Winter 2013 Alumni Magazine

Fall

Commencement

Holiday Open House Dr. Ronald Burgher Worrell ’35 Education Scholarship

From the President’s Desk Starting a scholarship in honor or memory of a loved one is truly one of the most generous ways to give. Not only is it something that will always be a part of the Concord University Foundation but it’s also a way to ensure future generations are able to manage the expense of earning a degree.

It is with great pleasure that we showcase in this edition of the alumni magazine Lorene Mae McKenzie Worrell who graduated from Concord in 1935. As you will read in the story, Lorene was someone who encouraged education her entire life to everyone in her family.

Calendar of Events March 16, 2013 • Greenbrier Dinner

The Greenbrier Resort White Sulphur Springs, W.Va.

March 2013 • Hospitality Room • WVIAC Basketball Tournament Charleston Civic Center Charleston, W.Va.

April 11, 2013 • Beckley & Beyond Alumni Chapter Chartering Event Calacino’s Beckley, W.Va. May 17, 2013 • Alumni Reception and Dinner • Class of 1963 – 50th Reunion • Class of 1988 – 25th Reunion University Point May 18, 2013 • Reunion Breakfast • 8:30 a.m.

University Point

(Left to Right) Charles Erickson, Laurie Erickson (Erickson Alumni Center); Mary Aloia, Concord University’s First Lady; Dr. Gregory F. Aloia, Concord University President; Linda Holcomb, Donnie Holcomb ’71 and Alicia Besenyei, Interim Vice President for Advancement in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

Having a scholarship established in her name at her alma mater is undoubtedly something she would have loved. I congratulate her family for pulling their resources together to make the endowed scholarship a reality. I encourage other families to read Lorene’s story and consider doing something similar.

Mrs. Aloia and I, along with Alicia Besenyei, interim vice president for advancement, and Sarah Turner, alumni director, recently had the opportunity to visit with alumni in the Sunshine State. It is always fun to hear the stories of past Concord students who have fond memories of the school. From living in married housing to “sledding” down the hill on cafeteria trays, I have learned traditions run deep here at Concord. I’m always amazed how stories of the Sweet Shop and favorite professors seem to bring smiles on every former student’s face. I would like to extend a special thank you to all of the people who took time to sit and share a meal with us. It was a wonderful experience and one of the best parts of being president of this university.

Dr. Gregory F. Aloia Concord University President and Professor

May 18, 2013 • Commencement • Processional with Reunion Classes • 10:00 a.m.

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Inside this Issue Winter 2013

On the Cover Lorene Mae McKenzie Worrell ’35 received a degree in education from Concord. Her family has established a scholarship in her memory.

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Fall

Commencement

Holiday Open House

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Dr. Ronald Burgher Worrell ’35 Education Scholarship

President Interim Vice President of Advancement Alumni Director

Dr. Gregory F. Aloia

Features

Alicia Besenyei

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Alumni Events

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Fall Commencement

Sarah Lively Turner '98

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11 Senior Dinner 13 Lorene Mae McKenzie Worrell ’35 Education Scholarship

President, Concord University Alumni Association, Inc.

Jessica Cook '08

Graphic Designer

Lance McDaniel '10

19 Holiday Open House

Sarah P. Dalton

23 Faculty: Beyond the Classroom

Project Coordinator Editorial Assistant

15 Retired Faculty & Staff: Staying Connected - Dr. Ronald Burgher

27 Salute to Veterans Amy Pitzer

35 Beryle Crockett Santon ’50 Concord University Office of Advancement PO Box 1000 Athens, WV, 24712 1-304-384-6311 Fax: 1-304-384-6017 advancement@concord.edu www.concord.edu

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AlumniEvents CU Employees Alumni Chapter Officially begins On Nov. 14 the CU Employees Alumni Chapter became the newest group in our expanding family of alumni chapters. This chapter was formed with the goal of providing the 80-plus alumni that work on campus opportunities to support the University through events at Concord.

The chapter already participated in the Holiday Hall of Trees during the Christmas season. Future events they are planning to participate in include football tailgates, Concord’s Relay For Life and a Spring Break food drive.

Pictured at right are the following members who were present for the charter presentation: Front Row— Sarah Turner ’98, Carrie Wyrick ’05 (Secretary), Megan Sanders ’07 (Treasurer), Mitzi Litton ’76, Wendy Bailey ’07 (Vice President) and Erin Clark ’06 (President). Back Row— Scott Inghram ’03, Angie Taylor ’01, Trena Stovall ’07, Tammy Brown ’11, Gail Murano ’07 and Melanie Farmer ’07. Additional charter members include Teresa Frey ’96, Lance McDaniel ’10, Andrea Webb ’03 and Libby Webb ’73.

For additional information on the Employee Alumni Chapter please email alumniemployees@mycu. concord.edu

Erin Clark

CU Employees

Dear Friends, I am honored to be ab le to serve my alma ma ter as the first Concor University Employee d Alumni Chapter Presi dent. I graduated fro Concord University in m 2006 with a business degree. Since that tim Concord University ha e, s offered me ample op portunities to be an on campus leader, putting what I learned in the classroom and here on campus into practice.

Whether you find me in a Classified Executive Committee meeting, co ordinating Relay For Life functions or in th accounts payable office e taking care of your da ily expense needs, I’m always here to help my fellow co-workers. At this time in my life, I’m pleased to be able to use those leadership skills I’ve learned to be president for this Chap ter.

As president of the Em ployee Alumni Chapter , I’d like to invite all employees that have gr aduated from Concor d to also reconnect to University that helped the form who you are tod ay. Perhaps you’d like bring your family to Fa to mily Fun Day for a foo tball game, join us as celebrate Homecoming we Weekend, or maybe joi n other employee alumn for lunch break to chat i about exciting ideas for our future endeavors.

Hopefully you’ll take the time to join both the Pine Trees Alumni Chapter and the newl y chartered Employee Alumni Chapter.

There are countless wa ys to reconnect with yo ur alma mater. Make sure you discover what suits you best. The Alu mni Association and I eagerly await your pa rticipation in serving Concord University thi year and in the years s to come. Not only will you benefit from this, our students and the but University will prospe r, too. We look forward reconnecting with you to soon.

Erin M. Clark, ‘06 Employee Alumni Chap ter President

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AlumniEvents Beckley & Beyond Alumni Chapter Planning Meeting Takes Place

Beckley, WV Area

Alums in the BeckleyRaleigh County area kicked off the new year with an organizational meeting to discuss the formation of an alumni chapter in the area. The Erma Byrd Center in Beaver, W.Va. was the setting for an evening filled with idea sharing and goal setting for the new chapter.

The group decided to extend chapter membership outside of Raleigh County and are inviting Concord alums in Summers, Greenbrier, Wyoming and the southern half of Fayette counties to participate in chapter activities. Chapter dues will be $10 per year and will follow the fiscal year calendar Left to right: Tara Taylor ‘95, Matt Durnan ‘05, Ashley Barton ‘09, Nancy Shannon ‘01, Laura Lucas ’12, Eddie Isom ‘88, Jenni Canterbury ‘00, Ruby Clyburn ‘50, Joe Canterbury that the Concord University Alumni Association, Inc. does for dues payment.

Anyone interested in being a part of the chapter can Attendees also talked about ways to reach out to alums email chapter leaders at beckleyalumni@mycu.concord. to encourage them to join the chapter and discussed ideas edu, call the Alumni Office at 304-384-5348 or join the for various chapter events. The chapter will be holding its “Beckley & Beyond Concord University Alumni” group on charter event at Calacino’s in Beckley in April. Details on Facebook. the meeting will be forthcoming.

New York City Weekend Being Planned for CU Alumni

ATTENTION YANKEE CHAPTER

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The Yankee Chapter is planning a weekend of activities open to all interested alumni July 12-14, 2013. Plans include a Yankees baseball game and a Broadway theater production.

The Yankee Chapter is inviting alums from all over the country to join them in the Big Apple for

New York what promises to be a fun-filled weekend. Details will be included in the Spring 2013 issue of the Alumni Magazine. Interested alums can contact the Alumni Office at alumni@concord. edu or 304-384-5348 for more information.

AlumniEvents Greater Kanawha Valley Alumni Chapter Growing

Charleston, WV Area

The Greater Kanawha Valley Alumni Chapter is continuing to grow its membership and expand programming for 2013. The chapter last met Dec. 11 at Adelphia Sports Bar and Grille in Charleston for a holiday gathering and to plan events for the first quarter of 2013. Special thanks to Concord alumni Matt ’91 and Adelle ’91 Woody, owners of Baby Phases in Kanawha City, for sponsoring the room. Membership dues were also discussed, and will be $35 per year. Dues will be paid on the fiscal year basis (June-July) to coincide with the Alumni Association’s yearly dues calendar.

One of the goals established for this year Seated left to right—Adelle Woody ‘91, Justin Marlowe ‘01, Megan Grose ‘00; is to start a scholarship that will benefit a standing left to right—Matt Woody ‘91, Steven Wiley ‘98, Emily Myers Duke ’02, Joe Jenkins ‘01, Christy McGinnis ‘04, Ed Smith ‘03 student from the Kanawha Valley. Chapter dues will help to fund this scholarship, as well as chapter events.

Chapter events are posted on our Facebook page, The chapter plans to have a hospitality Kanawha Valley Concord University Alumni. For more room at the WVIAC Basketball Tournament in March at the Charleston Civic Center. Date(s) to be determined will information, email charlestonalumni@mycu.concord.edu or call Emily Myers Duke ’02 at 304-419-3291. coincide with Concord team play at the tournament.

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One of Concord’s newest alumni, Laura Lucas, awaits the start of the 2012 Fall Commencement ceremony 7 • Winter 2013

CLASS OF

’12 C

oncord University’s Fourteenth Annual Fall Commencement was held on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2012 in the Leslie R. and Ruby Webb Carter Center. The ceremony began at 11 a.m. in the main gym.

Candidates meeting requirements for graduation in December 2012, as well as those who qualified for graduation in August 2012, participated.

The registrar’s office reports that 11 graduate candidates applied for December graduation along with 129 undergraduate candidates.

The Division of Education had the largest number of graduates and the Division of Social Sciences was second. Thirty-eight individuals graduated with honors.

Valedictorian is Taylor Alan Bulson of Bluefield, W.Va. He received a Bachelor of Science in Education degree, summa cum laude, with a major in secondary education and chemistry 9-adult as his teaching field.

“It’s a great privilege to be chosen as valedictorian of the December 2012 graduating class,” Bulson said. “My time at Concord truly has

(Top) Stephan Cantley, William Brash, & Kristin Adkins (Below) Dr. Aloia addresses the new graduates

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(Left) Savanna Holt; (Right) Helen Brell Mitchell and family

The Ethan Allen Alderman family with President and Mrs. Aloia

(Left) Brandon Brown & Jonathan Lester; (Right) Kayon Nicole Banton

been a few of the best years of my life. I feel very strongly that I made the right decision when I chose to study chemistry education at Concord University.

“My plan is to teach in the Mercer County area and I feel very well prepared to do so. I appreciate the genuine concern that my professors have shown regarding the success of their students and I appreciate all of my peers that I have been fortunate enough to work alongside,” he said.

A posthumous degree was awarded to Ethan Allen Alderman. Ethan was a senior at Concord from Renick in Greenbrier County. He passed away Nov. 9 from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. Members of his family accepted the degree.

Also during the ceremony, a moment of silence was observed for Former First Lady Jean Beasley. Mrs. Beasley, the wife of President Emeritus Dr. Jerry Beasley, passed away on Sept. 19, 2012.

She was a highly respected member of the Concord and Athens communities and a devoted participant in activities on campus and in the town of Athens.

Of the total number of Fall 2012 graduates, the majority are West Virginia residents. Other states represented include Virginia, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Maryland and New Hampshire.

Six international students representing Brazil, Bulgaria, Jamaica, Japan and Vietnam are also among the graduates.

A reception was held in the Carter Center small gym following the ceremony. With temperatures in the 50s graduates and their families and friends also mingled outdoors on the Carter Center lawn.

For a list of the Fall 2012 graduates visit: http://www.concord.edu/ news/2012/12/17/concord-universityholds-fourteenth-annual-fallcommencement (Left) Brittany Pratt & Arthur Jensen (Right) Valedictorian Taylor Alan Bulson and his parents Carla and Alan

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Concord University Alumni Association, Inc. President

Addresses Graduates

“

Graduates, Faculty, Family & Friends:

Greetings on behalf of the Concord University Alumni Association. I am honored to be here today for a very special purpose: to welcome the graduates of the Class of December 2012 to the Concord alumni community. As President of the Alumni Association, I am excited to see some familiar faces in the sea of graduates. Today is, indeed, a very special day in each of your educational journeys; but it is also an important day for the Alumni Association, as we gain new members. Just as you have been involved members of the campus community during your time at Concord, I ask that you continue your involvement with Concord and the Alumni Association even after you graduate. In my experience, it is very rewarding to give back to the university that has given us each so much.

On my own graduation day (which, in fact, wasn’t really that long ago), I sat where our graduates are now sitting and heard speeches much like those that you are hearing today. However, one of the

valedictorians of the Class of 2008 said something that truly resonated with me, and I will remember that sentiment for the rest of my life. The words spoken were these: “No matter where life may take you, may you always find sweet Concord.” And I will leave you with that today, as I couldn’t have said it better myself. Congratulations, graduates, and welcome to the Concord alumni community.

Jessica Cook ’08

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President, Concord University Alumni Association, Inc. Remarks to the Fall 2012 Graduating Class Winter 2013 • 10

DINNER IS SERVED &

Career Advancement Services

Hosts Third Senior Dinner

G

raduating seniors in the December 2012 class enjoyed a dinner in their honor on Dec. 6. This popular new campus tradition, hosted by the Career/Advancement Services office, started last winter with the December 2011 graduates.

The senior dinner is held each semester on the Thursday evening before finals week.

Not only did this fall’s seniors enjoy a delicious meal prepared

by Aramark, special gifts from the

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Career/Advancement Services and Admissions offices, and an array of door prizes, they also had the pleasure of having their meal served by several faculty members.

Faculty participants for this senior dinner included Dr. Jonathan Berkey, Dr. Susan Robinett, Dr. David Chambers, and Dr. Rick Druggish.

Following the dinner the graduates received their caps and gowns which had been steamed by staff and alumni volunteers.

Fall 2012 graduates enjoy a dinner in celebration of their accomplishments while being served by members of the CU faculty.

Servers included (top left, left to right) Dr. Susan Robinett, Dr. Jonathan Berkey, Dr. Richard Druggish and Dr. David Chambers.

The dinner was hosted by Tammy Monk (above) with the Career/ Advancement Services office.

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Family Sharing Mother’s, Grandmother’s Dedication to Education

Through Lorene Mae McKenzie Worrell ‘35 Education Scholarship

ducation was important to Lorene Worrell. A school teacher for nearly three decades, Mrs. Worrell brought the gift of learning to generations of students in her southern West Virginia classrooms. She also shared her strong belief in the value of education with her family.

Granddaughter Amanda Worrell Henry recalls how her grandmother encouraged family members to pursue an education.

“The children and grandchildren all remember the importance of education to her. She wanted all of them to get an education,” Ms. Henry said. “The decision of what to study was completely left to the individual, but to get a degree was what was important to her.”

As a special way to honor their mother and grandmother and her influence on their lives and those of her students, the Worrell family has established the Lorene Mae McKenzie 13 • Winter 2013

Worrell ‘35 Education Scholarship at Concord University.

Her children and grandchildren have joined together to contribute to the scholarship and their group effort is making this endowed scholarship possible.

“One of her famous sayings to each child and grandchild was ‘Study hard and make something of yourself,’ ” Ms. Henry said. “We all laughed at her saying this many times to each of us, but we did exactly that. This scholarship will help someone to do just that.”

Lorene Mae McKenzie was born Aug. 17, 1914 in Possum Hollow in Mercer County, West Virginia. As a testament to

her lifelong love of learning and education, she graduated from Lerona High School in 1932 as the valedictorian of her class.

Lorene attended Concord from 1932-1935 on the road to becoming a teacher. Her activities outside of the classroom included membership in the YWCA. “Since the 1930s were during the Great Depression, she worked her way through college by grading papers for the professors, but was still able to complete her bachelor’s degree in education in three years and graduate in May 1935,” daughter Dottie Worrell Lilly said.

“One of her famous sayings to each child and grandchild was ‘Study hard and make something of yourself.’

We all laughed at her saying this many times to each of us, but we did exactly that. This scholarship will help someone to do just that.”

Amanda Worrell Henry Granddaughter

Lorene’s first teaching assignment was in a one-room schoolhouse in Mercer County.

She taught there from 1935 until she married Lawrence Worrell from Mercer County in 1940.

“She was teaching two of his brothers at the time they met,” Ms. Lilly said about her parents. “After their marriage, they moved to Kopperston in Wyoming County and later to Oceana (W.Va.).”

Mrs. Worrell did not teach

after her marriage in 1940 until the mid-1950s so that she could spend time raising her children.

In 1952, she and her husband purchased a service station in Oceana.

“She worked in the office by his side every day,” Ms. Lilly said. “When she reentered the teaching profession, she went directly from school to Worrell’s Exxon (Esso) to work until closing.”

When Mrs. Worrell returned to the classroom, she began teaching sixth grade in Oceana. A position opened up to teach third grade and she moved to that grade remaining there until she retired from teaching in 1978.

“She loved teaching school and loved the students,” Ms. Lilly said.

“In her career, she not only taught the children but their children as well. She was a tough teacher but the children all loved her.”

The Worrell’s sons started the current Worrell’s Exxon in 1977 and Mrs. Worrell continued to work in the office until she was 93 years old.

She was a member of the Retired Teachers Association, Order of the Eastern Star and First Baptist Church.

“She loved to crochet and quilt,” granddaughter Amanda said. “She made quilts and afghans for each child and grandchild as well as people of the community.”

Lorene and Lawrence were married for nearly 60 years until his passing in 1998. Their family grew through the years to include three children, seven grandchildren and 11 greatgrandchildren.

Their children are: Dennis Worrell of Oceana, Dottie Worrell Lilly of Batesville, Ark., and Darrell

Lawrence & Lorene were married for nearly 60 years

Worrell of Oceana. Grandchildren include: Tina Worrell Head of Gray, Tenn., Doreen Lilly Griffith of Chicago, Ill., Bruce Lilly of Prairieville, La., David Worrell of Scott Depot, W.Va., Sharon Lilly Jenkins of Chicago, Amanda Worrell Henry of Daniels, W.Va., and Jessica Worrell Balsley of Parkersburg, W.Va. The greatgrandchildren are: Nathan, Hannah and Rebecca Lilly, Emilee and Olivia Head, Alexander and Dylan Worrell, Logan, Dawson and Braden Jenkins, and McKenzie Henry.

“She loved teaching school and loved the students. In her career, she not only taught the children but their children as well. She was a tough teacher but the children all loved her.”

Dottie Worrell Lilly Daughter

Mrs. Worrell passed away on June 13, 2011 at the age of 96.

She had lived in Wyoming County for 71 years.

For more information on the Lorene Mae McKenzie Worrell ‘35 Education Scholarship or to make a contribution to the scholarship contact Kerri Zaferatos, Concord University Foundation executive director, at zaferatosk@concord. edu or 304-384-6056.

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Dr. Ronald Burgher

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n this issue of the Alumni Magazine we are introducing “Retired Faculty and Staff: Staying Connected.” This new feature catches up with retired faculty and staff and asks them to update us about their life today and share some memories of their days at Concord.

What offices, committees did you serve on while at Concord?

Shortly after arriving at Concord in 1963, I found myself a member of the Academic Affairs Council, Instructional Affairs Council, and the Student Affairs Council.

Later, when the school designed a Faculty Senate, I served on that body for most of my years there. I also was the Advisor to the Concordian and SGA almost all of those years. I was elected to the position of Faculty Athletics Representative and served in that slot for about 20 years, when I retired. I was Chair of the Department of Speech and Dramatic Arts (changed to Communication Arts around 1980), Director of Debate, and Chair of the Division of Fine Arts for a decade. As for committees, I feel confident there was not a month went by when I was not involved in some committee activity.

What did you teach?

I taught virtually every departmental class offered at one time or another. Still, my focus was on the required Fundamentals of Speech class, where I encountered probably 90 percent of the student body after we converted to the “mass lecture” approach in 1980, until my retirement in 2003. Argumentation and Debate, Persuasion, various public relations and mass communication courses also

consumed a great deal of my teaching time. And, of course, Communication Law was probably my favorite subject.

How long did you teach?

I arrived at Concord in August, 1972, and, except for a couple of years in the mid-70s, I retired in 2003. I guess that’s a long time.

For some, I’m sure it was way too long.

For me, not so much.

What did you find especially rewarding during your time at Concord?

A number of rewarding moments come to mind:

Most rewarding, I’m sure, was watching all those students I had bumped into walking across the stage picking up their diplomas. I’m not sure students realize how enormously rewarding that is to their professors.

My first 10 years at Concord were consumed with coaching our debate team.

We won the first debate tournament we participated in - a Concord first - and for the most part, the program was very successful for that decade.

For most of my years at Concord, I found the “atmosphere” overwhelmingly positive. The democratic impulse

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regarding faculty governance, fostered by the Administration was appreciated by most of us.

My work with the Community Players was particularly rewarding. The group, made up of faculty, spouses, and area residents, managed to put on one or two plays a year for the 30 years I was around, and more before that. In most of those, I found myself in either a directing or acting role.

Finally, the friendships cultivated over the years with faculty, students, and even a couple of administrators, have been incredibly rewarding.

Are you still involved in the life of the University? If so, how?

No, not much. I manage to get up to Homecoming most of the time (I even left the parking lot and saw a game a couple years ago). I communicate with Lindsey Akers, a former student who teaches in the Department, from time to time, I stop by and see Karen Hays (the Division Secretary) when I’m in town, I rely on (Dave) Bard and (Al) Beatty to feed me information about what’s going on at the school, and I check in online regarding the athletic contests, student newspaper, and radio station.

Where do you live now? What are some of your activities, interests as a retiree?

Linda and I live in DeLand, Fla., some 20 miles inland from Daytona Beach.

It’s a wonderful college town (Stetson University), and much of my life centers around the school. I am a season ticketholder and attend most of the basketball and baseball home games. I’ve been active in our local community theatre group since our arrival 10 years ago. I also have served on the City of DeLand Senior Council for about seven years and published a monthly newsletter until November. We see a lot of plays throughout the area and very few good movies escape us. I take more than a casual interest in major college and professional sports, and we have visited parts of the world we had only read about, from Alaska to India. I remain devoted to 17 • Winter 2013

all things political, and I share all of my biased views on the subject with my 597 “friends” via that incredible invention, Facebook.

How many Deans and Presidents did you work under while at Concord?

Wow! Let’s see if I can remember. First the deans: Marvin DeBoer, Milton Edge, Craig Willis, Donald Bronsard, John Carrier, and Dean Turner. That’s six. Presidents: Joe Marsh, Billy Lee Coffindaffer, Meredith Freeman, Jerry Beasley (Only four, not bad.)

What is the best athletic event you ever attended while at Concord?

That’s a tough one. You’re asking that question to a guy who saw a lot of contests at Concord. Maybe, the baseball win Coach Garrett pulled off back in ’02 or ’03 when his team came back in the ninth inning in Princeton when they were behind by about a 100 runs. Maybe, Coach Carey Parker’s football win that broke a long losing streak back in the early 70’s.

It could be that game in Kansas City when I had to “relieve” Randy Jennings’ fear of flying while making a trip to the NAIA National Tournament. Too difficult to answer. And that’s just the first three that come to mind.

Are you, and if so, how are you staying connected with students?

Probably 90 percent of those 597 alluded to above, are former students. Some go all the way back to the mid-60s, from my earlier teaching career. And so, yes, I am “staying connected.” I even manage to really see some of them every once in a while. Vacationers give me a call, and we go and have a cup of tea. Conventioneers do the same. When we travel, we like to encounter former students. Last July, in Athens, in Beckley, in Shepherdstown, in Winchester, Va., in D.C., and in Valdosta, Ga. we met up with former students from five different decades.

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Explore Planned Giving on

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he planned giving portion of the Concord University website is located under the Memberships & Giving tab of the Advancement page. These pages are a comprehensive guide to information and resources concerning planned giving for alumni and friends of Concord University. By exploring these pages, visitors can get information on different types of planned gifts, see sample bequest language or request free e-brochures on a number of topics. There are also several interactive features that allow users to plan a gift by their age or build a future gift either during life or at death. Additionally, the Gift Illustrator allows visitors to see how much money could be paid to them annually through a charitable gift annuity or what their charitable deduction would be if they established a charitable lead trust. By entering some basic information such as age and the value of the asset or cash donated, with a few clicks users can see a full illustration of the gift including any applicable taxes. We encourage you to explore these pages at your convenience and discover ways you can support Concord University.

Go to www.concord.edu Click on Advancement Then click on Memberships & Giving Then click on Planned Giving

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CU trade specialist Stu Hitt plays Santa

T

he Concord University community celebrated the season with a Holiday Open House at University Point the evening of Dec. 4.

Hosted by the Office of Advancement, the gathering treated guests to holiday music, refreshments and festive fun.

Concord student vocalists and musicians, including the ConChords and jazz and Celtic performers, entertained throughout the event.

Performances were held in the Erickson Alumni Lounge, Wilkes Family Chapel and John and Lucia Pais Family Fellowship Hall.

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Adding to the charm of the evening was the Holiday Hall of Trees gracing the fellowship hall. Each of these unique trees featured the decorating talents of Concord University students and staff representing various departments and organizations on campus.

Santa Claus visited the alumni lounge where he heard wish lists from children. Holiday wassail and hors d’oeuvres were on the menu along with other festive goodies.

Additional photographs from the event are located on flickr at: http://www.flickr.com/ photos/42005172@N02/ sets/72157632194811290/ with/8252429507/

The CU community enjoys a night together at Concord in celebration of the holiday season

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Office of Advancement

Athletics

CU Bookstore

Business Office

Campus Police

CU Daycare Center

Employee Alumni Chapter

Financial Aid Office

International Center

President’s Office

Registrar’s Office

Student Affairs

Student Support Services

Veterans Affairs

Vice President & Academic Dean’s Office

Welcome Center

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Recent Graduates

Encouraged to Complete Survey Tau Kappa Epsilon Fraternity

Gearing Up for 50th Anniversary Celebration 2013 marks the 50th anniversary of the Tau Kappa Epsilon (TKE) fraternity coming to Concord’s campus. Plans are underway to celebrate this milestone during CU’s 2013 Homecoming festivities and we are hoping to have as many TKE alumni as possible on campus for the weekend celebration. If you are a TKE alum, please contact Richard Bullins at 304-320-3631 or rbullins@gmail.com to make sure you are receiving information on what is being planned.

Annually, a survey is mailed to our most recent graduating class. Data and statistics are increasingly important for recruitment, funding and seeking donations from businesses, foundations and alumni. It is also a huge cost savings if mailing addresses are kept current. Since many recent graduates have moved to new locations, we encourage them to complete and submit this survey.

Graduates from August 2011, December 2011 and May 2012 are encouraged to complete the survey online at www.concord.edu Click on Alumni & Donors and Aug 11, Dec 11 and May 12 Post Graduate Survey. The survey should take only five to 10 minutes to complete, but the information gathered will have a long term effect on the future of Concord. If you prefer, you can also mail your survey back to: Career/Advancement Services, PO Box 1000 – D112, Concord University, Athens, WV 24712.

All responders will be entered in a drawing for a gift card from the Concord University Bookstore.

Update Your Email Address And Win a $100 Visa Gift Card!

In addition to the Alumni Magazine being mailed out four times a year, the Alumni Office sends out monthly notices regarding on-campus events, alumni events, etc. via email. Because we are sending out more and more communication electronically, we want to make sure we have current email addresses for as many of our alumni as possible. If you go to www.concord.edu and click on the “Attention Alumni” billboard and provide us with your email address, you will be automatically entered to win a $100 Visa gift card. We will be drawing one winner per month until July so make sure you submit your email address by then for a chance to win this prize!

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Faculty: Beyond the Classroom Beyond the day-to-day classroom routine, Concord University faculty members are involved in research, securing and utilizing grant funding, and an impressive list of other projects and activities. Starting with this issue of the Alumni Magazine, “Faculty: Beyond the Classroom” will take a look at these accomplishments.

Unique Projects Exemplify ‘Come to Learn. Go to Serve.’

hanks to Campus Compact LINK grants, Concord University students are putting their classroom knowledge to work in solving real-life community dilemmas.

The LINK program uses an application process to match community needs and university skills. Then, university courses are granted $5000 to engage students in service learning projects.

“Service learning differs just

a bit from community service,” explains Dr. Susan Williams, associate professor of recreation and tourism management. “While community service provides an opportunity for students to volunteer in meaningful and helpful ways, service learning brings students back into the classroom during and after their service projects to reflect upon their experiences. The projects are incorporated into the

teaching/learning process.”

Any professor at the university is invited to review Campus Compact’s list of community needs to determine its fit into the academic discipline and course.

Concord’s professors have discovered several opportunities to combine their expertise, the students’ knowledge and community need in a rewarding, hands-on, and educational package. Projects have included

Current state of the old high school building in Ansted, W.Va. and renovations proposed by Concord students

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developing web pages for a community-based conservation group, developing marketing plans, business plans and management plans, or conducting a parks and recreation assessment for an entire city.

These projects help students realize that they do have expertise and how to put their skills to work. In two cases, students have collected data and presented their findings at national conferences that are primarily reserved for graduate student research presentations.

Students met leaders in their academic fields and secured invitations to apply for graduate schools across the nation.

For example, Ansted, W.Va. (Fayette County) wanted to solve the issue of what to do with its old high school. Should it be torn down? What alternatives existed? Was the building even salvageable? Students in Dr. Williams’ Cultural Tourism class learned about the role culture and heritage play in community and tourism development. They saw, firsthand, how architecture

Ansted’s landmark high school building now and proposed rehabilitation

contributes to a sense of place, defining an area in the eyes of the tourist while serving as visual representations of a particular community’s unique heritage and culture to its residents.

Students participated in a historic structure integrity assessment with Lynn Stasick, a field representative with Preservation Alliance of West Virginia. They also toured the local area, visited locally owned restaurants and businesses, and experienced how tourism

development can complement community sustainability in a rural Appalachian town. Then, using photographs collected on the day of their visit, students worked together to document their findings and offer suggestions for the building’s rehabilitation.

The group also led a town meeting using the Joint Application Design (JAD) method, where notes are taken during the meeting, then printed and distributed before participants

Dr. Susan Williams Associate Professor of Recreation and Tourism Management Concord University’s 2011 Faculty Service Award Recipient

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were dismissed.

“This way,” Ansted Mayor Pete Hobbs explained, “community members are given immediate feedback from the meeting and have the opportunity to be sure their opinions/desires were appropriately documented.”

“Service learning is the essence of a liberal arts education. It creates well-rounded, capable, and proactive citizens, not only in the academic environment, but in the greater community as well. The confidence and pride these projects instill in our students can never be created in a classroom.”

- Dr. Susan Williams Students learned that what seemed like a rundown building and that according to one student at the beginning of the program, “should have been bull-dozed over,” is a visual icon of the emotional ties community

Concord students participate in town meeting in Ansted

members have to the high school that sits commandingly on the hill side overlooking, perhaps overseeing, the village below. At the end of the project, the student who at first suggested demolition then volunteered to return to Ansted to present a poster to the Mayor with the class’s vision of what the rehabilitated high school building might look like in the future. Tears welled in the eyes

of some community members as they saw their old high school returned to its former glory.

The historic site assessment, JAD meeting notes, and poster will enable The Town of Ansted to move forward with other grant applications for funding to complete the project. Meanwhile, students responded that they “would never be able to look at an old building the same way again.”

Cultural Tourism class prepares to tour the old Ansted High School

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Two other projects took place in Williamson, W.Va. (Mingo County) as Concord professors worked with the town and local non-profits to research the feasibility of an environmentallyfriendly campground and to develop a web-page for the non-profit organization. While members of the Communications Department worked to develop the web page, students from the Recreation and Tourism Management Department researched and developed a business plan for the campground.

For many students, this was their inaugural trip into the heart of West Virginia’s coal industry.

It was also a first look at the economic impact potential associated with the HatfieldMcCoy ATV Trail System and how businesses might feed off of the off-road vehicle enthusiasts who pour into the area.

The project received an international perspective when CU professors invited visiting faculty and students from Mari State Technical University (Yoshkar-Ola, Russia) to tour Williamson and offer their tourism development insight. The visitors proclaimed that the natural beauty of the area would certainly be attractive to international tourists.

Students found that an environmentally-friendly campground was economically feasible and that market demand for campsites was high. The City of Williamson will use this information to secure future

funding for the campground’s development.

These projects help students realize that they do have expertise and how to put their skills to work. In two cases, students have collected data and presented their findings at national conferences that are primarily reserved for graduate student research presentations. Students met leaders in their academic fields and secured invitations to apply for graduate schools across the nation.

“Service learning is the essence of a liberal arts education,” says Dr. Williams. “It creates well-rounded, capable, and proactive citizens, not only in the academic environment but in the greater community as well.

The confidence and pride these projects instill in our students can never be created in a classroom.”

For more information, visit www.wvcampuscompact.org or www.servicelearning.org

Sharing

With Others

Collecting gifts for the Salvation Army Angel Tree program is a popular tradition on campus each holiday season.

An impressive assortment of gifts for area children was collected this past December and placed under a festive tree in the Student Center.

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Annual Event

Honors Veterans

Concord University’s Veterans Committee hosted the annual Veterans Appreciation Ceremony in the Wilkes Family Chapel at University Point the afternoon of Nov. 9.

Highlighting the program was presentation of the 2012 Veterans Advocate of the Year Award to Mr. Ernest J. (Ernie) Baringer. A Vietnam veteran with more than 30 years of experience as a readjustment counseling therapist with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Baringer is also an adjunct professor at Concord University. He teaches several courses relating to PTSD symptoms, treatment and management.

Joining President Gregory F. Aloia in presenting the award were Student Veteran Advocate David Moore and Veterans Coordinator Lisa Spencer.

Phil Lewis, southern area coordinator for Senator John D. Rockefeller, offered remarks on behalf of the Senator.

Alicia Besenyei, interim vice president for advancement, welcomed guests and provided closing remarks.

PikeView High School’s JROTC presented the Colors and Concord University’s choir sang the national anthem.

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Phil Lewis (Above) and David Moore (Right)

Ernest J. Baringer (center left) receives the 2012 Veterans Advocate of the Year Award. Also pictured are (left to right) David Moore, Lisa Spencer, and President Gregory F. Aloia

BARINGER RECEIVES

Veterans Advocate of the Year Award

Ernest J. (Ernie) Baringer M r.isUniversity’s the recipient of Concord 2012 Veterans

Advocate of the Year Award.

Baringer is a Vietnam veteran with more than 30 years of experience as a readjustment counseling therapist with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. He is also an adjunct professor at Concord and teaches several courses relating to PTSD symptoms, treatment and management.

Concord’s Veterans Committee honored Baringer during their annual Veterans Appreciation Ceremony held in the Wilkes Family Chapel at University Point the afternoon of Nov. 9.

Baringer served in Vietnam from June of 1966 to August of 1967 as a platoon sergeant with the United States Marine Corps.

He received an associate degree in business management from

Goldey-Beacom Junior College, a Center as a readjustment counseling bachelor’s degree in psychology from therapist. He resides in Beckley, W.Va. Wilmington College and a Master with his wife, Melody, who is the of Social Work from West Virginia Team Leader/Supervisor at the Vet University.

Center in Beckley. Between the two Baringer started working as a of them, they have over 52 years of counseling therapist with the Elkton experience in counseling veterans (Md.) Vet Center program when it with the Department of Veterans began in 1979. He retired in 1998 Affairs. from counseling and become a paramedic.

However, a family member’s experience with posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) led him back to counseling. “When my oldest son returned from Iraq with PTSD from his first tour, I decided I could do more returning to the vet center program and helping the new influx of Iraq vets,” he said.

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Concord Joins National Roll Call

To Honor Military Service

A moment of silence led by veteran Terry Rotenberry ’07 is observed

a second year, Concord joined the F orUniversity Remembrance Day National Roll Call project that honors American service men and women through simultaneous ceremonies across the nation.

On Monday, Nov. 12, the official holiday following Veterans Day on Nov. 11, campus and community volunteers at 93 colleges and universities in 37 states across the

nation read the names of U.S. military personnel.

Each campus organized its own ceremony to recognize those who have served, are serving, and those who died in service to the nation. All participating campuses observed a simultaneous nationwide minute of silence at 11 a.m. PST. The Concord University observance began at 8 a.m. at the Subway Stage area of the Student Center. Campus volunteers, including students, staff and faculty, read the names of fallen soldiers in 15-minute intervals until all 6,500 names had been announced.

The Remembrance Day National Roll Call, which began in 2011, is sponsored nationally by the Veterans Knowledge Community of NASPA Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education. NASPA is a 12,000-member association

for the advancement, health, and sustainability of the student affairs professionals. The Veterans Knowledge Community (VKC) mission is to advocate for best practices to help student veterans transition to college and succeed.

John David Smith ’76 reads the names of fallen soldiers

2013 Alumni Directory

Nears Completion

Publishing Concepts, Inc. is working with Concord to complete the 2013 Alumni Directory

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Over the past several months, Publishing Concepts, Inc. (PCI) has been reaching out to alumni on behalf of the University gathering updated contact information for the new directory. PCI has finished the outreach phase of this project and is now working on getting the

2013 directory ready to print. The directories are scheduled to be finished and ready to mail in May so if you ordered one from PCI it should arrive in your mailbox sometime during the month of May 2013. Thanks to each of you who responded to this very important verification project!

NEWS

from the Division of Social Sciences

Dr. Jonathan Berkey, chair of the Division of Social Sciences and associate professor of history, presented a lecture entitled “Remembering Antietam” at the Bath County Public Library in Warm Springs, Va. on Sept. 20, 2012.

Dr. Sally Howard, associate professor of political science, and Dr. James White, professor of political science, had the op-ed piece “Marathons and Economies” published in the Charleston Gazette on Sept. 23, 2012.

Dr. Tom Saladyga, assistant professor of geography, participated in the poster session of the National Council for Geographic Education Conference in October 2012. His presentation was entitled “Using Literature to Teach Physical Geography.”

McNair Scholars Program receives

$1.26 Million Grant

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oncord University’s McNair Scholars Program has received a five year grant totaling $1.26 million from the U.S. Department of Education. The grant funds the program through September 2017.

According to the Council for Opportunity in Education, only 75 percent of the nation’s current McNair Programs were refunded.

The Department of Education also chose not to fund any new programs.

Concord University’s McNair proposal was one of a select few to receive a perfect score. Dr. Rodney Klein, director of the McNair Scholars Program and professor of psychology, serves as the principal investigator.

Since its inception in 1995,

Concord’s McNair Scholars Program has served more than 250 students.

Twenty-three Scholars have earned doctoral degrees, including five who have earned a Ph.D., and 57 have earned master’s degrees. Four more Scholars are expected to earn a Ph.D. within the next two years.

The McNair Scholars Program provides enriching experiences to prepare undergraduates from Concord University, Bluefield State College and West Virginia State University for the graduate school application process and the graduate school experience. This preparation includes a research internship, seminars and workshops, interactions with faculty and the

opportunity to attend and present research at national and regional meetings. Participants also visit prospective graduate programs in the region, such as Virginia Tech, Marshall University, East Tennessee State University, Ohio University and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

By participating in the program, McNair Scholars may receive academic credit for their research, access to graduate application fee waivers, and a research stipend of up to $2800. The program recruits sophomores and juniors from all academic fields.

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Heritage & Horizon Retirement Spells Celebration For Cristina Flippen ’75 After Rewarding Career as Teacher, Principal hen Cristina Iturriaga Flippen retired in them. Those encounters are priceless.

June 2012 after a 37-year career as an “I am proud that I helped children throughout my 37educator, her students surprised their year career… I am honored that I was able to work in such beloved principal with a flash mob during a loving, fun, creative environment where my efforts were a school assembly. Their tribute song was valued and appreciated not only by my staff but also by my Uncle Kracker’s “Smile.” school community,” she said.

“The kids were incredible as they stood up with beautiful “I was most proud that at my retirement our school had art work and singing this song, and I was just speechless,” consistently achieved state accreditation, met all guidelines Flippen said. for No Child Left Behind, had received the Governor’s “Believe it or not this made the 6 o’clock news,” she said.

Excellence Award, and was a Title I Distinguished School,” “The local papers did several articles on my retirement. I she said. “This was due to the excellent staff that truly made was embarrassed by the amount of attention that I received a difference in our students’ lives.” but also very humbled.

Cristina’s In today’s world of experiences as a young ‘education bashing’ I child helped mold her couldn’t have felt more as an educator. appreciated and that

“My family and I my years of service emigrated from Cuba made a difference.” in 1961 due to the Mrs. Flippen Castro regime. My became principal father was a doctor of the school, Oak and I grew up in Grove Elementary in Montgomery, W.Va. Roanoke, Va., in 2002.

Overnight it seemed She spent a total of 19 that I went from living years there including in an upper middle time as a classroom class environment teacher. in a tropical country She began her to experiencing my teaching career in first snow from our 1975 with a five-year small apartment stint in Fayette County, window,” she said. “I West Virginia. Then, will forever be grateful she moved to Roanoke Cristina Flippen with her husband Wayne Flippen to my parents for the County, Virginia where courage that it took she taught from 1980to start over with no 1993. She served as an elementary school principal from money or language so that their children could have the 1993-2012. opportunity to live in a free country.”

“As a teacher, I taught in grades K-7 in five different Her father, who was a surgeon in Havana, continued schools. It is amazing the changes that I saw in my career practicing medicine in Montgomery. from teaching with a filmstrip projector to the use of iPads “As a teacher and a principal this experience gave me and SMART Boards in the classroom,” she said. additional empathy for my students who were in similar “One of the most rewarding parts of my career is running situations. I spoke not a word of English when I attended my into students that I had as a teacher or as a principal and first day in second grade,” she said. “I will always remember seeing how they light up when they see me,” she said. “The the kindness of students who helped to navigate the conversation usually starts with, ‘Do you remember me?’ language and this new culture. I always tell my ESL (English After a few minutes I usually do and they proceed to tell as a Second Language) students that I was similar to them me what their time in my classroom or my school meant to and that they can grow up to be anything they want to be as 31 • Winter 2013

Heritage & Horizon long as they work hard.”

Cris attended Concord College from 1972 to 1975. She was a member of Sigma Sigma Sigma Sorority and played on the tennis team her freshman year. Excelling in her studies, Cris received an academic scholarship and was named to the Dean’s List every semester. She was elected to Alpha Chi in 1975 and was nominated to be in Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.

“I attended Concord at the beginning of the 1970s and of course my favorite memories have to do with typical fun times that you experience at the college level: football games, festivals, friends, pep rallies, sorority activities and the usual fun college experiences,” she said.

“Some of the memories that stand out in my mind are the ‘streakers’ of the time as evidenced, I believe in the 1973 or 1974 yearbook, sleigh riding on cafeteria trays down the hill in front of McComas Hall, and living at the then brand new Tower’s Dorm with the very ‘cool’ furniture,” she said. “I also enjoyed playing countless hours of Back Alley Bridge with girls on my dorm floor.

“Of course my memories also include the wonderful professors that I had that encouraged me, challenged me and inspired me to strive to do my best,” she said. “Some of the professors that I readily remember are Dr. Art Benson, Dr. Ruth Mills and Dr. Charles Akers. All of them inspired my goal to be in education as a career.”

She graduated in 1975 with a Bachelor of Science in Education with concentration in elementary and social studies.

Mrs. Flippen credits Concord with preparing her for a career in education.

“Concord’s small environment and its reputation as an excellent teacher’s college had a profound effect on my career. The small environment helped me to become more of a risktaker and gave me the background knowledge in the field of education to be a successful teacher,” she said.

“I was first hired by Fayette County Schools in West Virginia and felt completely at ease in answering the questions on how to teach young children how to read. This was due to the excellent classes that I had received in this area,” she said. “I came to Roanoke County, Virginia in 1980.

I remember my then personnel director being impressed that my degree was from Concord College. Apparently, many of the then current school administrators also had graduated from there.”

Mrs. Flippen continued her education at Virginia Tech where she received a Master of Arts in School Administration in 1991.

“I was selected as part of the first cohort in the Virginia Principal’s Preparation Program which at the time was a new way to prepare school leaders,” she said.

Her professional affiliations during her career include

membership in the Elementary Principal’s Association, various Parent Teacher Associations and other organizations.

She is currently a board member of Children’s Trust which is involved in child advocacy and the prevention of child abuse.

Mrs. Flippen says retirement has freed up more time for family, vacationing and sports activities.

“My husband Wayne Flippen and I stay active by exercising at the gym on a daily basis, bicycling, golfing and our passion of traveling. We visited France in September - the first time ever traveling in that month - and had 18 incredible days in southern France and at a Paris apartment.

We have several more adventure trips planned in the future,” she said. “We love being grandparents to six grandchildren ranging in age from four-month-old twins to our oldest grandson who is seven.”

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Teachers do make a difference. Do everthing you can to reach the most unreachable child and let them know that you believe in them.

All students can learn. It may take a little longer for some but a good teacher can always make learning happen.

Treat all students with respect and dignity no matter their background.

Bring parents in as partners of their child’s education. The most difficult parent wants their child to be successful. Sometimes they may not have good communication skills.

Show your students that you care for them and that you believe in them and their future. Many students come from homes where education was not emphasized and teachers need to help them to see that they can go on to higher education goals.

Good lesson planning leads to good classroom management. A teacher that keeps her students engaged and interested has little problems with discipline.

As a principal, I really stressed the value of teamwork and that everyone was important.

I gave my teachers many opportunities to be problem solvers and to be able to make grade level decisions. School improvement cannot come from the top down but only from those practicing in the field.

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Heritage & Horizon Pre-Law, Double Major Studies Prepare Kimberly Chipps ’05 To Achieve Law Degree and Career in the Non-Profit Arena

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ttorney Kimberly Chipps is working to help individuals in Michigan avoid foreclosure on their homes. Ms. Chipps is in her second term of service with AmeriCorps serving as Foreclosure Prevention Project Manager, AmeriCorps Member with the Michigan Foreclosure Prevention Corps.

Her host site is Elder Law of Michigan, Inc. in Lansing, Mich.

Among her responsibilities is the distinction of acting as a LeaderCorps member.

“I was given the honor, by my peers, to serve as a LeaderCorps member. As a LeaderCorps member, I serve as a liaison between the Michigan Community Service Commission Kimberly Chipps and the Michigan Foreclosure Prevention Corps,” she explained. “The LeaderCorps is a statewide body of AmeriCorps members who work to strengthen the national service movement in Michigan. Our task is to promote awareness of AmeriCorps in Michigan through effective community outreach, community-wide service projects and civic engagement.

“Concord’s pre-law program did a wonderful job of preparing me to be a successful law school student. Graduating with a double major in business and political science has given me an advantage in working in the non-profit world.”

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“I sit as a member on the LeaderCorps’ Disability and Inclusion Committee,” she said. “As part of that committee, I try to promote that Michigan’s national service programs are a great way to build community inclusion and break down current barriers for people with disabilities who are interested in making a difference by participating with service programs and volunteer organizations.”

A native of Buckhannon, W.Va., Kim graduated from Concord in 2005 with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and Bachelor of Arts in Political Science. As a student athlete, she was involved in a number of campus organizations and activities. She was a member of the Women’s Soccer Team from 2001-2004. In 2002 she and her soccer teammates won the WVIAC championship and in 2004 she served as team captain.

Kim was also a member of the Student Government Association, the Outdoor Activities Club and the Mock Trial Team. She was named to the Dean’s List and was a recipient of a NCAA scholarship.

Among the most rewarding aspects of her days at Concord, she said, were “being on the soccer team and making lifetime friendships.”

She counts “the experience and knowledge” gained from being a student and student athlete especially memorable.

Ms. Chipps explains how her Concord education has

Heritage & Horizon

benefited her career.

“Concord’s pre-law program did a wonderful job of preparing me to be a successful law school student,” she said. “Graduating with a double major in business and political science has given me an advantage in working in the non-profit world.”

Ms. Chipps received a Juris Doctor (J.D.) from Thomas M. Cooley Law

School in 2010.

Her previous employment has included serving as administrative assistant and clerk with the West Virginia State Legislature, House of Delegates in Charleston, W.Va. and as a clinical extern with the Washtenaw Public Defender’s Clinic in Ann Arbor, Mich. She also worked as an extern with the United States Attorney’s

Office, Northern District of West Virginia in Elkins, W.Va. She is a member of the Michigan Bar Association. Along with enjoying “anything that involves outdoor adventures,” she also volunteers at the Potter Park Zoo.

Making a “As cliché as it sounds, all throughout my education I wanted to find a way to utilize my skills to make a difference in peoples’ lives. Unfortunately, after graduation I struggled to find a way to accomplish this goal. When an opportunity to serve as an AmeriCorps member with the Michigan Foreclosure Prevention Corps came along, I jumped at the chance.

My time serving at my host site, Elder Law of Michigan (ELM), has been unique among the other AmeriCorps member sites. While most of these sites are located at established housing counseling programs, I was given the opportunity to help develop and define ELM’s new housing counseling services program from scratch. During my first several months of service there were long hours of planning, education, implementation, and preparation to get our foreclosure prevention counseling program off the ground. Proudly in May of 2012, ELM opened its doors to help homeowners struggling with the foreclosure crisis that has plagued Michigan communities over the past several years.

Even within that short period ELM has had success helping some clients through the formation of partnerships with other Non-Profit programs such as the Michigan State Housing Development Authority’s Step Forward program. ELM has also seen situations where there is not a curable solution to a client’s foreclosure situation, and the client must transition to more affordable housing.

Currently, most of my time is devoted to client intake and education. No matter what the client’s final foreclosure outcome is, a financial education is one of the most important tools a housing counseling agency can provide a client. Financial education empowers people/clients, giving them the skills necessary to meet future financial goals and rebuild or repair credit history.

Participating in developing this housing counseling program and watching what it has grown into has been a truly rewarding experience. On a daily basis I am amazed by the strength and perseverance our clients show during one of the most challenging times of their life.

AmeriCorps has inspired me to find a future career that gives back to others. Winston Churchill said it best, ‘You make a living by what you get, but you make a life by what you give.’ ”

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Beryle Crockett Santon, Ed.D. ’50 Beryle Crockett Santon, Ed.D. ’50 passed away on Jan. 5, 2013. A native of Herndon, W.Va., she was a resident of Princeton, W.Va. at the time of her death.

Dr. Santon was a dedicated and active member of the Concord University Alumni Association and the Pine Trees Alumni Chapter. She held many leadership roles with these groups including serving on the CUAA Executive Council and as the organization’s president.

She was also named Alumnus of the Year by the alumni association and was presented the Bickey Award for her service to Concord.

Prior to her retirement from Concord, Beryle devoted more than 50 years to being an educator and always felt teaching was a most important profession. She received her public education in Kanawha and Mercer Counties and her undergraduate degree in education from Concord in 1950. She continued her studies by earning a Master’s Degree in Education from WVU and her Doctorate in Education from VPI. Additionally, she completed graduate work at Marshall University, Rutgers University, University of Virginia and the WV College of Graduate Studies.

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professor and retired as Director of Student Teaching and Coordinator of Field Experiences at Concord. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Princeton and was an active member of the Delphian Club, Red Hat Society and numerous professional, honorary and academic organizations including Alpha Delta Kappa, American Association of University Women, Association of Teacher Educators, Delta Kappa Gamma, National Council for Teachers of English, Phi Delta Kappa, Phi Kappa Phi, WV Association of Colleges and Teacher Education, WV Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development and the WV Association of Teacher Educators.

She was involved in multiple committees that developed reading and curriculum at the school, county, regional and state levels during her tenure at Concord. During her career as an educator, she received many honors and awards from the organizations in which she had membership.

Survivors include her husband of 48 years, Jacob B. Santon; one daughter, Jacinda Santon Smith and her husband, Dr. Todd Smith; one son, Joseph B Santon; and one grandchild, Katherine Anne Smith.

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• Alumni Banquet • 5:00 p.m. - Reception • 6:00 p.m. - Dinner University Point

• Reunion Breakfast • 8:30 a.m.

University Point

For more information, please contact us at 1-304-384-6311 or advancement@concord.edu

• Participation in Commencement • 10:00 a.m.

Carter Center

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Senior English Major Receives First Place

At 2012 Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference

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eather Frazier, a senior English major at Concord University, received first place in the undergraduate division of the Rick M. Smith Memorial Essay Competition Saturday, Oct. 20 at the 2012 Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference.

Ms. Frazier’s winning essay was entitled “‘Then vail your stomachs, for it is no boot:’ Reciprocity and Domesticity in The Taming of the Shrew.”

Her victory marks the second year in which a Concord University student has won this prize, the first being Lorien Anderson in 2009.

Ms. Frazier also took first place at the West Virginia Undergraduate Literature Symposium last spring.

Concord student Christopher Clay also participated in Ohio Valley Shakespeare Conference. His essay was entitled “‘Rome’s but a wilderness of Dr. Gabriel Rieger, Heather Frazier and Christopher Clay tigers’: Monarchy, (Contra) Machiavelli and Moderation in Titus Andronicus.”

Request from

The President’s Office

Dr. Aloia is looking for certain yearbooks to complete his collection in the President’s Office.

If you happen to have extra yearbooks from the following years that you would be willing to donate to his collection, please contact the President’s Office at president@concord.edu and let them know: 1937, 1938, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1988 and Video Yearbooks from 1999-2008.

Thanks for helping Dr. Aloia complete his collection!

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A picturesque venue for your wedding, reunion or special event.

For more information contact the Concord University Office of Special Events.

Wilkes Family Chapel Seating capacity: 120

John & Lucia Pais Family Fellowship Hall Seating capacity: 120

Seminar Room Seating capacity: 20 1-304-384-6286 cuevents@concord.edu

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Mock Trial Team Places Fourth

In National Competition

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oncord University’s mock trial team placed fourth in the Phi Alpha Delta Fraternity’s National Pre-Law Conference and Mock Trial Competition in Washington, D.C. Nov. 8-10. This is the eighth Concord team to have been in the final four of the competition in the last eight years.

The competition involved 15 teams from across the nation and Concord was the smallest school in the competition. Besides Concord, other schools competing in 2012 included the University of Florida, the University of Central Florida, Florida International University, Florida Gulf Coast University, Western Illinois University, William Woods University, the University of Houston, Texas Tech University and Pasadena City College.

Several of the schools brought more than one team.

Eight Concord students participated in the Mock Trial Competition. They were divided into two teams. The team of Bradley Click, Joseph Dean II, Danielle Knight and Chelsey Rowe made it into the final round of four teams. They squared up against the team from Texas Tech University in the final round. First and second place went to the two teams from the University of Florida. Concord’s other mock trial

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team consisted of Mark Borromeo, Katie Ratcliffe, Marie Russell and Kathryn Streit.

The mock trial case this year concerned whether a valet was in the course and scope of his job when he hit and killed a 17 year old girl while driving a possible business partner of the company back to a hotel. The driver was intoxicated at the time of the accident.

Concord’s mock trial teams are coached by Marshall S. Campbell, who is Concord’s director of human resources and a pre-law instructor at Concord. Campbell said, “I am extremely proud of the members of Concord’s teams. They continued the legacy of bringing a competitive ‘final four’ team to the competition. Since 2005, Concord has been in the final four every year but 2008. In 2007, both of Concord’s teams made in to the final four. The positive result again this year evidences Concord’s strong legal studies and pre-law program.”

The competition is part of the Phi Alpha Delta Fraternity’s National Pre-Law Conference, which also includes speakers on law school applications, financial aid, LSAT test preparation and how to be successful law students.

“I really enjoy attending the Phi

Alpha Delta pre-law conference and mock trial competition each year,” Concord team member Chelsey Rowe said. “It is a great way to build communication skills as well as to gain practice and experience in the law. I recommend it for any college student who wants to go to law school; not only for the trial experience and practice, but also for the symposiums. The speakers are always one of my favorite parts of the conference.”

Campbell thanked several local judges. “Normally, we take the case before the local Mercer County judges at the courthouse. This year, however, our plans were scuttled by the snowstorm related to Hurricane Sandy. So, Circuit Court Judge Omar Aboulhosn (’89) and Family Court Judges Anthony Bisaha and Mary Ellen Griffith came to Concord on Tuesday, Nov. 6th and judged practice rounds. We greatly appreciate their help. Their advice was excellent, as usual,” he said.

Besides the mock trial class, Concord offers a variety of prelaw classes that assist students in preparing for law school or other careers.

CU Students

Learn About Alumni Giving At the beginning of both the 20112012 and 2012-2013 academic years, incoming freshmen were given a piggy bank and asked to “fatten” it during the fall semester. The students were told that the money they donated would be used for a gift from their class to the University. The Office of Advancement sponsors the “Pigs for a Blanket” project as a way to encourage a mindset of giving back to Concord that will remain with the students when they graduate and become alumni. Near the end of the fall semester, students were invited to empty their piggy banks in exchange for a Concord fleece blanket. On Nov. 28, 2012 Advancement team members manned a table in the Student Center where CU freshmen and sophomores deposited their coins.

Extra Yearbooks

Available

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o you have all of your yearbooks from your days at Concord? Are you missing a year or two that you wish you had for your collection?

If so, you are in luck! There are a limited number of “extra” yearbooks in the Alumni Office that we would like to pass on to alumni who are interested in them. If there is a certain year that you would like, please contact the Alumni Office at alumni@ concord.edu or 304-384-5348 and let us know. If we have copies of that year in stock, we will send it to you.

DID YOU KNOW? Did you know that ordering your Concord alumni gear is as easy as a few clicks of the mouse? Anyone can order Concord items through the Concord University Bookstore website. Just visit http://concord.bkstr.com to see what is available and to place your order. This service allows alums to show their Concord pride no matter where they are!

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Jack Furst

Keynoting Greenbrier Dinner

hilanthropist, businessman and lifelong Boy Scouts of America volunteer Jack Furst will be the keynote speaker for the Concord University Foundation’s Greenbrier Dinner. The fundraiser that benefits Concord students will be held at The Greenbrier Resort in White Sulphur Springs, W.Va. on Saturday, March 16, 2013.

A member of the BSA’s National Executive Board and an officer of the National Council, Furst serves as team leader for developing and programming The Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve. The high adventure base, located in the New River Gorge area of West Virginia, will host the 2013 National Scout Jamboree.

Furst is a 2010 recipient of the Silver Buffalo Award for Distinguished Service to Youth, the BSA’s highest commendation. He is

also an Eagle Scout.

His business interests include ranching and private investments, and he lives with his family at their ranch in Argyle, Texas. He is an adjunct professor of finance at the University of North Texas and a board member of the National Safety Council. Furst holds an undergraduate degree from Arizona State University and a graduate degree from the University of Texas at Austin.

Along with individual seating, tables and sponsorships for the Jack Furst Greenbrier Dinner are available.

For further information Concord University Foundation, Inc., or to purchase tickets, contact Kerri at zaferatosk@concord.edu or (304) Zaferatos, executive director of the 384-6056.

DID YOU KNOW? Concord University’s mission is to provide a quality education, to foster scholarly activities, and to serve the regional community. This is summed up in the words of former President Joseph Marsh which have become a Concord motto: “Come to Learn. Go to Serve.”

For more on Concord traditions, please visit http://www.concord.edu/advancement/concordpride-our-traditions

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COME TO LEARN. GO TO SERVE.

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Letter-writing Campaign for Troops

Part of Governor’s Day of Service

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oncord University’s Bonner House for Campus-Wide Community Service sponsored a letter-writing campaign in September for U.S. troops serving abroad. Kick-off date for the campaign was Patriot Day, Sept. 11.

The service project is part of “A Million Thanks,” a nationwide correspondence effort offering appreciation to U.S. service men and women. Concord students, along with the campus and local communities, were invited to participate.

For more than two weeks the Bonner House collected letters, pictures, drawings, posters and postcards to send to the troops.

The letters and other greetings were mailed on the Governor’s Day of Service, Sept. 29.

“We had a great response and received 324 letters from students, churches, elementary schools, and community members,” Bonner Coordinator Shardé Hardy said. “We hope to make this an annual event.”

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Beckley Campus

Helps Local Food Pantry

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tudents attending class at Concord’s Beckley location at the Erma Byrd Higher Education Center collected food for the Beckley Dream Center’s Fishes and Loaves Food Pantry this past fall. A collection bin was placed in the lobby of the Erma Byrd Center.

Donations to the cause totaled seven car loads of food.

Lori Pace, instructor of sociology in Beckley, said, “The Dream Center distributes food boxes as well as

clothing, baby items, and hot meals on the third Saturday of each month to more than 500 families.”

The center was low on food after being open as an emergency shelter during the July 2012 storms and power outages.

This type of collection at Concord’s Beckley campus helps Concord students to broaden their knowledge of community needs and provides awareness of non-profit organizations. In addition, it provides

opportunities for service projects for Concord students.

“The Dream Center’s directors commended the Concord students on such a productive food drive and appreciate Concord students’ awareness of the significant local needs,” Pace said.

The Dream Center Fishes and Loaves Food Pantry is located on Pinewood Drive in Beckley behind the Family Church of God Worship Center.

McNair Scholar

Defends Dissertation on Diabetes

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olly Damron Cyphert ’07 successfully defended her dissertation in November 2012 as a Ph.D. student in the Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Program at West Virginia University. The title of her dissertation is “The Nutritional Regulation of Hepatic Fibroblast Growth Factor 21, A Novel AntiDiabetic Hormone.”

Throughout her academic career, she has been focused on the topics of diabetes, obesity and aging. A native of Oak Hill, W.Va., she is especially concerned about improving the health of fellow West

Virginians.

At Concord, she was enrolled in the pre-professional biology program, was a McNair Scholar and participated in the Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF).

She received an American Heart Association Fellowship and presented her research on therapeutics at several conferences and national meetings while a student at WVU. Dr. Damron Cyphert plans to continue her research on diabetes as a Post-Doc Fellow at Vanderbilt University.

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Class Notes Achievements Jack White ’50 recently had the ensemble room in the Center for the Arts at Elon University named in his honor. The dedication ceremony was held during Elon’s Homecoming weekend this past October. White was the director of bands at Elon from 1962-1986. He was recognized as Elon’s Outstanding Professor in 1968 and upon his retirement in 1986, was named Professor Emeritus of Music.

In 1995 he received the prestigious Elon Medallion, and in 2012 he was named Band Director Emeritus. White earned his bachelor’s degree in music education from Concord, a master’s degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and a doctorate from New York University. Prior to teaching at Elon, White, a West Virginia Jack White ’50 native, spent 12 years directing high school bands in Wytheville, Va., and Cary, N.C. Following his retirement from Elon, White returned to Virginia and joined the Wytheville Community College faculty. He founded and conducted the community college concert band, stepping down after 10 years as its director.

Jim Long ’61 was inducted into the Delaware High School Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in 2000. Long served as an umpire for the Association from 1961-1994 and has been serving on the committee that runs the state tournaments since 1973. He retired from the Capital School District in Dover, Del. in 2001 after 33 years of teaching and coaching.

Mike Strong ’67 recently received another honor on top of an already very distinguished career. Dec. 1 through Dec. 7, 2012 was designated as Mike Strong Week in Pennsylvania per a resolution unanimously adopted by the PA House of Representatives. Strong has been the women’s basketball coach at the University of Scranton for the past 32 seasons. During this time, he has won an NCAA Division III national championship, had seven other Final Four appearances and accumulated a record of 770-169 (.820). In December 2011 Strong became the all-time leader in NCAA Division III women’s basketball history.

Bob Gallione ’68 is currently serving as the President of the Bergenfield (N.J.) Bocce League. The League recently hosted the 15th Annual Carlo Cecchino Bocce Tournament in honor of former Councilman Carlo Cecchino. Gallione also currently serves as the Chapter Leader for the Concord University Alumni Association’s Yankee Chapter.

Carlos Rubio ’68 recently had his new novel, “Forgotten Objects”, released.

Rubio is a bilingual author, having written books in English and Spanish. In 2004 his novel “Dead Time” received ForeWord magazine’s Book of the Year Award.

Beverly Maggio Anderson ‘73 recently retired after 36 years as a teacher with the Virginia Beach City Public Schools system. She also was elected to the Virginia Beach School Board in the November election and will serve a four year term.

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“Forgotten Objects” by Carlos Rubio ’68

Class Notes Phillip Williams ’83 was appointed senior vice president and market executive for the Johns Creek branch of Georgia Commerce Bank. Williams is a 27-year commercial banking veteran with senior level management experience in both regional and community banks. He currently serves as board president of Gwinnett Habitat for Humanity, and past president of Rotary Club of Duluth (Ga.). He is a graduate of Leadership Gwinnett and Leadership North Fulton.

The Reverend Barry Taylor ’84 started serving as the pastor at Cornerstone Gospel Church in Vienna, W.Va. in June of 2012. Taylor has been in the ministry for 25 years, spending 18 of those years in the Northern Panhandle.

In addition to his bachelor’s degree from Concord, Taylor received his Master of Divinity degree from Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Ky.

Dr. Mark Angle ‘93 has come full circle, returning to the Division of Education from which he earned his bachelor’s degree. After graduating from Concord, Mark moved to Lynchburg, Va. where his 17-year public school career included positions as middle school teacher, middle school assistant principal, elementary school principal, and central office administrator. During this time, he also earned a M.Ed. and Ed.D. from the University of Virginia. Mark and his wife Michelle ‘94 recently returned home to Mercer County, along with their son Andrew, to be closer to their families. Mark is currently serving as Assistant Professor of Education at Concord teaching both undergraduate and graduate courses to aspiring teachers and school administrators.

Dr. Terrence Hardee ’94 has been named Dean of the Shirlee & Bernard Brown University Center and assistant to the vice president of academic affairs and enrollment services at Cumberland County College. Prior to his appointment at Cumberland County College, Hardee served as director of residential life at the Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. He has held adjunct instructor positions at DeVry College of Technology and Binghamton University, and has been affiliated with numerous professional organizations.

Carl Hayden Wallace ‘94 now works for IBM. He and his wife Heather live in Oswego, N.Y. with their 5-year-old daughter Ainsley and 3 year old son Colin.

Dr. Terrence Hardee ’94 Dessislava Kostova Pickett ’96 is the Director of Finance for the University of California—Irvine Graduate Division.

Pat Day ’98 was recently appointed as the General Manager of the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs, a member of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. Pat spent the last six seasons as GM of the Lansing Lugnuts in Michigan, and was most recently serving as the chief operating officer for the Muskegon Lumberjacks, part of the US Hockey League. Pat and his wife Erica have a 20-month-old daughter, Emerson.

Lonnie D. Bailey ’01 recently had his 21st book, “I Love a Coal Mine and Other Poems”, published. He will have poetry included in the anthology “International Who’s Who in Poetry 2012”, which will make the 120th anthology he has had verses included in. Bailey also has a new musical CD, “Land That I Love”, making it his seventh release.

He also took first place in the 5K Walk at Pipestem State Park in October. This made 78 awards he has received for running/walking competitions.

John Thompson ’01 was recently promoted to President of First Sentinel Bank. John will oversee and manage the day-to-day operations of the bank’s branch network, lending staff, operations center as well as two loan production offices. John has over 10 years of banking experience in Southwest Virginia, and has been with First Sentinel for over four years. He and his wife Leslie Thompson ’02 currently reside in Bland, Va. with their two children, Brady and Bailee.

Felix Quachey ’02 is now the Owner and Insurance Advisor for The Felix S. Quachey, Jr. Agency at American Family Insurance in the Columbus, Ohio area. Felix also has an MBA from Tiffin University.

Matt Smith ’06 was recently named head coach of the Montcalm High School (W.Va.) boys’ basketball team. Smith is a math teacher at Princeton High School and had been serving as an assistant coach there for the past five years.

Smith replaces Lindsey Jones ’04 who is now the head coach of the PikeView High School boys’ basketball team.

Amanda Woods ’08 received her Master’s in Social Work from West Virginia University in the spring of 2012. She is currently employed as a social worker with Charleston Area Medical Center - Memorial Hospital.

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Class Notes Darcy Donaldson ’09 was recently named the head men’s golf coach at Georgia Southwestern University in Americus, Ga. He spent the last four seasons as an assistant coach and recruiting coordinator for the men’s and women’s golf teams at Concord. During this time, he helped lead Concord to four straight NCAA Division II national championship tournament appearances. As a player at Concord, Donaldson was named the WVIAC freshmen of the year in 2004, player of the year in 2006 and was a three-time first team All-WVIAC selection.

Darcy Donaldson ’09

Sarah Hampton ’10 began working for the State Auditor’s Office as an Audit Inspector for the Chief Inspector Division in October 2012.

Lance McDaniel ’10 finished first in a field of 2353 runners in Charlotte’s Thunder Road Half Marathon held Saturday, Nov. 17 in Charlotte, N.C. He crossed the finish line with a time of 1:14:30. Lance participated in the event as part of a team representing the Princeton Church of God’s running club that included several other Concord alums. Also running were Holly Jackson ’12, Ralph Ramsey, Stephen Zeigler ’06, ’09, and Derek Alvis. A member of Concord’s cross country and track teams as a student, Lance is now a graphic designer in the Office of Advancement at Concord.

PCOG Running Club (left to right): Holly Jackson ’12, Ralph Ramsey, Lance McDaniel ’10, Stephen Zeigler ’06, ’09 and Derek Alvis

Andreas Maerki ’11 was accepted into the Masters of Public Administration program at Columbia University starting in the Spring 2013 semester.

U.S. Air Force Reserve Airman 1st Class Jeremy G. Hawks ‘12 graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.

Charity Nester ‘12 is the business teacher at Rocky Gap High School in Bland County Va.

Weddings

Alyesha Parveez Asghar ’04 and Joshua Charles Dotson were married Dec. 15, 2012 at the Erma Byrd Art Gallery at the University of Charleston. The couple met at West Virginia University, from which they received law degrees. Alyesha is an associate at Spilman Thomas & Battle, a Charleston law firm. Joshua is an associate at Flaherty Sensabaugh Bonasso, another Charleston law firm.

Maura Arline ‘08 and Flint Johnson ‘08 were united in marriage June 8, 2012.

Maura and Flint met while taking classes at Concord. Maura is the daughter of Maurice ‘88 and Goldie ‘88 Arline of Beckley.

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Joshua Charles Dotson and Alyesha Parveez Asghar ’04

Class Notes Bent-Lee Carr ’08 and Kathaleen Handley were married Dec. 17, 2011 in Stuarts Draft, Va. The couple resides in Blacksburg, Va. where Carr works at Back Country.

Courtney Clark ’09 and Chase Neidig were married on June 16, 2012 at Fincastle Country Club in Bluefield, Va. Courtney works for WCBD TV in Charleston, S.C.

Births

William Dwayne Hoover Jr. ‘92 and his wife Tricia celebrated the birth of their daughter, Natalie Kay, on April 12, 2012. Natalie weighed 7 lbs. 8.4 oz. and was 19 inches long.

Bent-Lee Carr ’08 and Kathaleen Handley

Max ‘03 and Wendi Smith Sopher ‘06 welcomed daughter Hannah Elise on July 18, 2012. Hannah weighed 6 lbs 15.3 oz and was 20 1/2 inches long.

Earnest Horn ‘04 and his wife Rene welcomed their first son, Declan Paul, on Dec. 9, 2012. Declan weighed 8 lbs. 2.8 oz., and he was 20 3/4 inches long.

Courtney Clark ’09 and Chase Neidig

Natalie Kay Hoover

Hannah Elise Sopher

Anniversaries

Declan Paul Horn Robert J. Tate ‘76 and Julie VanMetre Tate ‘76 have been married for 35 years. Robert is Sales Vice President at Old Dominion Tractor & Equipment Co, Inc, in Richmond, Va. Julie is Lead Teacher Specialist, Library Services for Hanover County (Va.) Public Schools and is the 2012 president of the Virginia Association of School Librarians (VAASL). They also raise black angus cattle on their farm in Hanover County. The couple has two grown sons and a 3-year-old granddaughter.

Obituaries

Rev. H. Edward Nicholson ’55: Jan. 1, 2013. Born and raised in Charleston, Nicholson was the son of Harold and Georgette Stevens Nicholson. He graduated from Stonewall Jackson High School in 1948. While at Concord, he met and later married Okie Lee Shrewsbury. After Concord, he earned his master of divinity degree from Colgate Rochester Crozer Seminary in Rochester, N.Y. Over the years he was a pastor for several churches in Virginia, including Edgemont Presbyterian Church in Covington, Va. and also the Covington Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Okie Lee Shrewsbury Nicholson ’57, two sons, one daughter and six grandchildren.

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Class Notes

Janice Louise Stovall Russell Bell ’58: Nov. 2, 2012. Janice was born March 6, 1927 in Spanishburg, W.Va. and was the daughter of the late James Albert Stovall and Edna Lura Moye Stovall. After receiving her degree from Concord, Janice went on to obtain two master’s degrees from Marshall University. She was a school teacher in Mercer County for 29 years. She worshipped at Stovall Ridge Baptist Church and was a former employee of Maidenform in Princeton. She was a member of the Retired Teachers Association, was active in the Mercer County Historical Society, Bibbee Bird Club, DAR, UDC, Phi Delta Kappa and was a charter member of the Mercer County Quilting Club.

She is survived by a sister, a brother, two daughters (Cheryl Foley ’69 and Brenda Davis ’70), six grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren.

Phillip A. White ’60: Nov. 21, 2012. Phillip was born on Sept. 14, 1938 in Mercer County to the late Modoc and Allison Hedrick White. In addition to Concord, White also attended McClain’s Business College and worked for Gibraltar Mausoleum at Sunset Memory Gardens in Parkersburg, W.Va. his entire working career. He was a past president of the West Virginia Cemetery Association. He enjoyed hunting, fishing, gardening, and spending time at his farm in Wirt County. He liked watching NASCAR and golf. He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Demma Comer White, two children, five grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, one brother and several nieces and nephews.

Beatrice Mae Muncy ’63: Oct. 1, 2012. She was born Aug. 7, 1921 in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Daniel B. and Mamie Kramer Akers. Bea lived in Waynesboro, Va. and was a member of St. John’s Catholic Church. She taught English at Peterstown High School in West Virginia for 24 years. Bea was married to the late Thomas Muncy, Sr. She is survived by a son, daughter-in-law, two grandchildren, four great-grandchildren, one niece and three nephews.

Wilson Irwin “Dowin” Belcher Ingrahm ’64: Oct. 30, 2012. Born Sept. 30, 1942, in Princeton, she was the daughter of the late Woodrow Wilson Belcher and Mildred Loiden Harvey Belcher. Irwin was a 1960 graduate of Princeton High School. She was a retired receptionist at the Total Life Family Practice in Princeton. She was a member of the Kee Street United Methodist Church and a member of the Dayton Neal Sunday School Class and the United Methodist Women. She is survived by her husband of 48 years, Bob Ingrahm, a daughter, son, two granddaughters, a sister and a brother.

Marsha Mead ’75: Dec. 20, 2012. Marsha was born in Monterey, Calif., where her father was stationed at the U.S. Department of Defense Foreign Language School. She was the daughter of Doris Groves and George Adkins. After graduating as Valedictorian at Greenbrier West High School, Marsha came to Concord, where she was editor of the Concordian. After two years of teaching public school, Marsha enrolled in the Master of Counseling program at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, Va. where she received a Master of Science Degree in 1980. As an employee of the Southern Highlands Community Mental Health Center in Welch, W.Va. from 1979 to 1983, Marsha rose to the position of Welch Clinic Director. From 1984 to 1991, she was employed by the Cumberland Mountain Community Services Board, serving in a variety of out-patient counseling capacities in its Tazewell County, Va. service area. In 1994 she received her Ph.D. in Counseling from Virginia Tech. The findings of her doctoral dissertation on the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic Statistical Manual were published in the Journal of Mental Health Counseling, and subsequently resulted in Marsha receiving the “Researcher of the Year” award from the American Mental Health Counselors Association at its 1998 annual convention in Minneapolis, Minn., recognizing the quality of her research.

Marsha became licensed by the Commonwealth of Virginia, Department of Health Professions, holding licenses to practice as a “Licensed Professional Counselor” and “Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist”. In 1992, upon completion of a graduate assistantship at Virginia Tech, she entered into private practice in Bluefield, Va., later affiliating with Dr. Philip Marsha Mead ’75 Robertson at the Psychiatric Associates of the Virginias. Over the years, Marsha taught adjunct college courses at various institutions such as the West Virginia College of Graduate Studies and Bluefield College. In January 2009 she accepted a full-time faculty position at Bluefield College in the Department of Psychology. Marsha was active in professional organizations such as the Virginia Counselors Association and civic organizations, having served as the President of the Bluefield, Virginia Women’s Club. Her practice as a private clinician always included pro bono work. Marsha and her husband

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Class Notes

worshiped at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Bluefield, Va. Marsha is survived by her husband, Alfred C. (Art) Mead, Jr., her parents, her stepmother, two daughters, a son, two brothers, five grandchildren, nieces, nephews and two step-siblings.

Ronald Lee Cowan ’78: Nov. 10, 2012. Born in Bluefield, W.Va. he was the son of the late Ronald and Joann Cowan.

While at Concord, Ron was a very successful football player, making the WVIAC First Team in 1975, 1976 and 1977.

He played on two Championship Teams (’76 and ’77) and started 45 consecutive games as a player. Ron also served as an Assistant Coach of the Mountain Lion football team and was inducted into the Athletics Hall of Fame in 2002.

He worked as a media specialist in the Horry County Schools system in Myrtle Beach, S.C. where he lived with his wife Kathy Cowan ’78. He is preceded in death by his son, Bobby Cowan. In addition to his wife, he is survived by his mother, a son, grandson and two sisters.

Dorothy VanMetre ’81: Aug. 6, 2012. Born in Martinsburg, W.Va. on Sept. 29, 1959, Dottie grew up in Lewisburg, W.Va. In addition to her degree from Concord, Dottie obtained her master’s degree from Virginia Commonwealth University and worked as an analyst for the VA Department of Transportation. Dottie made her home in Richmond, Va. Survivors include her mother, sister and brother-in-law (Robert ’76 and Julie Tate ’76), brother and a number of nieces and nephews.

Amanda Marie Knighton Stafford ’08: Oct. 27, 2012. Born March 17, 1985, in Charlottesville, Va., she was the daughter of David Knighton and Donna Dodson Knighton both of Orange, Va. Amanda was a graduate of Orange County High School in Orange, Va. and received a B.S. in Education from Concord. She was a special education teacher at Glenwood School in Princeton. In addition to her parents, she is survived by her husband, Michael Justin Stafford ’10, a son, her grandmother and mother and father-in-law. Amanda’s husband has established a scholarship in her memory through the Concord University Foundation, the Amanda Knighton Stafford Scholarship Fund.

Calling for Class Notes We want to hear from you! Send us your personal and professional accomplishments, news on marriages and family additions and updates on other noteworthy events in your life. Photographs are welcome as well.

Please email your news items to advancement@concord.edu or mail them to Concord University, Office of Advancement, P.O. Box 1000, Athens, WV 24712. d

International Programs spotlighted on the web Check out the web page for Concord University’s International Programs. The site includes information on International Admissions, English as a Second Language, the International Center and more. Go to: http://www. concord.edu/international

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CU Athletics

Mountain Lions Finish Fourth Consecutive Winning Season

With Victory Against Bobcats he Concord University football team ended its 2012 season on a high note with a 23-16 victory at West Virginia Wesleyan on Nov. 10. The win placed the Mountain Lions in a three-way tie for second place in the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

Concord finished the season having won three consecutive games to push its record to 7-4 overall and 6-2 in the WVIAC. After beginning the season 2-3, the Mountain Lions regrouped to win five of their final six games of the season to secure the program’s fourth consecutive winning season. West Virginia Wesleyan fell to 3-8 overall and 2-6 in the WVIAC with the loss.

CU’s victory against the Bobcats was sparked by three forced turnovers, a pair of rushing touchdowns and three successful

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field goal attempts.

The Mountain Lions dominant defense shutdown the highpowered Wesleyan passing attack, holding Bobcat quarterback Nate Montana, who entered the game as the WVIAC’s leading passer, to just 199 yards passing and forcing two interceptions.

For the game, Concord outgained Wesleyan 372-275 in total offense, 233-199 in passing yards and 13976 in rushing yards. CU’s defense ends the year having allowed just three players to rush for over 100 yards against them. The Maroon and Gray also won the time of possession battle (39:16 – 20:44).

Freshman running back Calvinaugh Jones produced one of his finest performances of the season, rushing for 138 yards on 25 carries (5.5 ypc) and one touchdown.

Sophomore fullback Ben Nester also rushed for his team-leading seventh score of the season.

Senior quarterback Evin Dusold completed 20-of-35 pass attempts for 233 yards. Dusold leaves Concord with a record of 3-1 as a starting quarterback. His

DID YOU KNOW? The Concord football team is one of just three teams in the WVIAC to win at least 21 games over the past three seasons. The Mountain Lions are 21–12 since 2009, second only to Shepherd (27–8) and tied with West Virginia Wesleyan (21-11) for most overall wins by a WVIAC school in that time.

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top target against the Bobcats was senior wide receiver Ansel Ponder, who registered team-highs of nine receptions and 106 yards. Sophomore wide receiver Tyler Smith had four catches for 72 yards, including a team-long 47-yard reception.

Interceptions by the cornerback tandem of senior Nate Pollard and

his seventh double-digit tackle effort of the year with a team-best 10 tackles. Senior Howard Jordan picked up Concord’s lone sack of the game, his fourth of the year.

Concord only trailed for a total of five minutes as the Bobcats scored first via a 26-yard field goal before the Mountain Lions scored on three of their next four possessions thanks to a 30-yard field goal from freshman Andy Ellington and rushing touchdowns from Jones and Nester to give Concord a commanding 17-3 advantage with 14:45 to play in the second quarter. Jones’ touchdownrun came from 22-yards out.

Wesleyan was able to cut the lead to seven points (17-10) at halftime, but CU responded with a nine-play

Jake Lilly (#12)

junior Riyahd Richardson sparked the Concord defense to handle the vaunted Wesleyan passing attack.

Pollard also blocked a field goal attempt while Richardson made two tackles for loss. Richardson’s INT was his fourth in as many games and his fifth in six contests.

Junior linebacker Jake Lilly tallied

Ansel Ponder (#8)

drive to start the third quarter that was finished off with a 35-yard field goal from Ellington to make it a 20-10 game. The Bobcats would once again dash the Concord-lead in half (20-

Calvinaugh Jones (#20)

16) thanks to an 11-yard touchdown pass at the end of the third quarter.

However, Concord’s offense added three insurance points after a 13play drive put Ellington in position to knock down another field goal attempt from 33 yards to give the Mountain Lions a 23-16 lead with 12:04 to play in regulation.

The seven-point lead was more than enough for the Concord defense, which closed out the game by ending three consecutive Wesleyan drives on downs to help pull off the win.

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CU Athletics

Lilly, Teammates Receive

All-WVIAC Honors unior linebacker Jake Lilly was named the 2012 West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year and the Concord University football team had 18 players receive all-conference honors.

Lilly earns the honor after leading the WVIAC in tackles for the second consecutive season. The Bluefield, W.Va. native finished the season with 126 tackles, 13 tackles for loss, two interceptions, two forced fumbles, 0.5 sacks and six pass break-ups.

He ranks fourth in Division II for total

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tackles per game and fifth in solo tackles per game. Lilly, who had at least 10 tackles in seven games this season, helped lead a defense that ranked 14th in the country in yards allowed per game and points allowed per game. This is the second first team All-WVIAC accolade for Lilly.

This marks the eighth time that the WVIAC has bestowed the conference’s Defensive Player of the Year award on a Concord player.

Former linebacker, and current graduate assistant coach, Joe Greenway earned the honor a season ago.

Lilly, senior wide receiver Ansel Ponder and junior cornerback Riyahd Richardson all earned first team All-WVIAC honors for Concord, which finished the season 7-4 overall and 5-2 in the WVIAC for its fourth consecutive winning season.

CU placed eight players on the All-WVIAC second team as freshman running back Calvinaugh Jones, freshman offensive lineman Tyler Billings, senior offensive lineman Mitch Hairston, senior offensive lineman C.J. Tuillo, senior defensive lineman Josh Miller, senior outside linebacker Howard Jordan,

Ansel Ponder

sophomore safety Davon Marion and freshman kickoff specialist Andrew Huska were all recognized for their outstanding seasons.

Rounding out the Mountain Lions’ all-conference choices were honorable mention selections senior tight end Andrew Lindner, senior quarterback Zack Grossi, senior wide receiver Randall Hawkins, senior defensive end Spenser Jordan, senior cornerback Nate Pollard, senior safety Kevin Elliott and senior punter Brad Cox.

CU Athletics Richardson, Lilly Named to AllAmerica Team Junior cornerback Riyahd Richardson and junior linebacker Jake Lilly were both recognized as first team All-Americans by the Beyond Sports College Network when the organization released its 2012 BSN All-America Team.

The award is the first postseason All-America achievement for both players and was added to the growing

list of end of the year recognition Lilly and Richardson received.

Postseason accolades for the duo also included being named to the 2012 Daktronics, Inc., Division II AllSuper Region 1 Team.

Lilly earned first team honors and tied Seton Hill’s Tyler Zimmer as the top vote recipient of any linebacker in the region. Richardson was a second-team honoree.

Riyahd Richardson

WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Position(s): Catcher, SS

Accolades: • NCBWA Honorable Mention All- American SS (2012) • 1st Team NCBWA All Atlantic Region (2012) • Rawlings Gold Glove Atlantic Region SS (2011) • NCAA DII Statistical Champion: Runs per Game (2010) • 1st Team All WVIAC (2010, 2011) • 2nd Team All WVIAC (2009, 2012) Where are you now: Volunteer Assistant at BethuneCookman University Keith Morrisroe

Keith Morrisroe Years Played: 2009-2012

Coach(es) played for: Kevin Garrett (Fall 2008-Spring 2010), Andrew Wright (Fall 2010-Spring 2012)

What are your career aspirations: To become a college baseball coach Grad year/Degree: Spring 2012, Recreation / Tourism Management

Most memorable experience at CU: Winning the 2011 WVIAC Conference Tournament and making the NCAA Regional playoffs.

What does being an alumnus of CU and its baseball program mean to you?

It means a lot; I still keep up with what is going on with CU baseball.

It was a family and still is to me, I keep in touch with everyone today.

I am proud to say that I graduated from Concord and the played for the baseball program.

Looking back, what did you learn from your time in the CU Baseball program?

I learned how to play the game the right way or “The Concord Way.” We were actually taught the game of baseball at CU which when I got into coaching it helped me out a lot.

What would you say to someone considering Concord as the place to continue their career?

For someone who is choosing Concord as a place to continue their career I would tell them if you want a place with a family type atmosphere and where you are taught the game of baseball then Concord is the place to be.

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WHERE ARE THEY NOW? (continued) Kevin McClung Years Played: 1999-2002

Coach played for: Kevin Garrett

Position(s): Pitcher, Third base, First base

Accolades: First team All-WVIAC in 2000, 2001, 2002. All-North Atlantic region in 2000, 2001

Where are you now: Kings High School in Cincinnati, Ohio What are your career aspirations: I am the assistant athletic director at Kings High School. I am also the varsity head baseball coach and varsity assistant basketball coach. I love being involved in athletics and trying to influence young studentathletes in a positive way and want to continue that for the rest of my career.

Grad year / Degree: 2003 Sports Management and Physical Education.

The most memorable experience at CU: Beating West Virginia State at their place to win the regular season WVIAC title in 2001 and then going into the conference tournament and winning that to go to the NCAA Regional Tournament.

What does being an alumnus of CU and its baseball program mean to you: I have a lot of pride for being a part of Concord’s baseball program. The teams that I had the opportunity to play with were very talented, had great team chemistry and worked very hard to have the success that we did. Winning a conference title and going on to play in the NCAA Regional tournament is something I am extremely proud of and making the friendships that I did at Concord mean a lot to me.

Looking back, what did you learn from your time in the CU Baseball program: I learned how to be the best that I could and learned a lot about the game. I learned to work hard and play baseball the “Concord Way,” doing the little things that make a big difference. I learned how to be confident and to compete in everything that I do.

What would you say to someone considering Concord as the place to continue their career: I had the time of my life at Concord and met some wonderful people that are still a big part of my life (Especially my wife, Hillary). The baseball program and entire campus had a family atmosphere that was very important to me. The academic environment was second to none and prepared me for life and my career.

I can’t imagine having a better time than I did at Concord.

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TRACK & FIELD Women’s Track and Field Shines at Marietta

Shawnee Carnett

Shawnee Carnett ran an NCAA provisional qualifying time in the 800-meters to lead the Concord University women’s indoor track and field team at the Marietta First Glimpse Meet held Dec. 1, 2012 in Marietta, Ohio. The Mountain Lions recorded 14 top-five finishes at their first competition of the season.

Carnett posted a race-winning time of 2:14.95 to easily meet the provisional qualifying standard and was a facility record. Carnett’s time was the top 800-meter mark of the young season.

She also helped the Mountain

Lions’ 4x400-meter relay team, which consisted of Carnett, Casey Ord, Lydia Powell and Demi Kirk, to a second place showing. The quartet completed the race in 4:04.62, missing the victory by just 0:00.39.

Also bringing home wins for Concord were Tabitha Whited and Ashleigh Taylor. Whited won the 3,000-meter run with a time of 11:29.30 while Taylor registered the top mark in the high jump at 1.59 meters, which is also a school record. Joining Whited, who also placed fourth in the mile run, in the 3,000-meters were Vivian Ruiz (second place - 11:50.33), Micalyn Miller (third place - 12:34.79) and Bethany Carroll (fourth place 12:38.59).

Ord went on to earn three top-five individual efforts. On the track, she placed fourth in the 55-meter dash with a time of 7.43 seconds. In field events, Ord came in second place in the triple jump with a leap of 10.26 meters as well as placing third in the long jump thanks to a mark of 5.13 meters. Her 55-meter time and

Ashleigh Taylor

DID YOU KNOW? Shawnee Carnett is the only Concord runner to have won a national championship? She won the 800-meter dash at the NCAA Division II Outdoor National Championships in 2011.

long jump distance are both Concord records.

Demi Kirk also had a strong individual day on the track with two top-five finishes of her own.

She placed second in the 200-meter dash after a run of 26.93 seconds and ran to a fifth-place finish in the 400-meter dash (1:02.92).

Rounding out Concord’s top women performers was Donnie Kirk, who produced three-top 10 results.

Kirk finished just behind her sister in the 200-meters, placing third with a time of 27.33 seconds. She concluded her day with sixth and seventh place showings in the 55-meter hurdles (9.42 seconds) and the 55-meter dash (7.63 seconds), respectively.

Tabitha Whited

Athletics section compiled with assistance from CU Sports Information Director Tyler McIntosh

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