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FROM THE PRESIDENT’S DESK

Dear Alumni and friends,

Probably like many of you, I receive a lot of e-mail. Much of it is the equivalent of the junk mail that Sue and I receive at home in our mailbox, but occasionally, I’ll receive messages from people I know or old friends who are reconnecting and those e-mails can be the highlight of my day.

I’ve noticed that many of the people who send me e-mails also have signature lines – often these are a place for their names and other information but also many include a quote that they find interesting. Some-times those quotes are humorous lines from a favorite book or movie, other times the quotes reflect their per-sonal value system. Many of the people I correspond with have a motivational or uplifting quote that frames their signature line.

Yesterday, I received a quick e-mail from a friend in North Carolina and read the quote in his signature line. It was a quote from Walt Whitman that read:

“Not I—not anyone else, can travel that road for you. You must travel it for yourself.”

I think more than anything that quote sums up the last five months for me as interim president. I’ve had an incredible journey this semester. This has been the most significant and meaningful time of my professional career and I had no idea that it would be like this when I agreed to serve Wilmington in this capacity.

It’s hard to describe in words the pride I feel each day watching our faculty and staff do the work that is necessary to transform our ability to engage our students. From this vantage point, I get to see how they invest in our future through their real devotion to Wilmington. I know from experience that each day isn’t necessarily easy but we have accomplished a significant number of projects over the past five months and all credit goes to them for their commitment to moving forward this year.

I’ve also had the privilege of getting to know many more students in a more authentic way, hearing their joys and sorrows and working to help them thrive in this environment. We often don’t realize the challenges that many of them face simply to be at Wilmington and the difference a kind word or supportive mentor makes for them. Many of them persevere despite obstacles that are significant and persistent. I have a great deal of admiration for them and the journey they take each day.

I also owe many of you a word of thanks for allowing me to meet with you and talk about Wilmington College and the many good things that are underway here. I’ve been on both coasts, throughout Ohio and in many of the contiguous states visiting alumni and friends of the College and the recurrent theme is that this place made a difference in your lives. Each visit I’ve made has energized me and reminded me of the special place Wilmington is for all of us.

Suffice it to say, for the past five months, I’ve had the best seat in the house – and I am grateful to be a part of something so meaningful. For however long this position is mine to hold, I want you to know that I will enjoy the journey down this road and will do whatever I can to make you proud of your College. I hope that when you remem-ber Wilmington, you do so with pride and joy and reflect on the journey that you were fortunate to have here.

With great respect for you all,

Jim ReynoldsInterim President

Jim Reynolds introduces himself to Ashley Johnson of Mount Vernon when the president and his wife, Sue, hosted freshmen for a picnic lunch during New Student Orientation.

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Featured on the cover is art professor Hal Shunk’s encaustic painting titled “Laughter is the only thing that truly separates us from despair and gives us a chance at love.” His recent works were featured in a Harcum Art Gallery exhibit this fall.

All feAture photos in this issue were tAken by rAndy sArvis unless otherwise noted.

departments4 Campus News26 Sports30 Class Notes/ Alumni News46 Calendars

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editorial staffManaging Editor Randy Sarvis�M Art Director Linda Duran-O’MalleySports Info Director Jeff HibbsClass Notes Linda Wilkin

alumni councilChris Case ’93 - Vice PresidentBrian Frock ’65Jennifer Greene ’01 - SecretaryNick Hoover ’07Tom Knapik ’08Holly Massie Beard ’05Jill Henry Naylor ’06Rich Rhoads ’89Larry Saunders ’82Lori Arthur Saunders ’83Bob Touchton�M ’65Leslie Wallace ’05 - PresidentAlicia Sewell Wheeler ’06

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Director Alumni/Parents Relations Kathy Milam

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featuresMedia boycottStudents in a communications class went without television, radio, Internet and, yes, cell phones for 24 hours — the results of which may be surprising. 7LacrosseAmerica’s fastest growing sport is coming to WC as the College will compete in men’s and women’s lacrosse next year. 16Peace SymposiumThe 21st annual Westheimer Peace Sympo-sium spent the day delving into aspects of the world’s common denominator — water.

17HomecomingA damp, chilly day didn’t deter the warm spirits generated when alumni returned for this time-honored autumn tradition. 20Brother BrooksMulticultural alumni turned the tables on Art Brooks this year and recognized him for the great impact he’s had on student success.

23Miss HuffmanAlumni from the 1950s and 60s will remember a caring, thoughtful staff member they often visited three times a day. 32AppreciationThe extended College family lost a number of current or former faculty and staff members in recent months. Each played an important role in fostering students’ unique Wilmington Col-lege experience.

43�M Sam Marble Society Member


The reality of presidential change was more than obvi-ous when Jim Reynolds took

the stage Aug. 19 to address freshmen and transfers at the New Student Convocation.

Reynolds assumed the interim presi-dency when Dan DiBiasio completed his 16th year earlier in the month and became president at Ohio Northern University.

He posed a seemingly simple ques-tion to members of WC’s Class of 2015: “What kind of person are you?” Reynolds noted that each of us struggles with our own “inner demons” when certain situa-tions arise.

For college students, what will they choose to do when they come to class un-prepared for a pop quiz and their neighbor’s paper is in plain sight? Or, on whose side would they align themselves were a mar-ginalized person abused by a bigot or a bully? Will an unattended iPod catch their eye as easy picking?

“Of course, we want you to be fair, honest and ethical, and one who assumes responsibility for your own actions,” Reynolds said. “You’ve become indepen-dent persons and you’ve got to decide how

you show up in this world. “So what kind of person are you?“Life isn’t easy but it’s pretty sim-

ple,” he added. “Figure out what’s right and then do it — everything else is secondary.”

The search for WC’s next president is progressing on schedule as the search com-mittee has vetted numerous applications with the intention of bringing to campus this winter its top candidates.

“We are extremely pleased with the quality of the candidate pool,” said trustee Stanley Caine, chair of the Presidential Search Committee.

The College anticipates having its next president assume the office in July.

Soon after classes started, the cam-pus observed an ominous anniversary, the 10-year mark since the Sept. 11, 2001, ter-rorist attacks, with a panel discussion that brought back several scholars that spoke on campus days after the tragic event.

The subsequent decade has seen American military involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan and the deaths of Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden and Muammar Qaddafi.

“The war on terror is never over,” said

Lynn Rigsbee, associate professor of politi-cal science at Central State University. “It’s delusional to think there will be a surrender on the U.S.S. Arizona.”

Countering that view, at least on the surface, was Dean Minix, dean of the College of Liberal and Fine Arts at Tarleton State University, Stephenville, Tex., who claimed, “the war on terror — from a stra-tegic sense — is essentially over.”

They and fellow panelist Michael Snarr, professor of social and political stud-ies at WC, agreed that the Muslin world since 9/11 has changed greatly.

Snarr, who had recently returned from a fact-finding visit to Afghanistan,

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(TOP) New students take part in the tradition of signing the Campus Rock and (ABOVE) six-year-old Diamond Carpenter enjoys the Alumni Council’s annual Cookies with Santa event.

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believes the United States should pull its military out of that country, as its pres-ence constitutes a “Taliban recruiting tool.” However, he said Afghanistan is part of a larger Middle East problem that has Iran and Pakistan on its borders.

Music composed by Elizabeth Haskins ’73, assistant professor of music, in memory of World Trade Center attack victim Eugene Clark ’76 was performed on the Sept. 11 anniversary in Wilmington and Cincinnati.

Long-time art faculty members Hal Shunk and Terry Inlow opened the Harcum Art Gallery’s 2011-12 season with an ex-hibit featuring their recent works.

Inlow’s new work consisted of large format black and white digital prints on canvas.

“Since the images are figurative rec-ognizable images and not abstract, they automatically become narratives,” he said.

Shunk explored encaustic painting, which places a focus on color and texture on the canvas.

He explained the encaustic medium is a pigmented wax that can be mixed with a variety of materials, including his choice of

tempera paint and oil sticks. Painting rapidly, as the wax dries quickly, he produced a series of “gestural work” with a colorful graphic quality.

“The tactile surface begs the touch while the colorful wax attracts the eye,” he said.

The fall semester’s second show was titled “RE:trace” and featured works by Columbus artists Eileen Woods, Paula Nees and Barbara Vogel.

“RE:trace” explored how memories are extracted from collected scraps and mementos. The constructions and tableaus in this exhibition are designed to retrace the past — real or imagined. Imagery based upon recollections is sparked by each art-ist’s possessions consisting of linens, pho-tographs, pieces of fabric and other bits of history.

Wilmington College Theatre pre-sented the off-Broadway hit Violet: The Musical in mid-November to appreciative audiences.

Violet is the stage adaptation based upon Doris Betts’ short story, The Ugliest Pilgrim, in which, set in the Deep South at the dawn of the Civil Rights Movement, a

horribly disfigured woman takes a bus to visit a faith healer in Oklahoma.

Director Wynn Alexander said Violet is a story about healing and learning how to love oneself. Junior Susan Dicken por-trayed Violet.

“These are provocative and deeply empathetic characters who learn the power of forgiveness and the tenacity to battle obstacles that are beyond their control,” he said.

Rounding out the arts, the College Chorale, directed by Catherine Roma, re-prised several of its water-related songs from the Westheimer Peace Symposium at the Winter Concert in December.

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Terry Inlow (center) is silhouetted chatting with friends about his gallery exhibit narratives.

Soldiers Brian Staud (right) and Quatez Scott befriend Violet (Susan Dicken) on a life-changing, cross country bus trip in WC Theatre’s Violet: The Musical.


Jan Blohm promoted to development director, 2 alums named to advancement staff

As Wilmington College endeav-ors to enhance support for its educational mission, the Office

of Advancement announces the promotion of a fundraising veteran and hiring of two new staff members, both of whom are WC alumni.

Jan Blohm, director of leadership giv-ing, has been promoted to director of devel-opment, while Alyssa Gaddis ’10 is the new director of the Annual Fund and Matt Wah-rhaftig ’93 is a new major gifts officer.

A member of the College’s advancement staff for some 11 years, Blohm supervises the College’s fundraising activities, including annual fund, major gifts and planned giving. She came to WC as director of annual giving in 2001 and was promoted to the director of leadership giving in 2005.

Robert C. “Chip” Harrod, vice president for advancement, praised Blohm as a “highly dedicated and talented” staff member.

“Jan is very principled in her work and is committed to philanthropy for its role in building a caring society,” he said. “She be-lieves in ethical fundraising and is donor-centered.”

Harrod said Gaddis and Wahrhaftig “will be of tremendous help” as the College embarks upon new fundraising projects.

“While a student, Alyssa worked closely on various Annual Fund projects and she gained great experience at Berea College,” Harrod added, “and Matt brings over 16 years of development knowledge and fund-raising ideas.

“Both are eager to play key roles in the long term future of Wilmington College.”

Gaddis was a four-year veteran of the student Phonathon while at WC and estab-lished, with former Annual Fund director Heather Harmon ’04, the “Your Name Here” scholarship.

She was a gifts officer at Berea College.Wahrhaftig, a 1993 graduate of Wilm-

ington College, resides in the Dayton area with his wife, 1994 graduate Shannon (Puck-ett) Wahrhaftig, and their two daughters, Bai-ley and Maya.

Wahrhaftig has served as executive di-rector of two Dayton based not-for-profit organizations, The Society for the Improve-ments of Conditions for Stray Animals and the Kettering Education Foundation, as well as leading his own fundraising consulting company.

Jan Blohm Matt Wahrhaftig Alyssa Gaddis

Sophomore Justin Lee won the showmanship competition at WC’s intercollegiate Western Doubleheader in early October.

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A group of Wilmington College students experienced symptoms ranging from feeling disorient-

ed, anxious and irritable to having actual chest discomfort while engaged in a class experi-ment.

The exercise was not any of the follow-ing: spending a night in jail, being deprived of sleep or food, or being forcibly held against their will. Rather, they were separated from their cellphones for 24 hours.

Students in Corey Cockerill’s Commu-nication 101 class engaged in a media boycott in which they stayed clear of television, radio, newspapers, Internet and, yes, mobile phones.

They were asked to record their feelings and impressions in a journal.

The media boycott affected their habits and rituals to varying degrees: Newspapers — no problem (most don’t read them anyway, at least paper versions). Television — a bit in-convenient at times but certainly doable. Ra-dio — with that it was getting more difficult.

But take away Internet, Facebook, tex-ting and cell phones and students noticed a significant void that manifested itself in psy-chological, emotional and physical lack of wellbeing.

Students described the resulting silence

as “disturbing,” “awkward” and “kind of scary.”

“The silence uncovered a signifi-cant amount of noise coming from dor-mitory hallways and the nearby parking lots,” said Cockerill, assistant professor of communication.

She said cellphones have become “security blankets” for many students and living without them for even a day can re-sult in a palpable hardship.

“Not having a smart phone resulted in a tightness in my chest that was relieved only when I checked into Facebook after the media boycott,” one student said. “Only then, I felt like I could breathe again!”

Cockerill said students felt “isolated” and “disconnected from the world.” Since many feel that listening to music helps them study, some saw the 24 hours of media silence as a distraction that made them “unproduc-tive.”

However, for some, silence helped in-duce much-needed sleep.

“This is the first time I’ve gotten this much sleep — just over 12 hours — since I can remember, and honestly I feel refreshed,” a student said.

Another positive result indicated that

While Wilmington College’s educational and cultural con-tributions to the community’s

quality of life might be more apparent, the College’s role as an economic driver in Clin-ton County cannot be denied.

The College had a total economic impact of $29.8 million in 2010, according to a study conducted by The Economics Center at the University of Cincinnati.

The study found the College accounted for 583 jobs within Clinton County and more than $14 million in household earnings.

A “significant portion” of Wilmington College’s economic impact is due to bringing new money into the area as nearly 85 percent of main campus students come from outside Clinton County. This new money accounts for $24.4 million of the total economic impact, the study determined.

Jim Reynolds, WC’s interim president, said the College is proud of its role as a prima-ry community resource and anchor institution.

“Since its founding in 1870, Wilmington College has been an important partner in help-ing define the community’s distinctiveness,” he said. “WC continues to be a premier pro-vider of educational and cultural opportunities

for our students and our neighbors in Clinton County, and offers our students a transforming experience grounded in Quaker values.

“The College is very interested in con-tinuing to share its resources with the com-munity,” he added. “These economic impact figures highlight Wilmington College’s major role in the community.”

Mark Rembert, director of the Wilming-ton-Clinton County Chamber of Commerce, echoed those sentiments.

“The economic importance of Wilming-ton College can not be overstated,” he said, noting that any future development in the com-munity “will rest upon our ability” to produce a highly educated, highly skilled workforce.

“Wilmington College is absolutely criti-cal to our community’s economic successes, as well as the richness and quality of life in Clinton County.”

The UC survey also indicated the Col-lege’s “importance” to Clinton County’s econ-omy has increased since the departure of DHL and during the economic recession, as the College’s share of the county’s employment increased from 2006 to 2010.

While the College was not completely immune to these local and national economic

students tended to show up early to class, work or sports practice, which is outside the norm, Cockerill added.

While it proved to be an enlightening, albeit uncomfortable, experience, most of the students were reluctant to accept any future challenges that involved such a loss of elec-tronic communication.

Cockerill said the majority of partici-pants indicated they would not engage in a media boycott again — “even if offered extra credit in a course.”

(EDITOR’S NOTE: The Columbus Dispatch picked up this story and ran it in its Sunday edition and the Dayton Daily News in late November.)

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factors, its employment declined at a much lower rate than the county’s employment dur-ing this period. WC did not lay off any em-ployees, however, a number of positions have been left unfilled upon employees’ retirement or otherwise leaving their jobs at the College.

The College’s employment numbers de-clined 11 percent between 2006 and 2010 com-pared to a dramatic 36 percent in the county. As a result, the College’s share of the county’s employment jumped from 2.3 to 3.2 percent.

“Therefore, the significance of Wilming-ton College as an employer in Clinton County has increased by 39.3 percent,” the study de-clared.

The College in 2010 had $12.9 million in payroll and benefits expenditures and dis-bursed $22.8 million in operational costs, most of which were spent within the county.

This spending by the College for staffing, maintenance, utilities and other administrative costs generated an additional $6.1 million in economic activity within the county. Expendi-tures for construction and other capital equip-ment accounted for the balance of the $29.8 million in economic activity.

Students survive (barely) without cellphones—for a day


They also per-formed Handel’s “Canticorum Jubilo” and Ed Lojeski’s ar-rangement of “The Christmas Star” be-fore joining with the College-Community Chorus for Mozart’s “Gloria in Excelsis.”

The chorus, under the direction of Elizabeth Haskins ’73, performed the 15th century German carol “Maria Walks amid the Thorns,” Samuel Scheidt’s “A Child Is Born in Bethlehem” and the traditional spiritual “Rise Up Shepherd and Follow.”

Finally, the Voices in Praise gos-pel choir, directed by Steve Milloy, in-cluded among its numbers “I Smile” by Kirk Franklin et.al., and Milloy’s “This Holiday,” which includes the line, “Spread the peace, spread the joy, share the love, this holiday.”

Collegium Musicum, also directed by Elizabeth Haskins, performed its annual Noon Hour Mini-Concert the final week of classes.

In other campus events, the College’s annual Banned Books Read-in in September hosted persons reading passages from books that had been banned somewhere in the world, including the United States.

How can a true story about two pen-guins from New York City’s Central Park

Zoo that fall in love, adopt a stray penguin egg and live happily ever after be the most c o n t r o v e r s i a l

book of the past five years?Simple. The 2005 children’s book,

And Tango Makes Three, is a political foot-ball in the nation’s culture wars. It turns out that Roy and Silo are both male pen-guins. Written by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, And Tango Makes Three has been the most banned book of the past five years, according to the American Library Association.

While children in many American schools and communities are forbidden access to the illustrated storybook, Joyce Dozier, associate professor of criminal jus-tice, wanted to make sure those attending the College’s annual Banned Books Read-in were given that opportunity. So, over the course of seven minutes, she read the story and shared the illustrations.

Others read from classics like Huck Finn, The Diary of Anne Frank, The Catcher in the Rye and To Kill a Mockingbird.

The 19th annual Daughters of American Colonists Lecture Series this year featured Christine Ruth Watterson, an Irish-born historian and Ph.D. candidate at Harvard.

In her address, “Scandalous Wives, Scurrilous Charges and Base Seductions: the Role of Newspaper Advertisements in Regulating Household Authority in Late Eighteenth-Century Ireland and America,” Watterson placed previously unexplored advertisements in The Belfast Newsletter, between 1737 and 1770, alongside elope-ment ads found in colonial America.

Most advertisements were by men whose wives, for whatever reason, left their homes.

One read: “Whereas Sarah, wife of the subscriber, eloped from my bed and board without the least provocation and be-ing suspicious may still continue to run me in debt.”

Watterson, who explained that the word “eloped” meant “leaving the place in society where you’re supposed to be,” said that 3,000 miles across the ocean similar “runaway wife” ads were being run.

“These ads were the 18th century version of cancelling her credit cards,” she said, noting these women in Ireland and America created a “mini-revolution” in

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their refusal to adhere to societal norms.Black Prince, Lemon Bug, Linda,

Marglobe, Charger, Cherokee Purple, Caspian Pink, Black Truffle and Box Car Willie constituted merely the tip of the iceberg of the 116 varieties of tomatoes displayed Aug. 20 at the second annual Tomadah Paradah.

Several hundred tomato lovers at-tended the event held at the Wilmington College Farm, where they had an opportu-nity to taste, touch and marvel at all things tomato.

The event, which was co-sponsored by the College and Swindler & Sons Florist, featured tomatoes produced at local farms, as well as scores of varieties grown by Phil Swindler ’86 of Swindler’s and Monte Anderson and Randy Gerber of the College’s Agriculture Department.

Swindler gets a kick from the ap-parent obsession that many local persons (himself included) have with tomatoes.

“People are stupidly passionate about tomatoes,” he said. “It is the number one fruit for home production in Ohio and

probably the country because it’s an easy fruit to grow.”

But every summer is different in terms of temperature, humidity, rainfall and pests, all factors that im-pact the quality of various tomatoes.

Indeed, of the 130 varieties that Anderson, Gerber and Swindler grew this summer, a number of them were not ripe enough to participate in the parade of to-matoes. Several varieties rallied during the final days before the event in order to be presentable for display and tasting.

Prizes were given for best-tasting, best salsa recipe and the heaviest tomato, the latter of which went to Adam Popson for his 3-plus pound Mr. Stripy variety.

On the heels of the Tomadah Paradah in September, the third annual Farm-to-Table benefit dinner raised funds toward building an open-sided pavilion on the grounds of the College’s community gar-dens.

Plans for the shelter house were an-nounced after some 117 persons dined on a menu of fruit and vegetable dishes, cheese, chicken and pork that was essentially all produced locally.

The College and Sodexo Campus Services co-sponsored the annual event, which was held at the College Farm on Fife Ave. Complementing funds raised from the admission price were silent and traditional

auction proceeds and dinner sponsors.The proposed pavilion would be-

come an integral part of the Grow Food, Grow Hope Community Gardens initiative in teaching small plot vegetable gardening to local families whose breadwinners are unemployed or underemployed.

During the weekly summer gather-ings of families to tend to their individual 4 by 12-foot garden plots, leaders regularly lead demonstrations on various ways to prepare such fresh items as radishes, beets, lettuce, squash and tomatoes.

A pavilion would provide a weather safe environment for the demonstrations and other activities.

Tara Lydy, director of the Center for Service and Civic Engagement, spoke of Grow Food, Grow Hope’s success in intro-ducing fresh vegetables to children.

“How do we sell that these are good things to eat? How do we excite children about these vegetables?” she said, not-ing the answer is the fact that children are directly involved with the gardens. “It’s hands-on from day one.”

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(FAR LEFT) Catherine Roma conducts the College Chorale at the Music Department’s annual Winter Concert in December. (LOWER LEFT) Christine Ruth Waterson presented the DAC History Lecture on a unique aspect of Ireland and colonial America. (NEAR LEFT) Joyce Dozier reads And Tango Makes Three at the Banned Books Read-In. (BELOW) AmeriCorps*VISTA staff member Rachel King takes a basket of fresh vegetables to the highest bidder at the Farm-to-Table Benefit Dinner. (RIGHT) Pictured sampling some of the 116 varieties on display at the Tomadah Paradah are, from the left, Michele Stanton, Sue Ellen Campbell, Doreen Kelly and Jan Watkins.


Roszell’s generosity enables strangers’ dreams to come true

In late August, two seemingly dis-tant and disparate occurrences happened that led to two families’

dreams coming true.Two days before the start of fall se-

mester classes, Nancy Roszell, director of institutional research, was asked to teach an introductory level mathematics course. She is a Ph.D. with a significant background in science and math.

Later that day, Roszell happened to read a United Methodist Church newsletter article noting the church’s long-time support for a program that helps families adopt chil-dren. A particular family wishing to adopt was at the point in the protracted process at which they were required to pay a $2,000 fee.

This is often a hardship for adopting families, which could see on the horizon their efforts coming to fruition only to hit

this financial roadblock.Roszell told the Wilmington News

Journal’s Audrey Ingram (a WC junior), “I was asked to teach that class at the last min-ute and I realized that extra money was the exact amount those families needed. I just thought how frustrating that must be to have everything completed but not have that cash flow to complete the process.”

She contacted the adoption official and expressed her interest in helping those fami-lies. Since Roszell’s husband works for a company, General Electric, that matches do-nations, her original $2,000 gift was doubled, which could cover another family’s fees.

The adoption official established a rolling scholarship fund in which adopting families have an opportunity to have their fees paid. Often, a family’s employer will reimburse the fees once the adoption is final, which would, in effect, replenish the scholar-

The Lytle Creek League of Con-servators honored Wilmington College’s Don Troike for his

long-time dedication to trails, conservation and stewardship of natural lands Oct. 1 at the sixth annual Lytle Creek Day.

Troike, professor of biology, has been a member of the College’s biology faculty since 1977. He received a Bachelor of Sci-ence degree from Capital University and a Ph.D. from The Ohio State University.

His service to local organizations pro-moting out-of-doors, quality of life issues is long and varied.

He joined Clinton Rails to Trails Coali-tion (now Clinton County Trails Coalition) in 1998 and became its secretary/treasurer in 2001. Troike served as liaison between the College and CRTC for the planning of a route through College lands for the 4C Bi-centennial Trail.

Also, Troike was one of dozens of vol-unteers who helped build three bridges on the recreational trails over Lytle Creek. He organized and directed the Go Bananas! 5K race at the Banana Split Festival from 1999 to 2009 as a fundraiser for CRTC.

In addition, he has organized and di-rected many other community races over the years that supported other organizations. Two of these races were the dedication race

for the 4C Bicentennial Trail and the dedication of the Lytle Creek Green-way.

Troike organized the judging at the annual District Science Day held at Wilmington College for the last five years, and been a judge at local science fairs.

Of special interest has been the College’s arboretum.

In 2009, he became director of the Hazard Arboretum with the retirement of its longtime director, Fred Anliot, emeritus professor of biology.

“We are beginning planning for the arboretum’s 50th anniversary in 2014. With the help of a former student, we are updating the campus tree map and will have a map of the significant trees in the arboretum for visitors to use,” he said.

“We are also exploring a mecha-nism to raise funds to support the care and development of the arboretum, since it currently has no direct campus budget support, though the College physical plant does a wonderful job mowing and removing fallen limbs.

“My goal is to make the arboretum, which is a hidden gem in the community, more visible.”

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gift helped speed up the process and the families hoped to have their new children placed in their homes by Christ-mas.

She told Ingram, “Everything came to-gether at the perfect moment.”

On the even of Thanksgiving break, Roszell shared the story with her math class — and noted the students’ indirect role.

“You guys partnered with me to create two permanent families in Ohio,” she said. “On Thanksgiving day, you can think about two families. You don’t know them and they don’t know us, but we helped them — and that’s very cool.”

Nancy Roszell

A publicity poster in Kettering Science Hall features Don Troike and news of his honor.

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Faculty recognized for teaching excellenceFILM INDUSTRY INSIDER SETH KITTAY ’68 SPEAKS ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Several members of the College faculty earned praise for their teaching prowess and related ac-

tivities at their student-focused institution.The Greater Cincinnati Consortium of

Colleges & Universities recognized Mary Rose Zink, associate professor of psychol-ogy, with a 2011 Celebration of Teaching Award in November.

Erika Goodwin, interim vice president for academic affairs, said Zink “lives a life of dedication to her stu-dents,” both inside and outside of the classroom.

“ M a r y Rose is a master teacher who strives to reach indi-vidual stu-dents and is c o n s t a n t l y deve lop ing new curricula to expose her students to the most recent literature and re-search in the field of psychology,” she said.

Zink, a member of the faculty since 1986, eared a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology and philosophy from Marquette University, a Master of Science in psychol-ogy from the University of Georgia and her Ph.D. in psychology and educational leader-ship from the University of Dayton.

She received the 2011 Teaching Excel-lence Award presented by the Student Gov-ernment Association and is a past recipient of the College’s Van Black Award for her com-mitment to students.

OHIO magazine recognized Zink and Bernie Matt in its ninth annual “Excellence in Education” issue. Matt, who came to WC in 1990, is a professor of religion and phi-losophy and English, and serves as area coor-dinator at WC’s Cincinnati Branch.

Goodwin noted that Matt’s students se-lected him as Outstanding Faculty of the Year for six of the previous 12 years.

“His passion is teaching,” she said. “One student stated that, ‘Bernie has been, with-out a doubt, the most instrumental instructor I have ever had. He requires his students to stretch to a higher level of learning.’”

Marta Wilkinson, assistant professor of English, received tenure and was pro-moted to associate professor effective with the 2012-13 academic year. A member of the English faculty since 2006, she earned a Bachelor of Science from California State University, Master of Arts from San Francis-co State and her Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

Interim President Jim Reynolds lauded Wilkinson for “significant contributions” to

the campus community and beyond.“ I am especially grateful to her for

taking on the challenge of revitalizing our Writing Across the Curriculum program and working to help develop a standard by which we can feel confident that our students have been able to progress in their writing skills over their four years experience at Wilming-ton,” he said.

The Dayton Chapter of the American Advertising Federation named Ellen No-var, assistant professor of economics and business administration, its 2011 Mercury Awards “Educator of the Year.” She has regularly sent students to AAF functions to network with area professionals.

Finally, Ann Venable, director of planned giving, earned her Master of Arts degree in management from Antioch Uni-versity, Midwest. She was selected to speak at her class’ commencement ceremony in July. She is continuing as part of the College Advancement Office.

MARy ROSE ZINK, BERNIE MATT AND MARTA WILKINSON EARN ACCOLADES A number of faculty and staff

members left the College to pur-sue other endeavors in their ca-

reer evolution.Don Edwards, who held the duties of

Campus Safety officer and later Information Desk/night dispatcher from 1997 to 2011 re-tired in July.

Heather Harmon ’04, director of the An-nual Fund, left in September to teach at Ohio University, while Student One Stop Service Center representative Debbie Noll left in August and Lucas Buck, an admission coun-selor, departed in July.

In addition, Brian Lawhon, head men’s tennis coach and assis-tant men’s basketball coach since 2001, and Melissa Noble ’96, assis-tant athletic trainer, left the College in July.

Assistant football coach Jim Marsh depart-ed following the season. Marsh, the director of intramurals, previously also was head wrestling coach and a sport man-agement instructor.

Faculty/staff move on in careers

Bernie Matt Marta Wilkinson Mary Rose Zink

Wilmington College’s main campus is expected to be es-sentially wireless by the end

of the academic year.In a major capital project, the College

has committed resources to give most build-ings capacity for wireless Internet. Plans called for the technology to be installed first in residence halls and academic buildings.

Marta Wilkinson, assistant professor of English, told The Witness that wireless will make using her laptop computer on campus more feasible.

“It will also help when I have papers, lessons, and presentations to put together both here and at home,” Wilkinson said, not-ing she feels the enhanced Internet capabili-ty will be a welcomed campus enhancement.

“We won’t be chained to our desks all the time,” she said. “I would love to be able to move to a comfy chair in Pyle or one of the library couches just for a change of scen-ery every once in a while, and bringing my laptop with me will facilitate that.


“That is the heart of Grow Food, Grow Hope.”

In the opening program of the 2011-12 Issues & Artists Series, Happy Johnson told his remarkable life’s story from a childhood shuffling from one foster care home to another to the national catastrophe that changed his life.

When Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans and he watched on television how Americans were stranded on house roofs waiting to be rescued days after the storm, he knew he had to be there.

“I wanted to make a difference on the ground there — I knew what it was like to be poor and displaced,” he said, noting he joined the American Red Cross as an ambu-lance driver. He worked 70 hours a week in the rescue effort.

Realizing that people’s lives were still in danger after the television cam-eras had moved to the next story, Johnson started a non-profit organization that raised funds for purchasing blankets.

“We wanted to blanket New Orleans with love and compassion,” he said about what grew from 200 to then 400, 1,000 and

2,000 blankets they distributed in Katrina’s aftermath.

“There is a profound exhilaration in giving back,” he said. “Life is best when serving others. My life is meaningless if I can’t do something for someone else.

“Find your talent and fill a void in the world.”

What happens when one combines plastic tubes, laundry tubs, musical instru-ments and a bunch of classic songs? Plastic Musik!

Plastic Musik brought to WC its ab-stract percussion show that combines in-novative instrumentation with high energy, unpredictable theatrics. By using all plastic instruments, including a product known as a “boomwhacker,” Plastic Musik put an unexpected twist on some of the most rec-ognizable songs of our time.

When the annual US News and World Report “Best Colleges” rankings came out this fall, Wilmington, at 42nd, was securely in the middle of the top tier of Midwestern Region baccalaureate colleges.

In Quaker-related campus events, the Meriam R. Hare Quaker Heritage Center’s summer exhibit, “Transforming Lives: The

Work of Friends United Meeting,” con-tinued through the semester. It portrayed in Belize, Cuba, Kenya, Ramallah and throughout North America Friends United Meeting’s partner projects making a differ-ence in communities around the world.

The QHC held a mini-exhibit fea-turing Herblock’s political cartoons on the environment in conjunction with the Westheimer Peace Symposium, which immersed the audience in “WaterCARE: Conservation, Access, Responsibility, Equality.” (See story on pg. 17)

Michael Snarr, professor of social and political studies, presented “Lessons from Afghanistan, Lessons for Friends” at the 2011 Quaker Lecture.

He and 2009 WC alumnus Matt Southworth, a legislative associate for for-eign policy with the Friends Committee on National Legislation, got a first-hand look at the ravages of war during their weeklong visit in August.

Testimonials from Afghans repre-senting many walks of life in the capital city of Kabul complement his status report.

They were part of a delegation that also included Capitol Hill staffers, journal-


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ists and international policy experts. They spent the week meeting with some 20 enti-ties representing “people on the ground” in this global flashpoint.

Southworth organized the trip “un-der the radar” of the U.S. Department of State, which, Snarr noted, tends to pick and choose with whom American officials meet on fact-finding missions. Without the State Department’s endorsement, the delegation lacked U.S. military protection and was forced to rely on their Afghan hosts.

They met with the very animat-ed mayor of Kabul, Afghan president Hamid Karsai’s Western-educated cousin and a high-ranking Taliban member that was imprisoned by the United States at Guantanamo.

“The overwhelming consensus of people we talked to was that President Obama’s ‘surge’ has failed to deliver sta-bility or security to Afghanistan — it is an even more dangerous place than it was two years ago,” Snarr said.

“I hope the United States won’t turn its back on Afghanistan,” he said. “Helping Afghanistan is not only the right thing to do, it’s in our self-interest.”

Southworth added, “The picture is bleak, but not lost.”

In mid-October, a group of the College’s major donors viewed a bit of the old and got a taste of the new.

They re-ceived a tour of the half-century old Kettering Science Hall in which sci-ence and agricul-ture students gave entertaining and educational labo-ratory demonstra-tions while, at dinner, they were treated to some of WC’s best and brightest.

In addition to a few numbers by the College Chorale, the President’s Club level donors and Sam Marble Society members heard a testimoni-al from Nick Elwert, a senior biology major from Kentucky who intends to go to osteo-pathic medical school and study pediatrics.

He recalled his initial visit to WC.“Turning off Interstate 71 and driving

past the BP and Shell stations, and a lot of corn, I soon knew this was the school for me,” he said.

Elwert is a member of Chi Alpha faith-in-action group and the student chap-ter of the American Medical Association, and he served as the student director of the 2011 New Student Orientation program.

This fall, he had already been accept-

ed at two medical schools.“Wilmington’s faculty

have been amazing,” he said. “Not only are they my mentors, but they are friends.”

Elwert thanked those in the audience whose gifts to the College resulted in scholarships for students like him.

“I hope someday I’ll be sitting in these seats hearing a student speak on how my gift helped make his or her dream come true,” he added.

Chip Harrod, vice presi-dent for advancement, reminded

the audience that donors do not give to in-stitutions, rather they give to people — stu-dents like Elwert.

Reynolds also thanked them for the “generosity of time and talents.”

“Philanthropy is a choice,” he said. “And you’ve chosen that Wilmington College is a place that speaks to your heart and speaks to your soul.”

Nick Elwert

(FAR LEFT) Members of Plastic Musik beat out rhythms on plastic tubs to popular tunes. (LEFT) Happy Johnson shared his compelling story of being a first responder in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans and how he ended up “blanketing” New Orleans and Haiti.


Faculty/staff recognized for service milestones

Representing a collective 550 years of service to Wilmington Col-lege, 35 members of the faculty,

support staff and administration received rec-ognition and service awards during a campus gathering in early September.

Interim President Jim Reynolds ex-pressed his gratitude on behalf of the College for their years of service.

“You’ve devoted a significant portion of your lives to Wilmington College,” Reynolds said. “It’s important for me to tell you that what you do here for our students in helping transform their lives truly means a lot.

“I really appreciate all that you do.”The late Betty Shaffer, assistant to the

president, was recognized for 45 years of service, which began in 1961, however she spent five years in the 1970s working at an area church before returning to the College.

Recognized for 35 years of service were Alfred Conklin, professor of chemistry and agriculture, and Donald Chafin, professor of agriculture.

Barbara Kaplan, director of Career Ser-vices, received her 30-year award while those honored for 25 years included Wynn Alexan-der, professor of theatre; Mary Rose Zink, as-sociate professor of psychology; Carol Mer-cer, tutor coordinator; Shirley Prickett, gift recorder; and Sharon Sprenz, administrative assistant in the Admission Office.

Twenty-year recognition went to Joyce Dozier, associate professor of criminal jus-tice; Dore Meinholtz, professor of chemistry; Douglas Woodmansee, associate professor of biology; Vince Duggins, plumbing supervi-sor; Cheryl Louallen, director of Student One Stop Center; and Holly Streifhau, manager of the Warren Correctional training program.

Those recognized for 15 years of service were Dana Andrews, assistant groundskee-per; Eileen Bowman, coordinator of Physical

Plant services; and Terry Rupert, vice president for athletics admin-istration.

Ten-year recognition went to Jan Blohm, director of leadership giving; Betsy Frake, administra-tive assistant in Academic Affairs; Linda Duran-O’Malley, graphic designer; Donna Painter, director of Computer Services; Susan Taylor, accounting assistant; Thomas Stil-well, associate professor of agricul-ture; and James McNelis, associate professor of English.

Five-year service awards went to Lee Bowman, cataloger/refer-ence librarian; Tammi Carpenter, financial aid adviser; Jeff Hibbs, sports information director; Harold P a r g e o n , p l u m b -ing assis-tant; Mike Renshaw, C a m p u s S a f e t y lead offi-cer; Shawn S w i c k , c a m p u s physician; Ann Ven-able, di-rector of p l a n n e d g i v i n g ; David Calondis, computer pro-grammer/analyst; Marta Wilkin-son, assistant professor of English; and Barbara Loebach, assistant professor of education.

Interim president Jim Reynolds congratulates Al Conklin, professor of chemistry and agriculture, for 35 years of service to the College.

Betty Shaffer

Don Chafin

Barbara Kaplan

Wynn Alexander

Mary Rose Zink

Shirley Prickett

Sharon Sprenz

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Undoubtedly infamous, often no-torious and sometimes border-line dangerous, the Manhattan

Lounge is certainly memorable for many Wilmington College alumni.

The building, which has been closed since the murder of its owner in March 2011, will likely be demolished in the coming months.

As Hammies’ was to previous genera-tions of WC students, “The Hat” was, for many, an unforgettable part of the College’s social scene and Wednesday night culture for about 10 years beginning in the mid-1990s.

The establishment was known for offer-ing live music, dancing and a dimly lighted bar that sometimes made for the difficult reading of IDs.

The Manhattan’s owner/operator, James Xidas, 82, was brutally murdered March 29 when he was stabbed repeatedly after he got into his car outside the bar in the early hours of the morning. Wilmington’s first homicide in nearly 20 years shocked residents.

Xidas’ family reportedly wished the establishment at the corner of Sug-artree and S. South streets demolished and worked with City Council on the transfer of property, which may ulti-mately become a park or recreational area.

Xidas had the Manhattan for more than 40 years.

An anonymously signed response to one of the Wilmington News Jour-nal’s stories last April was from a Wilmington College alumnus, who expressed appreciation for Xidas and the Manhattan.

“I’m not from Ohio, but I chose WC. ‘The Hat’ brought me many blessed memories, and I wouldn’t have survived college without the hospitality I was shown,” the alumnus wrote. “Wilming-ton is truly a special place and will forever hold a special place in my heart, along with Jim (Xidas).”

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popular music history as nationally known heavy metal bands performed there early in their careers. Anthrax played “The Hat” and Metallica played there on its way to New York City before they cut their first album.

If the bricks and mortar structure of Watson Library had expanded at the same rate as the library resources to

which users have access over the past decade and a half, the building would be the world’s tallest skyscraper at 2,250 stories.

Fifteen years ago Wilmington College students and faculty had access to 100,000 books in Watson Library. Today, the collection has expanded to 75 million.

On the outside, the library is essentially the same 1942 vintage, three-level building alumni have known since the 1965 addition was completed, but inside users have access to holdings from the academic libraries of most of Ohio’s colleges and universities, and many public libraries.

Watson users have online requesting ac-cess to the circulating collections of 104 Ohio libraries with convenient delivery of most re-quests in a few days.

Wilmington has been a part of Ohio Private Academic Libraries since its estab-lishment in 1998 and shortly thereafter OPAL joined OhioLINK, which features libraries from the state’s larger universities. This gave Wilmington users access to some 62 million holdings in recent years.

This fall, Watson Library/OhioLINK gained access to SearchOhio, a consortium of 17 large Ohio public libraries, which fea-

tures the additional literary genres of popular and current fiction and nonfiction in areas like hobbies, business, politics, sports and media.

These online accessible li-braries have revolutionized infor-mation gathering for users at WC.

Watson Library director Jean Mulhern said this makes it possible for small colleges like Wilmington to be “competitive” in providing re-sources for students and faculty.

“It used to be you had to choose your topic based on what resources the library had,” she said. “Now students are intellectually freed to pursue their interests.

“Now we rarely have to say ‘no.’ It’s been a joy to be a librar-ian in this environment,” she added. “It’s fun to say, ‘Yes, we have this.’”

Complementing the shared resources, Watson Library has secured the rights to more than $2.5 million worth of e-books via OPAL’s online catalog, in addition to gaining access for users to 3,000 streaming instructional videos, 22,000 streaming classical music albums, art images and historical maps.

Library collection grows 750-fold in 15 years

The Manhattan Lounge has been closed since its owner’s murder last spring. “The Hat” is expected to be demolished this year.

Junior Josh Kincaid is pictured browsing the stacks in the library, an activity that has become very much a thing of the past since access to 75 million resources from Ohio libraries is as close as a computer.


SPORTS

Lacrosse is nation’s fastest growing sport

fiLM inDUstrY insiDer setH KittaY ’68 speaKs on entrepreneUrsHip Wilmington College will spon-sor men and women’s var-sity lacrosse teams, beginning

with the 2012-13 academic year. “A significant percentage of Wilmington

College’s students participate in intercollegiate athletics,” Wilmington College interim president Jim Reynolds said. “The College is committed to providing the most complete collegiate experience possible for our students, and adding lacrosse — the fastest growing sport in the nation — will help us continue that mission.”

The teams will begin competition during the spring 2013 season and will play their home games at the 3,500-seat Williams Stadium.

“We are excited to add la-crosse to our athletics family,” said Terry Rupert, Wilmington College’s vice-president for athletics administration/direc-tor of athletics. “This decision

was made after extensive research and con-sideration, and we look forward to expand-ing the opportunities we offer to students — both in the classroom and on the playing field.”

Domenic Marzano, 28, was named the first-ever lacrosse coach at Wilmington, which will begin its inaugural sea-son in the spring of 2013.

“We are excited that Domenic has decided to join our athletics family,” Rupert said. “His energy and passion for the sport will be huge assets as he forms the foundation for our men’s lacrosse pro-gram.”

A graduate of Hill-iard Davidson High School, Marzano was a four-year starter at Wheeling Jesuit Univer-sity. He was an assistant coach at Hilliard David-

son High from 2008 to 2009 and has been head boy’s lacrosse coach at Hilliard Bradley High School since 2009. He has been an as-sistant coach for the Ohio Wesleyan Univer-sity men’s team since 2011 and has been head coach for Titanium Lacrosse summer recruit-ing team since 2008.

“I’m very excited about the opportu-nity to come to Wilmington,” Marzano said. “Fundamentals will be a priority. Everybody will be coming from different sorts of pro-grams, so we will be focused on establishing our own way of doing things, our own funda-mentals. We will be starting a new tradition at Wilmington with those fundamentals. We want teams to say that we play tough and we play clean.”

At press time, the search for a women’s coach continued.

In other athletics news, the College de-cided that, due to low participation numbers, wrestling and men’s and women’s golf have been dropped.

Domenic Marzano

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Water: the world’s common denominator

The persistent rain that fell throughout the day Oct. 19 was especially appropri-

ate when considering the topic of the 21st annual Westheimer Peace Symposium: “WaterCARE: Conservation, Access, Responsibility, Equality.”

Unlike in other parts of the world that recently experienced historic drought, devastating flooding, tsunamis, hurricanes and toxic water supplies, Wilmington’s gentle rain that day supplemented mid-autumn plant growth and replenished al-ready-adequate fresh water supplies.

This year’s version of the College’s signature event delved into the relationship between peace and the environment, and examined how our attitudes toward the en-vironment may threaten peace on local to international levels.

Charles Fishman called water “cos-mic juice” and Aaron Wolf noted that a bil-lion persons lack access to safe drinking

water, while the film Gasland portrayed water so contaminated by fracking that it burst into flames when coming out of the kitchen faucet, and Chad Pregracke shared his story of spending a year cleaning up the Mississippi River.

Also, the College Chorale sang in “Soft Rain” about “a time to remember the beautiful things, to look for tomorrow and your fondest dreams.”

While introducing the day’s ac-tivities, interim President Jim Reynolds said the Peace Symposium reflects the College’s Quaker heritage, which places peace, nonviolence and social justice “at the heart” of the institution’s mission.

“These values shape what we do and inform who we are,” he said. “These val-ues are fundamental to teaching and learn-ing at Wilmington College.”

Reynolds also noted the “vision and generous support” of the late Charles and May Westheimer, the symposium’s name-

sakes that financially endowed the program in 1991 with the hope it would provide a forum for the College community to be ex-plicit about peacemaking, social justice and respect for all persons.

Their daughter, Debbie Westheimer, participated in the day’s programs.

‘THERE IS NO gLOBAL WATER CRISIS. ALL WATER PROBLEMS ARE LOCAL’

Las Vegas is the driest major American city. With two mil-lion inhabitants and only four

inches of rain a year, it gets essentially all of its water from Lake Meade.

The gaming/entertainment mecca displays water in ostentatious ways. A Vegas shopping mall offers an artificial rainfall every 30 minutes while various ca-sinos feature a 30-foot waterfall, a 1.6 mil-lion gallon shark aquarium and a 2 million

By RANDy SARvIS AND AuDREy INgRAM ’13

Water is among the simplest

of substances: two parts hydrogen

and one part oxygen, yet

it is the basis for one of the most complex

of issues: humankind’s relationship

to its environment.

Charles Fishman described bottled water as “silly.”

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gallon replica of New York Harbor. The Venetian Hotel Casino offers gondola rides through indoor and outdoor canals.

Yet, Charles Fishman claims Las Vegas is a “water smart city” and, indeed, a model for the future with regard to water usage.

Fishman, an award-winning investi-gative journalist and the author of The Big Thirst, spoke on “The New Age of Water: Re-Imagining How We Use Water and How We Think about It.”

While the city’s population has tri-pled in 30 years, Las Vegas has employed measures that cut water usage by a third in the past decade.

“No city comes close to that,” he said. “People’s habits have changed.”

Indeed, front lawns have been disal-lowed since 2000, trigger nozzles are re-quired and so-called water police enforce stringent water conservation measures. In an arid environment in which 100-degree days are common occurrences, Las Vegas recycles 94 percent of its water.

Fishman claimed the city that origi-nally provided a travelers’ oasis in the des-ert is metaphorically an oasis for progres-sive thinking about water and an exemplar that water problems — and solutions — are local.

“There is more than enough water on the planet,” he said. “We simply must manage the water we’ve got properly.”

Fishman said India has plenty of water yet half its population — 600 mil-lion people — do not have daily access to water.

“All water problems are local and

the only place where they can be solved is where they are happening,” he said.

He cited the example of a village in India in which women and children liter-ally spent half their days in the process of obtaining water. They had to walk some-times great distances to the village’s single well, which authorities turned on for only two hours a day.

Frustrated villagers organized their efforts, pooled their resources, dug their own wells and created a water storage fa-cility.

“Adults now can have real jobs and kids can go to school rather than wait in water lines,” he said. “They’re no longer enslaved by water — that changes the en-tire rest of their lives.

“I’m very optimistic about our abil-ity as a people to solve water problems,” he said, noting that we use, appreciate and enjoy water, but now must become good stewards of the resource.

“We have an emotional connection to water — that is a great foundation for making innovative, interesting and creative decisions about how we use water.”

‘HyDRO-COOPERATION’ BRINgS AD-vERSARIES TOgETHER

When considering wars around the world, natural disasters and pandemics

like HIV/AIDS, Aaron Wolf, Ph.D., be-lieves these concerns should take a back seat in magnitude to the issue of water.

Consider the numbers. In a world that this fall hit the 7 billion population mark, some 2.4 billion persons lack access

to adequate sanitation and a billion cannot readily obtain safe drinking water.

Wolf said access to water is a major factor in increasing the potential for con-flict, yet because it’s so important on the most basic of levels, parties tend to cooper-ate in negotiations.

Some 276 water basins are shared by at least two countries and 80 percent of the world’s fresh water originates in these wa-tersheds. To date, more than 3,600 water treaties have been ratified and largely ad-hered to — even in the flashpoint region that is the Middle East.

“Israel, Lebanon, Palestine and Syria — all these people hate each other and are running out of water,” he said. “Yet, the last shot fired (because of water) on the Jordan River between Palestine and Israel was in 1970.”

Indeed, Wolf noted the only docu-mented case of a war over water occurred 2,000 years ago. In spite of other serious disagreements, warring nations more often than not can agree on water disputes.

“Water brings people into a room that wouldn’t normally come together,” he said. “And once people come to agreements over water, those agreements tend to hold.”

Wolf, who calls this phenomenon “hydro-cooperation,” spoke on “Healing the Enlightenment Rift: Rationality, Spirituality and Shared Waters.”

While these instances of cooperation have been studied with regard to economic, environmental and strategic rationale, Wolf believes there are spiritual, ethical and mor-al dimensions of water conflict resolution.

“Countries can go to war, cooperate or do nothing,” he said, noting that, with re-

Performing at the Peace Symposium are, from the left: Emille J. Mills, Kristin Finkbeiner, Angel Zugg, Amanda Stroman, Megan McDonough, Adam Long, Katie Wisecup and Aaron Schuschu.


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gard to water, the notion of “universality” exists among the four worlds comprised of the physical, emotional, intellectual and spiritual.

He cited the importance of water in religious and spiritual ceremonies as a common denominator for warring factions desiring a resolution to conflict, and how he has used Buddhist meditation practices in facilitating negotiations.

“The trick is to listen,” he said. “When one party listens, the other party is more willing to listen as well — but some-one has to be the bigger person and do it first.”

‘EASE My SPIRIT, EASE My SOuL; RAIN, RAIN, RAIN’

Drawing from a host of musical traditions, the Wilmington College

Chorale created a “sound portrait” of pre-cious waters, rivers and rain as the group’s performance served to cement its signifi-cant role at recent symposia.

Music professor Catherine Roma di-rects the Chorale.

In Matthew Culloton’s arrangement of “Famine Song,” the group sang, “Out of the heat, under the sun, comes the hun-ger to ev’ry one. Famine’s teeth, famine’s claw, on the sands of Africa.”

In Brian Tate’s arrangement of the traditional Cuban sacred chant, “Yemayah Asesu,” the Chorale overlapped voices and rhythm to, as Tate noted, “suggest the hyp-notic movement of the waves and the tide.”

Tom Lehrer’s “Pollution,” arranged by Frank Metis, facetiously speaks of two things when visiting a major city of which you must beware: “Don’t drink the water or breathe the air!”

IS FRACKINg SAFE?

In a fragile economy, promises of 200,000 jobs and $14 billion income sounds especially ap-

pealing for Ohio, but is it the equivalent of selling one’s soul to the devil?

The largest, domestic, natural gas drilling boom in history has swept across the United States — and Ohio is at the heart of it all. The Halliburton-developed drilling technology called fracking or hydraulic fracturing has unlocked a so-called “Saudi Arabia of natural gas” just beneath the sur-face of New York, Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia.

Filmmaker Josh Fox in his acclaimed doc-umentary Gasland says not only is fracking – the injection of a cocktail of chemicals with massive amounts of water while crushing rocks to obtain trapped gas – unsafe, but it is literally killing people.

The film, which was viewed at the sym-posium, depicted fracking chemicals polluting water tables to the extent that, at a dwelling near the drill-

ing site, the homeowner placed a lighter inside his kitchen sink — only to have the running water explode into a burst of flames and keep burning as the water poured out the faucet.

Fracking is being done as close as Yellow Springs and, ac-cording to resident activist Vicki Hennessey, 45 new horizontal drilling permits were issued this summer in Ohio, compared with 42 in all of 2010.

Typically, 2-to-9 million gallons of water are used to frack a well and Ohio has more than 170 deep injection wells. Often, drills bore holes as deep as 10,000 feet into the earth and then turn and drill horizontally for thousands

more feet — all while spewing potentially harmful chemicals that infiltrate the water tables, she said.

“It’s our fresh water laced with chemicals,” Hennessey said. “Once it’s contaminated and down in the earth, the water (quality) is gone.”

‘THE RIvER IS A LIvINg LIFE FORCE’

Growing up on the Mississippi River led Chad Pregracke to devote his life to cleaning

up America’s rivers one piece of trash at a time.

A brief stint as a commercial fisher-man on the Mississippi awakened his sen-sitivities to the deplorable condition of seg-ments of the 2,530-mile river, the largest in North America.

Upon alerting government officials to the pollution and getting no action, Pregracke took it upon himself to clean up the water-way. He obtained an $8,400 grant as he embarked upon his year on the Mississippi.

Talk about a small fish in a big river, Pregracke made little headway until the media caught wind of his mission. Today, he has recruited 70,000 members to join his “indus-trial strength,” rivers cleanup organization, Living Lands and Waters.

Pregracke’s experience embodies the importance of

setting goals and working toward realizing them.

“I had the realization, one I continue to take with me, that this is not supposed to be easy,” he said. “If it had been easy, someone would have done it already.”

Pregracke hopes his story will serve as a call to action and inspire others — es-pecially Wilmington College students — to, as The Beatles proclaimed, “take a sad song and make it better.”

“The most important thing you can take from me tonight is to get involved,” he said. “Many of you probably think I came tonight to talk with you about rivers, but maybe that’s not your cause.

“Find what’s dear to you, what you care about and get involved.”Aaron Wolf demonstrated successful ways of

disarming an adversary with freshman Deonte’ Stubbs.

Chad Pregracke

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Alumni return for HOMECOMINg

credible turnout for the 1971 football team, as well as scores of agriculture alumni that hung out at Aggieville and alumni that came to honor Art Brooks.”

Indeed, a standing room only audience paid tribute to Brooks, the director of multicultural affairs since 1993. He was this year’s reunion fo-cus for alumni of organizations that have had a minority student emphasis, including Concerned Black Students, Multicultural Student Union and Black Student Initiative.

Drew Thomas, a 2007 gradu-ate, like many, noted the “culture shock” of coming from a predomi-

The coldest day in five months didn’t deter or dampen the spirits of several hundred

Wilmington College alumni that returned to their alma mater Oct. 1 for Homecoming.

They renewed ties with their for-mer classmates, faculty and staff and their College.

Kathy Milam, director of alumni and parent relations, said those that braved the elements enjoyed reunions and activities that brought back good memories of their time at WC.

“When our alums return for Homecoming, they really have a good time re-living their College days and catching up with friends,” she said. “We had an in-

ABOVE: Getting together at Aggieville, alumni Amanda Hensler Beckett ’06 and Josh Beckett ’01 chat with Harold Thirey (left), assistant professor of agriculture, and Randy Gerber, farm manager.


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nantly African-American neighborhood to a small, Quaker college “just past the corn-fields.” He recalled how Brooks took him under his wing, encouraging his involve-ment in campus organizations and helping him focus on his studies.

“He showed me the light,” Thomas said. “I wouldn’t be the man I am today without Art Brooks.”

Also, several dozen members of the 1971 football team coached by Bill Atsalis, who was runner-up Ohio Coach-of-the-Year, returned to WC for a 40-year reunion of the 6-3 Quaker gridiron team.

Aggieville, a makeshift village set up by members of the Aggies and the ag-riculture faculty, served several hundred sandwiches to alumni, ag students, parents and others that mingled right up to the foot-ball game kickoff.

The Quakers’ football game versus Wilmington kept the crowd in the stands until the end, but, unfortunately, it was a bitter end as the Muskies defeated WC 14-3.

While the volleyball team also lost to Muskingum, both the Quakers’ men’s and women’s soccer teams took home 1-0

decisions. On Friday, the cross country teams had a fine showing at the 22-team All-Ohio meet in Cedarville, where the women placed a best ever sixth and the men eighth. The women’s tennis team also defeated Mount St. Joseph and men’s golf was 19th at the Wittenberg Invitational.

Those weren’t the only competitions at Homecoming.

The Lambda Chi Alpha/Kappa Delta team won Thursday’s mud volleyball tour-nament — luckily that evening in the mud

The TKB/Omegas team won the Greek bed races with members, from the left, Dan Bunnell, Britney Lipps, Zach Crawford, Seth Faulkner, Ashley Kinzer, Kaleb Cox and Emily Ferguson.

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featured sunshine and low 70s compared to Saturday’s 47 degrees and ominous skies.

The Aggies won the banner com-petition followed by the Cheer and Dance Team and Student Alumni Association, while the Tau Kappa Beta/Omegas Greek bed racing team was victorious in that tra-ditional event.

At halftime of the football game, the Homecoming court was introduced and se-niors Quatez Scott and Rachel Kent were crowned king and queen. They reigned over Homecoming activities through the evening’s dance, whose theme, “Escape to Paradise,” was especially appropriate in the face of the cold, damp day.

Also at halftime, the 2011 class of the College’s Athletic Hall of Fame was in-troduced. They are Dave Dlugosz, a 1974 graduate who played football, Bill Glaspey ’59 (football, track and basketball), Andy

Szucs ’01 (men’s soccer) and Tammy Venema Kindel ’01 (women’s soccer).

In other Homecoming activi-ties, hypnotist Rich Ames dazzled and amazed his audience while special re-unions were held for alumni of Activities Planning Board, Student Life, ath-letic training, Sigma Zeta, Gamma Phi Gamma, Tau Kappa Beta, Delta Omega Theta and Alpha Phi Kappa.

(TOP) Sophomores Lisa Fetters and Casey Thompson lunge for the ball in the Mud Volleyball Tournament, which the Lambda Chi/Kappa Delta team won. (ABOVE) Seniors Quatez Scott and Rachel Kent reigned as king and queen over the day’s festivities.


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Art Brooks had the ta-bles turned on him at Homecoming.

In previous years, Brooks has made sure that returning alumni were given the spotlight to share their personal his-tory and success stories, but, at the 2011 Homecoming, the limelight was on the College’s director of multicultural affairs since 1993.

Indeed, a standing room only audi-ence paid tribute to Brooks at the annual reunion for alumni of organizations that have had a minority emphasis, including Concerned Black Students, Multicultural Student Union and its current iteration, Black Student Initiative.

Drew Thomas, a 2007 graduate, like many, noted the “culture shock” of coming from a predominantly African-American neighborhood to a small, Quaker college “just past the cornfields.” He recalled how Brooks took him under his wing, encour-aging his involvement in campus organiza-tions and helping him focus on his studies.

“He showed me the light,” Thomas said. “I wouldn’t be the man I am today without Art Brooks.”

Carolos Stewart ’92, assistant direc-tor of student services at the University Dayton, credited the College with put-ting him on his “track for success” — and Brooks’ role was paramount.

“I came to WC with negative energy and Art helped change it to positive by em-phasizing that I needed to find a passion and a purpose, develop positive relation-ships and strive for academic excellence,” he said, urging current students to treat their education like they would care for a BMW.

“God used Art in the success I and others have had.”

Antonio Broadnax ’03 recalled transferring to WC from Central State.

“Art was family while we were here,” he said. “You never know whose

lives you’re going to touch along the way — Art has touched my life.”

Candice Ingram ’10 credited the role Brooks played in her finding a vision for her-self.

“Wilmington is a place where you can learn about yourself — and Art is an inspi-ration,” she said. “He’s been around the block and knows what he’s talking about.”

Faculty col-league Gloria Flaherty, emeritus professor of education, was on the search committee that brought Brooks to the College.

“I didn’t know that when we hired him that he was going to expect the impos-sible,” she said. “Art has made things dif-ferent here — he’s made things better on the campus and in the community.”

William Peelle, a WC trustee and former county prosecutor, recalled the community’s response to a Ku Klux Klan rally in Wilmington in 1993 when he and Brooks were involved with staging an al-ternative rally that brought 2,000 residents to the fairgrounds.

“Because of Art Brooks, it all came together and it’s stayed together,” he said, noting that no one wields a “greater influ-ence” in both the College and community.

“Art exudes a natural love. He has integrity. He has moral standards, values and character.”

Tamara (Wilson) Rollins ’77 said Brooks has become “something more than a brother” to her while being a strong male role model for her family.

“I never thought a platonic relation-ship could be so strong,” she said. “He’s

‘Uncle Brooks’ to my grandchildren. He’s a bridge between the College and the com-munity.”

The Rev. Byron McGee, pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church, has worked with Brooks on the local Hot Hoops pro-gram, a program Brooks co-founded that is designed to provide at-risk young males with healthy recreational activities.

“Art wants the best for young people he’s trying to reach,” he said. “Art, I respect you. I admire you and I call you ‘friend.’”

Sigrid Solomon, vice president for student life, spelled out Brooks’ name with apt descriptions: “A — Always giving of himself. R — Retention effort success. T — Teaching the importance of education, respect and compassion.”

Interim President Jim Reynolds cit-ed Brooks’ work over the past 18 years as invaluable.

“To see Art’s legacy, just look to your left and look to your right.”

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Art Brooks chats with several members of the Black Student Initiative leadership, including, from the left, Shabria Wilson, Ashton Rone and Amethyst Rayford.

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Art Brooks: ‘He’s changed lives’POPuLAR MuLTICuLTuRAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR LAuDED AS ‘BRIDgE’ BETWEEN COLLEgE AND

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HALL OF FAME

Dave Dlugosz, Bill Glaspey, Andy Szucs and Tammy (Ven-ema) Kindel comprise the 2011

Class of the Wilmington College Athletics Hall of Fame. The group was welcomed to the Hall of Fame during an induction brunch and introduced at halftime of Wilmington’s Homecoming football game with Muskingum.

Dave Dlugosz (’74) came to the Wilm-ington College campus in the early 1970s. At 6 feet 1 inch, 210 pounds, he had made the reconciliation that a scholarship to a big-time football program was not in the cards. But he also understood that the absence of a scholarship did not equate to the end of his football career.

“I realized real fast that I was not going to be a Division I football player, just because of size,” Dlugosz said. “But I still had a pas-sion for the game, and I visited a number of places. Wilmington just felt like the right place, that it was a good fit for me. I never regretted it.”

In a career that allowed Dlugosz to play under the tutelage of WC Hall of Fame coaches Bill Atsalis and Bill Ramseyer, the undersized offensive guard/center from Avon Lake blossomed. He was an All-Hoosier Buckeye Collegiate Conference honoree, an NAIA All-District 22 selection and was Wilmington’s representative to the 1973 Ohio Shrine Game, played at Ohio Stadium.

At the same time — not coincidentally — the Quakers were enjoying a gridiron re-naissance.

“We didn’t realize it at the time, but looking back on it we had four pretty success-ful years,” Dlugosz said. “I think we helped

set the base for the teams that were national qualifiers and national runner-up.”

When he left Wilmington, Dlugosz returned to Avon Lake and began a 37-year coaching career that has taken him to the pin-nacle of high school football in a state where high school football is nationally acclaimed.

In 2003, Dlugosz led Avon Lake to the state championship. In 2004, the Shoremen were state finalists. In 18 years, Dlugosz’s teams have made 14 state playoff appearances and captured 17 Southwestern Conference championships.

In 2008, Dlugosz was inducted into the Ohio High School Football Coaches Associa-tion Hall of Fame.

“For me, the real gratification comes from working with the average player, to be able to motivate and direct him, and he ends up being an all-conference, all-state caliber player because he was willing to put forth the work and follow direction and be disci-plined,” he said. Dlugosz also teaches at Avon Lake High School. He and his wife Jennifer reside in Avon Lake. They have four children; Christian, Dennis, Andrew, and Kerry; and two grandchildren.

Bill Glaspey (’59) arrived on the Wilm-ington College campus in the mid 1950s with an ethic to work and a passion to play. Over the next four years he etched a career that, nearly five decades later, still gives perfect illustration of the term “student-athlete”.

A Dayton native, Glaspey came to Wilmington to play football for Fred Raizk’s Quakers. A running back, safety and line-backer, he saw plenty of action on both sides of the ball. In 1956, he led the Quakers with

417 rushing yards. In 1957 he was named the team’s captain and received the squad’s most coveted award, the Carr Brothers Trophy.

“I liked to get the ball, but I preferred playing defense over offense,” Glaspey said.

Glaspey also came to Wilmington to participate in the work-study program that pro-vided employment at the Randall Company. The job was not the first for Glaspey, who had been forced into the workforce at the age of 13 by his father’s death.

“My brother and I both had to work, so working was not a problem for me at that point,” Glaspey said. “But it was difficult to balance working three days a week, going to school and participating in athletics.”

Glaspey not only balanced school, work and football, but he also added track and field and athletic training to his repertoire. He was a sprinter and middle-distance runner for the Quakers and a four-year trainer/manager for the men’s basketball team.

“I was busy and joined a fraternity for fun,” Glaspey said.

Glaspey’s post-graduate career included a two-year stint at Wilmington College, where he was assistant dean of men and was in charge of the men’s dormitories. Staying at Wilming-ton, he said, was an easy choice.

“I liked the friendliness of the people in Wilmington, both in the community and on campus,” Glaspey said.


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Honored at halftime of the Homecoming game was the 2011 Athletic Hall of Fame induction class of, from the left, Tamma Venema Kindel ’01, Andy Szucs ’01, Bill Glaspy ’59 and Dave Dlugosz.

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Glaspey went on to a career in the insurance industry, which afforded him the opportunity to return to one of the loves of his life: golf. He became a mentor to many golfers who were looking for help with their swings.

After coaching football, baseball and track for Milford Schools, Glaspey brought his golf expertise to Wilmington College, where he coached the men’s linksters from 2001-2005.

Glaspey and his wife Toby reside in Maineville. They have two children, Tracey and Gordon, and three grandchildren.

Andy Szucs (’01) was not lacking op-tions when he chose to attend Wilmington College in the fall of 1997. Major colleges and universities made their pitch for the Dayton Carroll High School graduate, but Wilmington College offered the balance he was search-ing for.

“I had friends that were either already there or had decided to go to Wilmington. I de-cided I liked the connections and the network-ing was good. I wanted to be a student-athlete and play a high level of soccer and have a chance to play in the NCAA Tournament. I thought it was a really good fit,” Szucs said.

A really good fit soon became a perfect fit as Szucs helped the Quakers to four of the best years in the program’s storied history. From 1997 to 2000, Wilmington College posted a cumulative 60-19-5 record, won three conference championships and played in three NCAA Tournaments.

“Wilmington College was a place that

brought out my best,” Szucs said. “I was able to reach my potential as a player, and I did very well as a student. I had a great balance where everything was going well.”

A central midfielder, Szucs was the cohesive element of a team that overwhelmed its opponents with skill and precision. In 1999 he was named to the National Soccer Coaches Association of America All-America Team. That same year he also received the first of two Academic All-America selections.

“Everything went well my junior year,” Szucs said. “I really found my groove with my studies in religion and philosophy. Off the field I had a lot of good friends on campus. On the field we reached a really good level. We had a core group that had been playing together for two or three years.”

Szucs’ 13 assists during the 1998 season still rank No. 2 on the WC all-time list. His 27 career assists rank eighth in team history. Individual success, he said, was the direct result of overall team talent and guid-ance provided by head coach Bud Lewis.

“Bud is an amazing person. He is very good at surrounding himself with quality people that he knows he can rely on to give him good feedback. He also is very good at receiving feedback. He’s just one of the most genuine people I have ever met.”

Szucs spent two post-graduate years as an assistant coach with the Wilmington College team. He now works with younger athletes as the director of coaching for the Lakota-Monroe sites for the Cincinnati Unit-

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his wife Mi-chelle (Faltisco ’02) and daugh-ter Nola Louise live in Bell-brook.

Ta m m y (Venema) Kin-del (’01) ar-rived in Wilm-ington in 1997 w i t h a m b i -tious dreams. She also came equipped with the tools nec-essary to make the ambitious seem common-place in becom-ing one of the most decorated student-athletes in school his-tory.

“One of the things that I l iked about Wilmington is that I got a sense that they really did understand what a student-athlete was and how to he lp mentor some-one in trying to balance the two worlds,” Kindel said. “That is much of what my Wilmington experience was — trying to be all that I could be on the soccer field and trying to maximize my potential as a student in biology and phi-losophy, so that I could pursue my dreams of becoming a doctor. I had the complete support from all of the faculty.

Kindel’s playing career was one for the record books. As a forward, she could score goals and was even better at setting up her teammates. Her 42 career assists place her atop the WC all-time list. Her 48 goals and 138 points rank third in team history. She said her hope is that the assists she handed out best define her soccer legacy — as a player whose creativity helped other players and the team enjoy a higher level of success.

During Kindel’s four years at Wilming-ton, the Quakers won two conference titles and played in two NCAA Tournaments. Kindel thrived on the expectation of excellence that defines Wilmington College soccer.

“I came into the program knowing that we had a history of going to the NCAA Tourna-ment,” Kindel said. “It’s not just about getting through the OAC, but to get to the NCAA Tour-nament. Every game was tough because teams looked at us as a nationally ranked team. There was no game that you could take for granted because everyone was up to play us. It’s fun to be a player and have that kind of a reputation.”

In 1999 Kindel was named to the Na-tional Soccer Coaches Association of America All-America Team. She also was selected to the Academic All-America Team, an honor the 4.0 student earned again in 2000. In 2001 she was named the Ohio NCAA Woman of the Year.

After completing her medical training at The Ohio State University, Dr. Tammy Kindel is now a general surgery resident at Northwest-ern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. She plans to apply for a one-year bariatric fellowship that specializes in minimally invasive surgery for the treatment of morbid obesity.

Kindel and her husband Dr. Steve Kindel reside in Chicago with their son Jonah.

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Interim President Jim Reynolds congratulates Andy Szucs during the induction ceremony.

Tammy Venema Kindle gives her acceptance speech.


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CEKADA RETuRNS TO NATIONAL MEET; CARROLL BREAKS SCHOOL RECORD

Some of the loud-est noise was produced at one of the more quiet venues: the cross country course. Junior Annie Cekada and freshman Jenna Par-lette formed a one-two punch that led the WC women to one of the best seasons in team history. Cekada earned her third straight All-OAC honor and quali-fied for the NCAA Championship for the second time in her record-setting career. An All-Ohio and All-OAC performer, Par-lette was instrumental in the Quakers spend-ing a majority of the season ranked in the Great Lakes Region’s Top 10. The depth of the Wilmington team, however, was best il-lustrated by the Quak-ers’ 13th-place team finish at the regional championship without Parlette, who missed the meet due to illness.

“This is exciting. I tried to convince them that we could come here and do well with-out Jenna,” WC head coach Ron Combs ’93 said. “We have shown everybody all year long how good a team

we are, and it would have been a shame to go to regional and not run a good race. They really brought it today. I am so proud of the effort they gave. I hope this pumps them up for next year to be a national qualifying team. We’ve got most of our team back next season. I think they know that. We have a lot of work to do between now and then, but we have the talent to get the job done.”

On the men’s course, Pat Carroll had a senior season for the record book — a sea-son that came within seconds of ending at the NCAA Championship.

Carroll was solid from the opening gun to the final finish line, earning All-Ohio and All-OAC honors. The senior finished third overall at the OAC Championship to pick up his second straight all-conference designa-tion. He ran to all-region honors with a 30th-place finish at the Great Lakes Regional.

“Pat didn’t have his best race today, but he still was all-region and about nine posi-tions away from qualifying for nationals,” Combs said. “He has been rock-solid all year. He has put so much work into it. I was really hoping he could squeeze out a trip to nation-als because nobody deserves it more than he does.”

Sophomores Brad Kline and Myles Corcoran form part of a promising returning corps of runners. Kline finished two positions shy of all-region honors and Corcoran was an All-Ohio performer whose season was cut short by illness.

FOOTBALL LOOKS TO THE FuTuRESo much for preseason polls. The Quaker

football team found out during the fall what it knew before the season started: that every game on the schedule was a daunting chal-lenge. Wilmington was kept out of the win column by a group of opponents that made up as tough a schedule played by any team in the nation.

Injuries to key players made a stiff chal-lenge even more difficult for the youthful Quakers, but Wilmington never backed down in a season that flashed glimpses of good things ahead.

Fall Sports Wrap UpBy JEFF HIBBS

Fall sports season marked by achievement

Pat Carroll competed his senior cross country season with a third place finish in the OAC Meet.


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(LEFT) Wide receiver Kyle Blakeman works in traffic to make a reception for a key first down during WC’s homecoming game with Muskingum. (INSET) Erik Hammar scored a team-high eight goals as the men’s soccer team enjoyed its most successful season in five years.

“It certainly wasn’t the result we were hoping for, but the effort was a good one,” Wilmington head coach Ken Minor ’73 said following the season finale. “I think the world of the players on this team. We are a young team. We started seven freshmen offensively today, and this league doesn’t take too kindly to teams that are so young. This is a junior- and senior-oriented league, and we have to get to the point where we retain players and get the experience necessary to get where ev-erybody else is. I thought our young guys did a nice job today and this season. I know the experience will benefit them as players and us as a team in the future.”

Senior fullback Brett McEvoy and sophomore nose guard Donnie Ary were All-OAC picks. McEvoy picked up his third Aca-demic All-OAC honor and was joined on the academic squad by sophomore quarterback Brandon Arehart, who passed for more than 3,100 yards and threw 19 touchdown passes in his first two collegiate seasons.

Wilmington’s defense was led by line-backers Antwoine Shelton and Matt McFad-den, who finished the campaign with 90 and 89 tackles, respectively.

MEN’S SOCCER ENJOyS COMEBACK SEASON; WOMEN’S SOCCER RETuRNS TO OAC TOuRNEy

The soccer field was a place of unending excitement as Wilmington’s men and wom-en’s teams played into the postseason.

Bud Lewis’ squad inspired memories of greatness in a season that saw the Quak-ers return to the upper echelon of the OAC. The Quakers ended four years of frustration by winning 11 games and qualifying for the OAC Tournament for the first time since 2006. Wilmington advanced to the tourna-ment through the front door, thanks in part to a 2-1 win at nationally ranked (20) Baldwin-Wallace late in the season. Other highlights came in the form of wins over regional pow-ers Transylvania and Denison.

Wilmington’s season ended with a loss to Mount Union in the OAC Tournament quarterfinals, but the Quakers had already signaled their return to relevance in the OAC.

“Antonio Trujillo said in the huddle that we have really made a turnaround in our program with what we’ve been able to do. I thought that was a great comment that he made as a player,” Lewis said at season’s end. “I am very, very pleased with how we have got back on track, both in the wins-loss

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column and in the conference. It’s just disap-pointing to lose when you know that you are on the cusp. We’re young, but I’m not willing to use that as an excuse. This was an impor-tant year for us to re-establish our presence on the field and to know that you are going to have to play very well to beat us. I hope that we can continue to build on that.”

Senior Armin Fejzic earned First Team All-OAC and All-Region honors and was joined on the all-conference team by fresh-man Max Eurenius, sophomore Erik Hammar and freshman Martin Holmquist. Senior Matt Bates was an Academic All-OAC honoree.

The Wilmington women continued their tradition of excellence on the soccer pitch. Steve Spirk’s (’82) squad made its 10th OAC Tournament appearance in the last 11 years — an appearance made possible by a clutch victory over Heidelberg in a must-win situa-tion in the regular-season finale.

The Quakers were led by seniors Amy Johnson, Erin Moore and Lauren Mumaw — players Spirk singled out following Wilming-ton’s OAC Tournament loss at Capital.

“I told the team after the game that I am very proud of our seniors and what they have accomplished in their four years, particularly this year,” Spirk said. “They are the main reason that we got back to the conference tournament and played like we did. They all had impacts this season, as well as in today’s game. If the rest of our players are willing to work hard and learn like the seniors did, then we will be a good team next year.”

(RIGHT) Anne Keenan is on the attack during WC’s match with Kenyon, while (BELOW) Annie Cekada (center) and Jenna Parlette (at left) led the Wilmington women to one of the most successful seasons in team history.



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Lauren Hamrock strikes a mid-air volley toward the goal in women’s soccer action against Defiance.

For the second straight year, Johnson an All-OAC performer, and the senior received her third Academic All-OAC honor. Sopho-more Rachel Gutowski picked up her second all-conference honor, and junior Sarah Wat-ters garnered her first All-OAC accolade. Mumaw and junior Britney Beck joined Johnson on the academic squad — the honor was the second for Beck.

“One of the expectations that we have for our student-athletes is to receive the NSCAA team academic award every year. To do so, we need an overall team GPA of 3.0 or higher,” Spirk said. “The only way to do that is to have strong GPAs individually. We’ve always made that a priority. We recognize the Academic All-OAC as being just as impor-tant as being an All-OAC performer. For us, it’s one and the same.”

vOLLEyBALL NETS 12 WINSThe Quaker volleyball team dug, passed,

set, attacked and blocked its way to a turn-around season that yielded 12 wins, including an Ohio Athletic Conference thriller victory over John Carroll — a battle in which Wilm-ington fought off five match points to edge the Blue Streaks.

“I think we really picked up our intensity and came out to win this OAC match,” said senior setter Amy McClelland, who finished the match with 45 assists. “It really means a lot for the seniors. It’s nice to show that we are a good team and we can work hard, just like other teams in the OAC. It takes a lot of guts to come back from a deficit like that. We dug down deep and were able to win out that game.”

While McClelland and senior outside hitter Chelcey Lyons were capping outstand-ing careers, Quaker fans were given opti-mism for what the future might bring. Juniors Anne Keenan and Sara Fisher were among the team’s leaders in kills and blocks while underclassmen Tessa Bailey and Ashley Miller played integral roles in Wilmington’s upswing season.

“We got some wins under our belts this season and we proved that we can beat some teams,” Wilmington head coach Ron Mul-likin said. “When we are good, we are good. We need to learn how to be competitive when we aren’t playing our best.”

McClelland, Fisher and Keenan rep-resented Wilmington on the Academic All-OAC Team.

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CLASS NOTES

1982The American Red Cross presented PEGGY ROADS STURDIVANT with the Clara Barton Award for her “distinguished and meritori-ous” work as a 20-year volunteer. “Peggy’s talents and experience in marketing,

business, fundraising and board governance, combined with her energy and tenacity, have made her one of the most productive leaders in the Cincinnati Chapter’s history.” She is in her fifth term on the chapter’s Board of Direc-tors.

1995JOY FAULDER EWING has been appointed director of Pickaway County Job and Family Services agency. She earned her master’s degree in public administration from Walden University, and has also completed the Ohio Certified Public Managers and Leadership Pickaway programs.

JULIE RILEY WALBURN was named Di-rector of Administration for Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation in May, 2011. She, Steve and their two children, Ty, 2 ½ and Sydney, 7 months live in Westerville, OH.

1997HOLLY BUROKER was recently named Pre-mier Breeder of Show at the American Dairy Goat Association’s National Show in West Springfield, MA. The September/October issue of the Dairy Goat Journal has articles about her Hoanbu Dairy Goat herd and an article about her son, Drew, 11. Drew won intermediate 1 Showmanship at the National Show this year and also his Junior Showman-ship class at the 2010 ADGA National Show in Louisville, KY. The Dairy Goat Journal can be found at TSC stores or go to www.dairygoatjournal.com.

1998MELISSA YOUNG, a theatre and art gradu-ate, founded the band Miss Lissa & Company in 2007. It won the 2011 Cincinnati Blues Challenge and will represent the Cincy Blues Society at the 2012 International Blues Chal-lenge in Memphis, Tenn.

2000In June 2011 UTKARSH ACHARYA was matched into Hematology-Oncology at The University of Arizona Cancer Center for 2012. In June, 2011 he received an Outstanding Resi-dent Educator Award from the Department of Internal Medicine at The Ohio State University

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1947Sympathy to WILLIAM HOFFMAN�M on the passing of his wife, Frances, on October 20, 2011.

1948VERNON BLANKENSHIP has moved from Blanchester, Ohio, to the Veteran’s Home in Georgetown, Ohio.

ROY JOE STUCKEY�M received a Wilmington Lamplighter Award presented in August at the Clinton County Chamber of Commerce’s meet-ing of the Business Alliance. Monte Anderson, professor of agriculture, nominated Stuckey for his leadership in, among other things, starting the agriculture program at Wilmington Col-lege in 1948 and establishing the Lytle Creek League of Conservators in more recent years.

1956 The ever-innovative DAVID NICHOLSON has developed a simple, yet ingenious, way for persons using canes to stow them while dining. Wanting to keep their cane within easy reach, persons often lean them against the table, place them on the floor by their chair or position them against a nearby wall — all of which leaves a potential for others to trip or stumble. David designed the DABO (note David and his wife BARBARA “BO” STEINLE NICHOLSON ’53) Caneholder. It attaches easily and permanently to the under-side of a wood, glass or metal table, keeping them next to its owner and out of everyone’s way. It’s made of a soft material so it won’t injure knees coming into contact with it and it’s strong enough for persons to place their weight on the device as they retrieve their canes. Check it out on DABO’s Web site at: www.dabocaneholder.com.

1965DICK KIDWELL was guest speaker at the Mansfield News Journal/Brown Derby Road-house Football Banquet in August. He posted a 174-50-3 record while leading the Fostoria Senior Redmen to two state titles, 11 state playoff appearances, seven undefeated regular seasons and 12 Great Lakes League titles.

1967KITTY JOHNSON recently returned to the United States after 15 years of living and

working overseas. She was a teacher trainer through various Fellowships for the US State Department for 10 years in Uzbekistan, Ukraine, Austria, Turkey and Azerbaijan. She then served as a Foreign Service Officer in Latin America for five years until she reached retirement age. She is now teaching Academic English part-time at California State Univer-sity, Los Angeles where she received her MA TESOL in 1994.

PAULETTE ARTHUR ROBERTS writes that she was thrilled to be included in the Spring/Summer edition of The LINK in the article “Expressing the Spark” with former theater colleagues Jim Cassidy, Burt McCollum, and Gary Sandy. “It was great being back on the campus that has meant so much to me throughout my life. However, I want to clear up one point and give credit where it is richly deserved. I did not ‘found’ the theater groups in Pendleton County, WV and Adams County, OH. I assisted and supported my husband, Mike Roberts, in doing so. Ours is a partnership, but he is definitely the driving force as reflected in the name of the Pendleton County High School auditorium; the D. Michael Roberts Auditorium.”

1970CAREY TREVISAN retired from Ocean County College in Toms River, NJ, last August. At the time of his retirement he was the Dean of Special Services. He continues to teach psychology which he has done for over twenty years. Carey is married, has four girls, and en-joys traveling. He can be reached on Facebook.

1971WENDY BROOKS MALEPEAI will retire December 12, 2012 after 30 years of service with the Department of Energy. “I would like to come to Homecoming, but American Samoa is 5 hours southwest of Hawaii. Greetings to all the alumni and staff from 1967-1971.”

1978Sympathy to the family of DEBORAH TEWKSBURY CALE, who died October 26, 2011 after a two-year battle with ovarian cancer. Deborah, of Chester, VA, a member of Alpha Phi Kappa sorority, leaves behind husband Kevin and two children, Lindsay and Kylie.

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When Martha Fix Enriquez joined her mother in making goat milk soap from their animals’ excess

milk production, she couldn’t have believed it would evolve into a cottage industry in which she would supply the massive Cincinnati Jungle Jim’s store with the unique product.

Enriquez, a 1982 Wilmington College graduate in agriculture, returned to her alma mater Nov. 2 to speak to agriculture professor Harold Thirey’s Meat Science class about find-ing a niche as an agricultural entrepreneur with her business, Pine Lane Soaps.

She and her mother, Patty Fix, demon-strated how to make the increasingly popular product.

Enriquez explained that most popular brands of soap are comprised essentially of equal parts water, lye and oils, along with pre-servatives. Enriquez replaces the water compo-nent with goat’s milk. The oils include olive oil, palm oil, coconut oil, palm kernel oil, shea but-ter, botanicals and fragrance oils.

She doesn’t use preservatives, as her popu-lar soaps typically are used long before preser-vatives would be of any use. Since goat’s milk has a high fat content, her soap possesses espe-cially effective moisturizing properties.

“It’s good for people with dry or sensitive skin,” she said, noting she packages the soap in colorful open-ended wrappers that allow the fra-grances to find their way to one’s olfactory sen-

sors. Lemongrass, lavender, lime, peppermint, honey-suckle, chocolate, rose pedal and cinnamon roll constitute many of the samples she shared with Thirey’s class.

“The soap smell sells it,” she added. “People like it because it smells good and feels good.”

Initially, Enriquez shared the soap with her family; then she brought it to her workplace, where the reaction was so favorable that she, her mother and sis-ter increased the quantity to where, today, they produce 192 bars a week. That’s their maximum output with the labor-intensive product, plus she works at another part-time job with the Clermont County Health Dept.

After obtaining the milk from their 18 Toggenburg and Saanen breed goats, they mix the milk, lye and oils for nearly an hour before adding the fragrance. The soap is cured for a month in which the mixture transforms into glycerin and the product is ready for use.

Enriquez said all profits are returned to her farm in Batavia in the form of feed for the

Each winter for many years, David N. Chapman ’51 was a fixture at Quakers basketball games.

Whether it was a superstition, force of habit or the fact that it was about the best seat in the house, Chapman could be found sitting in the upper level auditorium seats, second row on the aisle about 35 percent up the floor. Through the years, he witnessed many great women’s teams and the men’s first champi-onship season in 2010. Sadly, David died in July 2010 and, in his memory, family, friends and Tau Kappa Beta fraternity brothers raised

nearly $3,000 to have his seat dedicated. Da-vid Chapman Day was held Dec. 10 during a doubleheader with Baldwin-Wallace.

animals and other farm expenses. In addition to Jungle Jim’s, Pine Lane Soaps can be purchased at specialty shops throughout southwest Ohio, online at <pinelanesoaps.com> and, during the holiday season, at Wilmington College’s Agri-culture Department office.

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Martha Fix Enriquez ’82 and her mother, Patty Fix, demonstrate making goat milk soup for Harold Thirey’s agriculture class.


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Do you remember

Wilmington College stu-dents of today chuckle when hearing stories

of the old dining hall in the basement of Denver Hall, where lunch and dinner were served family style and Sundays meant dressing up.

Phil Calland ’59 recalled students — all adhering to specific clothing and ap-pearance regulations — lining up outside the dining hall, entering together at a spe-cific time and standing behind their chairs until a bell chimed to indicate the start of a silent prayer. Soon, a second chime meant they could be seated to begin their meal.

They sat at meticulously set tables for eight with dishes, silverware, napkins and a salad.

“The food was brought out and served family style in large dishes and plat-ters that were passed around the table,” he said, noting it was in the dining hall where they had social interaction with students they might never have seen in classes.

“And we very quickly learned to introduce ourselves and take part in con-versation,” he added. “Some of the profes-sors and members of the Board of Trustees would occasionally eat with us.”

Orchestrating this exercise in dining etiquette like a maestro directing a sym-phony was Miriam Huffman, whose role as dietician and later director of food services is quite different than her modern day coun-terparts that coordinate dining services for hundreds more students, many with an ap-petite exclusively for hamburgers, chicken nuggets and pizza.

And many of her former students from the 1950s and early 60s wouldn’t have it any other way, as they believe they attended college in a golden age for civility, good manners and food that reminded one of mom’s homemade dinners.

A number of those students from

a half-century ago showered “Miss Huffman” with birthday cards this fall when she turned 90 years old Nov. 23. She resides in New Carlisle, Ohio. Huffman served the College’s dining services and as Denver dorm’s housemother approximate-ly from 1953 to 1969.

Sid Mishkin�M ’59 was among her cadre of student workers.

“Miss Huffman was very consid-erate of everyone,” he said. “She always seemed to enjoy as much as we did the songs we sang when we washed the dishes after meals — those memories remain very special to me.”

Calland recalled how conscientious Huffman was about providing “balanced, nutritious and appealing” meals at reason-able prices and for her “flexibility and gra-ciousness” in dealing with unforeseen oc-currences.

“Her patience was predictably tried by tables full of boys who would serve themselves large portions and leave little for the others at the table,” he said. “Seconds were always available, but she believed it was just good manners to exer-cise concern for others.

“Society would benefit from people like Miriam Huffman today when many people don’t even eat ‘family-style’ at home.”

Nancy Maddux Walters ’58 retains good memories of family-style dining and excellent food.

“The bananas topped with peanut butter were a favorite,” she said, noting that fondly recalls Huffman’s insistence that the table be set neatly with the silver-ware placed evenly.

“Miss Huffman was a gentle, kind but firm, supervisor for us cafeteria work-ers.”

Jean Davis Martin ’59 agreed that the meals were good; however, she tried to

find alternate dining plans on the rare oc-casion the menu featured liver.

Marilyn “Toots” Burns Berger ’59 recalled a special meal students enjoyed in warm weather.

“If you attended Wilmington College in the 1950s, as I did, you will remember that Miss Huffman put forth much effort in planning our fabulous picnics in Denver Park,” she reminisced. “The food was delicious and our time at the park was full of fun and enjoyment.”

Berger had a multifaceted associa-tion with Huffman, who planned several “elegant and quite beautiful” formal cam-pus teas while the former was a resident of Friends Hall. She also worked for Huffman as a short-order cook in The Cove, the campus snack bar and as a wait-ress when the students’ dining hall moved to the new Pyle Center for Students.

Berger recalled an incident in The Cove when she was serving an ice cream cone to a member of Sigma Zeta frater-nity.

“While he and I were enjoying each other’s conversation, I lost my train of thought and added a generous dip of ice cream onto his already large, two-dipped cone,” she said.

“Just then, Miss Huffman arrived and noticed what I had done. In private, she very politely reminded me that the third dip should not have been part of his order,” she added.

“My skills as an ice cream cone maker improved quickly after that inci-dent.”

Berger said Huffman’s recipes re-main staples in her meal planning even today.

“Whenever we had chili in the din-ing hall, we had peanut butter, along with bread, to accompany it — I still recreate that same thing at our home,” she said.

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Miriam Huffman?“After leaving Wilmington College,

I missed Miss Huffman’s date pudding so much that I corresponded with her and asked if she would please forward her recipe to me,” she added. “She was so gra-cious and thoughtful, and her date pudding recipe quickly arrived through the mail.

“Miss Miriam Huffman, who wore an immense variety of ‘hats’ with love and devotion for Wilmington College and the many students she befriended and cared for, is truly an outstanding and lovely hu-man being.”

Berger’s husband, David ‘58, re-membered Huffman as the second per-son he met upon arriving at Wilmington College in August 1954. The first was Roy Joe Stuckey ’48, who immediately put him to work on the College Farm.

After that long first day of work, well after dinner had been served in Denver Hall, Huffman gave Berger the keys to the walk-in cooler, where he and his friend helped themselves to four dishes of strawberry shortcake each.

“There were steaks and chicken that could have been warmed up, but I was too hungry and tired that first night,” he said.

Huffman “came to the rescue again” several days later when, since his farm job paid only in kind, he was in need of a cam-pus job that paid cash.

“She said I could wash pots and pans with Godfrey Aryee, who was a se-nior pot –washer,” he recalled. “‘What is the pay Miss Huffman?’ ‘Thirty-five cents an hour.’”

Hopefully Berger quickly got a raise because Frederick Krisher ’59 recalls cafeteria workers’ pay at 65 cents an hour with a 10-cent bonus if one worked at the hot dishwasher.

“That may not sound like much, but if we got our work done and things cleaned up on time, she had no problem with us feasting on some extra dessert or having a bowl of ice cream before we left.”

Krisher noted how, if Huffman

were especially busy, she would hand him the keys to her late 1950s model Chevrolet to drive home one of her assistant cooks.

“It was not unusual for one of those wonderful cooks to lean back in the car window when I dropped them off to tell me they had left a freshly baked pie for the student workers,” he said. “Of course, I drove back to the dining hall slowly, hoping only a few would be around to help eat the pie.”

During a period in the late 1950s, some stu-dents felt Huffman was serving split pea soup a bit too often.

“A group of male students got together and sat at the rear of the dining room in Denver Hall,” he recalled, noting one of those pranksters brought a bag con-taining a dead mouse, which he stealthily placed in the serving pot of soup after most had been served.

“Then when all the students had started eating, he pulled the mouse out of the soup, held it high for everyone to see, stood up and (with his partners in crime) marched out of the dining room with the soup dripping off the nose of the mouse,” he said.

“By the time they reached the exit, Miriam was in hot pursuit, but the boys were off and running. I never remember having split pea soup again.”

Krisher said his interaction with Huffman served to enhance his College experience and the memories he holds of those glory days.

“I had nothing but the greatest re-spect for this wonderful woman,” he said.

Good manners were not the only elements of decorum Huffman required in her dining hall. Students were expected to dress well for meals — and that didn’t

mean wearing hole-less blue jeans and clean Nikes.

A jacket and and tie for men and dresses with stockings for the ladies was

the norm for the Sunday noon meal, while evening meals usually required a minimum of a button-down shirt or sweater and nice trousers for men and a skirt, blouse or sweater and saddle shoes for the ladies.

One night Huffman cited David Berger for being im-properly dressed for dinner.

“I argued as to why the rule and she said I would be-have properly if I were dressed properly,” he said. “I did go back to the dorm and got my only jacket because it was the only diner on campus and I no longer had the cooler key for a late night raid.”

Murial Specht Hiatt, trustee emeri-tus and former dean of women, has “warm” memories of Huffman, whom she said cre-ated an “atmosphere of personal concern, indeed affection,” for those at the College.

“What we now refer to as ‘food service’ was in Miriam’s time more like a ‘home away from home’ for many stu-dents.

“She was a wise but low key coun-selor for those who sought her out with their personal problems (now referred to as ‘issues’),” Hiatt said, noting she was very much appreciated for her wisdom and dependability by her faculty and staff col-leagues.

“Miriam often went the second mile for special occasions involving food and its presentation,” she added. “She helped cre-ate a College which many alumni remem-ber with love and loyalty.”

By RANDy SARvIS(Special thanks to Marilyn “Toots” Burns

Berger for her enthusiastic assistance with this story)

Miriam Huffman was a favorite of many students in the 1950s and 60s.


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and the Humanism Award from the Depart-ment of Internal Medicine. In April, 2011 he was one of 6 resident physicians from OSU Medical Center to receive the Arnold P. Gold Humanism & Excellence in Teaching Award from The Ohio State University College of Medicine Class of 2012.

2001MATT TELMANIK, owner of CCS Construc-tion Staffing headquartered in Charlotte, NC has been providing skilled tradespeople to con-struction companies throughout the Southeast since 2008. CCS was recently named the 27th “ Largest Area Temporary Staffing Agency” by the Charlotte Business Journal. Additionally, CCS was named # 4 in the Charlotte Business Journal’s 2011 “Fast 50” which honors the 50 fastest growing private companies in the region. He and his wife, Raven, are expect-ing their first girl in February to join their two sons, Mason 3, and Maddox 1.

2002RODNEY O’DELL was recently promoted to Director of Prepress at Innovative Label-ing Solutions.

2006BRYAN SIEBENALLER was elected as an at-large member of Wilmington City Council. He is a teacher at Wilmington Middle School.

2010ROBERT LOWREY finished his master’s degree in broadcast and digital journalism at Syracuse University in August. He is working as a reporter and weekend anchor for KQTV in St. Joseph, MO.

2011WILL TURNER joined Executive Service Corps of Cincinnati as a volunteer consultant. He is a marketing professional with extensive customer service experience. He is an inter-national service representative for Standard Textile Co.

MARRIAgES1969

Dan Smith ’69 was re-married earlier this year in the presence of a number of his Sigma Zeta brothers. Pictured from the left are: George Ford ’67, Bob Mustain ’69, Kent Bradford ’70, John Kitchen ’69, Alana and Dan Smith, Bruce Stewart ’69, Jim Coleman ’67 and Richard Kitchen ’69. Dan’s first wife,

the former Kappa, Carol Potter, died last year. Best wishes Dan and Alana!

1987DIANNE BULL married Gary Cardosi on June 11, 2011.

2001MATTHEW MILAM married Tami Fukuchi Aug. 12, 2011 in St. Susanna Catholic Church in Mason, Ohio. The couple resides in Bell-ingham, Wash.

The bride and groom pictured with Matt’s Sigma Zeta brothers features, from the left, FRONT ROW — : Brian O’Connell ’01, Matt Milam ’01, Tami Milam, Matt Gnau ’02, Andy Szucs ’01, Brian Wetzel ’04; BACK ROW — Josh Spears, Randy Sarvis, Tony Kruessel ’04, Wes Caudill ’00, Tevis Foreman ’03, Brad Mc-Coy ’03, Jarrod Pitstick ’01, Mike Evans ’03, Scott Lower ’03 and Dan Bielek ’02. MINDY MASON and Jason Goldsmith were married June 18, 2011, at the Ohio Statehouse. A reception was held at the Hyatt Regency, Arena District. Delta Omega Theta soror-ity sisters Lindsey (Kiracofe) O’Connell ’00 and Hope (Ferguson) Page ’02, were two of the bridesmaids. Mindy is also a graduate of Xavier University (MHA, 2003) and North-western University (MBA, 2009). She is a senior manager of product & innovation at UnitedHealthcare. Jason is retired from the Army, and is a Purple Heart recipient from injuries sustained during combat in Iraq. He is studying business at DePaul University, and is a Senior Service Officer for The Military Order of the Purple Heart. The newlyweds reside in Chicago, Illinois.

Mindy is surrounded by her Delta Omega The-ta sorority sisters at her wedding reception.

2003BRADLEY MCCOY married Jennifer Lynn Widener at St. Teresa of Avila Church in Cin-cinnati on July 15, 2011.

2004KRISSY MADDOCK married Dustin Myers on September 17, 2011 in an outdoor ceremony held on his family farm in Brownsville, IN.

Krissy is an agriculture loan officer at Bath State Bank in Bath, IN and Dusty is self-employed as a farmer. The couple resides in Connersville, IN.

2007PAUL S. SPRINGER and Kyle Lynn Stevens were married Sept. 3 in Jamaica. The couple resides in Centerville.

2011KATIE BONK married Steven Murry on June 24, 2011 at The Loft at Samuel Walker’s. They reside in West Chester, OH. Katie is working for the Cincinnati Symphony as the subscrip-tion coordinator.

AMANDA LEGGETT and BEN MILLER were married Aug. 6, 2011. Both earned mas-ter’s degrees from WC in 2011 after Amanda graduated in 2008 and Ben in 2009.

BIRTHS1993J.R. LISTON and his wife, Lisa, welcomed

their second child to the world with the birth of Katherine Alice on July 12, 2011.

PAULA (KARAISKOS) PRCE (’93) and husband Daniel welcomed a baby girl, Rosalie, on June 22nd, 2011. The Price family resides in Las Vegas, NV, where Paula is a technology and multime-dia teacher at Jerome D.

Mack Middle School.

1996KAYVAN HEJAZIFAR and his wife, Melis-sa, announce the birth of their daughter, Isla Bryn, on Dec. 1, 2011. She weighed 6 lb., 12 oz. and was 20.5 inches long.

1997KELLY MCKINLEY MAPLE and her hus-band, Josh, welcomed a daughter Chloe Eliza-beth into the family on August 13, 2011. Sarah is enjoying being a big sister. They currently

live in Fort Wayne, IN and anyone wishing to contact them can email at [email protected].

1999JOSHUA AND LAUREN RAIZK WULFF’s son, Barrett David, was born on July 13, 2011. Barrett weighed 8 lbs. and was 20 ¾ inches long.


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Nick Kenney ’94 named MLB’s top head trainer

FILM INDUSTRY INSIDER SETH KITTAY ’68 SPEAKS ON ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Wilmington College alumnus Nick Kenney and the Kansas City Royals’ medical staff re-

ceived Major League Baseball’s Dick Martin Award for having the healthiest team during the 2011 season.

Kenney, a 1994 Wilmington College graduate in athletic training, completed his second year as the Royals’ head trainer. He previously held athletic training positions with the Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati Reds.

The Dick Martin Award is designed to recognize athletic trainers and other medical professionals in Major League Baseball that are involved with preventing, identifying and treating players’ injuries.

It is determined by a formula known as “Injury Cost,” which factors one-year totals for days and dollars lost to injuries. Since Kenney joined the staff, the Royals’ total dropped by more than 850 man-days lost to injuries.

Named for the former Minnesota Twins athletic trainer, the award was first presented in 2004 and last year went to the medical staff from the Chicago White Sox. Kenney was part of the Cleveland Indians staff when

that team received the award in 2007.Athletic trainers work with players not

only during spring training, the grueling 162-game season and playoffs, but also during the offseason to ensure players are able to per-form at the highest level.

In writing for WadeRotowire.com, writ-er Jeff Stotts with Will Carroll and Dan Wade noted that health may not be the sole deter-minant of a team’s success, but it is a “huge part” of the formula.

“One of the most interesting things about the award is that it seems to be a lead-ing indicator for future success,” they wrote. “Teams like Tampa, Milwaukee, and Phila-delphia followed their awards with playoff runs and more importantly, consistent runs of contention.

“Managing both the injuries and the pay-roll is one of the biggest challenges in mod-ern baseball,” the story noted. “By control-ling this situation, the medical staffs of these teams have contributed greatly to success.”

The story mentioned that baseball has lost well over a billion dollars to injuries over the past five seasons.

“This year’s winner is something of a repeat,” wrote Stotts, et.al.

A myth exists that the Campus Rock at Wilmington College is not a granite boulder six feet in

diameter, rather it is a much smaller rock en-cased in hundreds or even thousands of lay-ers of paint.

Photos and first-hand accounts of a pristine, seven-ton boulder, once known as the “Kissing Rock,” serve to disprove the myth. However, paint has indeed been an im-portant component of this campus landmark since the 1960s, when it became fashionable to promote fraternities, sororities and other student groups, and advertise College events by painting the Rock.

With that in mind, Rebecca Kinsinger Bowman is producing for sale pendants made from polished chips and chunks of paint that have fallen from the rock.

A portion of the proceeds supports the work of the Peace Resource Center at WC.

For Bowman, an artist, the jewelry constitutes more than colorful layers of paint on a necklace. It represents a place near and dear to her heart and, she believes, the hearts of many WC alumni, students, faculty, staff and other stakeholders of the institution.

“Wilmington College is special to me,” she said. “My parents were students here;

they were married in the old gym and had their wedding reception on the lawn in front of Watson Library, where my husband now works.”

Indeed, her husband, Lee, is cataloger/reference librarian, and her parents, John and Rheba (Eaton) Kinsinger are alumni of the Class of 1953. Her youngest brother, Jack, also is a 1989 graduate.

“I grew up hearing stories about cam-pus life and attended many of my parents’ College reunions with ‘The WC gang of ’53,’” she added.

Bowman and her daughter, Sabrina, have enjoyed campus walks highlighted by viewing the Campus Rock’s latest colors and messages. This summer they noticed small, colorful paint chunks had fallen off the rock. This got the artistic juices flowing as she filed, polished and lacquered the uniquely shaped pieces of paint.

“Being an artist, things come to me in often strange and mysterious ways,” she said. “Those paint chips are so cool — I got in-spired by the shapes and layers, and thinking about all those kids and campus events that were a part of creating these layers through the years.”

The cost for each pendant is $19.06

“Nick Kenney was part of the Cleveland Indians staff that won the DMA in 2007,” they said. “The Ohio native came to the Roy-als organization in 2010 and created an im-mediate turnaround. This is an incredible ac-complishment. Doing it so quickly makes it even more astounding.”

Kenney received the trophy during the MLB’s Winter Meetings in December in Dal-las.

(plus tax), which alludes to the year, 1906, when several WC students brought the rock from a mile away by horses and a steam en-gine to present it to their alma mater as the senior class gift.

The jewelry is available for sale at the Peace Resource Center, 51 College St., (937) 382-6661 ext. 275, and online at: http://www.etsy.com/shop/RAKBpaints. Bowman can be contacted via email at [email protected].

Nick Kenney is pictured in the Royals’ dugout during the 2010 season. (Courtesy of Chris Vleisides/Kansas City Royals)

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL ALuMNI RETuRN EN FORCEPictured from the left at the November reunion and alumni game are: FRONT ROW — Nancy Sanborn Herron ’86, Colleen McLain ’11, Amy Eichner McConnaughey ’07, Jennifer Wolf ’06, Siobhan Zerilla ’05, Katie Newman ’07, Jenny Andrea ’05, Amanda Jones ’08, Margaret “Pat” Patterson Dailey ’48, Linda Evers Smith ’92, Deanne Arnold Whalen ’92, Kathy Sprenz McCord ’93; BACK ROW — Amy Bricker ’11, Sam Hood Rohrbacher ’07, Allie Meranda McJoynt ’11, Kelly Peters ’07, Kortney Kin ’10,

Tara Rausch Maine ’04, Amy Kincer ’05, Gina Hyle ’08, Katie Streck ’08, Andrea Anderson ’11, Megan Woodruff Slivka ’03, Kay Cummings ’86, Becky Slone ’89, Debbie Kennedy ’83.

ALuMNI gOLF OuTINg RETuRNS TO SNOW HILLRuth Ann (Cochran) Faris ’61 shows her golfing prowess in hitting out of sand while teammates, from the left, Jim Faris ’60, Fred Wiggers ’66 and Linda (Irons) Wiggers ’66 cheer her on. Winners at the outing were: Men’s Division — (First Place) Don Teynor, Terry Thomas ’73, Matt Thomas ’03 and Trevor Thomas and (Second Place) Steve Olinger ’69, Don Rauch ’67, Fred Raizk ’67 and Ron Carey ’59; Mixed Division — (First Place) Nick Hoover ’07, Tony Hoover, TJ Parker ’67 and Sharon Sims and (Second Place) Bill Glaspey ’59, Adam Morris ’06, Dean Waddell ’51 and Liz Waddell. Special awards went to: Curt Clifford ’77 (longest putt on #9), Trevor Thomas and Sharon Sims (longest drive on #16 for men and women), Trevor Thomas (closest to the pin on #2) and Sharon Sims (closest to the pin on #12).

WOMEN’S SOCCER HOLDS ANNuAL ALuMNI gATHERINgPictured following their late August match versus current players are, from the left, FRONT ROW — Alex Hesson, ’10, Jenna Curcio ’10, Erica Sayler ’10, Kathy O’Neill ’85, Amy Huss Howard ’04, Meghan McMullen Scriber ’03; MIDDLE ROW — Margaret Fox ’10, Emilie Seiter ’11, Katie Isaacs ’06, Emily Bulach Garber ’06, Claire Gauche Wellington ’05; and BACK ROW — Head coach Steve Spirk ’82, Nikki Ambrus ’10, Kortney Kulis ’10, Krista Kalkhoff ’06, Kristen Elam ‘10, Casey McKinney ’09, Alyssa Dickess ’09, Kortney Middleton Coalt ’03, Tammy Venema Kindel ’01, Leanne Stone ’87, Carl Powell, Beth Jewitt Malloy ’91, Stephanie Davis August ’91, Amy Cupp ’97, assistant coach Bob Dessecker.

MEN’S SOCCER HOSTS gOLF OuTINg AND ALuMNI gAME Men’s soccer alumni that returned to campus Aug. 27 are, from the left: BACK ROW — Coach Bud Lewis, John Burgmeier ’84, Chris Tuzzeo ’88, Pat May ’86, Randy Richardson ’83, Zach Owsley ’11, Todd Woolum ’11, Chris Geeding ’11, Kevin Brown ’11, Marty Ellis ’10, Kenny Howard ’04, Ross Garber ’08, Eric Schultz ’07, Derek Van der Sluijs ’03, Jarrod Pitstick ’00, Markus Eriksson ’00; FRONT ROW — Lenny Diaspro ’90, Matt Plau ’88, Erick Diehl ’81, Alex Geier ’11, Anthony Montgomery ’11, Nick Kinder ’10, David Benedict ’07, Cayleb Paulino

’11, David Satterwhite ’03, Ryan Phillips ’10, and Andy Szucs ’01. Not pictured but participated in the day’s activities were: Steve Spirk ’82, Drew Hansen ’11, Shawn Eagleston ’99, Charlie Brown ’88, Pat Ritz ’91, Dale Guindon ’72, Don Guindon ’80, Jessie Burchette ’85, Lane Schaffer ’88, Brock Gill ’11, and Markus Carlson ’07.

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’71 FOOTBALL TEAM ENJOyS 40TH REuNIONPicture from the left are: KNEELING — Dennis Orosz ’74 and Dave Kearney ’73: FIRST ROW Steve Magoteaux ’75, Dan Feeney ’74, Roger Smith ’72, Rick;Sims ’73, head coach Bill Atsalis ’57, Steve Feck ’74, Doug Clifford ’74, Ron Cruse, Steve Haller ’72, Jim Lotts ’76, Gerald Strother ’75; BACK ROW — Ed Crabtree ’73, Craig Spring ’74, Dave Dlugosz ’74, Bill Roll ’74, Ken Truster ’73, Dale Harger ’72, Mick Miller ’71 and Russ Hutchins ’71.

CROSS COuNTRy ALuMS REvISIT ARBORETuM COuRSE Returning cross country alumni, pictured from the left, include: FRONT ROW — Ed Bunn ’82, Kelley Hutchison Combs ’92, Laura Wagner ’07, Lillian Bunn, Hannah Wolfe ’11, Ashley Johnson Wolf ’07, Megan Shields Ropp ’08, Heather Gustin Baker ’09, Nikki Kline Roy ’08, Julia Fraker ’06; BACK ROW — Mike Chatfield ’92, Ron Combs ’93, Kyle Wolf ’03, Matt Combs ’96, David Warren ’10, Walt Peters ’89, Chris Crutchfield ’07, Chris Lundquist ’04, Randy Frame ’07 and Mark Herring ’07.

LEgACIES BEgIN THEIR WILMINgTON ExPERIENCE WC legacies are those sons, daughters, grandchildren and siblings of Wilmington College alumni. Pictured in August when new students arrived for the fall semester are, from the left: FRONT ROW — Kelsey Sheeley, Erin Short, Chari Eyler, Josh Rhodes; SECOND ROW — Karen Sheeley ’86 (mother of Kelsey), Meredith Budde, Ellen Short, Jamie Kolb, Kate Wallace; THIRD ROW — Scott Blubaugh, Becky Foster ’05 (mother of Meredith Budde), Barb Kolb ’00 (mother of Jamie Kolb), Rowena Ann Reno ’61 (grandmother of Kaye Wallace), Cody Totten; BACK ROW — Jacob Boehm, J.R. Lunsford, Justin Arehart and Rob Totten ’87 (father of Cody Totten). NOT PICTURED: freshman Olivia Flint and her brother, senior Wesley Flint.

Kappa alumni that visited campus this fall were, pictured from the left, FRONT ROW — Connie Harris Houston ’72, Connie Chapman DiMaggio ’72 and Linda Douglas Olinger ’72; MIDDLE ROW — Zara Arnold Liskowiak ’74 and Doris Luellen ’74; and BACK ROW — Jane Young Engel ’72, Liz Brookie Haskins ’72 and Barbara Bailey Kaplan ’72.

CANBy JONES�M TuRNS 90

T. Canby Jones, emeritus professor of religion and

philosophy, celebrated his 90th birthday Sept. 25,

2011. He taught full time at WC from 1955 to 1987.



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As the capstone academic en-deavor in his long life, Sterling P. Olmsted�M added a unique re-

source that will serve to complement the signifi-cant body of literary work on Mahatma Gandhi.

Olmsted, who died Nov. 6 at the age of 96, co-edited Mohandas K. Gandhi: The Last Eighteen Years. It is the second “Nonviolence and Social Change Source Book” he and Roa-noke College’s Mike Heller co-edit-ed, and follows their book on John Woolman published in 1997.

Olmsted’s daughter, Ruth, played a key role in seeing the book to its completion and published while her father was still living.

The Peace Resource Center published both source books. Olmst-ed was academic dean and later pro-vost at WC from 1968 to 1980. After his retirement, he continued to teach on a part-time basis through 1995.

The volume features what Usha Thakkar of the Institute of Research on Gandhian Thought and Rural Development described as “carefully selected and deftly edited” writings that “successfully catches glimpses” of Gandhi’s last 18 years.

“It unfolds his views on important political, eco-nomic, social and moral issues,” Thakkar wrote. “The collection once again attests the power of Gandhi’s words and deeds.”

Michael Naglar, president of the Metta Center for Nonviolence Education, said the collection is “a gift to the millions of us who revere but find it difficult to understand Ma-hatma Gandhi.”

“It represents to a world sink-

ing in violence the compelling words of one who conquered all violence in himself and set about systemically sharing his great dis-covery with all,” he wrote.

WC trustee Joe Volk, retired executive director of the Friends Committee on National Legisla-tion, said the book serves to bring Gandhi’s final 18 years into the view of 21st century readers.

“The selection of Gandhi’s writing helps us understand better

how Gandhi’s ‘experiments with truth’ remain relevant to the challenges that we face in today’s world,” Volk wrote.

Mohandas K. Gandhi: The Last Eighteen Years is available at the Peace Resource Center (http://www2.wilmington.edu/prc/bookstore.cfm).

The Wilmington College chapter of the education honorary Phi Delta Kappa Nov. 9 celebrated 25 years

of what Karen Long described as “coming to-gether, learning together and lifting one another up.”

The local chapter of the international honor society is comprised of kindergarten through grade 12 teachers and administrators, many of which are WC graduates. A number of the College’s education faculty members also are counted among their ranks.

“PDK is where we come to share our story of our love for students and our love of teaching,” Long added. “Our work is good and our work is important.”

Stephenie (Paul) Eriksson ’97 echoed those sentiments concerning the value of the organization for teachers — what she terms as “the power of PDK in our lives.”

“I’ve celebrated my successes and la-mented my failures with PDK members,” she said.

She noted the Greek meaning of their or-ganization’s letters as: Phi — possessing a love for mankind; Delta — searching for knowledge; and Kappa — providing support for the idea of universal education.

Weeks ago, with the 25th anniversary on the horizon, PDK officers set the criteria for a keynote speaker as one who exhibits the orga-nization’s three virtues — research, service and leadership.

They didn’t have to look any further than to one of their own: John Bryant, a charter mem-ber of the organization whose career defines service to youth as a teacher, coach and ad-ministrator.

“When I think of John, I think of pas-sion in the classroom and a constant thirst for knowledge,” Joyce Kel-ly said.

Bryant, who be-gan teaching in 1960, was a coach and educa-tion faculty member at the College from 1971 to 1990, after which he spent much of the next 20 years directing the Cincinnati Youth Col-laborative.

He described CYC as an organization based upon the notion that business, govern-ment and the community all have a “role to play in the education of children” — and that one’s financial station in life shouldn’t prohibit the op-portunity for a college education.

“I look out and see all you Wilmington

College alumni (engaged in successful teaching careers) and think that either we did something right or there were some very bright students we had here at the College,” he said. “I suspect both ideas are true.”

By RANDy SARvIS

John Bryant, a charter member of the College’s PDK chapter and the evening’s keynote speaker, congratulates newly inducted members Holly Young (left) of Wilmington City Schools and Nikki Smith Killen ‘00 of Clinton-Massie Local Schools.


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Former Wilmington College foot-ball coach Bill Ramseyer’s latest book Are You Ready for the Coin

Toss is recommended reading for coaches from youth leagues to national champions.

“This is something I’ve worked on for seven or eight years,” Ramseyer said. “When I talked with Jimmy Tressel about it, he said, ‘There is no good textbook available anywhere. Why don’t you slant it toward something that could be used as a required text in a college coaching course?’ I did, to some extent. I really think that any coach at any level can get

something out of this book.”Tressel and other national champion

coaches like Larry Kehres of Mount Union and Frosty Westering of Pacific Lutheran agree that Ramseyer’s book is a must-read.

Are You Ready for the Coin Toss covers football from every perspective, from anec-dotes to formations, offense to defense.

A 1999 Wilmington College Athletics Hall of Fame inductee, Ramseyer’s coaching approach never discounted the cerebral side of football. His writing style lines up in simi-lar formation.

“I think that is the most overlooked thing there is in football,” Ramseyer said. “We spend millions and millions and millions of dollars in football throughout the country

on weight training to develop the muscles of the body. I think what we overlook is how powerful the mind is. Every weekend, you pick up the paper and you see all these ‘quote upsets.’ Well, what is an upset? To me, an up-set is when a team of lesser ability beats a team that has more ability. The only way I can account for it is that they are mentally and emotionally prepared to play at the top level of their ability and the other team is not.”

Ramseyer’s football philosophy is nei-ther unique nor without influence. The best approach to coaching, he said, is to listen to input from others.

“I coached for 44 years. Anything that I have is a combination of things that I picked up in coaches conventions, visiting college campuses during spring ball, read-ing books and magazines and the association that I had with the Cincinnati Bengals while I was here at Wilmington. Our whole philos-ophy on throwing the football goes back to Bill Walsh, Lindy Infante and Chip Myers, people like that who were instrumental in de-veloping the West Coast Offense,” Ramseyer said. “Paul Brown was probably one of the most influential people in my coaching ca-reer. Him being here for training camp every summer for six or eight weeks, I got to know him very well.”

Are You Ready for the Coin Toss gives considerable attention to the often under-

emphasized play of special teams.

“A lot of teams spend most of their practice time on of-fense and defense, and minimize the kick-ing game,” Ramseyer said. The kicking game accounts for about 30 percent of every game, in terms of number of plays. Just think how many games have been de-termined by a muffed punt, by a made field goal, some aspect of the kicking game.

Ramseyer’s book offers more than 200 motivational quotes and practice drills that address concepts ranging from tackling to kissing the football.

“How many times have you seen a receiver drop a ball because he looks to see where he’s going to cut just before the ball gets to him and the ball goes to the ground? If you kiss the football, that means you’re watching the football all the way into your hands,” Ramseyer said.

Are You Ready for the Coin Toss was not designed to be a book for everybody. It is, however, a book that will benefit every football coach.

By JEFF HIBBS

Patricia Thomas’�M first mystery novel is set at Emerick Col-lege, a small, Quaker college in

southwest Ohio. Sound familiar? Read on. The central character in her book, Cast Me Not Away, is a campus minister who is mar-ried to a biology professor.

Thomas is a former campus minister at Wilmington College and is married to Doug Woodmansee, a professor of biology.

Cast Me Not Away is the first novel in a planned series she calls The Pastor and the Professor. It’s what she describes as a “cozy mystery.” Thomas believes the familiar campus setting and the parallel between the life experi-ences of the author and the nov-el’s characters lends an authen-ticity to the story.

“I had my characters in mind — you’re (Wilmington people) in there but none of you actually are,” she said, noting that she incorporated “composites” of persons and experiences from her life, including her days as WC’s campus minister (1993-97).

“I wanted to portray a day in the life of a campus minister,” Thomas added. “I know of no other stories in which a campus minis-ter is the main character. That appeals to me, to give a taste of what it’s like to be one.”

In the case of Emerick College’s cam-pus minister, Ruthalice Michels, she also is a sleuth that, while “dispensing daily doses of pastoral care,” she pursues her own sus-picions with regard to a fire on campus. The mystery centers upon a Somali refugee se-cretly living in the basement of Pennington Place, the college building where the confla-gration originates.

The man subse-quently reveals his situa-tion to a trusted emeritus professor, who takes in the now-homeless man.

“The professor confides in the campus minister and biology professor, who consider the questions: ‘How did the fire start and who do you blame when there’s no one to blame?’”

Cast Me Not Away is available locally at WC’s Campus Bookstore, Books-n-More in downtown Wilmington and Clinton Me-morial Hospital gift shop, in addition to from the author herself, who keeps a supply in the trunk of her car. Also, the mystery can be purchased on <amazon.com>.



CLASS NOTES

Wilmington College’s Latin motto, non saltu sed multis gradibus, translates to “not

by giant leaps, but by many steps.” Roy Joe Stuckey details many of

those most important steps that occurred since WC’s founding 141 years ago in his new book Big Gifts to Wilmington College in Three Centuries: An Abbreviated Memoir and Personal History.

He calls upon his seven-decade affiliation with WC for a unique perspective on what has led the institu-tion to this day.

Stuckey has been many things to his alma mater: student, alumnus (Class of 1948), agricul-ture program founder, fac-ulty member, administrator, fundraiser, philanthropist, trustee and, now, historian. He wears each of those hats as he takes the reader via the big gifts theme through the College’s history, from its founding by local Quakers in 1870 through the conclu-sion of Dan DiBiasio’s presi-dency this summer.

He highlights the of-ten-transforming gifts of time, treasure and talent offered by numerous individuals — some well known in the College’s history and others only now being given due recognition.

Over 20 chapters, Stuckey, who is ob-viously blessed with an excellent long-term memory, looks at presidents, key faculty and staff members, trustees, major donors and others that have made major contributions to Wilmington College.

“I had a story to tell and I wanted to get it told,” the 84-year-old Stuckey said.

Big Gifts is the companion piece to his 2008 History of Agriculture at Wilmington College: Sixty Years and Beyond.

Both books feature Stuckey’s sincere, “just folks” tone and his belief that all per-sons possess an inherent, albeit sometimes latent, goodness and willingness to share of oneself.

Stuckey hopes his book will inspire support for his “beloved” Wilmington Col-

lege at a pivotal time when small, independent, church-related institutions like WC are facing economic and de-mographic challenges.

“I hope this book will inspire many more persons to make major gifts to WC,” he said. “I believe powerful

inspiration can come from the proper recognition of gifts already made and from describing some of the deep and lasting satisfac-tions to be gained from giv-ing them.”

Indeed, he already has been gratified to hear per-sons that have the book say, “Roy Joe, reading your book caused me to consider what more I can do for WC,” he noted.

While many might consider the term “big gifts” to have an exclusively mon-etary connotation, Stuckey not only salutes those that have given transforming fi-nancial contributions, but he makes a special effort to

shine a light upon those whose service and commitment to the institution also has been especially significant.

“It’s obvious that dollars are impor-tant, but commitment and service over a long period of time is often even more important than money,” he said.

Case in point: W. Brooke Morgan Jr.Stuckey calls him “an unsung hero

in the College’s history” that served “con-tinuously, consistently and significantly” for more than 44 years. He was a mathematics instructor, dean of men, work coordinator, veterans liaison, business manager, interim president for 21 months, vice president for business affairs and, in semi-retirement, the College’s director of planned giving and in-ternal auditor.

“He was quiet, unassuming and never self-promoting,” Stuckey wrote, “but Brooke was always on top of affairs that were vital to Wilmington College. His tools were a bear

trap mind, a strong work ethic and a fierce commitment to ethical standards.”

Stuckey has given copies of Big Gifts to each living person mentioned in the book, whiles others with a potential “big gift” inter-est in the College also are receiving copies.

He mentioned there are “a handful of persons” whom he would most like to im-press with the book, including his family and persons that share a “similar span of lifetime observation” at WC.

The short list includes Rebecca Mar-ble, a former first lady at WC; Muriel Specht Hiatt, a retired dean of women and emeri-tus trustee; and Ira G. Hawk, a classmate of Stuckey’s and former College administrator. Sadly, Robert Warren, another member of that exclusive list, recently died.

In addition to the satisfaction gained by responses from those that read the book, Stuckey has realized another, especially per-sonal, benefit of being an octogenarian au-thor.

“I really get a lot of pleasure out of reading and re-reading my own words,” he said. “It brings me back to wonderful things and wonderful times — I can picture many of those words being spoken.

“It’s interesting to see how it’s all flowed together,” he added. “Gifts came at opportune moments when they were most needed, and one of those opportune moments in the College’s history is now.”

Big Gifts to Wilmington College in Three Centuries is available at Books-N-More in downtown Wilmington.

By RANDy SARvIS

Roy Joe�M ’48 and Ruth Starbuck Stuckey�M ’52 look through the recently delivered book highlighting big gifts to the College.


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2000ALISON STEW-ART WALLS and ALLISON UTRUP GATES, WC room-mates their junior

and senior years, both gave birth to baby boys on September 6, 2011 in the same hospital. ALISON STEWART WALLS and JEFF WALL’S second child, Ryder Grant was born on September 6, 2011. He weighed 6 lbs. 1 oz. and was 18 ¾ inches long. He was wel-comed home by brother Hunter. ALLISON UTRUP GATES and her husband, Bob, wel-comed Isaac Matthias. He weighed 8 lbs. 12 oz. and was 21 ¾ inches long. He joins broth-ers Nikolas and Benjamin.

2004PRESTON and Bethany FOY welcomed their second child, Nathaniel James Foy, on May 28, 2011. He was 7 lbs. 5 oz. and 20 inches long. Nathaniel is happy and healthy and is fan favorite of his big brother, Lucas.

2005ROB MAXSON and his wife, Jessica Ann’s second child, Elijah Franklin was born July 14, 2011. He weighed 9 lb. 8 oz. He joins big sister, Gwendolyn.

SARAH KLONTZ BARRETT and her hus-band, Dave, welcomed their second son, Lucas Joseph on December 9, 2011. Lucas weighed 8 lb. 3 oz. and was 21 inches long. He was welcomed by big brother Noah.

2006JACOB and JESSIE ’03 HESLAR LOEF-FELHOLZ are the proud parents of a baby boy, Max Thomas, born on July 1, 2011, and weighing 7 lbs. 12 oz.

2007ABBY NEWHOUSE HICKS and husband Dustin welcomed Harper Elizabeth on No-vember 3, 2011 at 9:03 a.m. She weighed 8 lbs. 13 oz. and was 20 inches long.

LUKE and NIKKI ’08 KLINE ROY had their first child on April 20, 2011. Andrew Joseph weighed 7 lbs., 3 oz. and measured 20½ inch-es. Mom and baby share the same birthday.

JOE SHARP and his wife, Elesha, welcomed a son, Wy-att Joseph Sharp, on Septem-ber 28, 2010. He weighed 6 lbs. 15 oz. and was 21 inches long.

Harmon took advantage of her WC experience

All that Heather Dayton Har-mon ’04 experienced during her 11-year association with

Wilmington College — as a student, em-ployee and volunteer — played a role in her landing a job on Ohio University’s faculty this summer.

Dropping out of the University of Cin-cinnati to pursue family and employment opportunities, she later realized that earning her bachelor’s degree would be required to pursue her interest in childhood obesity and cancer with a special focus on these prob-lems in Appalachia.

Harmon took a position in 2000 as an enrollment services representative at WC while taking classes on the side. She com-pleted her degree and graduated in 2004 and, a year later, accepted a position as director of the Annual Fund.

Meanwhile she continued her educa-tion by earning a master’s degree in public health from Wright State University. All along, she was directly involved with an ar-ray of health and wellness initiatives both at the College and in the community.

Indeed, Harmon co-founded Friends of Wilmington Parks and the annual Turkey Trot road race, while also serving on WC’s

Health & Wellness Promotions Committee and the YMCA Board of Directors.

She jumped at the opportunity to teach a personal wellness course in WC’s program at Cincinnati State.

“The very first time I taught a class, I said, ‘This is it.’ I felt really at home in the classroom,” she recalled. “I realized that working with students is what I have a pas-sion for.”

With the master’s degree under her belt, Harmon pursued teaching positions and was thrilled when Ohio University was so impressed with her credentials as to hire her as an instructor of community/public health, which she began in early September.

Concurrently, she plans to embark upon a Ph.D. program in international public health.

Harmon was especially pleased that her former student protégé. Alyssa Gaddis ’10, is the new Annual Fund director. Gaddis had a two-year internship in Harmon’s office and the two of them developed the “Your Name Here” scholarship, which last year raised enough funds to award $10,000 to 26 worthy students during this academic year.

Harmon is married to Jessie and they have a nine-year-old daughter, Allie.

Heather Harmon (center) poses with “Your Name Here” scholarship recipients, from the left, Leroy Besong, Shannon Bywaters, Kelsay Berger, Alyssa Gaddis (her successor as Annual Fund director) and Edmund Besong.



CLASS NOTES

2010SAMANTHA THOMPSON LATHAN and husband, MICHAEL, announce the birth of their daughter, Marley Michelle Lathan, at 2:18 p.m. on October 24, 2011. Marley weighed 7 lb. 5 oz and was 19 inches long.

2011CARISSA GIBSON CRUEA and her hus-band, Terry, are the proud parents of Keira Isabella born August 16, 2011 at 8:03 a.m. Keira weighed 8 lb. 3 oz. and was 20.5 inch-es long. She was welcomed home by big brother Eric, 8.

IN MEMORIuM 1931FLORENCE SNIDER STURM

Chagrin Falls, OH August 27, 2011

1932MOISELLE GALLAGHER HEINLENEnglewood, FL October 26, 2010

1933WALTER G. BOHLColumbus, OH June 25, 1992

FRED A. MURPHY�M Wilmington, OH September 4, 2011

1938LILLY VIOLET PAINTER FREYMason, OH July 18, 2011

1947ERMA LEE SHOWEN CHANCESabina, OH September 12, 2011

EDWARD TERRELLFredericktown, MD August 1, 2011

MARTHA MCMILLAN TOLLEFSONTipp City, OH November 8, 2011

1950MARY MARGARET JOHNSON BARKS-DALEToronto, OH May 12, 2011

RUTH E. MOOMAWWilmington, OH October 19, 2011

HUGH REA Marco Island, FL June 9, 1999

1951ROBERT BAGBYRichmond, KY August 17, 2011

PATRICIA ANTOINETTE “PAT” PEE PERRYCumming, GA September 28, 2011

ROBERT H. TERRELLLima, OH May 27, 2011

1954BETTY BABB ARNOLDWilmington, OH November 12, 2011

1957EVELYLN WALTERS PENCEUrbana, OH June 21, 2011

1958CLIFFORD RUNKCleves, OH June 9, 2009

1958CLARENCE WHEELERRaceland, KY January 24, 2010

1959HOWARD DUNSIETHHillsboro, OH August 14, 2011

DONALD L. SEXTONBelleair Bluffs, FL November 7, 2011

1960JAMES RUDER Berwick, PA October 4, 2011

1961RAYMOND SPORNHAUERSardinia, OH September 24, 2006

1962MARY M. MILLIGANPortland, IN January 20, 2006

CLIFTON L. SMITHSpringfield, OH April 13, 2011

WILMA M.LEWIS WILLIAMSHamersville, OH May 10, 2010

1963WILFRED BOWMANNorth Augusta, SC May 19, 2011

1966GEOFFREY TAYLORFarmington Hills, MI July 25, 2011

1968GOLDIE HOUCH BARRLeesburg, OH December 28, 2001

1970PHILLIP D. WOLFORD IIWashington CH, OH May 4, 2010

1974DANE P. LEIMBACHVermillion, OH November 16, 2011

1976GEORGIA BAILEYWilmington, OH Dec. 7, 2011

1977CHARLEEN GROSNICKLE SPAHRBatavia, OH September 1, 2008

PAMELA JONES LAYTONRaleigh, NC July 23, 2011

MALINDA RUSSELL TAYLORColumbus, OH September 26, 2011

1978JULLIANN KATZENSTEIN BAKERBerea, OH May 26, 2011

DEBORAH ANN TEWKSBURY CALEChester, VA October 26, 2011

ALAN DAVID KRAMMEPitman, NJ September 10, 2011

1993THOMAS E. STEINHAUS, SRWilliamsburg, OH August 24, 2006

1995JOSEPH EDWARD WERLINGFt. Recovery, OH November 14, 2011

2011DANIEL LEE OGDENFayetteville, OH July 3, 2011

2013MESHACH JACKSONMiddletown, OH July 17, 2011

FACuLTy/STAFFGIFFORD S. ZIMMERMAN, 94Emeritus professor of agriculture (1972-1981)Glendale, WI December 10, 2011

BETTY SCHAFFER, 68Assistant to the President (1961-2011)Wilmington, OH December 7, 2011

STERLING P. OLMSTED�M , 96Provost emeritus (1968-1995)Schenectady, NY November 6, 2011

PAULINE INWOOD, 92Former support staff (1960-1995)Wilmington, OH October 10, 2011

RENA VANNUYS, 89Former English faculty (1963-1979)Rapid City, SD October 2, 2011

ROBERT E. WARREN�M , 86Former assistant buisness manager (1960-1987)Wilmington, OH September 11, 2011

CAMPBELL R. GRAF, 93Former coach, consultantWilmington, OH September 4, 2011



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Betty A. Shaffer once spoke of personal principles instilled by her grandparents: be passion-

ate about your life’s work, give 110 percent to your employer, develop a genuine concern for others, cherish friendships, be thankful and stay true to your convictions.

In the days following her untimely death, friends and colleagues alluded to many of those principles that she embraced in re-membering the longtime College employee, who this fall the College recognized for 45 years of service.

Shaffer, 68, assistant to the president, died Dec. 7, 2011, following a brief illness.

She came to WC in 1961 to initially as-sist the secretary of the College before hold-ing that capacity for the director of develop-ment. She left the College for several years in the 1970s for a position at an area church, but returned in 1978 to work in the Institutional Planning Office.

In 1988, President Neil Thorburn asked her to become the assistant to the president, a position she continued to hold during the 16 years of Dan DiBiasio’s administration and, since August, into Jim Reynolds’ interim presi-dency.

It was Reynolds who broke the sad news to the campus community of Shaffer’s death, which occurred after she spent three weeks in the hospital battling a coalescence of medical issues.

“Although it is always difficult to say goodbye to a friend and colleague, I am com-forted through my faith which informs me that Betty is in a much better place today, free of illness and pain,” he said.

Her memorial service was held on cam-pus in a nearly full Kelly Center, where, among other presenters, Mark Denniston, vice presi-dent for enrollment management and a close friend, sang the hymn, “How Great Thou Art.”

Also, DiBiasio spoke of “so much joy” they shared while working together.

“Chris and I can’t imagine a sadder rea-

son to return to Wilmington than the death of Betty Shaffer,” the former president said in the eulogy. “She was a decent and kind person and a true friend — Betty’s friendship meant so much.”

DiBiasio spoke of Shaffer’s uncommon loyalty, indispensability and hard work ethic.

“She was a perfectionist to the delight of some and chagrin of others,” he said, while also noting her enjoyment of Quakers bas-ketball, the great institutional knowledge she possessed and the prankster side of her person-ality. Indeed, she once fashioned an IRS sum-mons letter to DiBiasio that was signed by “Uv Binhad.”

Edward Agran, professor of history, also remembered Shaffer’s “wicked sense of humor.”

“When I turned 50, Betty and Shirley Prickett festooned the President’s Conference Room with black balloons, crepe, a great cake and a happy birthday message, which was a tremendous surprise,” he said. “Betty and I savagely kidded one another over the years — really, lots of great laughs, lots of memories.”

Becky Haines ’72, theatre technical support and fine arts secretary, said she was “flattered” that Shaffer allowed her (and only her) to fill in as Thorburn’s secretary while she was on vacation.

“Betty was an ‘old school’ secretary and her dedication to different bosses at WC was exemplary — she was a stickler for detail and wanted things done ‘just right,’” Haines said. “She had a very singular sense of humor and you were fortunate if you knew her well enough to experience it.

“Wilmington College without Betty Shaffer will take some getting used to.”

Mary Rose Zink described Shaffer as, in many ways, “the backbone” of the College.

“She was strong, intelligent, extremely ethical and probably knew everything about Wilmington College — she represented the Quaker values so many of us embrace,” Zink said. “She was one of the only people you

could call at 7 a.m. or 7 p.m. and she would be working at her desk.”

Judy Harvey, coordinator of the Writing Center, said Shaffer was “committed” to the College.

“For many years, I found in her the friendly face in the President’s Office,” she said.

Don Edwards, retired Night Information Desk dispatcher, also lauded Shaffer for her “dedication, no devotion” to WC

“However, the Betty Shaffer I remem-ber most was a caring lady who remembered birthdays, anniversaries, major milestones in one’s life and often provided assistance to those in need,” he said. “She enjoyed her friends and their families, and loved a good card game, Quakers basketball and dining out with friends.

“I will sorely miss her sage advice, friendship and solid perception of life.”

Sigrid Solomon, vice president for stu-dent affairs, said she “will always treasure” the warm welcome Shaffer offered her family upon arriving in Wilmington in 2007.

“It’s had a lasting impression,” Solomon said. “Betty had a great compassion and dedi-cation to the College — she will be missed.”

Monte Anderson, professor of agricul-ture, mentioned how Shaffer was so apprecia-tive of everyone’s efforts.

“Something so simple as remarking on how nice the flowers around College Hall looked or mentioning the poinsettia a student had brought to her office,” he said, noting, however, that she didn’t care for white poin-settias, only red. “We made that mistake only once.”

Larry Gara, emeritus professor of his-tory, who knew Shaffer for nearly 50 years, shared how “difficult” it is to picture the President’s Office without Betty Shaffer.

“She was efficient, friendly, unassuming and always had a warm greeting for others,” he said. “Betty was a wonderful human being.”

AT 45 yEARS WAS COLLEgE’S CuRRENT LONgEST SERvINg EMPLOyEE


Betty Shaffer ‘embodied all the best qualities’

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Betty Shaffer with Presdient Dan DiBiasio in 2010.


CLASS NOTES TRIBuTE

The College experienced the pass-ing of numerous former faculty and staff in recent months, per-

sons that made an indelible impact on the in-stitution and its alumni.

Provost emeritus Sterling P. Olmsted, 96, died shortly after his final book was pub-lished while Robert E. Warren, 86, the College’s former assistant business manager was a regular attendee of campus events for many years. Pauline Inwood, 92, worked for 35 years at WC at several support staff posi-tions and Rena VanNuys, 89, was a part-time English instructor whose husband, Kelvin, is an emeritus professor of religion and philoso-phy.

Gifford S. Zimmerman, 94, was an emeritus professor of agriculture and Campbell Graf, 93, was a former assistant football coach and liaison with the College’s

Ralph J. Stolle Free Enterprise Program. Fred A. Murphy, 99, and his late wife, Maxine Harlan Murphy, gave more than $1 million in support of the College.

Tragically, Joseph Werling, 39, of Fort Recovery was electrocuted Nov. 14, 2011, while working at his family’s business, Werling & Sons Slaughter House in Burkettsville. The

MilestonesClass of 1995 agriculture alumnus served the College as farm manager from 1995 to 1998.

Monte Anderson, professor of agricul-ture, said Werling impressed the faculty so much while a student the College offered him the Barrett Farm manager position following his graduation.

“Joe was always positive and, from the time he arrived at WC, had a sincere interest in the College,” he said. “He came from a strong German family and family meant the most to him — that’s part of the reason for his suc-cess.”

Indeed, Anderson shared a little known fact that Werling’s mentally challenged sister, Joan, actually lived with him in Wilmington while he was a student. He found her a job at a local restaurant.

“After he left the College, he’d always call at least once a year to say hello and see

what’s new with the Ag Department and College,” Anderson recalled, noting Werling was a captain of the Quakers football team and a member of Tau Kappa Beta fraternity.

Sterling Olmsted of Schenectady, N.Y., died following a brief illness Nov. 6, 2011.

After teaching English for 29 years at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, he was academic dean and then provost at the College from 1968 to 1980. His

teaching responsibilities, which he continued on a part-time basis through 1995, also in-cluded global issues seminars, peace studies, writing and literature.

Larry Gara, emeritus professor of histo-

ry, described the Quaker Olmsted as the “perfect dean” for the College.

“ H e saw practi-cal idealism as our educa-tional goal, and always kept his hand in teaching,” Gara said, noting that he was a consis-tent advocate for peace and justice.

“I will never forget how proud I was when I saw Sterling leading a march to the State Capital to protest the killings at Kent State,” he said. “At a very difficult time, he was a major influence in keeping the Wilmington campus actions nonviolent.”

Another former colleague, Neil Snarr, emeritus professor of social and political stud-ies, said Olmsted’s personal testimony shines brightly at a Quaker institution committed to peace, justice and simplicity.

“ H i s c o m m i t m e n t to Wilmington College was permeated with these values and his contri-bution to them is still present and indelible,” Snarr said. “His recent publica-tion at the Peace Resource Center, with his daugh-ter Ruth and fellow Quaker Mike Heller, of Mohandas K. Gandhi: The Last Eighteen Years is a tribute to his

life’s commitment and contribution.”Edward Agran, professor of history, said

Sterling and Barbara Olmstead “remain two of the most ‘truly good people’ I have ever met.”

His wife, Charlotte Fairlie, assistant

FORMER FACuLTy AND STAFF REMEMBERED FOR THEIR ROLE IN SERvINg STuDENTS

Gifford S. Zimmerman

Sterling Olmsted

Joseph Werling

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professor of English, fondly shared memo-ries of their family being neighbors with the Olmsteds upon the Agrans’ arrival in Wilmington in 1993.

Fairlie noted how they were “especially attentive” to their young children, introduced the family to the Campus Meeting and drove them to a local apple orchard.

“Most memorably, although they were close to 80 at the time, they loaded their canoe onto the roof of their small car and took us out on Cowan Lake,” she recalled, noting that, since they couldn’t all fit in the canoe at once, Sterling and Barbara switched places and in-sisted that each canoeist wear a lanyard with a whistle for safety.

“We promised Ruth we would wear it,” she said. “Paddling amongst the reeds with the two of them, enjoy-ing the peaceful fall day remains one of my fondest Wilmington memories.”

Robert E. Warren of Wilmington died Sept. 11, 2011, af-ter a period of failing health.

He worked as a college instructor, ac-countant and business-man before ending his career as WC’s assistant business manager for 27 years through 1987.

Warren and his wife of 62 years, Beatrice Walker Warren ’48, often attended various cultural and alumni-related events at the College. During his retirement years, he also enjoyed gardening and was an active member of Wilmington Friends Meeting.

His father, Luther, a member of the Class of 1917, lived to be 106 years old.

Randy Sarvis, director of public rela-tions, enjoyed chats with Warren at College functions.

“I got to know Bob through my encoun-ters with his father, Luther, and uncle, Clifton, both of whom I featured in LINK stories dur-ing my early days at WC in the mid-1990s,” Sarvis said.

“Bob, a graduate of Mount Union, liked to poke good-natured fun at Wilmington football when compared to his alma mater’s gridiron dynasty,” he added. “He also gave

me some valuable insight into WC history as a result of his long tenure and his family’s affinity for the College.

“I always enjoyed seeing Bob and Bea.”

Pauline Inwood of Wilmington died Oct. 10, 2011.

Hers was a familiar voice to many when she served as the campus switchboard operator for many years. She was employed by the College from 1960 through 1995, which included periods

working in the print shop and as secretary in the social sciences.

Becky Haines ’72, theatre techni-cal support and fine arts secretary, recalled she and Inwood being part of a “group of gals” who worked at WC that became “great friends.”

“I didn’t work for her but she taught me how to run an offset printing press, how to fix ditto and mimeograph machines (if you even remember what those were),” Haines said. “I just wanted to learn and she taught me.

“She could be crusty if you didn’t know her well but that was part of who she was,” she added. “She was a great lady.”

Inwood’s granddaughter, 1995 alumnus Kimberly Carmean Storck, was a student during the final years of her grandmother’s time at WC.

“For two years, I had the great fortune of hanging out with my Gram between classes while she was working,” she said at Inwood’s memorial ser-vice. “To my surprise, I learned she had a nickname there. The profes-sors called her ‘The Bear.’

Never to her face, but they appar-ently gave her that moniker because of “her tendency to

growl when disturbed,” Storck said. “My Gram, The Bear? She was al-ready in her seventh decade at this time and I didn’t think this was the Gram I knew.

“But it is a fitting nickname, after all.”

Storck went on to cite her grandmother as being nurturing, in-dustrious and strong — like a bear.

Rena VanNuys of Rapid City, S.D., died Oct. 2, 2011.

She and husband Kelvin lived in South Dakota, where many of his mother’s side of the family pioneered in the 19th century, before coming to Wilmington in 1963.

He taught religion and philosophy and she was a part-time English instructor. Upon Kelvin’s retirement in 1979, they returned to

Rapid City, where he still resides. She served for many years as education director and clerk at Dakota Art Gallery and shared her apprecia-tion for art with elementary school children.

The VanNuys were married for 59 years.Just before The LINK’s deadline,

word came that Gifford S. Zimmerman of Glendale, Wisc., died Dec. 10, 2011.

The emeri-tus professor of agriculture served on the College agricul-ture faculty from 1972 to 1981. He taught at sev-eral high schools and at Njala College in Sierra Leone, Africa, before coming to Wilmington.

Campbell R. Graf of Wilmington died Sept. 4, 2011.

B e f o r e his retirement as a business-man in 1982, he held teaching and administra-tive positions at Wilmington College, Wilberforce University and Ohio State. He also coached football at WC, OSU and the University of Dayton.

As one of his post-retirement endeav-ors, Graf was active with the College’s Ralph J. Stolle Free Enterprise Program and as a con-sultant in community relations.

The College lost a long-time friend when phi-lanthropist Fred A. Murphy of Wilmington died Sept. 6, 2011, only two months short of what would have been his 100th birthday.

He attended the College in the early 1930s before graduat-ing from Ohio State University in 1933. He and his wife estab-lished the Hugh Heiland Endowed Scholarship Fund

and were major supporters of the Robert and Thelma Lucas Endowed Scholarship and many other College endeavors.

Robert E. Warren

Pauline Inwood

Rena Van Nuys

Fred A. Murphy


CLASS NOTES CAMPuS EvENTSALuMNI EvENTSThrough Feb. 17…. The Meriam R. Hare Quaker Heritage Center

presents “Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War,” a special exhibit from the American Library Association and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and by special appointment.

Wed., Jan. 18…. Harcum Art Gallery exhibit opening reception featuring works by Denny Griffith, 6 to 8 p.m. Weekdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., through March 2.

Tues., Feb. 22 through March 23…. The Meriam R. Hare Quaker Heritage Center presents the gallery exhibit “Bringing History to Life: The Lundy Family Collection,” weekdays, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Thurs., Fri, and Sat, Feb. 23, 24 and 25…. Wilmington College Theatre presents TBA, 7:30 p.m., Heiland Theatre.

Wed., March 14…. Issues & Artists Series presents paralympian April Kerley, 7:30 p.m., Heiland Theatre.

Thurs., March 15…. Harcum Art Gallery exhibit opening recep-tion featuring works by Chris Ryan, 6 to 8 p.m. Weekdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., through April 20.

Tues., March 20…. 3rd Annual Food Symposium.

April 2 through Dec. 14…. The Meriam R. Hare Quaker Heritage Center presents the gallery exhibit “Patterns and Prints: Quaker Quilts

January 29 .......baltimore Alumni dinner – patrick’s

restaurant 30 .......washington d.C. Alumni luncheon – b.

smith’s-union stationFebruary 18 .......destin, fl – Alumni dinner –

Christion’s ristorante 20 ...... sun City –Alumni luncheon 22 .......naples/bonita springs Alumni

luncheon tbd ...west palm beach – Alumni eventMarch 9 ..........Alumni luncheon – tuscon, AZ 10 .......Alumni reception – phoenix, AZ 24 ....... sigma Zeta & Alpha phi kappa

founders reception & dinnerApril 10 .......Alumni luncheon, lebanon, ohio –

otterbein retirement Community 13 .......wilmington College relay for life 30 .......Gamma phi Gamma & delta omega

theta reunionMay 5 ..........Commencement 13 .......kirk Mee Golf tournament June 24 .......wicked – schuster Center, dayton, oh

– luncheon & theatre event 27 .......national Athletic training Conference

reception – st. louis, MoAugust 11 .......Alumni Golf scramble – snowhill

Country Club – new vienna 25 .......Alumni Cross Country race 25 .......Alumni Men and women’s soccer

GamesOctober 20 .......homecoming

and Textiles,” presented in conjunction with the Heritage Advisory Council, weekdays, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

April 2 through June 29…. The Meriam R. Hare Quaker Heritage Center presents the gallery exhibit “Windows and Mirrors,” presented courtesy of the American Friends Service Committee, weekdays, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

April 12-14…. Wilmington College Theatre presents One Act Play Festival, 7:30 p.m., Heiland Theatre.

Wed., April 25…. Senior Art Students’ Exhibit. Weekdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., through May 5.

Thurs., April 26…. Collegium Musicum presents its Spring Noon Hour Mini-Concert, 12:15 p.m., Harcum Art Gallery.

Sun., April 29…. Music Department presents its Spring Concert, 7:30 p.m., Heiland Theatre.

Mon., April 30…. Off the Wall art exhibit, Boyd Cultural Arts Center lobbies, all day.

Sat., May 5…. Commencement

July 9 through Sept. 28…. The Meriam R. Hare Quaker Heritage Center presents the gallery exhibit, “A Sky Full of Cranes,” presented in cooperation with the Peace Resource Center, weekdays, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

July 12-14,19-21…. College-Community Summer Theatre’s 40th anniversary season show, TBA

T h e H a r c u m A r t G a l l e r y

While Shaffer’s influence and reach ex-tended campus-wide and beyond, she had an especially close relationship with the Board of Trustees.

Longtime trustee Robert Buerger not-ed the important role the College played in Shaffer’s life and her dedication to the institu-tion.

“Most importantly, she was a good friend who was always there to help me,” he said. “Betty always said that she didn’t have any ‘real’ relatives, but her dear friends more than made up for a lack of relatives.

“I’ll miss her.”Board chair Sidney Mishkin ’59 said

she “embodied all the very best qualities” that the College hopes to instill in its students.

“She was throughout her association with Wilmington College one of the people who make our College the very special place that it is,” he said. “Betty was a role model for all of us.”

Sandra Neville noted how Shaffer took care of the trustees “like a dedicated mother.”

“She arranged our schedules, provided materials for our meetings, and reminded us (often more than once) of upcoming dead-lines...always with a smile and a kind word,” she said.

Another trustee, Stanley Caine worked very closely with Shaffer over the past months in his capacity of chairing the presidential

search.“That experience heightened my ap-

preciation for her great loyalty to Wilmington College and her determination to do every-thing she could to help secure a bright future for the institution,” Caine said. “She will be missed.”

Tyrone Taylor ’75 has been a trustee only a short time, but said it was clearly evi-dent that Shaffer believed in what she was do-ing on the College’s behalf.

“There was a special beacon of light that shone from her smile that radiated the message: ‘I care about you and the College,’” he said.

Joe Volk, another relatively new Board member, said that dealing with Shaffer in per-son or via long distance garnered the same car-ing service.

“Betty enabled me to do my job as a Board member,” he said, “and she did it with competence, efficiency and, always, in a friendly manner.”

Trustee J.R. Reid said Shaffer was “always helpful, always there — she will be missed greatly.”

David Schlechty ’63 said: “Betty, Betty, Betty, always professional, always courte-ous, always prompt, always wise and always funny. Will you be missed? Always. Will you be cherished? Always. Will you be replaced? Never.”

Bill Shaw spoke of how Shaffer as a

“wonderful woman, gracious, always with a smile and a twinkle in her eye.”

“She carried the College archives in her head. When searching for any piece of WC trivia from the last 50 years, Betty could an-swer with instant recall,” he said. “No com-puter could ever match that. She was amazing in so many ways.”

Trustee Roy Joe Stuckey ’48 concurred.“Betty understood more about the ad-

ministration and the advancement of the College, over the full period of her long ser-vice, than did any other person,” said Stuckey, who predicted some time will pass before a day goes by in which at least one person does not say, ‘I wish I could ask Betty about that.’”

Stuckey was twice WC’s director of de-velopment and twice was Shaffer his secretary, in 1963 when she was 19 years old and in 1979 when he returned to the College.

“Betty assisted me through successful (fundraising) campaigns and there she was again when I joined the Board in 2001,” he re-called. “I am delighted that the Betty Shaffer Memorial Scholarship fund has been estab-lished in her memory and I urge all of us to support it as much as we can.

“Betty’s untimely death is an enormous loss to Wilmington College, as well as to each of us who knew and loved her.”

By RANDy SARvIS


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