Mars Hill: The Magazine of Mars Hill University - Fall 2014

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MAGAZINE STAFF: Editor: Teresa Buckner, Media Relations Coordinator Associate Editor: Mike Thornhill ’88, Director of Communications Contributors: Rick Baker, Sports Information Director Carter Benge ’13 Jaime McKee ’00, Director of Alumni Relations Rev. Stephanie McLeskey, Chaplain Cindy Whitt ’06, Administrative Assistant for Student Development

MARS HILL UNIVERSITY ADMINISTRATION President: Dr. Dan G. Lunsford ’69 Executive Vice President: Dr. John Wells Vice President of Advancement: Bud Christman Vice President of Finance: Neil Tilley Executive Director of Planning & Auxiliary Services: Dr. Grainger Caudle Special Assistant to the President for Strategic Initiatives: Dr. Joy Kish ’82 Director of Human Resources: Deana Holland

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Mars Hill [mahrz hil] noun

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A site in Athens, also known as the Areopagus, where Paul used persuasive reason and logic to preach Christ to the intellectuals of first-century Greece, as detailed in Acts 17:21 of the Bible.

A town in the mountains of North Carolina known for the beauty of its surroundings and its welcoming, small-town atmosphere.

A university in the town of Mars Hill which strives to provide the best in liberal arts education for its 1300-some students.

4. A concept (esp. for faculty, students, staff, and alumni of Mars Hill University) signifying that place where faith meets reason, to lay a foundation for a life of character and compassion.

Mars Hill, The Magazine of Mars Hill University is published regularly by the Office of Communications. It is distributed, without charge, to alumni, donors, and friends of the university.

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Letters to the editor and all other correspondence regarding the magazine should be addressed to the Office of Communications, Mars Hill University, P.O. Box 6765, Mars Hill, NC, 28754. Phone 828/689-1304. Fax 828/689-1105. E-mail tbuckner@mhu.edu.

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Copyright 2014. All rights reserved.

Cover: Background photo: Autumn is a beautiful time on the MHU campus.

Cover photo: Kristen Pace ’14 plays with Kinsie, a little girl at Esperance et Vie in Terrier Rouge, Haiti.

In This Issue: Letter from the President ................................... 4 Homecoming 2014 Schedule of Events ................. 5 Here Am I .......................................................... 6 Connecting Faith to Justice Through a Culture of Mission

University Lecture Series .................................... 8 A New Lecture Series Broadens the Discussion

Amazing Alumnus David Cherry ’70 ....................10 On a Mission of Mercy

Black History Month ..........................................13 MHU Celebrates with MLK Luncheon and NAACP Kickoff

Dr. Gordon Roberts ...........................................14 MHU Loses a Master Mathematician with a Heart for Students

Let the Music Play .............................................16 How the MHU Band Got Its Groove Back

Awards of Note .................................................18 Lion Athletics....................................................20 Spring 2014 Sports Recap

Faculty/Staff News ............................................24 Our Story, This Place .........................................26 Rural Life Museum Presents African American History Exhibit

Class Notes/Memorials ......................................27

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Fifty years ago, in the late summer of 1964, I was a senior in high school who was making plans for graduation and filling out my application for Mars Hill College. It was the beginning of a positive and transformative time, which continues to set the course for many of the decisions of my life.

There were many Mars Hill students who came before me, and there have been many since. My four years at Mars Hill were a snapshot in the history of this institution, a microcosm of the student experience on “the Hill.” But those snapshots happen over and over again, creating a continuing history of memory for those whose lives have been touched by this place.

As you read this publication, the history of the 159th year of Mars Hill University is being written. In another 50 years, perhaps the high school seniors or college freshmen of today will look back and see the ways that attending Mars Hill University made a difference in their lives. Today’s faculty and staff will make an impact on those students’ decisions, with consequences that reach far into the future. The choices made by administrators of the present will affect opportunities for future administrators, faculty, staff, alumni, and students for years to come.

In the fall of 2014, that weighty knowledge informs very concrete decisions about the future of the institution. After years of planning and hoping, construction is set to start this fall on Day Hall, the future home of Mars Hill’s business program, student store, and blackbox theatre. I hope many alumni can join us on October 11, during homecoming weekend, for the Day Hall groundbreaking ceremony (see schedule on pg. 5). We also note continued progress this fall on the development of the Judge-McRae School of Nursing, which is set to open in 2015. Another groundbreaking in the spring of 2015 will begin the construction of the Ferguson Health Sciences Building, which will house the nursing program.

Steadily, the institution marches toward a goal of more new and renovated dorm space. To that end, we look forward to the total renovation of Dickson-Palmer Apartments, Building A, and of Huffman Residence Hall, both of which have already begun. Dickson-Palmer is nearing completion, but renovation on Huffman will continue throughout this academic year.

Also this summer, Mars Hill has hired a number of faculty with stellar academic credentials. These individuals join an already-excellent faculty who are dedicated to both teaching and personal scholarship, and who are committed to a culture of academic excellence at Mars Hill University.

I’ve said before that those of us who work at Mars Hill “stand on the shoulders of giants.” As we make decisions in the 2014-15 academic year, we make them with the knowledge that we have a duty to remain true to the foundation laid by those who came before us. And, perhaps, we have an even greater duty to those who will come after us. The shoulders they stand on will be ours.

We ask for your support, good thoughts, and prayers as we endeavor to set a course with wisdom.

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Dan Lunsford ’69 President

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Friday, October 10

Alumni & Friends Golf Tournament*, Grove Park Inn, Asheville Alumni & Students Disc Golf Tournament*, Disc Golf Course

Behind Broyhill Chapel; Contact Brett Johnson at bjohnson@mhu.edu to participate

Saturday, October 11

12:00 PM 3:30 PM

Reunion Breakfast for Classes of 1964, 1974, 1989, 2004* Student/Alumni Networking Event*, Spilman Hall

8:30 AM 10:00 AM

Informal Gathering for Class Reunions, Upper Quad Alumni Art Exhibit, Weizenblatt Gallery, Moore Building Alumni Softball Game, Ponder Field Alumni Lacrosse Game, Belk Field Day Hall Groundbreaking Ceremony, Day Hall Site

10:00 AM All Day 10:30 AM 11:00 AM 11:00 AM

Event will focus on students and alumni in the ďŹ elds of religion/ministry, music and education, but all are welcome.

Corner of Main St. and College St.

Bailey Mountain Cloggers Performance, Upper Quad Lunch Provided by Chartwells, Upper Quad $9.25 adults, $6.00 children

Alumni of the Year Recognition, Meares Stadium Homecoming Football Game vs. Brevard, Meares Stadium Band Performance, Homecoming Court Alumni of the Year Banquet*, Pittman Dining Hall Ticketed event

Adam Grabowski, Comedian, Moore Auditorium

Sunday, October 12

Chapel Service for Students/Alumni/Community, Broyhill Chapel

time tba 11:30 AM - 1:00 PM 1:00 PM 1:30 PM Game Halftime 6:00 PM 8:00 PM

10:00 AM

*Registration is required for this events. To register, or to learn more about other homecoming 2014 events, contact Jaime McKee, at alumni@mhu.edu or 828-689-1148.

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HERE AM I...

Connecting faith to justice through a culture of mission

by Rev. Stephanie McLeskey, Chaplain The religious identity statement of Mars Hill University* is a powerful document and a useful tool in my office, as we set our annual goals and plan for the years ahead. For me, it forms my marching orders: everything that flows from the chaplain’s office of MHU should reflect our commitment to this statement.

There is a passage in the statement that reads, “At Mars Hill, we balance the freedom inherent in a liberal arts education with responsibility. We challenge our students to become “response-able,” prepared to respond to the difficult challenges of the 21st century with core commitments and activities that serve the common good.“ My overarching goal for my career at Mars Hill University is to guide the community toward a culture of mission, and to educate Rev. Stephanie McLeskey the community about the connection between faith and justice. These two goals, in my belief, complement each other and must work together.

By understanding, we are inspired to do. By doing, we reach a greater understanding.

A culture of mission must be established through practice, and we are starting in a good place. Mars Hill University has a long tradition of service to the community and to the world. Many of our graduates have gone on to do wonderful work that does, indeed, serve the common good. In the 20112012 academic year, my first on campus, we had a long held tradition of offering a fall break service trip and a spring break service trip each year. Now, through collaboration with the MHU Center for Community Engagement, MHU offers a fall break trip and three spring break trips. This year, we will add two more–one during spring break, and one in May. This exciting expansion in our mission and service opportunities allows our students to serve abroad in places like Haiti and Honduras, or as close to home as the Blue Ridge Parkway or our own Madison County. Concentrated experiences like these allow students (and the staff and faculty who go with them) to expand their worldview, to experience community in new and different ways, to discover gifts and talents they may not have known they had, and to explore issues of faith and spirituality while sharing their own stories.

We do not imagine that we are changing the world on any one of these trips–but we do aim to be a blessing to those we serve in those moments, and to transform the hearts and lives of those who go on the trip, so that they may in fact go on from here to change the world in ways both small and great.

* Read the entire Religious Identity Statement on our website, at www.mhu.edu/religious-identity

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As we expand our offerings for mission and service trips, we do so with the concept of partnership in mind. Partnerships revolve around ongoing, long-term relationships. We hope to return to the same places over and over again, to become reliable and useful partners, to create bonds of friendship that reach across geography, across sociopolitical boundaries, across the vast array of experiences that each person involved brings to the table. As our partners help to form our students and open their eyes to issues of poverty and injustice, we hope to work alongside our partners to address those issues in ways that make sense for that particular community.

These partnerships are usually most fruitful when we are already invested in relationship in some way. Our now ongoing partnership with Esperance et Vie in Terrier Rouge, Haiti, came about because of a friendship with the executive directors of Bethlehem Ministry (www.bethlehemministry.org) in Athens, GA, which is the fundraising arm of the ministry. Our new initiative in Honduras came about because of work that A.C. Honeycutt, an MHU trustee and alumnus, and his wife Susie, are already doing there. We hope to continue to expand our offerings through additional established relationships, to the point that perhaps one day in the future, when an MHU student thinks of spring, summer, or fall break, she first thinks of service.

Off-campus trips, of course, are not enough. A culture of mission does not exist only during academic breaks, nor is it reflected only in the ways we treat people outside our own community. Missional attitudes begin at home–for us, here on campus. This year, our religious organizations are charged with intentionally discovering ways in which they can improve the campus community. The members of these organizations are called out to live lives of compassion and justice, and to promote peace, hospitality, and generosity within the campus community. This is high-risk behavior in a very different kind of way than what we might usually think, but essential if we are to bring our religious identity to life. The culture of mission cannot be something that is talked about within the walls of the chaplains’ office, but must be carried out across campus by the students.

A culture of mission extends also through our trustees, advisors, partners, and alums. At homecoming this year, we will have a gathering of alumni who have worked in vocational ministry in the years since graduation, along with current students who feel called into ministry. By this one example of networking together–strengthening old bonds and creating new ones–we can begin to partner in new ways to help MHU reach the world, both in our backyard and far across the globe. We are determined, as an office and a community, to fulfill the final words of the religious identity statement:

Title photo: Megan McNeely’s tattoos express a missional desire. Top to bottom: Student Sammi Lawson hangs out with children in Terrier Rouge, Haiti.

• Dr. Brett Johnson, professor of “We want our graduates to value civic engagement, to be the kind of sociology, does a craft with Haitian children. • Kristin Pace’14 and people who live out their faith commitments in every arena and spend Olivia Buckner ’13 participate in a their lives making a positive difference in their homes, in their workplaces, feeding event in a Haitian village. in their communities, and in their world.”

• Shelby Johnson ’14 poses with a little girl in the Touching Miami Help us in these efforts. Support us with your ideas and with your prayers. Reach with Love afterschool program. • Student Cameron McDaniel (right) out to our current students with your stories, and help them see the possibilities. helps tutor a student in the TML We are all in this together! afterschool program • Bonner Scholars (l-r) Lily Chapman, K.J. Thompson, Lyndsay Hobbs, Cody Sturm and MHU community engagement field coordinator Caroline Twiggs pack food at a food bank near Charleston, SC.2014 Mars Hill, the Magazine | Fall

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University Lecture Series Broadens the Discussion

Information about government economics and debt, discussions about politics, public teacher pay and benefits, and a concert of superb choral music were the rewards of three momentous events which kicked off the inaugural year of the University Lecture Series at Mars Hill University.

According to President Dan Lunsford, the series, which began in September, is designed to complement Mars Hill University’s emphasis on liberal arts education and cover a range of topics and viewpoints.

Boyle, the founder and CEO of JL Boyle International, has over 30 years experience working on business strategy development, corporate and municipal restructurings, complex analysis, and litigation support. He is a seasoned expert in the area of interim management and has extensive knowledge of government economics.

In his lecture, Boyle argued that the $17 trillion debt of the United States, together with enormous amounts of unfunded liabilities, will eventually lead to the collapse of the nation’s financial system.

Boyle’s prescription for recovery from these In September, the series began with a lecture called, “Let’s Save America,” by business consultant John L. economic woes includes steps to reduce the federal deficit, reform Congressional pay and benefits, Boyle II. and establish a consumption tax which closes loopholes.

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Boyle’s lecture was followed in April by a lecture covering politics and education, by former North Carolina Governor James B. Hunt.

Hunt said that raising North Carolina teacher salaries to the national average is one of the primary issues the General Assembly should undertake to improve education in the state.

During his lecture, titled, “The State of Education in North Carolina,” Hunt recounted bipartisan efforts during his tenure as governor to raise teacher pay, resulting in the state rising from 44th in the nation in teacher salaries to 20th.

Addressing a crowd of around 250 people (including several teachers and administrators from local school districts), Hunt addressed such other issues as school vouchers and additional salary increases for teachers with advanced degrees.

The final University Lecture Series event of the year was a visit from the Madison Singers from James Madison University in May. The singers presented a program called Water Night, which included various selections with a connection to water.

According to Lunsford, each presentation in the University Lecture Series is intended to further broaden the scope of conversation available to Mars Hill students, faculty, staff and the community at large.

Some of the lectures presented through the series have been or may be controversial, he said. “The

Opposite, left: James B. Hunt, Jr., former governor of North Carolina, addresses a crowd of about 250 during his April 2014 lecture on education in North Carolina.

Right: John Boyle, business consultant, gives the inaugural university lecture.

Upper right: The Madison Singers of James Madison University perform in Broyhill Chapel.

liberal arts, by definition, involve presenting a variety of opinions and viewpoints. Not everyone will agree with every speaker, but in my opinion, that is a good thing,” he said.

The first event for the fall 2014 semester will be a lecture by Edward W. Gnehm Jr., Kuwait Professor of Gulf and Arabian Peninsula Affairs at the George Washington University. Additional plans call for future programs to bring scientists, artists, researchers, and other experts to campus.

According to Lunsford, the series will not replace, but will add to, the engaging and scholarly speakers who are regularly brought to campus through the MHU Visiting Artists and Lecturers Series and the various academic departments.

Administration officials hope to provide at least two lectures per academic year.

Fall 2014 University Lecture

Edward W. Gnehm, Jr. Former U.S. Ambassador to Kuwait, Australia, and Jordan; Kuwait Professor of Gulf & Arabian Peninsula Affairs, Elliott School of International Affairs, the George Washington University September 18, 2014, 7 pm Mars Hill University – Broyhill Chapel free and open to the public

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Amazing Alumnus

David Cherry ’70

On a Mission of

MERCY

David Cherry ’70 and a fellow crewmember stood on the deck of the massive hospital ship, enjoying the warm African wind and watching several stories below, as a man and a woman struggled to board. The two people, David knew, were blind, victims of a congenital form of cataracts that is common in the Republic of Congo, but which is almost unheard-of in the U.S. The man and the woman held to a friend for support, struggling to navigate the ship steps, which moved with the lapping of the ocean waves.

They were only two of the thousands who have come to the Africa Mercy to receive life-changing surgeries, but something about their struggle, their fear, and their brave persistence in the face of an unknown future, touched Cherry.

“Tomorrow,” he said to his friend, gesturing toward the man and woman. “Tomorrow they will see!”

For thirteen years, Cherry has been part of such transformations, working with Mercy Ships, a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization which provides free surgeries and treatment for the world’s poorest people. For the past seven years, he has been a crew member of the Africa Mercy, which has brought its crew to do its compassionate work in the Republic of Congo, Sierra Leone, Togo, Liberia, and numerous other ports primarily up the west African coast.

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functioning limbs, and with faces that no longer consign them to a life of ostracism and pain. As technical administrator for the ship, David is not involved in the direct administration of healthcare, but his work, and that of the other 400 long-term crew and up to 200 local short-term crew, helps make that care possible. And he gets a front-row seat to miraculous and joyful transformations that literally change people’s lives.

“We believe that we are walking in the footsteps of Jesus and continuing His work by giving sight to the blind, by helping the lame to walk, and by proclaiming the Good News to the poor*,” he said.

David is a man with a ready wit and a selfdeprecating sense of humor, who claims to have the “gift of aggravation.” At 65, he says he is blessed to be fit and healthy, running about three times a week and playing regular games of ultimate * A reference to Matthew 11:5 and Luke 7:22

David Cherry, as he appeared in the Laurel in 1969.

Frisbee on the shores of various African communities with his 20-something colleagues.

Today, David sees the twists and turns of his life as evidence of the inexorable calling of God of his life, each bend in the road, a step of preparation. But that was certainly not the viewpoint of the young man who came to Mars Hill College in 1966 from just up the road in Burnsville. Mission work was not even on his list of possible careers when he came to Mars Hill, planning to do preparatory work for an engineering degree at NC State.

study leader was doing a series on apologetics, a topic which appealed to David’s logical mind.

Eventually, David said, he realized that a theoretical faith was not enough to answer the deep questions in his heart. So, in March of 1988, he committed his life to Christ.

Within six months of becoming a Christian, David began to feel an overpowering call to missions, but where or how to “Oh no,” he said recently. “I would never have do that, he could believed I would have spent so much of my life in not imagine. He missions. I wasn’t even a Christian then.” could not just leave North David’s first year at Mars Hill went poorly, but then Carolina: he had math professor Emmett Sams took him under his a job; he had wing, and talked him into changing his degree to debts; his aging math. Sams’ concern and advice led to a life-long friendship which ended last year at Mr. Sams’ death. mother lived with him. Then, a David graduated in 1970, struggling at times. He series of events readily admits that, as a commuter, he did not seek that David can involvement on campus and did not appreciate his only describe as college years as much as he could have. miraculous gently After college, David waited tables at Grove Park cleared away all Inn, then worked in the engineering department the barriers to of Bassett Furniture in Hickory. In 1976, he went to his new career: work for his cousin, who had started a brokerage his company firm called Adams Sales Company. David began was bought out, in sales in Hickory and eventually moved to office eliminating his job administration in the company’s Raleigh office. and (because he had some stock) In 1988, when David was 39 years old, his his debts in one comfortable life turned upside down. David’s fell swoop. Then, cousin and his wife were killed in a tragic plane Life on mission with the Africa his sister called to Mercy: David Cherry, cutting up accident and David was left reeling, reconsidering with children in Sierra Leone, say she wanted to the values of his life. playing Ultimate Frisbee, and take a more active “I just started questioning the whole idea of working standing on the deck at sunset. role in caring for long hours to get ahead, my whole way of life,” he their mother. said. “I was trying to figure things out.”

So, in June of 1989, David loaded up his car Those questions led David to church, but church and headed to Tyler, Texas, home of the North attendance, in and of itself, didn’t have much of an and South America headquarters of Youth With effect on him. Then he started attending a singles A Mission, an interdenominational Christian Bible study associated with the church. There, the Mars Hill, the Magazine | Fall 2014

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organization which champions ministry projects around the globe.

After his initial training, David felt a clear calling to teaching with YWAM. He went to teacher training school, and then taught middle and high school students for about ten years.

“I loved it,” he said. “I had a blast with those kids.

Talk about the gift of aggravation working for you!

I was a pretty strict teacher, but we had a good time, and I felt like God was using me to speak into their lives, to change them, to prepare them for the future.”

Toward the end of that ten years, David said he felt his passion for teaching begin to wane, but what

skills, particularly for women. (This is especially important in African nations where the culture allows women so little power over their lives, David said.) They also did the work of evangelists, sharing the Gospel with villages as they had the opportunity.

Since 2009, David has been the technical administrator for the Africa Mercy. In this role, he does administrative work tor the captain and the deck and engineering departments.

Surgeons and dentists are generally short-term crew, who serve for up to two years at a time. Other crew members, like David, make the ship their longterm home and spend over 10 months of the year at sea, or stationed off the coast of Africa.

“We believe that we are walking in the footsteps of Jesus and continuing His work by giving sight to the blind, by helping the lame to walk and by proclaiming the Good News to the poor.” the next step might be, he could not imagine. At that point, Mercy Ships was a project of YWAM which had become large enough to become its own organization. One day while hearing a friend describe his work with Mercy Ships, David said his heart began to burn, and he knew that it was time for a change.

“It was that burning deep inside where you know that God’s going to take control and turn your life upside down,” he said.

David went to Mercy Ships in 2001. After a period of training, he served as a training school liaison for four years. Then, in 2006, he became a crew member on the Anastasis hospital ship. Only one year later, in 2007, he became a long-term crew member of the Africa Mercy, a massive refitted train ferry with six operating rooms and a 75-bed hospital ward for recovery and rehabilitation.

His first job for the Africa Mercy crew was community outreach. David and his advance team would travel into villages to make contact with local churches, to spread the word about treatments that were available on the ship, to evaluate food and water sources in the village, and to do training in disease prevention and job

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Like most missionaries, David doesn’t have a salary, per se. He, like all the long-term crew of Mercy Ships, lives on the donations of those who choose to support the ministry.

“I haven’t had a salary in 25 years,” he said. “That’s probably been one of the biggest understandings that I’ve come to in my life. If God calls you to something, He will provide.

Sometimes you have to walk it out. Sometimes you have to go to people and let them know your needs.

But He will provide what you need, and He doesn’t really need your help.”

Recently, David decided to take a job in the Mercy Ships international headquarters in Texas. Though he has loved his maritime life and says he will miss his ship family, he now looks forward to a life on land. And, as always, he sees this stage of his life, just like the previous ones, as stages in a grand adventure, guided by the sovereign and benevolent hand of God. “There’s something new that God’s wanting to do in and through me,” he said. “It’s not just coming back and getting behind a desk and counting my days until I go to see the Lord. So I’m kind of excited about seeing what it is.”

For more information on Mercy Ships, visit www.mercyships.org.

Mars Hill Celebrates Black History Month with First-Ever MLK Jr. Luncheon and NAACP Kickoff Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., made great strides for equality and justice because he believed in the ideals espoused in the founding documents of the United States, and he believed in the Holy Bible, according to former mayor of Asheville Terry Bellamy.

Bellamy was the speaker for Mars Hill University’s first Martin Luther King, Jr. Luncheon, held January 20 on the campus. She shared her thoughts on the accomplishments and motivations of Dr. King before a group of about 50 faculty, staff, students, and community people.

“Dr. King was motivated by faith in the American dream and by faith in the God of love and peace,” Bellamy said.

Bellamy cited scriptural admonitions against favoritism in Galatians 2 and 3, saying King believed in these concepts. He also believed that the protections afforded in the Bill of Rights should apply to all Americans, regardless of race, Bellamy said. She used portions of King’s famous “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” as she discussed King’s distinction between just and unjust laws, and his insistence that unjust laws could be resisted without violence.

Bellamy also cited her experience as a political figure with constituents who were unwilling to personally be involved with issues of importance, yet enjoyed giving advice on things she “should have” done to carry the banner of justice. In reality, she said, the work of a just world belongs to everyone. “‘What are you doing about equality? Are you a ‘you shoulda’ or are you a changemaker?” she said.

The MLK luncheon was sponsored at Mars Hill University by the office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs. ~~~ Rev. Curtis Gatewood, community organizer for the North Carolina NAACP and former 2nd vice president for the National NAACP, was the speaker for Mars Hill University’s weekly Crossroads service on February 4.

Gatewood’s visit was part of Mars Hill’s celebration of Black History Month, as well as the kick-off for Mars Hill’s new NAACP chapter, called Forward Together.

Top: Former Mayor of Asheville Terry Bellamy speaks at the first-ever MLK Luncheon at Mars Hill University; Middle: Rev. Curtis Gatewood speaks at Crossroads; and Bottom: a group of students from Mars Hill University attends the Moral March on February 8 , 2014, in Raleigh.

Gatewood called on Mars Hill students to rise up against injustice in North Carolina. Specifically, he invited students to join the “Moral March,” in Raleigh, for which he was an organizer.

The NAACP chapter at Mars Hill will be the only collegiate chapter of the organization in North Carolina west of Winston Salem.

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Dr. Gordon Roberts

MHU Loses a Master Mathematician with a Heart for Students Dr. Gordon Roberts, Mars Hill University professor of mathematics and chair of the university’s Department of Mathematics, passed away on April 9, 2014, after a long battle with cancer.

A quiet and reserved man, Roberts was nevertheless an intellectual giant on campus, whose absence will leave a void in the department and particularly in the Wall Building, where he maintained an office and taught hundreds of students the intricacies of higher mathematics for over 20 years.

“Gordon Roberts was widely regarded as a bona fide genius,” said Dr. John Wells, executive vice president. “Sometimes we use the word ‘genius’ loosely to indicate a smart person, but Gordon Roberts truly deserved that title.”

Roberts grew up in Gary, Indiana. According to his wife, Donna, he fell in love with upper level mathematics in a junior high school trigonometry class. After high school, he went to work in the tool and die industry, but his love for numbers drove him to check out high school math books and work through them in his spare time. Eventually, he outgrew the high school texts and began slipping over to Purdue University Calumet, where he would pose as a student and purchase used mathematics textbooks which he would work through for fun.

At 29 years of age, Roberts decided to pursue formal education, and he made some inquiries at Purdue about academic scholarships. In a scene reminiscent of the movie Good Will Hunting, Roberts met with some dubious math professors, who presented him with a number of higher-level math problems to ascertain his skill level.

“He worked them out on a chalkboard in front of them and they were just amazed,” Donna said.

The professors then created an enormous test, Donna said, which they presented to Roberts. “He completed everything, he got everything right and he showed the instructors simpler methods for solving the problems,” Donna said.

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Eventually, the math department fast-tracked Roberts through his bachelor’s degree and placed him in the master’s program. He went on to complete his doctorate in mathematics in 1988.

After his graduation, Roberts taught mathematics at Indiana University. But when the university insisted on more research and less teaching, Roberts began to apply for teaching positions at colleges further south.

Among them was Mars Hill College. He was hired at Mars Hill in 1992 and taught in the math department until early in the spring of 2014.

Often such a towering intellect can breed pride or haughtiness. But by all accounts, the opposite was true of Gordon Roberts. He is described by colleagues and former students as a professor who cared deeply for his students, who showed tremendous patience in his teaching, and who went to extraordinary lengths to provide a challenging and individualized experience for his students.

Dr. Gordon Roberts in the Laurel, 1993

Jennifer Rhinehart ’97, assistant professor of mathematics, had been Roberts’ colleague since 1999.

“Gordon Roberts was one of the most talented people we have had on our campus, but there was never any kind of pride in him,” Rhinehart said. “He could have done wonderful work which earned him more recognition in a research-based university or industry setting, but he chose to be at Mars Hill, teaching and interacting with students. That’s just the kind of person he was. He wasn’t out to make a name for himself or to show how smart he was. His focus was on teaching math. That was his passion in life.”

According to Rhinehart, Roberts would often go to extraordinary lengths to help both students and colleagues, but he preferred to avoid any limelight.

According to Gilbert, Roberts was prolific when it came to writing tests, assignments, and programs. “He would create individualized take-home tests for each student in his classes. And each question on each test was about a day’s worth of work.”

Gilbert said he came to realize that the extra work that Roberts did was simply enjoyable for him.

“I don’t think that kind of thing was necessarily work for him; that was a heck of a lot of fun,” Gilbert said. “As his students, we got to reap the benefits of how enamored he was with how things work, and the way things fit together, and the math behind it all.”

When it became clear that Roberts would not recover, Gilbert and Rhinehart began collecting letters of appreciation from students.

“He was a great colleague One former student gave in terms of going the extra Gordon and Donna Roberts Roberts a textbook on black mile to help the rest of us. holes, which he accepted with great enthusiasm.

If one of us was teaching a new course for the first time, he would give us a book full of worksheets According to Rhinehart, such a response was not that he had created, problems he had created, tests unexpected for those who knew Roberts. “He truly he had created,” Rhinehart said. “He was quiet, he couldn’t get enough of learning,” Rhinehart said. was reserved, but he was working hard behind the “He epitomized lifelong learning to the end.” scenes.”

Some people really “get it,” Gilbert said, when it Marty Gilbert ’99, assistant professor of computer comes to higher-level mathematics. They see how science, knew Roberts both as a colleague and the various disciplines of mathematics fit together as a former professor. Gilbert said he had many to describe and explain the universe. opportunities through the years to see and “There are people who have a degree in experience Roberts’ patience and commitment to mathematics, and then there are mathematicians,” students.

Gilbert said. “Dr. Roberts was a mathematician.

“I never saw him get angry or frustrated in the And he was also just a really good-hearted human classroom, and he was never impatient,” Gilbert being.” said. “If you came to him for help, he would sit Gordon Roberts lived in Mars Hill with his wife with you until you got it, or until you left. It wasn’t Donna. He was a member of Calvary Baptist a question of how much patience he had. It was a Church, where his funeral was held on April 15. question of how much patience you had.” continued on pg. 17...

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How Band Director Mike Robinson Continues to Build the MHU Band Program

by Jaime McKee ’00 In the mid 1990s, the Mars Hill College marching band program, under the leadership of professors of music Ray Babelay and Wayne Pressley, became well-known for hosting a band competition each fall for area high schools. During that time, the marching band also performed exhibitions as part of a tour in the fall and offered a summer music camp to area high school students.

Those programs drew students into the college’s band program and created an energy that rippled through the stadium each time the band took the field.

The Mars Hill Marching Band, 1992

Over the years, the programs stopped and the number of participants in the Mars Hill band program dwindled—reaching about 19 members at its lowest point.

The past seven years, however, have seen a significant increase in the marching band program.

This fall, the band will be 63 members strong, up from 28 a few years ago. The band has started going out on tour again and the summer music clinic has returned.

The one thing that has been consistent the past seven years is the band director, Mike Robinson ’77.

Robinson grew up in the Asheville area. He was a 16

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teacher for 30 years, spending 25 years at Asheville High School. He has also been the Asheville Community Band director since 1996. Since returning to Mars Hill, he has helped the band program grow by over 30 members.

After several years of not having a summer music Mike Robinson, conducting the MHU clinic, the camp returned in wind symphony 2010. The 2014 summer camp brought 161 band students to Mars Hill University for a week.

Robinson credits reintroducing band tours and a larger practice space to the overall growth of the band program.

While the band was smaller, they were able to easily practice on the chapel field. As the band grew in recent years, they were running out of field. They learned they could have access to the football field, changed their rehearsal times and moved locations a couple of years ago.

The change in rehearsal time and location has increased excitement in the band students, which in turn increased participation in the program.

“Something we started about six years ago was taking the marching band out and doing an exhibition,” said Robinson. “We’ll go to a local band contest and play an exhibition at the end of it. That has drummed up a lot of business.”

This fall, music fans can find the marching band performing at Owen High School’s band competition, as well as Pisgah High School’s competition. Of course, you can also catch them at halftime of one of the Mars Hill University home football games.

When he isn’t directing the band, Robinson teaches wind symphony and conducting. All of this, he says, is helping to prepare teachers and band directors to create high quality music programs in their respective schools.

“Mars Hill has a great heritage of music teachers.

We’re trying to continue that.”

Gordon Roberts, continued...

Memorials may be made to the Dr. Gordon Roberts Memorial Fund for Mathematics through the MHU Advancement Office, Mars Hill University, P.O. Box 6792, Mars Hill, NC 28754.

From Student Letters... ...You were always available for us to pester you with questions about differential equations and your patience with us was remarkable. You were so obviously brilliant it was shocking to me how lucky we were to have been taught by such a mind.

I can still see myself and all the usual suspects that graduated with me sitting in your classroom trying to keep up with you as you solved problems we could only dream about understanding one day as well as you did. ...I hope you know how much of an impact you made on us all, and how your teaching shaped the kind of teachers many of us have become. You will forever hold a special place in all of our hearts.

Bethany G. Bagwell ’12 Elementary School Teacher Your passion for physics and mathematics was infectious and made learning in your class room fun and exciting... Your personalized exams in upper-level math courses brought about the best levels of frustration, despair and success. Your subtle, and often not so subtle, jokes always brought a different flavor to every class that kept us alert and on our toes. I failed to come across any student in my four years that complained about your class for any reason other than the difficulty of the subject content and those blasted differential equations exams!

Congratulations on a fantastic and meaningful academic career that inspired and encouraged many students to do more than they thought they were capable of, this tall Australian included.

Jarred Pickering ’10 Graduate Student

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Awards of Note...

Awards and Recognitions

Vogler, Dalamangas Receive G. MacLeod Bryan Awards Christina Dalamangas, a senior biology major from Belmont, NC, and Dr. Beth Vogler, professor of social work, have received the G. McLeod Bryan Caring Awards from Mars Hill University.

Christina has also coordinated events on campus to tackle food insecurity, including the Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week and the Empty Bowls fundraiser for Neighbors in Need.

The Bryan Awards are given annually at Mars Hill University in honor of the late Dr. G. McLeod (“Mac”) Bryan, a member of the MHU class of ’39, and a professor at Wake Forest University. Bryan worked tirelessly for the cause of peace and justice, and influenced countless others to do the same.

Dr. Beth Vogler, like Christina, lives a life which epitomizes the criteria of the Caring Award. From 2005 to 2012, Vogler served on the board of the Asheville Buncombe Institute for Parity Achievement (ABIPA), an organization which promotes economic, social, and health parity achievement for African Americans and other people of color in Buncombe County.

Dalamangas has distinguished herself as a servant leader at Mars Hill. She has served several organizations in the region, including Mountin’ Hopes Therapeutic Riding Center, Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project, Brother Wolf Animal Rescue, and two organizations serving the homeless and people with mental and physical challenges.

In 2012, Vogler was responsible for bringing the One Million Bones project to Mars Hill. This was an international effort to raise awareness and resources for persons affected by genocide. For a number of years, Vogler has also helped spearhead the university’s fundraising efforts for the United Way of Madison County.

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Mars Hill University has honored Rev. Dr. Max Burgin of Ellenboro, NC with the Baptist Heritage Award for 2014. Burgin was one of the 17 people honored by Baptist agencies across the state at the 14th annual Baptist Heritage Award ceremony April 8 in Greensboro.

Burgin retired as an army chaplain after a muchdecorated 30-year military career during which he attained the rank of colonel. For over 20 years, he served as the pastor of Lattimore Baptist Church in Cleveland County. Today, he and Mickie raise cattle on their Ellenboro farm.

Burgin, a ’54 graduate of Mars Hill, is in his second term as a university trustee and currently serves as chair of the building and grounds committee.

In addition to his service to Mars Hill University, Burgin and his wife, Mickie, are involved in three orphanage ministries in India which seek to better the lives of some of India’s poorest children. (The ministries were featured in an article in From These Stones, Fall 2009.)

In addition to this year’s Baptist Heritage Award, Burgin was named 2008 Alumnus of the Year at Mars Hill University.

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Pardue Receives Robertson Award Brett Pardue of Elkin, NC, has been named the 2014 recipient of the Joe Chris and Donna N. Robertson Award. The Robertson Award is a prestigious honor which recognizes a graduating senior in the fine arts with a strong commitment to his or her chosen field, promise in the fine arts, and demonstrated service to the arts, Mars Hill University, and the community. A cash award is presented to the recipient for the purpose of enhancing his or her development in the arts.

Pardue graduated in May 2014, with his Bachelor of Music in voice performance and a minor in English. He is a member of Alpha Chi National Honor Society. His musical achievements include being selected for the Bel Canto Institute of Music in Florence, Italy, in the summer of 2012, where he was the winner of their Performance Award. He was a semi-finalist at the National Orpheus Vocal Competition and has been a chorus member of the Asheville Lyric Opera and a Choral Scholar at Biltmore United Methodist and Central United Methodist churches in Asheville. He has been a member of the Southern Appalachian Chamber Singers since 2012. In addition, Pardue was crowned the 2013-14 MHU Homecoming King and was the featured “Editor’s Choice” writer for MHU’s literary magazine, Cadenza in the 2012-13 edition.

The award is given in memory of Joe Chris Robertson, former chairman of the Mars Hill College art department who taught at MHC for four decades (1951-91), and in honor of Donna N. Robertson, former college organist and retired associate professor of music.

Pardue was self-taught on the piano prior to coming to Mars Hill. For the past four years, he has studied under Dr. Teresa Sumpter, assistant professor of music.

Sharpe receives Michael Emory Award McKay Sharpe, a junior social work major from Columbia, SC, has received the Michael Emory Award from Mars Hill University.

The Michael Emory Award is presented annually to an individual who demonstrates Christlike compassion, loyalty, and service to the economically, socially or emotionally oppressed and diligent pursuit of truth and justice, even when such pursuit may be unpopular. The award is given in honor of “Big Mike” Emory ’94, who exemplified the criteria of the award. “Big Mike” was in seminary preparing for a life of ministry when a tragic accident led to his untimely death.

During her time on the Mars Hill campus, Sharpe has hosted a successful letter writing campaign about voter suppression; met with local and

state representatives about civil rights and voter identification laws; helped found the first collegiate NAACP chapter in Western North Carolina; led 30 Mars Hill students and faculty to the Moral March in Raleigh; educated students about voter registration in the residence halls and meeting spaces; brought Rev. Curtis Gatewood, vice president of NC-NAACP, to speak during one of MHU’s weekly Crossroads events; and invited her grandmother—who performs a one-woman play about campaign spending—to campus to educate students about campaign reform.

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LION ATHLETICS:

2014 Spring Sports Recap Student-Athlete Honors Five Mars Hill University student-athletes, along with the seniors from all 19 varsity sports, as well as athletic training and cheerleading were honored at an awards ceremony on April 29, 2014, in Moore Auditorium.

by Rick Baker

SAC Echols Award Standings Mars Hill placed seventh out of 12 schools in the 2013-14 SAC Echols Award Standings 2013-14 SAC Echols Athletic Excellence Award Standings (Final) 1. Wingate (184) 2. Lenoir-Rhyne (140) 3. Queens (138) 4. Carson-Newman (112) 5. Anderson (111.5) 6. Lincoln Memorial (105) 7. Mars Hill (102.5) 8. Tusculum (101.5) 9. Newberry (99) 10. Catawba (95.5) 11. Brevard (75.5) 12. Coker (72.5) 117 Mars Hill student-athletes were named to the 2013-14 SAC Commissioner’s Honor Roll.

The number of student-athletes for Mars Hill on the list placed third highest among the 12 teams in the league.

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Student-Athletes (l-r) Leah Taylor, Carter Benge, Alexis Montgomery, Hudson Tucker and Jessica Viscusi

Cross country and track & field senior Carter Benge, along with cross country and track & field junior Jessica Viscusi, were honored as the Man and Woman of the Year, respectively. The Man and Woman of the Year are awarded to student-athletes for their accomplishments on the field, in the classroom, and in the greater Mars Hill community.

Men’s swimming senior Hudson Tucker was named the Male Athlete of the Year, while women’s track and field sophomore Alexis Montgomery was named the Female Athlete of the Year. Tucker qualified for the NCAA national meet in multiple events for the fourth year in the row, while Montgomery set several new indoor and outdoor track and field records.

Women’s soccer senior Leah Taylor and Benge were honored for possessing the highest individual GPA among Mars Hill student-athletes. Taylor was named the South Atlantic Conference ScholarAthlete for women’s soccer last fall.

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Won its first two South Atlantic Conference weekend series (Anderson, Newberry) Evan Rogers was named second team All-SAC Caleb Edwards was honorable mention All-SAC Dalton Eisenbath and Tommy Scala were named to the SAC Gold Glove Team

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Men won the SAC title for the 17th straight season and finished fourth at the Southeast Regional meet Jessica Viscusi qualified for the NCAA Division II National Championship meet Both teams earned United States Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association Team All-Academic honors; five individuals (Brady Adcock, Kiel Bollero, Derek Gibson, Nathan Jones, Viscusi) earned All-Academic honors Alex Griggs, Derek Gibson, and Nathan Jones were first team All-SAC selections Cesar Reyes and Brady Adcock were second team All-SAC members Nathan Jones was the SAC Freshman of the Year Mike Owens was the SAC Men’s Coach of the Year Jessica Viscusi was a first team All-SAC pick Faith Trammell was an All-SAC second team selection

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Sammy Siasia was named the National Player of the Week by D2football.com for his performance against Tusculum (20 tackles) Shaikel Davis, Sammy Siasia, Dimitri Holmes, Denzell Goode, and Troy Harris were named to the NCAA Division II Super Region Team Shaikel Davis, Sammy Siasia, Dimitri Holmes, and Troy Harris were named All-Americans by the Don Hansen Football Gazette Troy Harris named to D2football.com All-American Team Khalid Abdullah (class of 2002) was inducted into the SAC Hall of Fame

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Ryan Sage and Patrick McMahon were named to the All-SAC second team Adam Zulak was named to the All-SAC honorable mention team Ryan Sage was named to the Capital One Academic All-District At-Large team MHU finished in third place in the SAC

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Felipe Ferraro and Gregg Munn were named to the All-SAC second team Felipe Ferraro was named to the North Carolina All-State Team The team finished in sixth place in the SAC, upsetting No. 3 seed and eventual national runner-up Carson-Newman in the first round of the conference tournament

(85), RBIs (271), runs scored (291), total bases (649), team batting average (.323), slugging percentage (.509), and on base percentage (.411)

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Men’s swimming was ranked #25 in the CollegeSwimming.com poll Justin Gale, Maggie Mills, and Rachel Louviaux were named to the Appalachian Swimming Conference All-Academic team Hudson Tucker, Drew Rosser, Mladen Senicar, Salvatore Russo, Trey Mason, and Ludovico Corsini were named to the men’s All-Conference team Elle Grier was named to the All-Conference women’s team Justin Gale and Ryan Martin were named Honorable Mention to the men’s team, while Emma Duffy, Maggie Mills, Rachel Louviaux, Lauren Davis, and Erin Cregan were named Honorable Mention to the women’s team

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Tatiana Duliaby, Anna Rickenbaker, Euquerio Guerrero were named to 2014 SAC Preseason All-Conference teams Euquerio Guerrero was a second team All-SAC pick Tatiana Dualiby was named All-SAC First Team Singles Dualiby and Lucy McLaurin were named All-SAC Second Team Doubles Anna Rickenbaker earned a spot on the All-SAC Honorable Mention Singles team

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Robyn Stanek was a second team All-SAC selection As a team, Mars Hill set new single season records in walks (174), home runs (48), doubles

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Men’s track & field finished in third place in the SAC Travis Riner won two events in the field at the SAC championship meet. Riner won the shot put with a throw of 53 feet, 9.25 inches and the discus with a throw of 146 feet, 10 inches. Riner was named the SAC Men’s Field Athlete of the Year. Alex Griggs won his second event of the meet with a victory in the men’s 5000 meter run, crossing the line in 15:14.93. Griggs also won the men’s 10,000 meter run

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Ended the 2013-2014 season as the 3rd ranked DII team in the nation Competed in USA Cycling National Championships in track, road, cyclocross, mountain bike and BMX

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Jessica Viscusi was named the inaugural SAC Scholar-Athlete of the Year for Women’s Track

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At BMX Nationals placed 6th overall (DI and DII combined) and 2nd in DII. Alan Hudson made the finals and was the best DII rider in the nation for the second year in a row. Nick Givargis was the second placed DII rider.

Won 3 medals at Road Nationals, including a silver medal by Tim Jenkinson (criterium) and another silver in the team time trial ridden by Jenkinson, Mauro Rato, Chad Capobianco, and Jake Hill Chad Capobianco and Mauro Rato were recognized as Academic All-Stars by USA Cycling for competing at Road Nationals and earning over a 3.5 GPA for the semester.

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Was selected for a series of talks for the World Affairs Council in March, 2014, titled “The US, Israel and Palestine.” She gave lectures related to the topic at UNC-Asheville, Brevard College, Haywood Community College, and Isothermal Community College.

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Led a workshop at the Consortium of Longitudinal Clerkships’ annual international conference, titled “Teaching Ethics and Humanism,” with Robyn Latessa, M.D., Norma Beaty, M.S., Laura Cone, and Ben Aiken, M.D. in Big Sky, MT, October 2013.

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Led a presentation for the Consortium of Longitudinal Clerkships annual international conference, titled, “Ethics Integration into Clinical Clerkships: a Comparative Study & a Student’s Perspective,” with Benjamin Aiken, M.D. in Big Sky, MT, October 2013.

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Led a workshop at Tough Choices: Ethics and Leadership day, held at Mars Hill University on April 2, 2014, with the 2014 class of Leadership Asheville.

Served as a visiting professor at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine’s Academy of Educators: June 11-12, 2014.

Presented “Moral Imagination and Applied Medical Education” on June 11, with Arlene Davis, JD, RN.

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Authored a book review of Tom MacFaul, Problem Fathers in Shakespeare and Renaissance Drama, published in the Journal of British Studies, January 2014.

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Received the Lindsay-Young Fellowship through the MARCO Institute of Medieval and Renassaince Studies, at the University of Tennessee Knoxville for summer 2014.

The fellowship brings scholars from the neighboring region to UTK, where they can make use of research resources in medieval and Renaissance fields to further their research agendas and take part in the intellectual life of the institute. Reigle spent the summer researching her current book project.

Led workshop “TEC-thics: Can Virtue Be Taught?” on June 12 with Arlene Davis, JD, RN. •

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Moderated a panel on Women in Ministry in Appalachia and was a speaker on Health Care Ethics in These Mountains for “Wild Landscapes,” a short-term curriculum with the Appalachian Ministries Educational Resource Center, with local organizer Pauline Cheek, M.Div., M.A. and Bill Leonard, Ph.D., of Wake Forest Divinity School, at Mars Hill University, January 7, 2014.

Participated in a poster presentation at the American Society for Bioethics and Humanities, Atlanta, GA, October 2014, titled “Comparative Clinical Ethics Education: Longitudinal Integrated Clerkships v. Traditional RotationBased Clerkships,” with Deborah J. Love, JD, MBA, MA; Shelley L. Galvin, MA; Jeffrey E. Heck, MD; Robyn A. Latessa, MD; Arlene M. Davis, JD.

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Authored an article, titled “When the Aim is Practical Wisdom: Reflections on the Teaching of Business Ethics.” The article was published in the spring 2014 issue of Teaching Ethics, the journal of the Society for Ethics Across the Curriculum.

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Co-authored a book with Sudershan Goel and Ravi Sodhi, both of whom are advocates in the Indian Court System. The book, titled, Domestic

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Co-wrote an article titled, “Pursuing responsibility: Writing and Citing Subjects in Qualitative Research,” with S. Bridges-Rhoades, in Qualitative Inquiry, a peer-reviewed journal, 2014.

Conducted conference presentations titled, “Reconceptualizing Data I,” and “Reconceptualizing Data II,” with S. BridgesRhoades during the Plenary Session of the Tenth International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, a peer-reviewed conference, UrbanaChampaign, IL, May 2014.

Led a conference presentation titled “The Trouble with Origins: A Foucauldian Analysis of Scientifically Based Research in Education,” at the American Education Research Association in Philadelphia, PA, a peer-reviewed conference, April 2014.

Led a conference presentation titled, “Writing the Subjects of Qualitative Research: Considering Ethics in Elite Interviewing,” with S. Bridges-Rhoades, at the American Education Research Association in Philadelphia, PA, a peer-reviewed conference, April 2014.

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Presented her paper “The Waiting Room: Race and Medical Ethics in Works by Ernest Gaines and Eudora Welty” on the panel “Considering Eudora Welty and African American Literature: Lines of Dialogue” at the American Literature Association Annual Conference in May 2014 in Washington, DC.

Welcome New Faculty and Staff Jim Beatty, Assistant Coach: Football, Mars Hill College, BS, Business/Finance Jagdeep S. Bhandari, Professor of Business/Economics, BA, University of Delhi; MA, University of Delhi; MS, University of Rochester; PhD, Southern Methodist University; JD, Duquesne University; LLM, Georgetown University John Chastain, Development Officer, Mars Hill College, BS, Business Administration Jonathan Eatmon, PT Security Officer, Mars Hill University, BS, Sociology Matthew Garrett, Facilities: Plumber Cathy Franklin-Griffin, Dean of Nursing, AAS, WPCC; BSN, East Carolina University; MAEd, Appalachian State University; PhD, University of North CarolinaGreensboro; MSN, East Carolina University Danielle Hagerman, Safety Training Technician Appalachian State University, MPA, Public Administration Ryan Hefti, Assistant Professor of Chemistry/Physics, BA, Lawrence University; PhD, University of North CarolinaCharlotte Andrea Heys, Instructor of Music, BA, University of Mississippi; MA, Louisiana State University David Jones, Facilities: Electrician Helper E. Susan Kellogg, Professor of Business, BA, University of Cincinnati; MA, Syracuse University; MBA, Loyola University, PhD, The Union Institute Donna Parsons, Assistant Professor of Business, BA, North Carolina State University; MBA, University of Tennessee; PhD, Saint Mary’s University Amy Price, Director of First Year Experience, Elon University, BS, Emory & Henry College, MA, Community & Organizational Development Kinta Serve, Assistant Professor of Biology, BS, Colorado Mesa University; MS, Washington State University; DA, Idaho State University Steven Stritt, Assistant Professor of Social Work, BS, Appalachian State University; MSW, University of California; PhD, University of California Dana Wilson, Assistant Professor Health, Physical Education and Recreation, BA, Metropolitan State University; JD, Willamette University; MST, Portland State University; MSPH, Walden University

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The Anderson Rosenwald School, located on Long Ridge Road in Mars Hill, was once a thriving school for African Americans in Madison County.

The Rural Life Museum Presents:

OUR STORY, THIS PLACE, The History of African American Education in Madison County

by Les Reker

OUR STORY, THIS PLACE, The History of African American Education in Madison County will be the next exhibit in the Rural Life Museum of Mars Hill University. The exhibit is free and open to the public every weekday except Monday from September 6, 2014 to February 28, 2015.

This exhibition traces the history of African American education in Western North Carolina, with a particular emphasis on Madison County, from Reconstruction through the period of civil rights legislation in the 1960s. The Anderson Rosenwald School in the Long Ridge community of Mars Hill played a significant role in African American heritage and history in Madison County for a good part of the 20th century. Prominent features of the exhibition include the day-to-day learning experience of the students who attended the school, and the struggles, hopes and dreams of their teachers and parents, in the context of the time. The exhibition will be presented through the experiences of several students who attended the school. The legacy of their education and its impact on their adult lives also will be explored.

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The major goal of this exhibition is to foster awareness and a greater understanding of some of the struggles and success stories experienced

by African Americans in their desire to provide a quality education for their children in Madison County after reconstruction. Another goal is to provide visitors with an opportunity to understand the hope for a brighter future that the Anderson Rosenwald School provided African American children between 1928 and 1965.

This exhibition will present historic artifacts from the Anderson Rosenwald School. They will be accompanied by didactic panels revealing much of the Madison County and Madison County School Board history and decision making over the years, along with dozens of historic photographs never before exhibited. The Museum will also feature a “living history” interview video featuring recollections and insights from several individuals who attended the school. The exhibition will be accompanied by monthly programs, including panel discussions, speakers, and musical performances.

Class Notes Mars Hill, the Magazine of Mars Hill University welcomes your personal snapshots when you send in news of weddings, babies, accomplishments, etc. Send your photos to: alumni@mhu.edu, or Alumni Office, P.O. Box 6792, Mars Hill, NC, 28754.

1940s Phillip “Tip” McCorkle ’47 was presented with the Order of the Long Leaf Pine for his life-long contributions to New Hanover County, NC. The award, presented in April 2014, is the most prestigious civilian award presented by the governor of NC.

1950s David L. Early ’51 was honored recently for 22 years of faithful service to First Baptist Church of Sanford, NC, as minister of music, from August 1974 until his retirement in September 1996. The church commissioned a special arrangement of one of Early’s favorite songs, “How Can I Keep from Singing?,” which was performed during the event.

William M. Bowen ’52 has written a book of stories, anecdotes, poems and homespun philosophy called Gleanings of an Old Geechee. Bill’s wife, June, has also written a book called Island Girl. Books are available through Amazon or Barnes and Noble. Autographed copies are available by writing to the Bowenses at PO Box 315, Chapin, SC, 29036.

Tony Stafford ’55 just completed his 51st year as a faculty member teaching English and American literature at the University of Texas, El Paso. This past September, the University Press of Florida, Gainesville, published his book on George Bernard Shaw titled Shaw’s Settings: Gardens and Libraries. It has been nominated for a number of awards. During his career, Stafford has also published numerous scholarly articles and books on English and American literature. Tony said he would love to hear from classmates. Write him at tnyorzb@ sbcglobal.net.

1960s John Luther Stancil, Jr. ’68 has retired from his position as tax professor at Florida Southern College. Stancil taught 21 years at the University of the Cumberland and 16 at Florida Southern. He also has a part-time CPA business.

Rev. David B. Smith ’69/Former Board of Trustees, has retired after 25 years as pastor of First Baptist Church in Lenoir, NC. During his career, Smith also served as campus minister of Mars Hill University and Wingate

University, and as a missionary in Costa Rica and Ecuador.

1970s Robert A. Buckner ’74 retired earlier this year from Mountain Heritage High School in Burnsville, NC, after 37 years as a mathematics teacher.

Theresa Banks ’79 was one of the “100 to Remember - Administrators” who were honored by the North Carolina High School Athletic Association during its Centennial Celebration in 2013. Banks, a former associate superintendent and principal in Madison County Schools, NC, is a former member of the NCHSAA Board of Directors and the first female president of the association. She was also the NCHSAA principal of the year in 2002.

1980s Bruce Boyles, Jr. ’80/Board of Trustees, has retired as superintendent of Cleveland County Schools (N.C.) and will join the faculty of Gardner-Webb University as an associate professor in its Graduate School of Education.

David R. Swann ’81 in April 2013 co-authored the book Operationalizing Health Reform which was published by the National Council for Behavioral Healthcare.

The focus of the book is to assist health care providers to understand how to improve care in the current environment of health reform. David is in his 31st year of service with North Carolina’s Behavioral Health System.

In July 2012, after twenty years as the chief executive officer of Crossroads Behavioral Healthcare, he helped merge the organization with three others creating Partners Behavioral Health Management and was named chief clinical officer.

Mark Cabaniss ’82 has written a new book titled Confessions of a Shameless Name-Dropper: Adventures in the Music Business, published by Bravo Books of Nashville, Tennessee.

It chronicles his work with celebrities such as Bob Barker, Dick Clark, Shirley Jones, Andy Griffith, and more. It is available through Amazon.com, barnesandnoble.com, markcabaniss. com, and selected retail stores.

Michael “Mickey” Alan Ezell ’84 was promoted to fire operations officer with Palm Beach County Fire Rescue (FL). In that position, he helps to oversee a 49-station and 1500+ person department. He is completing his 29th year in the fire service.

David Beaver ’85 has accepted a position as a high school math teacher at Asheville Christian Academy in Asheville, NC. He retired at the end of the 2013-14 school

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Class Notes year from North Buncombe High School, where he had been a math teacher for 29 years.

Dwayne Buckner ’85 retired this year after 29 years of teaching math and coaching at Mountain Heritage High School in Burnsville, NC. He plans to farm beef cattle.

Carol Bennett Hensley ’88 has accepted a position as an assistant professor of Elementary Education at Brigham Young University in Laie, Hawaii.

1990s Carol Hensley

Charles “Kenneth” Garland ’88 is the new superintendent of the Whiteville City Schools, in Whiteville, NC. William Murdock ’89, CEO of Eblen Charities, has authored a book titled: The Inklings at Christmastide. A book signing event in November 2013 raised money to benefit Eblen Charities Heating Assistance.

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Chris Royster ’89 has received the 2014 Joel Weston Award for Faculty Excellence at Salem Academy in Winston Salem, where he teaches AP US history, US history, and government and economics. The honor is equivalent to a “teacher of the year” award, and is presented annually by the school. Salem Academy is a part of Salem College in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and is located in the historic Old Salem district.

Rebecca Horner Shenton ’91 presented “The Cross and the Plow: Anabaptist Challenges to Monoculture in the United States” at the Society of Christian Ethics meeting in Chicago in January 2013. She presented “Farming As a MacIntyrean Practice” at the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society annual meeting in June at Michigan State University. Rebecca is a PhD candidate in Christian ethics at Fuller Theological Seminary. She lives in New Jersey with her husband Doug.

Dr. Steven “Steve” Keith Glenn ’93 , is the new principal at Westview Middle School in Greenwood, SC.

Terrell Eugene Finley ’97 retired from the Mountain Gateway Museum & Heritage Center in Old Fort, NC, in April 2014, after 26 years as administrator.

Mark Harrison Epps ’99 has accepted a new postion as a staff physician’s assistant at the Hughston Clinic in Columbus, GA.

2000s Anthony “Tony” Michael Jasick ’00 has accepted a new position as basketball coach at Jacksonville University in Jacksonville, FL. Amy Brock Jones ’00 and her husband, Ben Jones, welcomed a daughter, Emery Grace Jones, on April 20, 2014.

Sergey Kireyev ’00 recently joined Hanson Professional Services, Inc.’s new Tallahassee, FL, office as a senior planner.

10, 2014. He weighed 8lb 7oz and was 20 in. long.

Patricia “Patti” Denny ’05, head athletic trainer for Eastern Florida State College, has been honored with the Head Athletic Trainer of the Year Award for Ray, Cathy Jo and Jackson Reid Bailey the Junior College/Community College category by the National Athletic Trainers Association’s College/University Athletic Trainers’ Committee.

2010s Jamilyn “Jamie” Stevens Wiener ’10 has accepted a new position as annual giving and communications officer at the Children and Family Resource Center in Hendersonville, NC.

Ben, Amy and Emery Grace Jones

Jennifer Pyatte Cook ’01 was chosen as the 2014 Teacher of the Year for Deyton Elementary School in Bakersville, NC. She has been a teacher for 13 years, and has taught at Deyton for 12 years.

Meghan O’Quinn Parker ’03 married Raymond V. Hicks on May 9, 2014. The couple lives in Virginia Beach, VA. Nathan McMahan ’04 married Emily Ball on May 24, 2014.

Sarah Roberts Wade ’04 has accepted a position as library assistant at the Campbell University School of Osteopathic Medicine in Buies Creek, NC. Ray Bailey ’04 and Cathy Jo Lewis Bailey ’06 welcomed their first child, Jackson Reid Bailey, on June

Britney Lynn Acosta ’11 married James Finley Clubb on March 15, 2014. The couple lives in Waynesville, NC. Allen Woerner ’11 married Sarah Hoffman on June 21, 2014. The couple lives in Tiger, GA.

Faculty/Staff C. Robert Jones, Retired Faculty, has authored a book called, I Like It Here! a collection of theatre memories/ adventures over the years of his lengthy career in theatre. Copies are available in the MHU bookstore.

Also, Jones’ play Taking a Chance on Love, which premiered at Southern Appalachian Repertory Theatre (SART) in 2006, had its Canadian premiere in March 2014.

Daniel Morris, Staff, Director of the Outdoor Center, was named the State Director of the ACA (American Canoe Association).

In Memoriam Since our last publication, we have received word of the passing of the following members of the Mars Hill University family. Each name is followed by the last city of residence and the date of death.

1930s John Worth McDevitt ’33, Durham, NC, February 27, 2014 Helen “Ruby” Hamlin Hill ’37, Asheville, NC, January 30, 2014 Rufus Alexander Brewer, Jr. ’38, Siler City, NC, March 11, 2014

Everette Wade Charles ’39, Winston Salem, NC, April 9, 2014 Mary Ruth Hardy Dillard ’39, Augusta, GA, August 1, 2013 June Almond Lewis Hamilton ’39, Columbia, SC, February 10, 2014 Martha Pauline “Polly” Huff Jarvis ’39, Tucker, GA, March 15, 2014

1940s John D. Armstrong, Jr. ’40, Rockwall, TX, April 17, 2014

Louise Perkinson Ijams ’38, Memphis, TN, June 2, 2014

William “Bill” Whitehead Avera ’40, Advance, NC, April 12, 2014

Mary Gail Menius Bentz ’39, Iowa City, IA, February 1, 2014

Annie Laurie Clayton Freeman ’40, Chapel Hill, NC, April 9, 2014

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In Memoriam Ervin Monroe Johnson, Jr. ’40, Lewisville, TX, March 17, 2014

Mary Broome Blalock Wilson ’46, Pickens, SC, March 29, 2014

Frances Jeter Wyckoff Kennickell ’40, Raleigh, NC, February 9, 2014

Martha “Dollie” Hart Simpson Humphrey ’46, New Bern, NC, March 28, 2014

Virginia “Ginny” Dare Hinton Britt ’41, Winston Salem, NC, February 3, 2014

Avanelle Harris Weaver ’46, Armuchee, GA, June 2, 2013

Mary Virginia Brown ’41, Asheville, NC, May 28, 2014

Rev. Rolen Conway Bailey ’47, Richmond, VA, July 5, 2013

Imogene Brown Kaserman Newton ’41, Knoxville, TN, August 17, 2013

Jean Francetta Dickman, MD ’47, Penney Farms, FL, January 1, 2014

Bernard C. Blankenship ’42, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA, August 5, 2012

Katherine Virginia Eley Grumbles ’47, Danville, VA, October 17, 2013

Ruth Virginia Rabb Dysart ’42, Raleigh, NC, April 5, 2014

Robert Worth Morgan ’47, Hickory, NC, January 29, 2014

Yvette Price Roberts Neel ’42, Charlotte, NC, March 5, 2014 Wallace Edward Parham ’42 Winston Salem, NC, June 15, 2014

Geraldine Stephens Warfield ’48, Athens, GA, July 3, 2013

Harold Lee Raines ’42, Winston Salem, NC, May 4, 2014

Reba Mae Day Huffman ’49, Homewood, AL, February 4, 2014

Faye Cora Cornwell Teague ’42, Landis, NC, April 2, 2014 Majorie Louise McCallum Coleman ’43, Lake Mary, FL, October 2, 2012 Joyce Elizabeth Parris Greene ’43, Portland, OR, February 8, 2014 Martha Elizabeth Ransdell Hicks ’43, Knightdale, NC, April 8, 2014 Louise Justina Jones ’43, Roxboro, NC, February 15, 2014 Ray Coolidge Starnes ’43, Granite Falls, NC, May 25, 2014 Lydia “Alberta” Hudson Creagh ’44, Pollocksville, NC, March 26, 2014 Mary Elizabeth “Lib” Roe Glenn ’44, Winston Salem, NC, September 14, 2013 MSG Merrill Dean Hampton ’44, Wichita, KS, March 28, 2013 Nora “Madelyn” Yates Patton Walker ’44, Morganton, NC, May 4, 2014 Matthew “Matt” Newton Teachey ’44, Swansboro, NC, February 17, 2014 Karlo Livingston Baker ’45, Cheraw, SC, November 18, 2012 Macy Ellen Crow Brooks ’45, Shelby, NC, July 20, 2011 Josie Elizabeth Goines ’45, Charlotte, NC, January 3, 2014 Audrey Virginia Mundorf Perry ’45, Hartselle, AL, May 31, 2013

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Lee Ora Banks Shope ’47, Shelby, NC, May 31, 2014

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Grace Elaine Ledbetter ’49, Hendersonville, NC, January 10, 2013 Rebecca Lou Langdon Nance ’49, Winston Salem, NC, May 10, 2014 Hugh Ronald Owen ’49, Forest City, NC, April 16, 2014 Everette Guy Robinson, Sr. ’49, Weaverville, NC, August 1, 2013

1950s Mary “Peggy” Jones Gray Reinitz ’50, Oxford, NC, February 8, 2014 Thomas “Tom” Ray Price ’51, Anderson, SC, May 8, 2014 Cornelia Lina Watson Stephenson ’51, Wilson, NC, February 4, 2014 Alva Eugene “Gene” Warren ’51, Charlotte, NC, September 16, 2013 John Otto Brock ’52, Georgetown, SC, June 25, 2014 Rachel Louise Granger Gill ’52, Black Mountain, NC, January 22, 2014 Sara “Casey” Frances Jones McGowen ’53, Mt. Pleasant, SC, June 23, 2013 Thomas “TT” Troy Palmer, Jr. ’54, Newport News, VA, December 24, 2013 Sara Ann Arthur Kovich ’55, Jacksonville, NC, April 2, 2014 Vernon Clay Culpepper ’56, Raleigh, NC, February 14, 2014 Betty Jean Fish Edwards ’56, Austin, TX, December 24, 2013

Dorothy Gosnell Moore ’56, Wilmington, NC, December 14, 2013

Herbert Sheldon DuBois ’69, Allentown, PA, March 26, 2014

Rev. William Lynwood Gregory ’56, Chincoteague, VA, February 14, 2014

Leland Dale Oxendine ’69, Pembroke, NC, May 21, 2014

Michael “Wayne” Lewis ’56, Fayetteville, NC, October 26, 2013 Patricia “Pat” Ann Lancaster McKee ’56, Tuscaloosa, AL, March 12, 2014 James “Jimmie” Wilson Bell, Jr. ’57, Mebane, NC, April 16, 2014 Eva Ameca Teague ’57, Hickory, NC, April 24, 2014 LTC Frank Lindsay Baker, Jr. ’58, Spruce Pine, NC, December 4, 2013 Kenneth Ward Horton ’58, Erwin, TN, February 28, 2014 Robert Norman Key ’58, Crest Hill, IL, November 4, 2013 Martha Thrace Caudle Mayson ’58, Dauphin Island, AL, June 5, 2013 Dr. Donald A. Thomas ’58, Durham, NC, April 6, 2014.

Phyllis Joan Evans Warman ’59, Gastonia, NC, December 14, 2013 Betsy Grant Lyon Watson ’59, Raleigh, NC, January 5, 2013

1960s Dorothy Anne Sutton Ingle ’60, Asheville, NC, August 6, 2013 Robert Emmett O’Brien ’60, Murfreesboro, TN, April 14, 2014 Donald Fletcher Shirley ’60, Delray Beach, FL, February 6, 2014 Robert Alan Holston, Sr. ’61/Board of Advisors, Richmond, VA, May 12, 2014 Sanders “Bud” Thornley Schoolar, III ’62, Richmond, VA, July 17, 2013 Kenneth Lee Huneycutt ’64, Mt. Pleasant, SC, July 21, 2012 Robert “Chris” Christian Seaton, Jr. ’65, Richmond, VA, October 3, 2013 Margaret Dudley Denton ’66, Waynesboro, VA, November 28, 2013 Joseph Roy Killen ’66, Newport News, VA, January 13, 2014 Sibyl Ann Bell ’67, Hayesville, NC, November 6, 2013 Jane “Allyn” Baker Clark ’67, Arden, NC, July 10, 2013 Rebecca Caroline Bergen Sawicki ’68, Allentown, PA, December 18, 2010

1970s Julia “Gail” Robertson Smith ’70, Ridgeway, VA, February 24, 2014 Donna Joy Cathey ’71, Asheville, NC, November 17, 2013 David Blair Fisher ’71, Roebuck, SC, March 4, 2014 Kathy Sue Miller Patton ’71, Great Fall, VA, January 20, 2014 Jane Clayton Lamb Sulton ’71, Cross Anchor, SC, June 10, 2014 Griffin Bull Deal, Jr. ’72, Candler, NC, April 12, 2014 Dr. Sidney “Chip” Wayne Zullinger, III ’73, Houston, TX, April 1, 2014 Rev. Jackie “Jack” Donald Gentry ’74, Keystone Heights, FL, February 26, 2014 William “Bill” Albert Stansell ’75, Lawrenceville, GA, April 1, 2014 Charles Lee Allen, Jr. ’76, Ocean Isle Beach, NC, April 1, 2014 Sylvia “Dawn” Taylor ’76, Harrisburg, NC, May 10, 2014 Harry “Mark” Dolly ’78, Anderson, SC, March 19, 2014 Harold “Rick” Richard Wash ’79, Charlotte, NC, March 10, 2014

1980s William “Wyatt” Bibb ’80, Chapel Hill, NC, February 15, 2014 Helen Doris Powell Reece ’81, Valdese, NC, January 15, 2014 Greg Curtis Baker ’84, Suwanee, GA, March 3, 2014

2000s Kimberly “Nichole” Mathis Reeves ’06, Clyde, NC, January 28, 2014 Carol Ann Orr Clayton ’07, Etowah, NC, January 24, 2014

Faculty/Staff/Boards Harlon Cole, Facilities Staff, Mars Hill, NC, July 25, 2014.

Frances King Davis, Board of Advisors Spouse, (wife of Tom Davis ’42), Asheville, NC, March 20, 2014.

Dr. Gordon R. Roberts, Faculty, Mars Hill, NC, April 9, 2014. (See article on page 14.)

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