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letter from the

president

Dear friends of Schreiner, Do you remember when you first encountered the word “serendipity”? The limber term for “finding agreeable things not sought,” we are told, comes from a tale of three Persian princes and was coined in the 18th century. How did the world function before that word was discovered or crafted, since serendipity is indeed one of the inescapable graces of life? Serendipity has given us cellophane, Silly Putty, Teflon and penicillin, among many other discoveries.

Several weeks ago, Mary Ellen and I were in Houston and worshiped at St. Philip Presbyterian Church. A lady sat next to us, but before we had the opportunity to speak, a friend stopped by and chatI am a fortunate ted. Schreiner came up in our conversation. When she had person, because my left, our new neighbor mentioned that her late husband work with Schreiner had attended Schreiner in the early 1930s. We quickly found puts me in places that we had a great deal to share, and by the time services where serendipity had concluded, we said goodbye to a new friend in Ms. Jo often arises.

Jones, a vivacious woman with a good heart. On returning to campus, I looked at the 1932 Recall, and right there with my friend Vick Douglass was Lamar Jones, football center and member of several honor societies. An agreeable thing not sought.

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Working out at the Center for Fitness, I speak with a man who talks about his political science studies in past years and his free time in retirement. He wonders if there is anything at Schreiner that he might contribute to. We discuss our Learning Support Services program and its need for tutors. That is on Thursday.

On Monday, I learn that he has already signed up and is on the tutoring staff.

“The thing that convinced me,” said Mr. Kent Herrick, “is that everyone I met on campus was so helpful and friendly.” An agreeable thing not sought.

I am a fortunate person, because my work with Schreiner puts me in places where serendipity often arises. New friends, words of encouragement, gifts modest and substantial—these are all a regular part of my experience. Now, I would never want my trustees to think that I am not hard at work, but if I am honest with myself, I recognize that often these blessings arise not because I made them do so, but as agreeable things not consciously sought. They vigorously affirm the efforts of the entire Schreiner community, the values that support them and the rich heritage that is associated with this institution.

Tim Summerlin President

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Taking Charge

editor

Schreiner Student Senate at Work

Amy Armstrong

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History Remembered

contributing writers

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A Day in the life of a freshman

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follow the money

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director of university relations

Schreiner Students Experience History in Germany

Freshman Drew Harrison

Louise Leahy staff writer

Karen Davis Kilgore planned giving advisor

art direction and design

Stephanie Lopez Keller assistant art director of creative services

Donations at Work

sports

Jeanette McKinney

Anna Acker-Macosko

sports information director

Back in the Swing of Things

president

Robert Trull

Dr. Tim Summerlin board chairman

Keep Everlastingly At It

Randall Roberts ’67 sfsa board president

d e p artments campusnews. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 facultynews . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 mountaineersports. . . . . . . . 18

Scott Speck ’93

makingconnections. . . . . . . . 22 formerstudents. . . . . . . . . . . 24 classnotes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

onthecover English language memorial plate, located at Auschwitz-Birkenau.

Photo by Martha York, director of Learning Center and International Studies at Schreiner.

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campusnews And Not a Drop to Drink?

Schreiner University has joined with Texas Tech University and Texas Public Radio to present a series of lectures and forums about Texas water issues, including aquifer, river and bay sustainability, the science and policy of water issues and the role of conservation and education. The

first event, “More Precious than Gold: The ethical, economic, legal and environmental implications of supplying 40 million people with water by 2050,” took place at Schreiner University September 20. Speakers were Joe Beal, general manager of the Lower Colorado River Authority; Bill West, general manager of the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority; and Robert Potts, president of the Dixon Water Foundation. Texas Tech University professor Bill Jeffery moderated the discussion. Jeffery is deputy director of the Center for Water Law and Policy, and teaches courses in environmental issues and natural resources.

“When we looked around for a way we might meaningfully collaborate with Texas Public Radio to provide useful public service content for the radio, water issues immediately jumped to the front of the line,” said Dr. Tim Summerlin, Schreiner president. “It is the stuff of life, it is none too available at times in the Hill Country and preserving its quality is essential. Being able to collaborate with Texas Tech in this effort has made the experience more fun as well as more useful to the event attendees and radio audience.”

The second fall lecture and discussion, “H20: The Science of Water Issues,” was at the National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg on November 8. Two spring events are scheduled for January 24 in Junction (“Conservation: Taking Action for Your Children’s Children”) and March 6 (“Policy, Planning and Politics: Where Do We Go from Here?), again at Schreiner University.

All of the forums will be taped and broadcast on Texas Public Radio eight days after each event. The series is free and open to the public.

For more information or for access to previous events, please visit the Schreiner University Web site at www.schreiner.edu/water/index.htm or contact Bob Hickerson, chief operating officer for Texas Tech University Division of Off-Campus Sites, at 830-990-2717 or 806-742-6440 or e-mail him at bob. hickerson@ttu.edu. You also can contact Dr. Tom Arsuffi at 325-446-2301 or tom.arsuffi@ttu.edu; or Dr. Mike Looney, provost and vice president for academic affairs and dean of faculty at Schreiner University, at 830-792-7371 or mlooney@schreiner.edu.

Italy In May 2007, 30 members of the Schreiner University Choir plus four community members, including Schreiner president Dr. Tim Summerlin, director Michael Kahl and accompanist Terri Henneke-Theis traveled to Italy for something of a busman’s holiday, singing their way from one place to the next. The choir participated in two choral festivals and sang in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. They also provided music in some smaller Italian churches, including the 12th century Sant’ Antimo Abbey in Tuscany, shown in the picture. The tour was designed to give the choir opportunities to both perform and sightsee. According to Dr. Summerlin, this was the first time a student performing group officially represented Schreiner overseas. For more about the trip, visit the Schreiner Web site at http://students.schreiner.edu/choir/ Italy/Summerlin.htm or http://students. schreiner.edu/choir/Italy2007/index.htm.

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Emergency Notification System Comes to Campus After the horrific school shootings at Virginia Tech last year, Schreiner, along with many other U.S. colleges and universities began using a new emergency messaging system, e2Campus, to enhance the current procedures.

“We believe we are able to effectively respond to emergencies involving students in ways large state universities cannot,” said Fred Gamble, Schreiner’s vice president for administration and finance. “Primarily, being small and private, we try to intervene with a student before things get too far.”

That being said, he believes that the new emergency messaging system, Mountaineer Alert, is a good idea, as it can be used in a range of situations, including bad weather like this year’s ice storm and flooding.

“There are other less expensive messaging systems out there,” Gamble said, “but this is probably the most popular and most versatile.”

Schreiner’s implementation has two parts: electronic messaging via text messaging/e-mail, and a voice/tone broadcast system. Students, faculty and staff register e-mail addresses and cell phone numbers online. When a message is sent, the broadcast system will emit a distinctive tone to tell everyone to check e-mail and cell phones.

Another virtue of this system is that authorized personnel do not have to be on campus to activate it.

“The good thing about the broadcast system,” Gamble added, “is that I don’t have to physically be present to activate it. If I can get to a phone anywhere, I can activate it.”

The system will be used only for emergency situations. “They’ll know if they get a message from us, it’s not to chat,” Gamble said.

campusnews Mountaineer Leadership Conference Schreiner University’s 2008 Mountaineer Leadership Conference will take place January 18-19 at the Franklin Family Ranch Retreat in Blanco. The conference is

designed to help Schreiner student participants develop leadership skills.

MLC 2008 is open to all Schreiner sophomores and juniors in good academic and judicial standing, up to a maximum of 30 students.

The theme for the 2008 MLC will be “Understanding Yourself and Others.” DXT Consulting of San Antonio, Dr. David Teneyuca’s management and leadership training firm, will lead the conference. Teneyuca is an assistant professor of information systems at Schreiner.

Students can apply online at www. schreiner.edu/MLC/apply.html.

For more information, please e-mail mlc@schreiner.edu.

The Financial Year at Schreiner:

2007 Revenues Investments 11%

2006-2007 Selected Financial Statistics Assets Cash and cash equivalent Accounts and pledges receivable Other assets Investments Land, buildings and equipment, net Total assets

5/31/07 $6,891,428 3,367,750 3,281,644 46,625,602 31,140,577 $91,307,001

Liabilities Accounts payable Deposits and deferred revenue Notes payable Total liabilities

$1,921,484 374,039 12,880,677 $15,176,200

Net Assets Unrestricted Temporarily restricted Permanently restricted Total net assets

$19,881,026 15,158,757 41,091,018 $76,130,801

Total liabilities and net assets

$91,307,001

Auxiliary 30%

Gifts and grants 9%

Net tuition and fees 50%

2007 Expenses Auxiliary 15%

Instruction 31%

Academic support 7%

Student services 21%

Institutional support 26%

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campusnews Texas Living History Day

Native American dancers perform during Texas Living History Day. More than 1,200 people participated in the day’s activities.

Texas Living History Day, “Another Way of Learning Using Stories and Songs,” was September 28 this year, bringing more than 1,200 people to the Schreiner campus.

There were about 60 performers and demonstrators on hand, including Native American storytellers and dancers, Texas singer/songwriters, cowboy poets and storytellers, too. Schreiner’s own president, Dr. Tim Summerlin, sang a special tribute to the father of country music, Jimmie Rodgers.

Living History Day is co-sponsored by the Texas Heritage Music Foundation, which was established by Schreiner professor of English Dr. Kathleen Hudson.

“I was thrilled by the educational aspects of the day,” said Hudson.

“Stories and songs make a difference in the world, and everyone who attended this event got to experience that.

Performers were as happy as attendees!

And to have the great-grandchildren of Jimmie Rodgers on stage at noon, after our president sang a tribute song to Jimmie, was an added thrill for me.”

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facultynews

“Women in Texas Music,” the second book by Dr. Kathleen Hudson, professor of English, was

published in September by the University of Texas Press. Dr. Hudson signed copies of her book at the October Texas Coffeehouse series she co-sponsors at Schreiner.

Mary MacWithey, assistant professor in the School of Professional Studies and assistant director of William Logan Library,

volunteers as a webmaster for the Hill Country Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and the Fredericksburg Genealogy Society. She designed a new Web site for HCSPCA this summer.

New associate professor of English Dr. David Mulry is featured in

a documentary on Radio Netherlands about Joseph Conrad’s “Secret Agent,” the first English novel about terrorism. To hear the documentary, go to www.radionetherlands.nl/ artsandculture /070911ac for the downloadable MP3 file.

onlinegiving Supporting Schreiner University is easier than ever now. Please visit our Online Giving Web site at www.schreiner.edu/giving/, where you can make a secure gift—one that will benefit Schreiner students for years to come—in a matter of seconds. If you have questions, contact Phyllis Whittington, director of development, pjwhittington@ schreiner.edu or call 830-792-7208.

Jay McCormack Jay McCormack, a part-time business professor at Schreiner University, was one of the hundreds of volunteers who poured into Gulf Coast communities in the days after Hurricane Katrina hit in 2005.

But he didn’t go alone. He took a 20-foot-long cooker and as much food as he could gather. McCormack said his parents lived in Pascagoula, Miss., while he was in college. Pascagoula was badly damaged by Katrina.

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“I have a friend who loaned me a cooker,” McCormack said, “and I can cook. Of course, before this, I’d never cooked for more than 30 people at a time.”

McCormack drove into Covington, La., where Trinity Church was serving as “the

Faculty Spotlight point church for all the Gulf Coast denominations,” and started cooking at 4 a.m. on a Sunday. Before the day was finished, he had cooked and served more than 300 meals.

“From that point on, I cooked breakfast and dinner for volunteer workers for 14 days,” he said. “It came to more than 3,000 meals overall.”

He was in good cooking company, too. The head chef for Outback Steakhouse was also cooking about 1,000 meals a day, and passing meat and other ingredients along to McCormack.

When McCormack had to head back home for a family event, he got caught up in the evacuation of the Houston area due to Hurricane Rita.

He didn’t rest on his laurels when he finally got home, either.

Instead of returning to Covington, he picked up an old friend with whom he had grown up in Orange, Texas, which was in Rita’s path. They headed to Orange and “we chain sawed people out for seven days.”

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Kristi Click ’09 Executive Parliamentarian Psychology/Religion Dallas Plans after graduation: “Attend Austin Seminary for a dual degree: master’s of divinity and social work.”

Kassaundra Lee Barlow (Kassie) ’07 Vice-President BioChemistry Harlingen Plans after graduation: “I was recently accepted to the University of Houston College of Optometry to pursue a career as an optometrist.”

very spring at Schreiner, there’s an election for the Student Senate officers for the next academic year.

During that time, you’ll see posters all over campus picturing the candidates. When all the campaigning and voting dies down, just what does the Senate do?

Quite a lot, as it turns out.

The Senate is made up of the executive officers, four class officers from each class year, one representative from each of the recognized student organizations, two commuters, two residential representatives (one for freshman residents and one for upperclassmen) and a Greystone representative. The Senate elects two faculty advisors. This year’s advisors 8 Fall 2007 SCENE

are Dr. Robert Holloway, associate professor of chemistry, and Dr. William Woods, professor of English and communication.

“Our main goal is to help keep communication lines open between the administration and students,” said Heather Lee, this year’s Senate president. Lee is a senior majoring in exercise science with teacher certification. In addition to the Senate, she is involved in Women’s Bible Study, Baptist Student Ministry, dance team and the University Choir. She plans to attend seminary and work toward a master’s in divinity after she graduates.

Kassie Barlow is Senate vice president. She will graduate in December with a major in biochemistry and is planning to become an optometrist.

Among her many other campus activities are the volleyball team, Greek and University honor societies and Delta Phi Epsilon sorority.

Barlow agreed that keeping communication going is the Senate’s primary function. “Our goals are to listen to students and to put into action their concerns, things they want changed on campus,” she said. “We try to involve the faculty, too, and to find a happy medium.”

Schreiner senior and Senate treasurer Dustin Hill is majoring in biology; he wants to work in wildlife biology and eventually teach. Among his other activities, Hill is president of Phi Delta Theta fraternity, president of the Greek Council, peer coordinator for orientation, classroom peer

Dustin Hill ’08 Executive Treasurer Biology Spring Plans after graduation: “I would eventually like to go to graduate school and obtain a master’s in either wildlife biology or marine biology. Later on, I would like to teach high school biology.”

Roxie Harper ’08 Executive Secretary Psychology Bulverde Plans after graduation: “Graduate school at University of Houston to get my Master of Education in counseling, then I’ll get my licensed professional counselor certification and open my own practice.”

advisor and manages the intramural department in Campus Recreation.

He describes the Senate purpose this way: “Since I’ve been involved in the Student Senate, the main purpose is to listen to student concerns and try to find a reasonable solution.”

Hill gave the example of the bridge between Pecan Grove and the main campus. “The boards were warping and female students were getting their heels caught in it and falling.” The Senate went to Fred Gamble, Schreiner’s vice president for administration and finance, and within two weeks the problem was fixed.

Gamble and the senate also worked together on the blue-lined parking spaces in the lot between Hoon Hall and the Elaine B. Griffin Welcome

Center. Those spaces are reserved for residents of Pecan Grove and The Oaks complexes.

“Some residents have a full day of classes and are going on and off campus for jobs and internships,” Hill said. “They need parking closer to the main part of campus to make it to classes on time.”

Student senate members are one of the main communication conduits among the various groups that make up the Schreiner community.

And they are proactive about it, going to residences to ask students what they would like to see changed and encouraging faculty to voice their concerns as well.

All three Student Senate executives interviewed for this article agreed

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Heather Lee ’08 President Exercise Science with Teacher Certification Boerne Plans after graduation: “attend seminary and pursue a Master of Divinity.”

that the Senate this year is committed to extending communication to include taking faculty concerns to the students.

“Most of the faculty don’t know what the Senate does on campus,” Barlow said. “They can come to the meetings and ask us to help out.” Hill agreed: “The faculty can use the Senate to communicate with the students.”

The Senate also provides student representatives for administrative committees such as faculty search and selection, academic affairs and student affairs, and executive officers represent students at University events and board of trustees functions.

In short, they help direct a lively campus conversation that is a large part of why Schreiner is such a great place. www.schreiner.edu Fall 2007 9

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ne of the ways in which Schreiner University makes “Learning by Heart” more than just a catchy slogan is by helping students make the real world part of the classroom.

A prime example of this is the spring 2007 trip to Germany and Poland to visit sites associated with the Holocaust, lead by Schreiner German instructor and librarian Sara Schmidt.

One of the students on the trip, Teresa Rodriguez, put it this way: “This trip was more than just a class.

It was stepping out of our everyday lives and into history. No one should have to go through what the victims of the Holocaust went through.”

Last spring, Schmidt also taught courses in the aesthetic experience of Germany and the cultural implications of the Holocaust.

She worked for several years at the National Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. after earning her MLS degree at the University of Maryland.

“I have an interest in genocide research,” Schmidt said, “but honestly, with all my other duties, I don’t get a chance to pursue it as much as I’d like. Most of my research and experience lies with the Holocaust. I talk to classes about what is going on in Darfur (in western Sudan). You can’t stop something if no one knows about it.”

The trip, which included Schreiner students, staff and local citizens, was an outgrowth of that interest and her classes. They visited cities in both countries—and several Holocaust sites, including the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum in Poland.

“I remember Auschwitz particularly,” Schreiner student Meaghan Goodson said. “It’s the one you hear the most about. When you see those gates, you know where you are. The atmosphere —you can tell you’re in a place where a lot of people died.”

One Schreiner student, Donna Golden, whose maternal grandparents left Poland in the 1940s, got a particular shock.

“When I walked in,” she said, “I saw a display of a pile of suitcases and there was a suitcase with my mother’s maiden name on it.” Golden has been researching her family history and now has another place to start tracing her ancestors.

Schmidt’s Holocaust class had the option of “digital storytelling” for their final grades. Eight students read a memoir and gave a digital presentation to the class. Goodson and Rodriguez told the story of a Polish girl who was eight years old when the Holocaust swept up her and her family. It is based on the true story of Nechama Tec, told in her book, “Dry Tears: A Story of a Lost Childhood.”

Although the Holocaust sites made the strongest impression, “I try not to make a ‘trip of sorrow’ out of it,” Schmidt said. “The trip is about 40 percent regular sightseeing and 60 percent Holocaust.”

Martha York, director of Schreiner’s Center for Innovative Learning, agreed. “The journey was an excellent balance between the horror of the death camps and the thrill of being in countries never visited before. We were able to see firsthand what Germany and Poland have become in the aftermath of World War II and the Holocaust, while also visiting the past.” continued on page 12

Opposite page: Auschwitz 1, photo by Trent Smith, SU junior.

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— T eresa Rodriguez SU sophomore

“I loved the castles,” said Golden. “They were my favorite. I’d love to go back on a castle tour.”

She also liked the “graffiti art” in Berlin.

“Sara had us getting up pretty early and there was a lot of walking, so we didn’t have time to feel homesick,” she said. This was Golden’s first trip to Europe.

When Goodson was in the eighth grade, she accompanied her grandfather, a WW II veteran with the 82nd Airborne, to Europe for the 55th anniversary of the war. Both Goodson and Rodriguez said they would like to spend more time in Krakow, Poland.

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spring 2009. “It will be pretty much the same,” she said, “although I am thinking about adding a day so we can fly to DC and see The Holocaust Museum. I talk about the museum a lot in my lectures and this year they were disappointed they hadn’t seen it.

“We say ‘never again’ and ‘never forget’ with regards to the Holocaust, but many don’t really know why,” Schmidt said. “This gives them a chance to better understand how it happened, to see where it happened, to stand where others died.

The students leave, feeling those words in their hearts. I hope they will share their experiences and help others understand why we must never forget.”

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Opposite page, top: In front of a remnant of the Warsaw Ghetto wall. Man on the left is Mieczyslaw Jedruszczak, known as the “guard of the wall.” “Shortly after we arrived at the wall remnant, he came out of his flat, bringing his guest book and an eagerness to visit with us about our trip.

In 1950 he discovered that a wall in his apartment courtyard was one of the last surviving traces of the Warsaw Ghetto wall.

He dedicated his life to protecting the wall during Communist times, and drawing attention to it after the fall of the Soviet Union,” said Sara Schmidt. Visitors have included thousands of tourists and the president of Israel.

Opposite page, bottom: Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe, Berlin. Finally completed in 2004, located one block from the Brandenburg Gate in the heart of Berlin. Photo by Trent Smith, SU junior.

This page, top: Platform for Track 17, where Jews were shipped to death camps located in the east. The decaying platform was restored in 1998. Photo by Kristen Ebner, SU freshman.

This page, bottom: The Deportation Memorial at Grunewald Train Station, Berlin. Ghostly silhouettes of Jews that passed through Grunewald. Photo by Trent Smith, SU junior.

Sara Schmidt

Faculty Spotlight

Like many in the Schreiner community, Sara Schmidt wears more than one hat. She’s reference and special collections librarian at Schreiner’s William Logan Library, where she also serves as library archivist or “preservationist.” Plus, every other year she teaches German.

She is also the faculty sponsor for the Allied Advance Program, a support network for gay, lesbian and bisexual students. In the spring 2007 semester, she taught a course on the aesthetic experience of Germany and one on the cultural implications of the Holocaust. Then she took a group of students and staff to Germany and Poland to visit Holocaust sites. “I became interested in the Holocaust when I was young after reading ‘Night’ (Elie Wiesel’s book about the Nazi death camps) and ‘The Diary of Anne Frank.’” said Schmidt. “At Texas Tech, I took some classes from really great professors in the history of the Nazi regime and Holocaust literature.

Then when I had the opportunity of an internship in Washington, D.C., I chose The Holocaust Museum, where I was the first library intern.”

Schmidt, who is from the Texas panhandle town of Canadian, got her undergraduate degree at Texas Tech and received her master’s of library science from the University of Maryland. She worked for The Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C., from 2001 to 2003, first as an intern and then as a librarian.

She took her first trip to Germany

while she was an undergraduate.

“The German department at Texas Tech was wonderful,” Schmidt said. “A trip to Germany was part of sophomore German, and I loved it so much I ended up double majoring in German and history.”

She has been back to Germany five times since that class trip. In planning for the Schreiner trip, she visited Berlin for the first time since 1998. “The changes were a shock,” she said. “The area around Potsdamer Platz was in the middle of a drastic renovation the last time I went, and the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe was just an idea back in 1997 and 1998.”

Among her other responsibilities at Logan Library, she handles preserving Schreiner pictures and papers. She also works with the papers and photographs that make up the Sam Lanham Digital Library of Texas Hill Country History at http://digital.library.schreiner.edu/ sldl. Lanham recently donated 187 Civil War pamphlets, which Schmidt is “cleaning, scanning, cataloging and making available online” in both text and graphic formats.

“The digital library is a unique and special collection,” she said. “I take care of the material we are entrusted with in order to make sure it is preserved.”

As for her teaching duties: “My German class has a waiting list,” she said. And there’s another Holocaust class and trip to Germany in the works. www.schreiner.edu Fall 2007 13

Freshman ‘‘

Music is the way that I relate to other people as well as to God.

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— D rew harrison SU freshman

I wake up, shower, grab some breakfast then head to class.

I’m a member of Schreiner Choir and play piano.

Here I’m hanging out in my dorm room, playing games, chatting on Facebook, e-mailing, surfing the Net (favorite site: BibleGateway.com), reading (a lot!).

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My schedule consists of Spanish, math, history, choir, IDST (freshman seminar)— that’s full time, 12 hours.

I stop by the bookstore to buy some supplies for class.

Off to the Lion’s Den for a snack—chicken sandwich and a Sprite.

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chreiner University freshman Drew Joseph Harrison is from Bulverde, Texas, where he graduated high school with a class of 10—nine girls and Drew. When he was 19 months old, his dad took him along on a motorcycle ride and a teenaged driver broadsided them.

Drew was in a coma and had to stay in the hospital for three weeks. He went through weeks of therapy to relearn how to walk, talk and “even crawl—everything all over again.”

His favorite class at Schreiner is Dr. Jeannette Cockroft’s history class. “I like Dr. Cockcroft because she is a great teacher in that she challenges us; she believes in her students and she sets high standards,” he said.

His hobbies are reading (favorite books: “Wicked,” “Tale of Two

Cities,” Harry Potter series), swimming, video games (favorite: Zelda), playing piano and watching movies (two favorites: “Lord of the Rings” and “Pay It Forward”).

Drew is majoring in religion and plans on being a missionary after graduation.

“I think God has called me to be a missionary,” Drew said. “I am very passionate about God and the Bible, plus I am a good people person.”

mountaineertalk Current students interested in submitting a first-person essay, artwork, photography or poetry for consideration, please visit www.schreiner.edu/scene/students or call 830-792-7405.

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e see the results all over campus of the generosity of Schreiner University

donors. Have you ever wondered

what is involved in transforming a generous donation into something such as a new resource room for Schreiner’s William Logan Library?

Verne ’38 and Lavon Philips of Austin recently gave Schreiner funds designated for setting up a curriculum room in Logan Library. Candice Scott, director of library and information technology services explained that a curriculum room or curriculum library is a way to keep teaching and learning resources all in one spot.

“We talked to the education faculty about whether something like this would be useful,” she said. The faculty thought it was a great idea. “We’ll modify it to suit their needs as we go along,” Scott said. “It’s a work in progress.”

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education have a curriculum room— according to Scott. However, she added, “seldom do libraries this size or even medium size pull out a separate education collection.”

The room has been named the MILL Room, for Multimedia & Instruction Learning Lab, and houses computers, sample textbooks, education-related journals and other resources.

“Schreiner’s undergraduate and graduate education programs are blessed to have a curriculum room for our students’ usage,” said Carole Errett, director of Schreiner’s teacher education program. “Students may now avail themselves early in their course work of specific curriculum guides for their teaching areas and computer use for teacher portfolios and other multi media projects. The MILL will definitely enhance the education program at Schreiner.”

Verne Philips said that he had worked in the Schreiner library for a semester when he was a student here.

“We have good feelings for Schreiner,” he said. “My wife had gone as a child to Camp Waldemar.

Before she even knew me, she knew about Schreiner.”

Philips said that their gift for the MILL Room “followed our other library gifts.” One earlier donation went to produce the library’s ScarlePhilips Room, named in honor of Verne Philips’ parents. Scarle is Philips’ mother’s maiden name.

“The things we see as educational, we see as very important,” he said.

“That’s what motivated us to look to Schreiner.”

“Schreiner was founded because of a private gift, has weathered difficult times in the past because of generous donors and is experiencing a period of unprecedented growth and

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improvement in its academic programs because people like the Philips are generous and believe in our students and the education we provide,” Mark Tuschak, Schreiner vice president for advancement and public affairs, said.

So how did we get from the Philips’ generosity to a new resource room?

Tuschak outlined the basic process.

• There is an opportunity or a need identified at Schreiner.

• A potential donor is told about the need or opportunity and is asked to support what Schreiner is doing.

• The donation arrives at the Office of Advancement & Public Affairs in the Alumni House.

• Susan Carver, administrative assistant for Advancement Services, log in the date, amount and purpose of the donation.

Some donations, like that for the MILL room, are earmarked by

the donor for a specific project; some for scholarships or other projects and others to be used where most needed.

• Missy Wilton, software support for Advancement Services, then enters the information into the computer and database.

• Jean Holekamp, administrative assistant for Advancement & Public Affairs, sends an acknowledgement letter and receipt to the donor within 48 hours.

• A report of all donations is circulated among advancement staff.

Any staff member who knows a donor personally has the opportunity to send a thank you.

• The check and transmittal forms go to Schreiner’s business office.

In this case, money becomes available to Scott for the library.

• Scott orders furniture, computers, other supplies and puts in a

work request for a window to be put in one wall, looking out into the library.

The MILL Room is up and running now, with sample textbooks, education-related journals and some teacher supplies in support of the K-12 curriculum. There also are three computers, as well as a screen and LCD projector.

“We’re anticipating other students using the room, too, for a presentation practice space,” Scott said.

“Thanks to the gift, we’ve ordered computer furniture, application software and shelving. It will also help with remodeling the space.”

“It is only because of donors like the Philips and many others that Schreiner exists,” Tuschak said. “They have helped Schreiner become a fine university that will meet the college needs for students in our region and the state for years to come.” www.schreiner.edu Fall 2007 17

mountaineersports

Back in the Swing of Things Plenty of people in the Texas Hill Country got in some golf over their summer vacations, but Schreiner’s own golf coach Anna Acker-Macosko took her game to a whole other level. She qualified for the 2007 U.S. Women’s Open at Pine Needles Lodge and Golf Club in Southern Pines, N.C. Her eighth Open appearance was her first tournament since her retirement from the professional tour two years ago.

“My main goal was just to make it there because I hadn’t played competitively in two years,” she said.

“The Open is the best of the best.

I was just glad to get through all the qualifying.”

Acker-Macosko now co-coaches men’s and women’s golf at Schreiner with her husband Ron Macosko, Schreiner’s athletic director, and is the teaching pro at Comanche Trace in Kerrville. The Macoskos reside in Kerrville with their son, Ben. Acker-Macosko played on the boy’s team at Columbus High School in Marshfield, Wis., “from the boy’s

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tees and I was conference champion,” she said with a grin. She attended the University of South Florida in Tampa on a golf scholarship, where she made Division I All-American her senior year. Acker-Macosko turned pro in 1991.

Sometimes, though, the weather can spoil the chances of even the best athlete—and the weather at this year’s Open was decidedly unfriendly.

“We got three days of practice rounds to map out the course conditions,” Acker-Macosko explained.

“We didn’t have much rain but there was a lot of lightning.”

The first day of play, the full field of 156 players is split into two waves for the practice rounds.

“The morning wave got in a full 18 holes,” she said. “I was in the afternoon wave.” Two full rounds of golf took her wave three days.

“I played one hole and then had a four-hour break. Then I went out around 6:30 or 7 p.m. and played eight holes before sunset,” she said.

“We finished the first 18 holes the next morning, got in another 12 holes, then got the lightning again, and that was that.” For a look at Acker-Macosko’s Open diary, go to http://athletics.schreiner.edu/MGolf/ default.htm.

“Needless to say, about 80 percent of the people in my wave didn’t make the cut.”

The cut for the final field is the lowest 60 scores or all scores within 10 strokes of the lead.

“I didn’t play as well as I wanted to, but it was a heck of a lot of fun,” she said. “I talked Ron into to caddying for me for old times’ sake.”

She fired her caddy on the last hole, however. “My brother was there and I wanted him to caddy one hole at the U.S. Open.”

She’s thinking of going for the Open again in 2008. One bonus to getting to the 2007 Open is that next year she will get an exemption for the first round of qualifying.

“I’m working a lot on my short game,” she said.

mountaineersports Mountaineer

Men’s Soccer

Back row (left to right): Assistant coach Justin Hibbert, Derek Brosky, Shane McKain, Ryan Ross, Stewart Fossett, Juan Bonilla, Drew Schulle, Michael Flynn, Dean Ellis, Stephen Gonzalez, Krisjon Phillips, Brad Baker, Saul Ek, Head Coach Paul Hayes.

Front row (left to right): Jeremy Leoni, Kenny Benson, Roberto Garcia, Julio Rodriguez, Kevin Abernethy, Travis Curd, Abe Garcia, Jeff Winton, Kevin Kainer, Tino Albarran, Jesse Reynolds, Juan Munoz, Conner Veteto, Jeremy Reinhard, Zach Williams.

Head Coach Paul Hayes and his 2007 squad were predicted to finish second in the conference in a preseason poll, with junior goalkeeper Nick Morrison named as Defensive Preseason Player of the Year. The Mountaineers have added 14 new players to their roster and are still trying to fine-tune their game, resulting in a 2-3-1 overall record and a 1-2-1 conference standing.

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Women’s Soccer

Back row (left to right): Roxie Harper, Kelsey Olvera, Kaitlin Moore, Alcie Rivera, Stephanie Crane, Danielle Schaefer, Danni Gomez, Alex Avila and Shae Cardenas.

Front row (left to right): Natalie White, Ashley Westervelt, Kathryn Fondon, Alyssa Fordyce, Brittany Vega, Michele Alcala, Julie Goodhew, Kellye Nation Front two: Kari Kriegel and Jenn Gamez.

This year’s SU women’s soccer team can be described as one of talent and youth; over half the team’s roster are freshmen, but they bring with them talent to add to a fundamentally solid returning core led by only one senior. The team shows continued improvement and greater intensity with each match played and the current record of 2-3-1, 1-3-1 should see more wins by the end of the ’07 season.

mountaineernews For schedules and more athletic news, visit:

http://athletics.schreiner.edu.

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Some of Schreiner’s student athletes show their Mountaineer spirit with Monty the SU mascot. Athletics at Schreiner is a great source of fun and pride for the entire campus community. Nothing gets the campus more excited than the Mountaineers heading into action.

Men’s Basketball Schedule

Women’s Basketball Schedule

Nov. 17 Nov. 1 Nov. 9 Nov. 17 Nov. 24 Nov. 26 Nov. 30 Dec. 3 Dec. 13 Dec. 15 Jan. 3 Jan. 5 Jan. 10 Jan. 12 Jan. 13 Jan. 17 Jan. 19 Jan. 24 Jan. 26 Jan. 31 Feb. 2 Feb. 7 Feb. 9 Feb. 12 Feb. 14 Feb. 16 Feb. 21 Feb. 23

Nov. 24 Dec. 1 Dec. 3 Dec. 13 Dec. 15 Dec. 17 Dec. 19 Dec. 21 Jan. 3 Jan. 5 Jan. 7 Jan. 10 Jan. 12 Jan. 17 Jan. 19 Jan. 24 Jan. 26 Jan. 31 Feb. 2 Feb. 7 Feb. 9 Feb. 14 Feb. 16 Feb. 21 Feb. 23

Southwestern (Scrimmage) SWTJC (Scrimmage) Palo Alto St. Mary’s UT-Dallas UT- Arlington Incarnate Word UT-Tyler Texas Lutheran University of the Ozarks Louisiana College Mississippi College East Texas Baptist LeTourneau Robert Morris (IL) Sul Ross State Howard Payne McMurry Hardin-Simmons Mary-Hardin Baylor Concordia Mary-Hardin Baylor Concordia Texas Lutheran McMurry Hardin-Simmons Sul Ross State Howard Payne

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HOME 7 p.m.

HOME 6 p.m.

HOME 7 p.m.

San Antonio 7 p.m.

HOME 3 p.m.

Arlington 7 p.m.

San Antonio 7 p.m.

HOME 7:30 p.m.

Seguin 7:30 p.m.

Clarksville, Ark. 3 p.m.

HOME 7:30 p.m.

HOME 3 p.m.

Marshall 7:30 p.m.

Longview 3 p.m.

Dallas 2 p.m.

Alpine 7:30 p.m.

Brownwood 3 p.m.

HOME 7:30 p.m.

HOME 3 p.m.

HOME 7:30 p.m.

Austin 3 p.m.

Belton 7:30 p.m.

HOME 3 p.m.

HOME 7:30 p.m.

Abilene 7:30 p.m.

Abilene 3 p.m.

HOME 7:30 p.m.

HOME 3 p.m.

UT-Dallas HOME 1 p.m.

UTPA Edinburg 2 p.m.

UT-Tyler HOME 5:30 p.m.

Texas Lutheran Seguin 5 p.m.

University of the Ozarks Clarksville, Ark. 1 p.m.

Southwestern Georgetown 3 p.m.

Hoops N Surf Classic Honolulu vs Finlandia TBA Hoops N Surf Classic Honolulu vs Briar Cliff TBA Louisiana College HOME 5:30 p.m.

Mississippi College HOME 1 p.m.

Texas Lutheran Seguin 5:30 p.m.

East Texas Baptist Marshall 5:30 p.m.

LeTourneau Longview 1 p.m.

Sul Ross State Alpine 5:30 p.m.

Howard Payne Brownwood 1 p.m.

McMurry HOME 5:30 p.m.

Hardin-Simmons HOME 1 p.m.

Mary-Hardin Baylor HOME 5:30 p.m.

Concordia Austin 1 p.m.

Mary-Hardin Baylor Belton 5:30 p.m.

Concordia HOME 1 p.m.

McMurry Abilene 5:30 p.m.

Hardin-Simmons Abilene 1 p.m.

Sul Ross State HOME 1 p.m.

Howard Payne HOME 1 p.m.

mountaineersports Mountaineer

Volleyball

Front row: Lindsay Rutkowski, Brittany Alvillar and Holly Howard. Middle row: Malorie Westerholm, Kaycee Westberry, Misty Fletcher, Julie Peddy and Marissa Stearns.

Back row: Xandria White, Caitlin Gayle and Tiffany Miller.

Schreiner’s volleyball team was picked to finish third in a preseason poll by American Southwest Conference West Division coaches and sports information directors this season. Through 12 matches in 2007, the Mountaineers are off to their best start in six years with an overall record of 5-7, and a 2-4 conference record. Head Coach John Wyatt Greenlee is optimistic about post season possibilities as a solid core of returning players was joined by a strong recruiting class for the ’07 campaign.

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Cross Country

From left to right: Lazaro Alvarez, Michael Maia, Matt Tomasello, Lupe Garza and Coach Rodney Holland

From left to right: Andrea Roach, Coach Rodney Holland and Cynthia Valadez.

Schreiner’s men’s cross country team has shown improvement in its first two races. The team had a rough outing at the UT-Tyler Invitational to open the season, but all five runners showed significant improvement in the second event, the State Division III Championships in Abilene. Freshman Michael Maia has been the team’s top finisher in each race.

The women’s cross country team has been showing steady improvement as well this season.

Andrea Roach ran her best time of the year (31:34) on the toughest course in Dallas. Cynthia Valadez was the top finisher for SU at the highly competitive Texas Lutheran University Invitational with a time of 31:24. A total of 18 teams participated in the meet, four of which were Division 1 schools.

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K

“

eep Everlastingly at It,” is the Trull family’s motto.

When Robert Bruce Trull and his siblings were growing up on the Texas Gulf Coast in the first part of the 20th century, times were tough and work was hard.

But Florence and Bruce Trull taught their five children the power of perseverance and, little by little, the family’s work ethic and optimism created stability and well being.

When Bob Trull became a Schreiner trustee in 1977, times were tough again, at least for Kerrville’s junior college. Schreiner did not have enough students to ensure its future, nor enough endowment income to supplement insufficient operating revenue. However, Schreiner had a history of succeeding in the face of adversity, bolstered by a hard-working faculty and courageous administration. In addition, it had a student body who loved Schreiner’s essence of caring and commitment to helping young people reach their potential.

Looking back at the blessings, one

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can also count a visionary and loyal governing board and a city that believed in Schreiner’s future.

“Keep everlastingly at it!” reminded Bob Trull when running a small college became especially challenging.

“We can do it!” he would say without fanfare but with obvious personal conviction. “Schreiner is important, and if we have faith and courage, Schreiner will overcome its obstacles and thrive.”

While Trull’s business interests centered in the Coastal Bend, his love for the outdoors inspired him to buy a ranch in West Kerr County, and later a small home. He enjoyed many a hunting expedition and golf round with Schreiner’s president emeritus, Andy Edington. When he also became a close personal friend and advisor to Sam Junkin, Schreiner’s third president, Trull started visiting campus several times a month. A lifelong pilot, Bob became a Hill Country “regular,” flying his Piper Saratoga up from Palacios, his hometown.

When the board of trustees voted in June 1981 to become a baccalaureate college, Bob was an enthusiastic proponent. When Schreiner began master planning for a larger community and expanded services, the devout Presbyterian was among the first leaders to pledge support for campus and program expansion.

Now, five years after his death, those who knew Bob Trull can look in any direction on campus and remember his generous commitments: to Edington Center, Logan Library, the Trull Residence Center, the Trull Annex to the Moody Science Building and to many programs. His gifts for debt retirement and the endowment helped Schreiner reach a new level of stability. Preferring to stay in the background, Bob did not want his names on buildings. After long discussion, he was convinced only when school officials explained that his witness could inspire others to “go and do likewise.” He wanted everyone who had the means to help Schreiner, and he unabashedly asked others to join him as donors.

In 1994, Schreiner bestowed on Bob Trull the first honorary degree it ever awarded, the Doctor of Humane Letters. Many family and friends came to honor him, all of whom were warned not to call him “Dr. Trull.”

He was a charter member of the Schreiner Oaks Society and received an Honorary Life Membership in the Schreiner Former Students Association. As he walked across campus or ate in the cafeteria, students would call him by name.

The Schreiner community learned a lot from this unassuming, quiet man. Although he could have afforded something more fancy, Bob enjoyed driving Fords, which he unfailingly donated to Schreiner when he bought a new one every few years. His favorite lunch was a can of Campbell’s Chunky Soup at home— no tips or tax! He liked wearing free ball caps that advertised Schreiner or a local feed store. In fact, he was

makingconnections known to be a walking Schreiner advertisement by just “happening” to wear his Schreiner cap anywhere he thought it would attract recognition for the college.

Bob honored his Depression upbringing by looking for bargains and re-using possessions as long as possible. For instance, he carried a pocket calendar several years out of date because the leather was too good to throw away. Each calendar page was totally covered in notations, but he always seemed to know which were current-year memos.

He was also a good role model for exercise and nutrition. He walked faithfully every morning and made sure he ate a banana each day to keep up his potassium level. He never smoked and had a one-beer-a-day limit. Bob was especially proud of his membership in the “UFOs”—the United Flying Octogenarians.

Having a heart for kids who faced emergencies, Bob established a fund to provide urgent funding when Schreiner students confronted unforeseen financial hardship. Bob himself had waited tables to help pay for his college education in the 1930s. When asked once why he was so generous, he quietly answered, “I guess I am hoping I leave the world a little better than I found it.”

Bob Trull has a son, a daughter, five grandchildren and many extended family members who remember him as a big-hearted man who loved his community, his family, his church, and many important ministries that help to make the world a better place.

His generous legacy to others will live long after his lifetime.

And the biggest of all of these gifts was his steady encouragement to “keep everlastingly at it!”

Please see the adjacent column for information about the unique planned gift Bob Trull created to help Schreiner construct a new dormitory.

Charitable Lead Trusts As Schreiner added juniors

amazing results. Believing that a

and seniors in the early 1980s,

mature college needed a tangible

planners knew more dormitory

way to attract top students, the late

space would be essential. Wanting

Bill Dozier and his wife, Eleanor,

to help in a major way, Bob Trull

created a charitable lead trust for

used a charitable lead trust as a

the Honors Program. For five years,

unique and wonderful gift plan that

the income from this trust provided

would make the dorm a reality.

all of the start-up funding for this

In a CLT, a donor transfers assets

important academic initiative.

temporarily for the use of charity

Houstonians Browne and Ann

for a number of years. At the end

Rice, now deceased, created a CLT

of the trust’s term, the assets

to provide yearly funding for student

return to the donor (a grantor lead

sponsorships—now called Schreiner

trust) or to the donor’s heirs (a

Scholars. For as long as this loving

non-grantor or family lead trust).

trustee family lived, their lead trust

Trull’s charitable lead annuity

gave significant income for annual

trust had magnificent results. Bob

financial aid. Visionary planners,

placed several million dollars in

the Rices also created a charitable

trust to distribute all income to

remainder trust, which transferred

Schreiner for 10 years. With this

an endowment to Schreiner at

legal document in place, Schreiner

their deaths, guaranteeing that

officials were able to borrow funds

income to their favorite project

to construct a new dormitory. The

would continue forever.

trust benefited from excellent

Lead trusts that revert to donors

management and a high rate of

carry with them an income tax

return—far surpassing original

deduction the year the gift is

projections. Annual payments

established. Family lead trusts

retired the dormitory note in eight

provide an upfront gift tax deduction,

years and then produced two

effectively “freezing” the gift tax

more years of income with which

on an inheritance that might grow

to establish an endowment for the

considerably over the trust’s term.

Robert B. Trull Residence Center.

If you would to like to learn

At the end of the 10 years,

more about the numerous benefits

trustee Trull received the value of

these gift plans have in charitable

his original assets once again. He

planning and estate preservation,

was fond of calling this scheduled

please contact us. Call Karen

return his “ship coming in.”

Davis Kilgore, Planned Giving

Schreiner has enjoyed two other

Advisor, at 830-896-1787 or e-mail

charitable lead trusts, also with

her at kkilgore@texxa.net. www.schreiner.edu Fall 2007 23

Schreiner grad forging a path in theater

S

ince long before Noel Coward wrote “Don’t Put Your Daughter on the Stage, Mrs. Worthington,” parents and teachers have warned aspiring theater practitioners to expect starvation and worse.

Still and all, some people do it anyway and can eventually even give up their day jobs and pursue show business as both a career and a vocation.

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Schreiner University graduate Justin Cooper ’99 seems very likely to be one of the lucky ones. Since leaving Schreiner, he has not only co-written the 2006 CMT Music Awards show, his one-act play “Wood” was nominated for a New York Innovative Theatre Award for outstanding original short script. The NYIT awards are given to recognize outstanding achievement in off-off-

formerstudents

Broadway theater. In 2001, his script “Ingram” placed in the top 20 of several thousand entries in the Final Draft International Big Break Contest.

And let’s not forget to mention that producers are interested in his TV pilot “Hospice.”

Although “Wood” did not win the NYIT, it was one of six nominees out of hundreds of off-off-Broadway plays produced. In this case, being

experience,” Cooper said. “I dabbled in acting in high school, dazzling dozens with my ability to recite lines with something approaching human emotion. But it wasn’t until I came to Schreiner and met Isaac Byrne that I finally had ‘the perfect storm’ of initiative, talent, drive and opportunity— and we took advantage of it to the best of our abilities. With Schreiner College (and, yeah, we old codgers went there before it was Schreiner University), I had a drama department that was receptive to the plays I’d written, and the acting, lighting and publicity talents that converged in that department.”

While at Schreiner, Cooper wrote and acted in “Guys-A Dialogue” and “Good Clean Fun.” He wrote, acted in and directed “The Journal of Kenneth Larsen.” He wrote (and drew) a comic strip, “Striving for Mediocrity,” for The Mountaineer student newspaper for two years, as well as a film review column for the paper. He published “prolifically” in The Muse, another Schreiner publication, and designed the journal’s cover in 1996 and 1997.

“There is no doubt in my mind that my positive experience at Schreiner broadened my mind to the types of writing I could flourish and excel with and has led me to a playnominated really is an honor. wright’s career, in which I am begin Schreiner classmate Isaac Byrne ’99, ning to feel a touch of success,” said produced “Wood” in New York.

Cooper. “Could this have happened Byrne’s production company, Workfor me without these experiences, the ing Man’s Clothes, produced three success I took from my time at shows nominated for an NYIT Schreiner? Sure, maybe; who can say? award—Cooper’s and two shows But I’m glad I don’t have to find out Byrne directed. because I enjoyed those times beyond “Theater, like any of life’s endeavors, measure, and I deeply respect how is a learning tool with every experivaluable it was for a young writer ence informing every future finding his voice.” www.schreiner.edu Fall 2007 25

are many an d d 1932 at Schrein er an 1 193 of s rie mo me My re difficult g the Depression we rin du ars ye e Th . varied ts. for all of our pa ren defra ying be given a means of to te na rtu fo s wa I rking in the by milking cows, wo er ein hr Sc at es ns expe dormitories enan ce work on the int ma d an ld fie t ea wh ville, Texas. home was in Flores My er. mm su e th g durin kn ew Mrs. oresville newspa per Fl e th of r ito ed e Th pa per. As a ner of the Kerrville ow en th e th , ter gh Slau place was hip with “Big Jim,” a ds en fri r he of t ul res brother. made for me an d my es of ponsible for all phas res re Three of us we some ” ter af ing ok as well as “lo e the dairy opera tion tim m fro d ere were slaught 30 to 40 hogs that to time. ng herd 60 cows in the milki re we ere th ly, ral ne Ge . ng at 4 am an d 4 pm which required milki r to see he ot ch d games on ea ye pla we es tim me So ult y of the more diffic if we could miss an term at my of d t until the en milkings. It was no led. tal ins re we La val milkers Schrein er that the It ll. ha ing din e utilized in th All of the milk was re we ns tio era that dairy op is my un derstan ding suspen ded in 193 7. an d was cold, hot dirty Though the work ssed ble en be g self as ha vin tiring I consider my ve ha to d an experience to ha ve had such an re en ds whom [sic] we fri od made so many go cial problems. likewise ha ving finan the Schrein er I lived at at During my time . At ere th ill er if it is st “milk shack”- I wond n fu t no s show er wa the time the outdoor at times.

’32 William H. Johnson

were: “Milk Shack” in 1932 Those living at the a, Rex Bauerlein, Medin Jake Gaitz, tt, ke oc Cr , as AJ Thom , Houston, Manson Still [S tell?] illiam Johnson, Edwa rd Johnson, W ockett Ben Sa tterwhite, Cr

The back c er of the spring brought bacov 20 graduating hik a flood of memories. 0A7 “Scene” g h sc ho ol age of 16, in 1940 at fter then Schreinmy uncle, who was a friethe tender made arran er president (“Big Jim” nd of the ents for me D aney), I reportedgem to attend el fo r Schreiner. w or k in the sum and worked of 1940 helping put that summer on the mcer That fall up hay and other jobs ollege farm, to the collewhen school started, .I at what wasge dairy and continued was assigned my sidence called the “M where the st ilk Shack.” re ud en t That is s w ho worked lived. The the dairy residence. milk shack was near Deaat n Martin’s Some of t he ot her guys were from Comfort Tom W rmun (his mom was Turk Edwards d the school ah ’ 4 1 dietician), and Arthur from the Pre S t ri c sb Duderstadt ’ yterian Home in Itas kland (both 35 from San ca) something from Antonio, a ,C Jim I lifford be li ev with him at e Concan (I went home turkey hunt. Thanksgiving and we w ent on a Turk and I us ed to slip out go to the af off limits – “Big Drive I nn,” which ter “Taps” and was stri ly t ha t is, until the enrolled as owner’s daugct hter The scenes a day student. and must be pictured in Scene are pictured are circa ’20s or ’30s. Thvery primitive, Brown Sw . Holstein and what appee cattle ar I think the the ’40s iss herd that swto be w as al l e had Jerse barn with ectric DeL avys and we had a modernin best as I el al milkin later), the remember (and this is sogm machines. As m il were responsibl k was sold to a cre e 66 years We worke e for all the clean amery. We p chores.

Williams, whod for a gentleman nam-u ed w Walter as t he farm superi was a real named “Man” nice guy. His right-hanndtendent, who dude ranch Carson and Man took man was me over to a 1941. One ofdance at Bandera in t he t summer of he de fining moment lives was on getting reade Sunday. We were sitst in our young blared out y to go to the barn ing around by the Japanthat Pearl Harbor had and our radio were never tese on December 7, 194been attacked 1. Our lives he same after that.

Sam Harris ’42

W

e had quite a response to our request in the spring ’07 SCENE magazine for information about Schreiner University’s dairy barn, now long gone from the campus landscape. Dairy work was a scholarship job and despite the hard work put in by the cadets who bunked in the Milk Shack, they seem to have fond memories of their studies at Schreiner and are grateful for the opportunity to have been educated here. Here are some of the milking memories from the 1930s and ’40s.

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fromthearchives In reply to your question on the back cover of the I am sending you some spring ’07 issue of SC of my thoughts while “re ENE magazine, membering Schreiner’s Da The first cow probably iry.” showed up soon after Dr. cow was probably sent Delaney opened the scho to the auction barn durin ol; the last g Dr. Edington’s tenure—e One of the unique sc arly into it. holarships offered by Sc hre in connection with its dai iner Institute in the ’30 s and ’40s was ry and farm. The “dairy sc with expenses paid for holarship” offered a yea room, board, tuition, fee r of education s and supplies.

Inasmuch as the nation was in the grip of the De pression, such a scholar virtual gold mine. The up side was that Schreiner ship was a would provide work for the downside was that your education; a dairy never shuts dow n—not for weekends, not for summer vacation. Th for holidays, not e pay was close to standa I arrived at Schreine rd, 25 to 30 cents an ho r the first week of June ur.

194 in the early ’30s and tw o younger ones would fo 0 (two older brothers had attended SI llow me). I left Schreine my AA degree, along wit r in June 1942 with h a private pilot’s licens sponsored Civilian Pilot e obtained through the sc Training program. Two yea ho ol’s governmentrs of college was “paid Schreiner’s dairy herd, a in full.” mixture of Holstein and Jersey, numbered betwe modern milk barn had a en 30 and 25 cows. The concrete floor, was equ ipped with stalls and sta cows and, at the heart nchions for about 30 of things, were four De Laval Electric Milkers.

Each morning at 5:30 and each evening at 4:30, four the milking. Preparatory cadets headed for the mil to milking was the distri k barn to do bution of feed to the 30 the cows. While the ma stalls and washing down chines did the major tas k, a few cows were mil to speed along the whole ked by hand op at the attachment of the eration. Also, some of the younger cows took of machines and were not bashful about kicking, eit fense machine or the one attach her the ing it. In those cases, kicking chains were fasten the hind legs in an effort ed to to control the behavior.

Most times it worked!

When milking was comp let ed, the ma ch ine s were disassembled and the barn floor cleaned and scrubbed, the cows were herded ou back mountain. Then the t to pastures toward the milk was transported by pickup truck in five- and gallon dairy cans to a co 10oling station just outsi de the kitchen area of Sc Hall. During the summer, hreiner the milk was taken to one probably American Pure of the creameries in Ker Milk. rville,

A breed unto themselves, the dai ry scholarship cadets live wood-framed house cal d in a small led “The Milk Shack,” wit h a sign out front, no les located near the shop are s, and a of the campus. The ma in room, approximately 15’x was “winterized” with a sm 15’, all wood-burning porch accommodated thr ee double-deck bunks and stove. A small screened-in sleeping awnings to keep out the came equipped with can cold. The back gallery had vas roll-up requisite cold water. In a washbasin, toilet and shower, all with the severe cold weather, the hot showers at Schreine were a treat. r Hall

In addition to the dairy co ws , the school farm also herd of hogs and, natura had workhorses, a large lly, the expected number of new calves each year. the summers, scholarsh During ip students worked the horses at various jobs, baled hay and stacked it cut and in the barn. Hogs and cal ves were constantly ins and, if needed, treated fo pected r screwworms. Year-rou nd, garbage was hauled fro m the school kitchen plus sev Kerrville, including The Blu eral restaurants in ebonnet Hotel, Manhatt an Café and Pampell’s. This remembers was distributed among the sev era l pig ir pens, the pig population the being at least 75 ys, brothers,hreiner,” to 100. bo in nk u J c se S f “tho o r a During my time at Schre s registr iner (’40-’42), the father wa sh the cows. “T hose boy following students lived it at s ll w the Milk Shack on a g c in re work dairy scholarship .” He who ha rd working

ll, Jr. ’43 Ted Ca mpbe

were orking student “worked w rd a h r e th a no a m iron a nd set up a stroeugh college pressing his way th e ha d to have our uniforms. W ssed before going to up uniforms preSunday we would line a d town a nd right down the railro h.” a nd ma rch the Presbyteria n churc tracks to

• J.K (Turk) Edwa rd Itasca (was also s,

on the football squa d 1938-40; left scho ol in fall of ’40)

• Tom Wahrmund, Comfort • Bob Wahrmund, Comfort

• Sam Harris, Wac • Clifford Meyer, o Concan/Sabinal • Arthur Strickla nd, Itasca • Johnny Dudersta dt San Antonio (did , work in the dairy not )

J. Arthur Strickland ’42

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class notes 1930s Frank R. Dickey ’37 attended Schreiner Institute in 1936 and 1937 and wrote, “I have fond memories of my days there. I went on to study engineering at the University of Texas and to earn a Ph.D. in physics from Harvard University. During World War II, I was stationed in Virginia, where I met and married Amy Read. After the war, I worked for the General Electric Company in central New York and retired there. This is a recent picture of Amy and me. A bluebonnet picture hangs in our living room as a reminder of Texas.”

Norman Hoffman ’37 is proud to announce that his 15th great-grandchild was born the week of July 4 in Corsicana, Texas. His name is Charles Judson and they plan to call him Charlie. Norman has 14 grandchildren.

William H. Johnson ’32 writes, “Upon graduation my good fortune 28 Fall 2007 SCENE

continued in that I was able to obtain ‘half-time’ employment at the Railroad Commission of Texas to defray expenses while attending the University of Texas from which I received a BBA degree. Except for four years of service during World War II, my business life has been in Dallas with Haskins & Sells CPA and Lone Star Steel Company from which I retired in 1976. Since retirement, I have remained active at my ranch in East Texas, but my wife and I reside in Dallas.”

1940s Sam Harris ’42 writes, “After Schreiner, I got to be a 2nd Lieutenant and platoon commander in Company B whose CO was, I believe, Tom Ball Jr. ’42. After 1942, I went straight to Air Force cadets, but washed out and did a tour with the 8th AF as a radio operator on a B-17. After separation from the Air Force, I graduated Texas A&M in 1955 and still bleed maroon and white. The only former classmate I hear from anymore is Arthur Strickland ’42 who is retired and lives over in the Marble Falls area.”

1950s William (Bill) Collenback ’51 and his wife Loyce (nee Brown) celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary in June on a six-day family trip to Riviera Maya Resort south of Playa del Carmen, Mexico.

They were accompanied by their children and families—as well as eight of their 11 grandchildren. Bill and Loyce were married June 23, 1957, at the First Christian Church in Tyler, TX. Don Adams ’57 writes to say, “Schreiner made a better person of me. Thank you.”

Tom Thornhill ’57 writes, “Thank you for the opportunity to tell you what has been going on in my life.

Schreiner was the big reason I was able to accomplish what I did with my life and profession. After my two years at Schreiner, I was able to continue my education and football career at the University of Georgia. I graduated in 1960 and was hired to teach and coach with the

classnotes Houston Independent School District.

After a long and distinguished career, I finally retired for good in 1998. I am married to CC and we have four sons and one daughter, four grandkids. We now live in Sun City, Texas, a retirement community, enjoying life and getting old together. Schreiner gave me the opportunity to get a higher education and be able to work in a profession I thoroughly enjoyed. Schreiner gave me the opportunity to go to school without the pressure of being poor. Everyone dressed in uniforms, could not have a car and had to stay on campus, and the professors would not let us fail. Thank you again for the opportunity to thank all those who were teachers and staff at Schreiner from 1955 to 1957.”

Tom Koger ’58 and his wife Nancy have lived in Big Spring for 31 years. He continues to be involved in his family ranching operations and serves as Commissioned Lay Pastor to the First Presbyterian Church in Coahoma. He’s currently moderator of Tres Rios Presbytery. The Kogers have three children: Shannon ’81, Shawn Currie and Phillip.

Tom Robb ’58 got a BBA from Texas Tech University in 1961, and served in the U.S. Army 1961 to 1963. He worked at Ford Motor Company from 1963 to 1977, and was owner of Creative Fabrics 1977 to 2007. He has been married to Patsy Reece Robb for 47 years. He writes that he is now “attempting to work less, play more golf and turn the business over to my sons.”

1960s Philip Terrell ’60 has come back to the Hill Country. “During high school, I worked at MO-Ranch during

the summers of 1957 and 1958. I almost felt like a Kerr County native, having made many friends in the church and community. After graduating from Bellaire High School in 1958, I decided to attend Schreiner Institute in Kerrville. There, I found a great learning environment with dedicated administration and staff. After Schreiner, I attended the University of Texas. In 1962, I married Jeanne Graves and we raised a family of three wonderful children in both Houston and Corpus Christi. My career was in information systems, developing both business and technical computer systems in the oil and gas industry for 38 years. In 2001, Jeanne and I retired and we decided to move from Houston to the Texas Hill Country. We attend Recall at Schreiner University regularly and always enjoy it. In Dripping Springs, we explore the countryside and are active in the church, charitable organizations and community affairs.”

Greg Noyes ’69 sent in an update on both himself and his brother Michael Noyes ’69. He and his brother both reside in California where Michael is a deputy district attorney. “Michael graduated from the University of California at Berkeley and went on to get a law degree from Santa Clara University. He has been working as a deputy district attorney for the Los Angeles County for more than 25 years, and he has seven kids. Charles Sanford ’69 made a business trip out here last fall and we had a chance to visit with him. I have also been in contact with Stephen Leffingwell ’70, and Paul Nibecker. Michael and I grew up in Guadalajara, Mexico, with Stephen and Paul. We would travel together up to the border in a second-class bus and take the Greyhound bus from Laredo to Kerrville

via San Antonio. It was quite a trip, as we were all of 16 years old at the time. Another highlight of our years at Schreiner was playing on the football team, although, during the three years that we played we only won one game. My first year on the team we had 13 players and I was the assistant manager. After the first game, the coach told me to suit up and get out there and play.

Little did he know that I grew up in Mexico and only played soccer— American football was new game for me. So I probably did not add much to the team efforts. I had an opportunity two years ago to visit the Schreiner campus and I was very pleased to see all the new buildings and at the same time was saddened to find out that the military school only lasted several more years after I graduated.”

1970s James R. Price ’76 was a student at Schreiner from 1970 to 1976. His first year was the last year of the military program and he completed high school and junior college here.

“After leaving Schreiner, I spent six years in the Navy as a medic with the Marines and as a physical/occupational therapy technician. I met my wife Tammy at the Long Beach Naval Hospital. Tammy was enlisted for 20 years and was one of the first women Navy deep sea divers.”

They have two children. Price earned a bachelor’s degree in occupational education from Wayland Baptist University, a master’s degree from Central Michigan University and a master’s from National University in San Diego. James currently lives in Boerne and works as a senior risk consultant for Travelers Insurance.

1980s Harriet Frances Shubert Saunders ’82 is a retired registered nurse working part-time at Sid Peterson www.schreiner.edu Fall 2007 29

classnotes Memorial Hospital. She has a daughter, a son and five grandchildren.

Tami (Fullenwider) Stafford ’87 visited Schreiner University in the fall 2007 for the first time in seven years and was amazed at all the changes.

Tami has two children and is married to Jeff Stafford. The Staffords live in Ocala, Florida. She works as a pharmacy tech at Walgreen’s and also assists her husband in their full-time business of vacation rentals in Maggie Valley, North Carolina.

Darryl Weidenfeller ’88 writes, “There have been some changes in the past few months. After about 20 years in the banking industry, I began a new career in April in the insurance industry in Fredericksburg at Frantzen Kaderli and Klier Insurance Agency.”

Shelbie Shed, daughter of Sheldon Shed ’86 and Bunkie Fletcher Shed ’88, attended the Amateur Softball Association Nationals this summer in Garland, Texas. Shelbie plays for the SA Hitt girls fastpitch softball club in San Antonio. Their team placed fourth at Nationals. The Sheds told us, “Nationals are moved each year and this year it was in Garland. These events are a lot of fun and next year’s event will be held in Alabama.

Funny thing, their pitching coach played for Schreiner and her name is Kellie Bielke ’05.” The Shed’s daughter also has her eye on Schreiner.

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vacationed this summer with the Hollands (Rodney Holland ’05, and JV baseball coach for SU) and Shane and Tracy (Edmunds) Sykes, both from the class of 1994. “We had a great time in Port Aransas,” said Janda Castillo.

Manda (Lopez) Klein ’92 sent along a photo of her son John with husband Todd on Father’s Day. “We are now living in Lubbock and Todd has recently been elected to the city council. I am still working with young children through a grant from the state Legislature. We are thrilled to be parents and John is by far the best thing that has ever happened to us.”

Eddie Davis ’93 writes, “Hi there, fellow Mountaineers. I am living and working in Honolulu as an armored guard. I took the Maui Police exam on July 7, 2007. I decided to move to Hawaii because, come on, it’s Hawaii. Second reason is because racism hardly exists here. Living in paradise is unique and very different from Texas, or as Hawaiians would say, ‘the mainland.’” That’s what’s happening in my world. Aloha.”

Julie (Haglund) Fiedler ’97 writes to say, “Scott and I are doing great.

Scott works for Windstream Communications and I am teaching third grade at Harper Elementary. I graduated from the Master of Education program in December 2006. We are currently building a home on Scott’s family ranch.”

Neal and Courtney (Bitsy Fletcher ) Shane ’97, welcomed Elle Alexandra Shane

Feb. 10, 2007, in Fredericksburg.

Alicanne Bracken ’95 is Elle’s godmother.

Shirley Gerlich Dosset ’98 is having an exciting year. “My daughter, Mikayla and I began our first day of school this year. She began as a kindergarten student and I began as a teacher. After putting my dream job on hold for nine years, I am so excited to finally reach this goal!”

Noel (Putnam) Eddy ’98 and her husband Ryan are living in Kerrville and celebrating the birth of their first child, Madelyn Maive, on Easter Sunday 2007.

“Ryan started his own business, Turning Leaf Tree Service, and I have now returned to work at the Kerr County Tax Assessor’s office. We are doing exceptionally well and enjoying being parents to our little blessing!”

Susan Hamilton ’98 just finished a master’s degree in social work, and writes, “I now have three beautiful girls Tania, Kaylee and Isabell, ages 5, 3 and 1. I really miss all the friends I made at Schreiner. Please e-mail me at sue82074@yahoo.com.

I am presently looking for a new job so I can move closer to San Antonio to be near my dad, and am hoping to make it to next year’s Recall. God bless everyone.”

Shawn (Bourgeois) Oglesby ’98 has been married for 2½ years and lives in Sugar Hill, Georgia, north of Atlanta. “We welcomed the birth of our daughter Ava Michelle Oglesby on September 5, 2006. She weighed 7 lbs., one oz. and was 22 inches long.”

Cameron M. Beckham ’99 is currently working as a police officer for the City of Garrett, Texas, in Ellis County. “If you don’t know where that is, look for the cities of Ennis

classnotes and Palmer on a map. We are located in between those two cities. My second daughter was born March 7, 2007. Her name is Katelyn Patricia.

My other daughter, Kaley Estelle, is 20 months old. My wife, daughters and I live in Lancaster, Texas.”

Brittany (Manal) Malone ’99 and her husband Michael welcomed their first child, Mackenzie Leigh Malone into the world on June 6. Brittany is a stay-at-home mom and is launching her side business of “Babylicious Couture,” specializing in custom diaper cakes and other gifts (www.babyliciouscouture. com) She and her husband live in Frisco, a suburb of Dallas, with their daughter and three dogs.

Addison Renee Payne was born on June 27, 2007, to Ryan and Amy (Ford) Payne ’99.

Amy and Ryan live in Frisco, where Amy is a branch manager with AIG Personal Lines Division and Ryan works for USA Pipeline.

Justin Cooper ’99 has some fantastic news to share. “In March and April 2007 my short play, ‘Wood,’ opened off-off-Broadway for a month’s worth of shows in Manhattan and Brooklyn, receiving rave reviews in the papers and from online critics.” Miracle of miracles, my script for ‘Wood’ was nominated for a New York Innovative Theatre Award for Outstanding Short Play Script. The NYIT Awards are the offoff-Broadway equivalent of the Tonys, and have considerable prestige in the New York theatre community. Of the hundreds, or even THOUSANDS, of plays to open off-off-Broadway

every year, mine was one of six short scripts nominated for this amazing, overwhelming recognition.” See story on page 24.

Kyle Smith ’99 and wife Jennifer welcomed their first son, Liam, on June 9, 2007, in Brooklyn, NY. Kyle teaches in the Brooklyn school system and Jennifer is an attorney.

2000s Todd Bailey ’00 and his business partner John Niedecken own and manage Real Living Homes and Land, a franchise of Real Living Inc., in Austin. The company serves Williamson, Travis, Hays, Burnet, Blanco, Bastrop, Caldwell, Lee, Milam, Bexar, Kendall, Comal, Guadalupe, Wilson, Atascosa, Medina and Bandera counties. Niedecken attended Schreiner for two years.

Courtney (Bowers) DeHoyos ’00 writes, “We welcomed our second child, Addison Paige DeHoyos, on New Year’s Eve 2005.

She weighed 5 lbs., 12 oz. and was 19.5 inches long. She joins big sister Delanie. We moved to Chicago from Minneapolis due to my husband’s job transfer. Although we love living in Chicago, we hope to eventually make it back to Texas some day!”

Iran Dimas ’00 currently resides in Amarillo and works as a reference assistant at the North Branch of the Amarillo Public Library. “I am engaged to Kevin Kimberling of Amarillo.”

Lisa Burrow ’01 moved to Austin after living in Kerrville for nine years and working with Ingram Middle School in Ingram for six. She will be teaching sixth grade language arts at Gus Garcia Middle School in Austin.

“I will miss Kerrville and Ingram Middle School, but I am very happy to meet another of life’s adventures!”

Randee Petersen ’01 writes, “Some of you I have not spoken to in days, weeks or years—but I have often thought of you. Here is my little update and I hope that if you have the chance, you will drop me a line to let me know how you are doing as well. In June I completed my oneyear professional internship in career services at University of Tennessee, Knoxville. My parents and I loaded all my belongings into my car and a Penske truck and moved them to St. Joseph, Minn., where I will be the residence director of Aurora Hall at College of Saint Benedict. Yes—I am moving back to ‘the dorms.’”

Kerry Clark ’03 writes, “I have been teaching for the past four years in Austin, and recently moved to Plano to work as a special education teacher and be closer to my boyfriend JR Douglas, who attended Schreiner in 2002.”

Jane Drane ’03 is celebrating twin grandchildren. “My son and daughter-inlaw are now the parents of twins. Brooklyn and Cooper were born July 26. Everyone is doing well.” The twins’ parents, David ’97 and Laura (Wakeley) Drane ’97, graduated from Schreiner’s nursing program.

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classnotes first child, Curtis Lee Meek.

Lorrain still works for KPMG international accounting firm as a third-year senior associate.

Heather (Kelly) Willson ’03 married Jamie Willson on June 10, 2006.

The Willsons moved to Burleson, Texas, where they are building a house. Heather teaches high school advanced placement psychology and world history.

Diane (Delery) Earhart ’04 says, “My husband and I celebrated the birth of our second child on March 19, 2007. His name is Jack Charles Earhart and he was welcomed by his big sister Harleigh and big brother Fred. Thanks for all the alumni updates. You guys are really great!”

Scott Ivy ’04 is beginning his second year of teaching U.S. history at a college prep school in Irving.

David Peeples ’04 graduated from The University of Texas at San Antonio with a master’s degree in history in May 2007, and is hoping to teach this fall.

Brad Golden ’05 has been with K’STAR Youth and Family Services (www.kstar.org) since September 2005 as the Child Abuse Prevention Specialist responsible for 14 counties surrounding Kerrville. He writes, “I have kept very close to Schreiner as I still have a very strong love for the University and what it stands for.

I have used resources through the technical writing class to assist me in outreach material and was able to work with the Schreiner Senate in 32 Fall 2007 SCENE

April 2007 to put on Youth Empowerment Day, where we were able to bring a motivational speaker for youth in for 350 kids and staff. The Senate volunteered along with many others from the community to make this event happen. It was the largest event my organization has ever done for kids–all done with the help of Schreiner and on the Schreiner campus. My wife is currently finishing up her freshman year at Schreiner working on her degree in graphic design; my middle daughter will be a sophomore in the fall. I am currently enrolled in the Master of Education program. We are TRULY a ‘Schreiner Proud’ family.”

Kenneth Bethune ’05 moved back from the East Coast this summer and just started his first year at Oklahoma City University School of Law. He writes, “I’m volunteering as a volleyball coach at the Casady School with my very rare free time.”

Jessica A. Rodriguez-Alonso ’05 and her family have relocated to Laredo and she is currently teaching second grade with the Diocese of Laredo.

“My son Mathew is now 27 months old and we are planning for baby #2.

We have been very blessed.”

Gillian (Friedel) Amaro ’06 married Ray Amaro ’05, on June 30, 2007, in Round Rock.

“We are now living in San Marcos. I am going to graduate school for my master’s degree in professional counseling and working at Texas State University, and Ray is working for Enterprise Rent-A-Car in New Braunfels.

Henry Cadena ’06 has moved to San Antonio and works at Bromley Communications, the country’s biggest Hispanic advertising agency. “We are a full-service agency and

I work in the account planning and research department as an account coordinator. We study Hispanic consumer behavior and create ideas for advertisements. Our clients include Procter and Gamble, Nestle, Payless Shoes, Burger King, Coors and General Mills.”

Kristen Morton ’06 was accepted to University of North Texas Health Science Center’s physician assistant program for the class of 2010. She is now living in Ft. Worth and started the program this fall.

Stefani Binnicker ’07 is working for the City of Kerrville in the water treatment lab. She writes, “I am also enrolled at University of Phoenix, getting my master’s degree in criminal justice. It will take me about 1½ years to complete my master’s.

I have three children and they are doing wonderfully. I hope to see you all at Recall ’08!”

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classnotes In Memoriam Former students Mr. H.M. Arbuckle ’45, Houston Mr. Tom H. Ball Jr. ’42, August 15, 2007, Houston

Attention all Schreiner former students and alumni, the Schreiner

Mrs. Juanita R. Maples ’83, September 2, 2007, Harper

Mr. A.G. Barnard ’43, Hobbs, N.M.

Mr. Ivan McDougal ’47, January 1, 2000, San Antonio

Mr. William W. Blackburn Jr. ’40, April 17, 2007, Richmond

Mr. George H. Meason III ’63, September 17, 2007, Houston

Mr. George Blackwood Jr. ’45, Bellaire

Ms. Louise H. Morriss, October 17, 2007, Dallas

Mr. Frank Bliss Jr. ’49, January 1, 2007, Benbrook

Mr. Joseph O’Fiel ’48, Beaumont

Mr. Louis Bruce ’67, 2004, Burleson Mr. Harlan I. Burnett ’37, October 2005, Mission Mr. Derek A. Casillas ’93, 2004, Del Rio

Dr. Claire Randall ’48, September 9, 2007, Sun City, Ariz.

Mr. William Randolph ’38, Bandera Mr. Rush H. Record ’36, May 29, 2007, Houston Mr. Robert R. Rector ’66, June 2, 2007, Kerrville

Former Students Association is

Mr. J.D. Center ’48, July 1, 2007, San Antonio

holding a contest to increase our

Mr. John G. Cinadr ’46, Moulton

Mr. John C. Roberts ’36, June 10, 2007, Austin

Mr. William T. Cobb ’91, June 25, 2006, Mobile, Ala.

Mr. William D. Stockton ’37, July 5, 2007, Menard

Mr. Don Coker ’47, Houston

Mr. Robert A. Taylor ’68, May 22, 2007, Center Point

e-mail database. All you have to do is send us your current e-mail address and you will be entered in a drawing to win a 2007 Apple

Mr. Bertram E. Coleman Jr. ’47, July 15, 2007, La Feria

I-Pod Nano. We will collect e-mails

Mrs. Melba L. Crate ’34, June 4, 2007, Ingram

Ms. Brett L. Reed, San Antonio

Mr. Richard F. Thompson ’56, July 15, 2007, Kerrville

Mr. Emmett Danford ’42, Eldorado

Dr. Morris Treadwell ’51, May 14, 2007, Austin

Mr. Eugene Goodwin ’38, May 12, 2007, Mission

Mr. Donald M. Woollett ’40, June 2007, San Antonio

e-mail address and you might be

Mrs. Mary M. Graham ’40, April 29, 2007, Kerrville

Ms. Catherine E. Wynhoff ’89, April 1, 2007, Grasonville, Md.

the lucky winner. Send all e-mail

Mr. Owen Graham Jr. ’62, July 14, 2007, Kerrville

Schreiner Oaks

Mr. C.D. Guin ’64, September 16, 2007, Boerne

Mrs. Marjorie Ashley, June 22, 2007, Kerrville

Mr. Donald H. Henderson ’98, October 15, 2007, Kerrville

Mrs. Kathleen Cailloux June 16, 2007, Kerrville

Mr. Robert M. Hines Jr. ’91, Kerrville

Mrs. Daisy M. Morris May 2, 2007, Longview

through next April and draw the winner during Recall weekend April 11-13. So send us your

information to Susan Carver at scarver@schreiner.edu.

saveatree We are committed to keeping you informed about Schreiner’s people and programs while being a good steward of the university’s resources. To that end, we ask that you help by sending us your e-mail address so that we may spend less on paper, printing and postage.

Please indicate whether you would like to receive SCENE or Inside Schreiner online. Just e-mail scene@schreiner.edu. Thank you.

Mr. Gary Huddleston ’69, 1997, Houston Mr. Harry L. Jones ’32, October 22, 2005, Houston

Mrs. Mary F. Sherlock, May 10, 2007, Kerrville

Mr. Byron M. Kelley ’97, 2006, Kingwood

Former trustees

Mr. Gregory J. Krauter ’70, October 10, 2007, Comfort

Mr. Paul D. Meek, June 15, 2007, Fredericksburg

Mrs. Sandra L. Le Meilleur ’76, October 1, 2006, Kerrville

Rev. Dr. Robert P. Douglass, July 24, 2007, Kerrville

Mr. Jesse Lee Jr. ’36, May 28, 2007, Houston

Mr. Joe H. Foy, September 17, 2007, Kerrville

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events calendar November 2007

February 2008

12 Monday Night Fiction

11 Monday Night Fiction

7 p.m., Scarle Phillips Room, William Logan Library, Schreiner University.

“The Greatest Slump of All Time,”

by David Carkeet.

15 Speak Truth to Power p.m., Cailloux Theater, Schreiner 7 University Campus. “Sicko,” Michael Moore’s documentary about U.S. health care.

26 Robert P. Hallman Chautauqua Lecture Series

7 p.m.; Cailloux Theatre, Schreiner University campus. “Teaching Your Baby Math—and Why You Should,”

by Dr. Mary Seay.

7 p.m., Scarle Phillips Room, Logan Library, Schreiner University. “Grand Opening,” by Jon Hassler.

25 Robert P. Hallman Chautauqua Lecture Series

7 p.m.; Cailloux Theatre, Schreiner University campus.

“A Layman’s Look at the Hubble Telescope,” by Dr. William Sliva.

March 2008 6 Texas Water Symposium 7 p.m., Cailloux Campus Activity Center. “Policy, Planning and Politics: Where Do We Go from Here?”

Co-sponsored by Schreiner University, Texas Tech University and Texas Public Radio.

10 Monday Night Fiction

January 2008 24 Texas Water Symposium 7 p.m., Texas Tech University, Junction.

“Conservation: Taking Action for Your Children’s Children.” Co-sponsored

by Schreiner University, Texas Tech University and Texas Public Radio.

28 Robert P. Hallman Chautauqua Lecture Series

7 p.m.; Cailloux Theatre, Schreiner University campus. “The Tao of Teaching,” by Dr. Jude Gallik.

7 p.m., Scarle Phillips Room, Logan Library, Schreiner University. “A Confederacy of Dunces,” by John Kennedy Toole.

31 Robert P. Hallman Chautauqua Lecture Series

7 p.m.; Cailloux Theatre, Schreiner University campus. “Why I Care About Turtles: Does It Matter If One Endangered Species Goes Extinct?”

Dr. Diana Comuzzie.

April 2008 14 Monday Night Fiction 7 p.m., Scarle Phillips Room, Logan Library, Schreiner University. “Atonement,” by Ian McEwan.

formoreinfo Visit www.schreiner.edu/calendar. Unless otherwise stated, all events are free and open to the public.

For more information, call Amy Armstrong at 830-792-7405.

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Schreiner’s Star Parties are the brainchild of Dr. William Sliva, and over the years they have proven to be a popular event for stargazers of all ages.

Dr. Sliva received a Schreiner University Creative Teaching Award for the Star Party program.

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