The RECORD Spring 2012

Summer Learning From music camps to DNA sequencing, campus sizzles in summer with nonstop learning

www.greenville.edu EXTREME MUSICAL MAKEOVER CAMPUS ALIVE! BURNING CURIOSITY WITH HIS HEAD IN THE SPRING STARS2012

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Learning Goes On All Summer Long ach summer our campus becomes a hub of activity for hundreds of young people who come to take part in camps at Greenville College. Some attendees start their camp experiences as young as six years of age and return each year all the way through high school. Some arrive with a parent, while others come with groups from their respective schools. All enliven the campus with their enthusiasm and energy.

Pass by the Blackroom during music camp and you will hear the amplified vocals and guitar riffs of young musicians as they work through an original composition. Peek in the gym during volleyball camp and you will see young teens power their way through strengthening exercises and practice drills coached by our own student-athletes. Join basketball campers in evening worship after a full day on the courts and you will hear more than 200 voices lifted in song to the lively beat of a praise band. These are some of the sights and sounds of summer learning at Greenville College.

The large number of veteran campers who return year after year attests to the popularity of these youth programs. It is not uncommon to hear campers say, “I’ve been coming since fourth grade,” or, “This is my fifth year.” Such favorable experiences often lead them to eventually enroll as freshmen. Much of the credit must go to the Greenville College coaches and faculty who plan and produce their respective camps and ultimately recruit these same students to college.

As campers enjoy a week of activity, dozens of current Greenville College students also benefit from the meld of camp with college. These college students gain valuable work experience assisting as camp coaches, instructors, and assistant administrators, developing the types of practical skills that potential employers value.

While campers experiment with new skills and techniques that will improve their performance, experimentation of a different nature takes place in the College’s science labs. Our summer research experience gives undergraduate science students opportunities to take on projects typically offered in graduate school and co-publish findings with their instructors. Last summer, students used state-of-the-art equipment and stretched their problem solving skills to tackle projects like DNA sequencing and molecular synthesis.

The article, “Burning Curiosity Drives Summer Research,” offers a snapshot of this exciting program and the research that will continue this summer.

It is our hope that these budding summer science interns will one day evolve into accomplished scientists, like astronomer Robert Joseph ’61, former director of the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF) and recipient of NASA’s Public Service Medal. His personal story, captured in the article, “With His Head in the Stars,” shows how an interest in physics developed over time into acclaimed expertise.

As you read each article in this edition of The RECORD, I encourage you to pray for the young people who populate our campus this summer. Some of them will become the scientists of the next generation. By nurturing their budding interests and taking their research skills to new levels, these young scientists quite possibly will experience new frontiers of discovery, which will help us better understand God’s creation. Others are campers whose first camp-at-college experience may plant a seed for future interest in Greenville College. We are privileged to help these learners and others like them flourish, not only this summer, but for many summers to come.

Larry Linamen, President

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ON THE COVER: Football, drum major, and basketball camps are just some of the activities that will take place again on the Greenville College campus this summer.

THE RECORD (USPS 2292-2000) is published quarterly for alumni and friends of Greenville College by the Office of College Advancement, Greenville College, 315 E. College Ave., Greenville IL 62246. Phone: (618) 664-6500. Non-profit class postage paid at Greenville, IL 62246. Vol. 103, No. 1.

EDITOR: Walter Fenton ’84 MANAGING EDITOR: Carla Morris ’77 CONTRIBUTING EDITOR: Kaity Teer ’10 GRAPHIC DESIGNER: Pancho Eppard ’00 PHOTOGRAPHY: Pancho Eppard ’00, Kaity Teer ’10, Beky Smith ’12, Andie Kincaid ’13 DISTRIBUTION MANAGER: Brianne Cook ’05 WRITERS: Walter Fenton ’84, Kaity Teer ’10, Carla Morris ’77 Views and opinions expressed by individuals in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of Greenville College.

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{ 6 } BURNING CURIOSITY DRIVES SUMMER RESEARCH

Independent research during the summer months provides hands-on experience and accelerates learning for Greenville College students.

{ 2 } EXTREME MUSICAL MAKEOVER

One magical week at music camp works performance wonders for high school musicians.

{ 4 } CAMPUS ALIVE!

Campus brightens each summer with the sights and sounds of sports camps that build skills, character, and faith in hundreds of young athletes.

{ 8 } WITH HIS HEAD IN THE STARS

Astronomer Robert Joseph ’61 embraces art and science in Honolulu where he sings with two choirs and studies the collisions of galaxies.

FEATURES

NEWS

Student Ministry Teams to Pursue Summer Tour . . . . 11

Campus News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Selections From the Bookshelf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Alumni News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 In Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

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Extreme Musical Makeover

By Carla Morris

High school vocalists, drum majors and garage band singer/songwriters pack volumes of learning and skill development into five days of music, music, music.

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igh school junior Elle Shaw was skeptical about drum major camp from the outset. She had already performed a year as one of her school’s drum majors. It seemed that anything she might pick up in a week at camp would only tweak what she already knew from experience. Nonetheless, she and two other drum majors from her school

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signed up for Greenville College’s summer music camp. “Oh my word,” she exclaimed afterward, “I improved my skills so much in just those five days. I could direct so much better. I felt much more confident in myself afterwards.” Like orchestra conductors and bandleaders, drum majors communicate artistic direction to many musicians. The musicians they direct, however, span an entire football field during halftime shows.

Communicating over a distance poses a challenge. Drum majors meet that challenge by leading with large, confident motions that can be seen 50 to 100 yards away.

They find a multitude of ways to wordlessly convey their interpretation of the music to the distant band members who must play it.

Two months later, Shaw and her co-drum majors applied what they learned at camp

as they led their band in preparations for a new school year of parades and football games. By season’s end, they had collected various drum major and band awards, plus an invitation to march in the St. Louis Thanksgiving Day Parade. “I definitely attribute our success to having attended the drum major camp,” reflects Shaw, “I think that we were able to be better leaders and really improve the band overall.”

theory and hands-on experience he desired. “The fact that Greenville’s camp was instructed by collegiate level music professors was very appealing to me as an aspiring musician,” he explains. “I definitely felt improvement in my understanding of songwriting by the end of camp.”

Johnson cites Casas’ overall approach to music as particularly memorable. “Besides being an incredibly talented musician, Jorge

try again, and make new discoveries that ultimately improved their skills. Those discoveries multiplied throughout the week, creating, as Jeff Wilson described it, “an exceptionally positive experience.”

During one practice session, a vocal instructor seated at a piano helped several choral students through a piece they would perform the next day. At one point, she stopped playing and asked them to each

Summer 2011 marked Greenville College’s first music camp. It focused on four areas of interest for musicians in grades nine through twelve: the drum major, the choir member, garage band performers, and singer-songwriters. Campers in all of these areas learned musical interpretation. Will Fairbanks, the College’s director of band programs, worked with drum majors on leadership and field conducting skills, score reading and sight-reading. Jeff Wilson, music department chair and professor of music at Greenville College, worked with choral campers on sight-reading, vocal tone, diction, and choral blend. Jorge Casas, Grammy Award-winning writer, bassist and musical director for Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine, coached garage band musicians in how to improve their writing skills, conduct productive practice sessions, and stylize their performances.

Other college faculty assisted with instruction throughout the five-day camp.

“The students improved exponentially; they just absorbed the material,” said Casas. His garage band campers focused on the creative process, beginning with only a nugget of musical information, about 20% of a song.

Together, they developed the idea, and wrote the lyrics, melody, and chord changes.

They arranged the piece, wrote parts, and styled how they would perform it on stage.

They rehearsed it, and then performed it before a live audience on the last day of camp.

One of Casas’ campers, Wes Johnson, had previously attended Camp Electric, a summer camp produced by Toby Mac and led by many of today’s well-known Christian artists. Camp Electric provided inspiration through a wealth of concerts, stories, teaching and testimonies, yet Johnson exited with little of the music

really stood out to me as a kind-hearted, loving instructor. His passion for the Lord was visible through his teaching, attitude, and patience when working with less experienced musicians.”

When young performers try something new they risk failing, and failing in front of others is rarely pleasant. Casas, like other camp instructors provided a safe environment for musicians to try, fail,

To learn more about summer music camps at Greenville College, go to greenvillecollegemusiccamps.com.

lie on the floor, face the ceiling, focus on a point, and sing upward, to that point. The floor fully supported their rib cages, which eased airflow and powered their sound. The students instantly heard the improvement.

“It’s the coolest thing I’ve ever done,” one of them said later. Coolest, perhaps, until the next discovery, which at summer music camp could be just minutes away.

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CAMPUS ALIVE! High voltage energy and enthusiasm sweep over campus as kid-­campers come to play ball, have fun, and discover spiritual truths that transcend sport.

By Carla Morris

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t is the first of June and students have vacated campus for the summer.

Classrooms and residence halls stand empty. Silence fills the gym. In the athletic office, senior Jamie Hoag busily shuffles papers and checks names on lists.

She fields phone calls and keeps one eye on the clock as it ticks down to the moment when the first wave of lively basketball players, ages eight to eighteen, will arrive on campus to play ball. From that moment, and into July, the gym and recreation center will echo the sounds of pounding balls, urgent shouts, and squeaking shoes pivoting on hardwood floors. Jamie, camp administrative assistant, is ready.

Before she enrolled as a freshman at Greenville College, Jamie visited the campus seven consecutive summers as a participant in its basketball camps. Every year since then she

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has attended camp, first as a coach and then as a program assistant.

She helped administer all five of the basketball camps run by Head Men’s Basketball Coach George Barber last year and will do the same this summer. Jamie is just one of many college students whose energy, enthusiasm, and contagious positive spirits enliven Greenville College in summer.

Judging from participation, the camp on campus approach appeals to young athletes and their parents.

Last summer Head Volleyball Coach Tom Ackerman’s volleyball camp hosted 320 players. Barber’s Panther Basketball Academy welcomed 240 players. The Panther Soccer Academy registered more than 200 players, a notable increase from the 24 participants who attended the first soccer camp six years ago. Football camp, in its fourth year, registered 60 participants last summer. Even

this young program has generated repeat attenders. Its director, Aaron Mingo, credits the camp’s appeal to affordability, excellent instruction and a positive approach to building skills and learning, “I really enjoy when parents come up to us and thank us for how positive we are with the kids,” he says. “I believe that we are Christ’s ambassadors, and that every task we do can represent Christ to others.”

Mingo stands in good company when it comes to integrating his faith with sport. Head Women’s Basketball Coach Roy Mulholland, also associate camp director for the Panther Basketball Academy, explains, “We have a passion for basketball, but more importantly, we have a passion for Christ. When we can combine those two, we get really excited about camp.”

On the basketball court, Panther

“We have a passion for basketball, but more importantly, we have a passion for Christ. When we can combine those two, we get really excited about camp.”

Academy players receive the same type of instruction in skills that nationally acclaimed camps provide.

The difference comes in the evening when they assemble for lively praise and worship and return to their dorms for devotions. It also comes in the morning when Coach Barber delivers the daily, faith-based challenge. “It’s the best of basketball that we can offer,” Coach Barber says, “and the best of spiritual formation for the kids.”

returning again this summer to assist with Ackerman’s volleyball camp.

“That first time coming to camp as a camper made my decision to go to GC easy,” she recalls. “I was scared at first to be there by myself without knowing anyone, but as the days went on, the more fun I had. Being able to hang out with the coach and the team, and truly getting to know what the volleyball program was all about made me fall completely in love.”

To understand the full impact of these camps, one need only look at the college students who staff them.

Many participated in the camps when they were young. Katelin Feyerabend, a GC graduate, plans on

Can one week of concentrated play in the summer make a difference in a young athlete’s skills? Ackerman thinks so. He sees marked improvement in the games of junior high and high school volleyball

To learn more go to greenville.edu/athletics/camps.

players when they play with girls from GC’s team. “We give players new techniques and strategies that can have an immediate impact on their game,” he said. “I try to stay up to speed with the latest techniques taught by the best coaches in the world. I want to be a student of the game and relay that information to the campers.”

Can one week of camp make a lasting difference in a player’s character and faith? “God was never a big part of my life until I met the GC volleyball team,” Feyerabend admits. “Now my life has changed forever, and I wouldn’t change it for the world.”

This summer Greenville College will welcome young athletes to its campus in 16 camps including soccer, football, volleyball, basketball, and softball.

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Burning Curiosity Drives Summer Research

By Kaity Teer

“The problem was open ended, its solution unknown. It wasn’t spoon fed to us, answer already in hand. We weren’t sure if we were going to get to the answer we desired, but we had to work as if we knew we were going to get there.”

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rian Stratton describes the determination required of him during last year’s Greenville College Summer Research Experience (GC-SRE).

Stratton, a participant in Greenville College’s Engineering 3/2 plan, concluded his studies at the College last spring and participated in summer research before beginning work toward a mechanical engineering degree at Washington University in the fall.

Upon successful completion of the Engineering 3/2 plan, Stratton will have earned a degree in physics from Greenville College and a degree in mechanical engineering degree from Washington University.

“I was motivated to participate in a summer program because it provides a ‘hands-on’ experience,” he says,

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“That’s strange for me to say since all my work was done on a chalkboard in a computer program!”

Faculty members Richard Lombardini, physics department chair, and George Peters, mathematics department chair, served as Stratton’s mentors as he conducted research for his project, entitled “Use of Wavelets in Computational Electrodynamics and Quantum Mechanics.”

Stratton sought to solve Schrödinger’s equation, a quantum physics equation used to describe physical systems, by using wavelet-based compression.

Wavelets are small mathematical functions that can be combined to produce a larger function. Stratton provides this illustration, “A wavelet can be visualized as a puzzle piece. The idea of wavelet-based compression is to

put together a 500-piece puzzle using only 300 of the most important pieces in such a way that no one knows we threw away the other 200 pieces.”

“My faculty mentors truly made the research project possible,” says Stratton, “By the end of the first two weeks I had learned more about wavelets and quantum physics than I thought I would throughout the entire summer. The interaction I had with my mentors was incredible. As the summer progressed, they were always there to lend a helping hand when I didn’t understand a concept or got stuck trying to work out a problem.”

Stratton credits the mathematics and natural science division at Greenville College with preparing him for the rigors of academic life as an engineering student. He says, “Greenville College was able to offer what I needed so that I could fully engage in one of the nation’s top engineering schools. My summer research project helped prepare me for what was to come, especially in terms of how quickly I must understand

“Independent research is a growing expectation for a degree in the sciences, and we wanted to offer that kind of experience to our students.”

Left to Right: (back row) Brian Stratton, David Justice, Carisa Wilson, Stephen Swarm, Ben Brown (front row) Mandy Nappa, Dr. George Peters ’92, Dr. Eugene Dunkley, Dr. Jacob Plummer, Dr. Darrell Iler ’77, Amber Brown

and then apply complex and difficult concepts.”

Darrell Iler, chemistry department chair, explains that the GC-SRE grew out of a commitment the mathematics and natural science division made eight years ago to develop a robust student research program. He says, “Independent research is a growing expectation for a degree in the sciences, and we wanted to offer that kind of experience to our students.”

Iler and his team began by offering student research projects during the school year. Then they introduced summer research opportunities. Unlike research projects conducted during the academic year, the structure of summer research allows students to engage material more effectively. For the next six years, the mathematics and natural science division made summer research available to students on a limited basis, securing grants for instrumentation and resources to facilitate one or two student research projects a summer.

Alumni contributions to the Catalyst Fund made it possible for the Greenville

College Summer Research Experience to fully launch in the summer of 2010. Seven students worked full-time throughout the summer with four faculty members serving as mentors. One of the participants, Matthew Ellis ’11, was awarded the best research poster presentation in the Chemistry Division of the 103rd Annual Meeting of the Illinois State Academy of Science (ISAS) for the project he completed during GC-SRE. In order for students to qualify for participation in the GC-SRE, they must apply to at least three other summer research programs. Faculty select students from the pool of eligible applicants.

Faculty members work hard to inform math and science students about research programs offered through the National Science Foundation (NSF), National Institute of Health (NIH), and other government agencies and industries. Their goal is to encourage as many GC students as possible to participate in full-time summer research.

Last summer seven students, including Stratton, participated in the GC-SRE, completing five research projects. Stephen

Short videos of last summer’s GC-SRE presentations are available online at greenville.edu/science.

Swarm and Carisa Wilson continued the work on DNA sequencing and gene reduction in Salmonella that Eugene Dunkley, biology department chair, began in 2009 during his sabbatical in Malawi.

Last summer Swarm and Wilson worked to sequence the Salmonella genome. In the future they plan to compare lost genes and determine their function.

GC-SRE participants presented their research at various professional meetings.

They also delivered presentations to an audience of students, alumni, faculty and staff during Homecoming 2011. Student researchers submitted two papers for publication in peer-reviewed journals.

Stratton describes the experience of researching with his peers, saying, “It was cool to be among a group of like-minded people working on similar projects. We were all motivated to accomplish our goals, not because we were going to be graded, but because we all wanted to be there. It wasn’t just about the end result, but about being there and trying to find solutions.”

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With His Head in the Stars

By Walter B. Fenton

“Such a difficult question!” responds Robert D. Joseph ’61, when asked to name his favorite piece of music.

He gives up, “It is really impossible to answer; it depends on my mood.”

He then ventures a try: “I suspect I especially like the Baroque and Classical periods because of the sense of order, which is sometimes quite mathematical.”

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choir at Calvary-By-The-Sea Lutheran Church and in the Honolulu Symphony Chorus – yes, Honolulu, Hawaii! How did a Greenville College graduate wind up in Honolulu? By looking at the stars, or at galaxies more precisely, especially at galaxies colliding with one another.

While teaching and conducting research in the physics department at Imperial College, University of London, where he was on the faculty for almost 20 years, Joseph became

interested in “infrared-bright” galaxies. Mounting evidence showed that these galaxies emitted large infrared luminosities when bursts of star formations occurred. Researchers puzzled, however, over what triggered the bursts of star formation. Joseph hypothesized that collisions between galaxies might produce them.

In order to prove his hypothesis, Joseph needed access to an infrared telescope. “Infrared telescopes have become so powerful that they are now able to penetrate through galactic

Above: Moon set over Mauna Kea seen through a layer of volcanic fog riding on the tops of clouds. Opposite (Left): The NASA Infrared Telescope Facility on Mauna Kea. Dust grains in the atmosphere reflect light making the sky red. The dust remains after a volcanic eruption in the Philippines in 1991.

dust, essentially clouds of hydrogen gas, and reveal clusters of new star formations,” Joseph explains. Joseph tested and proved his hypothesis.

Bursts of star formation, triggered by interactions and mergers of galaxies, is now a well-established paradigm in astrophysics.

Joseph’s work eventually took him to Hawaii where he has served on the faculty at the University of Hawaii-Manoa for 22 years and as an astronomer at the university’s Institute for Astronomy.

From 1989 to 2000, Joseph also served as director of the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility on Mount Mauna Kea. In 2004 he received the NASA Public Service Medal for his outstanding leadership as the director of the observatory. Additionally, the International Astronomical Union named Asteroid 7159 ‘’Bobjoseph” in honor of Joseph’s many contributions to the fields of astronomy and astrophysics.

Hugh Siefken, professor emeritus of physics at Greenville College, says, “Dr. Joseph has contributed to

Robert Joseph at the Gemini Observatory in 2003 when he became the chair of the International Gemini Science Committee.

mankind’s deepest understanding of the cosmos and to singing some of mankind’s deepest thoughts here on earth. He is a humble person, but he will tell you two things: first, he is just one of many astronomers who strive to understand the heavens, and second, he is just one of many taught

by Professor Ralph Miller at GC. He credits [Miller] for many of his insights into the physical world.”

Joseph was raised in Florida, the son of a Free Methodist minister. He enrolled at GC in 1957. Reflecting on his collegiate years, Joseph says, “Many of the GC faculty were influential on my life, but perhaps none more so than Ralph Miller.

He established an outstanding

undergraduate research program and this certainly motivated me toward a career in research. Professor Miller was a mentor in many other ways. He always took seriously my questions about life and religion, as well as about physics. He always gave me his honest opinions. He was also a dignified gentleman with a great sense of humor. To this day as a university professor I am aware I reflect much of what I learned from him – perhaps more by example than by precept.

Most of the GC faculty treated students with the same intellectual respect. In fact, the GC faculty was outstanding, and some of the courses I have introduced at the University of Hawaii in recent years can be traced directly to some of the courses I had at Greenville 50 years ago.”

Siefken, who graduated just one year after Joseph and shared some of the same classes and labs with him, says, “Bob is a living example of a student catching the spark of excellence from a small, caring, physics department, who ultimately set out on a quest to understand the largest system possible – the universe.”

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We Want to Know What You Know Allen Farthing

Michelle Brown Kratzer

Donald Jones

Meet GC’s 2011 Alumni Award Recipients

Submit Your Alumni Award Nominations

by April 15 DO YOU KNOW A GREENVILLE COLLEGE GRADUATE THAT DESERVES SPECIAL

Three alumni were honored during a special Homecoming chapel service last October. Donald Jones ’52, president and chief executive officer of Forge Resources Group in Dekalb, IL, received the Distinguished Alumnus Award. Michelle Brown Kratzer ’95, principal of Oakdale Christian Academy in Jackson, KY, received the Outstanding Young Alumna Award. The Loyalty Award went to Allen Farthing ’87, founder of Team Pride Athletic Apparel Corporation in Rochester, IN. Greenville College Alumni Awards recognize graduates who model the ideals of Greenville College, demonstrate Christian discipleship, and make significant contributions to their fields of service. Go to www.greenville.edu/alumni/awards to read more about these honored alumni.

RECOGNITION? All current alumni are eligible to nominate recipients for Greenville College’s 2012 Alumni Awards.

Honorees will receive the awards during a special Homecoming chapel service this fall. To learn about the awards and the nomination process, go to www.greenville.edu/alumni/awards. For more information, call Director of Alumni Relations Pam Taylor at 618-664-6513, or send an email to pam.taylor@greenville.edu.

DON’T MISS SAVE THE DATE

October 19-20

Homecoming 2012 Save the date on your calendar and stay tuned for more details.

Join us for a weekend full of Greenville College fun!

• Class Reunions • Volleyball, Soccer, and Football Games • Choir Concert • Panther 5K Road Race • And so much more!

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Student Ministry Teams to Pursue Summer Tour Two Greenville College worship teams will minister at various Christian camps throughout the Midwest this summer. Known collectively as “Pursuit,” both teams will embark on their journeys in early June and return in early August after serving at camps in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, and Michigan. Their tours will include camps in the Gateway and Wabash Conferences of the Free Methodist Church. Group members have taken the name “Pursuit” to reflect their desire to passionately pursue Christ and lead people, young and old, along this same road. They seek to show God’s love by living out Romans 12:11-13: “Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. Share

with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality.” The students will primarily lead daily worship services for campers, but will double as counselors at some camps and gladly fill other needs as they arise. While Pursuit’s members anticipate making the name of Greenville College known, their primary objective is to serve others in need. The students hope to gain real world ministry experience connecting with people on a one-on-one level. Please pray for their safety in travel and that, above all, these students will impact everyone they meet for the glory of God. For more information about student ministry teams, contact Nathanael Kotras at 618-664-6507 or nathanael.kotras@greenville.edu.

Greenville College Alumni Trip

April 13-15 2012

We Can’t Wait To See You

in Santa Barbara!

Tour beautiful Santa Barbara, California with your

friends, local alumni, President Larry Linamen, and President Emeritus V. James Mannoia, Jr. FOR INFORMATION ABOUT REGISTERING: • Visit www.greenville.edu/marketplace and click on Alumni Department.

• Call 618-664-6500.

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Joshua Cranston Receives Lincoln Academy Medallion

Joshua Cranston (at left, above) is shown with Dean of the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences S. Bradley Shaw.

Joshua Cranston, a senior majoring in philosophy and history, received the Student Lincoln Academy Medallion from The Lincoln Academy of Illinois on November 5, 2011. Each fall the Academy honors one outstanding senior college student from each of the state’s four-year, degree-granting colleges and universities. The awards are presented for excellence in curricular and extracurricular activities. Cranston received the medallion along with an honorarium check and certificate of achievement at the Old State Capitol Historic Site in Springfield, IL, and attended a luncheon at the Illinois Executive Mansion.

Choir Performs at the 2012 Illinois Music Education Conference The Greenville College Choir sang at the 2012 Illinois Music Education Conference, formerly known as the Illinois Music Educators Association (IMEA) All-State Conference, in Peoria, IL, in late January. The Choir was one of three college and university choirs invited to perform at this event, which annually hosts about 1,000 of the state’s strongest high school junior and senior musicians, as well as their directors and parents. This is the third time an ensemble representing Greenville College has performed for the conference. The Chamber Singers previously appeared in 2006 and 2010.

Common Day of Learning Observed for Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration Greenville College hosted its 4th annual MLK Celebration on Monday, January 16, 2012. For the first time the celebration took the form of a Common Day of Learning with a full day’s schedule of services and activities to honor the life and works of Dr. King. Students and faculty delivered presentations, and a diversity discussion panel provided professors and coaches the opportunity to answer students’ questions about the impact of diversity on their lives. In the past, members of the Greenville

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College community have celebrated the holiday with evening events. Two students, Greenville College Student Association (GCSA) Executive Vice-President Imari Mason and Vice-President of the Intercultural Affairs Board (IAB) Maria Rodriguez, championed the full day observation of the holiday on campus and worked with faculty advisors Elizabeth de la Garza-Ahern and Dustin Fenton to plan the Common Day of Learning.

Greg and Courtney Coates Featured Speakers for Christian Life Week Greg ’03 and Courtney (Probst ’04) Coates returned to campus as guest speakers for Christian Life Week, which was held February 6-10, 2012.

Greg graduated with a degree in history and political science, and Courtney majored in English and psychology.

After they married, the Coates spent a year teaching English at Tianjin Foreign Studies University in Tianjin, China. In 2008, Greg completed his master’s of divinity at Asbury Theological Seminary. Greg currently serves as senior pastor at the First Free Methodist Church in Indianapolis, IN. Courtney is a freelance writer and has written for a number of publications, including Light & Life magazine.

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Chinese New Year Celebration Chinese students enrolled in Greenville College’s Intensive English Learning Program joined the program’s director, David Yan, in hosting a Chinese New Year celebration on January 22, 2012. The Chinese New Year, also known as the Spring Festival, is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. The event allowed Chinese students on campus to celebrate simultaneously as their families and friends celebrated in China. The college celebration began in the Prairie Center at 6:00 a.m., or 8:00 p.m. in China, which coincided with a live television broadcast of festivities from China. Faculty, staff, and other guests joined Chinese students to watch the program, eat dumplings and other traditional Chinese foods, and play games.

Interterm Updates During the month of January, students participated in Interterm, a three-week period during which students may take one course. Some of the courses are simply shorter, more intensive versions of those offered during the fall and spring semesters.

Other courses are given a twist involving travel, missions, or a special emphasis.

This Interterm, students found themselves in learning experiences as varied as a trip to Israel or a three-week long television viewing marathon of Lost.

STUDENTS RETURN TO GUATEMALA FOR INTERTERM 2012

Director of World Outreach and Missions Dan Maurer

Dan Maurer ’84 has traveled extensively and led dozens of mission trips worldwide.

This Interterm, he led his first trip as Director of World Outreach and Missions.

On January 9, 2012, Dan and a team of seven Greenville College students departed for Guatemala. They continued the work Greenville College students started last Interterm in the cities of Magdalena and El Gorrion. Team members worked with the organization Students International to teach at the elementary school, work in a medical clinic and an art school, practice

social work, and care for livestock. Maurer felt the organization provided valuable opportunities for students to serve alongside individuals engaged in full-time mission work.

to a remote village. In order to reach the village, the team had to travel over a mile by foot through fields of sugar cane because of heavy rains that had made the road impassable.

PLAYING BALL AND CHANGING LIVES

JOCKS AND GEEKS TRAVEL TO CANCUN

Eighteen members of the Greenville College baseball team traveled to the Dominican Republic during Interterm to play baseball and share the gospel. Head Baseball Coach Lynn Carlson ’93, Assistant Coaches Andy Rincker ’09 and Dan Marsh ’09, and former player Wes Letizia ’11 led the team. Brian Reinhard ’86, assistant dean of education and former head softball coach, assisted the team with his knowledge of the Spanish language and experience traveling in the Dominican Republic. The team played ballgames and, afterward, talked about faith with their opponents and fans. One game attracted an audience of about 20 young children who stayed to hear the players present the gospel. The team also visited orphanages and sugar cane villages, sharing their faith with the people they met. One of the most impactful experiences for the players was the day they brought food

Led by Head Volleyball Coach Tom Ackerman ’99 and Deloy Cole ’84, director of the digital media program, a team of ten students embarked for Cancun, Mexico, on January 11, 2012, to minister to local athletes through sports clinics. Four volleyball players and two digital media students participated in the trip, nicknamed the “Jocks & Geeks Trip.” The student athletes brought their skills to the Cancun slums, hosting sports camps and sharing their faith. Digital media students were also involved in the outreach activities, but their role consisted primarily of reporting on the trip – taking photos, updating social media sites, and writing blog entries.

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Selections From the Bookshelf The Bible’s promise of renewal is for all creation – a new heaven and earth – based on the incarnation, life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. This book looks at the full gospel including the broken and restored relationship between God, people and land. It presents Jesus’ ultimate healing of all creation as the great hope and promise of the gospel.

Learn more: wipfandstock.com

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Salvation Means Creation Healed (Cascade Books, 2011) by Howard Snyder ’62 and Joel Scandrett

The Semantics of Ancient Hebrew Colour Lexemes (Peeters Publishers, 2011)

by John Hartley ’61 Colors play a vital role in people’s daily lives. The human ability to see a vast array of colors is remarkable. Equally intriguing is the development of language to reference the colors the eye sees. This book investigates ancient Hebrew color lexemes as found in the Old Testament and other ancient Hebrew literature. It is part of the Ancient Near Eastern Studies Supplement Series sponsored by the University of Melbourne, Australia. John Hartley is a distinguished professor of Old Testament at the Haggard Graduate School of Theology, Azusa Pacific University.

Learn more: peeters-leuven.be

He Remembers the Barren (Lutheran Legacy, 2011) by Katie (Roley ’99) Schuermann Infertility issues make difficult conversations for women who struggle with the grief and shame that often accompany barrenness. This book offers a candid yet tender approach for women who wrestle with issues surrounding infertility. It speaks also to pastors, family members, and friends who want to better understand the barren experience of their loved ones.

Learn more: heremembersthebarren.com/book

Unbroken: Everyone Has A Story, It’s What You Don’t Know That Matters (Tate Publishing, 2011) by Unbroken Kelly (Ware ’93) Falcone is a contributing author to this collection of real-life inspirational stories from different women known collectively as Unbroken Corporation. Through laughter and tears, the authors reveal God’s enduring faithfulness, especially in times when defeat seems imminent. Their stories encourage with vivid illustrations of God’s amazing love for His people. All profits from the book’s sale help women and families in crisis.

Learn more: tatepublishing.com

Unhallowed Ground (Monarch Books, 2012 – US release) by Mel Starr ’64 The fourth book in a medieval mystery series about surgeon Hugh de Singleton begins when Thomas atte Bridge, a man no one likes, is found hanging from a tree near Cow-leys Corner. All assume he has taken his own life, but Master Hugh finds evidence that this may not be so. The discovery sets him on a course to learn which of his friends has murdered his enemy.

The fifth book in the series, The Tainted Coin, will be published next fall.

Learn more: melstarr.net

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The year was 1954, a time when women were expected to assume the roles of wife and mother. Anna Bortel (’47) Church, then young and single, packed her belongings into a car and drove from Ohio, up the AlaskaCanadian Highway and into the Alaskan Territory where she would teach school. Thus began her amazing adventure, the subject of a new book

by Naomi Gaede-Penner, ‘A’ is for Alaska: Teacher to the Territory (Tate Publishing, 2011). Gaede-Penner, a former student of Anna’s, tells of Anna’s work with schoolchildren in Valdez and her eventual move further north to an isolated Athabascan village along the Yukon River. There, as temperatures fell to 50 degrees below zero and oil lines froze, Anna lived and held class in drafty Quonset huts. She later opened a school in a more primitive village that served the Nunamiut Eskimo children of the Anaktuvuk Pass. A second volume, Teacher to the Nunamiut Eskimos, captures this latter story and will be released this fall.

Learn more: prescriptionforadventure.com

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Orpha (Sanders ’46) Barnes has published a book, A Heritage to Remember, Growing Up Poor But Blessed in a Small Midwestern Town (AuthorHouse, 2011). This personal narrative, captured in rhyme, details the challenges faced by the Sanders family during the 1930s and 40s, and how the family met those challenges with resourcefulness, faith, and the support of a true community. Predominant themes include the influence of neighbors, teachers, relatives, and the church. Of special interest is the effect Greenville College had on the six Sanders children who attended. To learn more, visit http://bookstore. authorhouse.com. 1015 Ironwood Ct #104, Rochester, MI 48307. obarnes24@comcast.net.

50s Leone (Tjepkema ’51) Taylor provides accompaniment for the choir and other vocalists in her church. Her recent holiday travel included stops in Hong Kong and Taiwan, where she began her missionary service more than 50 years ago and also where she first directed a choir.

700 S Paulina St, Apt 1027, Chicago, IL 60612. dutchy1119@gmail.com.

60s Bonnie (Myers ’60) Mulholland-Kinnaman married Russell Kinnaman on May 5, 2011, in Greenville, IL. They now reside in Indianapolis and attend the John Wesley Free Methodist Church. 5431 Love Ln, Indianapolis, IN 46298. dbmul@att.net.

Phyllis (Blair ’61) BlairSemelroth has published a pair of poetry books, Kaleidoscope for Kids and Kaleidoscope for Gerries (AuthorHouse, 2011) based on observations from her experiences in two professions: one, as an English teacher to junior high and high school students and the other, as a registered nurse, nursing director, and healthcare administrator. To learn more, visit http://bookstore.authorhouse. com. 43 N 3530 E Rd, Unit 28, Kankakee, IL 60901-8029.

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Thomas R. Clark ’63 produced a CD, God’s Psychology, A Musical Prescription For Stressful Times. A pianist and psychologist, Clark integrates contemporary musical arrangements on the CD with current psychological insights and timeless Scriptural truths to create a fresh, new approach that speaks to the listener’s heart and reduces stress. Clark’s performances include traditional, gospel, contemporary, jazz, and classical arrangements.

For additional information, visit www. alphapsych.com. 10572 Pinehurst Rd, Plymouth, MI 48170. drst-mc@wowway.com.

Jerry Alexander ’64 retired July 1, 2011, after 47 years in Christian higher education. According to the Higher Learning Commission, Jerry’s 36year tenure as Central Christian College’s chief academic officer

distinguishes him as the longest tenured chief academic officer in higher education. Jerry also filled dual roles at Central as provost and interim president. Central College’s Board Chairman Gary Anderson applauded Jerry for skillful leadership, planning, and communications in helping Central Christian College transition from a two-year to four-year institution. In addition to his administrative responsibilities at Central, Jerry served as a consultant-reader for the Department of Education in Washington, D.C., reviewing education proposals submitted for federal funding of Title III and Title IV programs. He also served as an evaluator with the Higher Learning Commission (HLC) of the North Central Association. The HLC honored Jerry in April 2011 for his exemplary service.

Venita (White ’66) Christian was incorrectly designated as deceased in Greenville College’s 2011 President’s Report edition of The RECORD. She is alive and well in Ft. Collins, CO. Craig Wrisberg ’67 retired from his position as professor with the Department of Kinesiology, Recreation, and Sport Studies at the University of Tennessee on August 1, 2011. During his 37-year career he was instrumental in developing the doctoral program in sport psychology and motor behavior, supervised the Ph.D. programs of 40 students, published over 100 refereed research papers, and authored two books. Craig is a past president of both the North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity and the Association for Applied Sport Psychology. He is a fellow of the National Academy of Kinesiology. Upon retirement, Craig was named professor emeritus at the University of Tennessee. He continues to serve as a resource for faculty and students and as a performance consultant for athletes at all levels of sport. “I attribute much of what I accomplished during my professional career,” he writes, “to the great faculty I studied under at GC.” 2125 Spence Place, Knoxville, TN 37920. caw@utk.edu.

70s John Dressback ’70 retired on October 28, 2011, from a long career in law enforcement. He previously had retired in 1998 from 26 years of service as a police officer with the St. Petersburg www.greenville.edu SPRING 2012

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Wilma Kasten ’47 reports that she is thankful to still be able to do a “few things” for the Lord.

She teaches an adult Sunday school class, leads a Bible study, mentors a young girl through Kids Hope, and attends two Chinese Bible studies weekly. “This year marks the 65th anniversary of my graduation,” she writes, “and I still have good memories of my Greenville days.” 1010 Eastlawn Dr, Apt 222, Midland, MI 48642.

Kasten1925@yahoo.com.

Among the esteemed honorees named Martha Holden Jennings Scholars for the state of Ohio is James Howard Wallace ’60. The Martha Holden Jennings Foundation recognizes top educational professionals who are admired by their colleagues, active in their communities, and have made long-standing achievements in their fields. The award process involves nomination followed by review and selection by a panel of leading educators. 1070 Ormsby Dr, Xenia, OH 45385-5556. joynhow@ameritech.net.

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(FL) Police Department. He then served 14 years as the director of the Police and Corrections Academy at St. Petersburg College. On September 3, 2011, the City of St. Petersburg and the Tampa Bay Rays honored John by inviting him to throw the first pitch prior to the game between the Tampa Bay Rays and the Baltimore Orioles. 277 Sago Palm, Largo, FL 33778.

William Schneck ’70 received The Spirit of ‘76 Award from the St. Louis Chapter of Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge and was named a Freedoms Foundation American Patriot of 2011.

The award is given to individuals for outstanding civic achievements and spirit of volunteerism. 521 Vine St, Greenville, IL 62246. wschneck@sbcglobal.net.

In May 2011, Duane Davis ’71 retired from teaching 6th grade math and coaching junior high football and track. He taught five years in the Quincy (IL) area and 34 years for Washington Community School District (IA). Duane and his wife, Susan, celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary in August 2011. They have two adult children and two grandsons. 617 E Tyler St, Washington, IA 52353. dsdavis@mchsi.com.

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Dr. Kenneth ’71 and Linda (Clelland ’74) Kaufmann are studying the Behdini dialect of Kurmanji until March 2012. In June, they will begin community health evangelism work in the Middle East. 18404 Piers End Dr, Noblesville, IN 46062. Klkauf2004@yahoo.com.

Jerry Rich ’74 accepted a position as director of benefits with the FCMM Retirement Plan of the Evangelical Free Church of America.

He previously served 34 years in local church ministry and church administration. Jerry and his wife, Linda (Kratzer ’77), plan on relocating to Minneapolis. 15111 Beverly St, Overland Park, KS 66223. jerry@jerryrich.com.

Becky (Trueblood ’74) Weinhandl will retire May 20, 2012, after serving more than 30 years in education, coaching, and school administration. As a student at Greenville College, Becky distinguished herself as a five-sport athlete. As an educator and high school athletic director, she served as one of the few female administrators in a male-dominated profession. As a champion for high school athletics, she organized many tournaments and post-season events for the Illinois High School Association. Becky served as athletic director at Marengo High School (IL) for 15 years, mentoring young coaches and athletes and helping them succeed in conference and postseason competitions. She also spearheaded the addition of new sports to the school’s athletic

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program, which gave students more opportunities for athletic participation. Becky coached tennis, basketball, softball, track, volleyball, and poms.

Highlights of her coaching career include serving as head coach of Marengo’s girls basketball championship teams. She registered more than 100 wins and gave the community many exciting post-season contests on the basketball court against premier teams. 607 Maple St, Marengo, IL 60152. weinhandlb@mchs154.org.

William Rick ’75 and Karen (Bewley ’74) Adcock retired in 2011, both from 37-year careers in education. Rick retired in December after serving as principal of Avon High School in Avon, IN. Karen retired in June from teaching at Ben Davis High School in Indianapolis. 4438 Nottinghill Dr, Avon, IN 46123.

Wadcock1@indy.rr.com.

Rev. Steven Peay ’76 has been appointed the director of field education for Nashotah House Theological Seminary in Nashotah, WI where he also serves as an associate professor of church history. Nashotah House is one of eleven seminaries of the Episcopal Church and among the oldest. Jackson Kemper, the first missionary bishop of the Episcopal Church, founded the seminary in 1842. Nashotah House particularly serves the Anglo-Catholic wing of the Anglican Communion and is considered one of the more theologically conservative seminaries. 8513 Jackson Park Blvd, Wauwatosa, WI 53226.

SPeay@nashotah.edu.

Judy (Scandrett ’77) Cox was ordained an elder in the Church of the Nazarene on April 11, 2011. She and her husband, Daryl Cox ’76, also welcomed a daughter to their family in June 2011 when their son, Philip, married Erin Fitzgerald.

Art Rilling ’78 received a master’s in arts in theological studies from Liberty University. He teaches art at A+ Academy, a charter school in Dallas, TX. 81 Starlight Dr, Hutchins, TX 75141. artnlark@sbcglobal.net.

Rev. Bob ’79 and Monica (Young ’79) Marsh have returned to Illinois after serving the past four years at Central Christian College (KS) where Bob worked as athletic director and Monica served as an administrative assistant. Bob returns as the senior pastor at Grace Community Baptist Church in Trenton, IL, where he served previously from 1998-2007. Monica serves Grace as its Christian education director and leader of Awana Cubbies. 745 N Creek Crossing, Trenton, IL 62293. Marshkins01@yahoo.com.

80s Barbara (Schwarz ’81) Wachal received a promotion within the St. Louis Community College System (STLCC). She now serves as faculty intern in distance education and reports directly to Vice Chancellor for Education Donna Dare. Barbara will develop and implement a distance education program, working to make

STLCC a leader in the field. She previously served as chair of the English department at STLCC’s Florissant Valley campus and is currently in her eighth year as a faculty member there. 601 LaDue Pl, Greenville, IL 62246. bwachal@stlcc.edu.

Indianapolis Magazine named Dr. Rod Eccles ’82 one of the top dentists in the Indianapolis area for 2010 and 2011. Area dental professionals vote on recipients for this distinction. In November 2011 Rod celebrated 25 years of practice in family dentistry. “Greenville College gave me a great start in my pre-dental training so I was able to get into dental school after my junior year at Greenville,” says Rod, who counts serving his community through dentistry as a joy. 7608 Apothecary Ct, Plainfield, IN 46168. eccdent@aol.com.

Dan Antoniuk ’85 works as a representative for the Rio Grande Bible Institute in Edinburg, TX. Donna (Patton ’85) Antoniuk home schools their teenage son and works as a freelance writer, editor, and proofreader. 301 Condor Ave, McAllen, TX 78504. antoniuk@juno.com.

Patty (Huff ’85) Erickson was promoted in February 2011 to clinical director of the Progressive Cardiac Care Unit at John C. Lincoln Deer Valley Hospital. 17450 N 60 Ave, Glendale AZ, 85308. wepe3@q.com.

Val (Morgan ’85) Scott graduated December 17, 2011, from Ball State University with a doctorate in educational leadership. Her dissertation was entitled, “An Examination of Expected Versus Actual Tasks of Public School Secondary Assistant Principals Throughout Indiana.” 804 Eastgate Dr, Anderson, IN 46012. scottsjv@hotmail.com.

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Craig ’87 and Renee (Phillips ’86) Minner have served as missionaries in Thailand for the past five years. Craig just started a new position helping other missionaries secure visas and gain access into the countries in which they will serve.

Renee ministers to girls in the red light district and teaches them English through the Bible.

P.O. Box 353, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 50000.

Dramaqueen4@northstate.net.

Jim Vinton ’88 serves as a translation consultant with Wycliffe Bible Translators. He previously worked as a Bible translation advisor for the Sena language in Mozambique, Africa. Though based in the US, Jim will continue to travel to African countries such as Mozambique and Nigeria.

4709 Waxhaw Farms Rd, Waxhaw, NC 28173. jim_vinton@sil.org.

Bryan Blankenship ’89 was selected by the Free Methodist Church USA to serve as one of its three lay delegates to the Free Methodist World Conference (FMWC) in Bujumbura, Burundi, Africa in August 2011. The FMWC brings together delegates from all Free Methodist general conferences every four years to celebrate God’s work in the denomination and to care for the business of the global church. During the conference, Bryan was elected to serve a fouryear term as the secretary/treasurer of the World Conference Executive Committee. 421 Kinlaw Dr, Wilmore, KY 40390. bryan@blankenship.net.

Marti Reeser ’89 completed his studies toward a doctorate in higher education administration from Indiana University - Bloomington in April 2011. In July 2011, Marti assumed the role of interim director for the Ruth Lilly Medical Library in the Indiana University School of Medicine in addition to his role as director of the Indiana University School of Medicine Health Professions Programs. 1027 Kokomo Ln, Indianapolis, IN 46241. zach_drew_haley@yahoo.com.

Michael Smith ’89 serves as superintendent of Tuscola CUSD #301 in Tuscola, IL. Michael previously served as teacher, coach, principal, and superintendent in Oakland, IL. He writes for various educational magazines and publishes a well-read superintendent’s blog, www.

PrincipalsPage.com/theblog. 201 Forest Glen, Tuscola, IL 61953. micsmith@tuscola.k12.il.us.

90s Galen ’90 and Carol (Eggan ’89) Golay, a son, Sawyer Daniel, on May 4, 2011, in Kirkland, WA.

Patrick Provart ’91 has accepted a position as a technical manager at the Illinois Department of Transportation in Springfield, IL. He is responsible for the financial software used by the department for payroll, payment of contractors, and funds transfer from the federal government for Illinois airports, highways, and Amtrak service. 217 Westbrook Dr, Springfield, IL 62702. prprovart@yahoo.com.

Kelly (Ware ’93) Falcone lives in Lanesville, IN, with her husband of 17 years and three children, Alexis, age 14, Abrianna, age 12, and Gabriel, age 10. 2515 Forest Creek Ct, Lanesville, IN 47136. bfalcone@insightbb.com.

Carla (Sorenson ’94) Hall received her master’s in nursing from the University of Northern Colorado in May 2011. She works as a nurse practitioner in the cardiology division of the University of Colorado, Denver. 5341 Peak View Ct, Windsor, CO 80550. cchallco@msn.com.

The St. Louis Business Journal named Gary Pierson ’95 to its “40 Under 40 Class of 2012.”

The award honors 40 area leaders under the age of 40 for their accomplishments as business and community leaders. Gary was recognized for his success in a diverse practice that spans traditional intellectual property, advertising, and entertainment law. He counsels agencies, retailers, manufacturers, and other marketers on claim substantiation, testimonials sweepstakes, e-commerce, and social media promotions. He also supports the local music and arts scene and advises numerous local arts organizations. Gary is a member of the Board of Directors of the St. Louis Volunteer Lawyers and Accountants for the Arts. gary.pierson@huschblackwell.com.

Kyle Black ’96 completed his first Ironman Triathlon on November 5, 2011, in Panama City Beach, FL, with a time of 13:58:52. 4416 Valley Trace Ct, Indianapolis, IN 46237. kyleblack21@ gmail.com.

Jon ’96 and Abbey Gropp, a son, Jedidiah Johnson Gropp, born January 14, 2011. Jedidiah was welcomed home by his older siblings, Zeke, Eliza, and Emelia. Jon currently serves as the dean of student life at Anderson University and reports that, “Abby works hard to stay sane at home with the cherubs.” 1417 Old Ivy Rd, Anderson, SC 29621. Jonabs1@yahoo.com.

Alex and Jill (Johnson ’96) Morris adopted a son on November 8, 2011. Vincent YanCun was born on February 20, 2007, in Shanxi, China. He joins sisters, Ally and Mallory. 4022 Cadence Dr, Spring Hill, TN 37174. jillyjonwrites@yahoo.com.

Keith Young ’96 recently moved to Charleston, SC, to serve as a senior manager of Boeing

Research and Technology. He is responsible for hiring and training a team of engineers and scientists to support the new Boeing 787 factory in North Charleston, SC. 3416 Southern Cottage Way, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29466. drkeithyoung@gmail.com.

Erin (Miller ’99) Cash is the director of admissions at Lexington Theological Seminary in Lexington, KY. 1185 Ashford Ln, Lexington, KY 40515. erin.miller.ky@gmail.com.

Scott ’99 and Yvi (Martin ’01) Giffen, a son, Ezekiel “Zeke” Martin Giffen, on December 23, 2011. scottdgiffen@yahoo.com.

Matthew Organ ’99 graduated in May 2011 from Eastern Illinois University with a master’s in educational administration. In June 2011, Matthew and his wife, Sarah, had their second son, Johnathan. Big brother Michael, is two years old. 161 Myers Rd, Walnut Hill, IL 62893. m_organ77@hotmail.com.

00s Jim Catanzaro ’00 has been named Lake Forest College’s new head football coach. Jim has been the program’s interim coach since April 2009.

Under his direction, the 2011 Foresters scored more points and gained more yards per game than any previous team in program history. The team also set or tied 23 other school records. Six of Jim’s players earned First or Second Team AllMidwest Conference honors. Jim hopes to build on this success and lead the team to a Midwest Conference championship and NCAA playoff berth in the near future. catanzaro@lakeforest.edu.

Lee ’00 and Ginger (Jordan ’03) Coakley were married June 18, 2011, at Durley Campground in Greenville, IL, and have also made their home in Greenville. Lee teaches Spanish and coaches girls volleyball at Triad High School in Troy, IL. Ginger serves as the Illinois representative of the anti-slavery organization Not For Sale, which www.greenville.edu SPRING 2012

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Ursula (Hibbert ’91) Olender is the new director of the Career Center and associate dean of students at Amherst College. Ursula previously served as director of career services at Colgate University. One of her goals at Amherst is to expand the exposure of students to a variety of career paths and provide opportunities for them to interact with potential employers, internship sponsors, and alumni colleagues. 140 Long Plain Rd, Leverett, MA 01054. uolender@hotmail.com.

Paul and Geri (Stevenson ’92) Mueth are the proud adoptive parents of a baby boy, Steven Christopher. 119 Autumn Ln, Belleville, IL 62223. pagemueth@charter.net.

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Michael and Angela (Hoppe ’02) Peterson, a daughter, Eloise Marie, born May 25, 2011. Angie is now a stay-at-home mom. 3413 W Chartwell Rd, Peoria, IL 61614. angelacpeterson@gmail.com.

works to end modern-day slavery and human trafficking. They are expecting the birth of a son in March. 322 S Elm St, Greenville, IL 62246. gingadelle@gmail.com.

Pete and Sarah (Fenlon ’00) Falk, twin boys on March 18, 2011. Theodore Nelson and Samuel Francis join their 17-month-old brother, Bobby.

642 N 9th Ave, Kankakee, IL 60901. sjf07@yahoo.com.

Wesley ’01 and Jessica Bell, a son, Jett Allen Cooper Bell, born July 10, 2011. 17000 West Maple, Goddard, KS 67052. wbell19772000@yahoo.com.

Tiffany (Durbin ’01) Herderhorst recently moved to Belleville, IL, with her husband, Trevor ‘02, who is a fire fighter with Conoco Philips in Wood River, IL. The couple welcomed the arrival of a son, Chase Michael, on November 15, 2011. 966 Hidden Cove, Belleville, IL 62223. tsd2479@yahoo.com.

Ann (Sauber ’01) Sattley has recently published a book, Technically, That’s Illegal (lulu.com, 2011), which looks at municipal codes, government red tape, and over-legislation in America. The commentary demonstrates how laws and codes render everyday, benign activities like gardening and photography as illegal. To learn more, visit www. technicallythatsillegal.com. 3740 S Nebraska St, Marion, IN 46953. snappytype@hotmail.com.

Andy and Jacie (Kaufmann ’01) Ziegelbein were married March 26, 2011. 4642 E Willow Point Ct, Wichita, KS 67220. Jacie1312@hotmail.com.

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Brian ’01 and Kristen (Huber ’02) Lee recently moved into a new home that Brian designed and built. They have two children, Mette and Judah. 508 Gunning St, Hillsboro, IL 62049.

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Ramiro ’02 and Rachel (Goodenough ’00) Vasquez moved to Cochabamba, Bolivia, in November 2011. They are pursuing work teaching music, English, and/or digital media.

Presently, they receive mail through Rachel’s parents’ address at 6230 Warhawk St, San Antonio, TX 78238. bassquez@hotmail.com.

David Gilleland ’04 is now the state coordinator for the Illinois Army National Guard Military Funeral Honors Program. He manages more than 80 soldiers in five teams across the state of Illinois to ensure military funeral honors are performed for those who have honorably served in the US military. 14728 Deerfield Dr, Carlinville, IL 62626. david.gilleland@us.army.mil.

Meredith (McDaniels ’04) Heater was named the new head women’s volleyball coach for Fontbonne University (MO). Meredith previously coached volleyball and tennis at Lewis & Clark Community College and volleyball at Southwestern Illinois College. She and her husband, John Heater ’01, are the parents of three children, including a new daughter, Kendall Leigh, born January 16, 2012. 309 Avalon Dr, Troy, IL 62294. MHeater@fontbonne.edu.

Megan Burt ’06 graduated in May 2011 from Duke Divinity School in Durham, NC, with a master’s of divinity degree. She now works at Pathways to Housing DC in Washington, D.C. Pathways to Housing provides clinical and housing support to mentally ill homeless individuals through Assertive Community Treatment. 1606 Drexel St, Takoma Park, MD 20912. meganburt@gmail.com.

Shawn Hubbard ’06 serves as the communication coordinator in the alumni relations department at Wheaton College in Wheaton, IL. Shawn and his wife Adrianne (Harris) Hubbard make their home in Plainfield, IL. 24723 Patriot Square Dr S, Plainfield, IL 60544. Shawn.hubbard@gmail.com.

Kimberly Conant ’07 earned a master’s degree in educational psychology and post-master’s certificate in college teaching from Capella University. She is currently pursuing a doctorate in post-secondary and adult education, also at Capella University. 803 N Cherry St, Centralia, IL 62801. Christmas1967@hotmail.com.

T.J. ’07 and Emily (Hillmer ’08) Gaylord, a daughter, Violet Belle, born October 6, 2011. T.J. is an assistant football coach at Greenville College.

He works with the defensive backs and special teams. 704 Grigg St, Greenville, IL 62246.

Troy ’08 and Miranda (Linneman ’11) Irvin were married on June 19, 2010. Troy is a graphic designer at Foppe Visual Communications in Highland, IL. 1525 6th St, Highland, IL 62249. teirvin@gmail.com.

Paul and Karleen (Weitzel ’04) Hester, a daughter, Lorraine Elizabeth, born May 14, 2009; and a son, Mark Norman, born May 25, 2011.

17396 E 2200 North Road, Hudson, IL 61748.

Karleen.hester@gmail.com.

Mark and Tressa (Stanley ’08) Rosone, a son, Clayton Michael, on September 19, 2011. The family resides in San Angelo, TX, where Mark is receiving intelligence training with the US Air Force. 555 Smith Blvd, Apt 102, San Angelo, TX 76905. mrsrosone@gmail.com.

Nicole Tucker ’04 is pursuing a master’s degree in business administration at the University of Missouri St. Louis College of Business. 11011 Westport Station Dr, Apt H, Maryland Heights, MO 63043. nrtuck@gmail.com.

Garrett Stephens ’08 married Lindsey Ellsworth on July 30, 2011. Lindsey is a 2011 graduate of Indiana Wesleyan University School of Nursing and works as a registered nurse with Columbine Health Systems in Ft. Collins, CO. Garrett is pursuing his master’s in ecology at Colorado State University. 3500 Rolling Green Dr, L47, Fort Collins 80525. garrettjstephens@gmail.com.

Dallas Bradford ’05 will marry Elbonie Bradley on May 12, 2012. His daughter, Kadynce Elyse Bradford, is now three years old. 3875 Tamarron Circle, Memphis, TN 38125. dallas.bradford3@gmail.com.

Jake and Diane (Varnon ’05) McDaniel, a daughter, Saige Marie, born on October 5, 2011.

Big brothers Javen (3) and Liam (1) welcomed Saige into the family. 8512 Calistoga Way, Brentwood, TN 37027. dianemarie84@yahoo.com.

Matt and Nikki (Brotherton ’05) Wimpelberg were married on June 19, 2010. 4732 Bernheim Dr, Owensboro, KY 42303. sccrules@yahoo.com.

Jacob and Kerry (Hammer ’09) Rohman were married on September 24, 2011. 806 3rd St, Henry, IL 61537. kerryandjake@gmail.com.

Terry Stafford ’09 was appointed pastor of the Pratt (KS) Free Methodist Church in August 2011. P.O. Box 232, Luka, KS 67066. tstaff57@gmail.com.

Rebecca Washburn ’09 now works with the regional marketing department of Crocs in Asia where she assists with corporate communications and public relations. She also provides all English copy for Asia, Africa, and Middle East communications.

She thanks Professor Ross and the Greenville College communications department for the excellent preparation she received in the communications field. Flat 1D, Solon House, 88 Robinson Rd, Midlevels, Hong Kong, China. rebecca.washburn@crocs.com.

10s Jarret and Tiffany (Nash ’10) Davis were married on July 9, 2011. 343 Falling Leaf Way, Mascoutah, IL 62258. tdavis@quisqueya.org.

Elizabeth Fink ’10 serves as assistant director of youth ministries at the First United Methodist Church in Peoria, IL. 2401 W Alta Rd, Peoria, IL 61615. Efink18@gmail.com.

Ryan Haggerty ’10 has been named assistant director of youth ministries at Grace Presbyterian Church in Peoria. He previously served as youth ministry intern. Ryan now directs the junior high ministry, plans events, teaches Sunday school, organizes midweek small groups, and casts visions for the junior high ministry for years to come.

“I’m excited about this opportunity to be used

by God to reach out to these students,” says Ryan. 6933 N Fox Point Dr, Peoria, IL 61614. rhaggerty@gracepres.org.

Ashley (Morgan ’10) Kirk is currently pursuing a master’s of divinity degree with a concentration in Christian education at Emory University’s Candler School of Theology. 2197 Briarcliff Rd, Apt 14, Atlanta, GA 30329. ashakirk@gmail.com.

Rodney Lee ’10 and Jennifer (Sutton ’10) Oyler were married on August 21, 2011. 9 Devon Ct, Apt 4, Edwardsville, IL 62025. 200606379@ panthers.greenville.edu.

Katy Gilmore ’11 showed artwork in Fiber Focus 2011, a juried exhibition produced by Art Saint Louis. Katy’s work was among the 56 pieces chosen from 259 submissions for display. Art Saint Louis is dedicated to enriching lives through the creative activity of the region’s contemporary visual artists. For over 25 years it has cultivated an appreciation for the role that visual art and artists play in the St. Louis community. 750 E Fifth St, Unit 10, Azusa, CA 91702.

200606530@panthers.greenville.edu.

Greg and Jill (Piel ’11) Lorsbach were married June 24, 2011. 6817 Wadlow Ct, Godfrey, IL 62035. jlorsbach@charter.net.

Kyle (Watson ‘09) and Brittany (Buttry ‘09) Buttry-Watson were married October 23, 2011.

Brittany serves on the Greenville College Alumni Association Board of Directors. 237 ½ E State St, Athens, OH 45701. bbuttrywatson@gmail.com.

In Memory Rev. Samuel J. Phoebus ’45 passed away September 1, 2011. An ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church, Samuel pastored various churches until his retirement in 1988. He then served as a chaplain at Torrence State Hospital until his second retirement in 2010 at age 87. Samuel was a dedicated leader and served on various committees of the Presbytery and camping board.

He also marched in Washington, D.C., with Martin Luther King, Jr. and was a member of the Indiana County Chapter of the NAACP and NAMI. His broad interests led to memberships in the Colored Slide Club, Calvary Men’s Thistle Club, Creative Life Lab, and the Indiana Ball Room Dance Club. Sam is survived by his wife, Dorothy Phoebus, with whom he shared 58 happy years of marriage.

Norman K. Mathews, a former vice president of Taylor University, passed away February 17, 2011, in Lakeland, FL. Norm attended Greenville College from 1945-46. He is survived by his wife, Doris (Watkins ’45) Mathews and five children, four of whom attended Greenville College.

Kenneth Chapman ’50 died on December 18, 2010. Kenneth spent his life serving his Lord in pastorates and Christian higher education. He was laid to rest in Eunice, LA. Arnold W. Fritz ’52 died on August 14, 2011, at age 80 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s disease.

Arnold taught biology at Greenville College and later at Malone College in Massillon, OH. He retired from teaching in 1998. Arnold was active in the Free Methodist Church and served as founding president of both The Wilderness Center in Wilmot, OH, and the Canton Audubon Society. He also served in the United States Army.

Gerald E. McElvain ’53 passed away November 20, 2011, at age 80. He was a minister and

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Rev. Kendall Pearce Mayhew ’37 died on June 26, 2011, at Fair Oaks Nursing Home in Greenville, IL. He was 98. Kendall pastored churches in south central Illinois, Iowa, and St. Louis. He also worked for the Central Illinois Conference of the Free Methodist Church until he was 82. During World War II he served as an army chaplain, receiving the Philippine Liberation Ribbon, the American Theater Service Medal, the Asiatic Pacific Service Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal. He also served in the Korean Conflict. Kendall retired from the army with the rank of lieutenant colonel. He was a past president of the Greenville Kiwanis Club, a former member of the Greenville College Board of Trustees, and member of the Gateway Conference of the Free Methodist Church. Kendall and Mildred (Bentley ’38) Mayhew enjoyed nearly 70 years of marriage together before her death in April 2009.

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assistant professor emeritus of psychology at the University of Tennessee at Martin. He was also a member of the Fulton Nazarene Church. Gerald was preceded in death by his first wife, the former Carol Marie Zimmerman, and his second wife, the former Ruth David. Survivors include a daughter and three sons.

Ruth C. Zimmerman ’53 died September 3, 2011, at Heritage Village Rehab and Skilled Nursing in Gerry, NY, at age 79. Ruth received her master’s degree in elementary education from Edinboro University (PA) in 1971. She taught school in Pennsylvania, California, and Florida before retiring in 1993. Ruth was a member of Erie Free Methodist Church and past president of Women’s Missionary International. She also served as Missions Coordinator and maintained membership in the WCTU. A Heritage Village resident since 2002, Ruth enjoyed volunteer work at the Village, especially activities involving children.

Joyce (Graff ’55) Hasenmyer passed away August 13, 2011. She was 79. Joyce received her master’s degree in education from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. She taught school in St. Elmo, Sorento, and Greenville.

Joyce was a member of the Retired Teachers Association, nationally, and at the state and local levels. She was also a member of the Utlaut Memorial Hospital Auxillary and the Greenville Free Methodist Church. Joyce is survived by her husband of 58 years, Marvin Hasenmyer, and two children.

Polly (Payne ’59) Nothnagel died August 13, 2011. She was 74. Polly received her bachelor’s degree in physical education from Greenville College and her master’s degree from Northern Illinois University. She taught at Upland College in California and in DeKalb, Sycamore and Rochelle Schools, all in Illinois. Polly was a member of the Rantoul Church of the Nazarene.

Her husband, Lloyd Nothnagel, survives.

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Daniel C. Vinton, a student at Greenville College during 1961-62, passed away on September 10, 2011, at age 86. He is survived by his wife, Carol (Fisher ’63) Vinton. 84 Denali Ln, Waynesville, NC 28786.

David R. Nelson ’73 of Bonner Springs, KS, went home to be with the Lord on November 28, 2011, after a lengthy battle with cancer.

He was 60. David earned his bachelor’s degree in chemistry and biology from Greenville College and later earned his master of business administration from the University of MissouriKansas City. Most recently he worked at Caravan Ingredients (Lenexa, KS). David served his community by volunteering as an EMT, a city band commission member, and judge for senior students’ projects at Bonner Springs High School. David was a lifelong member of the Free Methodist Church and served more than 20 years as treasurer of the Great Plains Conference of the Free Methodist Church. He was also a member of the Johnson County Numismatic Society and served as a member of the Lifeline Board, a charity that benefits children. David’s wife, Marsha (Earing) Nelson, and three daughters survive. Memorial contributions can be made in David’s honor to the Greenville College Catalyst Fund, which supports the College’s natural science department.

Trena Louise (Hinkle ’85) Woodard went to be with her Lord on October 15, 2011, surrounded by her family. She was a long-time employee of the Indiana Division of Family Resources and Affiliated Computer Services of Evansville. She was also an active member of the Vincennes Free Methodist Church and an avid researcher of family history. All who knew Trena treasured her energy, enthusiasm, and love for life.

Dr. Rebecca Hewitt ’86 died August 29, 2011, at age 52. Rebecca was a physician at Marshall Clinic in Effingham, IL, for over 20 years. She was a member of Centenary United Methodist

Church, a Sunday school teacher, and active in Globe International Mission Trips in Nicaragua.

Longtime friend of Greenville College, Shirley Minshall, 78, of Wheat Ridge, CO, passed away November 3, 2011. Her husband, John W. Minshall, former chairman of Greenville College’s board of trustees, preceded her in death.

The John and Shirley Minshall Servant Leadership Award was named in their honor for the combined service and guidance they demonstrated throughout their long association with Greenville College. The College’s value grew from $5 million to nearly $20 million thanks to John’s board leadership and Shirley’s faithful support in the construction of the Snyder Hall of Science, Armington Center, Sports Training Annex, Young Library Tower, and the Health and Recreation Center. “We are consumed by the fact that God wants us,” John once said. Shirley demonstrated this commitment by actively pursuing service to others in the Lord’s name.

She oversaw the greeting and social organizing functions of her local church and also assisted Stonecroft Ministries in its work equipping missionaries to evangelize, disciple, and lead. At Greenville College, she helped initiate the practice of trustee retreats. As the mother of five Greenville College students, she served on Greenville College’s first President’s Parents’ Cabinet. A 1997 issue of The RECORD recognized the Minshalls’ lifetime giving as surpassing $1 million at that time. “The Lord has given us the ability to do this,” Shirley reflected, “and it is our privilege, but it is also a matter of being obedient to Him. We want to be faithful to what God would have us do.”

Memorial contributions in Shirley’s honor can be made to Greenville College.

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