide the highest qualityentertainment, and the Tina Turnerconcert is a good example,” saysSiehl. “The Nutter Center is thesmallest venue she will play on hercurrent tour.”

In addition to offering shows,

events, and concerts to the MiamiValley, the Nutter Center providesuse of its facilities for universityevents, and gives discounts ondesignated shows and events forfaculty, staff, students, and alumni.

On December 5, 10 years afterthe Boston Pops played at theopening gala, Kenny Rogers willpresent his holiday show to cel-ebrate the Nutter Center’s specialanniversary. “We hope to see a lotof faculty, staff, students, andalumni at the Kenny Rogersshow,” says Jim Brown, associatedirector of programming, sales,and marketing. “We want it to be anight to remember.”

For more information aboutupcoming events, check the Webat www.nuttercenter.com or call775-4789.

Celebrates

EARS


Scientists across disciplines joined forces to win acompetitive $7.2 milliion contract from the U.S.Department of Defense to study Gulf War

syndrome. More than 100,000 veterans of the PersianGulf War have reported experiencing symptoms,including chronic fatigue, muscle and joint pain,memory loss, and sleep disorders. Despite numerousresearch studies conducted since the war’s end in1991, the syndrome’s cause remains unknown.

Mariana Morris, Ph.D., professor and chair of pharma-cology and toxicology, and Daniel Organisciak, Ph.D.,professor and chair of biochemistry and molecularbiology, will lead a large team of researchers, from thecellular toxicologist to the clinical scientist, in the three-year project. The melding of disciplines increases thelikelihood of success and influenced the decision toaward the contract to Wright State. The team alsoincludes faculty from the Department of EmergencyMedicine and the Division of Human Biology in theDepartment of Community Health.

Morris and her team will focus on how stressfulconditions modify the way animals and people re-spond to chemical treatments. Using animal models,they will examine behavior, blood pressure, andstructural and biochemical changes in the brain in astate-of-the-art brain imaging facility. “Stress is

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known to accentuate many pathological conditions,such as heart disease, immune dysfunction, and cancer,”explains Morris. “Gulf War syndrome may be anotherexample.”

The team under the direction of Organisciak willexamine animal and human tissue samples for geneticand biochemical changes caused by repeated or lowlevels of exposure to chemicals. “Previous studies havedocumented the toxicity of high doses of the chemicalsused in the Gulf War, but we don’t know the effects oflower levels of exposure at the molecular and cellularlevels,” says Organisciak. Using the latest technology,they will also try to determine if there is a genetic basisto chemical sensitivity. The new gene array system, oneof only a handful in the state, can analyze hundreds ofgenes and changes in their expressions simultaneously.

“This project,” says Howard M. Part, M.D., dean ofthe School of Medicine, “reaffirms the high quality ofour scientists’ approach and allows us to address medi-cal problems faced by many in our community.”

The project received the strong support of Congress-man Dave Hobson and Mary Petticrew, a local philan-thropist, who saw the need for this type of research andthe potential of linking Wright State into nationalresearch programs through the Department of Defense.

Researchers Mariana Morris and Daniel Organisciak


D E V E L O P M E N T N E W S

Cantelupe Gallery NamedThe Upper Gallery in the WSU Creative Arts Center has been

named in honor of Eugene and Jean Cantelupe. The Eugene andJean Cantelupe Gallery was dedicated on October 12, 2000, at areception honoring the Catelupes.

Mary Ellen Mazey, dean of the College of Liberal Arts, says,“The college is pleased and honored to name one of our ArtGalleries for the former dean of the college, Dr. Eugene Cantelupe.He was an integral part of building our strong academic programsin the fine and performing arts, the humanities, and the socialsciences.”

Cantelupe was dean of the college from 1971 to 1983. LindaCaron, chair and associate professor of the Department of Art andArt History, says, “The Art Department considers the Cantelupespart of the family, and we are honored that they have chosen tohelp us.”

SGI Donates SupercomputerThe Department of Computer Science and Engineering has

received a gift to facilitate research funded by a grant from theNational Science Foundation. SGI has donated a supercomputerOnyx2 and one 02 workstation. Professor Francis Quek will use thesupercomputer in his research work in human gesture, speech, andgaze. Quek’s research offers opportunities for advancement in theunderstanding of psycholinguistics, anthropology, language andsignal processing, as well as neuroscience.

Chodi McReynolds, director of marketing at SGI, says, “Webelieve that our participation as an industry sponsor of visionarywork such as Dr. Quek’s is an important way to assist the scientificcommunity in groundbreaking projects that harness the power andversatility of high-performance computing.”

Paradigm Geophysical Corporation GiftThe Department of Geological Sciences is the recipient of a gift

of software from the Paradigm Geophysical Corporation. Thesoftware package given is used by the oil and gas explorationindustry for interpreting seismic images of the subsurface.

Doyle Watts, Ph.D., of geological sciences says, “This giftenables us to train students in the latest cutting-edge methods of 3-D seismic data interpretation. We will continue to supply students tothe hydrocarbon and mineral industries with knowledge of themodern tools now used by explorationists.”

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From left: Dean Mary Ellen Mazey, Jean Cantelupe, Eugene Cantelupe, PresidentGoldenberg, Shelley Goldenberg, Linda Caron.

West Wing star Martin Sheen was in Dayton on Saturday, September 23, 2000, toattend a number of functions, including meeting the recipients of the Department ofTheatre Arts Augsburger/Estevez Scholarship. The scholarship was established byMartin Sheen and Samantha Langevin in honor of their fathers, Francisco S. Estevezand Milton Augsburger.

Pictured left to right: Elizabeth Grunenwald, Brandon Bergem, Martin Sheen, ErinLong, and Shaun Tubbs.

$2 Million Endows Surgery ChairThe WSU School of Medicine has received a $2

million gift from Elizabeth Berry Gray to endow achair in the Department of Surgery. The ElizabethBerry Gray Endowed Chair of Surgery enables thedepartment to hire a basic science researcher who willassist residents with required clinical research projectsas well as consult on patient cases.

“I have been interested in the health care of ourcommunity for years,” says Gray. “I believe that thisgift will benefit the entire Miami Valley.”

James Peoples, M.D., current chair of surgery andthe newly named Elizabeth Berry Gray EndowedChair of Surgery, notes, “This generous gift from Mrs.Gray will enable us to jump-start our initiatives andwill have a major impact on the future of both thedepartment and the medical school.”

“This endowment,” adds Howard Part, M.D., deanof the medical school, “is a legacy that will impact ourcommunity for years. It will allow us to recruit thehighest caliber of teaching physicians and to expandthe knowledge base of surgical health care.”

Elizabeth Berry Gray is the daughter of Loren M.Berry, who founded the Yellow Pages and Dayton’sThe Berry Company more than 90 years ago. TheBerry Company is the largest independent YellowPages publisher and sales agency in the United States.

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20 Community FALL 200020 Community SUMMER 2000

A L U M N I A S S O C I A T I O N

Putting It In for Scholarships

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The 24th Annual Wright State UniversityAlumni Association Legacy Scholarship GolfOuting was again a success, raising over

$6,000 for the Legacy Scholarship Program. PipestoneGolf Course in Miamisburg hosted the event for 108golfers. Major sponsors were Liberty Mutual and theRaj Soin College of Business.

Established by the WSU Alumni Association in1990, the Legacy Scholarship Program has providedmore than $110,000 in scholarships to the spouses,children, stepchildren, grandchildren, and legaldependents of current voting association members.For more information on the Legacy ScholarshipProgram, contact the Office of Alumni Relations at775-2620.

The following sponsors contributed to the successof the 2000 Golf Outing:

Bell Tower UpdateBecause of renovations to the campus entrance on

University Boulevard, the bell tower, a part of campussince the university’s beginnings, has been tempo-rarily taken down. There are plans to rebuild the tower

in a new location, but where?Students, faculty, and staff havebeen offering their input on wherethe tower should be located, andalumni need their say!

Where do you think the belltower should be placed, on theQuad or on the circle behind the

Student Union? E-mail your suggestion [email protected] by Dec. 15. Visit our AlumniAssociation web site at www.wright.edu/alumni to seephotos of the proposed sites, for more information,and to see the results of the vote.

MAJOR SPONSORSMAJOR SPONSORSMAJOR SPONSORSMAJOR SPONSORSMAJOR SPONSORS

Liberty Mutual InsuranceRaj Soin College of Business

HOLE SPONSORSHOLE SPONSORSHOLE SPONSORSHOLE SPONSORSHOLE SPONSORS

Advanced Records Management, Inc.BUSINESSLABSDayton TRANEFirstar BankHobart Brothers Ground PowerKeyBankLJB engineers & architectsMerrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc.Miami Computer SupplyNational City MortgagePickrel Brothers, Inc.PricewaterhouseCoopersWright-Patt Credit Union, Inc.Wright State University College of

Liberal ArtsWright State University FoundationWright State University School of Medicine

Alumni Association

CART SPONSORSCART SPONSORSCART SPONSORSCART SPONSORSCART SPONSORSBecker ElectricCosmetic Dentistry of DaytonPhillips Sand & GravelPrice StoresShumsky Enterprises

PRIZE SPONSORSPRIZE SPONSORSPRIZE SPONSORSPRIZE SPONSORSPRIZE SPONSORSAd Products of DaytonBurbank’sBarnes & Noble Bookstore

at Wright StateChapel Electric CompanyChi Chi’sChili’sChoice Hotels InternationalCold Beer & CheeseburgersCollege StoreCooker Bar & GrillCordonnier MarketingDamon’s in FairbornDayton Racquet Club

Don Pablo’sErvin J. Nutter CenterThe Mall at Fairfield CommonsFirst WatchGolf GalaxyHeapy EngineeringHobart Brothers Ground PowerHoliday Inn I-675Hope Hotel & Conference CenterJiffy LubeJoker’s Comedy ClubKeyBankLaComedia Dinner TheatreLiberty Mutual InsuranceLJB engineers & architectsLonghorn SteakhouseMax & Erma’sMBNA Marketing SystemsMcManagement GroupMidwest ConciergeNational City BankPeerless Mill InnRed LobsterShades of JadeJerry & Maribeth StumpSwartz Jewelry, Inc.Sign DynamicsSmiths Industries-LelandTGI Friday’sTotal Team SportsVictoria Theatre AssociationWallaby’sWright State University College of

Engineering and ComputerScience

Wright State University-MiamiValley College of Nursing andHealth

Wright State University Departmentof Athletics

Wright State University Departmentof Theatre Arts

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Alumni, Soccer, Tent CityBig Winners During Homecoming Howl & Prowl

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Alumni Day 2001

Homecoming, held inthe fall for the first

time, was ahowling, prowl-

ing success!Hundreds ofalumni,students andfriends tookpart in activi-

ties beginningFriday after-

noon, October 27,with the campus kick-

off in the Student Union.The fun continued through

Sunday, October 29, with Tent City, the men’s soccergame, and the crowning of Homecoming King B. J.Missick and Queen Veronica Njodinizeh.

On Friday evening, alumni danced the night awayto the sounds of Buck Naked. Saturday morning,runners hit the road for the 5K Road Race. Over 600people descended on Tent City Sunday morning forfood, fun, and family festivities. The Alumni Associa-tion tent was a big draw as visitors could eat all theywanted for only $5. In a preview of that day’s soccergame, buffalo wingswere devoured prior tothe Raiders devouringthe University ofBuffalo 3-0.

Fall Homecomingwas a huge success.Mark October 26, 2001,on your calendar nowso you don’t miss any of the fun next fall! Homecoming King B. J. Missick

and Queen Veronica Njodinizeh.

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Don’t miss Alumni Day, Saturday, February 17,2001! Start the day by attending the 2nd annualOutstanding Alumni Awards Brunch. You’ll want to bethere as Wright State University honors the significantachievements of an alumnus from each college and school,the Lake Campus, athletics, and the Bolinga CulturalResources Center. Recipients are chosen on the basis ofachievement in their chosen career and the contributionsthey have made in their communities.

Brunch begins at 10 a.m. The cost is $5 for AlumniAssociation members and faculty and $10 for all others.

Following the awards ceremony, stay and enjoy anexciting basketball doubleheader featuring the men’s teamas they take on the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee atnoon and the women as they host Butler at 2 p.m. All alumnimay request up to two complimentary basketball ticketseach and are invited to meet the award recipients betweengames in the Alumni Lounge on the Nutter Center con-course. Complimentary hors d’oeurvres and soft drinkswill be served. Cash bar available.

Return the attached form by January 19, 2001, toreserve your place at the brunch and to receive your

complimentary basketball tickets for this special day.

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❒ CHECKS (make payable to Wright State University)Mail payment (if applicable) and form to: Wright State University, Office ofAlumni Relations, 3640 Colonel Glenn Highway, Dayton, Ohio 45435


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A L U M N O T E S

S t o r y a n d p h o t o

Karla Garrett Harshaw has always known she wanted tobe a journalist.

As a youngster she wrote stories longhand and sent them off tonational magazines. Undaunted by rejection slips, she was

writing a column for a minority community newspaper,the Dayton Express, at age 13.

When the Dayton Daily News calledJefferson High School during Harshaw’s sopho-

more year looking for talented students toinclude in summer programs, the schooladministrators responded, “Oh, we’ve gotLois Lane here.” Harshaw was selected andwas put to work in the reference library. Butshe wanted more.

“I spent all summer wooing the editorsin the newsroom, she says, “telling them‘I’m already a writer, I’m already a pro—Ishould be working for you.’” Convincingthem to use her as a freelance writer afterthe program ended, Harshaw began cover-ing township and school board meetingsand taking weekend assignments. She alsowrote a column for teens. Often she ran intothe newsroom to deliver copy to the city

editor still dressed in her cheerleader’suniform.

Her Parents Needn’t Have WorriedDespite the reservations raised by her parentsabout whether journalism was a promising career

for an African American female, she continuedto write for the newspaper when she en-

rolled at Wright State. But the questions

Karla Garret Harshaw was elected treasurer of theAmerican Society of Newspaper Editors in October.She will become the society’s president in 2004.

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they raised—Would doors toadvancement be opened to her?Could their only child earn a livingin journalism to support herselfafter they were gone? How wouldshe survive in the male-dominatedworld of newspapers in which fewminorities were employed at thattime?—steered her towards adegree in education. After all, hermother would tell her, “MarkTwain died a pauper.”

As a student teacher, Harshawhad her class of middle-schoolerscreate their own newspaper. Butbeing a teacher in front of a class-room never enthralled her as muchas being a reporter in a newsroomhad.

Wright State “allowed me tocoordinate my class schedule sothat I could get a degree while Iwas trying to develop a career,”she says. She went to work full-time as a Dayton Daily Newsreporter in 1977, while finishingher bachelor’s degree in education.

After seven years covering avariety of beats, including healthand social services, minorityaffairs, education, and religion,Harshaw was appointed assistantcity editor. She later served asassistant, then executive featureseditor before being appointedassistant business manager in 1987.

In 1990, Cox Enterprises, Inc.,which owns both the Dayton DailyNews and Springfield News-Sun,named her editor of the Springfielddaily. She took the reigns andwrote her first column introducingherself to the community just four

“Despite some

people’s stereotype

of the hard-core jour-

nalist out to get every-

body, I still believe that

most people come into

this business feeling

that they can make a

difference.”

months after the birth of hersecond son (she has three). In thefollowing years, she implementeda redesign of the newspaper anddirected a newsroom reorganization.

This spring, Cox executivesagain demonstrated their belief inHarshaw, naming her senior editorfor Cox Community Newspapersand giving her responsibility for13 smaller-circulation newspapersin North Carolina, Texas, Florida,Colorado, and Ohio. Her parentsneedn’t have worried.

A Bonafide ProfessionalUnlike the days when Harshaw

first cajoled editors to give her abyline, opportunities for youngreporters are plentiful today andnewspapers compete for talent.Recruitment is a high priority forHarshaw in her new position.Attending national job fairs heldby Cox, Harshaw sometimeswatches in frustration as newcom-ers to the field vie to be recognized

by representatives of Cox newspa-pers in cities like Atlanta, Austin,and Palm Beach. “Although somelocations may offer less dazzlethan others, they may have moreopportunities to offer a newwriter,” she says.

Offering an accessible forum toall of her newspapers’ readers isalso important to Harshaw, andhaving diversity on the newspaperstaff is one way she accomplishesthat. The founder of the DaytonAssociation for Black Journalists,Harshaw was inducted in theNational Association of BlackJournalist’s Region VI Hall ofFame in 1997.

Being a person of color was not,she says, as much an issue for herin her career with Cox as shakingthe image people had of her as “thekid in the newsroom” at a timewhen Lou Grant’s characterpersonified the newsroom image.“I had to get a sense of how topromote myself so that my col-leagues would see me as abonafide professional.

“Despite some people’s stereo-type of the hard-core journalist outto get everybody, I still believethat most people come into thisbusiness feeling that they canmake a difference. They want tohelp right wrongs and give voiceto the voiceless. That’s me, too,”says Harshaw. “I would like tothink that what we do here makesa difference in the community.An enlightened world is a betterworld for a lot of different reasons.”


A L U M N O T E S

— B y C o n n i e S t e e l e

CLASS OF 1969Hon. V. MichaelBrigner (B.A.) isthe new Adminis-trative Judge ofMontgomeryCounty DomesticRelations Court.His court, whichwas recognized for

having one of the most efficientdockets in the nation, is responsiblefor all divorce cases in the county, aswell as all domestic violence civilprotection order cases. Brigner wasalso named to a team of nationalexperts who taught judges fromacross the United States about do-mestic violence prevention during aweek-long symposium that tookplace in June.

CLASS OF 1971Douglas G. Boyd (B.S.Ed.) was re-cently awarded the 2000 JuniorAchievement International GlobalLeadership Award. Boyd was one ofonly 14 individuals from the UnitedStates chosen to receive the awardfor contributing to the global growthof Junior Achievement and free en-terprise. He was recognized for trav-eling to Macedonia in 1998 to trainover 130 teachers and Peace Corpsvolunteers to implement the JuniorAchievement program in their educa-tional systems. Boyd is currently thepresident of Junior Achievement atMiddletown Area Incorporated.

CLASS OF 1972Kenneth Esselstein (B.S.Ed.;75M.Ed.) was named as the new assis-tant principal of Greeneview HighSchool. He has been a teacher in thedistrict for more than 20 years.

CLASS OF 1974David E. Van Oss (B.S.B.) waselected chairman of the USA RiceFederation, a national associationrepresenting all segments of the U.S.rice industry. During his two-yearterm he will work to create opportu-nities to strengthen the long-termeconomic viability of the industry.Van Oss was recently elected vicechairman of the Rice Foundation, andalso chairs the USA Rice Interna-tional Promotion Committee. Cur-

rently, he is the vice president ofRiviana Foods in Houston, Texas.

Shirley Roberts (B.A.) volunteers asa member of the Dayton SkyWarnsectional team. Her position involvesthe preliminary check-in of SkyWarnrepresentatives in each county whilenetwork control operators are enroute to the communication com-mand center. This year she attendedMontgomery County’s SkyWarnSpotter training classes. Robertsalso has her FCC license and servesseveral regional organizations.

CLASS OF 1975Representative J. Donald Mottley(B.A.; 76 M.S.) will be leaving theStatehouse this December afterfulfilling an eight-year term limit.Mottley plans to become a full-timelawyer in Cincinnati upon his depar-ture. Mottley has also served on theWest Carrolton Board of Education,as a top aide to Montgomery CountyAuditor Dana Stamps, and to ChuckHorn when Horn was county com-missioner.

CLASS OF 1976Timothy “Rick”Hoffman (B.S.N.)was elected 2000-01 treasurer of theAmerican Associa-tion of NurseAnesthetists(AANA). TheAANA is the pro-

fessional organization for approxi-mately 95% of the nation’s CertifiedRegistered Nurse Anesthetists(CRNA). Prior to his current office,Hoffman served as an AANA regionaldirector for two years. He also sat onthe AANA Minimum Elements, Occu-pational Safety and Hazards, andNominating Committees. He is alsoformer president and president-electof the Ohio States Association ofNurse Anesthetists (OSANA).Hoffman is a Certified RegisteredNurse Anesthetist, and worked forSeiler-Scharf Anesthesia Incorpo-rated for more than 22 years.

CLASS OF 1977Joseph Apone (M.S.) and his wife,Catherine, celebrated the birth oftheir fifth child, Anastasia Altus, lastMarch.

A Cop With a Special Wish

He’s been a street officer, a hostage negotiator,and a morals squad detective—jobs thatwould seem to require a hardening of the

emotions. Yet, when he talks about helping to granta dying teen’s special wish, he looks away, his eyesbecoming noticeably moist.

“I’m just a copwho meant well,”says Dave Lantz,(86 B.A.) when hestarted the Daytonchapter of SpecialWish Foundationin 1983. “I hadno experience inrunning an organ-ization, no idea whatI was getting into. Iguess the desire wasenough to get usthrough those first years.”

During that first year, he and his wife, Linda,held meetings at their home, putting in countlesshours to raise funds and community awarenessabout the organization. Today, the chapter hasgrown to be the largest Special Wish chapter in thenation, granting about one wish a week for childrendiagnosed with a life threatening condition.

Lantz’s connection to Wright State comes frommore than a degree in criminal justice. For example,marketing students have taken on Special Wish as ahands-on learning experience, raising more than$140,000 over the last decade, and created asuccessful marketing plan. Marketing professorTom Dovel has served on the Special Wish boardfor 10 years, established the nation’s first student-based wish granting club at WSU, and organizedthe first international conference for wish grantingorganizations in 1990.

Lantz is quick to deflect any credit for thechapter’s success. “I’m a father, too. When I seewhat these families are going through, I wonderhow I could handle something like that. They arethe ones who inspire me. They are the real heroes,”he says, taking a long look out the window.

Dave Lantz


Captain William H. Carey (B.S.B.)was saluted during Fairborn SchoolDistrict’s 13th annual Hall of Honorinduction ceremony last April. Careyis the commander of the Sea ControlWing, U.S. Atlantic Fleet, and he isresponsible for combat readiness forall five East Coast readiness S-3BViking squadrons in the Navy. Careyalso has more than 3,000 flighthours and more than 600 aircraftcarrier landings.

Christy L. Donnelly (B.S.Ed.; 82M.Ed.) was selected as superinten-dent of Vandalia-Butler school dis-trict last June. She has been an edu-cator for 22 years and had beenVandalia-Butler pupil personneldirector. Donnelly has also served asservice staff supervisor and liaisonfor a consortium of nine MiamiCounty school districts.

Yolande Grinzinski (M.Ed.) pub-lished a series of books for gradesthree and four and grades five andsix entitled Write on Target. Theseries, which Grinzinski coauthored,focuses on using graphic organizersto help students score higher on theOhio Proficiency Test. Grinzinski iscurrently the assistant superinten-dent of the Warren County Educa-tional Service Center in Lebanon.

CLASS OF 1978Charles W. Wray (B.S.Ed.) waschosen as principal of TippecanoeHigh School. He was the formerprincipal of L.T. Ball Junior HighSchool. Wray has also worked asassistant principal of Troy HighSchool. His past positions held atTippecanoe High School included;business teacher, dean of students,and assistant principal.

CLASS OF 1979Josh Klarin (B.A.) was appointed topresident and CEO of Primedia’sWorkplace Learning, a B2B videooperation. Klarin will lead thenation’s largest group of business-to-business satellite networks andother video products.

CLASS OF 1980Roger Pacholka (B.A.; 85 M.D.)connected WSU emergency medicalresidents with funding fromHumedica, a Christian disaster-reliefagency in Germany. This funding

allowed the residents to go toMozambique to help flood victimslast April. Pacholka and his wife,Katy, have traveled to Mozambiqueand nearby Swaziland for severalyears, and they established the InHis Name mission a year ago.Pacholka is currently working atMiami Valley Hospital.

Gregory W. Furlong (M.B.A.)serves on the executive committeeof Joyce/Dayton Corporation and isresponsible for product and marketdevelopment. The corporation hasdeveloped an electronic jack selec-tion program, called JAX, which isdesigned to help engineers opti-mize their designs. Furlong is cur-rently allied chairman of the Power-Motion Technology Representa-tives Association and active withthe conveyor Product Section andVertical Reciprocating ConveyorSubcommittee of Material HandlingIndustry of America.

Robert K. Shephard (B.S.) is theBeavercreek Police Department’scommunications dispatcher. Theformer marine volunteered 13years as a member of the policedepartment’s Citizens on Preventa-tive Patrol, and was a member ofthe first COPP graduating class. Heis a self-employed consultant forhousing needs for the disabled.

Sherry Wheaton (M.D.), a geron-tologist, is the medical director ofMiami Valley’s Seniorcare program,and also serves on the LongtermCare Foundation, a national boardthat focuses on nursing homes.Wheaton is a consultant onAlzheimer’s Disease, elderly care,and other topics. Her awards in-clude being named one of Dayton’s10 Top Women in 1992, and HealthCareer Woman of the Year in 1994.She has also received theAlzheimer’s Association’s Founda-tion Award.

CLASS OF 1981David B. Nolin (B.S.; 84 M.S.)spoke at the 19th annual Ohio Prai-rie Conference, which was held atthe Audubon Aullwood Center andFarm in August. Nolin’s speechpromoted and encouraged preser-vation of remaining Ohio prairies.Nolin currently manages parklandand park prairies as Five RiversMetroParks’ assistant director forstewardship.

CLASS OF 1982Vernon Dale Jones (M.B.A.) re-tired from the U.S. Air Force as acolonel in August. He was thedeputy department head of theDepartment of Political Science atthe U.S. Air Force Academy inColorado Springs. Upon his retire-ment, Dale accepted the position ofdirector of the Government Perfor-mance Project. This project is anational-level, multi-year effort toassess the management capacity ofall 50 states, the 35 largest cities,and selected countries. The re-search focuses on five key man-agement systems: financial, human

Teachers Ace Noise

resources, information technology,capital, and managing for results.Dale also accepted the position ofassociate professor of public admin-istration at Maxwell School of Citi-zenship and Public Affairs at Syra-cuse University.

CLASS OF 1983Dr. William Mark Stuckey (B.S.)was promoted to professor of phys-ics from associate professor ofPhysics at Elizabethtown College.

Graduate student Jeff Gardner and Five Points Elementary thirdgrade teacher Becky Hischemiller (98 B.S.Ed.) scored a win againstclassroom noise by collecting over 1,500 tennis balls from thecampus community and the U.S. Tennis Association. Gardner cutslits in the balls and attached them to the bottom of the chair legs,eliminating the noise caused by students scraping chairs across thelinoleum floor. The tactic has proved so popular that three otherclassrooms at Five Points and four at Emerson Elementary Schoolin Springfield also sport the unique chairs. Gardner is not stoppingthere. He’s still looking for more balls to fill requests from otherteachers. Anyone interested in donating used balls can contactGardner at 236-0664 or email him at [email protected].


A L U M N O T E S

CLASS OF 1984Greg Worch (B.S.B.) was appointedas vice president of sales at Indus-trial America last June. Worch will beresponsible for Industrial America’snational accounts program, directsales to exchange participants, salesconsulting, and strategic businessdevelopment activities. Prior toworking at Industrial America,Worch led the sales and interactivemarketing efforts for National DataCorporation (NDC). During his ten-ure there, Worch received theComputerWorld/Smithsonian Insti-tution Technology Innovation awardfor directing the creation of an e-commerce “in-a-box” Internet store-front and payments products.

CLASS OF 1985John “Bud” O’Brien (B.S.B.) wasreelected as the Miami County re-corder in March. He was appointedto the office in 1996 and was subse-quently elected to a four-year term.

David Magee (B.S.B; 95 M.B.A) wasnamed vice president of marketingwith Invisible Worlds. Before comingto Invisible Worlds, David was vicepresident at Lexis-Nexis and execu-tive vice president at Vetri Systems,Inc.

Misty McDowell (B.S.N; 98 M.S.)has worked the past 10 years ashealth care administrator at DaytonCorrectional Institution.

CLASS OF 1986Earl Rocky Belcher (B.S.B.) wasnamed as a finalist for the Ernst &Young Entrepreneur of the Yearaward. The award honors managersand owners of companies who havemade outstanding contributions toentrepreneurship. Belcher is the presi-dent of Active-Investor.com, a com-pany that provides technical analysisresearch to on-line stock market trad-ers and investment professionals.

Brian Lewis (B.A.) works as a phar-maceutical representative with GlaxoPharmaceuticals. Previously, heworked for Merrell-Dow Pharmaceu-ticals. Lewis received a certifiedmedical representative degree in1989 and a Master of Science degreein communications management in1994.

Jeanette Murphy (B.S.B.) joinedEmployers Resource Associationas director of compensation ser-vices. She will be responsible fordesigning and implementing cus-tomized job evaluation and perfor-mance management systems.

James Brent Prichard (B.A.) cor-respondent for The AssociatedPress in Evansville, Ind., wasnamed correspondent in GrandRapids last June.

Vicky L. Weddington (B.S.EG.)was named the new business de-velopment specialist in The TimkenCorporation Alloy Steel Business.She joined the corporation in 1990as a steel business associate at theHarrison Steel Plant. In 1992 shewas named senior process metal-lurgist at the Faircrest Steel Plant.She was assigned to the Acceler-ated Continuous ImprovementProject as a leadership team mem-ber in 1994. Weddington alsoworked as principal metallurgicalquality assurance engineer. Hermost recentposition was theprincipal techni-cal servicesengineer. TheTimken Com-pany is a leadinginternationalmanufacturer ofhighly engineered bearings andalloy steels with operations in 25countries.

CLASS OF 1987Douglas Allington (B.A.) was pro-moted to training and performancemanager of the U.S. Sales and Ser-vice for Galileo International.Allington will manage all of the inter-nal training for the U.S. market.Galileo international is one of theworld’s leading providers of elec-tronic global distribution services forthe travel industry.

CLASS OF 1988Bradley Jackson (M.D.) was ap-pointed president of the medicaland dental staff of Children’s Hos-pital Medical Center of Cincinnati.He has been a member of the staffsince 1992, and he practices withBethesda Group Practice in KingsMills.

Karen Morgan (B.S.N.) became thenew director of health services atGreene Oaks Health Center in Xenia.She will see to the day-to-day nurs-ing needs of the residents of GreeneOaks, which offers full care for senioradults ranging from independentliving to special Alzheimer’s unit.

CLASS OF 1989Cathy Guerrant (B.S.B) has recentlypassed the pharmacology certifica-tion exam and works as the seniorhuman resources consultant atBattelle & Battelle.

Bob M. Johnson (B.S.B) was namedbusiness relationship manager atKeyBank in Hamilton. He is respon-sible for servicing the financial needsof the business community.

Rosalyn Lake (B.A.) is the new asso-ciate vice president for developmentand university relations atWilberforce University. Prior to herappointment at Wilberforce, she wasa community relations specialist atReynolds and Reynolds company.

CLASS OF 1990Scott Arnold (B.S.; 94 M.D.) waspromoted to staff pathologist at theGreene Memorial Hospital MedicalLaboratory last February.

CLASS OF 1991Dr. Michael R. Barratt (M.S.) begantraining along with 16 other mem-bers of the NASA Astronaut Class of2000 in August. Barratt was chosenthrough a competitive process thatevaluates education, training, experi-ence, and other qualifications. He willjoin the 164 astronauts who are cur-rently listed on active duty.

John Gibbs (B.A.) was appointed asboys head soccer coach at GreenonHigh School in Enon. He was an as-sistant soccer mentor for 12 years atVandalia Butler High School and forone year at Xenia. Gibbs is a co-founder of the Gunners FC SoccerClub for ages 13-18. He was a four-year starter in soccer at Wright StateUniversity. Gibbs has worked as aprobation officer for the VandaliaMunicipal Court the past four years.

Mike King (B.F.A.) is working ascinematographer on a music videofor the rock group Pantera. Thevideo presents a documentary of thePantera family tree, as well as acelebration of the band’s fan base.The song, “Revolution is My Name”is from the band’s Reinventing theSteel album.

Penny Park (B.A.; B.F.A.) had hercontemporary city and suburbanlandscapes featured in an exhibit atKettering’s Rosewood Gallery lastMay. Park has received manyawards and grants and has beenexhibited throughout Ohio. Sheteaches drawing and painting atWright State University.

CLASS OF 1992Charlie Back (B.A.) was chosen asthe head coach of the boys’ basket-ball team at Beavercreek HighSchool.

Bryan J. Bucklew (B.A.) currentlyworks as Vice President of Govern-ment Affairs at the Dayton Chamberof Commerce.

Doug Eyink (B.M.) and the threeother members of the BluegrassPower Company have released PureAcoustic Power, a compact disc oftraditional and alternative bluegrass.Evink is also the music director atsix Centerville schools where hiscurriculum includes Celtic, blue-grass, blues, jazz, be-bop, swing,and rock.

Kay Richards (M.A.T.) is now thenew principal of Beavertown El-ementary School. During the previ-ous three years, she was the princi-pal of one of the three units atKettering Middle School. Through-out her teaching career, Richardshas received numerous grants andawards including $60,000 from theGrimes Foundation to implementcomputer technology in Urbanaschools. She has also been honoredby the Champaign County Board ofMental Retardation and Develop-mental Disabilities for improving thequality of life for students. Richardshas served as a teacher and princi-pal in Urbana public schools be-tween 1973 and 1997.


CLASS OF 1993Brian Crowe (B.F.A.) worked as aguest director for the play Noises Offlast April in the Victoria Theatre. Heis currently rewriting his seniorthesis, Nevermore, for a HumanRace tour of Dayton-area schoolsnext summer. Crowe is head of edu-cation for the New JerseyShakespeare Festival and wasnamed on the New Jersey’s “20 for2000,” a list of the state’s best andbrightest for the new century.

Tonya Gray (B.S.; 94 B.S.M.T.) wona gold medal in weapons competi-tion and a silver medal in forms atthe Martial Arts Millennium Gamesin Sydney, Australia. The MillenniumGames were held last April and areconsidered an opening venue to the2000 Olympics.

Renee Hopson (B.F.A.) was pro-moted to manager of the Art Re-search Department at the MazerCorporation, one of the largest ser-vice providers to educational pub-lishers, such as McGraw-Hill,Prentice Hall, and Harcourt. Hopsonis responsible for locating imagesfor use in textbooks and other edu-cational materials. In 1997 shejoined the corporation and has heldart researcher and senior art re-searcher positions. Before joiningMazer, Hopson was the operationsassistant manager with The MuseumCompany in Dayton. She has hadseveral exhibitions and has receivedfirst award and honorable mentionfor her work. Hopson is a member ofthe College Art Association, theDayton Art Institute, the DaytonVisual Art Center, and the CincinnatiArt Museum.

CLASS OF 1994Tony Orr (B.S.Ed.) was chosen to bethe principal of Weisenborn MiddleSchool in Huber Heights. He willlead a staff of 60 teachers at the900-pupil school.

Crystal Saxon (B.S.N) is a certifiedpsychiatric and mental health nurseat Good Samaritan Hospital andHealth Center. She was featured inthe May/June 2000 issue of HealthCare Today.

CLASS OF 1995Kevin Bell (B.S.Ed.) was named toprincipal of Broadmoor Academywhere he will be replacing RodolfoBernardo this fall. Bell was a sixth-grade teacher in Trotwood since1997. Prior to that, he taught in theDayton Public Schools as a first-and second-grade multiageteacher.

Jacquelyn Borgeson (M.A.) wasselected to receive an InternationalPartnership Among MuseumsAward by the, American Associa-tion on Museums. Borgeson willundertake an exchange with theMusee de Manega in Burkina Faso,West Africa as part of this award.

Scott Dawson (B.A.) sings tenorfor the acapella band “Fourth Av-enue.” The band practices vocalpercussion or recreating thesounds of any rhythmic instrumentvia voice. Fourth Avenue movedinto the fair circuit this summer.

Art Hung (B.S.B.) has joinedSharkbytes, an Internet consultingand development firm, as projectmanager. He is helping to managedevelopment of the CincinnatiMuseum Center’s redesignedInternet site and managing theredesign of the Making EverlastingMemories Web site. Hung wasproject analyst and project coordi-nator at Entex Information Ser-vices.

William Johnson (B.S.B.) marriedDana Johnson on July 24, 1999.

Todd Lawson (B.F.A.) played therole of Pip/Theo in the HumanRace Theater’s production of ThreeDays of Rain last spring. Lawsonalso performed in the recentBroadway production of Summerand Smoke. His last performancewith the Human Race was in the1993 production of Prelude to aKiss.

Sheila Pierce (M.S.) was selectedas the new nurse director for theMedical Acute Care Unit at GreeneMemorial Hospital in Xenia lastApril.

CLASS OF 1996Matthew Fritz (B.A.) taught Drawnto History: Architecture and Artifacts/Art Exploration classes during thesummer Youth Program 2000, whichis offered by the Centerville-Wash-ington Twp. Historical Society forstudents in fifth grade through highschool. He is also a preservationistand woodworking businessman.

CLASS OF 1997Marcia Ostergren Baits (M.M.) willbe profiled in the 18th edition ofWho’s Who in the World, due out inDecember 2001. She will be one of45,000 high achievers highlighted inthe world-famous publication. Baitsteaches music at Whittier ElementarySchool in Dayton and is founder ofthe weekly Cedarville News and co-founder of the Cedarville OperaHouse Society.

CLASS OF 1998Michael Haeflinger (B.A.) co-orga-nized the Mad River Poets, whichreads at the Trolley Stop every fewmonths. Haeflinger also puts out abroadside containing poems by theMad River Poets and is currentlyworking on a book of member’spoetry. He has also read his poemsat WSU.

John R. Mitchel (M.S.) is the Re-form Party candidate for the 7thCongressional District Seat.

Kevin Naeve (B.F.A.) proposed toLeslie Hochadel (00 B.F.A.) last May.The proposal took place duringHochadel’s senior voice recital. Theymet when they both sang in theWright State University chorus.

Juee Tendulkar (M.S.) joinedXanthon Inc. as a software engineerlast April.

CLASS OF 1999J. Breck Davis (B.A.) had his seven-year-old male Labrador retriever,Cub, inducted in the professionalanimal category as an assistance dogat the Ohio Veterinary Medical Asso-ciation Hall of Fame last March.

Chad Fourman (B.M.) was chosenas the Franklin High School banddirector. He will direct the jazz ,concert, and marching bands.Fourman has taught private lessonsin schools, played professionallyand served as an assistant directorat Tecumseh High School for threeyears and Fairborn High School forseven years.

CLASS OF 2000Katherin Nolte (B.A.) won thisyear’s Stony Brook UndergraduateFiction Prize of $1000. The contestwas sponsored by the State Univer-sity of New York at Stony Brook.

Marisa Holloway (B.S.B.) was ac-cepted into Wright State University’sM.B.A. program.

Jason Scott (B.S.Ed.) is teachingfreshman American History at TroyHigh School to help prepare stu-dents for the 10th-grade proficiencytest.

Gina Wurst (B.S.Ed.) is teachingsixth grade at the Preble ShawneeSchool District. She was a generalstudies honor scholar in elementaryeducation, and was inducted into theGolden Key National Honors Societyamong other scholastic honorarygroups. She is a member of both theOhio and National Council of Teach-ers of Mathematics.

BIRTHSChris (93 B.S.B.) and Angela(Yates) (93 B.S.Ed.) Collier cel-ebrate the birth of their son PorterJames, born in March. Porter joinedhis three-year-old sister, CayenneChristine.

Pam Davis (89 B.A.) and her hus-band, Steve, announce the birth oftheir daughter, Ciarra Madison Eliza-beth, born December of 1998.

Brian P. Oliver (93 B.A.) and MaryL. Oliver (95 B.A.; 98 M.A.) an-nounce the birth of their daughter,Sarah Kathleen, who was born inJune.


A T H L E T I C S

D I G I T A L

By Bob Noss

The Olympics. That’s theultimate goal of all athletes. Whether you’re from

the United States or one of thehundreds of countries around theworld, Olympic time is very spe-cial. It’s a time of dreams. Whohasn’t wondered what it would belike to travel to a far land andcompete with the world’s bestathletes?

That dream came true for threeathletes with ties with the WrightState University Athletic Depart-ment: an assistant swimmingcoach, a graduate assistant with theCompliance Office, and a currentstudent-athlete.

A Lasting ExperienceLeonard Ngoma represented the

Raiders and his native country ofZambia in Australia.

“Going to the Olympics issomething I will always remem-ber,” says Ngoma. “The camarade-rie of all the athletes, the openingceremonies—everything willalways be etched in my mind. Ihope I can hold onto that feelingforever.”

Although his third-place finish inthe preliminary heat of the 200breaststroke didn’t qualify him tomove into the finals, it did qualifyhim to go down in history as anOlympic athlete.

Ngoma has spent three years inthe United States—two at a highschool in Florida and one at WSU.

Holder of his home nation’s 100and 200 breaststroke records,

Ngoma, the first current WrightState athlete to participate in theOlympics, had another first lastwinter when he opened his windowblind and saw snow for the first time.

“The snow was something I wasactually looking forward to since Ihad never seen it before,” Ngomasaid. “I might as well have gone toMars. The differences are greatfrom my home country to here but Ihave been able to adjust and every-one here at Wright State has beenfriendly and helpful to me.

“Coming to Wright State hasbeen great for me,” he added. “Ithas allowed me the chance to swimand pursue my degree. And now Ihave another wonderful memory ofbeing an Olympian.”

Second Time AroundSion Brinn, a newly hired assis-

tant swimming coach, made hissecond Olympic appearance,representing Jamaica in the 1996games. This time, with his dualcitizenship, the Louisiana Stategraduate represented his father’shomeland of England in Sydney.

“The Olympics was a greatexperience, and the second timearound had added flavor since Iknew what to expect. I was able torelax more and enjoy the atmo-sphere more,” Brinn said.

“We gave it everything we had,”he added, about his 400-medleyteam advancing to the finals, and

2000 Olympics, With a Wright State Flavor

WSU swimmer Leonard Ngoma and coach SionBrinn represented their native countries at the 2000Olympics games in Sydney.

placing eighth in the world. “That’sa feeling I’ll try to convey to ourswimmers and anyone who wantsto listen. I am just grateful for theopportunities that I have had. Thepeople were great, and now I’llconcentrate on Wright State’ssuccess.”


When an Olympic athlete isstanding on the medal platform witha gold, silver, or bronze, it’s tempt-ing to forget the people behind thescenes who help the athletes achievetheir peak performance and meettheir goals. Coaches are there everystep of the way—training, encour-aging, directing, and pushingathletes to fulfill their dreams ofOlympic glory.

WSU alumnus Dan Pfaff, a 1976graduate in science education andcurrently assistant track and fieldcoach at the University of Texas,coached 10 track and field athletesfrom six different nations during theSydney Olympics. In his 21-yearcoaching career, Pfaff has mentoredsix Olympic medalists, includingObadele Thompson of Barbados,who won the bronze medal in the100 meter dash in Sydney and justmissed another bronze medal by

finishing fourth in the 200 meterdash. Donovan Bailey of Canadawon the gold medal in the 100meter dash at the 1996 AtlantaOlympics running for Pfaff. Hischarges include 26 individualNCAA champions, 141 All-Americans, and four athletes whohave set world records.

Pfaff is known around the worldfor his technical coaching creden-tials. He has lectured in 15 coun-tries throughout the Caribbean andEurope, and been published innumerous scientific journals and texts.

How They Did:Obadele Thompson, Barbados:

Bronze medal in 100 meters, 4thplace in 200 meters.

Dudley Dorival, Haiti: 7th placein 110 meter hurdles.

Mark Boswell, Canada: 6thplace in the high jump.

Pfaff Coaches Sydney Athletesat Track and Field’s Highest Level

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was named the NAIA NationalPlayer of the Year in 1998 and wasnamed to many scholar-athlete teams.

How They Did:Sion Brinn, Great Britain: 8th

place in the 400 Medley Relay.Competed in the 400 Meter Relay,but did not qualify for the finals.

Leonard Ngoma, Zambia: com-peted in the 200 meter breaststroke,but did not qualify for the finals.

Marieme Lo, Senegal: Competedin six games for Senegal, which lostall six games and did not advance tothe medal round.

can share that Olympic-type ofenthusiasm with the Wright Stateteam.”

From Athletics Office toOlympics Basketball Court

Another WSU connection at theOlympics was graduate studentMarieme Lo. Lo, who works in theAthletic Department ComplianceOffice, played basketball forSenegal for her second Olympicappearance. After a stellar collegecareer at Central State University,the 24-year-old has set her eyes onthe future. A 1998 graduate, she

England’s top swimmer in the 50and 100 butterfly, Brinn trained forthe past four years with the LSUsquad and conducted clinicsthroughout the world. The 26-year-old said that this was probably hisfinal Olympics, but looks forwardto starting his coaching career atWright State.

“I have been able to have sometremendous memories and I hope I

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Determination Drives Para-athlete

Strength, determination, and skill set Olympic athletes apart—notwheelchairs or vision impairments or disabilities. That’s howgold-medal-winner James Terpenning approached his challenge

as he headed to Sydney in October to compete in his fourth ParalympicGames.

Until you’ve seen him in action, Terpenning’s wheelchair, leg braces, orthe novelty of seeing him sit cross-legged on the floor to play volleyballmay distinguish his sport from that of able-bodied volleyball. But once thegame begins, his athleticism, intensity, and skill blur his disability.

Abandoned at birth, and disabled by polio and shrapnel that imbeddedin his legs when he was a toddler in Vietnam, Terpenning arrived in theU.S. in 1975 on the last baby-lift project, just before the fall of Saigon.Adopted six months later at age six, he has been playing wheelchair sportssince he was 14. Last year, he walked down the aisle aided by braces, tomarry Shannon Wagner Terpenning, a senior secretary in the Asian/Hispanic/Native American Center. She accompanied him to Sydney,where 4,000 disabled athletes competed in 18 sports.

A 1998 graduate of the Raj Soin College of Business and former em-ployee of the Office of Disability Services, Terpenning competed in the1988 Paralympics in Seoul, South Korea, winning gold and bronze medalsand setting a world record in swimming. He competed as a swimmer again

in 1992 in Barcelona, but switchedto sitting volleyball for the 1996games in Atlanta. “When I firststarted wheelchair sports I onlyknew about basketball and swim-ming,” he says. “I came to WrightState for its wheelchair sportsprogram and had my eyes openedto so many other opportunities.”Terpenning continues to coach andplay on Wright State’s wheelchairbasketball team.

Now, when he isn’t busy as acomputer specialist at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base,Terpenning, who turned 32 inSydney, gives sports exhibitions atlocal elementary schools. “I wantable-bodied and disabled people toknow that anybody can do any-thing they want to do,” he says.

Another Hall of Famefor Grote

Bob Grote, a member of theWright State University AthleticHall of Fame for basketball andbaseball, was recently elected tothe Cincinnati Basketball Hall ofFame. A graduate of Elder HighSchool in Cincinnati, Grote playedat WSU from 1973 to 1976.

Grote is eighth on the all-timemen’s basketball scoring list with1,406 points, and is in the top 10in several other categories, includ-ing free throws attempted andmade, steals, and rebounds. Inbaseball, Grote’s career ERA of2.28 is second only to currentmajor leaguer Brian Anderson.Grote is the all-time Raider leaderin complete games, tied for first inshutouts, and is fourth instrikeouts.

A T H L E T I C S

Simmons NamedWomen’s BasketballAssistant Coach

Beth Simmons has been addedto the coaching staff for WrightState women’s basketball.Simmons will be primarily in-volved in administrative areasoff the court.

A four-year lettter-winner forthe Akron Zips from 1992-96,Simmons was recruited by andplayed for WSU head coach LisaFitch.

Simmons was the head coachat Norton High School last season,leading the team to a district titlefor the first time in nearly 15years.

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Wright State Wins Twiceto Claim Raider Challenge

The Wright State volleyball team won the 2000 Raider Challengeat the McLin Gymnasium by defeating Western Kentucky andCentral Florida. Both Wright State and Western Kentucky

posted 2-1 records in the tournament, but the Raiders defeated the LadyToppers in its first match to win the tiebreaker and the championship.

Wright State defeated Western Kentucky 15-4, 6-15, 15-9, 13-15, 15-7. Sophomore Karis Day, who was named Raider Challenge MVP, ledthe way for WSU with 26 kills, 14 digs, and five block assists. Senioroutside hitter Tara Trissel added 19 kills while junior middle hitter LizaOsterhage, who was also named to the All-Tournament Team, posted adouble-double of 13 kills and 13 digs along with seven blocks. Seniormiddle hitter Darlene Prunty chipped in 17 kills off the bench.

The Raiders then defeated Central Florida 15-7, 15-1, 15-11 to claimthe title as Prunty led the way with 16 kills and five blocks. Trissel added11 kills off the bench.

RAIDERS BASKETBALL SCHEDULESMen’s Basketball Schedule

Fri. Nov. 17 GREENVILLE (IL) 8:30 p.m.Tue. Nov. 21 @ Northern Illinois 6:30 p.m.Tue. Nov. 28 ALABAMA A&M 7 p.m.Sat. Dec. 2 @ Tennessee State 8 p.m.Mon. Dec. 4 @ South Alabama 8 p.m.Thu. Dec. 7 PRARIE VIEW 7 p.m.Mon. Dec. 11 @ UW-Green Bay* 8 p.m.Sat. Dec. 16 HIGH POINT 2 p.m.Tue. Dec. 19 MIAMI (OH) 9 p.m.Thu. Dec. 21 ST. FRANCIS (PA) 7 p.m.Wed. Dec. 27 @ Oakland+ 5 p.m.Sat. Dec. 30 @ Michigan State 7:30 p.m.Tue. Jan. 2 MOREHEAD ST. 7 p.m.Sat. Jan. 6 BUTLER* 7 p.m.Thu. Jan. 11 DETROIT* 7 p.m.Sat. Jan. 13 CLEVELAND ST.* 1 p.m.Thu. Jan. 18 @ UW-Milwaukee* 8 p.m.Thu. Jan. 25 LOYOLA* 7 p.m.Sat. Jan. 27 UIC* 7 p.m.Wed., Jan. 31 TEXAS PAN-AM 7 p.m.Sat. Feb. 3 @ Butler* (ESPN) 2 p.m.Thu. Feb. 8 @ Cleveland St.* 7 p.m.Sat. Feb. 10 @ Detroit* 4 p.m.Thu. Feb. 15 UW-GREEN BAY* 7 p.m.Sat. Feb. 17 UW-MILWAUKEE* NoonThu., Feb. 22 @ UIC* 8 p.m.Sat. Feb. 24 @Loyola* 4 p.m.Sat. March 3 MCC 1ST ROUND Noon/2:30 pm

6/8:30 pmSun., March 4 MCC SEMI-FINALS 5/7:30 pmTue., March 6 MCC FINALS (ESPN) 7 p.m.

HOME GAMES IN ALL CAPS*DENOTES CONFERENCE GAMES+at The Palace in Auburn Hills, MI

Women’s Basketball Schedule

Fri. Nov. 17 DAYTON 6:30 p.m.Tue. Nov. 21 @ Indiana St. 7 p.m.Sat. Nov. 25 @ Ohio 3 p.m.Tue. Nov. 28 BALL ST. 5 p.m.Sat. Dec. 2 @ Miami 2 p.m.Fri. Dec. 8 Akron# TBASat. Dec. 9 at Hawaii# MidnightSun. Dec 10 at Hawaii 10 p.m.Wed. Dec. 13 MARSHALL 7 p.m.Sat. Dec. 16 B. GREEN NoonTue. Dec. 19 @ W. Virginia 7 p.m.Sat. Dec. 23 @ Youngs. St. 2 p.m.Sun. Dec. 31 ST. BONA 2 p.m.Thur. Jan. 4 @ Morehead 7 p.m.Thur. Jan. 11 @ UIC* 5:30 p.m.Sun. Jan. 14 @ Loyola* 2 p.m.Sat. Jan. 20 @ Butler* 2 p.m.Thur. Jan. 25 DETROIT* 5 p.m.Sat. Jan. 27 CLEVELAND ST. 2 p.m.Thur. Feb. 1 @ UW-Milwaukee 8 p.m.Sat. Feb. 3 @ UW-Green Bay 4 p.m.Thur. Feb. 8 LOYOLA* 7 p.m.Sat. Feb. 10 UIC* 1 p.m.Sat. Feb. 17 BUTLER* 2 p.m.Thur. Feb. 22 @ Cleveland St.*. 7 p.m.Sat. Feb. 24 @ Detroit* 2 p.m.Thur. Mar. 1 UW-GREEN BAY* 7 p.m.Sun. Mar. 4 UW-MILWAUKEE* 7 p.m.Mar. 8-10 MCC Tourn. TBA

HOME GAMES IN ALL CAPS#Denotes Hawaii Invitational*Denotes conference gamesDates/Times subject to change

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Wright State Women’sSoccer Threepeats asMCC Champions

The Wright State Women’sSoccer team won its third con-secutive Midwestern CollegiateConference championship atAlumni Field. The #3 seed Raid-ers used a goal from junior for-ward Sharon Roscoe late in thefirst half to defeat #1 seed Wis-consin-Milwaukee 1-0.

The Panthers outshot theRaiders 18-7 for the game, but theWSU defense and goalkeeperRandi Freeman held firm. Free-man recorded three straightshutouts in the tournament andwas named MVP. Joining Free-man and Roscoe on the all-tournament team were freshmanforward Alicia Bailey, sophomoremidfielder Amy Franks, andsenior forward Amy Teetor.

Wright State advanced to theNCAA tournament first round,where they lost a 2-1 doubleovertime heartbreaker to #17ranked Marquette.

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