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Title: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Work Author: Michael A. Crawford ECU Alum: 1977 OVERVIEW
Michael Crawford (‘77) shares humorous stories of his life’s true misadventures in A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to Work. Each chapter describes an event that has made his life enjoyable and brimming with humor. Memories like “Give My Regards to Broadway,” which tells of the time he went to see “The Boy from Oz” with Hugh Jackman and Crawford and his wife Debbie ending up on stage dancing, “A Play on Words” highlighting an unforgettable moment at a public speaking event and “When I Grow Up” showing how he turned his rock star days in the band Revelation to rock star status within the CPA profession, will keep the reader laughing.
Title: An Assessment of the Effectiveness of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators Minority Undergraduate Fellows Program Author: Richard Carvajal ECU Alum: 1993
Title: Another Walk Along Tiger Trails, a History of St. Louis, Oklahoma Author: Mildred Dennis ECU Alum: 1950 OVERVIEW
Mildred Dennis (‘50) takes readers on a journey through the history of tiny St. Louis, Oklahoma in Another Walk Along Tiger Trails. Complete with rare photographs and the voices of local pioneers, she shares the deepest feelings and memories of times gone by from settlement, through the Oil Boom days, to what remains of St. Louis and its current and former inhabitants.
Title: Cartwheel Boy Goes to D.C. Author: Fenessa Little ECU Alum: 2001, 2004
OVERVIEW
The study, a requirement for completion of Richard Carvajal’s (‘93) master’s degree, paints a comprehensive picture of the MUFP experience for students in 1995. It gives the findings from a study conducted to examine the impact of student participation in the NASPA MUFP. Participants were questioned concerning their experiences in mentoring relationships, campus-based activities, leadership institutes and summer internships.
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OVERVIEW
The children’s book Cartwheel Boy Goes to D.C. was inspired by Fenessa Littles’ (‘01, ‘04) son Jared who was so thrilled when he learned how to do a cartwheel that he couldn’t stop flipping head over heels even on a trip to Washington, D.C. Little wrote the story of him seeing most of the sights upside down and Jared illustrated the book. Published in 2013, it is for children of all ages.
Title: Country Singers As I Know ‘Em Author: Mae Boren Axton ECU Alum: 1972 OVERVIEW
Mae Boren Axton (‘72), the queen mother of country music and confidante to the stars, gives a glimpse into the personalities of some of her treasured friends and biggest names in the business in Country Singers As I Know ‘Em. She recounts first-hand stories of musicians ranging from Oklahoma’s own Roger Miller and singer/songwriter Willie Nelson, to jazz great Ray Charles, sixties icon Arlo Guthrie and pop star Glen Campbell, all the while giving readers an intimate look at “her people, country music folk.”
Title: Cousins in Calico Author: Ruth Elizabeth West ECU Alum: 1962, 1970 OVERVIEW
Cousins in Calico by Ruth West (‘62, ‘70) relates the story of two young girl cousins in the piney-woods area of West Central Louisiana in 1920 who enjoy time together as their mothers, who are sisters, and their fathers, who are brothers, carry on the typical lives of rural families during the era following World War I. While the thick pine forests were a boon to the sawmill trade, they were filled with wild animals and timber rattlers. Related by nine-year-old, Lizbeth Ann Hunter, the story entails times of anguish, joy and intrigue.
