A home away from home - Emporia State University

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A home away from home
The Memorial Union renovation
INSIDE: New alumni director • ESU at the State Fair • 2008 Alumni Awards
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On the cover
An early architectural rendering
of the Hornet’s Nest patio, with
Wooster Lake to the right of
the image, displays a cut-away
view of the food service levels.
While the final renovation of the
Memorial Union will certainly
look much different, the drawing
shows some of the grand thinking
behind the project.
Fair exposure
ESU at the Kansas State Fair
Editor Jesse Tuel (BSB 2001, MA 2008)
jtuel@emporia.edu
Plugging in
One student’s roadmap for
engaging ESU
The sharing of knowledge
ESU’s centers reach out to the
community
Design John Decker (BFA 1990)
jdecker@emporia.edu
Photography J.R. Garvey (BA 1977)
jgarvey@emporia.edu
Graduate Assistant Dirk Mcbratney (CS)
dmcbratn@emporia.edu
Through the Years Melissa Garrison (CS)
alumni@emporia.edu
Editorial Committee
Peter Brodie
Carol Cooper John Decker Dick Garvey
Brad Goebel Judith Heasley
Linda Pease Jesse Tuel
Emporia State University
President
Dr. Michael R. Lane
ESU Alumni in the
Kansas Legislature
University Advancement Executive Director
& ESU Foundation President
Judith Heasley
Alumni Relations Director
Peter L. Brodie
Chief Development Officer
Linda Pease
The memory of ESU
New alumni director in place
Alumni Association Board of Directors
President
Rod Turner
President-elect
Russ Everhart
Foundation Board of Trustees
Chairman
Art Bloomer
First Vice-Chairman
Ken Hush
Second Vice-Chairman
Tim Shadoin
The 2008 Alumni Awards
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.
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Homecoming 2008
Spotlight – Winter 2009 – www.emporia.edu/spotlight
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,
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Volume 39, Number 1
Letters to the editor
Responses to
“A Promise of
Accessibility”
four, to read when she grows
up. We cherish this legacy.
- Rebecca King Stevens,
White Oak Creek, Tenn.
I
I
was delighted to see in
“Promise of Accessibility”
an old mentor, friend and
colleague, Dr. Bill Scales,
among those credited for
ESU’s richly deserved national
reputation as an accessible
campus. An inspiration to
ESU students with special
needs, Bill was a singular
force in the professional
development of this writer
and many others…. Few will
ever forget the boundless
enthusiasm, infectious laugh
and constant encouragement
that emanated from Bill as he
rolled in, around, up down
and throughout the campus….
To know and work with Bill
quite literally transported
those around him to a new
understanding of the disabled,
indeed of the very term itself….
Scales was an integral part
of the reason so many KSTC
graduates completed doctoral
degrees and had their own
highly successful careers in
higher education. No doubt I
speak for literally hundreds
when I say, “Thank you, Bill,
for not only challenging each
of us to redefine ourselves and
what we might become, but for
the profoundly brave, warm
and supportive manner in
which you did it.”
- Gary G. Peer, Ed. D. (MS
1967), Stephenville, Texas
T
he “Promise of
Accessibility” story
presented past struggles with
dignity and highlighted their
significance for today’s issues.
Thank you for acknowledging
the contributions of my father,
John King, who passed away
on June 28. Many family
members, including my
mother, Glennie King, now 97,
are gathering here at our home
in Tennessee over Labor Day,
and I will be sharing Spotlight
with them – and then I will
keep it for little Katie, who is
enjoyed reading the
“Promise of Accessibility.”
I was on campus when Dr.
King was there and remember
the ramps and wheel chairs. I
would see wheelchairs come
out of the lower back door
of Plumb Hall and “wheel”
on the two large wheels all
the way to the Union, never
a fall. Also they matched up
the wheelchair students with
blind students – one to push
and have directions and one
to guide without working so
hard….
- Richard Price (BSB 1963),
Emporia
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he summer issue of
Spotlight elicited a
wealth of memories…. In my
professional life, I have always
mentioned the commitment
KSTC made to accessibility. I
have always been proud that
I was involved in that…. John
Webb is still my role model.
I remember his touch and
leadership. One semester in
the later sixties, a group of
rowdy students were rushing
the women’s residence hall
at night for attention. His
reaction: serve hot chocolate
and donuts to calm them
down. It worked and I use
that type of strategy all the
time.… I remember Bill Scales
– I learned a great deal from
him…. Harry Stephens was
working in student affairs.
He was the most authentic,
gentle person I have ever met.
My education (BS and MS) at
ESU prepared me for work; the
influence of John Webb, Bill
Scales, Harry Stephens and
Imogene McCosh prepared
me for life. I owe more to ESU
than I could ever reply. Thanks
for focusing my memories.
- Dennis Angle, Ph.D. (BS
1968, MS 1974), Medicine
Lodge
The dragon speaks
I
truly enjoyed the most
recent issue of the Spotlight.
I have a special interest in
the dragon and would like
to share some additional
information about its
acquisition. I established the
ESU Development Office in
1969 and served as the director
until 1988. After the death of
William Black, I worked with
his widow Marea in planning
her estate. Since her husband
had been recognized at ESU
through the Kansas Master
Teacher program, I suggested
that she direct her bequest
toward that program. She
liked the connection and
began to attend some of the
annual ceremonies. She often
spoke of the dragon and other
collectibles that she would
like to [give] to ESU. My wife
and I spent a most enjoyable
weekend at her home and
returned with the dragon.
As you can imagine the
dragon raised eyebrows and
did not receive a red carpet
welcome when I delivered it
on campus. My first challenge
was to find a place to display
it. Fortunately the Dean of
Education was receptive to
displaying the Dragon in
Visser Hall. Whenever Marea
visited campus, I would always
accompany her to see the
dragon…. I believe there may
be one small misunderstanding
about the “Good Times/Bad
Times” dragons. Marea’s
favorite impression and
memory about the dragon
was that it represented both
– depending on the angle you
are viewing, the dragon will be
either sneering or smiling. Try
it, it is a real kick.
- Dr. Jim Meyer (BSE 1963,
MS 1964), Sebastopol, Calif.
Remembering Roy
I
t was with concern that I
noticed that Roy Mann was
not listed in my summer issue
until I turned to the two-page
spread on pages 12 & 13. Way
See the full letters online at www.emporia.edu/spotlight.
to go Roy! I knew Roy in high
school at Northern Heights
and our years together at ESU
before I headed to Kansas City
to be an art teacher…. ESU has
definitely lost someone who
gives “super human” effort.
Roy never ceased to amaze me
with his quick wit, infectious
sense of humor, appealing
musical talent, gregarious
personality and love of people.
I know you will always cherish
the wonderful memories that
have been created. And to Roy,
congratulations
- Diana Whittington
(formerly Jeannie Moran)
(BSE 1978), Admire
Wherever you see the
, go
to www.emporia.edu/spotlight
to read all the online extras.
For instance, you’ll catch an
extra story online about ESU’s
response to campus security
anxieties, highlighted by a
September bomb scare on
campus and the ESU “CARE”
team.
Corrections
In the summer 2008 edition,
“A Promise of Accessibility”
incorrectly stated that Bill Scales
was the wheelchair-bound
Olpe High School student that
President John King recruited to
KSTC. In fact, the student was
Mary Greenwood (BSE 1958), now
of Emporia. Scales was a studentteacher at Olpe High School and
KSTC student at the time, but
he graduated from Gridley High
School. Greenwood brought the
mistake to our attention, as did a
citizen of Gridley who knew where
Scales came from. Greenwood
graduated in Olpe in 1955 and
came to KSTC at Pres. King’s
urging. Ramps were built before
her first day, football players
volunteered to carry her up
stairs, and the Emporia Gazette
published a photo of her in a
newly installed elevator in 1957.
Also, the degrees listed for
Outstanding Recent Graduate
Jared Larson were incorrect in
the July edition. Jared earned two
bachelor’s degrees in 2002. The
Spotlight staff truly regrets the
errors.
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Letter from the
Alumni Association president
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f there’s one thing I’ve learned as your Alumni Association president, it’s that the future of ESU
promises to be just as rich as the past has been. I finished my master’s degree in education in 1974,
and began serving on the association’s Board of Directors five and a half years ago. As I spoke briefly to
the 600-plus graduates at the May 2008 commencement ceremony – about a quarter century past my
master’s degree – I found myself asking “Where have the years gone?”
At the Alumni Association, we’re just as excited about where the years will go in the future. The
campus is truly crackling with energy and educational optimism, and we’re looking to serve you in a
number of ways.
First, we’ve welcomed a new and experienced Alumni Relations Director, Peter Brodie. We’re
formulating a more energetic and involved Flint Hills Area Alumni Chapter. The Hornet News Update
e-mail newsletter has a great new look and feel. The campus is on the threshold of transformation with
the upcoming renovation of the Memorial Union. We’re researching a new partnership with insurance
Turner
companies, to offer you discounts on a variety of insurance products you already purchase solely because
you’re an alum. Also, the alumni board will welcome Russ Everhart of Overland Park as the 2009-2010 president.
Looking back, I want to recognize and thank the previous alumni board presidents I’ve served under. Each president has demonstrated
true commitment to ESU, and I hope their contributions will be an example to you. First, Mike Culp introduced me as one of the new board
members way back in 2002. Then, it was Jenny Kramer who challenged us as board members to become a working board with committees
designed to meet specific objectives and be accountable for them. Thanks to Janet Schalansky, who spent so much time on campus during
her year as president that she seemed like a full-time employee who had her own office. Her guidance on various selection committees has
cemented the ESU’s current administrative direction. Thanks to Kelly Mobray, who gave one of the most inspiring speeches that I have ever
heard, about “building a foundation” during the inauguration of President Michael Lane. A special thanks to Myrl Cobb, who was a great
mentor for my transition into the position of your board president. His cool and deliberate guidance during very trying times kept us all
focused and on target. Myrl and his lovely wife Laveta have begun a new chapter in their life (Myrl recently retired from 25-plus years at
Payless ShoeSource). I want to wish them the best.
Lastly, some highlights are bittersweet – like saying goodbye to Roy Mann, the former director of alumni relations who has left ESU for
another great opportunity. He is a true friend, a confidante, and fishing partner, and a truly professional representative of ESU and higher
education.
To each alumnus and alumna, please take a moment to reflect on what ESU has meant to you. If you wish to reconnect with ESU in
any way, just send a note to alumni@emporia.edu and we’ll help you in every way we can – because you are ESU’s heritage. Thank you for
making ESU what it is today!
Yours for ESU,
Rod Turner (BSE 1971, MS 1974)
T h e d r e a m e r, c o n t e n t
Into our children, we deposit our dreams, emotions, misgivings
and faults. They carry our future. They carry these burdens around
from an early age, unknowing.
I think about this when I see my three-year-old daughter, Sonja,
emerge each morning from her darkened room. Her face is full of
hair and frowns, her arms wrapped around the ever-present “sleep
squirrel,” a small cloth animal she can’t sleep without, and the
princess blanket adorned with all of her Disney fantasies.
She wants milk. She does not know that I have this deeply
parental urge to improve her mind on a daily basis. She only wants
to be pandered to while her infant brother awakens with his own
hearty batch of needs. The children do not know that I sometimes
see Emporia State University through the prism of their potential,
just as ESU embodies potential. My wife and I came to ESU to
better ourselves. Faculty research seeks a better way of doing
things. Each sports season opens with a pledge to build upon past
successes.
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Sonja could reach six feet tall, according to the predictor of
doubling a child’s two-year-old height. She does not know that my
father-in-law lovingly calls her the Title IX baby. But college isn’t
on her radar screen yet. She does know about Corky. She knows
Plumb Hall as “Mommy’s office.” She knows which of my colleagues
have candy, and which one to approach and ask, “Can Daddy have a
raise?”
Fifteen years from now, will she pay heed to my subtle
suggestions that she should attend ESU? Will the state-of-the-art
Memorial Union renovation look antiquated to her then? Will she
learn from my favorite professors? Will she support me in my old
age?
To that I think she would say, “You’re silly.” She’s probably right.
Even so, for her and for ESU the future looks bright, and I will
consent to dream.
Jesse Tuel (BSB 2001, MA 2008)
Editor
Calendar of events
Advancement and
University Events
Spring Classes Begin
Jan. 14
Spring General Assembly
Jan. 12, Albert Taylor Hall
Martin Luther King Day
Jan. 19
African-American Leadership
Day Luncheon
Jan. 21, MU Ballroom
Campus Visit and Department Fair
Feb. 6, Memorial Union
Founders Day Celebration
Feb. 13, MU Ballroom
Spring Commencement
May 16, ESU
Madam Butterfly Opera Concert
April 19, Albert Taylor Hall
USO Reunion
June 2009. A reunion for USO
members will coincide with a 55th
anniversary party for the 2009
opening of Summer Theatre on
June 12-13. Mark your calendars!
Woodwind Day
April 22, Beach Hall
Emporia Connection Cruise
June 2009. Join ESU alumni in the
Caribbean!
Tallgrass Writing Workshop
June 27-28, Plumb Hall
Treble Clef Reunion
Fall 2009. Were you a member of
Treble Clef? You’re invited! Contact
us to make sure we have your
information!
Sonia Kovalevsky Day
On Stage
Kansas Master Teachers Banquet
Invitational Brass Day
Feb. 13, Heath Recital Hall
Expanding Your Horizons
Conference
March 7, Science Hall
Jazz Concert
Feb. 19, Albert Taylor Hall
“The Glass Menagerie”
Feb. 25-28, March 4-7, Roosevelt Hall
Spring Break
March 16-22
Montana Repertory Theatre
Feb. 28, Albert Taylor Hall
Student Art Exhibition
April 6, King Hall
Emeritus Faculty Luncheon
April 8, Memorial Union
Chamber Winds, Brass,
and Percussion Concert
March 5, Albert Taylor Hall
Ambassadors 25-Year Celebration
April 18-19, Sauder Alumni Center
Vagina Monologues
March 10-11, MU Ballroom
Sigma Tau Gamma 20-Year
Reunion
April 25
Brass Choir Concert
Newberg Outstanding Senior
Banquet
April 27, MU Ballroom
Blaufuss Memorial Run/Walk
May 2, ESU
Emporia Super
Custom Car
Show
May 3, ESU
For more information on any of these events, contact the
alumni office at (620) 341-5440 or alumni@emporia.edu.
Percussion Ensemble Concert
Jazz Ensemble Concert
Woodwind Showcase
April 28, Heath Recital Hall
“She Stoops to Conquer,
or Mistakes of the Night”
April 29-May 2, Bruder Theatre
Wind Ensemble Concert
May 1, Albert Taylor Hall
A Cappella and Community
Chorus Concert
May 3, First United Methodist
Church
Dan Cummins Comedy Act
May 4, Memorial Union
Theatre Spring Dance Show
May 8, Roosevelt Hall
Homecoming 2009
Save the Date!
Oct. 31, 2009, ESU
E-mail news, twice a month!
Look for the yellow sign-up box (see
below) on the Advancement web
pages at www.emporia.edu/saf, and
send in your e-mail address. Or e-mail
us at alumni@emporia.edu.
Opera Performance
April 17-18, Albert Taylor Hall
For more events:
University Advancement News & Events – www.emporia.edu/saf/news – Go here to RSVP online!
University Events – www.emporia.edu (click on Calendar of Events)
Athletics – www.emporia.edu/athletics
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What can University Advancement do for you?
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he mission of the Office of University Advancement – comprised of the ESU Foundation and the ESU Alumni
Association – is to build relationships and support for Emporia State University, today and tomorrow. The office’s
top five goals for the 2009 fiscal year are:
• Utilize resources to enhance overall fundraising efforts
• Foster teamwork through an enjoyable, productive work environment
• Expand alumni programs through new revenue sources, events and activities
• Create awareness by communicating University Advancement’s mission and goals with external constituents
and the ESU campus community
• Strengthen database capabilities and documentation to assure infrastructure improvements
The Alumni Association
The Alumni Association is your primary connection with
your alma mater and fellow alumni. We are pleased to be your
concierge and welcome you to the Sauder Alumni Center for
events and during normal business hours. We have alumni
chapters across Kansas and in larger urban centers around the
country – check out www.emporia.edu/saf for further details.
Are you looking for a job? Contact Career Services at (620)
341-5407 and log onto the Hire-A-Hornet website to explore
opportunities. You will be able to upload your resume and
connect with employers searching for ESU alumni. The staff in
Career Services also offers assistance for alumni with tips on
developing and updating a resume and writing cover letters.
Alumni Association opportunities:
• Attending alumni events and becoming an alumni
chapter volunteer
• Free subscription to the Spotlight magazine and
Hornet News Update email newsletter
• Volunteering to promote ESU through the Students
Through Alumni Recruitment Team effort in Kansas
school districts
• Discounts on merchandise and services at Emporia
area businesses
• Special discounted travel opportunities with other
ESU alumni
• Temporary medical insurance
Visit us online at www.emporia.edu/saf.
The ESU Foundation
The ESU Foundation is an independent, non-profit
corporation that exists to support ESU, matching the
university’s needs with your desire to help, wherever that
may be – from scholarships to endowed professorships, from
building renovations to grants. The Foundation is also a source
of information, like our planned giving services. Did you know
that the recent “bailout” package from Congress contains
an IRA rollover provision? Someone who is at least 70 1/2
years old can distribute up to $100,000 tax free, directly to a
charitable organization like the ESU Foundation. Learn about
this and more at www.emporia.edu/giftplanning.
Foundation services:
• The staff raises, receives, manages, invests, distributes
and stewards private resources in support of the
university’s mission
• Works with individuals, corporations and foundations
to build support for the university’s goals and
initiatives
• Offers a range of giving options, including online
giving
• Assists in identifying the university’s funding
priorities
• Publicizes gifts through the annual Honor Roll of
Donors and media relations efforts
• Coordinates annual campus and community
campaigns to raise awareness and funding
• Coordinates special initiatives such as the Black and
Gold Society and the Lyman B. Kellogg Society
Foundation monitoring economic impact
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hroughout the bruising economic end to 2008, the ESU
Foundation has been actively assessing the impact of
the nation’s weakened economy on its ability to support the
mission, goals and initiatives of Emporia State University.
Leaders of the Foundation, on staff and on the Board of
Trustees, have met regularly to strategically plan for today and
tomorrow, ensuring the current and future financial health of
the Foundation. While it is premature to provide exact figures,
Foundation leadership has reason to be upbeat.
“Just as our alumni, donors and friends are doing with
their personal investments, the Foundation is doing its best to
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weather the storm,” said Judith Heasley, Foundation president
and CEO of University Advancement. “We are monitoring the
changes on a daily basis, and we’re cautiously optimistic – the
Foundation’s investment portfolio was well-balanced before the
economic crisis, and as a result we have performed better than
the vast majority of higher education foundations.
“In our day-to-day operations, we’re looking at every
opportunity for savings without negatively impacting our core
mission and goals,” Heasley said. “In a time like this, it’s critical
that we work closely with our donors to emerge from this period
in a strong position. We will weather this storm together.”
And it says
Spotlighters will be listed
in the July edition.
Look at this!
Thirty-nine donors
became Spotlighters by
donating $25 or more to
support the magazine’s
publication!
So my friends
should send donations
before then?
Yep.
Send donations
by May 1!
That’s awesome!
Get on board with the Spotlighters by donating $25 or more per year to support the Spotlight. Checks payable to the
ESU Foundation can be sent to 1500 Highland St., Emporia, KS 66801. Or give online at www.emporia.edu/give.
Donors will be listed annually in the summer edition.
The 2009 alumni directory
T
housands of you have already participated in the creation of
the 2009 alumni directory through Harris Connect. (You may
remember the calls and e-mails!) Copies of the directories are
for sale until inventory runs out. Call Harris Connect’s customer
service line at (800) 877-6554, or e-mail customerservice@
harrisconnect.com. If you have any questions, contact your
alumni office at (620) 341-5440 or alumni@emporia.edu.
Give to ESU
Give to ESU from the comfort of your home or
office computer! Go to www.emporia.edu/give
and click “Make a Gift.” You’ll create an initial
account that will link your gift to your record. To
create a permanent account after that, contact
Carol Cooper at (620) 341-5440 or ccooper@
emporia.edu.
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A fair amount of ESU exposure
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photo by J.R. Garvey
o attract the hundreds of thousands of eyes
that descend on the Kansas State Fair each year
in Hutchinson, the ESU Alumni Association has
learned a few tricks.
Number one: temporary Corky tattoos. The kids
love them, and parents stop to chat at ESU’s exhibit
booth. Or the high school kids show off, and maybe
remember ESU when it’s time to choose a college.
“I feel like a brand new man,” said one high school
student, flexing a bicep newly adorned with Corky.
Number two: buttermints. They’re addictive, like
sugary cereal when you were a kid. Some fairgoers
come back for more.
Number three: bags slightly bigger than all the
other bags. Fairgoers have to carry around all the
free stuff they’ve collected, and nothing is funnier
than seeing an ESU bag swallowing a Pittsburg
State bag. “I think you’ll need a really big bag to
put everything in,” hinted volunteer Terri Weast,
director of publications at ESU’s Jones Institute for
Educational Excellence, to a passerby.
Number four: volunteers from the Hutchinson
area. John Summervill, president of the MidKansas Alumni Chapter, recruits local volunteers to
work the evening shifts. About 20 volunteers did for
the 2008 fair, and Summervill has a great response
rate when he makes those calls. “I’m amazed at how
many people really want to volunteer,” Summervill
said. “They enjoy it. They like getting out and
talking to people and students about Emporia State.
ESU at the 2008 State Fair
By the numbers
• 12th year at the fair •
• 35,000 mints •
• 5,000 tattoos •
• 10,500 bags •
• 115 Volunteers •
To volunteer for the 2009 Fair, contact
the alumni office: (620) 341-5440,
alumni@emporia.edu.
In fact, I already have some new volunteers for next
year who haven’t volunteered before. It’s really
working well.”
The result? Each year, ESU and its squadron
of volunteers are on display at one of the few
venues where a statewide audience is passing
through. An average of 340,000 people attend
each year, according to a fair spokesperson. “I
really think for a statewide, live audience, this is
one of the better stops for us,” said Don Weast,
the sports information director and one of many
ESU volunteers that day. “As you’re walking, you
see those big yellow ESU bags everyone has. I can’t
think of any [venue] that would be similar.”
From Summervill’s perspective, the ESU
presence is “good public relations” for alumni and
prospective students. “I think we have to have
visibility, and not only for students. What I see a
lot of is the alums who really appreciate that we’re
there. We have to be visible. The other schools are,
and we have to do the same.”
Go online to www.emporia.edu/spotlight to see Del Ruff’s photos of Fan Fair, the annual alumni
event to kick off the State Fair. Del (EDS 1972), who lives in Hutchinson, documented the event for you!
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All those visitors are coming to the fair for
a number of reasons. On one particular day in
September, a band competition at the fair meant
that high school students from all over Kansas had
hours to wander the fairgrounds.
Julia Yenni, a high school senior from Wakefield,
admits she’s looking for colleges out of state – but
she also wants to run track, and she’s heard of
ESU. “I heard they have a really good education
program,” Julia said. “I want to learn about what
they’re known for, what their main programs are,
about their track team.”
Admissions counselors were on hand for
students like Yenni, and for parents. “I’d like to
put my son on your mailing list,” one mother says.
For a pair of young women from Campus High
School in Wichita, their faces painted for the band
competition, it was a chance to gather information.
Laura Dorsey and Dakoda Robinson stopped at
the ESU booth to learn more. “I’m actually looking
for information about colleges,” Dorsey said of her
free time at the fair. “That’s the same thing for me,”
Robinson added. “I’m looking at options. If they
have scholarships. Prices, too – I’m not made of
money!”
At the end of the day, every little bit of promotion
helps the university. A mother and daughter walked
by slowly, eyeing the backdrop of the ESU booth.
“Emporia State,” the mom said to her daughter.
“It’s a good school.”
Laura Dorsey (left) and Dakoda Robinson, students at Campus High School in Wichita, checked out the ESU booth at
the Kansas State Fair in September.
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Plugging in
One student’s roadmap for engaging ESU
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atoya Green is a textbook example of an
education that is more than by-the-book. Now
in her third semester, the communication major
from Kansas City, Mo., chose ESU for its debate
program. In that short time, though, she is not only
thriving on the debate team but has become the
Black Student Union president and a member of
the Harmonious Voices of Praise choir.
In conversation, Green presents a picture of
laid-back efficiency and lateral thinking. While she
is a self-described T-shirt-and-jeans person, her
debate background took over during an interview
as she rapidly took charge of the conversation and
organized her information, balancing all this with a
sunny disposition, solid eye contact, and consistent
texting on her cell phone.
Green’s ESU experience began in her senior
year of high school, when she was recruited into
ESU debate by Sam Mauer, now her coach. She
arrived at ESU and immediately connected with
BSU and the choir. “When you’re in a new
environment, you’re immediately looking for
the opportunity to find people you identify
with,” Green said. “I was able to find ways to
plug myself into the university.”
Green stressed, while still texting, that a
debater has to excel at multitasking. All of
her activities challenged her and help define
her ESU experience. In each group, she said,
“I could be a functioning component of what
made it what it was. The choir, I got to do
a solo. Debate, I was bumped up to varsity
on my second tournament. And I was in
an atmosphere where I could be me. I was
celebrated, not just tolerated.”
For Green, debate is an all-encompassing
commitment and her education depends
on her debate scholarship, but perhaps
the more important commitment has to
do with circumventing the “exclusionary
norms” of traditional debate. She related an
anecdote of a high-school debate round on
an all-women team. “We had a great round,
and the coach said we had a great round,
but said, ‘There’s too much estrogen in the
room.’” Green shrugged, motioning with a free
hand, and continued. “That gives you an idea of the
atmosphere. You don’t say that when a man gets
into a debate with everything he’s got. You say he’s
forceful, charismatic.”
Not only individuals but ideas and points of
view can become excluded. Debate often deals
with the extreme hypothetical, Green explained,
even when discussing social issues like class justice
and poverty. So Green draws from her personal
experience and social background to understand
them. “Poverty,” Green said, “is something I
experienced on a look-out-the-window basis.”
Fighting exclusion and engaging reality, in
debate, means taking on styles that challenge
traditional debate rhetoric. “I do poetry in my
speeches, and my partner and I speak from our
social locations,” Green said. She credits her unique
environment at ESU for making it possible. “Not a
lot of debaters get that chance, to be an individual.
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There’s always that question – am I going to
conform this time, so that I can win? But I don’t. I
put a lot of me in my arguments. I’m still gonna do
me.”
Debate may have brought Green to ESU, but her
academic experience has been equally influential.
She credited the TRIO program and open-door
advising, especially through Kristi Bolen, as helping
her to “get” the college environment. Green named
Dr. Sheryl Lidzy, Dr. Myrna Cornett-DeVito, and
Dr. Barbara Baker as strong personal influences
and people whom she felt genuinely cared about her
come out knowing more than what the textbook
gives me. And I think it challenges teachers to give
more than a nine-to-five attitude and commitment.”
That same need for diverse experience highlights
Green’s interaction with Harmonious Voices of
Praise and BSU. For LaToya, the choir is as much
about keeping in touch with people as it is about
spirituality. “The choir is becoming more diverse
every year – we have Hispanic students, white
students, black students. It’s not just a ‘black
thing,’” Green said. “We look to see how our culture
can enrich their lives. It’s been one of my more
“I was in an atmosphere where I could be me.
I was celebrated, not just tolerated.”
beyond the classroom context. “All three of them,
I hate to play the gender card, but being women,
I see them where I want to be someday, having all
the cards, having a handle on things.”
Green’s communication studies reflect a love for
“working with people,” and she hopes to enter the
radio industry – although still in her sophomore
year, she hasn’t solidified her career goals, focusing
for the moment on her undergraduate experience.
She emphasized that her coursework, too, extends
beyond the classroom – through ties with fellow
students with similar goals. “My class experience
is enriched when I can have that kind of dialogue
with my peers,” Green said. “It’s an awesome
experience. Everybody has something to offer....
When I approach my classes, I try to give more than
the prescribed answer, in my understanding of the
material through interaction with the students,
interaction with the teachers. I want it to be the
epitome of community learning.”
Green illustrated her classroom experience in
another anecdote: a recent class discussion sprang
up between an African-American woman from
inner Kansas City, a white man from rural Kansas,
and a woman from a large city in California. “That
diversity of experience – you don’t get it anywhere
else,” Green said. “I want to go into a classroom and
enjoyable activities on campus.”
Black Student Union has a similarly strong
community impulse. She explained BSU’s
philosophy of LAMP – Leadership, Accountability,
Momentum, and Potential – as a community
endeavor to navigate the college experience and life
beyond ESU: “How we can lead, how we can make
ourselves available and accountable, how we can
build on the successes of others, and how we can
prepare ourselves while we’re here to make changes
in the world.” Green explained that BSU is involved
with events like the Step Show she had helped to
organize in the fall, but that the real purpose of the
organization is much broader. “Our emphasis is on
unity...caring about the world around us, where we
are in the world, maneuvering ourselves through
the college experience.”
LaToya summed up her ESU experience with a
debater’s concision, along with a self-expression
entirely her own. “I’m one of the biggest believers
in not doing business as usual,” said LaToya. “I
want to take in the whole person, whenever that’s
possible.”
In students like Latoya Green, the ESU
community can take pride in doing the real
business of a university – building the whole
person, one by one.
By Dirk Mcbratney
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The sharing of knowledge
ESU’s centers reach out to the community
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leven talkative participants of a training session
at ESU’s Center for Business and Economic
Development were positioned around a horseshoe table
in the fall, listening intently to Don Miller, a professor
in the School of Business and a management trainer for
the Center. Miller has just broached a difficult subject:
“reclaiming the right to discipline” in the workplace by
clarity of policy and enforcement.
“Make sure that people do know this stuff, so that if
they’re going to violate it, they violate it knowingly,” said
Miller, adding that it’s not enough to say, “Well, I sent
you an e-mail.” Awkward laughter and testimony about
the difficulties of discipline circle the room. Everyone
has the opportunity to chip in with personal experience,
discussing where lines are drawn and which infractions
can become real difficulties. Each trainee has his or her
own criterion.
“If the center’s operating correctly,” said Dr. Jim Hoy
of the Center for Great Plains Studies, “you are creating
a positive effect for the university. But our primary
function is not to promote the university. One of the
functions of a university is to go beyond the classroom.”
Terri Weast, of the Jones Institute for Educational
Excellence, sees the benefit of centers that run
independently from degree programs. “We make
sure our services are readily available for Lyon,
Coffey and Osage counties, but our programs are for
educators statewide,” Weast said. “This helps our oncampus education faculty focus on training our future
educators.” In the Kansas Future Teachers of America
program, for example, the institute is recruiting and
preparing high school students for the field of education,
not only at ESU but across the state.
Bill Barnes, the CBED training director and a School
“We’re asked to be involved in the community,
but we’ve gone beyond that.”
The Center for Business and Economic Development
is one of many centers on the ESU campus designed
to serve the local and academic communities. These
centers, promoting programs of training and scholarship
that aren’t limited to the ESU student body, allow
the community to take advantage of the resources
ESU offers. The CBED, for instance, offers business
management training to area businesses, nonprofit
organizations, and state entities. Others exhibit similar
outreach.
Bill Barnes (left) and Don Miller (opposite page) guide a training
session in ESU’s Center for Business and Economic Development.
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of Business instructor, opened a Nov. 20 session with the
11 participants, a group of managers and managers-tobe in their final training session in management. Then
Miller took over, introducing the subject of the day –
conflict resolution.
“Now, I’m not talking about marital conflict,” jokes
Miller. The group laughs, but Miller reminds them that
it’s not as absurd as it sounds. Personal problems can
become office problems. “Maybe they just had a fight
with their significant other. You can’t know that,” he
said. He turns the topic over to the group. “You guys
have a lot of experience in the workplace. What are some
sources of conflict that you see?”
A woman mentions personality conflict, and Miller
asks the group to go beyond the textbook definition.
“I think the bare definition is neutral, and it’s how
people interpret the facts,” said another trainee.
“Beautiful,” Miller said. “If you go beyond the facts –
or the issues – think how you can start to walk on water.
Focus on the behavior, not the personality.”
Later in the discussion, a trainee identifies a source of
conflict as getting “stuck” with unpleasant tasks.
“Nobody wants to do it, you’re good at it or you’ll do
it, so you inherit it,” Miller said, and he helps the group
to identify strategies to resolve, and more importantly to
understand, the situation.
Miller picks at each point. “How do you mean that? That’s interesting.”
Miller repeatedly emphasizes that employees are human beings and
asks the trainees to draw from their personal experience, all the while
helping them to assemble that experience into a theoretical framework.
He illustrates his methods with unforgettable comparisons, such as
calling information hording a “chipmunk complex.” When he discusses
structural conflict – conflicts that result from the job description – he
uses a simple illustration: “If a customer has a problem with a meal, is he
going to go take it out on the cook?”
Tactics like this can be an eye-opening experience for the trainees.
Jerry Guthrie, a production manager at Camoplast in Emporia who
has participated in CBED training, vouches for the uniqueness of the
program. “I’ve been a manufacturer for many years, and I thought that
it might be more of the same stuff,” Guthrie said. But he was pleasantly
surprised to find that the program was immediately applicable to his
management strategy, citing modules on legal advice for management
and hidden forms of discrimination. The CBED trainers were able to
quickly connect with what happens in the workplace. “There’s a lot
I’ve missed....after I went, I made all of my guys go,” Guthrie said. “Bill
[Barnes] has manufacturing experience, and the [trainers] he’s picked
seem to have practical experience, too.”
Back at the November CBED session, the topic returns to the
manager’s right to discipline. A trainee at the table asks a question:
What is a manager’s responsibility when an employee meets all stated
requirements and yet fails to perform? How does a manager identify a
problem that seems like a matter of personality?
Barnes breaks in. “It sounds like you have an employee who’s just
doing the minimum,” he said. “People can very quickly identify the
minimum input that is required of them. Make it clear that that isn’t
enough.”
When Miller comes to the end of his agenda, he closes the session with
his characteristic sarcasm. “You’re going to manage some people who
will try you to death – that’s the way life is,” says Miller. “But evaluate the
situation.”
By Dirk Mcbratney
Bill Barnes, training director at the
Center for Business and Economic
Development, in his own words:
The School of Business is accredited
by the top accrediting body of business
education – the Association to Advance
Collegiate Schools of Business, or for
us the AACSB – which acknowledges
about 15 percent of the business
schools in the nation. We’re asked to be
involved in the community, but we’ve
gone beyond that.
We are a resource that local entities
can make use of in various aspects,
and my role is to lead them to that
resource, whether it’s with us or not.
Originally, I had a local manufacturer
come to me who had a need. I was
asked to continue training. Since
then, we’ve turned that into a full
training program for supervisors. We
just helped a local entity formulate
a strategic plan, a lot like what the
university is doing at the moment.
Some other programs are very
structured, and that works for them.
Our program depends on the customer.
Looking at front-line management,
we break it down into modules:
communication, strategic planning,
teamwork, process, personality tests,
proper methods to evaluate and praise
people. For my instructors, they have
to be flexible. We think on our feet.
Our objective isn’t to stand up here
and lecture for three hours. In class, I
tell my students: “Ask yourself – what
frustrates you? If it frustrates you, it’s
a problem. Now, can it be solved?”
Solving a particular problem is not the
goal. The goal is that the individual use
that methodology to solve the problem.
The concepts and theories are valid,
but we don’t know how they’re going
to be applied, and we have to teach
students to think for themselves.
The sessions leave an impression on
the trainees. We certainly represent to
them the School of Business and the
university, and we leave those people
with an impression of the university –
some of our clients are past students,
and not always from the School of
Business. I’ve had people take our
program and then come back to train
their own people. We take people who
haven’t been managers, and we give
them the training they need.
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Alumni in the Kansas Legislature
The House of Representatives
Rep. Anthony Brown (R-Eudora) is a carpenter and former teacher. Brown earned a BSE in 1992
and was involved with Sigma Tau Gamma and Associated Student Government (ASG). His wife
Susan is an ESU alumna.
Rep. Stan Frownfelter (D-Kansas City) owns K.C. Fluid Power, Inc., a wholesale distributor of
hydraulics. He earned a BS in business in 1977 and was involved with Sigma Tau Gamma and ESU
athletics.
Rep. Deena Horst (R-Salina) is an art teacher in Salina. Horst earned a BSE in 1966 and an MS in
art in 1973. Her husband Gordon is an ESU alumnus.
Rep. Ann Mah (D-Topeka) is a former teacher and owner of Discover! Strategies, offering
professional speaking and training workshops. Mah earned a BSE in physics and an MS in
curriculum and instruction, while staying involved with ASG and the music program.
“I never imagined being a legislator while in college. I thought my political career ended
when I graduated and left the Student Senate.” – Mah
Rep. Bill Otto (R-LeRoy) is a former teacher who attended ESU.
“I went to purchase an ice cream sandwich and the machine just kept running… and of
course all the students helped themselves. It was one of those moments that was not as funny
at the time, but (after no one came and arrested me) has gotten better with time.” – Otto
Rep. Vern Swanson (R-Clay Center), a retiree from EVCO Wholesale Foods, earned a BS in
business administration in 1966 and was involved with Alpha Kappa Lambda. His wife Susie is an
ESU alumna.
Rep. Annie Tietze (D-Topeka) is an Auburn Washburn USD 437 teacher. Tietze earned a BA in
social sciences in 1972.
Rep. Ed Trimmer (D-Winfield) is a retired teacher who earned a BSE in speech and was involved
with debate.
Rep. Jerry Williams (D-Chanute), a pasture and cattle operation owner who retired from
teaching, was also the Southeast Kansas Area Agency on Aging’s executive director. He earned an
education specialist’s degree in educational administration in 1971.
The Senate
Sen. Jim Barnett (R-Emporia) is a physician. He earned a BA in chemistry in 1976 and was
involved with Blue Key, Phi Beta Lambda, and Kappa Mu Epsilon. His wife Yvonne is an ESU
alumna.
“My favorite memories of ESU will be found over and over again in the classrooms, where
I was allowed to learn and interact with high quality and dedicated professors.” – Barnett
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photo by Stephan Anderson-Story
Hoeltings named the 2008 Hornet Heritage family
E
SU and the Hoelting family are a tradition together. The family, headed by Norbert and Mary
Hoelting of Olpe, Kan., has produced 15 ESU graduates and eight other ESU attendees over a
course of 43 years. They were recognized on Sept. 20 as the 2008 Hornet Heritage family, an award
sponsored by the Alumni Association that recognizes multigenerational families of ESU alumni.
About 60 family members gathered for a reunion centered around the recognition. Floyd Hoelting,
the family’s first KSTC (later ESU) graduate, explained the family’s commitment to ESU: “Higher
education improves and enriches our lives. In collaboration with Emporia State University, Hoelting
family members keep learning and striving to improve themselves and their communities for future
generations.”
•
Read more about the Hoelting family and see the family tree at www.emporia.edu/saf/
awards/hornetheritage.htm.
• Nominate a family for the 2009 Hornet Heritage award by May 1! Contact the alumni office
at (620) 341-5440 or alumni@emporia.edu for more information.
The 2007-08
Honor Roll of Donors
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ot all of ESU’s amazing stories appear in these Spotlight
pages. Check out the 2007-08 Honor Roll of Donors and
Annual Report at www.emporia.edu/honorroll. The Honor
Roll is one way we thank our generous donors, and it also tells
some cool stories. The butterfly (at right) comes from one of
two wetlands tracts donated to ESU, and the land is featured
with some outstanding photography in Honor Roll.
Donor Profile
A noble habit
One donor’s 38-year record of giving
Petitjean
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ear after year, Michael Petitjean has made it a
point to do one simple thing: give to Emporia
State University. What’s remarkable is the length of
his steady commitment. Petitjean remembers the
beginning, 38 years ago.
“As a senior in college, I signed up for the Second
Century Club,” he said. “In the late sixties, I made
a $100 pledge. That was a lot of money at the time.
Over the years, I’ve tried to keep that up and be
supportive of the school.”
Donors like Petitjean provide the backbone of
ESU’s solid fiscal footing. Now a self-employed
financial advisor for Ameriprise, Inc. in Newton,
Petitjean has consistently supported ESU since
graduating from ESU (then KSTC) with a BS in
education in 1970. After finishing an MA in 1978,
again in the field of teaching, Petitjean taught
for 11 years. In 1981, he moved to the Burlington
Northern Santa Fe Corporation, and in 1991, he
became a financial advisor. Petitjean attributes his
success in teaching to the ESU teaching program
and singled out the business school as another of
ESU’s strengths. “It’s a good school,” he said. “I
recommend it!”
Petitjean has established two scholarships at
ESU. One, through his fraternity in 1985, the
Gladys “Mother” Gilbert Phi Sig Scholarship,
supports members of Phi Sigma Kappa, a fraternity
that was influential during Petitjean’s college years
and has a long and proud history on campus. “You
walk through campus, half your big buildings were
named after Phi Sigs,” Petitjean said. A second
scholarship, the Petitjean Family Scholarship in
honor of his parents, was established in 1990.
Michael’s older brothers Francis and Dan attended
KSTC as well, influencing Michael’s choice of
education, and his parents were very supportive of
their educations. “They did a lot to keep us there,”
Petitjean said.
Petitjean still keeps in touch with the university
through his fraternity, while naming Roy Mann,
David Eldridge and Dr. George Walters as positive
ESU influences. Last but not least, Petitjean is very
close indeed with one colleague and ESU alumna.
“I met my wife [Carol] there at the college – we
like to get back for Homecoming each year, and we
have a lot of lifelong friends from the university that
we keep in contact with. That’s kinda what it’s all
about.”
The ESU Foundation recently combed its records
to generate a list of those who have given faithfully
year after year, in any amount, and the Petitjeans
turned up with at least 20 consecutive years of
giving. Remembering the first commitment he
made to ESU education 38 years ago, Petitjean
plans to keep up his commitment. For one thing,
he’s satisfied with the results of his ESU support.
“We get a letter each year from each of the
recipients of [the scholarship] and it’s having an
impact on their ability to get an education. And
that’s good,” he said.
It’s more than good for the ESU students of today
and tomorrow. It’s a permanent legacy, thanks to
donors like Michael Petitjean.
By Dirk Mcbratney
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… is held by each of you,
and your new alumni relations
director has a mind for details.
Peter Brodie promises to greet your pets.
Even though he’s allergic to cats.
Even though he has scars from a
childhood dog attack, and strongly
dislikes dogs.
Why?
Early in his varied career, the new alumni
relations director at Emporia State University learned
Peter Brodie,
the new
alumni
relations
director
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how to listen closely and put people at ease. Brodie
remembers the names of your children, your pets, and
your experiences with your alma mater.
It’s his job.
“You listen to alumni. You talk with them. That’s
the most important thing. You listen to what’s said
and you listen to what’s unsaid. And you remember
it,” Brodie said. “In the end, they’re probably going
to tell me how they want to reconnect with the
university, and that’s the goal.” Brodie, a native of upstate New York, began
at ESU on Nov. 24. But an early direction in his
career set the stage for paying attention to people.
First, as a customer service representative for Blue
Cross Blue Shield, he learned the importance of
patience while listening. Then, as an EMT and
critical care technician, he would arrive on scene
and move quickly to catalogue potentially life-saving
details – like a table stocked with sugary food to
indicate diabetes. Translated to alumni relations,
Brodie seeks to find common ground and gain an
understanding of a person’s perspective.
Working 24-hour shifts three times a week,
Brodie had plenty of time to volunteer – for
muscular dystrophy efforts, a youth leadership
foundation, and as a chapter leader for his alma
mater, Daemen College. Just like alumni relations,
he learned how to recruit and manage volunteers.
When the alumni relations job opened up at
Daemen, Brodie was encouraged to take a look. He
served as director from 2001 to 2004 at the college
where he earned his bachelor’s degree in health
systems management. He then became the alumni
relations director at Franklin Pierce University in
Rindge, N.H., where he’s studying for an MBA.
Brodie may be living in the Midwest for the first
time – but he’s no stranger to cold winters, he
knows the business of alumni relations, and the ESU
community is growing on him, as he describes in his
characteristic way, with plenty of entertaining asides
peppering his speech.
“People who live in Kansas are more outwardly
friendly than upstate New York or New England,”
Brodie said. “People I don’t know – and presumably
they don’t know me – say good morning to me, like
when I was walking into Dillon’s. And I just figured
out that’s a grocery store.”
As an outsider – from a region with a plethora
of universities – Brodie has been surprised by the
support ESU enjoys. “The biggest surprise – and it’s
a pleasant one – was finding that the city loves this
university, and is very supportive of its students, its
student-athletes, its performers. And they know the
students by name, especially the athletes.”
The positive climate is something Brodie hopes
to capitalize on. He recognizes his own shy-toconfident undergraduate transformation, and
knows it’s a common experience. He’s noticed
that ESU alumni have a deeply ingrained sense of
pride in the university and what it’s meant to their
success, and his aim is to help alumni focus on how
they can share their pride and help others achieve
similar moments. “Alumni relations serves to be
a relationship-builder, and provide a conduit to
alumni to reconnect with a place that helped them
grow so much,” he said.
Drawing from his experiences at two other
institutions, Brodie has already identified three
primary goals for the ESU Alumni Association: to
broaden the scope and outreach of the Association;
to strengthen the financial stability of the
Association, and thereby the Foundation and ESU;
and to focus board members and volunteers toward
strategic paths with measurable success. He is also
filling a dual role as ESU’s legislative liaison in
Topeka.
He is a data-driven person, seeking to set goals
and measure them. For example, he estimates an
event’s probable attendance, sets a “stretch” goal,
shares it with the entire Advancement team, and
then asks for participation in reaching the goal.
Brodie has expanded programs in mind for ESU
alumni, such as engaging alumni as career mentors
for current students. He will also strive to meet the
everyday needs of alumni, pledging to acknowledge
every e-mail or phone call within one business day.
Always the EMT, Brodie said he loves helping
people and listening to them. An avid volunteer and
reader, vacation means a weekend away from home
with his feet up, relaxing – because every so often in
alumni relations, there are challenges. The hardest
aspect of the job, Brodie says, is “immobile and
unwavering” alumni who aren’t willing to pursue
changes in order to grow and expand. At a previous
institution, the association’s board of directors
was stacked with members who graduated in the
same decade, and they were against restructuring
– sacrificing seats, perhaps – to involve members
from other decades.
Even so, one of Brodie’s so-called opponents on
the issue was surprised when he called to inquire
about her husband’s illness.
Chances are Brodie remembered the man’s name.
By Jesse Tuel
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I
n the oldest portion of the oldest memorial student union building
west of the Mississippi River, up the creaking stairs and past the torn
wallpaper to the third floor, the Messenger Room was quite warm in early
November.
Rather than an air-handling issue in the outdated Memorial Union, the
room’s warmth was more likely related to the excitement from students,
faculty and staff, participating in the fifth and final vision session ahead
of the largest-ever renovation project at Emporia State University.
Planning for the Memorial Union renovation is now under way, with
architectural renderings in hand and the students preparing for a student
fee vote later in the spring semester. The campus is dreaming now, for
the students of today and tomorrow, for a new home away from home.
The conceptual and design phases will commence through 2009, with
construction slated for 2010 through 2012. But it’s hard not to push
timelines aside and skip into the future to envision a new Memorial
Union, right in the heart of campus.
“I would be so ecstatic to know I was a part of making it possible,”
said Angela Blaufuss, president of Associated Student Government. “As
student body president, you have to look at the future. Making this a
second home for students is a dream of mine.”
The dream seems to be catching on. More than 180
students, faculty and staff attended the five vision sessions,
sessions presented by a team of national
and Kansas-based architects specializing
in college unions. “I’ve been doing this
for 30 years and I’ve never
seen this much interest and
involvement,” said Dick
Tilghman of Treanor
Architects in Lawrence.
The renovation plan
has the potential
to touch
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An early rendering of the Hornet’s Nest
patio area, with Wooster Lake to the right.
every single square foot of the Memorial Union – from the
gorgeous Colonial Ballroom and the original south end, to
the additions to the north and east, to the strong possibility
of a grand multi-story entryway on the east side of the
building. Construction costs are estimated at $18.5 million.
During the vision sessions, members of the architectural
team were busy sketching out the possibilities. Those
images are now in the union director’s office, one floor
below the Messenger Room. The director, Dave Hendricks
(BSB 1990), has worked in the union since his days as an
ESU student. He jumped up to pull out exterior sketches
and internal floor plans, describing vehicle traffic and foot
traffic, pointing out how green spaces outdoors – like the
natural ampitheater between the union and King Hall –
can be utilized and echoed in the interior design. How the
view from the cafeteria entrance could descend gradually
downward to Wooster Lake. How the first floor’s walkways
could be curved: “When you’re not walking in a straight
line, it tends to enhance your peripheral vision, and you
have the tendency to notice more what’s on either side,”
Hendricks said.
That’s the idea: to make this building in the center of
campus more of a destination for students, a place to see
and be seen. Long lines of sight, wide open inside and
outside space, energy efficiency. A brand new front door for
the ESU of tomorrow, with the Office of Admissions right
next to the welcome mat.
It’s been in the works for years. From facility plans in
the 1990s, to a 2004 study that put an $8 million price tag
on infrastructure improvement alone – the mechanical
stuff hidden from sight – Hendricks and ESU have
known that a major renovation was necessary. By July
2007, when Hendricks accepted the director’s position,
President Michael Lane had a directive ready: let’s get the
renovation going. After landing the nation’s top college
union architects and completing the vision sessions, new
architectural renderings came in after the first of the year.
Now Hendricks and Blaufuss are showing off the design
to students before a vote on a fee increase, offering to
present it to every student organization to broaden the
base of support.
“We’ll go to most of the student organizations and
present it to a majority of the students,” Blaufuss said.
“That way, the message won’t be coming just from me,
but from student leaders in the Greek chapters, in the
residence halls, and other places. There is no way we
would do this without student input. I want the students
to understand how giving their money will give back to the
future of the university.”
By Jesse Tuel
Vision session participants were given
$10 million in red and green stickers
to “spend” on features. Surrounding
the chairs, posters illustrated each
feature with examples of other unions.
Participants spent their dollars – seven
$1 million green stickers and a $3 million
red sticker – by attaching the stickers,
and the architects added up the totals.
While the exercise doesn’t represent real
dollars (construction is estimated at
$18.5 million), it was a clever, engaging
way to prioritize the wants and needs of
the ESU community.
• $216 million – Special components
(a grand entryway, ESU’s “front door”)
• $214 million – Food services
(cafeteria, dining options, atmosphere)
• $162 million – Lounge spaces
• $141 million – Student organization
spaces
• $121 million – Plazas and courtyards
• $119 million – Technology
(smart meeting rooms, computer labs)
• $109 million – Large event spaces
(Webb Lecture Hall, Colonial Ballroom)
• $101 million – Recreation
(pool tables, gaming)
• $93 million – Green spaces
(environmentally friendly)
• $91 million – Administrative spaces
(Admissions, Information Center)
• $87 million – Retail spaces
(banking, bookstore)
• $74 million – Conference and
meeting spaces
• $69 million – Theater/auditorium
• $54 million – Bookstore
Not real dollar figures.
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The memories within
B
ehind the stately pillars of the original south
entrance, past the Veterans Hall of Honor
paying homage to veterans in the Memorial Union,
the Colonial Ballroom was the signature room,
playing host to countless dances, big band shows,
weddings, entertainers and more. Though the
elegance of more than 80 years ago still remains, the
ballroom needs a facelift. In the course of the renovation the ballroom will
be restored to its early grandeur, and renamed to
reflect the alumni who knew it the best: Alumni of
Kansas State Teachers College, we welcome you to
the KSTC Colonial Ballroom.
In early December, two couples – Bobbie and
Marcia Agler of Emporia, from the Kansas State
Teachers College era, and Randy and Jan Steinert
of Wichita, hailing from Emporia Kansas State
College and then Emporia State University – were in
the Colonial Ballroom, reflecting on how much the
Memorial Union meant to their student experiences.
In a holistic way, the union literally housed
everything but class – socializing, eating, lounging,
and studying. It was a kitchen, a living room, a game
room, a patio, a front door to campus.
The Aglers and Steinerts, the four honorary
co-chairs of the Memorial Union Renovation
Campaign, know their affinity for the Memorial
Union is all based on memories – and that’s how
they’re drawing others in.
“Get their memories,” Marcia said.
“Did you ever go to a concert here?” Randy asked
rhetorically. “Did you ever eat here?”
“How many times was this your study hall?”
Bobbie asked.
“We have to hear their memories,” said Marcia.
Do you have memories of the Colonial Ballroom or the
Memorial Union? Send them to jtuel@emporia.edu, and read
them at www.emporia.edu/spotlight.
Bobbie and Marcia Agler, and Randy and Jan
Steinert, co-chairs of the Memorial Union
renovation campaign, have fond memories of
the union and its grand Colonial Ballroom.
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“You have to invest in a treasure to keep the value
of it going,” Jan said.
Marcia kept looking around at the ballroom’s
ornate features. She and Bobbie graduated from
Winfield High School. He came to KSTC in 1960,
and when they married in 1961 she joined him in
Emporia. He graduated with an accounting degree
in 1963.
“I remember how gorgeous this was,” Marcia said.
“I’d never seen anything like this. It was spectacular.
It was the fanciest thing I’d ever seen.”
Bobbie, currently the Emporia mayor, notices the
practical side of the Memorial Union – what it adds
to the Emporia community as a conference center,
as the center of campus, and as a way for ESU to
attract more students. It’s important, he said, to
keep the union “consistently state-of-the-art” for
those who use it.
As a student from Tampa, Kan., Randy Steinert
(BSB 1979) can’t remember a day that he wasn’t
in the Memorial Union. He registered for classes
as a freshman, met in its rooms for student
organizations, worked in the building in student
affairs, and then interviewed for accounting jobs on
photos by J.R. Garvey
the third floor of the original building. His future wife was even there,
down in the Hornet’s Nest for lunch.
Jan Steinert (BSB 1980), from Haven, Kan., had a routine with her
friends. “We would always say, every day, ‘See you at the Hornet’s
Nest for lunch.’ We even had our own table where we would meet,”
Jan said. “I remember the summer I was here, I would see Randy and
he always looked tired [from working nights]. This was before we were
dating.”
Jan recalls Main Street – the central part of the first floor – covered
with student activities, events, fundraisers, and more. “It was a crosssection of campus life,” she said.
If the college experience is academics plus life, the Memorial Union
equals life. “It’s the core,” Marcia said.
And unlike an academic building – only one segment of students
will have strong ties to King Hall, for instance – the Memorial Union
was a part of every graduate’s experience.
“We’re fired up about the renovation,” Randy
said. “Everybody has a tie to the union. It’s
everybody’s building. It should be something
that touches everybody.”
A piece of KSTC history can be yours!
For the first 40 donors of over $10,000,
a china plate used for official functions
in the ESU president’s home will be
framed with your name next to it. There
are plenty of other giving opportunities
as well. For more information, contact
Mike Crouch at (620) 341-5440 or
mcrouch1@emporia.edu.
By Jesse Tuel
Historical photos courtesy of University Archives
T
he 2008 Alumni Awards were bestowed on a superb group of recipients during Homecoming 2008. The awards
banquet on Friday, Oct. 24, offered the red-carpet treatment to the Distinguished Alumni, the Outstanding Recent
Graduates, and the University Service Citation winners.
On Saturday, the honorees were lucky charms. As the three University Service Citation winners gathered near the
sidelines at the end of the third quarter to be announced to the crowd, the ESU football team scored a touchdown,
kicked it off, recovered a fumble, and returned it for a second touchdown, taking the lead.
University Service Citation recipients Dr. Harry Stephens, Roger
Heineken and Gilbert Rodriguez were hamming it up during a
photo session, referring to themselves as the “Three Amigos.”
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Ben Leedle (middle) and Lonnie Clark (right), two of the four 2008 Distinguished Alumni, are congratulated by ESU President
Michael Lane (left) and ESU Alumni Association President Rod Turner (right) at halftime of the Homecoming football game.
Award
nominations
They are all around you,
those brilliant people who
make everything they
touch turn to gold, or
those families with blackand-gold lineage. Honor
them with a nomination
for an ESU award. For
more information, visit
www.emporia.edu/saf.
Nomination deadlines are:
Jared Larson, Jeremy Luby and Todd Wheat, the 2008 Outstanding Recent Graduates, are
announced on the field during halftime of the Homecoming football game.
Feb. 13 – Distinguished
Alumni Award
May 1 – Hornet Heritage
Award for multigenerational
families of Hornet alumni
Go to www.emporia.edu/saf/news/homecoming2008.htm to see a video of the University Service Citation
winners discussing the meaning of service, and a video of Larson and Luby talking about their ESU roots. To read
full biographies on each award winner, start by taking a look at the awards page, www.emporia.edu/saf/awards/.
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Fall athletic highlights
Volleyball
A
record-setting year for the Hornet volleyballers
came to an abrupt end in the NCAA D-II South
Central Regional Championship match, when ESU
– the region’s top seed and host of the postseason
tourney – fell to #2-seed Truman State in a brutal
25-15, 25-14, 25-18 match, marking the third
consecutive year that Truman has ended ESU’s
season.
But there’s a huge upside – ESU came away
with its first MIAA volleyball championship; its
third trip to the NCAA D-II tourney in four years;
first-team All-American honors for Ting Liu, the
MIAA Player of the Year; third-team All-American
honors for Arica Shepard; and MIAA Coach of the
Year recognition for Coach Bing Xu, also the South
Central Regional Coach of the Year.
The Hornets finished with a 34-4 record, the
program’s best mark ever, winning 18 conference
matches, and drawing huge crowds to the
welcoming confines of White Auditorium, where
they lost only one match all season.
Celebration was common for the MIAA-champion
volleyball team.
Football
T
he Hornets opened the season with a strong
march to 3-1 before a one-point loss to Missouri
Southern, and finished the season with a 4-7 mark,
2-7 in the MIAA. In their opening game, a 42-0
win against Western Colorado State University,
the Hornets recorded their first home shutout
since 1989, and the team continued its shutout
performance through three more quarters against
Augustana (S.D.) for a 27-14 win.
After a loss to Nebraska-Omaha (in Omaha’s
first MIAA game), ESU dispatched Fort Hays
State 24-13, for a 3-1 record. The season’s final
win came at Homecoming versus Truman State,
where the Hornets took the lead on a touchdown late in the third quarter and recovered a fumble on the
ensuing kickoff to put the game out of reach. But their four home wins couldn’t overcome struggles on the
road, including a 14-6 loss to rival Washburn in the Turnpike Tussle, in the outstanding MIAA football
conference.
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Soccer
T
he Hornets broke a long losing streak in their first game this
season, an away game against Angelo State that ended in a 2-1 win
for the Hornets, their first since September 2006. They followed that
with a second win, moving to 2-0 for the first time in school history
with a 1-0 defeat of East Central in St. Joseph, Mo.
In September, Tina Commons was named defensive Player of
the Week in the MIAA after her first career win, a victory against
Missouri Western University. But the early promise of the season
wasn’t borne out, and the Hornets seemed plagued by adverse weather
conditions – heavy rain in a 3-0 game against Southwest Baptist and
insurmountable wind in a 1-0 game against Central Missouri – leading
to only four victories and one tie for the Hornets in the 2008 season.
Cross-Country
ESU’s runners held off the competition at Jones Park in Emporia.
photo by Sheena LeMay
photo by Sheena LeMay
A
t season’s end in November, the cross country men placed eighth led by
Skyler Delmott in 11th place, and the Hornet women placed 15th, at the
NCAA South Central Regional Cross Country Championships. Delmott was
named MIAA athlete of the week in September, and Katie Mona, an eighthplace finisher at the Border States Invitational, was named the MIAA’s top
athlete the following week.
The men won the Maple Leaf Festival in September, Mona and Delmott
each placed in the top 10 in the Central Missouri Mule Run, and the men and
women placed sixth and 14th in the Woody Greeno Invitational. At their home
meet, the Jock’s Nitch Invitational, the men’s team won the meet and the
woman took third, led by Delmott’s second-place finish and Mona’s individual
championship.
For more on Hornet athletics, visit www.emporia.edu/athletics.
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Submissions
Beginning with the summer 2009
edition of Spotlight, “Through
the Years” will be comprised
of entries submitted to the
magazine directly by the alumnus
or alumna, or entries received
by the Advancement office for
which we receive reprinting
permission from the alumnus or
alumna. Entries may be edited
for clarity and length. Entries
may be sent to alumni@emporia.
edu or to: Spotlight magazine,
1500 Highland St., Emporia, KS
66801-5018.
Honors
1930s
Mary (Tholen) Kuhlmann
(BSE’30), Emporia, celebrated
her 100th birthday on June 8,
2008. Winifred (Grimsley)
Gatewood (LIF’38), Emporia,
celebrated her 90th birthday on
May 5, 2008. Miriam (Massey)
Moss (BSE’39), Enid, Okla., more
affectionately known as “Grandma
Mim,” volunteers at Coolidge
Elementary
School,
helping
students learn and enjoy reading.
She even makes Valentines and
Christmas cards for the students
every year. An educator all her
life, Miriam’s first taught in a oneroom country school, teaching
all eight grades. She has served
the Institute of Logopedics, now
Heartspring, teaching children
with disabilities; she volunteers
at Summer Hill Children’s House;
and she is active in St. Matthew’s
Episcopal Church.
1940s
Lewis Worth Seagondollar
(BA’41), Raleigh, N.C., gave a
firsthand account of events at the
Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratory
at the Society of Physics Students
2007 Intern Presentations.
1950s
Dr.
Ronald
Fredrickson
(BSE’53), Osage City, received
the University of Massachusetts’s
Award of Distinction. Marlow
Ediger (BSE’58, MS’60), North
Newton, is widely published and
received a 50-year membership
certificate from Phi Delta Theta.
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Arthur McAfee, Jr. (MS’58,
EDS’60), Atlanta, Ga., entered
the Wichita Sports Hall of Fame.
Dee (Jones) Hudson (BSE’59,
MS’62), Warrensburg, Mo., is
the city’s first female city council
member and mayor. Edward
Stehno
(BSE’59,
MS’60),
Hays, received Fort Hays State
University’s Nita M. Landrum
Award for volunteer service.
1960s
Delbert
Hart
(BSE’60),
Oklahoma City, retired after 25
years of ministry and 22 years
of teaching. Dennis Irwin
(BSE’62,
MS’63),
McCook,
Neb., finished eighth in tennis
at the National Senior Games.
Austin Hamilton (BSB’64),
Halstead, retired after 37 years
in law enforcement. Glenda
(Sims) Torkelson (BSE’64),
Horton, is representing Kansas
in the 2008 Ms. Senior America
Pageant.
Jon
Anderson
(BS’65), Arlington, Va., is ITT’s
vice president of Washington
operations. Roy Gallup (BA’65,
MS’67, FSt), Emporia, retired
from ESU’s Technology and
Computing Services after 43
years. Philip Miller (BA’65,
MA’67), Mount Union, Pa., cofounded the Riverfront Reading
Series and is editor of The Same.
Carol (Bloesser) Lonard
(BSE’66), Topeka, retired from
teaching French at Hayden High
School. Karol (Gatewood)
McChesney (BME’66), Munden,
retired from teaching fourth
grade in Belleville after almost
40 years in teaching. Gary
Peer (MS’67), Stephenville,
Texas, retired as provost/vice
president of academic affairs at
Tarleton State University. Joan
(Heinen) Taylor (MLS’67),
Los Angeles, Calif., has been a
diligent advocate of increasing
availability
in
subsidized
transportation for seniors. Mike
Bowman (BSE’68), Hudson,
N.Y., retired from Taconic Hill
High School after 37 years as
a P.E. teacher. Janie Theel
(BS’68, MS’70), Emporia, earned
membership in the PLANCO
2008 Leader’s Council for her
work at Woodbury Financial
Services. Carol (Baker) Webb
(BSE’68, MS’71), Bettendorf,
Iowa, accepted a teaching position
at Western Illinois University.
Ronald Bowell (BA’69), Salina,
When the band “Friar Tuck and the Monks” was inducted into the Kansas Music Hall of Fame
in March 2008, four ESU graduates were honored! The ESU alumni – Ronald Bowell (BA
1969), bottom right; Dr. Ronald Fitch, (MS 1970) top right; Dr. Gary Livingston, (BSE 1970),
bottom left; and Richard France (BSB 1970), bottom middle – posed in this stately 1967
picture. The fifth member is Don Pippitt, top left.
entered the Kansas Music Hall of
Fame. Dean Dillard (BSE’69,
MA’75), Chanute, retired after
34 years in education, 24 spent
teaching English at Neosho
County Community College.
Daniel
Hayes
(BSE’69,
MA’72), Canandaigua, N.Y., is
interim president of the Broome
Community College Board of
Trustees. Mary Hoyt (BSE’69,
MS’73), Topeka, retired after
almost 40 years in education.
Vicki (Delay) Long (BSE’69,
MS’72), Topeka, retired after
teaching since 1969. Kathy
(Grothjan) Reddy (BSE’69),
Wellsville, retired after 38 years
in education. Dennis Wycoff
(BSE’69),
Kingwood,
Texas,
retired from Exxon Mobil and
is now Horizon Wind Energy’s
corporate property tax manager.
1970s
Linda (Engle) Eustace (BS’70),
Grapevine, Texas, retired from the
Federal Aviation Administration.
Dr. Ronald Fitch (MS’70),
Kansas City, Mo., entered the
Kansas Music Hall of Fame, as did
band mates Gary Livingston
(BSE’70), Spokane, W.Va., and
France Richard (BSB’70), Corte
Madera, Calif. Merv Harlan
(BSB’70), Madison, retired after
34 years as a Santa Fe Railroad
conductor.
Gay
(Miller)
Henrikson (BSE’70, MS’83),
Wichita, retired as Wanamaker
Elementary principal. Janis
(Young) Johnston (BSE’70),
Topeka, retired after 40 years
of teaching elementary school.
Jerry Jones (BSE’70), Salina,
entered the Kansas Wesleyan
University Athletic Hall of
Honor. Jim Burrow (BSB’71),
Colleyville, Texas, is president of
Dart Manufacturing and serves
on the Promotional Products
Association
International’s
board of directors. Virginia
(Daniels) Haffener (BSE’71),
Paola, retired after 19 years in
Paola schools. Anne (Welch)
Barfoot (BSE’72), Leavenworth,
is a Little Lions Preschool teaching
assistant. Jeff Stukey (BSB’72,
MBA’00), Wichita, is a Stukey
Financial Planning investment
advisor. Mary (Meadows)
Akins (BS’73), Pittsburg, pastors
the Hiattville United Methodist
Church. Cmdr. Jon Hitchcock
(BSB’73), Sierra Vista, Ariz., is the
chief of testing at the Financial
Home Team for Interoperability
Test Center. Norma (Sloop)
Miller
(BSE’73,
MS’79),
Frankfort, pastors the Frankfort
United
Methodist
Church.
Barry
Swisher
(BSB’73),
Gardner, began an enterprise risk
management program at Kansas
City Southern Railway. Maggie
(Frisby) Carlson (BSE’74),
Bemidji,
Minn.,
presented
“For the Love of Language”
at the Bemidji Women’s Expo
Seminars. Bob Gress (BA’74,
MS’76), Wichita, directs the Great
Plains Nature Center and has coauthored two books. Jill (Ewing)
Hagan (MS’74), Topeka, has
retired after teaching since 1969
at Linn Elementary School.
Dr. Ronald Wynn (BSE’74,
MS’77), Winthrop Harbor, Ill.,
is the Matteson Elementary
School District superintendent.
Dr. Dawn (Koehn) Yonally
(BSE’74, MS’82), is an instructor
in school leadership at ESU.
Laurie (Grant) Brockman
(BA’75) and Lance Brockman
(BA’75), Whitefish Bay, Wis.,
brought their artistic talents
to Music Theater Wichita this
summer. Wayne Lampson
(BS’75), Kansas City, is chief
judge of the 29th Judicial District’s
16-member bench. Clifford
Lyon (MS’75), Van Buren, Ark.,
spoke on HR outsourcing at
the Family Enterprise Center
quarterly
breakfast.
Sheila
(Merritt) Markley (BME’75,
MS’76), Chapman, was named
Master
Teacher
2007-2008
by the Chapman Education
Association.
Alan Swarts
(BSB’75), Lawrence, is Johnson
County Community College’s
director of evening/weekend
college. Margene (Zumbrunn)
Swarts (BSE’75), Lawrence,
is the city’s assistant director
of planning and development
services. Nancy (Smith) Briefs
(BS’76, BSB’76), Nashua, N.H.,
is Elemé Medical’s president and
CEO, is director of ProRhythm,
and
the
Medical
Device
Manufacturers Association’s first
female chairperson. Steve Coen
(BSB’76), Wichita, is the Kansas
Health Foundation’s president
and chief executive. Jeanne
(Spillman) Turner (BSE’76),
Emporia, retired after 27 years
as District Court clerk. John
Woodward (BSE’76), Eudora,
retired after teaching 31 years,
includikng 22 in kindergarten.
Jay Fowler (BS’77), Topeka,
was named a leading lawyer
in his field by Chambers &
Partners Legal Publishers. Stan
Hartwich (BGS’77), Onaga, of
Hartwich Brothers Construction,
is the Kansas Land Improvement
Contractors
Association’s
Contractor of the Year. Lynne
(Thorn) Holloway (MLS’77),
Boca Raton, Fla., is the Augusta
Public Library director. Milton
Siegele, Jr. (BA’77), Colleyville,
Texas, spent two weeks on a South
African missions trip. Linda
(Conrod) Groth (BS’78), Ponca
City, Okla., is Cowley County’s
executive director of courtappointed special advocates. Herb
Kuhn (BSB’79), Springfield,
Va., deputy administrator of the
federal Centers for Medicare and
Medicaid Services, was named
among the 100 most powerful
people in healthcare by Modern
Healthcare magazine. Billie
Thompson (BSE’79), Shawnee,
was recognized for 25 years as
a police community relations
officer.
1980s
Stacy (McGee) Banks (BSE’80,
MLS’08), Paola, is a Cottonwood
Elementary School library media
specialist. Don Brubacher
(MS’80), Hillsdale, Minn., is
the Hillsdale College athletic
director.
Larry
Grimsley
(BS’80), Americus, owns GS Inc.,
a high-powered heating element
company. Cheri (Terpening)
Parrish (BSE’80), Lenoir City,
Texas, is Loudon County High
School
principal.
Michael
Snedegar (MS’80), Richmond,
Va., the Central Region Disability
Determination Services Office’s
regional director, received a
citation for customer service.
Keith Dowd (BSB’81), Clinton,
Conn., is Tributaries Cable’s
national sales manager. Kelly
(Smith) Gillespie (BSE’81),
Peculiar,
Mo.,
organized
“Birdstock”, a concert raising
money for Central American
forest
protection.
Roger
Moon (MS’82) and Allyson
(Stark) Moon (MA’80, MS’82),
Winfield, received CornerBank’s
community cornerstone award.
Richard Nicolay (BSB’82),
Bucyrus, is vice president,
manager
delivery
systems,
for Capitol Federal Savings’s.
Rhonda (Grimsley) Robidou
(BS’82) and Rick Robidou
(BSB’88), Americus, started
Flint Hills Laser Expressions,
LLC.
Margaret
“Margy”
Heddens (BSE’83), Hiawatha,
is a Highland Community College
math instructor. Dick Hosty
(BS’83), Overland Park, sits on the
Kansas Statewide Independent
Living Council. Marjorie Bock
(MS’84), Lawrence, is an ESU
associate professor in special
education and school counseling.
Dr. Dianne (Cole) Welsh
(MS’84), Greensboro, N.C., holds
the University of North Carolina at
Greensboro’s Hayes Distinguished
Chair of Entrepreneurship. John
Foster (BSB’85),
Sterling, earned the
CPCU Designation
at Farmers Alliance.
FOSTER
W
hat’s so special about Peter S.
Clarke (BSB 1964), a 67-yearold resident of Kingwood, Texas, and
a regional director for marketing and
sales at the WFA Group?
He’s literally the fastest senior
citizen alive. In his spare time, Clarke
likes to run world records in sprinting
and distance running as a master’s
athlete. His world record for runners
over 65 at 12.3 seconds in a handtimed 100-meter dash was recorded at
the Lions Waterloo Relays in Austin,
Texas, on Nov. 3, 2007. His time is
also faster than any electronically
timed record for the age category. “In
the old days, everything was handtimed,” said Clarke. “But they keep
both records.” Clarke is also a uniquely
versatile runner, running – and
earning records – in both sprinting and distance running.
Clarke’s day job with the WFA Group involves marketing
design for collateral assurance services in commercial loans.
From 1967 to 1988, Clarke was the senior commercial loan
and credit administration officer at Texas Commerce Bank.
He has since worked in advisory and consulting roles. He
holds an ESU bachelor’s degree in business administration
and a master’s degree from Adelphi University, along with
various accreditations and certifications, and he has written
several books on loan security, lending strategies, and financial
problem-solving.
In the push to stay competitive, Clarke stands by the power
of human growth hormone, or HGH, a chemical naturally
produced by the body during intensive exercise. He calls it the
best anti-aging agent in the world, and his consistent, daily
regiment provides him a steady supply of the natural hormone.
The exercise keeps him in shape not only on the track, but in
the “real world” of financial security. “In my professional life,
I could be sitting on a couch right now,” Clarke said. “I like
to keep my mind sharp, and I think that corresponds to the
competition. I think the work ethic, continuing to keep my
mind sharp and aware, will carry me on for many more years.”
Clarke has always had an interest in running, earning his
first medal at eight years old. He solidified that interest during
high school and was a track runner at ESU under Coach Fran
Welch, the present football stadium’s namesake. Clarke sees
his college years as a time of mental and physical honing. “The
connection I see is the competitiveness all through college,” he
said. “The top runners in the world are super-competitive.” But
Clarke adds, “I’m more focused now.”
Clarke did not run competitively during his professional
career until he developed a lung condition, which led him
to return to long-distance running to improve his health.
It worked, and for seven years, Clarke has been competing
again, gradually improving his track times in the face of rising
competition. “It’s going to get more competitive as more
seniors get older. They’ll want to stay in shape. They’ll be more
competitive, and records will get faster.”
Although he says that even a well-trained body becomes
susceptible to aging around 70, Clarke has no intention of
slowing down, as he said in a November interview. “I have a
competition on Saturday. I’ll continue as long as I’m physically
able. And I feel great.”
By Dirk Mcbratney
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Scott Day (BSE’86, MS’90),
Topeka, is the Kansas Association
of Health Underwriters secretary.
RaeEtta (Bennett) Emmett
(BSE’86, MA’88), Sunland, Calif.,
was named the Los Angeles
Teacher of the Year. Nelda
(Hamilton)
Epp (BSE’86,
MS’94), Emporia, is the director
of ESU’s Reading and Academic
Success Center for Early Childhood
and Elementary Teaching. Ruth
(Quint)
Wheeler
(BS’86,
MS’88), Emporia, is the court
administrator for Lyon County.
Dr. Tammy Barrett (BS’87),
Tulsa, Okla., is an attorney
with Gable Gotwals focusing
on complex litigation, federal
practice and appellate practice.
Teresa Holloway (BSE’87),
London, Ark., an active facilitator
with the National Board Support
Site, assessed the National Board
assessment
center
exercise
in Denver. Jami (Smith)
Williams (BSB’87), Marion,
is the Clay County Economic
Development Group’s economic
development director. Sister
Cecilia Hammersley (BFA’88,
BSE’88), Wichita, earned her
St. Charles Borromeo Seminary
master’s degree and works for the
Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of
Mary. Alan Woodard (BSB’88),
Wichita, is the Commerce Bank
vice president and commercial
relationship manager. Sarah
McGlone (MS’89, FSt), Lebo,
retired from ESU’s School of
Business Advising Center after
18 years. Deidre (Swoboda)
Michael (MS’89), Silver Lake,
retired after nearly 37 years of
teaching in USD 372. Ed West
(BSE’89, MS’90), Topeka, is the
Lawrence Free State High School
principal.
1990s
Sally
Crawford-Fowler
(BS’90), Ottawa, works in ESU’s
Student Life and Counseling.
Shara Mulroy-Sevart (BSB’90),
Bennington, is area director for
FHLBank’s Area II. Debbie
Petterson (BSE’90), Custer,
S.D., is a Custer County Chronicle
graphic designer; the paper won
23 South Dakota Newspaper
Association awards. Rachelle
(Ecklund) Abernathy (BSB’91),
Hutchinson, is quality manager
for Collin Bus Corporation. Anita
Burkhalter (BS’91, MS’92),
Oklahoma City, Okla., is the
residence director for the Legend
at Council Road. Janis (Gray)
DeBoer (BSB’91), Topeka, is
the SRS director of child support
enforcement. Norma (Jones)
Juhnke (MS’91), Topeka, retired
after teaching elementary school
since 1982.Craig Kuckelman
(BSB’91), Overland Park, is a
tenured tax managing partner
of Deloitte Tax LLP. Dr. Sue
Reinders (MS’91), McAllen,
Texas, is associate athletic
director and senior women’s
administrator at the University
of Texas-Pan American. Bryan
DiGiorgio (BSB’92), Overland
Park, is CXO Global Solutions’s
president and CEO. Dr. AlainPhilippe
Durand
(BA’92,
BA’92), Providence, R.I., was
knighted in the order of the Palmes
Academiques by the French
government. Ginger Hamilton
Members of the Alpha Sigma Tau sorority reunited at the Sauder Alumni Center for a reunion
on July 18 and 19. Over two nights and three day, 27 women attended the reunion. Contact
Sharon (Charlton) Soetaert, tsoetaert@gmail.com, for more information on the group.
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(BSE’92), Hays, is a Plainville
High School math teacher. Mike
Houck (BS’92), Salina, is the
U.S. Army’s threatened and
endangered species biologist
at Fort Riley. Sam Jordan II
(BFA’92), Lee’s Summit, Mo.,
was featured in The Knot’s
“Best of Weddings” issue for his
company, Royal Photography.
Rodney
Cook
(MS’93), St. Louis,
Mo., was hired by
the
Cooperative
School District/St.
Louis RPDC as the
special education
COOK
compliance
consultant. Chad McDaniel
(BSB’93), Augusta, is president
of Augusta’s Emprise Bank. Rick
Golubski (BSB’93), Newton, is
Allen, Gibbs & Houlik’s senior
manager of tax services. Renee
(Billinger) Ahrens (BSB’94),
El Dorado, is an Moeller
Dermatology insurance specialist.
Mario
Bonilla
(BSB’94),
Wichita, made partner at Grant
Thornton’s
Wichita
office.
Diane (Taylor) Dickerson
(BS’94), Wichita, is Bank of
America’s Kansas state president.
Elizabeth Elder (MLS’94), Salt
Lake City, Utah, is director of Salt
Lake City’s downtown library and
neighborhood branches. Laurie
(Meierhoff) Kurzen (BSE’94,
MS’02, MS’08), Emporia, is a
first- and second-grade teacher in
USD 253. Max McCoy (MA’94,
CF), Emporia, wrote Hellfire
Canyon, named a 2008 Kansas
Notable Book. Rob Quaney
(BSB’94), Burlingame, is assistant
vice president at FHLBank.
Carol (Porter) Will (BS’94),
Frisco, Texas, is corporate human
resources director of American
Community Newspapers, Inc.
Ronald Beer (BS’95), St. Cloud,
Fla., is CEO of St. Cloud Regional
Medical Center. Corey Crosbie
(BSB’95), Fort Irwin, Calif., is
now a major serving as chief of
operations for rotational support,
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment.
Aron Dunn (BSB’95), Valley
Center, is senior manager of
assurance services at Allen,
Gibbs & Houlik. Maj. Raphael
Hamilton (BSB’95), Lenexa,
currently working for the MultiNational Security Transition
Command in Iraq, was one of 10
who earned the highest national
cumulative scores on the CPA
exam.
Brian
Hoberecht
(MS’95), Dodge City, is the
Kilgore College basketball coach.
Ronald Michael (MLS’95),
Lindsborg, had a pottery exhibit
in the Carnegie Arts Center’s
Stacks Gallery. Wade Redeker
(BSE’95), Emporia, is Lowther
North
Intermediate
School
principal.
Daniel
Roland
(MLS’95, Ph.D.’08, FF), Emporia,
is a Kent State University assistant
professor. Tricia Suellentrop
(MLS’95), Shawnee Mission,
is the Johnson County Library
deputy county librarian. Shane
Windmeyer (BFA’95), Charlotte,
N.C., received the American
College Personnel Association’s
2008
Voice
of
Inclusion
Medallion. Ryan Entz (BSB’96),
Newton, is marketing director
at Butler County Community
College.
Nancy (Durkes)
Lauer (BSB’96), Olathe, finance
and budget manager for Midwest
High Intensity Drug Trafficking
Area, was named administrator
of the year. Mari Becker
(BS’97), Annandale, Va., earned
certification as a professional
in human resources.
Amy
(Hillyer) Crouch (BSB’97),
Topeka, is now SEC reporting
and compliance manager at
FHLBank. Ryan Farley (BA’97),
Wichita, is an associate at Hinkle
Elkouri Law Firm. Christina
Harbaugh (BM’97), Sioux Falls,
S.D., interned in NASA’s Goddard
Space Flight Center. Marta
Huey (MLS’97), Topeka, retired
after 34 years in education. Cory
Burkhart (BS’98), Goddard, is
the Wichita area district manager
for Southern Star Central Gas
Pipeline. Kourtney (Miller)
Burkhart (BSE’98) is a certified
doula and started Crowning
Moments to help mothers in
childbirth. Stacy (Vopata)
Coulter
(BSE’98,
MS’08),
Eureka, is a kindergarten teacher
for USD 389. Erik Gratton
(BFA’98), New York, N.Y., spoke
in a video advertisement for
Barack Obama’s presidential
campaign. Shanna (Spann)
Perine (BS’98), Rossville, is
Topeka High’s girls’ basketball
coach. Travis Powell (BSE’98,
BSE’98), Greensburg, is the
Greensburg High School athletic
director, P.E. instructor, and
assistant football and track coach.
Jerre Cole (MS’99), Garden
City, is the Lamar State CollegePort Arthur men’s basketball
coach. Aron Dody (BSE’99,
BSE’99, MS’03), Emporia, is the
Americus Elementary School
principal. Opal
(Rathker)
Fell (BSN’99), Olpe, took a post
at ESU’s Newman Department
of Nursing. Jason Fahring
(BSE’99), Attica, is now a secondand third-grade teacher at
Anthony Elementary School. Ben
Jackson (BSB’99), Springfield,
Ohio, is the Springfield High
School girls’ basketball coach.
Sunnin
Keosybounheuang
(BSE’99), Emporia, received the
2008 KAHPERD health education
professional award for her health
and wellness teaching at Emporia
Middle School. Sharon (Farr)
Mayers (MBA’99), Emporia, is a
part-time administrative specialist
for the ESU Foundation. Brian
Peters (BS’99), McPherson, is a
fourth-grade teacher at Lincoln
Elementary School.
2000s
Meg Cannon (BA’00, BA’00), El
Reno, Okla., Redland Community
College
public
information
coordinator, won as part of a team
an Oklahoma College Public
Relations Association publication
award.
Jessica
(Martin)
Griffin
(BSE’00,
MS’06),
Emporia, is Lowther South
Intermediate School principal.
Deb Johnson (MLS’00), Brush,
Colo., was the “publisher’s choice”
winner of the Angels Among Us
award at the Fort Morgan Times
and Brush News-Tribunes annual
Reflections event. Rob Curley
(BIS’01), Las Vegas, Nev., is the
Greenspun Interactive president
and executive editor. Scott
Durham (BSB’01), Kansas City,
Mo., is a PricewaterhouseCoopers senior tax associate.
Kyle
Hayden
(MS’01),
Tonganoxie, is the school district’s
assistant superintendent. Letha
Johnson (MLS’01, MA’07),
Topeka, is a KU Libraries assistant
archivist. Amy (Best) Johnston
(BSE’01, MS’08), Topeka, is a
USD 437 Auburn-Washburn
kindergarten teacher. Christine
(Grimmett)
Crespino
(BSN’02), Madison, works in
ESU’s Newman Department of
Nursing. Dr. Martin Dillow
(BS’02), Chanute, joined the
medical team at Ashley Clinic
with a family medicine specialty.
Amanda
(Holloway)
Meinhardt (BSN’02), Topeka, is
a Stormont Vail Medical Center
certified
registered
nurse
anesthetist.
Jared
Larson
(BA’02, BA’02), Annville, Pa., is
completing his Ph.D. in global
governance at the University of
Delaware. Lori (McMurray)
Wright (BFA’02), Salina, is a
Kansas Wesleyan University
assistant professor of art. Will
Browning (BA’03), Wichita,
portrayed Escamilli in “Carmen”
at ESU. Rajani Ganesh-Pillai
(MBA’03), Fargo, N.D., is a North
Dakota State University assistant
professor of marketing. Dr.
Rishelle (Meyer) Greenlee
(BS’03), Suffolk, Va., a U.S. Navy
officer with a doctor of osteopathic
medicine degree from UMKC, is a
postdoctoral resident in obstetrics
and gynecology at Portsmouth
Naval Medical Center. John
Henningsen (BFA’03), Salina,
three-year director of ESU’s
Zoiks!, formed an improvisational
comedy troupe in Salina. Matt
Holopirek (BS’03, MS’06),
Emporia, was named the 2008
young professional by his state
association for his P.E. work at
Emporia Middle School. Brad
Huerter (BSB’03), Emporia,
started Huerter Painting &
Remodeling LLC. Jodie Leiss
(BSE’03, MS’06), Emporia, is an
ESU health and P.E. instructor.
Adam
Retallick
(BS’03),
Lincoln, Neb., graduated from
UMKC Dental School and is
completing the University of
Nebraska endodontic residency
program. Mary Ann (Endicott)
St. John (BFA’03, BSE’07),
Topeka, is a Topeka public schools
art teacher. Michael Thummel
(MA’03), Manhattan, took a post
in social sciences at ESU.
Jennifer (Lindsay) Wilcoxson
(BSE’03, MS’06), Gardner, a
Heartland Early Childhood Center
early childhood special education
teacher, received the educator
excellence award for 2007-2008.
Victoria (Partridge) Haines
(BFA’04, MA’08), Lawrence, is an
assistant to the undergraduate
studies director at KU’s School of
Fine Arts. Shelly
Minge
(BFA’04), Marysville, is the city’s
secretary and payroll clerk.
Heather (Kittleson) Moore
(BSE’04, MS’08), Spring Hill, is
an
Olathe
school
district
elementary
teacher.
Carrie
Newdigger (MS’04), Macksville,
teaches at Macksville High School
and was awarded the Presidential
Award
for
Excellence
in
Mathematics
and
Science
Teaching.
Natasha
Oakes
(BSB’04), Overland Park, is the
MIAA assistant commissioner,
and liaison to the student-athlete
advisory and faculty athletics
representative
committees.
Jacob Wilcoxson (BS’04),
Gardner, is an Alliance Shippers
dispatcher. Lisa CrawfordCraft (MLS’05, MS’08), Andover,
is the Kansas Wesleyan University
director of library services.
Tommie Edmiston (BS’05,
MS’08, EDS’08), Ottawa, is a
school psychologist at Three
Lakes Educational Cooperative in
Lyndon.
Kaydean
Foster
(BSE’05), Topeka, is the USD 491
library media specialist. David
Hanson (MLS’05), Shawnee, is
the Johnson County Library
system-wide services manager.
Mary Juvingo (MS’05), Bartlett,
Ill., a P.E. and health teacher,
took part in a college readiness
program at Kenyon Woods Middle
School.
Lance
Warren
(MLS’05), Leesburg, Va., is the
Exploratory Advanced Research
Program’s research librarian at
the Federal Highway Research
Library. Jennifer (Gerwick)
Worley (BSE’05), Wellington, is
a second-grade teacher for USD
353. Brett Bruner (BSB’06),
Baldwin City, is the Baker
University director of Greek life
and health education. Traci
Hagedorn (BS’06), Chicago, Ill.,
a
Max
McGraw
Wildlife
Foundation
conservation
educator, is pursuing a biological
sciences Ph.D. Royce Kitts
(BIS’06, MLS’08), Tonganoxie, is
the Tonganoxie Public Library
director. Erica Jackson (BS’06),
Emporia, took a post in biological
sciences at ESU. Lonnie
Morford (MS’06), Newton, is a
Bethel College assistant football
coach. Kyle Morris (BS’06,
BFA’06), Tyler, Texas, is a
meteorologist at KETK. Drew
Shirley (BFA’06), Urbana, Ill.,
performed in “Othello” and
“Cyrano de Bergerac” at the Utah
Shakespearean
Festival.
Nathalea Stephenson (MS’06),
Salina, is the Bethany College
volleyball
coach.
Jenny
(Dreeszen) Williams (BS’06),
Madison, is a teacher in ESU’s
Center for Early Childhood
Education.
Jennifer
(Robertson) Zavadil (BSB’06),
Topeka, is an associate at CBIZ
Accounting, Tax & Advisory
Zac Morris (BSE 2003), a speech, debate and
forensics teacher at Concordia High School,
carved Corky in defense of his alma mater,
since most of his fellow teachers are Fort
Hays State graduates.
Services. Jessica
Ciochon
(BSE’07), Claflin, teaches at
Claflin Elementary School. J.D.
Gravina (MS ’07), Quincy, Ill.,
was named NCAA D-II coach of
the year by the Illinois Basketball
Coaches Association. Tracy
Holroyd (BFA’07), Belle Plaine,
is a graphic artist for IM Design
Group. Jamie Koeppe (BA’07),
Emporia, is an industry group
leader for Infoition News Services
in Manhattan. Erin (Allen)
Maness (BS’07), Salina, works
for
Hawker
Beechcraft
Corporation. David Mutabazi
(MBA ’07), Smoky Lake, Alberta,
Canada, is a community economic
development officer for Smoky
Lake JEDI Committee. Megan
(Mulander) Null (BSE ’07),
Emporia, is a USD 253 elementary
teacher. Jeremy Osborn (BSB
’07), Emporia, is a buyer with
Evco Wholesale Food Corp. Tyler
Ringler (BS ’07), Emporia, is an
agriculture
and
marketing
representative in the John Deere
Corp. hay and forage division.
Justin Robinson (MS ’07),
Chanute, is a USD 245 LeRoyGridley music educator. Jennifer
Rockers (BSE ’07), Shawnee, is
a Kansas City area elementary
teacher. Sandra (Tomlinson)
Valenti (MS ’07), Reading, is an
ESU instructional technologist.
Jennifer (Johnson) Vazquez
(BS’07), El Dorado, is a Correct
Care Solutions mental health
activities
therapist.
Jamie
(Hadley) Ackart (BSE’08),
Kansas City, Mo., is a kindergarten
teacher for Liberty schools.
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photo by Brandon Depew
photo by Brandon Depew
Homecoming 2008 had something
for everyone, from the 1958 Class
Reunion (above), to a UAC/ASG reunion
(middle) where Dan Hoelter (BSB 2005)
and Blythe Eddy (BFA 1997, MS 2000)
touched base. At the Kaffee Klatch
(below), Dick Forrest (BSB 1958), left;
Leigh Johnson (BSE 1958), middle; and
Dick Overfield (BSE 1958, MS 1960)
shared memories of ESU.
Go to www.emporia/edu/spotlight to see a photo gallery and video from Homecoming 2008!
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Courtney Aguilar (BSE’08),
Lenexa, was an intern in ESU’s
Professional Development School
program. Alexandra Allbaugh
(BS’08), Wichita, is an intake
counselor for Juvenile Intake and
Assessment.
Jarad
Biggs
(BSB’08), Edmond, Okla., is a
Bent Tree Properties landman.
Belinda (Ast) Brandt (MS’08),
Holton, is a Royal Valley schools
reading
teacher.
Susan
(Sorenson) Buckbee (BSE’08),
Emporia, is a USD 253 special
education interrelated teacher.
Erin (Hayden) Capettini
(MS’08), Paola, a Cottonwood
Elementary School second-grade
teacher, was named district
elementary teacher of the year.
Jennifer Cochrane (BSE’08),
Lawrence, is a fifth-grade teacher
at Hillcrest Elementary School.
Sara (Haverkamp) Conner
(MS’08), Hutchinson, is a USD
312 Haven wellness instructor.
Lory
(Huffman)
Cross
(BIS’08), is an ESU administrative
specialist.
Jesse
(Groom)
Ediger (BSE’08), Hutchinson, is
a Graber Elementary sixth-grade
teacher. Raegen Ewy (BSE’08),
Emporia, is a Burlingame
Elementary School fourth-grade
teacher. Matthew Farmer
(BS’08), Hillsboro, is a wildlife
biologist
for
the
Kansas
Department of Wildlife and Parks.
Joycelyn
(Hunt)
Fasulo
(MS’08), Olathe, is a Cedar Creek
Elementary sixth-grade teacher.
Kyndall Fyler (BSE’08), Salina,
is a Salina School District at-risk
reading
teacher.
Shawn
Gardner (BSE’08), Topeka, is a
USD 501kindergarten teacher.
Jason Green (BFA’08), Derby,
is a banker at Emprise Bank.
Marylee (Swain) Griffiths
(MS’08), Basehor, is an early
childhood coordinator for Kansas
City, Kansas schools. Kendra
Halligan
(BS’08),
Wichita,
provides client support for Kings’
Treatment Center. Jennifer
Hamlet (MS’08), Lyndon, is a
Lyndon High School math
teacher.
Molly
Heavner
(BA’08), Spring Hill, is a reporter
for News Press and Gazette
Company. Andrew Heinicke
(EDS’08, MS’08), Gardner, is a
school psychologist for the Olathe
district.
Jason
Holliday
(MS’08), Emporia, took a physical
sciences position at ESU. Laura
Hughes (BA’08), Emporia, is an
ESU
admissions
counselor.
Shelby Johnson (BSB’08),
Emporia, is an ESU admissions
administrative assistant. Amy
(Reames) Koeppe (BSE’08),
Manhattan, teaches at Washington
Elementary in Junction City.
Mark Kurisu (MS’08), Waipahu,
Hawaii, teaches P.E. at Leilehua
High School. Andrew Larson
(MBA’08), Green, owns Larson
Ranches. Janet Lodge (MS’08),
Albany, Ore., won a $1,000
scholarship at the Business
Education Association’s national
convention. Matthew Martin
(BSE’06, MS’08), Kearney, Neb.,
is a University of Nebraska at
Kearney assistant football coach.
Joe
Mayhew
(BSB’08),
Shawnee, is an Edward Jones
financial
advisor.
Megan
McCullough (BSB’08), Emporia,
is a Bankers Life and Casualty
agent in Topeka. Amanda
(Garrison) Meek (BSB’08,
BSE’08), Reading, is a TFI Family
Services
computer
training
specialist. R. Aileen Moore
(BFA’08, BA’08), Emporia, is the
Central Kansas Engineering
Consultants office administrator.
Kelly Noonan (MS’08), Winter
Garden, Fla., is a Florida Virtual
School
instructor.
Kristie
(Holmes) Ossello (MM’08),
Topeka, is a Hayden High School
band director. Heather (Scott)
Parrott (BSE’08), Derby, is a
Mulvane Grade School fourthgrade teacher. Brooke (Roth)
Piccin (MS’08), Uhrichsville,
Ohio, is a P.E. and health
instructor at Indian Valley
schools. Lee Pierce (BA’08),
Springfield, Mo., is an Alltel
senior wireless consultant. Tamla
(Boyce)
Price
(BSN’08),
Reading, is a Newman Home
Health and Hospice registered
nurse. Nicole (Nichols) Reheis
(BSE’08), Spring Hill, works for
the Olathe school district. Sara
(Nally) Saddler (BSE’08),
Hays, is a USD 432 Victoria
teacher. Jodi Scolaro (BS’08),
Wichita, is a contractor to Westar
Energy at Healthworks, Inc., as a
wellness specialist. Jesse Shaw
(MS’08), Pratt, is the Pratt
Community College assistant
men’s basketball coach. Sonny
Thomas (BSE’08), Prescott
Valley, Ariz., is an English teacher
and cheer coach for Mayer Unified
school district. Leah Tollefson
(BSE’08), Emporia, is a Village
teacher. Adam Tucker (BSB’08),
Wichita, is an Edward Jones
financial
advisor.
Taylar
Turnbull (BSE’08), Lenexa, is
an Olathe School District English
teacher. Tara (Mielke) Urban
(BS’08), Emporia, is an Emporia
Childcare
Center
assistant
teacher. Ashley Weller (MS’08),
Tonganoxie, is a Tonganoxie
teacher.
Melissa
Wells
(BSB’08), Hutchinson, is secretary
of admission at Hutchinson
Community
College.
Ryan
Westhoff (MS’08), Tacoma,
Wash., is a P.E. specialist at
Sherwood Forest Elementary
School.
Michael
Woolsey
(MS’08), Belleville, is a Learning
Cooperative of North Central
Kansas special education and
resource teacher.
Former and
Current
Students
Heather
Caswell
(FS’07),
Emporia, is an ESU Center for
Early
Childhood
Education
teacher.
Stephanie
Clark
(CS), Paola, is studying at the
University of Saltzberg in Austria.
Ron Clevenger (FS’68), Ottawa,
a production manager for Ramsey
Printing Company, was an Ottawa
High
School
wall-of-honor
inductee. Courtney Crawford
(FS’99), St. Joseph, Mo., took a
post with the TRIO programs at
ESU. Stephanie (Anderson)
Farley (FS), Wichita, is a
Bishop Carroll Catholic High
School business teacher. Renee
(Harries)
Kearney
(FS),
Valley Falls, is Kendall State
Bank assistant vice president.
Dr. Deborah Larson (FS’78),
Berryton, is an ESU assistant
professor in early childhood and
elementary teacher education.
Mark Montague (FS), Meriden,
is a special agent for the Kansas
Attorney General’s Medicaid
Fraud and Abuse Division.
Jesse Moran (FS’98), Emporia,
is an equipment operator at
ESU. David Oakleaf (FS’00),
Nashville, Tenn., placed fourth
on Country Music Television’s
singing competition “Can You
Duet.” Jane (Hanna) Reeble
(FS’53), Emporia, is a 2008
Emporia Distinguished Citizen.
Sanaka Samarasinha (FS’89),
Emporia, is working for the U.N.
Development Program unit in
Myanmar (Burma) helping with
economic recovery following
the May 2008 cyclone. Shawn
Worley (FS’05), Wellington, is a
USD 353 network technician.
Former and
Current Faculty
and Friends
Dave Anderson, Emporia,
retired from ESU’s university
facilities after 23 years. Ernest
Bereman (FF), Ponca City,
Okla., retired from the ESU
English department after five
years. Marc Comstock (FF),
Adrian, Mich., is the Central
Michigan University assistant
men’s basketball coach. Robert
Grover, (FF), Emporia, retired
from ESU’s School of Library and
Information Management after
23 years. Katherine McCalla,
Council Grove, retired from the
ESU Student Health Center after
four years. Dr. Tes Mehring
(CF), Olathe, is provost/vice
president of academic affairs at
ESU. Raymond Rodriguez
(FSt), Emporia, retired from ESU
building services after almost
nine years. Glen Strickland
(FF), Emporia, retired from his
ESU position in communication
and theatre after 21 years. Nan
Turner,
Columbus,
Ohio,
daughter of Joseph Turner
(BA’49), donated copies of a photo
album in her father’s memory,
available at ESU and the Lyon
County Historical Society.
Nuptials
Kevin Allegre (CS) and Jamie
Schmitt, Aug. 8, 2008. Shelton
Allen and Erin Lord (BS’06),
Aug. 9, 2008. Cade Armstrong
(BSE’07, BSE’07) and Mary
McFerson (BSB’07), June 20,
2008. Jacob Baker (CS) and
Emily Wassenberg (CS), May
31, 2008. Harold (BS’58, MS’61)
and Gwen Bohm (BS’59),
celebrated their 50th anniversary
on Aug. 24, 2008. Philip
(BME’65, MS’73) and Susan
Burch (BME’69), celebrated
their 50th anniversary on Aug.
18, 2008. Brad Drewek (FS)
and Casei Stevens (FS), March
29, 2008. Clyde and Carolynn
Davidson (BSE’73, MS’83),
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on May 29, 2008. Marcus
Erkel (BSE’04) and Mandy
Ledford (FS), April 22, 2008.
Loy and Luella (Neumayer)
Fankhauser
(BSE’64),
on August 17, 2008. Kevin
Faurot (BS’05) and Jennifer
Woodruff (BS’08), Dec. 2006.
Josh Fletcher (BSB’05) and
Maggie Eceiza (BSB’05), Feb.
15, 2008. John Harrington and
Candice Lindberg (MS’01),
April 4, 2008. Jason Hart and
Jennifer Vilander (FS), April
12, 2008. Benjamin Higgins
and Jenise Laipple (BSE’06),
July 12, 2008. Phil (BSE’59)
and Nancy Kastor (BSE’60),
on Sept. 7, 2008. Mat Korth and
Mary Noble (BSB’05), June
17, 2008. Richard Kramer and
Lindsay Champa (BS’06),
Aug. 16, 2008. Andy Larson and
Erica Dieker (EDS’07, MS’07),
July 19, 2008. J.D. Leeds
(BS’08) and Amy Schwenn
(BFA’05), June 21, 2008. Joseph
Lerner (BSE’98) and Andrea
Hartman (BSB’02), Aug. 8,
2008. Jeff Matile (BSB’02)
and Rachel Stueve, June 28,
2008. Timothy McClain and
Sheryl Cade (BSN’05), March 8,
2008. Matthew McCluggage and
Heather Fangmann (BSE’96,
MA’03), March 16, 2008. Jim
McParland and Crystal Wood
(BSE’02, BSE’02, BS’02), June
21, 2008. Stephen Meinhardt and
Amanda Holloway (BSN’02),
Jan. 27, 2007. Brandon Meuten
(BSE’08)
and
Elizabeth
Jones (FS), Aug. 2, 2008.
Travis Miller (FS) and Julie
Burger, April 26, 2008. Lucas
Moody (BS’05, MS’08) and
Lisa Hoover (BS’07), July 19,
2008. Michael Mossman (FS)
and Jessica Potter (BSE’05),
Sept. 15, 2007. John Moyer
(BSB’08) and Jenna Redeker
(CS), June 7, 2008. Brian Nelson
and Katee Euler (BSN’07),
Nov. 24, 2007. Keith Noble and
Brooke Smith (BS’04), June 7,
2008. Trenton Olivier (BS’07)
and Kala McMillan (BSE’07),
July 12, 2008. Travis Pierce
(BS’05) and Corissa Blaha
(BSB’05), Oct. 20, 2007. Tim
Riemann (BSE’00, BSE’00,
MS’06) and Kristin Kater
(BSE’05), June 14, 2008. Charles
Ryser and Melissa McMichael
(BSE’05), June 14, 2008. Scott
Schoenfeld
(BSE’07)
and
Alycia Ryff (BSE’04), June
14, 2008. Dustin Schumacher
and
Becky
Hendricks
(BSB’03), May 10, 2008. Jonas
Steinbrink
(BSB’07)
and
Abbey Long (BFA’07), Oct. 4,
2008. Aaron Trelc (BSE’07)
and Jan Soetaert (CS), March
14, 2008. Nathan Troyer (CS)
and Amy Arnold (BFA’04, CSt),
March 8, 2008. Jeremy Vickers
and Jill Rilinger (BSN’02),
April 12, 2008. Chad Wells
(BSB’97) and Rachel Wood
(BS’00, MS’04), March 29, 2008.
Jacob Wilcoxson (BS’04) and
Jennifer Lindsay (BSE’03,
MS’06), June 14, 2008. Kristopher
Williams and Christina Crane
(BS’00), June 28, 2008.
Births
Kensley
Hayden
Agler,
daughter of Callie Agler
(FS’00), July 29, 2008. Mason
Andrew Akehurst, son of Jake
(MS’04) and Cindy Akehurst, July
28, 2008. Laila May Allegre,
daughter of Kevin (CS) and Jamie
(Schmitt) Allegre, Aug. 1, 2008.
Polina Joy Balkenhol, daughter
of Brett (FR) and Tatiana
Pashkova-Balkenhol (MA’02,
MLS’03), June 10, 2008. Nolan
Daniel Bell, son of Phillip
(BSB’02, MBA’03) and Carrie
(O’Connell) Bell (BFA’03),
Jan. 11, 2008. Maddex John
Beyer, son of Alex (BFA’96)
and Mandi (Belt) Beyer
(BA’00, BA’00), Sept. 26, 2008.
Cohen Breese Bloomquist,
son of Rick (FR) and Kendra
(Dawson)
Bloomquist
(BSE’93, MS’06), June 12, 2008.
Jack Everett Boehm, son of
Mike and Kim (Zahn) Boehm
(BSE’96), Aug. 20, 2008. Carter
Lee Bradbury, son of Brent
(BSB’99) and Michelle Bradbury,
March 25, 2008. Anna Reese
Braun, daughter of Luther (FS)
and Amy (Brewer) Braun (FS),
March 5, 2008. Jack Michael
Brooks, son of Andrew (BS’05)
and
Ryann
(Morneault)
Brooks (BA’08), July 17, 2008.
Madelynne Jean Brown,
daughter of Jeff and Alexa
(Steadham) Brown (BSB’03),
May 30, 2008. Joseph Lee
Cannon, son of Cory (BA’01) and
Melissa Cannon, April 25, 2008.
Ella Grace Davidson, daughter
of Thad (BS’02, CSt) and Katie
(Madden) Davidson (BSE’03),
June 16, 2008. Kerrick Michael
DeDonder, son of Keith
(BA’04) and Sarah (Schul)
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DeDonder (BS’04), Jan. 23,
2008. Annika Jayne Douglas,
daughter of Brad (BA’94) and
Loi (Everts) Douglas (FS’00),
Sept. 2, 2008. Aiden Carter
Entress, son of Austin (BSE’06)
and Lisa (Marsh) Entress
(BSN’06), Aug. 8, 2008. Brenna
Diane Faurot, daughter of
Kevin (BS’05) and Jennifer
(Woodruff) Faurot (BS’08),
Feb. 12, 2008. Ava Kathryn
Flott, daughter of Brian
(BSB’89) and Kristin (Melton)
Flott (BSN’97), March 6, 2008.
Caeden Alan Gonzales, son
of Carlos and Ashley (DayJohnson)
Gonzales, Dec.
11, 2007. Harrison Douglas
Gregg, son of James and Amy
(Peck) Gregg (BIS’03), June
14, 2008. Grayson Michael
Grove, son of Todd and Heather
(Hayes) Grove (MS’04), June 6,
2007. Mia Halverson, daughter
of Kyle and Courtney (Bruna)
Halverson (BSE’05, BSE’05),
May 14, 2008. Chase Wayne
Harrington, son of Scot and
Tania Harrington (BS’94), April
26, 2008. Levi Dawson Heins,
son of Tyson (BS’96, BSE’99,
BSE’99) and Brenda Heins,
Sept. 17, 2008. Amara Renee
Hibbert, daughter of Nathan and
Kelly (Blassingame) Hibbert
(BSE’07), May 28, 2008. Kinsley
Faith Hines, daughter of Tim
(FS) and Wendy (Selby) Hines
(BSB’98), July 25, 2008. Grady
Max Howe, son of Matthew
(BS’04, MS’06, CSt) and Seresa
(Pollman) Howe (BSB’00),
June 26, 2008. Hunter Ashton
Johnson, son of Steven
(BSB’96) and Gwen (Hageman)
Johnson
(BS’96,
MS’98),
Sept. 21, 2008. Joshua James
Joplin, son of Scott and Emily
(Carnes) Joplin (BSE’03), Aug.
29, 2007. Adrianna Lynn Jost,
daughter of Albert and Ashley
Jost (BSB’03, CSt), July 18,
2008. Lillian Felicity Kahle,
daughter of Russell (BME’07)
and Angela (Starr) Kahle
(BSE’07), April 25, 2008. Talon
David Kirk, son of Tell (BSE’02)
and Jessica (Parks) Kirk
(BSB’00, MBA’02), Aug. 8, 2008.
Taylor Alexis Kvas, daughter
of Joshua (CS) and Samantha
Stephens (FS), June 4, 2008.
Cora Grace Lindsey, daughter
of Ryan (BSB’97) and Terra
(Lockhart) Lindsey (BSB’98),
Jan. 5, 2008. Isabel Ann
Martinez, daughter of Pedro
and Angela (Holle) Martinez
(BS’05), May 25, 2008. Sara
Marie Matchett, daughter
of Jonathan and Stephanie
(Lemuz) Matchett (BSB’97),
April 16, 2008. Cordelia Jane
Moran, daughter of Jesse
(FS’98, CSt) and Jen (Rongish)
Moran (FS’04), July 16, 2008.
Logan Michael Page, son of
Stephen (BSB’01) and Kaycee
Page, June 22, 2008. Jaxon
Maverick Pollard, son of Rick
(CS) and Jamie McKernanPollard (BS’95, BSE’04, BSE’04),
Sept. 8, 2008. Kolby Wayne
Quint, son of Dustin and Amber
(Anstine) Quint (BS’03), March
16, 2008. Samantha Breann
Redelfs, daughter of James and
Kristina (Mason) Redelfs
(BSN’08), July 4, 2008. Adelyn
DeeAnn Reiter, daughter of
Will (BSE’99, BSE’99) and Shari
(Schneider) Reiter (BSE’96),
May 27, 2008. Charlotte
Addison Retallick, daughter
of Adam (BS’03) and Kimberly
(Garrison) Retallick (BSN’03),
May 2, 2008. Harper Kenlee
Nicole Robbins, daughter of
Randy and Ashley (Craig)
Robbins (BS’03), Aug. 18, 2008.
Aiden Joseph Sanchez, son
of Donald (FS’03) and Leann
(Howard) Sanchez (BS’03),
Sept. 19, 2008. Neven Ashton
Schenewerk-Carlson, son of
Nate and Kelli Carlson (BS’01),
June 10, 2008. Keelyn Grace
Schneider, daughter of John
(FS’89) and Callie (Milner)
Schneider (BSN’02), June 21,
2008. Aiden James Scott, son
of T.J. and Brenna (Reese)
Scott (BSE’02), June 24, 2008.
Andrew Michael Sergeant,
Take Corky with you!
son of Aron (FS’01) and Darlene
(Klenda) Sergeant (BSB’04),
Sept. 24, 2008. Jocelyn Claire
Shadoin, daughter of Tim
(BS’92) and Kristy (Ford)
Shadoin (BA’93), Sept. 12,
2008. Emily Ann Spellman,
daughter of Jason and Natalie
Spellman (BSB’99, MBA’05,
CSt), July 30, 2008. Stephanie
Ann Stewart, daughter of Jon
(BS’97) and Cara (Gillen)
Stewart (BS’97), Oct. 11, 2007.
Piper Lane Stirtz, daughter
of Michael (BSE’02, BSE’02)
and Ambre (Gaulding) Stirtz
(BFA’01), April 25, 2008. Braden
Wayne Strickland, son of Mike
(BSE’99, BSE’99) and Jennifer
(Hanson)
Strickland
(BME’98, MM’06), May 7, 2008.
Liam Michael Swafford, son
of James (FS) and Jennifer
(Toner) Swafford (BSN’08),
Aug. 25, 2008. Kamryn Isabel
Temeyer, daughter of Derek
(BSE’02) and Lisa (Schurman)
Teymeyer
(BSE’01),
May
19, 2008. Carter Tiemann,
son of Jeremy (MS’02) and
Bernadette
(Harkins)
Tiemann (BS’02), Oct. 18, 2007.
Harrison Thomas Trelc, son
of Aaron (BSE’07) and Jan
(Soetaert) Trelc (CS), Aug. 7,
2008. Isaiah Brian Tuel, son
of Jesse (BSB’01, CSt) and Stacy
(Moore) Tuel (BSE’02, MS’08,
CSt), Aug. 5, 2008. Camryn
Taylor Wachs, daughter of
Bryce (CS) and Traci (Shelton)
Wachs (BSE’04), Dec. 19, 2007.
Mason Gehrke Walters, son of
Rich and Kimberly (Gehrke)
Walters (MS’93), May 30, 2008.
Kira Ann Worley, daughter
of Shawn (FS) and Jennifer
(Gerwick) Worley (BSE’05),
April
20,
2008.
Brenna
Michelle Zellers, daughter of
Cory (BS’02) and Sara (Young)
Zellers (FS), April 23, 2008.
In Memory
*For those marked with an
asterisk, there is a memorial
fund established at the ESU
Foundation.
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gives students access to higher education through scholarship support. Visit www.emporia.edu/
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Conor Elston, son of Chad
(BSB 1999) and Megan
(Miller) Elston (BS 2003),
July 7, 2008.
1930s
Mildred (Snickles) Allegre
(BS’36), Feb. 17, 2007. Grace
(Anderson) Basom (BS’38),
Feb. 11, 2007. Mary (Slough)
Berns (LIF’39), Sept. 29, 2008.
Myrtle (Good) Bly (LIF’33),
July 27, 2008. Warren Lesh
(BSB’36), May 6, 2008. *Evelyn
(Wenrich)
Mawdsley
(BSE’38), Oct. 3, 2008. Marjory
(Stoelzing) Peterson (BSE’38),
Jan. 18, 2008. Lida (Link)
Schwegler (BA’32), July 17,
2008. Pearl (Baker) Shank
(LIF’31), Aug. 24, 2008. Gladys
(Roglin) Sherar (BSE’36), Sept.
5, 2008. Carl Soden (BSE’37,
MS’47), May 8, 2008.Mary
(Mott) Zack (BSE’39), June 25,
2008.
1940s
Martha (Tuttle) Ainsworth
(BS’42), Sept. 10, 2007. Lonnie
Bedwell (BS’40), June 24,
2008.
Junivee
(Unruh)
Black (BS’49), June 16, 2008.
Lawrence Bowyer (MS’47),
June 4, 2008. Donald Conroy
(BSE’41), June 30, 2008. Jack
Danner (BA’40), July 27, 2008.
Fred Griffith (BSE’47, MS’51),
May 1, 2008. Jessie (Day)
Harrison (BSE’47, MS’48), June
9, 2008. Irene Kloppenberg
(BSE’42, MS’52), Nov. 6, 2007.
Wayne Jones (BME’40), July
10, 2008. Nadean (Cravens)
Money (BSE’40), May 14, 2008.
Thelma (Ray) Pence (BSE’40,
MS’67), May 16, 2008. Alfred
Philips (BSE’45, MS’48), April
24, 2008. Frances (Tholen)
Priest (TC’49), May 5, 2008.
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J.W. Rosacker (BA’45), July
4, 2008. Edwin Rowlands
(BSE’40), April 21, 2008. Dale
Stinson (BA’48), Aug. 29, 2008.
Dorothy Wampler (BSE’48),
June 18, 2008. Loyd White
(BSE’49), Aug. 5, 2008. *John
Zimmerman (BA’42), Sept. 8,
2008.
1950s
*Ruth (Larsen) Aubuchon
(BSE’57, MS’65), Aug. 1, 2008.
Gloria
(Roberts)
Beck
(BSE’58, MS’69), Sept. 22, 2008.
Randle Bessler (BS’57), March
30, 2008. Kenneth Blevins
(BS’51), April 24, 2008. Carolyn
(Bocook) Bowman (BSE’55),
Kimberling Feb. 14, 2008. Carl
Collier (MS’56), April 30, 2008.
Richard Cundith (BSB’59),
Oct. 19, 08. Clarita (Roach)
DePaolis (BSE’57), Aug. 18,
2008. *J. Paul Dillingham
(MS’55), June 23, 2008. Mary
Frazer (BME’53), Aug. 30,
2008. Edgar Graham (BSE’58,
MS’62), July 18, 2008. Charles
Graves (BSE’51), Aug. 15, 2008.
Norene Hobart (BSE’58), May
1, 2008. Lorna (Holle) Holste
(BME’51), Nov. 19, 2007. *Elva
(Jones) Humphreys (BSE’53),
July 16, 2008. Larry Hunter
(BSE’59, MS’62), Aug. 22, 2008.
Clair Hutchinson (BSE’56),
June 24, 2008. Russell Kistner
(BSE’58), May 1, 2008. Harvey
Loy (MS’59), May 28, 2008. Joe
McAdoo (BSE’59, MS’62), Sept.
6, 2008. Charles McAnarney
(BSE’50, MS’61), Oct. 21, 2008.
Richard McClain (BSE’55),
Sept. 6, 2008. John Meek
(BSE’52), Aug. 30, 2007. Clara
(Petefish) Moore (BSE’51,
MS’56), July 3, 2008. John
Nettleton (MS’56), Sept. 27,
2008. Ronald Ogata (BSB’59),
Dec. 22, 2007. Richard Pickett
(BSB’59), July 25, 2008. Robert
Preston (BSE’50), July 25, 2008.
L. Dean Waltrip (BSB’57), July
27, 2008. Mary (Overfield)
Yorke (BSE’55), July 6, 2008.
1960s
Dianne (Smith) Ackerman
(BSE’63), March 24, 2008.
Elbert Barnes (BS’69), May 16,
2008. Ramona (Brownfield)
Brewer (BSE’61), July 24, 2008.
Joan (Erikson) Burch (BA’67),
July 14, 2008. Martha (Train)
Cook (BSB’66), Aug. 1, 2008.
Patricia (Gastrock) Cooper
(BSE’65), June 28, 2007. John
Crandall, Jr. (MS’61), Aug. 23,
2008. Karen (Bogart) Davis
(BSE’68), July 16, 2008.Carolyn
Ellsworth (BSE’68), Aug. 16,
2008. Brenda (Atkinson)
Fosdick (BSE’63), Aug. 17,
2008. Ann (Hogan) Giesy
(BSE’64), Sept. 25, 2008. James
Hardesty (BSB’62), May 24,
2008. Virginia (Case) Knecht
(MS’66), May 8, 2008. Richard
Koch (MS’68), May 25, 2008.
Hazel (Bennett) Lindsay
(MS’62), May 9, 2008. Esther
Loy (MS’66), Feb. 4, 2008. Betty
(Mitchell) Nichols (MLS’68),
Oct. 11, 2008. Beth (McRae)
Pagenkopf (BSE’62, MS’68),
June 4, 2008. *William “Bill”
Preston (BSB’61, MS’62, FF),
June 19, 2008. Edwin Provost
(BSE’69), Aug. 9, 2008. Robert
Riney (BA’62), June 6, 2008.
Stephen Schroeder (BSE’69,
MS’70), May 1, 2008. Robert
Sebbert (BSE’62), July 1, 2007.
Leon Smyres (BSE’66), July
23, 2008. Richard Sowers
(BSE’62),
Nov.
27,
2007.
Frances (Crook) Staedtler
(BSE’69, MS’72), April 24, 2008.
Margaret (Studer) Sumner
(BSE’65, MS’78), June 19, 2008.
Phyllis
Weyand
(MS’67),
March 30, 2008. Donald White
(MS’61, EDS’69), Sept. 1, 2008.
1970s
Bernadine
(Rivers)
Ault
(MS’70), July 8, 2008. Bruce
Brown (BSE’76, MS’82), July
26, 2008. Robert Bullock
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(BA’75), June 6, 2008. Priscilla
Callison (MS’75), Sept. 8, 2008.
Merideth Carson (BS’79),
Sept. 28, 2008. Leon Forsythe
(BSE’76), July 2, 2008. Eileen
(Torkelson) Herbert (BSE’71),
July 8, 2008. Raymond Horton
(BA’71), June 5, 2008. Gary
Housh (BSB’71), June 1, 2008.
Elaine (Bender) Hovorka
(BSE’72), July 29, 2008. Larry
Jochims (MA’79), May 12, 2008.
Karen Kemp (BSB’70), June 22,
2008. Wendell Lewis (BSE’72,
MS’73), May 1, 2008. Nelson
Parnell (BA’72), Aug. 11, 2008.
Melanie (Carroll) Peterson
(BSE’78), July 19, 2008. Roger
Sartin (BSB’70), July 28, 2008.
*Carroll Schubert (EDS’71),
June 12, 2008. Ray VanSickle
(BSE’74), Aug. 31, 2008.
1980s
Dorothy (Zeigler) Brinkman
(BS’81), Aug. 9, 2008. Mary Kay
Carney (BS’80, MS’81), Oct. 17,
2008. Larry Chapman (BSB’87),
April 30, 2008. Jennifer
(Phillips) Hoffmans (BSB’87),
Sept. 11, 2008. Carole (Davis)
King (MS’81), June 26, 2008.
Diana (Hesser) McDaniel
(BSE’80),
Dec.
19,
2007.
Douglas Miller (FS’81), June 8,
2008. John Ogle (MS’80), June
24, 2008. Stephanie (Morris)
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Obituaries
John E. King, the 11
president of Emporia State
University and a former Foundation board member, died in
retirement in June 2008. Once a farmer, editor, and athlete,
King is remembered most for his leadership at the University
of Minnesota, the University of Wyoming, and ESU. King
paved the way for monumental changes during his 13 years
at ESU (then Kansas State Teachers College) that stabilized
and centralized scholarship and housing resources for
students, multiplied the enrollment, and made education
and the campus itself more accessible to all students.
King became president in 1953. In a play on his apropos
surname, King has been called a benevolent dictator,
a forceful personality capable of making necessary
changes. He is also remembered for extensive community
involvement, serving on county boards and with the
Chamber of Commerce.
In 1952, King established the Endowment Association,
later to become the ESU Foundation as its functions
broadened. The Association began as an agreement with the
community to support students, matching community gifts
with a pledge from the scholarship recipient to work as a
teacher one year for each year of scholarship support. The
Association also secured off-campus housing for students
by acquiring local apartment complexes as enrollment,
th
previously in decline, doubled during King’s early years
(before King stepped down, enrollment was to triple again,
reaching its all-time high.) King was chosen as one of
eight outstanding Kansans in 1954 by the Topeka CapitolJournal.
King made early moves into marketing and disability
accessibility that opened KSTC to many students. His
“Home Town News Service” made the college a presence
in high school students’ lives while they formed their
career or academic goals. The campus facilities were also
expanded to present a more enticing school image, primarily
in housing and classroom additions. The new structures
and renovations were designed for wheelchair and other
disability-related accessibility – with cut curbs, ramps, and
elevators in all campus structures – beginning a full 15 years
before the first federal accessibility requirements. King was
appointed to the National Committee on Employment of the
Handicapped in 1964.
King moved on to the University of Wyoming in 1966,
became a professor and later chair of the higher education
department at Southern Illinois University Carbondale, and
retired in 1983 to West Columbia, S.C. At Emporia State,
he is remembered in the campus structure dedicated to his
name, housing the art and theater departments.
Dr. Stephen G. Katsinas, a former student under Dr. King and the director of the Education Policy Center at the University
of Alabama, delivered a moving eulogy at Dr. King’s funeral. Read it online at www.emporia.edu/spotlight. Also, Dr. Katsinas is
documenting Dr. King’s role in helping to make ESU one of the first universities in the United States to be fully accessible to the
physically disabled – and he wants to hear from you, particularly if you were at KSTC from 1953 to 1967 during King’s presidency.
If you have a story about Dr. King, contact Dr. Katsinas at skatsina@bamaed.ua.edu, or by telephone at 205-348-2470.
Cecil Clair “C.C.” Hutchinson
passed away in June 2008, leaving behind a rich legacy at
ESU, where he is remembered as a builder, in many senses
of the word.
A 1956 graduate of KSTC with involvement in track
and Greek life, Hutchinson parlayed a physical education
degree into a very successful business life. Beginning as a
teacher and coach after graduation, he soon established
and led Neosho Construction, which was founded in 1962
and quickly became a successful business. Hutchinson, who
stayed with Neosho until 1999, also owned and managed two
productive ranches near Kahola and Council Grove.
Hutchinson was extensively involved in the construction
of ESU’s Zola Witten Track and Welch Stadium, the latter
named in honor of ESU’s dedicated coach and athletic
trainer. He is also responsible for the Hutchinson Family
Pavilion, the three-tiered stadium box that houses VIP
seating and media management for ESU football and
other campus and community events. The facility offers a
distinction for the university as one of just a few enclosed
box seating pavilions for a school of ESU’s size.
Hutchinson frequently supported ESU through
substantial donations, and ESU recognized his success as
an ESU alumnus. He was named a Distinguished Alumnus,
the highest honor of the ESU Alumni Association, in 1994,
and in 2002, he was recognized with the University Service
Citation award. Hutchinson was dedicated to the university
and served on its Foundation Board of Trustees from 1973
until his death.
Hutchinson married Arveta Leiss, an ESU alumna, in the
year of his graduation. She died in 1992; their sons Douglas
and Steven survive as friends of the university.
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Patty (BSE’89), Aug. 11, 2008.
Carlene (Unruh) Propheter
(BSB’81), Oct. 15, 2008. James
Rocque (BS’84, MS’87), June 5,
2008. John Seybold (BSE’80),
April 18, 2008. Claude Taylor
(BSB’84), Aug. 10, 2007.
1990s
Christopher “Topher” Allen
(BSE’95), May 11, 2008. Karl
Forge (MS’98), July 20, 2008.
David Tritle (BS’97), Aug. 14,
2008. Jerry Warren (BS’91),
Nov. 20, 2007.
Former and
Current
Students
Berta (Garrett) Archdekin,
(FS’92),
May
14,
2008.
Ronald Britt (FS’60), April
7, 2007. Glena (Culler)
Delich (FS’76), Sept. 16, 2008.
Robert Donnellan (FS’48),
Aug. 24, 2008. Dr. Doren
Fredrickson (FS’81), Aug.
21, 2008. Kirk Hinshaw
(FS’83), Aug. 9, 2008. Donald
Kimmel (FS’41), June 15,
2008. Elizabeth (Danford)
Lohmeyer
(FS’77),
Sept.
16, 2008. Travis Olmsted
(FS), Nov. 18, 2008. Cartha
(Decker) Otto (FS’39), Aug.
18, 2007. Alberta Pritz
(FS’92), Sept. 19, 2008. Carrie
(Johnson) Salmick (FS’40),
Feb. 26, 2008.
Former Faculty
and Friends
Wayne Anderson, July 7,
2007. J.J. Banks, March 3,
2007. Lyle Barger, Sept. 3,
2008. Richard Bell,. 25, 2008.
Patricia (Peters) Bujarski,
March 2, 2008. Gary Burgess,
Sr., May 19, 2008. Dr. Toy
Caldwell Colbert (FF), March
12, 2008. Verne Converse,
June 29, 2008. Leona (Craft)
Creager, Oct. 21, 2008. Frank
Decker, June 25, 2008.
Teresa M. Specht Didde,
Aug. 8, 2008, founder and
director of Didde Office Supply
and an active philanthropist
with her husband Carl. Didde
is remembered in the Didde
Catholic Center, founded in
1990 for ESU students. Dean
Dunn, Eskridge, July 17, 2008.
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Lawrence Erickson, Aug.
13, 2006. Morgan Fann,
Aug.
13,
2008.Lawrence
Fessler, June 6, 2008. Jess
Gilman, Aug. 15, 2008. *Ethel
(Litchfield) Grimwood, July
30, 2008. Robert “Wayne”
Harris, June 20, 2008. Loyd
Herman, May 8, 2008. Nettie
(Hopkins) Hicks, June 27,
2008. Polly Hicks, March 30,
2008. Robert Edward Hite,
Oct. 26, 2008, former dean of
the ESU School of Business,
educated at the University of
Indiana and the University
of Arkansas with degrees in
business and marketing. A Jones
Distinguished Professor, he is
also distinguished by his service
in the Vietnam War as a U.S.
Air Force captain from 1970 to
1975. Charles Hollern, Sept.
12, 2008. Grace (Goldsberry)
Holliday, May 24, 2008. Faye
(Daily) Jaggard, Oct. 16,
2008. Leonard Jurgens,
Sept. 16, 2008. Larry Kifer,
Sept. 28, 2008. *Gracia
(Harris) Lee, May 12, 2008.
Ralph Marsh, Oct. 16, 2008.
Leo Martin, May 20, 2008.
Clifford Nichols, May 20,
2008. Mary (Riegel) Oliver,
Sept. 12, 2008. *Donald Perry,
May 27, 2008. Fern (Proehl)
Redelfs,
May
2,
2008.
Delores (Garriot) Rees,
Aug. 29, 2008. Norma (Haas)
Romero, June 11, 2008. Joan
(Foraker) Rorabaugh, July
6, 2008. Dorothy (Painter)
Rush, Oct. 13, 2008. Rosalie
Stanley,
July
2,
2008.
*Frances Watson, Oct. 8,
2008. Everett Williams,
Aug. 18, 2008. Claudia
(Lewis) Wilson, Sept. 18,
2008. James Wolfe, July 27,
2008. Charlotte (Garrett)
Wonser, May 17, 2008.
Send information for Through
the
Years to alumni@
emporia.edu or 1500 Highland
St., Emporia, KS 66801-5018.
Key: CF – current faculty;
CSt – current staff;
CS – current student;
FF – former faculty;
FSt – former staff;
FS – former student;
LC – life certificate
Each year for the South Central Scholarship Golf
Scramble in Hesston, a special team gets together – a
quartet representing one-third of the Utica High School
Class of 1975. At the tourney in September, three ESU
alumni – (from left) Mark Summey (BSB 1993, MS
2007), Dale Jones (BSB 1979), and Roger Basinger
(BS 1979) – joined Ralph Martin (right), another Utica
alum, for golf. The 2008 tourney added $13,000 to the
alumni chapter’s endowed scholarship fund for Wichitaarea students at ESU.
We love chance encounters here at the Spotlight! Larry
Burns (BSB 1989) of Phoenix, Ariz. (at left) rarely plays
at this particular golf course. But he did recently, and
just happened to be in a foursome with Patrick Grenyo
(BSB 1989) of Fargo, N.D., who was in town for a sales
meeting. Burns struck up a conversation when he
noticed the ESU logo on Grenyo’s hat. The two alums
decided to wage a bet on the game, with the proceeds
going to the ESU Foundation.
On the back cover
In the Veterans Hall of Honor – a room just beyond these
southern steps of the Memorial Union – there is a photo album
donated by former student Ray Mahaffey containing this picture.
The album depicts the 84th College Training Detachment at
Kansas State Teachers College in 1944, a perfect representation
of the Memorial Union as a memorial to our military servicemen
and women. On the back of the photo, Mahaffey wrote, “Looks
like a mass AWOL. KSTC, 1943-44.”
You’re looking for a great job and a great place to call home.
You can have both in Kansas.
You may have left Kansas to follow your dreams. But some exciting career opportunities have developed
here since you left –– opportunities that might make you consider coming back home.
In recent years, Kansas has welcomed major companies in every major industry, including aviation,
bioscience, healthcare, energy and manufacturing. These are cutting-edge industries with incredible
potential. And they’re looking for talented employees like you.
Of course, some things never change in Kansas. Like our Midwestern values. Our honest people. Our great
schools. Combine these with a good job, and our quality of life is hard to beat.
Visit KAnsAsWOrKs.com today for a listing of Kansas jobs.
You should always follow your dreams.
Don’t be afraid to follow them back home.
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