On Campus - Stories August 25, 2000 Vol. 53, No. 12 Shinehouse memorial service set for Sunday afternoon Drake to welcome new students with pomp and circumstance Drake announces major gift Student-produced magazine wins national award Interim marketing director named Let's DU Lunch set for Sept. 6 Drake hosts back-to-school Dreamer College Camp Drake welcomes new faculty

Shinehouse memorial service set for Sunday afternoon

Faculty, staff and students are invited to a memorial service for Patricia Shinehouse, assistant professor of flute, at 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 27, at St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Student Center. Professor Shinehouse, 43, died of cancer on July 27.

"Patty was a marvelous musician who enriched our lives in numerous ways, a superb mentor and teacher for our students, and a treasured colleague," said President David Maxwell. "It is at sad times like this that we need to rely all the more on our sense of community -- on mutual support and comfort, and in sharing memories of a good friend."

Professor William Dougherty, chair of the music department, described Shinehouse as "an outstanding teacher and mentor who made enormous contributions to her students, the department and the University."

Dougherty noted that she initiated several important programs: the Drake Flute Choir, a first-year seminar on Women in Music and a course in World Music.

"In addition," he said, "she organized an annual world music concert series that brought ethnic performers from around the world to the Drake campus. This concert series emerged into an important part of the Des Moines multicultural scene. Her flute playing was excellent, and she was a wonderful model for her students. She will be greatly missed."

A native of Bryn Mawr, Pa., Shinehouse joined the Drake faculty in 1996. She also was the principal flutist of the Des Moines Metro Opera.

She is survived by her husband, Rohit Ramaswamy; a son, Varun Ramaswamy; her parents, Robert and Jane Shinehouse of Collegeville, Pa.; a brother and two sisters.

Memorial contributions may be made to the Patricia Shinehouse Memorial Fund at Bankers Trust Co.

Drake hosts back-to-school Dreamer College Camp

About 40 fourth and fifth graders from the Oakridge Neighborhood spent the last two weeks of their summer vacation at Drake University, reinforcing their reading and math skills in preparation for the start of school.

The students are part of the "I Have a Dream" Foundation program founded in 1997 and sponsored by Joan Behrendt Middleton, ED'63, GR'77; Lyle Middleton, LA'61, LW'64; and Toni and Richard Jacobson.

"Kids have been really willing to dig in and do some school work -- and yuck, this is summer," Joan Middleton said. The "I Have a Dream" program provides academic support and cultural and recreational activities to at-risk children from first grade through their senior year in high school. After graduation, the program helps pay tuition for college or vocational school.

The Principal Financial Group funded the camp and five Drake students taught small groups of Dreamers every weekday morning from Aug. 7 to 18. "It's fun," said Tia Nighla, a fifth grader at Edmunds Academy. "They teach us math but it seems like a game."

Matt Gabrielson, a senior education major, said the camp helped him prepare for student teaching this fall. "I've found out what it's like to lead a group of kids and make sure they learn things," he added.

College of Arts and Sciences

Fernando Arribas-García, visiting assistant professor of Spanish. B.A., Universidad Central de Venezuela; M.A., Universidad Simón Bolívar; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh. From: University of Pittsburgh.

Angela Battle, assistant professor of art - painting. B.F.A., Virginia Commonwealth University; B.S., Virginia Commonwealth University; M.F.A., University of New Mexico. From: The Colorado College.

Nancy Berns, visiting assistant professor of sociology. B.A., Doane College; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. From: Iowa State University.

David Courard-Hauri, assistant professor of environmental science and policy. B.S., Georgetown University; M.P.A., Princeton University; Ph.D., Stanford University. From: University of North Carolina, Dreyfus Postdoctoral Fellow.

Scott D. Emmert, visiting assistant professor of English. B.S., Moorhead State University; M.A., University of Iowa; M.A., Purdue University; Ph.D., Purdue University. From: Purdue.

Dana Farnham, visiting professor of sociology. B.A., Florida State University; M.A. and Ph.D., University of California. From: Iowa State University.

Sean Gerard Flanigan, assistant professor of music. B.S. and M.M., University of Illinois; D.M.A. (anticipated 2000), University of North Texas. From: Bowling Green State University.

Marshall Todd Fuller, visiting assistant professor of English. B.A., Indiana University; M.F.A., Wichita State University; Ph.D., Oklahoma State University. From: Northern Oklahoma College.

Kelly Latchaw, visiting assistant professor of English. B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. (ABD), Purdue University. From: Des Moines Area Community College.

Maura Lyons, assistant professor of art, A.B., Georgetown University; M.A. and Ph.D., Boston University. From: Trinity College.

John A. McTaggart, associate professor of mathematics and computer science. B.S. and M.S., Central Michigan University. From: Grand View College.

Athanasios Petridis, visiting assistant professor of physics and astronomy. B.S., National University of Athens; Ph.D., Iowa State University. From: Iowa State.

Linda M. Reinink-Smith, visiting assistant professor of environmental geology. B.S. and M.S., Western Washington University; Ph.D., University of Alaska - Fairbanks. From: Bloomsburg University.

Michael Q. Rieck, assistant professor of mathematics and computer science. B.A., Colby College; M.A., University of Oregon; Ph.D., University of South Florida. From: Bucknell Universitiy.

Stuart Shulman, assistant professor of environmental science and policy. B.A., Boston University; Ph.D., University of Oregon. From: Providence College.

James Taylor, assistant professor of music - voice. B.A., Birmingham-Southern College; M.M., Yale University. From: Connecticut College.

Eleanor E. Zeff, visiting assistant professor of politics and international relations. B.A., Tufts University; M.A. and Ph.D., The New School for Social Research. From: Drake.


College of Business and Public Administration

Joyce Njoroge, assistant professor of accounting. B.A., University of Nairobi, M.A. and Ph.D. (expected August 2000), Washington State University. From: Washington State.

Lance J. Noe, visiting assistant professor of public administration. B.S., Iowa State University, M.P.A., Drake University; Ph.D. (ABD expected fall 2000), Florida Atlantic University. From: Florida Atlantic.

Ann Petersen, visiting assistant professor of marketing. B.A., Iowa State; M.A., M.S., California State University - Fresno; Ph.D., University of Iowa. From: Drake.

Jimmy D. Senteza, assistant professor of finance. B.A., Makerere University Kampala; M.B.A. and Ph.D., Washington State University. From: Washington State.


School of Journalism and Mass Communication

Velma A. Robinson Gooding, visiting assistant professor of journalism. B.A., Hampton University; M.S., Iowa State University. From: Iowa State.


College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

Gregory V. Clodfelter, assistant professor of pharmacology. B.S., Butler University; Ph.D., University of Kentucky. From: University of Kentucky.

Cheryl Cropp, assistant professor of pharmaceutics. B.S., University of Iowa; Pharm.D., University of Kentucky. From: Shenandoah University School of Pharmacy.

Jane E. DeWitt, assistant professor of social and administrative sciences. B.S., Drake University; M.S. and Ph.D. (anticipated August 2000), University of Iowa. From: University of Iowa Hospital and Clinics.

Sharon K.Foust, assistant professor of pharmacy practice. Pharm.D., University of Nebraska. From: Trinity Regional Hospital.

Lynn Howard, instructor, family nurse practitioner option, master of science in nursing program. B.S.N., University of Iowa; M.S.N., Drake University; Family Nurse Practitioner Certificate, Clarkson College. From: Integra Health Pediatrics.

Michael W. Kruse, assistant professor of pharmacy practice. Pharm.D., Creighton University. From: University of California, San Diego Medical Center.


School of Education

Linda H. Espey, assistant professor of education. B.S., University of Iowa; M.S.T. and ED.D., Drake. From: Drake.

Richard E. Sheehy, visiting assistant professor of education. B.A., Georgetown University; J.D., University of Miami School of Law; Ph.D. (expected August 2000), Arizona State University. From: Iowa State.

Carl Smith, associate professor of education and director of the Resource Center for Issues in Special Education. B.S. and M.Ed., Virginia Commonwealth University; Ph.D., University of Iowa. From: Drake.


Cowles Library

Claudia Frazer, assistant professor of librarian-ship, coordinator, resource description and materials management librarian. B.A. and M.A. (expected December 2000), University of Iowa. From: Drake.


Law Library

Karen L. Wallace, circulation/reference librarian and instructor of librarianship. B.A. and M.A., University of Iowa. From: Des Plaines Public Library, Des Plaines, Ill.

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