Trends: Winter 2006 (Volume 2, Issue 2)

Winter 2006 volume 2 issue 2THE MAGAZINE FOR STUDENTS, ALUMNI, AND FRIENDS OF INDIANA TECH

Tech Students, Faculty & Staff Support the Katrina

Relief Effort

“From Tech to the Moon”Alum George Shyrock Shares His Story

New Coach Spotlight:Jeff Parrish

Faculty portrait:Jack Phlipot

Volume two, Issue two

Copyright © 2006 Indiana Institute of Technology

Arthur E. Snyder, Ed.D., President

Trends is published quarterly for students, alumni, faculty, staff, and friends of Indiana Tech by the university’s Creative Services Department.

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Faculty Portrait: Jack Phlipot ................................... 2 Meet the man who’s fleshing out the new biomedical engineering program.

Picking up the Pieces ..................... 4 Tech students who helped with the relief efforts in Louisiana tell their stories.

New Coach Spotlight: Jeff Parrish ..................................... 6 There’s a new leader on the sidelines for the men’s basketball team.

From Tech to the Moon ................. 9 The alumni spotlight is on George Shyrock.

A Fair to Remember ...................... 8 The annual job fair was a big hit.

L3 Forum Season Wrap-up ............10

RBE Symposium, A Big Success ....11

Letter from the President .............. 1

In Memoriam ................................10

Faculty & Staff News .....................11

Alumni Briefs & News ..................12

Sports Schedules ...........................13

Features Stories

On the CoverThe cover picture was taken on December 20th when the snow piled 8 inches high, temperatures dropped into single digits, and the sun shined brightly. But it wouldn’t last. A week later it was raining with lightning, thunder and flooding - just in time for the new year. For yet another year we find ourselves asking “Why stay in this crazy Indiana weather?” The answer’s easy: You can’t find Indiana Tech anywhere else.

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Greetings and Happy New Year!

As we begin a new year, and the second half of our academic year, we continue to focus on our theme “Raise Your Expectations.” In this issue you will read about our effort to bring together students, faculty, and staff to engage in dialogue about a variety of issues in our society (pg. 10 “L3 Forum Season Wrap Up”). I feel very strongly about the importance of civil discourse on our campus; it is valuable to the growth of all of our constituencies, perhaps most of all to our learners…but not them alone. I believe that we all can grow in knowledge and wisdom as we experience the views of others. This is the basis for maturity and lifelong learning.

Building the L3 Amphitheater and teaching area was the “bricks and mortar” needed to initiate and support the vision I had for campus discourse. However, the bricks and mortar are meaningless without open and enthusiastic participants to bring them to life. I am pleased to report that we conducted two successful discussion forums outdoors this fall using the amphitheater and one in our theater this winter. Each forum has grown in attendance and interaction. The intellectual capital of our campus has come alive in a new way!

It is my view that our nation’s campuses are among the most active and vibrant laboratories that support our democracy. The safety of our campus provides an

opportunity for our students to experience the freedom of discourse and the responsibility of citizenship. Our nation was built on discussion and debate. As educators and learners, we owe it to each other to create and cultivate opportunities for discourse. To this end, I trust and count on our faculty to teach varying points of view and to share their knowledge openly. I see our faculty as the guardians of academic life at Indiana Tech. They are up to my challenge to raise our expectations at every turn.

In short, we are all about fostering robust and open dialogue on our campus. Come, join us!

Cordially,

Arthur E. Snyder, Ed.D.President

from the President

“Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could most easily defeat us.”

-Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas

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While working at one of the leading manufacturers of orthopedic implants, Biomet in Warsaw, Phlipot wasn’t exactly looking for a new job. But through professor Jeff Walls, Tech MBA grad Phlipot received a call to gauge his interest in becoming an associate professor for the new biomedical engineering degree program. Having had previous teaching experience with Ivy Tech in addi-tion to extensive corporate experience in the industry, it was an intriguing call.

Phlipot received his BS in Manufacturing Technology in 1986 from Bowling Green State University. Two years later, he was working for Zimmer, Inc. in Warsaw as a project manager for hips and knees and development engineer in knee systems. After six years at Zimmer, Phlipot traded in hips and knees for a stint in automo-tive design engineering. In 1996, he moved back into

biomedical engineering at Biomet, where he excelled for 9½ years. While at Biomet, he worked in product development in hip and shoulder systems and handled marketing management duties.

“Tech liked my background in biomed and marketing. When they approached me about the new degree pro-gram, I realized the need for a program with homegrown talent – students who were from the area and who would stay and work in the area,” stated Phlipot, who began his employment with Tech in August of 2005. The biomedical engineering program focuses on biomechanic skills – studying joints, muscles, bones and nerves to discover ways that artifi-cial devices can be created to interface with or replace them.

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In addition to his duties at Tech, Phlipot is the vice president for Hands of Hope In-ternational, a medical missions team that travels to Guatemala three times a year. Phlipot travels on one of those missions a year working the pharmacy and sharing evangelism. Domestically, he works occa-sionally at the Orthopedic Learning Cen-ter in Chicago, which teaches hands-on orthopedic surgical skills. “I want to work with the surgeons to ensure a great learn-ing experience. I can keep in touch with the latest procedures and pay attention to the shop talk.”

Phlipot has high expectations for the bio-medical engineering program, which just launched this fall. He is active in the re-cruiting process with day school admis-sions staff in order to help build the pro-gram. He also assists current students with resumes and internship opportuni-ties in the biomedical field.

Under Jack Phlipot’s leadership, Indiana Tech hopes to become a leader in biomed-ical engineering education.

Jack’s Facts

Hobbies/Interests: Cooking and baking desserts

Favorite Food: Chocolate (I’m looking for the ultimate chocolate cake recipe.)

Favorite Human Joint: Shoulder

“Pictures on television do it no justice,” said Corey Smith, an In-diana Tech student in the College of Professional Studies. “When you see it in person, it’s just devastating.”

Smith is from New Orleans but has lived in Indianapolis for about eight or nine years. However, much of his family and friends still lived in the New Orleans area, and he never thought twice about opening his home to them. His father, stepmother, aunt, uncle, and cousin as well as Smith’s best friend and his wife and son stayed with Smith for about three or four weeks after the hurricane.

“The important thing was that everyone was safe,” he said. “Every-one lost homes, they lost material items, things they can’t replace, like photos. But everyone was safe.”

Smith’s stepmother is working now, and his friend’s wife has en-rolled at Indiana-Purdue Indianapolis. Smith said they know it will be 18 to 24 months before they can go home. The families are still negotiating with insurance companies about rebuilding their homes.

“It’s a huge undertaking for both parties–the insurance companies and the people,” Smith said. “And a lot of times the people are the losers.”

Smith visited New Orleans in October, more than a month after the hurricane hit, and said nothing had been cleaned up at that time. “It looked like a bomb went off in the city.”

While Smith’s connection to the hurricane and its aftermath was very personal through family and friends, others were drawn in through a desire to help those in need. Jarmeika Taylor, an Indiana Tech sophomore, was part of the military’s relief effort. She is a member of the 113th A Company but was deployed to Mississippi with the 1/293rd Infantry.

“We were in Mississippi about six weeks, maybe seven,” she said. “I kind of lost count.”

Taylor’s unit started off at Camp Shelby (Hattiesburg) and ran sup-plies to various counties. Then they moved to an airfield in Pasca-goula for a while and then moved to a warehouse-type structure.

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“Then we went back to the airfield expecting to come home and they told us that we had to stay another two weeks because of Hurricane Rita,” she said. “Eventually we went back to Camp Shelby and then to an Air Force base in Gulfport for about two weeks. At Camp Shelby we slept in the barracks. At the Air Force base we slept in air conditioned tents. Everywhere else we slept in or on our trucks.”

Taylor drove a 5-ton truck and delivered sup-plies to the various locations that were hand-ing out food, water, and ice.

“The people down there, they were great,” she said. “They were usually smiling and friendly. No one was bitter. They were all glad we were helping them get the supplies they needed.”

Being away from school for a large part of the fall semester did cause some disruption to Taylor’s education.

“Soccer season had just begun and classes had just started. I missed the entire soccer season and about six weeks of classes,” she ex-plained. “So when I got back I re-enrolled in classes and did my best to make up the work I missed plus the work that was currently be-ing assigned. Now that the semester is over, I can proudly say that I made it out with one A, and three B’s.”

In Taylor’s mind, the opportunity to help people in need was worth any inconvenience to her.

“The challenge was great and overcoming it was even greater,” she said “If I could do it all over again, I wouldn’t change a thing.”

Indiana Tech faculty, staff, and students donated about $2,500 to the American Red Cross as a group, while many individuals helped out on their own. Admissions counselor Brienne Sprunger traveled to New Orleans with a church group just before Christmas.

“After the hurricane hit, our church decided to form a commit-tee to discuss how we could help our sister church in the area,” she

explained. “The committee meets once a week to plan and discuss the next steps, including fundraisers, donation drives, and plans for future mission trips for help with cleanup.”

While visiting the area, Sprunger’s group was given a driving tour of the area damaged by the hurricane.

“As we drove around there were markings on all the houses which identified which unit had searched the area, the date of the search, how many were found living, and how many were found dead,” she said. “It was an eye-opening experience, and to have someone who lived through the hurricane telling us the stories of their family and friends who lived in the area was amazing.”

Sprunger’s church group donated two vans and a trailer full of supplies and took two families Christmas shop-ping with money donated by church members. Although it has been four months since the hurricane, she said there is still a great need for help.

“When talking with the citizens of the area all of them had a consis-tent story that the government was making no plans for cleanup for at least two years, possibly three,” she explained. “There is a huge need for volunteers to go and help gut houses and start the cleanup process.”

Those still living in the New Orleans area face a range of challenges. Mail delivery is inconsistent, making it difficult to communicate and pay bills. Public transportation is slowly re-opening. Stores and other businesses have limited hours because of a lack of employees. Although businesses are hiring, many people have nowhere to live and can’t take jobs. But Sprunger said people are coping.

“Even with these drawbacks the people that we came in contact with were still in high spirits and working toward building their future,” she said.

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Jason Kline may not rank with basketball coaching legends like Bob Knight, Gene Keady, and Dean Smith, but he did build a successful Warrior team during his seven years at Indiana Tech. Jeff Parrish, however, had no fears about stepping into Kline’s shoes as men’s basketball coach this season.

“I had a good relationship with Jason and with his dad (athletic director Dan Kline),” Parrish said of his three years as assistant coach to Jason. “I knew the kids, and I was pretty familiar with the school, so that helped a lot.”

Parrish and the younger Kline actually have very similar backgrounds.

“He’s an only child, I’m an only child. He grew up with a dad who was an educator and coach his whole life,

I grew up with a dad who was a coach and educator,” Parrish explained. “We blended really well. Jason was comfortable with me stepping up, and I was comfortable doing it.”

Parrish’s coaching experience spans more than 20 years, including serving as assistant basketball coach at Churubusco High School, head basketball coach at Hicksville (Ohio) High School, and head baseball coach at South Side High School in Fort Wayne. He is a Fort Wayne native and graduate of Concordia High School and Tri-State University. His father, Glen, was a high school basketball coaching legend in Fort Wayne earning nearly 425 wins in 37 years.

Parrish says he never had any doubts about a career as a coach.

Former Assistant Parrish Takes on Head Coach Role in Men’s Hoops


Favorite food: Pizza

Favorite basketball team (other than Indiana Tech): Michigan State

Favorite sport other than basketball: Baseball

Favorite movie: “Against All Odds”

Favorite vacation spot: Cancun

“It got into my blood early and it stayed,” he explained. “Growing up I saw my mom and dad have a happy home and a successful life, and I wanted that. So far, so good.”

When announcing Parrish as the new head coach, Dan Kline stressed that he would maintain continuity in the success and philosophy of the program.

“Number one, for Jason and for me, has always been you’re going to get your degree if you come to Indiana Tech,” Parrish said. “Even if your athletic career is over, we’re going to stay after you to graduate. We want them to be able to survive on their own after college, not ask mom and dad for everything.”

He stresses that he wants the student-athletes to become better people, and basketball is second or third

on the list of priorities.

“They have to take care of a few other obligations first,” he says. “Then they can come in the gym and take care of basketball.”

When it comes to basketball philosophy, Parrish stresses defense, rebounding, and running the fast break. But he knows it won’t be easy to maintain recent success after losing several key players who were seniors on last year’s squad. He said he tries to keep the team upbeat but realistic.

“I knew we weren’t going to win 29 games (like last year’s team). That had never happened before,” he said. “I knew it was going to be tough; I wasn’t blind coming in.”

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On December 1, over 200 students attended the In-diana Tech Career Fair 2005 in hopes of finding em-ployment or internships with local companies. This year’s fair welcomed 63 companies who themselves were in search of quality employees.

This is the second year that the Career Planning & Development Center (CPDC) has hosted a college fair for Tech students. Companies such as Merrill Lynch, Regal Beloit, Superior Essex and Wells Fargo were in attendance as well as government agencies, includ-ing the FBI and Social Security Administration.

Tom Rhoades, Captain and Director of Training for the Fort Wayne Police Department, noted many benefits of attending Tech’s career fair. “Career fairs such as this allow organizations like us to reach out to

up-and-coming leaders in our community. We have a chance to tell them who we are.” Rhoades also stated that the new criminal justice degree program has opened up opportunities for their department. “Dr. (Neil) Moore is a natural salesperson for our de-partment.”

Students also found benefit in attending the fair. “There aren’t a lot of openings in my career field, but this has been beneficial for me to get to know Fort Wayne companies since I am not from this area,” commented sophomore information systems major Keshia Adkins.

The CPDC hopes to attract additional companies next year and to also target several major corporations outside northeast Indiana.

a fair to remember Indiana Tech Career Fair 2005


friend from my home town, Al Sellens, was so enthused about

Indiana Tech that he talked me into enrolling in 1949. Sellens managed to stay single during his college days and graduated with his BSEE in 1951. On the other hand, I met and married a lovely Fort Wayne girl and my family responsibilities slowed me down considerably. In my last year at Tech I was a full time student and a full time employee! It took me until May of 1954 to earn my BSRE degree.

After getting my degree I discov-ered my real interest was in the aerospace industry, so most of the next 20 years were spent in research, development, and pro-duction programs with several major corporations. My employ-ers included General Electric, Bell Aircraft, Fairchild Aircraft, Applied Science Corporation of Princeton (NJ), the Slumberger Corporation (France), Texas Instruments, Mo-hawk Data Sciences, and North American Rockwell. All these en-gineering positions were challeng-ing and of great interest. I worked on a fascinating variety of military missiles, aircraft, and spacecraft including Gemini and Apollo. This last was the high point in my engi-neering career! I was a member of North American Rockwell’s Launch Operations at the Kennedy Space Center during the Apollo-Saturn program. When the first lunar land-ing was accomplished in 1969 I was an engineering manager on

the Apollo Command and Service Modules at the Space Center and will always feel great pride in hav-ing had an engineering role in that extraordinary achievement!

Less than a year after the Apollo 11 lunar landing, NASA made substantial reductions in personnel at the Kennedy Space Center and I was, for the first time in my engineer-ing career, released along with thousands of other engineers and techni-cians. I made numerous attempts to connect with other firms but found my experience and background as a senior aerospace engineer was greater than many corporations were seeking. With a wife and five children to support, I returned to Sarasota, Fla., and entered the insurance world. The initial years were a study in frustration but eventually I made it through a dif-ficult startup and moved on to open my own agency. Twenty years of dedicated, hard work produced ex-cellent results, and I was able to retire in 1990.

A father of five, grandfather of eight, and great-grandfather of five, my retirement years are being happily spent writing and publishing books about our family lines for the ben-efit of my descendants.

There are many fine memories of my years at Indi-ana Tech. In ad-dition to being a serious student, I served on the Student Council, was a makeup ed-itor on The Tech-nician, served as president of the

Kekiongan Amateur Radio Club (W9BHR), and sang in the Glee Club. I have always been pleased with two facts in my life: choosing engineering as a career and being a graduate of Indiana Tech.

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ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT: GEORGE H. SHYROCK, SR.


A primary reason that the L3 amphi-theater and outdoor classroom were created on the Fort Wayne campus was to involve the university commu-nity in civil discourse. In keeping with this theme, the L3 Forums were cre-ated. These forums encourage open dialogue among the entire university community. Indiana Tech offered three such forums this past semester.

The forums begin with a single theme that encourages discussion on individ-ual ideas and perceptions. Facilitators allow open discussion while remain-ing neutral, asking questions to help facilitate the dialogue. The first forum was a result of the Hurricane Katrina

situation, asking the question “What is our responsibility in times of domestic crisis?” The second forum, titled “War: What is it good for?” led by President Snyder, discussed the reasons that wars are started and their positive or negative impacts and outcomes. The third forum, held in the Andorfer Theater due to chilly winter weather, focused on prejudice and diversity.

Elaine Pontillo, vice president for Aca-demic Affairs, is the driving force be-hind the forums. “I believe that a uni-versity should provide opportunities for students to explore their thoughts and ideas with others. We are trying to create a more learning-centered at-mosphere by holding forums that en-courage open discussions outside of the classroom,” stated Pontillo.

The forums have received very positive feedback from students. Some faculty members require their class to attend the forums, but many students come voluntarily to join in discussions with fellow students, faculty and staff.

New forum ideas and facilitators are already being planned for next year, including topics such as relationship-based education (a follow-up to De-cember’s campus wide symposium), a follow-up on the prejudice and diver-sity issue, and adoption.

While faculty and staff are asked to develop new ideas for topics, students will also be encouraged to join in the planning process. “Anyone in the uni-versity community can come up with ideas,” added Pontillo.

In MemoriamHarold F. Wiblin Harlan, IN BSEE 1973Dhu aine Davis Bruceville, IN BSEE 1955Russell E. Lutz Mohnton, PA BSCE 1949Harry J. Okeson Fort Wayne, IN BSCE 1959

Maurice Carpenter Reedsport, OR BSDR 1957John C. O’Donnell Fair Oaks, CA BSEE 1962William W. Warren Telford, PA BSRE 1951Robert Ickes Barto, PA BSEE 1949

Robert W. Niemeyer Germantown, WI BSME 1942Marcel Cloutier Framingham, MA BSEE 1959Albert Wanzie Mount Carmel, PA BSCE 1948Willard G. Bloss Brentwood, TN BSRE 1949

Roswell Samuelson Cedar Rapids, IA BSRE 1951Ronald E. Dupuy Bullhead City, AZ BSME 1959

We have learned of the deaths of the following alumni and friends:


Season Wrap-up


Tech Community Explores Relationship Based Education

Faculty & Staff News

Indiana Tech has welcomed several new staff mem-bers to the university:• Lacy Monday, administrative assistant (Plainfield)• George Leugers, programmer/analyst• Jeri L. Burkhart, enrollment manager (Warsaw)• Maria Reichhart, associate admissions counselor• Glenn Druhot, director of the Career Planning and Development Center• Austin Yoder, associate admissions counselor• Robert Hobbs, coordinator of custodial services• Steven Hanan, director of Institutional Advancement• Sharmila Chowdhury, CPS admissions representative• Shelly Bounds, controller

Institutional Advancement...Advances!

The Office of Institutional Advancement has experi-enced new additions to their department over recent months.

Louise Jackson was recently promoted to vice presi-dent for Institutional Advancement. Jackson over-sees the department and works closely with donors on gifts of $1,000 or more. Chad Pieper, a former admissions counselor for Tech, has stepped into the role of director, alumni relations and annual fund. He focuses on alumni relations and gifts of less than $1,000. Our new director of grants, Linda Kreft, came to us from Arts United and focuses solely on grant-writing and grant opportunities. The new-est member of the team is Steve Hanan, director of Institutional Advancement. Hanan works closely with Louise on gifts of more than $1,000.

This newly formed team is supported by the efforts of administrative assistant, Sheena Gambrell and travel coordinator, Julie Thiel. Diane Maldeney, a prospect researcher for the department, has retired from Indiana Tech after 30 years.

In searching for a way to describe what makes Indiana Tech spe-cial, Professor Steve Dusseau was struck by the term “relationship based education.” In early December, about 150 participants gath-ered in Andorfer Commons to explore what relationship based edu-cation really means. The symposium brought students, faculty, and staff together to answer thought-provoking questions.

“How can we further this idea,” President Arthur Snyder asked in his opening remarks at the symposium. “This is the begin-ning of more exploration than we ever thought it to be...but it’s worth it.”

Dusseau stressed the need to learn from students and spend time with them.

After the opening remarks from Snyder and Dusseau, the par-ticipants were divided into small groups to talk about the signifi-cant teachers in their lives. They discussed the traits of those teachers and how those traits can be developed and applied at Indiana Tech.

The groups then reconvened in the theater to report their findings and compiled a list of more than 50 characteristics of effective teachers and mentors. Common themes were communicating with students, finding common interests beyond coursework, being available to students, taking the time to show interest in students, challenging students with high expectations, and having passion and enthusiasm for their subject matter and teaching in general.

Professors Susan McGrade, Norma Friedman, and Steve Malloris organized the symposium and will compile and analyze the find-ings of the small group discussions. The results will be published and shared with the university community to help foster the further development of relationship based education.

Alumni News

Alumni Briefs


Happy New Year!

2006 is now upon us, and the Institutional Advancement staff embraces the challenges they face in this oncoming year. We have a relatively new staff full of energy and enthusiasm as we strive to raise non-tuition based dollars for Indiana Tech. Our travels in the next few months will take us to Tennessee, California, Florida and Arizona where we will reconnect with alumni and strengthen our relationships. Building relationships with our alumni is a key component of Institutional Advancement’s focus, and we look forward to meeting with you. Don’t forget to check us out on our web site or better yet communicate directly with us at [email protected]. We love to hear what our alumni are doing, so please share. As we look back on 2005, we thank all of you who donated to Indiana Tech. Your support is vital to the success we are experiencing in educating our students. Best wishes for a healthy and prosperous new year!

1990s Gil Farley, BSTR 1994, is an oncology sales specialist for Novartis Pharmaceuticals. His e-mail address is [email protected].

2000s Pamela M. Sudlow, BSBA 2000, was recently employed by Wealth Management Group in Rio Rancho, New Mexico. She will be working as a registered investment advisor. Her e-mail address is [email protected].

Barbara Ball (Howard), BSBA 2001, lives in Indianapolis and was recently hired by the US Postal Service. She will be working as an internal control analyst. Her e-mail address is [email protected].

Darren Braithwaite, MBA 2002, is working as the vice president, Procurement Operations for Lehman Brothers. He lives in Woodhaven, N.Y. His e-mail address is [email protected].

Daniel Jacks, BS 2005, is a manufacturing supervisor for Eaton Corporation and lives in Athens, IL. His email address is [email protected].

Almost a million (or two)!

Indiana Tech’s Office of Institutional Advancement has made tremendous progress towards the $1 million matching grant from the Lilly Endowment. Beginning June 1, 2005, Indiana Tech was given the challenge of raising $1 million which would be matched dollar per dollar as part of Lilly’s “Initiative to Strengthen Philanthropy for Indiana Higher Education.” The university has until December 31, 2006 to raise the $1 million, but as of November 2005, over $860,000 had already been raised. Louise Jackson, vice president of Institutional Advancement, hopes that our ability to raise the million dollars in less than a year will qualify the university for a larger matching grant program in the future. The university would like to extend its thanks to all alumni, faculty, staff, students, corporate partners and friends who have contributed towards the $1 million goal.

– Louise Jackson, Vice President for Institutional Advancement


VARSITY SCHEDULEDate Time Challenger2/25/2006 ........1:00 PM ............DePauw*3/4/2006 ..........1:00 PM ............Gene Cusic Classic 3/5/2006 ..........1:00 PM ............Gene Cusic Classic 3/6/2006 ..........1:00 PM ............Gene Cusic Classic 3/7/2006 ..........1:00 PM ............Gene Cusic Classic 3/8/2006 ..........1:00 PM ............Gene Cusic Classic 3/9/2006 ..........1:00 PM ............Gene Cusic Classic 3/10/2006 ........1:00 PM ............Gene Cusic Classic 3/11/2006 ........1:00 PM ............Gene Cusic Classic 3/12/2006 ........1:00 PM ............Gene Cusic Classic 3/15/2006 ........3:00 PM ............Urbana University* 3/17/2006 ........12:00 PM ..........MCC/WHAC Challenge 3/18/2006 ........12:00 PM ..........MCC/WHAC Challenge 3/21/2006 ........3:00 PM ............Indiana Wesleyan* 3/25/2006 ........1:00 PM ............Grace*3/27/2006 ........3:00 PM ............Tr-State*3/29/2006 ........3:00 PM ............Tiffin University* 3/31/2006 ........3:00 PM ............Cornerstone* 4/1/2006 ..........1:00 PM ............Siena Heights* 4/2/2006 ..........1:00 PM ............St. Xavier University* 4/4/2006 ..........3:00 PM ............St. Joseph’s College* 4/8/2006 ..........1:00 PM ............Aquinas*4/9/2006 ..........1:00 PM ............Concordia* 4/13/2006 ........3:00 PM ............Aquinas* 4/15/2006 ........1:00 PM ............Siena Heights*

4/20/2006 ........3:00 PM ............St. Francis University* 4/22/2006 ........1:00 PM ............Concordia*4/23/2006 ........1:00 PM ............Madonna* 4/26/2006 ........3:00 PM ............Marian College* 4/29/2006 ........1:00 PM ............Cornerstone* 4/30/2006 ........1:00 PM ............Madonna* 5/10/2006 ........1:00 PM ............Regionals 5/11/2006 ........1:00 PM ............Regionals 5/12/2006 ........1:00 PM ............Regionals 5/19/2006 ........1:00 PM ............Nationals 5/20/2006 ........1:00 PM ............Nationals 5/21/2006 ........1:00 PM ............Nationals 5/22/2006 ........1:00 PM ............Nationals 5/23/2006 ........1:00 PM ............Nationals JUNIOR VARSITY SCHEDULEDate Time Challenger3/22/2006 ........3:00 PM ............Grace* 3/26/2006 ........1:00 PM ............Elgin CC* 3/28/2006 ........3:00 PM ............Tri-State*3/29/2006 ........3:00 PM ............Tiffin University*3/30/2006 ........3:00 PM ............Ancilla*4/1/2006 ..........11:00 AM ..........Huntington* 4/5/2006 ..........3:00 PM ............Tri-State* 4/10/2006 ........1:00 PM ............Clark State CC* 4/19/2006 ........3:00 PM ............St. Francis*4/25/2006 ........2:00 PM ............Clark State CC*

* Doubleheader Home games are highlighted in Orange.

VARSITY SCHEDULEDate Time Challenger2/25/2006 .......2:00 PM ...........Olivet Nazerene3/5/2006 .........1:00 PM ...........Spalding (KY)3/6/2006 .........1:00 PM ...........Spalding (KY)3/7/2006 .........1:00 PM ...........Martin Methodist*3/8/2006 .........1:00 PM ...........North Alabama*3/9/2006 .........1:00 PM ...........Trevecca Nazerene 3/10/2006 .......12:00 PM .........Cumberland (TN)* 3/11/2006 .......12:00 PM .........Cumberland (TN)*3/18/2006 .......1:00 PM ...........St. Francis (IL)*3/19/2006 .......1:00 PM ...........St. Francis (IL)*3/22/2006 .......6:00 PM ...........Manchester3/23/2006 .......3:00 PM ...........Olivet Nazerene 3/25/2006 .......1:00 PM ...........Rochester College*3/26/2006 .......1:00 PM ...........Marian College* 3/28/2006 .......6:00 PM ...........Shawnee St. 3/29/2006 .......12:00 PM .........Shawnee St.* 3/30/2006 .......1:00 PM ...........Grace College* 4/1/2006 .........1:00 PM ...........Concordia University* 4/2/2006 .........12:00 PM .........Concordia University* 4/4/2006 .........4:00 PM ...........Bethel College4/5/2006 .........1:00 PM ...........Ohio Dominican* 4/6/2006 .........3:00 PM ...........University of St. Francis 4/8/2006 .........1:00 PM ...........Siena Heights* 4/9/2006 .........12:00 PM .........Siena Heights*

4/11/2006 .......3:00 PM ...........Valparaiso4/14/2006 .......1:00 PM ...........Aquinas*4/15/2006 .......12:00 PM .........Aquinas*4/22/2006 .......1:00 PM ...........Indiana Wesleyan* 4/25/2006 .......4:00 PM ...........Eastern Michigan 4/26/2006 .......6:00 PM ...........Indiana Wesleyan4/27/2006 .......6:00 PM ...........University of St. Francis 4/29/2006 .......12:00 PM .........Madonna University* 4/30/2006 .......1:00 PM ...........Madonna University* 5/1/2006 .........5:30 PM ...........Huntington5/2/2006 .........3:00 PM ...........Spring ArborJUNIOR VARSITY SCHEDULEDate Time Challenger3/14/2006 .......2:00 PM ...........Kellog CC*3/17/2006 .......1:00 PM ...........Kalamazoo CC* 3/21/2006 .......2:00 PM ...........Tri-State* 3/24/2006 .......2:00 PM ...........St. Clair CC* 3/25/2006 .......1:00 PM ...........St. Clair CC* 3/28/2006 .......2:00 PM ...........Lake Michigan CC*4/3/2006 .........1:00 PM ...........Ohio Northern*4/10/2006 .......4:00 PM ...........Kellog CC* 4/12/2006 .......4:00 PM ...........Tri-State* 4/15/2006 .......3:00 PM ...........Sinclair CC* 4/19/2006 .......4:00 PM ...........Valparaiso* 4/28/2006 .......2:00 PM ...........Valparaiso 5/1/2006 .........4:00 PM ...........Sinclair

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Carl Mack Will Speak at NSBE DinnerThe Indiana Tech chapter of the National Society of Black Engineers has invited a na-tionally known historian as keynote speak-er for its first benefit dinner. Carl Mack will speak at the “Operating in Excellence” dinner on Feb. 27.

Mack, the new executive director of the

NSBE, is a historian, author, and speaker who has been featured in media reports around the country. His lectures on Mar-tin Luther King Jr. and black history appeal to audiences of all ages, genders, races, and ethnicities. He has received several awards for his involvement in community and hu-manitarian efforts.

The dinner is a fund-raising event to build the NSBE’s scholarship endowment and

support the organization in its mission to increase the number of culturally respon-sible black engineers who excel academi-cally, succeed professionally, and positively impact the community.

Cocktail hour is from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. with dinner at 7 p.m. Feb. 27 at the Grand Wayne Center in Fort Wayne. For infor-mation on tickets, contact the group at [email protected].

Stop by the store on the lower level of Andorfer Commons and see what other great gifts we have. Browse our shop and make purchases online at www.indianatech.edu/techtreasures.

featured item:

CAMPUS HOODIEA must have - this grey sweatshirt features Indiana Tech’s new mascot! It features a drawstring hood and cinched wrists to keep the cold out with a soft inner lining for extra comfort. Sizes S-XL.

$19.95 (reg. $25.50) item#: 8550

To order, stop by the gift shop in the lower level of Andorfer Com-mons, call (800) 937-2448, ext. 2301, or fax (260) 420-1453.

Please add $5 to your order for shipping.

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Trends: Winter 2006 (Volume 2, Issue 2)