the
KING’S Herald Winter 2013
ALUMNI MAGAZINE | VOLUME 9 | NUMBER 1
I AM ONE...
of the many faces of King
president ’ s
address opportunities abound
Over the past several years, the landscape of higher education has increasingly evolved at a rapid pace. New pedagogical practices in the traditional classroom are transforming the King learning experience. King faculty are well-apprised of new technologies, learning styles and teaching techniques that both inspire students and prepare them for the broader issues of life, in addition to their vocational interests. These new avenues of change bring about opportunities to further the King mission of building meaningful lives for achievement and cultural transformation in Christ. King’s innovative approaches to higher education are being successfully implemented, providing greater accessibility to a larger and more diverse set of students. The variety of new programmatic offerings continues to engender significant growth in our traditional, graduate, professional, and online programs. Student-faculty research is expanding; and the King Institutes provide opportunities to conduct research, conferences and programs for the King community and the surrounding region. The Buechner Institute focuses on ‘faith engaging culture,’ while other institutes feature research on neuroscience and molecular genetics, economics, and security and intelligence studies. Continuing regional and national economic challenges, along with shifting social constructs, are leading to ever-increasing numbers of students searching for practical and convenient avenues to further their education. In 2005, King established its first off-campus instructional location, and through cooperative regional partnerships, students now have the opportunity to select from more than 13 King locations throughout Southwest Virginia and East Tennessee, including King’s newest location in East Tennessee – Strawberry Plains. In response to student preference for more conveniently offered degree programs, King has expanded its Graduate and Professional Studies to include an array of online degree programs. As a result, King has created the School of Graduate and Professional Studies & Online Programs (GPS). GPS has grown from an initial offering of four programs to ten undergraduate and graduate degrees, including the most recent addition of Allied Health, Criminal Justice, Communication, and Psychology. There are many faces of King, and, both individually and collectively, they embrace King’s transformative values of faith, service, scholarship, and career. Your support continues to be an integral part of King’s growth and success.
Sincerely,
Dr. Gregory D. Jordan
President
Contents Winter 2013 | Volume 9 | Number 1
Read about the many Faces of King on page 2.
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FEATURES
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president
Dr. Gregory D. Jordan vice president of marketing
ON THE COVER
& enrollment
King College Affordable Investment for Student Futures
management
Upon graduation from King, student debt is lower on
LeAnn Hughes
average than other schools.
chief development officer
John W. King — jwking@king.edu director of annual giving
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Denise Asbury — dasbury@king.edu director of alumni
& career services
New Wager Center for Student Success Unveiled King’s Career Success Center recently expanded services.
Finley Green — flgreen@king.edu director of career development
Donna Felty — dhfelty@king.edu the k i n g ’ s h e r a l d s ta f f
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I Love King! Students share what they love most about King College.
editor
Laura Boggan contributing editors
LeAnn Hughes Sarah Clevinger graphic designer
Courtney Plaisted
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photographers
King Goes WAY Abroad; Women’s Wrestling Takes Game International The Lady Tornado represent both King and the United
Andy Olson Earl Carter
States at International competitions.
contributing writers
Laura Boggan Ryan Gasser
22 Alumni Community DEPAR TMENT S
student contributors
Zach Irby (’13) — BA in Communication Daniel Coates (’14) — MBA, Graduate Assistant
2 Campus News
23 Faculty and Staff Notes
our mission
To educate students in an academically rigorous and collegiate setting that integrates Christian faith, scholarship, service, and career, leading to meaningful lives of achievement & cultural transformation in Christ. our vision
To grow continually as a Christian comprehensive college, with pre-professional and professional schools, that builds lives for achievement & cultural transformation in Christ.
14 Athletic News
26 Class Notes
18 Buechner Institute
28 In Memorium
19 Performing & Visual Arts 20 Where Are They Now?
campus
news
cover photo: the faces
Imagine the setting – a picturesque
of
king
Streak Continues... 13 & counting
and Professional Studies & Online
campus in the foothills of Northeast
Programs (GPS). They include (left to
Tennessee, minutes from the state line
right) senior business administration
which runs through the center of
major Logan Jennings, undergraduate
downtown Bristol, Tenn., and Bristol,
student; Online Master of Business
College has once again achieved record
Va. Focus in on the faces of those
Administration (MBA) student
enrollment numbers. With an enrollment
walking King’s historic Oval, or sitting
Ashley Carrier, who also works in
count of 2,342, this is a 10 percent
in the stands in the Student Center
King’s Business Office as an assistant
increase over last year’s number of
Complex gym to cheer on the Tornado.
accounts receivable specialist; MBA
2,127. “The substantial growth is cert-
Next, visualize someone sitting at their
students Mark Holden and April
ainly a reaffirmation of King’s mission,”
kitchen table, laptop at the ready,
Breimann; Dr. Cara Anderson, dean
said Dr. Greg Jordan, president of King
taking a course at the end of a busy
of the School of Education; junior
College. “King continues to flourish
day, or sitting in a classroom in
business major Jade Schroeder, who is
through development of quality,
Knoxville, Tenn. These are the faces
also a student worker in the Office of
innovative academic programming
of King.
the President; and Dr. Ray Bloomer,
and cultivation of our School of
professor of Astronomy and Physics
Graduate and Professional Studies &
and associate dean of Arts & Sciences.
Online Programs.”
Pictured on the cover are a few
of the faces of King who represent the
For the 13th consecutive year, King
College’s faculty, staff, and students
from both traditional and Graduate
start dates to accommodate students
parton
and
estes win big
“With the introduction of multiple
enrolling in online degree programs, King’s total enrollment increased again in October,” said Micah Crews, associate vice president for Enrollment Management GPS. “As a result, enrollment for the fall semester was elevated to more than 2,400 students.”
Emily Parton of Fall Branch,
education and pursue my Bachelor of
Tenn., and Jennifer Estes of Loudon,
Business Administration degree.”
Tenn., are both on their way to
obtaining a college degree.
annual Degree of Success Scholarship
contest, co-sponsored with Knoxville’s
In February, Parton became the
On Nov. 1, Estes won the third
seventh winner of the College Dream
107.7 WIVK, and will pursue her
contest, co-sponsored with 88.3
Bachelor of Science in Allied Health.
WCQR. “Although I have my associate
“I am the first person in my family to
degree, I felt strongly it was important
attend college. I want my family to
to be a positive role model for my
see that even if a degree is obtained
children by practicing what I preach
in a non-traditional way, it can still
and going back to school to further my
be accomplished.”
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king college affordable investment for students’ future
For many students across the country, the cost
of a college education can be quite daunting. Despite challenging economic conditions, King College has seen record enrollment increases every year for the past 13 years. King’s commitment to providing quality educational opportunities for its students and the surrounding region is evident through the College’s exceptional admissions process designed to ensure
borrowed money; a number which does include family
affordability and its sustained development of both
borrowing as well as governmental and private loans.
traditional and the School of Graduate and Professional
Studies & Online Programs.
of higher learning, King has significantly lower average
graduate debt than other schools, both private and public.
“The past several years have been transformational
Currently, when compared to other regional institutions
for the College,” said LeAnn Hughes, vice president of
Marketing and Enrollment Management. “Through the
Institute for College Access and Success, the New York Times
combined efforts of the College and the extended com-
reported the average amount of debt students have at
munity that has embraced King’s mission, King is reaching
graduation has increased at a vast majority of colleges and
new heights. In a time where many schools have seen a
universities in the United States.
decline in their numbers, we have far exceeded enrollment
expectations.”
debt in 2010 was only $13,484, while five neighboring
Through data compiled by an advocacy group, the
The data showed that King College’s average graduate
public and private institutions averaged $21,382 in graduate debt.
“Our admissions representatives work in combination
with King Student Financial Services to ensure what debt students do incur is markedly less than they might acquire at other institutions,” said Greg King, assistant vice president of enrollment management. “Regardless of price tag, the overall goal is helping ensure students can afford to come
to King. Each year, King College awards more than $35 million in scholarships, grants, loans, and student campus
In a recent New York Times article by Andrew Martin
employment for both traditional and GPS students. Ninety-
and Andrew W. Lehren, the two talk of “A generation
eight percent of King’s traditional students receive assistance
hobbled by the soaring cost of college.” Martin and Lehren
with an average annual award of $17,520.”
cite a Department of Education survey of 2007-08 traditional graduates that states about two-thirds of bachelor’s degree recipients borrow money to attend college, either from the government or private lenders. The survey, however,
To find out more about King’s Office of Admissions, visit http://admissions.king.edu, or visit http://financialaid.king.edu to learn more about financial aid opportunities at King.
did not take into account monies borrowed from family members. By contrast, 45 percent of 1992-93 graduates
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86th
dogwood weekend a grand success
In celebration of King College’s 86th annual Dogwood
current member of King’s Board of Trustees and previously
Weekend in April 2012, more than 450 alumni and friends
served on King’s Alumni Council. Harr also serves on The
joined together to reminisce and reconnect.
Academy at King Board.
Events for the weekend included such favorites as
King is blessed to have a core of faithful volunteers
alumni volleyball and King Tornado baseball. The PVA
who support the College. The Volunteer of the Year award
Department received rave reviews of their family-friendly
recipient was Jewel Bell. In 1952, Bell began her career at
musical, “A Year with Frog and Toad,” performed at the
the College as a housekeeper. Quickly, she was promoted to
Paramount Center for the Arts in Bristol. An instant hit was
switchboard operator, taking charge of the College’s public
the new cornhole tournament. Sixty-four participants also
information center. Her unique style of mentoring and
enjoyed a beautiful day of golf during the Jay Baumgardner Memorial Golf Classic. Several individuals were recognized for exceptional achievement in their career field, remarkable service to King, and commitment to serving as leaders in
community service includes the presidency of the Bristol PTA Council, YWCA board of directors, as well as many years of service with the Girl Scout Council, Lee Street Baptist Church, and Healing Hands Medical Ministry.
The Graduate and Professional Studies award for 2012
was presented to Carolyn Ferrell (’09). Following a 25-year
their communities.
mothering guided generations of students and alumni. Bell’s
King’s Distinguished Alumni of the Year award was presented to Jon Harr (’87), which honors those who exemplify the College’s goals of excellence, achievement, and stewardship. Harr’s career spans more
career in the aviation industry, Ferrell utilized the skills she learned from King to start her own management company, Ferrell Management Consultants, LLC. She is currently the director of Human Resources with The Robinette Company in Bristol, Tenn.
than 20 years in higher
education in the region.
an award to recognize young alumni who have made
Harr serves as a 4 | KING’S HERALD ALUMNI MAGAZINE
In 2004, the King College Alumni Office introduced
outstanding professional contributions to their field since
strong commitment to service. The
extended family, have chosen King over
2012 Young Alumni Achievement award
the years. Geraldine “Gerry” Jones
recipient was Andrew Jebasingh (’02).
Whitner graduated from King in 1957.
Beginning as an idea on a napkin, the
Soon after, she met her husband, John,
company he co-founded, Xelex Digital,
whose sister, Dorothy Whitner - Poole
has grown to ten employees in the U.S.
(’54), had lived down the hall from
and seven in India with $2 million in
Gerry while at King. The legacy began.
annual revenue. The company creates
Gerry and John had four children,
software products for the medical
including two who graduated from
documentation industry. Jebasingh has
King – Steve (’87), and Jerri Ann
a strong relationship with King, not
(’90). Steve’s wife, Tracy Robeson
only assisting King when called upon,
Whitner (’89), along with both of
but also hiring graduates, and offering
her parents, Dr. James (’60) and
internships for students.
“Jeannie” Lansford Robeson (’62),
and brother, Jimmy (’88), also
King is blessed to have numerous
graduated from King. Jeannie’s sister
“a family affair.” The Legacy Award
Carolyn Lansford Ward (’60), and her
recognizes their commitment to King
husband, Jerry (’60), also met at King.
as well as their lifetime of service and
For the Whitner family, King truly has
achievement. This year the Legacy
become “a family affair.”
Carolyn Ferrell (’09)
families who have made attending King
Andrew Jebasingh (’02)
Many members of the family, including
Jewel Bell (60 years of service at King)
graduating, and who have shown a
Award recognized the Whitner family.
Check out Dogwood 2013!
Jon Harr (’87)
Whitner family
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campus
news
Isaac Snapp and Kenneth McVey
senior science students receive grant for neurotoxicology research King seniors Kenneth McVey and
In their research, McVey
Isaac Snapp were awarded grant
and Snapp both theorize that
funding for scientific research in the
exposure to pesticides could
field of neurotoxicology this spring
have long lasting effects that
through the Colonel Lee B. Ledford
may result in a person’s
Student Research Endowment through
offspring being born
the Appalachian College Association.
with a greater chance of
McVey, of Richlands, Va., is a Neuro-
developing a neurodegenerative
science major with a Chemistry minor,
disorder such as Parkinson’s disease
while Snapp, from Bluff City, Tenn.,
or autism.
is working toward a double major in
Biology and Mathematics and minoring
through the spring 2013 semester as
in Chemistry.
their Senior Thesis Research Project,
which will allow them to graduate with
McVey and Snapp are conducting
their research under the guidance of
Their research will continue
Honors in Independent Study.
Dr. Vanessa Fitsanakis, chair of the Biology department at King, and Rekek Negga (’09) lab manager.
“Both students applied for the grant under their own name, which allows them to include on their resumes that they have applied for and received grant funding for research,” said Dr. Fitsanakis. “Not many undergraduates have that kind of opportunity.”
king service fraternity receives charter
After two years of dedicated work
Alpha Eta Epsilon, has 12 members
members at 366 colleges nationwide.
by students and faculty advisors, King
and 12 pledges who were initiated
More than 350,000 members have
was welcomed into the Alpha Phi
in Nov. 2012.
joined APO since its founding.
Omega family. Participating colleges
receive a chapter name to distinguish
Service Fraternity has more than
themselves. King’s chapter, called
17,000 male and female student
Alpha Phi Omega National
Read more!
salzburg
A recent trip to beautiful and
Exploring
campus
europe
chicago
Members of King College’s
news
King’s traditional MBA students
historic Salzburg, Austria was the
Teacher Education Program returned
traveled to Amsterdam and Rotterdam
culmination of three years of hard
from the Chicago, Ill., Oak Park School
in the Netherlands and also to Paris,
work and persistence for King’s Snider
France as part of their coursework
Honors class of 2013, the first to be
focusing on International Business.
eligible for the Honors Scholar Award
subsidy, which assists students in
opportunity analysis for Eastman
attending the Salzburg Global
Chemical Company which they then
Students performed a market
Seminar’s International Study Program (ISP).
Each day during the week-long
trip, faculty experts from the ISP Seminar addressed topics ranging from ethnocentrism to race, tech trends, economic sustainability, and the role of faith in social activism.
“Visiting the Chicago Freedom School was a great learning experience,” said senior Ashley Ruth. “I was amazed at how much can be done if we just have the courage to do it.” District with a new found appreciation for their chosen career field.
Ten teacher education students
and three faculty representatives spent
“This journey was one of those rare
time this summer working in Chicago
presented to Eastman executives at
opportunities students have to not only
in the school district that bills itself
their Europe, Middle East & Africa
gain academic awareness of particular
as the “capital of diversity.” Students
Regional Headquarters located in
subjects but to couple that with actual
also participated in panel discussions
the Netherlands.
experience,” said Dr. Mark Dollar,
dealing with the topic of diversity with
director of the Snider Honors Program.
experienced educators from Chicago.
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campus
news women’s volleyball garners wisdom from the maasai
For Tiffany Baines, a junior
Athletic Training major minoring in
standing of the Maasai,” said Strang.
Mathematics, a summer mission trip
“The Maasai learned from our
to Africa not only caused her to step
students, but I believe the team took
clevinger receives 40 under forty award
“The team gained an under-
away just as much or more from them. The team realized how blessed they are and how out of our abundance, we may bless others.”
The two week trip was Toomey’s
first time in Africa. “Every two years, I take my team on a mission trip so they can experience things that will open
their eyes to the world around them,
which in turn, shapes them and further
ness Journal of Tri-Cities, Tennessee/
out of her comfort zone, it also helped
develops their character.”
Virginia honors the region’s top
her discover who she is and what she
young business professionals. Sarah
wants to be. “The people who we went
was not shaken by their everyday
Clevinger (’13), director of marketing
to serve ended up serving me more
struggles; it was only strengthened,”
and communications for King College,
than I ever could begin to explain,”
commented Baines. “People all over
was among this year’s award recipients.
said Baines.
the world need us. If a small group,
like our Volleyball Team, can make
pients are 39 years of age or younger,
on King’s Women’s Volleyball Team,
such an impact in the lives of the less
live and work in East Tennessee or
traveled in May to Tanzania and
fortunate, what could we do as a whole
Southwest Virginia, are involved in
Kenya, Africa, along with The Rev. Dr.
community, or better, as a nation?”
their communities and show the
Baines, along with her teammates
“The Maasai’s love for the Lord
Every year since 1993, The Busi-
The 40 Under Forty award reci-
Fred Foy Strang, chaplain and dean
potential to be a leader in the business
of the Peeke School of Christian
community during the next decade.
Mission; Chris Toomey, Head
Coach for Women’s
into the highly respected group during
Volleyball; and
a gala on Oct. 26 and will be featured
senior Jacob Strang,
in the magazine’s December edition.
to work with the
Maasai. The team
of the 40 Under Forty designation
spent time in
include LeAnn Hughes, vice president
ministry and service,
of marketing and enrollment
teaching Vacation
management; Jim Donahue, vice
Bible School as
president for business operations and
well as giving
chief financial officer; and Micah
volleyball seminars.
Crews, associate vice president for
The 2012 honorees were inducted
Other King College recipients
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King, assistant vice president for enrollment management.
campus
news
king college professor receives $300,000 federal grant
Dr. Vanessa Fitsanakis, chair of the
The grant, entitled “Role of
students will focus their studies on
Biology department at King, has been
Oxidative Stress and Protein Trans-
the brain cells, or neurons, in the
awarded a $300,000 grant from the
porters in Glyphosate and Mancozeb
C. elegans. It is anticipated that
National Institute of Environmental
Neurotoxicity,” focuses on the poten-
this work will provide greater
Health Sciences (NIEHS). The grant,
tial ability for widely used pesticides
understanding about how pesticides
which will be distributed over the
to cause oxidative stress. In large
may cause neurons to die and how
course of three years, was secured
quantities, oxidative stress may cause
environmental chemicals may
through a rigorous national compet-
severe damage to human cells and
contribute to Parkinson’s disease.
itive process with a funding success
tissues. It is natural for humans to
rate of just 8.5%. It is one of the
produce oxidative stress in their bodies
largest grants in the College’s history,
during normal everyday activities. In
and represents a major milestone in
small amounts this is not harmful.
scientific research at King.
In some cases, however, such as during
exposure to excessive sunlight or
“The NIEHS funding will enable
undergraduate students in the health
various human-made chemicals, or
sciences, predominantly biology and
due to a lack of proper nutrition,
neuroscience, to engage in hands-on
more oxidative stress molecules are
original research that is usually only
produced. Fortunately, organisms can
available to students of large univer-
produce special proteins, or obtain
sities,” said Fitsanakis. “It will also
molecules from well-balanced diets,
permit them to participate in a host of
called antioxidants. In some instances,
national and international conferences
people who have Parkinson’s disease
in places like Washington, D.C.;
have increased levels of oxidative stress
Barcelona, Spain; and Milan, Italy.
in various tissues and organs. In the
grant, Fitsanakis hypothesizes that in
the absence of proper precautions and
protective clothing, exposure to some
importance of this grant for our
pesticides may lead to increased
students,” said Dr. Fitsanakis. “With
oxidative stress.
the increasing competitiveness
surrounding entrance into professional
In order to test this hypothesis,
“It is difficult to overstate the
students in Fitsanakis’ lab will treat
and graduate schools, many of our
small worms, called C. elegans, with
nation’s leading institutions do not
various concentrations of these
even consider applications from
pesticides to see if they show signs of
students who have not participated
increased oxidative stress. If they do,
in undergraduate research. This grant
further studies are designed to
enables students at King College to
determine how the pesticides enter the
apply to leading graduate institutions
worms’ cells and cause damage. Since
without feeling intimidated by their
Fitsanakis is specifically concerned about Parkinson’s disease, her
peers in some of America’s most prestigious universities.” WINTER 2013 | 9
new wager center
The Career Success Center at King
for
student success unveiled
director of Career Development, is
guidance,” said Green. FOCUS 2
has recently expanded the services it
committed to helping students identify
and CareerShift are available at
offers, moving forward with a wide
internships and jobs for which King
careers.king.edu for all King students
range of opportunities for students,
has prepared them. As a liaison with
and alumni.
including the new Wager Center for
local businesses and organizations, she
Student Success.
works to identify regional internship
Center for Student Success will give
and employment opportunities for
both Felty and Green a broader avenue
current and graduating students, as
in helping students. From hosting
well as providing internship placement
webinar sessions to providing a place
assistance for King’s traditional
for potential employers to conduct
MBA students.
interviews remotely through Skype, the
new center will allow students to see
“The addition of the Wager Center
for Student Success, combined with
For Green, director of Alumni and
The addition of the new Wager
Career Services, it’s about working
what career opportunities are available
one-on-one with the students, to
to them.
provide them assistance in resume
building, interview skills, internship
will provide students the skills to get a
application, and career guidance.
great job, or get into the graduate
“The new student success center
Green also organizes FOCUS 2 testing a dedicated and robust job and
with new freshmen.
internship identification process, sets
our graduates apart when they begin
in FOCUS 2 as part of their First Year
looking for employment. This also
Seminar as do transfer students in
brings further value to a King College
King 2000. It provides freshmen with
degree,” stated LeAnn Hughes, vice
additional information to help guide
president of Marketing and Enrollment
both their degree and career paths.
Management for King.
a validated career and education
The Wager Center for Student
All first-year students participate
FOCUS 2 guides students through
Success is served by Career Devel-
decision making model to help
opment and Career Services staff.
students choose their major at King
Donna Felty and Finley Green engage
and make informed decisions about
King students in the career planning
their career. FOCUS 2 combines five
process and assist them in all phases
self-assessments, the results of which
school of their choice, and set them
of their development during their
are incorporated into the student’s
on the right path towards a successful
time at the College. Services include
classroom experience, and, coupled
career,” said Felty.
career assessment, career planning and
with guidance, toward developing
guidance, internship placement, and
travel and internship opportunities.
job search preparation.
transfer students, following FOCUS 2
King begins working with students
“We meet with freshmen and
from day one to help identify the best
completion, to determine where their
career path for each individual. Felty,
interests lie and provide additional
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Visit careers.king.edu to learn more!
campus a program
and
location near you
In 2001, King College opened its first program designed
of Pellissippi State Community College in Strawberry Plains,
to meet the needs of
Tenn. and offers the Bachelor of Business Administration
working adults. This
(BBA), Bachelor of Science in Nursing for Registered Nurses
new effort began a
(RN-BSN), and Master of Business Administration (MBA)
season of growth and
degree programs. The newest location planned for summer
expansion for the
2013 is Harriman, Tenn.,” said Micah Crews, associate vice
College as the need for
president of Enrollment Management GPS.
continued education
opportunities became
Associate of Arts, BBA, RN-BSN, Bachelor of Information
evident throughout
Technology, MBA, and Master of Education. Applications
the region. Since the
are also being accepted for the Master of Science in Nursing
first off-campus
for fall 2013, with application deadlines of Feb. 1 for early
location was added
decision and May 1 for regular decision. Four new
in 2005 in Kingsport,
degree programs have been added including
Tenn., King’s School
Bachelor of Science in Allied Health, Bachelor
The spring 2013 GPS offerings will include Pathway,
of Graduate and Professional Studies & Online Programs
of Science in Criminal Justice, Bachelor of
(GPS) has continued to expand its borders throughout
Science in Communication, and Bachelor of
Southwest Virginia and East Tennessee.
Science in Psychology.
news
“Our GPS program is tailored to reduce the challenges
facing the adult learner,” said Eric Richardson, dean of King’s School of Graduate and Professional Studies & Online Programs. “By offering classes in both convenient
Visit gps.king.edu to learn more about our locations!
locations, one night per week, and in an online or on site format, the working adult may obtain their degree in as little as 16 months and open the door for professional advancement.”
Jason Harter BBA, 2011 | MBA, 2013
“King’s Strawberry Plains site is located on the campus
security
and
intelligence studies minor now offered
Many employers are seeking
Students have the opportunity to
administration. Other majors enhanced
college graduates who are aware of
learn about espionage and intelligence,
by the minor are neuroscience, forensic
and understand global issues such
international terrorism, the Cold War,
science, physics,
as security threats and international
covert action, and advanced topics
mathematics,
affairs. “We were looking at ways in
in geopolitics. Career paths where a
psychology, and
which to modernize and accentuate
minor in SIS is beneficial include
foreign language.
traditional majors in the job market,”
careers in government, military,
There are only 25
said Dr. Joseph Fitsanakis, instructor
diplomacy, or intelligence. Areas of
schools in the
and coordinator for the SIS program at
study complemented by a SIS minor
nation offering this
King. “King’s new minor in Security and
include political science, history, and
type of program.
Intelligence Studies (SIS) complements
business – particularly accounting,
many different majors very well.”
finance, economics, management, and
campus
news
online degrees popular option working professionals
Beginning in the summer of 2009,
for
their degree. Distance learners can log
King College offered a few classes in an
into their courses anytime, anywhere
online format. Increasing popularity of
to complete assignments, projects,
online programs led to an expansion
and tests. The online learning platform
format on site. The fast-tracked
of the program. In May 2011, King
allows students to choose their class
format allows students to earn their
began offering what would be the first
time according to their busy schedules.
degree faster while acquiring a quality
of many online degree programs. In
education. King guarantees the
just over a year, King has expanded its online degree programs from only
“The online program gave me
quality of both its online and on site curriculum to ensure graduates are
offering the Bachelor of Business
the opportunity to work on my
Administration (BBA) and Master of
assignments at my own pace.
knowledge and skill sets enabling them
Business Administration (MBA) to now
Knowing what is expected of
to compete in an aggressive job market
offering a total of eight programs.
King College online degree pro-
you beforehand allows you to
prepared with the latest industry
and succeed in advanced careers.
“I am very fortunate to be able
grams allow working professionals,
be able to work school around
while maintaining a full-time job and
other events in your life,”
young age,” continued Carter. “This
juggling other commitments, to earn
said April Carter, current online student.
program has given me the tools needed
to obtain my master’s degree at a
to perform my current job exceedingly well. It will also prepare me for future career opportunities.
April Carter first received her BBA
Students have the option to
degree in 2010 through King’s GPS
choose from an Associate of Arts, BBA,
program and loved the program so
Bachelor of Science in Communication,
much so that she enrolled in the
Bachelor of Science in Psychology ,
new online MBA program, with an
Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice,
expected graduation date in fall
Bachelor of Information Technology,
2012. “The online program gave
Bachelor of Science in Nursing for
me the opportunity to work on my
Registered Nurses, and MBA.
assignments at my own pace. Knowing
what is expected of you beforehand
College online degree program are
allows you to be able to work school
eligible for financial aid to support
around other events in your life. Being
their collegiate dreams.
Most students enrolled in a King
able to access my class online from anywhere ensures that I don’t get behind on class assignments; I am still able
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to meet other obligations.”
Online courses mirror their counterpart taught in a traditional
To learn more about King’s online degrees, visit online.king.edu!
10 Things We love about King!
by zach irby
Founded in 1867, King College has historic roots in the Tri-Cities region. King’s Office of Marketing and Communications asked around campus to see what people love most about King. With answers ranging from the bricked Oval to the one-on-one attention that professors give their students, the responses were combined to form a top ten list of things students LOVE about King.
“King College makes
me feel like I’m part
I feel like I’m part of something bigger at
1. Professors 2. Small Class Sizes 3. Buechner Institute
King, and it’s amazing the opportunities
of a community. I love
the small class size and
being on a personal
level with my teachers.
this place has given me.”
Alysha Atkins Traditional | Class of 2014
“King has a positive
atmosphere. I enjoy my
classes and watching
the basketball games.”
Robert L. Hughes
Lecture Series
“The quality, know-
ledge, and work
experience of the
professors has been
very beneficial to me.”
Joe Kerns GPS | BBA | Class of 2012
4. Study Abroad Trips 5. Performing & Visual Arts 6. Athletics 7. Student Organizations 8. Chapel 9. Career Services 10. Bricked Oval
“I cannot forget the
first time I passed
through Carmack Gate.
From there, you have
one of my favorite
views of campus
with the dark blue mountain line in the far background. King is a beautiful place and its richness runs deep with a love for community.”
Michael Thornton Traditional | Class of 2011
GPS | MBA | Class of 2013
it
be gins at
Earn your associate, bachelor’s, or master’s degree on site or online in as little as 16 months. Jeanice Pratt, BBA, 2012
gps.king.edu
athletic
news
king goes way abroad; women’s wrestling takes game international
Every coach and player’s dream
is to represent their school on a national level and vie for a national championship in his or her respective sport. Very few can say that they are able to represent their school and their country simultaneously in places such as Canada, Thailand, and Guatemala.
King Head Coach Jason Moorman
gold medals in their respective weight
King Women’s Wrestling can boast this
began preparing wrestlers for their next
divisions. Revelle did not compete due
fact and did so with success.
potential international competition.
to an injury.
With wrestling being a popular
As 2012 fell on what is called an
The three remaining grapplers
sport across international lines, taking
“Olympic year,” King prepared some of
headed out to Pattaya, Thailand for
the Lady Tornado to foreign lands is a
its best to compete for the chance to
the 2012 FILA Junior World Champ-
privilege that was well embraced by
represent the United States at the 2012
ionships in June 2012. The trio was
participating students. The team’s
Olympic Games, London, England.
led by their collegiate coach, Jason
first international stop was in London,
Five members were sent to Iowa City,
Moorman, who was handpicked to
Ontario for the Harry Geris Duals
Iowa for the two-day tournament with
help lead the U.S. Junior World Team.
where the team took top honors and
then-freshman Julia Salata placing
Julia Salata and Sarah Hildebrandt
sophomore Alli Ragan was named
the highest, advancing her to the third
represented King well, both earning
place bout of her weight class.
wins against some of the world’s
toughest competitors. Alli Ragan
A squad of six of King’s best was
assembled to compete at the 2012
stole the day by winning her second
Body Bar Championships in Lakeland,
consecutive bronze medal. In 2011,
Fla. in May 2012. All six earned the
Alli Ragan won bronze at the World
right to dawn “U.S.A.” on their backs
Junior Championships hosted in
as Alli Ragan (63 kg), freshman Sarah
Bucarest, Romania.
Hildebrandt (55 kg), and sophomore
Julia Salata (72 kg) all earned gold
after sending the most individuals to
medals, placing them on the U.S.
international competition. With their
Junior World Team. Freshman Amanda
international success and returning
Then while back in Tennessee,
Hendey, freshman Krista Revelle, and
roster, King was honored with a
King College hosted the 2012 WCWA
junior Kayla Bartosch placed second
preseason No. 1 ranking by the WCWA
National Championships in January.
at the event, landing them on the U.S.
marking the first time the program has
Two King wrestlers were crowned
Junior Pan-Am team.
achieved the top spot.
national champions and two placed
runner up. Next, in combination with
held in Peten, Guatemala, Bartosch
an incredibly talented freshmen class,
(51 kg) and Hendey (67 kg) both won
Most Outstanding Wrestler.
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At the Junior Pan-Am Games,
King undoubtedly left its mark
athletic tornado enjoys
first year
successes
in
news
conference carolinas
Conference Carolinas Tournament
but housed the 2012 Freshman of the
its first year of championship eligibility
Championship. The Lady Tornado
Year Maegan Henry and four event
in the Conference Carolinas. Of the
defeated league favorite North
champions. The men finished second
16 athletic programs King sponsors
Greenville twice for the title and
overall as a team and had five indi-
competing in Conference Carolinas,
then represented King at the 2012
vidual champions. Freshman Rickey
14 advanced to their respective sport’s
NCAA Division II Southeast Regional
Bell earned Field Performer of the Year
conference tournament or postseason
Tournament.
honors to cap the day for the Tornado.
championships. Three in particular had
tremendous first-year success stories.
made a splash with many individual
King far exceeded expectations in
Men’s Basketball earned the
Men’s and Women’s Track & Field
champions across the gamut of events.
College’s first regular season con-
The Lady Tornado placed third in the
ference championship after going
Conference Carolinas Championships
Check out our upcoming games at www.kingtornado.com!
14-2 in league play. The Tornado went on to play in the semi-final game of the Conference Carolinas Tournament before receiving an at-large bid to the program’s first NCAA Tournament appearance.
Softball earned the No. 6 seed
heading into the conference tournament behind the arm of sophomore pitcher Hannah Light, who ran the table en route to King’s first
king leads conference carolinas in presidential honor roll members
As they achieved success on
student-athlete to maintain a grade
school (Lees-McRae, 162).
their respective competitive fields,
point average of 3.2 or higher (on a 4.0
members of Conference Carolinas’
scale) at their institution. The award is
emphasize “Academics and Athletics
sponsored programs demonstrated
offered twice a year and is open to all
Working Together” as each school
the true meaning of “student-athlete”
of the league’s 12 schools.
strives to grow their Presidential Honor
with the release of the fall and spring
Roll each and every year.
Presidential Honor Roll lists. In both
on both the winter and spring lists,
the fall and spring seasons, Conference
totaling 394 student-athletes. The
Carolinas announced that King led
Tornado featured 190 in the latest
the way with the most student-
spring 2012 list. King outdid itself
athletes named to each list, totaling
the previous semester with a league-
394 honorees.
leading 204 members in the fall
2011 announcement, more than 50
The criteria for being named to
the Presidential Honor Roll is for a
King had the most honorees
more honorees than the next closest
Conference Carolinas continues to
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athletic
news
king alumni reconnect, compete in ironman triathlon By Daniel Coates
Through faith and sport Tim Hayse (’02) and Lucas
McCain (’03) first met on the King College campus to
king introduces acrobatics and tumbling as 25th varsity sport
It is with great pleasure and
excitement that King College and Tornado Athletics proudly
work a basketball camp held in the summer of 1999. The teammates would later reconnect well after their
Acrobatics & Tumbling (A&T) as its
playing days.
announces the addition of
Following their graduation, McCain gave triathlon a
25th varsity program. A&T will begin competing in
shot in 2005 as a way to stay active. Hayse decided to
Lucas McCain
try triathlon in 2008 without any
the 2013-14 academic year.
knowledge of McCain’s participation
in the sport. Both were hooked. “I
the heels of the 40th anniversary of the introduction of
remember racing in fall 2009 at Fall
Title IX, a piece of legislation to provide gender equity in
Creek Falls State Park,” McCain said.
educational venues.
“It was hot and I was hurting on the
run. Then I heard someone shout, ‘Go
been a leader and innovator in education and athletics.
get ‘em Luke.’ I was shocked because I
A new, exciting, and growing sport such as A&T continues
absolutely knew the voice, but it had
this tradition.”
been a few years since I’d heard it.”
Even though the men live more than
sports and is now on the fast track to becoming what the
The announcement was made Sept. 27 and comes on
David Hicks, athletic director, said, “King has always
A&T is currently one of the fastest developing collegiate
1,000 miles apart, turns out Hayse was competing as well.
NCAA identifies as an “emerging sport.” King will serve
The two reconnected after the race, and have met at several
as the eighth institution in the United States to sponsor
races across the country since then.
competitive A&T, joining schools such as the University
of Oregon (OR) & Baylor University (TX).
McCain and Hayse recently
competed at the Ironman Wisconsin
in Madison in Sept. 2012. Both
disciplines of gymnastics. Those
showed great determination, comp-
disciplines include men’s and
leting the grueling race which consists
women’s artistic, rhythmic, aerobic,
of a 2.4 mile swim, a 112 mile bicycle
acro, trampoline and tumbling, and
ride, and a full 26.2 mile marathon
group gymnastics. The sport does
run. McCain finished in 10 hours,
not focus on any one discipline but
51 minutes, and 58 seconds to place
instead focuses on a skill set that
33rd in his division. Hayse came in
encompasses traits from all areas to
with a clip of 12:30:04.
create a single, comprehensive team
“Triathlon has been way more
than a sport to me,” Hayse said. “It
Tim Hayse
A&T is derived from a combination of all seven
of athletes that contribute to success.
The addition of A&T marks the
has been an inroad into my community, a place for solitude,
first sport addition since 2009 when
competition, fun, and travel. It has enabled a healthy life-
King added women’s wrestling and
style that has had ripple effects into every area of my life.”
cycling to its athletic program. Since then,
Amber King
King has also become a member of NCAA Division II and
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Conference Carolinas. The new A&T squad will be coached by Amber King (’09). King is currently serving as head cheer coach for the Tornado.
athletic
news
ncaa helps promote king
Increased funding, broadened
graphics, and a larger assortment of
tornado updates
awareness, and an intense level of
decorative pieces.
championship competition are many
of the obvious benefits of joining
of the NCAA Division, it cashed in on
date news and score updates
NCAA Division II. Perhaps what you
the benefits of the program, which
while on the go? Sign up
didn’t know is that the NCAA is also
started nearly two years ago. You
at www.KingTornado.com
helping decorate King’s campus!
can see these NCAA licensed pieces
for the Tornado text
As an additional benefit of
incorporating the King logo around
update service, free of
joining the ranks of the NCAA, the
campus, in and outdoors including
charge.* Customize the update you
organization awards all member
new banners, skirting, and decals.
receive by sport, receive score updates
schools an allowance of $1,000 per
only, or have all Tornado news sent
institution to use toward officially
NCAA toward its teams include travel
directly to your mobile device with live
licensed NCAA promotional items for
compensation for its championship
links to stories for smartphone users.
their campuses. The funds may be used
teams, which included King.
Live stats and streaming video of all
In King’s first year as a full member
Do you want the most up-to-
Additional benefits provided by the
toward banners, table skirts, gym court
Tornado home games are also available on the Tornado website. Select away
battle
for
contests will also have live stats and
first blue ridge cup begins
video provided, depending on the host institution. *Standard text message rates
may apply.
The Tornado and Bobcats share
17 varsity athletic teams which will
athletic staff additions
be used to help determine an annual winner.
The winner of the Cup will not only
be decided on athletic fields but in the
After King joined Conference
Tornado Athletics is pleased to
classroom, as well. Points toward the
welcome the following staff additions:
overall standings will be given to the
Tyler Antonacci, assistant athletic
holder of the higher NCAA graduation
trainer; Chloe McCoy, assistant
rate, higher percentage of student-
athletic trainer; Amber King, head
athletes named to the Academic All-
cheer coach (will assume acrobatics &
Conference Team, and higher overall
tumbling head coach summer 2013);
student-athlete grade point average.
Jeremy Yates, interim assistant men’s
basketball coach; Dave Milner, assistant
The school with the most points
Carolinas in May 2011, the natural fit
will be awarded the Blue Ridge Cup at
track & field/cross country coach;
for a league rival seemed to be Lees-
the end of the 2012/2013 academic
Chelsea Leavell, assistant track & field
McRae College. Beginning fall 2012,
year and be the possessor of the cup
coach; April Taylor, assistant women’s
the two institutions will add depth to
for the following year.
volleyball coach; and Justin Farrara,
their growing rivalry when they vie for the right to hoist the newly minted Blue Ridge Cup.
Read more of the complete story!
assistant men’s wrestling coach. Staff promotions: Nick Pasqua, men’s basketball associate head coach; and Jackie Stiles, full-time assistant women’s wrestling coach.
buechner
institute here
& there: now & then
Five years ago, an idea to establish a center, to which
particular time and
we would invite speakers and performers from around
place? We ponder
the world who might challenge us through conversation,
the places we have
became a reality. This center became the Buechner (Beek-
been, the landscapes
ner) Institute at King College.
we have seen, and
the people and the
“We have adopted the phrase “Faith Engaging Culture”
Frederick Buechner
as a guiding principle, and surely, one of the more pressing
cultures that have shaped us. We consider the places
concerns of our time is what the one has to do with the
toward which we travel, what might be over the next
other,” said Dr. Dale Brown, director of the Buechner
horizon, around the next bend. What sort of people ought
Institute and chair of the English department at King.
we to be in this time and place?”
“Located between shrill sectarianism and abject secularism,
the Buechner Institute aims to cultivate a conversation
discussion, this year’s series with more than 15 programs,
that is both artful and substantial on matters of faith and
including the annual BuechnerFest weekend, is an invitation
culture. In this, we pay tribute to the acclaimed American
to keep the investigation invigorated, an exhortation to
writer and Presbyterian minister, Frederick Buechner. Over
wakefulness. Brown remarked, “That’s what we are up to
a lifetime of reflection and storytelling, he has become a
here, clarifying our cultural experience, listening to the
touchstone for those seeking to wrestle with the haunting
past, reflecting on the future, commenting on the present –
questions of the human experience.”
paying attention.”
Seeking to provide a locus for those working to elevate
Since its founding, the Buechner Institute has welcomed
more than 70 speakers and performers. This year’s lecture series seeks to bring awareness to the “Here & There: Now
Most of the Institute’s events are free, and all are open to the public.
& Then.” Brown describes the series, saying, “Suddenly wakeful, we think of where we stand, where we have been, and where we may be tending. Are we in the right place or the wrong one? And what is the special weight of a
2012–2013 Lecture Series
BU E C H N E R INSTITUTE at
For more information, visit buechnerinstitute.org!
Faith Engaging Culture Kathleen Norris | January 26
Quicksilver | March 4
Buechner Lectureship
9:15 a.m., King Memorial Chapel
7:00 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, Bristol
Dave Wottle | March 4
Michael Perry | February 4
7:00 p.m., King Student Center Board Room
9:15 a.m., King Memorial Chapel 7:00 p.m., Bristol Public Library
Kenda Dean | March 11
Emanuel (Manny) Mandel | February 11
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9:15 a.m., King Memorial Chapel 7:00 p.m., Washington Co. Library, Abingdon
Bonnie Thurston | February 25 9:15 a.m., King Memorial Chapel 7:00 p.m., Bristol Public Library
9:15 a.m., King Memorial Chapel 7:00 p.m., Bristol Public Library
Caryl Griffin | April 8 9:15 a.m., King Memorial Chapel
Thomas Lynch | April 15 7:00 p.m., First Presbyterian Church, Bristol
Visit www.buechnerinstitute.org for more information.
performing & visual
arts
Schedule of Events
JANUARY
“power
The 2012-2013 King Theatre
play” from East Tennessee, Southwest
Auditions: King Theatre Spring Productions January 21 & 22 | 5 p.m. | King’s Fine Arts Theatre
FEBRUARY/MARCH Student Directed Plays: “Спасибо: Spasíba: Thank You!” by senior Jenson Lavallee & “4.48 Psychosis” by junior De-Anda Hatfield
season revolves around “Power Play.”
Virginia, and Western North Carolina.
“In some way, many of the productions
“‘The Crucible’ serves as a warning
explore the idea of power relationships
against societies that use fear,
– who is in power, do they abuse that
humiliation, and prejudice as the
power, who is being led, and what
means for governing its people,” said
happens when the role reverses in
Dollar. “We hope our production
an instant,” said Elizabeth Dollar,
sparked conversations about justice,
associate professor of Theatre and
oppression, and what is a person’s
director of King’s Theatre program.
responsibility when he/she encounters
injustice in society.”
March 14 | 7:30 p.m. | King’s Fine Arts Theatre
the season with the Twin City Radio
APRIL
Theatre (TCRT) production, a reprisal
Short Play Festival. The fall festival
King Symphonic Band: Spring Concert
of Edgar Allan Poe with a twist.
took place on Nov. 14-15, with senior
April 14 | 8:00 p.m. | Location TBA
The “Tales of Madness” featured
Christina Matheson directing “The
adaptations of the short stories “The
Way of All Fish,” and senior Chip
King Theatre’s: “How I Became a Pirate”
Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Fall of the
Hanks directing “Family 2.0,” both
Book, Music, & Lyrics by Janet Yates Vogt and Mark Friedman
House of Usher.” In addition to their
comedic in style. A second festival,
April 18 & 19 | 8 p.m. | Paramount Center for the Arts
fall Poe performances and a new
more dramatic in theme, has been
April 19 | 10 a.m. | Paramount Center for the Arts
Christmas production, TCRT will bring
added at the end of February.
their unique style back to the stage for
Easter. They will also take their show
spring with the annual Dogwood
on the road to area schools, with the
Playhouse production. “With last
repertoire consisting of Edgar Allan
spring’s ‘Frog and Toad’ receiving such
Poe, and H. G. Wells’ classics, “The
rave reviews, we wanted to bring back
Time Machine” and “The Green Door.”
another theatre-for-youth musical,”
MAY
said Dollar. “During Dogwood
King Choir with Symphony of the Mountains: Beethoven’s 9th
The Theatre department began
Arthur Miller’s critically acclaimed
Each year, King Theatre hosts a
The season will close out this
work, “The Crucible,” served as the
Weekend, King Theatre will present
fall production. In addition to five
‘How I Became a Pirate,’ a story of
other performances, the theatre group
adventure and finding one’s own heart
hosted a sold-out performance on
– a path that can’t be found on any
Nov. 2 for high school students hailing
treasure map.”
February 28-March 3 | 7:30 p.m. King’s Fine Arts Theatre Music Dept. Convocation: Music of Local Composers March 12 | 8:00 p.m. King’s Memorial Chapel Twin City Radio Theatre Easter Production: “Shadow of the Wings” by Wyllis Cooper
April 20 | 2:30 p.m. | Paramount Center for the Arts King Jazz/Gospel Choir, Women’s Ensemble and All the King’s Men: Spring Concert April 26 | 8:00 p.m. | King’s Memorial Chapel King Symphonic Band: Spring Concert April 27 | 8:00 p.m. | Maclellan Hall
May 4 | 7:30 p.m. | Toy F. Reid Center, Kingsport King Symphonic Choir and Collegium Musicum: Commencement Concert May 10 | 8:15 p.m. | King’s Memorial Chapel
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Where Are They Now? brittany hall received trio achiever award
If you ever wondered who King’s
in the making,” said Hall. “Who knows
Community Services as a school-based
biggest fan is, it may very well be
where I would be today if it hadn’t
clinician in addition to spending time
alumna Brittany Hall. Hall, who
been for this program.”
volunteering with Carillion Clinic
credits King with much of her success,
Hospice, her true passion. Hall
graduated in 2010 with her bachelor
program that would forever change
of arts in Psychology, and then went
her life – Talent Search, one of
on to receive her master’s degree in
eight Federal TRIO Programs. The
Counseling and Human Development
eight TRIO programs identify and
from Radford University. On Oct. 22,
provide services for individuals from
Hall, along with only 50 others from
disadvantaged backgrounds. TRIO
the state of Virginia, was the recipient
programs are targeted to serve and
of the TRIO Achiever Award.
assist low-income individuals, first-
generation college students, and
Each year, TRIO recognizes
In sixth grade, Hall joined a
project participants who have excelled
individuals with disabilities to progress
in their education, professional
through the academic pipeline from
career, and have made significant
middle school to post baccalaureate
continues her involvement with TRIO,
civic, community, or professional
programs.
giving back to a program that made
contributions. “This has been 12 years
possible her education at King College.
Today, she serves New River Valley
cryptology, teaching,
What do cryptology, business
consulting, and teaching have in
and
entrepreneurship
business consulting and teaching.
Prentice Hall,” said Dr. Andy Simoson,
He serves as managing partner
professor of Mathematics at King.
for Entreventures Consulting LLC,
“We have proudly used his text for
providing operational and strategic
approximately ten years now at King
consulting for entrepreneurial
College. One semester, Tom took a
and educational enterprises. He
sabbatical and taught the cryptology
also teaches Mathematics and
course at King. Students loved him and
Entrepreneurship at Indian Springs
his mathematics.”
School, an independent, college
preparatory day and boarding school
many students are interested in the
for grades 8-12 in Birmingham, Ala.
concept of Cryptology,” said Barr.
“The experience of working with
Where does cryptology factor in?
“It is wonderful to know that so
Cryptology is the science of secret
encryption is a valuable one.” Barr
common? The answer is King College
writing such as devising codes and
continues to pen ancillary materials
graduate Tom Barr (’79).
cracking codes. “About twenty years
to accompany various mathematics
ago, Tom turned his lecture notes for
courses he teaches and has hopes
at King studying Physics and Math-
an undergraduate cryptology course
to possibly author another book in
ematics, splits his time between
into a popular textbook published by
cryptology in the future.
Today, Barr, who spent his time
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alumni
spotlight
honors project turns into gatekeeper trilogy
Have you heard of someone writing
that very cathedral.
January 2011.
a novel for their senior Honors project?
“I am just
That’s what Ruth Crews (’06) did.
book as my senior Honors project.
waiting on the
It was amazing to be able to devote
final proof
studied abroad at Oxford in England.
school time to something I wanted to
of ‘Gatekeeper’
During her first few days in England,
do in the long term. I’ve known since I
II; I’ve already
an image came to her while she was
was nine that I wanted to be a writer.
approved the
walking around the countryside.
I was grateful that King was the kind
cover art. The
Throughout her term at Oxford,
of place that gave me the opportunity
second in the
the story began to burgeon. “It was
to kind of make my own way – that I
series should be
actually at the top of Berlin Cathedral
could take school time and devote it to
out sometime in December 2012. I’m
where the entire plotline came
a project like writing a book.”
currently working on number three and
together.” The book she would later
am about 100 pages in.”
pen, “Gatekeeper,” opens at the top of
become a trilogy, was published in
Her junior year at King, Crews
“I knew then I wanted to write the
“Gatekeeper”, the first in what has
blackburn named dean of university of texas graduate school of biomedical sciences
In July 2012, Dr. Michael
Blackburn (’88) was jointly appointed
the UT Health Medical School.
an excitement to learn that I had not
had in high school or even my first
The graduate school consists
of students that reside in two larger
year in college. It was then I decided
institutions – the University of Texas
not to return to the school I had been
Health Science Center at Houston
attending and applied, successfully,
and MD Anderson Cancer Center.
to King.
Graduate students of both these
institutions receive their degree
for the leadership at UT GSBS,” said
through UT GSBS.
Blackburn. “What I learned at King
about having a personal commitment
When asked if his time at King
“I feel very humbled to be chosen
made a difference in his future
to the individual has been my approach.
accomplishments, Blackburn was
I have been very fortunate to have great
quick to reply. “It had everything to
mentors, first at King, and throughout
to the position of dean of the Univer-
do with it. Coming to King made
my career. That, along with the support
sity of Texas Graduate School of
all the difference. It was really a life
of my family and my faith, has been the
Biomedical Sciences (UT GSBS) along
changer for me. I came to King for
key to my success.”
with Dr. Michelle Barton. Blackburn
summer school after my parents
also serves as professor and vice
moved to Bristol and took a pre-
chairman of the department of
calculus class under the tutelage of
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at
Dr. Andy Simoson. He instilled in me
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alumni
community
alumni
& friends gift changed my life
Micah-Sage Bolden, a senior
offered advanced placement courses.
and honors student at King College
While there, he maintained a 4.0 GPA,
studying History and Political Science
and also was on the wrestling team
with minors in both Security &
where he was All-City.
Intelligence Studies and Philosophy, is
quick to declare the Alumni & Friends
gift, I would not have been able
Scholarship fund not only allowed him
to come to King following high
to come to King, but it completely
school,” said Bolden. My desire
changed his life.
is to one day obtain my PhD
in public policy and make a
“If I could say one thing to the
family in the projects of Knoxville,
difference in my community.”
person or persons who gave this
Tenn., Bolden knows what it is like to
do without, even to the point of being
alumni realize how much
gift, I would say thank you so
homeless for a time. “The expectations
their contributions make
for kids where I’m from were low,”
a difference in the lives of students at
think of that adequately expresses
he commented. But for Bolden, even
King. I hope they will continue giving,
my gratitude. You have taken
though he felt stuck, sought to follow
because it truly does change lives. It
a different path.
forever changed mine. Coming to King
a kid who didn’t have any hope
has made my life what it is today, and
Growing up in an extremely poor
From a young age, he was eager
“Without the Alumni & Friends
“I’m not sure if the
much. There is not a word I can
when he was younger and turned
to learn. When it came time for high
any successes I have in the future will
him into a college graduate with
school, he convinced his parents to
be because of King.”
a bright future,” said senior
move so he might attend a superior
Micah-Sage Bolden.
high school, Halls High School, which
alumni reconnect
King alumni reconnected during a
visit to the NASCAR Hall of Fame,
at
nascar hall
of
fame
located in Charlotte, N.C., in August of
Atlanta Braves versus Toronto Blue
this year. The event, hosted by the
Jays, to an evening at the “World’s
College’s Alumni Office, was co-hosted
Fastest Half Mile,” and a riverboat
by alumni Todd and Rebecca Woolery
cruise in Knoxville, Tenn.
(’96) along with Ellis Bragg (’69). The 31 in attendance enjoyed touring the Hall of Fame, as well as testing out the driving simulator.
Alumni gathered at a variety of
locations throughout the year to catch up with old friends and network with new ones. They experienced everything from the Chattanooga Lookouts, to 22 | KING’S HERALD ALUMNI MAGAZINE
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alumni faculty
community
& staff notes
Dr. Cara Anderson (‘82), dean of the School of Education,
of “A Tale of Two Cities,” on March 9-10, 2012. On March
presented at Sloan-C International Conference in Orlando
22, 2012, he delivered the Spring History Lecture for the
in October with colleagues, Dr. Eric Richardson, dean
University of Evansville, entitled “The Man in the Leather
of the School of Graduate and Professional Studies &
Mask: Prophecy and Calvinism in Early Modern Scotland.”
Online Programs, and Rebecca Thomas, associate dean
On the same subject, in Feb. and March 2012, he delivered
of institutional effectiveness. The presentation, “When
a Wednesday Lenten series at Sinking Springs Presbyterian
Dial up Meets Globalization,” explores how access and
Church in Abingdon, Va., entitled “Foretelling and Forth-
use of technology influences a student’s self-perception
telling: Prophecy in Christian History.” Dr. Dotterweich also
and engagement in the global marketplace. Dr. Anderson,
received a grant-in-aid award from the Folger Shakespeare
Dr. Richardson, and Ms. Thomas also made a similar
Library to attend the three-day workshop Dec. 13-15, 2012
presentation at SACS’ (Southern Association of Colleges
on “Teaching Book History” in Washington, D.C.
and Schools) Annual Meeting in December.
Dr. Joseph Fitsanakis, coordinator of the Security and
Lori Byington (‘85), instructor in English and Speaking
Intelligence Studies program, has been interviewed, in the
Center Director, recently had three poems and one
past several months, by Homeland Security Today magazine,
photograph published in a Civil War anthology, Filtered
Salon.com, RT television, National Public Radio’s Religion for
Through Time. The release date was Sept. 20, 2012.
Life, and Russian newspaper Kommersant, among other news
Dr. John Dodge, professor of Economics, and Dr. Andy Simoson, professor of Mathematics, co-authored the lead
outlets. His security and intelligence blog, intelNews.org, has been nominated as a Top National Security Resource by HomelandSecurity.org. Fitsanakis’ areas of expertise for
article, “Ben-Hur Staircase Climbs,” in the Sept. 2012 issue
which he is interviewed by national and international media
of the College Mathematics Journal, pp. 274-284.
include the history and practice of international espionage;
Dr. Martin Dotterweich, associate professor of History, was a 360 Talk-Back Panelist for the Barter Theatre’s production
intelligence and terriorism; cyberespionage, cyberterriorism and cyberwarfare; and the interception of communications.
Alumni, Faculty, and Staff come join us at
Rhythm & Roots H.P. King Room | Inside of 620 State Restaurant | State Street in Bristol, TN In addition to food and entertainment, we will be giving away a door prize every hour. Rhythm & Roots weekend passes are available at the discounted rate of $20.
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alumni
community faculty
& staff notes (cont.)
Dr. Cecelia Lynn Holden, associate dean of Nursing,
Dr. Amy Knowles, assistant professor
presented “A Domestic Violence Theory-Practice Gap
of Nursing, and husband, Jon, wel-
Problem with an Evidence-Based Solution” at the XII Pan
comed their new daughter, Sheelove.
American Nursing Research Colloquium
Sheelove, originally from Haiti, is 9
Conference in Sept. 2012 at the
years old. Amy and Jon began the
University of Miami, Fla. Also in Sept.,
adoption process in Jan. 2011 and
she presented “Incorporating Innovative
were able to bring Sheelove to the U.S.
Teaching-Learning Principals to Increase
in Aug. 2012.
Domestic Violence Content throughout the Undergraduate Nursing Program’s
Dr. Amy Knowles, assistant professor of Nursing, and Dr.
Curriculum” during the International
Alyssa Millner, assistant professor and program coordinator
Research Day at East Tennessee State
of Communication, began a long-term collaborative
University in Johnson City, Tenn. In Oct. 2012, Holden
research project, that will last two to three years, during the
presented “You’re Not a Victim of Domestic Violence, Are
fall 2012 semester, utilizing MSN students by training them
You?” during the Compassion 2012 Conference in Bristol,
in research design and data collection. Knowles, Millner,
Tenn. She was awarded the Ida V. Moffitt School of Nursing
and the MSN research team are striving to uncover the ways
Living Legacy Award at Samford University in Birmingham,
cancer patients make sense of their diagnosis experience.
Ala., in Oct. 2012.
The research focuses on coping mechanisms (like humor or spirituality) and nurse-patient communication.
Dr. Ilene Janson, associate professor of Education, Ms. Gloria Oster, director of Teacher Education, Dr. Donna
Dr. Bill Linderman, professor of
Raines, associate professor of Education, and Dr. Sandra
Mathematics, and wife, Elizabeth
Sanders, assistant professor of Education, were recertified
announced the safe arrival of their
as state “Observers” using the Tennessee (TEAM) Teacher
son, Henry Patrick Linderman, born
Educator Assessment Model. Dr. Raines attended three days
on Sept. 26, 2012. Henry weighed
of training on the State Standards for the Common Core
6 pounds, 12 ounces. Elizabeth and
in Mathematics. Dr. Anderson and Professor Oster both
Henry are both doing well.
attended the fall Tennessee Association of College Teachers of Education (TACTE) meeting in Nashville, Tenn. to review new state and federal legislation.
Gloria Oster, director of Teacher Education, reviewed two kinds of grant applications awarded by Appalachian College Association: the first was for professors to travel to Chicago
Greg King (‘03), assistant vice
to investigate the possibility of creating a study program for
president of Enrollment Manage-
students in ACA schools; the second group of grants were
ment, and Amber Morrell (‘08),
proposals submitted by the professors for study programs.
head coach for Cheerleading, were joined in holy matrimony on May 19, 2012. The ceremony took place on the Tittle family farm in Piney Flats, Tenn.
Angie Peterson, graphic designer, and husband, Danny, and big brother, Oscar, welcomed Eleanor Grace. Born on July 12, 2012, Eleanor was 20 inches long and weighed 8 pounds, 6 ounces.
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alumni faculty
community
& staff notes (cont.)
Dr. Matt Roberts, associate dean of teaching and
He also has a forthcoming article entitled, “On Being
educational development, presented at the Appalachian
‘Useless’ yet ‘True’: Plato, al-Fārābī, and Ibn Bājja on the
College Association (ACA), in Oct. 2012, on the measures
Condition of Philosophy in the Context of a Corrupt State,”
King College is taking to address 21 Century Learner needs
in Comparative Philosophy Anthology, ICAS Press/Middlesex
through the use of innovative pedagogy, cultural relevance,
University, spring 2013.
st
and technology. Additionally, Dr. Roberts co-presented with Rebecca Thomas at the SACS Annual Meeting in
Jessica Swiney, assistant registrar, and husband, Chad,
December on King College’s rationale to prioritize its
welcomed a baby girl. Isabella Sophie Swiney was born
Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), entitled Stepping Back to
Aug. 30, 2012, at 7:50 a.m., weighing 7 pounds, 3 ounces
Stay on Top of the QEP: Awareness, Commitment, and Tenacity.
and is 19 inches long.
Dr. Andy Simoson, professor of Mathematics, presented a
Dr. Joonna Trapp, associate professor of Rhetoric and
paper at MathFest 2012 in Madison, Wis., on Aug. 3, 2012,
Communication and Communication Studies chair,
titled “Mancala as Nim.”
developed and chaired a session “Spirituality, Ethics, and Administration,” during a conference for writing
Dr. Teresa Maggard Stephens, assistant professor of
teachers, the Conference for College Communication and
Nursing, presented a poster in Oct. 2012 at the National
Composition in St. Louis, Mo. from March 20-24, 2012. On
League for Nursing’s (NLN) Technology Conference in
this panel, she also presented a paper: “Developing Persons
Spokane, Wash. Her poster, “Twitter as an Intervention
– the Primary Role of a Department Chair.” In Jan. 2012,
Delivery Method in an Experimental Nursing Education
Trapp was published as part of a collaborative multi-genre
Research Study” reported specifics related to the use of
work College Composition and Communication Online among Paul
Twitter in her recent multi-site repeated measures study,
Puccio, Keith Dorwick, and Bob Mayberry. The work is titled
“Increasing Resilience in Adolescent Nursing Students.”
“Remembering Ghosts, and the Rhetoric of Collaboration: A
Dr. Craig Streetman, assistant professor of Philosophy,
Play and Text for Teachers and Writers.”
published an article on Ibn Bājja for The Princeton Encyclopedia of Islamic Political Thought, Princeton University press, 2012.
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alumni
community class notes
‘49
‘87
Martha “Marti” Warren, was recently
COL Rodney Fogg, recently marked 25 years on active
inducted into the Alabama Hall of
duty with the U.S. Army. He was commissioned a Second
Fame as an Outstanding Senior Citizen.
Lieutenant at the King College graduation ceremony in May
Her husband, Otis “Pokey” Warren, is
of 1987. His assignments over the past 25 years include
a 1953 graduate of King.
West Germany, Ft. Campbell, Ky., Hunter Army Airfield,
‘65
Ga., Camp Smith, Hawaii, and Ft. Richardson, Alaska. He
Jeff Cornelius, has retired after serving 40 years on the
Iraq. His current assignment is as the Commander, 49th
Temple University faculty. He was professor of Choral Music
Quartermaster Group, Fort Lee, Va. He is married to Janie
and served eight years as Dean of Temple’s Boyer College
Kelly (‘85) and they have 3 daughters.
has also been deployed to Somalia, Haiti, and twice to
of Music. He continues to be active with a number of community and professional organizations and continues
‘90
to serve as an officer and trustee of the Presser Foundation.
Karen Brooks, has joined the State Programs Division
‘66
for the Federal Highway Administration/Federal Motor
The Rev. Donald G. Buchanan, Jr., retired as Pastor of
Monitoring and Evaluation Team. In that position, she will
Calvary Orthodox Presbyterian Church, La Mirada, Calif.,
be focusing on policy development for the programmatic
on Dec. 31, 2011, and was given the title pastor emeritus.
elements of FMCSA’s grants, grant performance and
During a 42 year ministry, Don pastored Presbyterian
outcome evaluation, and MCSAP performance and
churches in Virginia and California and also served as a
compatibility reviews. Karen has been with FHWA/FMCSA
foreign missionary and missions administrator. He and his
since June 1990. She served for 10 years as a Safety
wife, Anne, will continue to live in La Mirada, a suburb of
Investigator in the Alabama Division office in Montgomery,
Los Angeles, Calif.
Ala. Most recently, she served over 11 years as the Safety
Carrier Safety Administration. She will be working on the
Programs manager for the Alabama Division office.
looney named president
In Oct. 2012, United Central
Bristol, Tenn., announced that Henry
Management, and most recently
Industrial Supply Company, based in
E. Looney (’80) had been promoted
served as senior vice president of Sales
to President.
& Marketing. He holds a bachelor’s
degree in Economics and Business
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“I am looking forward to contin-
uing United Central’s 38 year legacy of
from King College and is an Abingdon,
superior service to our customers and
Va., resident.
vendor partners and to growing our
business; both organically and through
Central Industrial Supply is North
continued strategic acquisitions,”
America’s premier full line, full
stated Mr. Looney.
service mining and industrial
supplies distributor with 26
Looney joined United Central
Established in 1974, United
in 1979 and has held the positions
locations throughout the United
of VP of Purchasing, VP of Materials
States and Canada.
Connected S TAY
King College alumni now have the opportunity
to stay connected through the College’s online alumni community. With a wide range of opportunities for socializing and networking,
alumni can visit with old friends, check out the latest news, and plan for upcoming events. Alumni can even set up their own blog and create or join groups.
Check out this exciting community by visiting alumni.king.edu. To find out more, contact Rebekah Bishop, director of annual giving for King College, at 800.621.5464.
‘99
‘03
Laurie (Slagenwhite) Walters, and
Rebekah Bishop, director of research and
husband Michael and big brother
development services at King, participated
Evan welcomed their second son,
in her first half marathon, the Disney
Bennett William, on March 18, 2012.
Princess Half Marathon at Walt Disney
‘00
World in Florida on Feb. 26, 2012. Rebekah completed the 13.1 mile course
Rebecca King Cantrell, and her husband Wil welcomed the
in 3 hours, 23 minutes. More than 20,000
arrival of their daughter, Susanna Elizabeth, on Nov. 29,
men, women, and teens ran the race in support of the
2011. Susanna joins her big brother, Sam, who turned 3
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. On Sept. 29, 2012, Rebekah
in Nov. The Cantrells reside in Lebanon, Va. Rebecca is an
participated in the inaugural Tower of Terror 10 mile race,
assistant professor of Pharmacy Practice at Appalachian
also held at Walt Disney World in Florida. She completed
College of Pharmacy in Oakwood, Va.
the race in 2 hours, 31 minutes. More than 10,000 men, women, teens, and pre-teens ran the race. Autism Speaks
Keith Jones, and wife Jan, welcomed
was the beneficiary group for this race.
their second child last fall. Aaron Samuel Jones was born on Sept. 10,
John S. Carbone, MD, JD, FCLM (‘03), graduate of the
2011. He was 21 inches long and
GPS MBA program at King, has authored the book “A
weighed 7 pounds, 10 ounces.
Lawyer’s Guide to Understanding Psychiatry.” The book was printed and released July 30, 2012 by the American Bar
Jennifer (Groom) Wagner, her husband,
Association Publishing. John is currently serving as director
David, & big sister, Caroline, welcomed
of the North State Forensic Psychiatry PLLC in Cary, N.C.
another girl to the family. Evangeline “Evie” Claire Wagner was born on
Dana (Knieriemen) Peifer, and husband
Feb. 23, 2011 in Lugano, Switzerland.
Matt, welcomed a son, Nathan Matthew, on July 28, 2011.
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alumni
community class notes
(cont.)
‘04 Joshua F. Whitney, received his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Tennessee in Dec. 2011. He was a visiting assistant professor of Physics at Wheaton College for the 2011-2012 academic year.
Remembering Our Classmates
‘06 Amanda Coltrane, was awarded The Appreciation Award at Girl Scouts Carolinas Peaks to Piedmont’s (GSCP2P) Annual Meeting and Adult Recognition Ceremony on March 17, 2012. The Appreciation Award is a board approved award that recognizes a registered Girl Scout who has delivered outstanding service and contributes to the achievement of the council’s goals in at least one service area.
‘09
Dr. Daniel L. Moore (’54) June 27, 2012 Horace Edward Stoessel (’54) September 16, 2012 Max Allen Weaver (’58) October 4, 2012
Benny Charles Morrell (’64) August 10, 2012
into the world on Aug. 30, 2012. Malachi was 21 inches long & weighed 7 pounds,
Timothy Duane Cass (’81) September 18, 2012
5 ounces.
‘12 Kayla Breanne Marshall, married Dustin Talley on Aug. 18, 2012, at the Allendale Mansion in Kingsport, Tenn. The couple is residing at Cannon Air Force Base in Clovis, N.M., where Dustin serves with the United States Air Force.
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Peter Mitrushi (’47) June 18, 2012
Rev. Dr. William S. Morris (’63) August 3, 2012
welcomed their son, Malachi James Hall,
KING’S
Ralph Buchanan (’38) May 7, 2012
William B. Leaman, Jr. (’60) September 13, 2012
Chris and Maggie (Wingard) Hall,
the
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alumni
community
When asked how he would like to be remembered, Rev. Buchanan said, “I’ve helped a lot of poor boys and girls get to school, and I’m very proud of that...”
king centenarian: remembering ralph Va., and spent his life in ministry.
he had memorized.
Ralph L. Buchanan, age 100, of Spruce
Pine, N.C., peacefully passed away on
ministry in June 1978. He thoughtfully
be remembered, Rev. Buchanan said,
May 7, 2012. During his last visit to
commented about his father when
“I’ve helped a lot of poor boys and girls
King College during Dogwood Weekend
asked about his retirement. “My daddy
get to school, and I’m very proud of
on April 21, 2012, Laura Boggan,
passed away at age 61. I always
that. Some of them have gone on to be
associate director of communications
thought I would go at about the same
preachers and teachers. Many of them
for King, sat down with Rev. Buchanan
age. At age 66, I decided it would be
wouldn’t have had a chance if I hadn’t
for a conversation about his life, along
good to have a little time off from
helped get them into King or some
with a few reminiscent thoughts of his
pastoring since I believed I wouldn’t
other school. I’ve had the privilege of
time at King College.
live much longer. But, I kept going.”
helping about 15 young people attend
college. I get letters of appreciation still
King College alumni, The Reverend
He was born Feb. 21, 1912, the
Rev. Buchanan retired from active
Rev. Buchanan’s love for King
When asked how he would like to
eldest of 11 children of the late Martha
College was evident. While at King,
from those folks.”
McKinney Buchanan and the late Eden
Rev. Buchanan said his favorite
V. Buchanan. He grew up in the Powder
professor was Tom Tyler. “He taught
of the School he has loved for a life
Mill Community of Avery County, N.C.,
American and English Literature. He
time. “King is a wonderful school and
attending the local schools including
could make it live for you – you could
I love it still!”
Lees-McRae for a time. He then went
see it.” Rev. Buchanan’s daughter,
on to King College, where he would
Martha, stated later that he still kept
graduate with the Class of 1938. He
his English literature book with him,
later graduated in 1941 from Union
memorizing as much of it as he could,
Theological Seminary in Richmond,
then retelling in dynamic fashion what
Rev. Buchanan’s final words were
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2013 S C H E D U L E
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Saturday, April 20
Saturday, continued
3 – 5 p.m. Catch N’ Release Tornado Tourney
8 a.m. – 2 p.m. Check-In & Registration
Dining Hall Lobby
West Campus Lake
8:30 a.m. Dr. Jack E. Snider 50+ Club Breakfast 5 p.m. Picnic & Children’s Activities
First Presbyterian Fellowship Hall The Oval for class years up to and including ’63. 6 p.m. Athletic Hall of Fame Ceremony Hosted by the Alumni Office.
Friday, April 19
9 a.m.– 4 p.m. Check-In & Registration
King Building Lobby
8:30 a.m. Dr. Ed Burke, Jr. Science & Math Breakfast Dining Hall
9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Alumni Rest Stop
Widner Lounge. Relax, reconnect, and 9 a.m.– 4 p.m. Golf Tournament enjoy reminising through your yearbook The Club (Country Club of Bristol) while you rest! Contact us to register! 11 a.m. Alumni Choir Rehearsal 5:30 p.m. Coronation of King & Queen Memorial Chapel
and Pre-Play Dinner Dining Hall
Dining Hall
6 p.m. Class of ’63 Reunion Gathering Student Center Complex 6:30 p.m.
8 p.m.
Noon Alumni Luncheon 2 - 5 p.m. Cornhole Tournament
and Banquet
Student Center Complex
6:30 p.m. Nursing Alumni Dinner Jeff Byrd Board Room Student Center Complex
7:30 p.m. Reunion Gatherings ’63, ’73, ’83, ’88, ’93, ’03 Locations around town
8:30 p.m. Dogwood Ball Holiday Inn, Exit 7 Bristol, Va.
Sunday, April
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The Oval. The tournament will be held in Alumni Volleyball Game Kline Gym if we have rain. 8:30 a.m. Contemporary Worship Student Center Complex 11 a.m. Traditional Worship 2:30 p.m. Spring Play Services are held at both First Presbyterian Spring Play How I Became A Pirate Church of Bristol, Tenn., and Central Presbyterian Paramount Theatre How I Became A Pirate Church of Bristol, Va.