I N D I A N A U N I V E R S I T Y – P U R D U E U N I V E R S I T Y F O R T W A Y N E
ALUMNI
N E W S L E T T E R
Volume 9, Number 5, April 2006
Dressed for Success
Alumnae have their
designs on Texas fine arts
Sarah Lankenau says she grew up keeping to herself for
One university.
the most part. But she found it took just a little drama in
her life to bring her confidence center stage. Now she’s
Two great names.
connected to Hollywood stars the likes of Keanu Reeves
and Winona Ryder.
From her introspective childhood where she
concentrated on reading, drawing, and painting to her
silver screen leap, Lankenau’s self-awareness
blossomed beginning in eighth
grade. On a whim, Lankenau,
B.A. ’99, decided to try
something new by signing up
for a theatre opportunity. “And
while it certainly was fun,” IPFW Alumni is published six times
Lankenau says, “I also began to per year by the Office of University
discover I had a voice and Relations and Communications at
something to say.” Indiana University–Purdue University
Sarah Lankenau Fort Wayne, 2101 E. Coliseum Blvd.,
The greatest visibility for her
talents to date will be through her costume contributions Fort Wayne, IN 46805-1499.
260-481-6807
on A Scanner Darkly, a science fiction and animation-
based movie to be released this summer that will star www.ipfw.edu/alumni
Reeves, Rider, Woody Harrelson, and Robert Irene Walters, Executive Director,
Downey Jr. The book-based feature is set University Relations and
in suburban Orange County, Calif., in a Communications
future where America has lost the war on Jennifer R. Bosk, Editor,
drugs. When one reluctant undercover Director of Alumni Relations
cop is ordered to start spying on his
friends, he is launched on a paranoid Produced by IPFW Publications
journey into the absurd, where identities Sarah Lankenau, B.A. ’99, is an award-winning costume designer
and loyalties are impossible to decode. and is now the costume shop manager at the Zachary Scott
She says she has a favorable opinion Theatre Center in Austin, Texas (Archival photo courtesy of Nichols
& Company Inc.). At left, an example of Lankenau’s numerous
having worked on the set, observing the sketches before her costumes take to the stage.
actors and learning the various
responsibilities of the film crew. “I theatre groups in numerous cities, earning notoriety
certainly wouldn’t turn down film work, along the way.
but I don’t see myself pursuing it long term,” Lankenau She recently designed costumes for Keepin’ It Weird, a
says. “It is an intense and draining process, although I three-act play that celebrates the unique character of
have to say that I look forward to seeing my name up on Austin, Texas, where more than 200 locals were
the big screen.” surveyed to determine which qualities gave their city the
Since graduating from IPFW, Lankenau has been dubious title of being “weird.” “I designed and created
working for various-sized nonprofit and professional 114 costumes for the characters,” she says, “including a
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Field trip to
the Statehouse
More than 75 IPFW
students, alumni, and
faculty traveled to the
Indiana Statehouse to
meet with our 18
legislators for northeast
Indiana, Feb. 1. The
group thanked our
legislators for planning
funds for the new IPFW
Student Services
Complex and then asked
for building funds for the
project. Discussing
details are (from left)
Senator Dennis Kruse,
’70 B.S.Ed., and public
management students
Pone Vrongphachanh and
Erica Hartman.
Upcoming Alumni Events
VPA Student Honors Banquet Mid-Year Economic
April 23, 6 p.m., Walb Student Union Ballroom Outlook Luncheon
Graduates and scholarship recipients will be recognized. There is a fee for dinner. June 13, 11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m., Walb Student Union Ballroom
Attendees must R.S.V.P. by April 17. Call Gary Lanier at 260-481-6977. Keynote speaker Ken Goldstein has been an economist at The Conference Board
since 1971 and is responsible for analyzing current trends in labor market
Literacy Fair activity and forecasting near-term economic developments. Hear what
April 24, 4–6 p.m., Walb Student Union Ballroom Goldstein has to say about Fort Wayne, Allen County, northeast Indiana, and our
Come visit your favorite School of Education faculty and staff. Learn about the state. The cost is $25 per person and includes lunch, keynote, and handouts.
school’s research and local literacy efforts. Enjoy presentations and vendor booths. Charge by phone at 260-481-6807.
July 4th Rooftop
Fireworks Party
July 4, 4–10 p.m., Parking Garage #1 roof
(near the Helmke Library)
Bring your chairs, cameras, snacks, and your
College Ring Ceremony best “ooos” and “ahhs” for the city’s great fireworks
April 26, 6–7 p.m., Walb Student Union, Room 222 display. It will be the closest spot to see the fireworks
Order the only “official” IU or Purdue ring through Herff Jones and attend this without trees and lights being in the way. There will
honor ceremony. Chancellor Michael A. Wartell presents your ring to you. Bring be a huge play area for kids with bubbles, chalk, games,
the entire family to witness this momentous occasion. See the rings online at and more. Music will be provided by family friendly
www.herffjones.com. This is the ONLY recognized ring as the “official” ring for WAJI Majic 95.1FM. There will be prize drawings
both IU and Purdue. all night long. The cost is $10 per car load.
DPEA Graduation 31st Annual IPFW Alumni
and Alumni Reception and Friends Golf Outing
April 28, 5:30 p.m.–7:30 p.m., July 21, 7 a.m. registration, 8 a.m. shot gun start, 12:30 p.m.
Engineering, Technology, and Computer Science Building lobby luncheon, prizes, and awards, Deer Track Golf Course
The Division of Public and Environmental Affairs will conduct its 28th annual Have fun while raising scholarship money for children of alumni.
Graduation/Alumni Reception. Attendees must R.S.V.P. by April 24. Call Tammy The cost is $69 if signing up by May 30. It’s $75 after May 30.
Davich at 260-481-6351. Charge by phone at 260-481-6807.
Graduates and Families Zoo Day Alumni Council Call to Action
June 10, 9 a.m.–3 p.m., Fort Wayne Children’s Zoo Ready to become more involved with your alma mater, its direction, and the
Adults: $6 (regularly $7.50). Children (ages 2 to 14): $4 (regularly $5). Rides: $1.60 work of the alumni board of directors? Consider joining your school alumni
per person for train, safari ride, carousel, and canoe ride (regularly $2). Pony rides council. Each school and division has a five-person or more alumni council to
are unable to be discounted. Pre-paid tickets ONLY. Charge by phone at assist with event planning, fund-raising, advising the dean, and more. Contact
260-481-6807. Pick up your tickets at the college table near the zoo entrance. Louise Teague at 260-481-6495.
ALUMNI
Class Notes
1981 1992 1995
Kathy Carrier, B.S., accounting, CEO of Bill Quackenbush, M.B.A., president of QCI Cynthia E. Raugh, B.S., business
Briljent, has recently received the Technical Staffing, has been elected as a accounting, has recently joined the firm of
entrepreneurial spirit award as part of the 2006 Fort Wayne board member for the T. L. Wagner Professional Corp. as a staff
2005 Indiana Entrepreneurial Awards of Indiana Search and Staffing Association. accountant.
Distinction. The Entrepreneurial Spirit Award
honors companies for taking risks and for
1993 1997
persevering through lessons learned.
Kathleen Ann Sherman, M.S., education, Annette Johnson, B.S., organizational
has received her doctorate in education
1985 leadership and supervision, vice president
administration. Her dissertation was
Rose Clevenger, A.S., organizational of Business Health Services, has earned the
leadership and supervision, vice president of “Principals’ Strategies for Raising
Certificate of Competency in Occupational
Sentry Management Services Inc., has Achievement Test Scores, Improving
Health from the National Association of
recently become an officer-elect with the Conditions for Student Learning, Conducting
Occupational Health Professionals.
Apartment Association of Fort Wayne for 2006. Curriculum Alignment, and Complying with
Systemic Accountability.”
2001
1987
Thomas G. Burroughs, B.S., business, has Greg Conkling, B.S., business management, Carrie E. Fischesser, M.B.A., has recently
joined Sommer, Barnard, Ackerson Attorneys, has been elected to a 2006 board position been hired to the Dinsmore & Shohl, PC law
PC. He is also a member of the firm’s with Farmington Homes Inc. by the Home office in Cincinnati. She practices in the
litigation and business law practice groups. Builders Association of Fort Wayne Inc. labor and employment law department.
IPFW Your IPFW Alumni Association Board of Directors: 2006–2007
Per the IPFWAA by-laws, this slate of candidates for the IPFW Alumni Association Board of Directors is
Athletic being sent to all IPFW graduates. Please approve this slate or write in candidates as you wish and return
Apparel this form as indicated below by April 26:
President Sue McInturff Class of ’04 Terrece Jordan
President Elect Karen Clelland Class of ’05 Erin McConaha
Secretary Brent Wake Class of ’06 Lamar Dixon
Immediate Past President Mike Engels A&S representative Nancy Vojtash Moore
IUAA Representative Eric Steenman SBMS representative Steve Franks
PAA Representative Glenna Raber DCS representative Lyna Weaver
IU At-Large Tanveer Wahid Education representative Eva Merkel
Justin Brugger ETCS representative Tony Romano
Debbie Branfield
E. G. Henderson VPA representative Vacant
Purdue At-Large Jeneé Johnson Health Sciences
representative Greta McKinney
DPEA representative Kimberly Wagner
❑ I approve this slate of candidates.
❑ I do not approve this slate of candidates and wish to write in the following graduate of IPFW for
consideration for the following board positions:__________________________________________
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DIAMONDDONS
Upcoming
home games
DH indicates doubleheader
Baseball
April 15
Chicago State (DH) 1 p.m.
April 16
Chicago State (DH) Noon
April 18
Bowling Green 2 p.m.
April 27
Goshen 3 p.m.
April 28
Grace (DH) 1 p.m.
April 30
Defiance 1 p.m.
Upcoming home games…
Softball
Get tickets!…260-481-6000 April 6
Detroit 3 p.m.
April 7 Loyola–Chicago 7 p.m. April 10
Indiana Wes. (DH) 3 p.m.
April 14 Penn State 7 p.m. April 11
Butler (DH) 3 p.m.
April 15 Rutgers–Newark 7 p.m. April 20
At Gates Sports Center – Tickets: $5 Valparaiso (DH) 3 p.m.
Kids Club!
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Success, Continued from page 1 education program that identifies and promotes
“”
quality in college-level theatre productions. From
dancing chicken fried steak and an armadillo.” there, she competed in the ACTF nationals at the
The performance was so popular, it garnered
attention through a feature on the CBS Sunday
“Theatre should John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in
Washington, D.C., the following spring. Her
Morning program. engage the audience winning designs were from the full-stage
Lankenau shares that her favorite part of
working on the play was the final act, which
and ignite a reaction.” production of Assassins at IPFW.
– Sarah Lankenau, B.A. ’99 Presently, she serves as costume shop
explored “the darker side of weird” in her
manager for the Zachary Scott Theatre Center in
words—one that explored the historic lack of
Austin. In this position and through similar
opportunities available to the city’s minority Lankenau adds that IPFW represented a good
experiences, she says she has sharpened her
groups. “Theatre should engage the audience place to start as a theatre major. “Being in a
theatre skills, focusing toward costume tailoring,
and ignite a reaction,” she says, “and everyone smaller program allowed me to design six
had a reaction to the show because of Act III.” draping, dyeing, puppetry, and mask making —
productions while completing my undergraduate
Her love for the performing arts — and their skills she will develop further this fall as she
degree,” she says. “Entering into the working
ability to convey social commentary — extends becomes a candidate in the Master of Fine Arts in
world of freelance costume design, construction,
to her high school days, where and wardrobe with that Theatre Technology program at the University of
she knew she wanted to stay in experience was worth far Texas at Austin.
the theatre in some capacity. As more than a degree from a Once her graduate degree is in hand, Lankenau
Lankenau’s theatrical experience larger institution.” shares she doesn’t want to limit her career
grew, she found herself moving Her afore-mentioned movie possibilities. “I could easily see myself as head
behind the scenes primarily. and television credits do not cutter/draper in a university costume shop,
“Costume design brought represent the first time possibly teaching a class or two, or as the
together a number of things I Lankenau’s talents have been in costume shop manager for a high-level theatre,”
enjoy doing,” she says. “I enjoy the spotlight. In 1999, she won she says. In those capacities, she will likely
reading and doing research. And first-place honors at the regional maintain a stage voice similar to the one she first
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. recognized by participating in the arts — only this
each show is an opportunity to Kennedy Center American
Lankenau’s costume talents will be
learn about the world from a featured in this summer’s motion College Theater Festival. The time, it’s her costume work and stage-prop styling
new perspective.” picture, A Scanner Darkly. ACTF is a national theatre that will continue to speak volumes for her.
A persistent journey Kennedy Center American McCauley says she still
College Theater Festival. She treasures her student
To say Jan McCauley is driven is an
studied in Washington, D.C., experiences from sitting in the
understatement. It’s an observation that is quite
with Tony Award-winning set audience of Williams Theatre
literal as well.
designer and Yale professor fighting back tears during
A nontraditional student, McCauley
Ming Cho Lee and Tony Award- moving performances to
commuted to the IPFW campus to complete her
nominated costume designer laughing through her tears
undergraduate degree from Fremont, Ind., a 50- Constance Hoffman. She says during long work hours in the
mile commute. And that’s just one-way. she views theatre as a costume shop as fatigue set in.
Nevertheless, she doesn’t regret the collaborative process that “Attending IPFW did just what I
inconvenience even to this day. McCauley, makes it different from other Tony Award-winning set hoped it would — open the
B.G.S. ’04, says she referred to the drive as her designer Ming Cho Lee and
fine arts. “There’s something door to a world of possibility I
“thinking zone.” She attributes those commuter Jan McCauley, B.G.S. ’04
about the synergy when hadn’t been aware of,” she
miles with the opportunity to interpret approaching the arts in this manner that says. “I have gained a behind-the-scenes
landscapes and sunrises in a creative manner. appeals to me rather than as a solo effort,” insight into the nuts and bolts of putting a show
It is that ability to see things from a new or McCauley comments. through production, been dragged on stage
different perspective that served her well as a Her curtain call to the fellowship came as a myself, and forged lifelong friendships.”
Bachelor of General Studies major with an result of her regional acclaim and national McCauley says she attended a graduate
emphasis in costume design. When applying attention — twice — during consecutive school convention in Chicago during the winter
her observations to the stage, “it’s the simple ACTF competitions. She won top regional of 2004. She elected to pursue a Master of Fine
appearance of a character that can tell volumes honors for Pippin in 2003, a non-staged Arts in Theatrical Design with an emphasis in
before a sound is even heard,” McCauley says. production, and Talking With… in 2004, a full- costume design at the University of Texas at
In fact, it’s the application of these visual stage production at IPFW. McCauley went on Austin, where she began last fall. It’s a good
talents that earned her a highly competitive to showcase her work during the ACTF thing McCauley is accustomed to a long haul.
spot in the Design Intensive Fellowship last nationals at the John F. Kennedy Center for She can appreciate the value of the journey
summer, which operates in conjunction with the the Performing Arts in D.C. along the way.
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Fun at
Science IPFW students (from
left) David Zink and
Central Tony Wilson talk with
Graduates and their Dr. Don Kreitzer, B.G.S.
families from area
’94, at the recent Grip
universities including
IPFW, Manchester & Grin networking
College, Grace College, event, Feb. 9.
Indiana Tech, Taylor Students spent time
University, Tri-State learning how to
University, Ivy Tech network professionally
Community College and then put their
Northeast, Huntington new skills into action
University, and the with IPFW alumni at
University of
the Fort Wayne
St. Francis gathered for a fun night at Science Central in downtown
Fort Wayne, Jan. 31. Children had hands-on science fun and then dined on hot Country Club.
dogs and chips with their parents. More than 400 people attended the event. Students and Alumni network at Grip & Grin event
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