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Dear Readers:
We begin this new academic year with great pride in the University and optimism for the days that lie ahead. Despite
the nation’s continuing economic troubles, DU has remained strong and is opening the year with the largest and most
capable class of incoming first-year students we have seen in many years. More than 1,200 new first-year, first-time
undergraduates are expected to arrive, and they will bring with them extraordinary academic credentials, with nearly
half ranked in the top 10 percent of their high school class. The proportion of domestic minority students among
the entering class will reach a new high of 18 percent, and more than 5 percent will be from countries other than the
United States.
Enrollments among our graduate and professional schools are expected to be up as well, and persistence among
continuing students remains strong. All together, anticipated enrollment this fall of undergraduates, graduate students
and “pre-collegiate” students at DU (students in the English Language Center and kids in the Fisher and Ricks centers)
is about 12,000—our largest enrollment since the post-World War II era.
We’ll have a few more students than we had planned for, but I am very pleased with these results. We have remained
competitive—even as an expensive private institution in a very bad economy—because of the clear value of the student
experience at DU. Although we have grown to be a doctoral-level research university of national distinction, we have
held on to our student focus. Faculty members at DU are nationally and internationally competitive scholars, but our
professional lives still revolve around our students and the quality of their experience at the University. Our students
are priority No. 1, and that can be unusual among universities these days.
We are constantly making choices about how to concentrate our resources in a manner that builds the quality of our
educational programs as defined by outcomes for students: the knowledge and abilities they gain, and their intellectual
and personal growth. In recent years we added the elements of the undergraduate Marsico Initiative—at an annual
cost of more than $4.5 million—and developed the Cherrington Global Scholars study-abroad program at a cost that
exceeds $10 million per year. We developed dual-degree programs that continue undergraduate financial aid through a
fifth year and a master’s degree. We’ve made major investments in our programs for students who are extraordinarily
talented athletes, artists or musicians. For graduate students, we’ve added a host of new faculty members and programs
in law, business, international studies, social work, education, professional psychology and the arts and sciences, and
we’ve expanded our research capabilities. DU is an innovative and entrepreneurial institution, and we are continually
generating ideas and creating programs in search of academic quality for our students.
The other side of the value proposition is the cost to students and their families. We work hard to make DU affordable
for a broad range of students through financial aid. More than three-quarters of our students receive some measure of
financial aid that comes from both internal and external sources. External sources include federal and state funds as well
as support from foundations. Internal sources include discounted tuition, scholarships supported by our endowment,
and new scholarship gifts to the University. We make a great effort to raise money every year, with the bulk of these
funds providing financial aid for students or financial support for faculty. Over the past three years, we’ve been able to
substantially increase our financial aid funds for new and continuing students, and this year we also increased our fund
for emergency financial aid. Access to the DU experience for capable students is broadening, even in a tight economy.
I am convinced we are doing well because we are focused on the value of what we provide for our students, and
because we work hard to make that value affordable for them and their families. As an institution, we are committed
to our students’ success. In turn, we are blessed with alumni who are committed to the success of the University. That’s
how higher education really should work.
26 Going Green
DU plans for carbon neutrality by 2050.
By Chase Squires
36 Excellence on Ice
DU celebrates 60 years of Pioneers hockey.
By Greg Glasgow
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44 Editor’s Note
45 Letters
47 DU Update
08 News Community garden
10 Research Lincoln’s legacy
14 Q&A Enrollment strategies
17 People Chef Angelo Camillo
19 Essay Remembering Stuart James
20 Views Mount Evans observatory
23 History Flu of 1918
24 Arts Chinese painter
45 Alumni Connections
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Workers install a stained-glass window—a gift to the University from DU’s Class of 2009—in the Driscoll
University Center in late May. The $3,000, 3-by-6-foot piece of stained glass depicts three of DU’s
most prominent towers: the Mary Reed Building, Buchtel Tower and the Ritchie Center’s Williams Tower.
Colorado artist Steve Skelton worked on the window for months, cutting each individual piece of glass and
soldering them together.
Over 16,000 books have been written about the man, more than anyone except Jesus and Shakespeare. And this year,
which marks the 200th anniversary of his birth, dozens of new volumes will be eagerly read by scholars and
schoolchildren alike.
Why does Abraham Lincoln continue to fascinate us?
“There is something in his life for everyone,” explains DU history Professor
Susan Schulten. “From his humble beginnings and the drive to improve himself to his
complex understanding of the nation’s plight and, of course, his tremendous capacity
for leadership and compassion. It’s remarkable to think he is both a heroic figure to
Americans as well as someone we consider sympathetic and relevant.”
Schulten, a member of Colorado’s Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission,
says every generation seeks to “get right with Lincoln.”
“People want to make sense of his legacy for their own lives and particular prob-
lems,” she says. “Scholarship around Lincoln is often a reflection of our own contem-
porary concerns rather than a timeless biography we continually enlarge. Recently,
Americans have been more interested in his psychological health and his personal
relationships.”
The commission’s purpose is to promote understanding and appreciation of
Lincoln’s impact on the U.S. and how he shaped the destiny of Colorado and the West.
“The more you know about Lincoln, the more complex a man you find,” Schulten
says. “He becomes less a distant icon—someone carved in stone—and more of a man
faced with impossible choices. He has come to represent our larger struggle to make
sense of the nation and its meaning.”
Schulten believes Lincoln’s greatest contribution to American political thought
was linking the ideals of the Declaration of Independence with the more pragmatic
aspects of the Constitution.
“Prior to the Civil War, Americans considered the Declaration a largely symbolic
document,” she says. “It was, after all, just that—a declaration that began our separa-
tion from Great Britain.
“The Constitution, on the other hand, was the authoritative document that
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grounded the Union, yet it contained little in the way of values. For example, the word
‘equality’ doesn’t appear in the Constitution.
“As Lincoln struggled to plead his case against slavery, he used the Declaration
to show that equality contradicts the notion of slavery. He reconciled these two documents and by appealing to law, morality and reason,
shifted our nation’s course. Two hundred years later, we live in the world that Lincoln wrought.”
Schulten says the most contentious debate about Lincoln continues to be his role in freeing the slaves.
“Some people are shocked when they discover he was really a pragmatist when it comes to emancipation, especially those who want
to see him as this heroic figure who does this for moral reasons,” she says. Lincoln imposed emancipation as a military measure, Schulten
says, and for a time he even advocated returning black Americans to Africa.
“Thus, the title ‘Great Emancipator’ does little justice to the complex process by which slavery ended in this country,” says Schulten,
who has written about how Lincoln has influenced our current president.
“Barack Obama understands Lincoln’s depth, his complexity, his nuanced thought and especially the dilemmas he faced,” she says.
“What encourages me most is to see our new president so clear-eyed about Lincoln’s importance. He doesn’t shy away from discussing
Lincoln’s limitations, especially his pragmatic approach to the problems of race and slavery.
“Yet Obama also recognizes the enormous role Lincoln played, not just as a pragmatic politician, but as a strategic thinker who
changed our country’s understanding of the Constitution.”
>> www.colincoln200.org.
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leadership master’s degree
As the debate over what to do about the U.S. health care system rages
on in the nation’s capital, the University of Denver has launched a new master’s
degree in health care leadership.
The Master of Professional Studies is offered through University
College, the college of professional and continuing studies at DU. The
degree is designed to help people currently in the health care field move
into leadership roles. It also will address current needs of the industry.
University College Dean Jim Davis says the school’s officials interviewed
providers and associations to learn exactly what professionals in the field need
to know to advance their careers. He notes that a specialized program like this
one is rarely found in traditional medical and nursing schools.
The program explores the functions of various health care entities, includ-
ing providers, insurance companies, government agencies and professional
associations. Also addressed is the manner in which different technologies, laws,
Figure skater Michelle Kwan leadership styles and financial models affect the system.
There are several distinct specialty concentrations: health care policy; law
adds DU diploma to list of and ethics; medical and health care information technologies; and strategic
Figure skating champion Michelle Kwan (BA ’09) joined more than
1,000 graduating seniors at the University of Denver’s undergraduate Com- The Ammi Hyde Interviews
mencement ceremony on June 6. Kwan—who came to DU in 2006—
received a BA in international studies from the Josef Korbel School of Inter- Help us build the future of DU, one student at a time.
national Studies. She minored in political science. Every year, we rely on alumni volunteers to help us
Kwan has won nine U.S. championships, five world championships
conduct Ammi Hyde Interviews in cities across the
and two Olympic medals and is the most decorated figure skater in U.S.
country. The Hyde Interview allows the University
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to admit students who embody DU’s core values
“It was a turning point in my life when I came to DU,” says Kwan (pic-
and who can succeed in our challenging academic
tured at the ceremony with Chancellor Robert Coombe). “From seventh
grade on I had tutors while I was training and competing, and it was a big
environment. Join us in November and February for
transition to go from full-time skating to full-time student.” She recalls spend- this unique opportunity to make a difference at DU.
ing the first few weeks at DU on crutches following hip surgery.
Kwan says initially she was shy when it came to asking questions in class
and that the back of the room was her preferred location. But DU’s small
classes and wonderful professors made it easy for her to become more
engaged, Kwan says.
Shortly after coming to the University, Kwan was asked to participate
in what she describes as the ultimate internship for an international studies
student. Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice (BA ’74, PhD ’81)
appointed Kwan the first American Public Diplomacy Envoy to help pro-
mote an understanding of America by sharing her story in a cross-cultural
dialogue with international youth.
Kwan has no plans to stop traveling on behalf of the U.S. She recently TO VOLUNTEER:
met with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to discuss continuing her role Contact Nashwa Bolling
with the State Department. However, Kwan will still have tests waiting for at the Office of Admission:
her when she returns from each trip. She has been accepted to the graduate 1.800.525.9495
international affairs program at Tufts University in Medford, Mass. Nashwa.Bolling@du.edu
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to protect, preserve and restore the native plants and animals of the Southern Rocky Mountains, with particular attention
given to habitat protection of Colorado’s forested, roadless public lands and other ecologically important areas.
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assume enrollment at private dents, compared to 4,595 admitted last
universities is down. That may not be the year. We predicted that 3–4 percent fewer
case for DU. How did the University stay students would accept our offer of admis-
ahead of the curve? sion, and that’s exactly what happened.
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Chancellor Coombe, Mayor John Hickenlooper, Mary Jean O’Malley and Zoee Turrill celebrate the launch of the
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Chancellor Robert Coombe and Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper commended University of 90 plus
Denver students May 18, recognizing the students’ commitment to sustainability as the University launched
a new bike library program.
The pilot program, which establishes a pool of 20 bicycles that can be borrowed free of charge on Boxes of books donated
campus this fall, will eventually roll into a citywide bike-sharing program. The city initiative will include about each month
600 bikes and scores of pick-up and drop-off kiosks around Denver. DU will host two of those kiosks when 1,400
the city program starts next spring.
In the meantime, it will be up to DU to test the program. Average number of
Hickenlooper, speaking on campus to nearly 100 students, faculty and staff, said he was especially
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impressed by the dedication of seniors Mary Jean O’Malley and Zoee Turrill. The two partnered with the
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city, then worked with campus supporters to raise $50,000 to help bring the city bike-share program to
DU. Academic departments, student groups and campus organizations all donated. 1,100
Coombe thanked the students for their involvement from the start and for finding new ways for DU
to become more environmentally friendly.
“It is really wonderful to see the campus community driving this effort forward with such vigor,” he
said. “We have an obligation as an institution to act in a responsible way with the land and the air and the Average number of books
environment as a whole … We intend to keep up our part of the bargain.” sold online each month
Hickenlooper also thanked Coombe for his willingness to support new projects.
“You are more fortunate than you can ever imagine to have someone like that at the helm,” Hicken-
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looper told the assembled crowd.
In 2007 Coombe signed the American College and University Presidents Climate Commitment.
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With that, he formed the campus Sustainability Council, comprised of faculty, staff and students who have online and on campus
crafted a plan to make DU carbon neutral. Off to a fast start, the council has been part of recycling and $2,350
composting initiatives, power-saving programs and the bicycle library.
Hickenlooper closed the event with a surprise by reading an official city proclamation. Recognizing
the efforts of the students who helped join the University of Denver and the City of Denver in bike sharing,
May 18, 2009, will forever be known in the city of Denver as “Mary Jean O’Malley and Zoee Turrill Day.”
>>For more about DU’s green efforts, see Going Green on page 26. —Compiled by Evelyn Reid, president of WLA
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together in the four o’clock position.
ties and ponder its muted hue. Then there’s Happy Life #8,
9. P ass both the salt and the pepper when a bold, bright new sculpture that stands tall and proud in
asked, “Please pass the salt.” DU’s Penrose Library lobby. The fiberglass sculpture by artist
10. Pass food to the right. Chen Wenling features a smiling Chinese farmer hoisting an
Compiled by School of Hotel, Restaurant and immensely fat sow on his shoulders.
Tourism Management professor and etiquette The sculpture is an accessible and enjoyable piece that
expert Robert Mill
can be viewed on a variety of levels, says Dan Jacobs, DU
art curator and Myhren Gallery director. And at nearly eight
feet tall and coated in bright red automotive paint, it’s hard
to miss.
At first blush, the sculpture is eye pleasing and whimsi-
cal. But look a little deeper and, Jacobs says, there are mes-
sages from the artist. There’s a story of interaction between
Western and Eastern worlds. In Asia, Jacobs says, the pig is
seen as a sign of prosperity and good times. In the West,
the pig can signify greed and excess. Combine the two, and
you start to see a Chinese farmer who appears happy but is
saddled with something so enormous it raises questions about the moment’s sustainability.
The sculpture has a distinct Chinese quality about it, Jacobs says, employing both a farmer with Asian
features and the color red, which often is associated with China. But it also has a Western echo, as Jacobs
notes the clear similarity to iconic European works of a farmer carrying a calf on his shoulders.
Happy Life is at DU indefinitely courtesy of Michael Micketti, Tom Whitten and Robischon Gallery; it
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to be a food snob.
The Italian native and professor at DU’s School of
Hotel, Restaurant and Tourism Management has
worked in hotels and restaurants around the world,
including the German Presidential Palace, where
he served dignitaries such as Queen Elizabeth and
Presidents Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter.
Camillo is an expert in Italian cuisine, wine
and coffee and a member of the Colorado Chefs
Hall of Fame. In his personal kitchen, he makes 95
percent of his own food—hand-rolling pasta and
cooking with olive oil from his family’s olive grove
in Italy.
“Italian food is so simple; that’s why it’s the
best in the world,” he says. “What you find here in
America is not true Italian food. In Italy, we use six
or seven spices—and oregano is only for pizza.”
Whether it’s in the classroom or the
kitchen, Camillo takes time to educate those
around him. For instance, he’ll tell you that a
certain omnipresent coffee chain perpetuates an
abomination that passes for espresso only in the
United States.
From his humble beginnings in the small
village of Sante Croce Di Magliano—located in
one of Italy’s poorest regions—to his success
in restaurants and hotels in the United Arab
Emirates, England, New Zealand and elsewhere,
Camillo brings a lifetime of experience into the classroom.
“Whether my experience was good or bad, the students will know what to do when it happens to them,” says
Camillo, who also has taught at the California Culinary Academy and San Francisco State University.
Many of his lessons could only come from his years in the trenches. He can talk about dealing with the local
media. He can talk about developing relationships with local police and fire departments. He can talk about what to do
when someone dies in your hotel.
“He brought a lot of practical industry knowledge to the classroom,” says Josh Robbins (BA hospitality and
finance ’08), who’s now the staff accountant for the Four Seasons Resort and Hotel in Jackson Hole, Wyo.
Brian Green (BS hospitality ’08) remembers Camillo’s senior restaurant class as a hands-on experience.
“It was common to discuss something in class and head down to the kitchen for the second half of class to put the
theory into use,” says Green, now the bar manager for the Little Nell Hotel in Aspen, Colo.
Camillo seems to have found a place to finally settle down after a nomadic career. Though he traveled to China
for research and to teach management classes at South China Normal University in Guangzhou this past July, he can’t
wait to get back into his classroom at DU and teach.
“There’s no better reward than to walk in a classroom and see 30 faces waiting for you to tell them what they’re
going to learn today,” Camillo says.
Stuart James placed his briefcase on the desk. Maybe he would open it right then, or maybe not.
He looked at the class, called someone by name and asked a question. The question might be
something like this: “‘Space is license.’ Who said that? What do you think it means?” Or “What is guilt?” And the
called-upon would venture a response.
We always had the idea that Stuart wasn’t fishing; he was starting a conversation. These questions were attached
to an early American literature class, and the subject matter would have been the Puritans. Stuart preferred—it
seems to me now in retrospect—to suggest things, to make
connections by associating one text with another, one idea
here with something he had just read the other night. At
this point, he would reach into his briefcase and pull out a
book.
Another time he would stop in the middle of a point—
maybe he had the whole class laughing about something—
and his face would grow somber. He would get that faraway
look in his eye, and, for a minute, we ceased to exist for him.
He would tell about a World War II mission he flew. About
what his crewmates’ response was when they dropped a
bomb. All laughter stopped. Then he would look at the class
again and say: “Happiness is going through life with blinders
on.” Then just as suddenly as the mood changed one way, he
shifted it in another direction.
Many people considered Stuart James their best
friend. When I asked him why so many people liked him so
much, he shrugged his shoulders and made a reference to
John Singer. He was talking about a deaf mute in Carson
McCullers’ The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter. Singer was the one
everybody wanted to tell their problems to, even though
they all knew he couldn’t hear a word they said.
When I wrote my first paper for Stuart, he showed me
how it wasn’t very good by drawing a series of short lines
on a scrap of paper. He pointed to the spaces between those
lines: “Here is what you left in your head. You didn’t write
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Margaret Earley Whitt (PhD ’86) taught English at DU from 1987 until her retirement to North Carolina in 2008. Stuart James died in 1995 and is
memorialized by a monument at the southwest corner of DU’s Sturm Hall. A Gaelic inscription at its base reads “Go deo inar Chroi”—always in our
hearts.
After an extensive internal search, Barbara Wilcots (PhD English ’96) has
Support your student’s
been named DU’s associate provost for graduate studies. spiritual growth
In her new position, Wilcots is responsible for overseeing graduate
admission, graduate financial aid and doctoral fellowships, and for enhancing Many young people experience a crisis of faith while attending
graduate program quality. She also will work closely with deans and faculty college. Once they find themselves on their own, some kids seem
members to promote opportunities for collaboration and interdisciplinary to falter when exposed to conflicting value systems and less overall
programming. supervision. As parents, we don’t want them to lose their way after
Wilcots most recently served as associate dean in the Division of Arts, we have spent years nurturing their spiritual growth while under our
Humanities and Social Sciences. A tenured associate professor of English, wings. Consider the following suggestions to help students thrive in
Wilcots also has served as director of the Gender and Women’s Studies their spiritual life during their college years:
Program, director of undergraduate studies in the Department of English and 1. E
ncourage students to discover ways to stay in communion
interim director of the First Year English Program. with God while at school—for example, campus ministry
Wilcots received a bachelor’s degree in journalism and graphic arts from groups that reach out to students. Be willing to assist in
Drake University; her master’s degree in journalism and public relations is exploring the available options.
from Drake as well.
She also holds a master’s degree in American literature and rhetoric from 2. A
sk them about the ways they have seen God working in
Texas Woman’s University. She obtained her PhD in 20th century American their lives at school—in class, dorms, discussions with
literature from DU. professors or among friends. Also help them recall ways God
—Media Relations Staff has helped them in the past.
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hallenge them to pray for more than just success on their
exams and papers; remind them to consider the needs of
their classmates and professors and pray about these things
Reach higher… as well. College can be a great time to get to know God even
better.
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nd, of course, pray, and ask others in your faith community
to help you in this vital role.
—John Kloeckner
DU Parents Council member John Kloeckner and his wife, Carol, have been married
for more than 25 years. They have five children, including David Kloeckner, who is in
his second year in DU’s Pioneer Leadership Program. DU supports students from all
giving.du.edu 1-800-448-3232 faith traditions through its Center for Religious Services (www.du.edu/crs).
Courtesy of the National Museum of Health and Medicine, Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
Smother your coughs
and sneezes … Wash your hands before
eating … ”
These words of advice bring to mind
warnings heard around the world during the
recent H1N1/swine flu scare, but they were
actually uttered in the fall of 1918 by Dr.
William Sharpley, Denver manager of health.
The Spanish influenza had finally come to
Denver.
More than 1,000 had already died in
Boston, and more than 100 in Chicago.
The first Denver fatality was a young
DU student named Blanche Kennedy, who
died at the home of her brother William on
Sept. 28, 1918.
Kennedy is something of a mystery.
Twenty years old at the time of her death,
she came from a prominent Colorado
pioneer family. Her father, also named
William, had been a member of the Colorado This emergency hospital in Fort Funston, Kan., was similar to the temporary hospital built at DU to treat
Constitutional Convention of 1876 and was influenza victims in 1918.
later city attorney of Leadville. Her uncle
was D. F. Crilly, who built the Windsor Hotel in Denver.
According to a Rocky Mountain News article at the time, Blanche acquired the flu while visiting family in Chicago. A
week later, brother William also died of the flu, becoming Denver’s sixth casualty. William had been a Denver assistant city
attorney and left behind a wife and child. His home at 2070 Birch St. was immediately quarantined.
Records in the registrar’s office show that Kennedy attended the DU Preparatory School from 1916 to 1918, though she
never appears in the student yearbook, the student newspaper or in any other DU administrative records.
Classes at DU had just begun when Blanche died. On Oct. 2, 1918, DU and all other schools in Denver were shut down by
order of the city board of health. A week later, all outdoor gatherings in Denver were banned.
Though DU astronomer Herbert Howe noted in his diary on Oct. 7 that “no one of our students is known to be ill with
[the flu],” what most concerned then-Chancellor Henry Buchtel was the fact that 266 Student Army Training Corps (SATC)
members were living in close quarters in the Alumni Gymnasium, training for possible future deployment to Europe.
World War I was raging, and earlier in the year military training had become compulsory for all men younger than 30
enrolled in the College of Liberal Arts. Soon, so many SATC men became ill that a temporary hospital was built next to the
gymnasium. It quickly filled to overflowing. There do not appear to have been any fatalities on campus, however.
World War I brought great changes to campus, but now the war was winding down. An armistice was signed on Nov. 11
—during the flu closure—bringing an end to the war. That same day, Sharpley lifted his orders mandating that schools be
closed. On Nov. 16 the football season was allowed to begin and DU beat the Aggies.
On Nov. 18, DU officially reopened. The four platoons of SATC men were mustered out on Dec. 20.
Statistics of the period are unreliable, but it’s estimated that between 40 million and 100 million people died of the flu
worldwide between 1918 and 1920, 675,000 of them in the United States.
There were between 3,000 and 8,000 flu victims in Colorado, around 1,500 in the city of Denver. Blanche Kennedy
appears to have been the only one with a direct DU connection.
For a different view of many of DU’s iconic buildings, one need just visit the on-campus
studio of Chen Hao, a Chinese painter and visiting scholar who came to the University
to share his expertise in urban landscape with students and faculty.
Chen grew up studying his country’s traditional method of painting. But unlike his
ancestors, he spends most of his time in the urban world, not the world of nature. Using a hand
brush, Chinese ink and rice paper, he creates delicate visions of the modern world as beautiful
and evocative as the ancients’ depictions of trees and mountains.
“Why not use traditional Chinese painting to express [feelings different than those of] the
ancient people?” says Chen, who lives and paints in a studio apartment in DU’s Nagel Hall. “We
are not ancient people. We can learn the techniques of
the ancients but we can express our feelings about the
modern world.”
Chen, an associate professor and deputy director
in the painting department of the Xu Beihong School
of Arts at Renmin University in Beijing, received a
scholarship from the China Scholarship Council to come
to the U.S. as a visiting scholar. Through connections
with Elizabeth Owen, DU assistant professor of Asian
art history, he chose to come to Denver.
The 38-year-old artist started his one-year
residency at DU in April, and by summer he already had
completed numerous paintings of DU buildings. He also
ventured into downtown Denver in the spring to sketch
snow-covered streets and buildings.
“As a modern painter in traditional styles, Chen
uses painting modes, spatial features and other
characteristics of the past to re-invigorate and inform
the art of the present,” Owen says. “In this, he adds
Wayne Armstrong
Going Green
by 2050.
By Chase Squires
-
U nder the plan, DU will achieve climate neutrality by 2050,
drastically reducing its share of the greenhouse gases
blamed for polluting the atmosphere and impacting the
world’s climate.
Along the way, the council has committed to adopting new
Fred Cheever, a Sturm College of Law professor who chaired
the council from its inception in February 2008 until the sustain-
ability plan was delivered to Coombe in June, says incorporating
sustainable goals into every part of campus life is the ultimate aim,
making sustainability a concern before undertaking any action, even
technologies as they are developed, meeting interim mileposts something as simple as turning on a light switch or turning up the
and achieving reductions at every opportunity. Members of the thermostat on a chilly day.
University community will be asked to change the way they do “The cheapest kilowatt-hour is the one you don’t use,” he says.
things: the way they teach and learn, the way they get to work, Beyond energy consumption and conservation, though, the
where they get their food, how they design learning spaces and how plan calls for incorporating sustainability into DU’s curriculum,
they grow flowers. teaching students the importance of conservation and sustainable
Nothing is untouchable. Even the climate inside University development.
buildings is fair game, as DU began raising thermostats in offices “Sustainability has made it into the public consciousness,
and classrooms this summer to cut energy consumption. and the University of Denver, in particular, has done a great job
“The hard work starts now,” says Lyndsay Agans, clinical of stepping out and understanding the burden, the responsibility,
assistant professor at the Morgridge College of Education and that higher-education institutions bear in relation to sustainability,”
lead author of the plan. “We have the resources to do this, to be a Agans says.
national leader. This truly fits the mission of our university. We can “Universities and colleges are obligated, given their role as
do this. But it will take work.” social institutions, to educate students and change the citizenry with
The plan is a roadmap, spelling out details of a multifaceted programs built around sustainability,” she adds. “It’s about chang-
approach to sustainability that goes beyond the nuts and bolts of ing the dominant paradigm, and universities play a key role in that.
fossil fuels and renewable energy. It is all-encompassing, press- They’re the essential location for changing that.”
ing for change in the way people interact on campus, both with The plan calls for the incorporation of sustainability issues into
their environment and with one another. It calls for a lifestyle that student orientation, the introduction of locally grown foods into
embraces understanding and conservation across the DU campus. dining halls, the use of organic fertilizers and pesticides on campus
* Projected
AMOUNTS ARE IN CO2 METRIC TON EQUIVALENTS. ONE CAR EMITS APPROXIMATELY 6.8 MTEs PER YEAR.
Visit www.du.edu/green for the full report and an inventory of DU’s greenhouse gas emissions.
of College
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to change that equation.
Until the 1944 GI Bill rewrote the script on higher education, few outside America’s
elite could afford to attend college. But under the bill’s umbrella, and with help from a
host of other financial and societal changes, college attendance surged, tripling between
1960 and 1975 and increasing 65 percent between 1975 and 2007, according to
U.S. Census data. For many, college became more rite of passage than unattainable
Tuition and attendance fees rose 439 percent between 1982 and 2006, according
to the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, and the American middle
class, battered by deep recessions in the 1980s and ’90s, felt the pinch. By the time
the current recession hit its stride in 2008, college affordability was already a national
concern.
Now, with layoffs and foreclosures continuing, personal lines of credit constricted,
job openings shaky and real economic stability at least two years away, parents, politi-
cians and academics can’t help but wonder if there really is such a thing as a higher-
4,400; providing new student and parent loans through the federal $31,428
government; and a new five-year, $2.5 billion fund to improve col- 30,000 300
$29,628
lege access and completion. The administration also streamlined the
$27,756
Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
These changes fall on the heels of those mandated when
former President George W. Bush signed the Higher Education 25,000 250
Opportunity Act into law in 2008. A portion of the act created six
College Affordability and Transparency Lists that will document,
among other things, the top 5 percent of institutions with the larg- 20,000 200
est percent change in tuition and fees over the past three academic
years. Schools that fall into this category will be required to submit
letters to the secretary of education that identify the portions of their
15,000 150
budgets that generated the largest cost increases, explain why those
increases occurred and outline their plans to reduce similar cost
increases going forward.
Uninvited policymaker tinkering may be part of the new nor- 10,000 100
mal for higher education, but it’s not government intervention that
really has schools worried.
“All you have to do is take a look at data concerning the socio- 5,000 50
economic distribution of college graduates today,” Coombe says.
“Something like two-thirds of all students who graduate with a
bachelor’s degree by the time they’re 24 come from families in the
0 0
top quartile of family incomes; less than 10 percent come from the 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2004 05 06
bottom quartile. [Because] students who earn a bachelor’s degree or
higher have far greater incomes throughout their lives, their children
are far more likely to go to college and graduate. There is a feedback
loop that contributes to economic polarization. up. They need to look at what they’re doing and be very critical of
“To the extent that higher education becomes less and less that, both from the perspective of what is being produced by the
accessible to those with lower family incomes or to students coming dollars they spend and who is being employed to do that work.”
from families where they are the first generation going to college, Approaches vary campus to campus. Last fall, DU initiated a
this polarization widens,” Coombe adds. “It’s imperative that higher series of cost-cutting measures that ranged from a voluntary and
ed respond in ways that make higher education more affordable for a non-voluntary staff severance program that reduced headcount
very broad socioeconomic distribution of people.” by 125 positions to streamlining supply and expense budgets. The
effort cut expenses by more than $12 million and did so in a man-
socioeconomic distribution of
DU celebrates
60 years of
Pioneers
hockey.
Keith Magnuson (above) was a two-time All-American at DU and led the Pioneers to the national title in 1968
and 1969. His death in a car accident in 2003 helped spur the Pioneers to another NCAA victory—their first
since Magnuson left DU—in 2004.
Pioneers Head Coach George Gwozdecky came to DU in 1994 and led the team back to
national prominence. Under his leadership, the Pioneers won back-to-back NCAA national
championships in 2004 and 2005.
DU alumnus Paul Stastny, who played for the Pioneers in 2004 and 2005, now plays for the
Colorado Avalanche.
preacher
Terrance Carroll
brings passion
and humility
to his
“other” job —
Colorado’s
Speaker of
the House.
someone
said,
‘Oh, you’re
the first
black
speaker,’
I said,
‘Really?’
Carroll’s favorite character? Dr. Peter Benton, played by Eriq But his Baptist faith won’t let him. Listen to him preach and
La Salle and described on the “ER” Web site as “a talented surgeon you’ll hear both urgency to action and abiding faith. His words
with a hot head.” sound like evangelism but they wear the cloth of the intellectual,
“I liked Dr. Benton because of the nature of how he grew up. not just the passion of the true believer. No TV-preacher tricks
He was an African-American character who managed to get out of here. Carroll’s message is a pledge to do more than wave Bibles at
a tough neighborhood. His mother had Alzheimer’s; my mother a “wretched, nasty, broken world”; it’s a promise to embrace life
had Alzheimer’s. I could identify with him, being a successful with diligent, consistent, zealous faith.
black man and how people misconstrued him as being possibly “I preached my mother’s funeral from this very pulpit,” he
arrogant.” tells followers at the New Hope Baptist Church in Denver on a
These days, Carroll’s shows of choice are “Grey’s Anatomy” bright morning in June. “That was probably one of the darkest
and “Kings,” a dramatization of the Book of Kings. times in my life.”
“Most people don’t get that I’m actually quite shy,” the Carroll tells of his mother’s love and guidance and the loss he
divorced 40-year-old says. “I love nothing more than to sit at felt at her passing. He speaks of his search for meaning, his quiet,
home by myself on the couch watching TV.” heartfelt words touching listeners, connecting deeply.
“Amens” pepper the sanctuary. The kind of leader who isn’t afraid to try a new idea or make
“I learned by my mother’s death that I had to untether myself a mistake, who calls himself an intellectual but regrets having
from what the world thought,” Carroll says, “and tie myself spent “way too much time in school”; who reads theology, quotes
explicitly to what God thought.” Thomas Jefferson and uses Twitter; who jokes that his mother
The “amens” grow more earnest. Carroll presses his message. never forgave him for weighing 10 pounds, 10 ounces at birth;
Proclaiming faith is hardest when times are rough, but that’s when and who affectionately tweaks friends like former state Senate
it’s most essential. President Peter Groff (JD ’92), now a member of the Obama
“Anybody can be a witness when things go good.” It’s when administration.
there’s turmoil “that you have to.” “My life was much easier when I wasn’t speaker,” Carroll
You think back to the $1.5 billion the legislature had to cut in tells the New Hope congregation. “I could actually sit down in a
2009 and you worry what’s in the cards for 2010. Sales tax revenue restaurant and eat a meal in peace and quiet. No one would come
is down and further cuts may be needed. How will Carroll’s up to me. Now folks walk up to me wherever I am and say, ‘I
evangelistic fervor echo in the Statehouse in January when the know you.’ Sometimes I pretend they don’t know me. I say, ‘I’m
120-day clock starts ticking and lawmakers bend to fixing an Peter Groff.’”
already-lean state? The congregation roars. They’ve heard Carroll joke before—
“The whole [2009] session could have blown up very easily,” about being “long-winded” in sermons; about church politics
recalls House Majority Leader Paul Weissmann, D-Louisville. being rougher than politics at the Capitol. They know that behind
“When you’re fighting over limited resources, it’s easy for things to the jokes is a leader who fights hard. For principle. For faith. For
get nasty real quick. That they didn’t is a testament to [Carroll].” opportunities for others.
Charisma helps, Weissmann adds. Not the John Elway kind “I’ve been given so much in my life,” Carroll told DU’s
that stops traffic, but the quiet, confident charm you warm to then 2009 law grads. “I once heard Dr. King say that the true measure
count on. The kind of relaxed, free-flowing temperament that of a person is where they stand in times of great challenge and
characterizes Carroll whether he’s running the House, preaching controversy. So I feel a special obligation to go out and fight ... for
the gospel or exhorting DU law grads to go out and fight for opportunity, for liberty, for justice.
liberty and opportunity. “To stand tall.”
In June 1944, photos of the Pioneer Dudes and Dames, a student organization dedicated to square and
folk dancing, appeared in a Sunday issue of the Denver Post. The photo spread included several verses of
accompanying lyrics, including: “Ladies bow low and gents bow under, Hug those gals and swing like thunder,
(Maids went flying with their fellers, Long before we had propellers).” This photo was taken on the west side of
the Mary Reed Building. If you have any memories of student organizations you participated in or photos you
would like to share, please let us know.
1963 “He really wanted a diploma,” Matson says. “He mentioned it all the time.”
Enough times that Matson decided it needed to happen, so she called DU early
Paul Coffee (BS ’63) was appointed senior this year and got the diploma a couple of months ago.
vice president and managing director for
Now, though, the “family joke” is over, Hightower says.
Stifel, Nicolaus & Co. Rocky Mountain
“When I moved back to Denver [from Missouri] with my wife in 1977, DU would
Region. Paul comes to Stifel after 34 years
at A.G. Edwards/Wachovia Securities, where send me these publications in the mail, or cards asking about donations. I thought,
he served as the Western regional director, ‘They can find me for donations and all that, but not for my degree,’” he laughs.
overseeing 70 offices. He resides in Littleton, He’s probably prouder than most graduates this year.
Colo. “He was absolutely thrilled,” Matson says.
“I’m very grateful for the education I received, and I got to expand on my
knowledge of aviation,” says Hightower, a retired pilot.
“It only took me about 60 years to get my degree,” he says. “But I have it.”
—Kathryn Mayer
The move put him in the DU history books. Aside from appearing on a 1963 Sports
Illustrated cover with the headline “Best U.S. Skier,” he became the only American ever to win the
Hahnenkamm slalom in Kitzbuehel, Austria, and he skied in the 1960 and 1964 Olympic games.
He says the NCAA championship wins over CU were “great fun … we were friends with [the CU skiers], but we were taught it was
always more fun to win.”
Hennie Kashiwa, DU’s assistant Nordic ski coach, says Ferries left a lasting impression on DU skiing.
“He made a huge impact at DU, and he’s been a great supporter of DU skiing for a long time,” Kashiwa says.
Today, Ferries, 69, lives in Sun Valley, Idaho, and still skis occasionally. He says he was “a couple of credits short” of actually
graduating from DU in the 1960s.
His advice for skiers at the start of this ski season: “Take a lesson, have fun and watch out for the snowboarders.”
—Doug McPherson
1970 alike,” reads the author’s note in Seaborn (Roaring Book Press, 2008),
a young-adult novel by Craig Moodie (BA English ’78).
Freddy Bosco (BA ’70) published his second
book, Neurotic Meditation: The Spiritual Journey After his mother abruptly moves out prior to the family’s annual
of Chauncy Farnsworth IV (Publish America, sailing trip, 16-year-old Luke and his angry and confused father set
2008). Freddy also writes a weekly column out alone on the weeklong voyage. The routine journey becomes
for the Denver Daily News and is employed by a fight for survival when an unexpected summer storm pulls Luke’s
CHARG Resource Center in Denver, where
father overboard. Without anyone to rely on or any knowledge of his
he resides.
father’s condition, Luke must figure out how to navigate himself to
safety.
1971 As the book explores typical feelings associated with teenage
Bill Hopkins (JD ’71) angst—dislocation, confusion and anger—it offers possible solutions. Only by accepting the unavoid-
of Marble Hill, Mo., able circumstances before him, both in terms of his oceanic entrapment and his familial turmoil, can
had his play The Almond
Luke hope to move forward.
Checkmate produced by
First Run Theatre of Rather than paralyzing him with fear, the harsh reality of Luke’s predicament brings him clarity,
St. Louis. One of Bill’s and he realizes that his attitude toward his life and family have been misguided. At that moment,
three-act plays, Cotton Luke becomes “seaborn.”
Lesson, was a finalist in Moodie’s affinity for the ocean began while he was growing up in Cape Cod, Mass., where he
the 2007 playwriting competition sponsored
spent his spare time exploring beaches and coves with friends and family. Later, as an adolescent
by First Run Theatre. It is still being
developed for production. and adult, Moodie made a living working as a deckhand aboard commercial fishing vessels.
His reverence for the ocean’s beauty and his understanding of its power has influenced many
of his books, including Salt Luck, A Sailor’s Valentine and Our Perfect Youth.
Moodie lives with his wife and children in Franklin, Mass., and works as a creative director for
the EMC Corp. in Westborough, Mass.
—Samantha Stewart
Samantha Stewart
Diane Stahl (BA anthropology and psychology ’80) used to amuse
her coworkers with her vacation plans. Instead of plane tickets and
a passport, Stahl’s itinerary involved seed packets and a spade. The
backyard of her Washington Park home substituted for an exotic locale.
Now, as the owner of Urban Roots, Stahl no longer has to leave
work to indulge in her passion for plants.
Urban Roots, located on the corner of 10th and Acoma streets
in Denver, specializes in small-space urban gardening. Stahl’s decades
of experience have taught her about the challenges that come with
gardening in urban settings—including heat, wind, pollution, old sewer
lines, deep tree roots and limited space—and how to overcome them.
“You don’t just buy a plant from Urban Roots,” says Melissa
(Goldman) Turner (BA ’79, MBA ’83), a longtime friend and customer
of Stahl’s. “Diane makes sure customers know how to care for the plant, that they have the right soil or plant food and that the customer is
purchasing a plant that works best for the environment or their living situation.”
Urban Roots also offers on-site consultations and strives to ensure that landscaping designs complement the client’s home décor.
While Stahl has wanted to open a gardening store since college, the impetus for opening Urban Roots came during a vacation she took
with her husband in 2000.
The couple visited Claude Monet’s garden in Giverny, France, and while she was sitting on the famous arched bridge, something inside
Stahl clicked.
“It was so peaceful and so [emotional] for me. It was kind of like when you’re falling in love, you just kind of did it,” Stahl says. “I just
remember saying, ‘I want to be here. I want to work here. … I want to learn.’”
Two years later, she left her corporate fundraising position and opened Urban Roots.
“I wasn’t interested so much in opening a business. I was more interested in helping people learn how to garden in the downtown
corridor,” Stahl says.
But the business, now in its eighth year, has thrived thanks to Stahl’s customer-centric approach.
“She is a woman I admire so much,” says local resident and customer Rhonda Knop. “She gets to live her passion.”
As she sits in a wicker patio chair surrounded by an eclectic assortment of planters and plants, seeds and seedlings, it’s easy to see that
Stahl finds her life extremely fulfilling.
“Gardening is really spiritual. It connects us with our Earth and our heart. It really grounds us,” she says. “That’s why people love to
garden.”
—Samantha Stewart
1989 Kynewisbok
in Italy. The couple resides in Isle of Palms,
S.C.
Money matters
by riding 180 miles in two days in August
2009. In October, Steve will pedal more
than 500 miles in a weeklong trip from San
Francisco to Los Angeles to raise funds for
Recent market activity has forced investors to examine their investment strategies. The
the Arthritis Foundation. In his personal
journey in life, he just passed another volatility provides an opportunity for people to evaluate how much risk they can withstand and
milestone—seven years cancer free. Steve, reminds them that financial health must be constantly assessed.
who resides in Columbus, Ohio, is the chair It’s also a good time to make sure your financial adviser is familiar with your unique circum-
of the MBA program at Franklin University. stances. With complex issues like wealth management in a volatile market, a close relationship
He is also the founder of OutdoorMetrics, an will produce better returns because your adviser truly understands your needs. The adviser transi-
economic research consultancy focused on tions from a wealth consultant to a wealth advocate.
environmental policy, sustainable management There are three characteristics to evaluate when selecting an investment adviser: effective
of natural resources and market research for listening, account approach and proactive asset allocation.
the outdoor recreation industry. First, an adviser may make imprudent investments if he doesn’t carefully listen to his
client’s story. This includes family dynamics, legacy ideas and charitable interests. Having a
Patricia “Patty” Wellinger (MA ’90, JD
thorough understanding of the client’s goals, beliefs and circumstances is paramount when
’90, MA ’93, MAC ’02) of Aurora, Colo.,
is the reference services coordinator at the creating a customized plan.
Westminster Law Library. Patty will be the Second, having a team of experts focused on the client’s wealth is instrumental. The team
2009–10 chair of the grants committee for approach provides access to multiple professionals who understand client goals and can bring spe-
the American Association of Law Libraries. cific expertise to the investor’s overall financial well-being.
She is also co-chair of the 2009–10 local Finally, asset allocation must be forward-looking and nimble in order to react to the fast-
arrangements committee for the national law paced environment of information transfer and the ever-increasing global market. History can be
library conference that will be held in Denver a useful indicator, but if a wealth manager is making decisions solely based on what has happened
in July 2010. Patty is involved in DU’s before, he will undoubtedly miss what is occurring right in front of him.
Connecting Staff Women group and in her Your relationship with your investment adviser is one of the most important business
spare time she shows her Burmese mountain
partnerships you will ever have. When choosing an adviser, it is wise to consider who best under-
dog in rally and obedience.
stands your unique wealth management needs and will serve as an advocate in making financial
dreams a reality.
John Trujillo (BSBA ’95) is a senior portfolio manager with UMB Asset Management in Denver. E-mail him at
John.Trujillo@umb.com.
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Deaths 1960s
Luella Sprague (BA ’60), Long Beach, Calif., 11-2-08
Donald Walrafen (PhD ’60), Ashland, Ore., 10-15-08
1940s Vernon Wetherbee (MA ’62), Waupaca, Wis., 1-8-09
Robert Buell (BA ’40), Redondo Beach, Calif., 4-16-09 Maybeth Melton (MA ’63), Lebanon, Ky., 4-4-09
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Norris Nereson (MS ’41), Los Alamos, N.M., 2-21-07 Dixie Roberts (MA ’65), Cedaredge, Colo., 3-3-09
Margaret “Curley” (Roche) Unrein (BS ’43),
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James Easton (BS ’48), Denver, 3-21-09 Florence Arnn (BA ’70), Colorado Springs, Colo., 3-30-09
Charlice Gillespie (MA ’48), Jackson, Miss., 4-1-09 Nina Spitzley (BA ’70), Crested Butte, Colo., 10-3-08
V. Paul Ricken (BS ’48), Murrieta, Calif., 2-6-09 Donald McCann (PhD ’77), Scottsdale, Ariz., 7-30-08
Flake Vickery (BSBA ’48), Arvada, Colo., 1-23-09
Francis Bobbin (BS ’49), Springfield, Mass., 4-16-09 1980s
Doris Bunce (BA ’49), Lone Tree, Colo., 11-18-08 Richard Booth (BSBA ’83), Denver, 4-17-09
David Hovey (JD ’88), Olympia, Wash., 12-31-08
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