2009 No. 2 Fall Foundations Magazine

Abstract

Fall 2009 issue of Foundations Magazine, the publication of the IU South Bend Alumni Association. Contents include announcement of $238,000 gift to IUSB Psychology Department from the Alice Swarm Trust; update on the construction of Springbrook Trail walking trail behind the River Crossing student housing complex at IUSB; feature on the Chad Pearson scholarship, in honor of IUSB student Chad Pearson who was killed in a car accident in 1994, and profiles of scholarship recipients; article about associate professor of physics and astronomy Ilan Levine and his study of dark matter; cover story about Titan women's basketball team members Courtney Simpson, Jordan Kramer, Leah Meyer, and Elyse Lefebvre; profile of IUSB alumnus Ron Monsma, an artist, musician, and assistant professor of visual arts at IUSB, including some of his artwork; campus news; announcement of a new book series "On Their Shoulders" about the Civil Rights Heritage Center in South Bend being published by Wolfson Press, as well as Lisa Swedarsky's "A Place With Purpose: Hering House, 1925-1963"; article on Kevin Lamarr James, sociology professor and new Director of the Civil Rights Heritage Center, and his leadership over the remodeling of the Engman Natatorium; alumni board biographies; alumni news; and information about a workshop for The Natural Step, one of the world's leading sustainability organizations.