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Latitude Adjustment Meet Me in St. Louis Homecoming 2010

PRESIDENT’Smessage Dear Friends: It has been an exceptional year! As we go to press we are anticipating the dawn of 2011 and are reflecting on all of the special milestones of 2010.

As you read these pages, you will note some of the great events that have occurred since the last issue of The Magazine for McKendree and some of the moments we are looking forward to in the coming year. We are particularly proud of the new residence halls that are under construction, the first on the campus in 26 years. The groundbreaking was one of the highlights of Reunion and Homecoming Weekend and their completion will be a significant event for your University in 2011. The new year will also herald the development of several new academic programs and majors to include sports management, Spanish, and global studies. In addition, we will also continue our movement toward full membership in the NCAA Division II. I personally hope that you will find the article on our students who are studying abroad interesting. As an educator, I am particularly concerned that McKendree prepares individuals to live and work in a global society. I believe these educational opportunities are helping our students develop important skills that will benefit our world for generations to come.

Finally, I hope that you will celebrate with us all the accomplishments of our nationally ranked debate team, currently number one among all colleges and universities, and our women’s bowling team, also number one in the country.

Your University is stronger and more dynamic than ever! It is offering more exciting academic programs and other educational opportunities to more students than ever before in its history. There has never been a better time to be a BEARCAT and I have never been more proud to serve as the president!

I am mindful that any success we enjoy at the University is made possible in large part to the work of our students, faculty and staff, and the generosity of the alumni, parents and friends who support this University through their volunteer efforts and personal philanthropy. We are all indeed grateful.

I hope you and your family have a wonderful and exciting year ahead.

Sincerely,

Jim Dennis President

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Magazine Contributors Editorial content and production: Lisa Brandon, Director of Media Relations Krysti Connelly, Executive Director for University Communications and Marketing Victoria Dowling, Senior Vice President Sherry Hall, Graphic Designer Writing/Photography: Jeff Campbell ’87, Alumni Relations Director Scott Cummings, Director of Sports Information

Michele Erschen, Director of Community Relations and Marketing Josh Fleming ’14 Dr. Patrick Folk, Professor of History Danielle Mask ’11 Josh Monken Photography Dr. Martha Patterson, Professor of English Rory Scher ’11 James Visser Photography Rick Windham Photography Andrew Williams ’11

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Children in the audience were invited to help turn over the first shovelfuls of dirt at the Oct. 23 groundbreaking for two new residence halls.

New Residence Halls to Open in 2011 Construction is underway on two new state-of-the-art residence halls that will dramatically enhance campus life and accommodate the University’s growing enrollment.

S.M. Wilson is the general contractor for the approximately 90,000 square foot structure, designed by architectural firm Mackey Mitchell. These St. Louis firms also designed and constructed the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts, dedicated in 2006.

The residence halls’ contemporary, glassand-brick design will complement the Hett. Two three-story wings connected by a glass-enclosed bridge are under construction on the northwest side of campus, across from College Hill Cemetery on Summerfield Rd., adjacent to the residence-dining complex. No existing buildings were demolished but a parking lot was razed and parking spaces established elsewhere on campus.

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year classes in our history, necessitates this expansion and upgrade to our residence halls,” said Dr. James Dennis, president.

The new complex will accommodate 200 students in single and double suites, each with their own bathroom. Facilities will include a fitness center and a “great room” gathering place with a fireplace and kitchen. Both wings will have laundry rooms and each floor will have a lounge and study areas. The new halls will be accessible by elevator and stairs and protected by a key-card entrance for added security. A spacious courtyard will be part of the outdoor landscape.

The $16 million project is being funded by raised resources, bonded funds and $3.8 million in state capital funds. “We at McKendree are grateful to the State of Illinois legislators for understanding and supporting the role of private education,” Dennis said. He noted that the project will benefit the local economy by creating a number of construction-related jobs.

Construction is expected to be complete by the opening of the fall semester in August.

Architect’s rendering courtesy of Mackey Mitchell

Daniel Dobbins ’81, chair of the board of trustees, called the construction “physical affirmation of the growth of McKendree and a springboard for future growth and development” at the groundbreaking during homecoming weekend.

The new residence halls are not yet named. To make a gift, contact Victoria Dowling, senior vice president for institutional advancement, at vadowling@mckendree.edu.

“So much student learning takes place outside of the classroom,” said Dr. Joni Bastian, vice president for student affairs.

“Residence halls provide opportunities for students to meet and connect. The programming that takes place in campus housing helps students grow personally, socially and academically, through study groups and participation in our livinglearning communities. “Many of our college memories stem from our experiences of living in the residence halls. These buildings will provide the opportunity for just that.”

Student Government Association President Annie Bierman ’11, echoed that sentiment at the groundbreaking ceremony. “Students understand the importance of these buildings,” she said.

“My college experience has been enriched by the opportunity to live in campus housing and develop lasting relationships with my roommates.”

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ONcampus News Briefs Partnerships Enhance Nursing Education in Southern Illinois A new partnership with several southern Illinois community colleges enables nursing students to advance their education and careers by ensuring a seamless transition into McKendree University’s BSN program.

The University offers dual enrollment, a guaranteed tuition rate, and the acceptance and application of credits to nursing students at the Olney-based Illinois Eastern Community Colleges, Kaskaskia College in Centralia, Rend Lake College in Ina, Shawnee Community College in Ullin, Southwestern Illinois College in Belleville, Southeastern Illinois College in Harrisburg, and John A. Logan College in Carterville.

McKendree guarantees its tuition rate for five years, based on continuous enrollment. Qualified students who maintain a minimum 3.25 grade point average while pursuing their Associate in Applied Science degree in nursing will be allowed to enroll concurrently in

coursework toward a Bachelor of Science degree at McKendree. Those who complete the specific coursework outlined in the agreement are assured it will transfer into McKendree’s BSN program.

The university has had a similar agreement with the statewide Kentucky Community and Technical College System since 2009.

Freshman Class is Largest in McKendree’s History

They are the Class of 2014, the largest first-year group in McKendree University’s history. Males slightly outnumbered females among the 348 first-year students who started their collegiate career on Aug. 23. While an 85 percent majority call Illinois home, 13 states from Alaska to Florida are represented, as well as nine nations: Argentina, Columbia, England, Hungary, Ireland, Jamaica, Kenya, Nepal and Zimbabwe.

Like so many of their predecessors, these first-year students are academic achievers. Forty-three percent ranked in the top quarter of their high school graduating class with 16 percent in the top one-tenth. Their average ACT score was 23—two points higher than the national composite—and their average high school GPA was 3.4.

Bill Clinton was elected president the year that most of them were born. They have no memory of the Flood of 1993, for they were in diapers. And Jay Leno is the only “Tonight Show” host they have ever known.

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Signing the agreement on Sept. 10 were Dr. James Dennis, president, and Bill Hawley, chairman of the Kaskaskia College Board of Trustees, seated. Standing are Dr. Jim Underwood, Kaskaskia College president Dr. Richelle Rennegarbe, nursing division chair and Dr. Christine Bahr, provost, of McKendree; Susan Batchelor, dean of nursing, and Tim Hood, vice president of instructional services, of Kaskaskia College.

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A Crystal Apple for Dr. Wiegmann Students, faculty and staff know Dr. Janice Wiegmann, R.N., as a dedicated, passionate and caring instructor who makes herself available for academic assistance, mentoring, career advice and personal support outside the classroom.

She was one of approximately 100 St. Louis area educators to receive the

Among ‘100 Best College Buys’ Once Again Once again McKendree University is the sole Illinois institution among “America’s 100 Best College Buys ” for 2010-2011.

The University has earned the distinction numerous times since 1997.

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Inclusion is based solely on merit and opportunities for financial aid, low tuition cost and excellent academic standards.

Eligible colleges and universities must be accredited, four-year institutions that offer bachelor’s degrees, residence halls and

prestigious Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award for 2010, presented Nov. 14. Honorees from the kindergarten to college level are chosen for their passion for teaching, impact on student learning, knowledge and creativity. Each winner receives a Tiffany crystal apple.

Jack Travelstead, an enduring friend, mentor, advisor, consultant and supporter of McKendree College— and now, University—has retired from the Board of Trustees after 44 years of extraordinary service.

“Dr. Wiegmann has been a leader in the design and implementation of our undergraduate and graduate nursing programs,” said Dr. Christine Bahr, provost. “She has exemplified excellence in teaching for 28 years through her course development and attention to detail. Despite years of experience and demonstrated expertise, she revises her instructional methods each semester to ensure that course content is fresh and that her delivery methods match students’ learning needs.”

He has experienced McKendree’s growth under the leadership of six presidents since 1966. He served on the Church Relations Committee, which he chaired for a time, and as a former chair of the Academic Affairs Committee. He has traveled south— from Macomb and later, Springfield— to attend almost all commencement ceremonies at the Lebanon campus since he joined the board in 1966.

McKendree awarded him an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree in 1968.

Wiegmann has served for many years as a volunteer with the American Cancer Society, Metro East Region and Illinois Division and was appointed a year ago to the Saint Joseph’s Hospital Board of Directors in Breese, Ill.

As pastor of the Wesley United Methodist Church in Macomb, Travelstead helped to secure a $140,000 grant from the Felheimer Trust managed by his church, for the refurbishment of Clark Hall in 1974.

dining service. Their first-year students’ high school grade point average, SAT or ACT score must exceed the national average for entering freshmen. Finally, out-of-state cost of attendance for three quarters or two semesters must be below or not exceed by more than ten percent the current national average of $31,959 for tuition, fees, room and board.

On Oct. 2, the Board issued a proclamation on behalf of the trustees, faculty, staff and students to “extend sincere appreciation… in profound gratitude for his dedication to McKendree University.”

Institutional Research & Evaluation, Inc., an independent research and consulting organization in Gainesville, Ga., evaluated over 1,100 colleges and universities across the U.S. to compile its 15th annual top 100 report for 2010-2011.

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ONcampus News Briefs 2010 Lincoln Laureate is a Mathlete complex mathematical theories and bowling competition with equal determination.

The mathematics major’s honors thesis applies graph theory to Sudoku number placement puzzles. She is student vice president of the Phi Kappa Phi honor society chapter and co-president of the MathCats math club. Belobraydich was one of only 16 women selected nationwide to participate in a research experience for undergraduates at George Washington University last summer.

The captain of McKendree’s nationally ranked women’s bowling team is pursuing a minor in sport psychology.

The Lincoln Academy Student Laureate for 2010 is Danielle Belobraydich ’11, a senior from Plainfield who approaches

Debaters Ranked No. 1 in U.S.

The prestigious Lincoln Laureate award is given annually at the State Capitol to one outstanding senior class member from each four-year, degree-granting institution in Illinois.

McKendree teams also placed among the top 30: Mat Myles and Ben Reid; Amanda Ataiyan and Whitney Baillie; and Brent Nicholson and Brad Thomas.

“The team has had an incredible start to the year,” said Joe Blasdel ’00, debate and individual events coach. “These results are unprecedented in the history of the program. With continued hard work, there is no limit to what this team can accomplish this year.”

Jeff Jones ’12 and Ian Reynolds ’13 ended the fall semester as the top debate team in the nation, according to the National Parliamentary Tournament of Excellence rankings. Three other

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“I have been around debate for almost a decade and I can’t remember when I have seen a more competitive field of debaters than this,” said Cory Freivogel ’10, assistant coach and a former McKendree debater.

Green Challenge Award Ed Willett ’75, director of operations, accepted an award on behalf of the University for being one of 58 institutions, businesses and organizations in the inaugural class of the St. Louis Green Business Challenge, sponsored by the Regional Commerce and Growth Association.

With him are Glenda Abney, director of the EarthWays Center, and Richard C.D. Fleming, RCGA president and CEO. The University completed a scorecard of requirements to form green teams, reduce waste, conserve resources and improve energy efficiency.

Check out the Hett in 2011!

For information on the Performance Series, Distinguished Speaker Series, Met at the Hett, Film Arts Series, and Spanish Film Series, visit TheHett.com.

McKendree Is Among Top Regional Colleges in U.S. News’ 2011 Report McKendree University scores in the top 13 percent overall of 319 Best Regional Colleges in the 2011 edition of U.S. News Media Group’s Best Colleges.

Regional colleges are those that offer a broad range of programs in the liberal arts, business, nursing and education.

The University is also recognized for having one of the most ethnically and racially diverse undergraduate student bodies among Midwest regional colleges, with a diversity index of .55 on a 1.0 scale.

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The report examines how more than 1,400 accredited four-year schools compare on a set of up to 16 widely accepted indicators of excellence, including peer assessment, graduation and retention rates, faculty resources, student selectivity, financial resources and alumni giving.

“These rankings affirm our position among the finest institutions in the category,” said Dr. James Dennis, president.

Tickets are still available for several performances, including: • Eisenhower Dance Company on 1/26 • Montana Repertory Theater: Bus Stop on 2/25 • The Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia: The Very Hungry Caterpillar on 3/20 • St. Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra on 5/1

For more information about graduate programs contact the Office of Graduate Admission: 1.800.BEARCAT, ext. 6576 or e-mail graduate@mckendree.edu.

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Latitude Adjustment Study abroad is a passport to a fresh perspective and a broader world view for some McKendree students who spend a few weeks or an entire semester thousands of miles from campus, well outside their comfort zone.

The University offers several opportunities to live and learn in other countries through partnerships with Butler University’s Institute for Study Abroad, Paris Graduate School of Management, and Technos International in Japan.

Faculty-led mission and group trips to Jamaica, Ecuador and London this spring and summer will also allow students to challenge themselves, embrace the unfamiliar and experience other cultures in a safe, supervised way.

The experience is invaluable, say two students who returned from semesters in the United Kingdom with more insight not only about a different culture but also themselves.

Andrew Williams ’11, a senior economics and finance major from Mt. Carmel, spent fall 2009 at St. Andrews University, founded in 1413 in the ancient Scottish town. To play the famous links of the historic birthplace of golf—and to return last summer to assist at a tournament—was the opportunity of a lifetime for the McKendree golfer.

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Rory Scher ’11, a senior psychology major from Swansea, blogged for mckendree.edu about her fall semester at England’s prestigious University of Oxford, the oldest in the English-speaking world. She is student vice-president of McKendree’s Phi Kappa Phi honor society chapter, a member of Psi Chi psychology and Pi Gamma Mu social science honor societies, and the Psychology Club.

Hitting the Books, Birdies and Bogeys at St. Andrews

by Andrew Williams, ’11 Before I studied abroad, I had already been to most of Europe, including France, England, Scotland, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia and Croatia, so I was fairly adept at international travel. On all of these trips, however, I had been accompanied by one or more family members so studying in Scotland all by myself was an exciting and new experience.

My living arrangements at the University of St. Andrews were a lot like the McKendree West apartments, although slightly bigger. The complex is owned by the university but on the outskirts of town so my walk to most of my classes and to the town center was approximately a mile. My four roommates and I had our own bedrooms and shared a small living room-kitchen area. We had a rather diverse group of guys; two roommates were from Scotland, one from England and another from Pakistan.

The academic experience at St. Andrews University is completely different from traditional U.S. structure, including McKendree’s.

I took Introductory Psychology, Intermediate Microeconomics and Experiments in Economics, which transferred as nearly 14 credit hours. My psychology class consisted of a one-hour

“Studying abroad greatly increased my confidence, ability to communicate, independence and knowledge of world events.” lecture Monday through Thursday and a two-hour tutorial on Wednesday after class. At the lectures approximately 300 students listened to a research psychologist discuss a specific topic. We had five or six different lecturers throughout the semester. At the tutorial, groups of 20 to 30 students met with an associate professor to cover psychology experiments and the statistics that went with them. It was like taking two classes in one, psychology and math statistics.

Intermediate Micro class was set up much the same. Experiments in Economics more closely resembled an American class, meeting at night once a week for about three hours, much like McKendree’s night classes.

The biggest difference throughout all my classes abroad was definitely how we were graded. Attendance was not mandatory and all we were really graded on was one essay or midterm and the final exam. With the final worth 65 to 80 percent of your entire grade, the end of the semester was rather nerve-wracking.

Lectures did not include much time for Q&A so I spent a lot of time in the library, reading over the material or preparing for the next class. After my semester abroad, I really appreciate McKendree’s student-friendly classrooms and teachers.

As a member of the McKendree men’s golf team, Scotland was an exciting place for me to study abroad. It is the “home of golf” and St. Andrews has one of the oldest and most famous courses in the world: The Old Course. It has hosted several professional

“The Internet and an international phone enabled me to stay in touch with family and friends back home, so I never really felt like I was that far away.” tournaments, including the British Open, which Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus have won. I certainly planned on playing a lot of golf. The easiest way to do this was to join the University of St. Andrews men’s golf club. We played every Wednesday, followed by a social event at one of the sponsoring local pubs.

It was a great way to meet a lot of full-time students who shared the same passion for golf. I even represented the club in a few matches against other schools.

Since I had been around Europe quite a bit, I didn’t make it a point to travel much. I mainly stayed around St. Andrews, playing golf or taking the train an hour to Edinburgh for the weekend.

However, in early November we had a week off for fall break and at the last minute I decided to find the cheapest flight I could to somewhere in Europe. RyanAir is Europe’s cheapest airline and it did not disappoint. I found a round-trip flight to the Spanish Canary Islands off the coast of Morocco for only 35 Euros (approximately $55 U.S. at the time) and thought, “Why not?” I also found a hotel on the island of Lanzarote, one of ten islands that make up the Canaries, for only 100 American dollars for the whole week! I could not believe how beautiful it was— volcanoes formed the islands so the beaches were black sand and inland looked like a barren desert. The coastline was covered with hotels, shops and restaurants. I felt like I was the only American on the island, and was asked a few times where I was from because my accent was unfamiliar.

Living abroad, I knew I would have to make adjustments from the life I’m used to back in the states. One of the biggest was cooking for myself. I’m used to the convenience of fast food and having roommates cook for me if I buy the groceries. In St. Andrews there is only one fast food place and that is Subway.

Going to the grocery store, buying food for more than one meal, and preparing it myself was a big step. I learned that it wasn’t that hard and it was actually fun. By the end of the semester I was cooking for myself and for friends.

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I began to realize I am perfectly capable of taking care of myself away from family and friends. I had no trouble making new friends, I enjoyed making decisions on my own, and I learned the value of a budget, especially when the exchange rate is not in your favor. The most challenging part was remembering that I was a student first. With so many things going on and so many places I wanted to go, I had to almost force myself to go to class every day.

I’ve never been one to get homesick but in Scotland I longed to see my family. Luckily, my dad came to visit mid-way through the semester, which made things a lot easier. The Internet and an international phone enabled me to stay in touch with family and friends back home, so I never really felt like I was that far away.

As an American, I’ve always heard that Europeans don’t like us and think we are loud and ignorant. The student body at the University of St. Andrews is 25 percent American, so I knew there would be plenty of fellow Americans around. I quickly learned that the rest of the student body was very welcoming and accepting. We were all college students just trying to survive class and finals. Sharing that common goal made it much easier to get along.

Studying abroad certainly changed my perspective in many ways. I learned to appreciate the freedoms and conveniences we have in the U.S. I realize how important it is to keep up-to-date on world news and what is happening in other countries, because you never know how it could affect us back in the states. It is important that the U.S. keeps other countries in mind when making decisions because our policies do affect them in significant ways.

Studying abroad greatly increased my confidence, ability to communicate, independence and knowledge of world events.

It allowed me to network with some incredible people. Anyone who is studying abroad soon, or even considering it, should enjoy every minute, meet as many people and experience as many things as possible. You may never have the opportunity to travel like this again. Take advantage of it while you can!

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Embracing the Unfamiliar in England

by Rory Scher, ’11 In September I embarked on what was perhaps the most memorable semester of my life. I had never been to Europe; my international travels had consisted only of mission trips to Mexico. Oxford, England was unlike anything I had experienced.

Culturally, it was much different than I had anticipated. The saying that the United States and England are “two countries divided by a common language” is true. While we speak basically the same language, our usage varies greatly. For instance, when a tutor tells you that you did “quite good” that does not mean very good but rather the quality of the assignment was only moderate at best. One time I asked for directions and afterward I still had no idea where to go.

Academically, Oxford and the U.K. as a whole differ from the U.S. in how students are educated. At an early age, British students are expected to specialize. In high school they decide what they want to study and take classes specific to that interest. In university (or college, as we say in the states), they only take classes geared toward their degree. This is much different than in the U.S., where throughout high school and college we take classes that are not major related. While U.K. students may not always like the limitations of studying only their major, they know more about the subject before they enter college. In the states, students may not have as vast the knowledge of their intended major but they have the opportunity to change it if they choose.

“Surprisingly, people were friendliest at meal time.”

Living in England allowed me to learn how the British conduct their daily life and provided many opportunities to see historic places. During free time at study abroad orientation with IFSAButler in London, I visited Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, the place where King Charles I was beheaded, Tower Bridge and the Tower of London. The most amazing experience was entering a library that had books thousands of years old; an Egyptian marriage license dated 400 B.C.; copies of the Magna Carta; and the original copy of “Alice in Wonderland.”

One big adjustment I made was my approach to meeting people. I tend to be a little more reserved in that respect but at Oxford I took advantage of every opportunity to form a friendship. The best way is to join a club or organization with others who share a common interest. Surprisingly, people were friendliest at meal time. Those sitting around me would talk to me openly, whereas outside of meals and activities they rarely struck up conversation.

Studying abroad allowed me a good opportunity to get to know myself. I didn’t realize how much I loved living in my city where I know all the traveling routes, where I can walk around McKendree’s campus and know a lot of people, until I moved away. Starting all over takes a lot of initiative. I didn’t become homesick but I was gone long enough to realize what I loved that I had left behind.

but also to share yours with others. It enabled me to see a culture through its citizens’ eyes and to see how my own country is viewed. Oftentimes we believe something just because the masses do, rather than founding our stance on facts. In another country, if asked why I believe something or stand for something I can’t say, “because everyone else does.” Instead, I have to provide the reasons why I am who I am.

Being an American abroad was interesting. Some students really wanted to meet me, while others seem intimidated by stories of America they had heard. One student told me that he thought American universities were supposed to be the hardest in the world. Others had the impression that every American owned at least one gun. U.K. citizens are not permitted to own guns and I did not hear anyone state the slightest interest in owning one.

If you can study abroad, don’t miss the opportunity not only to get to know another country but also to get to know yourself!

Get as involved as you can with the people living there. That is what transforms your experience and makes it positively memorable.

Living and studying in another country is an opportunity no one should pass up if it is even remotely possible. My advice is, take advantage of not only being able to learn about another culture

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A Fulbrighter in the Land of Fjords

by Dr. Martha Patterson Det finnes ikke dårlig vær—bare dårlige klær!

“It’s not the weather but the clothes.” We have lived in Norway for several months now, and it is this aphorism that best defines a Norwegian approach to life. Kids play soccer in the rain; hike in the sleet; trudge to school in the snow. And they love it!

Embracing the elements—donning woolen long underwear, rain slicker and Wellingtons— is key not only to avoiding the blues during the dark, short winter days, or mørketid, but also to appreciating a landscape at once stunningly beautiful and uncompromisingly harsh. It is a landscape where less than three percent of the land is arable but where the spectacular Geirangerfjord and Nærøyfjord comprise two of the world’s most breathtaking World Heritage Sites.

We live on the southern coast of Norway in Kristiansand, where cruise ships regularly dock before sailing up to the fjords along the western coast. Our apartment on Presteheia Street overlooks Kristiansand and lies within a five-minute walk of an extensive web of hiking and skiing trails, lakes and beaches where we regularly hike with our kids but where we have yet to see any squirrels (apparently the elusive Norwegian squirrels are tree dwellers) or any other wild mammals. We would have to venture much farther north in the country to see reindeer and polar bears, but we understand that moose and elk live in our region.

During my Fulbright appointment this year I am working on a couple of research projects and teaching at the University of Agder in Kristiansand. When I’m not trying to make out the absurdly small print of countless newspaper scans for a book I am writing on African American newspapers in the 1920s and 30s, I am also co-teaching a course for elementary education majors who plan to specialize in teaching English. Jan Erik Mustad, my co-instructor for English 135, is an expert on British and Irish history, culture and politics. He teaches the British culture section of the course while I teach American cultural history and children’s literature.

Next semester I will teach two courses, a large lecture course in American studies and an upper-level course on the Harlem Renaissance. I will also begin my work on Henrik Ibsen, the 19th-century Norwegian playwright who proved a catalyst for the women’s movement around the world with his breakthrough modern drama, “A Doll’s House.” I’ve been interested in the roots of Norway’s leading role in the struggle for gender equality, especially as reflected in the work of Ibsen. Over 12

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Dr. Martha Patterson, associate professor of English, is midway through a year of teaching and studying in Norway as a Fulbright Scholar, sponsored by the U.S. Department of State. Joined by her husband Bill and young sons Walter and Mark, she blogs about the family’s experiences at http://ouryearinnorway.blogspot.com/.

lunch I asked my colleague May-Brith Öhman Nielsen, a 19th-20th century Scandinavian and European history specialist, her thoughts. She noted that the roots of Norway’s commitment to an egalitarian society stem, in some respects, from the landscape itself. Given that there is so little arable land in the country and that the majority of Norwegians made a living by subsistence farming or fishing (until the discovery of vast oil reserves in 1969), there was little opportunity for a landed aristocracy, which depended on tiered social classes of aristocrats, merchants and serfs, to develop.

The Norwegian emphasis on inclusion and equality is reflected in their generous social welfare system where all university tuition is free, healthcare is heavily subsidized, and poverty is virtually non-existent. With a per-capita income of $65,509, Norway ranks as one of the world’s richest countries. Its tremendous wealth depends both on its North Sea oil reserves and on what to Americans would seem excessive personal tax rates, which can reach close to 50 percent. Although Norwegians grumble a bit about people taking advantage of the generous welfare benefits by submitting false claims of disability, for the most part they are proud of their system.

We noticed almost immediately upon arrival that Norwegians seem far less anxious than Americans, in large part because they enjoy far greater job security. The system cuts both ways. It can

be a significant challenge to fire poor employees, but lowerlevel employees feel freer to level the kind of criticism that can strengthen a business or organization. One friend remarked to us that the BP oil rig disaster in the Gulf would be unlikely in Norway because employees would feel obligated to report problems to their boss and wouldn’t fear reprisal for doing so.

like a first generation immigrant as I struggle in Norwegian language class—for my children, who attend with me, the å and ø sounds come much more easily—and can’t quite embrace the Norwegian love of orienteering in the dark with headlamps— a sport which my children now relish—I have come to appreciate sursild, or pickled herring. Perhaps with time I will gather up my courage and try lutefisk.

Both my husband Bill and I feel profoundly grateful for our experience. Although I smile ruefully at times because I feel

Americans in Paris, Lost in Translation Not many American college students get to read books or do their homework under the Eiffel Tower or in the gardens of the Louvre. Shauna Eckstadt ’12, a junior speech communications major from Hecker, and Danielle Mask ’11, a senior marketing major from St. Louis, studied business, management and marketing last semester at the Paris Graduate School of Management, where international students make up an 80 percent majority.

Living with a French family in the 8th arrondissement (district) within view of the famous Sacré Coeur basilica, “we learned a little bit more about the French culture and lifestyle,” said Mask, who knew Spanish but not French before she arrived. “Umm… can you say ‘Lost in Translation?’ The language barrier was definitely the most difficult part.”

Mask said she learned to become “even more independent than I was before and not take things for granted. Being overseas in a completely new culture makes you miss and appreciate the little things at home so much more.”

“It has opened me up to so many new cultures and lifestyles.

I have learned so much not only from the classes but from the

Shauna Eckstadt ’12 and Danielle Mask ’11 in Paris.

people I met. There is so much out in the world that I discovered yet so many more places I want to go because of this experience. Americans can learn a lot from people of different cultures,” Mask said.

“The most important thing I have taken away is knowing how to interact with people from other backgrounds and cultures.

I admit that before I came here, and even within the first few weeks, I thought that the American way was the only right way. Now I am more accepting and understanding of different people. Studying abroad teaches you so much and opens so many doors for your future. It is one of the best decisions I have made.”

In the Spring 2011 semester, four juniors and three sophomores will study overseas: Sarah Adams ’12, a psychology major from New Baden, at the University of Limerick in Ireland

Cassandra Fremder ’13, a sophomore biology major from Troy, at Cardiff University in Wales

Michael Anderson ’12, an international relations major from Belleville, at King’s College in London

Morgan McDaniel ’13, a sophomore sociology major from Fairview Heights, at Beijing Language and Culture University in China

Sarah Brown ’12, a philosophy and chemistry major from Maryville, at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland Arben Balazi ’12, a sociology major from Oswego, at the University of Tasmania in Australia

Darren Meeker ’13, a sophomore speech communication major from Newton, at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand

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Meet Me in St. Louis A former art major is one of the city’s top travel industry executives

by Lisa Brandon, Director of Media Relations Renee Eichelberger ’93 is known as “Tidbit” around the St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission (CVC) office— not for her petite 4'11'' stature but for her knowledge of St. Louis factoids and trivia.

“St. Louis is second only to Washington, D.C. in its number of free attractions,” said the CVC’s director of leisure travel sales.

The former fine art student has crafted a career marketing the Gateway City to out-of-town tour operators and travel agents who bring visitors to the city for fun. Her clients are family reunion, wedding and vacation planners rather than convention or business meeting organizers.

“I’m in the business of creating travel memories,” she explained. “St. Louis is my product. I don’t own it but I sell it. I go to conventions that are tour- and travel-related and meet with people, bringing our product, which is the city and county.” At the National Tour Association’s annual meetings, she repeats her pitch in seven-minute appointments and hands out a one-page profile of facts, upcoming events and pretty pictures of local attractions.

“What makes us unique is not just the Arch but also the City Museum, Forest Park, the Fox Theatre, Grant’s Farm, the

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brewery, the Delmar Loop. Forest Park is larger than Central Park! Once they see what we have here, it sells itself.”

A “Love What You Do” sign greet visitors to Eichelberger’s corner office deep within the America’s Center downtown.

Clearly she does, with energy and enthusiasm.

“I love the city and what it has to offer—the attractions, the restaurants, the food. Being excited about what you sell helps a great deal.”

“Travel has become more and more important in the last five or six years,” noted Eichelberger, who is frequently on the go with her Blackberry® close at hand. The 2010-2011 schedule posted on her office bulletin board indicates she will visit California, Canada, Washington, D.C., Kansas City, Philadelphia, Ft. Lauderdale and Chicago by the end of June.

“But I’m just as likely to go to Dubuque or Davenport as Disneyland,” she pointed out, adding “there is no glamour at 4 a.m.” on a red-eye flight.

Facebook keeps her connected to a worldwide network of friends and colleagues. “I travel alone but I never feel alone in a city,” she said. “I can meet one of 1,500 of my ‘closest friends.’

I actually see people from the industry more than my own relatives.”

Eichelberger joined the CVC staff over 12 years ago as an entry level tourism sales associate. In 2007 she was elected by her peers to the 3,000-member, worldwide National Tour Association’s board of directors for a two-year term. She was promoted in 2010 to her newly created position in the marketing department.

It’s difficult to imagine this successful, smartly dressed executive as an ’80s teenager pierced with safety pins, her hair shaved on one side. In college, Eichelberger commuted to McKendree from home in Shiloh but spent lots of time on campus, most comfortably in Benson Wood’s art studio. “There weren’t many art majors. We were a very close knit group. At that time there were no computers, no graphic arts.”

Art professors Jim Drake and David Ottinger taught her the importance of being organized. She admits she struggled academically in college, preferring to throw clay on the pottery wheel or develop prints in the darkroom. “I liked controlling the environment. It’s probably that control thing of mine.”

She took an unpaid internship at Scott Air Force Base’s Arts and Craft Center, engraving plaques and making shadow boxes for military customers. Opportunity knocked when the center later shared space with the base’s Information, Tickets and Tours office. When a position opened there, she was encouraged to apply.

“As a local girl, I knew the area. Pretty soon I was running casino trips, selling Six Flags and concert tickets, and ‘other duties as assigned’,” she recalled. A CVC executive seated next to her at a VIP tourism event asked for her resume. “I didn’t have one.

I wasn’t looking for another job.” Offered the opportunity, she accepted on the spot.

Her McKendree family legacy includes older sisters Lynn Eichelberger ’91, Michaela (Shelli) Eichelberger ’94, future sister-in-law Tracy (Niklich) Eye ’01 and her husband, Jeremiah Eye ’01. Eichelberger, who recently moved to Smithton, is engaged to fiancé Travis Niklich.

She returns to McKendree for homecoming when her schedule permits. “It’s amazing to see all the changes on campus. Soccer was the big sport when I was there. We’d sit on the wall and watch the games. There was no football team. Dr. Dennis had just arrived and you could see that he had big plans. As an alum, it’s been interesting to see all the changes. Change is good.”

memories in scrapbooks, limiting each destination to just one postcard and photograph.

“I have zip-lined at Whistler. I’ve been to Disneyland when they closed the park for us. I’ve been ‘flightseeing’ in Alaska.

And they pay me for it! So if my flight is delayed 30 minutes, that’s fine. It takes its toll sometimes but I am lucky. I’ll do this until they tell me I can’t do it anymore. I love what the CVC represents—to increase visitor demand for St. Louis City and County. I can’t imagine doing anything else.”

Tips for a Successful Reunion Planning a family or class reunion? Renee Eichelberger, director of leisure travel sales at the St. Louis Convention and Visitors Commission, offers the following tips for success: 1. Pick a central location. The more members who can attend, the more fun you'll have. If many attendees drive to the reunion, look for a location that is less than an eight-hour drive from the largest number of members.

2. Ask your local convention or visitors’ bureau for help in connecting with hotels, visitor attractions, dining options and businesses who provide group transportation or other services.

3. Communication is key. Ask a web-savvy relative or class member to set up a reunion website. Post the reunion itinerary, transportation options and group history. Include a link to the hotel and the city’s official websites.

4. Promote the reunion. Send “save the date” postcards well in advance.

5. Create a memory. Hand out disposable cameras or put them on each table. After the reunion, post the best photos on the reunion website for those who were unable to attend.

“McKendree made me a well-rounded person,” she reflected.

“A liberal arts education gives you well-rounded experience in life. I even took religion classes and yoga, which I practice to this day.”

She also swing dances East Coast and Imperial style, at St. Louis area clubs when time permits. Eichelberger preserves her travel

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Meet Rebecca Schreiner, the new director of the Holman Library, who came to McKendree last summer from Round Rock Public Library near Austin, Texas. Originally from Chicago, she served from 2004 to 2009 as associate dean and Director of the Morton College Library in Cicero, Ill. Throughout her career as a head of reference services at both academic and public libraries, she has experienced massive technological and social change in the way they serve their patrons.

Do you have a favorite place in Holman Library?

Yes, at the top of the stairs on the second floor. The chandelier and stained glass window are stunning. The image of Bishop McKendree as a circuit rider is a beautiful testimony to the history of the University.

What’s the most recent book you’ve read?

Ellen Foster by Kaye Gibbons.

You bring experience from large public libraries and smaller academic ones. What brought you to McKendree?

I like the teaching mission of academic libraries and our role in graduating information literate students. McKendree’s size is a perfect fit for me; I feel part of a “community.” It is a beautiful campus with a fascinating history, an emphasis on teaching, interesting faculty and research interests, and a service-oriented library staff.

Compare today’s library to that of 20 years ago.

I came into the field right when libraries were on the cusp of being automated. When I explain that to my 21-year-old daughter, she thinks I’m exaggerating or making it up. No fulltext, no World Wide Web, no Windows operating system—at least not yet in libraries. The largest contrast was the lack of public access to online databases, full-text articles and electronic books that we take for granted today. Online databases existed but they weren’t available to the public. Students who could afford it ordered a search about a week in advance and a librarian went into some back room and searched databases with complicated search logic and codes and a dial-up connection.

When students did get printouts of articles, they had to go into the stacks of bound periodical volumes to find them and make photocopies. Students used card catalogs for books and annual

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paper indexes for periodicals where they had to look up their search topic over and over in each annual volume.

What’s most foreign to my college-aged-student daughter is to what degree we used paper materials and photocopiers and, without computers, how slow research must have been. She has never used a print index and doesn’t need a pencil and one of those little slips of paper to write down a call number. In her world today, from the library’s website, she can click to have call numbers sent by text to her phone. In her dorm room, she can print full-text of articles or check out e-books and read them on her laptop or phone.

Today’s library is actually two places—one is physical, one is virtual. The problem 20 years ago was finding enough information if your university did not have a large collection, especially if you didn’t have time to wait for interlibrary loan. The opposite is true now. Students are flooded with information. The web connects everything. It enables you to search hundreds of libraries at once. There are over 182 million sites on the web and thousands of online articles and electronic books in our library databases. Information is available anywhere, anytime, anyplace.

Today’s library is a hub for learning, studying, communicating, creating and problem solving. More and more, you no longer go to fetch things and take them home. You come to put things together, to work on projects, to create new information with other people.

Modern libraries have group study rooms, cafes, and serve as campus cultural centers by incorporating museums, art, displays and events such as author readings or poetry slams. Computers allow access to everything from library resources to productivity and media software. Furniture layout and computer pods emphasize collaborative learning. Well-designed libraries create a balance between social and quiet space.

With so much information accessible online, why come to the library?

You would think you could shoot a cannon through today’s library because so much is online but the opposite is true.

Academic libraries never seem to have enough computers, student seating or group study rooms. Many students come for a quiet place to study away from their dorms or homes or because they don’t have access to computers or the Internet. They also come because the library is the “go-to” place to complete their assignments—where computers, printers, scanners, online resources and their fellow students come together.

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How does the library keep pace with the digital revolution?

Today’s 18-to-21-year-olds are the first generation to never know life without computers and digital devices. The library’s use of social media and Web 2.0 technologies is crucial to reaching them.

Vendors who sell electronic resources to academic libraries know it’s in their best financial interests to remain current with new technologies and how students use them. Vendors and librarians work together behind the scenes creating the virtual library of online scholarly databases, e-books, e-journals, e-reserves, and virtual reference services to meet the expectations of today’s students. Surveys that ask students what would make library research easier get the same answer: “Make it more like Google.”

Our databases are now overlaid with the Web 2.0 technologies that students are accustomed to using. They can choose from over 200 social news websites to share information. They can text, email, permalink or create an RSS feed for the library resources they want to use. Holman Library’s website allows students to access 40 e-book collections and several digitized local special collections. We provide instruction through YouTube and faculty courses on Blackboard. With an internet connection—via a smartphone, e-reader or laptop—library resources are as mobile as our patrons.

Will reference librarians become obsolete?

This has been an ongoing debate for years. The ease of online searching is deceptive. The interface to library resources may be intuitive but the sheer amount of information it accesses still makes it difficult to get the right results. Database statistics show that the failure rate is 50 percent for initial student-formulated searches. This statistic has held steady for years despite the fact that databases are more user-friendly. Trained librarians know the trick is to combine the right terms with the right limits in the right resource to drill down through that flood of information.

It’s common for a desperate student experiencing information overload to come to a reference librarian for help as a last resort after searching for over an hour. They are usually surprised to see how quickly an experienced reference librarian can get results.

Students may live in an increasingly automated, digital world but they aren’t necessarily informed about how best to access it.

How has the librarian’s role evolved?

Instead of working with print resources that, once purchased and cataloged and shelved remain unchanged, librarians are in a constantly changing world of online resources. Librarians not only teach users how to access a bewildering world of electronic information, but also design websites to help them navigate it on their own. Librarians work with database vendors to maintain, update and trouble-shoot library technology so that it runs 18

smoothly. The rise in online education requires that librarians know how to embed library resources into online courses.

Librarians must keep up with social networking tools to meet the demands of mobile students.

In the same way the web has connected resources, it has connected libraries, which has changed the role of the librarian.

Illinois is one of the best states in the country for library cooperation. For example, McKendree belongs to a consortium of 151 other academic libraries that requires the librarians to come to consensus regarding services they offer jointly.

What would McKendreans be surprised to know about Holman Library today?

When students are searching our online catalog, I-Share, they may be surprised to realize they are able to search simultaneously the collections of 151 academic library collections at both public and private institutions. They range from the University of Illinois to the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago. With the press of a button, they can borrow materials from these libraries directly through the online catalog and have them delivered to McKendree for free. They can do the same with WorldCat, through which they can access thousands of libraries across the United States.

McKendreans also might be surprised to know that library assistance is available via chat 24 hours a day through our “Ask a Librarian” service on our webpage.

What’s new in the library?

Any upcoming exhibits?

Well first of all, I’m new and I would love to meet faculty and students who come by to use the library.

Some of our databases have new interfaces or cool new features.

The online catalog, I-Share, has a new simple search screen (VuFind) that looks Google-like and you can text call numbers to your cell phone.

You can also see what McKendree student life looked like back in 1905 by viewing the newly-digitized yearbooks on the website under “Collections and Archives.”

We plan to display some of the wonderful historical documents and archival photographs of the university in the Bishop McKendree stained glass window alcove.

Why is the renovation of Holman Library a priority?

What changes do you envision?

Studies show that 62 percent of high school students who visit campuses when choosing a college base their decision on the appearance of the buildings and grounds, and they make this

decision within the first 15 minutes. Renovation of the library can contribute to recruitment and retention.

When I arrived, I was amazed that the library was built as recently as 1969. The architects did a wonderful job of designing a building that fits seamlessly with other historical buildings on campus. For an architect to start with a building that is flooded with natural light from huge windows, arched doorways and wide staircases is a great advantage. The goal of a renovated library would be to reclaim unused space, refurbish the walls, floors and furnishings, repurpose the building and install the power and data capability needed to handle more computers.

Libraries now use a large percentage of available space for computers. The book stacks on the first and second floors could be relocated into more efficient compact shelving on the lower level to free up space on the first floor for more computers. The first and second floors would be transformed from rows of large stacks that block the windows into an open, airy space full of natural light.

private use, transforming a cluttered, dark, outdated space into a more open, “social-academic learning commons.� Couches and comfortable furniture along the walls near the windows and a coffee or juice cart would create a more welcoming environment.

At the entrance, visitors would be greeted with materials that showcase and convey the University’s rich history. The archives and museum should be relocated to the library and our historical collections housed in state-of-the-art, museum-quality furniture and display cases.

Upstairs, several group study rooms would be created near the windows for natural lighting, with computers, projectors, scanners, audio and video production equipment. A state-ofthe-art computer lab would serve as an instruction room for students, faculty, and staff.

Holman Library can be transformed into a place that combines high-tech functionality with an open, welcoming space that uses design, lighting, color and displays to draw students, faculty, staff, and alumni into a modern information learning commons.

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An influential campaign biography by Chicago newspaper editor John Locke Scripps, McKendree’s only 1844 graduate, shaped the candidate’s legendary image and powerful anti-slavery message

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McKendree graduate John Locke Scripps became chief editor of the Chicago Press and Tribune in 1858 (photo courtesy of McKendree University Archives)

The Life of Abraham Lincoln by John Locke Scripps was seen at the time, and has been recognized since, as one of the major factors that allowed Lincoln to win the 1860 election.

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oday, Abraham Lincoln is universally considered an iconic figure in American history. He is popularly viewed as undoubtedly one of our greatest presidents. Against all odds, Lincoln preserved the Union through the fiery cauldron of Civil War, freed the slaves, and tried to heal and reunify a divided nation. The magnificent Lincoln Memorial in our national capital is a civic temple dedicated to the martyred president who is still revered as a symbol of the ideals of American freedom and national unity.

But 150 years ago, few would have seen such potential in Abraham Lincoln. In 1860, he was largely unknown to most Americans outside of Illinois. Lincoln was the surprise nominee of a sectional political party only half a decade old. The Republicans were a new coalition party composed of various elements of northern society grudgingly united by their common opposition to the extension of slavery. The Republican National Convention in Chicago had only picked Illinois’ favorite son because of serious reservations about his more famous rivals.

Lincoln had belonged to the defunct Whig party, but his relative obscurity meant that he had no real enemies among the other factions that made up the Republican movement. Followers of the old Liberty and Free Soil parties, Anti-Nebraska Democrats, and anti-immigrant followers of the American party had no special animosity toward the prairie politician.

But the anonymity which had helped get Lincoln nominated could well prove fatal in a general election. He had to win pluralities among the voters of the North and West. In the 1856 election, Republican and American party candidates had won 55 percent of the popular vote, while the victorious Democrats only polled 45 percent. The population of the free states had grown so dominant that a strong sectional candidate could potentially win a majority in the electoral college without a single vote from the slave states.

In addition, the Democratic Party was dangerously split on sectional lines in 1860. The only politician with a real national following throughout the country was Stephen A. Douglas. But

“the Little Giant” had alienated Southern supporters by his “Freeport Doctrine” in the 1858 debates with Lincoln. Southern Democrats insisted that a federal slave code for all territories be inserted into the 1860 Democratic platform. When Northern delegates resisted, Southerners bolted from the party and nominated Vice President John C. Breckinridge. Douglas received the regular Democratic nomination. Amid rising threats of disunion and secession, a convention of former Southern Whigs and border state politicians nominated former Senator and Cabinet member John Bell on a Constitutional Union platform calling for sectional compromise.

If the little known Republican nominee could present a strong positive image to voters in the free states, he might actually win the presidency in 1860. But that presented a serious problem.

Abraham Lincoln could not openly campaign for the presidency.

In that era, any politician who openly sought the office was deemed unworthy of it. Presidential campaigns were run through great parades and surrogate speakers and party newspapers.

Abraham Lincoln must remain in Springfield and appear uninterested in the presidency. But Republican “Wide Awakes” and surrogates desperately needed information on their candidate. Campaign biographies had long been a staple item in presidential campaigns, and at least 18 hastily prepared books about the nominee were published, some even misspelling his name.

John Locke Scripps was the son of Methodist settlers in Missouri.

His father, a prominent lawyer, farmer and tanner, freed his slaves and moved to the free state of Illinois in 1836. John eventually went to McKendree College, where he graduated at age 26 as the only member of the Class of 1844.

Scripps moved to Chicago, where he practiced law and then bought an interest in the Chicago Tribune. In 1852, Scripps split with the paper over politics and founded the Democratic Press.

In 1858, the two papers merged and Scripps became chief editor of the Chicago Press and Tribune. Scripps had covered Lincoln’s career for years. During the crucial Lincoln-Douglas debates of

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1858, Scripps had pioneered the practice of using reporters to take verbatim shorthand transcriptions of the arguments, then sending them on the new telegraph system to newspapers throughout the nation. Scripps and his Chicago newspaper played an important role in promoting Lincoln’s selection by the Republican National Convention in 1860. After Lincoln’s nomination, the paper decided to publish a biography of the candidate to be written by John Locke Scripps.

When he arrived in Springfield, Scripps questioned the nominee about his life story. Lincoln responded, “Why Scripps… it is a great piece of folly to attempt to make anything out of my early life. It can be condensed into a single sentence, and that sentence you will find in Gray’s Elegy, ‘The short and simple annals of the poor.’ That’s my life and that’s all you or anyone else can make of it.”

Lincoln finally agreed that Scripps should write his biography, and even prepared a short autobiography as a guide. Lincoln insisted on the right to edit content in the book. Scripps’ Life of Abraham Lincoln was published jointly by the Chicago Press and Tribune and by Horace Greeley’s New York Tribune with an initial printing of one million copies.

Scripps’ book, based on Lincoln’s notes and on interviews with other sources made available by the candidate, was carefully crafted to advance the Republican campaign. It emphasized the poverty of Lincoln’s early life, emphasizing the terrible conditions among the white poor in slaveholding Kentucky. The book avoided details about Lincoln’s early schooling, neglecting to mention that both of his childhood schoolmasters were Roman Catholics. It emphasized the powerful non-denominational Protestant ethos of the Lincoln family. This course was dictated by concern about the anti-Catholic Know-Nothing nativist faction in the Republican coalition.

Lincoln supplied little detail on his father and sister, emphasizing instead the strong roles of his mother and stepmother in his upbringing. His slow rise through hard work, sacrifice, and

personal self-improvement as a “self-made man” was stressed throughout the early chapters. As the candidate desired, the biography especially stressed Lincoln’s political career and beliefs. Scripps detailed the fact that Lincoln’s career had always been motivated by the ideals of individual freedom and opportunity.

Lincoln’s consistent position mirrored that of most poor whites who migrated into the Midwest—they wanted a free white West, populated by small family farmers. Lincoln did not oppose slavery where it already existed—he only sought to insure it would not expand into the territories. Lincoln was consistently portrayed as a moderate who sought some peaceful solution to the slavery controversy. Nevertheless, the major thread running through the entire book was the idea that powerful slavery interests presented a clear threat to the common man of the free states. Slavery would first expand throughout the territories, and then would expand into the free states. It would monopolize the best land, denigrate the value of hard work, and eventually undermine free workers through industrial slavery. The Republican candidate essentially argued that his own story of self-improvement through hard work would not be available to future generations of poor boys. The promise of the American Dream would be snuffed out by the extension of slavery.

The powerful message of impending doom for free labor was the essence of Scripps’ biography of Abraham Lincoln. The Life of Abraham Lincoln by John Locke Scripps was seen at the time, and has been recognized since, as one of the major factors that allowed Lincoln to win the 1860 election. While Lincoln took less than 40 percent of the popular vote in the four-way contest, he received 59 percent of the Electoral College, earning all but three free state electoral votes. He did not carry a single slave state. John Locke Scripps’ book had convinced average Northern and Western men that Lincoln’s life showed that the American Dream was still alive, but was dangerously threatened if slavery was allowed to expand. After the election, seven Southern states quickly seceded from the Union, and four more followed after Fort Sumter. The Civil War had begun.

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Ted Lockwood ’86

A Career of Service

by Lisa Brandon, Director of Media Relations Ted Lockwood ’86, of Lorton, Va., is the Deputy Director for Operations at the Joint Force HeadquartersNational Capital Region ( JFHQNCR) at Fort McNair in Washington, D.C. The JFHQ-NCR pulls together the resources of the armed forces in coordination with dozens of federal and civilian authorities to protect our country’s political and military center of gravity. It is the headquarters for homeland defense, crisis planning and event coordination in the District of Columbia and surrounding counties in Maryland and Virginia.

“We are essentially the eyes and ears for USNORTHCOM in the region,” explained the retired Army colonel, referring to U.S. Northern Command in Colorado Springs, the axis of America’s homeland defense. “We stay linked through daily communications, continuous interaction and operations center dialogue with our interagency counterparts here in the area. That includes the Pentagon and Department of Homeland Security, Department of Treasury and the Executive Branch.”

Lockwood and his staff coordinate military support with these agencies for events that require the utmost security.

On his watch, these have included President Obama’s inauguration, State of the Union addresses, state and congressional funerals, the Pope’s visit, and a nuclear summit.

“We coordinate and incorporate security measures for these events with the Secret Service. If the Executive Branch attends an event, we discuss the security plans jointly with the Secret Service,” he said.

Directorate. Upon his retirement from military service in 2007, he received the Distinguished Service Medal—a very select award for exceptionally meritorious service in a duty of great responsibility.

The headquarters serves a dual function.

As the U.S. Army Military District of Washington, it not only deters and responds to threats, but also conducts and supports hundreds of special events that are rich in tradition and pageantry. These include National Memorial Day and National Veterans Day; guard and wreath ceremonies at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier; ceremonies for visiting foreign dignitaries and patriotic shows.

He immediately went to work for the Army as a civil servant at the highest grade equivalent based on his experience.

“We call ourselves the face of the Department of Defense (DoD) within the NCR and the country,” Lockwood said. The units assigned to this work are the 3rd Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard); the U.S. Army Band, ‘Pershing’s Own’; and the Army Air Operations Group for VIP transport and technical rescue operations.

From ceremonial events such as arrivals at the White House to the Daytona 500, Lockwood is involved in all aspects, from the initial concept briefings by the staff to the actual coordination and execution.

“I review the concepts for planning, dedicate resources, monitor event execution and follow-up for lessons learned after it is completed. My expertise is in the resources and plan to be executed

by JFHQ-NCR in a crisis. I support the lead federal agency in this role. At other events I’m on site monitoring our execution or in our Operations Center.”

During his impressive 34-year Army career, Col. Lockwood was Chief of Staff for the 1st Armored Division during the Iraq War, and in his last assignment the Director, Officer Personnel Management

Service has been an integral part of his life.

Lockwood grew up mostly in Iowa as a military brat, enlisted in the Army in 1973 and came up through the ranks.

“I intended to make the Army my career but never dreamed I would one day become an officer and attain the rank of colonel,” he reflected. “I spent seven-anda-half years as an enlisted soldier so when I was selected for Officer Candidate School, I knew I would continue doing my best until and if I reached this rank.”

As a commissioned officer, he was stationed at Fort Knox, Ky., three times.

Counselors at McKendree’s Radcliff campus helped apply credits from extension courses he had taken to its business administration bachelor’s degree program.

“I chose McKendree due to the qualifications of its business program, the personal interest shown by the counselors in Radcliff, and the small student-toteacher ratio,” he said. “My counselor was always positive, encouraging and very knowledgeable of the college programs and my education goals. I felt the college cared about me, always discussing and checking on how I was doing.”

He graduated with a 3.92 GPA in 1986, as an Army captain during his second tour at Fort Knox. Promoted early to major, lieutenant colonel and colonel, “it was my McKendree education that pushed me up the ranks as an officer,” he said.

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BEARCATathletics Moving to NCAA II and the Great Lakes Valley Conference The McKendree Bearcats have been accepted into National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II candidacy status. With its successful application in July, McKendree entered year one of a two-year candidacy period.

Upon completion of the candidacy period, the athletic program will have a provisional year of membership in 201213 before attaining active membership status in NCAA Division II for the 201314 academic year.

“Our acceptance into NCAA Division II membership culminates a long and meticulous process of evaluating our athletic programs and determining what would be most beneficial to the long-term success of those programs,” said Dr. James Dennis, president. “We are delighted that the NCAA Division II Membership Committee feels that McKendree fits its profile for membership and we look forward to beginning this new chapter in the life of Bearcat athletics.”

In addition to the move to NCAA II, the Bearcats have accepted an invitation to become the 17th member of the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC).

McKendree was unanimously approved for membership at a meeting of the GLVC Council of Presidents in October.

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According to GLVC officials, McKendree will be eligible for league championships and integrated into the schedules for the following sports in 2012-13: football, men’s and women’s indoor and outdoor track and field, men’s and women’s cross country, and women’s golf. The GLVC anticipates that McKendree will be eligible for all league championships in 2013-14.

According to Athletic Director Dr. Todd Reynolds, one of the top priorities for the athletic program after its acceptance into NCAA candidacy was to align itself with a prominent and successful Division II conference. Reynolds feels that McKendree has done just that with its acceptance into the GLVC.

conference in the country. Member institutions for the GLVC come from five different states and include Bellarmine University (Kent.), Drury University (Mo.), Lewis University (Ill.), Kentucky Wesleyan College, Maryville University (Mo.), Missouri Science and Technology University, Northern Kentucky University, Quincy University (Ill.), Rockhurst University (Mo.), Saint Joseph’s College (Ind.), the University of Illinois at Springfield, the University of Indianapolis, the University of Missouri-St. Louis, the University of Southern Indiana, the University of Wisconsin-Parkside and William Jewell College (Mo.).

“We believe this new alignment creates a good fit for both the University and for our athletic teams,” said Reynolds.

“McKendree is centrally located within this conference and we look forward to the development of athletic rivalries throughout the region. We invite fans and alumni who have followed Bearcat sports over the years to come with us as we begin a new era in our sports history.”

Since 1966, McKendree’s national affiliation has come through the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Over its four-plus decades as a member of the NAIA, McKendree has claimed six NAIA national championships, all of which have come in the sport of track and field. The women’s indoor track and field program established an NAIA record by winning four consecutive national titles from 1999 through 2002.

The GLVC was established in 1978 and currently offers championships in 17 intercollegiate sports. The league plans to add football as an 18th championship sport beginning in 2012. The addition of McKendree marks the first time that the GLVC has had 17 members and will make the league the largest NCAA Division II

“McKendree has always had a special place in its heart for the NAIA,” said Dr. Dennis. “Many of the greatest moments in Bearcat athletics history have come as a member of the organization. We will always be grateful to the leadership of the NAIA for its role as a leader in smallcollege intercollegiate athletics.”

The McKendree Bearcats have undergone a makeover. The athletic program announced its new branding identity this summer, spearheaded by a new logo and updated website. New primary mark and secondary marks have been printed on uniforms, banners, merchandise and marketing materials.

The new website, mckbearcats.com, boasts a new sleek design and updated features, such as live stats and play-byplay, live online ticketing, news, calendar, and photo gallery.

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nine goals and had two assists on the year.

Two players, forward Sulyn Keomanivane ’12 and midfielder Ashley Varns ’11 were named NAIA honorable mention AllAmerica honorees. Five players earned All-Conference honors.

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Cross Country For the second consecutive year, the men’s cross country team claimed the American Midwest Conference/Unaffiliated Championship and earned an automatic bid to the NAIA National Championships in Vancouver, Washington. Led by Blake DeLong ’13 and the team finished in 26th place at the national championships. DeLong covered the eight-kilometer course in a time of 25:40, finishing 28th out of 326 runners in the field, and earning NAIA AllAmerica honors. On the women’s side, Megan Doty ’14 and Airika Tyler ’12 both earned individual berths to the national championships. In addition to the national accolades, five Bearcats earned All-Conference honors and Coach Neal West was named the AMC Men’s Cross Country Coach of the Year.

Men’s Soccer The men’s soccer team finished the 2010 regular season with an overall record of 12-4-3 and six players earned AllConference honors.

Women’s Soccer The women’s soccer team won their eighth consecutive AMC championship and qualified for the NAIA National Championships for the sixth-straight season. Led by Coach Tim Strange, the Bearcats finished the season with a 15-4-2 record. Strange was honored with a threeway share of the AMC Women’s Soccer Coach of the Year. Freshman forward Amy Cassiday ’14 was named AMC Freshman of the Year. Cassiday scored

The volleyball team wrapped up its regular season with an overall record of 27-12 and three players earned AllConference accolades.

Football For the second straight year, the Bearcat football team earned its seventh MidStates Football Association-Midwest League championship and earned the automatic bid to the NAIA Football Championship Series. McKendree made it to the quarterfinal round for the second time in school history, before being upended by the two-time defending champion University of Sioux Falls. The Bearcats wrapped up the season at 9-3. For the second year, senior offensive lineman Nick Hegger ’11 was named to the ADCA-NAIA Coaches’ All-America Team. Hegger anchored an offensive line that produced the NAIA’s number 11ranked rushing attack. 20 players earned All-Conference honors, including eight first-team, eight second team, and four honorable mentions.

Academic Accolades Several Bearcats were recognized for their achievements in the classroom.

Steve Axe ’11 was named to Steve Axe ’11 the 2010 ESPN Academic All-District V College Division second team in soccer. A sociology major, Axe carries a 3.93 GPA. On the field, he scored three goals, and helped lead a defense that was ranked in the top 25 in the NAIA.

The volleyball squad led all Bearcat athletic teams and tied Bryan College with the most individual scholar-athletes named to the Daktronics-NAIA ScholarAthlete team. Eight players were recognized, including Melinda Bayer ’12, Melissa Bayer ’12, Lindsey Gray ’11, Kaitlyn Kollman ’12, Kelsie Perkins ’12, Lauren Richter ’12, Katie Ringering ’11, and Tara Ryterski ’11.

Fourteen Bearcats received DaktronicsNAIA Scholar-Athlete honors: Steve Axe ’11 (men's soccer), Richard Bailey ’12 (football), David Bergschneider ’12 (football), Brian Bierman ’11 (football), Tim Day ’13 (men’s soccer), Darren Hooks ’12 (cross country), Erin Kilian ’12 (women’s soccer), Alex Lo ’11 (cross country), Kyla Nighossian ’11 (women’s soccer), Lindsey Ponder ’11 (women’s soccer), Airika Tyler ’12 (cross country), Tom Ward ’12 (men’s soccer), Blake Wesselman ’11 (football), and Charlie Zimmerman ’11 (football). Academic All-Conference honors were earned by 35 players during the fall 2010 season.

Teams to Watch Coming off a second place finish in last year’s national championships, the women’s bowling team started off the 2010-2011 season strong with three first place and four second place finishes during the fall semester. They are currently ranked number one in the country. The men’s team is ranked number four.

The Bearcat hockey club started off the 2010-2011 season with a 10-3-1 record.

Current tied for first place in their division, the Bearcats will try to win their third MACHA Silver Championship in four years.

Ranked number two in the NAIA rankings, the wrestling team finished the fall semester with a 9-1 record. Led

by Wade Lowe ’11, who is number one at 133-pounds, nine Bearcat wrestlers are currently ranked in the top ten nationally in their respective weight classes.

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outstanding service. It honors the Reverend Peter Akers, the first recipient of a McKendree degree and its first president.

Akers Award McKendree University presented its highest honor to alumni Mason Holmes ’49 and Rose Ellen (Townsend) Holmes ’51 of Greenup, Ill., at the Reunion Weekend Awards Dinner on Oct. 23. The Peter Akers Alumni Award has been given since 1939 to former students for their

Mason Holmes (pictured with son Kenneth Holmes) graduated in 1949 and went on to earn a master’s degree in educational administration. He taught chemistry and coached football in the Illinois communities of Jacksonville, Virginia, Bunker Hill and North Green, and served as superintendent of schools in Cumberland until his retirement in 1985. He is a member of the Sports Hall of Fame.

Rose Ellen left for New York in 1949 to become a teletype operator for Pan American World Airways. In 1951 she took a job as a flight attendant and within five years accomplished her goal—to circle the globe. The couple married in Bothwell Chapel in 1954.

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Dan Lett ’91, of St. Louis, is senior vice president, secretary and general counsel for Bunzl Distribution USA, Inc., managing the company’s legal matters in North America.

Four alumni entered the Academy of Excellence for their achievement, leadership and character, representing community service, health care, social science and business. Pictured from l to r:

Vara (Best) Yochum ’71, of Troy, has enjoyed an award-winning career teaching physical education in the O’Fallon, Triad and Blue Mound school districts.

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Rising Star Award The new Rising Star Award was given to three young alumni from the past 10 years who have excelled in their professions. Pictured from l to r are: LaToya Berry ’03, of Lebanon, an attorney with the St. Clair County public defender’s office; Sean Lashley ’02, of St. Louis, senior vice president and global co-director of entertainment for Fleishman-Hillard International Communications; and Kelly (Nettleton) Kennedy ’01, of Metamora, president and CEO of her own public relations consulting firm in Peoria, which specializes in food, nutrition and public healthrelated clients.

Paulette Evans ’93, of Carlyle, is the chief nursing officer at St. Joseph Hospital in Breese. Recently she worked in the post-anesthesia care unit on a surgical mission trip to the Philippines.

Charles “Chuck” Brueggemann ’88, of Trenton, retired in 2010 from the Illinois State Police as a first deputy director, the highest rank a sworn officer can hold, winning numerous awards and commendations throughout his 25-year career.

Sports Hall of Fame A retired coach, two local high school teacher-coaches and an attorney entered the McKendree Sports Hall of Fame.

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A former student-athlete who carried a love of sports into her career, Kate Walsh ’02, of St. Louis, is an O’Fallon (Ill.) Township High School teacher and girls’ softball head coach. A four-year letter winner in baseball, Sy Korte ’61,

of Lebanon, played third base and led the team in batting his sophomore and senior years. After graduation he taught science and coached for 36 years at St. Jacob Grade School, where he led the boys’ baseball team to a career 259-140 record and 12 conference championships. Michael Garavalia ’01, of Belleville, a Belleville attorney, was a dominant force on defense as a four-year letterman in football from 1996 to 1999.

A four-year letter winner, Todd Grigg ’94, of Highland, helped lead the basketball Bearcats to 107 wins from 1990 to 1994, serving as team captain his senior year. He teaches business education and history at Triad High School, where he also coaches boys’ varsity basketball.

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Homecoming and Reunion Weekend October 21-23 2011 Loyal Service Award Four alumni received Loyal Service Awards for longtime involvement demonstrated by their attendance at University functions, assistance in recruitment, service in fundraising for scholarships or programs, and positive influence on McKendree’s mission and image. Pictured from l to r: Rosalie Wand ’91, of Litchfield, is a former cheerleader who returned to work with the squad when football was reinstated in 1996. For 13 years she taught the cheerleaders tumbling and gymnastics, and supervised practices and game day performances.

Jodie (Bell) Seipp ’01, of O’Fallon, chairs the O’Fallon (Ill.) Township High School English Department, where she hosts student teachers and classroom observers from the teacher education program.

Kari (Crnkovich) Crask ’96 and Kevin Crask ’96, of Highland, are high school teachers at Staunton and Breese Central.

Dearyle (Reising) Walter ’86, of Edwardsville, helped plan and host the 2010 Alpha Omega reunion. She has served on several alumni committees.

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Dave Philip ’70 and Mary (Reinhardt) Philip ’66 returned to campus for Reunion Weekend.

2010 Homecoming Court ( from bottom to top): Zach Rhines ’11, Cathy Webb ’11, Megan Mark ’11, Lora Blackwell ’11, Eli Smith ’11, Robert Poland ’11, Jessica Bell ’12, Richey Henderson ’12, Rosza Brown ’11, Melissa Funk ’11, and Adam Schwind ’11.

Alumni and friends cheer the Bearcats on to victory against William Penn University.

Angela (Buchele) Niebel ’60 and Don Niebel ’60 at the Golden Anniversary lunch.

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The Marching Bearcat Band brings the parade up Alton Street.

Vonzetta Sykes ’08, Sara Johnson ’08 and Rachel Clark ’09 share memories at the Cross-Cultural Issues reunion.

Holly Weathers ’14, Alyssa Spano ’12 and Tessa Dockins ’14 pass out beads at the parade.

The tailgate party and picnic was a hit with future Bearcats.

The Sousaphone section—Tyler Campbell ’14, Darren Meeker ’14, Jake Schmittling ’14 and Byron Turner II ’11 during half-time festivities.

The offensive line provides up-front blocking for the backfield.

Kathleen (Brennan) O’Neill ’96, Brennan, Carleigh and Brian O’Neill ’96 make Homecoming a family event every year.

Shirley (Bergman) Bailey ’45 and Dr. Joseph Cipfl at the President’s Breakfast.

Dennis Korte ’70 and Charles Lee Students participating in the Haunted ’74 enjoy the picnic prior to the Homecoming parade. football game.

Babs and Audley “Harry” Harrison receive a certificate from President Dennis honoring them for 16 years of assistance with the Cross-Cultural practicum program.

Homecoming Queen and King candidates Rosza Brown ’11 and Eli Smith ’11.

C. Lawrence Meggs ’63 welcomes guests during the Alumni Awards banquet.

Sarah Brown ’12, Keri McDaniel ’11, Megan Musgrave ’11, Andrea Tardino ’09 and Annie Bierman ’11 the CrossCultural reunion.

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CALENDARhighlights For the most current McKendree news, sports and event information, visit www.mckendree.edu. For details about music performances, theatre productions, films, and speaking engagements, check out www.theHett.com or call 618-537-6097. All athletic events listed are home games. Check out www.mckbearcats.com for times and locations.

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Christine Brewer with Craig Rutenberg Women’s & Men’s Basketball vs. Columbia College Hockey vs. Northwestern University Hockey Alumni Reunion Preview Day – Lebanon campus Wrestling vs. Lindenwood University Film Art Series: “Grizzly Man” Martin Luther King Celebration – Dr. Clarice Ford 21-22 Hockey vs. Robert Morris University-Peoria 22 Women’s & Men’s Basketball vs. Harris-Stowe State University 25 Wrestling vs. Central Baptist College 26 Eisenhower Dance Ensemble 29 Women’s & Men’s Basketball vs. Park University 29-30 Scholarship Weekend – Lebanon campus 31 Spanish Film Series: “Diarios de motocicleta/The Motorcycle Diaries”

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Women’s & Men’s Basketball vs. William Woods University 5 Young People’s Concert 5 Board of Trustees’ Scholarship Event – Lebanon campus 5-6 McKendree Bowling Baker Challenge 9 Distinguished Speaker Series: David Breashears 12 Alumni Appreciation Day “Pack the Gym” and Alumni Women’s Basketball Game Women’s & Men’s Basketball Game vs. Missouri Baptist University Met at the Hett: Nixon in China 15 Women’s Basketball vs. Stephens College 16 Founders’ Day 17 Film Art Series: “The Shining” 21 Day of Percussion Concert 22 Spanish Film Series: “Maria Full of Grace” 24 Women’s & Men’s Basketball vs. Williams Baptist College 25 Montana Repertory Theatre “Bus Stop” 25-26 Baseball vs. Olivet Nazarene University 26 Met at the Hett: Iphigénie En Tauride

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Ramble Into Spring 5K/10K/10 Mile Run Met at the Hett: Lucia Di Lammermoor 20 Baseball vs. Lindenwood University Family Series: The Very Hungry Caterpillar 21 Saint Louis Symphony Monday 22 Softball vs. Lindenwood University 23 Spanish Film Series: “El Laberinto del Fauno/Pan’s Labyrinth” 24 Softball vs. Columbia College 25-26 Baseball vs. Harris-Stowe State University 26 AiM Alumni Event – Holiday Inn in Mt. Vernon, Ill. 27 Career Readiness Conference 28 Softball vs. William Woods University 29 Baseball vs. Central Christian College 31 Theater Dept. Spring Production, “The Visit” Softball vs. Harris-Stowe State University

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Theater Dept. Spring Production, “The Visit” Preview Day – Lebanon campus Distinguished Speaker Series: Mireya Mayor Dance Concert Film Art Series: “Paranomal Activity” Baseball vs. Park University Met at the Hett: Le Comte Ory Concert Band Concert Softball vs. University of Missouri-St. Louis 12-14 Model United Nations Conference – Lebanon campus 13 Baseball vs. Mid-Continent University 15 Honors Day Convocation Chamber Ensembles Concert 19 Jazz Ensembles Concert 20 Film Art Series: “Man on Wire” 22-23 Baseball vs. Hannibal-LaGrange University 23 Met at the Hett: Capriccio 27 Percussion Ensemble Concert 28 Spanish Film Series: “Cautiva/Captive” 29 Spring Choral Concert 30 Spring Fling – Lebanon campus Met at the Hett: Il Trovatore

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Saint Louis Symphony Youth Orchestra Senior Farewell Service Graduation Celebration Commencement – Lebanon campus front lawn Met at the Hett: Die Walküre

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CLASSnotes Ramble into Spring Saturday, March 19 at 8 a.m., MPCC Participate in a 5K run or walk, a 10K run, or a 10-mile run. The registration fee (which includes a T-shirt and post-race refreshments while supplies last) is $10 now or $15 if you sign up on race day.

For more information, check out the race website at www.mckendree.edu/raceday.

Founders’ Day Wednesday, February 16, The Hett Come join us at the 2011 Founder’s Day as we present this year’s Friend of the University award.

Seeking Alumni Ambassadors for Upcoming Events Serve as an ambassador and represent the McKendree Alumni Association by participating as an interviewer at the annual Scholarship Days on Saturday, Jan. 29, 2010 and Sunday, Jan. 30, 2010, or conducting mock interviews at the Career Readiness Conference on Sunday, March 27, 2011. If you are interested, please contact Jeff Campbell, alumni director, at alumni@mckendree.edu.

40s Wilma (Ditzler) Kennedy ’42 celebrated her 90th birthday on July 10, 2010 by making a quilt.

Cyril Curtis ’43 organized and performed at the 14th annual community music recital on June 27, 2010 at the First United Methodist Church in Albion, Ill. Rev. Dr. W. Gehl Devore ’44, and wife, Doris, celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary on Aug. 22, 2010. The couple resides in Waukegan, Ill.

Elizabeth Watkins ’74 has been an ordained pastor since 2005 and received her master of divinity degree from Northern Baptist Theological Seminary in June 2006. Elizabeth serves as minister of care at Neighbor United Methodist Church in Maywood, Ill. Renee (Feltman) Hughes ’77 earned the Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) designation from the International Association of Privacy Professionals. In addition, Renee earned her CPA and CIA designations.

Charlotte (Lucash) Vielweber ’77 was hired as the principal at St. Joseph Catholic School in Freeburg, Ill.

50s Commodore Larry Grove ’57, and wife, Vicki (Walker) Grove ’60, celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary.

60s Lillian (Robinson) Wilhoit ’60 celebrated her 100th birthday on Sept. 23, 2010.

Carl “Skip” Schwerdtfeger ’63 is the new president of Apple River Fort Historical Foundation in Galena, Ill.

70s Dennis Korte ’70 was recently inducted into the Hall of Fame by the Lebanon (Ill.) Education Foundation.

Bill Foster ’72 retired in June after 37 years in education.

Don Barton ’78 was inducted into the Mon-Clair Baseball League Hall of Fame on Nov. 27, 2010. Don is the vicepresident of lending for the Bank of Springfield.

Bette Meyer ’79 earned a master of arts in pastoral studies and a certificate in spiritual direction at Aquinas Institute of Theology in St. Louis, Mo.

80s Kevin Miller ’80 is senior director of development at Shiners Hospitals for Children in St. Louis, Mo. Charles “Chuck” Brueggemann ’88 retired in 2010 from the Illinois State Police as a first deputy director. He is currently senior vice president of business development at Jim’s Formal Wear in Trenton, Ill.

90s Bob Atwater ’91 and Kristy Horner were married on July 25, 2010.

Jacque (Cummings) Connor ’91 is the director of communications for Edelman Financial Services in Fairfax, Va.

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CLASSnotes Participants included: Brian Thouvenot ’89 Ryan Anderson ’98 Steven Napovanice ’98 Kyle Gaither ’99 Donald Bergstrom ’00 Chad Kutscher ’01 Hernan Mosca ’03 Jeff Major ’04 William Zobrist ’05 Scott Kutscher ’06 Rober Lugge ’06 John Stremlau ’07 Timothy Dew ’08 Cole Harres ’08 Ryan Polete ’08 David Schmermund ’08 John Vasiloff ’08 Jesse Essenpreis ’09 Joseph Lofink ’09

Participants included: Leslie (Thompson) Eversgerd ’02 Roxanne (Simpson) Strange ’02 Kelly (Kutscher) Mehring ’03 Jan Delaney ’04 Jamie Dienell ’04 Shannon (Roth) Peterson ’04 Keri Ousley ’05 Kathleen Beck ’07 Laura Cox ’07 Katie Hubbard ’07

Men’s Soccer on Aug. 14, 2010

Kristopher Boyd ’10 Jason Hevner ’10 Jarius Holmes ’10

Lucy Elliott ’09 Erin Spotanski ’09 Katelyn Cleveland ’10 Lindsey Freeman ’10 Kelsey Johnson ’10 Brittany Lowell ’10 Alexandra Adams ’11 Sarah Ryan ’11 Jessica Vasiloff ’06 Jill Wolfmeier ’09

Women’s Soccer on Aug. 14, 2010

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Softball on Oct. 3, 2010

Participants included: Amanda Haas ’03 Amy Maurer ’06 Denise (Adams) Grider ’07 Ashley Wombacher ’07 Andrea Hawkins ’08 Renee Lanenga ’09 Molly Reed ’09 Kayla White ’09 Elizabeth Dains ’10 Amber Nikolauzyk ’10 Angela Maue ’11

Pictured, front row from l to r: Darron Randle ’92, T.J. Stone ’09, Max Hook ’70, Lewis Winterrowd ’43, Dion Flippins ’01.

Men’s Basketball on Nov. 13, 2010

Second row: Marcus Prewitt ’98, Richard Stein ’56, Jeff Thornton ’88, Todd Grigg ’94, Michael Schaulat ’77, Steve Davis ’93 (and daughter, DeAngela Davis).

Third row: Kenneth Detmer ’11, Dennis Korte ’70, Phillip Souders ’77, Kurt Klein ’79.

Not pictured: Aaron Bond ’06, Mark Collins ’91, Trent Kull ’08, Allen Rudd ’09, Brian Schutz ’97.

Volleyball on Oct. 23, 2010 Participants included: Dale Siebenberger ’88 Brad Oster ’97 Bradley Eversgerd ’01 Justin Knolhoff ’01 Edward Breuchaud ’03 John Frech ’03 Brian Klostermann ’04 David Session ’04 Jason Gajewski ’06 Adam Hill ’06 Dustin Kantner ’06 Woodrow Newsom ’06

Matthew Spotanski ’06 Todd Bauer ’07 Joshua Bell ’07 Brian Dinkelman ’07 Michael Harrison ’07 Jacob Flick ’09 Tyler Mattmiller ’10 Shane McBride ’10 Craig Session ’10 Ryan Meyer ’11 Tyson Moore ’11 Calvin O’Rear ’11

Baseball on Oct. 3, 2010

Participants included: Pamela (Goestenkors) Haselhorst ’87 Suzy (Becherer) Kossina ’88 Jane (Renner) Baldus ’89 Laurie (Kolar) Wohlfiel ’90 Brooke (Portz) Mueth ’00 Colleen Crider ’07 Codi (Dempster) Dew ’07 Marcy (Beyers) Gibson ’07 Lindsay Amerson ’09 Katelyn Kombrink ’09 Kristina Paisley ’11

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CLASSnotes Rosalie Wand ’91 was promoted to branch manager with Bank and Trust Company in Chatham, Ill. Rev. John Adams ’92 has been named the senior pastor at the Christ Alive Community Church in Kickapoo, Ill.

Jessica (Dunn) Morlock ’02 received an MBA in project management in November 2009.

Lisa Totino ’96 was appointed senior account supervisor for Abelson Taylor in Chicago, Ill.

Kelly Swettenham ’02 and Matthew Rygelski ’09 were married on July 17, 2010. Matt is the founder of Phonewire, Inc. and Kelly is a math teacher at Belleville (Ill.) East High School.

James C. Pappas III ’97 was ordained a priest in the Episcopal church on February 10, 2010 at the Chapel of the Apostles in Sewanee, Tenn.

John Frech ’03 was hired as North Clay (Ill.) High School baseball coach.

00s Carol Gephart ’00 received a chiropractic physician degree from Logan College of Chiropractic in Chesterfield, Mo. Julie Rakers ’00 and Greg Kampwerth were married on April 24, 2010. The couple resides in Hazelwood, Mo. Geoffrey Schwalenberg ’00 is principal of Westhaven Elementary School in Belleville, Ill. Christopher Vollmer ’00 and Jennifer Langston were married on Oct. 10, 2010.

Joe Yurko ’00 is superintendent for Hamilton (Ill.) Community Consolidated School District No. 328.

Kelly (Nettleton) Kennedy ’01 is president and CEO of The Kennedy Consulting Firm in Peoria, Ill. Shannon (Stuber) Ash ’02, husband, Gregory, and daughters, Peyton and Harper, announce the birth of Spencer Joseph. Shannon was also promoted to manager of Transplant Clinical Operations at Humana.

Glen Kinder IV ’02 and Becky Hicks were married on April 17, 2010.

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Amy Smith ’03 and Jeremy Gerwe were married on June 19, 2010.

Sarah Cunningham ’04 and David Long were married on June 26, 2010. Sarah is a physician assistant at Northwestern Orthopedics Institute in Chicago, Ill. The couple resides in Arlington Heights, Ill. Chaz Franke ’04, Jennifer Tedesco ’04, Kristin Roberts ’03, debra bellm ’04, and Melanie (Smith) Jenkins ’00 and debra’s therapy dog, Gypsy, gave a presentation, entitled “How to Get In and Out of Graduate School and to Find Your Place in Your Profession,” to Dr. Murella Bosse’s Senior Survey of Psychology students on Sept. 22, 2010.

Adam Kee ’04 is currently rehearsing for an upcoming new off-Broadway play, “The Philo Family Circus,” based on Will Elliot’s book.

Jennifer (Lerch) Miller ’04 was named director of student success and retention and early intervention coordinator at McKendree.

Shane Simmons ’04 and Nicole Taylor ’06 were married on June 5, 2010. Shane is an assistant credit manager for Archer Daniels Midland, Co. and Nicole is an associate manager for the American Diabetes Association.

Lisa Zacharski ’04 and Christopher Lanzante were married on Oct. 16, 2010.

Shannon Lackey ’05 and Joe Calza were married on Sept. 25, 2010.

Whitney Pankey ’05 and Kent Strang ’05 were married on May 15, 2010.

Dustin Richert ’05 and Amanda Burroughs were married in Oct. 2010.

Beverly Rowland ’05 was awarded the Kathryn M. Mershon Nursing Faculty Scholarship at the Kentucky League for Nursing annual meeting in July 2010. She will use the scholarship award toward her doctoral studies at Indiana University School of Nursing in Indianapolis. Beverly is currently an instructor in nursing at Campbellsville University.

Nicholas Bohnenstiehl ’06 and Elizabeth Schomaker were married on Oct. 2, 2010.

Sami (Harriss) Deutschmann ’06 was promoted to a research chemist at Covidien in St. Louis, Mo.

Alumni, students and faculty who attended included: Zach Haupt ’00 Lawrence Berra ’00 Elizabeth Hise ’04 Megan (Weiler) Connelly ’05 Heather Hickox ’05 Miranda Jones ’05 Mary Parker ’05 Jeff Quirin ’05 Jacob Thornton ’06 Jamie Wolfslau ’06 Katie Hubbard ’07 Kelly (Frawley) Quirin ’07 Alicia Weiss ’07 Kari Jennings ’08 Sara Johnson ’08

Emily (Hohl) McDowell ’08 Allison Salvato ’08 Vonzetta Sykes ’08 Rachel Clark ’09 Jerod Henderson ’09 Andrea Tardino ’09 Jeff Dillow ’10 Kaitlyne Motl ’10 Stephanie Thomas ’10 Annie Bierman ’11 Rosza Brown ’11 Denise Kennedy ’11 Meagan Musgrave ’11 Keri McDaniel ’11 Sarah Brown ’12 Dr. Alan Alewine Dr. Brenda Boudreau

Social Issues Reunion on Oct. 22, 2010

Alumni in attendance included: Nancy Swan ’60 Beverly (Gamble) Imming ’65 Myra (Lirely) Owens ’65 Judy (Thompson) Harper ’74 Sarah (Benton) Heil ’74 Deborah (Marlen) Schmidt ’77 Shirley (Baugh) Rentz ’78 Jennifer (Schumaker) Mills ’86 Dearyle (Reising) Walter ’86 Christina (Neff ) Elbe ’87 Lisa (Higgins) Staudenmaier ’87 Carol (Roscow) Dudeck ’88 Teresa (Dunn) Harris ’88 Carol (Ohl) Helle ’88

Susan (Becherer) Kossina ’88 Tracy Rouch ’88 Lisa (Dameron) Weaver ’88 Donette Wheatley ’88 Julie (Cratch) Netemeyer ’89 Shari (Hasenstab) Murphy ’90 Laurie (Kolar) Wohlfiel ’90 Rosalie Wand ’91 Malinda (Pruitt) Heuring ’95 Michelle Kadonsky ’08 Lorna Neumann ’08 Emily Anderson ’10 Erin Totten ’11

Alpha Omega Reunion on Oct. 22, 2010

Several alumni attended, including 11 members of the class of 1960.

Third row: Roger Boeckman ’60, Robert Stanish ’60.

Golden Anniversary Reunion on Oct. 24, 2010

Pictured front row, l to r: Nancy Swan ’60, Angela (Buchele) Neibel ’60, Jacqueline (Johnson) Wiegers ’60, Shirley (Sydnor) Schaefer ’60.

Not pictured: Grace (Renner) Welch ’30, Lewis Winterrowd ’43, Dorothy (Faulkner) Winterrowd ’47, Jennie (Stein) Totten ’52, Constance (Parrish) Grob ’53, John Grob ’53, Ralph Totten ’53, and Carol Fritz ’56, Robert Schaefer ’58.

Second row: Lynn Grove ’60, Harry Statham ’60, Donald Niebel ’60, Lee Schulte ’60, James Monken ’60.

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CLASSnotes Bogey the Bearcat Vacation Photo Contest Congratulations to Lauren Korte ’06, MBA ’09 for submitting her winning photo to the Bogey the Bearcat Summer Vacation Photo Contest.

Several people submitted photos of Bogey the Bearcat, a small plush version of the University’s mascot, on their summer travels for the contest. We have included photos of some of the honorable mentions.

At the Empire State Building in New York City (submitted by Lauren Korte ’06, MBA ’09)

A new Bogey the Bearcat Vacation Photo Contest started on Nov. 1, 2010 and will run through May 15, 2011. Whether you are traveling across the country or abroad, take photos of Bogey’s adventure, and maybe you’ll be the lucky winner of a $50 gift certificate to the University Bookstore.

In Jamaica (submitted by Nate Campo ’12)

At Holiday World in Santa Claus, Indiana (submitted by Lori Kuper)

Your photos can be humorous, artistic or creative—it’s up to you as long as you follow the contest rules. Feel free to include captions for your photo(s), and submit as many as you like to maembrich@mckendree.edu by May 15, 2010.

Selected photos will be posted on the website and published in Bearchat and a future edition of The Magazine for McKendree. Don’t have a Bogey the Bearcat? You can get your own from the McKendree University bookstore or order online at www.mckendreebooks.net.

In Ecuador (submitted by Ashley Huffmon ’11)

At Big Ben in London, England (submitted by Rory Scher ’11)

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In Dallas, Texas (submitted

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CONTEST RULES: 1. Bogey the Bearcat must travel out of the St. Louis metropolitan area.

2. Images can’t be altered with Photoshop or other editing software.

3. Photo size must be less than 10MB. 4. Photos containing vulgarity or questionable representations of Bogey will be rejected, included but not limited to illegal activity, drugs, alcohol, etc.

5. Submitter grants McKendree University permission to publish photos in print and on the Internet.

Drew Gericke ’06 is the new head coach for the Freeburg Midgets baseball team.

Allison DeGroot ’08 and Jared Katt were married on Aug. 21, 2010.

Kyla Guymon ’06 and Nicholas Rodriguez were married on July 30, 2010.

Kara Ellis ’08 and Aaron Baker were married on April 10, 2010.

Jordan Hauss ’06 and Heather Carter were married on Sept. 26, 2010.

Shelly Kuhns ’06 was appointed as the division chair of allied health at Rend Lake College in Ina, Ill. Chris Lally ’06 is a contract specialist at Tinker AFB in Oklahoma City, Ok.

Debbi Waters ’08 received the LaVonne A. Straub Student Research award at the annual Illinois Rural Health Association awards dinner.

Aimee Jackson ’09 and Travis Pence were married on May 29, 2010. Becky Lindstrom ’09 and Kamara Owens ’09 were bridesmaids. The couple resides in Edwardsville, Ill. Bethany Kowzan ’09 and Joshua Valier were married on June 26, 2010.

Bethany teaches 2nd grade at DuQuoin (Ill.) Elementary School.

Matthew Hellmann ’08 and Nicole Toennies were married on May 22, 2010.

The couple resides in New Baden, Ill.

Dave Deets, MAED ’07 was hired as the principal at Ellis Elementary School in Belleville, Ill.

Kristy (Schneider) Meagher ’09 is employed as an administrative assistant for the Center for Business Services at Rend Lake College in Ina, Ill.

Codi (Dempster) Dew ’07 was hired as assistant varsity volleyball coach and head junior varsity coach at McKendree.

Denny Hutchison ’07 is the associate pastor at Normal (Ill.) First United Methodist Church.

Brent James ’07 was named boys golf coach at Belleville (Ill.) East High School.

Kelly Mitchell ’07 recently completed her MAED from Fontbonne University and was promoted to assistant athletic trainer at Washington University.

David Padgett ’07 and Kim Boron were married in October 2010.

Rachel Johns ’08 and Christopher Slone were married on June 11, 2010. Rachel is employed at the JCPenney store at Alton Square Mall.

Daniel Quinn ’08 earned a spot in the 32-player main draw of Lewis and Clark’s 13th Annual U. S. Tennis Association Men’s Futures $10K tournament.

Ryan Wamser ’08 and Michelle Edwards were married on Nov. 14, 2009. The couple resides in Belleville, Ill.

Three McKendree alumni were honored

by U.S. Bank with the annual Pinnacle Award on Aug. 20, 2010. The award is the company’s highest consumer banking employee honor.

Stephen Strinni ’00, is the branch manager at the U.S. Bank in Troy, Ill. He has worked in the financial industry for seven years—two at U.S. Bank. This is his first Pinnacle Award.

Brent Dudeck ’88, is the market president at the U.S. Bank in New Athens, Ill. Brent has worked in the financial industry for 21 years—the majority with U.S. Bank. This is his third Pinnacle Award.

Kevin Wilhelm ’04, is the branch manager at the U.S. Bank on West Main St. in Belleville, Ill. He has worked at U.S. Bank for the past four years and this is his first Pinnacle Award.

Julie Pickerel ’09 and David Ladd were married on Nov. 13, 2010.

Keri Rader ’09 and Troy Feldman were married on June 26, 2010.

Amanda Uhl ’09 and Kyle Rensing were married on June 18, 2010.

10’s John Duggan, MAED ’10 built a wooden case to display vintage tools that were wrapped in newspaper for nearly 80 years in the Alton (Ill.) School District .

Matt Jannings ’10 is a ready rating associate for the American Red CrossSt. Louis Area Chapter.

Brittney Kramper MBA ’10 and Steve Galle were married on Nov. 6, 2010.

Andrea Maschhoff ’10 and Keith Rulevish were married on July 31, 2010.

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CLASSnotes Five former or current McKendree students received the 2010 Emerson Excellence in Teaching award, including: Kimberlea Kerns ’01, a 1st grade teacher at Lovejoy Elementary School in

Brooklyn, Ill; Carrie Maynard ’03, MAED ’06, a kindergarten teacher at Marissa (Ill.) Elementary School; Ellen Hays, MAED ’10, a 7th grade science teacher at Amelia V. Carriel Junior High School in O’Fallon, Ill; Christopher

Future Bearcats

Malinda (Pruitt) Heuring ’95, husband, Mark Heuring ’96, and daughter, Meredith, announce the April 26, 2010 birth of Miller Elise.

Ty Kennedy, son of Kelly Jo (Nettleton) Kennedy ’01 and Wade Kennedy, shows his Bearcat spirit at the 2010 homecoming game by wearing the Alumni Association McKendree University Class of… T-shirt.

The Alumni Association will send a FREE Bearcat T-shirt to the alumni parents of each newborn or adopted infant in your family! Send an announcement on your new arrival to alumni@mckendree.edu.

Take a photo of your baby or toddler in the T-shirt and your little Bearcat may be printed in a future edition of The Magazine for McKendree. Please send, high-resolution digital images (minimum file size of 800 KB; and use your camera’s highest quality setting) of alumni children wearing their McKendree University Class of…

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Heather Helfer ’01, husband, Alan, and son Jolson, announce the June 16, 2010 birth of Austin Helfer.

Nicole (Pellmann) Cantu ’03, and husband, Bryan Cantu ’02, announce the May 25, 2010 birth of Levi Cole.

Ashley (Herzing) Cryder ’03, and husband, Joel Cryder ’03, announce the March 29, 2010 birth of Milla Ann.

Busse, MAED ’11, a social studies teacher at O’Fallon (Ill.) High School; and Elizabeth Hettler ’11, a speech and language pathologist at Shiloh (Ill.) Elementary School.

Kelly (Eichenseer) Walkenhorst ’03, and husband, Jeff Walkenhorst ’03, announce the April 14, 2010 birth of William Kraig.

Jennifer (Lerch) Miller ’04, husband, Eric, and sons Jonathon and Raymond, announce the June 18, 2010 birth of Lucille Michelle.

Ericka (Dennis) Echelbarger ’05, and husband, Eric Echelbarger ’03, announce the June 29, 2010 birth of Ethan Eric.

Whitney (Ehinger) Wilson ’05, and husband, Patrick, announce the Aug. 4, 2010 birth of Levi Patrick.

In Memoriam

Jesse J. Seiber ’44, 9/1/2010

Deceased alumni through Dec. 1, 2010

Angela D. Gamblin-Cissell ’93, 9/5/2010

M. JoAnne (Bare) Polivka ’47, 1/8/2010

John Burton Crutcher ’52, 9/19/2010 Alice (Sowers) Powell ’53, 9/26/2010

Flonda M. (King) Jones ’47, 4/22/2010

Frank Kasal ’64, 9/27/2010

Seeing Double?

Frances T. Baird ’82, 5/18/2010

Peggy Iler, 9/29/2010

Do you have a spouse or housemate who’s also a McKendree graduate or employee?

Frankie E. Robinson Bailey ’43, 5/24/2010

Clarence Dow Brown, 10/2/2010

Leonard William Poole ’53, 5/24/2010

Magdalena (Willis) Howard ’40, 10/16/2010

Evelyn (Grimmett) Boyd ’81, 5/27/2010

Marvin Fortel ’41, 10/20/2010

If so, there’s a good chance you’re seeing more than one McKendree magazine in your mailbox.

Karl J. Gundlach ’85, 10/2/2010

Flossine (Rule) Baker ’42, 10/22/2010

Help us become “greener” by eliminating duplicate copies of The Magazine for McKendree.

Louis Henry Kampmeyer ’56, 6/9/2010

Melody A. Jenkins ’96, 10/26/2010

Clarence D. Lee ’65, 6/17/2010

Robert J. Prins, 11/14/2010

Simply send an e-mail to alumni@mckendree.edu with “seeing double” in the subject line and include the full name and address of the person in your household to whom The Magazine for McKendree should be delivered. You can also submit this information by calling 1-800-BEARCAT, ext. 6813.

Wendell D. Mitchell ’59, 7/15/2010

Karl D. Dexheimer, 11/25/2010

Edna (Kampmeyer) Winterrowd ’45, 7/21/2010

Christina Watson ’14, 11/28/2010

Maxine Elizabeth (Auld) Musselman ’65, 8/6/2010

When reporting deaths, please provide as much information as possible, especially date, location, graduation year and McKendree connected survivors.

Whenever possible, please provide a printed obituary.

Karl D. Dexheimer, a 22-year member of the McKendree University Board of Trustees, Treasurer of the Board, Chair of the Administration and Finance Committee and member of the Executive Committee, died unexpectedly Thursday, Nov. 25, 2010, at St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, Mo. He was 68.

Of counsel to the law firm Greensfelder, Hemker and Gale, P.C., Dexheimer graduated from Washington University School of Law in 1967. He was admitted to practice in Illinois, Missouri, and numerous federal courts, including the Supreme Court of the United States.

He was a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation (life member), a Fellow of the Illinois State Bar Association, a sustaining member of the Product Liability Advisory Council, a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon and a founding member of its Levere Memorial Foundation.

Bruce P. Reed ’86, 8/14/2010 Bonnye Lee (Broadus) Borcherding ’42, 8/22/2010

In addition to his active role on the McKendree Board of Trustees, he also

served as treasurer and vice president on the Board of the Belleville Area Humane Society.

Dexheimer was preceded in death by his parents, Dr. H. P. and Doris Dexheimer; and by a son in infancy. He is survived by his wife, Martha Dexheimer; daughters, Ellen (Geoffrey) Mather and Leslie (Andy) Gleason; and son, Karl D. (Heather) Dexheimer Jr., and seven grandchildren.

A memorial service was held at the Hettenhausen Center for the Arts on Dec. 4, 2010.

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CLASSnotes Stay Connected In order to keep you in the loop, the Office of Alumni Relations produces a monthly electronic newsletter—The McKendree Alumni Wire. We will send you the latest news on campus, event and sports schedules, as well as links to other popular Websites for McKendree activities. If you are interested in receiving the McKendree Alumni Wire, please complete the Stay Connected form online at www.mckendree.edu/alumni.

Become a fan of Bogey D. Bearcat or join the alumni group on Facebook and connect with other McKendree alumni on Linkedin. The alumni Facebook page is a great resource for alumni; you can stay connected, catch up with classmates, and see what is happening on campus.

Visit the alumni website at http://alumni.mckendree.edu and click on McKendree’s Facebook and Linkedin links to join both groups today.

Discover business opportunities, search for great jobs, make inside connections that can help land jobs, and get introduced to fellow alumni on Linkedin.

Share Your News The Magazine for McKendree is eager to publish news of individual alumni activities—professional accomplishments, such as job changes, promotions and awards, or personal milestones, such as advanced degrees earned, marriages, and births.

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Due to the high volume of class notes received and the long lead time required for typesetting, design, and printing, submissions may not be printed in the issue immediately following their receipt. The magazine editor reserves the right to edit for length, style and clarity.

To share your news, complete the share your news form online at www.mckendree.edu/alumni/alumni_contact_us or mail the form below to the McKendree University Office of Alumni Relations, 701 College Road, Lebanon, IL 62254.

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CLASS OF 2010 GIVES BACK— HAVE YOU? Name: majOr:

Robert Poland Business Management

Why I am gIvINg tO the SeNIOr claSS gIFt:

McKendree helped me grow as a person and provided me with an opportunity that many people do not get the chance to have. I believe it is my duty to give back to McKendree so my alma mater may continue to provide an excellent education for years to come.

Danielle Belobraydich majOr: Mathematics Name:

Why I am gIvINg tO the SeNIOr claSS gIFt:

Over the past 4 years, I have spent most of my waking moments at McKendree University. It has become my home. I want my home to become the best place it can be and without financial backing it will not be able to accomplish this. I support the Senior Class Gift in order to make McKendree University the best home to future students.

For more information about the Annual Fund or to make a gift, contact Lauren Frizzo ’08, Annual Fund Coordinator at 618-537-6500 or email lefrizzo@mckendree.edu. To make a secure gift online, please visit mckendree.edu/give.

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Runners and walkers turned out in force for the second annual Harvest Challenge 5K and Half-Marathon held on Sept. 18 during Fall Family Weekend.