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Monday, June 26, 2006
Stephens president lauds MMA ‘launching pad’ Dr. Wendy Libby, president of Stephens College in Columbia, Mo., told more than 500 people in attendance at the Missouri Military Academy 2006 Graduation Exercises that her four-year women’s college and the all-male military boarding school actually had a great deal in common. “We are both small, private and single gender in our enrollment,” she told MMA’s 117th Corps of Cadets, families, faculty, alumni and friends. “We are training grounds and launching pads for instilling in our graduates an understanding of the interrelatedness of the world and all the cultures that form our global community.” MMA graduated 46 seniors and promoted 28 eighth-graders from MMA Middle School to the High School on May 28 at Centennial Gymtorium. Libby told the audience
Stephens College President Dr. Wendy Libby was the keynote speaker for the graduation of 117th Corps of Cadets senior class on May 28 in Centennial Gymtorium. She spoke on continuing to learn and making use of the tools honed at Missouri Military Academy. (Photo by Steve Biggers Photography)
that her “pearl of wisdom” for the cadets was that “You never
stop learning. You already know much … and this foun-
dation (at MMA) will give you the capacity to think critically, form opinions and solve problems.” She concluded by sharing the 10 ideals Stephens attempts to instill in its students, and suggesting the MMA cadets would use those gifts well – respect, courage and persistence, independence, support for others, sensitivity, responsibility, belief in self, creativity, intelligence and leadership. Dr. Libby became the 23rd president of Stephens in July 2003, and put forth a strategic planning initiative which has the school enrollment on the increase and several new programs instituted. The MMA Parents-Alumni Committee presented the Academy with a check for more than $481,000. (Seestory, Page 8.)
Detmer, Rosales top list of award winners Valedictorian Eric Detmer of Rushville, Ill., led a class of 46 seniors at the Missouri Military Academy final awards and Commencement ceremony Sunday, May 28, in Centennial Gymtorium. Detmer received the Dr. James C. Olson Award for the senior with the highest academic average and the MMA plaque for the highest scholastic average from Maj. Frank
Giuseffi, director of studies. Winning the plaques for highest scholarship in the other grades were freshman Jared Sullivan of O’Fallon, Ill.; sophomore Alex Blum of Houston, Texas; and junior Alex Cheng of Chicago, Ill. Cheng also won the Fritsch Plaque and $975 stipend for academic excellence, discipline, honor and service to MMA.
Senior class president Jose Rosales of Puebla, Mexico, was awarded the Lt. Gov. Joe Maxwell Community Service Award. Rosales was also presented the Most Versatile Cadet Plaque by Col. Ronald Kelly, Academy president. Senior Battalion Commander Adam Harralson of Lexington, Ky., received the $5,000 Howard and Karen Wegman Scholarship
Contents Maj. Ableman recognized ... 2 Bravo news ......................2 Admissions traveling .....3 Staff service awarded .... 3 Commanders announced .3 Final Assembly winners ..4 Middle School awards ...5 Sullivan wins Fry Cup ... 6 Seniors gain scholarships . 6 Spring athletes honored .. 7 P-A raises $481,000 ..... 8 Alumni notes .......... 9-13 ‘The Director’s Chair’ .. 10 Homecoming planned ..12 ‘Taps’ ...................... 13-14
Senior Eric Detmer of Rushville, Ill., holds aloft the Dr. James C. Olson Award, symbol of the senior class valedictorian, as Maj. Frank Giuseffi, director of studies, MMA President Col. Ronald Kelly and Col. Charles R. Stribling III, ‘44, chairman of the Board of Trustees, applaud.
for use in funding college entrance. Harralson also won the Col. Sidney Kersey Posture Trophy and the Col. Jerome G. Harris Cup for showing soldierly qualities. Senior Chris Marcione of Boulder, Colo., commander of the 2006 Honor Company, Echo, was awarded the Col. Veon McConnell Trophy as the officer performing his duties most vigilantly. The Aztec Warrior Chief Award for positive international relations was co-awarded to senior Tyler Pascoe of St. Charles, Mo., and junior Jacob Musick of Decatur, Ill. Senior Kasey Turnbull of Castle Rock, Colo., won the Jack Meyers, ‘39, Memorial Cup for Most Creative Cadet. Matthew Graves of Jackson, Tenn., earned the Richard Cooper Plaque for the senior with the longest tenure at MMA -- seven years. The Dorsey Anderson, ‘95, Cup for the cadet exhibiting a gentlemanly example went to senior Luis Carrillo of Chula Vista, Calif. The Class of 1984 Unheralded
See Awards on p.2
Col. Ronald Kelly announced that MMA had been named a JROTC Honor School with Distinction for the 35th time after results of Formal Inspection in April. All 46 MMA seniors were accepted to at least one college or university, and 15 received scholarships. Top college scholarship winners included Drew Petty of Tipton, Mo.; valedictorian Eric Detmer of Rushville, Ill.; Kyle Rober of St. Louis, Mo.; Erich Sullivan of Underhill, Vt.; Zachary Rodgers of Alton, Ill.; Shale Houston of Town and Country, Mo.; and Michael Breedlove of Lisle, Ill. (See story, Page 6.) Detmer led the class in honor points, and Evan Hollowell of North Little Rock, Ark., was salutatorian.
MMA summer camps begin on July 9
The annual MMA Confidence Camp and Leadership Camp will be held July 9-15 and July 9-22, respectively, and will be directed by MMA Middle School Commandant Maj. Mark Vaughan. The Confidence Camp is for boys ages 8-11, and the Leadership Camp is for boys ages 12-16. Youths who come to the MMA camps will participate in a wide variety of activities, including horseback riding, paintball, rappelling, obstacle courses, adventure training, camping, boating, military leadership training, swimming, target shooting and more. For more information about the camps, contact the MMA admissions department at 1-573-581-1776, or go on-line to http://www. mma-cadet.org.
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