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A NEW HOME FOR THE VISUAL ARTS Artists move from the basement of Presser Hall into the new Baugh Center for the Visual Arts

PLUS: Momentum nursing challenge grant met | The Blue House Posse | Homecoming 2012 recap

B I G P I C T U R E | ‘Sader Belle Ricole Lowe perfoms during the halftime show at Homecoming in October.

For more pictures from this year’s Homecoming, please see page 20.

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5| C A M P US L I F E Momentum campaign secures full funding for the new nursing education center, Christian recording artist Michael Gungor visits campus, and more

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Two former Cru football players make their mark in the NFL, Cummins Field House is dedicated, and more

13| P H I L A N T H R O P Y Dedication ceremony for Baugh Center for the Visual Arts honors philanthropists Eula Mae and John Baugh.

22| A LU M N I L I F E Check out what’s happening in the lives of alumni and their families— plus profiles on Charles Jenkins ’08, Tanya Taylor ’02, and John ’70 and Shirley Stephenson ’70.

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F E A T U R E S I N TO T H E L I G H T |12 The state-of-the-art new Baugh Center for the Visual Arts opened this fall, inspiring creativity and interest in the arts.

T H E B LU E H O US E L EG AC Y |16 The brotherhood resulting from of a group of men who lived in a house on the edge of campus in the late 1990s inspired a tradition that influences student life to this day.

T H E R E’ S N O P L AC E L I K E H O M ECO M I N G | 20 Alumni return to campus October 19-20 for a weekend of family-friendly events and catching up with old friends.

O N T H E COV E R | Senior studio art major Maddie Phillip paints in her own studio space in the new Baugh Center for the Visual Arts.

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Funding secured for nursing center In December, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor officials announced that the university has successfully met the terms of two challenge grants, securing the $20 million needed for construction of the Isabelle Rutherford Meyer Nursing Education Center. With the awarding of the two multi-million-dollar grants, the new facility will be debt free when it opens its doors for classes in January.

Challenge grants issued by two different donors last fall provided the impetus needed to raise the funds for the project in one year’s time. In October, the J.E. and L.E. Mabee Foundation of Tulsa, Okla., offered a $2 million grant if the university could raise the remaining balance needed for the project from alumni, foundations, and other friends of the university. A second donor, who asked to remain anonymous, stepped forward soon thereafter, offering a leadership-level gift of an undisclosed amount if the school could secure all funds for the project by the end of 2012 and complete the facility without exceeding its original budget of $20 million.

First among the numerous gifts which enabled the university to fund the project was a lead gift of $5 million from Mrs. Jane Meyer of the Paul and Jane Meyer Family Foundation in Waco. Faculty and staff members were also enthusiastic in their support, with pledges and gifts totaling $607,060 for the nursing center and other new facilities called for in the Campus Master Plan.

“When we accepted the challenges issued by the Mabee Foundation and our anonymous benefactor, we were not certain we could meet their terms in such a short time frame,” said Dr. Randy O’Rear, UMHB president. “But as we began telling people about our wonderful nursing program and how the shortage of well-trained nurses affects all of us, our alumni and friends stepped forward in unprecedented numbers to help us fund this new center. Through their generosity, we have been able to create a state-of-the-art training facility with the laboratories and classrooms needed for our nursing program to continue to flourish and grow.”

The three-story Isabelle Rutherford Meyer Nursing Education Center offers 76,100 square feet in clinical laboratories, practice exam rooms, classrooms, faculty offices, and support spaces for the UMHB nursing program. The center includes a hospital simulation area with the latest in high-tech care devices so students can prepare to utilize cutting-edge technology in a variety of situations, such as an emergency room, a critical care unit, and labor and delivery. The facility will be ready for the start of classes in January, and a dedication ceremony will officially open the center to the public on Feb. 8, 2013.

Construction crews put the finishing touches on the Isabelle Rutherford Meyer Nursing Education Center, including installing stained glass windows in the building’s chapel.

“When we first began this project, we never dreamed that we could complete construction of it debt free in such a short span of time. We believe that, by stressing Christian values as well as the highest professional standards, we are producing the finest nurses to be found anywhere. And this strong show of support tells me that many others recognize the effectiveness of this approach and want to be a part of it.”

— DR. SHARON SOUTER, Scott and White College of Nursing dean

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A ROU N D CAMPUS Assistant Provost Dr. Tammi Cooper was named interim dean of the College of Business in June. Cooper holds a Ph.D. in Organization and Management and, prior to becoming assistant provost in 2010, she was a full-time faculty member in the College of Business and the assistant dean of the Student Learning and Success program.

Nicholas Jones was promoted to assistant director of admissions in August. In his new role, he will supervise the department’s support staff, coordinate campus visit schedules, and manage the application and recruiting systems. He will also serve as a key leader for campus preview events. Jones graduated from UMHB in 2007 with a degree in finance and economics. He joined UMHB in February 2008 as an admissions counselor, then was promoted to admissions and electronic communications counselor in August 2009.

Nicholas and his wife, Jennifer, live in Belton with their daughter, Kate.

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Missions Emphasis Week 2012 NUMBER OF MISSIONARIES WHO PARTICIPATED IN THIS Y E AR’S MISSIONS EMPHA SIS WEEK , WHICH WA S HELD OC T. 22-26 ON THE UMHB C AMPUS. REPRESENTING MORE THAN

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BR AZIL, CHINA, GER MANY, SPAIN, ASIA, ROMANIA, DOMINICAN R EPUBLIC, UK R AINE, K AZAK HSTAN, MILAWI, HAITI, UGANDA

I see. I hear. I come. I send.

THE THEME OF MISSIONS EMPHASIS WEEK 2012, BASED ON EXODUS 3:7-10.

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38 YEARS: NUMBER OF YEARS CHARLES AND VIVIAN STONER SERVED IN BRAZIL (THE LONGEST APPOINTMENT AMONG THE MISSIONARY TEAMS THIS YEAR).

C3: Conversations about Christianity + Culture is a new series designed to bring influential Christian thinkers and artists to campus and engage in meaningful dialogue with them about how their ideas and artistry reflects their faith and responds to culture. The first official event was held Friday, Nov. 9, featuring Michael Gungor, the frontman of the Christian recording group Gungor. After a short performance, Gungor answered questions about how he responds to doubts and challenges to his faith. Future C3 guests include painter Makoto Fujimura, writer Donald Miller, filmmaker Steve Taylor, and musician Shara Worden.

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C3: Christian artist Gungor on campus

Children’s Special Needs Conference inspires families B Y N I C O L E J O H N S O N ’13 Parents of children with special needs received helpful tips and had the opportunity to network with other parents at the Children’s Special Needs Network’s annual conference, held Oct. 13 on the UMHB campus.

The conference welcomed approximately 200 parents, caregivers, teachers, and people in the community. Classes ranged from how to navigate through the school system to accessing service when a special needs child becomes an adult.

As the parents participated in classes, the children spent quality time with UMHB students. Before helping with the conference, about 70 students participated in the training necessary to prepare them to care for children with special needs. Assistant Professor of Education and conference coordinator Dr. Kris Ward said the experience benefited students majoring in many different disciplines.

“Our education majors had hands-on experience with the kids, while nursing students had opportunities to care for people with special needs.

The students learned that people with special needs are not that different from others in our community. You experience people with unique abilities and disabilities everywhere you go,” Ward said.

The children were entertained with face painting, arts and crafts, sports, a Home Depot workshop, and other engaging activities.

Ward was humbled by the stories she heard about how the conference brought people together. She recalled one family with two blind parents and a child with multiple disabilities. The family, who had just moved to Killeen from out of state, had spent nearly a month trying to coordinate a way to get to the conference. A stranger volunteered his time to bring the family to campus, and a student offered to guide the parents around campus while another student took care of their child.

“That’s what the conference is all about—serving families,” Ward said. “Whatever their needs are, we’re going to do everything we can to meet those needs. That is true community.”

Jared McClure was named simulation lab technology coordinator in the College of Nursing in August. He began his career at UMHB in May 2009 as Media Support Technologist. He earned his undergraduate degree from UMHB in 2008, and his M.Ed from UMHB in 2011. Jared and his wife, Jessa, live in Belton with their children, Ady and Asa. David Plumlee was named media support technologist in August.

David will manage the audio/visual equipment for all UMHB venues, including classrooms. David and his wife, Amie, live in Killeen.

Larry Reeves was named director of event services/facility operations (SUB/Stadium) in October. Reeves has worked at UMHB since 1982, serving as director of area development, director of student activities and, most recently, director of the Mayborn Center and event services.

Stephen Morton was promoted to director of the Mayborn Campus Center in October.

Morton had served as manager and assistant director of Mayborn Campus Center since August 2009. Stephen graduated from UMHB in 2006 and holds a master’s degree in Exercise and Sport Science. Stephen and his wife, Kelly, live in Temple with their son Cason.

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Quoted “We really want to talk in pretty broad terms about the two candidates, laying out some of their points of view, where there are similarities and differences. There’s so much very heated rhetoric, and sometimes it’s not all factual, so we thought we’d help to detangle and really have a conversation.”

— D R . JA N E T A DA M S K I , referring to a political lecture and election watch party she and Dr. David Holcomb organized in the days leading up to the 2012 presidental election. The two professors hoped the events would help inform student’s decisions.

Dr. Wayne Flynt visits campus as keynote speaker for conference How important is the Baptist vote in shaping American politics? This question and many others were addressed Oct. 12 and 13 at the conference “Baptists and the Shaping of American Culture,” sponsored by the UMHB Center for Baptist Studies and College of Christian Studies.

Dr. Wayne Flynt visits with professor Dr. Carol Keynote speaker for the Holcomb during the conference. event was Dr. Wayne Flynt, emeritus professor of history at Auburn University. Speaking on “Baptists and the Shaping of Modern American Politics,” Flynt recalled that Baptists joined with other evangelicals to form the Moral Majority and the American Christian Coalition in reaction to the secularization of American culture in the 1960s. The influence of those groups has declined over time, he said, because evangelical groups are not unilateral in their beliefs. “Baptists don’t even share a common political identity within their own denomination,” Flynt said, adding that we may join together to oppose a common threat, but over time our differences lead us to vote our conscience in different ways.

Flynt hypothesized that the 2012 elections could prove to be “the last gasp of the religious right” as a unified force in U.S. politics. He said political strategists are slowly learning that “Southern evangelicals are not dumb, uneducated, or unsophisticated; neither do they always agree with each other or vote in the same way.”

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Christmas Holidays (campus closed) Offices open University housing opens Spring Advising and Registration Classes begin (day and evening) Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday (campus closed)

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Charter Day Summer Camps Job Fair, Lord Conference

Center, 9:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

Writers’ Festival, Lord Conference Center Hillman Visiting Artists Series: Le Voci,

Hughes Recital Hall, 7:30 p.m.

Cru Knights, W.W. Walton Chapel, 7 p.m.

Nursing Job Fair, Lord, 11 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

One Voice Concert, Hughes, 7:30 p.m.

H E A R D @UMHB //

University welcomes a diverse group of speakers this fall

We asked on Facebook: What UMHB faculty or staff member has been the most influential in your life?

PAUL STEKLER: “REEL ELECTIONS: POLITICS ON FILM” THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Ed Mercer in the 60s. He lost all copies of his doctoral thesis when Alma Reeves chapel burned to the ground. His faith and knowledge gave so many of us the desire to persevere professionally.

—DIANE GRYSEELS ‘66

UMHB and the Institute for the Humanities at Salado cohosted a lecture by the award-winning documentary filmmaker and political scholar. More than 200 people were in attendance for the presentation, which highlighted the the behind-the-scenes life of American politicians.

DR. AMY BLACK: “HONOR ING GOD IN R ED OR BLUE” TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2012

Dr. George Loutherback: he taught me to lead. Dr. Shawn Shannon: she taught me how to have a spiritual life. Dr. Larry Woodward: he taught me to take pride in my work. Dr. Peterson: he taught me how to write. Dr. Kemp: he taught me God’s Word. — DAVID GRIFFIN ’06

The Honors Program hosted a lecture based on Black’s book Honoring God in Red or Blue: Approaching Politics with Humility, Grace, and Reason. Dr. Black holds a Ph.D. from M.I.T. and serves as chair of the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Wheaton College.

WILLIAM PAUL YOU NG, AUTHOR OF THE SHACK WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2012

William Paul Young spoke in chapel about the inspiration behind his New York Times best-selling book, The Shack. The Christian novel was self-published by the Canadian author in 2007 and has sold over 18 million copies, making it the third largest selling book in history.

Dr. Bill Tanner, for giving me a “B” that still annoys me! That “B” taught me MANY lessons! —JENNIFER EVANS HAMMONDS ’99

K IM SPR ADLIN, SURVIVOR SEASON 24 WINNER WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14

Dr. Edna Bridges! She believed in me when others might not have. She talked the talk and walked the walk.

— DONNA PAVOGGI TALBERT ’78

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Teacher Job Fair, Lord, 2 – 3:30 p.m.

Instrumental Showcase Tour Home Concert,

W. W. Walton Chapel, 7:30 p.m.

Spring Break (campus closed) Easter Pageant, Luther Memorial,

12:30 p.m., 3 p.m., 5:30 p.m.

Good Friday Holiday (campus closed)

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Survivor: One World champion and fan favorite Kim Spradlin participated in a question-and-answer session during chapel.

Spradlin is the daughter of Temple High School’s head football coach and athletic director, Mike Spradlin. She attended UMHB in 2001.

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Spring Revival, Quad, 7 p.m.

Health Quest, Mayborn Campus

Center Arena, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Spring Opera, Temple CAC, 7:30 p.m.

Spring Opera, Temple CAC, 2:30 p.m.

Charter Celebration Weekend Robing and Ring Ceremony, Walton, 8 p.m.

Midnight March Song & Jazz 6, Hughes, 7:30 p.m.

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N EWS BRIEFS // Volleyball team advances to ASC semi-finals This fall, the volleyball team set a new school single-season record for victories in the Division III era, topping last year’s mark of 21. The team advanced to the semifinals of the American Southwest Conference Championship Tournament in Abilene this November, where the Cru fell short in a 3-1 loss to U.T.-Dallas. The loss closes out the best Division III season in the history of the Cru volleyball program, ending the season at 22-8.

Women’s tennis player takes third place at ITA National Championships Women’s tennis player Brittni Fausett fought through a long second set tiebreaker to post a straight set victory and win third place at the ITA Small College National Championships in Mobile, Ala., this October. Fausett, a senior from Cameron, is the first UMHB female and first Cru singles player to qualify for the ITA National Championship. Her third place finish is the second-best UMHB finish in ITA history.

#LiDarralling sweeps campus during football postseason play This December, the football team played in the Division III National Semifinals for the first time since 2008 and for the fourth time overall. The team won 13 games for just the second time in school history, matching the mark set in 2004 by the national runner-up team.

The team traded punches with the #1 team in the country, but in the end the Mount Union Purple Raiders hit the knockout blow in a 48-35 victory over the Cru Saturday, Dec. 8, in Alliance, Ohio. The loss ended UMHB’s season at 13-1. Mount Union improved to 14-0 on the season and advanced to the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl for the eighth straight season.

The week before, the Cru earned national media coverage when senior quarterback LiDarral Bailey acted on what he called “instinct,” narrowly avoiding a sack and flipping the football to wide receiver Caleb Moore in the end zone during the Cru’s quarterfinal playoff game against Wesley College.

The play, which gave UMHB a 25-17 lead with 1:16 left in the third quarter, earned the Cru the D3football.com Play of the Week and was featured on ESPN, Yahoo! Sports, and Sports Illustrated. The Cru went on to win the game 32-20, securing a spot in the NCAA DIII Semifinals.

“All glory to God,” Bailey said after the game. “I rolled out, and I knew I only had one option to throw to; that was Caleb, and he was covered. It was just instinct, and I just played off of it.”

Excitement around the play grew so much that current student Jonathan Kendall started a social media craze when he reenacted the play and posted it using social media with the hashtag #LiDarralling. Countless individuals added to the fun including President O’Rear and former UMHB football players and current NFL players Nate Menkin (Philadelphia Eagles) and Jerrell Freeman (Indianapolis Colts).

UMHB held a special ceremony Sept. 7 dedicating the new Cummins Field House. Following the ceremony visitors enjoyed guided tours of the facility. The Cummins Field House was named in honor of Chris and Cindy Cummins of College Station, Texas, who were present at the ceremony and cut the ribbon to mark the facility’s opening. As a token of appreciation for their steadfast support of the Crusader football program, Head Coach Pete Fredenburg presented the Cummins with two Crusader jerseys bearing the numbers 20 and 12. “When you wear these jerseys and sit next to each other at a football game, you will remind everyone around you of the year 2012, when this wonderful field house was dedicated,” Fredenburg said.

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Baugh Center for the Visual Arts dedicated in October On Friday, Oct. 19, the university held a special dedication ceremony for its newest facility, the Baugh Center for the Visual Arts. Over 200 people were in attendance for the event, which marked a major leap in the development of the university’s fine arts programs.

During the ceremony, President Randy O’Rear traced the influence of art on the university back to its early days. In the 1860s the university was located in Independence, Texas, and known as Baylor Female College. At the time, Harry McArdle, a draftsman for the Confederate Navy, instructed students in the basics of music, art, and “expression” as electives. It was not until the school moved to Belton in 1886 that the fine arts department became a separate division that awarded art diplomas.

“Just as art was an important cornerstone of a Mary Hardin-Baylor education from the beginning, we are blessed with a thriving visual art department today,” O’Rear said during the ceremony.

The UMHB College of Visual and Performing Arts currently has 88 declared art majors and 58 students with a minor in art.

Following the ceremony, guests enjoyed tours of the two-story, 27,000-squarefoot facility, which includes a beautiful art gallery and classrooms designed with specific art mediums such as ceramics, screenprinting, and computer design in mind.

The Baugh Center for the Visual Arts is named in memory of Eula Mae and John Baugh, Houston philanthropists who were steadfast supporters of higher education and Texas Baptist causes. John Baugh was the founder of Sysco Corporation and served as chairman and CEO of the company, which became the world’s largest food distribution service with 170 locations and over 47,500 employees. John’s business acumen was matched by his commitment to numerous charitable causes, and UMHB was just one of the many organizations that benefitted from John and Eula Mae’s generous gifts.

The Baughs established the Eula Mae and John Baugh Foundation in 1995 to continue their philanthropic efforts beyond their own lifetimes. In 2009, under the direction of their daughter, Barbara Baugh, the foundation stepped forward to make the lead gift for construction of a new visual arts center, and in doing so inspired other donors to support the project.

Top left: John Jarrett and Babs Baugh of the Baugh Foundation assist Dr. Randy O’Rear with the ribbon cutting at the ceremonial grand opening of the new Baugh Center for the Visual Arts (pictured above).

“Just as art was an important cornerstone of a Mary Hardin-Baylor education from the beginning, we are blessed with a thriving visual art department today.”

— DR. R ANDY O’REAR President

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Intoint IN A QUIET CORNER OF A ROOM IN the new Baugh Center for the Visual Arts, senior studio art major Maddie Phillip stares at the strokes she’s made on her once blank canvas. She dabs at the blues and greens of her color palette and slides her brush across her painting-in-progress. No one disturbs her. No one interrupts this moment of inspiration. It’s just her and her art.

Phillip’s moment of tranquility just between her and the canvas would never have been possible in the art department’s old home—the cramped and often damp basement of Presser Hall. Only four, dark classrooms and a small metal building held the entire art department before the new Baugh Center for the Visual Arts opened its

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doors to students this semester. But despite its downfalls, the students lovingly referred to the old space as “The Dungeon,” and found ways to flourish in their surroundings.

From the depths of ‘The Dungeon’ to the light of day “Being down in the basement, we found a sense of community and home,” Phillip said. “But this building is a breath of fresh air. Being a senior and having my own studio to work in has been the coolest thing.”

Each senior gets a space to store art supplies, set up canvases, and display his or her work. Students assigned to these rooms are allowed 24/7 access to the building with a swipe of their

Cru Card and a key to a specific studio space.

And once the students have completed their senior work, their art will now be displayed in the new gallery located near the building’s main entrance.

“Having the gallery move from the library to the new building has been great,” Phillip said. “A couple of days into class, my professor took the whole class in there. To be able to look at art as a class is really cool.”

And the gallery isn’t only open to students. Art department chairman Hershall Seals hopes that others in the community will also take advantage of the gallery.

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Texas will keep us on their radar for coming to look at art,” Seals said.

Having this new space to display student and faculty art—Dean of the College of Visual and Performing Arts Ted Barnes and his wife, Debra Smith Barnes, were the first to have their works displayed in the new gallery—not only benefits the greater community but is also a great recruiting tool.

“If we want to be the university of choice for Christian higher education in the Southwest, then we need to have an exhibition space that proves that we are,” Barnes said. “And now we do.”

Another feature of the building that is quite a change from the depart-

ment’s previous home is the natural light that seems to pour in from every angle. From the large floor-to-ceiling windows in the foyer of the building to the sky lights that bathe the top floor with sunshine, the Baugh Center has brought the department out of depths of “The Dungeon” and into the light of day.

“The change of lighting is huge,” Phillip said. “Natural light is so much better for creating good art than fluorescent lighting or anything else that we’ve had in the past.”

Dean Barnes said he believes that all of the building’s impressive features offer students a unique college experience.

“We’ve gone from an old basement to a nice, open, contemporary

space designed to teach the visual arts,” he said. “Now students will have the opportunity to learn in a facility that feels more like a big-time art and design school.”

Calling all freshman interested in art The faculty of the art department hopes that an expansion and improvement of the art facilities will translate into more incoming freshman being excited about the prospect of taking art classes.

“The art department has done very well in recruiting transfer students or people changing their majors after they’ve taken an art class. And that will continue,” Barnes said. “But I think now it will be easier to recruit that

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18-year-old freshman who is looking for a place to study art in a state-ofthe-art facility.”

Phillip, who changed her major after taking an art class, said she can see the already strong visual arts program growing after new students visit the Baugh Center.

“If I came here as a freshman, I don’t think I would want anything else,” she said. “I already have friends that come in the Baugh Center and say, ‘oh man, I want to change my major.’”

All you need is love But the senior studio art major also admits that while the building may entice potential art students, the love and support of the faculty is what will keep them there.

“When I got to UMHB, I took a couple of art classes and absolutely fell in love with the professors—not only how they taught but also how they care for their students and want what’s best for them.”

The budding artist saw how much time and effort they invested in her

even before she switched her major and decided she would devote her college career to art.

“The professors understand the difficulties and the struggles that go along with being an artist, and they push you through it,” she said.

Phillip believes that potential recruits will be impressed by the new facilities and captivated by the faculty’s investment in each student.

“I think students who are interested in art are going to absolutely fall in love with this building and these people,” she said.

But when these new students come to call the Baugh Center for the Visual Arts home, Phillip said she hopes they will remember to be grateful for the facilities available to them.

“I think it would be easy for a freshman to come here and not realize how far we’ve come from the basement of Presser to now being in such a beautiful and inspiring facility,” she said. “I would tell them to really be grateful for it—every room and every space.”

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1 / Phillip runs into art professor Helen Kwiatkowski in the lobby before class. Kwiatkowski remembers two books she wanted to loan Phillip, Wassily Kandinsky’s Concerning the Spiritual in Art and Lois B. Robbins’ Waking Up in the Age of Creativity. 2 / Phillip ducks into her senior studio to work on a painting that kept her busy into the wee hours the night before. 3 / Phillip grabs her artwork and supplies and heads to her advanced painting class. 4 / Art professor Barbara Fontaine-White looks over the progress Phillip has made on her painting and offers some practical suggestions. 5 / The class takes a quick break from painting to visit the new art gallery for inspiration. 6 / As she passes the display case on the first floor, Phillip is surprised to see the altered book she completed in class last semester has been added to the display. 7 / Phillip stops by the sculpture studio to work on a piece of jewelry. 8 / On her way to printmaking class, Phillip pops into Kwiatkowski’s design class to see what they are working on and to ask Ms. K a quick question. The art department’s relaxed, open door policy helps students feel comfortable and encourages creative collaboration among peers.

9 / Phillip watches as senior studio art major Kate Winchell demonstrates a printmaking process.

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or decades, visitors driving onto campus from Main Street were greeted by a quaint, twostory Victorian home with blue siding.

Originally owned by MHB business manager and education professor Dr. Tom Dannelley and his wife, Ruth ’40, the property was purchased by the university in 1998.

In the late 1990s, the student population was growing so quickly that there was not enough room in the dorms to accommodate the demand for on-campus housing. The decision was made to allow students to live in a number of university-owned houses near campus, including the Blue House. Born out of that decision was a group of young men who forged a bond closer than brothers and left 16

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a legacy that continues to influence student life at UMHB today.

This is the story of the Blue House and the men who lived there.

IF WALLS COULD TALK It was the spring of 1999, and Chad Widmer ’01 was a sophomore ministry major living on campus in the Tryon Apartments. He was approached by Dean of Students Ray Martin, who asked him if he would select nine upstanding, Christian men in good academic standing to move with him into the Blue House. Widmer and his brother, Kevin, who was a freshman living in McLane Hall, immediately began asking mutual friends. The following fall, the first ten men moved into the Blue House.

“We were a mixed and varied group, with some preferring music and a keyboard and others Playstations and Golden Eye, yet the brotherhood only grew in depth and love,” one of the original housemates, Brian Rayburn ’02, said.

Soon the group of men had formed a unique identity, known throughout campus as the Blue House Posse. As members graduated or moved out, the roommates decided amongst themselves who they would ask to move in, based on a self-created set of guidelines.

“In the summer of 2000, Brian approached me and asked if I would be interested in living in the Blue House,” Jeremy Hill ’03 remembers. “I accepted and my life changed forever.

When ten men moved into a house on the edge of campus in the late 1990s, little did they know the brotherhood that resulted would inspire a tradition that influences student life to this day.

B Y J EN N I F ER M EER S J O N ES ’0 8 Little did I know that I had just been ‘inducted’ into an unofficial fraternity—a brotherhood that would be like none other. The guys that would live in the house were only a small part of the larger Blue House Posse that would impact my worldview and create a bond that would be as strong as blood. I became as close to those roommates as brothers and still call them as such today.”

The Blue House Posse evolved to include more than just the handful of young men who lived in the house.

“Other students were welcome to join us in all that we were involved in.

I can’t remember ever turning anyone away for any reason; we were pretty welcoming. The more the merrier,” Hill said.

The BHP was involved in all aspects of campus life, including Student Government Association, Welcome Week, Easter Pageant, and playing intramural sports. When they weren’t participating in university-sponsored events, they were making their own fun—camping in the quad, taking the furniture out of the house to throw impromptu dance parties, even toilet papering the president’s house. The group’s mischief was always executed with such a good-natured spirit that Hill remembers first lady Vicky Bawcom offering the group cookies to snack on as they cleaned up the mess in the president’s front yard the next morning.

But what the group most cherishes were the times spent together in the

Blue House—starting each semester with a time of prayer and praise in the living room; family-style ‘Thanksgiving’ meals together every fall; and, of course, the mess that accumulated from a dozen college guys living together in close proximity.

“I would tell the guys I would cook for them if they would clean up the kitchen enough for me to be able to get to the sink and stove,” Chad Widmer laughs.

BARREL RUNS, SMELLY COUCHES, AND GOOD TIMES The spring before the group moved into the Blue House, Kevin Widmer ’02 and another future BHP member Robert Forrest ’02 decided on a whim to carry Kevin’s green plaid loveseat

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from his McLane dorm room out to the softball field. They sat the couch right behind home plate and cheered on the softball team (specifically Michele Thomas ’02, who later married Robert).

The tradition continued after the guys moved into the Blue House.

“One of our original house members, Jonathan Wright, was on the Cru soccer team,” Rayburn said.

“He often remarked about how few fans came out to their games. So the house responded! That next week we took two beat-up couches from our living room, a small black grill, and handmade signs and headed out to the soccer game. We did not know it at the time, but that watershed moment of yelling from couches would become a movement that became the Couch Cru.” When the group realized how much their display of support meant to the soccer team, they knew it could mean even more for the university’s burgeoning football program.

“A couple of us made an appointment with the athletic director and told him our idea,” Rayburn said. “He gave us a few vague parameters and told us to meet him at the football game early the next week with our couches. The

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entire house set out to recruit all the friends we could to join us.”

The idea was an instant hit with the student body. The group began developing cheers and game-day rituals, including doing one pushup for each point the team scored.

During the week, they would dumpster dive to acquire barrels, pots, and pans that they spray painted purple and gold and brought to the games as noisemakers. Each gameday, the group—dressed in school colors, overalls, cowboy hats, and painted faces—would load into the back of their trucks with their couches and supplies. On their way to the stadium, they would detour around campus, honking their horns and cheering, a precursor to the Campus Run tradition that continues to this day.

Soon, the Blue House Posse name became synonymous with their elaborate displays of school spirit at sporting events—and for the couches they toted with them to each game.

“I remember coming home from church one Sunday in the fall,” BHP member Jonathan Leftwich ’02 said.

“Joining a few of my Blue House brothers, I plopped down on a couch in the living room—it felt like I went all the way to the floor! Then I remem-

ber the smell of dirty feet hitting me.

It was a reminder of the game the day before. These couches had been used in the rain, trampled on by countless people, then returned to our living room. We all laughed about the condition of our couches, and we always found room for one more couch in the living room!”

Hill said he believes the BHP’s success at getting the student body involved was directly related to the charisma and leadership that was embodied in each of the guys who lived in the house.

“As others joined us, they brought their friends and invited others as well,” Hill said. “As our group changed, new ideas and cheers were brought to the table. Upperclassmen made an effort to let go and allow the younger classes to take over the responsibilities of organizing, cheering, supplies, and recruiting. That translated to a sense of ownership and made for a seamless transition.”

And with each passing year, the torch was passed on to the next generation of Crusader sports fans.

“All those years ago, I never would have thought that Kevin’s harebrained idea to take a couch to a softball game and my eagerness to join him to cheer

THEN AND NOW. Left: The Blue House Posse during their college days. (Top row, from left) Charlie Turner, Ricky White, Jess Barber, Chad Toppass, (seated on couch) Matthew Culli, Brady Johnston, Robert Forrest, Chad Peterson, Kevin Widmer, Chauncey Gearhart, (on floor) Chad Widmer, Jimmy Wright, Jeremy Hill, Jonathan Wright, and Blake Gearhart.

Right: The BHP reunites at Homecoming in October. (From Left) Katy McNab Peterson, Emma Peterson, Chad Peterson, Clark Peterson, Georgia Peterson, Chauncey Gearhart, Nathan Allen, Amanda Day Hill, Jeremy Hill, Megan Leftwich, Elisabeth Bennett Leftwich, Jonathan Leftwich, Ellie Leftwich, Kara Leftwich, Ethan Leftwich, Matthew Culli, Brady Johnston, Annie Johnston, (kneeling in front) Jenny Lindquist Worsham, Noah Worsham, and Trent Worsham.

on my future bride would turn into a great UMHB tradition,” Forrest said.

“Kevin and I are not trying to take credit for starting the Couch Cru. We were just two fat guys sitting on a couch at softball games. And we were never actually members of the Couch Cru because we were part of the football team. I like to remember it like this: my sophomore year, my roommates were so supportive that they started something that began a movement and initiated a college tradition that still exists today, more than ten years since my last game as a Crusader.”

Hill said that it is exciting to return to Cru football games each year and see first-hand how the Couch Cru has evolved and adapted.

“The Couch Cru has changed from what we began, but when I look at them, it still takes me back to a place where I can see myself shoulderto-shoulder with my friends, enjoying life. It reminds me of the love for those brothers that will last years beyond UMHB. Today’s students don’t know it yet, but that’s what they are creating—relationships that they will treasure for the rest of their lives.”

A BAND OF BROTHERS BHP members agree the group’s real legacy is the impression they left on one another during the years they experienced together in the Blue House.

“Whenever I describe it to others along the way, I get the response, ‘So, was it a fraternity? What was the difference?’,” BHP member Jimmy Wright ’03 said. “The difference is that not only did everyone love the Lord, but we tried to exemplify what brotherhood truly was meant to be.

The bond that we had in common was that we were there together, no matter who it was, cheering on each other in everything we did.”

Leftwich agrees.

“What made the Blue House and

the Couch Cru so special to me was our bond in the Lord,” he said. “We could scream our lungs out at a football game, then pray for each other that evening. We could argue a referee call at noon, and then argue about predestination at night. We would put

as much energy into worshiping the Lord on Sunday as we would screaming at the game on Saturday. We could be really mad at each other over a girl, over drinking someone else’s milk, or over not taking out the trash, but there was always forgiveness and brotherly love in Christ.”

A decade later, members of the Blue House Posse are spread out all over the world. Some are teachers.

Some are coaches. Many are pastors.

One worked with the U.S. Congress and one is a Wycliff missionary in the Far East.

“I wonder how many lives have been changed for Christ because of the men of the Blue House?,” Leftwich asked. “Ten years later, we have been all over the world, in all different walks

of life, living out a life for Christ which was shaped and formed in so many different ways by our time together in the Blue House.”

Do you have a story of an enduring UMHB friendship? We’d love to hear it! Please submit it to umhblife@umhb.edu.

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FLAT RANDY Student Megan Redmond poses with a cardboard cutout of President Randy O’Rear in Hardy’s dining hall. The Flat Randy Project was a Resident Hall Association-sponsored photo contest inspired by the children’s book Flat Stanley. During Homecoming week, students competed to find the most creative way of displaying photos of O’Rear.

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CARNIVAL Below: The carnival in the quad included many activities for the young and the young at heart, including bounce houses and bungee jumping. Bottom right: Anna & Trayse Ryker take a ride down the big slide set up on Moore Street during the carnival Friday night.

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CRU CHEF

Above: The winning team from the student Cru Chef competition competed in the championship round against the winning teams from Cru Chef alumni events held throughout the summer. Above right: Katie McKee ’07 and Allison Powell Glapa ’07 put the finishing touches on their team’s food. Right: Student Body President Kassidy Harris and Chad Hammonds ’01 served as two of the Cru Chef judges.

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Stunt NIght

Above: Gregory Applegate performs a dance routine as part of the freshman class skit.

Top right: The Class of 2007 (including Allison DeBusk ’07 and Courtney Morrical Moore ’07) returned to campus for their five-year reunion and to reprise their senior year skit. The Class of 2007 won stunt night every year they were students.

Right: The sophomore class won Judge’s Choice and the coveted Stunt Night blanket during the time-honored tradition Friday night.

FOOTBALL GAME

Above: Seniors Jayelyn Johnson and Jonathan Davis were crowned Homecoming King and Queen at the half time show during Saturday’s football game.

Left: A future Crusader watches the game. The Cru beat Hardin Simmons University, 45-32.

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CRU 5k Participants begin the first stretch of the Cru 5K Fun Run Saturday morning in front of Mayborn Campus Center.

PEP RALLY AND DESSERT PARTY Following a pep rally and fireworks display at Luther Memorial Friday night (pictured at left), guests walked over to Millenium Oaks Park for dessert and a time of fellowship.

Above right: Jeremy ’03 and Amanda Day Hill ’04 visit with Alumni Board President Trish Stewart Woods ’03. piritual in Art and Lois B. Robbins’ Waking Up in the Age of Creativity.

CAMPUS RUN AND TAILGATE Above: Student Conner Fuchs throws up the ‘C’ during the campus run, as the cars make their way to Tiger Field for the football game Saturday afternoon. Above right: Students including Jennifer Ander, Rebekah Bogaard, and Lindsay Parker enjoy the catered tailgate lunch from Clem Mikeska’s Barbeque before the football game.

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Tradition merges with technology as a new generation of students were dubbed “Crusaders for life” at the conclusion of Welcome Week in August.

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Members of the class of 1953 met in Fort Worth at the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship annual meeting in June with Lynelle Sweat Mason ’53 during her book signing.

Left to right: Joan Marlowe Myrah ’53, Lynelle Sweat Mason ’53, Glenna Morgan Stamps ’53, June Reagan Caldwell ’52, Pat Lockridge Shannon ’53, Shirley Morin Cockerham ex, and Betty Payne Huber ’52.

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Jency McMurrey Runnels ’53 turned 100 in August. In July, she was featured on the WOAI program San Antonio Living, and her family gave her a birthday party which was attended by approximately 100 guests. Jency was born in Sweethome, Texas, and her family moved to South San Antonio when she was twelve. Jency graduated from South San Antonio ISD and then attended college at Mary Hardin-Baylor. She then began teaching in the same three-story building where she attended school. In that same building, she also met her future husband, Frank C. Runnels. Jency taught third grade for 41 years, most of those years in South San Antonio. Frank and Jency had two children, Franklin and Martha; four grandchildren; eleven great grandchildren; and two step-great grandchildren.

Sandy. They renewed their wedding vows in a short ceremony led by Pastor David Thornton at New Hope Baptist Church followed by a reception in the church’s Memorial Building. The couple married on June 22, 1962, in Garland after Sandra graduated from college. They moved to Austin for three years where Sandra taught elementary school, and Porter obtained a BS degree in Physics from the University of Texas. Then moved back to their hometown, Garland, to raise their family and work in their chosen fields. After retiring in 1999, Sandra and Porter purchased 12 acres in Pritchett and moved to the country and named their farm Jubilee.

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Velva Schrader Riddle and Kenneth Riddle ex celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception at

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Got news?

Alumni Life reports news received June 15, 2012, through Oct. 15, 2012. If you have news to share, send it to: Alumni Relations, UMHB Box 8427, 900 College Street, Belton, Texas 76513 or alumni@umhb.edu.

To make a memorial gift, please contact: Development, UMHB Box 8433, 900 College Street, Belton, Texas 76513.

Waco with Randa Sudbury Ibsen ’65 and Wanda Sudbury ’65. Eula may be reached at eula42@prodigy.net, and Julia may be reached at jfrn42@juno.com.

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First United Methodist Church in Gatesville on Aug. 25. Velva taught for 30 years at Gatesville High School and Windham School District, and Kenneth taught school for 40 years at Gatesville State School for Boys and Gatesville Junior High School.

They are both retired.

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Eula Woodyard McKown and Julia Woodyard Nation were honored by their families with a celebration on June 24 in Steamboat Springs, Colo., for their 70th birthday. Eula’s son, Patrick, and Julia’s children, Allen and Robert, and their families, including granddaughter Dawn Nation ’99, were all in attendance. After the celebration, the families spent a week sightseeing in Steamboat Springs. Eula and Julia continued their trip the following week, taking road trips along two scenic routes. They stopped in Eagle, Colo., visited Great Sand Dunes National Park, and made a stop in Santa Fe, N.M., to visit a friend. The end of the trip was dinner in

Karen Riley Scott has started a business in Lubbock running errands.

The name of the business is Rainbow Delivery Service. She is president of the local chapter of DAPW and is serving her second year as senior vice commander of the local DAVA unit.

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Criss Pearson Bartley teaches physics at Gilmer High School in east Texas.

For the past 12 years she has been involved with the Solar Car Challenge in Dallas. The project guides students in the design and construction of road-worthy solar race cars. She has been a team adviser of three teams in three states and serves as a race judge when she does not have a team.

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Mayra Velez earned her M.Ed. in educational technology from Texas State University May 12, and was accepted as a Ph.D. candidate. She will begin her doctorate program this fall. Mayra is a third grade bilingual teacher for Belton ISD.

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Jason Fossett is the head boys basketball coach at Flower Mound High School. He and his wife, Nikki, have two children, 12-year-old Quinton and 8-yearold Ashlyn. They live in Ponder.

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Shawn Hanks was promoted to president of Premiere Speakers Bureau. Located in Franklin, Tenn., PSB represents many of the world’s leading speakers and authors.

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Jennifer RamirezGuajardo received her Master of Education Administration degree from Concordia University in Austin Aug. 4.

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Stephanie Dickens Branham is working at Allumed, Inc. in human resources as an accounts receivable manager. She has two children, Seth and Hannah.

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Ryan Musser is associate pastor and co-student minister at Sugar Land Baptist Church in Sugar Land. He had previously served as interim pastor at Canaan Baptist Church in Crawford.

Trey ’95 and Kimberly Alford Lancaster ’97 were appointed as missionaries with the International Mission Board. They, along with their two daughters, will be serving in South Asia.

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Erik Wilbur ’10 to Renee Huffman, July 28, in Colonial Heights, Va.

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Melanie Dian Daniell ’11 to Matthew David Bowling, June 23, in Belton. Melanie teaches elementary school at Florence ISD, and Matthew manages his family’s automotive business in Killeen.

Julie Barr is the resident director of Johnson Hall at UMHB.

Ruby Blancett Bowen ’09, MBA ’11 is a training and development coordinator for the City of Killeen.

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Kristin Elaine Urban’11 to Cody Allan Collins, Jan. 21, in Taylor.

Travis Early is the youth pastor at First Baptist Church, Elgin.

Cassie Michels ’11 is the outdoor education and adventure guide coordinator and summer camp director for the Girl Scouts of Central Texas at Camp Texlake in Spicewood.

W ED DI NG S Amy Shantele Beason ’95 to Eduardo Enrique Mills Castillo, June 21, in Arraiján, Panama.

Laura Gilbert ’04 to Jason Voss, June 30, in Marion.

Laura is a pharmaceutical sales representative for Warner Chilcott Pharmaceuticals, and Jason is a field engineer for Baker Hughes. They live in Corpus Christi.

Natalie Paige Ervin ’09 to Tyler Douglas Jones, Aug. 4, in Georgetown.

Courtney Nelson ’10 and Rob Neuenschwander ’10, June 16, in Burleson.

Courtney teaches first grade at Peaster Elementary School, and Rob is an insurance sales representative at Mader-Bagley State Farm in Weatherford.

Alyssa Atteberry ’10 to Brett Berryhill, July 28, in Oglesby.

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Cara Scott ’12 and Khang Duong ’09, June 9, in Houston. Cara is a social worker for Early Childhood Intervention in Harker Heights, and Khang is admissions and electronic communications counselor at UMHB.

BIRTHS Josh ’00 and Angela Stanley Estes ’02 announce the birth of their son, Grady James, Aug. 10.

Sarah Epperson Sanford ’02 and her husband, Eric, current UMHB student, announce the birth of their son, Noah Matthew, Jan. 10. He joins fouryear-old big sisters Alexis and Lilly. The family lives in Harker Heights.

Wesley ’02 and Susan Muske Craig ’03 announce the birth of their daughter, Meadow Lucy, May 12. The family lives in San Antonio.

Tiffany Russell DeLuze MBA ’03 and her husband, Michael, announce the birth of their daughter, Kayla Marie, Sept. 12. Tiffany is an assistant professor

in the College of Business at UMHB, and Michael works at Wilsonart International as a product quality associate.

Kesi Perkins Prescott ’03 and her husband, Kenny, announce the birth of their daughter, Kenli Ryanne, Aug. 21. They live in Moody where they both teach math, and Kenny is the head girls basketball coach at Moody High School.

Abby Waeltz Jensen ’04 and her husband, Chad, announce the birth of their son, Jack Samuel, in February. He joins three-year-old big brother Will.

Kenny ‘04 and Natalie Morton DeWeese ‘07 announce the birth of their daughter, Emery Elizabeth, June 15. Emery is the granddaughter of UMHB Men’s Basketball head coach Ken DeWeese.

Michael ’06 and Andrea Cullman Crosswhite ’05 announce the birth of their son, Grayson Michael, June 6. Michael is a minister at First Baptist Church Rockwall, and Andrea owns her own photography business, Crosswhite Photography.

Christi Virgil Priddy ’06 and her husband, Toby, announce the birth of their son, Logan Brycen, Aug. 4. He joins big brother Todd.

Nathan ’06 and Colette Chadwell Loudin ’06 announce the birth of their son, Sidney “Judah,” May 13. He joins big sister Jaya (born Nov. 22, 2008) and big brother Jonah (born May 18, 2010). The Loudins spent four years in Hong Kong serving the International Baptist Church. In November 2010, they moved back to the United States, and Nathan attended Dallas Theological Seminary. In February 2011, Nathan was named lead pastor at Milwood Baptist Church in Austin, Texas.

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Jenkins is briefed by the sound technician in between sets of Attention Central Texas.

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Lights. Camera. Action!

Charles Jenkins ’08 brings attention to local outreach efforts as host of Christian-based talk show, Attention Central Texas B Y N I C O L E J O H N S O N Charles ‘Skeeta” Jenkins ’08 settles in his chair under the KPLE-TV studio lights. He looks into the camera, waits for the cameraman’s countdown, and begins to greet the thousands of people in his viewing audience.

“Hello and welcome to Attention Central Texas. I’m your host, Charles Jenkins,” he introduces himself then welcomes the first guest of the day.

Attention Central Texas is a Christian-based talk show that extends over multiple counties. Each week an organization is invited to speak about the work they are doing for others.

“There are great people in Central Texas doing outstanding things for the greater good of their community and reaching out to those who are in need. They come on the show to tell people what they are doing,” Jenkins said. “I’m there to enhance Christ’s reputation through the community.”

Jenkins has hosted the show for three years. A chance encounter started his journey in television. As

he spoke at a meeting, he caught the attention of KPLE-TV owner Catherine Mason. She asked the former UMHB football player turned motivational speaker and children’s book author to come on the show as a guest. After his appearance, Mason asked him to come back and host the show.

“At first I was surprised because I didn’t have any experience. So I just observed and learned from other people. Each week I watched playbacks to determine what I could do differently—it was trial and error. And now I’m a little better at it.”

As Jenkins engages in conversation with each guest, he connects their charitable work with scripture.

“I think when you do that, it helps people feel like we have a common connection. And when you feel connected to somebody you’re more prone to open up. It makes people feel at ease.”

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author of a collection of children’s books. The books, including Believe In Youself, Bruce and Never Give Up, Mary Lou are aimed to boost a child’s self-confidence, self-worth, and self-respect.

“I like to rhyme,” he said. “I’m not a rapper, but I do like writing poetry.

So I just take the books and turn them into inspirational stories that motivate kids to do their best, because somebody did it for me. I found that this is an avenue for me to encourage kids through literature and writing.”

Jenkins is in the process of writing his fourth book, with a message that although someone may look different, act different, and talk different from us, we still can become friends.

He hopes to someday have a talk show that is centered on encouraging family.

“I want to call it A Family’s Niche.

I’ll invite different people in the community to come on and have a conversation about family.”

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Lindsey Van Dusen Edwards ’07 and her husband, Travis, announce the birth of their daughter, Madelaine Brooke, June 20. The family lives in Athens.

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Patrick Oliver ’08 and his wife, Felicia, announce the birth of their daughter Mya Ann, April 3. The family lives in Rosenberg, where Patrick teaches and coaches at Cinco Ranch Justin ’08 and Candace Teich Schwartz ’09 announce the birth of their daughter, Laney Faith, May 11.

Matt Brown ’09 and his wife, Jenna, announce the birth of their son, Mason David, April 6. He joins big brother, Jack Cooper.

Patrick ’10 and Chelsea Glenn Munoz ’09 announce the birth of their daughter, Penelope, Sept. 12. Chelsea is an RN at Scott and White, and Patrick is an admissions counselor at UMHB. They live in Belton and may be reached at pmunoz@umhb. edu.

DEATH S Mary Alice Andrews Cline ’36-’37, Aug. 26, in Amarillo. She worked as a secretary for Soil Conservation Bureau of Reclamation, Amarillo Air Force Base, and Tascosa High School for 25 years.

She was inducted into the school’s Hall of Fame in 1990. She was a member of Covenant Fellowship Church, formerly San Jacinto United Methodist Church, for 82 years, where she taught children’s Sunday School. She was a member of The Heritage Class, for which she was the teacher for many years.

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Helen Anderson Howell ex ’36, Sept. 22, in Temple. She co-owned Family Video in Temple with her husband and extended family from 1984-1989. She created unique and individual “cancer angel” ornaments for the gift shop at the Vasicek Cancer Treatment Center at Scott & White Memorial Hospital in Temple, raising thousands of dollars for the Scott & White H.O.P.E. fund.

Eugenia Fegette ’50, July 21, in Albuquerque, N.M. She lived in Dallas until 1961, holding positions with Hydrotex Industries, Chance Vought Aircraft, and Electronic Equipment Engineering. She moved to Albuquerque in 1963 and held drafting positions with the City of Albuquerque for 25 years, retiring in 1988. Eugenia was an ordained minister in the Universal Church of the Holy Spirit where she also served as the choir director until 1986.

Peggy Wilkinson Dockery ex ’46, Aug. 20, in San Antonio. She taught in the public school system in Texas for over 35 years.

Mary Woodward Rode ’50, July 29, in San Antonio.

Fayly Hardcastle Cothern ’47, Sept. 30, in Sun City, Ariz. She served in a multitude of capacities in Southern Baptist work in Texas and Arizona. She was a member of First Baptist Church, Sun City, where she taught “The Joy Class” for many years. She lived an adventure of faith, sharing the love of God and serving others through writing, public speaking, leading conferences, directing travel tours, photography, bible teaching and as a pastor’s wife to her husband, Gaylon Cothern, for fifty years. Fayly received the UMHB Outstanding Alumni award in 1982. She was the sister of Bonny Hardcastle Brewer ’51.

JoBeth Storey Donaldson ’48, June 11, in San Angelo. She was a professional dietitian, beginning her career at Scott & White Memorial Hospital in Temple.

She held senior positions in many hospitals thereafter. She was a member of the American Dietetic Association and Southland Baptist church.

Rosemary Blackwell Sheppard ’48, July 26, in Cuero. She taught in the Cuero Public School System until her retirement in 1985. After retirement she actively managed her farm and ranch properties until her death. In 2003 her farm was recognized by the Texas Department of Agriculture. Rosemary served as organist for the First Baptist Church of Cuero for many years. She was an active member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, The Daughters of the Republic of Texas, and the DeWitt County Historical Commission. She served as co-chairperson of the History of DeWitt County Project Committee which published an 800-page volume entitled DeWitt County History in 1981.

David Whyburn, July 31, in Guthrie, Okla.

He was the son of Jack and Minnie Sharp Whyburn ’50.

Ernestine Owens Goldston ’51, Aug. 10, in Hereford. She was a member of First Baptist Church of Hereford where she was a Sunday School superintendent volunteer.

She volunteered at the Hereford Senior Citizens Center and the Pioneer Frontier Museum in Canyon.

Ernestine Wiese London ’52, June 26, in Moody. She married James London in 1953, and they were the first couple to be married in the newly built First Baptist Church in Moody. They moved to Odessa in 1983, both pursuing careers in education, and returned to Bell County in 1987 to the property that had belonged to Ernestine’s grandparents since 1895.

There they enjoyed their retirement years, raising cattle in the beautiful central Texas countryside. She volunteered at King’s Daughters Hospital, was a member of the Bell County Chapter of the Republican Women of Texas, the Alpha Delta Kappa teacher sorority, and the BSU. She was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church, where she volunteered with the food pantry, and she also attended MoodyLeon Methodist Church.

Charlotte Boyd Young ’54, June 28, in Hartselle, Ala. She taught in public schools in Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama.

She was a member of Southwest Baptist Church in Hartselle, where she taught adult Sunday School and Vacation Bible School.

Billy Stephens, Aug. 4, in Overland Park, Kan. He was the husband of Delia Lucky Stephens ’61.

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Tanya Taylor ’02 (left) goes on a training run with friends Casey Gottschalk and Tiffany Krueger, who will be running with Taylor in the half marathon in support of Ella in January.

Running for

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Ella

BY JESSA GR ASSI McCLURE ’08

Marathoner Tanya Taylor ’02, runs to raise money for the two-year-old daughter of her college friends Dean ’02 and Heather Arnold Holman ’02 Most people can’t imagine running one marathon, let alone two in one weekend. But that is exactly what Tanya Taylor ’02 will be doing when she runs the Goofy’s Race and Half Challenge in Walt Disney world on Jan. 12 and 13.

The 39.3-mile race takes place over two days and encompasses a half marathon on Saturday and a full marathon on Sunday.

But these races aren’t for fun.

Taylor is running to raise money for two-year-old Ella Holman, who is undergoing treatment for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. Ella is the daughter of Heather and Dean Holman, both 2002 graduates of UMHB and Taylor’s long-time friends.

“When Ella was diagnosed with leukemia, I asked myself, ‘how can I support Heather and Dean?’ I knew medical costs were going to start adding up,” Taylor said.

The UMHB alumna began researching how she could help the Holmans, contacting the Team in Training running program that allows runners and other athletes to raise money for blood cancers.

“But when you’re a part of Team in

Training your fundraising goes directly to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society instead of an individual family,” Taylor said.

But that didn’t stop Taylor. She was determined to find a way to help her friends. She did some more research and found out that Walt Disney World is not only a supporter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, but also hosts marathons every year to allow runners like Taylor to raise money on their own.

“I also developed a website where I could put information about Ella, about the race, what we’re doing, and why we’re doing it,” she said.

The team’s website is at youcaring.com under “Team Ella.”

Taylor also found four other people to join her in running and raising money for Ella.

“We put a goal out there of $5,000,” she said. “But we hope that we can also gain some attention and more funding by running these races.”

Taylor wants to make sure her close friends, who are living on a single teacher’s income, don’t have to worry about financial burdens while they are focusing on getting their daughter

well. And the Holman’s appreciate all of Taylor’s hard work.

“It means everything to Dean and me,” Heather Holman said. “We don’t have a lot of family support, so our friends are basically our family.”

Heather said she is touched by all of Taylor’s help in trying to make this difficult time easier for her family.

“Not many people would go to Disney World to run a race for your daughter,” she said.

Right now Taylor and her teammates are in training, while Ella is in treatment to maintain her remission status. Taylor hopes that Ella’s illness and the family’s financial burdens will soon be over.

“I hope that Ella is soon is in full remission and does not have to struggle with this disease any longer. And I hope that running these marathons encourages others to support the Holmans.”

Dean ‘02 and Heather Holman ‘02 with their children, four-year-old Nathaniel and two-year-old Ella.

Jan Jones ’63, Sept. 6, in Tyler. She began her teaching career at A&M Consolidated High School in College Station but soon moved to Tyler where she taught theater for 33 years at Robert E. Lee High School, retiring in 2000. She taught at All Saints Episcopal School for two years and East Texas Christian Academy for two years. Jan also worked at the Tyler Civic Theater and was an adjunct professor of theater and speech at Tyler Junior College. She taught at the University of Texas at Tyler and Trinity Valley Community College.

Janet Maedgen Klement ’65, June 27, in Troy. She taught kindergarten for Troy ISD for 26 years and was a member of Troy United Methodist Church.

Virginia Rea McIntosh ’71, June 13, in Corpus Christi. She taught at St. Mary’s School for 40 years. She was a member of Crossroads Church where she was active in Ladies Birthday Girls, supported Maypearl Orphanage, and helped with Operation Christmas Child.

Ronald Poston ’72, Sept. 27, in Waco.

He owned and operated a farming and ranching operation and was a real estate investor. He was a member of First Baptist Church of Gatesville.

Sue Taylor Scibek ’73, June 17, in Graham.

She retired from Graham Regional Clinic as a Nurse Practitioner, and was a member of Oak Street Baptist Church.

Ron Raymond, Sept. 15, in Spring Branch.

He was the husband of Merle Lucko Raymond ’74.

David Wayne Pruitt, July 24, in Temple.

He was the husband of Carolyn Owens Pruitt ’75.

Garrett Hill ’77, July 27, in Belton. He retired as director of industrial operations at Fort Hood from the U.S. Army after 30 years, having served in World War II and the Korean War. He later built a foundry, spin casting in Temple, and was a licensed real estate broker. He was a city councilman for 12 years, a 32nd degree Mason, a long-time member of the Temple Lions Club, a member of P.O.S.T. of Morgan’s Point Resort. Garrett was a member of St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, Belton. He was the husband of Muriel Klippel Hill ’77.

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Frances Rosales Calooy ’78, July 1, in Killeen. She was den mother for the Cub Scouts and a Girl Scout Troop Leader for more than six years. In the early 1990s, she worked for the Family Advocacy Program at the Reynolds House at Fort Hood, where she taught parenting classes to young couples. She then worked for the Army Community Service at Fort Hood, where she donated 5,000 hours of her time to help counsel young military families during Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm. She later taught accounting courses and served as a curriculum counselor at Central Texas College in Killeen. She was the wife of Rudy Calooy ’77.

Pedro Paredes ’78, July 26, in Brownsville. He served eight years in the U.S. Army and was a sergeant in the Military Police Division at Fort Hood. He worked at Brownsville Independent School District for 30 years.

David S. Hobbs ’80, July 22, in Troy. He worked as a disc jockey at KTEM-Temple and KVET-Austin. Then he worked for the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission as an auditor in Dallas and the Texas Panhandle. He returned to Temple to join and manage his family business, Temple Color Company, until July 1, 2012. David was a member of First Baptist Church of Temple and previously served on the Temple Independent School Board. He was a member of the Knob Creek Masonic Lodge #401, King Solomon Lodge #1427, Temple York Rite Bodies, and an endowed member of Waco Scottish Rite Bodies.

Margie Cargill Johnson ’81, July 13, in Temple. She was a member of East Highway Baptist Church. She taught computer science at Temple Jr. College for 21 years.

She was the wife of Jesse Johnson ’80.

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For the love of education In 1970, John and Shirley Stephenson became the first married couple to

BY JA M ES S TA FF O R D graduate together at UMHB

On graduation day, John and Shirley Stephenson pause for a photo with Shirley’s father, Don Hughes, and their daughters Kimberly and Brandy.

For every student, graduation represents the fruition of many long hours.

For John ’70 and Shirley Stephenson ’70, the first married couple to ever pick up their diplomas in the same UMHB ceremony, it was the celebration of an especially long journey.

When they met, John and Shirley were both already enlisted in the Army.

From the very beginning, they knew their life together would be dictated, in large part, by whatever shipping orders they received.

“I promised her when we first got married that she could go to college whenever we got stationed somewhere with a good school,” John said.

Shirley held him to that pledge, and when the couple found themselves stationed at Fort Hood, she hit the ground running.

“I started in the first class at Central Texas College (CTC) and went straight through until they didn’t have any more courses for me,” she said, “so I transferred to Mary Hardin-Baylor.”

Sure that her family might get moving orders at any moment, she pushed herself to graduate within three years.

“I went year-round, all the minimesters, any kind of ‘mester’ they had,” Shirley said.

At the same time, John was working to get his own degree. He applied for and was accepted into the Army’s degree completion program, Operation Bootstrap. After a second tour in Vietnam, he was able to attend Mary Hardin-Baylor, but the clock was ticking.

“Bootstrap was competitive. The less time it would take you to finish, the better the chance you had of acceptance,” John said, “so I said I could finish in six months.”

To accelerate his path to a degree, John would read books for courses and then test out of them. He received credit for half a dozen courses this way.

While he was at Mary Hardin-Baylor, John also took correspondence courses from the United States Armed Forces Institute. He even registered for a computer class at CTC when one would not fit into his

schedule. Between these three institutions, John was able to carry 23 hours in a single spring semester.

“He was a good student,” Shirley said. “He made very good grades, too.”

For Shirley, balancing the roles of wife, mother, and full-time student meant having to be creative with time management. Each day after class, she would pick her two daughters up from daycare, make dinner, and get everyone to bed by eight. She would then wake up at four in the morning to study and do her homework before getting everyone up, fed, and off to school.

“It was fun to do it together because it was for a common cause,” Shirley said of attending school alongside John. “We had goals, and we were going to reach those goals no matter what.”

Shirley remembers their graduation as a celebration of much more than academic success.

“He had been in Vietnam for two year-long tours, and at that time I didn’t know if he would even be back,” she said. “To finish school together… It was a blessing that we never expected would happen.”

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Verlene Crippen Edwards ’84, June 10, in Fort Worth. She enjoyed a 22-year teaching career at five Christian schools, the most recent being Trinity Christian School in Cedar Hill. Her husband, David Edwards, may be reached at 1709 Cancun Dr., Mansfield, Texas 76063.

John Nicolet ’79, MEd ’84, May 2, in Twain Harte, Calif.

Margie Kittrell ’86-’87, Aug. 16, in McGregor. She taught private kindergarten in her home and later in the McGregor Public School System from 1960 until her retirement in 1996. She was also employed by the McGregor Police Department as a dispatcher, a clerk at Evers Corner Drug, and a receptionist at Cole Funeral Home.

Margie also assisted her husband as a bookkeeper with Kittrell & Associate Land Surveyors. She was a member of Harris Creek Baptist Church and later moved her letter and became an active member of College Avenue Baptist Church, where she was a member of the Ruth Class, taught Sunday School for more than 25 years, and assisted with Vacation Bible School. She was active in the McGregor community as a past president of the PTA, past Matron of the Order of the Eastern Star, and was a member of the Brazos Valley Cloggers.

Brett Mullins ’94, Sept. 23, in Temple. He began his teaching and coaching career after graduation. For the last five years he worked at Bartlett ISD as a biology teacher and was an assistant football coach on his father’s coaching staff.

Crisi Vermaelen ’05, Aug. 27, in Axtel.

She was a homemaker and a member of the First Baptist Church where she sang in the choir. She was a member of the praise team, Central Texas Master Singers, Believe In Me dance group, and the Austin Ballet.

Elizabeth James Harris ’91, June 21, in Killeen. She was a medical technologist but was employed at Darnall Army Medical Center as an assistant chemistry supervisor at the time of her death.

Polly Ray Donnell ex, Sept. 18, in Graham.

She entered nursing school in 1968 at the age of 55 and retired from private duty nursing in 1980. She was a member of First Presbyterian Church and in 2008 was presented an Honorary Life Membership in Presbyterian Women. She was also a long time member of the Spinner Domino Group.

Eva Jean Rule Gallup ex, July 14, in Memphis, Tenn.

Patsy Price Melton ex, Sept. 3, in Charlotte, N.C. She was a pastor’s wife in churches in Texas and in North and South Carolina.

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Myra Nichols ex, July 19, in Dallas. She was a member and devoted employee of Park Cities Baptist Church for more than 45 years.

Janis Bevers Petru ex, Sept. 5, in Brandon. She was a legal assistant and retired in 2010.

Josephine White Walke ex, June 16, in Georgetown.

Lucy Hassell Davis ex, Sept. 11, in Hickory, N.C. She was a charter member of Northminster Presbyterian Church where she

Alberta Wieland ex, July 22, in Austin.

She was a teacher for 27 years. She taught math at Crain Intermediate School in

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Herb Zimmerman CB, March 6, in Houston. On his 21st birthday he was ordained as a Baptist minister at Prairie Point Baptist Church, Grosbeck. He served as pastor to Baptist churches in Texas for over 50 years.

Herb taught school for 37 years, 31 years in Goose Creek CISD. He taught at Lamar Elementary and Horace Mann Junior High School. He was principal of San Jacinto Elementary, the Old De Zavala Elementary, Bowie Elementary, and Alamo Elementary.

He retired from teaching in 1988. Herb was a World War II veteran who served in the U.S. Air Force Chaplains Corps.

Donald Ray McCauley, former faculty, Oct. 8, in West. He taught business at UMHB from 1964-1972.

Zula Berry ex, June 8, in Amarillo.

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Victoria from 1964-1982. She was a life member of Texas Retired Teachers Association and of Victoria County RTA. She was an active member of St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, Cuero. She was a member of Sons of Hermann Lodge 82, AARP Chapter 3168, a charter member of the Thomaston Volunteer Fire Department and a member of the Heirloom Stitchers Guild in Cuero.

Martha Crawford Hamilton ex, Sept.

19, in Bryan. She was a member of First Baptist Church in Corpus Christi where she sang in the church choir and ministered in the church music program from her youth. As recently as 2007, she led singing for Bible studies in Corpus Christi nursing homes.

Jay Larimore Weaver ex, Aug. 4, in Hubbard. She worked as manager for several finance companies, and in past years she managed the senior center in Hubbard and the local Meals on Wheels program. She was a member of First United Methodist Church.

Donald Smith, Oct. 1, in Austin. He was the husband of Montie Milligan Smith ’93.

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and her husband taught the Bible Discovery Class for many years. She was recently honored by the women of the church as Woman of the Year. Called the “Poet Laureate of Hickory,” she published two books of poetry, as well as numerous individual poems in various publications and several hymns. She donated all the proceeds from the sale of the second book, Rocking Chair Rhymes, to Hospice of Catawba County.

Helene Rodgers Melgaard, June 24, in Kansas City, Mo. She was a former teacher at UMHB.

Dale Anderson

Amy Bawcom

Dr. & Mrs. Jerry G. Bawcom

Marietta Parker R. K. & Josephine Barner

Pat Barner White Rose Marion Walker Barren

Barbara Lewis

Rosina Hailey Sattawhite Bill Berry

Denise Karimkhani

Kerry & Kathy Owens

Riley & Carolyn Allison Owens Muriel Vann Burress

Judy Crow Raymond Bob Caldwell

Joan Marlowe Myrah Lee Roy Calhoun

Virginia Jones Calhoun

Barbara Chaney

Patricia Pickering Roberson

Edward Ellis Hogwood, Jr.

Pam & Keith Wilson

Gene C. Vittetoe

Cara Moody Self

Mary Clarke

Jack & Minnie Mae Sharp Whyburn

Maxine Tims Howell

Elizabeth J. Mallory

Polly McQueen Family

Shirley Cowan Sommer

Mike & Suzanne Stanfield

Winnie Stanfield

Ray & Jean Young

Ken Ward

Riley & Carolyn Allison Owens

William F. Jergens

Pamela K. Jergens Bonstead

Gladys West

Riley & Carolyn Allison Owens

Tomi Kennedy

Sue Olson George

Mary Helen White

Kent Owens

Kerry & Kathy Owens

Riley & Carolyn Allison Owens

Ila Faye “Fayly” Hardcastle Cothern

Kay Anderson

Betty Sue Craven Beebe

Betty Donnelly Bell

Mary Roberts Bull

Janell Huey Hobbs

Dillard & Karolyn Norwine Whitis Frances Dalton

Dr. & Mrs. J. A. Reynolds

Dr. Rex Kirkley

Christan K. Hammonds

Beatriz De Leon

Fernando De Leon, M.D.

Lt. Col. Stephan Strauss

Billie W. Strauss

David Whyburn

Theresa Allen

Anita Baxley

Sherry L. Beaman

Kent A. Beaty

James C. & Louise Black

Ruth Blanton

Mr. & Mrs. Ray Bronk

Louise Bumpass

Virginia Burroughs

Joseph, Gail & Gabriella Cioffi

Mary, Carol, & Barbara Clarke

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Jo Ann Donnelly

Gilbert & Rhonda Duerksen

Jack, Kim, Addie & Lyndi Duerksen

Chris & Colleen Ellis

J. Russell & Susan Hartsfield

Dan & Louise Leslie

Ada Tidwell Pogue

Erma Polk & Family

Billy & Miriam Redwine

James & Marcia Remore

Jim & Kay Whyburn Rhodes

Sandy Mountain Fellowship

Ginger Sharp

Mary & Jim Sharp

The StarTek Family

Evelyn L. Turner

Jack & Minnie Mae Sharp Whyburn

Jay & Jeanette Wright

Juanda Hancock

Dr. & Mrs. E. Leroy Kemp

Anna Elizabeth Haynes Taylor

Janell Huey Hobbs

John Zeigler

Riley & Carolyn Allison Owens

Laura Harris

Dr. & Mrs. E. Leroy Kemp

Joyce Tomlin

Kent Owens

Kerry & Kathy Owens

Riley & Carolyn Allison Owens

Mrs. Ilo Labit

Elizabeth Terry

Agnes Mulcahy Denson

Nina Mae Wilson Elliott

Ernestine Weise London

Chris Weathers Westbrook

Ruth Dugger

Dianne Rowton

Dorothy Jean Massie

Dr. & Mrs. E. Leroy Kemp

Elaine Battles Easterling

Ruby Wyche Thomas Calvin Eckermann

Riley & Carolyn Allison Owens Troy Estes

Denise Karimkhani J. D. Fagan

Denise Karimkhani

Mary Long & Bob, Daryl & Linda

Dr. Linda Hood Pehl

UMHB Faculty Assembly Tara Coet Felmly

Ed & Eve Coet

Dorothy Goodnight

Dr. & Mrs. E. Leroy Kemp

Kerry & Kathy Owens

Riley & Carolyn Allison Owens

David S. Hobbs

Mark & Betty O’Hair Anderson

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Viola Mercado Brett Mullins

Barbara Conder Agee Bobbie Thorn Murray

Dillard & Karolyn Norwine Whitis David Pruitt

Mr. & Mrs. Bobby Bridges Steven W. Sandefur

Catherine Burkett Cornelio Jay Frank Schultz

The Andrew Smith Family

Sarah Sims Furey

Lou Provence Laine

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Dr. Stan & Susan Cash Casto

Kerry & Kathy Owens

Riley & Carolyn Allison Owens

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Frances Strait

Louise Duke Cross

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Patsy L. Derr

Mr. & Mrs. James Wilson

Dr. Gene Kimes

Mary H. Winn

Dr. & Mrs. Jerry G. Bawcom

Mary H. Winn

Dr. Brent Gibson

Joe & Janelle Baisden

Dr. Gene & Kathie Kimes

Bob & Sharon Swindler

Betty Sue Craven Beebe

Mary H. Winn

Jessica Karimkhani Gilliam

Denise Karimkhani

Dr. Mickey Little

Mary Margaret Johnson Lemley

Dr. Edna Penny Bridges

Betty Herrera Martinez

Ruth Jones Haigood

Eula Woodyard McKown

Dr. Teena M. McGuinness

Dr. Aida Smith Sapp

Glenda Barton Bush

Dr. Aida Smith Sapp

Dr. Helen Wilson Harris

Janice A. Andrews

Tom & Deanna Mueller

Erica Mueller

Class of 1943

Jean Long Corley

Dorothy Jean “DJ” Reinhard Hogwood

Cindy L. Taylor

Pamela H. Wilson & Family

Larry & Velma Putman

Mark & Betty O’Hair Anderson

Class of 1945

Ruth Zerr Bailey-Reagan

Class of 1953

Chris Weathers Westbrook Class of 1964

Betsy Dabbs Polgue Regina Gregson Cox

Don & Joan Burton Cox

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Donna Walker Hubbard

Dr. Aida Smith Sapp

Dr. David Roland

Vance Self

Frank Lynn & Evelyn Voitas Jez

Mr. & Mrs. Bobby Bridges

Dr. Darrell G. Watson

James & Kathleen Petersen Spraggins

Jeanette Symm Jost

Dr. Aida Smith Sapp

Jack & Minnie Mae Sharp Whyburn

David, Billy & Lynn

Michael Karimkhani

Denise Karimkhani

Dr. Marlene Mixon Zipperlen

David & Barbara Warren Birkes

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