Summer 2007 - Emporia State University

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envision tomorrow
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The sensation of discovery
Faculty research and creativity at ESU
Editor Jesse Tuel (BSB 2001)
jtuel@emporia.edu
Design John Decker (BFA 1990)
jdecker@emporia.edu
Photography J.R. Garvey (BA 1977)
jgarvey@emporia.edu
Editorial committee
Carol Cooper
Judith Heasley
John Decker
Roy Mann
J.R. Garvey
Jesse Tuel
Sandra Kramer
Marjorie Werly
Celebrating ESU’s new
architect, new blueprint
Emporia State University
President
Dr. Michael R. Lane
University Advancement
Executive director
Judith Heasley
Director of development
Sandra Kramer (FS)
Director of alumni relations
Roy Mann (BME 1979, MS 1998)
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Remodeling ESU’s
student body
Drawing a vision
for tomorrow
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E-Wire
Calendar
Spotlight Express
Hornet Mania
Athletics
Through the Years
On the cover: In his first year as the architect of ESU, President Michael
R. Lane is leading the university into the future. Photograph by J.R. Garvey,
illustration by John Decker.
Spotlight Summer 2007
Alumni Association Board of Directors
President
Myrl Cobb
President-elect
Rod Turner
Board members
Jeff Bledsoe
Floyd Hoelting
Edward Cates
Justin Holstin
Don Cawby
D. Kent Hurn
Janis (Gray) DeBoer Brad Jones
Russ Everhart
Kelly (Emig) Mobray
Jason Fanning Cindy (Webber) Ramsey
Kelli (Watts) Harpel Tim Werth
Foundation Board of Trustees
Chairman
Tim Clothier
First vice-chairman
Art Bloomer
Executive Committee members
Raymond Blackwell John Lohmeyer
George Breidenthal Gwen Longbine
Dale Cushinberry
Laura McAntee
Shane Goldsmith
Steve Sauder
Ken Hush
Greg Seibel
Spotlight is published twice a year by the Emporia
State University Office of University Advancement,
1500 Highland St., Emporia, KS 66801-5018.
Third class postage is paid from Liberty, Mo. This
publication is mailed to alumni and friends of
Emporia State University. Publication number
708440. Emporia State University is an equal
opportunity employer.
Contacts
Editor, University Advancement,
1500 Highland St., Emporia, KS, 66801-5018,
e-mail at jtuel@emporia.edu, (620) 341-5440
Address changes, (620) 341-5440,
e-mail at sacpc@emporia.edu
Postmaster, send address corrections to
University Advancement, 1500 Highland St.,
Emporia, KS 66801-5018
Volume 37, Number 2
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s you might expect, my first six months as president
of ESU have been a bit of a whirlwind. The nontraditional start date of Nov. 1 allowed me a unique
opportunity. Rather than come in over a summer to
prepare for the upcoming year, I was able to come in and
observe the many activities and traditions on campus that
were already planned. This opportunity allowed me to
experience ESU without the background of planning.
As I promised when I accepted this position, I wanted to
do a lot of listening and learning. That is a process I plan to
continue until I retire. However, at this point I have been
able to assess many things at ESU, and, working with the
faculty, staff, and administrative team, will begin to make
some changes over the next year. The first significant
change involves a restructuring of the university’s strategic
planning process. We will initiate a new strategic planning
process in the fall. The new structure places a task force,
with representatives from all constituencies, in charge of
the process. The task force will be aided by a consultant
who will work with the co-chairs to complete the planning
process by next March or April. Our goal is to create a bold
plan for the future of ESU.
You will also begin to see important changes in
opportunities to support your alma mater. We have spent
much of the last several years completing a scholarship
campaign to support students at ESU. As we move forward
with a new executive director of University Advancement
and president of the Foundation (Mrs. Judith Heasley, who
began her ESU career in April), you will see many changes
in the Foundation and in our fundraising priorities. I am
sure you know that state funding of higher education is
still declining as a percent of total operating budgets. This
is a trend that, I believe, will continue. As a result, we need
to fend for ourselves. Some of the new opportunities you
will learn about in the next year include:
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Endowed chairs and endowed professorships in
all disciplines;
A leadership program for 10 entering freshman
(the program will include international travel);
Naming opportunities for our colleges, schools,
and programs;
Creation of a new lecture series;
Many discipline-related opportunities;
And a major renovation of the Memorial Union.
As you can see, the opportunities are impressive!
As I end this message, I want to reiterate how impressed
and pleased I am with the commitment of the faculty and
staff of ESU. Their primary mission is the success of our
students and their record of success is truly remarkable.
As I have met some of our alumni, I continue to be
impressed with the positive memories each of you hold.
As we move into the future, I will do my best to make sure
we are creating positive memories each day for our current
students. With the continued support of our friends and
our alumni, we will move Emporia State University to new
levels of greatness! It’s a great day to be a Hornet!
Dr. Michael R. Lane
President
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Under construction
T
he curvature of my sagging spine, roiled by long hours in a chair,
is one byproduct of this abominable habit we call writing. Office
workers everywhere can relate. Writers will tell you their task is at
once painful and refreshing.
Writers will also wear their hearts on their sleeves (also called
complaining). After a couple weeks in my first job as a newspaper
reporter, I told my editors I wasn’t used to sitting for extended periods
of time. They smiled at me, unsympathetically, as if to say, “Get used
to it.” As I interviewed professors and administrators for this issue’s
story on faculty research, we visited about the demands of academia.
There I was talking with doctorate-holders about writing Spotlight by
day and literary theory papers by night for my pending English degree.
The reaction was, “Yep, been there, done that.”
Our faculty members can relate. Outside their classroom duties,
faculty members at ESU are devoted to research and creativity. See
the story on page 10, and read it in their own words at www.emporia.
edu/spotlight. The payoff is enhanced education for ESU’s students.
The reward for the spine-compressing
part of writing is the chance to recognize
two colleagues. The summer 2006 cover
image earned two regional awards from
CASE (Council for the Advancement and
Support of Education) in January – a gold
in photography went to J.R. “Dick” Garvey
(BA 1977), and a bronze in graphic design
went to John Decker (BFA 1990). Without
them, the Spotlight does not happen.
The refreshing aspect of writing
is the chance to tell ESU’s stories. New
leadership on campus brings with it a
renewed sense of grand possibilities.
From the inaugural celebration to shifting
student demographics to a broad range of opportunities, we are truly
excited to see what the future holds.
The future of ESU includes you. Whether you’re here every fall
for Homecoming, or you haven’t been back for years and only read
about your alma mater in these pages, your opinions shape the future
of Emporia State. Send me a note with your thoughts, and they’ll be
included in ESU’s plan for the future, under construction now.
Yours for ESU,
Jesse Tuel (BSB 2001), editor
jtuel@emporia.edu
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Editor’s note: The January Spotlight
credited Distinguished Alumnus
Marshall McNott “with forming ‘The
Pastels,’ ESU’s first dance band.” The
phrasing raised the ire of at least two
alumni of the music department, and
we’re happy to share their recollections
with you!
Dear editor:
I enjoyed very much reading the latest
edition of Spotlight, and was especially
glad to see that Marshall McNott is doing
well. Marshall was a fine trumpeter, and
although my junior, we played together
in several dance ensembles. “The Pastels”
was hardly ESU’s first dance band.
Beginning in 1946 there were: The Eddie
Wortman Orchestra, The Counts, The
Tophatters, Jim Bells Group, and the
Rosalie (Askew) Lennigan ensemble. I
know. I played at times in all of them!
Cordially,
Dr. Ivan Trusler (BS 1950, MS 1953)
Panama City, Fla.
Eugene Grissom (BME 1948), an
Emporia native, played music in KSTC
groups from the early 1930s through
his graduation in 1948, taking time out
to serve in the U.S. Army in WWII. He’s
kept up his research on the KSTC music
scene from those years, and offered this
list of musicians he recalled: Skaggs,
Todd, Adams (last names); Harry “Izzy”
Smith, Clark Evans, Lynn Hackler,
Loyde Young, Jocko Phillips, Lee
Johnson, Gus Smith, Roy Galleau, Eddie
Wortman, T.D. Wheat, and Tom Tholen
and Joe Turner, “The Counts.”
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to jtuel@emporia.edu or to Spotlight, 1500
Highland St., Emporia KS 66801-5018. Some
will go into the magazine, others will go
online at www.emporia.edu/spotlight. Letters
may be edited for clarity and length.
Calendar of events
University Events
Fall classes begin
Aug. 15
Jazz Ensemble Concert
Sept. 27, 7:30 p.m.
Albert Taylor Hall, Plumb Hall
Hornet Days
Aug. 12-22
Orchestra Concert
Oct. 4, 7:30 p.m.
General Assembly
& President’s Address
Aug. 14, 2 p.m.
“Little Shop of Horrors”
Oct. 18-20, 8 p.m.; Oct. 21, 2 p.m.
Bonner & Bonner Lecture Series
Minnijean Brown Trickey of the
“Little Rock Nine”
Sept. 12, 7 p.m.
Fall Career Fair
Sept. 25
Homecoming 2007
Oct. 20
Fall Education Career Fair
Nov. 13
Winter Commencement
Dec. 15
Opera Concert
Nov. 8, 7:30 p.m.
Heath Recital Hall, Beach Music Hall
USO Veteran’s Show
Nov. 9, 6 p.m.
“The Trojan Women”
Nov. 14-17, Nov. 28 – Dec. 1, 7:30 p.m.
Frederickson Theatre, Roosevelt Hall
Jazz Ensemble Concert
Nov. 15, 7:30 p.m.
Spring classes begin
Jan. 16
Madrigal Feast
Nov. 16-17, 6 p.m.
Colonial Ballroom, Memorial Union
Especially for
Alumni and Friends
Honor’s Band Day & Concert
Nov. 17, 8:30 a.m.
ESU at Kansas State Fair
Sept. 7-16, Hutchinson
Percussion Ensemble Concert
Nov. 19, 7:30 p.m.
Fan Fair
Sept. 7, Kansas State Fairgrounds,
Hutchinson
Family Day
Sept. 15
South Central Chapter
Scholarship Golf Scramble
Sept. 23, Hesston
Amphion Concert
Nov. 28, 7:30 p.m.
Heath Recital Hall, Beach Music Hall
Brass Choir & Wind Ensemble
Nov. 29, 7:30 p.m.
Distinguished Alumni Luncheon
Oct. 19
Sauder Alumni Center
Orchestra, A Cappella &
Community Concert
Dec. 2, 3 p.m.
On Stage
Athletics
“Gilligan’s Island: The Musical”
July 25-28, Aug. 17-18, 7:30 p.m.
Bruder Theatre, King Hall
“The Second City” Comedy Show
Sept. 14, 8 p.m.
www.emporia.edu/athletics/
Homecoming
2007
Homecoming 2007 is Oct. 20,
so mark your calendars! The
musical is “Little Shop of Horrors”
and the football opponent is
Southwest Baptist University, but
we haven’t decided which one is
more frightening. We do know
there’s something for everyone,
from class reunions to great food
and friends. Stay tuned for more
information in your mailbox and
at www.emporia.edu/saf.
Get your
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Alumni Association. It’s simple
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past newsletters and sign up!
Football
Traditions BBQ
The fourth annual event is on
Saturday, Sept. 15. The social
hour begins at 5 p.m., with the
barbecue from 6 to 11 p.m.,
at the Jenkins Ranch. Special
invitations will be extended
to players from the 1971 to
1973 years when Harold “Bud”
Elliott coached the Hornets and
brought home two conference
titles. For more information, call
(620) 342-7576.
For more events:
University Advancement News & Events – www.emporia.edu/saf/news
University Events – www.emporia.edu (click on Calendar of Events)
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S
ingle parents who decide to pursue
a college degree face numerous
obstacles, from finances to child care
concerns to self-doubt. At Emporia
State University, a substantial gift has
changed the educational dynamic for
single parents.
The Single Parents With Children
Scholarship, funded by Paula Sauder
of Emporia with a gift of nearly half a
million dollars, will provide generous
scholarships
for
single-parent
Sauder
students. The scholarship program will
award five scholarships for the 2007-08 academic year,
increasing to 10 annual scholarships in later years.
“I deeply appreciate Paula’s generosity, and I am
touched by the support she is providing for a group
of students with so great a potential for life-changing
benefits,” said President Michael Lane. “Her vision to help
single parents earn a college degree will ensure a more
stable future for them and their children. We thank Paula
Sauder for her vision, her insight and her generosity.”
Sauder was motivated to support scholarships for
single parents for two reasons. The first was an early
exposure to higher education. As a grade-schooler, Sauder
and her mother, Inez Carmichael Friesen, spent their
summers together at Emporia State University, while her
father remained at home in Hutchinson. Friesen, who in
1925 earned a life certificate for teaching from Kansas
State Normal School, was renewing her certificate and
working toward a bachelor’s degree. Sauder gained an
appreciation for what it takes when one parent and a child
seek an education together. Beginning her professional
life, Sauder encountered a second reason to help single
parents. For 20-plus years she managed both federallysubsidized housing and college apartments in Emporia.
She witnessed firsthand the hardships a single parent
endures.
“Education is so very important, and I think Emporia
State University is an excellent place to get that education,”
Sauder said. “If a child grows up in a situation where they
see education as important, he or she will be more likely
to take education seriously.”
The gift is a “win-win situation,” she added. “The
university will benefit, the students will benefit, and the
children will benefit, growing up knowing that there are
places that nurture and educate.”
See Paula’s video online
A down-payment on crumbling classrooms
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photo by J.R. Garvey
Six-figure gift changes educational
outlook for single parents
President Michael Lane (left) and state of Kansas Rep.
Don Hill, Emporia, visit during ESU Day at the Capitol
this spring.
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fter years of advocacy, a down-payment on Kansas higher
education has been made. To address a backlog of deferred
maintenance projects at Kansas institutions, lawmakers
approved a $380 million, five-year plan in the 2007 session.
ESU officials expect about $8.9 million in the next five years
($5.4 million from the state general fund and $3.4 million from
interest earnings on ESU tuition). The Legislature’s plan also
includes tax credits to lure private donations.
Initial plans include upgrades to the infrastructure of
William Allen White Library, the HPER building, and Roosevelt
Hall. Still, the allotment falls short of the high-priority list ESU
developed, which requested $12.1 million in the first year alone
to address a total of $44.7 million in crumbling infrastructure at
ESU. The total for all deferred maintenance needs in the state’s
publicly owned higher education buildings is $663 million.
“The package is certainly helpful to us,” said Ray Hauke, vice
president for administration and fiscal affairs. “We will be much
farther along than we would without it. But hopefully we all
realize that it is a beginning point, and not the final solution.”
Blaufuss Run/Walk raises support for ESU scholarships
Runners and walkers start the second annual John Blaufuss Memorial Run/Walk in March, raising $10,000 for the Presidential
Academic Awards scholarship program and honoring the memory of Blaufuss, a long-time friend of the university. The 5K run and
2-mile walk drew 42 runners and 85 walkers, all offering crucial support to ESU’s primary recruiting scholarship.
See video from the run/walk online
For your information: a new frontier
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lumni and friends of Emporia State University are
already connected by the common thread of our love
for the good ol’ black and gold, but a more tangible link is
on its way.
An online service is under construction, set to launch in
fall 2007. We’ll send you an enrollment form soon, which
you can send in for a username and password. Numerous
features await – here’s a taste:
• Find your classmates
• Join interest groups
• Update your address
• Make a gift online
• View your giving history
• Send “Through the Years” notes
• Become a career advisor for current ESU students
• See volunteer opportunities
That’s right, your ESU Alumni Association is going
high-tech. Roy Mann, director of alumni relations, said the
online community offers an unprecedented opportunity
to connect with alumni of all ages and all locations.
“The technology is ready for it, we’re ready for it, and
most importantly, our alumni are ready for it. They’re
asking for it,” Mann said. “The technology lets us open
new avenues to reach alumni. Our traditional outreach
efforts will still be there, but so many people are beginning
to prefer the Internet for communication – now we have
the chance to reach thousands of alumni on their terms.”
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Sleepless nights for a good cause
photo by Dan Dishman
by Miranda Davis (BFA 2007)
Leonard, event marketing representative
for St. Jude’s Research Hospital. “Families
never receive a bill for treatment rendered
at St. Jude and families without insurance
are never asked to pay. That is why it is
vitally important to continuously have
fundraisers such as Up ‘til Dawn to fund
the life-saving research and treatment at
St. Jude.”
The student-led “Up ‘til Dawn”
extravaganza will begin with various
fundraising efforts. A common program
is the letter-writing party, where Greek
students send donation forms to their
family and friends. After all the letters and
fundraising, students will celebrate their
success by staying “Up ‘til Dawn” and
honoring St. Jude’s patients.
Giving back to the community is one of
the many things Greeks strive to do. But it’s
Members of the Greek community at ESU, like Megan Teeter, Caldwell, and Kurt
more than just writing a check, collecting
Neis, Gardner, are always looking to lend a hand. During Greek Week, the fraternities
donations, and showing up at events. It is
and sororities raised $1,183 for the Emporia Animal Shelter. Teeter and Neis donated
about the importance of reaching out to
the funds on behalf of the chapters and took some time out to play with puppies.
someone and making a difference.
ollege life is full of experiences, challenges and
“It is important for Greeks to give back
opportunities. Students are accustomed to spending
to the community because they always do what they
long nights studying or enjoying time with friends, but
can to help the ESU students and Greek life. We should
this fall at Emporia State, students will be spending one
take part in every opportunity we can to give back to
sleepless night a little differently.
them,” said Skaggs. “It puts out a good word for Emporia
Greek students at ESU will join more than 200 colleges
State and Greek life, and leaves you feeling a sense of
nationwide and stay “Up ‘til Dawn” to help find a cure
accomplishment.”
for cancer and support the St. Jude Children’s Research
Skaggs and other Greeks are grateful for the
Hospital.
community’s support. Scholarship donations, for
“‘Up ‘til Dawn’ is coming to Emporia State in hopes
instance, allow students the time to become involved in
of bringing the community and the university together
activities on campus – and when students are given the
to work for one cause,” said Natalie Skaggs, Panhellenic
gift of time, they can give the gift of service. The ESU
Association’s philanthropic chair and event organizer.
Greek community donates thousands of service hours
“By bringing ‘Up ‘til Dawn’ to ESU, I hope students and
every year. With the St. Jude project, their contributions
the community will have a better understanding of what
will touch lives around the world.
St. Jude’s does for the families of children with cancer.
“St. Jude treats patients from every community,”
Many do not know that it costs $1 million a day to run
Perry Leonard said. “There are patients from all over the
the hospital.”
state of Kansas who have been treated at St. Jude and
Greek chapters at ESU have a tradition of community
who continue to go back for regular check-ups. Also, St.
service and philanthropy, earning money to donate to
Jude is committed to freely sharing all research findings
local and national causes. Fraternities and sororities will
with the medical community. Hospitals in Kansas and
often team up for a joint effort, but never before have all
across the world use treatment protocols developed at
the chapters joined forces.
St. Jude, meaning that one life saved at St. Jude means
“I am thrilled to have such a wonderful school as
thousands saved elsewhere.”
Emporia State University and such a dynamic community
See a list of Greek philanthropy
as Emporia on-board to join in the fight to cure cancer and
and service projects online
other catastrophic diseases in children,” said Nikki Perry
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New leader of ESU Advancement finds her niche
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he Lady Hornets’ nationally
televised basketball game
against Washburn in February
drew more than 4,600 fans,
including a new ESU leader who
realized she had made the right
decision.
Judith “Judy” Heasley, who
days before the contest was
named the executive director of
University Advancement and
president of the ESU Foundation,
Heasley
started at ESU on April 12. Back in
February, she attended the ESU game with her husband,
Jim. They felt an energy that few universities can muster.
“It was electric,” Heasley said. “You could feel it. My
husband looked at me and smiled, and we both nodded
at each other.”
Heasley was attracted to ESU by its complete package
– a strong academic reputation, an eager, well-staffed
advancement office, and a significant endowment.
Meanwhile, ESU was attracted to Heasley’s 24 years
of advancement experience. She was formerly the vice
president of institutional advancement at Fort Lewis
College in Durango, Colo.
“Judy’s impressive array of skills and experience is a
perfect fit for this position,” President Michael Lane said
when Heasley was selected. “We are thrilled to bring her
to Emporia State at a time when this university is poised
for tremendous growth.”
The long drive from Durango to Emporia gave Heasley
plenty of time to think about the new position. It’s an
exciting time to be at Emporia State, she said, with the
opportunity to set a new strategic plan. Heasley’s vision
includes greater outreach through alumni chapters,
building a “wish list” for needs across campus, pursuing
the resources of foundations and corporations, and
nurturing a team atmosphere in the Advancement
office.
The self-described Western girl, having lived and
worked in Arizona, Colorado, Texas and Utah, is ready to
adjust to the Midwest. Said Heasley, “I think we’re really
poised to do a lot of really great things.”
Culture of Midwestern education entices new dean
A
uniquely Midwestern brand of higher education
has drawn Dr. Steven F. Brown to Emporia State
University as the new dean of the College of Liberal Arts
and Sciences.
Brown interviewed at ESU and recognized a quality
of seriousness and intelligence that “far exceeds” other
areas of the country, yet it is matched with Midwestern
openness and honesty, he said. “There is a commitment
to learning, an appreciation of knowledge and education,
that I hope people (at ESU) don’t take for granted,” said
Brown, 54. “It truly does not exist nationwide.”
Brown has just started at ESU, having finished
teaching a summer course in hymnology at the
University of Mississippi. His background is in music,
an interest piqued by his high school choral teacher. As
an undergraduate at Arkansas State University, he was
thrilled to realize he could earn a degree just by singing
– or so he thought. “I sat in my first music theory class
and I felt I’d been slapped in the face. ‘This was not what
I’d expected,’” he recalled saying. Nonetheless, he went
on to earn bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music
education at Arkansas State, and a doctorate from North
Texas State University in 1986.
Administrative duties first landed on Brown’s desk
while he was at East Central University in Oklahoma.
He found it rewarding to empower others, and he soon
moved to Northwest Missouri State University as chair
of the music department – where he fell in love with
the work and Midwesterners. In Mississippi, he rose to
associate dean of the College of Liberal Arts. Now he’s
back in the Midwest, drawn to ESU’s academic reputation
and its emphasis on teaching students.
Dr. John Schwenn, vice president of academic affairs,
said Brown’s experience in involving students matches
ESU’s emphasis on the “first-year experience,” designed
to develop stronger, more committed students from
the beginning. “His engaging personality seemed to fit
Emporia State very well,” said Schwenn.
Crème
de la crème
They are all around you, those brilliant and unique people who make everything they touch
turn to gold. Honor them with a nomination for an ESU award, or as a voice guiding the
Alumni Association and Foundation. For more information on the boards or awards, visit
www.emporia.edu/saf. Send nominations to Sauder Alumni Center, Attn: Joan, 1500
Highland St., Emporia, KS 66801-5018, or sacpc@emporia.edu. Nomination deadlines are:
Aug. 10 – Hornet Heritage Award, for multigenerational Hornet families
Oct. 5 – University Service Citation Award
Dec.1 – Alumni Association board
Feb. 29 – Distinguished Alumni
Aug. 1 – Foundation Board of Trustees
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Vendors of ESU memorabilia
would do well to watch for
Jodie Fund (BSB 1975). Ever
since he graduated, Jodie has
been building a collection. On
his frequent trips to Emporia
for sports, Homecoming, and
Foundation Board of Trustees
meetings, Jodie peruses the game
vendors, the bookstore and local
businesses for the newest ESU
gear. Both his home and office in
Bartlesville, Okla., are loaded with
black and gold. Some items are for
every-day use, like the glassware
in his kitchen or the three ESU
wristwatches. Other items aren’t
so unique, as he humorously
related. He bought the football rug
(at left) and framed it, thinking it
was one of a kind. Only later did
he see it sold commercially. Rare
or not, Jodie admits, “It’s always a
matter of what someone’s willing
to pay for it.” In his case, the only
limit is space. “Even though I
moved to a bigger place, I have
to be more selective,” he said.
“I’m running out of room to put
things!”
courtesy photos
Send us your Hornet Mania! We’ll either publish your pictures in Spotlight or put them online, or both! Send pictures to
jtuel@emporia.edu or by mail to “Spotlight Hornet Mania,” 1500 Highland St., Emporia, KS 66801.
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Theatre department riding a wave of success
I
t’s almost as if the Emporia
State theatre department is
writing their own script for an
annual success story. The 200607 year was once again full of
highlights, such as Maria Stukey’s
recognition as one of the top
collegiate actresses in the nation.
Stukey, a student from Wichita,
was one of 16 national finalists
for the Irene Ryan scholarship
awarded at the annual Kennedy
Stukey
Center American College Theater
Festival. Jim Bartruff, director of the theatre program,
said Stukey has a commanding stage presence. “She’s
very energetic. She has a wonderful voice. She has
strong comedic timing,” he said. “Also, her performance
was finely complimented by her scene partner, Mychal
Moore.”
Students audition for the national scholarship at the
regional competitions. During the January regional
at Iowa State, three ESU students made the first and
second cuts, including Stukey. At the national festival,
Stukey and Moore performed in front of an audience
that included famous playwrights. “That’s part of what
the festival is about, the best of the best working with
and learning from one another,” Bartruff said.
Faculty members were also selected as Region 5
representatives to the national festival – Nancy Pontius
in scene design and Theresa Mitchell for directing. In
other words, ESU theatre continues to hold its own
on the national, ahem, stage.
The 2006 Irene Ryan winner
was Michael Swickard (BFA
2004), who picked up the award
as a graduate student at the
University of Central Florida.
Megan Dillingham (BA 1996),
won it in 1999 as a University
of Kansas student. In 1998,
undergraduate Hattie Davis
(BFA 1999) won the national
award, which is named after the
actress best known as Grannie
in television’s “Beverly Hillbillies.”
Amid the success, the department even gets a little help
from its friends. An Emporia-based business, Thomas
Transfer and Storage (United Van Lines), footed the bill
for shipping the entire “Five Women” set to and from
Iowa State University. Moving the unusually large set
wasn’t easy. It included a bedroom set, large windows,
a walk-in closet, furniture and more, enough to fill more
than one rented moving van. That’s right, they had to
load their jalopy like a Beverly Hillbilly.
Fortunately, the move was easier than expected. The
department’s excitement became “contagious,” said
Thomas Transfer’s general manager, Larry Lyons. The
Thomas family has done business in Emporia for 60plus years, and has always supported the arts at ESU.
This time, they donated the use of a semi and driver for
the Iowa trip.
“It was an excellent play – the kids really did a good
job,” Lyons said. “We do it to help the community.
The Thomases try to back everything at ESU that they
possibly can.”
Said Bartruff, “Frankly, I don’t think we could’ve done
it without their help. The extra cost we had to take on to
move the play was significant. This was the piece of the
puzzle that made the whole thing work. We would’ve had
to rent a couple trucks and do the moving ourselves. This
just solved so many problems for us.”
Go online to see more theatre pictures.
courtesy photos
Four of the “Five Women
Wearing a Same Dress”
performed at a regional
competition. From left to
right, Stephanie Braniff,
Emily Young, Barbara
Handy, and Wendy Dolan.
Not pictured is Erin Schmidt.
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J
The sensation of discovery
– faculty research
and creativity at ESU
apan’s mythical gods of wind and thunder rampaged
through Albert Taylor Hall at the presidential
inauguration ceremony in late March, their interplay
building to a quaking crescendo at the fingertips of the
ESU Wind Ensemble and its conductor, Dr. Gary Ziek.
His composition climaxed, and just as quickly, it was
silent. Whispered one audience member, “Wow.”
“Wow” is what happens when ESU’s researchers and
artists are turned loose to discover their disciplines, in a
pursuit that is complementary to teaching and not always
included in the image of a professor and chalkboard.
In disciplines across campus, it is an expectation and
a privilege to uncover the unexpected. The tenure
mechanism encourages it by setting standards, and peerreviewed publications demonstrate the excellence of ESU
faculty in their fields.
Ziek, director of bands and associate professor of
trumpet, spent his summer 2006 vacation in Japan,
collecting impressions of the country and its people. A
six-week case of writer’s block left him staring at a blank
computer screen, until he realized he couldn’t channel
indigenous Japanese sounds – he had to view Japan
through a language he understands, that of Western
music. Then the piece spilled out, as if it was already
there.
“After I got over that, the piece kind of wrote itself in
about three weeks,” Ziek said. “It’s hard to say where you
get your ideas sometimes. They kind of pop into your
head.”
The five-part “Impressions of Japan” is one of 20plus pieces Ziek has composed in the last decade, and his
creations have been performed about 250 times around
the world. Meanwhile, Ziek and other faculty members get
the chance to mentor blossoming students. “That makes
you feel very proud when you’re passing on the torch,” he
said.
Before Dr. Michael Butler tested the agility and reaction
time of every ESU athlete two years ago, he had speculated
that basketball players might be the quickest. But surprise
– the associate professor found that it’s volleyball players,
by a slight margin.
Butler’s ongoing research on athletes’ response times
builds on his expertise in motor skills. Athletes, standing
on a large pad with a square in the middle and four squares
around it, respond to the computer screen’s instructions
by jumping to the appropriate square. The equipment was
developed by former ESU football player John Lohmeyer
(BSE 1974, MS 1977), a member of the ESU Athletic Hall
of Fame and the ESU Foundation Board of Trustees,
in collaboration with a colleague in Salina, Dr. Gary
Harbin.
Traditional reaction time testing involves pushing
buttons. Butler’s research comes closer to an athletic
simulation by measuring agility and response time. “I’m
not aware that it’s ever been done – at least not in an
Dr. Gary Ziek
academic setting,” Butler said. “We’re kind of measuring
something that’s never been measured in this way.”
Athletes use their agility to move, and their intelligence
to recall where the colors are below their feet – just like a
football player reacting to the offense within the context
of the defensive scheme his coach called. Real-world
applications for Butler’s research include, for instance,
athlete safety. Say a running back suffers a concussion –
his performance can be tested and compared to preseason
results. If the results don’t match, the ball carrier isn’t
ready to avoid those pulverizing linebackers.
Butler’s talent is exposing students to a higher level of
education, Lohmeyer said, and the equipment becomes
a teaching tool for research. “The world is craving better
and more detailed knowledge on athletes,” Lohmeyer
said. “I think it speaks well of Emporia State that this kind
of work is under way.”
Just like their students, teachers are constantly
absorbing knowledge. Dr. Scott Crupper, associate
professor in the department of biological sciences, earned
the 2007 President’s Award for Research and Creativity.
Collaborating with other researchers around the nation,
Crupper searches for antibiotics and bacteria that will
kill cancer cells, and students work alongside him. “I
think it makes me a better teacher because you can pull
from your personal experiences,” Crupper said. “Having
a background where you’re actually researching in a
laboratory helps us teach more authoritatively.”
Dr. Zane Swanson would know something about that.
Swanson, an associate professor in the department of
accounting and information systems, along with other
professors, led a team of students to the 2006 grand
championship in XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting
Language). The ESU team took the top international prize
for writing an XBRL software program for auditing that
flags unusual transactions. At the 14th International XBRL
Conference in 2006, the SEC chairman recognized ESU in
his remarks. Swanson was there with two MBA students
from the team. “These guys got mobbed afterward,”
Swanson said of the students. “One of the firms invited
them to dinner. They both got job offers as a consequence
of that.”
Tenure is the mechanism that ensures quality control
among faculty members, who are eligible in their sixth year
of teaching. Assistant professors, associate professors and
professors are promoted along the tenure track based on
their performance; in all academic departments, faculty
members must engage in research or scholarly activity,
said Dr. John Schwenn, vice president for academic
affairs.
Dr. Michael Butler
“The universal idea is that, if you demonstrate it,
you’re going to continue it in the future,” Schwenn said.
“It helps measure the quality of the faculty we have. It’s a
set standard that helps us say, ‘You’re quality and you are
worth investing in.’”
The low teacher-student ratio at ESU means undergraduates and graduates are working with experts. “I
think the one-on-one interacting with faculty makes a
really big difference in the type of education you get,”
Schwenn said. “There is really someone watching out for
you, you have someone who knows you, who can provide
you with stimulus and direction that is tailored to you.”
Go online! Just for you, professors have written about their research and posted published articles. Listen
to Dr. Ziek’s five-part “Impressions of Japan,” and see video of Dr. Butler’s research on athlete reaction time,
andread a longer version of the story.
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Celebrating ESU’s
new architect,
new blueprint
As silly as
the word first sounds, the
festiveness of “Inaugapalooza” aptly describes
not only the student-led carnival to celebrate
President Michael R. Lane’s inauguration in late
March, but the entire week of events. It was a
celebration of Emporia State University in all its
variety, diversity and richness, and a welcoming
of the university’s 15th president, a man as equally
at ease laughing as he is leading.
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That unique mixture surfaced on campus
throughout the week. Where else would you see
college women wearing fake mustaches to match
a president’s upper lip? Where else would a
Saudi Arabian student in traditional garb ride a
mechanical bull? At the same time, the tone was
serious. Panel discussions were hosted on the
future of ESU, and on the benefits of studying
abroad. In open houses in each school, faculty,
staff and students showcased themselves to the
campus and community. In his inaugural address,
Lane challenged each of ESU’s constituent groups,
from alumni and friends to faculty and staff, to
meet the demands of tomorrow’s ESU.
In words and actions, Lane is ready to lead. At
a luncheon preceding the inaugural ceremony on
March 31, the remarks drew to a close without
an invitation for the crowd to be dismissed. A
pregnant pause ensued as no one in the large
Webb Lecture Hall crowd wanted to be the first
to stand – until Lane himself made the definitive
move. The rest of the guests followed suit.
The pomp and circumstance of installing a new
president was there, albeit without the weather’s
cooperation. A sunny morning with temperatures
in the sixties gave way to clouds and blustery, cold
wind just in time for the 1:45 p.m. processional,
when a parade of faculty, staff and students –
international students representing each country
in the student body – shivered their way from the
Memorial Union to Roosevelt Hall and then back
north to Plumb Hall. As faculty members waited
Clockwise from right: A humorous touch to the student-organized “Inaugapalooza was fake mustaches,
to emulate President Michael Lane; President Lane speaking at the inauguration ceremony; during the
processional, professors await entry into Albert Taylor Hall for the ceremony.
photo by Stephan Anderson-Story
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“This celebration is about this university,
outside to enter Albert Taylor Hall, the wind whipped their
black robes. Photographers had to switch from the west to
the east side of the faculty to see their faces, because the
entire group had turned their backs against the wind. “I
wish I would’ve worn my long underwear,” said one.
Inside, there was the warmth of music, the
encouragement of various speakers, and humility. “This
celebration is about this university,” Lane said. “It’s not
about me.”
Indeed, as Foundation Board of Trustees Chairman
Tim Clothier said, “An organization is only as good as the
people that make it up. Mike Lane is a leader who gathers
the insight and input of the people and crafts an action
plan.”
That action plan is on the backs of all those who are
vested in Emporia State University. Lane carefully laid
out opportunities for each of those groups, beginning with
faculty. Among his experiences at eight different schools,
the dedication of ESU faculty to students is the greatest
“that I have ever seen, anywhere” – high enough to
accommodate growing public and legislative demands for
assessment and accountability in the outcomes of student
learning, and high enough to develop the faculty’s critical
role in student recruitment and retention, Lane said.
Speaking to the staff, Lane praised the level of
commitment to students, crediting it with improving
retention among first-year students. To community
members, he asked that they treat ESU students as
“your own,” and pledged continued engagement and
assistance in economic development. To Foundation and
Alumni Association board members, Lane asked that they
advocate for ESU in their communities, steering students
and potential supporters to ESU.
To students, he related how the Cold War threat of
Russia subsided, revealing that the Russian people “are
people very much like us with similar dreams, ambitions,
and desires…. The time is rapidly approaching when an
Go online to see a photo gallery from inaugural
events, video of Inaugapalooza and more, and
read the president’s inaugural address.
All of campus was on display during Inauguration Week, from
pottery on Memorial Union’s Main Street to an art therapy
display and rat mazes at Visser Hall.
y,” President Lane said. “It’s not about me.”
ESU graduate will have the opportunity to visit Baghdad
or Tehran to form professional partnerships,” Lane said.
“The world will continue to change and the opportunities
you have here at ESU can help prepare you for those lifechanging opportunities, if you take advantage of them.
Take a chance! The 137 Chinese students studying on our
campus have – why not you?”
Lane also outlined the need to identify and attract
significant resources in order to achieve greatness
as a regional university: endowments for faculty
professorships and chairs; endowments for international
travel for students and faculty; support for continuing
development of faculty and staff; and scholarships. Along
the way, Lane promises thorough planning. The promise
of a more perfect education is a moving target, as he noted
in the words of University of Texas at Austin professor
Joseph Lagowski: “We are attempting to educate and
prepare students (hire people in the workforce) today
so that they are ready to solve future problems, not yet
identified, using technologies not yet invented, based on
scientific knowledge not yet discovered.”
A mighty task, for sure, but ESU is up to the task. Lane
inherited a solid foundation of measured growth from
his predecessor, former President Kay Schallenkamp,
and now it is his turn. When Kansas Board of Regents
Chairman Nelson Galle inadvertently skipped over the
A Cappella Choir’s closing performance at the ceremony,
Lane reminded him.
“I knew somewhere I’d miss something,” Galle said,
laughing. “That’s what he’s here for. To take charge.”
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Remodeling
ESU’s
student body
F
ESU students Abdullah Mohammed A. Al Fasili and Justin Metsker
illustrate the growing diversity of the ESU student body.
Students on- and off-campus
6500
Total
6000
5500
5000
4500
On-campus
4000
3500
3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
Off-campus
500
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Source: ESU Data Book 2006
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or evidence of shifting demographics in the Emporia
State student body, one can look right down Main
Street of the Memorial Union. You may see Nayaf
Alluhaiden, 20, from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, talking on his
cell phone and drinking a Mountain Dew. Or you may see
any one of the 137 Chinese students who studied at ESU
in the last academic year.
Forty foreign countries are represented among ESU
students, and that’s not the only shift. Women outnumber
men nearly two to one in the student population, and
what seems to be a much wider disparity in leadership
positions. And enrollment growth isn’t projected to
come from the traditional high school graduates, but
from distance education. At a time when the university’s
leadership changes hands, it can be instructive to look at
the numbers and ponder what’s next.
Alluhaiden applied for a Saudi Arabian government
scholarship to study in the United States, sending
his credentials to the country’s Cultural Mission in
Washington, D.C. His concept of America included New
York City, Washington, D.C., Hollywood, and Disneyland.
The mission recommended Emporia State, in part for its
computer information systems program. “It’s a small
college town and for your major, it’s good,” Nayaf recalls
hearing. “I said, ‘OK, I’ll go to Emporia.’ I was excited,
nervous, all at the same time, and I was afraid.
At first, he was alone. He came in 2005, the first Saudi
to arrive at ESU in a new wave of Saudis studying in the
States. In the 1970s, in particular, Saudis came to America
for higher education. The stream stopped in the 1990s,
but today’s resurgence is because the earlier generation’s
Saudi graduates, convinced that America is a good place,
are in a position to ensure their country’s brightest have an
opportunity for an American education, said Jim Harter,
assistant vice president for international education. So
Alluhaiden is no longer alone. In the last year, 38 Saudis
were enrolled at ESU.
Post-Sept. 11, the international student count at
ESU dwindled to around 150, but by this spring it had
rebounded to 343 students from 40 countries. The end
result is vigorous cultural exchange. “I think that’s the key
to a better understanding – not just tomorrow, but this is
for generations to come,” Harter said.
The pool of homegrown students is also
undergoing dramatic change. While the
number of high school graduates in Kansas is
holding steady and even projected to increase
slightly, officials are keeping an eye on a
growing multiculturalism in younger grades.
Through outreach, they’re looking for ways to
ensure that students are offered the college
preparatory requirements and view higher
education as achievable. “The market share
of the Kansas student is becoming tighter and
tighter,” said Dr. Jim Williams, vice president
of student affairs.
Another curious national trend hitting
Emporia State is a growing imbalance between
male and female students. From time to time,
one can hear alarmist underclassmen telling
each other that the ratio is 6-to-1, but it’s not.
Fall 2006 data shows 64 percent women, 36
percent men. Still, the ESU female population
grew at a faster clip from 2000 to 2005, and an
anecdotal glance at top students shows a dearth
of male leaders.
Public high school graduates by ethnicity, selected years
Kansas
Year
American
Indian/
Native
American Asian/Pacific
Black,
Islander non-Hispanic
Hispanic
White,
non-Hispanic
Total
1990-91
140
452
1,537
850
21,435
24,414
2001-02
283
685
1,854
1,497
25,190
29,509
2007-08
373
694
2,050
2,469
21,809
29,379
2017-18
553
1,070
1,862
6,027
18,746
29,685
Source: WICHE (Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education).
Numbers published in 2003 – numbers are actual through 2001-02, and projected from 2002-03 forward.
Past recipients of the Roe R. Cross Distinguished Professor Award, from left, Ken Weaver, Joella Mehrhof and Dan Kirchhefer,
debated the future of ESU at a panel during Inauguration Week.
4500
Enrollment by gender, fall 2006
4000
Source: ESU Data Book 2006
3500
3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
Male
Female
Male
Undergraduate
Students
Female
Graduate
Students
Male
Female
All
Students
Ten of the 15 prestigious Shepherd Scholars for 200708 are women. Of the Ambassadors for next year, 24
of the 33 Ambassadors are women. All but two of the
17 nominees for the 2007 Newberg Outstanding Senior
award were women.
“It’s hard not to notice,” said Drew Donahoo, a senior
from Overland Park and Ambassador chairman for the
2007-08 year. But he hasn’t given it too much thought,
because his activities seem fairly balanced – three men
serve on the Ambassadors’ executive board, and in the
theatre department, plenty are involved.
However, he gives tours to prospective students as an
Ambassador. “I have noticed on tours, I very rarely give
high school tours to guys. It’s always the ladies.” Donahoo
says. The guys, it seems, are “there to miss school.”
As for the leadership roles, Donahoo wondered if
women are more likely to take advantage of opportunities.
“I think they’re probably more motivated,” he said. “It
seems like there are more women in leadership roles on
campus. It seems like they try harder.”
It’s as if the tables have turned in a single generation,
and women are no longer the non-traditional college
students. Dr. Williams, in student affairs, says it’s not a
threat to higher education, but the field is certainly asking
questions: “It’s different if there’s a huge population shift
and the male species is dying out. The bigger question is,
‘Why aren’t men going to college?’”
A predominant answer, currently, is the concept of
immediate earnings. A male graduating from high school
may be drawn to a technical profession’s annual wage of
$30,000, without considering that the lack of a college
degree will cap his salary a few years down the road.
Whatever the explanation, women today are earning
degrees at a higher rate.
The key for a university is to prepare for when, and
if, men seek to correct the balance. “That population
may not come back to the brick-and-mortar programs,”
Williams said. “It may be in distance education, and we’ll
be prepared. We want to recruit and retain the traditional
age while making higher education an opportunity for
all.”
Nayaf Alluhaiden is grasping the opportunities. He
hopes to finish his bachelor’s degree in 2009 or 2010, and
then begin the MBA program. His father works in real
estate in Riyadh and plans to open his own business, which
the son might manage. But first things first. Alluhaiden has
returned to Riyadh this summer to marry a young woman
he’s known since childhood, and bring her to Emporia
in the fall. He wants his wife to earn a college degree so
they’re on equal intellectual footing: “If you want to build
something, you have to build a foundation,” he said.
Enrollment by student race/ethnicity, fall 2000 to fall 2005
Year
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
% change ’00 to ‘05
White
4,673
4,858
5,006
5,145
5,118
5,127
9.7%
166
197
184
161
166
176
6.0%
Black
167
166
174
196
193
210
25.7%
Amer. Indian
28
31
38
34
35
35
25.0%
Asian
31
43
45
52
49
54
74.2%
Hispanic
166
182
175
187
218
225
35.5%
Unknown
385
346
383
503
415
461
19.7%
5,616
5,823
6,005
6,278
6,194
6,288
12.0%
NR alien
Total
Source: Kansas Board of Regents 2006 Data Book
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Dr. Peggy Lane and President Michael Lane visit with children during Inauguration Week.
foundation of Emporia State University has been
are now crafting a more robust, comprehensive approach
under construction for 144 years and counting, from
to supporting the ESU of tomorrow.
the first days when Lyman Beecher Kellogg traveled by
One of President Michael Lane’s boldest moves at the
horse and wagon to Emporia in 1863, to the creation of
inauguration was to name where these opportunities
the ESU Foundation in 1952, to the newest installation of
lie. The university’s blueprint for the future will draw
leadership.
upon endowed professorships, naming opportunities,
The foundation is stable. Completion of the $15 million
international travel for faculty and students, professional
campaign for student scholarships, Building Blocks
development for faculty and staff, and scholarships.
for Success, is anticipated this fall, adding a feather to
“We have to think big. It’s time for ESU to think big,”
ESU’s cap. The $15 million goal for the Building Blocks
Lane said. “There are a lot of things we want to accomplish
for Success scholarship campaign was surpassed this
as an institution that we won’t be able to accomplish
summer, adding a feather to ESU’s cap. But there is room
unless we think big.”
for growth, or rather, an imperative need for it. Leaders
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Endowed funds for the top teachers can be created in
two ways. One is to reward exceptional performers on
campus with additional salary and stipends for travel
and research, enhancing their ability to excel. The other
is to entice prospective faculty members with salary and
research support. The talent pool for faculty is decreasing,
Lane said, because fewer doctorates are being awarded in
certain disciplines, and because of corporate hiring. The
market for faculty is a national market, and ESU must
compete on this scale when its average salaries are below
the state, regional and national averages.
Emporia State currently has a handful of endowed
funds for the benefit of professors: the Jones Distinguished
Professor (School of Business), the Jones Professorship for
the Advancement of Teaching, the Richel Professorship
for the Advancement of Teaching (School of Library and
Information Management), the Glaser Distinguished
Professorship for Engraving Arts, the Dr. Herman Baehr
Endowed Chair in Finance, and the Jones Institute for
Educational Excellence Fund.
Each endowment pays serious dividends. The Baehr
Endowed Chair in Finance has been filled for just one year,
and students are already scoring higher on the finance
section of the standardized test given to all graduating
business majors, said Dr. Robert Hite, dean of the School
of Business.
The endowment allowed the school to lure Dr. Barry
Smith from New Mexico State University to serve as ESU’s
finance chair.
“It allows us to be competitive in the marketplace.
Industry salaries in finance and accounting are among the
highest in all disciplines,” Hite said. “It’s enabled us to
hire someone from a D-I school who held a similar chair.
It bolsters our school, and it bolsters our students.”
The renewed credibility in finance has led the school
to file paperwork to reinstate the finance major, which
was dropped about five years ago. The major will improve
on what now is a finance concentration, better preparing
students to be investment managers, stockbrokers,
bankers and insurance professionals, Hite said.
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The School of Business, the College of Liberal Arts
and Sciences, the School of Library and Information
Management, and the Teachers College all require greater
support. “All four schools should carry names,” Lane said.
Within the schools, donors might choose to support an
academic program or a building. The result is much more
than a name on a plaque. The gifts can be spread across
the school’s mission statement, funding an endowed chair
and endowed research center, supporting scholarhips and
an “excellence fund” for the dean to use where he or she
sees fit.
There is a link between educated faculty and staff and
excellent student education, Lane said. “If we want to
provide our students with the highest level of education,
we have to keep our faculty and staff educated.” Faculty
members position themselves at the forefront of their
respective fields by traveling to conferences to defend
research before their peers. On campus, faculty members
must be continually acclimated to online teaching tools.
Staff members must be trained. Those implementing the
Banner software system must make the system work as a
strategic tool. From customer service to managing the new
artificial turf at Welch Stadium, professional development
is a key component of delivering education.
The beauty of scholarships is in their flexibility.
President Lane and Dr. Peggy Lane have a passion for
the impact of international travel on students’ minds, and
they’ve established a scholarship that will bring together a
small group of student leaders as freshmen, traveling with
them and training them in leadership. Paula Sauder, who
has seen the challenges a single parent endures to earn a
college degree, donated nearly half a million dollars for
single parents studying at ESU. In every one of ESU’s
hundreds of endowed scholarships, the donor’s wishes
craft the scholarship’s purpose.
A growing number of international students are
studying at ESU, but the president wants to see more ESU
students studying abroad. Additional funding was already
allocated to support student travel this summer, and he’s
asked the admissions office to stress to incoming students
the possibility of studying abroad.
In the initial stages of drawing the blueprint of
tomorrow, Lane acknowledged that a challenge is to reach
the thousands of alumni whose only contact with ESU is
the Spotlight in their mailboxes. Reconnecting with a
base of alumni and friends numbering more than 50,000
will take broad support, starting with groups such as the
president’s community advisory council. Lane formed the
council after his arrival to consider what’s working and
what’s not. The outreach has just begun, Lane said. “It’s
going to take a lot of hard work by a lot of people – there’s
no way around it,” he said.
We welcome your thoughts on the future of ESU, and
how we can reconnect with you. Send us your thoughts
with an “E-Wire” letter to the editor, at www.emporia.
edu/saf/letters_form.htm. At President Lane’s request,
we’ll see that he gets a copy.
– Jesse Tuel
Ryan Diehl, a native of
Iola, was a do-everything
undergraduate at ESU,
earning a dual degree
in English and history in
2004 with the assistance of
numerous scholarships.
While working on his
master’s
degree
in
English at ESU, he was
awarded the $25,000
Rotary
Ambassadorial
Scholarship to study for
nearly a year in Australia,
at the University of
Melbourne. He earned a
graduate diploma there,
returning in late 2006.
“Not a day goes by that I
don’t think about something
that occurred when I was
living there,” Diehl said. “Going
there on my own has led me
to have a better understanding
of who I am and what is actually
important to me. Now I have these
wonderful memories and lifelong
friends to look upon as guidance
for my future.”
Diehl finished his ESU master’s
in May, and he’s finally broken his
Australian habit of calling
elevators “lifts.”
Read more of the interview
with Diehl online
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All 10 spring programs advance to national tournaments
For the first time in school history, all 10 spring sports
at ESU advanced to national competition. Emporia State
and Grand Valley State are the only D-II schools in the
nation to send their men’s and women’s basketball,
men’s and women’s tennis, softball, baseball teams, and
representatives of their men’s and women’s indoor and
outdoor track teams, to NCAA postseason competition in
the 2006-07 year. Baseball
The baseball team finished the season at 41-24,
falling in the NCAA Central Regional to the University
of Central Missouri, after besting UCM to win the MIAA
tournament. The Hornets had rallied from a 6-0 deficit to
beat Minnesota State-Mankato and advance to the UCM
game.
The team landed two players, Keith Hernandez and
Mark McBratney, on the Rawlings/ABCA All-Central
Region second team. McBratney, who signed a free agent
contract with the Detroit Tigers, was also named to the
National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association AllRegion second team along with Trent Lare, who was a
second-team All-MIAA selection. McBratney was a firstteam All-MIAA selection, and at ESU ranks 10th all time in
home runs and fifth in triples.
Softball
The softball team ended the season with a loss in the
Regional Tournament championship game, but consider
this – a record of 50-12, their third straight 50-win season.
The Hornets’ senior class ended their careers with an
incredible 209-51 record in four years.
Extra innings for the mini-Hornets
Four years of eligibility is the limit for Emporia State
University athletes, but there’s a certain team from the
Kansas City area that will claim more than 10 years
in Hornet uniforms before they even earn high school
diplomas.
The “ESU Hornets,” a group of 10- and 11-year-olds
from the Shawnee Mission North school district, are
competing for the third year in the 3-and-2 Baseball Club
of Johnson County. Sponsored by Pam Konetzni (BSB
1981, MBA 1984), a member of the ESU Foundation
Board of Trustees, the little-leaguers wear the latest ESU
baseball uniforms – and they will through high school. As
a bonus, the kids took a field trip to ESU on May 4 and
5, touring campus, watching three ESU baseball games,
playing an exhibition game against an Emporia youth
team, and buying every single ESU hat at the Memorial
Union bookstore.
The other 3-and-2 ballplayers take note of the ESU
gear. Head coach Dave Gadwood hears it: “How’d you get
that stuff? Where’d you get that stuff?” At the kids’ games,
ESU banners and logos are everywhere. For Konetzni, it’s
just a bit of marketing for her alma mater, she said, “until
everyone is clamoring to go to Emporia State.”
For the coaches, they’re free to teach the game of
baseball instead of worrying about sponsors or good
uniforms. “It’s huge,” Gadwood said of ESU’s support.
“They have a university behind them, everybody is talking
about them.”
The team has a couple other ESU connections. The
manager is Michael Gonzalez (BA 1975, MS 1977), and
the assistant coach with the baseball know-how is Joe
Specht, who played baseball for ESU. “He’s the guy to go
to in Johnson County if you want your kids to learn how
to play baseball the right way,” Gadwood said.
The boys first saw an ESU game two years ago, at
Rockhurst University in Kansas City, and talked about
it for months. Now they have a two-day trip in their
memories. “The kids will talk about it for years,” Gadwood
said. “We want to make it an annual event.”
photo by Dan Dishman
Megan Davison hit her MIAA-record 52nd career
home run in the season-ending loss to NebraskaOmaha, and earned second-team Louisville
Slugger/NFCA All-American honors along with
Courtney Reed. Davison ended her career as the
MIAA’s all-time leader in hits, home runs and RBI.
Reed set the league record for winning percentage,
going 79-15, and was named third-team Daktronics
All-American by the College Sports Information
Directors of America (CoSIDA).
Men’s Basketball
The men’s basketball team scorched its first
16 opponents, starting 16-0, before finishing the
season at 21-8 with an opening round loss to #11
Southeastern Oklahoma State in the first round of
the NCAA South Central Regional Tournament.
The high-scoring Hornets made their second
NCAA tourney appearance, and the first since
2004, on the backs of Donta Watson and DeAndre
Townsend, who were named to the All-MIAA first
team and the NABC All-South Central Region
second team.
Watson led the MIAA in scoring for most of the
year, ending in second at 19.14 points per game,
and grabbing the ESU record in three-pointers
made in a single season. Townsend finished fourth
in the league, at 17.2 points per game, and fourth
in assists. In the MIAA, Wes Book was named
honorable mention and Ed Desir made the AllDefensive team.
Women’s Basketball
It was yet another banner year for the Lady
Hornets’ basketball team, as it advanced to the
NCAA tournament but fell in the first round to
Texas A&M-Commerce. The TAMC squad notched
its first tourney win in program history, while ESU
endured only its second first-round lost in 10
appearances.
The season highlight came against arch-rival
Washburn. The third-largest crowd in Lady
Hornet history watched the women knock off #3
Washburn in a nationally televised game, led by
junior Michelle Stueve, who earned Kodak/WBCA
All-American honors for the second straight year.
With her senior season remaining, Stueve is the
Lady Hornets’ fourth-leading scorer and seventhleading rebounder, and the career leader in made
three-pointers. Along with Stueve’s first-team allleague honors, Casey Henningsen was named to
the second team and Cassondra Boston was named
freshman of the year.
Tennis
Both the men’s and women’s tennis teams
advanced to the D-II national tournament.
The women reached the Sweet 16 for the first
time in school history, and the men reached the
tournament for the first time in school history.
The women, champions of the MIAA tournament
for the second time in three years, drew a tough
draw in the national tourney. They fell to #1ranked BYU-Hawaii, 5-0. But all six members of
the team landed MIAA honors. Karly Schultz was
the only unanimous selection on the first team in
both singles and doubles. She was joined on the
first team by doubles partner Marcella Bayon at
#2 doubles, and Natalie Villaflor and Lacy Luina at
#1 doubles. Villaflor, Luina and Audrey Sherman
earned second-team honors in singles.
The #8-seeded men fell to Washburn, 5-1, in
the national tournament. Two members, Kevin
Arnhold and Tim Garner, were named all-league
honorable mention for their performance as a #3
doubles team. Track and Field
A large group of throwers, distance runners
and sprinters led Emporia State to the 2007 D-II
national championship in North Carolina, fresh off
hosting the 2006 national championship at Welch
Stadium. Three men and one woman earned AllAmerican honors at the national meet.
Tyson Allen finished as the national runnerup in the javelin, heaving the fifth-longest throw
in school history. Andy Vogelsberg, the defending
national champion in the javelin who won his
third MIAA championship this year, placed fourth
nationally. Jonel Rossbach ran a 4:33 to place
eighth in the 1500m, while Trent Olivier’s discus
landed in eighth place, earning his second AllAmerican honor. Meanwhile, the women’s 1600m
relay team of Kara Euler, Jaclyn Sill, Danielle
Sedivy and Jonel Rossbach ran the fourth fastest
time in ESU history.
Correction
The cross country highlights in the January
edition reported that Jonel Rossbach was “the first
Emporia State cross country athlete to qualify for
the national meet since 2001.” In fact, Andrew Bird
(BS 2005) qualified and competed in the national
meet in 2002. Kadri Kelve also qualified in 2002,
making Rossbach the first woman to qualify since
2002. We regret the error.
See extra athletic photos online.
Honors
1940s
Dale Pennybaker (BSE 1949,
MS 1955), Lawrence, is the
namesake of the “Pennybaker
Hall of Fame Corridor” at
Midland Lutheran College,
in honor of his service to the
institution from 1956 to 1964.
Pennybaker was the athletic
director, head football and
basketball coach, and more.
1950s
Bill Justus (BA 1951),
Pleasanton, celebrated 50
years of medical practice
in the summer of 2006.
Keith Waldrop (BA 1955),
Providence, R.I., recently
translated a French classic,
The Flowers of Evil, by Charles
Baudelaire through Wesleyan
University
Press.
Eldon
Evans (BSE 1957, MS 1968),
Paola, a teacher at Louisburg
High School, was inducted
into the Kansas Thespian Hall
of Fame.
1960s
Donna (Choice) Clopton
(BSE 1961), Amarillo, Texas,
retired as principal of Gene
Howe Elementary School.
Clopton served 22 years
as a principal and a total
of 40 years in education.
Ray Gilstrap (BME 1964),
Almena, is the new pastor for
Almena, Clayton and Norcatur
United Methodist churches.
Betty (Scrivner) Cerny
(BSE 1965, MS 1968), Narka,
is the new Hanover High
School business teacher and
FBLA sponsor. Jim Hoy (MA
1965, CF), Emporia, presented
a program titled Boots and
Stetsons: The Kansas Cowboy
at the Eureka First United
Methodist Church Fellowship
Hall on Oct. 26, 2006. Merle
Vincent (MS 1965), Harrison,
Ark., after retiring in 2004,
volunteers at North Regional
Medical Center, Boone County
Heritage Museum and at
the First United Methodist
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Church as the church librarian.
Jim Williams (BS 1965,
MA 1968), Olathe, retired
as dean of the business and
technology division at Johnson
County Community College
after 35 years of service.
Richard Burton (BS 1966),
Wanamassa, N.J., retired from
Shore Regional High School
after 40 years in education.
He taught art, art history and
crafts, and developed an art
history curriculum. Bryan
Grove (BSE 1966, RF),
Council Grove, presented
quilting and fiber collage
techniques for the High Noon
at the Library program at
the Council Grove Public
Library. Vern Swanson
(BSB 1966), Clay Center, was
elected to represent the 64th
District in the Kansas House
of Representatives. Ronald
Wilson (BA 1966), Phoenix,
Ariz., joined Morris, Hall &
Kinghorn and will specialize
in estate planning. Frank
Elliott (MS 1967, EDS 1970),
Osawatomie, is one of the 2006
Distinguished Kansans for his
accomplishments in education.
William Eubank Jr. (MS
1968), East Lansing, Mich., is
a new instructor in the Visiting
International
Professional
Program at Michigan State
University. Richard Koch
(MS 1968), Bella Vista, Ark.,
retired in June 2006 from
Roger Williams University
after 43 years in education.
Barbara (Hester) Schilling
(BSE 1969), Shawnee, is
the new director of the Area
Technical School.
1970s
Ann (Dunhaupt) Birney
(BA 1970, MLS 1977), Admire,
portrayed Amelia Earhart at the
McCracken Library on Oct. 14,
2006. Birney is a partner with
Ride Into History, a historic
performance touring group.
Kent Chapman (MS 1970),
Emporia, was the featured
speaker at the Cheyenne
County Historical Society’s
presentation and tour of
Kansas’ 1867 Kidder Massacre.
Bob Hartsook (BA 1970, MS
1972), Wrightsville Beach, N.C.,
established the first endowed
chair in fundraising at Indiana
University. Hartsook and Bill
Hoch (BS 1970), of Kansas
City, Mo., have also formed
Hoch-Hartsook, a national
full-service communications
firm. Dale Dietrich (BA
1971), Ottawa, is a new business
development officer for Team
Bank in Ottawa. Marilyn
When “The Red Dogs” band was
inducted into the Kansas Music Hall
of Fame in 2005, a piece of ESU’s
musical history went in with it. Band
member Jerry Knaack (BSB 1971),
Shawnee Mission, transferred to
Kansas State Teachers College from
the University of Kansas, because
most of the band members were
students at KSTC. The guys went
on tour every weekend, and in the
summers they’d play 100 nights
straight, touring through about
15 Midwest states. They were also
inducted into the Iowa Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame in 2005.
Go online to read about the
band in Knaack’s words, and
find the band’s website.
(Sigler) McComber (BSE
1971), Strong City, was named
a 2007 Kansas Master Teacher.
Janis (Hanke) Dean (BSE
1972), Washington, is a new
Washington
Elementary
second grade teacher. Gene
Gunn (BSE 1972, MS 1978),
Prairie Village, received the
Missouri Governor’s Award
for Quality and Productivity
in the category of innovation
for his work on the Weldon
Spring Superfund site. Janet
(Painter) Schalansky (BA
1972, MS 1973), Topeka, is
the new president and chief
executive officer of Kansas
Children’s Service League.
Bryan Schurle (BA 1972),
Manhattan, is the new head
of Kansas State University’s
department of agricultural
economics. Rick Beach (BSB
1973), Wichita, was promoted
to vice chairman of Intrust
Bank and will have a voting seat
on its board of directors. Dale
Bunn (BS 1973), Fort Scott,
is the new Fort Scott director
of economic development.
Linda (Willard) Drake
(BS 1973, BS 1973, MA
1977),
Cottonwood
Falls,
was awarded the Journalism
Education
Association’s
Teacher Inspiration Award
at the organization’s national
convention in April. Drake is
a certified journalism educator
and publications adviser at
Chase County High School.
Terry Kramer (BSE 1973,
MS 1977), Soldier, is a new
behavioral and social counselor
for Marysville USD 364.
Wanda (Beeson) Mustain
(BSE 1973), Altoona, is a new
keyboarding and business law
teacher at Neodesha Middle
School. David Block (BA
1974),
Shawnee
Mission,
principal and senior vice
president of Block & Co. Inc.,
was featured in a 2006 issue
of the Kansas City Business
Journal for his ability to
successfully handle multiple
retail projects at one time.
Robert Cook (BSE 1974, MS
1977), Osawatomie, retired as
superintendent of USD 367
after 32 years of service to the
Osawatomie School District.
Barbara (Ferris) Greene
(BSE 1974, MS 1982), San
Antonio, Texas, opened her
own business, Greene and
Associates, Inc. Ed Trimmer
(BSE 1974), Winfield, was
elected to the 78th District
House seat in the Kansas
House of Representatives.
Margo (Stibal) Twaddle
(BSE 1974), Olathe, assistant
principal and career counselor
at Indian Trail Junior High,
was featured in a 2006 issue
of the Kansas City Star for
the
grant
her
school
received
to expand the See
Yourself in College
program. Connie
Fairbanks (BSB
FAIRBANKS 1975),
Chicago,
published a cookbook titled
“Scratch That: Seasonal Menus
and Perfect Pairings.” Read
her story online @.
Mike
Harvey (BSE 1975), Pratt,
is the new superintendent
for
USD
351.
June
(Bechelmayr) Morgan (BS
1975), Cottonwood Falls, is
the Republican County Clerk.
Mark Witten (BSE 1975),
Tucson, Ariz., a professor at
the University of Arizona, was
awarded funding through the
Environmental
Protection
Agency to continue research
on the Fallon childhood
cancer study. Deb (Wiggins)
Burtin (FS 1976), Eureka, an
administrative assistant for
the district judge in Eureka,
was named the Business
Woman of the Month by the
Eureka Business Women’s
Club. Robert Daub (BS 1976,
MS 1981), Hanover, is a new
seventh- and eighth-grade
science, biology, anatomy,
physiology,
and
science
technology teacher at Hanover
High School. Daub also
coaches junior high football.
Bruce Koel (BS 1976, MS
1978), Belle Mead, N.J.,
won the American Chemical
Society’s George Olah Award
in Hydrocarbon or Petroleum
Chemistry. He was among
nine individuals honored for
making contributions of major
significance to chemistry.
Janice (Hartpence) Brown
(BS 1977), Eureka, third-grade
teacher at Marshall Elementary
School, was named the Eureka
USD 389 Master Teacher of the
Year. Elizabeth (McKinney)
Liljegren (FS 1977), Inman,
an art teacher at McPherson
High School, exhibited her
artwork in a show titled Food
for Thought at the Barton
County Arts Center in 2006.
Bill Persinger (BSE 1977,
MS 1978), Emporia, is the
new executive director of the
Mental Health Center of East
Central Kansas. Don Sayler
(BSB 1977), Wichita, is the
new president of the Kansas
Restaurant and Hospitality
Association. Kathryn Taylor
(BSE 1977), Chanute, is the
new assistant superintendent
of schools for USD 413.
Peggy (Bieker) Colgrove
(BSE 1978), Washington, is
a new fifth- and sixth-grade
science and language arts
teacher for Washington USD
222. John Heidrick (MA
1978), LaCygne, is the new
interrelated instructor, working with students with learning
disabilities at the high school
level, for the Pleasanton school
district. Richard Nienstedt
(BS 1978), Fort Scott, received
the 2006 Alumni Award for
Outstanding Public Service
from Wichita State University.
Latoria Chinn (BS 1979),
Kansas City, was featured in a
2006 edition of the Wyandotte
West for her accomplishments
as the compliance manager at
the Kansas Speedway. Roy
Mann (BME 1979,
MS 1998), Emporia,
ESU’s director of
alumni relations,
was named the
2007 Outstanding
MANN
Unclassified Professional Employee of the
Year.
1980s
Cindy Lea Arbelbide (MLS
1980), Front Royal,
Va., celebrated the
10th
anniversary
of her book, The
White
House
Easter Egg Roll,
ARBELBIDE the first children’s
book to be published by the
White House. Arbelbide has
been a White House visiting
author on four occasions.
Marilyn Ewing (FS 1980),
Liberal, accounting instructor
at Seward County Community
College,
received
the
Outstanding Post Secondary
Business Educator Award from
the Kansas Business Education
Association. David Navinksy
(BSE 1980), Washington,
is a new science teacher at
Washington County High
School. Carl Ricketts (BSE
1980, MBA 1981), Lawrence,
To say Dr. Stuart Cram (BA 1961) thrives
on challenges is a bit misleading.
Try this on for size: When the European
Union banned Turkey’s food exports, Cram took
a team to Turkey and fixed the problem. When
China’s food exports were declining, Cram went
to China and negotiated successfully between
governments. When homeland security
erupted, Cram built a $100 million business
unit in three years. When the Olympics or the Tour de France called for drug
testing, Cram’s team never once had a false positive test.
As a former executive at Hewlett Packard and Agilent Technologies, Cram
was in a position to act quickly, wrapping his mind around enormous problems
and marshalling the resources to find solutions. “I had the confidence and
support of the company (Hewlett Packard), and the opportunity to work
with a lot of very talented people,” Cram said from his home in Danville, Calif.
When Cram left Hewlett Packard in 2005, it wasn’t exactly for retirement.
He co-founded Cram Consulting Group International, hopping the globe and
achieving multimillion dollar growth while spending a day per month in the
office. Now Cram is further from retirement – he called back in the early
summer to say he was just named the vice president of strategic marketing for
ThermoFisher Scientific, the world’s largest analytical instrument company.
Cram, a past ESU Distinguished Alumnus whose father is the namesake of
Cram Science Hall, earned his bachelor’s degree in chemistry at ESU. Master’s
and doctoral degrees in chemistry led Cram into a career on the technical side,
until a Hewlett Packard executive saw something else in him. He moved out of
R&D and into business and marketing, under the guidance of strong mentors,
a trait he remembered from his time at ESU. He credits ESU, in fact, with giving
him the mindset to succeed.
“I would point to the whole culture of Emporia State, which I still think
is unique relative to other colleges and universities, especially the individual
attention given to students by faculty,” Cram said. “I’ve been to campuses,
big and small, all over the world, and I still think ESU is unique. My time at
Emporia gave me the flexibility and inspiration to go out there and make a
career.”
Cram remembers his public-speaking course at ESU, taught by Tex Smiley.
The valuable lesson of how to communicate in front of his peers was a
breakthrough, and he still uses it in countries across the world. “That really has
made a huge difference in my career, just being able to communicate with all
types of people,” he said. His chemistry professor, Alfred Ericson, taught him
to always think analytically. There was also his father, Winston Cram, who had
high expectations for all his students.
But even the elder Cram might not have foreseen such heights for his son.
“I couldn’t have ever dreamed it,” Stuart Cram said. “I’ve had a great career. I
had an opportunity to do a lot of different things, a lot of once-in-a-lifetime
opportunities.”
For a man of Cram’s skill, energy and vision, “once in a lifetime” seems to
happen over and over again.
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2007 Outstanding
Recent Graduates
Rob Curley (BIS 2001)
was named vice president
of product development
for
Washingtonpost.
Newsweek.Interactive
(WPNI) in Alexandria,
Va., in October 2006. Curley and his
team guide WPNI’s industry-leading
innovation in online news and
technology. A recognized interactive
pioneer, Curley brings ground-breaking
development expertise to WPNI’s online
content, tools and strategies that
encourage the direct participation of
readers. Curley’s first-of-its-kind work
is consistently documented in media of
all sorts.
Jeff Johnson (BSB
1997, MBA 1999) has
risen rapidly through
the ranks of Deloitte and
Touche, a distinguished
public accounting firm,
and is on the threshold of being
named senior tax manager. He has
continued to develop his technical
competence while accepting greater
responsibility for practice management.
His responsibilities include providing
tax services primarily to corporate and
high net worth clients while providing
tax planning and strategy for clients,
companies, and potential clients.
Johnson’s clients include some of the
best known and most significant entities
and individuals in Kansas.
Michelle Moore (BSE
1996, MS 2003) has been
an instructional technology
specialist and math teacher
at the Winfield, Kan. public
school district for the past
five years and has played a major role in
organizing Moodle conferences. (Moodle
is an open-source learning management
system.) Michelle has a very high profile
at Moodle.org and has recently joined
the consulting staff of remote-Learner.
net, a Moodle partner, as director of
training. Her clients include private and
public schools and colleges throughout
the United States.
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was appointed first vice
president and chief strategic
planning officer for Capitol
Federal Savings in Topeka.
Kim (Shannon) Shields
(BS
1980),
Lincolnville,
was featured in the Marion
County Record for her
accomplishments as a female
umpire for more than 20
years. Joyce Thierer (MLS
1980, MS 1986, CF), Admire,
presented the topic of “Fences
in Kansas” at the Lucas Public
Library in 2006. Virgil Dean
(MS 1981), Lawrence, recently
published An Opportunity
Lost:
The
Truman
Administration
and
the
Farm Policy Debate through
the University of Missouri
Press. Mike Law (BSB 1981),
Olathe, was recognized by
Radio Ink magazine as a Top
Country Program Director
for 2007. Roger Moon (MA
1982), Winfield, professor
at
Southwestern
College,
was one of six directors for
the sixth annual College 24Hour Plays in Independence.
Donna Baldwin (BS 1983),
Manassas, Va., competed in
the Washington International
Piano Artists Competition in
2006, winning awards for the
best baroque performance, and
for sixth place. Vici (Pouch)
Jennings (BSE 1983, MS
2000), Manhattan, is the new
principal at Wamego Middle
School. Jerri Kemble (BSE
1983, MS 1998, MS 2002),
Herington, gave the keynote
presentation at the Character
Education Teacher Institute
for the Topeka school district.
Pam (Haselhuhn) Babb
(BSE 1984), Garden City,
was named one of the 2006
affiliate winners of the Teacher
of the Year award from the
Kansas Association of Career
and Technical Education.
Jeffry Larson (BSB 1984),
Emporia, was appointed to
serve as district court judge in
the Fifth Judicial District by
Gov. Kathleen Sebelius. Alice
Purvis (MS 1984), Horton,
is the new pastor at the
United Methodist Church.
Kurt Ream (BS 1984),
Warrensburg, Mo., principal
of
Sterling
Elementary
School, wrote and illustrated
a children’s book titled Dust
Bunnies. Susan (Bauler)
Treft (AS 1984), owner of
Susan’s Portrait Designs,
celebrated the 10th anniversary
of her business. Wendy
Williamson (BSE 1984),
Wichita, was the second
runner-up for the 2006
American Council on Exercise
Personal Trainer of the Year.
Christine (Peck) Hultgren
(BSB
1985),
Americus,
received a promotion in 2006
as production planner for
Menu Foods. Greg Kossover
(BSB 1985), Wichita, chief
executive officer of Value Place
LLC, was featured in an article
for his balanced leadership
and the success of Value
Place in a 2006 edition of the
Wichita Business Journal.
John David Schramm II
(BFA 1985), New York, N.Y.,
was promoted to associate
professor of management
communication at the New
York University Stern School
of Business. Sarah Thomas
(BSE 1985, MS 1991), Topeka,
is the director for improvement
and support at the Kansas
State Board of Education’s
school innovations division.
Royce
Powelson
(FS
1986), Richmond, is the new
superintendent of Jayhawk
USD 346 schools. Chris
Green (BFA 1988), Wichita,
a home loan consultant, has
joined Countrywide Home
Loans’ West location. Dave
Lybarger
(BSB
1988),
Garnett, president of Lybarger
Oil, was elected president of
the Petroleum Marketers and
Convenience Store Association
of Kansas. Beth Nusser
(BSE 1988), Lyons, is a new
preschool teacher at Park
Elementary for USD 405.
Linda (DeGregory) Raffle
(MA 1988), Valley Center,
Calif.,
recently
received
her doctorate from Argosy
University
in
education
curriculum. John Burchill
(MS 1989), Salina, is a new
associate professor of criminal
justice for Kansas Wesleyan
University. Gary Stapp (BS
1989), Garnett, won a Kansas
Artist Fellowship from the
Kansas Arts Commission for his
playwriting. Debbie Yarnell
(BGS 1989), Baldwin City,
provides grass-fed beef burgers
from her Homespun Hill Farm
to a Lawrence business, Local
Burger, resulting in mentions
in the Kansas City Star and
“The Green,” a series on the
Sundance Channel.
1990s
Cameron Leiker (BS 1990),
Springfield, Va., was promoted
to lieutenant colonel for the
Joint Staff in the Pentagon.
Heather
Fields
(BSE
1991), McPherson, is a new
sixth-grade teacher at Elyria
Christian School. Andrea
Roberts (BA 1991),
Indianapolis,
Ind., partner with
Baker & Daniels
LLP, was named
an
Indianapolis
ROBERTS
Bar
Foundation
Distinguished Fellow. Angel
(Peavler)
Zimmerman
(BS 1991), Topeka, has been
promoted
to
managing
attorney at Thomas A.
Valentine, P.A. after graduating
from Washburn Law School
in 2006. Judith (Stoll)
Cremer (BA 1991, MLS 1992,
MA 1995), Topeka, is the new
director of the Pottawatomie
Wabaunsee Regional Library.
Bryan
DiGiorgio (BSB
1992),
Rochester,
Mich.,
was named the senior vice
president of the newly
consolidated business and
customer care organizations
at Sprint Nextel. Michele
(Jones) Mintzmeyer (BSE
1992, MS 1997), Washington,
is a new preschool teacher
for the Washington County
Development Center in USD
108. Michelle (Massey)
Cawby (BSE 1993), Holton, is
a new special education teacher
at Central Elementary School
USD 336. Maurice Cordell
(BSE 1993), Saint Marys, is the
new city manager for the city
of St. Marys. Gary Feldkamp
(FS 1993), Quinter, is the new
science and math teacher at
Jackson Heights USD 335.
Marcia (Daake) Helmke
(BSE 1993), Park City, is a
new second-grade teacher at
Rose Hill Primary School USD
394. Karrie (Davidson)
Rathbone (BS 1993, MS 1996),
Hillsboro, is a new associate
professor for the Tabor College
biology department. Kevin
Wapelhorst
(BS
1993),
Davenport, Iowa, was awarded
the Iowa Chiropractic Society
Presidential Award in 2006.
Steven Wright (BSE 1993),
Morrowville, is a new fifth- and
sixth-grade math and fifthgrade language arts teacher
at Washington Elementary
School. Larry Zimmerman
(BSE 1993), Topeka, is a new
partner in the firm Valentine
& Zimmerman, P.A. Maria
(Lunkwitz)
Castigliano
(BSE 1994, BSE 1994), Oakley,
is the new special education
teacher at USD 292. Denise
(Jeanneret)
Heavner
(BSE 1994), Salina, is a new
seventh-, eighth- and ninthgrade mathematics teacher
for Royal Valley. Travis
Hermreck (FS 1994), Colony,
is a new social sciences teacher
and boys’ basketball coach
at Crest High School. Mary
(Higgins)
Kessler
(BS
1994), Topeka, is a licensed
clinical marriage and family
therapist. Kathi McDiffett
(MS 1994), Saint Petersburg,
Fla., accepted command of C
Company, 5th Battalion, 159th
Aviation Regiment in 2006.
Jennifer
O’LoughlinBrooks (MS 1994), McKinney,
Texas, professor at Collin
County Community College,
was named Texas Professor of
the Year. Sandra (Norman)
Wilkerson (MLS 1994),
Iola, is a new youth services
consultant at Southeast Kansas
Library System. Ron Beer
(BS 1995), St. Cloud, Fla., is
the new chief operating officer
for St. Cloud Regional Medical
Center. Rashmi DePaepe
(BME 1995), Spring Hill, was
featured in the Kansas City
Star for her talents as a singer,
choir director, and chef of Sri
Lankan dishes. Ron Michael
(MLS
1995),
Lindsborg,
curator at the Birgen Sandzen
Memorial
Gallery,
spoke
about John Kudlacek’s artistic
abilities in a 2006 edition
of the Wichita Eagle. Ron
Muse (BS 1995), Scott City,
is a new chiropractor at the
office of Dr. D.L. Cockerill.
Arthur Zwiegincew (BS
1995, BS 1995), Mountain
View, Calif., was featured in a
2007 edition of the Emporia
Gazette for his role as a senior
software engineer at Google.
Jarod Allerheiligen (BSB
1996), Wichita, is the new
managing partner at Grant
Thornton LLP’s Wichita office.
Robert Haselhuhn (BME
1996), Neosho Rapids, is the
new band director at Emporia
High School. Carolyn Hein
(BSE 1996), Fall River, is a
new special education teacher
for grades seven through 12
at the alternative school in
USD 389. Krista (Breen)
Hess (BS 1996), Riley, is a
new administrative assistant
of finance and accounting for
the accounting department
at Kansas State University.
Matt Konzem (BSE 1996,
MA 1998), Baton Rouge, La.,
was promoted to claim service
support supervisor at State
Farm Insurance in Baton
Rouge. Ronald Leonard
(BS 1996), Parsons, is a new
pathologist
at
Cytocheck
Laboratory. Scott Romeiser
(BSE 1996), Morrowville, is
a new elementary physical
education
teacher
at
Morrowville and Washington
schools, and the new head
girls’ junior high basketball
coach. John Toothaker
(BSE
1996),
Clearwater,
president
of
Advanced
Retirement Solutions, was
named a member of the Court
of the Table and a member
of the 2006 Million Dollar
Round Table. Benjamin
Butler (BFA 1997), Brooklyn,
N.Y., featured artwork in the
exhibition titled Homecoming
at the Gallery of Art at
Johnson County Community
College in 2006. Ryan
Farley (BA 1997), Topeka,
graduated cum laude from
Washburn University School
of Law in 2006. Marcie
(Hamilton) Frederickson
(BSE 1997, MS 2001), Muscat,
Oman, is a counselor at ABA
IB World School. Angie
(Mayer) McJunkin (BSB
1997), Keystone, S.D., opened
her home-based business,
McJunkin Enterprises, as an
independent contractor for
commercial and residential
mailbox
sales.
Angela
(Hartpence)
Wickham
(BME 1997), Cherryvale,
choir instructor at Lincoln
Elementary
School,
was
featured in a 2006 issue of the
Independence Daily Reporter
for her work with the children’s
choir for elementary students.
Ty Frederickson (BSE 1998),
Muscat, Oman, is a counselor
at ABA IB World School. Pat
Gaunce (FS 1998), Kansas
City, was inducted into the
Mid-America Education Hall
of Fame at Kansas City Kansas
Community College in 2006.
Brian Grant (BSB 1998),
Wichita, has been promoted
to logistics manager at
The Hayes Company. Jeff
Ragsdale
(BSB
1998),
Topeka, was promoted to
affordable housing program
supervisor
with
Federal
Home Loan Bank. Shala
(McClayland) Steele (BSB
1998), Fredonia, opened a new
tax and accounting practice
called Shala Steele CPA, LLC.
W. Chris Hale (MS 1999),
Manhattan,
received
his
doctorate in criminal justice
from Sam Houston State
University in 2005. Angie
(Merritt) Peeler (BSE 1999),
Russell, is a new seventh- and
eighth-grade science teacher
at Ruppenthal Middle School.
Juli Piper (BFA 1999), Olathe,
is a new account executive at
2007 University Service
Citation Awards
Art and Sue Bloomer
agreed to be co-chairs
of ESU’s scholarship
campaign for students,
Building Blocks for
Success, in 2003
– while they still lived in Virginia. They
have since moved to Kansas, and their
volunteering at ESU has blossomed. Art
(BS 1955, BS 1955), a retired brigadier
general, has been a member of the ESU
Foundation Board of Trustees since 2003.
They have established a scholarship
in support of ESU students, hosted
leadership gift gatherings, assisted in
the preparation of major gift proposals,
and accompanied ESU development
staff on donor visits.
Dr. Marshall Havenhill
has been affiliated with
ESU for the past 28 years,
14 of those years as the
assistant director and
director of Student Health
Services and 23 years as the team
physician for ESU athletics. Dr. Havenhill
has been a fixture on ESU’s sidelines,
providing health care to athletes,
establishing a scholarship for students,
and teaching and advising students. All
this is in addition to operating his own
private medical practice and working
as a night physician in the Newman
Regional Health emergency room.
Janet Schalansky is
a tireless supporter of
Emporia State University.
While serving as president
of the ESU Alumni
Association Board of
Directors last year, she represented
the association on the ESU Presidential
Search Committee, and also chairs the
association’s legislative committee.
Janet (BA 1972, MS 1973), formerly the
secretary of the Kansas Department of
Social and Rehabilitation Services, is
now president and CEO of the Kansas
Children’s Service League. To honor
their parents, Janet and her siblings
established a scholarship for ESU
students. She and her husband Jim are
avid supporters of ESU, attending many
activities and events.
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Cytocheck Laboratory. Darin
Selby (BSB 1999, MBA 2000),
Liberty, Mo., was promoted
to assistant vice president of
sales and marketing in the coal
business unit at Kansas City
Southern Railway.
2000s
Amy Coufal (FS 2000),
Hanover, is a new Hanover
Public School fifth- and
sixth-grade teacher. Heath
Johnson (BSE 2000, BSE
2000), Santana, is the new
junior high basketball coach
and seventh- and eighthgrade social studies, world
history
and
psychology/
sociology teacher at Santana
High School. Melody (Cox)
Johnson (BSE 2000, BSE
2000), Cimarron, is the new
science teacher at Cimarron
High School. Katherine
(Ellis) Mason (BSE 2000),
Kennesaw, Ga., completed her
doctorate in curriculum and
instruction at Arizona State
University in 2006, and she is
now an assistant professor of
English and English education
at Kennesaw State University
in Georgia. Ben Ronning
(BSB 2000), Great Bend, is
a new financial advisor with
Waddell & Reed. Sherri
(Enns) Sells (BSE 2000),
Joliet, Mont., was selected
to present at the National
Association for Gifted Children
in Charlotte, N.C., in 2006.
Jamie (Jacobs) Smith
(BSE 2000), Paola, received
the 2005 Young Educator
of Year Award for USD 368.
Jodi Strickler (BSE 2000),
Eureka, is a new English II and
III teacher, and English Skills
II and III teacher, at Eureka
High School. Ashley Wiles
(MS 2000), Salina, is a new
outpatient therapist working
with youth and families at
Central Kansas Mental Health
Center. Kim Anderson (MS
2001), Maple Hill, is the new
principal at Mission Valley High
School. David Cummings
(BSE 2001), McPherson, is a
new interrelated teacher at
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McPherson Middle School.
Dan Gruman (MS 2001),
Olathe, is a new coordinator
of assessment for the Shawnee
Mission
school
district.
Chirstina Hosler (BSE
2001, MA 2006), Valley Falls,
is a new Silver Lake High
School sophomore English
teacher. Scott Miller (BSE
2001), Eureka, is a new history
teacher and girls’ softball coach
at USD 389. Steve Schlup
(BSE
2001),
Cottonwood
Falls, is the new boys’ baseball
coach at USD 389. Kevin
Schmitt (BSE 2001, MS
2006), Shawnee, is the new IS
educator with the Saint Luke’s
Health System in Kansas City.
Crystal Wilson (FS 2001),
Topeka, recently joined the
Kansas Highway Patrol with the
Capitol Police in Topeka. Amy
(Hampton) Vanderweide
(BSE 2001), Circleville, is a
new fourth-grade teacher at
Jackson Heights. Gustavo
Albino (BSB 2002), Topeka,
has recently been promoted
to merchandise distribution
analyst for women’s boots and
sandals at Payless ShoeSource.
Jay Gilliland (BSE 2002,
MS 2005), Holton, is a new
special education teacher for
eighth grade in USD 336. Keri
(Gehrt) Miller (FS 2002),
Holton, is a seventh-grade
English teacher for USD 336.
Kendra Schurle (BSN 2002),
Clay Center, is the new director
of Meadowlark Hospice for
Clay County Medical Center.
Christina Vavra (BSE 2002),
Wichita, was one of 144 math
and science educators selected
by Honeywell and NASA
to attend a Space Academy
for Educators in Huntsville,
Ala. in 2005. Rob Davis,
Louisburg, was named a 2007
Kansas Master Teacher. Davis
earned his gifted education
certification in 2003. Sally
Dennis (MS 2003), Shawnee
Mission, is the new special
education
instructional
facilitator for the Spring Hill
school district. Nick Ford
(BS 2003), Eureka, is a new
physician assistant at Bluestem
Medical
Clinic.
Andrea
Gilligen
(BME
2003),
Osawatomie, is the new band
director for the Pleasanton
School District. Rochelle
Gray (BSE 2003), Lyons
third-grade teacher at IXL
Elementary School, received
the 2006 Horizon Award from
the Kansas State Department
of Education. Chad Rummel
(BSE 2003, BSE 2003),
Alexandria, Va., was named a
Rising Star by the Journalism
Education
Association
at
the organization’s national
convention in April. Rummel
advises print and online
newspapers and yearbook,
and teaches introductory
journalism,
at
Oakton
High School in Virginia.
Inder Singh (MS 2003),
Indianapolis, Ind., recently
completed
his
residency
in internal medicine at the
Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland,
Ohio. LeAnn Blaesi (BSE
2004, BSE 2004), Marion,
is a new English teacher and
volleyball coach at Marion
Middle
School.
Robin
Bortzfield
(BSE
2004),
Pleasanton, is in charge of the
senior high at-risk program for
the Pleasanton School District.
Craig Frank (MS 2004),
Rogers, Ark., is a new teacher
and soccer coach at Rogers High
School. Jessica (Schafer)
Knuth (BSE 2004), Gardner,
is a new Spring Hill Middle
School
special
education
teacher. Anthony Purcell
(BSE 2004), McPherson, is
a new fourth-grade teacher
at Eisenhower Elementary
School.
Megan
(Luna)
Stuchlik (BSE 2004), Tampa,
is a new second-grade teacher
in Centre. Brian Alexander
(BSB 2005, MBA 2006),
Emporia, is a new merchandise
distribution
analyst
with
Payless Shoe Source in
Topeka. Kevin Baalmann
(BSB 2005), Wichita, is the
new agriculture manager for
KBK Industries LLC’s board of
directors and a management
trainee with the company.
Patty
(Tiner)
Broers
(BSE 2005), Wellsville, is
a new fourth-grade teacher
at Spring Hill Elementary
School. Benjamin Clark
(BSE 2005), Ingalls, is the new
Stockton High School history,
current events and government
teacher, and the new football
coach.
Katie
(Rohloff)
Crook (BS 2005), Emporia,
is a new bank teller at Capitol
Federal Savings. Jessica
Deiter (BSE 2005), Topeka, is
an English teacher at Jackson
Heights. Steve Hardin (FS
2005), Wichita, was featured
in a 2006 issue of the Wichita
Business Journal’s 40 Under
40. Zach Henry (BSE 2005),
Rantoul, is the new assistant
technology director for USD
367. Lance McGuire (MS
2005), Cunningham, is a new
social studies teacher and
football coach at Cunningham
High School. Casey (Weston)
Smalley
(BSE
2005),
Gardner, is a new fourthgrade teacher at New Chelsea
Elementary. Ryan Smith
(BSB 2005), Marysville, is a
new registered investment
adviser
with
Brookstreet
Security Corporation. Jessica
(Bruyr)
Weimer
(BSE
2005), Independence, is a new
kindergarten teacher at North
Lawn Elementary School.
Josh Welch (BSN 2005),
Emporia, is an ER nurse at
Newman Regional Health
Center. Marshalla Allen
(FS 2006), Centralia, is the
new IRC teacher at Horton
High School. Brett Bruner
(BSB 2006), Warrensburg,
Mo., is a graduate assistant
for student development at the
University of Central Missouri.
Lindsey Kratzberg (BSB
2006), Kansas City, Mo., is an
auditor for the office of audit
services at the Department of
Health and Human Services.
Robin Long (BSE 2006),
McPherson, is a new language
arts teacher at McPherson
High School. Laura (Falk)
Nickel (BS 2006), Manhattan,
earned a dental hygiene
degree from Ozarks Technical
Community College in 2006.
Heather Nicsinger (BSE
2006), Overland Park, is a new
fifth-grade teacher at Walnut
Grove Elementary School.
Brandy Shepherd (BSB
2006), Emporia, is a new staff
accountant for the Wichita
office of BKD, an accounting
firm. Emily Silvers (BSE
2006), Lenexa, is a new special
education teacher at Spring
Hill
Elementary.
Kristy
Sutton (BSB 2006), Overland
Park, is a new property tax
consultant
for
Property
Valuation Services.
Former Students
Alissa Masoner, Shawnee
Mission, is the new vice
president of Intrust Bank.
Dr. Doren Fredrickson,
Wichita, was named the
vice chair of the preventive
medicine and public health
department at the University
of Kansas School of Medicine
– Wichita.
Former Faculty
Paul Moore (FF) has been
honored with the creation
of the Paul Moore Piano
Performance Lab in Beach
Music Hall. A fund at the ESU
Foundation was established
to support the unique facility,
in which students can analyze
their own performance.
Nuptials
Justin Agre (BSB 2005)
and Ashley Johnson (BSE
2006), June 3, 2006. Gustavo
Albino (BSB 2002) and
Andrea Phipps, Sept. 9, 2006.
David Bass (FS) and Brandy
Miller (BSE 2006), June
10, 2006. Jerry Coffey and
Sharyl Specht (MS 1988),
July 15, 2006. Jeremy Crank
(FS) and Kristen Healy (BSE
2006), July 22, 2006. James
Dallas and Linda Randell
(BS 1983), Oct. 22, 2005.
Keith DeDonder (BA 2004)
and Sarah Schul (BS 2004),
May 20, 2006. Michael Diercks
and Mary Goad (BSB 1990),
Oct. 21, 2006. Kjersti Ehrie
(MBA 2004) and Amanda
Fears, Aug. 19, 2006. Marcus
Hammond and Jill Beck
(BSB 1999, MBA 2001), Sept.
9, 2006. Joshua Hanson
(BSB 2005) and Jennifer
Conroy (BSN 2006), June
3, 2006. Nathan Hibbert and
Kelly Blassingame (FS),
June 24, 2006. Don Hubener
and Jacqueline Weeks (BSE
1999), July 15, 2006. Benjamin
Jarvis and Lisa Day (FS),
June 3, 2006. Tracy Knuth and
Jessica Schafer (BSE 2004),
Dec. 2, 2006. Tyson Mayes
(FS) and Daphne Jones (BS
2006), May 27, 2006. Jesse
McConnell and Charlessa
Gates (MLS 2000), Dec. 30,
2006. Bryant Meier and Darcy
Illk (BSB 2005), April 29,
2006. Darin Musick (BSB
2005) and Elaine Blaufuss
(BSE 1998, MS 2004), April 22,
2006. Marshall Nienstedt
(BSE 2004) and Kim Moore
(BSE 2003), June 2, 2006.
Scott Riebel (BSE 2005) and
Amanda Thompson (BSE
2005), Feb. 5, 2005. Seth
Roach (FS) and Rebecca
Haller (BA 2004), Nov. 4,
2005. Douglas Storer and
Kimberly Mehuron (BSB
1999, MBA 2000), Oct. 14,
2006. Lester Vohs and Megan
Jeffery (BSB 2000), Jan.
11, 2007. Joel Wells (BSE
2003) and Sarah Waring
(BSE 2003), July 1, 2006.
Ed Wilkerson and Sandra
Norman (MLS 1994), July
8, 2006. Cody Young (BS
2004) and Danielle Hickert
(FS), May 20, 2006.
Births
Braden Michael Ary, son,
born to Brett Ary (BS 1998)
and June (Seimears) Ary
(BS 2000), July 14, 2006.
Elise Ann Ballard, daughter,
born to Tony Ballard (BME
2001) and Kelly (Cavinaw)
Ballard, Aug. 16, 2006.
Nathan William Barron,
son, born to Mike Barron
(BSB 1998) and Rachel
(Frazier) Barron (BSE
2000), Oct. 30, 2006.
Amy
Elizabeth
Beer,
daughter,
born to Ron Beer
(BS 1995) and Kristie
Beer, Sept. 24, 2005.
Truman
Brede,
son, born to Dave
Brede and Monica
(Hale) Brede (BS
1992, MS 1997),
Jan. 24, 2006. Ivy
D’Leese, daughter,
born
to
Matt
Brillhart (BSE 1994,
MS 1996) and Teresa
(Clum) Brillhart
(BSB 1995), Feb.
16, 2007. Chase A.
Buchman, son, born
to Tyson Buchman
and
Jennifer
Buchman (BS 1998,
MBA 1999), April 13,
2006. Anna Hope
Campbell, daughter,
and
Coleman
Drew
Campbell,
son, twins born to
Andrew
Campbell
and Abigail (Beaty)
Campbell
(BSE
1999, MS 2006),
Nov. 18, 2006. Drew
Edward Craghead,
son, born July 25,
2005, adopted by
Kent
Craghead
(MS
1991)
and
Erika
(Sweany)
Craghead
(BSE
1991, MS 2002), Feb.
27, 2006. Kaysin
Grace Crusinbery,
daughter,
born
to
Bradley
Crusinbery
(BSE
1999, MS 2004) and
Stacey
(Shaffer)
Crusinbery
(BSE
1997, MS 2000), Aug.
29, 2006. Landon
Thomas Dody, son,
born to Aron Dody
(BSE 1999, MS 2003)
and Blythe (Eddy)
Dody (BFA 1997, MS
2000), Jan. 19, 2007.
Hope
Bennett
East,
daughter,
born to Tim East
(BS 1984) and Julie
An internationally
known lung cancer
expert was recently
tapped as deputy
director of the
University of Kansas
Cancer Center. Dr.
Karen Kelly (BS
1978) is charged
with leading the
center toward a National Cancer Institute designation,
and more importantly, continuing her research
toward an early screening test to minimize the terrible
efficiency of lung cancer, cancer’s number one killer.
Fairly remarkable, for a shy twin who landed at
Emporia State without the confidence to pursue the
sciences. Today, Kelly needs only one open-ended
question to pour out her passion for cancer research,
for lessening the human suffering it causes. She
returned to KU, where she earned her medical degree,
to pursue a vision for research and clinical care, having
served most recently at the University of Colorado
under the guidance of another world-renowned
expert, Dr. Paul Bunn. Under his tutelage – from
research, to patient care in the earliest to last stages
of lung cancer – Kelly became singularly dedicated to
the disease’s mysteries.
Fairly remarkable. Just how did she get to ESU and
beyond? “I actually am an identical twin,” Kelly said.
“I think we spent all of our grade school, junior high
and high school together, and college was the perfect
opportunity to be separated. She was a few minutes
older, and I was always a little shy. She wanted to go
to K-State, and I wanted something a little smaller.”
Kelly came to ESU with a teaching degree in mind.
But she soon blossomed in the sciences, she said, by
“having teachers you really could have a conversation
with, one on one, outside the classroom. Knowing
you could go to them and they could help you, it
bolstered my confidence.” Now, her sorority sisters
at Chi Omega probably didn’t appreciate her unusual
house pet – a dead cat from the lab, brought home to
dissect as homework – but Kelly had quickly become
very serious about school. She knew she could excel.
“It was a great experience,” she said. “It gave me the
confidence to really excel.”
Kelly says the field is poised to make great strides;
momentum has built in the last five years with new
drugs and a greater understanding of cancer at the
molecular level. Her focus is on an effective early
screening test, and it can’t come too soon. Of the
170,000 people diagnosed with lung cancer this
year, just 1,000 will live, she said, because it can’t be
detected until it’s too late.
She does have the year 2009 circled on her
calendar, when results from a trial study on early
screening are complete. Kelly is eagerly awaiting
those results as she stares down the deadliest cancer.
There’s no time now for being shy.
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(Jones) East (FS), March 21,
2007. Broderick “Brody”
McAdams Ferrell, son, born
to Ryun Ferrell and Deborah
(Gladow) Ferrell (BSE
1996), March 18, 2006. Aaron
Preston Frank, son, born
to Craig Frank (MS 2004)
and Renae Frank, March
29, 2006. Amelia Kaylene
George, daughter, born to
John George (BGS 1998)
and Kerri (Root) George
(BA 1997), Oct. 19, 2006.
Reid Eric Golubski, son,
born to Rick Golubski (BSB
1993) and Lisa (Landgren)
Golubski (BSE 1993, MS
1997), March 28, 2006.
Aspen Nikole Gottfried,
daughter, born to Jon Gottfried
and
Ginger
(Rundell)
Gottfried
(BSB
2001),
March 28, 2006. Keagan
James Harms, son, born
to John Harms (BS 2005)
and Amanda (Grimley)
Harms (FS), Jan. 29, 2007.
Luke Allen Hauserman,
son, born to Chris Hauserman
and
Anjanette
(Scott)
Hauserman (BSN 1998),
Jan. 30, 2006. Ryane
Claire Howe, daughter,
born to Matthew Howe
(BS 2004, MS 2006) and
Seresa (Pollman) Howe
(BSB 2000), Sept. 29, 2006.
Meredith Lynn Johnston,
daughter, born to Ron
Johnston (BS 1985, BS 1987)
and Monica Johnston, Dec.
12, 2006. Adelaide Sophia
Jones, daughter, born to
Jason Jones (MS 1999)
and Melissa (Waggoner)
Jones (BSB 1999), July 26,
2006.
Annabelle
Elise
Jones, daughter, born March
1, 2005, and Lilly Sophia
Jones, daughter, born June
3, 2006, to Chad Jones (BS
1997, MS 2002) and Andrea
Jones. Avery Jacyn Just,
daughter, born to Jason Just
(FS) and Wendy (Helsel)
Just (BS 1998), Dec. 8, 2006.
Cooper Kaff, son, born to
David Kaff (BS 1998) and
Lesley Kaff, Nov. 15, 2006.
Lilian Jenae Kastning,
daughter, born to Brian
30
Kastning and Mindi (Bott)
Kastning (BSE 2000), March
23, 2006. Aynslee Lou Ann
Keilwitz, daughter, born to
Gregory Keilwitz and Heather
(Howard) Keilwitz (MS
2004), April 10, 2006. Carver
Brown Konzem, son, born
to Matt Konzem (BSE
1996, MS 1998) and Tammy
(Sauer) Konzem (BA 1999),
June 29, 2006. Aspen Kay
Krueger, daughter, born to
Donovan Krueger and Rachel
(Williamson) Krueger, Feb.
5, 2007. Brayden Matthew
Kunstman, son, born to
Matt Kunstman (BSE 2004)
and Brooke (Bornkessel)
Kunstman (BSE 2004),
Feb. 7, 2007. Bryson Erik
Leon, son, born to Erik Leon
and
Tiffiny
(Sallman)
Leon (BSE 2002), June
23, 2006. Trent Michael
Longhofer, son, born to
Mark Longhofer (BSB 1997)
and Jennifer Longhofer, July
27, 2005. Campbell Marie
Mayer, daughter, born to
Justin Mayer (BSE 2000)
and Chrissy (McClure)
Mayer (BS 2000), March 11,
2006. Cole David McGrath,
son, born to John McGrath
(BS 1998) and Kristin
(Howerton) McGrath (BSE
1998), Dec. 21, 2006. Ava Ann
Mead, daughter, born to Mike
Mead and Missy (Lackey)
Mead (FS), Jan. 2, 2007.
Blake Michael Miller, son,
born to Aaron Miller (BSE
1998) and Stacy (Blake)
Miller (BSE 1997, MS 2002),
Sept. 27, 2006. Molly Grace
Morgan, daughter, born to
Doug Morgan (BS 1996)
and
Kaela
(McInteer)
Morgan (BS 1994), June
5, 2006. Hallie Rebecca
Munsey, daughter, born to
Brett Munsey (BA 2001) and
Kelly (King) Munsey (BFA
2001), May 8, 2006. Luke
Matthew Neff, son, born to
Micah Neff (BSE 2001) and
Amy (Hartman) Neff (BSE
2000), Oct. 20, 2006. Joseph
Aaron Nicks, son, born to
Brad Nicks (BSE 1999) and
Kelli (Plumberg) Nicks
(BFA 1998), April 12, 2006.
Morgan Julia Noe, daughter,
born to Charles Noe and
JoLynn (Morgan) Noe (BA
1997), Sept. 30, 2006. Zayda
Rees Pearson, daughter,
born to Zell Pearson (FS)
and Courtney Woodruff
(BSB 2005), Jan. 8, 2006.
Seth Franklyn Pekarek,
son, born to Brian Pekarek
(FS) and Robyn Pekarek, Feb.
17, 2007. Hannah Elaine
Ragsdale, daughter, born to
Jeff Ragsdale (BS 1998) and
Emily (Stenson) Ragsdale
(BSE 1998, MS 2005), May
26, 2006. Jacob Alan Reed,
son, born to Eric Reed and
Andrea (Landes) Reed
(BFA 1994), Jan. 2, 2007.
Molly Jo Riebel, daughter,
born
to
Scott
Riebel
(BSE 2005) and Amanda
(Thompson) Riebel (BSE
2005), May 16, 2006. Gracen
Noel Ripperger, daughter,
born to Jeff Ripperger (BIS
2000) and Tara (Roper)
Ripperger (BSB 1998), Dec.
5, 2006. Addison Olivia
Schmitt, daughter, born to
Kevin Schmitt (BSE 2001, MS
2006) and Angela (Turpin)
Schmitt (BS 1999, MS
2001), April 4, 2007. Lillian
Grace Sommers, daughter,
born to Chris Sommers
(BSB 2002) and Cynthia
(Archer) Sommers (BS
1998), Feb. 15, 2007. Emma
Helena
Stallbaumer,
daughter, born to Jeffery
Stallbaumer
and
Laurie
(Stimac)
Stallbaumer
(BSE 1996), Feb. 17, 2006.
Kinley
Alexis
Steele,
daughter, born to Kevan Steele
and Shala (McClayland)
Steele (BSB 1998), Oct. 9,
2006. Alexandria Louise
Stewart, daughter, born to
Thomas Stewart (BSB 1998)
and Heather (Thompson)
Stewart (BSB 1998), Nov.
16, 2006. Karlie Lynn
Stinebaugh, daughter, born to
Gene Stinebaugh and Kristie
(Rowland)
Stinebaugh
(BS 1998), Jan. 25, 2007.
Kent Edward Stukey, son,
born to Russel Stukey and
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ESU has alumni chapters in the areas
of Topeka, Lawrence, Kansas City,
Wichita, Hutchinson and Salina, and
more out of state, such as Denver,
and the Emporia Connection for
African American alumni. Contact
chapter presidents by visiting www.
emporia.edu/saf/staff/chlead.html.
Jennifer (Soukup) Stukey
(BSE 1997, MS 2004), Feb.
6, 2007. Lincoln James
Swafford, son, born to
James Swafford and Jennifer
(Toner) Swafford (BSN
2003), June 13, 2006. Emma
Grace
Theel,
daughter,
born to Nathan Theel and
Angela (Marsh) Theel (BSE
2002), Sept. 14, 2006. Emily
Rose JiaYing Tomlinson,
daughter, born on Nov. 8,
2004, adopted by Jeff Adams
and
Kim
Tomlinson
Adams (BS 1991, MS 1993),
Nov. 15, 2005. Christopher
Emeka Ukaoma, son, born
to Chuks Uc Ukaoma (BSB
1985) and Christiana Ukaoma,
Aug. 24, 2006. Kenton
Christopher Unruh, son,
born to Christopher Unruh
(BSB 1998) and Becky
(Rausch)
Unruh
(BSN
1998), July 30, 2005. Lillian
Kate Wahoff, daughter,
born to Matt Wahoff and
Janet (Berberick) Wahoff
(BFA 1996), Sept. 17, 2006.
Emma Walker, daughter,
born to Jason Walker and
Amanda (Ingalls) Walker
(BSE 1998), April 13, 2006.
Karson Walls, son, born to
Debra Walls (BFA 2005),
Aug. 2, 2006. Lincoln Alan
Warner, son, born to Daniel
Warner and Lesley (Elgin)
Warner (BS 1990), Nov.
21, 2006. Faith Elizabeth
Webster, daughter, born to
Matt Webster (1996) and
Chrissa (Hess) Webster
(BS 1997, BA 1999), Jan. 17,
2007. Hunter Scott Worley,
son, born to Shawn Worley
and Jennifer (Gerwick)
Worley (BSE 2005), April 30,
2006.
In Memory
1920s
Anna E. Bunyan (MS
1923), Corvallis, Ore., April 6,
2006. Alice R. (Worden)
Covington
(BSE
1928),
Crofton, Neb., May 26, 2006.
Opal M. (Carr) Hemphill
(BSE 1928), Pratt, Jan. 28,
2006.
1930s
Rodney T. Symes (BSE
1934), Cottonwood Falls, Aug.
13, 2006. Kirk B. Austin
(FS 1935), Parsons, Jan. 27,
2007. Dorothy E. (Faidley)
Bozarth (BS 1936), Liberal,
Dec. 25, 2005. Margaret
M. (Mareness) Hind (FS
1936), Madison, Sept. 3, 2006.
Marjorie I. Hoffmann (BSE
1936), Tulsa, Okla., Dec. 26,
2005. Ruth E. (Harrison)
Willemsen
(BSE
1937),
Bonner Springs, Jan. 13,
2007. Helen W. Carnine
(LC 1938), Emporia, Oct. 18,
2006. Martha V. (Teem)
Johnsmeyer (BSE 1938),
Overland Park, Aug. 1, 2006.
James N. King (BSE 1938),
Dothan, Ala., Aug. 21, 2005.
Albert D. Wigger (BSB
1938), Topeka, Dec. 30,
2006. Leota A. (Bodine)
Hahn (LC 1939), May 30,
2006. Donald S. Hoglund
(BSE 1939), Ottawa, Sept.
23, 2006. Roger W. Marsh
(BSE 1939, MS 1948), Kiowa,
Dec. 19, 2006. Maurice
V. McDonald (FS 1939),
Beloit, Dec. 4, 2006. Mary E.
(Rogers) Jones (BSE 1939),
Topeka, Nov. 1, 2006.
1940s
*Harold M. Clark (BSE
1940,
MS
1951),
New
Braunfels, Texas, Nov. 19,
2006. Margaret L. (Lewis)
Jones (FS 1940), Emporia,
Jan. 26, 2007. Nellie M.
(Barnaby) Likai (BSE 1940),
Seattle, Wash., March 8, 2006.
Robert E. Martin (MS
1940), Herington, Nov. 10,
2005. Roland C. Smith (BSE
1940), Peoria, Ariz., March
23, 2005. John C. Alnutt
(BSE 1941), Chillicothe, Mo.,
Sept. 14, 2006. *Thelma F.
(Klotz) Hanson (BA 1941),
Emporia, March 19, 2007.
Frank W. Jones (FS 1941),
Saginaw, Mich., Oct. 27, 2006.
Joe E. States (BSB 1941),
Emporia, Dec. 18, 2006.
*Lenore Zimmerman (BSE
1941), Commerce, Texas, April
4, 2005. Byron S. Brooks
(BS 1942), Lawrence, Feb. 24,
2007. Gordon E. Hoyt (BSE
1942), Wichita, July 25, 2006.
Samuel A. Martinie (BME
1942, MS 1960), Overland
Park, Jan. 4, 2007. Barbara
L. (Criswell) Wood (BS
1942),
Loudon,
Tenn.,
Oct. 31, 2006. Peggy E.
(Culburn) Price (FS 1943),
Flat Rock, Mich., March 11,
2006. Mildred M. (Haag)
McCue (BSE 1945), Boulder,
Colo., Aug. 1, 2006. Kathryn
(Worford) Williams (FS
1945), Eureka, Dec. 26, 2006.
Iris J. (Bollinger) Dye (FS
1947), Salina, Jan. 16, 2007.
*Harry R. Overholt (BSB
1947), Denver, Colo., Dec. 17,
2006. Russell Devillier (BSE
1948, MS 1961), St. Marys, Dec.
12, 2006. *Perry S. Lusk (BA
1948, MS 1950), Oklahoma
City, Okla., Nov. 26, 2006.
*Elizabeth R. Rose (BSE
1948, MS 1982), Emporia, Oct.
26, 2006. Albert J. Wagner
(BME 1948), Bennington,
July 30, 2006. Arthur D.
Droegemeier (BSE 1949),
Tucson, Ariz., Aug. 7, 2006.
Albert D. Ward (BSB 1949),
Ponca City, Okla., Jan. 21,
2006.
1950s
*Eugene
D.
Crawford
(BSE 1950, MS 1951, FF),
Emporia, Sept. 14, 2006. Jim
R. Crawford (FS 1950),
Lincoln, Nov. 29, 2005.
David Dubin (BSE 1950,
MS 1952), Pueblo, Colo., Oct.
21, 2006. *Otto L. Eubank
(BSE 1950), Emporia, Jan. 6,
2007. Alvin N. Smith (BSE
1950), Wichita, Oct. 25, 2006.
Lawrence F. Thornton
(FS 1950), Wichita, Nov. 14,
2006. Paul J. Beckner (BSE
1951), Hutchinson, Oct. 1,
2006. William J. Egner (BS
1951), Hampshire, Ill., Dec. 15,
2006. Chester G. Hayden
(BSE 1951), Stafford, Nov.
12, 2006. Lila L. (Budge)
Barnes (BSE 1952, MS 1958),
Torrance, Calif., Oct. 4, 2006.
Gladiola Bowman (BSE
1952), Burlington, Feb. 24,
2007. Lenora M. (Temple)
Cooper (BSE 1952, MS
1962), Topeka, March 22,
2007. Rex B. Coffman (BSE
1952), Wichita, Oct. 11, 2006.
Walter J. Lockard (BSB
1952), Hamilton, Nov. 25,
2006. Gene A. Cummings
(BSE 1954, MS 1960), Topeka,
March 1, 2007. Delores A.
(Temple) Deschner (BSE
1954), Emporia, Oct. 5, 2006.
Dr. John A. Notheis (BSE
1954, MS 1958), Spearfish,
S.D., Jan. 27, 2007. Jim C.
Pogue (BSE 1955, MS 1956),
Newburg, Mo., April 29, 2006.
Howard D. Servis (BSE
1955), Wichita, Dec. 16, 2006.
Robert W. Lee (BSE 1956,
MS 1957), Shawnee, Feb. 20,
2007. George L. Marstall
(BSB 1956), Ottawa, March 20,
2007. Barbara M. Ivey (BSE
1957, MLS 1967), Overland
Park, June, 29, 2006. Richard
H. Lyster (BSB 1957), Sun
City, Ariz., Nov. 6, 2006. Ruth
E. (Swearingen) Moore
(BSB 1957), Topeka, Oct. 22,
2006. Joann D. Lee (BSE
1958), Mildford, March 5,
2006. Jo Hannah Sisson
(BSE 1958), Rush Center, Sept.
22, 2006. Paul Bowersox
(MS 1959), Waverly, March
26, 2007. Dorothy P. (Page)
Crawford (MS 1959), Topeka,
Feb. 1, 2006.
1960s
Erik P. Conrad (BSE 1960),
Arvada, Colo., Oct. 30, 2006.
Mildred R. (VanNahmen)
Little (BSE 1960, MS 1961),
Kinsley, Nov. 30, 2006.
Jeanette (Ferrell) Neja
(BSE 1960), Fallbrook, Calif.,
Nov. 2, 2006. Donald D.
Eckert (BSE 1961), Wexford,
Pa., April 19, 2005. Donald
E. Guild (MS 1961), Turpin,
Okla., Jan. 2, 2007. William
A. Ireland (MS 1961), St.
Joseph, Mo., Aug. 15, 2006.
George F. Kliewer (MS
1961), Inman, Nov. 26, 2006.
Irma M. Minden (MS
1961), Paola, Feb. 1, 2007.
Geraldine C. Murphy (EDS
1961), Gallup, N.M., April 17,
2006. Lawrence E. Pike
(BA 1961), Camdenton, Mo.,
Dec. 22, 2006. Ernest Rohr
(BSB 1961), Overland Park,
Nov. 13, 2006. *Marjorie
M. (Morse) Sullivan (MLS
1961), Bloomington, Ind.,
Nov. 27, 2006. Marion E.
Summervill (MS 1961),
Arvada, Colo., Sept. 10, 2006.
Fred L. Webb (MS 1961),
Baldwin City, Feb. 26, 2007.
John L. Colyn (MS 1962),
Sabetha, April 14, 2006.
James S. Ireland (BSB
1962), Edgerton, Mo., Aug. 5,
2006. Terry L. Purcell (BA
1962), Topeka, Dec. 12, 2006.
Ardina M. Schroeder (MS
1962, EDS 1964), Goddard,
May 21, 2005. Beryl J.
Shriner (BSE 1962, MS 1969),
Great Bend, Aug. 9, 2006.
Betty E. (Bohnenkemper)
Beam (BS 1963, MLS 1968),
Holton, Dec. 14, 2006. *Janet
(Houston)
Concannon
(BSE
1963),
Pascagoula,
Miss., Feb. 11, 2007. Karen
S. (Prather) Hedges (BSE
1963), Fort Scott, Aug. 31,
2006. *Emma C. Huth (BSE
1963), Emporia, Feb. 16, 2007.
Patricia E. Kirkbride (BSE
1963), Kinsley, Sept. 20, 2006.
Maurice F. Setter (BSB
1963), Overland Park, Dec.
31, 2006. George S. Weeks
(BSE 1963), Grove, Okla., Oct.
5, 2006. Robert F. Adam
(MS 1964), Sonora, Calif.,
Sept. 2, 2005. Barbara K.
(Neukomm) Buchan (FS
1964), Charlotte, N.C., Dec. 7,
31
2006. Doug Fee (BA 1964),
Independence, June 22, 2005.
Winifred
L.
(Osborn)
Koksal (BSE 1964), Garden
City, Feb. 7, 2006. Amanda
L. (Humphrey) Phillips
(MS 1964), Tucson, Ariz., April
29, 2006. Lynn A. Pierce
(BSE 1964, MS 1973), Stafford,
April 12, 2006. Patricia
A. (Lamont) Royse (BSE
1964), Feb. 3, 2006. Mary E.
(McEntire) Ammann (MS
1965), Hot Springs National,
Ark., April 2, 2006. Gene R.
Ferguson (BSB 1965), Austin,
Texas, Aug. 22, 2006. Floyd
Lawrence (MS 1965), Pacific,
Mo., Aug. 29, 2006. Stanley
J. Noyce (MS 1965), Douglas,
Ga., Aug. 5, 2005. John C.
Cooper (BA 1966) Alexandria,
Va., Sept. 2, 2006. Barbara
A. (Gordon) Howland
(MS 1966), Mulvane, March
3, 2006. Mark N. Callaway
(BSB 1967), Wichita, Feb. 22,
2007. John W. Carlson (MS
1967), Frankfort, Oct. 16, 2006.
Norma I. (Birk) Johnston
(BSE 1967, MS 1974), Cedar
Falls, Iowa, Dec. 16, 2006.
Forrest E. Jolly (BSE
1967), Ozawkie, Jan. 4, 2007.
Lawrence K. Magrath (BSE
1967, MS 1969), Chickasha,
Okla., Feb. 24, 2007. Terry
Steele Nightingale (BSE
1967), Holton, Aug. 13, 2006.
Thomas C. Poole (BSB 1967),
Kennesaw, Ga., July 21, 2006.
Wayne D. Swanson (MS
1967), Topeka, Sept. 27, 2006.
James D. Elmborg (EDS
1968), Topeka, Sept. 11, 2006.
Janice L. (Smith) Goyer
(BSE 1968), Oxford, March
10, 2006. Ray W. Oldfield
(BA 1968), San Francisco,
Calif., June 2, 2006. Dorothy
R. Sherrer (MS 1968), El
Dorado, May, 28, 2006. Dovie
L. Bowers (BSE 1969), Bel
Aire, March, 16, 2005. Joyce
G. (Skaggs) Kluth (BA
1969), Dallas, Texas, Aug. 13,
2006. Virginia M. Macy
(MS 1969), Wichita, March 17,
2006. Dell C. Roberts (BSE
1969), Rome, Ga., Sept. 30,
2006.
32
1970s
Lucille N. (Wolford) Bohn
(MS 1970), Eskridge, Dec. 6,
2006. Clive R. Lampo, Jr.
(EDS 1970), Olathe, Aug. 28,
2006. William E. Glass (BA
1970), Hutchinson, Jan. 20,
2006. Judith O. Celestine
(MS 1971), Kansas City, Mo.,
Dec. 2, 2006. Galen D. Geiser
(MS 1971), Topeka, Dec. 14,
2006. John W. Godfrey,
Jr. (EDS 1971), Marysville,
Sept. 3, 2006. Thomas P.
Ingenthron
(MS
1971),
Topeka, Feb. 9, 2007. Jonda
A. (Pennington) Burgess
(BSE 1972), Wamego, Sept.
12, 2006. Albert E. Conyers
(BSE 1972), Lawrence, Feb.
26, 2006. James R. Hook
(MS 1972), Shawnee, Oct.
19, 2006. Dennis V. Stone
(BSE 1972), Sabetha, Aug. 22,
2006. Carolyn R. (Petz)
Taylor (BSE 1972), Halstead,
Aug. 20, 2006. Douglas A.
Jones (BSB 1973), Reading,
Oct. 6, 2006. Jerry D. Keller
(MS 1974), Cottonwood Falls,
Sept. 23, 2006. Timothy
M. Timmons (BSE 1974),
Cimarron, Jan. 26, 2007.
Robert H. Barker (MLS
1975), Tucson, Ariz., June 20,
2006. Deanna J. (Bruely)
Norris (BSE 1975, MS 1979),
Wellington, March 30, 2007.
Tay (Reed) Tijerina (MS
1975), Harveyville, Dec. 21,
2006. Joyce L. Challans
(BSE 1976), Lewisville, Texas,
April 14, 2006. Duane H.
Black (BFA 77), Greeley,
Colo., Aug. 8, 2006. Sally
(Shideler) Torrey (MS
1978, RF), Irvine, Calif., Dec.
17, 2006.
1980s
Mary
E.
(Shaffer)
Brinkman (BS 1981), Olpe,
Feb. 18, 2007. Patricia M.
(Foster) Halabi (MS 1982),
El Dorado, Dec. 23, 2005.
Norma J. (VonDerau)
Leff (MS 1984), Topeka,
Aug. 12, 2006. Robert J.
Kolenc (BS 1987), Littleton,
Colo., Jan. 14, 2006. Michael
S. Stearman (MA 1987),
Oklahoma City, Okla., March
31, 2006. Milton E. Demory
(MS 1989), Olathe, January 21,
2007. Patricia A. Traylor
(BSB 1989), Cottonwood Falls,
March 6, 2006.
1990s
Robert H. Edwards (MS
1990), Kansas City, Sept. 22,
2006. Rex L. Hughes (AS
1991), Yates Center, July 5,
2005. Judy A. (Prosser)
Armstrong (MLS 1996),
Grand Junction, Colo., Jan. 20,
2006. Elayne (Zuckerman)
Boucher (BSB 1998), Olathe,
Sept. 18, 2006. Kristin K.
Carswell (BSE 1998), Iola,
Oct. 8, 2006.
2000s
Sheri A. (Moore) Payne
(MS 2001), Meriden, Dec. 7,
2006.
Former Students
Fred J. Austin Jr., Topeka,
Aug. 25, 2005. *Fern E.
(Marx) Garrison, Emporia,
Feb. 4, 2007. Geraldine
M.
(Babb)
Kinkaid,
Olathe, June 7, 2006. Myra
N. (Scott) Moor, Idaho
Falls, Idaho, Oct. 27, 2006.
*William H. Singular,
Lyndon, Sept. 3, 2006. Joyce
L. (Stephenson) Stegman,
Alamosa, Colo., Dec. 29, 2005.
Ruby
Strube, Caldwell,
April 20, 2006. Janet M.
Williams, Newton, Dec. 25,
2006.
Friends
Frank Barrow, Denton,
Texas, June 15, 2006. Irwin
J. Collinge, Emporia, Nov. 2,
2006. *Wallace J. (Wally)
Evans, Emporia, March 10,
2007. *Thurnelda French,
Gridley, Sept. 20, 2006.
Richard E. Goius, Topeka,
Sept. 8, 2006. Jordan L.
Haines, Wichita, Jan. 20,
2006. Myrtle S. (Shircliff)
Hainline, March 11, 2007.
*Norma
Hajek-Nichols,
Prairie Village, Feb. 27, 2007.
*Lewis H. Humphreys,
Arvonia, Jan. 19, 2007.
*George E. Sauder, Madison,
Nov. 28, 2006. Marvin G.
Sharp, St. George, March 11,
2007. Stanley H. Stauffer,
Topeka, Nov. 2, 2006. Sylvan
L. Waggoner, Mount Hope,
Feb. 19, 2006. *Betty Boylan,
Emporia, March 6, 2007 – A
long-time supporter of ESU
and the art department, Betty
donated her home to the
art department as a way to
enhance art programs at ESU.
Her husband, Laurence Boylan,
was an ESU administrator for
years.
Former Staff
Mary E. Dobbs, Manhattan,
Nov. 30, 2006.
Key
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FF – former faculty
FS – former student
LC – life certificate
Names with an asterisk
indicate that a memorial
or scholarship has been
established with the ESU
Foundation. Alumni are listed
under the year they received
bachelor’s degrees unless
otherwise noted. Content
for “Through the Years” is
compiled by Stephanie Clark,
a current student from Paola.
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