UAM Magazine (Autumn 2018)

AUTUMN 2018

The University of Arkansas at Monticello

14 The Accidental Teacher

Behind The Camera

The Passing Of A Legend

Hall of Fame Inductees

C H A NC E L L OR’S | ME S S AGE

As I begin my third autumn at UAM, I am excited by the changes taking place on campus and the promising future of an institution I have grown to love. On September 11, Governor Asa Hutchinson formally dedicated our Student Success Center, a facility that will serve as the centerpiece of our Student Success Initiative. This wonderful facility will make it easier and more convenient for students going through the admissions process. Our expanded testing, academic advising and tutoring offices should have a dramatic impact on our efforts to retain and graduate students. And if you weren’t already aware, the Student Success Center is home to a Chick-fil-A restaurant, which is a hit with our students and the community at large.

On the same day we dedicated the Student Success Center, we also unveiled a new University Police Sta-

tion, which will also serve as a welcome center to campus. Those new facilities, combined with freshly repaved roads throughout campus give UAM a whole new look for 2018, a look that extends beyond buildings and roads. We have just completed a year-long

look and messaging for a variety of audiences. You will begin to see those changes in future university publications and recruitment materials as well

For information, you may contact:

as online communications.

I am pleased to welcome three outstanding individuals to our senior

Jeff Weaver, Vice Chancellor for Advancement

leadership team – Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration Alex

(870) 460-1328 / weaver@uamont.edu

Becker, Vice Chancellor for Student Engagement Moses Goldmon, and Vice

Michael Owens, Associate Vice Chancellor for Alumni and Communication Strategies

Chancellor for Advancement Jeff Weaver. I look forward to their input and ideas as we move forward.

ON THE COVER:

Chancellor Karla Hughes’ dream became a reality with the completion of the Student Success Center.

rebranding process with the Simpson Scarborough agency to update our

Please make plans to join us for Homecoming October 18-20. The UAM Sports Hall of Fame will induct the

Class of 2018 on Thursday, October 18; we will honor the 2018 recipients of the Alumni Award for Achievement and Merit on Friday, October 19; and we will have a full schedule of events on Saturday, October 20, culminating

(870) 460-1028 / owens@uamont.edu

Lisa Jo Ross, Alumni /Development Officer (870) 460-1028 / rosslj@uamont.edu

with a football game between UAM and Oklahoma Baptist. A complete Homecoming schedule may be found on If you want to find out what’s happening

page 5 of this magazine.

on campus, or want to contact us about

When you come to campus, please take time to walk through the Student Success Center. We’re proud of our

progress and I think you will be, too.

something significant that’s happened in your life, check out our website at www. uamont.edu. (Parents, if your son or daughter at-

Best Wishes,

tended UAM and is no longer living at this address, please notify our office of

Karla Hughes, Ph.D.

his or her new address. Thank you.)

Professor and Chancellor

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The Accidental Teacher

Saying Goodbye

A Legend Passes

Hall of Fame

Chris Sims had no plans to become a teacher, but fate and a love of duck hunting brought him to UAM. Now he’s the Hornaday Award winner.

When Jim Brewer came to UAM in 1978, he intended to stay a couple of years. Four decades later, the man behind the camera finally steps down.

UAM lost a friend, mentor and coach with the passing of Alvy Early. His legacy lives on in the lives of the young women he coached.

Two All-Americans, a do-itall quarterback, a high school coaching icon and a legendary team comprise the Hall of Fame’s Class of 2018.

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The Black Bear Makes A Comeback A UAM scientist studies the success of a relocation program that has brought bears back to Arkansas.

ONCE COMMON THROUGHOUT THE

Professor of Wildlife Ecology in UAM’s

Restoration Act administered by the U.S.

bottomland hardwood forests of eastern

College of Forestry, Agriculture and

Fish and Wildlife Service for wildlife

Arkansas and neighboring states, the

Natural Resources. He is also a wildlife

restoration programs and hunter educa-

native black bear was nearly eradicated

ecologist with the University of Arkan-

tion.

by the early decades of the 20th century,

sas System Division of Agriculture’s Ar-

experts say.

kansas Forest Resources Center located

of barbed wire, White said. The barbed

at UAM.

wire is nailed to trees about knee high

southeast Arkansas, thanks in part to

He is the principle investigator in a

above ground level. Bears attracted to

relocation efforts, but the degree of their

study funded by a $338,000 grant from

a scent lure placed in the center of the

success is unknown. To find out, wildlife

the Arkansas Game and Fish Commis-

corral often leave hair samples on the

ecologist Don White plans to deploy bear

sion.

barbs.

hair snares.

provided by the Federal Aid in Wildlife

The bears have bounced back in

White is the James M. White Endowed

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About 75 percent of the grant is

A bear hair snare is a circular corral

White’s collaborators on the project,

Marla Douglas and Michael Douglas of

C A MP US | NE W S Dr. Don White (below) collects hair samples from a black bear in the Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge west of Crossett in Ashley County.

source for repopulation efforts in other areas, White said. From 2000 to 2007, there were 55 adult female bears with 116 cubs taken from the White River Refuge and relocated to the Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge in Ashley County.

Bear survival rates at Felsenthal

were generally high. Homing rates, the tendency to return to the area where they come from, were low, White said. Radio-tracking ended in 2003 and the number of bears, the population growth rate, and the level of success of the reintroduction program are unknown.

Meanwhile, black bears in the

Ouachita Mountains of western Arkansas are expanding their range southward and eastward and may have immigrated as far southeast as the Felsenthal Refuge. The Ouachita bears are genetically kansas population of Ursus americanus was reduced to less than 50 individual bears in the Lower Mississippi River Alluvial Valley — often referred to, erroneously, as “the Delta.”

Most of those surviving bears were

in the area now known as the Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge, which begins south of Clarendon in Monroe County and follows the White River nearly to its confluence with the Mississippi River.

Black bears in the White River Refuge

have recovered since the 1940s, but the bear population in southeast Arkansas the University of Arkansas’ Fulbright

is fragmented, small, and susceptible to

College of Arts and Sciences, will extract

human activities, White said.

DNA from the hair samples for analysis.

White will use DNA analysis to es-

colonizers of vacant habitat,” White

timate genetic diversity and popula-

said, “because female bears typically

tion abundance and density of bears

do not disperse from the home ranges

in eastern and southern Arkansas. He

of their mothers.”

also wants to see if animals from the

Ouachita Mountains or other habitats

are also fragmented by land cleared for

are contributing to a relocated popula-

agriculture.

tion in the Felsenthal National Wildlife

Bear survival, homing rates

Refuge.

uge recovered sufficiently to serve as a

By about 1940, White said, the Ar-

“Black bears are considered poor

White said the forests in that area

The bears on the White River Ref-

distinct from their eastern neighbors and the extent to which they may be contributing to the bear population in southeast Arkansas is unknown.

White plans to set out the barbwire

snares over the summers of 2018 and 2019.

The focus areas for the study will be

the Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge and the Felsenthal National Wildlife Refuge, White said. But it will also include adjacent areas of public and private land in the Lower Mississippi River Alluvial Valley and West Gulf Coastal Plain of Arkansas.

In addition to Marla Douglas and

Michael Douglas, White’s collaborators include Christopher Watt, Arkansas Forest Resources Center program technician, Joseph Clark, research ecologist for the Southern Appalachian Research Branch of the Northern Rocky Mountain Science Center; and Myron Means, large carnivore program coordinator for the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.

(Story by Fred Miller, science editor at the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture, Division of Agriculture Communications)

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Forestry-Agri Merger The College of Forestry, Agriculture and Natural Resources means shared resources and stronger programs.

THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT Monticello is merging its academic programs in agriculture, forestry and natural resources.

The School of Forestry and Natural

Resources and the School of Agriculture will now be the College of Forestry, Agriculture and Natural Resources. The merger was formally approved recently by the UA System Board of Trustees.

Dr. Philip Tappe, who will serve as

dean of the newly-formed college, said the decision to merge will “strengthen both programs and allow us to share resources that will increase opportunities in agriculture, forestry and natural resources to best benefit our students.”

Forestry and agriculture students will benefit from shared resources.

According to Tappe, there will be no

significant curriculum changes in the

short term and no faculty positions will

culture have close ties to the UA System’s

the agriculture classes. “This will pro-

be lost. “Long term, we’ll be looking for

Division of Agriculture. With the merger,

vide access to more resources and sup-

ways to leverage our combined resourc-

the Division of Agriculture will maintain

port staff than they had as a stand-alone

es,” Tappe explained. “There are many

its agriculture extension component in

unit,” he explained.

shared interests among the agriculture,

Monticello but agriculture research will

consolidating faculty, staff and students

forestry, and other natural resources

be led by UAM faculty and administered

will facilitate increased collaboration

disciplines, and this merger opens up

through the university. According to

among faculty and enhance student

new, exciting opportunities for enhanc-

Tappe, UAM will continue to maintain a

diversity and interactions. The College

ing student learning experiences.”

beef cattle herd for research and teach-

of Forestry, Agriculture and Natural

UAM Chancellor Karla Hughes called

ing in the animal science program. For-

Resources will continue to utilize the

the merger a “significant step in bring-

estry and natural resource management

agriculture building for some classes

ing similar disciplines under one um-

research will continue to be conducted

and laboratories. Moving forward, we

brella, which I believe will have a positive

through the Arkansas Forest Resources

will be exploring the potential for reno-

impact on our students. Our programs in

Center, a UA System Center of Excellence

vation and space use in the agriculture

agriculture and forestry have established

administered through the Division of

building to provide additional capacity

reputations for excellence and by bring-

Agriculture.

for teaching and research. I’m excited

ing them together we are strengthening

According to Tappe, agriculture fac-

about the future direction of these pro-

both.”

ulty will move to the Chamberlin Forest

grams. In the end, our students are the

Resources Complex along with many of

winners.”

UAM’s programs in forestry and agri-

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“Additionally,

HOMECOMING 2018 October 18-20 October 18 – Sports Hall of Fame The 19th annual UAM Sports Hall of Fame will be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday, October 18 in the University Center. Tickets are $35 and may be purchased by calling the Athletic Department at (870) 460-1058.

October 19 – Alumni Golf / Homecoming Dinner Alumni Golf Tournament at Monticello Country Club, 1:00 p.m., Reception at 6:00. Homecoming dinner, 6:30 p.m. on Friday, October 19, Location to be announced.

October 20 – Reunions Reunions scheduled for Saturday, October 20 include the African-American Alumni Breakfast (8:30 Capitol Room, U.C.), Alpha Sigma Alpha Sorority (9:00 U.C. Gallery) and Queens Brunch (10:00 U.C. Green Room).

October 20 – Tailgating at Weevil Pond Starting at 11 a.m. on Saturday, October 20. Among the groups hosting parties are the 1988 and 1993 football teams, Alpha Phi Alpha, Alpha Sigma Alpha, Kappa Alpha, and Sigma Tau Gamma.

October 20 – Walk of Champions At 12:30 Head Coach Hud Jackson and the Boll Weevils will walk through the tailgate area on the Walk of Champions and the Homecoming Parade, featuring the UAM Marching Band.

October 20 – Pregame Festivities At 2:30 p.m., we’ll introduce the Homecoming Court and crown the 2018 Homecoming Queen. At 3 p.m., the Boll Weevils will take on Oklahoma Baptist University in the 86th annual Homecoming football game.

Autumn 2018

UAM Night

At the Ballpark

UAM Magazine

7 DICKEY-STEPHENS PARK, NORTH LITTLE ROCK / JULY 12, 2018

Hot Dogs, Burgers and Baseball Make for a Great Evening! 1. The Newtons and Beckers (from left, front) Cade and Brooks Newton, Bliss and Lilah Becker, (standing, from left) Sara and Jeff Newton, Alex and Amy Becker. 2. A young fan enjoys an ice cream bar. 3. Dr. Moses Goldmon, UAMâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new vice chancellor for student engagement. 4. Amelia and Price Boney. 5. Scott Saffold (right) visits with David and Tracy Streeter. 6. (From left) Barrett Streeter, Maria Bowden, Tracy Streeter, Chancellor Karla Hughes, David Streeter and William Streeter. 7. The Ross family (from left) - Colby, Chelsey (holding Connor), Steve, Carson and Amber. 8. Carrie and Al Taylor.

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Weaver joins the UAM administra-

tion from National Park College in Hot Springs, where he served as vice president for external affairs. In addition to fund-raising, Weaver will lead university initiatives in governmental relations, alumni relations and technology.

A Dumas native and a UAM graduate,

Weaver holds a bachelor of arts degree in political science from UAM and a master’s in public administration from UALR.

Weaver spent 11 years as a staff

member for two U.S. Senators and two U.S. Congressmen in Arkansas. In 2005, he became the district director for the Fourth Congressional District of Arkan-

(From left) Moses Goldmon, Alex Becker and Jeff Weaver.

sas for Congressman Mike Ross, a post he held until 2012 when Ross decided not to seek re-election. Weaver then served as the campaign manager for

New Campus Leaders

U.S. Senator Mark Pryor’s unsuccessful

Dr. Moses Goldmon, Alex Becker and Jeff Weaver join Chancellor Karla Hughes’ Executive Council as UAM’s new Vice Chancellors.

a star wide receiver on the Boll Weevil

re-election campaign in 2014.

A Pine Bluff native, Goldmon was

football team in the early 1980s. He comes to UAM from a position as executive vice president and chaplain at Lane

THERE’S A NEW LEADERSHIP TEAM AT UAM. ALEX BECKER, JEFF WEAVER AND DR. MOSES

College in Jackson, Tenn.

Goldmon are the newest members of Chancellor Karla Hughes’ Executive Council.

Goldmon holds a bachelor of science

Becker, was recently appointed vice chancellor for finance and administration and will

degree in health and physical educa-

serve as UAM’s chief financial officer. Weaver has assumed the duties of vice chancellor for

tion from UAM, a master of science in

advancement and will serve as the university’s chief fund-raising officer. Goldmon was re-

sports administration from Iowa State

cently named vice chancellor for student engagement and will lead the university’s programs

and an educational doctorate from the

in enrollment management, student programs and activities, student health, counseling and

University of Tennessee-Knoxville. He

testing, and residence life.

also holds a master of religious educa-

tion degree from Shaw University.

Becker, Weaver and Goldmon join Dr. Peggy Doss, vice chancellor for academic affairs, to

complete the university’s Executive Council.

Goldmon was executive director of

“I am pleased to welcome each of these individuals to our senior leadership team,” said

the East Tennessee Area Health Educa-

Hughes. “They have each demonstrated a high level of competence in their respective fields

tion Center before accepting a position

and the willingness to go the extra mile to help us achieve the goal of making UAM a model

as associate director of the North Caro-

open access institution. I am excited to have their input in the important decisions that must

lina Health Careers Access Program at

be made as we move the university forward.”

the University of North Carolina-Chapel

Becker came to UAM in 2010 as an accountant, became a project coordinator in 2011 and

Hill. He later became director of the

assumed the duties of reporting and payroll manager in 2015. He was named business manager

Action Research in Ministry Institute

in July 2017 and three months later was promoted to associate vice chancellor for business

at Shaw University Divinity School in

affairs.

Raleigh, N.C. and held teaching posi-

Becker is a certified public accountant with a bachelor of liberal arts degree and a mas-

tions at both UNC-Chapel Hill and North

ter’s of business administration degree from Harding University as well as a bachelor’s of

Carolina Central University before join-

accounting degree from UA-Little Rock.

ing the administration at Lane College.

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A Russian Goose Comes To Arkansas The phrase “lost as a goose” took on a whole new meaning for a goose that made it to Arkansas from the Russian Arctic.

Dr. Douglas Osborne examines a rare tundra bean goose. IT’S MORE THAN 6,000 MILES FROM

Dr. Douglas Osborne, associate

ing. The rare goose was determined

the eastern tip of Russia to the Ar-

professor in the School of Forestry

by genetics to be a 100 percent match

kansas delta near Dumas, but appar-

and Natural Resources and a waterfowl

for the tundra bean goose subspecies

ently a goose harvested by a pair of

research specialist with the Arkansas

A. f. serrirostris that was sampled on

Monticello hunters in January made

Forest Resources Center housed at

Lake Kejonuma, Japan last winter. The

the journey.

UAM, took measurements of body size,

Arkansas specimen was also a 99.1

The rare goose, identified by a

weight and gender of the goose and

to 99.5 percent match for the same

University of Arkansas at Monticello

determined by body size and coloration

subspecies collected in the Russian

scientist as a tundra bean goose, was

that the rare goose was likely a subspe-

Arctic during the breeding season.

harvested by Chase Milligan of Dumas

cies of a taiga or tundra bean goose.

and Hunter Stafford of Monticello.

Osborne collected tissue and feath-

sas goose mixed with a flock of speck-

The well-traveled goose turned out to

er samples and sent them to the U.S.

lebellies that winter in the Arkansas

be a 100 percent genetics match for a

Geological Survey genetics laboratory

delta. “This is the first ever record of a

subspecies originating in the Russian

in Anchorage, Alaska for something

tundra bean goose in Arkansas,” said

Arctic.

called mitochondrial DNA sequenc-

Osborne.

Osborne speculates that the Arkan-

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A New Day

SEPTEMBER 11 WAS A LANDMARK MOMENT in the history of the University of Arkansas at Monticello.

On that date, Governor Asa Hutchinson

formally dedicated UAM’s recently-

the cashier, financial aid, housing and

completed Student Success Center and

the registrar to be used primarily dur-

University Police Station during a dual

ing the early days of each semester to

ribbon-cutting ceremony on campus.

provide a one-stop shop for all those

The Student Success Center officially

services. The building also houses a

opened in August in time for the start

new bookstore, computer labs, small

of the 2018 fall semester. The two-story

meeting rooms, the chancellor’s office,

structure contains 35,300 square feet of

and the most anticipated addition to

interior space with an additional 1,900

the campus by students – a Chick-fil-A

square feet of exterior space for the

restaurant, one of the largest of its kind

entrances and an outdoor dining area.

on a college campus in the country.

The $8.5 million structure, which was

completed ahead of schedule and under

which was also completed in August, is

budget, is the centerpiece of Chancellor

a one-story 3,000-square-foot facility

Karla Hughes’ long-term goal to make

with a public lobby that serves as an

UAM a model open enrollment university.

information center for campus visi-

In constructing a Student Success

tors. The building includes a dispatch

Center, UAM is following a nationwide

and communications room, an officers’

trend in higher education to consoli-

room, a work room for locks, security

date vital student services under one

cameras and access control equipment,

roof. “It’s a proven strategy across the

an interview room, an office for the

country that facilities like this improve

chief, an office for the lieutenant, secure

student services from entry to exit,”

storage for evidence, general storage

said Hughes.

and a training room.

The new facility houses suites of of-

There are also temporary offices for

The new University Police Station,

“This facility has been needed for

fices and meeting rooms for admissions

some time,” said John Kidwell, chief of

and enrollment services, orientation,

University Police. “It is a tremendous

retention, academic advising, career

upgrade from our old station and an

counseling and testing, tutoring and

attractive and functional addition to the

developmental education.

campus.”

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Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Official!

The Student Success Center and University Police Station were formally dedicated September 11 with Governor Asa Hutchinson on hand to help cut the ribbon for both facilities. Pictured above, from left, are (first row) State Senator Eddie Cheatham, State Representative LeAnne Burch, Governor Hutchinson, Chancellor Karla Hughes, SGA Representative Taylor Dickinson, Vice Chancellor Jeff Weaver, (second row) UA System President Don Bobbitt, Vice Chancellor Linda Rushing, (third row) SGA Representative Tre Brown, State Representative Mike Holcomb, Vice Chancellors Moses Goldmon and Bob Ware, and (top) Vice Chancellor Alex Becker. At left, local and state law enforcement officers joined Governor Hutchinson, Chancellor Hughes and President Bobbitt to dedicate the new University Police Station.

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Campus Hub From tutoring to admissions to career counseling, from a trip to the bookstore to lunch at Chick-fil-A, or maybe just a quiet place to study, the Student Success Center has become the place to be on the UAM campus.

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The Accidental Teacher TEACHING AND DUCK HUNTING ARE CHRIS SIMSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; PASSIONS. THE 2018 HORNADAY OUTSTANDING FACULTY HONOREE IS MAKING AN IMPACT IN THE CLASSROOM AND THE COMMUNITY.

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WHEN CHRIS SIMS WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL, HIS FATHER GAVE HIM SOME career advice. “If you become a teacher, I’m gonna kill you,” said James Sims. “Do something where you can make some money.”

Chris Sims chuckles as he tells the story. The late James R.

making circuit boards. The work was tedious and repetitious

“Jimmy” Sims was a high school biology teacher at Austin High

and Sims hated it. (He keeps a circuit board pinned to a bulletin

School in Decatur, Ala. His mother, Jane, was a fourth grade

board in his office to remind him of his current good fortune.)

teacher at Lauderdale County High School in Rogersville, Ala.,

where Sims grew up. “My grandparents were teachers,” says

enrolled in graduate school at Ole Miss with plans to pursue

Chris. “My wife’s a teacher. I have aunts and cousins who are

a master’s degree. When he interviewed with his graduate

teachers. I have a cousin at UT-Martin who’s a professor of

advisor, she told Sims to skip the master’s program and go

ornithology, same as me. It’s all we’ve done.”

straight to a doctorate. “I didn’t even know you could do that,”

says Sims, “but that’s what I did.”

Fortunately for the University of Arkansas at Monticello,

Sims wanted to work with birds so he left Intergraph and

Sims chose not to take his father’s advice, at least not com-

pletely. “I didn’t become a public school teacher,” he says.

UAM faculty the same year. Coming to Monticello was a natural

Instead, he chose a different route to the classroom.

for an avid duck hunter who calls his obsession with the sport

“a terrible, terrible addiction.”

After earning a bachelor’s degree in professional biology

Sims received his Ph.D. in biology in 2002 and joined the

from the University of North Alabama, Sims enrolled in gradu-

ate school at the University of Mississippi with plans to become

and the late Dr. Robert H. “Bobby” Burch, a Monticello dentist

a research scientist. “I had no intention of becoming a teacher,

and revered member of the community. It was a friendship

but to go through graduate school, you teach to make money

that led Sims to create an endowed scholarship in the UAM

to get your tuition waiver or stipend,” he explains. “And you

Foundation Fund in his friend’s honor. “I met Bobby the first

know, it just kind of progressed from there. I realized I wasn’t

week I moved to Monticello,” says Sims. “He took lots of people

bad at it. In fact, I thought I was pretty good at it.”

hunting and he called me one day and asked if I wanted to go.”

His colleagues at UAM would agree. Sims was recently

It was duck hunting that fostered a friendship between Sims

Over the next few years, Sims and Burch developed a friend-

selected to receive the Dan and Charlotte Hornaday Outstand-

ship and when Burch got sick, Sims spent more time with

ing Faculty Award, presented annually to the university’s top

his friend in the duck blind. “He knew I was off during the

faculty. “Students and faculty nominate you, so this is the

Christmas break and knew I was available during the week if

ultimate honor,” he says.

he wanted to go hunting,” says Sims. “That last year, I think

Sims calls himself a traditional “chalk and talk” lecturer

we hunted 10 or more times, some days when he could barely

with a twist. “Somebody just spitting facts at you for an hour

get in and out of the boat. My Dad died at 52 years old of a

can be extremely dry,” he says. “You’ve got to find a way to

brain tumor when I was in grad school. It was deja vu. Watching

make it a story. I think good teachers are good storytellers.”

what his family went through, I had a real close connection to

Sims typically teaches classes in human anatomy, physiol-

what was going on.”

ogy and ecology as well as a lab. His students represent a

cross-section of academic disciplines ranging from pre-med

hunting companion and decided to create an endowed scholar-

to nursing to forestry. His biggest reward is hearing from his

ship in his honor. The Robert H. Burch Endowed Scholarship

students two to four years after they graduate. “Hearing that

in Waterfowl Research reached endowed status ($15,000) in

something you did paid off for them, that makes it worth do-

three weeks and is now over $45,000 in three years. The award

ing,” says Sims.

has been given twice.

Sims gravitated toward biology, and to ornithology in

When Dr. Burch died, Sims wanted to honor his friend and

“I’ll tell people until the day I die that I can win teacher

particular, thanks to his late father. The birding trail at Joe

of the year awards or any other honors, but I’ll be prouder of

Wheeler State Park on the Tennessee River in north Alabama

that when I die than probably anything I’ve ever done,” says

is called the James R. Sims Birding Trail.

Sims.

Sims minored in chemistry at North Alabama and after

graduation in 1994 took a job with Intergraph Corporation,

And UAM will be proud Sims chose not to heed his father’s

advice. Autumn 2018

Behind the Camera JIM BREWER has spent four decades telling the story of UAM in words and photographs.

Photo by Jeff Newton

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“Where did the time go?”As more and more

Taylor was a good boss to work for. He

baby boomers are approaching retirement age,

mistakes, because I think he saw promise.

that question gets asked a lot these days. On the

saw something in me. He let me make Jack was a completely different personality but he was always great to work for.”

University of Arkansas at Monticello campus, one

person wondering that now is Jim Brewer, the

but he added he wouldn’t change a thing.

university’s longtime director of media services.

Changes in the university—and his

job—always kept Brewer hopping, he said,

“I used to do this job and sports, but

when we went to the NCAA, the job got bigger and bigger,” he explained. “Actually, I wore three hats: I started out as

After 40 years, Brewer, 64, dotted his

opportunity,” he remembered. “When I

Director of Information and Sports In-

last “i” and crossed his last “t” when he

came here, I was only 24 and had been out

formation. Then I inherited the yearbook,

retired September 30. Never one to step

of college a year and a half,” he said. “I’m

so I was yearbook advisor as well. I was

into the spotlight—instead preferring

grateful that (Chancellor) Fred Taylor was

doing three different jobs. Finally, I went

to write or take photographs about the

willing to take a chance on me.”

to Dr. Taylor and said, ‘Look, I can’t keep

exploits of others—Brewer reflected on

When asked to sift through four de-

doing this. I can’t do any of the three

his time in Monticello recently and the

cades of memories, many of Brewer’s fa-

jobs properly. We’ve outgrown what one

memories of people, places, and events

vorites revolve around Boll Weevil football.

person can possibly do.’ So he let me hire

came pouring out.

a sports information director.

“One of the memories I’ve always

UAM wasn’t Brewer’s first employer,

cherished is the Ouachita game in 1983,”

and he actually left for three months in

he recalled. “We were down 24-7 with

Brewer chuckled as he recalled those have

the mid-1980s to work for an advertis-

about eight minutes left when OBU fum-

changed as much as has the university and

ing agency in Little Rock shortly after

bled. Joe Don Samples got hot and starting

its students.

his marriage to Susan—herself a 33-year

completing pass after pass. We eventually

UAM employee—in 1984. The lifelong

rallied and won the game on a last-second

my office was like and how I did my job

Razorback fan is a graduate of the Uni-

field goal, 25-24. That’s still my favorite

when I first got here,” he smiled. “I have

versity of Arkansas, where he developed

UAM football game.”

all this stuff in my office now, and I started

his passion for journalism.

Many of Brewer’s memories are of the

out with an electric typewriter, a rotary

“I changed my major to journalism the

people he’s met along the way. “Doug

telephone and a telecopier. You have to

spring semester of my sophomore year; I

Barnes was the basketball coach when I

explain to people now what a telecopier

knew immediately I had made the right

first came to Monticello,” Brewer says.

was; it was like the world’s slowest fax

decision.”

“To this day he is one of my oldest and

machine.”

dearest friends. We shared a duplex for

him to St. Louis, where he worked for The

six years. It was kind of a bachelor pad.

was quick to point out.

Disciple magazine, the national maga-

Lots of great memories.

zine of the Christian Church, Disciples

“The other person who was really

here my whole life but in others, it seems

of Christ, as news editor and advertising

special to me was (former UAM football

like it’s gone by quickly,” he said. “This is

manager. It didn’t pay much but the travel

coach) Tommy Barnes. I miss him every

a great job. It has been a great job. I have

was great.

day. He was my fishing buddy. The times

thoroughly enjoyed it, mainly because of

Brewer’s first job out of college took

As far as the physical aspects of the job,

“I got to thinking the other day what

All in all, though, it’s been fun, Brewer “In some respects, it feels like I’ve been

we had in a bass boat were some of the

the people. I have been blessed to work

places like Los Angeles and Washington,

best days of my life.”

all my life on a college campus. There’s

D.C. “It was kind of cool for a kid right

Brewer has served four chancellors:

something special about that; there’s a

out of college,” said Brewer. “But that

Dr. Fred Taylor, who hired him; Dr. Jack

lot worse ways to make a living. It keeps

winter in St. Louis was one of the coldest

Lassiter; Jay Jones, who was the interim

you young.”

on record. They had a record 67 inches of

chancellor for a year after Lassiter’s re-

snow. I told myself, ‘I’ve got to get back

tirement; and the current UAM chancellor,

Bentonville to be near their daughter,

south—somewhere.’

Dr. Karla Hughes.

Lauren, and their son, Doug—and their

two granddaughters. But UAM will always

Brewer was assigned stories in farflung

Brewer was receiving the Arkansas

“I know when you start talking about

Gazette in the mail to keep up with the

people that have influenced you, you’re

Razorbacks when an opening for a direc-

going to leave somebody out,” Brewer

tor of information at UAM popped up in

acknowledged. “There are so many

the classified section. “I jumped at the

people that have meant a lot to me. Fred

Brewer and his wife plan to move to

hold a special place in his heart.

(Story by Harold Coggins, editor of the Advance Monticellonian.)

Autumn 2018

Legend The passing of a

Coach, father-figure, mentor and friend . . . they all describe ALVY EARLY, whose legacy extends far beyond winning.

T 18

ARKANSAS’ GREATEST WINNER HAS COACHED his last game, but Alvy Early will always be a part of the university he loved.

Norm DeBriyn, who won 1,161 games as

head baseball coach at UA-Fayetteville. Early passed his old friend in total victories last year.

For Early, coaching was always more

Early, who won more than any coach

39 years, including three years when he

than a job. It was his hobby, his passion,

in the history of college athletics in

coached both sports and served as the

his life. “I’ve always said I’d coach as

Arkansas, regardless of the sport or

school’s athletics director at the same

long as I was able and I got to do that,”

division, finally met an opponent he

time, never missing a beat. Before com-

Early told a visitor just weeks before

couldn’t defeat. Early lost a short, sud-

ing to UAM, he was a successful high

his death. “How many people get to do

den battle with cancer June 10, ending a

school coach in West Fork.

something they love their whole life?”

storybook coaching career that covered a

half century. Early coached the women’s

teams won a combined 1,178 times,

a long one. He is a member of both

basketball and softball teams at the

more wins than any college coach in

the UAM and Arkansas Sports Halls of

University of Arkansas at Monticello for

the state’s history. Second on the list is

Fame, was the Gulf South Conference

UAM Magazine

The numbers don’t lie. Early’s UAM

Early’s list of accomplishments is

Softball Coach of the Decade (2000-09),

family to Pahokee, Fla., a small farm-

in 1986, 1987 and 1990. Led by two won-

won championships in two leagues in

ing community on the southeast shore

drously talented All-Americans – Tina

both basketball and softball and took

of Lake Okeechobee in south central

Webb and Rose Avery – the 1990 squad

the Cotton Blossoms basketball team to

Florida.

averaged 100 points a game, outdrew the

the cusp on a national championship in

Early was a five-sport star at Pahokee

men’s team and came within an eyelash

1990.

High, lettering in football, basketball,

of winning it all, losing by seven points

He’s coached a combined 19 All-

baseball, track and tennis. Early caught

to Southwestern Oklahoma in the finals

Americans (11 in women’s basketball

the coaching bug in high school but after

of the NAIA National Tournament.

and 8 in softball) and his softball team

accepting a partial football scholar-

has produced a staggering 40 selections

ship to Potomac State College in West

pionships in their last year in the AIC

to the National Fastpitch Coaches As-

Virginia, returned to Pahokee after his

(1995) and their first in the Gulf South

sociation All-Academic Team.

freshman year, homesick and confused

(1996).

But numbers don’t begin to tell the

about his future. He spent the next three

story of Early’s impact on the lives of

years, in his words, “hanging around

program and a year later Early became

the young women he coached.

the coaches at Pahokee High” while

the head coach, the same year he was

trying to sort out what he wanted to do

named athletics director while still

two-time All-American center for the

with the rest of his life.

coaching women’s basketball. Under

Cotton Blossoms basketball team. She

Pahokee Coach Web Pell saw promise

Early, the softball team became an in-

gets emotional talking about her former

in Early and told his former player that if

stant winner, capturing seven GSC West

coach. “I never had a father in my life,”

he was serious about coaching, he would

Division titles over the next 13 years. He

she says. “When he opened up his home

have to go back to school.

was twice named GSC Coach of the Year

to me, to see what a loving, caring father

and in 2010 was named the GSC Coach

is supposed to be like, that was probably

Robert Maxson, a teacher and assistant

of the Decade.

the moment I was able to perform the

coach at Pahokee High who was an

way that I did.”

Arkansas A&M graduate who would go

Great American Conference in 2012,

Carol Harrington of Hamburg was a

Early came to Monticello thanks to

Early guided the Blossoms to cham-

In 1996, UAM launched a softball

When UAM left the GSC to join the

Heidi Martin Cox is the head softball

on to become president of the Univer-

Early led the Blossoms to the new

coach at Benton High School. At UAM,

sity of Nevada-Las Vegas. Maxson had

league’s first regular season and tour-

she was a record-setting outfielder who

already sent several Pahokee athletes

nament championships.

lost her father shortly after coming to

to Monticello and encouraged Early to

Monticello. “I’ve always looked up to

give it a try. A friend drove Early (and

coaching is the man he surpassed last

him,” says Cox. “After my daddy passed

Early’s car) to Monticello and took the

spring as Arkansas’ winningest college

away, he became like a father to me.

car back to Florida. “I thought if I still

coach. “I’ve known Alvy Early ever since

When some jobs come open or some

had the car, I wouldn’t stay and would

I first came to Arkansas in the fall of

situations come up and I need someone

end up in Vietnam,” Early recounted in

1969,” says Norm DeBriyn. “He’s been

to talk to, he was the one I called.”

an earlier interview.

very influential in my life and my family.

Early received a college deferment

We played softball together and we’ve

four straight GSC Western Division

from the local draft board and went on

just been connected ever since. He’s

championship teams from 2001-04, a

to letter in football, baseball and tennis

impacted so many people in so many

dominating, record-setting pitcher. “He

at A&M, graduating in 1967 before land-

great ways. For as long as he did it and

was so successful because he took the

ing in West Fork, where he coached the

for as long as he coached, he just had a

players who already had a good founda-

football and girls’ basketball teams. He

feel for athletics like no one I’ve ever

tion and he made them strive to be that

married Nancy Baker of Monticello his

seen.”

much better,” says Kight.

second year in West Fork and by the time

“I think the amazing young women

the women’s basketball coaching job at

stemmed from a simple philosophy –

Alvy coached are his greatest legacy,”

UAM came open in 1979, the couple had

get good players and get them to play

said UAM Chancellor Karla Hughes. “He

three sons.

hard. “I think the key is getting char-

was so much more than just a coach. The

Early took over a women’s basket-

acter in your talent and being able to

wins speak for themselves, but the lives

ball program that was already among

get them to perform at a high level,” he

he influenced are his greatest gift.”

the state’s best and carried it to new

said.

Lindsey Kight was the linchpin of

One of Early’s oldest friends in

Early’s coaching success always

Early came to what was then Arkan-

heights. UAM won the NAIA District

sas A&M in 1963 but his journey to Mon-

17 championship in 1982 and began a

leaves behind a lasting legacy as a coach,

After nearly four decades, Early

ticello took a few twists and turns along

heated rivalry with Arkansas Tech in the

as a mentor, and as a friend. His suc-

the way. Born in Fort Smith, Early lived

1980s. The Blossoms won Arkansas In-

cessor will have some awfully big shoes

in Van Buren until his father moved the

tercollegiate Conference championships

to fill.

Autumn 2018

REGINA WRIGHT

SCOTT BUISSON

Timeless

THE UAM SPORTS HALL OF FAME’S CLASS OF 2018 covers eight decades of athletic excellence. For Scott Buisson, Regina Wright, Herbert Lewis, Sonny Gordon and the 1990 Cotton Blossoms, it’s their time. MS

1990 COTTON BLOSSO

HERBERT LEW

UAM Magazine

FOUR INDIVIDUALS AND ONE TEAM

to earn All-America honors when he was

South Conference Freshman of the Year

whose athletic exploits span eight de-

named an NAIA Division I Honorable

honors in 2007. He was the GSC Offensive

cades have been selected for induction to

Mention All-American following the 1975

Player of the Year as a sophomore in 2008

the University of Arkansas at Monticello

season.

and a regional semifinalist for the Harlon

Sports Hall of Fame.

Hill Trophy, the Division II equivalent of

Football quarterback and high school

years, started three, and was a two-time

the Heisman.

coaching icon, the late Clarence “Sonny”

first team All-Arkansas Intercollegiate

Gordon, football All-American Herbert

Conference selection in 1974-75, a remark-

career, he held school records for career

Lewis, women’s basketball All-American

able achievement for a player on a team

total offense (12,514 yards), career total

Regina Wright, do-it-all quarterback Scott

that won a combined five games in two

plays (1,946), total touchdowns (97), career

Buisson and the 1990 Cotton Blossoms

seasons. Lewis finished his UAM career

300-yard total offense games (20), career

basketball team comprise the induction

with 359 tackles, 231 unassisted. In 1974,

pass attempts (1,330), career pass comple-

class of 2018. Tommy Maxwell, founder of

he led the Weevils with 109 tackles, 67 solo,

tions (763), career passing yards (9,616),

Maxwell Hardwood Flooring in Monticello

and had 142 tackles as a senior, 96 unas-

and career touchdowns passing (73). He

and a long-time UAM supporter, will re-

sisted.

also set the record (since broken) for total

ceive the UAM Spirit Award.

offense in a single game with 640 yards vs.

An induction banquet will be held Oc-

two seasons at UAM after transferring

Henderson State in 2008.

tober 18 at 6 p.m. in the John F. Gibson

from junior college. A physical, talented

University Center. Tickets are $35 and may

forward, Wright earned first team NAIA

team becomes the second team honored

be purchased by calling the Department of

Division I All-America honors as well as

by the UAM Sports Hall of Fame, joining

Athletics at (870) 460-1058. All proceeds

Honorable Mention All-America recogni-

the 1956 men’s basketball team, winners

go to the UAM Sports Association.

tion from Kodak, which included NCAA

of the school’s first conference basketball

The late Sonny Gordon was a high

Division II and III schools as well as the

title.

school coaching legend at Holly Grove, but

NAIA. For her career, Wright scored 740

before he became a coach, he was one of

points and averaged 17.2 points a game,

best team in school history, regardless of

the most decorated football players in UAM

had 207 assists and 197 steals. As a junior,

sport. UAM blew through the season with

history. Gordon became just the second

she averaged 16.6 points and 8.0 rebounds

a 34-3 record that ended in the champion-

Boll Weevil player to earn all-conference

while shooting 51.3 percent from the field.

ship game of the NAIA Division I National

honors when he was named to the All-

As a senior, she improved to 17.5 points a

Tournament, where the Blossoms’ dream

Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference team

game while pulling down 6.8 rebounds.

of a national title ended at the hands of

as a freshman in 1932. It was the first of

Southwestern Oklahoma.

four consecutive all-conference honors

to a 25-10 record, the AIC championship

for Gordon, who played for three different

and a berth in the NAIA Division I National

talented first team All-American forwards,

head coaches in four years. Gordon played

Tournament.

the Blossoms averaged 100 points a game,

his freshman and sophomore years for Foy

Scott Buisson was a four-year starter at

defeated their opposition by an average of

Hammons, the first coach in school his-

quarterback from 2007-10 and one of the

more than 25 points a game, won the AIC

tory to post a winning record. He played

most exciting and prolific players in school

championship and defeated their archrival,

the 1934 season under Stewart Ferguson,

history. Buisson debuted by winning Gulf

Arkansas Tech, in resounding fashion,

A defensive end, Lewis lettered four

Regina Wright made the most of her

In 1993, Wright led the Cotton Blossoms

When Buisson completed his four-year

The 1990 Cotton Blossoms basketball

The 1990 Blossoms were arguably the

Led by Tina Webb and Rose Avery, both

who five years later would gain notoriety

87-65 in the finals of the NAIA District 17

as the creator of the “Wandering Weevils.”

tournament. In addition to Webb and Avery,

Gordon completed his playing career in

the 1990 Blossoms boasted on the of best

1935 under Eugene “Bo” Sherman.

three-point shooters in the nation in Su-

A Holly Grove native, Gordon led his

san Pemberton and three, slick, tenacious

hometown to a dozen district champion-

guards in Brenda Rhodes, Kim Turner and

ships in both football and basketball. His

Elisha Ramer.

1976 boys basketball team won the Class

AA state championship before reaching the

tine Kendall, Terrie Hinson-Sossamon,

finals of the overall championship tourna-

Katherine Avery, Ericka Walter, Wendi

ment. Over a two-year stretch in the 1960s,

Gregory and Kathy Rowland. Team manag-

Holly Grove won 21 straight football games.

ers were Michele Ridgell-Reese and Deanna

He was inducted into the Arkansas Sports

Patillo Klaus.

Hall of Fame in 1984 and to the Arkansas High School Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 1996.

Herbert Lewis became the first African-

American football player in UAM history

Other members of the team were Chris-

C. R. “SONNY” GORDON

The late Clarence “Sonny” Gordon played his last game as a Boll Weevil in 1935, but the four-time All-AIC back is remembered as a high school coaching icon. Autumn 2018

SP OR T S | NE W S by Louisiana high school coaches and administrators.” As UAM Magazine went to press, the uni-

Kyle Lem to Lead Softball Team

versity was conducting a nationwide search for a director of athletics to work with Alexander to address strategic planning and financial stability for the athletics program. “Moving forward, we need someone who can establish solid relationships with our former players and alumni and develop new sources of revenue to help our student-athletes succeed, both on the playing field and in the classroom,” said Hughes.

Alexander joined the LHSAA in 2008,

serving as director of officials, chair of the sports medicine advisory committee, chair of sportsmanship hearings, and was responsible for the organization and administration of

past three seasons.

“I am pleased that Kyle

has accepted our offer to serve as interim coach for the 2018-19 season,” said “Kyle worked very hard last

powerlifting and swimming. He has served on

spring and summer under difficult circumstances to maintain the continuity of the program during Coach Early’s illness and untimely

Officials Summit for New Orleans.

passing.”

“I am excited by the opportunity to work

with Chancellor Hughes as we begin a new era in athletics at UAM,” said Alexander. “This is a program with a rich tradition and I am

for the late Alvy Early for the

Chancellor Karla Hughes.

secured the National Association of Sports

Lem was an assistant coach

country, indoor and outdoor track and field,

Associations football rules committee and

Keith Alexander assumes a new leadership role in shaping the future of UAM athletics.

UAM’s interim softball coach.

the state’s high school programs in cross

the National Federation of State High School

New Leadership

Kyle Lem has been named

According to Hughes,

UAM will begin a national search for a head coach next spring and indicated that Lem could be a candidate.

excited about where we can go in the future.”

“We felt the timing was not

right to begin a search now

Prior to his current position, Alexander

was superintendent of the Hamburg School District and superintendent of the Fountain Hill and Clairborne (La.) Parish School Boards. He also served as principal of Haynesville

and this will give Coach Lem the opportunity to put his stamp on the program,” Hughes said.

Lem holds a B.S. in

(La.) Junior and Senior High Schools, was

physical education and an

KEITH ALEXANDER, ASSISTANT EXECUTIVE

supervisor of child welfare and attendance

M.S. in sports administration

director of the Louisiana High School Athletic

and purchasing agent for maintenance for

Association (LHSAA), has been named chief

the Claiborne School Board, and taught and

operating officer for athletics.

coached in the Haynesville public schools.

from Henderson State. He taught and coached at Glen Rose Middle School from 2007 to 2012 before coming

Alexander served on the executive com-

to Monticello Middle School,

athletic facilities and working with Chancellor

mittee of the LHSAA in 1998-99, has offici-

where he taught while serv-

Karla Hughes to create a framework to sup-

ated football in the Gulf South Conference

ing as head coach of the

port the university’s program in intercolle-

and is an observer of officials in the Great

giate athletics. “I am happy to find someone

American Conference as well as the Arkansas

with Keith Alexander’s experience to provide

Officials Association. He was chosen to offici-

as a graduate assistant soft-

leadership for our athletics operations,” said

ate the 2007 All-American Football Game and

ball coach and was promoted

Hughes. “He has a broad background in edu-

has officiated state football championships in

to full-time assistant in

cation and athletics and is highly respected

Arkansas in 2004, 2006 and 2007.

Alexander will be charged with evaluating

UAM Magazine

seventh grade football team and assistant softball coach.

He came to UAM in 2014

2015.

SP OR T S | NE W S

Leading the Cheers in 2018-19 Three men and 14 women comprise the UAM cheerleading squad in 2018-19. Pictured from left are (first row) Makenzie Smith, a junior from Beebe, Denisha Stallings, a sophomore from Warren, Krista Sparks, a sophomore from Warren, Kensley Young, a freshman from Monticello, Alana Sipes, a sophomore from Crossett, Madison Hall, a freshman from White Hall, Katelin McLain, a senior from Jacksonville, Courtney Poole, a freshman from Hamburg, (second row) John Ratliff, a junior from Little Rock, Tylar Hendricks, a junior from Monticello, Keely Stanberry, a junior from Camden, Haley Mims-Crawford, a freshman from Conway, Hunter Sanders, a sophomore from Little Rock, Kendra Lytch, a senior from Jacksonville, Madison Arrington, a junior from Monticello, Madison Brown, a senior from Woodlawn, Tucker Sanders, a sophomore from Little Rock, and (back) mascot Katherine Williams, a senior from North Little Rock.

2018 Volleyball Schedule Aug. 24-25 @ Christian Brothers Invit. Aug. 28 @ UA-Fort Smith (6:00) Aug. 31 @ Holiday Inn Classic, Sept. 4 OUACHITA* (6:00) Sept. 7-8 @ Lubbock Christian Tourn. Sept. 11 @ Henderson State* (6:30) Sept. 13 HARDING* (6:00) Sept. 18 @ Southern Arkansas* (2:00) Williams Baptist (4:00) Sept. 20 ARKANSAS TECH* (6:00) Sept. 22 @ Rockhurst (11:00) William Jewell (3:00) Sept. 28 SW OKLAHOMA* (6:00) Sept. 29 NW OKLAHOMA* (1:00) Oct. 5 @ Oklahoma Baptist* (6:00) Oct. 6 @ Southern Nazarene* (2:00) Oct. 12 SE OKLAHOMA* (6:00) Oct. 13 EAST CENTRAL OK* (1:00) Oct. 16 LYON (7:00) Oct. 19 SOUTHERN ARKANSAS* (6:00) Oct. 23 @ Arkansas Tech* (6:00)

Oct. 25 @ Ouachita* Oct. 30 HENDERSON STATE* Nov. 1 @ Harding* * GAC match

(6:00) (6:00) (6:00)

2018 Football Schedule Aug. 30 @ SW Oklahoma Sept. 8 NW OKLAHOMA Sept. 15 @ East Central OK Sept. 22 SW OKLAHOMA (Parent-Family Day) Sept. 29 HARDING Oct. 6 @ Arkansas Tech Oct. 13 @ Southern Nazarene Oct. 20 OK BAPTIST (Homecoming) Oct. 27 OUACHITA Nov. 3 @ Henderson State Nov. 20 SOUTHERN ARK All games GAC games

(6:00) (6:00) (6:00) (1:00) (1:00) (6:00) (1:00) (3:00) (1:00) (2:00) (1:00)

Autumn 2018

T EC HNOL OGY C A MP US | NE W S

Distinguished Alumni Elaine Hargraves (left) and Darlene Yvette Todd (right) are honored by the Colleges of Technology at McGehee and Crossett as their 2018 Distinguished Alumni

The UAM Colleges of Technology at Cros-

professional organizations include the

a facilitator-trainer for the University

sett and McGehee recently presented

Butler/Lowndes County Human Resource

of Arkansas-Fayetteville Early Care and

Distinguished Alumnus Awards to a pair of

Board, the Hamburg School Board, and

Education Projects. In 2008, she became

graduates. The Crossett campus honored

as a member of the board of directors of

an adjunct early childhood instructor at

Darlene Yvette Todd, who graduated from

Mainline Health Systems. She is a charter

the McGehee campus and currently serves

the practical nursing program in 2001.

member of the National Black Nurse As-

as chair of the Early Childhood Education

The McGehee campus recognized Elaine K.

sociation.

Program.

Hargraves, who graduated from the child

development program in 1990.

velopment certificate from the UAM Col-

Todd is currently a branch administra-

lege of Technology-McGehee in 1999 and

tor for Comfort Care Hospice as well as a

continued her education at UA-Pine Bluff,

staff nurse at HealthSouth Rehabilitation

where she earned a bachelor of science

Hospital in Montgomery, Ala. Previously,

in elementary education degree with an

she held a position as clinical manager for

endorsement in early childhood educa-

Alacare Home Health & Hospice.

tion. In 2007, she completed a masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s of

Todd completed the LPN program at

education degree with dual concentrations

Crossett in 2001, became a registered nurse

in special education and early childhood

after attending Baptist Health School in

education.

Little Rock and earned a BSN degree from

the University of Louisiana-Lafayette in

career as a teacher at Wolfe-Kelly Day

2017. She is currently pursuing a master of

Care Center, where she wrote a grant pro-

science in nursing leadership degree from

posal to start the Arkansas Better Chance

Grand Canyon University.

Program. She moved on to teach in the

Dumas School District before becoming

Her current and past involvement in

UAM Magazine

Elaine Hargraves received a child de-

Hargraves began her professional

CORTEZ SMITH COMPLETES PROGRAM Cortez Smith, program director for the Career Pathways Initiative at the UAM College of Technology-McGehee, recently completed a program in grant writing and development hosted recently at UA-Little Rock by the Institute for Strategic Funding Development. The two-day Strategic Grant Development Writing Workshop included training in strategic grant proposal writing, program planning and grant research for higher education as well as community grant writing. Students completing the workshop earned 15 continuing education units as well as information on where to obtain grant funding.

T EC HNOL OGY C A MP US | NE W S FAME PARTNERSHIP

The UAM College of Technology-Crossett recently hosted Congressman Bruce Westerman and community leaders to recognize the Crossett campus partnership with FAME (the Federation for Advanced Manufacturing Education), which strives to develop world-class technical talent for manufacturing and other employers of technical workers. Pictured, from left, are Linda Rushing, vice chancellor of the Crossett campus, U.S. Representative Bruce Westerman, and UAM Chancellor Karla Hughes.

Bruce Westerman for the occasion, which recognized UAM-CTC’s FAME Apprenticeship Program. The apprenticeship program began three years ago with a partnership with the Georgia Pacific Paper Operations in Crossett. Last year the program

FAME Recognition UAM’s College of Technology -Crossett becomes the first in Arkansas to host an official FAME chapter.

expanded to include Canfor Southern Pine and other programs are currently being recruited, according to Linda Rushing, vice chancellor of the Crossett campus.

A FAME apprenticeship program allows

employers to partner with postsecondary educational institutions and the public

FAME, ALSO KNOWN AS THE FEDERATION

Crossett campus home to Arkansas’ first

sector to create a pipeline of highly skilled

for Advanced Manufacturing Education,

official FAME chapter.

workers to meet the workforce needs of

recently recognized the UAM College

Business and civic leaders joined UAM

manufacturers. Students attend college

of Technology-Crossett by making the

administrators and U.S. Representative

classes two days a week and work as apprentices in a sponsoring company three days a week. At the end of two and a half years, the successful student will graduate debt-free with an associate of applied science degree in advanced manufacturing technology and just as importantly, a job.

The FAME program originated in

Kentucky in 2010 and has expanded to 10 states and 23 community colleges. Since UAM-CTC is a two-year campus under the broader umbrella of the University of Arkansas at Monticello, its partnership with FAME makes UAM just the fourth fouryear university to be FAME recognized.

“This is a wonderful program that is

already paying dividends in training young people to fill desperately-needed manfacturing jobs,” said Rushing. Autumn 2018

A L UMNI | NE W S Class News Kay Walter (B.A. ‘93), a professor of English at UAM, was recently honored by the Arkansas Council of Teachers of English Language Arts for her work as editor of the organization’s newsletter, The English Pub. Walter has been named as a recipient of the 2018 NCTE Affiliate Newsletter of Excellence Award, given by the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE). Established in 1992, this award recognizes outstanding newsletters of affiliates of NCTE. Walter was a 2017 recipient of the UAM Alumni Award for Achievement and Merit. Jalen Garmon (B.A. ‘15), a former standout defensive lineman at UAM, has been hired by Little Rock Mills High School to serve as defensive coordina-

“Umm . . . Excuse me, Peyton, would you mind taking our photo?”

WHEN PAUL SMITH (B.A. ‘03) WAS

the room than we were when we met

named to the board of directors of the

Peyton, and I decided I wanted to get

College Sports Information Directors

my photo taken with him. I turned to a

Association (CoSIDA), be may not have

couple of my colleagues on the board,

realized that his new position carried

Andy Seeley of Central Florida and Amie

certain perks.

Canfield of Mount Holyoke, and said

Smith, who is currently the associ-

‘I want to get my picture with Coach

ate director of athletics and director of

Fulmer... and I’m going to ask Peyton

athletic communications at Arkansas

to take it!’ They made it very clear that

Tech, recently joined the rest of the

not only was I going to do that, but I was

CoSIDA Board for a dinner with this

going to do it immediately.

year’s inductees to the CoSIDA Academic

All-America Hall of Fame.

Peyton and Coach Fulmer to finish their

desserts) and walked over to Peyton,

One of the four inductees was Peyton

“So I waited a few minutes (for

Manning.

tapped him on his shoulder and said

Let’s let Paul take it from here:

‘I’m sorry... would you take a picture...

“So we were able to eat with Dr.

(he nods)...of me with Coach Fulmer?’

Harry Edwards, Jason Hanson, Mike

There was some loud laughter around

Lowell, and Peyton Manning prior to

the table and Peyton obliged and said

the ceremony. Peyton’s representatives

‘This oughtta make a good story.’ He

asked us to be respectful and not bom-

grabbed my phone and snapped the

bard him with photo/selfie requests, and

picture. I didn’t realize until quite a bit

we agreed on that one.

later that there were a few people taking

a picture of the picture being taken.”

“A few of us at the table were a little

more starstruck when (former Tennes-

see) Coach Phillip Fulmer walked into

further explanation.

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Some stories just don’t need any

tor. Garmon was a standout two-way lineman on the school’s 2010 Class 5A playoff quarterfinalist team. Garmon, a 2011 Mills graduate, played at the University of Arkansas-Monticello and previously coached at Wynne. Stacey McAdoo (M.A.T. ‘03) is one of 14 teachers named as Arkansas Teacher of the Year Regional Finalists. McAdoo teaches communications in grades 9 through 12 at Little Rock Central High School. John David Neeley (B.S. ‘85) was recently appointed to a seven-year term on the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission by Governor Asa Hutchinson. Neeley is president of Neeley Forestry Service of Camden and principal broker for United Country Neeley Forestry. As principal broker in Neeley Forestry Service he helps manage 220,000 acres in southern Arkansas, including about 50,000 acres of hardwoods. His company also administers about 300 hunting leases on the property it owns and manages.

A L UMNI | NE W S Friends We’ll Miss Robert J. Baker (BS ’65), of Lubbock, Tex., March 30, 2018 Vernon D. Barnes (BS ’53), of Crossett, May 8, 2018 J. P. Bass, Jr. (BS ’54), of Bryant, August 10, 2018 Bennie C. Beard, of Alexander, June 3, 2018 Jimmy L. Blair, of Pine Bluff, May 2, 2018 Donald G. Blankenship, of Moscow, May 6, 2018 Selma L. Doty (ADN ’74), of Bartlett, Tenn., May 1, 2018 Jerry W. Duran (BBA ’64), of Little Rock, February 20, 2018 Francess A. Bates McKinney Haywood, former faculty, of Monticello, August 8, 2018 Kittie S. Hoofman, former chanceller’s office administrator, of Monticello, July 15, 2018

Weevils in Alaska . . . It’s a Small World!

JoAnn Kelly (BS ’76), of Pine Bluff, July 27, 2018

When former chancellor Jack Lassiter and his wife, Judy, took their family on a cruise to Alaska recently, they ran

Jimmy J. Short (BSF ’57), of Roanoke, Va., April

into a large group of former UAM students who recognized Jack and Judy instantly. “It was like old home week

20, 2018 Victor H. Stamper (’53), of Monroe, La., May 10, 2018 Ray E. Stephenson, of Monticello, May 23, 2018

two thousand miles from home,” said Jack. Pictured from left are (front row) Marsha Bailey Parsley, Lee Ann Groce Tadel, Judy Lassiter, Cindi Kelley Maynard, Martha Beall Toombs, Jim Maynard, (standing, from left) Robby Toombs, Ron Parsley, Jim Tadel, David Smith, Ed Givens, Jack Lassiter, Mike Miley, and David Hunt.

W. Marvin Taylor (BBA), of Pine Bluff, June 25, 2018 William J. Thomasson, Jr. (BSE ’50), of Pine Bluff, August 1, 2018 Gerald “Jerry” K. Watts, of Warren, July 14, 2018 E. Harvey Weatherford, of White Hall, May 5, 2018

Andy Summers (1970-2018)

Boll Weevil football lost one of its fin-

est May 17 with the passing of Andrew Lee “Andy” Summers of Allen, Tex. He was 47. Mr. Summers was a four-year letterman (1989-92) and a threeyear starter at right offensive tackle for UAM, paving the way for running backs Roy Watkins and Undra Holman. Mr. Summers was born December 9, 1970, and grew up in Thibodaux, La. He accepted a football scholarship to UAM and earned a bachelor’s degree in 1993. Mr. Summers continued his education at the University of Southern Mississippi where he earned an MBA. He married Mary Helen Huye on October 14, 2000 in Conroe, Tex. At the time of his death, Mr. Summers was the CEO of Ophthalmol-

FORMER WEEVIL SIGNS PRO CONTRACT

ogy Surgery Center of Dallas and previously

Trevon Smith, (a former UAM wide receiver seen above catching a touchdown pass against Southern

worked in healthcare finance around the

Nazarene), has earned a roster spot on a new professional football team in Memphis. The team is part

Dallas-Fort Worth area.

of the Alliance of American Football.

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F OUNDAT ION | NE W S Four Scholarship Funds Reach Endowed Status

Chancellor Karla Hughes announces the largest and most significant private gift in UAM history.

Four endowments created within the UAM Foundation Fund have reached endowed status and will begin generating scholarships to deserving students.

Endowed status is achieved when a fund

reaches a balance of at least $15,000.

“We are grateful for the generosity of those

who created and contributed to these endowment funds,” said Jeff Weaver, vice chancellor for advancement. “Endowments create a lasting legacy, not only for those honored, but in the individuals who benefit from the scholarships they generate.”

Arkansas Society of American Foresters

Scholarship was established in 1989 by the Arkansas Division of the Ouachita Society of American Foresters. This endowment will be used for selected forestry students and will be awarded each fall.

E. Wesley McCoy Scholarship was established

in 2005 by Ouachita-Saline Surveying and Mr. and Mrs. E. Wesley McCoy. The scholarship will be given to a land surveying major in the sophomore, junior or senior class.

Jean Frisby Endowed Scholarship was estab-

lished in 2017 by Thomas V. Maxwell and Dr. Kenneth Purvis. This endowment honors the memory of the late Jean Frisby, a 1939 Arkansas A&M

The Peterson Legacy

graduate and the 1959 Distinguished Alumnus.

UAM recently received a $6 million gift from the trust of Merle and Deloris Peterson, the largest private gift in school history.

arship was established in 2018 by Dr. Tommy

The scholarship will be given to a current resident and graduate from a Bradley County high school.

Dr. Tommy G. Roebuck Endowed Schol-

Roebuck, a UAM student and the university’s 56th Distinguished Alumnus. The scholarship will be awarded to pre-dental or pre-medicine students.

To give to the UAM Foundation Fund, contact

THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT

the Petersons’ legacy of supporting

Monticello recently announced the

education in southeast Arkansas for

largest private gift in school history

generations to come. The university will

from the trust of the late Merle and

carefully weigh our options with regard

Deloris Peterson, of Dumas. The gift was

to how we use these funds.”

announced by UAM Chancellor Karla

Hughes, Ph.D., in a news conference at

for advancement, said he hopes the gift

the UA System Administration building

will encourage others to give toward

As a graduate or friend of UAM,

in Little Rock.

educational endeavors at the university.

we want you to be a part of the

The gift will be in excess of $6 mil-

“This is a wonderful surprise from

growth and progress at your uni-

lion after property appraisals are com-

two people I knew well and who have

versity. We look forward to visit-

pleted.

helped so many young people, including

ing with you about the exciting

“This is a wonderful gesture from

myself, further their education,” said

two people who always held this univer-

Weaver. “I hope this inspires others to

changes coming to UAM and how

sity in high regard,” Hughes said. “We

include UAM in their planned gifts so

will make sure their gift goes toward

that their legacy makes a real impact

something at UAM that will continue

through supporting higher education.”

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Jeff Weaver, UAM’s vice chancellor

the Office of University Relations at (870) 4601028.

We’ll be in touch!

you can help us meet the needs of future generations.

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ENDOWMENTS (As of Aug 10, 2018)

Wayne Gilleland Golf Scholarship / Dr. Diane Suitt Gilleland and Friends

School of Arts and Humanities

Grider Family Scholarship / Eric Grider and

Barbara Murphy Babin Scholarship / Dr. Claude

Babin and Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Babin Birch-Johnson Endowed Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. J. Chester Johnson

Friends Hani and Debra Hashem Scholarship / Mr. and

Marty and Erma Brutscher Debate/Forensics

Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Brutscher

Mary Claire Randolph Buffalo Scholarship / Mr.

Mrs. Hani Hashem Jack Jordan Golf Scholarship / Friends Willis “Convoy” Leslie Scholarship / Former

Harvey Buffalo

Teammates, Former Football Players and

G. William and Verna Hobson Cahoon Scholarship / Tom and Julia Coleman Family

Members of the Arkansas National Guard Betty A. Matthews Women’s Athletics Scholarship

Frank and Catherine Hillesheim Forensics

Scholarship / Dr. James Roiger

/ Dr. Betty A. Matthews Tommy Matthews Athletic Scholarship / Tommy

Thomas C. and Julia Hobson Coleman Scholarship

and Pat Matthews, Bynum Matthews and Ann

/ Tom and Julia Coleman Family Benjamin and Jerri Whitten Hobson Scholarship / Tom and Julia Coleman Family Charlotte Cruce Hornaday Scholarship / Mr. and

Matthews Jones Carl Preston Endowed Award / Family and Friends

Miller R. David Ray Debate and Forensics Scholarship / School of Arts and Humanities, Former Stu-

Scholarship / Dr. James Roiger Fred and Janice Taylor Scholarship / Friends of UAM George and Betty Townsend Journalism Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. George E. Townsend George E. Townsend Mass Communication Scholarship / Mr. George E. Townsend

C.H. Barnes, Jr. Football Scholarship / Tommy Barnes, Family and Friends Tommy Barnes Memorial Scholarship / Dr. Seth and Scarlett Barnes Gene Brown Memorial Baseball Scholarship / Family and Friends Joe Brown Memorial Scholarship / Family and Friends Charles Fred Dearman, Sr. Athletic Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. “Chuck” Dearman, Jr. Jennifer and Rick Futrell Endowment for Football Student Athletes / Jennifer and Rick Futrell Drs. Glen and Mary Jane Gilbert Endowed Scholarship / Drs. Glen and Mary Jane Gilbert, Family and Former Students

Business Scholarship / Kenneth, Sharon and Jennifer Mann Robert W.D. Marsh Scholarship / Mrs. Demaris Marsh J. M. Matthews Scholarship / Mrs. J. M. Matthews, Sr., Ms. Jane Matthews Evans and Mr. Jim Matthews Virginia Lee Maxwell Memorial Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Tommy Maxwell and Family Pauline J. and Zach McClendon, Sr. Scholarship / Union Bank & Trust Company Minnie May Moffatt Business Scholarship / Ms. Minnie May Moffatt

Clarence L. and Mary Almeta Nixon Thomason

William D. Moss Scholarship / Dr. Steven C. Moss

Memorial Endowed Scholarship / Anders,

Bryant and Thomason families

E.R. “Bob” and Sara Wall Scholarship / Mrs. Sara Wall and Family George White Golf Award / Family and Friends

Bub and Beulah Pinkus Scholarship / The Pinkus Family Richard Wallace Memorial Scholarship / Family and Friends West-Walden Family Scholarship / Dr. Louis J. and Mrs. Carol West James

School of Business Fay Brann Accounting Scholarship / Mrs. J. F. Brann Eugenia H. (Moss) Burson & Jack D. Burson Scholarship / Family and Friends Jeff Busby Memorial Scholarship / Family and Friends Paul R. and June Webb Carter Scholarship / Mr.

Athletics

Kyle, Jr. Kenneth, Sharon and Jennifer Mann Endowed

Kermit C. Moss Scholarship / Family and Friends

dents and Friends Joseph P. and Katherine Roiger Communication

Dr. and Mrs. Louis J. James Curtis W. Kyle Family Scholarship / Mr. Curtis W.

Calvin V. Rowe Award / Mr. Calvin V. Rowe

Mrs. Dan Hornaday Gary Marshall ‘Mars Hall’ Award / Alice Guffey

Margaret Grider and Family

Bill Groce, Jr. Memorial Scholarship / Family and

Veneta E. and Louis Richard James Scholarship /

Paul R. and Mrs. June Webb Carter Paul R. and June Webb Carter - Drew Central High School Scholarship / Mr. Paul R. and Mrs. June

School of Computer Information Systems William R. and Katie B. Austin Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. William R. Austin, Jr. Dan and Charlotte Hornaday Computer Information Systems Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hornaday James Roiger Computer Information Systems Scholarship / Dr. James Roiger Raymond O. & Loretta J. Roiger Chi Iota Sigma Scholarship / Dr. James Roiger

Webb Carter James P. Cathey Endowed Business Scholarship / Brooks and Lesa Cathey Handly David B. Eberdt Scholarship / Mrs. Nancy Eberdt E. Shermane Gulledge Non-traditional Scholarship / Dr. Dexter E. and Mrs. E. Shermane Gulledge Izella Ruth Gulledge Scholarship / Dr. Dexter E. and Mrs. E. Shermane Gulledge Lesa Cathey Handly Trust Endowment for Business Excellence / Brooks and Lesa Cathey Handly

School of Education James Edward and Joy Dell Burton Akin Endowed Award / Mrs. Joy Dell Burton Akin Leslie and Faye Beard Scholarship / Mr. Paul R. and Mrs. June Webb Carter C. Alton Boyd Jr. Memorial Scholarship / Barbara Boyd Ruth G. Boyd Scholarship / Dr. Scott Boyd Dr. Scott Boyd Memorial Scholarship / Friends and Former Students Alvin and Raye Carter Education Scholarship / Mr. Dale W. Carter and Mr. Robert Ira Carter

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E ND O W ME N T S | F O UND AT I O N Paul R. and June Webb Carter Scholarship / Mr. Paul R. and Mrs. June Webb Carter Paul R. and June Webb Carter - Drew Central High School Scholarship / Mr. Paul R. and Mrs. June Webb Carter Jesse and Ernestine Coker Endowed Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. Jesse M. Coker Suzanne Cooke Memorial Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cooke Lloyd and Peggy Crossley Family Education Scholarship / Drs. Lloyd and Peggy Crossley Boyce Davis Award / Mr. Randy Risher Harry Y. Denson Scholarship / Family, Friends and Former Students Dr. Gene R. Dillard Education Scholarship / Mrs. Gerry Dillard, Family and Friends Peggy Doss Endowed Education Scholarship /

P. E. and Melba Munnerlyn Scholarship / Mr. and Velma Ashcraft Norman Scholarship / Mr. and

Velma Wood Powell

Barry Hall Endowed Scholarship / Mrs. Annette

Risher and Friends

Audrey Blasingame Former colleagues, Friends and Students of the School of Education Cecil C. Haywood Scholarship / Dr. Ann Haywood, Friends and Former Students of the School of Education Jo Hutchinson Jackson and Charles E. Jackson Education Endowed Scholarship / Deborah

United Commercial Travelers, Family and

Vance W. Edmondson Gilliam Family Farm Scholarship / Barbie Gilliam

Friends Peggy Wallick Scholarship / Dr. Paul A. Wallick,

Johnson and Lou Ann Gilliam Sales Charles G. Hawkins Memorial Scholarship / Fam-

Sr., Family, Friends and Former Students Maurice and Minnie Chambers Webb Scholarship

ily and Friends Henry G. Hearnsberger, Sr. Forest Resources Scholarship / Mrs. George H. Clippert Robert L. Hixson Memorial Scholarship / Family

Sara Horn Wigley Memorial Scholarship / Sam Wigley Family and Charles & Donna Bell

and Friends Dan and Charlotte Hornaday Agriculture Scholar-

Family Madge Youree Scholarship / School of Education,

ship / Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hornaday James A. Hudson Scholarship / James A. Hudson

Family and Friends

Memorial Foundation Henry B. Humphry Memorial Scholarship / Family

College of Forestry, Agriculture and Natural Resources

and Friends Kingwood Forestry Scholarship / Proceeds from

Weldon B. Abbott Endowed Scholarship / Mrs.

sale of Lake Monticello maps

Betty S. Abbott, Dr. and Mrs. Weldon S. Abbott,

Robert C. Kirst Agriculture Scholarship /

Mr. and Mrs. H. Lavon Abbott, Mr. and Mrs.

University of Arkansas at Monticello

Howard P. Taylor, and Ms. Mary Ross Taylor

Agriculture Alumni Society

Arkansas Seed Dealers Association Scholarship /

Timothy Ku Scholarship / Mr. Lawrence A. Ku and

Arkansas Seed Dealers Board of Directors Arkansas Society of American Foresters Scholar-

Mr. Albert Ku Curtis W. Kyle, Sr. Forestry Scholarship / Mr.

Jackson, Jimmie Jo Jackson Leech, Dr. Charles

ship / Ouachita Society of American Foresters

E. Jackson, Jr. and Lucy Jackson Cyphers

& Arkansas Division of Ouachita Society of

Fred H. Lang Forestry Scholarship / Mrs.

American Foresters

Loran L. Johnson Endowed Scholarship / Mississippi Marine Corporation and other individuals known as “Loran’s Boys” Dr. Kathy Brown King and Family Endowed Graduate Scholarship / Dr. Kathy Brown King and Family Leslie Larance Elementary Education Award / Family and Friends Martin -Wiscaver Endowed Scholarship / Dr. Jesse M. Coker Elizabeth Culbertson McDaniel Scholarship / Mr. Noel Waymon McDaniel and Mr. Noel A. McDaniel Noel Waymon and LaFran H. McDaniel Scholarship / Mr. Noel Waymon and Mrs. LaFran McDaniel Miller Sisters Scholarship - Education / Miss

Mrs. Richard A. Kluender Vance W. Edmondson Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs.

Horace E. Thompson Scholarship / Members of

Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Cleatous J. Hall and Mrs. Dr. Ann Haywood Scholarship / Dr. Cecil Haywood,

and Mrs. O. H. Darling Dean’s Scholarship - Forest Resources / Dr. and

Randy Risher Fitness Scholarship / Mr. Randy

Webb, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Banwarth

Scholarship / Mr. Barry Hall

H. Hamlen O. H. (Doogie) and Patsy Darling Scholarship / Mr.

Velma Wood Powell Scholarship / Estate of

/ Mr. and Mrs. Bill Webb, Mr. and Mrs. Kent

Annette K. Hall Graduate Studies in Education

Mrs. Jesse M. Coker Steve Crowley Forestry Scholarship / Mr. James

Pinkus & Ladd Pinkus (Education) Emeline Killiam Pope, Sallie Pope Wood, and

John Nichols of Willie Katherine Coody Groce

George H. Clippert Jesse and Ernestine Coker Scholarship / Dr. and

Mrs. Sam Sowell Linda Pinkus Scholarship / Mr. Lester Pinkus, Lee

School of Education Faculty/Staff and Mr. D. Willie Katherine Coody Groce Scholarship / Estate

George H. Clippert Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs.

Mrs. P. E. Munnerlyn

Jessie W. Miller

Baker Family Natural Resources Scholarship / Terrell and Sheila Baker Marvin and Edna Moseley Bankston Scholarship / Bob and Louine Selman Leech Richard “Dick” Broach Wildlife Management Scholarship / Southern Pulpwood Co., Mrs. Nancy Clippert Broach, Mrs. Maxine Clippert and Mr. David Clippert Jimmy Lee Buford Memorial Scholarship / Agri-

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Randall Leister Scholarship / Friends E. Wesley McCoy Scholarship / Ouachita-Saline Surveying, Mr. and Mrs. E. Wesley McCoy Thomas McGill Forestry Scholarship / Mr. Thomas W. McGill Ruth and Wells Moffatt Forestry Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Wells Moffatt Charles H. Murphy, Jr. Memorial Scholarship / Deltic Timber Corporation

culture Technology Dept. Advisory Committee,

Jim Neeley Scholarship / Mr. Jim Neeley

UAM College of Technology - McGehee

Loyal V. Norman Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Sam

Robert H. Burch, Jr. Waterfowl Research Endowment / Family and Friends Chamberlin Wildlife Scholarship / Mr. H. H. Chamberlin Hank Chamberlin Memorial Scholarship / Family, Friends, Former students, Associates and Colleagues

Curtis W. Kyle, Jr.

Sowell Dale Oliver Forestry Scholarship / Mr. James H. Hamlen B. C. Pickens Endowed Scholarship / B. C. Pickens Trust John Porter and Mary Sue Price Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. John Porter Price

E ND O W ME N T S | F O UND AT I O N Russell R. Reynolds Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Russell Reynolds, Family and Friends Ross Foundation Endowed Scholarship - Forestry / The Ross Foundation Thomas Robie Scott, Jr. Scholarship / Mrs. Opal Scott, Mr. Thomas Scott III, Mr. Michael

Robert Scott and Mr. Phillip Roland Scott

Elwood Shade Forest Resources Scholarship / Mr. Elwood Shade UAM Forestry Alumni Scholarship / UAM Forestry Alumni Bill and Marilyn Webb Forest Resources Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Kent Webb and Monticello Church of Christ Webb/Carter Scholarship / Mr. Paul R. and Mrs. June Webb Carter Robert Weih Family Eagle Scout/Gold Award \ Endowed Forest Resources Scholarship / Robert and Marilyn Weih James M. White Memorial Scholarship / Deltic Farm & Timber, Inc., Family and Friends John W. White Forestry Scholarship / Estate of Trannye O. White **Larry Willett Scholarship / Family, Co-workers and Friends Samuel A. Williams Scholarship / Mr. Sam W. Denison Dr. George F. Wynne, Sr. Scholarship / Mrs. Matilda Wynne

Van and Eula Mae Cruce Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hornaday Troy and Betty Davis Endowed Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Andy Davis and Mr. and Mrs. Kent Davis C. W. Day Scholarship / Day Farms, Inc., Danny Day, Sr. Family, Raymond Day Family, Rickey

Alumni Achievement and Merit Scholarship / Recipients of the Alumni Achievement and Merit Award Alumni Association Scholarship / Alumni Association Board of Directors Hoyt and Susan Andres Endowed Scholarship / Hoyt and Susan Andres Robert Orum and Fernande’ Vicknair Barrett Scholarship / Family Kelly Bashaw Memorial Scholarship / Family and Friends Earl and Kathleen Baxter Memorial Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Earl Baxter Major Thomas E. Bell, Jr. Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. Jesse M. Coker and Coker Book Account John Falls Bowen Scholarship / Mr. Bill Bowen and members of Battery B of the 206th Coast Artillery B. R. “Bobby” Brown Scholarship / Mr. B. R. “Bobby” Brown and Consol, Inc. Coker Alumni Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. Jesse M. Coker and Coker Book Account

Mrs. Frederick Leonard Gerald and Sue Majors Endowed Scholarship / Trinity Foundation Allen Wilson Maxwell, Jr. Memorial Scholarship / Family and Friends James and Nellie McDonald Scholarship in Mem-

Day Family, Sue Day Wood Family, William

ory of Michael Stapp / Chicot Irrigation, Inc.-

Day Family

Lake Village, James and Nellie McDonald, Glen

Drew County Extension Homemakers Endowed Scholarship / Drew County Extension Homemakers Council

and Beverly Rowe, Rick and Linda Rowe, Mike and Cindy McDonald Paul C. McDonald Memorial Scholarship and Fund

Drew County Extension Homemakers Endowed

for Academic Excellence / Ms. Betty McDon-

General Award / Drew County Extension

ald, Dr. James McDonald, Mr. Garrett Vogel,

Homemakers Council Susan Phillips Echols Memorial Endowed Scholarship / Ronald K. Echols, Family and Friends

and Dr. Betsy Boze Thomas McGill Scholarship / Mr. Thomas W. McGill

Hampton and Minnie Etheridge Scholarship /

Cecil McNiece Family Scholarship Fund / Family

James and Mary Sawyer, Stacey and Helen

Willard G. Mears Estate Scholarship / Willard G.

Toole, T. D. and Joy Howell, R. M. and Rose Etheridge, Hampton and Marie Etheridge Jean Frisby Endowed Scholarship / Mr. Thomas V. Maxwell and Dr. Kenneth Purvis Shay Gillespie Phi Beta Sigma Leadership Scholarship / Family and friends of Mr. R. Shay Gillespie Classie Jones-Green African-American Alumni Scholarship / UAM African-American Alumni Association, Family and Friends Harold J. Green Scholarship / Harold J. Green

General (Any Major)

A.D. and Nellie Leonard Scholarship / Mr. and

Paul and Leone Hendrickson Endowed Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. Hendrickson, Sr. Frank D. Hickingbotham Scholarship / Mr. Frank D. Hickingbotham Dan and Charlotte Hornaday Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hornaday Dan and Charlotte Hornaday Residence Life Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hornaday Lamar Hunter Scholarship / The Reinhart Family Lamar Hunter Veterans and National Guard Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. Jesse M. Coker and Coker Book Account Dean and Mrs. James H. Hutchinson Endowed Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jackson James H. and Elva B. Hutchinson Scholarship / Estate of Dr. James H. Hutchinson, Jr Brigadier General Wesley Jacobs Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. Jesse M. Coker and Coker Book Account Donnie D. King Endowed Scholarship / Donnie D. King Grady and Myrtle Burks Knowles Scholarship / Mrs. Myrtle Burks Knowles Curtis W. Kyle, Jr. Veteran’s Scholarship / Mr.

Mears Trust Arhia Raymond Melton and Mildred Richardson Melton Scholarship / Estate of W. F. Chumney Walter A. and Myrtle Wells Moffatt Scholarship / Family Monticello High School Class of 1965 Endowed Scholarship / The MHS Class of 1965 Monticello Life Underwriters Scholarship / Monticello Association of Life Underwriters Juanita Louise Moss Scholarship / Family and Friends D. Anita Murphree Beta Sigma Phi Scholarship / Mr. Samuel Light D. John Nichols Scholarship / Mr. D. John Nichols and Mississippi Marine Corporation Al Peer Kappa Alpha Psi Leadership Scholarship / Family and Friends Merle and Deloris Peterson Scholarship / Merle and Deloris Peterson, Friends and Associates in the Dumas, Arkansas, Community Phi Sigma Chi Memorial Award / Phi Sigma Chi Alumnae and friends Ross Foundation Endowed Scholarship - General / The Ross Foundation Bennie F. Ryburn, Jr. and Marion Burge Ryburn Endowed Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Bennie F. Ryburn, Jr., Bank of Star City, First State Bank of Warren and Commercial Bank and Trust Company Bennie F. Ryburn, Sr. Scholarship / Family and Friends Cecil R. Scaife Scholarship / Mrs. Cecil Scaife and Children Joseph Martin Guenter - Sigma Tau Gamma Scholarship / Sigma Tau Gamma Alumni

Curtis W. Kyle, Jr.

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E ND O W ME N T S | F O UND AT I O N Simmons First Bank of South Arkansas Scholarship / Simmons First Bank of South Arkansas UAM Alumni and Friends Endowed Scholarship / UAM Alumni and Friends UAM Campus Scholarship / UAM Faculty, Staff and Friends Earl Willis Scholarship / Family, Friends and Drew Central Alumni Dr. David M. Yocum Family Endowed Scholarship / Dr. David Yocum, Jr. and Mr. David Yocum, IV

Steven Charles Moss Scholarship for Mathematics / Dr. Steven C. Moss Steven Charles Moss Scholarship for the Physical Sciences / Dr. Steven C. Moss Earl K. Phillips Math & Sciences Endowed Scholarship / Mrs. Patricia Phillips Dr. Tommy G. Roebuck Endowed Scholarship / Dr. Tommy G. Roebuck, DDS Herman C. Steelman Scholarship / School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, Former Students and Friends

School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences Greg Bland Memorial Scholarship / Mrs. Greg Bland, Family and Friends Dr. Van C. Binns Scholarship - Pre-medicine / Mrs. Evelyn Hogue Binns Robert H. Burch, Jr. Waterfowl Research Endowment / Family and Friends

Jack H. Tharp Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Jack H. Tharp Carolyn Hibbs Thompson Chemistry Scholarship / The Don Thompson Family & Thompson Electric Co. Dr. Paul Allen Wallick, Sr. Scholarship / Family and Friends

Anthony T. and Faye Chandler Scholarship / Dr.

School of Nursing Beard Nursing Scholarship / Mr. Arthur R. and Mrs. Bettie Beard Pate Dr. Van C. Binns Scholarship - Nursing / Mrs. Evelyn Hogue Binns Montre Bulloch â&#x20AC;&#x153;Angelâ&#x20AC;? Endowed Nursing Scholarship / William C. Bulloch and Family Verna Hobson Cahoon, Elizabeth Coleman Cochran and Cornelia Coleman Wright Scholarship / Tom and Julia Coleman Family Chair of the Division Scholarship - Nursing / Dr. and Mrs. Richard Kluender Anthony T. and Faye Chandler Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. Anthony T. Chandler, Family and Friends Hazel Owen Dahms and Angie Faye Owen Waldrum Nursing Scholarship / Estate of Hazel O. Dahms James S. Hancock Memorial Endowed Nursing

and Mrs. Anthony T. Chandler, Family and

Division of Music

Scholarship / Mrs. Carolyn Grubbs Hancock,

Friends

Steven Glen Anders, Jr. Memorial Endowed Schol-

Mrs. Hilda Hancock Malpica and Mrs. Becky

Tim D. Chase, D.D.S. Endowed Award / Family and Friends James Gordon Culpepper Scholarship / School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, Former Students and Friends Gregory Alan Devine Memorial Scholarship / Marion and Fern Devine Dr. Albert L. Etheridge Scholarship / School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, Former Students and Friends William and Anna Hill Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. William T. Hill Wilburn C. Hobgood Scholarship / School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, Former Students and Friends Mr. Jim Huey Scholarship / Family, Friends and Colleagues Dr. C. Lewis & Wanda W. Hyatt Endowed Scholarship / Mrs. Charlotte Hyatt McGarr & Mr. C. Lewis Hyatt, Jr. Victoria Ku Scholarship / School of Mathematical and Natural Sciences, Former Students, Friends and Family Mainline Health Systems, Inc. Endowed Scholarship / Mainline Health Systems, Inc.

arship / James N. and Candace K. Thomason Fred and Doris Bellott Music Endowed Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. Fred K. Bellott Verna Hobson Cahoon, Elizabeth Coleman Cochran and Cornelia Coleman Wright Scholarship / Tom and Julia Coleman Family Marjorie Lamb Chamberlin Music Scholarship / Family and Friends Ernestine Coker Endowed Music Scholarship / Dr. Jesse M. Coker Dr. Jesse M. Coker Distinguished Service Scholarship / UAM Foundation Fund Board of Directors Suzanne Cooke Memorial Scholarship / Mr. and

Jimmy Jeffress, Senator Gene Jeffress, Former Students and Friends Annette K. Hall Scholarship for Music / Mr. Barry Hall Arthur A. Harris Vocal Endowed Scholarship / Mrs. Annette Hall, Family and Friends Helen Harris Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Harris, Division of Music, and Friends Louine Selman Leech and Robert W. Leech Scholarship / Robert W. Leech, Jr., Mary Leech

Mathematics-Physics Scholarship / School of

Johnson and David Selman Leech

Students and Friends Miller Sisters Scholarship -Science / Miss Jessie W. Miller Robert H. Moss Endowed Scholarship / Family and Friends

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Charles Hargis Mrs. Henry G. Hearnsberger, Sr. Nursing Scholarship / Mrs. George H. Clippert Iris Sullivan Hipp Nursing Scholarship / Ms. Sally Hipp Austin, Ms. Sheila Nichole Austin, and Mr. Hank E. Williams Virginia M. Ryan Jones Memorial Nursing Scholarship / Dr. C. Morrell Jones and Family and Friends Harry H. Stevens Nursing Scholarship / Bradley County Medical Center Anne Wilson Scholarship / Family and Friends

Mrs. Paul Cooke John Dougherty Choral Scholarship / Senator

Mathematics Scholarship / Anonymous Mathematical and Natural Sciences, Former

Hancock Crossett Susie Hargis Nursing Endowed Scholarship /

Pattie Phenton Moffatt Vocal Music Scholarship / Trust of Pattie Phenton Moffatt Dr. Walter A. Moffatt, Jr. Scholarship / Ms. Minnie May Moffatt and Ms. Pattie Phenton Moffatt Lee Wallick Band Scholarship / Dr. Paul A. Wallick, Sr., Friends and Former Band Students

School of Social and Behavioral Sciences Dr. Claude H. Babin Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Hunter Babin, Former Students, Faculty and Friends K. Michael Baker Memorial Scholarship / School of Social & Behavioral Sciences, Former Students, Family and Friends G. William and Verna Hobson Cahoon Scholarship / Tom and Julia Coleman Family Benjamin and Jerri Whitten Hobson Scholarship / Tom and Julia Coleman Family Raymond and Loretta Roiger Scholarship for Social Work Service / Dr. James Roiger James A. & Mabel (Molly) H. Ross Endowed Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Don H. Ross & Mr. and Mrs. James A. Ross, Jr.

E ND O W ME N T S | F O UND AT I O N UAM College of Technology - McGehee Gary R. and Shareen Gibbs Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Gary R. Gibbs Wesley United Methodist Church of McGehee Founder’s Scholarship / Wesley United Methodist Church of McGehee

FUTURE ENDOWMENTS Dr. Ed Bacon Scholarship / Ms. Isabel Bacon Bramlett Scholarship / Dr. and Mrs. Morris Bramlett Louis Raymond Doyle, Jr. Memorial Award / Mr. John Juneau and Mr. Timothy Pruitt Louis Dunlap Mathematics Scholarship /UAM

Other Endowments (Unrestricted) Fred K. Bellott Music Gift Fund / Dr. and Mrs. Fred K. Bellott *Henry (Mike) Berg Scholarship / Mrs. Helen Berg George R. Brown Professorship / The Brown Foundation, Inc. George R. Brown Graduate Assistantship - Fellowship in Forest Resources / The Brown Foundation, Inc. Centennial Circle / 100 Special Friends George H. Clippert Endowed Chair in Forestry / Mr. and Mrs. George H. Clippert; Mr. David H. Clippert; and Mrs. Nancy Clippert Broach Edward & Veronica Groebner Computer Information Systems Operations Support Endowment / Dr. James F. Roiger Hornaday Outstanding Faculty Award / Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hornaday Hornaday Unrestricted Endowment / Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hornaday Dan & Charlotte Hornaday Debate & Forensics

African-American Alumni Association, Family, Friends and Former Students Jay and Laura Davis Hughes Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Jay Hughes The Coach Mac Endowed Scholarship / Alexis Pacheco McMahan and Friends Ernest and Mary McFarland Scholarship / Mary I. McFarland Dr. William J. McKiever and Dr. William Randall McKiever Pre-Pharmacy or Pre-Medicine Scholarship / Family of W.J. McKiever Monticello Rotary Club Scholarship / Monticello Rotary Club Robert S. Moore Scholarship Fund / COT McGehee Single Parents Fund Lionell Moss Omega Psi Phi Scholarship / UAM African-American Alumni Association Rison High School Scholarship / Jasper Calaway, Rison Business Community and Friends Robert W. Wiley Endowed Scholarship / Family and Friends

Endowment / Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Hornaday Dan and Charlotte Hornaday Music Excellence Fund / Mr. and Mrs. Dan Hornaday Indoor Practice Facility Endowed Maintenance Fund / Estate of Mr. Quentious Crews Krevack Athletic Discretionary / Coaches and Friends of Mike Krevack Judy and Jack Lassiter Endowment for Students / Mr. Randy S. Risher William E. Morgan-Weevil Pond Endowment /

sitions / Dr. James Roiger *Roy and Christine Sturgis / The Roy and Christine Sturgis Charitable and Educational Trust

Farm Bureau Agriculture Scholarship / Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. of Arkansas (Agriculture) Farmers Grain Terminal Award / Farmers Grain Terminal (General) Georgia-Pacific Crossett Paper Operations Award / Georgia-Pacific (COT- Crossett) Miriam and Norman Graber Memorial Scholarship / Dr. Robert Graber (Business) Opal Birch Johnson Scholarship (General) Math & Sciences - Pre-Engineering (Math & Natural Sciences) Ralph McQueen Business Award / Ralph McQueen & Co. (Business) Jewell Minnis Award / Jewell Minnis Trust (General) Lucille Moseley Memorial Scholarship / Family and friends (COT- Crossett) Linda Pinkus Scholarship - McGehee / Mr. Lester Pinkus (COT - McGehee) James & Venie Ann Powell Scholarship / James & Venie Ann Powell Fund (General) Gary Stevenson Memorial Scholarship / Friends and Family (COT - Crossett) Ranger Jim Scholarship Fund (Forestry and Natural Resources) A. O. Tucker Memorial Scholarship / Mrs. Glenda Carol Tucker Baker (General)

LIFE INSURANCE Christopher L. Johnson / Mr. and Mrs. Christopher L. Johnson Phillip Pierini / Mr. Phillip Pierini Tim Pruitt / Mr. Timothy R. Pruitt Gus “Bubba” Pugh, Jr. / Mr. Gus “Bubba” Pugh, Jr. Guy “Butch” Sabbatini, Jr. / Mr. Butch Sabbatini, Jr.

Estate of William E. Morgan James F. Roiger Endowed Fund for Library Acqui-

Jerry Duran Memorial Fund (General)

UAM Alumni Legacy Scholarship (General) UAM Institute of Management Accountants Scholarship / UAM Student Chapter of the IMA (Business) UAM - College of Technology at McGehee Scholarship (COT-McGehee) Wallace Trust Scholarship / Wallace Trust (General) Bob White Memorial Foundation Scholarship / Bob White Memorial Foundation (Agriculture)

CHARITABLE REMAINDER UNITRUSTS Mr. and Mrs. Carroll E. Walls, Sr. Mr. Kim L. Mitchell and Mrs. Joyce A. Mitchell

Woodman Lodge 7 Book Scholarship / Woodman Lodge 7 (Monticello) Woodman Lodge 7 Book Scholarship / Woodman Lodge 7 (COT - Crossett)

James M. White Professorship / Deltic Farm & Timber, Inc., Family and Friends *Held by UAM

ANNUAL AWARDS/ SCHOLARSHIPS American Legion Post 111 Scholarship / American Legion Post 111 (COT - Crossett) Hunter Bell Memorial Scholarship / Mr. and Mrs. Jim Manning (COT - Crossett) Aldo Cingolani Memorial Scholarship / Mrs. Patsy Cingolani (Agriculture) Commercial Bank Business Award / Commercial Bank and Trust Company (Business)

Autumn 2018

University of Arkansas at Monticello Alumni Association P.O. Box 3520 Monticello, AR 71656

THE 2018 BOARD OF VISITORS Meet the newly reorganized UAM Board of Visitors, approved by the UA Board of Trustees to serve in an advisory capacity. Eight of the nine board members pictured are UAM graduates. The new board members are (from left, seated) Gregg Reep of Warren (B.A. ‘76), Mellie Jo Owen of Monticello (B.S.E. ‘72), Dr. Bettye Gragg of Monticello (B.A. ‘79), Roger George of Warren (B.B.A. ‘74), (standing, from left) Scott Saffold of Monticello (B.S. ‘91), James Daniels of McGehee (B.S. ‘92), George Harris of Monticello (B.S. ‘65), J. Michael Jones of Dumas, and Michael Walker of Star City (B.S.E. ‘86).