EDITOR Darcy Blake
Counter-clockwise, Basketball players Jackie Bateman ’16, Aaliyah Sowards ’17, Breanna Turner ’17, Alyssa Gable ’19, Emma Pastorino ’17, Lauren Piner ’19, and Sophie Seigning Faumete ’18 at OAKtoberFest 2015
Table of Contents
1 NEWS FLASH | Menlo College Ranked 6th in 2016 US News & World Report for Best College for Veterans 3 PRESIDENT | News from President Richard A. Moran 4 BOARD OF TRUSTEES | News from the Board of Trustees 6 OAKtoberFest | President's Address 6 OAKtoberFest | A Tribute to Dorothy Skala 9 OAKtoberFest | Carlos López Memorial Soccer Tournament
10 OAKtoberFest | Campus Store 11 OAKtoberFest | Professors Eggers, Michelson, Sekerka Discuss Research 12 FACULTY | Professor Leslie Sekerka’s book Being a Better Bear 13 FACULTY | Provost Terri Givens and Professors Fatien, Medlen, and Justman 14 FACULTY | Professor Jodie Austin 15 FACULTY | Professor Marianne Marar Yacobian 16 FACULTY | Professor Jeannice Fairrer Samani 17 Postmaster Rick Edge and Dr. Marianne Neuwirth 18 Menlo College’s International Connections | Pam Gullard 19 BUSINESS & IMMIGRATION CONVERGE | A Special Insert by Professor Pam Gullard, Provost Terri Givens, and Professor Melissa Michelson 26 Menlo Connect Day 29 ALUMNI | Alumni Offer a Glimpse of the Future in Life After Graduation 30 LIBRARY | Bowman Library Gets a Refresh 32 Hawaiian Luau on April 16 33 ALUMNI | Women’s Business Society Alumni Car Show | April 2 34 STUDENT AFFAIRS |Kawasaki Welcomed at Women’s Business Society 35 STUDENT AFFAIRS | Women Empowered at Menlo College 36 Steven Lee Myers Discusses The New Tsar and Menlo Oak Press 37 Writing and Oral Communication Center Expands Support for Students 39 Zach Osborne Discusses his Role as Director of Internships 40 ALUMNI | Notes 42 ALUMNI | Spotlight on Phil DurBrow, Alan Reid, and Joel Harper 45 Honoring Commencement Speakers and Honorees 2000–2015 46 ALUMNI | Memoriam
CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Richard A. Moran, Terri Givens, Darcy Blake, Melissa Michelson, Pamela Gullard, Linda Smith, Jodie Austin, Leslie Sekerka, Marianne Marrar Yacobian, Tina Fairbairn, Erik Bakke, Aaron Gillespie, Katie Caliendo, Zach Osborne, Taylor Morrow '16, Enrique Guzman-Alvarez ‘15 DESIGN Darcy Blake PHOTOGRAPHY & GRAPHICS Darcy Blake, Andrey Poliakov, Oakssports.com, Jio Castro, Katie Caliendo, Tom Haflinger ‘07 EDITORS Pamela Gullard, Linda Smith, Linda Teutschel CONTRIBUTORS Angela Schmiede, Kalea Gabriel ‘16, Phil Durbrow ‘60, Alan Reid ‘87, Joel Harper, Pauline Fatien, Craig Medlen Harold Justman, Marianne Neuwirth, Ashley Diamond ‘15, Antonio Maluyo ‘16, Natalie Leesakul ‘16 COLLEGE PRESIDENT Richard A. Moran BOARD OF TRUSTEES T. Geir Ramleth ‘87, Chair Charles “Chop” J. Keenan III ’66, Vice Chair Lee Caraher Andrea Cunningham Howard Dallmar ‘74 James A. Davlin Chris Garrett ‘94 Mike Gullard Richard Humphreys Sr. '67 David C. Irmer ‘58 Micah Kane ‘91 Harry W. Kellogg, Jr. ‘63 Connor Limont ‘75 Jordan Long '09 Larry Lopez ‘84 Tom Morehouse '62 James T. Rea ‘67 Tom Scannell
48 ATHLETICS | Operation Christmas Child and Champions of Character 49 ATHLETICS | Vegas Night April 9 50 ATHLETICS | Hall of Fame 51 ATHLETICS | Brian Brownfield Receives Oakland A’s Bill King Scholarship 46 ATHLETICS | Matt Lisle Named Softball Head Coach 53 ART COMMITTEE | Flat Worlds and Plein Air 56 STUDENT AFFAIRS | The Best Living Experience at Menlo College 2
W I N T ER 2016
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