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April 27, 2012

Dear Graduates,

Congratulations on your graduation! For those earning bachelor’s degrees, you have achieved something that only 25 percent of American adults can claim. Those receiving graduate degrees are in an even more elite group. As a result, you are well-positioned for today’s demanding marketplace.

Cheri and I wish you all the best as you begin the next phase of your lives. The opportunities are endless, and I look forward to seeing the variety of paths you will take. I hope that you will stay connected with your alma mater, come back for Homecoming and other events and keep us posted on your lives.

If you need assistance in your job search, please utilize the many services provided by our Career Center. The Center will be open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. throughout the summer. On-call sessions where no appointment is needed are conducted daily from 10 to noon and 1 to 3 p.m. The Center can assist you with developing your resume and show you how to utilize the online practice interviewing system, InterviewStream. You can also post your resume through Sycamore Career Link and review jobs that have been posted by alumni and others. These are just a few of the many resources the Center offers, and I hope you will take advantage of them.

I look forward to shaking your hand as you cross the stage at Commencement. This is an important moment in your life, and Cheri and I join your family and friends in celebrating this achievement.

With warm regards,

Sincerely,

Daniel J. Bradley President

Dear Graduates,

Congratulations on your graduation! For those earning bachelor’s degrees, you have achieved something that only 25 percent of American adults can claim. Those receiving graduate degrees are in an even more elite group. As a result, you are well-positioned for today’s demanding marketplace.

Cheri and I wish you all the best as you begin the next phase of your lives. The opportunities are endless, and I look forward to seeing the variety of paths you will take. I hope that you will stay connected with your alma mater, come back for Homecoming and other events and keep us posted on your lives.

If you need assistance in your job search, please utilize the many services provided by our Career Center. The center will be open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. throughout the summer. On-call sessions where no appointments are needed are conducted from 10 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. The center can assist you with developing your résumé and show you how to utilize the online practice interviewing system, InterviewStream. You can also post your résumé through Sycamore Career Link and review jobs that have been posted by alumni and others. These are just a few of the many resources the center offers, and I hope you will take advantage of them.

I look forward to shaking your hand as you cross the stage at Commencement. This is an important moment in your life, and Cheri and I join your family and friends in celebrating this achievement.

With warm regards,

Sincerely,

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Congratulations to the Class of 2012!

From: Vice President Carmen Tillery and the Division of Student Affairs

Charles E. Brown African American Cultural Center Associate Dean of Students and Ombudsperson Associate Vice President for Student Affairs Greek Life Hulman Memorial Student Union Student Activities and Organizations Student Conduct and Integrity

Student Counseling Center Student Government Association

Student Health Promotions Student Publications

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Jessica NeffReporter

The family of former Indiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Randall Shepard, who will speak at spring ccommencement, has been in and around Indiana State University for more than a century.

Shepard’s grandmother, Mary Shepard, became a student at, what was then, the Indiana State Normal School in 1909 because she wanted to become a teacher.

“She actually became a teacher as a result, in Lafayette, which is the place I was born many decades later,” he said. “My first memory of being at ISU was for a high school debate contest when I was a junior at Harrison High School in Evansville during the 1960s.”

When he was Chief Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court, the court was brought to ISU for oral argument multiple times so that students and faculty could see the legal system in person.

“Most recently, I was at the University when Dr. Bradley conferred the President’s Medal in 2009, and I spoke to students and faculty,” he said.

Shepard said he first heard about the possibility of participating in commencement from Ed Pease, a trustee of the University and former Congressman, who called to ask informally whether I might be able and interested in doing so.

“The actual invitation came from President Bradley, who called to invite me

on behalf of himself and the Board,” he said.Shepard accepted because he has great admiration for the work the faculty

and students are doing at ISU. “This is a period of great challenge in higher education, and from where I

sit it appears that ISU is doing a great job of navigating through these difficult waters,” he said.

Shepard said his speech will focus on the task that students face, who are graduating during such hard times.

“It’s about as adverse a moment as anybody can remember and I would expect that many graduates wonder whether this has all been worth it,” he said. “I say with conviction that gaining a university education now is more important than ever.”

Shepard hopes that his speech “will remind us all of the many reasons for optimism about the nation’s future and about the opportunities that will present themselves for today’s graduates,” he said.

The chance to have served as a judge for most of my adult life has given me the special chance to be exposed to many facets of modern life as various sorts of cases come through the court system, he said. “I think I’ve had the good luck to learn a lot about what makes for a successful experience.”

Shepard is also looking forward to coming to ISU to see the Condit House. “One member of the Condit family was Chief Justice Isaac Blackford, who

served in the first part of the nineteenth century and was a member of the Indiana Supreme Court longer than any other person,” he said.

Former Chief Justice to speak at May commencement

Former Chief Justice of the Indiana Surpreme Court addresses the crowd after receiving the 2009 President’s Award (Photo Courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).


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Wendlandt to deliver speech at commencementCassie Hauser Reporter

Marketing major Morgan Wendlandt will be giving the student speech at Indiana State University’s 2012 Spring Commencement, but receiving the opportunity to give the speech is just one of her many accomplishments.

“I actually came here originally with a recruiting soccer program, and I ended up coming here to play soccer,” said Wendleandt, a native of Fort Atkinson, Wisc. “It was initially the soccer program that got me interested in ISU, and everything else fell into place.”

Along being part of the soccer team, Wendlandt was also part of the Presidential Scholars Association and the Honors Association.

She also played center back for ISU’s

soccer team the past four years, but she has been playing soccer much longer than that.

“I started playing soccer when I was two years old, and it was always a dream to play division 1,” she said. It was really exciting to spend my entire life playing a sport and then be able to come here and play it.”

While on the soccer team, Wendlandt played an active role on the Student Athletic Advisory Committee, on which student leaders work as team ambassadors for athletic administrators.

While on the soccer team, Wendlandt won many athletic awards, such as: Presidential Scholar Athlete of the Year, Sycamore All-Academic Team and Athletics Director Honor Roll.

In addition to being very active in ISU’s athletic department and achieving academically, Wendlandt worked very hard on her speech for the

commencement ceremony. “It was kind of unexpected. I wrote the

speech without much thought of actually being chosen. It’s an honor to be able to address the university,” Wendlandt said.

Wendlandt, who minored in creative writing, said she incorporated a lot of what she has learned at ISU into her own speech.

She said one of her favorite memories was listening to NPR journalist Michele Norris speak as part of the University Speakers Series.

“When I practiced giving my speech, I tried to model the way that she spoke, and I was really glad the speaker series was able to bring somebody like her in,” Wendlandt said.

As an active student at ISU, Wendlandt has some final advice for other students who hope to make the most of their college experience.

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“Do everything while you can. The college experience is what you make it, and if you want to make it everything that you wanted, it can be that for you,” she said. “It can be a great experience on so many different levels if you put yourself out there and try everything that you can.”

Wendlandt said she was looking forward to graduation and her future plans. For the next year, she said she’ll continue working at Midwest Communications, which owns Terre Haute radio stations MIX-FM and 95.9 The Valley. From there, she said she plans to begin law school in September 2013.

“I think that graduation is a turning point of changing who you were to who you’re going to be for the rest of your career,” she said.

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Morgan Wendlandt stands in place during an ISU soccer game (Submitted photo).

Morgan Wendlandt dribbles a soccer ball during practice (Submitted photo).

“I think that graduation is a turning point of changing who you were to who you’re going to be for the rest of your career.”

morgan Wendlandt, commencement speaker


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Dustyn FathereeAssistant news editor

Provost Jack C. Maynard said the 41st graduation commencement gives students a new beginning.

“When someone graduates it is a celebration of the completion of an undergraduate or graduate program and the academic accomplishments within the degree,” Maynard said.

He said colors have been used to signify different areas of study and discipline for around 500 years. Each university has their own traditional colors present on every robe with Indiana State University’s being blue, white and gold.

According to the 141st commencement handbook, a student who is a graduating undergraduate will wear a blue gown with a blue mortarboard and blue/white tassel. A student who is graduating with a master’s and advanced degree wears blue lined with blue satin and white satin chevrons.

Maynard said that there have been some traditions that have changed over the years. For example the ceremony will be streamed online, which is a new option.

“Since I’ve been here, we have an alumni and student speaker established,” Maynard said. “We have also pushed the starting time back two hours so it is more convenient for people. Each college holds a reception prior to the ceremony. We are always tinkering where people stand and walk because we want the audience to see a smooth ceremony.”

Though there have been some changes to the ceremony, the commencement mace has stayed constant. According to the 141st handbook, the mace has been carried every ceremony since 1966. The original mace was a walking cane decorated with blue and white silk ribbons representing the color of the school. In 2010, a new mace was designed of cherry hardwood with a replica of ISU’s Presidents Medallion on top. The mace is four inches with 36 blue sapphire stones and is made of gold.

The ceremony is comprised of many factors, he said. There is the register that makes sure the graduating students are eligible to public safety to ensure security, he said.

“When someone graduates, it is a celebration of the completion of an undergraduate or graduate program and the academic accomplishments within the degree.”

Provost Jack C. Maynard

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There are also five speakers that will address each student individually. Maynard predicts that the number of graduates will come close to the record

point.“There will be around 1,300 students graduating,” Maynard said. “There has been

over 1,500 graduates before. We are going to build up that number within the next three years and my projection is that this ceremony will be around two and a half hours.”

Maynard assures that graduation is an important time of any student’s life.“Graduation is a symbolic statement for the completion and achievements of a

student,” Maynard said.

The commencement mace has been a constant PRESENCE since 1966. Originally it was a gift to Professor Caleb Mills, but in 2010 the mace was re-made by College of Technology professor and mechanical technologist Mark Clauss. (Photo courtesy of ISU Communciations and Marketing).

Provost Jack C. Maynard has been coordinating over 100 different commencements over 10 years. He is the chair to the 141st commencement planning committee composed of around 20 members (Photos courtesy of ISU Communications and marketing).

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ISU’s primary robe color consists of blue, white and gold. Students who are involved in various other organizations receive special recognition through attire, sucha as colorful ropes (Photos courtesy of ISU Communications and marketing).


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What do graduates need to know for commencement?Rundown of commencement ceremonies

9:00 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.... A photographer will be present for family or individual photographs in the Heritage Lounge located in Tilson Music Hall.

10:00 a.m........................... Doors to the Hulman Center open for the commencement ceremony. The west side ofHulman Center features a handicap entrance. Free parking is available in Lots 15, 18, 22, C,D, G, M, and in the parking garage on the west side of Hulman Center. Handicap parking isavailable in the Pavillion Lot (7th Street and Larry Bird) and on Eagle Street between 8th and9th Streets. (Access a map of campus at http://www.indstate.edu/news/pdf/campusmap.pdf.)

11:15 a.m........................... Students will line up in Tilson Music Hall located in Tirey Hall

11:40 a.m........................... Students will walk from Tirey Hall to Hulman Center

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12:00 p.m........................... Commencement Exercises at Hulman Center


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Colors lighten up commencement

The gowns and accessories for each graduate differ depending on their

degree level, major or rank. Here are some things to look for at graduation.

Some members of organiza-tions also have various accesso-ries to set themselves apart.

All ISU undergraduate and graduate students wear a blue mortar board with a white and blue tassel.

Graduate students wear hoods colored differently based on

their area of study.

Different cords are issued ac-cording to those who graduate summa cum laude, magna cum

laude or cum laude.

Those who graduated with a Ph.D. can also wear a black tam with a gold tassel.

Faculty members wear robes with the colors of the school that they graduated from.


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Dustyn FathereeAssistant news editor

Indiana State University’s Career Center’s mission aims to prepare students to make career decisions, to meet workplace expectations and to find related employment opportunities.

“The Career Center sponsors career fairs and etiquette dinners along with helping students with cover letters, interviews, résumé preparation and online tools,” said career services executive director Tracy Powers.

She said the etiquette dinner programs cover appropriate interview attire, introductions, business cards and the do’s and dont’s of an etiquette dinner with a potential employee.

“I am impressed with how the turn out of the etiquette and marketing workshops,” Powers said. “We are working on developing a second-level program for

people who have attended the original dinner multiple times. This should be developed and set in motion by next year.”

Aside from direct interaction, the Career Center offers online resources as well. For example, “Career Spots Videos,” which features short videos covering subjects like creating the elevator speech, how to make a résumé pop and top ten interview mistakes, she said.

“InterviewStream offers mock interviews online,” Powers said. “CareerShift is another resource that is a national tool offering corporate websites, professional associations, specific job positions, job by industry and contacts. Sycamore Career Link enables people to research employers and post their rèsumè online.”

Individual staff members are assigned to individual major fields where they advise clients who come in seeking help, she said.

Career center offers resources to students and alumni

Etiquette dinners are programs used to cover interview attire, introductions, business cards and dinner with employers (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).CAREER/12


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Powers advises students to start using the Career Center’s resources sooner than later.

“Having us take a look at people’s rèsumès is a plus because we work very closely with employers, so we know what they are looking for,” Powers said. “We are here to help and point people to the right resources and to also prepare them for the job hunting process.”

The Career Center attracts potential employers to campus by career fairs, community events and resident tours. They are also involved with social organizations

and professional associations that work with employers needing employees. She said the Career Center is in contact with employers from Texas, Chicago, Arkansas and Florida aside from regional areas like Evansville and Indianapolis.

She said they also offer a scholarship and are working on developing a new one.

“We currently have a program (Focus Indiana) that offers a scholarship for a student or alumni who is in an unpaid internship in Indiana,” Powers said. “By popular demand we are also developing another scholarship that is offered for someone who has an unpaid internship outside of Indiana.”

Powers said she is concerned with the visibility of the Career Center. Currently, the office is located on the seventh floor of the Hulman Memorial Student Union, but the office is working to increase the visibility through Residential Life programming, advertisement and improving the website.

Through the enhancement of visibility, Powers has noticed an increase of attendance.

“Throughout this semester, from appointments

and special events, our services have been used around 2,000 times,” Powers said. “Graduation is right around the corner and some students have not started their job search so I encourage them to come in and take advantage of the services before they leave town.”

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The career center holds 15 minute on call sessions with students who don’t make an appointment (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).

The career center holds 15 minute on call sessions with students who don’t make an appointment (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).


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Freshman Leadership Award

Hadley Stinson & Samier Ishtayeh

Sophomore Leadership Award

Jessica Weesner & Bart Stucker

Junior Leadership Award Paul Lawson & Janessa Wolf

Senior Leadership Award Mary Francis & Katelyn Moats

Graduate Leadership Award

Jaimie Biermann &Garrett Hamblen

Student Organization Member of the Year Scott Cunningham (Pi Kappa Alpha) &

WeiWei Long (Chinese Students &

Scholars Association)

Student Organization Leader of the Year Garrett Hamblen

(Pi Kappa Phi)

J.D. Miller Distinguished Service Award

Ann Vassar

Student Organization Advisor of the Year

Dr. Nathan Schaumleffel (Nonprofit Leadership Student Association)

Programming Series of the Year

Once in a Blue Moon (Union Board)

Program/Event of the Year ISU Dance Marathon

Most Improved Student Organization of the Year

Order of Omega

Organization of the Year Chinese Students and Scholars Association

Cross Cultural Programming Award

Service Trip to Uruguay (Baptist Collegiate Ministry)

Outstanding Service Project Award Happiness Bag (Pi Kappa Phi)

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The 2012 Sycamore Leadership Awards recognize outstanding students, student organizations, and programs at Indiana State University. The Division of Student Affairs and Office of Student Activities and Organizations would

like to congratulate this year’s recipients.

Nick HedrickReporter

Ashley Reel’s freshman year at Indiana State University just ended, but she’s well on her way to racking up thousands of dollars in student loan debt.

“I already owe $3,000,” said Reel, a pre-nursing major.

While Reel has a few more years before payments come due, ISU’s Class of 2012 will turn their tassels at a time when Americans owe more in student loans than they do on credit cards, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

College debt totals $867 billion, according to the bank’s figures, which were published in an NPR story this month. By the bank’s count, Americans currently owe $704 billion on credit cards.

ISU’s debt averages are on par with other state institutions offering four-year bachelor’s degree programs, said Crystal Baker, interim director of the Student Financial Office. ISU students graduate with an average debt between $17,000 and $25,000.

“Whether that’s a good or bad thing, we’re right there with them,” Baker said.

While inflation and rising tuition costs contribute to debt increases, but Baker added that loans are much easier to access than in previous generations. Indeed, rising student enrollment is directly contributing to the higher debt, a College Board analyst told NPR.

ISU students primarily fund their education through Stafford loans, Baker said, which are available to students by submitting a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Baker said ISU students typically take out between $15,000 and $20,000 in Stafford loans each year.

Reel said she’s using Stafford loans to help pay her tuition. A job at a Sullivan nursing home and help from her parents brings in extra money.

Unless students arrange otherwise, default loan payments kick in six months after graduation. A student who takes out $20,000 in Stafford loans with a 6.8 percent interest rate over their college career, for instance, would owe $230 in monthly installments, Baker said.

“For some students, that’s kind of daunting,” Baker said, adding that some students could still be looking for their first jobs or may not have a steady source of income.

Companies including Direct Loan, which distribute the Stafford Loan, can help students plan alternate payment methods. Those include graduate repayment plans, in which monthly payments increase as a borrower earns more income.

While various Internet websites provide information and advice about student loans, Baker said her office provides loan counseling. The office can be reached at 812-237-2215.

Students face debt woes before and after graduation

The following Web resources provide advice and information on student loans :• www.indstate.edu/finaid/staffordloans.htm • www.finaid.org


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NEWS OF OUR TIMEThe major events in the world of the Class of 2012

2008Barack Obama elected

as US’s first black president

Nov. 24, 2011 “I photograph a lot of presidential phone calls from the Oval Office. But rarely is the light like this, backlit and reflecting back from a briefing paper. On Thanksgiving Day, the President made phone calls to 10 U.S. military service members -- two each from the Army, Air Force, Coast Guard, Marine Corps and Navy -- to thank them for their service in Iraq and Afghanistan and wish them a Happy Thanksgiving.” (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza)

Nov. 13, 2008 President Daniel J. Bradley and his wife Cheri Bradley at his installation ceremony (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).

President Bradley becomes ISU president


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Congratulations Graduates of 2012

Lauren AdamsRachael BaylessClayton BennettRobert DentonChelsea DunningChristy EmmonsMary FrancisCoy GlassZachary HamilShannon HayesSpencer HemrichCharly HowsonRobert Hutchens

Andrea JacksonKacie KlemNatalie McNabbPatricia MerrionDeJuan MitchellStephanie MurphyVashni RayJoshua SappMelissa SebergerLyndsay SeckingerHayley SmithKatelyn StirekChristopher TincherMorgan WintersBayley Young

From the Department of Psychology

2009US Airways jetliner

ditches into the Hudson River after striking a

bird on taking off from LaGuardia Airport

ISU opens Student Recreation Center


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2010 BP oil spill off Gulf Coast

University Hall renovated to be the new College of Education building after a $30 million donation from the Bayh family


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Dr. Michael Shelden on the American Dream and Education

First of all, I’ve always been fascinated by the fact that America is the only country with a dream named after it. People may dream about living in Italy —I certainly do — but there isn’t an “Italian Dream” similar to the “American Dream.”

Our version isn’t just about having a good life. It’s about being able to remake yourself and shape your own destiny. We don’t have to be stuck with the life we’re given. You can be bagging groceries in your teens and own a supermarket chain in your forties, and nobody will be too shocked by the transformation. We take it for granted that these things can happen here.

Our universities —especially ones like ISU— are enormously important to the American Dream because our doors are open to anyone who really wants to earn an education. Once you have a degree, it’s good for the rest of your life. Nobody can take it away from you, and its value will only increase. As an investment, it can’t be beat.

Students and professors explore education and the American Dream AAron Abel Assistant features editor

On May 5 over 1,300 Indiana State University students will undergo a defining moment in life as they grasp a document that for most of them has come at the price of tens of thousands of dollars, thousands of hours of work and an unquantifiable amount of stress, but nevertheless serves to fulfill a dream; an American Dream.

The American Dream is an idea that has spanned generations within the country and is often associated with the ability for one to attain a level of prosperity and success through hard work. But what is success?

For many, success is the ability to have a home, a family, a life free of struggle with the freedom to pursue any goals one sets. And for many, a college degree is instrumental in attaining success and fulfilling aspirations.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau approximately 30 percent of Americans hold bachelor degrees. According to USA Today, the unemployment rate for American’s with at least a bachelor’s degree is over 5 percent. Therefore, receiving a bachelor’s degree automatically puts one in the top 60 percentile of the American population in terms of education, with a near 95 percent chance of being employed.

“Once you have a degree its good for the rest of your life,” professor of English Michael Shelden said. “Its value will only increase, and as an investment, it can’t be beat.”

While these notions are comforting for the vast majority of soon-to-be graduates, it is hard to ignore the continuous talk of a stagnant economy and a suffering job market. For instance, a more recent USA Today article titled, “Half of new graduates are jobless or underemployed: The U.S. college class of 2012 is in for a rude welcome to the world of work” seems to negate any of these comforting thoughts and leaves one wondering, is it worth it?

Senior physics major Dan Moser said that he needs his degree to achieve his goals, but compares the price of a university education to the likes of indentured servitude.

“Paying the cost of higher education is getting more difficult,” Moser said. “Fifty thousand dollars; it takes a long time to work that off.”

Moser said, due to the mounting price of higher education, it has become increasingly harder over the years to achieve the American Dream.

“Getting a home, that’s the American Dream for a lot of people,” Moser said. “But if you have all that student debt how’s that going to happen?”

The recent USA Today article states that 54 percent of bachelor-degree holders under the age of 25 last year were jobless or underemployed.

Associate Dean of Students Al Perone believes that the problem may lie within lofty expectations and a lack of patience.

“I think that people think they’re going to graduate college and make a lot of money but people don’t throw jobs at you that you’re going to keep for the rest of your life right out of college,” Perone said. “In today’s society people take jobs for a few years and work to get some experience and switch to a better job.”

While pessimism pervades the news media in relation to unemployment numbers, the director of the Career Center, Tracy Powers, hasn’t noticed a negative trend in the job market for new college graduates at ISU.

“From the perspective of the ISU Career Center the number of employers who have been working with us this year is on the rise,” Powers said. “Students who limit the scope of what they’re looking for may find a little more of a challenge but I have been very optimistic about the job search for this year’s class.”

Although Moser has already secured a job upon graduating, he feels as though upward social mobility is much harder to achieve today than it was for his parents generation.

“You can’t just graduate and expect to find a job these days,” Moser said. “It takes a longer amount of time to get your feet off the ground in this day and age.”

Moser’s comments raise another concern with the popular notion of the American Dream: according to most a central characteristic of the idea is the opportunity for upward social mobility.

However, according to a 2007 study on intergenerational economic mobility the United States has a lower level of economic mobility than France, Germany, Sweden, Norway, Canada, Finland and Denmark, stating, “This challenges the notion of


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America as the land of opportunity.” “The opportunities aren’t gone,” Moser said, “but you have to work harder for

them.”While a college degree may not be a ticket to getting rich quickly, many find value

in other elements of a college education.“It is instrumental in different ways,” professor of history Richard Schneirov said.

“For some people its just a meal-ticket, a necessity for vocational purposes. But there’s the larger sense in which a degree is necessary to be a fulfilled person, to be a happy person, to be a well-rounded person,” he said. “That’s not so much the degree itself, it’s not the diploma in hand, it’s what is cultivated in you in the course of your college education.”

Senior criminology major Cassandra Mielcarek agrees with Schneirov.“Education goes far beyond a degree,” Mielcarek said, “and the knowledge granted

by the education should be deemed more valuable than the degree itself.”While many graduates find themselves amidst an exciting and nerve-racking

transition, Dean of the College or Arts and Sciences John Murray believes now is the time to bask in the accomplishment.

“First of all, take a moment to celebrate this wonderful accomplishment,” Murray said. “Don’t be depressed but be hopeful, proud and excited about the next chapter. Be prepared to be flexible, manage your expectations and be practical. Don’t be afraid to ask for what you want.”

Perone also offers advice to the graduates eager to bring their own American Dream into a reality.

“I quote Will Keim,” Perone said, “’The richest person is not the one who has the most, but the one who needs the least.’”

Dr. Schneirov on the American Dream and education

i don’t know if there is a single american dream. i like to speak of american dreams because i think people have different ideals on what constitutes a good life. for some people the dream is to get rich but for other people —i think probably for most people in middle class — the dream is to live up to their potential and to express creativity and spontaneity. if we go further back into history a lot of the american dream is political. after the revolution, the american dream was democracy, self-governance and a republic.

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1. What is your personal definition of the American Dream?

2. What do you feel is the most popular definition of theAmerican Dream in American culture?

3. Do you feel your definition of the American Dream is different from your parents’ generation’s definition?

4. What do you feel is most instrumental in making your own dream a reality?

5. Do you feel as though your college degree will play a part in fulfilling this dream? How or how not?

6. Do you feel as though your quality of life will improve after leaving college? Or is college as good as it gets?

“My dream is to live a life where I know I can be happy and successful even if every single

material thing was taken from me.”-Cassandra Mielcarek, senior criminology major

“Deciding what my dream actually is.” -Keaton Langley, junior english major

“Americans see the American Dream as the ideal white picket fence house, a good paying job and being happily married.”

-Carey Sturgeon, graduate student in English literature

“Maybe. It depends on what I decide to do after college; however, getting a degree

was always part of my dream.” -Allison Conner, senior history major

“I think my parents’ dream was to buy their own house and to raise their children so that they

could have an easier life than they had.” -Al Perone, Associate Dean of Students

“Yes it will improve. I believe I will make more money and have more time to live life.” -Timothy Jewell, junior biology major


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A college degree is instrumental in different ways, for some people it’s just a meal ticket. If you want to become a doctor, you’ll have to get your degree in science before you move on to an M.D.

There’s the sense that a degree is necessary for vocational purposes. But then there’s the larger sense, the liberal art sense in which a degree is necessary to be a fulfilled person, to be a happy person and to be a well-rounded person. That’s not so much the degree itself; it’s not the diploma in hand; it’s what is cultivated in you in the course of your college education.

The most important thing about a college education is what kind of person you become. A lot of people don’t get very much out of college in that sense, but you can, the opportunity is there. At ISU there is a lot of classes you can take where you can begin to think seriously about your path in life, and what it will take for you to be fulfilled as a human being. Education is also important for democratic citizenship. There’s a certain amount of knowledge that’s required, and a certain level of ability to evaluate candidates and parties and policies… education for democracy is very important, and it’s not just democracy as part of our political system but democracy as a way of life and democratic values. The whole idea of democratic values is the idea that institutions and people in power need to be held accountable. That’s what democracy is all about. That’s the key democratic value.

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Incoming freshmen register for classes, learn about academic programs and familiarize themselves with the campus during New Student Orientation (Photos courtesy of ISU Com-munications and Marketing).

Indiana State University EventsNew Student Orientation preps students for

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Students and staff celebrate Homecoming with a week-long celebration of games, parades and sports (Photos courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).

Sycamores show their school spirit during Homecoming


2012Students gather in Dede Plaza to study and socialize

Students spend time at the fountain at Dede Plaza to do homework and catch up with friends (Photos courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).


2012Spring Week activitites bring Sycamores together

Entertainment such as musical performances, a tandem bike race and a carnival allow Sycamores to have some fun on campus (Photos courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).


2012Students celebrate their achievements at commencement

Graduates hold their diplomas with pride during ISU’s Fall 2011 commence-ment ceremony (Photos courtesy of ISU Communcations and Marketing).


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Overcoming obstacles: Student achieves goals, awarded with

President’s medalDay’Jonnae RigginsReporter

Mary Francis, who is completing a bachelor’s degree in psychology, is being recognized by the university as this year’s President’s Medal beneficiary at Spring Commencement.

“I cried [when I received the President’s Scholar Award],” she said. “I just would never have imagined a little girl from the projects, barely getting into college, receiving such a prestigious award all because of things I was passionate about.”

Originally from Hammond, Ind., Francis came to Indiana State University with the intent to get fully involved. Francis joined the Freshman Council her freshman year, as well as Union Board and Sankofa, a mentoring program for African American students.

She became co-founder of the Student African American Sisterhood (SAAS) organization. Francis sought to bring up the consciousness of young black women on-campus.

“I didn’t feel like we had an organization [at the time] that we could call a true sisterhood,” Francis said. “There were a lot of organizations that were doing things on-campus, but I needed someone I could go and talk to, to have real conversations and not be judged. We wanted a safe zone of sisters I could just call whenever needed, [and] I greatly appreciated that.”

She was selected as the 2009-2010 Election Commissioner for ISU’s Student Government Association, and was the host of Bless The Mic, a biweekly event held in the Charles E. Brown African American Cultural Center.

As a McNair scholar, she aimed to help low-income, first generation and other underrepresented college students prepare for doctoral study.

Despite all of her earned successes, the road to victory was not a smooth journey for Francis.

Upon entering ISU, she was put into the Academic Opportunity Program (AOP), which is designed to help individual students who are admitted to the university be able to develop their academic performance in order to achieve and maintain good academic standing.

With determination, Francis said she removed herself from the program her freshman year.

“I just would never have imagined a little girl from the projects, barely getting into college, receiving such a prestigious award...”Mary Francis, senior psychology major

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“The first semester, I [earned] a 3.78 GPA and was able to get out of the program,” Francis said.

One of Mary Francis’s biggest priorities was choosing a major.

“I chose psychology [as my major] because I took a [psychology] class in high school, and I just loved the theories,” she said. “It drove me to know more [about] how the minds of other people think,” Francis said. “I was [also] a mediator for my high school, and I liked the whole thing of resolving conflicts. I knew that was something I wanted to do in my life.”

After her mother’s death, Francis’ goals and dreams were not diminished or crushed. She said she was able to stay motivated and determined, as a promise she made to her mother.

“After my mom passed, I had to stay focused because my biggest fear was, if I let go and allow myself to feel hurt, I wouldn’t have gotten my goals,” she said. “Right before she passed, I let her know I was going to achieve everything I told her I would and more in honor of her. I’m a woman of my word, and I have to do it.”

The ISU community also played part in motivating Francis to continue on the road to her dreams.

“[When my mom passed], everything was gone, I had no feeling left. I was hurt and devastated, but I had to be mindful that there were so many people on-campus that looked up to me, that needed me, and I need them. That motivated me.”

Francis has had several experiences in her academic stay at ISU.

“I got to study abroad in London,” she said. “I had to go to several conferences as a part of my McNair research project, and I’ve really seen myself grow into an actual scholar.”

After graduation, she will be attending Auburn University in Auburn, Ala., studying in a clinical mental health counseling program.

She attributes much of her success to her sisters, father, mother, boyfriend and God.

“If I were to write my younger self a letter, I would say to stay confident in myself, stay encouraged always and to find God,” Francis said, “and do what’s right even when others see what you are as not right.”

Francis hopes that other students can find encouragement when the times get tough, as well.

“Often times we allow others or ourselves to get in the way of our destinies. A quote by Marianne Williamson says, ‘Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate; our deepest fear is we are powerful beyond measure.’ I feel like that holds true because sometimes, we are afraid of things we can achieve. Don’t expect things. Just do it out of the kindness of your heart, and God will reward you anyways.”

“Right before [my mom] passed, I let her know I was going to achieve everything I told her I would and more in honor of her. I’m a woman of my word, and I have to do it.”mary francis, senior psychology major

Three students honored with Rankin AwardsThree students have been presented with the Rankin Memorial Distinguished Senior Awards, highlighting

their efforts to improve campus life during their time at ISU. The award is named after Alan C. Rankin, ISU’s seventh president, who served from 1965-1975. The award

traditionally recognizes seniors who have demonstrated outstanding and dedicated leadership ability in campus organizations, as well as the Wabash Valley community. Those awarded must have a minimum of a 3.25 GPA.

Katie Davis will be graduating with a bachelor’s degree in human development and family studies and a minor in recreation management and youth leadership. Davis has served as student director of annual giving and on the fundraising committee for the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance and AmeriCorps, a writing consultant for the student writing center and as an English department tutor. Community activities include serving as a March for Babies intern and a funding review team member for United Way of the Wabash Valley and Ronanld McDonald House Charities.

Shannon Hayes is completing a bachelor’s degree in psychology with a minor in sociology. She has served as vice president of internal affairs, secretary-treasurer and community service committee chair for Hulman Memorial Student Union Board, as a Summer Honors counselor, as a learning community peer assistant and as a orientation leader and Fall Welcome coordinator for New Student Transition Programs. Hayes plans to obtain employment either at a university or for a nonprofit organization before attending graduate school in the field of school counseling.

Nicholas Long is completing a bachelor’s degree in athletic training and plans to continue his education in a physician assistant studies program. His campus involvement includes a variety of leadership positions with Alpha Tau Omega fraternity, as a Sycamore move-in volunteer, as a alumni golf outgoing planning committee and as a competitive athletic training program assistant. In addition to the Rankin Award, Long has been honored with the ISU Top Scholar award, the Lily Endowment Community Scholarship and Most Outstanding Chapter Member.


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Student to receive ISU diploma, 3,723 miles awayElla dEla PEna Reporter

Criminology major Shannon Swart will receive her Indiana State University degree this spring without ever stepping foot on-campus.

Swart can be found 3,723 miles away in Palmer, Alaska with her husband and four teenage children. At 40 years old, she has been married for 15 years.

Swart has maintained a strong interest in criminal justice; early in her college career, she worked as a correctional office at a correctional facility.

Despite the immense distance, Swart found it convenient to enroll at ISU because of its distance education program, along with being able to easily transfer a lot of her credits from Ivy Tech Community College, she said.

“The benefits are great,” Swart said. “I don’t have time to go to campus or rearrange my life to find time for classes.”

Apart from being thousands of miles

away from campus, Swart said the schooling process is similar to a more tradition, on-site student.

“I do it all online,” she said. “Just like anything else, I still have deadlines to complete my homework.”

While Swart experiences many benefits with ISU’s distance education program, she does face some difficulties that come with the distance.

“The only difficulties I have faced is not being able to see an adviser if I have questions,” she said, “[but] Mr. Burns, who works in the criminology department, has been a great help.”

While Swart wishes she could travel to ISU for commencement next week, her job as a flight attendant keeps her busy, especially as the summer tourist season approaches. Swart however, is still proud to be graduating with a degree and plans to re-enter the criminal justice field.

“Even though I felt highly overwhelmed [throughout college], I continued,” Swart said.

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Five grads receive Hines medals for academic accomplishments

George Ralph Fritch IV is graduating with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry, with a bio-chemistry concentration and a major in biology. Fritch has been accepted to the Indiana University School of Medicine. During his ISU career, Fritch served as president of the American Chemical Society student chapter and participated in the University Honors program. He has also received the P.D. Wilkinson award, placed third in an Earth Day poster competition and was a Stanley Scholarship recipient.

Megan Cornett is graduating with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and mathematics education and plans to teach high school math. In addition to the Hines medal, Cornett has also been recognized as this year’s outstanding senior by the department of mathematics and computer science. She has also received the Indiana Council of Teachers of Mathematics scholarship, the President’s Academic Excellence scholarship and the Donald and Mary Jo Stanley scholarship.

Katie Davis is completing a bachelor’s degree in human development and family studies and a minor in recreation management and youth leadership. She will be moving to Milwaukee with her husband after graduation. She intends to work for a health-related or youth-serving nonprofit organization and eventually attend graduate school. Within the year, she also intends to become a certified family life educator. Davis has also been awarded the Rankin award during her stay at ISU.

Shannon Hayes is graduating with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and a minor in sociology. She plans to work at either a univerity or for a nonprofit organization before attending graduate school in the field of school counseling. She has served as vice president of internal affairs, secretary-treasurer and community service committee chair for the Homecoming steering committee, as the community service committee

chair and coordinator for the Spring Week committee, as a dance marathon participant and as a Summer Honors counselor. She has also participated in the University Honors Student Association, and has worked as a learning community peer assistant. In addition to the Hines medal, Hayes has received the Rankin award in recognition of campus and community leadership, the President’s Academic Excellence scholarship, the Sophomore leadership award, the Richard G. Landini Outstanding Junior award, the Jerry Vargo Participation award, the Linda Eldred Distinguished Service award and two honors from Union Board.

Indiana State University has presented the Hines Memorial medal to five graduating seniors for their successes during their time at ISU. The award is named after Linnaeus Hines, who served as the fourth president of ISU from 1921 to 1933. The Hines medal is awarded to students with the highest cumulative grade point average during the pursuit of a bachelor’s degree at Indiana State. Recipients will be recognized during Indiana State’s Spring Commencement.

Veronica Silver is completing a bachelor’s degree in elementary and special education and will be teaching kindergarden this fall at Williamsport Elementary School. While at Indiana State, Silver has been active in the Indiana Student Education Association and 4-H. In addition to the Hines medal, she has been recognized as a high honor collegiate scholar, a Sycamore scholar and is a member of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars.


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Chance taken: Tomak trumps doubts, earns degreeJennifer SickingISU Communications and Marketing

When Benjamin Tomak walked on to Indiana State University’s campus in 2010, he did so with a certain amount of fear and self doubt.

On May 5, Tomak will cross the stage at Hulman Center and graduate. Beyond achieving his degree, Tomak found a future by defeating his doubts. He received a fellowship for a one year master’s program in history at the University of Liverpool. After completing that degree, he will attend the University of Delaware, where he also received a fellowship to work on a master’s and doctorate.

The man who once had trouble attending classes now wants to be a history professor.“I want to be the kind of professor I’ve had here,” Tomak said.Tomak enrolled at ISU in 1998 after graduating from high school. Two years later, he dropped

out. Then he dropped out of Indiana University and Ball State University, admitting that he didn’t have a willingness to attend class.

“I always kind of regretted it, but I put it in the back of my mind,” he said.He went to work in the restaurant industry and worked his way up to a general manager position.“I was making good money,” he said. “I was in charge of the place, but I absolutely hated my life.”But he began to read again and, in reading, found his path. He delved into history - his major

while at ISU - and soon spent his days off reading that subject.“I thought ‘Once upon a time, you had a chance to do this,’” he said about studying history. While

the idea of returning to college tempted him, his doubts raised their specters. “I was terrified I’d fail again.”

But in 2010, with the support of his girlfriend, now fiancée, he decided to go for it. He also had a plan, one that had worked his first semester back in school at Ivy Tech Community College. He attended every class. He sat in the front row. He listened. Every day, he worked on his homework.

Benjamin Tomak poses in front of Buckingham Palace in London (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).

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Instead of failing, he succeeded. He also discovered something else.

“I started loving it,” he said.Though he lived in Bloomington, Tomak decided to

attend Indiana State because he had accumulated some college class credit from his previous stint. He also found help when he had questions.

“At that stage, I needed people in my corner,” he said.With his mantra of “Don’t miss class,” ringing in his

head, he made it to every class, even driving through snow and ice from Bloomington.

He also found professors that encouraged him.“Right away I noticed that Benjamin was absolutely

determined to do something with his life,” said Robert Hunter, history professor and Tomak’s adviser. “He wanted to prove to himself that what happened earlier was not the real Benjamin Tomak.”

Hunter described his role as helping Tomak figure out what he would need to do at ISU into order to gain admission into a highly-competitive graduate program, and also inspiring him in order to boost his confidence. Hunter told Tomak his own story of being a struggling, first-generation college student with limited financial means who dreamed of attending an Ivy League graduate school, and had made it into Harvard.

“Since study abroad had not only enhanced my competitiveness but also changed my life,” Hunter said, “I suggested that he consider this.”

However, Tomak at first laughed at the idea.“I had about 100 reasons why that was impossible,” he

said. “I mean, who hasn’t thought about it. Financially, it was impossible to do.” Except that it wasn’t. Hunter convinced Tomak to meet with Janis Halpern, director for academic programs abroad.

“I went to talk to her with absolutely no expectations and I walked out with hope that it might be possible,” he said. “She’s the kindest, most helpful woman, period.”

Tomak received three scholarships, including the Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship from the U.S. Department of State, to pay for his study abroad semester. The money allowed him not only to study at the University of Chester in England, but to also travel in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales as well as to Paris and Rome. He also found a graduate program that interested him in nearby Liverpool.

“For Ben, I wanted to ‘make it happen’ so he could go. For him it wasn’t just an ‘adventure’ to travel, but more a way to open doors to a future as a university professor,” Halpern said.

“I was transformed by the whole experience,” Tomak said. “I went over knowing that I wanted to be a professor and go to grad school. This made things less vague. I knew what I wanted to do and what I wanted to write about.”

Tomak plans to study the Atlantic world in American and European contexts. In Liverpool, he will earn an interdisciplinary master’s degree in the study of the global 18th century. That degree, he thinks, will be useful when he returns to the United States and studying history.

Benjamin Tomak visited the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Despite his early trouble of attending classes, Tomak will be receiving his degree and hopes to be a history professor (Photo courtesy of ISU Communications and Marketing).

“To study 17th and 18th century topics in England and get that perspective is invaluable,” Tomak said. “Early American history is British history. What I want to study doesn’t go much past the American Revolution.”

On his return to Terre Haute and ISU after studying abroad, an excited Tomak began meeting with Isaac Land, an associate professor of history. Land created a reading list of 17 books for Tomak. Once a week, the two would meet at Coffee Grounds and discuss the book they read for the week. During those months of meeting, they discussed books usually read by graduate students such as “The Ordeal of Elizabeth Marsh: A Woman in World History,” “Provincializing Europe: Postcolonial Thought and Historical Difference” and “The Satanic Verses.”

“I wanted to give him a broader repertoire and a sense of the diversity of scholarly approaches,” Land said. “The list was tailored to his particular weaknesses with gender history, race and nationalism.”

Tomak described Land’s work as “above and beyond” and he said the reading list proved the key to help unlock

graduate programs’ doors.“This is why most of us went into this profession,” Land

said. “It’s not just about educating, it’s to really build a scholar, to build a thinker.”

Tomak applied to 12 graduate schools and was accepted to eight.

“I have been planning this for more than two years and now it is here,” Tomak said about graduate school. “This is someone who never had a goal or had seen something through in his life.”

The University of Delaware, one of his top picks, besides offering a fellowship, allowed him to defer for a year to complete his schooling at the University of Liverpool.

“It’s like I’m a different person,” Tomak said looking forward to graduation. “Coming back to ISU was absolutely the right decision to make...I had a level of support at ISU all along the way. I thought, ‘What if I fail again?’ Now, I’m going to a world famous university across the ocean.”

“If you’ve had setbacks, there’s no barrier to recovery,” Land said. “He’s laid the ghosts of his past to rest.”

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