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Central Michigan University Alumni Magazine

Summer 2017

CMU’s first graduating class of doctors scores 100% placement for residencies

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On the cover The CMU College of Medicine commencement ceremony on May 7 marked the graduation of CMU’s first-ever class of 62 future doctors.

Congratulations, graduates! From left to right: Jenna Gharzeddine, Elie Ata, Sara Ghannam and Mahela Ashraf.

PHOTO BY STEVE

JESSMORE ’81

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United Migrants for Opportunity Inc. was Michigan’s first migrant scholarship program, offered at CMU from 1970-75.

Meet some of the students whose lives were changed because of it.

Now in its fourth year, the 10 Within 10 program recognizes young alumni who bring honor to Central Michigan University through their work in their career or community.

First-generation students

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A perfect class

CMU’s College of Medicine experienced its very first Match Day in March, and all 62 of its inaugural class of doctors-to-be earned placements for their residencies.

Honoring young alumni

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Beyond basketball

In her 10th year heading the Central Michigan women’s basketball program, Sue Guevara knows life is about more than points and rebounds or wins and losses. She wants her players to realize it, too.

Executive Editor and Executive Director of Alumni Relations Marcie Otteman Grawburg, ’87 Editor

Betsy Miner-Swartz, ’86 Managing Editor

Robin Miner-Swartz

Departments 5 CMU Today A doctoral student traded summer in northern Michigan for a research trip to the South Pole.

18 Big Picture “Project Runway” host Tim Gunn visited CMU’s Threads Fashion Show.

28 Hidden Central Tucked deep inside the Biosciences Building, the Microscopy Lab is filled with cutting-edge imaging capabilities.

35 Alumni news A Chippewa has won the Pulitzer Prize for feature photography. And another alum was a finalist in the same category.

36 In Memory

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Finding fellowship across campus Community is everywhere we look

By Marcie Otteman Grawburg, ’87, executive director of alumni relations It’s early June and – with the exodus of more than 20,000 students – summertime in Mount Pleasant has a laid-back, easy living kind of vibe.

It’s time to enjoy the wonders of summer and all the great things happening on our campus and in the Mount Pleasant community. I’m looking forward to the Max and Emily’s concert series, a popular downtown music event that embodies and stokes a sense of belonging here.

Community, by definition, is a feeling of fellowship from shared attitudes, interests and goals. My sense of it on campus and in the city has grown exponentially over my 28 years here. It began my freshman year when I moved into Trout Hall, and it continues today in the work I do for CMU at Carlin Alumni House.

The connections I have with alumni are a direct result of that feeling of fellowship.

In this issue, you’ll read a lot about community. We looked back more than 40 years at CMU’s unprecedented work to provide educational opportunities for the children of migrant farm workers. That program created a new community of Latino students on campus that still exists today. You’ll also read about Central’s women’s basketball team and its commitment to volunteering in the community to help those less fortunate, and we’ll introduce you to two families with generations of CMU grads who instantly felt like they belonged here.

It’s a little early yet, but our next issue in the fall will be special because we’re going to celebrate 125 years of CMU. Starting with the state of the university address on our anniversary, Sept. 13, CMU will enjoy a yearlong celebration of how Central has put its stamp on Mount Pleasant, Michigan, and the world. For details, check out the 125th anniversary website at anniversary.cmich.edu.

If you’re driving through the center of the state this summer, take an extra few minutes to stop by campus. It’s as beautiful as you remember, and our door is always open at Carlin Alumni House on Bellows Street. We’d love to say hi and visit with you.

Forever maroon and gold,

Calendar July 14 CMU night at Detroit Tigers, Comerica Park, Detroit 17 Golf outing, Grand Traverse Resort, Traverse City 27 Lansing Lugnuts baseball game, Lansing 27 Party on McCarty, Saginaw 28 CMU Day at Michigan’s Adventure, Muskegon

August 1 CMU day at Chicago Cubs, Wrigley Field, Chicago 8 Detroit Tigers at Pittsburgh Pirates, PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 11 CMU day at Toledo Zoo, Toledo 31 CMU football home opener vs. Rhode Island, Kelly/Shorts Stadium, Mount Pleasant

September 1 Michigan State Fair, Detroit 13 State of the University: 125th anniversary, Plachta Auditorium, Mount Pleasant 18 Great Lakes Bay Region Golf Outing, Apple Mountain Resort, Freeland This is a small sampling of the many alumni events. Please visit alumni.cmich.edu for a comprehensive list.

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CMU Today CMU adds entrepreneurial transactions degree Central’s new Master of Entrepreneurial Transactions degree is a one-year program that initially will be offered online through CMU’s College of Business Administration.

Students will learn business, legal and tactical issues for entrepreneurial transactions. That includes forming new ventures, recruiting and motivating entrepreneurial teams, raising capital, identifying and protecting intellectual property, managing growth and risks, and harvesting economic gains.

By focusing on transactions, the program goes far beyond business planning and pitching, differentiating itself from graduate programs elsewhere. The curriculum will combine lessons and hands-on projects that address complex business and legal topics.

A new crowd of Chippewas

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More than 2,000 students received their undergraduate degrees at spring commencement ceremonies, alongside more than 800 students who received their master’s degrees. •

“Because this program will be offered online, its impact will go beyond Mount Pleasant and lend itself to the national goals of the university,” CMU Provost Michael Gealt says.

It’s set to launch later this summer. •

Helping the homeless stay warm on the streets CMU center tests insulation properties of convertible coat/sleeping bag The Center for Merchandising and Design Technology at CMU recently partnered with the Empowerment Plan, a Detroitbased nonprofit, to measure the insulation properties of its coats that convert to sleeping bags.

The information gathered by faculty, staff and students working in the lab helps product designers select materials that will keep people living on the streets warm.

The coats were placed on the center’s sweating thermal manikin, which has 46 independently controlled zones allowing for precise temperature and humidity measurements. This customized, one-of-akind technology enables researchers to collect heat loss data.

The environmental chamber and manikin enable CMU faculty and students to look at insulation properties in many settings, says

Maureen MacGillivray, fashion merchandising and design faculty member. They tested both dry and wet materials.

“We are extremely fortunate to have this equipment available to help an industry like the Empowerment Plan to evaluate their apparel products and prototypes,” MacGillivray says. “We have developed the expertise to help them with their problems, while at the same time educating our own students in how to use the equipment and work with industry partners.”

A team of faculty across three departments sought National Science Foundation grants, Defense Department contracts and competitive research opportunities through CMU. The result: the Center for Merchandising and Design Technology.

“We work with a variety of companies to help us fund this lab and to help us educate students,” she says. “While it is ‘trendy’ to have an innovation lab, we have had one for years.”

Learn more about the project here: cmich.ly/empplan •

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A sweating thermal manikin in an environmental chamber, wearing the coat-turned-sleeping bag.

CMU Today

Erin Collins is pictured at Palmer Station, the United States’ research facility in Antarctica, where she studied sea spiders with the National Science Foundation last summer.

Summer in Antarctica Doctoral student studies sea spiders in the South Pole

“Nothing we collected I had seen alive before,” Collins says.

CMU doctoral student Erin Collins traded T-shirts and flip-flops in northern Michigan for parkas and waterproof boots in Antarctica to study sea spiders with the National Science Foundation last summer.

“Because even though I’m doing ocean work, I grew up in Michigan and haven’t seen a lot of this stuff with my own eyes.”

The 25-year-old Traverse City native was one of 16 students selected internationally by NSF to work with researchers from Canada, Australia, England and Denmark.

S​ ea spiders in Antarctica are found in abundance. “We had a month there, and we were all really excited about our projects,” Collins says.

“There were a lot of big ‘Wow, I never thought I’d get to do this,’ moments.”

On campus, Collins extracts DNA from sea spiders to better classify the creatures as she studies Earth and ecosystem sciences.

Read more about her journey and see more photos on her blog: cmich.ly/erinecollins •

Providing warmth for breast cancer survivors Students design thermal bra for mastectomy patients A group of CMU students created an insulated bra to solve a problem many breast cancer survivors face.

and Center for Merchadising and Design Technology research lab coordinator Sue Wroblewski to create insulated bra prototypes.

They pitched their idea in the 2017 New Venture Competition, Women who have had prosthetic reconstruction after mastectomies earning second runner-up honors. are often cold because silicone implants don’t retain body heat.

It all started with breast cancer survivor and CMU alumna Jodie Entrepreneurship majors Emily Austin and Haley Rusicka partnered Faber, ‘92. with fashion merchandising and design senior Augusta Overy “I was cold all the time,” Faber says. “It was because of the implants.

When they get cold, they stay cold. When they stay cold, they make the core of your body cold.”

Faber was using hand warmers, which often burned her skin.

She’s the director of Spectrum Health United Lifestyles, a community-based health education program in Greenville.

Faber shared her idea with Grand Rapids-based Spectrum Health Innovations, which develops health care innovations and technologies for the health system. Spectrum Health Innovations reached out to Austin and Rusicka.

“This project has really changed my senior year,” Rusicka says.

“Not only has it given me confidence to make decisions, but the knowledge and experience to know what and what not to do.” • Learn more

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Out of the fields

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BY TERRI FINCH HAMILTON, ‘83

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Tuition program for children of migrant workers changed families for generations Juan Zamudio was up in a tree picking Traverse City cherries more than 40 years ago when two young men wandered through the orchard.

Were there any farm workers here who had just graduated from high school, they asked?

Juan’s father pointed up through the branches at him.

Wary, Juan climbed down to talk to them.

Was he interested in attending Central Michigan University? As a migrant worker, he could get a scholarship.

“I said no,” he recalls. “I had no intention of staying in Michigan.”

The men, outreach workers for the nonprofit United Migrants for Opportunity Inc., handed him a brochure and moved on.

“That evening, my dad gave me an earful,” Juan remembers. “He said this was an opportunity I couldn’t pass up. There was no way he could afford to send me to college. Back home in Corpus Christi, Texas, we lived in the housing projects.

He said there was nothing for me there.”

Still, Juan wasn’t convinced.

“Then he attacked my manhood,” he recalls with a laugh. “He said, ‘Are you afraid? Aren’t you man enough to stay here by yourself?’ ” Juan was terrified, actually, but with his pride on the line, he agreed.

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First of its kind United Migrants for Opportunity Inc. was Michigan’s first migrant scholarship program, a federally funded initiative in place at CMU from 1970 to 1975. The nonprofit organization offered to match every dollar of financial aid CMU gave migrant worker students to attend CMU. The significance, as Juan noted, was enormous.

The program changed everything for thousands of children born to migrant farm workers. Going to college wasn’t an option; paying for it was virtually impossible.

Those who took advantage of the groundbreaking program were the first in their families to navigate the admissions process.

“The impact on the individuals was, of course, huge,” says Paul Ruiz, who worked with the students as an adviser. “Their parents lived in poverty. So did their grandparents and their great-grandparents.

Suddenly, they’re not. They had a way out.”

It wasn’t easy for the first group of 13 students from Texas, 2,000 miles from home. They were cold and homesick. They bonded like family.

“I struggled,” remembers Juan, ’76, ’78, ’84. “I had a cold from October through April. But second semester was better. I met my wife.”

Marissa Miranda Zamudio, ’75, ’78, was the oldest of nine, and all the money she earned in the fields helped support her family.

“There was no way I could have gone to college on my own,” she says.

They were married in 1972 on campus, in the chapel at St. Mary’s University Parish.

Juan co-founded the campus branch of the activist group Chicanos Organized for Progress and Action. All the Latino students were a common sight on campus, marching with signs and hosting sit-ins to support Cesar Chavez and the United Farm Workers in nationwide boycotts of nonunion-picked grapes and lettuce.

Juan Zamudio and Marissa Miranda Zamudio (top, at a recent visit to campus) married in 1972 (second from top).

Maria “Lupe” Castro on campus in the 1970s (far left) and now.

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“For our first year, bringing that awareness to the community was a pretty good achievement for a small group of newcomers,” Marissa says.

“Everything changed for me”

“I was the guinea pig,” Castro says with a laugh. “I would be walking on campus and someone would stop me and say, ‘I saw that you did well on that English test.’ They were keeping track of me, to see if I did well.”

She did. After Maria graduated with an education degree, UMOI hired her as a scholarship coordinator, and she traveled to Texas to recruit more migrant students.

Later she became director of an Upward “I remember being so hungry that I would Bound program before starting a career in eat dirt,” he recalls. “There was no sense of a foreign language education. future for us, other than what we knew.”

She proudly lists siblings, nieces and Then, as a teen, picking strawberries with nephews who earned college degrees after his family in Traverse City, he heard about she did.

UMOI. His older brother, Santiago, headed to CMU on a scholarship. When they moved From struggle to hope him to campus, Julian was captivated.

Rosa Chapa Johnson, ’74, talks of working in “It was like going to heaven,” he remembers. the fields in Paw Paw when a UMOI recruiter “I stood in front of Warriner Hall and was told her she could go to college. blown away that someone from such a poor background could have a real future.

“My reaction was instant screaming with I realized my life might not have to follow joy,” she recalls. “I wanted to get out of the in the footsteps of my father as a migrant fields. It was hard labor, getting up before worker. Everything changed for me.” dawn and working hard all day. I didn’t want that life. I thought, ‘Please, get me out of Julian became a member of the CMU here.’ That offer was like heaven.” cheerleading and gymnastics teams.

He excelled in academics and was named But adjusting was difficult. top cheerleader in the nation his junior year.

“I was sad and lonely,” she says. “It was His brothers Elias Jr. and Ed also went to stressful. I wasn’t prepared academically.”

Central. So did his sister, Adelina, and, years Her peers struggled, too. They asked the later, her daughter. His son, Juan Julian, is a administration for a Latino mentor to help. senior at CMU and will graduate in December.

CMU hired Paul Ruiz to work in the Office “We helped open the eyes of other students of Student Affairs as an adviser and liaison. in our community who started to think they “Everyone wanted these students to might go to college, too,” Vasquez says. “It succeed,” says Ruiz, ’75. “We kept bumping became something attainable, now that a few had done it.”

As a child growing up poor in Austin, Texas, Julian Vasquez, ’85, had little hope for his future.

into academic issues. They were having trouble writing papers, studying for tests.”

He started study clubs and convinced administrators to establish a writing center. He recruited high-achieving Latino students from San Antonio to transfer to Central and become tutors and mentors.

“Now, they had upperclassmen to look up to,” Ruiz says. “Suddenly, graduation became attainable.”

Changing lives for generations “If you add up the degrees in my family, there are tons of them,” Johnson says.

She married the UMOI deputy director George Johnson, who brought the scholarship program to CMU. She was a teacher at Mount Pleasant High School, then served on the school board after she retired.

Julian Vasquez is pictured with his son Juan Julian Vasquez (below), and on a recent return visit to campus, talking with former CMU gymnastics coach Tony Miele (bottom).

His long career in education included running a migrant day care center and teaching elementary and middle school and community college. For a while, Julian was assistant director of admissions at CMU. “My dad always said, ‘If a door of opportunity is in front of you, don’t just stand there and knock,’” Vasquez says. “‘Open the door.’”

The first to knock Maria “Lupe” Castro, ‘73, started at CMU in 1969 — a year before that first group of 13 — after meeting a CMU outreach worker as her family picked cucumbers in Au Gres.

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Conrado Acevedo (from left), Rosa (Chapa) Johnson, Santiago Vasquez, Juan Zamudio and Marissa (Miranda) Zamudio returned to campus for a UMOI reunion in 2016.

Transforming lives and communities “Without this opportunity, how would I have gone through life?” Johnson says.

“What would have become of me?”

The kids of Latino migrant worker families weren’t going to college in the 1960s.

Paul Ruiz, ’75, was hired to work in the Office of Student Affairs as an adviser and liaison for the Latino students.

Marissa Zamudio wonders the same thing, marveling at the profound impact on her family. She and Juan earned five degrees from CMU between them, but the impact stretches far beyond them.

She helped siblings, nieces and nephews with the higher education system.

So when Central Michigan University officials and the nonprofit United Migrants for Opportunity Inc. worked together to make it happen, they made a profound impact on lives for generations to come.

“The president, the vice president, the legal office, the academic departments were all working together to help this new population,” he says.

She and Juan took their daughters, Alicia and Anissa, to apple orchards and blueberry farms when they were young, to pick fruit together.

“We told them, ‘This is where your parents came from. Each generation has the opportunity to better themselves,’ ” she says. Their daughters have each earned two college degrees.

“I never would have imagined what my life would turn into after I climbed down from that cherry tree,” says Juan Zamudio, who had a long career at CMU as an academic adviser. “UMOI and CMU changed my life completely. It changed the next generation. No more going back to the old way. No more.

“I told my dad that forcing me to go to CMU was the best thing that could have happened to me.” •

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In the program’s five years at CMU, more than 40 students were afforded opportunities until federal migrant programs shifted to focus on employment and training services.

“While other universities took part in the program, CMU jumped in more than the others and with more zeal,” says Bryan Whitledge, CMU archivist.

“We started with more students than anyone else, and each year we took in more.”

CMU President William B. Boyd, Vice Provost James Hayes and UMOI Deputy Director George Johnson launched the transformative program – the first of its kind in the state.

Johnson, of UMOI, brought the idea to CMU, then drove to Texas himself to pick up students and sent bilingual workers into farm fields and orchards to recruit eligible high school graduates.

CMU administrators pushed for legislation that allowed migrant students, even if they only lived in Michigan part time, to pay in-state college tuition, Ruiz says, and added a host of tutoring programs, classes and other initiatives to help the new students succeed.

“That’s why Central did so well with migrant kids,” Ruiz says. “At other schools, they were leaving after a year or two. We held onto them.

“These students went on to be teachers, principals, judges,” Ruiz says. “These were kids of farm worker parents, right?

Then they went on to transform the communities where they lived.

“President Boyd, who was fairly progressive, was instrumental just by being open to it,” Whitledge says.

“Instead of saying, ‘These students “Students in their communities saw that don’t look like the typical CMU student,’ even if you’re poor, you still have a he said, ‘Let’s do this.’ ” chance to succeed.” •

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100 percent of CMU med students secure residencies

All 62 students from the inaugural class are placed at teaching hospitals; half will stay in Michigan TEXT BY JENNIFER CHURCHILL AND HEATHER SMITH, ’02, M.S. ’11 PHOTOS BY STEVE JESSMORE, ’81

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Central Michigan University’s College of Medicine experienced its very first Match Day in March, and all 62 of its inaugural class of doctors-to-be earned placements for their residencies. Nearly half were matched to programs in Michigan.

CMU’s perfect placement percentage is especially notable because, across the U.S., the number of medical students hoping for assignments far exceeds the number of residencies available at teaching hospitals. In 2016, more than 10,000 students nationally went unmatched.

“As residency programs are very competitive, getting 100 percent placement for a new medical school like ours is a major accomplishment and speaks to the quality of students and excellent programs we have,” says College of Medicine Dean Dr. George E. Kikano.

“It also is an exciting day for the state, because of our unique mission focused on preparing physicians to serve in rural and medically underserved regions of Michigan,” he continues. “CMU is changing the face of health care in the state, in this moment.”

Match Day takes place on the same day, at the same time, at every medical school across the country. It’s the day future doctors learn if and where they will do their residency training. It’s a dramatic event, with embargoed information released to students in sealed envelopes opened simultaneously across the nation at 11:59 a.m. EST. The matching process is elaborate: A computerized mathematical algorithm is used by the National Resident Matching Program to 14

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New residents Housam Tahboub (from left), Paige Tomes, Stefanie DiGiandomenico, Elizabeth Buchanan, Marina Maraskine, Ali Hachem and Matthew Nowka align the specialty and location preferences of medical students with the preferences of program directors to fill positions at U.S. teaching hospitals.

On Match Day, CMU med student Kush Sharma opened his envelope and it read Grand Rapids Medical Education Partners, vascular surgery.

“I am excited for my match and for all of my classmates, as everyone matched today,” the Kalamazoo native says. “Having been a part of this class, we are like a family.”

Emily Fortin, of Ann Arbor, was excited to be part of CMU’s first class of doctors.

“When I visited and further understood the CMU College of Medicine mission and focus on the underserved populations, I saw myself as part of the creation,” she says. “I also was really intrigued about being part of the pioneering class, and I have enjoyed forming bonds and working with my amazing classmates more than anything.”

Fortin will do her residency in emergency medicine at Henry Ford Health System in Detroit.

The CMU College of Medicine, established in 2010, has a mission to improve access to high-quality health care in rural and medically underserved regions. It was created to help address an anticipated shortage by 2020 of 4,000 to 6,000 physicians in Michigan. Data released this spring by the Association of American Medical Colleges cites an anticipated shortage of 41,000 to 105,000 doctors throughout the U.S. over the next decade. •

BY TODD SCHULZ, ‘92

Beaumont expects big contribution from its new CMU matches Many teaching hospitals will have their first look at CMU College of Medicine students when they begin their residency programs this summer.

Cassandra Vogel and Kathryn Brandell

Beaumont Health System leaders got an early glimpse a year ago — and liked what they saw from one of Central’s very first doctors.

Alyssa Stoner did a clinical rotation in Royal Oak last August in Beaumont’s labor and delivery and gynecological services departments. Stoner’s performance left Dr. Patricia Franz, Beaumont’s residency program director, feeling good about what CMU’s new med school has to offer.

“Any time there’s a new medical school, one of the unknowns is, ‘Are the students there as academically prepared as those from established schools?’ ” Franz says. “Our interaction with her made everyone realize that wasn’t going to be an issue.”

Matthew Schloop and Alyssa Stoner

Beaumont accepted more CMU residents than any other hospital – 11 of the 62 from CMU’s inaugural class are headed to a Beaumont medical center. Nearly half of the 62 were matched with hospitals in Michigan.

The rest will do their residencies at hospitals across the country.

CMU’s College of Medicine is still building its reputation. But Franz says studying at a newer medical school set Central’s students apart.

“They all came off as flexible, adaptable and ready to step into leadership roles,” Franz says. “One thing I was particularly impressed with is they all had a lot of input into how things were run there and had to organize student groups and give input on curriculum changes.

“There’s a certain level of drive to go through a new medical school and help start those programs,” she said. •

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TV’s “Project Runway” fashion consultant and host Tim Gunn sat for a Q&A following the annual Threads Fashion Show in a transformed Finch Fieldhouse in April. The event, which fashion merchandising and design students look forward to all year, gives students real-world runway experiences.

CMU students Paige Zubok (from left), Cecilia Alfaro and Sala Ward had the chance to schmooze with Gunn following the debut of their designs. CMU has Michigan’s top-ranked fashion merchandising and design program.

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Case, Cole and Katelyn Trevino

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BY ROBIN MINER-SWARTZ

CMU welcomes

smart siblings in multiples

When classes begin this fall, CMU will welcome not one but two sets of triplets to Mount Pleasant with some pretty impressive academic credentials.

For each family, they’re the first generation of Chippewas.

The Trevino family When Katelyn, Cole and Case Trevino join their older sister, Kwyn, this fall, more immediate family members will live in Mount Pleasant than in their two-story rural home in Bath, just north of Lansing.

The triplets have loved and endured a lot of time together in 18 years, so they hadn’t really planned to stick together in college.

But as co-valedictorians of their Bath Bees 2017 graduating class, some pretty attractive scholarships came their way.

“There was a lot of discussion,” mom Jill Trevino said. Case and Cole were weighing CMU against Saginaw Valley State University.

Katelyn had applied to three schools; but when she earned CMU’s most coveted Centralis Scholar Award covering her entire tuition, room and board for four years – worth about $93,000 – her choice was clear.

“I knew with so many of us being in college, that scholarship would help,” she said. “And CMU has the program I’m interested in – pre-physician assistant.”

Gradually, her brothers decided to wear maroon and gold, too.

From left: Parents Rick and Jill Trevino with CMU President George E. Ross, Cole Trevino, Katelyn Trevino, Case Trevino, CMU Provost Michael Gealt and Kwyn Trevino

“The campus really got me,” Cole said. “I also liked how all of us would be close together.”

Adding to the mix: The boys each earned Academic Excellence scholarships from Central.

Cole is considering criminal justice – which Kwyn, a junior, is studying. Case is leaning toward the health and human services field.

All three said they appreciate what Central offers, both academically and socially. They gleaned much of that from Kwyn.

“My siblings have seen a lot of CMU and know a lot of my experiences,” she said.

“They’ve helped me move in and out every year; they know what to expect when this fall rolls around.”

The trio will have a chance to get immersed in August as they take part in Leadership Safari. The program helps freshmen and transfer students learn how to be successful.

It also encourages them to get involved so they can grow as leaders.

The Tibbott triplets Another smart set of triplets will start on their own path toward becoming CMU alums this fall as well.

Illinois State Scholars Sophie, Rose and Lily Tibbott graduated in the top 10 percent of their Morris Community High School class this spring, each earning the lucrative Centralis Gold scholarship. It covers full tuition for four years at CMU.

The Trevino family

“This is our first experience with CMU, and we’re all impressed with everything so far,” says mom Paula Tibbott.

“After visiting numerous colleges in Illinois without any luck, we decided to look out of state,” Rose says. “We discovered Central Michigan University online, and we instantly fell in love when we visited the school.”

While all three will live in Larzelere Hall this fall as part of the honors program, they won’t be roommates. “We’re excited to branch out and go our separate ways,” Rose says. “But it will be nice to have each other around when we need it.”

No one has chosen a major yet, but Rose is considering communications, Lily is looking into business, and Sophie may pursue engineering.

“CMU has so many activities to offer, and we would love to get involved in as many as possible,” Rose says. The girls are interested in trying out intramural soccer and the running club.

“We’re especially looking forward to attending sporting events at CMU and cheering on the Chippewas.” •

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family CMU has a way of weaving itself through several branches of many family trees.

There are so many stories of multiple generations of families, often starting with just two people who met here, extending through many decades of children and grandchildren who chose maroon and gold over and over again.

Here are two of those families.

The Kerr family

with children Patti, Kathy, Mike and Dan. Every one of them became a CMU alum.

Their eldest daughter was born in a tiny house the couple rented from Doc Sweeney (namesake of Sweeney Hall). President Anspach sent a letter personally congratulating the couple.

CMU not only played a central role in love’s first blush, it provided the educational foundation for 11 family members – so far. In fact, a few other Kerr family members also found their partners at CMU.

Lornie Kerr and Margery “Midge” Wright met “He was a junior, I transferred in as a at freshman orientation in the 1950s. sophomore,” says Patti (Kerr) Lingaur, ’76, of the first time she met her husband, Gary He was a football star; she wasn’t overly Lingaur, ’75. “I think there’s a picture of my impressed by his bravado. dad hanging in Finch Fieldhouse; he took They shared a me in and showed me the picture. He lived birthday, and in Thorpe, and I lived in Sweeney.” after a first Mike Kerr, ’81, also met his wife, JoAnne date of (Butler) Kerr, M.A. ’83, on campus. chocolate sodas, they “It was extremely comfortable, almost like a started totally from-home feeling being there, spending time because the whole family was there,” says around the Dan Kerr, ’87. “A lot of them would show up tree-lined for all the football games; it was almost like a walkway near community.”

Lornie Kerr and Barnard Hall.

Several Kerr grandkids are now alumni, too.

Margery “Midge” Wright That’s where other couples When asked about his best memories of also hung out Central, Lornie Kerr, ’54, M.A. ’59, goes right because of back to his late wife, Midge. strict rules that separated “Of course, the No. 1 memory was finding my wife,” he says. men and women in the residence halls The Crall family back then.

Stephanie (Helber) Crall’s parents, Sonny and Shirley Helber, both were at Central in the The romance mid-1960s. blossomed, and eventually Stephanie and her sister Lisa (Helber) the Kerrs Townsend, ’90, followed next, and now Patti (Kerr) and Gary Lingaur became a Stephanie’s daughter Kaela will attend CMU family of six, in the fall.

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Lisa (Helber) Townsend and Stephanie (Helber) Crall “Growing up in Mount Pleasant, we were really avid Central fans — we went to all the football games, baseball games. My grandpa would take his Bluebird motor home to every home game,” says Stephanie Crall.

She went on to graduate with her bachelor’s degree in 1992 and then earned her master’s degree in 1993.

“They just had such strong ties to Mount Pleasant as a community, as well as Central. I went to MSU for two years and came back.

The community, the small town, the relationship with the professors was something I didn’t have at State,” says Crall, who is a speech pathologist at Fox Run, a Novi retirement community.

Now Kaela Crall, the first grandchild in the family, will continue the legacy.

“We’ve been going there since I was little, so I always kind of thought I would go there,” says Kaela, who found out last winter that she’d earned one of the highly competitive Centralis Gold Scholarships. The moment she and her mom found out, grandma Shirley Helber was the first to hear the good news.

“My mom, of course, was just thrilled,” Stephanie says. “We know how proud my dad would be that Kaela has done so well in school and made the choice to go to CMU.” •

Young alumni are putting their stamp on the world in diverse and significant ways Now in its fourth year, the 10 Within 10 program recognizes young alumni who bring honor to Central Michigan University through their work in their career or community. This year’s slate of Chippewas is making a difference in politics, TV news, human resources, education, entertainment and finance.

And they carry their Central pride wherever they go.

BY CYNTHIA J. DRAKE, M.A. ’08

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Kyle Hool, ’09 Major: Finance His job: Finance manager, special projects, at automaker Cadillac’s new world headquarters in New York City What is your fondest memory of CMU? Working for Residence Life as a resident assistant and spending countless highly caffeinated hours studying at Grawn.

Former classmates would remember me probably as a caffeine addict. It was only on rare occasion you’d catch me without some form of coffee or energy drink in my hand.

What has been your coolest moment since graduation?

Reading about my projects as they become public knowledge in the Wall Street Journal and other media continues to be a surreal experience.

What are you proudest of?

Honestly, I feel quite proud sitting in this interview. But holistically, I feel proud of having focused the good fortune afforded to me into a career and company for which I am deeply passionate.

What advice would you give to new graduates?

While technical skills are no doubt the ante to play, there is no substitute for differentiation like a consistently good attitude.

What has your work life taught you?

Focus on winning by helping others achieve success. Always think win-win.

Like the game of Tetris, successes fade, but failures build, so focus your energy on the present and future.

Lindsay Barnett, ’09 Major: Human Resources Management Her job: Human resources international director for Gap Inc./ Banana Republic in London, U.K. What is your fondest memory of CMU? Being a Leadership Advancement Scholar.

I met the best of friends through the program, and I was provided unlimited opportunities to learn, practice and teach leadership skills.

How would your former roommates or classmates remember you?

Driven, passionate and loved to dance at oldies night.

What are you proudest of?

I’ve been able to apply the skills I learned at CMU to my roles at Gap Inc., Apple and Twitter.

What advice would you give to new graduates?

Take risks – you’ll learn tons about yourself. I moved all the way to San Francisco after graduation for my first job.

It was scary and challenging, but I grew so much personally and professionally.

If you could do anything right now, what would you do?

Travel more to explore new places and different cultures. Some of my most valuable experiences have been on international trips.

Greg Angel, ’07 Major: Broadcast and Cinematic Arts His job: News anchor/reporter for CBS 12 in West Palm Beach, Florida What is your fondest memory of CMU? There are so many memories and experiences that I carry with me. Those moments of rushed excitement as freshmen raced through the gauntlet for their first time on campus at Leadership Safari … the adrenaline of counting down the final moments until we were on the air at News Central 34 … the gatherings with brothers of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, forging new relationships and doing our part to leave CMU a better place.

What has been your coolest moment since graduation?

Every day is the coolest moment, because every day I get to live my dream. My career has taken me many places, from covering the Republican and Democratic national conventions to Washington, D.C., the Dominican Republic and Norway. I have covered presidents and have flown in the Goodyear Blimp.

What has your work life taught you?

You won’t always win, you won’t always succeed. You will fail, and it’s OK to fail.

What are you proudest of?

I am proud that, of all of the lessons I learned at CMU, I truly learned what it means to give back. I never paved the road to success, I’m just driving on it, but it’s important that I maintain the road, too.

I mentor and give back to the next generation, finding ways to help them succeed.

What advice would you give to new graduates?

Get in touch with reality. The world is a very different place when you’re out on your own. You will never have all of the answers, so consider every day an opportunity to grow and learn something new. Be the true you. That’s all you need to succeed.

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Tom Wilbur, ’10 Majors: History and Social Science His job: Chief strategist and communications director for Congressman Fred Upton (R-St. Joseph, Michigan), Washington, D.C. What is your fondest memory of CMU? Meeting new people. Avoiding the library. Playing basketball with friends at the SAC. Participating in two Alternative Breaks.

What has been your coolest moment since graduation?

Being on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives when they passed my boss’s landmark legislation, the 21st Century Cures Act. It’s a bipartisan piece of legislation to safely speed the approval process for life-saving drugs and medical devices. It took us more than three years, but in December 2016, President Obama signed it into law. Seeing all of our hard work pay off was incredibly rewarding and yes — in a nerdy way — very cool.

What advice would you give to new graduates?

Audit yourself. Be self-aware and understand what you’re good at and what you’re not. When it comes to finding a job or settling into a career: Triple down on whatever it is you’re passionate about.

Ignore pretty much everything else.

What has your work life taught you?

Being a good communicator means being a good listener, first and foremost.

If you could do anything right now, what would you do?

Stephanie Richards, ’08, M.A.’10 Majors: Communication Disorders, SpeechLanguage Pathology Her job: Assistant Professor, Communication Disorders at CMU What is your fondest memory of CMU? A two-week study abroad trip that I took to Shanghai and Beijing, China, through the Honors Program and the College of Business Administration. We spent time sightseeing, eating local food, visiting both American and Chinese businesses, attending lectures, and learning about the culture.

What has been your coolest moment since graduation? Coming back to work at CMU. To me, taking this job really felt like coming home, which is an experience that I don’t think everyone has when starting their first job out of college.

What are you proudest of? I’m proudest of what I’ve been able to give back to CMU. Having earned two degrees from CMU and now working here as a professor, I’ve had the ability to see our program and the needs of our students from both a student and faculty perspective.

What advice would you give to new graduates?

Take advantage of opportunities that are offered to you — no matter how big or small. Even if they’re a little out of your comfort zone, new experiences can help you develop new relationships, expand your knowledge and skills, and grow both personally and professionally.

What has your work life taught you? Your education never stops. Even though you will learn a lot in school, there is always more to learn, and it’s important to take opportunities to keep learning.

Travel more. The world is so big!

Know a recent grad who’s doing amazing things?

Nominate them for next year’s “10 Within 10” awards: cmich.ly/cmu10in10

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Jennifer Robertson, ’08 Major: Integrative Public Relations Her job: Senior event manager at the Rainbow Room, an iconic New York City restaurant and banquet space atop 30 Rockefeller Plaza What has been your coolest moment since graduation?

I’ve witnessed intimate concerts by some of the biggest names in the music industry, planned birthday parties for former presidents and legendary popculture icons, and helped organizations raise millions of dollars at events to benefit those in need.

What are you proudest of?

Michigan will always be home, but I’m proud of where my path has taken me.

Washington and New York are two incredible cities to spend your 20s and build your career. The memories I’ve made and the friends and connections I’ve developed along the way have been the most rewarding.

What has your work life taught you?

One of my favorite quotes is, “If you work really hard and you’re kind, amazing things will happen.” It’s so simple, but I really attribute that to where I’ve gotten in my career.

What advice would you give to new graduates?

Get as much experience as you can. Also, don’t be afraid to utilize your connections or to reach out to decision-makers directly versus going through the usual channels.

If you could do anything right now, what would you do?

Honestly, I would travel. I was lucky enough when I was younger to travel with my parents, both CMU professors who took student groups on study abroad tours as I was growing up.

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Steve Poe, ’07 Major: Education His job: Chief of managed care and patient administration, U.S. Air Force in Ramstein, Germany What has been your coolest moment since graduation?

My coolest — and scariest — moment was going great white shark cage diving in South Africa last year with my family. To see a great white shark on TV is one thing; to be face-to-face with one is another.

What are you proudest of?

The first: my kids. Even at 4 years old (I have boy/girl twins), they do things that make me so proud as a father. The second: my wife, Nichole. Being a military spouse is not easy. Picking up and moving every few years, sometimes twice in a year, and across the world is tough for anybody. Not only does she do it, she embraces it.

What advice would you give to new graduates?

I keep a small note taped just below my computer in my office that simply reads, “When You Die, Die On ‘E.’ ” That’s it. Have no regrets; leave nothing left.

What has your work life taught you?

Lots. I’ll keep it to three: 1) You cannot effectively lead an organization from behind your desk. I’ve seen leaders try; they’ve all failed. 2) A good leader will know all their folks’ names and a lot about them. A great leader will know their spouses’ and kids’ names and a bit about them. 3) Surround yourself with people smarter than you. Then give them the credit.

If you could do anything right now, what would you do?

I’d be sitting in Congress. I’m passionate about leadership and implementing common-sense change. We need more of it.

Kayla Davis, ’10 Majors: Accounting and Accounting Information Systems Her job: Manager at Deloitte, Detroit, a company offering tax, audit, consulting and financial services to big-name brands What has been your coolest moment since graduation?

The travel I’ve been fortunate enough to enjoy while at Deloitte – “prost-ing!” at Oktoberfest in Munich, experiencing endless rainbows in Iguacu Falls, seeing the Eiffel Tower at night, hiking the Grand Canyon or a 14er in Breckenridge, eating live octopus in Seoul – these are, without a doubt, some of the coolest moments.

What are you proudest of?

The personal brand I’ve created at Deloitte.

There is a certain level of ownership in my career that I am solely responsible for – no one else. You cannot wait for opportunities to come to you. It just doesn’t work that way.

What advice would you give to new graduates?

My best piece of advice for new graduates is to keep an open mind. In both my professional and personal lives there have been opportunities that have come my way that I never thought I would enjoy.

Same goes for things I thought I had a passion for that ultimately weren’t the right fit for me. You don’t know what you don’t know, so give yourself the freedom to try new things and then decide.

What has your work life taught you?

Practicing empathy never goes out of style. Much of my day-to-day is serving clients, and for me that means walking in my clients’ shoes.

If you could do anything right now, what would you do?

Yoga teacher training. Yoga is something I stumbled upon right around the time I began working at Deloitte. Over time, it has become so much more than a physical practice.

David Biedenbender, ’07

Tom Kauffman, ’06, M.A. ’08

Major: Music Theory and Composition

Major: Broadcast and Cinematic Arts

His job: Assistant professor of composition at Michigan State University in East Lansing

His job: Writer and producer of “Rick and Morty,” Cartoon Network, Los Angeles. The animated series follows the exploits of a super scientist and his not-so-bright grandson.

What is your fondest memory of CMU? Meeting my beautiful wife, Angela, at freshman orientation. Musically, my fondest memories are having my first orchestral work premiered by Professor Carlton Woods and the CMU Symphony Orchestra and rehearsing and performing in the CMU Symphonic Wind Ensemble.

What is your fondest memory of CMU? The all-nighters we’d pull in the Moore 119 editing bays before an MHTV deadline. My friend Scott once discovered Red Bull mispriced at Ric’s, so he bought them out and walked into Moore Hall like Taurine Santa Claus.

What has been your coolest moment since graduation?

How would your former roommates or classmates remember you?

The birth of my sons, Izaak and Declan. They bring so much meaning and joy to my life.

As an ambitious jerk with perpetual car problems.

What advice would you give to new graduates?

Your education continues after graduation. In many ways, college is a place to discover what you don’t know, and the years after graduation are a great time to delve deeply into the questions you’ve discovered. Set goals but really dig into the process.

Take risks. Be open. Listen. And know dreams require hard work.

What has your work life taught you?

It’s taken me quite some time to realize that, although it’s very important to me, my work is not my life. Balance is important.

If you could do anything right now, what would you do?

I would do exactly what I’m doing. Every day I am given the opportunity to make music with incredible musicians and collaborators, to work alongside brilliant and inspiring colleagues, and to teach creative, energetic and inquisitive students.

What has been your coolest moment since graduation?

In 2013, seeing my name as the “written by” credit during the third episode of “Rick and Morty.”

What advice would you give to new graduates?

You’ll get lucky slower or faster than other people and in different proportions. So what? There’s no timetable for anything except being a professional basketball player, maybe. Are you trying to be a professional basketball player? Then chill out, be nice to everyone, and recognize we’ve all been addicted to sugar since childhood and that they don’t even tell you the percent daily value in the nutrition facts because it’d be like 7,000 percent.

What has your work life taught you?

Your job, even if it’s a great job, should occupy a portion of your life smaller than the portion dedicated to preserving your mental and physical health. Because one day your job is going to make you wonder, “What if I became a yoga instructor?” •

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Learn more CMU is the only university in Michigan with an undergraduate degree in microscopy. Students enrolled in the program use state-of-the-art instruments to study what can’t be seen by the naked eye. Tucked deep inside the Biosciences Building, the Microscopy Lab is filled with microscopes equipped with an array of modern-day, cutting-edge imaging techniques. The lab also is equipped with – of course – the common optical microscope that uses visible light to magnify. The lab helps students develop a strong foundation in biology, chemistry and physics.

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basketball CMU’S WOMEN’S PROGRAM STRESSES COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

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In her 10th year heading the Central Michigan women’s basketball program, Sue Guevara knows life is about more than points and rebounds or wins and losses.

She wants her players to realize it, too.

“I want our kids to really understand how fortunate they are to have scholarships, to be able do what they love to do,” she says of her players, who in 2016-17 delivered CMU its first Mid-American Conference regular-season championship in women’s basketball since 1985.

“I want them to appreciate everything that they have, that they are given, so when it’s their turn, they give back.”

Guevara’s curriculum includes a social component involving a broad range of community activities. Her players volunteer at the food bank and at Special Olympics events, they chaperone dances at local schools, stage basketball clinics for children, and collect and distribute diapers to young mothers. The team also helps organizations such as the Commission on Aging and Girls on the Run, and they read to elementary school students.

The players happily embrace their roles as ambassadors.

“It makes us more well-rounded individuals off the court, and it helps with our development,” says Jasmine Harris. Harris completed her eligibility in 2017 and is working toward her master’s degree in political science. She was a leader in the team’s efforts last season to collect water for Flint residents affected by the city’s ongoing lead water crisis.

“It gives us a connection to the community that we play for,” Harris says. “We’re so active in the community that they, the fans, have a personality to put to that face they see on the court because we’ve met them.”

ENCOURAGING ENGAGEMENT The Chippewas began their 2016-17 season on Nov. 11 with a road trip to South Bend, Indiana, where they played Notre Dame, then the No. 1-ranked team in the country.

Typically, when college teams travel, student-athletes focus on their cell phones or shut out the world with headphones.

Not on Guevara’s watch.

Minutes after departing Mount Pleasant, the coach walked to the middle of the bus and engaged her players in a conversation about the election, which was three days prior. Her question: “What would you say to our newly elected president?”

Politics? In this day and age? Who would toss a match into that potential tinder box when cohesiveness is the critical component in any team sport?

Yet Guevara was going there and taking her players with her because, well, it matters.

“I didn’t know who voted for who, and it didn’t matter to me,” says Guevara, who had required each of her players to register to vote ahead of the election. “It’s important for me to know they think about stuff other than basketball. It just is.

“You have to know what’s going on,” she says. “A lot of this stuff is going to impact them more than it’s going to impact me. As women, it’s so important to take advantage of something that a lot of women around the world can’t do. I don’t care who you vote for – I don’t – but educate yourself.

Read something and then make sure you go vote.”

TAKING IT WITH THEM Kaihla Szunko played for Guevara at CMU from 2007-11. Today, Szunko lives in Gainesville, Florida, and is the athletic director at Girls Place, a nonprofit helping foster girls’ development. She said the charitable work she performed on the team at CMU sparked her interest in education.

“Going to different schools, or an animal shelter or a food bank, it really brings it into perspective,” she says. “I think sometimes you get stuck in what your life is. When I think I’m having a bad day, there are people out there who don’t have food. Doing those activities and interacting really grounds you and brings you around to realizing how lucky you really are.”

That’s a lesson Guevara has always sought in developing well-rounded, educated women.

It goes deeper than reaching out. It’s more about reaching within. •

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THE CAREER OF A LIFETIME

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season MARCUS KEENE SPENT JUST ONE SEASON IN A CENTRAL MICHIGAN BASKETBALL UNIFORM, BUT HIS LEGACY WILL LAST A LIFETIME. The diminutive Keene was simply dazzling in 2016-17 as he became the first NCAA Division I player in two decades to average 30 points per game. He earned All-America honorable mention, the first Chippewa to do so since Chris Kaman in 2003.

Keene was perhaps best known nationally when he scored 50 points in a Jan. 21 game against Miami (Ohio), becoming the first player in NCAA Division I to hit the 50-point mark since 2013.

“We appreciate Marcus for his time at Central Michigan,” CMU coach Keno Davis says. “The influence Marcus has had will impact the program positively for years to come.”

The 5-foot-9 guard transferred to CMU from Youngstown State in Ohio with two years of eligibility. In March, Keene announced his intention to leave CMU with one year of eligibility remaining to pursue a career in professional basketball. He’ll learn his fate when the 2017 NBA draft takes place June 22.

“Thank you to all of the fans who have supported me throughout my time at Central Michigan,” Keene said in an Instagram post. “I will miss you all. I will forever be a Chippewa.”

His incredible skill brought unprecedented attention to CMU’s program with full-length feature stories about him published in Sports Illustrated, USA Today and the Wall Street Journal. His highlights were also frequently broadcast on ESPN’s “SportsCenter,” and he was the subject of a feature on “The CBS Evening News.”

Keene – a Warren High School grad – and the Chippewas drew record numbers to McGuirk Arena this season, including two sellouts of more than 5,400 tickets for the first time in the venue’s history.

Keene scored 30 or more points 17 times, and he tallied 40 or more seven times — the most by an NCAA Division I player since the 1990-91 season.

Keene finished with a Mid-American Conference record 959 points.

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Alumni News Young Alumni board President Michael Zeig, ’08 East Lansing Vice president Scott Hillman, ’10 Chicago Past president Ashleigh (Klipper) Laabs, ’07 Royal Oak Directors Cyril Agley, ’09 Grosse Pointe Michael Decker, ’07 Beverly Hills Morgan (Curtis) Hales, ’06, M.A. ’11 Clare Eric Johnson, ’11 Mount Pleasant Anthony Lazzaro ’15 Grand Rapids Danielle Leone, ’10 St. Clair Shores James (J.J.) Lewis, ’06 Thousand Oaks, California Jennifer Lopez, ’10 Royal Oak Gregory Marx, ’08 Troy Brittany Mouzourakis, ’11 Dearborn Heights Jason Nichol, ’12 Lansing Kelly Pageau, ’08 Chicago

John Reineke, ’09 Oxford, Ohio Joshua Richards, ’08 Lake Orion Michelle (Curtis) Rush, ’07 St. Joseph Christine Simon, ’13 Lansing Jeffrey Stoutenburg, ’10, M.P.A. ’13 Midland Michael Wiese, ’09 Grand Rapids Young Alumni regional fellows California San Francisco Bay Courtney Duvendack, ’10 court.duvendack@gmail.com Chicago Spencer Long, ’08, M.A. ’10 spencer.long@gmail.com Florida Miami Adam Romano, ’13 aromano734@gmail.com Orlando Raychel Cesaro, ’05 rcesaro@holocaustedu.org Mara Shorr, ’05 marashorr@thebestmbs.com Michigan Holland Briana Hartline, ’09 bhartline@sentinel.com

Metro Detroit Emily Lamoreaux, ’07 emily.lamoreaux@gmail.com Mid-Michigan Megan Lawless, ’08 adelm1me@cmich.edu NYC/New Jersey/ Philadelphia Michael Waas, ’05, M.A. ’07 michael@terracycle.com Ohio/Oxford Tylere Presley, ’12 tylere.presley@betathetapi.org Texas Austin Dan Rathke, ’07 rathk1dj@gmail.com Washington, D.C. Colleen Scheidel, ’10 schei1ce@cmich.edu

Alumni board President Ryan A. Fewins-Bliss, ’02, M.A. ’04 Bath Past president Jan (Keegan) Hagland, ’77 Berkley Directors Rebeca Reyes Barrios, ’00, MBA ’02 Canton Carrie Baumgardner, ’99, M.A. ’02 Lansing

Lisa A. (Laitinen) Bottomley, ’97 Kentwood Lynn Garrett, ’97 Detroit Jacalyn (Beckers) Goforth, ’82 Beverly Hills Laura Gonzales, ’79, M.A. ’89 Mount Pleasant Bret Hyble, ’82, M.A. ’86 Mount Pleasant Linda (Scharich) Leahy, ’82 Midland Scott Nadeau, ’89 Dexter Thomas C. Olver, ’98 Mount Pleasant Frederick Puffenberger, ’95 Mount Pleasant Kandra (Kerridge) Robbins, ’90 Portland Darryl Shelton, ’85 Grand Rapids Nathan Tallman, ’07, M.A. ’09 Auburn Hills Amy P. (Rousseau) Uebbing, ’86 Rochester Robert VanDeventer, ’74 Saginaw Bradley Wahr, ’03 Mount Pleasant Thomas L. Worobec, ’93 Dearborn Heights Nicole (Williams) Yelland, ’05 Clarkston

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Ian Devlin, ‘04, is among the select class.

“If it wasn’t for Central’s teacher education program, I wouldn’t be afforded this incredible opportunity,” he said.

Devlin teaches earth science and ecology at Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas. He strives to develop stewards of conservation and sustainability and have each student leave the classroom understanding the interconnectedness and importance of the Earth.

The 2017 fellows will embark on global expeditions aboard Lindblad ships for hands-on field experience to take back to their classrooms and professional communities. They will travel to the Canadian High Arctic, Antarctica, Southeast Alaska, Arctic Svalbard, Iceland, Greenland and the Galápagos Islands, experiencing landscapes, cultures and wildlife unique to their regions. •

Guyana’s President David Granger promoted Col. Patrick West, M.A. ’09, to brigadier, before swearing him in as the new chief of staff of the Guyana Defence Force. The force provides military service for Guyana, a small country on South America’s North Atlantic coast. It has a population of 800,000.

West also received the Military Service Star in recognition of his 33 years of service to the force.

West says being elevated to the helm of the defence force was not something he initially envisioned. “I realized that I needed to broaden my horizons,” West says. “So I completed all my required professional military education and my academic education as well, so that I can provide the relevant balance and directions, strategic and otherwise, to the force.” • Brigadier Patrick West (right) takes the oath of office as the new chief of staff of the Guyana Defence Force in the presence of President David Granger (seated).

Delaware credit union names Chippewa as new CEO After an extensive national search, Chaz Rzewnicki, M.A. ’16, was appointed chief executive officer of Dover Federal Credit Union, Delaware’s largest credit union.

“The board is very excited to promote Chaz to the CEO position,” says Jeannette Schuler, board chair.

With more than 15 years of credit union experience spanning sales, service, lending, collections, operations, compliance, branch and call center administration, Rzewnicki most recently served as vice president of member services for Dover Federal. •

Chippewa appointed interim president of Chattanooga State Community College Debbie Adams, M.S. ‘04, a 30-year career staffer and administrator at Chattanooga State Community College, is now interim president of the Nashville college.

Adams, who was vice president of student affairs and workforce development, will lead the college until the next president is named by the Board of Regents later this year.

Adams began her career at Chattanooga State in the Student Affairs Division. •

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In recognition of their commitment to geographic education, 35 highly respected educators from the United States and Canada have been selected as the 11th group of Lindblad Expeditions and National Geographic Grosvenor Teacher Fellows.

Alum named chief of staff of Guyana Defence Force

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Chippewa honored with Order of Canada announcement His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, governor general of Canada, announced 100 new appointments to the Order of Canada, including Patricia Lang, M.A. ‘79.

Lang is the retired president of Confederation College in Thunder Bay, Ontario, and is a member of CMU’s Ontario Advisory committee. Established in 1967 by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the Order of Canada is the cornerstone of the Canadian Honours System, recognizing outstanding achievement, dedication to the community and service to the nation.

“It was very emotional. Obviously, I was very humbled, and I was very honored,” Lang told the Thunder Bay NewsWatch. “I finally said to the woman (on the phone), ‘I’m sorry, I’m usually quite articulate and sometimes even a little bit elegant, but I’m neither today.’ ” She was bestowed the award for her commitment to the growth and development of Ontario’s colleges as a long-time academic administrator. •

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Lansing basketball coach headed for NJCAA Hall of Fame Michael Ingram, ’98, head coach of the Lansing Community College men’s basketball team, is an inductee for the 2017 National Junior College Athletic Association Hall of Fame.

Ingram, a member of LCC’s men’s basketball coaching staff since 1988, is among five inductees from across the nation. He has a career record of 556-221 and was assistant coach in 1988 when LCC won the NJCAA National Championship. Ingram coached his team to four National NJCAA tournament finishes and 19 Michigan Community College Athletic Association Championships.

Tavon Tanner tears up before surgery at Lurie Children’s Hospital on Oct. 17, 2016, to remove a bullet that pierced his body in August. From Jan. 1 through the middle of December 2016, 24 children 12 or younger were shot in Chicago.

CMU alum wins Pulitzer Prize for feature photography A Chippewa is among the 17 winners of a 2017 Pulitzer Prize.

E. Jason Wambsgans, a staff photographer for the Chicago Tribune since 2002, earned the top award for feature photography for his black-and-white series chronicling 10-year-old Tavon Tanner’s life after surviving a shooting in Chicago.

Wambsgans, a Detroit native who earned bachelor’s degrees in art and broadcast and cinematic arts in 1994, has spent the past four years documenting Chicago’s gun violence.

From Jan. 1 through mid-December of 2016, 24 children age 12 or younger were shot in Chicago.

“He’s a brave, extraordinary little boy,” Wambsgans told the Chicago Tribune of Tavon. “He wanted his story to be told.”

“Coach Ingram has been a staple in our program for nearly 30 years, setting a very high standard,” says LCC President Brent Knight. “His impact in establishing a positive reputation for LCC athletics is immeasurable.”

Ingram is a graduate of LCC and CMU. He was an All-American player at LCC, was on the team for two years at CMU and played high school basketball in Jackson with former Indianapolis Colts head coach Tony Dungy.

“The honor I feel is beyond what words can describe,” Ingram said.

“I’m just a guy who loves the game of basketball. I got to live my dream here at LCC as a player and a coach.

I’ve worked with great assistants and had great players — I hope they realize their impact on this achievement.” •

Wambsgans told the Tribune he hopes his photos help bring awareness and understanding to Chicago violence.

“That’s always the hope in doing this work,” Wambsgans says. “When you can show somebody’s experiences you can create a bridge of understanding.”

Read more about his work and find a link to see the entire series of his Pulitzer Prize-winning photographs here: cmich.ly/PulitzerEJW.

Chippewa named Pulitzer finalist Another Chippewa, Jake May, was a finalist in the same category for his work that the judges called “striking, wonderfully conceived photographs from Flint’s contaminated-water crisis that told a challenging story in human terms.” May is a nondegree-holding alumnus of CMU. Read more about his work and see the photos here: cmich.ly/JakeMaymlive •

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In Memory Harriet (Murphy) Wilber, ’40, M.A. ’65, Sonoma, Calif., died Jan. 16, 2017, age 97.

Fred S. Lee, ’42, Walled Lake, Mich., died March 17, 2017, age 97.

Carl E. Ross, ’42, Lima, Ohio, died Feb. 8, 2017, age 98.

Roselyn M. (Long) DuChene, ’43, Williamston, Mich., died Nov. 15, 2016, age 99.

June E. (Hemmingsen) Courter, ’4 4, Wyoming, Mich., died Feb. 11, 2017, age 93.

Marjorie J. (Anderson) Griffin, ’4 4, Traverse City, Mich., died Feb. 1, 2017, age 94.

William Pyles, ’45, Brooklyn, N.Y., died Nov. 6, 2016, age 93.

Virginia (Akin) Smith, ’46, Alma, Mich., died Dec. 22, 2016, age 92.

Margaret J. (Loomis) Bailey, ’47, Traverse City, Mich., died March 7, 2017, age 91.

Mildred A. (Vanderlip) Carey, ’47, Grand Blanc, Mich., died Oct. 14, 2016, age 91.

Beth (Ballantyne) Spencer, ’47, Eugene, Ore., died Dec. 9, 2016, age 92.

William A. Blazo, ’49, Birmingham, Mich., died Dec. 20, 2016, age 95.

Robert L. Costa, ’49, Vero Beach, Fla., died Jan. 17, 2017, age 89.

Agnes D. (Burgett) Dayringer, ’49, Grand Blanc, Mich., died June 12, 2015, age 87.

James A. Matteson, ’49, Caseville, Mich., died July 1, 2016, age 94.

Jack B. Anson, ’50, Mount Pleasant, Mich., died Dec. 6, 2016, age 91.

Beverly E. (Twining) Attwood, ’50, Tempe, Ariz., died Jan. 27, 2017, age 88.

Donna L. Duerr, ’50, Byron Center, Mich., died Nov. 15, 2016, age 87.

Doyle Eckhardt, ’50, M.A. ’63, Brethren, Mich., died Dec. 19, 2016, age 91.

Charles H. Hyde, ’50, M.A. ’65, Cadillac, Mich., died Jan. 10, 2017, age 89.

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Robert N. Lippert, ’50, Manistee, Mich., died Sept. 25, 2016, age 95.

William J. Matus, ’50, Topinabee, Mich., died Nov. 17, 2016, age 94.

Joseph J. Shea, ’50, Wilmington, N.C., died Jan. 8, 2017, age 90.

Robert L. Straley, ’50, ’66, Shepherd, Mich., died Nov. 16, 2016, age 88.

Charles D. Alexander, ’51, Mount Pleasant, Mich., died Nov. 4, 2016, age 93.

Evelyn M. (Barnes) Darby, ’51, Flint, Mich., died Feb. 23, 2017, age 87.

M. Audrey Kubian, ’51, Grand Rapids, Mich., died Dec. 12, 2016, age 99.

John J. Ort, ’51, Traverse City, Mich., died Dec. 28, 2016, age 87.

Andrew Arras, ’52, St. Louis, Mo., died Dec. 19, 2016, age 87.

Elmer H. Ball, ’52, Oxford, Mich., died Feb. 28, 2017, age 86.

Peter H. Krohn, ’52, Clawson, Mich., died Oct. 22, 2016, age 90.

Milan M. Miller, ’52, Bay Port, Mich., died Dec. 9, 2016, age 90.

Wilbur J. Miller, ’52, Taylor, Mich., died Aug. 22, 2014, age 88.

James G. Fitzgerald, ’53, M.A. ’59, Caro, Mich., died Oct. 24, 2016, age 85.

Gilbert O. Bovan, ’54, Ovid, Mich., died Feb. 25, 2017, age 88.

Kenneth N. Downing, ’54, Madison Heights, Mich., died April 5, 2016, age 84.

Wesley W. Harding Jr., ’54, Saginaw, Mich., died Feb. 27, 2017, age 85.

Lorraine (Stevens) Stephenson, ’54, Monroe, Mich., died Nov. 6, 2016, age 89.

Jewell (Chaffee) Brode, ’55, Shelby Township, Mich., died Oct. 8, 2016, age 83.

Norma R. (Harder) Bunting, ’55, M.A. ’69, Ellicott City, Md., died Dec. 28, 2015, age 93.

Carol G. (Kingsbury) Ferguson, ’55, Posen, Mich., died Nov. 7, 2016, age 83.

Steve J. Marovich, ’55, Battle Creek, Mich., died Nov. 12, 2016, age 83.

Anthony F. Stayer, ’55, M.A. ’62, Suttons Bay, Mich., died Dec. 3, 2016, age 83.

Robert A. Hutton, ’56, Gaylord, Mich., died Jan. 9, 2017, age 82.

Jeanne M. (Lake) Johnson, ’56, Andrews, S.C., died Jan. 1, 2017, age 82.

Elizabeth E. (Shumsky) Stayer, ’56, Suttons Bay, Mich., died Sept. 2, 2016, age 82.

Dean I. Bailey, ’57, Lowell, Mich., died Jan. 18, 2017, age 81.

Marilyn E. (Thompson) Hall, ’57, Mount Airy, N.C., died Jan. 23, 2017, age 81.

James L. Baldwin, ’58, Allen Park, Mich., died Dec. 10, 2016, age 80.

Lyle J. Beatty, ’58, Alpena, Mich., died Nov. 1, 2016, age 81.

Loren B. Bensley, ’58, Omena, Mich., died Nov. 21, 2016, age 81.

Richard J. Case, ’58, M.A. ’59, Bay City, Mich., died Feb. 28, 2017, age 86.

Stanley R. Gooch, ’58, Grand Blanc, Mich., died April 3, 2017, age 82.

Phyllis A. (Maier) Gordon, ’58, Fort Myers, Fla., died Nov. 23, 2016, age 80.

Vernon C. Andrews, ’59, M.A. ’61, Escanaba, Mich., died Oct. 27, 2016, age 83.

Margaret (Gustafson) Graves, ’59, Fond Du Lac, Wis., died Oct. 25, 2016, age 81.

Joan C. (Harris) Kitzman, ’59, Hartland, Mich., died March 17, 2016, age 79.

Joyce A. (Yeomans) Krull, ’59, Rochester, Mich., died Jan. 18, 2017, age 79.

Richard A. Martens, ’59, Schoolcraft, Mich., died Dec. 12, 2016, age 84.

James T. Mitchell, ’59, Saginaw, Mich., died Feb. 27, 2015, age 80.

Doris J. (Blackwell) Pumphrey, ’59, Macon, Ga., died Jan. 8, 2017, age 80.

Patrick J. Quinlan, ’59, Alexandria, Va., died March 9, 2017, age 83.

Herbert M. Stewart, ’59, Hermitage, Tenn., died Dec. 21, 2016, age 83.

Virginia C. (Lee) Babcock, ’60, Bear Lake, Mich., died Jan. 6, 2017, age 83.

Norrene L. (Anderson) Carlson, ’60, Grand Rapids, Mich., died Dec. 9, 2016, age 78.

Rodger H. DeVoogd, ’60, Grand Rapids, Mich., died July 7, 2014, age 81.

James W. Hasty, ’60, West Branch, Mich., died Feb. 9, 2017, age 78.

Patrick E. Schwartz, ’60, Marysville, Mich., died Dec. 8, 2016, age 78.

Barbara A. (Russell) Stipe, ’60, Grand Blanc, Mich., died Feb. 7, 2017, age 80.

Robert C. Burian, ’61, Traverse City, Mich., died Feb. 2, 2017, age 77.

Burt S. Fettig, M.A. ’61, Saginaw Township, Mich., died Nov. 5, 2016, age 81.

Janet A. (Ahearn) Frericks, ’61, Waterford, Mich., died Feb. 11, 2017, age 78.

Marilyn J. (Jay) Harper, ’61, Lansing, Mich., died Dec. 17, 2016, age 77.

Loraine M. (Lampman) Mayes, ’61, M.A. ’90, St. Louis, Mich., died Jan. 20, 2017, age 77.

Donald D. Otter, ’61, Freeland, Mich., died Nov. 9, 2016, age 78.

Alfred P. Tyo, ’61, Bay City, Mich., died Jan. 28, 2017, age 78.

Linda I. (Howe) Pettifor, ’62, Indianapolis, Ind., died Nov. 21, 2016, age 76.

Frances M. (Liska) Riebe, ’62, Flushing, Mich., died Jan. 5, 2017, age 101.

Rosaleen B. (Murphy) Schlicker, ’62, M.A. ’70, Saginaw, Mich., died Feb. 22, 2017, age 99.

Joseph Schultz, ’62, Cheboygan, Mich., died March 1, 2017, age 78.

Gordon H. Evoy, ’63, Wolverine, Mich., died Jan. 4, 2017, age 77.

Irene M. (Gohr) Saelens, ’63, Bay City, Mich., died Feb. 22, 2017, age 85.

Stephanie C. (Budzinski) Skiera, ’63, Cheboygan, Mich., died Jan. 18, 2017, age 89.

Herman L. Hill, M.A. ’64, Midland, Mich., died Dec. 11, 2016, age 82.

Dale E. Muir, ’64, West Union, S.C., died Aug. 27, 2016, age 85.

Loren L. Wycoff, ’64, M.A. ’66, Bay City, Mich., died Sept. 18, 2016, age 75.

Richard A. Bolton, ’65, Mio, Mich., died Dec. 4, 2016, age 76.

Linda L. (Halsig) Hoogendyk, ’65, Mankato, Minn., died June 27, 2016, age 73.

Robert D. Jacobson, ’65, M.A. ’70, McBain, Mich., died Nov. 4, 2016, age 54.

Thomas N. Johnson, ’65, Pinnconning, Mich., died Nov. 13, 2016, age 83.

Robert R. Miller, ’65, M.A. ’70, Dunedin, Fla., died Nov. 18, 2016, age 74.

Donald M. Blake, ’66, M.S. ’70, Sanford, Mich., died Oct. 18, 2016, age 82.

Roscoe F. Colingsworth, M.A. ’66, Holland, Mich., died March 11, 2017, age 78.

Doris I. (McConnell) Cook, ’66, Edmore, Mich., died Oct. 10, 2016, age 89.

Mary A. (O’Connor) Dikos, ’66, Midland, Mich., died Feb. 23, 2017, age 86.

Bonnie A. (Lowrie) Hecock, ’66, New Port Richey, Fla., died Jan. 21, 2017, age 72.

Carol A. (Elliott) Libkuman, ’66, Bradenton, Fla., died March 4, 2017, age 72.

Julius Barat, M.A. ’67, Doylestown, Ohio, died Oct. 14, 2016, age 90.

Gerald W. Delecki, ’67, Swartz Creek, Mich., died Oct. 15, 2015, age 71.

James R. High, M.A. ’67, Greencastle, Ind., died Feb. 14, 2017, age 76.

Mary P. (Conley) Ulrich, ’67, Bay City, Mich., died Oct. 25, 2016, age 91.

Anne M. (Hassey) Anderson, ’68, Jackson, Mich., died Dec. 23, 2016, age 70.

Deanna D. Danforth, ’68, M.A. ’75, Gladstone, Mich., died May 1, 2016, age 76.

Mary K. (Korf) Markov, ’68, Ludington, Mich., died Feb. 13, 2017, age 93.

Barry E. Quimper, M.A. ’68, Bridgeport, Mich., died March 5, 2017, age 77.

Linda L. (Katke) Simontal, ’68, M.A. ’79, Big Rapids, Mich., died Feb. 17, 2017, age 71.

Luke C. Tullar, ’68, Dallas, Texas, died March 15, 2016, age 70.

Twila C. (Kenney) Bardwell, ’69, Caro, Mich., died March 5, 2017, age 95.

Helen A. (Diffell) Drzyzga, ’69, Essexville, Mich., died Dec. 12, 2015, age 76.

George H. Falkenhagen, ’69, Oscoda, Mich., died Oct. 20, 2016, age 70.

Norman K. Garnett, ’69, Holt, Mich., died Feb. 17, 2017, age 83.

Larry H. Pattison, M.S. ’69, Ed.S. ’79, Hudsonville, Mich., died Jan. 5, 2017, age 81.

Dale M. Pickelman, ’69, Auburn, Mich., died Oct. 16, 2016, age 78.

Richard L. Rusk, M.A. ’69, Logansport, Ind., died Feb. 17, 2017, age 79.

Daniel R. Schmalenberg, ’69, Traverse City, Mich., died Dec. 30, 2016, age 70.

Carol F. Veldsma-Cochran, ’69, New Port Richey, Fla., died Sept.

30, 2016, age 69.

Linda A. (Johnston) Carroll, ’70, M.A. ’76, Charlevoix, Mich., died Nov. 5, 2016, age 68.

Lowell A. Hager, ’70, Mount Pleasant, Mich., died Dec. 19, 2016, age 69.

Penny S. (Haring) Hughes, ’70, Lake, Mich., died March 30, 2017, age 68.

Richard P. Jennings, M.A. ’70, Pickford, Mich., died Oct. 7, 2016, age 89.

Richard J. Mauren, ’70, Southgate, Mich., died Jan. 25, 2017, age 69.

Robert A. Meade, ’70, New Canaan, Conn., died July 20, 2015, age 93.

Joseph T. Mileski, ’70, Escanaba, Mich., died Feb. 16, 2017, age 78.

May J. (Hund) Sweeney, ’70, Ubly, Mich., died Dec. 18, 2016, age 68.

Robert Tighe, MBA ’70, Fort Lauderdale, Fla., died Sept. 27, 2016, age 70.

Bruce Yaple, ’70, Arvada, Colo., died Dec. 29, 2016, age 68.

Shirley M. (Conklin) Alburg, ’71, M.A. ’75, Beaverton, Mich., died June 25, 2012, age 76.

Robert C. Appel, ’71, Fort Wayne, Ind., died Dec. 26, 2016, age 74.

John P. Brown, ’71, Constantine, Mich., died Feb. 7, 2017, age 69.

Donald L. Buschlen, ’71, Essexville, Mich., died June 25, 2015, age 66.

Russell Colton, ’71, Manton, Mich., died Oct. 11, 2016, age 68.

June L. Corder, ’71, Vestaburg, Mich., died Jan. 22, 2017, age 67.

Ronald L. Hover, ’71, M.A. ’72, Bowling Green, Ohio, died Feb. 24, 2017, age 68.

C. Jill (Riddle) Jilek, ’71, Kalamazoo, Mich., died Jan. 30, 2017, age 67.

Orville R. Kitzman, ’71, M.A. ’76, Milford, Mich., died Sept. 20, 2014, age 81.

Juanita L. (Smith) Wood, M.A. ’71, Manton, Mich., died Nov. 20, 2016, age 97.

Harold W. Fountain, Ed.S. ’72, Sun City, Ariz., died Feb. 7, 2017, age 96.

Daniel J. Franas, ’72, Edgerton, Wis., died Sept. 26, 2016, age 66.

John A. Gibson, M.A. ’72, Standish, Mich., died Nov. 2, 2016, age 81.

Doris M. (Bolduc) Hickner, ’72, Lake Jackson, Texas, died Feb. 11, 2017, age 81.

Lynn D. (Scheesley) Hoaglin, ’72, Jackson, Mich., died Nov. 1, 2016, age 66.

Carol E. (Kelly) King, ’72, Presque Isle, Mich., died Oct. 28, 2016, age 81.

Kathie R. (Radunzel) Vugrinovich, ’72, Haslett, Mich., died Nov. 1, 2016, age 66.

Jeffrey R. Boyd, ’73, M.S. ’78, Sugar Land, Texas, died Feb. 22, 2017, age 67.

William A. Brown, ’73, Grand Rapids, Mich., died Nov. 19, 2016, age 71.

Wendall K. Hagen, M.A. ’73, Inver Grove Heights, Minn., died Feb. 6, 2017, age 70.

Harvey K. Hamilton, M.A. ’73, Zebulon, N.C., died Nov. 10, 2015, age 75.

Louis E. Newton, M.A. ’73, Warren, Mich., died Nov. 9, 2016, age 83.

Lawrence P. Porath, ’73, M.A. ’82, Charlevoix, Mich., died Dec. 22, 2016, age 67.

Brian M. Redmond, ’73, Bay City, Mich., died Nov. 29, 2016, age 72.

Charles H. Wilson, M.A. ’73, La Mesa, Calif., died April 30, 2015, age 84.

Marcia A. Deutch, M.A. ’74, The Villages, Fla., died Nov. 11, 2016, age 78.

Gene T. Marshall, M.A. ’74, Columbus, Ohio, died Oct. 30, 2016, age 90.

James E. Strayer, M.A. ’74, San Antonio, Texas, died Nov. 26, 2016, age 78.

Kim C. Brown, ’75, Mount Pleasant, Mich., died Jan. 14, 2017, age 63.

Richard L. Griffin, M.A. ’75, Grand Rapids, Mich., died April 10, 2016, age 79.

Eric P. Holmgren, ’75, Grand Rapids, Mich., died Oct. 30, 2016, age 63.

John S. Johnson, M.A. ’75, Groveport, Ohio, died Dec. 17, 2014, age 75.

William L. Kesling, ’75, Waynesville, Ohio, died Feb. 8, 2017, age 63.

Sister Donna M. Wencel, M.A. ’75, Adrian, Mich., died March 3, 2017, age 88.

Timothy Cornfield, ’76, M.A. ’79, East Lansing, Mich., died Nov. 15, 2016, age 64.

Robert Y. Hill, M.A. ’76, Bay City, Mich., died Nov. 23, 2016, age 82.

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In Memory Phra D. Lyle, MBA ’76, Aiken, S.C., died Oct. 10, 2016, age 71.

Harold Metz, M.A. ’76, Kansas City, Kan., died Nov. 4, 2015, age 81.

Jim Myers, M.A. ’76, Los Angeles, Calif., died Feb. 16, 2017, age 79.

Anthony J. Southall, M.A. ’76, Columbus, Ohio, died Dec. 8, 2016, age 79.

Albert B. Luster, M.A. ’77, San Antonio, Texas, died Oct. 29, 2016, age 86.

Thomas E. McFadden, M.A. ’77, Elkhart, Ind., died Feb. 15, 2017, age 83.

James M. Norris, MBA ’77, Saginaw, Mich., died Oct. 24, 2016, age 74.

Joseph Ostrowidzki, M.A. ’77, El Paso, Texas, died June 21, 2016, age 81.

James C. Parrott, M.A. ’77, Harlingen, Texas, died Dec. 12, 2016, age 90.

Shirley J. (Prueter) Patzwaldt, ’77, Saginaw Township, Mich., died Nov. 6, 2016, age 90.

James E. Place, M.A. ’77, Novi, Mich., died Dec. 25, 2016, age 69.

Ernest M. Skinner, M.A. ’77, Tucson, Ariz., died Oct. 16, 2015, age 69.

Joel R. Smith, M.A. ’77, Phenix City, Ala., died Feb. 8, 2017, age 87.

Charles E. Venable, M.A. ’77, Bryn Mawr, Pa., died Jan. 26, 2017, age 74.

Frederick E. Vollrath, M.A. ’77, Myrtle Beach, S.C., died Jan. 1, 2017, age 76.

Jordan D. Young, M.A. ’77, Hazelwood, Mo., died Nov. 29, 2015, age 81.

Angelo V. Ambrose, M.A. ’78, Newark, Ohio, died Sept. 17, 2015, age 77.

Robert G. Fear, M.A. ’78, Montezuma, Ga., died Nov. 30, 2016, age 74.

Frances T. (Michaels) Larkin, M.A. ’78, Auburn, Calif., died April 2, 2016, age 91.

Joseph I. Mendenhall, M.A. ’78, Big Rapids, Mich., died Jan. 29, 2017, age 66.

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Mary E. (Hayes) Nigro, ’78, M.A. ’84, Marquette, Mich., died Nov. 30, 2016, age 80.

David G. Opfermann, ’78, Monroe, Mich., died Feb. 13, 2017, age 60.

Robert L. Bonine, ’79, La Crosse, Wis., died Nov. 5, 2016, age 59.

Roger H. Sullivan, M.A. ’79, Lady Lake, Fla., died March 30, 2016, age 85.

Dolores M. (Griffin) Williams, M.A. ’79, Dover, Del., died Nov. 2, 2016, age 76.

Robert L. Adams, M.A. ’80, Lakeview, Mich., died Dec. 23, 2016, age 81.

Gerald E. Campbell, M.A. ’80, Green Cove Springs, Fla., died Jan. 8, 2017, age 70.

Daniel Guevara, M.A. ’80, Laredo, Texas, died April 4, 2016, age 72.

Wilfred R. Linden, ’80, Clinton, Mich., died July 2, 2015, age 83.

Geraldine S. (Scott) Malone, M.A. ’80, Rockford, Ill., died Oct. 8, 2016, age 85.

Charles D. Ogg, M.A. ’80, Topinabee, Mich., died Oct. 29, 2016, age 80.

Dorothy M. (Pollard) Porchia, M.A. ’80, Bay City, Mich., died Oct. 13, 2016, age 68.

Diana K. Thorman, ’80, Imlay City, Mich., died Oct. 5, 2016, age 60.

George M. Walker, M.A. ’80, Columbus, Ohio, died Nov. 21, 2016, age 80.

James K. Winters, M.A. ’80, Carlisle, Pa., died Jan. 3, 2017, age 68.

Susan J. Clark, ’81, Shepherd, Mich., died Dec. 7, 2016, age 59.

Laurie J. Cooper, ’81, Philo, Ill., died Oct. 1, 2016, age 58.

Sandra L. (Varga) Daulton, ’81, Chicago, Ill., died Feb. 12, 2017, age 57.

James R. Flegel, ’81, San Antonio, Texas, died Sept. 25, 2014, age 68.

David A. Goller, M.A. ’81, Plattsmouth, Neb., died Jan. 24, 2017, age 62.

Arthur S. Hanby, M.A. ’81, El Cajon, Calif., died Dec. 18, 2016, age 69.

Mark A. Hook, ’81, Weidman, Mich., died Feb. 28, 2017, age 58.

Amy L. (Ziemann) Blubaugh, ’82, Greendale Township, Mich., died Feb. 20, 2017, age 83.

Roger J. Braun, M.A. ’82, North Port, Fla., died Dec. 2, 2016, age 75.

Dennis D. Goerke, ’82, M.S.A. ’91, Naubinway, Mich., died Oct. 19, 2016, age 79.

Robert C. Ryder, M.A. ’82, Ann Arbor, Mich., died Jan. 4, 2017, age 80.

Timothy A. Brockman, ’83, Mount Pleasant, Mich., died March 2, 2017, age 55.

Frances “Pauline” Fischer, M.A. ’83, Midland, Mich., died Nov. 12, 2016, age 73.

Gerald J. Kasperek, M.A. ’83, Wichita, Kan., died Jan. 30, 2017, age 71.

John A. Lafata, M.A. ’83, Detroit, Mich., died Sept. 3, 2015, age 59.

Helen (Hemingway) McAllister, M.A. ’83, Keego Harbor, Mich., died Jan. 18, 2017, age 82.

Ernest G. Manglicmot, M.A. ’83, Plano, Texas, died Dec. 4, 2013, age 59.

Nancy E. (Fonner) Claflin, M.A. ’84, Jackson, Mich., died Sept. 21, 2015, age 83.

Michael R. Clapper, ’84, Beech Grove, Ind., died Nov. 5, 2016, age 54.

Aaron C. Dohrmann, M.A. ’84, Frankenmuth, Mich., died Nov. 24, 2016, age 87.

Kenneth L. Ingold, M.A. ’84, Hilliard, Ohio, died June 23, 2015, age 91.

Norma F. (Lawrence) Koerber, ’84, Bay City, Mich., died Oct. 19, 2016, age 91.

Michael D. Melchi, ’84, Saline, Mich., died Jan. 16, 2017, age 59.

Robert R. Renken, M.S.A. ’84, Alhambra, Ill., died Oct. 7, 2016, age 87.

Lee R. Brda, M.S. ’85, Cape Coral, Fla., died Dec. 30, 2016, age 77.

Mary K. (Wealch) Moore, M.A. ’85, Livonia, Mich., died Oct. 18, 2016, age 82.

Trude Bigelow, ’86, Alanson, Mich., died June 6, 2016, age 54.

William J. Martella, ’86, Gaylord, Mich., died Feb. 15, 2016, age 51.

Marcia K. (Loyd) SouthardRitter, M.S.A. ’86, Cape Girardeau, Mo., died Nov. 27, 2016, age 74.

Ellen A. (Hartwig) Anderson, ’87, Wolverine Lake, Mich., died Oct. 13, 2016, age 51.

Robert E. Columber, M.S.A. ’87, Marion, Ohio, died Nov. 24, 2016, age 73.

Connie J. (Meredith) Courtade, ’87, Cottage Grove, Minn., died Oct. 15, 2016, age 75.

John G. Freel, Ed.S. ’87, Essexville, Mich., died Dec. 5, 2016, age 79.

Thomas S. Hardie, ’87, Detroit, Mich., died Feb. 9, 2017, age 57.

Jon M. Alspaugh, ’88, Waldoboro, Maine, died Jan. 22, 2017, age 57.

Christopher J. Fauer, M.S.A. ’88, Brooksville, Fla., died Dec. 5, 2016, age 78.

Henry Gryn, ’88, Grosse Pointe, Mich., died Oct. 19, 2016, age 72.

Linda L. (Shattuck) Miske, ’88, Harrison, Mich., died Feb. 27, 2017, age 79.

Robert D. Urbain, Ed.S. ’88, West Branch, Mich., died Aug. 19, 2016, age 62.

Vicki L. Fitzpatrick, M.S.A. ’89, Lansing, Mich., died Feb. 1, 2017, age 68.

Scott W. Gifford, ’89, Lansing, Mich., died Dec. 29, 2016, age 50.

Martha M. (Strecker) Wachob, ’89, Auburn, Mich., died Feb. 8, 2016, age 65.

Lawrence R. Courtney, M.S.A. ’90, Detroit, Mich., died March 1, 2014, age 68.

Edward W. Haughn, M.A. ’90, Traverse City, Mich., died Feb. 11, 2017, age 87.

Denise H. (Stark) Terwilliger, ’90, Mount Pleasant, Mich., died March 19, 2017, age 49.

Faculty Loren B. Bensley, ’58, Omena, Mich., died Nov. 21, 2016, age 81.

Matthew J. Echelberger, ’84, M.A. ’90, Mount Pleasant, Mich., died Jan. 12, 2017, age 55.

Charlotte Evans, Naples, Fla., died April 17, 2017, age 89.

Sharon House, Mount Pleasant, Mich., died Feb. 15, 2017, age 73.

John Riddick, Mount Pleasant, Mich., died March 13, 2017, age 75.

James Smolko, Mount Pleasant, Mich., died Feb. 24, 2017, age 85.

Arthur Thomas, Mount Pleasant, Mich., died March 7, 2017, age 87.

Thomas Wildman, Shepherd, Mich., died March 23, 2017, age 79.

Carlton Woods, Westlake, Ohio, died Feb. 21, 2017, age 75.

Staff Charles D. Alexander, ’51, Mount Pleasant, Mich., died Nov. 4, 2016, age 93.

Howard Beutler, Weidman, Mich., died Nov. 3, 2016, age 86.

Helen K. Johnson, Mount Pleasant, Mich., died Jan. 12, 2017, age 93.

Rosemary Kasel, Dade City, Fla., died Dec. 11, 2016, age 85.

Carl Leonard, Shepherd, Mich., died Nov. 12, 2016, age 68.

Terri Moeggenberg, Mount Pleasant, Mich., died Jan. 8, 2017, age 55.

Sally Oller, Mount Pleasant, Mich., died Jan. 3, 2017, age 80.

Dorothy Purtill, Mount Pleasant, Mich., died Jan. 5, 2017, age 85.

Earl Decker, Mount Pleasant, Mich., died Feb. 20, 2017, age 77.

Ruth Foglesong, Rosebush, Mich., died Feb. 7, 2017, age 98.

LaDonna Havekost, Lake, Mich., died Feb. 24, 2017, age 91.

Oliver Moeggenborg, Shepherd, Mich., died Oct. 15, 2014, age 91.

Lina Teeter, Clare, Mich., died Feb. 20, 2017, age 89.

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Joseph P. Sind, ’99, Clinton, Mich., died Jan. 27, 2017, age 40.

David K. Cain, M.S.A. ’00, Garden City, Mich., died April 11, 2016, age 60.

Donna M. (Piccolo) Lloyd, M.S.A. ’00, Northville, Mich., died Oct. 23, 2016, age 48.

Merrily J. (Young) Lloyd, ’01, Traverse City, Mich., died Dec. 25, 2016, age 68.

Curt W. Lambrix, ’02, Brighton, Mich., died Jan. 24, 2017, age 39.

Brian J. Shannon, M.S.A. ’02, Esko, Minn., died Dec. 18, 2016, age 56.

Kathryn M. (Oldt) Kunkel, M.A. ’03, Manistee, Mich., died Jan. 29, 2017, age 73.

Thomas M. Warfle, M.S. ’04, Mount Pleasant, Mich., died Oct. 25, 2016, age 70.

Tammy J. Clark, ’05, Lansing, Mich., died Nov. 16, 2016, age 47.

Shelley K. (Scholl) Mioduszewski, ’05, Mount Pleasant, Mich., died Nov. 2, 2016, age 51.

Kristin M. Thompson, ’05, Rochester, Mich., died Feb. 9, 2017, age 34.

Tami S. Smith, ’07 graduate certificate, M.A. and M.P.A. ’12, Richmond, Va., died Jan. 18, 2017, age 52.

Justin A. Marshall, ’08, Marlette, Mich., died Oct. 13, 2016, age 33.

Carl R. Rickert II, M.S.A. ’08, Enterprise, Ala., died Sept. 24, 2016, age 46.

May Ella R. McDonald, M.A. ’09, Oakman, Ga., died Dec. 16, 2016, age 63.

Arnold J. Witte, ’09, Lansing, Mich., died Sept. 18, 2015, age 64.

Allison L. Guzik, ’10, Fraser, Mich., died Nov. 12, 2015, age 29.

Cynthia E. Mboe, ’11, M.S.A. ’14, Hyattsville, Md., died Oct. 23, 2016, age 33.

Jack D. Furnari, ’12, DeWitt, Mich., died Dec. 7, 2016, age 29.

Daniel J. Hughes, ’13, Troy, Mich., died Oct. 22, 2016, age 24.

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David L. Cornelius, M.S.A. ’91, Lorton, Va., died July 5, 2015, age 61.

Hershell J. Cotton, M.S.A. ’91, Flint, Mich., died April 25, 2015, age 80.

Donna L. Long, M.A. ’91, New York, N.Y., died Feb. 28, 2017, age 70.

Alice F. (Capehart) Mitchell, M.S.A. ’91, Baltimore, Md., died Feb. 3, 2017, age 63.

Peter A. Goeders, M.S.A. ’92, Austin, Texas, died Aug. 17, 2015, age 66.

Billy J. Boyer, ’92, M.A. ’95, Cadillac, Mich., died Feb. 14, 2017, age 69.

Ivan K. Hall, M.S.A. ’92, Pataskala, Ohio, died Jan. 4, 2017, age 63.

Renae J. (VanHorenwder) Pavlovich, M.A. ’92, Melbourne, Fla., died Jan. 29, 2017, age 63.

Alice M. (Harper) Sias, M.A.H. ’92, Edenville, Mich., died Feb. 8, 2017, age 76.

David M. Arens, M.S.A. ’93, Troy, Mich., died Nov. 29, 2016, age 66.

Kirk A. Centers, M.S.A. ’94, Franklin, Mich., died Jan. 5, 2017, age 54.

Michael W. Stephenson, M.S.A. ’94, Salem, Va., died March 10, 2017, age 69.

David M. Zurcher, M.S.A. ’94, Royal Oak, Mich., died Dec. 18, 2016, age 57.

Richard S. Hopkins, ’95, Coleman, Mich., died Oct. 22, 2016, age 56.

Thomas D. Boyle, ’97, Greenwood, Ind., died Dec. 6, 2016, age 41.

Laura J. (Lord) Smith, M.S.A. ’97, Leesville, La., died Oct. 30, 2016, age 65.

Tammy L. Smith, ’97, Owosso, Mich., died Dec. 30, 2016, age 57.

Gerald D. Solgat, M.S.A. ’97, Marlette, Mich., died Dec. 13, 2016, age 53.

Vivian B. (Butler) White, ’97, Maple City, Mich., died Feb. 3, 2017, age 87.

William B. Sternberger, M.S.A. ’98, Winter Garden, Fla., died Jan. 11, 2017, age 58.

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Do you remember?

Curtain up, light the lights Before Bush Theater opened in Moore Hall in 1971, productions were staged in Warriner Auditorium. Shows from “Once Upon a Mattress” and “The Most Happy Fella” to “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and “Threepenny Opera” were performed there by students from the drama, speech and music departments.

A lavish 1969 production of the Lerner and Loewe musical “My Fair Lady” (pictured) featured a 43-member cast, 28 musicians and a 60-person crew, earning nightly standing ovations. That same year, the theater department presented its first full-length, original work, “Case 431,” written by grad student David Marks. •

PHOTO AND INFORMATION COURTESY OF CLARKE HISTORICAL LIBRARY

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Debra R. Harwood gives back to students from Northern Michigan.

Debra sees the value of a formal education. The 1975 alumna is establishing a scholarship through her estate for students from her hometown of Tawas who attend CMU for their bachelor’s degree.

“A college degree tells the world that you have worked hard to succeed, and that translates into success in whatever career path one pursues,” said Debra, a former national bank examiner at the U.S. Treasury Department.

Debra R. Harwood, ’75

“I took a lot with me when I left CMU in 1975,” she said. “Through my scholarship, hopefully I’ll be able to give back more than I took.”

Give today for the future

Like Debra, you, too, can help students in an incredibly special way. To learn more about this and additional ways to give back to Central Michigan University, contact:

Ted Tolcher

CMU, an AA/EO institution, provides equal opportunity to all persons, including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities (see cmich.edu/ocrie). UComm 9747

Senior Philanthropic Advisor National Director of Planned Giving Advancement 989-774-1441 ted.tolcher@cmich.edu

giftplanning.cmich.edu

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