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MESSAGE FROM THE CHANCELLOR Dear Alumni and Friends, r has The start of the 2016-2017 academic yea and milestones brought with it many new beginnings largest for UVa-Wise. We welcomed one of the e has seen freshmen and transfer classes the Colleg most in several years. We unveiled one of the e’s history ambitious capital projects in the Colleg anced the – a magnificent new library that has enh munity. way we teach, learn and interact as a com U.S. News We earned the number one spot in the s with the & World Report for graduating student building lowest debt. And, we acquired the Oxbow gift – a in St. Paul, Virginia through a generous emerging facility the College will convert into an cal educational center. technologies accelerator and an ecologi and mindful of our history and we celebrate are we hts, heig new se the ieve ach we As e, you will have uplifted our community. In this issu honor the individuals and groups who iddy and the College’s original first Sm Joe a Pap r ello anc Ch of e wif y, idd read of Rosebud Sm will read of John T. Casteen III, seventh You ed. icat ded is den gar pus cam a m lady, to who leadership whom the library plaza is named for his for ia, gin Vir of sity iver Un the of nt preside of our generous Southwest Virginia. And, you will read and commitment to the College and to offer well the honor roll of benefactors who as r, Yea the of eers unt Vol and r Yea Benefactor of the initiatives. generous donations to support college duate or pus – to which you have a claim as a gra cam g ivin thr our t visi to you age our I enc brings many Alumni Director, Elizabeth Boyd, who friend of the College. Visit with our new vities to engage our growing network of acti g nin plan ly ical iast hus ent is and talents to her role you on an conveniently mapped, which will take now ls, trai ing hik pus cam the lore alumni. Exp lty, staff, st of all, come partake – along with facu mo d An . pus cam ul utif bea our on ure advent lass liberal arts our unrelenting drive to offer a world-c community members and friends – in education for our students.

Best regards,

Donna P. Henry Chancellor

THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA’S COLLEGE AT WISE • FALL/WINTER 2016

UVA-WISEALUMNI DEPARTMENTS Headlines 2 Features 4 Shelf Expressions 6 Athletics 30 The UVa-Wise Magazine is produced by College Relations and Alumni Relations for alumni and friends of The University of Virginia’s College at Wise.

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Cybersecurity accelerator set for Oxbow Center HEADLINES

The University of Virginia’s College at Wise announced plans on Thursday, July 14, to establish a cybersecurity accelerator in the Oxbow Center to house faculty, students and corporate researchers working to develop software for the world’s fastest growing technology sector.

In addition, UVa-Wise plans to use a portion of the building as an ecological center to bridge environmental education and economic development efforts by serving as a hub for environmental education.

The UVa-Wise Foundation took ownership of the Oxbow Center in St. Paul, Virginia when the Oxbow Corporation transferred the building to the College. The facility has served a variety of health care and human services organizations since the 1990s.

Regional leaders gathered at the facility as the Oxbow Foundation officially handed the keys to the UVa-Wise Foundation.

“This is a significant gift that will contribute not just to UVa-Wise but to our region as a whole as we continue to distinguish ourselves as an innovative, technology-friendly, entrepreneurial corner of the Commonwealth,” UVaWise Chancellor Donna P. Henry said.

Henry said the College is working with MACH37TM, a premier

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cybersecurity accelerator from Herndon, Virginia, on the project. Henry said UVa-Wise is negotiating with technology start-up companies to bring those businesses to the region.

“We in Southwest Virginia are strategically placed to attract high-tech employers to the region,” Henry said.

The College’s software engineering program, the only undergraduate software engineering program in Virginia, will accommodate the growing cybersecurity industry, Henry explained.

UVa-Wise will expand its computer science and software engineering programs to include more faculty with cybersecurity expertise and expand coursework in information security.

“Adding a cybersecurity component to the UVa-Wise technology programs will increase their prominence and translate into increased enrollment,” Henry said.

Henry said the region’s productive and highly trainable workforce and the quality of life in the region are attractive to emerging companies. The region’s rich culture and abundant outdoor recreational activities are attractive to today’s high-tech employees, she added.

“Southwest Virginia offers a peaceful, awe-inspiring landscape and a creative culture that is very attractive to the lifestyles and work culture of that

Bobby Cassell with the Oxbow Corporation presents keys to the Oxbow Center to the UVa-Wise Foundation.

particular workforce,” Henry said.

Shannon Blevins, associate vice chancellor for economic development and engagement at UVa-Wise, said the region’s redundant electrical and internet backbone are also attractive to technology companies. According to Blevins, the previous and future investments in broadband fiber network create a critical and attractive infrastructure for companies that rely on the internet for continuous operations.

The Oxbow announcement came on the heels of a major announcement from the White House in June that UVa-Wise has been selected as a partner in an initiative to develop and expand ecosystems of high quality IT talent in rural America.

“There are many wonderful things underway in our region, at the College and in St. Paul,” Henry said. “We are so pleased to be a part of a resurgence of the St. Paul community.”

Kenneth Holbrook, St. Paul’s vice mayor, said town leaders are pleased that UVa-Wise has a plan for the building.

“It’s going to be nice seeing this beautiful building come back to life again,” Holbrook said.

Plans are moving forward on the project and the College continues to work with governmental and industry leaders on the accelerator.

‘This is what matters’

Donna Hale ’ 71 is a true educator.

A visit to her Smiddy Hall office leaves no doubt that the Council, Virginia native answered a strong call to sit behind the biggest desk in a classroom.

Her office walls display photographs she took at UVa-Wise sporting events, including of “The Play” that captured an unbelievable football win over Emory & Henry College, autographed posters of Cavalier teams over the years,

special notes from students and other memorabilia of her time on campus.

Her desk is covered with news clippings of former high school students who now enjoy successful careers. She can point to their photos and proudly tell visitors where those former students are working. The Buck Henson Award, given by students, is also on prominent display.

“This is me,” she said as she looked around her workplace. “This is who I am. This is what matters to me. All of this is from my students.”

Her dedication to education was noticed. She was recently honored when an anonymous benefactor created a scholarship in her name. The scholarship is for Buchanan County students, which is fitting since Hale fondly recalls getting help from her teachers over the years.

Hale is a product of a hardworking family in the Council community of Buchanan County, Virginia. Her parents farmed for a living and opened a small country store to make ends meet.

Her parents saved to build their own home and never entertained the thought of going into debt to do so. They had cash in hand before the first nail was hammered. They did not go to college.

“I’m a first generation college student,” Hale said.

She did well in school and graduated at 16 years old. A gruff but caring principal would not let her take typing class because he wanted her to take college preparation courses.

Hale laughs when she recalls needing keyboarding skills each day of her life, but she has no real regrets. The principal cared about her academic career.

The subject of college came up when a teacher at Council High told her about Clinch Valley College in Wise and said she might like the campus. The teen arrived in Wise and started classes.

Professor Dick Davidson was her advisor, and she landed a spot as a student assistant for legendary Professor Buck Henson.

She graduated with a history degree. There was never a doubt that she would end up in the classroom. She did her student teaching at Appalachia High and taught Tom Turner, who

eventually landed in the Virginia Hall of Fame for his football-coaching career.

She was 20 when she landed her first teaching job at Council High, barely older than the students she taught. She coached mock trial teams, attended sporting events and other school activities to support the students, and she was a pioneer in teaching advanced placement courses via television broadcast. She missed an Eagles farewell concert so she could watch a student score his 1,000th point in basketball.

Hale stayed at Council High until retirement 33 years later, but she soon grew bored. She decided to get a master’s degree in Criminal Justice from Radford University. She had to write an essay explaining what she was going to do with her graduate degree. She wrote that she was going to do “absolutely nothing” with her degree because she was doing it for fun. She was accepted and earned her master’s degree.

It turned out that she did not get the degree just for fun. She landed a job at her alma mater, now called UVaWise, in 2007 and she has nurtured her students on campus for several years.

Her dedication to teaching and to guiding students through the academic world is why the anonymous donor created the Donna Hale Scholarship Fund. The funds are awarded on merit first and need second. It was established in 2015, and it benefits students from Buchanan County.

Hale was astonished and deeply touched by the scholarship.

“I graduated with hardly any debt, and I’m glad that this will help give Buchanan County students the same chance that I was given,” she said.

“This is the nicest thing that has been done for me. I can’t imagine anything better than someone actually creating a scholarship in my name to benefit students from my county.”

She sums up her career in just a few words.

“You just need to find what you want to do in life, and I found it the first day I walked into a classroom.”

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Rosebud Smiddy Garden dedicated A large crowd gathered in a tranquil spot on the lower campus of The University of Virginia’s College at Wise to dedicate a garden in memory of a lifelong educator and wife of the school’s first chancellor.

The Rosebud Smiddy Garden, located between the library and the Chapel of All Faiths, was first created in the late 1980s by members of the American Association of University Women in honor of Rosebud Stickley Smiddy. The McGlothlin Foundation provided funding.

A vigorous construction phase at the College temporarily disrupted the garden for several years. Completion of the College’s six-story library made it possible for the garden to once again thrive.

Brenda Edwards, an AAUW member and friend of the late educator, recalled how Mrs. Smiddy helped her make Wise home when she moved to the area in the late 1960s.

“As I got to know this special lady and saw how contented and happy she was living such a full and rich life in this little town of Wise, I knew I could do it also,” Edwards said. “She entertained with the grace and charm of a first lady. She was kind to everyone and was beautiful inside and outside.”

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On behalf of the AAUW, Edwards encouraged the public to use the garden that is now a tribute to Mrs. Smiddy’s amazing life.

“Hopefully, those who spend time here will feel the peace and joy that her spirit brings to this garden and know that this is a special place on this campus,” Edwards added.

Mrs. Smiddy, a devoted teacher who began her career before World War II in a two-room schoolhouse in Lee County’s Rose Hill, passed away in 1984.

“I did not have the pleasure or the honor of knowing Mrs. Smiddy, but I know she is remembered fondly, and that is an understatement,” said Chancellor Donna P. Henry. “She was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother and teacher.”

Henry noted that Mrs. Smiddy is remembered for her elegance, class and grace.

“This garden, placed strategically at the center of our campus, near this magnificent new library, which itself represents hope and light, demonstrates the great legacy of Mrs. Smiddy,” Henry said. “She worked tirelessly to advance the education and welfare of everyone.”

Marcia Adams Gilliam, chair of the UVa-Wise College

Board and a member of the Class of 1982, said Mrs. Smiddy was her second grade teacher at Norton Elementary.

“There is nothing more revered at our great College than excellence in teaching,” Gilliam said. “Our students deserve nothing short of dedicated and capable teachers, and when they come to UVa-Wise, that’s precisely what they get.”

Gilliam said Mrs. Smiddy valued education and taught her pupils to love school.

“She shared this sentiment with Chancellor Smiddy and with the faculty at UVa-Wise,” Gilliam said. “All of them teachers, they shared a love for the noble task of teaching, of equipping students with the knowledge and skills to lead a meaningful life.”

Speaking on behalf of the Smiddy family, Dr. Joe Frank Smiddy recalled how his mother had special eyes that enabled her to see what many others could not see.

“She would see hunger and she would see needs,” Smiddy said, adding that she worked hard to meet the needs of the children she taught. “Papa was finding them a way to go to college. Mother was finding them what they needed.”

“She had a beautiful voice to read to children,” Smiddy said. “She could make those pages come alive.”

Smiddy asked the crowd to remember that his mother would want them to find their own way around life, plant their own flowers, and read to a child.

The Rosebud Smiddy Garden is open to the public.

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SHELF EXPRESSIONS

A glimpse of the treasures and trinkets found in faculty and staff offices

PHILOSOPHER’S PORTRAIT

SHELF EXPRESSIONS

Anthony Cashio, assistant professor of philosophy, has many items in his office that tell a story, but a painting he bought in Taiwan while on a study abroad trip has generated quite a tale that only a philosopher can tell.

The painting is a portrait of an old man smoking a hand rolled cigarette.

His face is deeply wrinkled and his eyes are wise. The study abroad trip involved lessons on social justice issues, and Cashio said the experience, and the painting, set his path toward thinking.

“Someone painted it, and I bought it,” he said. “It was too big to transport back in its frame so the man broke it off the frame and rolled it up for me. My wife had it framed for me a couple of years ago. It’s my philosophical muse.”

Cashio named the old guy Eros after the Greek word for love. Plato’s Symposium includes a passage that asks what love is, and his answer is, of course, complicated. According to Cashio, Eros is born of poverty and resource. Eros will always find a way, but teeters between wisdom and ignorance. In other words, Eros is a philosopher.

“He doesn’t have everything he wants, but he knows how to seek it,” Cashio said as he points to the portrait.

“This guy is crafty. He knows how to get what he wants. This is what it’s like to be a philosopher.”

Cashio is reminded of the idea of philosophy when he looks at the portrait. It reminds him that it is possible that a single class can change a student’s life. He won’t say that the classes he teaches change lives, even when the odds are that his work as an instructor has transformed some of his students.

He does admit that philosophy classes changed his own life. It was in philosophy classes that he began to ask questions as a student. Each question led to another and then another.

“I just can’t stop,” he said. “I keep doing it and doing it.

It is important and energizing. It is something that I don’t

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mind doing every day.”

It is no surprise that he now teaches philosophy, and he enjoys each minute of it. He tells his students about the painting of the man he calls Eros, and whether they realize it or not, they are getting a subtle philosophy lesson in the process.

When not in the classroom, Cashio enjoys spending time with his wife, Miranda, and their children Chapel and Madeline. They enjoy hiking, camping and enjoying the many things Southwest Virginia offers. The couple moved to the area about three years ago.

The torch has passed Each day when she arrives at her office in the Resource Center, Debbie Vanover glances at a torch that her friend and former coworker Rev. Sandra Jones crafted and presented to her at the conclusion of last year’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. celebration at Wise Baptist Church.

The torch, decorated in pure Sandra Jones style, is a constant reminder of the responsibility that goes with organizing the popular celebration of the life of the iconic

Civil Rights leader. Jones, who retired last year, passed the torch to Vanover to carry on the important work of the Black History Month Committee. The torch reminds Vanover, who works in Human Resources, of the importance of holding events to remember the nation’s worrisome history so it is never repeated.

“It is a big, scary responsibility,” Vanover said. “The program has been in place for 20 years. There is a legacy there, and it terrifies me to be honest.”

Vanover said Jones has a strength that made people want to work hard to make the events related to Black History Month successful. When asked what her own strengths are, she said her smile goes a long way, and so does her tolerance and understanding for others. She also does not take herself too seriously, and she considers that a good strength.

She put those strengths to good use last Jan. 18 at the MLK Celebration.

Dozens of people from campus and the community joined together in the spiritual

celebration. It had an impact on Vanover.

“There were a lot of emotions,” she said. “It was awesome to see the community and the campus gathered for the same purpose. It is promising to see people who want to continue to make things better for all people, regardless of race or religion. Civil rights are civil rights, regardless of who or what you are.”

Vanover was buoyed to see so many people work behind the scenes to make Black History Month a success. She gives full credit to the committee and downplays her role in the events.

“To see people behind the scenes that have a hand is wonderful,” she said.

“People in the town, the performers, police, the speakers and the churches are

amazing. They all work hard and provide support without even thinking twice about it. They ask to be a part of it all.”

When the event was over, Vanover and the committee started planning for next year’s celebration. Racism is a hot topic in the nation today, she added, which makes the committee’s work more important than ever.

“You are going to see it just by turning on the TV,” she said. “It is in your face. You can’t deny it. Everybody has an unconscious bias. Not talking about it is not the answer.

I hope we can get to the time where we can see people for who they are and for their actions.”

Vanover is also a determined woman who does not give up. She received her degree in business administration from UVa-Wise in 2013, three decades after she took her first class.

“I was on the 30 year plan,” she said.

“It’s called life.”

Vanover has worked at the College for 10 years, and she loves it. She feels rewarded when graduates return to campus and tell her that she made a tough day better for them in some small way.

“You really have to love what you do or see a purpose in what you do in order to do it,” she said. “I feel so rewarded.”

On those tough days when the shadow of responsibility lurks, Vanover only needs to look at her torch to brighten her outlook on life. The torch for Black History Month has officially been passed.

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UVa-Wise dedicates John T. Casteen Plaza

The University of Virginia’s College at Wise dedicated the plaza of its new $37 million library in honor of John T. Casteen III, the University of Virginia president emeritus who strengthened ties between the two schools and helped guide tremendous enrollment and facilities growth at the Wise campus.

“Mr. Casteen has left an indelible mark on UVa-Wise,” Chancellor Donna P. Henry said. “Members of this community can say emphatically that John T. Casteen has always stood with and for the college.”

The dedication, which took place on Nov. 2, was attended by Casteen, several former UVA-Wise chancellors, current UVA President Teresa A. Sullivan, other leaders from UVA and its College at Wise, and a crowd from campus and the local community.

John T. Casteen III “will forever be known as the college’s greatest protector,” former UVa-Wise Chancellor Jay Lemons said.

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library’s fourth floor main entrance would serve as a gathering place for those who come together to explore common interests and share new ideas.

“I hope that this plaza adequately reflects Mr. Casteen’s love for learning, his love of the arts and his love of community,” Henry said.

Sullivan said naming the library entrance in honor of Casteen, UVA’s president from 1990 until 2010, is appropriate because of his long service to the University and his steadfast support for the University’s libraries and for UVa-Wise.

“During his two decades as UVA president, he strengthened the relationship between the University in Charlottesville and the College in Wise,” Sullivan said. “He understood the importance of this college to the people here and to the region of Southwest Virginia, and he appreciated the deep bonds that have connected UVA to the College for more than a half-century.”

Sullivan told the crowd that the College at Wise experienced remarkable

growth during Casteen’s presidency, and that he was “a steady hand” during leadership transitions.

John Macfarlane, a UVA Board of Visitors member and chair of the Committee on UVa-Wise, called Casteen a visionary leader who is dedicated to advancing higher education throughout Virginia.

“John made the success of Wise a priority,” Macfarlane said. “The buildings and grounds, as well as the people around us, are his legacy. He believed in the mission of the college and in the value which it creates not only for southwest Virginians, but for all Virginians.”

Jay Lemons, a former UVa-Wise chancellor, said it is easy to see the

handiwork of Casteen across the campus. He said Casteen first visited the region in his early 20s, and never forgot the region.

Casteen stood with the college in difficult times, Lemons added.

“He will forever be known as the college’s greatest protector,” said Lemons, currently president of Susquehanna University in Pennsylvania.

In his remarks, Casteen expressed thanks to those attending, spoke of the College at Wise’s history and offered thoughts for the school’s future and its relationship with the University.

“Maybe someday times will change, but my own aspiration is, at least in my time and our time, the relationship continues to be vigorous and productive,” he said. “The college continues to be the stepping point to personal futures for the young men and the young women who continue to come here year after year.”

He praised Sullivan and Henry for working together to find ways to articulate the vision for UVa-Wise in today’s time.

ABOUT JOHN T. CASTEEN III John T. Casteen III served as the seventh president of the University of Virginia from 1990 to 2010. An alumnus of the University, he passionately believed in the mission of The University of Virginia’s College at Wise as a public, liberal arts college serving the region of Southwest Virginia. Mr. Casteen guided the work of seven chancellors, nurturing and strengthening ties between the College and the University. Mr. Casteen’s support for the College propelled its growth, which transformed the campus. A vocal advocate and champion of economic development and education, he fostered collaboration with the University to help the region and its citizens. Under his bold and tireless leadership, the name of the College was changed in 1999 to better reflect its relationship with the University of Virginia.

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HOMECOMING

Homecoming 2016 was a scorcher, and not just at the football game

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The day began with an alumni basketball game in memory of Rick Brown, an alumnus who lost his life saving his three daughters from drowning in North Carolina. More than 20 former basketball players participated in the game.

A scholarship fund is in the works in memory of Brown and the heroic life he led.

The day continued at the library with tours of the new $37 million facility. The Alumni Art Show was also a popular attraction for those visiting the six-story library. The Lawn by the Lake was the site of the annual family picnic and carnival, an event enjoyed, despite hot temperatures, by all ages. Inflatables, games, good food, fellowship and overall fun as Cavs fans awaited the big game between the Highland Cavaliers and Glenville State.

Grills were fired up in the upper parking lot of Carl Smith Stadium as tailgate parties took place before and during the game. Smiddy, the lovable Highland Cavalier mascot, made an appearance as well to check out the delicious meals that fans had cooked under the tents. The stands at Carl Smith Stadium were filled as the Cavaliers took Beaty-Richmond Field for kickoff.Â

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HOMECOMING

Sharmae Springfield and Shaquon Wilkins were crowned king and queen of Homecoming 2016 at halftime, and the Marching Highland Cavaliers entertained the crowd with a Motown tribute.

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The day ended with a homecoming dance for students and another one for alumni as the Red and Gray celebrated the sweet victory over Glenville State.

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Library opens with big celebration A large crowd of students, faculty, staff, alumni and others gathered on Tuesday, Aug. 23, to officially open the new $37 million library at The University of Virginia’s College at Wise.

The six-floor facility, built in the center of campus, includes 24-hour study space, a new coffee shop, significantly more books and other holdings than the previous library, and a new writing center.

The library was funded by the state of Virginia as part of a capital bond referendum.

“Our new library is impressive day and night, from the inside and out, but it is never more breathtaking than in the evening when its lights seem to illuminate the whole campus,” Chancellor Donna P. Henry said. “It fills passersby with wonder and awe, and that is exactly what we hope it will inspire in our students.”

The library, which was built into a mountainside, took unrelenting vision, willpower, creativity and fortitude to complete, Henry told the crowd. The library is the third in the College’s history. The first was housed in Crockett Hall, but was moved to Zehmer Hall in 1959.

The library was moved to a new building in 1969 when the former library was opened. Students, faculty and staff carried the books to their new homes during the first library moves. The College reenacted the book brigade on Tuesday by moving some books to the new library. Some of the original members of the two earlier book brigades participated in Tuesday’s event.

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UVA President Teresa A. Sullivan also participated in the ribbon cutting. University Librarian John Unsworth was also part of the celebration.

“This new library is yet another product of the strong and productive relationship between UVA in Charlottesville and the College at Wise,” Sullivan said. “The library is the heart and soul of any institution of higher education. It’s a symbol of the power of knowledge that students acquire.”

Josi Stidham, the student member of the UVa-Wise College Board, said the library would make a difference in students’ lives.

“Not only will our library promote scholarship, but it will also elevate our college to a place of distinction equivalent or even surpassing other colleges and universities, and is without a doubt a source of pride,” she said.

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Construction began on June 13, 2013. The sixstory building cost $37.1 million and was paid for by the Commonwealth of Virginia.

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The building includes more than 25 miles of fiber network cable, more than 700 tons of steel, 28,000 blocks, 170,000 bricks, and 950 truckloads of concrete.

The building measures 119 feet from the first level to the highest point on the roof.

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A massive tower crane was used during the early construction phase. The crane was 130 feet high with a reach of 155 feet.

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The base of the crane was anchored to 270 tons of concrete, and the base, which was left in place, is now 40 feet below the surface of the sidewalk that runs between the Chapel of All Faiths and the new library.

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Transformational opportunities plentiful at UVa-Wise UVa-Wise students have opportunities to study abroad, immerse themselves in undergraduate research and expand their overall educational experience through a variety of experiential learning ventures.

Those who embrace the unique opportunities often say their lives were transformed and enriched in numerous ways.

The experiential learning takes place in programs such as the Fellowship in the Natural Sciences, Summer Scholars, International Study and the University of Virginia’s Global Health Fellowship.

Students who participate enjoy fieldwork, research activities and learn how to view other cultures with an understanding lens.

Bailey Helbert, a Coeburn, Virginia resident, was a Global Scholar who traveled

Bailey Helbert

stipend to work on a mathematics project to collect road kill along a heavily traveled highway in Southwest Virginia. The mathematics major worked with faculty advisor James Vance to collect and analyze 1,837 road kill samples. Smith examined patterns and factors that led to the demise of the animals, and she is still studying ways to mitigate the number of animal deaths. She is studying whether there is statistical proof of clustering in specific areas of the roadway or if the animal deaths are random.

“It opened up a new world of spatial analysis for me,” Smith said. “I learned different research skills and how to analyze data. It opened my mind. My plan was to get a master’s degree in mathematics, but now I

Gabrielle Smith

with University of Virginia graduate students to St. Kitts over the summer to study diabetes and how the marketing of food in the media, especially television, has monumental impact on the health of the islanders. She notes that the research was important because St. Kitts did not have cable television until the late 1970s, and a huge difference in health could be documented.

Helbert said the knowledge that her research and the work that her fellow Global Scholars completed was sent to a government health federation for review and for action made her realize that she had made a difference.

“I learned so much about hospitality,” she said. “They were some of the warmest people I’ve ever met. It forged a path for what I want to do with my life.”

Gabrielle Smith of Manassas, Virginia received a summer scholar

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relationship with Britain. It showed me how important it is to get out and see the things you read about. It made me a better human.

It absolutely changed my life.”

Noah Aldridge of Pennington Gap, Virginia worked with professors Robin Woodard and Josephine Rodriquez on a research project that involved taking venom from three species of bees to determine if the venom would kill bacteria. The project gave him a new respect for failure.

“You have to go through failures and learn from those failures,” the biology major said. “This was important to me. I feel less of a student and more like a researcher. I’m growing as a scientist and my confidence was boosted over the summer.”

Kara Dotten, a theater major from

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want to get a biomathematical degree.”

Robert Powers, a history major from Dungannon, Virginia, traveled to Ireland to study the culture and to learn more about the country’s politics as Ireland commemorated the centennial of its Easter Rising. Powers, who is taking upper level German language courses and planning a trip to that country in the future, said he realized, while in Ireland, how important it is to study another language.

He conversed with German tourists and saw how vital it is to communicate with others who share a different culture and tongue.

He also noticed an uptick in nationalism in Ireland as he visited places he had only read about in textbooks.

“It was a new experience for me,” Powers said. “I had read books in the classroom on nationalism, but I got to see the trends there. What really taught me so much was going into the pubs and restaurants and hearing what the Irish were saying about their

Kara Dotton

Wise, Virginia, studied in Ireland and Austria over the summer. She also worked with Professor Michael McNulty on a play they wrote and produced. Her study abroad gave her a deep understanding of the role of art in Europe and how important it is to culture.

“Creating my own material and attempting to learn all aspects of creating a show taught me to be more resourceful,” Dotten said.

Professor McNulty, one of several faculty members who work closely with students who participate in the programs, said experiential learning is closely aligned with the College’s mission. He has also seen the overall impact.

“It is extraordinary,” he said. “It is life changing. They develop a strong sense of confidence. UVa-Wise is an amazing place for those who take advantage of the opportunities that are offered.”

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UVa-Wise names Boyd alumni director

DEVELOPMENT

Elizabeth G. “Beth” Boyd has been named the director of Alumni Relations for The University of Virginia’s College at Wise. A veteran college administrator, Beth served in the executive offices of Lycoming College and The University of the South where she was responsible for trustee relations and special events including Convocations and Commencement.

In addition, she served as the interim director of Alumni Relations for both Lycoming College and The University of the South where she was responsible for the planning and management of alumni and parent programming including Homecoming and Parent’s Weekend.

Beth is a trustee of the American Football Coaches Wives Association and has served as the organization’s president.

A former member of the Junior Leagues of Tampa and Orlando, Beth has also served as chairperson of the Footsteps to Success Program for the Junior League of Orlando.

She is a graduate of The University of the South where she completed a Summer Studies program at the London School of Economics and earned a bachelor’s degree in political science. She

is currently the agent services manager with Fidelity National Financial’s National Agency Commercial Services team in Jacksonville, FL. “We are so delighted that Beth will be leading our alumni relations programs,” stated Bob Bragg, vice chancellor for development and college relations. “With more than 10,000 alumni the College must explore new programs that are engaging for a large, diverse audience, and Beth has the knowledge and leadership skills to raise our Alumni Association to achieve a higher level of service to our College, alumni, and friends.”

A note from Beth I am truly honored to be your alumni director and to serve our wonderful College. Wise is more than a special place. Our community has been very welcoming to my husband Shap and me, and I have learned that the people here are genuine, giving, and they truly care for one another.

The College at Wise and our Alumni Association are on the move.

During this past summer, our alumni board of directors initiated a plan to energize our alumni programs. This year we will be organizing formal alumni clubs in Wise, Tri-cities, Northern Virginia, Richmond, and Hampton Roads. We have many alumni, friends, and parents throughout Virginia and we need each one of you to share your special message about our exceptional institution.

I look forward to meeting you soon and with your help we will have a stronger, united alumni family.

Beth Boyd

LAWSON SALYER AND KUICH IN HALL OF FAME

Britney Lawson Salyer and Henning Kuich were inducted into the UVa-Wise Athletic Hall of Fame on Nov. 5 in the David J. Prior Convocation Center.

Salyer, a walk-on in two sports, had a remarkable career as a student-athlete. She played both softball and volleyball and participated in three national championship tournaments, two in softball and one in volleyball. She holds a total of 14 UVa-Wise records on the court and field, and she graduated with cum laude honors in 2009.

In her freshman year in 2005, she led the volleyball team in digs per game, passing percentage and service percentage. She ranked first on the softball team in eight offensive categories.

Salyer helped the softball team to its first Appalachian Athletic Conference Tournament title and an appearance in the NAIA Region XII Tournament title and a trip to the national tournament. During her sophomore year, she helped lead the softball team to its second regional 20 UVa-Wise Magazine

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tournament and a return to the national tournament. As a junior, she helped the team to a runner-up finish in the regional tournament and another ACC Tournament title as well as the team’s third appearance in the national tournament her senior year. She was selected to the USA International Team where she played for the US in Prague, Czech Republic in 2008.

In volleyball, she helped guide the team to its best season during her junior year. In 2007, the team won a record 25 games en route to its first NAIA Region XII Tournament title and a trip to the national tournament.

Lawson excelled off the court and the field as well. She is a member of the Darden Society and often made the Dean’s List as well as the National Dean’s List.

She teaches algebra and is the head softball coach and junior varsity volleyball coach at Rye Cove High School.

Kuich was a standout on the tennis court and in the classroom.

The Hamburg, Germany native played number one singles from 2004 to2008, earning All-AAC and AAC

All-Academic honors three times. He tallied 20 doubles victories, including 12 wins in conference matches.

Finishing his collegiate career with

a 36-14 overall singles record, Kuich went 20-11 against AAC opponents and only lost two singles matches at the top spot his final two years, compiling a 20-2 record over his junior and senior seasons.

A double major in biology and computer science, Kuich graduated summa cum laude. He earned independent research honors in biology and landed the Joseph C. Smiddy Outstanding Scientist award.

He was a member of the Darden Honor Society.

Kuich works in the field of healthcare research and continued his studies at the University of Virginia.

He graduated summa cum laude from the University in 2010. He received his Ph.D in Bioinformatics and Biochemistry from MaxDelbruck Center for Molecular Medicine in Berlin, Germany.

He works for Mayer, a multinational pharmaceutical company and leads teams of software and IT infrastructure engineers in projects for the early research divisions of Bayer Pharma and Crop Science.

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Benefactor of the Year

BENEFACTORS

The University of Virginia’s College at Wise named the estate of Nancy Rose Pulaski Benefactor of the Year.

Pulaski, a native of Brooklyn, New York, was a professional child model who graduated from St. Agnes Seminary and later earned her bachelor’s degree from New York State.

“She had a fierce passion for geology and gemology and believed there was no such thing as a plain old rock,” Bob Bragg, UVa-Wise vice chancellor for development and college relations, said when announcing the award at the annual Benefactor’s Celebration on Oct. 8.

Her vast mineral collection is now housed at the South Carolina State Museum. She worked with Morgan Stanley, owned a catering business, and enjoyed a career as gemologist for Christopher’s Fine Jewelers of Pawley’s Island. She traveled throughout the United States, Europe and South America.

“Nancy’s only connection to UVa-Wise was that her family roots were in the region and she came to Wise for family reunions,” Bragg said. “She reached out to College officials in 2011 seeking information about the process to establish a scholarship.”

Pulaski planned to use her estate to endow a scholarship fund but decided two years ago to do it earlier so she could enjoy its impact. She passed away this year. The remainder of her estate will be added to the Starnes-Thompson Scholarship Fund, which was established as a tribute to her late husband, Mel Klein.

“Nancy’s foresight and generosity will help an incredibly large number of future students to pursue their dreams,” Bragg said.

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Volunteer of the Year 2016 The University of Virginia’s College at Wise has named key leaders of the John I. Burton High School Class of 1956 its Volunteer of the Year. The award was given to five leaders of the group during the Oct. 8 Benefactor’s Celebration.

The leaders include Teresa Ammon, Dotti Chittester, John Fulton, Charles Henderson and Preston “P.D.” Miller. In 2006, as the Class of 1956 held its 50th class reunion, the members discussed leaving a legacy to help Burton students. The group began raising money to establish an endowed fund at UVa-Wise.

“They have reconnected with classmates and have garnered significant support from a number of folks,” said Bob Bragg, vice chancellor for development and college relations. “They are now a significant part of the UVa-Wise story.”

The group inspired others to establish endowed funds, and those funds are critical in attracting and retaining worthy and deserving students.

The Class of 1956 ended the evening by making Chancellor Donna P. Henry an honorary member of the class.

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Jennifer Bailey ’86 and her husband, Greg, make it look easy

ST. PAUL BREWERY

as they glide from table to table for a friendly chat with the patrons of Sugar Hill Brewing in St. Paul, Virginia.

The Baileys have a way of warmly welcoming each visitor to their new downtown establishment, and they have sharpened their listening skills to truly learn more about their customers and what brings them to the small town that straddles both Wise and Russell counties. The mix of atmosphere, quality brew, tasty food and the personal touch seems to work. First time visitors have turned into regular customers, and the social media world has helped the Baileys reach all of Southwest Virginia and a big chunk of Northeast Tennessee.

While things may look easy, the Baileys display the reality of hard work when they recall the difficult journey of entering the restaurant and brewery business. Jennifer, who earned a business and public administration degree with a concentration in accounting and financial management at UVa-Wise, settled in at a booth before sharing the story of the brewery’s beginning.

It all began when the Baileys purchased a hardware store in 2009 in the town that was just beginning a revitalization effort to boost business and overall quality of life. They eventually bought another building and moved the hardware store to that location.

The hardware store was not doing as well as the couple had hoped, but the six apartments they had upstairs were thriving as rental properties. Their plans changed once more when Spearhead Trails, a popular ATV route, opened in town.

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“We decided to change rental properties to short-term stays,” Jennifer explained. “We remodeled and opened in October 2013.”

The Baileys had just done something remarkable in St. Paul.

Their short-term rental properties produced the first lodging tax the town had seen in 40 years.

The couple, as is their nature, listened to their rental customers and learned that they were always looking for local places to eat, and most of them wanted to know where they could go for a beer after a long day on Spearhead Trails. They always told the visitors about a limited number of local eateries, but recognized the question about where to enjoy a beer was never fully addressed.

“Our son, who was 22 at the time, told us he’d been experimenting with home brewing, and he said that we should do that in St. Paul,” Jennifer said. “We had heard it could cost about $30,000, and we decided that we would try it in the basement of our building.”

The Baileys were going to help their son and his friends with the business venture. The youngsters lost interest. The Baileys, selfprofessed lifelong learners, did not. They began a period of research and number crunching and came to the startling realization that

$30,000 was just a drop in the beer mug.

“We found out that it would take about $500,000 to get started,” she said. “We looked for funding and worked through the Ninth District Development Fund through People Incorporated. We did a business plan and closed the loan with People Incorporated in September 2015.”

The Baileys began moving the hardware store to the rear of the building to make room for the brewery. They wanted the shiny equipment to be visible to the public from the street level windows.

It was then the Baileys entered the tangled world of permits, licenses and fire marshal regulations.

They ended up building a firewall between the hardware store and the brewery, and they hired a general manager to set up a kitchen. They had to get the kitchen up and running before they could get a brewery license.

“We were really just feeling our way along,” she said. “We started construction and it took seven months to complete.”

It also took seven months to get the equipment to brew the beer.

Greg recalls the constant battle to get the equipment delivered and then installed. They hired an experienced head brewer in January 2016. They purchased tables and booths from former restaurants in the region, and Greg crafted a bar from wood from the Congo.

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“We didn’t even know all the permits we needed,” Jennifer said.

When the time was right for a soft opening, the brewery had not received its Virginia Alcohol and Beverage Control permit. They scrambled to get the permit in place, and they said the ABC staff in Abingdon was extremely helpful.

“We got the permit in the nick of time,” she said.

It was only when they opened in September 2016 that the Baileys realized their hard work would pay off.

“I walked in, looked around, and said this is better than I imagined it would be,” Jennifer said. “Once we opened and people were excited about it, I felt more at ease. We are getting such a good response from the public.

People are saying that it seems very much like Asheville, and we take that as a compliment.”

The couple is aware that opening a brewery in a small town often brings some criticism, but they agree that the region has changed over the years as more and more people recognize the need to diversify the economy and move forward. The Baileys decided to be sensitive to the community as well by closing at 10 p.m. and by nurturing a family atmosphere. Children get free ice cream and enjoy a spirited game of pinball or foosball.

They also have advice for others who are considering starting their own business.

“Look for opportunity, not necessarily what you desire,” Greg said.

“Look to see what is needed and then do it,” Jennifer added. “If you do that and work hard, it will become your passion.

Both urged would-be entrepreneurs to not give in to crippling fear.

“You can’t just focus on the fear,”she said. You have to work to get where you are.”

The Baileys are enjoying where they are, and they are pleased they made a bold move.

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The University of Virginia’s College at Wise campus has a series of

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walking and hiking trails that weave though its quiet forests, but outdoor enthusiasts have only recently discovered the pathways.

The trails had been maintained mostly on a volunteer basis by a dedicated group of faculty and staff, and some professors have used the trail system for academic purposes for many years. However, there was no true map of the trails for the average nature lover to use to enjoy a short stroll or a longer hike. An effort to map the trails and encourage the campus and the region to use the hiking area has been successful. A new map (which is included in the centerfold of this issue of the UVa-Wise Magazine) is available.

“We’ve noticed over the past few years that the area behind campus has started seeing a large uptick in use by both the College and the surrounding community,” said Professor Wally Smith.

“Multiple classes are now using the trails for field instruction, and several students have performed work through the Fellowship In Natural Science or independent studies in recent years.”

The cross-country team has used the trails for training and the community is now finding the joys of having an accessible trail system close to home.

“All of this has been the result of a huge amount of volunteer effort - mostly thanks to Phil Shelton, Don Leech and alumnus Tyler Morris - that has improved the trail system in the past couple of years,” Smith said. “With all this taken into account, it seemed like the time was right to formalize what opportunities exist in that part of campus.”

Smith gives credit to Margie Tomann, head of the Healthy Appalachia Institute, for working to get the map project moving.

“Healthy Appalachia Institute is committed to improving health outcomes in Southwest Virginia and much of our work is done off campus in communities throughout the region,” Tomann said. “I believe it is important that we also work to support UVa-Wise as a leader in public health education, research and practice.”

Tomann believes the trail system highlights the beauty of the campus and creates opportunities for increased physical activity and outdoor recreation.

“We hope people will take advantage of the trails to improve their own health and respect the trails, keeping them clean and well maintained for other users,” Tomann added. “It is just one step in making the healthy choice the easy choice for people who live, learn, work and play at UVa-Wise.”

Smith believes the trail system will act as a bridge between the College and the community.

“We have one of the only places in or directly adjacent to the town of Wise that has public land with trails available for outdoor recreation, and that makes us a crucial part of the town’s quality of life,” Smith said.

Smith believes the strides made in the past five years to transform the area behind campus into a living laboratory for biodiversity studies and restoring native Appalachian ecosystems will give those who use the trails a place to learn while they enjoy the outdoors.

“It’s a perfect blend of education, service to the community and improving the quality of life in our area,” Smith said.

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ATHLETICS

Golf team wins MEC championship

Prior to this year’s Mountain East Conference Championship at The Resort at Glade Springs, UVaWise had never finished higher than eighth in the event. This season, the Cavaliers had failed to finish higher than fifth in any of their first three tournaments. Those facts went out the window as UVa-Wise shot a 297 in the final round of the MEC Conference Championship to overcome a six-stroke deficit and rally for the league title. The Cavaliers finished with a three-day total of 905 as the program claimed its first ever conference championship.

The improbable victory was even more impressive when you factor in Head Coach David Harvey’s team was picked 10th out of 12 teams in the Preseason MEC Coaches Poll and stood in fifth place after day two of the event.

With the championship, the program will become the first athletic team at the College to play in a NCAA Division II regional.

Additionally, they are just the second program to earn a MEC title and the first male sport to accomplish the feat.

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Three of Harvey’s golfers finished the event in the top 10 with freshman Alex Arnold finishing in a tie for first with a three-day total of 222.

The Wytheville native would end up finishing runner-up for medalist honors as Wheeling Jesuit’s Nolan Tisch birdied a sudden death playoff hole to break the tie.

Arnold opened the tournament with a -2 performance on the par 70, 7,151 yards course. The former George Wythe High School star responded with two more rounds in the 70’s, including a 73 on the final day to tie for medalist honors.

Sophomore Jacob Smith continued his strong season by firing a 225 for the event. The Strasburg native shot a 76 on day one before shooting a 74 and 75 on consecutive days to be the next highest finishing Cavalier.

Springfield’s Andrew Johnson was third Cav to finish inside the top 10.

The freshman shaved four strokes off his day two score of 79 to finish the event +12 at 228.

Cody Large rounded out a quartet of UVa-Wise golfers in the top 25. The junior from Wise had back-to-back

rounds of 81 on the first two days en route to a 237 for the tournament and a 24th place finish.

After struggling the first two days, senior Nick England rebounded to finish inside the top 30. The senior from Wise shot an 81 on day one before finishing with an 86 on day two. He finished the event by tying for the second lowest round score of any Cav in the event with a 74 to finish in 29th.

The 297 UVa-Wise shot on day three was the lowest round score of any school in the tournament and was nine strokes ahead of any other school’s performance in the final round of the event.

The University of Charleston finished second in the event three strokes off the pace while West Liberty University came in third with a score of 918.

Overall, Cav golfers turned in eight rounds of +3 or better, Arnold finished the tournament at +6.

In the spring, UVa-Wise will return to Daniels, W.Va. and The Resort at Glade Springs for the NCAA Atlantic Regional in May.

SEASON OPENING FOOTBALL VICTORY Trent Martin’s 24-yard field goal sailed through the uprights in the season opener’s second overtime to give UVa-Wise a 13-10 win over Tusculum in the football opener for both schools. It was the first football game for the Cavaliers under Head Coach Dane Damron and marked the first season opening win for the program since 2012.

UVa-Wise dodged numerous bullets throughout the game to force overtime at 3-3.

The Cavaliers picked off four passes by Tusculum quarterback Luke Lancaster, including one by Ed Kargbo in overtime. Tusculum was also plagued by poor special teams play, Jerry Odom’s squad missed five field goal attempts in the loss.

After a three-and-out by the Cavaliers with under three minutes to play, the Pioneers took over in a 3-3 game with a chance to win.

Tusculum took over on their own 39-yard line and quickly moved to the UVa-Wise 32-yard line. At that point, defensive coordinator Shap Boyd’s defense answered the bell again. Alvin Enahoro and Aaron Martin trapped Pioneers’ running back Isaac Robinson behind the line of scrimmage for a 4-yard loss.

Two plays later, Zachary Blair made history when the senior linebacker dropped Robinson for a yard loss to set the career tackles for loss record at 64. It was Blair’s fifth tackle for loss of the night and forced Tusculum to attempt a 52-yard gamewinning field goal.

Placekicker Will Tommie’s attempt sailed wide left sending the game to overtime.

After the two teams combined for just six points in four quarters of action, the offense picked up in overtime.

UVa-Wise took the ball first in the untimed extra session and senior quarterback Jeremy Eubank found Carlton Griffith out of the backfield for a 15-yard gain. A play later, Griffith scored the first touchdown of the game when he ran off left tackle for the 10-yard touchdown. Martin’s PAT left the score 10-3 Cavs.

The lead was short lived as Tusculum scored on its first play from scrimmage. Lancaster completed a 25-yard touchdown pass to Evan Altizer before Jose Esparza’s extra point forced a second overtime.

Tusculum started with the ball on the overtime possession and quickly found the UVa-Wise defense up to the task. Ian Kemp sacked Lancaster on the opening play for a 7-yard loss only to see Kargbo intercept the quarterback on the second play of the drive, giving the ball back to the Cavs needing just a field goal to win.

Griffith’s strong overtime continued as the junior caught a pass for seven yards before picking up 10 yards on a third down play to make the field goal attempt closer. After consecutive runs

by Jabaaru Wright, Damron elected to try the game-winning field goal attempt on third down. The senior, Martin was true on

the kick, giving the Cavs the dramatic victory.

Things started out poorly for UVa-Wise, the Cavs fumbled on their first play from scrimmage and the Pioneers recovered just 25 yards from pay dirt.

It would be the first of many near misses of the night for the Pioneers. Tusculum’s drive concluded with a 41-yard missed field goal.

The miss precluded the best drive of the night by either offense. UVa-Wise took over on its own 25-yard line and moved it to the Tusculum 14 before Martin booted a 31-yard field goal with 9:27 to play in the opening period.

The score would remain unchanged until Tommie nailed a 41-yard field goal with 12:24 to play in the first half to tie the score at 3-3. Tommie’s field goal was set up by turnover on downs.

The remainder of regulation was dominated by the defenses. UVa-Wise limited Tusculum to 106 rushing yards on 50 carries while the Cavs posted 39 rushing yards on 42 attempts.

For the game, both teams averaged three yards per carry as the Pioneers were limited to 232 yards on 77 offensive plays and the Cavs registered 209 yards on 70 plays.

In addition to Blair’s record setting night that included nine tackles, a sack and an interception, Kargbo and Alvin Enahoro also had career nights defensively. Both players had 10 tackles and an interception while the duo combined for 3.5 tackles for loss.

Overall, UVa-Wise’s linebackers posted 44 tackles in the win as part of a 19 tackles for loss performance. The 10 points allowed were the fewest by a Cavs’ defense since an 18-10 victory of West Virginia Tech in 2013.

The 13 points tie a school record for the fewest points scored in a win by the Cavs.

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Men’s basketball schedule preview

ATHLETICS

After playing one of the toughest NCAA Division II schedules in the entire nation last season, the UVa-Wise men’s basketball team once again faces a similar challenge this year.

Last season, the Cavaliers faced five different schools ranked in the top 25 by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC). Furthermore, UVa-Wise played eight games against ranked opponents, four of those being against teams who were ranked in the top three at the time. The Cavs took on two different teams ranked No. 2 nationally and hosted then No. 1 West Liberty University in Wise. This season’s schedule looks to be no different as UVa-Wise will take the floor against six different schools who made the NCAA Tournament a year ago.

Highlighted by games against 2016 NCAA Division II national runner-up Lincoln Memorial University and NCAA Tournament semifinalist West Liberty, the Cavs’ schedule features three exhibition games against formidable NCAA Division I opponents. UVa-Wise will also face 2016 NCAA Tournament qualifiers Wheeling Jesuit University, Fairmont State University, Concord University and King University this season.

The Cavs opened up their 2016-17 campaign at the Earl Lloyd Classic in Institute, West Virginia, where they faced Elizabeth City State University and Virginia Union. Remaining on the road, the Cavs traveled to Jefferson City, Tennessee, for a mid-week matchup with Carson-Newman University out of the South Atlantic Conference before beginning conference play.

In its Mountain East Conference opener, UVa-Wise took on University of Charleston in a road contest on Friday, Nov. 19. Two days later the Cavs hosted West Virginia State for the season’s home opener and first of 13 games played in the David J. Prior Convocation Center this school year.

Following Thanksgiving week, UVa-Wise will take on Lincoln Memorial in Wise Saturday, Nov. 26.

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The Railsplitters went 34-3 last year enroute to a national title game appearance and were the top-ranked team in the final NABC Division II poll. The Cavs will hit the road once again, this time playing six out of the next seven games away from home.

Returning to league play, UVa-Wise faces West Virginia Wesleyan (Dec. 1) in Buckhannon, West Virginia, and travels to Glenville State College (Dec. 3). The Cavs take on NCAA Division I Wofford College Tuesday, Dec. 6 in Spartanburg, South Carolina, as the first of three exhibition games against Division I opponents. The Terriers, from the Southern Conference, have made the coveted NCAA Division I Tournament four times since 2010 and were threepoints shy of the second round in the 2015 tournament.

The Cavs will return to Wise for their lone home game in the month of December when they play NCAA Division III Berea College on Thursday, Dec. 8. Two days later UVa-Wise visits Spartanburg, South Carolina, once again, this time to take on Division I USC Upstate in the Cavs’ second

exhibition game of the season. Hailing from the Atlantic Sun Conference, the Spartans won 24 games two seasons ago and reached the CollegeInsider.com Tournament (CIT) second round after an A-Sun Tournament title game appearance.

UVa-Wise will have eight days off from competition before visiting rival King, Sunday, Dec. 18. The Tornado went 25-7 last year and reached the NCAA Tournament after winning the Conference Carolinas regular season and tournament titles. King was ranked as high as No. 7 by the NABC last season and received top-25 votes in the final poll. Following the Christmas holidays, the Cavs wrap up their non-conference slate with the final Division I exhibition game of the season on Wednesday, Dec. 28 at Eastern Kentucky University.

The Colonels, from the Ohio Valley Conference, have made eight NCAA Division I Tournament appearances, most recently in 2014 after winning the OVC Tournament.

A four-game homestand welcomes the Cavs in the new year as the remainder of the MEC schedule is played after New Year’s Day. UVa-Wise will play its final

home game in the month of January on Saturday, Jan. 21 against Charleston before a pair of road contests at Shepherd (Jan. 26) and Fairmont State (Jan. 28).

The Cavs will host their second four-game homestand to begin February, welcoming Glenville State (Feb. 2), West Virginia Wesleyan (Feb. 4), Wheeling Jesuit (Feb. 9) and West Liberty (Feb. 11) to the Prior Center.

UVa-Wise goes to Notre Dame College (Feb. 16), Urbana University (Feb. 18) and West Virginia State (Feb. 23) for its final road trip of the season.

The regular season and home finale will take place Saturday, Feb. 25 with the Cavs facing Concord on senior day.

The Cavs are looking to improve upon their four wins a season ago as head coach Blake Mellinger enters his fourth year at the helm of the program. UVaWise returns five letter winners from 2015-16, in addition to bringing back a pair of players who sat out last season. The Cavs also welcome seven newcomers to this year’s squad.

Women’s basketball

UVa-Wise announced its 2016-2017 women’s basketball schedule earlier this fall. The Cavaliers will play 13 games inside the Prior Center while appearing away from home 17 times. The away slate features contests at Shippensburg University and an appearance in a Puerto Rico Tournament where the Cavaliers will face the University of Puerto Rico and the University of Puerto Rico-Bayamon in mid-December.

Last season, Head Coach Kristin Kunzman’s squad compiled a 9-5 record at the Prior Center and advanced to the quarterfinal round of the Mountain East Conference Tournament. This season, the Cavs will open up play at Shippensburg University on Nov. 11 in a PSAC – MEC Conference Challenge. Less than 24 hours later, UVa-Wise will play its second Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference foe when the team squares off with Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

The home portion of the year begins on Nov. 16 when Winston-Salem State University visits Wise. Last season, the Cavs knocked off the Rams 66-55 as part of a 2-0 start to the year.

UVa-Wise will play a pair of league games in November as the team visits the University of Charleston on Nov. 19 and entertains West Virginia Wesleyan College on Nov. 30. The final league game of 2016 will take place on Dec. 3 when the team visits Glenville State College.

The remainder of the early season schedule will take place away from Wise. UVa-Wise visits King University on Dec. 7 before traveling to Puerto Rico for two games on Dec. 17 and Dec. 18.

Fans can celebrate New Year’s Eve inside the Prior Center when Lees-McRae College is in town for a noon tip to wrap up the non-conference portion of the schedule.

The Lees-McRae game will be the first of five consecutive home games for Kunzman’s crew as the team begins a stretch of 18 consecutive conference games to wrap up the season.

The 2017 MEC Conference Tournament is set for March 1 – 5 at the Charleston Civic Center. Ten of the league’s 12 teams will qualify for the event with the top six teams receiving a bye.

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Mark Hutchinson earned a Master of Arts in School Administration from Lincoln Memorial University. He is employed with the Virginia Department of Correctional Education as a western region educational supervisor. His wife, Pamela Jones Hutchinson ’87, is employed with Wise County Public Schools as a teacher.

They live in Appalachia, Virginia with their two dogs, Allie and Simms.

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Angela Lawson Greear is employed with Wise County Public Schools as a teacher. Angela and her husband, Tony, have a son, Logan. They live in Coeburn, Virginia.

inducted into the Pi Alpha Alpha Honor Society for Public Affairs and Administration. He is employed with the town of Ashland as the town manager.

Charles and his wife, Marcy, live in Ashland, Virginia.

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Carrie Hill Smith and her husband, Kyle, welcomed their son, Everett Alexander, on June 15, 2016.

He weighed six pounds ten ounces. Everett has an older sister, Ginny. Carrie is employed with Randstad North America as a compliance manager. They live in Roswell, Georgia.

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Charles Hartgrove earned a Post-Baccalaureate Graduation Certificate in Public Management from Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) and an Economic Development Institute Certificate from The University of Oklahoma in 2015. He is a graduate student at VCU pursuing his master’s in public administration. Charles was awarded the 2016 MPA Excellence in Public Service Award by the VCU Wilder School faculty and he was

Charles Hartgrove

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Cole Osborne earned a Doctorate of Education, Leadership and Business Administration from University of the Cumberlands in ’16.

He earned a Master of Arts in English-Technical and Professional Communications from East Carolina University in ’08. Cole is employed with Guilford Technical Community College as an associate professor of English and humanities.

He lives in Greensboro, North Carolina with his daughter, Harper Rhys.

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Stu Fisher is employed with Edward Jones Financial Services as a financial advisor. Stu and his wife, Kris, have three children, Derek Fisher, Nick Fisher and Ashley Lawson. They live in Blountville, Tennessee.

is employed with Emory & Henry College as an admissions counselor. Jordan is employed with Washington County Public Schools as a teacher. They live in Abingdon, Virginia.

Meagan Hughes is employed with Crown Financial Ministries as a director of media and online learning. She lives in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Everett Alexander Smith

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Kimberly Deel and Christopher, welcomed their son, Roman Ryder, on Aug. 2, ’16. He weighed seven pounds four ounces. Roman has an older brother, Silas. They live in Rosedale, Virginia.

Scott McDaniel and his wife, Jade Bolling McDaniel ’10, welcomed their daughter, Beatrice Ada, on Nov. 9, ’15.

She weighed six pounds nine

Harrison Tyler Graham

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Derek Whisman earned a doctorate in education from Northeastern University in ’16. He is employed with Mountain Empire Community College as a professor of English.

Derek and his wife, Jessica, have a daughter, Lilliana Shelby, who was born on Jan. 25, ’15. They live in Keokee, Virginia.

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Ashley Bruner MacDonnell earned a Master of Arts in Teaching from East Tennessee State University in ’10. She is employed with Fairfax County Public Schools as a teacher. Ashley’s husband, Brian MacDonnell ’10, is employed with PNC Bank as a business banker. They have a son, Lincoln Bruner, and they live in Centreville, Virginia.

Steven Fryatt is employed with Crutchfield Corporation as a sales advisor. Steven and his wife, Ashley, have three children, Haley, Avery and Adler. They live in Wise, Virginia.

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’05

Anthony Graham and his wife, Jordan King Graham ’11, welcomed their son, Harrison Tyler, on March 25, ’16. Harrison weighed seven pounds four ounces. Harrison has an older sister, Reagan. Anthony

employed with Lutheran Family Services of Virginia as a teacher.

Jessica lives in Wise, Virginia.

Beatrice Ada McDaniel

Bryan Sexton and his wife, Brittany, welcomed their son, Barrett Henry, on March 26, ’16. He weighed eight pounds one ounce. Bryan is employed with Wythe County Public Schools as a vocational and technology teacher. They live in Wytheville, Virginia.

ounces. Scott is employed with the University of Dayton as an adjunct professor in the religious studies and philosophy department. Jade is employed with Dayton Regional STEM School as a technical writing and dual-enrollment English teacher.

They live in Dayton, Ohio.

Jessica Wampler earned a Master of Education from Liberty University. She is

Berrett Henry Sexton

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James Duffy and his wife, Ruthanne Hoover Duffy ’11, welcomed their son, Elijah Barrett, on Jan. 31, ’16. He weighed seven pounds fifteen ounces. James is employed with Henry County Sheriff’s Office as a deputy. Ruthanne is employed with Ferrum College as the head volleyball coach.

They live in Bassett, Virginia.

Edwin Harris II is employed with the University of North Florida as an instructor. He lives in Jacksonville, Florida.

Krista Huckaby is employed with the city of Richmond Attorney’s Office as a paralegal. She lives in Richmond, Virginia.

Honor Society. Bryant is employed with Newark Beth Israel Medical Center as a resident physician in emergency medicine. He lives in Newark, New Jersey.

Chiz Ononiwu earned a Master of Science in Nursing with a concentration in family nurse practitioner from Lincoln Memorial University in ’14. She lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Jordan Barnette ’09 and the groomsmen were Matt Begley ’08, Josh Richardson ’12, Scottie Hurley ’12, Ethan Stewart ’12 and Lee Robinson ’12. Patrick is employed with OSF Saint Francis Medical Center as a MED/PEDS resident Physician. Whitney is employed with Peoria Public Schools as a teacher. They have a daughter, Averleigh Jo, and they live in Peoria, Illinois.

Sarah Rasnake Came and her husband, Bart, welcomed their daughter, Riley Elizabeth, on Dec. 29, ’15. She weighed six pounds eleven ounces.

Sarah is employed with CGI Federal as a consultant. They live in Bristol, Tennessee.

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Mr. & Mrs. Musick

Mr. & Mrs. Begley

Mike Bradshaw and his wife, Sarah, welcomed their daughter, Tabitha Abigail, on Aug. 24, ’16. She has two older sisters, Virginia and Felicity.

Mike is employed with Morgan Franklin Consulting as a manager. They live in Stafford, Virginia.

Mountain States Health Alliance as a registered nurse. They live in Kingsport, Tennessee.

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Glenn Borror earned a Master of Arts in Counseling from Messiah College in ’16. He lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Katie Beth Brooks is a graduate teaching assistant and instructor at Virginia Tech.

She lives in Blacksburg, Virginia.

Shannon Elliott Miller and her husband, Anthony, welcomed their daughter, Victoria Alexandria. Shannon is employed with Frontier Health as a case manager. They live in Gate City, Virginia.

Came Family

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Bradshaw Children

Bryant Gray earned a doctorate in Osteopathic Medicine from Lincoln Memorial University DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine in ’16. He graduated with academic honors and is a member of the Sigma Sigma Phi National Honor Society and the Alpha Chi National

Patrick Begley and Whitney Bolling ’12 were married on May 29, ’16 at the Meadowview Convention Center in Kingsport, Tennessee. The maid of honor was Gabriele Caruso Barnette ’13 and the bridesmaids were Kayla Kilgore ’13, Kayla Dockery ’13 and Catherine Rigg ’11. The best man was

Bryant Gray

Glenn Borror

Danielle Hopkins and Seth Musick were married on Nov. 7, ’15 at The Inn at Wise in Wise, Virginia. The maid of honor was Emily Hawkins Kincer ’13 and the bridesmaids were Kristin Bentley Smith ’13, Kayla Dockery ’13, Meghan McGee and Holly Musick. The best man was Payton Jenkins and the groomsmen were Matt Lundy ’13, Tyler Parks ’12, Steven Williams and Matthew Hopkins.

Danielle is employed with

Mr. & Mrs. Miller

Brad Morris is employed with Pellegrino Music Center as a sales associate. He is a music production student at Malone University. Brad lives in Canton, Ohio.

William Moseley is employed with Corvel Corporation as a

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customer service representative.

He lives in Henrico, Virginia.

Rachel Person is employed with Acceptance Now as a sales manager. She lives in Norton, Virginia.

John Thompson was promoted to the position of Virginia operations cost accountant for Strongwell in July. He lives in Glade Spring, Virginia.

In Memoriam Ronald Henry Fuller Sr. ’56 passed away on June 2, 2016. He lived in Abingdon, Virginia Carolyn Williams Kaufman ’56 passed away on April 21, 2016. She lived in Richmond, Virginia.

Lorene Addington Gibson ’57 passed away on May 8, 2016. She lived in Dryden, Virginia.

R. C. Hay ’57 passed away on Oct. 31, 2015. He lived in Abingdon, Virginia.

Mark A. Odle ’84 passed away on Feb. 1, 2012. He lived in Coeburn, Virginia.

Jamie L. Musick ’93 passed away on Sept. 7, 2014. She lived in Valley Village, California.

CLASSNOTES

Ricky Lee Brown ’04 passed away on July 25, 2016. He lived in Piney Flats, Tennessee.

John Thompson

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Andrew Chapman is a graduate student at the University of Virginia studying bio-centric physical chemistry.

He lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Annette Kabia is a law student at Florida A&M University College of Law. She lives in Altamonte Springs, Florida.

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Channing West is a graduate student at the University of Virginia studying science. He lives in Charlottesville, Virginia.

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Class of 1956 and Class of 1966 Reunion The Class of 1956 and Class of 1966 participated in 60th reunion and 50th reunion weekend at the College on Friday, June 24 and Saturday, June 25. The weekend began with a reception at The Inn at Wise where old classmates quickly became reacquainted.

The weekend continued Saturday morning with a brunch held at the Smith Dining Commons followed by the honoring of our veteran alumni. The day transitioned into a tour of Crockett Hall, the place they remember the most and some called home when they were students. Several alumni had not been on campus in years or since leaving school. They were surprised by the amazing changes and improvements done to the building. Tours of the campus as well as the new six floor library that opened in August were also a highlight.

The alumni were astounded by how much it has changed in the last years and by the growth of the college. They finished the weekend at the Inn at Wise with a historic, memorable and fantastic dinner, and they shared their fondest memories of their time on campus. Chancellor Donna P. Henry and Alumni Board officials Sheila Cox Combs and Cathy Sandidge presented the Class of 1956 with their 60th ornaments and the Class of 1966 with their 50th medallions.

SHARE THE WEALTH!

Sheila Cox Combs earned a Bachelor of Arts in mathematics with a certification to teach from Clinch Valley College in May, 1972. During her time at the College, she worked in the work study program as an assistant in the mathematics department where she graded papers, conducted study groups and filled in when an instructor needed her. She was a charter member of Sigma Zeta honor society and the first recipient of the Theo Gibson math award.

Sheila began her professional career as a high school teacher at John Battle High School in Washington County, Virginia. Within a year, Sheila was offered a National Science Foundation fellowship to pursue a Master’s Degree in Education at Radford University while teaching. She completed the MS in Education with concentrations in mathematics (statistics) and counseling and was hired to work with the Student Support Services unit at Clinch Valley College in the spring of 1975. From there Sheila moved to director of financial aid in 1978. She continued teaching in the math department when possible but the majority of her time was consumed in directing student aid programs and veterans’ support programs. For the next 14 years, Sheila became an active member of VASFAA, SASFAA and NASFAA, the Virginia, Southern and National Associations of Financial Aid

and Admissions professionals. She held various offices in these associations. Her hard work, dedication and professionalism earned her a $1000 contribution to a scholarship of her choice. She chose the Alumni Miner’s Family Scholarship as a way to honor her father, James Cox, a lifelong coal miner from Southwest Virginia.

From 1987 to 1995, Sheila was enrolled at Virginia Tech where she completed 26 graduate hours in higher education and math. During this time she continued as financial aid director and became active in the SACS accreditation process. In 1992, she married Michael Combs from Red Fox, Kentucky. She and Mike will celebrate their 25th anniversary during her year as Alumni President. Also during 1992, she was actively involved with the Pound Lions Club where she was elected the first woman president. The club’s national magazine did an article on her as a successful woman in a male-dominated organization. After 14 years she left the financial aid office to become registrar of the College. Here she started the automation of registration processes to improve access to student and faculty academic records. Her quest for excellence resulted in many improvements in computerized academic records and reporting. Throughout her career in the Registrar’s Office she taught classes, helped start the ROTC program, was actively involved in student athletic eligibility and supervised the Information Technology unit. By 1999, she had added assistant dean to her duties. From 1992 to 2010, Sheila was a contract grant reader for the U.S. Department of Education. This work involved reading proposals from educational institutions from the entire U.S., grading the application against the requirements for the grant, and final determination of the level of funding.

After retiring from UVa-Wise in 2010, Sheila was employed as a grant manager for the Health Wagon.

During her time at Clinch Valley College, Sheila commuted two years, lived in McCraray Hall one year and in

an apartment in Wise one year. She was a member of SNEA, Student National Education Association, attended school functions and supported many organizations. She states that the best memories of campus life revolved around the Jefferson Lounge.

Sheila has remained active in the life of the College since retirement through her involvement in the UVaWise Alumni Association and the Twin Leaf Society. She has served on the Alumni Board of Directors for many years where she sits on several committees. She is currently an officer in the Twin Leaf Society. Sheila will focus her time as the alumni association president to aid, strengthen, and expand the alumni’s involvement with the growth of UVa-Wise.

“After spending over half my life at the college I am dedicated to making sure others have the same opportunity,” she said.

Sheila lives in Pound, Virginia with her husband. They have enjoyed traveling on their Honda Gold Wing trike until last year when health complications curtailed their riding.

Sheila enjoys cooking, gardening, working in the Combs’ wood shop and she volunteers at the Raven Rock Dialysis Center. She and Mike recently became new grandparents when their daughter Nicole gave birth to Connor Michael Combs on September 9.

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ALUMNI NEWS

On Monday, Oct. 3, 2016, The University of Virginia’s College at Wise held its 24th annual golf classic at The Virginian Golf Club in Bristol, Virginia.

Formerly known as the Highland Cavalier Club Golf Classic, the tournament was renamed the Carroll Dale Invitational to honor Carroll Dale’s long and distinguished career at the College. Highlights of the day included meeting the celebrity guest, former Green Bay Packer Donny Anderson.

Thirty-one teams of alumni and friends participated in the tournament. The team representing Patriot Mining, LLC came out on top as J. C. Anderson, Morgan Clifton, Jim Cook and Aaron Jessee were named winners of the first Carroll Dale Invitational.

Proceeds from the annual event benefit UVa-Wise Athletics.

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Honor Roll OF

BENEFACTORS The faculty, staff, students and alumni of The University of Virginia’s College at Wise gratefully acknowledge the generosity of the following donors during the 2015-2016 year.

The gifts listed on the following pages were made between July 1, 2015 and June 30, 2016.

P hil a nthropist S ociet y

Members of the Philanthropist Society have included the College in their Will, named the College as a beneficiary of life insurance, made a gift of paid-up life insurance or deeded property to the College while retaining use of the property for their lifetime.

Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Luther F. Addington † Morton O. Alper † Estate of Carol H. Atwood Rex Baird Sally S. Baird '92 Jettie E. Baker † Lavonne Baker '71 Raymond C. Bice, Jr. † Glenn Blackburn Jere Noel Blackburn Kermit A. Bolling † Estate of Roger Ray Brooks Estate of Carol P. Buchanan Donald W. Caudill Elizabeth G. Cauthen Gertrude Cherry † Phyllis Marks Cohen † Estate of Wallace M. Cohen James S. Cox '75 Susan Leigh Cox '73 Clinton Fletcher Dean '86 Estate of Paul F. Dishner Donna Fields '77 Jerry L. Fields '75 Kathy Sutherland Finn '84 Estate of Larry Fish Sarah Elizabeth Fugate Estate of Charles I. Fuller, Jr. Estate of Dorothy Gilley Garrison

Fay Bond Gillespie '70 † Leslie F. Gilliam Marcia E. Adams Gilliam '82 Marvin W. Gilliam, Jr. Patricia A. Gilliam '73 Richard B. Gilliam, Sr. '74 David F. Guza Sarah Guza Estate of Verta Hamilton Estate of Robert C. Hancock Judy G. Harding '75 Charles H. Henderson III Mary M. Henderson Avis L. Holda + Estate of Cass Holda James W. Holyfield Martha A. Holyfield † Estate of Anne Jackson Harold C. Jackson † Betty M. Johnson Elmer R. Johnson '56 † Sandra L. Jones '97 Marguerite T. Kanto William P. Kanto, Jr. Estate of Denton D. Kendrick Dennis F. Kern '72 Estate of Charlotte King Estate of Clinton Gray Lambert Margaret Edds Lipper Robert J. Lipper Estate of Gertrude Manhal Estate of Martha Markusich Estate of Frank Bruce Mayorshi Gerry Mayorshi '56

Helen McFall † Laura M. Sage Leland V. McFall † Robert H. Sage '79 Jane Meade-Dean '89 Ruby S. Salyers '70 Estate of Virginia Irene Meador Debra A. Sarvela '79 David W. Mersereau Paul D. Sarvela † Marianne Mersereau '84 Ben F. Sergent Patricia I. Mersereau † Nancy H. Sergent Wallace D. Mersereau Clyda Rae Simms '76 † Duane A. Miller '94 Albert Dewey Smith '02 Jean D. Moore † Helen M. Stallard Ronald L. Moore '61 † Estate of Iloe Read Stallard Cecilia F. Mullins Nicolas A. Starkovsky † Douglas R. Mullins, Sr. Andrew Johnson Still Jill O'Donnell Delores R. Still Michael E. O'Donnell Estate of Kathleen Miller Strunk Bette Patton Estate of Kathleen C. Sturgill Robert C. Patton Gaye Sturgill Estate of Laura L. Peters William J. Sturgill '56 Eva C. Phelps '75 Estate of Farley Sutherland Jack C. Phelps, Jr. '75 Estate of Helen J. Sutherland Anne P. Phillips † James Darryl Swartz '01 Joseph T. Phillips † Jennifer R. Swartz Don R. Pippin '58 Estate of Frederick G. Tice Gloria R. Pippin '73 Estate of Thelma Phipps Weaver Alta E. Porter † Roy L. Wells, Jr. '56 Cecil Porter † Ruth B. Wells Estate of Nancy R. Pulaski Estate of Beth Wendell Ron Redman '62 Beverly G. Wendle E. Hagan Richmond † Estate of Harold C. Wright Estate of Lelia Maude Richmond Joan M. Wright Pauline B. Richmond † Roger E. Wright † Eliza S. Rigg † Kent Rigg Carson Robbins * Denotes five years of giving to the College ** Denotes 10 years of giving to the College *** Denotes 15 years of giving to the College **** Denotes 20 years of giving to the College †Denotes the friend or alumnus is deceased

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DARDEN SOCIETY $25,000 and up

HONOR ROLL OF BENEFACTORS

Anonymous ***** Columbus Phipps Foundation **** Mary Anna Edmonds Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund * Marvin W. Gilliam, Jr. & Marcia E. Adams Gilliam '82 **** Don M. Green '61 ***** Alex Jensen & Melissa S. Jensen ** Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation ***** Marcia & Marvin Gilliam, Jr. Foundation * John K. Matney & Becky Matney '84 * Larry J. McReynolds '70 ***** Don Nicewonder & Etta Nicewonder ** Norton Community Hospital-MSHA ***** Oliver Coal Sales *** Pam Orcutt ** Estate of Nancy R. Pulaski Nancy N. Pulaski † Robert and Jeannie Stallard Foundation Scholarship America ** E. Lee Showalter & Janet C. Showalter Slemp Foundation *** Jim Smith & Kelly Smith ** Nancey Edmonds Smith ** Robert F. Stallard '76 & Jeannie N. Stallard '80 **** Nick D. Street & Fay H. Street ** Wellmont Foundation * Wellmont Lonesome Pine Hospital * Leo Stanley Willis & Barbara M. Willis ***** Wise County Schools Educational Foundation *

JEFFERSON SOCIETY

$10,000 - $24,999 Auxiliary to Lonesome Pine Hospital * Blankenship/Justice Scholarship Fund ** Estate of Carol P. Buchanan * Center for Scholarship Administration, Inc. ** Charles G. Koch Charitable Foundation * Carolyn Cummins **** Carroll W. Dale & Patricia S. Dale '58 ***** Paul Fletcher & Ruble Fletcher Richard B. Gilliam, Sr. '74 & Leslie F. Gilliam **** Hampton Roads Community Foundation * Allen C. Henry & Donna Price Henry * Jenzabar Foundation K & F Venture LLC * Thomas A. Kennedy '92 ***** Christine Stanley Kohr * Lacy & Mattie Meador Scholarship **** Massey Foundation ** E. Morgan Massey & Joan Massey ** William B. Massey, Jr. & Randee Massey **

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William E. Massey, Jr. & Rebecca C. Massey ** Roger McClellan '65 ** NOVA Company * Richard & Leslie Gilliam Foundation * H. A. Street ** William J. Sturgill '56 & Gaye Sturgill ***** Widgeon Foundation

WASHINGTON SOCETY

$5,000 - $9,999

Rex Baird & Sally S. Baird '92 ***** Christopher Michael Basham '95 &

Heather L. Basham * Castlewood High School * Cavalier Pharmacy, Inc. ** The Charles C. Powell Foundation, Inc. Comanche Nation First Bank & Trust Company * Charles H. Henderson III & Mary M. Henderson ** Frances L. Holbrook '77 **** James N. Humphreys ** Clara M. Lipps '56 * Lindsay M. Lipps '08 * Michael J. Lipps '02 & Linda P. Lipps '96 ** G. Gilmer Minor III & Charlotte M. Minor Rick L. Mullins '91 *** Sherry J. Nicewonder Richard H. Peake ***** Scott Perkins & Rhonda M. Perkins '73 ***** Anne A. Phillips † **** Powell Valley National Bank **** Jimmy R. Roberson & Sherry M. Roberson Oleg Rudnik & Tatiana Rudnik *** Ben F. Sergent & Nancy H. Sergent *** Phil Shelton **** Sherry J. Nicewonder 2010 Trust Robert Stump & Alice M. Stump *** Ronald B. Sturgill '56 & Barbara S. Sturgill **** The Scholarship Fund of Alexandria ** UVa-Wise End Zone Club Dawneda F. Williams ***** S. Hoyt Williams *****

CHANCELLOR’S SOCIETY

$2,500 - $4,999

Mike L. Allen '81 & Mary Beth Allen ***** Carolyn S. Alper ** Richard S. Alper & Kate A. Herrod ** American Tire Distributors C. Mike Asbury '73 & Sheila Asbury * Augusta Schultz Grubbs Charitable Trust James S. Berkman & McKey W. Berkman * Morgan E. Bolling '58 & Betty M. Bolling '57, '70 **** BP Wampler Consulting, Inc.

Shawn Carpenter & Jonette Dixon Carpenter '01 ** Charles H. Hood Fund Cherokee Nation Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Chickasaw Nation Education Services China Garden *** David Cohn & Patricia Alper-Cohn * Community Foundation of the

Rappahannock River Region * Thomas M. Costa & Mary E. Martin ***** Dirk P. Davis '85 & Jennifer Davis *** Dundalk High School Eastman Chemical Company * Frank E. Page Scholarship Fund ** Hantzmon Wiebel, LLP Steve Lawson '78 & Valerie S. Lawson '87 ***** Tony Lawson ‘74 ** Lewey K. Lee '64 & Brenda B. Lee '70 ***** David B. Mattern & Charlotte H. Crystal Mullins Insurance Agency, Inc. *** Danny G. Mullins '70 & Kim Mullins **** Freddie E. Mullins '71 & Karen S. Mullins '74 **** National Merit Scholarship Corporation ** Poplar Springs Baptist Church William Prince & Gena J. Prince '79 * Print and Graphics Scholarship Foundation Merry Lu Prior ** Josephine C. Propper **** Christopher Michael Quillen & Jennifer L. Quillen '01 ** Ford C. Quillen Scholarship Fund **** Ridgeview High School * Scott County Farm Bureau * Sidney R. Sewell & Carolyn W. Sewell '78 **** Joseph C. Smiddy ***** Sterne Agee Sunset Digital Communications, Inc. Sykes Enterprises, Inc. ** The Alper Family Foundation, Inc. * The Vanguard Group UMWA Dickenson-Russell Training & Education Fund * Roger C. Viers '64 & Beverly W. Viers ***** Virginia Lottery Virginia Oil & Gas Association Benny Wampler & Patricia Wampler Randy L. Wampler & Yvonne Greene Wampler '86 * Lewis W. Webb III & Helen E. Dragas Roy L. Wells '56 & Ruth B. Wells *****

DOGWOOD & RHODODENDRON SOCIETY

$1,000-$2,499

Judith P. Abbott '77 ***** Access College Foundation *

Alpha Psi Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma International ** American Emergency Vehicles Greg Andranovich '78 *** Appalachian Regional Community TV Apple Investors Group, LLC Applebee's Neighborhood Grill Army Emergency Relief * Jack R. Arnold '58 & Darlene Arnold ** Wendell Barnette '63 & Brenda Barnette **** Belcher Insurance Agency * Robin Benke *** Tony Bentley & Patricia Bentley Michael D. Berry '05 & Nicole R. Berry '05 ** Best Western Motel * Beta Gamma Lambda Chapter Scholarship Brian Keith Blanton '92 & Daphne Dawn Blanton '93 **** Blue Eagle Credit Union BPO Elks Lodge No. 2382 Buchanan First Presbyterian Church * Cancer Outreach Foundation Candace Rakes Scholarship Jamboree ** Robert J. Cantrell '78 & Eileen Cantrell *** Carter Machinery Company, Inc. * Elizabeth G. Cauthen ***** Charlottesville Area Community Foundation C-Health Foundation Chris Coleman Scholarship Fund Cincinnati Scholarship Foundation Mike Clisso **** H. Fred Colley & Juanita Greene Colley Roderick Alan Colyer '84 & Valeri J. Colyer '83 ***** Commonwealth Foundations, G.P. Community Foundation of North Central Florida Carl Smith Donor Advised Fund of The Community Foundation ** County of Dinwiddie * Crutchfield Corporation *** William G. Crutchfield, Jr. *** George E. Culbertson '57 & Nancy B. Culbertson '77 ***** Jeffrey B. Culbertson & Alise M. Culbertson * German P. Culver, Jr. German P. Culver, Jr., CPA, PC S. Chris Curtis & Katheryn B. Curtis Janet M. Davidson Richard Davidson & Phyllis L. Davidson ***** Designing Smiles * Dickenson County Freewill Baptist Conference **** Dixie Youth Baseball, Inc. D. Michael Donathan **** East Tennessee Foundation * Claude E. Elkins, Jr. '93 ** Lu Ellsworth & Phyllis P. Hatcher '75 **** R. Winston Ely '61 & Tamara S. Ely '90 *****

Epsilon Epsilon Pi Kappa Phi Alumni Chapter * Ernest H. Ern & Jeanette P. Ern ** Barry A. Evans '91 & Marla Evans '92 ** Thomas F. Farrell II & Anne G. Farrell ** Fas Mart * First Presbyterian Church Betty H. Flanary Fraternal Order of Police Battlefield Lodge #43 Freedom Ford ** Front Royal Women's Resource Center Gene H. Garrett '78 & Bonnie Garrett **** James M. Gott '72 & Eva L. Gott ***** Grand Chapter of Virginia, Order of the Eastern Star * Greater Lynchburg Community Trust Fred B. Greear, Jr. & Ann Greear ** Charles R. Greene & Debra R. Greene Guest Services, Inc. Hall's Free School Foundation * Hampton-Newport News Alumni Chapter Achievement Foundation Mary D. Hancock * Elsey A. Harris III & Amelia J. Harris **** Rhett H. Hasell MD, LLC Henrico County Council of PTA A. Darrell Holbrook '73 & Joy P. Holbrook '77 ***** David Holbrook & Teresa Greene Holbrook Chip Holdren & Diane Holdren HOPE Christian Community Foundation * Frances F. Howard '70 ***** George E. Hunnicutt, Jr. '72 & Lotus Hunnicutt *** Joseph F. Hunnicutt '82 ** Hunt Commercial Properties Group ** Fran G. Hunt '80 & Martha Hankins Hunt '81 *** Bennett E. Hylton & Dolly L. Hylton '00 * IBPO Local 623 J. T. Minnie Maude Charitable Trust * Jack H. Gibbs Trust Fund ***** Jesse Walker Foundation * Judith E. Johnson '94 **** Kahn and Garrett DDS * Janet S. Keith J. Jack Kennedy, Jr. '78 & Jeanette Kennedy **** N. Brent Kennedy '73 & Robyn Kennedy **** Kids Chance of Virginia Kilgore For Delegate * Robert D. Kilgore & Courtney Lynn Kilgore '89 ***** Terry G. Kilgore '83 & Debbie Kilgore *** Kiwanis Club of Norton *** Landmark Financial Services, LLC *** Russell M. Large & Charlene Large '87 * Laurel Park Boosters Club, Inc. Donald J. Leech & Michelle M. Villeneuve Lopez Wealth Management, LLC John G. Macfarlane III

& Dudley W. Macfarlane Malone Family Holdings LLC Russell H. Malone III & Beth J. Malone Peter Maren & Mrs. Peter Maren Marty Realty Company * Jonathan Keith Mason '02 ** Michelle J. Mayerchak Les V. Mayhew McGrady & McGrady, L.L.P. Elizabeth L. McLain Preston D. Miller, Jr. & Mary Jane Miller ** Douglas R. Mullins, Sr. & Cecilia F. Mullins * Freddie E. Mullins '96 & Marnie Rae Mullins '97 ** Mrs. Jerry L. Mullins **** Lawton Mullins '04 ** Network for Good New Hope Baptist Church Pughsville New Peoples Bank, Inc. *** Don Newlon & Cynthia Johnson Newlon '92 **** Norfolk Southern Good Government Fund Matching Gift Program ** Michael E. O'Donnell & Jill O'Donnell ***** Partlow Ruritan Club Barbara S. Patterson Pepsi Cola Bottling Company ***** Gregory Perry & Carol L. Perry ** Peuther Chapel Freewill Baptist Church E. Daniel Phipps '99 Don R. Pippin '58 & Gloria R. Pippin '73 ***** Jason Blaine Pittman & Rebecca K. Pittman Poquoson Tribe, 124 Quesenberry's, Inc. **** Mike Quillen & Debbie H. Quillen **** Renata R. Quillen *** Kendall Rainey '05 * Edwin R. Roop '76 & Karen M. Roop ***** Thurston Rose '63 & Mary Ann Rose '63 ***** John W. Ross & Elaine S. Ross Rotary Club of Scott County *** Salem Lions Club Cathy L. Sandidge '71 ***** Eddie Skeens '76 & Marianne H. Skeens ** Tommy Skeens '72 & Linda Skeens **** South-West Insurance Agency ***** Joe Stallard & Pat H. Stallard ***** Brenda Swindall '66 *** The Inn at Wise Thrower, Blanton & Associates, P.C. ** Kenneth J. Tiller & Gillian Huang-Tiller *** UVa-Wise Alumni Association **** William P. Varson & Chances Varson * Virginia 529 College Savings Plan Virginia Baptist Mission Board * Virginia Electric Supply, Inc. ** Virginia High School League * Virginia Sheriffs' Institute, Inc. *** Virginia Tech Foundation, Inc. *

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HONOR ROLL OF BENEFACTORS

VMCAEC Educational Scholarship Foundation W2C Wise LLC Wadlow Gap Ruritan Club * Wellmont Health System ** William D. Wendle '93 & Teresa F. Wendle ** Sam M. Wharton '65 & Debra A. Wharton '78 **** Emmet T. White & Betty Orr White '66 ** David L. Williams '67 & Becky Williams **** S. Hoyt Williams, P.E. LLC Wilson Sales & Service, Inc. * Danny Wilson ** Steven Winters & Carolyn S. Winters '82 ** Winston Witt & Judy Witt *** Jeffrey W. Woolwine & Pamela Greene Woolwine Roman I. Zylawy **

FOUNDERS SOCIETY $500 - $999

Michael H. Abbott '82 & Debra J. Taylor ***** Accomack Chapter #62 Order of the Eastern Star Tom E. Adams '61 Ray D. Ammon & Teresa H. Ammon ** David B. Amos '03 & Stephanie Amos ** ATCB Alumni Association Bill Baird & Suzi Baird Bank of America Charitable Gift Fund Fred W. Banner '70 & Sue Banner *** Marvin C. Barker & Velma Greene Barker Bobby Bates & Debbie J. Bates *** Jerry C. Bentley & Karen Lynn Bentley * Bethel-Emmanuel United Methodist Church Clifton P. Bishop & Sara A. Bishop * John C. Blanton '62 & Judith A. Blanton '62 **** L. J. Boothe '07 Charles C. Bourquardez, Jr. & Brenda M. Bourquardez Conrad Brandts & Dorothy Brandts Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers Buchanan County Public School Education Foundation Buchholz High School C. C. Belcher Insurance Agency, Inc. C. R. Pate and Company *** C. S. & S. Coal Corporation Donald W. Caudill ** M. Campbell Cawood Chatham Family Charitable Trust * Wesley Childress & Saronda Childress Terry E. Chisenhall & Gina Chisenhall '89 ** Heesun Choi Coeburn Civic League *** Gregory C. Cole '84 & Roberta P. Cole * Colgard Outdoor Sports ***** Pamela J. Collie '93 *** James J. Collins †*****

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Colonial Agricultural Educational Foundation Bobby Colyer, Jr. '80 & Elva K. Colyer '01 ** Bobby H. Colyer, Sr. '57 & Margie L. Colyer ***** Commonwealth Connections, Inc. Contracting Enterprise, Inc. Mark P. Cronin '81 & Kelly Downing Cronin Steve D. Curran '75 ***** Dairy Queen * Sharon S. Daniels '88 ***** Frank A. Dickenson & Phyllis Dickenson * Robert B. DiNardo & Allison Cryor DiNardo Roger B. Dingus & Carla S. Dingus ** Keith Dishner & Linda Q. Dishner '71 ***** James W. Dotson & June Dotson *** F. Wayne Edwards '62 & Brenda P. Edwards ***** Terry W. Edwards '83 & Gleda A. Edwards ** ESI, Inc. *** Cliff Eubank & Susan H. Eubank Simeon E. Ewing & Glenda F. Ewing *** Farmers & Miners Bank ** James Allen Fischer '61 & Sue Fischer **** Franklin County High School * Freedom of Claypool Hill J. E. Fugate & Donna Fugate John D. Fulton & Eva Fulton * Tyler G. Giles '03 ** Earl S. Gillespie & Sylvia Parsons Gillespie '58 **** Rhonda K. Goins '90 ***** William W. Goins †***** S. Michael Goodnough & Rita H. Goodnough ** Graham High School Band Boosters Robert F. Graham & Marylou L. Graham * Grassfield Band Parent Association Great Aspirations Scholarship Program * Grundy High School * Matthew R. Gular '10 David F. Guza & Sarah Guza * Michael S. Hackney '04 Josh M. Hamm '05 & Jamie D. Hamm '04 * Judy G. Harding '75 ** Leton L. Harding, Jr. '78 & Tammie Harding * Roy L. Harmon, Jr. & Eliza B. Harmon Gary A. Harvey '91 & Melissa Harvey *** Scott Hatcher Francis C. Hayes & Anna G. Hayes * Michael D. Hebert & Valencia A. Hebert * Glynn Helbert & Fredia Helbert *** Hermitage High School Eric Hilberath Holy Rosary Catholic Church Reggie Howell & Rouchelle Howell Robert Isaac, Sr. & Dorothy Isaac **** J. A. Street & Associates **** JL Gardner Hardwoods LLC Kenneth Wayne Johnson '02 * Sewell F. Johnson, Jr. **** William R. Jones & Pauline Greene Jones Jonesville Woman's Club * Joshua V. Justice '07 & Ella M. Smith-Justice '04 **

William P. Kanto, Jr. & Marguerite T. Kanto ** John Kemp & Donna Kemp Dennis F. Kern '72 ** Kingsville Recreation & Parks Council James A. Kiser '75 & Brenda W. Kiser '86 * Kiwanis Club of Chincoteague, Inc. Nate Large '14 Lawson Water Conditioning ** Lawton Mullins Enterprises Leonard Splaine Co., Inc. Edward F. Leonard '09 Mark T. Leonard & Jean L. Leonard Thomas E. Lighton & Sharon V. Lighton Robert L. Lively & Alice M. Lively Marsh Regional Blood Center Michael L. Martin & Debbie L. Martin May 24 Enterprises, Inc. Randy McMahon '80 & Laura McMahon **** Rick D. Meade '89 & Holly P. Meade **** Timothy L. Meador & Diane M. Meador Ronald W. Meister & Jane M. Sovern *** Miners Exchange Bank ***** Preston W. Mitchell & Patricia Baumgartner ***** Frank D. Molinary '72 & Constance W. Molinary '80 *** Monacan High School Bobby G. Morrison & Georgeanna B. Morrison '03 Jettie Greer Mullins '97 *** Tom E. Mullins & Alma R. Mullins *** Mutter Insurance Agency, Inc. *** Russell D. Necessary '87 & Martha C. Necessary ***** Sam Newman & Kim Newman Northampton County Education Foundation Northampton High School Norton City Schools * Gregory Olinger '76 & Robin D. Robinson Olinger '77 * Optimist Club of Rye Cove Paramount Mechanical Corporation Randy Partin & Jennifer L. Partin '12 ** Robert C. Patton & Bette Patton ** Payless Super Markets ***** Frank Peele & Louise L. Peele Permatile Concrete Products Company Don R. Pippin, Attorney at Law * Preston Ruritan Club John V. Rainero Donnie Ratliff & Victoria G. Ratliff **** Danny Rife & Janice F. Rife * Edward A. Riner '79 **** J. Philip Robbins & Patricia P. Robbins ** Frances C. Roberson ***** Robinette Steel and Scrap Metal Company ***** Robert H. Sage '79 & Laura M. Sage ***** Ruby S. Salyers '70 * Scott County Republican Party * Norma A. Siemen '85 *****

Richard C. Smith & Lynn Z. Smith * Snyder Nursing Home Foundation Estate of Minnie B. Snyder South Star Distributors Southwest Storage, Inc. * Bradley P. Sowden '89 St. Mary's Health Wagon, Inc. * William H. Starnes, Jr. & Sofia Starnes * Staunton River High School Football Boosters Kathy Thacker Stewart '77 ***** Michael L. Still '84 & Kathy L. Still '84 ** Edward G. Stout '71 & Linda D. Stout '72 ***** Edward G. Stout, Attorney * Joe Gary Street The Dickenson Family Living Trust * The Salem Educational Foundation & Alumni Association TRANE * James W. Tucker & Margie A. Tucker * Michael W. Tyler '71 & Ellen H. Tyler Union High School Varina High School Varina Youth Sports Bruce Wasem ***** West River Conveyors & Machinery Co. Thomas W. White & Amy P. White Wise County Animal Hospital ***

CAVALIER SOCIETY $300 - $499 J. Marty Adkins '85 & Marybeth M. Adkins '92 *** Alpha Natural Resources PAC * J. B. Atwood, Jr. & Freda A. Atwood **** Larry O. Baker '67 & Patricia A. Baker **** Lavonne Baker '71 ** Anne Barker '78 *** Jordan C. Barnette '09 Martha D. Beach ** Gilmer W. Blackburn & Martha Burke Blackburn ** Phillip L. Blevins, Jr. '13 Robert S. Bragg & Julia G. Bragg Rachel W. Brown '04 * Ricky Lee Brown '04 † * Bruner Golf Services, LLC Blake Bruner & Jennifer Bruner Cornerstone Pharmacy LLC Mike Combs & Sheila B. Cox Combs '72 ***** Deel Insurance Agency, Inc. *** Dale DePriest & Stefanie DePriest * Double D Horseshoeing * Paula C. Ely * FBLA UVa's College at Wise Region First Baptist Church Terry Fitzer Al Fleming '94 & Kathy Fleming Doug Fleming & Sue Ellen Fleming ****

William T. Gardner '98 * Garland Hall/State Farm * Jerry G. Gibson & Kimberly A. Gibson '84 ** Greg Gilbert & Dawn Gilbert '82 ***** Mike G. Giles & Lisa S. Giles * Louise Witt Good **** Kent Matthew Grant '97 & Tonya L. Grant '97 * Louella Short Greear '64 **** Garland A. Hall '91 & Melissa Hall ** Dennis G. Hensdill & Glenna B. Hensdill '77 **** Aaron C. Hicks '97 & Candi N. Austin-Hicks ** Bob Howard '77 & Susan Howard ***** Jack R. Howard & Patricia K. Howard *** Sandra L. Jones '97 ** Homer W. Jordan '61 ** Alihan Karakartal '02 * Nolan L. Kilgore '67 & Betty L. Kilgore '67 *** Susan King Madge Kiser * Christopher L. Kommes '94 & Karen Kommes ** KSA Events, Inc. Wayne R. Lane & Linda A. Lane ** Lee & Phipps, PC *** L. Jay Lemons & Marsha S. Lemons *** Little Union Baptist Church Nick Marshall '09 & Brittany D. Marshall '09 * Royce V. Meade & Linda S. Meade ** James L. Miller II & Kyla Bohon Miller '88 **** James A. Monahan & Margaret T. Monahan * Mountain Empire Hearing & Balance Freddie E. Mullins, P. C. * NAPA Auto Parts at Wise **** Thomas E. Neff '86 & Rene M. Neff ** Michael S. Owens '96 * Zelma M. Pattillo '58 **** Leslie Elaine Peterson '84 * Jack C. Phelps, Jr. '75 & Eva C. Phelps '75 *** Paul L. Phipps '72 & Barbara R. Phipps '83 **** Augusto A. Portuondo † **** Daisy Portuondo **** Pound Lions Club * Laura D. Pritchard '91 ** Fred L. Ramey, Jr. '88 & J. Lynn Ramey '88 ***** Redman Family Trust * Ron Redman & Carolyn K. Redman * Regent Allied Carbon Energy, Inc. * Randy Rigg & Lisa H. Rigg **** Riggs Oil Company, Inc. *** Arnie Riggs ***** Stanley Rogers & Ruby W. Rogers '74 ***** Sara M. Roop '07 * Danny Ray Rowland '84 **** Justin B. Runyon '98 ** Ben Russell & Debbie Vanover '13 ** S.E.R. Development Co., Inc. Saint Paul Baptist Church Jane Ann Sandidge **** Donald E. Sharitt & Cindy D. Sharitt Michael L. Shortridge

& Judy Copenhaver Shortridge * Ronnie Shortt & Marcia Lee Shortt '85 Joshua Ryan Skeens '02 & Cecille Lawson Skeens *** Charles H. Slemp III '03 & Erin W. Slemp '03 Snyder Nursing Home, Inc. Maurice A. Sovern *** Spotsylvania High School Kenneth Spurlock, Jr. & Martha Spurlock * John R. Stafford, Jr. & Shirley L. Stafford Tracy Stallard ** Rodney D. Stanley '97 & Laura Gail Deel-Stanley '98 ** Christopher T. Starnes '98 & Autumn M. Starnes * Mary Anne Steinberg Jimmy C. Stewart & Jo Stewart '84 ***** Ervin Stiltner **** Bruce A. Turnbill, Jr. & Christina L. Turnbill '14 * Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation David W. Wall & Frances M. Wall '73 ***** Damon L. Williams '90 & Melanie S. Williams **** Brian S. Wills & Elizabeth S. Wills '74 ***** Wally Witt '70 **** William C. Witt, Jr. & Kathleen A. DePonte **** Radford E. Wolfe & Shirley J. Wolfe **** Terry W. Wright & Dinah J. Wright '84 ****

CENTURION SOCIETY $100 - $299 Kevin W. Abel * Michael H. Abbott, Attorney at Law Dorothy C. Adams '93 * J. D. Adams & Sherry Adams '88 ** Paula R. Adams '93 Adkins & Hunnicutt **** Bob Adkins & Teresa Adkins ** David J. Adkins '93 & Kara G. Adkins '98 ** Jimmy J. Adkins '04 & Pearl L. Adkins '04 * Advanced Title Services LLC Bonnie M. Aker '73 **** Scott Aker Mark S. Allen & Kristin A. Allen Barry Wade Allison '92 & Mary Beth Allison '00 *** American Red Cross Danny Anderson ** Frederick J. Anderson & Kathryn M. Anderson Patsy L. Anderson '71 **** Elizabeth T. Angelos Ascot Holdings, LLC Gloria Jewell Askins '73 ** Auto World of Big Stone Gap * Linda C. Bailey '79 * Brian Baker & Brenda Dolinger Baker '74

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Danny R. Baker '97 & Anne Marie Baker '86 * Eddie Baker & Judy D. Baker '78 *** John D. Baker '71 & Joanna M. Baker ***** Mary H. Baker Michael R. Bales & Drema S. Bales ** Lee M. Bandy '67 & Judy H. Bandy Charles W. Banner II '86 & Paula A. Banner '87 * Gary L. Barker '65 & Sue Anne Barker **** Barnette Contractors * Shirlee E. Barnette Todd Barnette & Crystal Barnette ***** Billy Bartlett & Allison Bartlett ** George M. Barton '81 & Lisa Barton '81 ** Joseph D. Beams '93 Sam Beaty & Sue Beaty Jestin M. Beck '01 * Jack T. Belcher & Jacqueline D. Belcher David A. Belyea & Audrey A. Belyea * Charles W. Bennett '58 **** David A. Bennett & Kimberly S. Bennett Stephen A. Bennett & Drema G. Bennett Charles David Bentley '70 & Katherine Sue Bentley '81 *** Marshall Kent Bevins, Jr. '01 & Ashley Reba Bevins '01 * P. Scott Bevins '89 & Becky Bevins '91 ** Dan Biertzer Dimitri A. Bikos '08 * Mary Beth Bingman '66 ** Roger Birchfield & Sandra A. Birchfield '72 Daniel W. Bird, Jr. * John E. Black & Rowena S. Black ** Glenn Blackburn & Jere N. Blackburn ***** Jim Blackmore C. R. Blair *** Mark Blair & Heather Blair '11 Blake & Moody CPA's, Inc. * Brandon D. Blanton & Suzanne Blanton ** J. Kent Blazier & Mrs. J. Kent Blazier Bledsoe Law Office ** Charles Bledsoe & Jearline Bledsoe ** Phillip Shane Blevins & Denise Blevins Bob's Supermarket Teresa Scott Boggs *** Wendell C. Boggs & Tana M. Boggs ** Brandon Lee Bolling '98 ** James E. Bolling '74 & Nancy B. Bolling '71 Paul E. Bolling & Joyce Esther Bolling * Gary L. Bond '62 ***** Robert E. Botts '72 & Diane Botts * Kathryn S. Bouvier Ray Boyson & Gwen Jones * William Lee Brannon & Belinda L. Brannon * Breaks Interstate Park James W. Brewer & Diane K. Brewer John H. Brickey III '86 & Karen Brickey **** John H. Brickey, Jr. & Shirley R. Brickey ** Sean Andrew Brown '94 **

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Valerie A. Bruce *** Jason W. Brumley '00 Frank Bucca, Jr. & Connie T. Bucca Buchanan County Soccer Association David S. Burgess '94 & Rachel D. Burgess '06 ** Taylor R. Burgess '95 & Pebbles Burgess * Wendel S. Burke & Rachel O. Burke Wesley D. Burke & Karen Y. Burke '84 *** Byron D. Cantrell & Carmen M. Cantrell '81 *** Peter K. Carlson '12 & Sarah Smith Carlson '11 * Clifton W. Carson & Regina R. Carson ** Bob Cassell & Susan Cassell * Bobby R. Cassell & Mary A. Cassell * John D. Cassell '63 & Janice W. Cassell ** W. Miller Castle '90 & Jane H. Castle Lura Jo Chase * Tommy N. Chester '73 ***** Chincoteague High School Dorothy Chittester * Elijah J. Christman '03 ** Scott Church & Deidre Anne Church '84 ***** Thomas V. Clark & Mary E. Clark * Charles Clarke & Carole Clarke * R. Michael Clemmer '63 John E. Clogston & Reita R. Clogston * Coastal Property Services & Landscaping, Inc. Cochran Family Foundation ** Teri S. Coffey * David L. Cole & Diana G. Cole * Rick W. Cole '83 & Karen L. Cole * Michael Colley Rickey J. Colley '90 & Tina M. Colley '89 ** James N. Collie & Sherry Collie *** Carol Ann Collier '62 * Wendi L. Collier '96 * Collins' Auto & Towing Inc. David Collins Robert D. Collins & Pamela Minor Collins '79 ** Robert Ronald Collins '59 **** Steve D. Collins & Deborah Hill Collins '73 ** Frank Colyer †** Kenny Combs & Deb Combs *** Community Foundation for Central Blue Ridge Brett S. Compton '02 & Jessica B. Compton '03 ** C. Eugene Compton '76 & Dollie Compton '88 ** Randy V. Compton '74 & Phyllis Compton *** Mark. A. Conner & Janet Conner ** Diane Cornett '88 ** James E. Cornett & Sue Cornett ***** Gary W. Counts '90 & '96 & Gina D. Counts James S. Cox '75 & Susan Leigh Cox '73 ***** Brenda Craft Margaret Hollyfield Craft *** Mike Craft * O'Brien Craft * Linda Crenshaw * R. Jack Cress '63 & Marian W. Cress **

George F. Cridlin & Karen Cridlin ** John A. Crockett '86 & Shelli R. Crockett *** Kenneth L. Crowder & Norma Crowder '83 * Jace S. Cuje '88 & Nancy L. Cuje **** Russell Cyphers & Vanessa Y. Cyphers '10 D. W. Adams Trucking, Inc. Luciano D'Amato & Janice D'Amato ***** Dane M. Damron & Delisha Damron Reginald Daniels & Dorthey Daniels Christopher D. Davis '99 & Nichole L. Davis '99 * Whitney Davis & Kimberly T. Davis '92 *** C. Fletcher Dean '86 & Jane Meade-Dean '89 *** Matthew J. Dean '07 & Erin M. Dean '05 William R. Deel '74 *** Larry Delaney & Mona R. Delaney '90 Mark DeLeon '08 & Melissa W. DeLeon '02 ** Delta Kappa Gamma Society International Gamma Beta Chapter Joe E. DePriest & Brenda B. DePriest '86 * Susan M. Dethlefs Ron W. Dickenson '71 & Judy G. Dickenson '74 *** Michael A. Dillard '04 & Erin L. Dillard Barbara A. DiMauro Cleo E. Dingus ** Disability Claims Service Amy Disney Charlotte C. Dison '56 *** Andrew P. Dobry & Natalie S. Shields Dobry Clifford W. Dobry Aubrey D. Dodson & Judith A. Dodson Gregory A. Dodson '93 & Krista L. Dodson * Bernard E. Dotson, Jr. ** Cory B. Dotson & Ashley Dotson * David A. Dotson & Henrietta M. Dotson ** Douglas C. Dotson '76 & Betty Jo Dotson '81 * Roger Dotson & George Anna Dotson * Emily J. Douglass Stacey K. Doyle & Fran M. Doyle '83 * Jeffrey H. Driver & Terri C. Driver '86 *** Gary L. Dutton & Gayle Sandefur Dutton '02 ** Joan Eagle Lawrence Eagle & Ellen Elizabeth Sovern *** Donald E. Earls '61 & Sandy Earls **** Joseph Early & Margaret V. Early * Steffi Edge Alex Edwards '80 & Diana Edwards *** Richard W. Edwards '77 & Rita O. Edwards ** Jeff Elkins Attorney at Law * Jeffery L. Elkins '86 & Cindy A. Elkins ** Ronald K. Elkins & Katherine McDermott Elkins ** Doug Elosser & Bonnie Elosser ** Wesley L. Elswick & Brenda K. Elswick '86 *** Kenneth W. Ely '71 & Anna F. Ely ** Faith Fellowship Church

John R. Fall '75 Joseph Fawbush & Pamela Fawbush Ralph Fellars Ian C. Ferrand '16 Tim Ferrell Kathy Sutherland Finn '84 *** Mary B. Fischer Fitness Advantage Fleming Law Office PC * Brent Fleming '91 Jackie O. Fleming & Crystal B. Fleming ** Roger Mack Fleming & Susie F. Fleming * Foggyboot Enterprises, LLC ** Richard A. Fogle, M. D. & Anna Sue Bennett Fogle Nicole L. Fones '10 John E. Foy '62 & Tobey A. Foy Ed Franks '94 & Shannon C. Franks '94 * Freedom Auto Sales, Inc. Friendly Floral, The Flower Shop ** Julie F. Frost Rick D. Galyean & Cathy L. Galyean ** Gardner & Sons Sawmilling, Inc. Stephen Garrett & Debbie Garrett '75 *** Elizabeth C. Gaston '56 ** James D. Gibson * Kenny Gilley '73 ** Garnett P. Gilliam & Carolyn B. Gilliam '63 *** Hayward Gilliam & Nancy Sorah Gilliam Rick Gilliam & Sherry Gilliam '86 * Thomas G. Gilliam '78 ** James N. Giovanni Fernande Gontier Srikumar Gopalan & Renu Gopalan *** Dalton P. Graham '57 & Wilma Graham John F. Grant & Carolyn Grant * Dennis C. Greene & Teresa Greene Eric T. Greene '91 & Kathy M. Greene '11 * Apostolos G. Grekos & Margurete Grekos Donald G. Gurney & Linda R. Gurney James Gurski & Wanda Gurski Billy J. Haga & Linda R. Haga Jason S. Haga & Amy M. Haga Hagy & Fawbush Funeral Home, Inc. ** Marty Hagy & Mary Lee Hagy '89 ** Lena S. Haight * G. Thomas Haines & Pamela F. Haines ** Pamela L. Hakim Brett Hall '14 Donald L. Hall '58 & Maurine F. Hall * Joan Roberson Hall '61 **** Richard A. Hall '70 & Doris M. Hall **** Robert G. Harrison & Susan P. Harrison *** David R. Hart & Mary Ann Hart Charles W. Hartgrove '97 & Marcy S. Dunn *** Bob Hartley Gary L. Hartsock '73 & Deborah M. Hartsock *** Elsa Hay '93 ** Jerry B. Hayes '76 & Carol W. Hayes

HCE Systems, Inc. Kirby Hearl ***** Ron Heise & Julia R. Heise ***** Ron Helton & Kathy Helton *** Henrico High School Joseph M. Henzel & Maria Dawn Henzel Paul Hibbitts & Jennifer R. Hibbitts *** Tabitha Hibbitts '00 *** Joyce T. Hilbert '75 * Peder Hildre Larry J. Hill '62 & Brenda Hill ***** William F. Hill '94 & Ashley R. Hill '09 Terri A. Hill-Funk '07 * Matt Hlebinsky & Sheena Strouth-Hlebinsky '09 Danielle Hockey Roger A. Holbrook ** Home Hardware & Furniture Company * Honaker High School * William J. Hooper & Barbara Hooper **** Jermiah C. Hopkins '06 & Ann-Delyse Hopkins '07 * Doug Horne & Sherry R. Horne *** William C. Horne, Jr., D.D.S., P.C. William C. Horne '91 & Rebecca Horne '91 **** Keith D. Horton & Ann N. Horton '81 *** Dennis C. Hubbard '79 Gene Hubbard & Martha Carol Hubbard '84 ** Larry Hubbard & Diane Hubbard * Krista E. Huckaby '10 Joshua Daniel Hughes '98 & Mendy Hughes ** Sandy Huguenin & Margaret Huguenin * Robert L. Humphrey Charles D. Hunt '64 & Rosalind W. Hunt * Impressions of Norton, Inc. *** Insurance Building of Norton, Inc. Mary J. Isaac '73 **** J&R Turner, Inc. * Anne L. Jackson Ronald L. Jackson & Brenda H. Jackson '78 * Scott Jackson James Gregory South Living Trust Craig B. James & Sheryl T. James * Robert C. James & Martha K. James Danny B. Jessee '72 & Rosemary B. Jessee ** Greg L. Jessee & Melissa D. Jessee C. Paul Johnson * C. Paul Johnson, PLLC Drew Johnson '78 & Pamela S. Johnson '79 **** Duane L. Johnson Stephen C. Johnson James W. Joines & Drucilla Joines ** Robert M. Joines & Lorene E. Joines ** Joanne L. Jones ** Shana D. Jones ‘99 * Sibyll 'Hennie Merna' Jones '89 * Tim Jones '81 & Martha S. Jones *** Phillip C. Justice, Jr. '97 ** Andrea P. Justus '09 Patrick M. Kain & Christine M. Kain

Gregory M. Kallen *** Basak Kaya '03 * Ronald Keck & Linda Keck David L. Kelly & Betty Jo Kelly *** Kennedy Enterprises LLC ** Jessica Kennedy Matthew Kennedy Travis Kennedy, Jr. '90 ** Kentucky Blood Center Lonnie L. Kern & Ada L. Campbell **** Ronnie R. Kern & Donnese C. Kern * Bobby L. Ketron & Suzan H. Ketron '85 ***** A. Frank Kilgore '77 & Teresa Chafin ** Paul Kilgore & Diana Tate Kilgore *** Robert M. Kirk '73 & Susan Kirk '74 * Jerry Kiser Joseph B. Kiser '00 & Selena M. Kiser '00 ** Justin Kiser & Allison L. Kiser '08 Kenneth E. Knorr & Jean K. Knorr Carolyn R. Krams * Bobby Kyle & Barbara Kyle ** Carol J. Laferty Larry J. Landry & Glenna E. Landry Chastity Hope Lane '95 Ronnie Large & Jane Kilgore Large * Zack D. Larson '00 & Nicole Larson Ralph Lawson Luke R. Layne '07 * Warren S. Leap III '00 & Lydia B. Leap '00 ** Lee & Mullins Phil Lee & Valerie Lee * Bruce G. Lehman & Marjorie E. Lehman Robert A. Leonard '57 & Robin K. Leonard ***** Franklin E. Lewis & Carolyn B. Lewis * Roy Glenn Light & Freda V. Light ** Walter D. Littrell '83 & Pamela S. Littrell * Lonesome Pine Lodging, Inc. Dan A. Long '62 & Linda H. Long *** R. Bruce Lowe '77 & Charlotte Lowe * Frederick A. Luntsford, Jr. '71 & Ava Gail Luntsford **** Karen E. Luttrell Archie Maggard **** Charles P. Maine '74 & Lulia C. Maine '74 *** Donnie Maine & Rita E. Maine ** Alice Malina Jim Manicure & Wanda Manicure * Phillip D. Manos & Dana Manos Paul Marcum '61 *** D. M. Wendy Martin '01 ** Robert L. Martin & Jeanne A. Martin Timothy D. Martin & Paula Susie Martin *** Mason Appraisals Brian Mason Michael B. Mason '72 & Teresa Stepp Mason '77 ** Joseph S. Matney '63 & Christinia A. Matney ***** William F. Maxwell '59 & Marilyn Maxwell **** Homer Maynard & Phyllis J. Maynard * Benjamin R. Mays '85 & Kim Mays

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Ron D. McCall '72 & Linda McCall **** Donald G. McCamey & Joan B. McCamey * W. Frederick McClellan '76 & Robin M. McClellan '77 ** Hunter McCoy Tom McGarril & Kathy H. McGarril '83 *** Rod McGinnis & Sharon L. McGinnis * John Thomas McGuire '99 & Misty D. McGuire '99 *** Kevin A. McKee '85 Brian D. McKnight '97 & Pamela J. McKnight '99 ** Alfred C. Mead, Jr. Christian N. Meade '13 Richard D. Meade '71 *** Virginia H. Meador ***** Paige Meadows Frank Meredith * Anne L. Merrill '65 David Mersereau & Marianne Mersereau '84 **** Phyllis Michels Micronics Toby Middleton & Glenis Middleton * John R. Milam & Elizabeth S. Milam Duane A. Miller '94 *** James H. Miller & Mary Ann Miller **** Linda G. Miller * William H. Miller '66 **** William H. Miller, Insurance Agent Elizabeth Ann Minor '76 * Moccasin Gap NAPA ** Montague Family Fund Carrington Montague & Shelby White Montague H. Ronnie Montgomery & Sandy Montgomery *** Brad Moore '16 Joshua D. Moore '02 & Tamara T. Moore Randy Moore '80 & Imelda Moore '81 **** Thomas Moore & Darlene H. Moore **** M. A. Morgan & Molly D. Morgan Morris Michael Mosberg & Brenda K. Mosberg '71 **** Adam Mosley Mullican Flooring * Bryan L. Mullins & Michelle F. Mullins ** Chris Mullins & Victoria J. Mullins * Christopher M. Mullins '14 Emory A. Mullins '90 & Justin M. Mullins *** James Wesley Mullins *** Jason A. Mullins '06 & Vanessa S. Mullins Jonathan E. Mullins '07 & Jennifer S. Mullins Kevin W. Mullins '93 **** Michael T. Mullins '75 & Jeanne Mullins *** Robert M. Mullins *** Roger G. Mullins * Shelcy Mullins, Jr. & Karen T. Mullins **** Tre' Mullins Lyle C. Mutter ***

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Mark W. Mutter *** David C. Nauss & Patricia J. Nauss ** Fred Necessary & Janet Necessary * Oscar Neece & Orana S. Neece '90 *** Dorothy A. Nelson Thomas L. Nelson '74 *** Norton Christian Church * NRV Investments ** K. Ryan Nutter '07 & Emily H. Nutter * Thomas L. Nyman Ronald D. Oakes & Phyllis A. Oakes ** W. Neal Oakes & Faye A. Oakes John F. O'Kane & Elyse S. O'Kane Harry P. Orell & Judith Orell Dennis Orr & Mona L. Orr *** Everette B. Orr '76 & Linda D. Orr ***** Tony Owens & Nancy Owens Tucker Ozdogan Sydney D. Pack '15 Charles W. Pangle & Rhonda Pangle *** Luke H. Parks '10 * Charles H. Parsons Sr. †***** Sue Parsons ***** Joseph F. Patrick & Linda S. Patrick Jill L. Pease David Perry Rachel R. Person '14 Personalities Salon * Clarence Peters, Jr. * Edwin M. Phillips '69 & Frances K. Phillips '71 ** Paul A. Phillips '96 *** Rick Pientka & Sheryl Pientka '89 Janice Pilkenton *** Meera V. Pillai Mike Porter & Narda B. Porter '88 * Steven B. Powers '82 & Susan A. Powers * Doug Price & Tammy Price Pro-Art Association Bob Quillen & Myrl Quillen **** Charlie E. Rainey, Jr. & Sharon R. Rainey ** Mark Ramsey & Suzanne Adams-Ramsey '80 ** Bill Ramseyer & Mary A. Ramseyer ***** Randy Partin Construction, Inc. * Karen S. Rasnake * Larry W. Rasnake '71 & Patricia F. Rasnake ** Nathan D. Rasnake '14 Ronald S. Ratliff '74 & Teresa T. Ratliff '00 ** David Redwine * Brian Reilly '84 Michael L. Renfro '73 & Diana C. Renfro * W. Rhudy Renfro Reno's of Wise * Lee Reuter & Catherine Reuter Norman L. Rexrode, Jr. & Jamie M. Rexrode Brett Richards & Shelley Richards James S. Riggs **** Jason Riggs & Karen Ely Riggs * Rinco Enterprises, Inc. * Bobby J. Ring '97 & Brooke Swanson-Ring '06 * Walter E. Rivers & Teresa E. Rivers ****

Heather M. Robbins '14 Betty M. Roberts *** Carolyn Z. Roberts Lona W. Roberts *** Ronald T. Roberts Bruce K. Robinette ***** Robinson Auto Parts No. 4 ** Bradley D. Robinson '01 & Laura Faye Robinson '01 *** Dennis T. Robinson * Suzette M. Robinson '77 ** Troy Robinson & Mary C. Robinson '82 ***** Erin M. Rogers Antony D. Roop '97 & Amy D. Roop *** Jeraldine M. Roop ** RPC Rentals, LLC James E. Ryan '03 & Brenda Ryan Sergio Safos & Dawn Safos Chad Salyer ** Joe B. Salyer, Jr. & Nancy H. Salyer '80 *** Royal Ines Salyers Samuel Pressure Vessel Group, Inc. Helen F. Sandidge **** Dale Sargent & Joneen M. Sargent Stanley R. Satterfield & Lou Castle Satterfield '58 * R. Matt Schwarz & Janice M. Schwarz '86 *** Andy Scott '05 & Wendy B. Scott * Gordon D. Scott & Sherry R. Scott * James C. Scott, Jr. & Melinda L. Scott S. Buford Scott & Susan Bailey Scott *** Eugene T. Seymour & Elizabeth Seymour Shamrocks, Inc. Michael L. Shell, Sr. '75 & Sandra Gayle Shell '75 Carl N. Shields & Florence M. Shields Bobby J. Short '90 & Angela Short **** David P. Short '80 Dawn Michelle Short '98 ** Bobby L. Shortt & Judy D. Shortt '79 ** Charlene Shortt '74 *** Terry L. Shortt & Shelby Shortt ***** Jeffery A. Shupe '96 & Elizabeth N. Shupe '96 Sidney R. Sewell & Carolyn W. Sewell Trust Roncie Silcox '70 & Lettia P. Silcox ** Sleep Inn & Suites of Clintwood Smith Consultants, Inc. Bobby D. Smith Greg W. Smith & Sandra R. Smith * Justin Todd Smith '04 * Lane A. Smith III '89 & Honi Smith **** Luis J. Smith & Sarah J. Pilkenton '97 ** Thomas E. Smith '83 & Page H. Smith ** Cindi L. Smoot '09 * Carl R. Snodgrass '58 & Louise A. Snodgrass *** Jacob P. Somervell '99 & Cynthia E. Somervell '99 * Gregory South '67 & Patty South * Southwest Regional Recreation Authority Southwest Surgical ** Stewart R. Spradlin '92 & Tamyra Spradlin *

St. Paul Builders & Supply Company ** St. Paul Suites and Cottages Addison M. Stallard & Elizabeth H. Stallard * F. Harold Stallard '66 & Katherine B. Stallard '71 *** Lee Stallard '69 & Carolyn Stallard **** Martin Stanley & Liz R. Stanley Tracy L. Stapleton '91 & Wendy Kay Stapleton '92 ** Trey Stapleton '06 Christel L. Starnes '15 Al Stecker & Jane B. Stecker ***** Gary C. Steele & Carlotta M. Steele '92 Karen A. Steinman '63 ** Danny L. Sterling & Kimberley P. Sterling '97 *** Richard D. Stevenson & Lori R. Stevenson Billy J. Stewart & Louanna B. Stewart * Jentlea E. Stewart '71 **** William N. Stokes, Jr. '74 & Toni Gilliam Stokes '74 **** Jerry W. Strange '61 & Sandra Strange Gary R. Stratton *** Walter J. Strength Terry L. Strock & Cynthia F. Strock * Fred Strouth & Rebecca Jane Strouth '92 C. Jeffrey Stump * C. Jeffrey Stump, CPA PC * Dennis R. Sturdavant & Frances M. S. Sturdavant Sturgill Funeral Homes ***** Sturgill Law Office, PC ** Jeffery Allan Sturgill '74 & Kathy Sturgill *** Mark E. Sturgill '90 & Kimberly H. Sturgill '89 *** Susan B. & S. Buford Scott Trust Fund ** Michael D. Sutherland '74 & Regina L. Sutherland * Robbie G. Tate * Tommy J. Taylor '62 & Phyllis A. Taylor Tempur Pedic Brandon P. Tester ‘07 & Elizabeth D. Shuler ‘02 * The Clapboard House, Inc. ** Chelsea R. Theriault '12 Thomas E. Neff Insurance Agency ** David Lee Thomas, Sr. Eric E. Thomas '00 & Toinette J. Thomas '03 Michael Thomas & Karrie M. Thomas ** Ronald G. Thomason & Elizabeth Nesbitt Thomason '89 *** John Thompson & Bethany Thompson William A. Thompson III & Jan Chaffin Thompson *** Jason E. Tipton & Mary E. Tipton Todd's Hair Studio *** Adam L. Tolbert '06 Town of Big Stone Gap Andrew F. Traynor, Jr. ** James W. Trullender '02 Turkey Gap Coal Company, Inc. ** Charlie R. Turner '90 *

UVa-Wise Business Department Faculty Eric Valdez '87 Valley View Animal Clinic William VanDerKloot David Vanover * Santana L. Vasquez '07 * Tommy R. Vestal '03 * Bob G. Viers '64 Eural A. Viers '91 & Samantha Viers Lewis V. Walker * Mary Vicars Walker * James David R. Wall '93 & Sabrina G. Wall ** Habern Wallen '65 & Ann H. Wallen '70 ** Greg Waller Jariel M. Walton '10 & Alaysha Walton Michael K. Wampler '97 & Wendy Clark Wampler '92 *** Charles R. Ward '76 & Brenda H. Ward '76 ** Ernie W. Ward & Debbie Ward **** Walter Ware & Andy Ware * Edwin D. Watson '76 & Debra D. Watson '91 ***** John W. Watson & Bonnie L. Watson Wayne F. Watts '70 & Frances Watts * Barry R. Wells & Martha W. Wells '73 ** Ronald Whalen Roland M. Wheeler & Sarah A. Wheeler * Roger D. Whitaker '70 & Brenda L. Whitaker **** Greg Whittaker & Chantale Whittaker '71 **** James R. Wiandt & Victoria L. Wiandt * Marion M. Wiles '92 ** David Williams & Cathy Williams Phillip Williams & Sara G. Williams '99 * Sandra E. Williams '58 *** Joel T. Williamson '06 * Willis Land & Goat Company Jerry Ray Willis & Judith G. Willis * Johnny Willis * Charles J. Wills '05 & Karrie Wills David L. Wilson & Carol Russell Wilson '00 Justin W. Wilson '13 & Stephanie Lynn Wilson '11 * M. Blake Wilson, Jr. & Nita H. Wilson Steve Wilson & Kim Wilson *** Wallace F. Winebriner & Nancy C. Winebriner Wise County Chamber of Commerce **** Wise Study Club Jerry Wayne White '74 & Sherry A. Wolfe **** Lawrence Worley & Ann M. Worley '73 ** Michael V. Wright '66 Philip L. Wright & Marie A. Wright Katherine B. Wust Bobby L. Yates & Mildred Kirby Yates '71 *** Yellowstone Vacation Rentals, LLC Edward Young & Susan D. Young Gerald E. Young & Phyllis E. Young Nicholas Zaferakis, Jr. & Maria Zaferakis Edmund Zduoba & Zita D. Zduoba

RED & GRAY SOCIETY $1 - $99 Anonymous Lisa Nicole Addington-Sturgill '03 Drew Adkins * Shannon Adkins Morris L. Akers '92 & Donna J. Akers ** Helen D. Alepa Rebecca H. Aliff Grace M. Allio '70 ** Beth Allison Dale Allison '96 & Sherry C. Allison '00 * Lisa Alther Dana K. Angell '79 ** Bill Archer Daniel D. Armstrong '97 ** James P. Ashley & Sandra D. Ashley '86 *** Susie C. Ayo Carolyn M. Baldwin '00 Albert W. Ball & Sue Ball Tracy Barcus William R. Bard & Nina S. Bard Brenda Bartorillo Gerald L. Bast & Marjorie E. Bast Jennifer S. Batchler Arlie Bates & Judy Fletcher-Bates Terry E. Bates '64 & Donna Marie Lawson Bates '74 ** Rebecca L. Bauer Jeremiah Bean & Nephateria Bean Emmetri M. Beane Stephen D. Beavers & Jennifer D. Beavers '80 Randall C. Belcher '97 & April D. Belcher * Gary D. Bellamy & Carol O. Bellamy '70 ** Kenneth Todd Bevins '90 * Pat R. Bevins '94 *** Ryan A. Bierlair '12 Danuta K. Bikos * Josh N. Blatt '12 Mark F. Bledsoe '83 & Amy L. Bledsoe '89 ** Janet Bloomer Jen M. Boa & Meghan Dennehy Garry L. Bogan, Jr. '04 * Lawrence Bolling, Jr. '73 & Sandy Bolling **** Roger A. Bolling & Janice E. Bolling '95 ** Patti A. Bonanza Amy C. Bond '75 G. Rosa Bott '05 * Bradford J. Bowen '00 & Whitney M. Bowen '00 ** Zach Bowen '08 Kenneth Bowling & Peggy W. Bowling * LaRae Boyd '10 J. Harry Bratton '57 Jeffrey W. Bray '00 & Kelly M. Bray * Patricia L. Brock '16 Shirley Ann Brooks * Wilma B. Brooks *

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Aron J. Brown '06 Boyd L. Brown & Mackie A. Brown Michelle T. Brown Sascha R. Burnette '05 Michael O. Burns, Jr. '00 & Bree A. Burns Barbara K. Burton '78 * Jessica R. Cain '05 ** Jeanne V. Callaway '79 *** Joseph M. Calloway, Jr. '07 & Lori M. Calloway '06 * Jack D. Calton & Shirley Calton Zachary A. Canter '14 Lee D. Carey & Elaine A. Carey Connie D. Carico Paul D. Carico & Lucille C. Carico * Betty Wells Carter '72 *** Victoria E. Carter '16 David Wayne Carty '73 & Rebecca H. Carty '73 *** Mark A. Caruso & Carol B. Caruso * Matthew R. Cassady '16 Jimmy Caudill & Wanda B. Caudill '74 Daniel M. Cauley '04 Central High School ** Joseph W. Chadwell '92 * Jerred Chandler & Ashley P. Chandler Mark A. Chapman '15 Sherri W. Chapman Elizabeth D. Chappell '09 Harold Charles & Robin G. Charles '85 Joy Cheek Jordan S. Childress '14 Autumn C. Chisenhall '13 Circle V Co., Inc. Carlie L. Clark '16 Dalton L. Clark '14 F. Venus Clark '57 ** Mark W. Clark & Leigh G. Clark *** Margaret R. Cleary William F. Cleary III Todd Clendenon & Angela S. Clendenon '00 Zachary Clifton '12 & Kasi E. Clifton '11 Clinch River Adventures Delynn Cline & Melissa Cline Jimmy Cluesman & Mickey Cluesman Tanya F. Colbert '04 & Carol Colbert Nathan A. Cole Retha Cole Barbara G. Collins * Carter Collins '56 & Anna B. Collins *** Karen E. Collins '99 & Susan Walters * Mingkwan Collins Oakley Collins & Pamela Rakes Collins Thomas G. Collins & Dana M. Collins '90 Sierra G. Combs '16 Edward D. Conley & Pam K. Conley '84 **** Timothy J. Contrada '82 * Steven K. Cooney '82 & Mary D. Cooney ** Scott Cooper & Jennifer R. Cooper Council High School *

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Michael Counts '72 * Steven Counts & Sheila K. Counts '97 Jeannie Cowden James Cox & Juanita Thompson Cox '99 Matthew Cox & Lauren V. Cox '10 Ruby J. Cox Michael B. Cozzolino & Amy B. Cozzolino '03 * Eric M. Craighead '14 Joseph Ray Cullen & Dianne L. Cullen Vincent Dale '99 & Christy M. Dale '00 ** Carol F. Daron James L. Daugherty '72 & Paula J. Daugherty ** Ron Davidson '73 & Janet Davidson Aaron Davis Greta Denise Davis '77 ** Lisa H. Davis '81 Steven C. Davis '09 & Julie S. Davis '09 Toni L. Davis '08 Frieda M. Davison '74 * Erin P. Dawson '04 Michael L. Dean '06 & Carrie A. Dean '05 Timothy N. Dean '87 & Stephanie G. Dean '94 * Charlotte Ann Deghan Jason M. Dingus & Jenni L. Dingus '04 * Dixon Educational Consulting * Danny L. Dixon '70 & Maxie L. Dixon *** Mark J. Dixon, Jr. '12 & Alex Dixon '16 Richard F. Dobry & Karen L. Dobry William B. Dorough & Doris E. Dorough Jeffery W. Dotson & Mary K. Dotson Kenneth D. Dotson '66 & Judy H. Dotson '67 ** Robin D. Dotson '81 & Karen D. Dotson '83 ** William L. Dotson, Jr. '72 & Melinda A. Dotson '89 Jack Downing & June Downing Edward L. Dunbar & Amanda N. Carr-Dunbar East Park Avenue Baptist Church East Park Avenue Baptist Church Women on Mission Eastside High School ** Ed Allen's Boats and Bait, LLC Christopher J. Edwards '90 & Lisa A. McConnell Larry L. Elam & Wanda J. Elam Ray Eldridge '83 & Norma J. Eldridge ** Brian D. Falin '99 Judith G. Farley '65 * Wycliffe S. Farquharson '12 Katy Faulk Jonathan F. Fawbush '87 Philip E. Ferski '79 * Jason Fields Patty Fink Stu Fisher '93 & Kris Fisher Randy Fleming & Linda R. Fleming '98 Rafael E. Franchi & Terry A. Franchi '84 * Vincenz C. Freels '15 Funk Drilling Company, Inc.

Raymond W. Gallagher & Linda Hill Gallagher '71 *** Leon Gamble Sherri R. Gardner '97 ** Tony A. Gardner '83 & Jennie Gardner '74 William A. Garnett & Sammie L. Garnett '65 * Caroline J. Garrett '11 Renea Wilder Gaucher '92 ** Bill Gembach & Rue Gembach ** Doug Gibson '04 Jeffery R. Gilliam '91 & Jamie C. Gilliam '91 Zemery A. Gilliam '16 Trevor L. Gilreath '12 Valerie C. Giovanni Jarred A. Glass & Carla W. Glass '06 * Thomas A. Gratiano, Jr. & Pamela Gratiano Sammy Green, Jr. & Natalie K. Green '00 Margaret M. Grove ** Michael Gulley & Tauna L. Gulley '89 Ronald V. Hale '87 & Tempi H. Hale * Kenneth D. Hall '66 & Betsy H. Hall * David C. Hamilton & Ginger G. Hamilton Maya G. Hamlett ’16 Jonathan Hammonds & Kendra H. Hammonds '11 Robert W. Hansen & Shawnee M. Hansen Jo Anne Harding '76 ** Maurice Harding & Alethea Harding Richard T. Harrell & Shelvia E. Harrell B. Todd Harris '03 & Leah Harris Bradley C. Hart '01 & Bridgett B. Hart '01 Richard W. Hartless & Irmgard R. Hartless Kermit Hatmaker, Jr. & Leslie Kent Hatmaker Joseph J. Hauer & Laura L. Hauer Patricia B. Hawkins Deborah J. Helton '80 Michael Hendrickson Joann L. Henzel Joseph B. Henzel & Mary Ann Henzel Honey M. Hernandez '96 Edward Hess & Pamela D. Hess '73 *** Sandra Barton Hibbitts '88 ** Jeweldine H. Hodges '78 Hoge Lodge No. 8 A.F. and A.M. Lucas D. Holcomb '16 Jerry E. Hollyfield '77 & Cynthia Ann Hollyfield '82 * Bill Holsclaw & Yvonne E. Holsclaw * Brandon A. Honaker '07 & Elizabeth T. Honaker '08 Michael D. Hoskins '84 & Lesley D. Hoskins * Isabelle Howard Starlyn C. Howard James L. Hubbard III '98 & Lee Ann Hubbard '01 Billy A. Hudson & Kathy R. Hudson Heather R. Huff '09 Carolyn Hunsucker Sandra R. Hunt * Cody Hutchinson & Kaylee J. Hutchinson '08 * Walter E. Hylton & Melinda Kay Hylton '02 ** Cory L. Hyman & Stephanie T. Hyman '04 *

Timothy Wayne Iddings '99 & Trisha A. Iddings '01 ** Robert E. Isaac, Jr. '84 ** Joan Ison '73 James Lee Ivey, Jr. & Lisa M. Ivey Clemon L. Jackson & Gloria J. Jackson '79 * Robert E. Jackson & Margaret H. Jackson Debbie Jessee Jerry Jessee & Dawn Jessee Tammy Jessee Lionel A. Johnson & Yvonne H. Johnson Angela D. Jones Brittanie S. Jones '12 & '13 Jeffery A. Jones '98 & Alicia C. Jones '10 * Jimmy F. Jones & Linda L. Jones '70 Nancy M. Kamal '10 Bruce Kelley & Jean T. Kelley Dean Kerkhoff & Robin Kerkhoff * Bradley T. Ketron '05 Richard M. Keys & Barbara A. Keys Lee Kidd & Vonda H. Kidd C. Scott Kiser '00 & Melissa Kiser '06 * Kristy J. Kiser '00 * LaShawn Knight Charles Kusi & Simonetta E. Kusi '09 Laurie Ann Lakatosh '84 *** Otis Lamb, Jr. & Bobbie Jo Hodges-Lamb '94 ** Roger D. Langrel & Mary A. Langrel '67 * Sara Marie Lanningham '80 ** Stephen B. Large '06 & Julie S. Large '09 Tonya Joanne Large '01 Robert J. Lavey & Patricia A. Lavey Brett D. Lawson '03 & Sarah J. Lawson '12 Donald E. Lawson '76 Navada H. Lawson * Ron R. Lawson & Suzanne W. Lawson Christine Leavitt Lebanon High School FBLA Donald W. Lee '90 & Teresa G. Lee '90 *** Joe Lee Monti A. Lee & Sabrina B. Lee Rosanne C. Letson '81 ** Lincoln Road Cold Brew Coffee Tracy Linkous '95 * Dwayne Lipe * Connie E. Little Danny L. Lloyd & Mary Ellen Lloyd ** Jay T. Lloyd '08 & Anna Lloyd * Matthew R. Lockaby Brian B. Lockhart & Ellen Baldwin Lockhart '87 ** Chris L. Lockhart & Lois F. Lockhart ** Fairley E. Lockhart & Patricia Evans-Lockhart '80 * Donna Ann Logan Luke Logan '11 & Mikaela R. Logan '12 Michael D. Maggard '90 Tommy J. Maggard & Cathy A. Maggard '80 ** Shahid Malik '78 & Sabiha S. Malik ** John Marcus & Patti Marcus

Scott Marcus & Cristina Portuondo Marcus Shannes A. Marion '12 Todd Marshall William J. Massart & Carole R. Massart Jenee Matthews Philip P. McCann & Kathryn M. McCann Laura E. McClellan '98 * Teresa McCoy Tessa L. McCoy-Hall '16 Karen Anderson McLain Sean E. McNalley '03 & Jessica L. McNalley '04 * Michael R. McNulty & Sheila Rhea McNulty '88 ** Sarah Love McReynolds '87 *** Francene Meade '11 * Jeremiah Meade & Sonya H. Meade '03 Lorra Meade * Blakley A. Mellinger '06 & Amy T. Mellinger * Melungeon Heritage Association Craig Mendenhall Benjamin H. Metheney, Jr. & Kathleen M. Metheney Faye G. Metzl '59 ** Ricky L. Meyer & Karen S. Meyer James C. Michnowicz & Stephanie P. Michnowicz '00 * LaRue Carter Miles * Samuel J. Miles '00 ** Timothy P. Miles '00 ** Daniel S. Minahan & Debra L. Minahan '81 *** Judy Minner Angela S. Minter '02 * Chris A. Mitchell & Carolyn L. Mitchell '95 * Joy N. Mitchell ‘16 Christina M. Molinary '92 * Jean E. Moody Stephen D. Mooney '83 & Jennifer L. Mooney '83 Elbert W. Moore & M. Elizabeth Moore '05 Franklin Moore & Pam Moore Steven K. Moore & Suzanne R. Moore '93 ** Timothy D. Morgan '76 & Donna Morgan *** Morgan-McClure Chevrolet **** Frank D. Moritz II '03 & Marissa Vito Cruz MountainRose Vineyards * Craig T. Mullins '05 & Santana Mullins Donnie R. Mullins '83 & Janie A. Mullins *** E. Mark Mullins '89 & Amy Leigh Mullins '92 Jessica D. Mullins '09 * Juanita B. Mullins ** Michael D. Mullins '73 & Phyllis Mullins '72 Sam Mullins & Kenna L. Mullins '85 * Tyler Mullins '12 & Kendra Duty Mullins '12 Mark A. Munsey, Jr. '56 & Jane S. Munsey '81 *** John F. Murphy & Priscilla T. Murphy '72 *** Todd J. Murphy & Elizabeth M. Murphy Kevin L. Musick & Rhonda Sullivan-Musick '05 * Rose A. Myers Wayne L. Myers

Mary Anne Nabet Janet P. Nash Marcella G. Nash '76 ** Carl L. Nasr John A. Nauss '16 Joe R. Necessary '12 Patti Needham Samuel R. Needham & Judy C. Needham '96 *** Junetta P. Nuckels '16 James W. Nunley & Connie P. Nunley '72 ** Terry L. Oakes Virginia D. Oakes Frances G. Orr ** Edward T. Overton, Jr. Joshua R. Owens & Amber L. Owens '08 Sarah B. Parsons '05 Pathfinders Outdoor Adventures, LLC Brian P. Patrick '02 & Sarah C. Patrick Janice M. Patrylak Susan Patterson Robert W. Payne, Jr. & Lisa W. Payne * David E. Peace '04 ** Thomas R. Peake & Peggy A. Peake Judy Ann Pearce ** J. K. Perkins '91 & Connie J. Perkins '90 * Travis Matthew Perry '96 & Stephanie D. Perry '96 ** Lisa L. Peters '89 * Glyn R. Phillips, Jr. & Paulette B. Phillips '87 *** Sheila R. Phipps '91 * Ben D. Pina & Nancy L. Pina F. Scott Pippin & Kathy A. Pippin *** Roy Pline & Janet Pline Alan L. Plisko '72 & Valena White Plisko ** Mark T. Porter & Michele L. Porter Ronald L. Porter & Rita J. Porter '71 ** Joe A. Taylor, Jr. '07 & Candyce R. Poteet '07 W. Mark Poteet '81 Dorothy J. Powers Jessica P. Powers '16 L. Jeanne Powers '80 *** W. Thad Price & Heather J. Price Janice S. Provo Amanda P. Puckett '16 Marcia K. Quesenberry *** Betty G. Rainey Carlos M. Ramos '06 Jaime E. Ramos & Joyce T. Ramos * Jose' M. Ramos '12 Augustus M. Raney & Pat Flanary Raney ** Adrian S. Rasnake & Ashley Marlana Rasnake '04 Kayla N. Ratliff Leisa E. Ratu Madison B. Ray '16 John C. Raynor '92 & Desiree' Raynor Harry M. Redman & Rebecca L. Redman Al Reynolds & Tif Reynolds Jasper E. Reynolds '76 & Rita D. Reynolds '72 ** James A. Rhoten & Rachel E. Rhoten

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Raymond M. Richeson & Marion C. Richeson Bridget L. Rife '01 * Danny E. Rife II '05 ** Travis D. Riggins Jeremiah S. Riner '09 Marlina L. Roberson Don W. Robertson & D. Joan Robertson * Billy R. Robinson, Jr. '03 & Jeria Kiser Robinson '03 * Dale Robinson & Irene Robinson * Michael B. Robinson '03 & Tamara S. Robinson '93 * Tennel D. Robinson '70 & Rochelle Robinson '61 Alfredo Rodriguez '98 & Stacey Rodriguez Justin M. Rose & Leah N. Rose '10 Kenneth Rose & Joe Ann Rose '63 ** John Rowland '70 & Phyllis Rowland '70 Michael W. Rowland '80 & Tina D. Rowland **** Angela G. Ryan '93 ** Frederick K. Saffouri '97 & Denise Lynn Saffouri '97 ** John P. Saintsing & Jennifer A. Saintsing Marlene D. Salyer '95 * Phil Salyer & Tammy Salyer * Michael F. Samerdyke & Elizabeth Steele Samerdyke ** Joel Sanford & Jennifer M. Sizemore-Sanford '90 ** Michelle Saunders John C. Schweingrouber '96 Billie Jean Scott ** Don Scott & Peggy W. Scott '83 ***** Sheila Setias Dennis Sharp & Sherry Sharp David William Shelton '93 & Ami M. Shelton ** Edward P. Shepherd '64 & Karen L. Shepherd Raymond V. Shingler Larry Amos Shortt '70 & Katherine B. Shortt '75 ** Kimberly J. Shuler '79 * William Clark Siler & Carol Chamberlin Siler '89 ** Glen Skinner & Jan P. Zentmeyer *** Kathy Sloce * Reisa L. Sloce Sass S. Sloce '16 Albert D. Smith '02 * H. William Smith '05 & Nancy C. Smith ** Kyle Smith & Carrie A. Smith '98 ** Pam Smith Pearl M. Smith ** Preston M. Smith '12 & Sara K. Smith '10 * Southwest Virginia's Spearhead Trails Chris Spurlock '09 & Emily Spurlock Susan Spurlock Ted Stachler & Ellen A. Stachler Curtis A. Stacy '74 & Betty H. Stacy '73 *** Jared W. Stallard '07 & Heather-Marie H. Stallard '08

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Jay Patrick Stanley '96 & Aleasha Stanley ** Trudy W. Stanley '67 ** Karin Ficus Stapleton '79 ** David Starnes * Erik Steele & Maggie Yost Steele '06 * Don Stephens, Jr. & Jonelle Stephens '85 ** Ethan Stewart '12 & Catherine C. Stewart '11 * James A. Stewart '99 & Roshita Stewart Samantha Stewart Jack C. Sturgill '57 & Virginia Sturgill ** Karen Sullivan Howard L. Sumpter, Sr. & H. L. Sumpter Billy Sutherland & Erra Sutherland * Ron Swindall & Vickie L. Swindall '76 * Justin L. Swoope '12 Ashlee S. Taylor '16 Darrell T. Taylor '90 & Kristina G. Taylor '95 * Carol L. Terwilliger '92 David L. Thomas, Jr. & Vicky M. Thomas Herman E. Thomas & Hedwig Helga Thomas Whitney N. Thompson '12 Charles S. Tubman, Jr. & Pamela S. Hale '79 William Turley '73 & Angela D. Turley '73 Jessica L. Turner '05 Philip R. Tuttle & Cheryl Doak Tuttle Mike Urbanski & Ellen Urbanski Valley View Pet Sitting McKenzie R. VanDyke '16 Eric T. Vanover '08 & Brandi E. Bailey '14 * Jimmy Vanover, Jr. & Donna Vanover * Kelly Shannon Vanover '85 & Kelly Stallard Gary Varner & Geneva C. Varner '77 ** Gary D. Varner '58 & Peggy B. Varner Amy L. Varson '79 *** Annette P. Vest Greg Vicars Viking Auto Sales Virginia High School * Steven D. Vogt & Heidi L. Vogt Juanita B. Wade '72 * Shannon C. Walker '16 Daniel L. Wallen '66 **** Mark R. Walling Debra A. Ward Julian T. Ward, Jr. & Deborah N. Ward Max T. Ward '10 Giorgio D. Watford '09 & Courtney T. Watford '07 John Webb & Amy S. Webb '11 Mark Webber Mark Wells & Natalie J. Wells '96 * T. Lynn Wells '57 ** Whitney Erin Wells '02 * Adriane D. West Freddie Wayne Wheatley '66 & Nancy B. Wheatley '89 * Charles A. White '16 Edwin R. White & Tracey P. White '84 *** Amesha M. Whitt '08 Rodney D. Wild & Shannon S. Wild

Trenton Wilhelmi & Whitney A. Wilhelmi '07 * Jaxon Wilkens '06 & Nora L. Kern Wilkens '06 Joe Williams * Peggy A. Williams '77 *** Roger L. Williams '72 & Lora E. Williams '71 ** Wanda K. Williams Brianna Sheppard Willis '06 * Jewell Willis Cody Wilson '10 * Kevin J. Wilson '12 C. F. Wright III & Deborah C. Wright '97 * Matthew W. Wright '08 * Justin R. Wyatt & Emily B. Wyatt '06 Jaime Yates Peggy S. Yates Tia Zaferakis

MATCHING GIFT CORPORATIONS Allstate Foundation Genentech, Inc. GlaxoSmithKline Laboratory Corporation of America LG&E and KU Foundation Nationwide Insurance Foundation Norfolk Southern Foundation Pfizer Fdn. Matching Gifts Program Procter & Gamble Fund Securian Foundation Wells Fargo Matching Gifts Program ‥ About Matching Gifts: Almost 1,000 corporations match gifts made by employees, board members, retired employees and spouses to their institution of choice. Matching gifts enable you to double or even triple your gift to UVa-Wise. Alumni and friends receive full credit snd recognition for personal gifts as well as corporate matches.

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Want to know how your gift makes a difference at UVa-Wise? $50 would:

Provide five calculators for chemistry students Pay for transportation and means for a student doing community work for one day of spring break Fund necessary chemistry for darkroom photography Fund canvasses for art students for one semester Buys a musical selection for one chamber ensemble Buys 10 copies of choir music

$100 would:

Cover costs of medical supplies for one nursing student for a semester Pay registration fees for a student to present at a national conference Supply a year’s worth of paint, brushes and other items for one art student Purchase one softball uniform Buy a dozen softball Buy five cases of valve oil for band students Purchase two musical selections for chamber ensembles

$250 would:

Fund a student-directed theater project Purchase lacrosse sticks for two athletes Cover registration for a professor to attend a national conference Cover the cost of a philosophy or history major’s books for a semester of classes Fund a student directed production project Cover a faculty member’s registration fee to attend a major national conference Buy a year’s subscription to SmartMusic music learning and performance software

$500 would:

$1,000 would:

Sponsor an educational program for residence hall students Send one student to a theater conference Sponsor a community program in a residence hall for students Provide eight dozen baseballs each season Provide a mouth guard for each football player Send one student to a music conference

Purchase lab equipment for biology, chemistry and psychology Support undergraduate research Fund new equipment for the broadcast studio

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DAR OF EVENTS N E L A C 2016 Dec. 1 Lighting of Crockett Hall at 7 p.m.

Dec. 9 December Graduation 2017 Feb. 11 Basketball Homecoming Apr. 21 22nd Annual Community Spring Swing

Golf Tournament May 6 Commencement May 6 31st Annual Cavalier Alumni $elebration

Check the Cavalier Chronicle throughout the year for updated information on events. To subscribe to the monthly newsletter, email alumni@uvawise.edu or call 328-0128.

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