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The Indianapolis Alumni Chapter Council members are busying gathering information and planning next year's events. We are looking to plan an alumni event in January or February 2010. The summer Indianapolis alumni event will be held at an Indianapolis Indians game in June 2010. Look for information in future publications.

The Merrillville Alumni Chapter Council members are busy thinking of venues for next year's events and need your help. We are looking to plan an alumni event in March and July 2010. If any alumni living in the northwest Indiana area have ideas they would like to share, please contact Jessica Swinford at jswinford@sf.edu or call 260-399-7700 ext. 6411.

Dr. Don Giles has joined USF as Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Giles previously served as Dean of Arts and Sciences at St. Catharine College in Kentucky. He served as professor, chair of the department of Philosophy and Religious Studies and chair of Humanities before being appointed Dean of Arts and Sciences. Before his tenure at St. Catharine College, Dr. Giles taught at the University of Kentucky. He holds a PhD in Philosophy, a Master of Arts in Philosophy, and a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Classical Civilization from the University of Kentucky.

The university has hired Kevin Lane as its women's volleyball head coach, Director of Athletics Mark A. Pope announced.

"I am pleased to welcome Coach Lane to USF," Pope said. "Kevin's passion and knowledge of the game was evident during the interview process, and his experience as a player and coach, along with his ties to Northeast Indiana, make him a great fit for USF Volleyball."

A Fort Wayne native, (Northrop H.S./IPFW graduate), Lane has served as a volunteer assistant coach at the University of Notre Dame and at IPFW. He was also the Managing Director for the Milwaukee Sting Volleyball Club. Lane was in charge of the U17 program with the Munciana Club (Muncie, IN) where his responsibilities included organizing team and tournament scheduling as well as assisting players with the recruiting process. Lane has also worked as a court coach for USA Volleyball's JNT/YNT tryouts and has been an instructor at camps for Notre Dame, Purdue, Indiana and Wisconsin. As a player, Kevin was a Middle Blocker for the US Army Hanau Volleyball Team.

"I am thrilled to be a part of Cougar Athletics," said Lane. "It's great to have the opportunity to work with a program that emphasizes community, academics and spirited play. I can't wait to get started!"

"I've enjoyed working with Kevin over the past several years" said Notre Dame Head Coach Debbie Brown. "I loved having him on the Notre Dame staff as a volunteer for the 2006 season. He has tremendous knowledge of the game in addition to an enthusiastic approach to teaching. I'm probably most impressed with his ability to always find the positives in every situation. I know he's eager to begin this new position and I'm confident he'll do a fantastic job."

USF Volleyball will play its home opener against Taylor University on September 16. USF will host the "Best of the Best Challenge" on September 25 and 26 at the Hutzell Athletic Center.

The School of Creative Arts at the University of Saint Francis has announced the opening reception of Chris Kahler: Interconnectivity exhibition on Saturday, August 29 from 6 to 9 p.m. The exhibition will run through October 11 in the John P. Weatherhead Gallery of the Mimi and Ian Rolland Center for Art and Visual Communication.

Chris Kahler is a nationally recognized artist represented by the Bruno David Gallery, Saint Louis, MO. His large abstract works incorporate a variety of mixed media including acrylic, oil, and gel medium as well as watercolor. He describes Interconnectivity as a concept that is used in numerous fields such as cybernetics, biology, ecology, network theory, and non-linear dynamics. The concept can be summarized as that all parts of a system interact with and rely on one another simply by the fact that they occupy the same system, and that a system is difficult or sometimes impossible to analyze through its individual parts considered alone. The concept is closely linked to the Observer Effect and the Butterfly Effect.

This annual tradition showcases new work by alumni of the School of Creative Arts at USF. A wide variety of media will be on display as well as work by the faculty of the School of Creative Arts. The opening reception for this exhibition will be on Saturday, October 17 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. in the John P. Weatherhead Gallery of the Mimi and Ian Rolland Center for Art and Visual Communication and will run through November 29. The gallery will be closed from November 26 – 27 for Thanksgiving Holiday.

The 16^th annual CEO Forum, hosted by the Busse School of Business & Entrepreneurial Leadership, will be held on October 22, 2009, in the North Campus auditorium on the campus of the University of Saint Francis. It will begin at 8:30 a.m. and adjourn at 12:15 p.m.

This year's focus will be "Leadership: Doing the Right Things in Challenging Times." A highly successful, dynamic group of regional CEO's will discuss ideas, approaches, and mind-sets that will have a great impact on everyone in attendance! The speakers will be Keith Busse and Karen Richards. Pete Eshelman will be the moderator. The panel members will include Kathy Carrier, Brian Emerick, Michael Himes, Matt Kelly, Dane Miller, Helen Murray, Eugene Parker, Joe Ruffolo, Carol Shuttleworth, and Marilyn Townsend. TOWERbank is the corporate sponsor of the Forum. For more information, call 260-399-7700 ext 8315 or 8300.

The USF Alumni Cabinet are looking for additional member volunteers to serve on the Cabinet. If you want to stay connected with the university but are not sure how, this is a wonderful opportunity to do so! The Alumni Cabinet is a vital part of the university and we are involved with many events and projects the campus plans throughout the year. Please contact Ed Schaab, Alumni Director at 260-399-7700 ext. 6410, eschaab@sf.edu or contact Jessica Swinford, Assistant Alumni Director at 260-399-7700 ext. 6411, jswinford@sf.edu if interested.

Checkout the USF website www.sf.edu and click on Alumni to view pictures from the year's Alumni events.

Kit (Tearney) Tyler (BA '73) was the first recipient of the Excellence in Education award for Post Secondary Education by AdvancEd (North Central Accreditation Agency) to receive this award in April at the National Conference in Chicago, Ilinois.

Thomas Obergfell (BBA '83) was recently hired at Grabill Bank as the Senior Vice President and Business Banking Manager. Obergfell has nearly 25 years of commercial lending and banking experience. He began his banking career in 1985 at Summit Bank (now JP Morgan Chase) as a credit analyst and served in various capacities including marketing, revolving credit and commercial lending. Obergfell will be responsible for business development as well as some management responsibilities for the Business Banking team at Grabill Bank's Business Banking Center.

Paige Hamilton (BLS '95) and his wife, Jodie are proud parents of a little girl named Moria Adair Hamilton, born on May 9, 2009 and weighed 6 pounds, 14 ounces.

Adam Swinford (BSE ’00) recently accepted a position as Principal at Northwood Middle School. Northwood is part of the Fort Wayne Community Schools system and he has been with FWCS for ten years.

Jackie (Steinhofer) Junge (BBA '03) and Ken Junge (BSE '02) celebrated their second wedding anniversary on August 4. They live in Virginia just outside of Washington, D.C. Jackie works as a research analyst for the Federal Government and Ken has been promoted to Assistant Principal in FairFax County Public Schools, one of the nation's top school systems.

Tyler Johnson, D.O. (BS '05) graduated from Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine in 2009 with a Doctor of Osteopathy degree.

Cassie Haines (BBA '06) and Matthew Koch (BBA '05) were married on Saturday, June 12 at St. Joseph Chapel in Notre Dame, Indiana.

Sue (Sills) Christle (BSE '70) and I are celebrated our 39th wedding anniversary on June 13, 2009. I first saw Sue in Dr. Hurley's biology class in the fall if 1966. The rest is history. We have six children and 13 grandchildren (at last count).

Jackie (Steinhofer) Junge (BBA '03) and I met while attending the University of Saint Francis. Jackie and I first met when I was a freshman at Saint Francis and she was a junior at Snider HS. Upon graduating in 1999, Jackie started her freshman year at Saint Francis while I was a junior. Jackie and I started dating that year with me living in Bosco Hall and she living in Bonzel Hall. When we both were not in class, we could be found together in the Bass Mansion Library or around campus. After graduation from Saint Francis, we both went on to receive our Master's degrees from Indiana University and graduated in 2006. In July 2005, after a romantic dinner and during a carriage ride around downtown Indianapolis, we stopped by the canal fountains where I surprised Jackie with an engagement ring. In August 2007, we were married at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Fort Wayne. Just 5 days after returning from their honeymoon in Maui, we moved to a new house in Northern Virginia outside of Washington, DC and started our new jobs. Jackie works as a research analyst for the Federal Government, and I am an Assistant Principal in Fairfax County Public Schools.

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