Carlos Reid – appointment to Seven Hills Neighborhood Houses

Carlos Reid has been named president and chief executive officer for Seven Hills Neighborhood Houses in the West End.

 

Reid has over 10 years of business development and marketing experience, previously serving as senior vice president of sales for CD Intelligence, president of B.E.A.M. Encoding, and founder and president of Point D.com, Inc.

 

He holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Cincinnati and a master’s degree from Indiana Wesleyan University.

 

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Telesale underway – February 18-22, 2008

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Article published Feb 8, 2008

Face of telesale gives an inside glimpse at show

Miller says it’s calm on TV but busy on set

BY MISHELE WRIGHT

mdwright@chronicle-tribune.com

Alan Miller – who will host his 10th Indiana Wesleyan telesale later this month – says being the face of the show earns him too much recognition.

“I get more credit than I deserve,” he said. “There are so many people who do far more than I do.”

Miller, public relations director at the university, will host the university’s 13th annual fundraising telesale, which is set for Feb. 18 to 22.

Miller came to work for the university in January 1996, about two weeks before the first telesale. The following year he became more involved in the event, and in 1998 he hosted it for the first time. He’s hosted the event every year since then, except for last year, when he had knee surgery.

He said it was fun sitting at home watching the event last year while he was recuperating. He said he was surprised at how organized the event looks on television, because it’s actually very chaotic behind the scenes. More than 100 volunteers come together to do the fundraising.

Miller said his favorite part of hosting the event is sharing facts and trivia about the university between bidding and helping to acquaint the community with what the university is about.

“It’s a neat opportunity to share the university for a week,” he said.

This year, Miller will host the telesales for just three nights because he’ll be on vacation the other two days. But he’ll have a co-host each night.

His long involvement with the event has shown the Marion City Council member what kind of growth the university has seen in the past decade.

The event raised $15,000 for scholarships the first year and $30,000 the second year.

“We received so much response,” he said. “We couldn’t sell it all in two nights.”

Now, the five-night event raises about $150,000 to $160,000 a night. During its 12 years, the telesale has brought in a total of about $1.35 million.

The money goes to scholarships for students. About 90 percent of the university’s students require some kind of financial assistance, Miller said.

He said that throughout the years he has been surprised at the unusual items donated, including an ostrich, liposuction surgery, concrete, topsoil and fried chicken. Items such as coupons for condominiums and restaurants always are popular, he said.

While many of the items have remained the same, the technology is constantly changing. In the past, the item being sold was written on a card that one of the hosts would hold; now the list is just projected on the screen, Miller said. Bidding also goes much more quickly.

Another upgrade this year is a new location for the event: the two news WIWU-TV studios.

“This year is going to be a new adventure,” Miller said.

For the past 10 years, the telesale has been in Phillippe Performing Arts Center, which seats 1,200 people. In the new studio, there is no room for a live audience.

The location also means that all the items will be stored in a separate studio, and the overall show should look more professional, Miller said.

Miller said he will read from a teleprompter some, but most of his wording during the event is impromptu. He said he usually does some writing in advance, but he doesn’t practice.

“A lot of it will still be spontaneous, because that’s the nature of it,” he said. “We make a lot up as we go along. I have no idea who they’ll want me to interview.”

He also will have a wireless audio feed in his ear so he can communicate with other producers.

As far as the future, Miller said he plans to host next year’s telesale. He said he may come back to the university to host others, if he’s asked to, after he retires.

Paul Crisp, station manager of WIWU-TV 51, has worked with Miller for 12 years. Crisp said he’s the perfect host for the show because he’s a public figure who’s well known and personable.

“He’s awesome to work with,” he said. “He’s very flexible. He’ll do whatever we want him to do, even if it’s out of his realm of comfort.”

Crisp said Miller is good at ad-libbing during the event, as well as interviewing people live.

“He knows them well enough to know what to ask them,” he said. “He can wing it.”

Last year, Crisp said, the event was awkward without Miller. Even though Crisp knows many of the same people, it wasn’t the same, he said.

“It’s just something about him,” he said. “People feel more comfortable. Everybody who watches knows of him.”

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http://www.chronicle-tribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080208/NEWS01/802080317/1002/NEWS01

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Dr. Bud Bence is awarded Hinds Fellowship

Dr. Bud Bence awarded Hinds Fellowship

 

Both the university-wide Scholarship Council and the CAS Faculty Development Committee voted unanimously to award Dr. Bud Bence a Hinds Fellowship for the 2008-2009 academic year. This honor reflects both appreciation for the time of his service to the faculty, and it offers important assistance for his research project.

 

Dr. Bence was commissioned through the TEV Lilly project to write a book on vocation—and this was before he agreed to assist with the VPAA and Dean duties. This award, named after our esteemed Dr. Marvin Hinds, allows for a course-load reduction each semester plus $3,000 to assist with research needs. It is a high honor to receive this award, and in this case a double vote of confidence.

 

Congratulations to Dr. Bence!

 

 

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Tony Dungy – Indianapolis Colts Coach – To speak at IWU Marion Campus

Indiana Wesleyan University is pleased to announce the 2008 World
Changer Convocation

World Changer Convocation
February 27, 2008 at 10:00 am
Recreation and Wellness Center, Luckey Arena
Special Guest – Coach Tony Dungy

Purpose – The purpose of this event is to honor Coach Tony Dungy by
inducting him into the Society of World Changers and to inspire and
encourage students to become World Changers in their chosen professions.
With this purpose as our focus, we are planning to maximize the number
of students who can attend the convocation in the Luckey Arena.

Announcement for Alumni wishing to attend event: Unfortunately, we do
not have a facility that is spacious enough to include those from the
local community who would like to attend. University personnel who
receive inquiries should graciously share the purpose of the convocation
and the priority we have placed upon having our students hear Coach
Dungy. While we do not have a facility capable of accommodating all who
desire to attend, we are making the ceremony available electronically.
Available via television on WIWU-TV, Channel 51 over the air, Channel 23
on Brighthouse Cable, or via Internet streaming at www.wiwutv51.com .
The WIWUtv.51 website, www.wiwutv51.com , will have the live event, and
the times for re-runs posted by February 1.

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Dr. Jim Lo – Dean of Chapel 08-09

I am pleased to announce that Dr. Jim Lo has accepted the appointment as Dean of the Chapel beginning next academic year. We were blessed by Dr. Lo’s return to IWU this year! His ability to provide spiritual leadership to our campus as Dean of the Chapel is unquestioned.

For the past three years Dr. Steve Lennox has provided outstanding leadership as Dean of the Chapel. His request to return to the faculty was accepted with great appreciation for his work to organize and structure the Dean of the Chapel as a vital role at IWU.

Please pray for Dr. Lo and Dr. Lennox as they prepare to transition to their new assignments next academic year.

Henry Smith

President

Indiana Wesleyan University

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MUNCIE — Mayor Sharon McShurley makes appointment

Appointed Stephanie Le-Blanc as executive assistant to the mayor, succeeding Sheryl Estes. LeBlanc came from the American Red Cross Hoosier Heartland chapter in Muncie. She spent more than 20 years as an administrative professional in the private and non-profit sectors and earned a business degree from Indiana Wesleyan University.

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Mary Ellen Martin, Executive to the President announces her decision to retire

After over 20 years of meritorious and devoted Christian service to Indiana Wesleyan University, Mary Ellen Martin, Executive Assistant to the President, has announced her decision to retire from the Office of the President effective July 1, 2009. Throughout her distinguished career, Mary Ellen has competently and faithfully served two presidential administrations, all while eloquently displaying to her varied constituents, the epitome of a true world changer.

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Provost David Wright comes to IWU

Dr. David Wright – IWU’s First Provost

 

It is with great pleasure and thanksgiving that I announce that Dr. David Wright has accepted our invitation to return home and become IWU’s first Provost and Chief Academic Officer!

 

This decision comes with the enthusiastic support of the provost search committee and the faculty in all three IWU Colleges. The provost search committee diligently searched for a provost for more than a year and brought two excellent finalists to campus last spring.  However, not until David Wright interviewed was there a strong unifying consensus among our campus constituencies.

 

Dr. Wright is completing his third year as Dean of the School of Theology at Azusa Pacific University, in Southern California.  Prior to his current position at APU, he served for 11 years at IWU in a variety of leadership positions including Vice President for Adult and Graduate Studies.

 

The following edited selections represent some of the written responses from a variety of individuals who participated in the interview process.

 

Ø      “He displays a faith that determines the fabric of his life choices and motivates his work.”

Ø      “I am confident he would navigate the tricky waters of the Provost’s position with skill and grace.”

Ø      “Dr. Wright is just who we have been looking for and just who we need.”

Ø      “David Wright has a radical intelligence cloaked in stately humility.”

Ø      “His “unfinished conversation with IWU” resonates with me, and seemed to strike a cord with colleagues.”

Ø      “His wife would be a GREAT fit with our campus and colleagues.”

Ø      “He’s Wesleyan from head to toe and through his soul.”

Ø      “He seems to possess the stature, experience, and wisdom that IWU needs in a chief academic officer if we are to become a premier Christian university.”

Ø      “David has an almost unmatched balance of values, knowledge, and skills in relation to IWU’s unique structure.  One person might “forget” the AGS side; another might denigrate the CAPS side.  David would value and balance all.” 

 

I am absolutely convinced that David possesses the gifts, graces, and passion to serve with distinction as our Provost and Chief Academic Officer.  He is uniquely prepared to provide outstanding leadership for all facets of academics at IWU from adult degree completion, to graduate programs, and to our traditional aged students.  Further, I believe that God has prepared him for this assignment – and, he feels led back to his alma mater. 

 

Join us in prayer during these important days of transition as our campus prepares and the Wright’s return home to Indiana Wesleyan University.  It is our hope that he will begin his new assignment this July 1st.  However, we are considering opportunities for both David and Helen to return soon to the campus for a visit.

 

Henry Smith

President

Indiana Wesleyan University

 

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Andre Carson

Monday, September 17, 2007

Carson Lands Job With Architectural/Engineering Firm

 

Just days after taking his appointed seat on the City-County Council, Andre Carson has landed a job as a "marketing specialist" for Cripe Architects + Engineers, Inc. according to the Indianapolis Business Journal. The firm does extensive government contracting work and boasts as major clients firms with close ties to Mayor Bart Peterson and Ice Miller’s Lacy Johnson, such as Browning Investments. The IBJ writes today:

 

Andre Carson, who last month took over the City-County Council seat of Patrice Abdullah, has been hired by Cripe Architects + Engineers Inc. as a marketing specialist.

 

Carson, 32, is a grandson of U.S. Rep. Julia Carson, D-Indianapolis. He most recently was an investigator for the Indiana State Excise Police.

 

"We hired him because we needed a marketing specialist, not be because we needed a city councilor," Cripe Senior Vice President Dennis Southerland said. "He’s a hard worker, a great young man."

 

Carson holds a Master of Science degree in business management from Indiana Wesleyan University, Southerland said.

 

Abdullah, a Democrat, resigned his seat last month after the blog Advance Indiana reported that he was living at an address outside his district.

 

Carson is representing the 15th District until Election Day, Nov. 6, and running for the seat.

 

Much of Cripe’s work centers on designing kindergarten-through-12th-grade schools as well as commercial projects by Browning Investments, Lauth Property Group and Duke Realty, and Clarian Health Partners.

 

 

The article claims Carson is running in the November 6 election. Again, Mr. Carson cannot be legally placed on the November ballot. Will someone in the GOP make sure Beth White has to comply with our election laws? A big hat tip to Polis Politics for catching this IBJ story.

 

 

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Dr. Robert R. Luckey died on Oct. 25

Dr. Robert R. Luckey, fifth president of Indiana Wesleyan University (Marion College), died early this morning, October 25.

 

  Arrangements are –

                        Visiting hours (Kopler-Williams Funeral Home, Fillmore, NY)

                        Sunday, October 28, 7:00-9:00 p.m.

                        Monday, October 29, 2:00-4:00 p.m. and 7:00-9:00 p.m.

 

                        Funeral service (Houghton Wesleyan Church, Houghton, NY)

                        Tuesday, October 30 – 2:00 p.m.

 

Attached is a listing capturing some of the highlights of Dr. Luckey’s tenure as president.

 

For those of you who may wish to send condolences to Mrs. Robert (Ruth) Luckey, her address is

                        P. O. Box 24

                        Houghton, NY  14744

 

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