Sarah Wirth, ’26, bottom, typesets the cover copy for this issue with the help of Jen Thomas, program director of the Book Arts Studio in Boatwright Memorial Library. They are using a Vandercook No. 4 proof press manufactured in 1950 and purchased with funds donated by the Friends of Boatwright Memorial Library. The “101” and “of” blocks are wood type that probably dates to 1828.
Photograph by Jamie Betts
BESPOKE TYPE
Josie Scramlin, ’25, the student at left in the green shirt, played a special role this issue. She hand-carved the linoleum block to create the red Spider on the cover. Her block is now a permanent part of the studio’s collection. Throughout the year, the Books Arts Studio works with faculty, students, and staff on projects ranging from bound oral histories, linoleum block printing, poster design, bookbinding workshops, comic making, and more.
EDITOR’S NOTE
A love letter
When Richmond upset No. 16 Dayton in the Robins Center a couple of months ago, I watched from row Q as gleeful students stormed the court. They had been great all game. They were so loud — the decibel meter on my companion’s smartwatch kept popping over 100 in the second half. And they filled the student section seats, the upper steps, and the standing-room-only walkways near the rafters. It was no surprise when they flooded onto the court at the final buzzer. The Robins Center is our house.
What I didn’t see was the unfortunate ordeal of our photographer, Jamie Betts. He was courtside. The flood of students swept him up, literally lifting him up and carrying him onto the court. By the time his feet touched the hardwood again, he had lost his right shoe. But he’s a pro, so he kept taking photos the whole time. You can see some of his best on the back cover of this issue.
His shoe has been missing ever since.
Are Spiders sometimes overzealous in expressing love for Richmond? Sure. Do we apologize for it? Absolutely not.
This issue is another expression of that love. We’ve stormed the court on the features section, turning every page over to holding up things Spiders love. I hope you recognize things you love, remember love-worthy things you’ve forgotten, and learn new things that make you fall in love again.
This is not, of course, everything there is to love about Richmond. Rest assured, had we infinite pages, we could have filled them. Absence from this list does not imply absence from Spiders’ hearts. Consider this a representative sample.
And that is where we hope you come in. We’ll be watching our email inbox (magazine@richmond.edu) with the hope that it fills with stories about items to be added and fresh takes on what’s here. My dream scenario is getting to ask, at a magazine meeting in April, “How on earth will we make room for everything readers sent in?”
That would be a good problem to have. In fact, we’d love it. But not nearly as much as we love the University of Richmond.
University of Richmond Magazine is produced by the Division of University Communications. The publication was launched in 1936 as The Alumni Bulletin and is currently published three times a year. Diverse views are presented and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the editors or official policies of the university.
on the cover: Photograph by Jamie Betts; printing by UR’s Book Arts Studio
Representatives
A sampling of the things that make us happy and proud to be Spiders, including but not limited to:
6 INBOX
Letters from the past Forum
President Hallock picks favorites
8 NEWS
Demand is growing for courses on sports marketing, plus an update on the burying ground.
Portrait
Meet Ya˘gmur
Bingül, ’24, who is headed to medical school
Expert
Interviewing tips from NPR host Roben Farzad
Voices At Sundance with Sam Widdoes, ’08
16 SPORTS
Men’s lacrosse has a gauntlet at home
Moments
Spider football alumni were in stripes on college football’s biggest stage
44 ALUMNI
Spider lives
Portrait
Triceragoose Chapel weddings Campus ghost lore
Random Spider encounters Our big, fat Greek Theater party Scholarships that change lives Stylish ankles The “of” in our name Spider road trips Midnight munchies Nailing that (mock) interview
Rats that drive tiny cars Proclamation letters Four-legged Spiders Boatwright Beach ... and much more.
Meet Eden Kim, ’21, who is performing Hamilton in Korea
48 NOTES
Your latest news
Back Then A winning fight song
Postscript The shoe fits, and it’s beautiful. The art of Quentin Southall, ’24.
Photograph by David Salisbury
from Amazonian communities gave talks on campus and toured the James River in Richmond during International Education Week in November.
YOUR MAGAZINE, YOUR VOICE
Let us know what you think about what you read in this issue. Email your thoughts to magazine @richmond.edu or send us a letter (our postal address is on Page 5).
Please include your class year, city, state, and name you were known by as a student, if applicable. All letters to the editor may be edited for clarity or brevity and should not exceed 200 words. We also welcome your story tips at magazine @richmond.edu.
MARCH ON
I enjoyed reading the letters from folks about the marching band of 1969–70 and later. When I came to UR in 1964, I joined the ROTC and marched in the cadet corps my first two years.
When I declared my music major my junior year, the ROTC staff asked me to join the band and play bass drum (which I had never played before) “so the corps can march to a steady beat,” they told me. Hooking that heavy drum on my skinny frame was quite a learning experience as I marched at the weekly Pass in Review on the drill field and also in parades downtown. My senior year, I was appointed drum major, meaning I could control the music and movements of the band with the marching baton and whistle. I even had the opportunity to conduct the band in rehearsals a few times.
Graduating in the spring of 1968 meant I missed out on the formation of the universitywide marching band, but I will always have good memories of the “original” marching band at UR.
—Joe Northen, R’68 Danville, Virginia
WESTHAMPTON WOMEN AT WAR
something from a Poe nightmare. All of us look alike, so it doesn’t matter.
Lately I have been working on the layouts for ship decks. It is just like cutting out dress material with a pattern, only we use quarter-inch metal and mark it off with center punch, chalk line, and green paint. (We hide our paint each night under the bin of pipe elbows in the tool room because we have the only can with a handle). It is lighter, more interesting work than welding. It gives me a chance to look around.
The shop is a fabulous place. The traveling crane comes rumbling overhead, cutting the shafts of light from the clerestory windows, and rays from welding arcs range upward, making a blue background for sparks from the burning machines. Noise fills the long building from the rear blacksmith shop to the great door where the boxcars back in. It is all a world I had never come in contact with, and it has been a liberal education. I find a great deal of satisfaction in doing physical work, in helping build big, useful things, and in knowing my fellow workers.
There is no doubt that this is a new type of war. What the outcome will be is still unknown, but one day, with everyone doing his job to the best of our ability, we will see ourselves victorious. Meanwhile, we are all doing our part to hasten the day which will see the end of horrible deeds and brutality and the revival once more of the beautiful aspects of this life — when we can look up at last and thank God for a new opportunity to make a good place of this Earth. May we not fail this time!
—Louise Cardozo, W’43, U.S. Signal Corps
At present my work is in an Army hospital library. At this hospital, as in the case of all general hospitals, we are setting up Army Library Service to serve the patients and military personnel. We have a large reading room which houses our main collection of books. Eventually we will visit wards, taking books to those who cannot get to the library. Our program will also include listening hours — for we will have a radio-phonograph and records, roundtable discussion groups, a library newspaper, and similar projects. We also hope to help the musical therapy program.
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Eighty years ago, in March 1944, this magazine published letters from Westhampton alumnae who had “joined the mighty army of American women who are doing their part to help win this war,” i.e., World War II. Here are three of these letters, edited for length. They were published three months before D-Day at a time of enormous uncertainty about the future.
Showering sparks and noise make electric arc welding a perpetual Fourth of July. The fireworks are thrilling, and the noise isolates you in a world of your own thoughts. I have found many interesting things to ponder at Richmond Engineering Company.
I started working there in November after two months’ training in welding school. I am one of 15 girls who work the night shift (4 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.). All dressed up in helmet and bandanna, leather overalls and jacket, spats and gauntlets, I resemble
Another government girl reporting on her job, but I’m afraid this one hasn’t too much to tell, for work with the Signal Corps is of such a confidential nature that too much cannot be disclosed for fear of harm to our fighting forces.
Perhaps the others who are writing about their war work will tell how fascinating and wonderful it all is. Believe them because I know they aren’t using just trite adjectives.
Did you ever imagine a position for which the person could forget all time and come back on his or her day off just to be there on the job? No, I didn’t think there was such a one either until now, but there is just such a spirit “at the post.”
As you know, the Signal Corps is the basic arm of communication for our forces. Without it, how could we know that our boys need supplies in this sector or that, how could we hear of their losses, or of their glorious victories? New messages come in to us each minute telling of all these facts.
Before coming to this hospital to set up the library, I was stationed at the Pentagon in Washington. There, life, as anyone can tell you, is mad, and so it was in our library. Our biggest job was the selection of libraries to go overseas. We were frequently told by the soldiers themselves, stationed in distant outposts, that they were hungry for American books, not just fiction. Most of them are interested in becoming better citizens, so their attention was directed at books on higher math, history, economics, aviation mechanics, plumbing. The soldiers in Alaska wanted to have books telling them about handicrafts and hobbies; the ones in Australia wanted books about home. We tried to fill these requests and many more. Yes, we wear uniforms, live on the post, and are subject to Army regulations. We know our jobs end when the war ends. Even so, it is the most interesting work I could possibly have chosen to do mainly because it is the work I am best fitted to do, and because I feel my contribution to the war effort is real and rewarding.
—Mildred Vick, W’37 U.S. Army Library Service
Sunrise thoughts
A morning walk around campus is the perfect time to take in many of the wonderful things about the University of Richmond.
I prefer to start my day with a 4.3-mile sunrise stroll around the most beautiful campus in the United States. While I love so many things about the University of Richmond, on these walks, I am consistently struck by my favorite thing: our people.
In the quiet of the early morning, I see our custodial staff cleaning residence halls, our landscaping crews planting flowerbeds and mowing turf, and our URPD officers focused on campus safety. I wave hello and think how fortunate we are to have such dedicated, hardworking colleagues. I pass along the edge of our Eco-Corridor and greet neighbors emerging from our woodland trails with friends, both human and canine. And I take pride in Spiders’ myriad efforts to preserve our campus and make UR even more sustainable.
While completing four laps around the track of Robins Stadium, I sometimes see Spider athletes and think about the grit and determination it takes to do what they do. I also feel thankful for the coaches and staff who support our athletes, those who coordinate game-day parking and ticket taking, and the donors who help us ensure our athletic facilities are best-in-class.
As I see the Robins Center, I think about the alumni, families, and friends who join us to cheer on our Spiders and visit one another in the stands. I also reflect upon the academic traditions we celebrate in our illustrious arena, from the University Welcome, where many Spider students and families start their journey and meet one another for the first time, to commencement, where the entire Richmond experience culminates and life as a Spider graduate begins.
I eventually stroll by Westhampton Lake, greeting geese, ducks, and, occasionally, Triceragoose. Heading up the stairs of the
University Forum, I see students connecting with one another for early morning conversation and entering D-Hall for a delicious meal prepared by our award-winning dining services team. Over the course of my walk, I pass all five of our schools and see faculty entering buildings — to prepare for classes, meet with students, or engage in research or creative work. By the time I return home and rapidly prepare for my own arrival in the office, I’m super-excited for the new day.
Our communications team does an incredible job highlighting Spiders’ achievements and contributions, including in the pages of this magazine — but these stories are just the tip of the iceberg. Next time you visit campus or look back on your experiences at Richmond, I encourage you to take note of the many remarkable and dedicated Spiders who advance our mission, enrich our web, and support and inspire one another.
I am so proud to be a Spider and grateful for the company I keep. Thank you for being an important part of our web. And thank you for making our university community stronger every day.
COMPLETE PACKAGE
A solid business background in classes such as finance, accounting, market research, analytics, and selling is also important in this space, Marquardt said.
“I think the students romanticize the space a lot,” he said.
“But we’re trying to create, communicate, and deliver value to somebody in the same way that you would a typical product.”
All-around wins
Growing up, marketing professor Adam Marquardt met athletes and celebrities through his family’s businesses, which included sports apparel and a restaurant in Cooperstown, New York, near the Baseball Hall of Fame. He later helped student-athletes develop business plans and branding while working on his MBA and doctorate. Today, he shares his passion for athletics in his sports marketing classes. He’s seeing rising interest in the field.
“The connections that people develop through social media and content access give them a deeper level of connection with athletes than ever before,” he said. “And I think that those things have made it possible for people that might have had a surface-level interest before to develop a deeper interest.”
The field is competitive, but his students have gone on to careers with sports agencies and teams, including analytics in professional sports.
“Anything that deals with sales or performance analytics, those are kind of the two golden areas that open up doors for students,” Marquardt said.
Networking is also important. His
students have developed proposals for Nike, the Tampa Bay Rays, and the Washington Commanders. Alumni have played a big role in helping students get this experience.
The NCAA began allowing athletes to control and profit from their name, image, and likeness in June 2021. Last fall, Marquardt taught a new class: NIL & Athlete Branding. About 60% of the students were UR athletes who created their own personal plans.
“It’s a rapidly changing field, and there’s not a lot of understanding as to how it’s going to look,” he said.
He’s concerned that there hasn’t been enough discussion about how the deals will be structured. Programs at large universities, he notes, have a lot of support.
“There are a lot of boosters who would have an interest in supporting the athletes through NIL deals. So that crosses back into recruiting, where there are a lot of gray areas,” he said. “I do hope that some of the structural pieces come into play quickly because I think for the next two, three, four years, it’ll be the Wild West.”
ACCOLADES
A perfect 100%
Poets&Quants — a leading publication for business education news — ranked the Robins School of Business in the top 20 undergraduate business schools in the country. It ranked No. 18 for the third consecutive year.
The publication highlighted the Robins School as one of two schools that reported 100% employment for 2023 job-seeking graduates within three months of graduation.
“We know that the world is dynamic, and we constantly evaluate our approach to stay relevant,” Mickey Quiñones, dean of the business school, said.
Study abroad support
Six Spiders will soon live and learn in Argentina, Austria, Brazil, Chile, France, India, South Africa, and Taiwan after receiving competitive Gilman scholarships from the U.S. State Department.
According to data provided by Gilman, about 70% of Gilman recipients self-identify as racial or ethnic minorities; 60% are from rural areas and small towns; and half are first-generation college students. To date, 95 UR students have been offered Gilman scholarships.
MAGAZINE.RICHMOND.EDU
New look online
The magazine’s website has a new look and feel — and more reasons to visit because we’ll be posting more stories between issues that may or may not appear in print issues. We have one in the works, for example, about Spider endurance swimmers crossing bodies of water like the English Channel. The site will also feature more videos and social media, plus highlight recent UR Now stories.
As the revenue models for college athletics continue to change, the Robins School of Business is seeing increased interest in athletics marketing courses.
“Commit to humanity.”
The theme of UR’s 2024 community celebration of Martin Luther King Jr. Day in January. The phrase is inspired by King’s address at the Youth March for Integrated Schools on April 18, 1959.
Burying ground
The university announced in January that the trustees have given approval for “the creation of a permanent memorial to honor the enslaved persons burying ground on a parcel of land that became our current campus.” Construction began in February and is expected to last approximately one year.
The plans for preservation of the burying ground, located just south of Fountain Hall, and the final design come after several years of study, reflection, and consultation with members of the descendant community. In January, the university hosted a small, private ceremony with descendants to mark the milestone and consecrate the ground.
University-sponsored research published in 2019 revealed that a site on the southeastern side of Westhampton Lake was once a
burying ground for those enslaved by former landowners and that remains were discovered and desecrated by the university during construction projects in the early to mid-20th century. In response, the university formed a committee to identify appropriate means of memorializing the ground and the enslaved people who lived and labored on this land prior to the university’s arrival.
The university retained Burt Pinnock from Baskervill architects to develop, evolve, and finalize a design based on several years of listening and work. As part of the research, the university and Baskervill commissioned archaeological site and ground-penetrating radar surveys of the burying ground, which supported a final design that minimizes ground disturbance and preserves the site’s historical topography.
MORE INFORMATION
The design plans and progress updates are available at equity. richmond.edu under “Inclusive History.”
The page also includes “Knowledge of This Cannot Be Hidden,” the 2019 university-sponsored research report about the burying ground.
IN THE NEWS
When media cover news and events, they come to Richmond for perspective and expertise. Here’s a sample of recent stories that put the university in the news:
Accounting professor ROBERT PAWLEWICZ commented on stronger enforcement of American auditing standards against Chinese firms listed on U.S. exchanges. “The hope is that we may export some audit quality to those Chinese firms,” he said. “It’s not going to happen overnight and it’s probably going to be kind of messy and painful along the way.”
Chemistry professor JULIE POLLOCK explained the phenomenon of freezing point depression in a story about the reasons for applying salt to icy roads. “It basically disrupts the crystal structure that forms in the freezing of the ice,” she said.
Law professor DANIELLE STOKES, ’13, was cited in an op-ed about the difficulties that major renewable energy infrastructure projects face because of multiple stakeholders. Stokes has proposed centralizing the approval process, arguing that without it, “it’s increasingly difficult to have systems that in the aggregate will effect change.”
“Perceived differences” between candidates are key to driving voter turnout, ERNEST McGOWEN said in an article about voter frustration. Biden and Trump “both have negatives,” he said, “but at the same time, they are both really well-known commodities.”
For the latest stories, go to news.richmond. edu/placements.
A rendering of the plan for the burying ground
By Kristin
SHE CLEARED A BIG HURDLE
In being accepted to a U.S. medical school as an international student, Bingül overcame very long odds.
According to data from the Association of American Medical Colleges, the national matriculation rate in 2023–24 for international applicants was 11%, compared with 44% for all applicants.
A CALLING TO CARE FOR OTHERS
Ya˘gmur Bingül’s volunteering to help earthquake victims in her native Turkey strengthened her commitment to serving others
The final line of the Hippocratic Oath for physicians reads, “May I long experience the joy of healing those who seek my help.” Ya˘gmur Bingül, ’24, demonstrated this commitment when she flew home to Turkey in February 2023 to assist victims of the 7.8 magnitude earthquake. Now, she’s poised to continue that trajectory as one of the very small number of international students who earn spots in U.S. medical schools.
“It was fulfilling to give back to my community. I could see the impact.”
Bingül was only 5 years old when her newborn brother, Muratcan, experienced neonatal convulsions. “It was very traumatic,” she says. “They told us he was going to either die or be paralyzed.” After several months in the local hospital, the family connected with a specialist in Istanbul who performed life-saving surgery that fully restored her brother’s health. “I decided I wanted to be just like that doctor,” Bingül says.
Being accepted to Richmond and the Richmond Scholars Program “changed my life,” says Bingül, who majored in biochemistry and molecular biology. “It has given me so many opportunities that I didn’t know existed.” She joined UREMS, the university’s emergency medical services team, and became a clinical assistant in the student health center. “I’ve grown so much,” she says. “I’ve improved my communication skills and become more professional and compassionate in how I approach patients.”
She was a junior when the earthquake suddenly devastated southern central Turkey. Her immediate family was safe, but
she felt compelled to put her growing skills to use for others back home. “I thought it was my responsibility to try to help as many people as possible,” she says. The Office of Scholars and Fellowships funded her travel to her home city of Adana, where she volunteered in Seyhan State Hospital.
For a week, she helped admit patients, some of whom had broken or lost limbs, to the emergency room. She visited temporary shelters with a psychologist to assess the mental health of displaced victims. In the obstetrics department, she tended to grieving mothers who miscarried amid the trauma. “It was fulfilling to give back to my community,” she says. “I could see the impact on the patients.”
Her experience in Turkey featured
prominently in her interview at VCU, where she will attend medical school. She is the first Turkish national to be admitted to its program and the third international student from UR to attend a U.S. medical school during the past 20 years. Overall, international students accounted for only 143 of the nearly 23,000 students admitted to U.S. medical schools in 2023, according to data from the Association of American Medical Colleges.
Bingül is grateful for the support from Richmond friends and faculty who helped her fulfill her dream. “The process of applying for medical school was so difficult that I had some doubts about becoming a physician,” she says. “But after volunteering in Turkey, I knew it was the only path for me.”
by Gordon
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QUOTATION
“ You go to his page, and you just feel good.”
DEREK GILMORE, ’24 , commenting in The Collegian on the Instagram account of Anthony Polcari, ’21. Known online as “Tony P,” Polcari’s wholesome authenticity about being a bachelor in Washington, D.C., has earned him more than 175,000 followers on his account, @＿tonypindc.
ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE
New journal launches
Students in the social sciences have launched a first-of-its-kind-at-Richmond journal of undergraduate research focused on domestic and international politics.
Araneum: Richmond Journal of American & Global Affairs is expected to publish its first issue this spring under the guidance of faculty advisers. It is managed by a four-student editorial board that works with more than 20 peer reviewers to publish undergraduate scholarly work. All submitted work “must have been completed during undergraduate study either in coursework or a research fellowship,” according to the journal’s submission guidelines.
“We have two main focus areas for the journal,” Jackson Sandler-Bussey, ’25, editor-in-chief, said. “Our first
is obviously contributing new and exciting research and discussion to the greater discourse. Almost equally as important is giving students the ability to get published — to take what they’ve written in their courses, modify it, and bring it up to the next level.”
The journal is in the first year of a three-year plan. Sandler-Bussey foresees the possibility that in the coming years the journal will expand its submission pool nationally, as have some of the models from which it draws inspiration such as Southern California International Review and Yale Review of International Studies. “Students at University of Richmond have a lot to give to the academic community,” he said. “This gives them another opportunity to do just that.”
AROUND CAMPUS
HOW’S YOUR LATIN?
Kudos to the journal’s editorial team for coming up with a spider-related name we haven’t seen on campus before. The name of the journal, Araneum, is Latin for “spider web.” Read its first issue later this spring at araneumjournal.org.
Speaking about speech
The 2024 focus for the university’s Sharp Series is dialogue, difference, and civil discourse at a time of widespread discussion about free speech generally and in higher education in particular.
“The Sharp Series is a wonderful opportunity for our community to come together to learn and grow while hearing from some of the nation’s most interesting public intellectuals,” said Kevin F. Hallock, president.
Three speakers are exploring civil liberties, free expression, and constitutional law in talks on campus. They include Robert P. George, a legal scholar from Princeton University, who spoke in February. Suzanne Nossel, chief executive officer of PEN America, a free expression organization, is scheduled for March 28. Legal scholar Erwin Chemerinsky will give a talk in October. All events are free and open to the public; advance registration is required.
New redlining maps
The Digital Scholarship Lab released new historical redlining maps and other features in its latest update of its popular Mapping Inequality project.
The new version adds more than 100 maps, mostly for smaller cities in places that have not typically been part of the broader conversation about redlining. Redlining is the practice of denying financial services to residents based on race or ethnicity. “One of our main goals was adding some smaller locations to allow even more people to interact with the project and learn about the history of where they live,” said Rob Nelson, DSL director.
The project (dsl.richmond.edu/ redlining) also now includes introductions for 80 cities written by experts to highlight the human elements of these maps.
Domestic and global affairs are the focus of a new student-launched academic journal.
AROUND CAMPUS
A scholarly approach
More than 140 people shared their stories and research last semester during the university’s first-ever Faculty and Staff Research Symposium. The event was designed to be an informal, low-stress event where presenters could talk about their ongoing research, work, and creative projects. It also offered the possibility of new collaborations as people on campus learn more about what one another are doing.
Organizers received more than double the number of proposals they expected. “The response shows the hunger people have to share ideas and hear about the work going on all over campus,” said Lidia Radi, one of the organizers and a professor of French and Italian studies.
Emancipation, then what?
The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded history professor Christopher Bischof a fellowship to support his work on a book manuscript about 19th-century British imperialism in West Indian colonies. The book, Easy Fixes: Race, Capitalism, and Social Engineering Schemes in the British West Indies, 1823-1865, explores Britons’ approach to emancipation after the abolishment of slavery in Caribbean colonies.
“Many Britons believed that a few cheap, short-lived social engineering schemes would make the transition from slavery to freedom both humane and profitable for everyone,” he said. “The siren call of easy fixes to intractable problems continues to be evident in philanthropy, development, and politics today. I hope this book serves as a warning about the dangers of this mentality.”
FICTION
TEACHING
GOOD READ In April, writer-in-residence Rachel Beanland celebrates the release of the paperback of her historical novel The House Is on Fire. It tells the story, through four characters’ experiences, of an 1811 fire in a crowded Richmond theater.
Beanland is teaching novel writing and introductory creative writing courses this semester, as well as supervising an honors thesis and two independent studies focused on novels.
GOOD ADVICE
In 2019, Outka published the essay “Zombie Flu” in The Conversation. It was based on the research in her book Viral Modernism. In it, she traced the popularity of zombies in Halloween culture to the 1919 influenza pandemic. She ended with prescient advice: “While you may not be prepared for a zombie apocalypse this October, you can still prepare for the coming flu season. Along with your zombie banana costume, be sure to get your flu shot.”
Humanities advocate
In October 2019, English professor Elizabeth Outka didn’t expect too many people outside of her field to notice when she published a book about modernist literature. The book, Viral Modernism: The Influenza Pandemic and Interwar Literature, investigates how the deadly 1918–19 influenza pandemic reshaped the modernist era.
Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit, and she found herself a go-to expert for media writing about how people were coping.
She also contributed her expertise through her own writings. Among them is an essay she wrote for The Washington Post about how stories can be powerful tools for sense-making. “In reading and telling stories,” she wrote, “we will discover ways to live in uncertain times, to accept that we don’t know how or when the story will end, and — within this
very uncertainty — to forge meaning nevertheless.”
In January, the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia named her a recipient of its outstanding faculty award. SCHEV’s awards are the highest honor for faculty at Virginia’s colleges and universities, recognizing superior accomplishments in teaching, research, and public service.
Outka, who is Tucker-Boatwright Professor of Humanities, has been teaching at UR since 2008. She has written on topics ranging from consumer culture and postcolonial representations of trauma to disability studies.
“I have spent my career advocating for the importance of the humanities and for the vital role literature plays in reimagining our worlds, easing our isolation, alerting us to complexity and nuance, and connecting us to other lives,” she said.
Outka, above, received Virginia’s highest honor for university faculty in January.
Our guest today is ...
Roben Farzad, journalist-in-residence in the Robins School, is the host of NPR’s Full Disclosure. Episodes are regularly recorded live on campus in front of sellout audiences.
Like a blind date, interviews are full of nervous wonderings. What are they thinking right now? Is this going well? Now imagine all that in front of an audience. Farzad has a seemingly effortless stage presence, which he happily breaks down for the rest of us:
1. Imagine the interview in tunnel vision. You’re having lunch or a drink with that person at a bar. What are the questions you would ask? If you could be a fly on the wall of that conversation — that’s how I model my interviews.
2. Disarm your interviewee.
I try to be as disarming as possible at the very outset. Some people are nervous, so I might start an episode with a song or lyrics. Or just be open and poke fun at yourself. Then the other person is laughing, and it breaks the ice. Being open makes it disarming.
3. Take a surprising angle.
People will ask why I want them on what’s nominally a business program. I’ve approached a comedian who sold out all these shows that appeared on Comedy Central and HBO, but, “I noticed you’re using Kickstarter for your original screenplay. How is it you get paid for your stand-up, but you’re effectively gigging as an original screenplay producer?” And then they see that theirs is also a business story.
4. Be fascinated.
I think all of us are looking for universality. We’re looking for similitude. You jump through hoops, you go through life’s lessons, and at a certain point, you want to share those lessons with other people. I’m so overwhelmed with gratitude that guests would come and [share in that with me]. I don’t have to jazz myself up to ask questions like those. In fact, I have to shut myself up in order to cap it to an hour.
5. Build relationships.
I partnered with the University of Richmond because I love Dean Quiñones and the whole crew there. It’s such a warm place. The campus is gorgeous. I’ve joked before that they shampoo their squirrels. And you pack together the university and public radio, and it becomes catnip for guests.
6. Don’t be afraid to reset.
If your interviewee is getting distracted, give them an anchor to reset the conversation.
I’ll say, “Let’s take a break,” and go to commercial, or say “Full Disclosure, I’m Roben Farzad with our special guest …,” and then switch topics.
7. Leave it all on the stage — then rest.
I think I’m an introverted extrovert. What you see takes a lot of energy: being magnanimous, greeting people, being mindful of camera angles. And there’s nowhere else I’d rather be. But afterwards, I need to isolate for two or three days. I love it; it just takes all of you.
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Interview by
María Badillo
Photograph by Kim Schmidt
NOW SHOWING
As We Speak was one of 10 films in the U.S. documentary competition at the Sundance Film Festival, out of about 12,000 submissions. It premiered Jan. 22 and is now streaming on Paramount+. Professor Nielson is credited as a consulting producer and appears as an expert frequently in the documentary. He attended Sundance along with Widdoes, Harper, and Kemba.
A red carpet day
Sam Widdoes, ’08 (above right), produced As We Speak, a documentary inspired by the research of UR professor Erik Nielson into the use of rap lyrics as evidence in trials. It premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.
What was your mindset going into Sundance?
This is the first project I’ve ever had at a film festival. It was my first time being able to see a film of mine in front of a live audience and getting the director in front of an audience to really showcase the work that we all put in together. I’m really honored that we were chosen as part of the U.S. documentary competition.
Why do you think this film stood out to the Sundance selection committee?
One is the filmmaker, J.M. [Jason] Harper (above center), and the quality of the film that he made. He really challenged what documentaries can look like. There’s a lot of information presented, but it’s presented through the eyes and experience of a rapper named Kemba. As Jason has said, he wants us to spend 90% of the film falling in love with Kemba and then the last five to 10 minutes seeing how this artist can be por-
trayed in a negative light just by virtue of his lyrics. Rap lyrics are being presented to juries for the purpose of prosecution. That should be scary to anyone who has walked into a museum and seen that people have different interpretations of art.
You first learned about Nielson (above left) testifying at trials as an expert witness from an article in this magazine. What made you think this subject had potential for film? Erik’s position was fascinating to me as a former litigator. [Widdoes has practiced law in California since 2014. —Ed.] I think about that moment when 12 people are going to decide the fate of a person, and there’s this one interaction where this guy — Erik — is going to bring as much of his academic expertise as possible. I’ve never been in a courtroom where hip-hop was involved in any way. When you see artwork in a courtroom — it’s almost like this doesn’t
belong here. Why is it here? And how do we make sure the guardrails are very high?
Most of the journey from reading the article about Erik to making this film was finding this beautiful, complicated storytelling and seeing there are so many stories to be told within it — different cases and defendants who either were aspiring professional rappers, amateur rappers, or even people just messing around on their social media. It was always a matter of finding the storyteller to weave this together in a way that’s coherent, compelling — and as expressive, groundbreaking, communal, and beloved as the music itself.
My production company’s goal is to find small moments that are compelling and through them tell a larger story about who we are, what we value, and how we relate to each other, and to entertain in the process.
Any parting words?
I find it so cool that my connection to this whole project started with Richmond and finding Erik in the magazine. I’m very proud that Erik is a professor at my alma mater and doing the kind of work that he’s doing.
AROUND CAMPUS
BUSINESS The Robins School of Business is deepening its connections with 53 international partner institutions. Through a new initiative, an inaugural cohort of 14 business school faculty members visited five universities in Spain and Portugal that hosted approximately one-third of Robins students studying abroad in fall 2023.
“The experience,” said Mickey Quiñones, dean, “strengthened our commitment to international business education.”
Growth and value
Daunting. Surreal. Wow.
Students are using words like these to describe a capstone experience unlike any other in the Robins School: managing a very real $1 2 million investment portfolio.
They are senior finance majors leading the Student-Managed Investment Fund as a capstone to their investment courses. SMIF student managers monitor sectors, learn key players and companies, and study the macro environment as they look for attractive investments. Two teams — one focused on growth-oriented investments, the other on value funds — review performance and pitch new investments weekly.
“The first time I logged in and looked at our bank account, it was surreal to realize, ‘Wow, I’m controlling that right now,’” said Natalie Null, ’24, head of the value fund.
“There’s nowhere else — not even at an internship — where we would have this amount of leadership opportunity to make these decisions.”
SMIF’s fund currently has about 35 holdings, and its portfolio has grown by approximately 15% — or $150,000 — under the current managers. That growth is in line with benchmarks set by the S&P growth and value indexes.
Faculty advisers sit in on SMIF meetings and ask questions, but final decisions are up to the students. An advisory board of investment professionals is also available for advice.
“At first, it was daunting, like, are we doing this right? Are we messing everything up?” said Will Lynch, ’24, head of the growth fund. “But we’ve been making changes, selling positions, adding positions, and over the past few months, we’ve seen our decisions come to fruition.”
CAUTIONARY TALES
During a fall trip to New York, SMIF students met with alumni about their experience with SMIF and their careers since.
“I remember talking to someone from the Class of 2000 who lost half their portfolio in the dot-com bubble,” Null says. “It was interesting to hear from people who have been here before.”
Rivers of learning
Experts from around the world participated in UR’s International Education Week in November to discuss solutions to local and global sustainability. This year, students had a chance to meet representatives from Amazonian communities from Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia. Since 2007, Richmond faculty and students have traveled to the Amazon to collaborate with Indigenous leaders to study changes to the rainforest.
International Education Week has become a signature fall event on campus. The weeklong schedule included more than 20 official events — from plenary talks and discussion roundtables to gallery talks, films, trips down the James River, and an international dinner. Other speakers included Indigenous leaders in Virginia and a Maori law professor from University of Otago in New Zealand.
“UR is unique in having campuswide engagement,” said Martha Merritt, dean and the Carole M. Weinstein Chair of International Education. “Most universities might have an event, not sustained community. We like taking intellectual risks.”
History today
UR’s Digital Scholarship Lab has added a new asset to its offerings: History News Network.
Over two decades, HNN has published more than 10,000 original essays by prominent historians. This new partnership preserves access to the site’s content and extends its reach via the public history project Bunk (bunkhistory.org).
Bunk is an online tool that makes connections between stories in the media engaging with American history across space, time, and theme. Founded by historian and UR President Emeritus Edward Ayers in 2016, Bunk shares a mission with HNN to make history accessible and help readers better understand stories in the news.
Business students gain experience as they make the calls on a $1.2 million portfolio.
STUDY ABROAD
LATEST NEWS
Lacrosse, basketball, tennis, and other spring sport seasons were in full swing when this issue went to the printer in February. Get the latest updates on every team at richmondspiders .com.
“Giant-killers are back.”
The headline in THE COLLEGIAN after Spider men’s basketball defeated No. 16 Dayton in the Robins Center in January. With the victory, the Spiders took sole possession of first place in the A-10 and extended their win streak to 10, the team’s longest since the 1930s.
Home turf advantage
There’s a hot new item for men’s lacrosse fans: a ticket. Preseason expectations for attendance in Robins Stadium were so strong that tickets are required for all home games for the first time. Traditionally, only football and men’s and women’s basketball have been ticketed.
The 10-year-old program entered the season ranked No. 20 and coming off its fifth NCAA tournament appearance. It faces a daunting home schedule with potential big wins in front of large home crowds. Half of the team’s home games come against teams ranked in the preseason Top 12, including No. 2 Duke, No. 3 Virginia, No. 5 Maryland, and No. 12 Georgetown.
RUNDOWN
Serious hoops
Women’s basketball entered February with a dominant 18-4 record, a first-place tie in the Atlantic 10 standings, and a 16-game home winning streak. The team had not lost in the Robins Center in more than a year. It was also receiving votes in the AP Top 25 poll. Along the way, the team earned the 1,000th win in program history.
A coaching debut ...
Mik Aoki began his inaugural season as head coach of Spider baseball in February with a home series against Niagara University. Aoki came to Richmond with 22 seasons of head coaching experience, including stints at Morehead State, Notre Dame, Boston College, and Columbia.
“We spoke very intentionally about what we want our culture to look like and what we want to represent,” he said during the offseason. “Now it’s going about putting all of that into place.”
The Spiders return eight starters and more than 85 percent of its scoring power from a year ago. Among the returning players are the A-10’s 2023 offensive, midfield, and rookie players of the year.
Women’s lacrosse also began the season with strong momentum. The team ranked No. 19 nationally and was the preseason favorite in the A-10 coaches’ poll. Last season, it advanced to the second round of the NCAA tournament for the first time in program history.
The team returned nine seniors and also plays a tough schedule. Opponents include No. 25 Navy (away), No. 15 Virginia (away), and No. 6 James Madison (home).
... and a coaching milestone
A win over Duquesne Jan. 16 marked a milestone for men’s basketball head coach Chris Mooney. It was his 600th game at Richmond. He began coaching at Richmond in 2005 and has more wins than any coach in program history. The milestone was delayed after he was forced to take a medical leave at the end of the 2022–23 season to undergo a heart procedure.
“After last year, I’m thankful every day,” he said. “Even more so, I’m thankful to the Robins family, to everybody who’s impacted Richmond basketball. For me to be able to be at a place that I love and cherish, it means a lot.”
Spider men’s lacrosse is running a scheduling gauntlet this regular season.
Photograph at left by J.B. Meyer; top courtesy Richmond Athletics
Game on
Decades after they captained Spider teams, Danny Worrell, R’85, and Troy Gray, B’86, were on the field for college football’s national championship.
Two former Spider football players took the field for the College Football Playoff national championship. But neither played for Michigan or Washington.
Instead, Danny Worrell and Troy Gray — both Spiders captains in the mid-1980s — served on another team at NRG Stadium in Houston: the eight-member officiating crew.
“In college football, this is the pinnacle — it’s the game,” said Worrell, who was positioned behind the defense as umpire. “For us to get selected for that particular game was a dream come true.”
Tapped shortly after Thanksgiving, the two immediately launched into preparation for the assignment of a lifetime. The next month they watched the four top teams compete in the Sugar Bowl and Rose Bowl, reviewed game film, and met regularly with championship administrators.
“Everyone says you’ve got to treat it like just another game,” said Gray, the head line judge. “Well, it’s not like some other game. It’s the final game of the season.”
Hearing the national anthem play and observing the coin toss sparked pregame
goosebumps. “It was loud — very loud — and electric. I was ready to put a helmet on and go out there and hit someone,” said Worrell, a former offensive lineman. “But then the ball was kicked off, and we went into our serious game mode, and muscle memory took over. You block everything else out.”
After playing football for nearly two decades, including as teammates at J.R. Tucker High School in Richmond, officiating keeps the friends connected to the game. Starting in Pee Wee football leagues and working their way up through high school football, both advanced from Division III schools into larger conferences and ultimately to the Atlantic Coast Conference. Over time, they tested different officiating positions before finding their niche.
“Once you get good at one position, you want to stay there,” Worrell said. Gray, who was a linebacker in college, quickly picked up the conversation: “And we all have different responsibilities because there are 22 players on the field. We have to watch our part of the game, rely on other officials to watch their part of the game, and all come in sync.”
The national championship turns to one of the top college conferences without a team in contention to provide the officiating crew. The ACC, which paired the self-described fun-loving and boisterous duo on a crew several years ago, found its teams out of the playing picture this year, opening the door for its officials.
“When you get into college officiating, you hope you get that call,” Worrell said. “But for some of the best officials in the business, that call never comes.”
And while the season is finished, the time off is short for college football officials. Worrell and Gray have already attended their first meeting for the 2024 season, which likely means trips farther west as Stanford, California, and SMU join the ACC. They won’t be on the field, though, when Richmond travels to Virginia. Officials can’t call a game involving their alma mater.
When they weren’t playing football, Danny Worrell and Troy Gray were part of the “Lettermen,” who appeared at all home basketball games. The photo at left is from their senior year. Worrell was the I, and Gray was the E.
GOOD TIMES
We asked far and wide to compile a list of things Spiders love. It’s not comprehensive or definitive. It’s in random, not rank, order. No two lists would be alike. Let us know what’s on your list at magazine@richmond.edu.
1. PUBLISHING WITH YOUR PROFESSOR
Chemistry professor Carol Parish calls articles in academic journals “scientific currency.” Professors and graduate students at universities across the country build their careers via their publication records.
At Richmond, undergraduates do, too — which is unusual. It happens because professors across UR emphasize it and position students to be co-authors and sometimes lead authors of published research.
“Having that experience sets our students apart,” Parish says.
One of her mentees, Camryn Carter, was part of a UR research team that studied how the COVID-19 omicron variant enters human cells. Carter was the lead author for the study, which appeared in the Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling. She was later named a Beckman Scholar and received a Rising Black Scientist award, both forms of national recognition that support her potential to become a scientific leader. Today, she’s in grad school at MIT.
2. MENTORS WHO REACH BACK AND HELP UP
Mentoring relationships are part of Richmond’s DNA. Here’s one great story: Racquel Francis, ’12, and Marybe Assouan, ’05, met in 2010 when the Robins School paired them for mentorship when Francis was a junior. “Before the end of the mentorship program, I told her she was never getting rid of me,” Francis said.
Today, they’re vacation buddies, walking partners, and support systems for each other — like sisters, they say. For example, Assouan gave Francis a place to stay when her housing plans fell through during a relocation. A few months later, Francis moved back in to care for Assouan after a medical scare.
Mentors come in many forms at UR, whether they’re alumni like Assouan, or maybe a professor, staff member, or even peer. No matter the source, the bonds run deep.
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4. OUR RELENTLESS OPTIMISM
Kelly Corrigan, W’89, devoted her 2022 commencement address to 67 reasons for optimism. “Optimism is rational and essential,” she said. “Optimists create the future because they see problems as temporary and specific, not pervasive, not permanent.”
Optimism was a great theme for this campus. Spiders maintain confidence that, in the words of President Kevin F. Hallock:
5. Classrooms worldwide
Here’s a big number: More than 65% of UR students have a significant international experience before they graduate.
Research and internship opportunities in places around the world are a popular option. Students have recently traveled overseas to study the impact of melting glaciers on ecosystems in the Andes and Amazon; folklore in New Zealand and Nepal; and nonprofit work in Cambodia, among many other experiences.
The EnCompass program provides crucial support to students who are the least likely to have an international experience. It offers faculty-led short trips that avoid common barriers to studying abroad, including finances and academic and athletic schedules.
“Our goal is to ensure all students at UR are empowered to study abroad,” said Martha Merritt, dean of international education.
6. RANDOM SPIDER ENCOUNTERS
Sure, you’ve happened upon fellow Spiders in airports, destinations, and parties, but you want really random? Read on.
The year was 1946, just after the end of World War II. David Nelson Sutton, a 1915 graduate, was part of the prosecution team for the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, the Pacific Theater’s counterpart to the Nuremberg trials.
He described what happened to him in a letter to this magazine: “I was walking along a street in Shanghai, China, one afternoon the first part of June when a familiar voice called out, ‘Nelson Sutton, what are you doing here?’ It was Jesse M. Johnson, of Richmond [Class of 1922], then an officer in the Army on duty in China.” Even in 1946, Spiders were everywhere.
7. WELL-BEING CENTER
Dedicated in 2021, it houses — and is — many things: Home to Student Health and CAPS, where students’ physical and mental well-being are tended. A warm kitchen for healthy cooking demonstrations and classes. A Himalayan salt room. A mindfulness retreat. A mediation garden. A workplace for Karla, a certified therapy dog. A place of calm on campus.
8. SPIDER ROAD TRIPS
Talk about career prep. Multiple times a year, groups of students travel with career services team members to connect with dozens of alumni and other professionals. Options include Spiders on Wall Street and Spiders in Silicon Valley.
Logan Anderson, a senior business administration and marketing major, was on a Spiders in Marketing and Communications road trip in January to New York City, where her group visited TikTok, Google, Weiden + Kennedy, NBC Universal, and other companies. “The most special part of the trip,” she said, “was the opportunity to connect with Spiders.”
9. THE “OF” IN OUR NAME
Ever contemplated the shortest word in “University of Richmond”? is a preposition, of course. Prepositions express relationships. In declaring this university is “of” Richmond, we take pride in our place every time we say who we are.
10. LEADING IN LEADERSHIP
You know the basic facts: The Jepson School is the world’s first school devoted to studying leadership — as it was, as it is, and as it should be. It was a vision put forth by Robert, B’64 and GB’75, and Alice Jepson: to create a school where multidisciplinary faculty and students dedicate themselves to developing new insights into the complexities and challenges of effective, ethical leadership. The Jepson School recently celebrated its 30th year and 2,000th graduate.
11. A LOCATION FULL OF POSSIBILITY
Many leading liberal arts universities are surrounded by miles of farmland. Our hometown is the seat of state government and home to every level of courts below the Supreme Court, plus the Federal Reserve. A short distance away is Washington, D.C., where two Spiders serve in Congress. All of that equals unparalleled business, government, legal, and nonprofit opportunities right in our backyard for Spiders looking to network, land internships, and build careers.
12. ITSY, BITSY SPIDERS
Did you see twins Griffin and Zyggi Goralski on Page 63? Everyone loves a Spider baby. Just as the magazine celebrates them in class notes, the URAA (No. 13) shows its love by sending new Spider parents a copy of the board book The Very Busy Spider. Let the URAA know about your new Spider via alumni@richmond.edu.
13. URAA
Each year at commencement, the current president of the University of Richmond Alumni Association welcomes new graduates into its fold. This year, for the first time, it will be Ed Pruden, R’72 and G’74.
The 28-member URAA board comes from across the country — from New York to California, from Illinois to Louisiana — with members representing every graduation decade from the 1960s to today. They are a key voice and resource for UR’s approximately 62,000 living alumni.
Here’s how Pruden describes what he’s loved and learned in his time volunteering with the URAA:
1. What I’ve enjoyed:
• Getting to know board members from ages 25 to 75
• Learning similarities and differences in our experiences as students and as alumni
• Getting to know university leadership and better understanding the scope and challenges of their work
• Listening to Spiders and parents share their appreciations and concerns about the university
2. What I’ve learned:
• Students, faculty, and alumni are an increasingly diverse group of folks.
• One cannot predict what Spiders might think about an issue based on their age, gender, or race.
• Spiders universally appreciate the education and experience they had at UR and want it to continue to improve for each new generation.
3. Golden threads of common feelings that I’ve observed among Spiders of all ages:
• Integrity and core values are nurtured at UR.
• Spiders are extremely proud of the university’s growing academic reputation, enhanced campus facilities, athletic successes, and increasing national awareness and stature.
• Small enrollment and class sizes enable UR students to feel known, heard, and appreciated by their professors and university staff.
• Relationships between professors and students often develop into friendships that promote mentoring and encouragement into the future.
• UR has always been an incredibly beautiful campus that feels like home over a lifetime.
—Ed Pruden, R’72
and G’74
14. REUNION WEEKEND
Commencement might be the biggest graduation celebration, but it’s followed by many jubilees. Each spring, nearly 2,000 alumni and guests gather for Reunion Weekend to mark the anniversaries of their graduations and the lifelong relationships that come with being a Spider. This year’s festivities are May 31–June 2.
15. NASA’S GREATEST ASTRONAUT PORTRAIT EVER IS A SPIDER
Two-time International Space Station resident Leland Melvin, R’86, sneaked his rescue dogs Jake and Scout in while sitting for his official NASA photo in 2009. When a reporter found and published one of the images in 2015, it unlocked stratospheric levels of joy and delight.
16. CAMPUS GHOST LORE
Does the late May Keller really wander the halls of the Westhampton Deanery, where she lived for decades?
Have you heard footsteps in the catwalks of Booker Hall? And what about the child seen wandering the halls of the Bottomley House? All a bit of harmless fun. Probably.
17. NAILING THAT (MOCK) INTERVIEW
In 2008, the Robins School of Business piloted an innovative idea. Students get great academic preparation, but what if we also offered a professional development boot camp for, say, two days?
Thus was born Q-camp, a popular program that now regularly fills up within hours of registration opening. During it, students do mock interviews, learn networking skills, and practice presenting themselves in a professional setting. About 25% of the volunteers who help each year are alumni. Other undergraduate schools took note and launched their own school-specific versions, A&S Next and Jepson Edge. They all reflect Richmond’s commitment to preparing students for their futures in every way possible.
18. PARTNERS IN THE COMMUNITY
In December, science majors in the Gottwald Science Center got some new lab partners — middle school students participating in Higher Achievement. Together, they ran an experiment with zebra fish as part of a larger project related to treating epilepsy in people.
Community partnerships, often coordinated by the Center for Civic Engagement, are an integral part of the Richmond curriculum. Sometimes, Spiders go to businesses and organizations for collaborative projects, internships, and service learning. Sometimes, they host community partners on campus and reach deep into what they’ve learned to explain, say, zebra fish embryos to preteens. This philosophy — learning through community connections — is campuswide. SPCS students, for example, completed more than 3,200 practicum hours in schools throughout the Richmond region last year.
19. LAVENDER GRADUATION
In 2013, The Collegian reported that about 60 people attended UR’s first Lavender Graduation, which celebrates LGBTQ+ graduates. In 2023, the event drew 125. The tradition began at the University of Michigan in 1995, and approximately 200 universities celebrate it today.
Richmond has added its own take by combining the event with the firstof-its-kind Rainbow Prom, which is scheduled to return for its second year in 2024.
20. BENCH TOP INNOVATIONS
Is it surprising that Richmond’s approach to teaching entrepreneurialism is so innovative? Of course not.
One of the newest examples starts with a great course name: Creating and Commercializing Culinary Magic. Most people on campus call it Bench Top Innovations, and its tagline is “from ideation to revenue in less than nine months.”
Here’s how it works. For a semester, teams of students compete to develop a food-based product. At the end of the semester, they make their pitches to a panel of judges, and a winner is chosen. During the second semester, the whole class becomes one team again with one goal: launching and scaling a business based on the winning product.
One recent success story is Absurd Snacks, a line of snack mixes produced in a supply chain free of the nine most common allergens. At last count, it was available at more than 70 retailers on the East Coast and a handful more west of the Mississippi.
Here’s the kicker: The Bench Top Innovations course is open to seniors of every discipline, not just business majors.
If there’s another class like it anywhere in the country, we haven’t found it.
21. SPIDERS HIT THE HIGH NOTES …
In December, the university celebrated the 50th annual Candlelight Service of Lessons and Carols at Cannon Memorial Chapel. At its heart were the voices of Schola Cantorum, which has been performing on campus since 1971. Four a cappella groups — Richmond Octaves, Choeur du Roi, Off the Cuff, and the Sirens — also send Spiders’ hearts soaring.
22. … AND HAVE THE MOVES
“Dance,” sophomore Denis Velazquez told The Collegian this fall, “brings laughs and smiles, and it brings everybody together.” She’s co-president of Ritmo Latino, one of four student-led dance groups. Others include Ngoma African Dance Company (West African Dance), Block Crew (urban hip-hop), and the Bollywood Jhatkas (South Asian fusion). In March, the University Dancers (above) put on their 39th annual dance concert.
24. CANDLELIGHT CEREMONY
It’s one of UR’s oldest traditions, but it became part of graduation weekend only with the Class of 1985. The students behind the planning had high hopes. “When I come back in 40 years, there’ll still be a candlelight ceremony,” Brian Domster, R’86, predicted in The Collegian Next year, he’ll be proven right.
25. WE KNOW THE LITTLE THINGS AREN’T ALWAYS LITTLE
Every fall, Spiders Helping Spiders channels philanthropic support to the Student Emergency Fund, the Career Opportunity Fund, and financial aid. Spiders respond with collective generosity that makes a huge difference. Take the Career Opportunity Fund. During the 2022–23 academic year, it awarded an average of $235 to nearly 150 students. These funds went to pay for things like clothing for job interviews and travel costs for conferences. This support positions students with limited means to say yes to opportunities. It changes lives.
26. WHEN YOUR WEDDING PARTY IS FULL OF SPIDERS
And the guest list, too. Photos in class notes every issue prove it: There’s no wedding like a Spider wedding.
27. BEING BACKSTAGE BEFORE A PERFORMANCE
The first thing I notice backstage is the audience’s conversations fading to silence as the house lights dim. Someone makes the first entrance of the show. I enter and embrace my character and the work completed over weeks of rehearsals. Before I know it, I’m onstage bowing. The audience applauds. Everyone in the production celebrates another successful show.
There are two types of beauty in performance: 1. Watching everyone’s hard work come together; 2. The life that exists backstage. The most important work happens onstage, but backstage is where the community lives.
—Amy Ogle, ’26. She has performed in two campus theater productions and counting.
28. RICHMOND GUARANTEE
guar•an•tee n. assurance, certainty; v. to give security to
Senior Stuart Terrill called his summer 2023 internship one of the best experiences of his life.
No wonder. He interned with USA Track & Field, where he worked on a project to demystify the difficult point system that determines who qualifies for the Olympics. The project could make athletes’ dreams come true.
Terrill believes the internship has gotten him closer to his. “I definitely feel like I’ve got a foot in the door now,” he said.
His experience was supported by the Richmond Guarantee. The Guarantee arose out of an ambitious idea, that students’ financial circumstances shouldn’t determine whether they can accept great summer opportunities. With strong and broad philanthropic support, the Guarantee launched in 2014. Many more Spiders have contributed since and strengthened the program.
Through it, every traditional undergraduate is eligible to receive a fellowship of up to $5,000 for an unpaid or underpaid summer internship or faculty-mentored research project.
Each year, it funds experiences for more than 500 students. In 2023, more than $2 million was awarded, and students did internships or research in 32 states and 25 countries.
29. SCHOLARSHIPS THAT CHANGE LIVES
Brent Clark, ’97, vividly remembers the moment he knew he wanted to be a Spider. A Kentucky native, he was a high school student touring colleges with his father. “When we [got to campus], my dad looked around and said, ‘You’re going here, aren’t you?’” he said. “I said, ‘Yeah, I think I am.’ It was just that immediate gut feeling.”
Clark could afford a Richmond education and graduate with no debt because of a generous scholarship and financial aid package made possible by Spider donors. Two decades later, he decided to pay it forward by establishing the Fleming Scholarship in memory of his grandfather.
“My grandfather was a tobacco farmer who did not graduate from high school,” Clark said. “But he was the smartest man I’ve ever met. He encouraged his children and grandchildren to get an education, and he instilled a love of learning in me.”
More than two-thirds of Richmond undergraduates are supported by scholarships and financial aid, a substantial portion of which is funded by donors. So far, two students have received the Fleming scholarship.
“Students should be able to experience everything that UR has to offer,” Clark said.
—Kyra Molinaro
30. Graduation photos with faculty
The next time you’re on campus during commencement, check out the lawn next to the Robins Center after graduation. That’s where families traditionally meet their graduates after the ceremony. Since 2008, professors have joined the greeting committee.
The moment annually produces dozens of some of the most meaningful graduation photos you’ll ever see.
31. THAT GO-TO INDULGENCE
The first time I treated myself to a root beer float from the Cellar — in the early evening of a particularly grueling school day — a comforting tradition was born. Dessert before dinner is OK, right? As soon as I slid into the wooden booth and took a sip from the fizzing, creamy cup, I felt my weariness melt away. And no, you can’t dip your straw in for a taste. This one’s mine.
—Sophia Demerath, ’26
32. WE TAKE ENGAGEMENT SERIOUSLY
UR is home to one of the country’s biggest Bonner Scholar programs. It provides scholarships to 100 students annually who commit to substantial community engagement. By the time they graduate, they’ve spent more than 750 hours learning from and serving community partners throughout the Richmond region. More than 20% of law school graduates earn the Carrico Center Pro Bono Certificate, which recognizes students who complete at least 120 hours of service during their three years of law school.
33. CAREER SERVICES FOR LIFE
Newton’s laws, ancient honey, and groans after dad jokes — these are all things that stand the test of time. Like them, career services support for Spiders never expires. It’s always there to support you with job searches, resume/cover letter review, networking, mock interviews, and more. Reach out via careerservices.richmond.edu anytime.
34. SPIDERS-IN-RESIDENCE
Talk about lessons in leadership. This year’s Jepson School leader-in-residence is Danny TK Avula, commissioner of the Virginia Department of Social Services. He led the COVID-19 vaccination effort in Virginia, which became one of the 10 most-vaccinated states in the country.
Professionals-in-residence are working with students across the university. They come in many kinds: artist, entrepreneur, executive, leader, community partner, founder, and journalist among them. Collectively, they bring fresh practitioners’ eyes into the curriculum.
35. Making a corner of the world a better place
Hundreds of students are part of service organizations. For biochem major Emma Kane, ’25, it’s UR’s Camp Kesem chapter. Ask her about it, and she doesn’t hold back: “It’s magical — and I don’t throw that word around.”
Kane, above in pink, is one of 50 or so active members. Each year, they plan and fundraise for a weeklong summer camp for children who are coping with a parent’s cancer diagnosis or have lost a parent to cancer. It’s a welcome respite for kids going through a really rough time.
Most Kesem members also serve as camp counselors. For privacy reasons, everyone at camp goes by a nickname. That tradition continues in meetings. One of Kane’s best friends is named Lauren, but in Kesem world, they are Unicorn and Basil. These alter egos let everyone put aside their personal ties and focus on what’s best for the kids. “My camp self is my most selfless self,” Kane says.
36. FIRST-GENERATION SPIDERS
Jaide Hinds-Clarke, ’20, has a question for Spiders like herself who are the first in their families to graduate college: “Aren’t we incredible?”
“My time at Richmond was more than an academic journey,” she wrote on LinkedIn. “It was about living out my ancestors’ wildest dreams and discovering my true self. … You’re not just earning a degree; you’re trailblazing a legacy.” Fifteen percent of the current first-year class are first-gen students.
They have fellow trailblazers across campus. When the Student Center for Equity and Inclusion compiled a list of faculty and staff who were first-gen students, it ran more than 160 names and represented every corner of campus.
37. SPOTTING YOUR PROF AS AN EXPERT IN THE NEWS
From top-tier media outlets to major trade publications, in any given year, about 100 professors are featured in hundreds of national media stories with billions of potential readers, viewers, and listeners. Sometimes, professors even inspire documentaries and walk the red carpet at Sundance. (See what we mean on Page 14.)
38. OUR FAVORITE ANSWER IS “YES”
39. LEADERS AND LUMINARIES COME HERE
40. ALUMNI REGIONAL GROUPS
42. BLACK EXCELLENCE GALA
Black History Month at UR culminates with one of the best-dressed parties on campus: the Black Excellence Gala. It’s a night for coming together to celebrate the culture, contribution, and achievement of the Black community on campus and in the region and country.
Interested in majors no one’s ever combined? Have an idea for a unique study abroad? Want to connect in new ways with young Spider alums in your region? We say yes. Our culture of student support encourages Spider to forge new ways forward even if it’s initially unclear how to make it happen. This disposition has power. It puts Spiders in position to say yes to themselves and their own potential.
A partial list: Presidents Dwight Eisenhower, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and Barack Obama. Supreme Court justices Antonin Scalia, Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen Breyer, and Elena Kagan. Adm. Chester Nimitz and Gen. Norman Schwarzkopf. Even Bruce Springsteen and Bo Diddley played here back in the day.
What about lately, you ask? This academic year, a former president of Kosovo and the current U.S. Secretary of Transportation have made visits. Music legends Rosanne Cash and Wynton Marsalis did shows, and actor and writer Issa Rae gave a talk and met with students. Are we name-dropping shamelessly? Yes. But with a point. UR students regularly have opportunities to meet leaders, debate issues, and engage with artists at the highest levels.
UR’s nearly 60 volunteer-run regional alumni groups keep Spiders connected. “U of R San Francisco meant so much to me when I first moved here in 2019,” said Matt Ely, ’14, who now helps lead the chapter. “I’d like to give that experience and sense of home to other incoming Spiders.”
41. FINDING YOUR PEOPLE
From the Accounting Society to Zen Buddhist Sangha, the names of clubs and organizations at UR would make up a wild ABCs book. These days, students choose among about 175 of them, including 15 fraternities and sororities and 30 sport clubs. Seventy percent of students are involved in one or more, and the relationships made in them can last a lifetime.
43. Rats that drive tiny cars
Kelly Lambert, the professor behind this eye-popping drivers ed program, has a serious research purpose. Teaching rats to drive is helping her unravel mysteries about mental health — and spread her research conclusions, because who doesn’t click on a headline about driving rats?
Specifically, Lambert’s research is showing that a rat’s living environment has a meaningful effect on its brain’s ability to change, learn, and remain resilient despite challenges. It’s also providing amazing opportunities for the undergraduate researchers she mentors as they prepare for careers in the sciences.
44. STARTING EARLY
A signature program — URISE, which stands for University of Richmond Integrated Science Experience — creates a pipeline of future scientists. The program brings several dozen first-year students — ones generally underrepresented in STEM fields — to campus early for a summer that’s part science, part fun.
They are introduced to lab research, meet faculty, and start learning concepts they’ll encounter in class. But it’s not all lab coats and textbooks. URISE students also visit amusement parks, dine together, and are known to have epic Uno tournaments.
The result? Early skill development, research experience, and a community of support before they take their first class.
45. THE TENACITY OF THE SPIDERBYTE
These catch-all, daily email announcements have been part of campus life since the 1990s. You never know what you are going to get in them. A note about a talk by a chemistry student might be followed by an announcement about oysters on D-hall’s menu, something about Vehicle Safety Day, or a promo for an electroacoustic musical festival — possibly all three. Those are all recent, real examples.
46. SPIDER STUDENTATHLETES KNOW WHEN TO WALK
In sports, walks are not often good. Pitchers give them up. Basketball players earn a whistle and a turnover when they walk.
But there’s a more important kind of walk in college athletics: the graduation walk.
Spider athletes are great at it. For the third straight year, the most recent academic data from the NCAA shows that 96 percent of Richmond student-athletes earned their undergraduate degrees or transferred from UR in good academic standing.
47. LIFELONG LEARNING
Nearly 1,200 people are members of UR’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute — an organization for learners “age 50 and better,” its website says. The institute offers more than 300 courses each year, plus travel opportunities and more through SPCS. There are no entrance requirements, no tests, and no grades. It’s the love of learning that counts — and staying connected to the Spider community.
48. STUDENTS EARNING HIGH NATIONAL HONORS
The awards seem to come one after another: Shea Henderson, ’23, received a national Boren scholarship. Sarah Schalkoff, ’23, earned a Critical Language Scholarship from the State Department. Ngan Bui, ’23, and Elspeth Collard, ’23, won Projects for Peace grants. Six recent graduates just received National Science Foundation fellowships for graduate research.
That partial list doesn’t even include any of the Fulbrights; 2024 marks the sixth consecutive year that the university has been named a top producer of Fulbright students.
More Spiders than ever are competing for the most prestigious national and international awards. One reason is the Office of Scholars and Fellowships, which was founded in 2017. Its staff helps students explore and pursue externally funded opportunities — and because Spiders are excellent, land them more than ever.
49. TRIAL RUNS
Effective hands-on learning is a delicate matter when it comes to law. How does one practice law before passing the bar? Answer: Richmond Law’s clinics. Through these clinics, upperlevel students under faculty supervision represent real clients in a wide variety of legal matters — including children’s defense, intellectual property, and actual innocence cases — as well as sharpen their sense of professionalism and responsibility.
50. Digital Scholarship Lab
Anyone in the world can access and use projects produced by UR’s Digital Scholarship Lab, and millions do. As of the end of 2023, about 2.5 million users had accessed the DSL’s most popular project, Mapping Inequality, since its launch in 2016.
The DSL reaches wide audiences by developing open-source projects that integrate history with new media. Its first core project was a historical atlas called American Panorama. Its interactive maps explore the forced migration of enslaved people during the Civil War; canals and economic development; and more. Mapping Inequality focuses on redlining — the practice of denying financial services based on race or ethnicity. Its maps are frequently used by teachers, journalists, and scholars to analyze redlining and its consequences.
The DSL is also home to the popular Photogrammar, a platform for organizing, searching, and visualizing the 170,000 New Deal-era images taken for the federal government by Gordon Parks, Dorothea Lange, and others.
51. MIDNIGHT MUNCHIES
This beloved finals week tradition goes back to the 1980s. It’s an invitation, via comfort food, to destress during the darkest hours of the toughest time of the semester.
How big a deal is it? When the Sirens a cappella group launched, they picked spring 1994 Midnight Munchies for their debut gig.
Wearing “Richmond” across your
Fewer than 7% of high school athletes go on to compete in college sports. For female basketball players like me, this figure drops to less than 2% at the Division 1 level. These numbers are reminders of the resilience, dedication, and determination it takes to reach this level.
Being a Spider athlete gave me a strong sense of pride and responsibility. It meant understanding that I represented not just the University of Richmond but a community larger than myself.
To wear “Richmond” across my chest was to carry that legacy for those who came before me and inspire those who would follow.
As student-athletes, we share this common bond. Constantly sacrificing our bodies and consistently pushing our limits, we strive to achieve excellence on the court, in the classroom, and within our community. The four years we spend on this journey, discovering who we are and the impact we want to leave, are some of the most challenging. Yet the bonds built and the support Richmond provides make it worth-
These experiences and values remain with us as former players, shaping our character and guiding our paths long after that final whistle. Richmond is not just a name on a jersey; it’s a highly respected institution, renowned for its
When I’m asked where I went to school, I answer proudly: “I am a Richmond Spider.” —Kristina Puthoff-King, ’14. She played for the Spiders 2010–14.
53. COLLECTIVE POWER
You’ve no doubt heard about gift matching. How about gift doubling? Or even tripling?
Such Spider-to-Spider incentives are the norm when the community comes together each spring during UR Here Giving Day. It’s all about the power of collective giving. The UR Here name highlights a truth: When you give to Richmond, no matter where you are, you are here standing shoulder to shoulder with students and their professors, coaches, and mentors. In 2023, more than 3,200 donors raised more than $1.6 million in 36 hours for scholarships, campus clubs, athletic teams, and more. This year’s UR Here Giving Day takes place April 3–4.
54. BEING IN THE GOLDILOCKS ZONE
Sizewise, Richmond is at a true sweet spot in higher education: Small enough to maintain intimate classes and personalized attention, large enough to support wide exploration, world-changing research, and D-I athletics.
55. SPIDER STORIES
Whether you come across them via UR Now, @urichmond on social media, in this magazine, or elsewhere, Spider stories are the best kind of stories. Share yours via magazine@ richmond.edu.
56. WE PLAY TO WIN
If it’s more fun when you win, Spider athletes are having a lot of fun. Women’s tennis lifted our first national championship trophy, for the Division II AIWA title, in 1982. In 2008, Spider football secured UR’s first NCAA Division I national championship trophy. Spider teams have hoisted 73 conference championship trophies since 2000.
57. SPIDERS STEP FORWARD
Hundreds of alumni serve their fellow Spiders every year. They help recruit students, host regional and recent grad events, lead constituency groups like URBAN and LGBTQ+ Spiders, serve on reunion committees, lead and advise on boards, provide career opportunities, write class notes, and so much more. Alumni volunteers embody and build Richmond’s strength as a community.
58. SPIDER BOARD GETS DOWN
The spring concert in 2023 was a night to remember. Last year, 2,000 of us gathered under the stars on Boatwright Beach (No. 74) and danced to the rhythm in a full-blown mosh pit. Spider Board is the student-run organization behind this and other events throughout the year. “Our goal is to bring people together and develop a sense of community,” said Sydney Boehman, ’25, Spider Board’s president. Whether cutting loose before finals or opting for a paint-andsip night in, Spider Board knows how to draw a crowd.
—Sophia Demerath, ’26
59. WE SLAY MARCH GIANTS
We have nine wins as a 12 seed or lower in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament. No other school has more than four. As a 12 seed, we’re a
And we were the first No. 15 seed ever to beat a No. 2 seed.
60. OUR BIG, FAT GREEK THEATER PARTY
Each year, graduating Spiders can make a parting gift to honor their time at UR and benefit future students. Led by a senior student committee, the Senior Legacy Campaign encourages undergraduate students to donate any amount to any area they choose before graduation. Popular designations include a favorite school, athletic team, department, or campus initiative.
“The campaign isn’t about how much is raised — it’s about each senior supporting what they love most at the university,” said Becky McKinney, associate director of annual giving. “We are thrilled to average 60 to 70% participation every year as part of this beloved tradition.”
Students who donate are invited to seniors-only events, including the annual toga party at the Luther H. Jenkins Greek Theater. Spiders relive this experience as alumni by attending the Reunion Greek Theater Party. The Office of Annual Giving hosts it each year to thank all UR donors during Reunion Weekend.
—Kyra Molinaro
61. Friends for life
During senior year, roommates Suezy Keller, ’06 (above left), and Ashley Bolding, ’06, had an idea just before Thanksgiving break: We should try to cook a turkey. They did, right there in their University Forest apartment on the Saturday before Thanksgiving. They invited friends and knocked on neighbors’ doors. Come one, come all.
Then, a year after graduation, they did it again. And again. They’ve kept it going ever since. The 2023 gathering included 18 alumni and their families. These days, they’ve got spouses and multiple kids tables — “the next generation of Spiders running around like banshees,” Keller calls them.
“We just kept doing it because it’s the way we want to start the holidays,” Keller says. “The Spider community is so special because of the way we connect with each other. I think it comes from being a school that’s the perfect size and the perfect environment for building a caring community of people.”
Later this year, they’ll gather for the 20th time.
Westhampton
Lake
64. WE’RE MORE THAN A PRETTY PLACE
UR perennially ranks right at the top of the Princeton Review’s ranking of “Best-Run Colleges.” In 2023, we were in familiar territory: No. 3. It’s ultimately a sign of high levels of student satisfaction — the rankings come from “student ratings of how smoothly their colleges are run,” according to the publication.
65. WE WALK ALONGSIDE STUDENTS
student-faculty ratio allows faculty to be partners in student learning and advocates for Spiders’ personal initiatives, ideas, and development.
66. TRICERAGOOSE
There’s a sticker currently for sale in the Spider Shop with a picture of Triceragoose. The text on it reads, “Peace was never an option.”
Generations of students have given the mercurial matron of the lake a long look and a wide berth. Why? Respect.
63. THE GAZEBO
You know the legend: Kiss someone there, and that’s who you’ll marry. A mid-’90s grad speaks for many when she says she knows it’s not always true — and that she prefers to be anonymous about exactly why she knows. Let’s just say the best part was the play-byplay the next day with friends in D-Hall.
“Her lore is unprecedented, she’s so mysterious, and everyone seems to have various theories surrounding her,” says Sadie Nolan, a sophomore from California. “Where did she come from? Why is she so angry? What iteration of Tricera is she? What has happened to previous iterations of Tricera?”
In true Richmond spirit, Sadie has her own take. “Her infamy is a hallmark of our campus culture, but in my opinion, she is just misunderstood.”
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67. QUIET SPACES
There are, on campus, moments between moments. Passing through ornate archways. Trekking empty wooded paths. Noticing sunlight as it filters through tree branches in hazy, shifting beams. A liminal space that catches your breath, holding it ransom until you acknowledge the moment. The moment you could have rushed through but didn’t.
There’s magic in the pause, as though you’ve stepped into Narnia, a reprieve you didn’t know you needed until you did. And the splendor lifts your spirits, as though it exists just for you, a buoy to bolster you on your way.
The scent of pine and the crunch of its cones beneath your feet. The sound of the lake lapping against the shoreline, the ducks calling to one another. The leaves in the tree limbs brushing against one another in the breeze. The splash of the fountains, water droplets reaching for you. This is the quiet symphony of our campus.
—María Badillo
68. CAROLE M. WEINSTEIN INTERNATIONAL CENTER
It is a playful gem — you can give the globe a spin — with purpose. The central courtyard recalls architecture found worldwide, and its Passport Café serves food inspired by cuisines from around the world. Its mandalas are made from tiles originating in 48 countries. The building is a hub for global energy from students, faculty, and staff across campus.
“It symbolizes openness to the study of other cultures, other values, other legal systems, and other business and leadership models,” Weinstein said when it opened. “It is a beacon to those who travel here from the far corners of the world to study with us and be part of our campus family … [and] a launching place from which we send out our own students and faculty around the globe.”
EVERY SEASON IS CHEF’S-KISS,
DROP-DEAD GORGEOUS
70. CHAPLAINCY
In the words of one new staff member who recently made their first visit to the Wilton Center: “It feels like I’ve vanished into the shire and escaped the bustle of campus life.”
Inside and outside of the shire, the chaplaincy’s mission is to inspire generous faith and engage the heart of the university. One popular program is its pilgrimages, domestic and international trips designed to help students explore spirituality and faith. “The program creates an environment of trust and learning where genuine and meaningful engagement across differences can happen,” says Craig Kocher, chaplain.
71. SOARING ARCHITECTURE
Richmond’s recognizable style — called collegiate gothic — was the rage among prestigious colleges in the early 20th century, when the first buildings on this campus were built. UR has stuck with it, creating a breathtaking campus that has attracted and inspired generations of Spiders.
72. SEEING CAMPUS FOR THE FIRST TIME
Take a moment. Close your eyes. Remember every detail about your first walk by the lake. There’s nothing like that feeling of seeing campus for the first time and deciding to call it home.
73. AN IMPRESSIVE WELCOME
From admission letter to employment offer letter, the Queally Center for Admission and Career Services bookends the Richmond experience. The elegant building, which opened in 2016, integrates the offices of admission, financial aid, and career development. That power combo means it’s a gateway for both coming into and going forth from the university and a showcase for the best of what Richmond offers.
74.
BOATWRIGHT BEACH
For more than 100 years, it’s been a respite, a rally site, and a spot for both sledding and sunning. The seasons might change, but Boatwright Beach’s allure is eternal.
75. SAYING THANK YOU
The university was built — and will continue to be built — on the generosity of caring alumni, parents, and friends. Five donor groups reflect the fact that every gift makes a powerful difference for Spiders today and tomorrow. Here they are:
• Robins Circle: Donors who make an annual gift of any amount for three or more consecutive fiscal years.
• Lake Circle: Donors who make a cumulative annual gift of $5,000 or more during a fiscal year.
• President’s Parent Leadership Council: Spider parents who make an annual gift of $10,000 or more.
• Charter Associates: Donors whose support will come in the future through estate gifts and other forms of deferred gifts.
• Quatrefoil: Donors who have given $1 million or more over their lifetimes.
On behalf of Spiders everywhere, thank you.
76. FINANCIAL AID LETTERS
It’s a letter that changes lives. UR admits talented traditional undergraduates without considering their financial circumstances, and then it commits to meeting 100% of their financial need. Very few colleges and universities do this.
Why make this commitment? Two words: Access and affordability. Approximately 69% of undergraduates receive financial aid, with an average financial aid award of nearly $45,000.
The university is committed to being financially accessible for Spiders at all points of income and wealth distribution and ensuring that all students can engage fully in university life — from the moment of admission through graduation. With continued careful stewardship and additional philanthropic support, this commitment will continue to expand in even more ways.
77. THE ROBINS GIFT
When E. Claiborne Robins Sr., R’31, pledged his transformational $50 million gift in 1969, it was then the largest sum ever given to an American university by a living benefactor. Fifty-five years later, we’re still living into the elevated potential it created.
“By the time I came along, the effects of the gift had become … foundational to nearly every aspect of a Richmond education,” said Ed Ayers, who was president from 2007 to 2015.
78. A LONG COMMITMENT TO WOMEN’S EXCELLENCE
Early campus leaders faced a big question when they created Westhampton College in the early 20th century in preparation for admitting large numbers of women for the first time: What kind of dean did they want?
They found their answer in May Keller, a rigorous scholar who had written her doctoral dissteration in German on Anglo-Saxon weaponry. One of her first hires was athletic director Fanny Crenshaw, an accomplished athlete and pioneer in women’s sports in Virginia and nationally throughout her career.
79. OUR AMBITIOUS SPIRIT
Maggie Johnson, ’18, said on the podcast As Spiders Do. “We’re people who tackle things, and we pursue the potentially impossible.”
80. Eco-Corridor
Stretching along Little Westham Creek from campus down to River Road, the Eco-Corridor is both an outdoor classroom and a community space that connects UR to the James River.
This 13-acre refuge helps improve the biodiversity of campus and the surrounding area, with a restored streambed, pollinator gardens, native plantings, and invasive species management. A herd of goats helped restore it by naturally removing (i.e., eating) invasive plants.
There’s also a community garden, an accessible recreational trail, and a student-designed micro-park for relaxation and birdwatching.
A place for both reflection and learning, the eco-corridor is an oasis for well-being and a key to sustainability efforts.
81. FOUR-LEGGED SPIDERS
How many legs does a Spider have? It’s complicated. Take, for example, our abiding love of Spiders with four legs.
In the 1970s, The Collegian ran 17 stories about a beloved neighborhood yellow Labrador retriever nicknamed Pierpont that freely roamed campus. He was such a presence that in 1976, the student union commissioned a statue of him. When he died in 1978, The Collegian ran his obituary. Others have wagged in his wake through the years: Spacedog, Lowrider, Bo, and Sissy, to name a few.
One of today’s four-legged Spiders is Karla, who has made the leap from visitor to staff. The 3-year-old standard poodle is on duty most days in the Well-Being Center, where she provides the proven benefits of canine company. During finals week, the Chaplaincy brings in more dogs for stress-relieving petting and cuddling during Study Break for the Soul.
The dog abides.
82. SPIDERS (THE MASCOT)
The Spider symbolizes not just what we cheer but who we are — a university every bit as unique as our unmistakable mascot.
83. SPIDERS (THE CREATURES)
“Whenever someone meets me and says, ‘Oh, I hate spiders,’ I feel like I could change their mind a little bit,” says Jennifer O’Donnell, biological laboratories manager and caretaker of Richmond’s live spiders. Here are her five reasons to value them:
1. Spiders keep the populations of various insects in check.
2. Spiders can keep pesky insects like mites and slugs at bay in your garden.
3. Spiders are an important food source for birds and fish.
4. Spider venom has been used in research for new medicines.
5. Designers study spiders’ superstrong webs to help dream up new technologies and plans for architecture.
84. PRESIDENTIAL RECEPTIONS
It’s always great to spend an evening with UR’s president learning about where the university is and is headed. This spring, his schedule included receptions in Washington, D.C., Atlanta, Charlotte and the Carolina Triangle region, New York City, Dallas, and London. Look for future dates at alumni.richmond.edu.
85. SPIDER DAY
A day to celebrate that once a Spider, always a Spider. The 2023 festivities included live music, Athletics Hall of Fame inductions, food trucks, an evening festival, and more. Mark it on your calendar every year for the Friday of Homecoming Weekend.
86. 1,500 ENDOWMENTS, ONE SOLID FOUNDATION
Last year, in a faculty-staff publication called Spider Insider, Dave Hale, the executive vice president who oversees the university’s budget, called UR’s endowment “an incredible differentiator for the University of Richmond.”
“The endowment” is an umbrella term for a collection of 1,500 or so investment funds. Their earnings support scholarships, faculty chairs, internships, fellowships, study abroad, and so much more — not just this year and next, but in perpetuity.
Through strategic investment, careful stewardship, and additional philanthropy, the endowment grows over the long term even as investment returns vary from year to year.
During the current fiscal year, the endowment supplied about 40 cents of every dollar in the university’s budget. This is a substantial contribution built — and still being built — by generations of generous donors to secure UR’s mission and future.
87. STYLISH ANKLES
For the last few years, the university has given a cozy pair of unique-toRichmond socks to people making a gift of at least $25 during this fall campaign. It’s a small thank you that acknowledges how important annual giving, even small gifts, is to Spiders on campus today.
In the 2022-23 fiscal year, more than $580,000 came from gifts of less than $100. Like small streams flowing into a larger one, their impact as they come together is powerful.
88. SPIDERS CONTAIN MULTITUDES
“He Sings A Cappella. Then He Destroys Quarterbacks.” That’s a January Wall Street Journal headline about Kobie Turner, ’22, who plays for the Los Angeles Rams. As a student, he played for the Spiders and was a star vocalist with Choeur Du Roi, sometimes dashing from practice to rehearsal and game to performance. The best detail from the story? Turner was offered a music scholarship at Richmond before he landed his athletics one.
Spiders often excel in multiple, seemingly dissimilar passions. Duality, thy name is Richmond.
89. EVERYONE IS ALL IN ON STUDENTS
Wendy Perdue, dean of the law school, sees the sign above every day. It’s right on her desk.
From the D-Hall cook who makes an omelet for a stressed student to ==the electrician who wires the tech in a classroom to the professor who pulls up a presentation, everyone — and we mean every single staff and faculty member — is all in for the students they care for and prepare for their futures.
90. SPIDERS WE HAVEN’T MET YET
More than 1,000 Spiders join this community every year. First-year students make up most of that number. It also includes new law, MBA, SPCS, and other part-time and full-time students, plus new staff and faculty. That’s a lot of opportunity for continuing to build a more vibrant, inclusive community with a broad diversity of perspectives and experiences, all dedicated to excellence.
91. STUDENTS WHO HELP STUDENTS
A tip of the hat to upper-level students across campus who are the experts offering guidance in places like the Writing Center, the Speech Center, and the Academic Skills Center. In addition to their skills, they offer been-there empathy and can-do confidence for students finding their way in difficult classes. Now, that’s community support.
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Chapel weddings
2017 alums Rachel DuMez and Benjamin Kornegay met in a science classroom on their first day of classes. Yes, you know exactly where this story is headed.
By junior year, they were both science majors and Jepson students — and, to the surprise of few of their friends, became a couple when they were taking a class on leadership on stage and screen taught by professor Kristin Bezio.
Fast-forward to after graduation. Benjamin popped the question in the very Gottwald classroom where they first met. For the wedding ceremony, there was really only one choice: Cannon Memorial Chapel. Bezio led the ceremony. Chaplain Craig Kocher officiated. Cue the chapel bells. Today, they’re building their lives together as doctoral students in North Carolina. The chapel hosts approximately two dozen weddings each year. At least one Spider is getting married in about 80 percent of them. #Spiderlove doesn’t get any sweeter.
93.
GROTESQUES
(THE FUN KIND)
Campus buildings are replete with decorative flairs that go by the not-so-nice term grotesques. Most people just call them gargoyles — a term that shares a Latin root with gurgle because true gargoyles are waterspouts. At Richmond, the grotesques often amuse. Squirrels play atop Jepson Hall. The steampunk-looking figure on the Refectory is a likeness of Ralph Adams Cram, the first campus architect.
94. Proclamation letters
Among Richmond’s strongest traditions are Richmond College’s Investiture and Westhampton College’s Ring Dance and Proclamation. An integral part of Proclamation is writing and sealing a letter to one’s future self and then opening and reading it as a senior. In 2014, Andrea Johnson Almoite, ’99, wrote in this magazine about reading about her own Proclamation letter as a senior. For every Westhampton student, she wrote, the letter will probably brings laughs. It may even bring tears. But chances are it will also bring gratitude and discovery of just how far they’ve come.
95. WE PRACTICE GRATITUDE
More than 600 Spiders gathered in early November for a simple reason: To say thanks. We call it Gratitude Day. On Gratitude Day, students write personal thank-you notes that are assembled into a web of gratitude displayed on the Forum.
We all have something — or someone — that gives us a reason to be grateful at the University of Richmond. We also know it’s important to say so.
96. SUMMER BREAK? MORE LIKE SUMMER PLANS
The Richmond Guarantee (see No. 28) provides funding for every undergraduate to have a great summer research or internship experience. UR Summer Fellowships connect them with the opportunities they pursue. Seven programs fall under the URSF umbrella. Each summer they collectively give about 500 students the opportunity to spend time focused on something that fits their passion, furthers their education, and positions them for the future.
97. SPIDER BUSINESS HUB
There’s no experience like a hands-on learning experience. Through the Spider Business Hub, students in the Robins School of Business get the chance to conduct research with local businesses.
Here’s how it works: Businesses in Richmond identify a question they’re trying to answer. Should we rebrand our company? What should our social media strategy look like?
Students — as individuals, small groups, or even entire classes — work alongside faculty experts to help solve these real-world problems through data analysis, case studies, and other research.
The result is a win-win: Local businesses receive valuable expertise and support, and students gain resume-worthy experience right here on campus.
98. EYE-POPPING ROI
There’s a good reason Richmond is routinely named a Best Value College for return on investment by the Princeton Review. Consider the annual alumni outcomes survey, which surveys Spiders who received undergraduate degrees five years ago. The most recent one, in 2023, shows a five-year employment rate of 97% and an average salary of $90,000-$94,000 for 2018 graduates.
Nearly 40% were enrolled in or had completed a graduate program.
99. STUDENT EXPERTS
If you were an A&S major, you remember the feeling. There you stood — maybe wearing nicer clothes than what you usually wore — in front of a poster or an audience during the A&S Symposium explaining a research or creative project that you poured months of your life into.
Hundreds still present each spring. UR’s biggest celebration of mentored research and scholarship will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2025. Academic excellence at its finest.
100. GIVING THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT
An oft-repeated refrain from President Hallock to the campus community is rooted in a profoundly simple idea. Let’s always give one another the benefit of the doubt and recognize that every Spider cares and wants to make Richmond better, even (and especially) during difficult conversations. As he says, “Universities can and must serve as models of constructive dialogue.” This world can use more of that.
“It’s the first thing you see when you walk in,” says Cassie Price, a staff member in the Jepson School.
“That’s where I start planning my meal, and I work backward from there.”
CREDITING THEIR COACH
On former Richmond football head coach Jim Reed:
“If you look at all the young men he coached, every single one of us are doing something positive in life,” said Archie.
Slade added, “He taught us about adversity. ‘You’re going to quit, or you’re going to push through.’ Starting a business is not easy. But are we going to quit? No.”
Learn more: smallbigdog naturals.com @smallbigdog naturals on Instagram.
Underdog rally
We all love an underdog story. This one even doubles as a pun: A budding entrepreneur leaves a career in corporate America to build a haven for pet parents. Adrian Archie, ’03, already had a reputation as a dog whisperer, fielding calls from friends of friends whose pups were having a little trouble. So when Archie entered the pet industry, two of his closest friends and former teammates had his back, both metaphorically and financially.
“I didn’t ask them,” Archie said. “They said, ‘Yo, let us invest.’ I cried. It’s a big deal, you know, when you’re putting a lot into something and the people around you believe in it.”
But to Claude Diggs, ’03, and Jermaine Slade, ’03, “it was really just a buy-in into Adrian. It wasn’t something we had to think about a whole lot. It was an easy, ‘Yup, let’s do it.’”
The pet industry is growing at a tremendous clip. But the trick is figuring out what pets actually need. “My 4-year-old daughter can tell me when she needs something,” Archie said. “But a dog or cat can’t. We help people identify what their pet needs and how to give it to them in the right way.”
PetNmind Natural Nutrition and Self-Service Dog Wash is not just a place to get your dog fed and cleaned. “What we really have is a local connection,” Archie said. “Pet owners want community. That’s what we give them: the knowledge they need — and at the end of the day, we make their lives easier.”
PetNmind was inspired by Archie’s cat Rocko. Rocko had numerous allergic reactions to the food options on the market. Diggs was buying his cat Mikey those same foods. “Next thing you know, those 32 grams of fat [land him with] diabetes.”
Their response was small BIG Dog naturals, a line of all-natural dog treats the trio developed. “Everything really starts with food in regard to your pet’s health,” said Diggs, operations manager for small BIG Dog. “They have allergies, they’re itching, and a lot of it comes down to what they’re eating.”
But as the guys will tell you, it took a village. “At the end of the day, the University of Richmond was just such a special place for us to grow together and make it to this point in [our lives] and really be proud of what we were able to accomplish.”
UR Here
Get ready for the sixth annual UR Here Giving Day April 3–4! This 36-hour fundraising event brings the entire Spider community together — alumni, faculty, staff, families, fans, and friends — to support students.
When you give to Richmond, no matter where you are, UR Here — standing alongside our students and their professors and coaches as they pursue knowledge, growth, community, and lives of purpose.
Learn more at urhere.richmond.edu.
Reunion Weekend
Life as a Spider on campus continues after commencement. If your class year ends in a four or nine, it’s your year for celebration at Reunion Weekend. Reconnect with your peers through class events, receptions, tours, and much more.
Dates: May 31–June 2 Register: reunion.richmond.edu
Career guidance
No matter where you are in your career, all alumni have access to Career Services free for life. There’s no charge or limit to your access — get help with the nuts and bolts like resume building and job search strategy or dig into your professional motivations with career coaching.
Career advisor Becca Shelton is available for in-person and virtual appointments. Reach out at 804-289-8547 or bshelton@richmond.edu. Learn more at careerservices.richmond.edu.
Top photograph courtesy Adrian Archie
Three former football players — including Adrian Archie, ’03, (above) — teamed up to revitalize the pet industry.
CULINARY ARTS
THE BOOK YOU’LL NEVER FORGET What’s the book you read in college that you still recommend? It could be by a fellow Spider (like the ones at right) or by anyone at all. Students read so much along the way to that diploma — both for class and for pleasure — but some books stay with you longer after graduation. What’s one that has left an indelible mark on you as a Spider? Write to us and tell us why: magazine@richmond.edu.
Seasoned chef
As Cook’s Illustrated’s top editor, Dan Souza, ’04, specializes in helping home cooks gain confidence through science-based recipes, unbiased reviews, and trusted guidance.
“We’re creating core content that we know is educational and helpful, but also entertaining,” he says, “and putting it in more places so new audiences can find us.”
Souza’s responsibilities extend well beyond the magazine. He appears on the Emmy-winning public television show America’s Test Kitchen, hosts the long-running What’s Eating Dan? web series, and works on the brand’s cookbooks, digital publications, online videos, and social media.
Souza credited UR with preparing him for an expansive food media role:
“I got to explore who I really was and what I wanted to do,” he says. Souza majored in business with a minor in leadership, grateful for the small class sizes and engaging group discussions. Looking ahead, Souza envisions doing more of what he loves. Plans include developing new TV show pilots and emphasizing the brand’s social media focus to ensure that home cooks can learn in the formats that work best for them.
“What started as very kitchen-focused evolved into essentially being a brand management sort of role,” Souza said about his professional trajectory. “All of my marketing classes, everything that I studied at Richmond has come back full circle.”
Cook’s Illustrated photos were black and white. When Souza took over he promptly switched to color. “[It] had a strong brand identity with the focus on the recipe,” he said. “But I [felt] like we could still be who we were and show our food in the best light possible.”
THE UNDERDOG’S GUIDE TO SCHOLARSHIPS
ABI OLVERA, ’12
As a prospective student, Olvera looked into colleges that actively support households earning under $70,000 in order to secure over $50,000 in scholarships for herself. This book documents steps for others to do the same.
CHRISTMAS LIGHTS AND CAT FIGHTS
HEATHER WEIDNER, G’00
The owner of an idyllic glamping resort is drawn into a murder mystery that threatens to ruin the holiday season. Her curiosity gets the best of her as she takes it upon herself to solve the murder in this third installment of the Jules Keene Glamping Mystery series.
GETTIN’ KINDA
ITCHIE: THE GROUPS THAT MADE THE MAMAS & THE PAPAS RICHARD CAMPBELL, L’93
This book traces the stories of the pre-groups of The Mamas & The Papas from 1958 to 1965, before they hit it big, and with an unexpected tie to the University of Richmond.
THREADING THE NEEDLE: A FASHION DESIGNER’S GUIDE TO LAUNCHING YOUR FIRST COLLECTION KADEEM ALPHANSO FYFFE, ’13
A handbook for aspiring fashion designers looking to launch their first apparel collection and build a clothing company. This book details design principles, market research and analysis, sales strategies, and more.
Cook’s Illustrated Editor in Chief, Dan Souza, ’04, explains the science behind liquid nitrogen ice cream.
BOLD COLORS
By
‘Hamilton’ in Korean?
The hit musical Hamilton breathed renewed vitality into American history. But what about a Korean-language version for a Korean audience? How does it translate? Here’s the backstage scoop from a Spider in the cast.
‘HAMILTON’ FACTS
More than 2.6 million people have seen Hamilton on Broadway since its debut in 2015. An estimated 7.8 million people have seen a live production in a U.S. city.
It debuted in New York City in January of 2015 and immediately became a box office smash. Nine years later, Hamilton is still the hottest musical in the country.
Fans lucky enough to secure seats to a Broadway show rival Charlie with his golden ticket. Fortunately for Richmonders, the tour production of the musical now stops at Altria Theater. Self-proclaimed superfan Eden Kim, ’21 (right and far right above), says she fell in love with the show in 2018 and was in the audience when it came to town a year later. That’s why she jumped at the chance to be part of a special production of Hamilton when it was performed in a community theater in Seoul, South Korea.
she moved to Korea to teach English to students at an after-school academy in Suwon, outside of Seoul, and learn more about her heritage. She has spent more than two years there submersing in her Korean roots.
In late 2023, a friend told Kim about a Korean community theater production of Hamilton. She said the show desperately needed ensemble members and, knowing Kim was a big fan, encouraged her to join. It didn’t take much convincing: Kim majored in leadership studies with a minor in music.
“Being part of Hamilton was a dream come true,” says Kim. “I’ve listened to the soundtrack countless times, so I already had all the music learned. The challenge was learning the lyrics in Korean.”
Kim was born and raised in the United States and says she grew up culturally American. After graduating from Richmond,
To paraphrase a line from the play, Kim was not throwing away her shot, and she soon became one of two Americans in the cast.
To say Hamilton is entertaining is an understatement. Playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda did what had not been done, putting a hip-hop beat to U.S. revolutionary history lessons while weaving in the story of an underdog. On top of that, he added dancing, singing, and rapping while also intentionally using a multicultural cast to represent
America’s current diverse makeup.
So how does it all work in Korean?
“To be honest, I don’t think the Korean audience fully understood the Hamilton story,” Kim said. “During one of the rehearsals, the other American and I tried to explain more of the historical context of the story, particularly the role of slavery.”
Kim also noticed a difference in audience participation, expecting the interaction and applause common in the U.S. But that is not the social norm in Korea. Instead, patrons held their applause until the end of the show.
“The shows with mainly Koreans in the audience were quieter,” said Kim. “Most of the international people in the audience were friends of the few of us non-native Koreans in the cast. Our friends cheered the loudest. Ultimately, though, I heard that everyone enjoyed the performances.”
Kim appeared in four shows and is now heading back to the United States to consider graduate school. “Even though I lived in Korea for almost two-and-a-half years, this was the first time I was in a social group composed of mainly native Koreans,” said Kim. “I’m glad I got to experience the culture in a social setting. I hope I inspired them to travel abroad, too.”
“[My]
Richmond [education]
made me very competitive in medical school and [beyond].”
Interventional cardiologist MATTHEW SUMMERS, ’07 , program director of the structural heart team at Sentara Heart Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia.
TEAMMATES
Strike out cancer
While growing up outside Philadelphia, Zach Kurtz, ’19, joined a family-run training facility. When one of those family members, Landon Vargas, died at age 9 after a four-year cancer battle, Kurtz knew he’d never forget the boy with whom he’d played video games, thrown baseballs, and attended Phillies games.
Kurtz decided to honor the young boy’s legacy by partnering with the family to create LV Lumber. Its custom bats are now used in Major League Baseball.
“We always knew we wanted to do something for Landon, and the fact that we were all in the baseball world, we started there,” said Kurtz, who played infield for the Spiders. Deciding to jump into this specialty niche,
Kurtz spent his final semester refining the business plan and launching LV. Since its founding, 25% of profits have directly funded pediatric cancer research and related causes.
“It’s a way for me to stay involved in baseball, but also with helping kids who are struggling and battling something that no kid should ever have to go through,” said Kurtz.
UR teammate Vinny Capra, now of the Milwaukee Brewers, uses an LV Lumber bat. “Zach has done a tremendous job growing the business and supporting the cause,” said Capra. “He has an ability to stay connected with people and to impact others through the business.”
BOOKS
PERSONALIZED PROFESSIONAL LEARNING
ALLISON RODMAN, ’03
VINNY CAPRA ON USING LV LUMBER BATS
“When I first picked it up, I felt this was the perfect bat for me,” said Capra. He usually carries about a dozen LV bats during a season.
Capra also is inspired by LV’s mission, which includes presenting custom bats to young cancer patients and survivors, dubbed “warriors” by the company.
This road map for district and school administrators helps them to transform existing professional development programs into effective and innovative learning experiences, all while prioritizing and co-creating with educators.
ROLL WITH IT TOM
ALLEN, R’80
This book reflects on the lessons hidden within the seemingly ordinary situations of everyday life. Take a journey through Allen’s encounters with the subtleties and wonders of the small moments he experiences.
This debut novel follows a girl attending a remote mountain retreat for teens with mental health issues. Though she’s nursing a broken heart, she’s determined to fake being fine so she can be sent home. But the retreat itself has other plans for her.
JUVENILES IN CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY
L. THOMAS WINFREE JR., R’68
Winfree’s newest co-authored textbook addresses the roles of history and theory in shaping today’s juvenile justice system and juvenile delinquency more broadly.
THE NIGHT FOX ASHLEY WILDA, ’17
Zach Kurtz, ’19, founder of LV Lumber (center right), with co-owner Joe D’Orazio (left), uncle of Landon Vargas, the bat company’s namesake
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1. Mary DeVilbiss Barton, W’51
2. Kirsten Johnson McGhee, B’85
3. Lauren Erera, ’96
4. Mandy Wong, B’98
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“We are not getting any younger, and we can’t waste opportunities to see each other again and relive some good times.”
—Archie Yeatts, R’64
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HEATHER GRANATO, W’92
A natural win
This is the story of a girl who always wanted to be an editor, so that’s precisely what she did. Motivated and singularly focused, Heather Granato, W’92, got her journalism degree and began a 30-yearand-counting career reporting on nutraceuticals — products taken for clinical benefit but lacking FDA approval. In 2023, Granato received the United Natural Products Alliance Ignition … Liftoff Award for those contributions to the natural products industry.
The catalyst for the award was her nonprofit, Women In Nutraceuticals (WIN). “You go to a trade show, and it seems like a bunch of white men in leadership,” said Granato. “You come back the next year and have the same conversations. This year, we decided to do something about it.” WIN now has more than 450 members and more than 30 partner organizations.
“I’ve built a lot of credibility through the years,” Granato said. “And this [nonprofit] is what I wanted to spend it on. That being said, this is not ‘Heather’s organization.’ This is a group of people coming together to say, ‘We want change that will be beneficial to the industry.’” Granato serves on the board for the Organic and Natural Health Association, which focuses on regenerative agriculture and nutrition accessibility. “I’m very committed to the health and nutrition industry globally and ensuring that customers get products that are safe and efficacious.”
Granato began taking multivitamin supplements at the age of 2. “It all resonates with me on a personal level,” Granato said. “I can take what I love to do and do that in an industry that is so fascinating and personally relevant. It really makes a difference in people’s lives, and I love it.”
Granato has some exciting opportunities in front of her: “I’ve had very fulfilling roles that have allowed me to provide information in an accessible way for people who need it most. I am hopeful the next 30 years will be just as much fun as the last 30.”
—María Badillo
GREG EFTHIMIOU, ’99
GoDaddy go-getter
Coming from a line of small-business owners, Greg Efthimiou, ’99, strives to give similar companies a competitive advantage. As GoDaddy’s vice president for public relations, he is connecting entrepreneurs with digital tools to grow their businesses.
Efthimiou’s grandfather was an entrepreneur who migrated to the U.S. from Greece in the early 1900s, and his father ran a maritime business that never employed more than six people.
“That gave me great exposure into what it takes to grow a thriving small business that becomes part of the fabric of a local community,” said Efthimiou, speaking from Charlotte, North Carolina.
Efthimiou found his way to GoDaddy after communications leadership roles at Honeywell and Bank of America Merchant Services. The married father of three is rooted in Charlotte, where his outside interests include serving Special Olympics.
Consistently pressed on the job to meet reporters’ deadlines, Efthimiou is grateful that the Jepson School was more flexible with its own deadlines. After all, when he was a student, he walked into the associate dean’s office two weeks after the application deadline to ask about becoming a leadership studies major.
“And it was one of the best things to ever happen to me,” said Efthimiou, who is now a member of the Jepson School’s Executive Board of Advisors. “It granted me the space to be intellectually curious about the application of leadership across so many disciplines. That has served as jet fuel throughout my career to be good at the skills that I’ve been given but also to be interested and open to learning about other aspects of business and interpersonal dynamics.”
— Kyra Newman
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iscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi. Nam liber tempor cum soluta nobis eleifend option congue nihil imperdiet doming id quod mazim placerat facer possim assum. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis autem vel eum iriure dolor in hendrerit in vulputate velit esse molestie consequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.
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sequat, vel illum dolore eu feugiat nulla facilisis at vero eros et accumsan et iusto odio dignissim qui blandit praesent luptatum zzril delenit augue duis dolore te feugait nulla facilisi. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetuer adipiscing elit, sed diam nonummy nibh euismod tincidunt ut laoreet dolore magna aliquam erat volutpat. Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exerci tation ullamcorper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.
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“Through my children and grandchildren, I am traveling the world and trying to stay young.”
— Carolyn Jackson Mears Elmore, W’65
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“Best wishes to all during these golden years!”
— Yolanda Roseman Reavis, W’69
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Golden oldie
The original sheet music for a previous version of the University of Richmond fight song surfaced in the music library, sending head music librarian Linda B. Fairtile down a research rabbit hole.
Where do college fight songs come from?
For over 60 schools across the country in the early 1940s, including the University of Richmond, the answer was the same: Fred Waring. The popular bandleader offered to compose a song for any college that asked for one, as long as its students expressed enthusiasm for it. Because Waring’s radio show was sponsored by a tobacco company, one school included signed cigarette packages in its appeal. Richmond took a more traditional approach. Under the leadership of freshman
Bob Cotten, R’42, UR students mailed some 900 postcards to Waring’s office. Cotten soon received word that the campaign had succeeded — it may have helped that Waring’s newest featured singer, Patsy Garrett, had attended Westhampton College.
On May 10, 1940, Fred Waring and His Pennsylvanians debuted “The Fightin’ Spiders of Richmond” on the Chesterfield Pleasure Time radio show. More than 500 students packed Cannon Memorial Chapel to hear the broadcast, and loudspeakers
relayed the performance to others rallying outside. According to The Collegian, “At the close, a tremendous ovation started in the rear, rushed to the front, and then continued to mount — and new school spirit was born with the song.”
In addition to writing and broadcasting “The Fightin’ Spiders of Richmond,” Waring arranged for sheet music to be printed and sponsored a contest for the best performance of the song on campus. Although “The Fightin’ Spiders of Richmond” is no longer sung at athletic events, a copy of the sheet music made its way to Parsons Music Library and is now part of the UR Songs and Music special collection.
BACK THEN
Open to students, faculty, staff, and community members, the Mary Morton Parsons Music Library has more than 13,000 CDs, 18,000 scores, and 12,000 books about all types of music and dance. Its DVD collection includes operas, musicals, dance performances, concerts, instructional programs, and documentaries.
Learn more about the Music Library at library.richmond.edu/ music/
By
PARSONS MUSIC LIBRARY
Linda B. Fairtile
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“It’s great to read about our classmates in our magazine, [but] nothing beats face-toface visits!”
— Betty Lou McClanahan Hill, W’69
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TYLER HART, ’01
Unforgettable emcee
With a microphone in hand and his wife, Melissa, by his side, Tyler Hart, ’01, entertained crowds as the on-court emcee during Richmond basketball games in the 2010s. Now, the principal of a Houston-area elementary school, Hart has an audience of hundreds of cheering kids sitting crisscross, sharing in the celebration of Friday pep rallies.
When Hart became the principal at Yeager Elementary in January 2023, test scores were lower than the regional average, and the campus was part of a school improvement monitoring program. “But I didn’t lean into that first,” he said. “I leaned into climate and culture. If I build a school where people want to be, all that other stuff will organically start to improve.”
Every Friday, the sounds of Hart rolling a boombox through the hallways bring kids out of their classrooms for an impromptu flash mob. “My biggest philosophy,” he said, “is that I want to build an environment where kids and staff are breaking down doors to get into school, not to get out.”
Hart has instituted regular celebrations of student achievement. These rallies feature special guests thanks to Melissa’s job connections as vice president of programming for Audacy. Hart can now shoot an email to Toro, the mascot for the Houston Texans, and the big, blue bull will show up to Yeager to be greeted by the deafening screams and waving hands of his students.
This winter, Hart brought the fourth graders on a field trip to a Rice University basketball game. While he wasn’t on the court at halftime like he was during his Richmond days, he enjoyed the pure magic of the collegiate sports he misses.
As a school principal, Hart has found he can help guide students toward achievements through community engagement, togetherness, and pure fun. And in celebrating the success of his students, Hart brings a piece of his emcee talents from Richmond all the way to Houston.
—Sophia
Demerath, ’26
SEAN BODE, ’05
Courageously vulnerable
“All it takes for evil to triumph is for good people to do nothing.” This Winston Churchill quote encapsulates the importance of positive leadership, a principle embodied by Sean Bode, ’05. As a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Army, Bode works to enhance the holistic well-being of service members, drawing from his personal experiences to guide others.
Just months after earning his degree in leadership studies, Bode led a platoon through the urban landscape of Baghdad. There, he put his studies into practice, particularly the concept of servant leadership. Afterward, Bode’s transition to civilian life presented a different set of challenges.
“The mental shift from my initial reasons for joining the military — purpose, mission, and camaraderie, which were positive and aspirational — contrasted sharply with the realities that followed,” Bode said. He continues to navigate this path for himself while aiding others with similar journeys.
Preparing for service involves meeting individuals where they are, comprehending their motivations for joining the military, and guiding them to become ethical leaders. “People may join with idealistic intentions of helping others, but the harsh reality is that you may witness horrific events that you are powerless to prevent,” Bode said. “Atrocities occur just beyond the gates, and engagement is not always an option.”
In addressing mental health issues, which are often stigmatized, empathy is Bode’s most valuable tool. “War is inherently a human affair,” he stated.
Bode finds inspiration in the approach of leadership researcher Brené Brown, noting, “Courageous vulnerability and authenticity are key.” As both a scholar and practitioner of leadership, Bode is committed to fostering honesty and advocacy among service members, inviting them into a shared journey of ethical responsibility.
—Sophia
Demerath, ’26
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“I’m happy to report that one of my most challenging decisions is whether or not to continue coloring my hair.”
—Adele Affleck Medved, W’71
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“I remember being told that we should not ‘lurk’ in the doorways wearing shorts, because, God forbid, someone should see our legs! My, how times have changed!”
—Carole Waite Kinder, W’71
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CECILIA ESTERLINE, ’18
A global citizen
One decision at a local level can affect hundreds of thousands of lives globally, a ripple effect that Cecilia Esterline, ’18, has seen as an immigration research analyst.
At the Niskanen Center, a think tank in Washington, D.C., Esterline brainstorms “creative solutions to complex policy problems” and then pitches these solutions to congressional and federal offices. She also researches specific topics at the request of congressional members, such as policies on employment-based immigration and their impact on business. Esterline also promotes the importance of international students and advocates for them to have ways to stay in the country.
Before entering the policy space, Esterline worked directly with immigrants. For example, she staffed walk-in clinics at the D.C. Bar Pro Bono Center, connecting immigrants with lawyers for legal advice. Despite focusing on the economic impact of immigration, her personal interactions informed her understanding of immigrants’ greater contributions to their communities.
“We can talk about how [immigrants are] productive members of our country, but at the same time, there’s a very human aspect to it,” Esterline said. “They are interwoven into every part of our society, and they enrich it by adding their diversity of food, culture, language, [and] religion.”
The human aspect is where Esterline sees how anyone can contribute to a solution. While federal policy lets immigrants and refugees into the country, the act of welcoming and integration occurs in their communities. And that local level has the power to impact complex international issues.
“International issues require an international response,” she said. “Being a global citizen means you recognize that your role in society and the lives you can impact does not end at the borders of your town, your state, or your country.”
—Amy Ogle, ’26
MADELEINE BRIGHT, ’19
In blue skies or gray
Madeleine Bright, ’19, specializes in helping people on their worst days. After a natural disaster strikes and a community is reeling from loss and damage, Bright is there as both an advocate and a liaison. As part of the Interagency Recovery Coordination (IRC) team of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Bright needs both the hard and soft skills — some of which she picked up at UR, some she’s learned while at FEMA, and some she had all along.
Within a year and a half of joining the IRC, Bright was placed on a committee to craft her region’s strategic plan for 2022–26.
“I realized after the first couple of meetings that there wasn’t a strong leadership presence in this effort,” Bright said. “They needed someone to pull it together, and I somewhat unintentionally ended up as the de facto leader.”
While still fresh in her role, Bright took the daunting position as an opportunity to ground herself as a respected member of the team. “It taught me a lot of the confidence, poise, and team management that is essential to advancing a federal career.”
Bright spends most of her time communicating and building relationships with other federal agencies during “blue skies,” or when disasters aren’t happening. “That way, when the bad thing does happen,” she said, “we aren’t meeting for the first time. In a crisis, it’s tough to build trust on the fly.”
Given that the recovery process is a long one, the IRC team must be sensitive to where and when they are needed. “We wait in the wings, attentive, ready to meet them where they’re at when they’re ready.”
Bright was drawn to the public sector early on. “I can’t emphasize enough the value of my Jepson background,” Bright said — “the ability to negotiate, speak on the fly, and be a good listener.”
Whether in blue skies or gray, Bright has an array of tools to help her build foundations of trust, grounding communities when they need it most.
—Sophia Demerath, ’26
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5. Anne Griffin Goralski, ’99
6. Matt Emmert, B’11
7. Carter Quinley, ’11
8. Emily Larrabee, ’17
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“Can it really be 50 years? It does not feel like it.”
—Laura Lee Hankins Chandler, W’74
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BENJAMIN
WEISER, ’22
Funding the future
Finding ways to improve Earth’s environment is a daunting task. Benjamin Weiser, ’22, started by addressing one cause: energy policy. He now seeks out how to finance environmentally friendly infrastructure in cities.
A research analyst at the Nowak Metro Finance Lab with Drexel University, Weiser tackles a daily checklist ranging from studying development projects in different cities to figuring out ways for small businesses to grow. His experience in infrastructure policy is the result of internships he completed as an undergraduate.
He interned twice for U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia, once with his 2020 campaign and once with his office the following summer. Weiser engaged with the constituents and local legislators that Ossoff served. Most importantly, he witnessed how public policy created tangible results. This became the model Weiser uses today.
“Public policy is the mechanism behind which you turn legislation into action, and you turn a message from a campaign into an actionable program,” Weiser said.
Weiser values his current focus in energy policy, but he doesn’t stick to one field. As a generalist, he uses his skills and knowledge to address a variety of issues. Besides the energy sphere, he sees connections between infrastructure, education, and housing. Considering one means talking about the others. Even if the possibilities are intimidating, he knows he just has to take it one step at a time.
“The most rewarding part of my work has always been being able to see an impact,” he said. “[I’m] excited to continue in this space, see where different opportunities potentially arise, and continue learning through the journey.”
—Amy
Ogle, ’26
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We remember Spiders’ lives. The notes that appear here are drawn from the university’s most recently available records updates at the time of compilation, which is generally about two months before each issue prints. To report a graduate’s passing, email classnotes@richmond.edu.
’40s
Elmer S. West Jr., R’43, of Midlothian, Virginia, Nov. 18, 2023. He served in the U.S. Navy’s V-12 chaplain training program and the Navy Reserves. He was a Baptist pastor in churches in New York, North Carolina, and Virginia. He also spent more than 30 years in administrative posts in the Southern Baptist Convention, including 23 years as director of missionary personnel for the Foreign
Mission Board. Later, he was director of special ministries and part-time staff chaplain. He was a founding trustee of Baptist Theological Seminary in Richmond, Virginia, and became its first honorary life trustee.
Richard J. “Dick” Flax, R’49, of Richmond, Virginia, Oct. 9, 2023. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII and worked with his father at Standard Bag and Burlap Company. An avid golfer, he also volunteered for Meals on Wheels. He was a lifelong member of Temple Beth-El.
Helen McDonough Kelley, W’49, of Richmond, Virginia, Nov. 10, 2023. She taught in Albemarle and Chesterfield counties in Virginia and at Collegiate Schools, before becoming a principal at Southampton School and later, director at St. Catherine’s Lower School. She retired after working at the Vir-
ginia Department of Education as supervisor of language arts and director of elementary education. Beverly Stahl Sponaugle, attd. ’49, of Hershey, Pennsylvania, Sept. 2, 2023. She served as one of the tour guides at the original Hershey Chocolate Factory. She and her husband were avid golfers, and after his death, she continued to play until age 90. She was a founding member of the Hershey Curling Club, and represented the club at bonspiels all over the East Coast and Canada. ’50s
Joanne Waring Karppi, W’50, of Silver Spring, Maryland, Sept. 15, 2023. She was a professional educator, Latin American specialist, translator, and world traveler, having worked at Pan Amer-
ican Union and the U.S. State Department, while also raising three boys. She was a Cub Scout den mother, classroom helper, team mom, and library volunteer. A ninth-generation American, she was a descendant of at least two Revolutionary War veterans and was a long-time member of the DAR.
Maryglyn Cooper McGraw, W’51, of Richmond, Virginia, Aug. 1, 2023. Known for her thoughtfulness and selflessness, she was a member of the Virginia Law Wives and the Tuckahoe Women’s Club, among many others.
Rewel A. “Buster” Bynum, B’52, of Richmond, Virginia, Nov. 16, 2023. He served as director of pupil transportation in public school systems for more than 40 years. He was inducted into both the National Pupil Transportation Hall of Fame and the Virginia Pupil Transportation Hall of Fame. He was treasurer of the Southeastern States Pupil Transportation Conference, which named a scholarship in his honor.
Robert S. “Bob” Rosenbaum, R’52, of Richmond, Virginia, Aug. 4, 2023. After service in the U.S. Air Force, he joined Northside Electric Company, retiring as president. He was active for many decades in the Downtown Richmond Rotary Club. He was a lifelong fisherman and swimmer and enjoyed surfcasting at Virginia Beach, Virginia.
Constance S. “Connie” Ambler, attd. ’53, of Asheville, North Carolina, Aug. 18, 2023. She was a real estate agent for 35 years and volunteered at CarePartners Hospice.
Elijah H. “Dick” Jones, R’53, of Henrico County, Virginia, Aug. 2, 2023. He served in the U.S. Navy and worked 37 years for the Acme Steel Company. He enjoyed fishing and quail hunting and was a charter member of both the Virginia Quail Association and the Central Virginia Chapter of Quail Unlimited. He greatly cared about the outdoors, the environment, and all of wildlife.
Jo Fugate Harris Lozier, W’53, of Niceville, Florida, Aug. 30, 2023. She was known for her philanthropy and commitment to the arts, sports, education, and literacy. The Wise County Chamber of Commerce named her the first woman Outstanding Citizen of the Year in 1974. She was the first housewife appointed to the Virginia State Library Board in 1981, after she spearheaded, fundraised, and implemented the first regional library in Southwestern Virginia.
Walter M. Schoedel, G’53, of St. Louis, Missouri, Nov. 9, 2023. He was a pastor, teacher, administrator, consultant, writer, and counselor during more than 70 years of ministry in the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod. When he completed his ministry in 1991, he pivoted to serving older adults, becoming one of the most vocal advocates for older adults in the St. Louis region.
Leo J. Androconis, B’55, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Sept. 11, 2023. He attended the University
on a football scholarship, and after graduating, he worked several decades as an accountant for RCA in Harrison, New Jersey; Lancaster, Pennsylvania; and Indianapolis. He enjoyed traveling to Europe, fishing, and watching sports.
Leslie W. Roark, B’55, of Lynchburg, Virginia, Aug. 29, 2023. Born in Brookneal, Virginia, he owned Brookneal Department Store in Brookneal and Lynchburg Jobbing House. He was a U.S. Army veteran.
Beulah Boston Thorson, W’55, of Concord, North Carolina, Oct. 2, 2023. She pursued successful careers as both a social worker and real estate agent. She found joy in spending time with her family, traveling, playing golf, and donating time to First Presbyterian Church.
Irvin B. Clarke Jr., B’56, of Richmond, Virginia, Nov. 5, 2023. He served in the U.S. Army and the Army Reserves. He was an accountant with several Richmond companies before beginning service with Overnite Transportation Company in 1970. He retired from the company as chief accountant in 1991.
John “Buck” Marshall Jr., R’56, of Newport News, Virginia, Aug. 15, 2023. He was founder, president, and principal instructor of Marshall Real Estate School, which taught more than 16,000 students various educational and license prep courses required to sit for the real estate salesperson and broker exams. He also undertook various leadership roles in area political and civic endeavors, including as chair of the Newport News Republican Party, president of the Hampton Roads Jaycees, and president and campaign chair for the Peninsula Leukemia Society. He served the University of Richmond as president of the UR Peninsula Alumni Association.
David L. “Dave” Shelkey Jr., R’56, of Dahlgren, Virginia, Aug. 9, 2023. He loved all things mechanical, and after graduating with a degree in physics, he worked at the Naval Proving Ground at Dahlgren as a physicist. He worked on several programs during his career at Dahlgren, including managing missile systems, ending his career as branch head for digital communications and testing missile software. He volunteered for the Red Cross Bloodmobile and at Caledon State Park.
Edward L. “Ed” Bennett Jr., R’57, of Edina, Minnesota, Sept. 28, 2023. His retail career included senior level management positions for Federated Department Stores and Abercrombie & Fitch in New York, and later for Dayton Hudson in Minnesota, where he lived for 50 years. An art supporter, he finished his career as owner of retail gallery shops. He loved to travel to Europe and South America, and he enjoyed walleye fishing in Canada.
Donald B. “Don” Vaden, R’57 and L’60, of Midlothian, Virginia, Sept. 26, 2023. He started working in the mailroom of First Mortgage Corpo -
ration and worked his way up to president. He then lived in New York City, where he was president of Chase Home Mortgage, and returned to Virginia, serving as co-owner of Johnson Mortgage in Williamsburg. Relocating to Midlothian, he began a second career as an arbitrator and mediator in the legal field, continuing until he was 84 years old.
Gary W. Grove, B’58, of Midlothian, Virginia, Oct. 31, 2023. He had a successful career as vice president of benefits at Marriott Corporation. He loved reading different versions of the Bible and listening to his favorite pastors on TV.
Elliot E. Herweyer, R’58, of Goochland, Virginia, Oct. 12, 2023. He served in the U.S. Merchant Marine and the U.S. Navy. He later served as pastor in Virginia at Baptist churches in Ashland, Richmond, Crozier, and Sparta. During those years, he also worked at various other jobs, including as a teacher and principal, school bus driver, and Fuller Brush salesman. He was volunteer chaplain for Goochland County Volunteer and Rescue and Beaumont Learning Center in Powhatan, Virginia. He also worked as a general contractor and engineering sales representative, retiring at age 91.
Margaret Williams Ketner, W’58, of Salisbury, North Carolina, Aug. 20, 2023. She taught third grade and enjoyed painting and drawing, making jewelry, and ceramics. She participated in many worship activities at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Salisbury. She was a member of DAR, YMCA, and Winnebago RV Club, among others. She and her husband visited many countries abroad and all 50 U.S. states.
Lola Hall McBride, W’58, of Harrisonburg, Virginia, Oct. 2, 2023. She taught biology and math in Richmond, and after meeting the love of her life while visiting the family’s farm, she married and devoted herself to the couple’s three children.
Joseph P. Rushbrooke, L’58, of Roanoke, Virginia, Nov. 8, 2023. He practiced law in Roanoke until 1963, when he was appointed deputy commissioner of the Industrial Commission of Virginia. Later, he became a federal administrative law judge in Knoxville, Tennessee. He later returned to Roanoke as administrative law judge and then chief judge. In retirement, he enjoyed golf, bowling, and playing piano and ukulele.
Charles P. Word Jr., B’58 and G’65, of Midlothian, Virginia, Nov. 24, 2023. He worked as senior vice president of finance and administration for Babcock-Phillips Company, dean of finances and administration at J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College, and director of fiscal services at the Supreme Court of Virginia. He was a long-time member and trustee of Immanuel Baptist Church.
Laverne Watson Edwards, W’59, of Smithfield, Virginia, Aug. 6, 2023. She taught French for 11 years at Isle of Wight Academy, and after retiring, she taught English and reading skills as a literacy
volunteer. She was a civic leader in Smithfield, including service on the board of the Isle of Wight Museum and historic preservation board. She sang in her church’s choir and was a devoted 50-year member of the Smithfield Shakespeare Class. She and husband Bob set up a scholarship fund for Isle of Wight County students and enjoyed reading applications and helping in the selection process.
Robert L. Stevens Jr., B’59, of Mechanicsville, Virginia, Nov. 2, 2023. He served in the U.S. Air Force, including a tour in Korea. After graduating from UR, he began a career with Philip Morris, working in finance/auditing and later as manager of the leaf department. He was the fifth-longest tenured member of Fairfield Presbyterian Church and served as an elder and Sunday School teacher. He had a passion for farming, golfing, and traveling.
Robert G. “Bob” Watts, R’59, of Richmond, Virginia, Nov. 10, 2023. He served in the U.S. Navy before going to work for A. H. Robins Pharmaceutical Co., retiring as senior executive vice president. He pursued numerous activities outside of his career, including serving as a Sunday School teacher, volunteering with the Boy Scouts, and chairing the Richmond Metro Chamber of Commerce. He helped fund and build the Glen Allen Cultural Arts Center, and was known as “The Father of the Virginia Lottery.” He taught for three years at UR Graduate School of Business.
’60s
William F. Myers Jr., R’60, of Henrico, Virginia, Aug. 5, 2023. He pursued a career in IT, and after retiring, he and his wife traveled to all 50 states and several foreign countries. He was a Road to Recovery driver for the American Cancer Society for many years. He was active in his church and was a charter member of the Osher Life Long Learning Institute at the University of Richmond, for which he led OLLI tours of the Richmond Slave Trail and taught some classes.
Joseph F. “Joe” Arcudi, B’61, of Milford, Massachusetts, Oct. 1, 2023. He served in the Massachusetts Army National Guard.
Chester “Chet” Merritt, B’61, of Alexandria, Virginia, Aug. 24, 2023. He served in the U.S. Army and spent his career in the insurance industry, working for AAA and Travelers Insurance and retiring from the American Society of Association Executives. After retirement, he and his wife enjoyed international travel.
Reginald T. Puckett, R’61, of Lynchburg, Virginia, Nov. 12, 2023. A doctor of obstetrics and gynecology, he served a residency at Cornell Medical Center in New York City, then operated private practices in New York, Maine, and Lynchburg. He was passionate about music and enjoyed participating in church choirs and playing piano, oboe, clarinet, and organ.
Henter L. “Lee” Blevins, R’62, of Hardyville, Virginia, Sept. 14, 2023. After dental school, he joined his father’s dental practice before beginning his own practice in Midlothian, Virginia. He later joined another dentist to form the first group practice in the area. He retired in 2007 and moved full time to “the rivah.” He was a member of the Richmond Dental Society and was an avid scuba diver, fisherman, quail hunter, and outdoorsman.
John F. Green, B’62, of West Cornwall, Connecticut, Nov. 2, 2023. After serving in the U.S. Army finance corps, he began a career with KPMG. He worked in Milan and Rome and later managed the firm’s international operations. He retired as senior partner in 2001 from the New York office. He enjoyed travel and tending flower gardens. He served as treasurer of West Cornwall for many years and was on the library board.
Franklin P. Knill Jr., R’62 and G’66, of Newport News, Virginia, Nov. 9, 2023. He earned a doctoral degree and worked as a psychologist. He enjoyed working with stained glass and painting, gardening, and playing saxophone in a band.
Edwin C. Robertson, R’62, of Montevallo, Alabama, Oct. 14, 2023. He discovered his love for serious music at the university, later earning a doctoral degree and teaching composition and music theory at the University of Montevallo. In 2004, Alabama named him professor of the year. In 34 years of teaching and in his retirement, he never stopped composing works for choir, solo voice, piano, cello, and more that have been performed around the world, including at Carnegie Hall. He also loved to play jazz standards on the piano and wrote numerous pieces for his children.
William I. “Bill” Bandas, L’63, of Washington, D.C., Sept. 12, 2023. He was known as strong-willed and tenacious with a “warrior-style personality” that served him well in the courtroom. He began his career in a small, local firm and worked his way up through larger firms before branching out on his own. He was altruistic and loved art, often providing pro bono legal services to artists. His other passions were jazz, baseball, and basketball.
William J. “Bill” Sturgill, L’63, of Norton, Virginia, Sept. 27, 2023. He was a lawyer and business owner for 60 years. A U.S. Army veteran, he served on the Virginia State Bar Council and Virginia State Bar Disciplinary Board and was chair of the UVA Wise College board. The Wise County Chamber of Commerce named him citizen of the year in 1993 and awarded him the president’s award in 1999. He received numerous other awards and established three scholarships at UVA Wise and the Sturgill Law Scholarship at the University of Richmond’s School of Law.
Judy Barnhart Parr, W’64, of Catlett, Virginia, March 28, 2023. After receiving a master’s degree in counseling, she served as an employ-
ment counselor. She later volunteered extensively, particularly at Rising Hope Outreach Ministry in Northern Virginia.
James E. Wirth, G’64, of Inverness, Illinois, Nov. 7, 2023. He studied mechanical engineering at the University of Pittsburgh and later worked for Reynolds Metals, while attending UR at night. He then worked nearly 30 years for DuPont in chemical sales and marketing. He earned a law degree and opened a law office in Chicago.
Jane Buck Garner, W’65, of North Chesterfield, Virginia, Oct. 11, 2023. She taught elementary school and held other jobs before becoming director of volunteer services at Chippenham Hospital. She expanded the number of volunteers and was instrumental in getting former First Lady Barbara Bush as keynote speaker when the hospital celebrated the completion of one million hours of service by the volunteer department.
Thomas W. “Tom” Hash, R’65, of Cumming, Georgia, Oct. 20, 2023. After retirement from the federal government, he combined his passions for teaching and history as a substitute teacher, “winning the hearts of both students and staff members alike because of his garrulous nature, sharp wit, and his uncanny ability to explain dense subject matter in ways that would make it interesting and understandable.”
Sheldon M. Markowitz, R’65, of Richmond, Virginia, April 26, 2023. He earned a medical degree from MCV and held residencies in internal medicine there before spending two years at Fort Riley, earning the rank of major. He was assistant professor of medicine at MCV and worked through the ranks there and at McGuire Veterans Hospital to become professor, chief of infectious diseases, and chief of medicine. In the final years of his career at McGuire, he held the title chief of staff.
Ronald L. Hayes, R’66, of Lottsburg, Virginia, Nov. 13, 2023. A trained fighter pilot with Virginia Air National Guard, he loved jets but instead chose to pursue a career as a neuroscientist. He was co-founder and chief science officer of Banyan Biomarkers Inc. He was instrumental in discovering a set of neurological biomarkers, resulting in the first-to-market blood test to detect the presence and severity of traumatic brain injury and evaluate concussions. He previously was director of University of Florida’s Center for Traumatic Brain Injury Studies and led brain research programs at the University of Texas Medical School and MCV in Richmond.
Carl E. Mangum, B’66, of Morris Plains, New Jersey, Oct. 18, 2023. He was a certified public accountant, first with PricewaterhouseCoopers, then in his own firm, Mangum, Goodwin & Co., PA., where he was devoted to his clients. He was active with the University of Richmond’s alumni association and served on the board of Valley Forge Military College.
Linda Davis Spence, W’66, of Garner, North Carolina, Sept. 20, 2023. She taught middle school science and history, often bringing in homemade food for her students, who came from homes of little means. She was devoted to her family and loved to cook, read, and travel.
Walter L. “Bud” Waleski Jr., R’66 and GB’69, of Richmond, Virginia, Aug. 1, 2023. He worked for 37 years for Media General as head of information systems. He loved fishing, boating, woodworking, and sports.
Elizabeth Omohundro Harwood, W’67, of Goochland, Virginia, Nov. 24, 2023. She was well known for her astute business intellect and knowledge of real estate and estate law, the forestry business, and her attention to detail.
William C. “Bill” Peters, R’67, of Wilmington, North Carolina, Oct. 8, 2023. He held a doctorate in nuclear physics and was principal nuclear engineer/physicist at General Electric of Wilmington, where he was co-inventor of 13 U.S-issued patents.
Matthew J. Cody Jr., R’68 and L’74, of Abingdon, Virginia, Oct. 10, 2023. He was a captain in the U.S. Army, serving in Panama and Thailand. Following his military service, he practiced law for more than 40 years at his own practice in Lebanon, Virginia. He enjoyed scuba diving, reading, and working on remodeling projects.
Jane Bohannon Pittenger, W’68, of Reston, Virginia, Nov. 11, 2023. She was an English teacher, research librarian, and administrative assistant. She enjoyed fiber arts, particularly needlework, and was a member of the Embroiderers’ Guild of America.
Jon C. Poulson, L’68, of Accomack, Virginia, Nov. 5, 2023. After a clerkship with the chief judge of the Supreme Court of Virginia, he practiced law on the Eastern Shore for the next 51 years. He served three terms as the Accomack commonwealth’s attorney, building a reputation as a tough prosecutor. He later built a successful trial practice. He was active in his community as a Little League baseball and football coach.
Thomas D. Gillespie Jr., attd. ’69, of Culpeper, Virginia, Aug. 10, 2023. He worked nearly 40 years for Quarles Petroleum, retiring as chief operating officer. He loved older country music, hated vegetables, and had no aptitude for tools, but “he had a brilliant business mind.”
Robert L. Gordon Jr., G’69, of Green Bay, Wisconsin, Aug. 10, 2023. He served his Jewish community as a member of the chevra kadisha and served his country in Vietnam. Professionally, he was first a hospital administrator and then a certified substance abuse counselor. He was an Eagle Scout and attended the 50th anniversary of scouting at the World Jamboree in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 1961.
Robert E. “Bob” Hutchinson Jr. R’69, of North
Chesterfield, Virginia, Sept. 21, 2023. He had a passion for photography, started a wedding photography business, and later opened the VA Photo Shop on Main Street. He developed his own blackand-white photos and owns a patent for a developing chemical he created in 1982. He was a regular gym rat, and after retiring, he became a personal trainer. He loved telling jokes, making his own natural concoctions and Kombucha tea, and offering natural remedies and vitamins to fix ailments.
Donna Marie Joy, W’69, of Richmond, Virginia, Sept. 6, 2023. She had a successful career in banking and had a passion for helping others. One of her favorite places to volunteer was St. Mary’s Hospital. She was an active member of the Altar Guild at Grace and Holy Trinity Episcopal Church. She was an advocate for mental health funding and services, which led to involvement with the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
John C. King, R’69, of Richmond, Sept. 19, 2023. He was known for his wonderful sense of humor, his positive outlook, and strong faith.
’70s
Tommy W. England, B’70, of Dillwyn, Virginia, Sept. 6, 2023. He was founder and president of Lucky Convenience Stores in Richmond, Virginia. He was a member of the 1965 national championship football team at Ferrum College and the 1968 Tangerine Bowl championship team at the University of Richmond.
Laurens “Larry” Sartoris, L’70, of Richmond, Virginia, Oct. 31, 2023. He worked as counsel for Virginia in the General Assembly and then spent 37 years with the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association, serving as its president for 27 years. He served on a variety of volunteer and business boards, including Virginia Blood Services, Bath Community Hospital, and the Virginia Foundation for Community College Education. The community college system set up a scholarship in his name to allow people with academic merit who need financial assistance the means to pursue education as nurses.
Sara Gambrell Tarver, G’70, of Madison, Wisconsin, Oct. 16, 2023. She joined the University of Wisconsin faculty in 1976 and became a full tenured professor in 1987, remaining at the university for 30 years. She made many contributions to the research, teaching, and service missions of the Department of Rehabilitation Psychology and Special Education, most significantly in the area of Direct Instruction, an empirically proven method of effective teaching. She became internationally known for her research, scholarship, and the cadre of students that she trained and set forth.
Milton G. “Mel” Dartouzos, C’71, of LaPlata, Maryland, Aug. 26, 2023. He was a U.S. Air Force
veteran and worked as an accountant for the federal government for 26 years. He retired to Florida, where he enjoyed making friends and playing bridge, often competing in tournaments.
Spencer L. Lauterbach Jr., R’71 and GB’86, of Glen Allen, Virginia, Sept. 15, 2023. He served with the Air Force in Pakistan and Fort Meade, where he worked for the National Security Administration. After receiving his degrees, he worked primarily in information technology management, support, and sales. He entertained family and friends as a magician and worked as a DJ at private parties and wedding receptions.
Malcolm M. Randolph, C’71, of Richmond, Virginia, Aug. 14, 2023. He worked 47 years at Richmond Primoid Inc., a family business founded by his father in 1947. He volunteered with many organizations, but he was particularly committed to the Bon Secours Richmond Healthcare Foundation, where he supported a scholarship and was involved with the development of the Bon Secours Hospice House. He enjoyed golf and boating.
Richard L. “Rick” Ford, R’72, of Aiken, South Carolina, Oct. 4, 2023. He worked for the Department of the Army as a writer for Army Logistician magazine and then joined the external affairs group with the Department of Energy. He was a community volunteer, most frequently at the Children’s Place.
John R. Turner, B’72, of Roanoke, Virginia, Aug. 11, 2023. He served in the U.S. Army and worked for the SCC in the Bureau of Safety and Soundness for more than 40 years. He treasured the friendships he made at the University of Richmond, especially through Phi Delta Theta fraternity.
John F. Benton II, B’73, of Arlington, Virginia, Sept. 19, 2023. He held increasingly senior positions in public service in Washington, D.C., and for 12 years, he was associate director for management and public programs at the National Air and Space Museum, part of the Smithsonian Institution. Even after he retired, the Smithsonian called him back four times, including for service as deputy undersecretary for finance and administration. He served on the UR alumni board and was co-chair of his 50th anniversary reunion committee. He was devoted to several nonprofit boards, including the Arlington Free Clinic, Commission for the Arts, and Signature Theatre. He enjoyed listening to and making choral and organ music and singing with groups that toured in England, Australia, and New Zealand.
Thomas W. Parson IV, R’75 and C’95, of Jarrett, Virginia, Sept. 29, 2023. He worked for Georgia Pacific and was a member of Centenary United Methodist Church in Jarratt and the Jamestown Society in Williamsburg, Virginia. Before coming to UR, he attended Louisburg College, where he later served on the board of trustees.
Carter S. Pollard, G’75, of Richmond, Virginia, Aug. 5, 2023. She was a preschool teacher and administrator at River Road Church, Baptist, and a commercial loan officer for Dominion Bank. She actively volunteered for the Virginia Home and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts and was board president for the Home for Confederate Women.
Lisa Bryan Staples, W’75, of Yorktown, Virginia, Aug. 16, 2023. She was an administrative assistant for 40 years at Fort Eustis, now Joint Base Langley-Eustis. She enjoyed her church and spending time with her family.
William T. Atkinson, R’76, of North Chesterfield, Virginia, Nov. 10, 2023. He was fluent in Chinese Mandarin and served in the U.S. Marines, including a tour of duty in Vietnam as a radio chief. He completed his military career in the Marine Reserve. For more than 30 years, he worked at Lewis Supply.
Ardie L. Ervin, L’77, of Fishersville, Virginia, Nov. 9, 2023. For four decades, he served as lead commonwealth’s attorney for Augusta County, Virginia. He earned respect and admiration for his
impeccable work ethic and dedication to justice.
Stephen A. “Steve” Hudgins, B’77 and L’80, of Poquoson, Virginia, Sept. 19, 2023. He was an attorney in Hampton Roads for more than 30 years before taking the bench as district court judge of the 9th Judicial District, serving for 10 years. He took pride in mentoring many lawyers in their legal careers and countless individuals through their faith journeys. He was involved in many community organizations, and as a Shriner, he enjoyed riding his Harley Davidson in parades and competitions.
Correction: Stephen H. White, R’77, of Greenville, South Carolina, June 27, 2023. In our last issue, we incorrectly reported his graduation status. His class year should have read “R’77” not “attd. ’77.” We regret the error, which was the result of a database inaccuracy.
Bruce E. Mayer, L’79, of Stewartsville, Virginia, Aug. 13, 2023. He was a U.S. Army veteran before entering law practice, first with several local firms and then for 38 years managing his own practice in Vinton, Virginia. He served as town attorney,
• Alice Haggerty, W’55, who supported the Westhampton College Class of 1955 George Modlin Scholarship
• Betty Ann Dillon, W’49, G’49, who supported the Westhampton College Endowment Fund
CHARTER ASSOCIATES
UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND
Giving
to the University of Richmond as part of your estate planning creates an enduring legacy and impacts generations of students. The university recognizes these alumni, faculty, staff, and friends as members of the Charter Associates. Between September and December 2023, the university received legacy gifts from the following Charter Associates:
• Donald Burkat, R’57, who supported the university’s annual fund
• Doris Proffitt, who established the Doris Proffitt Scholarship
• George Flowers, who supported the Theatre Department Discretionary Fund
• Harriett Stubbs, W’52 , who supported the Westhampton College Class of 1952 Memorial Scholarship
• Bob Tunstall, B’55, P’81, who supported the university’s annual fund
• Walter Hyer, R’49, P’75, who supported the Spider Athletic Fund and the Frederic W. Boatwright Society Scholars Program
If you have included the University of Richmond in your estate planning or through another deferred gift — or if you would like information about doing so — please contact the university’s office of gift planning by phone at 804-287-1864 or by email at giftplanning@richmond.edu.
assistant county attorney and interim county administrator. He also served as executive director of the Virginia Piedmont Planning Commission and president of various organizations, including the Salem/Roanoke County Bar Association, Lions Club, and Chamber of Commerce. He had many varied interests, and his passion for history led him to participate in historical reenactments and roles as an extra in the movies Gettysburg and Gore Vidal’s Lincoln
Catherine Power Teti, L’79, of Tampa, Florida, Oct. 17, 2023. She worked as a social worker and editor of the local newspaper in King George, Virginia. After receiving a law degree, she moved to Florida and worked for Hillsborough County Child Enforcement and the Hillsborough County attorney’s office. She was active in the League of Women Voters, the Teen Court Diversion Program, and friends of the regional library.
’80s
Jane C. Howells, G’81, of Richmond, Virginia, Aug. 9, 2023. Born in England, she studied abroad in Spain, where she mastered the language and developed a love for the country. She received a doctoral degree from VCU and spent her entire career teaching history, first in England, and then for nearly 40 years in Richmond at St. Catherine’s School. She was head of the history department, Model UN faculty adviser, and constitutional law debate coach. She was a long-time volunteer docent at Agecroft Hall, where her English accent delighted visitors touring the English Tudor manor house.
William H. “Hank” Sipe III, L’83, of Rock Hill, South Carolina, Aug. 8, 2023. He was a staff attorney at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and then practiced with Kennedy, Covington, Lobdell and Hickman in Charlotte, North Carolina, where he became a partner. He then practiced 22 years at Sipe Law Firm in Rock Hill.
David L. Dahl Jr., R’85, of Mechanicsville, Virginia, Aug. 15, 2023. He had a successful career in sales, most recently as a manufacturer’s representative for Virginia Maryland Associates. He volunteered with Wings of Hope Ranch and dedicated his time to making positive differences in the lives of others. He was an active member of Atlee Community Church.
George R. Gray, L’87, of New Kent, Virginia, Oct. 9, 2023. He was a U.S. Navy veteran and owner of several companies. His great happiness was teaching at University of Alabama, Winthrop College (Rock Hill, South Carolina), and VCU in Richmond. He was an avid golfer and loved sci-fi books and movies.
Linda Sue McLaughlin, W’88, of Boston, Massachusetts, Oct. 31, 2023. She worked for Western Electric/AT&T Lucent Technologies as a supervi-
sor and Bluegreen Corp. as an office manager. She retired from Traditional Golf properties as a billing manager.
Clark F. Davis, B’89, of Middleburg, Virginia, Aug. 17, 2023. He is remembered as an “amazing father, husband, son, brother, friend, and mentor.” He traveled extensively for business and pleasure, enjoying trips to Scotland, Rwanda, and Canada. He loved animals and had a great sense of humor.
’90s
Patricia Chandler Smith, G’94, of Glen Allen, Virginia, Nov. 12, 2023. She was a registered cytotechnologist and worked professionally in both Huntington, West Virginia, and Richmond. She retired from LabCorp in 2005. She led a life of service, volunteering time with the Cub Scouts, PTA, American Red Cross, and Ronald McDonald houses in Huntington and Richmond.
Amber Kavanagh Riley, ’95, of Richmond, Virginia, Aug. 7, 2023. She worked as an assistant buyer at Neiman Marcus in Dallas and as senior manager at Capital One. She is remembered as bringing joy and humor “to all our celebrations.” She was a “master planner” who helped make her family’s vacations into fond memories.
Elizabeth “Beth” Roadcap Tracy, G’96, of Bella Vista, Arkansas, Sept. 19, 2023. She worked 38 years as a music teacher in the lower school at Collegiate School in Richmond. She was noted for her teaching legacy and the numerous plays and productions that “set the standard” for excellence that has come to be expected at the school. After retiring and moving to Arkansas, she enjoyed hosting guests and sunrise worship services on their dock for neighbors and church friends.
Kelley S. Nelson, ’98, of Avenel, New Jersey, Sept. 29, 2023. He was a business analyst for Charles Schwab in Jersey City for many years. He was an avid outdoorsman, with a love of Airedales, gardening, auto crossing, and paddling. He served with the National Canoe Safety Patrol on the Delaware River.
’00s
Thomas C. “Tom” Dodson, attd. ’02, of Lititz, Pennsylvania, Aug. 5, 2023. His career included numerous family endeavors in mortgages, real estate investing, and paint contracting. He loved baseball and was a “heat-slinging lefty” in high school and college. He loved the Phillies and studied baseball statistics, collected baseball cards, and played baseball board games.
Peter K. Opper, L’05, of Henrico, Virginia, Nov. 24, 2023. He earned four graduate degrees, including a master’s degree and doctorate in American history, a master’s degree in social work, and a law
degree. He taught history at two universities, and then worked as a clinical supervisor at Jewish Family Services in Richmond, later becoming executive director of the agency. He entered law school at the age of 55 and spent the latter years of his career as an attorney with the Virginia Department of Health Professions.
Kristi Rowe Merritt, ’09, of Chesterfield, Virginia, Sept. 25, 2023.
Kimberly Leedom Bliley, ’07, GC’10, and ’14, of Midlothian, Virginia, Sept. 29, 2023. In her 17 years as a special education teacher with Chesterfield County Public Schools, she received numerous teaching awards, including the Virginia Lottery Thank a Teacher Campaign Award, Lloyd C. Bird High School Teacher of the Year, and the REB Award for Teaching Excellence. She was an avid swimmer and served as the first swim coach for Lloyd C. Bird High School. She ended her career as special education coordinator for Salem Church Middle School.
FACULTY, STAFF, AND FRIENDS
Agusta Chapman Bunting of Irvington, Virginia, Dec. 8, 2023. She earned a master’s degree in physical education and taught and coached at Brown University before returning to Richmond and beginning a long career of teaching physical education and coaching at Westhampton College until her retirement. St. Catherine’s School in Richmond, where she played multiple sports, inducted her into its Athletics Hall of Fame. She was a graduate of Hollins College, where she was a four-year member of the hockey and basketball varsity teams and a member of the college’s Athletic Hall of Fame.
Patricia Clifton Harwood of Henrico, Virginia, Dec. 13, 2023. She was dean of Westhampton College from 1986 until her retirement in 2001. Prior to joining the university, she was dean of student services at the North Carolina School of the Arts and director of career planning and placement at Paul D. Camp Community College in Franklin, Virginia. She became very aware of the need for the expansion of opportunity for women, and as Westhampton dean, she worked to educate and inspire young women to go beyond historic boundaries and to break down barriers to full participation and contribution. She was passionate about educating women about their history as women, enabling them to believe in themselves and challenging them to go for their dreams. She was a graduate of Longwood College and earned a master’s degree in psychology from Middle Tennessee State University and a doctorate in higher education administration from the College of William & Mary.
Mary C. “Molly” Hood of Richmond, Virginia,
Sept. 18, 2023. She served the university as a registrar for 25 years. She often reached out to students who needed gentle or not-so-gentle reminders about their academic status and communicated with professors to allow one more student into class who needed the course for graduation. Those acts of caring and individual focus touched the lives of thousands of students.
Elizabeth “Betsy” Snipes Keys of Richmond, Virginia, Sept. 5, 2023. She joined the University’s staff in 1979, serving as administrative assistant of sports medicine. She retired in 2007.
Robert “Bob” Parker of Manakin Sabot, Virginia, Oct. 30, 2023. He was a basketball fan and enjoyed golf. After retirement, he volunteered at IT for Causes and took classes at the UR Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
Ida M. Redwood of Richmond, Virginia, Nov. 25, 2023. She joined the university staff in 1978 and worked as a custodian with university facilities until her retirement in 2016.
Richard S. “Major” Reynolds III of Richmond, Virginia, Sept. 18 2023. A member of the University of Richmond Board of Associates, he served his community and various Reynolds-related businesses and organizations. He was vice president and director of Robertshaw Controls Company, managing director of the Reynolds Trusts, and president of the Richard S. Reynolds Foundation, working with family members to provide more than $66 million in grants for the arts, education, environment, health, and basic human needs. He was an outspoken advocate for civil rights and efforts to support diversity in employment, education, and public service. He served on the Virginia State Board for Community Colleges, in the House of Delegates, and as a commissioner on the Virginia Port Authority.
James B. Seaborn of Richmond, Virginia, Nov. 10, 2023. He operated a radio station as a teenager and then served in the U.S. Air Force. He earned a master of science degree from Florida State University and a doctorate from the University of Virginia. From 1970 to 2000, he taught physics and astronomy at the University of Richmond. He was the author of novels, scientific articles, and several text books.
James R. Taylor of Chesterfield, Virginia, Oct. 24, 2023. He joined the UR staff in 1988 and served in a variety of roles in the Heilman Dining Center before retiring as store associate in 2020.
Roselyn Nakeyi Timon of Henrico County, Virginia, Sept. 1, 2023. She joined the UR staff in 2022 and served as a utility associate in the Heilman Dining Center. Colleagues remember her as an excellent teammate with a positive and uplifting spirit.
By Matthew Dewald
The shoe fits
Quentin Southall, ’24, turns the shoes that athletes wear into art. Then he sells them online because he’s a small-business owner, too (see more at right). Success, he writes on his website qscustomsneakers.com, “is about finding joy in the things that matter most, living authentically, and savoring the freedom that comes from pursuing one’s passions.” His story, he continues, “serves as a reminder that the pursuit of passion knows no bounds.” See more of his work on Instagram: @qscustomsneakers.
Innovative mindset.
QUENTIN SOUTHALL HITS THREES. The University of Richmond senior is a finance major, a small-business owner, and a guard for the Spider men’s basketball team.
Quentin used his downtime during the pandemic to merge his business school acumen and passion for art by selling hand-painted shoe designs. He experienced so much success creating custom kicks that he’s added a concentration in entrepreneurship to his graduation plan.
Learn more about Quentin and other remarkable Spiders at RICHMOND.EDU/SPIDERS.
OUR PHOTOGRAPHER WAS COURTSIDE — and lost a shoe (see Page 4) — when students stormed the court after men’s basketball upset No. 16 Dayton in a packed Robins Center Jan. 27.
