2012-16 FLC Strategic Plan: preparing for tomorrow’s skyhawks
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Features The FLC Road Map
The next strategic plan begins to take shape. by Mitch Davis
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The Case for a College Education (and FLC)
The facts still weigh heavily in favor of a college degree. by Mitch Davis
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What’s That? Up in the Sky?
FLC joins international project to track orbital objects. by Mitch Davis
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Announcements Sports
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Announcements Environmental Center Waste Audit For the past two years the Fort Lewis College Environmental Center has performed a waste audit of campus. The audit consists of sorting through the campus’ trash and separating out the refuse to get a better idea of what we’re throwing away and how much of it shouldn’t be thrown away, but recycled or composted instead.
Above are the results of the 2011 waste audit, compared with the results from 2010.
Benefit Open Enrollment Information
November is the month for Benefit Open Enrollment. This is your opportunity to make changes to your benefit elections, which will go into effect in January. Health insurance premiums for 2012 will increase about 10% (there are no changes to dental, vision or LTD premiums). The 10% increase is well below the national trend of 14.4% but is higher than the 8% increase we experienced last year. There will also be plan changes for the upcoming year: • The Blue Advantage/Point of Service Plan will have an increase in the copayments to physicians (from $15/visit to $20/visit) and outpatient ambulatory surgery will increase from $75/procedure to $85/procedure. • The Prime Plan will have an increase in both the In-Network and Out of Network deductibles. The new individual In-Network deductible will be $400 and the Out of Network deductible will go up to $960. The family deductibles will rise to $800 and $1,920 respectively. Over the last 10 years, national healthcare costs have increased at nearly 1.5 times faster than wages, and that trend is not expected to change. The CHEIBA trustees were faced with difficult decisions this year regarding the balance between costs and plan design. The opportunity to affect that balance is also limited by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA—also known as the Healthcare Reform Act). With those factors in place, CHEIBA tried to minimize the necessary costs and plan changes, with the hope of still offering a strong value. If you are making any changes they must be submitted to Human Resources no later than 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, November 30th.
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Messenger
November 2011 Editor Mitch Davis Messenger is published for the faculty and staff of Fort Lewis College and is produced by the Public Affairs Office. To submit an idea please contact Mitch Davis at 970-2477401 or davis_m@fortlewis.edu. Please submit ideas by the 15th of the month prior to desired publication date. Fort Lewis College Public Affairs Office 1000 Rim Dr. Durango, CO 81301 970-247-7401 davis_m@fortlewis.edu
Announcements Congratulations to…
The Office of Sponsored Research and Federal Relations would like to congratulate the following FLC faculty and staff members who have received external funding in 2010-11: William Ball, Web/Database Manager, Office of Community Services, “Region 9 GIS Initiative,” $31,356 contract with the town of Bayfield for one year. Yvonne Bilinski, Director, Native American Center, “Retention Program Through Support,” $120,000 grant funded by the John and Sophie Ottens Foundation for one year. Maureen Brandon, Dean, Natural and Behavioral Sciences, “Monte Helm Sabbatical,” $85,457 contract with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory for one year. Sherell Byrd, Professor, Biology and Agriculture, “Indicators of Insulin Resistance in Native American College Students,” $2,215 grant funded by the Ballantine Family Fund for one year. Sherell Byrd, Professor, Biology and Agriculture, “Honoring the Sacred Trust Phase II: Increasing Capacity to Serve Native American Students,” $1,999,999 grant funded by the U.S. Department of Education for five years. Mona Charles, Research Associate / Instructor, Anthropology, “Small Area Survey of Aspaas Ranch, LLC,” $9,985 grant funded by the Colorado State Historical Fund for 15 months. Jane Cobb, Registered Nurse, Health Center, “FLC Health Center Grant,” $5,000 grant funded by the Coutts and Clark Western Foundation for one year. Marya Corrigan, Director, TRIO Upward Bound, “FLC Outward Bound 2010 Summer Food Services Program,” $5,331 grant funded by the Colorado Department of Education Summer Food Services program for two months.
Kristin D’Acquisto, Coordinator, Student Wellness, “Community Engagement for Tobacco-Free Colorado Communities,” $1,233 grant funded by the Colorado Dept of Public Health & Environment for six months. Kristin D’Acquisto, Coordinator, Student Wellness, “Impaired Driving Prevention,” $1,900 grant funded by the BACCHUS Network for one year. Kristin D’Acquisto, Coordinator, Student Wellness, “State Tobacco Education Prevention Program,” $7,000 grant funded by San Juan Basin Health Department for eight months. Gigi Duthie, Director, Continuing Education, “Nonprofit Management Certificate Program Student Scholarships,” $5,000 grant funded by the Colorado Department of Higher Education for nine months. Crystal Fankhauser, Campus Coordinator, Daniels Scholar Success Program, “Daniels Scholar Success Program,” $2,000 grant funded by the Daniels Fund for one year. Nathan Guss, Assistant Professor, Modern Languages, “Fort Lewis College French Film Festival,” $1,800 grant funded by the French American Cultural Exchange (FACE) for one year. Ryan Haaland, Professor, Physics / Engineering, “Sprite 2010 Observation Campaign (CEDAR Sprite),” $8,000 grant funded by the National Science Foundation via U of Alaska, Geophysical Institute for three months. Ryan Haaland, Professor, Physics / Engineering, “Sprite Observation and Analysis for USAFA/ SPARC,” $24,000 grant funded by the U.S. Department of Defense, Airforce Academy for three years. Charles Hakes, Assistant Professor, Physics / Engineering, “Colorado Space Grant,” $20,000 grant funded by NASA for one year.
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Announcements Kimberly Hannula, Associate Professor, Geosciences, “Collaborative Research: Four Corners Undergraduate STEM Success (FOCUSS),” $599,2150 grant funded by the National Science Foundation for five years. Marianne Hardy, Director, TRIO Talent Search, “Talent Search Program,” $1,459,295 grant funded by the U.S. Department of Education for five years. Marianne Hardy, Director, TRIO Talent Search, “ETS Achievement Award,” $1,000 grant funded by the Ballantine Family Fund for one year. Monte Helm, Associate Professor, Chemistry, “Sabbatical Research: Proton Reduction Electrocatalysis,” $25,118 grant funded by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory for eight months. Robert Hoffman, Head Men’s Basketball Coach, Athletics, “Men’s Basketball Pgm,” $242,000 grant funded by the Boedecker Foundation for one year. Ginny Hutchins, Associate Professor, Biology and Agriculture, “CREATE Health Program,” $4,750 grant funded by the Area Health Education Centers (AHEC) of Colorado for one year. Marcie Jung, Assistant Professor, Exercise Science / Women’s Studies, “La Plata County Women’s Health Research,” $1,000 grant funded by the Ballantine Family Fund for one year. Scott Kadera, Publicity Director, Theatre, “FLC Theatre Dept Fundraising Campaign,” $5,000 grant funded by the Gay & Lesbian Fund for Colorado for one year. Joe Keck, Director, Small Business Development Center, “OEDIT,” $79,000 contract with the State of Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade for one year. Joe Keck, Director, Small Business Development Center, “La Plata County SBDC Funding,” $4,500 contract with La Plata County for one year.
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Julie Korb, Associate Professor, Biology and Agriculture, “Plant Community Responses to the Coupled Effects of Dust on Snow and Warming in Alpine Environments,” $4,988 grant from the Ecological Society of America SEEDS Western Sustainable Communities Project for eight months. Beth LaShell, Visiting Instructor, Biology and Agriculture, “Managing Risk with Food Safety Education and Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) Implementation,” $34,082 grant funded by the Western Center for Risk Management Education for one year. Charles Leslie, Director, Community Concert Hall, “Colorado Creates 2011-2012,” $8,500 grant funded by Colorado Creative Industries for one year. Bryant Liggett, Station Manager, KDUR, “LPEA Roundup,” $500 grant funded by the La Plata Electric Association Round-Up program for one year. Bryant Liggett, Station Manager, KDUR, “Public Broadcasting Grant,” $1,000 grant funded by the Gay and Lesbian Fund for Colorado for one year. Bryant Liggett, Station Manager, KDUR, “El Pomar Grant,” $1,500 grant funded by the El Pomar Foundation for one year. Bryant Liggett, Station Manager, KDUR, “Rural Listener Access Initiative Fund (RLAIF),” $34,737 grant funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting for one year. Don May, Professor, Physics / Engineering, “Colorado Alliance for Minority Participation,” $315,000 grant funded by the National Science Foundation / Colorado State University for five years. Don May, Professor, Physics / Engineering and Laurie Williams, Associate Professor, Physics / Engineering, “Engineers Without Borders - Village Aid at FLC,” $10,000 grant funded by the Coutts & Clark Western Foundation for eight months.
Announcements Ross McCauley, Assistant Professor, Biology and Agriculture, “Data basing of the Fort Lewis College Herbarium,” $1,000 grant funded by the Ballantine Family Fund for one year. Kenneth Miller, Assistant Professor, Chemistry, “Development of a General Synthesis of Chiral Alpha Hydroxy Acids,” $35,000 grant funded by the Research Corporation for two years. Greg Mitchell, Visiting Professor, Theatre, “Theatre Department Sound System Needs Help,” $1,000 grant funded by the Ballantine Family Fund for one year. Rebecca Schild, Coordinator, Environmental Center, “LPEA Education Donation Grant: EcoReps Program,” $1,000 grant funded by the La Plata Electric Association Education program for nine months. Kasia Sokol-Bonep, Assistant Professor, Music, “Ballantine Family Fund Grant,” $1,000 grant funded by the Ballantine Family Fund for one year. Shirena Trujillo-Long, Coordinator, El Centro, “Latino College Day 2011-12,” $2,000 grant funded by the Ballantine Family Fund for one year. Susie Wanatka, Director, Campbell Child and Family Center, “Campbell Child and Family Center,” $20,000 grant funded by the Temple Hoyne Buell Foundation for one year. Lynn Wickersham, Project Manager, San Juan Institute of Natural and Cultural Resources, “Colorado Breeding Bird Atlas II Project,” $1,400 grant funded by the Audubon Society of Greater Denver for eight months. Laurie Williams, Associate Professor, Physics / Engineering, “Engineers Without Borders Sustainable Energy Development,” $1,000 grant funded by the Ballantine Family Fund for one year.
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The current Fort Lewis College Strategic Plan
will expire at the end of this calendar year, and the campus has been working together on a new plan for the next five years. The new plan will look at many aspects of the College’s past, present and future, but in an overall sense the plan will accomplish two main goals: examine where Fort Lewis College is today, with its strengths and weaknesses, and map out the Fort Lewis College of tomorrow. In preparation of the creation of a new strategic plan, FLC Provost Barbara Morris and Executive Director of Institutional Research Richard Miller led listening sessions with a variety of both campus and community groups. FLC students, faculty and staff, as well as community members, had the opportunity to express their thoughts on what makes Fort Lewis College unique, what challenges the College faces, and where they would like to see FLC go in the future. The information gathered from these listening sessions was used by the Strategic Planning Committee during their day-and-a-half retreat November 3-4, 2011. The committee was comprised of 50 Fort Lewis College students, staff and faculty, as well as members from the Durango community. The retreat was led by Ms. Lucie Lapovsky, a former college president and consultant.
What came out of the retreat was a new set of six goals for Fort Lewis College to work towards over the next five years. Within each goal will be a set of actions that will lead to the successful completion of the goal. Tied to the goals and their corresponding actions will be a financial analysis and allocation of resources. The next step in the College’s strategic planning process is to have these goals approved by the Board of Trustees and to have action plans fleshed out by campus sub-committees. The completed plan will then be brought to the Board of Trustees for Fort Lewis College for their feedback, direction and approval. President Thomas would like to express her thanks to all of those who participated in the listening sessions and the strategic planning retreat. The new strategic plan will truly be a campus and community effort and something that we can all get behind to make Fort Lewis College’s second century even better than the first.
The FLC Road Map
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Strategic Plan Goals for Fort Lewis College, 2012-2016 1. Increase student success: a. Improve student retention and graduation rates. i. Improve student advising. ii. Require students to select their majors no later than their third term. iii. Provide a clear curriculum map to graduation. iv. Relate curricular and co-curricular activities more closely to each other. v. Improve freshman experiences. b. Develop other outcomes measures. 2. Develop selected programs in areas of strength—ones with significant market demand and which will operate at a surplus within a reasonable time: a. Focus on targeted graduate degree programs. b. Focus on undergraduate professional programs. c. Focus on selected post baccalaureate certificate programs. d. Review curriculum for streamlining and deletion of programs which are weak and/or lack demand. 3. Implement pedagogically appropriate technologies for the curriculum and the population that the courses are currently serving: a. Develop and support alternative curriculum and instructional delivery models including both on-line courses and hybrid courses. b. Increase flexibility in course models (e.g., evening, summer, cohort, etc.). 4. Enhance the comprehensive undergraduate enrollment management plan: a. Develop specific recruitment initiatives to increase effectiveness for various populations (e.g., Hispanics, Native Americans) of students with specific targets specified. b. Assess the discount rate with a goal of increasing net tuition revenue. c. Emphasize Fort Lewis College’s identity as a public liberal arts college with a commitment to Native American education. d. Refine the marketing plan to promote Fort Lewis College and consider a name change. 5. Continuously assess the efficiency and effectiveness of all programs and services at Fort Lewis College: a. Provide for the long-term fiscal sustainability of the college. b. Develop a budget model and benchmarks to support this plan which are fiscally responsible. c. Establish a process to update the strategic plan annually and relate it explicitly to the budget and benchmarks. d. Create a college-wide evaluation schedule. e. Develop a culture of urgency and accountability consistent with these goals. 6. Capitalize on Fort Lewis College’s location: a. Develop and enhance relationships with the surrounding area schools, organizations, and businesses. b. Use the natural advantages of the Durango area wherever possible in planning the college’s curricular and co-curricular offerings. c. Invest in and promote those academic programs, athletic programs, and co-curricular activities that take advantage of our strategic location.
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The Case for a College
Turn on the news during these difficult economic
times and you might see a story about college graduates who can’t find a job. Often these stories try to say that the value of a college degree is withering away.
those with a bachelor’s degree earn almost double what a person with only a high school education makes. Add a master’s degree and that income skyrockets to approximately 150 percent more for the person with a higher education.
Kevin Carey, policy director for the nonpartisan Education Sector, has a very direct response to these stories in his 2011 article “Bad Job Market: Why the Media is Always Wrong About the Value of a College Degree.” “For going on four decades, the press has been raising alarms that college degrees may no longer be a sound investment,” he says in his article. “Two things about these stories have remained constant: They always feature an over-educated bartender, and they are always wrong.” Mr. Carey’s article points to the story of Sally Cameron as an example. In 1982, the Washington Post published an article chronicling Sally’s struggles to find a job after studying French and Arabic at a liberal arts college and earning a graduate degree in management. She was making ends meet working as a bartender. Sounds bad, right? But where is Ms. Cameron today? She’s a senior manager at an international development consulting company. Among her recent projects was building railroads in Madagascar. Could she have obtained a career like the one she has without a college degree? The chances are pretty much zero. “That’s how things usually work out for people who get college degrees,” says Mr. Carey of Ms. Cameron’s rise to an impressive career. It’s not hard to find statistics pointing to the long term benefits of a college degree. “The Degree Dividend,” a report published in November 2010 by the Colorado Department of Higher Education points to the fact that
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Regarding employment opportunities, though jobs may not always be easy to come by the unemployment statistics comparing high school graduates with college graduates is compelling. For those with only a high school diploma, the national unemployment rate is 9.5 percent. For those with a bachelor’s degree, the unemployment rate drops more than half to 4.3 percent, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Education (and FLC) The writing is also on the wall for the future of employment in Colorado. The Colorado Department of Higher Education estimates that by 2018, nearly 70 percent of jobs in the state will require a college degree.
Keeping Student Debt Low News reports sometimes claim that a college degree isn’t as valuable as it used to be and cost is often cited as one reason. There’s no doubt that a college degree is a significant investment for these tough economic times. Fort Lewis College has fought to keep the amount of debt its students have low and the efforts seem to be helping.
An Emphasis on Value While low student debt and affordable tuition is important, one of the most important measures of a college degree is how valuable it is in helping graduates be successful. Here are just two examples of the value of a Fort Lewis College degree. The education that FLC accounting students receive seems to be doing a great job in preparing them for their careers. It was just a few years ago that Skyhawk accounting majors led all four-year colleges and universities in the state in the percentage of students who passed one or more parts of the Uniform CPA Exam.
According to a report by the Project on Student Debt, 2010 Fort Lewis College graduates carry the lowest debt load in Colorado. The FLC debt load is more than $4,600 less than the average debt load in Colorado and nearly $8,000 less than the national average. The low student debt comes partly from the College’s efforts to keep its tuition affordable and its scholarship and financial aid offerings accessible.
The success of the program often translates into great internship and job opportunities for FLC accounting majors. For example, FLC accounting students have found internships and jobs at companies like BKD, LLP, a national top 10 CPA and advisory firm. For BKD, recruiting Fort Lewis College students is a reflection of the quality of the College’s Accounting program.
More than $650,000 will be put toward merit scholarships for FLC students. These are scholarships that students automatically receive for high academic achievement. Colorado resident students can receive anywhere from $750 per year to $2,000 per year in scholarships. The amount increases for non-residents, with awards ranging from $4,000 to $8,000 per year.
“BKD has built a successful recruiting relationship with the students and the business school at Fort Lewis College,” says Travis Webb, managing partner at BKD. “We include Fort Lewis in our efforts first and foremost because the quality of the programs equips students with the skills they need to have successful careers in our profession.
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“In our experience, there are two extra ingredients that keep us coming back to Fort Lewis. First, the students have a strong work ethic and an approachable personality, which makes many of them a great fit for BKD’s culture and the expectations of our clients. Second, we find that the students, faculty and administrators appreciate our efforts to come to campus and value the time we spend in Durango - that really does make a difference.” Along with the Accounting program, the FLC Chemistry Department is recognized as one of the best programs in the state and the proof is in the outcomes of FLC chemistry grads. Fort Lewis College is in the top 10 in the National Science Foundation’s Mountain Region (Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming) in the number of graduates who would eventually go on to earn a Ph.D. in chemistry. Fort Lewis’ high placing means it beat out dozens of schools like the University of Idaho, the University of New Mexico, and the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. Perhaps FLC Professor of Chemistry and 2009 CASE Colorado Professor of the Year Dr. Ron Estler sums it up best when he says, “I’ve been to lots of [schools] that charged maybe ten to twenty times more than we do. We have better science at Fort Lewis than they do.”
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TOP PRODUCERS OF CHEMISTRY DOCTORATES IN NSF MOUNTAIN REGION 2000-09 1. Brigham Young University 2. University of Arizona 3. University of Utah 4. Colorado State University 5. University of Colorado at Boulder 6. Arizona State University Main 7. University of Wyoming 8. Utah State University 9. Northern Arizona University 10. Fort Lewis College 11. New Mexico State University, All Campuses 12. University of Idaho 13. University of New Mexico, All Campuses 14. Colorado College 15. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
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What’s That? Up in the Sky?
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Since the advent of space exploration and satellite
technology the area just above Earth’s atmosphere is turning into something resembling a busy highway in the middle of a junkyard. Knowing what’s flying around our planet and keeping the country’s satellites out of harm’s way is a critical national security issue. Helping in this national security issue is a newly formed partnership between higher education institutions in Colorado and Chile, including Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO. The telescope network, called the Falcon Telescope Network, will identify, track and study the objects that reside around the planet, man-made or otherwise. Along with Fort Lewis, the other members of the network in Colorado include Colorado Mesa University, Otero Junior College and Northeast Junior College, and the project will be led by the U.S. Air Force Academy’s Center for Space Situational Awareness Research (CSSAR). A fifth telescope partner will be the University of La Serena and the Mamalluca Observatory in Chile. CSSAR will provide telescopes and detection technology, and the other institutions in the network will provide land, electricity and an Internet connection. The data gathered from the various sites will be analyzed at the Center for Space Situational Awareness Research. Though the telescope network will not be moving any satellites on their own, the data it provides may help other space organizations prevent collisions with objects ranging from the International Space Station to GPS satellites. “The project is focused on this idea of developing a catalog of ‘fingerprints’ of small objects,” says FLC Professor of Physics & Engineering Dr. Ryan Haaland. “And, as importantly, the algorithms on super computers that use these ‘light’ fingerprints to understand more about the object without being able to see the physical details of it. Naturally, when something ‘new’ appears on the scene, then we should be able to determine the orbital parameters (how high, etc.) and if it’s something natural or man-made. Given the growth of micro-satellites, it’s only going to get more crowded up in space. So keeping track of all of these objects, whether they are operational satellites, ‘junk’ or something else, is going to be very important given our reliance on space systems.”
Researchers believe there may be hundreds of thousands of objects orbiting the Earth, some too small to be detected by the sensors currently in place. Even small objects can do damage to a satellite when the objects are traveling at speeds over 10,000 miles per hour, as some orbital bodies do. Beyond national security, the Falcon Telescope Network offers Fort Lewis College students some unprecedented educational opportunities. Far from just learning theory, students involved in the network are doing real world, hands-on work that will make an immediate impact. “Educationally, the implications are incredible,” says Dr. Haaland. “We hope this expands the exposure our students get to the space industry. We, as a nation, are increasingly reliant on satellites and the information they provide. Seeing these telescopes applied to practical tasks such as this and getting our students involved in it gives them great exposure to an industry and potentially an avenue into the field for internships and eventually jobs.” Durango represents a great location for the telescope network as this part of the state has some of the darkest skies in an easily accessible area. Further, Dr. Haaland has a close working relationship with the U.S. Air Force Academy as he taught there, rising to the chair of the Academy’s Department of Physics. Dr. Haaland is looking for the most suitable site for the telescope and hopes to have the system in place by summer 2012.
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Sports Kling scores twice to propel No. 3 Fort Lewis to RMAC postseason title Skyhawks avenge only loss of 2011 season with 2-1 win over No. 21 Roadrunners by Chris Aaland
Fabian Kling scored to goals to lead No. 3 Fort Lewis (19-1-0 overall) to a 2-1 win over No. 21 Metro State (14-6-1) today in Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference men’s soccer championship game at Dirks Field. Both of Kling’s goals came off of left-to-right corner kicks taken by Alberto Capdepon-Rodriguez. The first came at 8:05 when Kling gathered the corner and kicked it into the middle of the goal. The second came at 42:58 when he headed the corner off the top of the crossbar and just across the goal line. Kling, who missed seven games due to a knee injury before returning to the lineup in Friday’s 3-1 win over Colorado Mines, scored his fifth and sixth goals of the season. “We did very well with them a year ago, but this year we haven’t taken as much advantage off of set pieces that we’d like,” said third-year FLC head coach Oige Kennedy, who was named RMAC Coach of the Year last week. “But when it rains it pours. We’ve put a lot of work into it and it’s nice to see the guys get some reward.” In between the two FLC tallies, Metro State’s Marc Herschberger got the equalizer when he blasted a rebound of Andrew Mejia’s blocked shot past Skyhawk goalkeeper Ryan Wirth at 25:18. The marker was Herschberger’s seventh of the year. He nearly tied the game a second time when he clanged a right-to-left shot off the post in the 76th minute. Fort Lewis won both the RMAC regular season and postseason titles for the eighth time: in 1997, 1998, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, and 2011. The Skyhawks made it a trifecta in 2005 and 2009 by winning the NCAA Division II national championship. “Obviously, it’s a trophy that we set out to win at the start of the season,” said Kennedy. “It’s great to get the double.”
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The game might not have even gone off it not for a valiant effort by Skyhawk soccer fans, studentathletes, coaches, administrators, and alumni all morning long. The pitch at Dirks Field was covered in nearly two inches of wet, heavy snow, but more than 100 turned out to help with snow removal. Best Cleaning Services and the Fort Lewis Physical Plant loaned shovels, while others brought their own from home. A couple of Skyhawk Booster Club board members even showed up with snow blowers. Three hours later, the field, sidelines, and bleachers were cleared. “We wouldn’t have been able to do it without the support of the community today coming out and helping us get the field ready,” said Kennedy. “We really appreciate all of the support of the Skyhawk soccer family.” The pitch was still muddy and wet, but both teams managed to fire shots throughout. The Roadrunners outshot FLC 19-13 overall, but the Skyhawks owned an 8-2 advantage in shots on frame. Metro State goalkeeper Shailer Thomas made six saves, while his FLC counterpart, Wirth, stopped one shot. Kling was named Most Valuable Player of the RMAC Men’s Soccer Tournament. Up next is the 2011 NCAA Division II Men’s Soccer Tournament. See page 18 for the tournament bracket.
Sports No. 9 Colorado Mines defeats No. 23 Fort Lewis in penalty kick shootout
Skyhawks await NCAA fate while Orediggers advance to RMAC title bout by Chris Aaland
The two teams were level through two rounds of penalties. Raso saved the opening attempt by Anna Evans, but Rogers matched her by stopping Megan Striedel. Megan Woodworth converted her chance, but Egbom equalized for FLC.
In a battle between two top 25 teams with a berth in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference postseason championship game and possible NCAA Division II Central Regional home field advantage on the line, No. 9 Colorado Mines (14-2-3 overall) defeated No. 23 Fort Lewis (14-2-4) 3-1 in a penalty kick shootout after the two teams played to a 1-1 draw through two overtimes today at the Regis Match Pitch.
Mines took the lead in the shootout for good with their third shooter, Neal, who beat Raso. FLC’s Jane Barden was then denied by Penny Rogers.
The contest was officially recorded as a tie for both teams, but the Orediggers advanced to Sunday’s RMAC championship game. Mines will face tournament underdog Colorado Mesa (10-6-4), which defeated league regular season champion and No. 16 Regis 1-0 today.
Heading into the fifth round of the shootout, the Orediggers needed just a successful kick to win, and Danielle Hering did just that, sending CSM to a championship date with Colorado Mesa.
“We came back to tie the game after them playing quite well against us in the first half and getting a goal up on us,” said fifth-year FLC head coach Damian Clarke. “We started to play again. In the second half we were absolutely fantastic, outshot them 10-4, and scored the goal to equalize. We just couldn’t find the winner. The kids were absolutely tremendous.” Mines took a 1-0 lead with just 3:33 left in the first half when Kelsey Neal headed a pass by Megan Woodworth past FLC goalkeeper Amanda Raso. Fort Lewis put pressure on throughout the second frame, ultimately leveling the score at 1-1 when Sara Egbom knocked in a rebound of Ashley Kniffen’s shot with 9:58 remaining. The goal was Egbom’s second of the season.
Raso gave the Skyhawks some hope when she stuffed Kendra Bulawa on the Orediggers’ fourth chance, but FLC’s Nichole Schumacher failed to capitalize and was stopped by Rogers.
“Credit to Mines, they’re a very difficult team to break down and hard to beat,” said Clarke. “Hats off to Mines. “The penalty kicks are my fault,” said Clarke. “We didn’t practice them, and that’s not the kids’ fault. You need to practice those types of shots if you’re expected to make them in big games. I put that on my shoulders.” Ironically, Fort Lewis was 3-0 in penalty kick shootouts all-time prior to today. FLC defeated Regis in 1999 and Metro State in 2009 in PKs RMAC title games and Metro State in the second round of the NCAA playoffs last year in a shootout. Up next is the 2011 NCAA Division II Women’s Soccer Tournament. See page 19 for the tournament bracket.
In the waning moments of regulation, CSM goalkeeper Penny Rogers saved a last-second shot by FLC’s Hayley Hollenga to force sudden-death overtime. Mines had three shots in the first extra frame, but all were off target. FLC’s Emma Cannis was stopped by CSM goalkeeper Penny Rogers with 42 seconds left. Neither team managed a shot in the second 10-minute overtime. November 2011 / Fort Lewis College Messenger / 17
Sports
2011 NCAA Division II Men's Soccer Championship Hosted by the University of West Florida December 1 and 3 Opening Round November 9
First Round November 10 or 11
Second Round November 12 or 13
Quarterfinals November 19 or 20
Semifinals December 1
Final December 3
SUPER REGION 1 Franklin Pierce (19-0-1) * #
NYIT (14-3-2) St. Thomas Aquinas (10-3-4) C.W. Post (16-2-1) Nyack (13-5-2)
Southern N.H. (17-3-0) *
SUPER REGION 2 Rollins (15-3) * Barry (11-3-5) Christian Bros. (15-3-1) Lynn (12-4-1)
Coker (18-2) * Mars Hill (11-5-1) * Montevallo (12-4-4) Anderson (SC) (17-3) * Lees-McRae (14-5-1) Flagler (15-3-2) Note: Southeast Region Rounds 1 and 2 to be played Friday/Sunday, respectively.
SUPER REGION 3 Rockhurst (15-2-2) * Saginaw Valley (12-4-3) Northern Ky. (13-4) Northwood (MI) (9-4-4) Millersville (12-6-1) * # Mercyhurst (10-7-0) California (PA) (11-3-4) Shippensburg (9-5-2)
SUPER REGION 4 Seattle Pacific (13-3-2) * # Cal St. Dom. Hills (12-5-2) Cal St. L.A. (14-1-5) Cal St. Chico (13-4-3) Fort Lewis (19-1-0) * Metro St. (14-6-1) Incarnate Word (13-2-3) * Midwestern St. (13-3-1)
Note: The first and second rounds in the Central and South Central must be played Thursday/Sunday. * Host Site # Games will be played on Thurs. Nov 10 and Sat. Nov. 12 http://documentcenter.ncaa.org/cc/champs/CT/SoccerMDII/DocsSoccerMDII/DIIMSO_Bracket_110711_RY_hw.xlsx
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NATIONAL CHAMPION
Semifinals December 1
NATIONAL CHAMPION
Final December 3 Semifinals December 1
Quarterfinals November 20
Atlantic
Third Round November 18
California PA* (18-0-2)
Second Round November 13
First Round November 11
Midwest
East *
South Central
Southeast *
West*
South
Cal. St. Chico (11-6-3)
*Host Site # Contests will be played Thursday, November 10 and Saturday, November 12.
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Grand Canyon (9-5-3)
Seattle Pacific (16-2-0)
Cal St. L.A.* (12-4-3) #
Rollins* (14-2-2)
Saint Leo* (15-2-1)
UC San Diego* (13-2-4)
Cal St. Stanislaus (11-4-5)
Lenoir-Rhyne* (17-2-0)
Central Okla.* (15-3-0)
Dallas Baptist (14-5-1)
Central Mo. (19-1-0)
Midwestern St. (13-5-2)
HOST - University of West Florida
Armstrong* (15-2-3)
Abilene Christian* (18-1-1)
St. Edward's (15-2-1)
Saint Rose* (19-1-1)
Northern Ky.* (16-4-0)
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6
3
5
4
1
2
6
3
5
4
1
2
6
3
5
4
1
North Ala. (17-3-0)
2
6
3
5
Lynn (9-6-1) Tampa (13-5-2)
4
1
Florida Tech (11-4-1)
Lees-McRae (13-4-3)
Columbus St. (15-4-2)
Wingate (16-3-0)
North Ga. (15-2-3 )
Holy Family (13-7-0 )
Merrimack (16-3-1)
Rockhurst (12-4-2)
Dowling (13-5-2 )
Bellarmine (15-2-3)
Mass.-Lowell (11-5-2)
Wis.-Parkside (12-3-2)
Bridgeport* (16-0-0)
Grand Valley St.* (18-0-2)
Quincy (15-4-2)
Kutztown* (16-5-0)
Fort Lewis* (14-2-4)
Alderson-Broaddus (10-6-3 )
Colorado Mesa (10-7-4 )
Slippery Rock (14-4-2)
Regis (CO) (14-5-0)
West Chester (12-3-4)
Quarterfinals November 20
Minn. St. Mankato (16-2-3)
Central *
Third Round November 18
Edinboro (15-5-0)
Colorado Mines* (15-2-3)
Second Round November 13
Metro St. (11-6-1)
First Round November 11
2011 NCAA Division II Women's Soccer Championship
Sports
November 2011 / Fort Lewis College Messenger / 19
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