Vanguard Magazine - Spring/Summer 2011

Spring/Summer 2011

90 Reasons to Love Vanguard

Rick WaRRen

2011 UndergradUate CommenCement speaker

alum lan ds sho w on o pr ah n e twork

Taming YouR inbox pg. 19 SocceR makeS naTional TouRneY

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As an Assemblies of God university, the purpose of Vanguard University is to pursue knowledge, cultivate character, deepen faith, and equip each student for a life of leadership and service.

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in this issue

spring/summer 2011 | volume 12 | issue 1

Features 90 Reasons to Love Vanguard ............................... 8 Forget top ten lists — we’re going with all 90 reasons to love Vanguard.

Of course there are plenty more, but this fun and informative list will get you started.

A Bond in Crisis .................................................. 16

Ninety years! For a person, that’s a lifetime.

For Vanguard University, which is celebrating its 90th anniversary, it’s a time to reflect on our heritage and on what God continues to do through this great institution.

When VU staff member Anita (Foster ’99) Hann’s baby was born very

The centerpiece of this issue is a fun article called 90 Reasons

prematurely, one of the nurses assigned to her was a student in VU’s

to Love Vanguard. Of course, this list is not comprehensive!

RN-to-BSN program. A special bond was created as they journeyed

There are thousands of reasons to love Vanguard — and when

through the difficult experience together.

I think of the education so many people have received, the

Taming Your Inbox .............................................. 19

traditions born here, the spiritual growth, the life transformations

Bonni Stachowiak, Vanguard professor and management consultant, shares tips for de-cluttering your email inbox — and de-stressing your life.

Alum on Oprah Network ...................................... 23

that have occurred on campus, I am thankful to be part of the story of Vanguard University. I hope you are, too, as this article reminds you of what you love best about Vanguard.

Kristina Kuzmic-Crocco ’01 just won her own show on the Oprah

You will also read the gripping story of a baby born premature,

Winfrey Network.

whose mother is a Vanguard alum and staff member, and whose nurse is a Vanguard student. You’ll enjoy a first-person

Departments

column by a military wife and alum whose husband, also an

Message from the President .................................. 1

how to manage your email inbox from personal productivity

alum, is on the front lines. And you’ll get practical advice about

On Campus .......................................................... 2

guru and VU professor, Bonni Stachowiak.

Sports ................................................................ 20

Did I mention that one of our alums, Kristina Kuzmic-Crocco

Class Notes ........................................................ 22

’01, won her own show on the Oprah Winfrey Network? She

Postcards........................................................... 28 A Vine of His Own Planting .................................. 29

appeared on Oprah’s reality show every Friday night these past few months. Check out our update on her.

Ninety years after its founding, Vanguard is as vibrant as ever.

The campus is alive with nearly 2,000 students. In virtually every industry and at every level, Vanguard alums, faculty and

University Governance Chair, Board of Trustees David Oddo University Administration President Carol Taylor Provost / Vice President for Academic Affairs Jeff Hittenberger Vice President for Business and Finance Lettie Cowie Interim Vice President for Enrollment Management Kim Johnson Vice President for Student Affairs Ann Hamilton Interim Vice President for University Advancement Kelly Kannwischer

Editor Joel Kilpatrick Associate Creative Director Tawny Marcus Photographer Chauncey D. Bayes Associate Director of Marketing and Communications Erin Schell

staff are shaping the future. Appreciating and honoring the past gives us vision and passion for the future. When we see what God has done, we have faith in what He can do through us and in the generations we are helping to educate. What a profound privilege it is to partner with Him. That’s worth celebrating!

On the cover: Cupcakes courtesy of Frosted Cupcakery (frostedcupcakery.com) and VU alum Tina Sakai ’06 Vanguard University of Southern California, in compliance with laws and regulations, does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, age, disability, national origin, or status as a veteran in any of its policies, practices or procedures.

President, Vanguard University

vanguard magazine is a free publication published 3 times per year by Vanguard University of Southern California. All contents copyrighted, 2011, Vanguard University of Southern California.

Bulk rate postage paid at Las Vegas, NV. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to: VUSC Alumni Relations Office, 55 Fair Drive, Costa Mesa, CA 92626.

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On Campus Jack Hayford event draws hundreds

Jazzy sounds of spring

Dr. Jack Hayford, founder of Church on the Way and past president

The Vanguard music department hosted its annual Jazz Festival

of the Foursquare denomination, spoke at campus as part of the

in March with a day of clinics, workshops and performances. High

Lewis Wilson Institute for Pentecostal Studies speakers series and

school and junior high jazz bands from around southern California

drew nearly 500 people to Newport Mesa Church.

attended and competed.

“At our Jazz Festival, high school students are adjudicated by top notch musicians and educators and learn to become better performers,” says Ken Foerch, assistant professor of music at VU and frequent musician with the Los Angeles Philharmonic.

This year, the festival offered more in-depth instruction. After each jazz band performed, a judge took them into a practice room and gave them instruction on how to improve.

The festival closed with a performance by Vanguard’s own Jazz Ensemble joined by adjudicators Josh Welchez on trumpet, Nate Jarrell on jazz guitar and woodwind player Sal Lozano who is a member of Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band and plays on the TV show Dancing with the Stars. All are working musicians and music teachers.

“For our students, it’s a chance to perform music, observe adjudication and host high schoolers on our campus,” says Foerch.

“Dr. Hayford talked about the necessity of praying in the Spirit and

“It’s always a great event.”

brought out some points from 1 Corinthians 14 regarding what it means to pray in the Spirit and what it does for the believer,” says Derrick Rosenior, associate professor of communication and director of the Lewis Wilson Institute for Pentecostal Studies at VU. “It was well received. He shared from Scripture and from personal experiences, with anecdotes and humor. He connected well with the audience.”

Attending were students, faculty and staff from VU, plus pastors from all over southern California. One purpose of the Institute’s events is to connect VU to pastors, Rosenior says.

“Events like this build a bridge to the church community as pastors come onto our campus and see what we’re about,” he says. “It also exposes the Vanguard community to Pentecostal leaders who have a wealth of ministry experience.”

The Lewis Wilson Institute exists to highlight and emphasize the Pentecostal heritage and identity of Vanguard. It holds five speaking events throughout the year.

The music department is also presenting its annual Spring Classical Concert at St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in April. The concert, conducted by James Melton, features two contrasting settings of Te Deum (We Praise Thee O God), the first by Mozart, the second a world premier by contemporary composer Dan Forrest, commissioned by the Brehm Center for Worship Arts at Fuller Seminary. The concert also features selections from major works by Brahms and Faure.

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Summer in SoCal on a dime.

Find out how you can use Vanguard housing as your vacation hub this summer! email: stayVU@vanguard.edu

Veterans group brings Assemblyman to campus The Orange County Veterans Advisory Board sponsored a “Meet Your Elected Official” event at Vanguard, the first time the Board has partnered with a university for such an event.

“The Veterans Advisory Board connects elected officials with veterans and the veteran community,” says Jamie Brownlee, director of the School for Professional Studies at Vanguard. “We have a shared interest in promoting veterans’ interests at Vanguard and in the community.”

The keynote speaker at the lunchtime event, held in a lecture hall,

was Assemblyman Jim Silva, who took questions from students after his remarks. During the meeting one of Vanguard’s veteran students, Brent Theobald, was honored. Theobald has played a significant part in the launch of Vanguard’s Veterans Center. VU president Carol Taylor presented him with a flag that had hung over the U.S. Capitol building.

“We hope to do events like this again,” says Brownlee. “Vanguard is committed to serving veterans, and our student veteran population is growing fast.”

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Business alums meet for breakfast Two dozen young alums attended a business alumni network breakfast at the Great Commission Hall in the Heath Building hosted by the office of alumni relations.

Public speaking competition enlivens campus Two hundred high school public speakers from around southern California came to campus in April for the ACSI (Association of Christian Schools International) Speech Competition, hosted annually by the VU forensics team.

The competition, for students in grades 8 through 12 attending Christian schools, is organized, run and judged by members of the VU forensics team.

“The idea is for current Vanguard students to invest in high school students,” says Karen Nishie, director of forensics and assistant professor of communication. “These visiting kids have an opportunity to be on a college campus interacting with college students, and to say, ‘Forensics might be more than a hobby, it might be a way of getting myself through college and to a future in law school, politics, the head of the PTA,’ or whatever their goals are.”

The competition offered ten speaking events in a variety of styles,

“It was a great event,” says alumni director Heather Clements. “The

from impromptu and dramatic interpretation to children’s literature

alumni office is partnering with different departments on campus

and humorous interpretation.

to do monthly networking meetings for alumni in specific majors. It gives alums a chance to reconnect with professors and classmates and make connections for the future.”

“VU students learn a lot about judging, running a tournament and being good hosts,” says Nishie. “They get to take what they learned in competition and apply it to their judging. They give advice and

Carol Winter and Caroline Stephens, faculty members in the

encouragement to younger students. It’s a long, 16-hour day, but

business school, helped host the event, which included free

everyone enjoys it. It’s a fun atmosphere.”

breakfast.

Joseph Henson, a VU junior from Murietta, competed for four years

Tammie Pickens ’99, who works for the Orange County fire authority

for ACSI and came to VU as a result of participating in the annual

in the finance department, says it was good to reconnect with people

competition. He is now the co-captain of the VU debate team.

she knew from Vanguard.

“We compete in these events all year, but when you’re judging you

“I got to find out where their careers had taken them,” she says. “It

see it from the other perspective,” he says. “It helps us understand

was also nice to see our accounting professors and catch up on

what judges want. That has helped to improve our team.”

what’s going on with the program.”

The tournament is always family-friendly, with parents and siblings

The alumni office will continue to host networking events, says

laying out blankets in the quad and enjoying campus between

Clements. For more information, visit vanguard.edu/alumni.

competitions.

Dr. Rick Warren to Speak at Vanguard University Commencement Rick Warren, founder of Saddleback Church and author of The Purpose Driven Life, one of the best-selling books of all time, will be the keynote speaker at Vanguard University’s 2011 Undergraduate Commencement on May 7 at Mariners Church.

Visit registrar.vanguard.edu/commencement for event details!

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Students Host Sustainability Conference The VU chapter of Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) held its second annual Environmental Sustainability Conference to educate the local business community and students about the effect of their choices on the environment.

“We were thrilled to see how engaged and devoted the attendees were in learning skills to create a sustainable world,” says student Matt Edmondson, who led the project. “The SIFE team planned, strategized and coordinated the conference. Along the way we learned teamwork and determination, and found a renewed passion for creating environmental sustainability.”

1920 Vanguard enrollment: 15 2010 Vanguard enrollment: 2,100 1950 Orange County population: 216,224 2010 Orange County population: 3.1 million 1939

Main sessions offered engaging talks with business leaders to

2010 Bachelor’s degrees offered:

30 majors and concentrations

show how sustainability is expressed in different settings. Speakers included Shaheen Sadeghi, founder and CEO of Lab Holding and former president of Quiksilver, and Rob Holmes, founder and president of Green Living Project, the leading media production

1950 Vanguard (then SCBC) moves to

former Army Air Base. Three years later, Costa Mesa incorporates with an initial size of 3.5 square miles and a population of 16,840.

company showcasing global sustainability initiatives for corporate partners including National Geographic and L.L.Bean.

Workshops offered hands-on knowledge of how to incorporate sustainable practices into daily life. Highlights included a Low Carbon Diet workshop by Bon Appetit, in which participants learned why the food system is responsible for a third of global greenhouse gas emissions. The interactive workshop explored the impact the food system has on climate change and how to make lower carbon food choices.

SIFE students received official recognitions from Congressman Dana

Bachelor’s degrees offered: 2 (theology and sacred music)

Did You Know?

In the 1940s, students were required to bring their own napkin and napkin ring to meals. They were fined for broken dishes.

Rohrabacher and California state assemblyman Allan Mansoor for their efforts in putting on the annual conference. Both recognitions were presented by Costa Mesa planning commissioner Jim Fitzpatrick

1946 Number of Faculty: 14

who has mentored the students in planning the conference.

SIFE is a non-profit organization which encourages students to create a better world through business and entrepreneurship. SIFE has 1,800 chapters on university campuses worldwide. VU SIFE’s faculty advisor is associate professor Bonni Stachowiak.

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Number of Faculty: 86 full-time and 113 part-time; 75% of full-time faculty hold doctoral degrees.

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Homecoming 2011 Nothing brings smiles like a Vanguard homecoming — and an In-N-Out truck packed with burgers and fries parked by the towers’ lawn. Five hundred people came out for the festivities, one of the many highlights of Homecoming 2011.

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Palm trees

Vanguard boasts a climate that’s coastal, sunny, friendly and perfect.

The palm trees on campus (233 at last count) are always waving hello.

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Don BalDwin’s Communion traDition For years the first day of classes started in the Scott courtyard with a Communion service led by the late professor Don Baldwin. It was just one way Vanguard puts Christ at the forefront of everything we do.

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Prayer anD Praise/ shine serviCe

The glowing heart of student spiritual experience, this student-led praise and worship service has nourished souls for decades.

Of all the many reasOns tO lOve vanguard, we’ve narrOwed it dOwn tO 90, in celebratiOn Of the university’s 90th anniversary. what wOuld yOu add?

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u.s. news & worlD rePort ranking

For half a dozen years and counting, VU has placed in the top ten among comprehensive colleges in the west in the annual U.S. News & World Report rankings. Sweet recognition!

Professors who know your name

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As any alum can tell you, Vanguard professors are more than faculty — they become lifelong mentors.

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Frontline

How can you not love a Welcome Week team that lugs everything you bring to college to your dorm room?

Up seven flights of stairs?

With almost shocking enthusiasm? You know you were impressed.

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the Vanguard Voice (now called the Voice)

The venue for student reporting and opinion for 60 years. Online in 2011.

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Launching pad for countless world famous bands (okay, not really), this musical extravaganza gives students with the pop star itch a weekend under the spotlight.

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mr. Vu Part pageant, part talent show and part unnerving public audition, this amounts to the closest thing VU has to a male popularity contest.

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naia champions Women’s basketball delivers year after year, and in 2008 gave VU its first NAIA championship. Way to go, Lions!

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loBBypalooza

international missions trips

Ten percent of VU students spend summers abroad doing ministry. These experiences can be as formative and informative as a semester-long class, and are part and parcel of a Vanguard education.

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The melodic strains of these student singing groups continue to cheer and enliven any event.

rez rallies

If you’re crammed into Needham Chapel watching your RAs do humiliating choreography and skits, you must be at a Rez Rally. Maybe there are funner ways to lay down the rules of on-campus living, but we haven’t found them.

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Yup, another high annual ranking from a nationally respected organization. And these rankings are based on student feedback.

Thank you, students!

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caring staFF

Aww, but it’s true. Students are more than a number to the great people who work on campus.

Spirituality From prayer in classes to student-led worship and Bible studies, spirituality pervades everything. If it didn’t, well, it wouldn’t be Vanguard.

deck the halls

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princeton reView ranking

Taking the Christmas carol seriously, Laguna Hall freshmen decorate their floors for the holidays (with some help from the Huntington Hall guys), and are judged by a panel of certified Christmas décor experts.

A (mostly) friendly competition.

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The costumed representative of our fan pride and fierce competitiveness.

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Life-Long friendships

In addition to their degree, Vanguard grads take away friendships that last as long as they do.

homeComing

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Once a year, members of the extended Vanguard family crash campus like a tidal wave to celebrate the school with current students.

A wonderful mash-up.

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presidenTiaL Leadership

The Caf

Since the Needhams founded the school, VU has been blessed with effective leadership at the top. Carol Taylor, VU’s ninth president, is the first female president of any Assemblies of God college or university.

The bustling heart of campus, generations of students have enjoyed hours of conversation and countless tons of food here.

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sps Some people don’t realize that Vanguard boasts one of the best degree completion and continuing education programs in the area. Just ask your boss.

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ChrisTmas fanTasia

This seasonal concert held in Segerstrom Center for the Arts gets better every year.

AwArd-winning theAter productions Who says Christians don’t do art well? VU’s outstanding theater program shines in nationally judged competitions (like the Kennedy Center contest) and has alumni on hit television shows, plays and leading roles from coast to coast.

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Wherever you go, whatever you do, Vanguard prepares you to succeed.

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pre-VU

Families love this twoday campus previewing experience which has tracks for prospective students, parents and even siblings. Welcome, everyone!

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sTUdenT goVernmenT

A campus institution since the 1950s, student government remains a training ground for leaders.

goLd pride

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Feel that surge of pride for your athletics program, team and university? There’s a name for that.

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jsB (jUnior/

senior BanqUeT) This prom equivalent continues to draw sweethearts and plain old friends for

a classy evening of food and entertainment.

31 assemBLies of god heriTage As a proud member of the world’s foremost Pentecostal fellowship, VU has a living heritage, as vibrant as ever, as a Pentecostal school with roots going back to the Azusa St. revival.

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5 miles to the beach ’Nuff said.

John cheng’s cookies

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These famous oven-baked goodies have warmed many a heart.

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Delta kappa Vanguard’s service award honors outstanding students with an engraved brick in front of the library. Permanent recognition!

Woo-fest

This freshman courtship ritual involves flowers, dinner and pleasant conversation, just as it should.

hanDs across the borDer If you attended VU in the ’80s or later, chances are you spent spring break in Mexico constructing a building, teaching children or serving some other way for 15 hours a day.

Spiritual formation with boots on.

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late nights in the cove

When you want to get your nose out of a book, the Cove has always been the place.

Once an arcade of sorts, now a campus living room with snack bar, the Cove remains the late-night epicenter of goofing off.

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alumni netWork

Every graduate joins the network of those who’ve gone before: alumni who help one another professionally and personally and keep the global Vanguard community vibrant.

Delivery boys anD entouräge

A Vanguard legacy on campus and at countless summer youth camps, these student improv comedy/ministry teams know how to bring the joy.

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campus benches

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Meant as nice public furniture, the benches around campus have come to be known as DTR — “defining the relationship” — benches. If you see a couple sitting and talking earnestly there, redirect your steps and walk slowly around them ...

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For years this was the place for students to congregate, do homework, watch movies and talk about life with the wise and compassionate Art and B. Those who visited their house cherish those times.

CoaCh Reynolds A mentor to countless players, and a legendary basketball coach, Reynolds is remembered in our hearts and honored (along with wife Shirlee) by the new gym floor, which is named after them.

morning surf trips

At how many college campuses do you see guys rinsing off their surf boards in an outdoor shower near the dorms before morning classes?

the art anD b. price campus house

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Tiny, homely, smelly and old, there’s no place Lions fans would rather cheer on their teams.

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neeDham chapel

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The heaTh CenTer

Awesome new tech-laden classrooms, offices and more. The future of VU’s campus is here.

Serve Day

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An explosion of service into the surrounding community, Serve Day takes the Vanguard ethic and applies it across the street.

big vUSC 48 The leTTerS The class of 2005 made a big impression, installing 7-foot tall letters spelling VUSC on the quad near the library. Come bask in their monumental glory.

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alUmS in bUSineSS

Chuck Buck, Ed Lee, Paul and Barbara Heath, Hal Keener and many other entrepreneurs started their journeys at Vanguard.

SCienCe TripS

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Cecil Miller’s ski weekends, Larry McHargue’s botany trips — there’s just something about learning science (or playing in the snow) outdoors.

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prayer banDS

Back in the ’60s, student prayer bands (that is, literally singers and musicians) would lead services in area churches to raise money for missionary efforts in certain parts of the world.

FreShman iniTiaTion beanieS

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If you wore one, you’ve never forgotten the humiliation. If you made someone wear one, you’ve never forgotten the joy.

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If you’ve seen it played, you know that this weird, hazardous and endearing recent tradition is not for the weak-kneed.

Football team The legendary if short-lived football team won two conference championships behind QB Bill Severn, often blowing out opposing teams by 40 or even 80 points.

The big big Show

This hugely popular student talent show at homecoming showcases everything from the wacky to the truly wonderful.

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bUCk bUCk

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Admit it: you loved going and you hated going, but a Vanguard education wouldn’t be the same without the regular soul care chapel services provide.

CampUS ClUbS Every hobby, ministry and vocation you can think of has had a club over the years. It’s what makes campus culture lively.

inTramUralS You played. You loved it.

You miss it.

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Chapel

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ra’S Like older siblings, except nicer.

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Carnegie hall

VU’s music program is second to none, evidenced by its many honors and frequent performances at Carnegie Hall over the years.

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Brother and SiSter floorS

Whether it’s baking cookies as gifts or singing Christmas carols to one another, brother-sister floors create a special bond between tower residents.

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Vanguard sports aren’t just about sports, they’re about crafting the character of its athletes. VU is one of the leading Champions of Character programs in the nation, thanks to athletics director Bob Wilson, his staff and the many student-athletes.

alumS in the artS

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Ralph Carmichael, Emily Rose, Larry Mantle, Tony Salerno and many others excel in the world of arts and entertainment.

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laventina’S pizza runS

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Raise your hand if you have ever eaten take-out pizza on the curb after 10 p.m. Yes, that would be all of you.

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90 yearS of preparing miSSionarieS

From 1920 to today, Vanguard has been a missionary-sending powerhouse. The world is our back yard.

truth, virtue, Service

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Students are so busy living these out that it’s easy to forget they’re also the university motto.

championS of character

prayer cloSetS

In a small room on each floor of Laguna Hall, with a carpeted “seat,” a journal and a tiny light, many prayer warriors were born during their scheduled weekly hour of prayer.

military legacy and Service to veteranS

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VU has always prepared people for service in the military chaplaincy and was recently ranked one of the top schools in the country for veterans to attend. Welcome home, service men and women.

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juStice iSSueS

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graduate programS

Vanguard and its Global Center for Women & Justice are trailblazers in issues of combatting human oppression and abuse.

Our popular education, clinical psychology and religion master’s programs take you to the next step in your career.

major league BaSeBall drafteeS

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VU has had more than half a dozen players drafted by major league baseball teams.

a BaSeBall firSt

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Vanguard jumped into the national news when Ila Borders became the first female player to pitch in a men’s college baseball game. The Lions won 12-1.

First Four-year university in orange County With roots this deep, VU can rightly claim to be the first four-year university in Orange County. An academic pioneer from the start.

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joe dimaggio

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That’s right, back when 55 Fair Drive was an Army Air base, Joe DiMaggio served here and played on the base’s baseball team.

Which makes this hallowed ground for some.

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floor momS

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Published faculty

From NIV Bible translator William Williams to storyteller Jerry Camery-Hoggatt, Gary Tyra, Russ Spittler and more, VU’s faculty members continue to touch the world through writing.

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roommates You love them, you hate them, you love them again. Really, would you rather have lived alone?

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Community Feel the love. At Vanguard, community isn’t just an idea, it’s a lifestyle.

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alums in medicine

Students who graduate from Vanguard have a 75 percent acceptance rate to medical school, double the national norm.

Alums like Dan Amen, Larry Kraiss, Steve Sparks and Victor Thannickal are leading lights in the medical community.

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sPring concert tours

ministries founded by students and alums

The Far East Broadcasting Co., Master’s Commission, Enlace, Evangelical Theological Seminary in Croatia, Royal Family Kids Camp, Latin America Child Care, juvenile hall student ministry, Krochet Kids and 31 Bits — students and alums continue to pioneer ministries before and after graduating.

worshiP teams No matter what the campus event, chances are there’s a worship team and a worship time. That’s just how we roll.

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the sojourn

VU’s annual yearbook continues to catalog campus happenings. Do you even remember what you wrote in there?

With music ensembles this good, it’s easy to bless the world through music.

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a Vine of his own Planting

The official history of Vanguard told in lively fashion by beloved dean emeritus, Lewis Wilson.

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The tradition continues, sweaty and unbroken.

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camPus Pastors

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four names

A spiritual resource away from home, campus pastors help thousands of students. Maybe you, too.

One great university. What was the name when you attended, SCBS, SCBC, SCC or VUSC?

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the o. coPe budge library

For when you really wanted to study or just escape your dorm for a while. A campus anchor.

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you!

Thanks for helping to make Vanguard great.

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Spread the light.

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in crisis hen Anita (Foster ’99) Hann, a 12-year member of the VU admissions staff was taken in for an emergency C-section, nobody knew if her 26-week-old baby would survive.

“The baby hadn’t grown for two weeks because my kidneys were failing and doctors couldn’t get my blood pressure under control,” says Hann. “It was awful.”

The baby girl, Finley, was born weighing 1 lb. 6 oz., and measuring just over 12 inches — a “micro-preemie.” In that critical time for mother, father and child, the Hanns discovered that one of the nurses assigned to them at Hoag Hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) was a student in Vanguard’s RN-to-BSN program in the School for Professional Studies.

Vanessa Butler, a nurse and respiratory therapist for more than twenty years, had enrolled in VU’s program at the recommendation of fellow nurses and her director at Hoag, who had gone through the program.

“I had always wanted to get my BSN in nursing, and then I found out about Vanguard,”

says Butler. “People I worked with at Hoag had high regard for it and told me how good the program was.”

The common bond gave added comfort to the Hanns as they waited to see if Finley would live.

“Vanessa talked my husband Brian ’01 through all the tests and kept him at peace as our baby was fighting for her life,” says Anita. “She is a phenomenal nurse. She would give us a hug when we walked through the NICU doors. She would come down before I saw Finley and give me updates: ‘She’s doing so well today. Can’t wait for you to meet her.’”

Butler remembers the day Finley was born — and the look on her father’s face.

“They put her in the radiant warmer and she was tiny, tiny, tiny,” Butler says. “You could tell Brian was overwhelmed seeing his fragile little baby hooked up to tubes and wires. He wanted to love her like a dad and be strong, but he was also frightened. We didn’t know if she would survive. My heart always goes out to the parents because they are on such an emotional roller coaster. As nurses we have to take care of the family as well as the baby and get them through the whole process. That’s why you become a nurse, because you want to nurture people.”

The Hanns’ journey to become parents had not been easy. They had experienced infertility and a stillborn birth before Anita became pregnant with Finley. After being born, Finley underwent heart surgery and suffered from a collapsed lung and a serious infection.

“There were a couple of really scary days when we thought we would be planning a funeral,” says Hann.

It soon became clear that though Finley was the lowest birth weight baby in the NICU, she was thriving. After two months, Anita had to return to work part-time, feeling torn from her baby, like her “heart was in that incubator,” she says. Butler would text her photos of Finley with

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“I would have said I understood the Vanguard community before, but it was literally overwhelming.”

Above: Anita (Foster ’99) Hann with SPS student Vanessa Butler and Finley Hann.

Left: Finley Grace Hann overcame tough odds to survive.

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messages: “Just had a bath.” “My oxygen levels are great today.” “Here’s the outfit I’m wearing!”

“Vanessa went above and beyond,” says Hann.

Both women found strength through the Vanguard community. Hann felt humbled when fellow employees donated sick time so she could spend more hours at the hospital with Finley. Countless people donated gift cards to local restaurants.

“I would have said I understood the Vanguard community before, but it was literally overwhelming,” Hann says. “You want to say thank you, but that feels trivial. People I’d never met told me how much they were praying. A faculty member I didn’t know made a quilt for Finley. How do you say thank you for that?”

In the classroom at the same time, Butler says the RN-to-BSN nursing was “elevating my level of nursing.”

“You get individual attention, and it’s such a good environment for learning,” she says. “I would come home and tell my husband how nice the students and teachers are. The program really enhanced who I am as a nurse.”

Butler’s cohort included nurses from different local hospitals and specialties, allowing her to compare notes and practices with other professionals.

“The program speaks to every part of being a nurse,” she says. “Your ethics, your behavior, your character, your leadership skills.

The BSN goes beyond basic nursing.”

Meanwhile, Finley struggled to gain weight and wasn’t eating enough to go home. The doctors intended to insert a feeding tube, but the Hanns wanted to try a different feeding schedule first. Doctors were skeptical. Then Butler intervened and advocated strongly on the Hanns’ behalf. The doctors relented and the new schedule was attempted. Three days later Finley was eating enough to go home without the feeding tube.

It had been 106 days since she was born.

“Vanessa was there the day we left,” says Hann. “She is part of our little family at Hoag. I felt cared for there the same way I felt cared for by my Vanguard family. Both went out of their way for us.”

Today Finley is healthy and strong and has none of the deficits doctors feared for a baby born so early. Butler and another Hoag nurse came to Finley’s baby dedication and were invited to her first birthday party.

“I feel very close to Vanessa,” says Hann.

“We built a relationship with her through all we went through. We’re friends now.”

“We do become part of people’s lives,” says Butler. “People say it must be sad when they go home. Not at all. It’s a joyful time. The contact doesn’t end when they walk out the door. You stay in touch and see them grow. That’s very exciting.”

Butler says she is glad she chose to attend Vanguard.

“I love its Christian values,” she says. “It’s nice to have a teacher who’ll pray for you before you take a test. It makes a difference going to a Christian school and I can see the difference in my nursing and in my life.”

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By Vanguard professor and personal productivity guru,

Bonni Stachowiak

Remember when email was new, back in the early 1990s? I received five or ten emails a day at work, only half of which needed an answer.

Most of the time, if a co-worker had a question, he or she would walk down the hall and ask it.

I got many more phone calls than emails.

Somewhere along the way the world reached a tipping point. If you’re like me, your inbox these days is bombarded from all sides, business and personal. I work as a professor at Vanguard, and during the school year I receive about 100 emails a day relating to school matters. I also am the owner of a business consultancy, and during peak times I often get another 100 or so from clients.

Then, of course, there are emails from friends and forwards from family members.

Even my fax number goes into my email inbox now.

Like many people, I came to a point where I felt I was drowning in my email. My inbox was a bottomless ocean of unanswered (and urgent!) queries — a sea of my own negligence.

Yet as I write these words today, both my work and personal email inboxes are completely empty. That’s right — empty.

No, I don’t just delete every message that comes in, though at times I wish I could.

Rather, I tamed the torrent of email by using a concept called “inbox zero,” created by tech writer Merlin Mann. The idea is to treat

your inbox like an old-fashioned mailbox.

Think about it: When you go to the mailbox at your home you bring the stack of mail in, sort it, throw away the junk, set aside bills or pay them immediately and maybe make a stack of things to deal with in the next day or two. We each have our own method of managing “snail mail” that does not allow it to accumulate on the kitchen counter until it avalanches, endangering pets and small children.

Why, then, do we treat our email differently?

Because our inboxes function as more than just inboxes; they become our to-do list, calendar, filing cabinet, address book and more. No wonder we feel buried — we are using our inboxes for everything.

Inbox zero offers a way out of the clutter with a few simple rules for handling email.

It’s one of the best ways I know to make everyday life more productive.

First, check your email only when you need to. In some customer service jobs that’s every hour. In most jobs it’s probably twice a day at most. I am amazed at how many people keep their email alerts on throughout the day and find themselves living under the

tyranny of the most recent message. Do yourself a favor and turn those alerts off! Look at your inbox when you want to, not when it demands your attention.

With each message, take one of the following actions:

Do it. If the action requested of you takes you less than two minutes, do it right then.

Defer it. If it requires more than two minutes, put the task on your to-do list, move the email out of your inbox and return to it later along with your non-email-based tasks. This also gives you an opportunity to re-assess it then.

Archive it for future reference if you will need it again someday. I have a robust filing system in my email program, and I use it constantly so those messages aren’t staring me in the face.

DelegAte it if you can. responD to it (again, only if the response will take two minutes or less).

Delete it.

Using this method, I’ve been able to leave work with an empty inbox nearly every day. Email doesn’t stack up and I don’t feel overwhelmed. Give “inbox zero” a try. It can help you achieve zero — or much reduced — inbox anxiety.

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Midfielder Tomislav Colic (left) and Kevin Cornwall, GSAC player of the year and VU’s first, first-team All-American for soccer, led the team to its best season ever. Bottom right, Colic bicycle kicks against conference rival APU.

Men’s soccer makes national tournament for first time Vanguard’s men’s soccer team advanced to the national tournament for the first time in school history, led by an outstanding group of seniors.

“Our expectations were really high for this season,” says coach Randy Dodge. “We had the most talent we’ve ever had on one team. We were good at every position. Our eleven starters were some of the best players in the conference. On top of that we had guys coming off the bench who were second and third year starters for us. That made our team incredibly strong.”

The Lions dominated opponents from the start, going undefeated in preseason and beating perennial powers APU and Westmont during regular season play to gain homefield advantage in the Golden State Athletic Conference (GSAC) tournament. In the conference final, the Lions beat

APU 3-0 at home in front of 800 people.

“It was epic,” says Dodge. “We felt we had to win that to go to nationals.

Through the whole season our fans were so rabid, it was awesome.”

The Lions traveled again to APU for the first round of nationals, and so did hundreds of Vanguard students and President Carol Taylor to cheer them on. Rain poured as the game went into overtime tied at 1. On a corner kick, with the ball bouncing around, midfielder Tomislav Colic hit a bicycle kick to the far post where sophomore Kevin Cornwall, GSAC player of year and leading goal scorer in the conference, headed it in for the win.

“The place erupted,” says Dodge. “We had hundreds of fans on the field, celebrating, going crazy. It was an incredible feeling.”

With their ticket punched to the next round in Alabama, the team

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traveled to meet undefeated Notre Dame of Ohio. The game was evenly matched, but the Lions didn’t capitalize on chances to win and their season ended there.

“We were disappointed,” says Dodge. “We enjoyed the season so much that we didn’t want it to end.”

Kevin Cornwall became the first, first-team All-American for soccer in VU history. Kyle O’Brian made third team.

“I was shocked and grateful to get the award,” says Cornwall. “I didn’t see it coming, and I don’t take it for granted. I see it as a team effort.”

Cornwall says the team excelled this year because of the intensity of practices and the work ethic.

“Everyone put in the work and we’re very happy with how the season came out,” he says. “Obviously, nationals didn’t go where we wanted to, but overall we were delighted with how it went, and we became a lot closer as a team. I’m proud of how we performed this year and I think we’ll do very well next year.”

Midfielder Colic says the key to success was the closeness of the team.

“What brought us together was friendship on and off the field,” he says.

“I’m proud of the result this year, winning the conference and regional playoffs, making nationals for the first time in the history of our program.

We took it to another level and played fast and organized. It was easy to get the result when you had all the players on the same page. The student body really enjoyed watching us.”

For Dodge, it’s his second trip to nationals in the same year: the women’s soccer team, which he also coaches, made it to their national tournament last year for the first time.

On the men’s side, the team will have seven starters return next year.

“They are our best players,” says Dodge. “We’re returning a lot of talent.”

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Class Notes ’50s Phil Adams ’51 is 90 years old and still active.

He has traveled the world and preaches whenever he receives the invitation. He works out at the YMCA, teaches Bible classes, serves as a hospital chaplain and volunteers at Focus on The Family. Phil lives in Colorado Springs. He is grateful for the Vanguard alumni community.

’60s Sally (Ferris ’69) and Frank Boado ’68 live in Bakersfield. Frank recently retired from school administration while Sally is a second grade teacher at Stockdale Christian School. They enjoy being grandparents to Dominic, 3, and Bella, 1.

Nancie (Pearson ’65’66) and Bill Carmichael ’66 are publishers of Deep River Books based in central Oregon (deepriverbooks.com).

Last year they published 35 new authors. The Carmichaels have written books individually and together, and lead marriage and family conferences in Hawaii. They have a daughter, Amy, and three grown sons who attended Vanguard: John ’92, Eric ’94 and Chris ’95.

Bev (Hall ’61) and Pete Caruso ’62 live near Lake Elsinore where they have a hospitality center for missionaries and ministers in need of short-term housing. They have traveled to 45 countries and teach marriage enrichment seminars (PeteandBevCaruso.com) They recently released two books, Keeping It Fresh: A Love that Keeps on Growing and God’s Gift of Friendship: Tools for Improving Relationships. They are proud parents of three children, grandparents of eight, and great-grandparents of nine.

Norma (Hill ’61) and Dave Cole ’61 are retired and live in Eugene, Ore. They celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary this year. Their children threw them an anniversary party and sent them on a Southern Gospel Cruise to the Mexican Riviera. The Coles have two children, four grandchildren and one great grandson.

They are proud of the Vanguard alumni in their family – daughter Dana (Cole ’83) McGuire and granddaughter Heather McGuire, current junior.

Galen Hertweck ’68 and wife Dickie serve at Asia Pacific Theological Seminary in Baguio City, Philippines. Galen teaches the New Testament and is the seminary’s director for extension.

Dickie teaches English.

Marilyn (Heath ’67) Kunde taught music at Prince of Peace Lutheran School then “retired” in 1972 when she married Philip, a social worker. In 1977, Marilyn started a missionary support group at Newport Mesa Christian Center. This ministry has grown to become Love-Lift Ministries, which encourages missionaries and indigenous local pastors with personal care gift bags to distribute to their congregations. In 2010, Love-Lift Ministries delivered 8,300 gift bags to mission fields around the world. They have partnered with Vanguard students to deliver care bags on short-term foreign mission trips. See lovelift.org.

Doris ’65 and Berle Taylor ’65 work with Fresh Water Ministries, which drills water wells for the poor in many countries. Berle and Doris live in Colorado.

Don Woods ’61 relocated his private practice, Christian Psychological Services, from Michigan to Vancouver, Wash. He is a licensed clinical psychologist.

Betty (Asher ’64) Yater moved to Springfield, Mo., and has enjoyed short-term ministry

to India, Honduras and Romania. Betty is passionate about teaching and mentoring women in the Springfield Greene County Jail. She often travels to California to visit her three children and longtime friends and Vanguard classmates.

’70s Greg Buhler ’78 spent the past thirty months working on a Native American Reservation as a counselor. The reservation has a population of 10,000. Greg is grateful to see the ways Jesus has prevailed in his life. He is the proud father of Henry, 15.

Janell (Fultz ’79) and Dan Campbell ’77 are pastors at South Coast Christian Assembly in San Juan Capistrano.

They have three sons and two grandchildren. All three sons are Vanguard Delivery Boys alumni: Andrew ’03 and Melody Campbell have two children, Hannah and Luke, and are Wycliffe missionaries in Papua New Guinea; Scott ’06 and Carissa (Buchmiller ’06) Campbell are youth pastors in Covina; and Jared is a senior at Vanguard.

Gene Hudlow ’72 had the privilege of traveling to the Dominican Republic on a construction team to break ground for a Christian school. After returning home to North Carolina, Gene began a missionary-in-residence program and now teaches at the Assemblies of God Native American Bible College. He is happily married to Sue. They are parents of Rachael, Abby, David, Jonathon ’07 and daughter-in-law Jenna (Migliuri ’08).

Send us your photos!

We would love to showcase pictures of your new baby, wedding or anniversary in Class Notes. Email your photos to alumni@vanguard.edu or mail your prints to: Alumni Relations, 55 Fair Dr., Costa Mesa, CA 92626. Prints will not be returned.

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’80s Stephanie (Russell ’87) and David Gupton ’85 are excited to celebrate 25 years of marriage this year.

Stephanie is a licensed vocational nurse in the pediatric department of their local hospital. They live in Westmorland with children David, 20, who joined the Air Force last summer, Stephan, 17, and Jolene, 15.

Wendy Kliewer ’80 is chair of the psychology program at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Va., where she has worked for nearly nineteen years. She is presently living in Durban, South Africa, for six months on a Fulbright research fellowship to study risk and resilience in South African youth.

She is looking at the role parents and families play in helping youth cope with stress.

Tom Nguyen ’88 was a computer operator for a federal credit union before moving to Seattle where his family settled after emigrating to the U.S. in 1993. He was an assistant foreman on a fishing factory trawler for Tyson Seafood in Dutch Harbor, Alaska, and is now the production supervisor for Crown Cork and Seals. He and wife Hanh have been married fourteen years and have a son, Timothy, 8. The Nguyen family is active at Christian Vietnamese Church in Seattle.

’90s Leslie (Taylor ’00) and John Hertweck ’96 celebrate eleven years of marriage and have three children, Ethan, 9, Gabriel, 7, and Hannah, 3. John is in his eleventh year as an algebra teacher and is the ninth grade math department chair at James Monroe High School in North Hills. Leslie is a stay-at-home mother and homeschool teacher to their children. The Hertwecks live in Simi Valley.

Vanguard alum to host show on Oprah’s new network Kristina Kuzmic-Crocco ’01, who studied theater at Vanguard and starred in several stage productions, won the Oprah Winfrey Network’s Your Own Show: Oprah’s Search for the Next TV Star which aired Friday nights this spring. KuzmicCrocco was chosen by Oprah from among ten contestants to host her own cooking show, Kristina’s Fearless Kitchen.

“It’s an unbelievable opportunity,” Kuzmic-Crocco told Vanguard University.

“You feel like you’ve won the lottery.

Things like this don’t happen to me.”

Kuzmic-Crocco was born in Zagreb, Croatia, and came to Vanguard University to study theater. She is the daughter of Peter ’71 and Vlasta Kuzmic.

After graduating and going through a personally painful time, she found herself waiting tables, raising two young children and struggling to pay bills. From that experience was born a desire to teach others how to cook healthy food for less money.

She created a cooking website to display her recipes, and a fan of the site encouraged her to try out for Oprah’s new show. Soon, Kuzmic-Crocco was interviewing with Mark Burnett Productions, which also produces Survivor and The Apprentice, and was named a top ten finalist.

The competition, judging and weekly eliminations were aired on Friday nights on OWN. Kuzmic-Crocco and the other finalist were both awarded their own shows in a surprise ending on the finale, which aired February 25.

“Honestly, it still hasn’t hit me,” KuzmicCrocco told People magazine of surviving the elimination process. “It was a journey of learning to believe in myself and knowing that I’m worth my dreams.”

Watch for Vanguard magazine’s full story on Kristina Kuzmic-Crocco and her exciting new show in an upcoming issue.

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Alex Mathew ’94 and wife Annie have two children, Gabriel and Hope. The family lives in Frisco, Texas.

Marvette Smith ’97 has been a product manager in the finance industry of the San Francisco Bay area for the past ten years. She received an MA in theology from Fuller in 2008 and met her husband Iniobong Uto-Uko while serving together during Hurricane Katrina relief.

They live in northern California and love to serve wherever they can.

’00s Amira (Adams) and Jonathan Barger ’09 live in Carrollton, Texas.

Amira was the development coordinator for the North Texas Food Bank before becoming development director for Habitat for Humanity.

She is looking forward to completing her MBA from Letourneau University this year. Jon works for a Christian ministry called BlueFish TV and volunteers as a youth leader for the junior high ministry at Relevant Life Church. He will be pursuing an MTS at Baylor University in the fall.

Melody Byrd ’01 lives in Huntington Beach and works for a pharmaceutical company. She serves at her church as a mentor and leads the scrapbooking club. Melody is a proud aunt to Matthew, 2.

Jenni Busse ’06, MS ’08 lives in Sioux Falls, S.D. She is a mental health and chemical dependency counselor to federal and state criminal offenders. She is pursing licensure in

South Dakota and California. She hopes to return to California in the near future.

Candi (Booska ’05) Crawford is the events specialist for Los Angeles programs at Best Friends Animal Society, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting animal welfare. Candi also cofounded Stella’s Hope, a non-profit dog rescue organization for dogs facing euthanasia or abandonment in shelters throughout Southern California (stellashope.org).

Edward Godinez ’02 received an MA in recovery ministry from Fuller Theological Seminary in 2010.

He has since earned a clinical pastor certificate from Methodist Hospital and volunteers as a hospital chaplain. Edward continues to oversee gang intervention trainings in Mexico and Los Angeles. Edward lives in Alhambra and is thankful for the experience and professional guidance of his Vanguard professors.

Tim Larson ’04 and Brandon Tyra ’05 have built on their Delivery Boys experience and acting skills from the Vanguard Theater department to form a stand-up comedy duo, Brandon & Tim (brandonandtim.com). They have performed at special events and comedy shows in southern California, including the Hollywood Improv and the Comedy Store. Brandon and Tim were finalists in the recent Orange County’s Funniest Comedy competition.

Erica (King ’04, MA ’09) Lewis is a marriage and family therapist intern at a private practice in Placentia.

She is married to Anthony. They live in Fullerton and are looking forward to starting a family.

Carlee (Trautman ’07) Novak and husband Matt are on staff at New Life Center in La Grande, Ore. They are excited about what God has in store for this new chapter in their lives.

Laura Palmer ’04 spent last summer helping to launch the first-ever Women’s Conference in Bahir Dar, Ethiopia. She also participated in the Life4All conference that ministered to thousands of Ethiopian students.

Back home, Laura will pursue an MA. Courtney (Stephenson ’07) and Nick Parsons ’07 recently relocated to Tulsa with their yellow lab, Dixie. Nick works for television broadcast company Outdoor Channel. He owns Veritas Films, an independent documentary production company. Courtney coordinates marketing, public relations and advertising for the architecture and design firm GH2 Architects LLC. Nick enjoys hunting whatever is in season while Courtney compiles family recipes and does freelance graphic design. They are active members of their home church, LifeChurch.tv.

Sara (Bradley ’04) Peevyhouse and husband Josh live in Costa Mesa. Sara has been a Spanish teacher at several Orange County schools and considers teaching a ministry. Both are active in Christian Surfers; Josh serves as national operations director and they co-lead the Newport Beach chapter. Sara cherishes the friendships she made as a VU student and stays close with a group of alumni through a prayer/devotional email chain.

Alexandra (Hodges ’06) and Darren Rouanzoin ’06 live in Long Beach and lead a church plant of Rock Harbor in the inner city of Long Beach. The church, called The Garden, is growing and partnering with other churches to serve the city.

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Lynnea Wilson ’10 was accepted into the Scribe Program at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Orange, giving her hands-on experience.

Before this, Lynnea served as the clinical coordinator for Flying Samaritans Orange County, which helps medical professionals administer free medical and dental care to the destitute population of Baja California. Fluent in Spanish, Lynnea also translates for physicians and other medical volunteers. She hopes to become a missionary physician. Mother, Julia Wilson, is the associate director of the nursing program at Vanguard.

Just Married Brittany (Loranger ’09) Baker and husband Douglas were married August 22. Brittany is a teacher at a private school for students with autism. The newlyweds make their home in Westminster and attend Beachpoint Church in Fountain Valley.

Meagan (Shortridge ’05) Finegan married Chris on June 5.

Meagan is director of sales and marketing for a nationwide medical supply company. They live in San Clemente.

Krista (Castro ’10) and Tovar Hernandez ’10 were married July 17 in Camarillo. Tovar is a reminiscence care manager at Sunrise Senior Living Facility and will be pursuing an accelerated BSN program at Cal State Northridge. Krista is a file coordinator at Genesis Capital, a private money lending company, and is looking forward to starting coursework toward an MFT degree. They are youth leaders at La Iglesia Cristiana de Oxnard and also lead at the church’s English service.

Alum named president of Southeastern U. Kent Ingle ’84 MTS ’94 has been appointed president of Southeastern University in Lakeland, Florida.

of ministry at Northwest University in Kirkland, Washington.

“There is no greater privilege than preparing students and helping to unleash their God-given potential,” says Ingle.

“We want to prepare students well for the stewardship of life.”

Southeastern is the largest Assemblies of God university by student population.

Ingle’s career began as a TV sports anchor in Bakersfield at age 18. He then earned his degree in communications at VU. “I am still very close with a lot of people I met at Vanguard,” he says. “Vanguard helped to build a great spiritual foundation to sustain and strengthen me throughout my life. I learned skills that helped me in the opportunities God has given me.”

Ingle continued in broadcasting for ten years after graduating, then went into full-time ministry. He pastored churches in southern California and near Chicago before becoming dean of the college

Kayli (Cotton ’06) and Ryan Hillebrand ’07 were married June 26 and honeymooned in Tahiti. After Ryan received an MA in Christian ministry and leadership from Talbot

There, he helped redesign the college of ministry, developing unique programs such as a ministry finance success program to help students avoid school debt, and education courses for laypeople in area churches. He led a team to build the graduate program in ministry from the ground up. The college of ministry has almost doubled in size.

At Southeastern, Ingle says his first task will be to “go in as a listener and learner, because you never know the potential of an organization until you know the potential of its people,” he says. “I want to capitalize on the uniqueness of Southeastern University as we carry out our mission to serve students.”

Ingle has a doctorate in ministry from the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary. He and wife Karen Kraiss ’85, niece of former VU president Wayne Kraiss, have three teenage children adopted from Romania.

Seminary, they moved to Bozeman, Mont. Ryan is the youth pastor at Belgrade Community Church while Kayli is a case manager at a nonprofit organization serving mentally ill youth.

They feel blessed by the ministry God has given them in big sky country.

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interior design firm in Los Angeles. Dan and Galina are active in their church and are parents to a Pomeranian dog, Louie.

Jenna (Migliuri ’09) and Jonathon Hudlow ’08 were married October 10 in Washington D.C. Jonathan is pursuing an MA in global security at John Hopkins University and works in the finance office at the Art Institute. Jenna is completing an internship at the International Justice Mission.

Silent no more Sin By Silence, a film by Olivia Klaus ’99, began with a personal quest to help a friend in an abusive relationship. It grew into a documentary film that has won awards and been featured in People magazine and on CNN. Nine years ago Klaus began volunteering with domestic violence expert and recently retired VU professor Elizabeth Leonard in a federal women’s prison. They participated in a support group for imprisoned battered women — women who had killed their abusers and were now serving long sentences.

“Friendships grew with these women, and they asked me to tell their stories as a film maker,” says Klaus. “How could I say no?”

Five years ago she began documenting the stories of abused women behind bars and the work of Convicted Women Against Abuse, an advocacy group created by inmate Brenda Clubine. The group’s work has helped change laws for battered women and led to the release of nearly 30 women in California.

Sin By Silence, which debuted in March 2009, continues to gain momentum. In 2010 Klaus screened it in forty locations around the country, as well as twenty-five film festivals. It’s also been shown in South Korea, Paris and Milan.

Galina (Tramposh ’05) and Dan Holecheck ’03 were married October 23 in Santa

“When the lights come on after a screening, people ask, ‘What can I do to help?’” she says. “We’re always giving people ways of being involved — signing petitions, writing letters to their representatives and to the imprisoned women. We’re doing online initiatives so people can host their own showings, continuing to screen it around the country and working with state legislators to implement change.”

Interviewed in the film are Leonard, Sheriff Baca from Los Angeles, the chief of Anaheim police — and the inmates themselves, whose stories are gripping, tragic and ultimately uplifting.

Future Alumni Carly (McCoach ’06) and Jeremy Bautista ’03 have a new addition to their growing family: Kennedy Grace, born March 20, 2010. She was welcomed by sister Jaydn, 5, and brother Kingston, 2. Jeremy works from home; Carly is a stay-at-home mother and homeschool teacher.

The Bautistas live in Huntington Beach.

Andrew Freeman ’05 is a special assets loan administrator for Union Bank. He and wife Ashley are proud parents to son Regan,

Klaus says the film wouldn’t have happened had she not attended VU. “Transferring to Vanguard was the best decision I ever made,” she says. “The mentorship, the professors — I got the best hands-on training, the best professional, spiritual and personal teaching. It’s a great community for growth. Without it, I wouldn’t be doing what I’m doing now.”

Communications professor Ann-Caryn Cleveland is Klaus’ film partner, and Klaus is now an adjunct professor at VU. For more information, visit SinBySilence.com.

Barbara and honeymooned in Paris. Dan edits TV broadcasts for major networks and has started a production company with twin brother Dave ’03. Galina works for a respected high-end

born August 20.

Amy (Barnhart ’97) Gill and husband Robert welcomed first daughter Kelley Grace, born October 20. The Gills live in New York City.

Rebecca (Cantrell ’00) and Craig Greenwood ’98 had a baby boy, Thatcher Craig, born September 8.

Laura (Lee ’03) Kenny and husband Tait are excited to announce their newest addition, Asher Rayd, born November 22. He joins Darius, 2 .

The Lee family lives in Palmer, Alaska.

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In Memory Wheeler Anderson ’38 passed away January 1, 2006.

Waymann Carlson ’54 passed away December 16, 2010.

Altus Compton ’53 passed away December 5, 2009.

William Liege ’58 passed away January 19, 2011.

Jerry R. Terrry ’60 passed away December 9, 2008.

Sue (Robinette ’87) Dailey passed away January 30, 2011.

Lewis Litzmann ’41 passed away December 23, 2010.

Chad Underkoffler ’03 passed away January 4, 2011.

John N. Leavitt ’63 passed away August 22, 2006.

Letha (Laree ’60) Sappington passed away March 16, 2010.

Virginia (Bryan ’61) Winters passed away January 2011.

VA N g U A R D U N i V e R S i T y

Alumni

o N FA C e B o o k

What is your favorite Vanguard memory?

Being woken up at 4am when i was chosen to be an RA!!! i miss those days.

–Tyler (Martinook ’07) Simpson

Botany field trips with Dr. McHargue the absolute best!

–Timothy M. Hughes ’80

Decorating the elevators with the lobby furniture.

Alumni of the year named Lloyd Zeigler ’77, ministry innovator and director of Master’s Commission for 21 years, is the Vanguard Alumnus of the Year. Under his watch, Master’s Commission grew from an in-church program with fewer than twenty students to a worldwide ministry with thousands of graduates. Zeigler earned three bachelors degrees at VU in health, physical education and recreation. He is now pastor of Relevant Church in north Dallas.

The Career Achievement Award was given to Rick Myers ’85, founder of Southern California Prosthetics. Myers has two decades of accomplishments in the field of medical device management, including developing several companies into industry leaders. His specialty is carbon-fiber prosthetic feet and microprocessor controlled knees. He is on the board of directors for the Amputee Coalition of Americans, which empowers individuals with limb loss.

Dale Coad ’76, MA ’86 received Vanguard’s Distinguished Service Award. Dale and wife Patti have served as missionaries to the Caribbean since 1988. Dale is the director for Latin American Child Care in the Dominican Republic and oversees LACC in Jamaica, Haiti and Belize. He serves as the area director for the Caribbean. Patti serves as the LACC Christian education coordinator for the schools in the Dominican Republic.

Brad Bentley ’96 is the Young Alumnus of the Year. Bentley is senior vice president of marketing and direct sales for DIRECTV, Inc., the nation’s leading satellite television provider. He works to bring new subscribers to DIRECTV and to market to existing customers. He was instrumental in launching and building the direct sales department, which now represents half of DIRECTV sales.

–Hope Roe ’81

Meeting my future husband!

–Dona (Hall ’89) Baker

Meeting Art & Betty Price at their, ‘Priceless’ home on campus. Art’s Spaghetti. Betty playing the piano and Art singing to his bride.

–Pete Ruth ’87

Lobbypalooza.

–Reece Lemmon ’97

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(l to r) Lloyd Zeigler ’77, Rick Myers ’85, Dale Coad ’76, MA ’86 and Brad Bentley ’96.

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postcards

The Illusion of Control and we both knew he was right where the Lord wanted him.

But I found myself laying awake at night wondering if he’d show up on the casualty reports the next day. I had to recite scripture constantly to keep anxiety at bay. I had to learn to manage the emotions and sorrow for each person lost, and what to say to their wives, some of whom I knew.

In short, I learned that control is an illusion. This idea that I could keep myself safe by doing all the right things — wearing my seatbelt, looking both ways before crossing the street, not giving out personal information — war took that all away.

Now I had to decide, did I really trust God with my life? With Aaron’s life?

In time, my answer was “yes.” I discovered that control is a type of fear, and you can’t live in fear. I had to trust the Lord to take care of Aaron and his guys, and me. I found liberty in trusting God. God also showed me that the most powerful thing I can do for Aaron is to pray for him. Aaron says he literally feels the prayers of people holding him up. In the middle of battle he is at peace, full of strength and the Holy Spirit. He says he feels the Lord speaking through him.

Kara (Townsend ’02) and Aaron Wesson ’02

For years I thought I could control my life by doing all the right things. I am an over-achiever, a type-A personality. I liked being busy because that meant I was directing my life and my destiny.

Then I married a military chaplain, and my sense of control took a long vacation.

I remember coming to Vanguard in the footsteps of my grandfather and parents. I loved it from the start. My classes were amazing. Professor Bill Dogterom mentored me for years after college as I went into the ministry. But I also overworked myself: I was a ministry leader, RA, ASB leader, member of Entourage, and I graduated a year

early. I loved it all, but it’s no surprise that I burned out toward the end.

Eight years after graduating, I married the guy I’d gone with to the freshman/sophomore banquet.

Aaron Wesson ’02 became my dream man. He was also training for the military chaplaincy. We were married three months before he shipped out.

Suddenly, I was a military wife and my husband was in the thick of battle with his battalion.

My learning curve got real steep, real fast.

Aaron’s battalion took heavy casualties right away. He was visiting guys all over the place, holding services and Bible studies, performing memorials, spending time with the wounded and traveling roads targeted by the enemy with IEDs (improvised explosive devices). Aaron is wise, personable, athletic and built for military service,

I’m thankful that Aaron and I have more contact now. We email some days, which is a huge gift to both of us. Many unexpected graces have come our way — the community of chaplaincy couples, the sisterhood of military wives. None of it was expected, but every bit is cherished.

I feel privileged to support Aaron in his God-given mission. When I hear of men encountering the Lord out there, it makes it all worthwhile. We are believing that those men will come home hungry for God, ready to be good husbands and fathers and marked for the rest of their lives by God’s hand rather than simply the horrors of war.

As for me, I pray for Aaron and the people he ministers to every day, trusting God to keep them safe.

Because I’m not in control — God is.

By Kara (Townsend ’02) Wesson

Editor’s notE: The column features an essay by a different alum each issue.

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a vine of his own planting

Flying Missionaries Duke Tobey and James Wright

Vanguard’s airplane and aviation experiment In 1946 Vanguard, then Southern California Bible College in Pasadena, added Aviation, Navigation and Meteorology to its courses in the Division of Missions. A Fresno businessman, D.T. “Pop” Jenkins, provided a red twoseater Taylorcraft which was housed at the nearby Monrovia Airport, enabling students to take flying lessons. The 1946-47 yearbook proudly carried pictures of the nine members of the student flying club, the “Flying Missionaries.”

But the program proved more romantic than practical. Flying lessons were too expensive for some students who wished to join the club, and soloing required hours of pre-flight training and flying experience. Though the school’s plane was regarded as very safe, students reported incidents which could have ended their aviation careers or even their lives, encouraging some to leave the program and others to avoid it. Arthur Chestnut, the club’s

president, would graduate and spend his life in overseas ministry without using his flying training. Fellow alum Dewey Hale, who earned two bachelor’s degrees from SCBS, would be appointed to Liberia where he would transport west African missionary personnel for two terms before his death in an Ohio airplane crash in 1966.

By its second year, club membership had so declined that no pictures appeared in the annual, and the plane was returned to its donor. By 1950, and the college’s move to Costa Mesa, the aviation course had disappeared from the catalog and the attempt to train missionary pilots was largely forgotten. But the program remains representative of the innovative and creative spirit that drove members of the Vanguard community to try new ways of taking the gospel to the world.

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