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FALL 2022 | VOLUME 43, NUMBER 1

DEPARTMENTS

03 | CAMPUS LIFE

Groundbreaking to begin soon for new special education facility.

06 | ATHLETICS

Cru women's basketball delivers donated school supplies to Uvalde students.

07 | ATHLETICS

Field at Crusader Stadium is named "Fredenburg Field" in honor of beloved, longtime Head Football Coach Pete Fredenburg.

FEATURES

BRAND NEW | 08

New brand encourages students, campus community to 'Live on Purpose.'

UMHB33 | 16

Men's ministry gives vision for 'authentic manhood' as modeled by Jesus' 33 years on earth.

BEYOND BORDERS | 20

Medical mission trips treat children in Costa Rica and Guatemala.

PLAYING THE 'DEAD GIRL' | 24

Nursing student recounts playing 'dead girl' in Easter Pageant, and now singing as a freshman.

ON THE COVER | BRAND NEW

UMHB Ambassadors Rachel Flores, Ange Rugira, Courtney Benner and Joshua Bailey show off the new UMHB rally cry “Live on Purpose.”

PHOTO BY Hannah Van Beusekom

Calendar of Events

October

Opera/Musical Theatre Scenes Oct. 18 | 7:30 PM Baugh Performance Hall Halloween Happenings Band Concert Oct. 25 | 6:30 PM Baugh Performance Hall

Concert Choir & One Voice Concert Oct. 28 | 7:30 PM Manning Chapel

Senior Art Exhibits Oct. 31 - Dec. 2 Group shows with dates and receptions TBA Art Gallery

November

Septura Brass Band Nov. 1 | 7:30 PM

Baugh Performance Hall

Very Mary Hardin-Baylor Christmas “Deck the Halls" Concert Nov. 15 | 7:30 PM Baugh Performance Hall

January

Art Exhibit: Graphic Design Deb Barnes Memorial Exhibit Jan. 9 - Feb. 9 Reception, Jan. 9 | 5:00 PM Art Gallery Dean's Series: Sean Oswald: Portrait and the Image Dei Art Lecture: Jan. 19 | 2:00 PM Baugh Performance Hall

Dean's Series Concert: Kathryn Fouse “Let the Games Continue" Jan. 27 | 7:30 PM Baugh Performance Hall

February

Association of Black Students: “Raisin' in the Sun" Feb. 17 | 7:30 PM

Baugh Performance Hall

UMHB Annual Art Student Competition, Art Exhibit Feb. 20 - March 9 Reception and Awards Feb. 25 | 5:00 PM Art Gallery

Guest Artist Concert: Pedro Eustache with the UMHB Wind Ensemble Feb. 24 | 7:30 PM Baugh Performance Hall

Dean's Series Concert: Rick Novak, Tenor Feb. 28 | 7:30 PM Baugh Performance Hall

March - May

Women's Chorus and One Voice Concert

March 7 | 7:30 PM

Baugh Performance Hall

Senior Art Exhibits March 23 - May 6 Art Gallery

Spring Musical “Into the Woods" March 31 | 7:30 PM April 1 | 7:30 PM April 2 | 2:30 PM Baugh Performance Hall

TICKET OFFICE: 254-295-5999

Ticket Office hours: 12:00 - 4:00 PM Monday through Friday and one hour prior to events.

Event dates and times are subject to change.

Check website for most up-to-date details.

Coming Soon: Premier Center for Special Education

UMHB is breaking ground this fall on a new 11,000-square-foot special education training and instructional facility unlike any other in the country. With a completion date of next fall, the Marek-Smith Center for Teacher Preparation will serve as the premier center for special education training and instruction in the country and enable UMHB's College of Education to continue to train and inspire college students to pursue a career in special education.

UMHB is the only known university in the United States to currently have a special needs lab where undergraduate education majors work directly with children with disabilities, ages 3-21. The new center will be located at the corner of Pearl Street and 11th Avenue, just one block east of the current facility.

To find out about giving opportunities, visit umhb.edu/specialneeds.

First Transformational Development Graduate

Dannah Fritschle walked across the May 7 graduation stage as the first Bachelor of Transformational Development (BTD) graduate. Dannah graduated with a 4.0 and won the Loyalty Cup and the Outstanding Christian Studies Student Award. Dannah has been accepted to Pepperdine for Law School but will defer for a year and work for a nonprofit in Germany.

Rodeffer Joins Advancement Team

Aaron Rodeffer '14 joined the fundraising staff as a gift officer this semester.

Aaron has been with the university since 2008, first as the men’s golf coach and then as director of facility operations for Crusader Stadium, Frank & Sue Mayborn Campus Center, Bawcom Student Union and the Sue & Frank Mayborn Performing Arts Center.

More Chick-fil-A!

Students returning to campus were excited to see a larger, renovated Chickfil-A with an expanded menu that now offers breakfast items.

“What we are hearing most is the excitement around chicken minis for breakfast and the addition of mac and cheese,” said Michael Sanders, general manager of Sodexo Campus Services, which manages the Chickfil-A. “With the addition of breakfast, we are expecting to increase our daily transaction count by approximately 30% — from 500 to approximately 650 transactions daily.”

The campus location opened in Bawcom Student Union in fall 2013.

EXPLORE

Cru Nursing Camp

Each summer, the Scott & White School of Nursing offers highly motivated high school juniors and seniors an opportu nity to experience nursing school and college life at the Explore Cru Nursing Camp.

This year, 24 students from all over Texas came to UMHB for an up-close look at the nursing program, spirit and traditions, faith and learning, and campus life.

“The students who come to camp are always eager to learn and excit ed to live on a college campus for

a week,” said Kelda McMullen, an assistant professor who facilitates the camp. “I look forward every summer to meeting new students who have the desire to take a week of their vaca tion and learn about the profession of nursing.”

After camp, 15 students participated in a survey, and 14 strongly agreed with the statement “Explore Cru Nurs ing Camp has influenced my decision to go into the nursing profession” and one student somewhat agreed. To find out more about next summer’s camp, which will be the 10th anniversary of Explore Cru Nursing Camp, email kmcmullen@umhb.edu.

MILITARY FRIENDLY SCHOOLS AWARD

UMHB was named to the gold level in the category of private schools offering a doctorate for the 2022-23 Military Friendly® Schools Awards.

The Military Friendly® designations and awards are sourced through public data sources, proprietary data from surveys and personal data from surveys of veterans.

Only two other Texas universities were named to the gold level: Dallas Baptist University and Houston Baptist University. Institutions that appear on the list of Military Friendly® Schools are evaluated in areas such as student retention, graduation, job placement and loan repayment for all students and student veterans, using public data sources and surveys.

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Teaching Candidate Interviews

Belton ISD recently expanded its partnership with the UMHB Educator Preparation Program with a commit ment to provide interviews to teaching candidates hoping to land positions with BISD.

“It’s not a guarantee of a job, of course, but just securing an interview is a great opportunity for anyone nearing completion of a college degree,” said Dr. Joan Berry, dean of the College of Education.

The interviews will help graduates hone their skills in describing their experiences, promoting their strengths as potential new teachers, and demon strating their knowledge and proficien cy to a potential employer.

OT Now Providing DME

UMHB’s occupational therapy program realized a need in the community for durable medical equipment (DME) for uninsured and underinsured patients and started a loaner program this fall at the Cru Community Clinic.

Over the summer, the clinic collected donations of gently used equipment, including pediatric wheelchairs, walkers, standers, bath seats and patient transfer equipment.

“Durable medical equipment is expensive and unattainable for many in our community,” said Dr. Giulianne Krug, founding program director and professor. “Our students have the opportunity to learn to identify different equipment types and fit it to the user.”

CAMP CAPABLE

Students in the Master of Science in Occupational Therapy organized a weeklong camp this summer for adults with special needs. The camp's goal was to facilitate opportunities for social participation and active leisure. Around 20 participants attended camp each day and participated in occupational therapy-based activities such as teamwork games, scavenger hunts, sports, arts and crafts, cooking, and more.

“Our OT students gained valuable experience working with adults

with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) while also serving their community,” said Dr. Amanda Frias, assistant professor. “Camp Capable provided the students with an opportunity to develop and implement group activities in preparation for practicing in the field of occupational therapy. Campers seemed to have a great time interacting with one another and with our OT students. Everyone is looking forward to doing it again in the future!”

'WE over ME'

Women's Basketball Supports Uvalde

Cru women’s basketball held a school supplies drive this summer to support Uvalde's Robb Elementary and Uvalde ISD students.

Just after UMHB started back for the semester, the team took three vans to Uvalde, with each back seat and trunk area filled with supplies. The team collected enough to provide 70 to 75 kids with school supplies and also classroom cleaning supplies, said Coach Mark Morefield.

Earlier in the summer, the team also put together a basketball camp for the Uvalde students.

“With the basketball camp, our primary goal was to try and give the children something they could enjoy while having fun. We wanted to give them an experience where they could be kids again,” said Morefield.

“We talk about ‘we over me’ in our program and the emphasis of servant leadership,” he said. “We are preparing young adults in our program to be a light in society. This opportunity is what servant leadership is about. Both the camp and the school supply drive gave our players and coaches an opportunity to connect with those students and parents.

“We wanted to provide some normalcy, even if only for a couple of hours, or help them take something off their to-do list like getting school supplies. This opportunity provided our team a chance to see what it means to be a servant leader.”

He added that he hopes everyone will continue to pray for the Uvalde community.

“It may not be on the frontlines of the media, but this is a community that is still hurting and needs all the prayers and involvement that one can do,” Morefield said.

NATIONAL CHAMPIONS!

The UMHB Sader Belles recently won the national championship for its jazz routine at the American Dance and Drill Team Nationals!

FREDENBURG FIELD

In honor of longtime UMHB Head Football Coach Pete Fredenburg, the field at Crusader Stadium has officially been named Fredenburg Field. New signs mounted on the brick walls behind both end zones were unveiled during a special ceremony on Sept. 17. In addition, permanent plaques recognize Coach Fredenburg’s remarkable accomplishments, including two national championship wins in four years.

New Head Coach

Raffaela Scotto was named the new head coach for acrobatics and tumbling. She comes to UMHB after a successful studentathlete career at Baylor University. She was a walk-on for the Baylor acrobatics and tumbling team and helped the Bears to an individual event national championship last season and three NCATA national championships during her tenure. She earned NCATA Academic Honor Roll and Academic All-Big 12 honors.

Men's and Women's Golf Take ASC Titles

The UMHB men's and women’s golf teams claimed American Southwest Conference championship titles this year. Houston sophomore Sarah Kmiecik claimed the individual title for the women, and for the men, it was the team’s second consecutive title win and the program’s ninth ASC title. The women finished 14th at the 2022 NCAA Division III Women’s Golf Championship, and the men 21st. Sarah tied for 14th individual, and on the men’s team, Parker Mitas tied for 39th at the championship tournament.

Fritz Named 2021-22 ASC

Male Athlete of the Year

Football senior Jefferson Fritz was named American Southwest Conference Male Athlete of the Year. The ASC Athlete of the Year award annually recognizes a male and a female student-athlete whose athletic accomplishments best contributed to their sport, their institution's overall athletic program and the conference. Fritz was a 2021 Gagliardi Trophy finalist and the only defensive player to make the 14-member semifinalist list and five-member final list.

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On Purpose

UMHB LIVE ON PURPOSE BY CHRISTI MAYS

Live on Purpose.

Just three little words, but with so much meaning. These words are more than a new tagline. More than a mantra.

More than words on a door sign, light poles, and Chapel banners.

These three words are why we exist — the reason we have been here for more than 177 years. These words frame us and remind us daily why we are here. We were called to a life of purpose — every single student, faculty and staff member, alumnus, donor, board member, and parent.

“Who better to help students figure out their pur pose in life than a distinctly Christian university? It’s why God put each and every one of us here,” said UMHB President Dr. Randy O’Rear. “I'm so excited about the new rally cry to ‘Live on Purpose.”

This summer, the new logo, brand and rally cry welcomed returning students in bright purple and gold messages across campus. Motivating, stu dent-centric messages encourage students to also “grow, learn, believe, lead, serve, excel and play” on purpose.

“We know a student’s college experience is about much more than earning a degree,” said Dr. Rebecca O’Banion, vice president for advancement. “We want students to discover their gifts and live out all they were created to be and do.”

It has been 31 years since UMHB refreshed the logo. With its launch, the new branding has opened opportunities for UMHB to share its unique story –past, present and future.

“In many ways, this new brand and rally cry are just the beginning,” said O’Rear. “We’re excited to continue to share the MHB story.”

BRAND NEW!

When students arrived at campus this semester, they were welcomed with new purple and gold signs and banners at every turn.

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"IT'S REALLY FASCINATING TO ME HOW OUR MINDS WORK AND HOW PAST EXPERIENCES WITH PARENTS, OR HOW SOMEONE GREW UP, CAN AFFECT HOW OUR RELATIONSHIPS WORK."

— Macaiah Peterman

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GROW on PURPOSE

Macaiah Peterman

Junior Psychology Major | Belton, Texas

When other five-year-olds were starting kindergar ten, Macaiah Peterman was stuck in a hospital bed. After going through countless rounds of what doc tors thought were reoccurring ear infections, they finally discovered Macaiah had a rare type of cancer in her right ear called rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS).

So instead of storytime, show-and-tell, recess and field trips, for Macaiah, it was long weeks in a hos pital bed, IVs and needles, surgeries and chemother apy that made all her curly hair fall out. Left with a vulnerable immune system, being around other children was out of the question, so a teacher came to her house for her first five years of her schooling, and she had only her parents, Gimel and Tammy, for companionship.

Not all the memories of long days in a hospital bed are unhappy, though. One of her favorites is of her dad sitting by her bed watching television shows with her.

She and her father, who was a pastor and in the military, spent long days talking about each charac ters’ personalities, attitudes and actions. The discus sions soon became a game to see who could best analyze the behaviors of each character. Figuring out what made them tick was so fascinating to Macaiah, it eventually led to the discovery of her purpose in life — to pursue a degree in psychology and one day help people navigate their relationships.

“It’s really fascinating to me how our minds work and how past experiences with parents, or how someone grew up, can affect how our relationships work,” she said.

Her father also taught her at a young age that even though she didn’t get the chance to make friends to talk to, she could always talk to God.

“I just felt like He was my friend,” Macaiah recalls. “When I would feel really sick from the chemo, I would pray for Him to help me fall asleep, and I would fall sound asleep and have the best dream ever.”

When Macaiah was finally able to go to school, around fourth grade, it wasn’t always easy making friends, and she often found herself just sitting back and observing other students. Something about her soft-spoken demeanor drew them to her though, and she discovered her gift of listening.

“One thing I learned, being the quiet kid is that people just want to be heard and listened to. Some times, they don’t want a resolution. They just want you to listen,” she said.

Macaiah has loved her time at UMHB, and says her professors inspired her to hopefully teach one day, as well as have her private practice.

“All of my psychology teachers are amazing. I love them so much!” she said. “It’s so good to hear what they do on a daily basis. They give so many real-life examples that they have experienced and use critical thinking skills.”

Even though she missed out on so much as a child, Macaiah knows God was in control the entire childhood as she fought and beat cancer. She learned to lean on Him for guidance and friendship, and she hopes He will speak through her to her pa tients one day. “I definitely would like to be a vessel for God.”

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"SOIL HAS ALWAYS INTERESTED ME. THERE'S SO MUCH MORE THAT GOES ON RIGHT BENEATH OUR FEET THAN WE COULD EVER IMAGINE."

— Caleb Shackelford

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LEARN on PURPOSE

Caleb Shackelford

Senior Biology Major | Lott, Texas

If it involves dirt and the great outdoors, Caleb Shackelford probably loves studying it.

The senior biology major spent the summer be fore last snake hunting in the high desert near Boise, Idaho, as a summer intern with the U.S. Geological Survey. Climbing over rocks and through shrubs, he caught rattlesnakes, striped whipsnakes, and go pher snakes, swabbing each to test for snake fungal disease. This past summer, Caleb spent his days growing and tending a patch of prickly “weesatch” plants to study the bacteria on their invasive root systems. It was part of a two-year research project he is working on as a research assistant with Dr. Kathleen Wood, chair of the biology department. He was thrilled when he learned about the project.

“Soil has always interested me. It fascinates me. It’s kind of a nerdy thing to be interested in, but it's amazing how diverse soil is and how there’s a huge web down there, a big ecological system that we don’t see,” said Caleb, who will graduate in De cember. For graduate school, he plans to study soil science/chemistry at Texas A&M University.

His research at UMHB has earned him some notoriety when he presented at three conferences and won top prizes at each — two first-place wins in microbiology at Heart of Texas last year and again

this year, and first place in plant biology at the Texas Academy of Science Conference.

Since these conferences are regionally based, he competed against students from much larger re search schools, including the University of Texas and Baylor University.

“I was really proud of getting first place, not be cause of me, but because I was representing UMHB in this way. I want to be the best for UMHB,” said Caleb.

Presenting at conferences looks good on a resume, but to him, it’s more about being a good researcher and communicator.

“The goal of conferences is not necessarily to see who’s the best. It’s to teach, especially undergradu ates,” he said. “When you’re in the field of science, you need to know how to share ideas. Conferences teach us how to be a good communicator of the research we’re doing.”

Caleb had no idea that getting an opportunity to do research as an undergrad would set him apart from the crowd, but it did when he applied for the summer internship position with the U.S. Geological Survey.

“I remember talking to the people who hired me at the USGS and asking them why they hired me. So many people apply, and I was just a random ap plicant from Central Texas, which is not even close to Idaho,” he said. “They told me it was because of my research experience. Other students didn’t really have that. I feel like I’m very fortunate to go to a university that is the perfect size to give me these opportunities.”

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"GOD WAS TELLING ME TO GO — JUST AS RUTH WENT TO THE FOREIGN LAND, AND ESTHER WALKED IN PLACES THAT WERE DANGEROUS."

— Ruth Lawson

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SERVE on PURPOSE

Ruth Lawson

Senior Transformational Development Belton, Texas

When Ruth Lawson was 16, a family friend asked if she wanted to go on a mission trip to Uganda. She was thrilled at the opportunity, and began to pray. Her entire life, Ruth had been taught to “go to God in prayer” for everything. She knew if she was supposed to go on the mission trip, God would let her know.

She prayed and prayed but heard nothing. Weeks went by, and she needed to give her friend an answer. One Sunday morning during her church’s worship service, she became frustrated that she still hadn’t gotten an answer.

“God, I’m not hearing you. Do you want me to go or not?” she prayed. “All of a sudden, I just heard the Lord say, 'GO!'”

But at that moment, Ruth knew in her heart that God wasn’t simply telling her to go on this one mis sion. He was calling her to a life of missions.

“God was telling me to go—just as Ruth (from the Bible) went into a foreign land, and as Esther walked into places that were dangerous,” she said. “God told me, 'This will be hard. Your life will not be easy. It will be scary. You will walk in the midst of persecution. But you are not alone. I’m here with you and we will walk through the fire together. I’m calling you to go!'”

Crying, Ruth couldn’t wait to tell her parents, but they already knew.

“My parents are the most prayerful and faithful people I know,” Ruth said. “I’ve never seen them not take something to the Lord. So much of who I am is because of who they are, and their faithfulness to the Lord.”

The daughter of Mike and Myriam Lawson, Ruth grew up in the mission field. She spent the first eight years of her life in Haiti where her parents were do ing mission work, and then moved to Belton where her father works for Feed My Sheep. Because her father’s work has always been “support-based,” meaning his income comes from supporters who have committed to help fund his ministry and missions, Ruth has grown up seeing her parents live sacrificially in everything they do.

“Sometimes that has meant living without a lot of different things,” she said. “But the Lord has always provided for my family. My family has never been wealthy; we’ve always been blessed. And we don’t allow money to be something that has a hold on us.”

Ruth says without the blessing of donors, she would not have been able to attend UMHB.

“I don’t know if they know how much of a blessing they are,” she said. “The Lord is providing through them.”

With the help of scholarships, Ruth says she will graduate next semester with no debt.

“Knowing the lifestyle that I’m going to be going into — carrying loans into a missions world would just be very hard. So having no residual debt accu mulating is a huge blessing.”

AUTHENTIC

Men’s ministry gives vision for ‘authentic manhood’ as modeled by Jesus’ 33 years on earth. by Christi Mays

A Chance Meeting

John Gonzales remembers going to church when he was a kid. He remembers singing songs in Sunday school, playing fun games and memorizing Bible verses. As he grew older, he found himself going to church less and less often, but a verse he had learned all those years ago, John 3:16, had always stuck with him. He knew it was significant but didn’t understand why.

One day shortly after moving into McLane Resi dence Hall as an incoming freshman last year, John’s RA invited him to a new men’s ministry called UMHB33. John agreed to go, thinking it would be the perfect op portunity to get involved and meet people. Little did he know that the invitation would change his life eternally.

When John got to the meeting, he sat among a few dozen other students, listening to the leaders discuss the purpose of UMHB33, which is discovering “authentic manhood” and God’s design for men to live a life with truth, passion and purpose.

“Before I could even get a single word out, I had nearly bawled my eyes out,” John said. “I didn’t un derstand why I was crying. That meeting got me asking ‘Why this?’ and ‘Why that?’ and trying to fully understand who I am and why I’m specifically here at UMHB.”

With so many questions still swirling in his head, John later reached out to his buddy, Eric Bean, a stu dent leader in UMHB33. That night the two of them got together, and Eric led John to Christ.

The UMHB33 Ministry

UMHB33 is a powerful 36-week gospel-centered Bible study that teaches the Biblical definition of man hood and how to transition through various seasons of life. The six chapters equip young men to accept their past while moving forward to prepare for their future careers, spouses and raising families. The resources the group uses are part of Authentic Manhood’s “33 The Series” that helps men of God focus on building a life modeled after the 33 years Christ spent on earth.

“The way God designed it all is for the man to lead, and he leads as Christ led,” said the Rev. Danny Allen,

who worked as a full-time minis ter for 35 years. “He dies to self and gives his life away. When you start talking about changing men like that, now you're talking about changing legacies.”

UMHB33 was born five years ago after Danny retired from his last pastorship at Journey Bible Fel lowship in Cedar Park. He prayed for the Lord to show him where to serve next.

During his time as a pastor, Danny also led an Au thentic Manhood men’s ministry for 15 years. He re peatedly heard men (as young as 30 and as old as 70) regrettably note how differently their lives would have turned out if they had learned the teachings in their 20s.

“They told me their first marriage wouldn’t have failed, or they wouldn’t be estranged from their children — they would have known what to do,” he said. “No man ever woke up one morning and said, ‘You know, I think I've

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At top are several student leaders, including (from left) Alan Arthur, Nicholas McDaniel, Nate Dunning, Thomas Henderson, Travis Wortham, Eric Bean and Samuel “Sammy” James, while at bottom, John Gonzales stands with Eric Bean, the student leader who led him to Christ after a UMHB33 meeting.

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decided my life goal is to mess up my kid’s life.’ But there's been a lot of men do it more than once. The truth is, you don't know what you don't know, and if you're a man, you have to learn what it is to be a man.”

After praying for two months, Danny said the Lord told him to “go upstream” and reach 20-year-olds — teaching them clear and practical Biblical insights on God’s design for manhood — before they become husbands and fathers.

Danny’s daughter, Emily (Allen) Warren ’12, had graduated from UMHB, and he felt led to bring the program here. In January 2017, with administration’s blessing, Danny, who lived in Georgetown at the time, drove to campus every morning for six weeks to intro duce himself to students during breakfast and share his idea to create a men’s ministry on campus based on “33 The Series.” After six weeks, he had nine students pre pared to serve as a test group for the proposed ministry.

“At the end of the first section, the students met with administration and said it was the best thing they had ever seen, and administration let us kick off the follow ing semester,” he said.

With the help of Rick Turk, Danny set out to intro

duce UMHB33 to the entire campus. For the first two years, the duo teamed up to make themselves available for any student who needed help or advice at any time — night or day.

“You have to meet the student where they are at first; then you build an awareness on campus,” Danny said. Almost three years later, the program had grown enough that it transitioned into a student-led ministry with 10 student leaders and an additional 13 leaders being interviewed to help lead this fall.

Danny says he is thrilled to see God moving but is quick to point out that success is not defined in the steadily growing numbers the group has witnessed over the last five years. He defines success as the “life chang es” taking place in students.

“What kind of life-change is happening? That’s the only question that matters,” he said. “Everywhere Jesus went, the crowds gathered because lives were changed — not because there were big numbers.”

This is one of the reasons UMHB33 breaks into small groups at each of its weekly meetings which helps promote “real connections,” Danny added. “Because Eric got off his couch and went and met John at his

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request, the Holy Spirit moved, and John got saved. This ministry flourishes because students care about students.”

Lives Changed Forever

Alan Arthur, who graduated in May with a Christian ministry degree, said he felt fortunate to be a part of UMHB33.

“It really has shown me, and luckily at a younger age, how to be a man of God, what it means to be a husband and love your wife, and what it means to be a father and lead a family,” he said. “Those are invaluable lessons that are very beneficial to learn now rather than later.”

Nate Dunning first learned about UMHB33 as he was looking for a church to attend his first week on campus, and he said it was clear he had to join.

“I just felt called here, and I’ve been here ever since,” he said. “I know at least 20 people who have said this ministry has changed their lives. Some had been losing their faith, and they came into this ministry, and it helped reinvigorate them.”

Sammy James, who will be a senior nursing major this fall, said he joined because he wanted a place to in vest in people and see the Lord working in other men.

“You get out what you put in,” he said. “If you put in more effort and really invest in the material, you will see the growth in yourself. People who have that lifechange are hungry for the Word and to seek after God. For those, the life change is absolutely there.”

When Travis Wortham, who graduated in May with a degree in general studies, joined UMHB33, he just wanted a community of men who would help him in every way to follow God’s Word, but Danny saw even more.

“I didn’t necessarily want to become a leader at first, but Danny saw something in me that I did not yet see,” said Travis. “Danny saw the potential in me to lead young men into following God, and now I hope to lead people to God the rest of my life.”

John's Baptism

After Eric led John to Christ, Danny walked the Bible-study group to the Barbara Chaney Natatorium at Mayborn Campus Center where he baptized John in the pool.

“It was the start of something new — the beginning step,” John recalled. “I knew God was going to lead me where my path is supposed to go.”

Even though John is still growing in his newfound faith, he finally has some answers to the questions he was seeking. He understands the significance behind the words in John 3:16. He knows the 'hows and whys’ to the many questions that inundated his mind. And, he knows God orchestrated each step of the way to UMHB33 and ultimately his salvation.

“I knew God was telling me that I may not un derstand fully what he’s trying to do,” John said. “But sooner or later, I would understand the true meaning of life, what His plans are for my life, and the person He wants me to become.”

Members of the UMHB33 leadership team enjoy time together on a leadership retreat to Beavers Bend State Park.

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BEYOND BORDERS

Medical Mission Trips Treat Children in Costa Rica and Guatemala

HELP, HEALING & HUGS

Gilda Tchao ’21 examines a child during the Guatemala trip. Opposite page, during the Costa Rica trip, Isabelle “Izzy” Gutierrez plays with Joshua, with one of Doribel’s three children, while Brooke Brinlee gets a hug.

Doribel and her three children live in a tiny, one-room concrete home in a small village in Costa Rica. A thin, rusty piece of tin serves as a roof that keeps things mostly dry during the rainy season. Inside, sheets hang from the tin ceiling, dividing the space into rooms. Near the entrance, a bare bulb casts light on a small sofa that serves as the living room. In the back corner, a sink and counter constitute the kitchen, though there’s no refrigerator or stove — just a crockpot on the counter that the single mom uses to cook all her food.

After a long day of making and selling tortillas on a stove set up in a nearby alley, Doribel greeted her

pastor and a group of UMHB students at her door for a “home visit.” As they chatted, she made some coffee in her crockpot to offer her guests. Senior nursing major Isabelle “Izzy” Gutierrez was one of those guests. This was Izzy's first mission trip, and she said she could never have imagined what she would see and learn on this trip. The experience was “eye-opening,” seeing how different the lifestyles are in this third-world country.

“The people in Costa Rica were living in some of the worst conditions I’ve ever seen, but they’re also one of the happiest populations on Earth because they put their whole faith in God that He will pro vide for them. And He does!” Izzy said. “I think God wanted me to go on this mission trip to show me just how powerful faith can be. It was truly a learning experience about my faith.”

Medical Mission Trips

This summer, the UMHB Global Outreach team sent students, alumni and staff members on several domestic and international mission trips, including two medical trips to Costa Rica and Guatemala. Working with One More Child, a Christian-focused

charity, the medical teams were mainly students in the nursing, pre-med and physical therapy programs, with nurse practitioner Caroline Stanley ‘12 serving as lead provider on the Guatemala trip. Once each team arrived at their destinations, they set up make shift clinics to help more than 150 children at each location with physical exams, first-aid treatment, and dental education.

“Medical mission opportunities are important to our students practicing medicine because they get hands-on experience to what they’re learning in the classroom, while at the same time, showing oth ers they’re valued and loved by God,” said Global Outreach Director Tiffany Horton. “They get to see what happens when basic needs are not met and the value that comes with health education.”

For many of the students, it was their first mission experience and a life-changing opportunity.

“It has been a joy to send students around the world and have them come back with contagious joy and passion for their future careers,” Tiffany said. “It reminds us why opportunities for exploring one’s Vocaré (a UMHB program to help students discover their purpose) are so important.”

“I think God wanted me to go on this mission trip to show me just how powerful faith can be. It was truly a learning experience about my faith.”

—Isabelle "Izzy" Gutierrez

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Hands and Feet of Jesus

When HollyAnn Wells arrived in Guatemala, she traveled with her group to the Ministry Center in the heart of a small city where they set up a make shift clinic with four stations for taking histories, getting vitals, providing educa tion and performing exams. The exam room had an old table and nothing else, but they saw almost 200 children in four days, and each family received a month’s worth of food as they left.

“I was overwhelmed the first day,” said HollyAnn, a doctor of physical ther apy student. “There are so many things over there that these kids don’t get that we just blow off — like shoes! Many of the kids we saw had wounds and rashes on their feet from not wearing shoes or shoes that don’t fit very well.”

As a physical therapy student, she has learned a lot about wound care, and with the help of some tweezers and scissors, she and the other students helped clean out dirt-filled cuts from the children’s feet.

“We literally washed their feet,” she said. “I remem ber seeing the relief on one little boy’s face when his feet were clean. It was so odd to him. You could see the relief in his face when we cleaned out a bad cut. These people don’t have access to clean drinking wa ter, let alone wound care.”

Foot lacerations were only one of the shocking ailments they treated, though.

“One of my classmates, Jenny, and I got a bug out of a kid’s ear,” she said. “We also saw a lot of rashes, including a 2-year-old with a full-body rash. We gave her a bath, and she felt so much better after that.”

When HollyAnn tells people about the mission trip, she often gets asked, “Why go on mission trips in other countries instead of helping here?”

“One of the reasons I love international missions is because it reminds me that the world does not stop

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where my world stops,” she said. “It’s a humbling experience, but it also reminds me that there’s so much more that God has created and put out there for us where we can be impactful — even with small trips like this.”

Blossoming in Faith

Yvette Shackelford, administrative assistant in Student Life, experienced many unforgettable moments as a staff leader on the Costa Rica mission.

“It was my first time to lead a mission trip, and it was an incredibly emotional time,” she said. “God truly broke our hearts for what breaks His.

I believe God worked so deep in my heart, and in all of us who went, we all left a piece of our hearts with the people in Costa Rica.”

She saw students transform and blossom in their faith while they experienced many “firsts” like leading worship for the team, praying aloud for the first time in a group and giving devotionals.

Everyone needs to go on a mission trip, she added, because the experience is “life-changing.”

“We came here to help these people, but they helped us change our entire perspective,” she said. “We have an abundance of things that aren’t even necessary. We com plain about our order being wrong. We feel so proud of ourselves when we pay for Starbucks for the person be hind us in the line. But these pastors are literally sustain ing life there — providing food and these medical clinics. We truly saw that God blesses people in different ways.”

HELPING CHILDREN IN NEED

Helping with clinics during the Guatemala medical mission trip are, from far left, HollyAnn Wells, a doctor of physical therapy student; Victoria Hernandez, pre-optometry sophomore; nurse practitioner Caroline Stanley ’12; and Victoria Hernandez, Andrea Lopez, pre-med sophomore, and Gilda Tchao ’21.

From the time she was 5 years old, Bethany Fitzwater started perform ing in the UMHB Easter Pageant — first, running around as a child in the crowd, and then for the next five years playing the role of the “dead girl” in the unforgettable scene where Jesus raises a lifeless child above his head toward Heav en, and then she drops into his arms once again full of life.

This past semester, when Beth any was in her freshman year at UMHB, it only seemed apropos for her to once again participate in the pageant. In a duet with her father, Mark Fitzwater ’89, the pair sang “In the Name of the Lord,” the first song in this year’s 82nd production.

Bethany said she felt right at home playing a role in the Easter Pageant at age 5 because she has grown up on the UMHB campus — literally. Her mother, Wendi Fitzwa ter ’21, has served as the resident director of McLane Hall for more than 20 years, Bethany has always lived on campus — eating in the din ing hall, attending countless games and performances, and running and playing on the grassy fields that now house the tennis courts.

“It is a very unique situation, and I feel very blessed to have grown up here, and now I'm going to school here,” Bethany said. “It was very surreal this year to be on the stage singing and playing a crowd mem ber again.”

Her father, Mark, who works in the media department at Belton High School, agreed that it was a memorable moment. He also partici pated in the pageant when he was a student here in the late ‘80s, singing with the Master Choir during his

freshman and sophomore years. But being on the stage with his daughter made it even more special.

“I love singing with her anyways, but singing at this venue was a really special thing,” he said. “It was even a little emotional for me. When I watched Jesus lift the little girl, I remember that being Bethany, and I almost got choked up when I saw that.”

Bethany said she accepted Jesus when she was 7, and feels confident that her participation in the Easter Pageant played a part in leading her to Christ.

“I feel like when we hear about the Gospel, it’s easy to be like, ‘OK, Jesus died for me,’” she said. “But I’m a very visual person, so when you’re living it in a way and inter acting with it, it’s different than just hearing the stories in Sunday school. I think it’s had a big impact on my life because it’s a distinct memory that I’m always going to carry with me.”

PLAYING DEAD

Bethany Fitzwater, who is now a sophomore at UMHB, played the “dead girl” in the Easter Pageant for five years, starting at age 6. She’s pictured here for four of those years.

“I think it's had a big impact on my life because it's a distinct memory that I'm always going to carry with me.”

—Bethany Fitzwater

ALUMNI NOTES

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BREAKING RECORDS

Known as the G.O.A.T. – greatest of all time – high school baseball coach in Texas, Steve Chapman ’79 is pictured. Photo courtesy of Lucas Boland/Corpus Christi Caller-Times

STEVE CHAPMAN ‘79

Former UMHB baseball player Steve Chapman ’79 became the winningest high school baseball coach in Texas state history this May when he led the Calallen Wildcats to the Class 4A regional final and logged his 1,116th coaching victory.

Chapman took the title from Lubbock Monterey legend Bobby Moegle — the only other Texas high school baseball coach who has won 1,000 games. His record remained unbeaten at 1,115-267 from his 40 seasons of coaching from 1960 to 1999.

“Breaking the record that Coach Moegle had set at Lubbock Monterey was very special because I know how great of a coach he was and what kind of program he had there,” Chapman said.

Since taking over the Calallen program in 1982, Chapman has led the Wildcats to 31 consecutive playoff appearances, 29 district titles, 12 state tournament appearances, and three state titles in 2000, 2005 and 2008.

Born and raised in Hallettsville, Chapman played baseball for Hallettsville High School and continued playing at UMHB before landing his first coaching job at Victoria Stroman in 1979.

“My days at UMHB were a pretty awesome experience in that

it was a perfect environment for me as a student because classes were small and everyone was friendly and helpful,” Chapman said.

Playing baseball at UMHB allowed him to continue enjoying the sport he loved and helped contribute to his winning coaching career, which he always wanted to do after college.

“While at UMHB, I met some great people who helped me become a better person and player, and that eventually carried over into my coaching,” he said. “I made many friends who are still friends to this day. People such as Mickey Kerr, Paul Herring, Jimmy Long, Jimmy Hopkins, Kevin Lawler, Mike Schulte, Ben Shipp, and many more were great teammates and friends!”

And he said he definitely couldn’t leave out UMHB’s first baseball coach who created the program.

“The guy that I have the utmost respect for was our coach and leader, Charlie Robinson, who came in and instilled a disciplined program that continued to get better as the years went on, and I consider him and his wife, Janice, good friends,” Chapman said.

“Overall, my time at UMHB was a great experience and one that I cherish and remember as a time in my life that I truly loved.”

Chapman is thankful for his

years of success at Calallen but added the 1,116 wins would never have happened without outstanding players, coaches, community support and his family’s love.

“I have been very blessed here at Calallen with a great community that loves their baseball,” he said. “And no coach wins continuously without having good players, and I have had plenty of great kids. I also had some tremendous coaches who contributed to our success here.

“I have also had great family support from my wife, Roxanne, and my two daughters, Amber and Hailey. My wife basically raised our two daughters as I was coaching football and baseball as they grew up. She was there through the good times and trying times, and I owe her plenty.”

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“While at UMHB I met some great people who helped me become a better person and player, and that eventually carried over into my coaching.”

—Steve Chapman ’79

IN MEMORIAM

1940s

Charlotte Humphrey '44 March 3, 2022

Dorothy J. Hogwood '47 May 26, 2022

Pauline Arnold '48 April 14, 2022

Doris R. Kemp '48 June 2, 2022

1950 s

Elaine M. Deering EX '51 May 19, 2022

Ruth Lagrone EX '53 March 11, 2022

Doris Bollinger '58 April 9, 2022

Christine A. Fuhrman EX '59 April 22, 2022

1960 s

Jack Bounds EX '60 March 28, 2022

Virginia Williams EX '60 March 27, 2022

Gayla L. Corley '61 Feb. 19, 2022

Eva L. Ray EX '62 April 22, 2022

Evelyn M. Story '62 June 14, 2022

UMHB profoundly mourns the loss of our alumni, faculty, staff, students and retirees. We express our deepest sympathy to their family and friends, and honor each of them here.

Claudette J. Walker '62 Jan. 31, 2022

Leta S. Howell '63 June 18, 2022

Jacqueline J. Christie '64 May 6, 2022

Wanda E. Hargrove '65 March 24, 2022

Rebecca D. Blacklock '66 April 2, 2022

Barbara A. Chance '66 Feb. 26, 2022

Shirley M. Pace '67 April 13, 2022

Joyce D. Warren '67 May 5, 2022

John E. Fitzen EX '68 Feb. 12, 2022

Betty E. Lange '68 Jan. 31, 2022

Maidene Lawler '73 April 8, 2022

Pauline Dixon '74 March 10, 2022

Norris L. Frazier '74 May 1, 2022

Harold F. Speights '74 Feb. 7, 2022

Mary A. Ogle Aid '75 Feb. 25, 2022

Jane Osman '75 Feb. 10, 2022

Wanda C. Smith '75 March 31, 2022

Billie G. Thomas '76 Feb. 20, 2022

Regina McQueen '79 April 23, 2022

1980 s

Amy R. Black '85 May 25, 2022

Becky J. McEntire '89 Feb. 13, 2022

1990 s

Annette E. Green ‘93, '97 Feb. 17, 2022

Patricia A. Jones '94 May 10, 2022

Uralean J. Robinson '97 Jan. 25, 2022

Edwin S. Mabry HA '98 April 21, 2022

2000 s

Donna J. Morris ‘00, '02 April 12, 2022

Shanna L. Cummings '01 March 31, 2022

Steven L. Camps '13 March 21, 2022

1970 s

Gloria B. Moore '68 June 6, 2022 Mary Cabrera '70 Feb. 8, 2022

Mary J. Walters '70 April 5, 2022

Rev. Roscoe Conklin Harrison Jr. EX '70 Feb. 6, 2022

Jerry P. Heath '82 March 19, 2022

Mary B. Kidder '82 Feb. 12, 2022

Carolyn Howard '83 April 27, 2022

Hector V. Huertas '83 Feb. 16, 2022

Catherine A. Rock '84 March 5, 2022

Gordon D. Wiggers, former UMHB Trustee March 26, 2022

MEMORIAL GIFTS

February 21, 2022 - June 15, 2022

Richelean Abel

Dr. Kerry and Kathy Owens Riley and Carolyn Allison Owens

Mr. and Mrs. Hudson Adams Mary Ann Adams Thurlow

Mr. and Mrs. Russell Adams Mary Ann Adams Thurlow

Jane Allison

Kent Owens Dr. Kerry and Kathy Owens Riley and Carolyn Allison Owens

Vincent Lamar Banks

Jimmy and Melissa Hausenfluke Walt and Pam Manly Dr. Rebecca O’Banion Dr. and Mrs. Randy O’Rear Burk and Cindy Breaux Roberts Dr. and Mrs. Steve Theodore

Debra Barnes

Dr. Kerry and Kathy Owens Riley and Carolyn Allison Owens

Dr. Terry B. Bawcom

Dr. Rebecca O’Banion Dr. and Mrs. Randy O’Rear Dr. and Mrs. Steve Theodore

Inez Beadle

Kent Owens Dr. Kerry and Kathy Owens Riley and Carolyn Allison Owens

Catherine Beimer

Jerry Caldwell

Jayne Bledsoe Mark and Betty O’Hair Anderson Bill and Janis Holmes Dr. and Mrs. Randy O’Rear Dr. and Mrs. Steve Theodore

Jack Bounds

Mark and Betty O’Hair Anderson Riley and Carolyn Allison Owens

Arthur P. Brashear III

Arthur P. Brashear IV

Dr. Daniel Caldwell

Dr. and Mrs. Craig Hammonds

Robert Carlisle

Evanell Rawson Shepperd

Gayla Vardeman Corley Betty Sue Craven Beebe

Dina Anguiano Granado

The North End Gang Riley and Carolyn Allison Owens Nelda Cook Perry Jeanne Sparlin Mason and Janie Tate Wheeler Alonzo and Beverly Ward Wood

Camille Crawson Mark and Betty O’Hair Anderson Drs. Bob and Grace Richardson Whitis

Dr. Thomas and Ruth Moore Dannelley Thomas Dannelley Jr.

Patsy Davis Beverly Norwine Adams Andy and Phyllis Anderson Mark and Betty O’Hair Anderson Oscar and Diann Anderson Dr. Jerry and Vicky Bawcom Russell and Jane Beard Mike and Paula Bressler Robert and Linda Byrd

Carolyn Carpenter

Covington Real Estate Terri Covington

Drs. Paul and Eva Dyke

FBC Canyon Bible Study Carlos and Nelia Garner Jeannine Greene

Ken and Melva Garner Hobbs Bill and Janis Holmes

Denzel and Margie Holmes

Alan Lackey Marche Milam Mary Alice Moore

Martin and Linda Murdock

Dr. Rebecca O’Banion

Dr. and Mrs. Randy O’Rear Linda Hood Pehl Mark and Debra Rountree

Dr. and Mrs. Steve Theodore James and Cheryl Thomas Jamie and Kelley Thompson Terry and Betty Thompson Tidwell Properties Brent Tidwell Underwood Law Firm Todd and Theresa Walsh James and Mary Welch Marian Corbin Wood

Greg Dawson Riley and Carolyn Allison Owens

Rev. Frank and Marilyn Dearing Gary and Sharon Baxley Dr. Rebecca O’Banion

Sherry Drews Rod and Sandy Deyoe Elizabeth Ann Dunn Eduardo and Norma Avila-Lara

Roy Finney Janis Foster Singletary

Bobbie Lou Fischer Janice Torgeson

Jim Fitzhenry Lucas Loafman Noel and Suzanne Schnitz Robert and Carolyn Schwindt

Buddy Fredrickson Sheila Richardson Fredrickson

Dr. LaVerne Gallman Shirley Roberts Holleman

Sarah Grantham Bob and J.A. Mathews

Kristina Dianne Hagler Glenn and Brenda Glass Hagler

Mickey Hamm Ted and Kathy Floca

Roscoe Harrison Kiwanis Club of Temple

Terry L. Hefner Dannie Hefner

Dorothy “DJ” Reinhard Hogwood

Don and Sally Bell

Mary Going

Thomas and Betty Reinhard Hamilton Keith Hogwood Larry and Karon Hutcheson Melissa Hutcheson Jeannell Ingram

William Jennings Jr. Chris and Susan Kolodziejczyk

George and Mary Alice Majoue Bruce and Kathleen Meyer

Dr. Rebecca O’Banion Nancy Peffer

Erika Reinhard-Straub

Underwood Law Firm, P.C.

James Welch

Marian Corbin Wood

Frank Holdar Carolyn Allison Owens

Delma Garner Jacks

Bob and Melanie Jacks Hilburn Claude Jacks Jr.

Lucille Davis Jackson Brent Jackson

Frank Lynn Jez Don and Linda Bridges Sandefur

Dr. Doris Kemp

Mark and Betty O’Hair Anderson Ken and Melva Garner Hobbs Bill and Ann Messer Salado Historical Society

Dr. Grace Labaj Daniel Atha

Amy Bawcom Gayle Kovar Farrow Vernon and Shirley Roberts Holleman Dennis and Kay Jacobsen McCarthy Brian and Beth Polk Bryan and Joyce Wills Teague

Ruth Turner Lagrone James and Lucy Lin Hom Pat Lockridge Shannon

Daniel Lambert Daniel Atha

Betty Lange Dr. Kerry and Kathy Owens Riley and Carolyn Allison Owens

Ginger Layne Amy Bawcom

Dr. Amy LeVesconte Chung and Ruby Yung Lam

Edwin Mabry and Meriworth McMillian Mabry Gerald and Shirley Campbell Sandra Hollis William and Jaclyn Low Rotary International District 5910 Rankin Tippin Steve and Ann Zenthoefer

Dr. Shirley Mackie Mary Ann Adams Thurlow

Bobbie Marshall Pat Barner White

Dwain Marshall Cindy Schwetner Jackson

Minalou Bradbury Martin Matthew and Nancy Asp Lake

Ray Martin Terrance and Trish Stewart Woods

Bobby Joe McClendon Ron and Debbie Brown Joel Hannemann David and Hope Jenkins Orsag Marshall and Penny Renfro Dr. Elizabeth Wheeler Tanaka Dr. and Mrs. Steve Theodore

Becky Rucker McEntire Carolyn Allison Owens

Jeannette McGinnes Mary Jane Wood

Regina McQueen

Don and Linda Bridges Sandefur Dr. and Mrs. Steve Theodore

Jane Meyer Marietta Parker

Joan Marlowe Myrah Dr. Lissette Ferlet Carpenter Jenny Hansen Gastler Lynelle Sweat Mason

Frank O’Banion Edna O’Banion Guy and Stephanie O’Banion Dr. Rebecca O’Banion

Mary Alice Smirl Odom Edward and Debbie Odom Cox

Helen Pajestka Riley and Carolyn Allison Owens

Sharon Denise Cagle Petter Daniel Atha

Kitty Evelyn Bowles Pipes Kenneth and Velva Schrader Riddle

Sidney W. Post Bert Crossland Donald and Jolene Dodd Janet McMillan Guy and Shephanie O’Banion John and Billie Post Kay Post Bridget Register Malinda Veldman

Larry Putman Dr. Jerry and Vicky Bawcom Ralph and Shirley Clarke Montgomery

Eleanor Renfro Carolyn Allison Owens

Catherine A. Rock James and Lynn Whyburn Clarke Marita White Root David and Mildred Arnell Childs McMillin

Student Prepares to Graduate 101 Years

When senior pre-occupational therapy major Anna Hoecke decided to come to UMHB, it seemed befitting, and maybe even a little poetic, knowing she would walk the same grounds her renowned great-grandmother, Olive Chaffee Boggs, once walked 101 years ago.

Growing up in South Carolina, Anna remembers hearing stories of the devout Christian matriarch who loved UMHB and made it

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son, Frank Boggs, who was an accomplished gospel singer. When he passed away last year, the money had grown to a large sum, and UMHB used part of it to create a scholarship in the Boggs’ family name.

“The money she left is now supporting students. Wow! Her legacy is still very much present,” Anna said.

Olive served as one of the longeststanding UMHB Board of Trustees from 1933 to 1963 and again from 1965 to 1974 and was named an Honorary Doctor of Humanities in 1975. It was surreal when Anna saw the plaque honoring her greatgrandmother on a pillar inside the foyer of Walton Chapel. Olive’s photos, letters and college graduation dress are housed at the Musick Alumni Center and Museum at the Parker House.

Anna appreciates that her greatgrandmother was known as a trailblazer for her time and didn’t hold back when it came to speaking her mind or sharing the Gospel.

one of her life missions to help young women attend her beloved alma mater.

“That is one of the coolest things for me is knowing that she stayed after she graduated and fought for girls to get an education,” Anna said.

More than a century ago, after Olive finished college in 1922, she invested $100 with the Baptist Foundation of Texas to be given to UMHB after the death of her

“I like that she knew what she wanted and communicated it, and she wasn’t afraid of that,” Anna said. “I’d like to say I’m like that too.”

“Definitely!” Anna’s mother, Catherine Boggs Hoecke, chimed in.

Before coming to UMHB, Anna spent a year as an ambassador for the Institute for Cultural Communicators and led leadership conferences for students of all ages in countries around the world, including Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines.

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Since coming to UMHB, she has continued to grow as a leader, getting involved on the leadership team of Delight Ministries, working on the Easter pageant, and winning Best Actress at last year’s Stunt Night. She also serves on the college ministry team at her church.

Anna not only has developed ways to prevail against the

challenges of dyslexia but she’s also developed an impressive attitude about advocating for herself and other students. Knowing how her greatgrandmother did the same for other young women makes it that much more meaningful.

When it came time for Anna to order her senior class ring, she had it custom-made in honor

of both their graduations from UMHB. Next spring, when Anna walks across the stage to receive her diploma, she will also think about the day 101 years ago when her great-grandmother helped pave the way for other students at UMHB.

“I love that UMHB has so much history, and I’m grateful I get to add a little part to it,” Anna said.

Jackson Sennie Dr. and Mrs. Todd Kunders Walt and Pam Manly

Wanda McKinney Smith Dr. Joyce Williams

Johnnie Thornton Sr. Kent Owens Riley and Carolyn Allison Owens

Cary Torgeson Jimmy and Melissa Hausenfluke

Dr. Richard T. Vann Charles and Ann Cook

Ronnie Viss Jerry and Martha Shipp Tyroch

Linda Childers Walker Riley and Carolyn Allison Owens

Dr. Donna Walker-Nixon Daniel Atha Amy Bawcom

Dr. George Walther Daniel Atha

Amy Bawcom

Dr. Randy and Julie O’Rear

Jackie Campbell Way Mary Ann Adams Thurlow

Dr. Arthur Wellborn Dr. and Mrs. Craig Hammonds

Gordon Wiggers

James and Angela Barnes Dr. Jerry and Vicky Bawcom Scott and Virginia Brookshire Drs. Paul and Eva Dyke Bill and Janis Holmes Walt and Pam Manly Dr. Rebecca O’Banion Dr. and Mrs. Randy O’Rear Chuck and Jennifer Ramm Marshall and Penny Renfro Will Steeves

Dr. and Mrs. Steve Theodore Jim and Jan Evans Thomas Dr. Stephen and Mary Nash Walker

Virginia Williams Riley and Carolyn Allison Owens

Catherine “Kitty” Spillman Wilson Becky Courson Marine Ortega Sheri Wilson

Donna Woodfin Drs. Bob and Grace Richardson Whitis

Michael Wright Carolyn Allison Owens

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HONORARY GIFTS

Dr. and Mrs. Jerry Bawcom Dr. Brian and Christy Caraway Guenther

Betty Sue Craven Beebe Sondra Attaway Cook Dr. Joyce Williams

Linda Breaux Mary Lou Robinson

Dr. Kindyle Brennan Bill and Lynn Johnston

Dr. Edna Penny Bridges Michael and Catherine Burkett Cornelio Carol Treible

Ronald D. Brown Anne Wiese Halbert

Clif Carroll Kenny and Alushka Driska

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Andrew and Shirley Barfield-Cockerham

Christina Dawn Pointer Cooper Larry and Kim Pointer

Pete Fredenburg Amy Bawcom Marietta Parker Grant and Donell Teaff

Alyssa Marie Pointer Glasby Larry and Kim Pointer

Dr. Helen Wilson Harris Jim and Jan Evans Thomas

Judy Houston Carolyn Allison Owens

Claude Jacks Jr. Bob and Melanie Jacks Hilburn

Deborah Jones Dani Beth Crosby

Darla Kirby Jim and Jan Evans Thomas

Betty Muzzy Lumbley John and Marna Clark Appleman

Randy R. Mann Marietta Parker

Lauren Mendias Jimmie and Janey Roush

Cindy Moya Jimmie and Janey Roush

Lou Nichols Mary Lou Robinson

Dr. Randy O’Rear Larry and Nancy Madsen

Carolyn Allison Owens Thomas and Sissy McGaugh Carter Barbra Davis-Toner

Lynn Owens John and Marna Clark Appleman

Dr. Linda Hood Pehl Mary Lou Robinson

Dr. Claire Phelan Riley and Carolyn Allison Owens

Erik Pointer Larry and Kim Pointer

Travis D. Reynolds Donna Johnson Lynn

Jackson Ryan Reid and Nicole Ryan

Ruby Nell Schick Robert and Portia Sikes McKown

Patricia Lockridge Shannon Andrew and Shirley Barfield-Cockerham Betsy Hilliard Buddy and Louise Powell Dr. Rebecca O’Banion

Cynthia Doherty Shisler Richard Shisler

Joel and Erin Young Shoemake Brenda Thomason Shoemake

Glenna Morgan Stamps Lynelle Sweat Mason

James and Ruth Stewart Roy and Laurie Stewart Steger

Jeff Sutton Henry and Cheryl Garza Dr. William G. Tanner Marshall and Penny Renfro

Janice Ward William and Annette Craddock Howse

Betty Whitlock Avery Moore Riley and Carolyn Allison Owens

Jennifer Witcher Drs. Seth and Jane Witcher

Mr. and Mrs. Trey Witcher Drs. Seth and Jane Witcher

Dr. Paul W. Ziegler Jeremy Ksionda