2017 No. 1 Spring/Summer Foundations Magazine

Abstract

Spring/Summer 2017 issue of Foundations Magazine, the publication of the IU South Bend Alumni Association. Contents include spotlights on six IUSB alumni who were honored at the second annual Alumni of the Year Luncheon and full list of honorees; article about the Alumni Relations Office having moved to the recently-renovated Administration Building; article about IUSB nursing students' trip to Belize to assess the health of the population, which has the highest incidence of type 2 diabetes in the Caribbean; article about the Class of 2017 commencement ceremony held at Purcell Pavilion; alumna profile on Posi (Rosalind) Tucker, member of IUSB's first graduating class of 1967, who served as co-chair of IU South Bend's Jubilee Year Celebration Task Force; article about students studying IUSB history in a capstone course by Professor Lisa Featheringill Zwicker; article detailing memorial ceremony held on campus for Chancellor Emeritus Lester Wolfson, IUSB's first chancellor, who passed away earlier in the year; cover story about the about "Party of the Century" event held as part of the university's Jubilee Year celebrations; profile on Richard Kolbe, the new dean of the Judd Leighton School of Business and Economics; article about campus visit Pulitzer-prize winning author Colson Whitehead, who spoke about his book "The Underground Railroad"; article about Thomas Fisher's installment as new dean of the Vera Z. Dwyer College of Health Sciences; essay by Stephen W. Sturman, Vice Chancellor for University Advancement, and his background in philanthropy; announcement of Jubilee Alumni Endowed Scholarship; list of donors; alumni news; and invitation for alumni and Friends to attend a South Bend Cubs baseball game.