CLASSNOTES Smith earns national recognition for role in affordable education Elmer R. Smith (71) came to Morehead State because he knew it offered a quality education at an affordable cost. Now, Smith‘s current role in helping students get an affordable education has earned he and his institution national recognition. Smith is president of Interactive College of Technology (ICT), an accredited institution that offers both associate degrees and diploma programs for high-demand careers. ICT was recently ranked 17th by the U.S. Department of Education’s Top 20 Best Values in the Private-for-Profit, Two-Year College sector for lowest tuition. Smith, who earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Education from MSU, started off teaching in public schools, later moving up the ranks working for private colleges before becoming president of ICT. Smith knows the cost of higher education can be a substantial burden on college graduates, but he’s happy that his institution is doing its part to lighten the financial load for students while giving them skills and knowledge that could propel them to future success. “You never tire of seeing a student come in, apply themselves, work hard and achieve whatever their goal or objective is,” Smith said. “It’s extremely rewarding to see that happen. That’s what sort of keeps you going every day.”
Wendell C. Perry (74) published his third
and with creative educational products.
astrology book, “Father Sun, Mother
Prior to this, he pioneered the field of
Moon: Astrology’s Dynamic Duo.” Perry is
international arts administration and
retired from Fayette County District Court
management when he founded IAA CO.,
as a deputy court clerk and currently
40 years ago.
works part-time within the Lexington Public Library System in Lexington, Kentucky. He also blogs for his website GoodGollyAstrology.com.
the Board of Directors of the Bluecoats Drum and Bugle Corps of Canton, Ohio. The corps consistently earns top placing
Donald Lillie (76) was promoted to
in the Drum Corps International World
associate professor of theatre, cinema
Championships, where it placed 5th in
and dance at Missouri Western State
2013. He was a director of bands at
University in 2013. This promotion included
Newark High School in Ohio, where his
an appointment to chairman of theatre,
bands rated superior over 40 times in state
cinema and dance in the university’s
finals in both marching and concert band
new School of Fine Arts. Prior to working
events. The marching band also received
at Missouri Western State University,
32 Grand Champion awards.
he opened an original play, “Marlowe,” in London in 2010, the same year he was presented in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, for the Shakespeare Birthday Celebration. Dr. Kevin Scott “Cody” Regan (78) was named CEO of Silon Entertainment Co., in Phoenix, Arizona. The company works in the entertainment industry, music industry
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Randall Lamb (80) was recently named to
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Dr. Frances Hardin-Fanning (81) received the 2013 American Public Health Association (APHA) New Investigator Award for Public Health Nursing at the APHA’s annual conference in Boston. She also accepted the 2013 Spirit of Philanthropy Award for the Delta Psi Chapter of Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society at the international conference in Indianapolis. Dr. Hardin-
Since retiring in 2008, he serves as a judge
Fanning is currently an assistant
and performs as timpanist with the Heisey
professor at the University of Kentucky
Wind Ensemble and as drummer with
College of Nursing, where she teaches
the HWE Big Band while also serving as
undergraduate nursing research and
chairman of the 2014 Ohio All-State Band.
conducts independent studies with graduate nursing and nutrition students.