Fall 2021 Snow College Magazine

Snow College MAGAZINE FALL 2021

SPENCER & ABBY COX: UTAH'S GOVERNOR AND FIRST LADY SNOW WINS BEST OF STATE AWARDS NEW TECHNICAL EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES

A highlight for many Snow College students, past and present, is the “Running of the Sheep” down College Avenue.

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President’s Message

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Gov. Spencer Cox & First Lady Abby Cox New Technical Education Offerings Learn and Work Program COVID Care Team Butterfly Genetics Lab

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Alumni Association President’s Message Distinguished Alumnus: Neal Cox 40 Under 40 President’s Club/Heritage Club In Memoriam Annual Donor Report Employee Giving Club Contributors Shannon Allred Ally Brotherson Max Christensen III John Clark

President Brad Cook Shayla Danielson TaLeah Faumui Joshua Gulizia MaKenna Harmon

Snow College Magazine is published annually in the fall by Snow College.

Cover photo by Utah Office of the Governor.

Janie Harris Carol Kunzler Lisa Jane Laird Marci Larsen Lauren Matthews

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A Year to Remember Dr. Brad J. Cook, President This has been a historic year, one never to be forgotten. COVID-19 impacted millions of people across our country, we have seen political unrest, and yet here we are. We have survived, thrived, and learned.

As educators, we know that most learning takes place when the student pauses, reflects, and asks: “What does this mean to me?” With all that has come at us this year, I encourage all to reflect on what the past year has meant to you. What lessons have you learned? What personal growth have you seen in yourself? What are those things you better appreciate and recognize as blessings in your life?

Professionally, I find myself reflecting on the incredible faculty, staff, and students who have made this most-unique year at Snow College possible. I extend my personal and deep appreciation for their work. This year especially, they have cooperated with new rules to stay healthy, been selfless as they have sacrificed things to benefit everyone on campus, and in President Cook addresses the so many ways, demonstrated courage 2021 graduates at the Ephraim and persistence. Snow College is the commencement. only institution in the state – and quite possibly in the nation – to have offered more than 90 percent of classes face-to-face this year, and that could not have happened without these incredible colleagues.

Another recognition deserves note. Each year the State of Utah selects “Best of State” winners in various categories. Along with the four gold medals received

by Snow College employees and programs, Snow also received the highest award in the education category, the BOSS award.

Let me highlight a few other successes Snow College has had this year:

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We recorded the largest enrollment in the College’s history.

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We completed a $5 million capital campaign within 12 months for need-based student aid.

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We were recently designated by the Chronicle of Higher Education, the country’s premier higher education publication, as the No. 1 institution in its class for student success.

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We developed Snow Online, with two different online learning platforms – traditional and competency-based, self-paced.

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We created and implemented a technical education division to effectively serve as the technical college for the six Central Utah counties.

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We reaffirmed our regional accreditation with the Northwest Commission of Colleges.

These accomplishments were all made possible by hard-working professionals who care about our students.

While adjusting to new learning modalities and modified social opportunities due to COVID-19, our students have excelled both inside and outside of the classroom. Our volleyball team and football team both played in their respective national championship games.

Freshman and sophomore members of the Ethics Bowl team competed against Ivy League juniors and seniors, and our student body won the statewide Campus Cup competition that focused on voter awareness and registration. Two music students were featured on American Idol. Additionally, we celebrated the largest graduating class in the College’s history.

And, so, “What does this mean to me?” It means that Snow College is strong – and is only getting better as we build on our history. Animal experts say the badger is fearless, tough, thick-skinned, resourceful, tenacious, and ferocious, and that it summons courage in order to take home the victory. Together, Snow College Badgers across the globe demonstrated these traits in a difficult year. I commend Badgers everywhere for navigating through 2020 and 2021. The best is yet to come.

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Scholarship Campaign Exceeds Goal

By Janie Harris The Reimagine Scholarship Campaign, as announced by President Brad Cook in his November 2019 inauguration, was introduced with a monumental campaign goal of $5 million to be raised

by December 31, 2020. This campaign was initiated primarily to increase needbased scholarship aid to help students who may not otherwise be able to afford higher education. After securing the largest private gift in Snow College’s history of approximately $3 million from Snow College alumnus Terry Foote, the College was geared up and ready to take on the challenge of raising the remaining amount in record time.

the official ending of the campaign in December 2020, more than 500 donors made gifts. During this period, more than $1 million in private scholarship funds were awarded to more than 1,600 students. This is just the beginning of the incredible impact that scholarship support makes.

Although the campaign has ended, Snow will continue raising money for student scholarships indefinitely, as the need for scholarship support continuously outweighs the amount of support available. Supporting student success was the very purpose of this campaign, and the school aims

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Because many campaign donations were endowed gifts that remain in perpetuity while providing scholarships from the interest earnings, the effect of this campaign will be long-lasting and will support students for generations to come. Snow College is incredibly grateful to the many donors, board members, volunteers, and other supporters who helped make this tremendous success possible. To learn more about this campaign and make a gift to further support student success, please visit snow.edu/reimagine.

To meet the campaign goal by the end of 2020, the College needed to raise more than $1 million. However, the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic posed a serious challenge. Although fundraising efforts temporarily paused during the initial outbreak of the pandemic, Snow College leadership, volunteers, and supporters quickly adapted and continued forward with an even stronger reason to help financially struggling students. Even amidst the pandemic, Snow College’s many supporters stepped up to help in true Spirit of Snow fashion. By December 31, not only was the $5 million goal met, but it was exceeded by over $100,000!

From the beginning of the campaign’s quiet phase in Fall 2017, until

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Nancy and Terry Foote, with President Brad Cook, at the ribbon-cutting reception prior to the first game of the Spring 2021 football season.

GATES OPENED TO NEWLY NAMED STADIUM On April 2, after a long absence due to COVID-19 restrictions, Badger Football fans were welcomed to the first home game of the rescheduled Spring 2021 season in the newly named Terry Foote Badger Stadium.

A ribbon-cutting ceremony took place prior to the game.

The stadium honors Terry and Nancy Foote, who made the largest private donation in Snow College’s history, of approximately $3 million through a generous planned gift. An added archway at the entrance displays the stadium’s new name, and it is a complement to other recent additions 4

to the athletic complex, including the Bergeson Athletics Center, field renovations, and a sculpture created by faculty member Brad Taggart.

Snow College and get the education he needed to be successful. Nancy received an art scholarship to Snow but was, regrettably, unable to use it.

The Footes’ donation provides needs-based scholarship support and helped the College exceed its $5 million goal for the recent Reimagine Scholarship Campaign.

Terry is proud to have the stadium bear his name, and he and Nancy are honored and very proud of their connection to Snow College and their ability to support students. Terry and Nancy believe that the students are fortunate to have President Brad Cook at the helm. They feel that his innovative thinking, kindness, and love for his students make for a successful future for Snow.

Terry (’69) attended Snow on a football scholarship, and he also played baseball. Although he was injured playing football, he was able to keep his scholarship and graduate. Terry’s athletic scholarship helped him go to

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Snow College Recognized as "Best of state" Snow College can now add gold medalist to its list of many accolades. In the 2021 Best of State Awards, Snow received not just one, but four, gold medals. Additionally, Snow College took home the BOSS® award, the top recognition in the education category.

Three of the medals went to individual faculty and staff, while the fourth was awarded to a Snow College program.

Stacee McIff – Higher Education Administrator McIff is the Vice President for Technical Education and Workforce Development. She has led several programs at Snow, including the Learn and Work in Utah initiative, the creation of the GRIT Entrepreneurship program, and business student travel seminars. Her work in the community expands into church service, educational boards, and political campaigns.

Barb Dalene – Educational Advisor Dalene is best known for her willingness to go above and beyond to help her students.

As the fine arts advisor, she has spearheaded multiple programs to help students, such as peer mentoring, study groups, and jam sessions. She helps students in any way she can, including everything from giving them food to letting students borrow her dog to walk.

Learn and Work Program – Curriculum Development The Learn and Work at Snow College program was designed to provide free training to members of the community who may have lost work during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants were able to choose from multiple short-term training programs. The programs helped students earn certificates or credentials, allowing them to quickly get back to work.

“We couldn’t be more proud that our staff and faculty at Snow College were recognized by not only winning four gold medals but by winning the elite BOSS® award as best in the education category,” said President Brad Cook. “This [category] covers all institutions of higher education: K-12, private schools, charters, colleges and universities. This is a big deal and it is terrific that the state is recognizing the jewel Snow College is. Snow College is on the march!”

At the Best of State Awards Gala on July 14, Snow College received four gold medals and the BOSS® award.

Jay Olsen – College/University Teacher As director of the Snow College Agriculture Department, Olsen has greatly expanded the agriculture program, gaining new students and introducing multiple programs.

He has also used his agricultural experience to teach local family farms how to better manage their farms and financial decisions.

Olsen became the dean of the Division of Business and Technology in July 2021.

From left to right: Jay Olsen, President Brad Cook, Jen Cook, Melanie Jenkins, Barb Dalene, and Stacee McIff.

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By Kaylie Webster Since March of 2020, U.S. colleges and universities have received almost $75 billion in COVID-19 relief funding from the federal government.

Snow College’s portion of this funding totals about $18 million.

Snow College has used these funds for a variety of pandemic-related purposes, such as purchasing protective equipment, transitioning to distance learning, and supporting students affected by COVID-19.

In Spring 2021, the College announced that it would use a portion of these funds to help all students with part of their Fall 2021 tuition. It was the students’ responsibility to get the first six credits paid for; after that

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Snow College used COVID-19 funds to pay for up to 14 more credits.

According to Teri Clawson, associate vice president of enrollment management, “The cost of six credits is $1,208. Students could have used FAFSA [Financial Aid] and scholarships to cover that portion. The college paid the difference [between $1,208 and] the full tuition amount, which is $1,808. It was really a fantastic benefit for these students.”

Clawson continued, “[Snow College] encouraged those who were eligible to fill out a FAFSA to do so, to maximize their financial assistance opportunities (though it wasn’t a must). The [COVID19] funding also benefited international and domestic students as well as students who did not have legal status.”

Ashlynn Bingham, Associate of Fine Arts student, shared, “It feels amazing knowing that Snow College covered part of my tuition. Fine arts students are required to purchase expensive materials for their classes.

Many art students, like myself, pay for them out of pocket, which adds a bunch of unwanted dollar signs into our school costs. Snow College took a big weight off the backs of many students, not just us art majors.”

Incoming Snow College freshman Jace Hancock shared that “I think it’s awesome [that Snow College is paying for a portion of tuition]. I feel like the school giving students this relief money is very generous and it shows they care for the students.”

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Nursing Program pivots to meet employer demands

By Lisa Jane Laird Snow College is shifting to a faster, less expensive twoyear nursing degree. This degree will meet the ever-growing demand for registered nurses in the college service region and beyond.

The first cohort of students in the Associate of Science in Nursing program will begin courses in spring semester of 2022. Students will begin and end the two-year coursework together. The program will admit a new, rolling cohort each semester after that.

“So many of our area employers require the higher skill sets.

We are responding to that need,” said Amber Epling, department chair for the Snow College Allied Health Department.

Meeting with employers last April, Epling introduced the streamlined registered nursing program and outlined the changes for employers. Intermountain Healthcare representatives and other health providers from the service region thanked Epling and her colleagues for responding to their critical skill and hiring needs.

The move to faster training and degree completion will mean the end of the licensed practical nursing (LPN) program at Snow College, and those faculty will be reassigned to instruct the registered nursing students.

“So many employers reported that they have a lesser need for licensed practical nurses because their own compliance and skill needs have increased,” said Epling.

Nursing students participate in Trauma Day, as part of their clinical training.

From left to right: Heaven Patterson, Brock Anderson, Landon Palmer, Danielle Hansen, and Colby Hover.

Nationally, most acute care hospitals phased out LPNs in recent years because of the limitations placed on them due to their licensing, which led to inefficiencies in patient care. Intermountain Healthcare and other Utah hospitals also followed suit and use registered nurses only. They also incentivize their nursing staff to earn a Bachelor of Nursing while they continue to work for them.

and Fall 2021. Applicants must have a current certified nursing assistant (CNA) license, a 3.0 grade point average, and successful completion of Math 850, 1010, or higher.

Other prerequisites include anatomy, physiology, elementary chemistry, and their corresponding labs; English; and introduction to nursing.

Prepping for the Spring 2022 rollout, Snow College nursing candidates are taking prerequisites in Summer

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For further information about the registered nursing program, contact Melissa Blackner at 435-893-2232 or Melissa.Blackner@snow.edu.

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BACK & WELCOME TO THE TEAM

By Carol Kunzler Since his inauguration in 2019, President Brad Cook has been working diligently to continue the Spirit of Snow that he experienced when he was a student at Snow College.

Along with many other improvements to the Snow College organizational structure, President Cook created the Office of Institutional Effectiveness (OIE). “This new office addresses a need in Snow’s strategic plan to remove technological barriers for students, faculty and staff,” wrote President Cook when he announced the new office in July 2020 in an email sent to all Snow College employees. “The main goal of this office is to support the mission, values and core commitment of the college by

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providing leadership and institutional research in a variety of areas.”

and facilitate projects that support the missions of the College.

President Cook considered the expertise and experience of each team member and invited current Snow College personnel to staff the office. Each team member’s role is specialized and unique to the needs and mission of the OIE. Paul Tew, director of institutional effectiveness and the information security officer, leads the team. Micah Strait, senior institutional effectiveness analyst, and Beckie Hermansen, director of institutional research, combine their efforts to collect, manage, and analyze data that can be used to drive projects and evaluate institutional needs. Ryan Yorgason, institutional project manager, works to implement

The team has already been collecting and using data to drive and establish new workflows and initiate the use of new technologies that enhance and improve the effectiveness of what continues to make Snow College No. 1 in the nation for student success.

The Office of Institutional Effectiveness team (from left to right): Micah Strait, Paul Tew, Ryan Yorgason, and Beckie Hermansen.

Tew emphasized that “one of the priorities of the OIE is to help the College improve student success and ensure educational quality.”

New technologies can be used to make these improvements. Tew stated, “One improvement already in use is the implementation of electronic scanning of student, staff, and faculty ID in various facilities on campus. Prior to these changes, manual and often hand-written processes were being used. With the new system, we have reduced work and errors into a quick scan of a Snow College ID. This new system moves staff, faculty, and student workers away from tasks technology can handle, to tasks that more closely support student success.”

As the OIE team moves forward, they plan to create more effective change to support the College’s strategic planning. “We have many ideas already in the planning stages and are hoping to continue our efforts positively in the future by creating positive improvements to Snow College,” Tew said.

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Ethics Bowl Team Has Unprecedented Success

By Gregory Wright On February 28, 2021, Snow College completed its most successful year ever in Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl (IEB) competitions. The team, comprised of Makenzie Lamb, Kevin Gonzalez, Aubrie Turner, Arieanna Parra, and Daniel Hancock, participated in three competitions: the Wasatch/Rocky Mountain Regional, the Two-Year College National Championship, and the Intercollegiate Ethics Bowl National Championship.

Snow College students competed against mostly four-year colleges and universities at the Wasatch/Rocky Mountain Regional. They placed first in the standings above 14 other schools, including the University of Colorado, the University of Oklahoma, and Utah State University. No two-year college had ever won a regional IEB competition. Along with the satisfaction of this historic win, Snow College received an invitation to compete in the prestigious IEB National Championship as one of the top 36 teams in the nation.

What Is the Ethics Bowl?

In 1993, Dr. Robert Ladenson developed the ethics bowl concept with the intent to provide students the opportunity to develop the “capacity for ethical understanding, relative to complex, ambiguous, and difficult to resolve issues” outside of the classroom. The competition differs from traditional debate competitions, as teams of students work together to discuss difficult issues. Instead of being adversarial, ethics bowl frequently leads to teams agreeing on the same solutions to an ethical dilemma. A panel of three judges then pushes students to think more deeply about their arguments. Judges evaluate teams on their ability to identify the complexity of moral issues, formulate a clear and logically consistent position, and respond to differing views. The team with the majority of judges scoring in its favor wins the match.

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Ethics bowl team (from left to right): Coaches Gregory Wright and Michael Salitrynski; Team members Aubrie Turner, Makenzie Lamb, Kevin Gonzalez, and Daniel Hancock.

ethics bowl team entered the IEB National Championship, which was held via Zoom on February 27-28. Students prepared to discuss 17 extremely complex ethical cases with topics such as the allocation of limited, life-saving resources during a pandemic or what limits, if any, should be placed on social media corporations. In the first round, they faced Yale, outscoring the Ivy League university on points yet losing on the number of judges. Over two days, Snow College also faced Stanford, West Point, and Seattle University. Despite not advancing to the quarterfinals, Snow College students left knowing that they can compete against the very best institutions and students in the world.

The ethics bowl is a special competition that helps students develop the moral compass needed for success in all facets of their lives. As team captain Makenzie Lamb asserts, the ethics bowl is the place where we can “have the conversations that change the world.”

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Student Historians: Restoring the History of the Holocaust

By Lauren Matthews Concentration camps, coiled barbed wire, and a street of shattered storefront glass – mention the Holocaust, and, for many, the mind will inevitably conjure these images of mass persecution and genocide. Distressingly, if you ask a Millennial or GenZer about the Holocaust, the odds are good (63 percent, according to a 2020 survey) that these images are scrubbed, inaccurate, or absent entirely.

“As we know, remembering and honoring the past is so important to helping us with the social challenges we have in our time,” explains Professor Kellyanne Ure, a Snow College faculty service learning fellow.

Fortunately, the History Unfolded project is filling in these knowledge gaps by educating and training students to be “citizen historians.” The History Unfolded Project, sponsored by the U.S. Holocaust Museum, focuses on five Holocaust and Holocaust-adjacent categories: American Racism and Antisemitism, Intervention vs. Isolation, Americans Respond to the Nazi Threat, Actions of the U.S. Government, and The Holocaust.

The History Unfolded project – and Snow College’s participation with it – first started with a disappointment: The “Americans and the Holocaust” traveling exhibition was set to come to the Snow College Ephraim campus in March 2021, but due to COVID-19, it was delayed until 2023.

Instead, Snow College relies on the History Unfolded

project to step in for the exhibit. Through this project, students research and submit Holocaust mentions in American and Utah newspapers articles from 1933-45. This mission aligns with a mandate in the Holocaust Museum’s charter to find, examine, and preserve artifacts that exhibit how Americans were informed of the Holocaust and how they responded to it. Scholars, historians, curators, and the museum will use this research to investigate how these artifacts shaped America’s response to the Holocaust, Nazism, and World War II. Students in the English 1010 IVC and 2010 courses taught by professors Ure and Jacob Thomas participated in this project and received credit that counts towards Service Learning.

Students reflected that this experience taught them a great deal about the Holocaust, their grandparents and great-grandparents, and the fears and biases embedded within these artifacts.

Crucially, this experience prioritized research and analysis, a skill that will help them throughout college and life. “[At] least for our course objectives, the students came away with a better understanding of the difficulty and occasional tediousness of the research process, and how refining search terms, digging more deeply and exercising a lot of patience can lead to fruitful results,” said Thomas.

Snow College is one of the first school groups in Utah to participate in this project. Carol Kunzler, instruction and outreach librarian at Snow College, said, “We now have 60 Snow College participants who have participated in this project. The group has had a total of 159 articles submitted and approved.

We are aiming to have over 100 participants by 2023 when the traveling exhibit visits the library.”

You don’t need to wait until 2023 to dig your heels into the History Unfolded Project. “Anyone interested in joining the Snow College group is more than welcome to join,” encouraged Kunzler. “Joining and participating is simple. Those interested just need to make an account and be sure to join the Snow College group when they create the account.”

A few clicks, and you’ll soon be honoring and remembering the past.

More information about the project can be found at the History Unfolded website: https://newspapers.ushmm.org/.

Through the History Unfolded project, Snow College students research and submit newspapers and articles about the Holocaust.

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Lt. Governor Deidre Henderson (center) presents Snow College's student body officers with the Campus Cup.

Snow College Wins Campus Cup for Voter Registration

By Jody Wood On March 20, 2021, Snow College’s student body officers were honored at the State Capitol Building with the prestigious Campus Cup trophy, presented by Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson. Snow College competed against 10 other colleges and universities to win the Utah Campus Cup, a statewide voter registration challenge.

This journey began when Student Body President Matt Griffin received an email about the Campus Cup from the Lieutenant Governor’s Office in July 2020. The email explained that the purpose of the competition was to raise political awareness among Utah college students. Half of a schools’ points were based on voter registration, while the other half came from activities such as service, random acts of kindness, and campus partnership. Griffin pondered upon the opportunities offered by the competition. He believed that there was an uproar of political differences in our country that were transpiring in the year 2020, and he wanted Snow College students to have the opportunity to have their voices shared and heard. He presented his ideas to his fellow student body officers and Advisor Michelle Brown, and together they planned their strategies.

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The competition began on September 22, the same day as National Voter Registration Day. On that day, the student body officers and their team of volunteers registered 250 students to vote. Volunteers assisting in this political awareness effort consisted of Snow College students, faculty, and staff. This team collaborated to help earn points in each of the competition’s required areas. Activities included registering students to vote, thanking medical professionals, doing grocery shopping for needy people, posting an Instagram photo of themselves with a neighbor they were helping, writing letters of encouragement to senior citizens quarantined in assisted living or nursing home facilities, and participating in many more humanitarian efforts. Points had to be accrued by the official ending date of November 3, 2020.

Griffin believes that the Campus Cup competition was never about the Snow College team of volunteers winning it, but it was about helping Snow College students. He said, “This competition has [shined] a light that has been there for years. Snow College has been the most politically aware campus in Utah.”

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Philip Kuehn Shares his Passion for music by Teaching, Performing, and Recording

By Ally Brotherson Philip Kuehn, Snow College’s director of jazz studies, has been writing music since he was about 14. Music has always been his passion, and he has turned that passion into a career that encompasses teaching, performing, recording, and more.

When Kuehn was in high school, he became very serious about music and was performing in jazz clubs in Pittsburgh, near where he grew up. He received bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the Juilliard School in New York City and has been teaching at Snow College since August 2014. While Philip Kuehn

Kuehn plays a variety of instruments, he primarily plays the upright and electric basses. However, he also plays piano, drums, tuba, clarinet, saxophone, and a few others.

Throughout his career, Kuehn has had some unique experiences. “I have been fortunate to play with and work with some of the biggest names in music, including Quincy Jones, Harry Connick Jr., and Tony Bennett” he said. “The high level of performance, preparation, and quick adaptation demanded by each of these musicians has prepared me for a variety of high-profile, high-stress situations.”

He has also enjoyed collaborating on projects with Jon Batiste, acclaimed musician and bandleader for The Late Show with Steven Colbert. Kuehn and Batiste met as high school seniors and were roommates at Juilliard. Being in Batiste’s band since 2004 (regularly prior to coming to Utah, and occasionally since 2014) has opened the doors for many opportunities.

One of these opportunities was playing on the score of the Disney/Pixar animated film, Soul, which features a jazz musician as the lead character. In September 2019, Kuehn flew to New York City for a four-hour recording session where he recorded about 10-15 songs. “Each musician had a camera trained on them during the recording session so that the animators at Pixar/Disney could match the animated characters’ hands with our hands to make it look realistic,” he said. Kuehn appears in about 85 percent of the movie’s jazz music scenes and incidental jazz music. Kuehn also appears on the “Songs from and Inspired by Soul” soundtrack. The music for Soul has received numerous recognitions, including Oscar, Grammy, Golden Globe, and NAACP Image awards.

When Kuehn isn’t performing with world-class musicians, he teaches several courses at Snow College; he also teaches a few jazz combos each semester, along with private lessons.

He likes Snow College because it is a friendly place, where students can get more one-on-one attention from faculty.

In addition to sharing his love of music via teaching, performing, and recording, Kuehn also shares his talents at home.

Music is something he is trying to pass on to his children, Philip (7), Chloe (6), and Saidy (4), who seem to love it too.

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Kevin Holdsworth and his third book, Red Stone Heart.

KEVIN HOLDSWORTH explores his connection to the Uintas in Red Stone Heart

By Lauren Matthews Red Stone Heart: Scrambling High Uinta Peaks, Kevin Holdsworth’s newest book, is a memoir of geography and identity: specifically, how Holdsworth has been sculpted by Utah’s tallest mountain range, the Uinta Mountains. Holdsworth’s earlier books, Big Wonderful: Notes from Wyoming, and Good Water, share similar threads to Red Stone Heart, namely, how person, passion, and place interweave.

Holdsworth, an associate professor at Snow College Richfield, first started climbing the high Uintas as a teenager. The drive to mountaineer has held even through a move to southwestern Utah (with wife Jennifer Sorensen), where he teaches composition, research writing, and his favorite course, ENGL 2420, Literature of the Outdoors.

“I like to get outdoors, but I don’t want to share it with a lot of people,” said Holdsworth. “A lot of us who live in rural Utah know where to go to get away from the crowds.”

Avoiding crowds comes easy when mountaineering Utah’s highest peaks.

In Red Stone Heart, the views of the Uintas are terrific.

Holdsworth guides the reader into meandering, well-trod paths that arc and weave. His writing is gentle, intimate, with an eye as wary and discerning as winter sun.

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the high Uintas. Red Stone Heart circles around these risks: the terror of almost losing friends to mountain perils and the grief and guilt of losing friends to life’s perils. The laurels of mountain climbing are just that, Holdsworth suggests – laurels. “Nobody gets to be a better person by peddling a bicycle … or slogging peaks. Just thicker laurels” The ideal of a “better” person is a running theme, as his passion for high mountain adventuring often falls under his scrutiny. He writes, “How about trying to be a better husband, Kevin, or a better father? Maybe a better friend?

Hate to even say it, but a better professor? The way you’ve lived leaves plenty of room for improvement, nothing but room for improvement.”

It’s a decidedly utilitarian view. Holdsworth’s mountain excursions emboss incredible joy and infinitesimal insights, fleeting as June clouds. Holdsworth follows his undeniable pull to climb mountains. But what is the essence of that pull? His fellow climbers ask, “Why?” “Why?” “Why?” No “good answer” seems to be found.

At its end, Red Stone Heart brings the reader full circle with Holdsworth’s realization that the lack of a satisfying “why?” also includes a satisfactory answer for “why not?”: “Without these memories, what would I have? When I drive over Highway 150, I cannot see a peak that I have not climbed, and that feels right.”

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Wrestling Returns to Snow College

By Janie Harris Snow College is thrilled to add men’s and women’s wrestling to its athletics lineup. The wrestling program will be housed on the Richfield campus, and home matches will be held at the Sevier Valley Center. Recruiting begins this fall, and competition is set to begin in 2022.

President Brad Cook is excited to establish the wrestling program in Richfield and believes it will help further build campus life and provide exciting new opportunities for growth to the campus.

He expressed, "Central Utah is the center of gravity for top-notch high school wrestling programs, and we look forward to building national-championship caliber teams.”

There will be 30 athletes on both the men’s and women’s wrestling teams, for a total of 60 athletes. The addition of these teams will provide an incredible opportunity to

attract and retain talented Utah high school wrestlers.

Snow College Athletics Director Rob Nielson stated, “Wrestling for both men and women is a very popular sport here in the state of Utah. With only limited collegiate level opportunities in Utah, it made sense for us to add wrestling to our lineup of highly competitive sports."

With the addition of wrestling, Snow College, a Division-I member of the NJCAA, will now sponsor 14 different teams, including football, men's and women's basketball, women's volleyball, men's and women's soccer, softball, e-sports, men's and women's rodeo, the Badgerettes (dance team), and the cheer team.

As many friends, alumni, and supporters know, Snow College sports are an integral component of the College’s history. Student-athletes learn teamwork, responsibility, and hard work, among many other skills that help shape their future. Friendships formed with teammates last a lifetime, and the camaraderie among student-athletes and fans alike bring the Spirit of Snow to the field and in the courts.

Snow College’s 1963 wrestling team. Front row, left to right: Ralph Mickelson, Milo Erekson, Larry Swalburg, Bill Belcher, Norman Yost, and Michael Northington. Back row, left to right: Joe McDonough, Thomas Kodama, Tom Palmer, Jeff Aagard, Kirk Dahlke, Cliff Whitehead, and Bill Pickard.

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CAMPUSEVENTS

Homecoming Fall Homecoming is back! It will be held on Saturday, September 25, 2021, with many great events planned.

Saturday, September 25 10:00 a.m. – Distinguished Alumni Breakfast (invitation only) 1:00 p.m. – Golden Badger Reunion Lunch If you attended Snow College in 1971 or earlier, you are a Golden Badger! Join fellow classmates for a fun afternoon in Founders Hall. Advanced registration is required.

Please visit snow.edu/goldenbadger, call 435-283-7062, or email alumni@snow.edu to RSVP.

4:30 p.m. – Homecoming Parade Watch from Main Street, or join the Alumni float! Follow Snow College Alumni’s social media accounts for more information.

5:00 p.m. – Tailgate Party Enjoy food, games, and fun for all ages on the practice field. Snow College apparel and merchandise will be available for purchase.

7:00 p.m. – Football Game Snow College will take on Community Christian College under the lights of Terry Foote Stadium.

For more information on any of the scheduled events, please visit www.snow. edu/homecoming.

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SPORTS

Athletics UPDATE

By Max Christensen III With an absence of most fall sports from the 2020-21 calendar, Snow College Athletics looked very different this year. However, the spring athletics season was full of activity and success, with teams playing in national championship tournaments and the national finals.

With a very talented roster, Snow College Volleyball finished with a great 26-3 record. The Lady Badgers ended their season at the NJCAA National Championship Tournament, where they ultimately lost 3-1 to Iowa Western Community College in the finals. “The word I would use for this season would be ‘phenomenal,’” said Head Coach Jeff Reynolds. “It was a longer season with a lot of distractions, and the girls stayed focused from August to May. That was phenomenal.”

They finished ranked No. 2 in the nation. The program will see a new coach next season, as Reynolds heads to Lander University in South Carolina.

The football team had one of the best seasons in school history. They ran the table with an undefeated regular season, The volleyball team had a 26-3 record and played in the championship game at the national finals.

giving them a chance to play for the national championship.

They ended up losing just 29-27 to Hutchinson Community College. “The word of the season is ‘exciting,’” said Zac Erekson, first-year head coach. “From COVID testing, to winning games, to going to the national championship, there was never a dull moment.” The team dealt with COVID-19 a lot, having people out every week except the first and last weeks of the season. The team finished ranked No. 2 in the nation. They look to return with a lot of talent in the fall.

Finishing at 10-4-1 under the direction of Charles Long, another first-year head coach, the men's soccer team completed a competitive season this spring. The team also made history by becoming the first men's soccer team in school history to get a bid into the NJCAA National Tournament. They eventually lost to Salt Lake Community College (SLCC), the 2021 national champions. Coach Long summarized the season with the words “hard work.” “With injuries affecting us, we had hard-working guys who needed to step up,” he said.

When asked how they became the first men’s team to reach nationals, defender Takum Hepworth said, “The mindset.

The boys were willing to put the team first. Everyone came to practice every day to work … Our coach played a big part too.” The team finished ranked No. 5 in the nation.

The women’s soccer team went 12-4 on the year and reached the semifinals of the National Tournament. They, like the men, lost to the eventual national champion, Tyler Community College. “’Bonding’ is the best word I can use for this season. The girls were a family, and they learned how to play under extreme pressure situations,” said Long, who also coaches the women's team. Midfielder Alaina Pestana echoed that thought by saying, “The bond that [we] had with each other was a huge impact that influenced our success. I call those girls my sisters, and we ride for each other.” The team finished ranked No. 4 in the nation.

The softball team finished the season with an overall record of 17-30. They always played with a lot of heart and also had to overcome the adversity of health issues and other challenges. “One word to describe our season is ‘memorable,’” said

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Badger Football went undefeated in the regular season but lost a close National Championship game. The team finished the year No. 2 in the nation.

outfielder Katie Tanner. “Everything was different, but we found out how to make the best of it. There’s no better place to play junior college softball. I’d recommend it to anybody.” The softball program looks to bring a lot of that talent back next year, with a new head coach, Chad Carpenter, to lead them.

With a predominately freshman roster, the men’s basketball team wrapped up the year with a winning season. Their record was 16-8, and seven of those losses were to either the College of Southern Idaho or SLCC. When asked for a word to describe the season, Head Coach and Athletic Director Rob Nielson said, “The word for me is ‘extended.’ Everything was longer. The season was longer, practice time was longer, and it gave us more time to improve. It was longer, but better.” He also mentioned how the longer practice time as an advantage, since the team wasn’t really affected by the virus. They have the potential to be very good next year, with the addition of a few key pieces and the overall experience of the returners.

Women’s basketball had a good overall season, as they were able to compete for a conference championship. They saw a lot of ups and downs throughout the spring. Coach Mike Russell said, “The types of players and people in our program are what salvaged our season. I’m so happy we got to play.” This was one team that COVID-19 did affect, as it hit them right at the end of their season. They had two key players who missed the conference tournament due to the virus, and two more got injured while they were there. The team still represented Snow College very well. “Special” is the word Coach Russell used to 2 0 2 1 | S N O W CO L L EG E M AG A Z I N E

describe their season. Russell will be moving on to Syracuse High School to coach the boys’ varsity team.

The rodeo team finished No. 4 in the regional men’s team standings and No. 5 in women’s team standings. Twenty-six athletes represented Snow College during the regular season, with Cole Stewart and Joao Miranda representing Snow in the postseason at the College National Finals Rodeo. Cole finished 26th in the nation in bareback riding, while Joao finished just inside the top 35 for team roping. “’Grateful’ is the word of the season,” said Coach Kendra Bagley. “We’re so grateful we got to compete in a regular season and national finals. We are grateful for a school that supports us and gives us the opportunity to rodeo for them.”

Despite COVID-19, Snow College esports competition was able to continue with NJCAAE during both fall and spring semesters. All of the teams worked incredibly hard and qualified for the playoffs. The highlight of the year was the Rainbow Six Siege team playing for the national championship and coming in second. Coach Landon Peterson used “dedication” to describe the esports team. “I’m so grateful for the professionalism and dedication of our student-athletes,” he said. “We’re looking forward to an incredible season this year!”

Snow College is anticipating a full 2021-22 athletics schedule with fall and spring sports, including the introduction of men’s and women’s wrestling. For more information on Snow College Athletics, visit www.snowbadgers.com.

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SPORTSSCHEDULES

Game schedules are subject to change.

RODEO Fall Schedule

Date

Time

Host

Sept. 10

8 p.m.

SUU

Sept. 11

TBA

SUU

Sept. 17

TBA

Idaho State

MEN'S Basketball

Sept. 18

TBA

Idaho State

Home Game Schedule, Ephraim Campus

Sept. 24

TBA

USU

Date

Time

Against

Sept 25

TBA

USU

Oct. 15

7 p.m.

Impact Academy

Oct. 8

TBA

USU Eastern

Oct. 9

TBA

USU Eastern

Nov. 12

7 p.m.

Arizona Western

Nov. 13

3 p.m.

Jump Start

Dec. 2

7 p.m.

Colorado Northwestern

Dec. 9

7 p.m.

USU Eastern

Dec. 18

3 p.m.

Salt Lake CC

WOMEN'S Basketball Home Game Schedule, Ephraim Campus

Date

Time

Against

Nov. 5

5 p.m.

Arizona Western

Nov. 6

3 p.m.

Seward County CC

Dec. 2

5 p.m.

Colorado Northwestern

Dec. 9

5 p.m.

USU Eastern

Dec. 18

1 p.m.

Salt Lake CC

SOFTBALL Fall Home Game Schedule, Ephraim Campus

Date

Time

Against

Sept. 18

10, 12 a.m.

Non-Region Event

Oct. 2

9 a.m.

Prospect Camp

Oct. 23

10, 12 a.m.

Non-Region Event

E SPORTS Games are played most weekdays, beginning at 4 p.m. Visit twitch.tv/ snowcollege during this time to see the esports team in action.

FOOTBALL Home Game Schedule

Date

Time

Against

Sept. 4

7 p.m.

Gordon’s Academy

Sept. 11

7 p.m.

Gila River

Sept. 18

7 p.m.

McDougle Tech

Sept. 25

7 p.m.

Community Christian*

Oct. 9

1 p.m.

Iowa Western

Nov. 6

1 p.m.

Lakawanna

Nov. 13

7 p.m.

RPA (Texas)

For current sports schedules and information visit

snowbadgers.com President's Club and Heritage Club members, please contact the Snow College Foundation for assistance with purchases.

*Homecoming

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performing ARTSSCHEDULE ALL EVENTS BEGIN AT 7:30 PM, UNLESS NOTED

MEN's Soccer Home Game Schedule

Date

Event

Oct. 6-9

Theatre: 12 Angry Jurors

Oct. 14

Mozart: 230th Anniversary of His Death (Dec. 5, 1791) – All Choirs

Date

Time

Against

Sept. 2

1 p.m.

Salt Lake CC

Sept. 4

11 a.m.

Truckee Meadows

Nov. 5

Founders Day Concert

Sept. 9

1 p.m.

Southern Nevada

Nov. 10-13

Theatre: Radium Girls

Sept. 11

11 a.m.

USU Eastern

Nov. 19

Orchestra Concert

Sept. 18

1 p.m.

Casper CC

Dec. 1-4

Theatre: A Tuna Christmas

Oct. 16

11 a.m.

Community Christian

Dec. 3

Oct. 21

1 p.m.

Colorado Northwestern

“Christmas Unplugged” – Women’s Chorale/Cadence

Dec. 9-10

Holiday Music Spectacular

Dec. 10-11

Fall Dance Concert (Dec. 10, 7:30 p.m.; Dec. 11, 2 p.m.)

Dec. 11-12

Handel’s Messiah

Feb. 23-26

Musical: Tuck Everlasting

April 13-16

Theatre: The Foreigner

Oct. 28-30

Soccer Regionals TBA

Nov. 6

Soccer Dist. Championship TBA

WOMEN's Soccer Home Game Schedule

Date

Time

Against

Sept. 2

3 p.m.

Salt Lake CC

Sept. 4

1 p.m.

Truckee Meadows

Sept. 9

3 p.m.

Southern Nevada

Sept. 11

1 p.m.

USU Eastern

Oct. 16

1 p.m.

Community Christian

Oct. 19

2 p.m.

W. Wyoming

Oct. 21

3 p.m.

Colorado Northwestern

Oct. 28-30

Soccer Regionals TBA

Nov. 6

Soccer Dist. Championship TBA

Performances take place in the Eccles Performing Arts Center on the Ephraim campus. Unless otherwise noted, events begin at 7:30 p.m. Many more concerts and shows will be scheduled throughout the year. For the most current information, visit www.snow.edu/finearts or visit us on social media – Facebook: Snow College Eccles Center for the Performing Arts, or Instagram: @Eccles_snow_college.

Volleyball Home Game Schedule, Ephraim Campus

Date

Time

Against

Sept. 23

6 p.m.

USU Eastern

Sept. 25

1 p.m.

Colorado Northwestern

Oct. 2

1 p.m.

Southern Nevada

Oct. 28

6 p.m.

Salt Lake CC

Oct. 30

1 p.m.

Southern Idaho

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Lessons Learned Utah's Governor and First Lady Draw Inspiration from Rural Roots and Snow College Experiences

By Emily Peterson Reflecting on a political journey that started on the Fairview City Council and led to the Lieutenant Governor’s Office and then to Utah’s highest elected position, Governor Spencer Cox said, “I still to this day don’t think I chose this career. If you look at how we got here, the career kind of chose us.”

While being Governor and First Lady may not have always been on the to-do list for Spencer and Abby Palmer Cox, service, kindness, and hard work are among the traits that qualify them for their current positions. Their rural

upbringing and experiences, including their time spent at Snow College, played an immeasurable role in the development of these qualities.

The Coxes both grew up in Sanpete County – Spencer in Fairview, and Abby in Mt. Pleasant. They make it a priority to stay close to their rural roots. In fact, for the two terms that Spencer served as Lieutenant Governor, Abby and Spencer chose to live and raise their children in Fairview, with Spencer making a daily four-hour, round-trip commute to Salt Lake City. While being full-time Fairview residents is not an option now, they spend weekends at home, whenever possible.

Gov. Spencer Cox gives his inaugural address on January 4, 2021. Photo by Utah Office of the Governor.

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First Lady Abby Cox helps paint a mural at the Utah YWCA. Photo by Utah Office of the Governor.

After graduating from North Sanpete High, Spencer and Abby both attended Snow College. Spencer, who graduated a year before Abby, attended Snow for a year before serving a mission to Mexico for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Abby attended and graduated from Snow during the time of Spencer’s mission, and then Spencer returned and completed his Snow College education.

Spencer and Abby credit their Snow College experiences with shaping who they are today. “I just think it’s impossible to overstate the influence that Snow had on us,” Spencer said. “As young kids that had no idea what we were going to do with our lives, it was just the next step for us, and it was a really important step. The people that influenced us, the friends that we met there, the professors, the administration, at a small place that maybe doesn’t get the attention it deserves, it certainly impacted us, and we will be forever grateful.”

Spencer’s participation in the Honors Program remains a highlight of his Snow College experience. “We had these really small classes with some of the best professors and some of the best students. They challenged me … and I

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loved that,” he said. From studying at Utah State University and Washington and Lee University School of Law to selecting his current cabinet, he has sought out and created opportunities to replicate that experience, interacting with small groups of “really bright people who challenge me and make me better.”

For Abby, Snow College provided her with the academic confidence she felt she was lacking after high school. After graduating from Snow, she attended Utah State University, receiving a bachelor’s degree in special education with a dual emphasis in early childhood and severe disabilities.

Abby’s passion for special education began in elementary school, where she befriended students with disabilities who were in her classes, and this passion continues. One of the four components of the First Lady’s new “Show Up” Initiative is Unified Sports, a program developed by the Special Olympics that joins students with and without intellectual disabilities on the same school sports teams.

The three additional areas of the First Lady’s Initiative, which was launched in Spring 2021, are social and emotional learning for students and educators, foster care,

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The Governor and First Lady in their early years.

and service. Although service is its own category, service projects will be incorporated into each focus area. The first service project under the Initiative was the creation of thank you kits for Utah’s 1,500 foster and kinship families.

A primary goal of the Initiative is to develop empathy and connection throughout Utah, especially with youth and children. Abby stated: “We are in an empathy crisis … and especially as we come out of this pandemic, we need to give each other some grace, we need to connect with people with disabilities to create empathy, we need to have empathy and connection to our most vulnerable children – our foster children, and we certainly need to connect to make sure that teachers have the emotional intelligence for themselves as well as for their students, and the best way we can connect and create empathy in our world is through service.”

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been part of the Governor’s and First Lady’s mission. They want to rise above the negativity in the current political climate and help others do the same. “We … focus on the good things that are happening in the state. It’s really easy to get caught up in [the negativity], but … we remain optimistic because of the goodness that we see, and we have a front-row seat for that, too, every day,” Spencer said.

As Governor and First Lady, Spencer and Abby make interacting with Utahns a priority, and they truly enjoy it.

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Kaleb, Abby, Spencer, Gavin, Emma Kate, and Adam Cox.

Spencer recounted speaking at a recent event for about 500 young adults: “After we finished speaking, we spent about an hour and a half just shaking hands and talking to them, one by one, as they came up. And to hear their stories and to hear the things that they’re doing in their lives … that energized me.”

Through her “First Lady and Friends” podcast, Abby shares the stories of people she has met and friends she has made. A phrase Abby often uses on the podcast, “Let’s get proximate,” emphasizes her focus on making deep connections with people, especially those with different backgrounds and experiences. As she stated on the podcast, “When we hear people’s actual lived experiences, it opens our minds to an empathy that we didn’t know we could have.”

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(20), Adam (18), and Emma Kate (14). “More than anything, we’ve used this [experience] to try to help them connect with people that are different from them,” Spencer said. “We want them to have those experiences serving refugees and our friends who are experiencing homelessness and having some of those real unique service opportunities.” In their free time, the family enjoys being outdoors, hiking, and traveling.

Although the Coxes mention no concrete plans for life after the governorship, one thing is certain: A potential second term would be the end of their political career.

Regardless of what a future in the private sector holds, they will measure their success as Governor and First Lady by how they’ve been able to apply the lessons first learned and developed in Sanpete County. “If we show a way forward through service and kindness and empathy,” Abby said, “we will have done a good job.”

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New Programs and Lower Costs Make Snow College the Center for Technical Education

By Lisa Jane Laird Snow College offers the best of both worlds when it comes to training for technology careers in rural Utah and offering reduced tuition costs.

Snow gained a unique standing when the Utah System of Higher Education’s degree-granting institutions combined with Utah’s technology college system last year. In addition to the degree-granting role Snow College has always played, it is now the technical college for Central Utah. As a technical college, Snow College offers technology certifications that also count as transferable college credit with no

added charges. Students in technical education programs pay much less for their training than their peers in other Snow College divisions.

The goal of technology education programs is direct employment in a field related to the training area. To qualify for the lower tuition rate, Snow College must demonstrate a need for employees in the industry and provide data and reporting on students who get placed in jobs. Not all courses at the College fit those criteria.

While every course at Snow College is beneficial in some way, technical education courses are skills oriented and aligned with high-demand industry fields.

Automotive students Mark Galrud, Brian Taylor, and Trevor Palmer gain hands-on maintenance experience.

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Stacee McIff, newly appointed vice president for technical education and workforce development, leads the charge to match affordable training to the labor market needs of Central Utah and beyond.

“We recognize that we have a responsibility to rural Utah as we are a driving economic development force for our region,” said McIff. In an April Town Hall meeting for the Snow College community, President Brad Cook said that the renewed emphasis on technology programs gives Snow College the opportunity to broaden Richfield campus programs and unify Central Utah to champion its economic growth, address labor skill gaps, and meet regional needs.

The first programs that qualify for the lower tuition rate are automotive technology, certified nursing assistant training, composites, construction management, cosmetology, diesel technology, emergency medical technician (EMT) training, industrial mechanics, machine tool technology, nail technician training, networking and cybersecurity, and welding technology.

Snow College will add more programs in Fall 2022

Technical education students may earn up to 12 certificates in Snow's Diesel and Heavy-Duty Mechanics program.

to meet employer demands. Future programs on the docket include agriculture, basic accounting, and digital marketing. The college will consider tech-based programs across all academic divisions to add to the lineup in Fall 2021 and beyond.

To determine training needs, Snow College met with many regional employers, obtained data on skill gaps and labor needs from state agencies, and spoke to economic development leaders.

Haylee Brown receives training to enter the growing field of composites. Advanced composites have uses that vary from aerospace to sporting equipment.

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“It is important that our technical education focuses on skill and knowledge acquisition to align with industry needs,” said McIff. There are many advantages for this new focus, she explained. The programs offer lower tuition costs and are still eligible for financial aid for students who qualify. Students can earn certificates that take one to three semesters to complete. Those who wish to specialize further can earn an Associate of Applied Science degree within two years.

“We are looking for ways to remove barriers to education,” said McIff. The new programs have no general education requirements at the certificate level, which also means that students can enter the job market sooner.

Supporting Nontraditional Students In addition to matching programs to skills needed in the region, technical education also places greater emphasis on student success.

Snow College leaders are working to ensure that technical education programs are more accessible for nontraditional students. These students include working parents, stay-at-home parents who need to upskill to return to the labor market, students from

diverse backgrounds, and workers who may be in lower-paying jobs that need “upskilling” to close their knowledge gaps for promotions at their current job or to go into a higher-paying profession.

Snow College officials note that there are many Central Utah residents who have some college but stopped before they finished a certificate or degree.

Technical education certificates will close that gap for many of those former students to make completion easier.

In Spring 2020, Snow College pivoted from live courses to online courses and used other technology during the COVID-19 pandemic. This experience proved that the College could offer many certificates in a variety of formats.

Some of the courses in each technical education certificate will include online classes. Other formats will include hybrid schedules, where much of the coursework is still online, but students may meet for hands-on lab work once per week. Offering flexible schedules will help those students who work full- or part-time or have parenting duties that keep them from a traditional classroom.

Snow College will also offer competency-based

Students in Machine Tool Technology gain a knowlege of the machining skills needed in today's industry.

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education, allowing students with work or life experience to advance through the certificate courses based on their ability to master a skill or competency at their own pace.

Select programs will easily move to a competency-based education format. “The student can easily be rewarded for their previous knowledge, abilities, and skills,” said McIff. “With key performance indicators in place that match industry standards, a student can finish more quickly and enter the job market.”

Education Meets Experience Snow College has set an ambitious goal to increase technical education completion rates to 65 percent.

To support that goal and make its programs more relevant to the real world, the College plans to establish more apprenticeships and internships for technical education students by 2022.

The College will work with regional employers and state agencies to build internships to give students hands-on workplace experience before they graduate with a certificate of completion or a degree. Students will graduate with industry-related skills and work experiences that are attractive to hiring managers.

Snow College will also tie into the Lieutenant Governor’s initiative to broaden the number of internship-related sites available to students. In April, Gov. Spencer Cox and Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson announced plans to establish “returnships” for underskilled workers to rejoin the workforce.

Returnships are internships for adults looking to re-enter the workforce after an extended absence. They are designed as a back-to-work program that provides the experience, training, skills, and mentoring that an individual needs to return to the workforce without starting from the bottom of the career ladder.

Working with regional employers and the Utah Department of Workforce Services, Snow College will support the returnship initiative, beginning with technical education programs and with the shortterm Learn & Work certificates, which are specifically backed by State of Utah funding to meet short-term skill gap needs for returning workers.

The Learn & Work certificates offered through technical education will include composites, EMT

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Welding program graduates can take their skills to a number of local and statewide industries.

certification, geographic information systems certification, heavy equipment operation, industrial mechanics, junior coder certification, meat processing, networking and cybersecurity, and Mine Safety and Health Administration certification for new miners.

This is the second round of funding given to Snow College for specific programs funded by Learn & Work. The first round funded 10 unique programs for more than 250 students, who were impacted by job losses or shortened hours due to COVID-19.

“Snow College has presented a diverse selection of programs suited for a variety of needs. Most of the programs began as innovative ideas by faculty, which were quickly constructed into courses,” said McIff. For more information about technical education programs and the reduced tuition costs, go to snow. edu/teched. For Learn & Work programs, see snow. edu/learnandwork.

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Learn & Work New Program Brings Skills Training and Success to Utah Residents

By Lisa Jane Laird Residents of Central Utah and beyond gained hope and new skills through short-term training programs offered at Snow College to Utah citizens who felt the sting of unemployment or underemployment due to the COVID19 pandemic.

Offered at no cost to Utah residents whose employment was impacted by COVID-19, Snow College hosted 10 programs for adult learners in Fall 2020. Most of the programs were a semester or less and offered quick courses in workplace skills needed in the College’s service region, or that could be performed as remote work from home.

Supported by the Utah System of Higher Education, the Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development, and Talent Ready Utah, Snow College joined all 15 of its sister colleges and universities in offering the statewide training.

“The programs worked very well and gave us an opportunity to be nimble and flexible in matching the training to workforce needs in our service area,” said Stacee McIff, vice president for technical education and workforce development. “They were short and fast, and several of the courses were online. Adults gained skills for employment or for an upgrade at their current job.”

McIff was instrumental in obtaining nearly $1 million as part of the statewide Learn & Work Initiative created from federal CARES Act funds and awarded by the Utah Legislature.

Katie Justesen, assistant professor of home and family studies, teaches courses for the Learn and Work program's human services certification.

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More than 250 students enrolled in one or more courses, many filling up in the first days of open registration. Roughly four-fifths of the registered students were non-traditional adults over age 25 who had lost jobs, faced fewer hours at work, or had a spouse who lost a job due to the pandemic.

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Kelly Larsen, Snow College business instructor, leads the Learn and Work program in basic accounting.

Fall 2020 programs included Farm Safety Training, Essential Skills in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), a one-year certificate in GIS, Heavy Truck Transmissions, QuickBooks for Small Business, Basic Accounting, Computer Information Systems Cybersecurity, Data Analytics Bootcamp, Remote Workplace Skill Development, and Human Services Practitioner Certification.

In April, Snow College’s Learn & Work Program was recognized as the “Best of State” for the category of curriculum development. Upon receiving news of this award, President Brad Cook said, “We have great people working at Snow College. I offer my congratulations to all those who worked tirelessly on the Learn & Work curriculum.”

A well-deserved honor, based on the feedback of several students who were in some of the courses or programs.

A fast seven-credit certificate in remote workplace skills allowed one student to expand his small businesses. Jeff Edmunds said, “The CliftonStrengths [talent assessment] was a game changer and everything I learned helped me to move forward – especially with the changing work environment. I used what I learned to further my freelance work and to expand my small farm business.”

Lynne McWilliams, an entrepreneur from Washington, Utah, who completed the Remote Workplace Skills certification, said the personal selling course provided a road map to grow her art business, Paint What Smiles at You. The one-year Human Services Practitioner Certification is one of Snow College’s newest programs. Led by Professor Katie Justesen, it trains students for support positions in health or human services agencies. “This program offers increased employment prospects to students due to their newfound competency and skills.” Justesen said. “Perhaps the most exciting thing is that all currently enrolled participants are on target for certificate completion this spring!”

Because Learn & Work in Utah was a success at all Utah institutions, with more than 5,700 completers statewide, Snow College and its peers will repeat some programs and add more for Fall 2021. For more information on current or upcoming courses, visit snow.edu/learnandwork .

“I'm self-employed but contracted as the product operations manager for Music Teacher's Helper and Studio Helper, where I oversee customer support and software development. The personal selling course [within the Remote Workplace Skills certification] helped me not only in my position, but in my communication skills with our programmers who live half a world away,” said Ken Rhodes.

Another student seeking remote work, Tana Buchanan, shared that several employers have reached out to her based on the LinkedIn and Handshake accounts she created as part of her training with Snow College.

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COVID Care Team members (top row, left to right): Karen Johnson, Ty McKenzie, Gary McKenzie, and Becky Adams, with nursing students (bottom row) Ben Smith and Audrey Ludlow.

Care Team Helps Students and Employees Impacted by Covid

By Kaylie Webster The COVID Response Care Team was created to help those at Snow College who contracted or were exposed to COVID-19. Whether it’s a student or a Snow College employee, the COVID Care Team spent many hours during 2020-21 helping and willing to help those in need.

The COVID Response Care Team has consisted of 13 Snow College employees: Rob Nielson, Karen Johnson, Gary McKenzie, Becky Adams, Donna Birk, Ty McKenzie, Leslee Cook, Annette Taylor, Nathan Beck, Matt Johnson, Heidi Stringham, Linda Lewellen, and Kevin Arrington.

Co-Chair Karen Johnson said, “The team was initially established in August [2020] before the school year began. We have had a few changes in members, but most have been on the team since then.”

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Audrey Ludlow administers COVID-19 tests to Karen Johnson and Ty McKenzie.

probably don’t directly count as team members, but the nursing students have been coming to help test every Wednesday and Thursday, he said. “They have been an enormous help and a pleasure to work with.”

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Rebeckah Buckley, an allied health instructor, said, “Our nursing students [helped] to administer COVID testing in both Ephraim and Richfield. It has been a great experience for our students, and they have really liked administering these tests. The COVID [Response] Team has been outstanding to our students and has treated them with kindness and professionalism.”

One of the team’s biggest undertakings was to set up COVID-19 testing and vaccination locations. During the Spring 2021 semester, testing was offered on both the Ephraim and Richfield campuses. The team also helped with vaccination clinics on two different occasions. They spaced out the two days so that students and employees who previously got their first dose of the Moderna vaccine could get their second dose and be fully vaccinated by the end of the semester.

Snow College created a page on their website titled “COVID Response Care Team,” where students and employees can access information about what to do once they notice symptoms or have contracted COVID-19. The page also has information such as how to self-report and how to contact members of the COVID team.

The page also has links to the CDC guidelines, which explain the differences between quarantine and isolation.

The CDC states, “quarantine keeps someone who was in close contact with someone who has COVID-19 away from others. Isolation is meant to keep someone with COVID-19 away from others.”

Once a student contacted one of the team members, “we help[ed] them with any academic needs they may have, as well as some personal needs they might be in need of,” Johnson stated. Team members, such as Donna Birk, delivered meals to students who have a meal plan. Birk and other team members also helped students with Walmart runs; a student ordered and paid for the groceries, then team members picked up and delivered the groceries to a student’s dorm room.

The team’s plans are still being formulated for the 2021-22 school year, said Johnson. Current plans include encouraging students to get vaccinated and hosting more vaccine clinics. “We will continue to be a mask-friendly campus as well,” she added.

Team member Linda Lewellen said that Snow College’s pandemic response has been very effective. “I think Snow College has done a great job putting protocols in place to help the employees and, most importantly, students. I feel the numbers have kept relatively low. I think it is directly related to the protocols.”

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LEAVE YOUR LEGACY – IT’S EASIER THAN YOU THINK! INCLUDE JUST A FEW SENTENCES IN YOUR WILL OR TRUST. Many of our scholarship endowment funds have been established with estate gifts from our caring friends. You can leave a legacy at Snow College through a provision in your estate plan. You can structure your bequest to leave a specific amount of cash, securities, or property, make the gift contingent on certain events, or leave a percentage of your estate to benefit students.

The official legal bequest language for Snow College is: “I, [name], of [city, state, ZIP], give, devise and bequeath to the Snow College Foundation, a body politic and corporate of the State of Utah, [written amount or percentage of the estate or description of property] for its unrestricted use and purpose.”

Individuals who include the College in their estate plans are invited to become members of our Heritage Club. The Heritage Club is a special group that recognizes donors who notify us of their thoughtful gift intentions through an estate provision, regardless of the amount.

PLEASE CONSIDER A CHARITABLE BEQUEST FOR SNOW COLLEGE STUDENTS TODAY.

For more information about joining the Heritage Club or making a planned gift to Snow College, please contact Janie Harris at (435) 283-7062 or via email at giving@snow.edu. Go to Snow’s new planned giving website – www.snowlegacy.org, where you can find tools such as a free downloadable estate planning guide, free planned giving e-newsletter, helpful calculators, etc.

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Painting Butterflies Snow College Students Use CRISPR Gene Technology

By Lauren Matthews Three Painted Lady butterflies rest inside of their terrarium habitat. Also known by their scientific name, Vanessa cardui, these butterflies are vividly tangerine, Bambi-spotted, with black banded trim on their forewings. The most fascinating thing about these three butterflies is not what they should be (a blend of orange and ochre) but what they should not be: butterflies with inky pigment patches in wing patterns.

But turning butterflies black is exactly what Dr. Lindsay Chaney, associate professor of biology, and her lab students are bringing into focus through the use of CRISPR (pronounced "crisper") gene editing. Exploring gene editing at a community college – even a top-ranked institution like Snow College – is an exciting, unmatched opportunity.

CRISPR, along with the Cas9 enzyme, is a revolutionary tool. CRISPR, or Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats, refers to sequences of DNA that some bacteria use to recognize past infections and protect against future ones. The website of CRISPR Therapeutics, a CRISPR/Cas9 research and development company, states that Cas9 “acts as ‘molecular scissors’ to cut DNA” at a specific location. Used together, CRISPR/Cas9 allows genes to be disrupted, deleted, corrected, or inserted. This experience is immensely valuable for students, especially since gene editing has many applications, including the medical, agricultural, and bioenergy fields.

Gene editing is still relatively new on the science scene (the acronym CRISPR was only proposed in 2001). While discussing the topic, Chaney pulled out two possible textbooks for her upcoming fall course; mammoth as they were, the textbooks averaged only 1.5 pages that were dedicated to CRISPR technology. Because of this, Chaney has developed her own curriculum, where students focus on both reading primary scientific articles and directly using CRISPR to alter genes in butterflies. This gives students firsthand experience into gene editing mechanisms instead of just reading about what the other colleges/universities are researching.

In Chaney’s dream world, students could design their genes that they could test out, disrupt their own gene, and figure out how it affects a specimen’s appearance.

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Chaney is working to make this dream a reality for Snow College students, even though she acknowledges that many genetic mutations are still out of reach, even for gene editing experts. And using CRISPR does not confirm success, either. Further mutations may still happen, the RNA sequences may not bind, etc.

So why edit butterfly genes?

“Butterflies are so charismatic,” explains Chaney. “[In our lab], we’ve used CRISPR to alter genes in zebrafish and bacteria, but with butterflies, you can get anyone interested in them.”

Chaney cleverly has a hands-on approach for her students: using paper cutouts, students cut DNA sequences and match them to RNA sequences through a complementary base pairing. Using this method, students can map out the edits they would like to make and how these edits would change a specimen’s physical characteristics.

In place of paper cutouts, consider the web interactive launched by HHMI BioInteractive on how CRISPR/Cas9 technology functions in gene editing. Explore this “Click & Learn” by visiting https:// www.biointeractive.org/classroom-resources/ crispr-cas-9-mechanism-applications.

Chaney’s lab students (Aubrey Ukena, medical laboratory science; Jackson Stewart, plant science; and Allison Poore, pre-med) love that they are applying research that makes them competitive in their fields. Poore explained that using CRISPR has expanded her critical thinking skills: “Critical thinking skills [are]something you can use and apply in critical research, and any research experience is incredibly valuable, because it can help you apply what is being taught. The vocabulary actually has an application.”

This application for vocabulary, critical thinking skills, and active experimentation legitimately allows for the scientific method. “A lot of labs are more cookie-cutter with guaranteed success,” Chaney says. “But this is the real-world method: using the scientific method and failure to find success. It can be messy, but the outcome is more realistic and rewarding.”

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Students utilized CRISPR gene-editing technology and a variety of microbiology techniques to change the color of butterfly wings.

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WHO ARE SNOW COLLEGE ALUMNI?

By Kay Christensen (’56) Alumni Association Board President Although COVID-19 has presented many challenges in 2020 and 2021, the Snow College Alumni Association has enjoyed many wonderful experiences and accomplishments.

We participated with the College’s Foundation Board to help raise $5 million in scholarship money to help students with financial need. We are actively participating with the College’s enrollment and recruitment efforts, with a focus on culturally diverse students who live within Snow College’s six-county service area. We are also recognizing distinguished alumni who have made wonderful contributions in their communities.

It has been our pleasure this past year to raise alumni family scholarship funds to help students who have had parents or grandparents attend Snow College. We have pushed forward with our major initiative to give families the opportunity to set up their own family scholarship funds at Snow College. This can be done with a $35,000 initial contribution. The goal is to invite families to establish a perpetual scholarship and encourage their descendants to attend Snow College using the interest earned on the $35,000. Following legal guidelines, the families can establish the criteria for determining preference of those who will qualify to receive scholarships.

There are other exciting activities the alumni are participating with at Snow College, including helping students during Homecoming, judging various business department activities, and encouraging high school seniors to attend Snow.

As the Alumni Board has served the graduates (past, present, and future) of Snow College, I have given much thought as to what it means to be alumni. According to the Webster’s New College Dictionary, an alumnus is “a person … who attended or is a graduate of a particular school, college, etc.” Thus, the next question I pondered upon was, “Who are Snow College Alumni?” Here are some answers I came up with: 2 0 2 1 | S N O W CO L L EG E M AG A Z I N E

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They are individuals who have grown physically, intellectually, and socially because of their experiences at Snow.

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They have been taught by interested teachers who have sought the best for their students, going the extra mile to help students succeed.

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They have made new friends, many of whom will be lifelong associates.

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They, in many instances, have fallen in love and married another Snow student or graduate.

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They have often, with help from great coaches, teachers, or mentors, improved their athletic skills or artistic talents and have learned the discipline associated with hard work and achievement.

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They have qualified themselves to enter into any schools of higher education in the state of Utah, and most other schools in the United States.

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They have learned to love Snow College and their experiences there.

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They have learned more about how to get along with people – to give and take, compromise, and survive.

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They have honed their skills and ability to study that will go with them into the future and bless their lives wherever they go and in whatever they do.

Kay Christensen

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DISTINGUISHEDALUMNus

Neal LaVaun Cox 1948-2020

By Lauren Matthews Neal LaVaun Cox (1948-2020) loved Snow College. A previous student (graduating class of 1968), he returned to Snow College as dean of students and vice president of student life (1983-95). This position might conjure up an image of leadership behind a desk, but Neal is best remembered striding around campus, meeting and connecting with students. He led by example, through genuine connection, and in service of others. With great gratitude, we posthumously recognize Neal LaVaun Cox as the 2021 Snow College Distinguished Alumnus.

Neal’s son Jon often visited his father’s Snow College office while growing up in Ephraim. “One thing that encapsulates my dad very well is the way he went about his work: he very seldom spent time behind a desk,” Jon remembered. “He was always out and about with people, with students in particular. As somebody who is dean of students or vice president of student services, you need to be with students in order to help them and support them, and he really took that to heart.”

Neal and Carol's wedding in 1971.

Neal and Snow College student leaders.

Neal loved Snow College and its Badgers, and his young family shared this love. “As kids, it’s almost as if we lived at Snow College – always going to games, always in plays, and students were always coming over to the house … it was a home away from home for all of us,” Jon shared.

His father would attend every football game in person, and if it were an away game, Neal would listen on the radio, no matter where he was in the state (and how bad the reception might be). In 1985, Snow College famously won the football National Championship. Jon recollects that when they won, Neal bundled the whole family into their old Volkswagen van and drove to the airport to welcome the team home: “He wasn’t going to miss an opportunity to celebrate student success in any way,” Jon said.

After graduating from Snow College, Neal attended Utah State University, where he met Carol Lynn Martin on a blind date. It was a Halloween dress-up event, and they went as Raggedy Ann and Andy. Family lore dictates that Neal showed up without a costume, so Carol arranged his costume (complete with a mop on his head). Magic ensued, and Neal and Carol were married on September 2, 1971.

Neal, Carol, and their eventual six children would find a home in Samoa, Illinois, and Utah.

After his tenure at Snow College, Cox would further serve the students of Southern Utah University (associate vice president and dean of students, 1998-2007) and

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Neal and Carol Cox were married for almost 49 years and have six children.

Brigham Young University (associate dean of students, 2011-14). “No matter where they lived,” Jon remembers, “Ephraim was always home, and when they retired, they came back to Ephraim.”

One of Neal’s speeches is held in the online archives for Ensign College, formerly LDS Business College (https://www.ensign.edu/devotionals/neal-cox). In this speech, he addressed the college’s business students, encouraging them to be leaders through service, one of his life’s philosophies.

Neal vulnerably shared his own failed leadership when he was the senior class president in high school. He didn’t campaign; someone anonymous had nominated him. “I felt pretty important,” said. “And then I spent that whole year feeling important but doing nothing, confident that when the yearbook came out, my picture would be bigger than the others, and it was. But I didn’t do anything.”

His senior year came and went, events came and went, and opportunities for service came and went. Cox then vowed “that if I ever had a chance again to serve, I would do it differently.”

was just one way out of many that he served his community.

“Especially for students,” Jon noted, “when it’s the first time away from home, you’re trying to figure out who you are and who you're going to be, and sometimes you don’t see yourself as clearly. And he was good at helping you see that before you saw it yourself sometimes.”

This sentiment echoes a quote widely attributed to poet Maya Angelou but likely from Carl W. Buehner: “They may forget what you said – but they will never forget how you made them feel.” Memorials on Neal’s Facebook wall and obituary testify to his unique ability to help people see the most significant parts of themselves.

The leadership of Neal LaVaun Cox will not be forgotten. In halls and hearts, his kindness is both mourned and emulated. His love remains and will be remembered.

Neal and Carol enjoy the day with an exchange student they hosted from Japan, along with her family and friends.

This experience reframed Neal’s philosophy of leadership and the duty of leaders as servants to the public.

Every leadership position he would hold – seminary teacher, mission president, administrator, bishopric member, mentor, friend, father, grandfather – would be defined by genuine service. People who served with him commented on his humble, caring nature, no matter how modest the position.

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40UNDER40 Shamrae Anderson (’14) Restitution Specialist Utah Office for Victims of Crime

Amber Christiansen Beltran (’04) Disability Services Employee Idaho State University

Anna Butler (’16) Project Manager Intermountain Healthcare

These 40 Distinguished Young Alumni honorees were selected by the Snow College Alumni Association as representing alumni under 40 years old who have accomplished a noteworthy level of personal and professional achievement following attendance at Snow College.

Crystal Purcell Croft (’04)

Ndeye Meissa Diop (’11)

Instructional Coach Ogden School District

Assistant Women’s Basketball Coach Ohio Valley University

Jordyn Earl (’15)

Daniel Erickson (’14)

Michael Forsythe (’08)

Math Teacher Alpine School District

R&D Operations Assistant Scientist Reckitt

Design Engineer Janicki Industries

Kelsey Allred Dollar (’02)

Stacie Cragun Durrance (’01)

Trauma Director Ogden Regional Medical Center

Instructor, Education and Family Studies Snow College

Austin Guevara (’13)

Jonathan Jerman (’12)

Jaden Johnson (’17)

Taylor Jones (’17)

Angie Olsen Knaphus (’17)

Activities Supervisor Montage Deer Valley

IT Operations Manager Greenix

High Performance Coach Athletic AF

Executive Recruiter Recruiting Connection

HR Manager/Administrative Support & PIO Central Utah Public Health Department

Kaden Ledbetter (’16)

Hannah Childs Lunt (’13)

Evan Miller (’13)

Dennise Montaño (’09)

Carolynn Morris (’10)

Thermal Aerospace Engineer Northrop Grumman

Communications Manager Brigham Young University

Senior Data Scientist Snap Finance

New Market Development Legal Specialist doTERRA

Business Owner/ Senior L&D Manager Orange Soul/Exclusive Concepts

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Visit our website: snow.edu/advancement/alumni to see previous issues

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO NOMINATE SOMEONE FOR THIS RECOGNITION, PLEASE CONTACT THE SNOW COLLEGE ALUMNI OFFICE AT 435-283-7060 OR ALUMNI@SNOW.EDU.

PREVIOUS HONOREES CAN BE FOUND IN THE SNOW COLLEGE MAGAZINE ARCHIVE.

J.R. Nemelka (’14) Director of Portfolio Marketing University of Notre Dame

Jenna Matthews Olsen (’05) Senior Data Scientist Pearson

John Peterson (’16)

Tyler Pierce (’15)

Nate Pollman (’18)

Software Architect Fox Pest Control

Associate Financial Analyst Melaleuca: The Wellness Company

Area Manager for Delivery Operations Amazon

Kaitlyn Bown Sorensen (’16)

DJ Ransom (’12)

Maricela Reyes (’16)

Tashi Sherpa (’13)

Kendall Smith (’19)

Computer Scientist United States Department of Defense

High Net Worth Service Associate Fidelity Investments

Co-Founder Hike With Sherpa LLC

Assistant General Manager Best Western Plus Zion Canyon

Kieran Spencer (’18)

Karlee Young Tauaese (’12)

Caitlin Thomas (’13)

Cassidy Rice Tiedermann (’13)

Christopher Toronto (’12)

Public Relations & Advertising Manager Close to My Heart

Business and Land Development Newtown Residential

Fabiana Lauf Wells (’16)

People & Culture Specialist eLuma

Human Resources Business Partner Nu Skin

Community Coordinator Success in Education

Brett Tucker (’08)

Darin Tuttle (’09)

Anthony Vea (’15)

Kalin Wall (’15)

Software Developer Pluralsight

Director of Investment Strategy Pacific Capital

Site Engineer McConnell Dowell

Sr. Marketing Strategist Disruptive Advertising

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Associate Attorney Howard Lewis & Peterson PC

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The President’s Club is a special circle of friends and alumni sharing a passion for, and pride in, Snow College. Membership in the club includes donors who make an annual contribution of $1,000 or more. For more information on the President’s Club, please contact the Snow College Foundation at 435-283-7060.

Mrs. Linda Allred Anonymous (3) Mr. Brian Arnoldson Mr. Earl R. Arnoldson Mr. & Mrs. Gary E. Arnoldson Mr. & Mrs. Layne S. & Sheri Arnoldson Ms. Kelli Arnoldson Ms. Nelli Arnoldson Mr. Troy Arnoldson Mr. Wesley D. Arnoldson Mr. & Mrs. Keith & Nina Barnes Mr. Brian L. Barton Dr. Day L. Bassett Mr. & Mrs. Steven D. & Marjorie Bennion Mike & Debi Benson Mr. & Mrs. Eric & Chandra Bergeson Mr. & Mrs. Leonard M. & Laura Blackham Mr. & Mrs. Curtis & Lisa Blair Mrs. Geaneen W. Blauer Mr. & Mrs. Jerry & Portia Boggess Mr. Jay W. Bosshardt Neal & Marcia Bosshardt Mr. & Mrs. David A. Christensen Mrs. Julia A. Christensen Mr. & Mrs. Kay & Diane Christensen Ms. Janis Connell Brad & Jen Cook Mr. Gilbert E. Cook Mr. & Mrs. Mark Andrew & Karla Coombs Chad Martin & Abigail Cox Larry D. & Rachel Cox Randy & Claudean Cox Mr. Kelly Crane Paul & Tonita Crookston Mr. Kyle T. Day Lavon, Marianne, & Kevin Day Ms. Nicole L. Draper Mr. & Mrs. Kelly Evans Mr. Donald W. Fiesinger Mr. & Mrs. Russell & Barbara Fjeldsted Ms. Cecelia H. Foxley Mr. Owen Fuller Mr. & Mrs. John R. & Merrilin Gassman Mr. Richard J. Gates Mr. David K. Gehris Mr. Robert M. Graham Dr. & Mrs. Matthew L. & Lisa M. Hansen

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Mrs. Brittany Herzog Mr. & Mrs. Jake & Lindsay Hinkins Ms. Deborah Holm Mr. Mark J. Howard Ms. Cortney Huber Dr. Claudia P. Jarrett Dr. & Mrs. Reed & Joy Lauritzen Jarvis Mr. & Mrs. James U. Jensen Mrs. Rachel T. Jensen Mr. & Mrs. Steven K. & Teresa Jensen Mr. R. Kent Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey & Charleen Kahn Mrs. Leslie C. Keisel Laird-Rhodes Family Vance Larsen Mrs. Joan McAllister Ms. Lindsey Merrill Dr. Betty Mikkelsen & Mr. John Mikkelsen Mrs. Myrtle Fitzgerald Munk Mr. & Mrs. John & Kristine Naser Mr. & Mrs. Justin & Diana Naser J. Bart & Barbara Nelson Mr. & Mrs. Keith C. & Beverly Nielsen Mr. Dean O’Driscoll Mr. & Mrs. James & Bonnie Parkin Mr. Lars Peterson Mr. & Mrs. Waldemar & Harriet Rasmussen Mr. Andrew Reed Mr. & Mrs. Bruce & Sharlene Richards Mr. Ben Rogers Bruce & Cindy Snow Eric Stats Franklin C. & Nancy Stewart Mark & LeAnn Stoddard Richard & LaPrele Olsen Sumsion Dr. James A. & Kristine Tatton Mr. & Mrs. Stephen D. & Margaret Taylor Ms. Rinda Thompson Mr. Roger H. Thompson Dr. & Mrs. Brent & Janis Thorne Richard & Rolayne White Mr. Monte J. Willardsen Dr. & Mrs. H. James & Janet Williams Mr. & Mrs. David R. Willmore Mr. Clinton L. Winters Mr. Hyrum K. Wright Mr. & Mrs. Scott & Kathy Wyatt

The Heritage Club is a distinctive group of friends who carries on a tradition of philanthropy at Snow College through including the College in their estate plans.

The College extends its warm appreciation to these individuals, who make known their thoughtful gift intentions through charitable bequests, life income plans, insurance gifts, and charitable trusts. For more information on the Heritage Club, please contact the Snow College Foundation at 435-283-7060.

Mr. & Mrs. Elliot J. Anderson Dee Anderson* Eva Beal Anderson* Anonymous Ms. Kari Arnoldsen Charles & Marjorie Atkinson Roger* & Pamela Baker Mr. & Mrs. Steven D. & Marjorie Bennion Ralph* & DeOra Blackham Mr. & Mrs. Morris O. Casperson Gerald G. Cazier* Randy & Claudean Cox Mr. & Mrs. Roy L. Crouch Gerald J. & LuAnn Day Mr. & Mrs. Terry & Nancy Foote Debra Gardner Afton M. Hansen* Ms. Cyndi Henningson Loree T. Hickman* Mr. & Mrs. David Higham Seth & Maurine Horne* Mr. & Mrs. Mark & Debbie* Howard Marsha Anne Hunter Irwin* Dr. Claudia P. Jarrett Bruce & Larue Jennings* Glen S. Larson* Mr. & Mrs. Phillip M. Murray Melvin R. Olsen* Mr. & Mrs. Bruce & Kathy Peterson Mr. Jack F. Peterson Lucy A. Phillips* Jewell J. & Dorothea LaRue Jensen Rasmussen* Mrs. Marjorie Riley* Lynn F. & Karen Schiffman Mr. Lloyd Smith* Bruce & Cindy Snow Mark & LeAnn Stoddard Dr. James A. & Kristine Tatton Ethelyn Peterson Taylor* Leland & Phyllis Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Richard W. Wheeler James Armount Willardsen* Leona E. Wilson* Fern Young* *Deceased

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Walt Criner

INMEMORIAM

1936-2021

Walter Criner, who led Snow College Football to the 1985 National Championship, passed away on June 15, 2021, at his home in Gardnerville, Nevada.

Walt was born in Lurton, Arkansas, on December 15, 1936. After moving to the Coachella Valley in California, he attended Coachella Valley High School and lettered in four sports. Walt then attended Pepperdine University on a full-ride scholarship for baseball and football. He graduated in 1959 with a bachelor’s degree in physical education and returned to Pepperdine later in life to obtain a Master of Arts degree in education, in 1976.

Upon graduation in 1959, Walt was recruited by the Green Bay Packers.

During training camp, he realized his heart was in coaching. Walt left camp to pursue a coaching career back where it all started for him – Coachella Valley High School.

From 1959 until his retirement in in 2003, Walt coached various sports at Coachella Valley and Indio high schools as well as at Cal Poly Pomona University, College of the Desert, Arizona Western College, Idaho State University, and Snow College.

Walt married the love of his life, Elizabeth (Joyce) Criner, on December 28, 1960. She passed away in 2016. Walt and Joyce have two daughters, Cary and Camy, and four grandchildren, Jhett, Blaise, Blakeley, and Bronson.

Walt’s greatest achievement, besides his children and grandchildren, was coaching Snow College’s 1985 Championship Football Team. The players were like the sons he never had. After 35 years, he never passed up a chance to talk about his championship team. In recognition of his achievements, Walt was inducted into the Snow College Athletics Hall of Fame in 2016.

The dedication Walt showed to sports and to his players left a lasting impression on decades of athletes. During the recent quarantine, Walt became concerned about his ex-players and their families. He spent an entire week calling players all over the United States and Canada. This is just one example of the great man and coach he was.

A celebration of Walt’s life is scheduled for November 13, 2021, from 1-4 p.m (PST), at Coachella Valley High School in Thermal, California.

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Kay McIff 1939-2020

On September 16, 2020, Kay L. McIff returned to his heavenly home and to the family and friends awaiting him there – most importantly, to his sweetheart and wife, Renee.

Kay was born on September 21, 1939, just west of Sterling, to Rose Ludvigson and Eldon McIff. Educated alongside his siblings in a one-room schoolhouse, Kay went on to graduate from Manti High. After high school, he served in the United States Army. He attended Snow College and later graduated from Utah State University, where he served as student body vice president. Kay received his juris doctorate degree from the University of Utah and began a remarkable career as an attorney.

While in law school, Kay met Renee Stephenson, a beautiful teacher at Granite High School. They were married March 22, 1968 and settled in Richfield. Renee passed away in 2018.

Kay’s career extended to all three branches of government. Early on, he served as county attorney for Sevier and Piute counties. He later served as a judge in Utah’s Sixth District Court. After retirement from the judiciary, Kay served 10 years in the Utah Legislature.

Kay served on the Utah Board of Regents and also on boards at Snow College and Southern Utah University, where he acted as chairman of the Board of Trustees.

Kay loved Snow College. He played pivotal roles in the establishment of the Sevier Valley Center, as well as the merger of Snow and the Sevier Valley Applied Technology Center.

He personally obtained financial commitments (and physical labor) from community members to support the SVC parking lot tree planting and sod installation.

He loved attending SVC events and appreciated his association with Snow faculty and staff. In 2010, Kay was the commencement speaker at the Richfield campus graduation.

Kay is lovingly remembered by his children: Mark (Stacee) McIff, Ann Marie (Randy) Allen, Julie McIff Barney, Matthew (Rachel) McIff and Amy McIff; along with 13 grandchildren.

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INMEMORIAM

Ted Olson 1949-2021

ALUMNI* Lucile (Olsen) Tucker, 1940 – August 3, 2020 Wayne L Peterson, 1942 – July 13, 2020

Ted Lewis Olson passed away unexpectedly on January 23, 2021, in the arms of his loving wife of 48 years, Vickie. Ted was born May 14, 1949, in Mesa, Ariz. to G. LeGrand and Iris Bennett Olson. In his early years, Ted frequently moved with his parents. Most of this time was spent in ranger stations in Manti, Monticello, and Ephraim. Here Ted learned a great appreciation for the outdoors by working with his father.

Ted graduated from Manti High in 1967 and Snow College in 1969, after which he served a mission for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Taiwan. On February 19, 1972, Ted married Vickie Reid in the Manti Temple and then resided in Salt Lake City while attending the University of Utah.

In 1976, Ted received a Master’s of Science degree in geophysics. He then accepted a position at Snow College where he taught physics and mathematics for 42 years. He served as chairman of multiple boards and committees. He was also instrumental in the partnership that helped restore the Great Basin Environmental Education Center.

Ted often expressed gratitude for the opportunity he had to work and associate with colleagues that he considered his best friends.

Marjorie May (Mickelson) Peterson, 1945 – February 1, 2021 Dr. Glen Chapman Oldroyd, 1946 – July 25, 2020 Creta (Thalman) Robinson, 1946 – November 19, 2020 Lorelei Roberts, 1949 – May 21, 2021 Ruel Acord Allred, 1949 – September 5, 2020 Morris Jordan Brady, 1949 – October 14, 2020 Frank Martinus Crowther Sr., 1951 – June 24, 2021 Boyd Francis Gurney, 1951 – February 21, 2021 Wilma Marie (Whitlock) Coates, 1952 – November 28, 2020 Calvert Therald Larsen, 1952 – January 24, 2021 Lily Jane (Olsen) Miller, 1952 – December 6, 2020 Margene (Taylor) Campbell, 1953 – January 13, 2021 Grace Margo (Jorgensen) Adams, 1954 – September 19, 2020 Rodney Giles Cox, 1954 – October 14, 2020 Myrna Joy (Rasmussen) Matley, 1954 – December 25, 2020 Kenna Rae (Armstrong) Ford, 1955 – February 1, 2021 Stephen Brent Monsen, 1955 – June 8, 2021

Ted served on the Ephraim City Power Board for over 40 years. He also represented local communities on the boards of multiple public power organizations, serving multiple terms as board chairman. He was currently serving as chairman of the Intermountain Power Agency Board.

Larry Jefferson Bradley, 1956 – February 18, 2021

Ted dedicated much of his life in the service of others, and he was currently serving as a worker in the Manti Temple. One of his highlights each year was playing “The Trumpet Shall Sound” in the annual community production of Handel’s Messiah.

Thomas Wilson Olsen, 1958 – March 14, 2021

Ted leaves a remarkable legacy at Snow College, and his presence here will be greatly missed. He is survived by his wife, Vickie, six children (all are Snow College graduates), two siblings: Keith Olson and Margie Anderson, and 22 grandchildren.

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Gary Keith Hatfield, 1957 – July 9, 2020 Bruce Edward Nielson, 1957 – August 26, 2020 Gordon Richard “Dick” Staker, 1958 – May 18, 2021 Jenny Lou (Nielson) Peterson Norton, 1959 – June 14, 2021 Rex W. Christensen, 1960 – June 16, 2021 Josie Ann Sterner Anderson, 1961 – June 15, 2021 David Humphrey Peterson, 1961 – March 19, 2021 Douglas Lee Millward, 1964 – March 19, 2021

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INMEMORIAM July 1, 2020 – June 30, 2021 Neal LaVaun Cox, 1968 – August 2, 2020

Clarence Gordon “Bud” Norman Jr. – May 27, 2021

Ted Lewis Olson, 1969 – January 23, 2021

Alan Lee Peterson – July 25, 2021

Michael Robert Kohut, 1976 – January 23, 2021

Bronzel LaBriel Pickett – July 2, 2020

David Loe Nicponski, 1976 – August 19, 2020

Clay Austin Reynolds – September 15, 2020

Douglas John Haymond, 1988 – May 30, 2021

John Elton Roberts – June 27, 2021

Regina Lee Anderson, 1989 – April 23, 2021

Arnold Cloyd Talbot – August 1, 2020

Margarita Nancy Satini, 1989 – October 26, 2020

Eduardo Fontes Vargas – September 12, 2020

Sharon Lynn (Quist) Capt, 1990 – November 19, 2020

Lon Wheelwright – June 29, 2021

Jason Wayne Shaw, 2001 – April 28, 2021 Connie Rae (Lamprecht) Pollock, 2002 – November 20, 2020

FRIENDS Helen Mae (Ream) Bateman – June 6, 2021

Lana Kay (Sorensen) Wilcox, 2004 – October 3, 2020

Ralph Ernest Blake – July 12, 2020

Jason Wayne Larson, 2006 – August 15, 2020

Johanna (Pace) Collester – February 3, 2021

Tawnya Ranae Hunt, 2007 – June 20, 2021

Walt Criner – June 15, 2021

Sione Ray Tuineau, 2016 – August 8, 2020

Russell Wayne Dean – March 15, 2021

Levi Edmund Cox, 2021 – May 6, 2021

Douglas Gilmer Hilton – May 22, 2021 Harvey Lynn Hutchinson – February 6, 2021

ATTENDEES

Patrick William Kronmiller, MD – August 19, 2020

Krista (Sagers) Andersen – April 4, 2021

John “Jack” Sundwall McAllister – February 11, 2021

Andrew Garn Anderson – December 6, 2020

Buena Fay Moore – June 7, 2021

Betty (Munk) Barton – January 24, 2021

Philip William Russell – November 3, 2020

Alfred Thomas Beck – September 25, 2020

Colleen (Kelly) Thompson – August 6, 2020

Douglas C. Birrell – March 7, 2021

Elizabeth “Bette” (Burrowes) Vierra – May 19, 2021

Thomas James Bryson – October 3, 2020

Karlene (Kesler) Wade – April 1, 2021

William “Bill” Aaron Crane – January 25, 2021 Kent Elmer Denver – March 26, 2021 Horace LeRoy “Roy” Ekker, 1989 – October 14, 2020

*Listed alphabetically by graduation year - includes graduates of Snow High School

Phyllis (Thompson) Embley – August 6, 2020 Thann Myron Hanchett – June 17, 2021 Benjamin Jackson “Jacko” Hill – May 10, 2021 Shaun Edward Honeycutt – July 1, 2020 Elva (Jensen) Jensen – May 27, 2021 Sheleen (Christensen) Lanier – August 29, 2020 Fred Losee – August 31, 2020 Kay L. McIff – September 16, 2020

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Please visit our In Memoriam web page for a list of previous acknowledgments: snow.edu/alumni/ 43 inmemoriam.

ANNUAL

DONOR REPORT We extend our sincerest gratitude to our wonderful donors. Every gift makes a difference at Snow College. The Snow College Donor Report is produced by the Snow College Foundation in conjunction with the Snow College Office of Advancement. Every effort has been made to present an accurate donor listing from July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021. If your name has been omitted or erroneously listed, we sincerely apologize and ask that you advise us so we may correct our records. You can contact the Snow College Foundation at 435-283-7060.

PLATINUMPARTNERS Cache Valley Bank Central Valley Medical Center – Mark and LeAnn Stoddard George S. & Dolores Doré Eccles Foundation Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Mr. Robert M. Graham Mr. & Mrs. Jeffrey & Charleen Kahn National Aeronautics and Space Administration Mr. & Mrs. Keith C. & Beverly Nielsen Rural Health Group Mr. Roger H. Thompson Dr. & Mrs. Brent & Janis Thorne U.S. Department of Agriculture U.S. Department of Education U.S. Forest Service U.S. Small Business Administration Utah Department of Agriculture and Food Utah SBDC Network Utah System of Higher Education The I.J. & Jeanné Wagner Charitable Foundation Western Center for Risk Management Education

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GOLDPARTNERS

Theressa Alder Ash Grove Charitable Foundation Dr. Day L. Bassett Beesly Family Foundation Lamont Blackham & Sons Mr. & Mrs. Leonard M. & Laura Blackham CentraCom Central Utah Public Health Department Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Brad & Jen Cook Robert Lloyd Corkin Charitable Foundation Randy & Claudean Cox Mr. Kelly Crane Paul & Tonita Crookston Daniels Fund DJ Management Inc. Dominion Energy Educational Foundation Federal Emergency Management Agency Ms. Cecelia H. Foxley Friedman-French Foundation, Inc. Mr. & Mrs. John R. & Merrilin Gassman Governor’s Office of Economic Development Alan & Jeanne Hall Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Mark & Debbie* Howard Intermountain Power Agency Estate of Glen Larson Mountain Dell Ranch Mr. & Mrs. John & Kristine Naser National Science Foundation Dennis & Joan Norton Family Foundation Mr. & Mrs. Waldemar E. & Harriet Rasmussen Rotary Club of Salt Lake City

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Soapcreek Company Mark & LeAnn Stoddard Ms. Sherry J. Thorne Truth Initiative

Utah Department of Natural Resources Utah Department of Public Safety Utah Weed Supervisors Association C. Scott & Dorothy E. Watkins Charitable Foundation

SilverPARTNERS Mrs. Linda Allred

Ms. Kennedy Eskelson

J. Bart & Barbara Nelson

Anonymous (1)

Mr. & Mrs. Kelly Evans

NISE Network

Apex Foot & Ankle Institute PLLC

Mr. Donald W. Fiesinger

Mr. Dean O’Driscoll

Bank of America Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. Russell & Barbara Fjeldsted

Senator Derrin R. Owens

Bank of Utah

Mr. & Mrs. Scott R. Florence

Rocky Mountain Power

Barclay Mechanical

Mr. Owen Fuller

Rocky Mountain Power Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. Keith & Nina Barnes

Mr. Richard J. Gates

Mr. & Mrs. James & Bonnie Parkin

Mr. Brian R. Barton

Mr. David K. Gehris

Pearson United

Mr. & Mrs. Steven D. & Marjorie Bennion

Ms. Glenna L. Hammond

Mr. Lars Peterson

Mike & Debi Benson

Dr. & Mrs. Matthew L. & Lisa M. Hansen

Mr. & Mrs. Bruce & Sharlene Richards

Mr. & Mrs. Eric & Chandra Bergeson

Mr. & Mrs. Jake & Lindsey Hinkins

Mr. Ben Rogers

Biomet West

Ms. Deborah Holm

Rotary Club of Bountiful

Mr. & Mrs. Curtis & Lisa Blair

Ms. Cortney Huber

Rotary Club of Mount Timpanogos

Mrs. Geaneen W. Blauer

Interfaith Youth Core

Rural Health Care Foundation

Mr. & Mrs. Jerry & Portia Boggess

Dr. & Mrs. Reed & Joy Lauritzen Jarvis

Sip it Soda Shack, LLC

Mr. Jay W. Bosshardt

Jay’s Diesel Service, Inc.

Snow, Christensen & Martineau

Neal & Marcia Bosshardt

Mr. & Mrs. James U. Jensen

Bruce & Cindy Snow

Brady Charitable Foundation

Mrs. Rachel T. Jensen

Staker Parson Companies

Udambor Bumandalai

Mr. & Mrs. Steven K. & Teresa Jensen

Eric Stats

Chamberlain Associates

Mr. R. Kent Johnson

Richard G. & LaPrele Olsen Sumsion

Mrs. Julia A. Christensen

Keeler Holdings LLC

Mr. Eric Szeles

Mr. & Mrs. Kay & Diane Christensen

Mrs. Leslie C. Keisel

Telos Residential Treatment

Clyde Companies Inc.

KLM Family Partnership

Walmart

Ms. Janis Connell

Laird-Rhodes Family

White’s Sanitation

Consulado de Mexico

Vance Larsen

Richard & Rolayne White

Mr. Gilbert E. Cook

Paul M. Magleby Construction Inc.

Mr. Monte J. Willardsen

Mr. & Mrs. Mark Andrew & Karla Coombs

Mrs. Joan McAllister

Dr. & Mrs. H. James & Janet Williams

Chad Martin & Abigail Cox

Stacee & Mark McIff

Mr. & Mrs. David R. Willmore

Larry D. & Rachel Cox

Mercedes-Benz of Draper MBD

Mr. Clinton Winters

CVRH Farm, LLC

Michel Foundation

Mr. Hyrum K. Wright

Mr. Kyle T. Day

Dr. Betty Mikkelsen & Mr. John Mikkelsen

Mr. & Mrs. Scott & Kathy Wyatt

Lavon, Marianne, & Kevin Day

Mrs. Myrtle Fitzgerald Munk

Deseret Trust Company

Naser Engineering

Ms. Nicole L. Draper

Mr. & Mrs. Justin & Diana Naser

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AnnualDONOR REPORT

Partners Alan & Louise Abbott Chris & Becky Adams Mr. & Mrs. Carl & Gail Albrecht Cindy Alder Mr. Cody D. Alder Ms. Britney Allen Ms. Kim Allen Ms. Mardee T. Allen Ms. Bonnie Allred David & Shannon Allred Mr. & Mrs. Douglas V. Allred Phillip M. Allred Mr. Aaron Anderson Ms. Diana Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Elliot J. Anderson Ms. J’Kel J. Anderson Ms. LaTauna Anderson Lynn & Pam Anderson Margie O. Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Max & Kathy Anderson Mr. Mike Anderson Mr. Nathon Anderson Ms. Sharon K. Anderson Mr. & Mrs. Val Anderson April Anderton Ms. Joanne Andrus Anonymous (16) Apothecari Bioscience Mr. & Mrs. Gordon & Kathy Arave Ms. Olivia Arave Mr. & Mrs. Tom & Pat Arave Ms. Laura Arnold Ms. Kari Arnoldsen Mr. Jim Arslanian Mr. & Mrs. Paul & Julie Arslanian Mr. & Mrs. Bryan Avery Ms. Ronnie Badgett Mr. & Mrs. Alan L. Bailey Mr. David B. Bailey Ms. Alyssa Baker Mr. & Mrs. Ruel & Kay Barker Ms. Jennifer Beach Mr. Colten Bean Mr. Gregory Bean Mr. Aaron Beck David N. Beck Ms. Joan Beck Mr. Ryan Beck Mr. & Mrs. Burt & Sadie Bedford Ms. Marilyn T. Bennett Ms. Megan Billings Ms. Natalie Billingsley Ms. Jessie Bills Mr. Roger Bird Ms. Sharron Bird Ms. Elaine Blackham Blackrock Heavy Haul Mr. & Mrs. Kent D. Blad Ms. Georgia Blanchard

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Ms. Rachel Blanchard Jonathan & Sheryl Bodrero Dr. & Mrs. Greg M. Bosshardt Ms. Sarah C. Bové Mallory Bowen Mr. Kenneth M. Bowers Ms. Maureen Bowman Mr. & Mrs. Cliff Bradley Mrs. Jane Braithwaite Michael Brenchley Mr. Ralph R. Brenchley Ms. Christina Broberg Mr. & Mrs. Dave & Shelley Brown Ms. Lucy M. Brown Ms. Mary Brown Paul & Michelle Brown Mr. & Mrs. Ross & Kaye Brown Mr. & Mrs. Jerry & Stacey Browne Mr. Craig W. Buchanan Ms. Ann Budge Dr. Dave Buhler Ms. Julie Bullerman Ms. Emily Burton Ms. Judy R. Busk Mr. & Mrs. Morgan & Marsha Busk Mr. Douglas Butler Mr. Ryan Butler Mr. Mike Cafarelli Mr. & Mrs. Richard C. Cahoon Mr. Steven A. Calder Ms. Sara Call Mrs. Maxine Cameron Michael & Linda Carlston Family Mr. & Mrs. Fred & Jane Carpenter Jim Case Mr. Bryce Casselman Lindsay Chaney Mr. Dean Chappell Mr. Kevin Chappell Ms. Rebecca Chappell Ms. Angelica Chavira Mr. Alan Christensen Mr. Andrew G. Christensen Mr. & Mrs. David A. Christensen Mr. & Mrs. Jim & Julie Christensen Mr. & Mrs. Joseph G. Christensen Mr. Mark K. Christensen Mr. Nathan Christensen Mr. & Mrs. Todd G. Christensen Mr. & Mrs. Tom & Bess Christensen Regent Lisa-Michele Church Mr. & Mrs. Don L. Clark Mr. & Mrs. Ferris L. Clegg Mr. Jeffrey Clyde Coldwell Banker Preferred Properties Ms. Audra Coleman Mr. Joseph Coleman Mr. Gaylan J. Colledge Mr. & Mrs. Kerry Von & Carol Collings Leslee Cook Mr. & Mrs. Bill & Trilby Cope Ms. Laurie Corles

Ms. Rachelle Cottle Mr. & Mrs. Jon & Ellie Cox Mr. & Mrs. Mark & Bonnie Cox David & Cecilia Coy Kim Cragun Ms. Cassandra Cranney Mr. & Mrs. Walter & Joyce Criner* Mr. Jonathan Crockett Mike Cross Crozier Construction Services LLC Mr. & Mrs. Daniel E. Crozier Ms. McKayla Crozier Mr. & Mrs. Alan & Carol Curtis Mr. Kirk L. Dahlke Ms. Moriah Dalton Mr. & Mrs. Dale & Renae Darling Ms. Mona Davis Mr. Wade Davis Mr. & Mrs. William & Robin Davis Dawn Star Properties, LLC Dr. Lynn Cutler & Dianne Dean Deer Hollow Inc. Ms. Erin Demke Chad Dewey Ms. Julie DiCello Sannali Dittli Mr. & Mrs. Douglas Doolittle Mr. & Mrs. Bruce & Sue Douglas Ms. Prentiss Douthit Ms. Janeen Doyle Mr. Corey L. Duncan Mr. John H. Durrant Lawrence & Denise Durtschi Mr. Tanner Edgington Ms. Brenda Edwards Mr. Caleb Edwards Ms. Shawna Edwards Ms. Cindy Ellsworth Mr. & Mrs. Ron & Nancy Englestead Ephraim Co-op Mr. Marshall Erb Mr. Chris Erickson Ms. Jane Erickson Mr. John Erickson Ms. Layle T. Erickson Ms. Denae Eskelson Renée M. Faatz Family Adolescent Child Treatment Services (F.A.C.T.S, PC) Ms. Rachel Fawcett Ms. Cheryl Fillmore Mr. Oran Finlinson Ms. JoAnn Fisher Mr. Mark Flanigan Ms. Patricia Foster Ms. Francine Fowler Carlie Brotherson Fowles Mr. Rick Francis Ms. Christine Frandsen Armando & Adriana Frutos Ms. Robin Fuellenbach David Fullmer

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Paul A. Gardner Mr. Nathan D. Garff Mr. Nefi Garrido Ms. Rose Garrido Gary’s Shoes Mr. Jeffrey Geslin Ms. Andrea Giles Givinga Foundation, Inc. Sara Golding Mr. & Mrs. Cory B. & Kimberly Ann Gordon Ms. Colleen Graf Mr. & Mrs. Greg & Mary Greathouse Kay Buchanan Greene Mr. Paul S. Groesbeck Mr. & Mrs. David L. & Marie Gruver H&S Plumbing Ms. Sabine Hafenmayer Ms. Sandra Hahn Joshua & Brandi Hales Newell & Tammy Hales Mr. Tom Hales Mr. & Mrs. Kimber & Minnie Hall Mr. Richard L. Hampton Ms. Sung Hee Han Ms. Adriana Hancock Ms. Ameerah E. Hancock Gracia Hancock Ms. Kimm Hanni Mr. Brian Hansen Mr. Jack G. Hansen Ms. Kathleen Hansen Mr. Royal Hansen Michael D. Hare Mr. Mark Harris Tyler & Janie Harris Ms. Janice Harten Ms. Rochelle Hatch Ms. Sarah Hatch Ms. Alison Hathaway Mr. Jerry Hawley Ms. Emily Hazelton Ms. Kourtney A. Heaton Beckie Hermansen Donné Hewko Mr. David Hinckley Mr. & Mrs. Curtis & Joanne Hoehne Mr. & Mrs. Keven & Heather Holm Steven Hood Mr. Bryan Hopkins Mr. Daniel Huber Ms. Anna Hudson Mr. & Mrs. Keith L. & Priscilla B. Huff Mr. Bradly Huff Ms. Drusilla Huffaker Ms. VaLene Hulme Mr. Zach A. Hunsaker Ms. Claudia Hutchings Mr. Gregory Huynh Idaho Western Realty LLC In Motion Dance Studio Intermountain Power Service Corporation

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Ms. Allison Ipson Angela Ison Ms. Jilien Jackson Ms. Ruth Jackson Ms. Barbara Jacobson Ms. Jennafer Jacobson Family Trust of Robert E & Valiera James Mr. & Mrs. James & Sherleen Jaussi Janalee R. Jeffery Melanie Jenkins Ms. Beth Jennings Mr. & Mrs. Douglas & Beverly Jensen Mr. & Mrs. Paul & Inalee Jensen Mr. Riley Sventzer Jensen Ms. Darlene Jerman Mr. Craig Jessop Mr. David Johnson Mr. Dustin Johnson Heidi & Tracy Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Matt & Michonn Johnson Ms. Rebecca A. Johnson Mr. Rob Johnson Mr. & Mrs. Steve & Dorothy Johnson Mr. Rob Jolley Ms. Kendra J. Jones Kristina Jones Lisa Jones Mr. & Mrs. Dan C. & Elaine Jorgensen Mr. & Mrs. Jed & Emily Jorgensen Michael Jorgensen Mr. Mark Jorgenson Katie Justesen K & D Marketing Group, Inc. Mr. Mike Kartchner Mr. Chuck Kay Mr. Logan L. Kearl Mr. & Mrs. Micah & Sarah Keith Ms. Katelyn Kent Ms. Alison Kilpack Kimball & Roberts CPA Ms. Debra A. King Mr. Jaden K. Kitchen Jim & Penny Kittelsrud Ms. Penney Knight Jon Knudsen Mr. Richard A. Korth Mr. Jeff Labrum Mr. Sam Lanier Ms. Camille Larsen Karl & Marci Larsen Ms. Kaylee Larsen Mr. Larry Larsen Mrs. LaRue Larsen Mr. & Mrs. Wallace & Cheryl Larsen Mr. Serin Y. Leary Lenny’s Richfield Family Pharmacy Matthew Shawn Lindow Ms. McKenna L. Lister Ms. Erica Liti Mr. & Mrs. Charles Lloyd Ms. Michaela B. Lockes Mr. Kimball Lynn

Mr. Bryan Mackay Mr. & Mrs. Marvin J. Mackey Ms. Natasha Madsen Mr. Lance E. Maki Mr. & Mrs. Nolan & Marian Mangelson Mr. Jason Mansfield Manti Third Ward Mr. Adam Marsden Nick Marsing Mr. Daniel Martin Ms. Lucile Martin Ms. Marion Martin Mr. Peter Martin Russell & Teri Mason Vikki Masters Mrs. Jane Mathisen Mr. & Mrs. Ann & Heber Maughan Mrs. Erma Kaye May Ms. Janae McAllister Mr. Myron McAllister Mr. Mark McCormack Mr. E. Bruce McIff Gary McKenzie Mr. Forrest McNeill John B. & Joan N. Meade Mr. Ryan Medalie Michael Medley Mr. Rodney Brett Merchant Mr. & Mrs. Steven E. Meredith Mr. & Mrs. Skip & Jenn Merrick Terry L. Merrill Mesa Architecture Studio LLC Ms. Tammy Metzger Ms. Laura E. Michaelis Mr. Gene Miller Ms. Kathy Miller Audrey Millet Mr. Nathan A. Millett Mr. Mark Mogle Mr. & Mrs. Kary & Diane Monroe Mr. Pete Monson Fernando Montano Mr. Michael D. Moore Ms. Krystin R. Morgan Mr. Russell Morrison Mr. Gary Mortensen Mr. & Mrs. Dean & Judy Mortimer Ms. Tamera Murray Ms. Cassie Naser Mr. Spencer Naser Mr. Jacob H. Nelson Mrs. Sherril P. Newby Mr. Thomas C. Nielsen Mr. & Mrs. Blake J. Nielson Mr. & Mrs. James & Mary Nielson Ms. Lauren Nielson Robert & Kathleen Nielson Sherry Nielson Dennis & Marcelle Nordfelt Northrop Grumman Mr. Lance Oditt Mr. Jimmy O’Donnell

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Ogden Chiropractic Ms. Diana Ogden Ms. Sonya Ogden Mrs. Martha Olsen Ted* & Vickie Olson Ms. Sophie Oppermann Ms. Carol Orr Ms. Hope Orton Ms. Krystal Owen Mr. Ezekiel Padilla Mr. Joseph Papenfuss Mr. & Mrs. Andrew Parker Mr. & Mrs. David & Jennifer Parkin Ms. Jacie Parr Ms. Meagan Patterson Ms. Rachael Patterson Mr. Leander Pearson Ms. Mackenzie Perfili Mr. & Mrs. James R. Petersen Mr. Rodney C. Petersen Alexander Peterson Mr. Braden Peterson Eric & Emily Peterson Mr. & Mrs. Jason & Amanda Peterson Landon & Cassey Peterson Mr. & Mrs. Wayne* & Ardith Peterson Mr. & Mrs. Dale & Jennifer Pike Mr. & Mrs. Mark & Debbie Plummer Mr. Rob Pommerening Ms. Allison Poore Mr. & Mrs. Dan & Debi Poulson Lynn & Julie Poulson Ms. Jackie Powell Mr. Chad Price Mr. Steven Pugh Ms. Jennifer Pulley Mr. & Mrs. Jerry & Marlene Pulsipher Mr. & Mrs. Mel & Michelle Pyne Ms. Maridon Rappleye Mr. Paul M. Rasmussen Mr. & Mrs. Scott & Ruth Rawlings Chrissy & Steven Ray Raymond James Charitable Red Rock Mobile Estates Mr. Don W. Reid Mr. Jacob Reimer Mr. Zachary Reiss Ms. Passion Reitz Republican Party of Sevier County Mr. Erik Reyes Ms. Saysha Reyes Mr. Aaron Reynolds Mr. Gary Rhoads Ms. Barbara N. Richards Ms. Sharlene Richards Richfield Rotary Club Allen T. Riggs Mr. Trevor Riley Mr. Tyson Riley Mr. & Mrs. Greg Ringer Mr. Eric Roberts Robinson Transport, Inc. Mr. Darin Robinson Mr. & Mrs. Lawrence Robinson

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Mr. Rick Robinson Rocky Mountain Fencing, Inc. Judith A. & Ronald Rodriguez Ms. Shandell Rogers Ms. Deirdre Root Mr. & Mrs. David & Cathy Ross Rotary Club of Centerville-Farmington Mr. Steven Roth Rowser Construction LLC RRJ Consulting Mr. Adam Ruri Ronald D. Rushton Mr. Richard Sabo Ms. Anne Salazar Ms. Jessica Salmon Sanpete Valley Hospital Ms. Laura Santos Mr. Bob Schick Mr. Brent Schmidt Ms. Luanne Schmidt Mr. & Mrs. Paul & Pat Schneiter Mrs. Tiffani Schreiner Mr. Paul Schultz Ms. Reagan K. Sedgwick Mr. Jeremy Seeley Mr. K. Michael Seibt Mrs. & Mr. Amanda & Benjamin Semadeni Mrs. Jeanne A. Shell Mr. Don R. Shelley Mr. & Mrs. Andrew & Laura Sheppert Ms. Velva Lee Sherman Ms. Nanette S. Simkins Mr. Craig Simons Mr. Jace Simons Mr. Mark Simpson Ms. Bobbi Sipes Mr. J. Craig Smith Larry Smith Renelle Smith Ms. Karen Soper Ms. Marlene I. Sorbe Garth O. Sorenson Mr. & Mrs. Fred & Linda Spencer Jason & Jessie Springer Ms. Sharie L. Stagg Ms. Carma Steck Ms. Irene Steck Sam & Wendy Steed Allan R. Stevens John & Shauna Stevens Mont & Teresa Stevenson Franklin C. & Nancy Stewart Mr. & Mrs. John L. & Teresa Stewart Mr. & Mrs. Alan & Deborah Stone Micah N. Strait Mr. Stephen Strong Danny Stuber Mr. Dean A. Sudweeks Mr. Scott Sudweeks Supreme West Car Wash Ms. Bonnie R. Tanner Mr. & Mrs. E. Eugene & Leona Terry Mr. & Mrs. Jeff & Ilene Thalman Ms. Chrisanna Thayne

Ms. Kallie Thevenot Jacob & Melissa Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Joshua & Lisa Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Roger & Tia Thomas Mr. & Mrs. Don & Lynda Thompson Ms. Georgia B. Thompson Mr. Paul Thompson Mr. & Mrs. Ted & Ethel Thomson Mr. & Mrs. David & Carol Tibbs Mr. Les Topham Abby Transtrum Mr. & Mrs. Jason Transtrum Mr. & Mrs. Maurice W. Turpin Ms. Aubrey E. Ukena Mr. Douglas Ulmer United Way of Columbia-Willamette Kellyanne Ure Utah Heritage Credit Union Mr. & Mrs. John Van Orman Ms. Deane Van Wagenen Mr. Andrew Vaughan Ms. Megan Vera Senator Evan J. Vickers Mr. Ben Voorhies Mr. David Voorhies Mr. Mike Voorhies Mr. Nate Voorhies Ms. Lizzy Walk Mr. Adam Wankier Mr. Chase Wankier Ms. Emily Wankier Ms. LeAnn Wankier Mr. Bart Ward Mr. Brooks Ward Ms. Janet Ward Mr. & Mrs. Stan & Brenda Ward Blair N. & Mary Jane Warner Ms. Sarah Warr Mrs. Julie S. Warren Mr. & Mrs. Chris & Jennifer Weaver Ms. Japrix Weaver Ms. Jennifer Weaver Mr. Richie Webb Ms. Kathryn Welburn Becky Welch Mr. & Mrs. Steve Weller Ms. Debra Wenger John D. & Becky P. Whetten Zeb & Meagan White Mr. & Mrs. Craig Whitehead Ms. Adriene Wilde Mr. Aaron Wilkins Ms. Kari Wilkins Mr. & Mrs. James R. Willmore Jessica Willmore Amanda Wood Woody Olsen Consulting, LLC Mr. Nathan T. Wright Mrs. Lynette Wright Mr. & Mrs. Scott & Karen Wright Mr. Cless Young Mr. Colin Young Mr. & Mrs. Martin L. Zeller

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We value and appreciate our employee donors.

Thank you, employee donors, for making a difference in 2021!

Chris & Becky Adams Cindy Alder David & Shannon Allred Phillip M. Allred Ms. J’Kel J. Anderson Lynn & Pam Anderson Margie O. Anderson Mr. Mike Anderson April Anderton Anonymous (12) Ms. Kari Arnoldsen Mr. David. B. Bailey David N. Beck Ms. Jessie Bills Jonathan & Sheryl Bodrero Dr. & Mrs. Greg M. Bosshardt Michael Brenchley Paul & Michelle Brown Udambor Bumandalai Ms. Emily Burton Mr. Steven A. Calder Jim Case Lindsay Chaney Haleigh Chester Brad & Jen Cook Leslee Cook Kim Cragun Mike Cross Chad Dewey Sannali Dittli Lawrence & Denise Durtschi Bonnie Edwards Renée M. Faatz Carlie Brotherson Fowles Armando & Adriana Frutos Paul A. Gardner Mr. Nathan D. Garff

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Sara Golding Joshua & Brandi Hales Newell & Tammy Hales Ms. Ameerah E. Hancock Gracia Hancock Tyler & Janie Harris Beckie Hermansen Donné Hewko Steven Hood Angela Ison Janalee R. Jeffery Melanie Jenkins Heidi & Tracy Johnson Kristina Jones Lisa Jones Michael Jorgensen Katie Justesen Mr. Logan L. Kearl Mr. Jaden K. Kitchen Jim & Penny Kittelsrud Jon Knudsen Laird-Rhodes Family Karl & Marci Larsen Vance Larsen Mr. Serin Y. Leary Matthew Shawn Lindow Mr. Adam Marsden Nick Marsing Mr. Peter Martin Russell & Teri Mason Vikki Masters Stacee & Mark McIff Gary McKenzie Michael Medley Audrey Millet Fernando Montano Ms. Krystin R. Morgan

Robert & Kathleen Nielson Sherry Nielson Dennis & Marcelle Nordfelt Ms. Sophie Oppermann Mr. Joseph Papenfuss Alexander Peterson Eric & Emily Peterson Landon & Cassey Peterson Tina M. Pierson Mr. Chad Price Mr. Steven Pugh Chrissy & Steven Ray Allen T. Riggs Eric Roberts Ms. Reagan K. Sedgwick Mr. K. Michael Seibt Mrs. Tracie J. Semadeni Larry Smith Renelle Smith Garth O. Sorenson Jason & Jessie Springer Sam & Wendy Steed Allan R. Stevens John & Shauna Stevens Alexander Stilson Micah N. Strait Jacob & Melissa Thomas Ms. Aubrey E. Ukena Kellyanne Ure Ms. Kathryn Welburn Becky Welch Mr. & Mrs. Steve Weller Zeb & Meagan White Jessica Willmore Amanda Wood

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