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Rose Welcomes 600+ First-Year Students Alumnus Marshall Goldsmith to Address ’23 Class, Receive HD with Trustee Linda White

The second consecutive strong class of first-year students with 602 students brought nearly a near-record 2,200 students to start the 2022-23 academic year. Highlights of the incoming class include:

A total of 48% of this year’s incoming class came from outside Indiana or a bordering state. A record 13 states sent at least 10 first-year students, with 35 coming from California, 21 from Texas, 18 from Virginia, and 13 each from Florida and Pennsylvania. The future looks even brighter as a record number of high school students participated in campus summer STEM awareness programs this year. Best-selling business book author, top-rated executive coach, and alumnus Marshall Goldsmith, PhD, (ECON/MA, 1970) will return to his alma mater to address the Class of 2023 during Commencement on May 27, 2023. He also will join trustee Linda White in receiving honorary degrees from the institute. Goldsmith has been recognized as one of the Top Ten Business Thinkers in the world and the top-rated executive coach at the Thinkers50 ceremony in London since 2011. His book “Triggers” (2015) was a No. 1 best-seller by Wall Street Journal and New York Times and his best-selling “What Got You Here Won’t Get You There” (2007) earned the Harold Longman Award as Best Business Book of the Year. His latest best-seller, “The Earned Life,” offers pratical advice to help readers lead a more fulfilling and satisfying life. Goldsmith’s exclusive leadership coaching list features a Who’s Who of the highest level global chief executives, with a six-month waiting list for potential new clients. White is the retired president and chief executive officer of Deaconess Health System who now serves as vice president and chief administrative officer for Deaconess Henderson Hospital in Kentucky as well as vice president of the Deaconess Foundation. She formerly had roles with Deaconess as director of nursing, vice president of nursing, vice president of patient care services, and chief operating officer.

THEY CAME FROM 40 STATES AND 18 COUNTRIES

OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES—

A RECORD

THEIR STANDARDIZED MATH AND SCIENCE TEST SCORES RANKED WITHIN THE TOP 5% NATIONALLY

21% WOMEN

REPRESENTING THE SIXTH-HIGHEST NUMBER IN INSTITUTE HISTORY MEDIAN HIGH SCHOOL GPA REMAINED AT 4.06

26% RACIALLY DIVERSE

18% FIRST GENERATION ATTENDEES AND/OR PELL GRANT RECIPIENTS

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FIELDHOUSE FILLED WITH COMPANIES SEEKING STUDENTS Students are contemplating an abundance of work opportunities after a record 283 companies filled the Sports and Recreation Center’s fieldhouse from wall to wall during the Fall Career Fair. This was a part of a robust fall recruiting season on campus, which also included a Graduate School Fair. “RoseHulman is the MIT of the Midwest. That’s why we’re here—to get the best,” says Marathon Petroleum Talent Acquisition Specialist Brandon Moorehead. “It’s a competitive marketplace ... We’re seeing some strong students with great credentials. We know that everyone (at Rose-Hulman) is going to excel in academics. They also have the leadership, team-working, and problem-solving skills to be successful with us.”

Juneteenth Added as Institute Campus Holiday

In 2022, Rose-Hulman began celebrating Juneteenth as an official campus holiday. Also known as Emancipation Day or Freedom Day, Juneteenth celebrates the date in 1865 when all enslaved African Americans in the U.S. were officially emancipated. Rose-Hulman’s Center for Diversity and Inclusion partnered with several community organizations this year to help commemorate the day. “Our addition of Juneteenth as an official Institute holiday is just one more step in our ongoing journey toward equity and inclusion for all,” says President Robert A. Coons. “While we know we still have much work to do, I continue to be proud of the strides we have made as an institution in our diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts, and remain confident that we can and will continue to make a positive impact in these areas.”

New Academic Building Becomes Indiana’s First WELL Certified Structure

Coalition for College Membership Opens Student Accessibility

The New Academic Building became Indiana’s first building to earn full WELL Certification for design and technology that enhances the health, wellness and the human experience. The three-story, 70,000-square-foot building earned Silver-level WELL v1 Certification from the International WELL Building Institute for meeting performance requirements regarding air, water, nourishment, light, fitness, comfort, and mind features that impact human health and well-being. “Earning WELL Certification showcases our commitment to implementing sustainability, health, and wellness building standards across campus,” says President Robert A. Coons. Opened for the start of the 2021-22 school year, the building has design, fabrication, and rapid prototyping areas, classrooms, state-of-theart chemistry and biochemistry laboratories, a food science research lab, and student-faculty collaborative workspaces.

Rose-Hulman’s new membership in the Coalition for College initiative has added another avenue in the institute’s search for prospective students with character traits that lead to success in STEM careers. This comes at a time in which the college has experienced continued growth in applications and enrollment. The select group of national private and public colleges is providing college access for low-income, under-resourced, and first-generation students. Member colleges meet rigorous eligibility standards for access, affordability, and student success, and have a commitment for supporting students through the college preparation and application processes. “Membership in this coalition showcases that our admissions process is open to all students, based upon their academic ability to succeed and interest in pursuing a STEM career,” said Tom Bear, vice president for enrollment management. “This affirms our commitment to college access.”

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Campus News Patrick, Inman Contributing to Board of Trustees

Successful alumni Wayne Patrick (EE, 1970) and Chris Inman have brought their expertise in management, technology, manufacturing, and entrepreneurship to the Board of Trustees. They began their contributions to the institute during the board’s fall meeting. Patrick is chief revenue officer of AIS, an Indianapolis-based information technology consulting, strategy and security company. Inman is serving a three-year term as an alumni representative trustee. Inman is associate director for systems and software engineering with Raytheon Technologies in Salt Lake City, Utah. A native of Chicago, Patrick earned a bachelor’s degree in Patrick Inman electrical engineering from Rose-Hulman in 1970. He also holds an MBA from Butler University. After a tour of military service duty, Patrick started a career as an information technology, consulting, and data analytics professional, primarily in Indianapolis. He founded and led Professional Data Dimensions for 23 years (1990-2013) and became senior relationship executive with Onebridge (2013-19) after it purchased Professional Data Dimensions. Soon thereafter he became a leader with AIS, developing and implementing the company’s growth strategy and strategic planning. Patrick has lent his experience and talents as a board member to several central Indiana organizations, including the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, Indiana Chamber of Commerce, TechPoint Foundation, Eskenazi Health Foundation, Independent Colleges of Indiana, and Butler. He also has been an angel investor in several entrepreneurial enterprises throughout America. Inman earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering in 2000 and a master’s degree in biomedical engineering in 2002 from Rose-Hulman. He also holds an MBA from Indiana University. His studies have led Inman to become a change leader with more than 20 years of program and engineering management expertise in the public and private sectors related to defense, intelligence, counter terrorism, and healthcare. He is currently a member of Raytheon Applied Signal Technology’s engineering leadership team that oversees the strategy and activities for over 350 engineers. He has worked for the company since May 2017. Other experiences have had Inman serving as telehealth director for Indiana University Health in Indianapolis (2016-17), director of strategic initiatives with Hospital Sisters Health System’s central Illinois division (2014-15) and a career in government service that included being a deputy program director with the U.S. Air Force (2010-14), program director with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (2008-2010), and chief flight systems engineer and chief of operations with the Air Force (2002-08). He earned civilian honors as the Air Force’s Acquisition Staff Officer of the Year in 2012 and Air Force Materiel Command’s Junior Engineer of the Year in 2005. This summer and fall saw several veteran faculty and staff members end their impactful careers teaching and helping students and their colleagues. Patricia Carlson, PhD, retired after 47 years as a professor of American literature and director of the PRISM program. Staff retirees (listed by length of service) were Kevin Davidson, principal technologist, 42 years; Lynn Degler, administrative assistant in the Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, 34 years; Susan Butts, manager of insurance and risk management, 25 years; Linda Price, director of business operations, 22 years; Brenda Elliott, assistant manager of the bookstore, 22 years; Lou Johnson, instrument manager for the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 19 years; Donna Norris, mail processing coordinator, 19 years; and Robert Watson, assistant director of administrative services, 17 years.

Retired Faculty, Staff Provide Quality Length of Service

Carlson Davidson Degler

Triangle Chapter Earns $100,000 National Award

Alumni Return to Provide Skills to Faculty, Staff

The Rose Tech Triangle fraternity chapter earned $100,000 as this year’s recipient of the Larry and Judy Garatoni Building Better Men Program for academic success, leadership, community and campus service, philanthropy, and chapter growth. The award was presented during the fraternity’s national convention. This competitive recognition among all chapters nationwide is helping provide seed money to support the chapter’s plans to possibly construct a new chapter house on campus. “This award recognizes that our chapter is headed in the right direction and supports long-range plans for the chapter to get even stronger,” states 2022 chapter president Luke Dawdy. Chapter members’ 3.264 cumulative grade-point average for the 2021-22 academic year was higher than the collective academic mark for all students at the college. Members also were involved in more than 30 campus organizations and five varsity athletic teams, and assisted in several campus and community service projects, including a 2022 Spring Break Praying Pelican Missions trip to a community in Belize.

Four alumni returned to campus this fall to join the faculty and staff to share their passions for teaching and serving students. These alumni are: Landon Bundy (MA, 2022) is assistant director for sports information after spending four years a student member of the institute’s sports information team. He also has been a scout and contributor for Prep Hoops Indiana, a nationwide high school basketball scouting service. Elizabeth Melton, PhD (PH/MA, 2015) is assistant professor of physics and optical engineering and director of the Oakley Observatory. She had been an instructor of astronomical universe and elementary astronomy laboratory courses at Pennsylvania State University. Austin Nash, PhD (BSME, 2013/MSME, 2015) is assistant professor of mechanical engineering. He had been an assistant professor at Kettering University (Michigan), where students nominated him for an outstanding teaching award. Caleb Randolph (CHEM, 2022) is the laboratory manager for the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry. He was a student instrument technician in the lab while earning his degree and working part time in industry.

Triangle officers Luke Dawdy (left) and Connor Patton

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Nash Melton

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Wiseley Begins Addressing Consortium’s Mental Health Needs

Curtis A. Wiseley, Psy.D., has started helping address the mental health needs of students attending Rose-Hulman, DePauw University, and Saint Mary-of-theWoods College, in a MINDful College Connections consortium supported by a $8.1 million Lilly Endowment Inc. grant. Wiseley is the first executive director of the unique higher ed mental health program. Improving student mental health services is a top priority of the three institutions, and Wiseley is utilizing his 16 years of experience as a director of mental health service operations to work within the consortium to develop its innovative model and shape the future of college student mental health service delivery.