Inside Ivy Tech 2014 Winter

nate talentsAt 3E Industries, it’s a family affairPage 3

Creative adjunct faculty a co-owner of one of Fort Wayne’s best food trucks.Page 6

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Reality show star Sasha Mallory inspires all ages through the art of dance.Page 8

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Winter 2014

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Jerrilee K. Mosier, Ed.D.Chancellor, Ivy Tech Community College Northeast

As we begin 2014, Ivy Tech Community College Northeast’s focus on both student and community success will continue to be our top priority. Our regional leadership team along with its staffs recently provided feedback on where we are today, and where we aspire to be moving forward. It all came down to four words: Student focused, Community success.

Arrange those four words any way you like, and it will defi ne who we are at Ivy Tech Northeast in some way meaningful to the reason we exist. We are not only a

supporter of the Northeast Indiana Regional Partnership’s Vision 2020—which aims to attract, recruit, and retain more talent in the region, as well as to increase college education attainment—but the College also plays an active, responsive role to our communities in the development of their workforce today and in the future.

Sometimes educators need to meet students where they are before they can help elevate the students to a higher place. This commitment requires innovative thinking and fl exibility. As an example, two Ivy Tech campuses—Fort Wayne and Indianapolis—were chosen to participate in a three-year pilot initiative funded by the Lumina Foundation. The initiative’s goal was to help at-risk high school students complete an associate degree in select programs within one academic year.

Now, thanks to new funding from the Lilly Foundation, a variation of ASAP is being made available at each of Ivy Tech’s 31 degree-granting locations. ASAP and its 86 percent success rate for students who either completed a degree or were still enrolled after 12 months have been covered in newspapers ranging from The Journal Gazette

to The New York Times.

And exclusive to Ivy Tech Northeast through a Gates Foundation grant to Western Governors

University, options are being explored in our Computer Information Systems program.

Certain courses are being offered in a competency-based education format,

and these classes are being introduced this spring. Students who are self-

motivated can move through the curriculum at their own pace by exhibiting and

demonstrating knowledge and skill competency. Often in just a matter of weeks, they will be able to complete the courses, which saves them time and resources.

There’s no question Ivy Tech is preparing students for the skilled jobs that exist in the 21st century economy, but the College is also preparing individuals for the immediate entry and promotion-from-within employment opportunities that already present.

This spring and summer, Ivy Tech Northeast is partnering with the St. Joseph Community Health Foundation and the Indiana Department of Workforce Development to provide ESOL classes and courses necessary for certifi ed nursing assistants, dementia care providers, and CPR certifi cation for the local refugee population. Parkview Health’s Randallia campus is also a key partner in this new educational initiative.

In Corporate College, our contract training staff has been working with Northeast Indiana Economic Development offi cials and Northeast Indiana Works to develop training programs for business and industry. In the past few months, industrial maintenance and computer numerical controlled (CNC) programs have been delivered in Wells, Adams, and Noble counties. These programs have been developed with industry input and are designed to quickly address workforce needs. Participants are assessed and funded by Northeast Indiana Works and are eligible for industry certifi cations when training is completed.

Another example of how Ivy Tech Northeast is also working with local industries to play a role in their continued prosperity is our partnership with Fort Wayne Metals. Now in its second year, the partnership is responsible for developing the company’s Advanced Manufacturing Certifi cate. Once completed, employees earn a base-pay salary increase and will be at the half-way mark toward an associate degree in advanced manufacturing from Ivy Tech. In turn, Fort Wayne Metals can take pride in knowing it has played a pivotal, forward-thinking role in preparing its employees to competently handle ever-changing technologies in the workplace.

At Ivy Tech Northeast, we take our responsibility seriously to advance students and the community. Providing opportunity through education is what we do best, and that’s what’s at the heart of Changing Lives and Making Indiana Great.

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Strong work ethic, family values

help construction business soarTheir names aren’t exactly Athos, Porthos, and Aramis, but nonetheless, the men behind 3E Industries share a certain kinship with the famous Three Musketeers: Together they pursue a common good through their efforts and express the highest of ideals in the process.

And 3E Industries founder Ed Ehinger and his two Ivy Tech Community College Northeast alumni sons, Trent and Erick, wouldn’t have it any other way.

In 1993, Ed started what was to become the family business in custom residential and light commercial construction and landscaping work, following a lengthy career in fi nance and business management. Trent and Erick were still in middle school and elementary school, respectively.

As the boys matured, they didn’t mind getting their hands dirty in the construction fi eld, often helping their father on various projects.

Ed’s Roanoke, Ind.-based business operated primarily using manual labor until about the time Trent developed a fascination with Bobcats, a brand of compact vehicles used in construction and landscaping projects.

“I noticed his interests when we would go on family vacations,” Ed says. “You know how some heads will turn when a Corvette goes down the highway? Trent’s head would turn when he saw a Bobcat being hauled, an excavator, or any piece of construction equipment.”

It wasn’t long before Trent’s pleas for one were successful despite his father’s initial reservations. With Trent’s grandfather’s fi nancial assistance, the 15-year-old scored his fi rst Bobcat following his father’s insistence that he become self-educated about operating

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3 Alumni brothers’ beautifi cation projects pave the way in customer satisfaction

6 Adjunct faculty member cures own meats for local food truck

8 ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ star Sasha Mallory provides full-day experience to 127 local dancers

10 New Express Enrollment Center to improve student services experience

12 Innovative partnership, curriculum aim to prepare more Hoosiers for 21st century workplace

14 Robotics tournament promotes science, technology education using fun

16 Students complete hospitality administration internship

16 Regional marketing awards announced

17 New executive director oversees development goals

17 Ivy Tech, Science Central partnership strikes the right chord

18 Early childhood education conference encourages ‘no boundaries’

18 Area boy scouts, leaders further their education goals at Ivy Tech

19 Tidbits

20 Ivy Tech Night with the Komets

20 Spring Cuisine Dinners

Reality competition star Sasha Mallory with her INSPIRE Academy dance pupils, Page 8

“Kids on a Log,” Parkview Regional Medical Center

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Ed Ehinger (center) and his sons, Erick (left) and Trent (right), have owned and

operated 3E Industries for 20 years. Together they make a toast to their family

business while at Country Heritage Winery and Vineyard in LaOtto, Ind.

3E Industries specializes in custom residential and light commercial construction and landscaping

work. “Russ and I truly enjoy the sanctuary the Ehingers created in our backyard,” says Ivy Tech

Community College Northeast Chancellor Jerrilee K. Mosier, Ed.D. Photo credit: Trent Ehinger

them. Trent has owned nine Bobcats to date and has even served as a sales representative for the company for a period.

As high school graduation approached, Trent felt compelled to study construction trades based on his upbringing. And he pursed the option at two separate colleges for a few semesters at each until he concluded that adequate hands-on practice and a personal touch were lacking at both.

Sometime later, while attending a construction trade show at Memorial Coliseum, Trent stopped at the Ivy Tech Northeast recruiting booth, where he renewed his interest in college. Trent enrolled that fall, and two years later, he graduated with an associate degree in construction technology and summa cum laude honors.

“With the hands-on training and ambitious teachers and students at Ivy

Tech, I felt like I was fi nally in the right place,” Trent says. “Not only did I enjoy the school, I enjoyed what I was learning and knew this would help me to continue in my career.”

Select Ivy Tech Northeast employees, such as adjunct faculty member Jim Foote, took note of Trent’s ambitious nature, in return.

“Trent was one of those people who you knew was going to succeed at what he did. First of all, you need to have a certain level of ability to succeed in any area, and he had that. And the rest of it, in my opinion, is all linked to desire, and he defi nitely had that,” Foote says.

When Erick was ready to pursue college, he sought the advice of his older brother; Erick also chose the same college to one day become his alma mater. The younger Ehinger, however, received an associate degree in manufacturing/industrial technology.

Today, given 3E Industries’ expanded operations, the division of labor places Ed in charge of construction and fi nances, Trent responsible for concrete and excavating, and Erick coordinating the landscaping.

“The main factor that infl uenced me to choose a career in construction and landscaping was being able to work outside and having the opportunity to

Alumni brothers’ beautifi cation projects pave the way in customer satisfaction


work on different projects everyday,” Erick says.

He still relies on his technology repair and welding skills to maintain the construction equipment as needed.

To date, 3E Industries has completed more than 500 construction and landscaping projects, with a signifi cant portion of the

work coming from repeat customers.

“We focus on client relationships and trust to combine for a successful project,” Trent says. “Every year we grow more and more and strive to complete new design concepts and innovations to set us apart from the competition.”

Differentiating from competitors has also meant forming new partnerships.

Ed, Trent, and Erick have been working with Woodland Water Gardens in

Columbia City, Ind., for nearly eight years on a number of collaborative projects that

involve the installation of water features.

“They are very meticulous about what

they do, as are we, so it’s been an

incredible merge of talents and resources

for both companies,” says Gary Wechsler,

co-owner of Woodland Water Gardens.

The Ehinger family patriarch says he has

become particularly proud of his sons

and the business the three of them have

nurtured during the past 20 years.

“I don’t have any specifi c goals left for

the company because I’m letting the boys

take it where they want to take it,”

Ed says.

Regardless of its direction, one hallmark

of the family business that’s likely to

remain a constant is the inseparable bond

between its members—not unlike The

Three Musketeers.3E Industries has completed numerous projects for Parkview Health, including one inside Parkview Regional Medical Center’s

main entrance lobby. “Trent (Ehinger) has always come up with ideas to enhance the work,” says Howard Cottier Jr., PMRC

utilities manager. “The seating curb around the indoor water feature was an excellent idea.” Photo credit: Trent Ehinger

3E Industries developed a nature theme for the special event room at Country Heritage Winery and Vineyard in LaOtto, Ind. “I can’t say enough good things about this business and

these brothers,” says Jennifer Lutter, co-owner and manager of Country Heritage. “They work with you to help fi nd what best suits your needs.” Photo credit: Trent Ehinger

On the side of the Affi né food truck, parked at One Summit Square in downtown Fort Wayne, is the outline of a pig. It is divided into six portions of meat. Clockwise from the shoulder: coppa, speck, bacon, culatello, lomo, and lonzino.

Affi né, to reiterate, serves food from a truck, but the meat is never frozen. Instead, Affi né cures each portion of the pig: Lonzino takes three to four months to cure. Culatello clocks in at 13 months, which means, though the food truck opened in the summer of 2012, the fi rst sandwiches made with culatello weren’t served until October 2013.

“It’s unheard of curing culatello in most places. You debone the largest portion of the leg muscle, and wrap it in the stomach of a pig. It gets salted, like a boneless prosciutto,” says Andrew Smith, co-owner of Affi né.

So if there’s a pig to buy, Smith purchases its entire middle section or the entire animal. He cures his own meats, rinses it, rolls and ties it, slow roasts it over fi ve or six hours, slices it thinly.

Smith is also an adjunct faculty member at Ivy Tech Community College Northeast, where he teaches

about fi sh and seafood and meat cutting. Every teacher brings something different

and special to his or her class and, because of Smith’s experiences with Affi né

combined with previous job experiences and his education, he keeps things now, says Jeff Bunting, Hospitality Administration program chair.

“I thought we needed someone who would bring in the newer concepts and the new trends,” Bunting says. “He’s got more of a current, innovative mindset, and he keeps everything fresh. He’s a really good teacher.”

Smith graduated from Fort Wayne’s Concordia High School and moved to Providence, R.I., to study culinary arts and nutrition at Johnson & Wales University. Before he could graduate, he needed a culinary internship, and he spent three months at Emeril’s in New Orleans—but not before spending six weeks at Joseph Decuis.

The Roanoke, Ind., restaurant invited him back after his internship, and Smith worked there from 2007 to 2012, when he came up with the idea for a food truck one evening while he was in the kitchen, butchering hogs.

His friend and coworker, Dan Campbell, a hospitality administration alumnus of Ivy Tech Northeast, was getting ready to leave his position at the restaurant because his wife was pregnant; he fi gured out that given the gas he needed to drive from Fort Wayne to Roanoke, and the cost of childcare, he’d only be bringing home $50 a week.

Mid hog-butcher, Smith asked himself, “What about a food truck?”

“So I washed my hands, went to a computer, went on Ebay. How much does a

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“We went from zero to business in six weeks,” says Smith, who owns Affi né with Campbell. “I think I could probably pull it off again, but we got really lucky.”

Smith has worked at Ivy Tech Northeast for about four years. When Bunting had a position open, he knew that Smith’s experience at Joseph Decuis would make him an ideal teacher for hospitality administration students.

“I think it’s fun,” Smith says. “I really like being around students and teaching them and showing them little nuances.”

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In the INSPIRE Academy’s seventh event in two years, it inspired a slightly new community in northeast Indiana: the dance community.

And that big inspiration came in a small package, lithe, and funny.

It came in the form of Sasha Mallory, the runner-up of season 8’s “So You Think You Can Dance” in 2011. Mallory visited Ivy Tech Community College Northeast early in the new year with the INSPIRE Academy and taught a series of hip-hop dance workshops for those aged 8 and older. The 127 northeast Indiana dancers, who performed Mallory’s choreography at halftime during the Jan. 3 Mad Ants game, got to do something they would never have been able to do without Mallory and the INSPIRE Academy—and that’s the whole point.

Her three dance workshops, arranged by separate age levels, were rehearsed in the Student Life Center on North Campus. Mallory’s pupils ranged the span of dancers, from adults who’d been dancing since they were in diapers to children who’d never danced a step in their lives. By the end of the day, the choreography was, as one happy parent put it, fi tting to

be seen on “So You Think You Can Dance” while retaining the exuberance of youthful expression.

“We’ve heard nothing but positive feedback from parents and dancers,” says Aja Michael, the assistant director of Ivy Tech Northeast’s Marketing and Communications who helped bring Mallory to campus. “Over and over again they told us how special the experience was for them.”

And that’s what Mallory wants to hear. While she’s taught a variety of competitions and classes in the past, the INSPIRE Academy event was her fi rst workshop on such a large scale.

“I just want to come out here and inspire you guys,” Mallory said, “especially the little kids because I hear some of them want to grow up and be dancers.”

Like Michael Smith.

Trying outSmith, an 18-year-old dancer from Ossian, Ind., has danced freestyle for as long as he can remember and has received studio training for the past three years at Sheekristyle Academy of

Dance in Fort Wayne. As Mallory taught Smith’s section, for dancers 18 and older, she singled him out.

“I see you!” she called out, and, through the focus on his face, a small smile cracked.

Smith had been toying with trying out for season 11 of “So You Think You Can Dance” in Chicago on Feb. 27 and, after discussing the option with Mallory, decided he will.

“She said she has no doubt I could make it in L.A. That was basically the moral of the story: just don’t give up if this is what I want to do,” Smith said, big words coming from a dancer he admires. “When I see her perform, she’s caught my eye so many times. I see the passion.”

Mallory gave Smith some pointers too, stressing to share his backstory especially, as the reality dance competition show uses such stories to help viewers connect personally with their favorite dancers. Smith’s history includes living in six homeless shelters in

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Indiana and having his mother present him with an ultimatum when he was 13: Stay with a friend or go into foster care. Smith opted to stay with friends and is currently living with a family he met through Sheekristyle Academy.

Meeting MalloryWhen Mallory landed in Fort Wayne Jan. 2, she was met with something she’d never seen before: lots and lots of snow. Oh, she’d seen a dusting once before, but nothing like what was dumped in northeast Indiana.

The large fi eld behind the Holiday Inn Fort Wayne, where Mallory stayed, proved to be a sort of playground for the dancer as she romped and made angels in the snow. She even posted a short video clip of it on her Instagram account.

When it came time to teach, Mallory spoke to the students on their level. Her workshops didn’t appear teacher-pupil as much as peer-to-peer. While she had a basic idea for the full choreography upon beginning the workshop, she says, she didn’t have anything exact in mind so she could gauge the dancers’ abilities and tailor the routine to them.

Throughout the day, the rapport Mallory formed with the students was obvious. During a large group photo Mallory took with all the participants, Cameron Gregory, 10, jumped up on her back. After the half-time

performance, Cameron’s father, Ben Gregory, said how much he enjoyed the performance.

“I thought it was fantastic,” said Gregory, of Fort Wayne. “They did a great job. It was really cool to see them (learn all those great moves).”

In addition to the moves, Mallory taught students dance world success secrets: a top-notch work ethic, an open mind to the choreographers’ routine, and perseverance: Mallory tried out for season 6 of “So You Think You Can Dance” and was cut during a Broadway number during auditions.

“It was heartbreaking,” she says. “What you see is not even half of what the dancers have to go through.”

After, Mallory went on tour with Adam Lambert, 2009’s “American Idol” runner-up. She tried out again for season 8. She not only made the show but was heralded for her passion and ability to connect with the audience, coming in second place.

After teaching the students’ their choreography at Ivy Tech Northeast, she refl ected on the experience.

“The energy is outrageous. I love the energy in the room,” she says. “I hope I inspire someone to get up each morning and work harder.”

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Sasha Mallory, center, runner-up on season 8 of “So You Think You Can Dance,” performs with attendees of Ivy Tech Northeast’s

INSPIRE Academy workshop at halftime during the Jan. 3 Mad Ants game.

Unforgettable experience“I am sure I speak for all of the parents and dancers when I tell you how special this event was for my daughter.... A mother of another dancer leaned down as she (Sasha) walked past her and said, ‘You were awesome.’ That adjective fi ts her daughter as well, along with every single dancer, every parent, the Mad Ants for (partnering), and the dance itself—so sizzling with energy and enthusiasm and talent.... I thank you and Ivy Tech for making all of this possible in the fi rst place. You provided an unforgettable experience for hundreds of kids, parents, family members, and friends.”

Pursuing a passion“My daughter has decided she wants to take more dance classes and has decided she LOVES performing in front of people.”

“Telling the kids that just because someone may be better at something than you—not to quit what you love. Hard work and perserverance pays off in the end. Great advice!”

“At a very young age, my daughter has lived the world of dance.... Attending this event has sealed the dancing deal, and she is even more committed and inspired to work hard at dancing than before.”

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As students pursue a familiar series of back-to-school

responsibilities at Ivy Tech Community College Northeast

each semester, there’s an unfortunate circumstance, at

times, that many of them never look forward to: the

wait factor.

“I dread the wait at fi nancial aid, where it once took me

45 minutes to get my questions answered,” says Catherine

Roach, a general studies major. “A long wait in line at

the bookstore is something I expect, but not for

student services.”

While Roach says her interactions with student aff airs staff

are overwhelmingly positive, “nine times out of ten,” she

feels there are opportunities for improvement within the

service model.

She is not alone.

Experiences like Roach’s have been echoed by many of

her Ivy Tech peers across Indiana. These voices have been

heard, and now they serve as the motivation behind a

well-researched plan by the statewide community college

system as it aims to enhance student retention rates, course

remediation goals, on-time graduation performance, and

customer service delivery.

One ambitious approach to achieve these objectives has

arrived in the form of the Express Enrollment Center,

which opened this January in Ivy Tech Northeast’s Student

Life Center following nearly four months of building

renovations and staff training.

The goal of the center is to provide a single place where

students and prospects can get their questions answered,

as opposed to being directed from offi ce to offi ce. The

center will be a one-stop shop for academic advising,

admissions, class registration, fi nancial aid, student

orientation, and veterans aff airs.

Employees there, called student services professionals, will

be cross-trained to help students in the various areas. A

Bursar’s Offi ce staff member will be on site as well to accept

payment for tuition and fees.

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These service improvements will focus on the concept

of “single,” says Chris Cathcart, vice chancellor of

student aff airs.

“A single phone call, a single visit to campus, a single

representative or team of representatives who will work in

partnership to handle students’ needs,” Cathcart says.

This one-stop service concept has gained favorable

attention across the country where it has been

implemented successfully, with impressive results, at

various levels of post-secondary education, he adds. By

this fall, the enrollment center will be in operation at all 31

degree-granting Ivy Tech locations.

At Ivy Tech Northeast, six existing student aff airs

employees have been promoted as student services

professionals. A receptionist will greet current and

prospective students at a welcoming area visible from

the Student Life Center’s main entrance and direct them

to student services professionals, whose comprehensive

knowledge of college operations is expected to help them

address student inquiries more quickly and effi ciently than

the existing offi ce-to-offi ce visits made by students. If the

student services professionals need additional support,

they can direct a student to a specialist in the appropriate

student aff airs offi ce.

Student questions related to Academic Advising, Career

Services, and Disability Support Services will continue to be

addressed by staff in those respective offi ces.

“There will be multiple computers around for students

to learn how to use their Ivy Tech accounts, with student

services professionals right there to help them every step

of the way,” says Alisa Perry, a student services professional

who once worked exclusively in the Registrar’s Offi ce.

Cathcart says there are additional service-related goals

with the Express Enrollment Center, which include allowing

staff to focus on top priorities, educating students about

various department functions and how they interact, and

enrolling and transitioning students into the Ivy

Tech community.

“We want to ensure that the promise we make to our

students is upheld in a way that allows them to enroll,

persist, and ultimately complete their program of choice in

the most effi cient way possible,” Cathcart says. “It does no

one any good to enroll record numbers of students if

they all walk right back out the door after one or a

few semesters.”

Express Enrollment Center Director Tim Ross says metrics

are already in place to track the type of information

students seek, wait-time averages, student satisfaction,

and the level of customer service.

“I believe in the one-stop concept,” Ross says. “I feel the

transition to the Express Enrollment Center will benefi t

students and allow more of them to achieve their

dreams. There is no greater satisfaction than seeing a

student graduate.”

New Express Enrollment Center to improve student services experienceof for

Top left: Student Services Professional Kari Overmyer assists human services major Kyanne Bryant to understand her fi nancial aid options on Jan. 9, the Express

Enrollment Center’s fi rst day of operation at Ivy Tech Northeast. Center: Express Enrollment Center Director Tim Ross and center receptionist Stacey McGiffi n greet

business administration major Quteiba Al-Timeemy at the check-in area in the Student Life Center on North Campus. Top right: Student Services Professional Mara

Wolff demonstrates the student information portal, Banner, to automotive technology major Robert Mayo.


When it comes to business as usual in today’s advanced

manufacturing and logistics workplace, there’s a high

probability that the production fl oor barely resembles

your grandfather’s recollection of it. Nearly gone are the

conditions where workers signifi cantly compromise their

health and safety as they mill about in dirty, dimly lit

facilities with poor ventilation.

Instead, today’s employees work in bright, climate-

controlled buildings with open fl oor plans. And many

go about their responsibilities using automation made

possible by programmable technologies.

To be certain, priorities have shifted from training

parts-makers to developing problem-solvers, and Ivy

Tech Community College has responded by creating the

Hire Technology curriculum in conjunction with Conexus

Indiana, the Indiana State Board of Education, the

Association for Operations Management, and secondary

schools and career centers throughout the state.

The curriculum—currently off ered at more than 80 high

schools and career centers—is a four-semester elective

program that mixes online content with hands-on projects.

Students can earn up to 15 dual college credits from Ivy

Tech’s Manufacturing, Production, and Operations (or

MPRO) program and fi ve industry-endorsed certifi cations

upon completion.

According to Conexus, the state’s advanced manufacturing

and logistics asset developer, as factories and logistics

operations become increasingly high-tech and pursue

expansions, the need to identify more skilled workers has

become a critical concern, especially as candidates with

advanced math and computer skills are needed and as

more baby boomers approach retirement.

“Industry has said we need better preparation, process, and

tools for our middle-skill workforce, and so industry has

funded Conexus to address this,” says Claudia Cummings,

vice president for workforce and education at Conexus.

Hire Technology is set to become available statewide by

year’s end, and Robert Parker, Ivy Tech Northeast’s chair of

Industrial Technology, anticipates the college playing an

expanded role with these students.

“MPRO will give the students a very good introduction into

what’s going to be expected in manufacturing today, and

once the students visit Ivy Tech, they can see the practices

being applied and one day design an automated project on

their own,” he says.

Among the current Hire Technology high schools and

career centers, at least one industry sponsor, or A+ Partner,

resides in close proximity to each location.

“This arrangement gives students the opportunity to see

fi rst-hand what goes on in an advanced manufacturing

and logistics facility,” Cummings says. “At times, parents

are brought out to the facility so they can learn more. And

the students get to know the people who work in that

company, and that’s hugely important.”

When it comes to business as usual iin ttoddday’s advanced The curric llulum currently offered at more than 80 high Hire Technology iiis s tet to become available statewide by

Innovative partnership, curriculum aim to prepare more HoTuning Indiana’s economic engine

Central Noble High School (Albion, Ind.) students Will Kaiser (left) and Rob Wells (right) display the logistics certifi cates

they earned during the Hire Technology curriculum’s 2012–13 pilot year. Among the original 13 students enrolled, 10

earned dual credit from Ivy Tech as well as a number of industry-recognized certifi cations. Photo credit: Brady Truex

Busche Enterprise employee Larry Kish explains how sensors on the co

parts, as Central Noble High School students (l–r) Tim Collis , Fidel Mu

visited the Albion, Ind., company during National Manufacturing Day


oosiers for 21st century workplace

Hire Technology’s objectives • Raising awareness about high-quality,

high-paying advanced manufacturing and logistics careers

• Ensuring that students have access to high-caliber, industry-driven curricula across the state

• Attempting to upskill Indiana’s emerging workforce to meet industry needs

yConexus selected Central Noble High School in Albion, Ind., as

one of nine pilot sites during the curriculum’s 2012–13 launch.

Nearby Busche Enterprise, a computer numerical control

production employer, is Central Noble’s A+ Partner.

Brady Truex, the Hire Technology instructor at Central Noble,

says the program has fl owed almost seamlessly in its second

year. He periodically chaperones his students to Busche for

planned activities, facility tours, and personal interactions

with workers.

“An HR rep from Busche informed our class that only about 20

percent of the applicants applying for a job right off the street

pass the mid-level employment test,” Truex says. “We were

pleased to learn that after the fi rst semester of introductory

courses, our group had an 80 percent pass rate on Busche’s

test.” As an added indicator of early success, Cummings says

the dual credit pass rate during the curriculum’s fi rst year is at

81 percent.

onveyor distinguish between diff erent manufactured

urillo, Ethan Nei, and Justin Berkes listen. The students

on Oct. 4. Photo credit: Brady Truex

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Federal offi cials market Peace Corps service

as “the toughest job you’ll ever love.” FIRST®

LEGO® League organizers promote their

tournaments as “the hardest fun you’ll

ever have.”

The organizers’ playful homage to the international

development agency’s recruitment slogan appears to be

spot-on for these fan-driven competitions that combine

science and technology.

As evidence, approximately 130 enthusiastic middle

school and elementary school students from northeast

Indiana braved a blustery winter-weather mix Nov.

23 to descend on the Public Safety Academy: Ivy

Tech South Campus. Their goal: transforming nearly

three months of arduous planning and practice with

their robotics projects into one or more awards at the

regional FIRST LEGO League tournament hosted by Ivy

Tech Community College Northeast.

“The program fans the fl ames of creativity and

imagination using robotics and teamwork. It is an

excellent program, and when you have fun doing

something, you want to do it more,” says Andy

Bell, tournament director and chair of the College’s

Engineering Technology program.

With the FIRST LEGO League, think futuristic science

fair but with a sole focus on robotic vehicle design

and operation. Supporting activities such as concept

displays and teamwork camaraderie are also judged

among the competition’s Core Values, Project

Presentation, Robot Design, and Robot

Performance categories.

Fourteen teams consisting of up to 10 members each

and at least one adult coach were also vying for a

coveted fi rst-, second-, or third-place fi nish in the

Overall Awards category in order to advance to the

Indiana Championship Tournament hosted by

IPFW annually.

The tournaments, along with the preparation leading

up to them, are designed to teach children about

science and technology and provide them with valuable

employment and life skills.

The life skills premise already appears to resonate with

Yorktown Tiger Bots–Green captain Alex Hakes, an

eighth grader at Yorktown (Ind.) Middle School.

“I’m really self-reliant, but this competition has changed

me in good ways to work better with others,” he says.

FIRST LEGO League is a global alliance between FIRST,

or For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and

Technology, and the LEGO Group, the iconic interlocking

plastic brick toymaker and its robotics division.

FIRST is the brainchild of engineer and entrepreneur

Dean Kamen, who is possibly best known as the

inventor of the motorized, stand-up Segway scooter.

Kamen has shared in interviews that he founded FIRST

in 1998 for America’s young people as a means to

disrupt their cultural mindset that they will all grow up

to be either professional athletes or Hollywood royalty.

Kamen, a strong advocate for science and technology

education, once shared his visionary passion for the

organization’s potential in a promotional video: “Put

those mentors and these ideas in front of young people,

and you’ll change where they place their time and

attention—and you’ll change what they’ll become by

the time they’re 17.”

Today, the tournaments have spread to more than 70

countries and showcase the ingenuity of more than

200,000 children ages 9 to 16.

FIRST also develops a themed challenge for the annual

tournaments in the hope that league participants

will be exposed to potential career paths within the

scope of a challenge’s topic. This year’s challenge was

Nature’s Fury, where teams explored what causes

natural disasters and how technology can play a role in

responding to their devastation.

Volunteer coach Greg Byman said his Huntertown (Ind.)

Elementary School team, the Huntertown Sprockets,

responded to the challenge by proposing safer

evacuation ideas for volcanic eruptions.

“We try to have a lot of fun and sneak in some practical

education while we’re at it,” Byman says. “We want

them to have as much fun here as any athlete would

while playing in a ball game.”

LEGOcy Blue team member Sara Ahmad, an eighth

grader at Fort Wayne’s Carroll Middle School, came away

from the competition embracing one of the league’s

most important lessons: Discovering is more important

than winning.

“In the end, it’s not just our skill sets that make us

strong, but it’s how we treat each other,” Ahmad says.

“If we hadn’t respected each other’s values, we wouldn’t

have gotten this far.”

Robotics tournament promotes science, technology education using fun

Building a LEGOcy

FIRST LEGO League participants from 14 teams competed

in four categories: Core Values, Project Presentation,

Robot Design, and Robot Performance.

Members of the Robo Tigers from Fort Wayne’s

St. Joseph Central Elementary School react to their robot’s

performance during the regional tournament.


Team Sponsor

Angola Middle School–Slam Dunk . . . . . . . Angola (Ind.) Middle School

Central Circuit Chargers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Central Lutheran School, New Haven, Ind.

Down Pour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Woodside Middle School, Fort Wayne

Huntertown Sprockets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Huntertown (Ind.) Elementary School

LEGOcy Blue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carroll Middle School, Fort Wayne

LEGOcy Gold . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carroll Middle School, Fort Wayne

Robocats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Maple Creek Middle School, Fort Wayne

Robo Tigers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . St. Joseph Central Elementary School, Fort Wayne

Team Rumble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Woodside Middle School, Fort Wayne

Team Sandstorm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Woodside Middle School, Fort Wayne

The Pyros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Woodside Middle School, Fort Wayne

Thunderbirds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Huntington County (Ind.) 4H

Yorktown Tiger Bots–Green . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yorktown (Ind.) Middle School

Yorktown Tiger Bots–White . . . . . . . . . . . . . Yorktown (Ind.) Middle School

Award Categories

Project Presentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Robo Tigers

Core Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Team Rumble

Robot Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Huntertown Sprockets

Robot Performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1st Central Circuit Chargers

Overall Awards

1st Thunderbirds

2nd Angola Middle School–Slam Dunk

3rd Central Circuit Chargers

The Thunderbirds, sponsored by the Huntington

County (Ind.) 4H, won fi rst place in the Overall

Awards category during the regional FIRST LEGO

League tournament at the Public Safety Academy:

Ivy Tech South Campus on Nov. 23. Unlike the other

competing teams, The Thunderbirds consisted of

public school and homeschooled members. The

team also won second place in the Robot Mechanical

Design category at the Indiana Championship

Tournament at IPFW on Dec. 14.

Judges review the work of Team Rumble, from Fort Wayne’s Woodside Middle School, coached by Sarah Kniss.

Team Rumble placed fi rst in the Core Values category, which emphasizes sportsmanship and teamwork skills. FIRST

LEGO League participation teaches students that friendly competition and mutual gain are not separate goals.

More photos at IvyTech.edu/northeast


brief

From left: Andy Bridwell, Holiday Inn Fort Wayne general manager; internship and technical certifi cate graduates Icilee

Johnson, Judith Edwards, and Mary Jo Lowry; Brian Brandon, Holiday Inn Fort Wayne corporate sales manager; and Rob

Evans, Focus Hotels vice president of operations. Photo credit: Patrick McCormick

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Students complete new hotel management internshipJudith Edwards, Icilee Johnson, and Mary Jo Lowry

recently became the fi rst Ivy Tech Community

College Northeast students to complete a business

administration technical certifi cate paired with a

16-week internship with Focus Hotels through the Ivy

Tech Northeast–Focus Educational Institute partnership.

The graduates participated in a recognition ceremony at

the Holiday Inn Fort Wayne on Dec. 5.

For the internship, participants divided their learning

opportunities between the Holiday Inn Fort Wayne

and Candlewood Suites, where they gained exposure

to every operational aspect of the hotels. Completion

of the program provides them with a hiring advantage

when applying to positions with the InterContinental

Hotels Group, the parent organization of these

hotel properties.

The internship blends business administration and

hospitality administration curricula with hands-on

experience. The college awards three credits toward

a technical certificate in business administration

upon completion.

Visit IvyTech.edu/northeast/hotel or contact Assistant

Professor of Business Administration Patrick McCormick

at 260-480-4253 or [email protected] for more

information about the program.

Regional marketing awards announcedThe National Council for Marketing & Public Relations

honored Ivy Tech Community College Northeast’s Marketing

and Communications Offi ce with seven Medallion Awards

during its District 3 conference in Columbus, Ohio, Nov.

3 to 5. Each award applies to college marketing and

communications collateral executed during 2012–13.

The College received three gold

medallions in the Newsletter,

Specialty Advertising, and

Fundraising/Annual/Multi-Year

Campaign categories; three

silver in Radio Advertisement/

Public Service Announcement

(series), Government Relations/

Community Relations Project,

and Media Success Story categories; and a bronze in the

Feature Article/General News Story category.

In addition, Executive Director of Marketing and

Communications Andrew Welch was presented with the

district’s Communicator of the Year award, and Assistant

Director Aja Michael received the inaugural Rising

Star award.

The council’s District 3 consists of community, junior, and

technical colleges in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio,

Wisconsin, and Ontario, Canada.

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Gold award, Specialty

Advertising category

Young musical prodigies are said to master the piano by

ear. Children visiting Science Central develop their piano

talents playing it by foot.

That is, until the instrument began to malfunction

at Fort Wayne’s interactive science and technology

museum, and who best to save the day but students at

Ivy Tech Community College Northeast.

Industrial Technology Chair Robert Parker evaluated the

popular piano exhibit onsite last summer and determined

it needed an upgrade to work properly, as the piano’s

dated and well-worn parts had become defunct.

“Our whole program is about automation and

technology, so it was a good fi t to have students

research the project and come up with a better

technology that proved to be more reliable,” Parker says.

Three industrial technology majors enrolled in last fall’s

Problem Solving and Teamwork course, Chad Hartley,

Michael Morris, and W.R. Sanders, were assigned to

repair the piano through the lead instruction of Deborah

Pitzer, chair of the Advanced Manufacturing and

Machine Tool Technology programs.

“It was simple to see the piano’s problem,” Morris says,

“but the solution was a little more challenging because

the pressure pads were blown. We knew the piano’s

functionality would benefi t from a new approach.”

The College consulted engineers and an electronic

sensors sales representative, and the long-term fi x

rested with the installation of proximity switches, which

unlike the pressure pads, do not require direct contact in

order for the piano to play.

Completely re-engineered—and also re-painted by the

College’s Automotive Technology program—the piano

was restored in December.

“Ivy Tech stayed within a tight budget and delivered

a product that several professional exhibit companies

couldn’t fi gure out how to repair,” says Science Central’s

Exhibits Manager Simeon Paulson. “I am looking

forward to installing it and having the students and

faculty show their families a beautifully renovated

exhibit that they and Science Central can be proud of.”

Ivy Tech, Science Central partnership strikes the right chord

Ivy Tech Community

College Northeast

has selected Laura

M. Edwards as its

new executive

director of resource

development. She

started her duties on

Dec. 16.

Edwards is

serving as the lead

administrator in the formation and execution of

fundraising strategies, grant applications, and

other sources of potential development within the

college’s nine-county region.

“Economic development and retention of a well-

educated workforce continue to be important

issues facing Allen and the surrounding counties,”

Edwards says. “Ivy Tech provides its students

educational opportunities in various fi elds that

directly impact our ability to infl uence those

initiatives. Philanthropy plays a strong role in

providing the fi nancial resources needed to reach

these goals in our community.”

Most recently, Edwards was the director for the

Indiana University Health Arnett Foundation in

Lafayette, Ind.

Prior to this role, she served as the senior director

of development for the School of Mechanical

Engineering at Purdue University in West Lafayette,

Ind. Her responsibilities included managing all

annual, major, and planned gift development for

a $10 million program each year, which included

the coordination of individual, corporate, and

industrial engagement; oversight of advancement-

related communications; and management of the

ME development staff .

Edwards was a recipient of Greater Lafayette

Commerce’s “Top 40 under 40” inaugural young

professionals award in 2007 and was named a top

young professional in Discover Lafayette magazine

in fall 2009.

A West Lafayette native and graduate of Purdue,

Edwards is pursuing a master’s degree in

nonprofit administration and philanthropy from

the Indiana University Lilly Family School of

Philanthropy at IUPUI.

New executive director oversees development goals

Laura Edwards

From left: Industrial technology majors W.R. Sanders, Chad Hartley, and Michael Morris work on updating the over-sized fl oor

piano for patrons to play at Science Central. The project was later re-painted by the College’s Automotive Technology program.

Science Central patrons dance on the former pressure-pad piano, which played music when stepped on. When the piano began

to malfunction, Ivy Tech Northeast students stepped in to update the piano’s outdated technology. Photo credit: Science Central


our region

Comedian and motivational speaker Brett Eastburn is a proven crowd-pleaser. The same could be said for the Fort Wayne chapter of the Indiana Association for the Education of Young Children and the educational resources it provides.

The two independent entities united on Oct. 12 to promote the message of “no boundaries” during the organization’s annual conference to more than 300 participants at

the Public Safety Academy: Ivy Tech South Campus.

For Eastburn’s part, the signifi cance of “no boundaries” directly corresponds with the name of his one-man public speaking venture, No Boundaries Inc. For the association’s part, “no boundaries” was selected as the theme for this year’s regional gathering, where Eastburn served as its keynote speaker.

According to the No Boundaries Inc. website, Eastburn is an adventure-oriented Hoosier native who was born without fully developed arms and legs. He has addressed more than 1 million people around the world with his motivational speeches and comedic takes on life.

“He challenges everyone to look beyond their barriers and focus on the positive and what you can accomplish in life,” says Mary

Musson, the chapter’s facility coordinator for the event and an assistant professor in Ivy Tech Northeast’s Early Childhood Education program.

Eastburn’s presence resonated with early childhood education major Cristina Salgado. Salgado volunteered at the event as a member of the college’s student organization, IvyAEYC; she is also hearing impaired.

“Brett was very inspirational for people who have disabilities,” Salgado says. “And I am certain I can become a preschool teacher who works with children who have disabilities.”

The conference’s outreach is geared toward early childhood educators and families regarding the education of children up to 8 years old and promotes compliance with state regulations regarding child care licensing and staff training hours. This year featured more than two dozen educational sessions ranging from “Eating a Rainbow” to “How to Cope with that Quirky Child.”

Several vendors were also present to share early childhood education materials and community resources.

“We met our goal to attract early childhood educators and directors,” Musson says. “We now have a survey being tallied that will help us understand the needs for next year.”

Photo credit: Brett Eastburn

According to the national Boy Scout Handbook, scouting founder

Robert Baden-Powell was once asked what the organization’s

motto, “Be prepared,” meant.

“Be prepared for what?” the questioner pressed.

“Why, for any old thing,” the former British Army lieutenant–

general responded.

Baden-Powell’s reply was intended to be broader than teaching

camping skills and fi rst-aid interventions; he wanted his scouts

to be ready for life by preparing them for mental and physical

challenges while also encouraging productive citizenship and

providing happiness to others.

On Oct. 26, Ivy Tech Community College Northeast partnered with

the Anthony Wayne Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America to

continue Baden-Powell’s vision.

North Campus became Merit Badge College, where more than

150 boy scouts participated in earning at least one merit badge.

More than 130 scout leaders transformed the Coliseum Campus

into the University of Scouting, where they trained in topics

including “Troop Fundraising,” “Flag Ceremonies,” and “Camping on

a Bootstring.”

From among more than 130 merit badges currently sanctioned by

the scouts, 19 were preselected as session options.

“We focused on high interest and variety among our badge

offerings,” says Sue Corbin, co-chair for this year’s Merit

Badge College.

Merit badge choices ranged from Chemistry and Robotics to Space

Exploration and Disabilities Awareness.

Karen Jones, dean of the School for Applied Science & Engineering

Technology, says more than 40 Ivy Tech Northeast faculty and

staff volunteered, and 14 became Boy Scouts of America-certifi ed

to serve as merit badge counselors. Eight students at the College

made all-day commitments to assist as well.

Corbin called the event a success: “This has been a beautiful

relationship with Ivy Tech. The people here have been wonderful and

very accommodating with planning and instructional delivery.”

Early childhood education conference encourages ‘no boundaries’

Area boy scouts, leaders further their education goals at Ivy Tech

Boy scout Adam Dewitt shares two

of the projects he created while

earning his Sculpture badge during

Merit Badge College hosted by Ivy Tech

Northeast on Oct. 26. Photo credit:

Natasha Bosell

Brett Eastburn


tidbits

BFGoodrich human resources recruiter Sandra Timm conducts a mock interview with industrial

technology major Andrew Fischer in The Steel Dynamics Inc. Keith E. Busse Technology Center.

Timm was one of several area employment representatives to participate in Industrial Technology

Mock Interview Day on Nov. 1. Photo credit: Robert Parker

Several Ivy Tech Northeast hospitality administration students catered edible science

experiments to support Science Central’s Mixology 301 fundraising event on Nov. 1. Favorite

food samples included buff alo shrimp steamed in specimen cups, liquid popcorn with

caramel foam, and balsamic pearls made using molecular gastronomy techniques. Photo

credit: John McGauley

Brandon Miller from Ravenscroft Beauty College gives general studies major Sam Buchanan a

complimentary haircut during the African American Male Initiative’s workplace fashion show,

“Thrift Shop to Top Shop,” at the Student Life Center on Nov. 20.

Healthcare support major Amber Screeton divides her time between studying

for fi nal exams and petting Martha, a shepherd mix, on Dec. 9. For the second

consecutive semester, the Ivy Tech Northeast Library has hosted certifi ed therapy

dogs for the stress-reduction benefi t of faculty, staff , and students during fi nals

week. Photo credit: C. Ward Price


Ivy Tech Northeast family and friends represented the College in the Fort Wayne Trail’s Trail Blazer 5K/10K run on Oct. 20. Front row, from left: Becky Moening and Shannon Crowder-Gerber. Back row, from left: Faith Jones, Tim Tappan, Provi Mayo, Jordan Brown, and Karen Jones. Photo credit: Josh Smith

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Spring Cuisine Dinners at Ivy TechJoin us this spring on Thursday evenings

for a fl avoring of international fare.

Thursdays — Feb. 6–May 1

Hospitality Room on the Coliseum Campus3800 North Anthony Boulevard, Fort Wayne

No dinners on Feb. 20 and March 13

$20 per personOpen to the public

Reservations RequiredMust be made at least 24-hours in advance

Times for seating are available between 5 and 6:30 p.m. each evening

To make a reservation, call the Special Cuisines reservation line at 260-480-2002.

Complete dinner schedule available onlineIvyTech.edu/northeast/dinners

IVY TECH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION & STUDENT GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

present

Ivy Tech Night with the KometsFort Wayne Komets vs. Cincinnati Cyclones

Friday, February 14Doors open at 7 p.m. • Game starts at 8 p.m.

Budweiser Suite, Allen County Memorial Coliseum

Tickets: $15 eachIncludes entry to the game and the buff et.

Dinner buff et served at 7:30 p.m. Limit of six tickets per person.

Cash bar available off ering soft drinks, wine, bottled beer, and mixed drinks

SUBMIT VOUCHER FOR TICKET PURCHASE

Tickets are on sale at Ivy Tech Northeast’s Bursar’s Offi ce on the Coliseum Campus.

(First-come, fi rst-served basis)

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No telephone orders accepted.

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