Alumni Magazine Winter 2012 by Concord University

Japan Alumni Chapter

Number 1 for Veterans Football Conference Champs

From the President’s Desk Happy New Year to all Concord alumni, family and friends and allow me to be the first to wish the entire Mountain Lion family a Happy Anniversary! 2012 marks Concord’s “Quadragesicentennial” or 140th anniversary and we have plenty of reasons to celebrate. Concord is the number one veteran friendly, four-year institution in the nation. We were given that distinction by Military Times EDGE magazine. Our football team earned the 2011 WVIAC conference championship, the first conference title in football since 1990, and our head coach, Garin Justice, was named WVIAC Coach of the Year. Our baseball team also won the WVIAC conference championship in 2011 and gained national attention for its performance in post-season play. Also, track coach, Mike Cox, was named the WVIAC Coach of the Year after leading runner Shawnee Carnett to a NCAA national title in the women’s 800 meter run. In addition to athletics, U.S. News & World Report ranked Concord as the number one public institution in West Virginia among Regional Colleges South. We have consistently placed in the top tier of Best Colleges for the past seven years! Concord University’s mock trial team placed fourth in the Phi Alpha Delta (PAD) Fraternity’s National PreLaw Conference and Mock Trial Competition held in Washington, D.C. in November. This is the seventh Concord team to have been in the final four of the competition in the last seven years. Concord’s Director of Human Resources, Marshall Campbell, received the Professional Fraternity Association’s Faculty Advisor Award. He has served as an advisor of PAD since 2003. Also, art professor, Dr. Lauri Reidmiller, received West Virginia’s Art Educator of the Year award at the statewide art conference hosted at Concord University in October. This is just a fraction of the success we’ve experienced on campus recently. As alumni, you have a lot of which to be proud. In November, we traveled to Kutztown, Pennsylvania to cheer on the football team in the playoffs. There, we were greeted by a group of Concord graduates who have faithfully supported their alma mater for many years. The group gathered from a number of different states to tailgate, enjoy an afternoon of football and reminisce about their time in Athens. This is why I enjoy Concord so much. A few years on campus have connected this group for life and they truly see Concord Alumni as family. Many thanks to those of you who were there to support the University. It’s a new year and a new opportunity to get involved! Please take the time to join the Alumni Association, attend a ball game, participate in the events scheduled on campus and in your hometowns. Give the Advancement Office a call and let them know how you are doing. Share with us where you are and the successes you’ve had in your life. The best part of being a Concord Mountain Lion is knowing you’re part of a large network of people who are successful, fun and genuinely care about our school. We hope to see you on campus soon!

Dr. Gregory F. Aloia Concord University President and Professor

Calendar of Events April 13, 2012 • CU Athletics Elimination Dinner • 7:00 p.m. John & Lucia Pais Family Fellowship Hall

May 11 and 12, 2012 • Reunion Weekend • Class of 1962 – 50 year • Class of 1987 – 25 year

May 11, 2012 • Alumni Banquet

May 12, 2012 • Reunion Breakfast • Class of 1962 – 50 year • Class of 1987 – 25 year John & Lucia Pais Family Fellowship Hall

May 12, 2012 • 140th Spring Commencement Leslie R. & Ruby Webb Carter Center

July 13, 2012 • Appalachian Eye Care & Concord University Athletic Department Golf Tournament • Registration 8:00 a.m. • Shotgun start 8:30 a.m. Fountain Springs Golf Course Peterstown, W.Va. October 1-6, 2012 • Homecoming Week October 6, 2012 • Homecoming Game

Inside this Issue Winter 2012

On the Cover Lewis D’Antoni ’37, center, is honored for his lifetime of achievement as a basketball coach during Lewis D’Antoni Day at the Carter Center on Dec. 10, 2011. He presented a copy of his book “The Coach’s Coach” to the Marsh Library. Accepting the gift and honoring D’Antoni are CU Athletic Director Kevin Garrett, left, and CU President Dr. Gregory Aloia.

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Japan Alumni Chapter

Number 1 for Veterans

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Football Conference Champs

President Interim Vice President of Advancement Alumni Director

Features

Alicia Besenyei

Dr. Charles Grindstaff

Holly Jolly Times at the Holiday Open House

Fall Commencement

Caperton Keynotes Scholarship Fund-raiser

Japan Alumni Chapter

Alumni Events

Concord University Number 1 for Veterans

Peters Delivers Care and Compassion as Medical Missionary

Lewis D'Antoni Honored by Mountain Lions

Mountain Lions Claim WVIAC Conference Crown

Strong Reaches Peak of Coaching Profession

Sarah Lively Turner '98 Dwight Barnette '80

Graphic Designer

Lance McDaniel '10

Editorial Assistant

Dr. Gregory F. Aloia

President, Concord University Alumni Association, Inc.

Project Coordinator

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Sarah P. Dalton Amy Pitzer

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Greetings from the CU Alumni Association, Inc.

Mountain Lion Club, Inc.

Greetings from the CU Foundation, Inc.

Heritage & Horizon

Class Notes

CU Athletics

Greetings From... The CU Alumni Association, Inc. Happy New Year from the Concord University Alumni Association! One of the most exciting things about a new year is the opportunity to make a fresh start towards something you may or may not have had time for in the past. If being an active Concord alum is something you haven’t had time for in the past, we hope that you will resolve in 2012 to change that! For as little as $10 you can become a member of the Concord University Alumni Association, Inc. and help support the various scholarships and alumni activities that the CUAA sponsors. A membership form and envelope are found in this magazine or you can join through the Office of Advancement page of Concord’s website.

Another way that you can become an involved alum is by joining your local Concord alumni chapter. There are a number of alumni events being planned for 2012, some of which you will see mentioned in this issue of the magazine. Plans for more events are in the works so make sure you are checking Concord’s website and social media pages regularly to see if an event is taking place near you. Don’t see an event scheduled in your area? We would love to have regular alumni activities taking place anywhere that there is enough interest so if you would be willing to help organize an event in your area contact us at alumni@ concord.edu and let us know.

As I’m sure most of you are aware, the Concord football team won the conference for the first time in twenty-one years and received a berth in the NCAA Division II Football playoffs. Although falling in the first round in a close battle to Kutztown, Concord football is once again on the rise. Having taught at Virginia Tech for the past two and a half decades, I can attest to the positive benefits that a school incurs due to success in sports.

One other thing that comes to my mind as I look at the calendar is that this is the year we will be honoring our 25year and 50-year reunion classes during the 2012 Commencement activities. If you graduated in 1987 or 1962 we hope you will plan to join us on campus the weekend of May 12 as we celebrate your class and the milestone you have reached! Details about the reunion are being sent out to alumni from these classes but if you have questions about what is being planned, please contact the Office of Advancement at 304-384-6311 or advancement@concord.edu Best wishes for a happy and healthy 2012! Dwight Barnette ‘80 Alumni Association President barnette@vt.edu

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Dr. Charles Grindstaff, associate professor of education, joined the Concord University faculty after 39 years of service as both a teacher and administrator in the public schools. His experience spanned all grade levels, which included positions as a principal of the elementary school, middle school, high school, and career and technical school, as well as, a supervisor at the district level. Dr. Grindstaff applied his understanding of administration as an instructor in Concord’s Educational Leadership Master’s program. In addition, he taught undergraduate courses in assessment for the Teacher Preparation program. Dr. Grindstaff was a nationally certified evaluator for AdvancEd, and served as the Chair on numerous Quality Assurance Review Team visits to schools within the state of Virginia. While at Concord University, he served on the Strategic Planning and the Human Resources Advisory Committees. Along with Dr. Anita Reynolds and Dr. Terry Mullins, he made presentations at state, national, and international conferences, showcasing their 21st Century innovative online team-teaching approach for Educational Psychology, Assessment and Technology (EPAT). Dr. Grindstaff and his two colleagues received the Excellence in Teaching Award at Concord University for their work on EPAT. In addition, he was honored by the SGA with the Friedl Award in May, 2011. He presented the keynote address during Concord’s Fall 2011 Freshman Convocation. Dr. Grindstaff served as Mayor for the Town of Tazewell, Virginia.

Holly Jolly Times at the

arolers in top hats and capes and a line of twinkling luminaries greeted guests outside of University Point for the Holiday Open House. Inside more festive fare awaited them. The Concord community enjoyed the evening of holiday music, refreshments and fun on Tuesday, Dec. 6 from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Wassail, hot chocolate and colorfully iced sugar cookies were served in the Alumni Lounge where Santa Claus heard wish lists from children. Concord University student vocalists and musicians performed throughout the evening offering jazz, Celtic and other seasonal sounds. Performers rotated between the Alumni Lounge, the Wilkes Family Chapel and the John and Lucia Pais Family Fellowship Hall. Decorating talents of Concord student groups and campus offices shone in the Holiday Hall of Trees located in the Fellowship Hall. Photographs from the evening are posted on flickr at: http://www.

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The Thirteenth Annual

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Commencement Concord University’s alumni base grew on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2011 when the nearly 150 candidates for fall graduation moved their tassels from right to left and received their diplomas during the Thirteenth Annual Fall Commencement. Master’s degrees and bachelor’s degrees were conferred during the 11 a.m. ceremony held in the Leslie R. and Ruby Webb Carter Center’s main gym. Valedictorian for the Fall 2011 class is Penny Susan Lawson of Athens, W.Va. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in studio art, summa cum laude. This is Lawson’s third degree from Concord. She earned two degrees in 1989 as a non-traditional student. Thirty-six individuals graduated with honors. The Division of Education and Human Performance had the largest number of graduates and the Division of Social Sciences was second. Along with West Virginia, other states represented among the graduates are Maryland, Ohio, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Virginia and Florida. Three international students representing Japan and Canada also graduated. A reception was held in the Carter Center small gym following the ceremony. For a list of the Fall 2011 graduates visit:

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Right: This year's valedictorian and oldest graduate, Penny Lawson poses for a photo before the commencement ceremony begins

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Greetings From... The CU Foundation, Inc. Dear Alumni and Friends,

It's the middle of winter and most of us are anxious for spring. That means it’s almost time for the Greenbrier Dinner for the Concord University Foundation.

The spring dinner will be held at The Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia. Please see the ad in this edition of the magazine. Additional information is available by calling Kerri Zaferatos at 304.384.6056. She will be glad to speak with you about the dinner.

Anyone who attended the Charleston Dinner in November knows what a wonderful evening we enjoyed visiting with friends and alumni. Governor Gaston Caperton delivered the keynote address. His attendance, comments and commitment to education are much appreciated. If you were unable to attend the Charleston Dinner, don’t miss the Greenbrier Dinner this spring. 2011 proved to be a year of continued change for the Foundation. The executive committee hired Kerri Zaferatos to serve as the Foundation’s executive director, the Charleston dinner resumed in November, the development office identified many new donors to the Foundation, and the endowment’s investment portfolio recovered from the sharp market decline that began with various bank failures in 2008. I thank everyone who continues to support the University and the Foundation financially. There is no donation too small. The accumulation of your gifts is making a difference. Just ask a student who receives a scholarship to attend Concord University. One last item, West Virginia Development Office Neighborhood Investment Program (NIP) tax credits are still available for donations to the Foundation. For information, please call Kerri. See you at The Greenbrier! My regards,

David Kirby ’79 Chairman Board of Directors The Concord University Foundation, Inc.

Keeping Up With Concord Social media has allowed people to keep in touch with individuals, groups and activities all across the globe and Concord is using some of these tools to keep its alumni connected to the university and each other. You can keep up with Concord through any (or all!) of the following outlets:

Facebook— Concord University Alumni Association, Inc.

(Facebook changed the formats of their groups so if you were a member of the previous CUAA group you will need to “like” this new group.)

LinkedIn— Concord University Alumni group Twitter— @CampusBeautiful

We hope you will take advantage of each of these sites as a quick and easy way to keep up with Concord!

Scholarship Fund-raiser

Christy Elliott-McGinnis ‘04 & Gaston Caperton

ollege Board President and former West Virginia Governor Gaston Caperton presented the keynote address for the Concord University Foundation Charleston Dinner on Thursday, Nov. 10, 2011. The scholarship fund-raiser was held at the Embassy Suites in Charleston, W.Va. A 6 p.m. reception was followed by dinner at 7 p.m. Caperton served as governor of West Virginia from 1989 to 1997. He was a fellow at the Institute of Politics at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, and executive director of Columbia University’s Institute on Education & Government at Teachers College. In recognition for his lifetime

of leadership on education issues, Caperton has received numerous awards and 10 honorary degrees. Concord University honored him with the Doctor of Humanitarian Service, honoris causa in 2007. Caperton was appointed to his current position in 1999. Under his leadership, the College Board has grown to become a leading advocacy organization dedicated to excellence and equity in education. Concord University junior Erica White of Ripley, W.Va., served as the dinner’s student speaker. White shared how scholarship funds have enabled her to pursue a bachelor’s degree at Concord in pre-kindergarten to kindergarten special education. A Bonner Scholar,

Erica White

White is also a resident assistant and Student Ambassador at Concord. Sponsors for the Charleston Dinner include: Platinum sponsor - Wells Fargo Insurance Services; Gold sponsors - BB&T, Spilman, Thomas & Battle and Hugh I. Shott Jr. Foundation; Silver sponsors Andy Paterno, David and Sandy Kirby, Greg and Lorraine Allen Foundation, Bowles Rice McDavid Graff and Love, Arnett & Foster, City Holding Company, United Bank, Inc., Ted and Susan Rogers, Joseph and Faye Guilfoile, Dinsmore & Shohl, Suttle & Stalnaker and Chapman Industries. Dinner planning committee members are: Emily Myers, Martha Endres, Mika Pierson, Andrea Markins, Jason Lunsford, Justin Marlowe, Forrest Roles, David Kirby, Alicia Besenyei, Kerri Zaferatos and Christy McGinnis, chair. (On left) Alicia Carrico Price ’83 & Randy Price ’84, member of CU Foundation Board of Directors

(On right) Andy Paterno ’70, member of CU Foundation Board of Directors, & Gaston Caperton

Alumni Chapter

hartering ceremonies were held in Tokyo for Concord University’s first international alumni chapter on Oct. 8, 2011. The Japan Chapter of the Concord University Alumni Association, Inc. officially took its place among the school’s organized chapters. Concord has a strong alumni base in Japan with approximately 100 graduates there. The event was held at Shinjuku Station, Tokyo, Japan. Representing Concord University and presenting the chapter’s official charter were: Dr. Joe Manzo, professor of geography and chair of Concord’s International Initiatives Council; Dr. Karen Griffee, associate professor of psychology and member of the International Initiatives Council; and Ms. Sharon Manzo, administrative assistant to the president. Seven charter members

of the chapter attended. “Most arrived by train, one member traveling over two hours to attend,” Ms. Manzo said. Rumi Aikawa, a 2008 graduate of Concord, received the honor of serving as the chapter’s first president. The gathering was a special time of reflection for the former CU students as they remembered their college years. “They all reminisced about their Concord days, especially about their first impressions of the United States, West Virginia and Athens – several saying ‘I miss my Concord life,’” Ms. Manzo explained. “They were extremely appreciative of Concord University faculty and staff traveling to Japan to meet with them,” she said. The University’s delegation presented Concord memorabilia to members of the newly organized Japan Chapter. Dinner was also part of the event and featured traditional Japanese fare including tempura rice. Earlier in the week, Dr. Griffee gave a presentation on Concord for students at the Japan College of Foreign Languages in Tokyo. JCFL and Concord have an articulation agreement and according to Dr. Manzo, “almost 100 percent of our Japanese students come from JCFL.” MichikoYamaguchi from JCFL served as host. Concord delegation and Japanese hosts celebrate chartering of alumni chapter in Tokyo.

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New York Alumni gathered in New York City Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011 for a day at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Bob Gallione ’68 with the Yankee Chapter provides this account of the event. “Under azure blue skies and 75 degree weather, we began our day with a meet and greet at a breakfast reception. Ken Moore ’70 told us a ‘starting at the bottom and moving to the top’ career story which should serve as an example for the younger alumni at the event. He also provided a VIP private tour of the musical instruments gallery at the Met. Ken is the curator for this exhibit at the museum.”

CU Faithful Yankee Chapter alumni traveled to Pennsylvania to support the Mountain Lions in the NCAA Division II Super Region 1 playoff game against Kutztown University Nov.19. The group was joined by Concord President Greg Aloia and Athletic Director Kevin Garrett at a tailgate party prior to the game. Gary Brown was especially pleased to see his alma mater travel to his home state to compete for the national championship. While the Mountain Lions lost the game 17-14, it was a proud day to be Concordians. Submitted by Bob Gallione ’68 Yankee Chapter

CU Faithful - Cheering on the Mountain Lions at the playoffs in Kutztown, Pa., are, left to right, President Greg Aloia, Betty Foy Friedl, Don Ling, Eva Gallione, Patty Brown, Diana DeFrancesco, Gary Brown, Phil DeFrancesco, Bob Gallione, Joyce Jones, Gordy Jones, Joe Friedl and Athletic Director Kevin Garrett.

Attention Yankee Chapter The Yankee Chapter is planning a Concord alumni day at Yankee Stadium in late June 2012. More information will follow as a date is selected and plans are finalized. Interested alums may contact Bob Gallione ’68 at rgallione@aol.com 15

Concord PARTNERING WITH MARSHALL, RCBI IN Jobs Initiative

oncord University, in partnership with Marshall University and the Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing, is recipient of federal funding that establishes an EDA University Center at the three locations. U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall (D-WV) held a press conference at Concord Nov. 14, 2011 to announce the funding of $500,000 over five years for the university-based jobs initiative. Joining Rahall was Deputy Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) Matt Erskine. Erskine was on hand to represent EDA’s top administrator, John Fernandez, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development. The center will serve West Virginia’s 17 southernmost counties and provide technical assistance and applied research to help increase productivity of businesses, spur innovation and entrepreneurship, and increase long-term regional competitiveness and economic diversification of industries across the state. Dr. Kendra S. Boggess, Concord University’s interim vice president and academic dean, represented Concord at the announcement. “Concord University is delighted to partner with Marshall University and the Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing on our recently awarded EDA University Center grant,” Boggess said. “We look forward to establishing a collaborative University Center designed to support economic development in southern West Virginia by connecting small businesses and entrepreneurs with the resources

Business roundtable

Deputy Assistant Secretary Matt Erskine

U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall

present in higher education and the business sector.” Also attending the announcement were Marshall University’s Vice President for Research Dr. John Maher and Charlotte Weber, RCBI director. Following the funding announcement, Rahall convened a roundtable discussion with regional businesses to discuss the challenges and opportunities of the current economy. Major General Allen E. Tackett, Retired WV National Guard, served as moderator. Participants in the roundtable included: Blue Smoke Salsa, Concord’s Hospitality Sector Program, Custom Manufacturing, Development Authority of Mercer County, EIGENWEG, Frontier Communications, Greater Bluefield Chamber of Commerce, Hughes Supply, ManTech Inc., M-Rock Inc., New River Community and Technical College, Princeton-Mercer County Chamber Of Commerce, Region I Planning and Development Council, Smith Services, Inc. and the WV Higher Education Policy Commission. 16

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For Veterans Concord University Tops the List of Veteran-Friendly Schools

oncord University is ranked the nation’s No. 1 fouryear college for veterans by Military Times EDGE magazine. The publication released the report Monday, Oct. 31, 2011. The “Best for Vets: Colleges 2011” list is based on criteria including academic accreditation, central veterans offices and staff knowledgeable on veterans issues. Established in 2009, the Concord University Veterans Office works with United States veterans, reservists and active duty service members to utilize educational benefits from the Post 9/11 GI Bill. The office also works with student veterans in areas from housing to tutoring to counseling. Concord University President Gregory F. Aloia has led the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission’s Veterans Task Force in its work to advance the recruitment, retention and graduation of veterans at the state’s institutions of higher learning. Concord University is a “role model” in this initiative to offer veteran-friendly college and university campuses.

Veterans Appreciation Ceremony Salutes Military Service

breeze rippled the American Flag against the blue sky as the final notes of “The Star-Spangled Banner” reverberated across “The Campus Beautiful.” The group assembled outside of Marsh Hall had gathered at Concord University to honor the service and valor of veterans. The Veterans Appreciation Ceremony, sponsored by the University’s Veterans Committee on the afternoon of Wednesday, Nov. 9, featured U.S. Rep. Nick Rahall (W.Va.) as keynote speaker. On behalf of the committee, Rahall presented the Veterans Advocate of the Year Award to Major General Allen E. Tackett, Retired WV National Guard. Tackett was appointed the Adjutant General for the West

Roll Call Honors American War Heros

n a brisk November day Concord University remembered fallen American heroes during the Remembrance Day National Roll Call. This nationwide grass-roots effort, held on Veterans Day, Friday, Nov. 11, 2011, honored American service men and women who paid the ultimate sacrifice in Iraq and Afghanistan during the past decade. The Roll Call was sponsored nationally by the Veterans Knowledge Community of NASPA Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education. Concord’s participation was coordinated by the University’s Veterans Committee. The Concord community joined volunteers at more than 100 colleges and universities across the nation in reading the names of 6,200-plus casualties of Operation

Virginia National Guard on Sept. 11, 1995. As the Adjutant General, State of West Virginia, he provided command guidance and vision to the West Virginia Army and Air National Guard with more than 6000 citizen soldiers and airmen. Upon his retirement in January 2011, he was the longest-serving adjutant general in the history of West Virginia and the nation. The Concord University Marching Band, under the direction of student veteran and senior drum major Thomas Hilliker, performed the national anthem and “Our National March.” PikeView High School’s JROTC presented the colors. To watch a video of the ceremony go to: http://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=r-SadCHv7o4&list=UUrT eb5DZ58C9kW0BFGUbjgw&index =3&feature=plcp

Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF), now called Operation New Dawn. Reading of the names on each campus took nearly eight hours to complete as readers announced the names in chronological order. Concord’s outdoor reading ceremony was held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Gazebo near the Jerry L. Beasley Student Center. A simultaneous nationwide moment of silence was observed by all schools at 11 a.m. P.S.T. (2 p.m. at Concord).

For more information on the veterans program at Concord University, contact Veterans Coordinator Lisa Spencer at veterans@concord.edu, 1-304-384-5339 or 1-888-384-VETS (8387).

Reidmiller Named

Art Educator

Of The Year

WVAEA annual conference held at Concord r. Lauri Lydy Reidmiller, Concord University assistant professor of art, has been named the West Virginia Higher Education Art Educator of the Year for 2011. Reidmiller received the award during the West Virginia Art Education Association’s (WVAEA) annual conference held Oct. 21 and 22 at Concord. A repeat recipient of the honor, she was also selected Art Educator of the Year in 2009. The purpose of the WVAEA is to advance art education and promote the arts as essential elements in education programs. Reidmiller is president-elect of the WVAEA and served as chair and coordinator for the organization’s 2011 conference. She also coordinates the WVAEA Youth Art Month Three Dimensional Exhibit. Reidmiller teaches studio art

and art education at Concord. “My students have assisted with presentations and outreach projects in local schools,” she said. “They have also accompanied me to state and national conferences, and they now have the skills and confidence to conduct their own presentations.” Members of Concord’s National Art Education Association student chapter assisted with the recent WVAEA conference. Reidmiller presented a session on fabric dying with several of her art education students. Concord art education alumni Susan Hatchett and Victoria McInturff also presented. Conference participants had the opportunity to network with other educators and art education

Dr. Lauri Lydy Reidmiller, left, receives the West Virginia Higher Education Art Educator of the Year Award from Sandy Shaw, West Virginia Art Education Association awards coordinator and divisional director for Region 1.

students. More than 30 sessions were offered on topics such as e-learning, rethinking visual art curriculum, literacy in the arts and planning lessons around multiple intelligences. Topics for studiobased sessions included the Haiti House Project, repousse, linoleum block tattooing and Drapanki egg decorating. The keynote speaker on Oct. 22 was John “Jack” Deskins, coordinator for the arts at the West Virginia Department of Education.

Mock Trial Team In National Competition

oncord University’s mock trial team placed fourth in the Phi Alpha Delta Fraternity’s National PreLaw Conference and Mock Trial Competition held in Washington, D.C. Nov. 9 -12. This is the seventh Concord team to have been in the final four of the competition in the last seven years.

Marshall Campbell

Eight Concord students participated in the Mock Trial Competition. They were divided into two teams. The team of Joseph Dean II, Anthony Heltzel, Grace Hurney and Karina Rahall made it into the final round of four teams. They squared up against the team from Texas Tech University in the final round. The judges’ scores for the teams ended in a tie. The tiebreaker went to Texas Tech. First and second place went to the two

teams from the University of Florida. Concord’s other mock trial team consisted of Angela Cannon, Bradley Click, Danielle Knight and Chelsey Rowe. The mock trial case this year concerned whether an 18-year-old with Asperger’s Syndrome was guilty of theft and unauthorized use of a 1967 Shelby Ford Mustang. The defendant claimed that, due to his Asperger’s, he believed that he had permission to use the car and did not fully understand questions by the police when he allegedly confessed to the crime.

“I am extremely proud of the members of Concord’s teams. They continued the legacy of bringing a competitive ‘final four’ team to the competition. The positive result again this year evidences Concord’s strong legal studies and pre-law program.” Pre-law undergraduate students from universities across the United States competed in the trial competition. Concord was joined in the competition by much larger schools including teams

from the University of Florida, the University of Arizona, Louisiana State University, Central Florida University, Texas Tech University, the University of Houston, Western Illinois University, Florida Gulf Coast University and Florida International University. Concord’s mock trial teams are coached by attorney Marshall S. Campbell, a pre-law instructor at Concord and the University’s director of human resources. “I am extremely proud of the members of Concord’s teams,” Campbell said. “They continued the legacy of bringing a competitive ‘final four’ team to the competition. The positive result again this year evidences Concord’s strong legal studies and pre-law program.” The competition is part of the Phi Alpha Delta Fraternity’s National Pre-Law Conference, which also includes speakers on law school applications, financial aid, LSAT test preparation and how to be successful law students. Campbell thanked several local judges for helping the team prepare for the competition. “We went to the Mercer County Courthouse on Nov. 1 and had local Circuit Judges Derek Swope, William Sadler and Omar Aboulhosn ’89 and Family Court Judge Mary Ellen Griffith judge practice rounds. We greatly appreciate their willingness to assist us. Their excellent advice on the case is invaluable,” he said. Besides the mock trial class, Concord offers a variety of prelaw classes that assist students in preparing for law school or other careers. 20

Peters delivers care and compassion as

Medical Missionary

“If you can just change one person…think what that will do for a country.”

Dr. Jana Peters '80 stands in the waiting area of her medical practice surrounded by symbols of her mission work. Hats and gloves, soon to be delivered to the Union Mission, decorate a tree for the holidays. Underneath are bags and boxes of pet food for the local animal shelter. Peters’ staff and patients donate the items each holiday season. The American flag on the wall behind her still bears mud stains from Hurricane Katrina’s wrath on Mississippi in 2005. Peters volunteered with rescue efforts there within days of the storm.

ussian orphans, a frail 10-year-old girl, hurricane victims, a frightened raccoon, an injured Black Lab puppy… these and many other persons – and animals – have benefitted from the healing and compassionate touch of medical missionary Dr. Jana Peters. Their faces peer out from photographs displayed in the waiting room of her southern West Virginia medical clinic, a world away from the places they represent. Places that Dr. Peters, with an 21

adventurous spirit of wanting to help the hurting, has traveled. “I’ve always wanted to do missions,” Peters said as she talked about living her life’s dream. Peters grew up in the Greenbrier County community of Ronceverte, W.Va. She graduated with honors from Concord in 1980 earning a degree in biology. “It was absolutely the most awesome education ever,” she said about her time at Concord. “I think it was a first-rate education.”

Peters received a Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (D.O.) degree in 1984 from the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine. She currently practices medicine at New Hope Family Practice and Laser Center in Princeton, W.Va. and lives in Peterstown, W.Va. located in Monroe County. Her mission trips, usually one or two weeks in duration, have taken her into jungles and towns devastated by natural disasters, to locales where transportation is a dug-out canoe, to places without electricity and sewer systems. “It’s exciting,” she said. “It’s an adventure.” Peters’ first mission trip was to Guyana in South America to a place she describes as “the middle of the jungle, the middle of nowhere.” The trip, she said, was “a learning experience.” In such areas where the conveniences of modern medicine commonplace in the United States aren’t readily available, Peters relies on instinct and intuition and is always ready to be inventive in delivering care. “Most of it’s seat-of-the-pants medicine,” she said. Most places you go don’t have electricity.” The jungle brought about its own list of conditions to treat. Peters said she encountered tropical diseases among her patients in Guyana. She served in Mexico one holiday as part of a construction/medical

team. “It was the best Thanksgiving; building walls inside a church in Mexico,” she said. She has also spent time in Honduras and Russia. Peters travels as part of a team – often a combination of medical and construction personnel – on missions affiliated with various organizations. Her visit to an orphanage in Russia, for instance, was coordinated by The United Methodist Church. When asked how she decides when and where to go, Peters said she relies on God’s guidance to point her in the direction of her next missionary journey. “God tells you,” she said. “God puts you where he wants you.” Along with international mission work, Peters also volunteers to help suffering individuals in the United States, some very close to home. She worked in neighboring McDowell County when flood waters pummeled the area. One of her duties was to go out into the community and dispense tetanus shots.

“One thing universal the world throughout, everybody wants to be loved.” Peters headed to Mississippi “within a few days” after Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast in August 2005. She worked with the Marine Patrol in search and rescue. “We searched all the wreckage off the coast, all the islands,” she said. “The first patient we encountered was a raccoon. We gave it Cheerios and water.” She said the area where they found the raccoon was “completely annihilated.” Peters has other tales to share of encounters with wildlife and domesticated animals on mission trips. “We learned to co-exist with the tarantulas in Mexico,” she recalls. In Honduras, she said, they “have rabbits as pets” and “use rabbit Beagles to hunt iguanas.” Howler monkeys in Guyana and snakes and alligators displaced

by Katrina also find their way into Peters’ narrative. A reoccurring theme Peters expresses when discussing her mission work is the desire to help individuals move from being outcasts due to medical and physical conditions to becoming accepted. She removed an extra digit from a child’s hand. A procedure she performed on a baby who couldn’t cry freed her tongue allowing her to cry. “If you can just change one person…think what that will do for a country,” she said. She has found on her travels that “most people are good, genuine” and language is the only barrier. And, she has discovered another common trait. From the orphaned Russian child to the woman in Guyana suffering tropical disease to the Rottweiler surviving the terror of a hurricane, the need is the same. “One thing universal the world throughout, everybody wants to be loved,” she said.

CU Serves Community During

Make A Difference Day Volunteers from Concord University helped make the area a better place on Make A Difference Day. The national day set aside each year to help others was held in 2011 on Saturday, Oct. 22. Concord’s volunteer efforts were organized by the University’s Bonner Scholars Program. Bonner Coordinator Sharde Hardy said 73 Concord representatives, including students and staff, helped with projects at four sites in southern, West Virginia: Pam’s Place and Tender Mercies Ministries, both in Princeton; Pipestem State Park in Summers County; and Scottie’s Place in Peterstown. Pam’s Place is a safe haven for area women and children who

are victims of domestic violence. Volunteers helped prepare the facility’s retail store for the holiday season by decorating and changing merchandise. Park and trail cleanup was on the agenda at Pipestem. Tender Mercies Ministries provides food and guidance, at no cost, to those in need in the Princeton area. Volunteers worked in the food pantry preparing food boxes and bagging rice. Scottie’s Place works with impoverished, homeless and at-risk children. Concord’s Bonner Scholars continued a tradition of helping the children there during the recent Make A Difference Day.

Sharde Hardy works in the food pantry at Tender Mercies

Mator's Kids Former Concord Football Player

Remembered for Life of Generosity Chris “Mator” Myers was known in his community as a generous, giving individual who helped youngsters excel in sports and in school. A star on the high school football field and a former Mountain Lion, Myers wanted kids to have an opportunity to be involved in athletics regardless of their family’s financial or home situation. He bought ball gloves and provided rides to school. He mowed the playing field. If a youth couldn’t afford special shoes like his teammates all wore, Myers bought the shoes for him. He also encouraged students to excel in academics. His restaurant, Mator’s Grill in Belle, W.Va., became a homework hangout where students gathered after school to study. Myers posted the local honor rolls at the grill and students whose name appeared there, received a free meal. As a coach and a friend to young athletes across West Virginia’s Upper Kanawha Valley, Mator provided these and many more extras as he gave unselfishly of his time and talents. Myers passed away on March 22, 2011 at 49 years of age from complications following kidney transplant surgery. Wanting to see Mator’s legacy of giving live on, his family has set up a foundation in his memory to carry on his work. 23

Mator’s Kids Foundation, Inc. was established on May 10, 2011 on what would have been Mator’s 50th birthday. The non-profit foundation’s mission, as expressed on its Facebook page, is “to support athletic and educational challenges for young boys and girls in our community through financial, professional and other means with the express purpose of developing, mentoring and preparing those children to succeed in all walks of life.” Myers’ character is described in an excerpt from his obituary that is also part of the Facebook page: “He was a one-of-a-kind guy with a huge heart, kind nature and caring soul who led many a friend through tough times and many a kid on the right path for their life ahead.” Myers had battled kidney disease since childhood. Still, he played

and excelled in football. In 1979, as a senior lineman for Dupont High School, he made the All-State team, first-string. He played football four years for the Mountain Lions. Myers completed his college education at West Virginia State. He was an assistant football coach at Dupont Middle School and worked with the little league and the girls youth basketball league. Along with coaching and running Mator’s Grill, Myers also co-owned a trophy company and worked for Bayer, Corporation. For more information on Mator’s Kids Foundation email matorskids@live.com or write Mator’s Kids, P.O. Box 866, Belle, WV 25015. Additional information is also available on the foundation’s Facebook page.

ewis D'Antoni Honored by Mountain Lions

oaching legend – and now author – Lewis D’Antoni took center court during a Mountain Lions basketball contest earlier this winter. Concord University designated Saturday, Dec. 10, 2011, as Lewis D’Antoni Day in honor of the 98-year-old alum. In his memoir “The Coach’s Coach” D’Antoni shares the story of his immigrant Italian family and his life with sports. D’Antoni was honored at halftime during the afternoon bout between CU’s men’s basketball team and PittJohnstown. The Lady Lions get the action started against Pitt-Johnstown earlier in the day. During the ceremony, D’Antoni presented an autographed copy of his book to Concord’s Marsh Library. He held a book signing for “The Coach’s Coach” during a reception following the men’s game. To view photographs from Lewis D’Antoni Day go to: http://www.flickr. com/photos/42005172@N02/ sets/72157628391181843/ D’Antoni made his mark as a high school basketball coach in southern

West Virginia and Ohio where his 35 season career produced 450 games in the winning column. He passed his coaching abilities on to his two sons, Mike D’Antoni and Dan D’Antoni. Both sons played basketball for Marshall University and are now NBA coaches with the New York Knicks – Mike as head coach and Dan as assistant coach. A resident of Mullens, W.Va., D’Antoni graduated from Concord in 1937. He coached at Pineville High School from 1937-1941 and at Mullens High School from 1942 to 1959. Mullens won the state basketball championship in 1955. That same year, D’Antoni received the first High School Coach of the Year Award from the West Virginia Sports Writers Association. He coached in Ohio at Chesapeake High School from 19711982. He has been named to the West Virginia Sports Hall of Fame. For more information on “The Coach’s Coach” visit: http://www. lulu.com/browse/search.php?fListi ngClass=0&fSearch=d%27antoni

Smartphone app developed at Concord Presented at

North Cyprus Conference A smartphone application developed at Concord University in coordination with the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine (WVSOM) received international recognition at a recent medical conference in North Cyprus. Aimed at facilitating how students at the WVSOM learn medical terminology, the app is the work of Concord software developers Miranda N. Martin and Dr. W.R. Winfrey along with Dr. James W. Nemitz, vice president for administration and external relations at the osteopathic school. An Oak Hill, W.Va. native, Martin graduated from Concord in 2009. Winfrey is a professor of mathematics at Concord. The trio traveled to the Mediterranean island this

past fall to present at the First International Conference on E-Health and Telemedicine. The gathering was held Oct. 10 - 12, 2011 at Near East University in North Cyprus. First year medical students at the WVSOM learn anatomical terms for body parts then advance to learning eponyms for these same structures during their third year surgical rotation. The osteopathic school produced a booklet containing this information that students have used in their studies. The smartphone app developed at Concord contains the booklet’s information in a mobile format. Students have the information they need readily accessible on their phones eliminating the need to carry around the booklet.

Miranda N. Martin '09 at the North Cyprus conference

Graduate Program E x p a n d s C

oncord’s graduate program has expanded with the addition of a new master’s degree and a new content specialization. The University began offering the Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Program and a Special Education content specialization under the Master of Education (M.Ed.) in January 2012. The Master of Arts in Teaching is a 36-hour program that results in initial teaching certification and a master’s degree. The MAT is designed for candidates who currently hold a baccalaureate degree from an accredited 25

institution in specific content areas in grades PreK-Adult, 5-Adult, and 9-Adult, as specified in West Virginia Policy 5100 and are seeking an accelerated and/or alternative means to obtain initial certification at the graduate level. The M.Ed. Program in Special Education is a 36-hour program specifically designed for licensed teachers who hold degrees in elementary and 5-Adult; it does not include PreK-Adult content areas. The program consists of a 15-hour Professional Education core and a 21-hour Content Specialization. Individuals seeking

a multicategorical specialization/ certification or who already hold an undergraduate multicategorical certification may apply to the program. Licensed teachers with a special education multicategorical certification may also add an endorsement in Autism through this program. Contact Dr. Cheryl Barnes, interim director of graduate programs, at 304-384-5148 or ctrull@concord.edu for further information. Additional information may also be found at www.concord. edu/graduate

December graduates celebrate at

Cap and Gown Dinner C

oncord’s December 2011 graduates celebrated their milestone accomplishment at a Cap and Gown Dinner on Dec. 1. The evening began with a reception in the Alumni Lounge in University Point followed by dinner in the John and Lucia Pais Family Fellowship Hall. President Aloia, along with other administrators, faculty and staff, helped serve the meal. Graduates

picked up their caps and gowns. The gowns had been “steamed” by CU alums in preparation for the commencement ceremony on Dec. 17. Career/Advancement Services hosted the event.

Photos may be viewed on flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/42005172@N02/sets/72157 628488931555/?share=mail

Attention: August 2010, December 2011, & May 2011 Graduates Annually the Career/ Advancement Services office conducts a follow-up survey with the previous year’s graduates. The survey is available on-line at www.concord.edu, under Alumni & Donors. Statistical information on what happens to our graduates is extremely important for the continuation of programs, scholarships, and fundraising. If you haven’t already done so,

please complete and submit the information requested. It is a very brief questionnaire and will take less than five minutes to complete. In addition to having your employment and graduate/ professional school information for statistical purposes, it is also important that you keep your contact information current. With increased mailing costs, we want to assure that the quarterly magazines

are reaching you. Often new graduates fail to provide updated information and the mailings continue to go to a school address or a home address. We appreciate your willingness to take a few minutes to assure we have current and correct contact information for you. All respondents will be entered in a drawing for a special prize. 26

Pigs for a Blanket

encourages giving

t the beginning of the 2011-2012 school year, incoming freshmen were given a piggy bank and asked to “fatten” it during the fall semester. The students were told that the money they donated would be used for a gift from their class to the University. The Office of Advancement sponsored the “Pigs for a Blanket” project as a way to encourage a mindset of giving back to Concord that would remain with the students when they graduate and become alumni. On Dec. 8, at semester’s end, students were invited to empty their piggy banks in exchange for a Concord fleece blanket and a pig in a blanket snack.

Freshmen Mary Ellison, left, and Brianna Bailey empty their coin filled piggy banks on Pigs for a Blanket collection day.

Child Development Center Celebrates

‘Take a Fl wer to Childcare Day’ Childcare providers at Concord’s Child Development Center received a special thank you on Oct. 18. Bouquets of flowers, some professionally arranged and some hand-picked by tiny hands, arrived throughout the morning. The bright and cheery blossoms were a gift from the children and their parents. The center was among participants in the fourth annual “Take a Flower to Childcare Day.” The event celebrates the work of West Virginia’s dedicated childcare providers. West Virginia KIDS COUNT sponsored the celebration in an ongoing effort to raise awareness about the important role highquality childcare plays in the healthy development of young children and in the state’s economic future. 27

MountainHeart Community Services assisted KIDS COUNT by organizing local “Take a Flower to Childcare Day” activities including the one at Concord and others in neighboring West Virginia counties.

Left: Concord University Child Development Center Executive Director Cathryn Jarrell Right: MountainHeart Child Care Supervisor Donna England, left, and Concord University Child Development Center Director Florence Sargent

Plans are underway for a reunion weekend to honor our 25-year (1987) and 50-year (1962) classes during 2012 Commencement activities May 11-12. Members of these classes should have received information regarding the weekend in the mail. If you did not or if you have questions about the weekend, please contact us at 1-304-384-6311 or advancement@concord.edu

Colloquium Series Features

Student Research Presentations The Division of Natural Sciences Fall 2011 Colloquium Series featured six presentations by students who completed summer research internships at universities throughout the world. The presentations included: •

“Construction and optimization of solar devices” by Arnold Kidd, who completed his work at Jinlin University in China;

• “Developing a technique to determine bacterial endospore

longevity” by Jud Alderman, who completed his work at the California Institute of Technology; • •

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“Deducing the effects of environment on self-assemble structures” by Scott Tull, who completed his work at Jinlin University in China; and,

“Synthesis and study of tricarbonyl manganese” by Dustin Woods, who completed his work • “RSK, a novel target for breast at Marshall University; cancer” by Roxanne Smoker, who completed her work at the “Steroid regulation of seasonal University of Virginia. aggression in the female Siberian hamster” by Melissa Proffitt, who completed her work at Indiana University;

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William Morgan '57 saluted as legacy in sport and exercise psychology

o be held in high esteem by colleagues and limited following a bad shoulder injury toward the end of students is an honor for an academian. Being my first year,” he said. paid tribute with a festschrift is also especially During his college days, Morgan was a leader among meaningful. the student body. He served as president for several Dr. William P. Morgan, emeritus professor of kinesiology organizations including the Independent Men's Club, Junior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, has received both Class and the Newman Club. He was elected president of of these accolades. Both are fitting tributes to an individual the Student Government Association his senior year. whose exemplary career in sport and exercise psychology Morgan earned a bachelor’s degree with teaching spans 50 years. fields in physical education and biology from Concord, a Morgan’s festschrift, or celebration publication, is the combination that would pave the way for his career in sport December 2005 edition of the International Journal of Sport and exercise psychology and kinesiology. and Exercise Psychology. It is dedicated entirely to Morgan’s “My background in sports led me to physical education, achievements. and the addition of biology made logical sense to me since The publication contains the work of noted sport and exercise psychologists. Among the contributors are a number of his former students. Dr. Rod K. Dishman and Dr. Patrick J. O’Connor, two of Morgan’s former doctoral students, compiled the salute. In “Five Decades of Sport and Exercise Psychology: A Festschrift for William P. Morgan” they remark on their professor’s contributions: “In our view, no one has had as broad and positive an impact as Morgan. Not only did he define areas of inquiry in the study of both sport and exercise, but the field of sport psychology earned greater professional recognition from his efforts. Indeed, it would be easy to conclude that the change in name of this journal serves as an illustration of his sustained impact on psychology spanning the past five decades.” The publication was previously the International Journal of Sport Psychology. Morgan, who graduated from Concord in 1957, was recently elevated to “Legacy Dr. William Morgan '57 and his wife, Grace, join Bucky Badger, the University Status” in the American College of Sports of Wisconsin-Madison’s mascot, at a centennial celebration hosted by the Medicine at the College’s Annual Meeting Department of Kinesiology. held in Denver, Colo. He is one of only 25 individuals to receive the designation. The Department of Kinesiology at the University of Wisconsinmy studies in physical education included course work in Madison has also established a lectureship in honor of anatomy, physiology, chemistry, math and so on,” he said. Morgan’s scientific contributions to the field of exercise and His faculty advisor, Donald Tighe, “played a significant sport psychology. He currently lives in Madison, Wis. role” in his choice of a field of study, he said. A native of Canonsburg, Pa., Morgan grew up in western “My advisor was a young English professor by the name Pennsylvania. A football scholarship landed him at Concord. of Donald Tighe, and he also served as the advisor for “I was recruited to Concord College by Coach Joseph the student newspaper,” he said. “I met with him every Friedl who was a classmate of my high school coach, semester prior to signing up for classes, and he was always Val Rizzo. Coaches Friedl and Rizzo did graduate work very helpful. He was a young and dynamic professor with together at the University of Pittsburgh,” he said. many insights.” “I was a starter at center and linebacker as a freshman Another instructor influenced him to further his on the football team, and while I continued on the football education on the graduate level. team as a sophomore and junior, my playing days were “One of my professors in physical education was Dr. Irma Caton, and she encouraged me to enter graduate school

Heritage & Horizon after graduation from Concord,” he said. professor and chair of the Department of Morgan received a master’s degree from Physical Education. the University of Maryland in health and “This department represented the physical education in 1961. He attributes his integration of exercise science, physical success in graduate school to the “excellent education, physical therapy and occupational education” he received from Concord. therapy in the School of Education," he “There were about 20 other graduate said. “My research and teaching for over 35 assistants at Maryland from major research years at Wisconsin focused on exercise and institutions around the country, and I sport psychology. While I worked with elite discovered that my training at Concord was athletes and served on the sport psychology as good or better than my classmates from advisory committee for the U.S. Olympic major universities. Concord offered the very Committee, as well as psychologist with elite best of training, and I still regard it as one of distance runners, wrestlers, and rowers, the finest liberal arts colleges in the country,” my principal contributions focused on the he said. influence of physical activity on mood states Morgan served with the U.S. Army, 109th with particular emphasis on anxiety and Counterintelligence Corps in Pittsburgh, Pa. depression.” Lecturing at the University Morgan has compiled an extensive list from 1960 to 1962. of Wisconsin-Madison He completed his doctorate at the of publications and presentations spanning University of Toledo in 1967 with a dual the course of his career, both nationally photo courtesy of Bob major in psychology and physical education and internationally. He has held a number Rashid and a minor in statistics and research design. of leadership positions in professional While he was at Toledo, he received a associations. research fellowship from the Vocational Rehabilitation Among his many honors and awards are the following: Association. “This enabled me to complete my dissertation The Citation Award from the American College of Sports research at the Toledo State Hospital where I studied Medicine in 1990; the Medal of The Swedish Society of physical fitness in depressed and non-depressed psychiatric Medicine, Stockholm Sweden, in 1988; and designation patients,” he said. as Charter Member of the IOC, Olympic Academy of Sport Sciences in 1999. credits a solid upbringing for his ability to keep “My motivation has been of an intrinsic up Morgan such a prolific professional pace through the decades. nature in the sense that the joy of His parents, along with teachers and coaches, cultivated strong work ethic while setting goals and standards of doing well has always been my primary aperformance. reward. This has held true for the He is motivated by excellence. “My motivation has been of an intrinsic nature in the sense that the joy of doing well many research projects, publications, has always been my primary reward. This has held true for and mentoring of outstanding doctoral the many research projects, publications and mentoring of outstanding doctoral students. Actually, my doctoral students.” students have been an inspiration to me, and they have gone on to successful careers of their own,” he said. Next, an assistant professorship at the University of In retirement he continues to be involved in writing. Maryland in physical education allowed Morgan to continue “My primary professional activities at this time consist research in the medical school involving physical fitness in of serving as a referee of scientific articles submitted to psychiatric patients. various journals for publication,” he said. He did postdoctoral work in psychophysiology at the His personal interests, he said, include genealogy “with Institute of Environmental Stress, University of California, special emphasis on my Irish ancestry.” He is also an avid Santa Barbara from 1969-1970. reader of both fiction and non-fiction. Activities take him His career with Wisconsin spans more than three outdoors for exercise and recreation. “I hike a great deal decades. He joined the physical education faculty there in in the summer months and kayak in Lake Michigan. If the fall of 1970 as an associate professor remaining until his there is good snow in the winter, I do a lot of snow shoeing retirement in the summer of 2005. and cross country skiing, as well as daily hikes of 30 to 45 He did, however, go on what he describes as “brief minutes,” he said. sojourns” during this time. He worked at the University of Morgan and his wife, Grace Jane Evans, have been Arizona for one year, and served as a research psychologist married for 49 years. Grace is an accomplished artist known for two years at the U.S. Army Research Institute of for her oil paintings. Bill and Grace have four children - Bill, Environmental Medicine in Natick, Mass. Bob, John and Mary. Morgan founded the Department of Kinesiology at “I am proud to say they all have earned bachelor’s and University of Wisconsin-Madison. At the time of this noted master’s degrees in their respective fields,” their father said. accomplishment, he had achieved the position of full

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Francis Nzeuton '97 on accelerated course in financial career

ompleting a bachelor’s degree in two and a half years – with honors – is just one of the accomplishments that sets Francis Nzeuton ahead of the crowd. He’s also “moved up the ranks basically every two years” at one of his career stops. Plus, he’s been named Employee of the Year by his business partners and now works as a vice president.

“Concord provided me with the solid baseline I needed to be successful in my career. Being a small regional school, it provided me with the opportunity to have a deeper one-on-one relationship with all my professors and advisor.”

Nzeuton graduated from Concord in 1997 with a degree in mathematics and a minor in statistics and business administration, magna cum laude. One of the University’s international students, he is originally from Douala, Cameroon in Africa. He now lives in Roanoke, Va. were he is vice president, finance for Advance Auto Parts. His Concord education has been a positive factor in his career success, he said. And, it offered insights into the direction he should take as he pursued further schooling. “Concord provided me with the solid baseline I needed to be successful in my career. Being a small regional school, it provided me with the opportunity to have a deeper one-on-one relationship with all my professors and advisor,” he said. “I recall doing an independent study on cryptanalysis, the science of deciphering secret codes, with Dr. Krider that opened my eyes to a whole new world, where the application of mathematical theory became real to me. I decided to pursue my M.B.A. after I took a business math class at Concord.” Along with an amazing course load, Nzeuton also had three part time jobs while he was a Concord student. And, he still had time to enjoy campus life and be involved in organizations and activities. A member of the Newman Club, he served as

Francis & Yui

caretaker of the Newman House on Vermillion Street. He also belonged to the International Club. “I created a host family program through the Catholic Church to provide housing for international students during the holidays (as the campus closes) and foster deeper integration of international students to the American way of life and provide cultural enrichment to American families,” he said. His experiences as an international student on “The Campus Beautiful” and in the community of Athens were positive. “I often refer to Athens as my ‘home’ as it reminded me so much of home,” he said. “In fact, once I got there, I snapped a picture and sent it to my mother who in turn asked me, ‘son, are you sure you are in America?’” “I met great people who took me in and adopted me like their own son. Ms. Fizer in the math department always stopped by to drive us to church on Sundays,” he said.

Heritage & Horizon “My experience at Concord is one that I will cherish forever and will never forget,” he said. “In fact, that is where I met my wife.” Also an international student, Viphajeeree “Yui” Sangkamkom come to Concord from Nonthabury, Thailand. Graduating a semester ahead of Francis in the summer of 1997, Yui received a degree in hotel management. “We have three beautiful children - one girl, two boys - Naomi (7), Skai (5), Will (3),” he said.

“My experience at Concord is one that I will cherish forever and will never forget.”

With his undergraduate studies completed, Nzeuton went on to earn an M.B.A. from the Thunderbird Graduate School of International Management in Glendale, Ariz. He graduated in 2000 with a focus in finance and international management. “While at Thunderbird, I took an internship with a Wall Street firm (Piper Jaffray) in the bay area doing investment banking. It turned into a fulltime offer once I graduated,” he said. “I moved on to join Best Buy as a senior financial analyst.” He advanced up the corporate ladder every couple years or so at Best Buy. “I stayed there for almost six years with the last position being a senior finance manager of an $8 billion business unit,” he said. Nzeuton said his duties included “supporting the A family portrait

operating, strategic, budgeting, forecasting and planning, and end-to-end P&L accountability of one of the largest business units at Best Buy.” He continued his progression in the business world with a move to Advance Auto Parts. ‘”I joined Advance Auto Parts in 2008 as a finance director and decided to relocate to Roanoke from Minneapolis. In less than two years, I was promoted to vice president, finance,” he said. In his current position, Nzeuton said he is a “key member of the Executive Leadership Team responsible for the development, implementation and execution of our Commercial Acceleration strategy with objectives of establishing a commanding presence in this segment of the business and to gain significant market share.” His work is producing positive results for the company. “After successfully implementing Decision Support capability within Commercial, the functional role was expanded to support 3600 stores, store payroll, retail operations, asset protection, DIY and marketing under my leadership,” he said. Nzeuton is a strategic business partner to the president. In this role he has developed and put in place a performance management process that is helping minimize gaps in store performance. He also works on a system designed to increase productivity among the company’s team members. He was voted “Employee of the Year” by the business partners in 2009. The award recognizes “unparalleled integration with crossfunctional partners, business results and employee development.”

Corrigan receives

Scientific Research Grant Concord University Assistant Professor of Physics Timothy Corrigan has received a $20,000 grant from the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission’s Division of Science and Research. The funding is part of more than $150,000 in competitive state-

funded scientific research grants awarded to faculty members at five colleges and universities statewide for 2012. Corrigan received an Instrumentation Award for “Atomic Force Microscope for Undergraduate Teaching and Research.”

The awards were offered through the Instrumentation Grant Program, which provides funds to faculty at West Virginia’s undergraduate institutions for the purchase of advanced laboratory equipment and the Innovation Grant Program, which targets larger innovations.

Class Notes Achievements Ron Jones ’64 was named President of the Memphis College of Art in May of 2011. Prior to being named President of MCA, Jones served for 12 years as Dean of The College of the Arts at the University of South Florida. Cheryl Trull Barnes ’78 has been promoted from Associate Professor to full Professor of Education at Concord University and is currently serving as the Interim Director of Graduate Programs. She has also been instrumental in creating a new graduate program at Concord – the Master of Arts in Teaching – in addition to assisting with another specialization (special education) under the M.Ed. Program.

Ellen Allen ’83 was named the Executive Director of Covenant House in Charleston in November 2011. Covenant House offers several programs as well as a drop-in center so individuals have a safe place to do laundry, shower, obtain counseling or receive emergency assistance.

Bret Munsey ’92 was named head coach of the Orlando Predators in August 2011. The Predators are part of the Arena Football League and Munsey had been with the team previously as a player and an assistant coach. J. Mark Boliek ’96 recently had his fantasy-adventure book for young adults, “The Mahogany Door”, go digital. This is the first book in “The Bruinduer Narrative” trilogy and is available for the Kindle, Nook and iPad.

James Martin ’96 is a Project Manager for Meridium, Inc. which is headquartered in Roanoke, Va. Meridium Inc. is a global leader in infrastructure asset management software and services for process, power, mining and discrete manufacturing industries. Janet Conroy ’97 recently led her team of Alpha Sigma Alpha sorority sisters in the American Cancer Society’s “Making Strides Against Breast Cancer” event, a fundraising walk with the goal of finding a cure, saving lives and keeping women well. Conroy’s team participated in what they called their “Sweet 16 Walk” because this is the 16th year they have been involved with this project. The walk was held in Boston on Oct. 2, 2011 and her group raised $1600 for the cause.

Cara Robinson ’02 received her M.A. in Urban Affairs and Public Policy from the University of Delaware in 2004 and her Ph.D. in Urban Affairs and Public Policy from the same university in 2011. She now works at Tennessee State University as an Assistant Professor of Urban Studies. Amanda Heaton ’06 received her Masters of Public Administration from West Virginia University in May 2008. She has been working for KeyLogic Systems, Inc., in Morgantown since March 2010 as a site support contractor for the United States Department of Energy. She provides technical support to Fossil Energy programs, projects and solicitations and is also the Corporate Internship Program Coordinator for KeyLogic.

Nathan Quick ’06 graduated from Case Western Reserve University School of Law in May 2009 with a J.D. Since August 2009 he has been serving as an attorney on the Charles Taylor Prosecution Team at The Hague Sub-Office of the Special Court for Sierra Leone.

Jesse Call ’07 received his J.D. from the Salmon P. Chase College of Law at Northern Kentucky University. While in law school, he received the Outstanding Pro Bono Service Award and the Lois P. Sutherland Award for Distinguished Achievement in Journalism. Benjamin Hatfield ’07 received his J.D. degree from Syracuse University College of Law and is currently working as Assistant Public Defender for the 10th Judicial Circuit (Raleigh County). Matthew Stonestreet ’07 graduated from WVU College of Law in May 2010 with his J.D. He currently works as Assistant Attorney General in the Office of the Attorney General of West Virginia.

Ryan Terdik ’11 recently competed in the Canadian Men’s Amateur Golf Championship in Winnipeg. Terdik made it to the championship by finishing second in the Ontario men’s amateur tournament.

Weddings

Cheryl Trull ’78 and Tim Barnes were married on Oct. 21, 2010.

Lindsey Mullins ’03 and James Clark Akers II were married on Oct. 8, 2011. Lindsey is a Communication Arts Instructor at Concord. 33

Class Notes Benjamin Hatfield ’07 and Megan Robb were married on Oct. 23, 2010 in the Wilkes Family Chapel at University Point on Concord’s campus. Britney Williams ’07 married Ryan Taylor on Nov. 11, 2011 at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Parkersburg, W.Va.

Danielle Spencer ’08 and Andrew Metz ’08 were married on Oct. 22, 2011 in the Wilkes Family Chapel at University Point on Concord’s campus. Danielle currently works for Concord’s Dining Services as a manager.

Young '87 writes children’s book Concord alum Nerissa Young is the author of a new children’s book, “The Peek-A-Boo Kitty." The book has been released by PublishAmerica. Peek-A-Boo Kitty is a bashful alley cat who accidentally makes friends with a human. “It has been an extreme pleasure to work with this talented and dedicated author,” PublishAmerica public relations director Shawn Street said. Young, from Huntington, W.Va., grew up in Monroe and Summers counties. She is a daughter of Norene Young of Forest Hill and the late Weldon Young. Young and her siblings are the fourth generation of their family to receive education degrees from Concord. She received her degree in secondary education with teaching fields in English and general science in 1987. She taught two years in Monroe County schools. Young taught journalism at Oklahoma State University, Shepherd University and Marshall University. She has 20 years of media experience in radio, newspapers and freelance. She writes a weekly column for her former employer, The Register-Herald in Beckley. “The Peek-A-Boo Kitty” is her first children’s book. It is a true story. “I’ve heard best-selling authors say good characters write their own stories. That was certainly Nerissa Young the case with Peek-A-Boo Kitty,” Young said. “I was working in my garden one Saturday morning and watching the kitten watch me. I came in for lunch, sat down at the computer and wrote the story.” For ordering information, visit www.publishamerica.com

Births Charity Yates Holman ’99 along with her husband Rick announces the birth of their first son Landon Edward, who was born on Feb. 11, 2011. Cara Robinson ’02 and her husband Jonathan welcomed a baby girl, Miki Elise Robinson, on May 17, 2011.

Michelle Ray welcomed a son, Rexford James Ray, on Dec. 14, 2010. Rex is the son of the late Michael John Ray ’92.

Passings

Rexford James Ray

Hazel Morgan Booth ’36: Nov. 5, 2011. Hazel graduated from Concord College with a standard normal teaching certificate. She worked in the dining hall to help pay for college room and board. At barely 19 years old, she was assigned to a mountain-top, oneroom schoolhouse in McDowell County, W.Va., with 47 students for her first year of teaching. She continued to teach elementary school at several locations in West Virginia for a total of 15 years. Evelyn Hutchison Goodwin ’36: July 27, 2011. Evelyn was educated in Hinton schools and graduated from Concord College and West Virginia University. She taught 38 years in Hinton Elementary School and Hinton Junior High. She was a charter member of the Hinton Women’s Club and the Hinton branch of American Association of American Women. She was an active member of Central Baptist Church. She taught in Sunday school; was a leader of Baptist Youth Fellowship and the Guild Girls; served as an officer in Women’s Mission Society; helped with vacation Bible schools; and sang in the church choir. She also was an active member of the Hinton Business Women’s Club and Xi Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma in Beckley. She retired from teaching in May 1974. She married John Hughes Goodwin in June 1974, and moved to Roanoke where she became affiliated with Greene

Class Notes Memorial United Methodist Church. She, with her husband, was a caregiver for adult family members and friends. She enjoyed corresponding with many cousins and friends, and working with flowers in the yard and home. She is survived by two nephews, Bill Swats, of Cape Coral, Fla. and Bob Swats, of Cincinnati, Ohio; two great-nephews; two great-nieces; and several cousins. She was preceded in death by her parents and only sister, Janice H. Swats and her husband, John Goodwin.

Gladys Stallard Berchtoldm ’42: Nov. 9, 2011. Gladys graduated from Concord College with a degree in chemistry at the age of 19. She then began her professional life with Union Carbide in Charleston, W.Va. She later acquired the technical skills associated with coal testing at Godwin Laboratories located in Bluefield, W.Va. At that time she also taught chemistry and physics at Bluefield College. In 1950, she established her own company, Standard Laboratories, Inc. and under her leadership, the company has grown to over 750 employees in 16 states with global partners in four countries. Gladys’ success in business also extended into the national professional association world as she became the first woman president of the American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM), an organization of more than 32,000 members. She represented ASTM in congressional hearings and was the United States representative to International Standards Organization meetings around the world. She was named “Fellow” by the American Council of Independent Laboratories (ACIL) and was elected Chairman of the American Association for Laboratory Accreditation (AALA). Marquis International named Gladys in their Who’s Who in the American Southeast. She was also named in Cambridge Who’s Who in 2009 and to Kentucky’s Who’s Who in 1974. Alexandra Gianelos Chryssikos ’53: Oct. 9, 2010. Alexandra graduated from Welch High School in 1941 and was bound for studies overseas in Greece when World War II broke out, changing her direction for higher education. She married Paul Nicholas Chryssikos in 1943. Paul would later become Professor of Foreign Languages at Concord. After Alexandra completed undergraduate studies at Concord with a B.S. in Education and then taught in Mercer County secondary schools, she returned to graduate school and completed a Master’s in Education at W.V.U. in 1962. Alexandra taught at Ramsey School, Cumberland Heights School and Windy Mountain Learning School before retiring. During her years of teaching, she contributed numerous professional articles on teaching that were published in NEA and other educational journals; she taught the “New Math” to classroom teachers in the 60s, and was elected to many leadership roles in various local civic organizations. She was awarded entry into “Who’s Who in American Women in the 50s and remained a member for her meritorious achievements in education, as well as in civic and community affairs. She loved teaching and loved her students. She was a member of St. Mary’s Orthodox Church in Bluefield. Husband Paul, also a Concord graduate, preceded her in death. Alexandra is survived by her son, Telemac Chryssikos, daughter, Virginia Chryssikos, three grandchildren, two great grandsons, several nephews, one niece, and great nephews and nieces.

M. Douglas Jones ’59: June 22, 2011. Jones of Charleston, W.Va., retired from the State of West Virginia Division of Environmental Protection and also worked as a Legislature Auditor. He was a 1959 graduate of Concord College where he was a member of the Phi Alpha Chi Fraternity. He served in the U.S. Air Force for four years and was active in his church as deacon and Sunday school teacher. Jones is survived by his wife of 52 years, Patricia (Ferrell) Jones, whom he met at Concord. He is also survived by two children, daughter Karen Richardson and husband Bob, and son, Kevin Douglas Jones and wife Jean Ann, 10 grandchildren and one sister, Shirley Jones Halsey. Bruce Owen Williams ’59: April 25, 2011. Williams was a Marine veteran of the Korean War. He played basketball under Coach Jamison. Most of his life was spent in education. He was teacher/coach in Cocoa, Fla., and principal of Glen Rogers High and Pineville High schools before moving to the central office as Chapter I Director. During the 80’s, he was a member of the West Virginia House of Delegates and the West Virginia State Senate. Other work experience included bookkeeper for Church Lumber, Rock View, and assistant manager of Grace Hospital in Welch, W.Va. He also served as Wyoming County’s first Probation Officer. Bruce was a 50-year member of the Masons. He was preceded in death by one daughter, Kerri Dee Williams. He is survived by his wife of almost 50 years, Shirley Church Williams; two sons, Gary Bruce and Bouie (Bo) Owen and wife Jessica; and three grandchildren. He is also survived by sisters Mary Helen Little of Wilmington, Del. and Martha Frizzell of South Charleston, W.Va.

Oscar Jehu Byrnside, Jr. “0. J.” ’60: Sept. 24, 2011. 0. J. proudly served his country for three years in the U.S. Marine Corps and was a Marine at heart until his death. He graduated from Concord College, earned a master’s degree at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va. and completed his Ph.D. at The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. While continuing his education, he began his career teaching high school in Danville, Va., where he also coached the basketball team. He advanced his career on the collegiate level teaching at Longwood College in Farmville, Va., and spent a year in the West Virginia State Department of Education, Charleston, W.Va. After completing his education at Ohio State, O. J. served as the Executive Director of the National Business Education Association in Reston, Va., remaining in that position for over 20 years. He also served as the Director of Finance and Administration for the American School Food Service Association (now School Nutrition Association) in Alexandria, Va., for over 10 years before retiring to Melbourne, Fla. Barbara Morris Livesay ’61: Oct. 19, 2011. Livesay received her associate degree from Concord College and retired from the Fairfax County school system where she worked in administration. She was active in the Presbyterian Women, Symphonicity League and was a longtime member of Beta Sigma Phi Sorority. She received numerous awards over the years, most noteworthy, Woman of the Year in Laureate Upsilon. She was preceded in death by her loving husband, John Robert “Bob” Livesay and her brother, Billy Morris. She is survived by one daughter, Stephanie Livesay Doyon of Virginia Beach, Va., one son, Calvin Robert 35

Class Notes Livesay of Rock Hill, S.C., one sister, Carol Morris Creasman and brothers, Warren and Robert Morris. In addition, she leaves her loving grandchildren, Sydney Nicole and Christopher Robert Doyon and numerous friends and family.

Van Polyson ’62: May 26, 2011. A native of Greece, Polyson completed his service as an officer in the Greek Army and began his new life in America in 1952 as the owner of a restaurant in Hinton, W.Va. He obtained his college degree from Concord University and later earned his master’s degree in foreign languages at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. Polyson’s master’s thesis explored the common roots of the Greek and Spanish languages. Robert A. Pewanick ’65: Oct. 29, 2011. Robert graduated from Washington High School, Washington, N.J. in 1959, and received a B.S. in Accounting from Concord College. He served in the U.S. Army Reserve from 1965 to 1971. In 2003 Pewanick retired from the U.S. General Accounting Office (now the U.S. Government Accountability Office) in Washington, D.C., where he worked for more than 38 years. He was an Assistant Director for Financial Management and Accountability and the recipient of GAO’s Meritorious Service Award and Distinguished Service Award. Pewanick was a Certified Government Financial Manager (Ret.). His lasting legacy will be The Robert Pewanick Business Scholarship Fund he established at Concord University through the University’s Foundation.

Janet Sue Christie McCrory ’82: Sept. 28, 2010. Janet received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education with teaching fields in mathematics and physical education. She was an active member of Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority and other campus activities. She taught in Berkeley County, W.Va., for 25 years. Surviving are her husband Warren; her parents Don and Jean Christie (both retired from Concord); two sisters, Judy Hoover and Jennifer Callahan; four nieces and one nephew.

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Barnette appointed to Concord University

Board of Governors

David A. Barnette ’73 was recently appointed to the Concord University Board of Governors (BOG) by West Virginia Governor Earl Ray Tomblin. The appointment is for a four-year term. An attorney with the Charleston, W.Va. law firm Jackson Kelly PLLC, Barnett earned a bachelor’s degree in political science from Concord. He received a master’s degree in political science from Marshall University in 1975 and his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Dayton School of Law in 1979. Barnette is currently a member of the Commercial Litigation Practice Group with Jackson Kelly. The BOG is comprised of 12 people including nine members

appointed by the governor, a fulltime member of the faculty, a member of the student body and a member of Concord’s classified employees. The Board of Governors’ powers and duties generally include: determining controlling supervisions and managing the financial, business and education policies and affairs of Concord University, developing a master plan, demonstrating how the master plan will be used, developing goals and missions, and other items as directed by the legislation. Effective July 1, 2001, the institutional board was established at Concord as required by SB 653 and 703.

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Mountain Lions

claim WVIAC conference crown in Home turf thriller against nationally-ranked Bobcats Concord’s 2011 WVIAC title is the 11th in school history. The Mountain Lions won conference championships in 1962, 1966, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1987, 1989 and 1990.

oncord’s football program capped an historic rise to the top of the WVIAC on Nov. 12, defeating 19thranked West Virginia Wesleyan 4840 at Callaghan Stadium to claim its first conference championship since 1990. Just three years ago, Concord finished 0-11. For the 2011 season, under first-year head coach Garin 37

Justice, the Mountain Lions went 7-3, 7-1 in the conference, and won the league title outright. Following the win, CU was voted into the NCAA Division II Super Region One playoffs and slotted for a game against Kutztown University (PA) at Kutztown on Nov. 19. CU’s championship victory over the WVWC Bobcats was the second win over a nationally-ranked opponent for 2011. The Mountain

Brian Kennedy (2)

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Lions dispatched then-#3 Shepherd, 28-14, on Oct. 1. The WVIAC doesn’t have an official championship game. But the schedule presented one this year, matching up the teams with the best league records in the regular season finale. The matchup drew a large and boisterous crowd to Athens and lived up to its pre-game billing. The two teams combined for 88 points and 994 yards of offense in a thriller that wasn’t decided until literally the final play. When it ended, the Concord team stormed the field for an ecstatic celebration that included presentation of the WVIAC Championship trophy. The game was also Senior Day for Concord, so it was appropriate that the Mountain Lions’ most experienced players led the way. Running back Brian Kennedy enjoyed a strong effort from CU’s offensive line – including center Brandon Link – to rush for a careerhigh 303 yards on 35 carries. Linebacker Joe Greenway tied for team lead with nine tackles, including two for a loss, and added his sixth interception of the season. Fellow LB Zach Gibbins posted seven tackles, a sack, and an interception. Safety Aaron Martinez registered six tackles, one for a loss, and also grabbed an interception. Tight end Rashid Baker’s touchdown catch capped CU’s first possession of the game. The underclassmen made their contributions as well. Quarterback Zach Grossi threw five touchdown passes without an interception.

Wide receiver Ryan Stewart caught six Grossi passes for 62 yards and three touchdowns. Running back Chris Rodriguez complemented Kennedy with 70 rushing yards on only six carries. Linebacker Jake Lilly posted nine tackles, one for a loss. Concord opened a 14-6 lead less than 10 minutes into the game, but the Bobcats rallied to lead 27-21 at halftime. Wesleyan stretched its advantage to 34-21 after Keith Dickens’ two-yard touchdown run with 11:19 left in the third quarter, but the Mountain Lions came roaring back with 28 unanswered points. CU marched 67 yards on ten plays, and scored when Grossi found Ryan Stewart for a ten-yard touchdown pass to pull within 3428 with 7:10 to go in the quarter. The Concord defense forced a three-and-out, setting up another scoring drive. The seven-play, 52yard march ended with a six-yard TD pass from Grossi to Gary Roach

that put CU ahead to stay at 35-34 with 2:51 remaining in the 3rd. Martinez intercepted a wayward sidearm pass from Adam Neugebauer on Wesleyan’s 26 on the Bobcats’ next possession. Five plays later, Grossi connected with Stewart for an 11-yard touchdown pass, extending the CU lead to 42-34 with barely more than a minute left in the quarter. That score held until the game’s eventful final minutes. The Mountain Lions took a seemingly-insurmountable 48-34 lead after a nine-play, 85-yard, 5:09 drive culminated by Kennedy’s one-yard TD plunge with 4:24 left in regulation. But the contest was far from over. WVWC answered with an eight-play, 89-yard march that moved them within 48-40 after Neugebauer’s ten-yard, 4th-down touchdown pass to Jon Meadows with 2:15 still left to play. The ensuing onside kick attempt went out of bounds and Concord took over at the WVWC 42-yard line. However, the Bobcats stopped CU on downs and took over with :37 left. But Gibbins intercepted Neugebauer’s desperation pass on the Concord 25 on the last play of the game, and the CU celebration began. Photos from the championship game are posted on flickr at: http://www. flickr.com/photos/42005172@ N02/sets/72157628114106890/

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Football Honored by WVIAC Justice Named Coach of the Year; Greenway Leads 14 Mountain Lions on All-Conference Squad On the heels of its historic run to a conference championship, the Concord University football team received more good news. CU head coach Garin Justice was named WVIAC Coach of the Year, and linebacker Joe Greenway, Defensive Player of the Year.

WVIAC Coach of the Year Garin Justice

Fourteen Mountain Lions earned All-West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference recognition, including seven on the 1st Team. Five of those first-teamers are on defense. Justice took over the Concord program last January and had to assemble an essentially all-new Mountain Lions: Among the Nation’s Best Concord’s football team ended the year ranked among the nation’s best, according to the country’s coaches. CU earned mention in the final American Football Coaches Association NCAA Division II Top 25 national poll. The Mountain Lions are in the Others Receiving Votes category – ranked 33rd in the US – after a 7-4 season that included two victories over ranked opponents. Concord dominated then-#3 Shepherd for a 28-14 victory on Oct. 1, and defeated then-#11 West 39

coaching staff. with sophomore linebacker Jake The Mountain Lilly, senior safety Aaron Martinez, Lions dropped junior nose tackle Josh Miller and their first two contests – one to Elon, sophomore cornerback Riyahd an FCS program – then reeled off Richardson. seven wins in their last eight games Senior running back Brian to claim the WVIAC title. Kennedy and senior center Brandon “I appreciate the honor, but Link are on the 1st Team Offense. it has to do with the whole staff,” Junior quarterback Zack Grossi Justice said. “We have a great group and junior offensive lineman Mitch of coaches here and they’ve done a Hairston were named to the 2nd tremendous job. The players have Team Offense. been outstanding, too. They’ve Sophomore defensive end Silas worked so hard this year and Agyemang, senior tight end Rashid deserve all the recognition.” Baker and freshman wide receiver Greenway led CU with 12 tackles Ryan Stewart earned Honorable for loss and averaged 8.9 tackles Mention honors. Senior defensive per game. The senior from Roanoke, back Carlton Downs and senior Va. also nabbed four interceptions linebacker Zach Gibbins were – three in the last two games – Special Honorable Mention players. returning one for a touchdown in Concord’s 32-29 win at West Liberty on Nov. 5. He was named the WVIAC’s co-Defensive Player of the Week on Nov. 7. Concord’s defense topped the conference in interceptions (16) and points allowed (19.3/game), and helped lift the Mountain Lions to a league-best +15 turnover differential. CU was also 2nd in opponents’ first down, 3rd in pass defense and 4th in total defense. Greenway earned a spot on the WVIAC’s 1st Team Defense, along Joe Greenway (45) Virginia Wesleyan 48-40 to secure the WVIAC title on Nov.12. CU went 7-1 in the conference to win the league title outright. (Both SU and WVWC are ranked ahead of the Mountain Lions in the AFCA poll – the Rams are #22 and the Bobcats are #25.) Senior linebacker Joe Greenway, senior center Brandon Link and senior safety Aaron Martinez earned spots on the Daktronics All-Super Region 1 team. Link has also been named to the Honorable Mention squad on Beyond Sports College Network’s 2011 Division II AllAmerican team. Brandon Link (74) at center

CU Athletics Kennedy Travels with Mountain Lions from 0-11 to Championship Season Editor’s Note: Brian Kennedy is one of a group of seniors on CU’s 2011 football team that rode out a fouryear adventure from a winless 0-11 season to a WVIAC championship.

got his championship mentality back. “I felt like I had won the state championship again,” he said. “I was proud to be part of the football team again. It felt really good to be part of the team. I could hold my head up Brian Kennedy was used to high again.” winning. The momentum of 2009 carried When the running back from into the next year and the Mountain Centreville, Va. arrived on the CU Lions finished the 2010 season a recampus as a freshman in 2008, he markable 8-3. “Concord was being brought a championship legacy recognized as a winning program,” along with him. His high school Kennedy said. football team won the state champi- But with the 2011 season another onship his senior year finishing the change loomed on the horizon. season 16-0. The team had a reKellar resigned and returned to Calimarkable record of only four losses fornia University of Pennsylvania during his career there. where he had previously Kennedy dreamed of coached. continuing that winning The Mountain Lions got tradition on the college ready to meet their third football field as a Mounhead coach in four years. tain Lion. But winning Garin Justice, who wasn’t in the cards for already had a solid niche CU that devastating 2008 with the Mountain Lions season. Kennedy’s hopes as offensive line coach and were dashed week after strength and conditioning grueling week as the coordinator, stepped in as Mountain Lions lost game Brian Kennedy CU’s head coach. after game ending the Kennedy and his teamseason at a heartbreaking 0-11. mates took it all in stride. “We just Brian Kennedy wasn’t used to told ourselves we didn’t have the losing. same coach, but we had the same The mounting losses were drainteam. Coach Justice is a good coach. ing. “It takes an effect on you menHe could take us places,” he said. tally and physically. You don’t want And Justice did just that. His to play games. Every game we lost it coaching talents propelled the team was harder to go to campus, games in a championship direction. and class,” he said. “He’s more of a players’ coach,” But Kennedy stuck with it and his Kennedy said. “He pushes us really perseverance would eventually pay hard. He doesn’t expect anything off down the road in a big, big way. of us but the very best. I like play With the 2009 season the wind ing for him. He makes us believe in began to change for the Mountain ourselves.” Lions. Mike Kellar came on board The confidence paid off. After a as head football coach bringing a sluggish start the Mountain Lions new energy to the program. The reeled off win after win ending the wins verses losses column began to regular season at 7-3 and clawing reverse for CU. the WVIAC championship crown “When we won our first game, I away from the West Virginia Wesknew we had a good shot at doing leyan Bobcats in a thrilling 48-40 something special,” Kennedy said. contest. The victories kept coming and CU It was the first WVIAC championfinished 2009 an impressive 6-5. ship for CU football since 1990. With the winning season Kennedy The rejoicing on the field after the

milestone win was beyond memorable for players and fans. “It was amazing!” Kennedy said. “One of the best feelings I’ve ever had. That is a feeling I’ll never forget.” He said it’s something to tell his children and grandchildren. “Everyone ran on the field and celebrated with us,” Kennedy said calling it a “school celebration” with CU fans, faculty, staff, students and other athletic teams all joining in. With the championship jubilation still resounding across campus, the Mountain Lions learned they were headed to the NCAA playoffs. They were pitted against Kutztown University in Kutztown, Pa. for the first round of the Division II Super Region 1 tournament on Nov. 19. This was Concord’s first-ever NCAA bid and its first post-season appearance since reaching the NAIA playoffs in 1992. Unfortunately, the Mountain Lions’ progression through the playoffs was short-lived and their milestone season ended with a 1714 loss to the Golden Bears. Kennedy didn’t let the disappointment of the playoff loss dash his excitement from a stellar 2011 season. “I never imagined I’d be playing in the playoffs, playing football for Concord University. It hurt to lose, but felt great just to be there,” he said. Along with the team’s accomplishments, Kennedy has accumulated some honors of his own as a Mountain Lion. The 2011 season put him in the spotlight again and again. He was named the WVIAC’s Co-Offensive Player of the Week in the championship victory over the Bobcats. And, he received All-WVIAC recognition on 1st Team Offense for 2011. Kennedy has a good outlook on his college years. “I’m just glad I came to Concord University. Concord is my home,” he said. “Concord is something special in my heart. I’ve made some special friends I will never forget my entire life.”

CU Athletics HALL OF FAME Athletics Hall of Fame to Add Four There are 64 plaques in the Carter Center honoring the members of Concord’s Athletics Hall of Fame. Coming soon, there will be four more. The CU Department of Athletics has announced that Brian Atkins, Scott George, Phil Pratt and Kama Shaar will be inducted into the hall during a ceremony in the spring of 2012. Brian Atkins: Men’s Basketball, 2000-2004

The 6’8” forward from Winchester, Va. averaged 20.2 points and 10.3 rebounds per game in a four-year career filled with honors and accolades. Atkins was a 1st Team All-WVIAC performer in all four of his seasons – he’s one of just three players in conference history to accomplish that feat. He was an Honorable Mention All-American four times and was 1st Team All-East Region as a senior. Under legendary head coach Steve Cox, Atkins led the WVIAC in rebounding twice (2003, 2004) and was the league’s top scorer in 2001. He was also the conference’s Freshman of the Year in 2001.

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He ranks fourth on Concord’s alltime scoring list with 2239 points, and third in rebounds, with 1144. Scott George: Men’s Golf, 2000-2004

George earned 1st Team AllWVIAC honors in each of his four seasons at Concord. Individually, his watershed year was 2002, when he was the WVIAC Player of the Year, Medalist at the conference tournament, and co-champion of the NCAA East Region tournament. He qualified for the NCAA Division II National Championships that season and earned All-American status. George played in 43 tournaments in his Mountain Lions career, winning five, and posted a 74.6 scoring average. He was a member of CU’s 2004 WVIAC Championship squad. George also excelled in the classroom – he was an NCAA AllAmerican Scholar in 2003 and 2004. Phil Pratt: Baseball, 2001-2003

Pratt was part of the 2001 Concord team that won the Mountain Lions’ first WVIAC Championship in 40 years. He was a 1st Team All-WVIAC player in

CU Squad in Top Ten The Concord University cheerleaders placed 8th in the Nation (All Girl Div. 2) at the UCA National Collegiate Cheerleading Championships held Jan. 13-15, 2012 at Walt Disney World® Resort in Orlando, Fla. This is the 16th consecutive year CU’s squad has attended the National Competition and the 8th consecutive year they’ve placed in the top 10 of the Nation. Fifteen teams were selected to compete in the competition with nine teams advancing from the semi-finals to the finals. Seven points separated 8th place and 3rd place. 41

each of his three seasons at CU and earned All-North Atlantic Regional Tournament accolades in 2001 and 2003. He led the WVIAC in runs batted in per game (1.19) and home runs per game (.32) in 2001. He was fifth in RBIs per game in 2002 and 2003, fourth in doubles per game in 2002 and second in HR per game in 2003. Pratt posted a .348 batting average with 38 HR and 170 RBIs as a Mountain Lion. He clouted 15 home runs in 2003, which still ranks among the top power seasons in WVIAC history. Kama Shaar: Women's Basketball, 1992-1996

Shaar earned All-WVIAC honors three times in her career. She was 2nd Team as a sophomore and a member of the 1st Team as a junior and senior. Under head coaches Russell Hill and Will Johnson, Shaar finished her career with 1619 points at Concord, ranking her fourth on CU’s all-time list. She also pulled down 620 rebounds. Shaar, who stays active and works as a personal trainer, also played tennis for Concord her junior and senior years.

CU Athletics MOUNTAIN LION NEWS Sport Psychologist Visits CU Sport psychology is one of the fastest-rising fields in athletics, and one of the best in the business recently paid a visit to Concord. Dr. Joel Fish appeared on the CU campus in Athens Oct. 27 and 28, 2011. Fish has become one of the most renowned practitioners in sport psychology during his more than 20 years in the field. He’s the director of the Philadelphia-based Center for Sport Psychology. The center, according its website, “helps individual athletes, coaches and Annual Golf Tournament Set for July 13 The Concord University Department of Athletics announces its annual Golf Outing set for Friday, July 13, 2012 at the Fountain Springs Golf Course in Peterstown, W.Va. Registration begins at 8 a.m. with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. Play will be conducted under a

teams to reach their full potential by focusing upon and mastering the Mental Aspects of Sports, Fitness, Exercise, Rehabilitation, and Competition.” Fish met with CU studentathletes, coaches and members of the Athletic Department. He also spoke with the Office of Advancement. He gave the following presentations at Concord: “The Psychology of Injury and Rehabilitation” – Athletic Training students “The Psychology of Winning On and Off the Playing Field” – all

student-athletes “Embracing Diversity and Respecting Individual Differences” – Office of Advancement Fish has worked with three of Philadelphia’s major professional teams – the Phillies, Flyers and 76ers – and the USA Women’s National Soccer Team. He’s been a contributor to ESPN and CNN and has spoken at more than 200 colleges and universities around the country. He has been profiled on NBC’s “Today,” ESPN’s “Outside the Lines” and “Real Sports” on HBO.

scramble, best-ball format. After golf, there will be a catered lunch, a raffle and an awards ceremony. The tournament helps support Mountain Lion Athletics, and gives participants the chance to enjoy a day of fun and golf with Concord staff, alumni and friends. Appalachian Eye Care is corporate sponsor for the event. The cost for a foursome is $400, which

includes greens fees, two carts and beverages. Hole sponsorships are also available. For more information e-mail Andrew Wright at coachwright@ concord.edu or call Anita Conner at (304) 384-5347. A registration form is available on the athletics website at: http://cumountainlions.com/ documents/2011/12/12/2012_ Golf_Outing_Registration.pdf

MEN'S BASKETBALL Fund-raiser Benefits Basketball Locker Room Renovations The basketball locker room at Concord University’s Carter Center is getting a facelift. A barbecue dinner fund-raiser for the Mountain Lions renovated quarters was held the evening of Thursday, Nov. 3 at Calacino’s Pizzeria in Beckley, W.Va. Concord’s new head basketball coach Kent McBride was on hand to visit with guests along with other members of CU’s athletic department and advancement team.

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Strong '67 Reaches Peak of Coaching Profession Mike Strong has reached the pinnacle of his profession, the latest milestone in a journey that began during his time as a student at Concord. Strong, the head women’s basketball coach at the University of Scranton in Pennsylvania, set the NCAA Division III record for career victories when his Royals defeated Cabrini College, 46-43, on Dec. 17. It was the 758th win of his 32-year career, and quite an accomplishment for the 1967 Concord graduate who first came to Athens with plans to become a civil engineer. “Organic chemistry knocked me out of that,” Strong says with a laugh, about his original career path. “At Concord, I had hoped to play basketball for Ira Blankenship. But I’d play pickup games with the varsity players and knew they were really good and I wouldn’t get a chance to play much. Still, I played a lot of intramural basketball.” Strong attended Keystone College before enrolling at Concord, and it was there where he decided to go into coaching. “When it became obvious that I wasn’t going

to be successful as an engineer I really gave a lot of thought to being a coach,” he said. “I was good at math, so I decided to go that route and to go into education.” Following graduation, Strong became a high school math teacher in suburban Philadelphia while simultaneously earning a master’s degree from West Chester State. After that, Keystone hired Strong to be their men’s soccer coach. Strong also started a men’s tennis team – he played varsity tennis under Bo Baxter while at Concord. Three years after starting at Keystone, Scranton hired Strong as a men’s basketball assistant coach. Seven years later, he became the women’s head coach. “The university was looking for a coach, and they asked me to take over. I took the job and never looked back. It didn’t take me long to become fully invested in what I was doing as a women’s head coach,” he said. “I was fortunate in that the coach before me was an excellent recruiter, and in my first season as head coach (1979-80) we made it to the Final Four.” Strong developed an appreciation for women’s athletics while attending Concord, years before Title IX. “What I remember about Coach Blankenship is how energetic he was and how good a teacher he was. He was also ahead of his time in supporting women’s athletics – he knew women weren’t getting a fair shake,” Strong said. “I remember Georgia Swan (Kelley) very well too. When I moved to Concord, I needed to take a lot of phys ed classes. My first semester there, I took five classes and four were in phys ed. So I worked a lot with Georgia.” Strong began to accumulate victories at Scranton. He said he began to think about the career record “when we got our 700th win, on Jan. 25, 2009.

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“At that time, I was the 13th coach in NCAA history to have 700 wins – and we’re talking about people like Pat Summitt and Tara Vanderveer!” he said. “I thought, ‘What am I doing in this group? I’m a kid from Pennsylvania who went to Concord!’ (laughs).” “A funny thing is that at about the same time we got to 700, I had planned to teach the fall semester, and then retire,” Strong said. “But the university threw us a curve ball – they presented us with a retirement package that allowed me to retire as teacher but stay on as a coach. Thank goodness that happened, because I’m not ready to retire yet! I still have a lot of energy and I still want to have something to do. If I retired I’d be a basket case. I’m not a good enough golfer to do that all time. (laughs) Seriously, it’s something I truly love. As soon as I started teaching and coaching I knew it was what I wanted to do.” Strong has led Scranton to at least 20 wins in a season a remarkable 25 times. His Royals won the NCAA Division III national championship in 1985 and reached the final four eight other times.

CU Athletics Under Strong, Scranton has made 24 appearances in the NCAA Tournament and has won 18 conference championships. He’s never had a losing season – in fact, the Royals have never won fewer than 17 games in a season. As he stands at the peak of his profession, Strong remains glad to have attended Concord. “I was

fortunate enough to spend so much time with so many good people. I learned so much during my time at Concord. I learned a lot about myself and what I wanted to do with my life,” he said. “Working with people like Georgia Swan, Ira Blankenship and Coach (Robert) Kyle at Concord was a tremendous experience. They taught me how to

Tasler Named Head Softball Coach

and put pressure on the other team’s defense. We’ll play small ball. But not all the time. We’re going to play some long ball, too. We’re going to play with power. We have some players who can hit and we’re going to go for the long ball.” Tasler was a pitcher at Northern Oklahoma College before staring her coaching career as an assistant at Pittsburg State. She comes to Concord after six seasons as head coach at Neosho County Community College in Chanute, Kan. Several of her players earned Academic AllAmerican honors and her last two Panthers teams led NCCC’s athletic department in grade point average. “We’re looking for the kind of player who will do well on the field and, of course, in the classroom,” Tasler said. “That’s a main point for us. We want a team that everybody in the Concord community can be proud of, athletically and academically.” The Lady Lions finished 2124 last season, 7-13 in the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, and reached the third

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The Lady Lions softball team has a new head coach. Alisa Tasler was introduced to the CU athletic community during a press conference at the Carter Center on Jan. 18. The Oklahoma native spoke of looking forward to the challenge ahead. Tasler stepped into the post with the 2012 season opener set for Feb. 11. “We have a lot of good players on this team and I’m looking forward to working with them and seeing what we can do as a team,” she said. Tasler played college softball and spent several seasons as a coach, and she knows what CU needs to do to be successful. “It all starts with pitching,” she said. “As someone who pitched in college and was a pitching coach at a Division II program at Pittsburg State (in Kansas), I know that’s an incredibly important part of the game. We’re going to work to be very solid in the circle. “On offense, we’re going to run Lady Lions Shine in 2011 Concord’s softball team turned in a memorable season in 2011, on the field and in the classroom. The Lady Lions won 21 games last spring, the second consecutive season CU topped the 20-win mark,

including a victory in the WVIAC Tournament for the first time since 2008. Three Concord players earned All-WVIAC honors. CU’s work in the classroom also received notice. The National Fastpitch Coaches Association has named three Lady Lions to its NCAA

teach and how to treat others and I’ll always be grateful for that.” “The teachers at Concord were very professional people and great educators, and they made learning fun,” he said. “That’s one thing that I’ve carried with me ever since.”

round of the WVIAC Tournament. After being on the road the first month of the 2012 schedule, Concord returns to Athens to host Lees-McRae College (NC) on Tuesday, March 20, in a 3 p.m. non-conference doubleheader. That begins a nine-day, ten-game home stand that includes a 3 p.m. twin bill against WVU Tech on Wednesday, March 21, and the Lady Lions’ WVIAC opener against Ohio Valley at 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 24. Conference doubleheaders against Glenville State (March 25) and defending WVIAC champion West Virginia Wesleyan (March 28) complete the home stand. Division II Academic All-America team: Kaylyn Klatt, Tiffany Kobordo and Casey Ord. To be eligible for the NFCA award, a student-athlete must achieve a 3.5 or better GPA on a 4.0 scale during the academic year.

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