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President Daniel A. DiBiasio Provost/Vice President for Academic Affairs Maria Cronley Vice President for Financial Affairs William H. Ballard Vice President for Enrollment Management William Eilola Vice President for University Advancement Shannon Spencer Vice President for Student Affairs Adriane Thompson-Bradshaw Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs Juliet (Harvey) Hurtig, BSEE ’91 Executive Assistant to the President Ann Donnelly Hamilton, BA ’99 Executive Director of Communications and Marketing Amy Prigge, BSBA ’94
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Alumni Journal Editors Josh Alkire Senior Writer and Editor Barbara (Long) Meek, BA ’90 Director of Alumni Relations Sheila Baumgartner Associate Director of Communications and Marketing Laura Germann Writer Brian Paris Associate Director of Communications and Marketing Laurie Wurth Pressel Writer Art and Design Toma (Grothous) Bomser, BFA ’96 Nancy Burnett Creative and Design Services Manager Photography Trevor Jones Send Class Notes via email to: alumni@onu.edu POSTMASTER Send address changes to: OHIO NORTHERN ALUMNI JOURNAL 525 S. Main St., Ada, OH 45810-1599
Dear ONU Alumni and Friends, We are quickly approaching a new academic year at Ohio Northern, and I find myself becoming more and more excited for the promise it will bring. Fall enrollment looks positive, and it appears as if we will have an increase in the number of first-year students compared to last year. An impressive number of them, more than 85 at last count, have family members who graduated from ONU. We refer to these new Polar Bears as legacy students, which reminds me of a very special legacy student you will read more about in this issue. Her name is Emily Richards, and Emily’s grandfather, the late Evan Bruce Richards, BSEE ’64, looked down from above this year with great pride, given Emily’s incredible, history-making track and field seasons. I say seasons because she earned two indoor and two outdoor national championships this year as a junior. With the one outdoor national championship she earned as a sophomore, Emily is ONU’s only five-time national champion in school history. Her running didn’t stop at the NCAA national championships – not even close. Read further in the issue for the rest of her amazing story. There were other incredible athletic successes that helped to define the 2016-17 school year. Coach Michele Durand’s women’s basketball team went on a history-making run to become the first ONU basketball team to reach the Elite Eight round of the NCAA national tournament undefeated at 30-0. That is unprecedented. ONU’s track and field teams under head coach Jason Maus had a terrific year as well, with seven athletes qualifying for NCAA Division III National Championship meets. And finally, for the second year in a row, ONU women’s sports won the Ohio Athletic Conference Women’s All Sports Trophy, and the men’s teams finished third. In addition to a promising new student class, what will this year hold? Stay tuned to our social media channels to learn all the latest news about ONU as it unfolds, and be on the alert for news about a possible groundbreaking for the new engineering building; exciting renovations of campus spaces in McIntosh, the pharmacy college and the law school; a 50-year anniversary celebration of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King’s 1968 campus speech in Taft Gymnasium; and, we hope, national championships six, seven, eight and nine for track star, chemistry major and legacy Emily Richards. For now, we are enjoying the beauty of the campus in these summer months and preparing for the next academic year, knowing that it will arrive sooner than we think. Many thanks for all you do to support ONU. Gratefully,
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Ohio Northern’s golden graduates returned to campus for Alumni Weekend June 2-4, 2017. A field exercise intended to show the differences in teaching environments reveals how similar they actually are.
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New T.J. Smull College of Engineering dean announced.
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The 2016-17 Polar Bears did something no other ONU basketball team (women’s or men’s) has ever done.
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FOUNDERS DAY 2017
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REVERBERATIONS
Bob and Katey Crider embraced their roles as teachers and mentors to ONU students.
Stephen Cox, PharmD ’09, left a lasting impact on others.
At the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship meet, ONU’s Emily Richards proves that she is the most dominant track and field athlete in Division III.
Alumni, family and friends rose to the challenge once again and surpassed our participation goal on ONU's dedicated day of giving.
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REMEMBERING THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE
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ONU PROGRAMS RECEIVE HIGH MARKS
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TERRY KEISER RETIRES Terry D. Keiser, BSEd ’64, ONU’s director of sustainability, has announced his retirement after a 40-year career at Ohio Northern. During his tenure, a generation of Ohio Northern students benefited from Keiser’s enthusiasm and commitment to the study of biology, especially from hands-on learning in the field. A 1964 ONU graduate, Keiser joined the faculty in 1967. Beginning his career as instructor and then professor, he served as chair of the Department of Biological and Allied Health Sciences, chair of natural sciences and mathematics, chair of the University Council, and special trustee on the University’s Board of Trustees. He was instrumental in establishing both the ONU Tidd-Oakes Farm (a 300-acre wetlands restoration project just 12 miles from campus) and the ONU Metzger Nature Center in Tuscarawas County, Ohio. Keiser also served as the Nature Center’s director. He was the president of the Ohio Academy of Sciences, chair of the Executive Committee, chair of the Board for the Ohio Biological Survey and national chairperson for the American Fisheries Society. Because of his love of biology and his commitment to teaching, Keiser was honored by a host of colleagues, former classmates and alumni who established the Keiser Distinguished Lectureship in Life Sciences, which brings nationally prominent life sciences scholars to Ohio Northern’s campus.
The Ohio Northern University Master of Science in Accounting (MSA) program has been ranked in the top 50 nationally by accounting.com. This website uses the metrics of acceptance, enrollment, retention, graduation, placement rates, average
BARBARA MEEK NAMED ALUMNI RELATIONS DIRECTOR Barbara (Long) Meek, BA ’90, has been named ONU’s director of alumni relations. Meek has worked at Northern before; from 1990-93 she served as ONU’s assistant director of public information and director of publications. From there, she held an advancement position with Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio, before spending six years at Kenyon College as director of campus events and then as assistant director of alumni and parent relations and annual funds. Most recently, she was director of community relations and development for PCMA Food Pantry of Pickerington in Pickerington, Ohio. Meek earned her Bachelor of Arts in public relations from ONU.
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HOLLY BAUMGARTNER NAMED ARTS & SCIENCES DEAN loan-default rates and student-to-faculty ratio to determine its rankings. These metrics were collected by the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and College Navigator, sources that are managed by the National Center for Education Statistics. RegisteredNursing.org recently ranked ONU’s nursing program as second among 84 programs in the state. The ranking analyzes several factors and is based largely on first-time passage rates on the NCLEX-RN exam. College graduates need to pass the NCLEX exam to become practicing registered nurses (RN). ONU’s graduating students have achieved a 100 percent passage rate on the exam the last two years.
Baumgartner joined Lourdes University as a professor of English in 2010, and she also served that university in a number of other administrative positions, such as interim chair of the Music Department, director of the College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Scholars Program, and the university’s accreditation liaison officer. In addition, she chaired the Presidential Innovations Task Force at Lourdes. She has served several colleges and universities in Ohio and internationally, including teaching positions at Trinity and Exeter colleges of Oxford University in the United Kingdom. Baumgartner earned her bachelor’s degree in English literature/ classical studies from the University of Toledo, her master’s degree in American culture studies from Bowling Green State University and her doctoral degree in English from Bowling Green State University. She replaces Tena Roepke, a long-time mathematics faculty member at ONU, who served as interim dean of the College of Arts & Sciences and chaired the search committee.
J-D YODER NAMED COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING DEAN Dr. John-David “J-D” Yoder has been named dean of the T.J. Smull College of Engineering. Yoder was previously a professor of mechanical engineering and chair of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Yoder earned his bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees in mechanical engineering from the University of Notre Dame. He joined Ohio Northern in 2001, becoming closely involved with
the KEEN (Kern Entrepreneurial Engineering Network) program. KEEN is a network of 29 institutions that is focused on cultivating an entrepreneurial mindset among engineering students. Yoder works extensively in the area of entrepreneurial engineering and is the recipient of several grants from the Kern Family Foundation. Yoder’s primary research interest involves guidance systems in ro-
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botic and automated systems; he has a number of patents in this area. He has published numerous articles in scholarly journals, including IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Journal of Field Robotics, IEEE Transactions on Robotics and Automation, and the AIAA’s Journal of Guidance Control and Dynamics. In addition to his research, Yoder has engaged in industry consulting for more than two decades.
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The key to ONU’s nursing program is superb, student-focused teaching that emphasizes application of theory. Plus, the students gain practical experience in a range of settings. The ONU nursing program, which began in 2005, enrolled 121 students in the bachelor’s degree curriculum in 2016-17.
Dr. Holly Lynn Baumgartner is the new dean of ONU’s Getty College of Arts & Sciences. Baumgartner was formerly dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Lourdes University in Sylvania, Ohio, a post she held since 2013. She began her duties at ONU on July 1, 2017.
REVERBERATIONS A LIFE WELL LIVED, TRAGICALLY CUT SHORT, AND ITS LASTING IMPACT ON OTHERS. The hallways of Adams Memorial Hospital in Decatur, Ind., weren’t the same without Stephen Cox’s smiling face. So photos of the late hospital 6
pharmacist are found in many of them. Part memorial, part inspiration, the photos keep Stephen’s memory alive and, more importantly, remind the coworkers he left behind to smile and find the joy in life that he found in such abundance.
Stephen Cox, PharmD ’09, began working at Adams Memorial immediately after graduation. He only really ever wanted to do one thing, and that was to help people. A natural people-person, Stephen quickly endeared himself to everyone at Adams, from the CEO on down. According to his family, he’d always been able to make friends easily. He saw the good in everyone and used the good in him to make a difference whenever he could.
“He would do things for people,” says his mother, Jean Cox. “When he was on one of his pharmacy rotations, he gave the outside shell of his winter coat to a homeless man he met on the street. One of his friends told us about how when they were on vacation down south, a man came up to them at a Wal-Mart and begged for money. Stephen took him inside and bought the man food. He was very aware of what he had, versus what others might have, and tried to help when he could.”
There are plenty of stories like those. When his congregation built a new church, Stephen went along on a trip to buy some new office furniture. He came back with 200 wooden coat hangers that he’d bought himself simply because he wanted the hall closets to have nice hangers for the parishioners instead of the old wire hangers they’d brought over from the previous church building. He was still in college at the time.
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Stephen made friends easily because he was generous, compassionate and kind. He enjoyed being around people. In high school, he was a member of the marching band, played golf and tennis, and was a National Honor Society officer. At ONU, he was involved in Habitat for Humanity. He was fun to be around and had a great love of adventure. Tragically, his love of adventure came with risk, and in September 2014, Stephen was involved in a serious accident at a NASCAR driving experience in Sparta, Ky.
Stephen passed away the following week. With the immense pain of his loss still heavy in their hearts, the Cox family faced another difficult decision: what to do with the donations? Together, they decided to use the funds to establish the Stephen D. Cox Memorial Scholarship to support graduating seniors
from Stephen’s alma mater, Valley View High School in Germantown, Ohio. More than anything else, the Cox family wanted Stephen’s spirit to live on. The scholarship, they decided, would be a way to see that it would. They wrote the application in a way that would identify students who reflect Stephen’s personality. The essay asks each applicant to answer one of the following: What is a hobby or interest you pursue for fun? Share an adventure you have had, or are planning to have in the future. Describe an interesting way you have made a friend of any age.
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Alexander Hoskins is the second recipient of the Stephen D. Cox Memorial Scholarship. His passion, like Stephen’s, was to become a pharmacist. Although the scholarship does not stipulate that the recipient must attend ONU, Hoskins followed Stephen’s footsteps to the Raabe College of Pharmacy, where he is pursuing his Doctor of Pharmacy. Although he didn’t know Stephen personally, Hoskins feels privileged to have received the scholarship named for him. “It means a lot to have received this scholarship, and from everything that I have heard about Stephen, he was truly an amazing person,” says Alexander. “I am so thankful that his family is helping me go through school and go down the same path that he did. The fact that
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After the accident, Stephen fell into a coma. He remained at University of Cincinnati Medical Center, where the doctors were uncertain about his future. One thing was certain: If he pulled through, his medical care would be extensive and costly. His family quickly set up an online crowdfunding campaign to help with Stephen’s future medical expenses. As word about the accident and Stephen’s condition spread, donations came pouring in, raising thousands of dollars within days.
Passion. Joy. Friendship. These, along with family, were the tenets of Stephen’s life.
Stephen had a special gift with people. He took an interest in their lives and their well-being. He reached out without hesitation and made lasting friendships. This genuine kindness and compassion for others translated into his professional life. He became a fast friend to many coworkers at Adams Memorial. To cite just one example, fellow pharmacist Karen Cox relates the story of how her friendship with Stephen began.
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emergency, he would be tasked with making sure everyone was safe. Equipped with his orange vest and clipboard, he planned and led the hospital through a practice response to a meth lab explosion. He had to be prepared for anything. He even had a “go bag” with him at all times so he could immediately respond to any emergency. It was a role he took immense pride in holding.
“Stephen was always up on the latest research and made certain to provide the best care, but he also cared for patients on a personal level.”
I can do this shows the generosity and the values that Stephen and his family have.” Stephen’s passion for pharmacy grew with each day at Adams Memorial and even expanded as he took on more responsibilities there. He was particularly passionate about being a hospital emergency response coordinator. In the event of a serious
Stephen was serious when he had to be, but he would never miss the opportunity to have fun with whatever he was doing. April Fools’ Day at Adams Memorial never passed without a prank, and everyone looked forward to what Stephen would dress up as for Halloween. He always had that infectious grin and ever-present playfulness to make every work day a fun day.
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“I am a pharmacist that just so happens to share the same last name, despite no relation,” she says. “I first became friends with Steve the day we were riding in an elevator together up to the pharmacy when another passenger asked if we were related. Steve, with no hesitation at all, said, ‘Why yes, she is my younger sister.’ Being close to 15 years older than Steve at the time, I was not surprised at all by the passenger’s confusion. When we got off the elevator, Steve smiled widely, and we went on with our day. Steve used this joke frequently after this, often telling coworkers that we were brother and sister. He even started to call me ‘sis,’ and I, of course, would occasionally call him ‘bro’ in return.” It wasn’t just his coworkers whose lives he left an indelible mark on. As a pharmacist, he consistently went the extra mile for his patients, personally and professionally. Even now, Stephen’s former patients ask about his family and express their gratitude for his positive impact on their lives.
“Stephen was always up on the latest research and made certain to provide the best care, but he also cared for patients on a personal level,” Karen says. “From the lonely patient that he took out to dinner and became a friend to, to the patient struggling with weight loss that he personally coached and weighed-in on each visit, Steve always went above and beyond in caring about each and every person he met.” Stephen’s sudden absence left quite a void at Adams Memorial. His infectious smile and perpetually positive attitude, as well as his expertise and diligent work ethic, were greatly missed. Given the immense impact he had on his work environment, his coworkers and friends felt compelled to do something special in his honor.
“The outpouring of donations, baked goods and crafts was beyond any of our expectations,” says Carol Vincent, a coworker and friend of Stephen’s who headed the bake sale. “Our hearts were truly warmed not only by his coworkers’ contributions, but also by the community that came
It was yet another instance of how Stephen’s memory continues to inspire and encourage, and the hospital is proud to have been a part of it. “Stephen was a rising star in our organization,” Jo-Ellen says. “His interest in everyone – and I mean everyone – led him on a journey of curiosity mixed with kindness. If his life can inspire someone to strive to be like him, then it is an honor to give support to that person.” That person comes in the form of Landon Smith, the second recipient of the hospital’s scholarship in Stephen’s name. Just like Stephen, Landon shares that same compassion for patients and willingness to go above and beyond for them, making him a perfect fit for the scholarship.
A former ER nurse at Adams Memorial, Landon often crossed paths with Stephen at work. Even though he only knew Stephen on a professional level, that interaction made a lasting impression on him. “He was always kind whether I was talking with him on the phone or in person,” Landon says. “I can honestly say that I cannot picture what he would look like without a smile on his face. He was the type of person that you never heard a negative comment about.” Coincidentally, Landon is also following in Stephen’s footsteps by studying pharmacy at Ohio Northern, but he still views this happenstance as a reflection on Stephen. “Looking back at how Stephen treated people and how they regarded him, it speaks a lot about who he was,” he says. “The scholarship meant a lot to me, and I was surprised and humbled when I received it. I think it is a great way to honor Stephen.”
Siblings Stephen Cox, PharmD ’09, Sarah (Cox) Miller, BS ’05, Rachel (Cox) Maas, BSN ’13, and Nathan Cox always had a strong family bond, which made a huge impact on who Stephen became.
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While tragically short, Stephen’s life was undoubtedly meant to leave an imprint on so many others, with reverberations reaching so much further than just one life. Because of him, two more aspiring pharmacists are able to pursue their dreams at his alma mater. People are alive today because Stephen chose to be an organ and tissue donor. It’s exactly what Stephen always wanted – to make a difference. Stephen’s presence remains in the halls of Adams Memorial Hospital and pharmacy classrooms at ONU. He will never be forgotten, and his memory will never stop bringing happiness to others. Instead of tears, Carol finds herself smiling whenever she sees that familiar face. “Almost three years have passed since Stephen's death, and his photo still hangs throughout the hospital,” she says. “When you stop and look, you can’t help but smile. He just brings the good out.”
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In 2015, Jo-Ellen Eidam, CEO of Adams Health Network, established a scholarship on behalf of Adams Memorial to honor Stephen’s memory. Just like his friends had done online after the accident, his coworkers were quick to contribute. Last October, the first Pharmacist Stephen Cox Bake and Craft Sale and Silent Auction at Adams Memorial raised more than $4,500 for the scholarship.
to donate and reminisce about Stephen. We laughed and cried, but more than anything, it made us smile thinking about how he made everyone feel special.”
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CORE A FIELD EXERCISE INTENDED TO SHOW THE DIFFERENCES IN TEACHING ENVIRONMENTS REVEALS HOW SIMILAR THEY ACTUALLY ARE. In May, a contingent of ONU education majors spent a week in urban schools in Nashville, Tenn., to experience, firsthand, classroom environments different than those they are used to. Teaching in a multicultural school is an eye-opening experience; for some students, it’s career-altering. “I always thought I’d teach in a school like the one I attended,” says Dean McNeil, a senior middle childhood education and Spanish double major from Medina, Ohio. “But the Nashville trip changed my mind.” It was the fourth consecutive year that the ONU education department took students on a field experience to Metropol-
itan Nashville Public Schools. In order to graduate, the state of Ohio stipulates that education majors must complete 100 hours of field experience. Most ONU students end up with 120 to 190 or more hours depending on their licensure, but they spend the bulk of that time working in the predominately homogenous rural and suburban schools around Hardin County, Ohio. While ONU students encounter poverty in area schools, it’s not pervasive in most. In addition, multicultural classrooms are uncommon in Ada, Kenton or Lima, Ohio. “The ONU students are used to schools in which the student body is predomi-
nately white or predominately African-American,” says Adrienne Goss, assistant professor of education. “They don’t see a mixture of students from all different cultures and countries.” The Nashville field experience provides needed diversity, adds Goss. “We want to broaden their perspective,” she explains. “Our objective is to prepare our students to teach anywhere.” The education department keeps the cost of the trip low to encourage attendance. The eight ONU students paid just $100 each, plus the cost of food, for the weeklong experience.
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ALUMNI PAVE THE WAY Two of the education department’s stellar graduates – Julie (Herendeen) Travis, BA ’04, and Stephanie Carr, BA ’05 – play a central role in the Nashville field experience. Travis moved to Nashville after graduation to teach eighthgrade language arts at Jere Baxter Middle School, where the students face numerous risks associated with living below the poverty level. After four years of successful classroom teaching, capped by a year in which 100 percent of her students were proficient or advanced in both reading/language arts and physical science, she moved into educational leadership. Today, she is an assistant principal at
Maplewood High School in Metro Nashville Public Schools. Carr, who has spent her entire teaching career in an urban setting, is an eighth-grade English and U.S. history teacher at Wright Middle School in Nashville. She believes that every student can learn at high levels. She sets high expectations for her students and holds herself 100 percent responsible for the learning that takes place in her classroom.
“I left ONU with extensive pedagogical knowledge and excellent ideas about classroom management,” says Travis. “When I stepped into an urban classroom, I was completely outmatched by the myriad needs of students living in urban poverty. The field experiences in and around Hardin County just couldn’t provide the exposure to the diverse needs of urban students. Anything I can do to help students at Northern expand their worldview will ultimately benefit their future students – in Ada or Nashville or anywhere in between.”
PREPARING FOR CULTURAL DIFFERENCES To prepare for the trip, ONU students must take Culture and Schooling, a course that explores the historical, cultural, social and political issues that impact public education in the U.S. In particular, the course examines how “school” is perceived and experienced differently by children of various races and socio-economic backgrounds. Educational Psychology is another course that challenges students to understand the mindset of children who come from different backgrounds. “This course helped me to look at the world through a new lens,” says Lindsay Porter, BM ’17, who went on the Nashville trip last spring. “I learned a lot about myself and my own prejudices and assumptions.”
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Goss, however, admits that it’s impossible to fully prepare students for the trials and joys of teaching in an urban school. Even the Nashville trip – five days in duration – provides only a snapshot view. “It’s always just a glimpse until you do it yourself,” says Goss. “But the Nashville experience lays a foundation that students can build on throughout the remainder of their program at ONU.”
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Both Travis and Carr jumped at the chance to help their former ONU professors envision and develop an urban field experience. Every spring, they help to match the ONU students with cooperating Nashville teachers, and they personally meet with the ONU students if their schedule allows.
“There are so many factors outside of a teacher’s control that affect test scores, yet all the burden falls on the teacher.”
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WITNESSING THE CHALLENGES Two Nashville schools – Una Elementary (kindergarten through fourth grade) and Wright Middle School (fifth through eighth grade) – serve as sites for the field experience. Approximately 88 percent of the students at Una Elementary live below the poverty level, and non-white students make up 70 percent of the student body. At Wright Middle School, 70 percent of the students do not speak English at home, and 93 percent live in poverty. During the course of the week, the ONU students collaborate with high-performing teachers well-versed in culturally competent practices. They interact with
students, teach classroom lessons, tutor individual students, and sit in on parent-teacher conferences and teacher meetings. In the evenings, the students participate in debriefing sessions and visit a homeless shelter where they interact with children and parents. For the first time, the ONU students see poverty and diversity as real challenges, not just abstract concepts discussed in class. They witness children who struggle to pay attention in class because they aren’t sure where they are going to sleep that night or when they’ll get their next meal. They see teachers put forth herculean efforts to teach classrooms of kids who speak several different languages.
Sarah Horman, a sophomore language arts education major from Wapakoneta, Ohio, says the teacher she shadowed struggled with parental involvement. “Many parents did not speak English and had limited education, so they didn’t feel comfortable talking to the teacher or asking for help.” McNeil put his Spanish-language skills to the test by helping in an English Language Learner (ELL) first-grade classroom in which not one of the 17 children spoke English as a first language.
He conversed with many of the students in Spanish and translated instructions for the classroom teacher. This May was McNeil’s second trip to Nashville, and it afforded him a more critical perspective. Last year, he noticed that many of the teachers at the school were young teachers. This year, he discovered why teachers burn out so quickly, requiring the school to constantly hire fresh recruits. “The pressure and stress levels are high,” he says. “Teachers don’t leave because they don’t care about students; they leave because they have to put themselves and their families first.” Goss concurs that teachers in urban settings with high poverty and racial diversity face tremendous pressure. Despite overwhelming obstacles, they’re expected to be able to help their students achieve good scores on state tests. “There are so many factors outside of a teacher’s control that affect test scores, yet all the burden falls on the teacher,” says Goss.
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an urban school firsthand and interact with real students, that fear is shattered. “I think they see another dimension. They see the amazing connections that they can make and the richness that diversity can bring to their lives.”
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Although ONU professors strive to make students aware of their underlying stereotypes and prejudices, most students still possess them to some degree when they leave for Nashville. They’ve been indoctrinated by the powerful, yet unrealistic, images of urban schools shown on television and in movies. They picture walking into a school where students are fighting in the hallways and ceilings are literally crumbling down around them. But within minutes of arriving at their assigned school, the students forget their nervousness and become totally engaged in the surroundings, says Diana
Garlough, assistant professor of education and director of the Center for Teacher Education. “When students walk the hallways the first time, it’s a very different feeling for them. Many experience what it feels like to be a racial minority for the first time in their lives. They see different races mingling and different languages being spoken. Some classrooms are louder, and teachers may have a different style of teaching than what they are used to,” she says. Once they start interacting with the children, the ONU students realize they’re really no different than the children who attend Ada Elementary. And for most, this is an eye-opening revelation. “Kids get excited about the same things. Discipline problems are over the same behaviors,” says McNeil. “It showed me that kids are kids no matter whether they attend an urban, suburban or rural school.”
“Kids – no matter where they are from – just want to be loved and understood,” says Horman. “But this experience showed me that each student has a different story, and this is key in treating them as individuals.” Some ONU education majors enjoy the Nashville field experience, but still opt to teach in a rural or suburban school. Others, like McNeil and Kristin Sessler, BSEd ’17, are so impacted by the trip that they have a change of heart. “Students go on this field experience to test the waters,” says Penny Gibson, coordinator of partnership development in the education department. “Many walk in saying, ‘I could never teach in an urban environment,’ but they walk out saying, ‘I could see myself doing this.’” Goss believes fear of the unknown is what keeps ONU students from considering teaching in an urban school. When they experience
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Sessler applied for positions in Nashville’s urban schools and landed a first-grade teaching position in Clarksville, Tenn., one hour north of Nashville. She encourages other education majors to sign up for the Nashville field experience. “It’s a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Maybe you’ll like it, and maybe you won’t. But I guarantee you’ll learn so much either way.” McNeil no longer wants to teach in a suburban school like the one he attended in middle school. Instead, he hopes to land a teaching job in an urban school after he graduates. “This experience made me want to be an activist teacher within my own sphere of influence,” he says. “Many of the kids that I interacted with at the Nashville school have just been dealt a tough hand. They need someone to go to bat for them. This trip made me want to be that person.”
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Most ONU education majors don’t have a lofty reason for participating in the Nashville experience. Often, they sign up because they are curious. “I grew up in a small rural town, and I attend college in a small rural town,” says Porter. “I realized there was so much I had not seen. I had never experienced an urban school, and I wanted to.”
McNeil says he was surprised to see the amount of classroom unity and learning taking place in the midst of the diversity. “I was expecting to see cliques based on race or culture, but that wasn’t the case,” he says. “Diversity was part of the school’s identity, and students embraced that. It made me look at diversity as a benefit and not a detriment to a community of learners.”
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TO WATCH Since bursting onto the track and field scene at the 2016 outdoor finals, where she won her first national championship in the 800-meter run, Emily Richards, a senior chemistry student from Delaware, Ohio, has become the most dominant runner in NCAA Division III. She is the reigning indoor mile and outdoor 1,500meter national champion and absolutely owns the 800-meter, holding the past two outdoor, as well as the 2016 indoor, national titles. She also holds the NCAA championship meet record time and the overall fastest time ever
recorded in Division III. It would be quite a résumé for any runner, let alone one whose parents didn’t think would ever run again. The Richardses are an active family. Both mom Laura and father Troy were athletes. Laura was a runner, a “sub-60-quarter-miler,” which in running parlance means she was pretty darn good. She was also a pioneer, co-founding a women’s cross-country team at Medina High School after running on the boys’ team her junior year. Troy was, and still is, an expert snow- and water-skier. Younger brothers Erik and Luke excelled in diving and running. Emily was a promising soccer player, playing for 11 years before fully committing to running. “Soccer is hard on your body. It beats you up a lot. Once she was injured, that was the end of
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it,” says Laura. “She didn’t want anything to do with distance running to begin with, but she finally realized that’s where she needs to be. Then she discovered that she had a gift.” Laura is referring to an injury to Emily’s left hip she suffered in a junior high school track and field race in 2009. She was diagnosed with an avulsion fracture of a growth plate with chronic inflammation. For three years Emily underwent physical therapy, yet her condition never improved. To make matters worse, she developed a knee injury as a result of the dysfunction in her hip while running cross country her junior year that prevented her from running track that following spring, and held her out of cross country in the fall of her senior year. Unable to compete, Emily became her teammates’ biggest
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One minute and 46 seconds into the women’s NCAA Division III 1,500-meter final, Bryn McKillop, a runner for Claremont-MuddScripps, does something that very few human beings have done: She takes the lead from Ohio Northern’s Emily Richards in a race.
supporter, attending every meet and never missing a practice. “We thought for a very long time that Emily would never run again,” says Laura. “In the end, her hip wasn’t actually fractured at all. It was just twisted and misaligned. After a car accident in 2013, a chiropractor who was treating Emily for whiplash identified the problem and worked to get everything put back into position. But, I’m a woman of strong faith, and I truly believe that she’s where she is today because of miracle healing.”
Having recovered from the injury that held her back for so long, Emily finally got the chance to compete as a member of the Rutherford B. Hayes High School track and field team. She made the most of her time, too, running the 100- and 400-meter races and the 4-x-100, 4-x-200 and 4-x-400 relays. She culminated her high school career with a berth in the OHSAA Division 1 state championship meet in the 400-meter race. That race put her on the radar of ONU track and field coach Jason Maus, who saw all the makings of an elite middle-distance runner.
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“While I recruited her, we talked about bumping up to the 800 because we felt she could do it.
She’s a special kid for sure. She works hard. She earns everything she gets,” he says. Emily still has many sprinter tendencies. Her pre-race warmup is more akin to what sprinters do than distance runners, and she still has the natural talent to run fast. But in her three years at ONU, she’s learned how to run longer races and has committed to perfecting her craft. “Coach Maus is an amazing coach, and she listens to him. She doesn’t go out there and do what Emily wants to do; she goes out there and takes the advice of her coach,” says Laura. “Emily runs with her mind. She’s not only athletic; she’s also smart.” Emily has always been both. Just weeks after competing in the 400-meter at state, she gave the valedictorian address at her high school graduation. Laura recalls how the only call she’s ever received from any principal about Emily was to discuss a letter her daughter had written to her first-grade teacher. Apparently, at 6 years old, Emily was able to recognize that her classmates weren’t learning the classroom material as well as they might and so she offered some unsolicited constructive criticism. Laura laughs when retelling the story because to this day it’s just so Emily – always analyzing every situation, always looking out for others, always out front. The interesting thing about the 1-minute, 46-second mark in the 1,500-meter is that it comes right about when there are 900 meters left to run. If you do take the lead from Emily Richards at that point in a race, it better be a big one.
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The 2017 NCAA Division III National Championship meet takes place May 25-27 in Geneva, Ohio, at the Spire Institute, a U.S. Olympic and Paralympic team training facility a few miles from the Lake Erie shoreline. It’s the first national meet that Laura and Troy are able to attend together, and if they have any doubt about how big of a deal their daughter is in the world of Division III track and field, they are greeted with the answer. Emily is prominently featured on the graphic panels that cover the venue’s front doors. It’s a perfect day for running. The Richards family finds seats about 30 yards from the finish line, a nice vantage point to follow Emily around the track and an excellent line of sight to the point where they both know their daughter likes to “kick,” an area on the back straightaway. Troy and Laura have seen Emily race enough to make a little game out of predicting the precise moment they see her switch from a disciplined, rhythmic distance runner to a disciplined, rhythmic sprinter. It’s not an easy thing to spot. Emily’s face doesn’t betray any more exertion than before. She looks exactly the same. The only way a novice spectator would even know she’s doing it is that the distance between her and the pack gets wider and wider. Laura isn’t used to sitting in a seat during races. She’d rather be pacing somewhere. It’s a track meet after all, and she’s a runner. But she’s not as nervous now as she used to be. When Emily was recovering from her hip injury and races were close, the pacing
helped. Now, it takes her a moment to answer a question about the last time she watched Emily run a race that came down to the wire. “You know,” she begins, keenly aware that she can’t remember. “When we watch Emily, we consider every race to be down to the wire, because we don’t take anything for granted. We really don’t. She’s competing against a lot of really good athletes. The fact that she comes out on top so many times is just absolutely amazing. We’re kind of dumbfounded by it.”
Emily will race again in a little over an hour, so there isn’t much celebrating. The Richardses are all smiles though, proud of their firstborn after another comfortable victory. When asked about the last close race he witnessed, Troy is quick to answer. “I thought it was going to be this one!”
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The 1,500-meter starts at the beginning of the back straightaway to account for three and three-quarter laps. There are 12 runners racing in the final. Emily is in lane four. At the starting gun, she pushes out to an early lead. As she passes the grandstand for the first time and the public-address announcer calls her name as the race leader, Laura yells, “That’s my girl!” At 1:46 she’s overtaken by McKillop and runs in second place for a full lap. She bides her time for her kick. When she does, her lead reaches 50 meters before the pack charges forward for second place. She wins her fourth national championship with a time of 4:23:87, more than two seconds ahead of the next runner.
The Mt. SAC Relays is a world-famous track and field meet in southern California. It attracts the best runners in the country. Carl Lewis. Marion Jones. Jackie JoynerKersey. World records have been set there. In April, Emily Richards sets the Division III record with a time of 2:02:34, beating a field of Division I athletes in the process. For all of her success, Emily remains genuinely humble, but she doesn’t apologize for being as good as she is. She works extremely hard to perform her best, and she sets her personal goals accordingly. She came to the championships to win both the 1,500 and the 800 and wanted to set the meet records.
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“The thing about Emily is nobody will ever outwork her,” says Laura. “Emily’s always been a competitor. She’s 110 percent committed. She doesn’t miss a workout. Even when we are on vacation, she gets up and gets her workouts in. And if she’s working through an injury and isn’t able to run, she’s cross training. She’s working on her arms. She’s working on her fingers. She’s working on her neck muscles. She’s always working on something, something that will contribute to what running’s all about.” The lengths that Emily will go to for training are impressive. She adheres to a strict diet and doesn’t cheat even to have a bite of ice cream at brother Luke’s high school graduation party. If she gets home late when she’s home in Delaware over the summer, Laura’s been known to jump in the car and follow behind her with the headlights on. She’ll work a double shift at her summer job as a server at the Catawba Island Club, something exhausting in its own right, and get a run in between them. When she had a summer internship at Stone Laboratories on Gibraltar Island, a six-and-half-acre island on Lake Erie, she’d have to row a boat over to South Bass Island every day to literally have enough land to get a good run in. Her favorite route is a six-mile loop around the family’s country home in Delaware County. Troy says that Emily runs it so much the cows across the road even take notice. She sets off uphill first, something her father attributes to lessons taught to her by his Polar Bear father Evan Richards, BSEE ’64, who always preached doing the hard part first, so the rest will be easier.
a feat unmatched at ONU. Four more are possible, even probable. Beyond that, who knows? If the best is yet to come, as her mother says, it will top what has already been a tremendous journey and thrill for all of those who support her at Ohio Northern University.
Emily was very close to her grandfather, and Laura says that she runs for him. Evan passed away a few years ago, but he got to see Emily run in high school and watched her give her valedictorian speech at graduation. “I know he’s looking down and is so proud of her,” says Laura. A little more than an hour after winning the 1,500, Emily is back out on the track for the 800-meter final. She starts on the near side of the track this time, and as she walks past her parents to the starting line, Troy lets out a mighty war cry. It’s “The Richards Call,” something they came up with on the ski slopes to use when they got separated and needed to find one another. For the second time today, Troy and Laura get the sense of how big a deal their daughter is – as if being the literal “face” of the meet wasn’t enough. As the PA announcer introduces the 800-meter finalists by name and school, he quips, “And in lane five, the athlete to watch, Emily Richards from Ohio Northern University!” In that moment, a realization – they all know. Anyone who watches sports knows that anything can happen. Upsets – even historic ones – can,
and do, happen all the time. There are clichés built around this idea: “On any given Sunday.” “It’s not over till it’s over.” “A Cinderella story.” These only exist to describe an upset. But in this 800-meter final, there is only certainty. Emily Richards is the greatest runner in NCAA Division III, and she proves it every time she runs. Her time of 2:03:51 sets the NCAA championship meet record by two seconds, but it is more than a full second slower than her time at the Mt. SAC Relays. She wins this race by 50 meters. The final at Mt. SAC, which her parents did not attend, was down to the wire, yet she pulled it out. An elite field pushed her performance to a career best. Is it a reach to say that maybe Emily doesn’t even know how fast she is? Perhaps, but according to Laura, Emily is committed to finding out. Asked to elaborate, she says this: “I think the best is yet to come. I really do. I think a lot of doors have been opened for the gift that she’s been given in the world, and I think she’s going for it, whatever that may be. She’d love to go to the Olympics. She really would.” Emily will enter her senior year as a five-time national champion,
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More about Emily: In addition to working hard on the track, Emily is taking on a demanding academic load that includes not only her major (chemistry), but also minors in professional writing and multimedia journalism. She is also a member of the ONU Writing Center staff, where she helps her fellow students become better writers. Emily is an ONU Presidential Scholar and a recipient of the Mildred Osmon Smith and Paul P. Smith Award for Chemistry, which is awarded annually to a chemistry student who shows outstanding promise to contribute to the field, and who would otherwise be unable to complete his or her studies at ONU. UPDATE: As if her incredible performance at the NCAA Division III National Championship meet wasn’t enough, Emily Richards qualified for the United States Track & Field Outdoor Championships at the Music City Distance Carnival meet in Nashville, Tenn., on June 10. Her blistering time of 2:00:62 in the 800-meter run is the fastest time she’s ever run in competition and almost two full seconds faster than her NCAA Division III championship meet record. At the USTF Outdoor Championships in Sacramento, Calif., Emily made the 800-meter final, finishing eighth with a time of 2:01:95.
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BASKETBALL MAKES HISTORY WITH
UNFORGET TABLE SEASON
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The 2016-17 Polar Bears enter the ONU sports history books as the school’s most accomplished women’s basketball team. The Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) champions were dominant, going undefeated in the regular season (28-0) for the first time in school history. They parlayed that success to a No. 5 ranking and an invitation to the NCAA Division III Tournament, where they reached two more milestones in advancing to the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight rounds for the first time. The Polar Bears ended the season with an overall 30-1 record, becoming the first team in ONU’s 107-year basketball history with 30 wins.
FOUNDERS DAY 2017 OUR DAY OF GIVING JUST KEEPS
$320,354.65
GETTING BIGGER AND BETTER. YOU ROSE TO THE CHALLENGE AGAIN THIS YEAR AND HELPED US EXCEED OUR GOAL ON APRIL 12. IT JUST GOES TO SHOW THAT THERE IS NOTHING POLAR BEARS
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CAN’T ACCOMPLISH TOGETHER! Now in its third year, the Founders Day Challenge has grown into an ONU tradition. It’s not only a day to renew our commitment to ONU, but also an opportunity to celebrate our history. In doing so this year, we introduced an “honorary” founder, professor Eva Maglott. In 1884, at a time when there were few female professors – and even fewer in the sciences – Maglott began teaching mathematics and astronomy to ONU engineering students. Her role as an esteemed professor in those early years cemented the college’s view that engineering wasn’t the sole domain of men or a privileged class. At ONU, engineering was, and remains, a field without boundaries. We continue to be awed by the excitement we see expressed by our alumni and friends on social media, and by our students on campus on Founders Day. Thank you all for rising to the Founders Day Challenge this year!
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ALUMNI WEEKEND
From left, Frances (Martin) Court, BSPh ’55, Margery (Judkins) Costello, BSPh ’57, and Janice (Miller) Pearce, BSEd ’61, reminisce over photos.
Ohio Northern’s golden graduates returned to campus for Alumni Weekend, June 2-4 to celebrate with classmates and reminisce about their college days. This year we celebrated the 50-year reunion of the class of 1967.
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Bart Parent, BA ’67, plays music bingo during Alumni Weekend.
OCT. 1, 2017 - WASHINGTON, D.C., RECEPTION NOV. 12, 2017 - CINCINNATI, OHIO, RECEPTION MARCH 3, 2018 - VENICE, FLA., LUNCHEON MARCH 4, 2018 - NAPLES, FLA., LUNCHEON MARCH 18, 2018 - CHARLOTTE, N.C., RECEPTION APRIL 15, 2018 - COLUMBUS, OHIO, RECEPTION APRIL 22, 2018 - CLEVELAND, OHIO, RECEPTION
Norma (Klingler) Gossard, BSEd ’64, paints a canvas bag during Alumni Weekend.
* Our “What’s New at ONU?” program received a 2017 Circle of Excellence silver award in the category of Innovative Alumni Programs from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE), and was recognized as a Program of Excellence by the Independent College Advancement Associates.
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Distinguished Alumni Awards were given to Bruce Hollinger, BSCE ’75, Pamela S. Hershberger, BSBA ’87, Richanne C. Mankey, BA ’82, and Greg Allenby, BSME ’78.
Can’t make it back to campus? No problem. We just might be bringing ONU to you! Last year, we introduced our award-winning* regional alumni reception program, and many of you took advantage of the opportunity to experience ONU in your area, meet up with fellow alumni and share what’s new with you. If you live in one of the areas listed below, look for your invitation closer to the event date in the mail and/or email with more details.
FOR A QUARTER OF A CENTURY, FROM 1961 TO 1986, WILLIAM ROBERT “BOB” AND KATHRYN “KATEY” CRIDER TOUCHED MANY LIVES IN ADA, OHIO, AS TEACHERS, MENTORS, FRIENDS AND PARENTS. TODAY, THE COUPLE’S LEGACY OF EDUCATION AND LOVE STILL BEARS FRUIT.
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A LEGACY OF
EDUCATION & LOVE Bob and Katey grew up in the 1920s and ’30s in small Ohio towns about 120 miles apart. Bob was an only child, so he grew up in a considerably calmer household than Katey, who was the oldest of 12 siblings. As children, they both developed a thirst for knowledge that led them to become the first in their families to venture to college. Bob earned a bachelor’s degree in social administration in 1943 from Ohio State University. He then became a sergeant in the medical corps during World War II. During his service, his mother and father passed away. After the war,
Bob returned to his hometown of Crestline, Ohio, and taught at the local high school before enrolling at Bowling Green State University (BGSU) for his master’s degree. Recalling her early years, Katey remembers “always wanting to become a teacher.” After graduating from high school, she worked at a local doctor’s office to earn money for college. She finally saved enough to cover the cost of tuition at BGSU – $42 a semester at the time. In the 1940s, college wasn’t a common path for women. Katey vividly remembers her nervous excitement on the day she left
home. “My mother had just had a baby, and it was so hard to leave her,” she says. “Our neighbors drove me to Bowling Green and dropped me off on Wooster Street. I didn’t know anyone and didn’t even know where I was boarding.” Bob and Katey met at BGSU. They fell in love, married in 1949 and started a family. Bob left the teaching field to work in business, where he would remain for a decade. When he heard about an opening at Ohio Northern to teach social welfare and psychology, he decided another career change was in order.
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On his application for the ONU position, Bob wrote, “My feeling of dedication to teaching cannot be outweighed by the financial reward in business. My family and myself are resolved to the idea that I belong back in some area of education.” Bob received the position at ONU, and in 1961 he and Katey moved to Ada with their three small children in tow – Mary (age 9), John (age 6) and Anna (age 4). A fourth child, Joe, joined the family in 1962. In Ada, the Criders found an idyllic place to raise a family and live their passion for education. Bob and
Katey embraced their roles as teachers and mentors to ONU students. And their four children thrived in the nurturing, engaging environment that can only be found in a small college town. Bob taught social work courses for many years before transitioning to the education department. A downto-earth professor, he related to his students by using humor and stories from his own life experiences. He genuinely cared about his students and kept in touch with many of them long after they graduated.
our parents and assumed the same mindset for ourselves.” Although they practically grew up on campus, the three Crider siblings who attended ONU say it was a stimulating and refreshing experience. They grew in knowledge, developed lifelong skills by working on campus and in residence life, and forged bonds of friendship that are still strong today. came to our home. They felt like they were part of our family.”
“Both my mother and father loved teaching and especially having personal relationships with students,” says daughter Anna (Crider) LePage, BA ’79. “My fondest memories are when the students
“Great memories, wonderful friends, it’s hard to beat growing up in a small village,” says Mary. “Life was simple and fun. It was a great place to call home.” Family and education were entwining threads in Bob and Katey’s lives. Bob once wrote that his teaching philosophy was “to stimulate students to the proposition that ideas and advanced knowledge can help them achieve a ‘good’ way of life.” The couple’s greatest desire was for their students, four children and extended family members – all whom they dearly loved – to obtain
Because Bob and Katey were the first members of their family to attend college, they opened the path for other family members to follow suit. Katey’s sister, Rebecca (Cook) Dumbauld (who was just a newborn baby when Katey left for college) moved in with the Crider family to attend ONU. Later, Rebecca’s husband, Daniel Dumbauld, BSBA ’67, obtained his degree from ONU. Katey’s youngest sister, Elizabeth (Cook) Frushour, BSEd ’68, also earned her degree at ONU. Three of Bob and Katey’s children – Mary, John and Anna – graduated from ONU. Mary met her husband, Thomas “Tom” Weatherwax, BA ’74, and John Crider, BA ’77, met his wife, Donna (Bumpas) Crider, BSPh ’77, at ONU. Joe, the youngest child, received a bachelor’s degree in music education from his parents’ alma mater. “In our home, it was taken for granted that we would have a college degree without any discussion,” says Anna. “We knew how important education was for
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The ONU tradition continued with Bob and Katey’s grandchildren. Mary and Tom’s daughter, Rebecca S. Weatherwax, attended ONU but graduated from Ball State University. Their son, John Weatherwax, BSBA ’02, graduated from ONU, and met his wife, Angela (Zinser) Weatherwax, BS ’02, on campus. “ONU holds a special place in our hearts,” says Mary. “Some of us found our spouses there and made lifelong friends along the way. It doesn’t get any better than that.” Bob Crider passed away in 1994. Katey is 92 years old and living in Canton, Ohio. Age hasn’t dimmed her wit or graciousness. “I’ve been very blessed in my life, especially with my four children, 12 grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren,” she says. In 2016, Tom and Mary Weatherwax and family established an endowed scholarship fund at ONU. They wanted to continue the family legacy of supporting students in their quest for an education. The Weatherwax Family Award benefits first-generation college students. “A value learned by each of us is the importance of giving back and taking care of others,” says Mary. “Our parents were wonderful examples of this value.”
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Katey taught part-time at ONU and in local school districts. Whether she was teaching a kindergarten student or a college student, she displayed warmth and patience. She became a mother figure for many ONU international students and their spouses, especially those with new babies and young children. She helped them navigate the ins and outs of parenthood in a different country, from showing them how to change diapers to taking them to doctor’s appointments.
Every Christmas season, the Criders hosted a festive open house in their home at 210 W. Highland for more than 100 guests from the campus and community. Katey, who had a well-deserved reputation as a fabulous cook, served homemade pies, cakes, rolls, cookies and goodies. A consummate hostess, she insisted on glass plates for all the guests. Daughters Anna and Mary (Crider) Weatherwax, BA ’74, remember being hard at work in the kitchen, hand-washing all the dishes in preparation for the next round of guests.
a “good life.” And they used their spheres of influence toward that end. “They both encouraged others and served as an example to their family on the importance of an education,” says Mary.
CLASS NOTES
Hiram Tanner, BSCE, retired from the District of Columbia Water & Sewer Authority. He recently started a new business, Bio-Clean Engineering LLC. He and his wife, Gloria, reside in Mitchellville, Md. 1972 Brenda (Bailey) Lewis, BA, retired from Edison Middle School as a speech language pathologist. She resides in Kingsport, Tenn.
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Kathleen (Pickens) Brokaw, BSPh '71
1959 Paul Arnold, BSPh, retired in December 2016 as mayor of the city of Celina and welcomed his 15th great-grandchild. He and his wife, Edith, reside in Celina, Ohio.
1970 John Hoopes, BSPh, retired as director, medical information, from AstraZeneca in September 2016. John and his wife, Janet (Ward), BSPh ’70, reside in Gaithersburg, Md.
1962 Robert Blair, BSPh, retired as a pharmacist from REM Corp. and is currently a per diem consultant pharmacist. He and his wife, Wilma, reside in Dayton, Ohio.
1971 Kathleen (Pickens) Brokaw, BSPh, retired as a full-time pharmacist and now works part-time. She resides in Cornelius, N.C.
1966 James O’Donnell, JD, celebrated 50 years of practicing law and his 50-year ONU class reunion in 2016. He and his wife, Jill, reside in Covington, Ohio.
Joseph Lewis, BSPh, retired as a pharmacist from CVS Health. He and his wife, Christine, reside in Stow, Ohio. Richard Maciol, BSEd, retired as an underwriter from ITT Hartford Insurance Group. Richard resides in Memphis, Tenn.
1973 Albert Barber, BSPh, is the 2016 recipient of the Richard S. Berman Service Award, awarded annually to a member of the American Society of Consultant Pharmacists (ASCP) for outstanding service and dedication to the organization. He resides in Kent, Ohio, with his wife, Debbie (Derr), BSBA ’71. 1977 Andrew A. Kimler, JD, a partner in the Lake Successbased Vishnick McGovern Milizio LLP, was recently appointed to the U.S. District Court Eastern District of New York Mediation Panel. Andrew and his family reside in Forest Hills, N.Y. Edwin Oley, BSPh, senior vice president for Mercy Health and chief executive officer of the Lorain region, was listed on Inside Business magazine’s “Power 100” for the seventh consecutive year. The list includes executives, politicians and athletes who are
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Albert Barber, BSPh '73
recognized as Northeast Ohio’s most powerful community leaders. He was also recently recognized by Leadership Lorain County with the Eric Nord Award for Excellence in Community Leadership. 1978 Wanda Baughman, BSME, retired as associate general cleaner from Scioto Corporation. She currently resides in Findlay, Ohio. Stephen Serraino, BSBA, is the vice chairman of the Lawyers’ Fund for Client Protection Board of Commissioners in Columbus, Ohio. He was appointed by justices of the Ohio Supreme Court to decide fee claims by aggrieved clients in Ohio. Stephen resides in Holland, Ohio. 1979 Robert Ryan, JD, has been elected to the Commerce Lexington Board of Directors. Commerce Lexington Inc. promotes economic development, job creation and overall business growth in Lexington and its neighboring communities. The Ryan family resides in Richmond, Ky.
Carey (Wurgler) Smith, BSEE '85
Alisha (Hill) Dill, BA '86
1983 Catherine (Quraishi) Holback, BSBA, recently received a 20-year federal service award. Catherine resides in Phoenix, Ariz.
1985 Carey (Wurgler) Smith, BSEE, was appointed president of Parsons’ federal business unit. Parsons is a technology-driven engineering services firm with more than 70 years of experience in the engineering, construction, technical and professional services industries. Carey and her family reside in Haymarket, Va.
Thomas Lent, JD, celebrated his 10-year anniversary with Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin as supervising attorney for the Erie office health care group. He and his family reside in Erie, Pa.
1984 Ned Hark, JD, a partner of the law firm of Goldsmith, Hark & Hornak O.C. in Philadelphia, recently presented at the Pennsylvania Bar Association Family Law Section winter meeting in Philadelphia on the topic of enforcement of support orders. Ned and his family reside in Lafayette Hill, Pa. Robert Sanchez, JD, with his wife, Maria, welcomed their ninth child in January 2017. The family resides in Hialeah, Fla.
Gale Musselman, BSPh, opened Gale’s Pharmacy, an independent retail pharmacy in Delaware, Ohio, where he and his wife, Jill, also reside. 1988 Robert Godes, BSEE, founder of Brillouin Energy Corp., led a team that produced several low-energy nuclear-reaction (LENR) reactor cores and two reactors in 2016 that produced reliable and controllable reaction heat based on the controlled electron capture reaction technology Brillouin Energy is developing. LENR is a technology known more commonly as cold fusion. The Godes family resides in Berkeley, Calif.
Jon Raby, BS, was promoted to associate state director at the Bureau of Land Management in January 2017. Jon will oversee the internal operations for Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota for the bureau, which manages 8.3 million acres of federal lands and more than 47 million acres of federal mineral estate. Jon resides in Billings, Mont. 1991 Rick Cherry, BS, was promoted to senior project manager for J Becker Solutions. He and his family reside in Land O’ Lakes, Fla. John Mascio, JD, was elected as Steubenville Municipal Court judge. He and his wife, Lori, reside in Steubenville, Ohio.
1990 Michael Roediger, BA, was honored by Wright State University with a 2017 Outstanding Alumni Award in February 2017. Michael earned a Master of Science from Wright State and resides in Dayton, Ohio. Michael Roediger, BA '90
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Lisa (McDorman) Simon, BM, is the new director of music ministries at Fairhope UMC, in Fairhope, Ala. Lisa and her husband, Michael, reside in Silverhill, Ala.
1986 Alisha (Hill) Dill, BA, has become a reading specialist for grades K-6 in the Madison Plains Local School District, where she has been employed for 27 years. Over her 31-year teaching career, she has taught every grade level (K-8) for at least one year. Alisha and her family reside in Sedalia, Ohio. Sandra Reid, BSBA, vice president, corporate communications and strategic planning administration for The Davey Tree Expert Company, was elected to the National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO) board of directors in March 2017.
1987 Tim Buschur, BA, received the Pacesetter Award from the Ohio ACTE (Association for Career and Technical Education), which recognizes career technical professionals who have demonstrated leadership or innovative program achievement through service to Ohio ACTE. He and his family reside in Coldwater, Ohio.
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Keith McKinniss, BSPh, completed a Master of Science in science education from Montana State University in August 2016. He is an instructor and coordinator of the Pharmacy Technician Program at the University of Rio Grande in Rio Grande, Ohio. He and his family reside in Vinton, Ohio. Clark Carty, BSEE ’92
Rick Keyes, BSPh '92
1992 Clark Carty, BSEE, a 16-year Cisco veteran, was promoted to principal engineer at Cisco Systems Inc. Clark is an architect of Cisco’s 802.11 Access Points, started Cisco’s wireless LAN controller development in 2003, and was one of the principal creators of multi-rate Ethernet (2.5 and 5 Gbps), which is enjoying wide industry adoption and deployment. He and his family reside in Brunswick, Ohio.
1994 Brian Barrington, BSBA, is a senior vice president-chief of production/sales for Titan Bus Co. in Ottawa, Ohio. He and his family reside in Waynesfield, Ohio.
Rick Keyes, BSPh, was named chief executive officer of Meijer Inc. in December 2016. Keyes began his career with Meijer as a store pharmacist in Columbus, Ohio. He previously served at Meijer Inc. as president and executive vice president of supply chain and manufacturing. The Keyes family resides in Grand Rapids, Mich. 1993 Derek DeVine, JD, was sworn in as Seneca County prosecutor on Dec. 29, 2016. DeVine is entering his third term as Seneca County’s prosecuting attorney. Derek and his family reside in Tiffin, Ohio.
1995 Heather Jackson-Chapman, BS, obtained an AAS in registered nursing and passed her NCLEX licensure exam on the first attempt. She is an ICU nurse at Grandview Hospital. She and her family reside in Dayton, Ohio.
2001 Daryn Brown, BA, recently moved back to Columbus after 10 years in New York City to join the Shadowbox Live team as an assistant to the operations manager. Daryn resides in Columbus, Ohio. Laura (Green) Huvler, BS, and her husband, Landon, welcomed a daughter, Linley, born Dec. 18, 2015. Linley joins sister Leah (4). The family resides in Mansfield, Ohio.
1997 Bob Monard, BSBA, a certified public accountant and 12year member of the Hylant Group Inc. team, was recently promoted to vice president, treasurer and controller. Bob resides in Perrysburg, Ohio. 1999 Anita Trepanier, BA, was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army on March 1, 2016. Anita resides in Dayton, Ohio. Laura (Green) Huvler, BS '01
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Casey Stansbury, JD, has been named to the list of 2017 Kentucky Super Lawyers. Casey is a partner in Mazanec, Raskin & Ryder’s Lexington, Ky., office. He and his wife, Christina, reside in Lexington, Ky. Heather (Lenko) Stutz, BA, JD ’04, was promoted to partner at Squire Patton Boggs. She and her husband, Stephen, BS ’99, and their children reside in Lewis Center, Ohio. Carrie (Kreps) Wegenast, BA, and her husband, Markus, welcomed a son, Owen, born Jan. 16, 2015. Owen joins brother Hans (5). The family resides in Appleton, Wis.
2002 Ryan Beery, JD, was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army, Judge Advocate General’s Corps on Nov. 1, 2016. Ryan resides in Alexandria, Va. Jill Doerner, BSBA, became the interim director of the newly created criminology and criminal justice program at the University of Rhode Island. She will also continue her position as associate professor of sociology. Jill resides in Warwick, R.I. Sara (Westbrook) Radke, BS, became an RN at St. Rita’s Medical Center in Lima, Ohio, in October 2016 after 13 years as a certified athletic trainer there. She and her husband, Lorence, reside in Ada, Ohio.
2004 Jacqueline (O’Flanerty) Dishop, BSCE, and her husband, Brock, were married Dec. 31, 2016, in Napoleon, Ohio. The couple resides in Ottawa Hills, Ohio. Eric Mulford, JD, was appointed to serve as Gallipolis Municipal Court judge effective Jan. 16, 2017. Eric resides in Gallipolis, Ohio.
2005 Josh Anglin, BSBA, and his wife, Tara, welcomed a baby girl, Macayla Mae, born Dec. 19, 2016. The family resides in North Royalton, Ohio. Amanda (Dwenger) Brooks, BA '07
Josh Hafer, BSBA, and his wife, Cindy, welcomed a baby girl, Brynndalyn Christine, born Sept. 19, 2016. The family resides in New Albany, Ohio. Holly (Daugherty) Gleason, JD, became the chief deputy clerk for the United States Bankruptcy Court, Northern District of Ohio in March 2017. She and her husband reside in Zanesville, Ohio. Ryan Schneider, PharmD, received a promotion to department chair and associate professor of pharmaceutical sciences at the University of Findlay’s College of Pharmacy. He is also serving as vice president of the Ohio Pharmacists Association, and was sworn in as president-elect in April 2017. He and his family reside in Wapakoneta, Ohio. 2006 Jennifer Harrison, PharmD, became a clinical pharmacist for Louis Stokes VA Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio, in October 2016. Jennifer resides in North Ridgeville, Ohio.
Austin Hays, JD, became a financial consultant in wealth management for Hilliard Lyons in October 2016. He and his wife, Hannah, reside in Simpsonville, Ky.
2007 Amanda (Dwenger) Brooks, BA, and her husband, Aaron, welcomed a daughter, Kayla, born July 21, 2014. The family resides in Germantown, Ohio.
Courtney (Shabram-Beach) Howard, BA, and her husband, K.C., welcomed a daughter, Charlee Opal, born Jan. 30, 2017. The family resides in Chappell, Neb.
Deanna Cook, JD, an associate in the Vorys Columbus office, has been included on the 2017 Ohio Rising Stars List. Cook was selected as a Rising Star in real estate law. She resides in Columbus, Ohio.
John Lienert, JD, opened the Lienert Law Firm in Pittsburgh, Pa., in March 2017. The Lienert Law Firm will focus on the representation of individuals throughout Pennsylvania and West Virginia. He resides in Coraopolis, Pa. Matthew Muir, BSME, and his wife, Melissa (Totten), PharmD ’07, welcomed a son, Parker, born Dec. 1, 2016. Parker joins siblings Elliana (6) and Lincoln (3). The family resides in Galena, Ohio. Matthew Muir, BSME '06, and Melissa (Totten), PharmD '07
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2003 Mark Zanghi, JD, was the recipient of a 2016 Friend of Public Education award from the Ohio School Boards Association-Central Region. Mark was sponsored by the Licking County Educational Service Center. He and his family reside in Zanesville, Ohio.
Brandi Shepard, BA, earned her First Diamond Award from the National Speech and Debate Association for excellence and success in coaching. She resides in Sylvania, Ohio.
Stephanie (Bell) Saghy, BSBA '08, and Kevin, BA '07
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Kevin Heckman, BSME, started an independent timing contractor business for cross country, track and field, road races, and other events in January 2016. Kevin resides in Lima, Ohio. Melissa (Totten) Muir, PharmD, and her husband, Matthew, BSME ’06, welcomed a son, Parker, born Dec. 1, 2016. Parker joins siblings Elliana (6) and Lincoln (3). The family resides in Galena, Ohio.
Jeff Wiley, BSME '07
Will Reisinger, JD '08
Stephen Halas-Wright, BA '10, and Quinn, BA '08
Kevin Saghy, BA, and his wife, Stephanie (Bell), BSBA ’08, welcomed a daughter, Emma Rose, born Jan. 4, 2017. The family resides in Chicago, Ill.
Quinn Halas-Wright, BA, and his husband, Stephen, BA ’10, were married July 15, 2016. The couple resides in Columbus, Ohio.
Jeff Wiley, BSME, and his wife, Nellie, welcomed a son, Caleb, born Jan. 27, 2017. The family resides in Winter Garden, Fla.
Nicolas Koehler, BSEE, and his wife, Tiffany (Hritz) Koehler, BM ’09, welcomed a daughter, Evelyn Grace, born Aug. 23, 2016. Evelyn joins brother Andrew (3). The family resides in Galena, Ohio.
2008 Gretchen Deeg, BS, and her husband, John Sauter, were married Sept. 30, 2016. The couple resides in Bismarck, N.D.
Gretchen Deeg, BS '08
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Will Reisinger, JD, an energy lawyer with the firm of GreeneHurlocker PLC, was a speaker at the William & Mary School of Law forum “Nuclear Energy Gap – Filler for Renewables or Energy for the Ages?” held in Williamsburg, Va., on Feb. 11, 2017. Will resides in Richmond, Va. Stephanie (Bell) Saghy, BSBA, and her husband, Kevin, BA ’07, welcomed a daughter, Emma Rose, born Jan. 4, 2017. The family resides in Chicago, Ill.
Tiffany (Hritz) Koehler, BM '09, and Nicolas, BSEE '08
Katelyn (Rumbaugh) White, BSBA '09, and Timothy, BSBA '09
Helen Davis, BA, published her second book, Evita: My Argentina, with Custom Publishing. She resides in Casper, Wyo. Ashley (Ebersole) Cramer, BM, and her husband, Abraham, welcomed a daughter, Allana Emily, born Nov. 6, 2016. The family resides in Croton, Ohio. Melody (Hall) Hartzler, PharmD, joined Western Medicine Family Physicians as a clinical pharmacist in January 2017. She is also an associate professor of pharmacy practice at Cedarville University School of Pharmacy. She and her husband, Dustin, BSEE ’07, and their children reside in Dayton, Ohio.
Arielle (Hord) Berletich, BSBA '09
Mark Howard, BSBA, was promoted to the role of senior analyst, procurement, for Nationwide Insurance Supply Management Services on Dec. 12, 2016. Mark with his wife, Lilianne, welcomed a daughter, Hannah Faith, born Aug. 24, 2016. Hannah joins sister Jillian (2). The family resides in Gahanna, Ohio.
Buckeye Valley Local Schools, took the graduate course in pursuit of a master’s degree from Miami University’s Global Field Program. She and her husband, Jonah, BS ’09, reside in Columbus, Ohio.
Tiffany (Hritz) Koehler, BM, and her husband, Nicolas, BSEE ’08, welcomed a daughter, Evelyn Grace, born Aug. 23, 2016. Evelyn joins brother Andrew (3). The family resides in Galena, Ohio.
Katelyn (Rumbaugh) White, BSBA, and her husband, Timothy, BSBA ’09, welcomed a son, Drew, born July 14, 2016. Drew joins brother Jack (3). The family resides in Towson, Md.
Sara Zeiger, BA, became a senior research analyst at Hedayah in March 2017. Hedayah aims to be the premier international center and operational platform for expertise and experience to counter violent extremism by promoting understanding and sharing of good practices to effectively serve as the true global center to counter violent extremism. Sara resides in Cornelia, Ga.
Ashley (Ebersole) Cramer, BM '09
Katherine (Nykiel) Simons, BS '09
Audrey Landefeld, BSN, graduated from Northeastern University in Boston with a Master of Science in 2016. She is currently a CRNA with Anesthesiology Services Network. She resides in Miamisburg, Ohio. Katherine (Nykiel) Simons, BS, studied Maasai communities and sustainable approaches to human/wildlife coexistence in Kenya during summer 2016. Katherine, a teacher at
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2009 Arielle (Hord) Berletich, BSBA, and her husband, Joshua, were married June 27, 2015. The couple welcomed their first child, a daughter, Adalynn Michelle, born May 27, 2016. The family resides in Willard, Ohio.
Mark Howard, BSBA '09
John Whiteley, PharmD, obtained hypertension clinician certification from the American Society of Hypertension. John and his wife, Heather (Miller), PharmD, reside in Strongsville, Ohio.
2010 Caleb Bingham, BS, and his wife, Allison, welcomed a daughter, Cara, born Oct. 28, 2016. The family resides in Lima, Ohio. Kaitlyn (Macdonald) Bridgers, PharmD, and her husband, Griffin, welcomed a daughter, Macy, born Jan. 16, 2017. Macy joins sister Maddie (2). The family resides in Centennial, Colo. Stephen Halas-Wright, BA, and his husband, Quinn, BA ’08, were married July 15, 2016. The couple resides in Columbus, Ohio.
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Patricia Hofacker, BA, became the assistant merchandise manager at Aladdin the Musical in March 2017. She resides in Southport, Conn. Cameron Keir, BA, was promoted to live newscast/ political producer with WBNS TV in Columbus, Ohio, in February 2017. He and his wife, Carolyn, reside in Dublin, Ohio.
Patricia Hofacker, BA '10
Benjamin McPheron, BSEE, and his wife, Mallory (Bloom), BS ’12, welcomed a baby girl, Madeline Ruth, born Jan. 6, 2017. The family resides in Bristol, R.I. Hillary (Pletcher) Turner, BA, and her husband, Scott, BSBA, welcomed a son, Hunter, born Feb. 7, 2017. The family resides in Sandusky, Ohio. Kelly (Hiteshew) Wright, PharmD, and her husband, David, welcomed a daughter, Lydia, born in September 2016. Lydia’s adoption was finalized in March 2017, and the family now resides in Columbus, Ohio.
Benjamin McPheron, BSEE '10, and Mallory (Bloom), BS '12
Amanda (Quintrell) Hochstetler, BA '11, and Seth, PharmD '14
Kelly (Hiteshew) Wright, PharmD '10
2011 Julie (Glover) Best, PharmD, and her husband, Tyler, welcomed a son, Carson Matthew, born April 26, 2016. Carson joins brother Logan (3). The family resides in Aurora, Ohio.
Emily Middleton, PharmD, was named the 2016 Columbus Finest winner from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. She resides in Columbus, Ohio.
Emily (Lockwood) Fuehrer, BM, BSBA, and her husband, Dustin, welcomed a baby girl, Myka, born Oct. 25, 2016. The family resides in West Liberty, Ohio. Amanda (Quintrell) Hochstetler, BA, and her husband, Seth, PharmD ’14, welcomed a son, Charles, born April 23, 2016. The family resides in Walnut Creek, Ohio.
Julie (Glover) Best, PharmD '11
Ashleigh (Kaleugher) Musick, BA, and her husband, Jeffrey, welcomed a son, Wyatt Richard, born Feb. 9, 2016. The family resides in Cortland, Ohio. Kyle Stinehart, BS, and his wife, Ashley (Tyger), PharmD ’12, welcomed a son, Noah, born Oct. 14, 2016. Noah joins sister Olivia (2). The family resides in Columbus, Ohio. Loretta (Sutherly) Webb, BSN, joined Emory University School of Medicine as a clinical research nurse in the department of neurology. She and her husband, Mike, BSBA ’12, reside in Marietta, Ga.
Hillary (Pletcher) Turner, BA '10, and Scott, BSBA '10
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Ashleigh (Kaleugher) Musick, BA '11
2012 Katherine (Wade) Austin, BS, BA, spent a month during summer 2016 teaching English to students in Dresden, Germany, in pursuit of a Master of Arts in teaching English as a second language. She and her husband, Jared, PharmD ’13, reside in Norwalk, Ohio.
Mallory (Bloom) McPheron, BS, and her husband, Benjamin, BSEE ’10, welcomed a baby girl, Madeline Ruth, born Jan. 6, 2017. The family resides in Bristol, R.I. Ashley (Tyger) Stinehart, PharmD, and her husband, Kyle, BS ’11, welcomed a son, Noah, born Oct. 14, 2016. Noah joins sister Olivia (2). The family resides in Columbus, Ohio. Cara (Schroeder) Wolters, BS, and her husband, Nicholas, PharmD ’14, welcomed a son, Luke, born Oct. 20, 2016. The family resides in Englewood, Ohio.
2013 Sierra Roby, BA, joined RVNA and Associates in Toluca Lake, Calif., as an office assistant in February 2017. RVNA and Associates provides specialty insurance products to the entertainment industry. Roby resides in Burbank, Calif. Hannah (Chamberlain) Snyder, BM, led the Lima Senior High School Spartan Marching Pride in the Veterans Day parade in New York City in November 2016. She and her husband, Michael, BA ’10, reside in Findlay, Ohio. 2014 Tyler Burnett, BA, and Amarilla (Fair), BA, were married Oct. 1, 2016. The couple resides in Charlotte, N.C. Seth Hochstetler, PharmD, and his wife, Amanda (Quintrell), BA ’11, welcomed a son, Charles, born April 23, 2016. The family resides in Walnut Creek, Ohio.
Tyler Burnett, BA '14, and Amarilla (Fair), BA '14
Kellie (Evans), PharmD ’15, and Josh Musch, PharmD ’15
2015 Brandea McIntyre, BFA, BA, received a master’s degree in sport and entertainment management from the University of South Carolina in December 2016. Brandea resides in Cincinnati, Ohio. Kellie (Evans), PharmD, and Josh Musch, PharmD ’15, were married in Louisville, Ohio, on Oct. 1, 2016. The couple resides in Columbus, Ohio.
Alexandria (Hartsel) Hughes, BA, and her husband, Cole, PharmD ’16, were married Nov. 11, 2016. The couple resides in Columbus, Ohio.
2016 Cole Hughes, PharmD, and his wife, Alexandria (Hartsel), BA ’14, were married Nov. 11, 2016. The couple resides in Columbus, Ohio.
Nicholas Wolters, PharmD, and his wife, Cara (Schroeder), BS ’12, welcomed a son, Luke, born Oct. 20, 2016. The family resides in Englewood, Ohio.
Alexandra Turnea, BSBA, MPPA, started her career as a staff accountant at Cohen & Company in July 2016. She resides in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Alexandria (Herman) Klaiss, BSME, and her husband, Zeile, welcomed a baby girl, Brynn Elizabeth, born June 16, 2016. The family resides in Powell, Ohio.
Cara (Schroeder) Wolters, BS '12, and Nicholas, PharmD '14
Ashley (Tyger) Stinehart, PharmD'12, and Kyle, BS '11
Alexandria (Hartsel) Hughes, BA '14, and Cole, PharmD '16
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REMEMBERING THOSE WHO CAME BEFORE 1937
1948
Jeannette (Lott) Braund, AA, Wooster, Ohio, Feb. 15, 2017.
Eugene G. Tomlinson, BSEE, BSME 4 ’ 9, Cridersville, Ohio, Feb. 24, 2017.
1939
1950
Orrin G. Lust, BA, Upper Sandusky, Ohio, Nov. 7, 2016.
Stephen DuBos, BSPh, Campbell, Ohio, Oct. 2, 2016.
William Norman Pigozzi*, BSEd, Wapakoneta, Ohio, Feb. 24, 2017.
Harold J. Rider, BA, Fort McCoy, Fla., Oct. 11, 2016.
1941
Charles J. Strasbaugh, BSEd, Forest, Ohio, Nov. 28, 2016.
Esther (Booher) Parks, BSEd, Driftwood, Texas, Dec. 26, 2016.
Paul L. Webster, BSEd, Hamilton, Ohio, Feb. 12, 2017.
1942
1951
Norma Jeane (Bailey) Cowan, BSEd, Livermore, Calif., Nov. 25, 2016.
Orville F. Beck, BSME, Hilton Head Island, S.C., March 10, 2017.
William H. Smith, BSPh, Galion, Ohio, Dec. 11, 2016.
Richard L. Cory, LLB, Bucyrus, Ohio, Nov. 17, 2016.
1945
Burton Goldenberg, BSCE, Lake Worth, Fla., Sept. 6, 2016.
Eleanor (Ankerman) Kritzler, BA, Willis, Texas, Oct. 31, 2016.
Robert J. Jenkins, BSCE, Dover, Ohio, Dec. 18, 2016.
Mary Jane (Bolender) Wise, BA, Philadelphia, Pa., Dec. 28, 2016.
John R. Woodruff, BSME, Cherry Hill, N.J., March 7, 2017.
Marjorie M. (Powell) Omler, BSEd, Vero Beach, Fla., Jan. 18, 2017.
1952
Jerry R. Churchill*, BSCE ’58, passed away Jan. 26, 2017, in Fort Myers, Fla. After graduating from Ohio Northern University, Jerry joined the family asphaltpaving business, Churchill Construction Company in Lima, Ohio. Jerry liked to say that his decision to become a paving contractor “was like breathing”; he didn’t know that there was another option. Upon retirement, Jerry lived on his sailboat for a year and a half. He then “swallowed the anchor” and took up residence on Sanibel Island in Florida, where he reinvented himself as an artist. He worked in 3-D media – wire sculpture, clay, paper mâché, stone carving, cast bronze and sculpture made from found objects. He received numerous awards and accolades for his work. Jerry was very active with BIG (Barrier Island Group) Arts on Sanibel, teaching and serving on the BIG Arts Board of Directors from 2009 to 2015. Jerry supported Ohio Northern throughout his life. He was a Lifetime Member of the Lehr Society, and a member of the Heritage Club, and he endowed the Jerry R. Churchill Engineering Scholarship in 1987.
1953
1957
John H. Holt, BA, Edison, Ohio, Feb. 8, 2017.
Virginia Mae (Williams) Longacre, BSEd, Scottsdale, Ariz., Oct. 14, 2016.
Howard C. Jones, BSCE, Parrish, Fla., Dec. 22, 2016. Stanley Wayne Roberts, BSPh, Keithville, La., Jan. 12, 2017. 1955 Fred M. Arnott, BSPh, Lakeland, Fla., Dec. 12, 2016. Everette Swinney, BA, San Marcos, Texas, March 1, 2017. 1956 Jerry Huston, BSCE, Findlay, Ohio, Jan. 19, 2017.
1947
Jonathan E. Emrick, BSME, Ocean View, Del., Nov. 5, 2016.
Sarah H. (Hay) Bosse, BA, Ada, Ohio, Jan. 28, 2017.
Edward L. Goldin, BSCE, Delray Beach, Fla., March 17, 2017.
Loren C. Schoenberger, BA, JD ’49, Upper Sandusky, Ohio, Jan. 22, 2017.
Casimir J. Osowski, BSPh, Seven Hills, Ohio, Feb. 12, 2017.
David L. Jackson, BA, BSCE ’57, Largo, Fla., Feb. 13, 2017.
Carl A. Saltsman, BSPh, Carrollton, Ohio, Nov. 30, 2016. 1958 Jerome H. Hock, JD, Bowling Green, Ohio, Jan. 19, 2017.
1959 Philip R. Buehrer, BSEd, Delta, Ohio, Dec. 12, 2016. David R. Gable, BSPh, Aurora, Ohio, March 30, 2016. Joe L. Harrod, BSEd, Corvallis, Ore., Sept. 13, 2016. Richard Kiebler, BSPh, Columbus, Ohio, March 2, 2017.
Richard A. Maxim, BSEE, Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 13, 2016.
1960
John Mongelluzzo, BSPh, Lima, Ohio, March 15, 2017.
Sue A. (England) Harrod, BSEd, Corvallis, Ore., Nov. 18, 2013.
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Betty Lou Busch*, JD, Dayton, Ohio, Jan. 27, 2017.
David L. Walker, BSEd ’71, passed away Feb. 7, 2017, in Naples, Fla., at age 68. Dave enjoyed an incredibly successful teaching and coaching career at Naples High School, where he was the girls’ basketball head coach for 33 years. He retired in 2012 with 612 wins. Dave was inducted into two halls of fame in the state of Florida, the highly prestigious FHSAA (Florida High School Athletic Association) Hall of Fame and the Court of Legends (Florida Association of Basketball Coaches) Hall of Fame. In addition to coaching basketball, he also coached football, JV boys’ basketball and girls’ golf. Dave taught math at Naples High School and was the math department chair when he retired from teaching in 2010. Dave attended Ohio Northern with his twin brother and current ONU trustee Daniel B. Walker, BSCE ’71.
1963
Edwin E. Ehemann, BSEd, Jackson Center, Ohio, Feb. 3, 2017.
Donald C. Bayliss, BSEd, Columbus, Ohio, Jan. 8, 2017.
Paul W. Snider, BSPh, Jamestown, Ohio, Dec. 31, 2016.
Egbert L. Brady, BSEE, Cincinnati, Ohio, Feb. 7, 2017.
John R. Snyder, BSME, Findlay, Ohio, Dec. 11, 2016.
Nathzollo Gurley, BSEd, Lima, Ohio, Oct. 17, 2016.
Ferrall Nixon Sumrell Jr., BA, Milton, Ga., June 24, 2016.
Alan J. Slifka, BSPh, Ashland, Ohio, Dec. 27, 2016.
1962
1964
James P. Fickes, BSPh, Newark, Ohio, Oct. 28, 2016.
Mary L. (Brooks) Lieb, BSEd, Leipsic, Ohio, March 3, 2017.
William John Harr Jr., BSPh, Kent, Ohio, Nov. 23, 2016.
P. Eldon Bauer, BSCE, Crestline, Ohio, Jan. 22, 2017.
Larry K. Shoup, BSPh, Northville, Mich., Dec. 13, 2016.
Judith K. Cassady, BA, Sheboygan, Wis., Feb. 22, 2017.
Carl A. Wieging, BSEd, Lima, Ohio, Jan. 1, 2017.
David F. Schmid, BSPh, Newark, Ohio, Jan. 1, 2017.
Wallace “Wally” Hood, 82, passed away April 28, 2017, at Salem Regional Medical Center in Salem, Ohio. After being hired by legendary Ohio high school football coach Lee Tressel to coach at Baldwin-Wallace College, Wally became the head football coach at Ohio Northern in 1974, where he led the Polar Bears for 10 seasons. In his 45-year career in coaching and education, Wally was named coach of the year in 1959, 1982, 1988 and 2002, and thus elected to the Ohio High School Football Coaches Hall of Fame in 2008. He served as president of the Ohio Athletic Conference Football Coaches, president of the West Virginia Conference Football Coaches and national president of the NAIA Football Coaches. In 2012, Wally became trustee of the board of the Wilson Sporting Goods Museum in Ada, Ohio. He was born Feb. 11, 1935, in Cleveland, Ohio. Survivors include his wife of 59 years, Irma (Carlson) Hood. Wally and Irma had three sons, Jeff, Jay and ONU alumnus Lee Hood, BA ’82. His daughter-in-law Diane Lyne Hood, BA ’84, also is an ONU graduate.
1965
1973
Darlene F. (Ashby) McCaughey, BSEd, Shelbyville, Ind., Dec. 8, 2016.
James P. Spriggs, JD, Edmond, Okla., Jan. 16, 2017.
1967 Larry E. Boals, BSBA, Cridersville, Ohio, March 8, 2017. John Greer Hunter, BA ’64, JD, Upper Sandusky, Ohio, March 27, 2017. 1969 Hugh L. Friedman*, BSBA, Dorset, Vt., March 2, 2017.
1974 Mary E. (Milne) Swartzel, BA, Coldwater, Ohio, Nov. 29, 2016. Thomas A. Barnes Jr., JD, Colorado Springs, Colo., Feb. 1, 2017. 1975 Clifford R. DeStephens, JD, Lima, Ohio, May 16, 2013.
Gary A. Harbison, BSEd, Piqua, Ohio, Oct. 7, 2016.
William C. Salmon, JD, Albuquerque, N.M., Oct. 31, 2016.
John E. Klay, BA, Lima, Ohio, Nov. 29, 2016.
Nicholas James Yourst, BSPh, Hubbard, Ohio, Dec. 30, 2016.
1970
1981
Vicki R. (Huguenin) Roberts Davison, BSPh, Rockport, Texas, Feb. 26, 2017. Phyllis Hodges, BA, Lima, Ohio, Dec. 30, 2016.
IN MEMORIAM
Richard Alton Brewer, BSEE, Ballwin, Mo., Nov. 12, 2016. Mary M. Miller, BA, Richwood, Ohio, Aug. 15, 2016.
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1961
Mary K. (Holland) Carey, BSEd, La Rue, Ohio, Feb. 22, 2017.
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Judith (Monastra) Davis*, BSBA ’81, passed away Nov. 24, 2016, at age 57 in Columbia, S.C. Judy earned a BSBA in marketing from Ohio Northern University, graduating summa cum laude in 1981. She attended law school at Ohio State University, where she earned her Juris Doctor in 1984, the same year she began her corporate law career at Lincoln National Corporation in Fort Wayne, Ind. After a decade working in various positions, including strategic planning and mergers and acquisitions, she was recruited by BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina in 1995 to become vice president and general counsel. She was promoted to the corporation’s senior leadership team in 2007 as executive vice president and chief legal officer. Judy was a strong supporter of Ohio Northern. She was a member of the Lehr Society and the Heritage Club, and she shared a considerable amount of her time and expertise as the College of Business Administration’s Carroll V. Lovett Distinguished Lecturer in 2013.
FRIENDS Charles F. Amato, Wellsville, Ohio, Dec. 18, 2016. Caroline Asmus, Bowling Green, Ohio, Aug. 27, 2016. Dale Badertscher, Ada, Ohio, Dec. 27, 2016. Marilyn Carnes, Bellefontaine, Ohio, Jan. 30, 2017. Arline (Dahlke) Daly, Venice, Fla., Nov. 5, 2016. John F. Dawes, Clyde, Ohio, Nov. 13, 2016. Edward Elliott II, Mount Victory, Ohio, Jan. 30, 2016. Helen Isham, Powell, Ohio, Feb. 19, 2017. Edwin Len, New Providence, N.J., Dec. 24, 2016.
1982
1986
Barbara Lugbill, Archbold, Ohio, June 21, 2016.
Althea Kimberly (Dunlap) Ward, BSEE, Daniel Island, S.C., Nov. 21, 2016.
Pericles George Stergios, JD, Massillon, Ohio, Oct. 8, 2016.
Ruth McCarthy, Marysville, Ohio, Oct. 21, 2016.
Douglas Henderson Henry, BSME, Howell, Mich., Sept. 20, 2016. 1984 Karen Kay (Beckley) Stafford, BSBA, Piqua, Ohio, Dec. 30, 2016.
Patricia Parr, McGuffey, Ohio, Feb. 13, 2017. Patricia Perusek, Lakewood, Ohio, Dec. 1, 2016. Kevin M. Rabe, Carmel, Calif., Sept. 11, 2014. Pushpa Shah, Logan, Utah, July 1, 2017. Edwin Skidmore, Dunkirk, Ohio, Nov. 26, 2016. Trevis Bernard Stephens, Cleveland, Ohio, Jan. 1, 2017. Donald Strain, Pleasant Valley, N.Y., Feb. 7, 2017. Kenneth Watt, Lima, Ohio, Oct. 25, 2016. Joyce Welch, Ada, Ohio, Nov. 24, 2016. Jean E. Woodruff Eibling, Lima, Ohio, April 23, 2017.
1988 Mary Buckley Lynch, JD, Wilmington, Del., Jan. 26, 2017. James F. Petraglia, JD, Youngstown, Ohio, Nov. 21, 2016. 1993
Phyllis A. Carey, BA, Toledo, Ohio, Nov. 15, 2016.
F. Thomas Giambattista, JD, Dayton, Ohio, Aug. 5, 2016.
1985
1997
Timothy S. Fuerst, BSBA, Granger, Ind., Feb. 21, 2017.
Eric Shawn Hizer, BSPh, Middletown, Ohio, March 18, 2017.
Brenda J. Keltner, BA, St. Marys, Ohio, Feb. 1, 2017.
James McSwiney, Sea Island, Ga., June 21, 2016.
*DENOTES MEMBERSHIP IN THE HERITAGE CLUB.
The Heritage Club recognizes alumni and friends who include Ohio Northern University in their will for $10,000 or more, or have arranged deferred gifts of $10,000 or more with the University as the ultimate beneficiary.
Donald Milks*, professor of civil engineering emeritus, passed away on July 7, 2017. Don began his teaching career at Ohio Northern as an assistant professor in 1965, and rose quickly through the ranks to professor, ultimately being named chair of the civil engineering department, a position he held for 20 years. In 1998, he was named the centennial alumni chair in engineering. During his 35 years of service to ONU, Don was a tremendously positive influence on the lives of many students, faculty, staff and friends of the University. Don retired in 2000, was awarded emeritus professor status in 2003 and remained devoted to ONU during his retirement years. He and his wife, Alyce, are Lifetime Members of the Lehr Society and plans are underway to create an endowed scholarship in Don’s name. They enjoyed spending summers together in Chautauqua, N.Y., and winters in Treasure Island, Fla. Don and Alyce were married for more than 50 years, and they have two sons, Andrew, BSEE ’87, and Wesley, BSME ’89.
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