The spectrum of Washburn includes faculty and students and encompasses academics and athletics.
Like the spectrum of colors, Washburn’s spectrum includes student life, academics, organizations, sports and graduations. They’re all different in their own way, but come together to form an amazing university. Throughout the book, the spectrum of color is seen within the different sections.
Washburn University is home to the schools of Applied Studies, Business, Nursing and Law, and the College of Arts and Sciences.
Washburn is also home to the Ichabod athletic teams which includes football, volleyball, soccer, golf, men’s and women’s tennis, and men’s and women’s basketball.
Not only does Washburn have academics and athletics, Washburn also has many organizations including sororities and fraternities. Washburn offers opportunities for everyone with its wide spectrum of activities.
As Washburn continues to grow, so will the spectrum of opportunities.
Student Life
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Ichabods Abroad
Studying abroad has helped more than 200 students learn and experience different cultures and languages this past year. In addition to traveling abroad, students are studying here from countries such as China, Paraguay and Saudi Arabia The International House said the ideal time to travel is during a student’s junior year.
Washburn has provided a variety of study abroad programs that vary in location, length and purpose and has been flexible with accomodating the needs of the student body.
The Phillipines was such an adventure...it is so historically diffrent than anywhere I’ve been. it’s like paradise.
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Semester At Sea
Sophomore Emily Junke, a mass media
describes her experience with the semester at sea program, which during the 106 days will inclue visits to 16 cities and 12 countries.
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Above: In England Catelyn Kostbar, third year law student, journeys to England in Spring 2012.
Right: During winter break in Belize, Anna Frantz, senior English major, documents ancient architecture.
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“It’s about the freedom to choose your weapon of choice, what you choose to do to your own body.
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Guillen, junior engineering major
”“We do it because it makes us feel better and provides a wonderful release for our daily aggravation. It gives us a wondrous feeling about life and overall makes us feel like a better person.”
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What is Your opinion?
“I want to make WU a healthier enviornment for all. Creating a smoke-free policy will reduce the risk of developing heart disease, lung cancer, respiratory infections, and asthma. For the survery, I think it provided us with evidence that many people on campus agree with making WU a smoke-free campus.”
-Josh Schell, senior nursing major
“I don’t have anything against smoking. It’s a personal choice and
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I respect that. The only thing that affects me is when I walk through smoke, though rarely does it even bother me.”
-Shea Kirsop, senior marketing major.
During Fall 2012, Washburn students and faculty discussed a campus-wide smoking ban. This concept has landed at universities across the country who had already mandated a total smoking ban.
Proponents of the measure asserted it would change impressionable students’ perceptions that smoking was acceptable behavior and that it would help eliminate unnecessary litter, smoke near building entrances and smoking in crowded areas.
Considerations on the campus-wide ban raised the debate about whether it was worth the cost of enforcing a policy that will require extra policing.
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Career Guidance
Career Services’ goal is to help students learn to develop lifelong skills, techniques and resources that will help them with career growth. Career Services is a free service, but stresses that they are not an employment agency. They refer all qualified applicants, but do not advise individual students to employers, nor advise employers to students.
Right: The Spring Career Fair was held in Lee Arena March 29, where more than 100 employers attended. This was a great opportunity for students to meet future employers.
“With the extensive interest tests that career services provided, I was able to navigate in the right direction when I was deciding on my major.”
- Alex Voskoboyev
Leading the Way Tests give direction
“Career Services is awesome. They helped me get to the next step to finding out what I wanted to do towards a career.”
-Sage Cornelius
Quality Advice
“Career services was very helpful in the advice that they gave me. It showed me the possible career paths with my major and how to be more invloved on campus.”
- Bryce Ruble
Communication Tips
“James sat down with me and taught me how to make my resume stand out by communicating my skills and achivements in a meaningful way.”
Our goal is to help students make informed career choices and find meaningful experiences that lead to career satisfaction in an ever-changing world of work. We want students to engage with us, our resources and programs, with employers and the community early and often.
-Kent McAnally Director of Career Services
Career Services offers a free service called BodJobs, which allows students to create their own profile with a resume and other information that can be used for a job hunt.
-Bita Givechi
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The separation of the cats away from the dogs has been a tremendous addition. We have incorporated an air handling system so that it’s
air for all the cats and dogs.
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7Bill Acree, Executive Director
Humane Shelter
The Humane Shelter moved to the heart of the capital city. The location at 21st and Belle opened in January 2013. The location is not only larger, but it’s also an easier access point and features new high-tech changes.
The Burger Stand, which opened in Sept. 8, 2011, has been an important addition to the College Hill area. Since then, other busi nesses have opened, but the Burger Stand is still a popular one with WU students.
The kennels are now glass. This is important because disease will not spread so easily and kennel cough will be prevented with this new feature. People can still see the dogs, but they can’t touch them, get germs on their hands, then go to the next dog and spread them.
Capital Attractions
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This pizza joint opened in October 2012 and was a hit right away. The location is great, the food is good and the price is right. How can a college student say no to a $5 personal 10” pizza?
“It’s fun for everyone, everyone likes quality pizza at a cheap price,” said John Cox, manager In December students in the advanced problemsolving techniques class decided to calculate the total possible pizza combinations. When they were finished they presented the owner with a certificate announcing 2,723,170,290 possible combinations, when only using 6 ingredients.
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Active Ichab ds
The Washburn Army ROTC played paintball with the National Guard at the SRWC on May 13. In order to participate, students had to sign a waiver from the National Guard and go by the honor system, which meant that no cheating was involved during the tournament. Teams of 5 to 7 players were formed.
“When I got here, I didn’t have a team or knew anyone here,” said Christian Sauerman, a fine arts freshman,“Though after my first round of paintball, I made new friends that I do plan on staying in touch with most of them.”
In the fall, the Washburn faculty voted to remove KN198 as a core requirement for all degree programs. This decision could increase the SRWC’s mission to promote a healthy campus. Special activities, up-to-date equipment and group exercise classes might help fill the void left as incoming students no longer need a fitness course.
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We have a very high usage rate. We get 600 to 700 students in here on a daily basis.
The equiptment, facilities and amenities are not identical to some of the other colleges in Kansas, but they are high quality
- Joel Bluml
Each week, the SRWC offered a variety of workout options for students. Group exercise classes were one popular way for studetns to try a new type of exercise. The staff offers a vareity of classes.
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Middle income had been supporting this country since the 70s. Poor people can’t pay taxes
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Campus Politics
Students started the fall semester with our nation immersed in electoral politics. The 2012 election cycle saw an unprecedented amount of campaign pending partisan decide. Issues included the economy, women’s health, immigration reform, congressional gridlock and attempts at voter suppression.
Super pacs flooded millions of dollars into campaigns, causing many to wonder how this would impact the results. Much of this money was targeted towards negative advertising in close congressional races and critical swing states. Both sides acknowledged a need to cut goverment spending and to look at taxation. How would either candidate address millions of Americans out of work, mortgages underwater, and increasing national debt ?
The WSGA election debate took place in March. Konkel and Kitowski battled it out to convince students of WU to prove which one of them deserves to be the next student body president.
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Learning from Life
Sophomore Cody Lawson is the youngest child of three boys. He is majoring in criminal justice and he’s a member of the Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity. Before college, Lawson grew up with his two older brothers. They played soccer and video games often challenging each other. Lawson looks up to his brothers and tries to “be like them, act like them.” One of the big lessons Lawson learned from his brothers is that they “taught me how to learn from my past experiences.”
Rizki Aljubsri’s life changed in high school when he decided to become a foreign exchange student. He is currently a graduate with a master in business.
Aljubsri believes that, “going through education... brought him knowledge.” He also gives credit to education for bringing him to America.
Daniel Minton wants to be like his dad. From a young age Minton’s father made a positive impact teaching him how to be a gentleman, encouraging him to follow his dreams and pushing him to make his dreams come true.
Shannon Munoz’s mom and dad greatly influenced who she is today. They wanted to give her “something they never had” which is a college degree. Shannon is a freshman nursing major and will have something her parents never had.
Ivy Marcus, a sophomore English major, realized wonderful things in life after becoming seriously ill. She is emotionally stronger and and is thankful for her mother’s help during her time of illness.
“It’s a process, not a magical spell,” she said. “I keep working do my best.”
At age nine my father passed away. This got me thinking about going into the medical field. I was the only man in the family and felt responsible to care of my mother and two sisters
-Omar Chavez Junior, Business Major
Through experiences like Zeta Tau Alpha, Dancing Blues, and Honors Program, Maddie Williams, a freshman biology major, has learned to be true to herself despite challenges. This has encouraged her to meet new people.
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We are committed to offering visual art exhibition and education programs that inspire, strengthen and sustain our local and broader communities.
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6Jan Bychinski, Museum Experience Manager
The Mulvane Art Museum is a non-profit organiza tion and visits to the mu seums exhibits are free. The operations of the museum are funded through donations, mem bership, fundraisers and university support.
The museum had a successful year in 2012-13. In February, Deanna Haney spoke about the artwork of her brother, William L. Haney, a Kansas artist who grew up in Topeka.
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In 2012 several exhibitions were hosted at Mulvane by various local artists as well as abroad. Fernando Pezzino, a professor in the Department of Modern Languages, demonstrated his work as an artist with his series “Cultural Fragments,” which was displayed in Spring 2012. Permanent additions to the museum’s art collection were prints by Kenneth M. Adams, a Topeka native who later moved to Taos, N.M. His artwork depicts the simple cultural life around the Taos people.
The Mulvane Art Museum recived several awards in 2012 including the highest national recognition, which was accredited by the American Association of Museums (AAM).
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By: Caroline Hau
The show is very special for a lot of reasons, and it’s relatable because everybody loves superheroes.
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1Samantha Heath Senior, Theater Major
“It is very different than normal,” said Heath. “There is a projection screen that takes up most of the backstage and the show has titles and pictures projected on the screen throughout the play.”
Life On The Stage
Washburn University Theatre put on “Missing You, Metropolis,” adapted from Topeka-native Gary Jackson’s Book of Poems. Directed by theater professor Penny Weiner, the play focused on the friendship of the two African American teenagers, Gary and Stuart, who share a love for comic books.
According to Jackson, the play is a reflection of what his life was like growing up in Topeka. It covers hard topics like adolescence, loss of a sister and suicide. It’s told in a series of vignettes, enacted by superheroes and super villains including Magneto, Spider-Man and Juggernaut.
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The idea is to have a professional conference on campus where all of these diverse subjects can be presented to futher enlighten the community of Washburn.
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Apeiron committee changes
Nigus researched whether the transition from private health insurance to a national health care system as it was accomplished in Taiwan was a model for the United States.
Alayna Nigus is one of 89 Washburn students presenting at Apeiron 2013, which began Friday at 11 a.m. and concluded at 5 p.m. at several locations throughout campus.
Apeiron, Washburn’s annual scholarly forum, brings together all manner of student-driven scholarship, from hard sciences to theatre.
Hidden Talents
Christian Sauerman, freshman, grew up in foster care, which prevented him from being involved in school activities. He was bored all the time, so he decided to throw down a Duncan yo-yo, a couple of hundred bucks later he got into yo-yoing.
“If you have a dream you should invest in it. Don’t sit around playing Call of Duty or other video games,” said Sauerman. “Go out there into the real world and try to find something that you may enjoy doing. It could be skateboarding, photography, basketball, yo-yoing, or other interesting activities.”
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I think that the technological updates to Memorial Union are great for the future of the University although I see very little immediate bene t.
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2Shelbie Konkel Junior, History
Interactive white boards that operate with electronic pens allow teachers in training to integrate with iPads and laptops.
Leigh Camper, junior philosophy major, and Amira Akacha, a freshman social work major, work in the multipurpose room in the Mabee Library.
Navigating Around Campus
Washburn installs touch screen interactive maps in the Memorial Union to aid visitors on campus.
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The system to allows users to view general information about buildings and points of intrest around campus. Graphics and map tools help guide users to their destination quicker.
Inventive Gadgets
Washburn University installed high-tech gadgets to help students stay connected and help navigate their way around campus. New interactive maps provide users with valuable information and map tools as they explore the campus, its buildings and even points of interest..
“I think the mobile phone charging area is a really good idea. It provides a lifeline to students that commute to Washburn campus as they could be here all day and this ensures that they still have battery life to keep in touch with people,” said Ryan Roth, junior majoring in radiology.
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WU WELCOMES EQUALITY HOUSE
On March 19, 2013, Topeka, Kan., became home to the very colorful and symbolic Equality House. What was previously a vacated property for sale across the street from the infamous and hatefilled Westboro Baptist Church, is now home to the nonprofit organization Planting Peace.
Its Equality House, a place dedicated to counteracting Westboro’s message of hate toward the LGBTQ community in Topeka and surrounding areas.
The house is not only a standing symbol of support, but it is also a friendly place where people can reach out for help. Upon approaching the door there is a sign that encourages people to come in if they need to talk and leaves a contact number if there is no one home.
The Equality house is just one of the other projects Planting Peace is involved in. They also provide aid in projects such as tree planting, rainforest conservation, orphanages and anti-bullying campaigns.
Planting Peace has brought some much welcomed positivity to the Topeka community and has received press from the Huffington Post and CNN as well as other major news organizations.
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It’s nice to have my tough day’s work that i feel makes a diffrence and then have something to escape to and just chill with friends and the end of the day.
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2Jimmy Bert Sophomore, Nursing
Jordan McDowell, a junior social work major tutors children from 3-5 every day except Wednesday when she has debate pratice. She dosen’t get paid, but that’s no concern.
Musical Talent. Maddy Tennant, freshman music major, plays saxaphone. She has even considered taking up a spot on Massachutes Street in Lawerence for extra cash. Tennant has only been here for one year, but when she hits her junior year her classes will become harder and she will be going from 8-5 every day. “Class, band, rehersal… I live in Garvery pratically,” said
Day in the Life Of...
The lives of Washburn students are to say the least varied and unique. From Freshman taking introductory classes to juniors and seniors with an overload of credit hours, Chartwells’ workers have personalities that light up a room. Everyone’s lives are ecentric but they all interconnect at Washburn. Any student at Washburn can get lunch at the pasta bar, served by a pleaseant Chartwells employee.
These are the days in the lives of people at Washburn University. Pictured above Kenny Cann, better known as the Pasta Guy, has uplifiting word for every student in line. He will always leave you with a smile and a simple phrase to help one remember his excellent service. “Have a Blessed Day.”
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WU Leadership Retreat
SAGL and WSGA teamed up May 13-14, 2013 to bring the annual Washburn leadership retreat to student organizations campus-wide. With the help of Jay Zarr, a high-impact trainer who specializes in leadership training, the student leaders engaged in several leadership skill building actvities around campus indoors and outside. Students also traveled off campus to volunteer around Topeka by painting fire hydrants and helping with projects at TARC.
Below: Students were asked to write 6 words to describe their identities anonymously and their answers were later put on display for everyone to read
Left: Ted Mize from the Topeka Rescue Mission shows students how to properly paint fire hydrants.
Right: Becca Massen and Margeaux Thompson paint a fire hydrant as part of a community service project.
Right: President Farley joins Jay Zarr in an outdoor leadership skill building activity.
Left: Students attempt to start a new tradition at the leadership retreat by filming a Harlem shake video.
By: Farai Harreld
Above: Student leaders, faculty and Jay Zarr come together for a group photo on the last day of the conference.
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Student Media travels to NYC
Student Media travelled to the College Media Associations spring convention that was held in New York at the Sheraton Hotel in Times Square.
Eight students , Kelly Hurla, Fatima Oubaid, Tricia Peterson, Abigail Mies, Kara Protasio , Joey Cool, Kayla Norton, Farai Harreld and faculty member Regina Cassell attended the conference and arrived in New York on a Saturday.
The seminars ran Sunday through Tuesday starting at 8 a.m. and ending at 5:30 p.m. Other than attending five sessions daily, the student media gang toured the offices of publications of Teen Vogue, Rolling Stone, Good Housekeeping and had the opportunity to meet the editors of Marie Claire.
All work and no fun makes for dull students and in true Washburn spirit, they remedied this by engaging in various activities in order to get a true New York experience.
Comedy buff Kelly Hurla took the time to visit comedy clubs, and food critic Tricia Peterson visited some critically acclaimed restaurants. Kayla Norton attended an off Broadway performance of Phantom of the Opera and Farai Harreld visited the Harry Potter exhibit at the Discovery Center.
Some of the students even took the subway and path train to visit the famous Carlos Bakery in New Jersey and visited the Empire State Building at 1a.m., a trip that included a limo ride back to the hotel.
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Left: Tricia Peterson, Kelly Hurla, Joseph Cool, Kara Protasio, Farai Harreld and Fatima Oubaid are eager to explore Times Square in New York City.
Below Left: Abby Mies, Fatima Oubaid, Kayla Norton and Tricia Peterson outside Carlos Bakery in New Jersey.
Joseph Cool striking a pose in Times Square.
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Faculty and Staff First Year Experience mentors
In February 2013, 10 people from the First Year Experience program at Washburn, including four peer educators, attended the 32nd annual First Year Experience Conference in Orlando, Fla. This year was a first for Washburn to attend the conference. Next year’s conference will be in San Diego, California.
The four peer educators who went on the conference were Randi McAfee, junior, criminal justice; Garrett Fenley, sophomore, undeclared; Ciara Walter, sophomore, elementary education; and Sierra Valdivia, sophomore, mass media.
“I had such a wonderful experience learning about FYE in Orlando,” said McAfee. “I am so thankful that Dr. Bearman made it possible for students to go.”
At the conference, there were many booths where
many FYE programs did presentations on how they run their FYE programs. Washburn’s FYE booth was ran by the peer educators. People at the conference were really excited about how Washburn ran their program. The other booths at the conference were ran mainly by teachers and faculty members.
“On presentation day, our booth was the most popular of the whole conference,” said McAfee. “Professors from colleges all over the U.S. had tons of questions for us. Explaining our program to them and hearing their stories about their programs was such a great learning opportunity. I absolutely love being an Ichabod Peer Educator and am so appreciative of what it has taught me about myself, communication, and university education.”
By: Michelle Boltz
Ciara Walter, Sierra Valdivia, Garrett Fenley and Randi McAfee.
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On Saturday, May 11, Washburn University held four commencement exercises for the School of Applied Studies, the College of Arts and Sciences, the School of Business, the School of Nursing and the School of Law.
The School of Applied Studies awarded 53 master’s degrees and more than 280 associate and bachelor degrees.
Claire Crawford, a graduate with a bachelor of social work, was named a 2013 Sibberson Award recipient at the SAS commencement. This award is a substantial monetary award established by the trusts of sisters Erna and Gretchen Sibberson. The purpose is to honor the highest ranking members of the senior class.
The College of Arts and Sciences awarded 12
master’s degrees and more than 280 associate or bachelor degrees. During this ceremony, Stacy Rottinghaus, who received a bachelor of arts in mathematics with an emphasis in education, was also named a Sibberson award winner.
Betty McEnroe Casper was also awarded an honorary doctor of public service at the CAS ceremony.
“Words cannot express my joy or appreciation,” said Casper. “Washburn - I love you.”
The alumni classes of 1953 and 1963 were honored as golden Ichabods and were presented with awards from the Washburn Alumni Association.
School of Business and School of Nursing awarded 15 master’s degrees. The SOB awarded 82 bachelor
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of business administration degrees and then SON awarded 90 bachelor’s of nursing.
During this ceremony, Brett Yingling, bachelor of business administration in finance, won a Sibberson award. Lauren Himpel, bachelor of science in nursing, also won a Sibberson award.
It was announced during this ceremony that graduates represented the countries of Canada, China, Germany, India, Paraguay, Saudia Arabia and Tajikistan.
During his remarks, Washburn President Jerry Farley offered his own advice to the graduates.
“First, talk, but listen,” said Farley. “You are ready to contribute and must form working partnerships.”
These three recent graduates stop for a pose and smile for the camera at Lee
Farley quoted Micah 6:8b where he encouraged graduates “to act justly, and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” He went on to encourage the new alumni to engage in healthy debate, be thoroughly prepared and to believe in yourself.
For spring 2013 graduation photos, see pages 44-71 and 162-181. Fall 2012 graduates are on pages 146-161. Find the 2012 May graduates in the WU Infinity magazine.
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Washburn Characters
In the spring of 2013 students had the opportunity to experience a special, maybe even once in a lifetime class.
WU Characters brought together English professor Tom Averill, history professor Kerry Wynn and theater professor Penny Weiner for a unique class. Based on a previous class that was taught called Kansas Characters, the class was a combination of research, writing and acting.
The class began with the students selecting a Washburn graduate, president or teacher for in-depth research.
As they researched, they were also crafting a speech that would be delivered at the end of the semester. In addition, they were able to learn
techniques from Weiner that would help them deliver a more powerful 15-minute speech to a small audience.
Wynn’s research and experience publishing her own historical essays helped students as they discovered things about their selected characters.
Tom Averill, who has published many essays and written three books, was there to help with writing a story around the character’s life.
“It was a very hands-on and collaborative class. It was a learning experience for all of us.” said Averill.
Students in the WU Characters class spent the semester researching famous Washburn personalities. They portrayed their chosen characters May 2 in Garvey 32.
Far left: Willie Williams portrays Art Fletcher.
Left: Jeremy McMannis shares about soldier Addison P. Davis.
Bottom row, from left: Elisa Barnett portrays Jo Ann Klemmer
Ashley Dill portrays Billie Jean Moore
Katy Davis portrays Jean Menninger
Nicholas Snider portrays Arthur Champeny
Nick Taylor portrays Peter McVicar
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Professor shares expertise Students go wild for WTE
WU professor Brian Thomas has been interviewed by The Weather Channel and the History Channel about his expertise in astronomy and about his knowledge of disaster scenarios. Thomas is an associate professor in physics and astronomy at Washburn and a well-known physicist who studies an element called carbon 14.
“Most of my work involves how the Earth is affected by radiation from space,” said Thomas. “Lots of different kinds of events are
fascinating. Something recently that my collaborators and I have been looking at what may have caused an observed change in carbon 14 about 774 AD.”
“We’ve proposed that the best explanation is a solar flare,” said Thomas. “The way that we’ve done that is we’ve inferred from the carbon 14 that’s present, the kind of energy and kind of radiation one would expect. The one that fits the best is a solar kind of event.”
“I was always interested in nature,” said Thomas. “I liked doing math and I liked understanding just how things worked at the most basic level and that’s what physics is really about – understanding the most fundamental properties.”
“There are two ways to approach the sciences,” said Thomas. “One
way is to ‘do’ science, and that requires going through a lot of math and a lot of science classes. The other is to approach it from a more conceptual level. Learning about it and understanding it in a more general, descriptive way.”
“I really enjoy teaching something like astronomy because it’s an introductory course and most people coming in know nothing about astronomy so I get to translate the big ideas into a different language or a different way of describing it,” said Thomas. “I enjoy that and I like translating [the information]. It’s also fun to teach the physics majors too because we can get more into the details. That’s one thing that is a nice balance here is that I get to a little bit of both.”
By: Madison Powers
The wilderness served as the classroom for several Washburn students this spring.
“It was great to get north and see a part of the United States that I have never seen before,” said freshman Tyler Heintzelman.
John Burns, director of athletic training education, led the Exploring America Washburn Transformation Experience.
The course helps prepare the student for the unexpected and teaches them how to care for people who become ill or injured in remote areas.
Outdoor activities included camp fire instruction, trout and fly fishing, hiking, a cave tour, geology tour and general exploration. The two women also opted to take a tour of the local Amish farms.
“After taking this course I have realized that accidents happen anywhere and wilderness first aid is a critical component to ensure effective treatment is given at the appropriate time,” Kristin Bell said.
Five Washburn students spent three days in Preston, Minn., as part of the Wilderness and Remote First Aid Training Course.
Faculty John Burns, director of the athletic training program, was the WTE mentor as part of the new Exploring America option. Students who took the course and the trip included Kristen Bell, Tyler Heintzelman, Logan Lauer, Lauren Livengood and Dustin Miner.
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By: Jennifer Lauber
Students say goodbye to Angel
Desire to Learn has replaced the learning management system Angel, which was implemented on campus in 2003.
According to Stewart Murphy, former director of online education, Angel and any online system requires more tech support and training for faculty.
“With classroom courses, professors might just elect to put up some files. But in an online course you have to replace all the elements that happen in the classroom, such as discussion, submitting assignments and returning them graded, the online quizzing, and the communications between professor and student,” said Murphy. “So yes, there are more activities and tools, and therefore more training and support.”
Faculty investment of time and labor is another factor, according to information provided by
Nancy Tate, assistant vice president for academic affairs. A typical online course saves a professor two-and-a-half hours per week standing and lecturing in the classroom. But the same online course also adds 10 hours per week for the professor to read and to respond to students’ posts, concerns and inquiries.
By contrast, in a classroom setting these concerns can be handled more efficiently, as a professor can answer common concerns for students all at once.
Rob Hull, professor of finance, teaches an online course in the business school. He said the biggest time investment involves the learning curve associated with changing technology.
“The startup time of training for online courses is greater, but if you can teach the same course for at least three years then it begins to consume
less time. But the biggest deterrent to teaching an online course is the constantly changing technology,” said Hull, referring to online course management systems, such as the upcoming termination of Angel and the adoption of a new system. “When they do this, it is like starting all over again because you basically have to start the course from scratch.”
For Kerry Wynn, professor of history, her online courses involve the same investment of time but a different allocation of that time.
“For an online course once I’ve posted lectures, I don’t have to deliver them, so in that way it is less work. I write the lectures, and while I re-evaluate them every time I teach the course, I don’t have to stand up and deliver 50-minute lectures,” said Wynn.
At the same time, Wynn finds she is slowed by assignments, which are submitted online.
“The grading actually takes longer online. For me it’s much faster to write than it is to type. So I’m much faster at reading, marking and making comments on papers when they’re in [hardcopy] form,” said Wynn. “So for online courses, the
tasks are different and the workload is allocated differently, but the time commitment is the same.”
Despite Washburn’s high online premium compared to peer universities in Kansas, its baseline tuition of $225/credit-hour places Washburn in the middle of the pack. By:
Rahul Venkat
Biology professor travels to Mongolia Chemistry leads to pharmacy school
Lee Boyd has been a professor with the Washburn University Biology Department since 1981. She has a Bachelor of Science from St. Mary’s College of Maryland, a Masters of Science from the University of Wyoming studying the mustangs there, and a Doctor of Philosophy from Cornell University. She currently teaches Intro to Biology, Human Physiology, General Zoology and Vertebrate Zoology, and Biology of Behavior and does research with her students.
One study that she conducted over several years was the behavior of the Przewalski’s horses (Equus ferus przewalskii). These ancestral horses have 66 chromosomes, two more than the domestic horses (Equus caballus), which gives them enough genetic variation to be considered a separate species. These animals were completely extinct in the wild in 1968, but successfully reintroduced in Mongolia in 1992. Currently an estimated 375 horses exist in the wild at three different sites in Mongolia.
Boyd moved to Topeka to study these horses at the local zoo. She wanted to compare the behavior of the Przewalski’s horses in the wild with the P-horses in captivity. “I felt like coming home, when I stepped off the plane in Mongolia. It looked like the west, it reminded me of Wyoming,” said Boyd. “The people there are very friendly, and it is kind of like Kansas, which is a rural area and everybody helps everybody.”
By: Caroline Hau
A: My name is Abby Brinker, I am a chemistry major. I got accepted into KU’s School of Pharmacy, so I will be attending there in August. I am terrified but I am sure that once that wears off the excitement will kick in.
F: Tell me about your WTE project.
A: Absolutely! I did an extraction of Loratidine from Claritin tablets by grinding it up and adding solvents to it to try and remove the active agent. I successfully did the first step and came up with a bunch of things that didn’t work, so that future students won’t have to do what I did already.
F: Where did the idea come from?
A: Well, typically at Washburn you learn extraction techniques through aspirin tablets; you extract acitemenophine from aspirin. We wanted to do something different.
F: How did you choose a major?
A: I have been all over this campus. I always wanted to do pharmacy, but I convinced myself that it was too much chemistry. I took a biology class and fell in love with it and switched to biology. And then took a chemistry class and fell in love with that
even more and figured if I was going to do a hard science, I should become a pharmacist. So I kind of went full circle.
F: Describe the experience.
A: “I am horrible in the lab, any problems that will arise in the lab have happened to me. This experiment really allowed me to relax in a laboratory setting. It created an environment where Dr. Leung was not over my shoulder all the time. He knew what I was doing but he was not always in the room and it gave me a chance to relax and learn what I was doing.”
F: Any last words for Washburn?
A: “Honestly, I have been crying like an idiot for the past couple days thinking about leaving the students and faculty. I would definitely like to thank the chemistry department. They have been amazing in preparing me, they did a mock interview with me, they wrote letters of recommendation and I know in bigger classes I never would have had that advantage and that’s why I love Washburn.
By: Farai Harreld
Courtsey of Biology Department
Karli Donaldson, a senior psychology major, identified a system for helping people remember the names of people they meet.
Day of Transformation
Ashley Pittman and Khadijah Pittman looked at how the head start program is getting children ready for school.
showcases student projects
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Kyle Schmidt, a senior biology major, learned in February that he was accepted into the Kansas University Medical School. His WTE project focused on microscopic pathology.
Kristen Rice, a senior psychology major, has wanted to work in a prison since 6th grade, an announcement that had her teacher calling her dad. For her WTE, Rice studied the laws that land people in prison and the programs that help them once they return to society.
Eric Jones, a senior psychology major, remembers what it was like growing up with anxiety. Now his passion is helping children navigate through their own challenges
Below: L.A. Talbert, a senior international studies major, has been to Belize three times. In addition to spending time helping at orphanges, there is also an educational symposium where participating students present and learn from other educational professionals
Joseph Cool, Abigail Mies, Tricia Peterson, Farai Harreld, Fatima Oubaid and Kara Protasio traveled to New York City with Student Media to attend the 2013 Spring College Media Association national convention.
School of Business and School of Nursing
School of Nursing annual picnic
More than 250 nursing students, families, alumni and faculty participated in the annual picnic hosted by the School of Nursing. Typically, the event is held at Lake Shawnee. Due to inclement weather, the picnic was moved to the Whiting Gym on campus. A DJ provided the music and a dance contest was held
between the different levels of nursing students. Games were available for the children. Door prizes were awarded from local businesses, including two professional stethoscopes that were donated by the Ichabod Shop.
Courtesy of The School of Nursing
Courtesy of the School of Nursing
By Michelle Boltz
Students experience China
Students from the International Business Leadership Experience class had the opportunity to travel to China for 18 days. There were two priorities that the students had learned on this trip. First, in order to earn credits for the course, six American students from Washburn formed three teams.
Each team partnered with a group of Chinese students who were studying at Wuhan University of Science and Technology in Wuhan, Hubei, China. Each of the three groups had been given a real Chinese company for which they were supposed to put together a business plan, strategic analysis, or marketing plan depending on the need of that business.
Second, the trip opened students’ minds to a culture that is vastly different from their own,
Beijing, China - The Great Wall of Chinabefore we started our trek - from left to right front row - Taylor McDonald, Bita Givechi, Xavier Lewis, Narongsak “Tua” Saparam, Marcus Bates, Michael Stoica - from left to right back row - Sarah Huggins, Marian Jamison
and allow themselves to welcome, embrace, and enjoy the experience. In 18 days, students went to Shanghai, Zhujiajao (a rural town close to Shanghai), Beijing, Wuhan, Hong Kong and Macau.
While in Wuhan, they met their Chinese partners in person. Before that, they kept in touch by Skype and e-mail. The students not only were business partners, but also became great friends. They worked on their projects, and traveled the city by bus. They went to the movies, the Friday night market, the famous “Snack Street” and much more.
Macau, China - In front of the ruins of St. Paul’s Cathedral - from left to right - Taylor McDonald, Sarah Huggins, Bita Givechi, Marcus Bates
Hong Kong, China - Getting our feet wet - from left to right - Sarah Huggins, Bita Givechi, Taylor McDonald, Xavier Lewis
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Wuhan, China - Wuhan University of Science & Technology - all the Chinese and American students who worked together.
Business senior wins award
Lucy Hesse, senior business economics major, was recognized in April 2013 with the Dennis Boe award for top paper at the Great Plains Honors Council annual conference held in Canyon, Texas. Hesse also presented her paper during the fall 2012 semester’s Day of Transformation.
Hesse’s honor thesis is called
“The Development of Economic Systems: A Case Study of the Baltic States.” The paper analyzed the development of the political and economic systems of the Baltic StatesEstonia, Latvia and Lithuania - since their independence from the Russian Empire in the early 20th century. The idea came from work that Hesse did
during the summer of 2012 as a participant in the Engalitcheff Institute on Comparative Political and Economic Systems internship program in Washington, D.C. As part of that program, Hesse studied comparative economics and constitutional law at Gorgetown University.
Paul Byrne, associate professor of economics in the School of Business, was Hesse’s mentor on the project. She asked Byrne to lead her independent study because she enjoyed his teaching style in two of his prior classes. In the independent study, Byrne provided a lot of supplemental readings, doublechecked her economic analysis and helped her with a lot of
graduate-level math. Hesse submitted her paper about a month before the conference. It was judged against all other submissions from honors students from six states.
As an award winner, Hesse was asked to give an oral presentation on her 20-page paper for about 10 minutes in front of all participants.
Hesse’s research doubled as a project for the scholarly and creative Washburn Transformational Experience.
“It was an opportunity for all of the honors students to nerd-out about their papers,”said Hesse. Hesse will attend the Washburn School of Law in the fall of 2013.
Sibberson Award announced
Jana Latendresse, senior nursing student, received the Sibberson Award at Washburn University’s 2012 fall commencement ceremony. This prestigious award recognizes the highestranking members of the senior class in the undergraduate program who completed degrees during the most recent academic year. Kelli Coldiron, Wichita, and Mollie Lacy, Lincoln, Neb., were also Sibberson finalists.
Latendresse graduated with a bachelor of science degree in nursing. In the future, she plans to work in obstetrics and then pursue a graduate degree as a Certified Nurse Midwife and a doctoral degree.
completed her International Education Washburn Transformation Experience by participating in the Trans-Atlantic Dual Degree Program and will receive a bachelor of science degree from the University of Szeged in Hungary upon graduation from Washburn.
Latendresse participated in the Trans-atlantic Dual Degree Program and spent a year abroad attending classes in Northern Ireland and Hungary. She also
Latendresse served as a member of Alpha Lambda Delta, Mortar Board, Phi Kappa Phi and Sigma Theta Tau. She was a representative on the Dean’s Council for the School of Nursing and was a member of the Student Nurses of Washburn (SNOW), Circle K and Future Alumni Network. Latendresse received the Maria Leonard Senior Book Award in spring 2012, which is awarded to the Alpha Lambda Delta member with the highest grade point average in their respective graduating class. From fall 2009 to spring 2012, Latendresse was also a member of the Washburn choir.
School of Nursing receives AENT grant
Washburn University School of Nursing was awarded a two-year $666,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Service’s Health Resources and Services Administration for Advanced Education Nursing Traineeship (AENT) in November 2012.
The grant is timed in preparation for full implementation of the Affordable Care Act and will assist more than 22 graduate student nurses at Washburn who are seeking advanced nursing education training with tuition, books, fees and living expenses. All of the students involved will become primary care providers, as adult nurse practitioners or family nurse practitioners.
“Because of the act,” said Marian Jamison, associate dean and professor, School of Nursing, “more patients will be insured and they are going to need a primary care provider.”
Topeka and Shawnee County are currently designated as a primary care health profession shortage area by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment.
“We’re using it as a recruitment tool for next year,” Jamison said of the grant, “We are hoping to recruit more people of color and veterans who will be targeted for traineeship.”
The AENT website notes the purpose of the program is to increase the number of advanced education nurses trained to practice as primary care providers, particularly in areas designated as rural or medically underserved.
Washburn Business students place in contest
A team of Washburn School of Business seniors took sixth place in an international competition in May 2013.
The team of Jaclynn Anderson, Adam Forbes, Joey Hinckley, Reid McCallum, Scott Noll and David Render bested teams and individuals from Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, India, Switzerland, Turkey and some of the largest and most prestigious business programs in the United States in the Spring 2013 Capstone Business Simulation Challenge.
The recognized students, and a dozen others from Washburn who participated but did not place, used Capstone Business Simulation as part of their curriculum in Norma Juma’s management course. Any student
Jaclynn Anderson
Adam Forbes
Joey Hinckley
Reid McCallum
Scott Noll
David Render
around the world who used the simulation curriculum, a product of Capsim Management Solutions, Inc., was eligible to participate in the competition.
Juma, associate professor of management, said the simulation used in the competition was designed to be
more difficult and faster-paced than the classroom version.
“During the qualifying rounds students make a new set of decisions every day,” said Juma. “In their courses, they are used to making decisions once a week and having time to scrutinize the results.”
The simulation challenges students - who can choose to act alone as CEO or as a part of a top level management team as the recognized students did - to turn around an ailing theoretical company, making it as profitable as possible within an allotted time frame.
Washburn’s students were the highest ranked among those who chose a team approach to the competition.
Staff Report
Staff Report
Princeton Review honors WU for sixth year
For the sixth consecutive year, the Washburn School of Business has been named an outstanding business school by The Princeton Review. The New York-based education services company features the school in the 2013 edition of “The Best 296 Business Schools” (Random House/Princeton Review).
Washburn is considered one of the best institutions a student could attend to earn a master’s of business administration degree,
according to information provided by Princeton Review. The designation is given based on reviews of institutional data collected from 280 U.S. and 16 international schools. “The Best 296 Business Schools” has two-page profiles of the schools and their MBA programs, with descriptions of academic programs, student life and admissions, in addition to ratings of academics, selectivity and career placement services.
“Once again we are very proud Washburn’s MBA program
is considered one of the top business programs in the country,” said David Sollars, dean of the School of Business. “This high rating is a direct reflection of the dedication of our faculty, the hard work of our students and the support of our alumni, supporters and the regional business community.”
Washburn offered its first business degree program in 1946, and today boasts more than 7,000 business alumni.
Beta Alpha Psi is an accounting fraternity that is accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business that started at Washburn in 2008. To join Beta Alpha Psi, a candidate must fill out an application, pay a fee, attend meetings and volunteer at least two hours of community service. The applicant must maintain a 3.0 or higher grade point average.
including 23 new members that were initiated in the spring.
Ninety percent of members in Beta Alpha Psi are accounting majors, but the organization encourages finance and information services majors to apply. There are currently 40 members,
“Beta Alpha Psi is the mark of excellence in accounting,” said Jim Martin, professor of accounting and sponsor, “We’re the most active business orientation on campus.”
Beta Alpha Psi has four meetings each semester, and one to two philanthropy events with the Ronald McDonald House. Every fall semester, Beta Alpha Psi hosts a fundraiser called “Meet the Firms,” which is like a mini career fair, where 20 businesses met with students for future employment potential. Money raised from the fundraiser helps to pay incoming speakers for Beta Alpha Psi members.
By: Michelle Boltz
Staff Report
Mobile Clinic gives care
The Washburn School of Nursing has a mobile clinic that travels to different small communities in Kansas that don’t always have access to health care. The mobile unit arrived on campus in December 2004, and started seeing clients in the spring of 2005. Some of the services that they provide include blood pressure checks, cholesterol checks, fitness screenings, sports physicals, and more.
“We provide care for anything from sore throats to diabetes care to physicals,” said Kathy Ure, Director of Mobile Simulation and Community Education for the School of Nursing.
The mobile clinic came to be under the recommendation of the Sunflower Grant in 2003. Monica Schneirer, Dean of the School of Nursing, and Carrie McGill, who works for the Washburn Foundation, gave a presentation to St. Francis Hospital in 2010. The mobile clinic is a collaboration between St. Francis and Washburn. Washburn provides sites for nursing, allied health, kinesiology and physical therapy students to get hands-on experience. The St. Francis side was developed from Obamacare, developing a medical home for communities. The mobile clinic provides an extension of St. Francis and Washburn.
The mobile clinic provides three free service lines for the community:
1) Mobile Simulation - hands-on learning with mannequins and role play
2) A Mobile Clinic on wheels for nursing practitioner students, and faculty
3) Community focus in education
During the fall, the mobile clinic and the Spirit of Women through St. Francis sponsor the Day of Dance. This event educates women about heart disease and provides blood pressure and cholesterol screening. They provided services to over 300 people during the event.
Starting in September 2012, the mobile clinic travels to Harveyville, Kan. every Tuesday. They teach concussion education, give sports physicals and fitness screenings. They also have an exercise class for the elderly in the community that helps with strength and balance. Other locations the mobile clinic visits are the Chesney Neighborhood in Topeka, East Topeka Senior Center, El Centro (Our Lady of Guadalupe Church), Mission Valley, Kan., and others.
Students volunteer for the mobile clinic based on class requirements, or are required to do at least 45 community hours for the semester. Bonner Leader students have a community garden in Harveyville. Any freshmen that are interested in nursing, physical therapy or radiology are invited to go to Harveyville as well. It helps students decide what field they want to go into.
In Fall 2012, the mobile clinic has provided care for 2,708 people through community screenings. They also attend many events, and sponsor the Fun Run, Sports Night and at health fairs. Once a year, they visit the Agencies of Aging for the Jayhawk and Hiawatha areas.
What’s good about the mobile clinic is that they have access to small critical hospitals throughout Kansas, such as Holton.
What makes having a mobile unit important?
“We recognize that health care in the past is not meeting the needs of Kansans today,” said Ure.
“Where most care was provided in the hospitals, health care needs to start in the community.
Washburn has the vision of providing academic environments that will prepare their students to be leaders in that transition and to work as collaborating team members with the same vision.”
by Michelle Boltz
The mobile clinic has helped many people throughout Kansas. St.Francis and Washburn’s School of Nursing continue to team up to provide needed medical assistance to those in struggling communities.
Spring Graduation 2013
Organizations
Courtesy of Dancing Blues
Julian Mullican
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Biology Club
2012-13 has been a fresh year, full of life and first times. Washburn’s Biology Club was grateful to have Professor Erica Jackson as their new advisor for the 2012-13 academic year. Jackson’s first year as the advisor had a successful first year.
Next year club members plan to have a more productive year. More volunteering opportunities will be available to include all students and more fundraisers will take place. They will also continue their turtle project that they started in Spring of 2013.
An advocate for an endangered species of turtle came to the Biology Club from Sea Turtle, Inc., and asked if they would be interested in helping sea turtles.
Athletic Training Society
A group of students dedicated to the health and well being of the Washburn University Student Athletes. The Athletic Trainers Society is a professional student organization that is educated in the treatment, care, prevention, and rehabilitation of muscular skeletal injuries. Athletic Trainers Society is an allied health care organization dedicated to its professional well being.
Sea Turtle, Inc. is an organization located in South Padre Island that is dedicated to conserving endangered turtles and their nests. The representative spoke to the students about the Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle, a much endangered species of turtle that has been spotted along the shores in South Padre Island.
The babies’ return to the sea is problematic due to the city lights that distract the hatchlings from
the shoreline. In their confusion, they either get caught up in the beach litter, or under the tires of an oncoming vehicle.
Once they make it to the ocean, they can still get caught up in beach litter that washes along the shore or get under a boat propeller. If none of this has occurred, people would find the turtle nests and uncover them. To solve this dilemma, Sea Turtle, Inc., has taken on the responsibility of ensuring that these turtles hatch safely and are returned to the ocean as soon as possible with little outside obstruction. The speaker invited the students to adopt a nest of Kemp Ridley’s turtle eggs, so that their hatching may be overseen and the hatchlings’ return to the ocean can be a successful one.
Biology Club accepted the offer and adopted two nests. Although this year’s eggs have hatched, Washburn Biology Club has been ensured two nests will carry their name proudly. When those eggs hatch, some lucky students may even be there to witness the event.
Front Row: Jessica Peschel, Haley Holwock, Lauren Livengood, Mallory Luney, Kristin Bell, Shelby Tajchman, Michelle Peschel. Second Row: Jeff Hale, Dakota Gelsheimer, Sarah Plowman, Chelsea Williams, Josh Hardy, Garrett Nicol, Lara Doescher, Kelsie Maxwell. Third Row: Erin Koch, Jamie Blackim, Logan Lauer, Clinton Bruner, Cassy Roberts, Luke Warnken. Back Row: Paul Steuve, Tyler Heintizelman, Dustin Minor, Will Doman, Jon Vincent
2012-2013 Officers: Erica Jackson, Cash Sterling, Joe Geha, Kellen Gil and Taylor Majure.
Above: Haley Holwick, second year athletic training, received the Kinesiology Major of the Year award.
Far Left: Jessica Peschel, second year athletic training, was awarded the Center for Manual Medicine Scholarship.
Left: The Dr. Mac Scholarship was given to second year athletic training student Garrett Nicol.
By: Katty Vasquez
Courtesy of the Biology Club
Black Student Union
The Washburn BSU prides themselves on being an organization dedicated to student involvement on campus while providing a platform to learn about different cultures. This year they focused on different ways to increase student involvement and retain its members by increasing their presence on campus.
They had several events on campus such as BSU week where different events such as financial aid workshops, social nights and apollo night were held and students were encouraged to come, learn and participate.
The organization also traveled to the K-State campus for the Big 12 conference where all black student governments and leadership organizations meet for an annual conference.
Michael Collins, the union’s public relations officer and biology major, credits BSU for improving his communication skills and opening his eyes to the gap between perception and reality as a student organization.
“It is a great way to meet people and get involved on campus,” Collins said.
Bod Squad
Washburn University’s Bod Squad prides itself in being the official student fan group for Washburn’s sports teams. Its main goals this year have been to foster school spirit and student attendance at sporting events by interacting with students on all levels. Whether its by creating giveaways or spreading cheer on social media outlets such as Twitter and Facebook. They have even created a special mascot dressed in all blue, “Bod Man,” who travels throughout school games interacting with the crowd.
Back Row: Robert Braxton and Michael “Bear” Hollins; Front row: Porchia Brown, Chante Mitchell, Lillian Moss, Ga’ Quawna Manning and Whitney Williams-Bey.
Abby Mies
Mike Goehring
Mike Goehring
Jordan Loomis
By: Farai Harreld
Right: Porchia Brown, Lillian Moss, Ga’Quawna Manning and Chante Mitchell at the Big 12 conference at K-State By: Farai Harreld
Courtesy of BSU
Courtesy of BSU
Campus Activities Board
CAB, or the Campus Activities Board, is a student run organization dedicated to bringing new and exciting events to the Washburn campus. Events organized by CAB include concerts from both bands and single musician acts, magic shows, a visit from a hypnotist, and speakers that come in to discuss timely topics like student health, or college financing. These events are usually free to students.
CAB is made up of a board of directors made up of 10 students, with each student focusing on their area of expertise. Two students are music directors, bringing in the bands and solo acts; another two are variety and entertainment directors, who bring in hypnotists and magicians and such. One student is the wellness and leadership director, another is the diversity director, two more students form the Marketing team and advertise the events that the other CAB board members plan out. Finally, there’s the greek life director, and the recruitment and management director,
who brings in students in to volunteer for CAB Crew, an organization of students who work at the CAB events and do office maintenance.
Examples of CAB activities over the course of the year include laser tag, band performances, a same-sex marriage debate, and much more. CAB is hoping to expand into introducing even more events in the coming semesters.
Students looking to become a member of the CAB board of directors can apply every April, and students who are currently on the board have to reapply before they can serve on the board again. Before students join as a member of the board of directors, they are advised to become a part of the CAB Crew volunteer team.
“CAB is a great student organization and they give back to the campus,” said Jessica Barraclough, the director of Student Activities and Greek Life.
By: Colton Goe ert
“CAB is a great student organization and they give back to the campus” ?Jessica Barraclough
Campus Activities Board plays host to many events throughout the school year. Some of the events include casino night, laser tag, hypnotist Paul Ramsey, comedians and speakers that many students enjoyed.
Campus Activities Board
Members include: Erin Shurtz, Eleanor Heimbaugh, Sam Sayler, Kris Roberts, Alex Sonnich, Alanna Seymour, Alex Olson, Anthony Ho, Jessica Barraclough, Gary Handy, Kevin Parhomek, Richard Kelly
Courtesy of SAGL
Courtesy of SAGL
Bradley Parrales
Courtesy of SAGL
Students from the
Criminal Justice Association
The Criminal Justice Association is a student organization headed by an executive committee of 4-5 officers and a faculty adviser. The Association was created in 1987 and maintains an annual membership of 50-100 undergraduate students who are majoring in law enforcement, corrections or security administration.
Its mission is to provide students with knowledge of the various fields in law enforcement, corrections and security administration.
Dancing Blues
The Dancing Blues claimed the title of American Dance/ Drill Team Collegiate National Champions for Division II in March of 2013.
The Blues were also recognized as having the second highest cumulative grade point average of all the teams.
Though the Dancing Blues have competed in several regional competitions, this was the team’s first time competing in the past 10 years.
Criminal Justice Association traveled to the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences annual meeting in Dallas, Texas, to present their research projects. The group included Brittany Maes, Danielle Gillam, Eva Engelhardt, Jay Wessel, Jason Kealy, Charlie Cooper. )Not Pictured Sara Copeland, Ashley Kirby, Adrianna Cortez).
First row: Monica Conaway, Cari Howarter, Katelyn Eshelman, Lexi Lemons. Second Row: Angie Price, Maddie Williams, Shanna Munoz, Brooke Rollison, Maggie Isaacson, Becky Addington, Claire Crawford, Josie Price, Maura Woolsey, Hannah Weis. Third Row: Sierra Moore, Katie Longhofer
Abby Mies
Courtesy of Brooke Rollison
Courtesy of Brooke Rollison
Courtesy of Harrison Watts
Courtesy of Harrison Watts
Courtesy of Harrison Watts
BY: Fatima Oubaid
EcoBods
The 2-year-old organization made its mark on campus this year with a plant sale that was open to students, faculty and the community. Students hoped to advocate for environmentally friendly solutions to various problems such as recycling, energy conservation and water pollution.
Above: There were no set prices at the annual sale and donations were accepted. The club uses the donations to help fund activities such as bringing speakers to campus, hosting town hall meetings to educate the public on important environmental issues and also to support their organic garden whose produce they donate to local food banks.
Below: The small Carrion plants smell like rotting flesh in bloom because it uses flies for pollination.
Right: The Ross Johnson greenhouse located at the Stoffer science building is where many of the Ecobods plants are grown and stored.
Below: Front Row: Jeni Douglas, Matt Rush, Rachel Beiker, Rachel Schomacker Back Row: Kellis Bayless, Emily Engler, Anthony Tinoco, Tionna Trarbach, Judy Nickelson
Bradley Parrales
Bradley Parrales
Bradley Parrales
Bradley Parrales
Bradley Parrales
Farai Harreld
Above right: Kellis Bayless, the faculty adviser for the Ecobods, strikes a pose next to some of the plants.
Below: The little succulents that were available at the plant sale.
Honor’s Student Council
Washburn Players
Kappa Mu Epsilon
In April 2013, Washburn’s chapter of the national mathematics honor society, Kappa Mu Epsilon, hosted the 39th national biennial convention on campus.
It drew more than100 total participating faculty and students from schools all around the country, including schools from Texas, New York and Pennsylvania. The central focus of the meetings was to hear 19 undergraduate research presentations on mathematical or statistical topics.
Three Washburn students presented their work at the convention: Kristen Beall, Brandon Marshall and Stacy Rottinghaus.
Rottinghaus was given a “People’s Choice” award for her presentation, “An Exploration of Tropical
Mathematics.”
Beall was one of the top four award winners for her presentation, “Queuing System Analysis of Math Tutoring.”
Marshall presented his paper on “Complex Variables: What Can We See?”
Four recent mathematics graduates were panelists for a discussion on career options.
Two Washburn alumni, Carolyn (Cole) Covington (2006 - actuarial science) and Tamela (Bolen) Lake (2008 - secondary education) participated on their panel and shared how their interest in mathematics has shaped their careers so far.
Front Row: Brian Oxendine, Amanda Sorrell, Jamie Singleton, Forrest Evans, Lucy Hesse, Anna Frantz, Ariel Jennings, Lynn Nguyen Back Row: Colin Shaw, Breanna Short, Jake Wingo, Emily Juhnke, Becca Maasen, Emily Engler, Daniel Ming
Front Row: Brett Johnson, Randi McAfee, Cori Howarter, Lexi Lemons, Abbey Geiss, Jean Luc Chinal
By: Michelle Boltz
Courtesy of Math Department
Courtesy of Math Department
Courtesy of Math Department
Mike Goehring
Louie Cortez
Master Social Work
A recent graduate of the Master Social Work program describes the department as one that encourages its students to grow.
Tara Wallace entered WU’s Social Work program in the fall 2011 semester and completed her degree Spring 2013.
Students may choose to enter the program for several reasons, but there was at least one in particular for Wallace.
Wallace explains that to her understanding, Washburn students perform better than Kansas University and University of Kansas students combined on the licensing exam. The exam that most agencies refuse to hire those who do not pass.
Like many graduate programs, the work may not come easy. Whie Wallace and other students in the program may have considered quitting, she says that the group of classmates as well as
professors remained supportive throughout the program.
“Everybody’s encouraging you,” said Wallace. “If you put forth the effort, they want you to succeed and they want you to grow.”
Wallace believes that every person in the department contributes to a student’s education, even the secretary.
“I really enjoyed every single individual that I took a class with,” said Wallace.
“The Masters of Social Work programs provides students with the skills and training to needed to work with and advocate for children, families, adults, the elderly, and groups in mental health, human welfare, and social work environments.”
-Dr. Kimberly Harrison, MSW program director/ associate professor
By: Kelly Hurla
Mock Trial
One of Washburn’s Mock Trial teams placed second January 18-19 in a competition at Missouri University in Columbia.
Fourteen people in two teams from the university attended the competition, and one of them placed, giving them a chance at the national competition in Washington, D.C. Multiple individual awards were given to Washburn students in conjunction with the second place finish.
Of notable mention is senior political science major Nic Campbell’s “Outstanding Attorney” award.
This is the 11th time he’s won this award, which describes attorneys as having a “near perfect performance.”
“Out of 20 teams, there’s at least three attorneys per team... that works out to 60 to 80 attorneys at competition,” said Campbell. “Ten of them get awards. It’s an intense process.”
Campbell’s mock trial experience is helping to prepare him for law school.
“Mock trial is exactly like what happens in actual trial,” said Campbell. “You just get up there, and do the best you can. Lots of adrenaline flows, competing against big schools is crazy.”
Washburn’s Mock Trial program is said to develop skills for students who are of course entering into a law school or future career in law, but is also accessible for students who are not a law or political science major.
“I thought it was intimidating at first,” said senior biology major Merideth Cline. “It’s a very different feel, being around people who are in competitive majors. But you get to know each other really well.”
Cline has been involved in the mock trial program from the very beginning, and experience in the program aides in applying for schools or law-related jobs.
“The program’s very accomodating for people, even when they first start,” said Cline.
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From left to right: (Back row) Tara Wallace, Zinaia Armstead, Amber Refner, Rachel King and Tara Haddon. (Middle row) Anne Duston, Adrianne Looper, Karina Garcia and Alicia Schwindt. (Front row) Jessica Loveall, Ashlie Boytt, Xueting Li and Jessica Espinoza.
Back row: TJ Weber, Nic Campbell, Chris Helt, LA Talbert, Lucas Utz, Colin Shaw, Alosha (Daniel) Moore; Front row: Katie Longhofer, Devin Tarantino, Marcie Hartwig, Amy Molina, Katie McAfee, Kinsey Ashworth, Merideth (Cline) Hogan and adviser Jim Schnoebelen.
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OxFam chapter at WU
The Oxfam chapter of Washburn University is dedicated to spreading awareness about world hunger to Washburn students and the surrounding community. Oxfam is known for combating the causes of famine by providing shelter, clean water and sanitation to impoverished areas such as Haiti, which was devastated by an earthquake three years ago. The Washburn chapter educates people about food and famine issues and encourages people to contribute with time, gifts and money.
Angelique Flinn, a senior majoring in biology and human services, organized the Hunger Banquet, a sensory experience that allowed students and attendees to experience the rift that poverty has caused between people. Banquet attendees drew seating at random and were divided accordingly. Half were seated on burlap mats laid across the floor and were served a meal of bland rice, no
second helpings and no utensils. 85 percent had simple chairs with no tables, they were allowed a simple meal of rice and beans with seconds. The elite 15 percent were segregated from the rest of the room at clothed tables, where they enjoyed a four course meal complete with dessert. Flinn described the Hunger banquet as a very visual representation of the world and different income levels. “I think that having that visual aspect to it and seeing that 50 percent of the people in this room would be considered to be living in poverty really opens people’s eyes,” said Flinn.
Despite the vast wealth in the United States, one in every five American children live below the poverty line. Oxfam encourages us to open our eyes to how hunger is a global and local problem. It is not just ‘somebody else’ who experiences it. Our neighbors are included.
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Physical Therapy Club
The Physical Therapy Assistant program at Washburn University offers a high quality, career-oriented program, with a three year national pass rate average on the NPTE of 95 percent.
Eighty eight percent of students who are accepted into the PTA Program graduate within two academic years. The PTA program faculty are highly qualified and enjoy engaging students in interactive learning.
The student to faculty ratio is 24 to 1 for lectures and 12 to 1 for laboratory sessions. Washburn’s PTA program has a 2,500 square foot facility with high-tech physical therapy equipment, computer stations within the classroom, and a variety of high quality clinical sites.
Front Row: Peter Rocha, Janelle Falls, Steven Rodriguez. Second Row: Kimberly Clouse, Haley LeBlanc, Jessica Boura, Anne Mailloux, Maggie West, Kelsie Maxwell, Jean Sanchez. Third Row: Brooke Alter, Adrienne Hearrell, Michele Martin, Jennifer Kellert, Megan Buckley, Christy Nelson. Back Row: Zach Frank, Melanie White, Stacy Korte, Heather Surgensmeier, David Hundley, Brady Riekeman, Benjamin Pierce.
Right: PTA student, Janelle Falls gives a massage to a student in the Mabee Library during finals week.
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Student Media
Student Media had a very challenging and successful year. The newspaper successfully met every deadline under editor-in-chief, Tricia Peterson and printed 27 issues of the Washburn Review. Our senior staff members worked hard to make sure we provided quality content each week for our newspaper.
Student Media also competed against other organizations during Homecoming week and received second for the cake-decorating contest. They covered all of the homecoming events and even decorated the office to the theme of “Bods in Space.”
AirBods radio program grew in size this year, from one radio show a week to six. We gained more radio hosts interested in producing their own radio shows as well as an audience to listen to them.
Some of our members traveled to Chicago in the fall and New York in the spring to attend the biannual College Media Association. They went
to several presentations over a variety of journalism, photography, radio and video sessions by many college professors and professional mass media people from across the country.
Washburn Student Media competed in the Kansas Collegian Media in Wichita, Kan in late April. Our website won second place for best website and third place for our newspaper in the state of Kansas. We also had several writers and photographers win numerous awards.
Student Media didn’t end after finals were over. Many students stuck around to help complete the Kaw Yearbook and continue writing for the website to keep up with campus and Topeka news.
“Student Media is a wonderful place for students across campus to gain valuable skills that will help in the job market. Our 2012-13 editor in chief was hired 20 days into her summer internship because she was trained and had lots of experience producing quality content,” said Regina Cassell, adviser of student media.
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One of the newest organizations on campus is TriBods. Film mass media students founded TriBods two years ago. TriBods is a student film society that brings together Washburn’s cinephiles and filmmakers.
The goal of this society is to give students the opportunity to gain deeper appreciation of film and filmmaking.
The TriBods hosted their first event for students on Halloween night. They listened to Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater’s “War Of The Worlds” in Henderson 100 while eating candy.
Their next event that they held in November was Documatters, a Documentary film festival held in conjunction with the club advisor Dr. Park and
her Documentary Film class. Three short documentaries were screened and analyzed at downtown Topeka’s The Break Room.
The group also met throughout the year to watch films and create their own films. The goal for next year is to get more members that aren’t mass media majors.
That way they can assemble multiple production teams of writers from the English department, actors from the theater department, composers from the music department and combine them with the artistic and technical geniuses from mass media’s film and video department to create some truly outstanding student films. Anyone can join TriBods if they are interested.
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Front Row: Kayla Norton, Fatima Oubaid, Abby Mies 2nd Row: Jessie Salman, Mallory Luney, Michelle Boltz, Ryan Hodges, Katie Child, Farai Harreld Back Row: Mike Goehring, Kelly Hurla, Luke Warnken, Austin Abernathy, Shaun Collins, Linnzi Fusco, Tricia Peterson, Richard Kelly, Bradley Parrales
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AJ Dome and Shaun Collins were weekly radio hosts on AirBods. Photo by Lynda Zook
Jake Wingo, Kara Protasio and Paul Smith banter during their weekly Bow Tie Sports show.
The Washburn Student Government Association held numerous events within this past year. WSGA hosted its sixth Can Emporia. The Can Emporia is a charity competition held against Emporia to see who can collect the most cans for their local food drive.
It was started due to the deficit amount of community action as a way to incorporate more community activity.
“It is a great way to reach out to the community,” said Anthony Ho, WSGA’s administrative assistant. “At the end of the day we all do live in Topeka. Giving back makes the university proud and in turn that makes students to come here [Washburn].”
WSGA also co-hosted the Post-Racial Comedy Tour with the Campus Activity Board. Anyone that attended the event received an entry to win an iPad.
The Past-Racial Comedy Tour included talks by Christian Lander, the creator of the pop culture phenomenon “Stuff White People Like,” and Elon James White, the award-winning creator of “This Week in Blackness.”
Both Lander and White will give a separate talk on sensitive racial issues in their own perspectives and humor. Both comedians will then join together to answer any questions the audience had.
The whole point of the tour was to get people comfortable speaking about issues they would normally not discuss, like race or class. The Post-Racial Comedy Tour has drawn praise from venues around the country and been part of a Distinguished Lecture Series.
Their hilarious commentary and contemporary viewpoints make for a fun and unique campus event.
Front row: Elizabeth Evans, Danielle Brown, Grace Cramer, Monica McDougal, Hayley Harris; second row: Rosie Henderson, Meughen McCadon, Margeaux Seymour, Jenna Glover, Sara Smith; back row: Murray Heikes, Sam Sayler, Kimber Peterson, Molly Walter, Kari Wold and Riley McDougal
Front Row: Anthony Ho, Micah Offermann, Jessie McGown, Shelbie Konkel, Eric Benedict, Caprice Cortez, Chase Sachs, Cassie White 2nd Row: Garrett Fenley, David Haase, Hayley Strutt, Ashley Habiger, Kaitlin Lawless, Jordan McDowell, Mack Sloan, Adam Fritz, Brett Johnson, Keegan Russell, Andrew Boyce, Eli Johns, Brian Hess, Rosie Henderson, Garrett Mazachek, Damian Barron, Josh Rosebaugh Back Row: Katie Longhofer, Anjelica Willis, Allison Carr, Ynacio Bautista, Chris Bird, Randi McAfee, Binbin Wu, Dier Lee, Kevin Parhomek, Colby Taylor
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Washburn Residential Living is in charge of four campus buildings including The Living Learning Center, Kuehne Hall, West Hall and the Washburn Village Apartments.
There were 676 students on campus and 14 resident assistants this year.
Every year, students living on campus can participate in Homecoming by decorating their individual halls according to the year’s theme.
The contest between the various floors helps boost Ichabod spirit during Homecoming week and creates lasting bonds between the residents living on campus.
The residents also give out candy on Halloween.
Buddy
WU Buddy voluntary matches current Washburn students with incoming International students to promote friendships and help the new international students manage their new lives at Washburn University.
Their goal is to help the international students get a successful study abroad experience at Washburn University and within the Community.
Front row: Xin Ding, Ye Shi, Sarah Roth, Anna Frantz, Teresa Chui, Man Li, Ashley Hoosier, Xuelu Pan. Back row: Xinhui Du, Jiayu Liu, Michelle Hernandez, Yifan Li, Matthew Rush, Heidi Staerkel, Man Li, Melissa Tanner.
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Fourth floor South won the hall decorating contest in the fall. RA Nicole Stormann, shows off the award plaque.
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Greek Life
Front Row: Alpha Delta Fraternity, Delta Chi Fraternity, Phi Delta Theta Fraternity.
Zeta has opened many doors for me. Not only has it made me closer with a lot of my sisters; it has allowed me to get involved with extra curricular activities and keep up a good gpa.
Alpha Phi Kappa Alpha Theta
Chapter Name: Upsilon
Founders Day: October 10, 1873
Washburn Chapter Founded: 1916
Philanthrophy:Alpha Phi Foundation
Right: Front Row: Kelsey Schweer, Elizabeth Burgett, Delanie Atteberry, Amy Fabac, Chelsea Sevigny, Kathryn Clark, Katherine Doel, Tyler Robertson, Elizabeth Bukaty; Second Row: Rachel Klaus, Kathryn Schreiner, Katelyn Eshelman, Brittni Knapp, Nat Flaucher, Sydney Hansen, Haley Jones, Maci Miller, Alyssa Hutto; Third Row: Bianca Martinez, Shelby Tibbs, Michaela Lazzo, Kaitlin Lawless, Chantal Rogers, Katie Balint, Brittany Swan, Tori Davis, Macie Tomson, Morgan Hammes; Fourth Row: Hannah Howe, Haley LeBlanc, Spencer Elkinton, Maureen Magana, Catie Blocker, Nicole Tempelmeyer, Kaitlyn Truesdell, Nicole Montague, Maggie Comruck; Fifth Row: Taylor Hankinson, Chanel Reiling, Taylor Vogt, Abby Lechner, Korissa Gillespie, Katie Billick, Kelsey Boss, Lauren Cox, Allison Kostusik, Lauren Kostusik; Back Row: Audri Monteith, Lynh Tran
Chapter Name: Alpha Upsilon
Founders Day: January 27, 1870
Washburn Chapter Founded: May 9, 1914
Philanthrophy: Court Appointed Special Advocates and Theta Foundation
Right: Front Row: Amanda Ahrens, Calli Hoss, Emma Jordan, BreAnn Bartlow, Kelly St. John, Kathleen Fenner; Second Row: Taylor Corwin, Katie Child, Tori Carter, Bailey Cole, Elisa Navickas, Jerilyn Barran; Third Row: Brooke Brennan, Serria Moore, Sydni Meehan, Olivia Marshall; Back Row: Rosie Henderson, Lindsey Scrivner, Jemisha Gandhi
Delta Gamma
Chapter Name: Alpha Kappa Founders Day: March 15, 1873
Washburn Chapter Founded: June 10, 1920
Philanthrophy: Service for Sight
Left Front Row: Samantha Hendren, Kara Protasio, Sarah Rush, Second Row: Laura Stadler, Evan Arnold, Laura Depke, Sarah Brummett, Courtney Koch, D’Neal Jensen, Clara Kiedrowski, Abigail Mies; Third Row: Kacie Cope, Jordan Nicholson, Abbie Boyda, Candance Gutzwiller, Jessica Cooper, Rachel Clarke, Gwen Shepler, Katelyn Zimmerman; Fourth Row: Ashley Habiger, Courtney Deneen, Bradi Jensen, Sarah Hickel, Allison Bristol, Jenna Bausch, Kyla Claiborne, Sarah Hougland; Fifth Row: Kayla Stadler, Jessica Hobson, Joanna Hayton, Ashley Haltom, Abby Habiger, Ashley Kotowske, Katie Longofer, Cassie White; Back Row: Sydney Spyres, Danae Nelson, Holly Cokeley, Christina Babcock, Jana Mekus, Sarah Press, Kolbie Gilliand, Abby Fair
Left: First Row: Sam Finley, Hayley Strutt,, Laura Highland, Jenna Frick, Dawn Jensen, Kayla Norton, Maddie Williams, Megan Plouvier, Shelby Shaw; Second Row: Brittany Schuman, Natalie Jones, Krystal Harry, Brittnee Mulford, Jordyn Buntain, Shelbie Konkel, Molly Rondeau, Lucy Hesse; Third Row: Alyssa Durkes, Haley Hanson, Kayla Johnson, Ciara Walter, Carly Wills, Rachel Prior, Alyssa Gerdes, Abby Larson; Fourth Row: Sara Peres, Krista Weishaar, Avery LaGalle, Erika Crider, Margeaux Seymour, Samantha Corber, Ali Berg, Krysta Horning, Paige Miller; Back Row: Hailey Winterburg, Randi McAfee, Allison Stanchik
Left: Audrey Pope, Porchia Brown, Chote Mitchell
Chapter Name: Alpha Mu Founders Day: October 15, 1898
Washburn Chapter Founded: March 3, 1922
Philanthrophy: Brest Cancer Awarness
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Alpha Delta
Chapter Name: Alpha Delta
Founders Day: April 25th
Washburn Chapter Founded: April 25, 1912
Philanthropy: American Diabetes Association
Left: Front Row: Kevin Knak, Zachary Phillips, Parker Gallion, Daniel Hougland.
Second Row: Hunter Showalter, Christopher Harris, Alan Long, Murry Heikes.
Back Row: Alex Stattelman, Nicholas Morse, John Lay, Brady Riekeman.
Phi Delta Theta
Chapter Name: Kansas Beta
Founders Day: December 26, 1848
Washburn Chapter Founded: 1910 Philanthropy: ALS (Lou Gehring’s Disease)
Right: Front Row: Patrick Towle, Thomas Oppic, Marcos Najera, Blake Shaffer, Juan Deras, Derek Shreve; Second Row: Christian Sauerman, Patrick Barry, Mario Garcia, Richard Kelly, Colby Swaim; Third Row: Mark Douglas, Kevin Parhomek, Neal Douglas, Mark Fellers, Daniel Gragg; Back Row: Jacob Trumble, Dyllan Calderwood, Jake Gregg, Blair Capps
Founders Day: Oct. 13, 1890
Washburn Chapter Founded: Oct. 4, 2005
Philanthropy: Jimmy V Foundation
Right: Front Row: Josh Maples, Ivan Moya, Alexander Haug, Mack Sloan, William Muldrow.
Second Row: Kyle Robinson, Richardo Leal, David Murdock, Daniel Fleming. Back Row: Joseph Spinelli, Paul Smith.
Chapter Name: Gamma Nu
Founders Day: December 10, 1869
Washburn Chapter Founded: April 30, 2011
Philanthropy: Livestrong
Left: Front Row: Benjamin Rogers, Slater Champlin, David Haase, Tyler Concannon, Anthony Ho, Zachary Willis, Micah Offerman, John Copeland; Second Row: Derek Fritz, Austin Nachbar, Stephen Moll, Michael Kitowski, Brett Johnson, Neal Dickinson, Davis Atteberry, Patrick Middendroff; Third Row: David Render, Jared Dechant, Carson Albright, Corey Riner, Spencer Colvert, Adam Fritz, Cole Edwards, Marshal Brand; Back Row: Thomas Schmackenberg, Blake Porter, Samuel Martin, Colby Taylor, Eric Benedict, Kolin Klozenbucher
Front Row: Cody Lawson, Derek Shreve, Blair Calls, Tori Carter, John Lay, Kolin Klozenbucher; Back Row: Daniel Hougland, Bryce Ruble,Branden Childers, Kyle Robinson, Kevin Knak, Anthony Ho, Gary Handy, Danuek Minton
Chapter Name: Kansas Delta
Founders Day: November 1, 1901
Washburn Chapter Founded: Febuary 2, 1951
Philanthropy:Youth Aids
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Left: Front Row: Zachary Henderson, Zachary Hill, Cody Lawson, Lukas Utz, Levi Keller, Russell Budden; Second Row: Riley Propps, Adam Teel, Adam Smith, Garrett Mazachek, Joseph Astrab, Andrew Boyce, Justin Dolsky; Back Row: Evan Bolt, Calvin Taylor Bolt, Alex Crume, Eli Johns, Daniel Minton, Braden
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Bottom: Winners of the WU
Top Left: Members of Alpha Delta take a break during the Ichabod Race to pose with Ichabod for a picture.
Top right: Ichabod stops to pose with a student during the Ichabod Race.
Middle Left: Students work hard during the WU Chef competition to complete their cake before time ran out.
Bottom Left: A member of Delta Gamma, Ashley Haltom, and Ichabod stop to take picture.
Bottom Right: This solar-system-themed cake, created by the Dancing Blues, went perfectly with the Bods in Space theme for homecoming.
winning cake of the WU Chef competition was decorated by the President’s Office.
Chef compition Cynthia Waskowiak, Rugena Hall and Ashley Altenhofen from the presidents office join Ichabod in a picture
Above: Student Media members Kayla Norton and Linnzi Fusco pose with the cake they decorated for the WU chef competition.
Homecoming Royalty
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Right Homecoming Queen Madelyne Martin, and King Bear Hollins accepted their titles during half time of the homecoming football game.
Benedict, who was nominated by Zeta Tau Alpha, enters the stadium with his father, Phillip Benedict.
Blues, took the field with her mother and father, Sandy and Bill Rollison.
Bottom Right: Jessie McGown, another Queen candidate, attends with her mother, Rhonda McGown.
Top Left: The Washburn Marching Band and Dancing Blues provided halftime entertainment during the Homecoming football game. The spooky specter was, in reality, a clever tuba player in disguise.
Left: The Dancing Blues strike a pose at the end of their homecoming dance routine.
Bottom left: King candidate Ryan Ladner and his parents, Robert and Lisa, are introduced.
Bottom Right: Michael Kitowski, King candidate, waves to the crowd as his parents, Theodore and Sheila Kitowski, look on.
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Below: Head coach Tim Collins goes over a drill during a practice earlier this fall. Collins has been WU’s coach since the program’s inception 11 years ago.
The Blues kept things close in the first half of most of their games, but wore down in the second half. Washburn’s opponents outscored the Blues 25-10 in the second half of play. The Lady Blues were outscored by their opponents 35-22 on the season. The Blues will look to build on this season’s success as they only graduate three seniors.
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Below Left: Junior midfielder Brianna Ament #19 tries to keep the ball away from a WSCU defender. Center: Junior midfielder, Danielle Curtis, crashes
an oppenent as they both chase after a long kick. Right: In the same game, junior midfielder Lara Doescher catches some air as she heads the ball to a fellow teammate.
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Right: Junior foward Kelsey Ewert gets ready to play the ball out of the air. Ewert attempted six shots in 18 matches during her junior season.
Above: Senior forward Tia Stovall looks for an open shot against Rockhurst University. Washburn lost 5-0.
Above: Junior midfielder Danielle Curtis, kicks the ball away from a Rockhurst player.
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Left: Senior midfielder Lindsey Lambert tries to control the ball as an Emporia State University player tries to stop her.
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Reaching the goal
The Lady Blues soccer team made big strides after a disappointing 2011-12 season, in which the women only won one game.
The Blues were much more competitive 2012-13 season, finishing 4-14 overall and 4-8 in MIAA play. They struggled on the road though, only winning one out of their nine games.
The Lady Blues came away with their first win of the season in a close battle with in-state rival Emporia State University.
They went on to stomp the University of Nebraska-Kearney 7-1, giving them their second win.
Washburn got final wins of the season by defeating Missouri Western State University and Lindenwood University.
Senior Tia Stovall was named second team all-MIAA for the third time in her Washburn career. Caysie Beetley and Megan Buckley were named honorable mention all-conference.
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Below: Senior forward Tia Stovall takes control. Stovall started 45 of 55 games played and was a three-time second team all-MIAA selection.
Stovall leads the way against Western State Colorado University.
led with six goals and had four assists in her final year at
Left: Senior forward Leah Talley prac tices moves on the field. Talley started 42 of 54 career matches recording 12 goals with six assists and four match-winning goals this season.
Below: Junior midfielder Danielle Curtis cuts in for the ball against a defender from WSCU.
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Left: Senior midfielder Lindsey Lambert tries to head a ball during a home game earlier this season. Lambert had one goal in the season while assisting on two others.
Above: Junior midfielder Brianna Ament battles a defender for the ball against Western State Colorado University Oct. 21.
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Front Row: Sara Specht, Brianna Ament, Danielle Curtis, Carlee Seitz, Devon Tarantino, Carly Hooker, Tia Stovall; Second Row: Terry Denker, Bailey Wobig, Taylor Mayhew, Jenna Lack, Valerie Harms, Tori Fuglister, Whitney Skinner, Leah Talley, Kaney Tyler, Tim Collins; Back Row: Lindsey Lambert, Megan Buckley, Lara Doescher, Jessica Vickers, Jenna Doran, Jenna Cunningham, Rianin Bowser, Caysie Beetley, Rachel Hansen, Kelsey Ewert. Mike Goehring
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Far Left: Sophomore defender Jessica Vickers stops a kick during the game aganist WSCU.
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Dominate the Court
The Washburn volleyball team once again proved why it was a top 10 team. Led by senior All-American Jessica Fey, the Lady Blues went 31-4.
In conference play, they were 15-2, finishing second behind the University of Nebraska-Kearney. Washburn started the season off 14-0 before losing at Nebraska-Kearney.
The Blues climbed up all the way to third in the rankings before UNK defeated them in the regular season finale, only Washburn’s second loss of the season.
Washburn hoped that the third time would be the charm, but they were
unable to get past the tough Lopers of Nebraska-Kearney, who knocked the Blues out of the Division II NCAA tournament in the first round.
Out of their four losses, three of them came at the hands of the Lopers. The other loss came in the second round of the MIAA tournament to the University of Central Missouri.
The Lady Blues wound up seventh in the final polls, making it the fourth straight year the Blues managed to finish in the top eight.
Because the Blues were so dominate, many of the under classman got to see some playing time.
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Far Right: Members of the Lady Blues volleyball team huddle up to celebrate a win.
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Above: Senior Jessica Kopp and sophomore Marissa Cox exchange handshakes during a match in Lee Arena. Cox led the team in blocks this season.
Senior Jessica Fey looks to send the ball over the net after setter Gracie Petersen lifts the ball up for Fey.
Front: Callie Lowry, Sami McHenry, Courtney Churchman, Kelsey Lewis, Gracie Peterson, Abby Wittman, Jamie Pfannenstiel. Second Row: Korie Thompson, Claire White, Rebecca Maasen, Jessica Kopp, Megan Stroyek, Hillary Hughes, No Name, Kylie Miller. Back: Taylor Pohlman, Jeri Walkowiak, Jessica Fey, Marrisa Cox, Shelby Mayer, Hannah Frierdich, head coach Chris Herron, and volunteer assistant Tessa Brophy.
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Nearly Unstoppable
Despite the early exit from the NCAA tournament, Washburn’s volleyball team was recognized for its season.
Senior middle hitter Jessica Fey was a first team Daktronics All-American Central Region Player of the year and MIAA Player of the Year.
Jessica Kopp joined Fey as memeber of the American Volleyball Coaches
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Washburn’s head coach Chris Herron talks to his team during a timeout. Herron earned his 400th career win aganist Fort Hays State Sept. 28.
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The Ichabod Offense celebrates in the endzone after a Matt Kobbeman (15) touchdown reception.
Above: Washburn’s offensive line gears up to face the Lopers of the University of Nebraska at Kearney Aug. 8.
Sophomore quarterback Mitch Duhler looks for an open teammate. Buhler threw for 1,737 yards this season.
Tackling the season
The Washburn Ichabod football team huddled to celebrate a win at Yager Stadium. The Ichabods, led by head coach Craig Schurig, struggled late in the season finishing 7-4.
The team was lead by a host of seniors including Ryan Mertz, Corey Walker, Jahmil Taylor, Jeremy Linn, Steve Dieckhaus and others. The leadership of these seniors was seen on and off the field. They were always there to support their teammates, whether it by in the classroom or on the field.
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Height: 5’ 11” Year: Junior
Junior Running Back Hayden stepped up as the No. 1 running back for the Bods, scoring eight touchdowns with 824 yards rushing.
“My passion is being able to further my education while also playing the sport I love so much . I understand not many people even attend college, so for me to be going into my senior year of school and football, I think that’s a blessing from God above. The best part of football is suiting up in the locker room. I think of my equipment as my armor. I have my cleats and my helmet my lower pads and my shoulder pads . Its like I’m preparing for war and a stadium full of people get it watch.”
The Ichabod defense tries to block a field goal attempt at Yager Stadium aganist Truman State Sep. 13.
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Striving for Excellence
After one of its best seasons in school history, the Washburn football team was able to carry some momentuem into the 2012-13 season. The Ichabods started off strong, winning their first seven of eight games. They even climbed up to No. 16 in the rankings before stumbling down the stretch.
The Bods hit a bump in the road losing their last three contests, costing them a chance to play in the post-season. Despite the disappointing finish, the team still came away with a solid 7-4 record.
The Ichabods were expected to have a drop off on the offensive side of the ball this season after losing some key players. The offense did struggle at times throughout the season, but still managed to average a respectable 29 points per game.
The offense got help from a veteran defense, which had to overcome nagging injuries, but was able to keep opponents under 30 points a game. The Ichabods will look to return many of their starts for the 2013-14 season.
Ryan Mertz, senior tight end, watches a pass go out the back of the endzone. Mertz had 298 reciving yards this season.
Above: Senior cornerback T.J. Shine looks to cut a Truman State runner. The Bods got the best of Truman State, coming away with a 35-24 victory Oct. 13.
Senior linebacker Jahmil Taylor tries to break up a pass aganist Truman State.
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Redshirt-freshman Jamie Myers tries to dodge tackles from Southwest Baptist during a punt return Sept. 29.
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Squad included Annie Christesen, Allison Hansen, Courtney Koch, Brittany Schuman, Elizabeth Shafer, Daniele Wilson, Braxton Bolden, Louie Cortez (Captain), Tralyne Gandy, Quintasia Hamilton, Baylee Kampfe, Amanda Moyer, Whitney WilliamsBey (Captain), Stacy Rottinghaus (8Captain), Dustin Smith, Easlyn Haase, Morgan Herring, Alisha Banta, and Natasha Ellis.
WU Cheerleading
During the 2012-13 season the Cheerleading squad placed first in Yell Like Hell which is a homecoming event. During the Super Bowl, ESPN visited the campus because two former Ichabods were playing in the game. The cheerleaders enjoyed being a part of this special broadcast
to support their fellow Ichabods. The squad also enjoyed traveling to Kansas City, MO to the MIAA basketball tournaments to support the Ichabods. The squad started the year off with coach Halley Godfrey and then Sherry Newell was hired in January 2013.
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Cheerleading
The cheerleaders cheered at basketball, football and other special event held on campus.
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Lady Blues MIAA Regular Season Champs
The Washburn Lady Blues had little drop off from last season. The Blues won the MIAA regular season championship outright, claiming the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament for the second-straight year.
The Blues were shut down in the second round of the MIAA tournament falling to in-state rival Emporia State University. The loss had little effect on Washburn’s seeding in the NCAA tournament. For the
second year the Lady Blues were tabbed as the best team in the region. But Emporia State pulled off the upset in the first round of the NCAA tournament, making it the second consecutive year the Hornets beat the No. 1-seeded Blues at Lee Arena.
The Lady Blues finished No. 14 in the rankings, finishing with 23-6 record while going 16-2 in MIAA play.
Front Row: Laura Kinderknecht, Sami McHenry, Haley Pfau, Stormye Everett, Casyn Buchman, Allyssa Nikkel, Dana Channel, Jordan Baldwin. Back Row: Dana Elliott, Brittney Lynch, Lavonda McCall, Laura McMullin, Bianca Fennessee, Sierra Moeller, Tiara George, Jordan Kramer
Far left: Dana Ellliott blocks out a defender on the Missouri Southern team.
Left: Senior forward Tiara George on the low back. George led the Blues in rebounding with 167, averaging six boards a game.
Above: The Lady Blues high-five Bianca Fennesse (40) as she comes to the bench.
Above: Washburn head coach Ron McHenry argues with an official over a call.
Above: Junior guard Lavonda McCall grits her teeth as she goes for a layup. McCall led the Lady Blues in steals, averaging 2.2 per game.
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The Lady Blues had to overcome loses of their top three scorers from the 2011-12 season. Ebonie Williams, Stevie Schultz, and Cassie Lombardino all graduated leaving a big void, especially on the perimeter. But the Blues stepped up as a group, led by do-it-all senior point guard Laura Kinderknecht.
Kinderknecht led the Lady Blues in scoring, averaging 14 points per game while dishing out 2.9 assists per game. Her solid play nabbed her four All-America honors. She was also named Daktron
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ics Central Region Player of the Year and MIAA Player of the Year. Kinderknecht wasn’t the only Lady Blue to receive awards.
Head coach Ron McHenry was recognized for his season and was named MIAA Coach of the Year for the fourth time.
Junior guard Lavonda McCall was named to the All-MIAA third team while senior guard/forward Dana Elliott earned honorable mention. McCall was also named to the MIAA All-Defensive team along with senior guard Stormye Everett.
Right: Senior forward Laura McMullin tries to force her way to the basket as an Emporia State defender stands her ground.
Above: Sophomore forward Brittany Lynch tries to shoot over an outstrtetched hand
Above: Sophmore guard Casyn Buchman tries to drive by a Benedictine defender Dec. 3, 2012.
Above: Sophomore guard Casyn Buchman shoots a floater as Pittsburg State defenders watch. Buchman was second leading three-point scorer on the team. Top Right (clockwise): Seniors
Laura Kinderknecht (#5), Dana Elliott (#20), Stormye Everett (#23); Sierra Moeller (#32), Tiara George (#33) and Sami McHenry (#15)
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Far Right: Junior Bianca Fennesse dribbles toward the basket while being defended.
Ichabod Basketball
The Washburn Ichabods had high expectations after a solid 2011-12 season which they won the MIAA tournament.
The Bods returned most of its team from the last season, but failed to find consistency throughout the season.
Washburn started off 7-0 and claimed the No. 2 spot in the national rankings before losing to Newman University out of Wichita.
Things got rocky for the Ichabods who could never find their groove
after their loss to Newman. They still managed to claim the No. 3-seed in the MIAA tournament after going 12-6 in conference play. But the Bods were ousted in the second round of the MIAA tournament by the University of Central Oklahoma.
The loss cost the Ichabods a chance in the NCAA tournament since they were ninth going into the final regional rankings, and only the top eight teams receive a berth to the national tournament.
Front Row: Khai Hutchinson, Dalton Abel, Will McNeill, Martin Mitchell, Jared Henry, Bryce Simons, Kyle Wiggins; Back Row: Christian Ulsaker, Alex North, Joseph Smith, Bobby Chipman, Zack Riggins, Evan Robinson, Leon Flowers, Colton Anderson
Sophomore guard Kyle Wiggins looks to lay it up. Wiggins stepped up as the fifth starter for much of the 2012-13 season, averaging eight points a game.
Left: Senior forward Joseph Smith shoots over defenders during a home game against Central Missouri in Lee Arena.
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Above: Senior guard Will McNeill focuses as he gets ready to shoot a free throw.
Above: The Washburn bench cheers on their teammates as they get ready to celebrate as the team closes in on a win.
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Seniors Provide Leadership
The Ichabods finished the 2012-13 season with a 19-8 record. The Bods played well at home, going 11-2 at Schendel Court in Lee Arena. Washburn was less fortunate on the road, only winning six out of its eleven games away from the confines of Lee Arena.
Despite their struggles on the road and their early exit from the MIAA tournament, the Ichabods turned some heads.
Senior shooting guard Will McNeill laid claim to MIAA Player of the Year while also being tabbed an All-American
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Backcourt mate, senior Martin Mitchell, was an All-MIAA third-team selection.
Senior forward Bobby Chipman made All-MIAA honorable mention and joined McNeill on the All-MIAA Defensive squad.
Washburn will have some new faces for the 2013-14 season after losing a bulk of its team to graduation. Seniors included McNeill (#10), Mitchell (#12), Chipman (#20), forward Joseph Smith (#21) and forward Zack Riggins (#24).
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Martin Mitchell blows by a defender on his way to the rim.
Micthell averaged 13.4 points per game.
Above: Sophomore guard, Kyle Wiggins, shoots a jumper during the game against the University of Central Missouri.
The Bods won 95-78.
Above: Junior guard Jared Henry hustles back to play defense after hitting a shot.
Above: Senior Bobby Chipman goes up for a shot during the Pittsburg State University game. Chipman lead the team in rebounds during his senior year. Winter Athletics
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Far Right: Senior guard Will McNeill goes up for a two handed dunk aganist
Fort Hays State University.
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Lady Blues Tennis Starts Fresh
The 2012-13 season for the Washburn Lady Blues’ tennis team was a trial by fire. After graduating virtually its entire starting team from last season, the Lady Blues were forced to play mostly underclassmen this season.
The young, inexperienced Lady Blues started off the spring rocky, getting out to a 0-10 start before getting their first win at Lincoln University. Washburn managed to muster up a three-game win streak en route to a more acceptable
6-16 record overall, going 4-7 in MIAA play.
Although it was a rough season, Washburn did have two players make All-MIAA. Junior Sophie O’Neill and sophomore Casyn Buchman were All-MIAA honorable mention selections in No. 2 doubles. Buchman, who missed the first few matches because she was playing for the Lady Blues’ basketball team, was named team MVP. Buchman went 12-6 in singles play and 16-8 in double play.
Left: Freshman Nzingha Banks grimmaces as she hits a forehand during a home match at the Washburn Tennis Complex.
Above: Freshman Kirsten Holle gets ready to serve. Holle had a 3-23 record in singles play, mostly competing in No. 3 and No. 4 singles during the 20122013 season. season.
Above: Freshman Ashlynn Sutton chases down the ball to volley it back.
Above: Freshman Jodie Blackim gets ready to send the ball over the net as her doubles partner Kirsten Holle backs her up. Blackim and Holle had a 12-10 record at No. 1 doubles.
Front Row: Sophie O’Neill, Bailey Schartz, Lexis Hibbs, Rachael Hageman, Gwen Shepler
Back Row: Assistant Coach Jamie Blackim, Jodie Blackim, Nzingha Banks, Kirsten Holle, Ashlynn Sutton, Head Coach Dave Alden
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Far Left: Sophomore Casyn Buchman focuses on the ball she gears up for a backhand.
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Ichabod Tennis Finishes Strong
The veteran Washburn Ichabods tennis team looked like they weren’t going to meet high expectations after starting 1-3, but the Bods rallied back with a five game win streak.
The Ichabods finished with a 13-8 record, going 5-1 in MIAA play. Washburn finished third in the MIAA tournament after losing their first round match to Southwest Baptist.
The Bods redeemed themselves in
the third-place match, defeating the University of Nebraska-Kearney 5-2.
The Ichabods finished third in the Central Region and advanced into the NCAA tournament.
The Bods fell to No. 22-ranked Northwest Missouri State, who won the MIAA championship, 5-1 bringing their season to a close.
Right: Junior Pascal Laucht follows through after sending the ball back over.
Above: Junior Chance Joost takes a deep breath as he gets ready to hit a forehand. Joost was selected team MVP.
Above: Junior Steven Fletcher brings his hands back as he preapres to backhand the ball.
Above: Freshman Thilo Schlenker tries to get his body in position as the ball comes across the net. Schlenker joined the team this spring from Germany and went 8-12 in singles play while going 5-13 in doubles play this season.
Front Row: Jacob Long, Pascal Laucht, Jacob Mishkin, Chance Joost, Chris Helt: Back Row: Head Coach Dave Alden, Bobby Florence, Arek Kozaczuk, Tyler Nelson, Dario Munoz-Poletti, Steven Fletcher
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Far right: Junior Arek Kozaczuk braces himself as he hits a backhand.
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Bods Bogey Tourney
The Washburn University golfers ended their 2012-13 season on a high note, tying in 11th place overall in the NCAA Midwest/Central Super Region in Kenosha, Wis.
Compared to last season, the Ichabods made an improvement as the 2011-12 team finished in 15th place at the NCAA National Championship.
Trey Siegel, a redshirt freshman, received the Ichabods’ golf MVP as his stroke average for
the season was the lowest on the team with a 74.12 average. He recorded seven top-ten finishes and three top-five finishes this season.
Jeff Stromgren, the new head coach for the Ichabods golf team, is also a former high school golf coach for Washburn Rural in Topeka, Kan., and a Washburn alumnus.
After losing several seniors in 2011-12, the team looks to keep growing and improving for next season.
On May 6-8 tied 80th place, shooting 230, which would be 14 over
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On May 6-8 he got 221, five over par and tied 24th place.
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Jeff Stromgren, former head coach at Washburn Rural High School from 1993-2012, is a
1979 graduate of Washburn with a bachelor’s degree in education.
He played basketball and golf for the Ichabods from
On May 6-8 he got 9th place, the highest out of his whole team, with a birdie of 215, or one stroke under par.
1977-79, and was the basketball team MVP in 1978-79.
Stromgren replaces Doug Hamilton, who coached 10 years at Washburn.
The last time he was in a tournament was the 63rd SoCel Intercollegiate Champships, and he placed 66th place.
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Front Row: Jeff Stromgren head coach , Trey Siegel - redshirt freshman, Tyler Wright - redshirt freshman, Sam Schulte - senior, Kurt Walker - freshman; Back Row: Ronnie McHenry - freshman, Blake Porter - freshman, Brady Buxman - freshman, Brian Walker - senior, Nathan Hoefflin - senior
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Lady Blues Softball
Above: Senior Shelby Erickson prepares to catch the ball at first base to score an out.
Above: The Washburn Softball team looks on as their teammates go up to bat. The Lady Blues went 13-33 this season.
Front Row: Katie Schroeder, Lauren Byrn, Mallorie Monhollon, Leah Garland, Shelby Erickson, Marina Quimby, Kayla Oldham, Skyler Gentry. Back Row: Alex Zordel, Kristen Bell, Haylee Marsteller, Lauren Thimmesch, Amanda Kirkhart, Deidra Jones, Tori Gloudeman.
Below Left: Sophomore Deidra Jones throws the ball in from the outfield.
Below Right: Coach Vanessa Becerra gives high fives as the Lady Blues come into the dugout.
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Far Right: Sophomore Pitcher Lauren Thimmesch throws out a pitch.
Right: Junior, second baseman Katie Schroeder throws home for an out.
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Lady Blues place 3 on MIAA Squad
The Lady Blues placed three players on the MIAA squad during the 2013 season.
The second team selections included senior Alex Zordel and sophomore Deidra Jones. Katie Schroeder was a honorable mention selection.
Zordel was a four year member of Lady Blues. She had eight home runs and scored 23 runs this season.
Jones lead the team with a .417 batting average. She has 10 doubles, 22 RBI, and scored 24 runs.
Schroeder was a honorable mention pick for the second straight year. She was hit by a pitch 12 times which was the 12th in the national ranking.
The Lady Blues finished the year with a 13-33 record overall and with a 9-19 record in the MIAA conference.
Sophomore Lauren Thimmesch, prepares to throw a strike. She had 7 strikeouts on April 13 against Lindenwood.
swings and hits the ball and runs for first. Zordel was a MIAA second team selection for third base. She finished second on the team with a .383 batting average and led the team with 49 hits and 37 RBI. During her four-year career with the Lady Blues, Zordel had 30 home runs and 111 RBI.
Junior second baseman, Katie Schroeder stands at home plate.
was a MIAA honorable mention selection for the second straight year.
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Baseball strikes back
The baseball team finished strong with two wins to end the season. The Ichabods beat Lindenwood University 10-9 and Rockhurst University,17-8.
Their last game was the highest scoring game for the Ichabods and a great way to end the season.
Washburn hit 20 triples over the season and was fifth in the nation in total triples. The team finished 1133 overall.
Washburn’s head baseball coach, Steve Anson, is the winningest active coach in the MIAA, after winning his 800th win last season. This was his 33th season as head coach for the baseball team.
Taylor Gentry, Taylor Herrington and Parker Gibson earned honor-
able mention for the MIAA all-conference team.
Gentry led the Washburn pitching staff with a 4.20 ERA. Opponents batted .192 against him this year and he struck out 37 batters. Gibson, Washburn’s center fielder, was the only Ichabod to start all 44 games.
He batted .308 and scored four home runs. Herrington batted .345 as an infielder and led the team with 35 runs scored.
Above: Steve Anson, head baseball coach, is in his 33rd season and is also the winningest coach in the team’s history.
Above: An Ichabod attempts to steal second during a home game against Fort Hays. Washburn lost the series 3-5 and 2-14.
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Above: Head Coach Steve Anson talks to his defense team before the next inning.
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Right: Senior pitcher Brad Alberts runs to the next base.
Far Right: Freshman Pitcher John Stoothoff gets ready to bat.
Junior pitcher Eric Schmid on the mound at Falley Field.
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Above: Richard Swan runs after hitting a baseball. Swan had three doubles against Central Oklahoma and scored three times against Lindenwood University this season.
Right: Junior Pitchers Taylor Gentry, throws a pitch. Gentry struck out seven Central Oklahoma players in a single game.
Left: Brad Alberts prepares for the pitch on a sunny afternoon. Alberts batted an average of .291and had 25
Left: #26 Brad Alberts claps hands with teammates, #11 J.D. Garetson, Infielder, #12 Sean Dalton, Infielder/RightHanded Pitcher.
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Right: Taylor Herrington throws the ball to first base. Herrington had eight triples throughout the season to help the Ichabods get 20 total triples.
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Left: Sophomore Connor Crimmins goes to bat. Crimmins had .252 batting average this season.
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Graduation
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Law Business
Far Left: Law students gather for a photo opportunity before their graduation ceremony.
Left: Two students stop for a picture while waiting to walk across the stage.
Kathleen Brown
Bachelor
Cornelia Campbell
Master of Science in Nursing
Maria Cangiani
Master of Science in Nursing
Taylor Cantillon
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Jill Collins
Master of Science in Nursing
Jonathan Dageforde
Bachelor of Science in Nursing Kaylie Decker
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Brenna Dipman
Bachelor
Jayne Dowell
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Jennifer Wllifritt
Master of Science in Nursing
Holli Erickson
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Joshus Farmer
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
MaryAnna Foreman
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Louisa Golay
Master of Science in Nursing
Andrea Hale
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Naomi Heyns
Bachelor of Science in Nursing Tracy Hill
Master of Science in Nursing
Anastasia Hurtado
Bachelor of Science in
Roxy Johanning
Master
Theresa Keehn
Bachelor of Science in
Stephanie Kimbrel
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Jaimee King
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Mollie Lacy
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Jana Latendresse
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Ezgi Gulec is all smiles as she earns her associate of arts degree.
Members of the faculty particpate in every commencement ceremony.
Assistant professor Bassima Schbley, social work, stands with Lecturer Yvette Jenkins, education, and Judy McConnell-Farmer, professor of education.
Kendra Leddy
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Mirian Loganbill
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Cassondra Lombardino
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Ashley Magana-Garcia
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Emilie Masterson
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Whitney Miller
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Meloni Montgomery
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Krystal Morris
Master of Science in Nursing
Christie Mull
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
NIcholas Mull
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Shawn Muller
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Stephanie Mundy
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Cecilia Nwakpuda
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Samantha Olberding
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Courtney Olson
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Erica Pfeifer
Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Applied Studies
Arts & Sciences
All Smiles. On the right, an exicted graduate, Jarrod Cullan with a Bachelors of Arts and Science, smiles big for the camera right before walking across the stage.
Right: A graduting student poses with her professor after receving her diploma.
Sarah Shoemaker
Bachelor of Legal Studies
Maggie Sigler
Bachelor of Legal Studies
Emily Simons
Bachelor of Arts Kyle Sipe
Bachelor of Arts
Samantha Smith
Associate of Arts
Celsie Sneden
Bachelor of Arts
Tom Spresser
Erin Stapel
Stacy Thowe
Bachelor of Arts
Carrie Tinsley
Bachelor of
Amanda Troutman
Bachelor of Science
Bernard Tuck
Bachelor of
Elizabeth Urein
Bachelor of
Courtney Wallman
Bachelor of
Kelci Wigger
Sarah Williams
Bachelor of Arts
Briana Wilson
Associate of Arts
Jared Wilson
Bachelor of
Bryce Wood
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Washburn Student Government Association President Eric Benedict welcomed the graduates and their families. Washburn President, Jerry Farley, shared his remarks, followed by John Haverty, president of the Washburn Alumni Association. Xin Jiang, who earned a bachelor’s of business administration degree in spring 2012, was awarded the prestigious Sibberson Award during the ceremony, too. The deans of the various academic units presented graduates with diplomas as they walked across the stage.
Eager students participate in commencement. Fall Commencement was Friday, Dec. 14 in Lee Arena. More than 250 students from the College of Arts and Sciences, School of Applied Studies, School of Business, School of Law and School of Nursing celebrated their Washburn experience.
Ursula Jander, associate professor emeritus biology, leads the faculty processional. The faculty lined up on either side of the aisle as graduates walked into the arena looking for familiar faces.
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Jones honored by Department of Justice
Rebekah Jones, a master of social work student at Washburn University, received the Professional Innovation in Victim Services Award in 2013 from the U.S. Department of Justice for developing a program with Kent Miller for the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation called Tribal Victim Services. This award is given to organizations or individuals who helped to expand the reach of victims’ rights and services.
“We are so humbled to even be nominated, but thrilled to have won this award,” said Jones.
Attorney General Eric Holder, on behalf of the Department of Justice, presented the award.
“Those committed individuals are being honored for their dedication to assisting and supporting victims of crime all across the country,” said Holder. “Their actions inspire all Americans, to do what we can, each in our own way,
to help lessen the physical, emotional and financial impacts of crime on people in our communities.”
The Tribal Victims Program, created by Jones and Miller in 2006, developed a program to encourage cultural healing through art to assist tribal crime victims in sharing their experiences, thoughts and fears. They also created an artistic “tree” for healing called the Community Story Tree Project,
which consists of 72 canvas panels representing the community’s hopes and dreams for tribal families, survivors, children, service providers, professional elders and tribal leaders.
Some of the services provided include counseling, emergency assistance, criminal justice process information and court accompaniment.
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MSW Student Sarah Ruiz Published in Journal
In 2013, Sarah Ruiz, a physical therapist who is working on her masters degree in social work, wrote a manuscript that was accepted for publication in the Journal of Physical Therapy. The Journal of Physical Therapy is an internationally peer-reviewed openaccess scholarly journal, dedicated to the physical therapy profession. Ruiz’s manuscript is called “The Cyclical Patient in Physical Therapy: Addressing the Psychosocial Context for Holistic Treatment.” Ruiz’s article was co-authored by James Smith, professor in social work.
Under Smith’s guidance in an independent study, Ruiz conducted a research project with some of her physical therapy patients. Her research was so exceptional and had relevance to the social work
practice, that Smith mentored Ruiz while they turned her research into a published article. Her research, called “The Relationship between Physical Illness and Emotions: An Exploratory Conceptualization of a Medical Model for Holistic Health and Wellness in Society,” will also be accepted at the fourth annual International Conference on Health, Wellness and Society, which will be held in March 2014, at the University of British Columbia.
In June 2013, Smith presented an article titled “MultiCultural Competence in Social Work Practice: A Paradigm for Standards in a Global Competency Model,” at the 13th International Conference on Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations, at Charles Darwin University in Darwin, Australia.
Respiratory Therapy Serve in Screenings
Six students in the Washburn University Respiratory Therapy program and their program director traveled to Manhattan, Kan., last fall to help the Anthony Bates Foundation provide free heart screenings. Anthony Bates was a Kansas State football player who died in 2000 at age 20 after a routine morning practice. After his death it was discovered that he had an enlarged heart. His condition, Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy, may have been detectible with a screening and could have been treated. “It was a really good cause,” said Desiree Heinemann, one of the Washburn students who volunteered at the screening event. “I really feel all universities should do something like this.” After Anthony’s death, his mother, Sharon Bates, started a foundation in her son’s memory with the goal of stopping preventable hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
deaths by providing free heart screenings to athletes. According to the foundation, athletes with undetected heart conditions such as HCM are at risk because exertion during exercise and the transition in the cool-down phase can cause sudden cardiac arrest.
On Sept. 16, the Washburn students helped provide electrocardiograms,orEKGs,toabout300KansasState University students: student athletes, cheerleaders and marching band members. Participating Washburn students were Renae Hagemann, Haylee Nguyen, Melanie Calkins, Ashley Smith, Donni Yoder and Heinemann. Respiratory students “Study to Serve”.
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New Masters Program Started
The Master of Arts in Human Services Degree Program at Washburn University was approved in the summer of 2012 by the Kansas Board of Regents. The Master of Arts in Human Services, with the emphasis in Addiction Counseling, is approved by the Kansas Behavioral Services Regulatory Board to provide the educational curriculum that is now required in order to become a Licensed Clinical Addiction Counselor.
This Master of Arts program is the first for the Human Services department, and is going into its second year. It is a two-year program and can be taken online. There were 10 students
enrolled in 2012, and 10 that are currently enrolled.
“This program is designed for students to become licensed addiction counselors,” said Iris Wilkinson, coordinator and associate professor of Human Services.
The program prepares students for teaching positions in community colleges and for further graduate study. Upon completion students can work at treatment centers. The course work emphasizes the application of theory and research to the delivery of human services with an emphasis in addiction counseling.
The course scheduling and delivery methods
for this program are flexible. They are designed to meet the scheduling needs of students and include online and short courses, such as weekend workshops. The BSRB requires that at least two of the skills courses (such as individual counseling, group counseling, an/or the two practicum seminars), be taken as face-to-face courses at the physical location of the institution.
The minimum standard for admission into the masters program is the completion of a bachelors in either Human Services, or in a related field, such as Psychology, Social Work or Nursing, with an overall GPA of 3.0.
Wilkinson’s goal as coordinator is getting the word out about the program. “There is a good solid class of students. It’s all been word of mouth,” said Wilkinson.
In the master’s program, Wilkinson teaches three courses: Integrated Human Services, Group Counseling and Individual Counseling.
OTA opportunities plentiful and varied
The Occupational Therapy Program in the School of Applied Studies will expand the Allied Health Department programming with a dynamic profession that is much needed in northeast Kansas.
“St. Francis Health Center approached the School of Applied Studies Alllied Health Department about launching an occupational therapy assistant program because of the need for these medical professionals,” said Janice Bacon, program director. The university was happy to respond to community needs and expand its degree offerings to compliment other department programs.
The two-year associate degree program
accepted its first class in the summer of 2010 and graduated May of 2012. The Occupational Therapy Assistant Program graduated its fourth class in the summer of 2013. Students are not only provided with classroom and laboratory experiences, but also opportunities to develop skills and knowledge in the clinical settings.
“Occupational therapy is science-driven, evidence-based profession enabling people of all ages to live life to its fullest by helping them promote health and prevent - or live better withillness, injury or disablility,” said Bacon.
Occupational therapy assistants, under the supervision of an occupational therapist, make it possible for people to achieve independence and to
enjoy life at its fullest. An occupational therapy assistant will make a difference in the ability to improve the lives of people, from newborns to the elderly.
“We stimulate the patients through therapy, and you have to be creative,” said Bacon. “Addressing the emotional aspect of treatment is part of our job.” Graduates of the Occupational Therapy Assistant program will have numerous career opportunities and choices, including helping children thrive in the “occupations” of childhood: learning
disabilities, behavioral problems, cerebral palsy or Down Syndrome.
Occupational therapy assistants also work with individuals in their homes, community centers, rehabilitation hospitals and nursing homes. In these settings, they help people with traumatic injuries, strokes, Alzheimer’s disease or mental health problems, learn to live productive lives through the use of meaningful occupations.
Laying down the Law
James M. Concannon was the 2013 recipient of the Senator Robert J. Dole Professorship.
In February, Washburn Law School established a new center for Oil and Gas Law, bringing the total number of Centers of Excellence to five.
Washburn is the only law school in the nation to have an exclusive Oil and Gas Law center.
The five Centers of Excellence are:
Business and Transitional Law
Children and Family Law Center
Center for Excellence in Advocacy
Center for Law and Government Oil and Gas Law Center
National Recognitions for the School of Law for 2013 were:
Legal Analysis Research and Writing was ranked 11th best in the nation out of 200 law schools by U.S. News
“Legal writing is one of the most important traits a lawyer can develop so we are very proud of that ranking,” said Thomas Romig, dean of Washburn Law.
The Washburn Law Library was ranked 19th in the nation by the Natural Jurist.
Linda Elrod is the 2013 recipient for The Richard S. Righter Distinguished Professorship
Washburn Law was named in the top 20 law schools in the nation for government jobs and in the top 20 for producing prosecutors and defenders.
WU continued its partnership with the Republic of Georgia.
David Pierce received an endowment chair from the Norman R. Pozez Chair in Business and Transactional Law.
Bill Rich received an endowment chair from the James Ahrens Chair of Constitutional Law for 2013
Amy Westbrook is the 2013 recipient for the Kurt M. Sager Memorial Distinguished Professorship of International and Commercial Law
Faculty Recognition
School awards honorary degree
Looking up from the bottom of the steps, Stan Sager wondered how in the world he would ever get in. Medically discharged from the Navy after contracting paralytic polio during the Korean War, Sager knew that there was yet more he could do with the rest of his life.
Deciding on law school, he wrote his alma mater where he had graduated with honors. they had no accomodations for a wheelchair bound student and he was turned away.
A friend suggested Washburn Law. The dean at that time, Schuyler Jackson, eagerly accepted Sager despite his disability. On his first day, Sager was hesitant as he approached the steps. They appeared much higher than the school that had turned him away.
Soon a white-haired gentleman peeked out the door, turned around and whistled. To Sager’s
surprise, four big healthy individuals picked him up and carried him into the building. Every day thereafter, for his first year of law school, Sager was carried into class.
This is just one of the many examples indicative of the heart and atttitude of Washburn Law.
Sager finished law school on crutches, graduating from Washburn Law in 1958 with Dean’s honors. This spring, Sager received an honorary doctrate of law at Washburn’s 2013 commencement ceremony.
Stan Sager and his wife, estabolished the Kurt M. Sager Memorial Professorship, named for his son, who had studied International and Commercial Law at Washburn University. Washburn Law professor Amy Westbrook is this year’s honored recipient.
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The Washburn School of Law honored Stan Sager with an honorary law degree.
Photo courtesy of the School of Law
Spring 2013 School of Law Graduation
On Saturday, May 11, Washburn University School of Law held its 108th commencement ceremony at the Petro Allied Health Center.
The graduating class votes every academic year to honor a faculty member as the William O. Douglas Outstanding Professor of the Year, and to honor an adjunct professor for dedication to the law school.
This year, Will Foster was named William O. Douglas Outstanding Professor and The Honorable C. William “Bill” Ossmann was named Selected Professor of the Year.
This year’s commencement speaker, Stanley C. Stager, is a 1958 Dean’s honor graduate from Washburn University. Stager was also a recipient of the Honorary Doctor of Law.
Students earned their Juris Doctor, which is the first earned law degree indicating graduation from a law school with two to three years of postbaccalaureate study.
Several students earned certificates in addition to their
J.D. The certificates that may be earned are Advocacy, Business and Transactional Law, Estate Planning, Family Law, International and Comparative Law, Law and Government, Natural Resources Law, Oil and Gas Law (which was just added in 2013), and Tax Law.
Students who completed 50 hours of pro bono service received Pro Bono Honors. Recipients were Jordan Ashleigh Bickford Blair, Daniel Spencer Creitz, Marissa Marcene Frederick, Jerald Von Johnson, Taryn Alexandra Locke, and Carly Eileen McPeak.
Distinguished Pro Bono Honors were received by those who completed 100 hours of pro bono service. Recipients were Benjamin Robert Bowman, Jonathan R. Myers, Stephanie Ann Randall, Elizabeth Stuewe, and Alisha Udhwani.
Washburn Law opened its doors to its first students in 1903. Since then the law
school has graduated some of the finest law professionals in the country. Washburn Law School alumni, now totaling 7,065, live in all 50 states, including the District of Columbia, and several foreign countries.
“Looking back on it, my three years at Washburn Law FLEW by! I enjoyed not only being challenged academically, but the chance to grow as an individual, and to make great relationships with friends and future colleagues! Between my undergraduate career and my time at Washburn Law, I am extremely grateful for the opportunities that Washburn gave me over the past seven years,” said Angel Romero Jr., Topeka.
Romero received his J.D. and a certificate in Law and Government this year.
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Staff 2013
Mallory Luney Editor In Chief
Jessie Salmons Page Designer
Linnzi Fusco Photo Editor
Bradley Parrales Assistant Editor
Brian Cervantez Assistant Editor
Luke Warnken Sports Editor
Michelle Boltz Copy Editor
Farai Harreld News Editor
Colophon
The 2013 Kaw Yearbook was created by Student Media at Washburn University and was published by Herff Jones with representatives Barry MacCallum and Kristi Templeton.
This is the first all color yearbook for Washburn University.
Photography
The majority of the photos were taken with a Canon Rebel, Canon 40D, Canon Rebel XT, and a Nikon D90. Grad Images was contracted for the graduation photos and student Mike Goehring shot the portraits.
Cover Design
The cover was designed by Kelsey Wagers, graphic designer for the Kaw Yearbook.
Fonts
All Body copy is 11-point Verona-Regular with13.2 leading. All captions are 10-point Verona Regular with 12 leading. All photo credits are 10-point AHJ Function. All bylines are 10-point AHJ Function. The divider fonts are Grilled Cheese. Headlines fonts include Cracked House, and AHJ Function.
Production
The 2013 Kaw Yearbook was produced on Macintosh computers using Adobe InDesign CS6, Adobe Photoshop CS6, Adobe Illustrator CS6 and Microsoft Word.
Contributors
Lauren Doherty, AJ Dome, Andrew Escandon, Mike Goehring, Caroline Hau, Abby Mies, Ivan Moya, Jullian Mullican, Amanda Naverud, Kayla Norton, Sophie O’Neill, Fatima Oubaid, Rodolfo Parisi, Tricia Peterson, Kara Protasio, Brooke Rolinson, Nicole Stormann, Katty Vasquez, Jake Wingo, Lynda Zook
Special Thanks
President Jerry B. Farley, Gene Cassell, Regina Cassell, Peggy Clark, Laurie Mersmann, The Review Staff, and the Board of Student Media.
Copyright
The Kaw has been the official yearbook of Washburn University for 108 years. Copyright 2013, the Kaw Yearbook Staff and Washburn University. All Rights Reserved.
