Spotlight - Spring 2015 by Emporia State University

The Alumni Magazine for Hornet Nation

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Changing Lives

T E N R H O LIGHTS H G I H

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Jessica Buchholz (BSB 2005, MBA 2007) Tyler Curtis (BSE 2001, MS 2004) Tony Hall (BSB 1986) Gwendolynne Larson Jill Lee Don Weast (BFA 1998) Umair Abbasi (MBA 2007, MS 2010) Sherri Buttenhoff (BSB 1979) Carol Cooper (FS) Tyler Curtis Kat Dorcas James R. Garvey Kim (Gibson) Grooms (BSB 2001) Beth Hammond Laurie Pitman DenaSue Potestio Mary Shivley Dave Sparks

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Foundation President/CEO

DenaSue Potestio Alumni Association Executive Director

Tyler Curtis

Foundation Board of Trustees Chairperson

Kim R. Penner (BSB 1980)

Alumni Association Board of Directors President

Will Ramsey (BSE 1967)

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A Culture of Change You know the old saying – the only thing constant is change. This saying certainly holds true for Emporia State University. Since 1863, Emporia State has certainly changed — faculty, staff, facilities, programs — always changing. Even its name has changed — several times. Since 1880, the Alumni Association has kept our alumni informed of these changes, consistently encouraging our alums to stay connected and engaged with their alma mater. This issue of Spotlight highlights recent changes and provides a look at some changes to come. These changes are a far cry from change for change’s sake; rather, these changes are strategic initiatives aimed at advancing the university. As Emporia State moves beyond its first 150 years and into a new era for both the institution and higher education, the university has adopted a new strategic plan to guide its priorities over the next 10 years. Entitled The Adaptive University, the plan articulates a vision to change lives for the common good by preparing students for lifelong learning, rewarding careers, and adaptive leadership.

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As we move forward, the missions of the Alumni Association, Foundation, and university will all be aligned. Together, our efforts are focused on changing lives for the common good. As the university’s Alumni Association, our actions impact the university’s goals and overall success. The process the Alumni Association has created to live our mission is to connect with our alumni and friends via communication and events; to serve Emporia State by coordinating opportunities for volunteers to give back their time and talent by promoting the institution, recruiting new Hornets, and hiring fellow Hornets; and to support the university by inspiring alumni to give. By connecting, serving, and supporting Emporia State University, our efforts will positively impact the university’s vision, mission, and goals. Please join us in this pursuit to build relationships and support for Emporia State University. Connect with Emporia State; serve your alma mater by recruiting Hornets, hiring Hornets, and advocating for public higher education; and support the university through giving. You can make an impact, and together we will change lives.

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May

ESU Theatre: Spring Dance Project May 1, 7:30 p.m. Bruder Theatre, King Hall

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Track/Cross Country Alumni Dinner April 3, 6:30 p.m. Skyline Dining Room, Memorial Union Opera Concert April 18, 7:30 p.m. Albert Taylor Hall, Plumb Hall ESU Theatre: Shakespeare’s “As You Like It” April 21 – 25, 7:30 p.m. April 26, 2 p.m. Matinee Frederickson Theatre, Roosevelt Hall Jazz Concert April 22, 7:30 p.m. Albert Taylor Hall, Plumb Hall Wind Ensemble Concert April 23, 7:30 p.m. Albert Taylor Hall, Plumb Hall Phi Delta Theta Reunion April 24 – 25 Emporia, Kan. Senior Week April 27 – May 1 Newberg Outstanding Senior Banquet April 27, 6 p.m. Webb Hall, Memorial Union

Choir Concert May 2, 7:30 p.m. Albert Taylor Hall, Plumb Hall Emporia Symphony Orchestra Concert May 5, 7:30 p.m. Albert Taylor Hall, Plumb Hall Kansas City Scholarship Golf Tournament May 8, Noon Dub’s Dread Golf Club 12601 Hollingsworth Road, Kansas City, Kan. Spring Undergraduate Commencement May 16, 10 a.m. W. L. White Auditorium 111 E. Sixth Ave., Emporia, Kan. Spring Graduate Commencement May 16, 2 p.m. Albert Taylor Hall, Plumb Hall Volunteer Appreciation Celebration May 30, 11:30 a.m. Webb Hall, Memorial Union

June

President Shonrock’s Ireland Trip with Alumni & Friends Please Go Away™ Vacations June 4 – 14 Athletic Auction and Golf Tournament June 5-6 White Auditorium Alumni Event at Strataca (Underground Salt Mines) June 27, 11 a.m. tour, Noon lunch Hutchinson, Kan. Douglas County Alumni Chapter Dinner and Theatre June 27, 5:30 p.m. dinner, 7:30 p.m. theatre Theatre Lawrence, Lawrence, Kan.

July

Sig Tau Reunion July 17-18 Emporia, Kan.

August

Kansas City Chapter Sporting KC Alumni Event August 1, 5:30 p.m. tailgate, 7:30 p.m. game Sporting Park, Kansas City, Kan. South Central Scholarship Golf Tournament August 22, 9 a.m. Sand Creek Station, Newton, Kan. Smoky Valley Chapter After Hours Alumni Event August 27, 5 p.m. Blue Skye Brewery, Salina, Kan.

September Summervill’s Fan Fair September 11, 5:30 p.m. Kansas State Fairgrounds, Hutchinson, Kan.

ESU Booth at the Kansas State Fair September 11 – 20 Kansas State Fairgrounds, Hutchinson, Kan. Emporia Connection Reunion September 25-26 Emporia, Kan. ESU Family Day and Hornet Heritage Family 2015 Introduction September 26 Welch Stadium

October

Kansas City Chapter Boulevard Brewery Alumni Event October 1, 5:30 p.m. Boulevard Brewery, Kansas City, Mo. Homecoming Weekend October 23 - 24 Emporia, Kan.

November Second Annual Veterans Appreciation Luncheon November 14, 11:30 a.m. KSTC Ballroom, Memorial Union

contents

4 Paul Edwards 100th Birthday

5 Cates Credits Role Models for Success 6 One Manâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Thoughts on Education Over Sports 7 Veteran Turns to Education to Help Heal Former Trauma 8 Distinguished Alumni

10 Outstanding Recent Graduates 11 Corkyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Crew

12 Inspiring Philanthropy in the Next Generation

Cover photo: J.R. Garvey

13 Opening the Door for Future Students

14 Now & Forever, The Campaign for Emporia State University

20 Gifts to the Athletics Program to

Make Huge Impact

21 Spotlight on Alumni 23 Nuptials

28 Births: Future Hornets

29 In Memoriam: Obituaries 33 Stand Up and Lead

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Paul Edwards’

100

Birthday

Paul Edwards, the creator of Emporia State University’s Corky the Hornet mascot, celebrated his 100th birthday on January 12, 2015. Emporia State President Dr. Michael D. Shonrock, Alumni Relations Executive Director Tyler Curtis, and Foundation Director of Development Roy Mann all made the trip to Santa Barbara, California, to help the centenarian celebrate his special day. The Hornet contingent took what Shonrock called, “a lot of Corky things,” which included one of the new Corky bobble heads Edwards was quite fond of and more than 200 birthday cards from Emporia State students, alumni, staff, and the community. The birthday program included music, a slideshow of Edwards’ life, and cake. The new and smaller Hornet mascot Buz, also designed by Edwards, will launch in the fall. Edwards was a cheerleader, tennis player, and studied art when he learned his love of watercolors under the tutelage of professor Norman Eppink as a student at Emporia State (Kansas State Teachers College at the time). He sketched out his original Corky in the fall of 1933, his freshman year, in about 20 minutes. The first Corky had a large mouth and four legs. Edwards named the mascot Corky because, as he explained in a previous Spotlight article, “He was always popping off, like a cork.” In 1936, Edwards revised Corky to its current, more human body because, as he wrote in his autobiographical essay, Pencil Jockey, “Corky couldn’t dance with his girl with all those appendages nor could he carry a football down the field without getting his legs all tangled up, so we simply amputated two of the legs.” Edwards also applied for and received a copyright for Corky that year. Edwards graduated from Emporia State (Kansas State Teachers College at the time) in 1937 with a Bachelor of

Photo: Felicia Greenwald, I Heart My Groom Photography, Santa Barbara, California.

Science in Education degree and attended the Chouinard Art Institute. He went on to do animation for Disney and work on art direction projects for U.S. Steel, General Motors, and Proctor and Gamble. After Pearl Harbor was attacked, Edwards enlisted in the Navy during World War II. While stationed at what is now known as Naval Magazine Indian Island in Washington, Edwards painted two large murals that can still be seen at the base. Edwards was part of the Disney animation team that drew Mr. Bluebird, referenced in the song “Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah” from the film Song of the South, and worked on films such as Mickey and the Beanstalk, Little Toot, and Johnny Appleseed. Mr. Bluebird is featured in the Splash Mountain attractions at the Disney parks. He continues to sketch and paint watercolors of the many places he traveled throughout his life. After Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans in 2005, Edwards sold several of his watercolors to raise more than $5,000 for relief services.

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Cates Credits Role Models for Success Opening his Sam E. and Jeannene Hayes Lecture presentation, Edward Cates had an observation: “I’m not supposed to be here delivering this speech.” “While I had tremendous examples of pioneers, trailblazers, and leaders in my family, I also faced circumstances and adversity in my youth that should have made me a statistic,” said Cates, settling in to tell the story of his journey from a 1995 Emporia State University graduate to president of Nuance Marketing, a marketing, communications and advertising agency in Stockbridge, Georgia. The Kansas City, Kansas, native grew up in the epicenter of the civil rights struggle in Kansas. His grandfather, Solomon H. Cates, was president of Kansas NAACP and helped bring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., to Kansas City Sumner High School to help African Americans gain access to a KCK movie theater. His grandmother, Juanita Cates, held office as national secretary for the NAACP. “They were a committed couple dedicated to improving circumstances for their children and their community.” It was a high school counselor helping introduce Cates to Deryl Wynn, an Emporia State distinguished alumnus, that changed Cates’s life.

I was blessed with a host of people who I didn’t know that cared and believed in me to make my education possible. —Edward Cates

Those people included a financial aid director who remembered Cates’s father, who served two terms as ESU’s Associated Student government president in the 1960s. Cates followed his father’s example of service, becoming a vice president of ASG, president of Black Student Union, and involvement in Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. “The education I received at Emporia State University has proven time and time again to be one of the best investments I’ve ever made in my future,” Cates declared. Photo: JaWuan Wallace

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Ken Carter believes the heart of all success is education, which provides a solid foundation. It was something he told the audience filling Albert Taylor Hall for the Bonner & Bonner Diversity Lecture on Oct. 29. Carter has made it his mission to help disadvantaged youth find success, using sports as a teaching tool. He owned a sporting goods store when he agreed to coach the boys basketball team for his alma mater, Richmond High School, in California. Getting back to basics and stressing fundamentals of the game as well as personal character and integrity, Carter pushed the struggling team to a 13-0 start on the season. The euphoria of victory, however, gave way under a stark reality — his players were failing in the classroom. Carter’s solution — locking the gym and cancelling practices and games while the team studied in the library — drew national attention and led to the movie Coach Carter starring Samuel L. Jackson. “Basketball was the hook,” Carter explained, “but education was always the goal.” With only one out of every 500,000 children having the opportunity to play a professional sport, Carter maintained education as his prime focus for every athlete he coached. Instead of focusing on making money from the neck down, he encourages them to make money from the neck up.

All of the athletes that Carter has coached over the years have been successful. Paramount Studios tracked every student coached by Carter and each not only graduated from high school but also went on to attend college — a fact Carter treasures more than any trophy or game win. During his time in Emporia, Carter spent time with students. He spent time with them after the lecture and the next morning, he shared breakfast with Emporia State athletes and coaches. In addition, he addressed students from multiple classes.

I don’t consider myself a great coach, I think I’m a good leader. I help people believe in themselves. —Ken Carter

“I think there are four things that we need in our lives to be what we call successful,” Carter said. “Integrity: have to have integrity; you got to be a team player; discipline; and you have to have a pleasing personality.” Adapted from The Emporia Gazette, Oct. 30, 2014

“No one remembers who won the state championship that year,” Carter said. “But they remember the lock-out, and they remember the success of those kids. One of those boys is going to be a medical doctor; the success of that group of boys is phenomenal.”

One Man’s Thoughts on Education Over Sports Coach Carter Sets the Record Straight

Photo: J.R. Garvey

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Veteran Turns to Education to Help Heal Former Trauma For nearly five years, retired Army Major Jeffery W. Hall has spoken out about his experiences with war and posttraumatic stress disorder. Last fall, Hall (BS ’97) brought his expertise to his alma mater. Hall was featured during the annual Veterans Roundtable, which is part of Emporia’s All Veterans Tribute. Because art therapy played a large role in Hall returning from the brink of suicide, he made a point of visiting with students in Emporia State’s art therapy master’s program. An enlisted soldier, Hall came to Emporia State for ROTC. After graduation, he became an Army officer and served two year long tours in Iraq spanning from 2003 to 2005. When he returned home, Hall became so depressed that one day he laid down with a pistol pointed at his head. The only thing that stopped him from pulling the trigger was not wanting his daughters to find his body and have the same horrifying images in their head that were in his. With the support of his wife, Sheri, Hall found help through counseling and an art therapy program sponsored by the Department of Defense for soldiers with traumatic brain injuries and psychological issues. Finally, Hall had an outlet for the images in his head. Now, Hall works with military veterans across the country through Soldiers Helping Soldiers as well as their parents and spouses. And he gives back to Emporia State and students who may someday work with veterans just like him.

For more on Jeff Hall’s story, go online to: www.nbcnews.com/id/36197461/ns/health-mental_ health/t/revolving-door-wars-tied-severe-ptsd/ usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/24/18471262unmasking-the-agony-combat-troops-turn-to-arttherapy?lite www.people.com/people/archive/ article/0,,20674506,00.html www.brainlinemilitary.org/content/multimedia. php?id=8020 www.nationalgeographic.com/healing-soldiers/

top photo: Artwork by Maj. Jeffery W. Hall is one of his releases for

the PTSD he suffers from on a daily basis. He said the sketches, along with speaking engagements, are outlets for the issues that he faces. bottom photo: Major Jeffery W. Hall, USA Ret., spoke at the

Emporia State University Veterans Roundtable. The topic of the program was Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and the effects it can have on veterans and their families. Photos: Emporia Gazette

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Distinguished Alumni

Daniel D. Busby

BSB 1963 – Accounting, 1964 – MBA y Winchester, Va. Daniel D. Busby has worked with nonprofit organizations during much of his nearly 50 year career. In his latest role as president of the Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability (ECFA), Busby works with nearly 1,900 evangelical Christian organizations, which receive over $22 billion in annual revenue. NonProfit Times has named him one of the 50 most powerful nonprofit leaders for the past five consecutive years. Another facet of Busby’s life centers on baseball memorabilia. He regularly contributes artifacts to the National Baseball Hall of Fame Library and Museum and assists the Hall in identifying items donated to their collection.

Diane M. DeBacker, Ed.D.

BSB 1982 – Business Education y Topeka, Kan. Diane M. DeBacker, Ed.D., recently concluded four years of service as Kansas Commissioner of Education, providing leadership for the Kansas State Department of Education (KSDE) to carry out the policies and programs that help the state’s 475,000 kindergarten through twelfth grade students achieve their academic goals. DeBacker rose through classroom and administrative ranks in Kansas public and private schools before joining the KSDE. DeBacker left her KSDE post in May 2014, to serve as advisor to the director general of the Abu Dhabi Education Council in the United Arab Emirates.

Photos: J.R. Garvey

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Anthony D. Forcum

BSB 1973 – Accounting y Plano, Texas Anthony D. “Tony” Forcum, prior to his retirement in May 2014, was a principal of Deloitte Consulting LLP and a member of its Board of Directors. Forcum joined a predecessor of Deloitte & Touche in 1974 after graduating from Emporia State University and became a partner in 1984. He served as the national recruiting principal for Deloitte Consulting at the University of Texas at Austin for many years. Post-retirement, he plans to continue to serve McCombs School of Business at UT-Austin (where he is a lifetime member of the Business Advisory Council) and to work in entrepreneurial and consulting opportunities as they may present themselves.

Rosemary A. Kirby, Ph.D.

BSE 1952 – Business Education y Wichita, Kan. Rosemary A. Kirby, Ph.D., has a career in education that has spanned more than five decades. Kirby held many administrative roles at several Wichita schools, including principalships at Mead Junior High, Jardine Junior High, and West High Schools, as well as serving as director of Wichita Area Vocational Technical School and president of Wichita Area Technical College, in addition to teaching for nine years in Wichita State University’s College of Education. While officially retired, Kirby spends approximately 24 hours a week tutoring 20 students from kindergarten through high school. Kirby is an emeritus trustee of the Emporia State University Foundation and is an active volunteer with the Emporia State Alumni Association.

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Outstanding Recent Graduates Sean Balke

Photos: J.R. Garvey

MS 2006 – Psychology y Wichita, Kan. As president and chief operating officer of Craig HomeCare, Sean Balke leads a regional organization with 11 offices in Kansas, Missouri, and Nebraska. His company provides pediatric nursing care in patients’ homes, allowing medically fragile children to thrive at home and providing much-needed relief and support to families. He maintains ties with Emporia State’s Student Society for Industrial-Organizational Psychology by hiring students to conduct mission critical projects, as well as offering internships and full time positions. Additionally, he teaches classes at Friends University, mentoring those students and promoting Emporia State graduate programs as next steps in their academic careers.

Heather Braum

MLS 2008 – Technology Librarianship y Lawrence, Kan. Currently the NExpress Coordinator and Resource Sharing Librarian for Northeast Kansas Library System, Heather Braum leads the NExpress regional shared catalog project, a library consortia of more than 40 public and school libraries in the Northeast Kansas region, sharing more than 1 million items with residents of Northeast Kansas. Braum has presented at numerous regional, state, and national workshops and conferences on a wide variety of topics, including innovation, open source software, and open education resources. A lifelong Kansan and a third-generation librarian, she was the 2010 Kansas Library Association New Professional of the Year.

Due to the sensitive nature of her work, Ms. Gimenez-Duarte has requested that her photo not be included.

Maggie Fletcher

BSB 2005 – Accounting y Wichita, Kan. Maggie Fletcher put her accounting degree to use at Flint Hills Resources, LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Koch Industries, Inc. Serving in various roles as an accounting analyst, a project cost accountant, and a tax accountant, Fletcher worked at a facility in Corpus Christi, Texas. In 2008, she transferred back to Flint Hills’ corporate headquarters in Wichita and is now responsible for preparing and reviewing multiple types of tax returns ranging from new acquisitions to existing entities. Fletcher and her family are members of NewSpring Church in Wichita, where she volunteers as a kindergarten teacher on weekends.

Lea Gimenez-Duarte, Ph.D.

BS 2004 – Economics y Washington, D.C. Lea Gimenez-Duarte currently works as an economist in the Poverty Global Practice of the World Bank, the world’s leading international development organization. Her dissertation received the Elizabeth V. Stout Dissertation Award of Lehigh University, her degree granting institution. Gimenez-Duarte’s academic research has focused on the effect of family structure and shocks on wellbeing and long term outcomes. Her job market paper, “Parental Loss and Children’s Wellbeing,” was accepted for publication in the Journal of Human Resources, a top ranking field journal in economics. Her research interests are in economic policy, poverty, health, and human capital.

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When Aubrianna Noelle Krahenbuhl gets a little older, she’ll have some bragging rights to use against her older brothers and sisters. Not only was Aubrianna the first baby born in 2015 at Newman Regional Health in Emporia, she is also the first member of the new Corky’s Crew program offered by Alumni Relations at Emporia State University. Aubrianna, who entered the world at 12:03 a.m. Jan. 1, 2015, received the first Corky’s Crew onesie as well as other goodies. The event didn’t seem to impress her, but dad Casey and mom Stasia were delighted. “We’ll make her wear that when they play Washburn,” Casey Krahenbuhl promised Emporia State President Michael D. Shonrock, who visited the family. “We just want parents to know college is possible, literally from Day One it is possible,” Shonrock said. For the new program, 400 pale yellow onesies with a white outline of Corky and black lettering saying “Corky’s Crew”

were delivered to Newman Regional Health for new babies. Heather Arndt, director of Newman’s Women’s Life Center and Surgery, coordinates the program for Newman. Arndt, who earned her bachelor’s degree in Nursing from Emporia State in 1999, presented the first onesie to Aubrianna. “Partnering with Newman Regional Health for the Corky’s Crew newborn program is an example of what a university community looks like in action,” said Tyler Curtis, executive director of Alumni Relations. The program is also open to alumni with newborns, Curtis said. Any alumnus who sends a birth announcement to Alumni Relations at alumni@emporia.edu will receive a onesie. By age 4, the children in the alumni Corky’s Crew program will receive information about the Corky’s Crew program offered by ESU’s Intercollegiate Athletics. “Our goal is to build a meaningful connection to our next generation of Hornets — community members, fans, alumni, and legacies,” Curtis said.

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Inspiring Philanthropy in the Next Generation With his late wife’s words as an inspiration, a Pawnee County, Kansas, cattle feeder is helping instill the spirit of philanthropy in his grandchildren. As their business enterprises expanded, Keith and Marian (BSE 1945) Mull of Pawnee Rock set up a corporation controlled by their grandchildren to follow a simple mission statement. “Marian came up with it,” Keith Mull said. “Be charitable and love one another.” Acting on his suggestion, Mull’s grandchildren directed a $50,000 gift to the Marian Schmitt Mull Scholarship Fund, created after Marian’s death in 2005. “I made the suggestion at our annual meeting, reminding them how their grandmother enjoyed her time at

Emporia,” said Mull. “And the grandchildren said, ‘why, of course.’” To complement the scholarship fund, several of Marian’s Sigma Sigma Sigma sorority sisters have also made contributions over the years, starting when the fund was created following Marian’s death in 2005. Tragically, a few months after that decision was made, four members of Mull’s family died in a plane crash near Nashville, Tennessee. Keith Mull’s son, Glenn; Glenn’s wife, Elaine; their daughter, Amy Harter; and their granddaughter, Samantha Harter were killed when the plane Glenn Mull was piloting crashed on the way to the National Cattleman’s Beef Association Trade Show. 2. Hornet Nation joins the Mull family in mourning this tragic loss.

Founders’ Day Lunch Ebrahim Kayali, middle, holds a check for $1,000 during the Founders’ Day luncheon Feb. 13, 2015. Kayali’s essay, “City of Science and Blood,” won first place in the 1863 essay contest sponsored by President’s Community Advisory Council. Dr. Mel Storm, left, coordinates the judging of the contest by Roe R. Cross Distinguished Professors. For more information about the Founders’ Day celebration and Kayali’s full essay about his flight from his native war-torn Syria to new hope at Emporia State, go online to http://bit.ly/1wM9ZwF. Photo: J.R. Garvey

Kansas Teachers of the Year When the 2015 Kansas Teacher of the Year delegation visited Emporia State in January, four Kansas Regional Teachers of the Year were coming home. Alumni of Emporia State are, from left, Beau Bragg (MS 2011), Lisa Holt (BSE 1994), Jamie McDaniel (BSE 1993), and Dennis Munk (BS 2002, BSE 2003).

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Opening the Door for Future Students How Fund A Hornet is bringing in and keeping students. For many students, receiving scholarships is the tipping point when deciding which university to attend — or even whether to pursue a degree at all. Lauren Borchering, a freshman from Overland Park majoring in elementary education, was considering Kansas State University and Emporia State University. “I decided I was going to Emporia State because I got more scholarships as well as a good Teachers College,” Borchering said. Gina Mattivi is a nontraditional student. Her first stint as a college student didn’t work out, but now it is. “There’s no question I wouldn’t be able to go to school without scholarships.” That’s a common theme admissions counselors hear when they work with prospective students, according to Laura Eddy, Director of Admissions. According to Eddy, the merit-based scholarships are simple for students to understand. Students can look at a chart that

lists high school grade point average ranges on one axis and ACT scores on a second axis. Where the two lines intersect tells students what level of scholarship support for which they qualify. For transfer students, the qualification level is based on their cumulative GPA in at least 24 credit hours. The scholarships then are eligible for renewal at levels determined by the students’ GPA each academic year. “School counselors have told us they appreciate how straightforward the information is. It’s easy for their students to know what kind of offer they will receive from Emporia State,” Eddy said. This recruitment scholarship program, which included both increased award amounts and renewal eligibility for a full four years, was fully supported by the Emporia State Foundation in Fall 2012. Gifts to Fund A Hornet support general scholarships that can benefit students across all disciplines.

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Emporia Company Creates State-Of-The-Art Engraving Classroom

A unique partnership that nearly a decade ago propelled Emporia, Kansas, to the forefront of the renaissance in engraving arts has taken a leap forward with a gift of equipment and other enhancements for a state-of-the-art classroom at Emporia State University. Emporia-based Glendo Corp. and Emporia State University teamed up in 2005 to launch the first four-year degree program in engraving arts. Now, Glendo is giving $100,000 for new classroom equipment to enhance the program in the Department of Art at Emporia State University. The new classroom in King Hall features state-of-the-art pneumatic engraving tools, a custom bench, and high-powered microscope. There also are five flat-screen monitors in the room that are linked to the camera attached to the instructor microscope. “Students can work at a much higher level of detail and more easily do a variety of challenging techniques,” said James Ehlers, associate professor of art and director of the Engraving Arts Program.

Leadership, Ethics Combine in New School of Business Center Emporia State’s Koch Center for Leadership and Ethics is making an impact at the university, less than a year into its existence.

Led by two co-directors, Dr. Kevin Johnson, university general counsel and professor of law, and Dr. Steven Lovett, assistant professor of business law and ethics, the center is focused on initiatives that include awarding faculty research grants, creating a speaker series, workshop development, and collaboration with both campus and community organizations on projects that are consistent with the center’s mission. “I am genuinely excited to be an active part of taking operational and management knowledge, gleaned from the real world of private enterprise, and placing it directly into an academic environment where the principles and tools of principled entrepreneurship can be exposed to a process of critique, development, expansion, and innovative application,” Lovett said. The center explores the impact of principled entrepreneurship on a free society and applying market principles to management. Since the center’s launch in June 2014, six faculty research grants have been awarded to recipients in academic fields

ranging from information systems to physics to finance. The theme, nature, and structure of each project will be designed by each recipient to fit the course and is grounded in academic freedom. Dr. Jorge Ballester, professor of physical sciences, was one of the Emporia State faculty members to receive a grant funded by the center. Themes found in his research include equipping future leaders with usable scientific thinking tools and promoting scientific objectivity by placing authentic science in the center of the discussion, rather than by participating in politicized debates. “Future leaders with a solid foundation in science will be better prepared to confront science-based problems such as energy production and climate change,” explained Ballester. Initial grants of $750,000 established the center and originated from the Fred and Mary Koch Foundation, Koch Industries, Inc., and three School of Business alumni and Wichita-based Koch employees: David Robertson, president and chief operating officer, Koch Industries; Dale Gibbens, senior vice president, human resources and public sector, Koch Industries; and Kim Penner, president, Koch Pipeline Company, L.P.

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Celebrating a ‘Renaissance Man’s’ Art Department Gift

In his lifetime, David W. Kasitz operated machinery that produced hay and forage equipment for a wellknown Kansas manufacturer. He also appreciated classic motorcycles bearing the Moto Guzzi and Triumph nameplates; dabbled in piano, violin, and guitar; and supported services for disadvantaged children.

His wide-ranging interests also included Emporia State University’s Department of Art, which is now receiving a sixfigure gift from his estate, the bulk of which will endow the David W. Kasitz Donor-Advised Fund to support Emporia State’s engraving arts, printmaking, and painting programs and provide scholarships for art students. “He was very much a Renaissance man,” said his cousin, John Peters of Walton, Kansas. Kasitz, of Newton, Kansas, died in January 2014. His passion for motorcycles and the open road led him to serve as the state president for the Moto Guzzi National Owners Club for several years.

After earning a Bachelor of Science in Education degree in industrial education from Emporia State in 1975, Kasitz worked as a machinist at Cessna Aircraft Co. in Wichita before joining AGCO in Hesston, which manufactures hay-handling equipment bearing the Hesston name. “David loved his time at Emporia State, and he influenced me to go to college there, too,” said Peters, who graduated with a BSE in psychology two years after Kasitz. Describing him as private and individualistic, Peters said his late cousin enthusiastically gathered knowledge on investment practices. Kasitz consulted with John Griffin, an estate planner who works at no charge with friends of the Emporia State University Foundation, for advice in setting up his gifts. “Whatever David did, he did it wholeheartedly, which explains why he was able to accumulate the wealth he did on what might be considered a blue-collar salary,” said Peters.

New Nursing Scholarship Benefits Emporia State Student-Athletes

On the basketball court, Megan Holloway plays guard for the Lady Hornets. But the sophomore from Salina, Kansas, also wears the teal blue scrubs that identify her as a student in Emporia State University’s Department of Nursing. College Atlas has ranked Emporia State No. 14 in the top 100 nursing programs in the United States.

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This combination of athletics and academics is precisely what a brand new scholarship will support and encourage, thanks to a gift from Bobbi and Steve Sauder of Emporia. Holloway is receiving the first Bobbi Sauder Student-Athlete Nursing Scholarship this fall. “It’s really a challenge, first of all, to be a nursing student,” said Bobbi Sauder. “And then to have athletics on top of that is an even greater challenge.” A retired registered nurse, Sauder depended on scholarships for her own schooling. “If I hadn’t had those angels there to help me, I would never have been able to go to school,” Sauder said. After earning a Master of Science in Nursing in 1982, she continued her career as a school nurse in Overland Park’s Blue Valley school district and taught nursing at Labette Community College and Washburn University.

One scholarship will be presented each year to a studentathlete majoring in nursing or pre-nursing entering his or her sophomore, junior or senior year at Emporia State.

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Now & Forever: The Campaign for Emporia State University

Thank you to our Hornet Nation. Your generosity has inspired $34.5 million in private gifts, grants, pledges, and planned gifts for the benefit of Emporia State University students, faculty, and programsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the highest fundraising total of any fundraising campaign in university history. Please help us thank the following donors who designated a gift to Emporia State in their estate plans during the period July 1, 2014-February 1, 2015: John & Laurie Barnett Aneta S. Bodkin Sally A. Conard Robert Gress & Mary Butel Dr. Ellen R. Hansen

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Since the beginning of the Now & Forever Campaign, 283 donors have given $10,000 or more. Please help us thank the following donors who made a new commitment of $10,000 or more during the period July 1, 2014-February 1, 2015: Bob & Marcia Agler Kay Alden & Vern Nelson O.C. & Susan Allbritton Mary E. Butel Capitol Federal Foundation Sara Carlson-Welch & Byron Welch Patricia Crowe Emil Babinger Trust James & Sara Farley John & Anne Frey Gary & Jan Geringer Michael & Diane Giardine James & Jacqueline Glenn Robert & Patricia Goldsmith Goppert Foundation Dr. Samuel & Jeannene Hayes Leon K. & Judy Hannebaum Michael & Sandra Helbert HRS Education Services, Inc. Dr. Perry Hunsley Dr. Lynn & Ann Kindred Carolyn A. Langenwalter Milton H. Larsen Loretto Langley Charitable Trust John & Ann McPherson Foundation, Inc.

Donald S. & Linda E. Miller Russell & Sheila Meyer Monte & Lynda Miller Daniel & Lynette Murphy Max Nightingale Tim & Janell North Phillips 66 Company Dr. Gene & Betty Jo Plank Preston Family Fund Michael & Joyce Reynolds James & Cibyl Ronen Claire & Betty Schelske Jean Schulenberg Jim & Bonnie Schwartzburg Justice Harold & Brenda See Greg & Donna Seibel The late Edward Sherraden Roberta Shogren Chuck & Marion Stuart Max & Sharon Stewart Trusler Foundation, Inc. Walter S. & Evan C. Jones Testamentary Trust

For a complete listing of our major donors to the Now & Forever Campaign since inception, please visit nowandforever.org/donors.

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Thank you to our 2014 members of the 1863 Society, donors giving $1,863 or more in cash or pledges to President’s Common Good Fund in calendar year 2014. Mark & Jill Brady Jason & Tiffany Fanning Wallace & Gladys Fujii Chuck & Doris Hanna Leon & Judy Hannebaum Steve & Amy Harmon Dorine Harter Jerry & Carol Ann Herbert John & Gig Jones Drs. Jerry & Sharon Karr

Mike & Nycki Law Vernon & Nancy McKinzie Lana & Kent Oleen Kim & Dennis Pember Richard & Sarah Porter DenaSue Potestio Will & Andrea Ramsey C. Yvonne Rossillon Mark & Angie Schreiber Michael & Karen Shonrock

Randy & Jan Steinert John & Grace Steuri Robert D. Warren Rex & Debbie Williams of Williams Automotive Stephen & Cheryl Williams Deryl Wynn & Paige Wymore-Wynn

Thank you to our 2014 members of the First 150 Club for Athletics, donors giving $1,863 or more in cash or pledges to First 150 Club for Athletics Fund in calendar year 2014. Art & Sue Bloomer Richard & Marcia Cooper Brian & Jennifer Denton Jodie L. Fund Jonathan & Alison Geitz Chuck & Doris Hanna Joseph Hannah & Carolyn Ammon David & Shanda Hendricks

Don & Robbie Hill Matthew & Leslie Holstin Russell & Myra Jones Jim & Kathy Kessler Dwight & Linda Metcalf David & Peggy Miller Kevin & Lori Nelson Michael & Kathy Patton

DenaSue Potestio Jamie & Jennifer Sauder Michael & Karen Shonrock Randy & Jan Steinert Shiela & Kurt Steinkuhler Mike Turnbull Kendall & Margaret Wright

Private Funding the Future for Emporia State How Private Dollars are Making a Difference How families choose to structure scholarships at Emporia State University is varied. The reason they choose to give, however, is often simple — to give back to the university and assist the next generation. “In order for Emporia State to continue to produce the types of students it does, it’s going to take private funding,” said Jeff Hawes, an Emporia business owner and trustee of the Emporia State Foundation. Two Emporia couples — Jeff and Cheryl Hawes and Bob and Marcia Agler — were among those honored during the inaugural luncheon for a group called “The 50 over 50” for giving more than $50,000 to Now & Forever: The Campaign for Emporia State University. Both the Aglers and Haweses have established scholarships. The Aglers’ gift honors their family by establishing two scholarships — one for students studying accounting, Bob’s major, and a second for students studying nursing. Two granddaughters are nurses. Jeff and Cheryl Hawes and their families have established two scholarships at Emporia State. The Amelia Ullman Memorial Scholarship was established by Cheryl’s father,

Gilbert Ullman, to honor her grandmother, who had a long career as a music teacher, as well as his love of tennis as both a player and fan. Gilbert Ullman, a close friend of former ESU tennis coach George Milton, was named a super fan by the women’s tennis team. The scholarship is for music students as well as tennis student-athletes. Jeff and his two daughters established the Deanna J. Hawes Scholarship to honor her. Deanna Hawes was a professor in the Department of Counselor Education when she died shortly after being diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or ALS. The Hawes Scholarship is given to students pursuing degrees in counselor education. “A lot of students are just on the verge of being able to do things,” Jeff said, “but they need some help.” Private dollars are key, Jeff said, to helping Emporia State thrive because public dollars are just not available. “When you live at a level you’re comfortable at and you have positive cash flow in your life,” he concluded, “the university is a good place to leave your inheritance.”

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the best I can as both a full-time student and athlete will only help me in the long run.” “Athletics, academics, the general atmosphere — it feels like my second home. I love how close-knit this place is, and I’ve learned so much from my time being a student-athlete here,” says Taylor Zordel, First-Team All-MIAA shortstop. As a health promotion major with a minor in biology, Zordel has had to stay focused and use her time wisely in order to succeed both on the field and in the classroom. Because her spring semesters are dotted with missed classes due to road games, she’s had to learn discipline and dedication to stay afloat. Bus trips and hotel stays are used for study hours, but those have been choices Zordel has made willingly. “For me, it’s about not failing,” says Zordel, who, along with her many on-the-field honors, has twice earned Capital One Academic All-American honors. “I want to succeed, and I know my future depends on what I’m doing now. I’m working toward a goal, putting myself out there and doing

“For athletes like me, our playing career ends after four years of eligibility, so what happens when college athletics are over and we didn’t put forth the effort as students?” she asks. “Athletes thrive on dedication, motivation, commitment, and success, and I take on the same characteristics as a student. A true student-athlete puts forth just as much effort on the playing field as in the classroom.” After this season ends, Zordel will finish up her ESU education and then put it to good use in physical therapy school. But no matter where her next steps take her, she’ll always be grateful for the Emporia State experience. “My education at Emporia has more than prepared me for my future,” Zordel says. “I’ve had some challenging courses and professors who have really put into perspective what the ‘real world’ is going to be like. It’s not going to be easy, but I know that it’s going to be a fun journey, and I can’t wait to jump in.”

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Junior Payson Maydew thrives in athletics, academics, and entrepreneurship.

Most people around Emporia State know the name Payson Maydew. On campus, he’s known as one of the university’s finest track and field athletes, being crowned the 2014 MIAA Champion in the heptathlon and decathlon and also placing third in the nation in the decathlon at the 2014 NCAA Division II Outdoor Championships. In the classroom, he’s also earned a reputation among the faculty as a dedicated student who maintains a 3.81 GPA. To his peers in the Greek community, he’s known not only as a member of the Alpha Kappa Lambda fraternity but also as its treasurer and budget manager. While all of these may be predictable — albeit exceptional — traits of a student-athlete, the fact that Maydew’s ame is also becoming synonymous with successful entrepreneurship is a little less typical. In 2014, Maydew applied for and was accepted into a highly selective internship with College Works Painting, a company that offers undergraduate students the chance to try their hand at managing their own painting business during the summer months. So great was Maydew’s success in the

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program — generating more than $80,000 in revenue — that he was presented with the No. 1 Customer Service Award from more than 1,000 branches nationwide. “I think that’s a credit to my Emporia State University education and how it’s prepared me to be successful in life after graduation,” said Maydew, who, along with his sensational 2014 season on the track, was also named both a CoSIDA and a Capital One Academic All-American for his academic success. Among his many achievements, Maydew’s proudest moment as a Hornet came last year when he was named the 2014 Male Student-Athlete of the Year. It was a humbling moment for the young decathlete, as it was just the second time in school history that a sophomore had received the honor. “What’s not to love about being a Hornet?” Maydew asked. “We have a close-knit family atmosphere, great academics, an AASCB accredited business school, great sports Programs, and an awesome president. I love the staff and the work ethic of the athletes, and I also enjoy the smaller class sizes. It’s been an ideal setting, and I’m grateful to represent Emporia State as a student-athlete.”

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Gifts to the Athletics Program to Make Huge Impact

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New artificial turf on Emporia State’s softball field and a video scoreboard in Welch Stadium are two gifts that will have a significant impact on the university’s intercollegiate athletics programs.

Hutchinson, the widow of Dennis Shogren, leads a group of donors providing funding for a new fully programmable high-definition video scoreboard at Emporia State’s Welch Stadium.

“Our staff and players have worked countless hours over the years on maintaining and preparing Turnbull Field for practice and competition,” explained Emporia State head softball coach Julie LeMaire. “They will be relieved of a lot of those duties, and the players will be able to focus on bettering themselves on the field.”

Dennis Shogren played basketball and baseball while attending what then was Kansas State Teachers College. He graduated from KSTC in 1950 with a Bachelor of Science in Education degree. A veteran of the United States Navy, he served during World War II. He was inducted into the Emporia State Athletics Hall of Honor in 1988. He passed away September 15, 2012.

The dirt infield of Turnbull Field was replaced by a RamTurf artificial playing surface in time for the first pitch of the 2015 season on March 1. Cooperation from the City of Emporia and the Emporia State Facilities staff greatly reduced the actual out of pocket expenses, originally estimated at $180,000. In addition to the lead gifts from the Bill and Aloha Preston Family Trust, Trusler Foundation, and Emil Babinger Trust, funds were raised from friends and families of Emporia State softball student-athletes. The Trusler Foundation also provided funds for a new ticket booth at the entrance to the facility. Over in Welch Stadium, the late Dennis Shogren will be remembered when a video scoreboard with his name is unveiled for the 2015 football season. Roberta Shogren of

“Dennis’s family is celebrating his memory and all sports at Emporia State with this incredible gift,” said Steve Sauder, the Now & Forever Campaign Champion for Athletics. “Dennis exemplified the ‘all for one, one for all’ spirit that makes being a Hornet so special.” At an estimated cost of $750,000, the video board will be nearly 35 feet tall and 41 feet wide with fixed advertising panels. The system will also have a built-in audio system to replace the stadium’s current sound system. In-game live stats, score updates, and video replay of game highlights are included in the system’s capabilities. Once fundraising is complete, the board will be installed at the south end of the stadium complex as early as next fall.

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Augusta (Dickson) Shepherd (BSB 44-Business Administration), Emporia, was inducted into Emporia State University’s Beach Hall of Distinction on September 13, 2014.

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Ronald H. Fredrickson (BSE 53-Social Sciences), Osage City, was honored by the University of Massachusetts-Amherst with the naming of The Ronald H. Fredrickson Center for School Counseling Outcome Research & Evaluation. Bill L. Freeman (BSE 53-Biology), LeRoy, was a 2014 inductee into the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame. Dennis Hanson (BSB 59-Accounting), El Dorado, and his wife Ardis were awarded the Abrahams’ Grizzly Backer Award from Butler Community College for their outstanding generosity to the Butler community. Dr. Charles Hill (BSE 50-Speech & Theatre, MS 56-Theatre), Emporia, celebrated his 60th summer theatre season in June 2014. Van Lett (BSB 58-Business Administration), Salina, celebrated his 80th birthday on November 7, 2014.

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Dr. Ken Ohm (BSE 59-Mathematics), Topeka, recently published the book Spirit of the Flint Hills, a series of short essays that highlight the days of his childhood in Lyon County. Darrell Thrasher (BSE 58-Social Sciences, MS 69-Sociology), Wilson, retired after 54 years of teaching. Darrell remains the municipal judge of Wilson, serving 22 years. Bill D. Tidwell (BSE 57-Health, Physical Education, & Recreation, MS 58-Health, Physical Education, & Recreation), Emporia, was a 2014 inductee into the Kansas Sports Hall of Fame. Robert “Bob” (BSE 56-Biology, MS 61-Biology) and Sally Trendel (BSE 55-Home Economics), Burlington, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary in May 2014.

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Dee D. (BS 68-Business Administration) and Mary A. Baxter, Broken Arrow, OK, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in October 2014. Wilma (Epps) Beckwith (BS 64-English, MS 70-English), McPherson, celebrated her 100th birthday on June 16, 2014. Thomas (CF) and Virginia (Ryan) Eddy (BME 64-Music), Emporia, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in May 2014. Ed Hammond (BSE 66-Speech, MS 67-Speech), Hays, was honored when Sias International University in Zhengzhou, China, named their new building Hammond Hall. Gary (BSE 63-Psychology) and Tommie Hearrell (FS), Arvada, CO, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on September 21, 2014.

Floyd Hoelting (BA 68-Social Science, History, MS 68-Educational Administration), Austin, TX, received the 2014 ACPA Diamond Honoree Award, which recognizes outstanding and sustained contributions to higher education and to student affairs. Leading the well-lauded 7,500 bed and 750-apartment housing and food service operation at the University of Texas at Austin, Floyd is a sought after speaker and mentor to on- and off-campus housing administrators and directors nationwide. According to Dr. Hoelting, Emporia State University played a key role in his professional development due to many great teachers and mentors, especially Dr. John Webb, Dr. JT Sandefur and Professor Jeanette Bigge. These individuals helped him discover “the power of loving and caring for others,” and he has carried these lessons with him throughout his career. Floyd plans to retire from UT Austin this summer. Dr. Nancy (Groneman) Hite (BSE 69-Business Education, MS 71-Business Education), Emporia, retired from Emporia State University after 37 years of dedication to the School of Business. Dean L. and Marybeth (Blanken) Horton (BSB 68-Office Services), Americus, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in August 2014. Robert (BSB 64-Business Administration) and Linda (Hannebaum) Hyde (BSE 65-Elementary Education), Emporia, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on June 14, 2014.

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Paul (MS 68-Elementary Education) and Nadine (Schild) James (BSE 62-Business Education), Emporia, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on June 7, 2014. Carolyn Klassen (MS 67-Music), Garden City, retired from Garden City Community College after 28 years of service in May 2014. Dr. Linda Lattin Burns (BS 64-English, MS 65-English), Cape Girardeau, MO, was honored with the Distinguished Alumni Award from the Southeast Missouri State University Alumni Association. This award is presented to individuals who have made lasting contributions to their communities and to the university. John R. Schultze (BSE 62-Industrial Education), Ottawa, retired after 52 years of teaching from USD 288 Central Heights in 2014. Susan (Walton) Slater (MA 67-English), Palm Coast, FL, authored the book Rollover, which was released in July. Mary (Hake) Stauffer (BSE 60-Elementary Education), Emporia, was the recipient of the Meadowlark Award, which is awarded for dedicated service to the community. John and Grace (Fager) Steuri (BSE 62-Elementary Education), Little Rock, AR, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on August 15, 2014.

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Susan L. (Plank) Case (BSE 75-Elementary Education), Lawrence, retired after 39 years of teaching from USD 348 Baldwin City in May 2014. Robert Warren (BA 68-Business Administration, MS 69-Business Administration), Santa Clara, CA, celebrated his retirement with a dinner hosted by the Santa Clara Board of Trustees, and they announced that they raised $3.5 million to create an endowed scholarship in Bob’s name.

David (BSE 74-Earth Science) and Kathleen (Myers) Crawford (BSE 73-Physical Science), Blue Rapids, celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary. Linda I. (Myers) Day (BSE 71-Elementary Education), Holton, retired after 31 years of teaching from USD 336 Holton. Barbara (Zirnstein) Fowler (BSE 79-Speech, Social Sciences), Emporia, is one of 25 teachers from around the world who participated in the professional development program Auschwitz: The Past is Present in January 2015. Dale Germeroth (BSE 70-Mathematics, Psychology, MS 71-Psychology), Moundridge, retired from the U.S. Postal Service after nearly 39 years of service. Phyllis (Huey) Gibson (BSE 73-Elementary Education), Junction City, retired from USD 475 Geary County in May 2014. Steven Hanschu (BA 74-Social Sciences, MS 76-Social Sciences, MLS 78-Library Science), Emporia, was awarded the Service to Mankind Award by the Sertoma Club of Emporia. Jeanne (Davis) Herbert (BSE 70-Physical Education), Garland, TX, is retiring after 18 years of teaching English and practical writing at the high school level. Brian Hughes (BSB 70-Business Administration), Plano, TX, retired as the director of Carestream Dental Inc. on May 9, 2014. Brian will continue to work part-time as a certified personal trainer for the National Academy of Sports Medicine Association. Patrick and Patricia (Maxfield) Johnson (BSE 79-Elementary Education, MS 81-Special Education, EDS 87-School Psychology), Council Grove, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on August 29, 2014.

Leslie A. Kinsler (BA 72-Physics), Salina, was the inaugural speaker at Kansas State University Salina’s Last Lecture Series. Joe Markley (BME 75-Music), Chapman, accepted the interim director position for the C.L. Hoover Opera House in Junction City. Steven Minning (MA 70-Theatre), New York, NY, directed The Muny’s season opener Billy Elliot, the Musical, which ran June 16-22, 2014. Bronwyn Parhad (MLS 70-Library Science), Wilmette, IL, retired from the Winnetka Public Library after 26 years of service. Susan (Merritt) Rathke (BSE 77-Physical Education), Emporia, was promoted to director of Emporia’s Convention and Visitors Bureau. Judith “Judy” (Ronnebaum) Terick (BSE 76-Elementary Education), Augusta, retired after 38 years of teaching from USD 402 Augusta in 2014. Charles R. Wallace (MS 73-Psychology), Wellington, was inducted into the Crusader Wall of Recognition at Wellington High School. Charles has been coaching at the school for over 40 years.

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Guy Beougher (BSB 80-Business Administration), McLean, VA, is now a member of the Senior Executive Service and leading the Defense Logistics Agency in the fight against Ebola in Africa. Carrie A. (Krumme) Boettcher (BS 95-Sociology, MS 97-Rehabilitation Counseling), Emporia, received the 2014 New Emergency Management Professional Award from the Kansas Emergency Management Association. Indy (BFA 82-Music) and Jo Ellen (Doxon) Dambro (BSE 72-Elementary Education, MS 90-Curriculum & Instruction), Emporia, were seen as extras on the second to last episode of Drop Dead Diva.

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Nuptials Eric Dieckhoff (BS 08) and Jessica Lyne (BS 08), November 2, 2013 Jake Meyer and Darcy Seitz (BSE 06), December 7, 2013 Graham Neeland (BS 07) and Alex Stacks (BSB 07), February 28, 2014 Asher Delmott (BA 12) and Amber Harrouff (FS), April 12, 2014 Ben Thomas (BFA 05) and Courtney Slater (BA 07), April 26, 2014 Preston Schmidt and Joni Mae Thompson (BSB 07), May 3, 2014 Joshua Thuma (MBA 10) and Whitney Samuels (MS 11), May 24, 2014 Wesley Book (BIS 08) and Erica Cowhick (MS 11), May 31, 2014 Brent McCoy (BSE 12) and Lauren Muslow (BS 11), June 14, 2014 Adam Tatman and Jennifer Robertson (MLS 12), June 21, 2014 Casey Spencer and Asa Phillips (BSB 09), June 28, 2014

Mark Dolsky (BSB 86-Business Administration), Tecumseh, is the new vice president of Willis of Greater Kansasâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; human capital practice. Janece English (BSB 82-Business Administration, MS 84-Counselor Education), El Dorado, was named a 2014 Dewey Award recipient from the Nixon Library at Butler Community College. Michael Garrett (BSB 84-Business Administration), Belton, TX, retired as a Marine Corps officer. Mike Law (BSB 81-Business Administration), Olathe, was inducted into the 2015 Country Radio Hall of Fame in the Radio category, under his radio name of Mike Kennedy. The class of 2015 will be inducted during the induction dinner and awards ceremony in June 2015.

Jack Krumme and Dianne Hodge (MS 14), July 5, 2014 Aaron Chavers and Mikelle Russell (BFA 08), July 12, 2014 Aaron Thomsen (BS 12) and Jennifer Cheray (BSB 12), July 12, 2014 Hayden Selman and Jamie Wagner (BSE 07), July 19, 2014 SGT Kelly Schadegg and Kayla McKinney (BSE 13), July 26, 2014 Cameron Cauthon (BSB 11, MBA 13) and Michelle Trejo (BA 13), August 9, 2014 Dustin Loyd (BS 10) and Rachael Hughes, September 6, 2014 Robert Baker and Amanda Weiner (BS 13), September 6, 2014 Austin Smith and Erica Brinkman (BSN 13), September 13, 2014 Scott Badertscher and Elizabeth Haverkamp (BSE 14), September 27, 2014 Cole Martin and Courtney George (BS 09), October 4, 2014 Jacob Kucza (BSE 10) and Lyndsey Balkenhol (BSE 09), October 4, 2014

Victor Dougherty (BSE 97) and Nhien Vuong, October 11, 2014 Adam Galindo (BSN 11) and Jessica Bluma (BFA 11), October 11, 2014 Caleb Payne and Jessica Scherman (BSN 08), October 11, 2014 Levi Traxler and Elizabeth Buckley (BSE 12), October 11, 2014 Frank Lowery (FS) and Barbara Ternes (BFA 82), October 17, 2014 Erick Punches and Kristen Williams (BS 14), October 25, 2014 Travis Finney and Victoria Crocker (BSE 13), November 1, 2014

Linda (Kelley) McKeever (BSE 85-English), Peoria, AZ, was promoted to the position of executive director of elementary schools for Gilbert Public Schools. Cynthia K. (Heerey) McSwain (BSB 87-Accounting), Wichita, was awarded the Experienced Leader Award at the American Institute of CPAs and Kansas Society of CPAs Women to Watch Luncheon in November. Barry J. Mellen (BSE 80-Business Education), Plains, retired after 29 years of teaching from USD 483 Kismet-Plains this year. Nancy L. Meyer (BSE 89-Business Education), Baldwin City, retired from USD 336 Holton earlier this year as their superintendent. Russell D. Orton (BSE 84-Physical Education, MS 97-Educational Administration), Parsons, was

recently named the assistant principal/athletic director at Parsons High School. Lisa (Mitchell) Paige (BSE 86-Elementary Education, MS 96-Educational Administration), Independence, was named Generalissimo for the 2014 Neewollah Celebration in Independence. Greg Quick (MS 80-Physical Education), Midland, MI, is the new defensive coordinator for the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Melissa (Anderson) Reed (BSE 85-Elementary Education, MS 05-Master Teacher), Emporia, was selected to participate on a national reading panel to review National Assessment of Educational Progress and ACT Explore reading assessments for grade 8 students.

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Brad Stratton (BSB 86-Business Administration), Overland Park, was presented with the Leadership Kansas - Alumnus of the Year Award by Governor Brownback on April 25, 2014. Brad is a 2003 graduate of the program, was the 2008 state program chair, and served as the chair of the Board in 2010. Carol L. (Lang) Taylor (BS 87-Psychology), Olpe, was selected as the 2015 Emporia Master Teacher. Carol works as an AVID teacher for USD 253 Emporia.

Lisa Wagner-Carollo (BSE 87-Speech), Chicago, IL, founded the Still Point Theatre Collective theater company in Chicago, Illinois, which was recently presented with the Jeannie Johnson Hirsch Award for Outstanding Community Service. Linda Weippert (MS 80-Counselor Education), Wichita, was named the new registrar at Southwestern College in May 2014. Tim Wright (BSB 86-Accounting), Emporia, was the guest speaker for the Emporia State University School of Business’s Celebration of Excellence in the fall of 2014. Tim is the president of Wright CPA.

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Anna (Moon) Bradley (BSE 98-English, MA 00-English), Pomona, recently began working at West Franklin High School as a 9-12 English language arts instructor, journalism advisor, and forensics coach. Wayne Burke (MS 94-Educational Administration), Olathe, was named

the superintendent of USD 230 Spring Hill, beginning March 1, 2014. Lorraine Cannistra (BS 90-English), Lawrence, an advocate, blogger, and former Miss Wheelchair Kansas, has contributed to five Chicken Soup for the Soul books within the last two years. Edward A. Cates (BA 95-Communication), Stockbridge, GA, was the distinguished lecturer at Emporia State University’s Hayes Lecture Series in October 2014. Kathleen D. (Alexander) Centlivre (BSB 97-Accounting), Americus, was the recipient of the Volunteer of the Year Award at the 118th Annual Emporia Area Chamber of Commerce Meeting held in January 2015. James Cross (BSB 97-Management), Lenexa, has been appointed as the Midwest district manager in the Keyboard Division for the Yamaha Corporation of America. Paul A. Dold (BSE 91-Biology), Sterling, was selected as the head coach for the Division 1 West Team at the 29th Annual Kansas 8-Man AllStar Football game in June 2014. Mirah Dow (BSE 93-Psychology), Eureka, received the 2014 Kansas Association of School Librarians Vision Award. Darin L. Fischer (BSE 90-Art), Lawrence, was named the 2014-15 Lawrence Master Teacher for USD 497 Lawrence. Christopher Haag (BSE 98-Physical Education), Howard, was selected to be an assistant coach for the Division 1 East Team in the 29th Annual Kansas 8-Man All-Star Game in June 2014. Brett Hoch (BSE 94-Physical Science, Social Sciences), Washington, MO, was elected the 2014-2015 state vice-president of the Missouri State Teachers’ Association. Lisa A. (Shank) Holt (BSE 94-Elementary Education), Sedan, was one of eight Kansas educators to be named to the 2015 Kansas Teacher of the Year delegation.

Herman Jones (BS 91-Psychology), Berryton, was named the 2014 Sheriff of the Year by the Kansas Sheriff ’s Association. Josh McCleary (BSB 99-Marketing), Lawrence, is the chief operating officer at Mass Metals LLC in Lawrence. Mass Metals LLC was recently named the 618th fastest growing private company in the nation on The 2014 Inc. 5000 list. Jamie J. (Bacon) McDaniel (BSE 93-Elementary Education), Louisburg, was one of eight Kansas educators to be named to the 2015 Kansas Teacher of the Year delegation. David McLeod (BSE 95-Biology), Lawrence, accepted a tenure-track assistant professor position in the Biology Department at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, VA. Shana (Warkentine) Meyer (BS 95-English, MS 97-Counselor Education), St. Joseph, MO, was named director-elect of the Professional Standards Division to the Board of Directors of NASPA, the leading organization of professionals in student affairs. Brian Obermeyer (BS 94-Biology, MS 96-Biology), Eureka, is the landscapes programs manager for The Nature Conservancy in Kansas and was named an Ethical Hero by The Nature Conservancy. Jimmy D. Riedle (BS 95-Biology), Phoenix, AZ, earned a Ph.D. in Wildlife and Fisheries Science from Texas A&M University. David A. Robison (BFA 91- Speech & Theatre), Paola, was inducted into the Paola High School Athletic Hall of Fame in 2013. Joel Schaefer (BSE 97-Social Sciences), Andover, was awarded the 2014 Kansas History Teacher of the Year Award by the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. Ethan A. Schmidt (BA 98-History, Political Science), Cleveland, MO, recently published a book titled Native Americans in the American Revolution: How the War Divided,

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Devastated, and Transformed the Early American Indian World. Richard Snook (MS 96-Rehabilitation Counseling), Emporia, accepted a position with KansasWorks Disabled Veteran Outreach Placement Program as the veteran representative in May 2014. Frisco A. Sullivan (BGS 95-General Studies), Jackson, TN, will be releasing his third book titled Honor with a Vengeance III: The Stinger Missile Crisis. Shawn A. Thomas (BS 93-History, MS 10-Educational Administration Prek-12), Burlington, was recently hired as the new Fort Scott High School principal. Frances M. (Krieger) Wecker (BSE 95-Biology, MA 09-Teaching English), Emporia, was nominated by her peers for the 2015 Kansas Teacher of the Year Award. Frances is a high school science teacher for USD 253 Emporia.

2000s

Anna Bassford-Woods (BA 05-History), El Dorado, was named the executive director of the Butler County History Center and Kansas Oil Museum. John J. Bell (BS 03-Recreation), Topeka, was listed as one of the Top 20 Topeka Professionals Under the Age of 40 To Look Out For in the winter issue of TK Topeka’s Business Magazine. Wesley Book (BIS 08-Integrated Studies, MS 10-Health, Physical Education, & Recreation), Olathe, is the new physical education teacher and varsity boys basketball coach for the Broncos at Spring Hill High School. Brett L. Bruner (BSB 06-Business Administration), Hays, was a finalist for the national Outstanding Mentor to Graduate Students Award. Brett is currently the director of persistence and retention at Fort Hays State University.

Cory Cannon (BA 01-Political Science), Emporia, was promoted from Captain to Major for the United States Army on July 11, 2014. Megan Cannon (BA 00-Communication, English), Oklahoma City, OK, was awarded the 2014 Excellence Award for Program Awareness from the National Child Support Enforcement Association. Kim Dhority (MS 04-Instructional Design & Technology), Reading, was honored as the 2014 Kansas Business Education Association PostSecondary Educator of the Year. Scott Elliott (BSB 07-Marketing), Leavenworth, is the owner of a new bar and restaurant in Lawrence called John Brown’s Underground that opened in September 2014. Carla J. Fessler (BSE 00-Elementary Education, MS 04-Curriculum and Instruction, MS 06-Counselor Education), Emporia, was hired as the new camp director for Camp Alexander. Rebecca “Becky” (Brtek) Grollmes (MLS 01-Library Science), Holton, retired from USD 113 Prairie Hills after 30 years of teaching. Andrew “Andy” Hixson (BA 05-Political Science), Manchester, MO, was named the West St. Louis County Young Professional of the Year for 2013. James N. Howard (MS 08-Effective Practitioner PreK, Curriculum & Instruction, Educational Administration PreK-12), Fort Scott, became the principal of Fort Scott Middle School in the fall of 2014. David Jackson (MS 03-Educational Administration), Caney, has been named the executive director of operations at USD 385 Andover. Taylor Kriley (BFA 09-Public Relations, Communication), Wichita, is now the director of Campus Engagement & New Student Programs at Emporia State University. Jared D. Larson (BA 02-Foreign Language, Social Sciences), Olathe, earned his Ph.D. in International

Relations from the University of Delaware and recently accepted a tenure-track position at the University of Izmir, in Izmir, Turkey, teaching comparative politics. Andrea Luthi (BS 08-Chemistry, Environmental Biology, BA 08-Spanish Literature, Modern Language), Evanston, IL, successfully defended her dissertation in the spring of 2014 and will begin a postdoctoral research position at the University of California Santa Barbara in the fall of 2014. Wendy (Banister) Madere (BSE 01-Elementary Education, MS 09-Curriculum & Instruction), Rossville, was named a 2015 Kansas Horizon Award Winner by the Kansas Department of Education. Michelle Mosiman (BSE 03-Elementary Education), Lees Summit, MO, was named Teacher of the Year by Butcher-Green Elementary School on April 29, 2014. Andrea Mott (MA 08-History, MLS 08-Library Science), Derby, defended her dissertation, Running Wild, Running Free?: Changing Perceptions of Wild Horses in the American Landscape, at North Dakota State University.

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Dennis J. Munk (BS 02-Athletic Training, BSE 03-Physical Education), Wichita, was one of eight Kansas educators to be named to the 2015 Kansas Teacher of the Year delegation. Victoria Partridge (BFA 04-Communication, MA 08-English), Emporia, is the new affiliate director for Communities In Schools of Central Kansas. Dana Pfanenstiel (MS 04-Early Childhood Education), Scott City, received the 2014 Distinguished Service Provider Award for her services to young children and their families and providers in Kansas. Dustin Rimmey (BSE 07-Speech & Theatre, Social Sciences), Lawrence, has been named the James Madison Fellow for Kansas by Congress. Kristy M. (Pichler) Sailors (MS 06-Instructional Design & Technology), Overland Park, earned her Ph.D. from Cappella University in September 2014. Kristina (Magnusson) Scott (BSE 00-Elementary Education), Goddard, has received the new Presidential Graduate Scholarship worth $4,000.

Mara Strickler (MLS 09-Library Science), Algona, IA, began as the new director of the Algona Public Library in September 2014. Christina Turner (MS 09-Early Child Education), Topeka, was listed as one of the Top 20 Topeka Professionals Under the Age of 40 To Look Out For in the winter issue of TK Topeka’s Business Magazine. Dr. Yaokun Yang (MM 09-Music, Performance), China, was granted the tenure-track associate professor position at Liaoning Normal University in Dalian, China. “Chloe” Yunqi Zhao (MS 09-Microbial & Cellular Biology), Lawrence, accepted a tenured associate professor position at the Department of Pharmaceutics in Kunming Medical University in Kunming, China.

2010s

Beau T. Bragg (MS 11-Health, Physical Education, & Recreation), Shawnee, was one of eight Kansas educators to be named to the 2015 Kansas Teacher of the Year delegation. Maggie Grange (BS 10-Pre-Optometry, Biology), Bellevue, NE, graduated from Indiana University School of Optometry in May 2014. Maggie has joined her father’s offices at Eye Two ESU grads recently received awards from the Specialists/Bellevue Kansas Art Education Association: Katie (Lehmkuhl) Optical. Morris (BSE 2009) received the 2014 KAEA Nathan Holoubek Outstanding Elementary Art Educator of the Year and (MS 13-Biology), Jennifer (Petronella) Hudson (BSE 2008) received Emporia, recently the KAEA Outstanding Secondary Art Educator of co-authored a the Year. Katie teaches at Pauline South and Pauline publication in the Central in Topeka’s Auburn-Washburn USD No. 437. Transactions of the Jennifer teaches at Shawnee Mission South in the Kansas Academy Shawnee Mission USD No. 512. of Science. Sue Koenig (MLS from left to right: Karen Gererty Folk, Bob Cross, 13-Library Science), Cindy Balthazor, Katie Morris, Jennifer Hudson, and Wichita, is the new Tina Murano

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director of the Clearwater Public Library. Sue was awarded Governor Brownback’s $500 Kansas Book Festival Library Grant Award. Dr. Lauren (Mulsow) McCoy (BS 11-Biology, Pre-Physical Therapy), Emporia, earned her Doctor of Physical Therapy (DPT) degree from the University of Kansas Medical Center in May 2014. Lauren has been hired as a physical therapist at Newman Physical Therapy in Emporia. Andrea (McAfee) Messer (BSN 11-Nursing), Emporia, was honored with the Nursing Excellence Award by Newman Regional Health in August 2014. Brittney A. Miller (BSN 11-Nursing), Holcomb, was inducted into the Paola High School Athletic Hall of Fame in 2013. Jeffrey Miller (BSB 14-Management), Shawnee, received the new Presidential Graduate Scholarship worth $4,000. Andrew D. Page (BS 12-Biology, Ecology and Biodiversity), Atchison, is the new Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks, and Tourism wildlife area manager at Perry Reservoir.

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Susan R. “Sue” Blechl, Emporia, retired after serving as the Emporia Public Library director for 20 years. Dr. Charles Brown (CF), Emporia, was the recipient of the 2014 President’s Award for Marcia Schulmeister (CF), Lawrence, Research and Creativity. presented at the Association of Engineering Dr. Stephen Catt (CF), Geologists/Association for International Emporia, was recognized as Hydrologists’ 23rd Annual Kansas Hydrology the 2013-2014 Kansas Speech Seminar in Topeka in October 2014. Communication Association KSCA Collegiate Level Andrew Rutter (BS 13-Biology), Educator of the Year. Emporia, has accepted a fully funded Dr. Bill Clamurro (CF), Emporia, was M.S. position through the Southern recently invited to be part of a session, Illinois University Department of Law & Literature in Spain, at the 61st Forestry and the Southern Illinois Annual Meeting of the Renaissance Cooperative Wildlife Research Lab. Society of America held in Berlin, Chris Schwinghamer (BS 14-Biology), Germany, in March 2015. Hartford, accepted a graduate Dan Colson (CF), Andover, was research assistantship position at named managing editor for Sigma Southeast Missouri State University Tau Delta publications. Dan’s following his graduation in December appointment brings the professional 2014. publications The Rectangle and Benjamin R. Smith (BS 10-Biology, The Review to Emporia State MS 13-Environmental Biology), University. Emporia, recently co-authored a Dale K. Davis, Emporia, received publication in the Transactions of the the Lifetime Achievement Award Kansas Academy of Science. at the 118th Annual Emporia Area Dr. Ashley M. (Long) Tsakiris (MS Chamber of Commerce Meeting held 10-Biology, Environmental Biology), in January 2015. accepted a position with the Texas DeLoss Dodds, Austin, TX, was a A&M Institute of Renewable Natural 2014 inductee into the Kansas Sports Resources. Ashley will be developing Hall of Fame. a research program and teaching R. Dee Hubbard, Palm Desert, ornithology at the university. CA, was honored with the 2014 Horatio Alger Award by the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans, Inc. The award recognizes exceptional leaders, all with a commitment to philanthropy and Irvin (FS) and Verlene LeClear, higher education, who have overcome Emporia, celebrated their 60th significant personal challenges to wedding anniversary on November 20, achieve success. 2014.

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Dr. Sheryl Lidzy (CF), Emporia, received the Josh Lee Service Award from the Oklahoma Speech Theatre Communication Association (OSTCA). Dr. Ed McGlone (FF), Lebo, was inducted into the Kansas Speech Communication Association (KSCA) Hall of Fame. Dr. Luisa Perez (CF), Lawrence, had her research presentation proposal, 1723 - Initial Motivational Factors in Foreign Language Learning, accepted for inclusion in the ACTFL 2014 program in San Antonio, TX, on November 21-23, 2014. Elvin D. Perkins, Emporia, was honored in 2014 for his many years of service to the Emporia community. Dr. Greg Schneider (CF), Topeka, was awarded the 2014 George and Constance Hilton Award for Best Book in Railroad History from the Railway and Locomotive Historical Society. Dr. Richard Schrock (CF), Emporia, was awarded second place in radio commentary from the Kansas Association of Broadcasters. Dr. Marshall Sundberg (CF), Emporia, received the 2014 Samuel Noel Postlethwait Award from the Botanical Society of America in Boise, ID, on July 26-30, 2014. Dr. Brent Thomas (CF), Emporia, has been named the new dean of Emporia State University’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. George (FF) and Martha Walters, Emporia, celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary on June 27, 2014. Karson Wilson, Harrison, MO, was one of three awarded a scholarship by the American Business Women’s Association.

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Births

Giuliana Aligo, daughter, born to Scott and Sarah (Phillips) Aligo (BFA 05), May 2, 2013 1 Harper Jo Olive Hendricks, daughter, born to Harold Hendricks, Jr. and Kelly Jo Karnes (BS 97), February 20, 2014 Adalyn Grace Ternes, daughter, born to Jacob (BSE 09) and Elissa (Hadley) Ternes (BSE 09, MA 11), March 3, 2014 Aiden Charles Kellison, son, born to Derek Kellison and Jaime Cripps (BSB 10), April 11, 2014 Benjamin Iansen Hammer Mose, son, born to Paul (BFA 12) and Melissa (East) Mose (BFA 10), May 1, 2014 Olivia Stephanie Alexander, daughter, born to Brian (BSB 05, MBA 06) and Sarah Alexander, May 2, 2014 Sydney Marie Hanson, daughter, born to Joel and Anna (Dudley) Hanson (BSB 08), May 16, 2014 Addison Kay Bosiljevac, daughter, born to Tyler (BFA 03, BSE 06) and Stephanie (Trelc) Bosiljevac (BSE 03, MS 06), May 21, 2014 Dillon Charles Evans, son, born to David (BSB 05) and Tricia (Hayes) Evans (FS), May 28, 2014 Justin Bruce Fowler, son, born to Kelly (FS) and Amy (Hoover) Fowler (BSB 04), June 1, 2014 Cael Daniel Thor Heath, son, born to Jed and Sarah Jo (Smith) Heath (MS 13), June 2, 2014 2 Alex Jon Hansen, son, born to Brian (FS) and Amy (Miller) Hansen (BS 06), June 5, 2014 Rosalia James Crespino, daughter, born to Daniel (BS 97) and Christine (Grimmett) Crespino (BSN 02), June 12, 2014 Brantley Lawrence Marcotte, son, born to Austin (BS 08) and Angela (Rangel) Marcotte (BS 08), June 22, 2014 Falyn Paige Wohlgemuth and Paisley Grace Wohlgemuth, daughters, born to Derek (BA 02) and Marcey (Coons) Wohlgemuth (BSN 04), June 26, 2014

Konnor Lee Hoover, son, born to Bradley (FS) and Kayla (Kloppenberg) Hoover, July 23, 2014 Ethan Michael James, son, born to Kevin and Ashley (Schaefer) James (BS 07), July 27, 2014 Kennedy Michelle Trelc, daughter, born to Aaron (BSE 07, MA 12) and Jan (Soetaert) Trelc (BIS 08), August 6, 2014 Kasen Christopher Murray, son, born to Gabriel and Jamie Murray (MS 13), August 7, 2014 3 Kaylie Paige Arndt, daughter, born to Myles (BS 06) and Erin (Birk) Arndt (BSN 12), August 8, 2014 Cora Campbell Jones, daughter, born to Scott (BS 04, MS 10) and Gena (Langley) Jones (BSE 07, MS 11), August 14, 2014 Kaelynn Marie LoPorto, daughter, born to Michael (BS 08, MS 10) and Kim (Douglas) LoPorto (BSB 06), August 15, 2014 Noah Jack Sewell, son, born to Darrin (BS 04, MS 07) and Anna (Biehler) Sewell (BS 07), August 15, 2014 Piper Anna Lyon, daughter, born to Alex (MS 11) and Kirstee (Stever) Lyon (BSE 08), August 29, 2014 Mila Maelani Ceren, daughter, born to Jimy Ceren (BS 09) and Lacey Rodriguez, September 4, 2014

Kaidan William Brooks, son, born to Andrew (BS 05) and Ryann (Morneault) Brooks (BA 08), September 5, 2014 Lucille Rhea Barrett, daughter, born to Samuel (MM 2013) and Kelly (Magnusson) Barrett (MM 2013), September 17, 2014 Logan Worthy Lake, son, born to Zachary (BS 03) and Heather (Ulrey) Lake (BSN 01), September 18, 2014 4 Heidi Jane Bahret, daughter, born to Jared and Emily (Morgan) Bahret (BSE 08), October 14, 2014 Wyatt Michael Felts, son, born to Thomas (MS 13) and Chelsea (Ginn) Felts (BS 04), October 16, 2014 5 Aria Claire Thompson, daughter, born to Ryan (BSB 08) and Ashlie 5(Carlson) Thompson (BSB 10), November 24, 2014 6 Christina Elaine Brock, daughter, born to Nathaniel and Brandie (Stephens) Brock, November 26, 2014 Liam Michael Blaisdell, son, born to Joshua (BA 13) and Gerri (Sprecker) Blaisdell (BS 13), December 9, 2014 Wade Michael Fields, son, born to Brandon and Amber (Schmidt) Fields (BSN 12), December 9, 2014 Brynn Aerowyn Powers, daughter, born to Scott (BS 12) and Megan (Cox) Powers (MS 13), December 23, 2014

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In Memoriam 1930s 1950s Regina M. (Spear) Barrington (BS 34), Laramie, WY, Dec. 17, 2014 Robert A. Johnston (BSE 38, MS 64), Brenham, TX, Sept. 5, 2014 Mary G. (Tholen Evans) Kuhlmann (BSE 30), Emporia, July 18, 2014 Ailene L. (Carlson) Minturn (LIF 33), Clay Center, Nov. 12, 2014 Wilbur M. West (BME 38), Lawrence, Sept. 7, 2014

1940s

Burnice C. (Cann) Ace (BSE 40, MS 66), Emporia, June 18, 2014 Harold P. Bennett (BME 49, MS 51), Sherman, NY, Oct. 12, 2014 Iris L. (Helmley) Burrows (BSE 49), Belle Plain, Dec. 6, 2014 Robert N. “Bob” Donaldson (BA 44), Aurora, CO, Dec. 1, 2014 Kathleen Fox (BSE 48), San Diego, CA, Aug. 26, 2014 Warren H. Hammer (BSB 41), Rockville, MD, May 18, 2014 Victor O. Hornbostel (BSE 42), Colorado Springs, CO, July 14, 2014 Frank L. Karnes (BA 48), Lincoln, NE, Oct. 17, 2014 Charles D. Larson (BSB 48), Georgetown, TX, Sept. 27, 2014 Merle L. (Jones) Moore (BSE 43), Bellevue, WA, Sept. 4, 2014 Frank D. Riggs (BSE 48, MS 53), Manhattan Beach, CA, June 26, 2014 Georgia M. (Hill) Service (BME 43), Overland Park, Oct. 13, 2014 Phyllis D. (Leroux) Spade (BME 47), Wichita, June 26, 2014 Lela I. (Halderman) Tyson (BME 46), Wichita, Oct. 16, 2014 Frances N. (Nunemacher) Van Blaricum (BSE 43), Lawrence, Aug. 3, 2014 Margery K. (Kay) Wells (BA 46), Latham, TX, Oct. 6, 2014

James E. Campbell (BSE 57, MS 59), Tonganoxie, March 15, 2014 Walter L. Cogswell (BS 58), Pauma Valley, CA, May 10, 2014 Lloyd E. “L.D.” Crumb (BSB 59), Waverly, Aug. 29, 2014 Verne D. Davis (BSE 52), Dodge City, Sept. 14, 2014 Richard H. Dawdy (BSE 59), Sabetha, June 11, 2014 Dr. Dennis F. Denning (BSE 51, MS 56), Salina, Jan. 18, 2015 Donald R. Dolton (BSE 58), Kansas City, MO, July 28, 2014 Carolyn M. (Heghin) Fetrow (BA 53), Henrico, VA, Nov. 13, 2014 Charles T. Firth (BA 57), Kansas City, May 23, 2014 Lauren Y. Gaddis (MS 56), Ottawa, Aug. 14, 2014 Dale L. Gibson (BSE 57, MS 59), Washington, MO, Aug. 9, 2014 Margaret E. (Colyer) Gragg (BSE 58, MS 67), Howard, Sept. 15, 2014 Alvin O. Greeson (BSE 50), Topeka, Nov. 19, 2014 Alice L. (Heuszel) Hunt (BSE 50), Arkansas City, June 14, 2014 Verle L. Krehbiel (BSE 56, MS 58), Wichita, Sept. 4, 2013 Patricia A. (Hunt) Kukuk (BSE 58, MS 78), Shawnee, Oct. 10, 2014 Kerry O. Lafferty (BS 58, MS 62), St. Cloud, MN, Jan. 22, 2015 William T. “Bill” Laney (BSE 51), Hutchinson, March 3, 2014 Jack B. Larkin (BSE 50, MS 62), Ben Lomond, CA, Aug. 26, 2014 David L. Matheny (BSE 53), Surfside Beach, TX, Sept. 21, 2014 James C. Mathews (MS 56), Garden City, May 7, 2014 Bernadette R. (Remus) Menhusen (BSE 57, MS 60), Wichita, Sept. 28, 2014 Evelyn L. (Parker) Mikesell (BSE 57), Clearwater, Nov. 28, 2014

Robert L. Moffatt (BSE 50, MS 52), Lees Summit, MO, June 20, 2014 Wallace A. Nelson (BSE 50), Meridian, ID, Nov. 10, 2014 William C. Nester (BA 52), Marysville, July 18, 2014 Richard H. Perry (MS 58), Riverside, CA, Oct. 19, 2014 Robert M. Plummer (BME 51, MS 57), Emporia, July 6, 2014 Calvin L. “Cal” Pritner (BSE 57), New York City, NY, Dec. 1, 2014 Robert H. “Bob” Ragan (BSE 57, MS 65), Topeka, Nov. 18, 2014 Calvin “Cal” Reimer (BSE 53, MS 54), Arlington, TX, Jan. 11, 2015 Eldon O. Ritcha (BSE 58), Beaumont, CA, March 4, 2014 Myron “Poad” Rodee (BSE 52, MS 67), Marion, IA, June 20, 2014 Mary A. (Bernard) Satterfield (BSE 58), Fort Collins, CO, Nov. 15, 2014 William R. “Bill” Scales (BSE 59, MS 62), Coal Valley, IL, Aug. 30, 2014 Robert G. Shepler (BSE 51, MS 56), Wichita, Oct. 27, 2014 Grace E. (Davis) Sipe (BSE 57), Wichita, May 23, 2014 Deryl D. Smith (BA 59), Pueblo West, CO, Oct. 14, 2014 Doris J. (Waldvogel) Snyder (MS 65), Kansas City, MO, Dec. 5, 2014 June F. (Owens) Spacek (BSB 50, LIF 66), Topeka, Oct. 3, 2014 Donald R. Stern (BSE 50), Fort Scott, May 25, 2014 Dixie S. (Keefe) Swanson (BSE 58), Wichita, July 13, 2014 Elfrieda M. (Borell) Timbrook (BSE 59), Emporia, Nov. 4, 2014 Brandt C. Tracy (BSB 59), Keenesburg, CO, June 30, 2014 Russell O. Willis (BSE 57, MS 62), Topeka, Dec. 29, 2014 John G. Woodward (BSE 54), Lansing, Oct. 22, 2014 Millard R. Wren (BSE 54), Lawrence, July 26, 2014

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Those Who Have Gone Before Us A tribute to Geraldine Strader In 1955, Geraldine Strader applied for the Kansas Library Association Scholarship. Geraldine was the first black person in Kansas to receive this award. Geraldine was off to college at KSTC. Even with her outstanding achievements, Geraldine faced obstacles. It was not a written policy at KSTC not to allow black women in the dorm, but it was institutionally established blacks were not allowed in the dormitories. Geraldine’s entire family was accustomed to adversities. After a couple of well-placed calls had been made by family members, the president of KSTC informed dormitory assistants that Geraldine Strader was to be allowed to be an occupant of the Morse Hall dormitory. Geraldine Strader was one of the first-known blacks to be allowed in KSTC dormitories.

Languages (French and Spanish). Geraldine was one of the first-known black person inducted into Delta Sigma Pi and the Honorary Spanish Fraternity and to receive a Masters in Library Science at KSTC in 1967. After 32 years as a librarian at Northeast Junior H.S., Washington H.S., and F.L. Schlagle H.S., Geraldine retired. Retirement didn’t stop Geraldine from continued success. These things are consistent in Geraldine Morris Strader’s life: The pursuit of friendship, educational achievement, and cultural pride. Let’s all learn from those who have gone before us and pay tribute to her legacy and memory.

In 1957, Geraldine was one of the first-known black person to graduate with a BSE, majoring in Foreign

1960s

Blanche L. (Murdock) Alexander (BSE 62), Topeka, Nov. 8, 2014 Harriet A. Bechtle (BSE 67), Ottawa, Jan. 16, 2013 Barbara R. (Browne) Bernard (MS 66), Maryville, MO, June 11, 2014 Bernard A. Bottenberg (BSB 63), Perry, July 24, 2014 Max E. Bretches (MS 61), Wellington, Aug. 18, 2014 David G. Cooper (BSB 64), Albuquerque, NM, Aug. 1, 2014 Joan K. Corwin (MS 66), Salina, Nov. 18, 2014 Velma L. (Robison) Deay (MS 60), Knoxville, TN, Jan. 4, 2014 Gary D. Devin (BSE 62), Junction City, June 13, 2014 John A. Dill (MS 63), Topeka, Sept. 25, 2014 Robert T. Dreisbach (MS 64), Albert Lea, MN, June 25, 2014 Judy K. (Wenger) Ehrlich (BSE 66), Emporia, Oct. 25, 2014

Alice K. (Wilson) Eilenstine (BSE 67), Grimes, IA, Oct. 25, 2014 Darryl A. Emert (BA 65), Sabetha, Nov. 29, 2014 Amelia M. (Slechta) Field (BSE 61), Owasso, OK, Oct. 3, 2014 Sylvia L. (Harzman) Flott (BSE 61, MS 66), Emporia, July 31, 2014 Glenn M. Gable (MS 61), Sterling, Aug. 27, 2014 Joan (Miller) Gray (MS 66), Geneseo, Aug. 2, 2014 Paul R. Greenfield (BSE 68), Lakewood, CO, Oct. 15, 2014 Sue M. (Montague) Hawkins (BSE 69), Wichita, Nov. 4, 2014 Dianne M. (Merry) Heins (BSE 66, MS 92), Emporia, Dec. 30, 2014 Theresa N. (Navinskey) Heise (MS 68), El Dorado, Aug. 16, 2014 Samuel J. Hill (BSE 68), Hays, Nov. 27, 2014 Charles S. Hunsinger (MS 63), Valley Center, Nov. 10, 2014 Michael L. ImMasche (BSB 69, MS 72), Fort Collins, CO, Jan. 6, 2015

—Maurice Gray

Patricia “Pat” (Potter) Jackson (MS 66), Yuba Cita, CA, Jan. 6, 2014 Theador E. Jones (MS 67), Salina, Nov. 12, 2014 Thomas M. Kutina (BME 69, MS 71), Wichita, April 12, 2014 Donald L. Laird, Jr. (BSE 60, MS 69), Topeka, Oct. 14, 2014 Bruce M. Markle (BSB 69), Bartlesville, OK, Dec. 10, 2014 Josephine Stella “Ione” Morford (MLS 62), Hillsboro, June 6, 2014 Nola L. (Hagan) Magady (MA 68), Lees Summit, MO, Nov. 16, 2014 Donald L. Mark (BSE 69), Iola, May 29, 2014 Kermit C. Menzies (BSE 64, MS 68), Hutchinson, June 7, 2014 Maxine E. (Garrett) Myers (MS 66), Kansas City, MO, Oct. 24, 2014 Virginia M. (Griswold) Nelson (MS 66), Newark, CA, Oct. 7, 2014 Harold E. Nibarger (MS 69), Manhattan, Sept. 22, 2013 Vernon L. Nikkel (MS 61), Haven, Aug. 24, 2014

in memoriam

Wilfred L. Pettus (EDS 67), El Dorado, Jan. 11, 2015 Michael Pietronigro (BSE 63), Cape Coral, FL, Jan. 1, 2014 Homer “Lee” Quisenberry (MS 65), Overland Park, Dec. 3, 2014 Connie J. (Foelgner) Reeves Lewis (BSE 60), Elizabeth, CO, May 29, 2014 Floyd M. Rockenbach (BSE 62, MS 67), Derby, Sept. 23, 2014 Philip R. Rulon (MA 65), Flagstaff, AZ, Oct. 1, 2014 Harleigh O. “H.O.” Sanderson (MS 65), Goddard, Dec. 25, 2014 James D. Sargert (BSB 69), Kansas City, MO, Jan. 18, 2014 Norma J. (Powers) Scapellati (MLS 68), Mission, Jan. 4, 2015 James F. “Rick” Schmitt (BA 68), Springfield, MO, Nov. 22, 2014 Leon P. Semkoff (MA 69), Claremore, OK, July 29, 2014 Kenton B. Shaw (BSE 61), Columbia, MO, May 27, 2014 George E. Smirl (BSE 66, MS 73), Topeka, Feb. 8, 2014 Faith M. Spencer (MS 63), Topeka, Jan. 15, 2015 Patricia C. (Williams) Stone (MS 62), Wichita, Dec. 27, 2014 Don C. Stroud (MS 62), Tucson, AZ, June 23, 2014 Joan E. (Heinen) Taylor (MLS 67), Cawker City, Jan. 17, 2014 Janie L. Taylor-Clark (BSE 68), Lufkin, TX, Aug. 16, 2014 Patricia M. “Pat” (Reynolds) Wallace (BSE 60), Butler, PA, Aug. 16, 2014 Eugene R. Watson (BSE 61), Manvel, TX, May 31, 2014 R. Duane Watts (BSE 62), Emporia, July 2, 2014 James P. Webb (BSE 61, MS 65), Hutchinson, July 10, 2014 Betty L. Webster (BSE 62), Topeka, Oct. 18, 2014 Hanns Conle White (BSE 65, MS 74, MS 79), Newton, Nov. 27, 2014 Pauline R. (Browning) Young (BSE 60, MS 88), Olathe, Nov. 1, 2014

1970s

Ronda M. (Parks) Armstrong (BA 73), Des Moines, IA, Nov. 28, 2014 Janet M. (Heinze) Blaine (BSE 74), Wichita, Nov. 20, 2014 Bernard W. “Bernie” Buckman (BSB 72), Wichita, Dec. 18, 2014 Raymond L. Burgoon (BA 71), Pomona, July 25, 2014 Lance E. Carlson (BSE 73, MS 79), Stark, June 26, 2014 Sarah C. “Sally” (McKeighan) Casad (MLS 71), Lawrence, Nov. 5, 2014 Douglas R. Casey (BS 77), Pueblo, CO, Jan. 30, 2014 Twila D. (Stewart) Crook (AS 77), Lebo, Nov. 2, 2014 Lawrence D. Forsythe (MS 70), Neodesha, Aug. 21, 2014 Steven J. Handelman (BS 79), Shawnee, Nov. 27, 2014 C. Norman Hanson (MS 70), Newton, June 24, 2013 Ardeth (Wagner) Hawthorne (MLS 72), Wichita, Sept. 20, 2014 Juanita J. Janzen (MS 71), Hesston, Jan. 3, 2015 Steven E. Janzen (BSE 74, MA 91), Florence, Nov. 27, 2014 Robert E. Koch (BA 70), Topeka, Oct. 25, 2014 David G. Lumley (BSE 76), Olpe, Dec. 6, 2014 Edith M. Kestler (MS 70), Hutchinson, Dec. 11, 2014 Roberta M. (Allen) Leininger (MS 71, MS 78), Haviland, Jan. 12, 2015 Vivian F. (Armstrong) Luthi (MS 71), Madison, Jan. 12, 2015 Michael B. Murdock (BSE 71), Norwich, Jan. 13, 2015 William T. “Bill” North (BSB 72), Cottonwood Falls, Aug. 16, 2014 James S. Poynter (BSB 76, MS 78), Bandera, TX, Oct. 19, 2014 Joanne J. (Lamatry) Price (BSE 77, MS 78, MS 93), Reading, June 22, 2014 Wilma J. (Pate) Rampenthal (BSE 70), Hutchinson, Aug. 9, 2014 Richard F. Raugewitz (MS 71), Wellsville, Nov. 8, 2014

David E. Ray (BSE 73), Globe, AZ, Sept. 6, 2014 Candace E. “Candy” (Carpenter) Reno (BSE 74), Kansas City, Dec. 27, 2014 Victoria L. Rubottom (BFA 77, MS 98), Topeka, Dec. 28, 2014 Pamela M. Schumacher (BA 75), Colorado Springs, CO, June 1, 2014 James Truitt “Tut” Smith, Jr. (BSB 70), Lafayette, IN, Sept. 22, 2014 Michael F. Smith (BSE 78), Wichita, Dec. 9, 2014 Deanna K. (Stinnett) Stambaugh (BSE 79), Belle Plaine, Jan. 17, 2015 Carolyn I. (Armold) Torrence (MLS 75), Weatherford, OK, Sept. 14, 2014 Donna L. (Biggs) Travis (BSE 70, MS 74), Wichita, Oct. 26, 2014 Fernando E. Vergara (MS 75), Emporia, Jan. 18, 2015 Carol A. (James) Wells (MA 74), Holton, Oct. 26, 2014 Tom Welton (BSB 74), Fredonia, July 5, 2014 William H. White (BSB 72), Council Grove, Dec. 12, 2014 Donna B. (Rodgers) Wilcox (BSE 75), Dallas, TX, June 23, 2014 Thomas G. Williams (BSE 71), Bennington, July 6, 2014 Marilyn J. (Seck) Wilson (MS 75), Topeka, Dec. 12, 2014

1980s

Michael L. Akers (BSB 88), Newton, Oct. 14, 2014 Sharon K. (Roblez) Benson (BFA 82), Salina, Dec. 30, 2014 Steve L. Cowen (BS 87), Burlingame, Oct. 12, 2014 Barbara A. (Bratton) Harkness (MS 81), Council Grove, Sept. 11, 2014 Bernadette C. Hoefler (BSB 82), Burlington, July 5, 2014 James L. McKinney (BGS 85), Topeka, Dec. 9, 2014 Cal G. Melick (MLS 82), Lawrence, Aug. 13, 2014 Janet K. (Stenehjam) Meury (MLS 81), Helena, MT, July 22, 2014

in memoriam

Jacque L. (Sulzbach) Miller (MS 82), Fort Collins, CO, Nov. 23, 2014 Gregory J. Osbourn (BSB 82), Wichita, Oct. 4, 2014 Constance A. (Lennen) Patty (BSE 87), Topeka, June 23, 2014 Raymond L. Peat (BA 83), Olathe, Sept. 20, 2014 William G. Percy (MS 86), Iola, June 23, 2014 Kirk A. Porter (BGS 81), Atchison, July 19, 2014 Diane J. (Alexander) Remsberg (BSE 87), Latham, Oct. 7, 2014 Jenifer D. Rowe (BS 80), Elizabethtown, PA, Dec. 1, 2014 COL Richard L. Shepard (BSB 86), Lawrence, Oct. 1, 2014

1990s

Olivier V. De Smedt (BA 98, MS 2000), Lakewood, CO, Nov. 3, 2014 Casey A. Flanders (BSN 99), Erie, CO, Dec. 13, 2014 Gerald T. Hyler (MLS 91), Correctionville, IA, June 12, 2014 Jennifer L. (Voke) James (BSE 92, MS 00), Wichita, Dec. 31, 2014 Chris D. Olson (MLS 96), Saint Paul, MN, Sept. 28, 2014 Kathleen A. (Glynn) Rausch (BSB 92), Olathe, Dec. 31, 2014 Pat A. (McAlister) Reasoner (MS 96), Manhattan, Oct. 27, 2014

2000s

Drew B. Bicknell (BSB 05), Elko New Market, MN, June 12, 2014 Travis V. Blackbird (BSB 05), Durango, CO, Jan. 11, 2015 Summer R. (McGuire) Griffith (BS 04), Topeka, Sept. 22, 2014 Gay N. (Parli) Grimm (MA 02), Justin, TX, Dec. 27, 2014 Dylan C. Perney (MA 02), Salina, July 31, 2014 Julie A. (Turner) Potter (BSB 2000), Emporia, July 1, 2014 Crystal R. (Hammond) Stauffer (BSE 08), Topeka, June 3, 2014

2010s

Bronson, Jan. Jo L. Cuppy (MA 11), 10, 2015

Former Students

Avis R. (Smith) Baker, Washington, MO, Dec. 21, 2014 Orville K. Buttenhoff, Emporia, June 11, 2014 Beatrice M. (Childers) Cox, Batesville, AR, Aug. 8, 2013 Randall L. Cunningham, Topeka, Dec. 19, 2014 Joseph T. “Ted” Daulton, Osawatomie, Dec. 15, 2014 Ruth L. (Brandt) Eccles-Sumner, Emporia, June 23, 2014 Doris E. (Bennett) Freund, Lebo, Jan., 10, 2015 Dave Robert “Bob” German, Fort Collins, CO, Dec. 8, 2013 Jack D. Holmberg, Topeka, Aug. 15, 2014 Horace F. Holmes, Eureka, Sept. 27, 2014 Nadine (Brown) Hopper, Emporia, Oct. 17, 2014 Thomas J. Kennedy, Topeka, Sept. 3, 2014 Carol J. (Ward) Landis, Emporia, July 26, 2014 David K. Longfellow, El Dorado, Dec. 6th, 2013 Joel F. Martineau, Moab, UT, Nov. 19, 2014 Alfred V. Morgan, Santa Barbara, CA, Oct. 9, 2014 Opal B. (Bennett) Ontjes, Geneseo, July 9, 2014 Daniel L. Petitjean, Assaria, Jan. 15, 2015 Rob R. Schindling, Washington, MO, Nov. 8, 2014 Nell V. Sowder, Lawrence, Nov. 3, 2014 Franke A. (Shane) Stickley, Topeka, June 7, 2014 Harold M. Swope, Fort Collins, CO, Dec. 1, 2014

Duane D. Talley, Salina, Sept. 21, 2014 Nelson L. “Fuzzy” Thompson, Kansas City, MO, Jan. 11, 2015 Corinne E. (Pierce) Way, Wichita, April 21, 2014

Friends

Robert B. Anderson, Ouray, CO, Nov. 15, 2013 Russell A. Biby (FSt), Emporia, Aug. 6, 2014 Robert Conness, Wakeeney, Dec. 14, 2014 Paul A. Friskel, Iola, Dec. 26, 2014 John Gerriets, Cheyenne, WY, Oct. 17, 2014 Walter L. Graham, Emporia, Jan. 24, 2015 Roger C. Greer (FF), Lakewood, CO, Nov. 9, 2014 Owen M. Henson (FF), Topeka, July 2, 2014 Stuart B. Johnson, Emporia, Oct. 18, 2014 Charles F. McGinn, Topeka, Nov. 13, 2014 Dr. Carol F. Marshall (FF), Emporia, Dec. 24, 2014 Irvin “Stub” Messer, Pratt, Dec. 22, 2014 Robert L. Parenti (FF), Middleton, ID, June 29, 2014 Esther F. (Linden) Pugh, Baldwin, Aug. 31, 2014 Leland Rodgers (FSt), Olpe, June 27, 2014 Elaine. A (Hutchinson) Slater, Emporia, Oct. 17, 2014 Mary A. Stewart, Americus, Dec. 28, 2014 Bill D. Tash, Wichita, Dec. 27, 2014 Dr. W. Eugene Werner (FF), Topeka, May 30, 2014 Lucille M. (Iames) Wiley, Monterey, CA, Dec. 22, 2014 Marie C. (Chamney) Wood, Emporia, Jan. 18, 2015 Julianna “Julie” (Erbert) Zahn, Scottsdale, AZ, Dec. 31, 2014

spotlight express

Stand Up and Lead Raise your hand if you are completely comfortable with the unknown. No? OK, let’s try again. Raise your hand if you are completely comfortable being a leader anytime, anywhere or if you are willing to take on an unpleasant task that will come with a high degree of risk. Let’s be honest — who would jump up and raise a hand to lead in unknown, high risk and potentially unpleasant circumstances? Leadership is difficult work. And, rarely do we intentionally teach it or talk about it, until of course, it goes missing. Yet what many of us may not realize is that a lack of leadership in our families, our communities and even in our state can be a deterrent to good health. Let me say that another way — without solid leadership, our families, communities, business and industry and our overall well-being can suffer. Historically, leadership is rarely linked to health. But Kansans think it should be. In the late 1980s the Kansas Health Foundation, the state’s largest non-profit philanthropy, conducted a listening tour to gather information from Kansans about Kansas health. They found we were worried about the usual suspects — good jobs, access to quality healthcare and strong public schools. Participants, however, overwhelmingly shared a common worry about the potential lack of thoughtful and competent civic leadership in their communities. The thing I love about this survey is that it is the voice of Kansans — from small towns to urban centers both east and west, north and south and all backgrounds and livelihoods in between. From these voices, the Kansas Health Foundation established the Kansas Leadership Center and hired former Kansas legislator Ed O’Malley, as the CEO. I met Ed about two years ago and let me tell you, he is passionate about teaching leadership skills to Kansans. Well you know my passion about the future and our sense of responsibility to future generations. And one thing led to another and pretty soon, Ed and I had a vision established to weave leadership competencies and principles throughout the Emporia State curriculum.

learn the five basic principles that teach leadership is an activity, not a position; anyone can lead, anytime, anywhere; it starts with you and must engage others; your purpose must be clear; and it is risky. By weaving these teachings throughout the curriculum, our students will enter the workforce prepared to lead for the common good of their organizations, communities and families. This is a game changer. I’ve always been enthusiastic about our partnership with the Kansas Leadership Center but I wasn’t prepared for the remarkable enthusiasm brought to the table by our faculty. “The idea of leadership as an activity opens the door for a student to make positive changes in her family,” Jodie Leiss, clinical instructor in Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, recently shared with me. “This student can take the lead in teaching her family about better nutrition where maybe in the past she didn’t feel like speaking up would be worth it. The KLC principles are really empowering.” Gary Wyatt, our associate dean in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, echoed Leiss’ sentiments about our KLC partnership. “At some point all of us encounter situations within ourselves where we can’t look the other way,” Wyatt said. “These leadership competencies equip our students with the skills to lead anytime, anywhere by engaging others and accepting the responsibility to intervene for the common good.” Every day in education we are preparing our students for circumstances we can’t even imagine, jobs that don’t yet exist and technologies that are more science fiction than science. Through this partnership, our students will be prepared. Raise your hand if you feel healthier already. Originally published in The Emporia Gazette, July, 2014

And this is where leadership and education starts to get really exciting in Kansas. At Emporia State, we’ve decided our students will be exposed to the four core competencies of leadership. These are diagnose situation, manage self, energize others and intervene skillfully. And the students will

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