Anderson University Magazine

2018 WINTER MAGAZINE

Trojans’ basketball locker rooms get a major makeover AU continues climbing U.S. News & World Report rankings Professor honors grandmother’s memory, fights Alzheimer’s through one-woman show in New York City

Anderson University 2018 Winter Magazine AU Named Among Best Regional Universities in the South by U.S. News & World Report.........................4 Parents Contribute $150,000 to Support Center for Student Success...............................................6 Dr. Deborah McEniry’s One-woman Play, Raised Awareness about Alzheimer’s Disease............ 10 AU Professor Helped Design TV and Film Studies Programs at Nigerian University........................ 14 The AU Diary...................................................................... 16 Art Professor Joins Explorers Club, Promotes Summer Archaeological Study....................... 18 AU Art Graduate Creates Visual Experiences for High-end Retailer........................................................ 22 Piano Lab in Thrift Library Named for Local Pianist and Alumna Cathy Davis Bell....................24 AU Book Corner.................................................................26 Jason’s Column..................................................................28 Athletic News.....................................................................30

Anderson University Magazine is a publication of the Marketing and Communication Department of Anderson University for alumni and friends.

President: Dr. Evans P. Whitaker Editor in Chief: Jonathan Todd Contributing Writers: Evelyn Beck, Andrew J. Beckner,

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greetings from Anderson University!

Dear AU Family, To quote a famous Christmas song: “It’s the most won-der-ful time of the year!” Okay, okay, so finals can be bumpy, but— God-willing—look what young and old have to savor in the coming weeks: the Thanksgiving bird, family gatherings and Christmas Day. As this semester comes to a close, His grace abounds: we weathered Hurricane Florence, we’re growing spiritually and intellectually and we’re launching new programs.

And this year U.S. News & World Report announced that AU once more is among the top regional universities in the South. Thank you for helping us continue our upward climb in the magazine’s rankings. Yes, we say “thank you,” because in ranking universities, U.S. News & World Report takes into account alumni giving. Read more about how you can help raise our ranking in this edition’s “Jason’s Column.”

Generous gifts Also in this edition, we feature incredibly generous alumni and friends, such as Julian and Leslie McPhillips, who contributed $150,000 in honor of their son, David.

In the coming pages you can read how their gift financed the renovation of space in Thrift Library to which the David Larson McPhillips Center for Student Success has relocated.

In addition to the inspiring story about the McPhillips family, read about Dwayne Bell, who contributed the funds to create The Cathy Davis Bell Music Technology Lab, also in Thrift Library. The late Cathy Bell was an alumna and a local church pianist for a half century. You can also read about a $50,000 gift from another family who is choosing to remain anonymous. The anonymous gift was used towards the $150,000 renovation of the men’s and women’s basketball locker rooms.

Giving Opportunities Why give? In this issue of AU Magazine, we’ll show you other ways your gifts are multiplying tenfold and one hundredfold. In fact, our “AU Diary” columnist Nathan Foxx shares how embracing “yes” to AU, and then to an opportunity at a local church, created spiritual and professional opportunities for the recent Christian Studies undergraduate who is completing AU’s Master of Divinity. Foxx mentions how a full-tuition scholarship from AU is enabling him to focus on ministry instead of on paying student debt.

This Christmas season, consider supporting AU anew through the Anderson Fund or a specific initiative, such as scholarships for students to attend a six-week archeology program in Italy where they will participate in an excavation.

U.S. News & World Report announced that AU is among the top regional universities in the South.

However you choose to give, AU will strive to advance His kingdom through the training of students and the general strength of the university. Our professors, such as Professor of English Dr. Kolawole Olaiya, teach around the world; in this issue, read about the film and TV degree program Dr. Olaiya designed for a Nigerian university through a Carnegie Corporation of New York fellowship. From communication and nursing to business and interior design, our students will continue to be taught and mentored by world-class professors, thanks to your faithful prayers and gifts. May God continue to bless your immediate and AU family this Christmas season.

In His service, - Anderson Univerity Magazine

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U.S. News & World Report names Anderson University among Best Regional Universities in the South

U.S. News and World Report’s 2019 Best Colleges rankings also

Anderson ranked No. 73 in last year’s rankings. In 2016,

note AU’s affordability, teaching and reputation for innovation.

AU moved into U.S. News & World Report’s more competitive “Regional University” category; previously, Anderson

It’s official—again: Anderson University is one of

was among the top 20 in the publication’s Best Regional

the best institutions of higher learning in the South.

Colleges-South list.

“These rankings reaffirm our commitment

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We’re pleased that U.S. News & World Report continues to recognize the affordable, entrepreneurial and innovative environment that Anderson University’s students enjoy, and we look forward to even better things in the years to come.

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— Dr. Evans P. Whitaker Anderson University President

to an academically excellent, comprehensive Christian education and the principles upon which our institution has stood since 1911,” President Dr. Evans P. Whitaker said. “We’re pleased that U.S. News & World Report continues to recognize the affordable, entrepreneurial and innovative environment that Anderson University’s students enjoy, and we look forward to even better things in the years to come.”

And that’s not mere hyperbole. It’s the conclusion of U.S.

In addition to Anderson’s place among the best universities

News & World Report, recognized as the leading authority

in the region, U.S. News & World Report named AU as the

on university rankings.

No. 16 Most Innovative school; the No. 22 school for Best Undergraduate Teaching and No. 36 on the list of Best

U.S. News & World Report in September placed Anderson

Value schools.

on its prestigious Best Colleges list, continuing a rise up the ranks for AU. This year, Anderson came in at No. 65 among all Regional Universities in the South.

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parents contribute $150,000 to support Center for Student Success

David McPhillips had something to prove to himself and to

largest naming gifts, to support what is now called the

his family when he enrolled at Anderson University. He’d

David Larson McPhillips Center for Student Success.

taken a few years off after high school and made one unsuccessful attempt at college in his home state of Alabama.

“The great thing is their willingness and generosity to

“I decided to give college another try,” he said in 2011.

honor their son because he benefited from the center’s services,” said Wayne Landrith, AU’s Senior VP for

His online search for a residential Christian university

Development and Presidential Affairs. “It speaks volumes

where he could study youth ministry eventually led him

to how parents want to invest in AU because they believe in

to Anderson, where he found support from the Center

the university. Parents make up a sizeable portion of gifts to

for Student Success.

the university every year, and we’re very appreciative of that.”

“I wanted to prove that I could graduate (from) college, and there was a time when I didn’t know if I could do it,” he said. “I had mental roadblocks. The center helped me overcome those roadblocks. It helped me be more disciplined and organized.”

“ The great thing is their willingness and generosity to honor their son because he benefited from the center’s services.”

His whole experience at AU was transformative.

— Wayne Landrith AU’s Senior VP for Development and Presidential Affairs

“I really loved it,” he said. “I called the campus the holy ground because I experienced a lot of healing and spiritual growth there.”

The gift from the McPhillips family paid for renovation of space in the Thrift Library, to which the center has

McPhillips’ experience at AU—and especially the role

relocated. It also supports a new program called 4ward that

of the Center for Student Success—was a blessing for his

will provide assistance to students admitted a step below

parents, Julian and Leslie McPhillips.

regular admission standards. It will be used for additional programs over the next few years to further the goals of

“It’s wonderful that AU has outreach to students who

the center, which works one-on-one with students through

need extra help,” Julian McPhillips said.

tutoring and seminars to support them in their academic work. The center also offers accessibility services for

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students with diagnosed disabilities.

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“David is a fine young man who just needed a little help along the way while in college,” said Dr. Dianne King, Director of the David Larson McPhillips Center for Student Success. “We were honored to be part of helping him… and honored to receive this gift from his family.”

David McPhillips, who graduated from AU in 2016 with a degree in Christian studies with a youth ministry emphasis, works as a counselor at Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama, and is thinking about returning to school to become certified as a teacher. He has spent time doing mission work in Belize and the Philippines, though he considers his most significant mission experience time spent working at Trails Carolina, a youth wilderness therapeutic program in Lake Toxaway,

Dr. Dianne King

North Carolina.

For his father Julian McPhillips, a noted civil rights attorney in Montgomery, Alabama, David’s very life is a sign of divine providence.

Julian McPhillips remembers counseling a young married couple who were five months pregnant not to abort their child at the same

“ I really loved it. I called the campus the holy ground because I experienced a lot of healing and spiritual growth there. ”

time that he and his wife were seeking to adopt a child after three miscarriages. They already had two daughters but wanted another child,

— David McPhillips Class of 2016

and the call soon came that the young couple’s baby would be theirs.

The experience transformed their family and provided further evidence of what Julian McPhillips’ father always said. He had left the family vegetable canning business to attend seminary and become an Episcopal priest. Explaining that decision to his son, he said, “I’ve decided to bet my

Anyone interested in a naming opportunity gift should contact Wayne Landrith, Senior Vice President for Development and Presidential Affairs, at wlandrith@andersonuniversity.edu or 864.231.2025.

life that what Jesus said in the Gospels is true.” To Julian McPhillips, the adoption of his own son was faith in action and an extension of the Gospel message about helping little children.

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David McPhillips, center, surrounded by family at dedication.

“ I wanted to prove that I could graduate (from) college, and there was a time when I didn’t know if I could do it. I had mental roadblocks. The center helped me overcome those roadblocks. It helped me be more disciplined and organized.

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— David McPhillips Class of 2016

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Dr. Deborah McEniry’s one-woman play in South Carolina and New York City raised awareness about Alzheimer’s Disease

Hazel Louise Corts was a woman ahead of her time.

Adventurous and independent, she worked both in and out of the home—something that, while not unheard of, wasn’t the norm in 1950s America. A pastor’s wife and secretary, she raised seven children. Three became college presidents, two were preachers, one a lawyer and another a teacher.

Dr. Deborah McEniry, chair of The South Carolina School of the Arts theatre department, is one of her 15 grandchildren.

It’s been 20 years since her “Gramz” passed, and Dr. McEniry is left with the very thing Alzheimer’s stole many years before from her grandmother: memories.

“I loved it when I had to get something from her purse because even if she was out of gum, her purse had that smell to it.”

As Dr. McEniry tells these stories, she briefly leaves behind the accomplished actress and professor she is today. She’s transported back into a little girl, enamored with the amazing woman—Hazel Louise Corts—who taught her so much, loved her so much.

But the moment passes, and Dr. McEniry understands that as life moves on, memories hold incredible value. Keeping them inside, you see, subjects them to the fog.

Like the one in which Hazel Louise Corts, on her last day on earth, peeled potatoes for her family’s dinner. Or that she took Dr. McEniry on her first roller coaster ride; Gramz was 52, her granddaughter six. Neither were afraid.

It means risking their loss.

Her pocketbook always smelled of chewing gum, Dr. McEniry remembers; she can close her eyes today and still smell the purse, redolent of peppermint.

On Oct. 4 at Anderson’s Daniel Recital Hall, Dr. McEniry performed a play she wrote called “Hazel Louise”, a onewoman show about her grandmother. After that, she traveled to the theatre capital of the world, New York City,

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That’s why Dr. McEniry decided to open the windows and let the sunlight burn it away.

where she was one of the select performers presenting at the United Solo festival on Theater Row. It’s the largest solo theatre festival in the world. Dr. Alicia Corts, Dr. McEniry’s cousin and a theatre professor at St. Leo University, co-wrote the play and was the play’s director.

a little bit at a time. They are still there, of course, but they lose their ability to communicate, and they lose their personality. They forget who their children and grandchildren are. And that’s so painful.”

It’s a pain Dr. McEniry knows well.

It’s a love letter to their grandmother, who died in 1998.

In this 75-minute, journey through Hazel Louise Corts’ life, Dr. McEniry portrayed her as a child in Illinois during the Great Depression—a time that saw her twin sister pass away at just nine years old—to her final days in West Palm Beach, Florida.

“Even at the very end, she never got that combative spirit that can be common in Alzheimer’s patients,” Dr. McEniry said. “She didn’t know my name at the end, but she knew that I was someone she loved and so she just called me ‘sweetheart.’ And that was good enough for me.”

“ The hardest part, I think, is a patient losing their memories. Families tell us it’s like losing their loved ones a little bit at a time.”

— Cindy Alewine Executive Director of the Alzheimer’s Association of South Carolina

“Gramz practiced kindness until it became a habit,” Dr. McEniry said. “She never spoke harshly to anyone. I think her kindness and thoughtfulness was so habitual that even though she didn’t always know much about what was happening those last few years, she still knew how to be kind and polite.”

The play is more than a love letter, though.

Alzheimer’s is the sixth-leading cause of death in the United States, and the only one for which there is no cure or effective treatment. More than five million people suffer from it. It is progressive, and it is incurable.

Cindy Alewine has spent nearly 30 years of her life fighting Alzheimer’s. The executive director of the Alzheimer’s Association of South Carolina, she said the reason the illness is so devastating is tragically simple.

But it’s not good enough. Not really.

Dr. McEniry demonstrated that with her show. More than celebrating Hazel Louise Corts’ life, McEniry hoped her performance generated awareness—and that awareness will lead to a cure.

“The disease has been around for a long time; Dr. Alzheimer’s discovery took place in 1906,” Dr. McEniry said. “The National Institute for Aging was formed in the 1970s. The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America was formed in 2002. Significant progress has been made, but more research is needed—particularly with an aging Baby Boomer population. My hope is that the more we can make our public aware of the disease and what it takes from the person and the person’s family, the more we can increase medical research and funding.”

Alewine with the Alzheimer’s Association agrees. She said that while progress is being made, “it’s going to take all of us to end the disease.”

Dr. McEniry says memories are important—both the good and the bad. Said Dr. McEniry: “Just as important is the relationship we make with those memories. They help structure our lives and make us who we are today. The bad are important to remember so we learn from them and don’t repeat our mistakes. The good are to be savored— they make us smile and laugh when we are going through tough times.”

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AU professor helped design TV and film studies programs at Nigerian university

Dr. Kolawole Olaiya, AU Professor of English

Nigeria might not be the first country that comes to mind

in the United States—helped him return to his birth

in TV and film production, but according to AU English

nation armed with a wealth of knowledge.

Professor Dr. Kolawole Olaiya, the African nation is the second most prolific producer of films in the world. So

The goals of the Carnegie Corporation, Anderson University

Dr. Olaiya leapt at the opportunity to take a trip to Wesley

and Dr. Olaiya were to provide aid for African universities

University of Science and Technology in Ondo, Nigeria,

and help them meet their educational goals. Dr. Olaiya

to help develop the school’s film and television programs.

wanted to develop the TV/film curricula using his experience from many years in the television industry. AU’s goal was

The Carnegie African Diaspora Fellowship Program made

to help build a sister international institution. Dr. Olaiya’s

the trip possible; the fellowship, according to its website,

efforts led to two-year diploma programs in T V/film

is a “scholar fellowship program for educational projects at

production that feed students into a labor market in Nigeria

African higher education institutions.” It’s funded by the

eager for qualified candidates. In addition to TV and film

Carnegie Corporation of New York.

production curricula, he also organized workshops on how to use PowerPoint and another on plagiarism and how to

Dr. Olaiya’s insight and global perspective—he’s studied in Nigeria, France, Germany, Ghana and Canada, as well as

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cite secondary sources.

“Anderson University happily approved my three-month

“I’ve never seen students so committed in my life,” he said.

stay in Nigeria,” he said. “I strongly believe that the TV/ film production courses I designed would lead to the

The students’ dedication sparked Dr. Olaiya to embark on a

provision of skilled manpower that would help the

mission to get 500 new/refurbished laptops to the students.

Nigerian economy.”

While he was there, Dr. Olaiya assigned students to write Dr. Olaiya’s trip left an impression on the Methodist

full-length scripts. He was struck by how the scripts were

university founded in just 2007 whose students’ thirst for

the stories of their lives. He said that the students’ relative

learning far outstripped their resources. In fact, many of

lack of screenwriting experience prevented them from

the students still text him, asking for input on their work,

masking their stories under the guise of a script. The

whether it be poetry or scripts. One letter hanging on his

assignments he received allowed him to coach students on

office wall was an outpouring of gratitude from a student

leveraging their life experiences to create great stories.

over what she learned.

His insight into the daily lives of students also led him to understand the challenges they faced.

Dr. Olaiya’s own story started in

“

I strongly believe that the TV/ film production courses I designed would lead to the provision of skilled manpower that would help the Nigerian economy.

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Nigeria, moving around to six primary schools when he was growing up in a military family. While he was in high school, he got interested in drama and writing. That love was nurtured when he served with the National Youth Service Corps, an organization started by

— Dr. Kolawole Olaiya

Nigeria’s government that involves

AU Professor of English

college graduates in civic duty and national service. He started as an apprentice with Nigeria’s national TV

While Dr. Olaiya’s solo trip was entirely funded by the

service. His work first evolved into writing for discussion

Carnegie Corporation, including room and board, he

programs, and he later moved to drama, where his work

also helped students get needed equipment. Thanks to

caught the attention of management.

contributions from AU departments, Wesley University added six boxes of textbooks to its shelves.

Dr. Olaiya’s talent opened doors to higher education; he attended a training institution for staff and earned a master’s

Dr. Olaiya also inspired several students to apply for grad

degree in English at the University of Maiduguri in Nigeria.

school. He said one student even started a video blog with

Then he studied abroad in other African nations, as well

Dr. Olaiya helping her with a personal gift of a tripod and

as in Europe and North America. He was awarded the

light to improve the quality of her work.

Canadian Commonwealth Scholarship, which enabled him to earn a Ph.D. in drama at the University of Toronto.

He saw a lot of students using what they could to finish assignments. While smartphones are common in Nigeria,

“It’s been a fairly long journey,” he said.

laptops are not, he said. Dr. Olaiya noticed students using the phones to type out assignments—some of them

Since 2015, Dr. Olaiya has taught English composition,

100-120 pages long.

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the youth ent in AU’s Clamp Divinity School and Nathan Foxx is a Master of Divinity stud of the rch in Central, South Carolina. He is part pastor at Bishop Branch Baptist Chu d as a ege of Christian Studies and graduate Fast Track BA+MDiv program in the Coll Christian ministry major in May. the (website) prompt left me with a My time for deliberation was over, and cursor across the screen and paused simple choice: “Yes” or “No.” I moved my , the decision was already made. for one final moment. However, in my mind black “Yes” button set against the Mom and dad watched as I clicked the I watched as I was redirected to a gold backdrop of Anderson’s website. complete! We’ll see you this fall!” page that read, “Enrollment confirmation

school, I knew that the decision That night, during my senior year of high my journey. I felt God calling me to to say “Yes” to AU was the next step in vocational ministry, and Anderson’s AU in many ways. I sensed a calling to ture and focused on equipping future ministry program was rooted in Scrip d campus, I knew it would be a place church leaders. In addition, when I visite ps. Also, the Lord provided me with a where I could foster new, deep friendshi stry n that allowed me to focus on my mini full tuition scholarship through Anderso in cial burden. God placed all the pieces training without being hindered by finan ily r year of high school, with my whole fam position, and that night during my senio “Yes.” gathered around the computer, I said e are decisions race the word “Yes.” Certainly, in life, ther During my time at AU, I learned to emb Holy Spirit must God’s Word and the guidance of the we must choose against. Ultimately, word “Yes.” said, at AU, I learned never to fear the direct believers’ choices. That being

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y ever, it’s up to the individual to seize ever At Anderson, opportunities abound. How own I have seen the power of “Yes” in my opportunity and never let one slip by. d my class for volunteers to come life. I recall a time when a professor aske l church. Two other students lead a youth group devotion at a loca no idea what God and I decided we would try it out. I had race the opportunity, would do with our willingness to emb ever, looking and I was a bit afraid to take it on! How my life would back, I cannot imagine how different opportunity. be if I would have shrugged off that two I visited my youth group for the first time I serve years ago, and by God’s providence, y. as the youth pastor of that church toda I had no idea that when I said “Yes” that day, God was preparing my vocation and my church home.

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My time at Anderson was filled with , stories of God’s providence. However ” it all star ted that day that I said “Yes ent. and star ted my journey as an AU stud be a My professors taught me that I could g. The ministry leader, even though I’m youn me that I loving community around me showed pus ministry, could be an important part of a cam Frisbee field and that I could have fun on an ultimate just met. that I could enjoy time with friends I had All I had to do was say “Yes.”

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Dr. Candace Weddle Livingston, Associate Professor of Art History

AU professor hopes inclusion in prestigious Explorers Club will help AU students study archaeology in Italy

Associate Professor of Art History Dr. Candace Weddle Livingston hopes her acceptance into a prestigious discoverers club will help AU students become explorers too.

the late astronauts John Glenn, Neil Armstrong and Sally Ride, and the late mountaineers Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay.

Earlier this year, Dr. Livingston was named a Fellow in the Explorers Club, a group in New York City dedicated to the advancement of field research and the idea that preserving the instinct to explore is a vital human endeavor. Some of the more prominent members of the club include Prince Philip of Edinburgh and pilot Chuck Yeager, as well as

Founded in the early 1900s, the club includes among its members some of the most prominent names in exploration.

The club’s function, it says, “is to promote scientific exploration of land, sea, air and space by supporting research and education in the physical, natural and biological sciences.”

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Dr. Livingston said her research at an excavation in Italy helped her to qualify for the lifetime membership in the club. And her experiences at that dig are something she hopes to share with students at Anderson University.

Dr. Livingston is working to provide scholarships for students to attend a six-week program in Italy where they will participate in an archaeological dig. The program costs about $6,000 per student. With enough contributions, Dr. Livingston said, she’d like to see a dozen students attend each year.

“One of the purposes of the Explorers Club is to connect explorers who often need money to the people who have money so that they can pursue a project,” she said. “I’d like to do that here as well, and to connect students who may not be able to afford to participate in that program with the opportunity to do so.”

Each year, Dr. Livingston offers students the opportunity to work on an archaeological dig in Italy where, in conjunction with a group from Baylor University, researchers and students have discovered artifacts from the Etruscan culture as well as the medieval period.

These discoveries, some made by AU students, have helped inform the history and archaeological communities about those eras and the culture they had, based on the clues they left behind.

“It certainly taught me a good work ethic,” Webb said.

“Our mornings started at 5 a.m. and some nights, we didn’t go to bed until after 10. They were really long days. But it taught you how to deal with difficult situations and how to communicate with others.”

Webb said the program offers students a way to experience things they might never otherwise be able to experience.

“These types of programs can be very expensive for students,” she said. “When I was given the opportunity to go, even though I was working full-time non-stop for months before we left, I was still short by $700. If Anderson University hadn’t still allowed me to go, I would have missed out on a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Not every student has the resources to go to things like this, and it shouldn’t be that a lack of money should keep them from experiencing it.”

teaches them about more than “ Itjustreally history. It teaches them teamwork dynamics, and how to think creatively and outside of the box.

But participation in the program does more than help the archaeological community, Dr. Livingston said. It helps the students as well.

“It really teaches them about more than just history,” she said. “It teaches them teamwork dynamics, and how to think creatively and outside of the box. It helps them to learn how to use tools and scientific thinking in order to problem solve and communicate. It teaches them so many life skills that they will be able to use after they graduate, regardless of the field they go into.”

Haley Webb agrees. Webb started school at AU in 2015 and has worked to complete her degree while serving in the National Guard. For her, the Italy excavation taught her as much about herself as it did of the culture of the group she was studying.

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— Dr. Candace Weddle Livingston Associate Professor of Art History

Dr. Livingston said she hopes to provide more archaeology courses to AU students in the future. But for now, she’s focused on providing access to more students to participate in a program that can not only alter their lives, but alter our understanding of the world around us.

Anyone interested in supporting student scholarships for the Italian excavation program can send checks to The South Carolina School of the Arts or to the AU Development Office at 316 Boulevard, Anderson, SC 29621. Make checks payable to “Anderson University” with the notation “Friends of Art and Design Fund: Archaeology” in the memo line. Contributions can also be made online at www.AndersonUniversity.edu/giving/online and designate “Archaeology” in the notes field.

For more information about the program or the scholarship fund, contact Dr. Candace Weddle Livingston at 864.622.6039, or by e-mail at clivingston@andersonuniversity.edu.

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South Carolina School of the Arts graduate

conceives, creates visual experiences for high-end clothing and home furnishing retailer North Carolina native Lydia Turbeville graduated from

Every season, she’s tasked with a theme from Anthropologie

The South Carolina School of the Arts in 2016. She earned

corporate. Sometimes there’s a prototype to follow; other

a BA in art with a concentration in painting and drawing,

times she has more freedom to develop her own concepts,

as well as a minor in art history. While she wasn’t sure

which is a challenge she embraces.

exactly where her career path would lead, there were a few things she did know: she loves creating with all sorts of

“AU professors taught me how to translate big ideas and

mediums; she enjoys being a studio artist but doesn’t want

concepts into physical work,” she said.

to be that exclusively; and she wants to teach but later in Associate Professor of Art Michael Marks isn’t surprised

her career.

Turbeville is excelling in the position.

Within the year, the manager of the Anthropologie store in Greenville, South Carolina, reached out to her about a

“Lydia was a fantastic student—one who went above and

Display Experience Lead position; an AU professor knew

beyond in everything she did. She also understands the

the store manager and had recommended Turbeville for

studio is a place where artists are solving problems, asking

the job. After an simultaneously exciting and nerve-racking

questions, and learning how to improve,” he said.

interview process that involved creating a diorama with $10 worth of materials, she landed the job in May 2017.

“ AU professors taught me how to translate

The position, which is unique for a large retail corporation, challenges her to create

— Lydia Turbeville Class of 2016

window and in-store displays that reflect not only Anthropologie’s aesthetic but also focus on the handmade and the artist’s touch. She draws on the things she learned at AU daily in the on-site

AU’s art and design program encourages students to think

workshop where she designs and executes projects that involve

creatively and critically. Marks explains that the classes

sketching, painting, cloth dying and even carpentry.

stress traditional elements of art and principles of design while folding in conceptual solutions as well. He also

“There was a strong emphasis on craftsmanship and basic

strives to make his classes relevant to contemporary topics

techniques like color mixing and using X-Acto knives,”

and issues.

Turbeville said, “and thanks to the rigor of AU’s art program, I’m also very comfortable working in a studio,

“I urge my students to be deliberate in their usage of

balancing priorities, and meeting deadlines.”

materials and consider that they have a history and convey meaning that isn’t accidental,” he says.

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big ideas and concepts into physical work.

Lydia Turbeville, Class of 2016 | Photo Credit: Tara Ashton

For Turbeville, it wasn’t just these facets that made her

“We went to Pompeii and got to see them digging—they’re

education so enriching.

still finding things at the site. It’s so fascinating,” she says.

Her future plans involve going to graduate school to study

“The professors are all practicing artists who are connected

archaeology and do field work.

to the larger arts community outside of the university,” she says. This helped her gain a wider view of how art fits into

“I love learning about the souls of cultures through their

society and what being a working artist looks like.

art,” she says.

She also draws regularly on the art history knowledge she

Now at Anthropologie, Turbeville learns from the constant

gained at school as she develops displays, most recently

changes and challenges the job involves. Says Turbeville:

weaving Art Deco elements into a design, and looks forward

“It’s the most intense work I’ve ever done.

to learning more about art history and artifacts. She discovered the beauty of archaeology several years ago on a two-week trip to Italy organized by AU faculty.

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piano lab in Thrift Library named for

local pianist and alumna Cathy Davis Bell

For any student coming through The South Carolina School of the Arts, the digital piano lab in the Thrift Library can be a creative haven for learning and composing on the piano.

It’s just the type of place Cathy Davis Bell would have loved.

Earlier this year, the digital piano lab was named after Cathy Davis Bell in a ceremony that heralded the local pianist’s talents as a musician.

The Cathy Davis Bell Music Technology Lab recognizes Bell’s love for her alma mater and for her work as a church pianist for over 50 years.

them compose. As a requirement for any music student in the school, learning the piano in the digital piano lab helps the students learn using a digital piano keyboard. Software on the digital pianos helps students play and hear their work played back to them. The instructors can also tune in individually to each student’s work to help them on an individual basis.

“ Cathy Bell was an amazing pianist in the

“Cathy Bell was an amazing pianist in the area for many, many years,” said Dr. David Larson, Dean of The South Carolina School of the Arts. “This was an opportunity for her husband to memorialize her in a meaningful way.”

area for many, many years. This was an opportunity for her husband to memorialize her in a meaningful way.

Her husband, Dwayne Bell with Marsh Bell Construction, has long been a friend of Anderson University, said Wayne Landrith, Senior Vice President for Development and Presidential Affairs. Marsh Bell Construction was the company that built Thrift Library, Landrith said.

Both Dwayne and Cathy Bell were pianists, sometimes playing organ and piano together at their church. Cathy Bell played piano for West Gantt First Baptist Church in Greenville for 26 years and at Augusta Heights Baptist Church, also in Greenville, for 14 years.

Dwayne Bell approached the university not long after Cathy Bell’s passing in July 2016 about naming the digital lab, located on the second floor of Thrift Library, after his wife, as a way to honor her and her service to the Lord, Landrith said.

The lab provides students with a dozen digital pianos where they can learn not only how to play the piano, but also help

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— Dr. David Larson Dean of The South Carolina School of the Arts

Dr. Larson said the lab plays a vital academic function in the school by providing students with an opportunity to learn not only the basics, but also composition, sound mixing, or just the opportunity to listen to music played through the system.

Naming opportunities on campus exist to honor or memorialize a loved one with a connection to Anderson University. Many more naming opportunities will be announced as the university enters a new capital campaign in the near future, Landrith said.

For more information about naming areas within Anderson University, contact Wayne Landrith in the Office of Development at wlandrith@andersonuniversity.edu or by phone at 864.231.2025.

Family and friends present at event to honor Cathy Bell.

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Experiences in South Carolina and at Anderson University have helped Margaret Sanders fine-tune her poetic voice.

Now her poetry about those experiences has been published in America’s Best Emerging Poets: An Anthology, a new poetry collection by Z Publishing. The book focuses on getting young writers published, Sanders said, and is just the latest step in getting her work on life in the South published to a broader audience.

Her poem, “Marsh Grass Rose” takes readers to a moment in time—a memory, she said, of a moment shared with her husband, then her boyfriend.

“ I first began to write poetry in high

school, when I took a poetry class and realized how much I enjoyed it.

It felt like an organized way in which I could talk about emotional or beautiful things, when regular words or thoughts did not feel adequate.

— Margaret Sanders

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AU Alumna

“It was one of those beautiful moments in time you don’t want to forget, but that passes so quickly. We were in Charleston at the pier just as the sun was sinking into the sea, and the lights in the harbor began to blink on,” she said. “He bought me a rose made out of marsh grass from a girl selling them nearby, and that rose seemed like such a metaphor—something that would, like my 2 6 | A LU M N I N E W S

memory of the night, eventually fade away. Which, of course, is why I think that poetry is so important—it allows those moments to be immortalized.”

Writing about the South is where Sanders’ passion lies.

Another poem, a remembrance about the passing of her grandfather, was published recently in South Carolina’s Best Emerging Poets.

“ At AU I learned that I have a unique perspective on life—we all do—and I learned how to convey that story through writing… AU’s English program was so fantastic—I think it is the best-kept secret at AU… my years at AU were so nourishing, building, and encouraging.

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— Margaret Sanders AU Alumna

“I grew up in South Carolina and moved to Germany for three years right after college. Living in and out of South Carolina has allowed me to have a unique perspective on what Southern-ness is, with all its good and bad parts,” she said.

“I’ve done some travel writing, written a few sort of philosophical or thoughtful pieces and done some blogging. I think that my poetry influences all of these by showing me the richness of the world around me. Writing about a night at the opera in Paris can be as poetic in a travel magazine as it can be in a novel; you just have to know what language to use.”

“I first began writing poetry in high school, when I took a poetry class and realized how much I enjoyed it,” Sanders said. “It felt like an organized way in which I could talk about emotional or beautiful things, when regular words or thoughts did not feel adequate.”

Sanders said she and her family moved to Anderson from her native Columbia, South Carolina, when she was 14. After taking several classes at Anderson University during her junior and senior years in high school, Sanders said she fell in love with the school. Once on campus as a freshman, she found her love for English, and it was in AU’s English department that she found her voice and passion.

“My time under Dr. (Wayne) Cox, as well as the other English teachers at AU, gave me a voice with which to tell my story,” she said. “At AU I learned that I have a unique perspective on life—we all do—and I learned how to convey that story through writing. AU’s English program was so fantastic; I think it is the best-kept secret at AU. My years at AU were so nourishing, building, and encouraging.”

When she’s not writing, Sanders is creating art in other ways, she said. She has an art studio in her home, teaches art and has an Etsy business.

“My poetry teacher at AU, the fantastic Dr. Wayne Cox, always said that poetry and painting are sister-arts,” she said.

“I couldn’t agree more, and I rely on both to influence the other and to keep me creatively fresh. When I get stuck on one, I can generally get inspired again by the other.”

America’s Best Emerging Poets: An Anthology can be purchased on Amazon.com for $14.99.

Sanders’ work has also been published in Ivy Leaves, Anderson University’s annual publication of student literature and art, as well as in anthologies through the Foothills Writers Guild in Anderson. Her love of poetry started in her teen years.

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Jason’s COLUMN

By jason rutland, Associate Vice President for Alumni & Parent Engagement

What difference does our U.S. News & World Report ranking make?

The better question: “Will you help us raise it? ”

As I decided to attend Anderson in 1999, I had no idea how U.S. News & World Report determined its school rankings.

When I graduated in 2003, I also wondered 1) how AU’s future rankings would affect me as a graduate, and 2) what is the positive impact of a good ranking? The answers to these questions are as follows: 1) The rankings impact us in many ways. 2) The positive impact of a good ranking is multifaceted.

What you do receive from a good U.S. News & World Report ranking is validation of the choice that you made to attend an

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Anderson this year continued rising up the ranks of U.S. News & World Report’s “Best Colleges” list, coming in at No. 65 among regional universities in the South in rankings released this year.

Anderson ranked No. 73 in last year’s rankings. In 2016, AU moved into the ranking’s more competitive “Regional University” category; previously, Anderson was among the top 20 in the publication’s best “Regional Colleges” in the South list.

One way that you can help to see our ranking continue to rise is to give back to your institution. It is not about the amount of money, but the fact that you are participating in your alma mater’s future direction. U.S. News & World Report uses alumni giving participation as one key component in ranking institutions. When you choose to — Mr. Jason Rutland “Light the Journey” by contributing to the Associate Vice President for Alumni & Parent Engagement Anderson Fund, U.S. News & World Report takes notice that you are not standing on the sidelines. They recognize you as a key institution years earlier. It shows that this wonderful place contributor in what is happening at AU. The ranking does not that we call Anderson (“College” or “University” is up to you, factor in the amount of your gift but the fact that you gave to but U.S. News & World Report lists “Anderson University”) support the school. Please join this Class of 2003 graduate is on a constant trajectory upward. This upward climb in in moving forward an institution that directly shaped much the rankings helps you not only in personal validation but of our early lives and has indirectly molded who we are today. also every time you list the school on your resume, CV or Long Live Anderson! beside your name. It helps the generations of past, present Thank you, and future in the way that they are perceived regarding Jason Rutland their education.

Associate Vice President for Alumni & Parent Engagement

When you choose to “Light the Journey” by contributing to the Anderson Fund, U.S. News & World Report takes notice that you are not standing on the sidelines.

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Because our students are worth your investment.

Gifts to the Anderson Fund help the university provide life-changing scholarships for our students.

The Anderson Fund helps pay for computer and laboratory equipment, course development, art exhibitions, athletic enhancements, theatrical performances, library books, student mission trips and so much more, that all have a positive impact on students. The Anderson Fund literally touches the lives of thousands of students each year and provides hope to our world as Anderson University sends forth inspired Christian leaders and servants who will make a difference in their local communities where they will live, work and serve.

Make your gift today with the enclosed envelope or go to AndersonUniversity.edu/giving/online.

You may also contact our Office of Development at 864.231.2147.

Anderson University does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or religion in its programs and activities. Please direct inquiries to Dr. Beverly Rice McAdams, Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion/Title IX Administrator, Merritt Administration Building, 3rd floor, 316 Boulevard, Anderson, South Carolina, 29621, (864) 231-2126, bmcadams@andersonuniversity.edu or to the Office of Civil Rights, U.S. Department of Education at 1-800-421-3481 or ocr@ed.gov.

athletic news...

Trojans in motion!

anonymous contributor finances new AU locker rooms Players might never want to leave the newly renovated locker rooms for AU’s men’s and women’s basketball teams.

“We want this to be like a basketball home,” said Dr. Bert Epting, vice president for athletics. “They can change, hang out, watch TV, nap and do their school work here.”

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The old locker rooms, located in the Abney Athletic Center, were in serious need of an overhaul. Seeing that need, an anonymous donor stepped forward with $50,000 in funding toward the renovation costs, which totaled $150,000.

“This anonymous donor has supported athletics on multiple occasions,” Dr. Epting said. “He and his wife

are all about investing in future generations, and they believe Anderson University and specifically the Athletic Department are a vessel for that.”

Wayne Landrith, senior vice president for development and Presidential Affairs, is deeply appreciative of the generosity of contributors. “We are very grateful to our circle of supporters for these critical athletic projects,”

he said. “We have an outstanding basketball staff, and now we have exquisite locker rooms to match. These types of campus improvements are helping us realize our vision of being a premier place of learning and extend the university’s outstanding basketball heritage.”

The result of the renovations is impressive. The old locker rooms were gutted to make way for new lighting, paint, (Continued on page 34)

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ceiling tiles and gray hardwood-look floors, as well as new bathroom areas and showers. The showpieces are the new lockers, custom-made light wood cabinetry ordered specifically for the space. There are 17 new lockers in the men’s area, 15 in the women’s, the number based on coaches’ requests. The lockers feature black, padded seats and charging stations for phones and computers, plus full storage and space for hanging clothes.

There is also a common area with a media center that has a flat-screen TV and whiteboards, wireless internet and a new team space with couches and high-top tables.

Everything is made of ecofriendly material that won’t mildew and are branded with Trojan helmets in black and gold.

have an outstanding basketball “ We staff, and now we have exquisite locker rooms to match. These types of campus improvements are helping us realize our vision of being a premier place of learning and extend the university’s outstanding basketball heritage.

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— Wayne Landrith

Senior Vice President for Development and Presidential Affairs

“The opportunity to invest in our facility will inevitably have a great impact on recruiting,” Dr. Epting said.

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“We take a recruit into our locker room with its great new technologies and branding, and it shows we care about athletics and student-athletes. We’re in a strong basketball conference; you have to have resources to compete in the top four.”

Other recent improvements in athletics include new playing surface for the baseball field, lights on the soccer field and a remodeled locker room for women’s volleyball.

want this to be like a basketball “ We home,” said Dr. Bert Epting, Vice President for Athletics. “They can change, hang out, watch TV, nap, and do their school work here.

— Dr. Bert Epting

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Vice President for Athletics

Looking ahead, there are many possible improvements, such as upgrades to the Athletic Campus and a new turf field and locker rooms for soccer, as well as an increase in athletic scholarships.

To contribute to the AU Athletic Department, you can make a gift online at AndersonUniversity.edu/giving/online. Or contact Dr. Bert Epting at bepting@andersonuniversity.edu or 864.231.2023.

Facing page left to right: Makayla Green, Taylor Hair, Erin Cepeda

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Alexis Dillard

Former Women’s Basketball Standout to Play Professionally in Europe Former Anderson University women’s basketball player Alexis Dillard signed a contract in September to play professionally in Malta. The Taylors, S.C., native inked with Luxol, and joined the team in mid-September.

Just three games into Dillard’s senior season, her dream of playing professional basketball was almost shattered.

In the midst of a career night against nonconference-rival Erskine, she landed awkwardly after securing a rebound and suffered a season-ending knee injury.

But Dillard’s determination paid off and she returned for a final season as a graduate student to cap off an amazing career. She earned South Atlantic Conference Defensive

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Nicole Razor

Player of the Year and First-Team All-SouthAtlantic Conference honors. Dillard was named the SAC Scholar Athlete of the Year and the Anderson University Female Scholar Athlete of the Year in her final year wearing the Black and Gold.

Razor Promoted to Associate Head Women’s Basketball Coach Nicole Razor was promoted to Associate Head Women’s Basketball Coach for the Trojans in early September after serving two seasons as an assistant.

Razor played basketball at Elon and earned the team’s Most Improved Award in 2013, During her senior year with the Phoenix, Razor assisted in preparing scouting reports and scouting edits for game preparation.

Joey Eskridge

Abigail Bozarth

As a student-athlete, Razor carried a 3.33 grade point

250th combined win at the helm of the Trojan program.

average while majoring in Psychology with a minor

In his 11th season as head coach, Eskridge has won two

in Exercise Science. Razor earned a spot on Elon’s

conference tournaments, one regular-season championship

President’s Academic List in 2015 and was a recipient of

and has led his team to the NCA A tournament three times.

the Phillips-Perry Black Excellence Award. She has taken

Eskridge has mentored two All-Americans, two Academic

part in the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association’s

All-Americans and a pair of South Atlantic Conference

(WBCA) “So You Want to Be A Coach” program, which

Scholar Athletes of the Year. The women’s team was ranked

gives prospective coaches a way to network with current

in 2012 for the first time in school history at the NCA A

coaches from across the country.

level and won its first regular-season SAC Championship in program history under Eskridge.

Razor earned her bachelor’s degree from Elon and earned her master’s in business administration from Anderson

On the academic side, the women’s program has won the

University in May 2018.

Dr. Shirley Jacks Academic Excellence Award eight out of

Eskridge Wins 250th Combined Career Match With the women’s tennis team’s victory over Columbia College, AU Director of Tennis Joey Eskridge captured his

the last 14 semesters. The men’s program won the award for the fall semester of 2017—becoming the first men’s program to earn the honor.

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Logan Horning

Women’s Cross Country Paced by five upperclassmen and three all-conference performers among 10 returning letterwinners from a season ago, the women’s cross country team is looking to earn its second-straight appearance in the NCA A Championship after becoming the first AU squad—men’s or women’s—to capture a berth on the national stage a year ago.

Grayson Bell

and narrowly missing out on earning the program’s first appearance in the NCA A National Championships, the Trojan men’s squad was picked to finish third in the SAC Preseason Coaches’ Poll. This year’s roster includes nine returning letterwinners, with five true freshmen, eight sophomores and one junior.

One of those true freshmen, Logan Horning, notched a first-place finish in his first collegiate outing when the

The Trojans were tabbed to finish second in the 2018

Trojans won the Southern Wesleyan Warrior Invitational in

South Atlantic Conference Preseason Coaches’ Poll, just

September. The Daytona Beach, Florida native paced three

behind two-time defending league champion Queens, and

Trojan runners in the top-four slots and six of the top eight

has consistently been ranked among the top three teams in

spots. He was named AstroTurf SAC Men’s Cross Country

the Southeast Region by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross

Runner of the Week on the heels of his winning performance.

Country Coaches Association’s (USTFCCCA). Led by senior Abigail Bozarth’s first-place finish, AU got off to a fast start by winning the Southern Wesleyan Warrior Invitational. Trojan runners captured the top five spots and seven of the top nine slots, with Bozarth going on to earn AstroTurf South Atlantic Conference Women’s Cross Country Runner of the Week accolades.

Men’s Cross Country

Men’s Golf The Trojans opened their fall schedule with three top six finishes, including a second-place finish at the King University Invitational. Senior Grayson Bell fired a two-day 4-under-par 136 to win the 36-hole tournament. Bell entered the final round in a threeway tie for first, but posted five birdies on the final day to capture the one-shot victory over Belmont Abbey’s

After finishing among the upper echelon at both the SAC

Maurizio DeBono, King’s Alex Bradford and North

Championship and at the NCA A Regionals last season

Greenville’s Evans Lewis.

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Jayln Knight

Women’s Golf School records fell as the Trojans claimed their second straight AU Invitational title in mid-September. After setting program records twice last season, AU posted a program-record round of 293 on the final day, which

Zachary Cain

home win streak to more than 20 consecutive matches and entered the second half of its conference schedule as one of 17 teams in the nation with two or fewer losses on the season.

Men’s Soccer

bettered their old school record by two strokes. Junior Kate

Senior Cameron Emerson was named Preseason First-team

Hill rallied from five strokes off the pace to post a school-

All-South Atlantic Conference after starting 17 matches

record 4-under-par 68 and win individual honors.

for the Trojans a season ago. The native of Auckland, New Zealand, scored two goals and tallied four assists and earned

Volleyball Anderson University, the defending regular-season South Atlantic Conference Champion, was tabbed to finish second in the SAC Preseason Coaches’ Poll, with senior Jayln

Second-Team All-SAC honors following the 2017 season.

Newest Men’s Soccer Recruit Already Having an Impact

Knight and the junior duo of Kathryn Hughes and Emily

Just prior to the season, the men’s soccer team landed a

Conlin also earning Preseason All-South Atlantic

top-rated local recruit who has brought excitement and

Conference honors.

enthusiasm, along with perspective, to this year’s squad.

The Trojans got off to the best start in school history and

Zachary Cain, a nine-year-old from Easley, S.C., who is

have reached the 20-win plateau for the second straight

battling ongoing Severe Intracranial Pressure, announced

season and the third time in five years, while posting 19

his intention to become a part of AU’s team at a news

wins in both 2013 and 2016.

conference in August at the Abney Athletic Center. The grade-schooler signed a “national letter of intent” thanks to

While consistently ranking among the nation’s leaders in

a national organization called Team IMPACT, a nonprofit

several statistical categories, the Trojans extended their

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Megan Foster

with children facing serious and chronic illnesses. As a team member, Zachary has attended Trojan practices, games, team dinners, events and more.

Women’s Soccer

Matthew Finley

Finley Named to NCAA Division II Committee for Legislative Relief In late September, Senior Associate Director of Athletics for Compliance Matthew Finley was named to the prestigious NCA A Division II Committee for Legislative Relief.

The Trojans returned 22 players, including 10 seniors from last year’s squad that reached the semifinals of the

Members are elected to the five-member committee based

South Atlantic Conference Tournament for the third

on their knowledge of Division II rules and regulations

straight year a season ago.

(primarily in amateurism, recruiting, transfers and financial aid), and their experience as an administrator in

Senior Megan Foster and sophomore Melanie Maddox were

intercollegiate athletics, including at least three years at a

each named to the Preseason Second-Team All-Conference

Division II institution or conference.

squad. Foster was an All-SAC Honorable Mention selection following her freshman campaign in 2015, while Maddox

The committee serves as the final decision-making body for

was an All-SAC Tournament selection following her

any waiver requests in situations where no other committee,

freshman year in 2016 and was named Honorable Mention

subcommittee or conference has the authority to act. The

All-SAC last season.

committee grants relief of legislation when extenuating circumstances exist or may determine that relief should not

The Trojans overcame a sluggish start in September against

be granted and also may impose conditions when relief of

top-notch opponents and won their first four conference

the legislation is granted.

matches, including an overtime win against Queens, which had never lost to the Trojans. With that victory, AU improved to 4-0 in SAC action for the first time since joining the conference in 2010.

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